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54 m mm '..vV f Vi- ?..i :-irA if-. t-'b: mm .i- i --.-.)- . t ? : ?"I 'f IMPOSSIBILITIES POSSIBLE. . "What mere assertion will male any one believe j that in one-record of-time,; in one beat of the pen dulum vd a clock, av ray of light travels over 19, 000 miles, and would therefore perform the tour of die world) irf about the same time that it requires ' to wink with our eyelids and in"rauch less, than a tf Bwiftf runner; occupies in taking a single stride ? ' What, mortal man can be made to believe, without demonstration, that the sun' is almost a million times larger than the earth 1 and that although so remoie irom us, mac a cannon all shot directly towards it, and .maintaining its full speed, would ;be twenty years reaching it, yet it affects, the earth by its attraction in an inappreciable instant of time? Who would not ask for demonstration, when told - that a gnat's ; wing, in its "ordinary ' flight, beats many hundred times in a second ; or that there exist animated and regularly organized beings, I , many thousands of 'whose bodies, 4aid close to- getber, would not extend an inch ! '. -But what are these to the astonishing truths wideh modern optical inquires bave disclosed, which teaoli iis that every point of medium through which a ray of light passes is affected with a succession of periodical movements, regularly recurring at equal v intervals, no less than live I hundred millions of millions of times in a single second That it is by such movements communicated to the nerves of our eyes that we see ? 'Nay, more, that it is the indif ;. ference'ih the frequency of their recurrence w hich anects us with, the sense ot diversity of color f That, for instance "in acquiring the j sensation of, redifess, our eyes are affected four hundred and eighty-two .;' millions of millions of times ; of yellowness, five hundred and forty-two millions of millions of times; ',-' , and of violet,; seven hundred and seven millions of times per second? ' j '.. I)o not such things sound, more like the ravings v.; of madmen than the sober conclusions of people in h their waking senses? They are, nevertheless, con elusions to which any one may most certainly nr 3;; rive, who will only be at the trouble of examining the chain of reasoning by j widely they have been v . obtained. ItERscriKL. ; i . Doing i r IIanus'ome.' A few evenings since, UhepMssenger train oh the 4-aiiroad arrived at a small Village and stopping at the depot, a loving . couple got out and inquired, the ' way. to the, 'minis-' ?'. ter'S".' 1 0n reaching the house John made kaown -his errand, which was no other than .''to .have the rite of holy j wedlock performed. The reverend gentleman was just leaving to perform a service of another kind, and 'suggested' that the parties should . wait his - return. But John was in a, hurry, and the minister' thinking he c(ju!d make a short case of: it, consented to tarry; but the 'bridegroom1 was not quite .ready s- His trunk was out on the"- plat-' f form,, and said he, addressing. .the minister: Spose you j list help me in with it.' . .' .' On getting it "into the koirse,' he, added : j ' J.tist help me up stairs-with it ; Elizabeth wants to dresS.V This was also done. ' And now,' said he to a young lady present, as he j5escended, spose '- ' you just go up stairs and help Elizabeth dress.' Surely sjkdi a request cot Id not be denial. The ,lndyvns dressed and her toilet duly made ; as she was; about t) descend she bethought herself that John' wedding rig' was in her trunk, and she ; would thank the young lady if she would vtake.it J into John's room and call him to get readv.' '?':: The rig was accordingly taken into an adjoining chamber, and the bridegroom ; showed ' where he might make ready.' This occupied time. But at length the parties descended, and taking then- s-ta- '-',' tions, the service was 'about to commence. At this ". instant jlohn filed off to a distant part of the room, where the young lady was sitting, and aid to her: ' Come now, spose you just go and stand tip side of El izabetli, .it will make her feel better.' The lady 'acceded. The two were soon , made Y one flesh,' and the clergyman left.. It was expeet- -"'. ed, of course, that the happy eouple would take the latter train and proceed On their way that night. But all hurry, was now oVer. The parties seated ' themselves" and seemed at home. At length John '." spying a piano, said to the young lady, stifl in the room : - . ' ' . . 'Coine now, spose you give us a tune on that thing there.' : ' . .J ; . The lady complied ; it was a sentimental song. Sand the bridegroom was in raptures. 'Never heard such a right down good thing in all my life ; and now spose you go light through it ' again.'- . - ; It was repeated ; about this time the car- whistle announced the approach of the train. They were ,t .informed"; but John '.said he had .no -thought of go f ing from such' a confouude'd good glace, that night.' i . They stayed ; in the morning they took the early train,' and just as they were leaving, the generous . 'and igrateful bridegroom slipped a silver dollar into the jiaud of tho clergyman, M eyes opening and glistening like the rising sun. ' r " . ! There,' said he, ' take that, I'm going Tip ft). ' "'J Jve a brother thire ; he's going to be married; I'll send him right down here, tor you do the thing so handsome. Boston Pout. p- Al Definition of .Bigotry. -Old Job Dunkee .was at one time one of the most popular " darkies" in one city.- He was . a' kind of patriarch among the colored population, and universally liked by the white folks. . About the tiine that he stood at the head of the Xew street church, he was sub poenaed before ,squire (now Judge) .Wiseman, io testify to thb character of a negro who was charg ed with petty larceny. -; ; - : Well, Job," .said the .Squire, "what do you . "know of the character of the defendant ?" " Well, I know considerable , bout de Colored individual, and I neber -fin's him guilty do only one J ,'ence," replei Job, with, great reverence. ; 1 jrf-44 Well,- what is the nature 'of the offence "you allude to P - ;- " Why, de niggar am bigoted." . "He's what V . . , " '' , ' ' ; 4; )3igoted, bigoted doesn't you know -what da't aju l - ' - . u Why, lio," replied the 'Squire, who is much of a wav Will you define the terrp. Job IT ' ' " Sartainly. sartaiulv. I does. ,' To be 'bigoted, a 4 colored pusson must know too much for one uiggar, and not enough for two niggars." pincinnafi Times - - - it " '. .'Miss Susan Nipper's: Certijirjdte.Miss- Susan Nipper gives a loud certificate in favor of some of the popular meclicines of the day. J She was suffer ing from general debility, sick. head-ache heart--i burn,.indigestiorf, "tapeworms, consumption, rlieuni Misra in the shoulders and hips, and besides these J she xlidn't feel yery well herself. At length she " says : -- ' 'jx ' ' i'- -: - ' : L 1 was brought'so low, that my most impudent friends didn't expect me 1 to live: from one end to : the other. About this time a friend recommending as tlie last resort, that I should try a tew bottles ' of the Pictorial Oxinated Compound saxfarilla Ex ' tract ;of Wild Cherry Wine - Bitters, satisfaction given or money refnnded, to be tasen, destroy tne label as soon as possible, no pay no cure, beware tlie pro- """wihja wrapper, I toot three bottles of this lcinej and it gave me imme- last arrival from n treaty By Mr. which the made Minister's Wives Society, says the Spring field Republican, is a concrete intelligence, an indef inite, aggregate humanity of M large expectations" ; It expects thegood time coming," progress in all that is "good and great, an "undefined amount of services from the pastors of the churches, , forget ting meanwhile that these same ladies have a lively interest in the good; imte coming, and would like a little progress on their own hook. A pastor is hir ed to a respectable church for from $30010 1000 a year, depending on the wealth of the organiza tion, and of the expensiveness in living." This is. poor pav for well trained and industrious brains but it keeps body and soul together, though the: library stands a poor chance for reinforcement, and the children for toggery. j This hires the pastor ; but somehow or; other, people have an idea that it hires the pastor's wife as well. From the day she enters the parish, she is a marked woman, Her dress is expected to be of the most saintly pattern. The color of ribbon may endanger the peace of the whole community, and the sporting of a feather would call for the serv ices of an Ecclesiastical Council, She must be the best woman in the world, the head of all benevo lent enterprises; Sunday Schools, ladies 'fairs for procuring flannel shirts for Hottentots sewing circles, Bible Olasses, fec. She must be the politest woman in the world, receiving calls at all times and visiting from house to house, and 'make herself generally agreeable. She ianst be the most exempiry wo man in the wrld, never laughing above the pre scribed key. In short, she must be the paragon of all excellence and possess a constitution like a horse, patience like an ox and good5 nature like a puppy, to meet the wishes of what Callyde would probably call the expectional Epoch in the Sublime Cosmos. And why? Simply because her over worked husband has consented to do a most im portant, a most holy work,, for under pay. We appreciate, fully, the desirableness of having, in the wife of a pastor, pattern of the femii ihe pro prjeties and Christian virtues, as much on aecount of the pastor as the peoplk. ; bit: w e protest against tlietoo common notion that a pastor's salaryi makes tire?., wife-a mi5sionary, who is to labor with equal assiduity and earnestnesslbrfhe good of the parish, to gncotton" to the caprices, tastes and prejudices of thri parish, without a farthing's consideration. She lias her household duties to perforin, and we know not why more Vshould be1 axpected of her than of any other good Christian wlmau, who lias "the care of a family, and a toiling husband to kiss comfort- and . console. . . !" i . God Counts. VV plate of sweet cakes were brought in' and laid upon the table. The children', played oir the hearth-nig before; the tire. '"Oh, I want one of those cakes cried 'the little boy,jurnp-: ing in asspou as hi.j mother went ''out, and, going on tipioe towards the table. "No, noyjsaid his sister, puiung linn baeK ".No, no: -ou.knov you must not touch. "Mother won't know it, she i didn't ; count' them," he cried, shaking her ofi and stretch ing forth his hand "If she didn't, perhaps God counted," answered the sister. The, little boys hand, was stayed.' es,: children, be. sure Nthat God COUUt-." M?s application of Wouds.- It is said that Dr. Chalmers once entertained atliis table a dis tinguished guest from Switzerland, ,whom he asked if he would be helped to " kippered salmon." The foreign divine :isked the meaning of the uncouth word kipjtcred, and was told that it meant preserved. The poor man in a public prayer. soon after offered a petition that the distinguished divine might long be " kippered to the Free Church of 'Scotland." As OLD SAYING AMENDED. " YorU nre i jratKor late this morning, William," said good ' Mr. Rise-, with-the-suii to a laggard apprentice, who came at a late hour. 44 Yes, sir; but ' better late than --never,' is an old saying," Tep'lied William. Better never late" said the master, "is an axtom of lar more worth, though it may not be so old." . ; Dr. O. W. Holmes, aSvitty post,' is a sharp lec turer. The other day, at Boston, in a discourse upon some'peculiar diseases incident to the public lecturer. Among them-he ranked an inflamma tion of the conscience, and an irregularity in the organs of speech, which causes peculiar expressions ; for instance, one man is called by another an un mitigated villain., or a liar, which is explained to mean only that the one differs from the other in opinion I ; LADIES' CROCHET WORK. EXPLANATION 'OF STITCHES. ; Chain Stitch. Draw the thread through the loop on the needle. ', ' Single Crochet. 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. . . i Double Crochet .Insert your needle into the upper edge of ithe chain stitch on the work, and draw the thread through !the work ; then through the two loops on the needle. Long Crochet Catch the thread round the-neeqlo before you insert it into the ' work, draw the thread through the work, then through one loop, then through two loops, therT through ihe two loops remaining on the needle. Double Long Crochet. Catch, or place, the thread twice round the needle before yon insert it into the work : then draw the thread through the work, ihen through one loop, and then through tiro loops successively,- until you have drawn the thread through all tlie loops on the needle. Treble Long Crochet. The sanie as double long crochet, with the simple difference of the threacj being put three tiriies round the needle instead of twice. t ' j Open Crochet. Catch the wool round the needle before you insert ihe needle into the work ; draw the thread through the work, then through one loop, then through fwo loops, agtn through two loops, anu then through one loop. To carry on two threads' at thread you are not using over the same time.j-Plaee the the hrst finger oi your kit wead you are using through hand, and wlien you draw the thread y the work, take it below the one you are not using : and when vou draw it tRruugh the loops on the needle, catch the thread up above the one oyer your finger. Of course, you can only l.RouvJ-1 when you continue working .all rond any pk-ce ol work. II jw Is wjien yu work back and f jrwards, or from end to end. ' H l.icrease Put your needle twice into the same stitch. Decrease. Put your needle into two stitches at the same time, or miss a chain stitch. - f Each stitch in the description of the patterns, is tp be re peated until the. round or required length is obtained: The words, loops nd chain stitches, signify thelsame. , All the "needles mentioned in these patterns are numbered by the" Bell Gauge. - j i ' When choosing wools of different shades for Crotchet Work, it is not so necessary - that the shades be,, so near in resemblance with'Tegard to colour as for knitting the effect indeed being better when the shades are noftoo close. PATTERN IVLADY'S SLIPPER- An oupce and a half shaded double Berlin will be required. Purple or scarlet looks ; well, It is done the double crochet stitch, only you put your needle into the "edge of the work furthest from you, so as to make the work sit up in ridges. Make a chain of fourteen loops, work back and forward until you have a piece long enough to go round the heel part of the shoe. You now make a chain'of thirty loops, sixteen being for the instep, and fourteen for the other side. You now work! back and forward across, the whole, and will have forty-four stitches in all. You then commence takihg in after the first row, by missing the middle stitch When vou have worked enough for the front of - the shoe you crochet the tieel part to tne iront,ana sew a fringe round the top, which you can do, by winding the wool round a mesh, and sewing it on; it requires two rows. " You can make them very neatly up yourself, by buying a pair of cork soles, (same as are worn in side shoes,) and sewing'your work to the edge of the sole. Draw a ribbon round, the instep to tie in feat.' .- - 1 '-. ,!'. . J.'; THE WEEKLY POST. EDITED BY C. H. WILEY & W. D. C00KE. RALEIGH, MARCH 6, 1852. Term TWO DOLLARS PER Amnm, in Adyaaee. CLUB PRICES: - Three Copies, $5 full price, $6, Eight Copies, . . 12 " 16, Ten Copies, 15 " 20, I wenty Copies 20 " 40. (Payment in all casts in advance.) 4 US' Where aclnbof eiht. ten or twenty coDies is sent, the '.person making up the club will be entitled to a copy extra. am articles ot a .Literary character may be addressed to H. Wiley, 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 trie usual rates. WILLIAM P. COOKE, ProprietoiL Postiasters are authorized to act as Agents for the Weekly Post. s A Paragraph has made its appearance in sev eral papers, in whi'eh it is insinuated that the pupils of the Jf.-C. Institution 'for the Deaf and Dumb are in danger of being corrupted by a book of immoral tendencies, alleged to be for sale at our office. We leave the public to imagine the motive leading to the propagation of such a surmise. If an immoral book were for sale at our office, we submit that it would not follow as a matter of course, that the pu pils of the Institution would be .endangered by it, any more than other young persons in the Princi pal's family. That would depend upon the degree of care exercised by the Principal over his charge. But from the published statement of the person advertising, the public will be able to learn that the book in question is not at the office of the Weekly Post. The agent works there, but boards at .a ho tel in town, and the article for which he is agent ' is kept and delivered to purchasers elsewhere. This statement is in perfect accordance with the . advertisement, which does not say, as some might infer from the? noise made about it, that the work may be had iat " the office of the Weekly Post, but "o the subscriber," atithat office. . It was not in ltaleigh at the date of the advertisement, and has never been more than a few hours at our office. I The intelli.-v-nt nuhlie will hardiv be misled bv tfte ! inshn. alluded to. It will not be presume J thi il the Principal of the N. C. Institution would j nermit immoral -.books to -ireu!ate anion or his mi- ' i pils4 or in his lamiiv. Such a suspicion could 1 makti tlienb are lU ere sciolists, very superhend ph.l- have its origin .in. no truly charitable or benevolent 1 sphere, or very :w,cked maehinators. j mind, unless there was some, well ascertained fact UnJor tlie fn J?, the moral and i upon which it could bc .ba,ed. If there is anv : tbe Ph.vslcal w04l are continually making prog I such fact, its prompt promulgation iserfainlv due i ros? : the Wul"k creation is still going on, and all ! to all parties concerned, if there is not. justice i t0,'a,n- tofanls an Hiriehoratu of the con- I plainlv requires that vn insinuations which can- J,t,on of Uie creatures made after the linage ot the in,it.c,K,,;,,J ili.uii.i cimi.v.-iscn,! Creator, Inthisjwork the creature-must also la As to the publication referred to, we have only to sav that weknow verv little about it, and the j nmnls at the Tnstitmion othino- r.t nil. - Of nil i i --I - - - 0 ... classes in the community, they danger of corruption from such are in' the least a source. They have heard too little of the scandal with which ma ny of the moralists of the-day seem to be familiar. Editorial comments upon the recent trial in Xew Yo'rk, may excite morbid curiosity in a hundred young persons elsewhere, before one deaf mute could form the slightest idea of the impureassoci ations connected with it. If the deaf are in dan ger from an advertisement, we humbly suggest that the young ladies of the community who can-Acor and understand may possibly be better off .without a too frequent allusion to the subject. In conclusion we will just say that we entertain profound respect for the moral sensitiveness which revolts at the mere shadow of an offence. If indeed a better day is dawning upon our community, we trust it will be manifested by a greater regard; to that purity of. thought, and that charity oi feeling, which are the genuine fruits of an elevated piety, 'and the want of which characterizes the times, and disgraces the spirit of the age. Report of the Superintendent of the Census. Continued.) ' Accqrdixg to the table of . deaths, during the year ending June 1st, 1850, Oregon would Seem to carry the palm, in regard' to health, and next to it comes Minnesota. This, however, is only a seem ing credit due to ( these distaut territories, and it may easily be accounted for, in two ways, to wit : by 'the -natural supposition that the census returns for these thinly peopled districts are very defective? and by the fact that the population numbered by tlie census officers had but recently arrived. On the 1st of June, 1849, the population of Oregon and Minnesota was doubtless not more than half what it Was cjii the 1st of June, 1850; and this same allowance must be made with respect to oth er States and territories to whieh there is a large stream1 of .emigration.' It must also be borne in mind that the energetic, hardy, and healthy class jot the community form the staple ot movers to new T c. , , . ' .. , . , , j States;, and wtiile tins consideration will add a ;j,.,tj ;t.,v, ' K ,i.i....i j uiisntv.irti.p jum lj cv, wuu. uWu, from the healthful indications of the new countries, . ,riorm5 a crlt 'gG 111 lavpr of the older States, i where the feeble and aged are left. Of the States to which the tide of emigration is not steadily directed Vermont shews the fairest j one speech at least, and hence there ' would be five in regard to health : the proportion of deaths in j thousand speeches tobe made in two years. Sup this State, for one year, is one -in one hundred. posing that Congress sits for four hours a dav, for Georgia ranks next, the proportion being about one j in 01; but it must be recollected that there is a I good deal of moving to Georgia, wiiile the robust I part of the population is not carried ff, Next to ! Georgia ranks North Carolina, the average of deaths beinr; about one in 85 ; and this must be taken in connection with the fact that, , in proportion to our population, we furnish the largest number, of emi grants of every other State, while these emigrants are the most healthy part of the population. All tilings. considered, we may conclude that next fo Vermont ours is the healthiest State in the Union ; and here we arrive at a fact of vast importance, and well worthy of the 'serious attention of those who would represent North Carolina as a good place to move from. The greatest of all temporal blessings is health and without health there can be no en joyment. Pause, then, restless Carolinians; we are stating facts from the census tables, and not fictions from our imagination. ' AGRICULTURAL' PRODUCTIONS. North Carolina produced in the year 1849, up wards of 28 millions of bushels of corn : the num ber of inhabitants is over eight hundred thousand Allowing five millions of bushels for the support of the inhabitants, and ten millions for stock, we have 13 millions for exportation, nearly twenty bushels for each inhabitant. In short, the corn crop was sufficient for home 'consumption, and to re-alize, at forty cents! per biushcl, some sii dollars for eaclr in habitant, black and white, old and young, male and female, and ithis would ; average at least sixty dollars to each head of a family. Is the State be coming bankrupt ? Her corn crop alone will bread her, and furnish leach head of a family fifty dollars over. The wheat crop w as over two millions of bushels, an average of about three bushels to each soul. I ; i She made upwards of twelve, millions of pounds of tobacco : more than ninety-eight thousand bales of ginned cotton,! equal to thirty-nine millions of pounds and oven ' More than nine hundred thou sand pounds of wool,, ten thousand gallons of wine, four million pounds of butter nearly one hundred and fifty thousand' tons of hay,. and more than two millions of dollars worth of home made goods, iron, &c. &c. This is: exclusive of fish, lumber and live stock, great and j leading staples in North Caro lina. I In short, according to the, census table,, it is fair to estimate the productions of North Carolina (ex clusive 6f minerals, fish, lumber and live-stock) as equal to the support of the State,-and one hundred dollars over for each head of a family. Allowing flio valno nf llio Ypntei articles to nav all taxes. n wi-a f ;L to eciver all im- i iui tin vi ao kj i i in v i v - posts and contingences, we can justly conclude that the productions of our State will support it in ease and luxury,- and average one hundred dollars pro fit to each head of a family. And this at a time when every species of industry is at a low ebb, and the resources of the State not half developed. (To be continued!) OLD FOGYISM. This is one oi the newly coined words of the present times; arid although "it is very expressive, and often appropriately applied, it has become parti of the vocabulary! of a ' sect with which we clairn no affinity. ' There isa species of self-styled philos ophers w ho. in their arrogance, think they can take uesuny oy siorm persons wuo ouiu mmct Providence, snatching the sceptre .from his, Al- mShiY bands, and hurrying on events, out of their natural r- ai,, orse'than vain, are all such CCIorS 5 anu pseuuo progvene, ,io voua. hor llis task appointed to each, and under God, liatl5re will teach him what to do and how to doit, But there are those who, after a struggle, or by some lucky accident, have got into easy positions persons who, in this great theatre, have got planted on the shoulders pf others, or sit in easv chairs that ... i . - rest on the toes of their neighbors, and are verv in- '!' - . dignauf because every body is not ( as quiet 'and contented as they are. These are the' genuine old -tne sleet citizens, with, rubicund faces, o who, while they sip their rich w ines and indulge in luxurious dinners, procured by the emoluments of some sinecure, -into which they have been foisted, or by fortunes amassed by ,the toil and activity of their ancestors, are surprised and shocked at the inquietude ,of those on whom the weight of their dignity bears with great severity. Such men, if honest have got into a fog : they are as irrational, from excess of good fortune, as the man who quar rels with his neighbor for being restive while he, with an iron boot-heel, presses on his toes. The fumes of their rich viands have eriveloped the brain with dull, heavy humors they see, hear, feel, know nothing but themselves. All else is smoke anel vapor: they appreciate but one existing fact, themselves, and recognize nothing else as reality or as of the least importance. While they arc rich, in high places, aiiid happy, they believe there is no suffering and no poverty : when their stomachs are full all the world! is well fed. -. ' On such, ; when opposing proper reforms and true progress, wej will ever make war; and while' we wish them nol abatement of fortune, we would not hesitate to push them over when in the way of the general good. All kings are old Fogies. HOW OUR LIBERTIES MAY BE PRESERVED. The report of the Superintendent of the Census revived in our mind a feeling which often creeps upon us ; an oppressive fear that often weighs heavily on our spirits. We look almost instinc tively for the fall of our government by its own weight we cannot but regard the spirit of expan sion as destined to be fatal, and that speedily. We ; think, however, we may reasonably hang a hope r . , ' i. " . . " on one consideration, to wit: that we will .get so h i i . :u i ...i.- ,uige mat Uie gcicu -VMe.numiii iu iuoeo.m j a negative -force." For instance, suppose our eon- federaey swells jto, five .hundred States,, and the popular branch of Congress to five thousand mem bers. Now, as ail know, each member must make I three hundred days, twelve hundred ..speeches could be made in one . session, each an hour lon-A and twenty-four hundred speeches- in two' years. At this rate only about half the members could speak at all ; but they could so limit the length of har angues that each j member in two years could be heard. They could also speak by lot ; have all the names in a box, and allow, the Speaker, or some special officer to draw each day and announce the orators for the next, tc, &c Thus speeches would be the perpetual j order of the day ; and these speeches would serve as a sort of official bulletin ofthe progress, condition, merits, hopes and feelings of each section of the great Republic. The reports of Congress would be the news from all parts of the country ; and in the mean time, under our ad mirable Constitution, every . State . would be" com pelled to preserve a republican form of government, -to abstain from hostilities, and to attend to its own domestic interests, j No foreign power would at tack' such a huge leviathan; the hands of the President would be tied up. Congress utterly una ble to do harm, and the States compelled to be at peace and remain republican. Is not the; idea ; a good one ? May we not in dulge in hope at the prospect ? If this does not save us, then we can trust only in Providence. LITERARY NOTI We have the pleasure of acknowledging Jhe reception of a copy of 44 The twenty-fifth Annual Report of the Trustees and Superintendent of the Deaf and Dumb Asylum," in the State of Ohio. The Institution appears to be flourishing. There are 132 pupils under the care of Rev. J. Addison Gary, the accomplished Principal, aided by a corps of six assistant teachers. We shall b4 happy to make some extracts from this interesting Report in another column. The February Number of the Southern Meth odist Pclpit, has been duly and thankfully received. It is. occupied bya sermon on "Christ's Godhead and' Humanity," by lie v. Dr. Spillman of Missis sippi. Life and Works of Robert Burns. The First Volume of a new life of Burns, by Robert Cham bers, has been politely laid on our table by Mr. Turner, of the N. C. Bookstore in this place. It has just been published in neat style by Harper and Brothers, New York, in four volumes of 'moderate size, but closely printed, and contains the whole of the works of this celebrated poet, arranged in cor rect chronological order, and iuterspersed with the other links of his short and sad, but brilliant career. v at has read "The Cotter's Saturday Night," can be indifferent to the life of its author ! . In dubitable genius, keen sensibility, glaring errors, and bitter suft'erings combine to render a new life of Burns, a book of many attractions tor, a great varie ty of readers. ;- We wjll notice the other books received from Mr: Turner, next week. - POLITICAL CONGRESSIONAL SXJMMARY.SENATE. On Hue 20th of Feb. Mr. Hunter presented the j etition of 36 members of the Legislature of Penn sylvania, representing that the Wheeling bridge is not such an obstruction to navigation as to make it a nuisance, and asking Congress to adopt some meas ures to protect it. Mr. Brodhead presented the joint resolution of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, announcing their determination to persist in the prosecution of the suit already commenced. The subject was then referred to the judiciary committee. ! A bin tor tlie reliet ot tlie Kaleign and uaston Railroad Company was ordered to be engrossed. On ihe 2lid Mr. Seward presented the memorial of citizens of Pittsburg, asking Congress to recog nise the law against the forcible intervention in the affairs of other governments, and to prevent the in fraction of the same. Mr: Soule presented the resolutions of the legis lature of Louisiana, asking the establishment of a navy yard and depot near New Orleans. On the 24?Zt On motion by Mr. Mason, the Committee, on Foreign Relations were discharged from the further consideration of the many me morials praying the establishment of a new tribu nal for the revision of the decisions of the late Board of Commissioners upon claims against Mexico. Mr. M. suggested that they be referred to a select committee. Mr. Hunter gave notice of a bill amending the several acts of Congress, relating to the warehousn ing of imported goods. - - ------- - -- Mr. Borland introduced the following joint resolution, which was referred to the committee on the judiciary : Joint resolution in relation to the number of elec toral votes each State will be entitled to in the Presidential election of 1852 : Be it Resolved dmc. That the number of electo ral votes to which each State shall be entitled, in the election of President and Vice-President of the United States in 1852, shall be equal to the num ber of Senators and. Representatives to which each of said States will be found entitled by the appor tionment under the enumeration of 1850, as pro vided by the act for " taking the 7th and subse quent censuses," approved May 23 1850. On the 25th Mr. Cooper presented several petitions in favor of an agricultural bureau ; against the renewal of Woodworth's patent for planing machine, and in favor of a navy yard and depot, together with a dry dock, at Erie city Pennsylvania. Mr. Hamlin presented the petitions of the millers of Maine against the renewal of Parker's patent for water-wheels. Mr. Hunter reported back the bill to establish a mint in New York city, with amendments. On motion of Mr. Downs, the numerous memo rials, asking an investigation of the' decisions and proceedings of the recent "board of commissioners upon claims against Mexico, were referred to a select committee of five Senators, with power to send for persons and papers. On the 2Qlh Mr. Ithett said that'when he was absent from the city,, the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Clemens) and the Senator from "'Michigan, (Mr. Cass) but particularly the former, had thought properdin their speeches on the compromise resolu tions ,to make some personal remark's respecting him ; remarks which were so personal' "'that they left him no option but to reply to them in vindica tion of iiimself. He would therefore to-morrow ask the Indulgence of the Senate to allow him to do so. . Mr. Pratt said that to-morrow -was private bill day, and he hoped it would not be devoted to any Other purpose. Mr. Cass said that from the remarks of the Sen- fltnr (rnni S.-,l, t ;..u i. . .1 w U ,i. . 4;i ?. 1 1 ,Vl 1 nun v'wautuu'' Mas uiKen 01 uis aosence. lie i followed in the dwemsinn. nnrl wa, -nnt n.: the. Senator's absence from the city, and he was hot to be deterred by the Senator's absence from I making any remarks he thought proper. i The matter here dropped. ! Aft- riorL-(A- ;-.f , : , .. i i mi. vui.ih,o jujui icwmuuiia uwh uou liiierven- the Senate in support of the doctrine of non-inter- j veution. Mr. Seward got the floor, and the subject was postponed till Tuesday week, On the 21th Mr. Rhett then addressed, the Senate in reply to remarks contained in the speech of Mr. Clemens, delivered in the Senate on the 23d of last December. Mr. Clemens .-ejoined, but, with out concluding, he gave way to a motion, aud the Senate adjourned till to-morrow. HOUSE. On the 20th, Mr. Polk, of Tenn., moved, .that when the House adjourn, it adjourn until Monday ; to which Mr. Florence, of Pa., moved an amend ment, to substitute Tuesday, upon which the yeas and nays were ordered, and the motion' was carried yeas 97, nays 62. The business on the Speaker's table was then taken up ; consisting of messages from the President of the United States ; among which was one transmitting the correspondence be tween Capt Long and Louis Kossuth ; which was laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. There was also one -relative to the delay in making up the representation, caused by the absence of re turns from California, which was referred to the committee on judiciary. - Among the reports from the Heads of the Department, wasone from the Secretary of the Interior, calling forjin appropriation to defray the expenses of the Indians who are now in Washington. ' On the 24th, the House resolved itself into com- .ionw.re .lKmak, up, ad Mr. Miller .d-WdrS JJm m " mittee Mr. Olds, of Ohio, m the chairit took up ' the bounty land bill, w hich had been under discus sion on a former day, with reference to whih aft amendment was pending, on' which tellers had Uf-n ordered,, and which was negatived, 55 to 60. Mr Marshall, of Ky., moved a section in lieu of the sec ond section of the bill, providing that when an 0ffi. 1 cer or soldier died without leaving children, the land embraced in the warrant should devolve upon his father or mother, or brothers and sisters ; which 'was agreed to, 91 to 34, On the 25th, Mr. Welch- of Ohio, occupied the attention of the House for an Tiour, during which he entered into the investigation of much statisti cal data, bearing upon the tariffs of ,'46 and '42, and the apnual amount of exports. The morning h0Mr having expired, the House, on motion, resolved it self into a Committee of the -.Whole on the State of the Union, under the special order, and took up the Bounty Land Bill. The amendment iubmitu-d by Mr. Lane yesterday, authorizing persons holdin bounty land warrants to take up lands in Oregon was negatived; Mr. Evans, of Md., submitted u ' amendment extending the provisions of the bill to all" officers, seamen and marines, who served with the army on shore, and were not entitled to prize money or bounty land, under the existing laws. . The amendment was- earried: 78 tosf 00. It wr.s then agreed to strike out the third Section of the bill, and insert in its stead the fourth section of tin Senate bill, which was carried.'. The eoihmittee rose and the chairman reported the bill agreed to. The previous question -ha-viug- been ordered, a mo- tion was1 made to lay the bill on the table, on which .1. ' - - - . i i -r. the yeas and nays were demanded, i revious to the "clerk calling, the roll, however, a motion was made, and ultimately carried, that the House adjourn. On the 26th,- the speaker stated that the first bu siness before the House was a motion made yester day, previous to adjournment, to lay the bounty, land bill, wTth the amendments reported fron, the committee,9'on the table: upon which the yeas and ,nays had been ordered. The Clerk then called the roll, and the motion was negatived by a vote of SO yeas to 92 nays. The senseof the House was then taken on the amendments. The amendments'rhav ing been disposed of, the yeas and nays were de manded on the passage of the bill w hieh was agreed to yeas 95, nays 89. They were again ordered on engrossing the bill, which was carried, yeas 96, nays 83. A motion was here made that the HoW adjourn, and. tellers having been appointed, it was. carried 93 to i-0 ; and the House adjourned with out finally passing the bill. 'On the 27th, Mr. Bowie, of Maryland, moved tji postpone the special order, the consideration ot the bounty land bill, which led to considerable di.-euss- i0u as to the proper course to be' pursued under Qie rucs, -when final! v, on the question being i ut for deferring the further consideration of the l.jl till Monday next, the yeas and nays were on!;n d. and the motion was lost yeas .77, nays .00. . The main question, as. to the passage, of the bill, then : came up for the decision,of the House, when a ino- tion was made to day it on the table, upon w hieh the yeas and nays were ordered. Ihe motion was ear- Yed- aves ilO. noes 84 ; and the bill was laid cuTT the table accordingly. After which, the usual mo tion' to reconsider and lay on the tablewas car ried : and the bill is, therefore,- finally disposed of. . r DEAF & "DUMB & THE BLIND. Extracts from the last Report of Rev. J. Addi son Cary, Superintendent of the Ohio Institution A-l.. XU" , WORKSHOPS. The establishment of workshops for the pupils, which has been deferred for want of means from K year to year, is of immediate and pressing necessi ty. Whether the Institution be removed or the ' present site be retained, a mechanical department should be at once appended, as indispensable to complete the means of education which this -Institution should possess. It is unnecessary for me to enlarge upon the advantages which the pu pils would receive from acquiring the knowledge of some useful trade. , . The mechanical department should be placed on the same footing with the intellectual, as an essen tial part of the Institution, and -diould be support ed for its own value and importance,, and not dU rectly as a means of pecuniary advantage. ThSJ experimentn the three oldest institutious for the" deaf and dumb in this country, viz; the American Asylum, the New York Institution, and the Penn sylvania Institution, in respect to trades as a source of revenue, satisfactorily proves that they cannot be relied on for this purpose.- It is, nevertheless, the settled policy of these Institutions, to furnish the pupils with regular mechanical employment. Mr. Weld, the Principal of the American Asy lum, in a recent letter, writes : " I would add, that from all my observations and experience, both in this and the Philadelphia Insti tution, I am quite satisfied that such a department, judiciously managed, is very conducive to the good of the pupils, both intellectual -andvphysical, and I may add, moral. . " No pecuniary profit can be expected from it. I have looked through the shop accounts of the last, ten years of this Institution, and have found that the shops have not, on the whole, sustained themselves. One shop, the tailors',, has' more than paid its way; the shoe-shop has lost, on the ave; rage, about sixty-six dollars a yeaf, though in four of these years it has gained from one to two hund .red dollars. The cabinet-shop has -fully sustained iUself but once in ten years. The average loss di-' vided among the three shops, is a little le.-s than ninety dollars a year. . j - XT i i . J 1 f -r- i ' riou receiu miormation received lrom Dr. l'eeu 1 -resident of the New ork Institution, it aircars .,. ,ee i i i" ; , V x V1 l t f fu.Ur S.hoPs unected With that Institution, onJy ono has been profitable, viz : thebobk-binderv, while the cabinet-shop, shoe-shop, and tailor's sbt-p, have only about supported themselves. ".The incalculable advantage. of the shous. how ever, is tobe found in the habits of industrv there a-:,.,i t 4i . ... i i There is no reason to doubt that, under proper management, trades may be found as advantageous' to this Institution as they have-been to others'; but they should be sustained on' independent ground. The idea should be forever discarded of making our eleemosynary institutions primarily monev-niak-" ing or money-saving establishments." They should be conducted with strict economy, using the term in its noblest sense, of a wise i nl judicious expendi ture of funds for equivalent benefits, and not in thai meaner sense exemplified in the proverb of "penny, wise and pound foolish," w here senseless parsimony, by a stinted, pinching, miserly appropnatori, often necessitates afterwards a useless aud wasteful 'ex pense. Nor do we doubt that' thet Legislature of this State would ' be fully sustained bv the pop ular voice, should they liberally provide for ev ery reasonable want of her adopted children of mis fortune. ' Deaf ox one Side. When the Grand Jury ff-a being empannelled at. Cambridge last week, a juror asked to be excused on the ground that he w deaf of one ear, and could only hear on one side. Judge Hoar replied that did riot appeared to be a sufficient excuse, since, as a Grand Juror, he tM only expected to hear one side f Mr. P. T. Bamum is stumping the Stafe of Connecticut in favor of the Mailie law, and it 15 said is making two speeches a dayV Tk -tie vai mr kit ,ea ch ge ha vi th ha ca f'-rel foi 6h th cli be : sel to tic hi f fu sh . I th V P1 :E ' m C ' ' . IT: VI al d; e ai ai bi -JB tl tl d ir d K tl P i a: tl n a f O '8 t C .1 p 8 t P ' a I " li X -
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