North Carolina Newspapers

Trrtn unpc vao. tn uinu irv urinut- .1 . . . ing t rarry wit the principle of Itn F.eeralrsra" of '98. lie coMplains that lWwtre WirpMi tw their pnyettr n I brnuijht tothtr-Wrilil predict n.'fli. ba they have teen ahan il.ined lv a fragment of thf-ir fftends Sir, they have alwndubed tlc fragment, Ami not the fragment themi thm frag ment, a the Senator it pleaed to cill it, U Ure it alway hat been. It tiH eesaaias upon the" firm base of prin ciple, and there let it remain forever. Jt remains where Cen. Jackson, Mr. yalJnren, ami all lhir friend were . . !. Ti a r s on -tjw -rnce;; it ii-i iwtj mat hs ve Hee I'irnvi from thi granite bed where they hate an long reposed. Ul-tia'u-n, like a enutuUiou la ?ie physi cal wr!d, has desfroyerf tiie? "attrac tion of cohesion," anil preciprHted t4em ti the'dark abv. in which (lie Sv-iuitwr finds himself, tnd f. om hick he now will be unable to emerge. They hare abandoned te old and beaten track of iked out bv the fooNtens Principle marl ;.r tnK.,.., ,n,l M ,!.,.n tn! r.. nw. jd -the devinu! aid wiiulin; wav of i of the eipressed will ami wishes ol Ins new i advetituiers in the stiencc of po- j constituents a democracy which is 'li ical economy and practical finance. tends it iulluence from ihc seat of the O iiTi.t. ! Gen. Government to the respective 4 ejjK'l'tion 10 rfi;nii me rurfency i 'e c.iitn-r, tR't w'traM their toil and trouble, like !' knijiht ( the Uueful . . r - i " ..r eounten ince, they find theiwles lilt- J iti; against winilinill: Mr, it -u mey. ine count ry me most pei teci ofspotism nn"l nit we, who have abandoned and i under the delusive forms office insti-con-'oT. Hvl t'u President reom- tutions. meiitle-l t'? revival of the State Uank j Yen, Mr. President, such is the de al poiitc system, we should have heard j mocracy of this ledeial ailit.iuwtiation notliio" from th s Senator from North an administration that has adopted rimiln) or from mv colleague about this 8ub-Taury schem.'. All the friends of the Administration, with, perhaps. tW:TWrtrtrception. would have united mst cordially with -us jo aid the banks in the resumption of spc eie payments, to revive the business, and to restore the prosperity of the country. The magic influence of the Executive recommendation, like the wand of IVnspero. would have allayed the trinpest that was raised, and all wail(J a?aiu have been peace and quiet. ;1 impeicfi: no man's motives for the . course he lias taken. I know how si lently anil imperceptibly the mind is drawn into the support of Executive .measures, in spite of its own convic tions. Executive influence comes oeV it, "Llko the -it uth. that breathei upon a bank A vWWu." not "itealinz -cn J g3 vl.tg odour,"' but robbing it of its Li;h sense of moral accountability, and Jiving a delicious foretaste of that fruition which always attends the successful issue of every 'untried expedient."' No. Sir. 1 im peach no in mi's motives. Rut 1 must he permitted to express my unqualified belieJi that but for the unfortunate re commendation of this measure by the "Tresiilent, we should now be acting in banuociuus .concert Jor the common in terest of our common country. Instead of this, the Seuatotfron North C.ltHli na is determined to 'sink or swim' with the President and however deep this Sub Treasury mill stone round his neck .may, link him, he seems To say: "I'll seek him deaper than e'er plummet touti -ded. rjvnd willi him there lie mudJcd." Mr. President, thesexperiments and untried expedients," over whose loss the Senator from North Carolina lias wept so bitterly, have well nijh ruined the country. At all eveots, they have given a shock to its business, and a blow to its prosperity, which it will take a long time to repair. But for the re cuperative energies ot our people, a half a century would not suffice to re store our credit nod our institutions ro - that proud height from which they have been orecinitated by a weakenwicked administration id the Government. And ye( we were told the other day by the Senator from Missouri, that the ex'peni Weitfera had triumphed! The bad tri umphed, because the banks of N. York had resumed specie payment ! Sir, those Vanka returned in apite of your experiments; and but for the hostile po sition of the Government, they could have resumed as well in February as in May, when foreign exchange was so re ' tluced at to remove the fear of specie being taken from (he country. Your experiments compelled them to curtail their circulation, and reduce their ilis - fount to a mi nous extent, in order to : e prepared even for a nominal resump tions and still we hear, with an exulting air, that the experimenters have triump ed! Thev hnv liiojn plied as certain other experimenter! triumphed over a eat under an exhausted receiver. They pumped out the air UU !e felt that vi tality itself was -departing, when, by the very instiact of her nature, site put tier paw upon the aperture, through . which her life was oozing, and philoso phy wat left to conjecture how much . more she could have Dome. So with these modern experimenter in currency and finance. The country naa borne with their operatic, tilt it bat become exhautted, a4 with an in stinctive and convulsive throe, hat loosed ittell front tfe'ir fatal grasp. And yet. the experimenter bave tri mohed! ami the Senator from North Carolina mourn over the los of those democratic measure, whose success would have extinguished the last ray of feope. and driven th mercantile and bu tines community to utter despair. Uod ..... . a deliver an trm aucn oemocracy i . aUMatacy -which concentrate all pow etLin tl hand; nf one mat a democ- - racy whtck subject th opinion and action of parlf lollower to hi will. and te hia will alone a democracy which makes the great and paramount the low and grovelling pursuit of par . . - IT a ncaaocracy wnica permits no i -Ur a any tpiest iwnv - however urr,c n t the necessity may be, . without -order from head quarter! a democracy that appeaU to the' passion and prejudice ol I he peoiileVinatead of enlightening their judjittenta", jmhI relyinjjjipnn their rea son auu tneir-pairiousin a tiemocracy which at tew on to aet op one class of the community against the other as if their interests" were not reciprocal and identical a democracy which denies to every man the righfto think and act fW 4uueU" those great tiorwi which the vital interest of the country are ao deeply inquired a democracy which attempts, oy party drill and par tv -discipline, t esovert the vey spirit of the Constitution, to substitute Exec utive fir the Legislative power, to sub jct the will of the Reprecntatie to the ol the Executive, to compel him to act contrary to his OMf n opinions, against his own juJgraent, in violation of his own conscience, anti n open ticRance ilc ti a nc rights of the States in the consolidation of the cejtral power a Uemncracr, in short, which estabhshes.ui the heart of the ultra. lisileralisHi ol "toe retan of ter ror,' and now charges upon its former friends the sins of its own commission. Sir. the people of the United States cannot be deceived bv these vain and hollow pretences. Democracy, like monarchy, will be known by its fruits. The bitter fruits of this administration have already ripened suflicently to in dicate the tree on which they"gfew and the people have long Mtice tasted enough to enable them, like our first parents, to distinguish between good and evil. Sir, the contest which is now waging, is to determine the future char acter of our Government. Upon its re sult, depends the question of the inde pendence of tlic legislative branch, and also that of the supremacy of the popu lar over the Executive will. As these shall be determined, so will the charac ter of our Government be. This con test will form a new epoch in our an nals, and the historian, with the " lu minous ptii'osop'iy of Gibbon," will date from tins period the rise or full of our Itepubliran Institutions. COMMON SCHOOLS. We are highly gratified to find that this subject is lavorably noticed by all or nearly all the gentlemen who now appear before the people of this county as candidates for the Legislature. And it ttill more encouraging to find that this subject begins to elicit a feel ing of interest among the people at large. Evei (fit be true, as we have all along believed, that not much is to be effected by way of public improvement, till this primary step is first taken, we begin to have abundant ground to hope that important change are at hand. Ve o for improvements of every description. It is quite a mistaken no tion which some have heretofore unfor tunately indulged, that there it danger of projecting too many species of im provement at the ame time; that they embarrass and retard the progress of one-another. So far from having this e fleet, if we know any thing about the matter Ibey essentially atd and" pro mote each other' advancement. Cut if you intend perminently to improve the internal condition of a state or coun try, there is no way to begin right, but to lay the foundation first; and that can only be done by instituting some sys tematic method of diffusing light and knowledge among the common-people. Much of the public londs has been given for the support of a University which is considered a lasting honor and benefit to the Slate; but we have not much to say in praise of that policy which give all to the higher grade of seminaries and leaves the industrious poor to grope their way in ignorance. Had the people of North f-olina been well informed, think you they would have suffered the enterprising, the noble project of the Favetteville and Western Rail Road to fail? R'ame not the people. They are acting, it is true contrary to their own substantial interest, n withholding their energies and resource from useful scheme of public enterprise; but not contrary te their fancied convictions of prudence Hence it is that we have so Inns: been castle-building in the air, and done no- thtng to the purpose. Whilii the Legislature of the State has by its municipal law tucrreded so II .a a 'a wen in gaurding the personal and rela tive righta of individuala. and adiustins ine ruiet i property, how has it hap pened that public works have been so miserably projected? It must have hap pened throuzh isnorance or inattention. We cannot contemplate this part of our lenlative enterprise without at once being reminded of the policy of the im pleton, who, fearing he had not materi al enough for a chimney he wa about to build, and wiehed it finished oft high enough at all event instructed his ma on to begin at the top if it lacked any where let M b down toward the P"00 " ' Southern Citizen. Th adjutant af a volunteer corps, who beinf doubtful whether he had distributed asaakett ! all th aaen, cried oat, aN ytm tbat aea without arm will pleas hold up your baada.' .a .A r .1. k i. Im. COKUUXICATIOXS. roa THE STABU Taiht Editor Jffjhe" Stan Jmrd.1 Sia, In your paper or the "jtjikilMimbled .piriiual pride." ao iborter' timo you charged the Editor of the ! botUe-hoUer.H Thea terma you umlertnJ Star" with a violation of the rule of the Editorial Convention, by the admis sion of my late letter into the columns ot that pipe r. You have either widely mis understood my language and ita mean ing, oreie you sees, oy raising the cry ot aouse ana persecution, to aveut any attempt at refutation or explana tion of the facts therein charged. The folly of this course is too" o6viutV rteuire pointing out, and I am greatly aurpriseu mat you snouiu have been induced to its adoption. So far from indulging any penchant for personal a buse, I have studiously avoided any ex pression which might be censlrutd to reflect in the slightest degree upon your character as a private citizen. A such I entertain for you the ordinary respect to which all are entitled, who violate no positive law of morals. It.l was as the Editor ot a pnrt'i7.an pre'ss that I addressed you; and in that char acter, alone, do 1 hold yo u responsible for the errors there charged. Bv a I partial retraction of one, you have vir vnn I nD !r ( tnally acknowledged the propriety f ray st icttires; and did not polifieal considerations, at present, prevent, I cannot doubt, that the other would soon be as fully andefTectually with drawn. Your sentiments with regard to Edi torial rout tesy and Conventional rules, certainly, differ very widely from your practice. In the one case, you are charged with an overweening disposi tion To elevate your own party at the expense of your opponents, wliich of ten leads TyiHi to encroach on individual rights and the privileges of private character: and this, (hough couched in terms. whicTr could not oftend the most fastidious ear, is cited aa being fi'c, ilandcrous and ensatsin like! In the other case public and private men, oc cupying every grade and station in so ciety, are denounced by you, either in express terms or impliedly, as knavts. Hart, scoundrels anil even murderers! And yet yon never indulge in personal ities! you never violate the rules of the Editorial Convention! ir: I nei- ther use sucji nirans, or approve of them; but if I did, I would as loon 'CAniiT Coals to New Castle," as provoke a war of words with the myr midons of the Standard: while mv on- v defence consisted in the free use of their own ireapom. lour opinion or the qualify ol the game," may, perhaps, be as important to th public as it is to Junius. Truth does not make such unworthy distinc tions, in the choice of the instruments hy which she seeks to convey her les sons, and you may yet learn, even from Junius," that the blood which cours es in your vein , is not very far remov ed, in qualify, from that of the common herd of mankind which surround ytm. Justice to the Editoi of the "Star," seems to require, that I shoulil state, that he is neither "Junius," or his aid er, or abettor. My reasons for assum ing an anonymous signature in this ex part correspondence, were satisfactory to myself, and to no other do I hold myself responsible; but the author of "Junius" will never shrink Irom the responsibility that may attach to any thing which may emanate from his pen. A few remarks concerning your correspondent "Ji;Vsi8," and I have lone. otlunr slfnVt.nl desperation could have induced Ihtf sJrieidal courte J which you have pursued with regard to my letter, .Instead of the open and ingenuous reply, which I had expected from yourself, the letter of "Juvenis" to the Editor of the 'Star" is a plain and undeniable demonstration of the trulh of the very charge it was in tended to refute. As to the hyper-crit-ical, hypocritical-author, if lie.thiuks thus to shatlow his brow with laurels. either political or literary, he is wel come to the undisturbed enjoyment ol us hard earned fame: but ll he thinks to induce me to rf rag him into notoriety, by following his example of crimination and abuse, he has wide ly mistakes his object. and has yet to learJuThut from other causes than fear, ltJuniusn cannot be forced into a newspaper controversy with the fdte retry Ass who stumbles through three columns to prove, what every one else was convinced of before he hail pro ceeded as many sentencesthat he knows as little of the .gtr which gov ern the use of his own vernacular tongue, a he does of the capacity of uts own intellect. JUNIUS, 'oTa "Stab.' To the Ettifr the ttuleigh "Staiultrd." No. 1. Bit!: Yoa do me sn undue honor in ascri bing lo ids the paternity of an article which ap peared in tbe "Star" of lha 1 tlh July, ovrr Ih signature of "Jraics." That article was drawn forth by th eery unjust censure you pronoun ced upon the commissioners or lb Uanitol: and th aspersions attempted to be thrown by a pub lication -for which you r responsible, upon tb chancier of one of our most distinguish M ana sstimsbl cilixens. And I ran essuie you, air, from a katowledrs of its author, that war k to antaf tha Mareoa" with Sou and Vaur corrssDon- deal, both of yoa would smart under hi lash, if yon did Dot aelUMWladg bu aapenonty 40 toe cooi id. A writer ever th siraator r "Javenis.r ia in your last paper, evidently "eoocbes hi poi sonous" Nuaew ander yoar particular inspection. I will go further, air; I will adopt hia language. and sav "east soar b tha writer! vourself auy be" Javenis, "and ya may have assumed I Yea supported the odious trpunging resolo the mask to invest you with a scar -crow terror." I tion; and I Bod yoa subsequently criminating Why U tbisrM ranting of yor,thrgh I Mr Catheufiabd pronouncing bias fX7re a Use sicnslure' Th ebc uorerau' ol Dellingsgst parleocel Taos Hsstor-pufi ud wellst What do yon nNO,Mr. by aaJUiiiUfal eleven and uotnof.) What think mtmbfrf The sealttaa of a rrlT T- Tba heartlaa. wratirM automalai, at tha ill of hia marter -1 will wor ak -you the meanior" of from jerimt-fn wrU. If you ara at a to for a auWject upon which to fatten tbia promising title, why tr, I would point you to I ha Van Bo ten' eorpa editorial -JHm Ik ckujfg butt-Jog that boli at rha door of th Treasury, to tbe moat anitellinc lomnpitlbat whine on the verga of tha Union. But, mr, I will ran yoa an rtrttrapper, and tell you that you are invested with incisional power, XJSIUlll ut ijuc STK.tP! fHow it aoundV) You are now mvrctcd with faU-poaree-aa fentlen-alrajijwr I of tha party to lash well aery renegaile; lui mark, air, yon ara in strike none but tha celtnrtd genUy! I "ihdii" you, inth exercise of this momentous duty, lo check your hot, brave blood, and thunder "quiet!" "to the yount manttrum horrenda that now plunge anil roll ao vehem ently in your brain; for I can assure you sir, that should you strike a FKEEM AN , you do it at your peril ! To defame private character-to atab at rep utation, and then meanly sneak from the eye of light to shield ones self under lha mask af ail anonymous signature, is certainly not very de sirable in lbs public estimation, however well it may gratify tha black-hearted assaaain. To such a Vocation, permit me to aay, air, I do not as- Ipiro - WKh year private character, I have noih- mi to do. ih vanoo phae through whim ,t l,M Vnvd w niter ol no interest at an toithe puuhc. ,-fii't. sir, your public character i open to just BnWMibersI animadversion to be praised or re prehended ss it msy deserve. Any citizen, ap prehensive that your course msv prove dange rouse lo the public liberty, or subversive, in tbe stighest degree of social order or political free dom, i not only free to eipose you to th peo ple, but he is obligated to do so hy eery enno bling consideration. In this matter, I liavw no personal piqn t gratify. Being neither un conscious nor forgetful, that tbe soil of North Carolina has been drenched to a mire by the best blood of the revolution, I should hold myself unworthy of the ground on which I tread, did t fail to defend it from tbe sacrilegious touch of the pampered minions and myrmidons ot power. In this defence, sir. I shall scorn lo use ypor weapons to strike with your foul dagger my steel shall strike higher than mere private character. I propose to review your career as an Editor; and if a generous public, already o pen lo conviction, will bear with me. your ei posurr shall be commensurate with the charao ter you have, for a lime occupied in my estima tion. The high trust you have assumed of conduct ing; a public journal, in tha present excited state of the Republic, is not less responsible than that of defending the principle you so unscrupu lously advocate. Conceding, however, that on being called lo the editorial chair of the Stan, dard you fully anticipated the dutiea which would devolve upon you; tbe task which, as a "conservator of the morals ot the community," you would be obligated to perform; yet, it may be tncontrovertilily asserted that you brought to that task, but little of that elevated patriotic sen timent, and but an imperfect sense of those cardinal printiples of sound mora!ity, so indis pensable to an editor, particularly in great emer gencies. Yj?Uh have been closely watched by the leaders of tfltj drnjnant party, lest atttnef your ill-timed blunders tnigbt disclose their schemes. And to guard you against this more effectually, the "Globe" has been recommended to your especial consideration. Need I say, air, that this recommendation has not been dis regarded! Your columns weekly term with the misrepresentations and excitements of that le publication; and, not content witn a duly unsnvisble, you have recently given your aaaent to lha Conventional rules of the frater nity only to exhibit presumptuous activity in their violation! A print thus reckless thus regardless of eveiy social and political obliga tion is a curse to any conntry, claiming the ex ercise of well-reeulaUsI freedom: and if the public demand no apology for its eipoaure, I will ask none, either of your friendship or your resentment, air! Your first connection with the Standard took place June Slid, 1836 a 'publisher and pro prietor;' cjr rather, as the publisher of the polit ical principles and Spanish erudition of Col. Philo White. 1 he public know with what dil igence you discharged that duly. At the en suing August the election fur Governor came and th most desperate tricks, the most un manly artifices were resorted lo, te carry the voa of the Slat &t the incumbent. Hut you failed. Gov. DtrnLir was elected by 6,000 ma jority . Paining over the intervening period between June and December, I find that, on the 23th of the litter month, 1(536, you stepped in to the shoes of your "illustrious predecessor" ithout even hearty "Good morning! to tbe public, or a parting "God blese you!" to your worthy compeer; who, by Ih bye, bad been called to more diitintruithed station that of riding Expren to Wahiiigtuir,"wnll"fiie elec toral vote of North Carolina. Is this silence to be regardsd as ind eating (hat While was, from your first connection with th Htanjard, no mora than its nominal editor? If you are so immaculate, why did you consent to publittt, to propagate, to endorsee's opinions! If you were the Editor, why aid you play oil this game or reception so unscrupulously upon the people! But,, to silcne cil. I take you up at the pe riod you bectm Editor. (J n of your first act was to oppoa the grant ing of banking privilege lo the Charleston and Cincinnati Kail Koad Company. Yoa very properly acknowledged your incompetency to decide" whether th project was calculated to prove aaliitary or ruinous; hut, in the net t breath, after confessing your ignorance, you pronoun eeJ it '-giant institution for political purpose." And why this denunciation! this zeal without knowledge! Merely because it originated in 9. Carolina! You concluded yourfanfaron-id by proclaiming that "South Carolina had lost tbe confidence of her sister states, ana is amft It lead in any enter prioe, the tendeney oj vhich may political, and ageet the Urntn tj the Statet! Bin the penning of your remark ha moved me from my usual temper. "Unfit I lead in any political enterprite!" Ther was a time, sir, when her elulvalrou eon carved their way ta nda ' r fame through th- pha lanx, of British myrmidons! When the gene rous De KalboV th high-ouled Pulaski thought it not dishonor to "couch their lane and draw their good blsde" aide by lid with Rudedg, Jasper Mil Marion! When the tb battle-field of ktavannek. Cow pens, and King' Mountain found a thunder-toned voice to proclaim the tri umph of ancorrapled freemen! Was h not then quit as well ealeolated to lend aa afl fravt If ah he not, will yoa point to the peri od when shs degenerated! Was it a a me ber of th confederacy! Aa a participator in th forma Uoa of lb Federal CeostatuttoaT or dur ing1 th Nallifieatiaei lettement, when b wrested th right of th whol South from th grasp of Fdral power? Or waa it la roeom ending the charter of th Cbsrtaetot and Cin cinnati Road! Come, yo ar entreated -do b Oiiiah ntiliad to tha eoitOdanca of lb AueiU CM paopla, a Judaa lacarriot waa to that of tho vou of him new, sir, as tba Sub-Treasury cbsiu- piooT Your recent course will answer. But in my next nnmber. th public ahall know more in regard to the manner ia which you hare treated that distinguished individual. It la aahl that you fear prrttnal attacks. Aa to myself, you msy make youraell easy. My dajrger is -air drawn;" if it atrik at all, it muat atrika the futcienet. Your check turn pale! Well may it. "Centrience make cowards of usatl!" I close this number, sir, by tendering to you tbe moat protuoad oMirnn of an " UNDERSTKAPPER." Fot van 8ts. Agreeahly to a call of the paper of this Citv on the 25tU etilv, l portion of . - . " we the citizens desimus to torm a volun teer Corps assembled at th Court House; when, on motion, the" meeting was organised by calling Mr. Caning ton to the Chair and appointing Mr. Battle Secretary. The Chairmain, in a short but pointed address, explained the object ol the meeting, when-the following preamble and resolutions were adopted: Several ineffectual attempts have been made lo furin aVolunteer Com pany in this place since the extinction nl the '"City Guard, antl'the citi zens, particularly the young men, have been frequently charged with a want ol that public spirit, which prevails in every town of size in our country. Why or how they have made them selves obnoxious to such a charge it is now useless to examine, fur with all who feel any interest in the matter, the inquiry appears to be, what course wuu'tl best accomplish the object. lh.it there is in the city, and country adjoining, a sufficient number of per sons who have leiy.nra enough to devote a portion of llieir time to the service of the public in this way, will hardly be denied. What then is required? If those even wlm acknowledge they have time,--would- only step forward and lend their aid to begin the workHhere woultl be no difficulty. Many seem disposed to give their names, provided the number requisite to entitle the company to a commission, tan be ob tained. But it must strike every one that the reason they assign for not join ing is a strong one why they should. When the company is formed by the assistance of others, the services of those, who re.-ison in this way will hardly be nettled. It may not be im proper, or misplaced, to remark that there are some person of imaginary importance, and of influence which hardly possesses "a local habitation," who are making every effort to coun teract the exertions which are being made to form' a company. They would certainly be objects calculated to in spire fear, were they capable of becom ing f as much importance in the esti mation of others, as they ate in their own. Such are apt to be the loudest in censuring all for a destitution of public spirit, and the first to oppose the least exhibition of it. The pleasure originating from the military parades which occur in most of our town is obvious. They draw together the citizen who are thereby afforded an opportunity of seeing and knowing each other. Thus sociability is nurtured, and under the influence ol the martial music, and the sight of their country's banner, no doubt many a pa triotic struggle is revived, and many a nnble resolution -formed. In addition to the pleasure which is derived from having in a town, a well disciplined and soppurtcil Volunteer Corps, it nitV.rds a security to the whole community, which is an ample reward for nil the trouble and ejonse connected - with It. Ve need such security. Should dangri at any time be apprehended, a well or ganized body of men. who could be called out at a moments notice, would be of great service. It would consti tute a nucleus around which the ri'i zens could collect, and up to whiih they could look lor protection, and all must acknowledge, by experience, ll e cxliilerating influence which such u corps exerts on our public celebrations and festivals. It is reported that so soon a the Ualeizh and Gaston Road completed we mav expect a visit from the Volunteer Corp of Pelei bitrg, and who would not be mortified at the figure which-our town and neigh borhood would exhibit, without any military to welcome them and pay them the customary compliments? It is not improbable that such will be the case. 'Ther will be but a (lavs iournev I rout n. and shall we be ?eady to re ceive them? It is to b hoped that those who are not able to lend their personal services will at least extend their influence, and countenance this effort to aacompliati what they have so onen expressed as desirable and ne cessary, lo the ladie it mar not be presumption to look for approbation 77ieir inilcare the best arguments with all who make anr intensions to ga'lantry. and we are certain they will not witnnoid them, ror they have lost none of that generous and noble feel ing which ha characterised their sex in every age and conntry. Of the young Gentlemen of the City and neighbor hood, it ia only necessary to ask how long are yoa willing to "submit to th charge of .being destitute of a due de gree of public spirit? Do the exer tion yon are making comport with that desire which yoa should have to see your city and country take a high stand? l)o yoa not wish to refute the odious charge to show that you have publie spirit and ptriotic pride? Your 'assislahce 1 then :td xieit is every reason to h'p tl:at yen will give it with promptness and zeal For the purpose inereioie ti promoting more c8ectany"the object of this inter- Keeotvtd, Tbat a Committee of five be sp pointed to procure subscribers and report to lb Chairman of this meeting on the loth August; and that b bo aaihorizetl to call a meeting, if there be enough subscribes lo orgauixe a recti lar volunteer company. . Messrs. Miller, Lucas, Battle, Jef fries and Hughe were appointed. Rttolved, That a Committee of three be sp ptinted to report bye-laws lo th next ineetiug, hould it be organized. -. --.r-. . mm lYictiri. i cck, uukucc mm iiamsun were ppointed. " Rntlvrd, That the Committee of 5 ha di rected to draw up preamble and resolution and publish the same. W. C. J. HARRINGTON,' Chm'n C. C. CATTLE, Secretary. Ftr the Slur. TIIE PERI AND THE ROSE BCD 1 When the Peri who perfumes All the young and brighter blooma OQfiir Cireaasias flower, A deep blush saw one morning. sweet rose bud adorning, f reshly sprinkled byashowen Socli lotelines admiring, She felt her heart desiring. To cull it ere the noon ol daji For, melancholy sorrow, Before another morrow, Tbat dear bud must soon decay 3 "Yea hanging ther supentlxt, "Thy bloom will soon bs ended. $aid she with a heedless siyh. "Fondly if I gather thee, -Sooner shall I wither thee, "Sooner will thy awretness die. 4 "Vet stay I'll set thy blossom On fsir Eliia's bosom. That lovely pining creature, "Whose Edwin's heart refuses, "The bliss which love diflurcs, , "O'er every shining feature. 6 "And leave thee there to languish, "Meet Psrtner of ber anguish - "Sorrow seems then only leas; "When sister sorrow meets ber, "When sigh on tear drop greets her, "Gently in her loni'liness 0 "Eliza Ion must perish "And vain the hope to cherish. "Eiirth's fairest, lovslicst Ihingt "And would that I were dwelling, Where rrvslnl waves ara swelliug, "From Eden's hoiiest spring." 7 "Every beauteous thing that blow, "Every noble heart tbat glows, "BriehUv o'er earth's pilgrim, "By glittering hope is lighted, "Bui lo be darkly blighted ' "By misery or chill dim ge. 8 "Deeper draughts of plcasure'e cup "Diaw but deeper biliers up, "There are none so blest ss thev t no pleasure ngntlierl I ami nr. "And homeward swifiliest lis. ling, "Go the Crst to rest wv." U. Otford, N. C. For tl,' Star. FIDELITY. (Translated from the Italian.; 1 By the brink f a fountain Where soft Zpliyrs blew. On Ihe brow of a mountain A vioWt grew, F.xp.n iliiij to view Its petals of blue. I On a mountain thiicheering. Was I cradled too. ' And I wittchcd oVr the peeriitj Of Lovc'a glance true, Vrom eyes of like blue lllie pure child 1 knew. 3 Yet no violet ever, Tim' (jemmed with the dew. Can still rival forever Those weepinjj ryes' hue. Whence dear refrsid drew The tear drops not few. 4 When I parted, first trsvi g - The bill where I Pfrew, . And brhrld her receiving The anguish I knew. Her crushed heart must rue, In bidding adieu. 5 WKrn the daw n is just bre king- To comfort anew. The lone Earth, that 1 watinj To the Sun's warm view. No more drops of dew Dim the violet hue- 6 But Julia Ikmci tinfr. The day I withdrew, Wilh vow nmelentinf To hesven' bright blue, -OmMrtwe sue Stilt faithful and true. 'r the Star . , LINES TO A CON'SOLIXO FRIEND. Sweet is the music of friendship remembered T a tender heart nuMured in rrtiw ! Ti like the soft tones of distar.t bells tem pered. With the hope of a festal to-morrow. How gently the k ind accents fall. When sympathy whisper lo w. Or the lesr-talr of other recall. The lit; of our mourning below! Hut ever, this tender heart, doomed to V fortune, Must retire from the voice of hi charmers I -est sAe oo, be twined in the web ot' hia foe- tune, And the star of hi destiny harm her, flow tad i the curse of I list soul, Whose love and wko sorrow contend. And whose torment's the bitter control. Which hit fate may inflict on hi friend! II. Shoceo July 31st, 1858. We have a pleasure in communica ting to our reader the intr retting in formation contained in the following article: From tha Philadelphia U. 8. Cstette. July SO. TTit U. 8. Governrttent and the U. S. Bank Honds. Wt find in the Na tional Gazette of yeslesday afternoon the subjoined paragraph: "It is rumored that the Bond of th Bank of the United State, due in 18S9, for two million of dollars, has I been sold by the Treasury Department.