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FOI'v SALE AT T!1F.
C A It O LI X I A NT. C) V F I C E,
;tt 7 5 ccnti icl quire.
For any quantity over 5 quires, 00 cts per quire.
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Fayettcvillc, X. C.
Feb, 2.1, IS')0.
JOSKIMI
GEN E R A L
It. !M)SSO.I,
C 0 31 31 1 S S I 0 N
A N 3
Fonvaril i n Mcrcli ant ,
WIL.MIXGTOX, X. C
Prompt person il nttentioti given to consign
ments, atul cnh advances mrtiie on shipments to
me or my friends in New York.
Feb'v l, 163 1 ly
TOBACCO.
The subscriber has a ood stock of Tobacco on
hand, and will receive regularly, from Messrs J.
Jones 4t Co's factory, qualities assorted, from
common to very line, which will be sold at the
lowest nvmufacturinj; prices.
J. UTLEY.
Fayetteville, April 5, 1831. tf
MARBLE
FACTORY.
Nwrlv onnosite to E. W. Willkins' Auction
S-oreT FA YETTEVILLE, N. C.
Jan. 30, 1S31 v
TEA ! T KA ! TEA !!
llvson Tea, Imperial Ten, Young Hyson Tea
Oolousr Ten, quality iood, better, and choice,;
1 line su;pl v and i:od assortment all selected
i r iud 'c. and recomineiiiied as fresh and fine
flavored. For sale by
Oct H S. J. HINSI7 A LE.
I M L'KKIAL TEA.
Just received to-dav a chest of Imperial Tea
that, is as irood. il not a little better than was
ever oflered at this market
Oct 11. S. J- HINSDALE.
WATCHES AND JEWELRY,
AT WIIOI.KSAl.K & RETAIL.
EEASLEY
Would respectfully in
form the public generally
thrtt he has recently re
turned from New York
with dccidedl v a very large
lot of WATCHES AND
JEWELRY.
Many of the Watches
were bought by the pack
? -
age for Cash, and can therefore be sold very low.
He has watches of all kinds ; chains, keys and
seals of all the latest styles; linger rings, ear
rmjs; madalians of all sizes, both English and
American make; ladies chatel.iins; collar and
sleeve buttons; shirt studs; gold spectacles, light
and heavy; any quantity of gold pecs and pencils;
gold and silver thimbles ; bracelets; silver fruit
and butter knives ; silver spoons of all the vari
ous kinds and sizes ; large lot of pocket cutlery ;
scissors of all sizes; button-hole scissors; survey
ors' compasses ami chains; mathematical instru
ments; any kind and quality of pistols that may
be wanting; large lot of fine and common single
and double-barrel Guns ; game bags, shot belts
and powder flasks;
MILITARY GOODS,
including nil between the small button and b3ss
drum ; violins and extra bows; flutes; clarionets;
flaTelet3, accordeons of all kinds, music boxes,
perfumery soap, tooth and hair brushes, dressing
and pocket combs, plated and Britannia ware,
and various other things too tedious to enume
rate. Call and give me a trial.
fyj- Watches and Jewelry neatly repaired.
Cash paid for old gold and silver.
F J. M. BEASLEY,
North-east corner Market Square.
Fayetteville, An. 9, ISM ly
NOTICE.
J. IL
All Persons indebted to the oubucrlbfr. eitb.r by Bote
.rrlounU are n-Mn-Btedt call and "le the came an
clrW as ible. Hen,ay be found on. door Wet of
rlhrtv Point, with the moftof his readj-madework eared
the late file Persons in want of any articles in my
ff"?of burineM would do wll to call, as I will sell cheap
for eaab, or on tin., for approved notcs. SUNDy
Jan.y 17; 1-- 73U
LAW XOTIOJb:.
. ARCHIBALD A. T. SMITH
Has taken an Office on Anderson street, nearlv
ojposite the Fayetteville Hotel. He will attend
to the collection of claims and law business gen
erally, and especially to the taking of accounts
of ejcecutorsadministrators, guardians and part
ners, either in suit or otherwise. -.
Jau'y 11, 1601 . - y - , v . ;
; ir: rf. holmes,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.-WILM 1NGTON, N. C.
Oflice on corner of
Front and Prince9s streets,
ander the Journal Office.
Nov 15, 1331 : 41 tf
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t
-The copartnership heretofore existing under
the .name v( J iA, RfsA3td &Co., is this day dia
solvcdSy 'taufuaf conieiitX - ' i" JT
JOHN A. ROWLAND,
GILBERT W. McKAY,
JOHN C. MOORE.
The undersigned will continue
the business of the late firm, at their former
Stand in Lumbei ton, under the style of Rowland
&. McKay, where goods of every description can
be bought on the most reasonable terms
JOHN A. ROWLAND.
GILBERT W. McKAY.
Lumberton, July 1, 1631. 645-tf
Call and Settle.
All those indebted to u by Note or Account will nleare
call and si-ttle. We are iu want of money Interest will
he charged on all
Accounts for 1S51 after thi (late.
JI. BRANSON & SON.
January 1. 183
To Timber, Turpentine, & Lumber
Merchants.
The subscribers ofler for sale One Thousand
and Fortv Acres of Land on Carver's Creek, in
Cumberland county, eight miles north of Fay
etteville, within two miles of Cape Fear River,
and one mile of the Fayetteville and Raleigh
Plank Road, joining the Lands of Jones and Bar-
bee, Aniius Ray, and others, on which there is a
Saw Mill in a tnoroutrh state of repair, and a
never failing stream. These lands are finely
timbered, offering inducements to persons wish
ing to embark in the timber, lumber or turpen
tine business. Teisons wishing to purchase will
call on either of the subscribers, one being in
Fayetteville and the other on the premises.
Also, one of the subscribers would rent one or
more fasUs ot turpentine boxes on snares ne
tween Cape Fear and Black River, near the route
of the b ayettevil e and Northern Plank Road.
DUNCAN McNEILL,
Jan 3, 1652 fi71-tf J. II. McNEILL.
FOIiCE PUMPS.
Chain and fixtures for Force Pumps,
Rollers and fixtures for Grind Stones,
Just received a larire stock, for sale by
Dec 13th.
tf
COOK & JOHNSON.
A. H- Whitfield,
Coach and Light Carriage Manufacturer,
Would respectfully in
form the public that he
still continues to carry
on the above business in
all its branches. He re
turns thanks for t lie lib-
-- eral patronage he has re-
3ceived, and hopes by a
strict attention to busi
ness and a desire to please all and give general
satisfaction, to merit a continuance of the same.
He warrants all his work to be made of the
best material and by experienced workmen; and
should any of it fail in 12 months (with fair usage)
erther in workmanship or material, he will re
pair it without charge. Persons wishing to buy
would do well to call and examine his work be
fore purchasing, as it cannot be surpassed for
style, elesfance, and durability. He is determin
ed to sell low for cash or on short time.
Orders thankfully received and promptly at
tended to.
CCJ- Repairing neatly executed at short notice
and lowest possible prices.
Fayetteville. Jan 10, 1S52
Fall and Winter
GOODS.
WE are now receiving our Fall and Winter
Stock, consisting of a very general selection o
Hardware and Cutlery. Saddlery, Lea
ther, Hats and Caps. Boots and Shoes,
Iron, Steel and Nails, and Staple Dry
Goods,
With a large Stock of
Groceries, Bagging. Rope, &c.
Persons visiting this market to purchase at
Wholesale or Retail, would do well to give us a
call. J. St. T. WADDILL.
Hay street.
Sept. 27, 1651. "657-tf
Save Cost.
THE LAST CALL.
All persons indebted to the subscribers, by
note or account, are hereby notified that all ac
counts and notes unsettled bv the first of March
next, will be placed in the hands of an Officer
for collection.
HALL, SACKETT &. CO.
Jan'y 31, 1952. 675-4t
A C A It I .
HAVING sustained a severe loss by the fire
on the night of the 2d January, I am compelled
to call on all those who are indebted to me to
make immediate payment. If they cannot settle
in full, pay what they can, either in cash or
notes negotiable at Bank.
. A. A. McK ETHAN.
Jan'y 31, 1S52. 67-5.
Entire new Stock of
GOODS.
Having sold our old stock out, we now offer
to our customers and friends an entire new stock
DRY GOODS,
Hardware and Cutlery, Hats,
SHOKS & GROCERIES,
A LARGE ASSORTMENT, "...
All of which we will exchange for any kind of
country produce, or sell on time to punctual
customers.
COOK & TAYLOR.
Fayetteville, Sept 27, 1S51 j -
II. G. HALL,
FAYETTEVILLE FOUNDRY
Castings of every 'description rnacfe
' .,' 6rder.' "
A lot of Babbet Metal for sale;7 1 e
-r. VVINSLOW STREET-. -.-.'
Sej8tG,lS5l. tf :
J. E.
! OFFERS FOR SALE-i- Yt
i A GEAERAL , ASSOKTJIEfT. OP
, DRY GOODS-v
X G RO C ERI .
Hardware aiid Cutlery, .Hats
I tra n d,. Caps, ootsandSluocSf
iron, StVet,Xa",'c.'o'n, t!e "tnosr rea
sonable terms for Cash, or in exchange for pro
duce, at his store next door to Market Square,
Hardie"s building.
3000 Lbs. BACON, sides, now in
store. ..
October 4, 1S51 ly
D. & W. TrlcI-ilXJRIN
ARE now receiving a large and general assort
ment of Staple and Fincy
DRY GOODS,
Hardware and Cutlery, Boots and Shoes.
ALSO
75 bases Rio, Laguira and Java Coflee,
10 hhds. Sugar,
75 pieces Cotton Bagging,
50 coils Hale Rope,
100 kegs' Nails, assorted,
S tons Swedes and English Iron,
500 sacks Liverpool Salt,
With loaf, crushed, powdered and granulated
Sagars; Green Tea; Pepper; Spice; Ginger;
Powder; Shot ; Bar Lead; Table Salt; bar and
fancy Soaps, with a great variety of other ar
ticles, to which we invite the attention of pur
chasers at wholesale or retail, as low as any
other house in the place.
D. Jo W. McLAURIN.
October 11, 1S51.
WANTED,
At the cHeap Hat Store, Green st.,
1000 Deer Skins, 1000 Sheep Skins,
1000 Mink do. 4000 Raccoon &. Fox do.
500 Otter do. 10,000 Rabbit do.
For which the highest prices will be paid in cash j
or in Hats of all descriptions, cheaper than ever
known in this market, next door to north-east
corner Green street.
DAVID GEE.
Jan'y 3, 1352
BLAKE'S PATENT
FIRE-PROOF FAINT
The subscribers have j ust received from the
Patentee himself,
10 barrels Black and Chocolate colored Fire
Proof Paint, dry.
10 kegs (50 lbs. each) ground in oil, black and
chocolate colored,
Which thev ofler for sale wholesale or retail.
JNO. H. it J. MARTINE,
Agents of the Patentee.
Fayetteville, Nov 29, ISO I. tf
Blake's Patent Fire-Proof Paint.
The durability of this most valuable and ex
traordinary substance is such that it has only ar
rived at its best and most permanent state when
all ordinary Paints begin to turn back to powder
and rub or wash off. It is applied like ordinary
Paint, and in a few months becomes a perfect
stone hich resists both fire and weather. Time
seems to have no influence except to make it ad
here closer and form a more perfect state.
LOOK OUT FOR FRAUD.
This article has become so popular that many
unprincipled persons who have found beds of
rotten-stone, unformed red sand-stone, or any
minerals which resemble the genuine article in
color, &c. have published that they have found
beds of "Fire-proof Paint," which (without wait
ing to test their properties) they offer to the
public for sale, and state that they are superior
to everything, whereas none of them have been
got up more than two years, and many of them
not yet two months. 1 haie the statement of
more than 20 men of the highest standing in the
vicinity of the M ines, who have seen and some
of them used these counterfeit stuffsj which says
there hns been such a complete f tilui e in all the
different articles got up and offered for sale there
as "Fire-proof.Paints," except mine, that mine
only is considered worth using. Jiesidesall this.
I have a patent upon the genuine article which
has been submitted to some of the most able
referees in the country, as also to the Hon. Danl
Webster, all of whom decided in the most ex
plicit terms that it was valid, and all persons
manufacturing, selling or using this article, un
less obtained of me, would be liable tome lor
damages.
Every person therefore to be safe, should see
that my brand is on every package; for should
they purchase any substance which will make
the genuine"Fire-proof Paint" (not of my manu
facture) they become liable to a prosecution for
infringement of my Patent, and if they purchase
a useless article, they of course lose their
money.
CT' The genuine article, of different
colors, for sale by my only authorized
agents, J. II. & J. Martine, Hay street,
Fayetteville.
WM. ELAKE.
New York, Nov. 11, 1S5I.
Bargains ! Bargains ! !
The Subscriber, wishing to bring his present
business to a close as soon as possible, will offer
great bargains to thosewanting.goods.
The stock embraces a great variety: Dry Good.,
staple ' and fancv; Shoes, Boots, Hats, Cap and
Bonnets; Sugar, Coflee, Salt, Iron, Nail, Hollow
ware. Hardware and Cutlery ; coopers', carpen
ters' and smiths Tools; turpentine ditto. .
Those indebted will confer a favor by $ett
lini? soon. Interest will be churned on all ac
counts for the year 1551, after 1st March, 1S52.
Ir-itl'HiV:
b"Sn'liMid
qwite a'ltoclc" t CADIES
Priceii Buyers are invited to call ami
exanue. . ; . .. .. ... , , .
.V'"00 consist in part of
j2f.'n urWand7o!or'd"S.lk!i,
'. TrjUnQ; rilaid and fig'd, English 2bFriicli A
'Tl black. and.c.ulM Alpaccas, ajlor;po6r Pop
' r T"'1 Cashmeres. -J
AllS&Ti: superior dark xol'd Prints,
Also.f jgd and, plain Tarltoos; dotted, bar "and
plajC Aluslin. ' "
ANtf; Jn stock of black and col'd Cloths and
Cassia; Tweeds, Jeans and Satti nets.
. A r iK!k Boots & Shoes,:and Umbrellas.
'Vltl "WtOWdtgfilatii, and a few. dozen Kus-
iPXoiTtif way. " . 1 I
SAVE COST
All persons indebted to the subscriber, either
by note or account, at Liberty Point House, are
requested to come forward and settle before the
20th February, or they may expect to pay cost,
as they will be put into the hands of an officer
on that day.
I can be found 4 doors from Liberty Point, over
the store of C.-S. Johnson.
JOSEPH UROOKSBANK.
Feb'y 7, 1S52 2t
T0 CONTRACTORS.
Sealed Proposals for clearing, grading, plank
ing, bridging and finishing the Anson Plank Road,
and also for supplying all the necessary Lumber
Timbers, and other. material for the construction
of the said Road, will be received until the last
Wednesday in February.
For particulars and specifications apply to the
President at Cheraw.
Proposals will also be received at the same
time tor the cutting and hauling of logs, and saw
ing and delivering of lumber at the mill of the
Anson Plank Road Company. The location of
the mill and timber land will be shown on ap
plication to the President.
ALLAN MACFARLAN,
President A. P. R. C.
Jan'y 31, 1S52 G7(3-3t
Sale of Negroes
& VALUABLE TOWN PROPERTY.
The Subscriber, as Executrix of Robert Mc
Nabb, will sell at the Court House in Carthage,
on the 17th of February, it being Tuesday of the
Superior Court, SIX LIKELY NEGROES, and
also 0 Lots in the said town, including the Tav
ern House and other buildings lately occupied
by her testator, and known as the "Carthage
Hotel," and also the Store and Lot on the north
side of the Public Square, and 123 acres of Land
in three tracts, near the town. The Tavern and
if vpu rt-iiaivca tuv always been very valua
ble, and are rendered more so now by the in
crease of travel upon the Plank Road.
Terms ofSaie A credit of six months, with
bond and security.
ELIZABETH McNABB.
Jan'y 31, 1S52. 2t "
At the same time I will sell, as Administrator
of Henry Wilson, a valuable Blacksmith, on a
credit of 6 months bond and security required.
ALEX KELLY, Adm'r.
A Farm and Beautiful Residence
FOR SALE.
THE Subscriber wishing to remove to the
South-west, would sell his lands in this county,
upon reasonable and accommodating terms.
There are about 2700 or 3009 acres, all lying
in one body, and of which 400 or 500 acres are
in cultivation. The Plank Road of the Joint
Stock Company, from Fayetteville to Raleigh,
will run within one mile of the residence. Most
of the lands that are in cultivation lie within
three miles of the Cape Fear River, adjoining the
lands of John C. Williams and others.
The above situation is very desirable, from the
fact that it is surrounded by the best of neighbors
and socieiy.
The subscriber might say much more by way
of inducement; but he deems it unnecessary, as
those wishing to purchase can call and see for
themselves.
The above lands can be divided so as to suit
purchasers.
Any further information can be given by ap
plication to the subscriber, or by letter address
ed to him at Kingsburv, Cumberland Co., N. C.
D. S. WILLIANS.
February 7, 1S-V2. 67G-Gt
LTSTT G-QODS.
Just received at
WHITE & UXDERHILTJS
FASHIONABLE CLOTHING STORE.
A variety of Ready-made Clothing, among which
mav be found a superior ' article of Gentlemen's
ShfrTs, Boys Coats, Overcoats, and Vests, &.C
Feb'y 7, 1S52 2t
Call and Settle.
All persons indebted to the joibucriber either
by note or account, are requested to come lor
ward and settle, as no longer indulgence can be
given.
JOHN D. DOVE.
Feb. 7, 1S52. ' G76-3t
FOR RENT,
A comfortable
Street.
Dwelling on
Green
Apnlv to
HALL & SACKETT.
Feb'y 1S52. ' tf
Presn. Arrivals-
IVe are constantly receiving fresh additions to
our present stock of Groceries and Provisions.
We have just received
500 lbs. superior Goshen Butter, more ex
pected soon.
1000 lbs. new N. C. Lard, .
1000 lbs. new North Carolina Bacon.
40 bbls. northern and country Whiskey by
the barrel. ...
20 boxes extra Cheese. !
. Mackerel, Salmon and Blue Fish,
Clarified Lard, in 17 lb. kitts for family use,
Buckwheat' Flour in 12J and 25 lb. bags. '
- - ' r r v.. i . - . . - " . : v
For sale bv "
LAWRENCE & TROY.
No. 10 Green street.
7, 1532. 67G-4t
FebM
I Jpaier from Europe. :
'AfcftlVAL OF THE STEAMER EDOPaI
3fi2 steamed feu ropa at rived! at ftalifax
on.tne 6ti4 inst, bringing Liverpool dates
to the 26th ult. . j ; 1
V: FRANCE By a decree, the llrleans
family, cannot possess property of any de
scription, in France, ami are bound to sell
what they now possess within one jgear.
Another decree cancels Louis Philippe's
donation to his children, and appropriates
it' to other purposes.
. Th I ihpIipvC nf Orlfinc't rlnur'rir nt -.CIA J
The ex-representatives, who haveTmt
been banished, have been authorized to re
turn to their homes.
'The great bodies of State are to wear
particular dresses. " Those of the Council
of State, Senate, and Legislative bodies
will he rich, and resemble what was worn
under the empire.
It is said that the second, if nut the
third, attempt on President Napoleon?s
life has been made, and that an officer had
snapped his pistol at him as his carriage
was coming out of the Carousal.
ENGLAND. The London journals are
suggesting various modes of defence in
case of an invasion. They ure the pro
priety of recalling ships and steamers on
service.
SPAIN. There had been several ex
ecutions of military officers at Madrid.
Stringent measures had been enforced
to destroy the liberty of the Spanish press.
Liverpool Market The cotton market
has been very buoyant, with an advance
of about 1-16 on middling qualities.
American Flour had advanced 1 shilling
per bbl., with a light stock. ' .
LETTER FROM MR BUCHANAN.
We find the following letter from this
distinguished Pennsy I vanian in the Ais
sissippian. It is entitled, says the tl veil
ing 6trgus, to a careful consideration, as
the views of one, who, at the present time,
is occupying a large share of public atten
tion in all parts of the Union: '
Wheatland, near Lancaster,
Wednesday, Dec 4, 1851. i
My Dear Sir : 1 am sorry I did not re
ceiveyour letter sooner. 1 might have then
given it the 'o!d fashioned Democratic''
answer which you desire. But I am com
pelled to. leave home immediately, and if I
should not write at the present time, it
will be too late for the 8th of January. I
must, therefore, be brief.
My public life is before the country ;
and it is my pride never to have evaded an
j important political question. The course
of Democracy is always straight ahead,
and public men who determine to pursue
it never involve themselves in iabarvntlis,
except when they turn to the right or left
from the plain forward path. Madison's
Report and Jefferson's Kentucky Resolu
tions are the safest and surest guides to
conduct a Democratic administration of
the Federal Government. It is the true
mission of Democracy to resist centralism
and the absorption of unconstitutional
powers by the President antl Congress.
The sovereignty of the States, and a ilevo-
tion to their reserved rights, can alone
! preserve and perpetuate our happy system
of Government. The exercise of doubtful
and constructive powers on the nan of
i a
Congress, has produced all the dangerous
and exciting questions which have im
periled the Union.
The Federal Government, never con
fined within its strict constitutional limits,
must necessarily acquire more and more
influence through the increased.' and in
creasing ' expenditure of public money;
and hence the greater necessity for public
economy and watchful vigt'ance. Our
Constitution, when it proceeded from the
hands of its framers, was a simple system;
and the more free from complexity it re
mains, the more powerfully, satisfactorily
and beneficially will it operate within its
legitimate sphere.
it is centralization alone which has pre
vented the French people Irom establishing
a permanent Republican Government; and
entailed upon them so many misfortunes.
Had the provinces of France been convert
ed into separate territorial sovereignties,
like our State Governments, Paris would
then no longer have been France, and a
revolution at the capital would not have
destroyed the Federative Republic.
Had the principles 1 have enumerated
been observed by the Federal Government
and by the people of the several States, we
should have avoided the alarming questions
which have arisen out of the institution of
Domestic Slaveiy. The people of each
State would then, to employ a homely but
expressive phrase, have attended to tlieir
own business, aad not have interfered in
the domestic concerns of their sister States
But on this important subject I have
fully presented my views in the enclosed
letter to the Great Meeting in Philadelphia
held in Nov:, 1850, that it would be use
lessto repeat , theoi, even if l"e would
From "four friend, very respectfully.
- JAMES BUCHANAN.
Geo. R. Fall, Esq.
... : . -
, This protracted trial was -brought to 4
conclusion,, yesterday, 'by. a verdict itt
favor of the plaintiff, on all the issues,' anU
awardms ln.r gS.OOO a year for alimonf.
A very targe: portion off the rcotntaunify
will regard this ait extraordinary, result,'
Dot; sustained; by he evidence ;ta larg
portion wilf look, upon it as just what it
shujild.be, and, perhaps, the largest p.f
tion 4f thelhree avilfc regard it with perfect
indiftrretic. The amount of: alimony
look- a little vindictive,: or else; if tha
jury ".approved of the course oflife, whichf
according to some of ,the witnesses, the
feUuUUi'reaia.toJ)ave led and wished to?
Wire her the means to keeff tt pf certainly
wc-y. nave iieciareu i irerrr oxiier Tiiai JIf S
Forest has been jhe intended , victim of
plots or conspiracies too base to be readily
conceived of..
But the verdict is of very little impor
tance at regards the real struggle between
the parties, for the jury were only called
in as a matter of legal form. The cause
lias not in point of fact been tried before
them, but before the community. The
evidence has not been confined to the
issues which the jury were professedly
sworn to try, but has been permitted to
sweep overall creation, and .to draw in
the character of everybody, dead or alive,
who had ever anything to do with either of
the parties. All this was for the purpose
of influencing, not the ver dict of the jury,
but that of the community. And what
has been gained in this respect ? In our
opinion, nothing at all.
The cause has been on trial before tha
public a couple of years. All the material
facts had been published and commented
on in the newspapers, and all who took an
interest in tbe controversy had formed an
opinion according to their view of the facts,
long before the trial came on. Thev hat!
taken sides, and we doubt whether any of
litem have changed in consequence of'the
developments made before the courts.
Their respective opinions and feeling
have only been rendered more intense by
the excitement of the trial. The friends
of Mrs Forrest and those who hated her
husband, will congratulate her upon her
three thousand a year, and will cling closer
to her than ever. On the other hand, the
friends of Mr Forrest will regard him a
victim of perjury and of a strongly biassed
Court, and will regard him with more
euthusiasm than ever. . When he next ap
pearsin the theatre hi friends will secure
him such a triumph as no actor ever re
ceived before.
Such, then, is ' the result, and the onlr
result, of a trial upon which so much time
has been wasted. In every aspect of ths
matter it is painful to contemplate it.'
Mr Forrest, as an American, and as the
first of liwng tragedians, had, and still
has, troops of admiring friends. For vears
he enjoyed uninterrupted domestic" hap
piness. A quarrel between him and his
wife finally arises, which is dragged befwre
the public, and after prejudices are excited
which render a just or satisfactory verdict
next to impossible, it is brought into Court
and tried as if before a town meeting
The Court is flooded with perjury; the
rules of evidence are set at naught; and
what is called a legal investigation is per
mitted to take as wide a range as a per
sonal or political discussion before an
election. The character of the judiciary,
the character of the parties, the character
of the witnesses, and of all concerned, if
not greatly damaged, certainly cannot be
materially elevated by such a meice.
I iing may it be before we have another
i like it. .V. K Sun.
Tun Richmond Editorial DiAlV A
correspondent of the Baltimore Clipper,
writing on the 29ih ult., says: A gen
tleman who was present at the recent
duel between Mr Daniel, editor of the
Richmond Examiner, and Mr Johnson,
editor of the Richmond Whig, which (ook
place near Silver Spring, on the line
which divides Maryland from the District
of Columbia, informs us that there were
on the ground, among others, the Hon.
Mesrs, Gentry, Stone, Marshall, of Ken
tucky, antl Cabell of the House of Repre
sentatives. Col. Powell, of Virginia,
acted as the friend of Mr Daniel, and
Col Rowan, of Kentucky, as the Jfriend
of Mr Johnson. Distance 15 pacesi Dan
iel fired first, and missed; Johnson) fired
next, and missed ('and 'M miss is good
as a mile!' A t the instance of Messrs.
Gentry and Blair, further shooting wa
'prevented, and the belligerents wer
reconciled. Mr Blair, it i said, invited
the parties to partake of his hoi-pislal-ities,
which they did, and, among other
doings, had i shot at the brandies and li
quors. W'e don't say that any of them
were half-shot; but it was fur better to
take this spirit in (though we are a tee
totaller; than to ooze it out of etther of the
chivalrous editorial gentleman by means
of tapping with a pistol ball. Norfolk
lieacon.
Mrs Fohrf.st. The N. V. Da v Book
states that Mis Forrest's determination to
return to the stage has been formed in
opposition to the remonstrances of her
friends. It adds that she only desired to
obtain the alimony as a point of honor, and
that she has determined not to touch it for
her own support, but to depend for that
entirely upon her professional exertions.
Jau'v 31, 1S52. 675-tt,