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Salt is a luxury which is rarely 10 be had unless
In conjunction with porky fibre, and as 10 milk and
butter, the very taste OF them is forgotten. Lord
Raglan was very glad 10 get little cold pig (pork)
and ration Of rum and water, one night on oar
march here However, the hardest lot Of all is re-
served for our poor horses. All hay rations for
baggagers are rgidly refused, they only receive a
few pounds ofindiferent barley. There is not
blade Of grass TO be had--ihe whole OF these pla-
teaux and hills are covered with thstles only, and
where the other covering of the earth goes know
moi
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AN EIGHT DAYS FIGHT.

The GOODNESS Of young artillery officer, named
Maxwell, who took some ammunition TO the bate
ries through a tremendous fire, along a road so
exposed 10 the enemys FIRE, that il has been called
athe Valley Of DEATH" is highly spoken Of on all
sides. The blue jackets are highly delighted with
bition the best qualities Of an officer When
the Union Jack in the sailors battery was shot
away, he seized the broken staff, and leaping
upon the earthworks, waved the old bit Of hunt
ing again and again in a storm of shot, which, for
tunatey, left him untouched.
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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1854-08-16
NO. so.

them as they are represented, they knew
them as they are ? Thus are persons of the
greatest probity seduced into shameful er.
rors and prejudices. and made bad men even
by that noblest of principles, the love of
country. | cannot here forbear mention
ing the famous Spanish provers: If there
were neither fools nor knaves in the world,
all people would be of one mind
For my own part, | could heartily wish
that all honest men would enter into an as
sociation for the support Of one another "a
gainst the endeaVors of those whom they
ought to look upon as their common ene-
mics, to whatsoever side they may belong.
Were there such an honest body of neutral
forces, we would never see the worst of men
in great figures of life, because they are
cause they are above practising those meth
DDS which would be grateful to their faction
We should then single every criminal out
of the herd, and hunt him down, however
formidable and over grown he might appear; ;
on the contrary, we should shelter distressed
innocence, and defend virtue, however beset
with contempt or ridicule, envy or defama-
ton. Ir short, we should not any longer
regard our fellow subjects as wings or dem
ocrats, but should make the man of merit
our friend and the villain our enemy.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1854-08-16

A SAD S1GHT.-We met few days since
an acquaintance of a former day, profess
sional gentleman Of high standing in his own
community and distinguished some years
ago for his Jealous labors in the temperance
cause. Two years had elapsed since we saw
his face. 1t then beamed with an earnest
intelligence that lent powerful charm to
his gentlemanly address, and we felt in his
presence an increased respect for the cause
Of which he was so prominent and ardent an
advocate. Alas, what change. The thin
and delicate features have become gross and
ford, the spare and active figure, portly
and awkward, and the air of virtuous and no
BILE sentiments has given place to the dull
and unfeeling aspect of confirmed drunk
ard. There can be no sadder spectacle en-
countered among the scenes in which we once
mingled, and Which we revisit for the pur-
pose of refreshing our more pleasing recoIlec-
tions. 1t is bad enough to hear Of this or
that former acquaintance and friend removed
by death from the circle in which we once
moved. 1t is sad to visit the fresh graves
of those whose faces we expected to meet in
the home with which they were associated in
our memory, but,ah, it is more bitter still tc
recognize under the disguise Of bloated de.
formity and a stupid ,aspectsthe features O
ruined friend. The reflections arc botE
sad and solemn which such an event is ap
to inspire. We learn sad but salutary les
sons from such examples of virtue forsaken
and zeal extinguished, and become NOR
firmly convinced than ever that man require
something more than zeal for his permanen
, reformation. on.-Southern Post.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1854-08-16

horror of horrors there were the bones and
skeletons of many murdered politicians-the
ghastly countenances of thousands of immo-
lated and prescribed furriners' he was
required to swear he'd jihe the crew, or a
similar fate awaited him. But he was a
bould' man, as Pat would say, and with a
drap Of the cratur' he felt he could face the
divil. So straightway be fell to cussin' and
swearing against the whole crew and bragg
ing he want afraid of them all. A general
melee ensued and my companion came OF
tenth-best. But they could not make him
take their oath, but putting forth his giant
strength he tore himself away and rushed
forth and swore by the houly St. Patrick,
death and destruction to all
-rrIIIC IZArONIr ArArIItr-rc.ctH
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1854-08-16

Sal,' said Iisping Bill, 'if you don't love me,
thay tho; and if you do love me and don't like
to thay tho, thqueeth my handih.'
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1854-08-16
AUGUST 16, 1854.
O. 0 N m lInftatfOns
For THE SPIRIT OF THE AGE.
Party Spirit.

Embrace again, my sons; be foes no more,
Nor stain your country with her ehildren's gore
The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1854-08-03
THE NAVAL OUTRAGE.

The destruction of San Juan dc Nicaragua,
by the American sloop-ofwar Cyane, as chron-
icled in the Era of yesterday, is one Of the most
brutal cowsrdly, and infamous actions that
has ever disgraced civilized nation. What
greater cruelty and crime could be perpetrated
by band of pirates? If this wholesale de-
struction has been authorized by the Federal
Government, ages will not wash out the shame
from the National escutchcon. The guilty par
ties, whether high or low, who have authorized
this cowardly act, should be degraded from the
stations which they disgrace.
We care not which party was in the right,
in the trihiDg affair which led to the demand
of an apology. 1t is immaterial. There could
undor no circumstances be the slightest justif-
cation of the cowardly vengeance which has
been taken. 1t is preposterous to pretend that
the honor of the American Nation demanded
such satisfaction from an Insignificant village.
The pretence is as false and base as the action
is Infamous. We predict that this affair will
be found to be merely pretext for the annex
alton of the town and the adjacent coast. G.
The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1854-08-03
ENGLISH VIEWS.

The New York Herald of the goth contains
two able and interesting articles from foreign
journals, upon the domestic dissension in this
country relative to Slavery, and its relations to
the affairs of Europe. One, from the Dublin
University Magazine isin almost responding
vein, from the apprehension that the slave
power may extort dishonorahle comphances
from England, in her necessities growing out
of the war with Russia The writer, however,
ventures to hope that the slave power may be
overthrown, or that, at any rate John Bull will
have virtue enough to resist the exsctions it
may make. The article from Fraser'S Maya
zine is oRe of the ablest and most accurate
criticisms upon American Affairs, which we re-
remember to have seen in q foreign journal.
The author deals with the same topics which
the Dublin writer discusses, but cherishes a
more sanguine and hopeful spirit. He speaks
confidently that no stress of circumstances will
induce England to sacrifice her honor on the
altar of Slavery. We are sanguiae in the be-
lief, that unless the temptation comes soon,
EngIands virtue will not be PIT to the test.
We have little apprehension that the vile spirit
of Slavery Propagandism will rele this coun-
try beyond the expiration of the present Con-
grees. The Administration may still cherish
the power to do ILL., but it can effect little, when
the peoples Representatives ere actuatcd by
the spirit of liberty and patriotism. G.
The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1854-08-03
THE LATE THOMAS R1TCH1E.

The Richmond Enquirer of Monday con-
tains biographical sketch of the life of this
gentleman. He was the father of the present
editor, and the founder of the paper, in May,
1904. For forty-one years he was its principal
conductor, during which time he, perhaps, did
moro to manufacture the public opinion of the
State of Virginia, than even the ablest of the
four Presidents Including John Tyler whom
she gave to the nation during that period. Mr.
Richie possessed in remarkable degree the
political energy and enthusiasm for which the
Virginia politicians have been distinguished;
and it was this trait, rather than any remark
able powers of mind or skill in composition,
which was the secret of his success.
In 1845 he gave up the Enquirer to his sons,
and came to this city, for the purpose of con-
Quoting the Cfficial organ of Mr.. Folks Ad-
ministration. He continued to edit the Union
until the election of Gen. Pierce to the Presi-
dency
Mr.. Richie always bore the reputation of
an honorable gentleman, and is said to have
been distinguished for the social virtues. Few
men have done more to elevate the standard of
the editorial character.
1t is to be regretted that his biographer has
not thought proper to allude to the most hon
orable episode in the life of Mr.. Richie. We
allude to his bold and manly advocacy of
Emancipation, in 1912, while the subject
was undergoing discussion in the Legislature.
He had the honor of being denounced as an
Anti Slavery agitator, by the Shareholders at
their public meetings in the interior counties
which charge Mr.. Richie bravely repealed,
with argument and ridcule, and fought to the
end of the legislative controversy on the side
of Freedom. He only yielded, at last to an
apparent necessity and without the slightest
change of his opinions We are not aware
that his opinions on this subject ever under
went a change as to the abstract merits of Sla-
very, although circumstances gradually drew
him into the ranks of the Southern Pro-Sla-
very party. He was, however, never ultra in
his Southern proclivities, but always cOunseled
moderation. Peace to his ashes G.
The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1854-08-03
NORTH CAROLINA POLITICS.

President Pierce assigns as q reason for as
senting to che Cape Fear appropriation, that
the obstruction was placed in the river by the
Government, and it hence became duty to
remove il at the expense of the Federal Treas
ury. We perceive that Southern papers sug-
gest, with good deal of plausibility, that the
approaching August Election In North Carroll
ma, upon which depends two Senatorial ap-
pointments, may have had something to do
with the disposition of the question.
MIR. Badgers term expires on the 4th Of
March next, and the other place has been va
can't since March, 1853. 1t is thought that
the contest will be very close. The principal
subjects of controversy are the public lands,
and free suffrage, including the White Basis
of Representation. The State is divided geo.
graphically on the latter point-the West of
course, favoring representation based on the
white population alone. Under the existing
Constitution, ffty-acre freehold is necessary
to qualify citizen to vote for State Senators.
The Wings particularly of the east and Gen.
tire, are disposed to dodge the issue, and de-
mand an open Convention. The Democrats
wish to make certain amendments, by two
thirds vote of the Legislature, which is one
mode provided by the Constitution. This eff
fort to limit the people as to the nature and
extent of the reforms. they may demand,
shows anything but Democratic faith in the
masses, and, in turn, gives the Wings the ad-
vantage So the fight seems to be on about
equal terms and the result is regarded as
doubtful.
The Wings are strong on the Land Distri-
button question before the People, as that is
the only mode by which the State can come in
for share of the public domain The Ne
braska bill seems not to be prominent topic.
The Wings are divided, and the Democrats in
different, as to the value of the measure. Still,
on the whole, it is erring on the safe side to
go for the bill, looking at it in demsgogical
point of view Party feeling runs high, and
there is little probability of a fusion between
tho parties. The election takes place next
Thursday G..
The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1854-08-03
POPULAR LIBERTY AND ITS FRIENDS

A letter from Senator CHASE to Govern,
KossUTH, of which the following is en- EngI!
version, appeared in g lie Republican" of :r
York, on the 18th ultimo.
WASHINGTON, U. S, June %, 1854
DEAR SIR: | have received, (through N;
Saunders, presume copies of letter E!
dressed by him to yourself and others as rep.
resentatiyes of Republicanism in Europe sri
of your reply, dated on the Sd nit.
As an American, devoted to the prilgy.:'
of Democracy, and ardently attached u tho
great cause of Universal Liberty, feel bOCl!
to express to you my regret that Mr.. SsuS
DERs has sought to place you and other prom.
nent Advocates Of Popular Rights 10 an attitui!
of indifference towards the momentous struEg'
going on in this country, between Slavery al.
Freedom.
Advocates of Despotism are homOgeneol
the world over. He who defends Slavery
America cannot be true friend to Freed Z
in Europe. His cry for Liberty is hypoGra
CAL 1t is cry for License or for Privilege.
Is not Mr.. Saunders himself aware that hl
relations to Popular Liberty in the Old Wu.
have subjected him to the distrust Of the Do
tenders of Slavery in the New? Recent events
one would think, might have suggested :aa
idea to him.
Depend upon it, sir, that if America shA
ever stand forth as that magnanimous PoE1
on earth which you have invoked her to be
come, it will only be when Slavery shall bsT
ceased to control the course of her Nations
Legislation, and a wise, earnest, coursgeoa;
end impartial spirit of Justice and Libe!F
shall have been inauguratsd as the vital pEi
ciplc of her National Administration.
Yours, truly and respectfully
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THE SARATOGA CONVENTION.

The NelC York Tribune has the following
"Let Wings, Democrats, and Free. SoilsT'
who mean to have the great wrong OF 1881 It.
dressed, be sent as delegates from each couI'!
30 that the Convention may embOdy and give
effect to the conclusions not only Of the Tree
souled advocates Of universal liberty IN GU
own State, but of the various sections and p'''
ties between which they have hitherto been
divided, and thereupon act go as to give 'l'
greatest possible force and efficiency to thIl
Overwhelming sentiment of resistance to tie
incesssnt aggressious of Slavery and the ia"
Power"
The O,Sego Democrat, fearless, uncOEruP'a
organ Of that portion Of the Radical DoDVs
racy of our State which supported Van BlF'a
in l84S, and has never repented OF that a'1
forcibly says:
"Since the call for the Saratoga Convention
was issued, we have carefully noted the Cpl"
siticn 10 that movement, and the quarter iTOn
which it has emanated, and from our obseTIa
ton have become Satisfied Of two things: TIE
first Of which is, that the people Of this STATE
sickened and disguised with the venalE
and treachery Of cffice seeking politicians, an
alarmed at the arrogant demands and sggEa
sions of the Slave Power, not only desire.
meet in some such Convention as that eaD'-
for the 10Th of August to decide upon SOM
plan of action for the future, but are fully
termincd to do 80. Their confidence in tho,s
who assume to be party leaders has been =
wantonly abused and outraged, the rights 10
interests of the People so traf6cked away o
dishonest and meroensry political tricksi:'1
that they regard party lines ns less bincls
than formerly, and falling back upon tlsI
own strength and esources--irresistble Whel
called into action--they seem determined "
spurn the dictation of assumed party lesde'l
and to select for their representatives such n''
as will faithfully carry out their wishes.
" In the second place, we have observed 'l.,
certain presses and ofhce-seeking politicians ..
endeavoring to create an opposition to such :
movement, and prevent the consupmat"n
the objects in view. The deceptive CRY :"
Abolition will not shake the firm deter Ln,.
ton of the People in the matter; and W.
doughfaces who are reckless enough 10 OPP H.,
the Convention, viii find that there IS neL' ne
the strength nor disposition In any party il -
North to save them from oblivion. .,b
The Convention will be held, and NJ .S.,.
more severe rebukc administered to the aloD,
and abettors in the repeal OF the nllss S. II
Compromise, than they receive at the manu-
such presses and sdyocates-an aequlesCeH''
In the outrage"
The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1854-08-03
SOMETHING NEW UNDER THE SUN.

We have before us an address delivered
by FREDERICK DOUGLASS, before the literary
societies Of Western. Reserve College, at Com
menoement July 18th, 1854" This is per-
hsps the first occasion in this country that
man of color has been called upon to lecture
before Literary Institution. The subject Sc
lected for the entertainment of the audience
was the Claims of the Negro; !" and We have
been most sgreeably surprised, on a careful
perusal of the Address, to observe the oandor,
learning, and discrimination, with which the
author has discussed it Those who are seek
ing for information upon the origin of the
races and kindred topics, should on no &C.
count omit careful perusal of this eloquent
vindication of the negro race, and of the Scrip
tural account of the creation of man. Mr. Doug
lass has condensed into small compass a
great amount of learning upon the interesting
theme and although his comments and re-
Elections are made in a spirit of calm philoso-
ply, there are occasional flashes of true elo-
quence.
It is one of the maryels of the age, that a
fugitive from Slavery, reared to manhood I'M
der all the weight of its depressing influences,
should be the author of this able and learned
Address This fact alone is the best refuta-
ton of the atheistical fanatics, who would OK
clude the negro from the pale Of manhood.
The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1854-08-03
pRo-sLAvERY TACTICS.

Certain Southern newspapers are In the
habit of catching up partial and often utterly
false statements, purporting to be taken from
the Census returns, upon which they build the
most airy and untenable castles of sectional
pride and vanity. But when the fslsehocd
Of these statements is exposed, and the absurd
differences drawn from them turned to ridicule
the champions of Slavery have she discretion
to say 10 mere about the mattes. Confident
that their readers will never sec the Anti-Sla-
very papers, they feel perfectly. assured that
their manufactured statistics vii never be ex-
posed to the contempt of their RAIDERS. This
is some consolation in defest, at Coy rate.
It is maxim, that honesty is the best pol
icy;n and we have an abiding conviction that
Southern men viii come TO see that truth is
better than error, even in reference to the
workings of the Slavery SYSTEM. We were
much gratifod to point to the fact, few days
ago, that the Virginians, in order to arouse
the public to the Importance Of industrial en-
terprises, had found it necessary to abandon
and TO expose the false statements and false
principles of political economy which Elwood
Fisher, some five years ago, instilled into their
minds. May we not hope that 4 similar con-
tipgency may induce them to abandon other
false representations which they have recently
attempted to palm off upon the publica We
allude to the grossly false and utterly inbound
ed criminal statistics which recently went the
rounds of Southern newspapers, and which
we have shown up in their true light,
We refer, also, to the partial, and therefore
essentially false church statistics, which we have
alscset before thepublic in their true Eight. Can
not the chivalrous Enquirer and the fhilosophi-
cal Examiner look the truth in the face? Are
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THE NATIONAL ERA. WASHINGTON, D. g, AUGUST 8, 1854

they afraid to set the plain facts before their
readers : They and other Southern writer's
doubtless believed that they were building on
q foundation of fact when they asserted the
moral superiority of the South, as attested by
criminal and church statistics; but now that
we have swept away the basis on which they
rested, they are compelled by every obligation
of candor to make the acknowledgment, and
place the whole truth before their readers.
The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1854-08-03
SECTIONAL PARTIES.

The New York Herald has a good article on
this subject going to show that the Union is
in no danger from what are called sectional
parties" The writer enters into an analysis of
the Presidential votes at different periods, from
which it appears that, in the earlier years of
the Republic, the contests between the elder
Adams and Jefferson, Madison and De Witt
Clinton, were decided by almost exclusively
sectional majorities. The editor prefaccs his
analysis as follows: G.
" The present aspect of politics in the United
States, and the general breaking up of old po-
litical parties, with the threatening character
of the Nebraska question and other issues CON-
neoted with slavery and free coil, lead to the
conclusion that the election of President in
1856 will assume decidedly sectional charac-
tern other words, that it will be an issue
between North and South, or between the non-
slaVeholding and slsveholding States. The
friends of the Union are much alarmed at this
state of things, and many good men seem to
indulge in feelings of dependency with regard
to the duration of the United States in one
great confederacy, as at present existing, or to
be enlarged by further annexation or admis-
sion into the Union of new States 1t may do
something towards relieving such very natural
anxieties to look little into our past political
history, to see how often great national ques-
tons, and particularly elections of President,
have been decided by sectional votes, but have
always been acquiesced in as the decision of
the majority"
He concludes thus:
"Our object in thus running through the
history of our various elections of President, is
to show that however often those elections
have assumed sectional character, and at
times appeared TO be questions of dominion and
power between the North and South, they have
never endangered the Union of the States.
Whichever section of the Union may have tri-
umphed at elections, the people in the minority
have acquiesced, and the progress of the nation
has been unchecked in its career of prosperity.
eve therefore believe that, in the ensuing
preliminary and final elections, which will In
troduce a new Administration into power,
whatever course parties may pursue, or what
ever new combinations may be formed or ques-
tons brought forward, that the people viii be
true to the Union, and defeat all attempts to
effect its dissolution. Let, therefore, National
Democrats and National Wings of the North
and South unite in their efforts to elect good
and true men to the councils of the nation, and
rely on the experience of the past that all will
be we'll so far as the integrity and perpetuity
of the Union are concerned"