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"h;.. ' ' ... ' - : -r , - . I ' ' . , ; ; -.4' P ! '" ' -r- .,.-1 ' . - ' : . ' ' . '. tr- - -.--V ' . - ' L Jf ' ") ' ', ' C 3E.T P e S f T . u w Jk- . f. ; 'r;- lit si. ..i v I;- . 3 I: C si - '''J mm- MB- .t'v.?',- -Vf.' ;i:..i ; I :' -I-;''- . ' ' I, s --. 1 iy 1 i 4 ...IV. 1- II If- -I :J POETRY'. v For the Weekly Port. TO AlTOSPHAlf FRIEHD. tJIoowy thoughts begin Jo grieve me, .And my niind is racked with pain; For 1 hear you soon wilt leave me' .Never to return again. Oh, the thought we p'art forever ! F.riands on earth to meet no more TDoth but render thee still dearer, To my heart, than heretofore. So may peace and love go with thee, If thou wilt no longer stay, And every blessing that can here be '-' Sent in mercy, strew thy way. Let thy life be one of leisure, , - ' And each day' of it be blessed, And their momenta, winged with pleasure, Leave contentment in thy breast. And your path be fringed with -lowers, '. Arid their beauty make it gay ; While odors sweet from smiling bowers, Ureal he upon it night and day. Higher, and still higher rising, May it'all be paved with light, Like the path the sun is cleaving . - , . threrxjh hetven he takes his flight' Never darkened by a sorrov - " . Ever free from care and sin, .Growing brighter with each morrow, ' Till in heaven a4iome you.-win, ( Where you "may ever bathe i your soul , In unsullied tides of bliss, That there in light forever roll, : - Can I wish thee more than this?- j-' '' "Unless it be that you may meet There. your friends, who'll join to bless The God that led thy wayward feet . , Thu through life to happiness. ; " ! ; .. . ' - ; i ZEEZEE.' Greensboro', N. G., 1852. ; " - A For the Weekly Post. ACROSTICAL ENIGMA. I am composed of 19 ', letters. ' My 1 J5 9 2 is a title of nobility. I My-2 5 12 12 is a word applied to young females 'V'''la10-3 'll U is a public festivity. ;1 ' ' My. 5 9 11 15 is an open surface. - . 3f J A Mj 6 8 8 7 is fi,part, of an animaf. : ' - ! ' ! f iy i i o i n i rt i n - . II - i . H iuy en . io jo io o is -a smaii open ooat. My 8 2.3 8 is a. kind of mixture. " - My 9 11 14 8 9 15 is a kind of fish. s My 10 IS 9 is" the rough head of a plant. ' My 11 19 10 2 14? 19 is an allusive picture. My 12 .17 1 1 2.2 lis a hard covering. 1 j . My 13 f 4 7 8 9 11 is a preposition. : -- My 1415 12 11 is freed6m from pain. My 15 119 3 14 is a nest of birds of p prey. Aly lb J5 13 is'a Hebrew measure. My 17 5 9 -11 is a eonstellatrbn.. My 18 19 13 11 9 is one of the colors. My 19 18 10 18 12-is a viscous matter. ; ."V ...-My whole is a faithful Son of Temperance of . Wake Forest Division. Ltcurgus. Wake Forest College, Feb. 12, 1852. Answer next week. ' ; For the Weekly Post. CHARADE. ! To my' fir.str the poor mart hies : When each d:y 's work is o'er ; . From div first, affection iliea To creet him at ..the door. . - : I In-my first, the poor man finds ' His liappiness complete : Itound iny first, the rain and winds In boist'rous concert meet. . On my first, the poor man's rest " Is seet from tod and care; ' Near rdy first, h& often blessed, r Heaven lends a listening ear. - r ' -.-.' " . - . For my next," the rich and gay A slavish yoke assume ; And my third, in this bless'd day f;Brings some an awful doom. . Cfive praise td the honored man ' ' Who did my whole design;; It'is now a patent plan, -i J ask you to define. CORA. A GENERAL AYEZZANA. This well-knowji and highly respected merchant of the city of Xew-York, lias performed important leells, which are connected with some of the princi- atevnis Ol tne insiory oi our preseiiimucsi. qiire of the. readers of Uh Magazine inay perhaps have passed him in the streets, without remarking auy- t(iing peculiar in his appearance, anil never think ing they were so near the ' Qommander-in-Chief of 1 OjCnoa and liome, in thj noble defence : those cities . made in 1849, against' the enemies of4 libty. If they 'had heat d him. speak, they wouldhavoUserv- : ed a smile on his face, which is very sweet when hetalks with children, of whom he is very fond, haying six of his own, .whom .ho often teaches and amuses in Ins leisure hours: lie is very kind to the .poor and, as many ot his countrymen, from the different parts of Italy, have been driven from their ."country, for desiring liberty as our ancestors did, he does all in his power for their. good. ; He has been a great warrior,1 not, as some men . have been, in order to "get money or power, or for , the love of fighting ; but only to protect the op pressed, and to gain lor others their rights. .lie' was born'jn Piedmont ; and, when a young man, iti 1824, took up arms,' at the head of. the . students of Alexandria, to commence the revolution there," when an Austriau army! had gone to fight the Liberals in Naples. He, next fought for the " constitutionin Spain, and afterwards went to Mexico. This Spanish language, is so much like the Italian, that Italians learn to speak it i much sooner man - English, l lle had been in Mexico but a short time, wnen tne pani.su army arnveu, to recumjuer tuat country ; but the people .repulsed them ; and Avezzana fought. so, well against the ; invaders, that lie was iriade a General. He spent somey ears in New' York and in 1848 went, I to Italy, where he signalized himself at Genoa' and Rome. " Much is said of the courage and skill of the . ancint Komans, in the histories -which are read by our oung people but they will find, in. the history of the Roman Republic of 1849, accounts of a noble struggle for higher principles, and conducted with a more admirable spirit The object of the patriots was to support the freedom which they had establish ed, and which the Pope, wished to overthrow. He I had called for a French army, which bombarded Rome, killed many people, injured the ancient -.: i- rnonuments and fine pictures, and finally prevailed and restored the old tyranny, j ''. j. Children now alive will probably see liberty; '' prevail in Italy ; and it may be soon. Then- such men as uenerai Avezzana will' be nonored as tne - most deserving, and worthy of the highest gratitude. He is now again in New York, pursuing the quiet ways of useful business, honor ed and beloved by all who, know him. ( "He is a good magistrate or soldier, who prefers the public ,. good, to his own." Iet erery youBg person believe and remember this. LADIES DEPARTMENT. Undef this head, we'propose to give from time to time, patterns for useful and ornamental Knit ting, i ettbig and Crochet work. All thef patterns wll be selected by ladies, from such as-they have1 worked themselves, or,which they know to be good. In this number of the "Post," we give the Ex planation of the Stitches; used in Crochet Work. It would be well for those ladies who deeire to work any of the patterns,' to cut out these explan ationsf and preserve them for reference. . ! CROCHET WORK 1 EXPLANATION OF STITCHES. Chain Stitch--Draw the thread through the loop on the needle. '-. '' Single CrocAet.Keep one loop on your needle i put the needle through the upper edge of the' chain, and draw the thread through the chain stitch and the loop on the needle at the same time. ' ' j Double Crochet. Insert your needle into the upper edge of the chain stitch on the work, and draw th thread through the work ; then through the two loops on the needle. Lnng Crochet Catch the thread found the needle before yoa insert it into the work, draw the thread through the work, then through one loop, then through two loops, then through the two loops remaining on the needle. Double Long Crochet. Catch, or place, the thread twice' round the . needle before you insert it into the work; then draw the thread through the work, then through one loop, and then through two loop3 successively, until you have 'drawn the thread through all the loops on the needle. Treble LongCrochet. The same, as double Ions crochet. rwlth the simple difference of the thread being put three times round tne needle instead ot twice. Open Crochet. Catch, the wool 'round the needle before you insert the needle into ihe work ; draw the thread through the work, then .through one loop, ihen through two loops, again through two loops, and then through one loop. To carry on two threads at. the mme time. Place the thread you are not using over the first finger of your left hand, and when you draw thcthread you are using through tho work, take it below the one you are not using ; and when you draw it through the iloops on the needle, catch thethread up above the one over your finger. Of course, you can only carry on two threads'when you work in double crochet stitch. 'Round la when you continue working all round any piorce of work. . " . ' , Row Is when you work back and forwards, or frW end to end. ' ; j Increase Put your needle twice into the same stitch, v . Decrease. Put your needle into two stitches at the same time, or miss a chain stitch.' ' Each-stiich in the description of the patterns is to be re peated until the round or required length is obtained. . The words, loops and chain stitches, signify the same. ; .' All the: needles mentioned inthese patterns are numbered by the Bell Gauge. t When choosing wools Of different shades for Crotchet Work, it is noi so necessary that the shades be so near in resemblance with regard to colouras for knitting ; the effect indeed beiug better when the shades are not too slose. . ' PATTERN PRETTY CUFF. Fink Boar's Head cotton. Work with a fine steel needle . ... " j Make a chain five inches long; work one rpw of long -open crotchet. lroit work all round after wards. '.' ; ! . ? ' First Round.-Long open, crotchet ; and put four stitches into each end hole. Second Rbmhd. Double crochet. Third Ron nl. Open crotchet;- into every chain stitch, (instead of every other one in turning the ends,) to make itllie flat. . .; - ' Fourth Round: Open crochet; but in turning the ends put two stitches into each hole. 1 Fifth RoUndi Double crochet. Sixth Round. Make a chain of eight loops attach it to the former rouRd on every fifth stitch ; wqrk three double crotchet stitches. -' Seventh Round Work four: stitches of open "crochet into the four, centre stitches of the chain in the former round ; then .make a chain of, two; loops. ' . - When wore, draw a narrow ribbon JLhiough the . centre; row. . . , i , i COMMUNICATIONS. J " ' For the Weekly Post. An old Fashioned,- Political Laconic. Messrs. Editors: The enclosed you, will pr'ob ablyook upon as quite a literary and historical a&lique" It certainly is something qf a .curiosi ty, both as a historical arid literary gem. It was Recently found in an old -and rare book, folded carefully away among the leaves of. saill book, in the company of old Tasluoned, long stjanked b s and enigmatic U7s and r's. It seems as if that state of preservation was accorded, on purpose that some antiquary might come across it and show to this generation a specimen of the simplicity and conciseness of our " conscript fathers,' who gave us -freedom: and shaped out that wise- constitutional chart, by which, and by which 'only,- we, can steer ' such a course as to preserve it. This document contrasts with a telling effect a gaiiist the electioneering speeches and addresses,' spoken and written'. for Buncombe (no insinuation Mr. CTingmari) at the presentAav. t -Brief but pointed, Mr. Gillespie's: address deals in just so many words as are necessary to coriyey his meaning and intentions. 3eautiful model for politicians wbo care' more to' 6erve the people than to exalt themselves. But lest this preface prove ' obnoxious to the reverse compliment being here paid to the brevity of the address below, the: " bijou " is introduced witkout mor,e words. . CLIO'. Duplin county, ,N. C., Feb. 16, 1852. ; , To the Electors of' AVilmington District ? and Sampson County, Fellow Citizens. Being informed., that measures were adopted to concentrate '.he political ideas of the Electors of the above Divisioil, I omitted' to address you untiLan opinion was formed respecting a person to Represent you in Congress ; and as I have discov-? ered a general wish in my friends, former supporters and others, that 1 .should ayain offer as a Candidate at the approaching Election, i thus publicly make you a tender of my service. ' Should I. be honored with your confidence, be as sured my fellow-citizens, that whilst these marks of your esteem-fill up the measure of that satisfaction which liath already been derived from your suffrages, it iristpiras ine witli zeal to promote the interest, peace, and happiness of the Union, and to preserve inviolate (so far as my talents will enable me) 'all the benefits which the Constitution of the United States has placed under the "guardianship of the yneral Government.' . , It is with pleasure I can inform those I have the honor to represent, that the prompt, wise and economi cal conduct of our Government, enables, us, 'with the existing sources of Revenue, to meet every standing expenditure, and pay annually 7,300,000 dollars of the principal and interest of our Public Debt, From thia j. favourable situation of our public relations,the great accumulation of Territory and other national advantages lately acquired by peaceable negotiation, there is certain prospects of a speedy annihilation of our' na tional Debt. , ' i ' , V Contrast oiir. present situation with the ruinous system that preceded it, and let the unprejudiced form their own conclusions. ' - . . With the highest respect, fellow'-citizens, I have the honor to be your most obedient JAMES GILLESPIE. June 11, 1804. Died. At his residence in Granville County, on the, 2d inst., after a short illness, Maj. Johs M. Peace, iu his 77th year. The deceased was an honest and upright citizen, and possessed of a kind and amiable disposition. He leaves behind him a large circle of relations and friends to mourn his loss. .. . . '. Ex-Governor Steele, of New Hampshire, has pub lished a long letter against adopting the Maine liq uor law. Among other things he says : u The Maine law will not only work an injury to the tem perance cause, but create, particularly in towns nearly politically divided, a bitterness of feeling that will be seriously felt lor years." THE WEEKLY POST. EDITED BY C. H. WILEY & W. D. COOKE. - , ' RALEIGH, FEBRUARY 21,1852 Term TWO DOLLAES PE2 AKHTTlt, in Advance. . CLUB PRICES: Three Copies, . Eight Copies, . j full price, .....$6, . . . . . 16, .....20, i 40, I en Copies, ... IS- I wenty Copies, ...... 20 (Payment in all cases in advance.) 95 Where a club of eight, ten or twenty copies is sent, the person making up the club will be entitled to a copy extra. All articles of a Literary character may be addressed to C. H. Wiley, Greensboro', or to the Subscriber, Raleigh. Busi ness letters, notices, advertisements, remittances. &c.. Ac- should be addressed to W. D. Cooke. - Advertisements of a proper character will be inserted at the usual rates. - WILLIAM D. COOKE; Proprietor. Postmasters are authorized to act as Agents for the Weekly Post. REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF : THE CENSUS. This docurpent is worthy of a close perusal ; and one may form from it a tolerably fair idea of .the wealth, population, &c. oVc. of the United States. As it may not be in the possession of all our read ers, and as it is too long to be inserted, entire, in ottr columns, we will give a summary xf' sqjfSof the most'importaut acts. ' ." The area of the 31 States of the Union is com puted to be 1,485,870 square miles, and the av erage number of inhabitants, a fraction over J5 to the square mile. The total area" of the United Stat.es and Territories is 3,220,000 square miles, and the average density of population a fraction over 7 to the square mile. . Thus it will be. seen "that the portion of our country not yet erected into States comprises more than onedialf of the whole; and as it is possible that some of the States' now existing: as such will be divided, we inay reasonably expect from. 60 to 70 Stated to form the American Union and this without farther annexation.. When thisliappens and the time is not far off the present Capitol, at Washington, unenlarged, will not hold the mem bers of Congress, who will form z large assembly, inflammable as a riiyb, and generating gas e nough, in a few weeks, to split into splinters the whole solar system. And let us ask, if the repre sentatives of 31 States pass one bill and make six hundred to a thousand speeches, iti a session of eight months, what .wjll be done,l in the same Lingth'of time, by the representatives from 65 States ? It will take 10 months to pass a law ; and in that lime some twenty-five hundred or two. thousand incendiary speeches will have been madef and will shave gone forth, like .the foxes of Samp son, scattering fire among combustibles in all directions-. ' '. Would it not take a deluge to prevent a gener al conflagration? But when we have stretched to 65 States, the inhabitants near the borders will feel more interest in their but-side neighbors than in their antipodes at the other end of the Union ' and as politicians are willing to oblige all classes, to gain their votes, Canada, and all up to the north pole, including it, arid the expedition of Sir John Franklin, will have to be annexed to please the north the Russian Possessions to please t-heoorth''- west, ijexico to 'please the south-west, Soath A merica to please the south, and the West Indies to please the centre. When this happens, and we get some 500 States in the Union, it will take a ten acre field to hold the Representatives, someeven or eight years to pass a bill, some thirtyorforty millions oT dollars to pay the ptrblic printer, fifteen or twenty steam engines to print Congressional speeches, ten thousand fixed bayonets to keep or der in Congress, and all the armies of Christen dom to prevent civil war. This is a sober, practi cal view of the matter. So much for one sugges- e fact of the Census. The ratio of increase of the free colored popula tion has been steadily diminishing as the abolition agitation increases. The reader must bear in mind that the increase of free-blacks is caused in two ways, to wit : by the natural increase of the free negroes, and by the manumission of slaves. The ratio cjf increase of this class of our popu lation was from the year 1790 to 1800 a fraction over 82 per cent. from 1800 to 1810 a fraction over 72 per cent. from 1810 to 1820 a fraction .over 25 per ent. from 1820 to 1830 a fraction over 30 per k-nt. from 1830 to 1840 a fraction over 20 per cent., and from 1840 to 1850 a frac tion over 10 per cent , : With these facts before us we naturally enquire what has caused this remarkable falling off in the ratio 1 It must" necessarily be owing to. one of two causes or torboth, and these are tne unprolific character of free negroes, or a growing indisposi tion among masters toliberate their slaves. What a commentary is this on the abolition excitement! Figures are stubborn things, and often contain a world of meaning. . 1 Now take all the free-soil flummery of the last 25 years the speeches, resolutions, books, newspa pers, political and religious organizations, feuds, fights, and explosions. caused by a burningeal to benefit the poor African : " then take the lijtle table of figures from the census returns, and see how it makes! utter moon-shine of. the whole. , To hear theiri speak, and witness ' their proceedings, one would think from their assault on heaven, earth and tf the rest of mankind," that the aboli tionists would soon free all the negroes in the uni verse, but a short row of figures in the census re turns pronounces their condemnation." , It is supposed - that, from 1820 to 1840, there arrived in the United States 7-1 ,356 immigrants, and from 1840 to 1850, 1,542,850, more than twice as many as in the twenty years preceedino-. If this ratio of increase continues we may expect' six millions of immigrants in the next ten years ; and these witjh ten millions of foreigners to be an nexed, will give us some sixteen millions of a fresh, verdant foreign population. TThere then will be the Anglo Saxdn race? Where our old fash ioaed principles, and our new fashioned liberties ? Well has it Jbeen said the veij which conceals the future was hung by Mercy's hand. For one-we care not to pierce the dim vista before us ; we are now free andj we will hope for the future. ' j (To be continued.) Wer are indebted to the Hon. G. E. Badger of the U. S. Senate for " Patent Office Report, 1850-51. Mechanical," for which he will please accept our thanks. - THE BLIND. The Blind Department m the N. C. Institution for the Deaf and. Dumb and the Blind, having comajenced operations in July last under favora ble auspices, the friends of that afflicted class are expected to exert themselves in every part of the State to bring them within reach of its benefits. There are, no doubt, many blind children within bur borders, of good capacity and sound' health, who would be' improved beyond the most san guine expectations of their neighbors, if thy could be brought early under, instruction, and be allowed to enjby those advantages which a wise and boun--tiful legislation will continue to provide for them. Bat in order to effect this' truly benevolent object, some little activity is requisite on the part of those who desire its success, j The blind must be sought out and enlightened as! to the possibility of their being educated, and the increased enjoyment and usefulness which may j result from mental culture and 'the acquisition of knowledge. It requires ef fort; but surely there can be no necessity to urge the benevolent to exertion, in a cause which ap peals directly to the finest feelings of the human heart. A statement of ihe ease is all that i want ing to awaken the attention and enlist the sympa thies of all good citizens and christians. 5T Editors of other papers in the State would oblige us and promote the interests of the Blind by giving the above an insertion in their columns, or by inviting the attention of their readers to the subject. . r - ; t OUR NEW DEPARTMENT. As. it will be seen,! m another place, we have opened a Ladies1, Department ; and as we know we have many fair readers, sve trust that r. desire to please and instruct them will be duly apprecia ted. We say instruct : but ve do not mean there by that we are able, in ourselves, to afive lessons to the ladies,-in matters pertaiuiiig to their duties and ornaments.- We are fortunate,' however, in having the assistance of competent members of the sex, and of books designed for the purpose, and very rare in this country : and knowing our resources in this respect we fee' able to promise a good deal, and more than can be found iu any periodical pub lished in this latitude.' Our female, friends may look for a weekly lesson n the anci ent, useful, Ind ornamental arts of knit ting, netting and crochet w ork ; and we will be able to furnish them with instructions for hpny curious and very handsome patterns. In the mean time we .invite criticisms, and information Vibm those qualified to give iL i : -- 9 I ' . A FAITHFUL PUBLIC SERVANT, y Our. readers will remember that we published, somertime ago, a letter from Mr. John Hinds, the Post Master at BrummelPs, in Davidson county. He professed to be an obscure man ; and we fear ed to offend his modesty by saying what we thought of his favor. ; If he willexcuse us we will now remark that he is the right man for the post lie fills ; and all such gentlemen, laborers in a good cause, if they are rewarded with no other Post, shall always have an honorable place in ours. These are the kind of men who save a free coun try : they scatter light' around them, and kindle other lights. If every Post Master in the United States would annually get 40 or 50 new subscri bers to some good newspaper, the flood tides of ignorance that flow in upon us from abroad would be harmless, ; and if every Post Master in North Carolina would do so, we would soon have arState wide awake and full of life and energy. j MONUMENT IS UoNOil OF 'HIE LATE IvEV. T. H. Gallaldet, D. D. Several months ago an asso ciation was formed iu j Hartford, Conn., having for its object the raising of funds to erect a Monument in honor of the. Father of deaf mute instruction in the United States. This association is composed of educated deaf mutes, and it is proposed to pro cure the necessary funds from the deaf and dumb throughout our country. Mr. George E. Ketchamy one of the teachers in the j$T. C. Institution for the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind, has been appointed an agent of the as sociation to collect contributions from North Car olina. j Those who are desirous of aiding in this lauda- 1 bie undertaking are j requested to forward their contributions (iost paid) to Mr. Ketcham. who will send them to the Treasurer of the association. All subscriptions will be acknowledged in the Weekly Post." j To Correspondents. We feel obliged to our friend "Toby Blast " for his favor, but are obliged to decline the publication of his communication, for the present at least. The subject of Ins letter ' lias been dropped, arid we feel no disposition to strike when blows are not returned. If war should begin Again friend Toby shall blow his martial 'blast ; Correspondents not noticed in the first issue af ter the date of their. favor, must not consider them selves slighted- each j one . will, in due season, be attended to. ' i- - CONGRESSIONAL SUMMAHY.--SENATE. J On M onday Feb. 9th, after the transaction of other busiuess of no great general interest the joint resolutions of Mr. Clarke re-affirming the doctrine of non-intervention, were taken up, and Mr. Clarke addressed the Senate in support of them. His po sitions were defended j by copious extracts from the writings of Washington, Jeherson, Jackson, Polk, Webster and others. After an executive session, the Senate adjourned.' On Tuesday, the bill making land warrants as signable as amended by the House, was referred to the committee on public lands. The Senate then took up Mr. Clarke's joint resolutions on non-intervention. Mr. Cass read his speech on the subject. He considered ihe subject in all its bearings; he deprecated any demonstrations of violence and main tained, the right, justice and propriety of an open declaration of our opinion upon the subject of vio lations of the law of nations. The subject was then postponed till to-morrow. On Wednesday, the resolution of sympathy for the Irish exiled patriots was taken up. Mr. Sew ard addressed the Senate in support of the resolu tion. He portrayed in forcible, terms the sufferings of Ireland continued for ages, which had induced : these men to take up arms for their fatherland. -Mr. Badger followed in opposition to the resolu tion. He opposed because it was interference. It placed the United States, if successful, under ob ligation to England, who might with propriety POLITICAL. . claim in return the pardon of persons convicted in the United States of treason, or other offences such, for instance, as the Christiana offenders. Mr. Cass replied and Mr. Badger rejoined. Mr. Mason opposed the resolution. It was a kindred mteasure to that of intervention prayed for by Kossuth, and should not be acted upon before the resolutions up ou non-intervention. Mr. Underwood desiring to speak, the Senate adjourned. v . On Thursday Mr. Seward submitted a resolution directing that the expenses incurred in the recep- uou ana eoiertainment oi juouis ivossutu auu dv. during their late visit to Washington be paid out of the contingent fund of the Senate, the same not to exceed 5,000. The joint resolutions upon non intervention were taken up. After a speech by Mr Clemens of Alabama the subject was postponed until Monday week. The bill granting land to Io wa was takeu up, arid then postponed. And after an executive session, the senate adjourned. On Friday nothing of importance transpired in the Senate. HOUSE. On Monday "the 9th, Mr. Peaslee, of New Hampshire, moved' that the rules be suspended to enable hjm to introduce, a resolution requesting the Secretary of the Navy .to furnish the House Avith information relative to the number of steamships employed in the caiTiage of the ,ocean mails ; the amount of money which has been paid or advanc ed for that service, whether they have been built according to contract, arid whether; they are in all respects fitted to be converted ipto war steamers of the first class ; and if so, what expense it would be necessary to incur. Mr. 'Welch, of Ohio, moved to suspend the rules to enable him to br'mg iu a reso lution instructing the committee of waysaudjuieans to report in favor of a protective tariff' on iron, and other manufactures, as will secure them against competition. The motion was negatived yeas 60, nays 108. - i - On Tuesday there .. was a long debate on the resolution requesting the President to sustain a regiment of mounted riflemen ia Oregon.- Ihe resolution was finally laid upon the table. On Wednesday, the House went into committee of the whole on the state of the Union, on motion of .Mr. Houston, of Alabama; and took tip the joint resolutions explanatory of the act gran iiug bounty land to certain officers and soldiers who have been engaged in the military service of the United States, struck out the iirst section which forms the first section of the Senate's bill, and which had already been agreed to by the commit tee, amended the second clause, and- while the third clause was under discussion, relative to the payment of receivers in the Lamt Office, a motion was made that the committee rise. The House having resumed, it adjourned. ! On Thursday, the House took! up the bills on the Speaker's table, and the Speaker reported mes sages from the" President" of the United States, which were received yesterday, transmitting re ports of the heads of Departments, and a copy of! the despatch .forwarded to the American Minister ; at London, and the correspondence which followed I ... ... . , i , .. i , i wiih her liruanic Maiesivs Government, relative ! to the firing into theimencan steamer Promethe- us bv the Uritislrbrig of war Express. ' On Wr-itlnu TTnco ws fPimied vbft wbnlfl i time wtli private claims and other uninteresting matters, after which it adjoarned to Monday. " The North Carolina University Magazine." According to the promise made in a Prospectus pub lished in December, the first number of this new Monthly Periodical was issued from the office of the "Weekly Post" laat week, and is pow fairly , be fore the public as' a candidate, fof its favor. Of its general outward appearance, and the taste and accu racy of its arrangement and typographical execution we deem it improper to boast, in advance of the gen eral jndgment of the press. We cheerfully leave that to others. But of the objects of this laudable enter prise and of the first literary efforts made by the young gentlemen of ihe University to sustain it, we feel j rr,r,ra ftA in tn.nt nnrl An an tl.A mnro ohverfnUv. .i rr- T .a. 2 it Z UcCaUSt; WJUC ciiUlLCt iiiuiuc&lc; a uct(i ui icauuivwiai richer, and more profound than certain of our newspa per critics eem willing to discern within our bor ders. The Magazine makes no great display in the length of its table of contents, or in the nnmber of its pages. The editorial committee no doubt sifted their file of contributions with becoming severity of dis crimination. Only two poetical articles adorn its col umns ; but these are both marked with those two es sentials of true poetry, purity of taste and elevation of sentiment. The prose articles appear to have been written with care, and. a commendable regard to pro priety and truth. ; VVith some of the paragraphs in the first article, the address ."To the Public," we were much pleased, and we copy the following extracts with hearty approval of the sentiments they express. "In 1844, a periodical similar to the present was edited at this place, under the direction of the Senior Class : and, although it was universally acknowledged i to be in no manner inferior to any of the kind, it was scarcely able to complete its nrst volume, we re gret to say, it was starved out by a selfish public. But this is no cause of wonder to any one, who will consider for a moment,' what has ever been the litera ry character of;North Carolina. , " It is a reproachful fact in her history, that she has never supported, for any considerable time, an exclu- it'p 'ilpr;irv mirindical ! r.nd vhnfiV(r Hfimft nnp of 1 . J 1 .i :. "j : t- r ner fuiis, more active man tne rest, unu more; anve to the State's true interest, would essjiy to remove this rcproach,-ber ' honest and loyal public ' would crush the undertaking in its incipiency. " While such is the lamentable condition of our State, we venture "the assertion, that every thinking individual within her borders will concur in the sen timent, that nothing is so much calculated to advance popular intelligence, increase the desire of education, and engender a taste', for literary pursuits among her citizens as an extensive and thorough circulation of literary periodicals. We are sufficiently convinced that these works often faH of their proposed ends, and that many carry with them a corrupting rather than a refining influence ; but that they, when proper ly conducted, have a happy impress upon the minds and morals of a people none will deny."1 . We do not hesitate to commend the " North Caro. lina University Magazine" to the fostering encourage. j men t of ihe reading public, and earnestly wish that me laoors oi mese young genuemen in tne path ot i ii n a. I . . .1 . improvement, and their praise-worthy efforts to stop the mouth of illiberal criticism by successful compe tition for literary honors, may be amply rewarded with the smiles of the fair and tfie approbation of the wise. The contents of the February No. are as follows : To the Public; Foundation of the University; Ik Marvel; Theorizing ; To Miss ; Antiquity and its Ev dences; Mind, Masculine and Feminine ; Tradition al Errors ; The Hungarian Exile's Adieu ; Unaccredit ed Great Men ; The Prisoners of the Caucasus, and Editorial Table. . Gleason's Pictorial Drawisg-Room Compakioh comes to us with as much punctuality as the mails al low, and is always heartily greeted. It is highly cied itable even to Boston, and its numerous illustrations, chiefly to objects of American interest, are such as to warrant a favorable comparison with the most popular foreign publications of the same class. The February No. of the North American Mis cellany and Dollar Magazine, contains a variety of entertaining and useful articles.- At the very low price of one dollar per annum, we could hardly ex pect a better publication. It is conducted by Angell, Engel, and Hewitt, New York. t LITERARY NOTICES. Salahdeb and the Dbagok. A Rontonce of the 1 Hartz Prison. : By Frederick William Sheltos, m. a. TsTew York : Johs Taylor. 16mo.50 pp' This book has been upon our table for two or three weeks, but not having had an opportunity until within a few days of reading it,, we have delayed any notice, until we could "speak from the "book." We have' just met with the following notiee of this work in Sartain's Magazine for March, which we copy and ful. ly endorse : "A skilfully-executed allegory, intended to illus trate, in quaint parknce and humorous incident, that most insidious of social vices, the spirit of detraction. The moral purpose is sufficiently clear throughout to arrest the attention of te simplest child, while the actuality of the different personages introduced is so ingeniously maintained as to make the readers half forgetful of their emblematical character. Omit but a letter from the name of the miserable little monster Salander, and he stands revealed a familiar abhorrence, " at whose every word a reputation, dies." And as slightly disguised, spite of your virtuous indignation at the thought, reader, you may have admitted the dan gerous guest to your own bosom. Were the deform ity of Slander recognisable at a glance, it were com paratively harmless : the covert insinuation, the wlii?. pered intimation, as effectually do their work of defa mation as the more direct and open attack. " The Romance of the Hartz Prison" represents the ma- lign sprite with all its imperfections on its head, and1'" will do more good than a half score of didactic dis- courses. The story is embellished with a number of engravings on wood, from, fanciful and fantastic de. signs. Sartain's February and- March Nos. have'eome to" band nearly at one time. The former is ornamented with a beautiful engraving of the Gapitol at Washing, ton with1 the projected extension. The .latter, the March No., is a capital one. It contains a sketch of Berzelius with a portrait, and a vast variety of other contributions which will be read with interest. A series of Critical Sketches is commenced in this No. -"by Motley Manners, Esq., which bids fair to attract considerable attenttion, if we may judge from the first, in which Mr. N. P: Willis is ex!i:bited to the public in his true literary character. The unknown writer seems to be familiar with his subject, and well quali fied to handle it. We will look out for the continua tion of these "Revised Leaves" with curiosity, and hope they will take a pretty wide range among the literary fopperies of -the times. The Stethoscope, for February, lias also arrived. This excellent Medical Journal bids fair to attain a hijrh rank in southern literature. Each susceedin No. exhibits a cheering increase of the zeal with Which it is sustained, and an evident improvement in the character of its articles. The spirit of progress in medical science begias to manifest itself in various parts of the south to a very considerable extent, and this fact may be j istly attributed in -a great measure to the influence of this and other similar publications ; recently commenced. We wish them abundant sue- i nckaa TKi7iiina tl.rKs mnu fanl A ttattstcol t r aiilianrtKrk a. t. j v to the Stethoscope, can do so conveniently-bv remit- . ' J . of three dollars, the advanee price, to Dr- J- A- Waddell, of this city, who' is the agent for the State. The subscriber's Post Office must of course accompany his name. The Stethoscope is published monthly at Richmond Va., by P. Claiborne Gooch, A. M., M. D., one of the Secretaries of the "American Medical Association," &c, &.c. . ; The Norfolk Beacon has commenced a weekly is sue, and-we take pleasure in welcoming the " Weekly Beacon " toour table. It is an excellent paper and has some special claims upon North Carolina patron age. - DEAF I DUMB I THE BLlM THE DEAF AND DUMB. e were gratified to see the feeling expressed in a late number of the Nashville Daily Gazette, in regard to ah exhibition of the pupils of the Ins- 4.U.. I. f 1. TJI' .1 1 e ,1 . T- I . ul.uuuu lur lue "" OCIOre me LegtSiatUre. . Ine t itor says : "We verily believe the best feelings of the heart were moved, and that there was such a pulsation of noble and generous sympathy as but truly indicates the characteristic and commendable philanthropy of the People of Hie State of Tennes see: It is natural it is the habit it if in obediV ence to the best impulses, and in accordance with th-best traits of Tennessee character that zeal and liberality are evinced towards the afflicted." And we trust that he has not been mistaken in his . belief, and more than this, that the feeling is not confined to the Blind :lone, who are sadly afflicted, but extends to all other classes . of society that are in a similar situation ; the deaf and dumb, the in sane, the infirm, the idiotic, &c., &c, and that our legislators will afford the, means of alleviating their misfortunes and improving their condition. This -may be done at a very small expense comparative ly, and would hardly be : felt by the community,' while, if left to be done by the friends of the un fortunate, it would become onerdus and, often im possible, thus leaving the object to suffer severely, andbetome ultimately a .burden upon the commu nity. . s The deaf and dumb are a numerous class, scat tered throughout the Suite, and have been too long neglected ; for there are many who are so far ad-: vanced in lite as to render the prospect of benefit from instruction t them hopeless. They are more completely shut out from improvement than even the blind, although physically not so helpless ; for they cannot w hear the sweet music of speech " and gather from it the knowledge of what has transpir ed, or an acquaintance with what is transpiring, or any insight into the future How their exist trom ence commenced, how it has progressed, or what i J 111 lts "ation, to them sealed up. Ihe ; doctnnes of tl,e Hible, the existence of a Great, ! supreme Being; the Creator of all things, their Preserver, and their Ruler, or any of his attributes, and the sublime truths of Revelation, so consoling to the weary mind, are shut up from them as close ly as though they were in Hindoostan, or on the isles of the Pacific Whjle to the blind, these can be made known with comparative ease ; for they, can hear their friends nt all times and in every place, and although they are almost physically it i . . . - ! nelpless, yet knowletlcre that can Drofit them both m j this life and that which is to come, may be imparted Let, then, the Legislators of this noble State, deal bountifully with the unfortunate, and bv liberal grants enable all to be instructed and their af flictions alleviated. Let it not be -said that Ten nessee is a wiiit behind any of her sister jStates in ihe cause of phihnthropy. Knoxville Rtg. Direct Communication by Steamboat with Murfreesboro, N. C We understand an arrange ment has been effected with the Postmaster Gen eral for the direct transportation of the mail to Murfreesboro, N. C, by the steamer i Stag, bora. Franklin via the Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad. She is to touch at the above place going and com ing from Edenton, Plymouth, &c This will be very great convenience to passengers to and fro"1 that place, who have heretofore had to rely upon hiring a conveyance in the best way they could ft Newson's depot on the Rail road, and would- avoid, about twenty miles of this kind of travel. We are always glad o hear of the opening a direct and expeditious communication between ot" folk and N. Carolina, and hope that it will be mu" tually advantageous.-r iVbrbA-. Beacon. Capt Henry Austin, one of Uie old pioneers of Texas, died at Galveston, on the 24th ult I : : f ' -. , i -- 3 4
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