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wife fiSOT.NBW BRJL, " A Xll.COilitEK CIA L AJ)VSRTISE R, j will BE PUBLISHED- . EVERY TUESDAY, , BYj'ciEL H. MUSE & DANIEL DAVIES, EDITORS AJTD raOPBIXTOKS. t i . ! 1 " TERMS : I'or the Weekly f If paid at Six Months ...... . ? J One Year $2, lii advance; $2 50 , $3 00 2 I- Rates of Advertising: One Fqiiare, first inscrtioii . , "'t eecond do. - .... ......... - "i J one month '". ! ' -.two months. '"": :-fi 3 MONTHS. 6 MONTHS. , One square I inch,. $3 00 ........ $5 00 .. Two squares. 5 00 ........ 8 00... Three squares ....... TOO ........ 12 00 .. v o,a 9 00 15 00 .. 50 cents. 5 " 1 00 H 2 00 1 YEAB. ....$8 00 .... woo 20 00 .... 25 00 Advertisements inserted as Special or Bishop Notices areTharged one-half more than the above rates one inch constituting a square. i rAVhere the number of insertions are not expressed when advertisements are handed in they will be inserted till " forbid, and charged 50 cents for the first insertion and 2o cts. for each continuance. ; C5A-iiberaI discount to yearly advertisers. 1 RD S. T. L. HALL, n, r i FORMERLY PROPRIETOR OF THE GASTON HOUSE, NEWBERN, iV.C, " . NOW AT THE ! WESTERN MOTEL, COURTLANDT ST. (SEAR BROADWAY), j'JSjr ronK, ... i Where fce will be pleased to See Southerners in gene ral who visit the cit)'. I-wly JAMES B. AVERITT, ATTOKNEY AXD COUNSELLOR AT LAW, NEWBERN, &.C., Will attend the Cochts of Craven Jo; es and On- Klnw. and will promptly attend to all business en-27-1 trusted to hia care. T. X HUGHES, J DEALER IN NA VAL STORES, COMMISSION MERCHANT IN rORK, BACON, LARD AND SUGAR, Corner East Front and South Front streets, s KEWI5ERS, '. C. X. B. The Trade supplied at a themad. 3-ftf WM. K. OLIVER & Co., COMMISSION MERCHANTS, I DEALEftS l-A EVKKY VARIETY OF AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, Castings, gyrr Fertilizers, LIME, CALCINED PLASTER, CEMENT, ; . MAKltLE rt."ST, IRON and STEEL, IKON AXLES A.vn SPRINGS, - India Rubber and Leather Bandm, Rubber and Hemp Packing, Lace Leather, Rivets and Duns, IIari'.vape, Nails, Ac. ZW PitrlU-nlh- attent'um given to the sale of Produce, M jm J; also t Receiving and Forwarding Good. I IIRT & BROTHER, I MAN V F ACTCKEHS OK Tin, Sheet Iron "and Copper Ware, I ANI I)KALEU IN Stovjes and Japanned Ware, Corner of Broad and Middle 'utreetn, t . (Oue door South of the Court-'.) ouse), :i-tf j NEWBERN, N.CJ GEORGE ALLEN, DEALER IN FANCY AND STAPLE TJH3T GOODS, llools, Shccs and Claitcrs, Hats, ic., roLtocK fcTKKET, NEWBERN, JST.C. Banks's Candy Manuftictory POLLOCK STREET. Orders ccompanied with the money proniptly executed. J. S. BANKS, Agent. 1 -2t JOKATHAA Vi HALEY, CLOCK AND WATCH MAKER, KEEIS CONSTANTLY ON IXANI-) AN EXCELLED ASSORTMENT OF WATCHES, CLOCKS, g And Jewelry of all kinds. t-lPAll Wcik done at the shortest notice, and in workmanlike- manner. J. V.'IIALEIV ' Craven street, Newbern. WILLIAM 11 A V, HOUSE, SIGN AND ORNAMENTAL Painter and Gilder, MIDDLE STKEET, . " (two dcohs Bcrow tollck street), .... KEWBEHM, N.C MILLINERY CARD. Mrs IVEY aud Mrs. ISIISSILLIGil A he now ' pening .ttii elegant assortment of String Mir LixKHY, to which thev invi.e the attention of their iiinds in town and conntr". Jiie.unmg ana, irun- jriing done in goOil stijU and at fJiort notice. Dressing- in all its branches. Cu.ting and fit tinr-bv measurement. a20-tf A. E. RICKS, D.D.S., O ESPECTFULLY informs the Ladies Ai and Geutlenieu of Newbern aud vicinity that he still continues the practice ot and mav be found at the "WASHINGTON IIOTZ'L, unless rtrofessionallv eniraered. He returns thanks for past patronage, and hopes to merit and receive a continuauce of the same. Ut22 33-tf DR. Z. , COFFIN; SURGEON DENTIST. AT THE GASTON HOUSE, "(Office No. 42), bewbern, n.c. Invites the attention of the People of JSewbera and vicinity to "Ui'e preservation of their Teeth, i He would 'inform those who are under the necessity of baviug artificial sets, that he can supply them, 'I hose who hare Teeth with the nerve exposed can have the nerve extrac ed without pain and the Tooth saved, if there be enough sound tooth to allow the nressure of adhesive gold. All Operations performed in the latest iinprbved style. Ladim xi-aited on at their private residences if desired. All 'orders by notej aud engagements promptly attended to, ra!2-tt M MUSIC! ftlUSEC ! JUUSIC ! T'lIE Subscriber respectfully informs; thq the citizens of Newbern and adjoining counties! 0 3 - On Broid Street 3 Opposite the Wasbingtorf Hotel, where may be fbun4 a tine assortment ot Musical Instruments, consisting of Piano Melodious, Violins, Guitars, Accordeons cpncertino.Flutinas, Fliites, Fifes, Clarionets, Flage? olets, Tam borines, Banjos, &c. Also, a large cpllecj tion of Sacred Music Books, Handel and UaydenNervr f!armiua sacred Boston Academv. Southern Hartnouv and Jlusitfal Companion; The 'Shawm, a Library of Church Music: Instruction Books ; Hunter s instruc tion and BertieV- Method for the Piano : Primers for the same: Schicder's Practical Orjran School; Vhites Instruction on the Melodeon ; M. CarcaSsi for th Guitar. Also, Instruction Books, by different au thors, for all kinds of Musical Instruments. There may be found among the Sheee-Music all tbe new pieces, and having made arrangments in the Northern cities, shall receive. all new Music as soon as pub lished A small stock f Stationery, all of which will be sold at New York prices. ; lie is Agent for Messrs. Geib J & Jackson, and Ba con &. Havens, Celebrated Piano Fortes ; also, George A. Prince & Co- a First rremium Melodeons. i Persons wishing to purchase any of the above well to can ana see nun. . I i1 ! He will also give lessons on the Fiano Forte, com mencing on the lit oi f October. Terms, per Session JOHN F. HANFF. of 24 lesions, 12. ! Newbern, Sept. 2Cth. lS5S-tf HM1 J VI DEVOTED TQ POLITICS, JOEL II. MUSE & DANIEL XAVIES,J Vol.!. A vision. ; j 4 1 had a dream which was not all a dreamj'BTEON. 'Twas in the hush of midnights-Sorrow's wail Died on my ear, as Sleep its mystic veil Threw o'er my senses, and my unchain'd Boql, Freed from terrestrial bondage and control, ; Panted for fearless, flight. Fancy stood by, With wild adventurous daring in her eye ; . Dost wish,' said she, ' tq conrse, on burniskjd ir., The perfumed regions of unending spring? To-triumph over spc3 from star w tuu, To roll, majestic, in my viewless ear ? Tft Ika the snirits of th earth and air The stern, the dismal, or the bright and fair ? i-i. fi,o TN,hirp. with its flux of years, . Its strifes, its triumphs, and its smiles and tears? . Or wilt thou course with me Time's ether track, On- his own wings to trace his pathway backj, And view the wondrous Fast its dying thrpes Its short-liv'd pleasures, and its ceaseless woes? 'I'd see the Fast,' I said ; 'with strange delight, I'd view the spot where Time commenced his flight ; I'd sweep the spell of centuries away Cutch the first beam which lit the.god of day . List tle first hymn the forest warblers sung TYace up the path of Time since Time was young Ilis every record read, till he shall bo '.. Lost in the cycles of Eternity.' . i This id, hours, days, weefe, mcnths and years unroll The register of Time's swift-written scroll ; j Ages speed back in retrograding nigni ; The Past becomes the Present thickest night i ro.ifra -rn-iiTKl in Sable loom : I stood before Time's birth, Pay's morn, or Ocean's first hqarse roar. A Voice is heard, oinnifie in its might Lex tmeee be eiciit:' it said and all -was .light. Earth's beauties, sparkling, kiss the heavcn-Jwra rays, And stars and angcl-hands chant songa of praise: - . Through the dark clouds of chaos quickly shine Creation order harmony-.- design! : S . . I ifs and her teeming million stand lv,r.lay-.t A week is ended, and a world is made ! ) But here one spot, than alL appears more bright The home of love the garden of delist : j Sweet birth-place of Humanity !-is tuis j The scene which fostered earliest dreams of bliss? The scene where Ejrth her first fair ofJ'ringd spread? W .ere man, df lighted, on her bounties fed . Ayo 't is! and Innocence here found a grave 1 re re Disobedience rolled i ts first fell wave-j Hate, Malice, Strife and Envy here were bom, -And here first grew the bramble and the Uorn. Time posses onward man extends his race Earth marks her o.it through her wilds of $pace -The millions plod hi rounds of vice and pridjj, On plain and valley, hill and mountain side j Their thousand wants the teeming earth supplies ; In thkntlesness they grasp the varied prize, i Then mock Omnipotence liis power deride; His deluge conies they sink beneath its tide ! - One dving groan with horror fills my oars ! j One ocean-vebted plain the earth nppcars, And 'ncath that plain is hid full many a cav, Where Ax-t and Nature find, one common graye. Dark Desolation reigns ; I look Affright . Spreads tracks of waste before my Wandjnrg ga- -- -Of watery waste a vide, wild liquid rjbe- The grave of crime the vestment of alobe i One barque, the safe retreat cf life arid re.- A world of waters bears upon its breast ' J Alone she triumphs o'er th' aquatic tomb, , i A world's inhabitants within her womb, f A future world o'er which Ileav'u's bow of love, In lilies of mercy, smiles from depths above, j Th' avenging wave recedes: Earth's plains, again j Are peopled by the toiling sons of men ; j ; Atc after p.ge arrays its flight of years j MaVs every act upon their page appears, ; And crime, and pain, and misery's,increase, ' Are found to blend with virtue, love and peace. Sow deeds,, unwritten, catch my watchful eye, Iiut time advances, and I pass them by : j AVar hurls its thunders ; Earth' s broad field Appears One moving forest of contending spears, - i Death cheers his angels with each groan and yell, Ihit stop I not tiie story dire to tell, i Of him who conquered, or who ftfil below The ti,rer-vengeance of the foeman's blow ; Tor War but feebly treads the wlks cf death, Compared with him who fans his poison breath : Let "War array in all the pomp oi priue, , His giant-angels by thy horrent side, Intemperance, and pigmies they become' And every tongue, compared with thine, is dumb. Now Fancy waves her hand before my sight ; Karth disappears; a region richly bright, Superlatively lovely, grand and fair, From heaven's four corners spans the depths of air: All that can charm the eye of man, or please His sense, or yield' tim happiness or ease, j Are here profusely scattered : Fragrance brings Perfume upon the zephyr' s playful wings, From many a epicy grove, whose leaflets sport "Where feathery minstrels hold their choral court ; And oer its fertile surface, rivers glide, j And milk and honey swell their silv'ry tide, j And on their banks unnumber'd flowrets blow, " -i: Their beauties mirror'd on the streams bclot. 4 O lovely spot '.' my Bpirit ifidy cried ; ; ' ' Such might be earth!' a stil small raft replied ; And as it sjioke, a bright terrestrial train Of men, like angels, course th' Elysian plain. ' Sec st thou yon cloud?' said Fancy; and my eye Sought a dark spot which marked the Eastern sky : It grew, and spread its gloomy wings of night, . Which might the shades of Erebus affright, Until its woe-inspiring shadows fell On that bright land, and, wonderful to tell, ''. -Where the dark shadow threw its blackest sain, A fiery river coursed the fertile plain. j Dark Desolation marked it, for it drew The only sweets from every plant that gretr,; And turned them into poison ; and its fumes Eose on the winds, and revel' d 'moHg the tombs. Man breathed the sickly odors, and a vain And wild infatuation filled his brain : j He steep d his senses in the burning fl od. Then madly cried tor vengeance, and for blocd ! As, 'mong the plants, the sweetest most combined To Bwell tbe demon stream among mankind, The bright, the noble, and the gen rous, .most Were lured to join the sense-drown' d victim host : And first, the social were induced to brave The wild, enchanting, life-destroying wave. I Methiuks I see the sutf 'ring thousands now.j With haggard cheek, and wildly pallid browy Whose trembling reason scarce- can abide ; The horrid stenches of the Stygian tide ; " j Methinks I see them straggling 'gainst the force Which sweeps them onward, in its headlong ;ct urse, To gulfs of darkest night while' some appear To moun, their fate with many a scalding tear : On these, Deliri'im breathes, and, night and day, Infuriate demons round their senses play ; Discord unutterable fills their cars, " And laughing goblins mock them with their jeers. Of those, deep draughts of fury fill the brain. And loose the bands which holds Destruction's rein, To madly weave the blood-bespoited wreath j Of direful Murder with the fangs of death I 1 See trembling millions tread the margin's brink Timid they Stoop, one dang'rons draught to drink : Habit on taste its trembling tie makes fast The conscienoe-gnarded Rubicon is past; : ' . Tie after tie destroys each power to sa ve, And prematurely ope's the insatiate grave ! . O, Vault of Terror "-shrine of Terror" b king The drunkard's gravel Could I the teardrops bring. Drawn from Affection's eye by thy chill fear, A woe-charged flood of sorrows would appear! j Or could I list the orphan's cheerless cry, And deep-ton'd anguisb of the widow's sigh, " While thou hast known, O, then would'Eanh ucstore, From the deep treasures of its storied lore. Its darkest Ule of grief, whose words would rise, To wake the moaning echoes of the skies. While stories, dire, of crime and pain would he -. Koased from their slumbers in the mighty eea ! Xowv where that cloud of darkness first was ceei, A fctar of glory rose, whose peerless sheen will COVBIERGE, DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN NEWS, LITERATURE, AGRICULTURE, EDUCATION, ETC. "COMMERCE NEWBERN, TUESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1858. Smiled, with an angel sweetness, o'er the plain Where drunkenness had fixed it deadly stain, And rolled along its desolating wave, - The earth ft) poison, and her sons enslave. fJl And as that star in brightness rose, its light " Dispelled the clouds which hung round Error's night ; Dried up the stream of Death, whose poison tide The cups of sorrow, and-of crime, supplied And left that land in comfort's smiling glow, " With verdure crowned, and milk and honey's fl w. Its storms of strife were lulled ; and Feace arose In angel triumph o'er her prostrate foes, And sweet domestic bliss assumed her reign, And Eove and Joy awoke in smiles again. I looked and Fancy's wand again was reared, And all her bright creation disappeared ; . -j That land was lostits purifying star No longer shown from ether wilds, afar AIL all was changed; and strange that change did seem, As vision-painted worlds in childhood's dream. 4 That land,' said Fancy, 4 just to chaos hulled. Prophetic, speaks the changes of a world ; Like it, this world was lovely, once, and fair, Like it, 'twas fostered with an angel's care, Like it, its brightness faded, and its charm ' Was lost for vice, for madness and alarm ; And like it, too, 'twill change once more, and then Love's lights will brighten in the homes of men, And linger, dream-like, round the hallow'd spot Of quiet joy, and soul-delighting thought ! Blest be that change ! unmixed with grief and guile ; And blest, the rainbow promise of its smile, Which, like the iris, with its changeful dye, j Bends from the earth, and centres in the sky ! Elest be that harbinger of happier years ! That ark of safety o'er a sea of tears ! i Where Happiness enjoys a calm retreat, When Sorrow's surges round her madly beat.' Again I looked! before my an xious ye. The circling fl'ght of years swept swiftly by : Earth and earth's scenes rolled on their changeful round, And busy life gave forth its ceaseless sound. i War nU Aruljitivju tiaxler'll Uliman UlOOd .' . .j And human Honor drank the purple flood ! -Wing'd Commerce triumph' d o'er the briny seas, .'. : And wrote her mottoes on the viewless breeze ; Faction contended in the coui ts of strife, And Schism spurne the laws of holy life ; Still, to each ill, I:temi'baxce gave its store, ' . And made all evils greater than before. And thus it was till Tempeeakce arose, . , In panoply of brightness, o'er the foes Of life's enjoyment, and her woeless chain Of sympathy embrae'd each child of pain. ' . ,'. he rose in loveliness a seraph-smile Around her looks of kindness played the while : '' Her victories were friendly, and her hand Strewed blessings freely o'er each conquer1 d laud, And gave that bliss she could alone bestow, -A bliss Debauch and Crime can never know. Still Time moves onward, and anon appenri, In vision bright, the roll of future years : Earth, in her age, grew glorious to ny sight, In the clear lustre of Millenial light; i And O! 'twas joy her radiant form to trace! A beauteous Island in the sea of space, "T, O'er which a world of bloom profusely springs. To deck a footstool for the King of kings 1 But not alone the flowery plain appears, . ; In hues still brighter than in by-gone years ; Blending, in loveliness, terrestrial dyes With colors, uncreated, from the skies ; A bloom of mind a moral blocm is seen, Which smiles, en earth, with more than earthly tlioen, And gives a joy to man, unknown before, Scented with odors from a holier shore ; Minds, now expanded, breathe the foretaste given Of sweetest fragrance from the fields of heaven ; And with new tongues, of seraph-power, they ruie The loudest notes of thankfulness and praise. O blest Devotion ; now art thou divine ! Circled with gems which must forever shine; Swelling the notes of .harmony aud love, Which rise, like incense, to the throne above. ; Aud man, the creature of the dust, is blest Eiiss, unalloyed, is kindled in his breast; And Peace, on dove-like pinion.-s hovers round For Strife, with all his demon-wiles, is bound, That Innocence o'er man her robe may fi'ur-. As pure and spotless as an angel's wing. Dazzled with brightness, now my eye grew dim, As Earth reflected back the lights of Him, The First, the Last, the Midst, and Without End ! Whose glories with his works forever blend, I Faint was mv view till the last angel came, And Earth was rolled up as a scroll of flame ; Time yielded up his pinions with his breath, " And Vict'ry rose, triumphant, over Death A holy pioneer to pave the way To the bright gates of uncreated day ! As Time gave up his wings, my dream was o'er ; But e'er 'twas done, a fair celestial shore, In more than Eden-loveliness appeared; On which a holy cenotaph was reared, The work of angel bands, who joyed to raise An ever-during monument of praise ? 4 To Temt-eban-ce, for so the recond ran, . sThe Child of Virtue, and the Friend of Man P And now, the spell which bound my senses broke Earth seemed herself again, and I awoke. A STORY WHICH CAN BE BELIEVED. It became necessary a few days since to pull down an old building in the vicinity of . - t i r .t c the St. Mary s iuarKct, ior xne purpose oi erectin"- on its site one more roomy and suitable to the times. Accordingly, the workmen were engaged and the work ot ihinr went on. When the basement had been reached, and the removing of the o-round sills had commenced, one ot the workmen discovered a singular-looking ani mal, seemingly imbedded in one of the sills. The attention of the whole party was then directed to the spot, when some one exclaimed, as the animal showed the broad side of huge claws. ' It's a terrapin, sure and sure enough it .so proved to be, but ot proportions larger than its species warrant ed, being as large as an ordinary sea turtle. Brit the most wonderful portion of this story is yet to be told. We said it was imbedded in one of the sills. This was not exactly the case, for the sill was imbedded in its back, and had thus held its captive for years. It must have somehow or other caught itself under the sill when quite small, for it had grown up nearly the height of the sill on each side, leaving, when it was extricated, a fur row down its back lengthwise a half foot deep. - One of the workmen, in attempting to take hold of it, had his hand nearly torn in two, by one of its huge claws. It has a about lour or five inches long, and a genuine snapping turtle head. The probability that this turtle cr terrapin, is at least nuarter of a century old, and has beenJ without doubt, tinder this house and in position since its erection. The mystery is. what sustained life during that time mystery is, what sustained life during Tho mrnnnrl arnnnd was Quite damp. curiosity, we learn, has been preserved! land is in the possession of one of the work men. It is worth seeing. 3 V. Uclia. ' 0V' '- - IS KING. EMrect Trade! There are two disabilities under which the South labors, which will forever prevent the realization of her hopes in respect of the es tablishment of Direct Trade, unless they are removed Vyr Congressionallegislation. These two obstacles will account, in some degree, for the inability of the South to realize the long-cherished but still deferred hope of com mercial independence. jThe first of these is the ' foreign valuation' system, as .-established by the present Tariff. "When the system of specific duties was abol ished, and tliQ ad valorem system substituted in jits place, it was provided that the valua tion of all goods exported from foreign lands to!the United States should be made abroad that is, at the point from which they Were shipjed. Thus, a merchant in Iew York importing a cargo of silk goods from France, pays cuty upon them not according to the home valuation, (that is, their value in New lork when they arrive there) but, accord yig to the valuation made in France when the gocds are shipped. There is nothing un fair in this system per se ; but experience has proved that it leads to the most outrageous frauds. We do hot exactly understand how itjis done but very importing merchant kriovs that by ; false invoices as they are called, the Government is annually cheated out ofja. large amount of duty ; the importer does not pay his ad valorem, upon the real j arm true value or the goods that arc shipped j to! him. I By the system of specific duties, it is im possible almost that frauds can be permitted. Tjie importer pays so much per pound, per voird, or per gallon. But by the ad valorem sV.stfm. he riavs accordinsrto the value of the article imported.; It is manifest, therefore, tliat it the article is undervalued,' the import er! does not pay what he ought to do legally land the Government loses. And it is no torious to all familiar with the subject tha there is a great deal cf this undervaluation gqing on whether by collusion with the for eign merchant or not, we do not know by which the importer pays less than the legal duty, the Government is cheated, and those flrauds upon the revenue,' of which we hear so much, are perpetrated. During a debate in the Senate, a short time ago, when one of the Appropriation Bills was up for consideration, an amendment was moved by a Seriator, providing for a homo valuation on imports, instead of the foreign valuation as it now exists. LI is object, he sdd, was to prevent those notorious 'frauds upon the- revenue' which were the result of the foreign valuation system and also to in-ci-ease the revenue of the Government, now so rAuch needed in the present embarrassed condition cf the Treasury. But the proposi tion was. voted dawn, and the same old system yet continues. The way in which the system works to the injury of the South is this. The Northern import: merchant will, witnoui compuue- tiou: bc a party' to the fraud. He will col- lude with the foreign shipper to have the. ar ticles undervalued," and think it no harm to plipnt. the Government. This is something which the Southern merchant will not do. Thus, the Northern importer, by practising dishonesty, obtains an advantage over the Southerner, and drives tbe latter out of the importing business. In the debate to which we have above alluded, it was staxeu tuai a large house in New Orleans had proclaim ed that they could buy goods in New York cheaper than they could import themselves for the' New York importer, by fraudulent invoices, paid so much less duty than the New Orleans merchant would pay according to an honest invoice, that he could undersell the New Orleans merchant at the latter's own ;ir. Thus do !we see how the North almost i: iUA ,r.-,r.ni4in(r hllSinPS! DT lllti business ot in monopolises ui -r-, . " country It is done by lrauu it is true uum it makes no diflerence practically to the South how it is done, ; so that it is done. 1 he result is evident that the Southern merchant will be obliged to abandon the importing business 'altogether, and buy his supplies from the iNorth or else; play the same game of fraud Jupoa the Government, by being a party to thee fraudulent invoices. The evil can be remedied either by a re turn to the old plan of specific duties, or by snbstitutms a home valuation ior uie luitn a, !mm n the nresciit condition of tilings i continues, there is no prospect ot equality anu fair play ibr the South. " The other di'sal'lity under wlacn tne South labors or, rather, tVie other advantages which i xrih ba? is in the system of Govern ment subvention to steamships. The Collins line cf steamers, for several years, received a subvention of half a million a year. Obvious ly they could carry the lighter articles of merchandise for much less than any compet ing line. For in proportion as their pay tor mail service was increased, in the same pro rr' mnlA thev lower their rates of freight. wut dw wnnld a line from Norfolk have, r : .-inioii rppivpil noth'mir from ior liiataiit- - " .V Government as against the Colhns line, re half a million per annum ? Cnld eervmg tan there be anything UKe iair tumpcuvwu- w.,1,1 ,v,.vt th Northern line nave jniiueu. ,,w' 4o. nfivnntanre. and thus unve v . ia SnnthRm line from the contest f A corrective of this is also withm the pow thai of Government either by making the .t r.1. orJ thna nuttimr ail same upon . V ..-i:.- n-w snnnHoninfrtrie leriiis ui cuuaubv: "j o that, Thi$ tee altogether, and leaving tnem au iu j "6""- -" 17"; ... , latter sems indeed to be And the.thing which they did made Syrne SeXst method ; for no one could compkun the phihstine angry, and he cursed them in of it 'for being unfair and it makes no dif-, his heart. .v . y , ' , ference lo the people whether they pay the And Duncan went out and sounded tbe EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS. No. 5. money to importing vessels directly out of the Treasury, or pay it in the shape o a little higher rate of freight. Before the South, then, enters upon the en terprise of direct trade, it ought to be consi dered whether there are not obstacles in the way which would prevent fair competition. There may be others, besides those we hare mentioned. Let us have a fair field, is all the South asks but we have not a fair field at present and the intervention of Congress will have to be invoked to give it tS us. We ought not to enter the contest at a disadvant age, lest, perchance, a disastrous experimont at the beginning should postpone still longer the realization of our hopes. L rmeh bum Virginia n. A Chapter. And it came to pass in the latter year of the reign oi lhomas, the son of 13ragg, who reicrnea over tne province oi in ortn Uaroima. whose -border extendeth even to the preat sea on the east, that the people began to cast about in their minds, saying, Where shall we look for another ruler V And they took counsel together, and said, let us send wise men to the great city which is called Charlotte, two days' journey from the mountains on the west. And let them choose out for us a man of wisdom and understandinp;, and unt' ;M Wo hcaikeil. And it came to pass on a certain day these wise men began to assemble in the city of Charlotte, wherein aforetime valiant deeds had been wrought during the battles of the great kings. And they came even from the borders cf the Virginites to the borders of the Keittites and the entering in of the great river on the. east, insomuch that the inns of the great city were unable to contain them. whose surname Was Kerr, who dwellcth by the street that leadcth towards the north gate of-the city, stood up in the midst of the people and said, Seek yc out four young men who shall go out aud find lodgings for the strangers in the city, and lo ! they shall eat at my table. Now Jennins, the son of Kerr, was possess ed of corn and oxen, and much sheep. And the men marvelled srreatlv at the light and f glory of the city." t A vi (1 it wns cn, VM -w-lnon tlio youne men 7h.o.l made an end of lodging the strangers, behold the city was quiet and they all slept. And on the morrow they rose up and sat at the table of Jennins, and were filled. Then the men with one accord began to say, Jennins is some, and greatly to be praised. And the thing which he did pleased the people. And straightway they began to assemble in the council -chamber, where the judges were wont to judge the people. And they reasoned one with another and did cast lots ; and, behold, the lot fell upon John the son of Ellis who was one of the judges of the people, a man comely to look upon and of great wisdom, who dwelt in a city about a day's journey to the north. And the wise men proclaimed it Irom uan even to Bersheba, and counselled the people, aviu ' Let us exalt John the son of Ellis to vnlfi nver us. that it may b cm ox ns. mat it mav wen wnu i ... .-.1 1 - i 4 1 -i -sic n our- little ones m the land ot our lathers. And the wise men returned unto their own villages; and the thing which they did pleased the people ; and they took of the finest of the wheat, and did make cakes, and killed the failings of the flocks, and rejoiced exceed ingly. , ' Now it came to pass, while the people were rejoicing, that Duncan the son of Mac, whose surname was Rae, who aforetime had troubled the people, insomuch that Pierce the tetrarch caused his young men to send him tino Tnv1 m'tv of the heathen that lieth , rf J "1 ' i ' t ba .ldnnlr atmearcd ovtri dciiujb j -x L - among tne peopie. , Nnw Duncan the son of Mac was a strong man and cf erreat powers of speech, youna: and had dwelt in the city of the heathen for the space of four years ; and hearing that Ins people were -about to 'choose a ruler, he took shipping and came into his own country, from whence3 he had departed, for he was a man of "Teat spirit and wanted to be ruler. And it was so, that when Duncan appeared the peor pie were troubled, and lie lottgea wim i one vine, a pnuier, a. iiiignij tajjuuu the philistines, w hose house is in tne cuy oi the great ruler. And thev agreed together, and brought out the against the engines of war to fight 1 -i x - 1. : ri l ... iT . And JJuncan saiu umo ms iwwwws, -u, youd the great river on the west, even the Mississippi, a great inheritance of land shall be vours if I am made ruler. a ml the oeoole pondered in their hearts what tlii3 meant, aud they began to wax wroth with Duncan, and said among them selves, ' II ow can this man give us land, seeing ho is without power like unto ourselves.' And behold, Duncan sent greetings to the great captains of the whigites and the know nothingites, ' Get you down into the plain with vour lnierhtv men of war, and let us set up j the great hungus-fungus, even the hurnbuga ii bus-taxabus, aud frighten the people, so that me . : thpv exalt not John the son ot Luis. And it was so, that on the fifth day er . the eizhth month the people came together for to cast lots for their ruler, and many pracri the wise men oi the whigites refused , . - , great jamskinafms, even the rihgdum-bobo-link-a-doodeh, ivhich he brought froin be-, yond the greatfsca, even from the icity of tHo) heathen. ii " ; i -. And behold,the people were not fright j ened, but waxed strong, and strove with Duncan the sor of Mac; and Symc the phil istine; and they cast lots; . r And it caino! to pass that the lot fell upon JoHn the son Ellis ; and the people were , glad "and gavd&Ht shout, and rushed upon the humbugabus a&d smote it that it fell, and they spoiled 'e huhgus-fungus from the borders of thifReittites on the south even r to the great IkSs toward the going down of the sun and jg borders of the virgmites on the north. ' S; And the people allowed Duncan the son of Mac to escape alive into his own city, and the land liAd rest And behoid f Duncan heard something drap.' 1;5:--- ; '! And the rest;bf the acts of the people, arc they not recorded in the papers ? , ctern Democrat. Jn&ge Douglas ' ' ;V ' : The individual whose name heads this ticle has excite for some time back, more interest than any one individual of Xhc same number of inchkfs in the country, j Occupy ing, as he did,jan enviable position' in the Democratic parjy his erratic course has drawn forth coiijinients from every quarter, and i his name Ijlis: been the burden of every stump speech, abd constituted the; staple for newspaper articles since the first enunciation of his sentiments upon the Kansas question. When it was Irtiown that Judge Douglas . would oppose lire Lecompton constitution, and throw the height of his splendid abili- -ties I in favor oj r those who were, arrayed , ajrainst the administration unon this ininor- D tant the Demociatic party could A measure. but grieve for tlie defection and infatuation of one who hail, by his herculean: blows driven the cohorts of Black Hepublicanism before him as tie chaff is swept before the power of the Jjurricane. The Democratic party, the people' of the South, had learned to regard the ntme of Douglas as synony mous with constitutional rights- So ably, so manfully, so allaiuiy, had he battled in the cause of equSl rights and the constitution, baring his strong arm for the fight and wield ing his mighty battle-axe to the terror and dismav of iix-J- - " .rx- nated assailants that all eyes turned to hini a the leader ii future contests, and looked forward with confidence to the day when his gallant services! should be rewarded by the suffrages of a grateful and admiring people for the first ofe within their gift.; In -a moment of infajfuation, led heedlessly! on by Jiis restless and Ungovernable ambition, una ble to abide histime, he breaks through all restraints, sets ftit naught the dictates of pru dence and of pltriotism, throws j himself in opposition to the party that had elevated and; honored hijn, affiliates with, his old enc- rmcs and the erimies of the Union, in their efforts to defwi an important measure of Democratic poley, becomes the leader of the Blafck llepubliciln phalanx, and hurls a proud defiance in theteeth of the adihinistration. Before thisat step was taken,! never were the prospects ofjjany man brighter ; before the adoption of this;uicidal course, the goal of his highest ambition loomed up and opened its portals to receive him ; before he determined to lxo this feairful lcuy, Lis ftjet lwatcd upuu the topmost robnd, and it was only left for hini to step off upon the pinnacle that lie had so long lSborcd to" attain. Fatal reso lution ! its execution, blighted j forever5 the hopes of his feends and raised a feeling of malignant delimit in the bosoms of those who had dogged hi footsteps and pursued him with a vihdijltiveness that would have shamed the, pfbsiding devil of; the infernal regions. Lucifer's descent to his eternal home was hotlfmore-rapid than that of Ste phen A. Douglas from the confidence aiid esteem of the democracy. They viewed his course with rret, and grieved for his fall. When Abrahdln raised the knife to strike his, first-bom, fin obedience to the command of his Maker Jkhe pang that tore his bosom was not creater than that which ran through . ..i i i r..i ll tue Democrat heart when a rigid adherence to principle' required the sacrifice of him upon whom had been lavished its homage and its adoration. Ilell, and there wa3 mourn ing in the ranfe of his friends ; lie fell, and Black Republicanism triumphed and gloried over the lost duel There were many, how ever, among his old friends, who anxiously looked for sore evidence cf repentance, and stood with oilen arms ready to receive the andcrer ; thefe were many who cherished a w lonrnr desirH that Mr. Douglas would re trace hia step4 and bring his giant; energies once more to i the assistance of a cause for which years fbf toil, anxiety, and devotion had been spent. Disappointment !j awaited J them, and the had the mortification of seeing him enter heart and soul into the schemes and machinations of the unscrupulous and malevolent fop of the administration. Time passed on, am the battle for which he had enlisted was o er. Of its result, we have no intention of sneaking. -Our purpose 13 alone with Mr. DoUglas. AVith the close of that struggle camel a temporary repose,and again hopesTwcre elltertained that; better counsels might prevai jj and that Judge Douglas, will ing to bury lie past, would endeavor to re frain a porticln of that confidence which he had lost. bach was the course shadowed forth for hini"by his friends, and very many oi his most ajaeni' aamirers. iiaiiv mo pect of his rpturh with open demonstrations of satisfactioi. They' proclaimed, their rea diness to bury the hatchet,, to lei bygones be bygones, anclj to once more fight side by side against the pmmon enemy.; '. - !A gain were they destined to have their hopes blastclj j and in a recent speech deliv ered by Jnde Douglas at Chicago, he shows. his determiijiition to revive the old diflerence, Jo re-open tpe sore wnicn nau pai uuuy ed, and to dntinue his war 'upon the com - promise of the last ingress. j Had Mr Douglas' ; yielded an acquies cence to th"4 salutary measure, and advised a re-union the Democracy, instead of vent ing his wrath upon an extinct issue, the sen timents which he afterwards uttered, parta king, as tlfey dc, i of the loftiest patriotism antf soundlj conservative statesmanship, he would hayl had the warm sympathies .of of of every democratic heart, in the arduous strug gle in which he is now engaged, r The attack upon the English bill proves that Mr. Dou glas has riot lost any of j his bitterness, or wavered io? his determination to keep alive the fires ohlkcord in his party. :; The power to ; u u ii H -
The Daily Delta (New Bern, N.C.)
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Aug. 23, 1858, edition 1
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