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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.
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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.
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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-
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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.
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T. Li. CLLXGMAN.
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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.
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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
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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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