terms of hie watchman - r subscription per year two dou.ars-payable in rii;,;,1(.e but if not paid in advance two dollars nd fifty cts will be charged v r.t.sr.mivts inserted a 1 for the first and 25 cts * v e rl subsequen insertion court orders charged g"ct higher than these rates a liberal deduc ou to those who advertise by the year rebs io the editors must be post paid l'p faint heart dp up faint heart up immortal life thrills man's mysterious frame then why by coward thought or deed belie thy glorious name />,. earth's brief ills brave souls ih>\v down do manly hearts despond1 these passing clouds may darkly frown — tin blu heaven sleeps beyond dost only pine a others gold heaped up in miser-boards ' doth envy rank its acres broad or titles ofprond lords ' , though boundless wealth should crown thy wish lands stretched from pote '" h can all earth's riches rank atone for jioveriy of soul ? ever man wanders from himself bliss phantoms to pursue — weak childhood's vain attempt to grasp tie rainbow's fleeting hue know ev.rnior a sunlike soul beaming within the breast cheer wuh li_ht the gloomiest lot y . make a beggar bless as deep as btern zeno's soul did iu the < '_. nic bring homage of a conquered world i macedonia's king unsocial snarlers love i not : yet would'st thou clasp the goal if happiness thence brother learn i centres in the soul ! tvithin the god breathed spirit dwells a world delving power i'lint proudly speaks its strength to cope with peril's darkest hour — fins mid the stormiest ills of time bless'd calm can ever keep — like beacon smiling o'er the waves that round its rock-base sweep th.-n brother trusl the immortal life that flows within thy frame and ne'er by coward thought or deed belie thy glorious nam — oh ! god-like treat earth's fleeting ills — peace on thy soul enthroii up faint heart up ! the black ■ ds hut veil the heaven beyond ! from the wadesborongh argus laziness we regard laziness as one of the most crving evils of the present day ; and we believe that we could not do society a greater service than to take up our para lie against it •• six days shalt thou labour and do all thy work is a part of the command men , and we hold that he who spends six days in idleness is just as great an offender against the law as he who does not remember the seventh " the sab bath-day to keep it holy and why should he not be ? what other fountain is more prolific of evil than laziness — an idle man's brain is the devil's work shop and it always has been rape robbery murder swindling intemperance and its concomitant sins are nine times out of ten traceable directly to this re nowned laboratory and therefore there is no reason why idleness should not be placed in llie same catagory with the oth er offences enumerated in the decalogue bat suppose an individual is not under ihe necessity of laboring with his own bands or head for a livelihood — shall he s'ill be compelled to work yes or not ral . for it is contrary to the laws of na j lure for a man to consume the fruits of the earth without doing something to re i store ro the common stock as much at least as he takes from it but the neces - tv here spoken of is only a physical one ; for the divine economy impresses upon all men the necessity of labour and when lbe death of one relative or the industry of another places it within the power of an individual to pass off his time without employment should this exempt him from the obligation ol the commandment ? — shall money or lands and goods annul lhe laws of god and render them of non ; effect in the case of their possessor ? then why not allow him to kill ? to commit a dultry ' to steal ? to bear false witness against his neighbor these crimes are forbidden by the very same code that en - labor on iceri man : and il the pos session of property be allowed to furnish exemption from the one why shall it not provide impunity for the others 1 these offences differ only in degrees of atrocity ; and hence the apostle lays it down that whosoever shall keep the whole law and yet offend in one point he is guilty of all the idler then whether rich or poor it to be arraigned at the bar of pub ' opinion as a criminal of the most atro cious class ; and should be dealt with ac cordingly lie who steals six-pence worth of bread from his neighbor's shelf to satis ly his hungry soul is deem fel in and loses his liberam legem llov abet ter is he who swindles the state that pro pcts him out of all the accessions that wight be made to their aggregate accu mulations by his labour in the course of his life ? not a whit say we : and there ore he ought to rank according to his de merits public opinion ought to place in he hand of every member of society a hong of plaited scorpions to lash the ras cal naked round the land but this prevalence of idleness seems to sanctify it in the public estimation we scarcely ever hear a discourse from the sacred desk no matter what the text may be which is not garnished with an eloquent episode or two against the of fence of sabbath-breaking ; but who ev er preaches against tbe more bessetting sin of laziness throughout the other six days of the week when all are command ed to work do those who regard ttemselves as specially called to reprove foe transgression committed against the d'vinc law feel that a sabbath homily the carolina watchman bruner & james ) ll-l._.j s « l£efp a c;ieck uroy arf v(jrr editors se proprietors ) &*"*•** { new series ljo tills and llbf.rtv is safe \ gen'l harrison ( volume vi number 10 salisbury n c thursday july 12 1849 against laziness would be a reproof of ; their own conduct during the week ? or i do they fear that freedoms of this sort might be regarded as offensive in the ar istocratic nostrils of certain patrons and disciples on the drippings of whose kitch ens they are accustomed to calculate — : the good old john wesley thought it his duty to beard this vice as well as others j know ye not says he in one of his ser j 1 mons " that there is no grosser dishonesty j than sloth ? that every voluntary block j head is a knave he defrauds his ben , efactors his-parents and world ; and robs j both god and his own soul yet bow j many lazy drones as if only frugescon sumere nati ! born to eat up the produce j of the soul mental idleness more par | ticularly were the species on which this j great and good man was discoursing but his remarks are equally applicable to laziness of every kind — here endeth the first lesson * the rev mr rankin of davidson j county in one of the most able discourses that we have heard for years delivered in the presbyterian church here some weeks ago touched on this subject with all the power of the bible it was a discourse which bore the impress throughout of much care thought and research ; and j could not fail to produce conviction on the j important point engaging the attention of the " argus in this article stuck in the mud — a german who had been fishing in new york last sunday went to i.ai he he dived off the wharf and the bottom ofthe river being muddy he stuck fast when found his head was fast in tho mud and his heels sticking tip they afterwards brought him to the top of lhe water by means of hooks and lines this o»»ht to be a caution to youth against diving where there is a soft muddy bot torn — portsmouth herald the siamese twins have passed through bal limore on their way home again having con cluded to posipene their tour of the country and visit to europe until the cholera has passed a way home influence the social and moral character of its scholars is one of the elements of the school the formation of that character is to a very great degree in the hands of pa rents ; and it is a work which they are performing dai ly — hourly — unconscious of it though they may be — for good or evil the silent influence of their lives like the hand of the artist is adding line after line to the delicate engraving which is to be reproduced and mul tiplied until the material into which it is wrought is bro ken into fragments that influence may make the child a blessing or a curse to himself to the school and to the world surely then it is not to be trifled with nur slightly regarded the effects of home influence arc nevermore percep tible than in the school room so apparent is it there that it is the frequent remark of teachers that the de meanor of the child furnishes a criterion by which they can determine with a remarkable degree of accuracy the character of its parents the home where rude ness of demeanor harshness of language neglect of wholesome restraint are the distinguishing traits in the character of the parents seldom furnishes gentle cour teous orderly subjects in the school-room ; " men do not ' gather grapes of thorns nor figs of thistles the teacher looks in vain for respect from those who have never learned to respect their natural guardians or for obedience from those who have not been taught from i theii infancy that obedience is a virtue the lessons conned at the fireside are sure to be recited at school and the voices of home find there a fitful echo these considerations which cannot fail to receive the assent of every reflecting father and mother should operate as a sufficiently powerful inducement to the exercise of a proper parental influence for their own reputation if for no other object but there is something more — the welfaie of their children they are sent to school with 0 view to their mental and moral improvement they sin mid _" there with right views of the object and of i duty with the conviction stamped deep upon their j minds and their hearts that the violation ofthe laws of i the school disobedience of orders disrespectful conduct i toward their teacher unkind or uncourteous treatment of their schoolmates inattention to study falsehood vul garity profaneness truancy are morally wrong — that the commission of any one of these offences will subject i them to the rightful infliction of punishment by their j teacher to the displeasure of their parents and to the i rebukes of conscience which although slumbering for the time being will sooner or later awake and assert its right to be heard this is the home preparation for school which is loudly called for — which parents should be willing to make which it is their duty and their in terest to make — which they must make if they would derive that benefit from the school for themselves and their children which they profess or ought to desire • p a singular phenomenon lately occurred near ; strondwater in maine by which about 15 acres ofthe wood land sunk about 15 feet sliding in its descent into the bed of he river and changing its course the port land advertiser states that 1500 to 2000 people visited the sunken land on sunday last the owner of the pasture through which people had to pass to reach the spot assessed a tax of 12 cents on each vehicle that had to enter his premises and 700 vehicles it is said paid the tax and visited the premises during the day the farmers home 11v it n white oil ! if there be one spot on earth where cloudless bliss and joy have birth : where blighting sorrows seldom come and envy's bitter tongue is dumb — that spot of peace and quiet mirth is found beside the farmer's hearth thrice sacred spot ! where friendship's light in many a lovely eye is bright — where hearts and hands to kindness given prepare an untepast for heaven and consecrate an humble " cot " j v ith all that kin_s in vain have sought a week later from europe insurrection in paris — city of rome at tacked by the french troops — eight hundred romans killed — the markets spc c$-c st johns n b june 28 the steamer hibernia arrived at hali fax yesterday afternoon with dates to the 16th cholera in england and france — the cholera has again appeared in england and several cases have occurred in man chester and other parts of the country at paris the cholera is making most frightful havoc — even more so than in 1837 upwards of 11,000 deaths have already occurred and in one day there were about 900 cases and 600 deaths re ported marshal bugeaud and many oth er persons of eminence have fallen before the scourge it has broken out anew in silesia vi enna and presburg and is raging most fearfully at alexandria and cairo in e gypt england the navigation laws — repudiation by the british government of french inter vention in roman affairs — the bill for the abrogation of the navigation laws passed the house of lords without ma terial amendment on the 12th and has received the royal sanction the bill will go into effect in january the british government repudiates all cognizance or sanction ofthe proceedings of the french in their treatment of the romans smith o'brien through his counsel de nies the legality of the commutation of his sentence of death to transportation and the government have to provide for this unlooked for difficulty by special act of parliament the weather is represented as continu ing very favorable and the crops in near ly all parts of england and ireland are said to look unusually promising in the debate in parliament upon the canadian losses bill mr gladstone inter posed a most furious opposition to the measure and his remarks are said to have made a marked impression in the house he contended that the passage ofthe bill involved imperial as well as local consid erations and that its provisions were at variance with the honor and dignity of the crown after a warm discussion a division was taken upon the question that the debate should be postponed to the 15th inst france insurrection in paris — on wednesday an incipient insurrection was attempted in paris by about 25.000 of the mountain party headed by m ettienne arago jr and was suppressed by the troops whose number amounted to 70.000 several at tempts were made to erect barricades — in the evening the assembly declared it self en permanence and passed a decree declaring paris in a state of siege on thursday the alarm had considera bly subsided and business which was en tirely suspended the day previous was generally resumed at one time the peril was imminent and nothing but the courage and prudence of the president aided by firmness and sagacity prevented the most serious con sequences numerous arrests have taken place in cluding several members of the assembly m ledru rollin being among them the last accounts report a state of tran quility but there was an uneasy feeling afloat that a renewed attempt would be made to upset the government and that when it comes to the point the troops will not prove steady rheims reported in full insurrection — a government of reel republicans estab lished — the city of rheims is reported to be in full insurrection and to have estab lished a government of the red republi cans national guard of paris against the vote of the assembly — the demonstra tion of the assembly to support the cause of the pope and io put down the roman republic was seized upon in order to make a manifestation in favor ofthe ro man republic and at the same time a gainst the government and in the legis lative assembly notice was accordingly inscribed which was carried later from france — important — a ve ry alarming demonstration on the part of the red republicans took place on the 13th instant and for a time the revival of the terrible insurrection of june appeared probable the affair commenced in a demonstration got up by the red repub licans as a protest italy the city attacked by the french troops — 800 romans killed — rome still invinci ble — from rome we learn ihat the french army commenced the attack on the 30th ult and after a sanguinary engagement in which the romans lost 800 men suc ceeded in carrying several important posts a series of attacks have since taken place in which the victory is variously stated but in which the invading army has suffered most the french presses publish conflicting reports of the operations of the army but from accounts received to the 5th instant ! it is clear that gen oudinot had not gain i i ed access to the city though he had gain ; ed a position at the north of rome which | would enable him to command the city the latest despatch from gen oudinot ' j is to the 6th inst at which time he open t ■ ed his trenches and had regularly besieg ! ed the city there is no appearance of yielding on the part of the romans but on the con trary every thing goes to confirm the belief that they would make a most de termined resistance and fight to the last all the socialist or red republican 1 journals in paris except the national had been suppressed since the disturbance on i wednesday hungary kossuth proclaimed president of the i hungarian republic — general kossuth i has arrived in pesth and has been receiv | | ed in the capital as president of the hun i garian republic proclamation from the russian general ■ to the hungarians — the russian gener | al has issued a proclamation to the hun j j garians the pith of which is that if they ! i do not lay down their arms and submit to | their fate with a good grace they will he ■ made to feel the consequences of their i ■ presumption every effort is being made to rouse the i i people and the magyar government has i ordered the clergyman to preach against the russians baden revolution in baden the revolutionary struggle is in full play the prince of prussia has left berlin to take command ofthe army of the rhine j and in baden wurtemberg and bavaria j the democrats are preparing for a con ! flict commercial summary and markets liverpool saturday june 16th — ow ing to the stirring events on the continent to which the week has given birth busi j ness was somewhat restricted though not i i to the extent which would have been ap j i prehended i the markets for corn and breadstuffs | 1 maintain more than average firmness viewing the recent rise in cotton as un i tenable upon the whole the market wears i a healthy aspect the national securities have been firm i i throughout the week notwithstanding ; ! the attempted revival of insurrection and j | turbulence in france and the distracted j condition of central europe the funds j have maintained an upward tendency closing firmly last night consols 92 a j j flour slightly advanced yesterday best j ! wesfern canal bringing 22s a 23s per bbl liverpool cotton market june 16 — the x [ market is quiet but steady sales for the ] j week 40,690 bales fair uplands are \ j quoted at 4 5 8d a 4|d ; fair mobile 4f ; j j fair new orleans 4 7-8d imports for the ; week 15,180 bales stock in port 657 | 000 bales of which 488,000 are ameri ; j can taken on speculation during the [ week 13,800 ; for export 2500 j turpentine languid ; no sales reported rosin is in slow demand at 2s 6d to 3 7d per cwt rice is active at an improve ment ! ' ~~~ , ' according to lhe estimate of the hon t butler king when a railroael across lhe isth mus is completed with the aid of steamers of a speed of twelve miles an hour the voyage from new york will be completed in the foi • ; lowing time ; 1 to calcutta in 47 days canton in 36 " shanghae in 35 " valparaiso iu 17 " callao in 12 " gnyaquil in 9 " panama in 7 " san bias in 12 " mazatlan in 14 " san diego in 1g " san francisco in 18 " what a commercial revolution is here pre figured ! the isthmus railroad will cost it is said but a million of dollars to construct it from panama to the navigable waters of chagres river the whole length is 46 miles summit level 300 feet curvatures with no radius less than 1,500 feel no grade will exceed 50 feet to the mile while for much lhe greater dis tance say 36 miles out of 46 no grade will exceed 20 feet to the mile some ofthe grades on the boston and albany railroad are 83 feet speculations in california — the delta says — there are good many excellent sto ries in circulation brought over from cal ifornia by the passengers on the crescent city illustrative of the very peculiar state of affairs in california one of the best speculations however of which we have heard was that of a loafer who stole a hen and invited four returned miners to dine upon her at the reasonable rate of 5 each in preparing the hen for cook ing our loafer found in her craw two ounces of gold after partaking freely of the hen the loafer found the following to be the profits of the transaction : for four guests at 85 each s20 for two ounces gold found in hen's craw 32 total profits on hen 852 to printers rvtow on hand and for sale three kegs of ll printer ink m brown & son j salisbury april 26 1849 51 the granite village the following interesting remarks in rela tion to the town of quincy mass are from one of the editors of the new york express who has recently been sojourning in that thriv ing village : quincy is one of lhe most thriving of the new england towns it deals largely in two ofthe principal exports of massachusetts gran ite and shoes and would export the third in the article of ice if it had noi a harder and more profitable material to act upon in lhe quarries for which it is so famous these quarries are lhe gold mines of the regions where they are and one of lhe most valuable products of the soil they give a handsome livelihood to more than a thousand persons and labor prospers abundanily in their midst many more could find employment ihere if ihey would seek it and conform to lhe most rigid but none the less romfoi table requisitions of a village new england life " a day's work here means a day's work — wages are according lo labor and capacity — tho quarrymen earn in the commonest labor from 1,33 to 81,50 a day and lhe stone ham merers from si 50 to 82,50 a day the toil however nearly from sun lo sun and in sum mei as well as in winter excepting that they have iheir hour for the morning and noon meal mosl ofthese are americans and lhe majority of ihem from lhe rugged soil of new hamp shire the granite state new hampshire always sends greeting to lhe granite town of massachusetts and lhe whole country have ev , idence of lhe labor and skill of these literal hewers of stone and drawers of water for the ! ornament ofthe rities of the land one ofthe ' jobs contracted for here is a new sugar re j finery for the messrs stewart of our cily of gotham the new orleans custom-house which is tc be one of the mosl spacious and splendid buildings in that counlry is also to be of quincy granite : and two hundred men in this far-off town of lhe northeast are toiling like hercules to give a substantial and beau tiful edifice to the commercial metropolis ofthe southwest the pope and his temporal wants — a collection will be made to-morrow in lhe ro man catholic churches of this diocese for the alleged purpose of supplying lhe necessilies of the pope the announcement of this intention has drawn from the tribune and some oilier sources a charge that the real object in raising funds is to put down the revolutionary faction in rome to this bishop hughes has replied by letter denying lhe impeachment and plead ing for his holiness in his distress we need not interfere in the matter but cannot help wishing that ihegovernmenlsof austria spain and naples had sent the pope a consignment of food and raiment in place of armed troops and the malerialof war religion humanity the roman people and holy pontiff himself would all have been better served as for the french we wait to hear whether they blow up st pe ter's or make merry in the piazza del popolo — by the last accounts ihey were undermined p s — the ilibcrnia's arrival determines this latter point from the pacific tho editors of lhe baltimore american are indebted to henry lareinlree esq of the i . s navy who has just arrived from the pacific for late papers and the annexed items of news from that quarter mr barton our charge at santiago de chili having been unable to obtain from that gov ernment lhe amende held lo be his due in con sequence of the coiir-e taken in reference to his marriage to a lady of that country had closed the legation on the 27th april and was to demand his passports fortwilh the u s ship dale was expected at val paraiso with 81,500,000 of california gold — ; a portion of which was for the atlantic stales j the ship ann mckim which arrived at , valparaiso on the 15th of april in 45 days , from san francisco had 800,000 in gold we find nothing of special political interest ; in the papers the comercio of lina contains an account of lhe execution of col wincendon of bolivia who was shot at la paz on the 17th of april the crime was a political oftence for which he suffered lhe extreme penally of lhe law col wincendon vas we believe edu cated at st mary's college in baltimore dean swift's hatred okfoppery — dean swift was a great enemy to extravagance in dress and particularly to lhat destructive osten tation iu the middling classes which leads ihem to make an appearance above iheir condition in life of his mode of reproving folly in those persons for whom he had an esteem the follow ing instance has been recorded when george faulkner lhe printer returned from london where he had been soliciting subscriptions for his edition ofthe dean's works he went to pay his respects to him dressed in a laced waist coat a bag wig and oiher fopperies saifi re ceived him with il.e same ceremonies as il he had been a stranger " and pray sir said he what are your commands wiih me i thought it was my duly sir replied george to wait on you immediately on my arrival from london m pray sir who are you !" ,- geo faulkner the printer sir you george faulkner the printer why you are lhe most impudent barefaced scoundrel of an imposter i have ever met with george faulkner is a plain sober citizen and would never trick him self out in lace and other fopperies gel you gone you rascal or 1 will immedi aiely send you to the house of correction — a way went george as fast a he could and hav in changed his dress he relumed lo the dean ery where he was received witb the greatest cordiality mv f-iend george says the dean - i am glad to see you returned sale iron london why here has been an impudent fel low wilh mo just now dressed in a laced waist coat and he would fain pac bim f off foryoa bul i soon sent him away with a flea *: his ear tiie cry of proscription a good sound rap on the knuckles at a time when a gentle and encouraging pat upon the back was expected is as a gen eral thing intolerable to be deserted by one's friends in the hour of need and to see them joining the enemy instead of fighting under the banner their leader has raised must bring a sickening weakness to the heart and unnerve the purpose greatly the washington union every one will admit has labored zealously and has manufactured woe and wrong out of every political removal while shedding at the same time an abundance of tears over the objects of its sympathy such unusual an generous devotion of time la bor and ability should according to all common usage procure universal admira tion from the party it assumes to repre sent ; but ihere are always ungrateful spirits who cannot be touched and who in a mood of stubbornness most strange and unnatural refuse to consider that " the game is worth the candle of such is the cleaveland plain dealer which says : •• there arc crying times in washington about these days the union brings the most sickly accounts of whole departments assembling and joining in a general boo hoo at the fate which has overtaken them the old man ritchie is chief crier his heart is full as well as his pockets und it overflows like the inundation of the nile he knows no democracy but the pap suckers at washington and he thinks by publishing their tribulations the whole nation will be melted to tears this is downright ingratitude and quite sufficient to make the union fret for a month to come ; but not content wiih this blow the editor after a sharp thrust at the union's mourning for cave johnson goes on to administer the following modi cum of very sensible advice to all per sons concerned : now if father ritchie supposes tho people care one fig about such kind of troubles at washington he is greatly mis taken they do not spend their money time and exertions simply that a few cor morants can fatten on the spoils the great mass of the people care nothing a bout office all they want is a good go vernment and these accounts in the would be government organ ofthe groans of of fice holders in washington are sickening and disgusting somebody must hold the oliices and discharge the duties and un der a democratic administration we claim this should be done by democrats but when the people have in a constitu tional way declared for a change die game submit like men and not go out of office blubbering like a lout the character of the cleaveland plain dealer as a newspaper of the most radi cal locofoco stamp is too marked and decided to permit its political brethren to turn away the chalice it commends to their lips — phil n amcr electioneering — the following good hit at the practice of candidates lor oflice playing agreeable to the families of those they visit when on electioneering tours is from the yicksburg : a few ofthe candidates for district at torney met at the house of a planter in hinds county not long since crabb nurs ed three of the children and did the agree able to one of lhe grown girls and the old lady at the same time while hooker talk ed in an agonizingly affectionate manner to the sovereign ruck in the mean time was making himself useful by helping one of the small boys to get his dog over the fence duffield it is said twisted the cat's tail with a perseverance which would have done credit to the bad boy in the primer and pleased the baby so prodigiously lhat it came very near going off in a spasm of laughter when all the candidates rushed to iis rescue and made such hullabaloo with their kind exertions that a setting hen under the house was scared off her nest and has never returned from that tlav to this at latest accounts ten of the eggs were spoiled the old lady was as huffy as a wet hen and the sover eign had determined not to ca>t his vote for district attorney 1 case for the consideration of the fa unties — a colored woman by the i of ellody who belongs to an estate en trusted to the management of ii ugh nel son esq of petersburg va , voluntarily returned to richmond last week in a ves sel from boston the richmond times says : — " this woman was formerly employed in the family of mr thomas a rost ol this city in the capacity of maid and as such accompanied mr r hi j his family to the city of boston in september last during the sojourn of mr rust's family in that city several generous and philan thropic ' friends of liberty prevailed upon the woman to assert her right to liberty ; and consenting the case wasbroughl be fore the proper tribunals mr'jui-t was subjected to some vexation and klay and finally returned to this city vilh his fam ily leaving ellody to the tender mercies of her newly acquired friends she ex pressed contrition for her conduct and having seen the elephant lo her heart a content has returned to tins tity preft r ring to remain in servitude here rather than enjoy libertv in boston it is under stood however that ellody together with all the slaves left by her deceased owner has been or will be manumitted and sent ; out of the state