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BY FULTON & PRICE, PROPRIETORS.
JAS. FULTON, Editor... -A. L. PRICE, Associate Editor.
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One year, invariably in advance, . . . . 2 50
H.fehJSiS2? "Scribe;;; OL
pJriptian, (2 50,) will receive
9dMh5ZSZ& with this office, must be
discontinue his paper after
the ?ommencenient of a subscription year, till the expiration
of eaid year
Profess and Business Cards.
JAMES O. BOYVDEN,
INSPECTOR OF NAVAL STORES,
April 4. 185G 31-tf.
Wilmington, N. C
ALFRED ALDERMAN,
"NSPECTOR OF NAVAL STOKES, Wilmixgtox
X. c.
ttt.-.i onnf inn to all business in his line.
w in give jjrumi'i ""-" o-,iv
vVx fth "' J
DAVID E. BUNTING,
TNSPECTOR OF NAVAL STORES,
r D Wilmington. N. C.
Will pay strict attention to all business in his line. He
solicits a share of public batronage, which he hopes to merit
by promptitude and fidelity in the transaction of all business
entrusted to him.
July 1st, 1857. 44tf
GEO. W. ROSE,
CARPENTER AND CONTRACTOR,
j June l
Wilmington, N. C.
S. M. WEST,
AUCTIONEER AND COMMISSION MERCHANT.
219-tf Wilmington, N. C.
WILLIAM H. L.IPPITT,
WHOLESALE AND RETIL DRUGGIST, and Dealer in
Paints, Oils, Dye Stufis, Window Glass, Garden Seeds,
Perfumery, Patent Medicines, Ac. Ac, corner of Front and
Market sts., immediately opposite Shaw's old stand Wilming
ton, N. C. 3
W. II. McKOV,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL GROCER AND FOR
WARDING AND COMMISSION MERCHANT, SOUTH
WATER STREET, 6 doors below Market.
jGSyParticular attention paid to the sale of Naval Stores
and other produce.
yLiberal advances made on consignments.
JOSEPH Ii. KEEN,
CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER, respectfully informs the
public that he is prepared to take contracts in his line
of business. He keeps constantly on hand, Limk, Cement,
Plaster, Plastering Hair, Philadelphia Press Ukick, Fire
Brick, Ac.
N. B. To Distillers of Turpentine, he is prepared to put
up Stills at the shortest notice May 20 37-ly.
WILMINGTON MARBLE WORKS,
YVllmlnirton, N. C.
WG. MILLIGAN, proprietor, respectfully informs the
public, that he is prepared to make and put up to or
der Marble Monuments of all sizes. Tombs, Head-Stones,
Furniture Tops, Mantles, Hearths, Ac, of the best quality
or American or Italian Marble, not to be surpassed in style
or workmanship, and as cheap as can be procured from any
establishment in the countrv. North or South.
Iron Railing 50 different styles for inclosing family lots,
from 75 cents to $10 per foot, furnished and put up to order.
N. B. Orders from all parts of the country, accompanied
by the cash or satisfactory reference, will receive prompt at
tention; and all articles warranted to be as recommended, or
no charge made.
Nov. 23d. 12-tf.
Coach and Carriage Manufactory Clinton, N. C.
V Tift Ml TlftRTY HOOD rpsnpr.tfnllv informs the
citizens of Samnson county and public general
ly that, having recently been partially burnt out, has rebuilt,
and his establishment is now in full operation in all its vari
ous branches. He is prepared to put up the PATENT
SPRING BUGGY, having purchased the right for the county
of Sampson; and hopes by strict attention to business to
merit a share of public patronage. He warrants all his work
to be made of the very best materials, and should any of it
fail in twelve months with fair usage, either in workmanship
or material, it will be repaired without charge. Persons
wishing to buy would do well to call and examine for them
selves, as he does not intend to be surpassed for style, ele
gance and durability.
S"REPAIRING done in the neatest manner, at short
notice. jB Mill Ink and Gudgeons made and warranted
for ten years, for $10.
Clinton, May 9, 185G 3G-tf.
NEGROES WANTED.
THE SUBSCRIBER IS IN MARKET FOR A number
of likely Negroes, MEN AND WOMEN, BOYS AND
jlKLS, lor which the highest cash prices will be paid.
Those having such property to dispose of will find it to
their advantage to call on the subscriber at Wilmington.
DAVID J. SOUTH ERL AND.
June 27th, 185G. 43-tf
NOTICE.
I HAVE THTS DAY ASSOCIATED WITH ME IN THE
Hardware Business, in Wilmington, my son C. E. ROBIN
SON. The business hereafter will be conducted under the
firm of J. M. ROBINSON & SON.
J. M. ROBINSON.
Wilmington, Jan 1st, 185G
LOOK UP YE DISCONSOLATE.
ANY PERSON who may be suffering with auy thing of a
Cancerous nature, will find me at my residence, twelve
miles west of Society Hill, Darlington, South Carolina. If
I do not effect a cure, my service and board will be gratui
tously bestowed. I will attend to any call until the 15th of
June, thence will decline until the 15th September. My ob
ject is to secure safety to the patient. I reserve the second
week in March, which time I may be found at the Rock
Spring Boarding House, Wilmington, N. C.
J. O. HALE, M. D.
Jan. 16th, 1857. 20-ly
PIANO FORTES.
JUST RECEIVED AND OPENED, one door South of my
Furniture Store, a lot of very superior Pianos, from seve
ral Manufactories ; the best I have ever offered in this place,
sizes Cj, GJ, 6$ and 7 Octave, resewood cases, full round and
square finish, full iron frames, &c, Ac A small advance on
Manufacturers' wholesale prices, will be asked, and the
usual guarantees given.
JNO. D. LOVE.
Wilmington, N. C, May 8th, 1857. 36-tf
$30 REWARD
feS WILL BE GIVEN FOR THE APPREHENSION AND
3ft delivery to me, or confinement in any jail in the State
-S so that'l can get him, of my man JIM. He left on the
30th ult., and has not been heard of since. He is a bright
mulatto, almost white, about 23 years old, about 5 feet 9
inches high, straight hair and teeth defective, long beard on
his chin. Had on when he left a very good suit of clothes,
and will very likely try to pass off for a white man, and make
for a free State ; should he not go North, he will likely go
up in the vicinity of Fayetteville, as he was raised there and
formerly belonged to Win. B. Wright, Esq., of that place.
Any peiaon who may take up said boy, will be entitled to
the above reward, and the thanks of
ISAAC B. KELLY.
Kenansville, N. C, August 18th, 1857 51-tf
NOTICE.
THE PARTNERSHIP OF II. W. & L. G. GRADY IS BY
mutual consent dissolved, and H. W. Grady has removed
his Steam Mill to 71st mile post, W. A W. R. R. Thankful
for past favors, he hopes to share the patronage of all in
want of Lumber. A considerable quantity of Red Oak Lum
ber can be procured here.
ALSO :
The Steam Mill in Duplin County, near Outlaw's Bridge, be
longing to II. W. Grady & Co., is yet in operation, and be
sides being convenient for the immediate vicinity, we can
deliver Lumber at White Hall, whereby persons up and down
Neuse River can be readily supplied.
June 12, 1857 41-tf
flOftn THE SUBSCRIBER HAS ON HAND, AT HIS
Shop corner Walnut and Water Streets, a general
assortment of CARRIAGES, ot his own manufacture,
which he offers for sale, on the most reasonable terms,
among which may be found
COACHES, BAROUCHES. ROCKAWAYS, BUGGIES,
WAGGONS, &c.
Which will be sold low. Purchasers will find it to their
advantage to call and examine before buying elsewhere.
Rpnairinsr done low. at short notice, and in the neatest
manner, for cash only.
Nov. 31. 18-tf
ISSAC WELI.S.
LATEST NEWS FROM SEAT OF WAR.
THE subscribers having erected a STEAM SAWMILL
in the county of Duplin, N. C, near Strickland's Depot,
are prepared to fill bills of any kind or quality that can be
got out of long leaf pin-?. They would respectfully solicit a
share of patronage from the public generally.
TAYLOR, LINTON & CO.
Jan. nth. 19dy.
Wholesale and Retail.
15,000 ACRES OF LAND FOR SALE.
FIFTY LOTS IX TIMMONS VILLE, &c, Jtc.
f THE SUBSCRIBER OFFERS FOR SALE TRACTS
Vjof Land in Darlington, Williamsburg, Marion, Sumpter
" and Clarendon Districts, in lots to suit purchasers.
These lands are adapted to various pursuits. They com
prise good Turpentine Tracts (all round trees,) as well as
good Cotton and Corn Lands ; there are, also, at different
places, fine mill seats.
These lands lie on and contiguous to the Wilmington and
Manchester Rail Road, the North Eastern Rail Road and
Lynche's Creek, a navigable stream, and some portions of
them are in a high state of cultivation, and have been im
proved, containing good residences, out onildings, &c.
He will also sell, on advantageous terms, a large number
of desirable building lots in the flourishing village of Tim
monsville ; among others, there is one with a fine and com
modious Hotel upon it; another with a Store House, well
stocked with Goods suited for the Country trade.
Terms will be made easy. For further information, ad
dress J. M. TIMMONS,
July 24, 1857. 47-3m Timmonsville, S. C.
WILMINGTON MARBLE AN D STONE Y ARD.
THE subscriber having accepted the agency of several
large establishments at the North, which will furnish
him with no unlimited supply of finished or unfinished for
eign or domestic MARBLE of all qualities, is prepared to
fill all orders for MONUMENTS AND TOMB-STONES and
every other article in the line of the business, at reasonable
rates.
SCULPTURING, LETTERING, or CARVING, executed
as well as can be done either North or South.
The best of reference can be given if required.
March 10 1854 27-tf JAMES McCLARANAN.
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VOL. 14.
Drugs, Medicines, Paints, Oils, &c.
JUST RECEIVED. 10,000 lbs. White Lead, Pure Extra
and No. 1 : 1,000 lbs. Black Lead, in Oil : 1.000 lbs. Ven
etian Red, in Oil; 1,000 lbs. Yellow Ochre, in Oil; 25 bbls.
Blake s Fire Proof Paint; 40 bbls Silver's Plastic Paint;
10 bbls. Linseed Oil ; 5 bbls. Lamp Oil ; 5 bbls. Common
Oil ; 5 bbls. Machinery Oil ; 400 lbs. Chrome Green, Dry
and in Oil ; 200 lbs. Chrome Yellow. Dry and in Oil.
A full assortment of PAINTS always on hand and for sale,
wholesale and retail, bv W. H. L1PPITT.
Druggist and Chemist.
1,000
BOXES WINDOW GLASS, assorted sizes and
brands, for sole at Manufacturer's prices, bv
WM. H. LIPPITT. Druggist and Chemist.
200
OZ. Sulph. Quinine ; 10 bbls. Epsom Salts ; 1 cask
Cr. Tartar : 1 cask Sup. Carb. Soda ; 50 lbs. Seid-
litz Mixture ; 10 lbs. Rochelle Salts ; 50 lbs. Gum Opium ;
50 lbs. Gum Gnaiacum ; 1 bbl. Gum Camphor ; 500 Black
Pepper ; 300 Alspice ; 50 lbs. Calomel ; 50 lbs. Nutmegs ; 25
lbs. Iodid Potass ; 50 lbs. Mace ; 10 lbs. Sulph. Potass : 100
lbs. Rhubarb ; 50 lbs. Ipecac.
For sale wholesale and retail, by W. II. LIPPITT,
Feb. 23. Druggist and Chemist.
O1
ILS! OILS!! Just Received a fresh supply of Lin
seed, Train, Lard, Fish, Elephant, Whale and Sperm
Oils. For sale by W. H. LIPPITT, Druggist and Chemist.
'Schools.
LENOIU COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE.
MALE AND FEMALE.
LEVI BRANSON, A. B., Principal of Male Department.
MISS S. L. HAMPTON, in charge of Female Department.
THE SESSION IS NOW OPENING FINELY. OUR Ac
commodations are good, and we are aiming at a high
grade of scholarship. We hope to meet the educational
wants of Eastern Carolina. Thanks to our friends for liberal
patronage.
Board in advance, is $0 50 ; Tuition from $10 to S15 ; Or
namentals extra. For Catalogues apply to the Principal at
Lenoir Institute. Lenoir County. N. (.'.or to
W. HENRY CUNNLNGGIN'S, Secretary.
Sept. 4th. 1857 - Ltf
CLINTON FE3IALE INSTITUTE.
THIS INSTITUTION will resume its operations again oa
MONDAY, the 14th of September, 1857.
The charges will be the same as they have been for the
last vear. Board $10 per month, including washing, lights,
Ac. "
L. C. Graves, A. M.. who has served us so long and effi
ciently as Principal of the Institute, now also has charge of
the Steward's Department, which renders it doubly sure
that this department will be conducted to the entire satisfac
tion of all.
Mr. Strapell.v will continue in charge of the Musical De
partment ; and Mrs. Stradeli.a the Department of Painting,
iVc. II. A. Sec y Board of Trustees.
Clinton, N. C, Aug. 28, 1857. 52-tf
EDGE WORTH FEMALE SEMINARY,
OREEXSB0R0 N. C.
T
HE NEXT SESSION OF THIS INSTITUTION WILL
commence on Monday, August 3d, 1857. The course of
study is thorough and systematic, embracing eveiything
necessary to a complete, solid and ornamental education.
l lie buildings are so arranged as to combine the comforts of
a home with the advantages of a School. Instructors of the
highest qualifications are employed in each of the Depart
ments. No Institution in the country possess advantages
superior to Edgeworth.
Catalogues containing all necessary information respecting
the course of Instructions, Terms, &c., will be forwarded on
application to RICHARD STERLING. Principal,
July 17, 1857. 46-2m Greensboro', N. C.
General Notices.
$50 HEWARD.
RUNAWAY FROM THE SUBSCRIBER, near Cen
treville, Leon county, Florida, on the Oth inst., his
negro man named 1SHAM, aged about 35 years; dark
complected, round face, quick spoken, about 5 feet 6 inches
high, weighs about 1G0 lbs.; is somewhat knock-kneed, one
foot stands out more than the other, and he is sparebuilt.
I purchased him of Mr. John Long, and Mr. Long purchas
ed him of Mr. Henry C. Smith, all of North Carolina. The boy
will no doubt endeavor to make his way back to Columbus
county, N. C, where he belonged when I bought him.
I will give a reward of fifty dollars for his confinement in
any jail so that I can get him again ; or one hundred dollars
for his delivery to me at Centre ville, Florida.
BENJAMIN MANNING.
Aug. 25th, 1857. 290-2t 52-4t
FURNITURE : ! !
riillL suoscruber woohi respecuuliy an-
nounce to the citizens of Wilmington
and the public generally, that, he has just
selected in person, at the manufactories, ana will receive
during this month, the largest, best assorted stock of Cabi
net Furniture that he has ever offered in this place. As he
lias had long experience in this business, and having pur
chased his entire stock for cash, at manufacturer's lowest
cash prices, he can ofier rare inducements to purchasers.
The following are among the articles to be found in his
store, viz :
Parlor Setts, complete in Mahogany and Walnut ;
Brocatelle and hair-cloth covering ;
Sofas and Tete a Tetes, a great variety, from $13 to $50 ;
Mahogany and Walnut, Upholstered, Rocking and Easy
Chairs ;
Ottomans, Etageres and Corner Stands ;
Centre, Sofa and Card Tables ;
Pier, Mantle and Oval Mirrors ;
Cane Seat Chairs from 75 cents to $2 each ;
Cane seat Rocking and Nurse Chairs :
Sideboards and Secretaries ;
A beautiful lot of Chamber Furniture, setts complete ;
Bureaus, a great variety, from SI to $50 ;
Wardrobes, Washstands, Marble top, Ac:
Bedsteads, Bedsteads, Bedsteads ;
Towel and light Stands ;
Extension and other dining Tables ;
Work Tables, Toilet Tables, Teapoys, &c;
Also, a lot of superior Piano Fortes, Music Stands, Stools,
&c.
Intending to sell goods low, his terms are cash, or on large
bills, good negotiable paper, 90 days, with interest added.
JOHN D. LOVE,
No. 10 Front street, Wilmington, N. C.
August 19, 1857
286-12 50-tf
$30 REWARD.
RAN AWAY from the subscriber on Wednesday last,
19th inst., his two negro men, TOM AND WAKE.
TOM is about 5 feet 7 inches high, dark complexion,
high forehead, and about 25 years of age ; has very full eyes,
thick lips, and walks rocking. I purchased him of J. S.
Willis, Esq., ot Biaaen county.
WAKE, or WESLEY, as he is sometimes called, is about
5 feet 6 inches high, dark complexiou, quick spoken, active;
raised by Williamson Page, Esq., near Raleigh.
I will give the above reward ior Doin, or io ior euner,
delivered in any Jail where I can get them.
Long Creek P. O., N. C, Aug 21, 1857 2!)7-5t 52-tf
TO MILL OWNERS ASD OTHERS.
T
HIE SUBSCRIBER TAKES THIS METHOD OF inform
ing the public that he continues the Mill- right and
Machinist business in their various branches, i ouudering,
Framing, erecting Water or Steam Mills, erecting and fit
ting up engines and their necessary machinery. Hotclnues
water wheels, centre discharge wheels, .barker s wheels,
over shot wheels or under shot, or breast wheels, or any oth
er water wneeis m use, uircuiar or uprignt rviws. unsi
Flouring Mills, Bating Reels, Elevators, Smut Machines,
Horse Powers, Corn Crushers, Cotton Gins, Corn Shelters.
On application I win order and erect any of the above
machines or any other in use. 1 have an experience ot 16
vears, ana nave several experieneeu uumeu m im i:m-
plovnieiit. i am versea in me aiiuun iiuum iuicuw.
TiiAoo wishinc- work done in the above line would do well
in criv-P mp a call. 1 return rav sincere inanKs ior uie
. . . . i i . c ii..
lib-
eral patronage received heretofore.
For further lcioimauon auuicss uie auiiaeiiuvi .u x "um
ville. Jones county, N. C. D. i. JOH.bu,
L.'., 1Q".:
26th, 1856. (4-ly)
Mill-Wright and Machinist.
V VALUABLE PLANTATION FOR SALE.
THE SUBSCRIBER IS DESIROUS OF SELLING
his Plantation in Duplin county, lying on the South side
of Rattlesnake Branch, containing seven hundred and
twenty-five acres. About one-nail oi H is cieureu auu i
excellent farming land ; the remainder is well timbered,
and is convenient to the farm. J here is a good uwening
House, Negro Houses, and all necessary out-houses on tne
premises, and an excellent well of water.
Terms will be made easy, tor iurmer pai ueuiai-,
on or address the subscriber at Bear Swamp f. u., impnn
County, N. C. FRANCIS LOFTLV
Ang. 14. 5U-9t
Tlie World's Great Exhibition Prize Modal !
AWARDED TO C. MEYER,
For his
Tico Pianos, London, October 15, IsjI.
C. MEYER. RESPECTFULLY INFORMS
his friends, and the public generally, that he
has constantly on hand Pianos equal to those
for which he received the Prize Medal, in London, in inu.
All orders promptly attended to. and great care fatten in
the selection and packing the same.
rie nas receiveu uiuhil' mc mt w jcaia muic j.ihcio
. ji i . .1.1 t . : a . . . . . . 1 . I.! ;
anv other maser irom me riaiiKim iiimhulu, msu
- . , . v ' l . l ti. u:
Premiums at uoston, iew l oi k aim iaumioie.
Warerooms removed from rourtu, to ao. ill auii
Street, below Eighth, south side. Philadelphia.
Aug. 7, lNoi. 4i)-.mi
500
LOCAL AND TRAVELING AGENTS WANTED.
Business paying from $50 to $1M per month. r o
humbug or chance business. Permanent employment given
and no capital required. For further particulars enclose
postage stamps and address, x
July 31, 1857. 48-3m A. SIMPSON, Exeter, N. H.
TEN NEGROES TO HIRE.
UNTIL FIRST JANUARY- NEXT, TEN ABLE
BODIED NEGRO MEN, good Turpentine hands
Two of them are coopers and four hewers. Apply to
THOMAS I. FAISON.
Sampson County, Sept. 17th, 1857 10-lt 3-tf
r r
Hi - II I Hi ,111 .
WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY
General Notices.
9150 REWARD.
RAN AW AY FROM THE PLANTATION OF THE
Subscriber, in Duplin county, on the last day of June,
,185G, his negro man named ALLEN, aged about 22 or
23 years, stout built, middle sized, rather light complected
for a negro, had the mark of a burn on one of his hands.
Also sometime during the present year, his negro man
" HARRY," employed on the N. C. and Atlantic R. R.
Harry is a black negro about 40 years of age, middle sized.
Supposed to be lurking in the neighborhood of the planta
tion of Daniel Bowden, Esq., in Duplin county.
lwill give the above reward of $150 for the return of the
negroes to me or their lodgment in any jail so that I can
get them, or $100 for Allen and $50 Tor Harry, if taken sep
arately. WM. WRIGHT.
Burgaw Depot, New Hanover Co., N. C. 4-tf
NOTICE.
THE subscribe, having at the last Term of the Court of
Pleas and Quarter Sessions of New Hanover Coun
ty, qualified as Administrator on the Estate of John Bun
ting dee'd, hereby notifies all persons indebted to said intes
tate, to come forward and pay the same ; and all persons
holding claims against said intestate, to present them with
in the time prescribed bv law, or this notice will be pleaded
in bar of their recovery" SAM'L R. BUNTING,
Sept. 24th, 1857 4-tf Adm'r.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
HAVING purchased a well selected stock of Groceries at
the North, and they are now arriving, we will sell low
for the CASH. Call before purchasing elsewhere, as we
are determined to please.
Our stock consists in part as follows :
40 bbls. C. Yellow Sugars ;
10 " Crushed Block, a superior article ;
70 Bags Green Rio Coffee ;
25 " Laguyra u -20
Matts Gov. Java u
150 Whole and Half Boxes Adamantine Candles ;
5 Boxes Sperm Candles, fives and sixes ;
5 " Patent " " "
100 " Colgate's No. 1 and Pale Soaps ;
50 " Herring for snacks ;
10 Bbls. Sugar Crackers ;
5 ' Soda "
10 Boxes s
C '-' Sugar "
10 Bbls. Irish Potatoes ;
5 li Onions ;
5 " Leaf Lard ;
10 Kegs " " for families ;
15 " prime Goshen Butter ;
25 Boxes prime Cheese :
100 Bags Table Salt ;
100 Boxes " ki
5 Half Bbls. Family Reef;
Besides Mackerel in quarter and half bbls. and kits ; Sal
mons ; Pickles ; Pepper ; Spice ; Mustard ; Grind Stones and
fixtures ; Wooden and Willow Ware ; Brooms ; Buckets. In
short, a complete assortment, at
GEO. ii. KELLEY & BRO'S.,
Sept. 18 3-tf No. 11 North Water st.
NOTICE.
I OFFER FOR SALE MY HOTEL AND LOT IN
Warsaw, Duplin County, N. C. The house is large
and comfortable, with 15 rooms and 9 fire places.
The lot contains eight acres of land, and is situated imme
diately on the Wilmington & Weldon Rail Road, and on the
Stage line from Warsaw to Fayetteville and Kenansville.
There is a fine Male School in successful operation in the vil
lage. Any person wanting to purchase would do well to call and
examine the premises soon, as I am determined to sell.
Terms accommodating. LEVI MOORE.
Warsaw, Sept. 14th,. 1857 3-3m
LAND FOR SALE.
THE undersigned offers for sale a TRACT OF LAND
lying on the main road, about half way between Long
Creek Bridge and Bourdeaux s Depot, on the W. &
W. Railroad, running along Morgan's Creek, and within three
miles of the River. Said tract contains some THREE HUN
DRED ACRES, about 50 of which are cleared and under cul
tivation ; on the premises is a -ood Dwelling House, and one
of the best wells of ' Water in the county. The Land is well
adapted to the cultivation of Corn, Pea Nuts, &c. For fur
ther particulars, apply to JAMES BOURDEAUX.
flSept. 18th, 1857 " 3-4t
PUBLIC TRUST SALE.
ON THURSDAY. (OCT. 6, 1857.) OF OUR SUPERIOR
Court, as Trustee for William D. Cooke, I M ill sell, un
der a Decree of the Supreme Court, the following articles of
personal property, yiz :
1 Superior Adams' Printing Press, (new patent,)
1 " Steam Engine,
1 Card Press,
All the Type, materials, aud fixtures belonging to said
Cook,
1 Elegant Piano Forte,
and a great variety of the most superb, useful, and ornamen
ted Household Furniture, his Kitchen Furniture, and sundry
articles mentioned in said deeds. The said Cooke's interest
in the Paper Mill, (and 7 acres of land thereunto attached,)
now occupied by C. W. Benedict ; and, also, the said Cooke's
interest in a tract of land purchased by him of Geo. W. Mor
decai, Esq., lying .between the land of the Rev. Aldert
Smedcs and the late Robt. Finlater, in Wake County.
This being an unusual opportunity for securing the most
superb articles of Furniture, (which is comparatively new,)
those in need will consult their interest by attending the
sale, which will take place at 12 o'clock, in front of Litch
ford, Shepard & Co.'s auction store.
TERMS : All sums under $25, Cash. Twenty-five and
over, sixty days note, with creditable security, negotiable
and payable at the Bank of the State of North Carolina, will
be required of purchasers. P. F. PESCUD, Trustee.
Sept. 18, 1857 3-tds
NOTICE.
4 LL PERSONS ARE HEREBY FOREW,
J trespassing, in any manner, on my lands
from
in Columbus
county, N. C, under the penalty of the law.
Sept. 20, 1855 3-tf ' A. C. DICKENSON
From a St. Paul, Minnesota, paper, Sept. 12.
Several days since the quartermaster at Fort Snel
ling was robbed of some six thousand dollars in gold.
Suspicion immediately fastened itself on two persons
connected with the fort that had deserted that morning,
and a handbill was printed immediately at one of the
offices here, offering a reward for the robbers, and giv
ing an accurate description of them. Messengers were
dispatched to all points of the territory with the hand
bills.
One of them rode up to the St. Paul and Fort Eidge
ly stage on its way between Shakopee and Henderson,
near the latter place on Tuesday last, and handed a bill
to Chas. E. Henderson, a passenger in the coach, who, !
on reading the description, immediately recognized, in
the persons of two men, sitting on the front seat, the
robbers. lie artfully drew awav suspicion, however,
from the bill, engaged the men in conversation, and in
duced one of them who hod a gun to fire it off at some
object along the road. He also managed to send by a
horseman who passed them, a note to the sheriff at Hen
derson, to await the arrival of the coach, and arrest the
robbers.
When the stapre drove up to the stage onice m Hen
derson, one of the men perceived the crowd assembled,
and divining its meaning, stepped from the coach with
his carpet basr, arid before the sheriff could execute his
warrant on him, drew a Knue ana stauimi mmseu to ine
heart ! 1 le had only time to utter, pointing to his car
pet bag, ' there is the money," and tell death Tlie other
gave himself up.
Mr. Samuel K. Head and.-Horn Henry Wilson
Make a Bet. The well-known politicians, Mr. Samuel
K. Head, of Maiden, and the Hon. Henry Wilson, of
Natick, met on Washington street, the other day, and,
as a matter of course, had something to say as to the
prospects of the gubernatorial campaign. They became
excited. Mr. Head submitted a proposition, to wit a
bet : ten dollars that N. P. Banks would not be elected
governor of Massachusetts this year ; fifty dollars that
lie would not get a plurality of 1 ,000, and twenty-five
dollars that he would not get a plurality of 1,500 votes.
The Senator " took the bet," and in less than no time,
the money ($175) was placed in the hands of the book
seller on the corner, to be by him paid over to the win
ner after the election. Sunday Neics.
Voluntary Enslavement. Elizabeth Irickly, a
free girl of color, aged about 22 years, voluntarily w ent
intn slnverv at therjresent term of the Abingdon Circuit
Court. She was bo ught bv Cant. S&muel Skinner,
Sheriff of this county. This is the first instance of the
kind we have heard .of says the Abingdon Democrat, in
this end of the State. The woman is very intelligent,
oTi.l was fullv aware that a kind master was better able
tn ivrnvi do mid rare for her than she was herself. This
is a nut for Yankee philosophy to crack.
Endowment of R. M. College. Great efforts are
leine- made in behalf of this College, by the President,
Dr. Smith, and Mr. Cowles, the agent. Dr. S. writes
a few days since, as follows :
"Left "Farmville this morning at 5 o'clock. Now
waiting for the cars toKeysille. I am very well. We
are doing a great work for the Church and the College.
At White Oak, Dinwiddie, we raised $2,500; at Boker's,
Cumberland, $2,500; at Guinea, a few miles distant, over
$800; and last evening, on a mere passing visit to Farm
ville, $800. The people did well at each place. , We
have between $28,000 and $30,000 up to this time."
MORNING, OCTOBER 2, 1857.
An Hoar's Straggle with Poison.
I was spending some days, not many years ago, in a
beautiful little country village, and in a family that had
more than common attractions to one who loves domes
tic life as well as myself. The little circle had in it more
of real interest than I have often seen developed in the
same number of persons.
The father of the family almost too young to feel yet
that he was entitled to that honorable appellation was
a fine, frank-hearted young mechanic, with a wide
world of life bounding in his veins, an energy that, when
fully aroused, drove every thing violently before him, and
a warmth of disposition that won him more friendship
than it had then given him the goods of this world.
His wife, to whom he had been married for four years,
was singularly beautiful. They had two children, the
one a laughing brown-eyed and brown-haired little fairy
of three years. Her name was Eveleen. The second
was a crowing, laughing, blue-eyed, plump little beauty
of less than a year, promising to have all the charms of
the older at her age.
I was sitting one afternoon in a quiet little room,
with my feet upon two chairs, reading a pleasant little
book, in a state between sleep and awake my host
away at his shop a hundred yards off, and my pretty
little hostess engaged in her household labors when I
was thrown out of my indolence by a scream that brought
me to my feet like an electric shock. It was a woman's
voice, and had in it an excess of agony that cannot be
indicated in words, so loud that it rang over that quiet
little village, and brought every one forth to ascertain
the cause. '
I sprang to the door that separated the sitting-room
from the dining apartments, and saw the whole at a
glance. The young mother stood at the door with her
first born our darling Eveleen in her arms dying. A
brief and hurried word from the servant told me the sad
story. The little girl had accompanied a child until up
sjtairs, and while the attention of the older child was for
a moment turned away, she seized a bottle of corrosive
sublimate in alcohol, and had taken enough to have taken
away twenty such lives. The little thing had tottered
down stairs, and the mother had met her at the landing
with the empty bottle in her hand, and the poison ooz
ing from her mouth, and the child all unconscious of the
fearful thing she had done. Was it auy wonder what a
terrible shriek rang out over the quiet village, and that
already the occupants of every house near were rushing
towards the spot where the mother stood.
But a few moments could possibly have elapsed since
the poison was taken, and yet the effect was already
fearful. After the first sliriek of terror the mother had
quieted to a calm despair for the moment, and stood
with the child in her arms, making no effort for its re
lief, and indeed it seemed hopeless, for already the subtle
poison seemed diffused through the frame ; the brown
eyes had lost their lustre, the face was blackened as in
after death ; and the teeth were tight set in a convulsive
spasm that evidently would not pass away. I examined
the little lost darling for a moment, saw that it was
hopeless, and then turned away, unable to bear a moth
er s agony. The little door was already half filled with
villagers, and sobs, and moans and lamentations over the
fate of the dying child were heard in every direction,
mingled with quick and hurried questions, as to the
manner of its occurrence, and vain attempts at answer
ing, which added an oppressing confusion to the sadness
of the scene.
The little play-fellow's uncle, who had been up stairs
with the child, had run instantly to call the father, and
but a lew moments elapsed before he sprang into the
middle of the group. He had been told all and asked
no questions. I had time to remark that his eye was
very stern, and that his lip was very firmly compressed.
Others, too, remarked it, and I knew afterwards that a
murmur ran round the circle of how strange it was that
he betrayed no feeling.
He reached out his hands and took the child from its
mother. Its eyes were now closed, and a white ooze
coming from between the blackened lips. Was ever
death more assured ? I saw him open the eyelids, and
heard him give a sigh of relief. He told me afterwards
that the eye was not shrunken, and so death had not be
gun. He then attempted to open the mouth, but the
toeth were tight set, and they resisted his efforts. But
with a force that seemed almost brutal, he wrenched the
teeth apart, and opened the mouth.
" Shame," cried one of the bystanders.
The father did not heed them, but motioned to a
neighbor to take the child in his arms. He did so.
" Bring me the egg basket," he spoke A ery sternly,
almost without opening his teeth, to the servant.
" What do you want of it?" "What can you do
with it?" " He's crazy," and many such remarks fol
lowed, but the basket was there in a moment.
He seized one of the eggs, broke it, inserted his fin
gers again between the teeth and wrenched them open
by force, though they shut with so convulsive a motion
as to tear the flesh from his fingers, and poured the al
bumen into the throat. There was a slight struggle,
nothing more, and the spectators were horrified at the
action.
" Don't, the child is dying," said one.
" Please don't hurt the little thing it can't live !"
the mother found voice to say, laying her hand upon his
arm.
" Mary, be still I" he answered sternly, while his teeth
were relaxing from their clenching, and his face as hard
as if ho were entering a battle ; ' and don't any of you
meddle with me ; keep off!"
The bystanders involuntarily obeyed, with many harsh
remarks upon his cruelty but he did not heed them, and
went on. Another and another egg was broken, and
still there was no sign of life. Then the whole body of
bystanders broke out into a loud murmur, and cries of
" the brute l
crazy take
Let the
child
away
die in peace !" "
from him !" were
He is
heard
the child
around him.
He desisted for a moment from his efforts, and turned
with a fierceness which had before been altogether for
eign to his nature, but no one who saw him afterwards
forgot it. " Fools," he hissed, " mind your own business
and leave me to mine : lake her away will you : lry
it !" and he went on emptying egg after egg down the
apparently lifeless throat.
The mother could stand this no longer. ler hrst bora
was being tortured to death before her eyes, and she im
ploringly ilung herself on her knees before her husband's
lather, who had that moment arrived.
" O, father, do stop him !" she gasped ; he will obey
you ; do stop him. lie is torturing that poor, dying
child."
The grandfather started forward a step to interfere,
for he, too, thought the proceeding an outrageous one ;
but he stopped and said, " Mary let him alone, lhe
child will die if he does not go on. It cannot do more
if he does. I would not say a word to him for the
world. The child is his, let him use it at his pleasure."
There was a silence then. In a moment more there
was a quiver ot tlie eyeiuis, a convulsive movement oi
the chest, and the teeth lost their tension. The father
seized his child, turned her face downward, and the poi
son began to flow from her mouth. Again and again
as the retching ceased, he repeated the experiment the
life returning still more, and the face losing its black
color every instant. More than twenty times albumen
had been admin istered, and more than half those times
followed by the expulsion of the poison, when the eyes
opened, the father desisted, the litth sufferer lay just
alive in his arms, exhausted, its little life terribly shat
tered, but saved .'
Then when the necessity for exertion and determin-
atiou was over when the physician had been summon
ed, and they knew that darling little Eveleen might live,
after many weeks of struggle between life and death ;
when the relieved friend had acknowledged that they
had wronged him first ; when the beautiful and sorrow
ful wife had blessed him through her kisses and tears, and
all knew that under God only such an almost, fieree
determination could have saved the child then the
father sat down, unnerved, and wept like a child.
Not as in " Little Sister Evelyn" did the poison do
its fearful office. Eveleen is alive to-day and her brown
eves are owned upon a womanhood. But there is no
hour in mv life that 'rings so thrilling a recollection as
that of the young father's struggle for the life of his
child.
"Woodman Spare that Tree. "Let us pause,"
says Miss Cooper, in her Rural Hours, " to count the
days, the months, the years let us remember the gen
erations that mustcome and go, the centuries that must
roll onward, ere the seed of this year's cones shall pro
duce a wood like that just prostrated. The . stout arm
so ready to raise the axe to-day, must grow weak with
age, it mnst drop into the grave ; its, bone and sinew
must crumble into dust long before other trees, tall and
great as those, shall again occupy the same gpot."
NO. 5.
The Excamtmext at Chalons, in France, The
encampment at Chalons, which takes place during the
present month, is expected to furnish a grand entertain
ment to the French people. As many as fifty thousand
choice French troops will be present, and evolutions, and
firings, and battles, and sieges, and sorties, and attacks,
and repulses, and victories, and defeats, will be enacted
after the most approved models, and according to the
most perfect systems of the military art but fortunately
only in sport. The Emperor, who delights in general
ship, will take personal command of the camp. Prince
Albert, of England, has accepted an invitation to be
present, and to assist in the grand manoeuvres which are
to take place. The Emperor of Russia has also been
invited to attend.
The late French newspapers furnish us with curious
and interesting particulars of the preparations for this
grand military display. The tents and pavilions of the
Emperor are going up with man ellous activity, and nu
merous workmen were employed in laying out paths and
gardens for convenience and ornament. The camp ov
ens had been in operation for some time. The construc
tion of a railroad to the camp was advancing rapidly,
sixteen hundred men being employed upon it night and
day. Cafes, refresliment rooms, restaurants, fcc., had
been erected around the camp, to the extent of nearly
seven kilometres more than four miles.
The manners, occupations and diversions of the sol
diers already upon the ground, are described as being a
curious study. Some were employing themselves in
rearing kittens, and others mice, rabbits, chickens, liz
ards and tortoises in all constituting a complete do
mestic menagerie. Could anything be more perfectly
French? Troop3 were arriving daily cuirassiers,
guides, dragoons, artillery, grenadiers, voltiguers, &c.
The quantity of furniture for the pavilions of the Em
peror is said to be immense. From eighty to a hundred
wagons were employed in the transportation. The
household of the Emperor and its appendages, including
attendants, servants, cooks, horses, carriages, and the
neceesary places for shelter and for their various opei a
tions, will form an entire village.
The camp ground is said to be well chosen and ex
cellent. A better situation for such an encampment
could hardly be imagined. It was upon this ground that
in the year 451, the famous battle was fought in which
Attilla, at tbe head of the Huns, who had invaded Gaul,
was defeated by the combined forces of the Romans and
Visigoths, under Etius and Theodoric. It wras at the
entrance of a plateau which makes a part of the camp
ground that the march of the Prussians, in 1792, was
arrested by the battle of Valmy ; and the other extrem
ity of the plateau is made memorable by the battles of
Montmirail, Champ Aubert, la Fere Champenoise, &c.
Chaions-sur-Marne is upon the right bank of the river
Marne, about 100 miles northeast of Paris. It stands
in the midst of meadows, through which the Marne
winds. It is intimated that Louis Napoleon designs to
employ the troops which will be collected at Chalons, in
the construction of vast fortifications, which will make
the camp a place of defence similar to those which the
Austrians have constructed at Verona and at Lintz.
Boston Daily Advertiser.
Millionaires.
What constitutes a fortune ? With us, a man who
possesses a capital of $100,000 is honored with the
brevet title of "Millionaire." In England there are
hundreds upon hundreds of private gentlemen, each with
iirlUU,(J00 per annum, who are rather looked down upon,
as only indifferently wrell off, by magnates, with half a
county as their territory, and a revenue of a principality
for their income. V e do not allude to such men as the
Marquis of Westminster, with $2,000,000 a year, or
the Dukes of Buceleugh, Portland, Devonshire, of Suth
erland, each of whom is nearly as wealthy.
The curious thing is, how little the wealth of the
British middle classes is made matter of ostentation.
The other day, Mr. Muntz, who had been Member of
Parliament, wrent to his long home. He had been pat
entee of an improved method of making copper-sheathing
for ships : and was believed to be wealthy. His
manner of living, plain with all comforts, never indicat
ed vast wealth. His will wras proved a fortnight ago,
and the mere personalty, which is wholly irrespective of
his landed estates, amounted to 515,000,000. He iert
$500,000 and use of his furnished house to his widow ;
$125,000 to each of four sons : $10,000 to a son in
iSew Zealand; $100,000 to his daughter; $5,000 to
his brother (the executor ;) and all the rest, according to
the law and the lashion ot English primogeniture, to his
eldest son. Had so wealthy a man passed away from
us, he would have been duly advertised. In England, a
few lines, without any glorification, simply announce
how his property was disposed of. There is no surprise
whatever at a tradesman's having realized, in addition
to his other wealth, the sum of $3,000,000 of personal
property.
In England the least ostentation is displayed by the
wealthiest. Some years ago, a friend of ours dined at a
private house in Manchester, the cotton-opolis of Eng
land, and among the half dozen of whom the company
were composed our friend, a man of letters, and there
fore poor, being the best dressed of the lot one owned
five millions sterling ; two had three millions each ; a
fourth had two millions ; and the host, comparatively
poor among such millionaires, was worth about one
million. Here were 14,000,000, or $70,000,000, own
ed by five men, plain-spoken, plain-mannered, and plainly-attired.
Pliila. Press.
A Description of Jerusalem.
The Jerusalem correspondent of the Boston Post
graphically descriljes the ruin and desolate condition of
the Holy City. He says :
The women, clothed from head to foot in white sheets,
with their faces concealed by a black veil, resembling so
many ghoules just risen from the subterranean abodes ;
more especially as they have a great fancy for cemeteries,
where they daily congregate to howl. No sound of
youth there are no boys in the streets no sound of
wheels there are no carriages the dogs, mangy and
wolfish, snarl and snap when you disturb them, their dai
ly work as scavengers, and make the livelong night hid
eous with their contentions the very birds do not sing,
but cry to each other with a dissonant chirp, or complain
with a harsh murmur.
From the horrors of the city, if we pass to the envi
rons, we find naught but bare rocks around stones and
dust beneath the bright sun, reflected from every ob
ject, burns into the brains no grass, no trees, no green
thing the promenades are cemeteries the seats .are
white sepulchars. Here have been buried whole gener
ations of Jews ; here are the bones of the Assyrian, Egyp
tian, the Chaldean, the Persian, the Saracen, the Crusa
der, the Turk. In fine, Jerusalem is naught but a
" heap " of mouldering bones and shattered houses.
A Regular Jack Sheppard. A robbery was per
petrated at the Jarrett House, St. Anthony, on Thurs
day night, which in boldness eclipses any similar enter
prise of modern times. Col. H. Witlse", hearing some
body knocking around in the hall near his room at an
unreasonable hour, and suspecting it might be some vil
lian who meant to rob him, rose from his bed, fixed the
door of his room open, got his brace of pistols and pre
pared them for " an emergency," then sat down on the
IikhI to wait for the anticipated scamp to present himself.
In this position he fell asleep ! and while enjoying a per
pendicular dream, (probably of a robber writhing with a
bullet in his thorax) the ungrateful aud inconsiderate
vagabond aforesaid walked into the room through the
open door, helped himself to a new dress coat, two airs
of pantaloons, and a vest, pocketed six dollars and fiftv
cents in money, deliberately became an accomplice of
procrastination, (the thief of time,) by stealing a valua
ble gold watck. took the gold studs out of the shirt of
the slumlx-Ter, and reluctantly departed ! Mr. W. awoke
iust in time to find his " victim" vamosted, and himself
minus property to the amount of $200 or $300. In
fact, almost everything in the room had " gone off" ex
eept his faithful pistols, which were firmly grasped in
either hand readv capped and cocked ! 1 he funny gen
tleman with the dark lantern has not been seen or heard
of since.
Queer Diet fop. Old Gentlemen.-
4 The first time
I caught sight of milk in a Chinese street, it was in the
hands of a female, carrying a cup of what I thought to
be the genuine unchalked article. Excuse me, but
what is that ?' said I. 4 It is milk,' she replied.
What milk cow's or goat's?' Woman's milk, sir.'
Woman's milk 1 for what use V 'It has been bought
for an aged neighbor.' And what's the price of that
cupful ?' ' About eighty cash. Subsequently I discov
ered that it is not unusual for nursing women to sell
their own milk for motherless babes or octogenarians in
second babyhood, the nurses draw their own milk to vend
it at 2d. or 3d, a cup." Mine's Life of China.
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Cotton is Cuba. A new impetus is attempted to be
given to cotton culture in Cuba. A company called
the Algodomera, have been formed in Havana, fe the
purpose of again testing the adaptability of the climate
for this species of culture. But the effect will, without
doubt, prove a most signal failure. It is a conceded fact
by those possessed of exact knowledge upon the subject,
that in tropical regions cotton cannot be produced to a
satisfactory extent. Long ago the staple was grown
there and is yet cultivated to'sowe little extent, but as a
general thing it has been almcst entirely abandoned for
sugar and coffee, not because- cotton is of less value, but
because it has been found from experience that in a
country where the dry and wet seasons periodically pre
vail, cotton cannot be made a profitable crop. It is al
ways too dry or wet, and then, in consequence of the
non-existence of frost, insects are liable to destroy the
crops when otherwise everything looks promising. It is
a well known fact that in western Texas, where the soil
is great fertility, and promised in the early settlement of
the country, the richest reward to the cotton planter, the
culture of the plant has been almost entirely given up on
account of the semi-tropical character of the climate.
When rain was wanted it did not come, and when not
wanted it fell in torrents.
It is true cotton may be raised in Cuba, but only in
somewhat the same ratio as in Brazil. The soil in both
countries is all that can be, desired highly fertile ; but,
if by chance, the seasons should hit, the insects, such as
the catterpiller, boll-worm, &c, may appear and destroy
within a lew days, the fair prospects of the planter. Be
sides these drawbacks, there is another of equal magui
tude. Within the tropics the cotton plant is perennial,
and although the planter may cut down the stalks peri
odically, the yield cannot be anything like the product
of the cotton region in the united States. Some 25
years ago the late James Innerarity opened a cotton,
plantatioq in Cuba. The plant grew finely, but just be
fore the maturity of the crop, when everything was high
ly promising, the catterpillar appeared and soon destroy
ed it entirely. His was not an isolated case, and so
great was the destruction that cotton planting was at
once abandoned for sugar and coffee.
After all the experiments now in hand may be fully
tested, it will lie found that only in such a region as is
unbraced between South Carolina and Texas, runniDg
back to 32 a 33 degrees of latitude, will the cotton yield
prove rtniform and satisfactory. The British govern
ment may expend millions in experiments in the East
Indies, Africa, &c, yet in the end it will be found ihat
there is a defect in the climate, and a lack of suitable
labor that no amount of money or skilful handwork can
overcome. To cuttivate cotton extensively and profita
bly, the lands must be precisely in the right latitude,
where the plant is an annual and the requisite irrigation
comes irom heaven. We, therefore, feel safe m saying
that the experiments now in progress in Cuba will fail. "
mobile Mercury.
A Venetian Regatta. On the 20th inst. there was
a regatta at Venice, but only seven gondolus started.
ine stately galleys oi the notables ot the city and the
barques and bissone ot the police and municipal employ
ers were permitted to move backwards and forwards m
the grand canal, but whenever a simple gondolier at
tempted to enter the " tabooed " space he got such a
tremendous sousing from the hose of the fire engines
that he was but too glad to return whence he came.
When the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian and the
Archduchess appeared in a magnificent open gondola
they were cheered by the public, but persons who were
present assure me that there was no trace of that enthu
siasm ot wmch the papers speak. The military bands
played "God Save the Emperor," the " Brabaiicoune,"
and other national melodies, while the gondoliers were
straining their nerves in order to obtain the place of
honor. The first four gondoliers were received with
enthusiastic cheera by the public ; the last three with
ironical laughter, and those caustic remarks for which
the Venetians enjoy a high reputation. The prizes
were 250,200,150 and 100 silver lire, but the fourth on
the list of victors was obliged, in addition to his hun
dred " eightpenny bits," to accept a black pig clothed
in a scarlet dress. The men appeared so much exhaust
ed by their exertions that some of the English present
came to the conclusion that Venetian gondoliers have
infinitely less " bottom " than Thames watermen. After
the regatta there was a " Corso " that is, the archducal
gondola and the two galleys which accompanied it, went
up and down the (3 rand, Canal, followed by a host of
barques and gondolas. As no festival is complete in
Austria without music, a large galley, with military
bands on board, led the way up and down the canal.
Vienna Correspondent of the Times.
Funeral Ceremonies in India.
When the Hindoo is dead, his body is laid on a bier ;
he is carried usually to the sea or river, where the funer
al pile is ready prepared. His face is exposed. Over
the corpse is thrown a white cloth, on which many flow
ers are strewn. Before the body is taken to be burnt,
it is anointed with ghee or clarified butter. Arrived at
the side of the water, the nearest relation sets fire to the
pile, which is soon in a blaze. It takes three hundred
pounds weight of wood to consume the body of an adult.
The ceremonies are numerous, and a description of them
would fill a chapter. The ashes are afterwards thrown
into the river or sea, and more ceremonies go on, called
" Shradhu," wiiich consists of rites for the repose of the
soul of the departed ; it is strictly attended to, and often
costs a great deal of money, the priests receiving very
handsome presents from the relations.
Journal Viscountess Falkland.
The Greatest Steam Invention Yet. The Baton
Rogue Gazette, under the above heading, has the fol
lowing :
" Wm. St. Martin, of this city, has invented an engine
which can be constructed, boiler and all, for about $50.
The machine is so simple that we might with propriety
say it is merely an escape pipe, taking up no more
room. The steam is admitted into the centre of a drum
or cylinder in which the shaft works ; from this power
is applied directly, without further friction. The other
day we saw the perfected model of the engine pumping
water about 20 feet and throwing it into a reservoir at
the brewery. This is the apparatus wanted for getting
in a cheap manner one or two horse power to drive
small machinery. Mr. St. Martin has made application
ior letters patent, and when he gets them we think he
has fair prospects ahead to realize something f'ruu; u..
result of his genius."
Singular Result of a Kiss. An English paper in
forms us that a girl of seventeen, residing at Bridgegi'te,
Glasgow, named Catherine Burt, was brought tu lie
Central police office of that city, having had her neck
fractured in a struggle from a young man having at
tempted to kiss her. JN o extra violence, it was said. Lad
been used. Dr. M'Gill was in attendauce, and reported
that the injury sustained appeared to be partial diR:o.a
lion of one of the vertebrae of the neck, causing gnat
Jiuiculty in respiration and swallowing he prcsanud,
from pressure on the respiratory nerve. SLo was oixk-r-
d to the lnfermary, but ner friends preferred taking tier
home, where she now lies in a dangerous state. Steps
are being taken to have the young man apprehened.
We publish this as a warning to young ladies not to
resist such attempts. It so tenons a result followed a
resistance which, from the nature of the attack wa3 very
slight, the consequences of a more forcible repulse might
have been fatal.
A London correspondent writes : " Learnin,
Queen was to leave Buckingham Palace at an early hour
this morning, lor Scotland, 1 went m gooci lime to me
place of observation, and found about a hundred other
spectators assembled. The royal family and attendants
occupied four carriages, while the luggage filled six large
wagons. A small company of horse guards, fourteen in
number, took the lead from the palace to the railroad
depot ; then came the carriage of the Queen and Prince
Albert, followed by the remainder of tlie family. I had
a good view of the Queen ; her face is very plump and
rosy, much more so than is often seen, even in England,
which is noted for healthy-looking women. She was the
personification of health and happiness ; and Prince Al
bert, who sat by her side, and is a very good-looking
man, appeared equally happy."
A Wheat Growing Region. The Rockford (111.)
Register puts in a claim for Winnebago as the banner
wheat growing county in the State. One township alone
raises 150,000 bushels. It is estimated that 66,000 acres
of wheat were put in in that county, producing at the
least calculation, one milium six hundred thousand bushels.'