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RIOT AT HOBOKEN. From the New York Herald of 27th ult. Yesterday the Germans of this city held their annua! May festival at Hoboken, ac ' companied by their wives and children. The numbers are variously estimated. Some say they numbered 20,000 ; others, 10,000 ; but, at all events, the numbers were very considerable. They had two bands of music, and seven glee clubs, with banners and badges. They passed over the ferries at eleven o'clock, to the spot where the festival was held, which is called Fox Hill, in the vicinity of the Elysian Fields in the afternoon, while the Germans were par taking of a pic nic on the grass, a distur bance took place between them and some young men of Hoboken and New York, whom the Germans describe as Rock Boys andhort Boys, and alleged that they seized their sausages and drank their beer. The Germans repulsed them, beating them severely. The two parties subsequently met at McCarty's saloon, about 3 o'clock in the afternoon, and there was the first serious outbreak of riot. The party of Germans who were engaged here all wore white short coats and white hats. Several had knives and arms. There are those who say that there was no disturbance whatever till it commenced here, and a melee began, which resulted in the demoli tion of McCarty's house, and the serious injury of a lame child, of himself, and his wife. McCarty fired two shots into the crowd, one of which took effect in the groin of a German. The combatants tore up a fence, and dealt dreadful blows to each other. They also wielded the les of broken tables and chairs, and the branches of treesf while others drew knives and pistols, and used them freely. The tide of battle advanced and receded, the scale of victory at one time inclining in favor of the Germans, and at another fur their opponents. The Germans, exceed ing their antagonists in numbers, drove them off the field, killing some and wound ing others. I his battle lasted about three hours The Short Boys.or Koek Boys, or by what ever name they may be designated. hasten ed to the village, and meeting a large num ber of Irish laborers, who had just stopped work at 6 o'clock, enlisted'them in their service, by telling them that the Germans were cutting the throats 'of American citi zens. Many of the citizens of Hoboken, too, collected to give the Germans battle, while most persons shut up their houses, and barricaded their windows and doors. Meantime, the Germans having carried McCarty's house by storm, and smashed ! ooors, windows, bar, fixtures and furni ture, they pursued the enemy in the direc tion of the village, and various skirmishes took place, in which the Germans were still successful. All this time the women and children Were screaming with tenor, and running in til directions from the showers of stones that were flying. Many of them left their husbands and sweethearts behind, and made their way in the best manner they could to the Jersey Ferry. In one of these onslaughts, the Germans beat a young man so 'dreadfully that he lay on the field for dead. The Germans with the white coats acted in concert by the sound of a horn. At this period of the hostilities Mr Brown ing, Justice of the Peace, in addressing the rioters, and endeavoring to quell the fight, was knocked down and badly in jured. His head is severely wounded. The Germans, supposing that their vic tory was complete, relaxed in their pur suit, and. being tired of fighting, they scattered, 'many of them to look for their wives and children, and female friends. Some of the prettiest of the women might be seen with clubs in their hands. Meantime, the "boys," reinforced by tne lnsli laborers, and by citizens of Hoboken, waited at Otto Cottage for the scattered and straggling parties of Ger mans as they came to the ferry Those who were protected by women escaped with some hisses, taunts and curses; but every German who had not a petticoat to defend him, particularly if he had a white coat, was knocked down, made prisoner ot, and in many instances well beaten af ter he was arrested. Several wagon and omnibus loads of prisoners were sent to Bergen jail. The Germans in the rear, finding what was going on ahead of them, hastened on to the rescue, when a terri ble battle commenced opposite the olfice of the magistrate, Mi Browning, corner of Washington and Newark streets. The corner grocery of B. M. Gilmoie & Co., had the doors and windows shattered to pieces, andx stones were thrown into the store of at least ten pounds weight. Al most every house down to the ferry was riddled; particularly Pope's, Corbett's, Mr Lewis's, and Mr Wright's, on the opposite corner to Gilmore's. They got up on the roof of Mr Lewis's house and proceeded to demolish it. The Germans were now again victorious. Thus riot reigned uncontrolled, with but one magis trate and two constables to oppose he torrent. As darkness fell, the scene became more horrible, and individual stra2lers were ueait with unmercifully. The th tre of battle now shifted to the ferry, a uuwmjc nu in, anu on the adioinino- ui ug-.i .5cu .unousiy Mr Barker, the ,nuH,,ciu. u. i ic ..oie, aujoining the ferry up tne DuilUing. Meanwhile, tl lea- and o- nrpppn. - - 7 the worst of the affair was over. They beat their drum, however, and cheered most vigorously, but there was not an ene my to be seen, except unfortunate strag glers,, or small groups, consisting of me n, womin and children. The main body had either passed over (lie ferry or gone round to Jersev City ferry, or kept out in the woods, afraid to come forward to encoun ter the foe; and no doubt some of them re mained there all night; it was said that a large party of the boys intended to attack Becker s house during the night, and that the Dutchmen were well prepared for them, with fire-arms. In the course of the fight, the houses of the Hutch residing in Hoboken were attacked by the boys; and one of them, residing in Bloomficid street, collected a number of Dutch friends to defend his domicil with guns, and pis tols, and blunderbusses: and they came outside and swore vengeance against the Short Boys. They were, however, per suaded to go in, and not provoke a ren contre. While all this was going on at Hoboken, there was great excitement at the two Hoboken ferries this side, both tt Barclay and Canal street, and some fighting took place. Martin Bridges,the ship carpenter, whose name we mentioned in our report yesterday as beinr fatally wounded, died during the night. The poor fellow took no part in the riot, and like some of the spectators at the Astor Place riot, had just gone out of his house after tea, and was merely looking on, when he was assailed by the infuriated Germans. This is the only man, as yet, that we have heard is actually dead, and even he was not killed on the spot. Fifty-two persons, all Germans, have been arrested on suspicion of having been engaged in the riot of Monday night. The majority of them are young men and boys, either serving their appren ticeship to some mechanical trade, or other wise engaged in some industrial occupa tion. Singular as it may appear, not a solitary individual from among the ' 1 urners," alias "White Coats, or Irom the ranks of the "Short Boys," was arrest ed, although the substance of the evidence already produced before the Coroner, and the testimony of many respectable persons in Hoboken, goes to show that these two parties were the cause of the whole distur bance. The "Turners," by some dexter- ous movement, managed to maKe tneir escape; and many of the "Short Boys," after taking an active part in the disgrace ful melee, were constituted, as we are in formed, into a police force to capture every German who passed through the ferry gate It appears that not paying for a segar caused the whole riot. A boy having pur chased a segar from a German in the Ely sian Fields, and not paying for it, was reprimanded by the seller, when one of the "Short, Btiys" interfered, saying that he would not see the boy abused. Angry words ensued and hence the riot. Foote. That most remarkable of all feet, Foote of Mississippi, has at last put his foot into it, having joined the "Union" party in Mississippi, of which party he is going to be the Gubernatorial candidate. We have no doubt he will be very soundly beaten. A man who cannot find suffi cient love for the Union in the National Democratic party, but must join a mongrel odd and end, half Federalist and whole humbug party, is certainly unworthy the confidence of a Democratic State. Quit man will" beat Foote by several feet. Wilmington Journal, HURRA FOR OLD GUILFORD ! We are glad to copy the following from the Greeosborough Patriot of 31st ulto : McBRIDE SENT OFF. From what has already been made known, by resolution of the late public meeting and otherwise, the reader is pre pared to hear that the excitement in this county in relation to the abolitionist preachers from Ohio has come to a head. A large company some two hundred it is said intercepted McBride last Sunday morning, while on his way to a preaching appointment at Sandy Ridge, in the wes tern part of this county, and after conduct ing him over the line into Forsyth, exact ed from him a written pledge, under for feiture of S1000, to leave Guilford and the State by the ensuing Saturday (to-day) never to return, nor send back into the State any publication whatever on tbe subject of slavery. And one of his friends, a man of substance in the county, gave a written promise as surety, that his pledge should be fulfilled. He is therefore, doubtless, by this time on his way back to Ohio. From the sensitive state of the putlic mind in consequence of the agitatiot of this matter, and the fanatical pertinacity with which McBride continued his opera tions in the face of warning, a violent re sult was apprehended and seemed almost inevitable ; but a firm and efficient direc tion was given to the a Hair,- without per sonal violence or abuse, by the presence and efforts of some of the first citizens of the county. Through their representation of consequences which had becone inevi table should he prove obstinate, and doubt less perceiving unfavorable augjries in the aspect of the crowd by which, he was surrounded, he pledged himself without delay to every thing they desired. His coadjutor, Adam Crooks, we learn stated to tiie committee of the public meeting, who gave him also notice to leave, that he did not nreach in Guilford county his field of labor, we presume, being ii coun tie's below. The victoria Advocate says, that colony has been established about ten miles above that town, on the Fourierite sstem by Gen. John D. Wilkins, of Louisiana. Each member of the colony is requireu to conirioute zauu on being admitted, after which he is entitled to an equal participation in its products by con- iriouung equally in iaoor, service, etc MrWilkins is a large and wealthy planter, who for many years cultivated his estate by allowing his slaves a portion of the pronts. A shut wusiiic swuie 111 special constables audi the citizens, incensed by having ' their houses attacked, flocked 10 the standard of the Justice, who stationed himself at the terry, and had the Germans arrested as they passed through the gate. In thi s way so",e fory or fifty were made prisoners, while a skirmish attended almost every capture; and thus hostilities. were kept up until an advanced hour. Assistants were sent for to the New York police and refused. Then Jersev City was applied to, when two military companies and a few firemen turned out, in all about seventy or one hundred men and marched for the field of battle, where aiiivcu a iic4 ume o clock, and when! Man his own Witness. Lord Den man makes an able communication to the editor of the Law Review, on the recep tion of the evidence ot parties in civil suits. He asserts that he conveys the sense of nearly all the British Bench, when he says that the change is necessary lor tne discovery ot the truth and the pro motion of justice, and will greatly tend to prevent the crime 01 perjury, and ulti mately to extinguish unjust litigation. Telegraphe d for the Washington Union. New York, June 5 2, p. m. TheNorih America, which sailed from Chagres on the 24th, arrived here last night, bringing California dates of May 1. She also brings 400 passengers and g800,- 000 in gold. The Falcon had not arrived when the North America left Chagres. The intelligence from the mining: region of California was most satisfactory. Ru- - n a ti j-i . mors were auoat, wnicn am not receive much credit, that a secret, expedition was on toot tor the purpose ot taking posession of Lower California. The legislature ad journed on the 30th of April. Homesteads had been exempted Irom execution, and L. 1 1 ..". f 1 . . me legai rate 01 interest uxeo at JU per cent. Jiusiness was much revived, aud the future prospects of the country were cheering. The Empire City, from Chagres, arrived about 11 o'clock, bringing the California mails, 350 passengers, and $200,000 in gold. The Em pire City left Chagres on the 25th and Kingston on the 2rth. She brings Sandwich Island dates of the 29th of March. The difficulty with the French had been amicably arranged. Richard rekMd .of Baltimore, and George Elton, ot Philadelphia, passengers in the Empire City died on the 25th of May. V 1 H ?fh!u f the Swetfish shipTheo dore Thebald was murdered last night by the second mate. The difficulty occurred about the latter going ashore without per mission, who seized an axe and struck the former a blow on the head, from which he died in a few minutes. WHIG ELECTIONEERING. We call the attention of our political readers to the following extract from the Asheville N. C. News, a whig paper; by which it will be seen what means some people use to accomplish their purposes : From the Asherille News. FOREIGN INFLUENCES. The most remarkable man we ever heard of was the man who made a fortune by at tending to his own business. We think it would be well for some politicians in this State and at Washington City to know that success sometimes, if not always, follows this course of action. The Con gressional canvass, which is only two weeks old in this District, shows however that these men are not aware of this fact. The Raleigh clique, which has nerer forgiven Mr Clingman for daring to tun against George E. Badger for the Senate, and that dominicker game cock, Ed Stanly, whose bones still ache from the merited chastisement he got in the last Congress, are flooding this District with pamphlets and documents to influence the present election. Mr Stanly, who in a speech in the last Congress intimated that because there are only nine thousand slaves in this District that the people are all as thorough going abolitionists as him-J self, seems (if we can judge by the cart loads of documents against Mr Clingman which he has franked and sent by private hand into the District,) to have taken us under his peculiar charge Garbled ax tracts from Mr C's speeches have been prepared and sent from Washington city by this man into all parts of this District. Articles which he has written and pjb lished in the Washington papers against Mr C, have been circulated all over the District, with a view of influencing the present election. A correspondent of the Baltimore Sin, writing from Washington City, mentbns the following very curious circumstance : This morning as the carpenters were working a block of pine wood, cut from a tree which grew near the" White House Landing,"' Potomac river, they discover ed, embedded in the heart of'it, an iron grape shot of about half a pound in weight. The aperture was not only entirely closed and invisible, but an entirely new coat two inches thick had grown over lhe spot. It was doubtless tired from the cannon of the British in the engagement during the summer of 1814. Since which the little suppling had become a considerable tree." Death of Samuel Cushman. The Hon. Samuel Cushman, of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, for many years the re presentative of that district in Congress, died at Portsmouth last Friday evening, at the age of sixty-eight. Ralph Waldo Emerson the prose poet, the transcendental philosopher, the sky- scraping theologian, and the Yankee Carlyle has taken the stump against the fugitive slave law! Who would have thought it that such a soaring genius would ever light upon a stump, and with carrion in his mouth! Ralph is growing practical, and has forsaken Olympiaand the Gods, for Boston and the Devils. Who could expect a man crazed upon re ligion, philosophy and literature, to be sane upon the Constitution! HIGHLY INTERESTING ACCO Of Mr June's recent adventures in catching M.lepnanls in Leylon J or Mr JSarnunvs great traveling Museum, - From tbe New York Tribune. May 28 A few days since we had an opportunity of conversing with Mr Mebbmgs June, who arrived from Ceylon about three weeks ago in the barque Regatta, bringing with him the cargo of elephants which now accompany Mr Barnunvs travelling mena gene. During his visit Mr June was obliged to traverse the greater part of the island in his search for a sufficient number of elephants of the size and quality requir ed for an imposing exhibition. Conse quently, he saw a great deal of the wild tropical regions of the interior and of the character and customs of the Cingalese. We give herewith an outline of his expe rience, which, it not quite equal to tMr Gor don Cum uung's South African stories, still furnishes an interesting chapter of adventure. Mr June, with Mr Nutter, of Boston, sailed on his elephantine expedition in July last, and arrived at Point de Galle, a seaport on the southwestern extremity of Ceylon, in . the early part of October. This port and Trincomalee, on the north eastern coast, are the only large harbors which the island possesses. The first object of Messrs. June and Nutter on lan ding was to procure some elephants, either from the government authorities or from the temples, which own large numbers of them, and thus avoid the necessity of catching and taming wild animals. In this, however, they were disappointed. The new governor had just entered on his duties, and all official arrangements seemed to be in a confused and unsatisfactory state. Besides, many of the roads in the interior had been injured by severe rains, and a greater number of the animals than usual was required for the purpose of repairing them. Accordingly, after reach ing Colombo, the maritime capitol of the country, which lies on the western coast, about 60 miles north of Point de Galle, and finding no chance of procuring what he wanted, Mr June determined to start for the city of (Candy, in the interior, and forty miles distant. An excellent carriage road has been constructed between the two places, on which a mail coach makes three trips every week. Kandy, which is a large town, situated on a beautiful table land 1,700 feet above the sea, and surroun ded by mountains, was the residence of the kings of Kandy, the native monarchs of the island, previous to their overthrow by the English in 1815. Here, airain. Mr June was disappointed in his hope of find ing elephants tor sale: and notwithstanding the rainy season had just set in, and the undertaking was considered hazardous in the extreme, he determined to take to the jungles, and select a ship load from among a a a O tne wild herds. In order to understand the nature of such an expedition, some account of the topography ot the island is necessary. The shores of Ceylon are cenetallv low. al though in the southern part bluft and rockv of a funnel. When all is completed, tbe natives lav in wait till a fine herd has wandered near' the opening ff the - trap; then, surrounding them, they" urge them forward with shouts and firing of muskets till the frightened animals iush through the entrance and are safe withjn the kraal. Now comes the work of catching and securing them, which would be a difficult and dangerous task, were it not for the as sistance rendered by tame elephants, trained for the purpose. ' One of these an imals will gradually entice oie of the im prisoned heard to a little distance from his fellows, and engage his attention by a gen . a . I I the heavy animals to trust thepselves or the unsteady lighter and the rogur actu ally broke the ropes by which lie was bound, and madeoffat full speed to the terror of the crowd, who scattered them selves in all directions. He was secured, however, and at last deposited on board, where he behaved remarkably well during the passage. One of the younger animals died after leaving the Cape of Good Hope, and was thrown overboard; the others ar rived safely after their voyage of 1,000 miles. They were accompanied by a na tive Cingalese, who will make with them the tour of the U. States. Henceforth, in- O O C7 I . a tie caress. He rubs his ears, strokes his stead of crashing through the jungles of trunk softly, and mumbles phrases of ele- Ceylon, they will peacefully devour the phantine endearment, until the sasceptible gingeroread contrioutions 01 aumiring thou- sands, under the colossal tent. shadow of Barnum's A New Gold Mine. Mr John F. Stewart, called in on the 19th and showed us a beautiful specimen of virgin gold beast is completely beguiled by these to kens of affection. Presently a second tame elephant comes up on the other side and repeats the process, till the most com plete confidence is established. Then, at the right period, they dexterously twine both their trunks around the trunk of the which was picked up on his plantation in victim, and hold him as in a vice. These Iredell, 21 miles West of this place, a eiepnanis wear collars around their snoui- few tiayS before. It weighs half ounce uers, to which stout ropes are msienea. and 18 grains. He afterwards examined While the trunk ot the wild animal is held, the rround and rocks where it was nirko.i two or three natives are busy in fastening un anii ;s satisfied that the re is some mnm ..II - .i I T . - ... mese ropes 10 mis ninu legs, anu ne is inus 0f tne same sort left. 1 his is the largest incapaoie oi moving either forward or niir.p ever found in Iredell countv S,,;. I 1 1 i. .. I I r i t - udLMvuiu, exceui us ins .loving irienus nrn IValrhmmi. a 1 1 vi r . ije is liicm laikeu aim inaue last i j i i . tu a tree, wnere lie is suttered to leinain three or four days without food or drink- At the end of this time, the tame elephants I- a-. a " are urougni up again, and alter being .e cured, he is taken down to a stream and watered. He is approached very cauti ously at first, but in the course of ten days or two weeks become docile enough to be driven at large with the tame beasts. The natives have another way of takin" iL ... I. . . . " mem, duc u is not utten practised. The elvphant, like all gentlemen living in the tropics, is fond of a siesta durin the heat of the day. Occasionally he will rest his huge bulk against some convenient tree, anu taKe an hour's cloze with great satis The last Milton Chronicle states that Edward P. Hawkes, Esq., of that place. was accidentally drowned, on the 28th inst., in Dan River, while engaged in bathing. The deceased was a native of Massachusetts, but had resided in Milton for the last twelve years'. The agent of the Colonization Society of Virginia has received three hundred applications from free negroes to go to Liberia. A large portion of them will be sent out by the next Baltimore expedition. i. n. i rwin, of North Carolina, has been promoted to a R1200 CI iav,nuu. ouiue oi tne Cingalese are dar- t ' en 7 A.7 . . ing enough at this time to creep stealthily B.ttreau . f visions and Clothing in through the jungle till they reach his very 1 .ot . l,J,rown, Votftd to Chief feet. Notwithstanding his thkk hide. tK !n t,,e NaV rtment in place i u i i rwin. eiepnant is very sensitive to touch. The native provided with a rope, the other end oi which is made fast to a tree, touches very gently the hind leg of the animal, who, litting his feet to shake off the sun puscu uj, uisiauuy gives an opportunity ror a noose to De slipped under. The same process is repeated with the other foot, anil the elephant wakes up and finds himself caught. Large numbers are shot, princi pally by the British officers stationed in Ceylon, who appear to enjoy sporting on sucira gigantic scale. A cool head and a sure aim are all that is rpnnir,l a slight hollow in the elephant's forehead. just oeiween and above his evesJ is ncn trable by a musket ball, and a single shot is generally sufficient to hrin.r h;nf lhe Ceylon elephants are divided into two classes the tuskar, or tusked ele p.. anu me miar, wno are destitute oi tnese aDnendancs. Th. r O " "VI SAB REMOVED. A. M. CAMPBELL has remored to the stor recently occupied hy Stnrr &. Williams. Hav street, one door west of E. Glover's Jewelry store. iviay oJ , lp'U. Just received FROM CHARLESTON, Very superior Madeira and Sherry Wines. French Brandy ; 2 pieces White Straw J tins;. W. S. May 30, lS'il. GlO-tf Mat- LATTA. Trimmer and Harness Maker WANTED. wages and For some distance inland, the ground is I much more valuable than Practical Satire. At Syracuse, on Saturday, a fat negro woman,' rigged out in new style, with a dress reaching just below her knees, flowing trowsers and a gipsy hat, with streaming ribbons, prome- naueu me streets attracting considerable attention. The dress was given her by some young gentlemen of the city Com mercial. The Massachusetts Legislature have rejected the bill to abolish capital nun- ishraent. This is about the first gleam of common sense which Massachusetts has exhibited tor years. level, and lor the most cart cultivated. being covered with fields of paddy (a coarse kind of riceand groves of cinnamon. Towards the centre it rises into a table land, from 2,000 to 3,000 feet above the sea, and almost entirely covered with dense and luxuriant forests. Tnis grad ually rises into a mountain chain, which divides the island from north to south, into nearly equal parts. Adam's Peak, about SO miles southwest of Kandy.attains an altitude of more than fi.OOO feet, and has been considered the highest of the range. Mr June, however, infoims n that on his way from Kandy to Fort Pat rick, east ot the mountains, he passed a still higher peak. This geographical divi sion of the island is singular enough, a di vision ofclimate also tremendous Hoods of rain deluging one side, while on the other the water is carefully hoarded to prevent a scarcity. The season shifts with the monsoon, which blows from the south west from April to September, and from the northeast from November to February. The elephants, who prefer the rainy season range in the thick jungle covering the table land and hills around the base of the moun tain chain, following the rains from side of the island to the other. With a guide, interpreter, and a num ber of native assistants, Mr June started for the haunts of the elephants in the jun gles northwest of Kandy, while Mr Nutter explored the southern part of the island. They were obliged to leave the travelled road, and trust themselves to the wild jungle-paths leading through the uncultiva ted districts frequented by the animals. These regions are covered with a growth of shrubbery and smalls trees, so thickly matted together with vines that it is impos sible to force the body through. Here and there, out of this sea of vegetation, rise the trunks of enormous trees, growing more frequent in the neighborhood of the mountains, where they frequently form forests of the grandest character. In hunt ing elephants, the paths made by the na tives cannot alwajs be followed, but new ones must be cut, which is a very slow and toilsome work- The elephants, hovever, find the jungle no obstacle to their progress, but, with their heads lowered, crash through it at tull speed. The noise of a herd in motion can be heard distance. one at a great Mr June had the greatest success in the low lands in the northern part of the island near Anarajahpoora. The method of catching elephants, as described by him, must be a very exciting kind of business. The first step is to make a kraal, or pen, in some spot w here the animals abound. This is constructed of heavy posts, set upright in the ground, closely bound to gether with withes, and made firm by other posts resting against them on the out side, as stays. The kraal forms three sides of a square, having an aperture on the fourth for the entrance of the elephants, from each side of which extends a long palisade slanting outward like the mouth ier are tllP lltlur I - nun are principally caught for the priests, to be cmpiuveu in me service ot the temples. .-..... I1U cicjjnuiiis one is occa sionally tound who, from his mischievous or unsocial disposition, is banished from tne herd, and becomes a sort of outcast. These arp r!lol ,.i i . . "gUU CICJJIIUMIS. ivir June succeeded in capturing one of them. wnicn gave nun a great deal of triuM ho. fore he was shipped at Point de Galle, but which he now considers the most valuable animal in his collection. On one occa- ?. I m r sion, wnue in Kandy, he broke from the court-yard in which lie was confinpil during the night, and, alter considerable search, was found demolishing a nlanta tinn f hinnn.c H I 7. r. , . Pt,a8 bushel 80a85 . ........ .. als aiieiiipiuil to "ye, 90 a 1 Ot) escape while on the road to Colomhn hut Taiiow. ib s a 10 happening to cross a field of paddv, which had just been irrigated, he sank to his knees, and was captured. Mr June attempted to cross the moun tain chain east of Kandy into the coun try of the Veddahs, or aboriginal inhabi tants of Cey'on, but was obliged to return on account of the rough nature of the coun. try, which is here a primitive wilderness. In addition to the almost impenetrable for ests and jungles, the mountains rise in a line of sheer precipice many hundred feet in neigin, and not to ra or! ,.... A,KrTEv"-,E manlfacture. I ' v - i II 1 W IH The subscriber will srive liberal oit-auy employment to a good uarriatie Irimmer, also to a good Harness Maker, if early applica tion be made for the situations." B. T. WHEELER. YofffcviWe, S: C.rMay 21, 1S51. 040-4t WHOLESALE PRICES. Corrected weekly for the JVorti Carolinian. PA7TTEVXXfXiX?. COUNTRY HIOUICE, Bacon, lb . 10),'aU. .uranay. peach oil a 55i do. anile 40 a 45: Beeswax, lb 20 a 22V motion. it 8 a 8.', t orn, bnsiiri yo a 05 Flour, bbl 5.50 a 5.75 Flaxseed, bush 1,00 a 1.25 Featbers. lb 32 35 Fodder, cwt 1.25 a 1 oO Hides, green, lb ' 4 do dry 6 a 10 Lard, lb 11 a ll'i Outs, busbel 50 a 55 Oil. linseed, gal 80 to 90 1 obarco. mannf 15 a 40 Wheat, bushel 1.00 a 1.25 Whiskey, corn, jral 36 a 40 wool, lb 18 a 19 1-2 Woed. oak. pr cord 3.00 KATlBUt. Beef, on the hoof 5 a 6 Mutton 7 a 8 Butter, lb 00 a 25 Chickens, each 20 a 25 Kjrgs. dozen 15 a 12J Pork, lb 9 a II Potatoes, sweet to a 00 do. Irish 00 do. north 'n 0 On Turkey. 75 a 1 OO Turnips, bushe 40 60 Rice. Ib 4 a 4 Cheese, lb 10 a 12 1-2 4-4 brown Sheeting. 8 a 7 - uo. do. none Osnaburgs 11 a 00 REMARKS We bare greatditnculty and danger. The Ved dahs who inhabit the wilderness east of the mountains are about - on a n.ir witli the Bushmen of South Africa. They are "f adVancedandTone divided into two classes, the village and 7 J, tne rorest Veddahs, the former of whom dwell in communities, and exhibit some laint glimmering of humanity. The latter MEKCHANDISE. Bale Rope. Ib 9 a 10 Bogging, henry, yd 15a20 light ' 13 a 15 CoflVe.Ib U'ial2 Candles, lb 10 dv. Sperm ' 45 a SO Opperns. lb 2 1-2 Iron. Swedes, lb 5 o. e.xtr.i sinj, 6aCl-2 do. English, 3 a 4 1-iBie, bbl 0 00 a 2.00 I.eiwit Bar 6 a 7 M lapses, gall J?4 a 25 Nails, keg 4 a 4 1-2 Oil. law p 87. a 1.40 do. tnW. blil. 17 a 60 Powder, ftbtKtiug 31-2 do fine 5 a 61-2 Brandy. Fra-ncb Ii50a4.00 Cin. Holland 1.7A2(M Rum. Jami-gal 200 a 2.25 do. St.Cawix lOOal.&O do. IV. E. 35 a 4'j Rags. Ib Sa'il-2 Sugar, lb. N.O. U8 do. rortoRieo Sa 0 do. St.Ooisv ft a 10 do. Jutnp Ji n 10 do. Loaf 11 a 12 Salt, sack H.00 a 1 40 do. aluin.bnsli.' a 60 Tea. lb ' ffo a 1.60 Twine, bagging. Jfc. 20. Wine, Malaga 53 a GO do. Madeira 2.ea3LOO do. Port l.C0a.3.0O do. Sicily. 1.0011.50 do. Scuppernong 85 a 0Oi Glass. 8x11). box 1.75a25 do. 10x12 2.25 a 2.75. White lead, keg 1.50a2.25i report another dnll week faleg hare been made frnm mall iwv.nl. 1 - .. . m. Bacon hams ar ....1 "iT , ." " i. . ter, Chicken, and Kgg, find readi; oulde quoZ'- run wild in the jungles, subsisting on roots and plants, and climbing into the branches of trees to sleep. Mr June saw two of these creatures, who had been captured by t v,'p.ese, anti describes them as bein- ui nuie in advance ot the ourano- outan thev arp small in u-- 9 . ' j --- w...u.. ... ataxic, meir Dodies are completely covered with hair, and they ,. . me simia tnoe. Very little is known of that part of the island which they inhabit. Mr June represents the Cingalese, who ppy 10 nave originally emigrated from the Malabar coast, as an amiable and ...miensive people. Tnejr are for the most i 1 u .. ine cuture of the soil, " "ceW fertile. The cinna- wnicn requires a moist warm . . idi u, and seems to thrive best n.:"?.?lnlTMi - -The climate of Wn. V- 1 u, anU . sa,abrio8, the mon soons which blow alternately from the In dian Sea and and the Bay of Bengal miti gating the seventy of the tropical heats. After collecting their nine elephants at Point de Galle, Messrs June and Nutter earned them to the Regatta on a large u-f' aDd stowed thera awaJ in the ho,d which had been prepared for their recep tion. Thousands of people from all the surrounding country came down to the shore to witness the operation. Consid erable persuasion was necessary to induce WILMINGTON MARKET. Corrected weekly by the" Commercial" NAVAL STORES. Yellow dip, 000 a 2.25 Virgin dip 2.50 a 000 Hard 0.00 a 1.25 Sp't8 Turp'tine. gal 28 Tar 1.70 a 0.00 Pitch 1.20 Rosin, No . 1 0.00 a 3.37 " No. 2 0 00 a 1.37 " No. 3 95 a 1 00 Varnish. 20 a 22 TIMBER. Inferior 3.00 a 3.50 Fair quality 6.00 a 12.00 LUMBER, team-mill. Wide boards, plank and scantling 13.00 a 15.00 loor boards 00.00 a 16.00 wide boards, edged, 14.00 Refused. half price on all. LUMBER, River. Floor boards 11 .50 a 1 2.00 wide boards 0.00 a 7 50 Scantling 0,00 a 6.00 RICE. Rough SO Cleaned 0.00 a 3.60 STAVES. W.O.hhd rough 16,00 a 20 " dressed uu " '- bbl. 00,00 a 10.00 R.O.hhd rough 11.00 " ' dressed 00.00 Ashe heading 10,50 SHINGLES. Common 2 00 a 2 50 Contract 3.50 a 4.00 Black's large 500 PEAS. Cew Peas 70 a 00 Pea Nuts 1 00 a n on SUGAR New Orleans 7 a 71-2 rorto Rico 7 a 8Jil CO vv.v.' St. Domingo 10 a 11 I0i a 11 Java 15 Laguira 11 alll-2 Cuba 12 a 12 1-2 MOLASSES. New Orleans 00 Porto Rico 25 Cuba, 20 a 00 , SALT Bonaire 18 a 20 Liverpool, sack 80 t SPIRITS. N. E. Rum 32 Common Gin 28 a 30 Whiskey 25 a 00 Apple Brandy 37 a 40 BACON. Hams. N. C. 12al2 " Western 8 a 10 Sides, N. C. 10alOJ 4i Western bz 91.2 Shoulders N.C. 9 ' Western 0 a 5 1-2 Cnt. DOMESTICS. cotton 1 arns is Cottpn Osnaburgs 9 HN.C.Shwtlng 7,' a 7 J,' 7-8 7 !4 pr.nrTB Fayetteville,sup.'o.OO a 0.00 Canal Baltimore Corn Meal Butter Cheese Beeswax Hay Soap Feathers Lard. N C Lime 5,60 a 6.00 5 00 a 5 25 68 a 00 85 15 a 20 7 a 12 20 70 41-25 36 8 a 8 1-2 76 Cheraw Market Cotton 5 to fl baconlO tol2l flour 5 to6 50 iron 5to 650 Salt$14b to SI 50 corn 90 to 100 MoImm35 to 40 Corrected by the Cheraw Gazette.
The North Carolinian (Wilson, N.C.)
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