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Professional and Business Cards.
V. II. MettARY & CO.,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS, corner Princess and Uater
j street, Wilmington, N. C.
JAMES O. BOVVDEN,
-rvcppcTOR OP NAVAL STORES,
I Aprn V. l5fi.-ttf. WlLMINGTOS, N. C
ALFRED ALDERMA5I,
JNSPECTOR OF NAVAL STORES, m N c
Will give prompt attention to all business in his line.
Feb.20th,lS57.
DAVID E. BUNTING,
XNSPECTOR OF NAVAL STORES, m N c
Will pay strict attention to all basinet in Ins line. He
solicit a share of public batronage, which he hopes to merit
by promptitude and fidelity in the transaction ot all business
entrusted to him.
July 1st, 1857. 44 "
OEO. AV. ROSE,
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1ARPENTER AND CONTRACTOR,
June 17
Wilmington, N. C.
S. 31. WEST
AUCTIONEER AND COMMISSION MERCHANT.
219-ti Wilmington. N. C.
WILLIAM II. LIPPITT,
WHOLESALE AND RETIL DRUGGIST, and Dealer in
Paints. Oils, DyeStuflh, Window Glass, Garden Seeds.
Perfumery, Patent Medicines, Ac. Ac, corner of Front and
Market sts., immediately opposite Shaw's old slant! Wilming
ton, N. V.
JOSEPH L. KEEN,
fOXTRACTOR AND BUILDER, respectfully informs the
public that he is prepared to take contracts in his line
oj business. He keeps constant!' on hand, Limk, Cement,
Plaster, Plastering Hair, Philadelphia Press Brick, Fire
Brick, Ac.
N. B. To Distillers of Turpentine, lie is prepared to put
up Stills at the shortest notice May 20 157-ly.
WILMINGTON MAKBLE WORKS,
Wilmington, N. C.
WG. MILLIGAN, proprietor, respectfully informs the
public, that he is nrenared to make and put up to or
derMarble Monuments of all sizes, Tombs, Head-Stones,
Furniture Tops, Mantles, Hearths, Ac, of the best quality
of American or Italian Marble, not to be surpassed in style
or workmanship, and as cheap as can be procured from any
establishment in 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.
Coarli mid Carriage Manufairtory Clinton, N. C.
BOLD ROBIN HOOD respectfully informs the
citizens ol 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 ntyle ele
gance and durability.
45TREPAIRING done in the neatest manner, at short
notice. J8fJ" Mill Ink and Gudgeons made and warranted
for ten years, for $10.
Clinton, May 9, 185t 36-tf.
NEGROES WANTED.
fjL. THE SUBSCRIBER IS IN MARKET FOR A number
of likely Negroes, MEN AND WOMEN, BOYS AND
f 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.
Juneth, 1856.
NOTICE.
I HAVE THIS 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 LP YE DISCONSOLATE.
A
i X I rilWSUI WUO 1UUV uc nuiicuug nuu anj uuug ui a
Cancerous nature, willhnd 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 patieut. I reserve the second
week in March, which time I may be found at the Rock
Sprintr Boarding House, Wilmington. N. C.
J. O. HALE, M. D.
Jan. 16th, 157. 20-ly
PIANO FORTES.
ru:
fJFi
"UST RECEIVED AND OPENED, one door South of my
Furniture Store, a lot of very superior Pianos, from seve
ral Manufactories ; the best 1 have ever ottered in tnis place,
sizes 64, 6, 6 and 7 Octave, resewood cases, full round ami
square finish, full iron frames, Ac, Ac. A small advance on
Manufacturers' wholesale prut, will be asked, and the
usual guarantees given.
JNO. D. LOVE.
Wilmington, N. C, May 8th, 157. ,-tf
NOTICE.
THE PARTNERSHIP OF H. W. A 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 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. 41-tf
THE SUBSCRIBER HAS ON HAND, AT HIS
LShop corner Walnut and Water Streets, a general
asaortment 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, Ac
Which will be sold low. Purchasers will find it to their
a Ivantage 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.
WILMINGTON MARBLE AND STONE YARD.
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
till 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
a 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.
TU World's Great Exhibition Prize Medal!
AWARDED TO C. MEYER,
For us Tiro Pianos, London, October 15, 1851.
C. MEYER, KKSPrX'Tr ULLi i-uiwis
his friends, and the public generally, that he
I n ..A I n It n i .1 Dirt l-wia aniial tA ftCA
waicn ne received the Prize jueaai, in i-onaou, m iooi.
All orders promptly attended to, and great care taken in
uBel.ection an(1 packing 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, New York and Baltimore.
Warerooms removed from 52 S. Fourth, to No. 722 ARCH
Strett, below Eighth, south side, Philadelphia.
Aug. 7, 1857. 49-3m
TEN NEGROES TO HIRE.
9M UNTIL FIRST JANUARY NEXT, TEN ABLE
BODIED NEGRO MEN, good Turpentine hands.
UC Two of them are coopers and four hewers. Apply to
THOMAS I. FA1SON.
Sampson County, Sept. 17th, 1857 10-lt-3-tf
NOTICE.
fllHE subscribe, having at the last Term of the Court of
X Pleas and Quarter Sessions of New Hanover Coun
ty, qualified as Administrator on the Estate of John Bun
dee'd, hereby notifies all persons indebted to said intes
tate, to come forward and pay the same ; and all persons
("tiding claims against said intestate, to present them with
in the time prescribed by law, or this notice will be pleaded
m bar of their recovery. SAM'L R. BUNTING,
Sept. 24th, 1857 4-tf Adm'r.
NOTICE.
' j . ... i. . . ... v . i r ; inn
I OFFER FOR SALE MY HOTEL AND LOT IN
Warsaw, Duplin County, N. C. The house is large
and comfortable, with 15 rooms and ft fir raa
J. Eii cilgg, President of Bank Cheraw, jCftt 17
rim
The lot contains eight acres of land, and is situated imme
diately on the Wilmington & Weldon Rail Road, and on the
tage 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.
Term accommodating. LEVI MOORE.
Warsaw, 8pt. Hth, 1867 S-3m
VOL. 14.
Drugs, Medicines, Paints, Oils, &c.
PAINTS AND OILS.
1 A HAH LBS- Pure White Lead ?
JAJAJUU 5,000 lbs. Pore White Zinc ;
7 500 lb. Pure White Zinc, in Varnish ;
600 lbs. Silver Paint in Oil ; - o ? t :
50 bbls. " " dry assorted ;
10 Spanish Brown;
5 " Venetian Red;
ft u Yellow Ochre ;
5 Linseed Oil ;
.i " Lard Oil;
2 " Best Sperm Oil ;
300 lbs. Chrome Green, in oil and dry ;
200 " " Yellow, in Oil and dry. For sale
wholesale and retail, by W. H. LIPPITT,
uct. mi 5-ti Druggist & (Jhemist.
MRS. ALLEN'S HAIR RESTORATIVE.
UST RECEIVED, a fresh supply Nos. 1. 2, and 3. For
sale wholesale ana retail, by w . ti. lipput.
Oct. 2 6-tf . Drncttist & Chemist.
AA OZ. Sulph. Quinine ; 10 bbls. Epsom Salts : 1 cask
jJJ Cr. Tartar : 1 cask Snp. Carb. Soda : 50 lbs. Seid-
litz Mixture ; 10 lbs. Rochelle Salts ; 50 lbs. Gum Opium ;
50 lbs. Gum uuaiacum : 1 bbl. Gum Camphor ; 500 Black
Pepper: 300 Alspice: 50 lbs. Calomel ; 50 lbs. Nutmegs ; 25
lbs. Iodid Potaea; 50 lbs. Mace; 10 lbs. Sulph. Potass; 100
lbs. Rhubarb ; 50 lbs. Ipecac.
For sale wholesale and retail, by W. H. LIPPITT,
Feb. 23. Druggist and Chemist.
OILS! OILS!! Just Received a fresh supply of Lin
seed, Train, Lard, Fish, Elephant, Whale and Sperm
Oils. For sale by W. U. LIPPITT, Druggist and Chemist.
Schools.
OXFORD FEMALE COLLEGE.
THE FOURTEENTH SESSION will commence on the First
Monday in January, 1858. The Teachers employed are
of the first order of ability. The course of instructioa is
unusually thorough and extensive.
expenses :
Tuition in Elementary Branches $15 00
Do. College Classes 20 00
Do. Music 20 00
Do. Drawing 10 00
Do. Painting 20 00
Do. Embroidery 5 00
Board and Washing per month 10 00
No extra charges will be made. For particulars, apply to
J. H. MILLS.
O30-9-12t Oxford, N. U.
LENOIR COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE.
MALE AND FEMALE
LEVI BRANSON, A. B., Principal of Male Department.
MISS S. L. HAMPTON, in charge of Female Department.
milE SESSION IS NOW OPENING FINELY. OUR AC
X comniodations 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 $6 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 CUNNINGGLNS, Secretary.
Sept. 4th, 1857 1-tf
CLINTON FEMALE INSTITUTE.
THIS INSTITUTION will resume its operations again on
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 lone 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. Stradella will continue in charge of the Musical De
partment ; and Mrs. Stradella the Department of Painting,
Ac. H. A. BIZZELL, Sec'y Board of Trustees.
Clinton, N. C, Aug. 28, 1857. 52-tf
General Notices.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
TTAVING purchased a well selected stock of Groceries at
JLLthe 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 u Laguyra u
20Matts Gov. Java"
150 Whole and Half Boxes Adamantine Candles ;
5 Boxes Sperm Candles, fives and sixes ;
5 44 Patent 44 44 44
100 " Colgate's No. 1 and Pale Soaps ;
50 41 Herring for snacks ;
10 Bbls. Sugar Crackers ;
5 44 Soda 44
10 Boxes 44 4 4
C 44 Sugar 44
10 Bbls. Irish Potatoes ;
5 44 Onions;
5 44 Loaf Lard;
10 Kegs 4 4 4 4 for families ;
15 44 prime Goshen Butter ;
25 Boxes prime Cheese ;
100 Bags Table Salt ;
100 Boxes 44 44
5 Half Bbls. Family Beef ;
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. H. KELLEY & BRO'S.,
Sept. 18 3-tf No. 11 North Water st.
FURNITURE 1 1 1
THE subscriiber would respectfully an
nounce to the citizens of Wilmington
and the public generally, that he has just
selected in person, at the manufactories, and will receive
during this month, the largest, best assorted stocK ot 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 ccfsh, at manufacturer's loieesi
cash prices, he can offer 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 $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 caBh, 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 28G-12 50-tf
NOTICE.
ALL PERSONS ARE HEREBY FOREWARNED from
trespassing, in any manner, on my lands in Columbus
county, N. C, under the penalty of the law.
Sept. 20, 1855.-3-tf A. C. DICKENSON.
$150 REWARD.
At RANAWAY FROM THE PLANTATION OF THE
Subscriber, in Duplin county, on the last day of June,
S 1856. 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 hads.
Also sometime during the present year, his negro man
14 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.
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.
T.A1VTIK VHR SAT.TC.
THE SUBSCRIBER OFFERS FOR SALE HIS
LANDS situated on the North side of New River
oi. vi-i p.aat. alii n of Henderson Creek. The'
tract contains SLX OR SEVEN HUNDRED ACRES. There
are good DWELLINGS on the premises, which are well water
ed. The lands are suitable for the cultivation or reas, corn,
Potatoes, Ac. Any person desirous to purchase, will please
apply to the Subscriber on the premises. v
Onslow County, N. C, Oct. 2, 1857 5-tf
NOTICE.
BY ORDER OF THE. HON. JU1X.E or mii aurrjt
ior Court of Law for Bladen County, at October Term,
A. D., 1857, an Extra Term ot said uoun win oe ueiu t uiv
Court House in Elizabethtown, Bladen County, on the 5th
Monday in jNovemDer next. ior uie iruu vi i
and where witnesses in civil cases will be required to attend.
KENNETH McLEOD, C. S. C.
Oct. ieth, 1857 ; 7'gt
WILSON'S HARNESS ESTABLISHMENT.
t-f SADDLES, Harness, Whips, Trunks,,
r Leather, Oils, Condition Powders tor
51
to
Cimot Raffs. Valises, Ac, the largest stdtkin the btate, and
kw diseased norses, vjubcu iiuuuuusti.
old wholesale and retail, at the- loweBt Mew York prices.
Harness and TrunKS maae to oruer, icywicu.
JAMES WILSON.
Ho, S Market st.cwrthe wharf.
Hi
Oct 15 34-ly-7-ly
WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY
General Notices.
AGENTS WANTED
TO SELL STEEL PLATE ENGRAVINGS, including a fine
Engraving of the Declaration of Independence, with
fall length portraits of all the signers from a painting by J.
Trumbull. Single copies prepaid by mail $3. Two copies
do. $5. For particulars of Agency, or copies, address D. H.
MULFORD, 167 Broadway, New York.
Sept. 28. 19&5-6L '
THE WARSAW HOUSE
IS NOW OPEN. AND THE SUBSCRIBER SOLICITS
the patronage of the traveling community and the public
in general. Every exertion on hi3 part will be used to
render them comfortable during their sojourn with him.
His table will be always supplied with the best the market
affords.
His bar will be furnished with the best liouors that can be
bought.
He has spacious Stables, and careful Ostlers in attendance
at all times.
Passengers coins North can buv throucrh tickets to Wel
don, from the Agent at the Favetteville Hotel, returning
can Duy ticKets at the W . ft w. K. It. Office at Weldon.
Passengers stonDing at the Warsaw House can have their
baggage carried to and from the Rail Road. The Stage ar
rives at Warsaw at one-and-a-half o'clock, A. M., and leaves
for Fayetteville on the arrival of the cars at 7 P. M.
i nave also a daily Stage hue running to Kenansville,
packages and small boxes will be forwarded to any point on
the line. N. FREDERICK. Proprietor.
Stabe Agents. J. H. Roberts, Fayetteville ; G. W. At
kins, Clinton ; J. B. Southerland, Warsaw ; John Campbell,
Weldon ; Isaac B. Kelly, Kenansville.
Nov. 6th, 1857 10-Cm
Fayetteville Observer 6 months and send bill as above.
v NOTICE LANDS FOR SALE.
THE subscriber being desirous of changing his busi
ness, offers for sale all his LANDS in Bladen and Samp
son county. I offer for sale the PLANTATION on
which I now live, containing 1.000 acres, of, which 500 is
good farming land, and about 200 cleared and in a high state
of cultivation ; the ballance is good Turpentine lands. Also,
NINE HUNDRED AND FIFTY ACRES of good Turpentine
Land, five miles above the plantation, and within for miles
of South River, and within nine miles of Cape Fear. Also.
450 acres fourteen miles back of Elizabethtown, (the Rail
Road passes through,) of good Turpentine and Farming
Land. Also, about ONE THOUSAND ACRES in Sampson
countv, on South River, and within four miles of Cohary ;
and THREE HUNDRED ACRES on Cohary. The above
lands will be sold cheap for cash or young negroes, or good
notes w.th interest. For further information, address the
subscriber at Cypress Creek P. O.. Bladen county.
I will sell the whole together, or in lots to suit.
J. K. MELVIN.
October 2Gth, 1857 9-2m
GOLD MINES, IRON Wt r -tS AND NEGROES FOR
SALE.
BY VIRTUE of a mortgage and power of sale therein
contained, executed by Phillip W. Groot, of the city of
Albany, to Andrew Hoyl and his Executors, for and in be
half of the II igh Shoalu Manufacturing Company, the un
dersigned will proceed to sell to the highest biJder, for rea
dy money, at the High Shoals in Gaston county, N. C,
ON THURSDAY, THE 31ST DECEMBER, 1857,
that extensive, well-known, and valuable propertv, known
as the HIGH SHOALS, embracing about FIFTEEN
THOUSAND ACRES OF LAND, a portion of it produc
tive grain-growing Land.
Also, several rich GOLD MINES, opened and now being
worked.
Also, many inexhaustible bodies of ntON ORE, which
have been profitably worked.
Also, a WATER POWER unsurpassed by any in the
South.
Also, SIXTEEN NEGROES, all, but one, Fellow and Me
chanics. THOMAS GRIER,
W. P. BYNUM,
Ex'rs. of A. Royal.
Oct. 6. 1857 6-2m
PIANOS TUNED BY THE YEAR !
MOTTO Satisfaction given, or no charge .'
ASS-THREE TIMES for $7, i. e. $2 50 the first, $2 50 the
second, and $2 the third time if subscribers. Non-subscribers
$4 every tuning. Regulating and Strings extra.
MR. BOHNSTEDT, has arrived in this city, and will attend
to all orders left at Pierce's Book Store.
T. A. E. BOHNSTEDT,
Oct. 22 8-4t Piano Tuner and Regulator.
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, DUPLIN COUNTY
Superior Court of Law, Fall Term, 183T.
Kitsey Floyd ) Petition
vs. v for
Owen R. Floyd. ) Divorce.
IT APPEARING TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE
Court, that the defendant, Owen R. Floyd, is not a resi
dent of this State, it is ordered that publication be made in
the Wilmington Journal for six successive weeks, for the
said Owen B. Floyd to appear at the next Term of the Court
to be held for the County of Duplin, at the Court House in
Kenansville, on the Fourth Monday in March next, to answer,
plead or demur, or judgment pro confesso will be taken, and
the case set for hearing ex parte.
Witness, Henry R. Kornegay, Clerk of said Court, for
Duplin County, and State aforesaid, the 4th Monday in Sep
tember, A. D. 1857.
Issued the 5th day of October, 1857.
HENRY R. KORNEGAY, C. S. C.
Oct. 9th, 1857 6 pr. adv. $5 62.
TURPENTINE AND FARM LANDS FOR SALE.
The subscriber offers for sale his entire posses
sions of Lands, lying in the county of Onslow, on
the South West Creek, or South West branch of
New River. The Farm, embracing about six hundred acres
on the Creek and both sides of the Road leading from Wil
mington to Jacksonville and Newbern, five miles from Jack
sonville, and about equidistant between Wilmington and
Newbern. The Turpentine or Pine Lands embrace sixteen
hundred acres, lying within a few miles of the plantation,
and from three to five miles from a good landing on the
Creek.
The above property offers a rare opportunity for invest
ment, the Pine lands being mostly in their virgin state, and
capable of producing from ten to twelve tasks of boxes.
The Farm lands, although in bad order from long neglect,
lies well, and is susceptible of a very high state of improve
ment, affording all the materials and every facility for the
same. The Lands would be sold in a body, or in parcels.
Terms of sale made easy.
For further information, apply to the subscriber, or to N.
N. Nixon, Wilmington. C. D. N. OY.
Oct. 1, 1857 22-2w-5-tf
VALUABLE TURPENTINE PLACE FOR SALE.
P 5,000 ACRES OF NO. 1 PINE LAND several crops
JJ boxes now cuWgood STILL, MULES, WAGONS,
" HORSES, and everything belonging to or necessary
for carrying on the Turpentine business will be sold at a
very low figure, if application be made immediately. The
lands lay immediately on the banks of the river, but a short
distance above Darien. Titles good, location healthy, some
good farming land attached. Terms accommodating. Ad
dress L. E. B. DeLORME,
Oct. 19. 37-4t 8-tlD. P. M., Darien, (ia.
TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS REWARD.
fc RANAWAY from the subscriber in Charleston, S. C,
some time back, my negro man BRISTER, aged ab.ut
fV thirty . years weighs about one hundred and sixty
pounds is five feet ten or eleven inches high black com
plected, and formerly belonged to Mr. Washington Gillispie,
of Duplin county, N. C, where he Is now probably lurking.
The above reward will be paid to any person delivering him
to D. J. Southerland, in Wilmington, who is authorized to
pay the same. BENJAMIN DAVIS.
Oct. 16th, 1857. 7-lm
STEDMAN'S SALEM MAGAZINE.
IS TO BE. THE TITLE OF A LITERARY PERIODICAL,
to be Published Monthly, in the Town of Salem, N. C, by
ANDREW J. STEDMAN, a Member of the North Carolina
Bar.
In offering to the Public my Magazine, I claim for the
Editorial chair no superiority over that department of other
like Periodicals ; but I do claim for the talent of North Caro
Una, and the South generally, that will be brought to its sup
port, Southern patronage. And I also as a southern man, and
the Editor of a Southern Magizine, claim at the hands of the
Southern country, and especially of North Carolina, that aid
support that will here, at home, establish, upon a firm basis,
a fountain of Literature, and exclusively a Home Literary
Magazine.
Many are the Magazines now published in the Northern
States.that are flooding th whole Southern country. There
is not,( it is probable,) a county in any Southern State that
is not visited by 44 Harper," 44 Graham," 44 Peterson." or
44Godey ;" while here, in North Carolina and the South,
where genius unsurpassed and unequaled reigns, the literary
talent that is brought into exercise is dedicated to the sup
port of Northern Magazines, while Southern enterprise, taste
and talent bow in humble submission to 9uch suicidal policy
of Southern contributors.
Why, I ask, cannot wk North Carolina, the South send
greeting to our Southern clime a Magazine, acceptable for
the many qualities that adorn the pages of the most chaste,
elegant and Periodical ? It is true that the South has her
Magazines ; but few in number are they, and unknown, com
pared to the publications of the north, which avery mail
brings to our home, filled with the result of hired labor, and
teeming with unpardonable sedition.
Then I appeal to North Carolina and other Southern States
to aid me in 'my enterprise, and in promoting a literary
taste amongst those upon whom, as a Southern man I have
claims.
My Magazine will be the usual size; and nothing will be
admitted to its pages but such articles as will meet the ap
proval of the most fastidious. It shall be
ILLUSTRATED WITH ENGRAVINGS AND PLATES
of the most elegant texture, equaling in beauty and style
any executed at the North.
My price of supscription is THREE DOLLARS per year,
which is required to be paid in advance, as the expense to
be incurred in establihing such a publication will not admit
of a credit system.
tsr The first Number will be issued 1st January. 1858.
, A. J. STEDMAN,
Editor and Proprietor.
Scof r X 185 T
Nr B. My Address until the 1st of November will be Pitts
boremgh, N. C. After that time it will be JSalem, N. C.
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MORNING, NOVEMBER 13, 1857.
General Notices.
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA.
New Hanover County Court, September Term. 1857.
T " A TV a t "
iAew a. ueart i
vs. v Original Attachment.
Jesse H. Whitehurst.
IT APPEARING TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE
Court that the defendant, Jesse H.Whitehurst. is a non-resi
dent. It is therefore ordered by the Court, that publication
be made in the Wilmington Journal for six weeks, notifying
said Defendant to appear at the next term of the Court, to
be held for the county aforesaid, at the Court House in thp
town of Wilmington, on the second Monday of December
next, and plead, answer, or demur, or judgment pro confesso
will be taken against him, and the propertv Ieied upon sold
m naiuuus ueui and costs.
Test, SAM'L. R. BUNTING, Clerk.
November 6 10-6w
, STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA.
New Hanover Countr Court. Sentember Ttrm. 19.17.
v dlard & Curtis,
vs.
Jas. A. Whipple, Master of the Schr,
Orignal Attachment.
Arcad. !
IT APPEARING TO THE SAT1SFATI0N OF THE
Court that the Defendant, James A. Whipple, Master of
the Schr. Arcade, is a non-resident. It is therefore ordered
by the Court, that publication be made in the Wilmington
Journal for six weeks, notifying said Defendant to appear at
the nex term of this Court, to be held for the county afore
said, at the Court House in the town of Wilmington, on the
secfcnd Monday of December next, and plead, answer, or
deqmr, or judgment pro confesso will be taken against him,
and the property levied upon sold to satisfy Plaintiff's debt
and costs.
Test, SAM'L. R. BUNTINC, Clerk.
November C-10-Ct.
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA,
NevcIIanover County Court, September Term, 1857.
The Clarendon Iron Works Company
vs. I Original Attachment
Jacob Wessel. J
IT APPEARING TO THE SATISFATION OF THE
Court that the Defendant, Jacob Wessel, is a non-resident.
It is therefore ordered by the Court, that publication
be made in the Wilmington Journal for six weeks, notifying
said Defendant to appear at the next term of this Court, to
be held for the county aforesaid, at the Court House in the
town of Wilmington, on the second Monday of December
next, and plead, answer, or demur, or judgment pro confesso
will be entered against him, and the property levied upon
sold to satisfy Plaintiff's debt and costs.
Test, SAM'L. R. BUNTING, Clerk.
November 6.- 10-6w.
RICE PLANTATION FOR SALE.
THE SUBSCRIBER OFFERS FOR SALE, upon
liberal terms, his RICE PLANTATION, known as
SCHAW FIELDS, situated on the North-West branch
of the Cape Fear River, about five miles from Wilmington.
There are 130 acres of valuable RICE LAND, 110 acres of
which are under bank and ditch, with good trunks.
210 acres of good UPLAND, 85 acres of which are cleared
and under cultivation, and equal to any upland on the river.
There is on the place a commodious Barn, newly built,
and good Negro Houses.
The above plantation is admirably located, and has uni
formly produced excellent crops. The undersigned is desir
ous of concentrating his force upon his other plantation,
and offers the above valuable place for sale upon the most
advantageous terms. For terms of sale, applv to the under
signed at the Hermitage, or to M. LONDON. Esq., at Wil
mington. H. W. BURGWIN.
Oct. 30. 47&10-Ct.
LAND SALE.
ON THE 15TH DAY OF DECEMBER THE SUB
scriber will offer for sale, by auction, at New Port,
Florida, a large quantity of LAND, the propertv of the
Apachicola Land Company. It lies on each side of the rail
road leading to the port of St. Marks, in a region adapted to
the production of cotton, sugar cane, fine tobacco, naval
stores, Ac, and it is very near a coast abounding in various
kinds of hsh.
The terms of sale will be one third cash, one third in one
year, and one third in two years, from day of sale, with in
terest on notes secured by liens on the land.
JOHN BEARD,
Receiver, Ac, of the
Apalachicola Land Co.
Tallahassee, Fla., Oct. 14th, 1857 -5t
NOTICE.
mHE SUBSCRIBER AT SEPTEMBER TERM, 1857, OF
1 the Court ot Pleas and Uuarter Sessions for .New iian
over County, having duly qualified as Administrator, with
the will annexed of Laniel Alderman and Mary Alderman,
deceased, hereby notifies all persons indebted to the estate
ot either the said Mary or Daniel Alderman, to make im
mediate payment. All persons having claims against the
same to present them within the time prescribed by law, or
i 1 -.T " 1 1 1 , , . f j 1 .
iuih i.ouce win oe pieaa in oar oi ineir recovery.
JAS. H. ALDERMAN, Administrator.
Oct. lst,1857 10-3t
LATEST NEAVS 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, LINTON & CO.
Jan. 11th. 19-ly.
To a Lndjr.
Believe me, if all those voluminous charms
Which thy fondness for fashion betray,
And keep e'en thy nearest relations at arm's
Distance some paces away :
Were those air-ti bes now blown up exploded outright,
And those hoops trundled ofl thee as well,
With less ample a skirt thou would'st look less a fright,
And more belle-like when less a belle.
'Tis not by mere Swells taste in dressing is shown.
And that size is not beauty 'tis clear :
Nay, the shapeliest forms when balloon-like outblown,
Both distorted and ugly appear.
Then heed not what fashions le FoUet may set,
Be enslaved by no follies like those ;
For be sure that your dresses, the wider they get,
The more narrow your mind is disclose.
The Origin of Thanksgiving Day. " When New
England was first planted, the settlers met with many
difficulties and hardships, as is necessarily the case when
a civilized people attempt to establish themselves in a
wilderness country. Being piously disposed, they sought
relief from Heaven, by laying their wants and distresses
before the Ix)rd in fretjuent set days of fasting and pray
er. Constant meditation, and discourses on the subject
of their difficulties, kept their minds gloomy and discon
tented, and, like the children of Israel, there were many
disposed to return to the land which persecution had de
termined them to abandon.
" At length, when it was proposed in the assembly to
proclaim another fast, a farmer, of plain sense, rose and
remarked, that the inconveniences they had suffered, and
concerning which they had so often wearied Heaven
with their complaints, were not so great as might have
been expected, and were diminishing every day as the
colony strengthened ; that the earth began to reward
their labors, and to furnish liberally for their sustenance;
that the seas and rivers were full of fish, the air sweet,
the climate wholesome ; above all, they were in the full
enjoyment of liberty, civil and religious. He therefore,
thought that reflecting and conversing on these subjects
would be more comfortable, as tending to make them
more contented m ith their situation ; and that it would
be more becoming the gratitude they owed to the Divine
Being, if, instead of a fast, they should proclaim a thanks
giving. His advice was taken; and, from that day to
this, they have in every year observed circumstances CF
public happiness sufficient to furnish employment for a
thanksgiving day."
The danger of playing with edged tools was exhibited
last week rather comically. An inquisitive medical stu
dent, while examining the guillotine in the Chamber of
Horrors at Mine. Tussaud's Exhibition, took it into his
head that the sort of yoke which fits down on the shoul
ders of the criminal to hold him in his p'ace, would not
be sufficient to confine a person if he struggled. His
curiosity on that point led him to watch until the place
was empty, when he actually put himself in, letting
down the yoke. He soon found that he was quite una
ble to lift it, and it at once flashed into his mind that the
sharp axe suspended over his neck might not be very
firmly fixed, or it would fall (as it should) with a touch.
He was afraid to struggle, lest the shaking would bring
it down and at once deposit his head in the basket of
saw dust below him, into which his eyes were of neces
sity steadily looking. Having stayed for some time in
this plight, he was overjoyed to hear the approach of a
visitor, whom he implored to release him. " I'm think
ing," said the gentleman (a scotch visitor of the metrop
olis) to his wife, " I think he must be hired to show how
the thing acts, and I think we'd better not interfere."
So the luckless student was left till M. Tussaud came in
and made fast the axe before releasing him. The axe
has been removed and laid by the side, to prevent future
accidents. London Paper.
Preaching and Practice. A worthy clergyman of
New York following the practice or his ministerial
brethern, recently preached a very earnest discourse on
the hard times, enforcing the duty of retrenchment.
Immediately after church the congregation took him at
his word by holding a meeting, at which hi3 salary was
cut down from $1,000 to $600.
NO. 11.
Frorn the New York Herald.
The Cotton Trade.
We extract the followiner from the money article of
the New York Herald, of October 28th:
A very general enquiry at present is, what will be the
effect of the panic on our cotton interests, and will it
materially depress the price of cotton permanently , or
temporarily ? At this period of the year the cotton
grower has no friends. At the opening of the season
for the deliveries of the newly grown crop, its extent is
magnified trade is always depressed, goods are abun
dant, and from the tenor of articles on this subject, a
disinterested party would find then- reasons so plaasible
that a large overstock at all the cotton depots at the end
of the year would appear certain, and a fall in value to
about one-halt or two-thirds of the current prices of the
day appear to be as fixed a fact as anything in the future
can be ; and yet, let the crop be what it may, it all dis
appears and in the case of the past two seasons, termi- j
mate at twenty-five to forty per cent, over the supposed
extravagantly high prices of the commencement.
lik cause vi mis is a very simple one it, is tne course
of nature ; and no combinations of banks, capitalists
or manufacturers combined can withstand it, for it arises
from the inability of the production to supply the con
sumption. The spindles of all Europe, and the prosper
ity or ruin of thousands, we may say truly, of hundreds
of thousands or millions of people, depend upon the cul
ture oi this annual plant, in a small part of the United
States ; frosts, worms, and a hundred of accidents inter
vening steadily between sowing the seeds and picking the
crop, which, with all the care bestowed upon its culture,
ania the inducements of certain sales at high prices, has
fallen back, instead of advancing in proportion to the
steady progress of the consumption of goods for which
it is indispensible. The position of the plant now grow
ing is such as to render a large advance on the prices
now current a fixed fact, provided the same general caus
es affecting commerce prevail this season as last season.
We say, general causes, because the elements which form
value differ every year state of warfare, abundant pro
visions, or famine, cholera, and other epidemics &c.
Cotton advanced steadily in price, and the consumption
was extended in Europe, during the whole Crimean war
and its disturbing elements; and yet the richest mer
chants and brokers were charry of it at the opening of
the season, and as it was demonstated by tables of fig
ures mathematically that prices were unsafe, and the
consumption must be materially curtailed in fact, could
not be otherwise, the growers we hoodwinked into tak
ing about sixty per cent, of its value for half the crop.
The advance subsequently was large, by the steady pres
sure of consumption upon supply. At the last dates
from Liverpool, on the tenth of October, it appears that
the entire stock of all species of cotton at Liverpool
was three hundred and seven thousand and eighty bales,
of which the American stock was one hundred and seventy-one
thousand seven thousand and sixty bales ; the
spinners had about three weeks' supply on an average,
by their own reports, but believed to be less than two
weeks' supply in reality, as they were still large buyers
on an advancing market. The consumption of Ameri
can cotton weekly in Great Brittain is estimated this
year at thirty-six thousand bales. There are less than
twenty thousand bales at sea, and as one-third of the
stock at Liverpool is of two low a grade to go into the
general wants of commerce, it is very evident that the
spindles of Manchester must stop before the first of Jan
uary, from inability at any price to procure cotton to
spin for no other cause but that. Goods are contract
ed for there, for six months ahead, based upon the prices
likely to rule, and the goods must be made, and we pre
dict they will be made.
The loss of this market for four or six mouths is a
mere bagatelle. The great demand now opening in Chi
na, and the recovery ol the India market will offset it
and leave a balance. The consumption of Great Britain
has never been other than an increased one, when she
has had a good harvest. We admit that the rule of in
terest will be increased, and that it will be only checked
by the too severe pressure exercised on the agricultural
and industrial or manufacturing interests; with the
cheapening of food she swells the consumption at home,
and her exports arc dependent upon the cheapness of her
ability to manutacture. 1 he grain crops all over the
continent of Europe arc execwive, and the same general
laws govern. France has a superior vine crop, and a
fair silk crop, and a good agricultural crop. Cotton at
Liverpool was quoted at nine and three-eighth pence for
middling grades on that date, which is equal to eight
pence sterling at New Orleans ; whereas it is selling at
New Orleans now at four and three-fourth pence to five
pence sterling. The price existing at Liverpool is the
price the consumption pressed it to, and manufacturing
it at that rate is profitable business in Great Britain,
for goods go off rapidly, and there are very light stocks
at Manchester, probably they were never smaller.
We can cite an instance to illustrate this : Mr. W.,
of this city, a very heavy importer of British staple dry
goods, anticipated this pressure about six weeks since.
On the plea of removal he advertised great reduction in
prices, and countermanded nearly the whole of his Man
chester orders, directing the goods to be re-sold as made,
and the contracts sold out. By the Europa he has ad
vices of sales at a profit for the supply of the British
consumption, of his whole stock and orders. The mar
kets at this side being already three pence sterling, or
six cents, under the market at Liverpool, arising from
the forced sales of consignees to meet their acceptances,
and the inability of a crowd of purchasers to make ship
ments, owing to the impossibility of negotiating ex
change on London and Paris, it is not likely that the
growers will hurry their crops upon such a market,
when high prices is simply a question of time, and the
flow of gold to this section in a continuous stream, a
law of nature. The crop is likely to be smaller than the
last one, but if frost at the South should not occur be
fore the 15th of November, it may equal the last say
nearly three million bales, which crop, although itself a
small one, being nearly six hundred thousand bales less
than the year preceding it, brought into the country
nearly seven million dollars more ; which proves that
the consumption overtook the production at an enormous
gallop. England will receive no India cotton the next
season, and will therefore feel the greatest urgency to
get hold of this crop at a low figure, at an early date.
The stoppage of our spindles is only temporary, and our
consumption of the raw material will not fall off two
hundred thousand bales. The loss of the India crop is
equal to a loss of five hundred thousand bales of Ameri
can cotton, and if by any means, which is now clearly
impossible, this crop could be swollen one million of
bales, we predict that the average price of the season
would not be more than a penny under the pat one ;
and as that is impossible, and the crop must be between
five hundred thousand bales under or two hundred thous
and over the last one, with a killing frost on the first of
December, which is about as late as can be looked for,
it follows that the flow of gold into the South for cot
ton will not depress the spirits of growers, but is likely
to put them on their stilts at no distant day. From the
position of the world to consume, we predict now that
this crop of cotton will bring into the United States a
greater volume of money than any heretofore, by from
five to ten millions of dollars. The fear is, that next
spring the rebound will be too great, from the inflation
of the paper currency on the steady importation of the
precious metals.
Chicago seems to be in as bad repute in Missouri as
Baltimore is getting to be every where. During the Mis
souri State Fair held last week at St Louis, four disor
derly persons were arrested on the Fair Grounds, and
marched before the recorder, the criminal judge of that
city. The trial of any of them is described as having
been literally as follows :
The prisoner was arraigned, and the complaint stated
by the officer.
Recorder "Where did you come from V
Prisoner " Chicago."
Recorder "Fine you $50."
Exit prisoner to the calaboose.
Such is St. Louis appreciation of Chicago.
Mississippi Banks. A shrewd sliaving gentleman
in New Orleans requested Col. Dick Nash, of Natchez,
to telegraph him the condtion of the Banks in Mississip
pi, so that he might, if possible, turn it to advantage.
The celebrated colonel sent the following despatch to the
aforesaid inquiring gentleman :
" Two more banks in Mississippi gone the bank at
New Carthage and the bank at 4 Hard Times.' Cause
the draw made upon them by the waters of the Mis
sissippi river."
"We think this was a capital take off. Thank Heav
en, Mississippi is not cursed with " paper money," and
we hope she will never be. Our peopleare safe ; let them
continue so.Nathes Free Erader.
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Advertisements ordered to be continued oa tha Jnsi
charged 37 cents per square for each iiisertionjafter th first.
jTNo advertisement, reflecting upon private character.
can, under ant cibcckstancbs, be admitted. ' 5 - '
The Last Crisis.- :- '
A gentleman dined with a friend one day,
And above he heard sobbing and crying ;
He inquired of hiaTriend in anxious way.
"If there was any one sick or dying; V'
' Oh. no," he replied, and smiling his best,
While they were discussing the ices,
' I've just refused Helen a new silk dress,
. And produced a financial cry sis."
Excerpts from the Atlantic Monthlt.--Sayinob
of Jerrold. Nay, for the very dun young Douglas
had an epigram, as bright, but not as welcome, as a
sovereign. A saying of those early days has found its
way into a comedy, but not the less belongs to his au
thentic biography. A threatening attorney shakes his
fist at the villakin where at the window the wit is par
leying with him. " I'll put a man in the house, sir "
" Couldn't you," says Douglas, (and of course the right
minded reader is shocked,) couldn't you make it a. wo
man ?"' What a scandalous way to treat a man of busi
ness.J When a plain, not to say ugly, gentleman -intimated
his intention of being godfather to somebody's child,
Jerrold begged him not to give the youngster his " mug."
Praising journalism once, he said, " When, Luther
wanted to crush the devil, didn't he throw ink at him.
Pretty Miss , the actress, being mentioned, he
E raised her early beauty. a She was a lovely little thing,"
e said, " when she was a btid, and " a pause " be-
tore she was a woven . lnis was in a very merry
vein, and the serious reader must forgive me.
From the Aidocrat of the Breakfast Table.. Self
Made Men. Self made men ? Well, yes. Of course
everybody likes and respects self-made men. It is a
great deal better to be made in that way than not to be
made at all. Are any of you younger people old enough
to remember that Irishman's house on the marsh at
Cambridgeport, which house he built from. drain to
chimney-top with his own hands ? It took him a good
many years to build it, and one could see that it was a
little out of plumb, and a little wavy in outline, and a
little queer and uncertain in general aspect. A regular
hand could certainly have built a better house ; but it
was a very good house for a " self-made " carpenter's
house, and people praised it, and said how remarkably
well the Irishman had succeeded. They never , thought
of praising the fine blocks of houses a little further on.
Your self-made man, whittled into shape with his own
jaekknife, deserves more credit, if that is allthan the
regular engine-turned article, shaped bvthe most: ap
proved pattern, and French polished by society and
travel. But as to saying that one is every way the
equal ol the other, that is another matter.
The Natchez Courier has resuscitated from the old
files of its lively predecessor of the " Ariel," of July,
182G, the following reminiscence :
A whimsical history was given in a Liverpool paper
some twenty years ago, of the state of the cotton market.
It was copied from one of the window shutters of the
Exchange news rooms, where it had been chronicled by
some unfortunate speculator, at various times during a
period of a few months. On the 23d of April, 1825,
cotton was at 18 to 19d. in the Liverpool market, while
on the 1st of February, 1826, it was worth but 1 to
9d. :
April 20, 12 at noon Hesitation,
Trepidation,
Consternation,
Prostration,
Resuscitation required or Tribulation,
Vascillation,
June 17, 12 at noon Desolation,
August 8 Desperation,
September 5 Euination.
February, 1827 D .
A Frightened Hoosier. Officer Pat Flanncrty, of
Philadelphia, is fond of a good joke he never misses an
opportunity. A few days since he was sitting on the
Wanlut street wharf, when a long, lank Hoosier, a deck
hand on one of the steamers running to Savannah,
passed him, holding in one hand a section of bread, and
in the other a huge bologna sausage. At almost every
step he would satisfy the cravings of his appetite with
a bite from each of the aforesaid articles. Pat no soon
er saw him than he determined upon a joke.
As the Hoosier passed Pat, a rat ran across the side
walk, at which he wickedly made a kick.
" Leave that rat alone 1" yelled Pat, as if angry.
" Leave it alone?" replied the Hoosier, looking at
Pat, with his mouth full of bologna, " what do you want
a feller to leave that alone fur ?"
Because it belongs to me, and I will not have it
abused."
" Belongs to you ! What on airth do you want to
do with rats ?"
" Make bologna sausages with them, sir, and right
nice ones they make too."
The Hoosier waited to hear no more, but throwing
his bologna as far as the strength of his arm would
send it, with an " Ah-ooh 1 pchth-pchtu 1" he hastened
to the nearest groggery for a three cent dram, to, as he
expressed it, "take the darned ratty taste out."
In the studio on the Capitol Hill in Washington, a
number of sculptors are engaged in making marble copies
of the plaster designs prepared by Crawford, in Rome,
for statury to adorn the new capitol. We learn from
the Washington Star, that, on Wednesday, on receipt of
the news of the death of Crawford the studio was closed
and appropriately draped in crape, and the artists enga
ged therein joined in expression of sorrow for the loss of
one who stood so high in their ranks as a man, as well
as a sculptor. One of them, Thomas Gazliardi, came
from Crawford's studio in Rome, and he is eloquent
in praise of the deceased, who, he says, was always most
kind and considerate to his workmen, was indefatigable,
early and late, in his profession, and during his twenty
three years stay in Rome, had particularly endeared him
self to the inhabitants by his qualities of heart and mind.
The Dutch brig Wralborg, with the equestrian statue of
Washington on board, has arrived in the James river,
and is now at Newport Neuse awaiting orders. This i3
the statue prepared by Crawford for the capitol of Vir
ginia. A Flotsam. Mr. Uriah Trufts, the blacksmith whl
" drove the first bolt on the frigate Constitution, in
1797," died at Charlestown, Mass., on Thursday last, at
the good old age of 90. It is stated that his memory
to the last was remarkably good. What a wide sweep
that opens upon the memory ? How proudly he must
have listened to the account of the great fight between
the Constitution and the Guerriere ; how he must have
watched for news of her other exploits in 1813, 1814
and 1815 ; how he must have compared her victories
with those of the United States and the Constellation,
(completed the same year 1797) ; and with what pride
he must have heard each mention of her name during
the many years that old Ironsides " braved the battle
and the breeze " after the close of the " late war." When
the war of 1812 began, Great Britain had some hundred
vessels afloat, while we had but few over Hallock's count
of " eight frigates and a schooner " with which to pro
tect our two thousand miles of ocean coast, shield our
commerce and " whip the British." And who Bhall say
what we do not owe, particularly in this latter portion
of the work, to the frigate Constitution 1 Stout was
the arm that drove that first bolt, brave were the hearts
who manned her, iron were her glorious bulwarks and
immortal shall be her memory. Nine times nine for the
old frigate Constitution !
Immense Frauds. The New York Tribune prints a
startling report, by Councilman Franklin, on the finan
ces and financial management of the city of New York.
It shows a total of nearly eight millions of dollars now
due to the municipal treasury. It is classed as follows :
Arrears due from collectors, &c $136,121
Unpaid taxes 2,836,670
Unpaid assessments 4,757,959
Total $7,730,570
Of course (says the Tribune) some considerable por
tion of this may have been paid into the hands of collec-
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office do not show this. But the greater part of it was
never paiu ai au, or nas Deen embezzled Dy aisnoneei
functionaries, so that it is lost to the treasury.
A Rank Offence. Tf atjv offence can be described
as "rank and smelling' " it must be the sort of larcenv
described below :
" The manager of the state farm at the reform school
in Westborough, Mass., estimates that not less than fifty
uusju.13 oi umgns pave wvu swim uviu tuat piw.