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New liUgland Apj>r?ac!ics, 11
Though somewhat slowly, t the truth. Iloro J <
f ill.tws a passage t'r .in tin? p- n of a cotTCSpon- , :
d-nt <>f the liostoii Courier, which makes a lit i
I -I between the sort of sympathy which i
^ X- w Kriyrland has relatively Wtoae?l upon the - ]
Aii'e.m and the Indian r:v s. II-.1 Now K: j <
land W11 n^d'st enough to IL-tcn to ; y eoua
^ reRnr hut its own sr-K-rste.-in. th: re:i'pnrV?.?n ! :
- Ui.nhl linrA tif-i-u ma<lo known v ::r- It 1
has bjen repeated by.south n: writ-.-:-* m;; '.
of mind. j <
An examination of the relative claim* to our j t
sympathy, between the Indian ami N rnv-o*.
will show us that the first were uiuli-putvd
possessors of a '"free .so//," for an unknown period
i f time, and of which we have <1 -*" 11 <1 them :
while the latter have been bond slaws ever since '
the curse upon Canaan. The former are capable ; <
of self-protection ami support: the ; it tar ' til] id
and shiftless?the one the very impersonation
of freedom: the Other, the hereditary reprcsenta-1
^ live of useful servitude. The former have b n :
f driven, by cruelty and oppression, from their an- j
'cestral hunting-grounds, and the means of sul>- J <
sistonce on their own domain; while the latter j;
have boon provided with shelter and support in | <
comfortable houses, where, with very few creep- j
tions, they have been protected, in all which
; they can enjoy, by their capacity for happiness.
- hnaa tit;"* sf TOT1 ?*
X"' i.*uwy niiivn vi i.* -x J'... % -- ?
est claims upon our sympathy?the Indian, or
the Negro ? While the former are driven to the j <
outer verge of our borders, the latter are made 1
the object of unceasing solicit mK For them,
social life is to be outraged by familiar intercourse
k and intermarriage, as advocated by that coterie i
of Utopian worthies, who form uly or-cupPd '
"Brook Farm," and disseminated th< ir tramcen.
dental fancies throughout the quiet villages of
New England, and who have subsequently been
. aided by the political efforts of the meek Counsellor
Sewall, the office-seeking Palfrey, the hypocritical
and jesuitical Mann, the "sdf-socr/ji-::
ring" dual Sumner, and their coadjutors. Phillips,
Quincv, and others of less venerated parentage.
May Ileaven avert the calamity, and save us
from the reproach of becoming a hybrid com- j
; munitv!
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From On Georgia Home Gaztlk.
Reading.
While, perhaps, there is no means of acquiring 1
knowledge equal in importance to reading, tlvre I
is no source of information more abused ami per'
verted from what should be its greet, object and
end. Reading is resorted to for amu?ement and ;
instruction. There can bo n<> reasonable objoc-,
tion to the first, where pleasure and profit are j
combined. There are many work-, however, j
which when read afford 110 instruction. Of1
course, the time devoted to them, ;s utterly '
thrown away. But when in addition to lost time
is superadded false impressions, datig-ioiis excitements,
and improper tendencies, the importance
of guarding the young mind by a judicious selection
of authors is too plain to be overlooked.
We called the attention not long sine", to .
those who had the control of youth, to th no- J
ce6sity of protecting them against tlr- off cts of
vicious books. It is not our object, now, tot mat
" upon the same subject. It is rather to off-r a :
few reflections upon the best methods of improvement
by reading. Whatever cultivates the
taste, enriches the fancy, enlarges thought, im-1
proves the judgment and stores the mind with
useful facts, is not admissible into our libraries,
but worthy of being placed in the hand- of th<
young. Some of our best writers have so min-!
jrled injurious fiction, doubtful morality, captivating
vic?, into their pages, that tb v ar only J .
proper for those whose morals and judgments
nave been natural. Such persona can . c; urate
the good from the evil. Thry think for themselves,
and are not liable to b- misled. With I ]
them the passions slcp beneath the power of ,
controlling truth. But such is n<>{ the ease with (
the young. The\- cannot experience the vivid. |
graphic, and soul-stirring descriptions of low and ,
hate, of revenge and despair, of passionate s- mi- ,
raent and dreamy romance, so common i.i nov- .
els, and the various works of fiction, without being
misled or captivated by thin. But the
young and susceptible mind, unguard-d l?y < x- ,
perience and ripened observation and r? ll ctioti,
drinks in their wild and corrupting sentimentality,
and becomes often biassed for life into forbidden
paths of thought and thrt baleful gardens of ,
corrupt and dangerous imaginations.
As a general rule, indiscriminate n >v. 1 reading ,
is injurious to those whose miuds are unseasoned
by experience, first, because they create a
sickly sentimentality incompatible with vigorous
mental growth and healthy action, and second- j
ly, because they invariably destroy or impair a
.taste for the pursuit of useful and solid investigation.
History becomes dull arid insipid to one
whose taste has been mould d into the channel ,
of luxurious verse, or the captivating walks of j
seductive fiction. He can see but little beauty
<n the substantial field-; of useful facts and life's
realities, when a thousand fragrant odors I. wilder
his senses amidst the flowers ol' romance.
There are thousands of persons who haw- n-ad
more volumes than the bc-t scholars and tic \
most learned savans, who neverthel' - have leather
the accomplishments of th>- first rior tL
useful knowledge of the second. And why !' h cause
history philosophy, moral essays and oth- r
departments of reading and Kurninj;, liav !> come
forbidding in their insipidity, dulln and
difficulty of comprehensoon. What a wa- t : of (
time, what a dissipation of mental pow.-r, jr r- j
hajis of high intellectual endowment.-.!
These are matters of importance. Thyv-hould ,
not escape the attention of parents. !t is not
for us to point out what hooks should L : ad
Viv vonth. and what M\-?,i<l <). but we would i x ;
press th? opinion that tis more valuable in-1
formation to bo derived from those good old volumes
of the Rambler and the Spectator, than1,
nearly all the novels put together which i r-.wd
the shelves of our libraries. Shodditb' said ,
that youth must have sour thing1 t relieve tic ir ,
minds from the jjraver studies, v.e r. ply that w ,
can find it in well-written histories, useful trav. 1 :
pleasing biographies, the classics, modern as well (
as ancient, fictions of judicious selection, and in ,
other branches of polite and valuable literature, j
When confined to those, they afford as many
charms, both troin trio necessity wh'.cu e.\isi> i?>r ,
mental food and their abstract and real merits
as can bo found in the less legitimate walk- of <
Literature.
We will suppose now that the mod suitable <
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books arc placed in tlie hands of the young. The
jnestion is how can they be turned to the best
iccount. Some wa-tc many precious hours in v
writing .ifl primages honi the works they read, t
inf.. -eraji and o mm on j! ce 1? ok1. They dep
r.l ??: .a re/'.nice : >1 jH.t namory. This we &
I Hi lad police. f-rii jui- on. u possession ??f j
what !. r ads only in a second hand, and often <J
inconvenient manner. 1 Mic should road fur v
raoJi/ itife, fur obtaining the means for useful
i-oiiver-ation, f ?r oratorical effect, for instructive \
l.i. I .
u&ayuu;, by the stroiiurtli or memori/ sum me tin- \ r
press of themtml. 'J! "s is accomplished i?v Mtu- ; t
ill* and I. | tin- voting mind 1 li< ct \
upon wii.'it it reads, Jiil .and make it t!s<* t
m'lid's property. That can lie don ia less time ;i
and with less lalior than il takes to fill tip memo- i
randum lvxiks, which when fini>h ' " c their, 1
awn rs, almost ;:s ignorant as t! :< !;cfui'e. | t
We would n.it he midcrstoi hjectiii* to ; r
h<?ilco of index, which iti-rely ivi r to certain j t
works, or p:i**s, (o a->-t one in readily turninjr r
to any *iven suhjx't. These may he useful when !
propellv arranged. < Mir ohj ctioii is to that ex- j i
?es;;vo toil of tran-crihin*: \ eii whole pa*cs from 1
xiven works, a< if th mere aet of writing tlieni ; i
off would make thein ihe property of the mind. <
Wo may re!' r to tliissuhjeet >oonayain. Our
limits will not permit its further prosecution r
now. We trust that what w - hav said, and 1
which is intend d for the lx-nelii of the youth of j <
both sexes, will not he wholly d stitutc- of inter- l
est and utility. J t
The Rncua Vi^t;?. ; i
A corrcsp indent of the Richmond Enquirer, i
thus ib-scrbes the li-'kl 1)1 J ill' *2 ?:i \ l.-lsi, long at- i
tor i 1jo> sounds of tlie battle had died away: <
wlu'ii tlie roar of camion, tIn* groans of the per- 1
i-hiiig. the shouts of the triumphant had all |
ceas .], and the vulture and the jackall had re- ( i
lir <1 from their horrible r j?a>t. Such a picture <
gives us quite as vivid aa idea of the terrors of ?
stieh a conflict, as would the actual scene. : <
' 1 first rodi over the battle-field of Huma 1
Vi-ta with some half dozen otiic. is, one of whom :
was Lieut. TV-iihaii), Typographical Engineers,' i
who shared the perils of the tight. lie first led f
us by the long ditch, where rejiose the manes of i
the Americans who fell in tlie battle. A hun- i
clred yards further we came to the narrow pa>s, i v
between the base of a high ltiil and th<- deep 1
camions or gall ys, which tlie Mexicans call An- ' i
gosturas, (tlie narrows.) where was stationed the <
battery of Col. Washington, with a small ditch I
on the right, in which lay two companies of ]
marksmen; and <>n the high hill to the left, behind
some loose rocks, hastily piled tip, were 1
posted some Illinois troops. A d'-cp ditch was .*
dug across the narrows, wlrch are not more than <
:j0 teet wide, in front of the battery. Next we <
passed up tlie valley, eleven hundred yards dis- :
tant, to the spot where the discharges of Wash- 1
ingfon's battery stopped the oiw't 'if the host of t
Mexican cavalry that attempted a charge on his , <
position. A few hundred yads further, behind <
the hiil>, is where the Mexican legions coitcrntra- 1
ted b'fore the commencement of the action.? ]
Froin the la -t named point wo a-r nj d to the 1
plateaus, where the main action took place, which, 1
at a glance,a; p\ur? to be a vast plain, hut which, i ,i
in reality, is broken by many ravines, sin telling 1
down from the mountains. II- re and there, on :
the fi -ld, we passed an ann. a leg, or a skull of <
some Mexican, or a pile of their d ad. who, hav- ?
ing fallen in the battle, were ha t lv and slightly *
buri-d, and afterwards uncovered and mangl d t
and scattered, by beasts of prey. Passing fur-; ?
tlnT on, we looked upon th spot, beside a little ! t
bush, where Lincoln was laid to bleed to d nth; ] <
and down in a ravine, we arrived at the place t
where fell th" a nhtbh Clay, fighting to the last. <
Ih're, t<x>, fell Harding; and near by lies the i
Mexican (and his horse) whom Harding slew in
liis last moments. II re is the spot where Bragg 4
made his memorable stand; and here li lib '
1 ad horses; and out there in front. i> a bug- 1
pile of d ad Mexicans whom his grape shot cut
low:i, and whose shrieks and groans arose abo\e t
h- tioi,e of the confiiet. J3ut tons ami caps, and
ho -, and fragments of various other clothing r
;!!?.! i;:a sjioi, aim I'liin is aim juhi 1
I'iriK ?th1 trjiifiiK'tits of bombs, w met at v?,rv I
step. <Jver the whole field, iui!o< in dtame-1 1
t'-r, nnm Tons evidences oxi-t- d that there had s
h"fji a fearful stru^e. At th * lead of a ra- t
vine we reached tin- snot to which Ihnhain w;i? J
sent, l.y tieii. Taylor, o> or emoiter the enemy, '
after one of their repuhes. IScnham ohserved a <
crowd of Mexican lancets about a half a mile dis- t
t int, apparently in much eotifusj ,n? sour seem-. <'
intf anxou-to come on andli'^lit a^ain, and -out" j 1
anxious to jro the other wav. In a few seconds, j iiowviT.
a cannon hall struck the ground on his | >
ri'_f].t, jiud in t<n P-t of letiliatn half a minute! "
l aiocr, and another hall struck about t!ie sanm '
distance on his left. Tliitikino' tic rascals mi;*lit '
split the difference at the next fire, I>'nhatn said
he speedily vatnos.-d down the ravitic, to make
iiis report, to < i'-n. Taylor. Then came the "tu^
of war"?and Ion,' and fearfully the battle ra- r
to. !... ,1,.,. .1..,, ,. 1
Ii?!r\itli t be sweopin/showers of/rape aii'l ! *
bull 1*5. \V< II did ili' v 111, f?r Mexico'-, !k;- 1
loved and /reatcst Chief was a specf it.?r of t!i?-ir
strn//le. And niaiiv a brave Am -rii-an, too,
was il slirmrl t ? leave hi-; Ia-t j;!i. afar from the
home of his childhood. Til hattle of Muna
Vista pr-wlnced a map in many a happy circle,
loth in .M x'ro aii'l America; vacant placs
w iv m;ii|", which never can he filled a/aii i on
earth. No prisoners were taken in the haltle;
rind the Mexicans, h".it?n. cowed and Marvin/. !
retr-ated at ni/ht in wild e<>nfu-ioii, l-nviu/lheir
d ;nl and wound d to the tend-r m-rcies of their
victorious enemies.
OH
J?*r.\ public meetitier took pine tit I'aVettC*
vill on the first instant, prot-stiii/ against the I
Internal Improvement P>i!l before the Le/idafurc, v
and all other imilar bills bavin-/ for their object
I lii* uwii'iti^i , ,f r?r fli.* iii.1i -nt s
>t' t}i<- bond* of incorporated companies, ami n- j j
(nesting tlc'ir members t?? vote against sneli ;
measures; thev e;irnr-.tlv reqii ><t tln-ir - j i
i/en- throughout tli" State to co-operate with < 1
ili'-m. We have no space for (Ik* proceedings j t
at large.?Nashville ]\,rh!r/, J j
C'oi.umlnis Jan, 10.?Tim senate of Oliio, to-! <
(lav passed a resolution d elarin^ that the l *ni-; (
ted States owe it to the cause <>f liberty, and | (
ought to interface, should l.'u^ia, or anv other
power, intermeddle with the internal affairs of
other nations struggling for freedom. 1 1
AlSiawces Offensive and Defensive.
The Norfolk (Va.) News thus endorses the
lews or Senator Douglas on the question of Incrvcntioii.
The extract is taken from his speech in the
Senate. :
"Tin- following extract from a speech, lately
I livered by Senator Douglas, deserves to be
rritten in letters of gold:
Sir. something has been said about an alliance
iitb 1mhdmwl 1 > V(.<train ilu- mmvli of llll-sia
>v r the European continent. I nin free to say
hat I desire 110 alliance with England, or
villi any other crowned head. 1 ant not willing
) acknowledge that America needs England as
in ally to maintain the principles of our governni'iit.
Nor am 1 willing to go to the rescue of
England to save her from the power of the Auocrat,
until she assimilates lier institutions to
nirs. Here is a half-way house between despo.ism
and republicanism. She is responsible, as
my power in Eur.ipe, for the failure of the revolit'ouary
movements which have occurred withn
tic last four years. English diplomacy, Engish
intrigue, and English perfidy, put down the
< volution in Sicily and in Italy, and was the
jivatest barrier to its succos even in Hungary.
So long as England shall, by her diplomacy,
ittompt to defeat liberal movements in Europe,
am utterly averse to an alliance with her to
iiistain h?*r monarch, her nobles and ber privieg
d classes. England must sustain her const iutional
monarchv, even against absolution, withnit
r eviving aid from republican America with
ny con- nt, and especially so long as >he conIt
inns to imprisonment and transportation fi r
ife, the noble Irish patriots, whose only crime
finsisted in attempting that for which tlie poor
Hungarian is now idolized bv the English pooil".
She inu-t do justice to Ireland, and the Irsh
patriots in exile, and to the masses of her
mn people, by relieving tluin from the oppressive
taxation imposed to sustain the privileged
'lass s. arid adopting republican institutions, be'
"I-" li.it-A 1>H- Cl'llll llllll-Il It SS 111V
Ulf ^lir v.till !!< ?? nil ,
?M even against Russia. I wish no alliance with
iioii.'troll-;. Xo republican movement will ever
succeed so long as tlf"1 people put their tru-t
n princes. T1 to fatal error committed in Italy,
it ^ormanv, in Franco, wherever the experiment
vas tried, consisted in placing a prince at the
(l'.ad of the popular movement. The persons
ill sympathized with the dynasties from which
hev were descended, and seized the <ir?t opportunity
to j'roduee a re-action, and to betray the
people into the hands oftheir oppressors.
There is reason to bolive that mticli of this
ivas aeeomplished through Itrit's'i diplomat-}
ind intrigue. What more natural? Thepow>r
of the hritish government is in the hands o|
:he princes and the nobility. Their sympathies
tr-- all with the privileged classes of other countries,
in every movement which does not effect
lie immediate interests of their own kingloin.
Republicanism has nothing to hope
therefore, from England, so long as she maintains
her existing government, and preserves hei
r>res;-nt policy. I repeat, I desire no alliance
i\ith England. We require no assistance form
if-r, and will yield none to her, until she doc.ustice
to h-T own people. The peculiar position
iour country requires that we should hav(
in American policy in our foreign relations, hash!
upon the principles of our own government
ir.,-1 ulnrti.il fn f h i miirit of th^aoe. YY e should
..X.,., V .. ...
rnnpathize willi cvorv* liberal movement- -reco?ii//'
th,% indf pendenre of all rc-pumics?fron
vmnrreial treaties, and oj>f!i diplomatic r la
ions with th'in?protest a^tuust all in. ?'*'?n)f
t lie laws of nations, and hold ourselves ready
0 do whatever our duty may require" when ti
ia-c sl all arrise.
-? ?
C-nros and Jvo-xufk.?The question is asked
who is (,'inpas, to whom Kossuth, in his speed
it tin- hati quel -oven him at Wa-liiu^ton, likenlinisolfT*
I ia< as is chronicl. d as a learned T!ir,ss;iline
lie friend and minister of I'yrrlms. Kin_j of Ki>i
us. !Iwas the nio-t oloqtt at man <>(' his day
emind':tif his hearers of I>. inostheues. I'vr
hti - priz'd his per-uisive powers so highlv. that
ie was wont to say, "word; of Cinoas had won
ii;n more citie.- than his own arms." II-wa1
nt amhas-ad .) to Uotm, with proposals f..r:i
iv.uty of pnc- from I'yrrlms, aft?-r tle-hattl.- ol
ll-rael a. in the year 2X:>, 15. <and Citieas -par d
neither art s nor eloquent' to uain favor and
arrv his point. lli< memory was so remarkable
hat on the dav a ft or his arrival at Homo, ho waible
to address ovory Senator and Knight In
mine. The S 'liate, however, r-j eted his propoals,
mainly through the dvin; appeals of tie"
a ral.!c \p| ins Claupius ('uvus. ('ineas sul.111
i.tly returned to I'yrrlms. and told him that
Iii-re were no people like the ltoinaii people?
heir city was a t 'tuple; and th ir S mate an asonihly
of Kind's!
(I iV'-rno" Ijoutwell, in his Message to the hep-Tut
lire of M.ls uchusetl; tak- strong ground
' #! Hungary. II- is n<>t only forgiving Kossiitli
velroiiie as an illustrious exile, hut that t he Govl'ljiin-I:L
of tin- I nitetl States slctild d-matid.
hrotiph lli- d p! an it ie a-" uits of the couatry, a
listilic.t d -duration <>n the part of Kussia.^111]
\tMria as to th -ir future purposes. If tBe>e
hjvernm tits r.hall assort tie- ri-ht of interference
ri tlr- 'l -iii tic ull'iirs of Kiiropm:i nations, ot
'hail il eline t? "lake a distinct d duration mi
his point, il would > riu proper for the (iuverunetit
to n'ivo tlu'iu Holier thai we assort oil out
art the ri^ht to interfere in favor of K'puhlieausin
or ('oiisiitiilional tl.?\ nuiiriit, reserving the
tower Io jinl'^e ot t lie lieerxsity ol iliteiTeivhee as
wents may transpire.
The following is the resolution passed l>y the
House of I t'leoal s, .a(I to 10, ot Maryland, d:>arowing
the Kossuth doelriue of Intervention.?
Plio Ualtiiiiore Aineriean says it embodies the
i"iiliinent of the people o! Maryland on the subeet.
h' oih'r f. That while this i?.??Iv concur in inc
resolution ..f invitation c\t<-ndod to l.ouis
Kossuth to visit this House, wo, the roprosontaivos
of tlio people of Maryland, do most ein Iiniienilv
disavow tlio doe trine of intervention,
ind do earnestly recommend to the jioojile. of this
state the policy heretofore pursued hy the General
Government, in relation to the domestic
ontcntions of foroijjn notions.
There will ho five Sahbnths in the month o|
February oft his year. Thesanio will occur in 188<T
THE SEMI.WEEKLY JOimMI, ?
rill DAY EVENING, JANUARY 23, 1852. o
THO. J. WARREN, Editor.
Our Market
Our Cotton Market has continued brisk, with an
advance on Tuesdays Quotations of 1-8. The supply _
lms been pood with an active demand. Extremes G
1-2 to 8. Favorable advices from Europe wore receiv- ^
ed last night, which will produce a further advance.
Charleston*, January 21,1852.
1.000 bales of cotton were sold to-day, at G 5-8 a c
8 1-2. {
New York. Jan. 21.1852. ]
The cotton market was firm to-dnv. 1,500 bales
were sold.
Hon. D. Wallace,
t Will accept our thanks for a copy of Mr. Rhett's
Speech on the Compromise Resolutions, offered by Mr. 1
! Footc. of Mississippi.
Hon. R. B. Rhett. ?
We learn from the Charleston Mercury that Mr.
Riiett is detained from his seat in the Senate by se- ^
1
' vere indisposition. lie is now at his plantation in St- 1
Bartholomews. f
> I <
Sale in Charles ton.
On Tuesday next, there will be a large sale of Cro- 1
ceries at Auction, in Charleston. Sec advertisement. :
Cold Weather. ?
Wo have had a spell of cold weather which surpass
es any thitijr that we have ever felt. It is a hard matter
to keep warm even by a good fire, and by far too j
eold to work. Our ink has been frozen up. aud our (
ideas are in the same fix. "Wo are informed that on
Tuesday last, the Thermometer .stool as low down as '
1 dog.
Profo3sional Beggars.
We see that the attention of the public lias recently 1
i been called by the Charleston Courier, to thes? miserable
pests of society?the numerous organized bands of
beggars which infest our country, and are daily fleecing
. the people and robbing the poor, of that which is pro- I
perly their due. We too, would warn our friends .
' against the impositions which arc extensively prac- |
' ticed by these vile creatures upon them. Some of the ;
1 beggars which arc going through the country are as '
able to work as we arc, but who prefer some trivial ex- j
? ense?carrying an organ or a monkey, or some old ;
cracked instrument, by which to attract crowds in t ho 1
' streets, aud pick up dimes and quarters. It Is no chari- j
ty to give to these creatures; by giving to them, we
j. only encourage them in their idleness, and give thcin j
tho means of still pursuing their nefarious professions j
of highway swindling. It is time to put a stop to such I
humhuggcry, and the sooner wo rid ourselves of all '
such pests, the butter will it be for us, in more ways
than otic.
We have a plenty of honest poor people at our very
. doors, worthy objects of charity, who, we fear, have
rr. ,1 .1.:., a..
( ; proper food aud clothing. As good citizens and pntri.
> ots, we should endeavor to do something for the poor
| whom Providence has placed among us, and not throw
i 1 away our small donations upon wicked, worthless, f?r.
eign beggars. The same amount bestowed upon proper
objects of charity, might do some good, but as it is.
[ when given to these wandering professional beggar?,
. it is a sinful waste. We don't know what object wo
i arc promoting when wo give to these itenerant swin
dlors. Tlioy may he the hired emissaries of our cne;
miex, and in the course of time may accomplish our
' ruin. Who can tell? We believo a tax, amounting
i to a prohibition, should be levied upon all organ-grind
ers and monkey shows, etc., and that all vagrants and
idlers about our streets who are not known, should be
I taken up and made to give account of themselves; and
1 if upon the shewing thereof, it docs not appear to the
' satisfaction of the proper authorities, let them all be
provided Ibr in the same manner which is done for Mr.
John Smith when he beats iiis wife?put them ui jail,
and punish them for their idleness?it may be for do'
ing nothing. Kvery man who is able ought to work; i
it is contrary to all law. human and divine, to prowl I
about and live in idleness, pests upon society. Those
' who encourage idleness bv giving unworthily, even I
that which is their own. do not discharge the obliga- I
j. tions of good citizens, whose highest aim, should bo the j
peace and protection of society.
Practical Intervention.
' t There are many deluded beings whose motto of uui- j
versa! iicnevolcnce to all the world "and the rest of
mankind," is?
'"No pent up Utica contracts our powers,
But the whole boundless continent is ours."
These should hear in mind that while thousands ot
dollars are lavished upon distinguished strangers and
foreigners, as many of their own blood and kind of lbllow
creatures, are perishing from cold and hunger.? 1
What a picture to contemplate! What a strange anomaly
does our country show to the world? Practical
Intervention in this country, has nearly ruined us, aud
if lot alone, may complete our ruin abroad.
, Fire at Stone Mountain.
We are sorry to sec by the papers that nearly all the
stores in the village of .Stone Mountain, Cla.. have been '
' destroyed by lire; also the Masonic Midi, and the Ilall
of the Sons of Temperance, and several private dwell- !
ings, with a considerable amount of property, in the
way of Goods, Notes, Books, to., all consumed by tiro
on the 13th iust., and but little insured. Thought to ^
be the work of an incendiary. j;
After paying the expenses attending the Kossi.'tii
f\>ngro.ssionid Dinner, there was found to bo a
| surplus of one hundred and eighty-two dollars. The
Hon. (!ko. Humus, the Treasurer of I lie Committee of
Arrangeinents, has been direetcd by them, to place the
money in the hands of tho Ladies Union Benevolent
i Society, to be expended tor the comfort of the poor.
. I A WTioi.k Family 1'ojsoxkd.?The Ilanovcr Herald
! states, that the wife of Mr. Samckl Litti.k, (carpenter.) J
j | of flettysburg. I'a., on Monday evening last, while la- ;
i boring under a fit of mental aberration, administered
mi to the tiunily, consisting of her husband, threo J (
diildren, and a servant. The husband has since died, j
, and the rest were not expected to survivo. Mrs. Lit \
< tlk immediately lied, and has not been heard of since, j
The Hanover Spectator gives a different version of this ,
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uuiiu. ii mjo an mu minuy nro rccovonng, una sirs \
; Little lias been arrested. i
f' J3T" In New Orleans, it is said Wednesday last, was
, j the coldest day over known there.
Marble for toe Capitol Wisgs.?It is stated that
; has been decided that Massachusetts marble shall be
sed for the new wings of the Capitol, and that the laorers
bo employed by the day.
Lola Moxtes ns* a Row.?It is stated that those . '->
i-itli whom Lola Montes was boarding in "Waverly
'lace, New-York, had such a difficulty with her, that it
ras found necessary to call in the police to assist in
" * * ? " til QTT
jrcibly ejecting her iroin 1110 prexuiac-a.
anic, however, her. counsel amicably arrranged the
lifficulty.
Army Intelligence.?Major G. TV. Patten lias been
irdcred to proceed to San Diego, in command of a de?
aehment of men, who are sent out on account of the
'ndian hostilities in that quarter.
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Correspondence of the Southern Standard.
Wasiiigton, 15th January, 1852.
The Soutliern boat, due here yesterday evenng,
at 5 o'clock reached the wharf this morning at
3 unlock, and did not make a return trip to-day;
ive are, consequently, without a Southern mail,
md you will l>e minus one (at least) Northrn mail,
j'ho ice has thickened very much, on the Potomac,
but to-day has been mild and balmy overhead,
but very sloppy under foot, and a few more of the
same sort will again give us uninterrupted navigation.
Mr. Woodward, and Gen. McQueen,
with his lovely young bride, reached here yesterday,
and Mr. Colcock to-day. Messrs. lihett and
Hurt are still absent.
The Senate has been engaged for the last two
days in discussing "flogging in the navy." Com.
Stockton, now a Senator from Xew-Jferscy, and
who rode the waves of every sea and ocean, as an
American officer, for twenty-five years, made a
brilliant speech in opposition to the practice. Mr.
Mallory, of Florida, made a capital speech on the
oilier side of the question, i ou are aware mat,
t'.vo sessions ago, Congress, by l:nv, abolished that
punishment, and the debate now springs up on
several petitions that have been presented to the
Senate, praying the repeal of the, law, and a return
of the "good old practice" of giving JacJchis
rations of grog, and, when he deserves it, his
lickiiirr. The original law was repealed, almost
without debate in either House, and is the subjeet
?i{ general complaint in the navy. The prayer
of the petitioners in this "humanizing" (?) age
will, of course, be refused.
The House has been busy in receiving reports
of eommittes, d-e., for the last two days. They
have also been discussing the bill making Bounty
Land Warrants assignable, and for other purposes.
A joint resolution, to thus effect, passed
the House at an early day of the session, but has
not been acted upon by the Senate. While
th at action is suspended, some Western men
revive that proposition?because it is niiivi rsaJly
popular?with a view of tacking to it a * ndcr"
providing for additional compensation to the late
and present Registers and Receivers for locating
the land warrants that have been issued. It
will impose a tax of three hundred thousand dollars
on the Treasury, and a bill for the latter
purpose could not obtain, on its.own merits, tifty
votes. Thus it is that the business of 1 'gjslation
is managed.
There will be an interesting debate in the
II >iiso to-:norrow, or perhaps on Monday, which
is likely to l?c continued tor some days, on the
bill making an appropriation to pay the last in- J
st ilmcnt of the Mexican indemnity. Mr. Web- 1
st'-r has made an arrangement under which the
previous instalments have been paid with Corcoran
& Hi.igS ?f ill's city, and the Baring--, of
London. The'two Houses have mad"* out of the
operation, some two millions of doll u\>. It is
alleged that an offer was made by the Greens of
* ?*..* i %r ir 1
tins citv, to pay t.ne a-mt tnrottgn i>ir. ,>i:ir<is, 01
NV,v-< ?rl" in.?, which arrangement met the.sanction
of the Mexican Government, and her Minister
here, and drafts wore actually drawn, pursuant
to that arrangement, and which would have
saved in the negotiation to this Government, five
hundred thousand dollars, and saved to Mexico
a larger sum, which has been extorted from her
by those usurious bankers. The subject.*will be
thoroughly sifted in the debate, and may exhibit
some public functionaries in no enviable
light.
1 Vofessor \V. Ik Rogers of the University of
Virginia, is now delivering a course of Lectures
at tiie Smithsonian Institute, on the atmosphere.
His au liencos are intelligent and-fashionable.
OllSERVER.
$ lairs for California.?On the last trip of the
steamer Isabel from Charleston for Havana, twenty
voting men from Burke and Catawba countries,
N. (ww passengers on route for California.
They took with them twenty slaves, in the capneitv
of servants, with the intention of working theiu
in the gold mines. Several other parties from
North Carolina have engaged passage for themselves
and their slaves, on the next trip of the Isa- *
hel. 4
Terrible Ace'r.lent.?An accident similar to
the recent calamity which occurred in a school
house at New-York, occurred there on the 12th
inst, in a large building back of Centre-steet,
put up by the Commissioners of Emigration for
the accommodation of newly arrived emigrants.
It was five stories in height, and on the various
floors no less than 480 persons were stowed. *
Hie alarm bell in the vicinity rang for fire, and
a woman in the upper part crying out, led the
occupants to l>oliove that the building was in
flames, and a wild struggle ensued upon the
stairs. The crowed soon choking up this only
e . i i'_ j e. .l. *
mt'iiut? <>i escape, quite ;i iiunirHfr lrcipca iroiii uie
windows into the yard below. Six lives wcro
lost, all of whom are children except one, an tin- A
known young woman, aged 20. Eight others
were carried to the hospital seriously injured, five
of whom will probnly die.
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Alteration of the Tariff.?It is stated that
Senator James from Rhode Island will, with the
approbation of several leading Democratic Senators,
submit to the Senate in a few days, a project
for a change in the tariff. It proposes a re- 1 i
luction of tlio rates of duties on some article of
manufacture that enter into general consumption,
and increases the rate of duty on the finer
fabrics. It proposes to add ten per cent, to the
present duties on iron, and the same upon fine
cottons, and fabrics of cotton and wool, but
leaves the present system unimpaired, in other j
respects.
A literary society has been established in San
Francisco with the title of the California institute 4^
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