FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
Piac€ or War in Europe.—At last we have
something more than rumor and conjecture to
guide *U3 aa to the probable issue of the present
entanglement. Th« Moniteur has once more
opened its oracular jaws, and this time speaks more
intelligible language than its Delphic predecessors.
We learn that ‘^Russia proposes a Congress to
obviate the dangers to which the state of Italy
may expose Euroj>e"—that this Congress is to
consist of what are called the “five great Powers,"
and to meet in a “neutral city”—and, though last
not least important, that France has ^en the first
to accept at once the above proposal. This is no
doubt great news, and binds over all parties to
keep the peace for this year at least. There seems
now, indeed, to remain only one existing cause
of immediate apprehension, and that is, of course,
the state of feeling of the Sardinian population
aud army, and, above all, of the hosts of patriots,
exiles, and adventurers who are flocking in that
direction by thousands to enroll themselves under
the banner of Garibaldi. These latter especi
ally are \fei*vuhtm pecus’—an awkward lot, dan
gerous cattle to deal with, and very difficult to
raanasre if there is to be no fighting. That Austria
will give no real ground for attack I'am fully con
vinced: her true policy now is evidently caution
and peace, and no power better understands her
own interests. But it ia impossible not to feel
that a conflict may be at any moment forced
upon her of which no one can tell the issue.
* * * All danger of war, except on the
one question indicated above, is considered as re
moved for the present. But how great that dan
ger is. it is almost impossible to exaggerate. For
instance, I have this moment received the fol
lowing communication from a correspondent at
Nice:
“The whole town here ia en emoi at the call
ing out of 'the reserve. All the men up to 36
years old are included in it. A public subscrip
tion has been set on foot to maintain their fam
ilies during their absence. This morning, too,
an oflice has been opened for raising a fresh
corps of volunteers. The most intense excite
ment prevails.”
Such is the condition of Sardinia: now listen
to an “allegory!”
When Louis Napoleon first entered the Tuileries
as’Emperor he found there three clocks, one ot
which when it struck, said “Moscow,”—another
“Schonbrun,”—and the third “Waterloo.” Ever
since Sebastopol was taken the first clock has
ceased to strike! But just now “Schonbrun is
ringing furiously, while “Waterloo” only as yet
tinkles faintly in the distance!
There is many a true word spoken in jest, and
many an allegory that proves to be in earnest. If
“Schonbrun” be always ringing in the ears of
the French Emperor, Austria had better keep her
eye« open on the Sardinian frontier, even while
the JoUj^ressis “talking” peace at Aix la Chapellel
Faris Cor. Jour, of Com.
Enylish Statistics.—London is full of the elite
of the three kingdoms, and a plentiful sprinkling
of men and women of almost every name and na
tion, rank, religion, and opinion under Heaven.
The number of men, women, and children resid
ing within the boundaries of this great metropolis
at this moment cannot be less than three millions’.
It may well be asked, is the real happiness of man
kind promoted and the general interests of the
world best cared for by this accumulation of men
and their cares, their troubles, their wants, and
their weakness, their vices, nnd their opposing in
terests in one spot? We think not, but have no
intention to enter upon the subject. Mr. Charles
Pearson, who probably knows more upon the sub
ject than any other man, furnishes some curious
statistics. He tells us that in 1811 the popula
tion of Liondon was 1,090,000, and that according
to the Registrar-General's office it was 2,800,00u
in 1857, having been nearly trebled in forty-six
years. In the city of London proper, occupying
620 acres of grcund, there was a population of
120,000 souls, or nearly 194 upon every acre. In
1811 there were 1,000 hackney carriages plying
at a rate ot Is. per mile, and performing 1,000
journeys a day; in 1857 there were 4.700, plying
at a charge of 6d. a mile, and 10,000 journeys
every day are now performed by the various pub
lic vehicles. The French Omnibus Company
now receives £6U0,U00 per annum for the accom
modation of about 120.000 passengers a day. Al
together i£j.n()u,UO0 a year is spent on the vehi-
cukr Hicfiiiiuujdations of the metropolis. To show
the v„li of land in the city, it may be stated that
it h Us I ti' n sold, even for speculation, at the rate
of per acre. One crying evil in the
present position of London is the want of an ade
quate number of dwellings for the poorer classes.
The only remedy for this is, Mr. Pearson says,
giving the poor the advantage of cheap railway
carriage to houses at a distance from the locality
thev may be employed in; and Mr. Pearson has a
pmn now before the proper parties for accomplish
ing this desirable result. The immense popula
tion of London gives rise to many most difficult
questions, and nothing can easily be more certain
than that the interests of the 3,000,000 of human
beings there congregated together, and not the
interests of any one c/ass so much as those of the
poorer clashes, require immediate attention. It
will be a most difficult question to legislate upon,
but it becomes more and more so every year, and
the sooner it is grappled with the better for all
classes of the inhabitants.
Mr. Capps, in his new treatise upon the nation
al debt, gives the following statement of the cap
ital uf the kingdom at various periods, and the
average proportion of such capital to each indi
vidual at the different periods, after deducting
the national debt from the total capital:
In 1700 capital £615,000,000, ay. to each perion £75
1800 do. 2,250,000,000, do. do. 110
1812 do. 2,736,640,000, do. do. 115
1857 do. 6,000,000,000, do. do. 170
In 1700 the national debt was £15,000,000:
in 1857 it was £800,000,000, and has since in
creased. Mr. Porter reckoned the personal prop
erty of the kingdom at £1,200,000,000 in I8l5;
£2,200,000,000 in 1845; and Mr. Capps estimates
it at £3,000,000,000 in 1867. The annual in
come of the country was £223,308,800 in 1796;
in 1846 it was £488,000,000. Mr. Capps says
It IS now between £500,000,000 and £600,000,-
000.—London Correspondence Nat. Int.
Religious Freedom in France.—A decree of
very high importance in a religious point of view
has just been signed by the Emperor, after a re
port on the subject from the Ministers of the In
terior and Public Worship. No new place of
Protestant worship could be opened in France
without the consent of the Prefect of the Depart
ment, or the Police; because, under the existing
law, any assembly, religious or otherwise, of more
persons without permission, was strictly
promoited. t reedom ot conscience was a mockery
under such regulations, for the Prefect or the
Mayor, influenced by the Roman Catholic clergy
or, perhaps bigoted themselves, constantly refused
permission to open a chapel when it was required.
This was almost universally the case with respect
U) evangelical congregations having no connection
with (won reconnus') the Government. You have
no doubt read recent cases of pastors being fined
and imprisoned for having courageously set these
police regulations at defiance by assembling and
proachii.g to their flocks. This state of things is
now, in a great mea.sure, to be put a stop to. Ab-
^lute Ireedom, indeed, is not yet permitted: but
the jurisdiction is taken out of the hands of the
Prefects and the police, and lodged with the
Council of State, a liberal and enlightened body,
who will hear all applications; and then the mat
ter is laid before the Emperor himself, who as
sents or refuses, by a decree. This is very near
ly what the Protestants of France desired; for
whenever their wishes could reach tli^ Lmperor,
they were always attended to; no one accuses
Louis Napoleon personally of religious intolerance
or partiality. The decree will be, therefore, a
great boon to those to whom it is especially ad
dressed.—Paris Cor. Jour oj Com.
Marrying a Wife s Sister.—The London cor
respondent of the Intelligencer writes that the
Lords have thrown out the bill which had passed
the House of Commons legalizing a marriage with
the sister of a deceased wife. The right rever
ends the Bishops seemed to take a special interest
in the discussion; the vote was 39 tor the bill, 49
against it—the number of Peers present being S8,
of whom 11 were Bishops; 4 voting for the bill
and 7 against it. The entire number of Peers is
459, of whom the Bishops form 32. Had the
other classes of Peers mustered in the same rela
tive proportion a House numbering 150 nieiubers,
instead of one consisting of only 88, would have
settled this vexed question. It appears from the
speeches of the Bishops who opposed the bill that
their principal objection was founded chiefly up
on the 18th verse of the 18th chapter of Leviti
cus. The Bishop of Cork said forcibly that
“Such marriages as the bill referred to were not
contrary to the law of God. As a matter of ex
pediency therefore, he thought they should not
stigmatize marriages which were not contrary to
God’s law or to nature as illegtil. and bastardize the
issue. He knew of nothing that would more tend
to bring the Legif 'ature into contempt than to
insist upon laws wl.'ch were in noway inconsistent
with social morality or religion. L pon the religious
! point he observed that the highest Episcopal au-
i thorities were in his favor, and he denied altogeth-
1 er that, even if these marriages were forbidden
I by the Levitical law, they were forbidden to Chris-
I tians with whom the Mosaic law was not binding.
I But if there were certain marrriages forbidden by
I the Jewish law, and punishable by pains and pen-
! alties, the Jewish law did not declare that they
! were null and void. That was left for a (’hristian
Legislature to do. As they niultipiied forbidden
I things, and made illegal that towards which there
I might be a natural tendency and which was not
opposed to our natural notions of right, so they
] increased the power of the great enemy of men to
j lead us into evil.”
j More Allegrd Corrmption.—The Washington
I correspondent of the Philadelphia Press, Forney’s
j Louglas Democri-tic paper, writes:
I “Exposures will be made at the next .session of
I Congress of a character to demand the impeach
ment of high officers of the Government. * *
Here is one: A gentleman, in one of the great
cities of the West, holds him.self responsible, with
another, on oath, to prove that, not only were docu
ments ordered not to be distributed when sent by a
eertainSenator, but that letters were also violated.
An investigating committee will, 1 understand, be
called upon this matter a.s well a.s upon the mal
practices of the Postoffice Department, at an early
day of the session. So insecure has the transmis
sion of private correspondence become, that one
might well think there was here, as in the palmy
days of the Austrian despotism, a censor of the
mails—one who, with diabolical ingenuity, got
inside of letters and allowed all to paas that were
unexceptionable to its requirements, and withheld
all that were calculated to defeat or embarra.'is the
purposes of the “powers that are.”
“Then, again, the strangest rumors float about
of votes purchased by money raised from per cen-
tages upon contracts. I learn that a Philadel-
I phian, who comes here occasionally, hesitates not
to tell that he was ordered to pay a per centage
on what he received for printing the postoffice
blanks, to a high officer of one of the departments.
All these things, and others, must come ou'..
The result, the consternation of "ood men, can
only be imagined.”
The Washington Union.—Mr. Wendell's re
tirement as proprietor of the L'nion, is formally
announced over his own hand and seal. As he
positively refused to give up the paper, until the
President guaranteed the patronage which was
a condition of the transfer, tlie bargain may be re-
I garded as completed. In other words, Mr. Buch
anan has stipulated directly to pay for thepurcha.se
I and maintenance of the Union, out of the public
Treasury. And though this corrupt arrangement
may be so hedged in that by a quibble the parties
implicated may technically deny what is known
to be morally true, it deserves to be investigated
and exposed next winter. As yet, no editors
have been chosen or announced, and the design
now ia to conduct the paper by voluntary contri
bution, derived mainly from official sources. The
President has tried his hand already, and will
probably continue to be his own champion when
ever occasion requires it.
H't/i/t. Cor. Balt. American.
Fearful Maritime Drama—Massacre of 800
Men.—The New York Courrier dts Etats Unis
gives a long statement of the loss of the French ship
St. Paul, and the mas.sacre of 330 persons on board,
both sailors and passengers. The news was re
ceived by the last European mails.
The St. Paul was making a voyage from China
to -Australia, with a load of Chinese emigrants.
It was on one of the nqmerous isles of the Loui-
siade Archipelago, an extensive group of islands
in the South Pacific, that the wreck took place
on the 11 th of September; the passengers escaped
from this peril, and an English vessel was hailed.
It was too small to carry away all the unfortu
nates, and 330 were left till word was taken to
Sydney, and another vessel sent to their relief,
which found that of the 330 individuals but one
—a Chinaman—had been saved, all the others
having been massacred by the savages, amid the
most frightful tortures. These are all the par
ticulars given.
This statement in the Courrier is fortified by let
ters from Captain Pinard, of the St. Paul, inform
ing the owners of the ves.sel of these acts.
Tu:o Miles of Literature.—The New York
Tribune says that the pile made on the floor of the
Appletons, by, the books purchased of them by
Schwl Commissioner Smyth, for the School Li
braries of Ohio, measures twenty five solid cords,
and the books weigh seventy-eight tons. Placed
on a shelf, as usual, and as close together as pos
sible, they would reach two miles. These books
are to be transported to Ohio by special freight
train.
FROM THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCIR.
AN UNPUBLISHED LETTER OF HENRY CLAY.
An esteemed subscriber in Louisiana hasoblig
ingly forwarded to us the subjoined letter of
Henry Clay, believed to be before unpublished,
and written, it will be seew* from its date, at a
time when he was in the acme of his acknowledged
influence, both as a statesman in our National
Councils and as a leader of the great party which
recognised in him its chosen embodiment of the
principles that formed its ground of appeal to the
popular c»)nfidence and support. As whatever
emanates from the pen of this no less sagacious
civilian than eminent patriot has a value in the
eyes of intelligent readers, we take pleasure in
giving it insertion in our columns; while as a con
cise statement of the objects and aims of the \V big
party at that period, it may serve to show that
those purposes, alike in their wisdom and patriotic
inspirations, were meant “not for a day, but for
all time.”
Ashland, September 13, 1842.
De.\r Sir: I received your favor communica
ting the patriotic purposes and views of the young
men of Philadelphia, and I take pleasure, in com
pliance with your request, in stating some of the
principal objects which I suppose engage the com
mon desire and common exertions of the big
party to bring about in the Government of the
United States. These are.
1st. A sound national currency, regulated by
the will and authority of the nation.
2d. An ade»juate revenue, with fair protection
to American industry.
3d. Just restraints on Executive ^>ower, embra
cing a further restriction ou the Pjxecutive veto.
4th. A faithful administration of the public
domain, with an equitable distribution of the pro
ceeds of the sales of it among all the Stateft
5th. An honest and economical administration
of the General (lovernment, leaving public officers
perfect freedom ot thought and of the right of
sufl’rage, but with suitable restraints against im
proper influences in elections.
6th. An amendment of the Constitution limit
ing the incumbent of the Presidential chair to a
single term.
These objects obtained, 1 think we should cease
to be afilicted with bad administration of the (gov
ernment.
I am, respectfully, your friend,
II. CLAY
The Governor of Virginia, that is to be
—Mr. Harrison of Monroe County, Virginia, wa.s
selected by his party a few daj'S ago aa Letcher
elector for his county. He declined the appoint
ment. We suppose that his reason for declining
was expressofl in his speech in the I)emoTatic
State Convention against Letcher’s propo.sed '’omi
nation. He objected to the nomination becau.se
he entertained “a deliberate and sincere convic
tion that his nomination, just at this time, would
be not only hazardous to the harmony of the party
but to the best interests of the Stiite, if not of the
Union itself.” He appealed to the (’onvention
to su.stain him in the declaration “that if a man
were to come here to-day from Mas.sachusetts,
Connecticut, or Ohio, from Boston, or Hartford,
or Cincinnati, entert^iining and avowing the same
opinions which were entertained and avowed by
l)r. Kuffner, such a man would be not only apt to
get the cold shoulder from the gallant Democrats
of Petersburg, but he would probably be tarred
and feathered, and I think he ought to be.”
And yet, .said Mr. Harrison, “not the author,
it is true, but at least the oj>«n advocate and en
dorser of those sentiments, is now sought to be
made the ('lovernor of Virginia, and that too at a
time when the eyes of the whole Umon are pro
bably looking to Virginia upon this subject.”
Cotton at Liv^TfHMil.—The following figures
will give an ajiproximate idea of the supply of cot
ton for the remainder of this sea.son compared with
the same period la.st year. The figures for 1858
are official, and where we have assumed for this
year liberal allowance, we think, has been made;
for instance, a crop on your side of 3,700,000 is
an outside estimate; and 7X) is more than wiu^
ever received from other countries, save in 1857
It will only rejuire a slight increa.se in the con
sumption to absorb the probable excess in the sup
ply for the remainder of 18.59; thus the chances
seem very favorable that the stocks on the 1st of
January, ISGO, will be reduced below the very
small stocks on the 1st of January, 18.59:
185‘). 1858.
.Stock in Gr*at BritK^n March ’J4, 380.000 450,000
\\ sea from India and .■\iuerica, 286,(XX) 22'.*.KKt
Stock in Americmn ports March 9, MO.CMH) 748,000
Visible supply March 24ih, 1,616,000
Remaining in the interior in the
United States, supposing the
crop to be 3,70O,(MK) bales, 756,000
Received in 1858, after March 9,
at United States ports.
To come from India and all other
places, supposing the entire re-
ceipt.s to be 700,0(K). 606,000
Received from all other places than
United States after 24th March,
Add probable excess in stocks on
Continent, 100,000
Do. do. in spinners’ hands in Qreat
Britain and United States, 100,000
1,427,000
1,117,00(1
409,000
Red Pepper for Punch.—The Scientific Ameri
can recommends as a substitute for hot whiskey
punch of a cold night the following: Put three or
four lumps of sugar, with half a teaspoonful of
cayenne pepper, in a tumbler, and fill up with hot
water; when the sugar is dissolved, drink. It is
not only pleasant to the palate, but warms the
whole body more effectually and quicker than
spirits.”
A fellow was brought to King James I., and it
that he could eat a whole sheep at a meal.
“What else can he do,” said the king, “more than
a^ other man?” “Nothing," was the reply.
Hang him, then,” said James; “for His a pity a
man should live who eats the share of twenty men
and can do no more than one.” ^
Excess, 125,000 3,078,000 2,953.0O{(
The manufacturing interests of this country
continue most encouraging. The exports of goods
and yarns for February (official) were $19,000,-
000, against S13,800,000, in 1858, and 814,600,-
000 for the same month in 1857.—Liv. Cir.
Cotton Culture in Africa.—The IVench Min
ister of Commerce (acting Minister ad iterim for
Algeria) has made a report to the Emperor upon
the subject of the cultivation of cotton in the Afri
can province. It appears that the planters have
various kinds of encouragement, and among others
an annual prize from the privy f)urse of the Em
peror of 20,000 francs. The State is pledged to
purchase all the produce, and many other advan-
j tages are extended to the enterprise, which has
prospered accordingly. The quantity produced
'in 1854 was 1,014,000 pounds. In 18.57 the
amount exceeded 1,.560,000 pounds, and la.st year
a corresponding improvement is recorded, although
the quantity of produce is not specified. The
Government have decided that, as the planters
are now fairly on their feet, some of the privileges
may be safely discontinued. The crops, however,
are still promised the certainty of Government
purchase.—London Cor. Nat. Int.
Daniel ^\ebster’s Poetry.—A “lady who knows,”
has given the Journal of Commerce from mem
ory the following lines, which, she says, were
written by Daniel Webster for a lady who had re
quested his autograph on the same page with taat
of La Fayette:
Dear Lady,—I a little fear
’Tis dangerous to be writing here;
His hand,—who bade our eagle fly,
Trust his young wings and mount the sky,—
Who bade across the Atlantic wide
Loud cannons roar—new navies ride,
Has traced in lines of trembling age
His autograph upon this page.
Higher than that eagle soars.
Louder than the cannon roars.
His name shall through the eprth be sounding.
And o’er the wave.of time be bounding!
While thousands as obscure as I,
Cling to his skirts, he still shall fly
And spring to immortality!
If by his name I write my own.
He’ll take me where I am not known;
The cold salute will meet my ear
•‘Pray, stranger! How did you come here?”
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.
Wilmington, N. C., April 14.
A little before four o’clock yesterday afternoon
a fire broke out in the vicinity of Front aud Orange
streets, which proved to be the most destructive
that has visited this town for several years, and at
one time threatened to be still more ruinous.
We learn that the fire originated in the old
Cooper’s shop on the corner of Orange and Front
streets. There was nothing in the shop but some
loose cotton which had been taken from a wreck
ed vessel and was scattered out to dry The
Messrs. Worth, by whom the shop was used, in
form us that to the best of their knowledge no
fire had been in the building for months. Two
small negro boys had been in the house shortly
before the fire occurred, and were in the street in
front of it when Mr. Bunn’s boy discovered the
fire and gave the alarm. There is no conjecture
as to how the fire started.
The fire niust have spread very rapidly, as was
to have been expected from the combustible char
acter of the sheds and wooden buildings in the
vicinity. When we got down, a very few minutes
after the alarm had been given, we found every
thing on the West side of Front street, between
Orange street and the large brick warehouse oc
cupied by Dr. Worth, and Messrs. T. C. & B. G.
Worth, in flames, and the sparks or flakes of fire
from the tall hose house attached to the “Fire
King” engine house had set fire to the steeple of
the Presbyterian Church, which was of wood.
For some time hopes were entertained that the
Church might be saved, but these hopes had soon
to be abandoned. In a comparatively short time
the interior of the building was in fiaines, and the
houses in the vicinity were in imminent danger
of burning, from which nothing but the most
strenuous exertions on the part of citizens and the
fire department could have saved them.
The only dwelling hou.se that we know to have
been burned was a wooden building next door, we
think, to the engine house, and wa.s occupied by
Mr. Fitzgerald. Mrs. Fitzgerald, who was inde
licate health, was, with her young infant, barely
saved. None of the furniture was saved.
Messrs. T. C. & B. (i. Worth think that their
loss will probably be six thousand dollars. Among
the property burned was about 70 hhds. of mo-
las.ses, a quantity of fish, phuster, cement, and a
variety of merchandise. The insurance is believ
ed to be sufficient to cover the loss.
The buildings destroyed on Orange street.
Water street and the West side of Front street
were of comparatively little value. We hardly
know what figure to name. The Presbyteriar
Church was a good plain building, and contained
a very fine organ which cost 82,500 a year ago.
We have received the following estimate of the
loss in detail:
T. C. it B. (i. Worth 86,500 in gocnJs we be
lieve, fully insured; J. Jenkins, of Fayetteville,
who owned the old buildings, 82,000; Mr. Fitzger
ald, 8400 in furniture; Presbyterian Church.
817,000; L. F. Bunn, 8500 in painting materials,
etc.; B. W. Beery, 8350 models, etc.; S. B. Kahn-
weiler, 81,500 in injury to furniture, covered by
insurance; J. Loeb, 81,500 damage to house next
north of the Church. The whole damage will
not vary far from 830,000. There is a further
loss to the town by the burning of the engine house.
The Pre.sbyterian Church, as a tablet on its
front informs us, had been burned down in May,
1819.—Journal.
We understand that a few members of the Pres
byterian Church met last evening and sub
scribed 810,000 for the erection of a new building.
VV e have been told also that two liberal minded
gentlemen of this place offered to purcha.se an or
gan and present it to the church. This is a spe
cies of liberality highly commendable.—Herald.
Our Navigation.—Xo people have labored
under greater disadvantages and have suffered
more from neglect, than the people of Eastern
North Carolina, on account of the impediments
to our navigation. The commercial prosperity of
Newbern, Washington, Plymouth, Edenton, and
Elizabeth City, has been crippled and seriously
injured, simply bec.ause the General Government,
ever mindful of other interests in other States,
has almost totally overlooked our condition, and
has failed to render us the a.ssistance, which a
small outlay of means, might readily afford.
But, in saying this, we do notattach all the blame
to the Government. The people of North Caro
lina have always been too modest in their demands
and h.ive pres.sed their wants too coldly and tard
ily upon the Government. * * * ()ur j{pp.
resentativcs, as a general thing, act in the same
way, except when the interests of a party are to
be served, or when simply local interests are
pres.sed closely upon them. The fact is, in the
selection of representatives to Congreas, the dear
est interests of the State are sacrificed often for
party. Men of the same party, of talent, energy,
and ability to accomplish something for the weal
of North Carolina, are too often ignored for men
who are simply politicians, and the navigation,
commerce, and other industrial interests of North
Carolina are left out of the account altogether.
The impression is too common, that nature has
so hampered us, we can do nothing. This is an
error which has nearly ruined the commercial in
terests of North Carolina. We have two inlets,
which have a depth of water sufficient for our
commerce. Ocracoke Inlet has about ten feet of
water and Hatteras Inlet 12 feet at low tide. The
swash on the inside, made by the action of the
winds and waters, forms the chief impediment.
These sand and mud flats are from 3 to 400 yards
wide at the most eligible points for crossing, but
in order to get 6 or 7 feet water, our vessels in
crossing the Swash at Ocracoke have to take a
circuitous route of two or three miles. At Hat
teras, although the Swash affords about the same
depth of water, it is narrower we believe. Now
according to the opinions of the most experienced
and wisest sea-captains, pilots and others, chan
nels may be easily cut by r/m/yc-boats through
the Swash at both inlets, not more than from 3
to 400 yards, and kept constantly open by the
same means, as deep as the bar on the inlets
themselves. Such a work would entirely relieve
our navigation. Now it is confidently believed
that two dredge-boats, kept constantly in our
Sounds, removing these bars, would accomplish
all we desire; and what an inconsiderable item of
expense this would be to the government compared
with the immense benefit to us.— MasA. Dis.
Fourth Annual Meeting of the State Education- j Cuba and the Fillibusters.—The Phil^ i
al Association.—The Association will convene m j New York correspondent, speak^
Newbern at eight o’clock, on the evening
day the 14th day of June; and the members and
all others who take an interest in the cause of ed
ucation are requested to attend.
The meeting will be opened with an address
from the President—and there will be other pre
pared essays sand speeches of which a statement will
the reported revolutionary movement*^ iT'r^'k^^
gives the following facts in - ’ - '
, . , regard theretr
which he says are worthy of credence: ’
On the 28th of March the bark Git»or i
from New York for Havana. She was d *^!l
by Mern Brothers, and there is every reaao^
L 1.1- u 1 • J , believe that she had on board lOO fillih,,J* ^
be pubhsheJ m . few days. _ |
All
s:ate8 for
terb,
On
The principal partr,
in the house of Mern Brothers is related to f'
Goicouria, who is reported to have sail^.!
Cahawba.
The Spanish Minister is in New York and •
sorely disturbed in relation U> the matter.'
The Cuban Rumors.—The New York H
of April 15th gives an account of the depa^tnr
of a schooner for Cuba, with Don Jose ui
Hernandez, and others, with the avowed purpos^^IE
creating a revolution.
the rail-roads in the State will carry day, the brig Maaatlan ckaredT'
half-fare; and it is in contemplation to ^ jf
carry the members and visiters at the close of the , fiUibusters on board. ^ ‘ ®
meeting, on an excursion to the ocean at lieauiort.
Greensborough Times, 16/A inst.
The Farmers’ Bank.—The stockholders of the
Farmers’ Bank met in Elizabeth City on the 4th
inst., and accepted the ?«uended charter, passed
by the last legislature, which transfers the Prin
cipal Bank to the Greensborough Branch. They
adjourned to meet in Greensboro’ the 11th, for
the purpose of ^ecting officers and organizing ac
cording to the provisions of the amended charter.
Jed. H. Lindsay, C. P. Mendenhall, W. D. Smith,
C. N. McAdoo, and W. A. Winbourne were e-
lected directors. C. P. Mendenhall was chosen
President. The directors appointed W. A. ('aid-
well cashier of the Principal Bank. Of the
Branch at Elizabeth City, S. J. Johnson was ap
pointed l^resident, R. F. Overman cashier, and
Geo. W. Bnx)ks, W. H. Clark, D. D. Roper and
W. S. Grandy, directors.
We understand that funds are provided for
the full redemption of the present circulation, of
which official notice will no doubt be made in a
a few days. The Bank now stands upon a foun
dation as good as any in the State. .
Greens. Timrs, 16/A inst.
Treaty icith Paraguay.—’l'hc treaty between
J United States and Paraguay was signed
the
Corrientes on the 9th ult.
Death of Billy Bowlegs.—'Ihft rumor of th
death of Billy Bowlegs, the famous Indian (’hi f
is confirmed. He died on the 11th uh.
FOR
STEAMKR HATTIE HART.—Cap,,
Wilmington Weldon Railroad.—We learn
that the receipts and expenditures of the above
Road for the six months ending March 31st,
1>59, have been as follows:
Gross Receipts, 8256,845 48
Expenditures, 106,482 77
Net Receipts,
For the same time last year:
Gross Receipts,
Expenditures,
8150,.362 71
8237,675
113,697
Net Receipts, 8123,977 02
This comparison exhibits a difference in favor
of this year, or rather of the first six months of
this fiscal year, of 826,385 69 in net receipts*.
The amount of cotton carried these last six months
is 5,000 bales in excess of the amount carried
during the corresponding six months of la.st year.
HV/. Journal.
. The press of the United States is vigorous and
enterprising, and reaches the heart of the com
munity, far beyond that of any other country. It
is, for good or for evil, the most powerful influence
that acts on the public mind—powerful in itself,
and as the channel through which most influences
act. If it could learn that an opponent is not ne
cessarily an unprincipled and selfish adventurer,
a traitor, a coward and a knave; and that our
neighlwrs on an average are about as honfest and
highminded as ourselves, it would increase its own
power; and the great interests of the country (which
languish under the poison of our party bitter
ness) vK)uld be incalculably promoted.
Edw. Everett in the N. Y. Ledger.
Enormous Sturgeon.—A sturgeon weighing900
lbs. was caught in Rappahannock river, last week.
Study more how to give a good account of your
life, than how to make it more.
Wisdom is the olive which springs from the
heart, blooms on the tongue, and bears fruit in the
actions.
Subscriptions to the New Sfatc Bank.—We
Isarn that Mr. Treasurer Courts has subscribed, in
accordance with the act chartering the Bank of
North Carolina, the sum of fivehundred thousand
dollars for and on behalf of the Literary Fund.
Besides this alnmt twenty-five thousand dollars have
been .subscribed here by private individuals. A
meeting of the Board of Trustees has been called
to be held here on the 29th instant, to determine
a.>5 to the subscription on the part of the Uni
versity.
We learn that about thirty-five thousand dollars
have been subscribed at Tawborough.
It is thought that the suKscribers will not be con
vened before the first of August, thus giving ample
time for subscriptions and for raising the necessary
amount of specie (one-fourth of the sum subscril^
ed) to be paid in at their first meeting.
Ral. Standard.
Fatal Ai cident in Columbus County.—A letter
to the editors of this paper dated Whiteville,
April 13. 1S59, says that “John H. Harrison, of
the u{)per end of this county, fell off a wagon,
while hauling turpentine barrels, causing a sever
ance of the spinal cord and death in about 40
l^rs. He was about 60 j’ears of age and left a
Distnssing Ac;ident.—We regret to learn that
Mr. A. A. Hall of Wilkesboro,’ one day la.st week,
mounted on a young horse which had not been
fully subdued to the saddle, by some means fell
off; his foot getting entangled in the stir/up the
horse ran, dragging Mr. H. some distance upon the
ground, inflicting serious if not fatal injuries upon
the head and chest. At the last account Mr.
Hall was speechless and not expected to live.
Iredell Ej-press.
Anofht r Accident.—We learn that a man by
the name of Davis, an overseer on the Wilming
ton and eldon Railroad, we believe, came to his
death from a fall from a bridge on said Road on
hist Tuesday week. It appears that Davis went
to bury the unfortunate ‘‘(.)rgan Grinder” who
was run over the night before, and afterwards, on
returning, imbibed too freely of ardent spirits,
lost his balance and fell through the bridge on a
sill a distance of twenty-three feet and was ter
ribly mangled, and he died the next day. He
leaves a wife and several children.
Hi/. Ledger, Wth inst.
Sudlen Death.—A gentleman named A. G.
Gorrell, of Greensborough, N. C., brother of Mr.
Ralph Gorrell, of that place, who arrived in this
city Tuesday evening, intending to return the
following afternoon, died suddenly at Jarratt’s
Hotel, about one o’clock yesterday.—Pet. Int.
Dreadful Explosion at the Bright Hope Coal
Persons supposed to be Killed.—A
terrible explosion occurred at the Bright Hope
Coal Pits, Chesterfield county, yesterday morning.
The “Bright Hope” pits have been but recently
opened, and form a part of the Clover Hifl section,
about 18 miles from the junction with the Rich
mond Railroad, and are owned by the Clover Hill
Railroad Company. There were nine men in the
shaft at the time, four whites and five negroes,
all of whom must have been instantly killed. It
was impsssible to render them any relief whatever
owing to the impenetrable condition of the mine
from the fetid and intolerable dissemination of fatal
gas which prev'ailed. Among the nine persons
in the mine at the time were known to be two
white' men, named Isaac Farmerand George Smith.
A man and^ a mule employed in drawing the cc^l
up the inclined plane of the shaft, were found at
the mouth of the shaft, prostrate, and nearly dead.
The accident produced great excitement about
the mines and the managers were using every ex
ertion to penetrate the shafl. Up to the arrival
of the Northern train, last evening, no success
was reported, and it was given up beyond a doubt
that not a single soul of the employees within the
shaft can ever be recovered alive.—Pet. Express.
Ex-Senator Foote, formerly a Democratic Sen
ator from Mi.ssissippi, is to be an opposition candi
date for Congress in Mississippi.
Ex-Congressman Thos. Butler King, formerly
a Whig representative from Georgia, is a demo
cratic candidate for Congress in the same State.
Dividend i9ec/are#.—The Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Company have declared a dividend of three
per cent, from the net earnings of the Main Stem
for the fiscal half year, terminated on the 31st ult.;
^nd a dividend of 4 J per cent, on the Washington
Branch, for the past six months.
The mayor of Reading, Pa., has ordered the
police of that city to arrest all minors hanging
about bar>rooma in the evening.
WILL leave this place reguUri,
every WEDNESDAY.'
SATCRDAV. „
M., and arrive at WihiiinKtonsim
evening. ill also leave ilmington at 9 o’clnri 7
M-, every MONDAY and THURSDAY, and arriv
this place next morning, early. * “
For light freight, or passage, having croo.Uf
commodations. apply on board, at Kush i Orrell’j
Carolinian copy. ^
wroceries! (Groceries!!
OAAA LliS. N. C. BACON IIAM.S;
4UUV/ 10 Hhds. good MOLA.SSES:
10 Bbls. C. SUGAR:
10 i bbls. E. M. SNUFF;
2U0 Sacks SALT;
—ALSO—
50 Boxes TOB.\CCO, at manufacturers pricei »nj
many other articles in the Grocery and Hardware iir
which will be sold low by
GOLDSTOX 4 FULLER
aS^T’Strict attention paid to order*.
April 14 5.0^
Bacon! Bacon!!
JUST received a large lot WESTERN B.\C0\
and Shoulders. ‘ ’
—ALSO—
A great many other articles in our line, to which w»
invite the attention of buvers.
April 14
PEMBERTON & SLOA.N,
o-3t
s
UI!S»«0Ll'TI01[.
1TEDM.\N 5: HORNE, Jr., being anxious to clos*
their business, offer for sale at low figures theL*
stock of goods on hand. Our accounts are all due and
we would be plea.-ed to have them settled
.1. C. STEDMAN. J. W. HORVE
April 14. 4.iia
Cedar Falls Sheeting: and Yarn
at Factory prices. JAMES KYLE.
April 13
DRUGS!
Samuel jr, Hinsdale,
, Has received large additions to his stock of
DRUGS, MEDICINES, PALNTS,
OILS, DYE-STUFFS, SPICES, WINDOW
GLASS, TRUSSES, PERFUMERY,
BRUSHES, d-c., d'c., dx.
Physicians and Country Merchants are iavit»d toeall.
ill^Orders attended to with promptness.
SAM’L J. HlNSD.4Lr.
March 14, 18-59 %-
w.
BAKER’S PRE.>IUM CHOCOLATE.
BAKER & CO’S AMERICAN. FRENCH. HO-
MtEOPATHIC, and VANILLA PREMIUM CHO
COLATE, PREPARED COCOA, BROM.\, COCO.^
PASTE, COCOA STICKS, SOLUBLE. H0M(£0PA-
THIC AND DIETBCIC COCO.A., CR.^CKED COCOA
and COCO.\ SHELLS, celebrated as nutriiive, sal
utary and 'delicious beverages, for more than thre«
fourths of a century, are manufactured from Cocoa
of the finest quality and warranted superior to any
other Cocoa Preparations made in the United Staiej.
As nourishment for children, and perwiu in health,
and aa substitutes for Tea and Coffee in Nervoui and
Dyspeptic cases, they are invaluable atid »r» recom
mended by the most eminent Physicians.
For sale by their Agents D. C. MURRAY, New York;
WM. S. OR INT, Philadelphia; T. V. BRUNDIGE, B»l-
’timore; KENNETT, DUDLEY 4 CO., Cincinnati; and
by Grocers generally.
WALTER BAKER & CO..
Dorche^♦•.•, Mali
March 30 l-3mi
GARDEIV 8££DI§.
Fresh and genuine Garden Seed?, put up for
the subscriber by H. Dreer,. of Philadelphia. o«®
sisting in part of the following Tarietiet, vii:
ASPARAGUS;
rtEANS—Large Lima, Early Mohawk, Early China,
Early Six-Weeks;
BEET—Blood Turnip, Long Blood, White Sugar,
BROCOLI;
CABBAGE—Early York, Oxheart, Sugar Loat Larp
York, Battersea, Large DTumbi»&d, Flat Dutch;
COLLARD—North Carolina and Northern;
CARROT—Long Orange, Early Horn;
CELERY’—White Salad;
C.\ULIFLOWER—Early and Late;
CUCUMBER—Long Green, Early Frame, Gharkin;
CORN—Large Sweet, Canada, Peabody;
EGG PLANT—Long Purple, Large Purple;
KALE;
LETTUCE—Early Cabbage, Royal Cabbaga, Ice Coii;
MELON—Jenny Lind, Nutmeg, Wattr, Ctnt#lop»:
ONION—Large Red, White Silver Skin;
PARSLEY—Curled.
MUSTARD—White and Black.
PEPPER—Large Bull Nose.
PEAS—Tom Thumb, Early Washington, Early Charla*-
ton. Large Marrowfat, Blue Imperial.
RADISH—Long Scarlet, Long Salmon, White Tuniip-
SQUASH—White Bush, Y^ellow Crookneck.
TOMATO—Large Red, Large Yellow.
TURNIP—Flat Dutch, Ruta Baga, Large Globe, R*
Top, Hanover, Large Norfolk
Thyme, Sage, Summer Sarory, Onion Sets, Blue Graai,
Timothy, Kape, Canary, Hemp, Sweet Vernal Gran
For sale by SAM’L J. HINSD.4LE.
—ALSO—
A small selected supply of FLOWER SEEDS.
S. J. HINSDALE.
Feb’y21 90tf
E. IHIRRAY & CO.,
Conimissioii ]?lerchants«
AND
WHOLESALE GROCERS,
WATEK STRKET,
WILMINGTON, N C.
Particular attention given to tale or ahipffltn*
of Naval Stores, Cotton, &c.
*. MrSRAT. D. B. MUBCHTSON. 1. T- MCKBA''
Feb’y 1, 1859 85iypJ
D. W. BOWMAN.] [k. M. MCBCHII#''
BOWMAN & MURCHISON',
conmssioiv hiercha^vt*-
NO. 113 MAIDEN LANE. KEW YORK.
Liberal cash advances made on ConsignmenU *
Cotton, Naval Stores and Southern Produce generally-
AVO.ir E. HAL.I.,
Forwarding & ComiBissioii Merchant
WILL ^ve quick despatch to goods consigned to hi»
Particular attention given to all produce sent w®
for sale. Consignments of Naral Stores, for s»l«
shipment, solicited.
WiucijiQTOJi, Jaa’j 19 1869
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