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"7" II is I - : - . ! - . .... ' ..- i h- ' ' - ' -it Is- El U li if VOLUME LV CITY OF RALEIGH, WEDNESDAY, MORNING, APRIL 20, 13oi. NO. -27. OUR NEW YORK CORRESPONDENCE. OTO WASHINGTON COEEESPOJTDENCE. Natal Smelting Operations mentioned in a for mer UHerN. C. Mining Slock Strikes Contemplated Marriage in high lift A lias sian Ship April, Weather. New York, April 18th. An interesting paper ' was read before the Geographical Society, last evening, on Natal, ami as that, section of the world is new to most of your readers. I present a brief summary for their benefit. Natal is about seven hun dred miles north of the Cape of Oood Hope, on the South East Coast of Africa, and is bor dered by the Indian Ocean. It is a dependen cy on Cape Colony, and was first visited by the Portuguese in 1775. It is a fertile country, and covers an area of fifteen millions of acres. In 1822 the Scotch found their way there, but they were subsequently supplanted by the En glish. The aboriginals are rude and unciyili zad, and live in huts. The geographical dut lines of the country are peculiar. Along the c ast there is a continual succession of hills, v iles and rivers, but no trees are seen except such' as grow in jungles, and are crooked, gnarled and stunted. At a distance of from live to fifteen miles inland there are table lands, between which and the beach are vallies and mountains. The rivers are numerous, but un fit tor navigation, as their channels are blocked in with stone, and their mouths choked with mounds of sand, cast there by the waves of the sea. This is a great impediment to inter nal communication. In -the eastern part of the country two or three crops of Indian corn may be raised during the year. Cotton may be grown successfully, but the natural obsta cles' tn free transportation will prevent Natal trom being ft Cotton growing country of any consequence. Among the exports, in addition to Corn and Cotton, the following articles may be specified, viz : Indigo, Sugar, Coffee, Beans, Tobacco, Butter, Hides and Tallow. The cli mate is spring like, the mean range of the thermometer throughout the year being about 70; hut as the face of the country is much "diversified by mountains and vallies, the vicis situdet of temperature are very great. Since the English have held possession of Natal, they have introduced their oppression system of canal tax. which is enforced throughout the astern possessions. According to this system the government claims possession of all the lands, and farms them ou to settlers. From this source an annual revenue of upwards of $200,000 is derived. Coal and building stone abound, and from the geological aspects oi toe soil it is expected that gold will hereafter b found in abundance, and that Natal will turn out ultimately to be another California. As gold affords the greatest inducement to immi grution, when this discovery is established; Natal will acquire notoriety ; enterprising Yankees will flock thither ; -old abuses will be reformed ; and that part of the world will le revolutionized. The outline of the sea coast, and the charac ter of the rivers in South Eastern Africa, are ' sufficient to establish the fact, that in good sea ports and harbors, the entire continent of Afri ca is wholly deficient. On her north Mediter ranean shore, the harbors are nothing more than open roadsteads, and the same may be said of the whole line of her Western Coast. -The best harbor is that of Table Bay, at Cape Town, which is capacious enough to contain any number of vessels, but it is much exposed to west winds, which, from June" to August,' produce very heavy swells. Several weeks since, I stated in one of my iitKi that. a. new enterprise was about to be started here in the Bmelting of mineral ores, and that a company had been organized for that purpose under the direction of a South American miner, who pretended topossess the secret of amalgamating ores by a new process ; freeing them rapidly of antimony, and extract ing, by a simple method, a larger quantity of the precious metals than ever had been done before. He was confronted by the most skill ful analytical chemists in the city, but always managed to outwit them. The cupidity of a set of "New Yorkers was excited, and boundless wealth seemed to be within easy reach. A company was forthwith formed, but only a se lest few were permitted to participate in the ldn stock. A steam engine was purchased, and works set up which exacted an outlay of n fifteen thousand dollars. But within a few days the whole affair has exploded, and it turns out to be a complete swindle. The South American has vanished, and the stock holders of the magic stock have not yet reeov ered from their astonishment. One fact, though, they are well assured of. They had furnished . the miner with 725 pounds of quicksilver, and COO pounds of it have disappeared. Experi ence has before demonstrated, that the most flattering amalgamations of ores on a small scale have often failed when attempted on a large ne. . i mViow or other it was reported, but mcor- re ly, nat this amalgamating company was asso. vted with the North Carolina Copper Mi ning Company here, and the stock of the latter has declined one third. The public confidence in mining property has become shaken, and, c onsidering the vast number of these specula ting schemes afloat, is not likely to be ienewed ' very soon again. We ave yet new to this bu siness, and caaitalists are afraid of being gulled. Two or three weeks ago, a statement vras pub lished in the Courier and Enquirer, prejudicial t.. the Cld Hill stock It stated that they were declaring dividends of 2 per cent, hi T mi f h 1 v. hut that no official statement was gi- v,n ot their affairs, and that they had Tpali-'i hore frigate, wil ot and some smaile Washington,. April 19, 1854. As one fire puts out another, bo does the in creasing interest that is felt in the .very impor tant event, now going on in Europe, serve to extinguish in no inconsiderable degree that which has been heretofore enlisted in and called forth by the Nebraska bill. There is a growing indisposition, which is so apparent that every one is remarking it, to vote for the measure or to stir it ; this Is particularly the ease with Southern members, Democrats and Whigs. This may have been brought about in some measure by the opinion of Gen. Pierce as ex oressed to and repeated by Mr. Clemens, name ly, that it was a measure of freedom, and that in case it passed not another slave State would come into the Union. Mr.' Millson's speech, coming as it did from a democrat and a Virgin ian, exerted no small influence against- the bill, backed as he was by the Richmond Enquirer and sme or two other democratic papers. V-9 ,The. Gadsden treaty was yesterday rejected in toto by the Senate; a majority of the Senate voting against it. The Gadsden treaty proper had been a tub with its bottom knocked out for two or three weeks ; it had not the slightest chance of going through the Senate alive. But a portion of the Seuate had been solicitous to frame some treaty and such an one as would probably be acceded to by Mexico. Their ob ject was to get rid of the claims of Mexico against the United States for Indian spoliations, under the llth article of the treaty of Gauda loupe Hidalgo, and of that article itself; to ac quire a narrow strip of land South of the Gila for the purpose of a rail road, (which, so barren is the country west of Santa Fe and East of San Francisco, can never be constructed, nor used if it should be, J and thereby remove all grounds ' for any attempt by our government to acquire any additional territory from our neighbor. Such a proieet had been formed but was de feated by a combination ot Northern and South ern votes ; of Northern men, who followed the lead of Seward, Chase and Sumner, who were opposed to an extreme Southern rail road, urged on by Benton who has a rival scheme, and by Southern men who were actuated by a feeling of retaliation against those who had opposed the treaty Mr. Gadsden had made. You need not be surprised if it should appear, upon the publication of the documents which have been laid before the Senate, that Mr Pierce had instructed Mr. Gadsden to offer fifty mil lions of dollars for about one half of Mexico, and if that could not be obtained, then thirty five millions for about a third of our neighbor's territory. The country we were to acquire by Mr. Gads den's treaty consisted of about forty millions f acres of as poor, barren, sterile, uninhabita ble land, with the exception of little patches here and there, a long distance from each other, a any portion of the desert of Sahara; and for this, including "the Garay," we were to give fwrrtiy millions of dollars: that is to say, fif teen millions for the barren rocks and sand, and lhe nroiet. as nrepar- SOUTHERN COMMERCIAli CONVENTION. Charleston, Friday, April 14.- The Committee on the .Pacific'.' Railroad ap pointed by the Convention rpportd that the project was of vital importance to the South; that the route should commence on the Missis sippi, between St. Louis and New Orleans, run ning through Texas;' and connecting with all the western and southern roads ; that the Gads den treaty, so far as securing a right of way from Mexico, ought to be adopted ; recommend ing a combination of the Southern States for the construction of a Railroad independent of the national government ; rec unmending the incor poration of the road by 1 1 Legislature of Vir ginia, and subsequently by the Legislatures of all the Southern States; arid providing for the appointment of a committee to prepare a char ter and procure the passage of the same by Vir- ! ginia, and the other Southern States. All the recommendations were adopted except that in regard to th Gadsden treaty. Mr. Gadsden addressed the Convention, indi rectly intimating that the treaty was prepared tosecure the nu;JtaefPrtft4or the South 1 tnjugfilexioo.' lie said that he had heard a rumor that Northern Senators had combined to defeat that part of the treaty. A resolution .vas adopted to encourage a di rect trade between Europe and Southern ports, by Legislative assistance. Resolutions were also adopted, asking the passage of treaties to secure a reduction of du ties imposed on tobacco and hemp by foreign countries. The delegates made an excursion in three magnificent steamers, to view lhe harbor. There will be a fine display of fireworks to night. ' Charleston, Saturday, April 15th. The Convention to-day adopted, after a protrac ted and severe debate, the project of a railroad to the Pacific by a Southern route. All the leading men in the Convention opposed the re solution, and the clause authorizing the corpo ration to negotiate with Mexico seemed particu larly objectionable. The resolutions in favor of the Gadsden Trea ty and of the General Government granting al ternate sections of the public lands for Railroad purposes were bitterly opposed and led to the withdrawal of the Virginia delegation. The Convention finally adjournal to meet at New Orleans on the 2d Monday in January, 1855. and ungrudgingly, from the conviction that! Heaven has put them upon ' us, and the only way to save ourselves, and fulfil our part in the terrible drama, is to- strike with all our might, and let the great Culprit see at once the strong i determination and the tremendous power he ! has presumed to set at nought. . ( We have been slow to take the decisive step. ! The Kussian has evidently cortcluded that wel fireferred negotiation to action.; the very popu- ' atiop of St. Petersburg has been taught that, we are too commercial to be real warriors, and too fond of profit to be keenly sensitive to wrong. Now that we have thrown away the' scabbard and stand face to face with our inso- .lent antagonist, it only remains to disabuse him thoroughly of this imaginary estimate of our temper and power. ; That, we have no doubt, will be done, but it will be done all the more readily by our gallant fleet and army, if it he known that all England follows her sons to battle, and will prosecute their caiise and avenge their death, till soon or late the rights of nations and the liberties of ; Europe receive a fresh sanction in the signal punishment of the gigaDtioffen'ter. FOR THE REGISTER. THAT AFTERNOON SESSION LOCOFOCO , ' CONVENTION. j At half past 3 P. M., the Chairman called the meeting to order, and after several adinis- ' sions to seats in that venerable body from lag- j gards who had stuck In the mud on their pil- i grimage, the Committeeon nominations, through ; Clement G; Wright, Esq., made their Report. i Sleepy Abram, from! Chatham, was elected Pre- j sident with; only one dissenting voice, three Secretaries and a goodly array of Vice Presi dents were ! unanimously chosen for their res ponsible stations. Wheu the Ex-Charge to Por tugal had been duly voted for, a committee of two was appointed to show him where he must sit, and accordingly Mr. took honest Abram by the dexter arm, and Mr. by ., FOR JHS REGISTER. FLOWERS. FROM POEAIS BY EDWIN ARNOLD. Swterrt sisterhood of flowers, Vejti'll of happier hours, Eloquent eyes, soft hands, and beaming brow ; Ye iwere a gift from one Be beloved beneath the sun, And ye must bring me memories of her now. Billiard fables. Tr HE subscribers bavin? devoted their personal i J. attention for many years to the manufacture j of Billiard Tables are fully competent to execute j work that will give entire satisfaction to the most j fastidious Connoisseur. Being the most extensive f manufacturers in .the Union, tbey are enabled to REGISTER POWER 4 PRESS AND JOB OFFICE. We are prennred to export to n.11 (Josrrin- tions of JOB PRINTING, at reasonable rates, with neatness and dispatch. Our office is supplied witi Thriu rare red Pieotine ! Seemed she not like a queen Gloriously proud, nor beautiful the less . W'hp-n what 1 whisperedkv Made the. red blushes show. hame to hear of her own loveliness Fo Thau dost remind me well L)oWn looking Heather-bell, How she looked downward in that lonely spot, Audi to my earnest prayer, Tremblingly gave me there, This star of lover's, hope "Forget me not," Sweet Rose ! thy crimson leaves . Arc little happy ThTeves, " She kissed tlipe, and her lips are mine alone; Now by that blessed day I'll wear thy leaves away, Kissing the kiss, till kissing place be gone. Beautiful, bright-winged pea ! Ah ! but I envied thee, Plucked by her hand, and on her bosom lying; Oh ! ''twere a happy death There to sigh out the breath ; to die, nd yet be still a dying. CONGRESS. In thfi Senate yesterday there was a good deal of business presented in the form of memorials, report, and resolutions. Amongst the memo rials was one, very numerously signed, solici ting n investigation of the novel theory of spi ritual manifestations, in relation to which Mr. Shields entered into a learned and somewhat playful disquisition. Mr. Gwin gave notice of his intention to call up the Pacific railroad bill on Tuesday next. Mr. Seward submitted aome comprehensive inquiries touching the number and weight of letters transmitted by mail. A proposition of some importance was reported from the Committee e,n the Judiciary in the form of a bill proposing to recognize the judi- nce miliums vT 'jarayis. aiib luojkv, as wtu,u- . .. , Q , ed bv the Senate as a substitute for the Gads- ; Jrpm of thp, llt.pd State b-y P1 den. proposed to give seven millions as the price of a release from the llth article above alluded to, and all damages already sustained under it, and the ribbon of land through the desert of Oila and Colorado for a railroad. It is greatly to be regretted that this projet was not offered to Santa Anna, and an end put to the whole matter. I have met, within a short time, several gentlemen, some ofthem belong ing to the corps of Topographical Engineers, who have been in various parts of the Kansas and Nebraska country, who, one and all, concur in stating that there is but a very small portion of it susceptible of cultivation, or that is worth anything as farming land. They state that enough, perhaps, to torra one small state, as large as Connecticut or xUassacnusetts, may oe selected, of good rich soil : but that tho rest will never be occupied except-foy the Indian and the buffalo to whom it should be given up, or rather from whom it should never be taken. I understand that, as the President denies having instructed Mr. Ward to have the Garay claim included, or provided for in the treaty with Mexico, he, Mr. W., threatens to' come out in justification of himself and the letter he wrote to Mr. Gadsden, saying that such was the expres&ed wish of the PreisdeVnt. Let it all come out ; let us have the truth, and the whole truth. It is a savory dish ; let us see who the cooks were, and what part was assigned to each. Winter turned upon his track, a day or two ago, came back, caught your spring in all her oua ding beauties, seized her in his arms, wrapped Hia snowv cloak around her sunnv form, and held her'in his icv embrace for two days and two nights at least. At length, old Sol, seeing the outraere he was perpetrating, came to the rescue, and this morning released the fair dam el. who looked rather worse for the wear, and who vet bears upon her shoulders portions of the old fellow's white robe ; he himself being driven off northward to parts unknown, but, as it is believed, to the hyperborean 'egions. OBEERVER. tv only' 4,000 on hand to meet payments $20,000. Nt contradiction of it was made. Nearly all theToperations here have hwn or are on the strike. The carpenters, printer, and Img shore men struck somn time ago, and now the stone masons, piano forte, workmen, d the steamship firemen and coal papers are and 'cannot The lease nnu arp following suit. These movements chiefly owing to the Exorbitant rents and hih prices of provisions. But high rents are the main cause. Landlords are never satisfied, Alnnr tpnants work ten months out. of twelve to pay for house and store room, ith that sacrifice. ..f a house now was the worth of it a few years 'Vp i reported in the' city that Mr. Fillmor ' affianced to Miss Porter, an heiress of a v rvilthy family of that name, residing at Nia ; tara. Falls, and that the nuptials wilM.e cele brated soon after the return of the" Ex Presi dent from hi Southern tour. The lady is not ry young, but of a suitable age, and highly aeeiimplished. There is a Russian ship here from I inland. ADMIRAL NAPIER. All England seems to be in raptures with Ad miral Napier, who commands the British fleet gone to the Baltic, to exterminate, as is expec ted, the navy, if not some of the towns, of Russia. This Admiral must be seventy years old, as ho was more than forty years ago distinguished among the depredators in the Chesapeake, wherp he commanded the frigate Euryalus. Vol. 2, page 202, of IngersolFs History of the vv ar ot ini, memiuua npi-i at Alexandria. "Captain Gordon in the Sea- with the Euryalus, Capt. Napier, er vessels, on the 17th August, 1814, left the British fleet to work a difficult and slow passage, without pilots, up the Poto mac to Alexandria. On Sunday, the 29th Au Mist, the British squadron buoyed up the river and anchored at Alexandria. ' Turn tv-ne merchant vessels were taken, loaded with sixteen thousand barrels of liur. a thou sand hogsheads of tobacco, some cuon, and a considerable quantity of other good. After sreurin" this booty, before Cordon's purposes of eithe'r plunder or devastation were fully ef fected, hffwasohliged to retire from Alexandria, both by an order from Admiral Cochran, and the attacks of Commodores R.ydgers, Porter and Perry, with a party of Virginia militia unuer i General Ilungerford, who all harassed his re I . . j ii : . ireai uown I'llC livm. . , Captain Napier appears again in the 1st V ol. pace 54, of the new series of Ingersoll's His tory of the War of 1812, as follows: One of the letters taken was from Capt. Napier, of the Euryalus frigate, to Captain r.,,dnn. of the Seashorse. off Cape Henry, June 1 am in Dvenliaven hay. tne I..r eleven instead ot nine circuits, las uuuer the present system,)-and for thn immediate ap pointment of an additional Judge of the Su preme Court, to be followed by the addition of another member to that Bench when another State on the Pacific shall have been admitted inte the Union. Mr. Butler stated that this bill had been prepared with great eare, and in timated that it would receive the nanetion of the Supreme Court. A synopsis of this bill is given under our Congress head. The Senate held an Executive session, during which, as we learn, the Treaty with Mexico was rejected by a decisive vote. According to rumor various changes were made in the provi sions of the treaty before the final vote upon it ; but the report relating to these changes are too vague and unreliable to be mentioned. It is not improbable that the injunction of secresy may be removed from the proceedings, wnen we "shall be able to give our readers the particu lars authentically. In the House of .Representatives a series of resolutions was offered by Mr. Walbridge, ol New York, in regard to the rights of neutrals, in view of the war in Europe ; but the. House re fused to suspend the rules to alloy them to be considered. The House, on motion of Mr. Rob bins, of Pennsylvania, suspended the rules to consider the Senate bill increasing the salaries of some of the Clerks in the Executive Depart ments, coramencins with the first of July, 1853, and giving the watchmen and laborers the bene fit of the twenty per cent, formerly allowed to clerks. The bill proposes a f urther increase in the pay of clerks, viz : the first class from $900 to 1,200 per annum ; the second class from $1, 200 to $1,400 per annum ; and the third class from $1,500 to $1,600. The Committee of Ways and Means submitted a substitute, which pro posed to increase only the first clas3 from $900 to SI. 100. The House rejected the substitute, and twice refused to lay the bill upon the table. It was then ordered to be engrossed tor a inira reading as it came from the Senate. But, fin ally, Mr. Jones, ofTennessee, moved to recon-, aider this vote, which motion was pending when the House adjourned.--Intel. Tuesday. THE WAR BEGUN. From the London Times of the 29th. Wak is declared ! A peace which has" last ed the unexampled period of thirty-nine years, which many fondly hupdd was to last as many more, is at an end ; and the three most power ful States of Europe are ouce more engaged in a struggle, the duration, the end,' and the results of which no man can tell ; Din wnicn is too live ly to produce disasters and sufferings, of which we are mercifully spared the foreknowledge. It is not for us to attempt to lift the veil of a futurity which must be sad in many respect; nor is there any need. No alternative is left us ; the decision ha3 been taken out of our hands ; and, unless we would submit, with our sillies, to crouch under thft insolent dfctation of a barbaric Power, and see the liberties of Eu rope disappear under the tramp ol the Lossack, we had no other course than to do what has. now been done in sad and solemn form. The si tfht of the document we publish to dy will call many to their senses who to the last have speculated on the fiances of war as a still re mote contingency, or have looked at it only in its h dyday aspect. If he mere sight of a manifesto to which wi are happily so little used might sober the most thou ;titless, the perusal of it will remove eve ry scruple from those who do not think all wai . unjustifiable. The document does justice to the Ions and anxious efforts of Fiance and England to heat the rupture which the Czar had all along determined never should b heal ed, except by the subjugation ot a neigh Dor the sinister and led him solemnly up the steps to the Speaker's chair. Slowly and sadly tbey sat him down. The air and bearing of the Pre sident was meek, innocent and trustful. He reverently' raised ins eyes to the stucco-work over head, placed his hand on his left ribs, ami for a moment or two gave himself up to grave meditation, j It was a most imposing scene and we waited for a motion from some pious member, "that this Convention be now opened with prayer." No such motion was made, how ever, and the Honorable President, having com muned sufficiently within himself, untied his Portfolio, and took there out his impromptv, ex tern poraneous speech, which heofcoursehad nev er expected to be called upon to deliver, and read therefrom ten mortal pages of stupid abue of the party to which he once belonged, from the year 1841 down to this present year of our Lord. We think it, was in that identical year that this Democratic gentleman was elected to Congress as a Whig and according to our recollection, it was while hei was can'vassing for Congress that he issued a Circular, in which he advocated all the leading Whig measures of that day. Cap. Tyler became President of the U. S. and sur rounded himself with a Corporal's Guard of seven glorious patriots, of whom Abram wm one and he a host. All these disinterested patriot:, we believe, were either rewarded with office at home, or allowed to leave their country (temporarily) for their country's good, having been sent abroad by thoir great purchaser and patron. Among these was Abram Rencher. Portugal received him 1S42, and rejoiced. In this land, rich in the renown of ancient great ness, he studied politics and became a Demo crat, lie studied poetry, and became enthused with bright imaginings. He studied Greek, and became familiar with jolly old Lsop. He committed "The Fables" to memory, and was thus enabled to repeat one to the Convention, without reading it from his inaugural speech. It was that famous fable known to every body, in which iEsop pictures an Irish Catholic in dao eer of shiowreck, who vowed to his tutelar saint to pay him a large number of tallow candles, as the price of his salvation from drowning When saved, the honest Paddy refused his promise and repudiated the debt, and would not let the saint who saved him have a candle as long as his lit tle finger. This fable of the old Grecian .was cunningly used by this learned scholar to illus trate the faithlestme88 of Whigs to their promi ses. Thereupon, some verdant young delegates, with rattlesnake trowsers and brass watch chains, struck the floor with their canes, two simple ones smiled, and all the rest hung their heads. They thought doubtless of that othn fable of xEsop, in which another Irish Catholic, whose vocation was the mowing of grass, was trudging along the banks of the Liffey with his scythe over his shoulder, and the blade behind, where his coat' was buttoned, when suddenly spying a fish in the water, he attempted to gig him with the handle of the scythe, and cut off his own head ! ; As the poor decapitated Catho lic saw his own head floating down stream, he exclaimed, "Arrah, Pat, ye spalpeen I ye de serve ye'r fate.i Ye would needs go gigging the innimy, and clean forgot the sharp blade aithe back o'r throttle. Dont forget hereafter to re member to ye'r dying day, when ye'r using sharp tools, to tupn the edge to your innimy and not on ye'r own swat neek ! faith, ye may come to an untimely end." In much of the Honorable Gentleman's abuse of the Whigs since 1841, he gave himself awful gashes with his own sharp scythe and the way he did dis: the. Standard's Editor under the fifth rib. who was ?not converted to Democracy until April 1st., 1843, as well as some other sorrow ful looking sinners in thatcrowa, wnose conver sion has been still more recent, was really ex citine. Well may these whipped disciples say, . - " . I . . i i j i "it our enemy !naa aone inis, we wouiu iiv borne it like men : but to be lashed and bela bored so mercilessly by our own friend Abram, because we did; not turn traitors so soon by a year or two as be did, is too badit is uncon stitutional against the Declaration of Rights which prohibits the infliction of "cruel and un usual punishments," and in decided hostility to the spirit, if" not to the letter, of the immortal resolutions of 98." Q. TO DAFFODILS. Fair Daffodils, we weep to see You haMe away so soon ; As yet she early rising sun Has not attained his noon : ; Stay, stay, Until the hastening day Has run, But to the even song ; And having pray'd together, we Wijl go with you along ! We havp short time to stay as you ; We have as short a spring ; As quick a growth to meet decay, As you ar anything. We die, As jtour hours do ; and dry Away Like: to the summer's rain. Or as the pearls of morning dew Ne'er to be found again. Hereicr. We return our sincere thanks to the lady, to whom we are indebted for the foregoing charming selections, for some beautiful specimens of exotics lately introduced into the University grounds, at Chapel Hill. Most gratefully welcome, truly, in these times of political contention in the construction and elasticity of the Cushions, ! which they have brought to a degree of perfection ! attained by no others. Always on hand Billiard j Tables, with Marble and Wooden beds, with a large j stock of Cloths, Balls, Cues, French Cue Leathers, Cut Wax, Pool Bill, Boards, Bagatelle Tables, Silk and Worsted Pockets, ttc. Orders by mail promptly attended to Old Tables recushioned by sending them by Express.. GRIFFITH & DECKER, Billiard Table Manufacturers, No. 90 Ann-st New York. April 21, 1854. 3m 33 - 'SRXNO STOCK OP BOOTS, SHOES, SOLE AND UPPER LEATHER, Trunks, Shoe Findings, Shoe Thread, wrapping: paper, c. HERMAN & CO, NORFOLK, VA., DESIRE particularly to inform the Merchants of North Carolina and the Eastern section of Virginia, that they have just received their Spring stock, comprising the largest and most desirable assortment that we have ever had the pleasure of offering for their inspection ; assuring them at the same time that we can and will compete with any house in the wholesale Shoe business, whether North, South, East or West of us, in regaid to styles, qualities and prices. When the facts are taken into consideration, that we confine ourselves strictly to a wholesale' and jobbing business, that we purchase our goods chief ly for cash, and that we conduct our business at a more moderate expense than any northern house, we think it will be apparent to all that we are pre pared to enter into the strongest kind of compe tition with other cities. We respectfully solicit a call from Merchants visiting Norfolk, when we can assure them of the truth of our assertions, w e would be pleased to receive orders, which shall be faithfully and punc tually executed. March 7. 1854. '2m 20 ! furnish asuneriortable at 10 percent less thananv the ver-r latMt stJ",es of ! other establishment in the country, to which fact ' HEW ASD FASHIOIfABLE TYPE i they respectfully invite the attention of buyers, as ' of every description necessary for the prompt ax- also to the essential improvements they have made , vu"u M Q 3& AND PLUS AND FANCY JOB PRINTING. SUCH AS Pamphlets. Circulars, Ball Tickets, BUSINESS CARDS, FRE1GIIT BILLS, HAND BILLS, PROGRAMMES,. . LARQE-POSTF, aS7 BLANKS &C, other Establishment, In as neat style as and in any quantities. w HAKDWARS STORE li, SMITH'S CORNER, KALF.IGH X. C. E ARE now in receipt of our Spring Sup plies of Wares, jfc, embracing Hardware, Crockerv wsre, Wood ware, Coach Trimmings House Furniture articles and Cutlery of all kinds to which we respectfully invite the attention of purchasers. Farmers, Mechanics and CitkeBs can find at our establishment Tools, Implements nnd a p-eneral assortment of Hardware suited to their different vocations. Having purchased the largest Stock of Hard ware ever brought to this market, with the de sign of confining nrselve? exclusively to this branch of husiness. w think nurchasers will find it trreatlv to their advantage to examine our stoct before purchasing elsewhere. April 133 PULLIN & BELVIN. Splendid pottery May, 1854. GREGORY $ MAURY, Managers Siecetsorg to J. W. Maury $ Co.) Lottery for the benefit of the STATE OF DELAWARE. i- 1 $40,000 ! j Lottery or the benefit of the State of Delaware, C&ss 10?.. for 1864. To be drawn at Wilmington, Del., Saturday, May I 6, 1854 75 No. Lottery, 12 Drawn Ballots. HARDWARE IMPORTATION, 1854. MUIR & BRYAN, IMPORTER 8 AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN FOREIGN AND AMERICAN HARDWARE, CUTLHRY, GUNS, 4c., Sycamore Sreet, Petersburg, Va. rE are now receiving of our own direct im portation from England and from the Manufactories in the United States, our Spring Stock of Hardware, Cutlery, and Guns, embra cing every description and variety of goods gene rally found in oar line of business. Our goods have been purchased on the best possible terms, and selected with particular attention to the trade of Virginia and North Carolina. We have a larger and more commanding stock of goods than we ever yet offered to the trade, and we feel confident that we can sell as low, and offer as great induce ments, as any other Jobbing House in the country. We respectfully solicit from merchants and dealers generally an examination of eur stock. MLIIK & BK1AM, Sign of the Pad lock, Petersburg, Va. March 14, 1854. 2mos 22 DENTAL CIRCULAR. GREAT AND IMPORTANT DISCOVERY IN MECHANICAL DENTISTRY. Having received the highest Premium and a Di ploma from the Slat Fair of N. C and Va. THE Subscriber respectfully in forms the public that he has succeed ed in making a Mineral ComDound. by which he can make entire Sets of Teeth on PLATINA PLATE, with continuous Gum, which are almost equal to natural. Teeth inserted on this bbatjtifvl and indestructible method in finitely surpass, in elegance and natural appear, ance, any others that have been heretofore present ed to the public. These teeth arc cemented to the plate, the ce ment being as strong as the Teeth. It perfectly fuses to the teeth and plate, forming a solid and continuous Gum, without crack or crevice. This Gum cannot be acted upon even by the most pow erful acids, and has a perfectly natural and life like appearance ; nevor becoming offensive or dis agreeable to the wearer, as there is no place for secretions to form. The Subscriber having spent manyyears in the prosecution of SCIENTIFIC AND MECHANICAL DENTISTRY, Can confidently assure the public, that whatever operations may be entrusted to his care, will be performed in such a manner as to give entire sat isfaction to the most fastidious. DR. BELLINGHAM, an accomplished aadcom petent assistant, has been employed to aid the Subscriber in the mechanical execution of his work, and other operations. Those interested are requested to call and ex amine specimens of the above together with bis beautiful Block Teeth. DR. ALFRED WHITEHEAD, Dentist, Office, corner of Third and Bollingbrook SVs. PETERSBURG, Va. N. B. Being largely engaged in manufacturing Mineral Teeth, Dentists can be supplied on reas onable terms. Also, Mechanical work done wr Dentists residing in the country ; and all materi als furnished. A. WHITEHEAD. Feb. 24th, 1854. ly-17 lUNC SWAMP LANDS N. C. TWILL sell at Public Auction, at the Exchange, Philadelphia, on the 2nd day of May next, thir ty-nine Hundred Acres ot Swamp Laud in ueamort County, N. C. This tract is worthy the attention i of Capitalists, being forty teet above the level ol Tar and Roanoke Rivers, and within six miles oi them, thus rendering its reclamation by drainage feasible at a small expense. It is densely timber ed with Cypress, Juniper, and some Pine. Terms and further particulars made known tne evening oi sale, or upon application to JNO. LISLE, As'gnee. Feb. 16, 1854. ta-14 S1 1 1 1 1 1 o 2 50 50 BRILLIANT SCHEME. Prize of...., $40,000 do 15,000 do 15,000 do 7,000 do L 7,000 do 1 5,000 I TATE OF NORTH CAROLINA. Granville Cottntt. Court of Pleas and Quarter Ses- n m tor sions, reoruary Term, ioo: James H. Twisdale and others vs. William Ar nold. petition for a salr of land. It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, that William Arnold, the defendant in this case, resides beyond the limits of this State, it is there fore, on motion, Ordered, by tiie uoun, mat au- vertisement be made for six weeks successively, at the Court House, in Oxford, and at three other public places in Granville county, and also in the Ralciirh Register, notifying the said defendant of the filing of this petition, and that, unless he ap pears at the next term of the Court, and answer - . .1 c Fifty Dollars Reward- AN AW AIT from me, at Chapel Hill, a negro man, known bv the name of GEORGE AR- INGTON Said negro is straight and well-formed ; about thirtv or thirty-five years of age: five feet tea ! inches high ; weighs from a hundred and fifty to a hundred and sixty pounds. In complexion, he is every bright mulatto, almost white; has straight hair, of a light brown color and blue eyes. Has a scar on his right hand between the thumb and fore finger, caused by a burn when a child. It is supposed that he will endeavor to make his way to the North. He is a most excellent carriage driver, of very genteel appearance arid would scarcely be taken for a servant. The above reward of fifty dollars will be paid for him, if delivered tome at. Chapel Hill, or twenty-five dollars, if lodged in Jail so that I get him. M ARY A. SOCTIIERLAND. Jan. 9, 1854. tf 4 Bricklaying and Plastering. CHARLES W. PALMER takes thin method of informing the public, that he is now prepared to carry on the above namd business in all its branches, and in a matierly and exp&iitious manner. He thinks he can afford to contract for work of this sort on as reasonable terms as any person ia the State, having made extensive arrangements for so doing. He flatters himself that the work he do. do. do. 3,200 1.000 . 500 ...250 has already done in Raleigh has given entire satis- the petition, the same will be taken pro confesso, f faction, and he hopes by strict attention to hU l.n-.rH t rt. as to him. business to merit a continuance of public favor. Jan. 6, 1854. , ly 3 111 lowest 3 No. prizes &c. i" &c &c. Tickets, $1 0-r-H alves, $5 Quar. $2,50. Certfs. of Pkof s of 25 whl. tickets, $140 00 and heard ex parte as to him. i " Witness, Augustine Landis, UlerK ot our saiu Court, atofiice, the first Monday in February, A. D 1854. A. LiANDlS, UierK. March 3, 1854. Pr. $5.62 19 bw do do do do Z- halt 25 quarter do do 70 00 35 00 N' v l 1814. Here i am in uveniiaven ay n iir.m 1 dinner sailinz every day, and losing them for of salt.' Her model is not very complimentary j want of fast; sailers. I have , peti to the mercantile marine of the Car tioned the Prince Regent, in behalf of t ole The northern Spring, is backward. There was of us, for a good hce of prize, money. Excnse a fall of snow night before last, and since then this hasty scawl. I am in a d d bad humor the nights and mornings have beeu cool, but at ; havingjustreturneatromanunsncc.u..,.. LOOK HERE- rpWO No. 1 Two-Horse Waggons and an excel- I lent set of Harness tor sale. ' JOHN C. MOORE. Waverly, April 21, 1854. tf 33 Giraffe Copy till forbid. Now for Cheap Goods. MURRAY & O'NEAL HAVE taken the store lately occupied by W. & A., Stith, and are receiving their stock of Fancy and Staple Dry Goods, Groceries, Crockery and Glassware, ; &c. Being new beginners, tbey have to build up a trade : to do this, they are de termined to be undersold by none in the city. They will sell goods cheap and no mistake ; to be convinced of this fact, calf and price their goods mid-daj quite warm. M. Ptnnsylvanian- a- : .knm hp had no Ion cor a Quarrel. There is not an Englishman whose thoughts before purchasing elsewhere. All they ask is a are still free, and whose hand is not tied bv showing, and if the goods sAjt, they guarantee to are sun nco, . t jam Sm-a-v. Ilnn't purchase hefore ex- r.noi nn ihonn who win not resnonu : --? x- --- heart and soul to this solemn appeal. The greater part of us will be called on to endure sacrifices, and thankful we should be that our part in the noble 6truggl ia not more severe But thos sacrifice all will make cheerfully Orders for Tickets and shares and Certificates of Packages in the above spendid Lotteries will receive the most prompt attention, ana an account oi each drawing will be sent immediately after it is ovr to all who order from me. 1 Address s P. J. BCCKEY, Agent, 1 Wilmington, Delaware. Clothing Here! Clothing There!'. Clotliin? Everywhere ! ! ! OW, the all important question iB, who ean sfffllheeheaptst ! This can easily be found out by just calling at ELNSTEIN & CO S. at their old corner of Market square and Wilming ton Street, who, by devoting themselves entirely tj this line of Business and superintending person ally the make of their clothing, are enabled to have alwavs on hand the best assortment and will sell as good an ariirle at a much, lower price tnan can be bought in any other store in this city or section of the country. 1 hey are now receiving their stock of SPRING AND SUMMER CLOTHING, consisting of all kinds of Stacks, Frocks, Dress and Business Coats, Pants of every description, Vests of every style and quality, together with a well selected assortment of BOY'S CLOTHING. Also on hand, a good assortment of Boots, Shoes and Bros ius, wh'wh will be sold very cheap, as well as flats, Caps, Shirts, Hdchfs, Collars, Meri no Shirts, &.c, etc: We deem it uuaecessary to say more, and thank ful for past patronage. We invite ail, To give us a call. And buy this Fall, Their clothing, all, OF M. EINSTEIN & E. ROSENTHAL. April 20th, 1851. 33 North Carolina Edition of Mitch ell's Intermediate Geography. A System of Modern Geography, comprising a" description of the present State of the World, and its five great divisions, America, Eu rope, Asia, Africa and Oceanica, with their seve ral Empires, Kingdoms, states, territories, etc., illustrated by more than forty colored Maps, and numerous wood cut engravings, designed for the instruction of youth in schools and families By Samuel Augustus Mitchell ; to which s aaaea a Geography of North Carolina, compiled for the use of Families, Academies and Schools By C. H. Wilev. For sale by W. L. POMEROV. Raleigh, April 14. 31 Rattan Chairs. YERY light, strong and .portable, much used for country houses, piazzas, front halls, upper rooms. Ladies' Sewing Chairs, Child's Chairs, Voltaire Chairs, Office Chairs, with high and round backs. Children's high chairs to sit at table. Settees made to order, any size. Devonshire Sewing Chairs, of light wood, to fold. For Sale, at the N. C. BOOK-STORE. Raleigh, March 1854. 24 Eagle Hotel" for Sale ! I AM authorized by the owner of the Eagle Ho tel, at Chapel Hill, to offer it for sale. .Miss JliLHARl), who has been in possession of it fr about twenty years, derives to retire to a moro private life. This Hotel is probably as good property of tho kind as is to be found in the State. Its income for several vears past jas ranged from fifteen to twenty thousand dollars a year ; and at present ia rather beyond the latter amount. As buyers will probably examine the property fr thejnjdlvca, any farthor description here is unnecessary. Possession will be surrendered on the 10th cf June, if desired. For further Information, address the subscriber at Chapel Hill, N. C. SAMUEL F. PHILLIPS. April, 14, 1S54. wSui 31 fttft. Standard, Wilmington Jonrna'., Faycttc- ville Observer, Goldsboro' Telegraph, and Norfo-k Beacon copy three months, weekly. ami tuns: their stock. Call at i March 31, 1854. If yon want cheap Goods, No. 25, White Front, Fayetteville street, Raleigh, N. C. 6m 27 NOTHER supply of those beautiful medium brown Moleskin Hats, called the ioung Man's Hat. Something entirely new. W. H. & R. S. TUCKER. A F OR SiLE ! A first rate Milch Cow. Apply to- T. H. SNOW. Feb. 7, 1864. 12 1 Oxford Female College. THE next session will commence ou the first Monday in January 1854. RATES TOI'SION fPAYABLE OSE HA1F IN ADVANCE.) For Readine, Writing, with the first rudiments of English Grammar, and Ueography, 5!lu,tK. EnelishGrammar, Geography and Arithmetic, 1 2,50 For any thing higher, io,uu For the ( .olleee Classes, ( without any extra charge for the Languages, I 20,00 Extra Expenses Music on Piano. 20,00 Use of Instrument, 3,00 Thp name on Guitar. Drawine and Painting, 12,00 Oil Painting, 16,00 Needle Work, 6,00 Board per month, . . 8,00 Washing per month, 1,90 Musical Soirees will ba given during each term. ; T. T. G RANDY, Sec. of the Board of Trustees. Dec. 20, 1853. 10&-ly flpURPENTlNE SOAP. A large supply just Xi reived by P. F. PBSCUD- HOPKINS, HULL & CO. WHOL:5ALE PRY GOODS MERCHANTS, SO. 253 BALTIMORE STB.JIIT, (Opposite Hanover Street,) Basil B. Hopkins. Robert Hull, Wm. n. Ryan, (Late of Ryan & Wilson,) Thomas W. Atkinson. Referring to the above i. ar 1, we would say to the Merchants of Nwrth Caroiiua, tLat we UiaXTto able, at all time3, to offer a l extensive assortment, embracing the newest and mast desirable styles of Goods in our line. Many articles of Domes-lie Fabric received on commission direct from tht manufacturers. - From the long eKperietoe we have had, and with an earnest endeavor oa our part to secure tho best trade that comes to the market, we feel as sured that our friends, and merchants generally, will find it to their interest to examine our stock before purchasing. BASIL B. HOPKINS, ROBERT HULL, WM. II. RYAN, THOSl. W. ATKINSON, Baltimore, Feb. 1st, 1851, ly-10 A Classical School Wanted. A YOUNG man who, for the last two years, has been associated as an assistant with Mr. Wm. J. Bingham, of Orange County, and who in tends to make teaching his profession, desires a situation. Suitable tcstimouiaJ scan be furnished. I Address N. J. P. "Oaks," Orangs x, li. C April 14th, 184. w4w-41. 1 f . 4i- 5-1 11 i I .1 if. t if ! If it Hi 4