TiiE-PMiVfER.
! BT II. ft. E. LSVEKIHG. ; .
' Would you keep 1 he earfh from sinking,
;To primeval sin and gloom 1
Would you set oach mind to thinking'
How to make roillenium cornel
Pay the Printer I Pay the P tinier 1
" Reason, conscience, scripture Kay
If you'd have good times to-morrow,
" Liquidate the debt to day !
Would you see our race ascending
Proudly in tbejnoral scale 1
Wtfuld you see Old Satan bending,
: Clipped his horns and clipped his, tail 1
Pay Lie Printer! Pay the Punter!
T; Echo answers quickly pay!
Printers; like the sun arising, , x
l)rive the midnight shades awav
Would you stop the course of folly ;
Show in print its antics wild
Stop rankcriuio more melancholy?
Print hovTvillians have beguiled ! .
Pay the Punter! Pay Ike Prini'.ri
He has telegraphic force
He will bri ig them to the gallows
Of repentance and remorse !
1 : - '
Would you urge the mind to glory
la pursuits the most sublime 1
Elevate it high in story, .
cssing down to latest time
Pay tie Printer ! Pay the Printer I
Let you children read his sheet,
Gaining knowledge, and unlearning
Mischief learned upon the street!
I - - " ' ' " . .
Would you make your son a Frankli i ,
- "Temp'rate, honest, g)ol and wise,
Slaking money, but not . rankling
For the petty rogueries 1
Pay the PRixTEn I Pay th a IVuntf r S
jffe is of the Franklin school
Printing wisdom for the knowin
Printing scbruiog for the fool !
Would yon make your daughter glorious
In-her proer mode and sphere ?
Would you give her charms victorious
With no HI mn-ruish geer 1
Pay the Pai.vTKa ! Vay the P nter!
lie is of the prudent kind, - .
Spreading 'through his decent pages
Angel food for female mind ! . -
' Would you sprcKd Columbia's grandeur
Farther o'er the land and sea,
An example and a wonder
Now and to posterity ?
Pay tu. Printer ! Pay tut. Printer 1
- His strong lever moves the world
Nations by his pre.s are lifted,
Nations by his type down hurled
Would you haste millennial glory,
Equal rights and equal laws V
Crush impediments before ye,
II ind ring every holy cause 1 -Pay
tub Phintkr ! Pay tuz Pim.vtkk !
i Jiath is working through his press,
Shedding from his heavenly paper -
Plenty, Wisdom, Happiness !
A SCENE IN CONGRESS.
February. 12, 1S52.
HOUSE OF REPRESENT AT rVRS
VV hen tlit; report closed vestcrdav
S.tanlyjw8 speaking on the compromise res
Oituicns ia reply to Mr. Guidings. of Ohio.
Mr. jStiinly said : I repent that whatever
lie (Mr. Giddings) advocates he renders odi
ous. He relers to niv course, r.n'lho n-.l.TX,.
ma
u . 1 1 . 1 1
uui ; -ami rnaiies a
reculesp n-ertiou
resnOliSj'ble ibr tllC
when
le
says that I am
seven
months' deJav on that
there la one subject of all Others nn i'jiirlf I
tf ' - a ii ,
am impregnable it Hon this. J iried to ou t
a vote ion the California bill by uUWin a
resolution to close the debate, and to gi t it
passed at an earlier time thm the irentTemnn
did. If any member is exempt from the
charge.' I!rn the man.
Andj whore was the gentleman for a whole
week early at the commencement of this
session? In Pennsylvania, embarked ih the
Kossuth humbug, then at the height of its
poiso ijniid fever, and engaged in diccusyno
resolutions of the Aboliiion Convention in
Philadelphia, relative to the influence of
ivossuth'a movemen on the slavery ques
tion in .the .United States. . "
Mr. gidJmg. Will you hear me ?
Mrptanly.p If anybody else wants lo hear
you I Vil consent, for words similar.)
Mr. Giddings 1 say the gentleman is
.barkmjr --ujx the vrono; trey. The resolutions
to whii-.h lie refers were not passed at the
mrimk wliii I was present but at another
tine.
Mr. Stanly. The gentleman was not dn
ly m the Aboliiion Convention, but he wa
thre ajnd made a speech. Ttiie he does not
detiy. j TJic gal led jade winces ao-aiiu
. .Mr. (Giddings. Did you say 1 knew of the
those resolutions?. r
. Mr ptanly. I say (hat you made a speech
at the convent ton. . .
Mr. piddings. If you intend
Mr. Stanly 1 make the assertion I don't
intend.! ' .
Mr, Gidillns- The gentleman shall not
crack le overseer's lash to put mc down. If
he says that I was nreeni. and knew of
those rfesoluiior.s, theu he nrisrepresenu Inc.
It ho itjtends' to say, lhat Jae in the dny 1
walked into 'he eouveiiHon, and being called
oi. responded in a few words, then he i
Mr. Stanly. A few words !
Mr. piddiiigs. The grentleman, In iliat
co itempiible manner, ned not undartakc to
Mr. Stanly.- I hope UuU the gentleman
will not kuash1)i.s teeth so hard. IIo s;is I
roust not crock thhe overseer's lash over him.
We hxvc no : cr irkinjr of the lash over the
Elaye. This utancv; and none but felons
and otiier bad neonti A ...i i
ue Daairegroe.
adjregro, when Ihey Jsee how badly,
te jmen act. j Cries Jof i;Good " and
liter. Who is here playing overseer
' wliite men ? Who but he that th
white
I iug
over white men ?
b-is fillj.iy gn!!. asiJ asailo everybody nor-
IMY
and vilo fclavc-
holders" and lie is the only
rnan who acts
in that capacity. We do not rai.-e ti e over
Seers lash over our slaves in No-th Caroli
na. It that mail was in the Southern coun
try no one would own him as a slave with
a black skin. If he was a' free negro he
would run wild, and io the course ol three
weeks be brought up to thd 'whipping post
and lashed for stealing something from or
slaudeiing some of his neighbors. But ' I
charge ium with being at a certain conven
tion and making a speech ; and this he does
not deny. And he gets over this by paying
that, if j intended to say what I dp not say,
it is not a fact. He was in Norrisrown. also,
and...- . " ; ' ,t "'
A message was about to be. announced
from the President o! the United estates,
when
The speaker asked the gentleman to
u Mr. Stanly, (pointing to Mr. GiJdlngs.)
We ought to suspend that fellow by the
neck. .. -
The message was received and placed
upon the table. , '
Mi. Stanly resumed. I have departed from
my usaal course of treatment towards that
member, but his own insolence caused rae to
say something on this occasion. He rose
and poured out his abu.e on the whole
House and country. In a moment of excite
ment I got up and reminded him of his mi's
deeds He said my assertion was false. He
haB thrown the first sione and must take the
consequences. - I beg ' pardon for having
stooped to a controversy with him.
Mr. Giddings, One word. When I spoke
of what the gentleman said as false I did
not transcendahe parliamentary rules of the
House. It is not insulting. - II a gentle
man is wrong. I don-t say that he intenten
tionaliy misrepresents the facts. I will call
attention to anolher thing. When the iren-
llcinan is brouglit forward by the serviles of
the Aerth to assail me and play the Braggart
for the dough-!aces and Swisb guard of the
North, I will say to him, if you go so
low as you did to day I can't follow you. It
may be suitable in his country for the bar
room, but such language would not be per
mitted in the bar-rooms North, ior pass cur
rent among the loafers. It is unbecoming
freemen to use such language; inj this Hall.
The gentleman :iys that 1 : vas at Norris
town during the Holyilays ; but where was
he. and the House? Here ..drinking their
grog. Laughter. I 'was afnong the peo
ple of the country, endeavoring' to press on
a great and important principle; and by
iookingftt the journal you wiil find the gen
tleman anywhere else but in this Hall at
this iiirie. A voice: '(iocs the journal say
anything about drink ?"J And et the gen
tleman itakes me to task because during the
holytjays I visited my friends.
Mr: Stanly. I must go on.
Mr. Gidiiings. One word more.
Mr. Slanly. The gentleman says lhat it
is not wrong for a man to charge ihe asser
tion of pother as false. This is in accord
ance with his views of propriety I This-is
his idea ol decency. If I had been designa
ted to attack him 1 should go home ; because
I think if any one should bei picked out for
this purpose it would be the meanest in the
House ; aud it would not! only disgrace the
the Free:6oiIer8, but human nature. Mr.
Stanly at this point was undersiood to refer
j to his coleague trom tne Orange district. (Mr.
j Venable,) and Mr. Giddings's? colleague,
j (Mr. Taylor,) saying that Mr. Giddings had
changed a pat ol his speech delivered on a
j former occasion with reference to the view of
; thoi"3 gentlemen, thereby misrepresentiing
! them. J I charge the reporters, he, said, not
I u let nis villaii.ous hand touch one word I
i b y, lur he would make alterations .after he
! gos to his room with his colored friends.
j Laughter. J
He talks about my associations ; but had
j anybody ever seen him ia decent pi iva te eom
j pany? Free negroes? may call to seb him.
He never lets his right hand know wdiat liis
i. left" hand does. He '.-ks where I was while
he. was in Pennsylvania I do no seti rTiy-
fell lin ns .I KfilluJ;i rd. I dn tint b:iv tUat T
uui ui ivu io ill ii iv X1U 11111 I tU"IL Ml lit".
He says that wo vvere here dnnkhig our
rog ; but where was the gentleman'? In
i'luladeljdiia bl inking beer and eating oys
ters with free negroes. Ivaughter.J " Who
was the best off? -Judge yel" lie thinks
that he vya-i better employed than we wen.
"Perceiving Mr. Preston King near Mr. Gids
ding?J Help him out, he needs a Jiltie more
poison. Laughter. 1
"But i quit this subject in disgust. I find
that I have been in a disseciing room opera
ting upon a dead dog. I vvdl treat him as an
insane man, who never learned decency and
propriety of conduct ; whose conduct shows
thai he never mingled villi gentlemen. Let
hnu rave on till doomrday. and J will not de
fend lower than I liave to notice him.
Mr. Giddings. One word. ,
, Several voices : 4 Question" question."
'We have had enongh of this."
'Mr., Houston. having the prevjiousiquestion,
which was secornied, and under its operation
the resolutions of the Legislature of New
Jersey were ordered to be printed.
Alter some other unimportant businessthe
Land Bounty bill was taken up.
After some time spent in its consideration.
The House adjourned. 1 '
: 1
SUPREME COURT.
The Court has delivered opinions in the
following cases: i
By Rcffin, Ch. J. in Eunelt v. McMillan,
from Bladen, directing a venire do novo!
Also, in Hampton v Brown, from Davidsorl
directing a venire tie novo. Alo, in Dean v.
King, from Guildford. Erecting a venire de
novo,. Also, in Phillips v. Allen from Rock
ingham, affirming the judgment,' Also, in
Lyon v. Lyon, in equity, from Bladen Also,
in Mclntyre v. Reeves, in Equity, -from' Bla
den, dismissing the Bill with costs. Also, in
Maxwell v. Maxwell, in Equity from Guild
lord, dismissing the Bill with costs. Also In
gram v. Kirkpatrick, in Equity from Rich
mond disrecting the Masters Report to be
reformed as to the Hudson debt.
vBy Nash. J. in Doe ex dem TJiomas v.
Kelly from Moore, awarding a venire de
novo. Also, in Overman Cobie from
Randolph. af!IrKiing4he judgment Also, in
Bowen v. Joaes; judgment against P1 intiff
for costs. Also. Jn State v. Allen. , from
Slanly, declaring there is no error. Also, in
State v. Latham, from Beaufort, awarding a
venire tie novo. Also, in Patterson v. High,
in Equity, from Orange, directing a refer
cace. Alio, ia Kerr v. Kirkpatrick. in Equt-
I'thern Urhi'rs, dough-faces
ly. from Guilford, declaring llie PlaintilT en
titled to nn account. Also, in Burges v.
Clark, from IIy.de, afllrming tlie judgment.
Also, in llobinsoii v. Threadgill, from. Mont
gomery, affirming the judgment."
By Pearson. J. in MeAulay v. Birkhcad,
from Anson, affirming the judgment. Also,
in Smith v. Turrenline., in Equity from Qr
aiuu ' Also, in Kellev v. Seth. lro.n Moore,
? affirming tho judgment. Also, in Alexander
! v. Walker, affirming the j idgment. Also, in
Hiatt v. Simpson, Irom Anson, affirming tne
judgment. Also, in Mcllae v. Morrison, from
Moatgomery, affirming the judgment. Also,
tu. Washburn v. Humphreys, from Guilford,
awarding a venire de novo.; Also, in Slanly
and Murray v. Hendiicks, Irom Guilford,
awarding a venire dej novo. Also in John-
eon v. Farioxv, from Randolph, affirming the
i judgment. Alio, in Rliem v. Tull, from Ons
' low; affirmed. Also, in Den ex dera Hardy
v. Simpson, irom unowan? awarding a venire
de novo. Also, in State v. Mason, from Bun
combe, declaring that there is no error.
WEEKLY' COMMERCIAL.
WILMINGTON, N. C.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1S52.
' Pivm our Ext ra of yesterday Miming.
Wilmington, N.C., Feb. 19, 1852. .,
After our paper had gone to
press last night, at about a
quarter after eight o'clock, the
House of Mr. John Nutt, on
Red Cross, between 2d and 3d
Streets, was discovered to be
on fire, and with a new Kitch
en, j shortly consumed the
House itself not having been
built more than twelve months.
The house is raised on pil
lars, and some combustible
matter was placed under the
back part of it, by some incen
diary, and before the family
were aware of it, the House
was enveloped in flames. So
rapid was the progress of the
fiaufes that nothing of conse
quence was saved.
The supposition is that ex
traordinary means were used
to promote rapid ignition.
Mr. Nutt was insured, but
must have suffered considera
ble loss, to what amount we
do not know.
!Mr. Nutt is a very meritori
ous and industrious citizen,
and has the sympathies of the
whole community in this disas
terthe second of the land
which has occurred within a
short time.
A shell time after the above
fire had taken place, say about
1 2 o'clock, the alarm was again
given. The; fire originated in a
small house occupied by some
negroes in a narrow Alley,
running from Front to Second
street, between Priiices and
M arket Streets. Prom this
building it communicated to the
Dwelling of Mr. Peter Harriss,
which was consumed, together
with his Kitchen and Bake
House The fire then contin
ued to rage till the houses of
Mr. John Quince, Mrs. Betts,
Mr. Baxter, and Mr. Betten
court, yere entirely destroyed
with all out buildings. The
fire then communicated to a
building belonging to Dr. De
Rosset, occupied by Mr. David
Thally, as part of his Hotel
establishment, the upper story
of which wa s destroyed an d
the fire was stopped.
Several were insured, but
we regret that Mr. Peter Har
riss was not, who lost his build
ings and furniture. A
LIGHTING THE STREETS.
We move tliat Front Street he lighted, every
dark night, from the" Baptist Church to the Rait
Road Depot. Who seconds the motion ?
LADIES KEEP SAKE. 1
We have received the February number of this
neat and Interesting periodical. It is published
monthly, at SI a year, by John S. Tavlor, 143
Nassau Street, New York.
THE CONCERT.
Thcueh not urfrcd by the usual stimulus of an
advertisement, it is due to the management, from
whom we received free tickets, as well as to the
j merits of the performance, that we give a passing
I notice to the Concert of Mademoiselle Parodi,
which, took place at Masonic Hall, on Monday
Evening- last. Herself is the leading character
iu vocal music, though Patti, who assisted her
has the very highest claims to merit. The gen
tlemen who iKrrfornaed on the Violin and the Pi
ano showed themselves to be masters of their art,
and acquitted themselves much to the satisfac
tion of the audience. Indeed the whole perfor
mance, both vocal and instrumental, gave great
delight to a large and intelligent auditor-.
Thiktnd of music is not new to us. Wo have,
at different pcrit ds. both in this country and Eu
rope, witnessed the efforts of some of the finest
and mostapproved artists, anddo not think we have
ever seen any thing superior to Mademoiselle
Parodi and her company, either in scientlfiio skill
or brilliancy of execution. ;
-We must confess, however, that we have never
b.'cn able to acquire a warm attachment for oper
atic music, either vocal or instrumental, as a
ichoh. We appreciate the talent and industry that
produce such excellent results, but unqualified
admiration must be left to the more scientific and
practised ear.
The whole performance was: conducted with re
fined and delicate propriety. There was nothing
to excite forbidden passion or to stimulate unru
ly and boisterous mirth ; and we congratulate
the lovers of this order of musieal science, every
where, upon the acquisition of this Company to
the corps of artists, and the opportunity they af
ford of gratifying their peculiar taste.
"SUCH A BEAUTY I DID GROW."
Many of our readers doubtless recollect the
song under the above title, and from some re
marks in the Journal of Tuesday, we may not be
surprised if it becomes an appropriate ditty in
these quarters. The Editors ; say, in their com
ments on the Concert ;
"Among the beauties present, we were enabled to
;comit three gentlemen connected with the press.
''A fourth -was there to whom modesty forbids us
"to allude. - j
So soon as the readers of the! Journal got as far
as the word "press," in the above extract, they
. - j. -
knew, of course, that we were there. But who is the
gentleman who cannot be named on the score of
' modesty 1" It was no other lhan ' the veneia
ble," as one of the Editors is esteemed by his
neighbor over the fay. We saw him, and hav
ing left our spectacles accidentally at home, were
desirous of borrowing his but he was in the
same predicament. We got along very well,
through the politeness of a young gentleman, a
friend of ours: but how friend F. managed we
cannot say. It is ceiiain he Could see what was
"beautifnli" without glasses, spectacled or other
wise. But though a gentleman can distinguish
in this wise.it does not folllow that he can read
small print. So we admonish I him not to forget
his spectacles next time.
But we had almost forgot the! "head and front,"
of our article. We think j it would have added
greatly to the entertainment of tne evening if Mr.
Hauser had played on his violin and accompanied
the same with his vocalic art. the song alluded to
above, which begins thus:
"When I was a little boy, i
''Bout fifteen years ago,!
"I was the pride of Mammy's heart,.
;She made me qu:te a show
"Such a beauty I did grow, &c. "
Hauser thus doing, and the aforesiad Editors
in quadrilateral position just near enough to the
music man to give a view that would warrant a
fair comparison in the way of beauty, would have
been delightful though it might have been a
difficult case to decide. I
i NEW LIGHTS.
There is a new light coming! upon the world
not mental, but physical. We see in our exchan
ges, though in what paper the news-originated
we are' xmablc to say, that a hew illuminating
fluid has been developed in New York, which it is
said, will in a great measure supersede spirit
lamps, as soon as the Patent "Office can settle its
doubts. Large manufactories of benzule, a hydro
carbon which has the property of producing an ex
cellent illuminating gas by being dissolved in moist
air, are going up in New Yorkand Brooklyn. The
substance1 is manufactured from tar, or mineral
eoal. and, while it can be afforded at half the
price of -'burning fluid" per gallon, it will yield
immediately more illumination. The use of it
would require a gasometer and gas fixtures in
each house, but the cheapness of the consump
tion wi ll put movable lamps of every kind nearly
ont of use. 'I
THE QUESTIONS OF THE DAY.
We have heard it suggested that it would be
best to let all persons desirous of fighting the bat
tles of foreign nations, go without hindrance. We
are not quite sure that this would not best-promote
the quiet of our country. If the law of
1818 were repealed, and any one who saw fit, was
permitted to take .his arms and provisions and
"march off, with the assurance, of course, that he
thereby put himself beyoud American protection,
and could no longer laim the rights of citizen
ship, the noise about intervention would be less
sonorous; many a dinner speech would be spoiled
and many a Bombastes Furioso, who now swa--gers
and frets and fumes about the rights of the
down trodden people of Europe would exhibit a
character more like Sir Forcible Feeble, and which
would be more truly appropriate, j ;
And as the case at present standsr there arc
chances enough to get off, without fuss, if the peo
Xle choose it certainly there were plenty of op
portunities to consummate their wishes, when the
professedly republican Armies of Europe were in
the field, and it was known that they wanted
men and money to prevent them from being over
whelmed. - Nobody talked of going then, because
theie might bo a reality in the thing. Now they'
are ready to go in the most furious manner imag
inable; almost willing ta leave the "dinner fix
ins" half consumed, and the bottle not quite emp
ty tho' most of them, we guess, would stop to
finish that. Yes, men Ulk of going to Russia) to
ontend with the freezing cjiout of the B r,
who would not go half a mi jo hi the face of one
of our moderate wiuter-breezes, to help a. neigh
But after all, the leading 'politicians, the ofiice
seeki rs, are only dodging about to catca the po
litical breeze, and their ad-lle-pated followers are
wanted to aid iu a4enionstrati-: that is all a de
ception they know that notjhhig will grow out of
the prevailing humbug, in the way proposed,
though" there may be a chance of iKIit:r.il pro
motion in the ' noise and coiifuion" of the occa
sion. Thus it is with one hi&h official, who shall
be nameless, because he isnjot yel a candidate
who feeing a fire kindling in the West, throws iu
a little Senatorial fuel, by why of keeping it bur
ning, peradventure he may have a chance to warm
himself thereby. Oh, if th "candidates" could
only get np a patriotic uproar and sweep the coun
try with the Kossuth military besom at the ir.su
ing Presidential Electiou, how becomingly the
great West would put the nose of the Key Stony
State ont of joint, and sweep Buchanan, the fa.
vorite of the sober thoughjt of the Democratic
Party, "from off the political platform, -Better: not
try t kick up this dust. We charge the Siandard
to notice our advicq on the subject. If the "nn
territied" try this foreign 'j"pariotic" whirligig,
they will be whirled, into a corner from which they
cannot get out in less than four years, at soonest.
We had rather take the chances of Fillmore and
Buchanan, than to sec our country pass throngh
the dissipation and excitement the issue above in
dicated will produce but with certain victory to'
the Whigs. There is too much American feeling
in all parties in this country to permit the foreign
to overshadow the notice gldry.
The questions of the day icing the Mission of
Kossuth and the Presidential Election, it will be
well for the honor off our country if they do not
become disgracefully oonjoiiied for any connex
ion of the two topics) cannot but be disgraceful.
Our hope is not that partisan leaders will spare
the national character, if its immolation becomes
necessary for present political purposes, but that
the good sense, tho pride atid the patriotism of
the main body of thjj peopl4 will decide that tho
election of an American President is an American
question and if there must be ?i .military1 influ
ence in the issue, its shall arse on the merits and
glory of our own championst and not those of for
eign nations. ; 4
In regard to the proposition wllh which we com
menced tins article, to lake joff all restraint in re
lation to the movements of tfie festival heroes and
willing dupes of their false prolessions, it may be
well to think of it. If they were all out of the
country we would be better off. This, however,
is impossible, for thq indrstrious and useful class
es ought not and will not go 1 The (worst of all is
that those who "put! the bal in motion" will not
follow its lead, in no ease, whatever. A repeal of
the law might give us quiet, Those who now.
like the bully, cry "hold me, -hold mo J" would
then be as quiet as the mostjin:?nsc non commit-
tal policy could dietat?.
DEATH! OF DEL IlOitT.
We see the death ;of Dr. Illour announced as
having taken place recently pn New Orleans, lie
held the office of AssuN'er ofjthc Mint. Dr. Hoar
was, in this community, some 3-cars ago, distin
guished for his zeal and intelligent activity' in the
cause of Internal Improvement. He was emi
nently useful in the early stages of the efforts to
accomplish what has; since bee jmc an important
aid and sustenance to all thy industrial operations
of this community. The strong opposition to his
efforts never caused him to falter in his course,
for he was immoveabiv fixedf inhis determination
when the reflections of a strong and highly culti
vated mind, which he possessed, convinced him,
he was right. He was one of those early friends
with whom we had pleasuralile associations, both
in public and private), and whose integrity and mo
rality and high sense; of hoiujr are remembered,
with esteem and respect for his character, and re
gret for his loss, j i
The Delta saj-s he wa? by birth an Englishman.
We arc under the impression lie was born in Ire
land though we may be mistaken.' He was, how
ever, an American to all intents and purposes.
j : "
J SOUTH CAROLINA RAIL ROAD.
The Columbia South Carolinian of the 14th
says: . j
"At a meeting of the Board; of Direction of the
South Carolina Railroad Company, held on the
afternoon of the 12th jnst,, fllenry W Conner,
Esq., was unanimously re-elected President for
the "ensuing year. . - f
"TJjo annual meeting of tho Stockholders ter
minated Thusday, after a session of much inter
est. They separatedj with renewed confidence in
the able management of the Road, and in the fu
ture value of the Stock." L
MEETING OF STOCKHOLDEfis.
Wilmington, N. C, 17th Feb: 1S52.
A meeting of a number of t le Stockholders ot
the Wilmington and Manchester Rail Road, , was
held at the office of 'the Commissioners of the
town. On motion of J. A. Tavlor, Esq., Robt. B.
Wood, Esq. was called to the chair, and John Mc-
Rae, Jr. requested to act as Secretary. '
On motion of Col. W. CrJIoward.
Resdved, That a committee !of 2G Stockholders
be appointed to attend tlujj meeting of Stockhold
ers to be held at Sumterville on Thursday the 4th
March, 1852. Which' motion jyas adopted.
The chairman appointed thq followiqg gentle
man to compose said Committee.
Capt. G. Potter,
, Edward Kidder,
Edward P. Hall,
Dr. F.J. Hill,
A
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J. DeRossct, Jr.,
G. Parsley,
Geo. Davis,
Jno. McRae, Sr.,
Joshua G. Wright,
B. W. Beery,
Janws Cassiday,
C. D. Ellis,
-4- A. Brown,
Jas. R. Grist,
Z. Latimer,
Thos. Loring,
1. K. Dickinson.
Thos. W. Brown, j
Miles Costiu, i
S. D. Wallace, 1
II. L. Holmes,
A. H. VanBokkelen,
W.C.Howard,
Geo. R. French,
. W. C. Bettcncourt,
. Thos. ik Meares,
On motion of J. A. Taylor, j
Ues'lccd, That the gentlemen composing the
committee be requested to meet at the office of
the Commissioners pn Friday tveniDg next, at 7
o'clock; and that the papers of tho town l,c
quested to publish the proceedings. .
After which the meeting adjourned.
. R. v. vrooi) c-.-r I
JOHN !ricRAE. Jr., S
- " ' COCRESPONDKVCF, OF TH R t OMMKT ! m,.
Nkw Youk, Feb.dOti
This is a sunshiny morning, and a li-ht r.i!; (m
suow, which day-break discovvreJ lvhi :;... .
white sheet over sleeping nature, U rapi,Uv tt
apjoaring. j '',
Ycstoday wasva lovely hy, and Win- S.'..i
there was a great turn-out. The Churches w.u.
well filled. I had the felicity of hcarii. ti r
good sermons during the day and evening y;j
are worthy of a brief mention. x In .Tt mMlt
Rev. Dr. Spring at the Old Brick Church (vl.ic,
some people talk of converting into a Po.t 0:!i v
delivered one of his current series of lectures u 1
on the "Glory of Christ." His disconr.se yctvr.
day was entitled "Chril's Millciiial reipi.': ail,j
his text the first three verses of the "Jii h f
Revelation." It was devotetl nainly to ovr.
throw the literal constructionists' of that Msv
age, and the pre-Millcnaiians. The hchue'occU.
piod nearly two hours in the delivery, but jt was
si cogent and irresistible in its argument, that
the vast throng who listened to it. were attentive
throughout! It contained -a mild and iVicnllv
rebuke of those jr-MJ!:nariaii, whose su;n-r.j"r
education and standing led them to be aslaim- l
of the more humble class of like believers grnc.
rally know a as MUlerites.
In-fta afternoon, I went to the Broa.hvay x,
nacle, and heard a very pungent diseonrse bv a
clergyman who was niorc talked of in Mas, !i.
8 tts 12 or 14 years ago) than any other in hi ,riv
f.Sbion. It was Rev. M. Cheever, the .author of a
once famous satirical poem yclept 'D.a-., . (;.; f-'.
Disiilkry." Some of your readers will recollect
it. At thv time It vas written the (Tejlvjxr.nce
reform was hunllv 1i:iIi-1ki1 fi-nm ta ti. .11 .... 1..
. . im ouvi, iilKl u:c
distillers in Massachusetts were at that time nut
only the wealthiest but the most respected of tlw
citizens of that State. InSalem.TwpeciaUy, there
was a distiller, whose immense tstablishm iit 1 t
only filled his coders, but made him the jnut in
fluential man in that town of ancient witchcraft.
He used to do a rousing business, in ruin, anJi
something in religion ieiijg a iracoa of an or
thodox Church. In his hunting 'room in on
comer of his distillery, 'he had a little office fLn
which ho distributed bibles.'" One fine nioniinjr,
the town ami especially the deacon,' were astou
ished by the appearance of a satirical p.ier.i eit
likle a bomb-shel! into lh.it-1 lrildy 1 re-p.'ct t:;
. ---- - - I I .... in- i'HVUtH 1)4 (Ijj
establishment baa S itunlny night, alter it ha.l
been closed for the day, an I the deacon and 1, g
numerous hands gone home. A baud of demons'
take possession of the distillery, and jailer some
jesting upon the proprietor's consistency, tlo-'y
decided to have a practical joke by inunul'actur
ing on the spot. a quantity of liqnv for him. !-..
they fell to work, and filled the vats. The pipes
and barrels they mark on the end, "Jlino,- "
Deli l iu in l .cvl :;,s" &c. f
The deacon, and his men, on going down on
Monday niorrjing to business are surpried hut
well-pteased at finding such an acquisition to
stock. TiJe liquor. sold rapidly, but the lemon
ade marks on the barrels were very disaerivcah'e,
and could not be eradicated ; in short it pi o'luwla
tremendous sensation. But not so great nn ex
citement as the poem itself. . Four fifths of the
community pronmtneed it '"atrocious," (lor i tem
perance had few friends at 1hat time) and some-1
body, the deacon himself, I believe, cowhided tlic
author, at that time quite a youthful clert'yni.ui.
Not contented with this, lie was prosecuted fur
libel, aud though he had not mentioned theviianie
of the deacon in his' satire, he ivas fonnd guilty
and impt ironed. He left those parts when his in
carceration was terminated, and subsequently be
came so efficient a preacher that he is now p:it(r.
of the Congregationalist Society, in .Unioii Spiail,
New York City. -
He had been associated in my memory for nin
ny years past with the demons of "Deacon GilV
Distillery," and I had not seen Jijiu until yester
day afternoon, at the Broadway Tabernacle, uji :i
by a diabolical coincidence, the Devil -was aiur
thctibjcct of his satire.' His text was from k
1st chari of Job. wherein Satan represents to.te
hovah that Job feared God pnly because he wrs'
surrounded by prosperity, "but take from lira
what lie hath and he will curse thee,to thy face ! '
He went on to show that this was tho same crafty 1
and malignant devil who had lain, "sqnat like a
tOiid" to the ear of our mother Eve ; and more
than 4000 years aiterwards templed Jestis Christ
upon the mount. I have hot space to pre you an
idea of Mr. Checver's manner of treating his Ob
ject, but in his nervous energetic, sententious way.
he made every word tell. Job's ascription of
praise, in the midst of the fie;y furnace of his
fliction. 'The L?rd givclh and Ike Isrd tal:&
aicay, blessed be lice nam? of the hordV wasablu
right at the heart of the discomfited devil.
In the evening the pastor of the Tabernacle. Ker
Mr. Thompson, preached a discourse which w'
in one view a parody upon the 1st of May moving
and the general inquiry and preparation for a now
home. . .
Contempt for the course pnrsucd by Luis V
olcon, is very general here, bnt there are aftw
Amencan monarchists who are proud to rank
among hisjadmirers.
Manv of those who condemned the doctrine of
a national sympathy with Hungary, on thcgrowiu
that Ireland and her imprisoned patriots must first
be helped by us, now, betray their falsehood by
opposing the efforts for the liberation of O'Brien
and his compatriots. '
The very much abused and not-hyny-hody-to-be-very-mnch-commended
Art-Union advertise
to distribute the pictures on the 30th March,
I , .. : I 1 , .
, CONGRESSIONAL. ,
The singular fact was disclosed in the Senate on
Mondayl tlmt the census of one State had not
been taken, and in consequence, that State would
lose one of its Representatives.
The chief time of the House was taken up a
Monday, in discussing the mileage bill.
Tbis'is the long session, and we suppose -thus
will fee but little other than "Buncombe" briji
ness done ti!! towarc's. May or June.