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WILMINGTON JOURNAL Friday. July a, 1847. FOR CONGRESS. HON. JAMES J.M'KAY, OF BLADEN COUNTY. ELECTION FIRST THt RSDAY IV AUGUST. AGENCY. Jamb M. IUdmond, Post-master at Tarboto', ia Arnt fr this ppf for EJgftcomhe and tbfl adjoining coun ties. Mr R will uWe pleasure in receiving new sub strikers and receipting for any luonevs duo ua m that cerlion. JctrpN Mason, Post' Buildings, corner f Hanover and Heaver stiecis, N. V., is our agent, for receiving Advertisements in that city, for publication fn the Jaur. mil. He will also receive subscribers for the aaine. WILMINGTON MANCHESTER RAIL ROAD. fn another column will be found the proceed ings of the firat annual meeting of the Stockhold er of thia Company, which convened at Marion, H.'C, on Wednesday, the 23d inst. By a refer ence to thern it will be seen that the Company haa hern organized, and that all thoae tep deem ed requisite to the furtherance of the gieat object which it haa in view, hare been taken. A Presi dent, Board of Director, and other officer, have been appointed. Thus, then, the Kail Koau ball ta fully in motion. Shall it continue to roll on 'till it reachea the gloriou gaol so ardently deai red by the peop'e of this section of North Caroli na ? This, notv. is the all-importa.it question and to it we will make the following answer. There cannot be any doubt but it wilt, if all those whose interests arc wound up .in its success or its failure, will only lend to the scheme that amount of aid which prudence and common sense demand at their handa. Let the reader look but for one moment at the great and varied interests which are involved in the success of this great measure, and he cannot fail to come to the same conclu sion. Why the whole region of country, stretch ing from the extreme Northern confine of our own State, to Manchester, S. C, a distance of upwards of 320 miles, is deepl and intimately interested in this great work. It is true that there are par ticular points, over thin vast region which are ap parently more interested than oti.ere ; but in truth and in reality, we think that it will be found, up on a close examination, that all point and all por tions are alike deeply interested, and alike imper atively called upon to bend every energy and train every nerve to accomplish a work which every man of common sense, who haa given the subject one moment'' reflection, must know and feel will shed such lasting benefits upon the whole region of country above alluded to. Now, too, ia the propiliouB moment, Recent events have hewn to u that ao surely a the sun will rise on the morrow, a line of Rail Road will, ere long, be pushed through North Carolina at some point. Already has a Northern Company invested its capital in a line of Rail Road in our very neigh borhood ; and can we shut our eyes to the convic tion that these men will inevitably extend their investment South, if for no other purpose than to render what they have already done profitable ! If we do, we will lc worse thnn fools. The Cheat I.isk must inevitably be constructed. Shall we construct that Great Link? is now the all-impor-tnnt question. If wc do not, just let us look at the. consequences. They are really almost too painful to contemplate. About $750,000 has been invested by individual in the Wilmington V Raleigh Rail Road. What, let us ask the own er of this stock, would become of that lioad if the link is constructed through any other region of North Carolina than that contemplated by the Manchester Road Would it not bo gone forev er ! Most assuredly it would. Without the great mail and tho through travel, the Wilmiug ton and Raleigh Rail Road could not exist s x nanus! Are we not stating sober facts Is there a Stockholder in the Wilmington & Ral eigh Rail Road Company who doe not believe ua ? Again, we would address a few remarks to the people of Wilmington. Wc ask them if now is not the golden moment when they, if they will do their duty, may secure to themselves not only a continuance of the prosperity which has blessed t hem during the last eight or ten years, but a large and a permanent increase to that prosperity ! We ire free to confess that tho town of Wilmington is more deeply interested than any other point on the whole line. Is there any doubt of this 1 We will talk plainly. The present is a life and death struggle with the people of Wilmington. They cannot shut their eyes to this. Suppose we fail, (which Heaven forbid ;) and suppose the Con necting Link is pushed through at seme other point, where will wo be ! Why every man knows that the town of Wilmington, in that event, must inevitably recede literally crumble away with a rapidity far greater than that with which it has risen. Is this not plain common sense ! Why then, will not our citizens brirg home to them selves the vast importance of the movements go ing on around them T Why will they not unite In one bold vigorous pull, and give to a work of uch incalculable importance an impetus which will stimulate and cheer on all other interest con nected with the enterprise. We do say, in all the sincerity of our heart, that Wilmington has. as yet, in proportion to the vast interest she has at take, done nothing like what she ought to do. W e ask her people if she has She has thus far subscribed only atout $150,000. Why, the town of Columbia, S. C, for a work in which she is not one half so deeply interested, (the Charlotte Road,) has already subscribed $300,000. We ask thetu to reflect upon the matter seriously, and we feel assured that they will, whilst the opportu nity is presented to them, make such efforts as will be compatible with the enterprising character f the town with the importance of the subject, and with what is expected of her. Can Wilming on expect-that if she doe not take the lead in Ai gteat work -can she expect, we say, if she does-Hot -demonstrate by her acts that she U in earnest that other people, not so deeply interest ed, will move ori and build the Road for her ! If he dues, she has made a very foolwh calculation. She mart bend every nerve far, as we have said before, it is a. life sod death matter for he. We call upon her, then, whilst the control of her des tinies is still within her grasp we warn her of II the evil consequences which will fall upon her should she be so blind as to let the golden oppor tunity slip to move promptly, vigorously, and itb. U her energies. If 6he will do this, the Road ean be Unit. There i no doubt of this. The people of South Carolina will do their whole du ty. We have seen them we have talked with them and we know that they will do all that can or ought to be expected at their hands. The peo ple of Columbus County win uo mucn in p,,,. portion to their means, as any other section of country along the line of the Road. We will take our reputation on Columbus doing nobly. Her people are in earnest. Let u, then, of Wil m ngton, shew our friends in South Carolina, in Columbm, and everywhere, that we are detrrmin i thai the Road shall be built. One word for el!. lh rep!e Of Wilmington de their whole du- ty, and the Wilmington & Manchester Rail Road will be under contract in six month from th day. And what, in the name of common sense, ia to prevent this 1 Cannot all the interests con nected with this scheme subscribe $750,000 1 Why there is no doubt of it, if wo will only set to work. We trust our readers will pardon us for this long article ; but really it is a ubject of such vast importance to a greet many of them that we could not say less. THE MEETING IN MARION. We had the pleasure of being present at the meeting of Stockholders, which convened at Marion, on the 23d ult , and we were very much pleased to find such a propitious spirit pervading each and every member of that large and respectable Convention. But one feeling prevailed, and that was an enthusiastic deter mination to build the Road. We were par ticularly pleased with the spirit which perva ded the South Carolina members of that body. They are a noble set of fellows, and we feel confident they will come up fully to every pledge which they have ever given us. One thing is certain, they are in earnest about building the Road, and another thing is equal ly certain ; and perhaps, fully as important, they are well able to give us the right sub stantial kind of aid. and thev will do it. In- w j deed, we were much pleased with the whole trip. The country through which we passed is one in many ways eminently adapted to the construction of a Rail Road. For the most part, it is as level as perhaps any Rail Road route in the world, and well timbered the whole way through. The amount, too, of produce of all kinds, which it must necessari ly bring down, would make the Manchester. one of the best freight Roads in the country. To mention one item. In the three districts in South Carolina through which it will run, there is about 40,000 bales of Cotton raised, which necessarily would find its way to Wilmington. In fact, the trade which the Road would bring to Wilmington would be immense. THE PRESENT ASPECT. Really we are almost tired of speculating upo the probable course which our aflairs in Mexico may or may not take. In such rapid succession does rumour after rumour from that quarter succeed each other, and so con tradictory are they in their nature, that we have almost ceased to guess at what may be the probable result of the present war; or when we may expect its termination. At one moment we learn that Santa Anna has resign ed the Presidency, and also his command of the Army ; and that Herrera has been elected to the Chief Magistracy of that ill-fated coun try. Again, we learn that the Mexican Con gress will not receive the resignation, and that the confidence of the people in Sa"nta Anna is still unshaken. Another account, and a late one too, has it that the Mexican Government has made certain propositions of a peaceful character to Gen. Scott, but that the latter did not think them of the proper kind, and has, therefore, rejected them. That Gen. Scott is now at Rio Frio, a short distance from the Mexican Capital, there is now no doubt; but whether any propositions have been male, and of what nature, is a matter, about which we are by no means very certain. One thing is certain. I he Mexican Guerrilla parties are daily becoming more numerous and more for midable. Their attack upon the command of Gen. Cadwalader proves this. Indeed, they arc so bold as to approach the very walls of Vera Cruz; and the town of Tarn pi co is said to be in daily expectation of an attack from a large body of Mexicans, 1500 strong. !f these be facts, and we have no reason to doubt them, it would go far to prove that the Mexicans continue as obstinate as ever; and that the contest has by no means been drawn to a close. At present, the communications between Vera Cruz and Gen'l Scott are, in some measure, cut off by formidable banfls of guerrillas. Of course we presume that rein forcements will be sent on for the purpose of re-opening them. But that they have been cut off at all, argues that the people of Mexi co are still determined, in some sort, to con tinue the contest. Our opinion is, that enough of the Mexican people, and of the Mexican war, is now known, to make it the imperative duty of our Government to send on promptly the largest kind of reinforcements that can be raised, to the support of Gen. ScOU and his ar my. This will be the only way in Which the war can ever be terminated. We must liter ally annihilate everything like resistance, be fore we can calculate upon making peace. fcj-Our old friend, Wm. R. Hall, the whig candidate for Congress in this district, is out in the last Chronicle with a long article in re ply to some paragraphs which appeared in the Journal of the 18th ult. Mr. Hall is particularly fond of spreading his political lucubrations on paper, if we are to judge from the productions which have already fallen from his pen, and which have come under our notice. We have only to say in reply to Mr. Hall's article, that there can be no doubt that Gen'l Tayipr did advise the advance from Corpus Christi to the left bank of the Rio Grande, and the reason he assigned for giving this advice was, that in his opinion, the movement would be serviceable to the United States, in demon strating to the Mexicans that the American Government was in earnest, and had the means to protect her interest in that quarter. It is also matter of record, that Gen. Taylor, very shortly before the battles of the 8th and 9th of May, 1846, advised his Government, that he had ample means to repel any attack which might be made upon him that rein forcements were not necessary, and that he could easily maintain his position with his then force. The result proved that he was correct. But had he and his army been cut to pieces, there can be no doubt as to where the blame would have fallen. Again : with re gard to his position at Buena Vista, we would simply ask Mr. Hall to read Mr. Marcy's let ter to Gen. Scott, dated Nov. 23d, '46, in which Gen. Scott is charged with the com mand of the whole forces in Mexico as Commander-in-Chief; and Gen Scott'6 letter to Gen. Taylor, informing him, that he (Scott) would be compelled to withdraw from Gen'l Taylor a large portion of his forces. We would alo ask Mr. Hall to read the Secreta ry of War's letter to Gen. Taylor, in which he informed him that he (Taylor) must be the judge of the amount pf troops which he can spare ; and that he bv no mean must weaken hi Hne of operations so as to endanger h-;: SB- command. The correspondence, if Mr. Hall will read it, proves that th administration, as was proper, left the disposition of the forces in the field, with Generals Taylor and Scott. We presume Mr. Hall has read Gen. Scott's proclamation. There he expressly chatges that the Mexicans are alone accountable for the consequences of this war. We call Mr. Hall's attention to this document. The inconsistency of the whigs consists in denouncing Mi. Polk's administration for re commending and conducting a war which Gen. Scott, one of their own prominent leaders, says is a just and necessary war ; and which the man they now advocate for the Presiden cy had a no inconsiderable part in producing, if their arguments are correct. This is the " beautiful fix." The President's Tour. Our Northern ex changes are filled with accounts of the visit which the President of the United States is now making to the North and East. His re ception in the city of New York, on Friday last, is described as being one of the most bril liant affairs which has ever come off in that city. Upwards of twenty thousand peo ple received him on the battery, and the whole East River was literally covered with ships, brig?, schooners and boats of all descriptions, decorated in their " Sunday rags," as the sai lor's say, in honor of the occasion. Mr. Polk visits Boston, and we have no dpubt but his reception there will be equally worthy the Chief Magistrate of this great Republic. 03-We arc really very much pleased to see our friends in Fayetteville moving in a matter which to them, to us, and indeed, to the whole State of North Carolina, is one of such a deep ly interesting nature. We allude to the Cape Fear and Yadkin Canal. The construction of this work would, indeed, be a great and glo rions achievement, as well for Wilmington as for Fayetteville. It would open a thorough fare t: the sea-board for one of the richest ag ricultural regions on the face of the earth. There is now no calculating the amount of valuable products which such a work would bring to Fayetteville, and consequently to Wilmington. Let any one look at the map of Western North Carolina, and he must be at once convinced that this is one of the most important and benificent schemes which has ever been projected in any State or by any community. Why, the whole region of coun try through which the Yadkin River flows is now comparatively, we may say totally, des titute of any means of transporting the pro ducts of her rich soil to market. The con struction of this work would furnish these means. We do hope and truot that our Fay etteville friends will be able to accomplish the work. They have our best wishes for their success. The National Intelligencer and North Carolina Rail Roads. Several times within the last year, the National Intelligencer has taken occasion to notice Rail Road matters in North Carolina; or, rather we would say, a Rail Road matter in North Carolina. We al ways find that paper, however, lending the force of its countenance and aid to the Metro politan route, indeed, it speaks of that route as if there was no other one ever thought of in this part of the world. We are at a loss to divine the reasons why the Intelligencer should take this course. Does that paper not know that there is another far more likely to go into operation than the Metropolitan route? Does the Editor of the Intelligencer not know that the most vigorous, and thus far by far the most successful, efforts are being made to sup ply the Connecting Link through this very town of Wilmington ? In the Intelligencer of the 29th ult., we find a paragraph strongly recommending the "Ral eigh & Fayetteville" route, and never once alluding to the Wilmington & Manchester scheme. We are inclined to think that influ ences, which we do not here care to speak of, (emanating from the " Citv of Oaks,") have induced the Intelligencer to take this one-sided course. We would think that fair play, in matters of such a business character as build ing a Rail Road, would induce the Intelligen cer to take a less one-sided view of this mat ter, so important to us of this region of North Carolina. . New uses of the Mail. We were, says the Charleston Patriot, this morning shown by a merchant of King street, a package contain ing a dozen lace capes, which he had ordered and rectived from New York by the Mail. The postage amounted to about 5 per cent on the cost of the articles. The Post Office is thus found to be convenient for other purpo ses than that of ilie mere transportation of let ters. Wtest ltNT. The annual examination at this institution closed on Friday last. The Graduating Class consisted of 37 young men, Who, We presume, will be forthwith ordered to Mexico. Protection or Horses against Flies. We find in an exchange paper the following remedy, or rather preventative, against what every man must regard as an annoyance this hot weather : Take two or three handful. of walnut leaves, upon which pour two or three quarts of cold water; let it infuse one night, and pour the whole, next morning, into a ket tle, and boil for a quarter of an hour ; when it is cold it is fit for use. Moisten a sponge with it, and, before the horse goes out of the stable, let those parts which are most irritable be smeared over with the liquor. Try it. 3t5-The-4th. We have not as yet been ad vised whether any arrangements have been made to celebrate the anniversary of our na tional birth day. Has anything been done ? Who is to deliver theoration ? and where is it to be delivered? We presume as the 4th comes upon Sunday, that Monday next, the 5th, will be celebrated. Surely the pebple of Wilmington will not permit the birth day of our national independence to pass by-without a proper and suitable celebration. (jcj-The fayetteville Observer of last Wed nesday is rather mysterious on the subject of the building of the Metropolitan route by Eastern capitalists. It does not seem to know what has been done, or what is going to be done by these same said " gentlemen. It will have learned before this, we presume, that the Portsmouth road has actually been purchased. Beyond this, nothing has been done, nor do we believe that anything will be done in the Observer's quarter of the wbrld. However, the people of this part of the State will soon put the matter to xesf They will build tbe Manchester road, and trlat will settla f e question. Of this wt feel ceftan LATEST FROM MEXICO. The Mail has just arrived, bringing us N. Orleans dates up to the 25th ult. We con dense from the Picayune of the 25th, the fol lowing items : The steamship Palmetto arrived on the eve ning of the 24th from Vera Cruz, which place she left on the 18th. She touched at Tampi co on 20th, and at Brazos Santiago on the 2!st June. An express had arrived at Vera Cruz from Puebla, announcing that Gen. Scott had com menced his march upon Mexico on the l6ih June. The Picayune says, that not one word more a bout tbp nrtM nf nonrp had r9.brt Nw I Orleans. .i . , , . , i col t,niids was to leave Ja apa on , ' tne 16th June, with all the garrison. Gen'l ; ohields was to accompany him. capture of which the retreat of his troops would About 1 000 troops left Vera Cruz on the ! effef cut off in anJ ion- Yet again.t . , j ! so probably a contingency he made no kind of 17th instant, under the command of Gen. Pil- preparation whatever, and accordingly in his re low, to join Gen. Scott. j treat to Jalapa, twenty-five miles distant from the No further intelligence had been received j Kencr of action' Gen- 80011 iofjrm ,he Secretary i-y , , , a , I at War that the troops under his command had trom tien. Cadwalader, as the exptess rider .11 1 .i , ' f added ir.-eatlv to tbe number of prisoners, wounded had come by another route. By this arrival, the Picayune is in posi sion of papers from the City of Mexico up to ! n . . r J r i the 9th June. Gen. Santa Anna was still in power. Gen Almonte was still in prison, but the nature of 1 l- tI . , . , , j his offence was not known, as his trial not yet come on. It seems that some private despatches have been captured by the Mexicans arfd republish ed in the Mexican papers. A Bumper. of pri vate letters are commented upon. Amongst others, one from Mr. Childs, to the Colonel. It has not yet been ascertained who will be the next President of Mexico. All the States have not yet voted ; when they do, it would appear that there will he no election, and that Congress, as in the United States, will have to make the final choice. It is supposed that Herrera will be the man. The greatest con fusion of parties exists in the Mexican Capi tal, and no possible calculation can be made as to the probable course which the factions in the Capital will finally pursue.. We have given the substance-of the news as it has reached bur office. THE " PROVISO." The Fayetteville Observer continues to harp upon the vote of a large number of the demo cratic members of the House of Representa tives for the proviso appended to the resolu tions of thanks &c, to Gen. Taylor. We had thought that the Observer had more sense and discretion, than to continue the waste of its time and paper with the discussion of a mat ter of which it can make neither credit for it self, nor profit for its party. On the first page of to-day's Journal, will be found an article which puts the whole matter in its true light, and to the careful perusal of which wc com- mend the Observer, as well as our readers. For ourself, we have no fearsas to thamount r - , .i-i .1 rx, , of capita! which the Observer can make out 1 of (hp affair. In the first place, Gen. McKay and the other democrats did not vote for any censure of Gen. Tavlor. w hen thev voted for for this proviso. Their vote and the proviso simply meant this: At the time of thecapitu- j mies of river and iake navigation, of which lation.of Monterey, opinions were very var- j two-thirds are in the valley of the Mississippi, riant as to the policv and the propriety of the ! Geographers of foreign countries have admitted terms which Gen. Taylor granted the garrison i lh& lh extcn7 countr,V hastfhe most varied ... 0 0 ; soil, climate and productions of anv country of Monterey. The Observer knows this as on the face of the earth The inevitable con well as we do. He knows that many in the sequence of this is, that its capabih'ies for Army, as well as many here at home, did not exactly understand why it was that Gen. Tay lor permitted the Mexicans to march out of the city, not only with the honors of war, but actually with all their small armsand some six or eight pieces of artillery, whereas many then supposed he could and ought to have com pelled them to surrender at discretion. We say that this was the opinion entertained and expressed by many persons of both political parties throughout the United States. For our own part, we then thought that Gen. Tay lor was a much better judge of what was right and proper to be done on that occasion, than those who were not present, and who were not cognizant of r.ll the circumstances which surrounded him, and we so expressed ourself ; and more, we are still of the same o pinion. But, then, this is no reason why, if we were called upon to vote Gen. Taylor a resolution of thanks, we should not deem it right and proper to say ihat we did not, by that resolution, blindly, and without knowing the whole of the facts, endorse, uncondition ally, the terms of that capitulation. For our own part, we see no 6in or impropriety in the poviso. We ask the Observer if it has really come to this, that Gen. Taylor has reached such a high pitch, and such an eminence a bove his fellow-citizens, that the representa tives Of the American people, in Congress as sembled, must not dare to refuse a blind en dorsement of his every act, without subjecting themselves to the charge of committing a mor tal sin ? Wc hope not. But where is the censure? Why, the Democrats refused to vote for the preamble with the word censure in it. But do let us ask the Gbseritr for a clear definition of the crime which Geh. Mc Kay and others committed, when they voted for the proviso in question. We want to know where the gist of the charge lies..."' OO-Perhaps our readers may be curious to know what the English press say about our Mexican affairs. Below we give an' extract from the London Chronicle : " As far as the success of their military opera tions is concerned, nothing more conclusive can Iw conceived than the late movements of the Uni ted States generals against the forces that the Mexicans have been able to oppose to them in the field. It is impossible to read the accounts of these successive actions without something like a feeling of contempt for the beaten party, so strong an effect do the triumphs of military prowess ex ercise on the mind. Almost despite of the claims of justice, and of compassion for the countless and unoffending thousands whose fates are inex tricably bound up with those of the beaten troops, one is tempted to exclaim, that they who know so ill how to defend a country, are not worthy to pos sess one. The prize of empire so all history tells us bear inscribed upon it the legend 'Detur F ortiori.' M Not all the military success, however, of Gen eral Scott or of Geh. Taylor not victory in twen ty engagements, even though they have been as gallarft i y fought on the side ot the conquerors as those of Buena Vista and Cerro Gordo, could turn the United States into aught else than one of brute force, or, if you will, of military decipline. Never should we forget with what slight cause this war was entered upon by the authori ties at Washington ; upon how trivial a pretext, how immense an amount of mrserv has been in flicted upon an unoffending people ! That the Mexicans are a turbulent and imptacticable race granted ; granted, too, that iu the field as soldiers. they have been unable to cope with the invaders: . still all this will not convert toe brigandage of unauthorized attack ito a legitimate war. " We cannot say now tar oania Anna may oa compelled to fight these duastrfu action the ... - i . . " M Eolitical position of affairs at Mexico. Such may e tbe state of thine, that even defeat is a nrefer- ! able alternative to the results of inaction. If this be not, however, the case, he must wilfully intend bis country 'a rain, or be a fitter, subject for an asy lum than the command of an army. After bis re cent j experienced -at liuena Vista not to apeak of tbe experience of a long life he must have been perfectly aware, when he threw up his entrench ments in the face of Gen. Scott's advancing force, that if he attempted to defend them be was lost. He had ample time to choose his own ground, and he does not. appear to have done so with any p culiar military skill. " There doe not seem to have been any such great local advantages about the heigths of Cerro Gordo as should have entitled them to the digni ty of tbe Thermopylae of Mexico. True it i that the ground is described by Gen. Scott as being broken by mountains and deep chasms, but the field of operations covered manv miles. Moore lUn - , - . j ... e. liian I his. in one rx-int or narita Anna a lino of ile- fence, there was a tower upon a height, by the a I and killed. The courage displayed by the AngUvAmeri- cans trouBnout action is unquestionable, and vet it docs not appear to have been 1 blood v one on either side. The official return gives as ihe total of the AngIo-Americn loss 43 killed and 265 wou.ot,c1- Tbe ,os of 'he Mexicans in killed and wounded is rated by Gen. Scott only at about 3ft0 " wiv in tu VI .'UiLit, IU W Utl.ll 11UUIUVI lUl V. tho ,,-. . of l.attl.. .. -V.;l. 1 4 r course be added that of those who were cut down on the march to Jalapa. The opinion entertained by the United States officer of tbe powers of re sistance of their opponents may be inferred from Gen. Scott s orders issued to the various generals of division on the dy preceding the action. We find the following humorous sketch of the examination of a "case" named Stephen Pwyer, in the St. Louis Reveille. Stephen was bro't before his honor, the Mayor, to whom he was well known, for his old offence, drunkenness: "Well, Stephen, you have.been at it again," said his honor. "Troth, yer right," says Stephen, "and be the same taken its mighty hard to keep from it. Thelastedrap in the world bothers me now-a-days." "You should sign the temperance pledge," says his honor. "Och, bedad, I'd done it long ago. yer wor ship," was his answer, "ef I could write, but bad luck to the school master that me mother bargained wid for an edication, the blackguard left the writin' part out entirely." "That has no doubt been a cause of much trouble to you," said the court. "Faix, it was like lavin' the balance whale out of a repater; I've gone wrong iver since," said Pwyer. "I will send you out to Mr. Condon, and see if he can regulate you," said the Mayor. " It's no use, yer honor," said the prisoner ; " sure hasn't he tried it twinty times, an' here ye see I'm runnin' on in the ould coorse. I've learned all he can tache long ago." " I think you had better go out and get a finishing touch," said his honor, and he ac- ! cordingly affixed an M opposite Mr. DwyerS j namf : 1 The Great West. The circumference or horrier line of the United States is about nine thousand five hurfdred miles in length. Itmav 1 . ,- , , t, , ft ,-, I be divided thus: Boundary in common with j British North America, 3,700 miles ; boundary in common with Mexico, 2,300; coasts of the ! Pacific, 700; cos.t of the Gulf of Mexico, 1,000 and coast of the Atlantic, 1,800. The tcnito- iv thus ei.rlnPil inrJndfHS no:ulv ten thousand population and wealth are correspondingly great. The following curious prescription was pre- ; sented by a witty physician of Paris to the husband of a lady, whowas suffering under meiancnoily and depression trom the want 01 a fashionable wardrobe. The husband han ded it to his wife unread, and requested her to send for the medicine: Prescription for Modame R. de S . A decoction of fifteen yards of velvet: friction of the shoulders with new cashemire shawls: a tisane of sveral new bonnets : the whole mixed up with a vigorous stir of visits, an and infusion of pocket money to suit the taste of the patient. N. B. The improvement in the health of the lady will be pcrceptable from the first shed ding of the feathers of her present plumage. Qj"One of the most important effects of the re cent progress of Science is the alliance of Chem istry with Physiology, by which a new and unex pected light has been thrown upon the vital pro cesses of animals. For this wc are indebted chief ly to the German and French chemists. We have now a clear understanding of the different action of aliments, poisons, and remedial agents, and the long derided theory of the blood being the portion of the system upon which the latter should act, is now a demonstrated truth. Tho great object, therefore, is to ascertain what remedy will act most directly upon the constituents of the blood when in the act of conbination. Experience, ob servation, and a cloud of witnesses, establish the the fact tbat SANDS' SARSAPARILLA is at the very head of this class. Cancer, scrofula, salt rheum, erysipelas, leprosy, ringworm, mercurial diseases, suppuration of the glands, swelling of the joints, and all diseases of the muscles and lis sues, together with general debility of the system, yield to this unfailing purifier of the blood for the blood is the channel through which disease finds its way to the various organs of the body. Prepared and sold by A. B. & D. SANDS, Druggist, 100 Fulton street, New York. Sold also by Wm.SHA W, Wilmiligtoh, N. C and by Druggists generally throughout the Uni ted States. Price $1 per botttei Six bottle for f 5. Axother Life Saves tr tbk ck or Da Wistar's Balsam o Wilb CaEmaT. The j following certificate i from the wife of Mr. Enoch Perrv. a very respectable farmer in Oxford Coun ty, Maine, and can be relied upon as true in every particular. It was not solicited, but given by the lady, from a sense of duty, feeling that she owed tbe preservation of her life to Dr. Wistar's Balsam of Wild Cherry. Rcxronu, Oxford County, Me., July 22, 1845. This may certify that I have for a number of years been severely afflicted with the asthma. In October, 1843, I took a violent cold, which pro duced a verv severe cough, which was accompan ied with severe pains in my side, and I sweat pro fusely nights. These bad symptoms continued, until I wa so much reduced that I Was unable to do any work about house Or even Walk across tbe room without assistance. In July, 1844. I was so afflicted with Jioitness of breath, such grat difficulty of breathing, and in such severe pain, thn I was unable to tie in bed or sleep for three weeks. One physician who attended me, and another who was consulted, both gave me up to die said they could do no more for me. My friends despaired of my life, I had no hope myself. I then commence:! taking Dr. Wisttar Balsam of Wild Cherry. Before I had taken one bottle, I was able to walk about house. I continued to take the Balsam until I had taken four bottles, and NOW I AM WELL, free from pain, little or no congh,do my work, keep no help, and have not cnioved better health tor fifteen years. Signed, RELIANCE PERRY. None genuine, unless signed I. Butts on the Wrapper. For sale, wholesale and retail, by Wm. SHAW, Wilmington, and by Druggists generally in North Carolina. FooaTB or Jutr. On this day of festivity and iov, when we are alt Drone to indulze ia the I . good things of thia life, and not unfrequent.y to eTci, let n not forget that overloading the y- 1LJ tem, either with food or drink, especially at thb season of tbe year, is often attended with tbe most serious consequences. If any, ' however, should inadvertently overstep the bounds of prudence, they should bear in mind that Wright' Indian Vegetable Pill are certain to prevent all evil re sults from impropriety of diet ; because they tho roughly cleanse the stomach and bowels from those bilious and corrupt bumors which are the cause of cholic pains, dysentery, cholera morbus, and other disorders of the bowels. Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills also aid and improve digestion, and therefore gie health and vigor to the whole frame, as well as drive disease of every kind from the body. Beware of Counterfeit of all kinds t Some are coated with sugar ; others fire hde to resemble in outward appearance the original medicine. The safest course is. to purchase of the regular a gents only, one or more of whom may be found in every village and town in the Stjfte. Principal Office, 169 Race sireeL For sale in WifminjrtOn, ft C, by George R. French and James W. Johnson, only Agent. In Raleigh, on the 16th inst., bv the Rev.U. T. Dlake, Mr. R. W. B. Hodgsen, of Thomas vil'e, Geo., to Miss Sarah Ann, daughter of t 'ol. Edward Yarbrnugh, of Raleigh. At Rose Hill, near Fayetteville, on the 16th inst, by the Rev. Mr. Buxton. Dr. Alexander Fridge Mallett. to Miss Susan Marion Harding, eldest daughter of Wm. H. Harding, Eq. In Fayetteville, on tbe 16th inst., bv the Rev. Adam Gilchrist. Mr. James Kyle, to Miss Julia E ., daughter of Mr. Charles Benbow. In Cumberland cour.ly, on the 11th inst., Mrs. Mary McCormick, wife of Col. Daniel McCor mick. in the 42d year of her age, leaving 12 children. At New Bedford, Mass., on the 18th int.. Da vid Scwell Langdon, eldest son of the late Rich ard Langdon, Esq., of Smithville. N. C.. aged 27. WILMINGTON MARKET. WHOLESALE PRICES. BACON Per pound. Hams, Middlings, Shoulders. Bfog round. . 9 10 a f 104 a I0 a 10 10 a 10f 1 25 a 1 40 22 a 25 14 a 20 - 13 00 a .14 - 9 00 0 13 80 95 a tOO a 1 10 8 a 9 S a 11 id- II a 15 30 a 31 26 a 2 3 30 a 33 9 00 a 9 25 - 8 00 a 8 60 dt, 80 a 86 4f 6 -Ho 11 00 a ret a 1 00 7 50 n 8 00 5 00 m -4Mb 7 50 7 00 a 10 00 a 13 a 14 7 60 a S 50 4o 4 a 5 I 320 pounds. 2 20 a 2 25 2 50 u 2 CO 1 05 1 10 I 85 o ' 90 a 95 1 a C0 - 20 a 22 30 a 32 a 1 -nom. a Ro a 90 I 00 a 1 0I 00 o 20 00 00 a 18 00 0 a 0 . 4 50 a 6 00 1 00 a 1 10 30 3 35 - 1 25 a I 40 4 a 5 - 2 50 a 2 75 4 a b 33 a 34 a 34 a 37 40 a 42 I2 a 25 10 a 16 a 1 a 8 00 a 10 H 9 8 a 9 8 a 9 8J a tt 13 a 14 3 a 3 75 20 a 22 70 a 2 50 a 3 00 o II estern, - none BEANS Per 6Ae-White, BEESWAX Pgr pound. BUTTER Ptr pound, BEEF Per barrel. Northern Mess. Do Prime, CORN-Per bushel, Meal, COFFEE Per pound, COTTON Per pound, CANDLES Talloie per pou Sperm, Adamantine, FEA T HERS Per pound, FLOUR Canal Per barrel, Fayetteville, IRON Per pound. LARD Per pound, Western, N. C L UMBER River Per M. Flooring Boards, Wide, do. Scantling, ' - Timber, Mill, Shipping Timber, MOLA SSESWest Indies, MACKEREL-Per barrel. No. 1, No. 'i, No. 3, NAILS Per pound, NAVAL STORES Per bam Yellow Dip Turpentine, Virgin Dip, Hard Tar, Pilch, Rosin No. I. No. 2, No. 3. Spirits Turpentine, OIL Sperm Per saltan, PEAS Ground Per bushel, Black Eye, Coie, PC RK Per barrel. Northern Mess, I' rime, Fresh, RICE Per 100 pounds, Rough Per bushel, SALT Per bushel. Turks Island, Liverpool sack, SOAP Per pound, SHINGLES Per M. Country, Contract, SPIRITS-Per gallon. Northern Rum, Gin, Whiskey, A pvle Brandy, STE EL Per pound, STA VESPer M. White Oak barrels rough, Dressed, Red Oak Hogshead rough Dresmd, SUGAR Per pound. West India, New-Orleans, Porto Rico, St. Croix, Loaf, TALLOW Pt pound, TOBACCO Leaf Per ctet., VARNISH Per gallon, WINES Per gallon. Madeira, Port, Malaga, FIIEIGIITSS TO NEW YORK Turpentine and Rosin, per bbl., Spirits Turpentine, per bbl., Rice, per hundred lbs., grusi, Cotton, per bale, Cotton goods and yarns, per bale. Tobacco, per Mhd., Flax Seed, per ci-.sk, Ground Peas, per bushel, Lumber, per M., TO PHILADELPHIA Turpentine, per bbl., Spirits Turpentine, per bbl. Tar. per bbl . Ground Peas, per bushel, nom. Lumber, per M., Cotton goods & yarns, per cubic : TO BOSTON Turpentine, per bbl., Spirits Turpentine, per bbl , Lumber, per M., TO BALTIMORE Turpentine, per bbl , Spirits Turperiine, per bbl., Lumber, per M., Cotton, per bale. Cotton varus, per cubic foot, Timber, per M., 45 a DO 60 a 65 20 a 61 25 a 55 a 65 63 - a 4 - 1 0u a C a tr - a - 45 a 60 G5 a a a 7 60 a 8 8 a 10 CO a 5 SO a 86 10 TO a" a 75 a - 7 00 a I 25 a 8 a 10 12 a Bank Kate of Exchange, Wilmington. Bank check on Philadelphia, premium 1 percent. " " " New York, " 1 " " " . " Boston. " I 11 " sal WILMINGTON MARKET July 1. BACON The market is heavily supplied with all descriptions, and quotations remain firm. CORN Has receded ih price. We notice sales at 95c. a $1 00. Receipts all per Rail Road and from Fayetteville. Very heavy stock in market. MEAL Is also lower. It is Bow held at $1 10 from store. We notice a sale this morn ing of bushels from FayetteviHe at $1 per bushel. FLOUR Canal retail sales at $9 a $3 25. Fayetteville, $8 a $8 50. Fair stock on sale. LARD The market is rather better slip plied than it was this day week, but prices re main without material change. See quotation. LUMBER & TIMBER Thtrt is not much doing in either of these articles; and we refer to quotations for last sales. NAVAL STORE 'S-Tdb bi turpen tine is rather higher than this day week. We notice sales this day at $2 20 a $2 25. In the Virgin article there has been no change. Scrape is quoted at $1 05 a $1 10. Tar is still in demand, and last sales were made at $1 85. We notice a sale of a small lot of country made Spirits T urpentine a few days ago, at 31 cents. SHISGLESXre in some demand! and prices have advanced. See quotations. No other change to notice. Fa yettevili.e, Jane 29. Cotton ; no sales. Bacon continues scarce and in demand, at 10 to 10 1-2. Flour has declined ; sales at $6 1-4 to Corn has de clined, and sells at 77 1-2 to 80 cts' The re ceipts of all kinds of Produje dugng the week mall. Gbtervtr- " JLLUl Jag Nsw York, June 2C IfjIVAf, Stores Generally, CQntitluias last! noticed without important transactions. Spir its Turpentine arrive tety sparinglt, andf the quantity on hand is l-'ght bat Ihe uVrnafiif is moderate! and the few fcV.eo taking place are at previous prices. Rice. The business erf the week ha beehr very moderate embracing only about 250 tcs. $4 65 a $5 40. In the absence of demand, but little disposition is evinced On the part of holders to effect sales belOvT ofir qu6tationaY The stock is light, and but little in first hands. June 28th, 1847. The market fof Flour and Meal was steady, but not very active. There were buyers for good strait lots of Michigan and Gennessee, at $7 and $7 12 1-2,-but irregular lots sHd at $6 75 and $6 87 1-2: Meal dull, with small sales; Western- at ii 50 imd $4 75. Corn, 50,000 bushels at 85 a 92 ; for mi.ted 03 and 05 ; for flat yellow, 97' 95. Rice, 250 tcs. sold at $4 65 ami $5 5a. Whiskey r 29c Tobacco, Kentucky, 50 Hhds. sold at 3 1-2 and 4 1-4 and 6 i-2c. Boston, Jane 26. Kivil Stores. For Spirits Turpentine the demand continues quite moderate,- and $niail sles at 4$c. ptt gat. 6 mtJs. Tar continue scarce ami in demrfrrd. Small sales of Wil mington at $2 62 a $2 ?5, and a lot of 400 bbis. at $2 50 per obi, cash. In Rosin e learn of no transactions. c. a RUistoN, ( 64 ivme 2t. Sales.. CottojrS t -4 to 11 3-4c.;Rice4 to 5 l-8c; Rough do. $1 25 to $1 40 ; Corn 90 to 95c; Flour $6 to $6 1-4; flay 80 to 83 cts.; Bacon, ham 7 to 10, sides 9 1-2,- shoul ders 6 3-4 to 7 l-2c; Lard 9 1-2 to 10 1-2. Baltimors, June 28. There were offers to sell Howard Street Four at $6 50, Imt no buyers. Dealers kept aloof, waiting the next fOicien intelligence.- - Corn Meal, $4 25 per bbl. Wheat, priAie red. $1 25. Corn, prime white,- 85c. trnts, 75c. MiKAasssa snap PORT OF WlLMlSOTON .aMb AfcltVfctl: June 26th.s-tchf . Cu nosity, Tilled, Charleston, to R. G. Kankin. 27th Barque Bacchus, Fontaine, Savannah, to Barry A Brvant. 29th. Sloop Vandeventer, Wrbjht, Georrftown, 8. C.t to master. July 2 Sehr. Thorn, , tie Vork, to Wm. O. Jeffreys t Co. ' Mr. Nevis, FHnton, Thotaaston, to DeRoaaet, Brown A Co. tSchr. Leesbiirf, BOtrri, Philadelphia, to Deftouet, Brovrii&Ctt. . CLEARED. 25lh. Bchr. Olive, Smith, fc.York, by E. J. Luuerloh. Schr, Ji.ilia Linn, Iligbee, do. do. 2dtli. Brig Tangier, Cravy, Boston, by Totter dV Kid der. Schr. ftorneb; Hlanchard, jew Bedford, by master. rchr. Monoen, Silliinan, Philad., tfy ii. W. Dnvis. Schr. Wm. Bbrke, Lawrence, N. ., Vt .B.il-4CJ. Schr. Caroline, Gilpatrick, Boetuh, bv E. Dickinson. Schr. Wllihiflgton, Willett, Baltimore, by UeRuMcti BiotrnACtf ' 26th. Schr. G. W. Davi. Miirch, ftcw Vorkj by O. W. Dati. Schr. Eliia Leiarld, Coomb, Portland, Me., by W. B GUet A Co. 28th. Brig jfcolua, Oerrish, Philadelphia, by DtRoet( Brbirn A Co. Schr. Alarir, IroBr, res York, by R. W. Brown. Schr: Ariel, Austin, Boston, by Barry A Bryant. 29i h. Schr' I) ) Gregory, Parker, Philadelphia, by E. J. I.mterioh. Schr. Red Jacket, Jablh Baltimore, by E.J. Lutterloh. ischr. Miriam, Grant,, THUmaBton, Me., by W."B. Oile Schr. Mary A Su?ari, Fuller, m, St. Jago dc L'Uba, by Barry . Bryant. Schr. Hutuko, Jone, Boston, by Barry . Bryant. A 'o. 30th. Brig Angcline, Best, Bath, Me., 'by W. B. Giles A Co. Mi ig John Hill, Dayton, Bristol, R. I., by DeRoBset, Brown A 'o. July 1 Brig Leonora; Maildctiil, Nevr York, by B. J. Lutterloh. DR. DANIEL DliPKU fcSPfcCTFULtir Offer his Professional crvites to the citizens of Wilmington and virinity. He may be foUnd at his Office, in Low nos's UutLDiso, on Front Street, south of Mar ket. July 2 42-8m COMMERCIAL ISA X K Or WILMINGTON. Ttlfc Board of Directors will on Monday the 1 5Jth day of July next, proceed to elect a Cashici- arid Teller of this Hank. Written appli cations for cither of these offices, addressed to tbS " President and directors of the Commercial Dank of Wilmington," should be handed in previous to the day of election. O. G. PARSLBY, President July 2d, .847. i2-2t COJllMEtttlJiL, Ms:VI Of Wilmington I T having been decided by the Hoard of Direr- tots of this ilahk M commence opporation on Monday the 9th day of Abgust neit, notice is hereby given that the books of subscription forth capital stock thereof will be Finally closed on Mon day the 2d day of Aueust, at 12 o'clock M. O. G. PARSLEY, President July 2d, 1847 426t -4 f "kft the 24th day of July rtext. I shall expos W to sale at public auction, at 1 1 o'clock A. Mi, at Exchange corner, under a decree of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sesainns Of KeW Hanovst County, passed at June Term, 1 847, TWO LIKE LY NEGRO GIRLS, the property of P. P. Willelt der.'d., upon a credit of six Months. , His) purchaser or purchaser, giving note ifjth ap proved security. JA8. A. OXENHAM, AdmV. June 2feth, 1847 42-4t The Braefenberg Vegetable Piilsi 0330,000 BOXES SOLD EACH AND EV ERY week!! THE OhAEFEMlKHtj COMPART HEREBY give hotice that their general Agent Tor the State of North Carolina, ia Col. William Jones, Louisburg, Franklin Co. ft; C; The General Afeht is tolly ptfpSrrd to ippoint sUb-Agehts wherever there is no .branch of- the Company ; either 00 personal application or by mail, pott paid. The rapid sale of these celebra ted pilla, sid the extraordinary cures they are con slantly effecting, rehder them, by far, the most popular pill of the arc An Agency will conse quently be very valuable. The Graefcnhurg Pills are inconceivably supe rior to any ever before discovered. Ib all hi lions complaint t irt general derangement of the sys tem ; in all disorders which resb.lt from a bad state of the blood, these pills it 4 sovereign retbedy. fn the class of disease called ebrttbic, the Gra frilbenj Pills achieve their highest triumph. Here they defy alt competition. Entering Within the hidden recesses of the system, they quietly but surely purify the blood, root out disease and gtva tone end vigor to tbe body. CURES ARB CONSTANTLY EFFECTED By these PilU, in cases Where every other mean bad Utterly failed. Th tnoat abundant proof oL this could be given, but a trial uf one bo Will eon. vine the patient They catt be ordered and sent by mail, Ai trinin etpeim Th price is 25 els. a box. Whtre two dollars Worth it ordered and Ihe m onky remitted, Ike Company will pay the pottage on the PUU. Remittance at the Compa ny's risk. W b ere ver there is no Agency of the Company they can be ordered by mail. These Pilla are taking the place of all other, and no nek person soukl be without them. ALL BILLtOUS COMPLAINTS. Bowel Complaints, Constipation, Dyspepsia, h ever and Ague, Headache, Jawdice. Liver Com plaint, Rheumatism, all Stomoth CompLtmU Green Sidknea, c ae.; yteW at oftf to these Pill. They purge away offensive humours, arrest the progress of disease, and at the same time re store tone and vigor to the system. In cases of general derangement of the health, they are sover eign BY THEtR USE, The .weak will become strong ; tbe pale and fcd iious complexion he restored to a perfectly &eh. and healthy color ; alt the baJ synttom wih one by one disappear. In short theae Pill are an inconceivable ad vance upon any other medicine ever before oflfctfld to the publie. A trml will satisfy anif one of this. nb .1
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