Western Carolinian

              the western carolinian published every saturday aslluj^ji sjulpl'jj asnd jllsj^-pji wo jja'iu-pl'im iplbcd^kbo'ffdlbqa vol 15 no 16 whole no 776 at two dollars a 1 lak salisbury north carolina april 18 ki or two dollnra and filly cent allcr in expiration of 3 mouth if l':ii«l in advance europe under these circumstances can it bel protended with ant show of reason that threaten ed wrong or that future security requires us to bring upon ourselves nn.l the other nation tin hor rors und miseries of war does not wisdom join with humanity in reprobating such a feci i .' . - . . . : l.etw whom a btronit friend in hud existed from thnt period duval hud recently r.-iui i from europe whore he h.id resided n nn nbor of years lie was charmed with tho family an son i liecume a constant visitor having lln enure confidence i in l.l friend niul companion till foriunlih in reference to intercourse was tuid aside and he was cut off by the severity of il.e season the black more g.-iieroos than many w ho are more ambitious of a reputation for benevolence ad mi tiod the sin vcring applicants and ut once resigned fbr their uccomi l.i 1 1 11 for the night ihe only two souls in ihe cellar ami cast a fresh handful of tan upon the ll-hes iii lhe lire phlcc uch vain amusements us dancing theatrical exhi bitions tvc .... win ii professors of religion us well as many clergymen then indulged their children this daughter ill brooked these wholesome res truinis,niul use i to make tbe requisite preparation for un utienilenee ui such assemblies without her mo thei s knowledge nml hy various pretences obtain tinned time for so doing atier her purents hud retired to rest which was unusally early she rose went secretly mit ofthe house uud partook of her favourite amusement hy some means she entered the house again without detection ; id by a great degree of deceptive management kept it wholly concealed from her purents hut did the blessing of the lord attend tins daughter 1 the lord left her logo on nnd choose her own ways und she ut length married a young phyaician handsome ta lented nn.l agreeable but of most depraved princi ples if u could iki known in whut purticiilurs l.e was st depraved it might be suid in those of ull others the most luce uting to lhe feelings of it wife ii would hardly be exaggeration to say that peace was u stranger in her dwelling she was a prey to the mosl harraasing suspicions every species i deception wns practised upon her by her alien 1.uicil companion until l.e seemed to scorn the thoughts of deceiving and threw off all restraint nnd such was the abject fear by which she wits held in bondage that the dread of offending bim seemed to outwiiy nil her considerations the lord wns thus pleased to chastise her with scorpions for nearly forty yen rs till nt len.__._li her husband was removed to his own place whet hor she was ever made a subject of divine grace is uot at this distant period remembered evil pursueth sinners but to the rifjht is good shall 1st repaid i'roverbs xiii 21 the eye lhal mocketh at his father nud despiseth to obey l.is mother the ravens of the valley shull pick it out un.l the youug eagles shall eat it proverbs xxx 17 " til , .. \ l:r hum ll\n i si n nothing in the whole compass of legislation is so solemn us a declaration of war ilv nothing do a | pi incur such tremendous responsibility — i nl iisth waged war involves a | plo u the guilt of murder the state which without the 01111111111,1 of justice and god sends out fieets and armies lu slaughter fellow creatures must answer for the blood it sheds us truly as the assassin for the dentil of bis victim oh how loudly docs lhe voice uf blood cr to heaven from the field of but tle undoubtedly the men whose names have comedown to us with the loudest shouts of ages i i now before the tribunal of eternal justice condemned as murderers j aud the victories which have boon thought t encircle a nation with glory hate fixed the same brand on multitudes in the sight of ihe filial anil almighty judge how es sential is it lo a nation's honor that it should en gage iu war with a full conviction of rectitude —.•»•„— from the ivew yuri knickerbocker \ scene in real life the fuels not otherwise than here set down wire ok mantua thero is a vast amount of suffering in the world that escapes general observation lu the in net and alleys ofour populous cities in the garrets and cel lars of dilapidated buildings there ure frequent cases of misery degradation uud enme of which those who live in comfortable houses nn.l pursue the ordinary duties of lilb have neither knowledge nor conception hy mere chance occasionally a solitary instance of the depravity and awful ileulh is exposed but the startling details which nre placed before the community are regarded as gross ex aggerations li is difficult for those who are unite quainled with human nature iu its darkest aspects to conceive the immeasurable depth to which crime mav sink a human being — ami the lask of attemp ting lo delineate a fuithlul picture of such depravity though it might interest the philosopher would be revolting to the general render there are how ever cases of folly and error which should be promulgated ns warnings and the incidents of the annexe i sketch are of this character mysterious ure the wa s of providence iu punishing the tragfe heartily welcomed nl nil hours nn.l under all cir | it was a scene of w rctelie.lness waul nn.l nnsff eiiinsiaiici's he formud one in all parties of plea ry calculated to sullen the hardest heart un.l t sure nnd in the absence of ins friend accompanied enlist tho feelings uml bj mpalhiee of the most sol ins lad on iui visits of amusement und pleasure i rish the regular tenants of the cellar were the — u privilege w hich he sedulously improved w hen ' colored man nml ins wife w im gained .. scant uud eter opportunity offered precarious subsistence ns they were able bv casu duvnl notwithstanding ihs personal attractions i ol employment to uu streets or in neighbouring nn.l l.ioli character as u " gentleman belonged to houses having in summer mail in provision for u class f in n which has existed more r less u j the inclemencies of winter they were then utterly all no.-s to i iso race humanity he professed lo be destitute they hud sold their articlee of clothing ii philosopher but was in reality a libertine he and furniture one by one to provide themselves lived for his own gratification it monopolized nil with bread until all were diaposrd ot hul two hro his thoughts and directed all his actions lie be ken chain a box thnt served tor u table and a longed to the school of voltaire un.l recognized bmall piece of carpeting winch answered the dou no feelings of lhe heart as pure no tie of duly or ble purpose of a bed anil covering into this de affect ion as sacred no considerations of buffering pertinent of poverty were the mother and daughter of heart-rending grief on ilu part of his victim — lately ejected from a place equally destitute of wore suilicient lo intimidate hia purpose or check he comforts of life — introduced the former his cureer of infamy schooled in hypocrisy ilis wus n woman of about fifty years lint the deep simulation waa his business and he regarded the furrows in her face and her debiliated frame bo whole world ns tl.e sphere of his operations — the tokened a more advanced aye her li.oe was wall whole human fa ily us legitimate subjects for his und pule nn.l her haggard countenance und uttered villainous depravity dress indicated a full measure of wretchedness — that such characters — so base so despicable so her daughter sat beside her und rested her head lost to all feelings of true honor — can force their on her mother's lap she was about twenty-live way int respectable society uud poison the minds years of age und might nee have been handsome of tl.e unsullied and virtuous muy well ih a mutter — but n life of debauchery had thus early robbed ot astonishment to ihose unacquuinted with the her cheeks of her roses and proetraled hor consti desperate artfulness of human hearts hut these tution the pallidness of disease was on her face monsters np|h'i.r not in their true character : thev — anguish wns in her heart assume tin garb nml deport nent of gentlemen of hours passed ..... in tl.e gloom f midnight philosophers of men of education and refinement the gn awoke from a disturbed i unrefreahing anil by their accomplishments tl.e suavity of then similiter she wns suffering from unite pain nnd manners tlieir sprightliness of conversation bewil in the almost total darkness which pervaded the der before thev poison ami fascinate before they lhe appartment raised her i uud to her mother's destroy fine mother suid she ill faltering accents if there be in the long catalogue of guile one are you here ." character more hatefully despicable thun another yes child : ure you better 1 it is lhe libertine time corrects the tongue of " no mother — i um sick — sick unto death ! — slander and the generosity of friends makes atone there is a canker nt my heart — my blood rows ment for tl.e depredations of l.e midnight robber cold — the torpor of mortality is stealing upon me '." sufferings und cub lilies mny be assuaged or mi in llie morning my dear we shall l.e boiler tigated l.v the sympathies of kindred hearts and provided for bless heaven there is still tone place the tear of affection is suilicient to wash out tin 1 which thanks to the benevolent will afford us bus remembrance of many of the sorrows to which tenance and shelter flesh is heir hut for the venom of lhe libertine " do not thank llenven mother you and 1 nre •_^ •■ i p i p 1 ■ i i - i i l^^^^^^_^_^_r 1 ul-m lhat plai e u pea . no i i i u hi ... h a t'll m'lt.k of somes some loves lln un llllll some tin in mill ami - tin deep deep sen :' some innl i their skies in oilier eyes ami - will stoics i : some twu-legg'd dunkcys mav i ecu westward nf temple iwr ' with high-l i'd i '-. ami low ciowu'.l hats liii-li'.l whiskers an i cigar seine love to range in search of change some slay at home nun tlio ; some love lo smile life's cares away while in or love to cry : some are won son ie sold some worship gold ; s e rise while others fall : main have hearts composed of stuno ami some uo heart at all ( ln clear un lolled pill-e — a heart that's warm an eve that smiles alike iii youth or age there would i pitch my tent of pence lit friendship wove together and iu this world bail i.s il is i'd wish 1 1 live forever lib could i tin 1 in life's lark book extracts from » sermon delivered m boston by the celebrated channing culled forth hy the prospects a iu ,, -, h is niaile up essentially of crime and inise rv and lo abolish it is one great purpose of chris tianity niul should be the earnest labor of philan thropy ; nor is this enterprise to be scoffed at ns hopeless the tendencies of civilizati ire deci dedly towards peace the influences of progres sive knowledge refini ml arts und national wealth are pacific the old motives for war nre losing power conquest which once maddened nations hardly enters now into the calculations ol stales nen the disastrous and disgraceful termi nation of lhe last career of conquest which the world bus known is rending a lession not soon to be forgotten it is now thoroughly understood thut ll devolopement of a nation's resources in peace is tlie only road to pospority ; that even suc cessful war makes | pie poor : crushing them with tuxes und crippling their progress in industry and useful mis we have another pacific influence ui the present moment in the increasing intelligence ofthe middle and poorer classes of society who in prop i tion as they learn their interests i rights nre unwilling to lie used us materials of war to sutler and bleed in serving the passions and glut j tow • _________________ greek story we inst evening attended the lecture of mr perdicaris upon the moral and intellectual condi tion of 1 1 recce when we heard from him a highly interesting story of his unlive country which ni nearly us we can reccollect was in substance as follows : iii some pnrts of greece there are tribes of 1 1 reeks who soon tiller the capture of constantino ple by the turks fled to the mountains for tl.e purpose of scaping the tyranny of their invaders and whose l.-cendaiits have ever since remained there ns u distinct nice one of these tribes pos sessing a considerable town well fortified upon a high rock not assailable by storm having become un object of peculiar jealousy to tl.e pacha within whose jurisdiction il was situated l.e resolved to attempt to destroy them by stratagem he accord ingly sent a complimentary invitation to the com mn ler of the tribe to furnish a body of troops to mnreb with him against some common enemy — the re.pust wns complied with but no sooner were these men lo the number of ihrpe hundred nnd upwards within the power of the turkish ar my thun ihey were inhumanly butchered alter which the pacha moved towards the bock in hopes of finding the town unprotected in this expecta tion however he was disappointed on reaching its base he found thai the remaining men and all the women were armed for its defence and thut it was impregnable even by his superior numbers the actual commander of the plnce desirous of retaliating upon the pacha fi.r his barbarous con duct resorted also to stratagem he communica ted a secret ofler to tlie pacha to betray the town into his hands — ihe pacha having some doubts of l.is good faith asked him fur a pledge the other placed in l.is hands us n hostage his son a young hid who was immediately sent off to the pub.ee of the pacha on the following day ihe gules were to be opened and he troops of the pacha to inarch in in doing which it was necessary tu pass by four forts in the mean lime these forts were manned with the disposable force male and female of the town with positive mil is not to fire until the turkish troops bud entirely passed the first or out ermost fort no sooner was this efl.-ct.-d than ■ tremendous nnd destructive fire was commenced upon the invaders and continued until the wind body wus destroyed amounting as we understood to four thousand men r^p i ws-ious of i.i.'ii — kii.l indisputable is the trtilli ' tli.uttsiumnitioiitiomllisvnct in re thut heath is the wages of sin j potation nre forever excluded from the paleofvir twenty years ago no family in the fashionable tuoua society no sacrifice can at for theii circles of philadelphia was more distinguished than [ degradntion fi.r the unrelenting and inexorable fin tti.it of mr i : no lady was more admired ger of scorn obstructs their progress at every step uml esteemed thun his lovely uml accomplished j the visitation of death appalling as is his approach wife thev had married in early life with the i to the unprepared were a mercy compared with sunction of relations and friends and under a eon the extent and permanency of lhis evil tut ion that each was obtaining a treasure above all duval's insidious arts were not unobserved by his price they loved devotedly and with enthusiasm : i intended victim she noticed the gradual develope an.i tlieir bridal day was a day of pine ami unailiil ment of his pernicious principles nn.l shrunk with terated happiness to themselves and of pleasure to horror from their contaminating influence she those who were present to ofler their congratula did nol hesitate to communicate hei observations lions ou lhe joyous event tl.e happy pair were to lu-r husband — but he blinded by prejudice in the delight of a lurge circle of acquaintances in j favor of his friend laughed nt her scruples with her own parlor or in the drawing-rooms of her out a word of caution therefore his intercourse friends the lady was ever the admiration ol those . was continued — and such was the weight of ins who crowded around her lo listen to tho rich | ascendant power — such the perfection of his deep melody of hor voice or to enjoy the hashes of wit laid scheme uud such his facility iu glossing over niul intelligence which characterized her coiner whut he termed pardonable bul which in reality sutinn were grossly licentious indiscretions of language without the egotism and vanity which sometimes nn.l conduct — that even the lady herself was in distinguished those to whom society pays adulation duced in time to believe that she had treated lino and to prudent and careful in her conduct to ex unjustly the gradual progress of licentiousness cite any feelings of jealousy in the breast of her is almost imperceptible and before she was aware confiding husband airs l s deportment was of her error she hud drunk deeply of the intoxi in ail respects becoming a woman of mind taste eating draught and had well nigh become a con mid polished education her chosen companion vert to duval's system of philosophy fen who noticed her career with no feelings of distrust but approach this fearful precipice ure able to retrace wnh pride and satisfaction he wus happy in the their steps the set es nre bewildered — reason enjoyment of her undivided love und affection nnd loses its sway — und a whirlpool of maddening emo happy in witnessing the evidences of esteem which j ti.uis takes possession of the heart and hurries the her worth and accomplishments elicited pence i infatuated victim to irretrievable death before uml prosperity smiled on his domestic circle and i her suspicions were awakened ihe purity of her his offspring grew up in loveliness to add new plea family circle was destroyed duval enrolled .... sures lo his career l.is list of conquests u new inline — the wife of his tho youngest of his children was n daughter bosom friend ! named letitiu after hor mother whom in many an immediate divorce was the consequence respects she pr ised to resemble she had the the misguided woman who hnd hut late been the same laughing blue eyes the sumo innocent und orni nt of society nnd tl.e pri.l of her family pure expression of countenance and the same waa east out upon the world unprotected and with oeneral outline of feature at an early age her out the smallest resource the heart of the bus sprightliness acute observation and aptitude in ac band was broken by the calamity which r lered quiring information furnished sure evidence of this step necessary and he retired wilh kucbm mn i \ i - w ... to ron to the obscurity ■ imnonb^^^^^^^^^w in a lo '' x^^^^^^mu upon uioili.-i.^b la-l wa i.s-uiiieil with 1 loo op li-^-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^m j.urnc.l^h our liearl not now cull linn to oui aid wretches wretches thut we nre !" be composed daughter — you need rest " mother there is it weight of woo upon my breast that sinks me to the earth my in iof career of folly is almost at an end i have erred — oh tiod fatally erred — nnd the consciousness of my wickedness now overwhelms me i will nol re proach you mother for laying the snare by which i fell — li.r enticing me from the house of virtue — the home of my heart-broken father — to the house ol infamy uud death but oh i implore you repent : be warned nnd let penitence be the business of your days the hardened hear of the moi her melted at this touching appeal and she answered with u half-stifled sigh " promise me then er i die thai you will aban don your ways of iniquity uud en.leuvor to muke peace with heaven " i do — i do ! but alas ! my child whut hope is there for nie '!" " ijiki is merciful to ull who " the inst word wns inaudible a lew respirations at long intervals were heard and the penitent girl sunk into the quiet slumber of death still did the mother remain in her sent with u heurt burrowed by the smitings of an awakened conscience until the glare of daylight was visible through tho cre vices of the door und the noise of the foot passen gers und the rumbling of vehicles in tl.e street hu.l aroused tl.e occupants of the cellar she continued motionless pressing to her bosom the lifeless form of her injured child when addressed by lhe co lored woman she answered with an idiot stare — sensibility hnd lied — lhe energies of her mind hnd relaxed and reason deserted its throne tl.e aw ful incidents of that night had pros rated her intel lect and she was conveyed from the gloomy place — a .« tniac ! the coroner was summoned and un inquest held over tl.e ixidy of the daughter in ihe books of that humane nnd estimable officer the name of the deceased is recorded — " lktitia l confide in vour mother a writer in the hartford secretary repeats this counsel ami illusi rates its importance l.y the follow # * the idea of honor is associated with war — but to whom does the honor belong if to any certainly not to the mass of the people but lo those who are particularly engaged in it the muss i ii people who sia ut home uud hire others to fight who sleep iu their warm beds and hire others to sleep on the cold ini'l iliiuip earth who sit at th-'ir well spread hoard and hire others to take the clianee of starving win nurse the slightest hurt in their own bodies and hire others lo expose themselves lo mortal wounds anil lo linger iii comfortless hospi tals ; certainly this mass reap little honor from war the honor belongs to thus immediately engaged in it lot me ask then what is the chief business of war it is to destroy human life to mangle the limbs to gash and hew the body to plunge the sword into the heart of a fellow creature to strew the earth with bleeding frn s nnd to trample the nder li.ot with horses hoofs it is to batter down und burn cities to level the cottage of the peasant und the magnificienl abode of opulence to scourge nations with famine to multiply widows un.l orphans are these lioiioru hie deeds were you culled to name exploits worthy of demons would you not mil u rls bffeel uc'i as these i irani lhat a necessity f ihem may exist ; it is a dread f.,.1 necessity biich as good men must rec.il from with instinctive horror nnd though it may exempt them from guilt it cannot turn ihem into lory — we have thought that it was honorable to heal to save i itigiite pain to snatch the sick from the jaws of death we have placed among the revered benefactors of the human race the disco verers of nets which alleviate human sufferings which prolong comfort adorn and cheer human life and if these arts lie honorable where is tin glory of multiplying ami aggriivalimitonim m before the result however was known to the pacha who was not with lhe army his son a boy of the age of the young greek hostage took ihe liberty of telling his guest that as soon ns infor mation arrive ofthe capture of bis native town he was to lie roasted alive " do not he too wire of that said the young greek as soon as news ar rives of the defeat of your father you shall lie skinned nlive the greek commander after tho successful issue to his strut.ig.-in wrote a letter to the puchn containing the following words i knew that you were a treacherous man bul i did not know thnt you were n fool you thought that bo cause i gave you my son i could ik base enough lo betray my country vou may do what vou n leas with him hut i choose that my people shall be free the design of tl.e story was to provo hint the blood of tl.e ancient greeks still nms in the veins of these trils-s although their separation from ihe civilized world has occasioned iho loss amongst them nf almost everv vestige of their no ble descent philadelphia cn-.elte at a late hour on on of those bitter cold even in^s experienced in the curly pari of january ol lhe present year two females a mother and daugh ter both wretchedly clad stood sintering at the trance of a cellar ill the lower purl of the city occupied by two persons of color the daughter appeared to is laboring under severe indisposition and leaned for support on the nrm of her mother who knocking ut the door craved shelter and warmth for the night the door was half opened in answer to the summons but the black who ap peared <». the stairs declared that it wus out of ilis power to comply with the ropiest as he hnd nei ther tire — except that which was furnished hy a ! handful of tun — nor covering for himself nn.l wife the mother however too inch inuieil to suffering to lie eusilv rebuked declared that herself iiiiii daughter were likely to perish from cold and that even permission to rest on the ll'm.r of the cellar where they would iw protected iii som degree from the " nipping and eager air would is a cha rity for which ihey would ver is grateful she all.-ilg.-d as an excuse lor the claim to shelter thut she iiinl been ejected a few minutes is fore from a small room which with her daughter she had s cupied in a neighbouring alley and for which she luul stipulated to pay fifty cents per week because isi bud found herself unable to moot the demand resource for obtaining mone hating been to secure < pensulion lor the last is very sel.l a suilicient object lor war the true end jjs security for the future an injury inflicted by nation uii another mny manifest a lawless hos tile spirit from which if unresisted future and increasing outrages are to be feared which would cinliolilen other communities in wrong doing aud ngniiist which neither properly nor life nor liber tv would is secure to protect it stat from this spirit of violence nnd unprincipled aggression is the duty of rulers uml protection muy is found only in wur here is the legitimate occasion und the true end of an appeal to arms let me ask you to apply this role of wisdom to a case the bearings of which will is easily seen suppose then un injury to hnve been inflicted on us by a foreign nation u quart of a century ago aippose it to have been inflicted on us by a government which bus fallen through its lawlessness nud which can never be restored — suppose this injury to hnvn been followed luring this long period by not n hostile act and not oi.e si of b hostile spirit — suppose a disposition to repair it lo is expressed bt the head of il.e new government of the injurious nation and suppose farther that our long endu rance has imi exposed us to a siiinlo insult from anv other powoi i since the general inciliculioii of i • * * « * * * il ii-iliiiityr^^^^^^^^______^^^^^^^^^h willi the virtuous mother whose mind is un shackled by the absurdities of extreme fashionable life there are uo duties so weighty , and at the sniue tune so pleasing as those connected with lhe edu cation of an only daughter the weight of respon sibility involves not only the formation of an amia ble disposition anil correct principles but ill n grent measure tho degree of happiness which the child mav subsequently enjoy errors of education are lhe fruitful source of misery and to guard against these is a task which requires judgment ami un remitting dilligenea but for this lul>or docs not the mother receive a rich reward '■ who mny tell ihe gladness of her heart when tho infant cherub first articulates her name ' who can describe ibe delightful emotions elicited b the early develope ment of her genius — tl.e expansion of in intellect when il first receives and treasures with eagerness the seeds of knowledge ' these are joys known only to mothers anil th'-y are joys which fill the soul with rapture letitis was eight years old when a person of genteel address ami fashionable appearance named duval s introduced to her mother by her father with whom he hnd been intimate when u youth in.l ing narative to the youthful female we would say thnt no individual of either sex can love you with an affec i tion so disinterested as your mother confide io i her nn.l v ure safe deceive her un.l your f.-et w.ll slide in due time how many thought less young daughters receive addresses against lhe wishes of pious parents receive them clandes tinely give their ha i in marriage and thus dig tin orate of all their own earthly happiness he who would persuade you to deceive your purents proves himself in thai very deed unworthy of nil vour confidence if you wed him you will speed lit realize what you have lost you will find thnl ton have exchanged a sympathizing friend an ahfe judicious counsellor a kind and devoted nurse r i selfish unfeeling coiiipi.nl u ever seeking ilis own accommodation and his own pleasures neglecting vou in health ami deserting you when sick wl has not read il.e rewanl of dec iving parents in lhe pal an melancholy features of the uiilihal daughter ■ the writer once knew n female th.-n advanced in life who had pious parents her father wns i clergyman and one who intended lo follow lha lord i fully and forbade in sous ami h.s laughters all a most laughable circumstance occurred in the senate chamber of the united btatea during ihe bile session while balloting for printer dr linn of missouri ii the hurry nf l-.o moment 1 p sited n check for moo which he had just received in stead of l.is is mot tbe catholics now hnve in the united states as appears bv a recent statistical statement nf their own 2 churches — ml priests — 20 collages and seminaries cr mules — 60 seminaries for fe male — uud 17 foments