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. , ( . ,' -V ; I . '- MMBBanMniHiHriHmHaiiHiM e la IT P 0 139 ! LITERARY NOTICES. e North Carolina Unitersity' 'Magazine is on our 'after an intermission of a month. The August it is quite a creditable, one -and sneaks well for w editorial corps, who introduce themselves to eaders of the Magazine in a neat salutatory. We tend the address of Dr. Dickson, before the As-, on of Alurbni, at the late commencement of the rsitv,'to tbe attention of everybody. It is an ylingly chaste and learned production, and will repay perusal. ah(im, for August, has also been received. The ic description of the " Rhine and its Scenery is ued in this number and will be found exceed- interestiner. J here are several other articles of Ji ,r merit,a!j all who do not take it now,will dis.cov iicn they send on to the publishers for a copy of lagazine, commencing with the 'August number, e ladies will be pleased with the Keepsake. which ohn S. Taylor sends then for August. We trust will keep taking it not only, for his sake, but for own entertainment and instruction. ARRIVAL OF THE ARCTIC. FOUR DAYS IiATIilt FROM EUROPE. J.CE. Attempt on Napoleo-ri's Lifers-England be (ves it afafo 'General Items The Crops. le London Times, writing editorially q.nd ostensi from exclusive information, asserts that tlie ra ted' conspiracy" against the roperri life wag real, punded on ftct. Some week ago, as the Emperor ! Empress were on their way to the Ilippodrome.'a was laid fof; intercepting the cortege. One of the ses Jn'the carriage preceding that of-the Emperor 1 toi have been stabbtd, and in the confusion that I expected to follow, a. more- decisive blow was to been struck. J. his pilot nnscarriea at me very ent of its execution, lor on the occurrence of the page in front the imperial carriage was driven Icily: on, and the Emperor escaped molestation. y "' persons supposed to be implicated m this cpn- racy were arrested, and are said to have been tetly stint out ot the country. It' was on account Having tailed, to unravel this plot that M. dc Man pas h removed from the Ministry of Police, and his of i abolished. 'Suspicions were entertained that other Rubers of thej secret society to which the alleged aspirators belonged, would renew their attempt, a close but'qv.iet watch was kept on their move-. nts. At the door of the opera, the other night, reral of them' were recognized! pressing kr the person of Napoleon, when the police 'dexter-' isly raised a cry au voleurs thieves '..and arrested ir men without disturbance. The police said no ang about it, but it crept out that the persons arrest- were armed; with pistol iind poignard, and doubt Is uieant mischief. The public records merely an juneed (as stated rijir'last steamer) that several embers of -feerrjt ori'cs were arrested in an at jnpt 1 . ; iha opera. The trial of the will shortly com- ISOi ' in this a Hair nce oetore tdie Police Correct ioiielie, "which pio jeds without a; jury. The" members of these s eret .leties are auiluiteu together, under the name of the nvisioies. ;: ; ' - . j: In k EYf La tcqt 'Sem A meriean, Sympa tit g Iie- ortea, insanify of either the Czar or Sultan 1 he Jiiotts at Smyrna -Gallant conduct of the Cap tain .'of ' the llnited States Frigate St. Louis. The next news from Constantinople would reach Paris and fcdoiua.n the 13th (day ol Arctic's sailing fruiii Liverpool,) 4th inst'. Until then it could not be known wi:h certainty tot decision tin- Porte had taken on learning that -'the Rus Bs had passed (he Pruth. and whether jt had appealed to I assistance ot its allies. Should it have done so, the prob Jity is that the allied fleet would, have passed the Dardan- js betore the arrival ot the last instructions from the two.. ferinneiils. A private dispatch from Vienna, however. jvs umi uie iinwassors oi r ranee. England and Austria, at stantmople, oij , the news tliat the Russians had crossed Prudi, re quested an audience of the Sultan, and asked not to demand that the allied fleets should outer the l):ir- Jelles. TheSultjan complied with the recommendation, and ifiiied himself against the invasion of the territory. he following Curious paragraph comes front Vienna, Ju- vements of thii troops, and the unceasing coming and so- ! fof English, American, French, Dutch and. Turkish ves- I I, -give an .unnatural animation to the city." ; The Constantiiv pie correspondent' is inelinet to attribute i iendly proiessitina of the rovornihent of'the.United States, tun- ciMiMiiMfuii' r-ucccts vi me -.-imericaii missionaries )M5 tlie.Musefmen.' private letter of ttie same date confirms-a stanliitir niece litellii'enee. " A very hitrh peionasre" liiiTe. who ? lr or Sultan ?. " is said recently to have exhibited syfnp- s ot a tcrnhle malady which is believed to 1e in the tami- nt it is eyen asserted tliat the propriety of nominating a y for a time is already discussed. The rumor that there sjtwo great rival parties in Russia fra.tns -strength. The old' fsian faction has at its head two Grand Dukes (Constan $ and probniy a younger brother,) and the synod. The falled'Gennan party, which is headed' 'by Gount Nessel i and hisicolleafnies, represents the intelligence and civili an of the. nation." ' . 1. .. . K W corresfiondent ihinka that the statement o' American ,Ho the Sultan rests on no better authority than a gossiping r to xltb.Ocxt Deutsche Post. fhe Porte had iderlined the. fbnnation ol a foreign legion, touneil of consultat ion is about to be summoned, eompos pf the most eminent men froril all parts o! the empire. flic: Envoy of the By ot Tunis had arrived at Consianti- e to exnress ithe Lev's retrret at the "most uniust de- ds of Rusaia." and to tender his assistance; in sunnort of ---r ( I Dinger ot the t rc phet. r'e mention, merely to omit nothinsr that looks like news. jMhe correspondence from .Alexandria of the Aisemgine tzette states that. certain English agents are! flattering the icha of Egypt with the theory of an "Arabian Kingdom un- British protection. The Wime nancr.sava that the Eorvn- ai contingent of 15',000 men is. destined for the occupation of . Pa ius, Monday EveningJuly 11, 1853 It is said that a joint note from Enirland and France a been adoresscd to the Russian Government' mak propositioBS of the pacific settlement of the im nding question. Consianiinople news of the 27th Brie is ot a pacinc tendency? and an arrangement, ad feed by the Ambassadors of-. Enirland, France and ristra,was oeuevea to oe approacmog its conclusion Austrian internuncio had obtained Ithe s uisfac n demanded, Vvithin twenty hours, for tha treatment ;be. Austrain naval officers atbmyrna.4 The Bourse. firm to-day, without much business doing; Count sseirode s la-t circular was known tj speculators, Jit did not produce jmy effect on prices. 1 hree 1 e -tits opened and closed at 77 10. TH! CATASTEOPHE AT NIAGARA FALLS- He Buffalo pap'ers contain thrilling accounts of the lati accident at Niagara Falls, by which three lives wee lost. Avery, the young; man who clung with de speration to -un . upright log from 9 1-2 o'clock on Monday niirht until 6" o'clock on Tuesday evening, was only 20 years of age', :md, to add to the painful interest of the frightful scene, his distracted father was one of the throng of spectators which lined the shores during all day oiti Tuesday. During the diy hundreds lefi Buffalo by the railroad trains, but on jtlieir arrival at the Falls, were unable to render the 'unfortunate man any-assistance, and were compelled v look on with painful suspense until their wort fears were re alised, and the fierce element vvhirle 1 itslpoor victim beneath iis boiling current. The Buffalo jCommercial has the following additional pariicuh rs: Oar informant tells us that Avery wasj in a part of the rapids where the rocks rise nearly toj the surface of the water. log of wood, 'apparently wedged tightly between the rock--, and cro.-sed :by another, still higher .out of the water, was his resting place. r II re he remained half clinging to and hjalf perching upon the log. from which he would occasionally slip down arid vcilk a little on the rocks, which were only a short distance under the water. j A few feet in advance was a small fall of about four or five feet, and here and on each side of him the waters rushed wildly on at a speed of about forty miles an hour.i About 2 1-2 o'clock in the afternoon, a raft was constructed, formed of crossed timbers, strongly f.istc-ned in a square form, a hogshead being piav.cu in (lie j ii 1 1 aj. j x The ratt was strongly secured with ropes on each side, and was floated down to the rocks; upon which Avery was s:ationeu. As it approached the spot where he stood, the rope got fast in the rocks, find the raft became immovable. Avery then appeared to muster strength and courage, and descending from the loe. walked over the rocks to the place where the rope had cavrgfrt ana laoored long and hard to dis engage it trom the rocks. After some time he succeed ed, and then with renewed energy, inspired by the hope of rescue, he pulled manfully at the rope until he suspeeded in bringing the raft from the current to wards his fearful resting-place. Avery now got on to the raft, making himself fast thereto by mean's of ropes, wbioh had been placed there for that purpose, .and those on the land com menced drawing it towards the shore. It had ap proached wiihin thirty feet of one of the small islands, towards which its course was directed, when sudden lyt became stationary in the midst of the rapids, the. ropes having again caught in the rocks. All endeavors to move it were found tq be in vain, and much-fear was entertained thnt thejstrain upon the ropes might break ihein'anJ occasion the poor fel low'a loss. Various suggestions were now volunteer ed, and several attempts were made to reach him. One man went out in a boat as far asi he dared to venture, .and asked him if he would fasten a rope round his body and trust to being drawn in by that. The poor fellow, however, shook his head despond ingly, as though he felt that he had not strength en ough remaining to make himself secure to a rope. At length a boat was got ready a life boar, which h id aniyed from Buffalo and was launched, j Seeing the preparations, Avery unloosed his fastenings, with the in.tentiun of being ready to spring inio the boat. Borne. on by the rushing waters, and amid the breath less suspense of the spectators, the boat approached the raf . A thrill ran through the crowd the bjat lived in the angry waves it siru'ck the raft a shout of joy rang forth from the shores, for it was believed that he was saved when suddenly the hbpe that had" been raised was again destroyed a moment's con fusion followed the collision, and in tie next the viciim was seen.in the midst of the watefs, separated from hi-j'IYail support and s:riiL'gling for life. For a minute or two the poor feHow,!s.triking oat boldly, swam strongly towards the islaiidj and the cry echoed trom sjioie to snore that he wpuld yet Le saed. But soon the fact became cer.aia that lie rc .ceded from "the shore his strength wjts evidently failing. Gradually -he was borne back into "the hercest part of the current slowly at first, j then more rapidly.- j Swiftly and move swiftly he approached he brink of the 1'atid precipice the waters had l.im at Livt, their undisputed viciim, and madly they jwhirb-d him -on to death, as though enraged at his'pef. evering ef forts to escape their fury!- ! A sickeni: g feeling-came over the spectators when,; just on the brink of the precipice, the dooincd man uar uu iroiii Liie - acer-near rrotn ineir sui lace rai.-ihg himself upright as a statue, with bis .-.rum flung wild'y aloft, arid with a piercing! shriek that rang loudly above the mocking loir of -the ca'aract, ted back again into the foaming waves, -and v:;s hur ried over the brow of the fatal urccinice.i The bo it which was made fist to. the log and the raft, are still swaying to and tro in the current. None t the bodies have been found, and probably never will le. ; The ArjnoR o "Sweet Home." As I nit in my garret here. (in Washington) watching the course of great' men and the destiny of party, I meet often with strange contradictions in this eventful ljfe. The most remarkable was that of J. Howard Payne, the author of " Sweet Home." I knew him personally. He oc cupied the rooms under me for some time, and life conversation was so captivating that I have often spent whole-days in his apartment. He was an applicant for office at the time consul at Tunis -from wliich he had been removed. What a sad thing it was to see the poet suljected Jo all the humiliation of office seeking. Of an evening we would walk along the streets. Once in a while we would see some family circle so happy, and forming so beautiful a group, that we would both stop, and then pass silently on. Oh such occasions he would give jne a history of his wanderings -his trials, and all the cares incident to his sensitive nature and poverty. "How often," said he oncej " I have been in the heart of Paris, Ber-lin-and London, or some other city, and heard persons singing, or the hand-organ playing 4 Sweet Home,' without a shilling to buy the next meal, of a place to put my head. The world has literally sung my song until every heart is familiar with its melody. Yet, I have been a wanderer from my boyhood. My coun try has turned me ruthlessly from my office ; and in my old age" I have to submit to humiliation for bread. Thus he would complain of his hapless lot. His only wish was to die m a loreign land, to be buried by strangers, and sleep in obscurity. 1 met hjm one day looking unusually sad. " Have you got your consulate ?" said I. Yes, and leave in a week for Tunis ; I shall never return." The last expression was not a political faith. Far from it. -Poor Payne! his wish was realized, he died at Tunis,:- Whether his remains have been brought to this country I know not They should be, and if none others Vill do it, let the homeless throughout the world gire a pen-nj-- fur ft liiOuapwn to Payne. I knew him, and will giye my penny, for an inscription like the following :, . heret lies J. HOWARD PAYNE, Tlie Author of ' Sweet Home'''' ' A wanderer in life.; he whose songs were snng in every tongue, and found an echo in every heart. NEVER HAD A HOME, AM) HE DIED III a Foreign Land ! , Russian Espionage in France. The Paris corres pondent of the London Times makes the following statements with regard to Russian espionage in France and elsewhere. Large s'ims of money, in addition to the ordinary expenditure for police purposes, are said to have been paid for that object. J tie cost, ot the espionage in the Russian interest in France, for the present year, is estimated at more than 2,000,000f. ; and some of 'he persons employed in it, both Russians as well as French, are those whoseposi:ion in society one would suppose ought to place them above such services. One tilled person is at present traveling in Germany, with minor agents scattered over the country, for the purpose of picking up information. The scale of re muneration for this not very creditable occupation va ries according to the rank and consequent utility of the parly. One person lias ecn mentioned who is, and has been for some time, in the receipt vf more than lOO.OOOf. per. annum, for supplying the Russian Government with secret information ou matters in general, but particularly with reference to Fiance and Enghdid. But the co-operation of no one, id however humble a sphere, is rejeeted, provided he has the facil ity of communication news. Even the hiost trilling gossip is tr.tnsnii;ted and wheii.no valuable informa tion is conveyed, the rumors of the saloons, more or ! m, in. or bii nn rt ;i ; ii-.ir nt scami.il. SttpiT of Cattle fob - nk New York Market. It is said that were it not for the- numerous railroads New York city would now be in a state of starvation so far as meat is concerned as it has to depend almost entirely "Pon supplies from the West, Beeves are now delivered there from the Northwestern Prairies, within a week, by means of railroads, at an expense of 10 to S12 per head. It would take from 40 to 90 days to bring the cattle fronj the western parts of Ohio, Kentucky, Illinois, or Arkansas in fair weather, but in winter it would be too expensive to attempt such a thing. A drove of cattle from the Cherokee Nation, raised by the Indians, were recently received at New York, via railroad, from Illinois. It is scid it would be rare to find' a hundred head of cattle in the New York, New .Jersey, Massachusetts and Vermont markets at one time, fbut for the droves that come from tbe West, over these different lines of railway. Imported Stock. The imported stock which arrived at Philadelphia from Liverpool, a few days ago, con sists of fifty head of Durham cattle, thirty-two sheep, one celebrated Cleveland bay horse, and a Neapolitan sow, with a fine litter of pigs. A portion of this fine stock, (which has been selected from the most celebra ted herds in England,) is the property of R. Atchison Alexander, one of the most wealthy young men in Kentucky, and the remainder belongs to a company of farmers, in. the counties of Fayette, Bourbon and Woodford, in that State. The expense attending: their introduction, it is sid, will be over fifty thou sand dollars, as they have been purchased without re gard to expense, as may be infered from the fact of a bull and heifer having cost five hundred and twenty five guineas, or twenty-six hundred and twenty-five dollars. ' American Physicians Abroad. The Medical Jour nal says.: u Perhaps a larger nnmbeT of American physicians were never before in Europe than at the present time. Nearly every Bchool and city in the Union is represented, and there is also a flood of Amer ican students distributed through the schools of Lon-' don, Edinburgh, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Vienna, and other celebrated cities. There is something at each place worth seeing." Vermont Marble for Russia. The Czar of Russia has, through his private secretary, ordered eight blocks of the Vermont marble, weighing six tons each. They are designed for the erection of a monument to Kieffleur, who is supposed to have been the originator of the movement for firing Moscow, on the advancg of the French army. Singular Dfath. A Mrs. Barton lately came to her death jn a most remarkable manner, at Quincy, III. She fell upon a pair of scissors which were in her poc ket at the time, and was so much injured by their be ing driven into her side, that she only survived a short time. Mr. Barton is in California. Mimumns ITEMS -i -'j v- '-'r-'i - : " West Point Military Academy. The Board of Visitors to West Point Military Academy have made their report to the Secretary of .War. The Board ex press their gratification because of the proficiency of he cadets in their studies, and also their unanimous opinion in favor of the institution, as the best method of diffusing military science and attaining skill in the art of war. They recommend the erection of a new building for a Riding School ; the enlargement of the Cadet's Hospital ; new buildings for officers' quarters, and other purposes. They also recommend ian increase in the number of cadets to two from each State, to be recommended by the United States Sena tors, An extension of. the period of instruction to five years is recommended, and also an increase of cadets' p'ay from $28 to $30 per month. Ashlahd for Sale. The farm of the late Henry Clay (as well as his birth place in Virginia) is adver tised in the Lexirfgton Observer for sale. It contains three hundred and thirty acres of the best land in rayette county, Ky. Trade, in Berwies. It is said that the dew, black ind whortle berries, taken from Bennett's Pier, Milford Neck, alone, in Kent county, Del., have returned to the owners the past season, over S5-000. During the season, it is said, it has been no uncommon thing for the steamer Zephyr to be freighted with $300 worth ot these iruits. 1.T BETWEEN cit AND NEW YORK: PASSAGE & FA3LE ONLY $8, STATE BOOM INCLUDED THE SWIFT AND ELEGANT STEAMSHIPS ROANOKE AND JAMESTOWN, RS? TnrW EVERY RESPECT ACCORD J mg to the Act of Congress, will leave Norfolk for New .TrlnVw.'I ASrjSDAYaA ?T mornings, at ten L ' a UtUted &Ile8 Mail- mving in New York early next day : returning they will leave Nw York everv thetXwinngdd!yATURI,A a,teinon' nd nve at'Norfolk For passage apply n board, or to T., ia J- M. SMITH &. BRO. June, 1853. , n29 tf- Outlawry among the Mormons. The Detroit Advertiser publishes a letter from Beaver Isle, stating hat the sheriff ot Lmmctt county, with a posse, who went to Pine river, amonfj the Mormons,'-to summon tree men, who had been drawn as jurors, were fired upon as they were leaving in a boat, by about 40 armed men. The sheriff and po-se being unarmed, and in .an open boat, could do nothing. . About one hundred shots were Sred at them near the shore, and subse quently they were pursued by three boats for ten inles, and, beinif overtaken, the tiring was kept up for live miles more. ' Six of the sherifFa party were wounded No pretence or excuse was made for tjiis assault, except that'they were determined to" have" no law at Pine River. less tal-e, ami erve to amuse more or : les prirtal the Court of Rusia. A Swimming Excursion took place at the Bathing tablishmeiit of Dr. Rob, at' "Hertford, on V etdnes f-J- the Times states that about two thous fid persons, male and female, were present, and that S.rjer for a long distance" was filled with boats. ice-: ' " Seventeen , swimmers entered the lists- nine mencans and eijrht Germans. Owing to the late ur at which the bands of music arrived, the sport i not begin in time to introduce the " floating sup- r tables, as had been announced. The swimmers arted from the Railroad Bridge, at the signal of the scn;:rge ot-a pistol, and' swam down to a point op hite t! e Bathing Establishment distance rienrlv a ue. ; They-came down the." river in fine " style, dis cing a strength and grace of action inthe water at would have honored the most adro t of the am- iihious natives Of the Polvnesinn Island's The party started, we believe, with no intention of race, but the cheering and urjring of the people in the 'ats, drove them into a trial of kneed and tlipvdnsh- 1 through the water at a fast rate. "We did"not learn I'rccise ume nyiue, um n must nave been very pod. . Mr. Ulrick Moll. a (ierman, came in ahead. k was followed next in order by a Yankee, whose "nc we did not learn.- joscpn K. iiawley Esq., was "u in tne race, navmg siarieu oenina several and assed many others. The fourth best swimmer ap ; ared to be Herman Macrecklin, one or onr German ;tizis. The' rest all came in, in good style, havinrr formed the lona distance in a very short time, A ne will be presented to Mr. Moll. ' ' m i Teeth AfAnuiD. The authorities of fid. have deemed it necessary to prohibit the draw- S of teeth in the onblic streets. First, because it ia rogatory to the dignity of a dentist's profession lJi secondly, beeause "it stains the streets with oo.l " J fmea "Rifi tili '-j roa flwa foot, ibnvp its .j- - in, liienuionu, iim n w -j vigniuu xriuuYt oiiuBuii.iioiug. l'ie Hygeia Hotel, at Old Point, has been offered n sale. ' . . - ... The Japanese. The Philadelphia Snn says, " A glance at. this people, with, whom we mayja' no distant day hold extensive commercial relations, laffoids many points ol interest, bo h ;o the utilitartan and the spec ulative plnlosoplier. i ihe fac! of their intercourse be ing now conlini'd to the Dutch and Chinese, does not preclude the pos.-ibili.y oftheir swelling the ti le ot em- w gration to our shores, when the way shall be opened. ineir unmeet intercourse is a governmental re-trietion, wiitcti may become relaxed no less by the vlnnese re bellion, th .n through the negotiations ofan American Commissioner. This view brings them within speak ing disUncc, and all cla-ses become interVsted iii iheir ' general character, habits, attainments, 'peculiarities, &c. . ' - ; - j " Beside the three principal islands Naphon, Jesso, and Sikof, there are a great number of Smaller ones, the whole containing about hity inillions;of spuls, and as the crime of adul:ery is puni-hed with death, the natural increase would keep pace with any reasonable emigration. They speak a language unknown to any other people, and Rave schools, where areaught ai Mi metic, rhetoric, poetry history :md astronomy, the sciences being very highly esteemed. In their relig ion, which is Pag;;n, as well as their personal habits and appearance, they resemble the Chinese, but in al most every other re-pecfc there is a marked differenced Their features and their complexion exhibit a .differ ence. very readily observed. Looking at an isolated, slovenly hpecimen of this raceof people, with a pound or more of grcaie in his slickly combed hair, it is dif-r .ficult to - associate him ei. her .with he, splendor of art or the sublhnuy of science, and yet, fhe Capital of the Empire, Jeddo, on the southeastern side of the Island ot" Niphon, is a magnificent city, covering an area of fify-four square miles. j "The Japanese, like the Chinese, arejsaid to place no value on huinan life. This, in a measure, is attrib utable to the cruelty which- the authorities exercise in keeping out foreign influence. . If out at sea a Ja panese has any intercourse with a foreign vessel, he women with great cruelty. j " As regards their "commercial relation to us, they produce nothing, nir manufacture anything but what we can very well do without. Their jhief products are rice, ginger, black pepper, sugar, cot-ton and indi go ; while their manufactures for the imost part are rather of the ornamental than of the usefujl sort. How ever, being an active and adventurous people, we cannot suffer to lie idle : and as we seldom have any fighting to do, we may as well let our ships unlock the sealed ports of Pagan nations just, by way ot sat isfying our curiosity. The expense is nothing, if we can only have a more extended view of the planet on which we live. This earth is a great! book, and no people exhibit such & penchant for perusing it as our selves, arid surely none more capable of doing so with advantage and profit." j Horrislf. Death fkom Poison. Two men in Illi nois, near Lacou, came !o a terrible death last week A companion, had -stolen a bottle of liquor, as" he sup posed, which he hand' d Jhern for a treat. They bo'i drank of it in such haste that, its pungency and dead ly power were rot discovered until fo late to averi the evil. It tinned out to be ni.iie acid, diluied in rain: water, said to have been procured for purposes of galvanizing. Bur a moment elapsed before they fell to the earth, 'overwhelmed wiih the ino.sT intense and ex- their faces and the earth with both hands, indicntin bv ihe contortions of their bodies and groaning, a that iigonv which would ensue if they had swallowed red ho coals. Death soon ensued. A similar affair occurred On board a sleambo.it on the Ohio river, near Louisville, a few divs agu. Se vera! of the crew tapped a cask of whi-key, as they supposed, in the hold of the boat, and drank, freely. Two of them died in convulsions soon after, and an other is not expected to sur .ive. Instead of whiskey, the oask contained a poisonous liquid. Nf.'w School Pkesbyterian Ghukch. An article recently published in the "Ten.h Legion," of Virgin ia, says that in consequence of the agitation on the uhject of slavery, in the last (eneral Assembly of the iNew- School Presbyterian Church which' met at Buffalo, a tiumber of ministers of that persuasion, in the Synod of Virginia, have signed reoluiions, and proposed them to the other Southern Synods for adop on, declining to make any response to the enquiries propounded by the late uencral Assembly, and pro posing that, if in the next Assembly the agita tiou-ot the slavery question is not abandoned, the del egates from the Southern. Presbyteries withdraw, and unite. erner in a new organization, or-in such other measures, as in their judgment will be most expedient, J he same paper says that some of the Southern members of this church are in favor of immediate se cession, and that, possibly, some will take that course, but that the plan indicated in the above resoluuons seems generally preferred. Effect of Internal Improvf.me th. The town of Fayetteville, N, 0., situate in a grcnt agricultural region, has for years had to depend foij its supply of hay on the New York' and other northern markets.- Recently the Western plank road, connecting with that citv has been finished, arid a few days.ago they received over 10,000 lbs. of hay, (of abetter quality than thev have been getting tram 'be Aonnj orougiiL in from Forsyth county, JN. U at $l,'p per iuu ius. The Fayetteville Obseryer says : ; We learn that such hay has been aDunuam m uat county at 30 cents per 100 lbs., but thajt since the ar ticle has been brought. here on a profit, lit has risen to 50 cents. The meadow from which this hay came, has yielded at the, first cutting this year about 2,600 lbs. per acre of herds: n-nsc clover &x. At the se cond cutting it will yield fully as muct more of blue grass. rFive thousand lbs., worth formerly, at 30 cents, 815 per acre ; worth now, at 50 tents! $25 per acre. This shows a clear gain to the farmer of I0 per an num per acre, or interest equal to an increase in the vaiue oi u is land oi $ 16,66 per acre. Governor of Rhode Island. Hon. Philip Allen, havihff been elected to the U. S. Senate from Rhode Inland, ha resigned ihm office of Governor of the State. He is succeeded by Lieut. Gov. Dimend. -. . ',.' D. K. McRae, Esq., Consul at Paris, sailed from New York on the -16th inst., in the steamer Hermann. He was accompanied by C. McRae of Fayetteville, and Ronald McRae of Wilmington. Serioxs Affair. Herr Alexander, the magician, in playing off the trick of the magic pistol in Clinton, 111., shot his confederate in the left side. The wound, it is feared, will prove fatal. St. Louis. The assessed property in St. Lom's, Missouri, for the year 1853, amounts to $30,897,186 6o an increase of between one and two millions over the previous year. - - Maj. Gwvnn has ben re-appointed Chief Engineer of the North Carolina Railroad, at an annual salary of $5,000, besides $3,000 for superintending the surveys of the road. ' 1 We last week published an account of the arrest of a villain caught in the ct of placing obstructions on the Harlem Railroad track in -the1 night. He has'sime undergone an examination before Justice Mitchell, of Yv lute Plains. It is now evident that his obie'ct was o preeipi. ate the Express train from Albany, when at full speed, down the precipieeat the point where lie )lacd the. obstructions, and where there was a curve n the road, and then to tale ndrantaye of the dread ful occurrence in robbing tlie vassenacrs! A kind Providence, however, induced the company to place watchmen along the neighborhood, on that very night, who eaughj tlie fiend ; and .thus the train, which con tained over 100 passengers, the miscreant's intended victims passed safely down. A; Y. Sun. , Gerret Smith has just maden donation of $25,000 to the city of Oswego, N, Y., for the purpose of estab lishing a public library. ' . It is Mid the cholera has appeared among the boat men on the Chesepeake and Ohio canal, some distance above Harper's Ferry. ' : A cargo of 2,500 bags of Rio coffee was sold at auction At Richmond, Vs., on Friday, at an average of $9,33 .per 100 lhs " It is stated that 'Madame Sontag has acquired a for tune.of $100,000 during her musical tour "through the United States. . 1NPORTANT AND CHEERING NEWS! P ARISEN & KING'S TEAM SHOP' EXPRESS. PER ' ROANOKE AND JAMESTOWN. REDUCED RATES Sc INCREASED EXPEDITION, &.c, &.c, Sic. THE PROPRIETORS HAVING MADE NEW AR rangements for the still better dispatch of their Express bv the steapships " Roanoke" und " Jamestown," from New ' ork, they wish to keep it before the public, that PARISEN i, KING'S POPULAR AND SOUTHERN EXPRESS is always on hand for the accommodation of their friends, at ihe lowest rates and unparalleled dispatch ; their Express leaving New York, is generally delivered at almost every point of Virginia in 48 hours, and throughout North Carolina in 56 hours, and at four per cent below the o"ld HUM BUG MONOPOLY. Pariskn & KiNii's Caciliti for the expe&tiou transporta tion of Freight and Packages, cannot be beat by oj Express Compan$t- existence, and they deft ad 1 competition, there fore, in the shape of Humbu4, Imposition, and Mono poly ! OCT Be sure to order your goods by PARISEN &. KING'S , EXPRESS, 2nd Barclay Street, New York. S5 Rest assured, that all thet promise, they will. FAITHFULLY FULFIL ! . PARISEN & KING, 2nd Barclay street, N. Y. and Bollingbrook'street, Petersburg, Va. V. D. Groner. . J. W. Womack. William Bailey Wm. L. M aule. ........ W. Bagby Mr Minor John Campbeli John Nutt II. D. Turner.. James L. Rf.id Tl RNBULL &, STALLINGS S. H. Hamlet.' Stark St Pierck J. H. Whitfield James L. Duke C' Al.LEN. ........-. AGENTS. Norfolk, Virginia. Farniville. Va. . . .Fredericksburg, Va. , Richmond, Va. Lynchburg, Va. Charlottsville, Va. Weldon,N.C. . . .Wilmington, N. C. Raleigh, N. O. Ht-iiderson, N. C. Warrenton, N. O. .....Goldsboro', N. C. Fayetteville, N. C. . . Franklinton, N. C- Ridgeway.N.C. . ., . . .Littletoil,.N. C. Death of ax Editou. The Columbia South Carolinian of the 17th inst., nays: "We deeply re eret to announce mat iuaj. a. a. tjodman. tne nc compiished editor" of the "illustrated Family Friend, (published in tolumbia, ft. U,) died in Charlotte county, Va., on the 12:h inst. The deceased vva born in Cincinnati on tne otl September, 1822, and w:'.s therefore nearly ol 'years of a-je. Mr. Godma was a writer of talent, and in the'' department of liter ature for which lie. seemed to h.ive a preference nautical romance he hadi already exhibited great tt i ' n 1 ii til l.t powers, llaa nis me oeen sparea ne wouia aouDiiens h.ive won a high reputauon among the authors of A merica. Ue has died in the prime of life, and in the vigor of a fine intellect, which he had devoted to the literature of his country. lie leaves a wife and two children to mourn his loss, and a circle of friends who had looked forward with pride to a brilliant career, of which he gave abundant promise, to lament his early and' unexpected decease! Horrors Perpetrated at Nankin.- A letter from Canton, China, speaking of the capture of Nankin by the rebels, says : : "Of the lartar garrison, more than 20,000, includ ing the families of the soldiers, women and children, were cither put to the sword or comraitfed suicide, it being a point of honor with that singular people to perish rather than to yield. Lvery one of the priests, whether of the Budhist or Taouist religion, and who were very numerous, there, were massacred, Their numbers could not have been less than 1,500 or 2,000 ; while those killed in the assault, the mining of the walls, and the entry of the rebels, are s-iid to amount to over 20,000 men. Very many families are complete ly annihilated by suicide. The streets were so block ed up with dead bodies, that, in passing from point to point, the conquerors burst open doors of houses, private as well as public, and' threw them inside, as the Chinese expressed it,4 as if they had been logs of ood. A DisuiiAf F.i tJL Affair. The Home Journal says that, several months ago, a woman of Pennsylvania, forwarded an elaborately worked satin quilt to Queen V tcloria, as a present: Her Majesty, on receipt of the idfti directed an answer to be written to the donor. aei;ert''T4;r ITie'o1"'1-. tUpiOg',lt-- i not usually received. The woman who made the quilt was, it seems, quite indignant that no return was made to her in nmney. and forthwith penned an epistle to her Majesty insinuaiing.as much. The queen, though un questionably disgusted at such conduct, .answered by sending a dralt tor 20, at the same time, however, sta ling, that bi future no gifts would be received from even American ladies. Tiked ot Glory. It is said that Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe, since the declination of Queen Victoria to admit her to court, has become disgusted with the tomfoolery of being lionized among the Europeans as the historian of Uncle Tom's Cabin, and is going to spend a few weeks, for the restorative influences of retirement, among the mountains of Switzerland. -Stafford House was a delusion. The Duchess of Suth erland is a humbug. She could not admit her friend into the royal presence. That was enough, Mrs. Stowe reiiesin disgust. She has found the real "key to Uncle Tom's Cabin." She is tired of glory. Let he go in peace. Vive la bagatelle! Ar. Y. Herald. A Slave of General Washington at the World's. Fair. The Monongahela (Pa.) Republican says that there is yet living near Cookstown, a slave of General Washington. He is 124 years of age, and can walk mx miles in a day. He is so old that his fingers and toes are nearly all white. He belong ed to Washington when he owned what is now known as Washington's Bottom, on which Perryope li.s now stands. The estate of Col. Cook wa and still is bound for his living. He is to be taken to the World's Fair for exhibition, if arrangements can be made. i , Cucumbers and Milk. A case of. sickness, resul ting frm eating cucumbers and drinking milk at the name meal, eaqie near proving fatal a few days ago, in Richmond, says the Enquirer. A young fady disre garding a cauiion of older heads at the table, partook of these articles of food, and was shortly afttr seized with sickness of a distressing and dangerous charac ter. The discordant character of cucumbers and milk renders them dangerous to be indulged in at the same ;ime. We state these facts for the- benefit of a nu merous class of persons who are prone to indulge their appetites, let the danger be what it may. i Something Very Like a Miracle. The North British iJaily Mail has the following under the title ot "Kemarkabie Occurrence.'' Me.gl4idJiiu:,Wi?t A few days since, while amusing herself out of doors, a dove- descended from a neighboring dwelling house, and, as if in search of food, removed the speck with its bill, without causing the slightest injury, eo that ever since the vision of the girl has been perfect. TI119 is one of the toughest stories we ever read of. Mr. Stephen Finn who was thrown from his hore and injured near Petersburg, Va., a few days ago, died on yv ednesday. There has bt en an unusually large number of visi tors to Niagara Falls during the last week, and the ho tels are. crowded. Dr.. Robert Butler, State Treasurer of Virginia, died oT cholera morbus, at Richmond, Va., on Thurs day. On Thursday, 6G7 immigrants froni Liverpool arrived at Philadelphia in ihe ship Tuscarora. . There is a prospect of an abundant yield of Sea Is- and cotton in Florida this season. NOTICE. Express packages for N 01 folk, Petersburg, Richmond and the interior, intended tor shipment per steamers RoaSoke and Jamestown,' will hereafter be received by Messrs. Pari- sen &. King, 2nd Barclay street, New ork, who are the only Authorized Agents to iorward our Express packages by those steamships. J ........... . .. . tt 1 0 mi-. XT XT nnn f n V IKtrllMA, JN . L A IvU Li I i A 00 1 CiN IN rDlLi. June, 1853. ? n'-W-tf. The total cost of the public schools of Boston for the past year was $ 1 87,T00. Daguerreotypes of the moon are on exhibition at the Crystal Palace. The crops in Texas are represented to be very pro- THE LATEST MARKETS: PETERSBURG MARKET Wholesale Prices REPORTED EXPRESSLY FOR THE SOUTHERN WEEKLY POST, Iftr Messrs. McILWAINE, SON &. -Co. Grocers and Commission Merchants, PETERSBURG. VA. IMPORTANT EXPRESS NOTICE. .- BEWARE OF IMPOSITION AND HUMBUG MONOPOLY ! ! . We FEEL CALLED UPON, PROMPTED BY A sense of duty to the public and ourselves, to caution the nu merous Patrons and Friends otj Parisen & King's Ex-', press, throughout Virginia. North Carolina and Tennessee, . against " Hand Bills" and Advertisement?, issued by a cer tain Express Company, long known to the Merchants ol the South, especially of Virginia and North Carolina1 as the " tardy and exorbitant -monopoly." This fast Express wishes to impress upon the mind of the. public, that they have effected arrangements for EXCLU SIVE EXPRESS PRIVILEGES on the steamships Roanoke and Jamestown, and thus lead the public to suppose that no other Express can run n thcsht;s. To settle this matter definitely, and to place it in its " true light" before the public at large, we will only fay, that we have been running our Ex press on the steamship Roanoke since she made her second trip, and will continue to run until she makes her last trip ; -and, on the 16lh inst , will make our first express shipment on board the new 'and magnificent steamship Jamestown, and which expresses w II be under the charge of OUR OWN SPECIAL. MESSENGERS. Freight and Packages will be U wvel icUveii with our ueual promutoeee, and at UiO same low rates as heretofore, which will be almost 40 per cent, below the charges of the Self-Styled Exclusive Ex press Company, as we are aware they must d a large busi ness, and their patrons pay big prices, tor the privilege of hav ing a small room on board the ships, for which PARISEN &. KING offered the sum of 47,000j Forty Seven Thousand Dollars for a five years contract. We will again and lastly state to the public and our patrons, that as OUR interests are largely identified with the increas ing enterprise of (he South, and the general direction of the business under the personal superintendepce of one of the firm, who Dermanently resides in Petersburg, Va., we call for a continuation of that liberal patronage as hcretofoie conferred upon u. and a general support of that principle and pystem of ECONOMY, PUNCTUALITY and EXPEDITION, as first introduced in the Express business by us,, and upon whieh all may depend on its being carried out to the let ter. ' FARISEN &. KING. JAS. B. KING, Second Barclay street, N. Y. WM. B PARISEN, Bollinghrook and 2nd St. June, 1853, n29-tf. Petersburg, Va. July 27, 1353 Bacon Remains without chanee. Cotton We hear of no sales of consequence, and the stock is unusually light. For a few bales ot strictly prime (wanted for immediate use) we got to-aay ii, mougn we doubt if a lot of any Size would command over ll). Corn Not so much wanted, and we alter our figures to 58 cents. Groceries Rather more doing, but we have no change of consequence to note in prices. . Guano But litttle here, and prices have smartly advanc ed. We note sales as high as $50 Lard. 10J (a 11c. in Barrels; 11 12c in Kegs. Salt' Remains as last quoted with rather more demand. Tobacco We thought prices yesterday were a little lower, especially for lugs and poor leaf. Good sorts continue in demand. Sales of fair manufacturing to-day at f28. Wheat $1 .20 for prime white, and $1 15 for prime red. McILWAINE, SON & Co. A WET NURSE TS WANTED IMMEDIATELY TO ACCOMPANY X a lady to the' mountains of Virginia and remain several months. One "without incumbrance much preferred. A healthy woman, ot good character, may hear of a pleasant situation and liberal waees, by early application at the office of the " Southern Weekly Post." tf. i WE are requested to announce JOHN L. TERRELL as a candidate for the Clerkship of the County Court of Wake. July 16, 1853. .33 te. W( Domestic Troubles in the Imperial Family. A good deal of possip, says a Paris letter, has been going On in Paris during the last few days, respecting a Supposed attempt of the fair Eugene to pay a clan destine visit to her dear native land across the Pyren nees. It seems that the Imperial lady has for a con siderable time beea unwell, and feels but little relish for the gene of a court life, in consequence of which she petitioned her royal husband for leave of absence a request that was at once refused in novery cour teous terms. The Spanish wife, however, was not, it appears, to be thus baulked : and so, what she could not gain by the good will 'of the Emperor, she ought to obtain by secret contrivance, in connection with one of the ladies about her person. The scheme, however, by some means or other, oozed out,' and the result has been, that effectual means are taken to pre vent the imprisoned bird from tasting the sweets of liberty ana innaung wo migrant breezes of her native Spain. - . Remedy for Cancv K.-Colonel D Us-ery, of the parish of Desnto, informs the editors of the Caddo Gazette, that he has fully tested a remedy for this troublesome disease, recommended- to him by a Span ish woman, a native of the country. The remedy is this " lake an eg.,r and break it, put in salt, and mix withvthe yolk as long as it will receive it; stir them together until the salve is formed, put a portion of this on a ph-ce of sticking plaster, and apply it to the cancer tw ice a day. He has Iried the remedy twice in his own family with complete success. The Reported Ordinatmn of Rev. Dr. Ives. The Bos' on Pilot, a. CathoW print, states the follow ing reasons which will prevtnt Bishop Ives from re ceiving ordination as a Priestof the Catholic Church. It says : " le .?.nn0' e ordained prest without the consent of his wife. To make her cinsent worth anything, she must be a Catholic. Evin then, it will be worth nothing, unless she retire luntarily to a convent. Even so, there will be some diriculty. iif obtaining per mission for him to be a priest" A new species of grasshoiper has been very des tructive to herbage of everyuind this seasoiji in the vicinity of Mercersburg, Pa-f It is of a light ! yellow color, larger than the ordinajy species, and most vo racious, devours grass, corn, jfctatoes, onions, &c. Far mers are obliged to take npl their vegetables to save them from destruction, as thiiarmy of insects . entirely strip the gardens, and not oiiy cut the leaves of corn, but stalks an inch in diamefcr are eaten off close to the ground. A LIST OF VALUABLE B00ES AT TURNER'S NORTH CAROLINA BOOK STORE. AB7Winf,5ivSrEWD, Give, Lvxd, akd Bequeath Money, with an inquiry into the chances of success and caus es of failure in business. 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A Pronouncing Gazetteer: Containing Topographical, Statistical, and other Information," of the more important Places in the known World, trom the "most recent and au thentic Sources. By Thomas Baldwin, assisted by several other Gentlemen. To which is added an Appendix, containing more than Ten Thousand additional names, chiefly of the small towns aht villages, &c, of the United States and of Mexico. Ninth Edition, with a supplement, giving the Pronunciation of near two thousand names, besides those pronounced in the Original Work : forming in itself a Com plete Vocabulary of Geographical Pronunciation. One vol-.. one 12mo. NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC. A rumor seems to be going the rounds thoughout our en tire Line of ExDress. that Parisen & King have sold out their business to Messrs Adams & Co., and aseuch rumor tends to the injury of our business, we hereby notily the public tliat all rumors tney may near m mai respeci.are u i.-use an they are malicious ; and furthermore, that Messrs. Adams, &. Co., never had norneverwi.l h-jve sufficient means to buyout the enterprize of Parisen & K.ng. But, on the other hand, Messrs. P. &. K. intend to'meet and fight the enemy n their own ground, until they are obliged to their business on the economical and expeditious principle ot which they have been so deficient. , Parisen & King having their arrangements throughout of the most complete system, continue to receive and forward every description of Merchandize, Freight and Vauables, to and from New-York, Virginia, North Carolina and Tennes see, with the utmost dispatch and at low rates. PARISEN &. KING Bollinghrook street, Petersburg, Va., and 2 Barclay street. New York. - July, 1853v . - 32 tf. ' A BOOKOR THE PEOPLE. JUST PUBLISHED . . NEW & PRACTICAL FORM BOOK. J Ia,... BY THE PEOPLE OFNOBTH CAEOLIKA, ' and designed, also for the use of Justices of the Peace, Sheriffs, Clerks, Constables, Coio ners, 'bfc. l$c. compiled and arranged irom the best authorities, By CALVIN' H. WILEY, Esq. To which is added, The Constitution of tlte United State and of North Carolina. , t Th number of Forms in this wor wmuca larger innii .-- iuuiiu m mn IT ... U l tlCTOlOIOl "HO STAINING Forms of all those legal instruments im- Pw.ui to be known Tore buonsnea-tii Vorth-CnroliiuM ami rthiUri iimvi tbey will mortthc wants and exegencies of the public, it is also believed that their ac curacy may be relied on, having been examiued and approv ed by some of tha most eminent lawyers of the State. From the alphabetical order of the subjects and the complete alpha betical Index, it will be euny to find any desired matter con tained in the book. The price of the book will be One dollar, for which sum it will be sent to any part of die State by mail free of postage. The trade will be supplied npon the usual terms. THE GREAT DEMAND FOR THIS VALUABLE work, and the many enquires we receive, induce as to state that this bok is not lor r tie at anyplace in Raleigh, , except at Mr. Pomeroy's Book Store, and at the office of the Weekly Post. ' I Any person enclosing one dollar in a letter, or that amount in postage stamps, will receive a cony of the book by return mail free of postage. - Be very careful to send tor " Wilet' New Form Book," and address, WM. D. COOKE, Raleigh, N. C. CHAITE OF SCHEDULE ON THE . RALEIGH AND GASTON RAILROAD THE RALEIGH AND GASTON ROAD IS NOW completed to Weldon, and in fine order, and the follow ing permanent Schedule for the Passenger trains has been put into operation : . ; , Leave Raleigh at 8 o'clock, a. m , arriving at; Weldon at 1 o'clock, p. M., in time to connect with the daystrains for Pe tersburg, Portsmouth and Wilmington. Returning Leave Weldon after the arrival of he Express Train from Wilmington at half-past 3 o'clock, p. m. Arrive at Raleigh at half-past 8 o'clock, r. m. . . Passengere will thus be enabled to take breakfast in Kaleign and supper in Petersburg, Richmond, Norfolk, Portsmouth, or Wilmington ; or, breakfast at those points and supper m Raleigh. . ... Persons wishing to come from anrpontn. ba..f Wilmington Road, and from the Albemarle country; will find -this the most comfortable and expeditious route. , (vffice Raleigh and Gaston Railroad Company. June 25, 1353. n30-8w. NOW OPENING AT HARDING A SPLENDID assortment of Spring end Summer Cloth ing, and Gents furnishing. Goods, consisting of all the new- stylo Pants, CoaU, and Vests. , .l , ,a j E. L. HARDING. .Raleigh, April nd, 1833. la