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RALEIGH. N. C.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 16, 1855.
Mr. nEXRT M. LEWIS, Montgomery,
Alabama, is our Gaer vl Traveling Agent for the
States of AUbtma and TanneMsa, asaistad by C.
F. LEWIS. JAd. O LEfflS sad SAMUEL
LEWIS. . . '
Mr. C. W. JAME3, No. 1 Harrison Street,
Cincirnau, Ohio, is oar Oene ral Collecting Agent
for tke Western States and Texas, assisted by H.
J. THOMAS, 3. W. RAMSAY, WILLIAM H.
THOMAS, TH03 M. JAMES, C. M. L. WISE
MAN. A. L. CUILDS.and Dr. WILLIAM IRWUU
Receipts of either will be good. - . ... .-v r ; ,
Mr. ISRAEL E. JAMES, No. 182 South Tenth
Street, Philadelphia, is oar General Traveling
Agent, assisted by WM. H. WELD, JNO. COL
LIE. JAMES DEE RING, J. HAM MITT, R.. S.
JAMES, TWOS. D. NICE, R. W. MORRISON, E.
W. WILEY, WM L. WATERMAN, ALEX. H.
CRSON. E. MCSTIN, BEN. P. SWAIN, T.
ASHMAN, and P. DAVIS.
UNIVERSITY.
The University Catalogue, just published,
announces that Addressee will be delivered, dar
ing tke next Commencement week, before the
Dialectic and Philanthropic Societies, by Geo.
Davis, Esq., of Wilmington ; -
Before the Alumni Association, by Wm. J.
Bingham, Esq., of Orange County ; .
Before the Historical-Society, by Rt. Rev.
Thos. Atkinson, D. D. -
The Rev. Benj. M. Palmer, D. D., of Colom
bia, S. C, will preach the Sermon before the
Graduating Class. - I
The Board of Examiner of the College
Classes, appointed by the Executive Committee
under a late ordinance of the Board of Trus
tees, consists of Hon. Thomas Ruffin, Gen. J. G.
Bynum, Robt B. Gilliam, Esq., Calvin Graves,
Esq., and Lewie Thompson, Esq.
THE REX HOSPITAL FUND.
'"Board of Commiasiooers of the City by a Com
mittee appointed fox the purpose, (Edw. Cant
well, Esq., Chairman,) that the Rex Hospital
Fund, undsr judicious management, has so ac
cumulated, that it now reaches the amount of
$23,320 33.
The Committee eery ptoperly suggest that
the fund is now amply sufficient to authorise
immediate steps to be taken (by the Trustees of
the Fund,) to carry out the will of the Founder
of this charity, and the object of the Trust,
which is, in the language, of the testator, "to
provide a comfortable retreat for the tick and
the afflicted poor, belonging to toe City of Ra
leigh, ia which they may bare the benefit of
skilful aid and proper attention." We trust
that this recommendation will meet ready ac
quiescence at the hand of tboae who have
charge of the legacy and iU intended appro
priation.
The above estimate of $23,320 33 does not in
clude the value of twenty-one acres of land, near
the limits of the city, covered with a valuable
aable
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pine growth, which can at any time be made
swell the amount.
TBcUaanTixxs, HigmPxjcxs. The papers
throughout the country speak in the most des
pondent terms of. the prospects of the coming
crop, of the present scarcity of monsy and pro
visions, and the alarming prices demanded for
every description of the latter.
The "Saratoga (N. Y,) Whig" says that in
that section, (a region remarkable for its great
fertility.) "the millers and dealers in coarse
grains are having much difficulty is getting any
crn and oata to supply, the? jdsmand of small
cmeumers. A dealer told us the other day
that he doubted if twenty bushels of corn could
be foand for sale within a circuit of ten miles
around this place, and a, miller who had been
out buying for bis mill said that many farmers,
who have heretofore had larger quanties to sell
at this season of the year, will now have to buy
for their own use, having, sold so close earlier
in the season. There are, undoubtedly, some
oats yet to spare, but the owners want more than
starvation prices for thens?!
The Boston papers give 0e following rates of
prices for provisions in that city :
"For a good slice of steak from the round, j on
will be charged from 18 to 20 cents ; choice
roasting pieces still higher ; motton for choice
leg, is worth zu cents per pound ; 17 cents is
a?ked for a moderately good one; veal is cheap
er : pork is abeot the same ; potatoes are grad
uallv coming down : a very good kind of peach
blows or common reds can be obtained for a few
cents over a dollar a bushel, and are likely to
be lower ; asparagus can be purchased in the
market for 33 cents a bunch ; green peas at a
dollar a peck, and there are other early vegeta
bles at like high prices.
Flour went up an additional shilling in New
York city on Friday last. The best brands now
emnot be bought there for less than thirteen
dollars, at wholesale. This is equal to about
$16 at retail. Six-penny loaves, under these
circumstances, are mere myths. Corn, too, has
"gone up," and cannot be bad for less than
l, 16 a J1.18 the busaell Old mess pork is
selling at $16, 62 the barrel, and new ditto at
$15,62.
In this part of the country the same high
prices prevail. Flour commands about $11,
meal $1 to $1 10, butter 30 cents, and every
thing else in proportion. How long can such a
state of things last?
National Kmow-Nothixoisx The New York
Tribune says that the National Know Nothing
view of the slavery question is simply the creed
i f the worst slaveholder" a piece torn from
the web of the most unmitigated systems of
f.'.derj." The party in Massachusetts, says the
Tribune, are already contemptuously cast aside
bv :heir national brethren, and New York, Penn
svlvania. New Jersey, and a portion of the West,
are relied on to stick to the pro-slavery Know
Nothingitm. The general officers txo to be
sUe oligarchs. The North will only furnish
ti e Lieutenants. The bead is to be southern,
uii'l the tail northern.
K ulroad Subscription. At an election held
in Carteret county, on the 3d inst to take the
-ne of the voters npon tbe proposition tosub
ocribe -i0.000 to the Atlantic and North-Care-bna
R,ir0d Company, the Subscription''
l-revails-i L- a majority of 392. " t
Enacopu, Cowtwoio?. This body uaeov
Vies 5 Va-recton to daj, (WaJnisiaj.)
TOE
RALEIGH
REGISTER
I vt or ' Qoy.Q amine t. Governor Gad.
of Massachusetts, has refused to concur t
With the abolitionist in the Legislature of that,
Su ia cti - nt Jadge Losreo,
atyl is receiving therefor the thanks of the wbofe
country.- We commend his noble stand in be
half of the independence of the judiciary and
the Constitution of the United States to the
special attention of those who do not believe
that any good thing can proceed from the A-
merican party. , '
Wa append an extract from Governor Gard
ner's veto menage
"To the allegation that Judze Lorin-r has
shocked the popular sentiment of Massachu
setts, it may be pertinent to ask, what the du
ty of judges ur Are they to expound the laws
as made by the law-making power, or are they
to construe them in accordance with popular
sentiments 1 . When the time arrives that a
judge no violates his oath of offce as to shape
me aeeisions according to tne fluctuations of
popular feeling, we become a government not
of laws, but of men.
"Supposing, as is alleged, that according to
the ordinary balancing of conflicting testimo
ny, the decision of Judfee Loring was errone
one, no one asserts or believes that he wilfully
adjudicated wrongfully and corruptly. The
error, if error it be considered, was a mistake.
Is a judge, then, to be removed from office,
even if in the execution of that office he give a
mistaken judgment? Such an impracticable and
dangerous policy would lead to a daily remo
val among j udicial officers of our inferior courts,
so often are their decisions overruled by higher
tribunals."
Govssnor Rskdis. This gentleman is now .
in Washington, not for the purpose, se general
ly attributed to him, of invoking the action of
the general government in regard to the admin
istration of his duties as governor of Kansas,
but simply prepatory to his return in a week or
two with bis family to the Territory which he
proposes to make his future home. It is satis
factory to observe the contrast between bis quiet
and manly deportment and the violent express
ions unjustly charged to bim by his enemies.
Not fur a tingle moment has he been diverted
Jrom the plain, straight-forward path of duty.
Refusing all participation with either extreme
in the late disturbances in the Territory, and
planting him Bel f upon the conceded principles
of the Kansas and Nebraska bill, he has stead
ily maintained the attitude which might be expect
ed from a man who for thirty years has been a
leading and consistent member of the Demo
cratic party the party of the constitution.
" A northern citisen, a Pennsylvanian, after
the school of Buchanan and of Dallas, he h as,
throughout bis political career, opposed the
Wilmot proviso, sustained the fugitive slave
law, advocated the Kansas and Nebraska bill,
denounced abolitionism from first to last, and
boldly co-operated in every movement for the
protection of the South in its right under the
Constitution. . Hence it is that, while he has
resolutely and consistently resisted all attempts
to control the destinies of Kansas by means
not entirely legal and fair, he has never sought
to give the advantage to either of the contend
ing interests. Perlectly conscious, and deep
ly regretting, that the mischievous efforts of
Greeley and the northern fanatics have been
made the pretext for the recent border excite
ments, be has firmly occupied the ground of dis
couraging every movement that might disturb
the public mind, or revive those unfortunate
divisions which have so often convulsed our
happy country. We are not disappointed that
general excitement has tesultedfrom the local trou
bles in Kansas ; but we unhesitatingly say to
tbe true friends of constitutional principles,
in everj part of the Union, that no man could
more faithfully represent the consevative eenti
meots of tbe countrv, or will more steadily and
conscientiously labor to bring order out of con
fusion, than the present governor of Kansas.
But few men of the South will repudiate the
acts of the Missourians, (of which we have
heretofore given the history.) for it was a
fair eame of the hardest fend "off." The
Missourians who went into Kansas at the elec
lion were just as much citizens of the Territo- !
ry, constitutionally, as the free soil emissaries
sent by the Northern societies to vote to re
strict slavery.
The Squatter Sovereignty feature of the Ne
braska and Kansas bill, which Mr. Pierce pro
perly termed the "bill for freedom," was got
ten up and expressly advocated by Northern
ocofocoism as a prompt and easy means of abo
itionising the new territories. Relying on the
fact that the emigration from the slaveholding
States would be slow, and on their own immense
surplus freesoil population constantly seeking
the west Iowa, Oregon, California, Utah, New
Mexico, tbey saw that with slight expense
this whole immense roving tide of emigration
could be concentrated on Kansas, at the time of
votiDg, and thus carry the men and measures
intended to ignore slavery in the Territorial
Government, and pave the way for a State
Constitution which would prohibit tbe institu
tion. This seemed feasible, as practically eve
ry one of all nations, races, Ac, who happen to
be in the Territory on the day of election, can
vote by the provisionsof tbe bill. Even those who
may have been only a few weeks previous on tbe
soil of England, Germany, France, Ireland, Ac,
on a simple declaration of intentions to become
citizens of the United States, were allowed to vote.
Everything seemed propitious to effect the move
ment, and hordes of domestic and foreign free-
soilers were directed to tbe Territory, few of them
with families or any intention of settling, but
with onlv one object to arive in seasonto vote.
and thus fulfil their contract with their employ
w a
ers. The Missourians, it seems, regarded with
anxiety this attempt to forestall matters and build
np on their borders a den for abolitionists and
runaway slaves. Tbey looked with hope for a
corresponding emigration from the slave States,
but were disappointed. They -resolved to pro
tect themselves, and claimed the right to vote
in their border Territory as well as anybody
else from all parts of the country and the world
But if their conduct was wrong, the respon
nihility of this rests with Congress, and on the
free-soil associations who involved tbem in this
contingency, and made their action necessary
to repel a deeper and more vital wrong.
So far as the Administration is concerned, the
endorsement of Gov. Reeder's course is full and
complete. He was sent out to prevent Kansas
beooming a slave Territory and State, and there,
fore it is said expressly, that "be has maintain
ed tbe attitude which might be expected," and
" not for a single moment has he been diverted
from the path of duty" chalked out for him I
It is said that Messrs. Dobbih and Davis, of
the Cabinet, are urgent in their demands for
the dismissal of Reeoes.
American Convention. It is rumored that
a Convention of Delegates of the .American
Party was held in Louisburg, on Monday, for
the purpose of nominating a candidate for Coo
gress in this Congressional District. We have
heard nothing as to its action.
G alu & SaaToic, of the "National Intel
Ugeuoer," nre re-printing their valuable Reg
ister of Debates,' embracing the Congressional
Bgorts for niearlj twenty ava jcajs.
VWoirsKas or nm. Tclzqiapo. Tb electric
telegraph is now established almost without
break, from London across Europe, under the
black Sea, and into the Crimea a distance .of
some eight hundred leagues, whk-h.'ia about e
qnal to foar fifths of the actual distance between
Liverpool and New York', and more than equal
to the whole route from Ireland to Halifax.
The last newspapers from England, by the
Asia, contain intelligence which was commit
ted to the wires, at Balaklava, at four o'clock in
the morning, and received in London on the
afternoon of the same day. We may thne cal
culate on receiving news from the Crimea with
in ten days. The submarine cable is laid down
some 300 miles at the bottom of the Black Sea.
It remains to be seen how far it may be affect
ed by under currents and other obstructions.
Scientific men in Europe have little fear on
that score. The principle once established as
successful, we may speedily expect to have a
sab marine telegraphic line between the Old
World and the New, and there is no reason,
that once accomplished, why the daily news of
London and Paris should not be published in
this country within a few hours of its occur
rence. Light ! In connection with the question
which is somewhat agitated in this community,
at present, relative to lighting the City with
Gas, we are enabled, upon tbe authority of a
private letter, to give the following particulars
a to tbe practical benefits (to share, owners J of
its introduction into Columbia, S. C.
The stock of the Company, the first year,
paid a dividend of 6 per cent, although tbe
works were badly constructed. It has since
paid more than 12 per cent., and the shares, or
iginally $25 each, now command $29,50 and
upwards.
Columbia has a population about equal to
that of Raleigh, and the cost of her Gas Works,
a large Gas House, four miles of pipe, c.,
was $30,000, the amount estimated for the
same improvement here.
Ma. Ratkee in Petersburg. We copy, in
another column, from the "Petersburg Intelli
gencer," an account of the Hon. Kenneth Rat
nee's recent great speech in Petersburg. We
learn, from private sources, also, that it was an
effort every way worthy of Mr. R's. fame as an
orator, and that it created the most intense en
thusiasm among the sons ef "Sam" in the Cock
ade City.
ANOTHER BOLTER.
Judge Jno. W. Nash will not support Mr.
Wise. His reason is, that Mr. Wise has insul
ted every member of the Democratic party, ad
vocated all the measures of the old Whig party,
insulted and denounced, in the most bitter
style, all tbe idols and leaders of the Demo
crats, and now has no recantations to make ;
nothing to take back. Having said Democrats
were -not gentlemen; that they were dirty and
corrupt ; that they were rooces, and that " he
wonld not suffer his pointer bitch to lap the blood
which fiovxd frm a 0emocrat's veins," and now
refuses to take anything back. Judge Nash, as
a Democrat, and a gentleman, too, cannot sup-
Ftort bim. Thousands of Democrats will do
ikevise. i2ica. Post.
A FAIR HIT.
Tbe Washington Union, speaking of Com.
McCauley s mission to tbe gulf, says :
" He does not go with a lexicographer in his
hand to enter into philological disquisitions
with Spanish officers.
"Does not go with a lexicographer in his handl'
We think that the government editor bad better
get a lexicon in his hand before be presumes to
talk about "philological disquisitions or any
thing else. Louisville Journal, May 4th.
KNOW-NOTHING ELECTION.
Mobile, Monday, May 7.
John A. Hitchcock, Know Nothing, has
been elected Judge of the Probate Court for
this County, beating tbe Democratic candidate
by 1.100 minority.
NEW YORK KNOW-NOTHING CONVEN
TION.
Steaccse, Msy 11th. The New York Times
has a correspondent in the Know Nothing Con
vention here who gives tbe particulars of the
proceedings. He says that Erastus Brooks, of
the New York press, is in tbe chair. One
member has been expelled on account of being
suspected of reporting for the Times, and anoth
er has been expelled for uttering anti-slavery
sentiments.
JOSEPH HISS EXPELLED BY THE MAS
SACHUSETTS LEGISLATURE.
Boston, May 11. After a night session of
seven hours, tbe House this morning at 3 o'clock
passed a resolution expelling Joseph Hiss by a
vote ot yeas lo to noes id.
A letter from an American in France to bis
friend in Washington city, published in the
National Intelligencer, says : All hopes of an
early peace have vanished, and no one pretends
to predict the duration of the war of the nations
which are yet to be drawn into the vortex
What I always predicted is every day becom
ing more certain, that Austria will not take an
active part against Russia, and the utmost
which can be expected from her will be contin
ued neutrality."
We make, also, the following' extracts from
this letter :
"Troops do not at present embark so gaily
as formerly for tbe Crimea. It is no longer
considered as a frolic. Sebastopol cannot, as
at first intimated, be taken by a coup de pied,
and they hare a powerful and brave enemy to
fight.
I still do not believe the Emperor will go to
the Crimea. If Sebastopol had fallen and he
had established his entrenched camp near Con
stantinople, he might probably pay a flying
visit under tbe enthusiasm wnich would pre
vail at home and to show himielf to the army.
Still, in opposition to my own opinion, Gen.
, of the Imperial Guard, who took leave of
the Emperor a few days since to embark for
the Crimea, called upon me and said the part
ing words of tbe Emperor were, "I shall soon
see you at Constantinople."
This war has greatly reversed the order of
commerce, rormerly the Black Sa was the
granary of Europe and supplied half the conti
nent witn grain ; now u is snippea in immense
quantities from France and Algeria to supply
me army. This fact is a proof that the Allies
can derive but small supplies from the country,
and that they command only the ground on
which tbey are encamped.
What I suggested in a former letter is to be
realised. An entrenched camp for 40,000 men
is to be established near Constantinople, and
will be occupied by rrencb troops ; tbe city is
also to be strongly fortified. The French will
be established in Turkey, and will never again
leave titer. Mark this prediction, for be asso.
red it will be verified. Doctor Napoleon will
take charge of the "sick man." The Tnrks are
convinced that their longv encampment ia Eu
rope is about being broken up. Tbey are no lon
ger rulers in their own territory. The "infir
deT has possession of it, and means to remain.
Tbey would. hostTer, aaseh prefer the Russians,"
PUNCH DIOGENES AND PUNCHINE
The large piotare from Punch Is 0pituL -,- Mr.
Leyard is represented aa digging oat the British
Bull from a hsao f coronets, red tape, bribery';
and corruption, v Jobs Ball, in round bat and
lop DOotu,u furnished with the Assy nan wings
and other ."fixings" so familiar in Liyard's
book about Nineveh. i -'.
In Diocenes we see John Bull lookinzat a
show got op "regardless of expense.' Fifty
thousand moving figures are announced. " He
gates through tbe hole and exclaims ' .i.,
Lagerspectatoi. "But thefiguresdooTmover7
Showman. ' Oh. it's all the same ; there's
only something wrong in the machinery." ;.
Scelt Sentiments By a professedOId Grum
bler. No woman drinks beer of her own ac
cord ; she is always "ordered" to drink it I
Experience is a pocket compass that a fool
never thinks of consulting until he has lost his
way.
An ugly baby is an impossibility.
When a man has the headache, and savs "its
the salmon," you may safely conclude he bas
been "drinking like a fish."
The moment friendship becomes a tax, it is
singular, at every fresh call it makes, how very
few persons a finds at home I
Viet Wik or the Ma ex.. "Modern instan
ces have a strong tendency to tbe refutation of
the "wise saws of antiquity. It was an old
saying that "every bullet has its billet." On
tbe truth of the adage grave doubt has been
thrown by the special correspondent of the
Morning Post in the Crimea.- That gallant of
fioer and writer represents a British battery as
firing "at tbe distance of 1.700 yards" against
a steamer which bad for a long' time "annoyed
the Iokernian attack with its shot and shell."
He adds: "Sixty rounds were fired by the ar
tillery, but only six struok the vessel. The
Russians returned our fire with two hundred
shots from their battery without doing us the
slightest injury." What an awful waste of
powder and shot! But if every ball had told,
would the waste, on the whole, have been great
er or less ? Meanwhile those who complain of
the paucity of successful dramatic pieces should
observe how very few hits have been made ia
tbe theatre of war.
Catch foe the Viennese Conoeess. (To be
sung by persons supposed to represent England,
l ranee, and Austria.)
When shall we three meet again f
For Progress, Falsehood, Truth, or Gain ?
When these monarch s wars are done?
When the people's rights ire won?
significantly, with pantomimic gesture.)
Thai will be when dead dogs run I
A Dance.)
"Gentlemen Maee Yoce Game !"( A hint
to Lord Joan.) The Plenipotentiaries who are
talking away at Vienna are just npartut earree.
We think it would be much better for them to
finish the conference at once by having a rub
ber of wbist. Kussia mieb take Austria as a
partner, (and it would not be the first time they
have played it out against England and France.)
Which ever side scores the "four points first
wins the game.
Litebart Intelligence. An extract from
an Austrian paper says: "Mount Ulympus
smokes like a volcano." We hear that directly
this became known in London, the author of
"Proverbial Philosophy" immediately quitted
home withjialf a dosen empty bottles and corks
to match.
A Contradiction. If Truth is to be found
in tbe bottle bow can she also live at the bottom
of the well ? For ourselves we should say that
there is something fundamentally wrong in
this.
Direct from toe seat or was. The last des
patches of Lord Raglan were nearly sent back
from tbe Horse Guards to the custom-house, for
some one bad waggishly inscribed on them " A
Box of Dates."
A Melancholy Truth. There is no doubt
that when our ships are ploughing the main,
theymustmeet with some very harrowing scenes.
Not so Bad as thet aee Painted. Notwith
standing our dislike of the Russians, we do not
see tbey are such a bad set after all; for, as
tbey have not yet gained a single battle over
the Allies, tbey can't be so very repulsive.
Lent in the Crimea. We don't know whe
ther our troops in Crimea hacTany pan cakes on
Shrove Tuesday ; but tbe probability is, that in
order to take Sebastopol. they have been provi
ded witb materials tor batter.
The Militia in Bed. Two militia officers
billeted at a public bouse, refused to sleep in a
double bedded room. These warriors evidently
nave no thoughts of active survice: otherwise
they should make up their minds to the chance
of sleeping, not in double beds, but in a sinele
bed, and not sleeping there in twos but in two
hundreds. May we be so coarse as to suggest
the bed of glory ? A bed none of the softest and
tucked up witb a spade.
French withoct a Master. This is promis
ed to Paris on the l&ch instant.
The weather in the Crimea must have been
unpleasant for undress military officers
We often receive a report that "there is noth
ing new before bebaatopol, and I should say
a correct one, judging from the ragged state we
bear that the soldiers are in.
Why are green peas like Sebastopol? Be
cause tbey must be shelled before taken.
An Inactive Commandee. Our army has
been 60 long trying to march into Sebastopol.
that one would iJtnost imagine it had come to
a stand still under tbe influence of a lame com
mander in the shape of a "General Halt."
Boston Post.
Presidency or Liberia. Edward J. Rote.
one of the candidates for President of Liberia,
was some ten years since a barber in Terre
Haute, Indiana, from whioh place he smirra
ted to Liberia. lie engaged successfully in com
mercial pursuits at Monrovia, has been member
and Speaker of the House of Representatives of
that itepu one, was a candidate two years ago
for the Presidency against President Roberts,
and is now editing and publishing a paper in
that oountry. lie is, we Deiieve, a pure Afn
can ; certainly a black man.
Stephen A. Benson, the other candidate, is
of unmixed African descent, went with his pa
rents to Liberia when a mere child, before the
time of Gov. Ashmun's arrival in 1822, was
taken captive by tbe nati ves in tbe war of Decem
ber of that year, but was finally restored to his
home after an absence of several months. He
has been entirely educated in Africa ; is the
principal merchant at Basse Cove ; has filled
the office of Judge in on of the highest courts
in and of Liberia, and is new the Vice President
of the Republic Bnson is a christian of emi
nent purity and benevolence of life, and enjoys
the respect and confidence not only of the com
munity in which he resides, but of many distin
guished! strangers, and aniversally of the citizens
of tbe Liberian commonwealth.
The time for the election of President, Sena
ators, and Representatives is fixed in the con
stitution of Liberia to be held " on the first
Tuesday in May in every two years." Intelli
gence of the choice made on the first day of the
present month will doubtless reach this country
about the middle of Jane next. ' v - .
It is proper to remark that the President. J.
J. Roberts, for reasons honorable to himself
and to Liberia, declined ft re nomination for
the office. On the expirstisn of his official du
ties he will have ssrved four terms of two yean
each, with marked credit to himself, honor to
the colored race, and to- the advancement and
prosperity of his eo u n try. Co Ion ixa t ioa. fferqld.
Bayard Taylor delivered! a leOtqra, recently,
at Kalamaton, Miohigan.' Next day a lady
was asked her opinion ot tb lecture, whan, she
replied v "0b I it wscsoclleat) bas snob a
,ftMrjeafTitsne;rr
' , V'- ' - '' "' ' ron MOM.
Copied from the Port Folio in the . Dialectic Li.
'"VlUbrary, In 1823, at Chapel Hill. ;
REMARKABLE OAK TREE, NEAR BA
.: ; , : .j. LEIGH, N. C.t v.: ,5-'
"About 60 years ago, it was io small a sap
ling, that the owaer of the estate bent it down
and cut off the top witb bis pea-knife ; at pres
ent, by tbe ground, it would measure at least
25 feet in girth, but as high up as trees are
usaally chopped, its circumference is 15 feet,
and the tree covers with its shade, at meridian,
a'ciroamfereoee of 333, or somewhat upwards
of 9000 square feet, It would consequently af
ford shelter, (allowing 2 feet to each man,) for
four thousand five hundred men."
The above measurement, Ac, was made by
Mr. Wm. Lucas, who died many years since,
and who was one of the earliest and most es
teemed eitisens of this place. The tree refer
red to is on the Fayetteville road, in the direction
of the present residence of Lawrence Hinton,
Esq.
Faoa Level. We are pleased to be able to
give the sales of cotton in that market for the
past week. For this advanced period of the
season, the sales are large. We have noticed
for some time, that a spirit of improvement and
enterprise was showing itself among the eiti
sens of that thriving village, and we hope it
may continue. Tbe Dame, to strangers and
outsiders, will provoke a smile ; but there is
nothing in a name, and we must be permitted
to say that Frog Level is no mean place.
Newbern S. C.J Mirror.
There is a good deal in a name, and this one
of Frog Level reminds us of the greatest speech
we ever heard. A fellow was indicted, up in
the old Nintk, whem Tom G 1 was Solicitor,
for gambling, to wit, playing "short cards," at
a certain locality known as Frog Level. Col.
N defended him and contended before the
Jury, that though the State's evidence "ten
ded to show that his client, with a bottle of
liquor in bis pocket, accompanied the crowd
who, it was shown, did actually play, yet it
never did, with absolute certainty, locate him
as one of the players.. Said be, by way of per
oration :
"Gentlemen of the Jury : The witness have
told you that Peter Wyatt was thar, and a-play-in'
: for be noticed his band, and it was a full
on Queens I
"Harry Snow was thar, and he was a play-
in ; tor he but two little par I
"William Upson was thar. and he played,
'cause witness noticed, in particular, that he
had nothin' but an ace !
"Bill Conner was thar, and he played, gentle
men, tor be bad tbe bully band four high-
heeled Jacks I
"But, gentlemen, when I came to ask him
about A bra m Pitkin my client's hand, what
did he soy, gentlemen ? Why, nothin,' gentle
men, except that if Abe hilt any hand, he dis
remembered what was in it ! And now, gentle
men of the Jury, because my client was seen
goin' down to Prog Level, with a bottle of li
quor in At pocket, and tbe witness can't remem
ber as he but any hand at all, when bully hands
was out, and him the best player in the croud
is that is that 1 say, gentlemen of the Jury,
is that any reason that my client was guilty of
tbe crime of Gambolling !"
It is almost needless to say, that the Jury
saw the no sequiiur and acquitted the defen
dant. Montgomery Mail.
Kossuth on the Visit or Napoleon III. to
England. Kossuth has written an unusually
bitter letter, even for him, in relation to tbe
visit of Napoleon III. to England. He calls
the reception a "comedy." The letter ap
pears in the New York Times. Kossuth salutes
Austria as follows:
" That Austria, sir, which means the Haps
borgs, whom I, a plain, unpretending citisen,
weighed in the hollo w of my hand just seven years
ago; the very existence of whom depended on
a breath of mine; whom I saved with ill-fated
generosity, fool as I was to trust a king's oath ;
whom the people of Hungary has humbled to
the dust, unarmed, unprepared, forsaken, and
hermetically secluded as it were ; those Haps
burgs whom the Ctar propped up for a while,
but to whom no aid, no combination can impart
vitality, and whom the very hand of the Eter
nal bas doomed to certain destruction, it is
tbis Austria, sir, which strikes terror to the
adventurer who carved his way through all tbe
bloody horrors of December, and through un
scrupulous perjury to the throne; tbis Austria,
sir, to which the Cabinet of St. James bows
with fear ; tbis Austria, whose finger pulls the
leading-string on which England and France
are hooked in the camp and in the councils
alike."
Hotel Pfices and PsoriTs It bas been of
ficially announced by some of our leading hotels,
that on and after the 1st of May, the charge for
board would be $3 per day. The Astor,
St. Nicholas and New York have raised their
prices, on accounts, we believe, of the high price
of beef, pork and potatoes. The Metropolitan
Hotel oontinues the old charge of $2 50 per day,
and it is the intention of tbe proprietors to make
no change, under any circumstances short ol
famine. With flour at $12 per barrel, potatoes
at $1 50 per bushel, and other articles in pro
portion, it does not pay very well at $2 50 per
day, but the proprietors of the Metropolitan
believe that for the year through the old prices
will be sufficiently remunerative, and tbey also
believe that hotels should take their chances
with other kinds of business, good seasons with
tbe bad. Uniformity in prices is an important
matter with the travelling public, and the Me
tropolitan will adhere to the old rate through
suinmei and winter. .AT. T. Herald.
During our recent war with Mexico, it
was found necessary to call on the marines and
sailors serving in the Pacific squadron to serve
on shore, and a large number of sailors were
accordingly placed under command of Gen.
Kearney. During one of their "shore fights,"
aa Jack termed it, a body of "Greasers" were
discovered firing from a large barn, and it be
ing nepesaary to get to tbe rear to effect an en
trance, the marine offioer in command of the
Salts gave the order:
"By the right flank file left, forward."
The blue jackets, in a high state of excite
ment, tried it on, but couldn't do it ; in fact.
"tbey got all in a heap," as a spectator describes
it, when Lieutenant St w r, of the Navy.
seeing some of his lads in confusion, came run
ning up witb
"What in the thunder is the matter?"
"I can't get your men to obey me," answers
nr. Marine.
"Give the order," says S., "and I'll see they
do."
Accordingly, "By the right flank," Ac,
was yelled out, but worse and worse was poor
Jack s puxsle, wben 3 sang out, "Hang it, sir.
that s no to way tela to my men. luc, you lub
bers, and weather that barn 1" You had better
believe it was done in no time.
Spirit of the Time.
A New Planet. The Astronomical Journal,
published at Cambridge, Mass., announces that
on April 6., M. Cbacornao discovered a small
planet of tbe eleventh magnitude. This makes
the thirty-fourth asteroid.
WILMINGTON MARKET.
Wilmihotok, May 12th, 1855,
Turpentine. Further sales yesterday ef 116
bbls, at 2,90 for yellow dip and 1J0 fcr hard per
bbL ti and to-day of a snuU lot (6 bbls.) at sWo
figures w .-'i " ' i
Spir lta.-Thre was a further adwia yesterday
of U per gal, with sales, 9( 245 casks, at 42 J a
4 eta, Torday the price baa gone back to 42 eta.
with sales af 40Q casks at that figure.
-, Rosin gales yesterday of 1,900 bbls Common
at 1 ,60 per bbL for largs bbls., and'20 bbls. No. 1,
at 92 per bbL No transactions to-day. -
Tar Sales yosterday of 24 bbls. at 8,06 per
bbt Therh. ia a lot on market this morning, huA is
had not been sold whan, we, closed iurjuSv
Corn We note the. receipt yesterday ef a eargo
of 1100 bushels which changed hands at 1,20 per
Mlba,v, . ' , . -.
Bacon. Sales to-day of 1500 lbs. : JL C. bog
round, at 12J eta. per lb. . t. .
' Cotton Sales yesterday of 24 boles, at t eta.
per lb. for good middling. Hxa. ;
FAYETTEVILLE MARKET
, '--
" -.;-v v Fatetteville May 12.
Bacon, per lb., 9 to. 10 Cotton, per ltw, ito H
cotton cainnnr. per vara i tinny iguanas i
H Burlaps, 10 to 12, Cotton Yarn, per. lb, Ner
Sheetings, 7 8, Osnaburgs, 8 to ,10, : Flour, per
barrel Superfine. 9 60, Fine. 9 25, Cross,
Feathers, per lb. 42 to 45, Cora, 1 25, Wheat,
Remarks. Bacon, no change In price, market
well supplied. Corn in demand at improved,
prices sales from wagons at $1 25 per busheL
Cetton still continues to improve in price sales
at 9 to 9 for best grades. Flour, no change to
note receipts light.
Spirits Turpentine 89 cents per gallon.
Raw do. virgin $260 ; yellow dip $1 16 to $2
26; hard fl 16. Can.
S53li
List of Letters,
REMAINING in the Post Offioe, at Raleigh,
from the 14th of April to the 14th of May.
Jackson, William A
A vera, Mrs Mary A
Amis, Miss Mary J
Adams. Qdinton
Allen, Mrs Aley S
B
Bohrer, Augustus
Bran ton, Mrs Ellen
Jones, Miss Elvira T
Jordan, Miss Clara
Jones A Royster Messrs
lonnson, Leroy
K
2 Kluge, Eugene
A Kilkellv, Mrs M G
" L
Lee, Wellington S
Langdon, SO
Barber, J W
Browning, S R
Brown, N L
Baker, John H
Bodrey, Mrs Bethey
Brasier, Buret
Burn A Richardson,
Messrs.
Barbour, Joseph
Bishop, George W
Beokwith, M A
Betts, Mrs Lucy J
Bell. J A
Booker, Paschal
Ballard, John W
Bland, Mr
C
Crockett, George W
Cofer, William W
Chilly, John
Coplin, Miss Betsy
Carpenter, Stephen
D
Laws A Tate, Messrs
Langdon, Elias
M
Martin, John
McCullers, Edwin
Marve. Mrs Martha
McRae, John H, Assi't
Engineer
Moring, Henry
Morrow, E G
Metts, James
Manly, Polly or Daniel
James
N
Nowell, Miss L A
Frances
Norwood, Miss Sallie H
Nichols, Henry W
O
O'Neal, Simeon
Dodge, Wm M
P
Driver, Miss Martha A Phillips, Mi ssMartbaR
uevereux, air t ranees Falmer, John L
Denton, P F A Dill- Pittman, Mrs Sallie C
man D W Messrs Perry, Willis
Dettman, Christian Perry, Doct Wiley
E Pool, J H
Emmons, Eben'r Prof Price, Mrs Nancy
Emmons, Jr, E R
English, Mr Infant Ruffin, James H
Drummer Ransom, Matthew
Exam, Miss Kate Richardson, H M
Exum, Miss Cathrine 2 Ransom, M W
Ragan, John
Fleming, John M
Fraqcis, Peter
Felts, Lewis
Foster, James T
Freeman, Dr John H
Ray, Thos
S
Stedman, David P
Salmonser, Wm H
Stephens, Mrs Martha
.Sutherland, M A
Schrenkeissen, Mr
Smith, R H
Stone, John T
Smith, E D
T
Tate, Robt
U
Giles, Matthew
Green, Gen T J
Gouch, Daniel
Gunter A Pearson,
Messrs
Geormand, J ohn
H
Utley, Miss Sarah Ann
Hudson, Miss Jans L
Haughton, T C
Howell, B N
V
Ulrica, W T
V
Velvin, Mrs Clara
W
White, Edy
Williams, Ed A
Williams, Simon or Or
rin
Haughton, Charles T
Hicks, Wm J
Uardie, Miss Louisa Y
Harrison, John W
Hicks, Jackson
Howerton, Wm M
Hunter, Miss Martha
Wellons, Mrs Harriet J
Hill, Nelson
Wright, William T
Williams, Duncan
Will son, Joel V
Willson, Arthur
Uaawell, Presly R
Harries, Wm H
Hordon, E L
Hall, Jas H
Herndon, Richard
Walton, Mrs Cyntha or
Bryan
Williams, Josiah
Williams, Gen 8 A
J
Jones, K A Son 2
Persons calling for any of the above letters,
will please say tbey are Advertised.
WM. WHITS,, r. M.
May 14. 1855. - .39
Xfoioe.
PROF. CHARLES B. STCART, of Randolph
Macon College, Vs., will deliver an Adress
before Johnston Academy, on the 7th June next.
May 16, 1805. 89 w2w
FISH ! FISH FISH !
TT7" H. PUTNEY has just received, at the
TT FISH AND PROVISION
STORE,
oOUarrells No. 1 Salt Shad; and
200 do No. 1 N. C Cut Herrings,
which he will sell cheap for cash or barter for
ouod, .ara or r lour.
He also has for sale nice articles of Bacon Hams,
Lard, Flour, indeed, most all of the articles usu
ally kept in a Provision Store.
Country Produce received for storage and sold
on commission. W. H. PUTNJSx .
May 16, 1856. tf 89
Splendid Lottery May, 185&.
GREGORY J- MAURT, Manager
(Successors to J, W, Maury J- Co.)
$67,500,
Lottery for the benefit of the
STATE OF DELAWARE.
Class L roa 1866.
Drawn at Wilmington, DeL,8at May 26, 1866
18 Drawn Numbers out of 78.
BRILLIANT SCHEME.
1 Prise of.
1 do
$67,600
80,090
do
do
do
20,000
16,000
10,000
do
6,000
do.,
4.260
10
do
4,000
60 do.
60 do..
169
2,000
.1,000
Lowest 8 No. Prises
600
Ac Ac. Ac
Tickets, $20,00 Halves $10,00 Quar. $6,00.
Sights 2,50.
Certfs. of Pkg's of 26 whL tickets, $270 00 -r
do do 26 half do 1X5 00
ao ao zo quarter ao 67 mj
do do 26 eighth do 88 76
Orders for Tickets and shares and Certificates of
Packages in the above splendid Lotteries will re
ceive the most prompt attention, and an account of
each drawing will be sent immediately after it Is
over to all wno oraer rrom me.
Address p. J. BUCKET, Agent,
Wilmingtau Dot
HAY,
mo close a consignment. I will sell 60 to 100
I Bales of Hey at reduced prices. ..:' s?
v-. Ko. 8 PayetteviUo 8treet.
Raleigh, March 26, 1856. . . - . . 25
I: ; -
- Parafola and Umbrellas.
- A large and varied assortment of Parasols
. and Umbrellas, new styles.
tftf-: . vW. IU 48. S. TUCKER.
YREGON PEAS. A small supply in storaaad
V8W tal br WUL1MH 4 $AJQQr
ACfirrtE p b R7 a u Lit it 1
.JLi:
!; ;i
HO LL0 WAY'S OINTMENT
I . v, one voice, front one and
mr Oinbaent with yovr approbation. It is scarce-
lytwoyiarsaiacSltaade it known among -you;
ana aireaay, it nas Obtained more celebrity than
any other medicine ia ;so short a period.' ;
- THOMAS rnOLLOWAY
38, Cor. of Ann and Nassau streets, New York.
, AJSTONISHTNO CURE OF SORS LE03,
AFTER j NINE YEARS STANDING. :
Copy 9f a Letter JtW JGV-& T7. -Langleytf
Huntsvilk, Tadki County.' ITorti Canlista.
U. 3. dalsd November ltt, l:.
To Paoisssoa Hoexowat, : .V.-V
Sir : It is not set wish, .'tor beccie r otorlons.
nether Is this letter written, fsrthS nsrj tike of
wntiag, bus to say, that your C -t. :.t czred me "
of one of the most- dmdfal Y ..a? leases
that flesh it hair to. and .which n is e ' rsdbv .
all who knew me, j( be) entirely be;- 1 tie reach
of medioiae. For nin year I was Lieted With. . ,
one of the most painful and troUesome sore legs
that ever fell-to the lot of man ; and after trying '
every medicine I bad ever heard of, I resigned in
despair all hope of being cured;, but a friend
brought tec a couple of large pots of your Oint
ment, which caused U sores on ay legs to heal, -and
I entirely regained my health to my agreeable -.
surprise and delight, and to the astonishment of '
my friends. fsigned) W: J.LASQLBYi
AN EXTRAORDINARY CURE OF A -BAD
BREAST, WHEN NEARLY AT THE
POINT OF DEATH. ' t
Copy of a Letter from Mr. Purani, Nev Or-
leans. November 94L 1853. J
To PaorEsson Howwit, 88, Corner of Ann and
Hassan afreets, New York..' ": - -Dear
8ir, It is with heartfelt rratitude I have
to inform you that by the use w,J9ur Ointment
and Pills, the life of my wife has been saved. For
seven years she had a bad breast, with ten run
ning wounds, (not of a cancerous nature.) I was
told that nothing could save her; she was then in
duced to use your Ointoent and PUlx, when tn
the short space of three months, they effected a '
perfect cure, to the astonishment of al who knew '
us. We obtained your Medicines from Messrs. k'
Wright a Vo., orchartresrstreet. New Orleans.
I send this from "Hotel des Princes,' Peris, al-
inougn i nau written u at xw Orleans, before
we finally left, at that time, not knowing your ad
dress at New York. 'C.- U"- v'.- .
(Signed) ? i i i if B. DURANTE
The Pill should be used conjointly wilhihe OinW
menttn most of thc JoUowing case :
Bad Lep.
Contracted and Stiff Joints
Lumbago '
Bad Breasts
Piles
Burns
Rheumatism
Bunions
Salt Rheum
Sore-throats 1 . - ,
StUC joints
Skbdieses -Fistula
1 -- -
Scurvy-"'' "'' -
Gout- . V . -
Sore-heads x
Glandular -
Uicea i ..v 1 .
Swsllingsw -
' Wounds i : m - t
Chilblains
Scalds
Chapped hands
Uore Nipples
Houowat, 88, Corner of Ann and Nassau: Streeta
ov' uiiwiuiuuB oi Arruiesaor
New York, also by all Respectable Druggists and
Dealers in Medicine throughout the United States,
in Pots, at 87 cents, 81 cents, and 91.60 cents
eacn To be bad wholesale, of the principal
Drug Houses in the Union; and' of Messrs, 8. B.
E J. A. IS vans, Wilmington and P; F. Psseud,
Raleigh. - . ..
'There is a considerable saving bv taking
the larger sixes.
N. B. Directions for the guidance of patients
in every disorder are affixed to each Pot. '
Franklintott Institute S
SEMI- Annual Examination. It will commence
on May 23d and close ott' the 26th with Rhetor-.
teal Exercise by the Students, and addresses by .
distinguished speakers. " ' 5 'A ; -. 1
The patrons of the school and the fHendaof "
education generally are invited to. attend.- . '
D. 3 RICH ARD5QN, Principal.
May 11, 1865. . .
Intendant's OfHoe. '
Rauish, May 9th 18S6' I
THE Intend ant respectfully invites the co-operation
of the bi tii ens -' with ths City authori
i ties is prompting the health of the city, during
the coming summer, and the, cleanness . of the
Streets. He particularly requests the tenants,
lessees, or owners of lots on both sides of Fayette
ville Street, from the Cape fear Bank to the Capi
tol ; Wilmington 8treet, from avie to Hergstt
Street ; Hargett Street, from UMngten to fay
etteville Street, to sweep the dirt and offal from -
tbeir iota and stores, in piles, to and at.the mid
dle or the Street A cart Will be sent every Sat- .
urday morning until the 1st of November, here-,;
alter, to remove ue aumto--a-.v. .
By order of the Beard, tv h -
WM. DALLAS HAT.WOOD, Intendant.
May 11, 1865.
88 21
Brioks ! Bribks ! ! Ciicia!
flfHE SUBSCRIBERS HAVINQMADE PER
Jl manent airangemeaUi tor carrying om the.
jtttiuJL-siAnxNU oosiae
'ob an extensive scale:
are now prepared to con tract for the deli very, dor-
the eusmng season, of from one to (we mZUon etr
BricksoftheferfoitaMy and at sachncaai will.'
defy all eompetition. ' s -1 r
Orders from a distaaoe will be nromntl Utend-
ed to, and bricks delivered at either of the Depots, i
if desired GEO- T. COOKS A CO. .'
Raleigh, March 12, 1865.
21 tL1
Town Lots for Sale- 1 -V'
PURSUANT to a deed of trust executed to as, 'l
aa trustee, bv the Rav. Bannet T. R1V T
shall proceed to sen, on the premises, in Ue city
of Raleigh, on the 6th of June, lots No. 182, 188, "
situated on Hillsboro' street,- one square. West of
the CapitoL The lots contain abouf one' acre of
land and are bounded by Hillsboro, M'DoweU
and Morgan streets. .The location is one of the -'
most desirable in the city, being Sufficiently near C
the business portion of the city to be convenient,
and sufficiently retired from the noise and bustle ' -for
the comforts of a private residence. There ar
on tne u two dwelling bouses, witb fine stables,?
Eitcneas andJtll necessary out nouses. -rTZ- -
Persons desiring to exanvne the premises ;eaar -
do so by calling at the office of the North Carolina
Star. t;isi..'iififSM
Tbems, A credit of twelve months, with inter- , .
est from date. . -
ALONZ0 MIAL, .Truste. -May
4, 1855. -Wiiv;-
Advertisement
I HAVE been matrimonially Inclined a long
time, and have expatiated extensively on the
tender passion for the last six years, but rith ao I
success. It has been said the Almighty intended
certain ladies for certain i gentlemen. t Having "
nuntea ior tne one im was intended fox ma, for.
w nun, mj .pueuce nas . ceeomer ex-
i . j m i a- : . . . -
uwuh. . oe puioe 01 joomtgit Keep me try
ing for years more but, In, order to save time
and breath, 1 nave come to the final conclusion,
as a last resort, ' to adver'ise for a WIFE x and. '
would suit . me, l . sincerely hope that the Ladies.
wui sw ami w maj scrupiea -as w laxorBung BSC
(addressing me as below) through iho Post O&ce. '
t I want a lady f good friaily?. raised In ' the
country, of handsoma Ibrav and tac intelligent,
amiaoie. uupesiuun, V ntoderau temper, a good
seamstresa,-ifiet partial to Temperance Societies.
wu im Mjrvjf. Mt (uuviw iiie eiae-Doara aac
fresh water, aud, in ease of my absence, wiU sa.!
parlor and ornament my kitchen, pay partieuUr f '
attention to good eatings, and not take any 7a
dies' Rook that eontsiaa the latest fashions. - - t
' I am eomtb!y situated in Wake eonry and,
'm1 .f v . irt... -
soon- , A B4QHELOR ;
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