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fOL. XXII. GKREENSBOROTJGII, 1ST. C, MARCH 14, 1861. ISTO. 1,199.
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From the Fayetteville Observer.
FROM ITALY.
< Florence, (Italy,) Jan'y 18. 187S.
Tlio Carniraicommences here to-morrow,
when (.-very spocics of gaiety, frolic and foole-i.
y is displayed. Parties social, and private
,i'i'l public hulls, occupy every evening, not
ling Sunday; we have invitations as far
I as tlio Ulst. The Italians are a peace.
v e i if pleasnre people, and the lower and
', id lie classes uniformly civil and obliging.
Von may walk the strscts at any hour of the
gbtunharmed. I realised the civility of
i •■ peasantry, several times while inmy Snm-r
rambles 1 lost my way in the mountains ;
id it was really pleasant to havo their will*
i idance to put me right. I have never
it :. drnnken man era street fi^ht, or
eard ola coffee house riot, (but once,) since
lave been here, and that was with two
mericans. Tlio people are so unfatuatod
♦ith carnival festivities, that some of them
j*awn their jewels, their wardrobe, and even
tfieir bedding, to equip themselves in cos-tsme
I >r s masquerade ball. These balls
p] .- in me huge Theatre, where the scenc-rjjr
and all the moveables are put aside, and
it dancing floor is constructed over the pit to
.- level with the stage-. It is beautifully and
without lime, and opened every 7 years, and
whatever bones ar-j found are deposited in the
catacombs. I saw a curious exhibition of
human bones in the basement of the Capuchin
Chapel at Rome, where brackets, caudle-stickes,
chandeliers and other articles were
pendant from the ceiling, or fastened to the
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walls; there were also pathways and grot-toes,
and a little chapel, constructed entirely
of human bones It was well ventilated, and
yielded no unpleasant odor. Yet it was rath-er
a revolting spectacle. But theso things,
from habit and education, aro rendered fa-miliar,
and like Hie surgeon, who, after a few
lessons, will dissect a defunct fellow-man with
as much unconcern as the head waiter of a
hotei will carve a turkey.
They have a great watchfulness hero over
tho sick and infirm, and insane, and every
species ol Hospitals and Asylums are in con-stant
preparation for such patients. There is
one very remarkable institution called the
Misericordia, and its members embrace most-ly
the higher orders of society, Tho city is
iii districts or parishes, and these men are all
registered anil decimated for certain districts.
Thef own a capacious building, with every
preparation, and all the appliances of a Hos-pital.
They have a conventional telegraph
through the great bell of the far famed "Cam-panile,"
whi'h can bo heard at any point
within the city walls. Even the Grand Duke
was a member ol the fraternity; and when
the bell sounds for notce, no matter where
the men who aie deciaated, and no matter
what their engagement!, they repair imme-diately
to the house of rendezvous. Here
they aro furnished w'th a kind of litter, re-sembling
a low round-'.op canopy bedstead,
and a suit of black, whi:h covers their persons
—it has a hood with lolos for the eyes, and
one lor breath, and wh-n equipped in this sa-ble
costume, a brothc could not recognize a
brother. They are sort to such or such place,
where some one has hid a dangerous fall, or
has taken suddenly ill,and the sick or injnr-ed
person is placed in tne litter, and borne on
the suouldersof four o-more, with two super
each arch is inserted an oval tablet of white
marble, and most artistically executed in
base relief, is a boy milking a cow. two bul-locks
with horns locked in a fight, a cow
nursing a calf, and every device appropriate
to a cow-yard, until all the intermediate spa-ces
are fielled. So a glauce at the building
discloses its speciality.
I will now describe another bnilding, but
for a very different speciality ; yet its pur-pose
is made equally intelligible by corres-ponding
insignia. It is the Foundling Hos-pital.
It has the appearance of a one story
building, but it ir really two stories. It is
what is called tho Brunelleshi stylo, that is,
arches supported by columns; and the crowns
of tho arches aro high enough to have a two
arrangement in rear of the facade. It pre-sents
a succession of arches like the oascine
dairy, and like it also, are oval white marble
tablets, with figures exquisitely wrought and
inserted between the arches: but these fig-ures
represent infants, nude, and in swad-dling
cloths. 1 can assure you it has a com-ical
appearance, from the different expres-sions
an attitudes of the youngsjers. But no
one who has been a resident of a largo city in
Europe would have to inquire its speciality,
for "ho that, runs may read." Thia building
would seem to form a part of the cluster of
buildings on the famous square of the "Anoz-iata,"
for the cloister opposite, and in fact
tho front of the Church itself, is of like archi-tecture.
At one end of the long corridro, a
small semi-ciroulr box or case is seen to pro-ject,
and besida it is a beil pull. Here the
founding is placed, the bell sounded, and in a
moment the box revolves, and the lost child
finds a home, while the mother, lost to her-self,
her child and tho world perchanco speed-ily
finds her home in one c>f the 3G5 pauper
pits. These childcn are well cared for, and
at 12 years of ago are distributed among those
who wish for the.ii, as farmers or mechanics,
or such like. This distribution is at stated
periods; and it is curious r.o see the woman
from the country, and the workshops, assem-bled
at the gate for admission, on the appoin-of
the day of itsadven." Truly may be ex-claim,
"Oh ! tempora, Oh! mores."
"The ides of March" which disclose what
none can now forsee. I think, as Mr. Lincoln
has been constitutionally elected, and as all
the States participated in tne election, that in
good principle, good fellowship, and good
conscience, the South shonld pause, and not
denounce him as hostile until he openly vows
his policy; and mj' opinion is, his avowals
will surprise bis own party quite as much as
the South.
I suppose rail splitting will commence ear-ly
in theipring, and I have somo apprehen-sions
that "Uncle Abe's" maul will smash my
official head. I hope he will send here a bet-ter
man )hao 1 am; and as I know he can
mend tho matter in many other places, our
country will not be dameged by a change in
many of eur foreign officials. But one who
comee to Florence expecting to live (respecta-bly)
on Gavernment pay, will find his mistake
to be, not a dream, but a reality.
The Boat of Faitb.
■ > arranged" with refreshment rooms, '"tendents. If the caajs one «*ia\extrema," I ted day. Each chiln is named and numbered
j!ad every variety of temptations, except lhel1 a 1'nest in atteiuance, and the holy wa- . anti jts dj8trici and location carefully reccr-fer
is administered. , ou will wee this in the dej. Superintendents for those districts are
engraving I send, and which is a very faith-ful
representation. Yu will sometimes come
in sight of five or si: of them, all wending
their way to the renclzvous indicated in the
engraving, and it is al done free of charge.—
There are also benevnent and charitable in-stitutions
of every varoty, suited to the occa-sions
required, and superintended by men or-women,
as adapted to he circumstances. In
general, the exteriors if the edifices are deco-latcd
with external insignia characteristic of
its speciality, and evei the architecture is in
harmony with the objets of its use. For ex-ample,
the Palace in vbich are distributed all
the officers for the tr.nsaction of government
business, is imposing from its massive pro-portions
and enormoifj battlements, It has
deep machicolations rejecting over the walls,
(Krongdrinks. Excessive drinking at such
place is unknown. It is open to all classes,
a small fee for admission. Policemen
sVined, and in neat but conspicuous uniform
-odistrubuted in every part of tho house.—
in. i hough from '<i to 5000 persons aao as-imbled,
ai d though from the naturo of the
iso, many are present costume, who coald
i gain entrance if undisguised; yet never
word is heard, or an act performed, which
oi Id offend the most delicate or sensitive of
ther sex. Loud or angry discussions are
-obibited, and indicate or uncourtoous bo-iv
oua from oithor sex would find a polieo-
IUI C'ii hand, and be oscoreed to tho street
oor. His iptional to go in costume, but
' . who appear in citizen's dress aro liable
■ a I .soils of fun and tricks, by tho maskers,
cognize them i went alone oneoven-
,' i my usual dress, and was standing with !
n < pen glass surveying tho house, when I
uddenly put on a march of double quick j
me by two females who each took an arm
id crowded me onward, talking first in Ital- |
ii md then in French, and pushing mo up j
a flower table, helped themselves to a bon-apyointcd
by the Governors of tho Institu-tion,
who visit the children once a month,
and removo them from for want of proper
; care ; inflicting a fine on the offender- It al-most
seems to ba promoting the cause of li-centiousness
when so much care is exerted
for its effect. But, as the giver and receiver
of the child are unknown to and unseen by
! each other, the little revolving box opens and
closes es well for the good as for the evil —
There are married woman whoso indigent
circumstances inflict misery ou their child if
retained at homo. Hence, many an honest
woman avails herself of this asylum for the
well-being of her child. For wether the child
"Old Billy" was keeper of the ferry across th« Tal-luhalchie
at the litte town of Belmont. and was'greately
respected and reverned by his colered brethren all the
country around, as a pious and orthodox "Hard Shell."
On one occasion, the rains having widened and greatly
augmented the impetuosity ol the stream, an ox-driver,
the color of charcoal, with a wagon heavily laden, drove
his team into the boat and as the old man turned
his wheel and drew off from shore, the ox-driver, look
ing ocasionally forth upon the turbid stream, appealed
to this reverned ferryman :
"1 say, ung Billy, s'pose dem ropes, break dem ropes
break, whnr you recken we'd go to?"
"I reckon you'd stay iode boat," answered Billy.
"Yes, but—" contined the other—"de boat mought
be in hebben 'fore we know it."
Old Billy looked upon his youg disciple with the ut-most
scorn and contempt, and replied :
"Did yon eber hear of a boat (twine to heben'?"
"What de oleihip of Ziont" promptly asked the
other.
This was a stunner. Old Billy being a Hard Shell
of theslrictcst kind, could not gainsay the existence
and destination of tbis illustrious craft. So eyeing his
questioner for a minute with extras annoyance, he at
length utterod a groan an said :
•'Datboat warn't made ob wood, it was made of
fafth." And, as if emboldened by a new idea perfectly
unanswerable, he added—"And it didn't go to heben
neither It just went to de shore aud -livered de pas-sengers."
This explanation was rather too much for the young
darkey ; and deferingto the greater, age and Biblical
learning of his "elder brudder," he resigned himself and
team to the care of Providence and the nautical skill ol"
William Ciuzman.
Incredible \i ws from Mexico.
The Corpus Christi (Sexas) Rancher-) ol" January
12th, has the following singular statement:
Ureal excitement exists at the present time amoDfr
the Mexicans in Western Texas, and, indeed, among
many Americans, occasioned by a report that n Saint
has mysteriously appeared in Mexico, at some point
near Camargo, who possesses the power to feed thous-ands
of pvuple with two or three tartillert, (little oakes,)
rach getting all he can eat; cures all diseases tlcsh is
Unrestrained popular passion, personal am-bi.
ion, and party excesses have produced dis-union,
as we believe. And, unless these be
checked, ourfears are that they will finally
result in civil war, loss of liberty, and the es-tablishment
ot a military despotism. So be-lieving,
we have deemed it our highest duty
to endeavor to restrain and defeat the intol-erance
and the terrorism of the last few
months, and to bring men, if poosible, to a
just understanding of what was necessary to
secure harmony and peace among onrsolvos,
as the first aud most important step to good
government.
" We are perfectly aware that for many
weeks past threats have been made rogaid-ing
this office, and that a systematic effort
has been organized to destroy or injure tho
character, influence, and business ofthcChron-icle
and Sentinel. And now wo wish it dis-tinctly
understood that we scorn, defy, and
utterly despise the whole pack of those en-gaged
in the business, whether among the
satis culloUes, or among those who assume to
be respectable, who may back up and agg on
the former. The propjiotor controls this pa-per,
and it is the organ of no Beet, clique, or
interest. Wo publish an independent papor;
we intend, at all hazards and to the last ex-tremity,
to maintain, support, and defend
our civil rights, and the freedom of speeeh
and of the press—God being our helper. If
we violate the laws of Georgia to which only
wo owe allegiance, we are amenable to "the
civil tribunals," so darkly hinted at, but
which havo no terrors for honest men. Fur-ther
than this, we acknowledge respectful de-ference
to tho public judgment, and hope we
entertain a decent rogard for the opinions of
our follow-citizens.
" It is well known that the Chronicle has
always been a very conservative, steady or-gan
of tho people, and not so facile, so liable
to change positions, as other papers we wot
of. But let this pa.,s. Wo know our power
and influence as well as our rights, and we
think we thoroughly understand our /«•"*'<—
that is, the people who read the Chronicle,
and who will stand by it, so long as it stands
by them, and maintains their rights and in-terests.
Objection is raised to our article of
Sunday morning last, in relation to tho action
Vote of Gulldford County.
PRECINCTS.
Greensborough,
Jamestown,
High Point,
ArmSeltls'
Friendship,
J. R. Gilmers'
Glenn's,
Unices'
Monticello,
Thompson's
Cobles'
Double Springs,
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Tote of Rocklngbani County.
PRECINCTS.
Wentworth,
Wright's X Roads,
Leaks rille,
Warriners'
Whitsitta,
Madison,
New Bethell,
Martins'
Rocky Springs,
Grogansville,
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machicolations, and eally appears as if built
in the air. Beneati 1 ho machicolations arc
numerous escutcheons with tho armorial
bearings ol the amient republic, and of the
Sestierij or wards ino which the city was di-beof
honest parentago or otherwise, it can be ! heir to: restores sight to the blind : in fact, performs
reclaimed at any future time; and those who ! »" kinds oi miracles, He one can tell his name or
| where he come from. He says that he will be killed
: in Mexico, and requests that his murderer may not be
I punishep- He claims he is sent on an especial mis-
1 sinu to the Mexican people, and that he shall perform
many wondcful things and make many disclosures be-have
Buch an ultimate interest leave with the
and a bed and lofty ower, not resting on the ' child a paper giving it a name and some
"!a ^'.V:'!,*"^ b7 which its future
identify may bo realized. A careful record
is preserved, on which reliance is implicit.—
If the child is ever reclaimed ; it is restored
with a moder.ito charge for its care and ex-pense
of food and raiment. So if fortuno
fore he closes his career. Apparently but sixleen or
seventeen years of age, he has a great beard of patriar-oj
the Commonwealth of Virginia, that no-ble
old State, the mother of States and of
statesmen. Wo are at a loss to understand
what particular objection there is to the arti-cle
in question ; but here wo wish to say
jhat we will stand by it to tho last; and we
would not retract, or alter, or modify a line,
word, syllabic, or letter in it, if our lives hung
on tho issuo. We will not bo forced Oi' driv-en
by any outside pressure. We have labor-ed
to promote peace *, we havo endeavored,
as delicately as wo could, to warn majorities
of the intolerant and persecuting spirit which
promised ovil, and evil only. Possibly we
may fall; that were a sweet thought, when
wo reflect that we shall not bo aggressors,
and that tho aggressors, by and by, shall suf-fer
a thousand more than we. Tney that be-gin
revolutions seldom finish them—and
they ihat erected the Guillotino perished by
it.
" We have for some time past studiously
L«xing:on,
Tyro,
Vadkin Institute,
Clemmonsville.
Shcltons'
Lindsays'
Browntown,
Thomasville,
Lees'
Wards'
Jacksonville,
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if your gallantry. But I never discov-red
than even to this day. Of course they
ere American girls who knew me. Those
hi do not eare to ininglo with tho thiongen-x,
and remain in it, where they can
irei look the maskers, and then havo a table
it out with refreshments. They ht.vo also
treetmaskers, by day light, sing'ng and
ancing, and arrayad in the most fane fill and
intasticcostumes, iitit their greatest dis-lay
is the Corso. Certain streets are des-rnated
by thepolice, through which tho car-pass.
They must all go on one side of
streets,and return on the opposuc side.
[ence in the course of tho drive, you are
onliunally meeting your friends face to fate,
nd at each meeting, sugar plumbs ar;d bon-
Q ts are thrown from carriage to carriage
y mutual friends. Every description ofve-le
is in requisition, from a cart with a sin-donkey,
to tho most splendid coaches
,nd liveried servants. It is a beaurilul ex-libition,
and the Streets through which the
iroccssion passes have the doors and win-lows
decorated with flags and banners, and
' ' vitli beautiful women,
j Persuasion nor money can induce these
le to work on a gala day. Come what
;v II, they close their shops on a Festa and
and frolic almost in the face of want.—
•i tiey suoot pleasure as it flies, and leave to-il
irrow to take care of itself. Somo of their
•c in I and sanitary regulations would be
nodels for America. For example, as
mive to pauperism, a settlement is
quired before marriage. lu tho Army, this
•!;, eufbrced. A Captain cannot marry
830 0 by him, and a like sum by the
. a e contributed. This sum is invested
idenee ol the reignng Sovereign. Cosimo 1st
removed from it irl,i>50lo the new Pitti Pal-ace,
6 nee which t'OBe rooms not wanted lor
office purposes baw been closed. But tho state
revolution, which )8nished tho Sovereign on
the 27th 'April, 1"»5'.', has changed the scene.
The Petti Palace Jiiow closed, and 2ti rooms
in this edifice whob have been closed tor 300
years, were throvn open by the Governor
It is a question now exorcising tho minds of
benevolent and intelligent men in America, I
whether or not such institutions do not en-!
courage liceutionsness. The people in all the
large cities on the continent consider it not j
an open question—they say it isan evil with j
which all iarge cities have been afllicted in all
counties and all ages : and in as much as it is '
remediless, thct it ic a work of benevolence
dial length ; and as an evidence hat he is no impostor ; avoided newspaper controversies f indeed we
it is repotted that Gen Vidaurri had him cleanly sha- | feel little disposition to dignify and magnif
ven. and then told him if he was really a man of God,
as he professed, to cause his beard to reappear upon
his face. The saint requested his interrogator to turn
back for a few moments, which he did, and afttr mak-ing
a prayer and going through some mysterious cere-mony,
presto! his face was covered with beard the
same as before!
sposition magnify
petty carpers by notice in theso columns.—
A'jd, besides, wo have really thought that it
was best, at least uhtil we get fairly goirg,
to put aside, as far as might be, all those lit-tle
party asperities and irritations which
Thus the storv goes, and if uot true, cert.ai•n i•■t i• s t.vh.a.t II te, nd so, ra*p idl•y'.to.°great breaches,' an.d to yn.ro-theMexicans
oi this and the adjoining counties are , duce those maliginant partisan animosities
; which are and have been the bane of all Re-publics.
But when a respectable newspaper,
of character, circulation, aud influence, like
swarming thither in large numbers, and are preparing
to go.
Arrival of tbe steamer Canadian.
General on the tirst of January, 1861, and to exert every means consistently to amcl-
3'i0n0m0, :inv:i»ta..t.:ion.. s_ s~*suedIff,or alb._a.nqueMt. an..ditbalili. ;n«<..»« I l:»:— _r.u_r -__.. _•.?...
Ilo was presentip plain citizen's dress, and
mingled with tin puests, not unlike an enter-tainment
at tho 'resident's House in Wash-ington.
The d-Corations of theso 2G rooms
cost 840,000,forSH the carpets, curtains and
different grade^>f furniture, were new, and
most tattelul aid superb. And though tho
Ghobelins and rescocs had slumbered in si-lence
for about three centuries, they did not
shrink from t'o. joyful music sounds, the
g.-ace ul daiicng mot'ons, and the flood of
brilliant lights which so suddenly aroused
them from ther long, long sleep.
rernment, tho interest paid to the Pa- the Buisde ifygneto
ents during lito, and the -principal distribu- , oi about 2 a'res is kept in the neatest order,
■d to the children. A larger or smaller Bet- and here, alfi driving around the forest, the
omeut, according to grade. Then they | carriages al halt, and tho company (twice a
my a Government Pawn Bank, wheroeve-j week) are entertained with a fine band ol mu-y
thing is conducted with fairness, and at sic. fhe 2<»tIom«n leave their carriages, and
phical position of Virginia, or a new postal ar-rangement
would bo required for your North-ern
correspondence. 1 see tho twits tho old
North State for being tardy. "Festina lon-te,"
says Horaco : and if South Carolina doos
not rue the day of her precipitancy, it will bo
one of the few cases of cscapo from merited
attribution. The trito, but true scriptural
As I have stated that nearly all the public adage, "whom God would destroy, bo first
buildings hav> some outer characteristic of maketh mad," will aptly apply to tnem.—
their inner tries, and have given you one as Surely the displeasure of ;he Almighty has
an example, Ifannot omit two others. They fallen on thatState; and he has afllicted her
both differ"froal the one described, and also ■ people with madness : for what but insanity
widely differ J»m each other. The first is the could inspire them single-handed to attompt
dairy house of the late Sovereign, situated to pulldown the noble fabric ofour Union to
about U miles*oulsido the city walls on a rich do it irrelevant to tho co-operation of other
and beautifui plain, bordered by tho river Southern States, whose people and interests
Arno. It contains about 1200 acres, with a are ideutiged with hers ? Why should South
carriage drivabn the most perfect road, around Carolina be the unasked champion of tho
a dense lores, ol about 4 00 acres. Jt is open • South? It-would bo bad enough if a confed-to
the pnblid and all the fine equipages are oration of all the slave Slates should (in con-displayed
lure every afternoon. It ;s to | vention) agree to secede ; but for this single
Florence wlat I! vd -
iorate the condition of the innocent victims;
and often times to sparo a wretchod mother
from a double crime—for infanticide is not
known where such institutions exist.
* * * You aro lucky not to have the
Nation of South Carolina occupy tho geogra- tin.] denands of the operatives, who in turn maintai
heir position of lirmness.
POKTLVSD. Feb. 28.—The Steamer Canadian an has
arrived from Liverpool on the 4th inst.
The steamer North Briton arrived out on the 14th,
at Londonderry. The Steamer Teutonia arrived out on
the 15th.
Gaetahns capitulated. The Royal lamily will retire < ,
in the French steamer, and the garrison will remain ! new Government IS not binding legally upon
prisoners of war until Messina has surrendered. any citizen of Georgia, for the Georgia depu-
A large meeting of Cotton spinners and manufactur-ers
had been held, who resolved to resist the dictator-the
Constitutionalist, in a courteous and re-spectful
manner attacks us, we feel called
upon to defend ourselves—perhaps even to
attack again—and we design this to be cour-teous
and respectful as the attack on us.
" Our cotemporary ought to know that the
Opium Eating at Increase.
One of'he curious facts revealed by the publication
of custom-house tables is that there were imported into
j this county last year 800,000 pounds ofopium. Olthis
amounlitis estimated, from reliable date, that not
more mat one-tenth is used for medichal purpose. The
habit ol eating opium isknown : to be spreading vapid-ly
among lawyers, doctors, clergymen, and Literary
men ; and enormous quantities are used by the manu-facturers
of those poisonous liquids which are dealt
out in drinks in the saloous and groceries that infest
every city and vilage in the country.
.• Park is to London, or State to pretend to stand up alone, and to car-
A large square ry on an independent separate Government!
Why it is preposterous! She has neither
men, money, nor resources, to executo such a
design. Well well! I little thought when 1
embarked at New York last June, that I
should never return to the United States
tect. the people from the extortion of
;iie Jew S.
They deem all fevers to be infectious; and
tvhen death occurs from fever, it is required
hat the room shall be fumigated and repain-
>d ; anda.i the furniture to be rc-upholstcr-d,
and the bed and bedding to be burnt. 2s'o
ineral is allowed during tbo day, except it
>u some Grandee, with music and banners,
r a pageant. No burial is permitted, or
ven the coffin to bo closed, until48 hours
Her death ; and no burial within the city
rails. Those who aro unable to incur tbo ,
ost of burial, aro provided for at public ex-ense.
After romainiug the time required i
y law. they aro carried to the church ot their
aaish,and remain until about 0 P. M., and
hen all who die on that day are assembled
it the dead house, and at 12 at night, thea-tre
all taken to Potter's field, about a mile
. hapeft
Mouitodatd well armed gens d'arms are tra- ray of hope has faded. I look to tho arrival
versing ih, premises continually; and as it is ot tho Observer, aecause it is calm and truth-known
the* these Doctors not only use the nil; and hence its advent is whatched for and
lance, butseo carry a fatal blue pill, a patient wished for. Apart from its contents and its
is never h.ard of who needs their attendance merits, 1 never receive it without feeling as if
p-ol'e-sioadly- On one side of this square i I were shaking hands with a long absent
stands tin Grand l>ukcs stable, containing friend. Itisprihted, not only in my nativo
TO cream colored cows, and either one of them State, but in the town ot my nativity ; and
would gan a premium at your Cumberland j in poring over its columns, some name or ad-
County Ftir: and near by is the dairy. It is | vertisement will awaken reminisences which
of brick, two stories high, and 150 feet long havo slumbered more than half a century ; and
by 75 wide. The upper rooms are nicely fur-; then associations rush in, and 1 am carried
nished; ard here Royal breakfast parties aro : back to school boy days. Fiftv years! yes
served. The basement rooms aro for j more than fifty years, and I wa'sajoyful boy
rom the eiiy. Here they :.re ontirely dis-and
al put into one pit, and cover
From the National Intelligencer.
Freedom of the I'ress In Georgia.
That ablo and independent journal, the
Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle and Sentinel, in
some remarks on the recent election in Vir-ginia
for the choice of delegates to tho Con-vention,
having adventured to speak in res-spectful
and complimentary terms of that no-ble
old Commonwealth, has brought down
upon its head tho indignant maledictions of
certain amongthernore violentof tho Disun-ion
sheets in Georgia, which tnreaten it with
summary justice administered beforo "the
civivil tribunals." It seems that to praise
Virginia has become in the "Confederate
States" a proof of disloyalty to "the South !"
In exculpation of its offence and in vindica-tion
ol its right to remark approvingly on
proceedings outside ofthe Secediug States, our
Augusta contemporary holds the following
language, which wo cite at somo length, not
only for the manly defence it brings to that
"freedom of the press" which partisan in-tolerance
seeks to destroy, but also for tho
insight it gives into the spirit which presides
over the secession movement in the Gulf
States. We quote from the Chronicle and
Sentinel of the 16th instant:
" It is at all timos unpleasant to be forced to
speak of ourselves, especially in connexion
with the commotions and passions of tho
hour. We much regret that wo aro now
compelled to this course—and we regret ex-ceedingly
to speak of matters which we
would prefer kept in silence, at least until
an overpowering necessity required them to
be brought distinctly forward, in order to in-i
■. 11
uc cement
very cay.
often
tho appropriate dairy purposes. It is railed ' playing about'ybur streets. Little did I then
cascine,n*anhig the Dairy, and is proneune-1 dream ot a three years' residence in classic
ed (quick) m three syllabls thus, cas-she-ne.; Italy ; and that I should be a spectator of its
I must le; your imagination draw a picture of I poliical revolution. And while tho Italians
the architecture; I will only say it is fanciful i aro pouring out blood and treasure to re-un-and
very pleasitig. A piazza the whole length | ite their long severed provinces, the Amcri-1 fluenco for good, for safety the conduct of
those who are charged with the public civil
service. But we feel that we have been for-bearing
long enough. We have destroyed
ono government, and are proceeding to re-build
another; and we consider it wiso to
warn rulers of the difficulties in the way.—
ties were instructed to refer their action back
to the Convention of the State. So that we
could uot possibly be guilty of any crime
against the Confederate States, until tho ac-tion
of the Congress has-been ratified by Geor-gia,
nor even then, if we could get a majority
lor secession. We, assuredly, havo made no
complaints—we have accepted the Govern-ment
of tho Confederate State, presuming it
would be accepted by the Convention, and
havo expressed our approval of the choice ot
President and Vice President. But our con-temporary
must surely bo aware that dissat-faction
has been expressed, loudly expressed,
by tho most influential disunion paper in the
Confederate States, the Charleston Mercury.
We have expressed no discontent, but havo
only hinted, as delicately as wo could, that
there might be discontent, unless great cau-tion,
discretion, and wisdom controlled the
Montgomery Congress. If there bo discon-tent
wo aro guiltless of producing it, and re-gret
the causes, the spirit, tho temper which
may produce it, and which may fan it into a
flame.
" But when an attack is made on us, wo
want to know particularly and minutely tho
offence charged. We did and do rejoico that
tho roal Southern-rights men of Virginia,
mainly Bell and Douglas men, triumphed
over tnose who were extreme, intolerant, and
revolutionary in their principles. Submission-ists
did not triumph in Virginia, but men who
were determined, pledged, to havo their
rights in the Union or else secede. Nor
should it be accounted a crime :n us that wo
looked with intorost or even approval to tho
course of a peoplo whose blood runs in the
veius of five-sixths ofthe people of Goorgia.—
We should be glad indeed, on many accounts,
to have all the Southern States in our new
Confederacy ; but still we know there aro
many objections to havo them with ns now.
Some indeed ot the most oxtremo Southern
type object to having them at all, bvlioving
that they will eventually become free if uni-ted
with us by selling off their slaves, while
outside of our Confederacy they would be
compelled to keep them, and thus remain for
all time a breakwater between us and the ab-olitionists.
But just at tbis tirno they may-do
us much servico remaing in the old Union
by preventing war against us, which would
be all-important."
An appeal 1o tbe People tbe only
Resort.
Wehaveall along maintained that there.
was no hope ofa settlement of the pending|aDV adjustment involving a suppress km 14
controversy by the miserable politicians in Coc 'hat agitation, and that has interposed every
gress. Elected on obsolete platforms and possible obstacle in tho way ol i thorough
Conventions of tbe Northern Males.
We suggest that tho Northern States
should call Conventions of tho people, at tha
earliest practicable day, and take into con-sideration
the measures proposed for a set-tlement
of our national difficulties. The re-cent
elections in the Southern Border BUtM
have demonstrated the attachment of our
people to the Union, as oor fathers mad. t,
and their desire to preserve and perpetu^o
it. But, while thus anxious for a full H|I
perfect restoration of the Union, they ' -
mand, in emphatic and unmi«takeable tonjs,
that tbore shall bo a thorough, complete aid
final settlement of all tho questions at is.-le
between the North and South, so that agi »i-tion
shall cease and tho voice of discord r-e
hushed forever. In a word, we desire and
demand an adjustment—a speedy adjustment
—that shall forever banish the subject of
slavery from the halls of Congress, ami put
an end to the efforts of bad men, in both MO
tions, to embroil the country in constant strilo
and confusion. For thirty years or more the
slavery question has been an apple of discoid
in our national councils, and no settlement
that does not expel that irritating topic from
the political arena will satisfy tho wants and
longings ofthe people, or accomplish tho ob-ject
aimed at by tho friends of peace and tbe
Union. Wo believe that the Peace Confer-ence
plan of adjustment or Crittenden phn
—and between the two there is no materi il
difference—will tully reach the end deeig-ifj,
that is, of suppressing and crushing out I
tation on the subject of slavery, for all t
to come. In both plans the rights and h
or of tho Sooth are socureJ, and tbore is
reason why any man who is disposed to
cept a settlement at all, may not endorse
support either, with the full conviction t*Sat
not a jot or tittle of what the South has h <•-
tofore demanded has been withhold, lodjljd,
no person at the South twelve months 'ago
dreamed that it would be possible to obtain
from the North any adjustment so satisfacto-ry
and just a* that embodied in the plans re-ferred
to. The adoption of either of those
plans would conclude tho ooatroveroy be-twon
the two sections forevor, and rct.u'1 in
a restoration of that aiicieut harmony ai i
confidence, which would never havo been dis-turbed
but for the selfish and ambitious pro-jects
of reckless politicians, North and Soul
There has always been a claj.s of politicians,
both in the North and the South, who havo
lived, moved and hud their being in an inoeu-i
sant agitation of tho slnvory question, and
! without which agitation they would have
! held no office r.nd cut no figure in tho land —
" It is this same class, that is now oppose 1 to
without reference to existing issues, they are
totally unfit to grapplo with the stern reali-ties
that surround ns, and they must there-fore
be set aside, and others, Letter suited to
tbe times, and able to comprehend the will
and wishes ofthe people, substituted in their
places, before we can expect tho adoption cf
any rational and satisfactory adjustment ofour
and final settlement of our difficiif ties. But
these met.—these wretched and uuftcrupulous
fomenters of sectional strifj—havl had their
day. The people havo set tho m-fk oi their
displeasure and indignation upon thorn, and
a little whKo longer, they will be deJlivi
thoir power for mischief. Tbo indications
are numerous and unmistakeabie, that the
sectional difficulties. It should be recollected P0OPle have resolved to sweep, ao with the
that a large proportion oftho members of tho I be80,n °f destruction, all men, and all creeds,
Sircsent Congress were elected two years ago anc' R" platforms that atand in the way i,l a
ast Fall, and elected on local and subordinate , corc,iRl '""' permanent restoration of poaeo
issues, having but little or no relation with ! B,,d barmouy betwoen the two great Mstiona
the existing controversy. And, consequent- ! •» this country.
ly, as we havo already remarked, tho coun-1 ^'e be''eve that tho acceptance, by tie
try had no right to expect any high and dis- i PeoI»'e °f the North and of the bonier slave
interested act of patriotism from these men ' ^lales> of either of the plans of adjustment.
('S- ofthe holding and covered by the upper floor, | cans, seem preparing lor a similar outlay, to
•ed | is well paved and free ofaccess to every one. i dismember their Union. God forbid ! but if
ltd quick hmc.and in one year nothing ro-1 A succession of arches of about 12 feet open-, it is to be, I hepe not to see it—I feel as Mr.
>1 them. So there are 36o pits stoned in ing with the crown of the arch just below the Webster did in 1832, when he said, "If tne
ana ono of these pits is opened upper fljor, extends from end to end of the i destinv of this Union is dissolution, 1 pray
Ihe same is done in Pans; only J front ofthe building: directly between | that these eyes may be closed before the dawn
Statistics of the Roman Catholic Church, from 1808,
prove its eteady progress in the United States. During
the last year the fonndations of 36 new churches were
commenced. In 1808, there were only C8 priests, 80
churches, and ? bishops in the United .State. In I860
there were 223& priests. 49 bishops, and 238'J chiuches.
—mere selfish and trading politicians, who
look alone to their own interests and that of
party, without feeling the slightest con-cern
for tho welfare and honor of tho coun-try.
The proceedings in Congress, on tho Peace
Conference settlement, sufficiently demon-strate
tho factious temper ami character of
the wretchod extremists of both sections. We
find thatSumner and Mason Wilson and ;
Hunter, stand "cheek by jowi" snd shoul-der
to shoulder in opposition to any adjust-!
ment of tbe difficulties in which the country |
is unfortunately involved. While Crittenden
and Douglas, and a number of other true pa- ,
triots, are nobly exerting themselves to re- | »\,th delegates chosen directly by the peep
store peace to tho land, those Abolition and Wltu reference to this single subject, there
Secession extremists are doing all in their would bo no doubt of the roault in scarcely a
power to obstruct and defeat their efforts, and Northern State. This plan tf adjustm N t
thus perpetuate tho ill-feeling and strife that ; would be adoptod by Overwhelming inajon-alludcd
to will bo followed by a complete res-toration
ofthe Union. Our Gull State breth-ren
may not c-omo back this year or the next,
but that they will ultimately <cine—that is,
within the course of a very f< w yeafl—wo
feel fully assured. Indeed, wo le I warrant) d
in making the prediction that, i|i tho clone
of the present year, a movemei.Jin GtrOI ot
reconstruction will be started infcvarly every
one of the Gulf States, and wfli be nround
with an earnestness that will eSuro Us ulti-mate
success.
Let, then, the Northern Suites forth with
call Conventions of the people, and submit
the Pe'tce Conference nruiwiiions to them
':.u j-l-_ .__ ■' \. .
pervade the two sections. For example, no
sooner had Mr. Crittenden presented tl e I
Peace Conference settlement in the Senate on I
Friday, than Senator Hunter, of Virginia, I
arose in bis place, and offered a substitute
for tho settlement, not in tho hope of procur-ing
the adoption ofa better adjustment, but,
in ourjudgment, of defeating an adjustment
altogether. There were but two days in
which to consider and dispose of the subject;
and, of course, any motion that would lead to
a long debate would necessariiy be fatal to the
Peace Conference settlement, or to any other
settlement. And yet, with only two days'
for work, Senator Hunter proposed a subsli-'
tute for the Peace Conference proposition, |
which led to a discussion that occupied tlio i
whole of Friday, and tho consequence was i
that no result was reached on that day, nor '
is there any probability that uny voto w II
be taken on this subject at all, at the preae it
session of Congress.
It is clear, thon, that tho resiionsibilty for I
the non-adoption ofthe Peace Conference set-!
tics, and tho strife and turmoil o! tho < oan-try
would be allayed forever. Let tho poli-ticians
stand asido, and lot tho voice of tho
Northern peoplo themselves be hoard, and
they will pronounce, in thunder' tones, in fa-vor
of peace and Union upon ilic terms of
tho Peace Conference scttlemeu4—Richmond
Whig.
Danger of a Foot "AJBeep.
Tho Kelso Chronicle narrn||.< that "op
Thursday the Kcv. Mr. Smith iiad been sit-ting
reading before retiring for the night, ai.d
had one leg crossed over the other, for a CO i-siderablo
lime, till it became what is called
asleep. On rising he had put tho sleeping
foot on tho ground firmily, but on its aide,
and so twisted tbe ankle that both bones of
tho leg gave way, immediately above the
anklo."
Sunday Srhool Matl»tl< «.
A census has been taken in Now York of
tlement will rest on Senator Hunter and I is | all the children in that city, with the object
secession coadjutors from the South, and on I of ascertaining how many are the recipients
tbo Abolition Senators from tho North. Tao | of religious instruction There hre in the city
people in both sections are sincerely anxions
for anadjastmen:, and if their representatives
in Congress would afford thorn an opportuni-ty
of expressing thoir will and wishes at the
polls, all our difficulties ajd tioubles would
speedily vanish, and tho light of restored
peace and confidence pervade and bless all
sections of the land. There is no doubt—
not a particle—that in every Northt rn State,
not even excepting Massachusetts, an over-whelming
majority of the people would, to-day,
vote for any adjustment deeiurd satis-factory
and fair to tho South. But the poli-ticians
stand in the way, for the present, and
the only alternative is for the people to biJo
their time. We are sure, however, that ttto
day of retribution is near at tao hand, whoa
vengeance, swilt and terrible, will bo visited
upon the miserable political demagogues,
who factiously throw themselves in the way
of their country's pcaco and happiness.
As the only resort, then, that is now left,
let there bo an earncstanda direct appeal to
tho themselves. North and South, and su ;h
ao adjustment 01 our difficulties will be rt a-chedas
will satisfy and gratify every hontst
and patriotic heart in the land.—IVAMI.
150,81*7 childron between tbe ages of five |
fifteen years. Of this numoer onlv 7U,o"l)0
(Roman Catholics included) attend Sunday-schools,
leaving upwards ot 80,000 unprovid-ed
with such instructions as our Sunday-schools
afford.
A Speculation.
The Russian Government bavini-seni o>-er
200,0000 of old worn out copper cain, to be
"'n En '
BUpllll
. Vivi
8
sold
placo
Kngland, with a viow of having its
-".died by a now issuo, wo hear that
Messrs. nan, of Swansea, purchased :he
former, and fourd such a large quantity of
gold in it, that they got $125 worth of the
piecious metal, out U every 8500 worth of
copper: thus, besides other profit, making
850,000 by the bargain.
Railroad .Decision.
John W. Torter was put off a train on the Ortral
Railroad son« months sinee bccauMh ■ rei ised to pa/
fiva cents ex ja, lare which the coudu. ,.:r aiieinpt«<. tc
collect because he had failed to purr! Mr.
Porter proved that thin omission wa» i.ot oiring to an/
neglect ot hi*, and recovered $69 damaf** irom tb«
company.