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No 1793. 60 Threshing Machines THE enbacriber would respectfully infiirra the Far mer of Ornige and the adjoining Counties, that be has on hunt sixty of ' ' . 4 Palmer's Patent Rotary Flail Threshing Machines, ' manufactured In ISew York of the very beet material, an J warranted to purchasers to be the best and tuferi m china now in ue. , It ie made almost entirely of wrought (run, end relieves the operator entirely from duet or dun j.r. This machine is particularly Intended as station ary machine, and is well adapted to be driven by a corn moo wooden wheel, which every practical fanner ought 1 1 have in hie barn, and will thrash from two to three hundred bushels pel day with two horses. This size machine is worth sixty dollars at Uotdsljorough, from which place they will be eent a diieeted by purchasers, (hey paying freight on the tame. Tliere are two aises above tliiai the prices eighty and one bundled dollars. Addieae the subscriber at ttaulb Lowell, Uiange County, X. C. , JOHN A. M'MANNKN. May 7, 1855. 81 8t Spring and Summer Clothing, Handsome, Good, and Cheap. LEVIN OARMICHAEf., Merchant Tailor, having recently purchased in New York a large aHortmenl of Spring and Summer (.owla, is enslilcd to oner to his patrons a choice eelectioa of all articles in his line. A roonf these be would specify only the following I Fine French Cloths and Cassimeres, or all . descriptions, and of the latent styles ; and Fine French Test Patterns of Marseille ' ami Figured Sitka. . These goods are of superior quality and, having bees) bought cheaprf than ever before, will be sold corre spondingly cheap. . He wsull aU state, that he has laid in an eesort- . t I i i . in r f . i . wwu. m tiw uitvM tnu vmm a iiuirninga tm uotiim-uicu dothing, that the New York market would afford. rj The very latest' stylet of Pari and New York Fashion, both in Drawinge and Fainting, have been received, mad he is prejwred to nuke up Uentlevsca's Clothing ia a styls which, lor cut and finish, will compare with any work either North or South. , As properly connected with hie burinees, be has laid ia l carefully selected assortment of . which embraces every article needed for a genlleman'e wear. Though soma merchants bats made this S brant b of the Dry Goods trade," it ia but fair to pn sum thai one whose bueineaa it is lo work in cloth. would be better able to judge of the cut and make of clothes, and therefore fees liable lo ioipoae upon bteeos Ismere the flimsy productions uf atop shops" for good and fashionable work, than those who are leseesperi raced in the business. To the public be would ssy j As Bjten of eensa, judge ye. ,. Lumber for Salo At the Raleigh rjauing Mills. " 200.WW feet dressed Flooring. ' , 100,000 " Weatherbnardinr. 50,000 " " Ceiling. 100.000 Thick U.iard. "pills lumber is of the very beet loot leaf nine, hraughl la en exact IhirkneM, end will be delivered oa board the ear free of charge. Those withmg lo puicha will, sa applH-atinn by letter or other viae, be furnished with a rard of prices, and all necessary information as Is b eights, etc. T. D. HOGG L CO. Raleiih. March . 1835. , Satuf - J. &. D. JIacKae & Co., COMMIMION.A FI.OI R MERCHANTS, WILtUWOTOW. M. C. T IBTKAI. advance made sn enaaignments of Flor,! aiMl prompt auentioa givra lo liU'ng Older for I Croreiies, Ac. ) March, mi. 78 IvpJ , JOSEPH II. BLOSSOM,'... Commission k Forwarding merchant, WILMINGTON, X. C, Will give bis pcraon-t attention lo bnsineae entrusted la bie cere, and shippers may rely aa hating prompt returns. Lileisl aJvences snails on consignments ef all kinds of Country Produce lot sale ia this market, or ir ship ment to other porta. , Conagnatents of t'luoj tolkiteiL Msrt b. I3J. 79tf W. f. Isorv, Jjha i SUi!f, J. XI. Jones. MOORE,' STAN' L Y & CO., CCmiSSION riERCHAKTS, niK3KE'JtIf. IT. 42,. f2 1 E nsrsnnal attention to the ealeear shipment of (Jouniry produce, aedrt Urttrtfnmpu ly, whsa sceompaoied by a remiuaoca a atuifsclory referent. t KrKI TO O. fl. Parsley. Pres'l Coininsr.'ial Bank, Wilmington. E. P. Halt, Prw'l Ur. Rank ef the Hi ale, Charles talnrer, Pres'l Merchants' Bauk of Newborn. Mareh lib. ISM. - 7 ly T. C. & II. O. WORTH, Commission tad Forward! nj nerchanU, ItOWK's HIMI.DIMO, WATrS STIKBT, UlImttiKtwii, N. V (Ci I'sasl Advances aad on Caasignmrnle. farefc , Isi-V , S-ty flcirj r. IdistII. Jus. B. (bimIL EUSSELL k BR0TBEH, , General CommWiort Mcrcliants, WtLMINOTOX, N. C. Baler lo TW It. Wright, Esa., Pres'l Bit. Cape Pear. M K- P. Hall. Es4., Pres'l Dr. Bsnk of Ibe State. ' " O. O. Parsley, Esq., Trae'l Commercial Bank. XXTt have ample Whsrf and flints Room, situs to la lha most central pari of the loan, and are itreptred lo make I,lHrial Cnih idrantM on l imit, Cotton. Naval Stores, or other Prodnes enn ad is us fin sale hers, or shipment lo oar blends North. March 3. , TTly W. r. ELLIOTT, . I.aie of Worth V Elliott, Fayettevilla, X. C, Oeoeral Commission k Forwarding Corchant, WILMINGTON, X. C. Order for MorchanJire, and ronsigna'nts of flour and other Produce, Kir isles or aliipmeal, thankfully re- coiMkl and arompiiy attended w. Mar), 19SI. , TSI NEW GOODS. AM now receiving my Stock of gJPJtJF AITT) EOT1M3ES'IXD)DS, which I shalll? pleased to show end sell on accommodating terms. I think my assortment of Goods will be.es complete as can be found in this market, embracing almost every thing ( and I will endeavor to make my prices average at Una as any Btore in the place. I wish to call attention to a few ar ticles via i For the Iiadlct. Kith Chamelion Crepinete Bilks, Plaid and Striped Poult De Bole Silks, , Chamelion Ulaee fc high-luatered Black Silks, ' ' ' Very pretty and neat Printed Jaconets, Lawns, and Organdie Muslins, ' . , EmlroiJered, Ureas, and other Skirts, Brilliants, fur under dresses, llich Saab anil Neck Ribands. Also, tionnet and other Ribands, . Changeahle Silks, for Mantillas, Ac, with Fringe and other Trimmings to match, Muslin Collars and Sleeves to match, Worked Hands, Edgings, 4c. Mack, and Black and While Condt, nick at Chally, Mohair Lustre, lierages, Lawns, Muslins, Ginghams, &c. ' Rail Road, Self-lecing and French point Corsets, (jailers, both low-priced and fine, Sandal-woud and other Fane, Ac 4c , Hi HAB ALSO, ' . Prime bleached and btiv) anbtearhed eleven quarter Sheetings, and Pillow Cass Cotton, Paper Window Sliadee and File Screens, Superior Csst Steel Hoes, Dooi Bells, Hmwa that an Raxon, just try them, Colored Melting, and Druggil and other Carpetings, 8aedless end other Raisins, Figs and Candy, A variety of Goods for Genu and Boys. Ac Many goods will be of&red lower priced then hereto fore, but no goods are offered as baits. I shall not do business in thai way, thereby making one cutout or pay for the loss b another. Pleas call and examine for yourselves. JAMKS WEBB. April" U. g.l JUST RECEIVED rpwo Down Cod Liver Oil x JAMES WEBB. March .0th, 1855. gv THE RAIL EOAD Has at length reached Hillsborough, making quite a stir ia our usually quiet village. FpiHE subscribers, availing themselves of this great wate work, are enabled to us early after their pur cheae to offer to their customers and lbs publie a New and Complete Stock of Dry Goods and Groceries. Among them may be found Prints, of all grades, I .awns and Jaconets, lierages and Summer DeLaines, C'hallisand Tissues, Checked and Striped Silks, New and Prtr St .loe i.f Kr,n.t TliK..,!. Straw, Chip, Bilk and Neapolitan Bonnets! f Misses' Flats, various kiuds. Silk and Lace Mantillas, Table and Piano Covers, Black Silk Shawls, New Stvles of Embroidery Patterns, Embroideries of all kind. J. C. T LRU EN TINE it SOX. April 10" 82 Groceries. rpitE suberrihets havs on hand s lot of nicely eared HMre, Canvassed and Sugar-caied Hams, Mack erel sad Cbceae. J. C. TIBREXTIXE & SOX. April 10. - - 63 Valuable Residence for Sale. Ilv virtue of a Deed of Trust, tieeuled lo me by 8nuel D. School field tit certain urpnee therein aieo tiiwinl, I ofTer for sale the House end s in tb town of Hillaborough. lately occupied by said ekboollield. The Mouas ie entirely new end pleeaaotlv situated, and has several large rooms, well lighted end well ventilated, and conveniently arrangeJ, with broad poage, and ay access la lbs pisams fronting nnb and south. There is a well of eteeilent water on the V with a good pump in il, convenient both lo the bouae and kitchen. All I he nut Houses, includins Stables and an Ira House, are new. Il would a nurd a de lightful Hummer rsaidrDr. Terms made know a en application to the subscriber. J. A. TlRIIKN U.NE, Trustee. Ilillabxnugh, April 16, U5S. 3tf II ATS! r?(NE Mote skin HATS, f.ir Gentlemen, from Gen ' . 1 '- 1. 1 I . 1.1' W . mi t, i ( him iT.m.i nwwinfllM n MB. SHI DISCS leghorn llete. light and nest, (a? Hummer t and a va riety of other Straw Hals, fur Gentlemen and Bnve, JAMES WLllH. April 16. 83 Tor Sale, I?IXB Chewing; Tubacen, Scotch Snufl, A lot ui cheap Seeara. IsC'NO k CAIX. April I. 13 FINAL NOI ICK. A f.T. Manns fatdrbteJ lo the Isle firm ef Lone. A Webb will pkset call and pay their notes and accounts, as lbs business must bo wound up. O. F. 1.0X0, JAMES WEim. Msy n. 8S NEW DRUG- STORE IN cum:!. II ILL iMIE omtsisignod respectfully informs the puMie . thsl be has purchased the stock of Drugs, Fancy Articles, &c. of Dr. J. K Lucas, and having replenished hie stork by recent porchsaea at tba North, le Buw laady lo fill or ders 'either by wholesale or le-tail. It. U. SAUNDERS. (t? PieseripUont carefully compounded al alt bouts of the d.v or aighl. , April A. it PerfUmery, &c. (1Of.O0.NE, Day Watet. Toilette Vinegar, Porsa.Ua' J Chinese Tooth Pasta, Leonard' celebrated Han Preserver, 1, ynn's Kathairon, Extracts of Oranea, !,o avm. Vanilla, Peach, eke. Aim, Album. Port Folios, fine Hyma Dooka, rtn Prayer Books, eke. ate. ,! tjr L0XC A CA1V Mat II. ' May your rich soil, . Exuberant, natures'a better blearing pour O'er every land." Oaks; Orange, N. C, June 20th, I85S. Mr. Eli Hurray, ir., Ml. Pltaianl, Alamance, If. C. " Dear Sir: Yours of the 16th is received, and as you are only one of many who have applied for my experience and solicited my opiii'ott on the application of concentrated manures to wheat, perhaps, it may be wise to adopt your suggestion and make one letter answer all. But first I must say ynu great ly overrate my knowledge of agriculture. Busied as I have been with another pur suit, it has been in my power to give only the odda and xnds of time to funning, and the utmost 1 have learned of this most noble and useful of secular occupations is, the mor tifying fact that I know nothing, and have vet the alphabet of agriculture to learn. True 1 have made some haphazard experiments, some rich, others very poor in results. But to the experiment with Peruvian Guano and Mapes's Improved Super Phosphate of Lime. My memorandum under date Oct. 2, 1852, runs as follows: 'Sowed on a measured acre ol ground 150 pounds Mapes's Improved Su- per Phosphate of Lime, mixed with six bu shels of scrapings Irom coal pit, and at an interval of three feet 150 pounds Peruvian guano mixed with 3 pecks Plaster of Paris, and ploughed both in with one horse plough. The soil a deep red clay, very, and as nearly as possible, equally poor. Had brought very poor oats in 1851, and been pastured till Au gust 1852, when it was ploughed deeply with a two-horse plough; and again this week. Oct. 16th. Sowed one bushel early purple straw wheat on each acre, covering with ex panding cultivator. Whitewashed the seed, with a saturated solution of salt-water aud lime, consistency of thin cream, and dried jaith ashes.' At that time the Super Phosphate of Lime was $50 per ton. Guano $40. The result was such that I preferred the former. Now the former can be had at the factory of Fred. McCready, New York, who makes it by Pmf. Mapes's recipe, at $45, in quantities nut leas than ten tons. Hai-faire shniiUflcts. per ton. Freight to Norfolk ?bout 91:50 peH cIoer cr"P are ton ; in large quantities and in sail vessels considerably lower. Insurance in August Swhen it should be ordered) merely nominal, have inquired of Mr. McCready on what terms he will deliver at Norfolk in large quantities. When advised you shall be in formed. The price is 950 per ton at the fac tory fur any quantity under 10 tons. I he Denitroijenixed super Phosphate ma - ..l....,,...lk.u f ii . , i svr., -...---.. uj v.apr. tnucn sninacinp lul fp(rierall nurnitssia 1 I.ma . -v t -V . i . ' . " V.isuil; and all, because ordinarily they do not .r.e ,v u4 tun. ...ippeu on we ; tn uiu If the citizen of Orange and Alamance incline to try Professor Mapes's manure, it would be wine to form a company, and order the whole at one time. I have no objection to being the organ. I am eipcriwenting with sundry other con centrated manures on corn this teasnn, on a small scale. Tl.e result if of ny value, will be reported in due time. I applied last Fall onebs; (160 pounds) to the acre.leavingtwolandsuntrested for expe riment one on deep red clay of loose porous character, the otherof close gravelly texture yellowUh clay. Though the season throughout was extremely unfavorable to the development of the manure, yet judging by comparison, the crop was tripled. My harvest began on the 1 1th itist Wheat, except the two lands un treated and some rich spots also unmanured, abundantly ripe. I forgot to state that the Improved Super Phosphate hastens maturity ten days, Guano seven. You ask my judgment on the comparative value of the two manures and I presume you anticipate the answer. Let it be understood, however, that my experiment was on tlay land. Perhsps Guano is better on sandy land, such as yours. One word more. The Imnrnved Surter Phosphate of Lime does no harm to anv kind of seed by contact, and mar be very conve- nifiUiT towed br tni&insr with it an equal quantity of moist earth of any kind well nul verized. Guano, 1 think, should always be mixed with a large percentage of Plaster ol Pari, or charcoal dust, or both. Very respectfully vour obd't serv't, t'M. J. BINGHAM. P. R. The Improved Super Phosphsfe of Lime exhibited equal superiority over Uoano in the succeeding crop of corn, and is, 1 am convinced, more durable its effects. Prom lha America Farmer. iU.TERNATICN3 OF CHOPS. The obolee idea of resting' land, was substituted by the practice of alternation' of crops, and this substitution constituted a great step in the progress of agriculture. This aU ternatioa or rotation of crops, the great Lie. big pronounces in his new work" The one constraint resting still upon agriculture." "The single fruUtn," he ssya, worthy of scientinc agriculture ai uae present time, is to eitsblitn Sn place of a change of crop, a change of succession of manures, which shall enable the farmer to rrow on each of his fields ! that crop, which under the circumstances will be most profitable." When this problem shall be solved, we maj look for another re volution in agriculture. In the mean time, it will not be amiss to revert to the princi ples on which the alternating system is bas ed, that we may know at least just where we are at present, and aee that we make the best use of the lights we already have, ,'fhese principles as laid down by Chaptal, are " 1. All plants exhaust the soil. "2. All plants do not exhaust the soil e tiualiy, "S.1 Plant of different kinds do not ex haust the soil in the same manner." "4. All plants do not restore to the foil, the same quantity or tjuality of manure." "5. All plants do not feed the soil equal ly." , - ... . . From these principles he draws the follow ing conclusions ; "KThat, however well prepared a soil may be, it cannot nourish a lone succession of crops without being exhausted." "2. Each harvest impoverishes the soil to a certain extent, depending upon the de gree of nourishment which it restores to the earth." "3. The cultivation of spindle roots ought to succeed that of running aud superficial roots." "4. It is necessary to avoid returning too soon to the cultivation of the same or to ana logous kind of vegetables in the same soil." "5. It is very unwise to allow two kinds of plants which admit of the ready growth of weeds among them to be raised in succes sion." v . "6. Those plants which derive their prin cipal support from the soil, should not be sown, except when the soil ia sufficiently provided with manure." " T. When the soil exhibits symptoms of exnaustton irom successive harvests, the cul tivation of those plants that restore most to the soil must be resorted to." The alternating system is based upon these principles, and is economical and profitable in proportion as it adheres to them. It as sumes, that all plants drawing more or less nourishment from the soil, the soil must be occasionally replenished with supplies of ma nure. A certain class of plants called ctilmi- ferout are supposed most rapidly to exhaust supplies mis ctass etnoraces v. neat, rye, oats, barley, Indian corn, cotton, &c. They arj particularly exhausting while maturing their seeds. A judicious system should not allow these crops to follow each other close! v or frequently, and the common practice of cultivating inuian corn, wneai ana oats, in qoicksuccession is only allowable on lands h",, character, and when the invaluable as an improver, Another class of plants, leguminous, em brace, strictly speaking, only potts, beans and pulse, but for convenience are made to in clude all those which are usually called ame liorating, but more properly less exhausting. These plants are less exhausting, because some or them draw supplies of nourishment from a lower stratum of soil than that traversed by .l - r I . - .i , . iiiireuucic uisw iiuiii il a liniiiuii nurisimellt. Sume because the. ghadc ,he ! .... J. t0 tcedi T(ie clover u ,he most amel go to seen, i ne ciover is tne most amel to rating, because it combines all these qualities to a greater degree than any other, except perhaps the field pea. These plants requir ing also, the most of them, deep and thorough cultivation, and their roots penetrating deep lyameliorate the soil in this manner. The alternating system is not complete, and answers by no means the ends of which it is capable, without the introduction of the cultivated grasses. They are cultivated at very little cost they enlarge the variety of the plants, and promote the economy of plant feeding. Thry cover the soil, tnetecting it from the waste of the sun and frost. Their routs accumulate in the soil a targe supply of mould lor future use. And they aRWd much material lor manure. Thus supplying at a cheap tate several important requisites of a complete stem of alternation. As our agriculture improves, there is no doubt, it will embrace a much more extended cultiva tion of of the grasses. The researches of science are throwing much light upon facts long familiar to intel ligent observers. While these latter had ob served that difl'erent clauses of plants ex hausted the soil in difl'erent decrees, and that where the soil refused to zrow those ol onecha- racter, another sort might still be profitably ! cultivated j the Tacts are accounted lor in the 'analysis of the ahes of these plants. These analyses distinctly sttuw the didVrent degrees in which difl'erent substances are consumed by plants. The grains of all kinds show a very large per ceutage on phosphoric arid, equal to nearly one-half of the amount of ash a large per rentage of potash and magne sia, and the straw silica to a large amount. The ash of potatoes, turnips and plants ol that character, give potash in much larger amount than the former, phosphoric acid aud magnesia in smaller amoutits, but more lime and sulphuric acid. Hay gives on analysis more lime than the others, much potash, though less than the others, and much silica. The ashes ol all classes contain the various mi neral elements, viit sulphuric acid, phos phoric acid, chlorine, lime, magnesia, potash, amis, silica, iron, but in various, and many of them in very small proportions. The investigstions so diligently pursued by men of science, with reference to the nu trition of plants, insy result in developments which will realise the idea of Licbig.and take ofTfrom Sericulture the " constraint" of alter nation. I ntil this shall be done, however, the diligent application of the precepts lying at the Inundation of the system, U to the nrac , uul man the stii est guarantee of success. Draining John Johnston, ol Seneca coun ty, N. Y., gives in the American Agricultu rist the following plan to ascertain whether land needs draining : " Dig holes about two and a half feet deep in difl'erent parts of the field ; but a cover over the holes so that the rainwater cannot get into them, and if tliey fill with water until within a foot or sn of the surface, in ten or twelve hours, then his land requires and will pay well for draining. I think I hear F. L. B , and many others, say that these holes will nil up on any land, it the ground is wet at the time. But I tell them it is not the case. You may dig as many drains as you please on dry lands, and they will never run water unless the snow is melt ing on the surface. If F. I. B., had stood over the making of between forty and fifty miles of drains, as I have done, he would be a better judge of w hat was wet and what was ry laud. To the unpractised eye, land that Iniikit lirv it, friti-orail uitli iL'ttur aiv iiipbea below the surface. Improvbd Vabikties op Win t. There have lately been imported from France, fur the agricultural division of the Patent Office, four varieties of wheat: The Hungarian whca;t the JNeapolitan white wheat, well suited tor Southern States, but too tender for the North ern; the baumur wneat, ana tne eany roe wheat. As the two latter have the property ot riiieninj some davs before our common varieties ot wheat, if they otherwise succeed in this climate a great point will be accom plished. A single week gained in the ripen ing will often secure the crop from the inju ry of the rust or the fly, independently of the advantages to be obtaineu in the market, The Saumur wheat is originally from the val ley of Anjou, a southeastern province of France, and is a very remarkable variety of winter wheat. I lie ear is strong and lull, of a reddish color, and it is very much es teemed Dy farmers. 1 he straw is very white, and grows higher than that of ordinary wheat, while it is also larger and sweeter, the Noe wheat was introduced bv Mr. De Noe, and is commonly known under the name of blue wheat, anil, owine to its hardy and pro ductive nature, is gradually superseding the saumur wheat in the central parts ol trance. It is much sought after on account of its pre cocity for a meslin or soiling crop. It would succeeu weu as a aiarcn v. near, ii sown ear 7- ' WasHtso Sawn Ware. A correspondent of the Germantown Telegraph says: ; Some thirty yeas since I was informed by a proprietor of one uf the largest and oldest silver establishments in the city or Pliiladel phia, that " housekeepers ruined their silver by washing it in snap suds : it makes it look like pewtei ; never put a particle of soap about your silver, then it will retain its orig inal lustre; when it wants polishing take a fiiece of soft leather and whiting, aud rub it iftrd." I had formerly seen silver washed in water with the addition of a little soap and rinsed in clear water. 1 adhered strictly to his advice, and found a great difference in the appearance of the silver. f Remedy for Scalds and Burns. In the American Medical Gazette for March Dr. Reese thus earnestly reiterates his advice to apply flour to scald and burna: " We still see reported, almost dailv, an anpallinz num ber of deaths by burns and scalds, not one which, ve iae upon ourselves to say, need prove fatal, ur would do so if a few pounds of wheat flour could be promptly applied to the wounds made by fire, and repeated until the in flammatory stage had passed. We have ne ver known a fatal case of scalding or burnine in untcn mis practice nas been pursued, uu ring more man thirty years' experience, and having treated hundreds in both public and private practice. We have known the most extensive burns by falling into caldrons ol boiling oil, and even moulten copper, and yet the patients were rescued by this simple and cheap remedy, which, from its infallible sue- cesr, should supplant all the lashiunable nos trums, whether oil, cotton, lead water, ice turpentine, or pain-extractors, every one of which has been tried a thousand times with fatal result, and the victims have died in ex- cruciating agony, when a tew handfuls of flour would have calmed them to sleep, and rescued them from Dain and death. Humanity should prompt the proiession to publish and repub lish the faction this subject, which are es tablished by the authority of standard medi cal works on both sides of the Atlantic. Flour is the remedy, and the only one, in severe esses of scaltfing and burning casual ties, and which esle so often destroy life. Let us keep it before the people, while the explosion ol steam boilers and burning fluid lamps are so rife all over our country." Vol mo Phexomkmos is Nova Scotia. A rnrreaoondeut nf tlm SI. J.il.na X'.u.. I that quite a commotion has been excited among the people of Digby, upon the south- west shoie of Nova Scotia, by a series of con - vuNions of the earth which have recently ta- ken nlace upon the southeast aide of tiran. vtlle mountain. On the day of the earth quake, which occurred several months since, the mountain was considerably shaken, and a small opening was made upon its slope, whence a great quantity of smoke immedi ately rushed forth, and continued to issue throughout the remainder of the day. This manilestation at length erased, and all re mained quiet until abouta fortnight ago, when suddenly the ground in the vicinity was vio lently agitated, and a chasm opened from which not only a dense volume of smoke but great quantities of dust and small stones were ejected. The Siiutions ol the surface eon- 7... i st - I - i .-i . . . tinued from day t d,y, until in a shot t time a portion of the sloping ascent was converted into a small level plain, which is so shaken up that at a little distance it presents the appearance of a well ploughed field. Short-' ly after the opening of the chasm a huge frag ment of rock was thrown from it w ith such force as to penetrate the side of a neighbor: ing cottage, the inmates of which have since removed to what they consider a safer home. The correspondent of the News says that eruptions are still constantly taking pliu-e, and no person has yet dared to tenture close enough for a minute examination of the phe nomena. 8EBAST0P0L IS TAKEN. The Paris correspondent of the Naiional In-' tclligencer, writing undrr date of the 21th May, inikes tne loliowing startling announcement : -Sebasiopol U taken! A French evening jour nal, whiih has upon several occasions surpris- ed the public by important news in " advance of the other papers, announces the interesting fact. It ia not siaied how the intelligence reached ra ris (that is perhaps the secret of the enterprising journal.) but no doubt seems la be entertained in any quartet ol lis truth. It is no new "Tartar story ;" the publie would not allow itself lo bo thus caught a second time. Here is the an nouncement of the event: "An English photographer will shortly leave the Crimea, carrying back with him for the Bri tish Museum eight hundred views of Sebastopol and its enviioni. The plates are of considerable size, and on some of them it ia possible even lo count the windows of the larger houses." - 1 he Allies have always said they were bound to have Sebxstopol somehow or other. Their en gineers, artillerymen, and Zouaves having failed to mae it, ine lentous fortress lias been taken by their photographers. They resolved lo have iha place "any-how." We hope the v are con tent now lhai they have taken it pholographU cally. Your correspondent will be mora care ful in future how he asserts, as he has been doing (at the lat six months with regard to Sebastopol, that any enemy's place before which the French and English set themselves down with such ex ire rue resolutions ia impregnable. During an ir.terviev which MartineB. the Russian comedian and mimic, succeeded in obtaining with Prince Volkhonsky, High Steward, the late Emperor Nicholas walked into the room unexpectedly, yet with design, as was soon made evident. Telling the actor that he had heard of his talents, and should like to see a specimen of them, he bade htm. mimic the old minister. This feat was per formed with so much gusto that the Emperor laughed immoderately ; and then, to the great horror of the poor actor, desired to have hitn setl taken off." It ia physically Impossible," pleaded MartineJT. Nonsense," said Nicho las, 1 insist on its being done." Finding himself in the horns of a dilemma, the mimic took heart of grace, and with promptitude and presence of mind buttoned his coat over his breast, expanded his chest, threw up his head, and assuming the Imperial port tuahe best of his power, strode across the room and back j then, stopping opposite the Miuister, he cried, in the exact time and manner of the Caar, Volkhonsky! pay M. MartinefT 1,000 silver rubles." Emperor for a moment was disconcerted, but recovering himself with a faint smile, he ordered the money to be paid. A Oatiikriso or tiii Clans. Among other queer things that have sprung nut of the Na tional fcUby Show ie an enterprise," the like of which, if successfully carried oui. the world will never have seen before. Several gen lietuen, it seems, have associated together aud ofjtional fcUby Show ie an "enterprise,' subscribed f 100,000 to be expended in getting together a Congress of Nations,'' tltai ie to say, living specimens, male and female, of every na tion on lite habitable globe, all in their native j costume, except when lltey are nude. Great j care will be used in selecting the finest specimens, j and when convenient, prelere ncejwill be given to uch persons as play upon some insirutneuie of j musie. j Such a stuJy was of course never before j brought under the eyes of mortal men. The Congress of Nations will necessarily include atl the vaiious tribes of Indians in the world. ' lqnimaux, Japanese, Laplanders, Persians, I Tuiks, Arabs, llottrntoia, Bushmen. Csffirs. all j ' A nasties, Le., ie. Some 13 months or nmre'may be require,! to make the entire eol- , lection, nul interesting portions of it, it is thought, can oe ooiained at a mucn earlier period. A. -V. ExprtM. Fit su I Pav to Chanci. An English Lily who had forsaken her God and her Bible for the gloom and darkness of infidelity, was etossing the Atlantic, and asked a pious sailor one morn ing how long ihey should be out. In fmiriesn dsys, if ii is God's will, we shall be in Liverpool," answered the Sailor. II il ia God's will," eiid ihe lady, what senseless expression ; don't you know tbafall comes by chanti V In a lew dsys a terrible storm arose, and the ,lopJ clinging to the side of the esbin door ,B 6PB3r ot rror w,l" li? pasati 1 "". , " v " do T, nink," said she, will the isiorro soon be overt " It seems ltkelr la last for soma tlm. ma. dam." Oh," she cried, " oray that we mar not be lost." His only and elaim reply was, Shall I prsr 10 CHiXCt ! ( osut AsvrariMSo A Physician in New urk lately paid I7id lor two insertions of aa advertisement in the weekly Tribune. There wete 750 lines at 60 cents a line for each iosti tioa. It seems to hive been a judicious expenditure, fas Si! MM lain ,-. IIm I. f l I . IV . ""a t ma rirariirvi ns j .uddenly been swelled w the rate ol si0u.00) ; a year. r.. ok.
The Durham Recorder (Durham, N.C.)
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June 27, 1855, edition 1
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