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From the N. Y. Jounial of Commerce. NAVAL KKFORM. The late Secretary of the Navy, Mr. Dobbin, will be long remorabered as the man who boldly and resolutely executed the measures which Con- gross devised to purify and elevate the character of the Navy. It is no disparagement to the great majority of the Naval officers, and no evidence of want of conBdeuce in this branch of the National servicc, to say that Congress only expressed the public sentiment when it ordered the Retiring Board. So, when it was supposed that injustice might have been unwittingly done to meritorious men. Congress has with great promptness offered •I remedy in the new Courts of Inquiry,—» uve in which the lato Secretary most cordially acquiesced, as it would only give perftctiou and permanency to the vital reform which he had in- i*titutod. In the deep interest felt in the character o the officers, the public should not lose sight o other important matters which the Secretary »as so wisely brought betore the country. The Ap prentice syytom should be cherished and watched and guarded and improved and preseyered in, till our ships-of-war are filled with American seamen, of intelligence and burning patriotism. Hut there is one matter of which we have spok en heretofore, and which we desire to bring to the particular notice of those who are anxious for in creased efficiency in all branches of the naval ser vice. We refer to the recommendation of the late Secretary that hereafter, the cruises of our na tional ships should continue only tiro years. To those who have not thought carefully on this subject, it may at first seem that the Secre tary had principally in view the comfort of the men and officers, in such a i^commendation. Ooubtless the measure would va.*ly augment the comfort of the service, and render it much more attractive to all. But it would be a comfort which would bring with it the very efficiency which all desire to see. If it were a settled prin ciple that every ship of war would end its cruise in two years, (extraordinary circumstances of course excepted,) many happy consequences would result. It trould instantly increase the iiumber of sea men. Three yearo is a long time to be imprisoned within the wooden walls of a man-of-war. Jack understands it, and feels it. Hence, as a general rule, men do not enlist for such cruises unless they are in a state bordering on despeiation. It lion. L. O’B. Branch accepts the Democratic j 7%^' President’s Health.—We apprehend that nomination for Congress in the Raleigh District, tjjg very recent indi.sposition of the President, in a letter three mortal columns long. It is de-1 qqw tfeing commented on by the press, did not the I foted principally to a discussion of the Deposit j continue twelve hours, for he is as well and strong ners and society, as they have been exhibited to j administration of Mi. Madison a trip from Wash- ; (Question, and an explanation of the vote given by ag ever to-day. A peculiar feature of the Natioif- her during a recent somewhat lengthened visit to i ington to Savannah not unfrequently consumed | Mr. Branch at the last Session of Congress, on *1 * u 1 TKn of the And as iatc as 1828 travellers wcrc ' this matter. We have not now tune to notice that great Babel. The following the last of the forty-eight hours between ; this branch of the subject. series ot letters, sums up the whole in what is and Baltimore. j Mr. Bratsch finds space, however, at the con- The time-annihilating wonders of the railway j elusion of his letter to speak a word for Cuba and are still more striking if we direct our attention j to bear evidence to the power of money. We to that portion of the Union which was a wilder-1 quote: Our Southern home has gained astonishingly j ness within the recollection of thou.sands now ; perchance, the icy barriers of Spanish our peep at New York. | living who are not much beyond the middle agfe | p^jje should dissolve under the melting rays of the disease for three or four weeks up to the " ’ ’ ’ ' ' ' ' ' of steamboats and loco- i u^uch gold, I may yet have it in my power to night before the last, we hear, when he wa» some- announce that it has been invested in the Carib- what affected by it until yesterday forenoon. ]t bean sea; and that the “Gem of the Antilles” then vanished.. Our own experience with it see their ships now only in the dim and distant future. It would till young lieutenants with higher impulses as well as more cheerful anticipations, and impart to the whole corps of officers a new general enthusiasm. ington to St. Louis in two days and twelve hours! The writer of this article was just seven days (in 1845) in reaching Louisville from Washington by the then quickest mode of conveyance; and a friend informs us that in the fall of 1831) he was and • • .1 • . 1 Ml -*1 4 1 w T IPS- rv * (iRVATfrTY—The Charleston Cou- SOME OF THR WONDERS OP THE DAY. eminently just, and will, without doubt, recede Life in a Gre.^t Citv. Ih. bbari ^ the sanction of the next Congress. If to this can has a pleasant lady correspondent who has Philadllphia to B.iston occupied a pe- be added the still more important measure ot snort, to it several letters on New York man- two to three weeks! During cruises so wisely -I’ecommended by the Department, we may djcpect the most desirable results. There is one other consideration which strikes us with much force, though we have not space to dwell upon it. . i rc • ' evidently a life picture, sad though it be:— The pride and glory of a spirited officer is i ^ORRESPONbEN’CE OF THE COURIER coiumand a ship. According to -he present sjs-. \V*«„,voTON \nril 1857 tem of long cruises, with our comparatively small , « -Ashinoton, April, - number of vessels, how many weary years must pa^s I ... before an officer who has worked UU way up from ^ uop^litable, aod how i of life. Before the days midshipman to commander, can s a , beautiful how refreshiu», as were borne home- j motives a journey to St. Louis from the Atlantic of h,s own ship! And >,etorehe can comma^^ and cities wa. i journey of week, and even month,. squadron he must wait noto,.ytlh,, head, warn ^ Now pas.sengers-as wc know from recent per- hirmin’d ’wm'Ur* Shorr cruises would ’in- verilure, after the stouy desert of the great me- sonal experiencc-can make the trip from Wash. stantlv break up the almost hopeless lethargy which tropolis. ofmck must.;eizeupoi the commanders and captains who During our brief visit -1 with the money-loving and money-grasping spirit which seems to prevade all classes of the com munity. The end and aim of life seems to become , rich!—rich:—rich! Pelf is “the one thing need- | ful,”—a strong box “the ark of the covenant ; Lot the ships, then, that have already been absent' and the inultiplicatiou table, “the ^ from the country for two years, be ordered home ' Law e have, we think, a proper estimate (except where there are special reasons for detain- the worth of money but we loathe the h=^^d ing them), and let the system of two years’ cruises i sympathizing nature that would make t a solita y be at once inaugurated. It is an experiment whi^h ' monomaniac object of wor.ship,--that would can do no harm, and has the earnest recommen- rest merely upon what he has for a ground dation of some of our wisest and best men. of supremacy. In our eyes such men are less _ . . _ I than men—they ard mummies, created by the gal- Mormondom.—l]tAh, with its inhabitants, is , vanizing process of injecting their very arteries now attracting the attention of the whole country, with metahc fluid. We would as .soon expect to The statements made by Judge Drummond, who pluck a living fragrant flower from under the it will be remembered, had to leave the Territory, ^ scorching lava tffu.wl by a volcano, as detect a are corroborated by a correspondent of the Nat- ^ tender feeling in such a heart, ioual Intelligencer, and have excited the disgust It does not seem strange to us that that great and indignation of the people, in every State of city should be the tield of a fearfully loose and the Union. Fortunately, Brigham Young has ; depraved morality—that social developments there defied the authority of the United States, and should reveal a state of things at which a pure mind shrinks back appalled—when we consider that there the doors of respectability and honor open ; on silver hinges—that there every inau is ! measured by what he is worth in the world of ! money; domestic happines.s, reputation, honor, I the prospects of the young, and the peace of the I old—all the finer feelings of human nature sub- i serve to this worship. The affections are fore- al Hotel disease is, that it affects the patient.s by paroxysms. When at its height, they are aliuo.'st continuous. When commencing to rccover, the patient has respites from their operation on his system; first of a day, then of two days; until, as the disease is evidently wearing off, the paroxysms are the exceptions in the condition of his health The President was entirely free from the action of shines in the rich casket of American jewels. In its onward march the great race has already reached it, and beats upon its shores. The rush ing waters should not cover it unbidden. But treated v/itb indignity and contempt the appointed agents of the General Government. While, there fore, it may be unconstitutional to interfere with the Mormons on the score of their social laws and domestic institutions, none will doubt the pro priety of taking hold of them when revolting against the Constitution and the legal agents appointed to direct the Territorial Government j gold may throw down the barriers. Gold moves I armies and is a plaything for children. It steels j the robber to crime and is charity’s choicest gift- three weeks in making the trip from Baltimore to | unlocks the prison gates and opens wide the Louisville, travelling night and day the whole joors of palaces. Neither princes nor a time, and as rapidly as stage coaches and stern- whecl steamers would permit. W'ithout steam and the several interoceanic communications, what would now be the condi tion of those great Pacific commonwealths which have added, and which will continue to add, so much wealth, power and lustre to our glorious Union? A few years ago, twelve and even eighteen months were consumed in a trip from the Atlantic seaboard to San Francisco and back. Now the round trip can be made in from six to eight weeks. The country, no doubt, owes au immense debt of gratitude to the noble and enlightened labors of the long line of patriots and statesmen which cocinects the revolutionary period of our history to the present times; but, while evincing a grate ful spirit, let us not be unmindful of the benefits and blessings and the union-consolidating tenden cies of the railway and magnetic telegraph. Washington Union. which has been dearly purcha.sed, indeed, teaches that in the President’s case the disease is at its very last stage, and that, hereafter, he will be entirely free from it.”— Washington Star. The remarks of our VVashington contcinporary respecting the periodical 7etuni of the di.sou.^v are confirmed by the experience of other gentl*'. men. The Hon. Mr. ijatrobe, president of thi- palaces. Neither princes nor apostles! American Colonization Society, and Rev. Mr are proof against its temptations, and it leads to | Pinne}’, secretary ot the New \ orlc C ilonizutiati empire as it betrayed our Saviour. Gold—all • Society, who with other delegates to the aimu il powerful gold—may acquire for us the key to the , colonization meeting were guests of the .Vationiil Qulf. j Hotel, and sufferers by the disease, to this day Such a solution of the problem of the surplus, | remain subject to its attacks. There is a my>- tery about*lhe origin of that li.sease that is from being cleared up.—A’. ('uminercial. far and to dispense justice. But they are numerous, i well supplied, disciplined, and withal, live in a ] region remote and inaccessible; and it might cost , is the last thing and often the only thing they j the Government more to crush them, than it may be deemed worth at this juncture. To us, then, it seems a (juestion of expediency rather than right, under the present circumstances of causeless re bellion. We look with interest to see what course will be pursued by the President and Cab- Kitlnapper officer Morris jamin Mechum, charged witl kidnapping a negro named (ieorge, belonging to Mr. Frank Neely, of Salisbury, N. C. The negro was sold some time since by Me:»srs. Pulliam k Davis, of this city, to a Mr. Hall, by whom he was disposed of to his present master. George absconded from Mr. Neely, and was captured by .Medium and four others, and carried to Danville. There the part}- j deputized Mechum to proceed hither, with the negro, sell him, and make a division of the pro ceeds between the five. The accused and negro were locked up, and an investigation will take place before the Mayor this morning. Richmond Whij. caa do. Let it be known that in the American Navy men would be promptly and cheerfully res tored to their freedom at the end of two years, and the number of enlistments Would be quadru pled without difficulty. Such a jneafure, too, icould improve the moral' inet. — Char. Mircury. character of seamen. Three years’ absence alien ates a man from his country, separates him from the sacred associations of his home, and when it is repeated over and over again in the circumstan ces ordinarily surrounding a sailor, almost neces sarily makes him, like Cain, “a vagabond on the face of the earth.” Sailors scarcely ever marry. Indeed, marriage is discountenanced by their su periors and employers. They say, “what right has a man to have a family when his occupation must exile him from his home three and four years at a time.” True wisdom on the part of the government will lead them to encourage every man to marry, and surround himself with all the good influences of a home. There is no tie like this to bind a man to his country, and no memory like that of wife and children to stir a man’s heart in the day of battle, or protect him from the power of temptations assailing him in every port. Next to religion itself do we consider the family relation in its power over men, and it is to be hoped that our Government will take away every obstacle to the formation of such sacred tics. As it is now, the man who, more than all others, needs such influences, is deprived of them. It needs scarcely be added that improvement in this one particular would of itself lay a foundation for many other virtues of the most desirable character. And the same principle applies to the officers, to a certain extent. They are educated men, generally of the first families of the nation, and in all our past history have proved themselves gallant and true, and worthy of the confidence re posed in them. The country has always been proud of the Navy, and thousands are inclined to cherish it, though they may not distinctly see its necessity in “these piping times of peace.” But with all their excellencies, naval officers are but men, and it was not surprising to those who ' .1 Beautiful During the late severe understood the nature of the service required of weather the birds had hard trials to obtain food them, to find the “Retiring Board” with its hands for subsistence. In passing the residence of so full of “victims.” Some were judged worthy} Hon. Wm. Samuel Johnson, in this village on morals. Monday and Tuesday morning last, we saw more stalled like places at an opera by the first one that comes with ready money in his hands. OhI if we could unroof those princely '■'^up-toion" dwellings—how many would we find to be only stately sepulchres, in which all genuine feeling and simple enjoyment lies dead, and a chill of mutual distrust breathes through the sumptuous apartments. This worship of the molten calf is apparent everywhere. The children as .soon as they are out of long clothes fancy them.selves on There are now eight hundred millions of dol lars invested in railroads in the United States It is but a moderate assertion to make in regard to the inestimable valua of these improvements, that they have quadrupled the value of the lands would fill mo with joy and the whole nation with gladness.” Wo beg leave to differ with Mr. Branch'. The true .solution of the problem of the surplus, will be found not in the acquisition of additional ter ritory to open afresh the sluices of sectional agi- tati a, and thereby to endanger the bonds of: union between the States; but in the construction j of works of internal improvement all over this | fair Kud, covering the country with a net wotk i ' of iail roads, giving additional means of educition ! , i,, l-i ~ 1 1-1 I i_ -1 J- 111 „ hamuel W . riournoy, hsq , hditor of t le (-j- to thj chillren, building school houses eveij ; .* , ° ,.11 ' lumbus I Geo.) hinquirer, died on the‘i^'l uit where, appropriating the money to advance ^ . r,-: n' , . . . ’ the e!'^mci:ts of internal strength and indepen-1 dence among the States, relieving the people from oppressive taxation; in short, giving to the States | of this Union the means to prosecute great enter prises, and to enter upon a path of prosperity un- i exampled iu the history of the country. The true glory of a State does not consist in the bril liancy of its conquest or the extent of its terri- The Western Plank Jioad.—The Charlotte Whig learns that the above road, with the rsaw mill, &c., was sold in that town cm the 'J4th iust., and brought about 812,000. There vras a mort- g.ige on the road to the amount of S2U,UUU. This is not our Fayetteville k West-rn Plank Road, but a road from Charlotte West.— Ohst rrcr ibout f>0. He was quite di^tiujrui'.h. political writer, and as a gentleman. Some landlords, it is said, are in the huhit of laying un extra fork across the plites of thoir delinquent boarders, as much as to siiy, “Fork over!” through which they run—making what was worth j tory; but in the character of its people, their edu- i 8800,000,000, without railroad communication, 1 cation, morality, obedience to law, reverence of j worth 83,200,000,000. religion, enterprise, and improvement of the ad-1 I vantages which nature has bestowed upon them. The prosperity of Chicago is iu a good degree 1 Iu those essentials, this country occupies a i of the sham order, judjfing by the papers of that j commanding position before the world; and not ' Or. Hawkses OF OUT II €AROLi\A. TiiC Subscribers are now prepnred to furnish the 1*! Tolume of this valuable work, wbich Las ui.- highest commeuJation wherever it Las been r«aJ, uut only for its literary execution but for its typngraDbi- ! the r.iad to become Rothschihls. ^\ e belie\e | (jjg collections on Eastern accounts traordinary pinching day to note payers, “three i,as territory enough at this moment, without *1 Xtic Dodije.—An ingenious attempt was made on Thursday to swindle a firm of Philadel phia stock brokers out of S.t,UOO by means of a forged draft on the New York firm of Clark, Dodge k Co. The draft was sent to New York, and the next morning a telegraphic dispatch was received by the Philadelphia house notifying them of its acceptance. Something about this dispatch excited suspicion, and one of the firm took it to another room to consult with his part ners. >ieantimea genuine dispatch arrived from Clark, Dodge »!t Co. saying the draft ha'd been protested. This despatch was opened by a clerk, who not knowing of the first dispatch, handed it to the forger, who had just called for the money—and this gave him time to slide. The scheme was well arranged by the two rogues in Philadelphia and New York, but it failed because bankers and brokers are not apt to pay money upon telegraph ic orders, except they use a secret cipher. of decapitation cn account of their Doubtless the judgment was just. But it should never be forgotten that many a brave and hon orable man has fallen a victim to his long separa tion from home influences, and in fact from most of the good and mighty restraints which bind us down to virtue. Ilow different would have been the character and position of the Navy if short cruises had brought them back every year or two to their friends and their parents, their sisters or families! than two hundred birds, of all species, from the robin to the wren, which had a bountiful table spread before them in the yard of millett and other (to them) delicacies of the season. It was really a lamentable yet beautiful sight! They boked like so many young turkeys, ducks and chickens. They partook freely of the hospitality of the mansion, and then would fly from branch to branch iu the thick shrubbery around singing . . _ I and chirping as though, like the organ-grinder. Others have been retired for inefficiency in sea 1 to pay for the bountiful repast which had been service. The fact is, as we understand, that not served up to them'. They have found good quar- a few had contrived in various ways to shirk the ; ters, and their numbers seem to be increasing, as active service of sea life, so that it required no ' though by instinct. Thev will be cared for. little tact and energy to officer the ships. The I Albany (X. Y.) paper. Coast Survey, the National Observatory, and the ' : ^ ——. Navy Yards, have never lacked men. Indeed ' Ohio Hilifor on Fashionable Danci.ty.—An the Coast Survey, though full of danger, and re- several which he ()uiring the best talent and energy as well as sea- ^be Inauguration Ball at Washington, manship, is .“o much preferred by officers, that, to i thus: drive them from it to long cruises, it has been determined, we believe, not to consider it any longer as sm service. Hence, when the late Board came together and looked over the files of the N.-ivy Department, they found a long list of names of officers who had been excused from sea .service at their own request, and who, accord ing to their own statements and the certificates (in some ca.ses we suppose) of their physicians, were not fitted for the hard work of a three years’ or a four years’ exile. Now we think that such “The want of variety in this Metropolitan dan cing, was however, fully made up by the fancy things, such as the waltz and polka. These were absolutely barbarou.s. The old fashioned waltz, the morality of which even Byron called in ques tion, is here ignored as altog3ther too cool and distant. The lady here lays her head on the gentleman’s bosom, puts one hand in his coat tail pocket, then resigns herself to his embraces, and goes to sleep, all but her feet, which, when not carried by him clear off’ the floor, go pat- but involre thousands with them, and die loaded with all the di.sjirace of commercial swindlers. T -Yesterday afternoon, | there are men on Wall strctH who would wuse-j do- arrested a young man, named Ben- their children to pa.ss through hre to Moloch, to | j .secure the stability of their house ot busines.s, | and we verily believe that were you to drop a j New York speculator out of a caravan in the I Another Victim of the National Hotel Kpidem- desert, his first notion would be to establish a ! ,V.—‘H. M. S.,” writing to I’orter’s Spirit of the water company at the nearest well. And yet Times, from Boston, says: many of these men ruin, not onl} themselve!^ “How I did want to go Washington to the in auguration. Perhaps it is lucky that I didn’t. I met an office-seeking friend of mine on the ‘Got home, eh?’ says I. seeming ot opulence is recognizea as a Knave-me j .yes,’ says he. ‘Got the office?’ says I. ‘Nary man ot exquisite dis.sembling unmasked, that all savs he. ‘What did you get?’ says I. may point tlu? finger at his detection The verj beller-ache,’ says ho, and with a mut- beggar at the crossing, who has been wont to ‘ profit by his alms-giving, would not exchange the meaiory of his life of mud and rags, hunger and cold, for that of the man of purple and fine linen, who had fattened on the good things of this world, and commanded the confidence of dupes to the amount of hundreds of thou.sands. New York is also emphatically a city of diver sities; the diversities of extreme poverty and ex treme wealth. Here sits the beggar child with city congratulating the merchants and busine.ss j only in the!«e, but iu the extent of its pos.sessions | cal getting up. It may be obtAincd, tither fiom us or men. that, althoughlhe fourth of April was an ex- i ^ud the beneficent character of its institutions. It i (jeneval Agent for the State, H. W. iiorne o: this place, or any of his Assistant Agents. The pri^if acqui.sitions. INo! iNo. .Mr. lirancti. let according to style of binding; In hanJsumf canaot Uy .t, for Jpain will ,5, in l.ii.r.ry Sl-ep SI 60; iu b.lf I »lt not sell; and even if she were disposed to part. I, 1, ,0,.,, fou Casi,. .None »1I1 Wcl..r„J With u, the annexation of the islami would at farther Cuba aloue 1 hen it is that the man who has kept up a false | ^ days since, jcemingof opulence is recognized as a knave—the j »Ycs,’ says he. ‘Got tl once be the means to throw the country, from one extreme to the other, in the wildest sectional agi tation, and perhaps break up the Union itself. We cannot acquire it except upon the highway man’s plea, and certainly you will not favor this i mode of acquisition. No! No! Mr. BranchI Let the surplus be dis tributed amonij the States; it is equally Constitu- either by ourselves or our .^genta. A liberal 'li.ieouni will be made where quautitie? are tuken to sell uguiu It will be sent by mail to uny part of the country, ou receipt of the price and 24 cents to pay post^tge. The :id voluma is in couibe of preparation. There will probably be four or tive volumes in all. The sue-, ceeding volumes will probably contain about 500 pag«s each, and will be sold at a pioportionaliy Li>;hei price, tered sentence, which sounded something like ‘r—r—rats,’ he pre.ssed his hand to his stomach and vanished.” Governor of Utah. — We understand that the governorship of ^Va/t TVrnVorv has been tendered r .u to Major Benjamin McCullough, of Texas, and P’^^spen j o e coun ry that there is every rea.son to believe that he will : accept the office. It would be difficult to name tional and the better mode to dispose of it. Re lieve the people from taxation, build works of in-! ternal improvement, educate the children and per- * form other deeds of State interest and importance. | We can get along without Cuba; but it is a duty we owe to ourselves, to the State, and the Nation, I gypi-y county in the State, with the book, as soou »s to employ all the means in our power to elevate j eonvcnieut. In the mean time. orJer.s to him or 10 u*. the character of our people,^and^^the^glory and | cash. ill receive prompt ation ! tion. viz: half a cent a page for the cloth bintiiiij;, 'Jo ceut» additional for sheep and oO cents additiomil for the half calf binding. E. .J HALK x .StJN Fayetteville, April 29. 1857. P. .S. The Agent and his Assistants design to visit another person who combines in himself .so many thin white lips and shivering limb.s, and there ' (jualities for the successful discharge of the duties goes a man of no better flesh and blood wrapped of this important and delicate trust as are un in comfort and luxury. The moan of distress is | doubtedly possessed by Major McCullough Union. Terrible Affair.— One o f our most ■worthy Citi- i zens Fatally Wounded.—On Thursday night last, ' Messrs. Albert Hinton, James Penny, and ; Keitch, three citizens of this County, who were | acting as a patrol under the appointment of our Court, in the discharge of their duties, visited the plantation of Mr. B. K. S. Jones, about 10 miles from this city, where a negro wedding was in progress. On going into the kitchen where the A heard beside the glittering carriage wheels. The life of the poor of New York! What a writer he would be who would burst upon the wondering world with a history of those gloomy thresholds and desolate roomsl Tell the heroic histories, write the unwritten poetry, chronicle the unknown greatness, and the wasted bravery, the love strong as death, the sacrifice deep as the grave, the lonely wrestlings with fierce tempta tions, just to wake a blate to .scare away the wolf hunger that is howlirig at the door for some be- Jute of lunacy He examined him atteii J ^ground“““Mr. Keitch was also knocked lovcd’s sake How full it would be of peculiar tively, and put various questions to him to all , ^ poetry. \N hat a picture to weep tears over. o. which he made the most pertment and appo- recovered, but we New \ork IS also a city where a great cause site answers. man mad! thought he;‘yeri-i ^ut liule hope produces a small effect. During our stay, a fear-! Jj, be is one of the ablest men I ever met with, j Hinton. Mr. H. resides about 4 miles ful fire occurred in the vicinity of our stopping ; Towards the end of his examination however, a j estimable place. The fierce element raged wildly for hours, little scrap of paper, torn from a letter, was put | j sweeping onward in Us wild might, shooting afar j «nto Lord Loughborough s hands, on which was i perpetrator of this outrage. Monomaniac.—It is very well known that, by the laws of England, the Lord Chancellor is held i - - ~ ri i ut i, ■ ^ ^ . 1 r p J ♦ r I negroes were a.ssenibled, >N m. Robertson, a free to be the guardian of the persons and property ot ® . 11 ^ i ,, . • 1- - J 1 -1^1 1 e negro, who was sold out of the jail in this City ail such individuals as are said to be no longer of; ® , it. i \t tt- J . J , 1 1- • • c i some time last year for debt, assaulted Mr. Hin- sound mind and good disposing memory—in fine, . , i • i i i • , , 1 * »i • T i ni II T I ton with au axe, splitting his head open, and in to have lost their senses. Jjord Chancellor Lough-u- u i -n . , jjv- i flicting a wound upon him which it is feared will borough once ordered brought to him a man r . i mi i r • ®, i-L- -I I*..! * proTC fatal. The same negro struck Mr. James against whom his heirs wished to take out a sta- i r, , i j i i j i i f , T, • 1 I- Penny with a shovel and knocked him senseless tute of lunacy. He examined him vorv nttan. i J ^ . .... a course on the part of officers was not only natu- ' around ou her toes. The gentleman thus ral, but consistent with high honor The ser- ‘ vice in each of the departments mentioned above, is of the greatest national importance, and happy IS the man who can employ in them hi# best pow ers for his country and still enjoy the privilege of the society of his friends. It is indeed true that a rigid interpretation of the duties ot the service requires a man to meet all its contingencies and responsibiiities; and doubtless every honorable and conscientious man will shrink from all misrepresentation of his own defects. But the question for a wise Government to ask is. What is the remedye.cistiny evil? How shall .sea service be rendered more attractive*'' One mode, certainly, is a higher rate of pay. Let every officer be certain that he will receive two or three or even four per cent, on his pre- sent pay for every year of sea servicc, and one powerful inducement is instantly created to perform one of the very hardest services demanded entwined throws his head back, and his eyes up, like a dying calf; his body bent in the shape of a | figure 4, he whirls, backs up, swings around, swoons to all appearances, pushes forward, and leaves the ring to the delight of all decent people.” (Juite Equal to Davy Crockett.—The Bain- bridge Argus says Mr. Wm. Gregory, residing just below Rieoe’s Bluff, on the Apalachisola river, killed twenty-one bears last year, and says from the destruction of his pigs there appears to be no decrease iu their number in his neighbor hood. When he can spare the time from his crop, he expects to “pitah into them” again, and try to improve on his last year’s operations. Burnt by Hooped Skirts.—A young woman named Mary Hall, was terribly burnt in New York Monday afternoon, in consequence of her cloths having taken fire from a grate. She had dressed herself handsomely, and expanded her frock by ot any j.ub ic servant. This is understood to { means of a large hooped sk'irt, and**was'^uietW the'^ r principle of the Bill niatured by : sitting by the fire, when suddenly her dris was which untort^unatdvV /l^f ^^* CougrcB.s, but j enveloped iu flame.s, and she screamed for help. Attend to Tm tW 1 time to Assistance was at hand, but before the flamL session Such a lill ft expiring were extinguished, her lower limbs and body up •'S^footin^ with tVr A ‘ T? frightfully burned. She lies in quai tooting with the Army. It js in itself I a very critical cooditioQ. its glowing columns, wrapping its folds around stately buildings, crackling and sparkling, or leaping upward in wild triumph, as the noise of the falling pile proclaimed how impotent had been every effort to stay the violence of the des tructive torrent. And yet though a whole street burnt down, there were numbers in the hotel who continued quietly snoozing in their beds, or men tally denounced that noisy engine between naps; and before the following night, the whole affair seemed to pass from the minds of all but the sufferers. A dozen hearses go by their windows in one day, and no body seems sobered by it. W’ith regard to the gentler sex, both old and young, seem occupied solely in striving, bustling, and elbowing each other, in order to obtain front seats in the gaudy theatre of fashion. Their life seems really a battle of chairs, and mirrors of plate, and equipage. People may talk of the wars of the two Roses, but we doubt whether they occasioned half the care or outlay produced by the grand struggle between the fair rival battal ions of Fifth Avenue! For ourselves, we would rather be a “country curate” in W^ashington, than the ^'•sublime Sul tan” in New Y^ork. Pleasant was it after the dust and drought of Broadway, and the Arabia Petrea of a New York hotel, to inhale the fra grance of the sweet brier and honey suckle of the (’apitol grounds, listen to its birds, ^»nd set foot on its elastic turf once more. M. J, W. A Novel Suit is before the Hunterdon county (N. J.) Circuit Court, brought by the Union Bank of Frenchtown against lludnut and Sny der, for maliciously conspiring to draw specie from said bank, by presenting its notes for redemption with the object of breaking the bank! The dam ages are laid at 85,000! Selling a Man at Auction in Illinois.—The Sheriff of St. Clair county advertises a negro man for sale at public auction, he being guilty of the “high misdemeanor” of having come into the State of Illinois and remaining there for ten days, for which offence he was fined 850 as provided by the Black Law of 1853, and in default of paying which fine, the Sheriff of the county in which he was found is directed to sell him to any body willing to pay the 850. Death of an Old Lady.—The Warrenton (Va.) Flag chronicles the death of Mrs. Judith Keith, at the advanced age of 98 years. She was a mother before the Revolution. She was the mother of five generations, and her living de scendants numbered more than one hundred. written ‘Ezekiel.’ This was enough for such a shrewd and able man as his lordship. He forth with took his cue. “What fine poetry,” said the Chancellor, “is in Isaiah!” “Very fine,” replied the man, “especially when read in the original Hebrew.” “And how well Jeremiah wrote!” “Surely, said the man. “W’hat a genius, too, was Ezekiel!’’ “Do you like him?” said the man; “I’ll tell you a secret—/ am Ezekiel! VOCAL & l.NSTRU,MENT.\L CO]\CERT. /^IHE subscriber begs leave to announce to the JL Ladies and Qentleuaen of this Town, that he will give a Concert on Friday evening next, at the Fay. etteville Hall, assisted by Professor Hahr of the Fe male High School, and several Amateurs of thii Town, which he flatters himself will prove a delightful even ing entertainraent. Concert to commence at 8 o’clock. Admission 50 cents. Tickets and Programme to be had at the Fayetteville Hotel and Messrs. Hale’s Book Store. H. M. BAUSCHER. Fayetteville, May 2 4-2t and a large number of them joined Sheriff High yesterday morning, and went out in search of the diabolical fiend. The negro, Wm. Robertson, is described as very black, and about 0 feet in height. P. S. Since writing the above we learn that it is reported that Mr. Hinton died yesterday morning from his injuries.—Ral. Register. Neic Business in Salisbury.—There are sev eral new branches of business in operetion here, some of which may have been alluded to before, but yet worthy of this notice. The very latest, we believe, is the manufacture of W'heat Fans, by tl. B. Dowler & Co. Their wagons, we see, are cu the run, carrying off the products of their The manufacture of all kinds of Agricul tural implements, by the Messrs. Boyden, on an ctUn.sive scale—and the manufacture of plows by Messrs. -Pope & Morton. The manufacture of Railroad cars by Mr. Aldridge—And, we are sorry to say, of \yhiskeyf by the Messrs. Myers. All these branches are now carried on here vigo rously, and form together a very considerable ad dition to the busincsB importance of our town. Sal. Watchman. THE SUBSCRIBER RESPECTFULLY invites the people to call at the NEW STORK and purchase Rio and Java Coifee; Green and Imperial Tea; Coffee Sugar, A. B. and C. Crushed and New Orleans Brown Do. Prime article refined Syrup; Pepper. Spioe, Ginger, Saleratus; Yeast Powders, and Mustard; Adamantine, Sperm and Tallow Candlea; Superior quality Chocolate; Soda and Milk Biscuits; Boston and Sugar Crackers; Toilet Soap; Brooms; And in fact, all those little things which are so useful. Together with a full supply of PROVISIONS, such as Goshen Butter, Lard, half and quarter bbls. No. 1 and 2 Mackerel, and 3000 lbs. good Back Country Ba con. w. C. TROY. • May 4, 1867. 4-lm DAVID McDUFFIE, Bricklayer and Plasterer^ IS prepared to do all kinds of work in his line, in cluding the putting up of Turpentine Stills in this and the adjoining counties. Fayetteville, April 27, 1867. 3-lY-pd FOR SALE. DWKLLINO HOUSE AND LOT on Oille«pi« i Htreet, at present occupied by Doctor McSwain. Perfect title can be made. WAGONS. ONE NEW Four-Horse Wagon; One Second hand Do. For gale cheap by JAS. G. May 4. K. H. MURCHISON. COOK. 4-8w A. J. HOWKLL. MURCHISON HOWELL, 59-itf] Commission Merchants., No. 104 WALL STREET, 1«£W YORK. Apply to THO. J. CURTIS. ALSO A GOOD FAMILY CARRIAGE in good repair and ^ nearly new. Will be sold for half its value. —ALSO— 3 good MILCH COWS with young calves. Apply to T. J. CURTIS. April 29, 1857. 3tf Office Wilmingtou dt Weldon Rail Road Co., Wilmington, N. C., April 27th, 1867. j DIVIDEND No. 11.—The Board of Directors of the Wilmington & Wel don Rail Road Company, have declar ed a semi-annual dividend of three I and a hilf per cent on the capital stock of said Company, payable on and after the 15th May next. The transfer book will be closed from lat to loth May. JAMES 8. GREEN, Secretary. April 27. 3-tl5thM Common Schools. T a meeting of the Board of Superintenileiits, I m held ou the 20th of .\pril, and an adjoiiriicii meeting held on the 2oth of .\pril. 1857; Present—Edw’d Lee Winslow, Hon. Lauchlin he- thune, William McMillan. Philemon Taylor. J. T Wm- den. Clerk of the Board: The accounts of the Chairman for the year Ihoti were examined and found correct. Edw’d Lee Winslow was appointed Chairman for the ensuing year, and J. T. Warden (’lerk. The following resolutions were unanimously ailopteJ: Whereas, the division of the county of Harnett from the county of Cumberland renders it necessary that the School Districts in the county of CumherlanJ be remodeled and re-numbered, inasmuch us by the run ning of the line many of the Districts are divided, aud those on Little River are rendered inconveuient to children attending School, and difSculty has occurreil as to the Districts: And as it is important, to give et- ficienc3’ to the Common School system in the county, that a map of the School Districts be prepared for tbe use of the Superintendents, and ii copy thereof be CleJ in Raleigh with the General Superintendent: Therefore Resolved, That the Board of Superintend ents appoint the Chairman of the Board, wiih J. T. Warden. Clerk, to engage the services of a competent Surveyor to lay oflF the county of Cumberlani into School Districts of a Ci'nvenient size, and that in do ing so he be rei\ue«ted to have regard to the location of the School Houses now erected. Resolved, That the Hon. Lauchlin Bethune, in the 'jrestern part of the county; .lames McKethan. Ks')., on the eastern side of Cape Fear River, and William McMillan, Esq., in the southern part of the county, be re({uested to give such aid as they can do. Resolved, That the Board of Superintendents of the county of Harnett be requested to establish Lower Little River, up to the prlnt where the line between Cumberland and Harnett ends on the river, as the di viding line between the School Districts in the two counties. Resolved, That the Committee cause two plots to be made, one for the use df the Board of Superinteml- ents, and that the othar be sent to the Gen«iral Super intendent at Raleigh. Resolved, That as soon as the Committee have ha>l the survey completed, the Board shall meet to con firm the report, if they shall approve the same. Resolved, That after the said District.s are nuni- bered and the report accepted and confirmed, elections shall be held in the several Districts for Commitiee- men, or the Board may appoint them, as they are au thorized to do by law, in cases of no election; and af ter the lists of the children are returned to the Chair man and the number ascertained, the money coming to the Districts shatl be apportioned. On motion. Resolved, That the Chairman he request ed to send a copy of the third resolution to the Board of the county of Harnett, and ask their concuirence. W. A. Ilnske and J. T Warden were appointed a Committee of Examination for the year. On motion, adjourned, subject to the call o? tha Chairman. J. T. WARDEN, Clerk, &c. Fayetteville, April 27, 1857. 3-2w Carolinian and Argus two weeks. CCPTlie 41st Annual Coiiveiitioii of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of North Carolina, will be held in St. Luke’s Church, Salisbury, on the Fourth Wednesday (27th) of May next. EDWARD LEE WINSLOW, Sec’y. Fayetteville, April 29, 1867. '6- The Salisbury and Charlotte papers, the Raleigh Register and Standard, the Hillsborough Recon'er, Wilmington Herald, Elizabeth City Sentinel, and Newbern papers, and Washington Times, please copy. The Fayetteville Ice House ^^)|^'ILL be opened for the accommodation of Cus- wW tomers to-morrow and after, at 6 o'clock, A. M., and close at 8 o’clock. ISHA.M BLAKE. April 29. 3-lm Ftora iflcMMotuild, JUST printed and for sale at this Office, a Lecture delivered by J.vmks .R\jiks, Esq. on the Life and Character of FLORA McDONALD. Price 10 cents. A liberal deduction made by the dozen or hundred copies. E. J. HALE & SON. tesy and i nient d being ii some tl ^ward the W: three s is not which ship-_j his owi beside* The of the WiL shots n incl