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tarr tit severely wocaJed ia tbe arper rtrt c'
ii.itb, aa rtxei?-i several sbots hi bis anas and
kisda. Mr. Wb. Ferr baJ oat el kit thumbs ao
kart U.at iRroUtioa m aeceMary. Messrs. J. Rus
seL, J. Wesael, 1. Jlstlswi, asd a colored mi, wirt
hart.
Beta ths partita wtrt eonmitiei to jail, and will
It examined to itj.Commtrcirf.
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riwant .
Oa WedacaJay last, aftar a very ricitiog aewion,
, tht K. N. Council at FkilaJelpbia ramt to a ott on
tka rtsolutio&a reported kj a anajoritj of tbt torn
uittM oa tkat tubjett. TkU aanjority report via
. aioptad by a rota of 60 ayea to 59 aayt, ami J much
ticitinimt, iodt;aatioa and coofuuoo. Tot nut
Bkor&tftg fifty-tkret ntmbrra from Nonbera Ssate
aeeeded, via : ti(kt from Ohio, ail from fnJiaoa, two
from Miihiraa.four froat Uliaois, aarea from Mw
ckaietta, tbrea from New Hampihira. from Ver
.moat. mtc& from kfaint, two from Iowa, three from
Rkoda IiliaJ.lkreo from Connecticut and tbrea from
Wjfcooiia. Tbeie, rooipriiiof tht majority of tht
delejitea from twe'ft fret itatea, onizeJ at the
Girard iiooft and adopttH platlorm of their own.
tt ia mort tbaa proballt that tbey will It joined by
othert from tba lamt latitude.
Tkata lata to kt tbt facta of tbt caat aa drawn
from tht teporti of tbt Ntw York Herald, an arJent
' lop porter of the orJtr, not particularly ecrupuluua
in it aJberenct to truth where it Laa a point to be
' tained. Wt prttumt that fuller Jerelopmenta will
1 tibibit tbt nipturt ai being much more deciiWe,
' complete and final. With the tiception of New
York Fenntylrania and California, the necedere
iptak tor tbt Northern Statae. Tbt action of State
Convtntiona and the iaauee maJe in political conteete
. in Penniylrania, fully prore that whatever may be
, tbt action of delef atee to a council, the order there
it wholly antl-Ntbraaka and anti-Furitire Slate Law.
, California it Ckelj lo go with the South in moil
contetta which may arie t any rate. At for New
York, neither Know Notbinre nor any other thinga
can pUct any dependence upon brr.
Tht Council kat thtrefort proted to a demonstra
tion tbt fact which everybody must already batt
teeo, and that it tbt flat lmpoibilHy of nationalising
an order to taeentially and radically aectional in its
. luception and progtesa an order which baa won all
ita triumph! upon Fret Soil triumphs, too, over
. which the organs of tba order here did greatly jubi
latt, ttpecially ottr those in New Hampshire, Connec
ticut, Massachusetts, Michigan, etc.
- Of course there will be some strong talking some
tpaamoJic effort lo conceal, defeat or soften the aj
- proachee of ineritallt dissoluiion. hut the " invisible
inviacible," ia a doomed order. , It cannot well Mir-
vivt tht year, and tht idea of Tta holding a National
Convention next year, for the nomination rf a pre
sidential eandidatt aa baa been suggested by a State
Counoif of tht order, it about the richeM joke of the
season . It bai, prospectively viewed, a posthumous
character that it quite unique,
s, U'sll, the majority composed of delegates from
, ' Klalea where the K. N.'e have been defeated in moit
caect,; afler a severe struggle have paused a plat
form upon which the strong K. N. States of the
NOtth " iplt," and from which they secede.
. Id speaking of tba reaolutiona adopted by the I'hila-
. delpliia Counoil, the New York Erprtat, one of Sam's
great champions, whose editor baa recently held an
' angrj eon eipondenota with Bishop Hughes, which
controversy, or a version of it, it now hawked over
,lhe xountry, bj f, N, agents, this same Express
iaya, that 'lhe retoluiiom of tht Tniladelphia Con
' Tnlion, jf pasted, will bt repudiated rn nil tht Free
. Slates of thi Union.'1-' Tbey have alrendy been re
pudiated by twelve of them. Coming events will
toon ahow the character of the Order in the other
' tbrea or four Northern States, Tbt same New York
h Expreu says, "Gorernori Gardner, of Maisachusoltt,
Johmton, of Pa., and Colby, of N. H , express the
Northern sentiment. . Tht Ntw Yorkert who 'pledge'
to tbt contrary, will bt without vote or endorsement
tt home." Tbit may ba looked npon at the beginning
, of the end. Sic transit, etc.
Naw Hotci. at Smithviuk. Wt are pleased to
learn . that Messrs. B. D. Morrel and others are
' cow engaged in patting up a Hotel building in Smith-
ville, of the following dimensions Length 125 feet.
depth 45 feet; height, four stones. It will contain
two. large dining rooms, two parlors, and ninety sleep-
. Ing apartments, and ia expected lo bt finished by the
SOib, of July. It is situated in the most eligible por
tion ot the village, within fifty feet of the water.
,Thia will be a great addition to Smithville, as woll
- at vaat accommodation lo vieitort. It hat a pros
pect, of being able to do a good business.
Mexico. -They. continue to drive a pretty acti e
revolutionising business in Mexico. Advices at New
Orleans from tba Brazos, u to tht 10th inst., report
the captnre'of Monterey on the 27th by the revolu
tionists nnder General Cardona. Sixty-teven officers
aoTmen were taken prisonert, and several pieces ot
cannon ctptured. Business was entirely suspended.
Ciravajal bad crossed the Rio' Grande, and, it was
' reported, bad encountered tht government troops.
Quits an amusement in the warrr season, wbea noth
ing else is stirring. .'
. IrThe Commercial ii authorized " to tay,
V t tbe Commissioners of the Town do not pay for
the fife and drum, and don't can who does. Tbat'i
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Later from Jtcxlc.
s - Niw OitiiAKt, Jone 12. -The steamship Oriiaba
bns arriTel at this port with advices from the city of
-. ' i to tl.e J instant. Santa Anna hat taken
I -'-a of Zamora, which the insurrectionists Jeft
FTproacb. ,The fugitive! wert pursued and
', 2,1:3 prisoners were taken. Santa Anna re--
V -rrlia on the 2 let, and left on the 22d
9 Cotnonfort is ported with twenty-fitt
' rpral smaller bands of revolution
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re keinnicg to aisuxe ; stij tbit a trikttBce tu
tbe stuiieJ iuio'.nte with a Llch tie friendly whin-
cei uf Our transatlantic brtilen wna to l received,
r.ay pos.iry at u Jitant perioJ, convert lhe ia
mo' into facta.
Tbe Mercury tbea proceeds to say that wk le ev
ery whiskered aiJ-de-ca.Tp or ravvy from tbe prti
nenul powera, wboat busisesa or rieuurc lead tra
to Fx t land . is overwhelmed w.th honor teceivrd
in a special trait at Fo'.kstone, and in a court car
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riage at Londua BriJfe, presented to Majesty tv th
Minister, and ' rani tbt niuntlet ol rxucratit L"
vitality and oateatation ia rieectnt Loe anj Square,
liom M. ce'LiPg id tat Lurt, to t NMreboify in
tbt West, Americaa visitors uf Jttinc'o an ' mer
it art atieriy neglected and ignor! in several in
stancet which havt lately been brought ander its
notice of tht manner ta a hick Americana have been
trtaUJ, tht Mercury contest itielf wit giving the
following:
U tbe month of Marcb but, three of tht American
te'eran tfScert of tbt Mexican campa;gn, m the three
several de;artme nta of engineer, artillery, and rival
ry, selected from tbt gallant army of tht tailed
Ntf, by tht ftrtident and cabinet, as worthy from
their U'ent and service to represent their country
men, were directed by the Government lo proceed to
the Crimea, for the purpose of studying the art uf
war. Tbt camel of these officers weie, and tie,
Msjor Kicbard IfelafielJ of the F.ni ineers Mijoi
klordecai of tbe Arti.lery, and Captain Maclellan of
the Cavalry. IMd they proceed lo the rfuuian lines,
where the art of war can be studied quite aa effectu
ally as in our own to wbuh they would have re
ceived, and wouIJ still receive a hearty welcome
and with which nation they are falsely represented
to sympathise 1 1 bey did not Tbey arrived in
Knglar.d, with letters fion th British Minister at
Washington authenticating their mission, and which
were presented by them last month lo the Foreign
Secretary in ondoo; but heond a civil reception,
which we believe Lord Clarendon vouchsafrs to all
men an interview with Sir John Hurruyne and let
ters of recognition to the authorities in the Crimea
no notice w hatever waa taken ot them or their mis
e on. No special train received them at Liverpool
no Court carriage at Kaston Square no presentation
to Majesty no inscription in the Chamberlain's
open sesame no paetcboard for Minister's reception
or aristocrats soiree and the ooly surfeit which
tbey received was a surfeit of nelert ami didn't,
which they have doubtless carried with ttiem to the
Court of France, whither they have bent their str ,
and which it will assuredly upfyall the batlm sml
Brunnels of Pumpernickel to reuuVe.
Towards the end of last suiinnerAilie I nilvd .Slain
slooii-of-wsr Preble arrived at SpiihVad. It i a rule
in the American Navy that all the naval cidrts, who
compose the material out of whicn are fashioned
afterwards the naval commanders oi tht Republic,
shall serve their time before the mi ; and a good
and wholesome rule it H, for reasons too obviout to
descant upon. The Treble, a trainingVhip for this
purpose, and manned almost exclusively Tiy-oung
erntlemoii Horn niHoncM the most rrrcctaule .inn
lies in the States, the amount ot two hundred and
upwards, came to Npithead for the purpose of nuval
education. She hsppenod to he the imlv man of-wur
on the station it the time, and her presence on tint
account, and on account of tbe frequent oppoiitini
ties which she had of suluting the Hoynl Yacht, whs
made more than usually conspicuous. She was left
wholly unnoticed by the authorities of Portsmouth,
her cadets were refused admission to the dockyard,
a..d she ultimately left (be station, with two hundred
younj, naval hearts, the future upholders of their
country's naval fame, fully impressed with the na
ture of their reception In their fatherlund.
The Mercury then gives the following contrast :
We can also tell our readers, how Her Majesty's
sloop-of-war Pearl sailed from Beimnda in the win
ter of 1839 or 1840, with despatches entrusted to her
gallant commander, Lord Clarence Paget, for the
V'nited States Government how she experienced n
succession of gales on her passage how she nrrive.il
in Chesapeake Bay with battered hulk and exhausted
crew how the naval authorities of Norfolk, the
lortsmouth of the States, sent shipwrights and rin
gers on hoard how the good ship was refitted with
out charge or demand of any kind and how the
British officers and crew were welcomed and feasted
on shore. It is fresh, too, in the recollection of the
public, how the two Russian men-of-war were refitted
and repaired at Portsmouth Inst year, their officers
received with marked consideration, anJ the dock
yaids thrown open to Russian pencil and pen 1
There was a Prussian man-of-war (the Gaflon) at
the samo period which was similarly favored, hut
then, to he sure, she was commanded ny one of the
Royal Family !
there are other cases in abundance for tbe alien
ated fooling of the American people. The studied
slights shown in England to such men a Henry
Clay and other distinguished Southerners, because of
their connection with slavery ; the ovation to Mrs.
Stowe, deliberately designed not to honor her, but to
insult her country , the constant war upon American
institutions ; the ribald abuse and slander ot our peo
tile by tourists and newspapers ; the announcement
of a determination to regulate the affairs of both
hemispheres, tbeso are abundant reahorm why Ameri
cans cannot sympathize with the war of (ircat Bri
tain upon a country trom which limy have only re
ceived kindness and consideration.
Courtship among the I'iWNirs When a lover
wishes to break the ice, he comes to her father's tent,
uninvited, and sits on the corner of the mat for a
considerable time, and thon goes away without speak
ing. This is the preliminary step, answering, per
haps, to the first gentlo pressure of the hand the
first blushing hesitation in address the first mutual
glance of understanding. After a few days the
young man returns, wearing his buffalo robe, with
the hair outward, and again sits down silon. in the
corner of ibe tent. This is a proposal a regular
" popping the question." If the father is determined
to reject bim, nothing is placed for him c& on, and
no meat is offered ; but if he approves of the match,
thee nles of hospitality are observe!. Feasts are
then given by the respective parties, in order to ob
tain the consent of the relatives. If both feasts ter
minate favorably in this respect, tbe young man pre
sents himself once more before bis bride, at tbe door
of her tent, and then turns round and walks slowly
off towards his own she rises and follows him ths
marriage is then complete. If she remain sitting, it
is a sign that her family decline the match... All this
is done without a word passing between tbe intended
bride and the husband that is to be. But the most
extraordinary part of the affair, is that having mar
ried an elder sitter, he has the right to marry all the
younger ones, as tbey successively attain ths age of
womanboon. The author adds : "I have seen chiefs
wbd bare in this manner married a whole family ;
the eldest wife being the greatest drudge, and the
youngest being" generally ths favorite Sultana, and
consequently doing the least." (ChtrUs Augustus
Murray.) - - ' - . '
' Later from th Rio Grande. .
New Orleans, Jane 13. A 1 vices from Brazos,
Texas, to the 10 inst., state that the revolutionists
bad taken Moflterey and many prisoners and muni
tions of war., Carvajal and Capestran bad crossed
tbe Rio Grand, and are reported to hare encountered
tbe Government troops at tattront.
' Waiter, bring; me some corn," said ft boarder to a
freen Irish servant. " Hay r said tfaddy, leaning
own to calch the accent. .11' No, no corn ,' replied
tbe guest. . . v ..
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i i e fcil ret a Iculle-tine J jaa, ni fercu
i ja ff-, anJ po Jer bJ ihnt ; irhi acme taor:.
f'er a avi.!i!.t r.it, acmbo4"a cat wou'Ja't
ci! t,i: to I reakfat. Pf if it i I d woo' J I
trotAleJ a lb the dump. We rite in notice of our
giiise, nj bit mt io -ended to li iliout tLea.
We'd. l!.e own Citne so on Monday B gtt, wr.h ker
jrest, round fice. iul eat wikng ep the sky wr.h
a queti'y tep, ttrowicg her light, I ke a miatel of
brightness, over all the earih. We la the calm of
a moonlight night, in tbe t U Spring time, aad the
rats of eur part t the to a Lvt it to; for tbey
eotne from every quarter from the abed around tbe
Niuonil GitdrB from the kitchen aud from the
sUb!ecreep.nr te!:bilj it.J sof.lv along the Up
of the fence, and aluog the shed, aa ! cumbering
up the bonds that leaa tp agaimt the out-builJ.or
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n.ry pat llinnKi ,n uwn. wviv it ru vi i.nu, in
tl.eir old tn sting place right op pout our chamber
window. Te all this we bad, ia the abstract, no ob
jection. If a rat chog to take a quiet walk by
atoocilighl if be choc la go out for kt pleasure
or bit profit, it u so partiealar busiien of ours, and
we hun t a worj to say. Cats have rights, and wt
havt no deposition to interfere with I hem. But tbey
aiust keep tbe peace. Tbey mut get as ao disorderly
meetings, no nnliwfut assemblies If tbey choose to
bold a convention they can do it for all as but they
must go limit it decently and in order.
Tbey RfiBM talk mitten ever calmly ; there must
bt no rioting, no f ghtng. Tbey must refrain from
the ae of prolan language tbey mustn't swear
There's law again! all this, and wt warned tbea
long ego tint we would stand no such nonsense.
We said we'd let drive among them with a double
barrelled gun loaded w ith powder and duck-shot, and
we mesnt it. But those cats didn't believe a word
we end They d dnt believe we had any powder or
shot. Tl ey didn't believe we bad any gun, or knew
bow to use it if we bad And one great Miltese,
(with eyes like tea plates and a tail tike a Bologna
siusige!) grinned and sputtereJ, and spit in drrisioo
an t uenance at our turetti. " Very well ' said we,
" very well, Mr Tom Cat, very well indeed! On
your bead be it, Mr. Tom Cat. Try it on, Mr Tom
( at, and see who 11 get tbe worst ot it "
We said the moon came up Monday night with her
great round face ; and all the little tars hid them
selves as if ashamed ot their twinkle in tbe splendor
of her superior brightness. We retired alter tbe ba
by had been put asleep in bis crib, and the rumble ol
the carriages am: cart had ceased in the streets, and
the scream of the ten o'clock train bad died away
into silence, with a quiet conscience, and in the con
fidence that we should find that repose to whicr one
Mho bus wronged no man during the day is justly en
titled. It may have been eleven o'clock, possibly
midnight, when we were wakened from a pleasant
slumber by a bable of unearthly sounds in tbe rear
of our chamber. We knew what those sounds meant
- tbey had cot ua fuel enough to have lasted us
week . W e raioed the window ; and there, as of old,
right opposite us, on the norih end of that long shed,
waa an assemblage of all the cats in that part of the
town. We won't be precise as to numheis, but it is
our honest belief that there were less than three hun
dred of them ; snd if one among them all was silent,
we didn't succeed in discoverii g which it was. There
was that same old Maltese, with his great saucer ryes
and sausage tail ; and over against hi in sat a mon
strous bnndle ; and off at his right was sn old pot
ted ratter ; ind on bis left was one, black as a wolfs
mouth, all but Ins eyes, which glared w ith a sulphur
out and lurid briahtnens; and dotted all around, over
a space of thirty leet square, were dozens more, of all
si.et and colors- and such growling and spitting, and
shrieking, and swearing, never before broke, with
hideous discord, the silence of midnight!
We loaded our double barrelled gun by candle
light, we put plenty of powder and a handful of shot
into each barrel. We adjusted the taps carefully,
and stepped out of the window npon the narrow
roof upon which it opens. We were then just eigh
ty rods from the cat convention, and we addressed
ourself lo the chairman, t,the old Maltese,) in a dis
tinct and audible voice, and cried-" Scat !" He didn't
recognize our iuht to the floor, but went right o.i
with the business of the meeting. " Stat!" cried we
again, more emphatically than before, but were an
swered by an extra shriek from the chairman, and a
fiercer scream from the whole assembly. " Scat
once !" cried we again, as we brought our gun to a
present. " Scat, twice I" and we aimed straight at
ilie chauman and covering half a dozen others in the
range. ' Neat, three times!" and we let drive.
Bang ! went the right hand barrel and bang! went
the left hand barrel. Such scampering such leaping
oil the shed, such running away over the raves of
the out buildings, over the tops of tbe wood sheds,
were never seen before. The echoes of the tiring
had scarcely died away when the whole assemblage
was broken up and dispersed
" Thomas,"' said we next morning, to tbe boy who
does chores lor us. " There seems to be a cat a
sleep out on that shed go op and scare it oway."
Thomas clambered up the shed and went up to where
that cat lay and lifting it up by the tail, halloed hack
to us " This cat can't be waked up ; it can't be
(cared away it's dead !" After examining it a mo
ment, ' Somebody has been shootin' of it, by thun
der !" said be, as he tossed it down into the yard
" You don't say so !" said we. That cat was the old
Maltese, the chairman of that convention but he
won't preside over another very soon. We don't
know here he boarded, or who claimed title to him.
W hat we ') know is, that it costu quarter to have
him buried or thrown into the liver ; and if anybody
owned him, all we ask is, that he should pay us back
our quarter, and the difference between his value and
that of the powder and shot we expended on him.
We'll throw in the vexation of being broke of our
rest, and the wickedness of using certain expletives
under the excitement of the occasion which are
not to be found in any of the religious works of the
day
Arrival of th Empire Cltjr.
New Orleans, June 12 -The steamship Empire
City has arrived at ber whan in this city from Ha
vana, which port she left on the 9th inst. Her ad
vices, however, have been anticipated by the arrival
or the Isabel at Charleston.
Reduction in the Paicr-eor BEtr. There has
been a material reduction in the prices ol beef cat
tle per pound in our market. Last week the prices
ranged as follows : For extra $9 ou ; first quality
$9 ; second quality $8 50 ; third quality 7 50 a $8
To-day the prices were $6 50 ; 5 50 ; $5 and $4
50 ; being a reduction of from 3 to 31 cents per
pound. AllHiny Atlas, June 11.
On Wednesday ths United States frigate Cnnstitu
tion at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, was duly in
spected by the appointed officers. It was highly
satisfactory. The discipline and neatness everywhere
apparent, show tbe faithfulness and energy of ths
officers, and "Old Ironsides" now floats in youthful
rigor, although her timbers have visited almost every
clime, and ber prow has been wet by the waters ot
fifty years.
A lady went into a hardware store, in which there
were a couple of clerks, ana caned tor a pair ot snun
ers. " Suppose you take us," said one of the clerks,
"we both snuff" The lady didn't buy.
One or them. Tbe Claremont, Obit, Sun, gives
tns louowitig in relation to reverend author m the
service ot the great humbug K.'N," party: "
,. "Another of these Hindoo reverends, the notable
author of 'Danger in the Dark,1 took away a man's
wife, in Brown county, and traveled for pleasure with
ber till tbe wronged hnsband overtook tbt loving pair.
And tbis man's book is being peddled by bis brother
reverends throughout the Isnd to correct the morals of
the young people, and to txoite old folks agaimt Ca
tholicism." --S
1 ai.cwl wi h t'.it t .r raud.
Ich sc.: r v, en i'e r 'c-, Ij f ..o ril bus- .
dred ar.;.i a two whee'ed ox-crt a: 1 a .! :ry y;ke t
cf tlljcks, ia qit-t cl iirei.i.li' J. iLey ce:er
nuced epva eta'gra: r.g, one ta Ahlima, tie o'.Ler tj :
Tens Of ccHjr.e. then, tie tree! rg wis as afkt-
ir.f one, invested wi'h all lie to errnity cf in eter- (
ral severance We shall call o; Ick r J the tbei
UM1 ai. mere y lur the sake ct d,t ncti-n, aid tot
des r rg to mke rub.ic their reil nam- i
After loose nc-Lm conversation, P.ck pulle-l out j
bis kii.'e. erenej it and corcaieiKed mJti-trkm!y
whittling, a preliminary to a so'gcttion of unosal j
gnv.ty. It was a Urge, round, venerable on'
which they were seated, f,ck at one end and Oiiii
ah at tbe other ia juxupont.on,"' as Gov Foote j
wcu.J say. uttena noticed the gest cu.atory tuov
that Le baa something of a very del. cite rutme u
Ulk about. io abend," laid Obadtah. with an en
couraging earnestness.
And tbui IXck commenced : Mioaknow, Ob., that
sne and my wife bev got to gittia' doing very badly.
Sal, sum bow or other, kinder alants from me of lite
days, and I thought as I was gwne to Texas, and
you to liilibama, that I woatj offer to si ip you my
tige lor yoen But see here, tN I uvnl gire boot.
Aftr a long pause, in which nuny a thought
iseJ rapidly through tbe mind of Obadiah. he an
swered :
"Well, Dick, 1 don't know but what I II do it. But
you see, now, my Poll is purtier ihsn your Sail ; and
yoa know she it a younger rritter by twelve long
yean. Now Dick, old fellow, bow would you like
to trade a young and likely filly for at old broken
winded and homely bone, and get no boot?'
Tbe argument was a clincher; and Dick, though
reluctant to acknowledge it, manifestly felt its force.
After much further parleying, it was agreed between
the faithless Benedicts that Dirk should take Obadi
ab's wife, and Obadiah Dick's, upon these conditions:
that th former should give the latter, in the way of
boot, a ttvand n, two guatt, an vld hot gun mid
an oi bell '
The treaty of exchange was ratified accordingly,
and Sal went to " Yallibam" and Poll to "Taxis."
Tbe respective children of the two mothers remained
with their respective fathers, and thus were favored
with that peculiar relation, a step-mother by process
svapping.
We assure our readers that this statement ia sub
stantially true, the incidents having actually occurred
as above related It may be, however, that so far as
the wives are concerned, the swapping was more for
mal than actual ; that, in brief, the cow, calf, goats,
shot gun snd cx I ell were a "dead loos" on the part
of Dick, and but fair tribute to the mercenary Oba
diah. The parties were both subscribers to the East
ern Clarion, snd we are unfeignedly sstonithed that
they did not imbibe from its columns, whatever may
have been the defects of early education, a purer mo
rality ami more manly estimate of " Heaven's first
best gift to man a wife." Paulding (Mm.) Clarion
A Msiui. or thi: United States - Among the
Americans who ailended the late ball given at the
Hotel de Ville. Paris, was Jack Spicer of Kentucky.
Jack rushed the dress somewhat strong, and sported
epaulettes on his shoulders large enough to start four
Msjor Generals in business Jack was the observed
of all observers, and got mixed up with a party that
his friends coihl not account for. Wherever the
marshals of Frunce went, there went lack ; and when
the marshals sat down, Jack did the same, always
taking the post of honor. The day after the hall
Jack called on his old acquaintance, Mr. Mason, our
Minister to France, who started up a little conversa
tion in the following manner:
" I hear. Jack, that you were at the ball last night.''
11 1 was, Sir, and had a hitch old time."
"For which you are indebted, I suppose, to the
high old company you got mixed up with 1 By the
way, how came you associated with Ibe marshals '"
" How t by virtue of my office they were mar
sbals of France, while I am nothing else tlmn mar
shal of the Republio. I showed my commission and
took post accordingly." 1
" By right of your office ; what do you mean ?"
' Rend that and seo "
Here Jack presented Mr. Mason with u wlntey
brown paper, with a seal big enough for a four pound
weight "
" What in the name of Heaven is this ''
' My commission of marshal I received it hi lH'0,
when 1 assisted in taking the census in Frankfort "
" Yon don't mean lo say that you travel on thi'?',
" I don't mean anything else. That makes me a
marshsl of the Republic, and I intend lo have the of
fice duly honored."
Mr. Mason allowed that Jack was doing a large
business on a very small capital. We should not
wonder if the reader did the same.
The New York Herald published ten column of
the speeches at the know nothing "banquet" at
Philadelphia; and yet, much as it love' the order, is
compelled to make the following admission :
"Though there appear to have been over thirty
speakers preent. each of whom obtained the floor in
bis turn and spoke as long as his wits or his legs
permitted, it would be who'ly futile to seek in the
report of the speeches for a single sentence wotth
presei ving."
A II RIVALS AT IIOLMKfe IKITKL, Jane l
OWKM UOLMES, I'ROrRIKTOR.
George Worthism, Smith?ille ; L)r Thomas Hill, do;
Holmea, do ; Dr John Hill, do ; J L IVarborn, .Shsllotte ; J
0 Hoopr, FsyetUvills ; F C Hill, N 0 ; David Mclntyre,
Rocky Point ; It W Kurfrwin, New Hanover ; H K Bryan,
.Nmnd; J O MciUe. Wilmington ; I. I'cscock, N C ; W R
Crawford, W !t M R H ; I. H Crawley, Auguntn, ia.
ARRIVALS AT CAltOLI.A IIOTKL, June 1.1 195,1.
B. 8. BROWN, PROPRIETOR.
J. M. Brooki, ludy and two children, Misi.; ('. C. Farn
ham. W. Wakemsu, Nw York ; 1. Lucsi, Mr. Katon and
two ladies, Va.; Jamei W. Scott, lady and two children,
Miss Eastman, T. J. Tompkins, Savannah; K. Uormia,
Chili; U. M. McLnuren, Lsuremburgh t H. J. Itebheng, la
dy and three daughters. La.; Caleaereo, Cuba, H. Klieinc,
Mobile; !S. May, I'hila.; J. W. ZimraermiD, Goldsboro ;
S. T, Hinds, Portimouth : J. L. Bsss, Oeo. M. Simmons,
C. Bnndt, F. Hsys, Weldon ; Dr. DuPre, Wilmington;
W. Neliits, Missouri ; L. S. Darniont?ille,Uordeaui ; J. K.
Ivoy, W. k M. R. 11.; B. . Applewhite, Columbns, ; J. T.
Grimei, Portsmouth.
DUMAS' LATEST. "THE CONSCRIPT."-A Tsfc
of tbe Empire. From the French of Alexander Dumas ;
author of " Monte Cbristo," &c. " This book ia a transla
tion of 7iru tt Diablt, the last work published by A. Hu
ms, it we except the short itory of ( 'atharine Blcun. The
author called the book ' Dieu et Diablo ; Conwiene l'inno
cent,' which the translator has rendered 'Conscience the
Conaoript,' etc., to iroid touching too familiarly on things
our Protectant prejudices teach us t avoid, and becattselt
was thought impossible to find in English a term equirilent
to the French inmwcnf." Ths work in juat from prejs.
June 16. Fonaleit S. W. WHITAKER'S.
BALLOU'S MONTHLY MAGAZINE. Our pickags
of ths Jnns No. the publiBher thinks must have been
misdirected, as we have not received it, and hare hsd to re
order. We hive 1 supply now no hand. Price 10 cents i
single copy, subscription Jl per annum Each No
com-
pien in iihii. rorsaieil
S. W. WHITAKER'S.
rj.LANMORE; OR THE BANDITS OF SARATO
VX GA. A Romance of the Revolution. By Park
Clinton. Just puhlished. Forsileit
Jnna 16- ' S. VV.. WHITAKER'S.
TJAULSAROON
OR THE SCOUKGE OF THE AN.
X T1LLES.
B'
Sylvinus Cobb, Jr. Jnat published com
S W. WHITAKER'S.
plete.
For sale it
inent, and pneked his ears f the irgre of some- i T era mr eu-aerrr4 : tr.t
th,. g pfttkeuc At las D.ck, after leduc rg the ,m- m mttm u ut ,,e4 a tiJI,t9 tie aa
BUTTER. -A few kegs Northern, for sale by
Jne J. H FLANNER.
WM. S. J0HE$.- DASL. M TLKS.
JOKES A FOYLES,
GROCERS,
Market Street, 'Wllmlna-ton, IS. CM
HAVEUON HAND, AND WILL CONTINUE Tt
keep, aa assortment of '
FAMILY GROCERIES j-
Also, a choice selection of -
WINES AND LIQUORS,
whioh they are willing to sell for small profits.
-.. Terms i CASH. - . -. ,
No account will be allowed to remain unsettled over
THIRTY DAYS. ' , , .
All goods sold that do ot turn oat S recommei did, will
be taken kick and the money refunded. - .
. Joss 7. dlw-tf ,
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t.vs, lorate-J it Ct. Puu,rs t c. .. ,,t Uu t., f,
fcf acb k fata I U .-' k F. M
May I.ISjS act-tf ' 1
-II.!ci'j twrmu t -mr. .rc(aiv4 mi nil tr
a.n, at tht;ran M4.ni xrt, 1?) Arrfc str..VhU
tir
Tits wtdiciai kai etit liabei tV it. If a ms Utrbtsiwtt-
Wr, kuvtrer "'T their srbeKct, r sedwctir th:r (tvbu
sv, eaiaot reik. It rJD4 tie yubiie eoni I t the
ustaeiM kaaefiu tkit iit bea denvt t from it, aai vUl
Tr auintua its )mitioa.
r if sal ta WUniiirtoa. N. C.ky IV A. O. BRAl'LEY,
m4 CtD. UfRt!. l-mgrijtt. 230-2 iScw
" THOE ke are UJbted U u iadivUuanT. er W
JOHX DAWSON k CO., will pleas eaU lai riv. r
bfor tke aoik isjt., if iul saisy witlk ued tt Jane Cvart,
tkidaftes t Nfl Umber CrV, ai further idalgie will But
b f iva, kiTiog mad kasiaess irraBretneats Uewher, w
twid repair all mr eapital. Ail rami imlef M if tt
paid immediately, will i pat ii the haads f fT"!"' offior'
for eolleetio. JOHN DAWSJt
Msy J, t9 Sj-tli-auttja
NCWELL'S PATENT BATETT
LAMP k LAMP iEEUEH.
A N'LW AKTlCLt, warrntd to prtTfnt all AeeiJeau
from the uk ef Jiumtmf Ik, Cumptttnt, d vtKer
'xMie Cumpvnd, mtl Ur ths productioa at Lirht
This InTentioa is applied to all eommna Lamp and usmp
t"dr, also, t Swlar, Cscipbss Lamps. Lanterns, e.
ALSO, Buroiag Fluid, laoiphen, aut Kosia Oil. " Fr
salikyO. Ii D. U t'tlE, lruggit, Market stmt, Wil-
BliDrtoB, S C.
tlsTiug parrha4 the riht fur ths tt of N. V,., hvia
th I'steutet, w r prepared tc til ill Orders it short no
tice, for sTery description aad rarietv of Lamps, Jie.
The following Certificates an a inScieat guarant- of th
satire tifi ty ind eScieneTof tb8atetj Liuip indFetder
CEIltlFlCATKS.
lt Botlitom SriterT. 1!osto. 21t Nt.. IS33.
Iiurcxtoa HssMJiii Siu.i.n i Dear Si I taks, the
liberty of asking roe u any eireumntiac has occurred, tend-
log any degree to diuiinh
ituimsa tbe lull eonQavac you hive
flt
In the protection ifforded It Newell's I'ltent Ntfetr li
Hup!
Wita high respect, truly yours,
A. A. tUYirs.
Boston. Not. 21. 1853.
To Dr. A. A. Haykh iIkar Sir, in reply to ths inquiry
contained in yuur note of this date, 1 eaa now state that
" Newell's 1'itent Safety Lamp," after a considerably ex
tended experience in my family, hai fully justified the favor
able opinion which 1 expressed of it about year ago.
Until this protection was presented, 1 nerer permitted the
lo-eilled burning fluid to be u ed in my houae. Nw it i
constantly employed by the domestics, and it his bi'eu occa
sionally burned in the parlor ind study The home being
lighted ky gas, there is little occasion for its general u.- in
the family ; but trith the prottrttom iimtd uioce, I ihoul l
have no hesitation toua it wherever there ii occa-y'to foe
artificisl light, and 1 do,with eutire eonfidonce, recommend
it to my friemli and others who consult me on th iil'jeet
always protesting, however, againat the usruarded um which
hai produced so tunny distressing ind fatil reaults
1 remsin, dear air, very rcapectfully and truly yours,
15. SSim.iman, Senior
Wir.MiNoro, N. C, June 13th, Ht
I hereby certify that I witaesaed the experiment? i.f Mr
Newell, with bia patent Sifety Lamp, foe burniing "fluii'
nd am perfectly aatiafied of the safety of the jnnie.
Jas. H. Dicxson,
('resident of the N. ('.Medical Society
Tbia ia to eertify thut 1 have used Newell's Patent vafi'ty
Lamps, for more than twelve tuontha, and they hav. iwi.
perfect aatiafaction. tiso. 1,. Frk ii
June2:ld, 1H51
All peraons are rautioncl against infringing u)"in the sIkiv
patent, aa the law will be rigidly enforced against all otTeu
ders.
C. l)v PR K,
U. DtPRE, Jr.
A. C. DICKINSON.
Juu.20th.lS6l 25-11
HI PKKIOH ( (H UT NOTK E,
laiole of North ( arnlliin, 1 Superior Court of Law
llrunawick County. Spring Term, 18.W.
IT appearing to the Court that a special Term Of the Supe
rior Court is necessary, it ii therefore ordered that Term
bn held on tho fourth 'Monday in July, ISM, and that the
Clerk of this Court advertise the same in the newjpsner
published In the city of Wilmington.
This, therefore, is tu notify all suitors, witnesses, and all
other persons wb have unsettled buaines en the civil docket
in said Court, to attend at the Court House in Smithville it
the time aforesaid
Witness, Wm. Smith, Clerk of our said Court, it office, in
Smithville, this the 5th day ot June A. 1).,
WM. SMITH, Clerk Siip'r Court
JuneJHh, 1SC3. 2!-tlthtnj.v
T?ANCY CASSIMEKES and
BEAUTIFUL. iJNEN
JT DRILLS, just opened at tho City Clothing Store.
We
advise all who want goods honestly made and to fit, to call
st SCOTT dr BALDWIN'S. They do the test unrk in
town, and turn out upwards ot one hundred garments weekly,
made to measure.
Avhhv still continues to turn out incomparable fits this
i louse.
June
Cell there and leave your measures
15, 1S55.
MTKAMER SPRAV
Vim SIMITIIVILLK.
Mail Steamer " SPRAV."
r cnz.s J 1 1 1 ' S.
.hjrr v i j
Joiim II. Prick, Master, will leare Wilminif
ton for Smithville, on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thuradiy'
atternoons, at 3 o'clock, and Saturday afternoon at 4 o'clock.
Iave Smithville for Wilmington on Monday, Wednesday,
Thunday and Friday mornings, at 6 o'clock.
Passage, One Dollar; Children nnd Sorvanta hall price.
Freight at customary rates. Applv to Csptain on board,
or to A. H. V'ANBOKKELEN,
June 13, 1S33. No. 6 South Whanrea.
rpHK VIRGINIA' SPRINGS Comprisrtng in account of
A all the princijial Mineral Springs in Virginia, with Re
marks on the Nature and Medical applicability oi each; by
John J. Moorman, M. D.; for many years Res! lent Physi
cian at the White Sulphur Springs.
Second edition, greatly enlarged, with mspi and plates,
and the routes and distances to the various Springs. Also,
an Appendix, containing an account of the Natural Curiosi
ties of Virginia. For anient S. W. WHITAKER'S.
June 15, 1855.
AGRICULTURAL ESSAYS. Esssnand NTtonAg
riculturo : by Edmund RufDn. a Practical Farmer of
Virginia from 1812 ; founder and sole Editor ot tho Farmers'
Register; formerly Agricultural Surveyor of the Stat pf
South Carolina, Ac.; inst published. Received and for ?alo
at S W. WHITAKER'S.
June 15th, 1855.
FLETCHER'S STUDIES ON SLAVERY. Studies on
Slavery, in easy lensons. Compiled into light studies;
and sub-divided into short lessons for the convenience of read
ers i by John Fletcher of Louisiana. For sale it
June 13th, 1355. S. W, WHITAKER'S.
It OTIC K. ,
ON WEDNESDAY, the 18th day of July next, at 10 o'
clock, A. M., polls will be opened, end remain opened un
til sunset, at the Court House, in the town of Wilmington,
to determine the sense of the citizens on the question of au
thorizing i subicription by the Commissioners of said town,
ot a sum not exceeding TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND
DOLLARS, to the Capital Stock of the Wilmington, Char
lotte end Rutherford Riilroad. All citizens who are willing
to authorize said subscription by the town will deposit bal
lot, on which shall be written or printed the word " Sub
scription," snd all citizens who are opposed to it will deposit
a ballot with the words ' No Subscnption.
Richarjj Morris, Sec'y. J OHN McRAE, Mayor.
Jane 14-210-tf , ...
BOMBARDMENT OP SEBASTOPOLJ
THE Trumpet about to sound. The approsching Anni
Tersiry demands it. We : ire ready for the 4th el Inly.
Th nrtment of FIRE WORKS has imred-the most
approved French manufacture. Be sure to purchase 6 .
. " . li. IJIibAU i
Next to Soott k Baldwin's, nnder Herald Office.
Orders carefully picked and sent to any part of the Stite.
The money must icoompvny ill orders, and such trit prompt
ly be attended to. Apply early to A II. D.
June Hth, 1S55 240-tf.
COMPANION TO THE " LAMPLIGHTER."-
The Watchman " A handsome 12me. volame, uni
form In size with the" Lamplighter." Jost published. Re
ceived and for sale at
June 12 S. W. WHITAKER'S.
I VTEW SUPPLIES OF XATE. WORKS
1 il The Missing Bride ; by Mrs. Sonthwortai--
. w oueri. ivoom j asamgion irvmg.
Kenneth, or The Rear Guard of tbe Grand Army bv
the author of The Heir of Redclyffe," Ae.
Battles of the Crimea. Man of Sehastopol. &o.
June 12. For sale st S. W. WHITAKER'S
1 nfiO SPIRTS TURPENTINE CASKS, for sale
l.UUUby J. 11. FLANNER.
June 15th, 1855,
T)ORK.-60 barrels N
Y. City Mess Pork. Inst received.
X for sale by
J. fc J. L. HATHAWAY fc CO.
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