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Great ques tinis, effecting the educational and financial i-.Uiv-.is, depend upon the action of -the jjri"-;u session of the General Assembly. A or'ty of the gentlemen composing this body have brought to their undertaking adequate learning, sound judgment, peculiar decision, and a courage that knows no fear. Theio are few Legislatures to whose hands the grave interests of State affairs could have bees more safely committed. These gentle- 9 U1CU nV-V. Ill I V luiij u.i v .uv of the task and the magnitude of the respon sibility that devolves upon them. They are 'prepared to put forth all their strength and time to improve and better the condi- ion of North Carolina. The Republican arty of the United States has achieved, for itself a celebrity more than American by its indefatigable devotion to the welfare of the toiling 'millions: ' The judgment pronounced by eminent Europeans such as Bright and Stuart Mill have been abundantly sustained by the grand achievements of the party in the last few years. Its chief characteristics are sound principles, practical ethics, whole; some lessons and the highest patriotism. The memorable words of Burke, has been its motto and its inspiration : " To attend to the neglected, to remember the forgotten." This session of the Legislature ought to be practically. Republican and useful. Let there be immediate attention given to the suggestions of the Governor's mes sage in relation to the credit of the State. He is anxious as is every patriotic North' Carolinian to preserve' our credit untarnished. At this time, this is the most momentous subject that can possibly occupy I the attention of the Legislature. Compared with this massive and magnificent interest. everthimrelseisbutasdust in the balanceHC8 y"" example such as to purify their There is another subject that should engage the prompt attention of the Legislature: that is the establishment of schools for the people. There are several Colleges in North Carolina, most of them in a flourishing con dition, but as yet, no common schools have been organized. An enumeration has taken place, and it is to be presumed that the General Assembly is in possession of all the facts, and knows exactly the: importance of immediate action on this subject. It is im perative that a decision should be arrived at and we see no good reason for delay. Thgre are many other general matters that will come up for consideration, and we but express the hope of the people, ' tbatj the members will talk of these matters, favorably dispose of them, and, having done so, ad journ. . ,'; ' ; . , : - V Raleigh National Banlf. ,. The annual meeting of the Stockholders of tllP. T?ft!pirrh "Pfftfrinllfll Ttnnlr waa Jioli-1 n f iils banking house on the 12th. The Presi ' dent submitted a report of the condition of the Bank, which Was highly satisfactory and gratifying. ' - ' ' A new board, as follows, Geo. W.. Swep son, W. H. Willard, A. 8. Merrimdn and W. J. Hawkins, was unanimously re-elected and Charles Dewey and Rufus 8. Tucker added thereto by the same vote. Immediately after the adjournment of the Board of Stockholders, tie newly elected Directors met to perfect their organization R. W. Pulliam, the late President, an nounced his determination ,to- return to Aslicville for the purpose of engaging in business at that point.. ' -, ; ... Charles Dewey. Esq.," was unahinionsly VWctcd to succeed' him, and W ' If. Willard Esq., elected Vice-President, and P. A. Wi cy, Esq., was npt)0inted Cashier. - Other of- lwrs as heretofore. ' : !. . ; .. v. : The following resolution M' orlf,i f namtnouslv : I Served, That the thanks of the Board of DS- JUered to tuc late President. R. w for the able, difrnifled and courteous manner in wbich he has discharged hi ,:rJ itermotbisoflice; and lurtber, that the above i bespread uuon the minnt.. ri.i. ..s.... u 1 vl aiID UIWLIU. , - :. fciPRF.MBCocnT.In he So memo Court ' me i2Ul, II. D. Coley, Esq., was re flected State Librarian and David A. Wicker, IEn.. Marshal of tim c.,. n l . r . ;:!.'.-.. i Chivalry v.-;'' :';'.; A c'lasV 6f men in our country h8for' many years ' claimed - to ; represent . . its chivalry. Whether" the claim be just or not is not now our purpose to settle, Our at tention is often called to the fact, although ' it may now be deemed a; fact belonging to hixtvry. - The combination of elements under which this sort of chivalry was generated, and the meat by which it was nourishcd.bave ' about all passed away, and are ' now only things of recollection. It is not correct to . ', say that these knights have passed off the. stage, or that they do not still boast of their chivalry. The boasting did always make the staple of the thing! and now it is that is left ot it. We do not say that these persona do not still imagine themselves to be just jHV that-rfew TTonceive to"be" chivafric. No one duubts the force of the hallucination under ; which they labor..:. 1 ; But at the present it has assumed a new shape.' ' It always was related to slavery and ' the negro, and it still clings to the negro,but . seemingly it has ' assumed the form of most ; violent antipathy. It exhausts its functions in the effort to crush and destroy the black man. Not to dwell upon or characterize' this new phase of the glory of slavery, we simply propose to inquire by whatlawit was, or now is.that this class of men were granted the right to bo considered chivalric. ' It has always been claimed that it was the proper outgrowth of Christianitythat its princi ples were founded in the very life of true re ligion, and that its practice involved the very chiefest of Christian duties. That its range of service included mainly the defence of the ' freak tiie rescue'of those in distress-rclief of the suffering to visit the sick and pro vide for the poor. It is true that the form and manner in which this was done may be open to some question, but we do not now wish to provoke any discussion on the point. While also we cannot consent to allow that modern duelling, horse racing, fox hunting, which were the past times of the chivalry iu former days, yet now only wo would contrast any conception that men may have of what is chivalrous with the course of conductthat obtains toward the poor, ignorant, and often suffering slave of the men who still claim to be the embodiment extant of this grand Southern idea.'. That it has any Christian element about it none will suppose ; that it has one particle of the spirit or conduct of the proper age of chivalry, we also deny. Even suppose that under any view of this system it were proper to retaliate for wrongs to revenge insult to vindicate rights over ike fallen, it does not - hold here. ' The class ; whom it is attempting to destroy who are abused, cheated, . cursed and hated, are a poor and friendless class. Look at tlicm from what point you will, this must make . them objects of pity to every Christian and generous heart No truly proud spirit could raise his hand to strike them down still lower. No manly soul could wrong them of a single human right. Granted they are igoorantj is it their fault ? ' Who cut off from their thirsty souls the stream of knowledge ? When they could have thrown off the barba rism that hid the image of God in them, did Christian chivalry extend to them a succoring hand ? Say, why are they ignorant? Granted, chivalrous accusers of the lately1 fettered slaves, that tbey have vices. Who refused them the Book of God, and who de nied to them access to the great Healer ? Was their treatment was their condition lives! Who of you, O, chivalrous snuts, clad in the virtues you boast, will meet them before the God in whose presence all must stand, and there charge on them the ' vices that they bring with them out of their state of bondage? , Three hundred years they were under your tutelage a thousand more you determined, they should remain so,' and ' a they grew under the glare of chivalric life and precept, so they are now. . Does it be-' come you, Sir Knight, to curse them ? - Stay , the hand that shoots and the step that hunts them as beasts. You owe them, if not what chivalry, yet what Christ's religion' would . give to ithem sympathy pity and .help.,, Yes, proud and heartless men, you owe them more than this, and it is unmanly, it is inhu man to punish Vindictively those few vices, your example and your lips taught them., ,, 'Grant they display no energy, and ' are to a large extent, shiftless. Did those down trodden ones ever have a noble motive pre- -scnted to. their souls?., Did yon or your, chivalrous compeers among the slaveholders, ever hold out to' their ambition a' noble prizeworthy the soul's efforts ? Would not'' tbe cbaritj that "vaunteth not itself" think that centuries of servitude would so benumb the soul that all the nerve of its ambition would be enfeebled ? Should it hot be ad mitted that charity has a place for the negro ? Should not frucliivalry behold in him an object of its high ' purpose, demanding its best energies ' and ' purest devotion J The lower, the more degraded, the more help-, less he is, so much the' louder the pica his , cafe presents to christian' effort. : But he is bfacl! 'Yes, he wo so.Would to God chiv alry had not marred his color . Is not true chivalry, like true Christianity, a power that ; embraces the world includes in its forgive ness, its generosity and its benevolence all peopia and kindreds? Ooe.ot the most iditjcouraging of all the facts that meet us in the South is this too general - want of sym- pathy with the fallen 'and ignorant want ' of a npaply generosity in thelreafment of the" i3 perfect form. Beauty arrayed in" grace We bondsmen. ,:,lt argues : the absence of :"tmake8 earth. d0rabje,but He who was love- .. . . .. . : .. ' ... . ly was most lovely in His toil and doing those- manly,' christian: virtues that give good to others. .. We dare not hone to revot promise of greatness and virtue. Yet these '' lutionize society and turn its life into healthy : men arc proud and haughty iu their claim ' currents, but it - must be' done the; world"" to ie "tfo .chivalry."..' All thty, miserably -:cannot be redeemed without woman's' aid. -dejuded men, lioid i -the .-shell thename ;'j i Statesmen and politician3''.cannot:'do keri the life, power aud beauty are fled. South- work. The cross of Christ demands her sac ern chivalry is a contemptible sham rifice of love. Woman's place is not filed a disgrace to manhood and a mockery of all flowers do not toil God has given women true greatness, virtue or religion. work to do. .1. J : They toil notj peither do they 'spin, yet Sol omon in all his glory was not . arrayed liko one of these, i This was said of flowers by ' Him wnJ spake as : man -never spake." At this season Jttricert rarely remind us'bf tlibse.1 beautiful words, yet no one iwho waks awe , streets fails to be reminded of them, by the. .. ladies he meets at ' every step flowers they1 t; are beautiful ' flowers splendidly" arrayed ana redolent ot .sweetness often delicate and fragile as their sister children of earth. Is it strange that we who deem the mission; of flowers done when they have" made earth . beautiful "and " ladoned ' its ' zephyrs . tyith odors should ask, whether' woman iovely. woman, regally endowed of iotellect-'-bss no;' higher" missiofi-i.no more enduring work? 1 Are they but flowers and should they not toil ? Gentle reader, do not suppose as to undervalue beauty and adornment.' We have a chivalric regard for woman, but with all we feel that the present position assigned to iler , degrades her. ... Our system of education, our-, forms of society do not assign her the posi tion that God and nature assign her. Surely if woman is to' be but a flower, born' only , to please the eye and gratify the taste, when like her type she has bloomed, faded and : died, she moulders to dust, and has no record of a life that is , animate with ' deeds, with toil-;-hcr own toil, that has made the world better and proven her life divine and a power on earth for : good. Our views may be ; deemed old fashioned even old fogy but we confess to a very low estimate of the ed ucation or training at this day accorded to ladies. In our estimation- we may ei but for us it lacks tho purpose to fit for the tu tUs of her life. For us all human life has' high offices offices that in their perform ance do not degrade but ennoble and adorn '. life with a beauty and fragrance above that of flowers. We are not now about to attack onr female Seminaries and Colleges, but it is to our purpose now to speak of them as "hot houses," whereour human flowci-3 are shut up, often at the peril of their withering, while for all the real ends ofexistence they h:id better be roaming over the hills of "their homes at their own street wills. These hot houses and wc mean no injustice are but receptacles without bottom into which unreasoning men of wealth cast their money, and .' have their daughters positively unfitted for the earnest life that God and society open up to their activity. There is indicated by nature and providence a position and a work in the world for each accountable being to fill and perform, and for this wo insist their educa tion should fit them. If it be only to blocim 1 and array herself, then let woman stay by the flowers of the field, but if she shall be come worthy of her gifts and immortality then let her be educated for it and be held to account for its earnest accomplishment.' Let it not be said that they toil not, but; let society and the world have the blessed bene fit of it . Our notions are not at all Napole onic and we do not consider it woman's first office to rear men as food for the demon of war, but while many of her sacred duties belong to her in the relation of wife and mother,' as the centre and glory of a christian home, yet her relations and their consequent duties are not limited by these. We' are allowed to., judge of her sphere when we have ascertain ed the gifts and graces of intellect and af fection with which her Creator has endowed her. . And more than' this, there is a world . around her that needs so; much to be done for it just such vori as she can do it is adapted to her lies within her sphere- by it earth and humanity would be made bet-. ter- God would be pleased the Savior of ' sinful men imitated. Can we doubt that the hand that bestowed its gifts of grace on her did not also lay before her and alwut her this work that daily invites her to toil ? How many hearts that caress vanities .. minds that waste their heavenly powers on nonsense hands that' do no good, are found in every community. Yet they do not heed or hear . the. incessant ; cry, "why ; stand ye here all the day idle ?" But perhaps we ; should deal tenderly with such. .It is not their fault as much as the fault of society as') now and in the past constituted, and the fault in the education forced on them. ' Hu. mauity its great need and demand cannot Afford to lose the benefit of the, proper exer cise of all . these powers thus held in abey-; ancc by an artificial and irrational conven tional law.' Is it not now the' proper time to bring up and discuss the great question is ' labor , a . degradation? ,Now , when ; great, moral, social, organic, changes are going on around us--while the late ' political" cohvul- ' sions are upheaving the foundations of ' old ' notions, should , not attention , anew, v. be' given to the question whether nature and re ligion did intend' that toil is not the proper sphere of woman that' earth has not work : for each one of them work needed to be ? done the neglect of which it is that so fills our world with misery and woe? Our esti mate of woman is so very highi not of her as flowers arrayed in beauty and grace,, but of her as an immortal, nobly and lavishly en dowed, that we would not see her finish her course and appear before her God without ; bearing in , her hands the ' fruits of ; a Whole'! life spent as Eternal Wisdom 'may. have or-." dained in a sphere, adapted to her. . Would that our words, the echo of tile holiest wishes for her good," could reach' and influence'' the" women of the South, to ponder this matter. ''. We admire flowers.. ,We worship beauty in ' ' Flowers ! The suggestion of ' Postmaster General Randall, when he confers them strictly to. his business and divests them of political signi ficance, are sensible and practical. He has just sent to Congress a' Wgort recommending the union of the telegraph with the .postal' service, Thejreport contains valuable stntia tics bearing upon the -subject, to ' which the Postmaster General adds his own conviction ' j afte a careful examination of , the. subject,' , that our Post Office Department can arrange , for the reception and delivery of messages with the same facility and economy ; which have'attended the use )f jliis system iu Bel gium,Switzerland, and France. , He concludes his report by saying ths-Vndertlie system now' proposed "the 'advantages of private, enterprise and government control are cotn " bined, while the principal . defects of each are avoided. The entire system will be in harmany with the present postal service, and ' messages will be received and delivered by the department and transmitted under con-. tract with parties." .: t ' ; - ; -; ? Death of an Esteemed Citizen The Roanoke News is pained to chronicle the : death on Saturday last, at his residence near Halifax, of Capt. W. B.-Pope, after an ex ceedingly brief illness. Capt! Pope was a' native of this county, having been ' since early manhood engaged in the practice of law, and so far succeeded in winning the confidence of the people of tbe country as to have twice' represented it in "the State Legislature, being a member of the Hoiise , of Commons in 1861 when tiie Slate went out.of the Union. He was in the neighbor hood of fifty years of age, and leaves a wife and several interesting children to mourn', his sudden end. . II is death; was occasioned by pneumonia. .' ' . - i ' We learn that a1 little daughter 'of his some five years of age, died of the ' same disease on Monday.. ..j. ;. . , .. , Discharges in Baukrnptcy. , , ., ; The following persons have received dis charges in bankruptcy since our last report : Pasquotakk. Geo. Fox, John Stanton, Timo thy llunter, Almnn Spencer. Cuuhituck. D. McD. Lindsey, M. S.Feiebec, E. D. Ferebee. .... . Camogn. JDorsey Saoderlin, Noah McPuer- gon. . ; i. - ' Behtib. J. P. Bnsb, J. C. Frecmau. : (Jcmbf.klakd. W. 8. Guney, Jobn Ganey, Elias Guuey, Holly Ganey. - . . Washingtos. W. F. Sunderlin. Pebquimans. A. B. Elliott. Hkktfokh. .James A. Worrell., , , ' .. . Gates. Edmund J. Parker. ' ' Court of Oyer and Terminer. ' ' A Court of Oyer and 'Terminer will ho . held Tr.r the county ofriWjrkcTJto fKtf nienco Id tor the countr-WakcTIn tt&Z?'" J lnd'' Bn on the fourth Monday ot the present month. We learn that Gov. Holden has appointed Judge Watts to hold the session. . Caught. Mr. S. P. Gill, Deputy Sheriff, with a po&eof men, , on yesterday, caught Raiford Pearce in the county of Johnston,' and brought him to' this city and lodged him in Wake jail. , On. the morning of .the 12th there appeared in our columns a reward from the Executive for the apprehension of. this criminal, and on the evening of the same day, he is secured and locked in prison, where he will remain until brought fori Ii for trial. Edwards, his accomplice, ' is still at large. ' ' 1 . -' ' .' ':' Chatham R aiuioad. We are pleased to learn that the work on this road is progres sing finely. Seven miles of iron have been laid, and it is thought the road will lie com-; plctcd to Haw Hiver by the first f March. . Iron is being, laid down at the rate of half a mile per, day, and twe.nty-two.acar loads of sills left this city on yesterday for the road.'' Vice's Floral" Guide for. tSGO. The first edition of one hundred thousand: of Tick's illustrated catalogue ot seels and guide in the flower 'garden is how published. ' It makes a work of one . liupdred,. pages, . beautifully v illustrated with alout 150 fine -' wood engraving of flowers and vegetables, -nnd an elegant colored plate, a biiquet of' flowers. "It is'tlic, most beautiful, as well as. the Bipst instructive floral guhlc pulilished, . giving plain nnd thorough directions for the culture of flowers arid vegetables.'11'1 ''y-; ' 'j The Floral Guide .'is published hr the benefit of Mr. , V'ck's customers, to. wtiom it , Is sent free without application, but will bo -forwarded to all who apply, hynai!, for ten ' cents,' which it' is vwell: worth. "Address Janies.Yick, Rochester, N.Y.- ,.,.-. ,.:,,,. : Tire Ladies: Pbarl. This- is the title of '1 a monthly magazine of J4 pagcsptibtished 1 atNashville,,Tenncsse, liy John S. Aard at , the low price of $3 perannuiiii . iii-:, i: ; The Ladies' Pearl will be' in the niain 7 an Electic, but the editor 'reserves' the right. ! to publish original, communications which may come up to his standard of literary and , moral excellence: '' Its selections will come" under the general heads of: Religion, Belles Lettres, Biography, History,' Science, Art, and .he Home Circle. Everything "of a sec tarian or political nature will be . excluded, and it will be the chief aim to furnish a lit-! erat ure ' which wjll refine the "taste, 'culti- ' vate the heart and improve the mind.; ' -r The January" number of this' really' first' class! magazine has been' received, and i we j recomhicnd it to our lady, friends with great ; pleasnre.ii:i -.i:ti.v. .--i .... f) , i; .w.i' , i i re,?. .v'i...vi ' Death ni(f''YxiUici Methtd 'ut learns thniugh ; Dr, Cwvea, Ihat l Rev. 3f. 'H:'8covflle,' a member of the N. 10." Conference,'dic((' of, 'consumption 'at jDun-' morCjPaon the 15tU of last month. , I.n , .'..;it. T i j: ",t. i.liii l-tt iiir : Charles Dewey,-Esq., of this city, was on Monday laAinahimousfy 'chosen ! assignee of the Bank of North Carolina. '' "' ''H The Nevada Legislature has re-elected William M. Stewart United States Senator. " Election in Chowan.--We are gratified to learn that Cot Wnu A. Moore has been elected by a handsome: majority to fill the vacancy in the ;House ; of 'Representatives, caused by the. resignation of Richard Clay-- ton,ESq.;V.;;;::;'';:.;;;:':.,:. . Col. Moore is a staunch Republican a gentleman of high character" and superior attainments. Tie will prove an active, use ful, and reliable member, of the House.'. J. ,,.;, j Alexander .H. Stephens' will . enter, upon . his duties as Professor of History in the Georgia University' early ,in January. , His friends announce that he will hereafter "let - 1 u i ' i ! -! j-'--We learn thai at a meeting of the North Carolina Mutual Insurance Company in this city a day or twt a2 ,.Maj.', Sea ton, .Gales was elected Secretary and Dr. W- H. Mur dock appointed general Agent. ' We learn that the necessary amount of stock has been subscribed and that the Company will com mence operations at once. - ' 11 ; ' -:i,; .;., ; ; ;.'---.-.i .v The Cotton Supply. From the Liverpool Cotton Supply Eeporter. Cotton cultivation would be still highly! remunerative and. would furnish nn ample reward for the capital and .labor, expended, even though (trices should, somewhat -decline., Preparations will soon be .made lor next soiviiiir season, . and . the present state and prospects of the cotton : market should exert a powerful stimulus in every direction. There is no doubt that this will be the case in America, and that year by year strenuous efforts will tc made lorestore cotton to. its lormer importance among the ' products of the country. Corresponding efforts, how ever, must be made elsewhere, especially in India, and without these there can he no suc cessful competition with America. The pro gress of events in the United States and any advance made towards the recoveryot the pre eminence in the production ot cotton former ly enjoyed, must le of special significance to India, aud ought to prove an incentive to fresh exertion. , To. improve the quality of cotton, tu increase the production,- to open or remove all existing obstuclcs, to provide better roads and ample means of irrigation, and, in short, to make diligent use ot all the appliances which exist, in order to re tain and increase so valuable a trade should be an object of constant solicitude. ' Never has. so splendid an opportunity lteen presented to any people, ' and though hitherto it has not been adequately appre ciated, it still remains to be used by those w ho have the requisite wisdom and energy for the purpose. ;-We hope' that tbe new Governor-General, from the interest which he has already manifested, will be prepared aud able to exert a beneficial iufluence I in promoting an extended -and improved iuiiv agsurea ni ims iesirc to io an mat ue possibly can in this respect. - While, how ever, we are most' anxious that nothing should lie-wanting to increase our supplies of cotton from ' India, we trust that in other countries there will be a larger area than ever planted next season. ' In Turkey especially, there ought to be renewed exer tions to increase the growth or cotton. Further supplies of American seed would be of treat service to that country, as well as in-re stringent measures on- the part of the Government to protect the cultivators from the depredations and exactions of which they so often complain. Cotton cul tivation, if fosteredjtnd encouraged, might be made an increasing source of wealth and prosperity to the Ottoman JMnpire. ..i y Lakdmauks Of Gbant. The N". Y. Sun says : "It is well to look at certain estab lished landmarks in the opinions and char acteristics of the new President, which will afford unecring guides to those who are in search of valuable information. .They are but few trustworthy, and may be summed up thus : Firtt lie always stands by his pledges ; Second He ' never deserts his friends. - In accepting the nomination of the Chicago Convention ue emphatically ap proved 'its platform ' of principles, and ' pledged himself to carry them into effect if elected. He is elected, and will noon assume the responsibility of reducing his creid to practice, loan uirs lie win require tiie am of numerous subordinate officers. : While in the array he Was never known to voluntary employ agents to execute his plans who did not thoroughly concur with him in opinion respecting (lie matters in hand, and in. whose sagacity and fidelity, he ; had not the most implicit confidence, ., Doubtless these salient traits of character will follow him irom the field to the cabinet. ; !.-. . SmAll vs.' Large Farms. We have seen the anecdote of Bakewell more, than once, and possibly it may be new to many jif our readers, bat it Is sa, applicable t, many of bur Southern friends that we', re-publish it at the risk of its being thought somewhat stale'.' .' Robert ' Bakewell, the celebrated English farmer, used to' tell; the followrng anecdote of a farmer in Leicestershire :. "This farmer," who owned., and occupied one, thou-' sand acres of , Iiind, had three daughters. When his eldest daughter married he gave lier one quarter of his. land for her portion, but no money ; ami he found by a Utile jnore speed and .a little better management the product of his farm did ' not decrease, He then set to work and 'began to grub up his furzo and fern.', 'and. ploughed , up what . he called liis poor, dry furaei covering iii some places nearly half the land. .After giving halt his land away to two of .liis daughters, to his great surprise lie found that, thq pro duct increased.; he.madehiore' money, lie cause hisnew,-broken tip furze land brought excessive crops'nd at the same time he farmed the-hole hf .'fa.U land better, for he employed more laborers upon it ; he rose two hours sooner in the morning, had no more dead, fallows once in three years; instead of which Tie got two green crops in one year, and ate tlicui upon (he, laud. , Wlien the third" and last daughter mat ried, he. gave her two hundred and fifty , acres, or ilalf of what remained, for her portion, and no ino hey. yRe thenfoiind that lie .'.had, the same '.money. to, farm,' one quarter of the land that lie had at first to farm the whole.1?,,.:, c.a 'noitvi" ii : . ( - i .- The" colored men of Western Pennsylvania have called a convention at Pittsburg," on the 28tli instn to initiate a strong and de termined movement to': gain tbe elective franchise.;! In their call they 1 declare that God, throus-h the scourge of a civil war, has brought the' people to a "conviction that in. order to have permanent peace, every vuan who constitutes a force in his phvajtcJ, men tal and moral qualities, mu$A $o iuvested with tho sacred right ol tj. ballot." ' ET3IJCATION. ;; '. ! ,: : ' Tor the Stondard. Onr Youth -Their Education.'' V .-. Messrs.; Editors : Judge G. oiice speak ing to some youths who were 'pursuing -an .' ediication.aid, "To you," and Biich as you, ' will be confided . in deposit the institutions , of our renowned and beloved country." This . is no' less applicable now than thirty years :8go, when uticrtid at Chapel Hifl. for her. ''"interests at all tihies are confided to those'. who once were :her children. How impor tant then for those who "how ' hold the de-' posit, and who desire to seo her ever the. renowiied of . pations, tesding the march mf , man to his greatest mission to look faith-. ifully to tje propvt training drtb'efr sticees-"' sors. -: '- . : " . J : We may bnild the 'proper institutions, . and wisely legislate for our country's future,, greatness, but it will all be vain, unless her; future trustees are worthy of the trust' com-', mitted to them. '."One generation , cannot , make a country what she should be.' ' A'na-.: tion's greatness is pnigressive, and lieuce' there must be advance not of one, hut all and every generation; ' The' question- .'with.'' 'tis" now should be, " How can we act, whatcan we do, that will most advance our country's greatness? .What does .she claim at our hands?" "".:' '; 1 ' .'' ;" , ' ";;" ; ; '; A mouieht's '.reflection must force us to ' feel the pressing duty of 'not only working for her pressing good, bur of bending pur' energies to fit those for duty who shall soon etanrt 'in'' our' stead." Hence' the' work '-of ' faithfully attending at once to the education J ot our youth. ' ' " - .It is cheering to .'one who' loves Ms coiln-, try, and his : State especially, to , see wise, recommendations coming from the Superin- tendent of Puhlic Schools to 'the General : Assembly, but especially so when he sees the latter acting worthy of his cause. Too much ' importance cannot be attached to'the public schools of a country. For if we mistake not,, here is the clue- to a nation's permanent prosperity. ' : :" : -: : ' ; ' '" Schools, in which the public are taught, are ' a country's strongest bulwarks, or by perver sion they, may ue.hef greatest enemies..- - Ana; 'this brings us to the thought we would sub-- 'mit to those who are laboring for oUr country's , good her .youth.' - The question, has ;been; asked, and with just cause, in regard to the Public Free Schools of our. State, '.' What have they in the main profited us ?" I am glad such a question has sprung ; - it is the harbinger of a bright day. None doubt the worth of an education, but : manyy, ' have questioned in our State the proht ot . free scltooU as we have had them. Have they done this because they suspected their, de-. sign ? By no means; but because they have failed to meet the law of their creation," to. accomplish the object of their originators. What desire of the patriot more noble than, that of properly educating the youth of his . country? What object more worthy the' - wise legislation of her citizens ?, - Still are not the barriers to a nation's prosperity and the ,flood-.at. of,Ji- .-ad vi3ity foeod in- the, improper' education of fler youth t If so,. wonder not then,' that we ' as a State, are 'still in tho ' back-ground, still foundering amidst breakers-iustead of sailing on the calm bosom of an unruffled -Drosneritv. Wiiat should be the chief design of aV ' Go to the Common Schools of our State,' : where the corner-stones of our future great ness ere being laid ; mark the course of our teachers learn who they arc, what their abilities converse with .the patrons, and : thus see what we have made the chief object . of such schools. -' MirrabUe dictuf Are thcy not liko "sounding brass and tinkling cym bals ? .rFor instance, attend the close of our common public schools. Parents, relatives and friends in num tiers 'great" are there to witness the proficiency of the children. First, the examination (so-called) r if there be any, is hurried through, the pupils work ing the examples and answering the ques tions almost before the teacher can' inteili ' gibly announce them ; (for they know'-them . by memory) the teacher tells that thc'fliffe-' rent classes have gone through their tnioks 1 in a very short time ; then comes the wi bition !. declamation and ; conipositiiMlV tho; latter all borrowed by permission S5f the teacher, as well as the former. Parents and spectators return home rejoicing at the fine' progressof the pupils, and greatly admiring -the teacher as a model man to educate children 1 This, Mr. Editor, is no caricature,' we have it in our country.": Now,':sny in what consists tho proficiency of the pupils? What, practically, is the object "of ' such teaching ?: -Orientation! and that borrowed too!l- Sensible men see the tendency 'of such; and why should they - he censured for questioning the propriety and benefitof such schools ? In such may be - found one, at least, very important key to unlock this cause of State and national calamities, a solution ', to the adversities of Republican ' govern ments. .:-a:Un a !iiai.tf..u:JM '.. The lesiro of schools should be two-foldJV . the first and .greatest Object shodufnie to train the mind tn particularize n to think' conxeeutiiely. iiThetoinil that1 can' do thisf though unlettered, may be of great use to a country. ; : And surely in our common schools where the children gov while their minchi are' assuming and forming their future caste, is the place and time for such training.The second object of-a School should -be to im part information, such1 as Bhall be available "-e-""" z,uuu oarreis iects ; 4u.uuu uuncnes raaisnes; i and practice should be the design of all m; 10o.000 . oantelopes r fiO.OOO .. watermelons..' V, schools;'- ' And that school, , whose ol.ject is ' Tile estimated ' value reoeived for tbe above lt not sucli.'instcad of d blessing,- is, almost, a '. lg i 643,200. " This calculation ( it will be ,,' curse to our country. ..-.i j ' i 'r"';,"!" 'r observed, does not inclnde' what" has' been. . : And further, Mr 'Editor, I' sometimes received from the sale of apples, pears, plums,.;' think that it w.ml.l be better- to Iiave no . j cherries, etc., which would probably amount ': schools, than such as have been, and ftre foe.-f to 2000 more. Norfolk Journal,..,', ing taught in some sections of our State.1''-'- , , .' , ' ' ' . , Ample funds may bo voted, and able Super'i " '"w': f'-.- ;' '"' ' , intendents of schools may be elected, but in? jJ Edward McPherson, Clerk of the House, ;"(. . efficient (Wwawv willth'wart a country VirreaU-'i Wasuinston. Dl CI is activelt ensraEred 'no-' ) :ness. fc.-i-! -1 ' .ss.i.'o-ii-.'.l AlUKK AJNUJS. 1 -. Davidson, N. C. .- Monument to Dr. 1 CoLTON.--Tho pupils of the late Rev. Simeon Colton,' as 'ia. evi-.. dence of their appreciatioh of 1iis ,'cliaf acter : and labors, propose tomise an amount suf ficient to erect a suitable mouutuent to mark the place where his mortal remains repose. ': Individual contributions are 3 limited, 80 as not to exceed five dollars. '-' H :-M'n- ? ,-! Rev. Messrs. CoUin Shaw and N. McKay, : with Capt. David R,,Muichisonj of thit.eity,;: and Col. ELMcKethaii, of FayettayiUe. ..will . rejeived cohtributibns and carry out the 'da ' . sign of the coutributprs. . . . ..,T '..',''", '(- This U indeed a' qiot proper mOveiScnt;-1' ' No nitd have cor,trlbluted ' more to the Teal ; and Tiermanent welfare ' of ' the ' State than" Micb. instractors of youth as Crilton, King-' ham,' Wilson, Swam, Caldwell,: iXltchell jynd Phiilips, and none should be cherished .' more gratefully in the memory of our people.'! Let this good work go on to completion, and let the surviving pupils of other emi nent teachers follow this lesson of gratitude. Wil. Journal, 'for tiie Standard, rl Unlet in Bankruptcy. At a District Court of the United States.' for the District of North CaroUna,' lield at . " Elizabeth City on the Uth day of January XtJOa. . -.,-',.. . ..:.- :., i!i . It is ordered by the Court that the follow ing rules, orders aiid regulations be pirescrib-" ed as rules governing proceedings in Bank ruptcy in the District of North Carolina in. r addition, to the General orders and the rules 1 .heretofore-prescribed by this Court; - .'.,T 1 - ,fV- Xtitrf'tosnXTB. '";',,I;"''t .'' 1 I That the First ' National Bank'-of Char- lotte, at Charlotte, N. CL is designated fwith V the Banks mentioned in the 8d rule of this CourtJ as a Bank iawhiah any moneys may ' " ue ucpositea Dy Assignees, or any of the 1 'officers ol this Court, under the same rules . and regulations as prescribed by the . 8d " rule of this Court- :,.-:. . J RULE EIGHTH". '' ' : i" ' '! ; In each Bankruptcy the Register with whom the -deposit- of $50 has been- made t shall pay out of said deposit forther pul-; lishing of the notice requited to be made for the first meeting of creditors required to he - mane bv the Marshal. y. For said notice tho shortest form now used sliall be observed in ,811 cases; and- payment .shall lie promptly made tor such notices, on evidence being filed with the Register, that such publica tions have been duly made. . , - :.,') :-. ';.:. U. W. BROOKS,.- ?if.i 11,1.. . .,- District Judge..., . Atnjecopy ; 1,; ;". .;, v ;.,i.'-'i, A. W. Shaffer, Register. , Vtl'i i'c' 'i 1.' 1 , T i l;-f lj :1;1 .:,;; '! v' Agricnltaral Items. .: i.' i ') Poulfry. toi fatten rapidly,- most be, like -;.t hogsj restricted ton limited: space. Free-, - don: and fat ire incompatible. 'i liii i..: - 'j.-v- , Milch cows should '.have' .succulent food' and meat.' ..Feed generously, and keep the ' flesh increasing, as well as the milkt ,', .. . ; ., i A citizen of. Brunswick, Maine, has within,; three yetiis taken: $900 worth of squashes from a little more than an acre of land..;'-i? !;i:'(-!::i : : -iih.;i ;.;;..! 'T It-is poor policy at this1 season to Btint '.' ' the feed of dry cows. Good keeping will' ,. tell upon the calf and upon the milk pail ' . nexl.suuimor. '.' '''.' ' " ' : ."! ; ' A horse man says he has cured the worst -:J case of scratches he ever saw with two ap- i s plications' of . white pine in turpentine u thoroughly rubbed oni m !:' :.- ; ;':'.. When a cow pr x gets choked, it is' said. ( that immediate relief may he obtained by ' Strapping up a fore leg, and compelling the.. " animal to jump!, This will cause the ob-' f struction to fly out.; j . ; ;, ' " ' ;'; ; ;' : Young cattle, - if yon would have, them . , . i keep growing through the winter, should ', have as good treatment as oxen and-cows. - U It is poor economy to keep them, exposed .., fs severe . weather- nnd supplied . only with ; 'A Writer on anderdraining says he shontd .' not hesitate a moment to mortgage land of 'sl his own to raise money for draining, if he could get the money in bo more convenient . ;; way. . The mortgage would, of coarse,', be ! a an annoyance, but would be an insignificant' one compared with the uncertainty of getting crops from wet land without drain- :. ' .' ftge-,:,. ii-'iVf'io ,.;:r ; The editor of the Agriculturist, discussing the yarious kinds of patent windlasses and , -: curbs for wells, comes back, to the. old-; . fashioned; well-sweep as the simplest, most ' durable,-easiest, and by-far the best method. - .; of drawing .water from wells not. over 80 or 25 feet deep. " Tiie olr oaken bucket,",: :. , hung on. a sweep, has. some, advantages,,-,'; certainly, beyond those of association, and t,i poetry. ' ;Uvii .,nm:i ';:...; oi ' vi!!-;:oJ i ' ;.i i:-:.i'A-;-: :'' HoW to: Laundrt. Every housekeeper ' ' will thank us for the following, and we ' hope our laundress will profit by the BUgges-. , tions it contains : r !: fn -7-t : . I: "i A laundress give the following recipe for n ' doing up shirt bosoms:'1 Any lady who de- . ' sires to make home happy will do well to try the experiment. ; It will be1 found a sovereign; antidote ' to: that ' perilous' staff i ! which weighs upon the heart an ill-ironed''2 and ill-fitting shirt bosom. Take two ounces ' of fine white gum arabic powder, put it into . i a pitcher, and pour on . a pint ; or -more of water; and then having 1 covered 1 it, let' it stand all night. In' the morning pour it carefully from the dregs into a clean bottle, ' '. cork.it and keep H tor use. ' A taDie spoon ful of gum water stirred in a pint of starch made in the usual manner will give to lawns, either white or prihted.-a look of Bewness,() when nothing else can restore them after :" they have been washed. T . m : Our Fruit and Trupkino Farms. We have been, favored by the .. secretary of ,,onr,;. Pomolngiral-Society with the following, ex7',)t hibiti.ojt the various . productions of.'.tbe i.Ila fruit and trucking farms in the, neighbor. ' hood of our city daring the past year wliich . have , been, sent from this port to the North- ;,c em market: 1,000,000 baskets strawbernes; , - 50,000. barrels. potatoes; 40,000 barrels peas; -10,000 barrels snaps; 650,000 heads ofc'abr bage; 20,000 barrels, cucumbers; ,.180)00 Knvoa rMrto f rtoa R Karvala armoolioo i'-Ta ' on the fe 8nd Times of Thaddens 8teycts, -j ,'; (ot early pubUcation,,! aud will Jhe .gladte ) 5 receive, copies ii i,iein ut ui ; w, j ,,,, political topics from'' 1828 to 1868, and any ;." c personal incidents illustrating-- any point in his career, of' any . 'feature' W his character. Original Jetters or otlier documents, if sent, . to him, will.be returned aftor infcV.-if;V-'''-.r 1 V. - '. :.-:. Tti'i"H4I .ill ,.t Tm Late James PHiLLrw, D. D.-Mrii ; C. C.'Snencer; the talented daughter of the : j 'i,, ' : i .... e .i. ,i l , :. late James Phillips, D. DioE CUapd.H'M,r Hid lias prepared a: biographioal agetoh ot liet, -father for Wilson's 44 Presbyterian Histort; ,vi) cal Almanack for the -'rear ISfML ' Mr'4o- ;t scph R. Wilsons of PhLadelphia, the pubr i! lisher of tho Almanae, will accompany tho I.; sketch witli a good liVencsa ot Dr. Phillips, . provided one hnndred subscribers to the j.j,, Almanac can be produced at once in. North u Caroliasi-Tlie avbscription price ot the fVlti ,;c manac is $3 ; but Mr. Wilson proposes that -,. these one huivlred, clubbing together, shall -have it fox 3 per copy, paid in advance, or 3.23 per copy, paid on deUjorv .-r8fntifl, : "'I i:t it 7 s -