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CITY OF RALEIGH, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 4. 1857
HIE H ALE I Gil H EG 1ST B H.
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SATURDAY MORNING, FEB. 28. IKS.
TO rOSTMASTEKS. -
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Uke them therefroo, will grratlj oblige ua bj
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vt buj dbcoetlaae them.
MR. BUCHANAJi'S CABINET.
At the eaf poeed list of Mr. Buchun
Cftbioet La been published U tbo "Uaion,"
and other Democrttie papers, we are wir
raaUd ia regarding the publication as semi
official. Tfc list is as follows:
Lewis Cmm, ScrvUrr of Sute.
Howell Cobb, SfcrKry of tb Treasury.
John B. Floyd, SecreUry of Vr.
A. V. Browa, Secretary of tb Nstt.
Jacub Thopeon, Scrtary of Intir.
J. GUaey Joos. PottmMUr GraermL
Isaac Toocry, Attorn ft Oeorral.
This list is about as poor a show for a
good Cabbet as could be displayed, Gen.
Cam is too old and. too fiery for the State
Department, requiring as it does, great Ubor,
the clearest, perceptions, 'and an equable
timteraaent. To neither of these requisites
daes Gen. Cass come up. He is too old for
persisted labor, and whatever may bare been
the character of his tuind in bis younger daj,
it is unreasonable to suppose, that at his ad
vanced age, he has retained bis faculties in
anjthing like their former rigor. His tem
per is notoriously sharp and testy, and where
Great Britain is concerned, be it as blind
with bate as a moccasin is with pobon, in the
month of August ; as witness, his. "Fifty
Four Forty or Fight position on the Oregon
question,' when, but for Mr. Calhoun's (De
mocratic authority) timely intervention and
Polk's Bervelessness, our country and Great
Britain would bare been in vol red in a war
with each other. We msy, therefore, look
ott for squalls, and nof a few of them, should
the Department of Slat t be entrusted to this
old fire-eater, who looks upon bullets and
bomb-shells as mild purgatives, weu com
pared to bard-boiled eggs. Of Cobb, Brown,
Thompson, Jones and Toueey, the public
know enough, to be aware that, with the excep
tion of perhaps the list, there is nothing in or
about any one of them to fit him for a Cabinet
councillor. Against Jones seat at this "board
of political brokers,' Mr. Buchanan's bed
fellow,' (for want of one of the rights!,) and
prime favorite, Fornijf, the well-beloved of
our neighbor of the Standard, it is said, has
reoonsUaUd. . We don't vouch for thu it is
only an on dit.
The name, of the rumored Secretary of
War, we bare not mentioned, because, wbile
the others are pretty well known, hTj lights
have only been known as irradiatiog the
firmament of Virginia, to whose executive
chair be was in an evil four elevated, and
sorry are we to say, that in order to beat a
caucus. nomination of another Democrat, we
aided and abetted, by our rote in the Legis
lature, in that elevating process. Gov.
Flojd went into office under the taint of sus
picion by bis own party, and to relieve him
self from it, out Heroded Herod ia the wsy
of Quintessential locofoeoistn. A victim of
the more sharpened faculties of Selden and
Withers, be lost the State of Virginia a
round sum of money in- the negotiation and
sale of her bonds, and then gloriSedTsnd was
glorified, on the "aVe financial achievement.
His whole administration was in keeping with
the beginning, and when he retired be might
bare said in the language of Coffee's toast :
DeGubnerob dis State be cum in wid
terry much opposition he go out wid none
stall. But Floyd is an ambitious m so,
and desires to do the State some service."
His friends know it, and accordingly at the
meeting of the Virginia Electoral College in
November last, the impudent proposition was
made to recommend him to Old Bock for a
Cabinet appointment, at which the South Side
Democrat, and several prominent Democrats
most vigorously kicked very high up. Should
Floyd now, contrary to, and ia spite ef, these
exalted kiet'ngs, be installed in the seat of
grim vlsaged war," we presume it will be
right, and in strict conformity with the res
olutions of 9S-U ; .
P. S. Since the above was written we
see that Jones has declined, we presume, in
fear of Furnej's wrath. S
Kuaoe CoaJtuptD. In the lading edi
torial article in our last paper, for "israer
i in these official dasgeons," read "ist
mtrtJ," Ae. . ' .
Taa AaAT-K. We bare received the Februa
ry number of this valuable agricultural work.
rub&Ahed moothlr, by Thoa. J.Levj, Raleigh,
algl per aaaum.
. -. ' )
EVILS OF DEMOCRATIC RULE TAXA
TION ON THE ONE HAND AND BLIND
PRODIGALITY OS THE OTHER. .
' No better evidence is wanting to establish
the blind party inadneas of the Democratic
party than their conduct in reference to the
Publio Lands, or their proceeds. The South-
erm Democracy, as wo shall show, are eapec-
tally amenable to this charge of blind and
insane Dartv maduess. We are aware that
this question of the Distribution of the Pub
lio Lands is not a novel one ; that it has been
discussed tiwe and again in bygone days ;
but for all fhat, we asuert now, thst it is
question of paramount interest to the South
especially, sod therefore should be treated
coolly and rationally by Southern men, who,
one and all, should unite in stripping it of
the rancorous party considerations which have
heretofore obscured the true view of this mo
mentous subject, and regard it in the light of
its merits alone- ' One ereat democratic ob-
jeetion to a Distribution of the Publio Lands
or their Proceeds is, that it is incompatible
with State Rights to make the "States Pen
sioners on the bounty of the Federal Govern
ment." Now this objection is silly and un
tenable, as any one must perceive who will
read the deeds ceding the Publio Lands to
the General Government. The Lands were
eeded for theuse" of the General Government
and of the States, and in each deed of ces
sion,' as in the deed of Virginia, the language
used after the word "States" is, and of "Tir
gtma inclusive," snd we have little doubt
that in the North Carolina deed, ceding what is
now Tennessee, similar lsngutge is used. It
is, therefore, manifest that a Distribution of
the Lands among the "States" would be for
the "use" of said "States." It is notorious
that the General Government has no "use"
now for these lands in the meaning of the
deeds of cession, for the General Government
has now more money than it knows what to
do with, and money too derived from another
source than that of the Publio Lands. It has
a vast surplus revenue, a surplus which would
of itself have been amply sufficient to carry
on th National Administration in the more
economical days of the Republic. The General
Government has not only no "use" for these
lands, but their retention by that Govern
ment is a great source of corruption and
abuse. They constitute an ever ready fnnd
of corruption, as any member of Congress, if
he speaks the truth, will acknowledge. Be
sides all this, Congress has made a partial
and unjust distribution of a portion of the
publio lands. Look at the ease of Illinois
with her magnificent public works, all con
structed by the sale of the alternate sections
of the Public Lands given her by Congress.
Not an acre of thene Lands were ceded to the
General Government by Illinois, for not an
acre did she ever possess until it was given to
her by Congress. These lands were all the
gift of Virginia, and we defy any Democratic
Lawyer to deny that her deed of ce&sion has
been grossly violated by this gift of public landsJ
for the "use" nud behoof of Illinois exclusive
ly, and to show us what " use,'' " the
States, Virginia inclusive," have of these
lnds now in the possession of Illinois.
It cannot be done -there is not logio
enough in the world to accomplish such a
thing. But as Illinois is a Democratic State,
and withal the home of the ' Little Giant,'
we presume it is all right, all purely Demo
cratic. Well, if such is the case, we ask in
the name of common sense, and consistency,
why do not North Carolina and Virginia
"go in" for some of these publio lands.
They each have given lands to the General
Government, and each has a better claim upon
them had than Illinois. They both, too, are as
Democratic as Illinois, and we ask in the
name of justice, that they will, by changing
their course on this vital subjeot make some
compensation for the multiplied ills which
Democracy has brought, .is bringing, and
will bring, upon the country. If it is Demo
cratic in Illinois to take these lands to which
she has not a ttthe of the claim held by North
Carolina and Virginia, it cannot be undemo
cratic in the latter to get their portions, and
relieve their people from grinding taxation, at
the same time that every one of the bountiful
resources of both States could be amply de
veloped. . I
We think now that we have shown that
the "pensionary" view of this question of dis
tribution, taken by the Southern Democracy,
is utterly erroneous ; and that as the Federal
Government has now not only no "use" for
the publio lands, but would be more pure snd
less corrupt without them, a fair distribution
of these lands among all the "States" for their
use
and intent of the deedsi ceding the domain
to the Generl Government."
That this view of the subjeot is not taken
by the Southern Democracy can only be ac
counted for by the fact that f distribution" is
an old Whig issuo," and nothing good can
come out of tuck a Naiareth, in the opinion of
Democrats. It is in such a blind, party-heated
spirit, thai t bey would take issue with a
Whig who endorsed the Lord's Prayer, the
Ten Commandments, or Christ's Sermon on
the Mount!!: 1. '
At this subject is now one of vital and
paramount importance, and as we wish that
t :.-' - '
our views on it, tuch as they are, may be
read, and as we know the deterring influences
of long articles, we will concludo this arri-
ele, promising to return to the subject in our I apportion the clerks in the several depart
next. 1 jinentsofthe Government . among the States
MR.
W. GILMORE SIMMS' LECTURE BE
FORE THE OAK CITY GUARDS.
We had the pleasure of participating on
Thursday evening in another of those intel -
lectual treats which the "Oak City Guards'
have from time to time, this season, been in
strumental in serving up to the community
of Raleigh. The reputation of W. Gilmore
Si amis as a devotee of Literature, a popular
and instructive novelist, and an accomplished
r. i j i j i i.- .
I .vlnnr li H 1 nn r aim nrMPriMl him tn this
' fc to t
piace, aim mereiore me pleasure aenvea irom
i .i .t i j-3 r
his Lecture was not "an agreeable surprise,
Everybody looked for precisely what every
kl. t . mhk ..nnan.l ihino- in this
. . . . . , ...-j
wrtrhl fit iliannnnintmonf a 1 an lnarmntlTA nl
"
t j.i: i : A
cuicnaiuiug xvcuiurc. ueuvcieu iu pure, 6w
English, well pronounced the last is no in-
considerable item in all oralitiis. "The
ante-Columbian Discoveries tn America"
open a wide field for interesting speculation
and conjecture, and over this field Mr.
Simms . travelled as one not unused to its
"ways," and the finger boards" of History
or Tradition, which point them .out. The
manner of Mr. Simms as a Lecturer, we think
) . - i .1
ia gnmovhil mirivri hv hi ilni ,iihrince tn
w
his man us ript. It is difficult, we can readi
ly see, for a Lecturer to take the middle
ground between the reader and the orator t
but there is such a around, a "ie ne sais
quoi" sort of ground which is attainable.
Mr. Simms will lecture this evening on the
"ante-Colonial History or America."
.
1
UABMS ALU4BLB x-nsaaT
We are indebted to our k;nd friend Dr.
N. F. Riv9s, well known as the proprietor of
one of the best and most extensive Drug Es-
tabliahmenta in Petersburg , for a large quan-
tity of every variety of Garden Seeds known
to the seedsmen of this country. He has
really given us seed enough to establish a
market garden, and if thero was a demand
for such a commodity, we would go right into
the business, combining Gardening and Reg'
isterinf. There being, however, no demand
for such a garden, we must be content with
making our gubernatorial garden, abound
withe abbages, tomatoes, roaseii ears and so
on.
SUPREME COURT.
The following opiuiong have been delivered by
the Supreme Court :
IW NH, C. J. Iu West v. Slow, in equity,
from Meeklpnbu.g; pkiutitf eutit!il to a re-conveyance
and to an uecouut. Also, in Marshall
v. Fliun, from New Uauorer, affinniug the
juJ"Uieut. Also, in Doe ex dem K eat us v. Feel
er, from Riwan. affirming tle judgment. Also,
id MeEIroy v. Harris, iu equity, from Davidson,
declaring tliere w no error in the ordpr appealed
frvn Also, in Do ex Black v. Caldwell,
Irom Mecklodburg, affirming the judgmeut.
Abw. in Dewey v. Cockran, from Cabarrus, af
firming the jndgmeut.
By i'EARsoM, J. In Mann v. Hunter, from
PaiqnuUiilr. affirming the judgment. Also, ia
Rives v. Dudley, in equity, from Northampton.
AIho, in Brown v. Brown, from Oranpe, affirm
ing the judgment. Also, iu Neal & Richardson
v. Wilcox, from Jones, aflirmiug the judgment.
Also, in Springs t. Harviu, iu equity, from
Mecklenburg, directing a reference. Also, in
Terry v.Yarbroug in equity, from Franklin.
By Battle, J. Iu Tbreadgill v. Barnawell,
in equity, from Anson, dimLjaiag the bill. Also,
in Barnawell v. Threadgill, in equity, from An
son, decree for plaintiff. Also, iu Watt v. Johi
stou, from Chatham, affirmiug the judgment
lo, in Schoolfield v. Chambers, from Person,
affirming the judgment. Also, in Symons v.
Northern, from Davidson, affirming the judg
ment. AIho, in Ingram v. Ingram, from
Union, affirming the judgmeut. Also, in
Smithwick v. Shepherd, from Martin, affirming
the judgment.
By Nahh. C. J. In White v. W. W. Griffin,
from Perquimans, judgment reversed and venire
de novo. Also, in Doy v. Lee, from Currituck,
affirming the judgmeut. Also, in Batten v.
Foulk, from Johnston, judgment of non-suit.
Also, in Pritchard v. Fox, from Mecklenburg,
affirming the judgment. Also, in Waldo & Co.
v. Jolly, from Martin, affirming the judgment.
Also in Graham & Little v. Skinner, In equity
from Wake, perpetuating the injunction.
By Pearson, J Iu Low v. Lowell, from
Moore, directing a venire de novo. Also.in
State v. Ingold, from Alamance, declaring that
tliere is error in the proceedings. Also, in State
ex rd. McCoy v. Pegrara, from Cumoerland, de
claring that there is error in th onler appealed
from. Also, in Hatchell v. Kirabrongh, from
Caswell, affirming the judgment. Also, in Blount
v. R beson, in equity from Beaufort, directing a
decree for plaintiffs.
By Battlk, J. In Graham v, Bridgcrs, pci fa
(two cases) judgment that the auUs abatetl. Al
fo, in Andrews t. Andrews, from Bladen, judg
meut revered. Also, in Gamer v. Quails, from
Granville, judgment affirmed. A'ko, in McKin
lev Scott, from Cabarrus, judgment affirmed
Also, in Purvis v. Albritton, from Pitt, judgment
affirmed. Ala in Archibald v. Davis, from
Beaufort, judgment affirmed Also, iu Green v.
Thornton, .judgment reversed ad venire de novo.
Per curiam Thompson v. Barnes, in equity
from Wsyne. enquiry directed. Also', a With
ers v. Withers, in equity from Mecklenburg, is
sues directed to be tried.
The Court adjourned aine die yesterday, hav
ing passed upon all the cases which came before
it, ami decided a very large nnmber of causes.
10 We understand that the Secretary of
State has, under a resolution of the last General
Assembly, forward d thenew jevenuelaw to the
Clerks of the several County Courts and to the
Sheriffs, in order that the Clerks may conform
their tax lists to the new law, and that the Sher
iffs may be speedily informed of their 'duties
under it.
r CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS,
. ; v Washington, Feb. 24, 1 857.
8nat. Mr. Brown reported a bill to
ana i erntories according to tneir representation.-
; j . :
Mr. Hale moved a reconsideration of the
vote authorizing the people of Minnesota to
form a Stat government, which was debated
1 without action
Adjourned. :
House. 'The House passed the Legisla
tive appropriation bill, also the Senate's
joint resolution for the appointment of a Com
missioner to fix the relative value of the coins
of Great Britain and the United States, with
an amendment, fixing the salary at $5,000
orfa ffr"ce. ' , .
The House also passed a bill to Tefuhd the
. r :
l duties on tronda dAatrnvmi hv fim at M Vwb-
l o--. J J - - "
AIg0 the joint resoitttion of in
quiry into the process of preventing the coun
terfeiting of coin in the United States.
Miiax irom me committee on elections
reported a petition from California atking for
I . . . . o.
I the expulsion of Herbert it ,AnmnaniH
I . . . , . r .
Dy no pr0or, and no authority being given the
committee to compel the attendance of wit-
nesses, therefore it was for the House to de
termine on further action. The report was
tabled. i
Various attempts were then made to get
up appropriation bills, but without success.
Adjourned. j
Washington, Feb. 25.
senate Mr. .Bayard reported a bill to
(uiwec lug uuuuv Liuuuua ourruuuuiuif UB
n . . ,r . . ..
Capitol, and asked its immediate considera
tion, saying it was important to have it passed
this session. Mr. Fessenden was opposed to
passing the bill unless it could be examined
by the Senate, and desired to have it laid
over until to-morrowi Mr. Barard rerdied
that it had been agreed on by the Joint Corn-
I mittee on Public Buildings : but it was post-
I ponea unui to-morrow.
I bubmanne .telegraph Bill resumed. Mr,
I fU-imHc Arm tl fill Off hi a vamnwlra As-v.vrajs.ns
the other da sainst u it.m-Tiol..
tion of the Constitution and a vinlntinn nf
justice, and a scheme! which would subserve
n0 interests except those of -speculators and
T. t '
auvuiovu) vi a.a.j .y muvtcu IV TJO l.JJllxZ
the further consideration of the bill until the
fifth of March ; not ; carried, yeas 26, nays
26. i ' - .
Mr. Foot then advocated the "bill and,
after further debate, the subject was set aside,
and
The Senate resumed the consideration of
the Minnesota bill, authorizing the people of
that Territory to form a Constitution and
State government, preliminary to their ad
mission into the Union.
They reconsidered the vote by which an
amendment was adopted, limiting the right
of suffrage to citizens of .the United States ;
then struck it out by a vote of yeas 24, nays
32, and passed the bill in the form in which
it came from the House of Representatives
yeas 31, nays 22. I
The Senate resumed the consideration of
and passed the Submarine Telegraph bill.
liOCSK OF IVEPRKSINTATIVES.-Mx. Davis,
ef Maryland, called up the report of the se
lect committee in the case of the Hon. Wm.
A. Gilbert, which concludes with a resolution
for his expulsion. j
Mr. Bennett, of New; York, said that parts
of the testimony had been omitted from the
printed document, and that they were mate
rial to the defence of the accused. I
Mr. Davis said there was no evidence which
had not been printed. '
Mr. Bennett remarked that these omissions
would show thai Sweeney, the principal wit
ness against Mr. Gilbert, was willing to swear
to just so much as would convict the latter,
and nothing more.
Mr. Humphrey Marshall wished to know
whether the accused desired to hare a trial.
Mr. Bennett replied that Mr. Gilbert not
only wished but demanded a trial.
Mr Aichols, in response o a Question, said
that Mr; Gilbert had his answer to the charges
against Dim printed, and ouId file it to day.
Mr. liennett presented a paper from Mr. Gil
bert, in which the latter asks that the omitted
testimony be printed, a ad ! denies the truth of
Sweeney's charges. (
Mr. Orr, iu the course of the debate, said that
Mr. Simonton gave the n;.mes of certain witness
es who wereexaminodoD the condition only that
it should not be pu austral as evideuce.
Mr. Bennett repeatei;. it was necessary ta have
the suppressed testimony as it -would show that
Sweeuy was prepared to swear to order. ,
Mr. Davis said the committee were not aware
that there had been -any alteration of the evidence
teaching any fact implicating t he accused party.
Alter mucn deba the original copy ot the
testimony was pro Jucd ; from which it appears
that omissions we? e made to the following effect :
Mr. Sweeney, Raving been chjsely pressed by
the committee, stdd, substantiall y, "I do not wish
to launch out opon a sea of this kind because I
should be Ha'ole to break- down the testimony I
have already given ; you should, not lead me so
far off as to make what I. have said improbable,
and it seems to me you already have evidence
enough to convict Gilbert," etc. ' ,
Further debate followed, and a statement of
Mr. G'lbert in his defence was read, which as
sumed that the committee went beyond their
power ; only two witnesses, Sweeney and Trip
lett, who stand by their own confessions accom
plices in gnilt, and seek to connect him with
them, and thereby escape the eonsequence of
their own admitted actsx Mr. Gilbert asserts
his innocence, and avows bis willinfcness cheer
fully to abide by the judgment of tiae House.
Mr. Bennett's resolution was tabled! 73 against
120. Mr. Edwards said Simomton's testimony
was false. Mr. Davis justified the a mmittee.
Mr. Gilbert will be beard in his defence to-mor-
row. , ... :,.-y
The Senate on Thursday last passed the bill
to expedite the constructing of telegraph Fne to
the Pacific ayea 86 aiays 15. j
In ' the HorjsE of Hepkicskstatit'Es . Mr.
Wright, of Teun., and Shermsin got into a per
sonal altercation. The latter threw a handful of
wafers in the face of Wright, who returned the?
blow, a-d the p; trties . were theia separated. It
is supposed that the affair will li ;ad to a duel. ;
" Were yoa ever baptised V h'mquired an ear
nest minister, of a green candidate!. ,N-t-no, sirl
never, on'jonce't, and tbenlwt." f
HARPER FOR MARCH. ,
Our kind friend, Mr. Pomeroy, has laid on
our Table the March Number of Harper's
Magazine.. This number, filled as it is to the
brim, with excellent articles combining in
struction with amusement holds out in its
first article a peculiar attraction to North
Carolinians. It is entitled, "North Carolina
illustrated," and we presume is put forth as
the first of a series, as it is confined to that
portion of the State near Edenton, in which
are the celebrated Fisheries, and where may
be found some reminiscences of the olden
time, replete with interest to.the present gen
eration. Harper is now so universally read,
that doubtless many, if not the large majority
of our readers, will read the article referred
to in the number. " But for this consideration,
- - - s
we would give .up a large portion of our spice
to full extracts from it. '
Another most excellent article in the pre
sent number is one entitled "Samuel John
son, by Thomas Babington Macaulay."
rOR THE REGISTER
TO THE PUBLIC " f
At a meeting of the Board of Directors of tpie
Institution for the Deaf and Dumb and the filing,
called on Tuesday, Feb. 24, 1857, in relerence;to
the lata melancholy affair in the institution, full
investigation of the matter was made and the
Board directed that it be entered on the minutes,
as their unanimous judgment, "that (he occur
rence should ot be attribuifd to any dereb'ciion
of duty on Ihepart of any officer or teacher in tie
Institution." ' . H
Resolved, That William Keek, having taken
the life of John W. Harrell, in an affray, k h
being deaf mutes, this Board, in justice; to tLe
Institution, do hereby discharge the said. Keek
therelrom. i
By order of the Board :
JAS. A. WAD DELL. See. pro tern
LATEE EROM EUROPE. '
PoBTLANjD, Feb. 24. The steamship Indian,
from Liverpool, with dates to tlw 11th instant,
arrived here to-day. i ?
Tha nnliriral
j- - v niiiu ui in ai s7 uu i ; v.
much interest. : I
Liverpool; Feb. 11. Breadstuffs are qu:et.
Flour is nominally 6cL to Is. lower. Cotton is
steady and unchanged. 'Provisions are quiet and
steady. Consuls for money 93 to 93 J. Tiie
quotations for wheat are barely maintained. : '
TERRIBLE AFFRAY IN KANSAS A VIR
GINIAN KILLED GREAT EXCITE
MENT AT LECOMPTON. : ji
St Louis, Feb. 26. The Jefferson (Mo.) cor
respondent of the Democrat learns from passen
gers from Kansas that a difficulty between Gov.
Geary and Wm. Sherrard, formerly of Winches
ter, Va., had taken place, growing out of the re
fusal of the Governor to appoint the latter to the
office of Sheriff, as desired b.y the legislature of
the territory.
Sherrard avowed his purpose of killing Geary,
and upon meeting him in t'ue street spat in his
face. The Governor did no tresent it, but his
friends got up an indignation meeting on the
19th innt. Sheriff Jones, Sherrard and others
attempted to "interrupt the meeting, and in the
aflray Sherrard shot Mr. Sh eppard. one of Gea
ry's friends, four times, and -wounded two others.
Mr. Jones, Secretary to the Governor, shot
Sherrard through the head, killing him in
stantly.- j
1 here was great excifrment at Lecomptou, and
a general fight was anticipated that night.
uov. ueary 8 reside; ice was guarded by U. S.
troops. ;
FOR CHILDREN ! ! dosser's Bay Leav
is the only article par ticularly suited f t Children
If you wish their heads entirely clear of Dan
druff, ase Kosser's Bay Leawes
If you wish to comb their heads with ease, u$e
Bosser's Bay Leaves.
If you wish to beautify their heads and give
them the appearance of littl laJiei and gentle
men, use Rossers' Bay Leavee.
If you wish to promote the growth " of thejr
hair and cause it to flow in gpossy an 1 luturiant
ringlets, use Rossers' Bay Leaves. ' '.
And it, you, the parent, ivish thes beneficial
results toyour own hair, us Rosser's Bay Leaves.
Procure your supply of PESCUD SL 3ATLIN,
the only agents for this city; - ,
ja 17 - . ;Jr-
In Vernon, Lenoir countv, at the residence of
ber son-in-law, John C Washington. 'Esq.. on
the 18th instant, Mr t. Ann Bond, relict of tie
late Southey Bond, Vlsq., of Raleigh. ' ' ,i
Mra. Bond was he third child of Col. Henry
Cannon, an officer of the armry of the Revolu
tion, and w8born ir. Pitt county on the 19th of
January, 1784. It was not until the latter peri
od of her life, when she was raptfly fading away,
that the author of this sad tribute to her memo
ry made her acqu aintance. He was quickly im
presced with her extraordinary mind and ehar
sicter, and now feels how-impossible it is that
any elegance o f thought r. phrase can do ade
qnate justice t , her many virtues. ' She possess- 1
ed unusual vi' acity of fancy, and great Btrengh
and perspicr Jty of intellect, was a delightful
companion; a disinterested and' confidential
friend. To e fertility and originality of her
thought, tJ ie fulluess of her information and the
extent of ber observation and experience ren
dered her conversation highly entertaining nd
instruct .e.-.. Ardent in her feelings.' generous in
her impi jkes and devoted in her affections," she
was a ir.cdel wife, a fond and indulgent mother,
a kind and considerate mistress,1" Liberal, hu
mane and charitable,; distress of every kind ap-
pealed to her benevolent heart with th"? certain
ty of relief, '.but her deeds of charity were dis
pensed in the true spirit of Christianity w ithoUt
any ostentatiaus display." She was kind and con
siderate of the feelings :of others, charitable, iu
her judgments of the world, amiable it her tefti
per and of that unassuming hutnility and sim
plicity of tnaox e-s which .genera'ly af compaay
exalted mind. For forty years she was a mem
ber Of tlie Bapt;st church, and during -this" long
period was a tutiful exemplication of, the
truths of Christianity in the purity of ber life
and fervor of her piety. She endured whatever
of affliction it pleiused Providence to visit upon
ber through liewath patient resignation and
the sufferings of a long and painful illness with
-with christian Vbrtitude, never once forgetting
the urbanity of hi sex, or her conscious dignity
as a rational crea Tire. ,
In the exercise of a Uvinsr faith, in- perfect
charity wih the i"world, with a reasonable- and
comfortable hope- through grace, relying upon
the righteousness rf the Lord and Saviour Jesus
Christ, she walked . calmly through, tne dark vaJ
ley of the shadow of death, and without a grou
or struggle yield jd up her gentle and loving
spirit into the hf mda of the God who gave it;'.
"Blessed are the " dead which "die iu the Lord
from henceforth : . yea, suth the spirit, that they
may rest from th fcir labors, and iheir Forks do
COMMERCIAL.
The followiug itemX selected from our exchang
es, will give our readers some idea of the grow
ing wheat crops in Virginia and Maryland.
The Baltimore Sun'says: VTe are glad to see
it stated that the wheat was not injuried to the
extent supposed by the late excessive wid weather.-
Several gentlemen have informed the On
treville (Md.Jimes that in many place in their
fields where, during the long dry spell, the wind
had removed the earth, leaving the roots of the
wheat exposed to the extreme cold, they find it
reviving, and the mPd rains, by settling it in
the earth again; will cause it to become--permapj'.
eutly, rooted' f ',''"''''
.;. The- Winchester Virginian says ; "Apprehen
sinna of considerable injury to our staple crop in
this quarter, do not seem to , be sustained. -:On
limestone lands the wheat seldom looked better J
at this season- On lisrhter soils the frost has
done more mischief.' .Frwn L many portions ot
Eastern Virginia the accounts are very gloomy."
The Danville Register says : " We learn from
the farmers of the surrounding country, that the
wheat in this section is looking very promising.
It s said to be thick set and green; and the weath
er is now very favorable to it."
The Washington "(D. C )t Star says : "We are
satisfied that the wheat crop, for seventy miles
around Washington, at least, in all . directions,
has been mfiSbh less injured by the late severe
weather than was , thought a week or so ago.;
The entire i-43aPPear,,T,ce ' tne 8nw na3 e ,
moustrated tjliis fact, to the great joy of the ag
ricultural community! Throughout the entire j
Piedmont region of Virginia, particularly, the
impression -.-prevails .that the winter, has not
damaged the prop anywhere, materially .
The Winchester Republican says : "The wheat
has escaped very creditably from the clutches of
the frost, and will make a fair.' spring' start for a
fine crop. Accounts have been rather discour
aging so far this year from some portions of the
State, but they have been exaggerated, perhaps.
With three successive failures in this vicinity, a
bountiful harvest is needed'
Tobacco. The Danville (Va.) Republican
pays : From present indications it is safe to in-
" .. . . r, - 'n i - : tsv.
ler mat leai tooaeco win Dear a very diru iwo
daring the present year The high price of the
manufactured article and the admitted inferiority
) of the crop on hand, must oause good Tobacco
to go to a Very high figure. We have heard of
some purchases made ' in the adjacent country
which, we learn, were effected at figures above
.last year's rates.- - ' s' ' ' ' ' ' "' .
RALEIGH MARKET. '
PRICES CURRENT, BEPOBTED BT MILLS H. BSOWS,
' ; FAMILY GBOCKB. '
' Raleigh, Feb., 27. Flour $6 50 to $6 60,
and dull. - " ' "
Meal in demand and selling at $1 per bushel
Corn is selling at 90c to $1 bushel. Stock
somewhat increasing. . - .-
Fodder, hundred, $1 to $1 30. ;
Stock Peas 90c. and but few coming in.
Butter 20 to 25c. ' .
Bacop 11 to 12c. ! ; ' j
Lard 12 to 13c. k
Eggs 12H 15c f doz. , . H
Cotton This, article is something lower ; we
quote good at lljc.j medium llc.:K i ....
PETERSBURG MARKET. 1
'Wednespat, Feb. S.Wheat We notice an
iuereased activityinithe market, with large trans
actions $1 50 to $1 57 for good to prime white.
A very choice lot, would probably command
more. ' ' " : ' ; . . ;
Cotton The demand is active, with sales of
common to choice lots at 12 to 13c, as in quality.
' Corn The market is dull, and the oflerings
are large. Some sales at 75c., aad the tendency
is s'ill downward. .c- :r - '-' ' '"''.
Tohacco-Tbe breaks are quite heavy. Prices
to-day were better, and sales show au advance
of full 50c. for J00 lbs; since yesterday. The
receipts of loose tobacco Is very large. We quote
primings at $5 to $6 ; Lugs at $6 '76 to $9 ;
Leaf $9 to $18.:. -; '-,v"-J ' : '
Spts Turpentine. Small sales at 42c. Stocks
light and demand active. : ; , ' , : - .
Peas B. E..Peas iu demand at $1 to $1 20,
Beans Navy are wauted ;, we quate $1 60 to
$1 60. .p 1 " -. - ';
Clover Seed Are in god supply at $8 76
to $9." ' - ' I'""' " ' ''.'"
Salt1 Market, quiet, with small sales of Mar
ihall brand at $1 70 to $1 80 ; G. A. $1 85
to $1 40. . ., i . . . - . . . ' .- ;
WILMINGTON MARKET.
Tcesdat, ' Feb: - 24. Turpentine Sales yes
terday of 430 bbls at $2 85 for Virgin and yel
low dip. and $1 65 for hard. No sales to-day
and none on market that we know of.
Spts We note a further decline of 1 cent,
with sales yesterday of 270 casks at 46 cts per
gai; ; t.'-v"'' ! ''':' - : - -
. . . , - svsi til. : r
K.m. sales yesterday oi ouu isois umraon
at 1.15 for large bbls. j JSothing doing to-uay in
either quality. . "V" ' ': P ". '' !
Tar. No sales and none on market that we
know; of. :- f; ."-"''':'. ' ' ' i'
Corn The two cargoes 2,800 bushels left
on the market yesterday, changed hands on pri
vate terms, but believed to be at an advance on
previouspnces.' -"- ! ;
Pkof. C. DeG bath's Electbic Oil. Read tie
following rertiEcate-of Dr. Jos. U. tlinton, a
ally respectable pliysician of Raleigh, testify
ing to the efficacy an 1 virtue of Prof. DeGrath's
wonderful Electric Oil ; ' '
Joseph B. Hinton of the city of Raleigh, N. C,
hereby states for the benefit of others similarly
affected, that on the 6th dav of Febraary, 1S57,
one application of some half hour's continuance
f Professor DeGrath's EtecTatc Oil., considera
bly relaxed the muscular contraction of his knee
and ankle joints in a nearly disabled leg; re
duced the swelling and tenderness of the joints,
and gave him better use oi the limb than he has
had for many montns past. ... ne mereiore en
couraged to hope wholly to regain the use of the
limb by a perseverance in the remedy.. He fur
ther states, tnat one appucawou oi sue. on io
one of his ears, which had been rendered very
rfetfby a cold thirty years ago, enabled him to
hear the ticking of a watch, in th&t ear very
distinctly. And he has witnessea some surpri
sing canes of speedy relief given by the use of
the oil ia rheumatism in this city, the last few
days. I JOS. B. HIXTOS.
For Sale by' - . ; ' PESCUD & UATLIN.
TO NERVOUS SUFFERERS. A Ee-
nerirvman restored to health in a few days,
after many years of great nervous Buffering, is
anxious to make Known tne means oi cure, n iu
send (free) the prescription usea.r wirect me
Re. JOHN M. VMRAUU, no. a uiion
treet, Brooklyni... ,- :s:; r V:-" .
fe 21 3m e.,,.i, --j'.,-. . : --.':..-
14 pAPERS. We have. received a large suuply
Ufa of Jrench Tapers. They are perfect and
-will give entire satisfaction. . They consume but
one cent's wortu er tweet or lamp on aunag ut
night,' and if kept clean will last a year. ' Come
ooii if von vmut them. Thev are going off
rapidly
PESCUD fc GATLING. "
Xutelligenoer Newspaper
rvi ui ia conft.aetttS of the abu.s
if
several perron who
v inectJ t h-
present at the tale on yetrJay, ibe hscrt...r
concluded tVat bt would not k iVTkf
LIQKNCER for sale ti
auotiau. nw wifrr
?iYiU',U KNCER FFICK. JixluJing I" L S.
or. urtfi, ana otoer itratt-rial heretofure ea
umrated, together with tba " good will" of b'
paper, (the vloe of wbidh it ay be accurately a
eerUind hy reftreuc to his booka.) at the mw- -tmun
price of H,000,"pjble in , 12, 1" auJ .
24 months, for approved, endorse neaotiabla notes, f
he books will show that the nettcash Incoms of "
the paper (excluding a I unoollectei aoiouati
has been over 4,000 per aunum far the last seven
teen years, aud that hi some verit hat reaohei
$6,000. ? . ' - -' - . ... .'
To the purchaser of the Newspaper, the BUILD-;
INGf, In which it is conducted and bu.H express '
ly for the purpose, on Bank atreet, uj40nt te
the Exchange Bank, will first be offered at a fair
valuation, and should he decline to purchase, it
wui oc auia ei suouon. ' ,
AS the eusriber will return to Raleigii in ft w
days, and aa it is best that the negotiation for the .
purchase of the paper should be conducted la Pe
tersburg, be refers ell persons desiring to purchase
to Mewrs PANNTuL & SON, who have full pe
er to aot for him in the premisM. .
N. B. Until tb sale of the Newspaper Offioe,
the paper will be continued as usual
' 4 JOHN W. SfMfi.
Petersburg Feb. 20-tC V tr-; ... ,
To Purchasers of Pianos, Melo-
deons, and other Musioal
v ! ' Instruments. . ' ,
rfl Ai O. KERN, lately Profeor
fjPjrJ Musks in Qreensborough, (V. C )
Female CeWege, would respectfully anaounM that
having made arrangements with all of the ben
manufacturers, he Is prepared to receive orders fur
Pianos, &e., of any good maker that purchaser
may be partial to.. If they should prefer to Ueve
the selection entirely to him, he will order ia
every case from the bouts which happens at this
time to enjey the enviable reputation of making
th best Piano ii th world! Buying tt whet.
sale, at a large disoount from the regular price,
the is enabled to sell at low at the Piaoo can to
tibly be bought at the factory. All Instrument
told by him will be turned for several years with
out charge, thut saving a very enumerable Item
of expense, aud will be exchanged if they abould
not prove perfectly tatiarictery. '. , , - i
SL. Tuning and Repairing, in all its branch, '
executed in aa unexceptionable manner.
Professor K. may be found (or a fern Jay ouh)
at IiAWaEHCB's IIOTKl.. t '
Ordert for Tuning, must be tent th without "
delay. ... . .
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WHOLESALE TRADe!
or Jiiiv u 1867 ."'
KERR & MARBTJRy,'
Importer, of China lilau md Earltaenwarr
74 & 76 SYCAMORE STREET, '
PKTKBsaoaa, V a. ' 1 : 1
HAVE just received direct from Liverpool,
our usual assortment of China and Earth
enware of the newest and most desirable tat
terns. -
Weth, ,8 T90t,irtli lrg assortment of
French, China and Fancy poods, and a complete
stock of Glast Ware. Looking (!!... Hm
Ware, etc.,
plete. ,
making the assortment very com:
We, respectfully solioif an examination of oar
ttock and prices -.;
KERR A MARBUBV.
Ooois carefully packed for transportatioa. .
fe 2 4w i
AWAKE TO YOUR INTERESTS' '
7E FRIENDS AND FELLOW CITIZENS OF
VIRGWIA ABfD JT0BTK CAE0LIIA
there is great advantages ia Stor
will only. eek after' them.
DANIEL PERKINSON, ;
r- " No. ' 9 Bank Street,
PETERSBURG, VmaiNlA.
TTAa the most extensive assortment of CAR
L WAGES, BUGGIES, HARNES5, 8AD
bLkS Ao that be hat ever had, and it addinr
to it weekly. v
The tubtcriber deemt it unnecessary to enter '
into an elaborate detail of article and qualltie.
aa they wiU tpeak for themselves oa inspectloa -'
; . , . DAN'L PKRKTNS0N, --
' ' t No. 9 Bask 8treet, . "
1 ' ' Petertburg, Ta...
''I. N. B. Ordert frrfm the 'country for SJ
dlet. Harness and Brhldles, earnestly toliclted,
and warran ed to givs tatit'action, or returnable
be'ore they are used, at my expense. -- '
fe 78-3m . ; p p
SUPPLY of Medicine Chest at hhi
A. tyl
es, very cheap aud desirable. Just re-
ceied by
rtsuuu A UATLING. t
JUST to handr another supply of RIggt OI J
Shaving Soap. It la very emolient and
highly perfumed. : PE8CUf GATLINO.
I YTE have received the most perfect sod deef.
I T rable Breast Pump ever made. It It tare
to give tatieractiou, and will supercede all etbere
now known. Call and get one at
PESCUD Jt OATLINO'S ' .
GARDFN SEED. Our tecond supply of Oar
den Seed it daily expected.
; PESCUD OATLINQ.'
PAYSON'.S Indelible Ink, JaJd't Lfauid CuTu'
t cle, i and Husbaad't Isinglass, Adhetlv'
Platter just to hand, and for tale by c
. PESCUD k UATL1NG.' '
INDIA Ink and UaT8wne.
in store aud for tale by
A further tupply
- ,. ; PKSCUD k CATLING,
LUBIN'S Genuine Extracts of "MutC VIoirt
aud Patchouly, Jutt to hand , Thty art
splendid. Call and get a bottle at " '
iSCUp 4 OAtUNa'S.- 1
CUP and Bathing Sponge of Various tixet, anl '."
of excellent quality, jutt to head. - "
PESCUD fc OATLINOi .i
VTO excuse for Come, watu you oaa get4hat
j.1 vora riaster, wflion we Ueve lately intra . :
Uuoed. PESCUD A flATLIXU. .
IRESH Uopa and Teat Powders joat reeeiv
ed at JCJffDJkjQLlN08.
QUININE, Sulphate Cinchona aad ChTnoTdlae
jutt received ad for tale very low, by
- - PESCUD A GATLINO. ,
r
T.
W. ROYSTON A CO.. AT THEIR nl i .
STAND, No. 45 Sycamore street. a.r. -r.
fering great indncemenU for a few weeks longer
1 r .M .t. : I o r . .
iu uuv vywuuug- iuu luruiiaiDg uoodl, Super
Cloth Dress and Frock Coats, very low. Black '
and Fancy, Cassimere Pasta, Silk and Satin Veete
W Silk Vesta, black and fancy, made la this eity! .
Great bargaiat may be had in theae veaU ia or ;
tier to latroduce Mr. Downey's ttyle aad cut i to .
pairs black aad fancy Caatimere Panttuby
Mr. Downey and, made here. Call toon for bar-' "
gains. Overcoats and Raglaat cheap. Fine tuilt
Btade to measure and warranted. ' A large aeecrt ,
meat of fine Clotht aad Casaimeret, aad a Urr
ttock of Merino CaderthirU aad Drawers ou
hand. Ton may be tare of barcsiat whl! r.
remaia at No. 46 Sycamore si., Petertburg; Vi,
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