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THE NORTH CAROLINIAN, FAYETTEVILLE, N. C FAYETTEVILLE, N, C, Satui-j!ay, l)cfmbcv 23, 1854. ! Free SnZ'rage. The Free Snffraire bill introduced into the Senate !y Mr Royil, of Rockingham, passed that body on "Wednesday last Ly the constitu tional majority three-fifths. We have not s:cn tin; vote, lmt a gentleman who was pre sent informs us that three whiirs, Mr Ashe of Anson, Mr Christian of Montgomery, and Mr Davis of Eurke, voted for the measure, and Win. Katon, dein., of Warren, against it. Next week we will give the ayes and noes. Attempt to Ecrn. On Tuesday night last Messrs. Jones fc Jessup's store in Campbcllton, was broken into by some person unknown, and after robbing it, placed fire in a desk con taining a quantity of papers, but owing to the closeness with which the lid shuts, the -fire was smothered out before it consumed even the papers. Next Friday, the respite granted to Jonathan Raker, now confined in onr jail under sentence of death, expires, and we presume he will be executed on that day. JCgMii Damet. A. M.m.i,ov, of -Laimbev ISridgo, has our thanks for the following list of subscribers: David T. Earlow, Malcom McMillan, James McNatt, John McXatt, James Council, John Lancaster, IVtcr Drown, Mcrrit Ansley, Peter Monroe, Daniel A. Malloy, John A. 1 Conoley, We hereby acknowledge payment for the same. The Mails. The complaints of the Observer about the mails are just. Not a week passes but what we feel the inconvenience of the present bad mail arrangements, lint we have lost all hope of having the evil remedied by the present Postmaster General. lie don't seem to care anything about us in this section. Wc have not said anything heretofore in re gard to the matter for the reason that we thought it useless. In the upper end of this county, between Ear claysville and Suinmcrville, the people have been without a mail for some time, and all our efforts combined cannot induce the Postmaster General to perform his duty in this respect. If he can't do any better, lie had better cpiit and let some body else try. Instead of increasing the pay of members of Congress, let the money be applied to bettering the mail facilities of the country. ttailroad from Fayettcvlll to Grecnsboi-04 We have received a copy of the bill intro duced into the Senate last week to charter a Railroad to run from Fayctteville to Greens boro. The following is a synopsis of its pro visions: The 1st section appoints David A Ray, D G McRae, James Banks, C T Ilaigh, George Mc Neill, II L. Myrorer, ELWinslow, of Fayctte ville, and James Sloan, Jesse U Lindsay, Jas Garrett, Peter Adams, John A Mebane, D F Caldwell, of Greensboro, Commissioners to open books for receiving subscriptions to an amount not pxeeediner 2.000.000. in shares of $100 O ' ' each. Section 3d declares the Company incorporat ed when 1 thousand shares shall be subscribed. The 4 t.li seetioii rermires each subscriber to pay, at the time of subscribing, 2 on every share so subscribed. Sec. Gth. When one hundred thousand dol lars or more of the stock shall have been sub scribed, the commissioners at Fayctteville are to call a general meeting of the subscribers for the purpose of organizing the company. The 12th section provides that if found ne cessary the capital stock of the company may be increased two millions. The 42d section gives the company the privi" lege to prolong the road from or near the ter minus at Fayctteville so as to connect with the Wilmington and Manchester Railroad, Or with the proposed Wilmington and Charlotte .Rail road, or with. both; also, to run a branch from some convenient point south of the Cape Fear River so as to connect with the North Carol iua Railroad at or near Raleigh. Sec. 43. That the construction of said Rail road shall be commenced at Fayctteville, and whenever 15 miles thereof shall be graded, and the road-bed shall be ready to receive the iron and superstructure, the Public Treasurer is au thorized and required to endorse the bonds of the company to the amount of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, and so toties quoties, as often as any lurther hlteen miles shall be so graded. The bonds payable in 25 years, with coupons attached, at a rate of interest not ex ceeding seven per cent. the State to have a lieu on the road for the payment of said bonds. Sec. 45 provides that the Justices of the Co. Courts in the counties through which said road may pass, and the authorities of the incorporat ed towns, (with the consent of a majority of the voters in said counties and towns), may sub scribe to the stock of said company the former not exceeding $150,000, and the latter not ex ceeding $100,000 and may issue bonds to en able them to pay such subscription. Cot. Reki and his late Message - Our whig cotemporaries are down upon Gov. Reid's recent message of course. In their esti mation it is obscure, feeble, non-committal, weak, wishy washy, &c. &c. It is natural for the Philistines to hate David, and for the whig party to writhe and wriggle and make ngly faces at a man who has overthrown them com pletely, and goes triumphantly in the most august body in the world, as the first reward for great political services. If Governor Reid is the weak and worthless creature which they declare him to be, how is it he has accomplished such results ? Can a mouse overturn a moon tain? Can a fishing smack capture Gibraltar? Is it not a law of the moral as well as the physical world that the means .used mnst be adequate to the purpose in view ? Judge David S. Reid by the results he has accom plished, and what is he? Evidently a man of great force of character, lie has greatly as sisted in changing North Carolina from a stromal v whig, to a strongly democratic State. He has originated arid put into a course pro- -- ; Postscript. BYTIIISt MORNING'S MAIL. MARRIED. In this town. m Wednesday evening the 20th inst.. by the Iter. W. K. Tell. Mr Francis X. Hull of Peters burg, Va., to Miss Sarah L., daughter of the late Wm. GREAT PIRE IN NEW YORK! !! , miml'ieriaml County, on the 14th inst., l.y Rer. v t on r e v mat V George Benton. Mr Wm." Alderman to Miss Annie P. New York, Dec. 20. One of the most cx-. Jackn, tensive and destructive fires that has occurred j lu Newlern, on the 12th inst. Mr Neill B, Shaw-to here formally years, took place this morning, j Miss Isabella Toonier, both of Wilmington and iormcr- The whole of Broadwav, between Grand and ; ly of Fayctteville. Howard ?treets, consisting of one entire block FCJ-rE was entirely consumed. Christie's Minstrel Mr stiiiman. Mr Thomas li. U Hall, tbe City Assembly Rooms, many splendid j etteville. N C, to Miss Emma J. Hernden. stores and several large factories have fallen a J In Sampson county, on 22d ult, Mr Wm. S. Matin, to prey to the devouring flames. A ball was pro-, Miss on tl)e 10th Mr SIierwood C. gressmg in uie amkiuuij iiuuui, wtreu me mc Ln to Misg Maria A E- Bailey. In Sunipter county. Ala., on the 29th Nor., sit the nderwood of Fay- broke out. . One man is known to be lost, and several ladies are missing. Fire firemen have been killed, and fourteen In Johnston county! on thrftb inst, Mr Major Dixon to Miss Martha Aim Woodall. In Pittsboro, Dr. R. II. lhrin of Chowan county, to seriously injured by the falling of wa-The Sv on fh 12th. Dr A W Palm,. loss is immense, ana iusurance. various! v stated. Partial of Chatham, to Miss Ellen J Chamber?. In Randolph county, on the 12th. Mr M D Smith to Miss Sarah E Hendricks. In Davidson county. Mr Jas II Taylor to Miss Emma mising ultimate success, a great measure of Constitutional reform, and he now goes to the U. S. Senate by the voice of a party which numbers among its leaders such names as Sec'y Dobbin, Chief Justice Ruffin, Ex-Secretary Branch, Edwards, Eaton, Ellis, Person, Wins low, and sf. host of others who are an honor North Carolina. Ilox. Mr Riggs. In the last Standard we find published the able speech of Mr Uiggs in the Senate in opposition to Mr Graham's Con vention bill, and in reply to that gentleman's remarks, lie argues the question with ability, and we think the Ex-Governor and the oppo nents of Free Suffrage in the General Assembly, have found an over match in the person of jt X sa Riggs. Next week we intend pub lishing some extracts from the speech. FrT-Thn Salisbury miners state that sack r - - I. L salt is selling in that place at $1 per sack. The Wadcsboro' Star says it is worth $C per sack in that market. In Eayetteville we believe the article is selling at the usual price, 2. Within the last month we have received three applications from some man in New lork named Leonard, wc believe, proposing to write communications for the Carolinian from that city at a stipulated price. He has his articles printed on a strip of paper, and in this way he has forwarded us several. As we paid no at tention to his first application we hoped he would not bother us further about it. AVe now publicly say to him that we could not un der any circumstances (though he were to fur nish them gratis) publish his effusions, as we have our doubts about their truthfulness; and further, that whenever we want a correspondent in New York, we will make the selection with out his services. On: Sksatok. The Washington correspon dent of the N. C. Standard, under date of Dec. 10th, says: "Gov. Reid, your new Senator, and succes sor of Mr Manguni, took his seat on Monday last. He appears in fine health and spirits, and was cordially greeted by his fellow senators and especially by those who had served with him 8 or 10 years ago as members of the House of lionrovTeiitntiv.-s of whom there are nearly a score now in the Senate. His presence here is a gratifying evidence of the growing strength of the democratic' party in the Old North State, so long represented in the senate only by fed eralists." Railroad Celebration. The citizens of the county of Rowan, are going to have a Railroad celebration at Salisbury, on the 4th of January, 1S5:", in commemoration of the completion of the North Carolina Railroad to that place. We acknowledge the receipt of an invitation to be present on the occasion. Those who at tend may expect to have a pleasant time. jSgy On our first page we copy the resolu tions adopted by the late Grand Lodge of A. Y. M. as a tribute of respect to the memory of Hon. Robt. Strange. In the oth paragraph, where it says " the sovl of masonry," &c, it should read " the sons of masonry into one com- mou brotherhood." Exemption from Jliiiiary Duty. It was seen last week, by the proceedings of the Legislature, that M. J. McDulhe, Esq., one of the representatives from this county, intro duced into the House of Commons a resolution exempting all soldiers who went to Mexico from military duty. Wc think this an excel lent move. It is right and proper that those who nobly volunteered in defence of their coun try should be excused from performing further military service. We would like though to have the privilege of offering an amendment to Mr McDuflie's resolution to this effect: that all persons engaged in the printing business, either as editor, 'publisher, compositor, or press man, shall be exempt from Militia duty, except in case of war. The printer very seldom has any time to spare, and ordinarily he is obliged to stick closer to his business than any other tradesman; but whenever called out to attend militia drills it generally causes him to perforin night work in order to publish his paper at the regular time. We will thank, if nobody else does, the legislator who succeeds in benefiting the craft to the extent indicated. jjWe have frequently had complaints from onr subscribers at Lumber Rridge, that the packet of Carolinians for that Post Office often fails to arrive. AVe know they are mailed regularly here, and cannot account for the mis carriage, unless the Postmaster at Rockfish allows them to pass on to Lumberton, which we understand has been the case. Will the Postmaster at Rockfish please attend to this matter, and take the Lumber Bridge packet from the Lumberton mail on Sunday and send it forward to its proper destination on Monday inorning. j Finance of Sorth Carolina. The State Treasurer of North Carolina has just made his report for the last two fiscal years, snowing me receipts 10 nave ucch $3,017,153 01, and the disbursements $3,169,- 884 38. The receipts for the next two years are estimated at $740,236, and the expenditures at $020,053. The State debt is set down now at $2,928,003 50. This will be increased soon to $3,409,033 50, by the sale of $111,000 bonds, to be sold under the act for the benefit of the AVeldon and Gaston Railroad and the Neuse and Tar rivers, and of $370,000 bonds for the North Carolina Railroad. After 1850, the present sources of revenue will be insuffi- cient to supply the wants of the treasury, and an increase of taxation will be necessary if the North Carolina Railroad is not completed in time to enable it to earn sufficient profits to make up the deficiency. Missing A'essf.ls. Since the first of Jan'y last forty-five American vessels, sailing from norts in the Unitca folates, nave never oee heard from ti mated at 43 doubt that all have perished. The value of these vessels and their cargoes is supposed to be $595,700. Mr Rutler has been re-elected to the Sanli Exeilement in Washington. . . . . t t n.i i ! i ( asllington, 17CC. iv. Aucre is imica e.eue- . MLss CatliarltK. Baiicrou of Wake county. ment in monied circles to-day, growing out ot the receut statement made by the trustees of the Exchange Bank of Seldeu, AVithers fc Co. The statement shows that the individual members of thefina are the largest debtors. The notes of the bank were selling yesterday I at a discount of ten per cent. To-day they are bought by the brokers at a discount of 40 per cent. Naturalization Lairs Important Decision. . Poughkcpsie, Dee. 1 6. Judge Dean, of the Sonrem&Dourt of the State of New York, has fiddSVtrie eferk of the court to take proofs" of citizenship and grant natrualization papers. He directs that applicants shall apply to the courts; and to-day, after hearing proofs in several cases, the applicants were rejected. The Judge has given a written opinion, hold ins that the admission of an alien to the rights of citizenship is a judicial act, requiring exami nation by the Court. DOBBIN HOUSE, Hiy Street, Foyctlrrillc, N. C. Will le open for the accomodation of itiiBHw p on Mnay,t arsi nay ot January, 3Ra3S2a Situated on one of the nrineinnl Street- of th-i To'.vn. and within a few minute walk of tU I'ost Office, Tehr-cranh Office. Hanks, ami other Imsi nestf places, ftud yet frt.Tieioutly retired to he t l -ur of the suinoyaace and bustle incident to a more cent ml location. It is newly erected, handsomely fnrnih' cl, and oaro fnl attendants secured with especial view to the com" tort of patrons. Spaeious Stable? attached, nnd experienced Obtlers in attendance. Carriages? will be in waiting on arrival ofStcani Doats, for the svvomodaiion of passengers. A .share of public pii'oui'pce is respectfully solicited. POWERS & CO. Pec. 23. 1851. 2.".-P.m TWEXll'-FIVK DOLLARS RKWAKI) Will be fr'yen for the delivery tome, or for the con finement in the Jail of CumWrlr.nd county, of I'AVIh hOOKEii. who runaway lrom nu nbont the middle of R Mclver. Also. Mr" Jacob Satiniield of Davidson, to j iast June. okcr if about o feet 10 inches liiiili. very Mack, has fine white teeth, sjvaks pleasingly when :n conversation, is about l' years old. and in walking bends forward considerably. II..' is fi blncksiniih by trade. I hive his Indentures for two years from first of May. 1 for eol and eh;;rres in a State ease ajrahi.-t h'ia in the Siijvrior Co-irt of Cumberland comity. All persons lire cautioned not to employ him without niv consent. T. R. UNDERWOOD. December 2:5. 18"4 tf Wonderful if Trite. The New York Even ing Post narrates a singular circumstance. A cashier of a bank, not a hundred miles from Wall street, found his funds $200,000 short, at a time when his accounts were about to be ex amined. He consulted an attorney friend, I who discovered that he had no property availa ble to convert to cash to cover the deticit, and advised him to take $200,000 more, then, when the discovery took place, he would have some thing to negotiate with the directors, and induce them to refrain from a public expose. The cashier took the advice and the money. The discovery occurred: he compromised with them for $100,000, and neither tiie stockholders nor j the public knew anything of the matter. Re-j signing his situation, he lived, respected by all, on his fortune, - the other $300,000, and died during the current -year. The Jexxixg's Estatf.. The Richmond Whig publishes the following extracts from a letter received from an intelligent Virginian in Eng land, dated Oct. 24, 1854: "I cannot find the Will of Old Jennings for the reason -that Dord Beauehamp has lost it where he coufd not fiud it now. He adminis tered the estate as next of kin. Earl Howe taking possession of Acton Place as next heir, so that they cannot be reached except a will be found later than that now on record which would show special devises and bequests to your ancestors, or some other claimant. "If the will was found, and if lapse of time did not operate as an effectual bar to recovery, tchat next? (1.) It would take a mint of mon- Lv iuiiTljanv vKirii. to oust Lord Howe 'and OJBI. In Moore countv. on the ltith inst. of typhoid fever. Mr John K. Johnson, aged :ii years. He has left an aged mother and two sisters and a large circle of con nexions to moaru their loss. On him his aged mother reclined in her latter daysv but he has gone to that country from whose bourne no traveler returns. Asa neighbor none were more willing to extend a helping hand and aid sill those to whom assistance could lie rendered. In his death the community in which he lived has sustained a loss that will not be filled soon. Weep not, dear friends, but prepare to meet him in that haven of rest where parting is no more. Com. In Staul,y county, -Ir Job i'inkney Davis, iu the 20th year of his age. In Robeson countv, near Ijiiml-er Bridge, on the 8th inst., Mrs Rebecca" Cobb, wife of Gray Cobb, dee d, aged 82 years and 2 months. "At Red Springs. Robeson county, on the 7th inst.. of bilious colic, after an illness of :io hours, Malcom C. McNeill. In Chatham county, on the 10th inst.. in the 51 st year of her age, Mrs 'Elizabeth Watson, widow of the late Jno. Watson, dec 'd. She left six children and a large eirele of relatives and friends to mourn their irreparable loss. In Smithfield. on the Oth. suddenly, Dr. William T M Outlaw, aged 37 years. NOTICK. The subscriber designs changing his present business, and takes this method of notifying all those indebted to him to come forward and settle up by uote or otlier .wise. or they v:ll Kiiq their accounts in the ham'.? of a collecting oflieer. I). T. TAYLOR. December 2." 1 P." 4 St Observer and Argus copy All persona LAST XOTIl'K. indebted to Elijah -Fuller requested to m i!v dee'd. are paveient bv the loth Jan'v ls.'i"). or PHOENIX LODGE So. ANNIVERSARY OF ST. JOHN. A I'URLIC ADDRESS will be delivered before Ptneni.x Lodge. No. 8, York Masons, by Rev. Jro. Jas. McDaniel on Wednesday, the 27th inst. The citizens are respeetfulW invited to attend. The Members- of 1'hie ux Lodge and all brothers in good standing will meet at Masonic Hall, at half past t o'clock. Bv order W. M. J. B. FERGUSON, Secy. Dec. 23. 1S.VL they wdl find their papers in the hands of an ohie.er. It is hoped this notice w ill he sufficient. D. A. R AY, Adm'r. Dec. 20. I Sot. 2t is cojiic;:: us'ful art'eh's, mi table for I am now ready to receive from all persons who now r.vY i?Y tiik yk All lor crossing tne larcnuon Rridge, the next year's pay; and they are noiilicd that unless payment" is made by the loth day of Jan'y next, they will be excluded. No person who has not r.vin it the last year's Toll, and all other dues to the Company, will be allowed a yearly contract after the loth ot January next. a'fVXnw eei.'fATioNS will be received until first day of January next. JNO. M. ROSE, Sec'y F. & N. 1 R. Co December 23. 18o4. 2t CII ItIST.1I AS Manv Reautiful and HOLIDAY l'RKSLNTS may be found at the CHOVKKR Y S TOli iJ. Tf gentlemen wish to make presents to their v, ives, T have the authority of many of the ladies for saying that my stoi-- h the place to find just the articles v. hich they would like. I have several Invoices of GOODS ORDERED EXl'RESSLY FOR CHRISTMAS, which will arrive this week. Store open Friday and Saturday night if the wrathcr ixpoo.l. W. X. TILLIXGIIAST. Dee. 23. 2"-lt the XOTIC E . There will be a grand parade of the C. C. II. S. C on Monday tha 25th inst. By order of t lie Capt. I. S. O. L., O. S. Dec. 23, 1S5L It ;JE-At Nicht, at the Fayctteville Hall, a CONCERT will be eiven bv the C. C. II. S. C's. Concert o com mence at 7 o'clock. Admission 25 cents. REMOV.Vti. TF". II. C A R Vi: R Would inform hs friends and the public, that removed ' frofti Ids obi stfeud o.. he ha? Grceu ulreel to th The crews of these vessels are es- j thTihamps have squandered away the J Montague, 31 souls and there is but little money. (2.) A deeper fraud was never prac- , JIc hsuj on haml a w(,u wlectt,d Sfot.k of ' l .1 ...... l-nn tliiu fil iim It hue miner! . ." t.ised or nlanned than this claim. It has ruined many claimants, and will ruin many more. I would not touch it, for I was cautioned about it on my arrival, by friends, and I took their advice.- Thousands of indigent knaves, who practice law in London, mould starve but for the TJ. S. Senate by the legislature ot b. caroana, , , lhe11 reav frum ee investigation of such claims; and they stimulate injury auti excite iaise hones bv newspaper publications and letters lucri causa with the fnll knowledge that never for six years from the 4th March next Look Out. It is rumored in New York that Mr Badger has introduced into the Senate the bill noticed in our last report, for increas ing the pay of members of Congress and Su preme Court Judges 50 per cent., and gave his reasons for so doing, the increased cost of living in "Washington, Szc. In the House a bill has been introduced to graduate the pay of mem bers and abolish the franking privilege. Mr Mace, of Indiana, has given notice of his inten tion to introduce a bill to re-enact the Missouri compromise, but there is not much danger of its passage. The fact that Kansas territory has elected a man who approves the Nebraska bill causes the abolition members ot Congress a good deal of uneasiness. The Senate on the ISth, was occupied in discussing the bill proposing the appointment of an Assistant District Attorney of the United States. In the House, while the Military Academy bill was under consideration, Mr Barney de nounced the Kuow-Xothings, and was replied to bv Mr Banks, defending the rights of secret associations. A bill to build six sloops-of-war was also introduced. Mr Clingman proposed to introduce his joint resolution offering the mediation of the United States to the European powers, which was objected to. On the 19th, the Tresideut transmitted to the Senate the correspondence of Mr Marsh, our Minister at Constantinople, to Mr Marcy. In the House, Mr Phelps, from the Com mittee of Ways and Means reported a bill for naval appropriations: and Mr Houston a bill for fortifications. the Austrian Consul, Mr Loosey, intends prose cuting for libel all newspapers throughout the country that published the report of his having fraudulently obtained $30,000 worth of goods and then absconded. If he does, we think by the time he gets through he will be minus a few dimes. A protitless undertaking. pIRE. AVe regret to learn that the dwelling house of John C. Blocker, Esq., 12 miles from town on the Warsaw road, was destroyed by fire on Saturday morning last. Mr Blocker's loss is probably $2,000. He was insured for $1000 in the N. C. Mutual Company. The fire was accidental. Observer. a dollar could by possibility be recovered. " 'Tis a thing almost uuknowu to. recover claims of this character." O T I C E . On Thursday and Friday the -1th and oth of January next, will lie sol-l at 1 I, liljlO SAli'.'j, uuimuMiiumi-, Cumberland county. X. C. lf head nf Mules and Horses, ( Road Wagons and Gear, 1 Buggy and two-horse Barouche, 1 Lot of common Rosin, 8 Setts Coopers' Tools, pine and onk, 2 Fifteen barrel Turpentine Stills A: fixtures, A lot of four or live thousand oak Staves, A small stock of GOODS, Hardware and Cutlery, Hats, Shoes, Ready-made Clothing, Sic. Also, 45t A - of Fine I.nmt. Terms made known on day of sale. ARNOLD, TURNER & CO. Dec 23, 1854. 2t Dry Goods, Groceries, Shoes and Boots, Negro Jilanlrls, Kerseys; also Jilac.flsmih,s Tools, Corn SheJlers and Straw Cutters, Sausage Cutlers, And a great variety of other articles well Fuitod to the Retail and Darter Trade much the largest stock he has ever oifcred in this market which he w ill sell on reasonable terms, or exchange for l'roduce of almost any kind. A call from old friends and the public is respectfully solicited. W. II. CARYER, Hay st. Dec. 23, 185 1. 25-tf BARGAISS X 3 AltGAIXS I The undersigned will sell, on BAItGAISS : ie arrival of the Steamer Pacific at New York ; an their TURPENTINE LANDS A? 13th inst, we have Liverpool dates to the 2d j situated near the Centre Plank Road a f'C iii to Little River. The above Lands e( By the on the inst., the day of her sailing. r , w.i, Vnnililitinniil intelligence ! X iOMiltr.M.) Or Old li aiv. of any interest has been received from Sevastopol. It was reported that the Russans had captured two English vessels cruising in the Baltic. Advices from Constantinople of 20th ult., state that o ..-,... i.iwi neeiirred in the Black Sea on the accomodating term0, VXD FIXTURES, td and convenient comprise a body of 5,00!) acres one hundred and fifty thousand lust year's boxes being cut thereon and some of the finest Timber Land in the country. They will sell with the land a TWENTY UliL. STILL of best quality. Also. Shanties, Stables and r.ll other conveniences necessary for carrvinsr ou the business. A bargain can te had !y i or turther information auuress jouu The Hich Trice of Paper. The great ad vance in the price of paper within the last six months has put the publishers of newspapers to serious reflection how to counteract the evil. It is suggested iuthe West, among other things, that publishers reduce the size of their papers; demand advance payment in all cases; and cut off "dead-heads." The effect of this would be to reduce the consumption of white paper and nnnblo the nrinter to live. It is now stated that rags cannot be had in sufficient quantity, and the reply to this is that au increase in the price of paper will not supply the deficit. Advance payments would remedy a host of evils atten dant on publishers. The Western Hog Trade. At St. Louis, up to the Oth inst., about 28,000 hogs had been killed, and sales at $4 25 a $4 30. At Alton, Ill prices range lrom S3 to to 4, ana at Milwaukie, Wis., at from $3 50 to $4. At Cincinnati, up to the 12th inst., 174,768 head had been slaughtered, against 181,191 for the same time last year. In all directions the hog market seems to be inactive, as tanners ana drovers are generally unwilling to take tne prices offered, while packers are not disposed to allow an advance. lltn mt., ami MMHiiny." ; " B. DeGratfenreid. Pittsboro, beeu lost, lne rnnce aim me -v u'ilu loi...... with all on board. Three mail steamers were strand ed. The Sanspareil run ashore, having caught tire. The Britannia was lost. The Agomennon was strand ed, but afterwards got afloat. The Retribution was only saved by throwing the guns overboard. Fayeftex-ille and Sowtli-in riaiilt Itoatl. The Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of the Fay etteville and Southern Plank Road Company will be held at the Town Hall, in this place, on Thursday the 4th day of January, 1855, at 12 o'clock, M. Applications will be received for Toll-keepers by the board for both Toll Houses. . WM. McL. MeKAl , Sec y. Fayctteville, Dec. 22, 1854. 2t Argus and Observer copy till meeting. Dec. 19. 1854. PALMER & DEGRAFFENREID. 25-tf Native Talent. On Sunday evening last, in the Baptist Church, Mr F. H. Ivey, of this place preached to a large and we may say de lighted congregation. This was his first effort of the kind in his native town, and we cannot refrain from expressing gratification at his com plete success. Mr Ivey was raised in the print ing office of the Fayetteville Observer, and the ability he displays is the more gratifying to us because he is self-made, having but few other advantages than those derived in a printing office. He is yet quite young, and the char acter and manner of his discourse on Sunday evening, evinces a high degree of talent and a wll balanced mind. He will no doubt occupy the front rank as a pulpit orator. Later from Mexico. By an arrival from Vera Cruz we have later advices from the city of Mexico. As was expected, Santa Anna has been re-elected almost without opposition. Another battle has been fought between the insurgents and the government troops, in which the former were defeated with a loss of several hundred men. EegThe Steamer Northern Light, from Cali fornia, arrived at New York on the 15th, with $S00,000 in specie on freight. At San Francisco the Russian flag and the Russian consul vere saluted by the American ship Zenobia, by firing 28 guns, in honor of the affairs at Petro polaski and SebastopoL The Bank of the State. One of the best measures adopted bv the Legislature of South Carolina at this session, is the conferring upon the President of the Bank a veto on the deci sions of the Board of Directors. It undoubted ly imposes a heavy responsibility upon that rtfficpr! but he is almost the only one ot tne Rem rd who is irenerallv well known to the T.eo-islntnre. and it is not too much therefore tn Took to him as the head and front of its ad ministration. Char. Courier. The Mails. Arrangements have been maae bw d.P Post Office Department to carry in stages, the great Southern Mail from the terminus of th Wilmino-ton and Manchester Road, via Holnmbia to Autrusta: a mail from Charleston to Manchester, or Kingsville, daily, in a two- horse wan-on a mail from Charleston to wrauge bnrg, supplyiug the intermediate offices, in a one-horse sulky, three timesaweeKi aim muai from Charleston to Savannah, in steamboat three times a week. These arrangements are to commence on the first of January, and to continue until the 30th June. COMMON SCHOOLS. The Board of Sunerintendents of the Common Schools of the County are requested to meet at the otlice o! the Chairman, on Thursday, the 4th day of Jau'ylXoS, (that being the 1st Thursday.) at 12 o clock. ED'W. LEE WINS LOW, Ch'n. TJetiims of the number of children in the several districts, for the year 1854. must bo handed to th Chairman before or by the 4th Jan. Dec. 10, 1854. " 2t 10 f?, 11 25 ( 00 1 2 (a, 13 m if, oo 0(1 M 00 7 df'j 71 1 8 f?, 00 14 (.(', 00 10 Or, 12 18 O'J 0( 40 fa f0 20 0, ()( oO Ojj 35 74 8 i Oj: 10 4 I 7 50 7 25 45 1 00 05 1 25 (0 85 1 00 8 0'j 0 00 0) 0 (Ml Of. 0 00 Or L', Oh ("J Ou fa 3 0", 1 2 fa M 0) 15 e 47 1 10 1 00 0 00 no 00 00 4 : 10 50 NOTICE. Notieo it hereby sriven that application will be made to the present General Assembly to charter a Ran k to be located either in Fayetteville, Wilmington or some other elin-ible and suitable place, to be called "The JjauKjn Sana," anas, - nm nuu vat uauiv, iu a Rtnk of ffftscount and deposit. It will !e organized as follows: After the stock has been taken, each sul- scriber shall assign over to the Comptroller of Public Accounts, certificates of stock to the amount ot bis subscription, in any one or more of the following com panies: The Western Railroad Company, the Cape Fear and Deep River Navigation Company, the Tar River .Navigation Company, the Carolina City Land Company. These certiticates of stock are to remain in the Office of the Comptroller as security for the ulti mate redemption of all bills put in circulation by the Bank. In addition to this, each subscriber of stock will be required to pay the entire amount of his sub scription into the hands of the Public Treasurer in specie except ninety-nine and 'three quarters per cent. i..-v.i: e . -1 1 . i - r-. i 1 ne i Hunt iicwurer wm upon laeorgauizanon oi me Bank proceed forthwith to sign and transfer to the President and Directors of the bank bills to the amount of its Capital stock, and such signing shall be deemed and declared an assumption on the part of the State to pay six and a quarter per cent, on the amount called for on the face of the bill, iu case the Bank should be come insolvent. A provision will also be inserted in the charter allowing the Bank to redeem its notes iu copper cents. Tbia provision it is thought will prove of great service in times of stringency in the nioney tnarkct. In the first place it wilf require much time to count out the specie, and in a crisis the Bank might gain time and have a better opportunity to rally from NO On the 27th of November lat a negro who calls himself JACOB was taken up and committed to the Robeson Jail. Said negro is about twenty years old. low and thick set; he says that he belongs to Dr. Thos. Smith of Bladen county. The owner will please come forward, pay all charges, and take his property. R. KINO. Sheriff. Lumberton, N. C, Dec. 11, 1851. 3t COMMERCIAL RECORD. ARRIVED AT FAYETTEVILLE, p,c. 14. Strs Fanny and Brooklyn. (Lutterloh & Co'sLine,) with Passengers, and Goods for 15 Rose, I & V McLaurin, C E Lvete. Steilman & llorne, .1 j Cook P P Johnson, II II Beard. O S Evans, L Ben cena. II McDaniel, J 1) Buie, J A T Waddili. J II Hall. Beaver Creek Co, Ray & Pearce, Mrs SA Hart. TJ Johnson. G W Lawrence, L J Ilaughton, C T Ilaigh & Sons. W II Lutterloh, Troy & Marsh. Str Sun. with I) .McLaurin in tow, (QrrelFs Line,) wUh -oods for W N Tiilinghast, T J Patrick, J M W & Co. G McNeill. W L J- Worth & Utley. II McNeill, Mrs M J Allen: J H A II. Ramsey & Bro. S T Ilawley & Son, Miss Mary Holmes, M Brown, 11 C Robeson, J YS Dick. Pearce & Ferguson. Str Fannv, with Mvrover in tow, with passengers, d "oods for J W Baker, J W Powers t Co, Stcdman & Home. G Woinack, Troy k Marsh, Council, J.am .v Co, Williamson & Overbaugh, T S Luttei Ion D k McLaurin. ST Ilawley & Son, J Kyle T J Johnson II W Black. G Mc.Nem, "r","-"r;, & Co. Fowlkes & McRae, W F Leake II II Co, N Shaw. jiis - and the effects of a "run" upon it. Secondly, brokers from the North would find it so expensive to" transport snch large quantities of the precious metals, that they would present but little money at its counters for re demption. They would find it eheaper to transmit their funds to the North in the shape of exchange pur chased at almost any price at which it is likely to rale. It is evident that the plan proposed would go far to make money plentiful, which all will admit to be the great desideratum at this time. This will be fully accomplished by allowing the issue of one hun dred dollars in hills for every quarter of a dollar in specie deposited with the Pnblic Treasurer. It is evi dent tbat these bills would readily circulate at their par value, since the security for final redemption would be ample. Dec 23, 1854. It Str Flora McDonald with goods for Gard A T M Worth & Co. Johnson A Rich. II M ! iosi A Parker, S L Gilmer, W D Vestal Murchison. Reid B Rose Kinlaw Baird, B A Howell A Bencini. Dec 21 ner & Co T u If- VrviS . . wi-! A McLean Johnson i.OI.tcr A Worth, S Johnson. i TT,,'nt T F Prather. r rathe A Smith, S J Hins a nl M Uehel E kin Manf. Co, P G Evans. A A Mc Jerkins Roberts A Co. Earnhardt A Co. Mrs M Hr II C McLean. Russell A Co, G W Johnson, ?ffi"A Gilchrist, S T Ilawley, J DWiUiamB, JCow'es W N Tiilinghast. A Lomax. G W Lee, C G TateT, J N Smith, Rockfish Co. C N McAdoo, D Mur- Phy" FORT OF WILMINGTON. Arrived, Dec. 17, Sehr A. J. DeRossett from New York and Schr D. S. Mershon from Charleston. Brig Albert Adams from Boston. 21st. Schrs, M. E. Wells and Emily from New York. FA YETTi: VI LLE M A R K ET. Corrected iccelly for the North Carolinian. IjlKCKMBt.n 23, lfe'54. BACON. p'T lb. BEESW AX, per lb. COFFEE, per lb Ri, Laguira, St. Donriigo, COTTON, per lb. COTTON BAGGING, per yard Gunny, Dundee, Burlaps. COTTON" YARN, per lb, Nos. 5 to 10, CANDLES, per lb Sperm. Fayetteville mould, Adamantine. DOMESTIC GOODS, per yard Brown Sheetings, (snaburgs. FLOUR, per barrel Superfine, Fine. Cross, FEATHERS, per lb. FLAXSEED, per bushel, GRAIN, per bushel Corn, AVle at, Oats, Peas, - llyv, HIDES, per lb Dry, Green. LARD, p'r h. LEAD, per lb. TOBABCO, manufactured, per lb. SALT Liverpool, per sack, Alum, per bushel. MOLASSES, per gallon, Cuba, (new crop) New Orleans, SUGAR, per lb. Loaf and crushed. St Croix. PortoRico, i NOrleans, 7 IRON, per lb English, Sweedcs, rnmrntn 1 nr, Do. wide, SPIRITS, per gallon Peach Brandy, Apple do. N. C. Whiskey, Rye do. Northern Jo. NAILS, cut. pT keg, LEATHER, sole. p. r lb. FODDER, per hundred, HAY. N. C. WOOL, per lb. TALLOW, per lb. BEEK. on the hoof, per lb. BEEF, by the quarter or side, per lb. PORK, per lb. MUTTON, per lb. CHICKENS, each, FGGS. per dozen, TM'TTI.'!! r.er il. ROT TOES. Sweet. pT buf-hcl, Do. Irish, per bid. T FM RKS. Bacon is dull sale at quotations. ton market depressed, and purchasers are not disposed to operate nt over 7 cents for best grudes. Sales of .--mat 95 cts. and $1 per bui-hcl. The receipts of I- !.. or are falling off no change in price. Spirits Turpentine has further declined 30 to 31 cents per gallon is the most the article would bring under the present state of the money market. Raw Turpentine is also lower. 2 00 00 27 40 fay 0 00 fa 10 fa, fa fa fa 4 h fa. fi fa Ci fa 00 28 00 12 .9 CO 00 00 1 00 ;. 70 75 ro 75 25 75 75 13 124 fa 3 4 Ou 4 fa. C, 0u 5 On 12 fa ir 0u 0 fa r,o fa oo fa fa o oo (n, 00 (a, 00 Ou 00 (, 00 Or, 0 00 fa 0. o ou (i l oo 0. 15 00 4 4!i 7 C 15 20 25 00 00 Cot- WILMINGTOX MARKET, lec. 21. TrnerNTixB. 100 bbls. were sold at $2,00 per bbl. for el low Dip and 81.00 per bbl. for Hard and ::! do. at S2, 80 lor Yellow Dip and Sl.fiO per bbl for Hard. Spirits Ti-rpexttxk. 300 bbls. changed hands at 41 cts. per gallon, looking down, 35 cts. per gallon now only offered. Kosix. 309 bbls. No. 8 (bbls large) sold at $1,25 per bbl. Tar 694 bbls. were sold at $1,75 per bbl part cash, and balance at 30 and 60 days. Flock. 20 bbls. Fayetteville Super sold at $,75 per bbl. Cotton. 22 bales (ordinary and middling quality) at 64 and 6$ ct. per lb. Com.