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L'RD.VY MORNING, FEB. 19, 1S53
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ie v!fM f f(lir deligMful peace ; '
LVTION AT THE UUAti tl&ljUO:
Favcttoville Observer" states that spec-
to the amount of several hundred thou-
, i . . ii ! i i
liars have been entered into at wie.oai
krithin the wstien or vwnvo unyq, u,uu
Xcw.Yo rk firm which subscribed to the
vili. Rail KoadJis largely mteresHsu m
.est 0f one-half in the Taylor lands, own-
Hon. Hugh ;Waaulli tiuugo xiiuu,. vuu.
mer, Esq., Br. McCIenahan, ana others,
,000. , ;
tilted, also, that-i. J- Ilaughton, Esq.,
the right to get coal on his land for
in cash, and SO cents per ton for every
th.it .t lrnst as
tied, wiui w'""-
nil be taken- annually as to produce
0 000 a vear for twenty year.
N. Y.finn bought a copper mine in uuu-
tya ft: days ago. The Observer
amusing (and true) account ot the
far it The old gentleman who
t'was askeu vrnat na wuuiu m t
Udred dulUrs, he repiiea. i ery wen,
replied the applicant. " V e;l, 1
ell it for less than SL'.UUU,"
1, p-putlcinan. " 1 n give u. .ui,
vqi must imf vKvy. ......
old "entlercan went on until the purcha
sed at $0,000, at which price the-papers
Lin one hoar. : llie nest aay imuuicr
v offered the old gentleman $7,000, who
ed that he did not exactly know what
k about, when lie sota at so low a puco.
bun:
an
n nig
it,
think 1 cas
()!'!
ill
TERRIBLE ACCIDENT.
, - l - Inf.
arc deeply cuiivcmcu w Kati
SmithfieM, that the Steam Saw Mill
l i 11 O . . . .... .. I.
it place, ownea ty . o. ijji,uji.i, 04. -
rn into atoms on Tuesday last, about IS
Lv tho explosion of tho Iwiler of tho
ittaehed.j Mr..W. W. Pekkixsox, the
-. and YILL13 Ballexger, a son ot -.no
of the Mill, were immediately killed ;
Uro men thrown several yards and 6e'ri-
ut not dangerously, hurt; and some
'- ,
an, wao ware piayiiiK wir, ho
1. Tarts of the Iwiler, one, weighing
lbs., ware thrown upwards of tflx-
t
,i i ii
t iiitoruiar.E aaas :
T',rt. Km: th nnc-ineer. who was m
iil at the time, ran off immediately, rel
i top to converse, or relate anything con
Z the occurrence. Search has ben made
. 1 . 1 c. 1 . 1 , annnnG.
m, uut ne cannot ue iuuhu, mu
uve been deranged bv the accident.
1 . -, t T..1. -n-n
hs is a saa icaiaBniy. -ir. iiiwuu
luftrious, an upright, and pious miinv He
bf! a widow and. live children whose cnnai-
a1
TIIE TIMES. !
u nen aijson, the lia-st Sritisb Mis'orian Pr0H
nounced the tendency of deuio-ej-akv to b8 essen
tially warlike, every one saw tlafc he was Infliii-
1 . .... - . t f .
vubeu ny me bitterness 01 aristocratic prejuai
ces. Ilis objeet was, of coursi, to depreciate
American institutions, and to prpng Into disre
pute our republican form. Upj to the period &
his writing, we had been at- jjieace with tlie
whole world, except during the war of 1812-'l,
when tho intolerable insolence bf Great Britain
compelled a resort to the " uliiifa. ratio rc'urii"
We obtained what we desired (by that content
and were content to live in quiet, enjoying the
fruits of home industry, and a largely extended
foreign commerce, up to the rienod of the utt
nappy Mexican war.' Then democracy -seemjd
to have broken loose indeed, rind conquest be
came the order of the day. .tisox's opinion
may seem now to be well applicable to demo
crats not so well to democracy. The tenden
cy of leading democratic Senators is decidedly
aggressive. They seem to invite! war from all
quarters. Feeble Spain is insuited! by attempts
upon !aba. Franee ie challenged for Jierup
poeed grasp upon Samana, and England is
threatened with an entire exclusion from this
continent.. What the result will be, is vey
clear, if theso ideas ar, -parried out." Wajr,
in its most awful shape," destructive to lifa and
property, is inevitable and our Republic foun
ded upon the principles of peace, and only jto
bo sustained -by a strict adherence to that policy,
must be arrayed in antagonismfwjith all its most
cherished dictates. j j
What Mr. Cass means by his Resolutions, we r'eoover in
..-cannot clearly comprehend. SEeiias virtually
passed from: the theatre of poiitiical existence,
and cannot possibly revive his jvitality by aip- J
peuls to popular madness. t. Socle is 'a ;
younger man, but old enough; tb have suffered
by the first French revolutiojn.j lie may, of
course, be supposed to be somejwjiat sanguinary
in temperament and ready o retaliate upOn
monarchies, his personal sufferings ; but that !
is nof the course the American people will sus
tain, and it must be hoped -there is sufikient '
judgment left in Congress to enable them to
steer clear bf such suggestiohsf Let us have ;
peace with all the world, if our honor ba sus
tained. When that is insulted!, tihere will be no
division of sentiment. But vo tbhor the prin
ciple which whets the bejik jofithe Amenctin
Eagle to seize every prey andj sharpens her ta
Jors to grasp every object'wbiojh is not sufficient
ly protected.' Our country isjiridoed great and
powerful, but her glory is to Lei maintained J?y
adherence to her old plansJ ller commerce
now exceeds that of all otherf nations, and that
has brought her to her present eminence. Bc-
.stroy At, and while she coua r cyme out witu
glory trom ; any stnte, still tue piarks ot an un
necessary warfare would remafinjfor many ve;ir4,
and the ignominy of grasping jeup idity be stamp
ed upon hejr for all successive; ages. j1
POSITION OF TIIE WHIG PARTY, j
The West Tennessee Whig has a well-written
article from which we copy the following :
"Notwithstanding the Whig party will soon
be out of power, and will hare no direct con
trol or responsibility in the Government, yet
they, after all, compose the great conservative
element, the element of strength in the country.
Although in a minority, it is a powerful minor
ity, and is always liable to become a majority,
and. is able to prevent tho mischief that an un
scrupulous party might otherwise perpetrate.
This is no mean or unimportant position, and
much good may be done. Let this position be main
tained with steadiness, dignity, and persever
ance, without turning aside to this or that new
name, and, if it cannot do much for the good
of the country, it can prevent much evil.
"All the Whigs have to do is to be steady in
their aims and undivided in their efforts, disre
garding the croakinjrs of a few of their nominal
Bg- While Tjl r. NatbanieiT. Pjusek iajbe-
JEU ID'ESPRIT.
sieging thejlgslature and pwple'of Virginia ' '-When Latin I studied, my Ainsworth in hand,
to run a branchi of the Danvilleiljlad to MilfOB,
with the prospective view of ofitinaing it on
through Greensboro', Charlotte, l&c, down to
the South Carolina line, we findllho people of
our loving sister city Charlcstonlnoved with a
corresponding impulse and agitking idei of
tapping out Coal and Cotton regioVs. Our Si.te
has grown surprisingly popular w 'h her neigh
bors of late, and they stfeteh out t eir grasping
hands most atTictionately. It w( aid be well
enough to ascertain the springs of lis new love
in order to prevent a too1 ardent ei ;brace. Be
tween the caresses of Virginia on he one side,
and South Carolina on the othwr, mo might be
tickled to' de.'ith.
We have: before us a couple of extracts, one
from the Danvilte Register, the, othjtjr: from he
Charleston lSlan$ard. These suffiejently show
the direction of Jhings above and bqlov us;
' 01 tneir nominal , tu flQf ,. i,, -,.,., Q,i nftn ;n,,i, ln--,iirrh
friends, on the one hanjd, and the bullying of , 'Danvine of nuinberof hands onthoit way to the
poimicai oragauocios n tne otner. v e nave on
ly to keep pur ranks closed and our arms in or
der to scatter, the foe in all directions at the first
fair onset, and ensure ourselves and the true
interesfiB of the country a complete and perma
nent victory. Let no Whig despair of the Re-r
public. We have seen darker days, since out
a&dvscajr, oODiig prineiples, than those whkrfj.
now; hang over us. We helped to work the
party out of those gloomy days; and we can do
so again. But if there be arty who think differ
ently and are inclined to despond, we Awould
bid them remember the glorious example 'of
other times. IIid the WhigS of '76 given way
under reverses, the liberty wie now enjoy would
have been denied us. Had the Whigs of '39
giveaway nndor reverses, the glorious victory
of 184:0 would never have been won. ' Their re
verses were greatly- more overwhelming than
ours. After an overthrow in all the State elec
tions of 1S30, tho Whiz had but one year to
We now have nearly four. They
rallied, and routed their opponents "alii along
the line," and over the Union. Why may! We
not do as much ?"
"The rejection of the nomination of. Saniator
Badger to the United States circuit (supreme
court) judge of the district composed of the
States of Louisiana aud Alabama, embraces a
pointed rebuke to the spirit of exclusive favor
iteism, which has distinguished Mr. Fillmore's
administration of the Presidential patron
age. His nomination involved a sweeping in
sult to the Whigs of the legal profession resi
idetit in the district, and was so recognised
by those gentlemen, who, through friends
and correspondents in Washington, opposed
his confirmation quite as strenuously as did
the. Democrats of the district. ' I ami, however,
astonished that the esprit du corps prevailing a
mong the Senators failed to carry -Mr, Badger
through s:if!y. It is notoriously usually strong
enough to effect any object for a member of the
body, such as are as reprehensible as the con
firmation of Mr. Badger would have been included."
, .1 ,.r
rpeais F'-ongiy to tne syinpamj 01
pumty. the explosion was prouuuiv pu
l hv a deficiency of water in the boiler.-
is the second steam mill that the enterpn-
owner has lust within three years ; the
Jffas destroyed by fire."
THE PUBLIC LANDS. ;
.While Bennett's Land Bjll .hsleaps in Qpn-
gress, tne new states are punning " hf" :
system. What the "Richmond Whig" says of .
Virginia, in this connection,jis equally applica
ble to North Carolina: Last week Mr. John
ston's House Bill was passed, igranting tiiv.ee .
millions of acres of pub icilapd to the Sljato j
of Arkansas for internal improvement purpo
ses. We are Yiot aware thatitfwj Democracy of
Arkansas have any "Constitujtional scruples" (
against receiving it no morie than Cass, Doug
las, and the whole Western democracy ; the; ex
tent of which ig to take all 4ej can gtt enrich
their own. State, and loavo jtlje Democracy of
NorthCarolina to preach abiiult "Constitutional
scruples" over this "fun" io jiax the people to
of millions Decausei uiej ...
c fn nlii htate couia
UUj'WUfi
The foregoing is an extract from a letter to
the South bide Democrat, ahd shows most con
clusively that if there ever was a party who
laughed" consistency to scorn and made princi
Die a bve-word, it is the one calling itseif the
, "Democratic." Does not this wriur know that
not many years ago, Peter V. Daniel, a Demo
cratic resident of the city of Richmond, was ap-
! pointed by a Democratic President to the' Su-
i T.re me Court bench, and that his nomination
-was e,n firmed bv a Democratic Senate, aUkiouU
! Mr. Daniel was to preside Over a portion of the
-vsTT thr.rr m rrfit non-roince in.
which Mr. Badger's nomination was rejected 7
; Ceijainly, he knew it, and more than that, ha
knows that if Mr. Badger had been a Democrat
his nomination would have" been confirmed aud
no questions asked." I 'el. Int.
the tune
their Land vioncy.
OUR BOOKSTORES.
'e must express our delight at a late visit
i e.ner's. We doubt if there are .12 the
c (uinijjbo8k shelves better filled than
neve, while all the American editions are
fusion. In addition, there are toie found! -to a reat eXtent ftr th PPPrl!Vtl01' llb" ;
-ret a grab of three millions! of acres of the pu
?. u, .hnnt this time. Wouldn't it help h
1
S8f On Sunday last wo listened with de
llrlit to an olonuent and thrillinz funeral ser
mon from Rev. M. D. Hoge, in commemoration
oftlie death of Rev. John A. Gretter, a most
worthy iiiin ister of the Presbyterian Church. It
was tne finest sermon we have ever heard
classically eloquent, full of touching sentiments,
and sound morals, and solemnly grand. The
speaker's piciure of the perishable character of
temporal things, and his glowing sketch of eter
nity, were drawn by a master's hand, and pro
duced the deepest sensation through his intelli
gent and sympathising audience. Powerful as
the sermon was, one of its chief merits was the
f tlm nub- ! Just nn4 proper irmuie paia 10 the deceased.
r i .u
er
Irtieles of bijouterie, for which we have'been
re liependent upon New York or Paris.
mehoy is not behind, and with his enter-
and his knowledge of the wants of the
c, will maintain his own. He will hold his
x liird race. i
liERsiLiA has a somewhat different establish-
but beautiful in its way. Pictures in
ful variety adorn his walls," and all sorts
(imical instruments are atrung around the
ft We'deprecate very much.the spirit that
owing up, in certain quarters, to connect
Central- road with the Danville and Rich-
1 road. It was dietinctlv understood, when
barter 'of the Central road waa obtained,
it was offered and accented as substitute
Krauch desired outlet from thtcWre and
or of North Carolina. Unless that.char-
jad been 'granted, Charlotte and Salisbury
reensboroughliad a rizht to demand from
orally made at the last and previous sessions of
tho Legislature ? let she could have this, and
more too, if she were not denied it by the loco- : the veteran Lafayette .re-visited this city, we
W. r.f hor nwn Si' Tli i over trhpn ! wore proud to welcome -him as a private in a
w hom it did not seek to canonize but simply to
render justice to. We oarselves are witnesses
that the Reverend Orator did no more than jus
tice to Hit? Joiuented dead. Witli the talents
and virtues of John A. GreUer, though several
years older than ourselves, we were intimately
acquainted. As children together, we were in
the same class at school in this eitv and when
Dan River Coal Mines in Rockingham county,
N. C, for the .purpose, of mining. The enter
prise is undertaken by a Virginian and "with j
very encouraging prospects of making" it a sue-;
oessful experiment in the development of the '
Ijitberto'hiddcH wealth of the upper Dail River j
Valley." The superficial jjjdjcjitionsj we,ojp.
again, "a'ttd ge'otkgi&Tloriiiati :
witfe this Coal lias been discovered--warrants
the belief, that te supply of this vajnablo mine
ral in-the Dan Ss large, probably iintaensel If
so, the ready and cheap transportation afforded
by the Dan River to this place, anjl thence ; by
the Richmond and Danville Railroad, to Rich
inoned, Petersburg and Norfolk, will enable the
mining biasinessfto open up a new golden stream
into our midst.'!
Delightful prof pect for the Danvillians ! Bea- ' OEA L
tific dreams, how soon to be proven realities. O f NT
Arid then in addition to the River navigation
comes M Painter's branch to Milton, connect- j
ing in future wth the North Carolina Road,
and thenjee as pSr programme via Greensboro',
Salisbury, Uharfotte, &c, to the South Carolina
line. "A very pleasant and a very healthy ;
route." Why, Danville, when this comes to.'
pass, will expand prodigiously.
The extract frpm the Charleston Standard is
so complacent aind gentle, so modest and pleas- ,
ant, that we let .?it,speak for itself. It in effect ;
says, "We will un our North-Eastern Road up
into your Coal Region, but gentlemen, we do not )
want much Coal : nt much we prefer your j
Cotton1." A few days aro, this bland chronicler
of the time3 discoursed upon the Bsldger noin-
luauun in ions ijoi quite so uove-iine aim a
greeable. But the same instrument can at I
times play difietent tunes. nil. Utrald. j
THE NORTH EASTERN ROAD tub GOAL
MINES.
It is npw a settled matter that the coal mines
of North Carolina can be reached by the North
Eastern ana the t,heraw and Uarhngton Roads,
at less than two hundred miles from Charles
ton. If this object be kept steadily in view,
from the outset, to that the roads shall be coni
structed with grades all descending- towards
Charleston, there is not the least doubt that in
the end, their stock will be made profitable from
this souroe. - 1 lie late work ot Frot. Lmmons, I
published by order of the Legislature of North I
Carolina, altogether confirms the previous state-
ments of the value of these mines Forty-five
square miles'uf the coal formation have already
been examined, and the area is known to be
much larger. The probability is, that subse
quent borinjjs may discover coal, much nearer
to Cherfcw tllau any of the mines now open.
But if this should not be the case, still, with
fRjrsjp eri theee ,Twtyjmp quantity of
a line -quality of coal may be delivered in
Charleston qt four dollars a ton, and pay fine
freights at tB-at. Tho mines now worked would
furnish overfthirty thousand tons a vear : and j
even if the f'o'al area be. confined to the forty
five square miies already examined, new mines
might be opened so as to furnish any desirable
auautitv. Thus, the main element heretofore
wanting, soinecessary to our rapid growth and
prosperity, iseems now to lure us on to the
Northeastern enterprise. The rich trade of
Tennessee is soon to be opened to us. Florida
has begun tb seek our alliance Give us with
these an extension and completion of the North
eastern audj the Cheraw roads to the coal mines,
and we shall ha.e no let to our prosperity.
With a large supply of excellent choap coal,
our steamboats and foundries may compete suc
cessfully with those of any other city, and the
increased eJOnsumption thereof, induced by the
low nriceJwill stive constant and active em-
I answered m v n.p.hr that SUo meant to stand;
But if asked, I ; should now give another reply,
For Sloice, beyond all cavil, means to lie.
The practice of wearing tight cravats is
perhaps as destructive of human life among
males as that of tight lacing among females.
Proffessor Hamilton; in his lecture before the
Buffalo Medical College on asphyxia, alludes to
tight cravats asj a frequent cause of the derang
ment of that function, as well as bronchitis.
When the brairi becomes excited, the blood rush
es there, and if impeded in its return, conges
tion and apoplexy ensue. A alight pressure
upon the surface of the neck will check the cir
culation. ,
It is saida privateletterhasbcen receivedinN.
York, states oil good authority that there - is no
probability of the Pope eoing to France to
crown the Fhoperorj
In England there are four thousand miles of
telegraph ; in the United States, twenty three
thousand. ! I
PROPOSALS for carfying the mails of the J ; 4. For leaving behind, or throwing off iha
MARRIED,
In Wake countv. bn the 9ib bj Waaler
a-MT.ftfIa-Outo Miss L. It.
Alford, daughter at Ureen Attora, &q., dec a.,
all of Wake cquntyi
NORTLI CAROLINA SIX PER CENT
STATUE BONDS.
State
a cotiaection with the north. But
P'edge being made, and the work in a fair
to completion, we regard it as a breach of
connection between Grcensbprough and
Danville road. How would . it affect ui?
F, nc wrm'lil o;.v,.l i. c :Ui
travel to and from Greensborousrh. It is
klenicd tlmt it ; u i,i.
" biulivi iuum;, uut turn
the question' when the charter was
ted" and the appropriation made. We were
K1" for tillr mm. Stot T:I A
what is our duty to Petersburg? Upon
strength of ronresnt.itinn fmm Stof-
enterprising to-n came forward and saved
leih and Giston Road. Is it right that
Nond shouldcbme in and take now the
kt,tlie former waa tn nn f ATiiafVJIr Inn
us a liieral helping hand, apd she will
'"8 cut off. Let us follow the dictates of
TO. and not the urestinna' of efilfinh
00 ;
r". Tho Central road mast be com plo
according to tho orieinal idea, and the
rVllle i0;vd must fight its own. battles in Vir-
abstractionists can p4ay th part of the dog in
the manger over thisland fund. The new States
will have it if the old ones' won't, and the dan
ger is, that before North Carolina democracy
gets over its Constitutionaljsdruples and pious
regard for this sacred fund, they will have helped
themselves so bountifully aa to leave U3 nothing
but. a bone to gnaw on. ; j
Les Pontes four ma Fu.i.e. Without pro
fessing much knowledge of the French language,
still we have read with mnch interest the tales
under the above title. Thjy seepi to have been
introduced here for the use of our schools, and
are better calculated, we. think, to give the
scholar a goed hlea of conversational French,
than! the classic Telemaehus, Moliere and liacine
are better calculated for ruoro advanced stu
dents. " f :- -...'.:'
Wb think that the coarse pursued at our
Umversity is too circumscribed. A distinct
professorship should be established, including
French and Spanish. German and Italian
should be added, and noj alumnus permitted
to go out, not well posted in the modern lan
guages. ; We hope to see this matter attended
to,' soon. !
The announcementin the Northern pa
pers, of the appointment of Itbe Hon.J. C. Dob
bin to the post of U. S Senator, to fill the place
of Mr. Mangum, is premature. No spch ap
pointment has been madej and no such Ses
patch, as reported, was sens from the telegraph
office here.
Newsmongers are rathet liasty in fabrica
ting their items. .1 i
GT" We invits attention the advertisement
of the Treasurer, in another column. A re
mark in our last, by the way, we deem it but
just to state, did that gentleman injustice. An
order to insert the advertisement in question
had been previously sent tq tjhis office, though it
had not been made known !to the- Editor.; We4
make this statement cheerfully and with plea
sure.! ;i "
hoy's company, with green shirts and leather
gaiters, of which John A. Gretter was the be
loved Captain. At the University of Virginia,
we were in the same class. At a later day, we
were separated. Our friend Gretter removed
to'Huntsville, then to North Carolina, where
he acted in the double capacity of minister ol
the Gospel and Professor of Mathematics, for
which science his strong, clear mind and untir
ing energy, both at school and at college, had
fully capacitated him. He died in Greens
borough, N. C.f and was there buried in the
midst of his loving and devoted parishioners.
It was with these feelings that we listened to
the eloquent tribute of Rev. Mr. Iloge, and, un
der the away of his oratory, which brought
badt the scenes of the past, we shed a silent
tear over the grave of John A. Gretter.
Jiichmond Enquirer.
Land Warrants. Thomson's Reporter at
New York says of land warrants : .
Land warrants have risen so rapidly, and
have now reached so high a price, that we hard
ly think there is much probabilty that Con
gress may yet do something with the public
lands that will affect the price of lands warrants:
Treasury Department, Raleigh, N. C.
i " FfIbiiuary 9th, 1853. f
EALED proposals will be received in the City
ew York until 10 o clock A. M., of the3lst
of March next, for tlie purchase of
$500,000
of Bonds isssued by the STATE OF NORTH CAR
OLINA. ;
These Bonds, will Tbear date the FIRST OF JAN
UARY, 1803, and will run THIRTY YEARS
thev will have Coupons attached, and the Interest
AT SIX PER CENT! PER ANNUM, will be paya
able on the fir st days of July and January of each
year.
Both interest andiprincipal will be payable at
the BANK OF THE REPUBLIC, in the City of New
York, unless the purchaser should prefer to have
them made payable iat the Treasury of North Car
olina. These-Bonds are issued under the authority of
the Legislature of Niorth Carolina, for the construc
tion of the NORTH CAROLINA RAIL ROAD, and
in addition to tlie faith of the State, all the Stock
.held by the State, in the said Rail Road, and the
Dividends irom said Stock, are expressly pledged
for their redemption.
' THEY ARE, BY EXPRESS ENACTMENT, EX
EMPTED FROM TAXATION.
Parties bidding -sfill please to address their let
ters, end jrsed; ".ea(led Proposals for North Caroli
na btate bonds to the undersigned in New lork
directed to the caje of Messrs. BROWN & DE
ROSSET, 180 Front street, N. Y.
THE BIDS .WILIi BE OPENED in the Bank of
the Republic, at 3 o'clock. P. M., ON THE 31ST
DAY OF MARCH 1NEXT, in the presence ofG. B.
Lamar, Esq., Tresiident of the said Bank, and J. P.
Brown and D-aTid freeman, Esq's. Biddera may
also be present, j
Successful bidders will be rsqnired, aa soon as in
formed of the acceptance of their Bids, to deposit
in Bank, tho iamouptof their Bids with the accrued
interest from the if st instant, to the credit of the
Treasurer of the State of North Carolina.
This Deposit may be made, either in the BANK
OF TIIE REPUBLIC, NEW YORK, or in the BANK
OF THE STATE j)F NORTH CAROLINA,, or in
the BANK Of OAji-i FBAR, KAmtJTI,
CAROLINA.
Those who prefer it can address their bids to me
at Italeieh. N.C, endorsed "Sealed DroDosali." as
above, until the 2&th of March, when I shall leave
for New lork.
D. W. COURTS,
PcBLif Treasurer
1G : Or Ian State or North Carolika.
C HARLESTO'N AND FLORIDA STEAM
; PACKETS.
tf nited States Mail Line.
' SEMI-WEEKLY .
COXXEUTINO WITH ITHE K. T. STEAMERS EACH WAT.
THE! CAROLINA, L. M. Coxetter.
mastfr, will leave every Saturday Af
ternoon, at 6 o clock, teucmns at
Jacksonville, Piclata and Pilatka, on the St.
pioynieiit tp the locomotives ot these rauroaus.
W notice hat tlie stockholders of the Wilming
ton and Manchester Company are beginning to
see tue pipoitauco of thue mines, and have
directed a survey of the roetefrontsouie point
on that road to Fayetteville. We w ish them
success in this movement. There are, at these
mines, amle room and supplies for all ot us.
Our routa is through Richmond, and will not
interfere with theirs via Fayetteville. We care
not to compete with them in their export of
coal. Only let us have enough for our own
consumption, and a lump or two for Columbia,
aahiiah,fete., and we shall be content to load
the rest f our cars with
Anson t(tton. '!
A United States from this 1st day of July, 1853, j
to the 30th of June, loopy inclusive, in- JNortn
Carolina, will bo received at the Contract Office
of the Post Office Department, in the city of
Washington,.until 9 a ni of tho 4th of- April,
1853, (to be decided by the 25th day of the same
month,) on tho routes and in the manner and
time hereinafter specified, viz :
NORTH CAROLINA.
From July 1, 1853 to June 30, 1855;
2995 From Middleton-tojCspe Hatteras, 30 miles
and back, once a week.
Leave Middleton eveiy Saturday at 1 p m ;
Arrive at Cape Hatteras next day by 12 ra ;
Leave Cape-IIatterasjevery Sunday at 1 p n ;
Arrive at Middleton next day by 11 a m.
2996 From Greenville, via Ward's Store, to
Hamilton, in Martin county, 30 miles and
back, once a week.
Leave Greenville evej-y Friday at 7 a m ;
Arrive at Hamilton same day by 5 p m ;
Leave. Hamilton everjy Saturday at 7 am;
Arrive at Greenville same davbr 5 t) m.
2997 From Hookerto wnl via Johnson's Mills and
Coxville, to ftreenville, 35 miles andbackr
... , once a week.- ?
' ,' Iave Hookertown every Tfauraday at 7 ;
Arrive at reenville.same(day ,oy opmj- r
Leavet Grvenxtiir srrjJtjifojr jupj
t Arrive at Hookertown same Jay by 6 p nr.
2998 From Columbia td Fort Landing, in Tyrrel
county, 20 miles j,nd back, once a week.
Leave Columbia everjy Friday at 6 a m
Arrive at Fort Landifig same day by 12 ri ;
Leave Fort Landing feverv Friday at 1 p m :
Arrive at Columbia same day by 7 p m. J j
2999 From Columbia to Gum Neck, m Tyrrell
county, 20 miles and back, onco a week.
Leave Columbia every Friday at 6 a m ;
Arrive at Gum Neck same day by 12 m j
Leave Gum Neck evry Friday at 1 p m ;
Arrive at Columbia sjame dsiy by 7 p m.
3000 From Beaufort to) Jarrott's Bay, in Carte
ret county, 15 miss and bacK, once a week.
LeaveuBeaafort every Monday at 1 p m ;
- Arrive at Jarrott's Bay same day by 6 p m ;
Leave Jarrott s Bay jevery Monday at 7 am ;
Arrive at Beaufort srime day by IZ m.
3001 From Fayetteville, on the east side of Cape .
rear river, via lijockus, to rdizabetntown,
Bladen county, 45 miles and back, once a
week. I .
Leave Fayetteville eNry Friday at G a m ;
Arrive at Elizabethtjown same day by 7 p m ;
Leave Elizabeth town every Saturday at 6 am;
Arrive at Fayetteville same day 7 pm.
3002 From West Brobks, Bladen county, by
French Creek Chprch, to Caintuck, in New
Hanover county, 20 miles and back, once
a week. 1
Leave West Brooks jevery Saturday at 6 a m ;
Arrive at Caintnck pame day by 12 m ;
Beave Caintuck every Saturday at 1 p m ;
Arrive at West Brooks same -day by 7 p m.
3003 From Cypress Gtrove Post Office, on the
AYilmington and Raleigh Railroad, via
Long Creek, Beatty's Bridge, and Black
River Chapel, to; Harrel's Store, in New
Hanover county, 50 miles and back, once
a week. 1
Leave Cypress Groye every Friday at 1 p rn:
Arrive at Harrell's Store next day by 8 rfm ;;
Leave Ilarrell s Storeevery lhursday at bam;
Arrive at Cypress (krove next day by lzm.
3004 From Brinkleyvjlle to Areola, in Warren
county, 1 i miles and back, once a week.
Leave Brinkley villi every Friday at 12 m ;
Arrive at Areola ssjtme day by 2 p m ;
Leave Areola every Friday at 3 p m ;
Arrive at Brinkleyiville same day bv 5 TJ m.
3005 From Graves toLeaksville, in Rockingham
county, w miles and backj onco a week,
leave Graves everjMrmasy stTl-tftrr 7--'
Arrive at Leakeville same day by 6 p m ; o
Leave Leaksville fvety Tuesday at 7 a m ;
Arrive at Graves laffle day by 6 p m.
3006. From Alaniancie Post Office, by Summer's
Mill, to Monticello, Ouiltord county, 15
miles and back, once a week.
Leave Alamance everflSaturdav at 7 a m ;
mails, or any portion of them, for the admisstoo -of
nassentrors. or for beincr concerned, in. aettinsr
up or running a. express conveying commer
cial intelligence ahead of the mail,, a- quarter'a-
pay may De deducted
5. i ines will be imposed., unless the- tfelin-
iquency be promptly and satisfactorily explai-
cu eernucaies 01 postmasters, or the- affida
vits of other creditable persons, for foiling to ar
rive in contract tune : lor neffiactinc tn.ta.kn th
1 from, or deliver it into-, a post office : for
suffering it (owing either to the unsuitablenesa
ot the place or manner of carrying ltl to be inr
jured, destroyed,"robbed or lost ; and for refu
sing, atter aemand, to coovey the mall as fre
quently as the contractor runsr OT is concerned
in running, a coach, ear,, or steamboat, m V
route. j '
0. The Postmaster Gerreral may annul tb
coniraet for repeated fiikires to run agreeably
coo-iractj for disobeying the post office laws, er
die instructians of the Department; for refilling
to discharge a carrier when required by the. De
partment to-do sq -r tor, assigning 1 hr con tract
without the assent of tho PostmaMer Genersi ; for
running an express as aforesaid f or for trsj-por
nog pera-Ni or pacaages coovejmg mailabb mt-
fer oat of the mail. ' i I V
1.' Tlie Postmasin j&ener&t tm"jrkjMM
a prorata inmaae ob the contract pay. Hemar
uiuvr au increase 01 sneeri. hm ntlnnir,
., ..... : r . 1 , . a
also
'the Richmond and
-f-
160 acre warrants
80 acre warrants
40 acre warrants
-Buying
51bZ
' 84
43J
Selling.
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44i
Gen. Pierce in Boston.
Boston, Feb. 15. Geri. Pierce arrived here
to day, on his way to Washington. lie declined
a public reception. He has been closeted with
Caleb Cushing.
Liquor Law in Vermont.
Burlington, (Vt.) Feb. 15. The majority in
favor of the liquor law in this Stato is about
2,000 :
Ma. Fillmore. A correspondent of the Roch
ester VN. Y.) Advertise?, writing from Washing
ton, says of the President:
"Though we differ politically, we cannot but
award to the present Chief Magistrate our ad
miration for the truly American manners he has
introduced into the White House, his unassuming
yet dignified manners to all who approach him ;
for his peaceful and prosperous administration,
and for his honesty and integrity as a noighbor
and as a man."
THE WASHINGTON UNION.
"The Republic" has, for some days past,
been engaged in the by no means pleasant task
of skinning that mongrel concern known as the
Washington Union. This tak has beon accom
plished mist dexterously and -successfully, and
the- Bepulic, fortunately for itself, did not
puncture ts own finger witji its scalpel. Had
it done s4 death would have 'ensued from the
putrid matter which would have bee"n convey
ed to it. f !
Symptoms op Old MaidisM. When a woman
begins drinking her tea without aagar that's
a symptom When a woman begins reading
stories in ! bed that's a symptom When she
sighs on hearing of a wedding that's a symp
ton. : Whim she beginseto tell how many offrs
she has refused that's-a sympton. When she
begins to call men deceitful creatures, and says
she would not have one for the world -that s a
decided symptom. When she changes her
shoes every time she comes in from a walk
that's a sympton. When she must have a Iit
le dog trotting after her, and says a servant
girl has no business with a sweetheart that's
a symptom.
When she begins to rub her fingers over the
chairs and tables to see if they are dusty
that's a symptom. When she goes to bed with
her stocking and flannel night-cap that's a
symptom When she puts her fingers before
her mouth when talking, lest you might dis
cover her false teeth that's a symptom. When
she begins to talk of rheumatic pains in her
knees and elbows that a symptom. When
she begins to talk about the dangers of damp
feet, and the necessity of excluding the cold
air that's a sympton. '
In short, when she becomes a lean, crabbed,
snappish rickety cbacj delaying, eheeks
ndrsed ud with wrinklti. and form as spare
as a hamper, instead-of the rosy plumpness of
youth, or the melto rotundity 01 matronal ex-
pansion'-l-she may be set down as a sure speci
men 0 old maidism. Brooklyn Eagle.
o'clock,
John's River ; retiming, will arrive in Charleston
on Wednesday
The FLORIDA,; Charles Willy, master, will leave
on Tuesday Afternoon of each week, at same hour,
and, in addition to the above ports, will stop at
Black Creek : returning, will arrive on Saturday
Momma. Due Miice inu aw;s b giTn when
the Carolina makfs an extra trip to St. Augustine.
It is only considered necessary to sfty that these
boats Lave been ljuilt especially for this trade, and
are commanded lby the most experienced naviga
tors. I
Fare to Jacksonville $8
Fare to Pilatka : ;....$10
For Freight or Passage, apply oh board, at
Southern wharf, or to j
! JOHN W. CALDWELL,
89 East Bay.
Feb. 18, oS. ! j tlj 16
TENSIONS AND LAND BOUNT1T. The un
I dersigned having been engaged in the prose
cution of Pension jand Land Bounty claims for more
tnan twelve years past, auu possessing every men
ty necessary to tlje successful prosecution of mili
tary claims, snca as private documents ana re
cords, a practical! acquaintance with the Pension
laws, rules and regulations of the different depart
ments at Washington, oners his services to claim
ants under the various acts of Congress, whether
for services (of tiemselves, or relatives) rendered
in the Revolutionary war, the war of 1812, the
Mexican or any of the Indian wars" since 1790
No charge will bejmade in any case unless success
ful. Jj AMISS T. SUTTON, Jr.,
Corner of Bank and Ilth streets, near the
American HoteL Richmond, Va.
Highest cash prices paid for Land .War
rants.
Feb. 18, '63. I 16 9t
LOVER SEEJD 60 bushels Clover Seed in
store and fo$ Uale by
j PEEBLES & WHITE-
Petersburg, Feb. 18, '53. . 10
Arrive at Monticello same day by 12 m ;
Leave Monticello jevery Saturday at 1pm;
Arrive at Alamanlce same day by 6 p m.
i007 From Salem, -by Germantown, VValnut
Cove, Madison jand Leaksville) to Danville,
in Pittsylvania county, Virginia, 77 miles
and back, oncd a week.
Leave Salem every Wednesday at 7 a m ;
Arrive at Danvilli next day by 7 p m ;
Leave Danville every Friday at 7 a m ;
Arrive at Salem next day by 7 p m.
Proposals for more frequent trips are invited.
FORM FOR A BID
Where no cliange frqm advertisement it content'
-platedi by the bidder,
I (or we, as'the case may be) Ihcre write the
name or names in full of here state the resi
dence or residences hereby propose to carry
the mail on route No. from - to as
often as the Postmaster General's advertisement
for proposals on the, same, dated February 2nd,
1000, requires in 1119 time stated in tne sched
ules contained in suich advertisement, and by
the following mode of conveyance, to wit :
'Here state how it iis to be conveyed, for the
annual sum 01 nerq write out the snm in words
at full length. )
Dated - Signed.
Form Of a Guaranty '
Tho undersigned undertake that, if the fare
going bid for carrying the mail on route No.
be accepted by the Postmaster General, the bid
der shall, prior to the 1st day of July next, en
ter into the required obligation to perform the
service proposed, with good and sufficient sure
ties. ! -. .1 ..
Dated Sjigned by two guarantors.
Form of Certificate.
The undersigned f postmaster, judge, or clerk
of a court of recordJ as the case may be) certi-
fies that be is well acquainted with the above
guarantors and their property, and that they axe
men ot property ana: auu to masts gooa tneir
guaranty. . ' '
Dated signea.j
...d caw mi ton? ui 1 ne iaw, a pro rata io 1
crease oi pay for the additional stock Or carriers,
if any. The contraeiormay, however, io Ui
ease of increase of speed, relinquish the contract
by giving prompt notice to i he Department lost
he prefers doing so to carrying the order into ef
fect. The Postmaster Genernl may also curtail
ot discontinue the service, at pro rata decrease of
pay, if he allow one month's extra compensation
on tho amount dispensed with, whenever, in bis
opinion, the public interests do not require Ike
same, or in ease he desires to supersede it by a
different grade of transportation.
8. Payments will be made for the service b
collections of or drafts on postmas ers or other
wise, after the expiration of each quarter
say in February, May.August, and November.
y. 1 ne instances are given according to the best
information ; but lo increased pay will be allow
ed, should tliey be greater than advertised, if the
points to be supplied be correctly stated.
1 he Fosi master Ueneral is prohibited by
law from knowingly making a contract for the
transportation of tlie mails with any person who
shall have entered into, or proposed to enter into,
any combination to prevent the making of any bid
for a mail contract by, any osher person or persona
or who shall have made nay agreement, or shall
have given or performed, or promised to give 'or
perform, any consideration ,v ha' ever, or to do, or
not io do, any ihing whatever, in order to induce
any oilier person or persons not to bid for a mail
con'ract. Particular attention is called to the 23
section of the act of! 836, prohibiting combina
tions to prevent bidding. -
11. A bid received after time, viz :', the 4(h of
April, 1853, at 9 a m, or without the guaranty re
quired bj law, or Hut combines several routes in
one sum ol compensation, canuot be considered,
in competition wi.h a regular proposal reasona
ble in amount.
12. A bidder may off'r, where the transporta
tion called for by the advertisement is -difficult or.
impracticable at eenain seasons, to substitute, aa
inferior mode of conveyance, or to intermit , ser
vice a specified number of days, weeks, or ruootha
He may propose to omit an inaccessible Office,
or one not on the stage or railroad, er at a steam
boat landing, as the case may be ; or be moT offer
to substitute an inferior modtof supply in sach r
Leases. . He may .propose differeat limes of arrival r-
and departure, provided no more running time ia
asked, and no mail connexion prejudiced. --He
may ask additional running time for the trip, du
ring a specified number of days, in seasons of
very bad roads; but beyond these changes, a pro
posal for service differing from that called for bv
the adveriisement will noi be considered in com
petition wi-h a regalabid reasonable in amount.
Where a bid contains any such alterations, their
disadvantages will be estimated in comparing it
wiin omer proposals.
13. There should be but one route bid for io a
proposal. . . -
14. The route, she service, the yearly pay, the
name and residence of the bidder, and those
of each member of a firm, where company of
I'ers, should be distinctly stated; also the mode
of conveyance, if a higher mode than horseback
be intended. '
15. The bid should be sent under seal, address
ed to the Second Assisiant Postmaster General,
superscribed "Mai! Proposals in the State of
It should be guarantied, and 1 he sufiicien-
c
s
WEDES AND ENGLISH IRON.-65 tons
Swedes and English Iron, assorted, for sale by
tJ i i.E S & WHITE.
Petersburg, Ft. 18, '53. 16
SMITH, WATSON & CO.,
IMPORTERS OF !
HARD WARE, j
HO 87 N0S.TH THIED ITB11T,
PHILADELPHIA. ,
CHAS. H. SJtlTH. JSO. T. WATSON. JOSSFH DCXGAH.
Thppe my North Carolina friends, amd former
fellow-citizensj will give our House a call at least,
before purchasing elsewhere. We have a new and
goed stock of all articles in our line on hand, and
ajdftterTnined t try to give satisfaction to such
as may give n trial.
1 i J. T. WATSON.
Feb. 10, ISift!, w4w 14
Standard copy.
INSTRUCTIONS, ,
Embracinq cbnditioivt to be incorporated in Hie
contracts to tlie extent Hie Department may deem
proper.
1. Seven minutes1 are allowed to each inter
mediate office when! not otherwise specified, for
assorting the mails but on railroad and steam
boat routes there is to be no more delay than is
sufficient for an exciiange of the mail bags. ;
2. On routes where the mode ot conveyance
admits of it, the spescial agent9 of the Depart
ment, also post office blanks, mail bags, locks
and keys, are to pe conveyea wunout extra
arSe.- , : . ,
3. No pay win do maac ior trips not periorm-
ed ; and for each ot; such omissions not satisfac
torily explained, three times the pay of the trip
, 1 1 . j ; 1 r VI- 1
may be aeaucteu. r or arrivals u ir uenina
. . ,1 ? !.L J J-
time as to Dreatc connexion wiui uepenuing
mails, and not sufficiently excused,, one-fourth
of the compensation for the trip is 'subject: to
forfeiture. Deduction may also te ordered tot
a irrade of performance interior to that specified
in the contract. For repeated delinquencies of
the kind herein specified, enlarged penalties
proportioned to the, nature thereof and the im
portance of the .mail, may be made.
cy of the guaraniors certified, ("see forms.) and
should be dispatched in time 10 be received by or
before 9 A. M.t of the 4tb April, 1853.
1G. The contracts are lo be executed, and re-
turned to the Department by or before the 1st qf
July, ls53.
17. Under the act ofMarch 3d, 1845, the routes
are lo be let 10 the lowest bidders tendering sufE.
cient guaranties, without other referenceto the
move of transportation than may be necessary,
for the due celeriiy, certainty and security of
such transports lion. When the 1 -west bid propo
ses a mode of conveyance inadequate to the. due
celeriiy, certainly, and security of the mails, it
will noi be accepted. .
18. When the bid does not specify a mode of
conveyance, also when it proposes to carry ac- j
cording to the advertisement, hut without such I
specification, It will be considered as a proposal !
for horseback service. !
s J9.. A modification ofa bid, in any of its esser !
tiai termsj is tantamount 10 a new bid, and cannot 1
be received so si to interfere with regular compel
tition, after the last hour set for receiving bids. 1
20. Postmasters are to be careful not io certify !
ihe sufficiency of guarantors or sureties without j
knowing'that I hey are persons of sufficient res- ;
ponsibihty ; and alt bidders, guarantuitT and sure.4 j
ties are distinctly notified that of failure to en .
ter inlo or perform the contracts for the service '
proposed for in the accepted bids their legal libili, ;
lie will be enforced against them.
21. Contractors are required to tike tlyfriaiU '.
from, and deliver them into, the unices at ituendf '
of routes and all intermediate' offices-; and on
steamboat And railroad lines into intermediate I ' ,
offices, nbt more than eighty rods from tbVlandVj ' v j
ing or station. ' i J
, 22. Present contractors att4 persons . known 'si T J'imt !
guarantoraana certmcates ot tbeir sothcieney7
certificates of sufficiency must be signed bvs : '
postmaster, or judge or clerk of a court of recortf? J !
S. D. HUBBARD, '.-'. jd-
i-oiiuiasier wenerar,
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Post Office Department, February 2, 1853.
HAVENS'
NEW PHOTOGRAPHIC MINIATURE GALLERY,
k . (over th post omci.jj
FayettevUU Street, Raleigh, If.C.
Feb. 2, 1852. . ' . 10
PETER W. HINTON,
r(OM MISSION? and Forwarding Merchant; No,
1 a Roanoke, Sauare. Norfolk, Va.
Liberal advances on consignments of Produce.- 4
Merchandise received and forwarded witk desps,tcV. ;
Norfolk Va.,D?e. 7,-1862. 100-lye,j
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