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Am ii Ji Cr As-'-) A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER Devoted to Politics, the Markets, Foreign and Domestic News, Literature, Agriculture, and General Information TWO DOLLARS IN ADVANCE. BRYAN & YATES, Proprietors. FAYETTEVILLE, Tf. C, SATURDAY, JULY 15, 1854. VOLUME XV NO. 802. '"TP fUl fr Hi. PRINTED BV WILLIAM J. YATES. ROBERT K . BRYAN, Editor. Tjtiiw of Sabsfriytion to the Xorth Carolln'.an For a single copy, if paid in advance, per annum, $2 " " at t!ie end of months. 2 " " at the end of 6 months, 3 " " " at th end of the year, ? oo 50 00 50 No subscription will be received for a shorter period than one year unless paid in advance. With the view of extending the circulation and en hancing the usefulness of the paper, the proprietors of fer the following remarkably low CLUB 11.1 TEH, IvXTARTABLY -V ADVANCE: ... . 5 copies of the Carolinian, 1 year, $8 00 " ' " " 15 00' ,-- Tetters on ImsinVsTcmmVted with the firm iiftitW addressed to the undersigned, and must be pott paid. Ratts of invert Ivinsr : Sixtj' cents per square of 10 lines for the first and thirtv cents for each subsequent insertion, unless the sidvertiseincnt is published for more than two months, when it will be charged For three months, ----- S I 00 For six months, ----- fi 09 For twelve months. - - - - - 10 00 iKif All advertisements must be handed in by F 1 0 o'clock, a. in., to ensure their insertion in the iday next day's paper, and should have the desired number of in- sertions marked on them, ortherwise they will be in serted till forbid and charged accordingly. PR VAN & YATES. M A It IS I. K V A C T O R V, i;y ceo. r,.rm-:i:. Nearly opposite to E. V. Willkings" AueUon Store, F;iyettev";lle, X. C. Oct. 1. 1K:5. " y CM ttTiI.Vi2 HOTEL. Having recently purchased the above establishment from Malcoiu Kelly. lwj.. I am now prepared to enter taiu in a comfortable manner those who may give me a call. llaviii'' amide stables, -rood ho'-tlers and a dis position to accommodate. 1 trust I shall ha able to rive entire satisfaction to those who mav favor me with their patronage. II. 0. McLEAN December ?., lrt."i.'5. 70-tf CliRUKXT . IV It I OUT, Attorney :J Ia-.v, Kayeltrville, X, ('. Ofiiee at the corner of Bow and Green streets. Feb'v :;. l.s.i:;. iTica. who are indebted to me by Note or Account THOSE will plea" " --eUle the same. And all debts due me pri l t.I.iii'v 1 5:5, must be settled, as longer in or to the dulgence cannot be given. Oct 1. is:,:s. tf A. A. McKETIIAN. ic. nr. .untcHisox, t'oiiiils3 tid Poruard ins; Merchant) Wll.MlNCTO.V, N. C. .Tanuarv 7. 181 ! v NOTICE. Th.. l.i-.'et'evllle Ire HoU.se will be opened dallv'for the deli vei-v of Ic from 5 to 7 o'clock, A.M., com mencing Monday, 17lh inst. Tickets for Ice are now ready for sale at the store of G. "A". William c Co. No Ice will be delivered ex t to tickets, as i it is not intended to keep any ac .ttllllt U ll I t .lILI'M Oil MI'HHIU o. y. "'t'm' t i inc :l.ov.'. double the reirular price will oe charged. April 8. JOHN' D. WILLIAMS. 88-1 f 18.1t. A(il!ICt LTUIIAI.. We have received our u-ual stock of FARMING TMI'LE.M ENTS. such as I'lotih-. Harrows. Cultivators, Ac. Ac. J- T. WADDILL. A new 2 horse Wagon, complete, March 18. 18.14 for sale. J. A T. W. Jamks C. 'Mini. Milks Costix. JAMKS C. SMITH &. CO., Com niissio n icri ha nts, Have remove 1 their o'bee to the second story of the buil liii"- formerlv occupied by t he Telegraph 'ompany. where they ar; prepared to attend to all business in the Commission line. AM business entrusted to them will be punctually attended to. Wilmington. Jau'y 11, 18.14. 70-ly -2' REWARD. On the 1st day of January. I8.i:. 1 hired a Boy named Robert to John A. William", Esq.; some timcinFcb'y following he left Mr Williams, and I had reason to be lieve was lurking iu the Neighborhood of Fayetteville, but now I believe he has been kidnapped or decoyed bv some villain. Said Boy is of black complexion, is between K and 14 years old. quite an active good look ing little fellow, and no doubt can tell a very plausible tale. I will give the above reward for his delivery to me. or confinement in any Jail, so that I get him again, or 550 if arrested out of the State so that I get bim. JAS. EVANS. Guardian. March 11. ls.-.J. J-tf F1KTY lOl4tj.V!lS 11KWAK1J. The above reward will be given to any person who will deliver to me my n"gro woman ANNA, who al se.onded about the 11th of November last, or for her conlinemtMit iu any jail in this State so that I can get her again. Said negro is of bright mulafo complex ion; soeatcs clearly ami more pronerlv tlian nejiroes usually do. a. id is rtith 'r below the medium size. It is supposed that s!i is lurking about the vicuiity of Fayetteville. aided bv the celebrated Simon Blue of harboring notoriety, free person anion'' the She mav attempt to pass as a numerous free mulattoes about Fayetteville. ALi:x. McMillan. Dundarroeh. Robeson county, i April 'Iti. 1854. ill-t( I A VI 1) McBlFt'EE. BRICK MASON AND PLASTERER, Ifayettevill-, N. C. Persons wanting work done in his line will be promptly attended to by addressing h'un at the Favette- vine i osi i mice. Fayetteville. Jan'y 185 i ly-pl itoii:iiic ic SHAW, INSPECTOR OF TIMBER AND LUMBER, Vii.m:n;ton. N. C. Will give prompt attention to any business in this line intrusted to him. lie solicits a share of public patronage. Wilmington, May 'A, 1854. 2m pd. &y liACOX, LiAllD, RICK, and all other articles in the Grocery line, for sale by Mav 13. G. W. I. GOLDSTON. SPUING GOODS. P. TAYLOR is now receiving his Stock of SPlilXC AXJ) SUMMER GOODS, for Ladies' and Gentlemen's wear: Black and colored Waiters, for Ladies. Misses, and Childreu : Boots and Shoes ; Hats and Bonnets ; Crockery and Glassware ; Hardware: Coopers', Carpenters' and Smiths' Tools ; Ploughs and Castings ; Straw Cutters, Ac Ac. P. TAYLOR, Old Stand, Green St. April 1, 1854. 3m BOU5TV LA.VD WARRAXTS. The Subscribers will pay the highest market price for Land Warrants. Apply to J. II. '& J. MARTINE, Hay street, near the Poet Office. June 24, 1854 3m SPRIXG IMPOItTA'IIOAS KOM. 1854. STAKll & WILLIAMS, Wholesale .dealers in Foreign and Domestic DRY GOODS, Hats, Bonnets, Boot, Shoes, Umbrellas, and Reurly-Made Clothing, HAY STREET, FA YETTEVILLE, X. C, Invite the attention of their customers, and the trade geiierallv, to a very superior Stock of SPKINU AND SUMMER GOODS, "Which they will sell at prices as low as to lie found in any market South of Mason and Dixon's line, to pur chasers who pay promptly or buy for cash. Merchants will lind in this market good stocks, and at prices which cannot fail to please. r March 7, lo4 - CEDAR FALLS' Cotton Yarns and Sheet- ings fo"r sale by . vv-"? Nov 12. 1853 v TROY & MARSH. S1SO It I0W A It I). Runaway from the subscriber, his Negro men. JOHN and TOBEY. John is about 26 years old. G feet 1 inch high, weighs about 185 or 190 lbs. Toley aged about 22 ycarss 5 feet J inches high, stout, and weighs 175 lbs. They were bought from Mr James Surles. of Cum berland county, and will probably be lurking in that neighborhood. Tobey has a wife at Mr Richard Bird's, iu Johnston County. Fifty Dollars for cither, or one hundred Dollars for both, will be paUl for their appre hension and delivery to the subscriber, or for their con finement in any Jail" iu the State, so that he can get them. An additional sum of One Hundred Dollars will be paid for the conviction of any person of harboring the above Negroes. JOHN' COLEY. Fair Buff, Columbus Co. N. C, Oct. C. 63-tf I 200 ACRES OF LAND I? OK SALE. The subscriber offers for sale twelve hundred acres of hand, located in the lower end of Richmond county. It is about epii-distant from Floral College, Lauren burg High School, and Laurel Hill. The Land is well adapted to the growth of corn, cotton, wheat. &e. It also offers great inducements to those engaged in the turpentine and lumber business. I have constituted Alexander McLean. Esq. id y agent, during my absence, to whom all communications iu regard to the matter may lie addivssed at fiilopolis P. O., Robeson county. Luther Blue, who resides near to the premises, will take pleasure in exhibiting them to anv one who mav call for that purpose. " " J. G. BLUE. Oct. 22, C-i-tf TO MILL OW5EHS. The subscriber takes this method of informing his friends and the public that he still continues in the Mill Wright business and all its branches, viz: foundering, framing, and erecting Water or Steam Mills upon vari ous principles, either with simple or complicated ma chinery, lie returns his thanks to the public for the liijoral patronage he has received heretofore, and hopes by strict attention to business, and by giving general satisfaction, to merit a continuance of the same. He flatters himself that his work will compete with that of any other machinist for speed and durability. All per sons who want work done in the above line would do well to give him a call, as he has several competent workmen in his employ, and is prepared to execute all jobs at the shortest notice and on very reasonable terms. Orders promptly attended to. For further information address tlie subscriber at Johnstown. Moore county. S. O. 1- i. JOHNSON. November 10, 1853 y-?pd. O ILL'S 1SE PLVS IXTltA llCUIS ISII. The Subscriber, a practical Boot-maker of some cx- ... . , i ii . i i. : . .. perience, uas lor some time oeen scniiue umi uieru iir .i l sidt-ratum to lie yet supplied to ttie puonc in tue wa of a suitable burnish for boots and shoes. Most of the articles now used either injure the leather or fail to impart that lustre so necessary to give toman's "jm tttrstatiititi g a proper linish. He has therefore, dur ing the last twelve months, been devoting himself to the tak of preparing an article free from these objec tions, and has at length after much investigation and experiment completely succeeded. The result is1-(iil's it plus vtra lUii-nixi." He only wishes that it mav be tested in order to establish its superiority over all others. Call at M. Faulk's shop opposite Mr Lauder's Marble Factory. Hay street, and be supplied with au excellent article at a cheap rate. THOMAS GILL. Nov 0. 185:5 tf NO TICK. THE subscriber offers for sale, his LANDS, six miles North of" Fayetteville, aud about one mile from the Fayetteville and Raleigh Plank Road. consi:-ting of about twelve? hundred and si.xtv acres of land, suited to the making of Turpentine or Timber. There is also ' on the premises, a good Saw and Grist Mill, all in good j repair and now in operation ; also, a Dwelling, and all j the neccst-ary outhouses, in good repair. j Also, another tract of two hundred and fifty acres, on j the head waters of Carver's Creek, known as the Tarry j Place, on which there is a small Farm, a Dwelling House and other houses. On the first named tract, there is cut about twenty- j five thousand Turpentine Boxes, from two to four years I old. All the above lands will be sold on the most accom modating terms. Persons willing to purchase, will please call on the subscriber, who will take pleasure iu showing the above lands. WM. R. BOLTON. Oct. 27, 1853. 65-tf Pl'MPS. Force and Suction Pumps ; Sheet Lead and Lead Pipe, for sale by W. ANDREWS. Market Square. April 1. tf Thtsc Pills rr nil i rely Vegetable, altcl nre a iftt superior Xeritcf ne in tin cure of nil Milious 0m- Jiiuntl'ce. Sic!.- Hri'iUicUr. St-rifftthi. Stilt. Jilieunt. Fertrs of all kinds, Zosn of Atpetitt:, Obstructed and ptihtful 3enstruatiwi, and ail Zi fcririff diseases. As a Fem:i!e Mtiliriiie tln-y act like a cliarm. ami whn taken areonlinjr to the ilirei-lioiis. t!n-y never fail to cur tlio 'worst cafes of I lie. aflr all oilier n-sneilies fail. Tliey purify tlie llool. -f utilize tlie elrcula" lion, restore I lie Liver, Kidneys, ami other Se rretory Organs, to n Iiexltliy tone antl action: and s an A nii-15i liou.f Family .MeJieine llivy haTe no equal. I'rioe 5 cents pew box. AIko A remedy f,vr rss7.s. o. irr(. Bronchitis, Crnup. Whonpinj 'nurih. Atlnna, i'unstmjUian. yrmns Iiseises. Dyspepsia. Cot-tn-eness .Erfsilus. Disease of the. Heart, Inflammation and Pain I'L i . .' St'1'- u"rf 'l't arhina from a de- flei'i','l f "f.- s,nnu"h- ad t reliert U,e. dixtreis and bad jeel.agjrom eahn too hearty yW, in weal.- and dyspeic lull Us. WARRANTED TO BE PUSELY VEGETABLE. These Pills act a nn T-'r,.,, . . . 2-scvnt box noshes or;;;,,;,' " ""'r-"na.rer,"nt- une r.nrillas. tht xl:. ' ''. Hainan, or Sarsa- i any of the Svi r. i v . i- ... power to cure diseases will prove this important t-tn. 01 only one box PklSa" Clear tiVe'T,?:," V a., tory Orns, of all la.rbld "X? fC"C" not another re.ue.lv in the whole Mat" " '-m? ? imparting such . healing properties to thTuTM oL traus as these I'.lls Tl.ey C.re Costl ve,.e, UoSnee SysieTn. rcS",ar AI'lelitc, Strengthen the eriOM cents per bos. containing 2S lo.c of Medicine Call on the Atents who f-ell the Hils. and fret' the Planter's Almanac gratis, pivinsr full particulars and certificates of cure! ISoth kinds ofthe above-named Pills are fr sale in Every Town auU Village In Xortli and South (uritliiiH, In Fayetteville by SAM'L J. HINSDALE and J N SMITH. June 17, 1854 3m CIIAKL.ICS BANKS CONPECTI05EK, FAYETTEVILLE, N September 18, 1852. I 854. SPRIXG GOODS. The undersigned are now receiving, and expect to have their eutire Stock in store by the 13th instant, of SEASONABLE GOODS, . Embracing a great variety of FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC DRY GOODS, -Hats, Caps, Bonnets, Umbrellas, Parasols, Boots axd Shoes, ' , Foolscap and Letter Paper, - , Blank Books, Bolting Cloths, fcc. &c. Ac With an extensive assortment of READY-MADE CLOTHIJ'G, : And Forei ITU and Domestic Hard warn " All of which they offer to the trade at LOW PRICES and upon accommodating terms. g1 'leasers. -ft-rjl find it to their -intcra4 t jrivc tht wfjovc1 StocK au examination before making their selec tions. HALL & SACKETT. March 8, 185i TO PHYSICIANS. The subscriber otters the following INSTRUMENTS, &c, all of which are of superior quality, viz : Surgical Cases, Dental Instruments, Trusses, Abdominal Supporters. Suspensory Uaudagcs, Syringes. Stetbescopes. Speculums, Obstetrical Forceps, Cupping Instruments, Ureast Pumps, Porte Caustics, Pessaries, Nipple Glas ses and Shields. Galvanic Batteries, Gum, Spring and Thumb Lancets, Ac. Ac. J. N. SMITH, Druggist. June 24. 99-4t (OXftltKSS WATER, Citrate Magnesia, just received and for sale by JlUle 24. 4t J. X. SMITH. Drmririuf . r TEAS ! TEAS ! ! Hyson, Imperial and Black Teas, of superior quali ty, just received and for sale bv J. N. SMITH. June 21. 1S.14 Sin II AltltllYGTOK'S MALE AND FEMALE SCHOOL CYRUS HARRINGTON, Principat. Miss Ann Makuaket MlEaciux, Teacher in the Fe male Department. Wm. M. Bi:ooks, Assistant in the Male Department. The Third Session of the School opens July the 17th, and closes December 1st. Reports respecting Scholarship and Deportment will be sent out semi-annually, and no student tound to be of a ljad character will be permitted to remaiu in the Institution. A course of Religious Lectures will be delivered be fore the students. Board from SO to $7 50 per month. The subscriber lias ample accommodations, and desires to take all the Female Boarders into his own family. Tuition in both Departments $8, $10. 12 50 to $15 per Session. Ejctru Music on Piano Forte, with use of instrument. SO ; Drawing, Painting, Embroidery ;;nd French. $5 each. For further particulars address the Princinul or either of the Teachers. Caui:oxton, June 24, 1854. 9!)-10t " XfiaT- A School Teachers' Convention will held at Harrington's Academy, in the village of Car lionton. on the second Saturday of August. The ob ject is to form a Teachers'. Association for promoting the cause of education in Moore. Speeches on Appro priate subjects may be expected. Mr Harrington pro poses to give a dinner on the occasion. All teachers in the County, loth Male and Female, are respectfully invited to attend. Hour of meeting. 10 o'clock. A. R. ii LACK, DA XL. McIXTYRE. June 21. 99 7t CYRUS HARRINGTON. NOTICE. The subscribers intending to change their business, requests all those indebted to them either by.Note or Account, to call and make payment by the 15th July, as longer indulgence will not be given. Mcdonald a McMaster. June 24. fl!)-4t KOU SALE. A New Two-Horse Wagon, complete. J. & T. WADDILL. Sune 17, 1854. Coopers' Tools, and all qualities of Glue for Distillers' use. for sale bv " D. & W. McLAURIN. June 17. 1X54 tf Read the Advertisement of Ayer's Cherry Pec toral. There are statements of no ordinary interest to all so unfortunate as to be afflicted with the difficul ties it cures. W ESTE R X Notice to The undersigned will R A ILKO A D. Contractors. receive proposals at their office in Fayetteville, N. C until the 18th of July, 1854, for the Grading, Masonry. Bridging, and Timber work on the first 30 miles of the Western Rail Road, located in the Counties of Cumberland aud Moore. The line is divided into Sections of two miles each, and Divisions of fifteen miles each. Proposals will be received for single Sections or Divisions. The work embraces the first and second Divisions commencing at the Cape Fear River, excepting 1st, 2nd and :5d Sections and the Trestle work on 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th Sections, first Division, already under contract. The line passes through a healthy section of country, well watered, and timbered with the best quality of the long lcat I'ine. Maps, plans, profile and specifications may be seeirf :V , yM-vii"., Irmii and after the 10th day of June, inst., at which time aud place blank forms of Proposal may le obtain ed and such other information relating to the work as may be required. SEYMOUR, RISLEY & CO., Contractors. Fayetteville, June 12, 1P54. 98-5t IVotice to Teachers of Common Schools in ltnbcson Conn t y. The Committee of Examination of applicants for employment as Teachers of Common Schools in Rob eson, will meet at Lunibertou on Saturday the 15tb of July. Persons desiring to be examined will please attend. JOHN MOORE, Cb'n. July 1. 1854 3t WOOL CARDED. Apply at Blount's Creek Factory, or at the store of Geo. McNeill, for Wool Rolls, Sheeting, Cotton Yarn, Osnaburgs. GEO. McNEILL, PrcsH. April 29. 1S54 3m SP11ISC HILL ACADEMY. Robeson Connty, K C, M. Currie, Principal. The next session of this School will commence on Monday the 10th July. An experienced rernale leacit- er will have charge f the Female Department, under the supervision of the Principal. 1 uttioti as Hereto fore, S8, Sl'2, and S15 per session. Board in families near the Academy, "at $5 to S7. Ornamental brauches at moderate rates. Juue 2yth, 1854. 80O-3t LABORERS WAITED. TAYO HUNDRED HANDS, white or black, wanted to work on the Western Railroad, near Fayetteville. The location is healthy, being on the high and dry sand-hills west of town. JONES &. BAR BEE. July 1, 800-tf F A V E T T E V It I. K , N . C . i From the Raleigh Standard. Letter from 9r Cling man. We give below a letter from this distinguish ed statesman in reply to the attacks of the Re gister and other Federal prints; and iu another ifumn we present, from the Asheville News, a letter of his, written, to a friend in the West, in ositiou to the election of the Federal candi date for Governor, Alfred Dockery. These cttftrs. eiuanatintr from such a source, aud re- as they are with important facts and sound sous, cannot fail to tell powerfully on the iic mind. .-. v... ...... .v. . . House of Representatives. ) June 30, 1854. j" Sir : A late number of the Raleigh Register charges that I have gone over to the "Locofo cos," and that in consequence, there is a bar gain that Gov. Reid and myself are to be chosen Senators. A similar statement has been marie, I think, in the Star and some other papers. It is well known that I am not in the habit of noticing the falsehoods that are issued from time to time by such organs. If I take a different course on the present occasion, it is not because I think it necessary to defend myself, much less Gov. Reid, from such an allegation, but for a different purpose. I do not address this note to any one of these papers; because they have been for years in the habit of publishing mis representations and falsehoods against me, while they have carefully abstained from publish ing my own speeches and letters that would have refuted their allegations, and therefore I have uo room to suppose that they would wil lingly give place to any statement of mine. I may remark in passing, that for many years they have asserted that I have gone over to the Democrats, &c. These declarations were particularly vehement when I took a ftand against Gen. Scott, and thev professed great joy that I had taken open ground against them, &c. During the last contest for Congress in the State, 1 was classed as a "locofoco." It is true, however, that as soon as the election was over, as on former occasions, they claimed me as a whig member, thereby admitting that the public had no faith in their assertions. Some weeks since, in the classification of the votes on the Nebraska Hill, I was set down as a "locofo co." They now affect to have suddenly ascer tained that I had, for a consideration tf politi cal advantage to myself, joined the Democratic party; or at least agreed to co-operate with them in the Senatorial election. These editors ought, at least, to admit the falsity of their former charges, before they can expert to obtain forgiveuess and credit to their present one. JfvI was formerly indifferent to their attacks, 1 "nave still more room to be no Irom their late conduct. "While hypocritically professing friendship for ! ?... v..i Ti. i -ii i i ' , ; me .fuiuna uui, mcy nave insidiously, ami in the most cowardly manner made war on the measure. Nay more. They assailed the brave and patriotic men of the North, who, amid all the storms of fanaticism and sectional denuncia tion, have lirmly and gallantly marched for ward and carried the bill, exhibiting as much courage and magnadiniitv was was eve r shown on the bloodiest battle" field. Well knowino-! that everv whig from the free States was against the measure, and that it was supported Lv the administration and a majority of its Northern ajority friends, tliey nevertheless gave all the "aid ami comfort" they could to the former, and made war on the latter. Yes, during the great struggle to restore the South to equality in the Union, tliey have been denouncing the generous men of the North who came to our aid, because they were not able sooner to pass the bill, by reason of the tierce opposition of those whigs whom they were praising and defending. Pro fessing friendship for the measure, they still helped its enemies, and railed at its friends, be cause of the difficulty they found in overcoming the opposition. During our revolutionary struggle, what would have been thought, if a professed whig paper, that had continued to praise the British army and assailed our ally France, because she did not sooner put an end to the war; and that had abused Lafayette and his gallant comrades, be cause they could not at once drive the British out of America? And yet the conduct of such a journal would not have been in anywise more iguominiously base, than the course of the papers 1 have referred to. They must meet with con tempt and degradation wherever truth and honor have fame. With respect to the Senatorial position, it is known that at the lastsession ofthe Legislature a large majority of the Democratic members voted for me for that station. To these gentle men, and to my friends among the whigs, and to others of both parties, who stood ready to vote for me if another ballot could have been had, I iim ovpr rpnrlv til 'vni,. mvcfoicn aif rdilifr) tinn I trust that no act' of mine, either as Rnublic mail or jn the walks of private life, will ever cause auy one of these gentlemen to regret his past friendship. If there be other persons who are iu doubt as to my position, I refer them to my acts and speeches as a imblie man. As to whether any contingency will arise in the future, that will place me before the public for such a station, it would be unbecoming- on my part to express an opinion. Should I ever, at any time, be so fortunate as to obtain the position of Senator, my elevation will not be owing to intrigue or combination with any one, but to a belief in those making the election that the in terest and houor of the State could be safelv confided to my keeping. Very respectfully. ml T. Li. CLLXGMAN. it nr "ir . . VV . IIOLDEX, The First Frcit of War. A" letter from Rev. Wm. G.Shauffler, of Constantinople, draws a melancholy picture of the distress which the Eastern War has already occasioned among the poorer classes of Constantinople. He says that there is no commerce, no business goiii on, but little money to be seen, and thousands of human Joeiugs are dying of hunger, thirst, nakedness aud disease. Hats and mice are eaten by many to allay the cravings of hunger, and people who but a few months since were comparatively rich in wordly goods, now beg for bread. Mr Shauffler states that, although he has resided twenty years iu Constantinople through all the horrors of war, plague, famiue and fire, he never saw such distress as now exists. mi hi If. from the Carleston Mercury. Lime Water a Eemrdy for Diarrbcra. Messrs Editors : I have long wished to com municate to the public my remedy for the above uiscuac, uicu, at tins season ot the year, is so prevalent iu some form or other; but "the num ber of useless, and sometimes mischievous, nos trums published in the papers, has caused some hesitation on my part. Rut, believing as I do, that it is a valuable remedy generally lost sight of, I think it my duty to give publicity to the following facts. The public can use or discard them, as they please. I laj' claim to no originality in this matter, as it was first suggested to mymind by " Youatt," an English writer on the horse. I am aware tJijtis aujold remedy, but I believe it has never been carried to the point I have carried it, to wit : that of neutralizing the acidity in the stomach bv effervescence, when I have never rl ir An r-. .... l . . v known it to fail in several years domestic j practice. Some four years since, one of my neighbors lost some eight or nine cases by heuiorrhage of the bowels. It made its appearauce on my place, when I treated it with nothing but lime water, with the addition of a moderate dose ofi oil after the diarrhoea was brought under con trol, and I never lost a case. I believe that it will prove the best remedy ever yet used for Cholera. The first case iu which 1 tried it was interest ing. The patient, a man about forty years of age, was taken witli the most copious evacua tions He said that another would be his end I thought so too, as the last and several of the preceding were very violent. 1 .gave him a half pint of the solution of quicklime, as strong as the unslaked lime would make it, but per fectly clear of sediment. He had scarcely swallowed it before he begun to sneeze violent ly, and said that he was trjMng in his stomach. He never had another operation 1.0 fever, and was well in half au hour, except as to debility. Ul have had occasion to try it this summer with similar success. In one case it was cheeked too soon, and produced fever, but the patient soon recovered of that. I am uo advocate for quack medicines, nor am I a believer in panaceas; but I believe that this remedy can be accounted for on chemical principles. If so, I trust that 1 have given no offence to the Medical Profession, whom I have ever regarded as the "Good Samaritans" of the country. J. LARTIGUE. A Detpcrate Duel. "We learn from a gentleman recently from Florida, that a duel was fought on Mondav last, the lDth inst., between Cladius C. Stewart, Esq., aud Joseph B. Coker, Esq.. both young lawyers, resident at Newnansville, East Florida, 'rw oo.rcl ia reports! to luvve bad its oritrui in Mr Coker's intimating to a young lady that Mr Stewart had invited him to be one of his grooms men on the occasion of his approaching nuptials with that lady. It appears that Mr S. had re quested Mr C. to ' attend him on the occasion referred to, but at the same time enjoining secrecy in the matter. Mr S. construed the disclosure into a breach of confidence requiring of Mr C. his signature, and his acknowledgment of his having been guilty of a libel, or the alter- native of a light with deadly weapons. After the "te'"ftTence of the friends of both proved j nava,l"& m reconciling the quarrel, the parties Ieft Newnausville, and proceeded to a ferry some thirty miles distaut where they crossed to the appointed place of meeting, on the Georgia side. The terms ofthe nieetinir show that the principals intended it not to be "a bloodless duel." Both were armed with double barrel shot guns. Mv Stewart's gun was loaded with thirty buck shot. Mr Coker's gun, which chambers three balls, was loaded with twelve bullets. After firing the first shots, at a dis tance of seventy-five yards, iu case neither fell, they were to advance ten paces and fire a second time: when, if neither was yet hit, they were to re-load and advance ten paces more for a third shot. At the first fire, Mr Stewart re ceived three balls, two of them in his left arm and shoulder, rendering, it is said, the amputa tion of that limb necessary. The other ball entered his right breast, and passing upward, lodged in his right shoulder, iu front. Fears were entertained for Mr S.'s life, partly on ac count of delay caused by having to send a dis tance of twenty miles, for instruments necessary to the amputation of his arm. The atteuding surgeon had no instruments on the ground. Two buck shot passed through the breast ofthe loose garment worn by Mr Coker. Both appear to be well practiced in the use of their weapons, and by the result of the first fire, we are, per haps, spared the record of one of the bloouiest tragedies that litis ever resulted from this mode of adjusting: differences between gentlemen. With the lessened distance, and the almost un- erring precision exhibited by the combatants, the second shot could hardly have resulted j otherwise than in a horrible nuiltilation, or er- j r i.er- haps the killiug of both. Seiv. jVtucs, Juvc 20. Extraordinary Counterfeit Coin. Under instructions of the Secretary of the Treasury, given some ntoiiths since, to the mii.t of the United States, to collect specimens of counter feit coins in circulation, lor the purpose of ex amination and report, one has lately been re ceived of a very singular character. It pur ports to be a Mexican dollar, coined aUthe city of Mexico in 1851. The Union says: Two pieces have been assayed, and give an average fineness of 176 thousandths, anil a con sequent value of cents in silver; but, strange to say, the amount of gold contained in them is sufficient to add 12 cents to tlie value ot each, after paying the charge of separating, making a net value of 103 cents; and if to this the usual premium on silver is added, the worth ot this counterfeit coin is actually 109 cents! The quality of the silver in these dollars prove them to be a spurious issue. There is also au irregularity in the letters Mexican, which is regarded as a test for throwing them out, as we learn from a source laminar wun them in Mexico, where they appear to have had of rlmoc o r.n il rn 1 de fdrciilation. The silver produced by the Mexican mines is understood r ,nta; ltL but ueuerally too small an amount to defray the expense of parting. In makkt- the ' coin in question, it would seem that silver more auriferous than usual had fallen into hands capable of the doable dis honesty of cheating the public and themselves I at the same time. Scientific Intelligence. , Iron Suspension Railway Bridges. Our article of last week, upon the strength of this class of structures, was merely precautionary and not antagonistic. "We are not alarmists, and not so strictly conservative as to oppose everything new or out of the old beaten track. We have for some years been in favor of using iron for bridge structures, and sincerely depre cated the action of the Directors of the cNcw York and Erie Railway, when they banished all iron bridges from their road. We have not only written in favor of iron bridges, -but have great faith in the eventual adoption of iron for bridge structures throughout the country. Thus much for our supposed hostility, to iron bridges. Wo , am aii5i.OKssasi" is very' one wholhas the good. of the public and of railway interest in view,..' that they shall not be prejudiced by hasty or careless movements. There is a strong public prejudice popularity against iron bridges, and if this un is not sustained by facts, then the public should be set aright. There arc two sides to almost every question, and in giving in a very limited space, the views of the friends of the Niagara Suspension Bridge which we gather from a series of articles written for the Niagara Falls Gazette, we are onlv doing j strict justice. W.e are likewise indebted to j other sources of information for some of the facts. To connect the Canadian railways with the New York Central line, at Niagara, can not be done without a suspension bridge. The gorge at this point has to be passed by a single span of eight hundred feet in length, at a height of 230 feet from the water. If the suspension principle cannot be safely used here, it is idle to think of crossing. The opponents of the Niagara bridge have quoted largely of the. bridges that have failed, and below we give some facts of a different nature. The great suspension bridge at Fribourg, in Switzerland, has a single stretch of 950 feet. It is the first of so large a span ever erected. It was built by a French Engineer, M. Challcy, under all the apparent hazards generally attend ing innovations on long established theories and usages not yet subjected to the tests of ex periment, in combination with the application of scientific principles. It may be regarded as the primitive work of its kind, and it would not be strange if, on examination of it, at the pres ent era of advanced progress, it should be found open to criticism in some of the details of con struction. Yet this bridge was completed in 1832. and has therefore been standing in use nearly 24 years. Its strength w-as severely tested before it was opened to the public, first, with sand, then with a train of artillery, and lastly with a multitude nearly covering it from shore to shore. The Menai chain bridge, finished in 1821, sustained at one time sonic damage by a storm, ovriny: to the insulncicncv of.stavs. This defect bern corrected, no further accident has occur red in it thirty j cars in use. The Hammersmith chain bridge, across the Thames, has stood about twenty years. The Hungerford, across the sime, and the Mont rose, in Scotland, (the latter having a singh; span of 500 feet,) have both stood several years. But the chain bridge across the Danube, be tween I'esth and Ofen, in Hungary, affords one of the most triumphant examples of the strength of such a work. During the late Hungarian struggle two retreating armies, con sisting of infantry, cavalry hnd heavy artillery trains, crossed it in safety, hotly pursued by the a lied Austrian and Russian forces. It was built by Mr Clark, an English engineer, and is made uji of spans varying from 250 to 450 feet. In all probability no bridge of equal length of span ever survived so severe a trial as this. In this country, we have the great suspension aqueduct over the Alleghany, and the wire cable tridge over the Monongahela, at Pitts burg, both of which are yet standing and have stood some fourteen years. The Monongahela is known to be the great avenue between the city on the one side, and the iron works and coal mines on the other. . During the hours of business it is constantly sustaining an enormous weight. These two last are the works of Mr llocbling, the same gentleman who is now erecting the Niagara bridge, as well as another for railway trains across the Kentucky river. This last is over 1,200 feet long. The reason given for the failure ofthe Wheel ing Bridge of 1,200 feet span is, that it was not properly stayed and guyed. The weight of he structure was supposed to be great enough to resist the vertical and lateral force of the. wind. It is held by engineering authority, that the safety of properly constructing suspen sion bridges denends upon stays and braces to cheek undulations and vibrations consequent j upon the force of severe winds, the movement.- i of troops and the passage of locomotives. It is stated that the heeling JJridge moved some j twenty-five or thirty feet at each blast of the storm j rising up slowly, and then falling with such ter- j r.ble Ioice that trie chain cables wcretwistcu off and the mam structure fell into the river. j It is likewise held that if the bridge had been i properly st.yed, so us to prevent oscillation, it would have outrode the storm iu safety. IxfiExiocs Uscapf. from I'risox. The escape of Squires from the New Hampshire State pri sou, where he was sentenced to fifteen years con finement, was most ingenious. The prisoners march to breakfast, aud returning, enter their cells, which close with a spriug, while the turn key follows and locks an outer lock. Each in mate holds his hand up to the bar above thi door as the officer does this, who duly counts ami reports the inmates to the warden. Squires made, out of sole leather, a very ingeniously wrought hand, not forgetting to carve out the finger-nails and give them, as well as the Augers, a very uatural and life-like appearance by the use of a bluish-white powder. On the morning of his intended escape, he fixed his imitation hand to the grate of his cell-door, making its po sition more secure by the use of shoemaker's wax On returning, he closed the door thesan.e as though he' had gone within, and pulled the the door to after him, as required. The turnkey followed counting the upraised hauds as he marched through th corridor, nd reportetl that all was right. The prisoner then passed out to the rear, and secreted himself among the lum ber, where he remained until the prison-bell rung, -.nd the guard on the walls went off to breakfust. By the aid of a"plank, he ascended the walls and escaped. He bad but eight minutes of time, but he made good use or them.' Ex. papir. .
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