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f:t! ' " -1-r ;4.l . -.fr3 3 - "i - I- 4 ....An-1; . v.:-3 -S! ... ; X V Sii- - t i : II' -.1 r- 7. - ,.-h,5- . :- A -"- f II! mi ll n .H' f . - ;tr-.' m ORIGINAL ' ' ; t '-.- F6r the Weekly Post. y , - MY MOTHER. ,1 asked an infant as it lay; Dozing the morn of life away, ' v--.v Dependant on another-r : ; " . -What charms, weak one! has earth for you Whose woes arc many, pleasures few ? " . It seemed to smile, " My Mother!" -, I asked a youth just grown to man, ; I Whatjisioiia bright, as moments ran, . 1 Ilftnn'd Iiis p.ith',to honour ? v.My star of jioie, tiiy inutivc pQwei, . ' .$Iy index through the, darksome 'hour, I j lias beene said, " My Mother." . rI hailed one on the battle field, Whose fate the battle shock had seal'd, As eyes grow. d.im and reason reel'd . You die, said 1, my brother ! He showed bb wounds and dropped a tear, -. Tl icn in; a tome distinct !and clear ; Jllis s:iid" Item ember i Mother." I tis'ked a-m.-iiJen drowned hi "rief, f Front which she vainly sought relief, mo; uo- sorrow brother - 1 " Oil " she exekuned in anguish deep, " "My onl sohice is to vl'eep! Slie'afone it is my Mother " Tasked a clirrsli.ui to relate ' "' ' His firhtimpresiioiis, 'atd their date ... Which led him to discover Ill's lost condition here on earth T!ie Saviour's love, the Sariour's worth !, The short reply vasj "Mother." ' r - OUR MINNIE. ' . selected. O, close--with reverent carp .those, eyes, ;' V Their meek and sorroying; light hath fled. ' No trembling yieam, through mists of tears From those 'dimmed oilis wiil more be shed. Drawdown t!:e 'thin nndzure lid; No look of nv.ite-rippei'.Iiiig 'p.Hii, : No nlerting, cni!ii!ied gaze on lieaven, Wiil strike th rough these blue depths again, Now gently smooth her soft brown 1 air, . Shred not theselossy i braids, away, But part the-bright loeks'round her brow r As sweetly ih'lier life tf.ey l.y. Press; onefsoft kiss on ihor?e soft lips.4-. ' ,The' thrill r:t now, like flickering, tlame They'll ne'er unclose in troubled dreams, To breathe again that cherished name. But press them softly ; still and cold, '-.They parjt not with the fdeeper's breath; Fear thou to bre.-k the softened seal Left by the kindly touch of death. . Wrap the-. wide shroud about her breast ; - No tremb'jng throb shall stir its fold, : No wild emotim3,vvake to life, VVithiu that bosom snowy cold-.- Fold-tenderly her fair young hands ; The hoart beneath in still ness lies : . ; -They'll never strike, with tightened ela?p,( ? Again to hush its anguished cries, 'j Ay, fold ! thetn,,uoy ; that silent heart, , What wild, high hopes erewhile have thrilled ! jTow hushed to restj-lier glorious dreams Lie with the L-y pulses stilled. Oh !. fierce but,briQf-Che stornV that swept " : The bloom froin this pale sleeper -s brow, -'. And kei'n-ihe pajilhat rent-apart ' ; The bosom cairnHy-shrouded now. Oh smooth her pillow soft and white ; ; -i Our ''Minnie hathforgofi her p&ih-; , - The. heart that broke with broken faidi,. Now dreams its own sweet dream again. V c DISEASE OF BANK NOTES. ' ' -The niost ctiriotts anti-sinall note argument that we have yet seen, withe following from Dr. "Thomas ; IL Buckler of Baltimore;, taken, fro'm a. recently -published work on Epidemic Cholera. ! . 'Since the money pressure, of 1837, tlnj banks . "'in 'many of the States have issued several niil lions f of one. ""two, and three dollar notes, the'. ert'tvt of which has been to drive siiver out ofciivulatk.m. f t Tlio fnin.it of a .sma-H iox hos!ital yenerallv ke p?., :' what little-money he "may chance to have, about his j reports that- Carvajal was 'entirely routed, and dri i person. If lie wants a lemon, he sends a note satur- j yen across tire' risers l?au ,l nan tindj Rio Bi'iivo in sie.l 'with 'tlie'pol-v.u, and listing, iierla.-the v.cny j SUcl. confusion that jan immense j number were - , seit'-sick odor of t-small-pOK,' to a coufoctioncr, who drowned : that forty eight were dound dead on the : takes it of course. On leaving, the hospital, the eon- ! and twentv-'fonri wounded. jCarvajal, how 'Valesceht from 'tlie lonthsduie disease pays some twelve or fifteen dollars board. 1'rovisions are want - cd for the -other patients ; anil notes are sent to "'market ' where they are take.ii both by town and country people, .and. -may pass jth rough twenty dif- i f'erent "hands in a single day. ft 'would be impossi-.; ble to conceive f -any .better mode of distributing the poison of a disease known to be so very cont adous and infectio,usi It could hardly1 be worse if somauyrrags were distributed from the clothing of small pox patients. - '-.: ';'. ;, - n i ! SMAXL TYPES. v The injury sus'tain'ed by the eyes in consequence of printing books and newspapers in smau ipes, is .far-greater, we believe,, than people imagine. For , gome ten or fifteen years past, this use of the small er kinds of types has been very general, in conse- . quence of that spirit-of conipetition which tempted the buyer with .a large-amount of reading matter : for a sinall sura of money, The saving of money .has, w!e fear, been more than counterbalanced in the consequent defect of vision, .which has, or will iii time, too surely become apparent. . - 4 Especially oiiglit children to be kept from tlie i lise ot books, or papers defectively printed, or with email types, for .the strain on their eyes will most ' assuredly injure them. In too many ot our school books, small: types-, are used ; this, with the over, tasking and1' variety of studies required in most o OUT SCilOOls,. mis, in-a xargy jiu ""-"- either kdly injured, or permamently destroyecb,the of children. Parents and instructors should look tb this "matter it is one of no light import-. aXiQQ.--Arthurs Home Gazette. i' ' vLt Lake EN.iioitATio. To those uninitiated ti p Working 'of the Mormon tratcrmty isays ine fit TAii TiniesYWia number and character of the emicrrafcts to the Salt Lake must prove a matter of considerable ' astonishment : Scarcely one in one ' hundred would credit the assertion that near three uuYulreid families are now in St. Louis preparing to . emigrate' to this "place of rek." Such, however, is . the case; and we have reliable authority for;stating that the migration to' the Salt Lake Valley this : season will not fall , short of five thousand souls. ;! The tnlajor part of this emigration leave the frontier 'I at ' Katies vi He,' traveling the north side of Platte a Woute tiat has always claimed preference, with their ' j people. - f ' V ; ' ' ', . j . j - - ; " 1 . 4 ;The Nottingham Journal notices a rumor that "Mr": Charles "Dickens, the popular novelist, will be invited to become a candidate for the representation of thai town on a dissolution of Parliament "A PEOrOtJND THEORIST. L 'The uninlelligille and incorrigible Emerson has been again sliedding his dim, uncertain light in the shape of a so-called lecture on' the M Conduct of Life." Emerson is of the Carlyle school, of whose Latter Day Pamphlets" we are well satisfied to have' seen-the last. Of what possible, earthly benefit this philosophical twattle cah be we ave at a loss to imagine, and this, too, notwithstanding its professed admirers are ever ready to tty into hys terics' at Emerson's profound inanity. Take a speci men Cause and effect are the gamesters that win . Nature is no sentimentalist. Frost freezesja man as it ; does an apple. Men are what mothers make them. You may as well ask the loom that "weaves Hucka---back why it does not turn out ca.hmere, as this en gineer why does he not write poetry. What a man wished in h is youth comes in heaps to age." JThere are occasional touches of- beauty and bright "flashes and true sentiment; lmt as a "whole these lectures are, as we once said of Carlyle's profoiundi ties, i;recise!y such things as may be IteaVd any May in Any of our insane "asylums! " if a fair report of sayings of a talkative inmate of1 our Frfuikfed or Blocklev asvhuns does not read as intelligible. ! and present as mucheidence of ititellectuai ibeautv, sense and sanitv as the usual mvstHication .f Carl-- vie or Emerson, we- shall be willing to apologize VI ' , mu.g W a for our ex ron.ely ;nnfavoraUe opinion of these. popular iJuksoerlA. top-ntr. j A KEUGiors Bircggle ix IuELAND. A letter dated Dublin. ' Feb. 1st, to the Qouiier and jFmpjir oivsays : t-, :. ' . jThe new Irish Agifation is a religious warfare. a juii I'Mcnsive system oi wnat is ov one ciass cal'liid " proselytizing," bv the other "conversions," was institutcl'in the 'fan'ii'ne period by the Presbv- teriansr aided from Scotland, and the Episcopalians, assisted from England; Schools, industrial, and for combined ' secular and religious education; were A Jnc-t extensive system" of, what is by one cl widely established ; Scripture readers, and preach ers speaking the native language, were indefinitely multiplied. And now' the converts are numbered "by tens of thousands ; new churches rise in districts where, a few'tyears ago, there was not a pro'testant. ' The men yho are at the head of these " frisli Mis sions," declare that nothing but money to extend the systein of means over the whole country is wan ting, to make Iceland a protectant country.' Even men, who like-the-Archbishop-of .Dublin, are not f lined for r rithu'siasin in the cause- of missions " any where '.nor. visionaries - readily imposed; on by wh.at seems to inert their pre-coneei'ved wishes, now declare their convictioii that tlie imports are founded in fact. And such js tlie effect of jthe " aggression rt discussion on the liiind of Euglajud, that in regard to funds, it is "ask and have." .Even the Lord .Mayor of London, tlie other day, held 'a meeting. at the Mansion lionise in aid of the "Irish Missions." It is no longer an aH'arr of the "Evangelicals " and " Exeter ILlti:'' . On the other hand, the Catholic press, the" Bish ops in their pastorais, and the " Defence Associa tion," while they do not deny that there is an ex tensive and hourly spreading secession, deprecate it in quantity and .' quality, and have announced an organization which they feel confident will counter act and eventually annihilate it. '. They assert that those who have seceded, are mainly the destitute, and that bribery is the means used to lead them away from the Church of their fathers. Religions, of different orders, are beinjr thickly scattered over those parts of the country where the ." missious" are in operation. The Christian Brothers open . t';eir schools, I and the Sisters of Mercy theirs, to supplant the educational and industrial schools of the " prosely'tizers." And the entire weight of the Defence Association the influence of the llierar chy, and the funds-supplied by the Catrreli atlrolics of ttl6" United Kingdom will be brought to, prevent this tnreatened national apostacy. , i '' I do not. recollect at any former period not oven in the "liihip. discussion reri0d of '25. when Bishop Dovle set on foot a warfare that made the r,;' ,..:a. ,.e o,l rhr entile . ja x a -.jifinuii "jijii.o, nii l,w iii.; . l- , , A ' .1 T,rp 1 1 lv-lv " ' T ,. i:"'c;"V"-'v";": tion, the mind ot the religious punnc 01 tue cm- ted Kingdom so intensely concentrated oh any Irish movement, us on this religious warfare, its progress, and issue. It is looked on as a matter of lite and death, w-ith both" .Churches.- If successful, it will ,s;ue the hid; Church Establishment ; and will de prive tlie .Roman Catholic Church: of" her boast of being the National Church of the Irish people. 1 Tus . JLvtt.i.e 'Betweex Carvajal and the Mexicans.- Ties'"' Pytr.o'.s" -Routed The New Ofleans papers contain the details of the buttle, be: eon Caivajid's 'forces iid the Mexicans, under.-' Canales. Tiie engagement -took place near. Ca margo. The insurgents numbered 240, and the. Mexicans about 700, but at an early stage of the action a. large, n timber of the i former were seized- 1 with a ltanic and', .fled, so that title contest was. maintained ' lv little'more than fifty im-eii Canales . ever,'gives-a very diti'erent -account.- ' According to 1 his statement, the- ;Mexicuns, .with 250 cavalry, 1 made a desperate charge upon ms ; iorces, wnien caused a serious stampede among thie Mexican por tion -of his men, which 'induced a number of Ame ricans to follow suit. The fifty men! who remain ed, met the -charge, and repulsed the Mexicans three times with great slaughter, causing them finally to retire across the San Juan. . j , It being nearly, midnight, Garvajid's forces also slowly retired ; on hearing which, Canales returned, took possession of the field of battle, seized Carva jal's only gun, a twelve pounder, and 120 stand of; aims. Car'vajal admits the loss of jlO killed, 23 wounded and 3 missing.- Col. Johnson is among the wounded, aiicTin his report puts dow;n the Mexican loss at over 100 including 8ior 10 officers of rank. It appears a second panic seized Carva- jal s men, and they positively retusejrt to advance on Camargo, which finally induced him to recross the river, with only 22 men, thej rest having deserted. The battle lasted two hotws and a half. W'. T. Cake, clerk of Star county, who was with Carvajal, it is reported,, was t? ken by the Me;'i ans and hune:. l- ... From the Palmetto Standard. Mr: Editor : Some of your, readers- may have seen the following Enigma ; they ean keep dark ; those who have not seen; it, may , find the "answer and try to work up to it: - A velvet -faced youth of one of owr tillages, had been addressing a young lady hi the country a short time, and at length, withvft kind of spa smodic effort, out came the .important question, " Will you have me The lady happened to, have some brains of her , o. u, ana iuug 10 -v ' ' lo er had auv, hesitated :i moment, but seeimr the voun;? man turning pale about the gills, she deliberately Avrote .on a slip of .paper . the word stripes and handgd it to him. Of course he was rather alarmed . at the word stripes ; but the Jady quieted .his fears by telling him J make auother word, this only other word that could be made from the one she gave him, which would be her answer to his question, ' "Will you have me 'V , j H. . Cedar Shoal, Feb. 1352. . Search after Happiness. If you' cannot be happy in one way.be happy in another : and this facility of disposition wants but little aid from philo sophy, for health and good humour are almost the whole affair. Many run about after felicity, like fan absent man looking for his hat while it is on his head or in his hand. Sharpe. A STRANGE FREAK OF NATURE. We were visited at our office, a few days since, says the Atlanta, Ga., Intelligencer, by" a man named R. 11. Copelaud, a native of Laurens Dis trict, S. O., but now residing in Heard county, in this State, who presents in his peculiar organiza tion a very remarkable natural phenomenon. His right arm and hand and leg are affected in such a manner as to exhibit imevery movement the nature and motion of a snake. The arm affected is small er than the other, its muscular developments dif ferent, sensation much less acute, and its action al together beyond the control of his w ill. The mo tions of the arm seem to be impelled by a separate and distinct volition, or an jnstincti entirely its own the instinct of a rattlesnake. , The character of the movements is shaped to a considerable extent by external circumtaaK-es as any sudden noise, i startling appearance or the'like, the arm sometimes forming itselt into a coil: the hand darting from the coil as if in the act of striking ; at other times the arm and hand have the movements of a snake under full headway making his escape, the limb preserving the peculiar. tortuous motion of the rep- j tile. At such times, the rapidity of the motion is ; truly astonishing. The. action of the afiected parts j : is -continuous. The muse'es are never entirely at ! Irestv though spmetimes the action is less intense 1 ilmn at otiie,l-f Th whole of the riirht side of the i bodv is ntlecte-l in this manner. The right eye'has w suakish look, which is not to be seen in the left, i 'and in the formation of, his teeth the contrast is ; singularly striking. On the left side of the mouth, j J.hoth in the upper and lawer' jaw, the teeth are j well tormed and Teoular, while oh the nht side, ; . : , ' , ? . abe and. below, tney are extremely irregular, j Ci d ami fang-hke , i !' MivC'is noy about forfysix vears.old, ami has , been tliu! ixi('eted fvom t,ie tmie of lns b,rth' lhs i ls.?e' tl;?se cases . winch sometimes occur, in ; which the effects of intense fright with the-'parent is seen in the unnatural organization of the offspring. Froiii the Liverpool Courier, Feb. 11. s A Bold Stroke for v -Tiiroxe : The Cauker ! and Core D'Etat ok Louis Napoleon Bona 1 i'arte. London. Guoombf.idge and Sons. ! " ' ' One of the smartest satirical poems in or out of ; " Punch, " which has fallen across our path, and, ! though published anonymously, the authors mod esty need noi have 1- d him to withhold Ins name. j Criticism, in sjiell a case, is not called for, and .1 H. Wiley, Greensboro', or to the Subscriber, Raleigh. Busi i therefore we say nothing as to our agreement or I nes3 letters, notices, advertisements, remittances, ifcc, &c, ! .,i.. .1 - . .n Y i should be addressed to W. D. Cooke. i ouiei wise www me sentiments expressed. v e can- , not ao better tlian apply our scissors liberally, ana surely, when done, our readers will say with Cassio, j 1 An excellent song," and seek the rest where the entire nine and forty verses many be found. Here we rind Louis .Napoleon in the early part of his career, an exile from Fiance in the " Land of the Free." I fled to her shores when that Louis Philippe, , The tyrant, was wielding our sceptre; When France lay in dreamings of dastardly sleep, Or in chains could tlie despot have kept her ? It was sorrowful news That the nation should choose A monarch who formerly brushed his own shoes ! : 1 -thought of my uncle's omnipotent sword, When he battered down freedom with cannon ; I looked on his throne, and J swore in a word ., That I'd set a morei glorious man on ; ." ' That'Pd traverse the deep, And from Ins throne sweep That scum of mortality Louis Philippe. So I chartered a vessel of twentj'-five tons, And ciilhintly tempted the main, T Witti s$Xt'y--TW'0 coinradcftwd two -i- gun, I A ..J IHIIII.A j- ( iilii..!.!in. nlmmiinfmA . But I'd scarce cut my stick, ' When Fate played me a trick, ' For, oh, dear me ! I fell most amazingly sick ! ,The waves were like mountain tops crested with foam And alas : J grew paler and paler; . . . , . . , . 11 I wis hed myself back aam snnlv at home, For I never was reckoned a sailor; i , T1 lot)mr ci0ds fr0wned. j . . Oh ! so horribly round, j I .lnoiricntly . dreaded that I would he drowned ! But, at last, we arri ved at the shores of old France, And we banished forebodings and fears; J There was fire in our souls, there was pride in ojir glance, As weftummoned up strength for three cheers 1 ' I lifted my hand, . ' ' ' And waved to the land, With gcsUires of proud and prophetic command. We brnui-hed our -sworris in the r.-iys of the sun, As we placed our proud feet on the shore; We fired an ouieiii! salute of one gun, And our eajde we gallantly "bore,. ' As our footsteps we bent, Tlie air it was rent .With our sixty-iiiree voices wherever we went! But, Io I I was t; pped on the shoulder and turned, My features grew horridly paie, And Then with a bludi of confusion I burned, " As two officers inarched me to gaol.; Yes, brave as 1 rnn, . I wen't oil' like a lamb, . For I couldn't be starved if they kept me in Ham ! Yet fools that they were, wliat could valour avail, . In tlia face of our might and our glory I We poured in' 'our bullets like torrents of hail, " As tbey fell on their battle field gory; And'many a one Who rose with the sun, Was ghastly in death ere his glories were run !. Twns but an ephemeral v ision of hope, Which floated awhile in their brains, . For quicker than thought came their merciful Pope, To lo:.d them again with his chains. 'Twns worth all the fight . ; . . To look on the sight, When the bells of the Vatican pealed with delight. Self-Wixdikg Clock. After years of mathe matical labor and mechanical results, Prof. Willis, of Rochester, has completed and has now in con stant operation a self-winding clock, which deter mines the seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, and years of time with unfailing accuracy, continuing' in constant motion, by itself, never re quiring to be wound up, never running down, but moving perpetually as long as its components ex ist. It might easily be called a perpetual motion, and it is so in one sense, but the inventor very pro perly makes no such claim. The scientific will at once, understand this upon inspection. The Ro chester "Democrat " says that the, clock stands up on two uprights about six feet high, with a large highly-finished dial. Its mechanism is all exposed to the closest scrutiny, and the movement of its simple escapement and its direct motion is as plain, to the eye as the truth and force of its. well-applied principles is to the mind. A scientific company will soou report upon its principles and construc tion. . ;' The distinguished and elegant poet, Thomas Moore, died at Sioperton Cottage an the 26th ult He was in his .7 2d year. It is painful to add, that for some time previously the witty and accomplish ed Tom Moore, tlie friend of Byron and the com panion and associate of every brilliant genius which has appeared in our day, has been in a state border ing on mental imbecility. The lyrical productions of this exquisite writer are too well known to re quire remark or eulogy. He was one of the great lights Of the century, and his name will be indis solubl v connected with the illustrious departed in I. the world of letters. I We come now 1o the " Republican President"' the j will be long before any system of pomdar education "Son. of theiurch''- ran Urthe he.p. of the j C;U1 succeUd, bowevef wisely it may be lce-'ereiit of dou, wiien Rome " her banner of free- . . - J dotn. unfurled," and a couple of stanzas will suffice- I adapted to the end in view, and to the structure of LADIES' DE I PATTERN VI-BLACK SUK MITTS- . It will require three-quarters of an ounce of stout sewing silk, and a fine steel needle. Make a chain of eighty loops, or as many as you will require to go over the hand. , ,Work three rounds of j double crochet, then an open round ; again three rounds of double crochet. You now; continue to work in open crochet, but commence lettiug out for the thumb, by putting twQ.stitehesj into one, which will be the top of the gusset; every alternate round afterwards 1 you in crease on each side of the last increase, '.When ydu have as much worked as will bring you to the thumb, you commence it by, working a chain of four loops, and joining it to the fifteenth open stitch I from where you make your chain, and jet it ye uiq pan tnat was let ouu Work s'ik open rounds, then three rounds of -.j. .lniih e. rrocnet. : von tinisJi !v working a clinin ol five loops, and joining it to every third stich. ' You.owj tie your silk on at the bottom of the thumb and w ork round the hand ; 'continue fox seven open j rounds, then; three rounds of double crochet; VQu now work a chain of five loojjs, join them to every third' stitch, another, round or a ; chain of five, joining them to the centre ot the chain in the last round. You now! work two rounds of the chain stitch at7 the top, to correspond with the bottom. Draw a' ribbon in the open 'round' at the top, and darn 'in some of the holes 011 the back to form a iattern. 1 fp TT n TIT D H H. ; 1, 1 LiU ' ' U - - EKLY ' POST. EDITED BY C. H. WILEY & W. D. COOXE. RALEIGH, MARCH 20, 1852. Terms TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM, in Advance. j CLUB PRICES: Three Copies, 63 full price, .'. .. .. . Sfi, Eisjht Copies, 12 ....... 16, Ten Copies, .' 15 ' 20, Twenty Copies, 20- " 40. '-(Payment in all cases in advance.) ftjr Where a club of eight, ten or twenty copies is sent, the person ranking up the club will be entitled to a copy extra. ,vartaonnia nf,n, ntowiiii,.;. ottt, V- i HU lllVjl lij (A kJl O IJ VI 11U1 CLWVk "111 UVj 11IOV. 1 IV V I t HIV usual rates, jv-p",., , WILLIAM D. COOKE. Proprietor. JfcS" Postmasters are authorized to act as- Aeerits lor tho Weekly Post. Education-A Convention of Teachers. Many politicians seem to have persuaded them selves, and endeavor to persuade others, that Pres ident making is the most important object of A merican legislation. Others,, rather more rational and more truly patriotic, would have us believe that the adjustment of our tariff question, the prosecution of internal improvements on an en larged ' scale, or the final settlement of all our sec tional, disputes in .relation to slavery, are the most serious questions about which, the public mind can be employed. Whilst we are disposed to give due weight to these matters of general interest," and woukU, by no means, stigmatize them as trivi al and unworthy of the attention of an intelligent people, we may be allowed to expres&iiur own opinion that there are ' some other ihtenLiS of so cicty which are paramount to' these, and demand a still more earnest-consideration from those whose business it is to . legislate for the public welfare. And first among these we unhesitatingly placelhe j great interest of Education, upon the maintenance i and advancement of which depend the stability of i ft 1 4 j all our most valued institutions, and the capacity J of the people to enjoy the benefits expected from I them. . :. ' j It cannot be denied that popular education has I been hitherto too much neglected in the South. The evil all acknowledge, and deplore : but very few care about investigating its origin and dovising remedies, of a proper character, for its removal. ! There is a widely revaiiiug error, iu-elf tiie offspring ! of ignorance, whij.-h is directly in the way of any well directed efiort towards r the desired reform ; and that consists in the impression that teaching Lis an tmmanly. and' despicable employment, to which sj men of respectable talents and generous aspirations I cannot be expected to devote themselves, till they j are driven to it, as the last 'retort, by poverty and j misfortune. This lamentable impression has piob I ably retarded the progress of ediicatioiLarnongst us 1 more than any. other , cause, and unless it can be i banished from the minds of our youth, we fear it southern societyi A" change of public sentiment on this point is an indispensable preliminary, and can only be effected by an energetic determination on the part of Professors and Teachers to assert the dignity of their calling, and. urge its claims upon the respect aiid good will of tho people by every le gitimate means. We were highly pleased with .some suggestions of a correspondent in our last number, who seems to have entered into this important subject with an earnest and enlightened interest; and especially with the proposition for holding a State Convention of Teachers." Conventions of this character are no novelties at the North, where their beneficial influ ence seems to be fully appreciated. Thev tend to unite those- engaged in this honorable pursuit in a kind of professional brotherhood, and by brino-inf together into a focus the various experience of a large number of "educated gentlemen, must throw light upon the art of teaching, and contribute in calculably to jits iadvancement. There is no point that we know of,; in which we could more wisely or safely imitate the people of . the Xorth. AVhat ever may be said of their conventions called for the purpose of agitation on some of the hackneyed isms of the day, there is a regard to dignity and usefulness in those held to jlromote the cause of education, which j deserves mimingled praise, and recommends their example to the good and wise everywhere. II, W'e make no distinction whatever between Pro fessors in our University and Colleges, and Teach ers, in the humblest sphere, because we like to look upon the profession as a unit, and believe that all its members have' a common interest. The num ber of students in our higher institutions would be much increased, and their scholastic 'attainments would be all the; greater, if education could be moi-e generally diffused and better cultivated. And on the other hand, the elevation of the standard of education among the people, depends in a great measure upon (the supply of; competent instructors from the incorporated institutions of learning and " i ; t " - I .: ' others of a similar standing. If, therefore, an edu cational convention should be called, we would not only like to see a full representation from the coun ties and towns of the State, but also one or more delegates from the University and Colleges, &Cy that all the elements of the cause might be duly estimated and fostered. , We would cheerfully pursue the subject further, but must postpone it to a future day. It is a seri ous theme, upon which there is little danger of saying too much. r - ' REV. ANTOINETTE BROWN!! We clip the following piece of ecclesiastical news, from an exchange. " Miss . Antoinette L. Brown, was introduced by the Rev:' Theodore Park er, to his congregation on Sunday,, in Boston, and ..1... 1. o,...I -.. 1... ......i !- 011,1 tirAfte.b- , ' f nr,f.Jn o 1 24, 25..- She is a graduate of Oberiin University, twenty-one years old, and rather good looking." j The clergy woman referred to, is, we opine, the one : who performed a conspicuous part? in an. abolition j convention last : year, in Western New York, at '' which she and Frederick Doughs served on the ' same committee. To her vocation of politician, she 1 appears now to have -added that of a divine, and is : probably looking forward to a doctorate from her Ahni Mater. AVc imagine the- Kev. Theodore j Parker felt exceedingly odd, when seated in the ; pulpit with ministerial aid of such a character ' at his side. How strange he must have felt, whilst ! his sister Brown was delivering her discourse, from a text that forbids a woman to prpch !. "We suppose it was selected only, to be refuted by an appeal to the "higher law," of which the Key. Messrs. Parker and Brown are suc-li zealous advo cates. Whenever John P. Hale shall be elected to 1 I the presidency, and the free-soil party get the ma ' jority in the senate, we hope the Rev. Miss Brown's claims to the chaplaincy will he duly weighed. In the meantime we recommend attendance on her ministrations to all whose good taste has taught jthem to admire the gyrations of Lola Monies. Preaching by a lady, "in orders," would probably suit them better than that of tlie sterner sex, As the Rev. Miss Brown is a Perfectionist of the Ober iin school, we presume she is as perfect in her line, as Lola is in hers, and well calculated, in many respects, to please those, in whose eyes woman is all the lovelier for having lost the modesty of her sex, and forsaken its appointed sphere. The Countess of Lansfeldt, jukI the Rev. Antoi nette Brown, would be excellent types for the op- posite "sides of a medal, representing the extreme characteristics of the present age. They are beings of different species, but equally disgusting to a sound (and sober mind. "We are happy that we live in a part of the Union into which such speci mens of perverted woman never penetrate. There is no demand for either of them amongst us, and no platform provided for their shameless performan ces. Were they to come, they , could not be res pected ; they would not be even admired, but would be compelled to retire abashed by the con centrated frown of our whole female population long- roT-tij lmlr; ocmtiituo stained by such a reproach, and uncohtaminated by such .examples ! - MALICE FOILED. Mr. Philip S. V hite, who has been for some time acting as State Lecturer on Temperance for South Carolina, was recently charged in the news paper?, by a 'certain George Washington Jones, with being an abolitionist in. disguise. Mr. W. met the slander with a triumphant refutation, and the assailant was compelled, by the frown of an indignant-community, to retract the most offensive parts of his libelous publication. A more glaringly mali cious attempt to destroy the character of a respect able eitken has seldom been made in a Southern paper, and we rejoice to see that it has met its proper reward at the hands of a justly incensed public. Tii is species of malignity is, we fear, on the increase, and editrs f respectable Journals cannot be too much on their guard against allow ing their columns to -become the medium of its dark and cowardly designs. It is" indeed the duty of such papers to discourage the 'publication, of ar ticles intended to injure personal character,, either : by. open assault, or by the less manly means of in nuendo ; and in either case, if a defence is made, that editor is unworthy of the fellows hip of the Press, who opens his columns to calumny or de traction, and shuts them against the 'injured party. Xo paper so conducted can , be regarded as belong ing to the " first class " in the circles of Journalism. The following remarks from the Palmetto Stan dard, in relation to the case alluded to above, whilst they are highly honorable to its editor, are directly to the point, and express our own senti ments fully and forcibly. ' i " We regret that a seeming credit was given to this slander by tlie publication of George Washing ton Jones' letter in the columns of our paper. AVe have just enough of experience in the way things of this kind are served up iij South Carolina, to be able to fathom at once this attempt to procure a small notoriety. ' Mr' "White is a man of character, ofage and ex perience ; a Southerner by birth and residence, and if we mistake not, himself a slaveholder. He comes amongst us by invitation of a large body of the most respectable and influential citizens of our State, to aid by his eloquence the progress of a reform which every patriot should have at heart. We do not, however, propose to espouse his de fence. We so Heartily abominate this practice of trumping up charges of this kind against those who come amongst us that we could not forbear sayino wha,t we have said. Vigilance we commend ; but that sentinel who fires his gkui vpon the mere rust ling of a Jeff should be himself an object of special vigilance? I We are indebted to, Hon. E. N. Thurston, the Secretary of the Board of Education of the State of Maine, for a copy of his Fifth Report containing the " Act to provide for the Education of Youth," .in that State. Mr. Thurston is now en-ao-ed in visiting the several States of the Union, for the purpose of gaining information in regard to their school systems. How long wiiLit be before we shall be permitted to acknowledge the receipt of the first Report of the Superintendent of Common Schools in North Carolina Chowan Female Collegi'ate Institute. Wre have received a Catalogue of this flourishing Semi nary located at Murfreesboro' in this State! It is neatly printed ami contains a beautiful view pf the building. -The Rev. JJ. R. Yory is the rdnci. pal. - .. v Change of Hour Departure of the Cars. '-The Cars now leave the depot at 8 o'clock A.M. instead of 1-2 past seven, as noticed in our last' paper. It is probable the houF will be changed from time to time, as the n'ew track neare us, thus less enin the time between Raleigh & Gaston. A new supply of iron has been received, and an additional number of hands placed upon the road. " LITERARY NOTICES. We have received the March number of the South ern Liter art Messekger, and glanced over its jn. . teresting contents The Messenger has held a posi. tion in the' first rank of American periodicals for many years, and under the regvnen of its present conductor ' has fully established itself in . the affections of a lame circle of Southern readers. Tlie fine taste and eleva ted tone of its leading articles, are worthy of all praise, and the solid character of its materials, entitles it to the attention of those who turn away .disgusted from the trivialities, so commonly found in many of our popular magazines. The present number is one of average merit, and contains -some- entertaining and . instructive . reading. This valuable monthly is conducted by J. R. Thomp. son, Esq., editor and proprietor, Richmond, Virginia at five dollars per annum, in adr3e. Sartain, for April, has been received, and rs a hand somely illustrated number. Some of the articles are quite interesting ; and the ladies will find, in the de- partment devoted to them, some beautiful patterns for their favorite work. . . " The Norths American Miscellany and Dollar Magazixe,'- for March, has also arrived. It is kept up with spirit. Tins is the first vol. of a new series of an excellent and cheap magazine. We take pleasure in acknowledging the Feb. num. ber of the Southern Laoy's Companion, published' at Nashville, Tenn., Rev. M. M. Henkle.D. D., editor. It, is a neat and pretty, publication, and appears to be designed especially for readers f the Methodist Epis copal denomination. It is, no doubt, a valuable nud useful addition to Southern literatuEe- We have also received the Marehprnber oflhe 1 Opal, edited by the patients of the State Lunatie Asylum, Utica, N. Y. A most creditable work, iijxm'"' Hwhose panes no one can look without feelinga offen der interest. , The School FELLovryTor March, if, like its prede; cessors, a little gem. It' is published in Charleston, by Walker & Richards, at one dollar a year, and con ducted in a style admirably adapted to the noble dfi sign, th e instruction and entertainment of the yOung, We have also received a copy of the twenty-eighth' Annual. Report of the-Kentucky Institution forth education of the Deaf and Dumb, for which we return our thanks. POLITICAL. CONGRESSIONAL SUMIffARY SENATE. Ox Friday, March 5th, on motion of Mr. Hunt er, the Senate 00k up the bill in,' addition to, and amendatory of, an act entitled "An act to provide for the settlement of the accounts of .public officers and others who may have received" monies arising from military contributions or otherwise in? Mexi co," approved March 3d, 1849. After explana tion by Mi. Hunter, the bill w as ordered to be engrossed fofV a third reading. On Monday the 9th, Mr. Cass presented the me morial of Fittsburgj-irrYhYurvf -tire prrmriphjWmra intervention in the affairs of other nations, for the purpose of aiding dn putting down struggles for liberty. Mr. Jirodhead : presented memorials pray ing a modification of the tariff of 1 846. Mr. Stock ton gave notice of a bill granting bounty dand V "the sailors who were engaged in the Mexican, war. The Iowa Land Railroad Bill was again taken up, and Mr. Underwood addressed the Senate in reply , to the remarks of several Senators who have oppos ed his amendment. The bill was then postponed mi weunesuay. iva amendment made by Itne House to the bill for the relief of Lt. Col. Mitchell, was concurred in. And then, after an executive session, the Senate. adjourned. I Un luesdag the 9th, Mr. Rush reported ajbiiit resolution authorizing the'appointment of an addi tional Assistant Postmaster General! The joint resolution upon the subject of non-intervention, was then taken up. Mr. Seward addressed the Senate in support of diis ameudmerit.. He main-, tained that the following propositions were fully established: 1. That the people of Hungary, in the exercise of rights secured to them by the ilaw of nations, in a solemn and legitimate manner1 as serted their national independence, and established a government by their own voluntary act, and suc cessfully maintained it against all parties law f'iilly interested in the question. 2. That the Emperor, of Russia, without just or lawful 'right, iu.vaded Hungary, and by fraud and armed force subverted" the national independence and political constitun'oB thus'establislied, and thereby reduced that country to the condition of a province ruled by a foreign and absolute power., 3. That although the United States, from the necessities of political society, re cognise the existing rule jn Hungary,' yet they 8 not indifferent to the usurpatiou and conquest by which it Ayas established. 4. That they may law fully protest ag'aiust that conquest and -usurpation, and against any new armed intervention by Russia, to uphold iff against the will of the people of Hun gary, if it shall be expressed. ' This being the wLoi of our own case, and it being . thus established, k asked, why shall we not proclaim ; that just and lawful protest ? ; On Wednesday the 10th, Mr. Downs, from tie judiciary committee, reported an act providing that "" 'itioijuieiit 01 rcTTCseniauvea lor Vaniu" shall be made according to the census returns ? ,tually received. He also reported a resolution de claring that the electoral vote at the next presiden tial election shall be according to the new apportion-, ment of 1850.; which, after explanation, was adopt ed. After unimportant business", the Iowa isiid bill was taken up, and Mr. Borland addressed th. Senate in support of the "bill. On Thursday the "l lib, Mr. McRae presented the credentials of the Hon. Walker Brooke. Sena tor chosen by the legislature of Mississippi, tofj the unexpired term of the Hon.' II. S. Footer of Mississippi. Mr. B. appeared and took the oatl to support the Constitution of the United State The resolution, offered sometime since by Mr. Re ward, directing the payment of the contingent M of the Senate, the expenses incurred (the Hotel bill) in the reception of Louis Kossuth, while in tin city, provided the same does not exceed 85,000,. taken up. A motion to postpone it was-reject A long debate ensued, in which all who nutted the bill ought to be paid, but many consid ered it ought not to be paid out . of the conti!)geDl fund, but should be paid by aregular appropriat'00 out of the treasury. Mr. Cass submitted a root to amend the resolution by changing it to a jott resolution, and d" it cut 01 the treasury. Messrs. Macon,: Cass, Borland. P Upham, Rusk and Clarke advocated the amend-, ment; and Messrs. Badger,'. Mangum, Se Shields, Atchison, Soule and Underwood opp051- ii. .l- i- x.s . xi. . .,-.nhm-8' tuu iihj quesuou ueiug taKcn, tue aui"1"- . wis rejected ; yeas 15, nays 211 The resu'u' was then agreed to yeas" 3l navs 6. Thea." being Borland, Cass, Clarke, Mason, Morten, Fraj The Senate then proceeded to . the consideration Executive business ; and then adjourned. .1 On Friday tho' 12th, the Senate was ooeup11 with private bills, many of which were passed. -- ti-ffT T