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1 1 ..... .. w i -i , l;,?S . ft A . . .. . -"w. .T - A - .mm m4 IVM. HALR, Pt!TKB TO THE STATK. ;. 15 A. i K I G il , N . C . . ," i, 1 1 a ' vi ry vpjJar thinjr ; to 'abase a liisKituri-. . .lf over th'w:rouritry tCMt I. rid about. l.;ilf their lime rtittiug Legit- Aive lxf-IianJ 'niakiriir-Uhem. yhat they q, an-1 rtic"otiitr half in complaining that Aiey' are 'not ) what th;y fouM hcv To fCuilL-of 'the lvgislatnrea. Just atnbiB i,r.orit " i.ur own IctrisWnre is fanning 1 1 " - . - - ... . . . ihe."u'uritkt, anJlreryuigitot tlungs arc- ail cv-ry iuy 111 tuc pew.sjjapcrs 01 a . 'c.f- rq.rcat utarlrc ; North ' CarolloianS M I wisej arf patriotic," and as'vnfelfit-h- as any prWiding I-pWanre h'as'bccn or as any ?uc- i tAiVitiT T..r1-l:iir.-it liLt-lv to bt. hMl : 7.7 . : . iri rf4'W!tu u year.ago 'tha 1 Work inc was weil ihtne. Some tlin'B done did not al-Vt-tntr j4i;usj . fr4iB'c othtr thlngB may Hufflave I'h'a'' those whnr rca.ljhis" 'apt! I-osfibly x.niu thin-s wtrc dictastcfiJ to. all of" us, Lut- thj laral je!5tlt w:w gxnl. nc thina. Jofto - was uuj,re;cJcuUs4, and thosl; who speak evil of our Jieirifilators, who are after all .ur n i-hljors'and fnyndd and ifAikc iuiili prim iiWniay well ask tlkinK-lvts if thy would," hav done like wise:; that -w -to ivif. they- 'would have reniaint.r hero,:i wikk, witliwt pay,- ue--uletfin-. n-ir own businesx. to TBaisft. the f StatfcVtuU.n- that ivhad been lmposaibte to traiidaii iii the titif liwiiu d by tlus Con stitution. . ' ' . Whih- j last -year there was no - 1 t - F - - llttlli coin .hunt' f the! IiIature by a t-ros in ..aiiMl to impatience, as y?ncra!jy i v ihdt p-oudcneo'" may be . pryjerly .calleU, I l;ut iVtU? elo.e. of the kXo the general judgment of, prts and.'pcjjJo. iranuch as ;'wc havL'.iiidleated alH?e and as we then - stated.: 7 AVitKhr eulf for aiucxtni session tliert? has been a breaking out afresh of the old ( oinplaimu-s. -Sotiie of our exchanges : r-poali of Ttu- Ivitslatare as a weak body ' ; and ion? Va-'ijrrons to' be turned loose, and 1 Vitro W V.TnmVit some folly.' likely to 'injure .the nMnocr-flie party if not , thi - State. ( hhirs jjaiiily exirt an opinion that it is a corrupt ami. pu'cbttsable bixly ofnien. A n. j-et'others are pleastd- to declare that :4i'wiit?i pr lJeprePentativef meet here, this 1 mouth iV scenes, of lSoGO the flush, times of liadiealisiii and special tai bonds, . ' will fadA-iutq. utter insignificance complared . pwitli tlt.se to be enacted by the .North q Carolina' Demi ratio fanners who mainly f compose the pxeseht Lesrislaturc. They who say jthese things would seem to he as Tr vQd name of -j vr t'Carohna. as ther are ignorant ofine":' - id tnM V - Arthn man x? H va fevincet, be?Ot on tte ,.. nsiv 10 .onsjuer the BioBt impbrtani' question that. haa been ' lfore ' v North Carolina LegirfatHre for many years; not even" excepting th,er tat tlebt. question with 'which ; they: dealt: so quietly ,nnd in Such business-like way, apd 'so.'wwely -(such is the pdpular jijdgnieiit) at the'last sessrori. They will deal with this'. question. as with' that, and frhenilhefr " work js. done ana. ip gooa iruits oegia fo show theniselvesriSQnie 1 of ih'oac vho. new - Teyilo will prais, and sotnfc of the,'per f hapsr:wili riot be slow to; say:"wB did it.' : fVe have knowji srich Ihinots to happen. ' i : The liegislaturi 'as "."we. Ttavej' said, ' Is 4 i' composed maiidy f fitrmers who at this ' season will bo "anxious tabf at tkeir homes, . j and we may very safely 'that they will ; ' jjo to work at once' ami earnestly Tha" Ijoli Which they sre callett; to cpnsldr "ri'a been printed, and distributed- They wilK" have IumI three weeks, fir itsonsidejration'. and:for"nrtainiri3 the will df therr donV- stitiieh'ir ThW will a on'faas'of'rtjc . tlie bill-' arid return ti their diouxe-uties.- v W Jtai n fears .Utat they will enter, upon 'i ; any sromar-.d legislation.- A weokflom tha- v 1 dav'of :t.seiuhKnz ivill doubtksa find tiem1 ' 1.';..' . -j- 1 .T" . .. 'j i. t v. .. . ; on their way home to receive the congrata- 1 : "lations of the people "whose-present-laies j j ".. ; thgy will rtfive rexluce'd ani! wliose Tutnre' f ! Tftsperify they will ;ha've weliigh assqred, ; tr there is any one thing to -wAichlTiQ I . Domoeratia party is ully, thoroughly, and,. ; I - ompUtely - committed in -very possible - I way, it is to the completion of the Western !-"-r.Xortb- Carolina Railroad. ; Vlleretofgre i. ' - liaidterfulty voteJ; aud 'the p'eogJa. have ' -". t-beerfulby paid tba suudl sums .tliit, eould i from, privato cjretiLifton into ruL-Hc . prjiitj it wastasy to destroy the-'Of ud-Cuf I Boiu-?; whieli sought to induce the people 1 to "violate rLhuid faith and stop the Road i at .Asheville. It qeeded only to print the InKm. arid to print along with it the actual facts, and the ".Doom ; was dead. ' A very different '.question is now presented. That qu.ftsrtori is: Shal the State fu!51 itsjiledge ! Vo the. Western people without further tax- f ationy, wiih re-imbursement of past tax a- . convict Ibbor. and in "one-fourth- the timV I that it can le daiy under the present plan? ' The quskn is a-rave :&ne ; for if a i: swered in ' the negative- it is more than I doubtiul if we can induce the poople ;to '1 pay taxes for the slow process ot building " . a great railroad with very insufficient funds, ' ; when a way habeenopened, and refused, ' to iuildlt quickly, without taxation, and with the;;.expenditnre of millions of outr ' sid money in telr midst . ;To the East- em edo&tie?, especially, the. ..question is -i. one; of vital import. A', "negative- anEwer, which mdans the almost certain 1 stoppage . of the Road and an-nnfulfilled pledge on their varjt.meahs also a return to .misgoverrimeni &m which that pledge rescued them, t" It ! . . -ipa' two to make bargains, and -two must iem or they are forfeit. ' ; ? - i l - It 'i 9rh , : " . dical S tat.e Convention" Utdsitli 1 ' rx July 7th. i . - - ' . - -(.-. : LTKWnrltic ConvenHWcH . Wluth reeomuiended lo future National .- f ;,.nu nvtlie sense; )emocTaeyhefein (vention a""? ; v;...tll t wn-th rir rtie 1 DC aoot- Lilt .7V-.- - .. - ( t-;tM lw requested to iiWriet their elepif -s to the Uomocraiic jauip..vT T I . - 1 it I f 1 mil TrhMher it be t :-..l.U ,ntinn the tWit jhZ iu-er io firaia.lJie.NationaI Locution, t .i. ... .i. x'oiw.nal (Committee insert arm -mat- - ., iuch re.juest'in their call; for l ie or.-t,-ntiin- And the' tmmittee, j in lssu:. mg,tbe- call'! for the;: Convention to U behl4at Cincinnati OnV J uoe . he ; f.-npho-l With the requost- and) submit i d the matter t ' the States for deter iimation.V This, it feems to V jw oBe of the' times when it U ;wUe.to Met well . inough alone." Tlio two-tlarS; jrule fJias Worked out fe.jod- resnlta, and thrre is no fcee-I to cnange now, if indeed 4 change piay be desirabje at any time fiercafter: The Southern States pai f(ward no tandi-: Loes fijr eitlier of the great Federal offices, tirt tftff Sontneni -SOitAlo pretty , much . ill the efeetiv-i voting ;fbr the Democratic ' Candidates! It not .'of good policy, to. rivs-uj) to he Radical forthernltates not nlyihfi.caudi'Jates but the power to name thein'agaiHst tho. votes of the soli djy J)em jcritie kwthero HtataB. TW frill be a Lsnft'of the ropeaT of thelirnhonored' wotliirdrfule, tbougli combinations; to givo k'effoct paay- riot at once; take place. ! --The history bf the two-thirdHruU may Interest readers,- if their", knowledge j as inaccuratq as are the various aceoants of it going-..the rounds- of the papers , Tlie Ertt gonral "Convention of the democratic: party ever held in the United States met at Baltimore in Mavl.S32, to nominate a candidate for the A'ict-l'resideney to run pn tins ticket with Gen.; JacksX for the rresiJency. , The Convention was -unani- mous for Maktin. Vajt Bt hen and unaii- riiuousiy nominated 4iiuf, but. before doing H adapted a rule, that two-thirds should be. neceesary to. nomination as Jiaturally tending toe give it more weight, j On May "2i, 1825; the rule was again adopted by jtlie i5aitinioe Convention, and Mr. Van Rirbn again unanimously nominated, but this time for th Presidency.: Tlii action of the third Convention, at Baltimore on May 5,j 184&1, was precisely the same, but at the polls. Mr. Va Bi'R en failed of re-election to the Presidency. When the fourt.lt. Con-. -Vention met at Baltimore,. May 27, 1844, Mr. Van Bcren was again a candidate for nomination but far from being the unanimous choice of the Convention. A , very small majority was. committed to' him, aprjirc his nomination hid peculiar 'friends sough Ft 6 Tlcreai imr tmr jtwp-hirdsrule when, as usual, it was moved jby Judge Rom txes M. Saunbers, one 'of the delegates irom this State. They ailed after long -and exeiteJ discussion. Tlte.rulo Was again adopted and has- gov erned algerieral Conventions of the ptfrty siriee as it bad eontrolied all previous Con- ventions.' r. ! "Attention. is called to the very inter esting Emigration letter printed" ;tp-day on thelfoartb page pf HAtHVf eklV from' jMr, A.tV..DocKKRT,:of North iCarolina, u Jwho is now U. S.-.Consul at Leeds: ' His .official' position would , indicate jthat Mr, ; DoceRT asstraye3 fa'fioik hef'.risit paths in -politics as. father .'and . gtandfatber I did befofe him, but-bia tetter.' -shows that-; he bas inherited their brains 'and'their love jof 'Iforth' CafoEna.-: ThU the Departrnent !of Agriculture will do all that can be done jto accomplish the work: that is stt before, it there-is noV a..bit. of, doubt.. .Bui while i hundreds -of tlioxiBaads- are annually, given by th T'estern-neW.Srates; for" the same : puTTxtseTno great reulas need bej e: :lrom the expenditure of the few I dollars appropriated by our State hundred to secure ja goal. class csemigrants..and. plapty pf. Itheni. -VTbe adoption 'tif the bill to come . j before tte Legislature in extra session will dithe Work of years p. that regard."' ; The ' (building of the. Western Railroad vvill be ; la. very great work' for Norti" Carolina, but. ! it is -not the greatest result which! will fol low the settlement in the State.- of a man I of mind who not only appreciates the value of the field before him, as maty Nortb Qtfijiuians .do, but has of bis own and at bis eommand the means necessary and the . wiAto "work h.' Plenty- of" immigrants : will follow, and 'not f the: Vmpty-harided .fort. ..';;' .' ': '" . ' '-''' V F&EQrENT calls are made by the papers upon the Speakers to sign at the xtra'ses-'"' ""sion last session's school , bilL The Speak ers have no 'right to do any thing of the kind. When the Legislature ; adjourned , sine die its incomplete work died with it. The Legislature will have to pass a bill be fore .the Speakers, can sign it, and even if the last- session's bill were worth passing again, we-feel very sure that Superiatenr ;! dent Scarborough would: ad viae against 1 it now when .all-the, details for Work arid ' tas-ollection undr existing laW:baye been : arranged. To change these would be a Hiere waste- of, time and money and of no-' possible public benefitV t - - Th Repi-bucavs are as i thoroughly committed to'the completion of i the West ern ; rtb? Carolina Railroad" : as' the Demoaaia 'are, but they are not now .responsibly for the proper conduct of the State- veremeirt :i The Democrats fare, and to pemcrats only are we at Eberty to talk, if jndeed there be necessity for appeal to any of either party.-. We have no doubt that Legislators feel as the people feel, and we shall be surprised if a dozen votes are recorded against the great measure so soon to come before the General Assembly. ! ' " The public -debt' decrease in February was $5,672,019.75. WirStateUo a deplorable efoditton To lor nor expense haJ5een red, dur nf t four fearsfourAfewspaft. life ith ; , as nithet bcen s&red in W; cjther and many years of editorial work h'ich preeedeJ the destruction of tb Fay f L : H ." S if ...... 1. I . f n.m uitiit ortA. . -t - L. . . I, , . .-t i . Jfuitsih ihough ihe laborers px-ged sheafles ;,j tfom the riperiirig harvest fields 6j '.dili - s i .t - t.r.. a 1 : .i. n . j : enuv-CtuuvauMU awn is mc cnanjuu i irit of the' bttople. These need no tmr- itig now to a choerful performance of wliat fhey hare com ; to recinizc, as tlie State s Bighest duty. Tlicy may grumble about faxes, even of taxes for schools, but it is enly because many of them look upon these taxes as . wastei ; wasUnl, that is to say, be au3eipsufficie it for the accomplLihinent of any teal good. We have not yet quite reach 1 that concktaon, for to our thinking it I I iiiust be a very jxmjT school, and a: very hort .fcerm, which is not something better than - no school at alll. ! But be 1 ..... ; - ' . " ' ! ! that. as it may, we auust have louger , Ichool terms .-and we must1, have better t l . . . . . .. . . . . f0""' "- r ' ' ' ' I 1 . 1 1 taxes are agrefla, ana it now neeas onty to -; ducaU; oar public menwho a$e to make aws in 18S1 Into the knowledge that a ? ' . ' . v - , : , proper school W and a proper system of fehools will give almost universal , satisfac- lion. -What, the people . want is the worth f iheij. money, not.' the ..expenditure of a f Jew more the usands of dollars of their bard-earned ineans to no useful, 'purpose, fi would 'havj beeri: the case if the bill ibfcfore the Legislature last year had become awfin the-enjaseuJated' condition in which t passed its final hurried readings. I But enough of this. Readers of this newspaper arejfamiliar with its views about popular education, wliich bave been pressed In season and' tout of season, if indeed it tan be "ever out of season to talk to the people in pgafd tq their highest duty to themselves am 1 to their children. Our pur lose was but o write ail introductory line -;to' the papers vhose ! publication is begun ko-day from, the pen of one of the wisest statesmen and ; purest patriots known to ;this or any other day,. -and generation 'of sNorth Carolinians. His object as purs is to j flo 'what mxv bn- done tol Te-onranize the i 'W ' ,n;iJ iv;- v,',,t, Common Schools, multiply their number widen the rknge. of study, , secure good teachers, and to give to them and to ihe fSuperiritendent of Public Instruction ade- 3nn-ita nmtWliiltlon fur CIKVl Itlirk- Vf JMU"- ------ .. sonc. . iF 'j , " .-" v"- j .of offence to any, e to any, he appeals' in the three i'papers whieh we shall lay before the pub- pic to the motives of shame, emulation, phi- I' -t ' -'. -1 '. i . ... i-1 Jiinthropy, rengion, ana even nine soruia oae j I' ask thiS raid; of xM ale's ! Week-" I tY, says our correspondent, to lay- be- fore the people of North Carolina some thoughts upon the Bubieet of "popular edu- cauon. in myjuugment aii.UMT.questions which are imred . upon their , attention are" of very inferior importance -when CQmpar- I ed with this. Many of these questions are j local ; many jcall for mere transitory, legis lation,-'-: xewjoi inem -involve uy general consent, the lntert.b the whole. iState w E none. of theia.iconseaueitlv xerv vital' in J 4 their. immediatfl .bearing, pr interts'.B Which I may not be olsplaced or: overshadowed in ft ii. - I.-.': - 'I- i -: . . -.1 :.i I tne , progress oi -years. . as oi j so , wttn, ine I subject of education,) - Its importance . is I pressing and fpermanemV an Jlomcs Home 1 ; ,ta xne.nousehola ana -heart or.eyery citizen . ' within, our bounds.. Upon its proper de- . germination d epends the jaatertal . progress of our State and .what is far . more, tlie ; : welfare, mora1!, intellectual and to a great I degree spiritual, of present and future .gen erations.. Tt is one which has no partisan aims ; it has no political significance except .' ,in the. broadest and most -beneficenf sense. : lit baa for its object the good, .the highest igp6d of all without respect .to age, sex, color jor condition. On asubjeet so momentous , may T not claim not bnlyj-our co-operation but that of all. the journalists in the State, who,iis a body are amongst our most ad vanced think crs ? May I no hope for the (jp-operation as' Tvcll, of the many ,distin ; giiished . gent emen .who preside l over pur : institutions of learning t? .. With such co laborers I should confidently look forward to the adoption; at an early day,: of meas- ure8 adequato to the demands of the sub- v : .- ': ; :" ;-;.';C j -The state of education in North Caroli na" is 'such as to fill our minds with ; the ' deepest concern, . ; ' ' ' y t' '. :; I I beg yorif readers to referAo the census of 1870rarid turn to thei,'Hliteaey:, - Qbserve what a black eloudhangs over the"1 Staje.of North Carolina The' subject is ;pre9toijoTflgh'iW--rrie.!ai of colors," so! as to.be obrious t( tt glance 'of the eve.'- , N man, . wijth the proper feelings of a 1 man, can contemplate this picture without 1 a deep sense of pain.' It tells of inferior- ity in all those mental powers and capaci- i ties which gave ifank to a State among the nations of the earth. It ! tells of . absolute incapacity in ja large portion of orir people foT everv rositiOn of civil resnonsibilirv. 'iay. for the most; common duties of cifi- 4epsmp. It tells of the waste and misap-' pHeation o energies1 which, if properly fostend, trained and cultivated, mjuld have. Hvea new impulse and direction to acrri- ;eultcre "andilthe useful arts. It tefis of 1 benishted bbmes, where the beriiTn in- HUence- of letters is unknown where the Idrig winter evenings drag - on iii stupid limber; where the conversation,-if there feeany, runs i perp-itual round over topics .$e" most eommon-place and sordid, or if it wrinders beyond, passes to such whose only seasonrsg is that of grossness and sensuali- iy;- On the tneral and reiigions aspects of tne picture do not propose now to pause. It is one 1 from which ' wev involuntarily shrink, i I f' It inky be said that the same map shows tnat tnere 'are otner atates ovr which bangs a cloud yet blacker than that over r: -1 J . . -r 1 1 . : i i - . purs, in repiy let me asK is mere any one that could take consolation from the fact that we lire not "absolutely the lowest i4 the scale? How "ignoble is that ambi tion which measures oniv. from below 1 j How groVelling'that spirit which cioriesin an abasement crreaterthan its own T I do nt)t think ttiere are manif who would say . I so. lamgltothiftk'thatonrpeopleare : bJb ingenuous and truthful to attempt such an evasion. If it were said, a further elimination would showl that tta ai 1 a delusion. It would be seem iteM it uQ.jUie. prqjortioB thft Wac. S&tritken frdm ukder us. f . . i P : : It nv .j. k, v.- . .- . ;i; ' jfg Jgnoranee aniong our eitizens h uelsifthe J emancipation of the; black race. AiJ!h'I ask those who say so to In-fur to tlieffiiis- tict. L:t them turn to the census oifslid - l!'0- aiidobtKveUienumWrofg!,; ;o. and obtiorve tlie aumk-r of fei V aiiiouiillie white rac wha could ifJfirW Tfad-nior' iriii. ;: X migot r?Lr to iS.vf ln'), out I prefer the two farmer biMuse tiiiu ecnsiis Tor r nos1 t-wo fiA-a.ic riiT.-,i-..w y - r- --vw.n,, the period greatest educational iliity - ; V i w -Ijcx tne .readcT malspie gross illiteracy of onr white peorua irSiSsfstO md then foOdw: iti through eacli, berM.'of ten years to lSSO.arf.l ltll.l. i)uriiiiiat time common schools welre in exb-te'nmand ; yet how imperceptible was the iiteve mentl The returns of 'each d'ecaiikell; the -same melancholy ' story of iirniee, ; gi-os, wide-pervading, nnrelieved lrtvill . not press ; a i the case furgj. forbear to ;tif- the exaet place ofisrth Carolina in the scale of ilHuracy; thiM, ieb. j reader may a for himiclf, or; if Jvill i not take. the. trouble,- helmay draw wn , inference from the writer's omissionl'plfix; t. : bufBce it, Nrth 'Carolina iod&ijiied- throughout a !bad eminence." Nilaj'al i li:' 1 !:3',r - son can Cont'niTil:itf. h 'itn--.;.-.n 't'AtUZa' . ' X. . U..UUVIVU KUIVT r exinoitea witnout sname and humilffwion. 1 . . . ' ... ' - - -t-.;A : An lUustrtous man illustrious for aWUies ; --anil Earning compared ignorance ujhe i tiouy-pouiLc to leprosy pr some otues v;uh- I aome disease e find, it here exiJSt : Tjruent , Jt (;Crated parent: A remjdy must beflr wjme uiseascj e nnu; it nere exiJjt in ien- iind unless we are prepared io resign her.jij txiilegtual death. - To realize tbncpc iin- m of active, .fepoedy and vigorous measil4 of relief,.at is jieedful o lay the maladJ k-n to the pbysieian. It has be'erildoneSi the tender, if unskillful, hand of One whig ves'- "V by was North Carolina always;f'illiis position?. Was the brand of infefejfity. : -A v.: ' Ail -.i. r l--.i-JS I n iiiipreuseu upou uvr iroia ine peg$i3jng; Did nature dtisign her to play a su&tdi nate part in 'the drama! ,'of ciyilizatJj on ! this, continent, and ' apportion hor gffi to 1 tW humble" role for which thj StajtjUas j destined ? To answer these qu6stil! let us go back to the origin of theStatipfe.et us recur to .tne men ana to .the conyion that founded Jour State Governnleijtand gave the impress to our Statepolicirjthe men and the (convention of 177G. Ifjied by the work they performed,. or thgSifews they cherighed of the future of oU,3t)m- mon wealth, there Were Inone in the Rdiori ; . who deserved to stand higher: None eMricod'; - a more profound apprehension or ang-' er grasp, or a more. lucid power oi v ! tion of the principles of free goverttntl ; ConlntiQnyU bj Ihffk .a ; monument 0f statesmanship. ; .;So wilfwas j it in jts general" scope, j so admirabyc)m- ; i pacted in all its pkrte.lthat it eiisa!un' . V".iuiicw uunu.vw ,wvtuvxv iuH,Mti. a. , - - , .. (-.-.. . i-r: century. . Then and in -1854, it undient i - feom modification in a few -particuldrS'iknd remained until 1868. This,-too, dlSri- a ' time when other States were cqnstanti-:&ri- - Jated by schemes of revision, and th(on- i stitutions ot some ? ot .them ! werej aMast. j- airain and again. ! But the vpolictuicn. I'sketched out for the luture protest w?tthe': tion'. lue scheme otj education jtjtf . -wT: , r"3-i,Atainrauira- ; out iri our Constitution was more cdbre henfcive than that tbntained in the risti i tution .of any of the then States; "$'ew j of ihese Constitutions contained ar)T?. ro j vision for education. Those of t'fprgia and Aermont sknoly direcied the esfilish I ment of "schools .j ibr, the instrucJfSin1 of ; youtjb." .' Those of PennsylvanLa aiS0ew Hatapshire dufected. tha encourageiyeDjt. of "arti and 'sciences fa seminaries 6jle&rn- s ing.- Tht of Massachusetts" direodthe establishment -.' of behoof enfiririljthe r rights and privileges of "Harvard Cl'ffiige," and enjoined the duty of giving enctjiferage ment to that institution. - In 'the Col!itu-' tion of 2s ortli Carol in a" is-to be- fbuigtbii . proviaiou ; . -:-i.n u-eiiu learuiug ail oe encouraged and promoted in one oiore Unrversities.', - This ia'the first tii Ji'ihat the word 'University'-! occurs in taiiext of those Constitution -s' it is rhenttidin the Constitution - of Mas8chusetjybut only in a caption. -I begvattentioujjitlie terms of this clause: : it , enjoins es-( tablishment f one University, fenriore. if necessary to carry out the ,oljeff&re-i posed ; it contemplate not the' emft3ge ment only, but the promotion pf leading it directs these iustitulions to be delBcsJted not to learning only, nor yet only ff5 Ease ful learning, but to tdl-vnevl hlcUi(tff. In grandeur of view and purpose it"ifehus seen that the statesmen of North Ojajina in 1776 weift far beyond those of anyther in the Union. In obedience to tuVi in-;. junction tne university was rounaef it never attained the proportions whicere hoped and .anticipated but for lothe most important branchtss'of learning wiere . thoroughly taught there.: -For' a 'Jtipse it i suffered a 1 most disastrous eclipse and, apart from any other cobsequenee, tb sus pension of culture and scfeneeduringgliioee gloomy years must be seen.r in the,;.uwer standard of attainment in our publioijuen, wlien the youth pf that day shall copji to fill ihe balls of :fegJslatianandoccup3di-': c-ial and other high stations, here, iltie exertions of its devpted sons it was feeb el' anew with a corps pf proffessorBpHd a plan of study which inspire the bbpeg that it ;wiu at no distant day iuihl the Iortaal of its f.mnfUrs. .- '.'t '.-' : i-il'n m i 1 1 But the f ramers or our LonstitutionMiJew that a Commonwealth depends 'nogrlrine I or even mainly upon the manner in rhjeh ; the duties of its higher offices ari jlis j chained, but erjually upon the mani.in j which, those offices are filled, to whrc-iny j. citizen may at any moment be call;p4f-as Magistrates. Sheriffs, ete., ind those Mch j are devolved upon every 'citizen bHli h ; mere factOf citizenship as juryjnc. i. Moreover,1 a sense of the .'perils ahd jfcri-.v 1 fiees" inevitable inthe war for indereriiMnje, uppn vhich they were about to enter bew all men closely together, and awaktd a strong feeling of brotherhood betwejhll. Thie educational interest of all was' l Se provided for. It was. therefore ctfeSacA as tpart -of the fundamental law tbat , "Schools shall be established for the lejspve-1 njent instruction of youth with suobPsIa ries to the masters,- paid by the j pubj&' a may enable them to instruct at low pr4?s." The plan was a wise one. It was-'ed to secure a- great, publie good by-lqin' iri? public aid with local ref)uropg5Bd stfmnlating; private zeal and exertion rl?t he com munity to be benefitted. It is rthy of remark that a similar plan was:' fied upon the British Parliament by prd Brouaham -nnd his corlaborers in thepvfbrk of popular education in 1835 arid? 03t The plan steered clear of the' diffilties inherent int that adopted 'by the St!ti of lionnecucui. - mere uiv wutauumjijjiuc. people has beenexclusively the workJMji "SEate. .ThU byexperienwi In the work of J. Orviiie Taylor on -The Di-tri Sv1hm.1,'V whii UT nave never. seen, but; wLiei w cvtQjmeidel by Chancellor Ktnja that ;of k "gro.lU judge' and mjrTiyrU is said of thert .Connecticut jla!;-that it deB Uk mueb.'! J it damps," sayihej individual effort ibr i the ammon sehool, and the establishnwnt cannot do without iit li'vi-luai cff .rt." "Un- j doubtedly," Chanf-i-llor Kent g.-s oiii to j say; : ''every ;in-viioii of the kind nnist J iuidwujteiUy be iH-riiie.i -. if it exlirr.-ui-Ji . Stimulus, aii 1) leaves! ibe inhabitunts oni' tented with, the indifferent twall otlur exerti.jn." ; ;) . With this great instrument of riioilt rrt ;. Ingress; so admirably .devised, it wd t have been' exiwcte.1 that the State would , as soon as, she had recovered from tlnf l.-f4. fl-cts nf the .war of iril- jh-hIcikv. ,have '.pnieeed to put it in operation. But jfr two generations nothing Was done. 'In til l' JgJge Murphy made an inefrottual cflWtj to 'inaugurafc.'tlief system of coiniu'ouj schiwls, - In S25 ihe efforts, of, Banj.-4 Vancey to'aconiplbli the s:uie object Wirti partially .successful. 1 Ty.his eloquentj Imd! palriotie 'vok4 the Logisiitureso iiir y'M-j ed as to apprrpriate; wiut he mt trath-l fully eh'aractized.' as '; ' tte '"parings of jthej; , treasjury.Vto' fund tie system. This -WaC a beginning, ! but .nothing cbnnneusurate with-the. imporU'.nx-e ol" the subject Was done until the yearj 181U. Nearly thre-; Si-ore years ;bad thus passed away iK'foreS tins scheme so full ( of bojie and promise to nine-tenths of lhle "peoj Je of the State! was placed upon a secure foundation. I j ; . . j 'If.;.. There is a fearful itmount of rcsponsi-t bility resting upon the public men of North' Carolina., during 'tluit period. It was W; period in which Yh4 intellectual- jiowcj-rs w her children rpowcrs which constitute! the' 1 most precious gift, of Uod-wtr. suf&ired to run to waste,uniuiproved and nn regarded.? . louring that period this. system was in! bpe4 ration iu .many of our sister Suites aiiditsf fruUi were btiure tho world; Kvery year? faithfully chronicled thii advance of tlioso. States; and as faithfully marked tlio descent pf our own; But nothing : was :dono orj atteriipted, except by two or. three tiiiblef men, and they were 'not sustained.. . j -s i It is usual to say in sucli cases,'that the! people were -hot prepared for it. , Lei me;i - ask j is it usual for reformers to .wait jf or a universal demand, ibefore they urge rieas- ures ior.ine puunc gooa :. i.na juttier so r or u. tne topics! wiui wnien ne naa toi deal should be deemed too sacred iri this! .1 . - .n 1 - , ' , .! connection did Howard so, when he :made. liis appeal in buliaif of prison reformation?" ..Bid Romilly so, when he urged the nieliw-' ration of the criihinah law of England ?- Did Clinton; a "pioneer :in another litidjl. Wait for the public to clfimyr for. - tho fcon-j structiou of that great' canal, which. iiu- . mortalized his own; name ! and. 6stablbcdf forever the ' commercial supremacy of . New : York? Wsfs, in iin, our. own 3Iorehead prompted by the public voice to urge the ! building Of our gret central line of railroad ;l or was it his voice that) aroused tho people ? In every instance great . un'dertakmg.i lan e been'' projected by on?', or at most a few ? men, who have ultimately brought t(i their i aid the popular support. ; ' - j :': ; It niay. be said Such a measure, if sooner "brought fprvvard, would have been rejected;; as-x prcmahire. The ! answer '-is'- olivious ij - nothing is prematuro'thas, i vitally, concerns; i toe puoiic gooa natever has that bear-s any yuuiiut iuu ,soou up jireseuwHii tq .tue X : - tt-vJ 'W; ifA-ti iKIn the raiige of discussion,; arid discussion1 .will demonstrate its utility:; a'he j.iiblic inian ought to be the pioneer "in whatever con cerns the good of the'State, arid he iJ un worthy of support, if be be not willing to?" put his popularity to hazard to achiovo a great public . benefit, -ilf he ' wait to . be ' pressed forward to a great work, he l inis- f v: :: i . 1 - ...' - is lukus uia uiissiuu unaer popular institutions.-s The . most ardent advocate of tliose institu- i tions never dreamed that it was 'given to ' all men to originate great measured of pub- lie utility. . -Xsuc it-is1, claimed, and expeu ene'e 1 .vindicates the; claim as just, that there l is no subject within . the 'domain of govern- riient, upon wliich the people .cannot, alter it lias undergone a full uicuriAion, proiK uce-,-an enlightened, .abound and a sale- yid-i mcnt. No - man in pursuit, of a -worthv i. object, need fear toi throw himself upon the ' people, for. support,-', A -.distinguished sori -v Giuner,.- who throughout, life- -commanded n- the suffrages.. of the people wh&riever be ap- ealed to them,said ujkmi a auemora Uo occa sion' 'fl; The honest statesman wlio repo s a generous confidence in tlw liberality and -justice ofthe peopla Will ever be sustained, whilo the . tinie-servers ; who measure the publie heart by their own narrow, and sclrish notionsj wi;L in the nda' meet with merited 'rebuke.' During that iperiod of G4'years. there fae 00 time; at wliich- if this subject .had been pressed upon the public attention by one able, man, earnestly,' persistently, faithfully, others would j not have rallied around hiar; . and at which the people, when- they came to comprehend!', it in its length and j breadth, would not bare given it,, their sanctioni 's ? But though the j field was white to the hairvest, there were none who .'entered it with the spirit which was demanded. I have dwelt, not unduly, I hope, upon this aspect of the subject : it carries a lefson to the men of ourj own .y-.- .- " . . .' "j - . Ttrarrirrite what was lost by tl 11s long iaaction. let us eee what might ha been accomplished. .The bfest test of whivt can be done, is what has been done under simi lar ' circumstances. ; :' ;To ! estimate our lo.-s with something like accuracy, I shall next invie attention to What has been done under; the sanie, or a similar condition of things,' in. other countries. - ' : ' -..'! ' K .'.'. -T ; ' ' " Vwtv many peoplJ . in this and i oilier States will btaf with .-regret of the death of our old arid re-ectjed frjend James R. Dodge, -Esfp lARockingham ccrat-p. 11- flont, whesd defter is printod t..-da , hcuda us the particulars of his death aiid a brief Sketch of Ms life, wjd'chj will be read with .'interest ' even IV the ' gene-ration . that bast ' grown up. since e passed from participau. m in public affairs, some twenty years -ago. We welcome i the? : appearance of thej Cape Fear Maiker, the first number of which was issued at Fayetteville on. Wed nesday last, -by IIe- JII. I. McDcffie. Good fortune to itj and tti FayetOevilfe I and better health andinore profitable' labor tp our friend MvroXER; who has discontinued the, Gazete. so log thc able, and honorcl representative of the , Democracy td the ' ft" r- ' " An organized gttog of robbers has been preying upon the god people of Catawba -for some months., he Hickory IWk says they were all arresid and lodgel in jail last week.- " Four -arte white 'and six black. ' A Richmond detective trapped them.- ; -NEn YQBK CURKEsroMlKX F. : W . !- ! n - ! J irtTrl4mUt of 11 1 LE!iV r. EJ New Jork, Feb. 271 1S. Mb. KiiTR:--.Mond:iv lat was aiiral Iwliday. Ih-ixS niado aVif by WathingUn's llrthday falling Sunday and in coae- ; qnence, many or the ftow down town i were cloil. thou-h probably mot ptt.j le lid as r dtj, get through their mails and ! then devf the remainder of tlie day to ! other duties or pleasure. M iriej -asue un ldor li lalitr denomination. fr 1 rnle tip J? .M'V 1 rwA-yu-han llj i.tallPbyUrun only m name, for all d.-nominati.lns are re- ' .- 1 -i- 1 . - t .. tfiuKi tnert ) ana PHnt a couple ft hour with Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Phil!iji. an d with two visitor; who called whilst rtras there, Re.v. lr; Wall: the chaplain and! supfrm tendent of the Hospital, '(well known in North Carolina, wher? h wa a minister, in Newlrn, for more than tin yHr. V and l)r: Smithy the visitinr phvienh. ' With fiu-h agtveat.le company, and sin-li ovtufort &hy.i Muartorts; and a t Je-nii'trv. ' 1 ti.ivo bi n tMd that Cliief Justice Huflin usflto keep a.tleomefrvlbv him t shumn lift faculties .-. -- ; ; j t - - when h,had a cniplic;itel citse t dvi-h'. j it is no wonder that the P.Hrtor i improv fng in .heahh, as .1 ann lad to Ixy he i. Among the many stibj,xts talked of, if was : only natural that -Mr. Lenox, t4 'founder ol tin the bosi.ital, just dei-oas.-d, shinild .eonie in tor renwrk.. lle;was a very ullar iuu, uin inuigs in UN own. peculiar way. A tn'jm'g the anoeiloti's' meTitioned of hi 111 was on. alxmt the riurehasci f a v.iir 1 of carriagi-i horses. He .had diriwfed the owner to bring tht'in to hU house for inspii--tion. . Arrived there, the servanf ww wnt up to infiirm Kimof the fact of their pres ence; .she did so-and at once rtijrned with ordcrsjt t4ke t)ie horst-s to the stiiblei M r. Lenox bad seen them from the window and Was sat iRflod. Strangej as it may sox'iu, we ; differed itl opiriion as to the cdnundnitu, whether Commodore ! 'anderbiit or Mr. Ijonox desj?rved more front the; crmuiunity for tlie .good ".'each had done? Vandrrbilt who, with all his avarice and Mfis!iucs- and coarseness, had given, employment -.to tens pf thousands of jVrsons, and finally, ( through the influence and adtiee of hbi wife and Br. Peems,) bad 'given! a church to the-laUer and a million of, dollars1 to establish - n Universiiy at Nasbville :, j of. Mr. Leri()X,-he reel use Christian gvritleman and 1 scholar,-who had devoted his. great ".wealth to unt8ttntatiious eharitR-!, culmi , Dating inj this Hospital and the "grand i Lenox; Library. "' Let each of iny readers put the question to him.Vlf and to-his ifrjends, antl perhaps -they wiil.be divided fin opidioiij,as we were: - r. .' . ; On le.-Tvitig Dr. Pbiilips. I initende!; tot j take that Iride. around tho city With which' he had . bden so much delighted,; but there was a high wind, almost a gulYy and I ..feared that the cars would be blown from the track of the elevated road; where; it is 75 to LID feet above ground. And so that trip is: djeferred till the next jcgal holi day, if '.such an one should ciniie to hie. There v;u no general celebration of the day here,! but the' street and paikd were with- people, and. I sLe by the thronged iuornirtg i papers : that irum- rous Koeictios, t-isiiipaiiiei and associations .aid due respect t.i ",'the OCuision, loiiking :iiiiefhatad if tlk-se jcji))le arc' coming to' rigijad Wa;4i- ington A 'uluiont as great a uuiu as llincwln, tlWugb tlfey maj' noicr admit that a wbiu; I,n'an a Southern white man is -."a tiod its. a iiiirsrar. : L;rne accretions of :u story as it travcls: aro like thosoj ol the snowball as U14 bays roll it along. , I tliought it a pretty tjngh story tliaf I. wrote.. you about Mrs. Astor of this c ity, that ishe appeared at a ballj iiVWiish mgton with eight hundred thou.siind dollars : worth of diamonds on her person ; but now it comes ,back to 1110 from the boutb as - two millions of dollars worth, and two de- J tcctives t( guard her, besides a ipolieenian 1 'at her room door t A guard fbrj a lady in a ball-room in a geulleiuan's houise! That is rich. : ! .-. ' : ,'.' j ' j ; ,. . - ."j In a snuiH, churcli in an nntishioitible i .focality, which. I sometimes' attend lkecnuse it is near to me, and because tlija S'TrTr-i s nre. .siuij4e and hoine-like,-I foijm l . iri t fie h--w where I .sit hist Siui:lay,a britd tc ort of flirv seventli year of tfic Parish ' -M;issiin,-1: It is St. Clement's Clinrch, pn ! Thirl or Amity strel t, wlijch until a few. 3 cars agq was inhabited by mahjr most, re-' hpcctablvrand weal tjljy people, but is now 1 given up, even larire four-stoj-y brown- tone hou.-eJ (0 j(vr per.plo and their uni- : vcrsai acijonipaminenit here, lager and cvenj, so it , is said, to worse The street . has -Kjiany passers,. icer sliojis, purposes, with -ahv number lof .children but in th churel ch Ii there is but a small congregation, not half the seats being occupied. even inn such a glorious iday as la-t Sunday, wliichinight have U mjited all mankind to throng within and offer thanks to t lie beneficjent .Being, that makts the gonial sun to shine upon all, rich and poor alike. In the jtwd large ' galleries there was not a human being, and durinir several attendances I nevijr saw but"! one. there- How can -it le accounted for mat in fucn a locality tngre are so K-w church-trofTs? The spacious galleries are free, and the sexton very promptly and politely shows- strangers to sotnc of tbe many vac-ant pews ; the niinLter isj if rKit1 an orator, a sound' and sensible and earnst- one; and the report alludol to iYiown that i efforts are Fystematically made jto1 induce ; the" people in tho nig-ntynrlmtwl1 M attend , ! church y that during the past year-the snridl j congregatiion'had subscribed and- x jiende! i nearly four thousand dollars in sutaininfra ! t mission ' house near by, in minjstering to I the destitute, the sick and the dying, in aidjns: widowed mothers with young child r ren, and in general in doing gool to bodies j arf l 8oul. During the year, lj.VJG ti.-its i Were made for investiirtition '"and relief. f,950 meals were inven to persons known to pe necdv and worthv, ( 02 garments I , given.- Ixjsides a Iare. quantity, of mats, .-sucrar, Tesetahies. Arc. i.DD-i persons n. t plied af the "Mission House fir relief. Be sid.f! all of which, and with.adIitirial f-nb-(.ripti-ini ?77!l were devoted toi renting a bouse on the seaside and givinir tp seventv- five cn-fi-bled women and childtenv trip I there in i the summer, whre they , ppent from one to four weeks bathing, resting from work, and breathing a pnrej air suc-b as their crowded houses and streets did not afford. n view of all this and niuch other kindness. that I have not emimerated. is it not stranjge that everybody in that neigh borhood is not drawn within the Open doors rif such a church? ! And perhaps it . is almost, as strange that the benevolent peo-; pie who io all this good continue to pour out their blessings ; upon an apparently thankless people. One thing is certainly plain :' there is a. deal of good evjen in this wicked generation and city. . j I have been inclined to think that Mr. 'Bayard Would be laid upon the shelf, as a. .Presidentjial aapirant. Some oni; hn4 di coverel that in Juine 18GI be made a speech " at ' Dover, -Delaware, against war . with the Southern vonrederac-y, in favor iot it recognition in case the'Southern States ij would not peacefully return to the I nion, t Tud cbt f writing lireliD anuJL" Ini.tln r.-eiit f.i lin- of i toe cointrv jt w not hkely tb .t ny i ' an W le-rd Pn d. n hi"f j r. x. d ; Meb.;' ttimantii. and Motile I'- iim ra:i." Erty will barlly veuturo to 11 .uivjiit.- Mr iyail. Hot the tlWM, whit b !i l.ii. r able to MrIUyar I; lakes the bu'4 1 v tb JhamM 'nuJiiublUbit-'' ihe nttir - mk h. ;whir h ! to my mind U a vcrv -n-lbl.; an l patrioti.v .-x-i-vh. thJ.u'h 1 1 don' -xjit'-t rith me And ; I .Nonhi.Tn MipU t.i t.Tiv w ;Ti!den also mujtt lc irilcl ' out. fB"ii puV- lhM a letu-r in Jahinrv. 1 !:. in tjt. r .4 ! - i . 7".'i- t'K'.n'rwn nn-i mt trrr. i ' month or two ;M IovLrn Sev luviiir 4 XI riv-id "the opinion thali. iiin lia.i ihi l)iiuerat! in" th ity anl .( y. ... 1 ! 1 .1. . 1. .. 1 H ... 5.:. . i- if ro OiV Worsi' icoiitiitiou.'ail ij . it tion t' jm.i iut. , i TbvTu! la Ui U ' j;ri.at c miHci. u. and , j l.kter Wranglo at AlLany,'wiir-' tH- j l.aiirt-l i- in stT-sii.n.- bt.-i.'t'H tlu- f'.jiklin a ad Grant part aud.tl'O auttiriit parry It brstke mt ui-on a n-miu.aioii !bv iov.,'.' t tTU'i ot a man ii.mii iu the 1-ir a In -!i . 1 . :. ..., Sute khjc ; and .w office in thesi jmt- U tlie tnaiir object of al pat'irx nj ir r 11 cilablii feud at olK ri-ru!t d. lr -li.I f'rouii Uraudratli of'Bnni In-th's j 1 who kt ,iiiii CIU4 a lew days j . KtiglaaJ in ljoa, with, ju t liioiiey lu.ike a ,n,..D . oiioii to biff the C I'htfink'nis t i.ixcs of pilU. The' L podll. d nruuI1j at a pj-otit. t He xtiifjtul ibi- bur-iot.-s till bo -bad tuade enough ito n ut a Mtiall Brail' office; -thcu Itf prwpfrcd. Uilt (bo rcth Hotel, comer Proit lk.V Hill 'au.ilj stre-t,aiid thci helegaut rfideint iiud lUctories, with cMcnsivc paiki.'at Sing Sing-i lie had lien twice a Sutj Smali-r. He cslimatrd that he, had paM a niilliyii Ti4 ot.-iiar lor auvoriiMiig. , - , v , A Woman in this Uy 'profc-- to have 4 disco fcrod a 'ure lot) drunleiui)-s. She hays 1 ,n!m , is not to itiiure tb..iu-lv.J..t th.-iV nps-y mjuro wivii -uud families, as is ottui as.fTU.il by viitilent teuijieraneo j lii turors, jiH.'cial!y women, lut to become duzy ail 1 to b j'jeasaniiy unaoie 10 co-ormnaiw wu ir u-p, I .1 111 ' -.!! tlicircvcs and ibeir organs of pv li, N we have' j'uiidrriil tjus subjoi t itiorit grav. I' and have eoiitr'lVeil a i.Li'ti,-by vihieh mir,- Iiusbaud-j, Jirothcrs, lathers and mis well, and lovers too may becomo diz without bcin os.itivi!'!v offeuiive, 1 ny klf havo weaii'. :d my lord jrohi iis cups by iniani of pcrfintly we ,li:ivo the proposel reatnit ut, an l lie i.-J sotL-Jled. Iu the .ovviiing. alter sat together f.r soijm; tinn uiuli be wivs. Mv dear, I have solll biiines-t to attend to and will W lxii;k in an hour r ot two," I I l.lL" of tl: . il c mi .. sayj 'John, get up in tho mid.l lliutr' tnm rriiioH mi l roiiudi fur fillv t imp, and it will fl.i ywii ju-t las nni.ii goed as g. ling out to'jHt aliout fjhat bui uwj' When be haw'tufned rounj about thirty times, I fay l,I?top, John; brwoiAin ;' . 1. j... .1. i' -1 ... i.i ... . 1. . take, auouiur, ihj iia noou-as puijit u tumhles head lirst into a corn r, r Mamisi bowjng to me and the furniturepiit in bis ijild way and to as g.Kxl a purpjif. In a slnrt time be ootnes to biin.-..'lf with a hulled face, and perhaps a flight Jicad ichi'f ' but with his money all afe in In jHK-ket. It is ridiculous to soe him ai t (u Mich a way, but uot nivrc aWurd than t find biiu trying to come up Wtai'rs on tli.i wr ng . nidu of the baluter,'or nigagcd in 4'oiiv-rsaiio wilh-.the haf-rack. If my wrary-hearte l 'sisters will coax Uirir inale rel.uiv fiiendn and! acpiainfiinces, with propi r a guiin uts, doubtless they will find their account in no d"it. and all will be Well. ., J uinss. U. what men Sire afl'er when they- Jrink,'- an 1 turning around in tho way I hiieak'of i thej ca-iot and cheapest .way of ..diziy."' Ah the woman signs ho this, wo must coacluda that hhe is heroin 1 tig 1 n.iiu.' to. n farii!-tt. Which one of your lady readerJ will j it her liege lord-through thw ... pr.i's with Avhich Wi,; were alt uniiliar in tb. -,-davs of childhvxI? .. , ' ; ' 11111 h it '.. The great advan v in paper iiat otify atfocting tlie pn'lilier.s ol uewspjijx'rs, but -is. a serious inattcr for book j puliJUIu rii. l ie- hrst ign ot an advance aUij'iig tlie-K,' is that Mckts. App!epii , have put u -'the price of Webster's Mlcinuntary Spf llcr from 5? 1 to 5 1 -1 0 Juir doZell. ' . j ' .' iTho rajid incr!x-ir in the jfi.j.orti in 1 of diyorci s to iii irri.igcJi in New England is atj alarming hign ol" (he, tinies. jit is ol liijially :tsccrt:'iied that in lljer.i w.w 1 liyon c to, every 21 marriages ui 'Mw-a- hiise(t,s; whilst iri ISfJiJi it was. 1 to every In Vermont during the p;u-tjteii yemw there has been' 1 .divorce to every 17 mar riages; in Connecticut.-.! .tt-12;-in. Ubod.; Island, 1 toll:, Ain script uri w re told , that at, the p;n d yi th ' 'Kxrdu "tjiore 'waS not a house of the I L-yjitian where Umtc was, uot otle dca.L'' ( in these parts there is-hardly a boardiiigli'iusi.' i.gi whi-b tli re is hot oml divorced. BefoT.j I discQvcpxl this, T ohc day 'r ad to a gi-tr tlemaii atl a boarding house a paragraph in a j morning jiafier alKiut the initubi-r jf" divorces, , when a bystander 'j warnrd' tne that the man to whom I had reail wiu the busband .of a .woiiian who bad been dryorcod. So .'when you come .-North be circful bow you sjiualt-'-of divorces, r I have belfpro me the MS. of an amusing satire ori tliii subject which I tuhy publl-h. It 'Li entitled,: "Who is Your ifeT' and ' ban for.) its text, "You take . this woman to lt yfiUr wed led wife till you arc, divorced." You tac thLs nian to b your we.hsl husband till you change your mrnd. "' , jtn a lecture by the Rev. Dr. Potter, of fJ rice 'Church.-on tbc relations of science to jbuVlcru life,1 be statt-d that the average death rate in certain disease ha.j lc n re diiled aO p r cent, and .the average -length olj, butnan life increased from o'j yean to ID vcar". all due to the lal.rs nf tnoilern .JJj. '.'- . ' ! - - If silence. P l.ITK'AI. .N'nTW i - Tlie ''rniont Ha-lical Convention ori tin 25 tb iu-fnictd if" Ch!eaio delfgatw to vfi Pr N'nator f oor J-. Ivlmundi tionu- n-ition to the lVd lerr y, .' ! o Tt:!e sirpri-e vva.f ficvi.si' nfd in Wabtn.'ton on Fri l.it bv the nornitiafi-in -ofj.'B':. Pin.-hbiek fj'f.'XarulOfri'yTat New Ork-:ns. . Or'ilv a f ir.niht ;.o i wa ;up!i-.im'sl that-bij Would not rvriv tliei a'pr.bitnient, and divippitit"l an-1.- vex.-d, 'liM Hid eon home to w jii-:; war jnjjn ' the .Administration ' gf-iir.il1y nn-i rotary Sh'-rrnsn pH'ial!y. Lt: ii wii-l that, to help tint Sherman, the IV'-sident bril-M I'inch back with a nomination. T'dyin. iif)ti ihe fi'Kxl iMise". flf-restK-et and di.'ni'y of the fe mi-ifratic Senate to rej t hirn. - . , I Frederick Hn-waunr-k, who- p,,itinn ai cUtofjof one of tb m ist influential fier mart - ftewjap.rs-i in lli i'Wi-t tnak bit views ot current politi. int-roiing, .iv thati'fbe tiennan Kfpiib!iH-nn.-t arei I'tr'injly a2amt tJr int, and that' if slionl j Ikj--nriiinate I Hiio would b a d.nibtful St iNv The ho-itility of tlernran ritiens to the third-term T.roj.-c nt-em1 to be almost uni- versai, an.i must oe taken into account in .1 1 .t.i''. .. 1 all estimates of th thaio-M of th anTirn-ich. ing campaign. 1 h.-y are a peculiarly inde-, pv-ndent class of voter., ujon whom the harness of part v. sits lichUv. Tbv hold the balance of power in Ohio ami Wbieon 1 l . e- ' :Jrr.:.. t . sin. iand pos-iMy jn-ew 1 ork also. Th4t Srth fandlafaa-. rt tftiir,' - 1 " ! OlV,, IWM . NFATK .r.XOHNol be a! tu ,'oH ttilAftiwt Jiiixai ii , .iri-I'l io re n numti-.u. " 1 ; r!u- Vr rr ... M tli.it A'lt 'ii 11 griiu ro are looking uiut(i!U ' j ' y . -!. "i Ii Sjlati villi1 ,'itr ' ,( give! t'-l 11 nt t-t tb - wh"t ir.p in a'l ttio"ii of" vii ' ' ; ;- ; .. he S 1IW-I..II i. -r l ImI f 2UM,IMM L U n paid U !UiuuJ fur lolwxou iu lb ui.irLi-t Mti'i' Jnuuirv 1-t. ! In' Dalihurv H'lioittt iwvi thd f I -".'.V b.i .k l i n milM-rib"d in Ya Ikiii to thu i- ,rh'' f,.h I' c.l r , ,1'Imh alley IUiIp-xI, ioid it lllv-l'' i If i - T. ,by mi I . I . I I . - 'li- LiiL-U'ur Ttin- nit iu4i Mi Ar. P an 1 J. II. II uiii k-4 b.at 1 1 - Me' huriine: f lln ir t-.-lt.ii Liu ud mm 1 Lt HiiL; " .Ny liiiiraltv.. . be Mo. IV o lint lLllult I'll! lllv I- IIUIIIIIW'M1 tit i'ahlil II. .Mr , 1, ill. l.wi . a. the hi It I '.il tiilK' ho4ililoc Jot Con.i. 111 tbit iViri l. , 1 . . k 1 1 1 . . 1 1 1 1 , HI1H, W. -.. .v. - ... ! 'burned: to .luth ll r.4.. Hoi f .,.! u Ml, tljit bi-r (clothing i-auht lir. wbik' aiM-istiiig'li.'ililH'f to put out . in 'the wod. - ' '. .. -tl.j-, ' .1 . tii I'Ihi l'vi-tw-Tille I'm'- Mii!tht II. 1 '.. . .. ler. . go.t Dutbain a r an I Ini.icKir niioiiir.T' for HUi k.Ml III- pl.l(V WlVbler ol tb.-'IV'-llc lljlik i ti'llcl I'V lb.lt KXJlttit b.Uil ot!u- I .Mf Win T. Tudor I . The Charlotto ViiMrii.n' H'Mif l .'I t ' '- , btt 1 .ID to 1 . ; win I inetil 7; p-w.7ti; o.u- 'm ai , 1 1. 1. . .1 . . 'w 1 m 1 lui i.i.i 1 111 I I nil I ' ,H . 'C ' 1 I la att l.i N-r bl.!ri f "iart 'f" to' Ml t'; Ifi k. 1 . iHit M.iti; tuil.t i 1 l-f I to ; t'Utu r 1 1 i-' U - ''L"' ", ''W ' ' n wrtiikyi 1 .. ppl" 'praihlyj. .. ALiiii.uici' to not bark aid in '8hkI to baiio croii-i. Tbi lilmir mv that W il- .. . , . " m t ; li.Jni Jones, ool.-ru l. on, two arnn ol lain!,. !i r)liieivl 1D.U0 bilU, wh'rb iictUxl bim ,1101 jijiiis jii-w wmmtMip t . w r 1 alfl 'hal Cicero A lidiTHi, lw' ivibT.1!. oil ..11 . ......... .. ,.' .!!... it I 11M 'lei- than two acre. riHd 0D btU- ahi.-li ii. tied him, alter p.tyiog all fran-huM' 'p inn's. ?7'f. ; ), I : j -J Tlit- Kiiistoii i'h. RiiM ' -thai lon -' a. -lt ail'l i'ii"ir voiiihv 1 ii mi. r win wui.n- n r n .' aT. ago tbit year. It it r.i5.l vi-rj mi -i esfuHy in J inei 011 Miff upland, pay ! in 11 in" if y more 11 r acre ih.ni cuit-'ti, tin d not IliiII tn iroui.ie loioii'' ; un i imm. bikt not least, it is generally oorv 1-1 tint sfnw it 'iu.1l to bLub1 fml'b'f Ibt f.i .-. and will hv'iUlf pit tlu It c -t I be iTop ! The '' i"t navn that ' lrri'hI.Mir olc i -.'in itl. I IhmmII.' factorrin 'ran I mipply br d'. mlr.tid und onn of theiti it tbr.si i. mln m hind In its orden. Tho Imniib ' madii 111? entirely to nil Knroitn liMi' i. It hIho VtateK that Mr. ioorir Yrrnon. of il rin-imborn, Iiiin inventi d un iuir. uv iii'-rit the plow clev 'm which nniit ll 11 (tdi -tllblipioi oiilailiil tlU.l.T.wbrretbc xwililo trp? ia altaehisl. an l which, when t in by ntf. can be Mibstitutod by anoihir pliciil in ii Head. ,','-' 1 i .. . ' 1 Tin-lii'dcll L'lvth ii gt'-atly ddibt. V' "able to t if uiM.ti pcrf-f tlv r"lnil M iiltborify tli;ir Mr M:irln.ur of tli't- '-) . . . . ' 'tt'i I il W ( nlol ' k I III 1 1 Itl -tllil M HI n Inni.iing a c.inne-tioii Wim ii i.ih - I - A . ville nnd thff Chnrlottr nd AftmitN Air-i iJii". Mr. Barbour will inauhrit" i)ot 01 ti-rtiris.- v til in-' a corr of ir'in. i t m lln licl l in a Minrt liriM. I lu re i t v mim to ext'i ! t lint t bit liiie ' nt I lui Ninston -Saleni A; Moor-villc 1 il r- t .' Mlock"viIle will! be ad'it.tf-l. T1i( v. iV IVutn MiM.revill . h . If iiniipleted.! II bVvill.. .lb.. I.t They honor tli ir f,itln r find f L, ;ir iiit It 4 it., do tlii: Scotch people, arid iH ir da ar-.h'tig in the' land. -Tim .Iin1nnm 'a i'h that in St. Paul a ToHiiJi'in"' M'-i. N. ill Sinclair. Duncan. CiiupUif..' Atigitn E .aiis, Xi ill; Mall.y, Rod. ri. k MiSnuti, an l pcrhaj.s a lew other, an1 1 Ii lv r -Ml, yr irs i f age. Mth. Marg.ir t .MeN'.iir, wife f the lute Mr. Matthew MiN.ur, m 'ii'jw over.!,!- )car.-, aud tn of lb .nios engaging ladiiti Ui.tbe 4iiunlry. Ibr de; k ;elaril ari nuiucjoud in tliin SuU: 0-1 1 Ii 'orgia; upwanb of M. gn at grand lol l j c 1 now repri-uetit bir. T)iis 4l Ldy t-ii jo ,'s I'Xi-eik.tit Iji fdih, mu-tvU Uj h r 1 iutt)i and hniin! duti" Ulia-M,-.ts btf1 Jul J 1 III -lit is lllilnp:iire-l. Mi l her I'ull vrrialiwii..f p. wrN.bighlv iiiler- siing mid iiistruciii,: " niKCoxrxuiTi mCof Tin: im., vv I AT ximr iif A KFI.I., A'fl W ll'l V Vm S'D.Ir? ; , Ti-n't nft4'n Tom Evuo iiT'thv K-iN- villu Tinim gr-t Hold, and wn arc not mri th it Tot:i i (the ild jrty xrw. Thf ca'' Mands tli 1 way: On fhv r-diforial pff: tbh Tintr,' of the( 2ob,' epitomiiin a! 1 1 re rivVjm Z'.i'r.of editorial, of iht 25th. '1 tLlii :';-;,"... 1 "The Ir en-lior'T I'ntriut Javi t fir- wX. inifw9'limnt fhnt ' eertninl ii w"j.nr r" 'in ine i-taic luve TH."n jai-i iy i--f ,v a .10 w4rk uj hWitimeol' iu ff'jr of a Hale .f Im Wtevtrrn Koad. : At b-n-t it irviuinn inn TOhh W the C!wVHd it a' tb t!k in Kaleejli. 1 I hf J Hfrint rtUttr a ruu'h in laleih, and we tak it war hit r alljxit him. 'With nutlr nwie tbi in th air the na! or thj Ibm l nhonl l gi A to in (W.. .Ilfitv' C-ornorafToiFi m-vm nj-oirin'' run tin; rynintryan l if 11 ntilv th iMtit.lf1 tnoir nngtit wno run j.ijt nn the 'Iici.k i r-3n Th ingl tinn t b tt dn.- or i-v thjm i pat lowu oti at ip r gn-f ! th a mtJym- .f h I-gidator" at tin- prKerit time. The- Itcpublican party r- j..iff at If. It h rubbing . Iir.. t- Ac Co. no doubt atv for I rant f. r Pri Irnt. If tlyy niaL? a Miiiro an I. i'aTiintaxej ofTj-r for the Knd it will.bur, lb D.-rn- crakic, look'itu thi film tin r to f.fn. it. "the othrr; hand if tb buv the lion I ,t. T tilr fivi't more Mn D,ib to thel "ftr-r ' 'toverninni. jt it it J;frnni-i Pitk- that the Wet. rn Hood nh ni l . v- r hate l"cn hurrifl into tb ring, jt Wn -w the Jiie-o to :g-t it l"hinl thf-i rnrfnin One thing n w-rtain, if flu- Iloa l ! .M. if iffiirM ni!in IHi frmn th rK-tJ'. fl wn nai not i.fri tnixI. with railrn I I r the DerntMtjc ri'min:itiofi flJwni.l, or we afe nu-faken. . . no far, ho cukI.' Wh-n we t Toii,'i th.irid pag we found Ktoi.tifn ir of the i n i -and! a pii- ript thu : !' Tli 'I'litri'it Wa rereive-I jiiit go pi prcMi. rtie paragraph a t 1 the 1 iuuiwi vi .iiiiiTr w in Z TBll'l NT IM! tX HI,. to hdvKntc ale .f the W-tern 'R.id i not in It iilitor r-ad it to xxi frjfii pf'x-f lw.U Tn,.l ... : -VA 1 1 . .t. ': , n..- u, . d j iiiwi, anii wc mui ai lim tun wr nhould nt.ie it. -So tb article cls-wh -re wai on ib fdHi .nf that lra grajibV' apiKyuing -in the I'Urt-r. We stob wesw to ei plain. ! Hen's a kctths tf fidi ! ' , I. fs ! 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Hale’s Weekly (Raleigh, N.C.)
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March 2, 1880, edition 1
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