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I i.... ; . . 42 0 S T WW - 'A& -'' if! 14' id- i m .4:. -' 11 i lit l.U- l 1' !-: mi :i I ; From the Richmond Enqtiirer Messrs. Editors Tlje following paper has been ' placednn my hands, and 1 know not better how to use it than to give it to you for publication in your . valuable journal, jjhis modeof computing interest '( is extremely simple, and mathematicallyaccurate. It is, lite wise, as I have' been, informed, - comino into general use in," Petersburg. k ': B. .- .;An abbreviated process 'of computing interest at r6 per cent, has been handed me within a few days; ! with the request that I would give an exposition of the principle on which it is founded, and furnish a Mule, applicable to all the, 'cases which can be con- venitntly solved by it' After some examination, I ? am convinccd thatit inay. be of much practical util ity, as it is capable of general application, and is shorter than afjy other method which has come to niy knowledge indeed, a little expcr.tness, which r. experience wm tperience will give will enable one, in most in- ances,Tto obtain the interest :on ahyisum, in less me than wjuld l retired to fihdUt in the com- "stances, time juyu luici cat LilUJcs. it 4- i . The following example will exhibit the prcess.- Required, the interest of$448 for 3 years 8" months. zraays .449 224 .. ; - ' $100,570 ' . v Here, as the result.of a mental operation, I have J written first," the. sum of the months in 'the given" years and, months, 44. Having made this a decimal fraction 'by placing a point at the "left, I annexrone ' third of -the number of days, 9 and multiply tle whole by half the given sum ; the product shows . 1796 i 893 i; 893- v. uie inieresi sougnt. .- - ; - The rationale of this process may be thus explain f;'V.ied. -It-is obvious that the interest on any sum as $100 for a gft e tiine, at six per cent, is equal to . the i interest of half that sum-$o0 for the same' time, at 12 per cent Our method, therefore, pro . . ceeds ,on the suprM5si-tion that the rate of interest . is 12 jer cent, per annum, aiid arranges the rate for the whole time accordingly. The rate is aftfer ; wards reduced to that f G per cent, by, computing I' 1 it on uilf the priticipulpnli, as above explained. : ' Xow, 1 2 per cent, per annum; beinir 12-nercent. , , for twelve inontlis, is, of course, quik! toone'er cent. . ,t; ttuontn viienee, tlie interest on airy sum., tor any. mms, is just: a;. liiuny per. cent, ou rue principal, r . as there are months "in that"; time. Thus, the in terest forone month is .1 per ceut ; for live mouths, - five- per .ceut ; and for thret yearaud eight months, ; it. is 44 per cent, as in the.exaniple above. But if the time for which the interest is to be computed, is equal-to, or exceeds a 'hundred "months, the r;:tj ! "' Ul course, ue equal io, or greater tnan lOO-peC. cent whkh equals or exceedsj a unjt., Gonsequeutr ly, when the number of entire months equals, or exceods a hundred, the two right hand tigurvs olil'v fare to be pointed oil' as, decimals, leaving the others ; - ou the left, to represent whole numbers. ,. The rate" for iim days is conformed to this scheme as iollows : v e have seen that the rate per month llvone per' cent, br l-'lOO of the - principal. Now; ' one day', being 1-30 of -30 days or month, the rate of interest per day' must be 1-30 as much ; which " is 1-30 of l-lOO, or 1-3000 of the principal. For thrCe da'vit will, of course, be three times as much, or 3-3000, which is equal to 1-100,0, or, decimally, .0.01. j Ilence, we see that for every three" days, .06 1th is to be added to the rate already obtained for the given nutnber of months ; or, in other words, one third of the number of days in the given sum, - .represents so many .001 ths ot the principal which ; are to be added, to the .Oltlis,. which form the rate . for the-months. " Thus the rate of interest for the three days is .001th of the principal ; for ix days it is .002ths ; sixteen days it is .00533ths ; and for 27 "days it is .009tlis 'as in the illustrative example. V Tho rate being tliu's arranged, for the whole time, at 12per:cent per annum, it remains only to inulti-, ply this rate'by half the principal, (as explained at the beginning) and we shall obtain the j interest of the given sum for the g'iveu time, at G per' cent. jer annum. - - .;V Having thus explained the principals of this me . thod, we may now deduce from them the following "brief. ' rl :'y ' . , - ' -J.-;'."-;.." . ' , -.' tttLE. .,' " 'A'- . rf-: "; . Reduce the years and months to months. Point off two- figures ' pn the right for decimals, leaving f- the others (if there are others) as integers. If there- are not two figures representing months, supply the rlenciency with " cyphers:, Annex one-tliird of the days to this numbef and anultiply it,.- thiis increas ed by half the principal, the product will be the interest required. . : " ' "-: ' '- SciiQtit'si. Tliis simple 'and compendious method may be - equally "well adapted to-.anv other rate of interest wpatever, by takmg, as tne multiplier, sucn a pro portion of the principal, as the proposed rate "per atliilum is of 12 per cent. f For examle ; For 4 per cent per annum multiply by one- third of the princip al ; tor 8 per cent by two-thirds ; and for 9 per " cent, by three-fourths, l'etersburg, Jan. 1.5, 1852. A. J. Dt. Kaxe's Third Lecture. Tlie People of the Polar Region. l)r. Kane gave his third Lec ture, on tlie Arctic Expedition, last evening, to a large audience in the Hall of the Maryland, Insti tute, Like his previous lectures, it was full of inter rest and information. . . . The lectures delivered by the Doctor on the - same subject, before ;the Smithsonian Institute, Vere very different from those delivered in Balti more, aiid have been published in one of the Kew ' York papers, . In one of those lectures he fgave the following account of the people who inhabit r ' the polar region, adjoining Baffin's Bay : . The race or people who innaoit me country au joining to. Baffin's Bay ftnd its tributaries are so i.' little known, that AnjMhing in' relation to; them is Caught np with avidity.' This arrival furnishes us with a sight of some of their distinctive character l isties iii dress and otherwise. - The dress of a mar ried lady is composed of a pair of short seal-skin pants, fur outside, extending nearly to the knee 'joint, where it meets with the., legs of the boots, made of the same , material, or or -deer skin. i ne upper part of the person is covered with a "jump er " or a kind oflsack, with a hood for the head, 'and sleeves, made whole, with the exception of a place for the head andr arms. -This alsois made of sealskin, orueer SKin, ana m inewarm weaiu-r- er is covered tvith a family colored cotton clotli ' sack. In the coldest and wet weather, the cloth sack ' is removed, and a seal skin covering, without fur, placed in its stead. The dress of an unmarried tlady distinguished bya broad band, nikde of fancy figured webbing, about two and a,, half inch es wide, sewed on each side of the front of their pants, extending nearly the whole length of them. A married woman can also be dfetinguishd from F- ari unmarried one by the hairj which in both cases j is tied on the top of the head, and tlie ends of that of the married colored blue, and of tie unmarried, , ; ;f red. This enables a gallant to act the amiable, '" ) without danger of making -advances to some one . 'already married, and getting a stray shot from an injured husband. The boots are made very neatly, slender, and Well proportioned. The deerskins are V . dressed in a beautiful manner, simply by drying . h4 rubbing them on a smooth stone. A pair of J ilippefs compktea ike wardrobe of a lady iaie quimaux country ? these are madeif deer skins, and neatly fringed around 'the? top with white rabbits fur. The clothing w hich was shown us was made in a very tasty and strong manner, every thread used being made of the sinews of the deer, and of course very durable. The dresses of the males are very similar to that of the .married ladies, with the ex ception that theytre longer and rather heavier. The Danes are scattered -around among the Esquimaux, and furnish thenf with what foreign articles they may want, which are limited t steels for their spears, and some few ornainentsfor their dresses, and coloring for their hair and ladies' boots. The. seal seems, to furnish them with almost every thing they seem -jto require food, clothing, and even fuel. FRENCH MORALS. "We are lax enough in our morals in this country, j but if- we may lay little of the Pharisee's unction" to our consciences, and thank God" that we are not as other people are, we may certainly congratulate ourselves that we aVe not as bagas those French. Read the following- I ' From a statistical work, just published in Paris, by M. Mathieu, it appears that the births in France during the 33 years from 1817 to 1849, were 16, 450,349 boys, and 15,504,541 girls. Of these, ?1, 166,906 boysi and 1,121,038 girls were illegitimate. A comparison of these numbers will show the curi ous fact that the proportion of boys to girls'is larger in the case of legitimate than of illegitimate children, the proportion of the former being as 17 to 16, and of tlie latteVas 25 to 24. The proportion of illegi timate to legitimate children durjng tle same period was 1 to 13, all but a fraction.' But, in Paris, dur ing 1850, the number of illegitimate births attain ed the frightful proportion of nearly 1 in 4,'the num bers being 18,643 legitimate, and 492 illegjtifnate. From 1817 to 1.849, the annual average of births in France was I to 33-96 inhabitants, of deaths 1 to 40, and of marriages, 1 to 128. The tabk.s show a very large increase in the duration of human life since 1817. In .that vear the average duration wits 31.8 years; in 1833, it'was 33.9 years, and in 1849 it reached 30.1. Before the first revolution, DuvillandV tables gave 28 3-4 years Only asithe average duration of life," so that more tlraii 7 Vears, y a steady progression, have been gained with CO fvav. Thf nri'sonf nnniihiti.MV l':irt i Q-l-i lOI He copy the whole ot tliese stiHtistics, though the latter do not bear on the subject in' hand. Tlie former show this great truth, that Frenchmen do.-' not know what home is.- Indeed, it is well"; known that 'the French' languare, copious, elegant, and flexible as it has no word in it equivalent to that-sweetest of all English -.words, home.' They speak in France of going to the hoi'je, but not to one's home. Such a people where the domestic ties sit o loosely, can have no sound morals. They are essentially a corrupt people, and they are paying: the penalty of their, corruption Ar. Y. Ob. For the Weekly Post. " PEACEABLE INTERVENTION. Among the items of news that have obtained a general circulation,' I have noticed, with sorae'in terest, a recent statement that the Pope; is having prepared for tlie Washington Monument, now in process of erection at the Federal" Capital, a block of marble, as a token ot the interest felt by his Holiness in'thot great national enterprise. It has Struck the writr, fancy tUat tlio rnp-vtunitv,thuS oftered, for the propagation of American princi ples.' on European soil, ought not to be permitted to pass by without improvement. A rnoFe favora ble occasion ould never be I presented, rfor peace able and courteous in terven t'ton between Uie people of that' continent and their oppressors ; and I would rejoice to see some movement made in Con gress, as soon as this contribution from the Papal Government shall reach our shores, to acknowledge the reception of it by a suitable returm "We might have the " Declaration of Independence," with, its imperishable Preamble, inscribed in the Italian language, on the four sides of a modest co lumn, presented- to the Sovereign Pontiff, with the request that "it be placed in one of the public squares of the -Eternal City, as a lasting memorial of the political principles to which the life of Wash ington was devoted. ',..'! That the Roman Government could refuse to accept so. handsome a recognition of its gift from the American People, cannot be for a moment sup posed. It!w6u!d,be a most ungracious and "insult" ing return for an act of national courtesy. It would, moreover, too plainly show, that the con tribution it is niaking to the Washington Monu ment, is not, what it professes to be,' a touching ex pression of the admiration entertained by the Pope for the. character of Washington, and for . those-principles. which he lived to advocate, and would hav e died 'to defend. ' " There is, to my mind, something truly exciting in th'e thought of thus erecting, 'among the ruins of ancient, and the splendors of modernjiome, an American protest, in marble, against every form of despotism, and bearing our national testimony to th ievalue of free institutions, under the very sha ow of St. Peter's ! If the suggestion should be dpw deemed impracticable, by a timid or over-cautious public, I claim for it, nevertheless, the merit of a pardonable enthusiasm for a cause ever dear to the American heart : . .; .' :.- 1 ; : - - - " Yes ! in that generous cause for ever strong, Tha patriot's virtue, and the poet's song, . Still, as the tide of ages olls away, ' Shall charni the world, unconscious of decay !" It will add no small degree of additional value to the expected contribution from Kome; if it prove to be true that the block" is to be taken from the ruins of the ancient "Temple of Peace. If so, the historical associations it must recall, will be in dissolublv united to tlie real and existing glories of the American name. . The citizen of our( great republic, whilst contemplating, at his leisure, the structure that commemorates the name,t services, and virtues of theFathgrof his Country, may find himself suddenly transported, by this relic of a lost empire, to the scenes to whicl it once belonged ; lie may "find his fancy straying among the revived realities of republican Rome, and lost in vivid vi sions of the glory and splendor that belonged to her, before she bowed to the imperial rule before her pride was abased, and her Jiberty extinct. For a memorial such as this, we should be "glad to be indebted to the present Sovereign of the fallen Capital of the world, and promptly acknowledge our obligations. . Surely he cannot object to the publication in ,his dominions of that document the promulgation of w hich secured, for all our citizens, the full enjoy ment of both political and religious freedom. The noblest known exposition of the rights of man cannot be out of 'place, in " the capital of a Pontiff who claims a recognition of those fights,! from every other government, for all the subjects of his spiritual authority ! , No ! the Pope and the Ro man people would vie with each othet in doing homage to that immortal instrument, and in as serting before ' (the -world the truth and justice of the great principles it was intended to proclaim ! - CATO. Tee Huntsville (Ala.) Democrat describes, a man just arrived there, whose hight is eight feet, and weighs 415 pounds. He excited universal aston ishment He is a Scotchman by birth, but got his growth in Nova Scotia. He is finely formed, and wi&out superfluous flesL COMMUKICATIOHS. THE WEEKLY POST. EDITED BY C H. WILEY &W.D. COOKE RALEIGH, FEBRUARY 14, 1852 Tema TWO D0LLAES PER ANNUM, in Advance. i , CLUB TRICES: Three Copies, ........ $5 -full price, f3, Eight Copies, 12 " 16, Tea Copies, 15 " 20, Twenty Copies, . 20 . " 40. t (Payment in all cases in-advance.) 5" Where a club of eight, ten or twenty copies is sent, the person making up the club will be entitled to a copy extra. AU articles of a Literary character may be addressed to C. H. Wijley, Greensboro', or to the Subscriber, Raleigh. Busi ness letters, notices, advertisements, remittances, &c., &c, should be addressed to W. D. Cooke. Advertisements of a proper character will be inserted at the usual rates. i ! WILLIAM D. COOKE, Profeietor. iT Postmasters are authorized to act' as Agents for the Weekly Post. . LITEEAEY TAKIFFS-HOMOGENIOUSNESS OF DISPOSITION. We promised, some time ago, to make some re marks suggested by the letter of Prof. Owen, pub lished in our sixth number. It may be conceded that a Literary Tariff will not produce good Literature: at all events none will pretend, that genius caSe created merely by patronage. It can, however, be developed by en couragement ; and we have the authority of one of the most gifted pjets that ever lived, for the asser tion, that ignorance has smothered, in many a mutej inglorious Milton, the finest sparks of celes tial fire. They are not the only born poets whom the world knows as such and undoubtedly many who have passed into utter oblivion, and might have "Waked to ecstasy the living lyre," have been prevented by one or both of two causes these are, want of education and want of encourage ment;; of which causes nobody can deny the force of the-former'. But the latter is similar to it is of a kindred character, and follows, necessarily,. from it. The literal meaning of education is, to lead-put ; and whatsoever tend-s-to the developement of mind, to nourish, strengthen aiid expand it, and tempt it to action, is education. The inculcation of ideas, 1 t t -m ... '. . t. by books the djseqmne ot study is one way to develope the, mind ; and it is equally'stimulated by outward cireir.ijbtances, such, for instance, as love of fame, a desire to please, avarice, fashion, praise, the force of example, tc, 6cc Ilence it is that po ets come in .shoals and hence it is, that certain ages and certain nations are said to be highly poet- icai, tfce. The praise awarded to successful, authors, the fortunes acquired by them, -or the enthusiasm kindled by their productions, will arouse to exer tion all those who feel the consciousness of possess ing genius and thus a whole race of authors wil spring up, even tho' poverty stare them all in. the face, f . ' . ' Ambition was styled by Milton to be, the last infirmity of noble minds; and no doubt he was himself ambitious, and was speaking his own apol 02V Bu generally too w temporary fame ; and few,- if any mere mortals have, ever lived, who were willing to labor exclu sively for posthumous . glory. Such has been the fate of many a lofty, genius ; but all such look for the applause of their own generation, and fee keenly the 'neglect of their cotemporaries and coun trymen. . " -. Thus is it obvious that even poets are produced by'the encouragement of their neighbors and coun trymen; -and poetical ability, of all others, owes least to art or circumstances. But-.it takes more than poetry, to make a National Literature : in fact. such poets as Homer and Milton are of no nation or er:t, but were bom for all time, and to interest all people! It is the poets of the lighter kind the poets ol the passions-j, the bards, the ' novelists, writers of school-book's, historians, biographers pamphleteers and.editors whose writings constitute a National Literature : and while encouragement at!home is calculated to fill the field of emulation with many such, their works,, in return, help to fashion the manners, and form the characters of the people. - We. naturally acquire a high opinion of the ge nius of a people whose works we most usually reatl ;. and if those people are of a different race and nation, we become, insensibly, emasculated in mind,! while being fed exclusively on food suited to other climates and other natures ; while we lose, a the same time, confidence in ourselves, respect for our own people, and attachment to our own insti tutions. And, as the result of this, we do not live at home ; we have no home enjoyments are tempted: to no improvements to add to the com forts of home are not brave in its defence, nor jealous of its honor. Can a people -be in a more pitiable condition For such, nature in vain unfolds her charms, and displays her treasures ; both are alike neglected and unnoticed, while remote objects attract constant attention and excite insatiable longings, and impe to impracticable plans and unreasonable wishes On the other hand, when we read and reward our own writers, we call into active existence a multitude of geniuses, who scatter profusely their treasures amongst us ; and chosing for their themes the deeds and manners, the lives and characters of their own people, the . scenery and inventions of thir own country, the interests and associations of their own homes, they draw attention to these, in vest them with nev charms and greater honor, and stimulate the pride, and excite the active, cheerful and useful exertions of those whose praises, in re turn, still invigorate, refine and ennoble the Na tional Literature. .. But part'iof our text was homogeniousness of dis position : by which we do not mean unity of sen-' timent and tastes, and natural similarity of dispo sition.' Each human being is born with peculiar aptitudes, and peculiar tastes ; butwhile there is a ..great diversity of certain inclinations, in any ! State, the .whole community can at the same time be characterized by general' moral features visible and well defined in every member. This is produced in two ways, viz. : by religion and by literature. The creed and modes of wor ship in churches, cause a general resemblance, in certain points, amongst ,all the members of a re ligious society 5 and th$ esprit du corps this har mony of feeling, unity of object, and general en thusiasm for the advancement of any religious as sociation, is also greatly' promoted by the use of uniform and authorized books which all study, , and by which the emotions of all are excited. Hence we have prayer-books, in the Episcopal church, out- of -which the members of that church everywhere pray ; hymn-books, universally used by the Meth odists, and other works, of a devotional, doctrinal or controversial character, adopted into universal use by other, religious associations, Such works form a distinct kind of literature : and undoubtedly they exercise a 'vast influence in tlie formation of character. ? Tho most impressible of all persons are children ; and it is easy to form a national character, of any particular kind, by placing text-books of a certain sort in the hands ot all the youth ot a com monwealth, j Mere' literary excellence is, therefore, but a small part of the recommendation of school-books ; and the jealous tyrants ot the old world well understand and Appreciate tliis fact, and their practice shows it The Homers, Virgils, "Miltons "and Shakes- pears of the world, should be read by al l and stud ied by all ; but the wise man who wishes to see the youth of a state grow up with dispositions suited to their age and country, will be especially anxious to put into their hands books which could not live as mere literary performances, but which teach iiseful, important, and proper lessons, are ftmewith a practical view to the actual state of things, and designed to inculcate, with good mor als, just ideas of the State, and of the duties and responsibilities of its citizens." The mere classical student grows up the slave of antiquity ; and, on, the other hand, in most striking contrast with such, the Yankees, thrown at first on a barren5 rock, and compelled to be active and practical, to look about them, and combat surround ing circumstances, have excelled all other, people ill their rapid strides in improvements. School-books, therefore, form another and dis tinct kind of National Literature ; and on them, more than on any other sort of literature, depends the greatness of; a State. The majority of men have not time to amuse themslves with the fables of Mythology to wade, for years, over head, in the mysteries of j Greek particles, or flounder away the prime of life among Latin hexameters. ' " Life is short and art is long ;" by the sweat of our brow we must earn our bread, and the sooner we begin to learn the practical lessons of life the better. Ilence we contend that school-books bught to be made for each nation and age, especial ly adapted to the wants, interests and character o. times and places! And there is another reason for this: they will tend to produce a homogeniousncss of disposition, and tlius to unite a people for the achievement of o-reat results. No State caiv'be sue cessful without unity of feeling and emotions, on certain subjects ; j and no people will fail to be great and powerful that is characterised by certain, uni form, national traits. On this subject a great deal might be said, jand many noted examples cited ; but our time and the patience of our readers are exhausted, and for the present we drop the subject BREAKERS AHEAD. There are signs in the political horizon of this country, well calculated o awaken the serious ap- prehenions of the sober-minded portion of tho population. A great many people among us have forgotten the origin and cause of our present form of government, equal laws, and great prosperity ; they seem to regard them as a peculiar and envi able portion, allotted by the Fates to this Western Continent, and decreed to it for all time to come, independent of j cirefnnstauces, and in defiance o all the elements of decayi We need not undertake to show how we came by our present benign Institutions, it is sulfficient to say they were the result of a peculiar national character, formed by religion,, philosophy and na ture combined. AVe have loner since lost sixht o Nature ; Philosophy, in consequence, has gone crazy, and religion, the. religion of Jesus Christ, has now to compete, on unequal terms, with Athe ism, Paganism, and a thousand other iamatic off springs, of the Father of Lies. It is said, that withirr the 'jurisdiction of the United States, on the; soil of California, are tem ples erected toi Heathen Gods ; and the whole countryis full of false prophets, pretending to di rect revelations from the spirit world, and suiting their doctrines .to the manners of the times, by. mixing with their religion the most beastial prac tises. And, as religion is a matter of speculation with all these impostors, they bring their associa tions to bear on politics ; and as a matter of course, politicians court these rascally banditti by flattering allusions, while 5 they strive to see who can go farthesi in screening them from the proper indig nation of all honest christian people. Of all these new sects of real atheists, the Mormons are at pre sent the most formidable and flourishing ; they haveubdued a wilderness, founded a large colony, and are now the exclusive inhabitants of one o.' the Territories. From their far off homes the gravest charges have spread over this country against them ; and there is now no longer reason , to doubt the truth of these allegations. The whole sect seem to be a regular set of robbers, leagued against all mankind but themselves; and they will not scruple to lie and perjure themselves, in the face of testimony palpable as matter itself. For the present it suits their designs to remain under the protection of the Federal Government ; yet it is evident that it is part of their religion to hate all honest people, and to swear to any false hood necessary to hide their infamous practices. Among other1 iniquities the most obscene licenti ousness prevails ; .there is a regular system of con cubinage allowed,' and perhaps enjoined, while the name of spiritual; wife is applied to the filthy courtezans who Crowd the harems of these impi ous blasphemers, j The sun, in his course, does not look down on a more corrupt spot than that Terri tory of Utah ; irs orgies and impiety find no par allel in the oldest dens of depravity in the plague stricken orient, j And xlm is to be one of the States of a Republic, built upon the pure princi ples of virtue and Christianity ; and though at present the largest, it is but one of a, multitude oi gangrenes that are beginning to spot our fair dem ocratic off-spring of virtue. Will an incurable leprosy corrupt all the vital currents of the system; and hasten it to a loathesome end ? With these plague spots, other unpleasant manifestations are becoming more and more visible ; our country ex hibits signs of mental aberration, and indicates a. growing disposition to commit suicide. It gazes giddily and wistfully on the eddying whirlpool of European politics-it seems fascinated by the fearful Mialstrom, andjiervousljr disposed to make a mortal plunge into this bottomless abyss. - Per haps it would be better thus to make a speedy end, than to grow into a mass of putrescence, be eaten up by noisome sores ; but either fate would be bwi enough, and, make one of the gloomiest pictures in the book of Time. Ye working men ! Ye missionaries of Truth, be up and doing. Our appeal is not to the self styled reformers of the times not to the wild nrrvr.no-andists of the acre. It is to the sober men to those men of oaken hearts and clear heads who have not tasted ef the Circean cup of the bid' wi zard Despotism, who comes among Us in the garb of Liberty, but with a palpable smeli of brimstone about his concealed and gory locks. j ". Be up, men of Truth, lovers of peace, champions of the Christian Faith, republicans, democrats,, be up and doing ! there, is work for all, a task for each, a field for the humblest as well as for the greatest. There-is something for all to do ; there is need of the active and entire exertions of every honest man. ! Let every Son of Light arm himself with the weapons he can use to most advantage. Lo, the enemy is in the field, and all the powers of dark ness are mustered under him ! A Profitable Gold Mine was discovered re cently, by a certain friend of ours ; and as the means were somewhat singular, we feel tempted to publish an abstract of the particulars. Others in the mineral regions bf' North Carolina, may find this method of signal service. Our friend living n one of the up-counties was, on a certain occasion, out of employment for the time, and laboring under a- severe attack of ennui, and, in consequence, troubled with dyspep sia and all The thousand, and one evils which it 1 brin2;sin its train. Time seemed to be his greatest enemy, and to kill it was the question ; when sud denly the gentleman determined to stir out and look for a gold mine. Armed with a hammer and mattock, he sallied forth, cracking rocks and dig ging . holes ; and lie was so encouraged -by the sigus, that he spent 'thsj whole afternoon in labori ous .search. Returning at sun -down, he had of. course a keen appetite for his supper; and as soon as this was dispatched, he found most pleasant era ployment in perusing the pages of books, heretofore decidedly distasteful. He learned, in one night, more than he ever knew before about mineralogy and geology ; and before renewing his search next day, he borrowed an armful of hard authors, and laid in a supply of acids and crucibles. He soon found unmistakable traces of metals ; to de fine them was the puzzle, and hence each night was spent in diligent study, and in the making of experiments. Our friend soon found that his spare time, formerly long and tedious, was now short and most delightful ; and in the course of a few weeks he had gained several pounds in flesh, had read through several works on mineralogy, had acquired considerable knowledge of chemistry and geology. d, iu.uaa o ymf-optio, 1 lucom cheerful than, sleeping soundly at night, enjoying.his dinner, and having a new world for investigation opened before him. ' But how did he find the gold mine ? some reader asks. Have n't. we told you, good friend ? If you have not understood us, you will never enjoy a gold mine, if you find one. POLITICAL. CONGRESSIONAL SUMMARY.-SENATE. Ox Jan. 30th, there were no important transac tions in the Senate; ' ' - On Monday, Teb. 2d, the House Bill for the re lief of the American prisoners, lately pardoned by the Queen of Spain, was passed. The bill provid ing for the payment of the last instalment of the Mexican indemnity was also passed. Mr. McRae addressed the Senate in opposition to the Compro mise resolution, and Mr. Badger followed in re ply. He had not concluded when the Senate ad' journed. On Tuesday, Feb. 3d, nothing of interest tran spired. " On Wednesday, Mr. Shields introduced a bill making a grant of land to the several States of the United States, for the support of the indigent in sane. The bill was referred to a select committee J of five Senators. The bill chanfjino- the times for holding the United States Courts, in the "Western District of Virginia, was passed. The bill to en force discipline and promote good conduct in the 1 , ' ... ' . , .Navy, was passed. Ihe bill providing fo the ap-' pointment of a Superintendent of Indian affairs in California, was also passed. On Thursday little was done. ( -On Friday the bill relinquishing! the State of Iowa, the lands reserved for salt springs in that State, was taken up and passed. The resolution of sympathy with the Irish exiles, was .taken lip, and Mr. Shields addressed the Senate in support of it. Mr. Seward moved several amendments, and, it being late, gave way for an adjourn- ment. - f HOUSE. The proceedings of the House on the 30th Jan., were without interest. The. same may also be said of the proceedings of Monday, the 2nd, inst. On Tuesday Mr. Jones moved that the House resolve itself into committee of the whole, for the purpose of taking up the order of the day, the bounty land bills. The House went into commit tee, Mr. Olds, of Ohio, in the chair. Mr. Harris, of Tennessee, moved at length that the committee rise, for the purpose of passing a resolution in the House terminating debate. The House having re sumed, Mr. Harris moved thatall debate terminate in two hours after the bilk again came up in com mittee ; and the previous question having been of fered, and amendments extending the time with drawn, the original resumption was passed, and the House adjourned. On Wednesday, a number of bills on the Speak er's table, were, on motion of Mr. Cartter taken up and disposed of, Among those vras' one fo granting to every man and widow, who is the head of a family, a portion of the public lands, which Mr. Johnson, of Tennessee, moved should be referred to a committee of the whole, on the state of the Union, and to be made the order of the day for the first Tuesday in March. The last bill was one reu- latingthe publication of the laws passed by Con gress, which hacl been reported on unfavorably by the select committee lo whichit was referred. On Thursday nothing was effected, notwith standing a strong effort to pass the bounty land bilL The House adjourned without making any progress. . ' DEAF & DUMB 4 THE BLIND." Extract from ' the Report of the' Principal of the Blind Department of the YirqiMa Institution for the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind. . After mature reflection, and a careful comparison of our expenditureswith those of similar institutions in the United States,T can find only the articles "light" and fuel," in which a material reduction may be effected- without impairing the efficiency" of these institutions ;. but, to red uce the amount paid for these purposes, you will need costly fix tures, which you cannot procure without the as sistance "of the general assembly. You are awnre Ithat our present mode of lighting our buildings is by means of lard and oil lamps lor the passages and the rooms of the officers, and candles' for the school rooms and study rooms of the deaf mute dtpart ment lamps, after a fair trial, having been found not to answer there, the amount reported as hav ing been directly expended for that purpose during -the last fiscal year, is $3.66 45 ; the year befora( it was $421 17. Its costj though a strong objection, is not the only one to which our present mode of ; lighting our buildings is, liable. The quality of the light produced by candles is poor, and I am afraid may have, in tlie long' winter , nights, an injurious" effect on the eyes of the deaf mute pupils ; and I need hardly point out the danger of using so niany movable lights in a building inhabited by a largo number of young, and therefore though jtless persons, many of whom are deprived of sight. The substi tute which the experience of other institutions is , said to have shewn to be the' cheapest and the best,, whilst it is entirely free from danger, is gas ; and I would respectfully suggest to you the.-propriety of obtaining reliable information as to the compar ative merits of that mode of lighting exteiiHve buildings; and ' if . its advantages have not 'been greatly overrated, I would recommend , to youto have a careful estimate made, by some competent person, of the cost of the fixtures for generalizing and distributing it, and to request the legislature to appropriate the funds necessary for. that object. . . I believe also, that the. large sum. annually ex pended for fuel it was 854 79da-it fiscal year is due to the defective system of warming our build ings. You are aware that the two win g- con- .t taining the dining rooms, sitting rooms and dornii- tories of the pupils are warmed in w interrime by two furnaces, and that a third one is required to warm the school rooms of the deaf mute dei artnient, whilst the main body of the building, which contains the offices, .practising and recitation rooms, parlor, library, bathing rooms, and the chambers for the 1 teachers and officers, has to depend upon stoves.' . So many of them necessarily consume a vast qtran- tity of fuel, and are, besides,, strongly objectionable on the score of health, cleanliness, and the' danger of setting fire to the buildings. I believe that the', best plan to warm the buildings would be to convert the large passage under our basement into a spa cious air chamber, in which the air would be warmed by a network of steam pipes proceeding from a boil er at some distance. The warm air might be made, to ascend through the present flues into the wings, and into the school rooms of the deaf mute depart ment, while the smoke flues in the" four stacks'of chimneys of the main building could also be con verted into varm air flues ; a branch yijv ovM W taken into tho air, chamber of the shop building, so as to supply aH the shops with warm air, and an other one into the drying rooms of the laundry. The advantages of this arrangement would be : 1st." One single fire Would warm all our buildings, besides supplying the. kitchen and laundry with steam and warm water. The consumption of fuel, as well as the labor of cutting and carryingjk, would; therefore, be greatly diminished. 2d.r The air which comes from a chamber by .steam is always of mild and gentle heat, since it can never be raised to a high" temperature, and thereby robbed of -moisture or injured iir quality both of which are apt , to be the case with hot air furnaces, and still more so with close stoves. 3d. The house" could more easily be kept clean, as there would be no ashes or wood to be carried through it. 4th. There would be no danger of fire. L understand, however, that the first cost of these fixtures would be considerable ; and as this mode of wanning has lately been introduced into the new building of the Western lunatic asylum, the most prudent course LwouliFbe, perhaps, to await the result of their ex perience. t THE DEAF AND DUMB. ' ' The Tennessee Institution' for the instruction of the Deaf and Dumb in this place is now in success ful operation, under Mr. Morris, who has been many years connected with the Institution, in New York, as Principal, assisted by Mr. Brpnson, a gra duate of the Ohio Institution,' : J The Trustees have appoiuted-a matron for the fe males, and a curator who has, charge of the board ing, &c. We hope the benevolent will' exert their influence with parents, gardians, fec. of the deaf tT T'f VT? age, to induce? them to avail themselves of the provisions of the law by which their children may be instructed, and send Hi em to the school. The regular term commences on the first of October and continues till the fifteenth of July, but pupils will be received at the present session until the first of May next Knoxville Register. AGRICULTURAL - From the Southern Planter. Experiments of the Albemarle Hole and Com j er, Club. The undersigned were appointed a committee at a recent meeting of the .' Albemarle Hole aud Corner Club, No. 1," to prepare for publication in the "Southern Planter" an Essay on "the experi ments 'which have been tried by the Club since its commencement, giving the substance of the most interesting of them." In executing this duty, the committee are at a loss in making the selection con templated by the order of the Clubhand deem it best to exercise no discretion in discriminating tween the several experiments. They deem it more expedient to refer it to the practiced judgment of the editor of the Planter, to make such selections from the report of .the committee aFhis more .varied experience and olWrvation to the condition and wants of the Agracultnral community within the- ittiic i fcircuiguon may suggest as vaiuauie. With respect to' the manner in which the under signed have discharged the duty assigned them, some of the experiments are easily and w ith ad vanf tage susceptible of the synoptical resume contempt-' ed by the Club in prescribing the duties in tlie committee; while lothers, it is obvious, derive their, chief value from tlie minute accuracy of the details which have attended their progress. The committee have, accordingly, treated the experiments .witlrr ference to these considerations, and submit the rt suits, respectfully, to the editor of the Planter. FRANK CAKR, F. E. G. CAltK, " ' Commits - Experiment on Wheat On the Results of CfitW Wlieat in the Milk Stale ; in the Dough Stt( and when Fully Ripe. Tried by Dan' I F. Carr, r. 'err ill th at; '! 'res v .1 SU en o th adi e, 1 se' ura an in it-i )St J,t cu1 id en aye . tie yjl Tl 'aef ills uJL wd ano rorr. T One stall thi dist 1 was dist wei he TOM feet in the pre Th bf! T TO! tol ah th of fr( Tl ' th to tl rc di tl ..tl g p o fj !
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