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I tr ti -Ja OUT IT P0 S T 143 pa5e, and the author descends from fonibast'io tickling .tiivialilie?, with a dexte jculiarl) bis own. And yet notwithstanding If-oxposure be has unfortunately made, we lis book one of the most interesting and in fv we have lately perused, and that he is esteemed one of the toost pious andjable lers in the United States. $jl MED JID THE SULTAN OF THE 0T- TOMAN jsmi'iiijs. ul Medjid was born' on the 20th of April, 1824, iS fa; her, whose death was announced on the Julv, 1839, though it is supposed that it occur-me-d-vs before. 'Flie ceremony of the installa- is perlormea on me 1 mi, vv nen ne was giraea he svvoru ot usman wim an me ancient loiriial He is la!l and" well formed ; hi? head is fine ai;d r his deportment jrraceful and noble : his au- ii.-.i'r is always covered by a red callotte. similar t worn by the meanest of rnVsuhjects ; his eyes jf a grayish blue, soft and penetrating, ilis h!a p costume is the military dress of his empire a Jcolored tunic, buttoned up to the neck ; no war iecoutrement except a sabre suspended at his f in similar to that which every citizen may gird e hour of danger : no go'den embroideries nor inr colors upon nis naouuai areas. e decoralio is which the Sultan confers have the of. a. sort of gold medal, on which is engraved his lure; and the importance of which depends upon Inumber and value of diamonds whic h surround it. Isuoreme mark of favor of this kind, the most en- Be decoration, is the miniature portrait of the Sul- smrroimded by jewels, and suspended to-a pom ; women may receive tnisaecorauon, wmui mcj attached to the left shoulder. Three christian s 'Wissess it at this moment One of thenr, the , ces4 r lately received this august present m Jdavia, m presence of a.young iurn in nign ouice, h had been brought up near the. person of Abdul tljid. j " Behold him," said he, inclining himself pro udly before this portrait: "behold him ! that master .rn vje revere, not because he is powerful, but be in? he i.s good! never," added he, " has that angelic irt permitted a drop of blood to flow, either to ex d or to secure his power; the lifts ot others is so iredjn his- eyes, thit when it behooves him to :ass itence of death-even on t. criminal, he takes refuse the retirement of-;' ids apartment, secludes himself Ire, and becomes inaccessible to all ; there he, in fcuisli,':iks within himself if God can have riven pi the power to blot but forever a man from the jmberof the living!" On his accession to the throne Lecame necessary for him,! in accordance with the fctornj to sacrifice a Iamb ; he refused to do it. J'ff t ft the price of the throne, said he, laughing, " I kwe to renounce it. The Sultan Abdul Medjid has conducted the admin- . . . Ii: . ' ! rn . i. .i u:.. . : illllSiTailon Ol XUl Key ujton nits policy ui uis cuiuii iii ither. Called, when yet a child, to the exercise , or fsoftite power in an immense empire, his lather be- itintlWd to him the overwhelming burden ot a comi ty weakened by unfortunate wars and undermined i secri't intrigues.;: Ilis first steps on ascending to ie throne was to entirely reorganize the army, upon: best European model. W un the utmost iioeranty, granied to the Christians privileges and immunises; founded schools where Catholics, Greeks, Armeiii- jis, Jeks, and Mussulmen live side by side, instructed h by the ministers ot their respective religions, ana . . , i i' fit '. : tendid eaen by persons 01 uie same iwiginua pnnu.i- ion; ana me iraieiui iui isii..ii ninuiuuiiu m their exp'ricnce to fdl the reforms ot the Voung sov ci'rn. Thev assisted him to establish hfs schools; i . .i : l u:.. ... acy orginizea nis armies: iney exerciscu ois iiivv. Th uls has been realized by tne son tnat great say- fiOline lamer, x isii in jf Miujtv iy 'j o Szed, the Mussulman only at ihe mosque, tho Chris- an oi ly at the church, the Jew only at the syna onie In his reign taxes have beeiueqiialized, and ' , ' r .1... l. i he peneriii. prosperity 01 ui uuuuaj t mun au anet , thatits population is annually increased by migrations' of the subjects of neighboring States, rawn to Tnrkejby the condotts of an enlightened vw vnyaraiteijrrcr gvrniutiDt In carrying out hdnokv system of reform called Tanzimat, the present fultar has encountered the most formidable obstacles, ith by rebellions at home i'.nd by- ambitious ty-rants f QtHer countries who seek to despoil him of rich imi valuable territory.- The reform under taken by he Sultan Mahmoud, with the design of giving unity o the 0' toman Empire, and pursued with an impla ahle ivill through fire and blood, has been continued kith lingular . good fortune by his successor, but by .earn quite diuerent. Thel mere exercise of iustiee, tempered by a touch ing iropJiy-ss, "lias suthcedto the Sul.an Abdul Medjid or rallying around his throne all the diverse races uhjecjted lo him, and which a litde while ago jmplor d the succor oT Europe. Reform has Tieen pursued with unwearied ardor. The ameli oration of thy riis lipline, the equipmcjit and the organization of the larmyj concessions in favor of the establishment of sailroals arid the creation oi a bank, were about to uiace iiurivev in a-uoMiiou iu cmuuinu iwi s civilization. 'Once entered into the family of .Eu ropean interests, she would have eluded all dangers V thte transformation. To prevent this resii.t, at any liceJis the object of tlte attack now made upon her. If Turkey' eets happily through- the present crisis, epose will be secured to her for sOrne tune. Her pro I i i i iii : a ;,.a trress mav be devetopea ai leisure, aim leiunu, t pmcu into all parts of her administration, will yield the fruit which is expected fiofTi it. That is what the ad versaries of Turkey found it to their interest, at any cost,.to p. event ; , that is w hat occasioned the extraor dinary demand to protect, populations who have no need of protection, ai.d who would -consider as the worst of calamities any change having for its ol jject t( withdraw them from the government of the Sulian. Th'i present attitude of Turkey, dictated by wisdom and courage, the loyal and firm policy of her allies, will destroy, it is hoped, present complications, and prevent their recurrence. Those young popula'ions will be left free' to perfect their institu ions and to oiler to Europe the tribute of their strength and of their riches ; they will increase for civilization, and not f jr slavery. 'T Wualation for Consumption-. ihe following voluihtiry testiomonial of the invaluable benefit ot inhalation for that dire destroyer of the human race, consumption, waa written to tne iNalionai intelligence. by the gentleman' whose name is attached to it. Mr. Andrews is well known as one of the moat respectable and intelligent citizens of the District of Columbia. We give it an insertion for the sake of suffering hu- tnun ty : . " Influenced by a sense of the duty I owe to man line, I would- respectfully request the insertion in you- valuable paper of the following statement of my sister's illness and her recovery . from consumption. Duing the fall , of 1851 she was violently affected witlj cold, followed by a disagreeable cough, which on inued some months, being increased by each ad djtinal cold- In' January, 1852, a severe pain com menced in the left si'de and region of the heart, ac companied with a vfhle nt. r.onrrh. nk'ht and day. Such jvnsjthe severity of the cough and the distress aiiMng , , iror vvas i a suttucating sensation on lying down, tnat sue compelled to (deep bolstered up in bed. . There was great difficulty in breathing, thick yellow matter was coughed up from the lungs, occasionally mixed with blood, and towards the latter part oi iobruaiy nearly half a pint a day. Her strength was .lasted, thert was great oppression of the chest, with a ratiling sound in breathing. Her face was flushed with hectic fever, and the -yes burned with a peculiar hriliiancy. Under such circumstances we could not "oiSbt that her Junirs were very much affected, and we had no hope oi' her recovery. Such was her state lt the do'sg f February, with the symptoms increaa Pg in violence, when she commenced inhaling 4imedK cated UT- eResley, his assistant. We had not long to ait for evidences otiniprovement. The cough soon hCame less severe, the matter was raised from, the 'in in large quantities without much effort, the Mrihunuj i - .i i.i.,vi.. .nU.aor.nui:i.ntn.;..n fs iioan rlnllars are io oe I r'ueu licr rCSt OtCilUie CUUllin U'yc, "iu ujpcinc ana s.renirth returned. In a month she was out ot dancer Qn ; . octirAri to hftiilth. A Jear has 8i,,C(!i eiapse(l and she continues free from aMraces of disease1. ' " L : . the happy result! we feel was due entirely to the -: J1 of inhalation, and under this conviction feel it to I w our duty to proclam it to the world, and this'I deem Y' b? a "'hcieiit excuse for asking for this letter a Pce in your widely-circulated paper. Your obedient servant. FREDERICK ANDREWS, n Dunbarton street, Georgetown. . Georgetown, D. C; 1833. EURrso, Outraqe. We understand "a most daring and outrageo us assault was made upon the person of a yofcug lady Saturday evening between the hours of 8 and 9 o'clock. The particulars of the affair, as near . as we can gather them, seem to be as follows : A couple of young ladies residing in Etticks, started about sunset for B ittersea, ia order lo see a couple of their fern de acquaintances, and get them to spend the night at their residence. As they were returning, and whil'e passing through Campbell's Bridge', which crosses the Appomattox river, a negro who had se creted himself in the bridge, ; made an effort to strike one of the young ladies in front : the! blow, however, she Varded off with her hand, and passed on. Foiled in this attempt, the ruffian seized another younw lady, who was immediately in rear of the forfber, and threw her down. The young lady thus suddenly and unex pectedly seized, screamed for assistance, when the scoundi el thrust his fist into her month.. This attracted one of her ?omradesr who instantly ret dieted her steps and desired to know of the necro wlvit he was doing, when he cut' at her with a knife, -and inflicted a severe wound across her head. By this time, the cries of the youngladies attracted some gentlemen not far distant, whor1 immediately came to their asMStance, when the assailent fled. "We are -pleased to" hear, however, thath was pursued, finally arrested and lodged in jail. ' Dr. Brodnax being sent for, promptly obeyed the summons, and dressed the wound of the young lady that was cut with the knife ; but we are sorry to hear that she lies in a very critical situation, and is not expected to recover. The name of the young lady so severely wounded is Miss Fran ces Porch. ; The examination of the negro will come off before the Mayor this morning. Pet. Express, Ixvalcab'le Improvement. A contributor to the JSosron Transcript writes the following account of an improvement which is soon to be introduced for pub lic favor, lie says : . To prevent the noise and din of omnibuses end other carriages on their w;ay through the streets, has long been a great desideratum, and the public will be rejoiced to be informed that a mode to accomplish so important an object has at length been obtained. The improvement is said to have emanated from a practical engineer, and to be applicable to all sorts of vehicles for the common roads. By a proper arrange ment and connection of the doors and windows, on the part of the manufacturer, :he shaking and rattle, generally so peculiar to them, may readily be avoided. But to get rid of the sound of "the wdieels as they strike against the pavements, has hitherto been-en-sidered almost an impossibility. This, we learn, may be accomplished in the most simple and effective man ner. All that is necessary is' merely to cover the rims with India rubber t res, of from an inch to an inch" and a half in thickness according to circumstances'. At first it was thought that the India rubber would lack strength and.'durabi!ity, but being prepared ex-pres-ly for the purpose, it is asserted that it w II not only retain its place and elasticity, but endure for an almost incredible time. In a coach with such wheels, the sensation is described to be4ikc that which one might expect to experience in riding over a road com posed of layers of velvet; and we mav add that the "riirst person who will introduce such a model of a coach or omnibus into this city, may pe sure 10 reap a rich reward for his enterprise. .'News from Washington.- We copy thedbllowing from the Washington Star, of Saturday evening : Mr. Buchanan, and his Secretary of Legation. Mr. Buchanan will reach Washington this evening, to have his last interviews with the President and Sec retary of State prior to his Jdeparture for London, s-o soon to take place. He has selected Mr. Daniel E. Sickles, of New York city, for his Secretary of Lega tion. The French Mission. It is being said just now on the avenue, that, after all, the Hon. Howell Cobb, of Georgia, is to have this mission. We aredisposed to doubt it; more especially because Mr. C. entertains not the slightest idea of going into the service of the Federal Government. The Post of Civil Engineer at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, it strikes us, is about to fdl to the. lot of Col.. Ward B. Burneti, now of Philadelphia, who, it will be remembered, served with much credit to himself in command of a regiment throughout the whole of the Mexican war. Purchase of Coal. We hear that the? Secretary of the Navy has just issued an order directing the navy agent at Norfolk to make a considerable purchase of coal on U. S. naval account. An Army Resignation. Lieutenant. Henry De veuye, of the First Artillery, (U. S. A.) has resigned. A Remorni. Mr. John Hawks, a $1,000 clerk in the Third Auditor's office, received a notification of his removal to-day. The Corn Crop. We have before us a letter frotp one of our cprre-oondents, dated; aston. N. C, July 29, 1853. Our correspondent writes that there will be no danger of perishing in his region during the ensuing year. iSuch a prospect for corn has never been wit nessed before in the niighbor' ood of Ga-ton. Some of Use oldest farmers say corn will not bripg more than 87 l-2centsto$l perb ml, in 1854. One plainer com phuned to -our correspondent on Friday morning last, that he was apprehensive his corn would shoot iiself away, as a large quantity had from four to twelve shoots on a stalk. The same planter said' he had an o her field of corn, which he was fearful he should lose, ii the rainy weather continued, for the corn ears were so larue ihat thev were breaking from the stalks and falling to the ground. Our correspondent adds that the gentleman from whom these statements come, is no braggart, but one of strict veracity. If such crops be made throughout the country, we need not apprehend anything like a famine for some time to come." The w heat crop is said to be one of unexampled abundance, and now the prospects are, that U is lo be followed by one ot corn, wtiicti lor pro- lilicness will be without precedent. Surely man has cause to be tl.ankful to the Giver of all good, for such marked manifes'ations of his kindness. As (Jen. Cass o ice remarked in the Sena'e of the UnitecJ States.no one can starve i;i this country now, unless he wilfully shuts his mouth, and perversely keeps it shut. Pe- terzburg L.rpress. The furniture and household effects of the late Hon Wm R Ki:ir, Vice President of the United States, were yesteroay sold at public auction by McGuire, on C street, between Third and Fourth and a half streets. Notwithstanding the rain there was a tolerably large company present. The furniture was rich and beny tiful. the "Treat er ffart of it made to order in Paris. Among ihe many articles a rosewood Chlckering piano was sold for $247: a pair of rare bronze vases, with marble pedestals, $150; a statuette of Cupid, $50; four; suits oi winaow curtains, wun cornice nu nimres, $55 each; four arm chairs,$30 each; superb gilt and bronze French mantel clock, and two pairs of elegant gilt candelabras, $ 150; mantel set, $200, suit of superi or gilt parlor furniture, finished with rich crimson brocatelle and heavy silk fringing, consisting of two siesta sofas, $95 each ; four medallion arm chairs, $35 apiece ; and six parlor chairs, $10,50 apiece. Two large "and elegant cabinets, with Egyptian marble tops, elaborately carved andjplaid, two beautiful gilt and inlaid Brusle. tables, ana an oval centre table, richly gilt and inlaid with shell, were purchased by Mr Syd ney Webster for the Piesident of the United States, at 600 for the set. ' , , Vre learn that Postmaster General Campbell has rented the house formerly occupied by the late Vice President, for his residence. PepuMie. - Fcrther News from the Isthmcs. By advices from Panama to the 17th ult., we learn that Captain HunteVof the U. & Navy, left Panama for Valparai so, in the steamer Bogota, on theth of 'July, to take 1 All fJn-.iA Sit 1 .;l lvrJK?pi CUIllIlldllU V... v. ---o . .... - a i tablished between the republics of Guatemala and HTfePanan.a papers announce officially that the Bo livian dollars are not to be received in the government- n .v.- intu r M iw insx a treaiv 01 iie.iv-c " - offices there, and that the reucn " - v .American, Sardinian, Bel gin, Spanish, Mcan,IV j n, a. lhr, nre to be received at the iu,i.m unu ... rate of ten reals. The Spanisti peieia a..u x ...... and Belgian-francs are to be received lor and the American dime for one. i - The Panama papers also, state that the health ot that cily is excellent, and the reports: of sanitary mat ters from other' parts of the Ishmus are favorable. The extra session of Congress of New Grenaaa closed at Bogota on the 15th of June. Besides tne law separating civil and religious batters, another was passed regarding matrimony, -which recognizes marriage as a simple contract, and i provides for di vorces in some cases, and almost at the wltt of the parties. ? A Tocchin-g Incident. A correspondent of the N. Y. Evening Post, writing from Cleveland, Ohio, a few days since, narrates the following singular and touching occurrence: , To-day I have visited a house in which, eighteen years ago, I spent much of my time. Within it there was a young man wasting away with consumption. For several days a mourning dove uttered its plain tive notes in the branches of a tree near ' the house. A brother of the sick one, rather annoyed at its continual sinking, took.down his jrun to kill it, but he spared it at the solicitation of his brother, who decla red that " its mournful song was music in his ear." Soon the t-ick one died : we laid him out in the habil iments of the grave, preparatory to putting his re mains in the coffin, and bearing them to their final resting-p'ace. I was standing by;the open window near which he laid, when the dove flew in, lighted upon the sill, sat still half a minute, then its wings fluttered, and it lay over and died ! It was truly a singular and touching scene. The brother who had a few days before refrained from shooting it, stood by me, and when he saw it, turned deadly pale. I ex amined it, but could find no cause of its death. Important from Havana. Letters from Havana to July 22d, in the N, Y. Daily Times, assert that volun teers for the army of Santa Anna have been enlisted in the Plaza de Armas, in that city, under the super intendence of Spanish officers, by Canedo, acting under his orders. The same letter states that an editor has been disgraced, new commissioners appointed to in vestigate the facts about the. barque Jasper, several governors have been removed for permitting the land ing of slaves in their districts, six American sailrrs from the barque Jasper are concealed by Spaniard's Builen, believed to have been inveigled into the slave cruise like the other three who are in prison, and that the fact has been made known to the commander of the U. S. sloop of war Albany, and to Gen. Canedo. A subsequent letter adds that the Captain General has thrown these six sailors into prison for a violation of the slave-trade treaty. Com. Gerry, of the Albany, and acting U. S. Consul, Robertson, had claimed the delivery of the men, but Canedo replied that they were beyond the power of his interference. The physical condition of Blacks North at-d South. The Richmond Examiner publishes an inter esting statistical article, contrasting the physical con dition of the free blacks of the North, and the slaves of the South. The Examiner says : I " In Maine there are 1,355 free blacks, of whom 9i are insane one to fourteen ! In Louisiana there were 45 insane out of 193,194 slaves one in every four thousand three hundred and ten. In Massachusetts the ratio of insanity among the free negroes was one to every forty-three. In Virginia, 1 to 1,286. In Missouri, 1 to 979. In Illinois, l to 47. The census of ,1 850 showed that there was one blind person to every 2,445 whites, one blind to every 2,645 slaves, whilst among the free colored persons of the paradise of the ahohtiomsts of the North there is one blind to every 870. There is one idiot to every 10,040 slaves, and 1 idiot to every 436 free blacks at the North ! The total of afflicted, of blind, deaf, dumb, idiotic and insane among slaves at the South is one to every 1,057 while these horrid maladies are endured among the free blacks of the North, under the care of Gerrit Smith, Garrison, Aunt Harriet and Douglass, in the ratio of one to every 311. Postoffic". Stamped Envelopes. The Postoffice Department has recently had occasion to instruct a deputy postmaster upon the sulject. of the use of the stamp of the Nesbit envelope cut from the envelope and pasted on another. We have procured a copy of the official letter in question, and herewith present it to our readersl who will perceive that the Nesbit en velope and stamp can only be used as a whole, without mutilation as follows: . . , 'In reply to yours of the 22d instant, informing me that a 'letter-Avith a stamp cut from a stamp-envelope, and pasted on another envelope, was dropped into your office, and that you had ' forwarded it as unpaid,' is received. Your action in the premises was correct. The. act authorising stamp envelopes to be provided and used, authorizes them to be used only as a whole, as a union of the stamp on and with the original en velope ; and no privilege is granted, either by the law, or by any constructions of the Department, to use them in our mails in any other manner." A Mail Robber Caught at Las?. TheFayetteville Observer, dated Monday evening, July 25, says " On Friday last, a young man named Wm. linnin was ar rested in this place and committed to y,a, on a Cjiargj of robbing the mail. The circumstance which led to his arrest was, that he offered lo pass a check on the Greensborough Branch of the Bank ot Cape rear on the Branch here, for 203 10, without the endorse ment of the payees here, and when he could not suc ceed in that, he presented it to tho-e payee's for their endorsement. It was at once- identified as a check which had been remitted from Gra'iatn in Alaman e coun y, o:i the 30ih of May last, and not before heard of. It appeared on the examination of linniu, that he is Clerk to John Bain, Postmaster at Green Springs, 4 miles West of Hillsborough, and that he sometimes opens the mail and sometimes Bain opens it. His commitment followed ot course. " This is probably a most important discovery, as the robberies of the mail between Greensborough and Raleigh have been very numerous for the last few mouths." Greensborough Patriot. The National Scientific Convention. The se cond day's proceedings of this bdy consisted of the , n i t - c. . ; Li t ! a reading oi a numier ot papers on ocienuuc suojecis ; amonyf tnem tne louowing : The recent discovery of the deep sea bank on the eastern side of the Gulf Stream, off the coasts of South Carolina, Georgia, and Honda, by- Lieuts. Command ing Craven and Mafht, TJ. S. N., presented by Profess or Bache. On the southeast Monsoon of Texas, Northern Tex as, and the Unit ot Mexico, and tne aonormai atmos pheric movements of North American continent geu eially bv Loiiu Blodgett, of Washington. Investigation ot tne power ot the ureek L, by means of phonetic laws, by Professor S. .S. llalduK.n, of Co lumbia, Pa. America in less than Four Days. We are ena bled to announce that by a new and much improved construction of vessels, it will be perfect ly practicable to accomplish the voyage between the United States and the United Kingdom in considerably less than four days; in fact, about three and a half, the ports' con necting the. old and new world being Halifax and Gal way. This is no speculative statement. Itis gound ed on experiments which have already been made to test the sailing capabiliiies of vessels constructed on the new principle. With the submarine telegraph which is about to be laid down between Halifax and Gal way, and the passage of vessels in three days and a-half across the Atlantic, America and Great Britain will virtually become one colossal country, inhabited and governed by the Saxon race. English Paper. Upset in the River. -The mail from Raleigh due here on Wednesday morning, did not arrive till Wed nesday evening; and when the stage did roll' up, the mail bags were found to have been drenched in water. We learn that the st;:ge, full of passengers, was up-et in the river Eno, at Ilillsboio', where it lay for some two hors. On arriving here, the contents of the m il b::gs were as wet as water could make them, with tlie direction on many of the wrappers so r-ibbed and de faced, as to render it impossible to -ascertain where they were intended. Such packages as were too much damaged to be forwarded .n immediately, were de tained by our worthy Deputy Postmaster, to be dried, re-wrapped, and forwarded as soon as possible. We have not heard of any serious injury being S'istained by anv of the passengers. Greens. Pa t. A Good Hit. In the course of a discussion in the Massachusetts Convention, a good deal was said about the licentiousness of the press, whereupon Colonel". Schoulei, of Boston, made a very fair retort: " A great deal has been said about the licentiousness of the public press. Now, sir, I happen to have had a great deal to do with the public press, and I mu-t say that the most licentious part of my experience with the public press has been in the defence of men ip public stations. Loud Laughter. I trust, Mr. President, I am not out of order." Laughter. Cuke for Pysestert. A correspondent of the Philadelphia Register say's the following cure for dys entery has never been known to fail : ' Take one pint of new milk (warm from the cqw if possible,) and add to it two table-spoonfuls of five charcoal, and one of table salt. Drink as the patient I is able, and renew the quantity if needed. The diet ) should tfo principally rice or milk toabk EOUS ITEMS. Drowsed. On Thursday, the 27th- inst., the body of a man named Joseph R. Deans, was found in the Cape Fear River; some five or six miles above Wil minoion, N-.CV The Journal 'says deceased had been employed by Mr. Metts, as a laborer on board his flat boat for some few weeks previous tb the 23rd, when he came to his death by accidentally falling overboard into the river. There was found upon the body a sil ver watch, with brass chain and key, and a pocket book with 23 cents, a receipt for bill of costs, amount in to eight dollars, signed by Cook or Corke. The deceased was believed to be from about Weldon. The verdict of the Coroner's Jury was in accordauce with the facts as stated. ; A Newly Discovered Lead Mine. There has recently been discovered in the county of Davidson, some ten miles south-east of Lexington, on a tract of ls.ni belonging to William Boss, a mine, which has the appearanee of coritaining a rich deposit of silver and lead. A specimen of the ore has been left in our office, which has been examined by practical miners, and pronounced very fine. lead ore, intermixed with silver. The specimen we saw was taken at a depth of some twelve or eighteen inches. An energetic and enterpri sing gentleman of Randolph, Alex. S. Homey, Esq., we understand, has bargained for the land, and will commence working the mine as soon as practicable. Crreensbord Patriot. Popttlation , Sts California. During the six. months ending June 17, ! the number of passengers that arrived in San Francisco by sea 'was 23,741; of whom 19,779 were males. 2.396 females, and 566 fchrldren. During the same period 14 326 persons left, showing an addition to its population of only 9, 41 Those that return are almost excUsively men, so that about one third the nett increase consisted of the gentler "sex, a fact which speaks volumes in Cali fornia's favor. i4 ' Ricn Men in St. Louis. The St. Louis Republican puoacan s ofhat contains a list of some of the wealthy persons city, based on tbir assessable property, among them the following: J. H. Lucas 8860,000; Adolph Paul .$634,000 ; D. D. Pa?e $500,000 ; Peter Lindell $422, 000 ; Ann L. Hugh $365.000 : Isaac Walker $365,000 ; John O'Fallon 8350.000; Henry Shaw $244,000; Richard Graham $260,000 : Octavia Bnvce $327,000 ; Thos. Allen $301.000 ; George E. Collier $427,200; James Clemens, Jr. 400,000, besides about one hundred others, who are assessed at from $40,000 to $300,000. A Lawyer in Limbo A German lawyer of Cin cinnati, who in connection wi:h the legal rolession, keeps a dram shop, was fined $0 by Judge Spooner, for selling liquor on Sunday, a few days ago. He re fused. to pav the fine for the reason that he believed the law under which the decision was made, uncon stitutional, when he was sent to jail. From the prison he addressed a long letter, to Judpe Spooner, in which he was called a '' Russia-American tyrant," and threatened with a qastigation in a history already commenced, entitled the' "Alysteries of Crime !" Miraculous Escape. A horse attached to a ve hicle in Philadelphia, on Thursday, ran off at full speed, and ran the carriage over the curb stone upon the pavement, where the two wheels passed over a basket coach containing an infant, and upsetting it. The Ledger says the scene to at the moment most ex citing, for every eye witness expected of course that they would tind the chiid horribly mangled or a corpse. What was the surprise and joy expressed when, upon gathering up the couch and its contents, the child was found to be unhurt. The D - ad Alive. A little girl about ten years of age, the daughter of one of our most esteemed citizens, was taken sick a few days ago, arid on Monday eve ning, to the poignant grief of her parents, apparently died. The usual preparations were made, the room darkened, and the body enclosed in a shroud. But on yesterday morning the apparently dead girl revived, and terribly frightened at the situation in which she found he. self, with cries alarmed the household. She is since doing, well. Norfolk News. The Agricultural Society of Columbiana county Ohio, at its exhibition, commencing on the 12th of October, in ordar to afford the ladies of Columbia county, and any from a distance who may be in at tendance, an opportunity to display their agility on horseback, have r.used a purse of 250 to be distri buted, in premiums, worih from $5 to $80, to the best female rider, or to those most skilled in reigning a single horse or a span of horses in harness. The Maine Law. E. P. Kimball's grocery, in Chi copee, Mass., was officially looked into under Maine law authority, last Friday,' and 4 1-2 barrels of the " O be joyful " seized and executed by being poured upon the ground, according to the statute in such eases made and provided. Mr. Kimball politely offered the use of Ids horse and waon for the conveyance of the liquor away for this purpose, and it was accepted. Distressing Casualty' On Monday last, a negro named Wiley, the property of Dr. A. II. Macnair of this place rode a horse into the river to water him the horse got into swimming water, threw Wiley off, and he being unable to swim was drowned before assistance could be rendered him. His body was found floating near Sparta, about eisht miles below this place, on Thursday and decently interred. Tarboro Southerner, Recovery of the Body of Hi kmans at Niaga ra. The body of Andrew Hermann, one of' those whose sad fate at the Falls excites so much attention, has been recovered. It was found near the landing of the ' Maid of the Mis ," below the Suspension Bridge. The head and body was much mangled a sharp tone, or other object," haying pierced the body, either in its fearful descent, or afterwards. More Lost Baggage. The Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati, and Cleveland and Erie Railroad, give notice that they have now in the depot, at Cleve land, one hundred and twenty-four packages of lost or unci dined baggage, consisiing of trunks, vali-es, carpet bags, chests, &c, some very valuable. These articles are to be sold, if not previously claimed, on the 4th or 5th of September. . Edward Everett., This distinguished orator and statesman has been invited by the '!outh western Ag ricultural and Mechanical Association to visit Louisville early next October, and make the annual address be fore that Association on the occasion of its fair. Mr. Everett, it is said, has for years been desiring to visit ti c Great West, and it is thought will most probably accept the invitation. ' Arthur Middleton, Esq., of South Carolina, died at Naples, Italy, on the 9th inst., of pleurisy. Mr. M. was Secretary to the American Legation in Spain for eight years, and his father, Minister Plenipotentiary for twice that period at St. Petersburg. He leaves two children and a widow, who is descended from an illus trious Bolognese family, from whom she inherited the title of Countess of Benivog'ia. The Chinese in New York. It is seriously pro posed in New York that the Chinese Dramatic Com pany (Tong-Hook-Tongs) be sent to the Alms-house, there being not. the slightest probability that individu al charity will feed and clothe them any longer. The late benefit given them yielded less than 700, to be divided among the whole of them, forty in number. Plenty of Raik. After a continued drought for several previous weeks, the rain commenced falling on the 4th inst.. and with but little intermisson, we have had more or less every day since. Tar t river is rising rapidly, and threatens a heavy freshet. So far as we have heard, the rain has not as yet proved in jurious to the crops. Tarboro Southerner. The Cotton Plant. Professor Schoow traces the history of the diffusion of the cotton plant and 'cotton, with a tolerable degree of probability to periods before the birth of Christ, when it was confined to India. Herodotus, who lived in the fifth century before Christ, rela es that the Indians made their clothes of a wool grown on a plant . Mrs. Clara Forsyth, relict of the Hon. John Foy syth, who represented Georgia in the United States House of Representatives in 1813, the United States at the Court of Spain in 1819, was Governor of the State of Georgia in 1828, and U. S.,Senator from Georgia in 1818 and 1829, died a few fays ago. Rev. Dr. Ives. The Freeman's Jourml states that Dr. Ives has written a volume entitled ''The trials of a spirit in its progress towards Catholicity, or letters to nis inenas, by u S. Ives, formerly liisnop oi me Protestant Episcopal Church in North Carolina." It is stated that he- wrote it in Rome, and is about visit ing London to superintend its publication. Advaxce m the Price of Pr yisioxs. The great in flux of strangers to our city, it seems, has so increased the population that the prices of provision of all kinds have taken a rise. The beef market, particular ly, has made a great advance in prices.. Beefsteak is now qnoted at sixteen cents per pound, veal eighteen, and lamb twenty-one. V. T. Post. Later From Australia. Advices from Mclhortme to April 21st, have been received. W. Parker Kinsr, of St. Kilda was abont'fitting ont a vessel at his own expense in search of Sir John Franklin. On the 21st of April, 21 vessels arrived at Melbourne. The gold mines were still yielding large profits. Breeding Fish. A company has been formed "in, London for stocking the Thames with salmon, after the mode practised with so much succes in France. There is great reason to think that the experiment of breeding fish in the rivers of this country would be attended with the best results. ' ' t . . , n . Vs- Dea th of Commodore Newtow. We learn from the Beneon of yesterday, that a letter from Penacola to an officer of the Navy on this station, announces the death in that town, on the 18fh" inst.. of Commo dore John T. Newton, Commanding the Home Squad ron. Norfolk Argus. . . The Lattixg Observatory. A large Brummond light, sufficient to light up the harhor of Nw York, and nn immense telescope, by wbich a view he had down the river for 60 miles, are about to he placed on the top of this observatory in Nw York city. The Cak of Dr. Krvo. The N. York Tribune learns bvf letter from Athens that the affair of Dr. King is otl the point of beinsr arranged. He will he indemnified for his property, and the remainder of his sentence vill be remitted by the King. A Ketutky Mule. There is on exhibition in Charleston, S. C, a mule 19 .1-2 hands, or 6 feet 6 inches high, weighing 2.200 pounds, perfectly sym metrical, remarkably docile, and good at a long pull. , The jury in the case of Schaumburg have been dis charged, hoinor unnble to agree.. Tt is understood that they stood 7 for conviction and 5 for acquittal. The time for the next trial will be fixed on Monday next. Two Cuban Indies residing in New York, have been cited by the authorities at Havana to appear there and answer to a charcre of trenson. The total amount of coffee shipped at Rio Janeiro for t'.-.e United 5'ates, from 1st Julv, 1852, to lt June 1853, was 947.359 bao-s. " ' The Philadelphia Female Medical College has ap plications of forty pupils for admission next October. Com. Vanoerbilt. it is said, has heen offered a large pre for his yacht, at St. Petersburg. , l : m Tt ispaid that 2,000 barrels of' mackerel have been taken at the Isle of Shoals this season. R. G. Barnwell editor of De Bow's Review, has been appointed Consul to Amsterdam. J. R. Dean was found drowned a few' miles from Wilmington, N. C, on the 27th ult. AoHese for the education of colored persons is to be established in Bermuda. Peaches are selling at Wheeling at 5 cents apiece. DEATHS DIED. On the 1st instant, in the eastern suburbs of the city, Fran ces P., third daughter ofJordan and Martha Womble, in the eighth year of her age.' We ' mourn not as those who have no hope ;" but believe that as Christ died and rose again, so they also that sleep in Christ, will he bring with him at the general resurrection.. Com. Brtggs, Mrs. Elizabeth, in this City, on Sunday morning, 31st July, in the 72d year ol her age, consort of John Briggs, Esq. Grieg, Mrs. Susannah, in Mecklenburg county, on the 5th ult., in the 8tth year of her age. THE LATEST MARKETS- RICHMOND MARKET Wholesale Prices. REPORTED EXPRESSLY- FOR THE WEEKLY POST, . By J. N. GORDON & SON, . Grocers and Cwninission Merchants, r RICHMOND. VA. i - ' Tuesday, August 2, 1853.- Bn con Westpm Sides 8 ; Shoulders 6 7 ; Hams 11 (a. . Market dull. Weestvax La?t sales 27c. Cottep Rio 9 10c ; lor common to prime quality, La guira 9)i 10c ; Java 11 12c. Cotfbn Si I es 11 cents. Candles Mould 12 13c ; Adamantine 25 28c ; Sperm 33 & 34c. ; Feathers Sales at 42 & 43c.' Fih orth Carolina Gross Herri.nrs, $5V ; No. 1 Cut $7; ilalifax Cut Herrings, No. 1 $5, ; No. 2 Flour Market badly supplied and Receipts light. We quote Superfine at $5 (a. S5;2 for old ; New, $5p ($ $6. Ciitsei)g Sales at 45c. r Grains Corn active and in demand at 65c bushel ; Cats 3734 40c ; Rye 80c ; Wheat, prime red, $1,15 ; white S1.20. ' , Leather Good stamp 16 17e for over weights; 19 20 for middle weights ; damaged l 15, as in quality. Molasses New Orleans in barrels 31c ; Cuba 23 20c ; Porto Rico 28 29. . Nails i (a) 4K, for best brands. ' Navfl.1 Stores Tar $2 Rosin SIJ Salt Liverpool fine 81, 60 $1,70, from store. Sn;ars Porto Rico 5) 6 ; Orleans 4 b , Coffee Sugars & 1. Tobacco Lugs $5 ?g $8; Leaf, inferior to middling 10 ; Good 10 12 ; Fine Manufacturing $15 & S20. Wool 35 40c, for tub washed ; unwashed 27 c30c. J. N. GORDON fc SON. PETJSBURGlffARKETVIiolesale Prices reported expressly for the soothers weekly post. By Messrs. McILWAINE, SON &. Co. Grocers and Commission Merchants, PETERSBURG. VA.? JuIyZ7, 1S53 " Baon Remains without chance. Cotton We hear of no sales of conseqnence, and the stock is unusually light. For a few bales ot strictly prime (wanted for immediate use) we got to-day HJi though we doubt il a lot of any size would command over 11). 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.- Gnano Bnt litttle here, and prices have smartly advanc- ed. We note sales as high as f 50' Lard IO34 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 logs and poor leaf. Good sorts continue in demand. Sales of lair manufacturing to-day at t28. Wheat $1 20 for prime white, and$l 15 for prime red. McILWAINE, SON & Co. vje if noons ! mjETDELL on EXECUTORS; ' BEIXO A Treatise on the Law of pxecutors and Administrators, IN NORTH CAROLINA, By JAMES IREDELL. ''pHE object of this work has been to exhibit the law as it JL now stands in North Carolina, in relation to the mat ters of which it treats. It embraces, therefore, the English doctrines, so tar as they are recognised in our own State, as well as our acts of Assembly, and the decisions ot our own Courts on the subject of WILLS, EXECUTORS and AD MINISTRATORS. It is thought it may prove useful not oulyto members of the legal profession, but also to others who are so frequently called upon to undertake the indispensable, important and responsible trusts of Executors and Adminis trators. . For Sale by W. L. POMLRQY. RaleSgh 19th April, 12. BETWEEN PASSAGE 4 FARE ONLY $8, STATE fcOOM imCLTrDED i ST1" ASD "-WANT STEAMSHIPS ROANOKE AND JAMESTOWN. BoSIIS1 EVERY RESPECT ACCORD M,.lng JA Pf CoagiMB. will leave Norfolk for New . :r"Ji. ' .:.t .1 i," ?TCRDiY morning, at m nric avafv VVmupon 1 c wivu iao unuea states Mail, arriving in New York ?KlZne5' "turning they wul'leave New York eveSr the foUowing d;yrRDAY ' mO0n nd " al Norfolk For passage apply on board, or to Jn 1WM J- M- SM1TH & BRO. June, 1853. -9,v 1 N PORT AN T AND CHEERING NEWS' P ARISEN & KING'S TIAlSfllF EXPRESS. PER , ROANOKE AND JAMESTOWN. REDUCED RATES & INCREASED EXPEDITION, &C.j &C, &.C. ' THE PROPRIETORS HAVING MADE NEW AR rangements for the still better dispatch pf their Express by the steapships " Roanoke" and ".Jamestown," from New . ork, they wish to keep it before-the pnblic, that PARISEN & KING'S POPULAR AND SOUTHERN EXPRESS . is always on nana lor tlie accommodation or their friwnd, at"? i he lowest rales and unparalleled dispatch; their' Expreaa 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 ,pf.r cent below the old HUM- : BUG MONOPOLY. i Parisen & King's facilities for the expeditious transporta tion of Freight and Packages, cannot be beat by any Express Company in existence, and they defy anv competition, there fore, in the shape of Hombug, Imposition, and Mono poly ! Sttr Be sure to order your goods by PARISEN &. KING'S EXPRESS, 2nd Barclay Street, New York. fCr Rest assured, that all they promise, they will FAITHFULLY FULFIL ! PARISEN & KING, 2nd Barclay street, N. Y. and Bollingbrook street, Petersburg, Va AGENTS,. V. D. Grojter. . . . .. . . .Norfolk, V irginia. Farmville, Va. . . .Fredericksburg, Va. Richmond, Va. .'Lynchburg, Va'. Charlottsville, Va. Weldon, N.C. . . . .Wilmington, N. C. Raleigh, ,. C. Henderson, N. C- Warrenton, N. C. Goldsboro. N. C. . . . .FnyetteviUe, N. C. . . . Franklinton, N. C. Ridgc-way, N. C. .Littleton, N. C. j. v. womack. - v' William Bailey Wm. L. Maulk... . W. Bagby Mr. Minor John-Campbell. . . ; John Nctt H. D. Turner James L; Reid Turnbcll &. Stallings S. H. Hamlet Stark &. Pierce J. H. Whitfield James L. Duke. C Allen. NOTICE. Express packages for Norfolk, Petersburg, Richmond and the interior, intended for shipment per steamers Roanoke and Jamestown, will hereafter be received by Messrs. Parl- sen &l King, 2nd Barclay street, New York, who are the only Authorized Agents to forward our Express packages by those steamships. . VIRGINIA, N.CAROLINA &, TENNESSEE. June, 1853, n29-tf. IMPORTANT EXPRESS NOTICE. beware of IMPOSITION AND HUMBUG MONOPOLY ! ! YY E FEEL CALLED UPON. PROMPTED BY A sense of duly to the public and ourselves, to caution the nu- n 1 r ' 1 ) p. 1 ' l.1 nierous i atrons nna tkik.mjs 01, 1 Aiiistn ol. nini im press, throughout Virginia, North Carolina and Tennessee, against " Hand Bills' and Advertisements, issued by a cer- ' tain hixpress Company, long known to the Merchants ol the South, especially of Virginia and North Carolina, 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 pubhe to suppose that no other Express can run on' the ships. To settle this matter definitely, and to place it in its " true light" before the public at large, we will only; say, 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 16th 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: Freightand Packages will be taken and deliVeied with our usual promptness, and at the same low rates as heretofore, which will be almost 40 per cent-below the charges of the Self-Stvled Exclusive Ex press Company, as 'we are. aware they mustlo a large busi ness, and their patrons pay big; prices, for the privilege of hav ing a small room on board the ships, lor which PARISEN & KING onered the sum ct 47,01X)J forty Aeven I housana 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 tlie increas ing enterprise of the South, and the general direction of the business under thel personal superintendence of one of the firm, who permanently resides in Petersburg, Va , we call for a continuation of that liberal patronage as heretofore!, conferred ' upon Us, and a general support of that principle and system of ECONOMY, PUNCTUALITY and EXPEDITION, as first introduced jn the Express business by us, and upon which all may depend on its being carried out to the let ter. PARISEN &, KING. JAS. B. KING, Second Bnrclav street, N. Y. WM. B. PARISEN, Bollingbrook and 2nd St. . June, 1853, . n29-tf. Petersburg, Va. N0TICETO THE PUBLIC. A rumor seems to be going the rounds thoughout our enr tire Line of Express, that Parisen & Kino have sold out their business to Messrs. Adams &, Co., and as such rumor tends to the injury of our business, we hereby notily the public that all rumors ihey may hear in that respect, are ns false as they are malicious and furthermore, that Messrs. Adums, & Co., never had nor never wi 1 have sufficient mean to buy out the eriterprize of ParisCU &. King. But, on the other hand, Messrs. P. & K. intend to meet and fight the enemy on their own ground, until they are obliged to their business on the economical and expeditious principle ot which they have been so deficient. I Parisen &. KiNGhaving their arrangements throuphoutVf the most complete svstein, 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, Bollinsrhrook street, Petersburg, Va , and 2 Barclay sirect, New York. July1853. 33 tt. "X'bookrhe people. JUST PUBLISHED NEW & PRACTICAL FOEM BOOK. CUvTAlNITG.Forms ol all those legal instruments ini ) p....t to be known . BY THE PEOPLE OF NORTH CAROLINA, . and designed, alsofor the use of Justices of the Weace, Sheriffs, Clerks, Constables, Coto -n ' iter, lie, tfc'. . . compiled and1 arranged from the best authorities, By WILEY, Esq. To which is added, TheCZnSlitutionof the United States and of North Carolina. , . , , The number of Forms in this wort w motjarerjao can be lound in any Form Book heretoiore puoiihed in, ; North-Carolina ; and while it is hoped they will meet the wants and exegencies ot the pablic? it is also btneved that their ac curacy may be reliedon, having; been examined and approv ed by some of the most eminent lawyers of the State. From tne alphabetical order of the subjects, and the complete alpha Oftical Index, it will be easy to find any desired matter con tamed in the book. The price of the book-will be One dollar, for which sum it will be sent to any part of the S:ate by mail free of postage. T he trade will be supplied upon the usua terms. qnHE GREAT DEMAND FOR THIS VALUABLE 1 work, and the many enquiries we receive, induce ns to state that this book is not lor sale at anyplace in Raleigh, except at Mr. Pomeroy's Book Siore, 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 copy ot the book by return mail free of postage. Be very careful to send tor " Wiley's New Form Book," and address, WM. D. COOKE, Raleigh, N. C. CHARE OF SCHEDULE " on the RALEIGH AND GASTON RAILROAD THE RALEIGH AND GASTON ROAD IS NOW completed to Weldon, and in fine order, ar.d the follow ing permanent Schedule for the Passenger trains has been put into operation Leave Raleigh, at 8 o'clock, a. x , arriving at Weldon at 1 o'clock, r. m., in time to connect with the day trains for Pe tersburg, Portsmoutlrfind Wilmington. ' Returning Leave Weldon after the arrival of the Express Train from Wilmington at half-past 3 o'clock, r. m. Arrive at Raleigh at half-past 8 o'clock, p. m. , . , - , Passengers will thus be enabled to take breakfast m Kaleigh and supper in Petersburg, Richmond, Norfolk, Portsmouth, or Wilmington ; or, breakfast at those points and supper in Raleigh. , . A " ' " ' , , Persons wishing to ome from any poin t on, or Last of the Wilmington Road, and from the Albemarle country, will find this the most eornfortable and expeditious route. (fBce Raleigh and Gaston Railroad Company. June 25, 1853. n30-8w. WW OPENING AT HARDING'S A SPLENDID assortment of Spring and Summer Cloth ing, and Gents furnishing Goods, consisting of ail the new sty, tyie rants, Coats, and Vests. E. L. HARDING. IS Raleigh, April 2nd, 1853.
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