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34 F 0 f. 11: mm- Jiii" hi. .t s , :'!', it - ti.' ; iy m ft; 15. 1 ::y :!' 4. Si. .y-i: f ' - si 1 ri-l ;-! . v : - - E- - -mi' . . ' t - - 8 :lr ::- ' "-" r' ' - Sit," I v. :i:.-:-"' I - 1 -E, .. r- " V . . rV v Far the Weekly Post. A CHABADE . ' ; My first's what we all have been, The wrople, and tho wgej yft And will from g to apfe be keen, ' To Vary life' dull page, My second every lady wears, And will its comfort own; The hmored bard whose name it bears, ' Scarccboasled more renown. v Myjyhole, a season all must say y Is Beautiful and .bright ; y; . ; , But soon it fades'tis fleet aa day, We scarce can claim its rijjht. CORA. Answer next week. r. '.-.'. ' . ENIGMA. .First Jake a word that doth silence proclaim' That backwards and forwards doth stilt spell the same. Then add; to the firs-t a feminine name. That back vi.rdssnd forwards doth still spell the came. An instrument to that, Lawyers oft' frame, That backwards and forwards doth still spell the same. Then oue signifying Father, a Svri.ic name, ... f . That backwards arid forwards doth still spcTl the same. A fi.nd rord forUnothers, which ail wilt proclaim, Both back wardaiid forwardn willj still spell the same. The iuitia of these, when joinVd, formed a name n -Which every young lady when married, will claim, And backwards and forwards doth still spelt the same. Erchnnge pager. .j V V- ''' Answer next .week. ' . ' Answer to the Enigma in the Post of the 1 7th " Weekly Post." t , s - Answer to the Enigma of last week" Nortllcaro lina Reader." v ' COMMUNICATIONS. The Night'. Sioc of Nature: ok. Ghosts a v:v . Giios, Sesks. -My C- tHEHiNE Crowe. Nko . ; York X J. S. RvdjH'l, Clinton Hall. Raleigh : i levers 'of- the .marveloui, we recommend ryihis book; as exceclin in wonders all tho dreams of th eir childhood, or the horrors they uiav have I hjeard . in the nursery , . These stories of "ghosts, . 1 wraitlis, second siglit; dreams, ttc, Mrsi Crowe na'r i rates, witlfsufh an v air of verity; that we must be : lieveshehas faith in her own statements; but never-. thelesve are loth to give credit to tliem, unless es tablished, bvthe fullest evideiice-we are inclined to' say likeCone'of olfj, " unless we see,' vc will not be--iiiey.e.';:.AVetnee4 not fear to know the truth; what ever that may be, and it is in the highest deoree unphilosophical to disbiilieve, because we cannot understand or explain ; we are surrounded by mys tery ourselves a mystery. . The present, as well the future, is to us shrouded in darkness. " Any-' ; thing- that casts a ray. of light on, this darkness,, we should gladly w'elcbme, and patiently examine ; and weigh the factsj which come to our knowledge. " One great difficulty attends such investigations " we cannot depend, upon the evidence of our sens r es, and .are more pnbleUo be deceived, than, when put experrmecfcreVith material tilings. AVe can . not " caji a .)irit from,, the vasty deed," that we : ttiayexaimTne and experiment upon it, we can only :' consider. and compare those facts, in which we can place confidence Mrs. Crowe's work professes to be such a collection of, facts, and is, if not a valua ble, a curious :book. We. refer the reader to it for a multitude of singular narratives, but will extntct a dream, wliich was publishetl a few years ago, in a Scotch paper, and which seemed to be too well au thenticated, to admit ot a doubt. " Some ninety years ag there flourished in Glasgow, a club of young men, which, from the ex- treme proliigacy of its members, and the licentious- j j hess Of their orgies; was commonly called the 4 Hell 1 .. Club !' Besides their nightly or weekly meetings, they held one grand saturnalia, in which each tried to excel the other in drunkenness and blasphemy ; and d(n these occasions there was no star- among them,wlj6se luridHight -was tnore conspicuous, than v. that of: yiounjl Mr. Archibald li , who, endow i ed witli brilhant talents, and a handsome person, had held out ' great promise in -his boyhood, 'and raised hopeswhich h:wl been completely frustrated by his subsequent reckless dissipations. . "One morning, after returning fnmi 'tlieif annual .festivHl, MK Archibald li-r-: - havitii; retireil to bed! dreamed the following dream : ' ' V' "Ie fancied that he himself was mounted on a favorite blaek- horse, that he always rode ; and thaiM he was proceeding toward his own house then a country seat, embowered by trees,' aud situated upon a mil, now entirely built owr, and "forming-part of the citv- when a stranirer, whom the darkness of mg-.it prevented his aistnn seized his (horse's rein,, say night prevented his distinctly discerning, suddenly ring, l ou must go wita me , " ';And whoareyou-?' exclaimed the young man, . : with a' volley of oathsr while he struggled to free himself. " ' ' ' -v . u tTli;xt you will see,, ly-and-by !' returned the r- other, in a -tone that excited uuaccountiible terror in the .youth, who, plunging his. spurs into his horse, Vttenipted JO tiy. But in. vain : ihowever fast the ; animal rlew, the stranger was stUl beside him, till; " at length, in his desperate efforts to escape, tha'ri def was throw,h ; but , instead of being dashed to r the earth, as he expectel, he found himself falling falling falling still, as' "if sinking into' the bowels of tlie earth.; . -.' "At length, a period being put to this mysterious descent, he' found breath to inqiiire of hiscompau- , . ionf w ho was still beside himwhither they were go ing: 4 Whereain l- where are you taking ine V --. he exclaimed. , . ; - "' To hell I'ireplied the stranger, and immediate ly interminably echoes repeated the fearful sound, ' To hell ! to hell f to hell!' ; ". . . . "t length a ligfit appeared, whicl.i zoort increas ed tb a blaze"; but, instead of the cri8, and groans, and lamentirigs, whicliheterrified traveller expect ed, nothing .met his ear buLsounds of music, mirth, and jollity ;. and "he found himself at the entrance of a superb building, far exceeding any heluidseen ' constructed by human Jiaiids. "Within, too, what a scene ! 'No amusement, employment, or. pursuit of man on earth, but was , hce being carried on with a vehemence that excited his -unutterable amaze--ment. . .' There the young and lovely still swam through I the mazes of tlie giddy dance ! There the panting steed still bore his brutal rider through V the excitements of the .goaded race ! - There, over the Vidnicrht bowl, the iii temperate still drawled out the wanton song or maudlin blasphemy 1 The gambler plied for ever ' his endless game, and the slaves of Mammon toiled through eternity their , bitter task ; while all the magnificence of earth pal- ed before that which uow met his view !' ' He soon perceived that he- was among old ac quaintances, whom he -knew tobe dead ; , and each he observed was pursuing the" object, whatever it was, that had formerly engrossed him ; when, find ing himself .relieved of the presence of his unwel come. conductor, he ventured to ddress his former ! fri&nd Mrs. D - whom he saw setting, as had . been her wont oh earth,1 absorbed at loV), requesting her to rest from the game, and introduce him to the -pleasures pf the place, which appeared to him to be. very unlike wh:it he had expected,, and, indeed, r an" extremely agreeable one. But, , with a cry of agony; she answered, 'that there was no rest in hell ; that they must ever toil on at those very "pleasures: and innumerable voices jaehoed through the interminable vaults, 4 There is xk rest in hell I' " -whllel throwing open theit-ests, each discjoaed in his boeom,.an-?ej burning flame ! These, they t -r: said; were the pleasures of -hefl ! i Their choi( on eartlr was now their inevitable doom ! In the midst of the horror this scene inspired, his conduc tor returned and at his earnest entreaty, restored him again to earth ; but, as he quitted him ho ai. Remeinber ! in' a year and a day, we meet again!' i . rf-;-. . ' '"At this crisis of his dream, the eleeper awoke, feverish and ill ; and, whether from the effect of his dream, or of his. preceding orgies,' he was so unwell as to be obliged to keep his bed for several days, during which period he had time for many serious reflections, which terminated in a resolution to abandon. the cjub and' his licentious companions altogether. .. ; : , ' u lie was no sooner well, however, than they flock ed around him, bent on recovering so valuable a member of their society, and having, wrung from him a confession of the cause of his defection, which, as may be supposed, appeared to them emi- ' nently ridiculous, tiiey soon contrived to make Mm ashamed of his good resilution. He joined tliem again, resumed his former bourse of life : and when the annual saturn:ilia came round, he found him self with his ?las in his band at. tb table whfn the president rising to make the accustomed speech, began with saying,.-. Gentlemen, this being leap year, it is a year and a day since our last anniversa ry, Ac' The words struck upon the young; man's ear like a knell ; but, ashamed to expose his weakness' to tlie-.jwrs.of .his C9rapahiohs,he sat out the feast, plying himself with wine, even more liberally' than usual, in order to drown his intrusive thoughts-; till in the gloom of a winter's morning, he Amounted his horse to ride home. Some hours afterwards, the horse .was- found, with his saddle and bridle oh, quietly 'grazing by the road side, about half way letveen the city and Mr. B- 's house; while, a few yards off, lay the corpse of his muster." iy. - , For the Weekly Post. "FITZ VAN WINKLE" Aim "THE NORTH t CAROLINA READER." ' j Mr. "Wiley :; Within tlie present week, I ha-$ niet with your; work, entitled "The North Caro lina Reader," as Well as two articles in the Raleigh Register, signed " Fitz Yah Winkle,'' evidently designed by the writer to forestall public opinion as to the ments of your work, and ir possible, to des troj its patronage among the good people of the Old North State, .. ' , ,. We have but a partial acquaintance with .each other, but permit' me, sir, to congratulate, you, upon your success, in getting out a work 80 admir ably adapted to the object had in' view ; nor do I hesitate at the same time, to offe.' my congratu lations to our own, our native State, upon this ; poriant arid nvaMai'additiou to its literature, for a desideratum has. been supplied that had been greatly wanted. Here is a book whih should be found iu every ' house, and Vith Which every school in. Carolina should be well supplied. But whilst the friends and patrous ot ur State litera ture are pleased and gratified, the soul of " Fitz Van Winkle" "hai grown sick. lie is too exotic in his nature, to be pleased with any effort that might be made, to elevate the character of. our State li-. terature, or be gratitid at any success that might attend such an enterprize. lie seems to beloiig to th:tt geinfs of men so fitly portrayed in the preface to your book, but possessed pf too much blindness of intellect, to discover the unlovely features of his own likeness, when ho has kokejl therein. His .Italian-2m is offended at your success. TheproR pect of the popularity of the "North Carolina Read cr," causes him to evince a squeamuhncs3 disrobed of all delicacy whatsoever ; and as 'a would-be critic, he seizes his pen and enters upofi a crusade against it in- tlie columns of he Raleigh Re-' gister. " , : ' ;. -j Don Qi -Jfee has lived aridinecrfuTtiTxP ism has n t died with him.. The tactics of our hero seem to hav e been drawn from the Quixotic school ; for he charges furiously upon the book in question, but inflicts no injury; j lie denounces it as being less than what it purports to be, but; tolls us not, wherein j it falls short. He affects all the delicacy of the connoisseur, but displays not one solitary trait of a true critic. He makes the onset without bringing forward or laying down any established rules of criticism, and he falls ascompletely confounded, as Quixote did from the wheel of the windmill. He entered the list as a critic, made no etfortto review the work, but blustered, and labored to enter sentence of con demnation against it. Indeed I might sum up his ungenerous efforts in this case, by saying, he has" wroughtjout for himself, the distiiiction of a distin guished failure. . , j Many books are possessed of beauties and ex cellencies, iihd are justly . entitle to merit. None, perhaps, ara -destitute ojf literary defects. The true critic will never pass oyer excellencies to . notice defects.. The preteuoed , one will searcn for, and pick" -at- defects, as the sable fowl that riiLs -through the air, would disregard the most delicious meats, and feed upoij putrescent bodies. Mr.. "Fitz Van Winkle" has objected) to two sentences in the North Carolina (Reader, but has refused to.try either bV any rule of priti cism. It would seem that the sentiments there in contained; do . not suit his palate. Hence, he closes Jus eyes to all the excellencies ' and clustering beauties that pertain to the book ; and forsooth, Condemns it' altogether. Mr. Blair, in his lectures, upon rhetoric and belleslettres, re views the writings of Addison in the Spectator. He first commended and pointed out the beauties f his author. In the next place, he brought to view, his defects and incongruities having laid down es tablished rules by which to try each and, finally, says, he who would iattain to purity of style in the' English tongue, let him devote his days and nights to the study of Addison. But, Mr, "Fitz Van -Winkle" seems to know nothing of this sort of criticism. If, in" the preface of the work, he finds his own lineaments drawn, he impugns jthe mo tives of the author. In the body of the book he meeti with one little sentiment, " Harrah falhe Old North State, forever ;" he is offended, and though 1ol anrl hnil(r teeming beauties are displayed throughout, yet he silently passes overall, and proscribes the book. Mr. Fitz may have read a few novels, and dreamed that he was. a man of letters. He may have ob tained a smattsring of learning, and fancied him- self "an erudite ; but certainly the shadow of a cri tic, or the genetosity of a schojar is not visible in his character. Anatomists inform us, that a species'of creatures are found in the human brain, called .hydatids ; that they are found in their most active condition in the head of the sheep. ,ow, 5 it pestle for these living creatures to affect the bndn of a human being, all might attribute the jirild rantation of this modern would be critic, " Fitz Van Winkle," to the existence bf those creatures iu his cranium, operating upon the cere brum. He appears to bo Italian in his feelings Roman Catholic or Puseyite in his spirit, j Here I drop him for the present, with the re mark, that if he should ever leave the good old North State, the .welfare and glory of which he seems to have so little at heart, he may,- with pro priety, sing to'his comrades of like mould, the words of another, under 'certain circumstances: " Let this be known, and be it understood j . ' Wejeft our country, for our country's good." sWhen we visit our pri ruary schools, and examine the books put iota, the hands of our youth, to mould-the young mind, we will soon learn to place a proper estimate,-upon the M North Carolina Reader." We sometimes meet with the wNew York Reader, No. l.w ; . New York Readei, No. 2,n and " New York Reader, No. 3 ;n. and a poor apology, too, for school books ! .' Give us the " Korth Carolina Reader V it contains Noth Ca- rolina mind, nd'korth Carolina sen tilent 'Pa rents and teachers, please examine it, fad supply your children' and schools with it. It ha substan tial work void of foreign vagaries. : , 0 JOHN OF ROi&'OKE. January, 22, 1852. THE -WEEKLY FDST. EDITED BY C. H. WHEY & W. D. COOKE. 4 RALEIGH, JAMiET 31, 1852. . CLUB PRICES: Three Copies, ........ $5 full price, ........I.. $8, Eight Copies, ........12 y. " ....... J., 16, Ten Copies, 15 SO, : Twenty Copies, ..-..i 20 . , " 40. ' (Payment in all cast in advance.) WTiere a club of eight, ten or twenty copies is sent, tlie person making up the club will be entitled to a copy extra. All articles of a Literary character may be addressed to C. H. Wilev, Greensboro', or to the Subscriber, Raleigh. Busi neas letters, notices, advertisements, remittances, &c., &c-, should be addressed to W. Di Cooke. Advertisements of a proper character will be inserted at the usual rates. WILLIAM D. COOKE. Popnii VT Postmasters are-authorized to act as Agents for the weoRiy fost. WHAT MIGHT BE. Reader open,.; if you -please, one of the test fravellers' Maps of the United States. - inveliers Maps You observe there is a rail road to" be run. from fLynchburg, in Virginia, into Tennessee ;' and that if the NorthCarolina Central Rail Road wcre-con- tiuued to this, or to some point on the Tennessee river, it Would be; connected' with he f. whole Mis sissippi valley. ' . 1 f . Now run your eye along the Atlantic coast of our country ; you see, between ,the 34th and 35th parallels of northern latitude, an obscure looking place called Beaufort Right here is one, of the best harbors in the United States : the fact is bin- disputed, and cannot be disputed. It is sulScicntly well sheltered, and capacious enough to contain any amount of shipping ; it is of easy access, and in an hour a vessel can pass from it to the broad Atlan tic. Since the discovery of the American Conti nent to the present time, this port has changed less than any other at least it has not changed at jdl; and the presumption is, that it never will change, because no river disembogues its waters near it This fact, which mates Beaufort 'one of the finest and most unvaring harbors in the world, is also the cause of its obscurity ; -.nature did not connect it with the hi terior of the country. But keep your eye on . the map how easy and natural it seems, to construct a rail road from Golds Ikxto' to Beaufort ; and then how short and level the route across from this to the waters of Pamlico, Thus we have Beaufort connected by rail roads with the Pamlico and Roanoke countrr with the Cape Fear and Charleston, with Virginia, upper North-Carolina, and the Mississippi valley in word, with the most important producing portions of the United States. Suppose all this were so. T. li'lil a wnai wouia oe tue consequence This is an age of speed : speed is the most im portant ; 'element now, of Commercial greatness The great agriculturid stiples of this country cot ton and bread-stutts, are the subject? of speculation Inscription of-QJitwn. TAern .mi ajvUboRST,sggntjfg vrraj-aiptire-M . -iinr-nng'ttf? me-TasTSe eHrijrCSristmns met iCby ndbl large dealer mere cheapness of transportation is an object of secondary consideration. He receires and transmits intelligence, makes purchases and sales by Telegraph the lightning conveys his mes sages, and the article in which he trades must be moved from point, to point by the speediest route. For instance,:: there is a large amount of cotton lying at Memphis, just, picked and baledpand a steamer arrives from Europe, bringing intelligence of an advance in the price of this commodity. The rail; road can carry it sooner to Beaufort than it can get to New-Orleans ; and when at Beauforf, it is nearer to New-York and nearer to Europe. Now how much would take the direct route to Beaufort, and how much would move down the river to New-Orleans? ; If tlie freight on the' rail road were reasonable (as. it would be) every bale would take tins route. - In' a word, Beaufort would be the principal ex porting sea-port for the Mississippi valley for Vir ginia, South-Carolina and Nforth Carolina ; and in consequence, it Would inevitably become a great commercial depot ; a mighty city , would spring up, and all the iron arteries making to it'be surcharged with strong currents of freight and travel. . It 'would be the rival of New-York, and in time, perhaps, become the Atlantic City' of North America: its interior communications would never be frozen up, it would be nearer the southern and south-western staples ; of easier access and egress for sail vessels having a more delightful climate, and subject to no variations in the entrance, caused by the alluvium of great rivers, and more near the; centre of the Atlantic coast. Will any one pretend to say that such things will iiever be ? . For our' part, if called on to prophesy, we had rather risk our reputation for foresight, with pos terity, by predicting that such things will be, than by saying they will not. And as the spirit is now strong upon us, and the fear of Fitz forgotten, we i". sunhy a consummation within! 1 ". i " ' ' . ' " ' 'i the range of probabilities; and likely to be' the ef fect of causes now forking under a' wise and be neficent Providence. . ARMED INTERVENTION IN THE AFFAIRS OF EUROPE. 'Some one has' said that Kossuth is as full of electricity as a thunderycloud. Wherever he goes he seems to excite the greatest enthusiasm ; and he has been charged with, turning the heads of as tute lawyers and of grave divines as well as those of less distinguished and lessTearned people. A great deal of this excitement, however, is to be attributed to the influence of Fashion, an all powerful Tyrant in the nothern cities, y Jenny Lind, the Wizard of the North, and Lola Mpntes have also been full of electricity, for our Northern friends;, and as to certain lawyers and ' reverend divines with the confounding of whose wits the Hungarian Patriot is charged, they give unmis takable evidence of previous simplicity. We believe that even at the North there is at least half; a million of sober people for every million and" a half of fookv; and among these calm and sensible people we rank the editors of the Satur day Evening Post. There is an article in a late number of this paper which strikes us as being ve ry much to the, point ; and as some of the views expressed are si milar to our own we copy them into our editorial columns and commend them to the serious attention of ur teaden. The subiect is the propriety of an armed inter- vention, by the United Slates, in favor of Liberty i Europe; and before ire quote our namesaitewe ould like to ask, if nine-tentha of the French peo- : pie vote for a Beirerected5 dwtator, what propor-, tion of the masses of all Europe understand and ? are ready for rational, republican. iiDeny ine liberty of law ! About the same proportioncer- tainly not a greater pro jportion than is to oe lonna in France. Then if nine-tenths of the people of Europe are ready to' vote for military dictators in preference to free Legislatures, and invioiaoie con stitutions, how much good could be effected by the United States,'in a, forcible attempt to compel the submission of these nine-tenths to thd will and wishes of one tenth ! t to the article : "Oh: would to heaven, that the reformers of the earth eould learn a lesson of their great spirit ual head, even the Brinee of Peace that they could put their trust once and forever in those spiritual weapons?' which are mighty through God to the pulling down of-strong-holds." The great obstacle to their success, is not tlie powi'roi mt but the ignoranceof the people, which makes them the willing instruments of the oppressors of the world. France could, not be free in 1848 ; it was an impossibility because her peasantry were not tit for freedom, A small body of men m Parts maintained the Republic by force foi a time : but when their own principle, universal suffrage, was adopted, an immense majority of the people voted for Louis Naooleon. the only" remaining token, the last raff of the Enrpire. Awl can the people be educated to that point -of intellectual and spiritu al elevation necessary to enable them to enjoy ami preserve their freedom, during civil war? War makes a whole nation soldiers and a European camp is the phice to fit rae'n for unqualified and unreasoning obedience, and not fr Freedom. . See with what alacrity the soldiery of France have re cently turned their bayonets agaiust the Legisla tive power, the Constitution, and the Republic. Peace is slow, ;we, grant ; but it is sure, irue Freedom is only possible throglr the enlighten ment of the people, and that is necesEarily a slow work. Ta it rpafionablfl to exoectto undo the work of thousands of years in a single day, or even a century ? And when the work is going on, slowly to be sure, but steadily and well, will you spoil all by haste and revolution. Your diamond may take long ages to crystallize but be patient, for you dere not a paste jewel, but the real dia mond. 1 f Straightforward goes The lightning's path, and straight the fearful path Of the can non-baH. Direct it flies, and rapid, Shal taring, that it maif reach, and shattering what it reaches. ' My son ! the road the human being travels, That on which blessing comes and gjes, doth follow The river's course, the valley's playful windings, Curves round tlie corn-field and the hill of vines, Honoring the' holy bounds of proj erty ! And thus secure, though late, leads to its end." We firmly believe, ridiculous as it may seem to many, that if the reformers of Europe would aban don entirely and forever the dream of Freedom wxn by Force, they would gain their ends in an infinitely shorter time than by their present mode of action. Why are liberal ideas now warred upon and proscribed in Europe? Because the principle of forcible revolution is incorporated with them. If it were not soif the doctrine of reform, to be peaceably effected through constitutional modes, or, prescribed customs, was preached, and the prin ciple of forcible: change abandoned there would not bethe same censorship of the press, and pro- endurance of flight, but this would rather aid than retard the progress of opinion. " The blood of martyrs " not of warriors " is the seed of the -church." But monarchs generally would tolerate simple, "impracticable" ideas because they would not fear them. Yet these ideas would gradually even affect the aristocratic and monarchical classes themselves, as was the case previous to the first French Revolution when ultra democratic senti ments were avowed in the saloons of the highest nobilitv of Eurone. For truth, if allowed a fair j 1 v aiiu ptateauiu uciu, una x strong auiacuuii iwi ct- ery generous mind, and will ultimately prevail. But nothing of the kind can be hoped for "While wars and convulsions prevail. Amid the roar of cannon and the clashing of swords and bayonets, the still small voice of justice and mercy and right cannot be heard, The hearts of men become har dened they become accustomed to the moans of widows and the tears of orphan' children. Good angels forsake the earth. Warriors plant dynasties with their swords." Immense national debts beg gar the people, and'thus retard the education,- re finement and spiritual growth. The whole thought of the masses is turned upon he means of living. Pressed to the earth, they become coarse and sen sual. The. aristocracy sav and with a degree of truth- these people are too ignorant and degraded to govern themselves ; they are children in minch, without the innoc-nce and purity of childhood. It would bo a foolish and dangerous philanthropy to trust them with political power.' 0 COLD WEATHER AGAIff. .We have had three "6ld spells" this winter, each exceeding in intensity of .cold any thing felt in this country in many years. To the wise and thoughtful, all things are suggestive; to the hope ful, there is good in every occurrence. We believe the experience of the present winter will be of real service to our people ; it will teach them to be more careful in the construction of their houses, to proyide better shelters for their brutes, and to be more provident in summer. If Our win ters were.always, mild we would become careless, .thriftless and lazy ; these rigorous seasons stimu late our energies, and teach us to be more indUstri ouSj circumspect,-and regardful of the,future. - LATEST FROM EUROPE. We have Liverpool dates to the 10th inst. by the America.- 'France continues tranquil. The English Cabinet is verging" on dissolution. There is no other important political" news. - The hew Con stitution of France has not yet been promulgated, but it is understood that the Empire will probably be re-established. - r The Guilford Editor acknowledges his. ob ligations to his friend. II. D. Turner, of the North Gorolina Book Store, for a sett of Mrs..Sigourney'8 School Books, consisting of the Girl's, the Boy's and the Child's Book. W e mustr apologize for the press work on our paper this week. Through mistake, one of our rollers which we were using was' stripped to receive a new coat, and we were compelled to Work with only two rollers. r, . i 1 --' i We are pleased to learn that the celebrated Misses DEffmpRT, accompanied by their father and their brother, (a boy 8 years of kge, who is said to be a wonderful performer on the Violincello,) intend giving a series of concerts in our city. These ar tists have won for themselves a high reputation throughout this and our sister States sufficient to insure them goodvu houses in Raleigh. We are aaaoua w aee tee programme. : LITERARY NOTICES. The Eclectic Magazhie for January, haa made its appearance on our table. -The reading contents Is as inviting as could be wished The present number is ornamented with a beautiful engraving, by Sartain, of the Court Scene, in which the Empress, Josephine, was divorced from Napoleon, j v The STETnoscoTifr or Virginia Medical Gazette, for January, b also before us. This excellent Journal is conducted by Dr. P.-CuUborhe Gooch; Richmond, Va., who deserves much credit for his energetic en deavours to promote thecaiiie of medical literature in the South. The Stethoscope is well worthy of sup. port from the reading members of the profession, and we wi!l be,glad to see it generally encouraged.. Dr. J. A. Wadoeix. of this city, is appointed agent for the State, and will be pleased to receive subscriptions - w Godet's Laot's Book. The February number of this fashionable and popular Magazine, has arrived, ith its customary punctuality. The plates and other illustrations are good, and abundance of original litera ture will be found in its pages. . 1 The Illustrated Natural History', and the America Flora, are two beautiful and valuable se rial publications, in monthly parts, by Dr. A. B, Strong, pf New York'. We are happy to acknowledge thd re ception of the second and third numbers of each work , and take pleasure in recommending them to tne inenas of American Science every where. 1 he subjects are systematically treated, and illustrated by means of numerous colored and life-like plates ot tne ODjecis described. J. D. Post is associated with Dr. Stronsr in conducting the first we have named. We wish abund dnnt success to both these gentlemen in their laudable efforts for the advancement of science, in the interest ing departments to which they are devoted- We are indebted to Dr. J. C. M. Merillat, of the Va. Institution for the deaf and dumb and the blind, for the Thirteenth Annual Report of the Board of Direct or This interesting document, which we have not had time to examine, is ornamented with a beautiful cut of the buildings and grounds of that Institution. Dr. M. will please accept our thanks. f thft "Proceedings of the 22nd. Annual Session of the-Baptist State Convention," held at Wil mington, in Octoler last, has been politely laid upon our table, The printing is neatly executed by M. A. Meredith, of Raleigh. We take pleasure in noticing this fact, as an encouraging evidence of the improve ment in printing that has begun to manifest itself in the State. We will hail every such successful effort, with a hearty good will, from whatever quarter it may come We can only add that the Proceedings of so import ant a. body, mast not only be interesting to the Deno mination represented by it, but to the christian reader generally, ! i The, ChilpIs Paper is a small illustrated monthly sheet published' by the American Tracft Society, at New York. The price is ten copies for .one dollar, to one address. We have received the first Number, and would recommend the work at length, if a publication from that soiree could be supposed to need it. The M Live Giraffe" is the unique title of a new neutral, weekly paper just commenced in this city by Mr. Weslet Whitaker, Jr., who is already known to the public as an enterprising publisher. It is a neat and epicy sheet, and we wish our tall neighbor agreeable browsing among the tree tops. CONGRESSIONAL SUMMARY.SENATE. On Monday the 19tli, certain joint resolutions offered by Mr. Clarke, on the subject of non-intervention, were read twice and ordered to be print ed. These resolutions affirm the principle of non intervention to "be the true policy of our govern ment. Mr. Undeiuvood offered a substitute for the joint resolution making land warrants assigna ble, which was adopted in committee. An amend ment by Mr. Walker was pending when the Se nate adjourned. ' On Tuesday the 20th, little important or interest ing business was transacted. Just before tlie Senate adjourned, however, Mr. Seward offered'a substitute for Mr. Clarke's series of non-intervention resolu tions, in 'which a protest isejitered against Russian interference in Hungarian affairs, and our govern ment is declared not to be indifferent to such viola tions of national independence. Mr. Cass also laid on the table a resolution to the same purport. Mr. Walker's amendment tc tlie land warrant resolution was then rejected, and the 1st of the resolutions ordered to be engrossed. On: Wednesday .the 21st, the Chair laid before the Senate the message from the President, enclos ing copies of the correspondence between Mr. Rives,; our Minister at the Court of France, and the State Department Mr. Webster's letter in structs Mr.' Rives to recognize the new government The act making land warrants assignable was.then passed. After, some minor business, the Senate ad journed. On Thursday the 22nd, among other proposi tions, Mr. Hunter introduced a joint resolution, authorising the Postmaster General to contract for two ice boats, to transport' the U. S. mail on the Potomac river during tlie. winter season, at an ad ditional cost not exceeding $20,000 per annum. On Friday the 23d, the Senate was entirely oc cupied with private bills ; after passing a. number oi tnese, Jt adjourned over to Monday. HOUSE. ; On the- 19th, the Speaker stated that the firs business before the House was thq motion made on a former day, by Mr. Allison, of Pennsylvania, to suspend the rules, to enable him to submit a reso lution authorizing the printing of one . hundred thousand copies of the condensed report of the Superintendent of the Census Report, which had been published in the Globe, provided it will not cost more than one cent per copy, and which, other wise, cannot be distributed among the people, for a length of time, and then only to a limited extent upon which the ayes and n?ys had been demand ed. The Clerk proceeded to call the roll, when there appeared 132 in the affirmative and 28 in the negative. The rules therefore "weresuspended, and the resolution was agreed to : but,' after some debate, it was reconsidered and laidn the table. Nothing else was done, of importance, and : the House adjourned. On the 20th, the House went into committee of the whole on the state of the Union, on the bill appropriating t3,l $0,000 for the next Mexican in stalment. After some debate the committee rose and the House adjourned. On the 21sUthe Speaker having stated that the first business before the House, was the report of the select committee, submitting a bill regulating it 't m ' . . m me assignment ot bounty land warrants, a' dis- eus&ion ensued, till the xaoroiDg tem expired, and . i - - - - - the Houe went into Committee of the "Wl " and took up tne pui approprmuiig iDe mexiC4n. demnity, . A long;' debate followed ; the then resumed, and Mr. Houston submitted lution, that all debate on the stihjdct should nate, and that th committee should report tos row at 3 o'clock. . He then moved that the ' I adjourn, and no action was taKen on the re5o'. 1 tion. ,. On the 22d, some uninteresting matters attended to, after which the House proceeded " other business, and took up the Bounty Land V'; - rant Bill. - r. rse, .oi iowa, addressed A ' House.. At this time the bill on 'the same sul,; hich had been pas3ed by the House, wasreL v ed from ine 'u 10. ine Uouse L - went into committee on the state of the UnC" '-' and took up the bill authorizing the appropriate" . of the Mexican indemnity. After some "discuss; ' the committee rose, and tlie House adjourned. On the23d, a motion prevailed to terminat? a debate on foe Mexican Indemnity bill to-morm. . 2 o'clocki the House then went into a commit; of tlie wftole, on the state of the LTmon, and tl UDeiwnlpdemnity bilk The House hal y resumed,'lho nSssage received from '.pWAiS Iff wks reported, to the Honse, and the communiej. r tion frornvtbe Secretary of State was read. i. which he states it is usual for applications for jj.'. formation to be made through the President, w hie in the present instance had been make to the b, . partmont. He, therefore, .forwards to the Pr dent; the note of the"Mexicah Minister referred to ; I ; but, with reference to any conversation that i place, it will be improper to make it public. 7 House then adjourned. On the '24th, the House went into committee c ' the state of the Union, and again took up tlry Mexican Indemnity bill, and, the whole time wa '. . occupied in debate. The House then adjournei ; DEAF MUTE EDUCATION. BY THE LATE REV. JOSEPH. CALDWELL, D.l). ; 1 1 L Concluded from our last.) Mr. Randolph was present one evening? mi large assemblage of nobility and gentry to whict he had accepted an invitation. Amidst the daz zling splendor that glittered, in the extensive mir. rore, the pictures, the gilded furniture, the rich ta pestry, the painted ceilings, the sideboards covered with the most costly specimens of glass and v'm and plate ; and, in addition to all this, the rid ' decorations of fashionable dress which covered whi elegance the persons of all present, application w '. made to him, perhaps with some curiosity, to knoi whether such a scene as he beheld, did not eiciti his admiration. . I think, Sir, if you will exciK me, said this American citizen, that I have wh nessed even a more splendid scne to day. j Can i: be so indeed, said the "surprised cofirtier, and irL you permit me to inquire where it may have beeni I. visiWd Newgate this .morning, was the reply, and there I saw Mrs. Fry moving through the gloomy i partments, which, by her regulations, permitted ard sanctioned by the government, had become asnta: and comfortable as such places could be. 'fa r - whicli bad been Lardeneaand roughened by aWtle passions of depravity, were lifted with love and re- . I neration, while they rose from their various use!! . , ' occupations, yoa could" see the tear of gratitude glistening in their eye, or rolling down their cheek. And-when the opened the Bible, to read to then the selected chapter, they listened with reverenc to the precept, with conviction to the reproof, arid. with hope to the offer of forgiveness through tU jSaviour. This, sir, 1 thought, was a splendid scene, Yes, my audience, the spirit of enlarged enter prise in the exercise of all the christian virtue, seeking opportunities to express itself in seasonable . and comprehensive plans of reformation to the vi cious ; instruction to the ignorant ; encouragement to virtuous industry, and the elevation of ourseWa and others, to superior moral worth in connec tion with persevering and advancing success) in uur , prpper avocations, are better proofs of strength, .,u and growth,1 and glory to a people, than the bright- est exhibitions of wealth and power. Oh, could this spirit of energy and cooperation, pervade ith 'j its ever living and active principle, the gpeat body of our people. ; nay, could it only actuatelsbitu ally, that whole body of men who have leading in fluence, superior light, and the efficiency of proper ty throughout our free and ' peaceful State, W i should wo soon behold every obstacle remove!, i and every embarrassment vanishing, which now disheartens us in the enterprizes that we meditate for the melioration of society, and the; improve ment of our condition. What, then, is wanted to qualify us for success, and ensure its capacities,!! , regard to such an institution as is now proposed -to us, as .well as all other institutions characterized as this is, by the relief of misery, preparing no . small numbers, of our fellow beings for usefulness, as members of society, and for happiness, both is the, present life and in the eternal world ! It is net. I in numbers, or in property, or in physical streogtli -j that we are lacking. In all these respects we cm measure with a large proportion of this Union. Let us be assured that in nothing do we fail, if it be. not in a determined spirit of harmony of cordi al union, fixed with 4nflexible purpose upon the generous designs we would prosecute. I would now inform you, in behalf of tho9 " whoso-nacoe I have the honor to address you T a few evenings ago, a number of gentlemen held meeting m this place, at which, afijer consultation it was resolved, that' they would constitute them selves into a society, having for its object, the es tablishment of an institution in our own Stale, fof , the instruction pf the deaf and dumb. 1 ThUv society was organized by the adoption of . certain rules, arftl the appointment, at least for the time being, of certain officers necessary for the transaction of bysincss. A committee was alsorsp pointed for drafting, with more full opportunity 1 such a constitution as may be necessary to a socie ty of this nature. . It appears that Asylums for the deaf and dumb, in the different States, are a subject before the Congress of the United States, with a view toF . propriate certain portions of land, to serve as the basis of a fund to aid in the erection and mailt5 t nance of such institutions. - A committee was further appointed to draft and present a memorial to the Hon. Legislative Eodj of this State, praying that this society may he favored and fortified with an act of .incorpora tion. . , ' V. . A committee wa appointed to frame and trans mit kymemorial to Congress, in which it should be respectfully requested that such an appropriation of the public lands might be made, in favor of the North Carolina Institution, for the instruction of the deaf and dumb, as to their wisdom, might ap pear reasonable and proper. Lastly, it was' resolved, that a meeting of the society should be held, on this evening and th1 an address should be deliveredon the nature ana objects of the institution. r - v It is inTconformity with,' this resolution that wa are now met, and these expositions are made m y 1 lation to the history ot tnese insutttuona, ui j DEAF & DUMB & THE - BLIND. - ture oi - conten ; Wit ;alte he dov -You b ' ilowcu ldTecti ginati . ment, ' these tnenta tie r gracic the w cumb lof kn - ed tl - aeeki y joua d the p 'ledge Hhey ,litaiti ' state sof di; '4 Mi rofN know vSthej iaenle 1 ! M r dotir tto I child p08S ordei tl ws fdatk sure. I- Tl 0 its it Star! ever btic ; i bus i pear are t edtl H etl In oi initf - In sake: cited featc freez ywhic soul : ledg' cess into ever by t door :m kno telli fecti cond Bess men shal of o ness I Nev Jam O Ris The Agn To, Toj VVh Toi Wit m .Th The The Thi The The In Bef Hei Wl Ac Hei Asc Ari( For Thi bri ca soi tin: Ne for jus cf. 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