PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE.
People make no greater mistake than
when they confound learning with wisdom.
The former is as much inferior to the
latter a a the body is to the soul. The
one is the cunning hand of the artist, the
other may serve him very well as a tool
to work with. As the tool is worthless.
aside from the skilful hand, so learning
without wisdom is a dead and
thins- Hut how much the hand
useless
Can aC- j
coruplish with no instrument whatever! j
Mankind has been slowly awakening to'
this truth. Formerly it was supposed
that a "liberal education" was the mak
ing of a man. A Greek quotation was a
password among the teamed. A man was
reverenced for the number of languages
he hail acquired, the sciences he had mas
tered, the sayings and facts of the ancients
at his tongue's end. A classical educa
tion was to the mind what a fashionable
coat is now-a-days to the body. One
honest man is worth more than all the tail-,
Iocs' shops in creation ; anil the genius of
Shakspeare was worth more than all the
learning of all the scholars of his or any
other ae. . . . , ,
1 ne jffpmt 01 America his uprooted and
exposed to ridicule this ancient error. As
in otler things, the Yankees have taken
tne lead in substituting substance for how,
practice for theory, in the matter of educa
tion. We are bejrinninz to value a man
tor what he does, not for what he has
learned. We laugh wher, it is said in
commendation of an inactive man, that he
"knows everything. ' What use has he
made of his knowledge ? Here is a far
mer with a barn full of scythes and sickles;
but because he lias not the skill of a reaper
or mower, he starves, w hile the grain rots,
and t lie grass withers.
A man wants just so much knowledge
as he has the wisdom to use. Eat no more,
young friend, than your stomach will
digest. A fool may get through college,
but iie will be no less a fool with his
academical honors, than before. A wis?
and energetic youth, even though he never
sees the chimney of a university, or the
cover of a lireek lexicon, will, by the
force of his understanding, gather practical
experience every day and every hour of
his life, and know how to apply every
item of it. His bjcket-fuli of learning is
poised on the curb, and is worth more
than all there is in the well Prattle-Greek,
who does not know how to draw it up
Yankee Blade
Mail Roubekiks. The
stealing
of
money from the mails is becoming a
seri
ous grievance in this totate. Hundreds,
and probably thousands of dollars have
been purloined since the first of January
in some cases the letters fail to come to
hand, ami in others they are received
without the money. The system of rob
bery appears to be wide-spread. We
have heard of losses in several directions.
A gentleman we learn mailed $100 at
Cheraw for this place, which was not re
ceived: and considerable sums mailed at
mit!ificld for Uiclimond and Baltimore
have been abstracted. We hear of losses,
and have incurred some ourselves, in the
Mails due at this point from the Eastern
and Northeastern portions of the State
indeed the losses have been heaviest in
these directions.
We have reason to know that the Post
oflice department has taken the necessary
steps to detect the criminals and bring
them to punishment. We hope the strict
est watch will be continued until the griev
ance is remedied. Ruteigh Standard.
Naval Dkpot at Beaufoht. There
should by all means be a naval depot es
tablished at Beaufort. That magnificent
and important harbor is one of the places
formed by nature for a first class naval
station and depot of the General Govern
ment; and it is surprising it has been so
long neglected. We are glad to see that
Mr Badger has called the attention of the
Senate to the subject by introducing a re
solution directing the Secretary of the Na
vy to inquire whether or not it will be
advantageous to the Government of the
United States to establish a naval depot
at Beaufort, in North Carolina, and that
lie report to the Senate at its next session.
We hope the Secretary of the Navy will
give this subject the consideration which
its importance demands, and do justice
to the State and to the country by urging
the immediate adoption of the measure.
Raleigh Star.
Revenue Cutter. We learn with
pleasure, that a memorial is in circulation,
calling upon the Government to send one
of the new Revenue Cutters to our coast
ami port.
They have a Cutter at Norfolk in Vir
ginia, on the North, and one at Charles
ton, on the South. Poor North Carolina
being but a strip of sand between the two
is as usual, left out. But it so happens
that this same strip offers more facilities in
its peculiar physical formation than per
haps any other in the world for the contra
band trade. There are a host of hiding
places in our sounds, &c, which vessels
of large size cannot approach, and where
modern Blue Beards'' may hide goods,
as well as money.
But the main reason we think why this
matter ought to be urged is that the coast
of North Carolina is the most dangerous on
the whole Atlantic frontier. The whole
West India fleet of the Union pass it, anil
thousands of dollars and many lives are an
nually lost upon it, which, with the proper
aid these vessels are built to render dis
tressed seamen and vessels, might be sav
ed. Even at the mouth ot the Cape Fear
where the Revenue Cutters never come,
more money and human life is yearly lost
for the want of this protection than would
pay for the Cutter twice over. The pres
ence of such a vessel in our waters, would
contribute much to a feeling of security in
commerce, and it is time for the people to
be disabused of the idea, that these nation
al favor are reserved for more highly pet
ted sections. Let us have the Cutter by
fll means Wit. Free Press.
From the Pennsylvanian.
JOHN RANDOLPH CLAY.
The recent appointment of Mr Clay as
minister to Peru meets, we are glad to ,
see, with universal favor from the journals ;
or Dam me greai parties 01 me couniry.
great
As some misstatements, however, have
been made with regaid to this gentleman's
position abroad, it may be necessary to
give a brief account of him.
JYir ViBj is i uanvt ui 11119 uiij, auu ou 11
of the Hon. Joseph Clay, one of the ear
liest leaders of the democratic party, and
a representative of this city in Congress
many years ago. if-
iii iBoU. wnen jonn itanuoinn 01
Roanoke was appointed by Andrew Jack
son, minister to Russia, Mr Llay, then a
very young man, was selected as his sec
retary ol legation, ami acteu in mat capa
city until the sudden departure of Mr
Randolph, when the whole charge of the
mission was left in his hands. He ac
quitted himself with great credit in this
difficult position, and was continued, un
der Mr Buchanan and Mr Wilkins, the
successor of Randolph, until upon a vacan
cy "furring in the mission he , was "e
gularry appointed charge d'affaires by
President Jackson shortly before the ex
piration of his last term.
Upon the accession of Mr Van Buren as
President, Mr Clay was recalled at his
own request, and was transferred to
Vie nna, where he remained for several
years as secretary ol legation and charge
d'affaires. Finally, in 1848, during the
Mexican war, when the services of an
experienced diplomatist were thought
necessary on the Pacific coast, he was ap
pointed by the administration of President
Polk charge to Perj, where he has re
mained ever since, notwithstanding efforts
were made during the last administration
for his recall on politica' grounds.
The signal service he was enabled to
render his country in warding oft the dan
gerous effects of the great mistake made
in the affair of the Lobos islands must be
familiar to all our readers. These services
weie indeed so striking, that on the estab
lishment of a full mission to Peru, Mr Clay
was immediately nominated as minister
by President Fillmore ; and though his
nomination was not acted on by the Sen
ate, it was renewed as one of the first acts
of Franklin Pierce, and unanimously con
finned. Mr Clay is an accomplished scholar,
speaking the French, German, Italian.
Spanish, and Russian languages. He is
the most veteran diplomatist in the service,
and a firm and consistent member of the
democratic party, with tvhich he has al
ways been identified, and from which he
has derived his promotion. We consider
his present appointment as a high testi
monial of his distinguished services, and
as an appreciation of true merit, which has
thus far marked the course of the present
administration.
The Cnoss! The Seal! thr Ring!
To the Editor of the N. Y Daily Times:
Foreign advices have twice mentioned
the surrender of the above articles by the
late Bishop Ives to the Bishop of Rome.
Before the matter is forgotten permit me
to show the fancifulness of the proceeding.
As to the cross, it was not probably the
small black cross which he used to wear
attached to his watch chain, but a large
gold cross which he wore once or twice in
public, but afterwards laid aside because
its use was offensive to the Church people
of his diocese.
The seal anil the ring are perhaps the
"seal-ring" which he never wore on his fin
ger as an emblem of authority, but it was
used simply for sealing letters; the device
upon it was furnished by himself and could
not have been used by his successor with
out a change of the initials.
These "emblems of rebellion'' are of no
public authorised value or significance.
They are not named in our Ordinal."
They weie the Bishop's own private pro
perty, as much so as his pen knife and
lead-pencil.
Let them hang, by the Pope's direction,
over the tomb of St. Peter.
But it is to be lamented that any act so
entirely figurative and fanciful should
have been part of an otherwise most sol
emn and important transaction.
A Catholic Protestant.
Beggars Outwitted. Many years ago
an ingenious plan was adopted by the
Grand Duke to rid Florence of beggars.
It was proclaimed that every beggar who
would appear in the grand plaza at a cer
tain mentioned time would be provided by
the Duke with a new suit of clothes, free
of cost. At the appointed time the beg
gars of the city all assembled, and the
Grand Duke, causing all the avenues to
the square to be closed, ctimpelled the
beggars to strip off their old clothes, and
gave each one, according to promise, a
new suit. In the old clothes thus collect
ed, enough money was found concealed to
build a beautiful bridge over the Arno,
still called "the beggars bridge," and the
city, for the time being, was relieved of the
beggars by which it had been previously
overrun, as none would give to the well
dressed individuals who implored charity,
not believing their tale of distress- Port
land Advertiser.
W. C. Loftin, Esq. We understand
that this gentleman, a distingnished citi
zen of Lenoir, very popular with those
who know him, will be a candidate for
Congress in his district. We do not
know who may be selected, or whether
there will be a convention candidate out,
but from all we know of Mr Loftin, he is
capable of discharging ably and faithfully
the duties which may devolve upon him,
should he be selected. IVil. Free Press.
Chief Justice Ruffin, late of the supreme
Bench, has, we learn, accepted the ap
pointment of Justice of the Peace in Ala
mance county, and is now engaged in the
discharge of the duties of Chairman of the
County Court there.
RAIL ROAD MEETING.
At . meet,ng of th of NewberB,
assembled upon a short notice at the Court
House ou Saturday the 12th ult., far the
purpose of appointing Delegates to attend
- Kail Unad meelincr in ho held in Kavette-
ville on Mondav, 14th March; on motion
m m a . .
of George S. Stevenson, Esq., John l.
Whitford, Esq., Intendant, was called to
the chair, and Wm. H. Mayhevr appoint
ed Secretary. 1
The object of the meeting was briefly
stated by the Chairman. 1
The Hon. W..H. Washington then rose
i and said Owing to his absence fronktown
t . - . i
uuriiig the greater part ot the wees ami ;
his pressing engagements since hi return
from Onslow, he was not aware thit the
meeting had been called until a few min
utes before it assembled; and he if as not
therefore fully apprized of its object - He
had gathered however Irom the remarics
of the Chairman and from conversation
with different members of the meeting that
the object and intetition was to con wit up
on the propriety of sending tfelegaii to a
Rail Road Meeting to be lieldjn wn.
rFayeuevllTe on Monday andCW.Siay
of next week. Now he, Mr XV. hail not
sufficiently considered the proposition to
build a Rail Road from the Coal Fivlds via
Fayetteville, directly to Beaufort to say
whether he should favor the project or not.
He had not been able to make up his mind
fully as to the effect of such a Road upon
the Newberu interest, nor its operation
and ultimate effect upon his favorite no
tion of uniting the blue mountains of the
West with the blue ocean of the East "
He is inclined to think the two roads could
be auxilary to each other, but without
committing himself for the present for or
against the Rail Road from Fayetteville to
Beaufort he was decidedly in favor of send
ing delegates to that meeting. It the first
place it was not only proper but highly be
coming in the peopfe of this section of the
State the known and ardent frvends of
Internal Improvements to give their
countenance and attention to such move
ments on the subject as are calculated to
promote the interest of the State whereso
ever or whatsoever they may be. And in
the next place he considered it decidedly
important to our interests that we should
know the aim and object, plans and pur
poses of the movement now under consid
eration, which we can best do by being
represented in the proposed meeting at
Fayetteville. He, Mr W., woild there
fore submit the following resolutions,
which were unanimously adoptrd :
1st Resolved That eight Delegates be
appointed by the Chair to represent the
interest of Newbern in the meeting pro
posed to be held in the to nrn of Fayette
ville on Monday next.
2d Resolved That the said delegates so
appointed shall be constituted a commit
tee of correspondence and vigilance on
behalf of the town of Newbern and county
of Craven. rf
The following named gentlemen were
subsequently appointed by the Chairman
as said committee : Hon. Win. H. Wash
ington, Hon. John R. Donnell. George S.
Stevenson, John Blackwell, Elijah EHi,
John N. Washton, Esqs., and Dr. John
A. Guion.
The Hon. J. R. Donnell, being called
upon by the meeting, arose and spoke up
on the subject at considerable length. He
expressed himself decidedly in -favor of
the enterprise in agitation, designed to
connect the Coal Alines in Chatham coun
ty with Beaufort harbor by means ot a Rail
Road from Fayetteville to the latter point,
but that should pass through Onslow and
Jones Counties, passing through or near
Trenton in the latter county, and running
thence to Beaufort Harbor, so as to pass
at a point within five or seven miles of
Newbern; and in favor of connecting
Newbern by means ol an arm with the
Rail Road at this point. The Judge ad
vocated his views with much earnestness
and enforced them with ability. Here
marked in substance that his views upon
the suj.-ct of Internal Improvements had
probably been misapprehended by many
of his fellow-citizens that he hail been
represented as opposed to all enterprises,
designed to benefit the town or the State.
But that this was a great mistake that on
the other hand, any enterprise of the kind
that upon careful examination met the
sanction of his judgment as judicious and
really calculated to effect the great ends
of such improvements, would even meet
his warm approbation, and find in him an
earnest advocate. After a mature and
careful examination, he had not been able
to regard the North Carolina .Rail Road
and its extension from GoIdsbocojl4-JjU:au-fort
Harbor as an enterprise of this char
acter. He gave his reasons at some length
for this opinion. On the other hand the
enterprise of connecting the Coal Mines of
North Carolina by means of a Rail Road
via Fayetteville, by a company which pro
posed to build it with their own capital,
was the first scheme of the kind that had
been agitated in the State that he had been
able to bring his mind to regard with fa
vor as judicious or promising in its results.
Beaufort Harbor, the Judge thought, of
fered advantages for a depot for Coal and
for drawing to itself the means of an ac
tive and extensive commerce that far sur
passed those of any other point of the
State.
He dwelt at length upon his reasons for
preferring the particular route for a road
from Fayetteville to Beaufort Harbor,
which he advocated, instead of a road on
an air line, aod gave many reasons why
he thought a company that contemplated
the construction of such a rail road would
be induced to give the preference to the
lormer. He appeared to be well inform
. . m . a a
eel as to tne nature ot the grounrt over
which the respective routes would pass.
and reasoned very plausibly in lavor of his
own particular views. ,
At the close of Judge DonnelPs remarks,
on motion, the names of the Chairman and
Secretary were added to the list of Dele
gates, and the meeting adjourned! .
JOHN D. WHlTFORD,Chair'n.
From Fraser's Magazine.
CALHOUN.
Mr Calhoun was a man of remarkable
formation, physical as well as psychologi
cal, and exercised an influence on the
southern portion of the Union which will
long nut live even the youngest disciple of
his school. Tall, thin, with sunken cheeks
and rigid lips, his long grizzled hair thrown
in confusion off his square forehead over
the back of his head, he attracted the at
tention of the visitor at once by the ner
vous evergy with which he noticed every
proceeding of the Senate,' and by the bril
liancy of an eve which seemed to have
drank up the vitality from the rest of his
attenuated frame. When he rose to speak
the Senate was silent. The little noise of
business which sometimes rustles the quiet
even of that staid body was hushed, and
senators sat waiting the words of the south-
ax.T -
ern oracle in ever was a ifeiphic priest
more of oracular. His jagged sentiments
were short, concise, almost mysterious in
their solidity. As he warmed with his
subject, his thin sombre clad frame rose
to its utmost height; and. with an eye fired
to irttensest heat, but fixed ever on one
spot on the floor of the chamber, and with
a -1" - - " ...
a nanu nervously jerking in unison wiin
his speech from an elbow pinned to his
body, the champion of the divine right of
slavery piled syllogism fn syllogism with
a rapidity that set at defiance the capaci
ties of even the most practised listener,
and sat down at the close, leaving his au
dience bewildered by the subtlety of his
metaphysics, and overwhelmed by the
force of his logic. In his social intercourse
this remarkable man was one of the most
fascinating persons we have ever met.
Easy, fluent in conversation, wonderfully
intelligent and enchanting on any subject
touched, considerate towards others, kind
and attentive towards young men, he ex
ercised a personal influence such as, we
have been told, no other man enjoyed in
America, except his great rival, Mr Clay.
Thr Eureka Diamond. Wonderful if
True. We have receiv?l a communica
tion descriptive of this remarkable stone
which was found within two miles of
Columbia, Tuolumne county. It is to be
exhibited in Stockton and th:s city for a
short time, prior to the departure of the
owner for New York. Our correspondent
informs us that it has been carefully and
scientifically tested by Dr. F. Banks, a
graduate of the Medical University of
Louisiana, who pronounces it, beyond all
doubt, to be a diamond of very rare puri
ty. It is said to be larger than the Crown
Diamond ot England, which is valued at
ten millions of dollars. We are informed
by a gentleman who has seen it, that it is
about the size of a pigeon's egg. but is of
course stilt in the rough. Should this turn
out to be true, its value will be enormous,
and a new source of boundless wealth
open to our miners; for this of course can
not be the only stone of the kind in the
country. Diamond mines are just as well
defined as gold mines. Han Francisco
Herald.
r- -.t , - .
The Euicssox. The public not being
in possession of full and satisfactory infor-
inatiou with regard to the performances of
the caloric ship Kricsson. and her excel
lences and defects, as developed by her
Southern trip, the most exaggerated and
improbable stories have been circulated.
A commonly received rumor is to the ef
fect that the cylinder-bottoms have burned
out. a result which was predicted by
some and this is looked upon as explain
ing the silence and accounting for the fact
id the Kricsson being at Williamsburg.
Others speak unreservedly of the "pro
bable failure'"' It is best not to arrive at
conclusions too hastily, on any subject.
The inventor of the new mode of propul
sion has achieved a triumph, though one
that has not yet been fully demonstrated
to be complete, and the civilized world
stands in expectation, until the success or
failure of the principle involved, shall be
fully established . As understood by us,
the main difficulty hitherto encountered,
has arisen from the want of a perfect con
nection of two sections of an air pipe, near
the bottom of one of the cvlind ers Though
connected by rivets, the working of the
engine prevented such a perfect union of
the parts as to allow of the full use of the
power otherwise available- It is said that
it has been determined to substitute a sin
gle casting for the defective parts, and
that the difficulty will be obviated at once.
This change is now being made. The
other engine has been perfect throughout ;
and when both are complete, is is believed
that the Kricsson will be in a much better
condition to prove her capabilities. A. Y.
Journal of Commerce.
FllESHRTS IN UkOUGIA AND ALABAM1.
Very great freshets have recently occurred
in these States. The rivers in Alabama
are said to have been higher than ever
known. We have had lately in this quar
ter an abundance of rain, and the streams
have consequently been highi Raleigh
Standard. . - - .
Army and Navy Kxpensks. The an
nual cost, it is stated, of the army and na
vy of the United States, per head for the
population, is 67 cents. The expenses of
the same establishments to Great Britain
per head is $2 56, to France 2 18, to
Germany 92 8.
Newspapers Mailed for Cuba. The
Captain General of Cuba has notified the
American Consul at Havana that in obe
dience to an order of the Spanish govern
ment no transmission will be given in the
mails of that Island to any newspaper un
less it be secured with a single band only,
in such manner as to admit of its exami
nation without tearing the band or cover;
and that if any letter be found therein it
will be taken out and properly directed,
and tbe postage charged on it according to
the place it comes from. The Captain
General further declares that under the
name of newspapers (periodieos) all kinds
of printed. matter will be included- The
order went into eflect on tbe 1st of March.
From the Gotdeboro' Republican. 1
Banking in North Carolina By an
. r 4i i. i . .l -.1 r
act of the last Legislature, the capital of
me jo.m. ui ii siimtuii wis aumui itru
to be increased 9 1 10.000. The books of
subscription for this additional stock were
opened a few days since, and the whole
amount was taken up within an hour.
La rge subscriptions were afterwards otter
ed, but could not be taken. The Rich
mond Dispatch of Thursday last, says:
The people hereabout do not know
much about the geography of the Old North
State, and we have a strong notion of giv
ing short lessons upon it for general in
formation. We are reminded especially
of this by having frequently seen the notes
of the bank of Washington, N. C, refused
by persons who were eager to take the
notes of the old 'Cape Fear.' or the State
bank. Well, now, Washington, North
Carolina is a very considerable town, on
the INnrth side ol lar river, at its junction
with Pamlico river. It is the county seat
of Beaufoit county. Coasting vessels of
consibarable size come up there, and the
lumber and turpentine trade is very large.
We need hardly say, that the notes of the
bank of Washington ae in as good credit
as those of any of the' North Carolina
banks, which are among the best managed
and most solvent in the Union."
Observatory. We learn that an Ob
servatory, connected with that in Wash
ington City, is to be erected in this City
under the charge of Dr. B. A Gould, of
Cambridge Mass. Its object is to deter
mine more correctly the longitude, and is
in'direct connection with the Coast Sur
vey, upon which a large force of scientific
naval officers have been long engaged.
Besides giving the longitude, it will give
the latitude of Ualeigh to the fraction ol a
second, a thing that has never been
done. Raleigh
Regis' er.
MOD BY STHONG-MIVDKD WOMKN. The
Cleveland Herald says that on the 1st
ult., some thirty women, well backed by
gentlemen, proceeded to the grocery of
Anthony Jacobs, in Ashland, and asked
him to discontinue the sale of liquor and
the use of the bagatelle board, which had
enticed many of the youth and some of the
married men from their homes. He re
fused, and the ladies chopped his bagatelle
table into kindling wood, and emptied his
liquors into the street. They then visited
another grocery and a tavern, both of which
capitulated.
CLOTHING & CLOTHING MATERIALS
Navt Department,
Bureau of Provisions Sf Clothing Mar. 2S, 1S53.
SEALED PROPOSALS, endorsed "Proposals
for Navy Clothing and Clothing Material," will
be received at this etfice until 3 o'clock P. M.
on Monday, the 25th day of April next, for
furnishing and delivering (on receiving thirty
Hays' notice) at each or either of the Navy
Yards at C harlestown, Massachusetts; Brook
lyn, New York; ami Gsjoit, Virginia, such
quantities only of any or all of the following
named articles of Navy Clothing and Clothing
Materials as may be ordered by the Chief of this
Bi.re.iu, or by the commandants of s.iid navy
i . i : .i l
I tju, irsiirtii'ri), (lin ing usi-ai year loin-
ut'i:ivf.,,,nillt ,
j on the :10 th d olJune, lSOt, viz:
Slue pilot cloth pea Jackets, wool-dyed 2,000
Do do do monkey juckets do 1,000
Do cloth round jackets do 4,000
Do do trowseis do 4.000
Bluefrtnnel over-shirt3, twilled and wool-
dyed 10,000
Do do under-shirts do do S,000
Do do drawers do do 5,000
Do flannel do yards 15,000
Barnsley sheeting frocks 4,000
Canvass duck trowsers 4,000
Barnsley sheeting for do. yards 7,000
Canvass duck for do do 7,000
Dungaree l.",000
Calfskin shoes pairs 5,000
Kipskiu do high cut do 5,000
Calfskin pomps do 10,000
Wollen stockings do 10,000
Wollen socks do 10.000
Mattresses (with two covers to each) 2,500
Bl scksilk handkerchiefs 12,000
Blankets 3,000
The schedule of sizes of April 10, 1S4S, has
been modified by throwing out altogether si ze
No. 3, of all articles of clothinsr, and changing
the average number of sizes Nos. 1 and 2, for
each one hundred pieces; and all proposals must
hare reference to this change. Anew schedule
of sizes will be found with the samples, at the
respective navy yards.
The clothing and clothinz materials will be
divided into nine classes, for each of which
separate proposals will be received, and a
separate contract made, viz:
First Class. All the wollen articles made up,
viz blue cloth pea jackets, blue cloth monkey
jackets, blue cloth round jackets, blue cloth
trowsers, blue flannel over-shirts, blue cloth
trowsers, blue flannel over-shirts, blue flannel
under-shirts, and blue flannel drawers.
Second Class. AU the flninel t h:it may be
required foi making garments similar to those
specified in the first class.
Third Class. All tbe linen articles made up,
viz. Barnsley sheetingfrocks and canvass duck
trowsers.
Fourth Class All the Barnsley sheeting and
canvass duck that may be required for making
garments similar to those specified in third class,
and the Dungaree
Fifth Class. All the shoes and pumps.
Sixth Class. All the stockings and socks.
Seventh Class. All the mattresses, includ
ing two coreis to each mattress.
Eighth Class, All the black silk handker
chiefs. JVinth Class. All the blankets.
The shoe and pump to be stamped with the
contractor's name, number of shoe and pump,
and year when made,- the size to be in the fol
lowing proportion for each 100 pairs, unless
otherwise ordered, viz :
Two of No. 12, four of No. 11. twelve of No.
10, fit teen of No 9, fifteen of No. SI, twenty of
i"- o, hi ii ui i j, icil OI no. , live OI
6J, two of No. 6.
The kipskin shoes, the calfskin shoes, and the
calfskin pumps must be packed and delivered in
separate boxes.
All the above articles are to be fullv eoual. in
the quality, texture, and finish of material, pat
tern, ana wonkmanshm, to the samoles which
are deposited at the aforesaid Navy Yards; the
pea jacKets, monkey jackets, cloth trowsers, nr
er-shirts, under-shirts, drawers, and the bine
flannel to be of American manufactured cloths
and flannels, made of clean wool and indigo-dyed,
ana ayea in me wool.
The number or quantity which will be requir
ed of each of the foregoing articles cannot be pre
cisely stated; it is even possible that of some
none may be required. A contract will there
fore be mad, not for a specific number or quan
tity of aoy article, but only for such number or
quantity of each as the service may require to
be delivered at those Nary Yards respectively.
The prices most be uniform at all the stations.
All the above articles must be subject to sueh
inspection at the place of delivery a tbe Chief
of the Bureau may direct; and no article will be
received thati. not fully equal to the sample or
pattern, both in material and workmanship, and
wbicn doe, BOt conforIn in aU other ,9ap?c9 tJ
the stipulations ana provisions oi tne contract to
be made.
The whole most be delivered at the risk and
expense of tbe contractor, in good, tight, sub
stantial, and dry packing boxes or bales; each
box and bale to be marked with the contractor's
name, and the year and month when manufactur
ed or put up; the whole to be put up in good
shipping order, free of all charges to the United
States, and to the entire satisfaction of the in
specting officers, said officers to be appointed by
the Navy Department.
The offers must distinguish the prices for each
article mentioned, and must be calculated to cov
er every expense attending the fulfilment of the
contract, including tbe necessary metal and na
vy buttons.
In case of failure on the part of the contrac
tors to furnish and deliver the several articles
which may be ordered from them, in proper time
and of proper quality, the Chief of the Bureau of
Provisions and Clothing shall be authorized to
purchase or direct purchases to be made of what
may be required to supply the deficiency, under
the penalty to be expressed in the contract; the
record of a requision, or a duplicate copy there
of, at the Bureau of Provisions and Clothing, or
at either of the navy yards aforesaid, shall be evi
dence that such requisition has been made and
received.
Two or more approved sureties in a sum equal
to the estimated atnouut of tbe respective con
tracts will be required, and ten per centum will
be withheld from the amount of all payments on
account thereuf as collateral security, and not
in any event to be paid until it is in all respects
complied with; and ninety per centum of the a-
mount ol all deliveries made will be paid by the
Navy Agent within thirty days after triplicate
bills, duly authenticated, shall have been pre
sented to him.
Bidders whose proposals are accepted (and
none others) will be forthwith notified, and as
early as practicable a contract will be transmitt
ed to them for execution, which contract must
be returned to the Bureau within five days, ex
clusive of the time required for the regular
transmission of the mail.
A record, or duplicate of the letter informing
a bidder of the acceptance of his proposal, v ill
be dremed a notification thereof, within the
meaning ol the act of 1S46, and his bid will he
made and accepted in conformity with this un
derstanding. Every offer made must be accompanied (as
directed in the act of Congress making appropria
tions for the naval service for lSlG-'47, approv
ed 10th August, 1S4G,) by a written guaranty,
signed by one or more responsible persons, to the
effect that he or they undertake that the bidder
or binders will, if his or their bid be accepted,
enter into an obligation within five days, with
good and sufficient sureties, to furnish the sup
plies proposed. The Bureau will not be obliged
to consider any proposal unless accompanied
by the guaranty required by 1 aw ; the compe
tency of the guaranty to be certified by the Navy
Agent, District Attorney, or some officer of the
General Government known ta the Bureau.
Extract from the act of Congress, approved
August jO, 1S1G.
" Sec. 0 And he it further enacted, That,
from and after the passage of this act, '-very
proposal for naval supplies invited by the secre
tary of the Navy; under the proviso to the gen
eral approbation bill for the navy, approved
March third, eighteen bundled and forty-three,
ehall be accompanied by a written guaranty,
signed by one or more responsible persons, to
the eflect that he or they undertake that the
bidder or bidders, will, if his or their bid be
accepted, enter into an obligation in such time
as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the
Navy, with good and sufficient sureties, to fur
nish the supplies proposed. No proposal shall
he considered unless accompanied by such
guaranty. If, after the acceptance of a proposal
and a notification thereof to the bidder or bidders,
he or they shall fail to enter into an obligation
within the time prescribed by the Secretary of
the Navy, with good and sufficient sureties tor
furnishing the supplies, then the Secretary of
the Navy shall proceed to contract with sou e
other person or persons for furnishing; the s;iid
supplies; and shall forthwith cause the differ
ence between the amount contained in the pro
po.:il so guarrantied and the amount for which
he may have contracted for furnishing the said
supplies for the whole period of the proposal to
be charged up against said bidder or bidder",
and his or their guarantor or guarantors ; and
the same may be immediately recovered by the
United States, for the use of the Navy Depart
ment, in an action of debt against either or all
of said persons."
March 29, IS53. 73G-4t
JUST RECEIVED,
20 bbls. Mess Pork.
'20 Herrings.
Also, 3000 lbs. Bacon.
C. E. LEF.TE, Person Street.
April 2, 1S5 5 30-3t.
COMMERCIAL
RECORD.
ARRIVED AT FA'ITTEVI1I,E,
March 26 Str. Donglasx, with Boat Caxsiilay. and
gonda for J D Willli.imx. 1) 8c W McLanrin. W lirown.
KockfUh Manffo. .Murphy. McRorie it Co. il M Stroud,
Keudall & Lilly. Worth Ik Klliott. fr'nulkeaSt Mrliae. :
Citinou, T Caldwell St Sou. A Mickle, Cane Creek Man f
CO.
March 25 Str. Fanny Lutterloh. 26 Maj Wm Bar
nctt. 26 Rowan with -Starr'' in tow. 27 Z-jbyr. 2H
Fanny Lutterloh .all with pnrcrngcrR .and freight lor K L.
& J A I'emberton. II k 10 J Lilly. W S Koulks fc. Co. Law
rence fc Troy. Juhnmn. McNeill k. Co. Dyer fc Mclrcr,
Ray Si Pearcc. C K Leete. Hall St Sackett. J C Thomson,
J A McColcman. K Mitchell, Hunt St Adderton, Brown,
Fraley Si Co, W Draugbon. Boner k Clyoard. Murphy,
McRorie & Co. E Penry. K Fuller. DhW McLaurin, Sted
mnnSt Home, J Utlcy. J W Powers. W H Lutterloh. A W
Steel. C T Haigh St Son. Cook fc Taylor, Gilmei fcRankin.
J H Fount, T R Lane. Headen It Fount. O Brandt. Turner
It Tomlin, CJ W Johnnou. K fc A Murphy. Leiaan & But
nor. J G & B C Laxh. J Metrer. Chamber fc Chamber,
W H C, C N MeAdoo. L B Oibson. N Cochran. T C Pfohl.
J B Lane. J W Bitting. D W R Smith. C Kbert. P C
Smith. J W Hooker, J W Bkr, 8 C Doutiu-tt. (i W -cleft
Si Co. Faunt Ik Brother. Gardner fc o Boner fc f rit.
March 26 Str. Gorernor Graham, with tow Boat Cum
berland, with freicht for Gray fc Sa under. Marshall St
Parker. J & B G W orth. J II fc J Martine. R T Long. J
W Crowson. R fc A Murphy. W Weatherly, R Green. J
M Powell. Chambers fc Chamber, Murchiaon, Reid fc Co,
C W Andrew. J F fc L Smith. S Johnson. Shelly fc Held,
J J Leach. G W Johnoon J Hargrave. J Smith fc Son . A
A McKethao. M D a D R Smith. F L Gorrell, rrecman fc
Ron. R G Lindxay. H L Myrover. King fc Hege, lir F J
Kron. Dr H Janiex. T J Patrick. Stedman fc Heme. J W
Brower. A G Headen fc Co. W G Gilmer. Council fc Cain,
Hauler fc Wilxon, C N MeAdoo. E Harria. A Umax. Gil
mer fcRaukin. J P Smith. J C Poe, Monk Harris, a
Brower. T R Underwood. E Fuller.
March 22 and 25 Str Southerner. 26 Str Evergreen,
with passengers, sod good for C E Leete. 8 J Hinsdale,
Lawrence fc Troy. Cook fc Johnson. Brown. Fraley and Co ,
Jaa Eacben. Wilkiog and Co. W F Moore, Kendall and
Lilly. W Brewn. M Williams. S Brown, W Smith, H Depo,
F Williams. J Anders. E J Hal and Son. Murphy. Mc
Rorie and Co, S Boon. T Frailer. O Long. R Mitchell, J
M Beasley, W Wales, J and T M Watts. P T Jones.
Men 29 Str Southerner with passengers, and goods for
Hantaan and Cooper. H Erambert, D and W McLaurin,
W K Lane. King and Hege, P Taylor, S Boon. Brown,
Fraley and Co, J and F Garrett. Cook and Johnson. C S
Johnen.J Johnson. Samuel Williams, Thos Smith, W F
Moore, Willkings and Co,, Mr Cooper, J Jackson, R Ban
dem. S M Rankin.
March 30 St'r Chatham and tow boat Mike Brown,
with goods for Gray and Saunders. J Milter. R and A
Murphy. Gilmer and Glean. Lehman and Butner. Cham
bers and Chambers, Richwine, Harison and Co, L R Gib
son. Murchiaon, Reid and Co, Lash and Moore. C D Nixon
W Cochran, Conrod and Riche. Council and Cain. Gard
ner, and Co. M D and W R Smith. Turner and Tomlin,
Boner and Christ. C A Brown. Treasom and Bro. J ilar
grave. J W Bitting. C N MeAdoo, Marshall and Parker, B
C Donthet G W Johnson, E Myers, Freeman and Roes,
Jenkins, Roberts and Co, Jaa Mclver, Cow and Roberts,
Fonst aad Bro. Gilaier and Kan kin. Headen and Foust,
Lebmaa. Butner and Lehman. P C Smith. Rowan Facto
ry I H Foust. J G and T B Lash, G Brandt. J W EeeJes
and Son, Woodruff. Miller and Co, H James, J Cowles, W
J MeConnell. A Mickle. -
Mch30 St'r Barnett. 31st. St'rs Rowan aad anny
Latter lob. and boat Ben Berry, all with passengers, and
goods for sundry merchants in tews aad for J G and T B
Lash.T C Pfohl. J W Hooker. 8 J Pfggort. Murphy, Mc
Rorie aad Co, Watts aad Keootds. W 9 Watts. F Fries,
EM Holt and Co, E A Vogler. C Elliot, A A Holt aad Co,
Kendall and Lilly.. J F Garrett, Dye aud Melver. Tho
Young. Brown, Fraley and Co Baft Betteraaan. Huat and
Adderton. 8 Hobson. P C Smith. Johasoo, McNeill and
Co, B Pouthtj J O aad D B Rose, of the interior.