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.j w,reen the literature of social
ntraS phU'htopic reform on the one hand,
op cs anu i roiimnn on the other.
i the p r it ot me " '" -- ,
il tut -i'" . . ... j . attachment
Scents and principles characterize the whole
lt,-i- . ; e tu.. athnr that a
l and show, as in tne case ui -ark,
.., nfih sublime
artiste and entnusi;iMwt'-v-r
a beautiful, are, as inumaiery -
1 n thev are witn true yoc.jr.
Xhc contents ol me ru. ' 1
i ; 'successive numbers in the Southern Literary
area m - . . .,, aiiinVii.
es-entrer
They a del anouier iu mc uwm;
which have already been made to our
fcntrihuiion
Imerican literature
thro a "h. the columns of that ex-
llent Magazine.
n . November Number of the fcOLTHERN Literary
vrrn has been rcecjvea. ii is very interesting.
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STATE INTELLIGENCE.
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Saie of Lots at Carolina City. We under
hand that at the sales at Carolina City on Monday
ist abut 200 lots were disposed of at , an aggre
gate of 15,000. V Tbe cover but a small propor-
ion of the city. Some Of the lots were.bu by u
uan& others 80 by 160 feet. A square jras
floriated to a company wlio oounu iuiii3cive iu
,t;i Hotel upon it, to cost not less man -?-o,-
that
100 AH tne lots were buici upu .......
, ,. i: ,.,.f l.nA lmnaa shnnlrl lift erected
iDtie wu uic-juwi
n tje,n Fayctteville Carolinan.
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Ha x k of Wadeshokocgh. It will be seen by
reference to the Cashier's advertisement found in
:,Putlier column, 'that the Directors of this Hank
iiave declared a semi-annual dividend of 4 pr. ct.
-.Besides which we learn that they have been
:,!, to add 2 pi ct. to the Surplus Fund.
This shows that the business of the Institution
been ablv managed, mock is sougnt aitcn
i n ,.,..... .1 .. l,w.l. v,...;,.i o on t. i.t
bavins been - offered and refused. JV. Carolina
Jt''(. ' '
Moick Coal. C. L. Bahner, Esq., has shown us
a fine specimen of coal, found on his land, on Town
Fi.rlc. about five miles East of Germunton. The
(-cam is represented as being over '.three.. feet wide
1 ho nrosiect ! tor an abundance ot coal there is
ur'ud, and. easy of access. Salem J ress.
GENERAL INTELLIGENCE
DOMESTIC.
A Heavy SwiNDLE.-Vrhe -late Fair says the1
Enquirer of yesterday, brought to Richmond scores
if pickpockets and swindlers, from abroad, who
tiiouliL-.it was a favorable opportunity r.o operate
upon, thfi honest and .unsuspecting eoma'ry of our
Siatf. We have heard of the tbsi of at least
twenty pocket books, and of various other robbe
ries, during the last week, and we regret to learn
that Mr. Samuel Cottrell, an aged and respectable
taiiin r ot Henrico county, was, on Thursday last,
va nulled out of 500, by two finished scoundrels,
in the following maimer ::. . '
M r. C. was met on the street, near the Exchange
'.auk, by a man of respectable appearance and gen
te 1 tVportmcut,, who said his name was Johnson.
11 approached' Mr. C. in a cordial and familiar
manner, and asked him if he had been to the cat
tle show, and if so, how he liked it, titev .'Mr. C.
replied "that be. had b'-en, there, 'and was Wry much
pleased viili"tiie Exhibition; The conversation
was .continued, and Mr. C. inferred from the re-
marks ot the man, mat he was a wealthy 'tanner
V-j i.f tin! tnon tii. 1
1. 1 I 1 11..
of Virginia, on a -'isit to the Fair. . lie .appeared
familiar with agricultural matters, and spoke of
geutleujeii in .-Hanover enmity, known to be far
mers there, lie stated that he had that day bar
' giiined with a -gentleman : at the Fair for; some fine
imported stock, for whlc
in consequence ' of som
5 he was to pay 500 ; but !
; little misunderstanding,
bst'mate and refused to let
the owner had become J
him Iiave -them at that pnee, while he was willing
to-sell, them to any other person for that sum.
lie a.sked Mr. C. if he had any objection to mak
ing the purchase lor him. Mr. C. consenting, he
was invited to step into a hotel, near by, to receive
the money ($500) to pay for the cattle. Here
tliey met a' man" who represented himself as the
soli of the owneiof the cattle. He confirmed the
statement about the misunderstanding; with his fa
tlujr, and expressed adesire that Mr. Johnson"
shoal get the cattle. The money was partly, count
'ed' out, when -Johnson suggested that it would prob
' ablv be well for Mr. C. to buv them with, his own
niiiney, in order to save Mr. C. from the necessity
- of ancquivpeation, if the owner of the cattle should
wish to know whether or not he was buying for
himself. M. C. yielded to his suggestions, and
went to the Bank and drew from his deposits there
5501) for the purpose indicated. After leaving the
Bank, it was further -agreed' that the son of the
owner- should- take the mony, and, in -company
with Mr. C, go and inform his father that he had
N 'Id the. cattle, and have them , delivered. They
start d, and in a few minutes thereafter " Mr. John
son'' and the: pretended k" son" slipped-out of the
company of Mr. C, and disappeared, as if by mag
ic from his view ; and thus ended the swindle a
tnck. new to Mr. C, but one which has often been
practiced'.at the various Fairs of the country.
Virginia AiucuItural Fair. About 20,00'0
: j.ersons, it is said, visited this exhibition, on Tliurs
day. Peter A. Browne, Esq., 0f Philadelphia de
livered an ad ress, at 11 o'clock, on the subject of
rearing sheep, the various qualities of wool, their
adaptation for various localities in Virginia, and for
different fabrics. At 12 o'clock, the plowing match,
tor the prize of $100, (given by Madame Sontag.)
: took place, and elicited -much interest. .Madame
Sontag was" escorted over th ground by Wm.
BoulwartyEsq., late Charge 'to 'Naples.'. The liich-
Riond Whig says :
"We have never seen so many people in such
.. good humor. The best evidence of the enthusiasm
which. -pervades the farmers was the subscription
for the benefit of the Society, on Wednesday night,
ot $39,000. Numerous other contributions, were
inade on Thursday, and the .amount will proba
bly be swollen to $50,000. Richmond city subscrib
ed $5,000." '
lie ni""
IMS DEPARTMENT. "
LATER FROM CALIFORNIA,
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT 80N0RA.
The steamer Daniel Webster arrived at New
Orleans on Sunday, with dates from San Francis
co, to the 16th ultimo, bringing passengers through
ih the short space of twenty-one'days. She brings,
200 pas'sengers and 50,000 in gold dust, brought
by the steamer Sierra Nevada from' San" Francisco
at Panama. ! ;
The steamers Golden Gate and the. Uncle Sara
sailed from San Francisco for Panama on ihe same
day as the Sierra Nevada. The Sierra Nevada
brought doxy n to Panama $1,200 000 in gold dust,
and the Goiden Gate $1,130 000. j .
There has been a terrible fire at the city of So
nora, destroying full one third oT the city. The
loss is estimated at a million and a half, i '
The Irish patriot, John Mitchell, of whose es
cape from Van Dieman's Land accounts have been
received, arrived at San Francisco on the l2th ult.
He has been most enthusiastically received 1 and
welcomed to freedom by all classes of citizens.
A public dinner had be.cn tendered to the Irish
patriot, John Mitchell, before his departure for
New York, which he accepted. j
The Supreme Court of California has imade an
important.decision, declaring valid all grants made
in accordance jvith JtheIexie.an law. TLe effects
of this will be to oust hundreds from lots held by
them for many years, and restore them to the
original irrantees. It is considered a death blow
to squatters, and will cause millions of dollars
worth of property to change hands by jthe mere
operation of the law. j.
Murders and outrages have been occurring
throughout the State to an alarming extejht.
, The old City Government of Sah Francisco re
tired after contesting the election, and a new one
has been organized. '
. Bigler's majority in the State for Governor, will
be quite eighteen hundred. j
Tragedy at Louisville. Professor, Butlerf
Principal of the High School, at Lousville, it has
been announced by telegraph, was shot by Mat. F.
Ward, oldest son of li. J. Ward, on Wednesday
morning last, and died that night. Tlie Courier
says of the lamentable transaction :
"lie went to the High School accompanied by
two of his brothers, Robert Ward, a yonth of six
teen, and William, a smaller bov, and called for
Mr. Win. II. G. Butler, one of the teachers, A
few words passed between them, when Mr. Ward
pulled out a pistol and shot Mr. Butler down. The '
ball penetrated his left breast, over the heart, and
he fell to the floor,- exclaiming, in his agoiiv, " I am
... i "
killed uh, my poor wife, and child !" Ward .then
dropped his pistol, and, accompanied by h;is leather
retreated from the school-room.
"Mr. Butler was able to rise from the! floor, and
left the-room, assisted by some boys ; but, when in.
the street, he fell again, and was carried home.
The ball could not be extracted, and he bled in
wardly. Mr. Butler had corrected Win.-Ward, one
of his pupils, the day previous, for telling a false
hood, which led to the tragic affair.
"Hubert .Ward,, who . accompanied his brother,
drew a Bowie-knife,, and when Prof. Stijrgus, the
other teacher in the school, advanced to !the assist
ance of Mr. Butler, he made such demonstrations
that the Professor retreated ami made his escape
out of a window. The. scholars in the school-room
were also scattered in all directions by tjie display
of such warlike instruments in their midst.
" Mr. M. F. Ward and Robert J. Ward, Jr.,
were promptly arrested and lodged in jail, and as
the affair will undergo a judicial investigation, e
forbear narrating the particular's. -
:' Mr. Butler'-was ony of the best and most inof
fensive men in the world, and we can appreciate
the anguish of his friends at his being so untimely
cut off, and in such a maimer. The affair is gene
rally regarded as of a most atrocious and unpro
voked character, and, when it became known, the
deepest indignation prevailed throughout the city.
The Ward family is one of the wealthiest and most
prominent in Kentucky."
Another Victim of the Rappings. We have
heard of another instance of the results of these
singular phenomena, the facts of which we give to
the public as they were told- to us. Some nine
months ago, a young man and woman, both re
siding in the town of Evans, in this county, redeiv
ed notice through one 'of the '-mediums, in that .
town, that it was the will of "the powers that be"
above that they should. become man'and wifeforth
with. They were firmbc!i,evers in the new dispen
sation, and, although scarcely acquainted with each
other, immediately went before a Justice, and were
"consolidated." ,
The woman, who had not been well before, per
haps owing in a good degree to the influences which
had obtained over her such complete control, con-
tinued to grow worse, and was placed tinder the
care of a spiritual" physician, who gave prescrip
tions hitherto 'unknown ih the practice of rnedi-
cine, fehe would go out ot the house at his com
mand, and stretch herself upon the ground, face
downwards, and there remain for hours, as he said,
for the purpose of getting the electricity from the
ground. Other performances equally absurd were
gone through repeatedly, till the victim of such
strange practice and of her own delusion, died
some two weeks since. IIertbody, however, was
kept for a week or more without burial, owing to
fears .which some of the friends, entertained that
she was not dead. 1
Her limbs, though cold, did not grow stiff for
three or four days, and if the finger was drawn
across her cheek with a slight pressure a red spot
was left which gradually 'died out, as a rush of
blood in the living body would follow in like cir
cumstances. Neither did the corpse show any
symntoms of decay, but remained . as it was the
first day after death. She was buned at length,
the physician and her spiritual friends quieting all
doubts in heir own minds by asserting' that her
spirit was too .happy in ihe sphere where it had
gone, to return again to the cares and pains incident
to a tabernaclino- in the flesh. This is but another
instance of the deplorable results flowing from this
system, if it can be so -called, of error and wicked
delusion. Buffalo Courier, Oct. 29.
New York, Nov. 7.-The Crescent city has
arrived bringing Havanna dates to the 1st. The
Cholera and Yellow Fever has entirely disappear
ed from the Island. - '
Murder in Sussex, Va A Slave Whipped to
Death by his Master. We received at a late hour
last night the particulars of a revolting affair which
has just transpired in the county of Sussex, on the
same farm at which the bloody transaction pub
lished bv us a few months since occurred. From 1
all we have been enabled to ascertain, it appears
that Mr. Henry Birdsong, whose little son was
killed by his side, and himself dangerously wound
ed a few 'months since, so cruelly whipped and
beat one of his negroes on Tuesday night last, that
he died in a few hours. Mr. B., a gentleman in
forms us, had given orders to his negroes that
they were to report themselves to him at his dwel
ling every night at an early hour. On Tuesday
night last they failed to do so, and upon one of his
boys coming into the house to get his, Birdsong's,
shoes, to clean, he was called to an account for his
disobedience. Mr. B. being unusually rigorous and
severe with his servants generally, the boy expect
ed a whipping, and ran out of the house to escape
it. Mr. B. followed him closely, and calling a very
ferocious dog, (of the bull species,) started the an
imal in pursuit of the fugitive also. The dog soon
overtook, and bit him very seriously before he was
taken off. Mr. B. then tied the boy, and beat him
so that he died in a few hours. These facts com
ing to the knowledge of the Coroner, a-jury was
summoned, and ah inquest held, which resulted in
the finding of a verdict, that deceased came to bis
.death by sundry blows, etc., inflicted by his mas
ter, Henry Birdsong. A warrant was issued for the
arrest of Birdsong, which was executed on Thurs
day. The accused was immediately conveyed to
the county jail and secured. We understand that
the negro was most cruelly whipped and beat
one of his eyes having been knocked entirely out
with a stick. Pet. Express, 5th inst.
Sontag in Virginia. The Philadelphia Bul
letin has. the following good jeu d'esprit upon Son
tag's new honors in Virginia :
Oh, Carry me Back. When Sontag, the sing
er, married a count, to the despair of a regiment of
other suitors, including the celebrated Count Mon
day, so called because he inveterately followed
Sunday (Sontag) she was still far from the summit
of her fame. When she was courted and caressed
in all the European capitals, honored by Kings and
Emperors, and petted by Queens and Empresses,
she was still remote from the acme of her glory.
It was reserved for the State of Virginia tn crown
her with her highest honor, and, accordingly, she
has just been elected a life member of the Virgin
ia Agricultural Society! A "Sontag Prize"' of
100, has been endowed by her donation, and it
was contended for at a grand ploughing match,
'where! the chivalry of the F. F. V's entered the
lists to, compete for the purse honored with her
gold and her name, while the Countess herself was
present to give her countenance to the kuights of
the plough's tail and reward the victor with one
of her . best stage, smiles. Truly this is one of the
drollest of avocations ever offered to an artiste. -Henceforth
Mad.-Sontag must be .associated, in the
American mind, with ploughing matches, the tobacco-crop,
the lat sales of Galle&'o i
of guano, and other interesting ideas connected
with agriculture in Virginia, and "Cany me back
to Old Virgiuny" must be added to her repertoire.
Court. At 12 o'clock on Saturday night last
the term of our Court expired with ihe Judge on
the bench,' the jury in p.sse-siwii of an indictment
lor murder and a !e ise cn.iwd of anxious specta
tors' who had tt that hour awaited the anxious re
sult of the trial involving the fate of two human
beings. Neer has the sensibility of our commu
nity been more intensely awakened. There was a
mis-trial, the Jury not having time to agree on
their verdict, having had the case under considera
tion but a few iinnub-s, after a patient hearing of
the testimony and arguments during two entire
i 'i-! . !; i .i .'i.i
uavs. mere win oi course oe another trial at the
next term, a'ti d any observation ou the melancholy
facts elicited, would be improper at this time. But
we cannot refrain from solemnly admonishing the
parents ot our country, of the awlul dangers, at
tending the possession of deadly weapons by their
children Here are two haif grown boys, betray
ed into -t most shocking and deliberate murder,
simply from being allowed prowl over the coun
try ou'the Sabbath, in search of mischief and with
pistols in their pockets. Those who heard this
trial were deeply impressed; aud we trust that
good will result from it. The sobriety and orderly
deportment which characterized the early part of
the week continued to the end. May it last for
ever. Darlington Flag.
A Curious Divorce Case. A curious divorce
case came up before Judge Edwards of the Su
preme Court, in New York, on Tuesday. The
co.uplaina-i t is an English woman, who, after the
death ofher first husband, went to Australia,. having-
a; little fortune of about 2,150 sterling. On
the voyage she met with a fellow passenger who
represented himself as a German baron, compelled
to fly on account' of his politics, and so won on
her widowed affections that she married him on
reaching Sydney. Afterwards they sailed for Cal
lao, where the " baron" got possession of the mon
ey, amounting to 1,900 sterling, on pretence, it
is alleged, of depositing it f r safetv with the Brit
ish consul.' This, however, he d d not do. They
sailed then for the United States, and at Baltimore
he deserted her, writing back from New York en
closing $1,000, and saying before she received it,
'he would be on his way to Europe. She was smart
enough not to -believe this, and hurrying on to
New York where she found him, got a writ out for
his detention, and now sues for the recovery of her
money and for a divorce. The name of the hero
of this story; under which he was married, is Ed
ward Max Alexander Rudolph, Baron of WTerten
hagen, of Mecklenberg, Germany. The Judge
took the case under advisement.
Baltimore, Nov. 6, 1853. The slave schooner
Advance, captured some time since by the sloop-of-war
John Adams, has been condemned by the Dis
trict Court at Norfolk.
In consequence of the election -of 'the' Maine
Law ticket, Dearly all the taverns in this city were
closed to day, the proprietors anticipating a rigid
enforcement of the Sunday law.
Duty on Sugar. The revenue duty on Sugar
for the last five years has amounted to $36,000,000.
Common Schools of ,New England. By the
last official returns of the public schools in the six
New England States, the whole number of pupiL
in attendance during the year wa3 641,983. The
whole cost of instruction for the year was $2,055,-
131 65. In Vermont "the average cost of each
pupil was $222 ; in Maine, $135 ; in Rhode Island,
$164. In Massachusetts the law requires each
town to raise by tax at least $150 per child, be
tween five and fifteen years of age, as a condition
of receiving a share of the income of the State
school fund. All the towns complied with this
condition last year, and 180 towns raised double
the sura thus specified. Theamount expended in
Massachusetts last year for each child above nam
ed was $454.
Virginia Washington Monument. A gen
tleman direct from Richmond, Virginia, states that
the workmen on that noble work, the Virginia
Washington Monument, are preparing to set what
is technically termed the " horse block," which is
the terminus of the architectural, part of the work.
The block is very substantial, about twelve feet in
length, seven wide, aud fourteen inches thick, The
managers expect soon to be gratified with a letter
from Mr. rawlbrd, who is diligently engaged on
the grandjftaestrian statue'of the illustrious Wash
ington, wuich 5s to surmount the monument. The
same sculptor las also under engagement, the pe
destrian statues, two of which, Thomas Jefferson
and Patrick Henry, are already completed.
Arrest of Sullivan. Yankee Sullivan, the
notorious prize fighter, wa3 arrested at New York
on Friday last, on a requisition from the Governor
of Massachusetts, as a fugitive from justice, and
had a hearing this morning on a writ of habeas
corpus in the Supreme Court, before Judge
Edwards. The Judge ordered the prisonser to be
sent to Massachusetts tobefe'ied for engaging in the
late prizefight. Morrisey cannot be found. lie
is said to be in Baltimore.
The Madeira Refugees. Dr. Kalley, of New
York, to whom many of the Maderia Protestants
owe-their conversion, has collected some $5,500 of
the $6,000 necessary to defray the expense of bring
ing. to this fountrv the two hundred still remain
ing on that Island, ou, perchance, already on their
way hither. The 8500 yet to be raised will. doubt
less' be promptly supplied.
A Big Gun.. One of the 700 Turkish cannon
which guard the Dardanelles is charged with 230
pounds of powder, and throws a stone shot of one
thousand pounds weight. Of course .such immense'
guns are more formidable in appearance than reali
ty, and the firing is not unattended with danger to
their own artillerymen.
Pacific Railroad Company. The stockhold
ers of this Company met in New York-on Thurs
dav, and elected Philip F. Thomas, of "faryland,
Hon. Robert J. Walker, of Washington, N. F.
Green, of North Carolina, Wm. Noyes, of Pa., an 1
others, to constitute a Board of Directors.
Served ILm Right. A stout robust butcher
insulted a woman in Wade Street Market, Cinci
nnati, last week. She procured a horse-w hip, and
"plugged" it into him for about five minutes, with
a vengeance.
lli face was bftdlv cut.
Wm. P. Danckhfikld, E--q., formerly- of Rock
ingham county, Va.. has been appointed Judge by
the Governor of California, of the judicial district
in which he resides. Mr. Dangerfield ' left Rock
ingham some-three or four y ears ago.
.
Thanksgiving The Governor of Illinois, in a
capital anel comprehensive little proi-lamat soli of
fourteen lilies, appoints the 24th inst., for Thanks
giving Day. This the eleventh Stale that will ob
serve that day.
NEWr Invention
A new wheel-barrow has been
invented. The wheel is placed under the centre
so that none of the weight of the load rests upon
the hands. A man can wheel twice the usual
weight.
New Orleans. Nov. 7. Intelligence received
here to-day by Express from El Passo, states that
five thousand Mexicans are marching on the town.
Arrived
arrived at
-Several members of Congress have
W ashington.
FOREIGN.
PARIS.
The Paris correspondent of the New York Her
ald, in a letter dated the 20th ult., says:
The rain still pours in torrents, not only here,
but all over France and Europe. The streets of
Genoa were the beds of torrents' on the 14th; tje
Arno overflowing a day or two before ; Havre and
the vicinty were drenched on Sunday ; and as for
us, we have been realizing the old couplet
On driait que le del, qui se fond tout en eau,
Veut inonder ces lieux d'un deluge nouv eau.
Compiegne, I presume, escapes the showers.
The court has been there for the last week ; and
the old castle, which has been untenanted since
Napoleon I. gave his last fete there in 1810, has
been restored in pristine splendor. The imperial
bedchamber is said to be a wonder of art ; quite
equal to the nuptial chambers in your hotels. Be
tween this fairy palace and the hois de Compeigne,
the Emperor divides his time. I am enabled,
thanks to the enterprise of the official journals, to
give.you a more exact account of the performance
in the latter than in the former retreat. The fol
lowing is a correct list of the killed and wounded :
90 quails, 109 pheasants, 25 bucks, 3 foxes, 1 wolf,
2 wild bears, and 17 sparrows, -and other small
birds. Twenty-three of the above fell by the hand
of the Emperor, thirty-four had the honor of be
ing missed by the imperial fow ling-piece. . Shoot
ing, however, is not the only diversion of the court
at Compeigne. A new set of court rules is being
framed. Among others, I understand it has been
decided that no one shall be received at the Tuil
eries who is not noble, and that ladies shall be
bound to wear the habit de cour, which Beranger
has immortalized. What is to be done with for
eigners, and especially American?, lias not trans
pired. Mr. Sandford has not been invited to Com-
pe gne, however, and your countrymen are in
hourly dread of proscription. .
Do not fancy that these amiable diversions pre
sent the Emperor from exercising his customary
vigilance over his beloved empire. Kussuth pop
ped in upon us the other day, to put his children to
school, it lssaid, but was warned off in double quick.
time. W!iilP t.K abbpfl a
few other suspected individuals : M. Michel Good-
chaux, who was Minister of Finance in 1848 ; M.
Charles Delecluzs, who filled the post of Prefect
of the Department of the Nord at the same time,
and has since acted as an emissary of Ledru Rol-
hn; M.Charles de la Varenne, a man of letters,
and the celebrated Maujin and his son, who are
proprietors of the Pkare de la Foire newspaper.
The example seems tn hava Unn ntnmmc Tn
Lombardy, Count Sales and five other persons have
been imprisoned, on suspicion.dn the castle of Mi
lan. At Verenna twenty youths have been taken
care of by the Austrian police. In the Tyrol, three
poor fellows, uamed Calvi, Roberti, and Chinelli,
who were depraved enough to wish to go to see
their relations, have likewise been lodged in jail.
In point of fact, the Italian governments have bet
ter grounds for adopting stringent measures than
Louis Napoleon. Ever since the Koszta affair the
utmost excitement has prevailed throughout the
north. On every wall in the large cities of Tus-"
cany, the. following, or similar, words have been
chalked by the people :
"Vivav'il General Pierce! Viva V America ?
Viva la Fraternita dei Popoli !"
Rome is on the verge of an explosion. If the
French army ever leave it,; the secret societies,
which are known to be numerous and determined,
will certainly break out, and it is more than prob
able that; poor Pius IX. will be thrown overboard.
You will be pleased to hear that the Council of
State, having disposed of the Turkish question
and other unimportant affairs, has set itself to
work seriously to regulate matters of higher mo
ment. Such is the Emperor's nose. Satisfactory
evidence having been laid before the Council to
prove that that august feature lias been misrepre
sented by various evil intentioned persons, calling
h;irnc-il 1-.0 rt.,K 1 .1 1 1
uicm.-n.-iti-a avuipion ami iuoueiiers, a decree was
issued, ordering the immediate, destruction of all
existing busts and casts, and forbidding the sale of
any but those furnished by the Ministry of" the
Interior. The new bust is said to resemble the
Jupiter. Tonans about the brow, and the Appollo
about the nose and mouth. Posterity is safe.
Appropos of fine arts, Horace Vernet has dis
covered a method of using olive oil in painting.
Hitherto, as you are aware, painters have been un
able to use olive oil, from its being too slow in
drying. Horace has stuck a drawing plaster on
his picture, and this imbibes tlie moisture, and
seems to surmount the difficulty. General Var
iant's 'portrait is being painted by this process.
A novel sort of exhibition has been drawing
crowds to the Palace de fa Bastille. A nigger
figured as master, and a white man as clown; the
latter being b iptised Uncle Tom and the fun con
sisting in the energy with which the black man
SiySi:i'l.iL(i-lL1iLllLet')inos5 wi'h which the whitejg
ceived cuffs and kicks. Parisans laugh and pass
on.
E. F. G.
Foreign Miscellany. A letter from Trebizond
of the 2lst ult., states that the fortifications, tlie
citadel, and all the works of defence of that place,
haveju-t been armed in a very formidable manner,
and that an attack from the Russians on. the side
of the !!l.tck Sea was not to be feared. The squad
ron which had beeu demanded f- the protection
of the coast was every day expected from Constan-
t.U-q
le. The Turkish
army, on tnat important
point of Aia Minor, is in ex ellent condition, verv
nunierou-, and we'd commanded. The Russian
foices, on the contrary, are represented as interior
in condition, and not numerous on the western
frontier, being entirely concentrated in Georgia
and Circassia. It was in order to demand rein
forcements that the military governor of the Cau
casian provinces, whose head-quarteis are at Tiflis,
had lately sent one of the officers of his staff to Sl
Petersburg. J?r
Advice from Vienna, in the Post Ampt Gazette- '
of Frankfort, confirm the rumor that the Russian
troops are moving up the Danube in great masses."
The situation' 0!' the Christians who inhabit the
Turkish towns is represented as becoming daily
more critical ; the Albanians stationed at Rustjuck,
who talk with great ardor of a war against the
Russians, are suspected of contemplating piilage.
The Congress of Protestant clergymen for all
Germany, now assembled at Berlin, have drawn
up among other resolutions the following : The
church, recognized by the State, ou Jit not to have
either the will or the power of restraining such of
its members as may prefer, to separate from it, in
order to form particular sects. The only weapon
which should be used against dissenting parties is
persuasion.
The Archbishop of Cambrai, France, has issued
instruction to the cures and other ecclesiastics of
his diocese to refuse the rights :f sepulture to per
sons "committing suicide, unless it were clearly
proved that they labored under mental alienation ;
also to habitual drunkards, who had lost their lives
in consequence of that vice ; and lastly, to those
persons who had neglected or refused to conform
to the laws of the church, and had only gone
through the civil rite 'of marriage. He also orders
that no one shall be allowed to bold any subordi
nate office in the church who does not bear an ir
reproachable character, and that no one shall be
employed as organist, singer, or musician, who shall
perform at balls or other public places of amuse
ment, aud that no young girl who frequents public
dances shall be allowed to carry any statue, banner,
or wax-lights at processions. .
The newly born son of Don Miguel was baptised
ou the 4th, in the chateau of Heubach. The cere
mony was celebrated by the Portuguese Bishop of
Guarda. The godfather was Don Carlos, Infant f
Spain, who was represnted by the" Prince Charles
Henry de Lopenstein-Wertheim Rosenberg. The
chitf Received several names, ,the principal one be-
ing Miguel. ?
Among the officers commanding the Egytian
contingent now at Varna, is one of Napoleon's ad
jutants, Colonel Seves, who after the disastrous re
treat from Russia, took service in Egypt, and having
been distinguished by Mehemet Ali as a brave and
capable officer, received the 1st regiment ef Egyp-
tian Guards, became a Mussulman,; and took the
name of Solimaa Bey. "
POPACTIOS OF THE TURKISH EmPIRI. We
are constantly told of twelve millions of Greeks
domineered over by four millions of Turks. The
proportions are not correctly given, eren if we
confine ourselves to. European Turkey alone. In
umaie are given the whole Greek popula
tion, m all the dominions of the Sultan, whilst the
Mussulman numbers are only those of Europe.
xu idiesi authority upon the statistics of the pop-
uiauon 01 the whole Turkish Empire is a work just
published in Paris by A. Ubicini. He gives the
numbers as follows ; "
Religions. Europe.
Mussulmans, 4,550,000
Asia.
12,650,000
3,000,000
260,000
80,000
Africa.
3,800,000
Greeks 10,000,000
Catholics.... 600,000
J ews 7f).ono
Gipsies 80,000
From the Sandwich IsLANDS.-r-Highly impor
tant intelligence from the Sandwich Islands has .
been received at San Francisco. Dr. Judd has been
removed from the office of Minister of Finance,
and Elisha Jallen, late United States 'Consul ap
pointed to his place. ' Very decided steps have been
taken toward annexing ha Islands to the United
States. The French and British Consult protested ,.
to the King against such an act, aud the Ameri
can Commissioners had replied to tlieir protest in
a firm but dignified manner. This movement has
caused the very greatest excitement on the Island.
Fashionable Again. Necklaces, which have
been so. long discarded by the fair sex; a Paris let
ter says, have made their appearance in the estab
lishments of the fashionable jewelers of Paris, and
will be worn in all the high circles. Some are
composed of strands of fine gold chains, formed into
festoons by medallions of precious stones; others
.are strings of jewels, connected by links of gold or
enamel." Pretty fancy bracelets are of gold girn-
pure, or Venice point, with pearls and corals.
A Parisian Item. The worshippers in a Jewish
chapel have sued a chocolate maker, next door, for
the vibrations caused by his steam engine, of fif
teen horse power. It seems 'that the 'jar positively
threatens to bring down the wa Is of .the building,
and it rentiers any prayer airdtnward retrospection
out of the question. The chocolate man was or
dered to stop the lacket of his nraelyne during cer
tain hours, and certain days. If he damages the
architecture of the temple, he will have to pay for
it.
Scarcity of Figs. Aceounts from the interior y
in a letter from Smyrna, speaking of figs, says, tliat
the falling off will be fully one-half, aud many be-
lieve it will be still greater, as compared with last
year. In consequence of these- advices, figs have
advanced from. 40 to 50 jMgr cent., in the Bazaars
since the first arrival of camels from the interior,
and the price now ranges fully 100 per cent, high
er for the Ijest. .
! MARRIED,
In this city, 011 the 2d. inst., by the Rev. Drury Lacy, Mr.
E. O. Macy to Miss A. L. Hardie.
In the vicinity of this city, on the 2d. inst., by the Rev.
Wm. E. Pell, Mr. Wm. E. Alley to Miss Martha KirkhOm.
I DIED,
In Johnston county, 011 Friday the 4th inst.,.Thaddens W.
Leach, son of A. 'J. Leach, Esq , aged 2 years, 7 months and
9 days. !
THE LATEST MARKETS.
WILMINGTON MARKET-Wholesale Prices.
REPORTED EXPRESSLY TOR THE SOUTHERN WEEKLY TOST,
By W. A, GWYER,
Commission -Merchant, Ullmingto7i,, X. C. -
November 7, 1853. '
Baton Stock ample, and market declining; Shoulders
8K 9c ; Middlings 94 ; Hams, 12.
Beef Dull, Mess $I3 5 $14; Fulton Market half
barrels 10.
Butter Is in better sup ly, selling 23 25 cents.
Candles Tallow 13 14c ; Adamantine 25 40.
Coffee Rio 11 13c ; Laguaira;13 14c ; St. Domin
go 11 12c. x
Corn Stock light, and selling irom store at 80 cents.
Cheese lie . I2)c. for prime quality.
Cotton Has slightly improved, with quick sales at 9
94 cents. ,
Flour The receipts of Fayettevilfe are light, and meet a
ready sale from wharf at $6 ; for Superfine ; $6 for
fine, and $63, for cross.
Fish Mullets $5 ; selling from store, at $6 $6J.
Hay The receipts are of an inferior grade, and will not
command usual price, EelJiug from store at 81,20.
Lard Has declined, sales 1212c,
Lime $1,15 per cargo ; selling from store at $1,25
81.37K- i
Molasses Stock very light, 28c 30c. from store.
Nails 5 5.
Pork Marketidull ; Mess $19; Prime $17; N. C. mess
$15. '
Rosin Stock limited and no large transactions ; $1,15,
barrel large size.
Rice No sales of rough ; clean from store at 4 5c.
Salt Liverpool afloat $1,45 sack. ..
Sugar Porto Rico 5 7c ; Granulated 6 9e. ;
ixxti 10 gi lie i
Tar Receipts very light, demand active at $2,15.
Turpentine Since my last review the receipts have
been light and the market advancing, there is unactive de
mands, the market is firm with sales of all offering at $3,80,
for virgin and yellow dip.
Spirits Turpentine The receipts of this articlo are
rapidly falling off; market quiet: Since the first of Novem
ber spirits is sold, with the barrel included, as in ether mar
kets, and our quotations are under the new arrangement.
Sales at 62)4 64c. .
1 Respectfully yours,
v.
a. uvy 1 Cit..
PETERSBURG MARKET Wholesale Prices.
REPORTED EXPRESSLY t OR THE SOUTHERN WEEKLY POST
By Messrs. McILWAINE. SON & Co.
Grocers ari Commission Merchants,
j PETERSBURG.
VA.
November 8, 1853. '
Sides and shoulders 8
Bacon Demand moderate
9cents- . , , .
Cotton Receipts moderate and a fair enquiry. Sales
this week 9 9K- ,
Corn No sales of consequence. Held at higher . prices
since the "Africa's" news.
Coflee H & UK for Rio andLaguira ; Java 12 S 13;
Flour Country $6 $7; City Mills $7
Groceries Generally firm. A fair trade doing.
GuanoiSales on the spot at $50. Offered to arrive at
$46$47. .' ..
Iron Swedish $95 ; English $75 for the ordinary assort- .
ments. .
Lard In barrels and kegs 12g 13.
Leather Damaged 11 16 ; good 17 20.
Nails Prices advanced further. -t.
Salt Market bare. Ground $1K ; fine .
Sugars Active t an advance of , j.
Tobacco Little offering. Prices firm J
Wheat Sales of Red and White at $1,40 IL55, ter
fair to prime qualities.
MtLLWAINE, SON & Co.
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