fctliira ' m m 1 <&&? 4r ; t**\j 1 4_b ____ 4 ____. i <__» ___ *_, pcdtiteh ta politics llcms jj.t.til.n.r internal jntproocmrnts tamrrrf tlje anil sciences jfltoralitn anil tlje autilii circle vol xil new series salisbury n c november 27 1855 number xxvii j j iiium-ii i'dltor nnd proprietor r watchman mu roitob : as you havo copied inlo the watchman of the oth inst an article from lbe national intelligencer on ihe action of the sy nod of the reformed hutch church in relation to the application of tlie north carolina ( la-is of the gergan reformed church to form a con nection with said synod ofthe dutch reformed church ; and as many of the readers of the watchman arc members of the german re formed church and of course interested in this movement it would be well (,. give still further information in relation to it the intelligencer has correctly stated thai the churches under tho care of the north carolina classis profess the same faith ns the reformed church ; both these churches having the siiiii 1 ' , e standard tbe heidelberg catechism there is however a national distinction between these two churches which anglo-americans often mis apprehend by confounding the word german and dutch these are two languages as diverse from each other ns the english and dutch though like the english belong to the teutonic stock at present these branches of the chris lian church are under two different organiza tions in america although they were at lirst un der tho same organization in this country : ns the synod of the german reformed church and the synod of the dutch reformed lunch were both formed under the nuspiocs of tha si nod of north holland and continued in connec tion with it till the year 1791 when on account ofthe inconvenience of sending delegates to eu rope the connection was amicably dissolved and each synod managed iis own affaire the north carolina classis stood in connection with the synod ofthe german reformed church of north america until recently on account of the favor shown by the synod to innovations of dr no yin it withdrew from synod : and inning had assurances from many of the prominent litem bcrs of the dutch reformed synod of a welcumo reception in their midst nnd not being desirous of remaining in an isolated and independent con dition to make application to form a connection with said synod for the mutual advantage of the classis and the synod in the way of church ex tension among the germans of the south and south-west the classis accordingly appointed a commissioner with an alternate to attend the meeting of the dutch synod which met in june in tho city of new brunswick at which time rev t llutler the alternate attended and pre sented lhe application of the classis before the synod a few fiery abolitionists immediately opposed the proposed connection on account of the connection of this classis with shivery this was nothing more than what was expected and what the classis was prepared for but during the discussion which ensued a number of the prom inent members of the synod opposed the mea sure on the ground of expediency maintaining that it would introduce an exciting element among them the commissioner seeing the ap plication was producing undue excitement among them generously withdrew it with the remark that if even the slaves of the soulh were to be benefitted it must tic by the church and by tlie church south this remark had its appropriate effect nnd many of the members of synod seeing that the withdrawal at the time was like ly to commit them on the subject of slavery and present them in an unfavorable light before this union solicited the commisssioricr to leave the application for further action nt the full session of synod which recently met in new york — this however he would not do until requested by a unanimous resolution of synod at the fall session the application again came up and a protracted and exciting discussion followed much in substance as quote 1 from the national intelligencer and was disposed of in the summa ry manner there stated it is but just to state that this action does not form a proper test of the strength of abolitionism in the dutch church as it was sustained mainly by expediency men among whom was dr liethune who was him self a host in the synod and ns the synod was n delegated body it is likely that it was ac cidentally constituted of such men as were most adverse to the reception of tho classis as the dutch reformed church is confined lo the free states and has no connection with slavery it was feared that its extension into a slave slate would bring about the agitation on the question of slavery so much to be deprecated iu some other churches still however the synod il seems has acted inconsistently and unkindly to the cla«sis of north carolina after the assurances given of a favorable reception and the request ofthe synod to continue the application and it will be difficult after all to separate tlieir mea sure of expediency from the anti-slavery move ment at the north at least whether justly or unjustly tho abolitionists will consider it ns a triumph in their favor it will be still more diffi cult to reconcile tbe action of lhe synod with the command of our savior to go and preach tlie gospel to every creature nud to he iu subordi nation to the - owcrs that be and are ordained of god for although it is stated that there were other objections to the admission of lhe classis la-sides tho question of slavery it does nut appear that they had much weight iu determin ing the action of the synod a mumnkii ok tbi n ('. classis for ihe watchman catawba college the examination was held in this institution on wednesday and thursday lhe 14lh and 16th inst the students acquitted themselves in such a manner ns ... giie entire satisfaction to the large und interested audience pi ill on tho occasion and evi n so n to obtain lh high commendation of tlioito who mat competent judges the atiiilcntm particularly excelled ill il exercises of ilia exhibition tli exereilos together with the music performed i.v tlis lin coln l.i.ii,l gave iiiii li intercut to tl occasion i'lic nnl ml address to tlie j'l.iinninlhcaii noil athenian societies waa delivered l.y tlin rev mr iiavis of i.i i-i int ui on ih im por unco of il stii.lv ui iho limh-li language the nexl session will commence on the jl.l monday in january the fi i.-n.u fin.l patrons of the col lege will lip gratified to i urn tlmt ll apparatus wliich line been n desideratum in iho stu.lv ut son ic branches of science will lw furnished hy tin comiuwieemont of the session cfoi'siii correspondence atlanta 1a nov 19 1 ■?...-,. editor watchman .- the i„-ist week i us been one of both interest and excitem nt t tho lovers f lhe tilrf the m ii iu i con mon over lhe sviii't course iu thi ; ity commenced inst tu lav among iho n.i.ny entries lor lhe sporting clwraotorb lo l,,..-k llt.'ir judgment on we bud the nm if brawn hit of now orlenns nolorioty frank grain liie'iiie'tue rough ami heady kansas nud last l.ui not l.-nsi thnt of mm ii blue skin the races opened on tuesday with two mile heats u-st two in llir between lirmen lit and mary him skin the latter having but few i.i ii is iu the course hut ere tho race was half through she if she could linvo spoken might havo said save mo from my friends the pin-so offered by tho club was 5-5..0 llm 111 /,,' skin winning tlie weather was so unfavorable ihal the races were postponed lil sat utility when alary blue skin llruirii dick invincible nud frank tie win competed for the purse of *_..... in n single dash of three miles mary blue skin again winning lime 0.10.v to-day tlie purse is 1300 n„d « molly will have to puliharder than usual us 1 understand litile matter will appear against her mary has hundred . of friends and should sho bu beaten thousands of dollars will change hands i now cllsllgt the sul.joi-t to inform you of the binning of two blocks of buildings in the city of marietta on yesterday morning i'l lire originated in a kitchen attached to the ma rietta hotel immediately consuming tiie wholo block iiii,l i.s llio iin i was high enaily com municated to llio adjoining block and in two short hours two whole blocks of die beautiful city wera in ono lump of nuns jusl one year from the 24th of this month the bno brick block of the samo city faring nn one side of tlie public sqttnre and on the oilier the v & a r i was consumed tin loss of yester day's fire however is much grealoi than that of tbo previous one the citizoni and public gen erally feel a heavy loss in the burning of lhe | hotel kept by mr w a m lanier of greens boro n ('. inm.i.i.i disposition ok the 8,000,000 due mexico \\ asiiixoton november 18 the report of the boundary survey ims been duly signed by the commissioners of mexico and the united states and was placed hy m.-.j emory in the state department on yesterday it is probable therefore lhat the cabinet will take immediate action in regard tu the disposi tion of the _ 1,000,000 balance due mexico for tlie mesilla valley u is believed hero unit the attorney general will report in favor of puing tluil balance to the holders of santa anna . >'<* r '»' , robbery a robbery was committed in a stow on king street yesterday morning peter rippel the robber was sleeping in ilia same bed with mr nelt.noyer over the store of thu latter rippel retired last and nouinever c ing in about 1*2 o'clock found him iu i.is bed ile lay down i and soon fell asleep and on linking next morn ling he found i.is bed-feliow missing and a_o j his pantaloons and vest in the pockets of which were some seventy dollars iu cash i it appears that the thief passed into an ad joining room and took a gold watch which mi lying on the l.ible securing the key of the room below ho entered the store anil helped himself to sundry valuable articles and then decamped leaving a note it the yard addressed to mr neinneyer informing him of tlie articles u hich he had taken and also stating thai he hud left for savannah where if he wished he could li.„l both i iin and lhe stolen articles if he j would take tho tr.mblu 10 visit him at tha place — churltlton mercury the famous george law muskets we learn from good authority that the rus sian gover ni l,as purchased ihe above fire arms—100,000 old united slates muskets we believe — and the same are now in process f alteration into semi-minie rifles at colt's estab lishment hartford connecticut it is a singu j lar fact that the chief belligerent parties iu the present european war have cum t the city of hartford connecticut to obtain their best arms m.ss.s robbins a lawrence aro turning out over 1,000 rifles per month for tho sharp's ride company of that place on an english contract besides a large quantity f olher anus exten sive additions have 1.,-cn made to their works bi ll recti of new buildings and if the war continues further extensions will be made scientific american an absconded debtor we have r in.l from arte of our european correspondents an account of an affair on tlie part of a gentleman connected with llio ameri can legation iu one f ihe principal european capitals wliich is likely to reflect great discredit on this country it is slated that lie has i.e for a long lime living very extravagantly ftlf beyond his official salary dr his private means - anil that finding himself unable to mee his engagements he lias i ft the country and l.-fi als debts unpaid lo llio amounl of eight or ten thousand dollars v )'. timet poktical the dead " o ii.yi.,1 1 o 1,1 morn i n,.|lo r i„w ir („ rrrl ll„r ch n.iui.t in vi num tu mart t.isbo , i'll 1,11,1 i hie in„.|i-|,,i,.,l dead ! , who doll t yearn t k.„,\v th secret of thoi'r dwelling place and i what land they rt \ wlnil llc.irt lint i.lkl with secret tnne fur sonic sure knowledge of it o_-,i i i we ealinol blot tl.cn ut l-'ru e....,ry'h wiilt pup ; we cannot count them sjraugsrs but » as birds in prison cage u wo beat ngdlml ll iron tot thai keep us from ihoee meads sbr | obllrlnn mn nnl hang ! , . it rl r bell ■•..„,•. j like i shilling wave : ll tend ii;.,iioii'h nnlng wall breaks from us like the nnttmin gal orle/t „„. win il i k ; ' and i iv.il frequent lear we quest iileir bidden lol and list wiil throbbing car j pur some low sristver that may roll tbrongb tbe hoiked leniple oftlu.snnl we i them love ih.i.i yet , llul is onr l„ve returned i is memory's hearth now cold nnd dark where ..,„•. rin heaii-fir burned ' nor doll laborers now gone home l.o,,k for ibe weary ones to come ' we wrong ri l,v ilie thought ' affections ennnot die | man is still .,,..., wh.r.'.r be _;.,,■., and h h.,w strong ll tie which links s as with feiinrs f.si t'alo lhe future and lie pas death would i datk i if will lies rial shroud we threw olt all ll sympathies i that il our being crowd and entered on lbe spirit-lund a itrangtr und a stranger-bond far pleasonler ta think , thol each familiar fuce note gases > as of old prom us myslcrions place will iov thai ... iili.t death nor change lli.ih i»,wer to sever or oslrang . . m 1 who will dar tn my this is an idle r,,i wl ihal hail given one captive dove to soar by iis,,w stream rat fancies thai in breathings low float ortuuid ihem u heresoe'er they gn t mollor ! conldst tl endure t ihink thyself forgot hy her who was thy life ihy ir the unl f ihy loll wouldst ii t i«e m doubt and f.ar if all ihy bright hop perished her ' and brother sister child i ye all have loved lhe hei i or .„„,>. n dearly-cheris lone n„w lak.n from your sight mind cat i/e deem tbat when ve meet llr i i win not hold communion sweet 1 alns if it bo so tim in ihe burial-urn the soul must garner up lhe love thai onee di.1 iu it burn deiier lo know ,„.! ofthe worth of true aftection on this earth better to live alone unblesaing and noblest than thus lo , i id mingle thought then from the immortal breast hull out the memory of lhe pail lake duy beams from a forest vast ob no il cannot be ye ! the long-lost of years ! mid all ih ohanges of this life lis thousand joys und fears we love lo ihink thai round ye move making an atmosphere of tore ye are not ilend l u ; bi i as bright stars unseen we hold lhat ye are ever near , though death intrudes between like home thin cloud ihal veils from sight tbe counlleii spangles ofthe night y.a.r influence is still foil the dewy mora brings thoughts of you ; ye give the twilight power aud when the si.m.nth sunshine rests ou your white tun.be ye till our breusls no apathy has struck its ice-bull through our lo ails ; yintr are among uur household names your in ry ne'er departs ; and far far sweetest are the flowers ye planted in ur favorite bowers friends i would crave like iss.n when laid within death's valllls ; ' peak of me often though it be only (.. tell my faults : for better tbht some hearts be taught im ,, of my follies than of nought th ves rem •!„ i„r me in gentleness and love i i..-i nol the has be early filled that tracks my last remove ; . llul r me si ii that little spot li friends i dearttt fritni i forget me not /.<„,/; mi the bright side dr johnson used ' 1 i.i say ihal a habit of looking at lhe best side i.i . every event '.. i iter than a thousand | ml a year bishop llall quaintly remarks for eve ry had there igl.t l.e a wo.se and when a man ; i breaks his log hi him be thankful that it is not i hi neck when fonelon's library wason liie i god i praised he exclaimed ilia it i not lhe dwelling of some | r man this is ibo-li truoapirilof submission — on of the most beau tiful traits hat en possess the human heart ji resolve to see ihi world on il sunny side and m.i have almost lull won the battle of iii nt thu outiet fr ilie n.c standard a w..nlii-:i:i-'i'i snaki story we copy the follow ing curious wonderful per plexing nud perspicuous snake story from the rockingham n c democrat we i,iir i . agree with the editor of the democrat iu i.is reflections on the subject with him wo can readily belle v o tho boy sees a snake and es pecially when nl out the still-hotis ; but how those tracks were made why il spoke to him ns tho first serpent lid lo mother bvo and why it is that no gun when poinied at il will ex plore a indeed mysteries to us unfathomable wc may add that " snaix are occasionally seen iu these parts and thai they have their mark loo like the rockingham snake but w bother natural snakes or only make-believe snakes or artificial snakes is more iban wo can ex l ." we h.lieve llowev.-r t ll t tlloj a plo due by a species ol ttitl-worm we distincl ly remember seeing a mi not long since lo whom it was gii • ni behold a monstrous snake will i'olll ev,s llitll goggles ol oil ll cle 111 d faun 1 for the air was hot by thirty-six bat wings at a time attached to only four bats lust think of that tlio same man saw a cat mew the inference wo drew from all this — with a charcoal was that the man " won . 1 i.r in his hat and wa in the habit of " smiling privately and of observing things per coiis qiience llms publicly alfred il seem was tied and no doubt with a rope l,ut our man was tied wiih a habit and he saw best and most al ways when ihll.s lied 111,1 wc lire . letlli nil 1.111 readers from the tory mr stone peaks with much earnestness nnd ho doubt eels what he says w ask none of ... r renders to form an opinion on lhe iibjc i yet wo bespeak for the story iheir most distinguished consideration a snake st ry we publish the following letter from mr si , containing a snake story the affair seems to bo nil talk our in tlint region one of the najghbors has sine called in and sub siaulint d the facta iu llio letter mr.s is a re liable man und his son " don't toll lies tbe i ii r is much alarmed his health wo learn i giving aivay under the effects of the singular occular delusion tbe tracks of il ke con stitute an exception to th genera run f men tal hallucinations we can readily believe the boy •-.-.,..« miitki ;" hut that it makes a track is rather hard to swallow wero it not attested l.y men of veracity a curious snake metirt editori : we liaye a very mysterious snake which visits my snll house ami al „ other places about my firm the snak is in visible lo nil persons wljp hnvo been to sec ii it ha never been discovered hy no person ex cept 111 v sol alfred and whole r he goes by hi elf the snake iip|>'iii's the nake firsl ap peared to mv s in the slill house and he ran up to my dwelling house in great excitement and told me he saw livery large rattlesnake lying iu the lire in lh si if house and i made ail the baste i possibly could to he still housc.and when | got there i found iiothhg of the snake at all and i made considerable search for the snake for 1 was afraid to slay in tbe st i i!,,us of pights supposing ihat a rattle snake lived iu or aboul the siill house so i nbandoned ihu idea of stilling of nights and slill altogether in daytime and alfred being my principal stiller i sends him off to still again the nest day and he saw the snake again and i exerted nil the power i could in order to get lo the still house before the snake could get away and it had nb uid...i again and my sou told me where he saw it last and i then made all the s.-aicli i could and i found nothing of the snake but i slill thought it wns a natural snake ; and the excitement brought out a great manv of my neighbors in order to try to see and to try to kill the snake but none of them after all their searches could find it ; audit kept on appear ing to my son every time he went to the still in use aud some of my neighbors came with llieir guns in order to watch for the snake in order that they might shout it but none of them could ever discover it and some of thein left their guns in the hands of my son fur him to shoot it and l.e invariably tried to shoot it but could nol and with guns too hat never n,i-s tiring but lie could get none of tlie i;iiii to go of some of tbem would fall half-bent and not one particle of fire could lie seen even when he would pull tho cock down and after my neigh bors h.-.d l.een to my house from time t tjmeto see tbe snake and none of them could ever see it they began to conclude that it was all a lie on the part of my s md george w lester and others nud concluded to shoot at the spot wl my son told ihem it was and mr lester wont ou to the place and my sun seeing the snake all the while nnd telling l.im mr les ter that the snake was under his feet and that it would bite him and mr lester standing all the while with bis gun in his band and looking all the while will all the eyes he bad and could seo nothing of tlie snake at all which scaled him prodigiously then mr lester i ft his gun for alfred lo siu.ot tho snake himsell so my -,,,, some time lifter went down to the still house and sure enough he found the snake again and the gun of mr lester in his my sou's hand well loaded primed and 1 believe there is not a better gun in the slate for it is said ihis gun never missed firing when tried hut my son took good aim at the snake and the cock fell half-bunt — lio tried again and not a particle of lire was seen he tried four limes and the gun would not explore ; be was told to turn the muz zle ofthe gun in a different directi which he di.l und it fired as clear as any gun you ever beard but still the neighbors said if it was a snake it would make a track uul 1 myself wns bound lo believe w hat my son said for 1 never knew my sou to tell u lie under no circumstan ces whatever and it so happened ihal l i my neighbors came in again lo see the nake and to see if they could find nny-ii.nrk it made so lie sprinkled ashes all over the slill house and in the hole where it always came in and we lied my son fast so he could not make the track himself in any way whatever and went away and it was bul a u-w monierita before !„• let ui know that the snake was in ihe still bouse again and we went to see if ihere wa any mark ; and bein 1,1 ! ihere was a mark as broad as my hand where it came in and went out and then they were l._it sii.l confirmed it was something i then i did nol suffer alfred to stay about lhe still house but n little for whenever he goes ihen he is sn i see it and it also appears tn him in dill rent pints of lhe farm but not so in nh so as it does nt lhe slill house nnd he was told to talk lo it and it would tell bim what it wanted ; nnd ha says he asked it in the name of the lord what did it want nnd he says it said to him " that ii wanted to destroy the still ing and sneaked oil so ihen to lie col lil 1 i tied alfred ill the still house again and l.e wns told to wear clover iu his hat and then he could sen what it was and when he was tied ill lhe slill house he had clover in his li.il nnd he saw lhe snake collie and poop in the house having a i'aee eves tllollth tongue illld all precisely like a man he perfectly knew and all but the bead was precisely id ii rattle-snake ; and it scared him prodigiously then on sunday inst 28th lid there was a great manv persons who c-.ine i mv houso who doubled the roulity of the mark i'lhe snake came tn see if thev could dm lhe l.ia.k and i tied allied again ill order that ih.y might i convinced ii of them respecta bio men inw lho mark i tho snake yours icspgctfullt , o i stone list of in en's names who saw thcjmnrk of the nake edward oooltby obadiah v'ornnn josi.ih i taylor j ilji-,,n hudson 1 nines t hacker geo l'i oshr oils line tro\l i nines atkins siin'l i nn -. franklin le ,.-, d m moll v 1 pirns va j ii g w lester from lhe l,..nd news europe foresees a dissolution 01 the onion w are telling no n.-iis to the world in stating ihnt the americans who must always have nn agitation going on hnvo for a year or two past been becoming more and more excited .... the disunion question the southern stales have i i so accustomed to threaten secession from the union when anything tlmt they did not like . » as aid i 1 al washington that their com plaints have for sometime waned t alarm ibe friends of republican government bul when tlie norlh alier long submission i tl domina tion of the minority from the south began pen ly to question whether the union be really a very divine instrument scoing tlie moral sneri lic s it has required it wasovident to nil europe a it hod i ii to all wise americans that the union musl break up in disorder unless its bub cots could agree nnd agree soon to weed out he compromise which renders it now unworka ble the washington newspapers of recent ' dates the tidings which came from be von loan of the i'i i,,n openly acknowledge the tlnnger within this month the washington i i,ni h.,s spoken ihus after referring to a in ling at new v,,rk and another at charles ton this central paper says we need not re peat whal wo have s often said that whenever lho n,,rih and iho south a arrayed against each lur wilh political parties in the field ex clusively sectional in their organixations the days 1'lhe union are necessarily numbered the charleston mercury therefore is but earning out iis hostility to the union when it advocates a southern party,'and repudiate the democratic organization lhe south howevor no sooner ices ih north seriously forming a disunion par ty than she complains of the treason and of some olher things which show how empty were her own threats of secession she complains of poverty especially and of her weakness iu all |.-| " k its in , ipnrison with the north due f i the most curious features of tho whole coutro versy is tlie incompatibility of the pl.-ns of the i party which began the sectional quarrel the slave slates complain of lhe oppressions of the live states while boasting in the same breath of their own supremacy in congress where ihey have carried all tlieir points from the beginning of the quarrel nil now where they have boon l.nlll i it has been by the nature of things and i not by the votes of lhe north they complain , that the free states nre rich and populous while ihey themselves are ruined in fortunes and ' in a conliltthilly decreasing minority as to num bers yet they furnish expeditions to " acquire territory of whose richness they holdout tempt ing accounts to settlers from europe who like john mitchell think a plantation stocked will | fat negroes a very good thing after playing 1 fast and loose with the union for above twenty years the si ml seems t 1 k , at last really fright ened lest the nortli should take her at her word | the first and most obvious resource is to bring ion the question of a foreign war the present time is remarkably favorable to the device tho czar's emissaries bave flattered tbe vanity the cupidity and the prejudices of lhat class huge in every country and predominant iu a slave holding one who are in honrt either despots or slaves spain is seen to be occupied with her new regime and englnnd and l-'rai with the war so that a great amount of cveted territory is supposed to be le-s carefully glllirdcl thill n-iial to crown all lhe cabinet ut washing ton ia devoted to southern interests to an extent which a black page of american history will how to all posterity this cabinet it now the speaking trumpet of the slave party aggravating its insults and iis boasls for tho purpose tspe daily among sever i of silencing opposition in the north by means of llio common luteri i of ii foreign war will the policy succeed '. will the event jus lily ih south iu her confidence that the nortli will allow her lo make war wiih england .' no body doubts ihnt a war wiih england would either cure the union for a further term or break it i up at once which is tbe more likely i i ii it appear thai there ore strong reasons for believing tbat a serious government proposal of war with england would he the last stroke on lhe wedge which is splitting the i'liion we ' think so for the following reasons i th northern slates have oven less interesi in thathreate iwarthnnthoyhsdin tbat of 1812 , which they refused to endure they have made fearful saci iiic.s even to the forfeiture of honor and coiiseleiice to preserve their trade with the southern states but there is n limit lo this n to every other sacrifice to mammon they bore the contumelious turning out of tlieir en voy whom they sent lo charleston to assert the constitutional rights of the free colored seamen of the new england ports they bore for 20 , years a padlock ou their lips a censorship on their press ; now n chain cordon round tho court house in boston nnd now the murder of a citi zen of massachusetts on his own threshold ,,, illinois for ills righteous determination to work his own printing press under the laws of lhat free state they have borno more indignities than we havo pace to tell so tlmt they nr now asking each other cvon in iheir newspapers j " was not the government of england harmless compared to the tyrannical government of slave holders i and i„,n tin i i for throwing oil il y..ke evidently ar at hand will probably be decided by the declaration of war ngainsl england if the washington cabinet should per petrate lhat sct that there is nothing in their commerce with the south which compensate the north for their freedom of the seas is clear enough to those who are aware of a remarka ble fact duly noted by those most nearly con '•'■' i there wns in i89 a great ilingin fnneull 11,11 in huston the cradle of liber ty called by ii property and standing ol i the city lo put down the abolitionists and iheir action if the long line of roq.lisitlollists .... thai occasion there are scarcely any who have nol since i n bankrupts through tho very trade with the south which they pawned their liber ties t preserve twenty years more of expe rience have now shown ihem that their foreign commerce and that of the free states of tho west an worth i e to tbem than that of ihe south impoverished by her own account nnd impoverished at they lime good reason to know by slavery which allows no wealth to grow be neath iis h.,1 and heavy tread whatever trade there may be with the west indies is worth as much to lie in now as it would be if owned by the south ; and tl.ey will be slow to risk tlieir other foreign trade by collision with the great naval power of the world again they truly revere the act of union framed by their fathers as they havo shown only too well by their exaggerated nnd costly droad of danger to it during twenty years of political subserviency they know every man woman and child iu the state that the founders of the republic exerted their utmost ingenuity to limit lho area of slavery aud that the republic would j never have been founded if its builders had sup posed that slavery could become national in its spread and influence now that the free slates find tbo vast north-west territory thrown open to slavery by tho repeal of the missouri com promise—now that they see the free settlers of kansas wl are actually the majority of tht population there deprived of their political rights by sheer violence and subjected to territorial government which sets all law and order at defi ance thev aro hardly likely to join tbo despotic power which thus wrests their rights nnd their prospects iu a war against tlieir best customers llieir relatives by blood their comrades in politi cal privileges and social views and aspirations the alliance between new and old england in ;. crisis which tests the very principles that are the life-blood of both must bo stronger than the i'nioii which the northern and the southern states at uliko nu.l simultaneously threatening to dissolve massachusetts will never aim a stab at europe to tn.die south carolina queen again the men of the nortli are renowned for their prudence whatever else may bo said of them nobody questions tlint quality trujcnt as they are they know as well ns we do that their fortunes in open war must depend on the sound ness of their cause they aro not and never can be iu this uge of the world a military na tion brave they aro capable of endurance enthusiasm self denial self-sacrifice everything tlint can glorify a good cause and render it vic torious bul their origin their institutions and their national temper raise tbem nbovo that pro fessional military training and individual mili tary proficiency whicil alone can render a bad or doubtful cause successful they have not men discipline or experience which can enable them to succeed in aggressive warfare in europe the men of the north know this and if they k,,„u that the filibustering order of warfare is the one proposed and the one which they must assent to if ihey assent nt nil will thev help to j make their greal country the chief pirate-lair of the world or uphold its rank among tho fore ' most nations of the earth ', this is the alterna tive if there nn any who doubt the reply to this mighty question let them remember that tho american nation is not truly and perma nently represented by any number of unscrupu lous men who climb into office on the towering passions of the multitude there is a virtuous , i in ni in american society little heeled which ' may yet we hope preserve the soundness of the whole dr channing deforrcd for two yean i he annexation of texas there are very ninny good men in america who like channing are silent in ordinary times but can speak and act in the great crises of lbe republic every one of these will assuredly oonsider a war of aggression — a war with the liberating powers of furope — a wnr with the free descendants of their own forefathers a crime which inu-t not bo perpetrated even if the penally were that their plymouth rocks must crumble into the sen instead of their set of i nton dissolving into the nir these nro a few of the rcsciis which compel us to agree with american oitiwni who say tbat tho proposal of a war uiih england would dissolve tho union the d.-.ng.r is that lawless aggression from the south may compel us to declare war hut iu tluil worst case we still have confident hope that the prudent and virtuous secession of llu lie stales from all . juestionnble enterprises will ice ire pence between the nations through nil provocation we do not forget tl.ntnn kvc reit li ih ninth and perhaps tilers hnvo favored the vicious cant about tho " manifest destiny of their country to possess other peo pled territories but we hope that there at northern ....... enough to save the republics who s something better than ihis lo bu thu mani fest destiny of a commonwealth dowered wiih lhe highest hopes and best wishes of the fora iii".1 men of the earth notices of books table tax its with something ox them by dr doran few york lledfleld mr doran _ nnecdotical books areto lively en tertaining and tull of information that we aro l'lad lo see that mr ii dli.ld is continuing llieir lepublica.i the volume on habits and men recently reprinted was highly amusing but the table traits will afford even more en tertainment the author must be an indefati gable reader with a vast library at command and must be gifted with n remarkably retentive memory lo bring together such a rich collection of fuels and incidents illustrative ofthe eating and drinking peculiarities of individuals and nations in all ages of the world we extract a lew paragraphs which may serve to whet the appetite for a full least of dr doran's good things a 11 111 i . ulvill iso water divine tho late vice-chancellor of england sir i.at.celotte shadwell was as indefatigable a bath er ns the monk noticed by bedo every morn ing throughout the year during his residence at barnes elms he might be seen wrestling joyous ly with the thames it is said that on one oc casion a party in urgent need of an injunction after looking for the judge iu a hundred places where ho wai not to be found nt length took boat and encountered him ns he was swimming in the river there be is said to have heard the j case listening lo he details ns the astonished applicants read them nnd now and then perform ing n frolicksomo " summersault when they paused for want of breath the injunction wns granted it is said ; after which the applicants left the judge to continue bis favorite aquatic sports by himself " if lhe late amiable and able v ice-chancellor was a water-lawyer so was the late archdeacon singleton a wntor-di.viiie when tutor to the young lords porcy he and the eldest of th sons of the then liuke of northumberland hugh karl percy being expert swimmers nud often by their achievements excited the admira tion of less daring venturers the archdeacon ; was accustomed to float away for miles from si on depending upon the tide to float him back again at first ninny a boatman looked in quiringly at the motionless body floating on with the stream ; but when ho was better known his nppenrance thus excited no more surprise than if he had been in nn outrigger calmly taking a pull before tho dinner p 23 courage and religion 01 a herman general j there is n story told ill connection with tho great frederick which is a good table trait in its way joachim von ziethen was one of the bra vest of tho generals who stood by frederick the j great in a victory or defeat ho was the son of jn poor gentleman and had little education save | what he could pick up in barracks camps and • battle fields in all of which he figured in early j youth if his head was not over-ballasted with j learning his heart was well freighted with that lovo for ged of which some portion as the dis i missed lecturer on ecclesiastical history in king's college tells ns is in almost every individual without exception nnd forms the sheet anchor . which shall enable bim to rido through tho storms which keep him from his desired haven of rest lie became the terror of tho foes of prussia ; but among his comrades he was known only as " good father ziethen ho was remar kable for his swiftness nt once of resolve and ex ecution and in remembrance ns well as illustra tion thereof a sudden surprise is spoken of by astonished prussian ns falling on ono like zie then from an ambush " now 1,1 ziethen after the triumph achiev ed in the seven years war was always a wel come guest at the table of frederick uie second his place was ever l.y the side of tho royal mas ter whose cause he had more than onco saved from ruin ; and ho only sat lower nt the table when there happened to be present some foreign royal mediocrity illustriously obscure ] on ono occasion he received a command to dine with the king on flood friday ziethen sent a message to bis sovereign stating that it was impossible for him to wait on his majesty inasmuch as that he made a point of never omit ting to take sacrament ou that day nnd of nl ways pending ih subsequent poriion f tho day in private meditation " a week e lapsed beforo the scrupulous old soldier was again invited to the royal dinner ta ble al length he appeared iu his old place and merry were the guests lhe king himself setting an example af uproarious hilarity the fun was ii ing fast and furious it was nt its very loudest when frederick turning to ziethen smacked him familiarly on thu back nnd ex claimed w.-ll grave old ziethen ; how did tho supper of good friday agree with your sancti monious stomach ! line you properly digested i tbo veritable body and blood al this blas