J y' s LV.
BY FCLTOK & PRICE, PROPRIETORS.
JAS. FULTON, Editor.... A. L. PRICE, Associate Editor.
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Professional and Business Cards.
JAMES O. BOWDEJi,
INSPECTOR OP NAVAL STORES,
April 4, 156. 31-tf.
Wilmington. N. C
ALFRED A LDER5IAS,
-NSPECTOR OF NAVAL STOKES,
Will give prompt attention to all business in bin line.
lLXIMiiU.t.
N. C.
Feb. 20th, 1S57.
25-ly
DAVID E. IIUSTIXG,
"TNSFECTOR OF NAVAL STORES,
Wilmington. N. C.
Will pay strict attention to all business in his line. He
solicits a share of public batronasre, which he hopes to merit
by promptitude and fidelity in the transaction of all business
entrusted to him.
July 1st, 1857. 4-tf
GEO. XV. ROSE,
C
'1ARPENTER AND CONTRACTOR.
June 17
Wilmington, N. C.
S. M. "WEST,
4 UCTIONEER AND COMMISSION MERCHANT.
fY. 219-tf Wilmington, N. C.
WILLIAM II. LIPPITT,
WHOLESALE AND RETIL DRUGGIST, and Dealer in
Paints, Oils, Dye Studs, Window Glass, Garden Seeds,
Perfumery, Patent Medicines, &.c. Ac, corner of Front and
Market sts., immediately opposite Shaw's old stand Wilming
ton, N. C. 5
JOSEPH L. IvEEJf,
(CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER, respectfully informs the
J public that he is prepared to take contracts in his line
of business. He keeps constantly on hand, Lime, Cemknt,
Plastkk, Plasteking Hair, Philadelphia Press Bkick, Fike
Bkick, Ac.
N. B. To Distillers of Turpentine, he is prepared to put
up Stills at the shortest notice May 20 37-ly.
WILMLYGTO.Y MARBLE WORKS,
Wilmington, X. C.
TT G. MILLIGAN, proprietor, respectfully informs the
public, that he is prepared to make and put up to or
derMarble Monuments of all sizes, Tombs, Head-Stones.
Furniture Tops, Mantles, Hearths, &c, of the best quality
of American or Italian Marble, not to be surpassed in style
or woi Kiuansnip, ana as cneap as can oe procured irom any
establishment iu the country, 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 ami Carriage Manufactory Clinton, AT. C.
v&gg BOLD ROBIN HOOD respectfully informs the
-tf?z. citizens of Sampson 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.
ASi" REPAIRING done in the neatest manner, at short
notice. KW Mill Ink and Gudgeons made and warranted
for ten years, for $10.
Clinton, May 0, 185G 36-tf.
NEGROES AVAXTED.
THE SUBSCRIBER IS IN MARKET FOR A number
of likely Negroes, MEN AND WOMEN, BOYS AND
GIRLS, for 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. SOUTHERLAND.
June 27th, 185G. 43-tf
NOTICE.
HAVE THIS DAY ASSCCIATED WITH ME
Hardware Business, in Wilmington, my son C. E,
IN THE
ROBIN-
SON. The business hereafter will be
KT mv 1 ' 1 1"a 111 V . 1 a .
conducted under the
firm of J. M. ROBINSON & SON.
Wilmington, Jan 1st, ISofi
J. M. ROBINSON.
LOOK UP YE DISCONSOLATE.
ANY PERSON who may be suffering with any 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 loth 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.
1 A J. O. HALE, M. D.
Jan. 16th, 1857. 20-ly
PIAXO 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 Gj. (!, CJ and 7 Octave, resewood cases, lull round and
square finish, full iron frames, Ac, Ac. A small advance on
Manufacturers' wholesale pi-ices, will be asked, and the
usual guarantees given.
JNO. D. LOVE.
Wilmington, N. C, May 8th, 1S57. 3Mf
$30 REWARD
WILL BE GIVEN FOR THE APPREHENSION AND
delivery to me, or confinement in any jail in the State
so that I can get him, of my man JIM. He left on the
;uth ult., and has not been heard of since. He is a bright
mulatto, almost white, about 23 years old, about 5 feet 0
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 person 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. A L. G. GRADY IS BY
mutual consent dissolved, and II. W. Crady has removed
his Steam Mill to 71st mile post, W. A W. It. R. Thankful
for pat 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 H. 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 11-tf
o THE SUBSCRIBER HAS ON HAND, AT HIS
iSLShop corner Walnut and Water Streets, a general
assortment of CARRIAGES, of his own manufacture,
which he offers for sale, on the most reasonable terms,
among which may be found
COACHES, BAROUCHES, ROCKAWAYS, BUGGIES,
WAGGONS. Ac.
Which will be sold low. Purchasers will find it to their
advantage to call and examine before buying elsewhere.
Repairing done low, at short notice, and in the neatest
manner, for cash only.
Nov. 31 18-tf ISSAC WELLS.
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 pine. They would respectfully solicit a
share of patronage from the public generally.
TAYLOR, LINTOX A CO.
Jan. 11th. 19-ly.
Wholesale and Retail.
15,000 ACRES OF LAND FOR SALE.
FIFTY LOTS IN TIMMONS VILLE, &c, &c.
THE SUBSCRIBER OFFERS FOR SALE TRACTS
jof 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 Turpentiue 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
Lyuche'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 buildings, Ac.
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
drs J. M. TIMMONS,
July 24, 1857. 47-3m Timmonsville, S. C.
IWtt,MINGTON MARBLE AND STONE YARD?
HIE subscriber having accepted the agency of several
large establishments at the North, which will furnish
hun with no unlimited supply of finished or unfinished for
eign or domestic MARBLE of all qualities, is prepared to
fill all orders for ONUMEIJTS AND QMB-STOXES and
wery 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.
L0CaL TRAVELING AGENTS WAXTED.
V J Business paying from $50 to $150 per month. No
humbug or chance business. Permanent employment given
and nc capital required. For further particulars enclose
Postage stamps and address,
July 31, 1857.-48.3m. A. SIMPSON, Exeter, N. H.
III M- . Ill
VOL. 14.
Drugs, Medicines, Paints, (pis, &c,
PAIXTS AXD OILS.
1 A AAA LBS. Pure White Lead :
JLA,V7VJV 5,000 lbs
Pure White Zinc ;
.r00 lbs. Pure White Zinc, in Varnish:
500 lbs. Silver Paint in Oil ;
50 bbls
10
5 "
5 "
5 "
5 "
2 "
300 lbs.
9rtn ' '
. u " dry assorted ;
Spanish Brown ;
Venetian Red ;
Yellow Ochre ;
Linseed Oil ;
Lard Oil;
Best Sperm Oil :
Chrome Green, in oil and dry ;
lellow, in Oil and dry. For sale
W. H. LIPPITT,
Druggist & Chemist.
wholesale and retail, by
Oct. 2 5-tf
MRS. ALLE.VS HAIR RESTORATIVE.
JUST RECEIVED, a fresh supply Nos. 1, 2, and 3.
sa e wholesale and retail, by W. II. LIPPITT,
For
Oct. 2 5-tf Druggist & Chemist
i)A A OZ. Sulph. Quinine ; 10 bbls. Epsom Salts :
1 cask
df J tr. Tartar; l cask bup. Carb.
Soda ; 50 lbs. Seid-
litz Mixture; 10 lbs. Rochelle Salts; 50 lbs. Gum Opium:
50 lbs. Cum Guaiacum; 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. H. LirPITT,
Feb. 23. Druggist and Chemist.
0"
,S! OILS!!
ust 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.
LEXOIR 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 $G 50 ; Tuition from $10 to $15 ; Or
namentals extra. For Catalogues apply to the Principal at
Lenoir Institute, Lenoir County, N. C, or to
W. HENRY CUNNTNGGINS. Secretary.
Sept. 4th, 1857 1-tf
CLIXTO.V FEMALE INSTITUTE.
nnHIS INSTITUTION will resume its operations again on
L MONDAY, the 14th of September, 18 57.
The charges will be the same as they have been for the
last year. Board $10 per mouth, including washing, lights,
Ac.
L. C. Gkaves, 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. Stkadella will continue in charge of the Musical De
partment ; and Mrs. Stradkli.a the Department of Painting,
Ac. H. A. BIZZELL, Sec'v Board of Trustees.
Clinton, X. C, Aug. 28, 1857. ' 52-tf
General Notices.
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 u Crushed Block, a superior article ;
70 Bags Green Rio Coffee ;
25 Laguyra "
20 Matts Gov. Java "
150 Whole and Half Boxes Adamantine Candles ;
5 Boxes Sperm Candles, lives and sixe3 ;
5 " Patent " "
100 " Colgate's No. 1 and Pale Soaps ;
50 i; Herring for snacks ;
10 Bbls. Sugar Crackers ;
5 " Soda "
10 Boxes " "
( " Sugar "
10 Bbls. Irish Potatoes ;
5 " Onions;
5 ' Leaf Lard ;
10 Kegs " " for families ;
15 " prime Goshen Butter ;
2.3 Boxes prime Cheese ;
100 Bags 'table Salt;
100 Boxes "
5 Half Bbls. Family Beef ;
Besides Mackerel in quarter and half bbls. and kits ; Sal
mons ; Pickles ; Pepper ; Spice ; Mustard ; Griud Stones and
fixtures ; Wooden and Willow Ware ; Brooms ; Buckets. In
short, a complete assortment, at
GEO. H. KELLEY A BRO'S
Sept. 18 3-tf
No. 11 North Water st.
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 . x
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 good 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, Ac. For fur
ther particulars, apply to JAMES BOURDEAUX.
JSept. 18th, 1857 3-4t
FURNITURE I '. I
THE subscriber would respectfully an
nounce to the citizens of Wilmington
and the public generally, that he has just
selected in person, at the manutactones, and will receive
during this month, the largest, best assorted stock of Cabi
net Furniture that he has ever offered in this place. As he
has had long experience in this business, and having pur
chased his entire stockor ca.h, at manufacturer's oce.s
cash prices, he can ofler 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 $2J each ;
Cane seat Rocking and Nurse Chairs";
Sideboards and Secretaries ;
A beautiful lot of Chamber Furniture, setts complete ;
Bureaus, a great variety, from $4 to $50 ;
Wardrobes, Washstands, Marble top, Ac;
Bedsteads, Bedsteads, Bedsteads ;
Towel and light Stands ;
Extension and other dining Tables ;
Work Tables, Toilet Tables, Teapoys. Ac;
Also, a lot of superior Piano Fortes, Music Stands, Stools,
Ac.
Intending to sell goods low, his terms are cash, or on large
bills, good negotiable paper, 1)0 days, with interest added.
JOHN D. LOVE,
No. 10 Front street, Wilmington, N. C.
August 10, 157 28G-12 50-tf
$,30 REWARD.
RAX AWAY from the subscriber on Wednesday last,
l!rth inst., his two negro men, TOM AND WAKE.
-is t
TOM is about 5 feet 7 inches high, dark complexion,
high forehead, aud about 25 years of age ; has very full eyes,
thick lips, and walks rocking. 1 purchased him ol J.b.
Willis, fcsq., oi isiauen county.
WAKE, or WESLEY, as he is sometimes called, is about
5 feet (J inches high, dark complexiou, quick spoken, active;
raised by Williamson Page, Esq., near Raleigh.
I will give the above reward for both, or $15 for either,
delivered in any Jail where 1 can get them.
LOTT CROOM.
Long Creek P. O., X. C, Aug 21, 1S57 207-5t-52-tf
A VALUABLE PLANTATION FOR SALE.
THE SUBSCRIBER IS DESIROUS OF SELLIXG
his Plantation in Duplin county, lying on the South side
of Rattlesnake Branch, containing seven hundred and
twenty-five acres. About' one-hall ot it is cleared anu is
excellent tarming land; the remamuer is wen umucreu,
and is convenient to the farm. There is a good Dwelling
House, Xegro Houses, and all necessary out-houses on the
premises, and an excellent well of water.
Terms will be made easy. For further particulars, call
on or address the subscriber at Bear Swamp P. O., Duplin
County, X. C. FRAXC1S LOFTIN.
Aug. 14 50-9t
Tlie World's Great Exhibition Prize Medal!
AWARDED TO C. MEYER,
For his Two Pianos, London, October 15, 1S51.
C. MEYER. RESPECTFULLY INFORMS
i'Ui, fnnl on1 -fiio rmrii nrfmAra 11 v that, lift
& I t f has constantly on hand Pianos equal to those
fnr which he received the Prize Medal, in London, in 1S51.
All orders promptly attended to, and great care taken in
lio aolortinn and nackincr the same.
He has received during the last 15 years more Medals than
any other maker from the Franklin Institute ; also First
Premiums at Boston, Xew York and Baltimore.
Warerooms removed from 52 S. Fourth, to Xo. 722 ARCH
Street, below Eighth, south side, Philadelphia.
Aug. 7, 1857. 49-3m
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. FAISOX.
Sampson County, Sept. 17th, 1857 10-lt-3-tf
NOTICE.
ARE HEREBY FOREWARNED from
A1
LL PERSONS
trespassinir. in anv manner, on my lands in Columbus
county, N. C, under the penalty of the law.
Sept. 20, 1855 3-tf A. C. DICKENSON.
W.
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WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY
General Notices.
LANDS FOR SALE.
? THE SUBSCRIBER OFFERS FOR SALE HIS
and North East side r,f Hendprsnn OppI.-. ThP
tract contains SIX OR SEVEN MITNnilEn AfTKFR. Thfr
are good DWELLINGS on the premisei,which are well water
ed. The lands are suitable for Dip mltivntirin rf Paa fnrn.
Potatoes, Ac. Any person desirous to purchase, will please
apply to the Subscriber on the premises.
JOHN DIXON.
Onslow County, N. C, Oct. 2, 1857 5-tf
PLANTATION FOR SALE.
INTENDING TO REMOVE WEST. T OFFER
lor sale the PLANTATION on which I now re
side. It is situated on Morgan's Creek. fiv roiles1
from Long Creek Bridge, three miles from the Rail Road,
twenty-five miles from Wilmington, and about one mile from
the main public road leading from Long Creek to Wilming
ton, and adjoining the lands of James Bordeaux, and others.
It contains two hundred and fiftv acres. Most, of it is
good farming land, and twenty-five acres is rich swamp laud :
about thirty acres are cleared. It is within half a mile or
navigable waters, and great quantities of wood could be cut
and easily carried to Wilmington. It is a fine range for
stock. The crop of corn and peas now on it shows the
land to be fertile. Besides a DWELLING HOUSE, there
are several smaller outhouses. I will sell the whole cheap,
and on easy terms. Those desirous of purchasing will please
come and examine this excellent tract of land. It contains
as fine a Spring of drinking water as can be found in New
Hanover County. SEYMORE WAGSTAFF.
Oct. 2d. 17 5-4tuoo
130 REWARD.
RANAWAY FROM THE PLANTATION OF THE
Subscriber, in Duplin county, on the last day of June,
isob, his negro man named Al-a-lvN, 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 X. 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 Bowdeu, Esq., in Duplin county.
I will 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 for 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 by law, or this notice will be pleaded
in bar of their recovery. SAM'L R. BUNTING,
Sept. 24th, 1857-4-tf Adm'r.
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
Reinforcements for India.
In the last two months we have despatched 25,000
soldiers on a voyage of 15,000 miles. This brief but
comprehensive observation is not ill-calculated to place
the energy and resources of the country in a creditable
light before the eyes of the world ; but it would be un
wise in the extreme to presume that the actual work be
fore us has been even nearly accomplished. It has been
estimated by good authorities that an army of 80,000
British troops in India would suffice for the pacification
of the country under any circumstances apparently prob
able. This is, perhaps, a reasonable assumption, and
the measures which have been actually taken ought to
result, no doubt, in the concentration of some such force
as this under the orders of Ijord Canning.
The European troops in India at the commencement
of the year numbered altogether, including those in the
service of the Company, about 5,000 or 40,000 men.
To these it may be reckoned that 10,000 have been cr
will be added from the Cape, the Mauritius, Ceylon, and
the Chinese Expedition, leaving 30,000 or 35,000 to be
despatched from these shores. As of this complement
26,000 have already sailed, and nearly 10,000 more are
under orders for embarkation, the immediate requirements
of the case may appear to have been thus far satisfied ;
but, if wre look into the matter more closely, it will be
seen how much remains to be achieved.
Of the troops recently sent from this country a consid
erable portion represented the draughts required in due
course to keep up to their projicr strength the European
battalions regularly quartered in India, and these men,
therefore, will have been already reckoned under the
item giving the original strength of the Indian force.
Considering, indeed, the increase of casualties which must
have attended the recent operations, it is probable that
the draughts sent out will not suffice to make good the
losses incurred, so that some deductions should be made
from the gross numbers given under the head referred to.
In the next place, it must be remembered that several
of the regiments now in Bengal represent only so many
loans to be repaid at the earliest opportunity. These
battalions have been withdrawn Irom Bombay, lrom
Madras, from other colonies, and from the exigencies of
another war in the East. Beyond doubt the demands
of Bengal were so far paramount that this absorption of
forces was a judicious measure, but the troops thus bor
rowed will require to be replaced. It is certainly, since
the Bengal mutinies, at lea.st as necessary as ever that
Southern India should be protected by its ordinary gar
risons ; and, though the Cape, perhaps, can afford a per
manent surrender ol troops, this is more than can be
said for the expedition in the Chinese waters. A few
months ago the Chinese war engrossed all our attention;
it has since dwinuicu to proportions oi comparative ni-
sio'iiifieance, and naturally so too ; but our commanders
at Hong Kong must have a supporting lorce in pros
pect. To some extent, perhaps, we may rely lor assist
ance on the levies whicii nave ucen proceeding witn great
rapidity in thePunjaub ; but, after our recent experience,
its is the British element alone that we can unhesitating
ly confide in, and the remarks we have made will show
that considerable reinforcements will still be required be
fore the army in Bengal can be raised to the desired
strength, without prejudice to other demands.
It is scarcely conceivable that any intelligence should
now be received from India of a character to justify us
in rescinding or relaxing our resolutions. Assuming
even that Delhi should have fallen without serious cost
to the besieging force, and that the operations of the
moveable columns should have been everywhere success
ful, the great facts of the rebellion will still survive in a
savage and disaffected soldiery at large throughout the
country, in swarms of armed marauders flushed with
carnage and plunder, in a disorganized administration,
and, above all, in the demoralization and contagion
which this epidemic of mutiny has generated.
Come what will in the way of success or good for
tune, we shall still require our additional 40,000 troops
in India, and that for some time. "We cannot, therefore,
do wrong in establishing our preparations on a sufficient
scale, and in pushing them forward with all the energy
possible. We have a population to draw upon of 2y,
000,000, and an admirable spirit abroad to second the
appeal in fact, recruits are pouring in by thousands,
and the estimated demands will very soon be supplied.
Our financial resources are equal to any imaginable em
ergency, and. although as a nation we are instinctively
economical, no minister need ever fear to draw at dis
cretion on the public purse for the honor of the country,
the protection of its citizens, and the reputation of its
arms. All, in short, humanly speaking, lira in our own
power, and nothing but resolution and action are requir
ed to give us success and security.
London Times, Sept. 8.
Charles Shurtz, the republican candidate for Lieut.
Governor of Wisconsin, is a German refugee from the
prison of Xangurd, where he was confined for political
offences in 18-48. We wish it to be understood that we
mention this as news, aud not to disparage Mr. Shurtz.
If he shall be elected, the republicans ot isconsiu cau
scarcely be called a shiftless party.
Buurbon Whisky. Major Poore, the wheel-barrow
mah, at the banquet the other night at Louisville, in a
speech, said :
Iu old Kentucky everywhere, sir, have I been greeted
by gentlemen, with " their hearts in their right hands
their right hands in inine,"and must I say it, with bot
tles of unequalled "Old Bourbon" in thier left hands.
" Long, long be my heart with rich memories filled,
Like a vase in which roses have once been distilled,
You may break yon may ruin the vase if you. will,
But the ecent of thai Bourbon will linger there etill."
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MORNING, OCTOBER 9, 1857.
From the Philadelphia Press.
From numerous poetical tributes to the memory of
Captain Ilerndon, which crowd our table, we select the
following, contributed by a Philadelphian. Its earnest
truthfulness and simple pathos combine to make it most
touching :
IIERXDOX.
Ay, shout and rave, thou cruel sea,
In triumph o'er that fated deck,
Grown holy by another grave
Thou hast the captain of Vie itreck.
No prayer was said, no lesson read,
O'er him, the soldier of the sea,
And yet for him, through all the land.
A thousand thoughts to-night shall be.
And many an eye shall dim with tears,
And many a cheek be flushed with pride,
And men shall say here died a Man ;
Aud youth shall loarn how well he died.
Ay, weep for him, whose noble soul
Is with the God who made it great,
But weep not for so proud a death
We could not spare so grand a fate.
Nor could Humanity resign
That hour, which bids her heart beat high.
And blazon Duty's stainless shield,
And sets a star in Honor's sky.
Oh dreary night ! Oh grave of hope !
Oh sea, and dark unpitying sky !
Full many a wreck these waves shall claim
Ere such another heart shall die.
Alas, how can we help but mourn
When hero bosoms yield their breath,
A century itself may bear
Rut once the flower of such a death.
So full of manliness so sweet
With utmost duty nobly done
So thronged with deeds, so filled with life,
As though with death that life begun.
It has begun, true gentleman !
No better life we ask ior thee.
Thy Viking soul and woman heart,
For ever shall a beacon be
A starry thought to veering souls,
To teach it is not best to live ;
To show that life has nought to match
Such knighthood as the grave can give.
W. M.
Transmitted Signals by Musical Sounds. The
Franc Musicale gives an interesting account of some ex
periments made in presence of the Emperor of the French
when at Plombieres, to test the efficiency of M. Surdre's
plan for transmitting signal sounds. The above named
journal says :
" During the Emperor s stay, M. Surdre, the inventor
of what is called telephonic, or the art of transmitting
and phrases by sound, had with his wife the honor of ex
hibiting before his Majesty. Placing himself in the mid
dle of the saloon, he announced that he would, with his
violin, expressed any phase his Majesty might please to
dictate to him, in such a manner as to enable Mme. Su
dre, who was seated at the further end of the room, among
a group of ladies, to say what it meant. The Emperor
immediately wrote on a piece of paper the words, ' Le
premier qui fut roifutun soldad Iteureux,1 and M. Su
dre produced a few sounds from his violin. Mme. Sudre
immediately rose and repeated the phrase word for word.
Another experiment was then made it consisted in
speaking the notes instead of playing them. The Emperor
wrote, iPlo?nbaries est unc ville charmante ce soir,' and
M. Sudre, after reading the phrase, pronounced, without
any intonation of voice, certain notes. Mme. Sudre at
ouce gave the words correctly.
Experiments in telephonie were made. M. Sudre's
system reduces the transmission of signals to the three
sounds expressed by the trumpet, the drum, or the can
non ; or, in the event of high winds preventing sounds
from being heard, to three signs. The Emperor gave
the order, "Construct batteries on the height," and M.
Sudre produced three sounds on the height," and M. Su
dre produced three sounds on the clarion; Mme. Sudre
at once repeated Ihc phrase. Another order, civeii bv
Gen. Espinasse, was repeated by the drum, and transla
ted instantaneously by the lady. The order, "Let the
artillery paralize the tire of the enemy's battery," was
transmitted by taps on the table to imitate cannon, and
was in like manner at once repeated by Mme. Sudre.
The Emperor asked if proper names and the names of
towns could be transmitted by the system, and bc'mg
answered in the affirmative, av rote the name of Nebucho
donosor; some sounds from the trumpet enabled Mme.
Sudre to repeat the name aloud. The Emperor express
ed his satisfaction at what he had witnessed. He then
graeiouly invited Mme. Sudre to sing one or two mor
ceaux, alter which his Majesty dismissed her and her
husband with marks of his munificence."
Preachers has Riz. The Nashville Whisr
says
r.he following good thincr conveys a practical lesson :
Hawkesville, Ky., September 2.
Messrs. Editors : The following amusing incident
occurred in our town a few weeks since. It will apply
to other localities as well as this :
A short time since it became necessary to adopt mea
sures to procure the services of a minister at the Afri
can church in this place. Accordingly a committee
was appointed to wait upon " Brudder Pearce," (who
was generally acknowledged to be the most suitable
personage to fill that high and honorable station,) and
solicit him to accept the pastorship of their church.
They were informed that he would undertake the labor
ious task for the very moderate sum of forty-five dollars
per annum ; but insignificant as the price might seem,
his flock thought it exorbitant, and peremptorily refused
to give it.
Two or three weeks passed, and, being unable to get
another preacher, it was finally agreed to pay the sti
pend, and on the ensuing Sabbath the following took
place :
Brudder I'carce, we s eluded to jrm you forty-five
dollars to preach for us " said a benevolent colored indi
vidual, whereupon our clerical friend rose and responded :
" Urctlderen, l can t preach tor that price.
" Why, you only axed forty-five," cried half a dozen
voices.
li Shore miff I did, bred deren, but dat, vou know, was
tree weeks ago, and preachers has riz."
Anybody lake Me.
Anybody like me !" I aint anybody I'm married
aint a bachelor any longer. This isn't my home ; 'tisn't
my carriage, my horses, my opera box; oh, no ! they're
Mrs. Smith's. I'm not John K. Smith, the richest bro
ker on Montjromery street, but that fashionable Mrs.
Smith's husband !
Xelley came down to the office yesterday. Sweet
Xelly. She always consols papa for all his cares clus
tering curls, blue eves dear Nelly !
" Whose lovely child is that?"
" Mrs. Smith's." Of course she is ! There it is ! She
don't belong to me; oh, certainly not ! I wish I felt a lit
tle more clear on that point.
ihat expensive plate just going home is Mrs. Smith s.
What if 1 did nav for it? Don't I beloner to Mrs.
Smith ? Poor oppressed woman ! They have not only
all their own property and half of their husband's, by
law, ana the rest by possession; but they need more rights.
Where rights are wrong, I wonder what rights the petion-
ers would use ?
And then the idea of calling me " anybody;" I'm an
an auimalcula; I'm a bubble, a jack-o'lantern, a vision.
I'm absorbed, swallowed up, extinct !
A Northern " Institution." George W. Nowell,
of Ohio, a harness maker by trade, was safely lodged in
the jail at Crawford, the other day, upon the charge of
abducting of a negro belonging to J ohn Brown, Esq., of
Salem. Alter working a while at his trade in balem,
where he joined the Methodist Episcopal Church by a
forged letter frdm the Baptist Church at Hamilton, Ga.,
he endeavored to sell the stolen negro alluded to, at Ope
lika and Auburn. Would that Greely's Southern itin
erant correspondent was " enjoying the same blessing.
Montgomery Advertiser, Sept. 28.
Effect of War on Prices. During a
siege,
water carrier was crying his water through the town
Six sous a gallon ! six sous a gallon !' By and by a
bomb shell carried off one of his barrels, whereupon,
without moving a muscle of his face, he continued
' twelve sous a gallon !'
Sugar. The Newburyport (Mass.) Herald states that
a cargo of very fine sugar is stored upon J ohnson's wharf,
in this city, for which a firm in Boston paid 1214 cents
ner pound : now it will not bring 9 cerrts, : The depre
ciation, storeage, shrinkage, &c, will occasion a loss of
forty dollars on. a hogshead. - - '
NO. G.
The Financial Crisis in New York.
copy the following from the Journal of Com-
We
merce :
" New Tork has a noble duty to perform. When too
many of her allies have surrendered or quit the field, she,
the city of New York, as represented by her banks and
merchauts, is summoned to the post of honor. She is cal
led, by all that is due to herself, her country, and "other
countries by all that is due to sound principles and
sterling integrity to stand her ground, ant receive the
shock of battle. And she will do it. Yes, and soon
the shout of victory will crown her endeavors. There is
no good reason why our banks should suspend. They
are now in an impregnable position ; their business has
been reduced to snug limits ; their specie far exceeds
their circulation, which besides is secured by State or
United States stocks, lodged with the State comptroller;
another ship-load of specie is near at hand ; there is lit
tle or no demand for it for shipment to foreign countries;
immense crops of cotton, rice, tobacco, flour, &c, will
soon supply an abundance of foreign exchange ; impor
tations will be checked ; in short, we arc on the road to
health, although, at this moment, the sickness is sore up
on us. Several of our leading banks, over the signature
of their presidents, encourage the merchants to expect
more liberal discounts soon. No doubt the latter are
suffering severely, and need relief. The banks know it
well, and will do what they can for them, consistently
with the maintenance of their own position. We can
reasonably ask them to do no more ; thefailure of solvent
houses is a great calamity, though it is small in com
parison with that of a bank suspension in this commer
cial centre of the western world. Bear up, then, hear
ties, a little longer, and you shall soon descry land ; and,
when the storm is over, you will congratulate yourselves
and each other that you did not succumb, but bore your
selves in the darkest hour like men and like heroes'
" New York maintains her position firmly, Boston,
the commercial centre of New England, will be encour
aged to do the same, and with her a large part of the
banks connected with the Suffolk Bank system. Even
if the Boston banks should suspend, (which we do not
anticipate,) the New Haven banks, we are inclined to
think, will hold fast to their integrity. They usually
keep large deposites more closely connected with us than
with Boston. For the last three or four weeks they have
kept the helm hard down, being determined to get into
an impregnable position at the earliest possible moment.
Money is said by old residents to be more scarce there
than before the suspension in 1837. But as j-ct there
have been few failures.
" If New York, and especially if New York and Bos
ton, maintain specie payments without flinching, Phila
delphia, Baltimore, and the South generally, so far as it
shall have suspended, will be obligedto resume, at no
distant period, or lose their charters. The calamity will
thus be greatly abridged, both in extent and duration,
compared to what it would have been if our banks had
pusillanimously succumbed before the first blast of ad
versity." The Daily Newrs of Wednesday says :
" Daylight at length dawns, and the crisis seems about
to pass away. We heard of no further bank suspensions
yesterday, which of itself was a relief. We have also
the satisfaction to announce that the city banks held a
meeting in the afternoon, at the Clearing House, to dis
cuss the state of affairs and to consider how the banks
could best promote the interests of our merchants and.
recover their lost credit in financial circles. Forty banks
were represented. The meeting took place at 3, p. m
and continued till 5. The whole proceedings were of a
very business-like and harmonious character. It was
unanimously resolved that the parties present should rep
resent to their respective boards of directors to increase
their discounts, within a u'eck, three per cent, upon their
respective present lines of discount. This will give a re
lief to the merchaots to the extent of over three millions
of dollars. This action of the banks will be received
with gladness throughout the trading community, and
will remove much anxiety from many a troubled mind.
In the namcjof our commercial community wo. thank
tne banks lor this timely action.
" The severe pressure upon us was owing in part to the
sudden contraction of discounts by the bunks, doubtless
a necessary expedient to protect themselves, but having
probably seen the worst of the difficulties, and knowing
their own abilities, they show themselves ready to step
forward, and, as far as lies in their power, lend a helping
hand. But the weekly bank report, published yesterdy,
the banks show that they are very strong, having a cir
culation of $7,83b.OOO, and specie on hand amounting to
$13,327,000, nearly two dollars in specie for one of cir
culation. " Besides this relief tendered by the banks above re
ferred to, we observe the sub-treasury is paying out
largely. It paid to-day $871,300, mostly for redemp
tion of public stock. We learn also that' the Bowery
Savings Bank has sent in 81,000,000 certificates of the
United States stock to be redeemed. This will, there
fore, be paid in the course of the week, and will be so
much capital added to the circulation. The skies arc
indeed looking brighter.
" The feeling in the street was much improved. More
confidence was shown, which will soon lead to' the re
sumption of business by the discount brokers. The
stock market has also improved. Exchange with the
South is relaxing a little. The currency of the State is
more in demand as that of other States is more and
more suspected. The low price at which exchange on
London is selling 100 to 105 must lead to a large
importation of gold in a few weeks. Sales of exchange
have actually been made at par, or 100 per cent., which
is 4.41 cents per pound sterling. We shall weather the
storm."
Prices Must Come Down. In the Northern cities
the produce markets are feeling the money pressure, and
the holders of produce of all kinds are satisfied with
lower prices. But as all prices are settling at the smiie
time the relatives of exchangeable products will not. be
much altered by this reduction, so that farmers will re
ally get as much of exchangeable value for their products
as they did under high prices. Thev mav get but -one
dollar for their wheat, but if that dollar purchases as
great a supply of groceries or domestic goods as" two
dollars did during the expansion, they do not lose by the
reduction. When one dollar does the work that two
previously effected, it is evident that it will not require
so much capital to set industry iu motion, or give labor
an opportunity to help itself by its own physical ener
gies. The Philadelphia Ledger reminds us that in the infltb
tion of prices produced by the abuse of credit in 1837,
the prices of food ran up to an enormous height, in some
cases exceeding the high prices of the present year.
Flour was $12 per barrel, and other articles in the same
exhorbitant proportion. So completely had industry been
diverted from labor to speculation, that we were actual
ly obliged to import grain from Eurojie, a fact unexam
pled in our history before or since. Now, however, the
cause is different. Beautiful crops have everywhere
blessed labor with a rich reward, and, instead of having
to import grain, we have plenty of it to export
to Europe, and would do so more largely if the in
flated prices did not prevent it. The general decline in
prices, without any alteration of relative values which is
now taking place, will enable us to pay our debts a
broad by means of other of our products than cotton.
Norfolk Herald.
We insert the following at the request of our senti-mental-est
contributor :
A Beautiful Object.
(Extract from an unpublished llomance.)
"There is no object so beautiful to me as a conscientious
young man I watched him as I do a star in Heav
en." Miss Caroline Gilman.
"That is my view ex-actly !" sighed Miss Josephine
Hoops, as she laid down the volume ; "in fact, I think
that there's nothing so beautiful as a young man, even
if he aint conscientious. Goodness knows that I watch
the dear creatures a great deal more than I do the stars
in Heaven and mean to as long as I live. onder if
that's Charley Sass ?'' she suddenly exclaimed, as she
heard a ring at the door. And casting a hurried glance
at the immense mirror, to see if her blushes were coming
up correctly, she sunk back amid a wilderness of silk
shirts on the luxurious sofa, and with glistening eyes and
wildly-throbbing heart, awaited the approach of her
favorite admirer.
There that's, what you may call a young lady of sen
timent ! Some poetry in the soul icy ? And sie said
there was.
The young lady who burst into tears, has been put to
gether again, and 13 now wearing hoops to prevent ' a
recurrence ot the accident.
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The Suspension In Philadelphia.
The Philadelphia papers of yesterday all cornment up
on the bank suspension in that city and the effect it is
likely to have upon business. They are, however, at
variance as to the propriety of an extra session of the
Legislature. The Inquirer advocates it as indispensable
and calculated to reinspire public confidence. The
" Press " on the other hand, remarks :
The Governor has undertaken a great responsibility in
calling this Legislature together. He is head of our
State government We have lost the character through
out the Union by this last suspension of specie payments.
Our good name is traduced and our credit assailed by
the press in other cities. Let not Governor Pollock dis
honor himself by yielding to the projects of those who
only seek their own ends and constantly forget the true
interests of the State.
The people will never consent to confirm suspension
or to relieve our banking institutions, unless it shall be
fully established to their satisfaction that these institu
tions have done all in their power to meet the demands
that may be made upon them, and to comply with the
laws. In this connection we cannot avoid the express
ion of our sincere wish that the honest debtors of the
banks, comprising the mechanics, merdiant manufactur
ers and active dealers, in this city and throughout the
country, should be considered only next to the note
holders themselves.
It is believed by many sound thinkers of all parties
that, in the present prosperous condition of the country,
aud the large amount of specie known to be in the hands
of the people, it is within the power of the banks, by a
fair use of their credit and the means they have at their
command, though it may be at a considerable loss to
them, to be able to redeem all of their liabilities, either
to note-holders or depositors, at no distant day. If this
be so, no sacrifice should prevent them from complying
with their obligations. In view of the many sacrifices
which have been made by individuals to maintain their
credit with the banks, they should not hesitate a moment
to make equal if not greater sacrifices to sustain their
own credit. If it be found that they have neglected or
refused this, they can claim no sympathy from the pub
lic, nor will it be accorded to them.
Our banks must not forget that while for years they
have been extending favors and lending money to their
own friends at the low rate of six per cent, per annum, of
which we have had abundant evidence, beginning with
the failure of the Lancaster Savings Institution and the
Lancaster Bank, and ending, we hope, with the present
crisis, there were hundreds and thousands of merchants,
mechanics, manufacturers, builders and business men of
all classes, who were paying enormous rates to maintain
their credit with these very institutions. It will not do,
then, under any circumstances, to allow them to issue a
depreciated paper currency for the benefit of their cus
tomers, (when they have means to prevent it,) to the great
injury of the community.
From the Galveston Civilian.
Indigo.
It is apprehended that the war in India will cut short
the supply and greatly enhance the price of this article.
It is one of more importance than many persons sup
pose, although it has ceased to hold the important place
which it once did in the products of the United States.
The species of Indigo most commonly cultivated in In
dia is, we believe, a native of the tropical regions of
America, although there arc many varieties of the plant,
more or less in favor in different districts. The enter
prise, energy and intelligence of the English, aided by
the cheap labor of the natives, were the means of ren
dering the production of this article in the East Indies
more profitable than in America, and thus driving the
industry of our planters into other channels.
Indigo grows best on lauds recently cleared, as it re
quires a good deal of moisture ; it alsp requires protec
tion from high winds, and irrigation in times of drought.
It needs rain particularly when the young plant has just
appeared above tho ground. It thrives best, while
growing, in damp, cloudy weather, though sunshine is
requisite to develop fully its coloring nronertlcs. The
cultivation of the plant requires less labor than the gath
ering and preparation of the crop. The coloring matter
is obtained from the leaves. When ready for gathering
they assume a dark green color. The branches contain
ing them arc then severed from the main stem, the leaves
dried in the sun, beaten off, and placed under shelter.
With favorable weather, other branches and leaves put
forth, and are treated in a similar manner, until three or
four pickings have been secured, when re-planting be
comes necessary. The leaves, after drying, arc steeped
in six times their volume of water ; the water, after
having extracted the coloring matter from them, is drain
ed off, boiled, strained, and allowed to ferment, when,
having been sufficiently evaporated, the Indigo is beaten
and moulded. The entire process is too nice and tedious
for description here.
Dr. Leiber attributes the superiority of East India
Indigo mainly to the improved process of manufacture
pursued in that country, and says that the American
which sell at less than half the price, can Vie made equal
to the foreign article with proper care and attention.
In 1821) the American Journal of Science estimated tho
value of Indigo consumed in the United States at two
millions of dollars the quantity being as many pounds,
of which one tenth, or 200,000 lbs. were then of Ameri
can growth, and worth only 50 cts. per lb., while the
foreign was worth from $1 to 1 25. The average pro
duct of Indigo in South Carolina is said to be 50 pounds
per acre, though four times that quantity has some times
been produced.
British India, for some years, has furnished more than
three quarters of the Indigo of commerce. If that sup
ply should now entirely be cut off, it is difficult to say
how far prices may advance, or what impulse may be
given to its cultivation in the southern States. There
can be no doubt that Texas is as well calculated for its
growth as any other State. There are doubtless some
old Carolinians among us who are familiar with its
growth and preparation for market.
Schooner Er. Dorado. One of the most remarka
ble facts connected with the loss of the steamer Central
America (says the Boston Traveller) Is that of an effi
cient clipper schooner in good order being so near the
scene of disaster, and knowing the position where the
steamer was when she went down, being unable to find
single one of the persons who floated on the fragments
the wreck lor several hours, while another vessel,
which did not see the steamer, and did not know of the
hsaster, sailed among those perishing men for hours, and,
without any boat, rescued forty-nine of them. There i3
something inexplicable about it ; and if the log-book of
the schooner did not confirm the statements of those on
board we should deem them incredible. If the sea per
mitted the three boats of the steamer to go three or four
miles to the brig Marine, and one of them to return to
the steamer again and back to the brig, and afterwards
to allow the barque to cruise around and pull so many
with buoys and lines out of the water, it certainly seems
reasonable to suppose that the schooner, with skillful
management, might have been got near enough to afford
help. It must have been that the captain made a great
mistake in the course which he pursued.
Mr. Y . b . Fletcher, of Bloomtield, Maine, a passen-
- 1 1 f I A 1 till
gcr m tne uentrai America, wno was rescued dv ine
barque Ellen, states that the El Dorado did not lie by
the Central America, but kept on her course after hav
ing hailed her. Mr. Fletcher was not rescued until be
tween six and seven o'clock the next morning, being the
last but two of those picked up. At that time a schoon
er was in sight at a great distance. Mr. Fletcher thinks
it very strange that Capt. Stone, if he remained near
t he place where the Central America went down, did not
discover any of the scores of men who were floating in
the water during the night
The Sugar-Cane js Texas. Geo. W Kendall, who
owns a ranch in Texas, and has been very successful in
raising the Chinese sugar-cane, writes to the New Or
leans Picayune as follows :
" e - i . . jl a. .
"Many or my inenas in mis seciion are sanguine tnat
this new grain or plant will drive all others out of the
ground, or that it will at least effect a perfect revolution
in the way of farming in Western Texas. They are sav
ing tne seed to piani ior uread, ana they are making
sirup and sugar of the juice of the stalk ; they are feed
ing it out as green lodder and saving it for dry- No
part ot it is wasted ; cattle, horses, sheep, and nogs eat
it clean, from the ground upwards, when the stalk is ripe,
and gain strength and grow fat upon it. An immense
quantity of it will be planted next year."
A great demand for mechanics exists at pressent in
Memphis, Tenn. Bricklayers and carpenters, especial
ly, are in great request. The city is growing rapidly,
demand for labor is great and remunerating prices are
paid.