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S.VTl' RO AY MORNING, NOVl 11. 1854.
THE LEGISLATURE,
will furnish the -Reqistm'1 for theses
, n ..f the Legislature, on the following terins j
F.r the Weekly, for the session.! 50 cents
lr the Semi-Weekly " " ; $1 00
The " Richmond Enquirer'! has evident
ly areat fears that tha old Commonwealth will
swing from her Democratic moorings, for
K.l tar sav. on Tuesdav : We! believe
tie
the
mtictinn is universal that the Democratic .par
ts of thin State baa not been in so critical a con
dition since the great overthrow of 1840. The
Tntfs of tha enemy are largely recruited from
a variety of sources, and, what la worse, our
.own strength is seriously impaired by a smoth
ered spirit of disaffection. The Whig editors
manifest a confidence and a trucolence which
..ii.tr.ist strangely with their h&jtual despair
Er..i pacific disposition. There are democrats,
to, of sagacity, who look forward to the next
canvass with mistrust and apprehension."
One of the questions which most divides Vir
ginia locofocoism is a scheme to introduce in
the approaching State convention a resolution
condemnatory of Senator Hunter's land bill, and
oi the eonductof such of the locofoco Represen
tatives from Virginia as are known to support
i. This resolution would be denunciatory of
the course of ihe two U. S. Senators from Vir
ginia, and also some of the leading members of
the House of Representatives. The Enquirer
anticipates that " the Whigs and their allies,
the Maine i'.quor law advocates, and the Jacobin
tcal dul uf Know Nothings, will be arrayed in
opposition, and will use every exertion to low
er that proud flag which has been the boast and
pride of ih? Republican party of Virginia.'
Mh. Dickivsox chos th Administration.
The Hon. D. S. Dickinson made a speech at
Delhi, New YoTk. on the 30th ult., from which
W9 take the subjoined passage. We beg the
r -ader, whilst reading it, to bear! in mind that
Mi . Dickinson, until the meeting of the locofo
co national convention in 1852, was regarded
by (be Democracy of the country as the most
prominent of all their candidates for the Presi
dency : i .
' He said the Freesoil party bad usually claim
ed tli" merit of bringing into power tbe present'
national administration, and, although he had
heretofore disputed the fact, he Was rather in
d-ned on the whole to concede it. In the days
if the Key. Mr. Whitfield, an intoxicated man
reeled op to him and said : "I know you, Mr.
Whitfield : you are the very man who converted
my soul." -Very likely," said Mr. W., "you
Uk much more like my work than that of Di
vine grace." And upon reflection, be thought
the Administration looked much more like the
"pork of the Freesoilers than of the National
IVmorratic party. Louisville Journal.
fig-Heretofore, it will be remembered, the
luccfocn papers, particularly of the South, have
devoted their columns to the publication of
everything that could be raked up to show the
unsoundness of the Northern Whigs on the
slavery question ; but since the Northern
democrats behaved so shabbily in the late
'elections, their readers are favored with quo.
tations showing the soundness of Northern
Vh!gs. What does it mean f Vo they mean
to look to Northern Whigs for help ? The
Washington Sentinel furnishes US with the fol
lowing resolution, adopted at a recent Conven
tlon of the Whiga of Macomb county, in tbe
r;tate of Michigan, which it considers "a good
s en," aud says it learns from this Detroit "Free
JrYeea" that there are thousands of Whigs
throughout the State who entertain sentiments
iike these, and will not cast their votes for
the "Fusion" Ticket. Richmond Whig.
Resolved, Tbat we, as Whigs admonished
bv the disastrous experience of tbe past of
the utter fallacy of attempting to gain strength
trither in the State or county, by abandon
ing, even for a time, our party organization and
2c':P over to a faction whose pasts acts have
tended more than any other causes to create
discord and disaffection in our ranks do most
heartily deprecate this so-called"Fusion" move
aient ; preferring, if must need be, an honor
able defeat under the time honored banner of
our party to a doubtful victory under the lead
tf those who have sought to bring it into dis
grace. Co vhercial Bank, Wilmington. The annual
report of the President of this institution shows a
highly profitable year's business, the Bank
having declared two semi-annual dividends of
6 per -cent each, and carried to the surplus fund
Dearly 6 per cent mora.
' The old Board of Directors have been retain
ed, and O. G. Parsley, Esq., hs been re elected
President. 1 .
Duncan K. McRae, American Consul at
Pari.:, and supposed Bearer of 'Despatches from
the Gonferenee of Ministers recently held at
Ostend, Belgium, has been in this City for sev
eral days past. It is Mr. McRae's purpose to
Teturn to Europe immediately. '
ggf Thv Richmond Examiner opposes vigo
TCtttiy the nomination of Mr. Wise as tbe Dem
ceratiC candidate for Governor.
Thamxsciti.no. A mistake occurred in the
first publication of Gov. Re id's proclamation,
setting apart a day for Thanksgiving in this
Sta. It should be Tbonday, 30th November,
instead of the 23rd. I
NEW YORK ELECTIONS.
The Election for Governor and other Slat
Officers, Members of Cougress, &&,, took place
in the State of New York; on Tuesday last. We
have but few returns. As far as beard from,
however, the chances are decidedly favorable
to the election of : Uiltnan, the Know Nothing
candidate for Governor, the vote standing UU
man .48,000; Seymour, Soft, (Administration)
and anti-Temperance. 44.000 ; Clark, Temper
ance Sewardite, 35,000 ; Bronson, Hard, 7,000.
Barker, i the Know Nothing Candidate for
Mayor in New York City, is elected!
NEW JERSEY ELECTION.
The State Elections took place in New Jersey,
also, on Tuesday. The returns show very heavy
Administration losses. The Whigs will have
a majority of the Congressional delegation.
WISCONSIN ELECTION.-
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But few returns have been received from this
State. Such as have come to haud, however,
show large anti- Administration gains.
THE SENATORSHIP MR. DOBBIN.
The "Washington Union," of Tuesday last,
states that it has learnt, upon inquiry, that Mr.
Dobbi.v has very tecently written to his friends
at home, desiring them not to present his name
to the Legislature as a candidate for an election
to the Senate.
"We have reason to know," continues the
ruo, "that the relations between the President
and Mr. D. are not merely agreeable, but are of
a warm and friendly and confiding character,
which causes the President to be deeply solici
tous that he should remain in the cabinet. We
believe it will be conceded by all that Mr. Dob
bin has administered the department ever which
he presides with impartiality, ability and ener
gy ; that his suggestive mind, animated by a
deep interest in the navy, has already presented
for consideration reforms calculated to infuse a
spirit in our gallant navy, and make it truly "a
right arm of defence." North Carolina may
well be proud of her son, and well rasy the
President be happy to retain the benefit of his
prudent counsels, bis ardent friendship, and
his untiring energy."
Mr. Dobbin's declension of Senatorial honors,
whether intended as a ruse Je guerre, or not,
will be good news to sundry other aspirants.
VERY DEVOUT!
Previous to the October elections, the 'Wash
ington "Union" was one of the most arrogant
and dictatorial of organs, but since the full re
turns have oome in, it has been glum and dolo
rous, bat we were hardly prepared to see it torn
"devout.' The melancholy loss of the Arctic
has .been the general theme for weeks ; news
papers have investigated the particulars and
censured where censure was due; a hundred pal-
pits have pointed a fitting moral to the dread
ful catastrophe, but it was reserved for tbe cen
tral organ to eclipse them all, and by wonder
ful stretch of genius, to discover the probable
reason for this fearful judgment. We call op-
a" . l 1
on our readers to aamire ana ponaer me sun
lime lesson the Union inculcates. Its issue of
the 26th ult., lies before as and its grave leader o-
pens with this ponderous sentence : "A great
calamity is sometimes required to arrest a great
wrong," and this calamity it subsequently sees
in the destruction of the Arctic, and the great
wrong it is intended to arrest is what think
I a I . J' l T. .
yoa, Kina reajer i ine progress oj ine aiww-
Nothings, evidenced by the recent overwhelming
defeat of the Administration!
We give it u p Tbe country is in danger.
The Know-Nothings must be put down. We
don't want any more vessels with their precious
freightage to go down mid ocean, as terrible
warnings against the madness of this native cru
sade, telling so fearfully on the future prospects
of the "powers tbat be" at Washington.
The Union is in sackcloth ; it moralizes, it
penetrates into hidden mysteries, it attempts to
read tbe lesson intended y the most terri
ble of calamities, and should it not be honored,
trusted, lauded ?
Seriously, is not the official organ, in attempt
ing to turn this great calamity to political ao
count, guilty of the most irreverent trifling with
themes too solemn to be mingled with the tri
umph of any faction or of any party ?
We are requested by Stephen Stephen
son, Esq., Chairman of the Board of Sriperin
tendents of common schools for Wake, to state,
that the amount distributed tbe present year is
one dollar and ten cents to each scholar. This
amount is larger than any heretofore distribu
ted.
It is annoanced that Senator Atchison
will not be in bis place, next winter, designing
to stay in Missouri, to attend to political affairs
there. What a departure this is from the cus
toms of the former days of the republic !
The New York papers continue to speak
of the exceeding tightness of the money market
at the North.
f,The venerable widow of Alexander Ham
ilton, now 96 years of age, is Baid to be dange
rously ill in Washington.
THE GRAHAM CASE.
New Yore., November 6.. The circuit court
this morning adjourned to Friday, without de
ciding the motion tor a new trial or sentencing
Dr. Graham.
The Albany Atlas is authorized by Governor
Seymour to pronounce the story that he had
agreedj to pardon Dr. Graham unqualifiedly
false. I-:'.
Homicide btaMkjiber of Cokoress. The
Alabama papers state that the Hon. James Ab
ercrombie, a Representative in Congress from
that State, recently killed a man in the State of
Florida. The particulars are not given, but it
appears that Mr. Abererombie was discharged
after a Judicial investigation, thus implying
tbat tbe bomioid was justifiabls.
! f POLITICS IN THE PULPIT.
The'New York p'riptraiof Saturday lt were
filled With ..antic of sennona i.n political sub
jects to b preached oil Sunday iu different sec
Jions of the city, in view of the election to be
f -
held on Monday. The "Church Journal,"
(Episcopalian.) commenting upon this extra
ordinary feature of the times, pertinently in
quires; "What is the reason of all thi-. ? Has the
old fashioned Gospel whi.Mi we have been
accustomed to believe was the 'Ereiiiwting Gos
pel been at length exhausted and worn thread
bare?: Is no text fresh enough now for preach
ers aud people, except it be taken from the
Gospel according to the daily papers ? Is it
that the ministers are tired of the old topics of
grace and salvation, and no longer believe that
"Gospel" of which they pretend to be "preach
ers?"; The point we now wish to make, how
ever; is, that in the country, where, as we had
fondly hoped Church and State religion and
polities were thoroughly and forever divided,
popular preachers are rapidly rising to be the
leaders of political parties ; and pulpits are
found to be as in times of old- the best re
cruiting drums to beat up voters for political
partisans. And a ciirresponding change has
taken fdaatt it poUtimaoas well as in religion
-both of them rising and falling upon one De
mocratic pivot rox pojnii. As the pulpit,
therefore, has grown political, the stuuip has
waxed pious ; and if "Nebraska" rings out
lustily from the meeting-house, it is only in
sonorous uuision with the "higher law" reboun
ding from the halls of Congress."
Correspondence of the New York Tribune.
LETTER FROM JAPAN.
Bav or Hakotade, May, 154. About noon,
on th 16th of May, we doubled Cape Toriwir
akia, knd entored the Straits of Snngar. A
group! of scattered rocks and reefs lies off the
extremity of the cape, and the straits are rath
er difficult of navigation at present, on account
of night-fogs which are common in summer,
and the lack of good charts, a want which we
hop to supply. At noon on the 27th we were
handsomely anchored in the bay ot Hakotade.
the second harbor opened to us iu Japan. Ha
kotade is another Gibraltar. It has the saute
long, low isthmus, ending in the same mighty
rock, j with another city sitting at its feet. The
bay is seven or eight miles wide, with an en
trance of two orthree miles in width ; it is deep
enough for Bhips-of-the-line to approach within
a mile of the shore, and its clayey4 bottom, free
from rocks or shoals, affords excellent anchor
age, while it is defeuded from the sea by a
sandbank, a prolongation of the isthmus. Re
hind the bay the land is quite level, but at the
distance of six or eight miiles it rise into a
range of hills from one to three thousand feet
high. These hills, still covered witli snow,
send down several streams to the bay, furnish
ing the lest of water for ships. The plain is
finely cultivated and fishing villages line the
shore. The fishermen dip their nets in a de
coction of a species of willow, to give them a
dusky color, and to render them less liable to
rot. ; We took fish plentifully one day 20 buck
ets, with more than 20 fine salmon, some weigh
ing 15 pounds. The naturalist shot many rare
birds, very small partridges, and very large
snipes, a loon with a knob above his bill like
an India goose, a miniature aea-pye, the small
est bird that swims: ana a beautiful species
of wild duck. Many of the doors of the fisher
men's houses were ornamented with a likeness
of his Subterranean Majestyfullyequipped, with
horns and pitchfork.
Soon after we entered the harbor we saw a
crowd of people and loaded pnck-hoises leave
the city and pas over tbe isthmus. We after
wards learned that they teared we had come to
take vengeance on ; them for the capture and
imprisonment in Matsmnv o! the crew ol an A-
merican vessel which was wrecked on the coast
in 1846. In two or three day?, however, they !
were re-assured, and many of the principal men.
Including the Governor, visited us on board.
Most of the junks slipped away on our arrival,
so that there were not more than 200 in the
harbor. A well built stone wharf with steps
to go down to th water was assigned to us.
The city has, I should guess, about four
thousand houses, and perhaps five times as
many inhabitants. Tbe two main streets are
parallel and run along the foot of the moun
tain. Narrower streets rnn from the wharves
up the mountain, crossing both the principal
streets, one of which is about thi rty feet high
er than the other. The lower of these is al
most as broad as Broadway, -and infinitely
cleaner. The houses on it are well built ; most
of them have two stories, with shops on the
ground floor. On the cross street which starts
from oar wharf, and above both the principal
streets, stands a temple, which has been assign
ed to us for our daeuerreotype apparatus. It
commands a pleasant prospect of the city and
harbor. A little. to the west of this cross street
is another, which seems to be the Fifth avenue
of Hakotade. The manner of building reminds
one very strongly of Switzerland. A flat pro
jecting roof is covered with shingles, which are
fastened by long poles, with Btones laid upon
them ; broad galleries run quite around the up
per story ; before the d jot is a little wooden
porch ; this, too, with projecting gable, which,
as well as the pillars that support it, are often
adorned with rich carving. The temples, one
of which is at least 1150 feet square, are pro
fusely ornamented with carvings. Dragops,
horses, bulls and bears, figure largely, but too
toiae shells and cranes carry the day. The
tortoise-shell is here the emblem, of beauty.
The swans of Venus become tortoises. Ureal
precautions are taken against fire. Casks of
water stand in the house-yards and on the roofs
fire-buckets are hanging near ; fire compan
ies are organized. The first captain who reach
es a fire plants his standard there, and no other
company can give any aid unless at his express
desire. This insures unity of effort ; but in
spite of all this, I saw traces of several recent
fires. The police has a, military organization.
Tbe inhabitants of Hakotade are short ; they
will average scarcely more than five feel. They
are not bo dark as the inhabitant of the mere
northern islands. They are good natured and
have a great self-control. You get to liking
them after you become familiar with some of
their strange customs. The Embassador of
the Prince of Matsmay, especially, is a fine
specimen of a welj-hred, well Gfhica ted map.
and he conducted himself, both as guest aud
host, with winning grace. One gees but very
few married women ; but some young girls
who" came to our temple to bv daguerrootyped
had pleasing faces and charming manners.
Thedress of Japanese woman consists of trow
sers with a sort of tunie covering the
aur oi mum covering me upper
F1"' VT'""- "fn iu
, A , 1 ; fl . " .
iront, ana is iasrenea uy a Droaa scan tied a
bout the middle and holding the dress togeth
er; except when the wearer works rapidly or
suns. Then it always becomes deranged and
flies open, exposing the bosom dow n to the
waist.
;: I look forward to the time, and not very far
forward, when our whaling fleet in the' seas
northeast of Japan, and perhaps even in the
Arctic Ocean, shall find a safe harbor, plenti
ful provisions and a hearty welcome in the har
bor of Hakotade.
i BARMJM'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY.
The promptness with which this work has ap
pea red, so soon after it publication was award
ed to the highest bidder among the book-sellers,
might reasonably suggest a doubt of its genuine
ness; and we half incline to think that some
new tieorge Washington Dixon, following his
prototype's example, has busied himself in fab
ricatingthe "Confession" of this later Apostle
of Temperance, ;wiih a view to make money out
of the public eagerness for Mr. Barnum's pro
mised developments. On the other hand, how
ever, the .contents ol' the volume before us are
so much in accordance with the general under
standing and estimate of the facts in the ease,
and so completely cover the whole subject
presenting the salient points in the narrative,
such Js the getting up of Joyce Ileth, the Fee
jee Mermaid, -the. Woolly Horse, Tom Thumb,
and the more recent exploits of the alleged au
thor, nut only with a due prominence, but with
ample exposition to satisfy the cravings of every
rational miud-as to afford intrinsic evidence
that the writer must at least have a thorough
understanding in resneet to his task, and a very
just judgment of the value and public Interest
of his'raaterials. For our own part, we read the
voluma at- a single sitting, and very few we
think whp commence to read it will lay it down
bclore fiuishing, The publisher's name is not
given on the trite page, bu the bosk, i hawked
about the streets by the beys at a penny a copy.
P. S. In view of the overwhelming interest
of the subject, and to save our readers the ex
peose of purchasing the volume, we have con
cluded to reprint it in our columns, from title
page in f ills inclusive ; and here it is:
J X. Y. Journal Commerce.
- AUTO
BIOGRAPHY
or
BARNUM,
"Tall oaks from little acorns grow."
Copyright Secured
NEW FORK,
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PREFACE.
-my whole
Thii is my Life
ing but my Life.
Life -and
noth-!
dedication.
To' the Bearded Lady ahi her heirs, forever,
this, my Auto-Biography, is respectfully dedi
cated, by THE AUTHOR.
Accordingto the be9t authority, I had a father,
but no matter' about him, and a mother, but
that's of no consequence.
On my first advent into the world I was pre
sented with a good supply of linen, to three
elderly females, who pronounced me a wonder
and a beauty.
I went through the graduation of long frocks,
short frocks, and jacket and trqwsers with he
roism. But my first pair of trowsers had pock
ets deep and empty ; this brought to my young
miad the first idea, that pockets were made to
fill. Tlse idea expanded and so did I, till my
jacket and trowsers were too short at the wrists
and ankles, but the idea took the spirit of a life
motto, and that was "the world is an oyster,
and I will open it or break my knife."
Filled with this sublime thought I looked
around for help. It came darkly. An old nig
ger with hands like a mummy and a face like a
dried prune, no flesh, no nothing a little skin,
some bones and the stump of an olo tooth, this
was my stock in trader 4'heti my pockets be
gan to fill, and the oyster opened a trifle.
Then I searched the laud for an ape, and the
sea for a fish, and went ardently into retail busi
ness; thus tha head of a moukey, and the tail of
a ced, gave weight to my growing lam. Some
grumbled and so.ue laughed, calling it a scaly
affair, but the sheepish uei?h of my woolly horse
1 silenoedfall opposiiino, and his sheepskin was
added to the cod nd monkey trophies of mv
greatness.
Then tame op from the shores of Bridgeport,
a little mun with a little coat, in short little al
together, an abridged edition of nothing, all
sadly in want of a cover. 1 never despising the
day of small things, took the little man lovingly
by the hand and led him to and fro on the face
ol the Earth. Kings crowded to see us aud
queens overwhelmed us with caresses. England
tell into extaciea and ' France paused in the
midst of a revolution to do us homage.
Then my pocket vomited forth gtdd, and I
turned my face homeward with the little man.
a little carriage, and a little cocked iat. AW
iJn. ouster owned teidei
My greatness was complete; the fairy guard
came and went at my bidding. The Crvstat
Palace flared lip for a day and went out. My
Fire Annihil-ator extinguished itself daily, and
nearly put the out. 1 spoke; drunkards tremb
led and Schiedam Schnapps lost its power. I
wrote Authors grew pale with envy., and Pub
Ushers rent each others garments in a struggle
for my book.: 1 built a house after the model
of a castor, with pepper boxes, vinegar cruet,
and mustard pot, in full fore. This house 1
set down in Bridgeport, and from my room in
the dome that represents the cover of the mus
tard pot, I fulminate my hook. The oyster
yawns wide open at my feet.
P. S. This may be considered my dying
speech and confession.
ARREST OF SPENCER D. ARMSTRONG.
The notorious Spencer D. Armstrong, who, it
will be recollected, some months swice made
his escape from the Tarboro' jail, where he was
confined on a charge of murder, wtia recently
arrested in Mobile for obtaining goods under
false pretences. The Grand Jury found a true
bill against bim, and under the alias of John
Strong, Je wb copimitted to jail to await his
trial for the offence. The Mobile Register ot
17th ult., Btates that, immediately before coin
ing to Mobile, Armstrong made Milton, Fla, his
theatre of action, w here he sold a merchant two
draft", to the amount of $2,8(H, which he bad
drawn on a New York firm; these he left in
the hands-of the Sheriff of the county, request
ing him to get the money for him, as he had to
leave for Mobile on important business, and
took the Sheriff's receipt, evidently intending to
sell it or otherwise raise money upon it. Be
fore Ids departure from pensacola, whither he
had gone from Milton, a telegraphic despatch
from New York induced the arrest of Arm
strong, but he was dismissed for want of evi
dence of identity, we presume.
At all eve.nts, he is now safe in the Mobile
jail, and we; presume that Gov. Reid will, if he
, Koo , Dlaitv Hnna a r0n;.;f;.,
I liO V V VWMJ DM, I.UUIIIILtWU Ull
.he Governor of AlV.mma. so that he mav be
may
brought back to this State, and stand his trial
for the crime wherewith he is charged.
H it Herald.
RAMSHACKLES! ATTENTION !
It is the will of the Raleigh Standard that the
Democratic Party of New Hanover become iH
nited. So, too see, gentlemen, you are ordered
into line. If yon won't mind what the Journal
says, ws guess yoa will have to obey Billy.
I WU, Commercial. :
SICKLES ABROAD.
We published yesterday a voluminous perso
nal correspondence between Daniel E. Sickles,
Esq., our Secretary of Legation at London,
and Mr. George Peabody, the eminent Ameri
can Banker of that city. Although it is not
calculated to be very edifying or instructive,
we trust it will be generally read : for it illus
trates forcibly the character of some of Presi
dent Pierce's foreign appointments. Mr. Sic
kles was invited to a dinner given by Mr. Pea
4)ody, in accordance with his usual custom, to
Americans in London, on the Fourth of July.
Mr. Sickles was invited because he was the A
merican Secretary of Legation, and several En
glish gentlemen, personal friends of Mr. Pea
body, were also present. The proceedings
seem not to have been exactly to the taste of
ftir. rickles. the Company rose when the
Queen's health was proposed, as they did when
that of the President's was given. English as
well as American airs were played. Portraits
of the Queen and Prince Albert, as well as of
Washington, were in the room. Against thsso
heavy offences Mr. Sickles showed his resent
ment on tbe spot by keeping his seat when the
rest of the company rose, and afterwards by
writing a letter to the Editor of the Boston
Post, abusing Mr. Peabody in violent terms,
misrepresenting the incidents of the dinner
and intimating that our Minister, Mr. Buchan
an, shared his sentiments. To this letter Mr.
Peabody wrote a reply ; and both these docu "
ments were published in the Times several
weeks since.
Upon the strength of Mr. Peabody's letter
Mr. Shkles opened the correspondence with
that gentleman which we published yesterday.
It consisted of fire letters from Mr. Sickles,
two Of which were very long, and two from Mr.
Peabody, both of which were very short. The
upshot of Mr. Sickles' letters was a challenge to
Mr. Peabody to fight him in a dnel. Mr. Pea
body, after ascertaining that Mr. Buchanan
was in no way connected with his Secretary's
performances, makes to Mr. Sickles the follow
ing sufficiently contemptuous reply:
London, Monday, Oct. 16, 1S54.
Sin : Vour letter of the 13th instant has been
received, and as it exonerates Mr. Buchanan from
being a party to your communication of the 4th in
stant, as also from my inference that he was the
gentleman aliuled to in the latter as only rising to
the toast in honor of the Queen after repeated
promptings from me, it relieves me from all em-
bnrrussnieut in replying to your first communica
tions. As Secretary of the legation of the United States
of this Court, I invited you to a dinner, giverf by
ine to the Americans in London on the 4th of Julyi
in Iflonor of the Anniversary of our National Inde
pendence. Von attended that dinner, and in violation of
that courfey and that etiquette which prevails
aiming gentlemen, you addressed an anonymous
letter to the editor of the Boston Post, commenting
upon the events of the evening, and charging me
with a want of patriotism, and a "toadyism" so
disgraceful to the American character that you left
the tabic in ntsGrsT.
To this unjustifiable assault I replied, but con-
lined myself to a simple statement of facts necessa
ry for my defence, and you now seek to open a cor
respondence with me because the facts set forth in
delending myself necessarily impugned your ac
curacy, jo this, 1 cannot asseut. Jtour having
been present at my table as a guest, on the Anni
versary of our- National Independence, does not,
tinder the circftmstances, authorize you tocarry on
a correspondence with me, and I therefore return
herewith your communication of the 4th instant.
In adopting thi course, it would be improper to
enter into a detailed refutation of any position as
sumed by vou, antagonistical to the statements
contained in mv letter lo the Boston Post.
; Respectfully, vour obedient servant,
GEORGE PEABODY.
T. E. Sickles, Esq.,
Secretary of Legation, London.
It is not at all likely that Mr. Sickles will see
in this anything more than a civil refusal on
Mr. Peabody's part to accept his challenge.
But the incident may lead some of our country
men to estimate more accurately than they have
done hitherto the injury inflicted upon our in
terest and character by sending bullies instead
of gentlemen to represent us abroad. We shall
not be at all surprised to hear, before his return,
that Mr. Sickles ha-j challenged Prince Albert
to a prize-right in a ring. His Americanism is
rat once so rampant and so refined that it will
require vent in some such graceful and judicious
proceeding as that would be. There were many
who expected nothing better from Mr. S. at the
time of. bis appointment, knowing that he re
ceived it by a raid upon the Broadway Post Of
fice. W e thought then that he knew enougn
not to carry the manners of Tammany Hall
and the Pewter Mug into the saloons of Buck
ingham Palace. It seems, however, that we
overrated him. iV. Y. Times.
GREAT DEMOCRATIC RALLY.
Detroit, Saturday, Nov. 4.
There was a great Democratic rally in the
Citv Hall in this citv to-niehL at which Gen
j , , a . -
Cass was present. In the speech which he de
livered, he. commented severely upon the attacks
made tipon him by the Richmond Enquirer,
saying he "desired nothing from the South and
expected nothing trorti their justice. '
At the burial of Marshal de Saint Arnaud,
the flags of France and England, for the first
time in history, covered the same coffin, and
Mussulman cannon resounded in sign of grief
at the funeral ol a Christian general.
FOR THK REGISTER.
Dialectic Hall, Oct. 4, 1854.
Whrrras, by the all wise providence of the
Almighty, death has again invaded our ranks
i ,1, . . . i
ami eniohieu in its icy et no race one oi our oro'
thers:
rV.swcrt, Tbat in the death of Dr. John Hill,
the jlialeotic .Society has sustained a loss at
once deplorable and irreparable ; that a name is
forever blotted out from existence, which whilst
it was associated with that Society, reflected j
but credit and honor upon it. Unquestionably
the first scholar in his class, he maintained a
position equally high as a consistent Society
member. Inflexible in the pursuance of his
duty, conscientious to the extreme in his actions,
bis character imparted a moral tone to every
circle he moved in.
Resolved, That as there is another breach
made in a circle more sacred than ours, we
would not wish to rudely invade its sanctuary,
but we would desire to offer our condolence and
sympathy to the bereaved family of the deceas
ed, and to pour out on the same altar our demon
strations of grief.
Rexolveil, That as the funeral pall trails
through our midst, and we drop a tear at. the
blight of the flower, cut down so soon, that with
his relatives we take consolation from the prom
ise vouchsafed to those who walk in the ways of
the Almighty, and although the mortal career
of John Hill is ended, and "the place which
once knew him shall know him no longer for
ever," still we feel that he has gone to possess
an inheritance beyond the skies.
Resolved, Tbat a copy of these resolutions,
with the request to publish them, be sent to the
Wilmington Herald, the Raleigh Register, and
University Magazine.
WM. H. HALL, 1
H. NICHOLSON, Com.
G.J. PILLOW, i
FOR THI RKilsTES.
MILLBROOK MILLS.
Mr. Emma: I have been frequently struck
with the great value of the Millbrook Mills,
owned by Major Wra. F. Collins, near Raleigh.
The structure of these mills is of the most last
ing material, the foundation entirely of rock, t
and the superstructure of brick, put up in a real
workmanlike manner. The machinery is sim
ple, though at the same time efficient, as the
very large quantity of flour or meal manufac
tured in a veiy short time plainly shows. The
water power belonging to these millet" inex
haustible, being the contents almost entirely of
Walnut Creek above them.' So soon as the
Central Road is completed West, these mills
will, I think, be as good property as one could
have. . They will no longer be dependent upon
toll custom for patronage, but will become mer
chant mills at once. I deem it not out of place
to ay here, that the flour from these millvpre
sented at the State Fair in Raleigh, recently,,
took the first premium, which cannot fail to
give them a high position, of itself.
In addition to these mills, the proprietor,
Major Collins, owns at the same place a highly
valuable farm, consisting of more than seven
hundred acres of land, within a mile and a half
of Raleigh. Upon this farm is some as fine
meadow land as I know of. Indeed, there is a
vast quantity of it. There are 72 stacks of
Hay now standing on the grounds, 32 stacks of
Oats, and 3C of Fodder, With" such property
as this, I cannot see why any man should want
to leave North Carolina. 1 hope that Major
Collins will continue where he is and make ad
ditions to the mills already built, or erect others
below them, where the water power is. better
still. ENTERPRISE.
MARRIED.
On Toesday, 24th October, Mr. Wra. G. Bul
lock to Miss Frances, daughter of Thos. S. Jen
kins, all of Granville county.
DIED.
In this City, on Wednesday morning last, af
ter a long and painful illness, M. C. Thompson,
Borof Wm. Thompson, Esq., about 24 years
of age.
N. C. Supreme Court Reports.
A COMPLETE set of the N- C. Supreme Court
Reports, including all the volumes now out
of print, for sale by WARREN L. POME ROY
Nov. 10, 1854 VL
RICE
. $5,00,
REDUCED Iredell on Executors
For sale by
WARREN L. POMEROY.
Nov. J0,J1854. 91
Winter Oats !
N consignment, at the FARMERS' HALL, at
$ 1, 2o per bushel, nicely cleaned. Cheaper
even at that price for seed than the common giv
en to you JAMES M. TOWLES.
So?. 10, 1854. 91
VALUABLE CITY LOTS FOR SALE.
N the 20th of November next, being the Mon-
J day of November Court for the county of
Wake, will be sold, at the Court House door, in
the city of Raleigh, at 12 o'clock, M., the lots
known in the plan of said city as lots Nos. 12.
13, 28 and 29 containing about four acres.
The four acres will be divided into lots of half
an acre each, more or less making each, lot one
eighta part of the whole tract, and each one of
the eight lots Bold separately. The four lots were
formerly occupied by Wm. H. Haywood, jr.,
dee'd., as a garden, and are situated in the South-
Eastern corner of the city.
The vendor reserves the right of removing the
fruit trees now planted in said four acres.
Purchasers wilt be required to give bonds, with
two good securities, for the purchase money, pay
able six months after the date of sale and bearing
interest from that date.
The undersigned will receive proposals in the
meantime, privately, for the purchase of part or
the whole of said four acres, and persons detiring
information relative to title, j'c., will please call
upon him.
E. litlAliAM : HAY WOOL), Agent, Sc.
Nov. 10th., 1854. . td 91
VALUABLE LAND FOR SALE-
BEING prevented by my profession from atten
ding properly to agricultural pursuits, I offer
for sale my plantation upon the Roanoke and up
pon Stone House aad Pretty creeks, in the coun
ties ot Warren and Halifax,
CONTAINING CC ACRES.
The tract is situated about seven miles above
Gaston, and four miles from the Littleton Depot
on the Raleigh and Gaston Railroad. It coutnins
about one hundredacres of excellent low grounds.
The balance of the land is generally productive,
and well adapted to the growth of tbe usual crops
of this section of the State. The overseer's houses
negro houses, stables, barns, and other planta.
tion improvements are good. The water is excel
lent, and the situation of the buildings is believed
to be healthy. It is deemed useless to give a more
particular description of the property, as it is pre
sumed that no one would purchase without a care
ful examination. My overseer will show the laud
to persons who may desire to examine it.
In order to allow a man of enterprise an oppor
tunlty to pay a considerable portion of the pur
chase money out of tbe crops, I am willing to sell
the land upon a credit of one and two years. The
purchaser, if he thinks proper, can also buy, upon
reasonable terms, most of my crop of corn, fodder
aud oats, aud also my stock and plantation u-
tensils. Letters upon the subject may be addres
sedto meat Warreuton.N. C.
WM. EATON, JR.
Oct. 8, 1864, 80. 2m.
STEAM BOILER
HOLDEN & GALLAGHER,
Late Leonard, H olden & Co.)
MANUFACTURERS OF
Locomotive, Stationary and Steamboat Boilers,
Ot all descriptions ; also,
WATER TANKS FOR SHIPS, GAS HOLDERS,
LKWJS bTKKKT, (Hli doora rrom Lbe ferry)
EAST BOSTON, MASS.
May 0, 1854. w6m-44
QTATE OF NORTH CAROLINA. Stjprexr
Court at Moboastoji, August Term, 18o4.
John Sparkes and others v. Shemwell Kearny
and others.
Stephen Sparkes, late of the county of Frank
lin, State aforesaid, died about the year 1846, in.
testate, and it is referred to James R. Dodge,
Clerk of the Supreme Court, at Morganton, to In
quire and report to next term of the Supreme
Court, "Who were the next of km of said intes
tate, living at the time of his death ; whether any
of them are since dead, and, if dead, who is or are
their personal re presentative or representatives.
Now, all persons interested will take notice that
they are required to appear at my omce, in tbe
town of Morganton, on the Tuesday of tbe Superi
or Court of Law, for Burke County, Spring Term,
1866, and make known their claims, or be forever
excluded from the benefit of this decree.
JAMES R; DODGE, '
Clk Supreme Court, Morganton.
Sept 16, '54. Pr. Adv. 8 8mos 75
iliOTH FOR LADIES' CLOAKS, cloth aad cas-
1 j simerea, sattinets, etc., just received. Call
at the eheap store of
SCHLOSS
& BRO.
89
Nov. 8, 18&4.
TUST RECEIVED. AT F. MAHLER &
sj (next door to W. L. Pomeroy.)
FOR THE LAWE.
Reticules at all prices, -Berlin
and French Baskets of all styles,
Work-hoxes, new Roeocco Btyle,
Pearl plate and other Desks.
Leather and painted Port-folio
Card Cases of pearl, shell and papier raaciie,
Card Receivers, very fine of Terra Cotta, ....
Ink -stands of Terra Cotta, Alabaster, i"C,
Jet Bracelets, Breastpins aad Necklacss of all
tyles,
Perfumed French Bracelet. &c., &c.
FOR THE GENTLE MEM.
Cigars of all the leading Brands, comprising
The Upman, Lamartine, Primra, Jockey Club,
Constancia, Evidencia, dc. To persona baying
by the quantity we allow cost price with 10 par
cent Commission. '
Chewing Tobacco, well supplied with all brands
Persons buying by the quantity we charge Manu
facturers' prices.
Smoking Tobacco, fine mill well fla v. ret
Brands.
Walking Canes of all styles.
FOR THE CHILDREN.
China Tea and Dinner setts, fine Knives and
Forks, India Rubber Combs, Boy's Guns, Secreta
ries, Wheelbarrows, Carriages, Dominoes. Back
gammon Boards, Chess men, Different games, Kid,
Wax, China and India Rubber Dolls, Crying Ba
bies, India Rubber and Tin Toys, Jke., &c.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Clocks in Mahogany and Iron cases, 36 hours
and 8 day Clocks.
White, blue and canary glass Candlesticks, new
style.
Pans, China Candlesticks, Razors and Pocket
Knives, of the most celebrated makers. F.mmer
son's and Tilton's superior Razor Strops. All ar
ticles for the Toilet, Portmonnaies, Pocketbook...
Cigar cases, best Italian and English Guitar
Strings, FJower vases, &c, &c.
FOR THE HUNTSMEN.
Game bags, Powder Flasks, Powder Horns,
Shot Bags, Walker's and G. D. Caps, Shot, Du
pont's Rifle Powder, Travelling Companions, Wil
low F.asks, Ac, &c.
Price and quality warranted to give universal
satisfaction. Come and see.
F. MAHLER & CO.
Nov. 10, 1854. ! 91.
T) ECEIVED., A ;new and well selected sup
X;ply of London Doek, Henessey, and Apple
Brandies, Holland Gin and Schiedam Schnapps,
Brown Stout, Fine Old Rye, Sherry, Madeira,
Port and Lisbon Wines, Chfcrry Bounce, St. Julien
and Claret Wines, Star, Sillery, and Heidsisck
Champagne, &c. '
All articles warranted pure and the best ia mar
ket. Call and see. F. MAHLER & CO. -
Nov. 9, 1854. 91
JUST TO HAND. 800 lbs , of those justly
celebrated family hams.
8 bbls. Mercer Potatoes.
b doz. Buffalo tongues.
200 Dried Beef do.
Raisins, Currants, Citron,
Candies, &c. Come and see.
Almonds, French
F. MAHLER
& CO.
91
Nov. 91 864.
NOTICE-
NOTICE is hereby given that application will
be made to the next General Assembly for
an Act of Incorporation for a company for Mining
and Manufacturing purposes, in Wake county.
Nov. 10th, 1864 wCw 9t
TAR RIVER MALE AC AD EDM Y,
GRANVILLE COUNTY, N. C.
(NINE MILES WEST OF OXFORD )
WILLIAM C. FINCH, A. B., Principal.
fTlHE exercises of this School will be resumed
Jr on Wednesday, the 10tQ day of January azt.
"Terms per session of 6 months as follows :
Elemeatary English $7,6Q
Higher do $10 to 12,50
Latin and Greek 15,00
Board, $5 per month. No extra charge except
for lights.
The principal ot this school has had some ex
perience in teaching, and is a young maa of su
perior attainments.
The location affords eminent advantages for a
Bchool of this character. Being distant from
scenes of dissipation and noted for the morality
of its inhabitants, no place is more healthy. It
is important that Students be present at the open
ing of the school.
By order of the Trustees,
C. W. ALLEN, Secretary. -Trustees.
Dr. J. A. Rnssell, Wm. Clement,
P. Allen, Allen Waller, Jas. C Cozart.
Tar River P. O., Nov. 10, 54.
wtd 91
NEW FURNITURE STORE.
The subscriber has opened a Furniture Store
on Fayetteville street, opposite Lawrence's
Hotel, where he will keep constantly on hand a
good stock of Furniture, such as Bureaus, Ward
robes, Chairs, Bedsteads, Rocking Chairs, Revol
viug Chairs, and every variety of articles usually
kept in such establishments, m.de of Mahogany,
Walnut, Poplar, Maple, rtc, &c.
tea?" AM articles in his line manufactured to
order with despatch, and in the best style. RE
PALK1NU faithfullv executed.
COFFIN MAKING.
He has provided himself with a new and hand
some Hearse, anu is prepared to manufacture
Coffins, of every description, ol Mahogany, Wal
nut or more common wood.
His terms shall be reasonable and his utm oat
endeavors given to please. The patronage of the
public respectfully solicited. .
HENRY J. BROWS.
Raleigh, Oct. 10, 1854. 84 '8m
PROPOSALS FOR A LOAN TO THE COTJN
TY OF CRAVEN. In accordance with tha
provisions of the Act of Assembly incorporating tas
Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad Company,"
the County of Craven has subscribed to the Cap
ital stocit oi Baiu company one nunarea and fitly
thousand dollars.
In order to meet the instalments which may be
due, and which may hereafter become due on said
subscription, the said County proposes to nego
tiate aloan or loans, to be secured by the bonds
of the County. .
By the order directing the issue of said bonds,
they will bear interest at the fate of six per' etntwn
per annum, payable semi-annually at the "Mer
chant's Bank of Newbern," or at the "Fulton
Bank of New York," at the option of the holder.
These bonds will be redeemable on the first day of
July, one thousand eight hundred and seventy
four, and not before,- without the consent of the
bolder. The bonds will be issued with. Coupons
attached, which will render the collection of the in
terest simple and easy.
The security upon which the said bonds wUl be
based will be the real estate and taxable, polls
of the Connty of Craven. The present assess
ed cash value of tlu real extau of the County, is
one million one hundred "and nine thousand.
eight hundred and twenty two dollars, and t&a
number of taxablepolh is three thousand fire hun
dred and eighty-two. ''"''.':
Proposals for said loan will be received, and all
other necessary information upon this subject will
be furnished by the subscribers, on application to
them at Newbern. . ; '
GEORGE GREEN, Agents for, -GEO.
8. STEVENSON, Craven County,
Newbern, Oct. 18,1854. v - - 88
OREGON PEAS. A small supply in stars ani
for sal by WILLIAMS k HAYWOOD.
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