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Wahixotox, Alay U. -&M4.'
Various unimportant petition were
pretented. Air. Benjamin moved to take op the bill for the
"abutment cf private land claims in Florid
LoubirjL, Articles and Missouri. Tbe biU ci-
' vited considerable debate ia ia ruin and final
ly ca the sasne unitr.portani amendments it wa?
nad a third time r,i pui.
Tie e-be-y bwunct bill w taken up. Mr.
Dale spA.e ia fvor of tha bounties. il remark
ed that b Lad corwiieied the u of revenue cut.
ter to be fw oullecton to go a pleevure excur
sions with tbeir fronds and write graphic ac
count of their maritime esperkuce to the Bo
to paper.
Air. Hale having concluded, Afessr. Alellory,
Davis ad Pufh spoke against tbe bounttea.
The Senate her wer.t into executive session,
nd subsequently aJjoorted.
jt-ilr. Snutn, of Virginia. aked leave
to report a kill to-wranixe tho Territory of Ne
vada Nr. Cleniir-e objected. '
Tie U -ue rejected the bill anendatorj of the
act of 18il, limilinj tae Lbi!;ti of ship own
ers. '
The foau bill for the admission of Minnesota
was takes up.
, Mr. Bicaud spoke against alien saffrag, con
teading that sooe bat citizens of the United
us shoald be atloved to rote.
The bill was ikea pawad In the form it cam
from ths Sreat reee 157, rays 33.
The Speaker utd the question to t-e on th
erignnx-cl of the preamble to the resolution,
taat the President take prompt meatires for th
(brnfttics of the Clajtoo-Balwer treaty, a ben
Mr. Wathbarn, -f Illinois, moved to laj the
whole aitifft on the table, but the question vas
decided In the negaure j eas 64, ears 83. i
Without takirf the question the Uoost ad
jooraed. Senmit. Mst 12 A communication from the
Secretary of AV'ar was rrceired relative to the
propre purchase of site for the erection of a'
fortiSraUoo or the proteclioa of the harbor of
San Francisco. -
MrfTesaecden objected to the pnee deasanded,
f2t),Q00, and said be thocjht Use necessity wa
Bvt to urgent that G-r jtts should submit to
such an enormoos inpeaiuon.
Mr. Gwia said the Me was indUpentsUe for
p oxectlon, and hence they should not heaitat
ab"ut ibe price.
Ur" BnJerk-k declared that the whole ranch 9
vas not worth $7,030.
Tha aulject was then referred to the military
coma'ltee.
Alter some unimportant besineas, the flihir
bounty bil was taken up.
Mr. WiUoa tok the fljor. JJ said that Mas
sachsjsetts ewns one-half of th flihery meets of
the country, and the busiresa has, for over two
hunersd and thiny ears, ben a srce of inter
est to br people At the beginning rf the sev
enteenth century M astachosrtts exported the
value of $4,600,009 fmm the fisheries. The po
swii-n of the fisheries was an element in the rev
oluUa. and their encouragement has ever been
the settled policy f the government.
Mr. Wiliu quoted a authorities in support of
this p:lion the Unguajof Ames, Geary, Wash
ington and Jtffcrvo and also that the ILtheries
were considered as a rurxrv fur seamen.
When be had concluded, the consideration of
the qortion .was suspended, and the credentials
- of Mr. Ciee were pmenled as Senator from Min
puta. . As soon as prcfrer.ud and read, Mr. Uar
laa p'enled charges from tne ponie of 31mn
a ta acsioal Mr. Hie of corruption in certain
laad aalek
Mr. Brown objected to the credentials being
received, not becaiu of the charges made but
becatm Minnesota was no Slate when she elected
Me. Jtice and Gen. Shields. The whole thing he
Sail wbs wroag.
Mr. Rice was, however, sworn in, when he
made a brief speech, in which he said he would
iatsnd an investigation of the chres maJ..
and if one word was true Le would resign hb
seat as a Senator.
A roluion was then offered for the appoint
ment of an investigating committee, but it was
laid over.
Mr. Clay addressed the Senate on the fishery
qawtion.
Gn. Shields was then sworn in as a Senator
from MianMoL and the Senate atljourned.
. The Uoue proceeded t the considera
tion of th business relating to the territories, in
acet dance wita the special ror.
After pacing avral bills relative to the ter
ritories the Hour adjourned.
Sma. May 14. The private calender wa
.taken up and some unimportant bills acted upon.
A resolution sobmitied on motion of it r.
Bigxi hat the President h rwjuitd. as far as
compatible with the public int-re-i, to rommuni
ea: to the Sate any information which may
bar ben rwivel concerning tb rewnt search
or rlsor of A merman m1 by fu-in armed
cru'ter ia the Golf of Mexico, or adjacent sas ;
and also, what meaura, if any. have been taken
ia relation thereto. Aditptd unsnimuuslr.
Mr. Bajard, from fh; Judiciary Co rami tide,
reported an order for deciding which of the two
Minnesota Senators shsll kep his seat for the
loo? term.
The two Senators drew lots, when Mr. Shirlds
drew the the short term, to expire on the 3d of
Marvh, ' 13i, and Mr. Kic drew the long terra,
U expire on the 3d of March, 13S3.
Mr. Rke offered A resolution, a king for a
commi t to invU:e the chargvs rt-cently
tuaie againt h:m through the lion. Mr. Harlr.
AlVr the iransactKn of other business of no
pank-u'r importance, th Senate proceeded to
lt rortideraton of private bills.
iJ&ue. The Boue tht-n proceeded to di-po?e
of tne wrfconal muinese reported from the Com
mittee of the Whl, and passed a bill making
appropriation for the comj lef'oo of a military
rumi fr..m Astoria to Selem, in Oregon.
The lloor ijed the bill for the cnstruc
! of roads In Sew Mexbo and Wahington
Territoriea.
I oe private calender was then taken op.
Senate. May, 13 Mr. Gain, of California,
presented the memorial of the Lacilature f
Califomia, calling on the Executive to take up ;
the cae of Jca EssiT, h; was seix-d by an
armed band of Mexicans in Arizona, and carried
Vt Sonora, where b suli bild captive. The
California drla'ioo written to President
CoJiJiosrorr, who gav orders to have the pris
oner reWsed, but his rroer bein diaregarded, be
trefwd bimscll enable to er force it.
Mr. Gwia spuke warmly on the sob set of
jaexicaa oatracea on American cittxjna, and
hoped, ere lhtsCwngre a!jorn. the Government
will send a shipK,r-war to that coast to deman.t
reraration. This prisoner is the only surviver
who can teslL'y to the Sor.ora massacre of Amer
icans by the very parties who invited them to
Mexico.
The soij."rt was referred to the Committee on
Foreiga Affairs.
Mr. Seward (of New York) introduced a joint
resolution to authorise the President to give
notice to the Government of Hanover for the
atrratinn of the treaty of 1846, which imposes
restriction on commerce.
Me. Crittenden of Kentucky, presented the pe
tition of Tai- P. SUArrxia, prsving for an
amendnM&t of ths Act of March 3', 1856, which
grants concessions to the Atlantic Telegraph
CVwnpaayi the eff-ct that the subsidy granted
by that act extended to all Atlantic line. Ibe
petition was ordered to be printed, and referred
tj the Judiciary Comnxttee, i oaf much as it mav
involve qaestions of Uw.
A debaie endued whether the General Appro
bation bill, or the bu:noM of the D:UK-t of
CVumbia should be taken up.
The Aptirof-riation bill was flnallr uiten up br
m vnteof 33 aeainu 22, whemitoa'Mr. 15 row n
of -ML, sa ing tht all IU Ubuf a thrown
awar. tendered hi r.igBk:ion as Chairman of
te Dutrict Committee.
A:ur a fLiaoute tpent In the attemnt t
ad
matter. Mr. llunur withrew the Appro
i'in bill, harmonv was rntrmtl mnA tK-.
I n
ba i ese t4 the DUrict went on.
Ser! UU relating to the Ifetrirt of Colum
bia wer Oten pawd. Adjo-.irn.xl.
t- rL.V. Latham, who wirumminda a
b. Xe the WilUf. Tuiui Hia-'.r.tion
t ti. j ututne of prwiotn nrd-r,
Voujjat Utor the bar of the licue ty the
ker AQt-et-Arm, when bis suUmeot deuilicg
ba circa manccs of bl n-no from tbe City,
and d:-s'voing any purpose to be disrespectful
to tha. Houe, w read. ' " .
Mr, II a kin. of Now Tork, made some explan-
at-rv remarks, and as Mr. Latham bad voluoun
ly ajr-ard, the latter, on Mr lUskln's motion,
was ordered to b discharged on giving bis te6ti-
monr befoie tLe Committee. ' ;
M'r. S.ith, of Iltinoi, from tb Select Com
m;itvi to which the labiect was heretofore re
ferred, presented a bill to apportion the clerks
and mengmof tbe several departments among
th statM and Territories and the District of
Columbia.
The House then considered the private calen
der. " .
The bill for the relief of BaecLAT & Lit
rxoeTOX and others, by refunding the duties on
merchsndis destroyed bv the great flee in rew
Tork, in 18ti, was after a lengthy debate, killed
by 15 majority. ' ,
Adjourned. ".
Washisotox, Mav 17. &wo. Mr. Seward
presented a resolution instructing the committee
on foreign relations to inquire whether any farther
legislation is necessary to enable the President
to protect American ts;1 against British aggre
sion in the Gulf of Mexico. 1-aid over.
The general appropriation bttl was then taken
op and pajeed after a long debate, the clause
for the payment of the reporters being retam-
rrTa noma croceeded to the oonsli-
of the committee of
arcnunu proposing the dismissal of Mr. Hack
ney, the door keeper, for alleged fflcial misooa,
duct. -
A iUtement from Mr. ILsckney was read, say
ir.e that somo of the charges of the cvmiuiUee
were incorrect in point of fact, and others greatly
magnified, besides being ex parte ; and asking a
thorough inveatization. " ,
Mr. Stephens said Mr. Hackbey had a a right
to be beard, and he moved that his request be
MrTlCunkleof Marvland, remarked that Mr,
Hackney should be dismissed, if for, n other
reason, ior gross and deliberate abuse la exceeding
authority ia appointing auboraiaatea and increas
ing the expenses of the folding-room from six or
eight hundred dollars to two tboasand or two
thousand five hundred dollars per month. - l . '
Mr. Spinner alluded to the fact that false en
tries were made on the books of the folding room.
The statement for April was torn out and a new.
one was made after Mr. Hackney discovered that
the committee hud entered into an investigation.
Tbe original statement, was since found and ad
mitted br Mr. Huekney, showing a large over
charge from tho fropw amount in money and
docutnenta. . .,.;.:
Mr. Kunkle. of Md.. resumed, saying that the
statemsnt read from Mr. Hackney was entirely
Tintrue, and caused to be read a letter from a late
messenger, addressed to the Speaker In whlA the
the wrtr remarks that he knew no reason why
he aas discharged unlou it was a refusal to
surrender a portian of fii salary to Mr. Hack
rey. . . . -a i iw;
The House then voted on and adopted tbe re
solutnm of the ennmittee of sveounta, for the im
mediate dismissal f Mr. K. B. llackney as door
keeper of the House yeas 146, nays 34. ,
'An election will be held to-morrow for a sao
cesr. . , ,
On motion of Mr. Barksdabi a resolution was
adopted calling on tho President, if not in coco -rouble
with tbe public interest, to communicate
any information in his possession relative to firing
into and boaroing and searching- Teasels belong
ing f the United States by British ships of war
on the coast of Cuba. Adjourned.
Vahixotox, May 18. Senate. Mr. Seward's
resolution of inquiry into the British ontrag on
the Gulf, which was yesterday postponed, was to
day unanimously adopted. . .
Mr. Dtuglas movea to take up the Oregon bill
The yeas and nays were called, and the vole beinir
23 against 2S, the chair voted affirmatively, and
consequently the bill was before tha Senate.
The Oregon bill wa passed yeas 35, nays 17.
Tha bill to run the Texas boundary was also
paied.
Mr. Gwin introduced a resolution, wbfeb was
referred to the committee on foreign affairs, to
aJjiM the dificukie with Nicaragua. New Gren
ada and Mexico.
A fur an executive session the Senate adjourned.
rhuse The lLue proceeded to the election
of a door-keeper, when Joseph I. Wright, the
democratic nominee, was elected, receiving 117
voU. Tbe republicans voted for Arthur AY.
Fletcher, who received 77 Totes. Twenty-two
votes, including those of the Americans, were
cast fur otber pertons.
The U:' pased the Senate bills for the pre
vention and punl-hraent of frauds in land titles
in California, and for the collection and safe
keeping of the public archives in that State.
On motion of J. Glsncey Jones, tbe House
went into committee on the civil appropriation
bi". . : .
He explained that it provides for tbe survey of
the codt, the light-houao establishment, land sur
veys, and otLer miscellaneous items. The com
nwUee of Ways and Means have reduced the esti
mates, $219,000. to tbe lowest possible amount
for the sucoesilul prosecution of these bjocts.
The aggregate amount on the bill is $3,819,433.
M r. Clawson made a speech Ia favor of more
efficient means for relieving wrecked vessels oa
the New Jersey coast.
After a long debate on amendments which
were rejected, making , appropriations for custom
houses and marine hospitals, and an ineffectual
attempt to take a recess till night, the Hou&e ad-
journtd. . , : i
"WASHtyoTox, May 19. -5ea&.-r-A. .large
amount of ini-itercstine business was disposed of.
A message from tbe President was received,
enclosing a report from the Secretary if the Navy,
n the subject of the British aggressions in the
Gulf.
The bill f jr the repeal of tbe Fishery Bounty Law
was discussed a lid passed ; ayes 30 noes 23.
The Homestead bill was taken cp and amended.
The Senate adjourned. .
-u.v" A resolution was adopted, inquiring of
the President tbe facts reiative to the transfer of
the Sloo Tehuantepec grant. l
Two hundred thousand copies of the Patent Of
fice Agricultural report for 1837, was adopted.
The Houe tnen went into committee or tbe
Whole on the Appropriation bill.
Mr. B"vc mtde a report in favor of the mate
rial modification of the tariff. He ignores prjoteo
lion, and would tax luxuries at the highest, and
necessities at tbe lowest possible rates, and would
remove the restrictions from theeoasung trade.
Mr. Garr.-tt. cf Va., partislly dissented ii the
committee. He says such radical changes must
be the work of time. .
The Spring Bacea, over the New Market
Course, commenced yesterday. The attendance
was large, but not crowded. The weather was
fine until 4 .ol-Kjck in the evening, when a rain
came up, but a this was after tbe sport of the
day was over it did not interrupt the enjoyment
uf thv spectators. The track was in good order
and the run ninj splendid the best, it was thought,
ever seen on that course.
Five horses started for the purse of $750,
two mile heats. The first heat was won by Mr.
Hunters c. h. Nicholas 1st time 3.46. i Tho
second, after an exciting contest, was won by
CoL Ueister's c. h. Shocco by half a neck time
3.45 J. Tbe third was was won by the same
horse .by half a neck 3.52. Shocco was conse
quently the victor, and he earned his laurel well.
Nichols was the favorite from the start, and
betting was three to one upon him.
rrtertbitry Intelligencer.
A Wist It CLJ- Among the lessons taogbt br
Bij-hop Soule to the preachers U the following,
which we heard him (says the New Orleans Ad
vocate) utter at the Alabama Conference, as a
preventive against all embarrassment growing
out of debt. It even defines tbe limiUof sate
speculations; and, if observed by" business men,
would take the edge off of panics: Brethren)
my rule is this, and I advise you to adopt it
Never owe any more than yoo are able to pay,
and allow no man to owe you more than youro
able to U-se.' . . 4 u.
Tbe foi:.aing are the names of the candi
date. ft,r the Ugidttture in ChswcU couatv, N.
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"Hnn. Bedford Brown.
Wftlam Lorn?: G.N.
Tooiiiaon, CapL J
31.-Allen, lion. John Kerr,
Williams, and olhars. '
. ithers,S.J6. Wiiliama, aad others.
fFrom the Cbel Hill Gazette.
TO THE ALUMNI OF THE UNIVERSITY
: .,.. OF-NOliTIi CAROLINA. ;
Jt is now "sixty;, years since the celebration o
the first1 Commencement at this Institution. Ii
1798, the number of graduntea was seven ; ir
I85fi it will be ninety-three. The number ol
Matriculates during the last 17 yers, exeeede
that during the 42 Years preoeling; and tb
Graduates of this year are more numerous thai
th.e from 1798 to 1811 inclusive. The progre
of the University in matters more important,
although not susceptible of an exhibition s
brief and striking as the above, is marked and
ffratifring. The. present Senior Class is favora
bly distinguished amongst its fellows for scholar
ship, propriety of deportment and especially foi
the manner In which it has exercisod the preroga
tive of its position in tepressing disoder and giv
ing a good example. . . v ' ,
1 AVe therefore address you for the purpose of
Busgesting that the coming Commencement af
foras flit occasion, for th Alumni and other
friends of the University to throng the groves ol
Chapel IJill, and congratulate each other face U
face, upon its prosperity and fair anticipations
A matter of special Interest in the proceeding!
of the next anniversary will be the inaugura
tion of the monument jut raised to the memory
of President Caldwell. We hope that a larg
assemblage of his pupils will be present at thi
ceremony. In a daywhen the causes of Litera
ture and Internal Imporovement flourish amongst
m, it is due that the public nhould commemoratt
the services of one so devoted to these interest
under circumstances of adversity and discourage
ment.'. The obligations incurred by his pupils are
still greater ithcirentimation of his mind is high
er -h their sense of his high purpose, hia ardor, hU
his courage and his purity, impressed upon them
in earlv youth, is more tender ; and we are sun
that only some unusual engagement can prevent
sny one of them from doing honor to the memo
ry "of their venerable preceptor, by aa attendance
upon the Commencement of 1858.
f : ' : . .,: . wm. u. battle; '-j ' : -
j WM. J. BINGHAM, J-Com.
. ). . DAVID L. SWAIN. J
REMARKABLE SUICIDE SUDDEN
1 DEATH OF FRANK FORKESTER.
Henry W. Herbert committed suicide on Mon
day rooming, about two o'clock, at . the Stevens
iiixiv?. jjroaaway, ew 1 ore, oy acooung mm-
self in tbe left breast. He was an Englishman b
birth, and bad good connexion in England. He
has be n best known by being a writer .for the
New Tork Spirit of the Times, a sporting ua per,
and for bis writings upon borss, d 'g, fishes ami
all kinds of sports. His literary nous U plume has
been rank Forrester, and by that title be is best
known to the people of the United States: He
was, we believe, once a tutor of Charles As tor
B rioted, i Thev have recentlv had a sham contro
versy in tbe newspapers, and Bristed accused him
there of borrowing money and resorting to all
korts of low tricks, -
Mr Herbert had been very melancholy for some
tt ne past, in consequence of domestic troubles.
Three weeks sgo last Saturday he took lodgings at
the Stevens House, and Sunday sent for Mr. An
thon, a friend, requesting hia'compaxy, as he was
lonely ..h. ..j,.,:."' " .i,,,,.,.,:.! "y-' "
Mr. Antbon accoraingiy went and passed the
day wita hiraJ He talked of committing suicidi,
and said that be should eo to the cemeterv in
Newark, and shoot himself on the spot where he
last parted with his wife.- He stated, also, that a
lawyer in Nassau street bad received a letter from
his wife, declining further intercourse or corres
pondence with him ; and declared that he would
kill himself upon the same day of the month upon
which be wan married. This was on the 16th of
February last. It did not occur to Mr. Anthon
at tbe time that Sunday was the 16th of the
month. ' "
The two went out during the day, and return
ed to the hotel about ten o'clock in the evening.
About two o'clock Herbert went into the bed
room opening out of his sitting-room, and Mr.
Anthon soon after heard the snapping of a pistol.
Herbert immediately staggered out, saying. "I
told vou I should do it," dropped upon the floor,
and died in a few minutes.
Recently he married an amiable woman and
settled at Newark, N. J., but it appears that his
wife latterly refused to live with or hold any in
tercourse with him. He left two letters, one ad
dressed to the Coroner, and the other to the pres
of the United States, in both of which he depre
cates any unaue renecuons upon bis character.
THREE DAYS
Qukbbc, May
LATER FROM EUROPjs
17. The steamship North
America, from Liverpool tbe 5th instant, arrived
on juvere au ixmp mis morning, bringing Eng
lish dates of the 5th.
Otton had slight advanced ; sales three days
31,000 bales. Breadstuff's steady. Provisions
steady. Consols 971.
The North Star arrived at Southampton on the
ii ana me America on tbe 3d instant.
In Parliament, Mr. d'Israeli's resolution rela
tive to the future, government is steadily pro-
greMing. ihc resolution endorsing the union of
the Danubian Principalities was rejected in tbe
xionse oi vommons by a large majority.
The French Legislature had adopted the Gov
ernment budget.
The Envoys of tbe leading European Powers
have requested the German Diet to consider the
proposition of Denmark relative to the Duchies
A co.lision occurred in St. George's Channel
between a steamer and barque; both sunk and
thirty lives were lost. The schooner Georee.
bound for the Niger expedition, fonudered in the
cbiinei, ana seven persons were drowned.
In France the grain crops Dromiim well.
England has made a formal demand against
Naples of indemnity for imprisonment of tbe
t.ngiisa engineers.
' India letters state that
reinforced by. the tebels,
mence offensive aperations.
Nena Sahib has been
and is about to com
THE "RETIRED PHYSICIAN."
It appears that Dr. H. James, the "retired phy
sician, whos sands of life have nearly run out,"
a rvureu ana mn oui irom tne scene or bis la
bors, leaving behind him a disconsolate police and
an unhealed world Not even his famous Canni
bulndiea, or East Indian Hemp, which had saved
his only daughter from the gTave, was able to ar
rest tbe mysterious prowess by which his shadow
grew lass and less,' until it entirely disappeared.
HU 'sands of life" be has, however, converted in
to sands of gold, and the possession of one hun
dred thousand dollars consoles him for his com
pulsory flight from the gaities of New York.
Theretired physician" is not the only masquer
ade In which the departed Brown, bis real name,
has figured. He was also H.Monsett, who taught
the people to change mercury into gold ; he was
P.vf. Jam T. Home, who advertises that be will
show anybody the way to make $100C a year If
m more, upon the receipt of a certain sum in
postage sumps, which, coming duly to hand, the
applicants are sent a recipe for the manufacture of
artificial honey, and the. riAZ to sell it in any
county which the dupe mav select, the two cost
ing $5. Tbe enterprising Brown is also Madame
Julie Mellville, who has lately received from
France some splendid cosmetics. These facts have
just been brought to light by the New York po
nce, woo are tow in eager pursuit oi tne retired
and retiring physician. It appears that there was
no CannibU Jndiea in the medicine of Brown, but
merely a compound of liquorice, slippery elm de
coction and honey.costing lGcents, bottle and all,
and for which he charged $2. His "Regulating
and Purifying Pill" and his 'Exce!sior Ointment
of India," were made on the same principle, and
sold for as many dollars as they cost him cents.
The most magnificent of his cosmetics, "The Milk
of Roses and Extract of Elder Blossoms," turns
out to have a mixture cf magnesia and alcohol,
coating bim about 8 cents price $2 a bottle. It
remains to be seen under what new disguise the
retired physician" will make his next appearance
before the public Rich. Dxa.
i Humors. The following rumors were current
in this city yesterday amongst the news reporters:
The President has demanded explanations from
England and Spain in reference to the visiting and
fteMrcbins of American vessels in the vicinity of
Cuba. .' ' , ,t ;i t. ..' .. 1.
.The steam-frigate Colorado, which left Norfolk
on or about the 12th instant, took orders to the
home squadron to stop these interferences with
our sniiiing.
It is tbe purpose of the Administration,- if
Spain cannot pi otcct our vessels while in her porta
and on her coast, to protect them by American
shlja of war. NationU Uteilijpnctr 4
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i CONFERENCE. .
r A correepondeniof thePetersburgYa.) Dem
ocrat, who gives much, more intelligible report
than are to, be found in the official journal, write
'as follows from the Southern Methods Confer
lence," under date of the 14th Inst.; , . j
i There is, at the time of this present writing,
most animated discussion going on In the General
Conference on what are called the Alabama reso
lutions. The Constitution of the Church require
that, in order to change the general , rule of thf
Church, there must first be a '-concurrent recom
mendation of three-fourths of all the members ol
the several annual conferences, who shall be pres
ent and vote on such recommendation." -Without
such recommendation the General Conference
cannot make any? change affecting the General
Rules of tbe Church. -1 n the case before the Con
tereuce,the Alabama Conference adopted a resolu
tion asking the General Conference, nt its present
sesbion, to abolish the General Rule on the subject
of " buying and selling men, women and chil
dren," Ac .These resolutions were passed round
to the Annual Conferences for concurrence. A
three-fourtiis majority was obtained in the Con
ferences to which the resolutions were submitted,
hut it to happened that through some oversight,
tLe Alabama resolutions' were not submitted to
the Kansas, Indiana, Missouri and Pacific Confer
ences, and now the debate is on the question
whether this present General Conference has the
constitutional authority to act in the premises. J ;
; The Committee on Boundaries this morning,
reported in favor of transferring the. Danville
District, now in the North Carolina Conference,
to the Virginia Conference. . The following is
proposed as the boundary line between the two
Conferences, viz: The Albemarle "Sound and the
Roanoke river np to the point where the river
crosses the State line, then from the State line to
the Ud of the Blue-Ridee . Mountain.. This
he top of the Blue- Kidge , Mountain., lhis
hange, if adopted by (he Conference, wilt throw
all tbe counties of Virginia now in tha North-
Carolina Conference, into the V irginia Conference,
and will retain, as at present, all that portion of
North Carolina lying North of the Albemar.e
Sound, known as the Murfreesboro' District, in
the Virginia Conference.'1 It is believed that' the
report of the committee will be adopted, but not
without a severe contest on the Conference floor.
The proposition to dispense with probation, as a
condition of membership, ia under favorable con
sideration in the Committee on Bevisals, so it is
said, and tbe probability is, that there- will be a
modification of the system,: if it. ia not entirely
abolished, as the future law of the church.
The law, as it now stands, respecting class-meetings,
it is also probable, will be materially modi
fled ; but the whole sentiment of the Conference
is decidedly in favor, of Class : Meetings as a pru
dential means of grace, and whatever action is
nadirj. relation to the existing law which is Re
garded as entirely obsolete the institution itself
will be perpetuated as a means of grace, and all
tbat can be dune by th General Conference, will
be done, to promote attendance on Class Meetings,
and to render them more efficient in the accom-plishm-nt
of the ends proposed by them.
The supportof the Bishops of the Church, which
is now drawn from the proceeds of the Publishing
House, it is proposed to distribute among the sev
eral Annual Conferences to be raised by special
collections for this purpose. :
From the Asheville Spectator.
TlTRTRTRnTTON v
Not very long slnce-in ; fact such a short time
that it would even be out of .character with the
very plastic code of morals . laid down by the
ethics of politicians, for us now to deny it we
gave it as our opinion that Distribution was im
probable, if not impracticable. " And we confess
such to have been the opinion uppermost with os
at that time. But, in the last few weeks we see
this great - question, which the purest, best and :
most nnselnsbly patriotic party tbat ever existed,
held as one of its great cardinal principles, ac
knowledged as constitutional, just and .right by a
House of Representatives, - in which there is a
large Democratic majority. "We allude , to the
passage oi the bill, whereby 20,000 acres of land
are given to the several States tor every Senator
and Representative they send to Congress. The
Eassage of this act' would at any time be a triumph,
ut just at this time, when the question of Distri
bution is being made the sole issue in more than
one State, it becomes doubly a source of hope and
gratification. It leads us beyond tne nope, and
places us within the bounds of expectation. , j
At the late Charlotte Convention it was an
nounced that Distribution was the only question
which divided the parties of this day. If this be
so, then there is certainly a large portion of tbe
Democracy who are not Democrats, as the Grand
Mogul of the Charlotte Convention defines
a Democrat to be. The so-called Dem
ocratic party has a clear majority in the House
of 24 ; and no bill can be passed or rejected with
out their aid. Hence a considerable number of
them have gone over to the opposition, or the Pre
sident of the Charlotte Convention made a gt"08
blonder in his definition of the party lines. " Tak
ing the fact we have stated, into consideration,
we may with joy expect at no very distant period,
that the old States will receive their just shares of
the public domain. It is a gratifying sight to see
men acting in an ' official capacity thus disregard
the mandates of party caucuses and come out bold
ly upon the affirmative of a question in which the
interests of their contlstuents are dee plyconcern,
ed, although, demagogues and hobby-riders may
berate them for their independence. .
There are other reasons why we are induced at
this time to think Distribution more probable
than in the pasttnot the least among which is the
defeat of the Pacific Railroad (Stealage) Bill not
withstanding it had the countenance and recom
mendation of the President The passage of this
bill, as we stated in the article wherein we doubt
ed the practicability of Distribution, would by its
present and future demands have consumed near
ly the whole if not all of the present domain.
And no one wbo is at all conversant with the pre
sent corrupt system by which the plans and affairs
of our government are carried on, will be so much
of an old foey as to think, in these days of tbe
rules of D mo ;ratic politicians, that even the half
of the value of the acres appropriated, would ever
be used Tor the specified purpose.' i : ' ;
Uin the consideration of this fact and the very
reasonable conjecture tbat the members of the
great iJemocratic party in congress wouia as
usual be guided by party lines, and stick to to at
worn-out and senseless plank or tbeir plattorm
" that the public domain Is the common property,"
Ac, we based our opinion that Distribution was
impracticable. Whenever you throw from under a
structure the pillars which support It, ft falls so
whenever tbe premises upon whicn a conclusion is
based become powerless and void, the conclusion 1
must necessarily be conceded as untrue. ,
Jxssie Brows- at Ltrckwow. The Calcutta
correspondent of the Nonconformist says : "We
have read with some surprise and amusement that
wonderful story published in the Enghsa papers
about Jessie-Brown and the slogan of, the High
landers, in Havelock ' relief of Lucknow. , 1 have
been' assured by one of the garrison that it is a
pure invention. I. No letterof thedate mention
ed could have reached Calcutta when the atorv is
said to ha ve arrived. 2. There was no J essie Brown
in Lucknow. 3. The ?8th neither, played, their
pipes nor howled out the slogan as they came in, t
iubjt uaii aomaining eise 10 ao. 4. xney never
marched round the dinner table with their pipes
the same evening at all,; Another story by tbe
same writer has just come out, about a Miss Jam
ieson, an heiress, whose handsome lover had his
eyes and cheeks blown away, and who would mar
rv him in snite of the deficiency; The fact is.
there was no Miss Jamieaon in' Lucknow. Prob-
low. Prob- I
ablv this story is only a copy of the real fact, that I
when Captain Sir Thomas Troubridgo, of the
Guards. returned from the Crimea without hia t
legs, and wished to free Miss Gurney from her
engagement to him, she refused the. offer and
married bim. The correspondent of the Paris
Presse seems to
. . . 1
vention, and I adrise you toset all his stones down
w - a... r" v.B vi u- i
as lies.". '. ..;-'. . . ' " " ' I
ii ELANceoiT AcciDKXT.--On Thursday morn,
ing last, Capt.N. F. Steel and 1 fay etle Brandon,'
neighbors, residing near Providence Church in
Iredell county, N. Cn went ouLto hunt turkeys,
but not in company, nor- was one. aware of the
other being in the woods. Brandon concealed
himself in some bushes, and mistaking Cant Steel.
" '"' wuvutuuw -. uaru . oy ana calling tbi
game, fired, shooUng him through the body anc
kUhng him instantly.. UpLJJteaL leaves iyriti
who was also concealed hard bv and mill
d
wwr? fr
anttseveraiamaxen . , i .
rTTTTin?V METHODIST U JMi UliAJj
TilltEE DAVSLATElt TROtt EtBOrE.
, ; Halifax, Mav l9- The steamship Niagara,
with date from Liverpool to the 8th instant, has
Hf lived. " : -"V ; ' ' - .
;,Th City of Washington arrived out on the 6th
instant, and the Indian on the 7th.r ;,, n .,i f v
'Thenews is unimportant. The British govern
ment Md. announced in" Parliament that it-had
disapproved of the proclamation of the Governor
General of India, confiscating the land in Oude,
Sir .Colin Campbell . would be created a peer of
the realm.'? . : ";v"". j j: t-.j vyt
- Tbe Spanish Cortes had been suddenly prorogu
ed, it Some of the Ministers had tendered their re
signation." . ',. j.; t J t'stt!
There is nothing further from India. '
J .Liverpool," May 8. Cotton advanced on the
week. . Sales for the week of 8 1,200 .bales. Bread
stuffs generally closed "with a declining tendency.
Corn, had n advancing tendency.) ; Provisions
firm., s ., vT '-.itKntxi-li. 1 M-
' Consols 97?a97 8. .1
J O JUVVll A asm aivii .,
' The India bail was 'progressing slowly.
-f The WestChester Cup race was vron by Varie
ty, in the fleldagainst: 28 horseat f.i-k.V.itrrS..
' "' Tbe London ' lMmi speaks approvingly of the
extension f the United States -southwardly.' It
ithinks the absorption of Centfalj America by us
cannot long be delayed, and t that annexation will
be a greauiraproyement on its present condition.
To this scherne it thinks there Will be mora oppo
sition at borne than abroad. , t ,
t -The Pari Pays affirmthat Sir Colin Campbell
urgently demand large reinforcements: si. - ;
" The Governor General had issued a proclama
tion calling upon the rebels to snDmit and throw
themilvosupon the mercy .'of the government.
He confiscates their estates but spares their lives,
v.&x i rMr5iT" " ' ' ' "
' - t , "'r , , r-.--:-T-t .m
3 LryEnpooi-rMay 8.--Th6 stock" of cotton in port
19 500,000 bales, Including 422,000 American.
The market closed with a declining tendency Sat
urday. - Flour has a docUcipg tendency, and quota
tions are barely maintained. Wheat qall.'. Corn
advanced J 2s. : Fine sugars slightly advanced.
Rice dull., Bosin steady. Spirit turpentine
dull. ?:-, ' - 4 s - r: : .
5 Money geneTallyanchangecLi- Tfceiuilion in
the Bank of England has . declined $100,000.
Consols for money'aaoted Saturday at97f97f.
The.eovernment has asked for a loan of $15,-
000,000 tor cot exceeaing4P rearsvf,
-'I IMPORTANT 'FROM WASHINp&f '
- Wabhikgto MayII9.--Judge: Lorihg has
taken bis seat in tba Coartdf Claims.
The President to-day sent to the Senate the doc-
umenta respecting tne xsnnsn outrages on Amen
can vessels. - Among them are Gen. Cass instrtw.
lions to Mr., Dallas to brine the matter before tbe
British Government demanding the dismissal of
the officers committing tbe offence, and pecumarv
compensation for the damage done.. Ice .Presi
dent intends to hold Spain responsible for the out-
i-aes committed ia her waters. ' f f--x -
i TheU- S- steamer Fulton bas been ordered to
cruise ana prevent me searcn oi our vessels oy
ship of any nation: Orders have been given for
the ratee gavannah and brig Dolphin to join the
Home "Squadron. , The frigate Wabash, of the
Mediterranean Squadron, is 'also ordered to the
Gulf. The documents were referred to the. Com-
ff
DEATn OF GEN.1 PERSIFER F. SSMITH,
COMMANDER OFrtTHE UTAtt: EXPE
' DITION. , , , . ?
ST- Lotis, -May 19.-rThe Republican of this
morning announces the death of Gen. Persifer F.
Smith, at Leavenworth Sunday night His re
mains were to leave Leavenworth ,for the East
last' Wednesday.1' General Harney succeeds bim
in tbe command of the expedition. - l 1 4 . '
" Southern Commikciai. Cosvention. This
body, which' assembled in Montgomery, Ala.; on
the 10th instant, adjourned on the 14th, to reas
semble at Vickstmrg in May of next year.- The
resolutions in relation to reopening the slave trade
were laid upon the table, as were also resolutions
calling upon the Governors of the Southern States
to appoint delegates to a convention to take into
consideration "the present critical position of the
South, and the dangers tbat threaten her in the
future," and to endeavor to devise if possible, ef
fectual safeguards for her ' future security and
equality in the Union, or, failing in that, to go
out 01 it." , ,-
THE INSULTS TO OUR FLAG,
The Secretary of State has addressed Lord Na
pier, the British Minister, upon the subject of fir
ing into, and searching our vessels in the Gulf of
Mexico and it is understood that his Lordship
will avail himself of the earliest opportunity to
make some remonstrance' to the Commander of
the British Squadron: in that quarter. The news
is ai troublesome to Lord , Napier as to Secretary
Our Havana correspondent, writes us, per. Isa
bel, some further particulars of the operations of
tne .oriusa men-of-war, in tne harbor of sagua
la urande, from which it would appear that .an
indiscriminate search was made of all vessels, ir-
resDective of flasr. . In one ? instance the searchers
had the audacity to bore holes into the packages
of cargo on ' board an American vessel,, with a
view, as they said, to discover whether any slave
irons were concealed therein. t We do not know
how Spam will look upon these outrageous pro
ceedings of a foreign nation within her jurisdiction,
but we know that - the United States will never
put up with it. If the report be true, that the
Administration have sent orders to the home
squadron to proceed to the coast of Cuba, to pro
tect our commercial . marine in those , waters, its
resolution will be responded to here and we
doubt not, throughout the country with entire
unanimity. ,v , - r.--- --m - ;-' -; rii
We are amazed that any ? British commander
should so far forget . his : duty to .himself and to
his country, as to exhibit such perilous proceed
ings as these for it is impossible to believe as yet
that he is acting within the line of his official in
structions, or at all in conformity with the views
or nef aiajesty's government of whose friendly
disposition towards the United States happily there
lsjuat now no reason to doubt. - - - -
v.-,'.i v"! ? i?4.ut fi -. -J?evt York Express' .
, Tobjtado isr thk Waal..--Account have been
received of a violent, tornado-in Illinois on the
13th instant, doing immense damage.. .A train on
the Chicago and Alton Railway was blown from
the track uear Lexington, III,, and several per
sons severely injured. Many towns in , the same j
vicinity sufiered much damage ; id some instances
destroying half ihe houses. Three persons Were
Eiuedat ionawanda. , Un .Jmday. another ;s?orm
occurred between Bloomington and Springfield,do
ingmuch damage. 'A number of houses in Elkhart j
and Williamsyille were demolished,' and a family
of five persons killed, ii
The following f ia said to. be a correct record of
the outrages' committed on American vessels by
British ships of war, lately, in the Gulf of Mexico,
under the assumed right of search. fo "laves:-f
- "Shiih Tropio.-Bird: firedf iato,;, boarded, - and
searched : schooner, Cortez , seized, and now de-
uiineu av lusgus ; vcuoouer xi. u. uoruen urea
intoJ. hoarded and ' searched : schooner Mohile
fired, into, boarded,' -and searched j brig'Kobert
A I': ; . i i 1 , . . . . . .
t log ;ureu inw,; ooaraea ana . searcpea f bark
uienDurn overnauiea at sea : and .bark W. H.
Chandler "boarded hnd searehnd. whil jrino .) I
anehor irf the nort of Rmn 1 fir-nA . W
Wineold, fired into, boarded and. aWrhii " I
E ,7- , ' . - 7. - "Tt - -
" . AZ t,,.:
;;rrr - "."T""" 1
uuu atot tnaion lastsunaay night, some fiend 1
r - i
W. Faucett in Halifax, countv: and to far succeed- X
iMapc, iiu mo ';prfjmt9e8 oi 4 JUT, ej &Q16S I
ed in the incendiarv a I
kitchen, smoke-house, and several other outhou&ee.
uobiues B consiueraole DOrtlOn or thtf fehnihor rn
the farm, which: last Was burned in detached
places.'showing.that the .fire had been Communi
cated to the fencing at eeveraV differentpwiats. at
Mrs, Partington lias seen an article in the pa
pers headed '-Oonspiracto Murder-Bill Airs.
P. wants- to know who Bill is. "ShealwaVs un
A . .1.. ; . l.., ...... -it." .
. v ;ry""j uoa,
jMiit aiauuuuiokiuawioatau . " "
W Jf -fr TS VL ii'J'. t W ' " " wmmmm. - BUT faWU . I- ' Sfc..
L JisUs aVsihUUl UU1U11L iUaka4 llillll SaH tail ' - I - SB A t f n
Mk McRab. In another column, wo have giv
en a lettet from this gentleman in which he dev
darea himself a candidate for tbe office of Govern
or of North. Carolina. MeKae will advocate the
Distribution of the proceeds of the public lands
among the States. We look upon this a an im
portant difference between the two candidates, and
it is the first time this 'question has been, publicly
disoussed before tbe people We could hever re
concile it to our notions of right to see Congress
giving away to other States thousands of acres of
the public land, to build them' up, while North
Carolina has not received an acre, to help her out
of her difficulties. . This is chargeable to the sui
cidal policy pursued by the Democratic party in
this State the cry is, that it- is unconstitutional,
and, therefore,, her members bavemade no effort
to have justice done her. If Congress was to at
tempt to abolish slavery in the States, would her
members sit still and only cry, it is unconstitution
al and make no effort to resist? Very far from it.
T hey would"--be ready to blow, every v thing sky
high; but the public land may all be taen and
given to the other States without a word.' ,
- - ' ?: '- ' . tJharlotte Whig.
Ui&,h'-- ' ' " -th-tt
t- Prof. Wood,; the renowned . discoverer -of
'the "jlair Restorative," still continues to labor
In bebulf of the afflicted?1 His medicines are uni
versally admitted; by tbe Amerfcan press to be far.
superior to. all others for causing the balr, on the
head of the aged, to 'grow forth with as much
vigo? and luxuriance as when blessed with the ad
vantaees of youth. There can be no doubt, if we
place credit m the innumerable testimonials which :
the Professor has in his: possession, that it-'I one
sf. the greatest discoveries in the -medical, world.
It reslore8,"permanently, gray hair to is original
color, and makes it assume a beautiful ilky tex
ture, which, has been, very desirabl8,4n all ages of
the world. 'It frequently happens that men marry
beautiful and amiable young ladies; and unfre
iquently prusty old maids make- yictima iof hand
some; good-natured young gentlemen, and by
i what process it has never f been determined, until
lately, .when it was attributed to, the "use of this
in,valuable Hair Restorative Lasalie Journal. ,
. e Mr. iTt- FJ Christmanf; practical imachinlst in
'Wilson. N. C has recently invented in addition
to his marl and water.macbine,1 a brick and mor
tar EletatOr, the object of which1 is to elevate brick
mortar in erecting brick ana stone otuxcungs. mon
uments, &o. ' T . ,
v- Office of the Literary Board
THE FOLLOWING, DLSTEIBUTIOIf -OF, THE
Literary Fund for tho'firat six m'oa&is of tba Tear
1 8 98, among the several eonntles of the-, State, is or
dered by the Board a tabular statement whereof, is
annexed. 'v'l'rr "' ' u :,n ' ' "
' . The amount due tbe resnective conn ties, will be said
the persons entitled, at tbe Treasury Department, upon
a compliance wita tbe provisions of, law xa tbe sub-
isct . :. . ". . - '. i w.f ,.i :. t . ,f y -,. . -
Madison and Polk will reeeive their shares from the
oonnties from; which they were fommd, Jaeksoa SO por
qent of amont allotted to Macon, and tbe balance
from tha sbars allotted to Hstwood.1 " -
. - !ttvrl-V THOMAS BRAGG, ii4
' '- Pres. Ex-Officlo of Lit Board.
r :p FtrtAsar Cowfkb, -r? at 'ioi'-a.
! , , . Sectary to tbe Board.
CopKTMS. :'
Alamanije, ' ; 2 '
Alexander, v c
Anson; , .
'Ashe, h '
Beaufort,. . ' .
Bertie, .. ; ,
Bladen,
Brunswick; j
Buncombe,
Burke,
Cabarrus;' t l
Caldwell,, z,
Camden,
Carteret,-' ; -;
Caswell, f-r.
Catawba, ,
Chatham,,i;
Cherokee, si,;
Chowan,.
Cleveland," '
Columbus, , f
Craven,
Cumberland,:
Currituck, r? ! :
Davidson,
Davie, t
Daplini5? 'i i-
Fed. For.
DlST. SnARE.
" 1219' 92 '
1-600 36
. 1290 J2?
K -5,003 '
-10,75
r '8,639
11,716
r 9,973,
' ' 8,024
6,931 s
. . .1238
'"" 6,919
: ' 8,674 -
5,836
" 5,174
'": 6,208
12,161
"l 8,234
16,055 '
: 6,703
5,252
?K 9,697
, , 5,308
12,329
" 10,634
; ; 6,257 :
14,123
. 6,998
11,111
10,018
f 10,627
9,510
7,228
6,878
'1703
. 5f320
' 18,480
13,007
7,089 5
6,S07
6,883
' 6,656
; 6,585
,13,062:
A 11,149
. . ' 3,935 (
6,181
a 6,924
1024 68,
1405:92S
1196 76
4 962 88
714 12
1480 56
830.28
104088
L 700 32 ,
620 88
744 96 -
.1459 32
988 08-.'
1926 60 ;
,04 36 ;
630 24:.
1163 64
c 626 6
1479 48
me 06
750 84
1694 76
839 76
1333 32 5
? Edgecombe, -;
Forsyth,': f '
1302 12
1275 74
1141 20
Franklin .v.S -
Gaston, v . ,
"' Gates, " : '" j
- Granville, I
Greene, ' -
Guilford,
Halifax,
Harnett," :! f s
. Haywood, i :
f, Henderson, .
" Hertford,1 - p"'
:-i .Hyde,.8
IredeU,
f"' Jackson, V' ;
' Johnston, ' ;
K.Jones, !,.;
f "Lenoir;
fi - Lincom, . -
Madison. ,
McDowell,
i'j Macon,'1 ,:
Martin. '-1- wi-i
Mecklenburg, :
Montgomery,-
867 36
825 36
2076 36
638 52
2217 60
1560 84
850 70
828B4
, 825 96
798' 72
790 20
1567-44
1337 92
1,. 472 20
'471 84
830 88 3
' 1 6,741
? 6,169
; 688 92
--740 28
,iB 6,961; , :
. 11,724 . ;
'--'--6,l6djr'if:i
.-iyy'r6W' n
, ,, 7,905 :.v 1
v 14,236 'Ws-
10,731...
,..7,040.
14,957 - '
r. .i 7,708 : .
6,030. ,
8,825
, '10,745 T
.1 835 32; i
,1406. 88
u ' 739 56
J036 2Ik
948 68
1708 32
New Hanover, :
h Northampton . ;
1287:72
, 844 80
.vnsiow,
4-Oriintr.'' --
" 1794 "84
i 924 96 i
..Pasquotank,
Jferquimona,
.i. 723 60
1059 00
: 1289 40
-f --."?'-.-;
1821 12
-962 32
132 60 ;
148366.
' x'erson, : .
-:.Pitt, U ..j "
I RaudolphL ' X s.
15,176
7,936
11,080 -;
12,363
12,329 -
M. Richmond, i' V;
Robeson, - j,-;.,-
'Rowan, i : ? x
; Rutherlord,r
Sampsbh;' ' r
; Stanly, .-:'5 .
' ;I4?48
, I486 '-66
. 1477.32
76176
1018 80
975 84
.'': 634 24
1110 96
' - 2534 76
1243 92
: 673": 6J
t 401 76
t 123 09
'fefl3?r 04
- 710 45
. 1288
". 12,311
' 6.348 '
J 8,940 1
: r 8,132
t 4,452
' .'9.258 "
2f;i23 '
10,366 - :"
r-4,780'
3,348 v !
10,317 '"-"
n,e42 "
6,754
9.511 ; -
8,068
Stokes,?
i Surry, ;
Tyrrell,
.'Union,
tWake,-"' 'f,t 1
'; Warren,
v Washington,
I Wataugaj ,
"Wavne, -
Wiikes,:
Wilson.
f Yadkin," "
1141 32
f - ; 968 16
Tfancey, ir;
it
752,542 " $90,425 04
K. C Jtl. L. INSURANCE
COMPANY, ) -
M -:iV-:.t p ? B4ta May 111858.
COMPLIANCE . WITH A RESOLUTION OF
the Board Of Directors, adopted April 3, 1858, this
Company will insure the liver of health v nersons be.
tween the ages of 16 and 45, payable when the party.
reaches the age of. 60 years and between ibe ages of
ia ana ou when the party reaches the age or CO years;
or to their legal 'representative, shxtald he die before
reaching thosefages.r ,f, .; f tiv;-it't i.iritJLi
i ihe Company will also sell annuities for .life or for
aterms of years. 1 " -t- -1
' this enlarging its operations and extending Ha
usefulness, the Company presents new claims to that
P'W PPhatfoa' squired -hp its. liberality and
PWmp compliance with au its engagements.
" T,.?r"?AT'
BATTLE, 'Secretary;
ATOTICE...ON THR1.1.I, asann,.
rVi,iTw.-vILC7r.T,
- wwws vsk vara asvtui VsuvuUKsllUtUll JLaaSU I
t&ucq uompany levied an Msesament of 2 cer eenL on I
all unexpired Premium Notes in office of tbe ComnanV
on the 2d of Febrnarv. 1858 : snd on tha ftth nt Anril -1
lue directors teviea an assessment oi speroent. on all I
unexpired Premium Notes in the office on tbe J2d of
The assessments were made in eonseauence of the
verv heavy losses sustained bv the Company en the 2d
I of February, andJ2d of March, 1858.,
m 15 BaALDEN. 8. SMITJI, gceretaryj a
N.
URSE WANTED.---T1TE ' SUBSCRI-
BER wishes to hire a yoantr and bealthr- WET
.""""i vuwtrwui iu i
NURSE.
una irom lue eounur proiorruu. a aooa
pnee.wtU be irivea fu one tbat mill answer." v
" aalsV-awtX i 1
ACBKX HAXVOOB.
Office South Kide Rairod C.mp.
naa.
K 1858.
iinavi nuuiK TO THK WirnT '
JJ VIRGIXU SPRIKG-" , T AND Hfc
Via Western A Atlantic bSSI ,L,Ath.
Via Nashville I Ch noor a
ChliAnA. s. c.
Via Memphis Jt CharlesnM
mrouen tickets iwued to tbe abor. 1... " . .
Springs, and Baggage checked through at the ok ,
the South-Side Railroad Ohmpany, P.bl ' Sc
Tbe following srhsdale wiU be ran on tb Soutk ji- 1 '
Railroad, commencing oa Mondsy next, the ri 2
instant, and continuing until further notiea. Jf
MAIL AND PASSENGER XRArX
Connecting with the Richmond an4 Danrille Train. .
Burkerille, (J unction,) and with the through rouu
Lynchburg ' X v.- v - . ronl
, LeftTe. Petersburg daily, (Sundays exc.plea ,. I
o'clock, a. mr; arrire at BurketUle, (Junction ) 8 5
r m. j arrire at VarniTUle 10s6 a. at. errire at Ljnrh
burg 1 p. m. . Leave Lynchburg daily, (Sund.. '
cepted,) at.9:0p. in.; arrire ar FarmrllK I i, I .
arrive at Burkeville (Junction,) at 2:1 S a. m. arrir.M
Petersburg, at 5:30 am. : . : ' r ' K
V ' ; ' FREIQHT TRAINS I
Connecting with Richmond and Danrflle Irsios st ih.
Junction. - f . ;v , , .
Leare Petersburg daily, ((Sunday n sccpud,) t g oj
a. m.; arrire V Burkeville Junction, at 1J a. m. r.
rive at Farmville at 1:40 pi m. ; arrive ai Lynchburg a
6:25 p.m.. . ,. j , ,
? 5 Leave Lynehbnrg, dally, (Sunday s xcf pud,) at S;2
urn.; arrire at Farmville,' at 10:4 a. m f arrlr at
Burkeville Junction, at 12 so. t arrire at PsUrJburs. at
4:i0n.m. ' , "
AN ACCOMMODATION Psgcngcr Csr for ths w,y
or Local Trave will be attached to the Train leaving
Lynchburg with Freight at 5:30 a. m. ; aad psi?ngr
going up, or west, will take the Mail Train st f o'clock,
a. m. , Stopping places, to take on and put off &aio.
gers, to be etrictly obxerred by those 4a- charge iu
Train, and in no case will the Train be (topped at as
.othCTpointi A , .-.. J i i
, Sutherland's, Anderson's Saw Mills, Ford's, Wd
son's, Wellrille, Black's and White's, NotMwsy C. 11.,
Borkeriller Sice's, High Bridge, FarmriUs, Prospect,
Pamplin's, Evergreen, Appomattox, Spout Spring, Cos
cord, James River. ? ... t, v
CITY POINT BRANCH, S. S. RAIL ROAD. .
Freight and Pwscoger Trains leave ?eUrltrg
daily, (Sundays excepted) at 7:30 a. m. ; arriTe at City
Point 8:15 a. m. ' Leave City Point at 9 a. aad ar.
rive at Petersburg at 9:45 a. su-' ' "
Tbe abore Trains connect with the' James Rrw
Steamer, leaving City Pouit for Norfolk ; and every
Saturday morning and Tuesday evening, with the tne
Steamers Roanoke and Jamestown, -bound for New
York. ".--'''.- ' . ',....- ..... 0 ......
The Afternoon Train on this Road will be run only
when there ia business to Justify iC V Stopping places U
take on and put off paaaeugers to be ftritUv oerrtd
by those Jn charge of the train, and in ae case will the
train be stopped at any ether point: Friend's Crossing,
Cedar Level and Birchett'i Crossing.'
ma l9-r-3m$R3 a, B, ALLS CP, Supt.
THE MAN WITH THE SUGAR-LOAF
Hat has been here tbe past two or three days, at tea.
ibiung tbe natives ith the wonderful effects prvduccd by
De Wrath's Electric OIL Prof. De Grath has invented
a novel mode of adrsrtising. . He maker his advent
into town by ringing a tremendous Uong, which at
tracts the attention of the crowd, to . whom i make
known the wonderful virtues of his - ElectrU OU, aad
begs1 them to Send ail who are suffering with Rheuma
tism pains of all kinds, and Deafness, to the Town
Hall, where "be has lectured mornings and eveningi for
several days, and produoed some astonishing cures
Mr. A.' Sugg and Seth Taylor, who have been long
affected with Chronio Rheumatism, and had to be as
sisted oil the stage, were enabled to ran a race acron
the Halt, and up and down stairs, to the amusement of
the audience. " A number of cases of Deafness, of many
years'. staading were relieved in five or tea minute,
ao they could bear the ticking of. awateh, and evinced
their gratitude by embracing the Professor,' and show. ,
ering upon; him .their endless blessing. Soase ia
Stances were truly affecting. ' '.,
a Prof. iDe Grath baa -been, called t' tee a number of
obstinate eases in -our most, respectable families,, and
has Succeeded in affording great relief; and a number
have given him tbeir certificates which will be publish
ed soon. . He makes no charge, bat directs all wbo
want De Ghrath's Electric Oil, to Pesoud A Gatllng, whs
have purchased aj barge quantity t0 kaoh terms as1 will
enable them to' supply ' the country merchants at his
price.. This valuable preparation is selling rapkUy.-'
X number, of valuable preseats haye bean mads to
the Professor by' those who have bean relieved. J?o-
0iTlFICAEsJ-,-:'', v
r.v.-..-wi antsao'ao'; K 0.1 Maroh 0, 1157. ;
I. David Elkin, do herebj certify ibat I kave. beea
badly afflicted for about two months' with Infiammato
n Rheumatism, one of my legs being' much swollen-
stiff and sore, so that I found it. exceedingly difficult
to walk that the stiff joint has been twice rubbed
with Prof. De Grath's celebrated, Eleetrfo Oil wiihia
thirty hours, and I now hare the' perfect use of the af
flicted limb. 1 1 was also troubled -with partial eafnet
in mv left ear. and bv a tingle application of the Else-
trio Oil my hearing has been greatly improved.
mo ! .la tsW'Ji t-a a pavuj; auw. i
! teT.: ii 1 AoatTSTAV Oa Mare'b 28, 1857. .;
, Prof. Dt Grath Dear Sir , This la to- certify that
my boy Moses has been afflicted with Rheumatism for
seventeen years, and by one application of your 00,
Prof. De lirath's iSlectrlo UiI,J was entirely care4, sad
I cheerfully recommend it to all similarly affeotsd.
?lt'Wj i1. Yours respectfully,:! e-
'iutU Ms rW tiiTj h sxi?-j,WE- r
.... ;',-(". i i ' , AcovsrJi Ga." March 1858. a
" Prof. Ds Gsath Dear Sir ; This is to eertify that
I hare been afflicted with Headache,' and Corns on my
feet, from which I have suffered, Very much (-and by
the application of De Grath's Electric Qil, I have been
cared of my Headache and Coras, and therefore recom
mend it to all. n . , , o 1 P, McCL'E. ;
-1 Ask Mr., Higginbothan,rcorae'r" of Kelktck and
Broad Streets, if he was not cured of Rheumatism, of
long standing, by one or two applications of De Orath's
Rlectria Oil. .
' Ask Wm. M.'
"D'Antignae anl T. S.'Metcalt if thij
.were not cared of pains by one or two1 application! cf
DeGratb'eJSlectnc Oil.-;: , . f . v,, j, (
" More than fifty or sixty others were relieved of all
aorta ef. complaints, by tht free application of this Oil
mm Ln alaitfi ! hnndrada who aaw it annlisd.
The Professor drank seven bottles ia the presence of
hundreds, and received ne injury from it It may be
applied internally or externally, without danger. . '
eit'i -? tit ft If-ITf t s t! 1
f AFFLICTED READ THIS , .
Miraculous cure made on one of our oitisens. , ,
ttf-r'- M:V;' 1 , 3MlcoUprll 8, 1857.'.
J Prof. DE Gaitalear Sirs' This is io eertify that t
bad ar faU. sprained my shoulder- and Was .afflicted for
I eighteen years, and lost tbe ase of my arm, and ceuld
not raise Jayihand'toTmy; bead and bani)g' of the
wonderful cures effected bv De Orath's Eleotrie OiL
; and by one-application of the Eleotrie Oil, I was im
mediately enauled to", raise say ' band, so sny bead sad
take off my hat. ' Thank God I sni well,, and I ebeer.
fully nooauoead it te all the afiiioied. 'The applitatiosi
was made before a hundred perrons.
',61 lo r'f
:j6rdax.'
-. ' Toors tralv.
Signed,! M Si IjwA'-A
WUnsT-J. A, Hafer, , . .; ... i ... ':
4,? f',V-iCaarlea R. jUtgecsv ffiilf i'J
jUewts'xoung,
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2 GeoTee T. Franklin;
, J. W'Aderhold,
''A. B.Ross," 1
5 Ed. G. Jeffers, Y
ti. r- rreemaa,
di
E. Price. ' -
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j'W. '' ? MacoxApril 8, 186r. '
Prof. Da Grath Dear Sir s-1, Cspt B. B. Smith, do
hereby certfy that I have been' afflicted with Rheuma
tism for fou years and at times eould not sleep. By '
hearing of the wonderful cure by De Orath's Electric
OiL I was Induced to try it ; and the first applicatioa
of the Eloctrio OiL, 1 was at onoe relisved, aad aow
haye the perfect nse of my arm, The application was
made before fifty persons." -' B. B. SMITH.
IT-
f Jwiggs Couaiy.
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UiUii--J u ..-J?RILET', -vl
.r J. H. BRANTLEY,
ria l2 lm " XL 3. CpOPKR. ,
rH m RE WARD.--TIIK ABOVE KK
ID OU WARD will be gWea for the apprehnloa
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KCb U1U1 siKasls. IIDKIV utl tinuivv e tas a v? aw j
fEom MesHTft. tlixm m TtsaMe. wueynDurr, , w
last December.. He is a likely black, boy,, about 1
mr ndl ' T bonuht bim in Richmond last Septem-
oer or Air. xnos, uarneu -jsaarese
PETER STOCKS.
apJs w2m - - .' Lunenburg C. H., sv
a; uents wanted.--tioo to two pek
AfONTlLr-Here is a rare emtaoe fer a few yoesg
men to make a large salary without investing a eapi
Ti &Wa U no three cent estrh-Muoy, or
hambaa to introduce Patent Medicines, Rooks, RogeS
Lotteries and Tickets. or an nutlit, -uclose staiup.
or three cent piece fvx rctura joeUge. Addr
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