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J RW,,tllrWWIIIIIIM WHWIIWI II ( . , . THE CONSTITUTION AWi THE DMIOS OF THE STATES THEY MUST BE PRESERVED.'' i'jfcBt sr-s iMqnm hpwi&m r .. - a ... r; -,.. ,. w RALEIGH, ORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 14, 1850. XVI. Number 828. Volume 1; ' '"i'V -'V v- - t 'rm-jitJrt-i - , . . . - . - Ll . jJfife . . it . ---- - . .. , .. . agk i - :" - ' teste. - EE B S3BSBBBBBPB''MeBaSaSMsaa THE NORTH CAROLINA STANDARD 13 FOBLI8HKD " WILLIAM W. HOLBEN, MITONDBOPRIETOR. !y, at Three J" J- fe unlcgg Ae money for no instance will Subscribers, and the same send money to the Editor, can d0hr;twa !2 MaiI and at hi9 k- Receipte for ii .,ms wiU be promptly transmitted. ""otkrtIskmkSts not exceeding fourteen lines,wfll be ;rted one time for one dollar, and twenty-five cents for each subsequent insertion ; those of greater length rn pro nation Court Orders and Judicial Advertisements will 11 charged twenty-five per cent, higher than the above rates. A reasonable deduction will be made to those who ajvertise by the year. Letters to the Editor must come free of postage. THE GOLD MINES OF CALIFORNIA. Gold near San Jose. This discovery, it is hoped, will prove but one of a series equally important. The mines alluded to are situated in a range of low hills, lying in the valley of San Jose, between the Contra Costa and Coast ranges of mountains, and four or five miles above the Pueblo. The gold is found in the form of ore one species being clearly micaceous sandstone the other a blue, compact stone, resem uinr talcose slate, without the slaty texture. Sev- pral specimens have been assayed, the highest assay r . . .1 J Ik. liM.n.t .knnt OK ' yielding S7J cents 10 ine puunu , ma iuii - cts. So that it may be a safe computation at over twenty cents to every pound of ore for the whole mine. What is a little singular in the case, the peo ple at San Jose think it is a silver mine, while there : nnt pnnnvh of this metal in the ore for the neces sities of the assay. A company from this city have ; purchased the mining right of the whole ranch, (con-: sisting of several leagues,) upon which the mine is located, and are about to commence extensive opera lions with approved machinery. News of June 10. j Rich Discovert op Vein Gold. There is no doubt ; on our minds that the mineral wealth of California , will be found incalculably greater than even the most sir.ffuine have hitherto imagined. Every day's dis- , corery oes to confirm this opinion ; and facts within j ovr knowledge warrant us in saying that the present j -on will hrintr to liffht the most startling develop- ii'ti-'" - - 9 o . . - , .,t? in vpin or auartz miningr li in me low, or ; 1 - . . .. . - i . - mast mountains, where no one expecieu iuui.ii guiu , -1 1 k I l',wi alnnoa of the Siprra to exist, wnai win noi uo . - Nevada disclose to the searching enterprise that is now actively employed amidst their gorges and on the borders of their streams ? We are led to these remarks from certain remarka- secondary hills, a few hundred teet in neigni oniy, in ner, irom uie iury oi me moo : the San Jose valley, rich mines of gold ore are found, I Maj. Cass reached here after the flight of the Pope of which we spoke yesterday, what may not be look- , an(j nj9 Court. He was, consequently the only rep eu for in the explorations among the mountain ranges : resentative of a foreign government in Rome, at a on either side? And if such results are found in the i period when several of the leaders of the revolution, ble discoveries of quartz goia, wnicn nave iaieij twuie ; undermineand blow up ot. f eter s, trie proudest tnon to our knowledge from an unquestionable source. Sev- j anient of human skill the world has ever seen, eral gentlemenngaged in mining upon one of the! Without loss of time, he presented himself before the Tmrtlipm rivers, in their explorations in the adjacent, assembled vandals, and by anneals remonstrances and mountains during the past winter, came upon a vein ol i quartz where the 1 I U..n.ln onrl iepure ore was uoservcu m spanr!es, beauiliui 10 iook upuu. ; place" specimens taken from various parts of the rock, asd such rude testsas were at hand applied, with the most satisfactory and even astonishing results. The , vein is about thirty feet wide, and in some portions so rich as to produce a dollar to an ounce of rock. A piece was knocked off weighing fourteo pounds, and j submitted to the action of the heat in a blacksmith j . - i i- . m nv-nni ninnn innv i forwe, when the amount oi miuy-iwo uuihio smelted from the rock ! Not half of what it contained could be got out in such a way. Other specimens j have yielded Jrom a aonar to two uuums a KUUUU of the rock, and the quantity of it is represented as laterally inexhaustible. The mother mines of Call-; forr.ia are yet to be discovered, of which the gold in rivers and ravines are but the disintegrated particles, j New$ of June 121 h. J f Gold on Feather Riven. The Steamer El Do rado, which came down last night, brings the intel-; licence that the greatest excitement prevails on Feath ex River,' in consequence of the discovery of a vastj bed orvgold bearing quartz, saia 10 exceu in uau tity and richness even the specimens irom mo uiuuu- ne was staring ai me governor, wan eyes aooui nan tains'of Los Anelos. Herald of June 17. closed and mouth wide open, his knees beginning to The Suther Mines. Mr. Henry Prior has just, give way and his corporosity to sink gradually to returned to this citv from the southern mines where j wards the floor. On roared the Governor with a he has been digging the past winter. He dug two Stream of sympathetic eloquence. Down, down sank jirtinths in the Marmora mines without meeting with " vagrant " slowly indeed, but still perceptibly. One Thoeh sucess. Those who. passed the winter there, hand broke loose, and all his weight was swinging he thinks, have generally fallen in debt for a part of j to the other. He was still easing gently down, his their expenses. A company of eleverimen were the, fingers losing their hold on the back of the bench, most fortunate he saw. They struck a rich place, when the Governors deep sympathy with his class and in one day took out nineteen ounces of gold, in ; reached its climacteric of eloquence, and at that mo small lumps, besides finding a large piece of gold men t his hold broke" and down he fell wrapped in blended with quartz weighing seven pounds. After .oblivious sleep. this they had very lmfe encouragement. Mr. pJWe thought there was one subject, at leas , pres left the Mariposa diggings about six weeks ago, anoint, who could have appreciated the Governor's sym- . . . . r .i ., went to the Rattlesnake creek, one of the tributaries ! to the Toulomne. He found. the miners at this stream I doing a fair business average from ten to twelve! dollars per day. About five hundred were at w6rk, j !.,) C I U itilnbc wars Movipana. Mr. P. ! Drr.sniH.tPri nnite extensivelv in the Mariposa and tmI ftln. n inrinn. hot the richest he fouud were on i i -i Rattlesnake cTeelf. From what he. has seen and from ! all he has been able to learn, he judges that miners; have generally only made enough to pay their expen- j ses in the principal diggings he has visnea He oc casionally heard of monster lumps being found, but no rermlar vie'd could be calculated upon. A large por- j tion of the diggers throughout that portion of the mines are foreigners. Provisions are very cheap, and all kinds of trade dull. Mr. P. is an old miner. He spent the -last season in the Feather and Yuba river mines, and after having, as he thinks, thorough ly tried the southern diggings, he again returns to the field of his former labors. Sue. Trans. June 11. The Overruling Hand ok Providence. In his address to a company of miners emigrating to Cali fornia, The Rev. E. N. Kirk, of Boston, thus strik ingly illustrates the Divine superintendence in refer ence to the disclosures of the gold on the Pacific coast. What historical truth there is in the incident he cites, we are unable to say : " A British merchant discovered it more than a cen tury ago, and was carying a specimen (a box of gold j dust) to England, by way of China. The box was lost in an affray with some China men. Had he car- j riea u 10 England, the wnoie conauion oi uie worm might have been permaturely changed. Had Great Britain found a gold mine of such value on this con tinent, we may readilv believe the whole current of political events would have been totally changed by it. But God, who works by small instruments as well as by great, did not suffer that box to reach Eng land, and induce her to plant a strong colony on the western outlet of North America. He reserved it for this age and this people." A Good Hit. After the very spicy debate between Messrs. Clay and Butler of S. C., Mr. Clay came with outstretched hand to a group surrounding Mr. B. and said, " Come, my dear. Butler, we must have no war between Kentucky and South Carolina." The judge received the proffer of peace rather coldly, (the anecdote is told in the Charleston Mercury,) when len. Hamilton, who was standing by, said to Mr. Clay : My good sir, give yourself no uneasiness a'aout this war. The oniy invasion we shall ever "ave from Kentucky, will be with her droves of. mules and horses, which we may want for our bag-i gage train and to mount oar cavalry. The only fear I U'p oknii u :l s i .i : ; u.i . - uau viieusii in regaru iu me inmoiuu win ucuui) your countrymen may possibly trade off to us oad j wen.' " Well. well, mv rianr fal ow " re d led Mr. ;n May, hope that maj ke the only invasion Ken ucky will ever make on South Carolina." . M 7 , J T . I 1 MAJ. CASS ROME. The New York "Courier" has a latter from Col. Webb, at Rome, from which we take the following extract : " An Englishman, of very eccentric character, has resided several years at Rome, in the Rossi Palace, near the Vatican. He is far advanced in life, and it is tbe general opinion that h is deranged. Certain ly his conduct warrants this belief. A few years ago be married a young Italian lady, of princely rank. Since their marriage, her life is represented to have been one scene of misery, owing to tbe treatment she has experienced from her husband. A week or two since, upon some pretext or other, he induced her to accompany him into the subterranean dungeons be neath the Palace, and immured her in one of the dark, loathsome cells. For nearly two days and nights she remained in that horrible place, alone, in complete darkness, exposed to the disgusting and noxious rep tiles that infest mouldering ruins. The servants of the Palace, after a dilligent search, at length discov ered the place of confinement, and immediately con certed measures tor her release. The British Government, as yon are aware, has no diplomatic relations with the Holy See. Ameri cans and Englishmen are very often indiscriminately confounded by the lower classes of Rome, and under the impression that Major Cass was the English Minister, two of tbe servants of the Palace Rossi, repaired to his residence and implored assistance for the liberation of their mistress, whom they believed to be at the point of death. It was impossible, of course, to resist such an appeal, and Major Uass very properly gave immediate information of the circum stance to the Police authorities. In less than an hour, the lady, I understand, was borne from the dun geon in a state of insensibility. A few days after wards her husband had her conveyed to an obscure convent, accusing her of an intention to elope with three different individuals, of whom Major Cass, to whom she is a stranger, was named as one. As soon as this fact came to the knowledge of the eccle siastical authorities, an investigation was commenced, at the instance of the Austrian Ambassador, which resulted in her immediate liberation. Her husband has left -Rome, denouncing vengeance against the Government, Maj. Cass, and all who have rendered assistance to his wife. She, I understand, has gone to .Naples. The Colonel pays a high compliment to Maj. Cass for the manner in which he discharges his duties. The Pope, the Colonel says, gives Major Cass the ciedit of preserving St. Peters, in the following man- e " i. r . unumor that lurther resistance to the rrench was im practicable, resolved to destroy the monuments of Rome, and leave for their conquerors but a barren victory. Major Cass was aroused from his bed at two o'clock one night, and informed that several of the leaders, then in conclave, had just given orders to threats, in the name of his country and in behalf of the civilized world, he compelled them to abandon their fiendish purpose. His services has been duly appreciated by the Pope, and at his request, for the first time in the history of Rome, Protestant worship is now permitted in the e ternal City. Gov. Manly and the Vagrant. We were much amused at a little incident which occurred during the delivery of Governor Manly's speech at Marion. The Governor had just commenced upon the vagrant Jaw or thj jaw a8 he called it, to whip and sell poor white men when in came an excellent specimen to i 1 1 nstrate a u argu men t u pon vagrancy. H e was a young man covered with rags and patches, bis eyes red and inflamed, his under lip hanging, and his whole coun tenance wearing the perfect expression of drunken gravity. He saw no vacant seat, and so took his stand behind the bar, clutching the back of the bench before him, which was about breast high, to enable him-to stand. We glanced at the Governor, and he was waxing warm in his cause, We glanced at " vagrant and . . i r- . i t iiir pamy, H ne naa oniy oeen in a siaie oi consciousness. Mountain Banner. 'Tis Strange ! 'tis wonderous strange ! ,The Raleigh Register professes to have received a letter from Gov. Manly, written at Wilksborough, in which tie denies that ne ever iook any position in ravor oi a - . i . ii! r change of the basis of Representation.- I he Kale.gl KZ.Tur? w S .l y .. I " L- "IC ,.cgCu F- sition at Wentworth. Gov. Manly said, in a private conversation at Marion, after lie, had written his letter from Wilksborough, that he had never dented taking the position. There is " something rotten in Denmark." It must be obvious to every body that Gov. Manly is attempting to pander to the prejudices of , all sections j that he is widening the gult between the feast and the West that he either has no opinions of his own j or is afraid to express them that he is endeavoring 1 to practice a fraud, upon the people that he is any j thing and everything and nothing as time and occas : ion suit. We appeal to the Editor of the Asheville News, whom we believe to be an honorable man, and we ask him if be did not have some private assurances from Gov. Manly that he (the Governor) did favor the change? It is not merely an idle curiosity that leads us to ask this question, neither is it with any motive of influencing the election, for the time is too short; but we do it to subserve the ends of truth and justice, for the whole matter has got into such a snarl that either Gov. Manly, or a dozen others, must be con victed of falsehood. Mountain Banner. A Valuable Collection of Foreign Seeds. Of foreign contributions of seeds to the Patent Office, the Commissioner is indebted to Commodore D. Geisin ger, U ni ted States Navy, for a valuable collection just brought home by him from Batavia. They are ac companied with a volume descriptive of plants culti vated in the government gardens of Java. A targe portion of the seeds is from the Botanical gardens at Buytenzong, the residence of the Governor General of Dutch India. They were presented to Com. Geising by Captain List, Aid-de-camp to the Governor General, sod President of the Horticultural Society at Batavia. Com. Geisinger has brought also for the Patent Office a package of another description. Van Braam, and more recent travellers, having often referred to, without sufficiently .describing, a method in universal use in China, of rendering cracked cast-iron vessels perfectly sound, by means of fused iron, theCpmrnis sioners took advantage of an offer made by the Hon. J. Balestisr. United States Envoy to Eastern Asia, . . . to tornish any East. Mr. B. information on the arts, ficc, ot we has sent by Com. G. a vessel repaired . viv . with snecimens ot the materials and impiem ployed, &c, an account of which will sence, antfefin appear in the next report. lVmh. Sep, PROPOSALS FOR TIlnBER, dkc. FOB THE WAVY. Navt Departxsht. Bureau of Construction, Equipment, and Repair, 'June 24. i860. SEALED PROPOSALS, endorsed "Proposals for Timber or Lumber," m the case may be, (naming tnc yam ana ciass tor wnicn the offer is intended,) will be received by this Bureau until' 3 o'clock p. m. of the 11th September next, for furnishine and delivering, un dor contract, at the several navy yards hereinafter nam ed, the timber, lumber, and other articles embraced in this advertisement. One fourth of the whole auantitv re quired at each navy yard must be delivered on or before the first olJ uly ; one tourth on or before tbe first of Sep tember ; one fourth on or before tbe first of November and one fourth on or before the thirtieth of December, 1851. In case of failure to deliver the articles within the times and in the proportions specified, the Bureau or the several commandants to have the right to supply the deficiencies by purchase, and the contractor and his sureties to be responsible in twice the contract price. All the aforesaid timber, lumber, and othei articles must be of the very best quality, subject to the inspec tion and measurement, and in all other respects in con formity to the stipulations contained in the printed rules established for the inspection and measurement of tim ber for the navy of the United States, (copies of which may be seen at either navy yard or navy agent's office.) All articles delivered are requited to be, in all respects, satisfactory to the commandant of the yard or station where delivered. Bidders are particularly referred to the instructions in the " printed rules " alluded to, in framing their offers. The white oak timber must be rough-squared, accord ing to the growth of the tree; to have no wane exceeding one fourth of the width of the face of the side as squared. All the yellow pine timber must be of the very best qual ity of long leaf fine grain Southern yellow pine, to be hewed to a fair edge and to have no more sap than one eighth of the breadth of the face from each corner; the contents of ail sap to be excluded in the measure ment of the timber. The oak must be felled between the first of October and the first of March, and must have grown within sixty miles of the sea-coast; must be stripp ed of the bark or hewed within twenty days after it is felled, and placed clear of the ground, of which satisfacto ry evidence must be given by the contractor, by the pro duction of certificates signed by two respectable wit nesses, with their deposition on oath before some judge of the Court or magistrate within the township or coun ty wnere ine ttmoer wasieiiea. Persons offering for more than one yard or class must make separate and distinct proposals lor the supply ot each, keeping the classes of articles separate, and em bracing the whole quantity of all the articles in the class. The cost of each item must be distinctly carried out, and the aggregate of each class correctly looted up, which is material to a fair comparison of bids. No extension of time for deliveries, under any cir cumstances, will be granted ; and penalties rbrnon-ful- filment, will in all cases be rigidly enforced ; bidders are therefore requested to offer for no more than they are sure they can furnish within the time specified. The price of all manufactured or sawed lumber will be estimated and determined by board measure; and square and round timber, unless otherwise specified, by tbe cubic foot. Approved sureties, in twice the estimate amount, will be required in the manner set forth in the contract, and ten per centum in addition, will be withheld from the amount of each payment as collateral security for the faithful performance of tho contract. Ninety per centum of each delivery will be paid by the navy agent within thirty days after the presentation of approved bills, in triplicate, by the commandant of theyard where the deliveries are made. Rvery orT.-r must by accompanied be a written guar anty (thu responsibility of the guarantor or guarantors to be ceitiJiftii to by a navy agent or oilier olhcial peMt son, or by someone known to the Bureau) that, if tiler offer be accepted, the bidder or bidders will, within ten days after receipt of the contract at the post office de signated, execute the same with good and sufficient sure ties to furnith the articles proposed, agreeably to the terms specified in this advertisement, or which may be embodied in the contract. The law of 10th August, 1846, forbidi the consideration of all proposals not ac companied by such guaranty. Bidders are particularly cautioned to endorse their of fers as above required, that they may be distinguished from other business letters, in order to prevent their be ing opened before the day appointed. All offers not made in strict conformity with this ad vertisement in every particular, will be considered or rejected, at the option of this Bureau. Those only whose offers may be accepted will be notified, and con tracts forwarded without delay. Persons offjring are directed to designate the post of fice through which they desire to be addressed, and the navy agent to whom the contract shall be sent for exe cution. FORM OF OFFER. 1850. Sir . yard at I hereby agree to furnish and deliver at the navy in conformity with the requirements of the advertisement by the Bureau of Construction, Equipment, and Repair, of the 24th June, 1S50, the several articles of, enumerated in (Class No. ,or) Classes No. and No. for that yard, to wit : Class No. . 'Cubic feet white oak plank stocks, at cents per cubic foot. - -- -- -- -- side inches of white oak boat knees, at cents per sided inch. -. Class No. . cubic feet yellow pine plank stocks, at cents par cubic foot. - $ cubic feet promiscuous yellow pine tim ber, at cents per cubic foot. - - - - If my bid be accepted, I desire to be addressed through the post office at , and the contract to be sent to the navv aeent at . for execution. A. B. To Com. Chas. W. Sk inker, Chief of Bureau of Construction, Equipment, and Repair, Washington. We the undersigned, residents of , in the State of , herebj guaranty that, in case the foregoing bid of , be accepted, that will, within ten days after the receipt of the contract' at the post office designated in said bid, execute the same with good and sufficient sureties, to furnish the articles proposed, in conformity with the terms of the advertisement under which it was made. C. D. E. F. I hereby certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the above named guarantors are good and . suffi cient. G. H., JVacy Agent. FORM OF ENDORSEMENT on the envelope transm itting the offer. " Proposals for Timber," Class Mf , name the navy yard. ) NAVY YARD, K1TTERY, MAINE. Class No. 1. White Ashe Oars, (by the piece.) 24 1st quality white ash oars, 18 feet in length 56 do do 16 do 50 do do 14 do 32 do do 13 do Hickory Bars, (by the piece.) rough hickory bars, 14 feet in length, to be straight, and to square (5 feet above the butt) 5 by 5 inches. Class No. 2 Lignumvita, (by the ton.) i ton 1st quality Lignumvita?, of each of the following sizes, viz: 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14 inches in diameter, amounting to 2 1-2 tons, of 2,240 lbs. each. NAVY YARD, CHARLESTOWN. Class No. 1 White Oak, per cubic foot) 30,000 cubic feet white oak plank stocks. 2,000 cubic feel white oak curve timber, or out square knees, in lengths from fifteen to twenty-five feet; to be sided straight on way, from twelve to eigh teen inches, and to have a natural curve or crook tbe other way from twenty-four to sixty inches ia the length of the stick, the width or size the curved way, to be the full size of the tree, and the most curving part of the stick ot angle must be at least one-third of its whole length from the -and; the various lengths, sizes, and curves in equal propoitioas. Mm f 3.000 cubic feet white oak butt pieces, from twenty to thirty-five feet long, and irom sixteen to twenty- four i nches square , jot thftmiddle of the sticks, die ol the sticks, I " - 1 A 7 equal proportions of the various leugthssadsrses. Class No. 2 White Oak Kneeai Beans ls white oak Iheek knees, the whole length of each body to be from 8 to 10 feet, the length of the arm from the centre of the body to be from 7 to 9 feet, and to form an angle with the body from 110 to 120 degrees, net! siding to be from 9 to 12 inches; the bodies to be sided to the diameter of the arms the siding way ; the moulding sizes of the bodies in tne middle ot their lengths to be from 15 to 20 inches. Estimated at 210 inches nett siding per inch nett siding. 10 white oak knees, for cat heads ; the body to be from 8 to 10 feet long, the length of the arm from the centre of the body to be from 6 to 8 feet long, and to form an angle with the body from 130 to 140 degrees ; nett siding of the arms to-be from 12 to 16 inches; tbe rough siding of tbe body must be two inches larger than the diameter of tbe arm the siding way ; and tbe moulding size of the bo dy its entire length, must not be less than its rough siding size. Estimated at 140 inches nett siding. per inch nett siding. 40 white oak beams, from 25 to 30 feet long, to aver age 28 feet in length; to side 10inches,and mould 8 inches, and to spring 10 inches in 26 feet Es timated at 611 cubic feet per cubic foot. 10 white oak beams, 81 feet long; to side 12Jnebes and mould 12 inches, and to spring 10 ihCTRs in 26 feet. Estimated at 310 cubic feet per'cubic toot. 3,000 cubic feet best quality pasture white oak butt pieces (round logs) from 12 to 25 feet long ; and none less than 20 inches diameter at the top and clear of the bark, the beams to be free from wane per cubic foot. Class No. S White Oak Plank. 100 white oak plank, 12 inches wide, 7 inches thick. 100 do do 12 do 7 do 100 do do 11 do 6 do 100 do do 11 do 6 do 100 do do 10 do 5 do To be sawed to full and even thickness, and to paral lel widths ; and not to have more than a halt inch of sap wood on the corners of the face, or sap side of the plank. Estimated at 132,000 feet board measure per foot. 20 white oak plank, SO to 40 feet long, 10 to 8 inches wide, 3 inches thick. 20 white oak plank, SO to 45 feet long, 10 to 18 inches wide, 3 1-2 inches thick. 20 white oak plank, 30 to 45 feet long, 10 to 18 inches wide, 4 inches thick. 20 white oak plank, 30 to 50 feet long, 10 to 19 inches wide, 4 1-2 inches thick. 20 wh'te oak plank, 30 to 50 feet long, 10 to 18 inches wide, 5 inches thick. To be sawed fair, and of even thickness, and to have a natural curve edgewise, not less than 12 inches in the length of each plank. Estimated at 18,000 feet, board measure per toot. Class No. 4 Elm, White Ash, and Black Walnut. 500 cubic feet best quality elm timber butt pieces from ten to twenty feet long, and none less than 18 inches diameter at the top end, clear of bark per cubic toot. 10,000 feet board measure white ash plank, from 12 to 20 feet long, 12 to 20 inches wide, and two in ches thick, per foot. 1,500 feet board measure black walnut, one-inch boards, 12 to 20 feet long, and to average sixteen inches wide per foot. Class No. 5. Yellow Pine. 30,000 cubic feet fine grained Southern yellow pine plank stocks, to average forty-five feet in length, and none les than 35 feet long per cubic foot. 4,000 cubic feet fine-grained Southern yellow pine promiscuous timber, from 25 to 40 feet long, and from IS to 24 inches square per cubic foot. Class No. 6. White Pine 30,030 feet board measure No. 1, or first quality white pine, one-inch boards per thousand feet. 30,000 feet board measure No. 2, or second quality white pine one-inch boards, per thousand feet. NAVY YARD BROOKLYN, NEW YORK. Class No. 1. Hickory Burs, Sfc. per piece. .100 rough hickory bars, six feet long and 3 1-2 inch es square. 20 white heart hickory butts, 8 feet longand 9 inch es diameter on the small end. Class No. 2. Lignumvita per ton.) 4 toi.s lignumvitee, from 15 to 16 inches diameter. 3 3 5 6 6 5 4 do do 13 to 14 do do do do do do do do do do do do do 11 to 12 9 to 10 8 to 8 1-2 7 to 7 1-2 6 to 6 1-2 3 to 5 1-2 do do do do do do To be of the best quality St. Domingo lignumvita?, 2,240 pounds to the ton, to be straight and round, free from checks, or other defects, and not less than three feet long. Class No 3. White Oak Plank and Boards, board measure, per fool.) 2.000 feet 2 1-2 inch white oak plank, iVem 20 to 3o feet in length. 2.000 do 2 do do do do do 2,000 do 11-2 do do do do do 1,000 do 1 1-4 do do do do do 3j000dol do boards, from 16 to 25 It. in do 2$00do7-8 do do do do do 1,000 do 3-4 do do do do do White Pine Plank and Boards, board measure per foot.) 13,000 feet 2 inch clear white pine plank. 14,000 do 11-2 do do do 13,000 do 1 1-4 do do do 13.000 do 1 do do boards 4,000 do 5-8 do do do 5,000 do 1 1-2 inch merchantable white pine plank. 500 Albany piece plank, merchantable. 300 do boards, do. Ash Plank, 8fc. board measure per foot .) 1,000 feet 3 1-2 inch clear white ash plank, 22 inches wide. 1,000 do 3 1-4 do do 21 do 1,000 do 3 1,000 do 3 2.000 do 2 3-4 2,090 do 2 3 4 2,000 do 2 1-2 2,000 do 2 1-2 1,000 do 2 1-4 1,000 do 2 1-4 2,000 do 2 1-4 3,000 do 2 1-4 3,000 do 2 2,000 do 2 2,000 do 2 2 ,000 do 1 3-4 2,000 do 1 3-4 2,000 do 1 3-4 9,500 do 2 9,500 do 1 1-2 do do do do do do do da ft do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do 20 18 18 17 18 16 20 17 15 IS 15 13 12 18 15 12 do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do 500 do 1 do do Cypress Boards and Plank, board measure, per foot. B,fJO0 feet 1 1-4 inch clear cypress plank, 20 to 30 feet long. 8,000 do 1 do do boards do do 5,000 do 3-4 do do do do do Black Walnut and Maple, (board measure, per foot.) 200 feet black walnut plank, 4 inches thick. 200 do do do 3 do 300 do do do 2. do 1,500 do do boards 1 do 500 feet maple joist, S by 3 inches 500 do do 3 by 3 do Class No. 4 Oars, (per piece.) 100 white ash oars, 16 feet long. 200 do do 15 do 200 do do 14 do 200 do do 13 do 100 do do 12 do 75 do do 11 do 25 do do 10 do Class No. 5 iStavcs, per thousand.) 4,000 prime white oak staves, 44 inches long, 1 inch thick, 4 inches wide, clear of sap. 2,000 white ash barrel staves. t NAVY YARD. PHILADELPHIA. Class No. 1 Lumber. (Board measure ) 5,000 feet 6-8 inch, white pinS panel boards 10,000 do 1 do do 18 feet long 10,000 do 11-2 do do plank 16 feet i 15,000 do 2 do do 18 teet " White Ufk (Board Measure.) am t 4 m : u u:. u 1 1. " - I 9,UUU leei IUV.U, wiiiib mu piati 3,000 do 2 do do Black Wahtvt. 1 ,000 feet 5-8 iseh black walnat 1,500 do V , d 1,000 do 1 1-2 do do 1,000 do 3 do do Li 'j ISjMafc plank rdo '4 500. do 8 do do do lit quality Mtat Boards, tjt. 000 feet (hoard measured 1 inch whiln hoarda. and k feet long, 14 inches wide '. - a 1,600 feet' (board measure) 2 inoh whits, oak pUnkySO r . 1 . A ; 1 ; j . hii a icn mug, m incnes wiae I l.OOOfeet (board measure) 1 1-2 inch white oak plank. ww mi iwiig, i incnes wiae. Yellow Locust Timber. 300 cubic feet, first quality, yellow locust, 12 to 18 leei long, to oe got in tne round, and not less than 12 inches diameter at the small end. NAVY YARdTwaSHINGTON. Class No. 1 White Oak Timber, per cubic foot.) 50 white oak logs, from 16 to 20 inches square, and 40 to 50 feet in length, the whole measuring about 3000 cubic feet. Class No. 2-White Pine Timber, (per cubic foot.) 20 white pine logs, from 16 to 20 inches souare. and 35 to 40 feet in length, the whole measuring about 900 cubic feet. Lumber, White Oak, per foot.) 6,000 feet, board measure, 1 inch white oak boards 8 2 do plank 10.000 do 3 do plank White Ash, per foot.) 2,000 feet, board measure, 8 inch white ash plank, from 18 to 20 inches wide '000 do 2 1-2 do 16 to 18 in. wide 4,000 do 2 do 12 to 16 ;p00 do 1 1-2 do 10 to 12 ' 1 he whole to be in lengths from 12 to 16 feet, and to be well seasoned. White Pine, per foot.) 500 feet, board measure, 5-8 inch white pine prime plank, seasoned 1 AA a son S . do do 500 do 4 d0 do . ?taek Walnut, per foot.) ir. Doard measure. 5-8 in. bl'k walnut olank muM 500 500 do 1 An i- An do 1 1-2 do 4f do NAVY YARD, GOSPORT. VA. o nnn . Class No. 1. 20,000 cubic feet of white oak plank stocks. White Oak Thick Stuff, for Caps and Trestletrees. 20 pieces, each 21 feet long, 16 inches wide, 10 in. thick 20 pieces, 19 feet long, 14 inches wide, 10 in. thick 25 do 12 do 14 do 8 do foot g 'n 3iI abUt 15,600 feet Doard masure. V" 5d white oak knees for boats, to side from 3 to 5 inches. One half to be got square, and the Fnn u' ,a be in 9luare. per piece o, uo vvhjte ck ho-shead staves, 3 ft. 6 inches long, n Ann8 '"?he3 wide, full inch thick, per thousand s.uuu white oak hogshead heading, 2 feet 6 inches long, 3 inches wide, full one inch thick per thousand 5,000 white oak barrel staves, 2 feet 6 inches long, nnn ,,n?hes wide, one inch thick, per thousand 3,000 white oak barrel heading, 1 foot 6 inches long, 3 inches wide, 1 inch thick, per thousand white oak or hickory butts, 14 feet long " . . ,do do do 10 do lb hickory butts, 7 feet long, not les than 6 in. at sioajj end, per peice ak Ann , - Class No. 2. 45.000 cubic feet of long leaf fine grain southern vel low pine plank stocks of the very best quafity, per cubic foot. ,n iJF!H No: Ash, Sfc, per foot.) " DOara measure. HT thir k ln fni-cmi n Imrti in lengths of 5. in lfi ,,t on fot 20 inches ...uc, auu j inches thick. To be sot to sham corners, clear of th ponrra nith nH n foma 1,000 feet, board measure, elm 'boat boards, 25 feet long, 8 to 10 inrhpc xxriAa 1 'r..V, iklnk ouu teet, board measure, elm boat boards, 29 feet enn .g'L8 t0 10 inches wide 7 8 inch ,hick auu teet, board measure, elm boat boards, 28 ft long, t0 10 inches wide, 3-4 inch thick 4U0 teet, board measure, elm boat boards, 25 feet nn rng' 8 to 10 inche3 wide, 3-4 inch thick SOU leet, board measure, elm boat boards, 20 feet long. 7 to 10 inches wide, 3-4 inch thick 300 feei, board measure, elm boat boards, 16 to 18 ft. ,ontf' 7 to 10 inches wide, 5-8 inch thick 1,000 feet, board measure, elm boat boards, 12 to 20 T, eet long, 12 to 16 inches wide, 1 inchsthick 1 he boards under 12 inches wide are to be quartered, and all got clear of rot, splits, shakes, stains, knots, and sap wood. 'hie Boards and Planks, per foot.) 1,000 feet, board measure, 12 to 18 feet long, 8 to 10 inches wide, 2 inches thick 1,000 feet, board measure, 12 to 18 inches long, 8 to 10 inches wide, 1 1-2 inch thick 1,000 feet, board measure, 12 to 18 feet long 8 to 10 inches wide, 1 1-4 inch thick. 500 feer, board measure, 12 to 18 feet lone, 20 inches wide, 1 1-4 inch thick 600 feet, board tneasuie. 12 tn is fo on : i wi ice, I inch thick 20,000 feet, board measure, usual lengths and breadths, 2 inches thick 10,000 feet, board measure, usual lengths and breadths, 1 12- inch thick 6,000 feet, board measure, usual lengths and breadths 1 mch thick The above to be the very best white ash. Class No 4. 100 hickory capstan bars, each 14 feet in length 100 do do 12 do To be hewn square, to be 6 inches square at the butt ends, and not less than 4 inches square at the small ends, per piece 150 hickory handspikes, each 6 feet in length, to be hewn square, to be 4 inches square at the butt enus, auu not ies than three inches square at the small end. All of the above pieces are to be riven, per piece Cypress, (psr foot.) 500 feet, board measure, 20 feet long, 8 to 10 inches wide, 1 1-4 inch thick 1,000 feet, board measure, 26 feet long, 8 to 10 inches wide, 1 inch thick 5,000 teet, board measure, 26 feet long, 8 to 10 inches wide, 7-8 inch thick 1,000 feet, board measure, 26 feet long, 8 to 10 inches wide, 3-4 inch thick 1,000 feet, board measure, 18 fo 20 feet long, 8 to 10 inches wide, 3-4 inch thick 500 feet, board measure, 20 feet long. 7 to 9 inches wide. 1-2 inch thick 500 feet, board measure, 16 to 18 feet long, 7 to 9 inches wide, 1-2 inch thick 1,030 feet, board measure, 12 to 20 feet long, 12 to 16 inches wide, 1 inch thick The above cypress boat boards are to be of the very to be quartered, clear of sap wood, rot, splits! shakes, knots, &c. uesi uuuiy. mi unaer 12 inches in breadth. Class No. 5. JVo l. or Art m,nm vin,;t p. Plank Boards, per foot.) 600 feet, board measure, from 12 to 20 feet long, 18 to 24 inches wide, 1 1-4 inch thick 600 feet, board measure, from 12 to 20 feet long, 18 to 24 inches wide, 1 1-8 inch thick 1,200 teet, board measure, from 12 to 20 fret long, 18 to 24 inches wide, 1 inch thick 4.000 feet, board measure, usual lengths and breadths, 4 inches thick 6,000 feet, board measure, usual lengths and breadths, 3 inches thick 6,000 feet, board measure, usual lengths and breadths, 2 1-2 inches thick 75,060 feet, board measure, usual lengths and breadths, 2 inches thick 35,000 leet, board measure, usual lengths and breadths. 1 1-2 iuch thick 5.7,000 feet, board measure, usual lengths and breadth,, 1 thick . ., i 70,000Jfeet, board measure, usual lengths and breadths 5-8 inch thick. t, ' ' No. 2, r second quality White Pine Plank Boards, tperfoet.) 15,000 feet, board measure, usual lengths and breadths, (fan 2iBhrsthiek 16,000 feet , board measure, usual tengthsand breadth, j Whtte Pine Plank Weeter" ;' 0,uvu cwhc iw, to oe irom 3b to oy teet m length I it iu un 1 r... ii.it . t. iiii'iiuh mi on.n Class No. .--Spruce Spare, an4PoUr;per jrisssi zu piecOT, v iucn oiameter. , . ; .. .r su oo a uu 00 - -r-": . SU uo ,oir'sigjp p Mi l: w cubic toorr r T71ttwtnmm inssoo w.pracnnMve feet and 1-2 inch M .. . AO M 6 da An 3' r Tv T . , aL. The above 110 pieces to have & feet in length ftr Sfe ry inch in diameter. . 150 poles, from 2 1-2 tod inches in diameter, sStf from 16 to 20 feet in length. Spruce Piece Sticks, per piece.) 6 piece sticks, 65 feet long, 14 inches diameter. 8 do 55 do 14 do 15 do 50 do 11 de The diameter of the above will be measured one-third op from the butt end, clear of bark. Class No. 7. Lignumvita, per ton of 2,248 lb. 5 tons 18 inches diameter. 8 do 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 inches diameter. The pieces of 4 and 5 inches diameter are not to be less than 4 feet in length in all 8 tons. NAVY YARD, PENSACOLA. Class No. 1. Lumber, (board measure,) per foot. 10,000 feet yellow pine boards, 1 inch thick, to be W te 20 feet long, and 12 to 14 inches wide ' 10,000 leet yellow pine boards, 1-2 inch thick, to he 16 to 20 feet long, and 12 to 14 inches wide 10,000 feet yellow pine plank, 2 inches thicTti; H M0 feet long, and 12 to 14 inches wide - . 10,000 feet yellow pine plank, 2 1-2 inches thick, 26 to SO feet long, and 12 to 14 inches wide 20,000 feet yellow pine plank, 8 inches thick, 25 to tV feet lone, and 12 to 14 inches widh ' AJl to be of the best fine grained, long-leaf yellow pine, clear of sap, square edged Class No. 2; White Oak, board measure, per foot. 10,000 feet white oak boards, 1 inch thick, 11 to 16 feet long, 10 to 12 inches wide. 10,000 feet white oak plank, I 1-2 inch thick, 80 to 8ft feet long, and 10 to 12 inches wide 10,000 feet white oak plank, 2 inches thick, 80to 35 ft. .long, and 10 to 12 inches wide To be of the best white oak. Class No. 8. White Pine and Cypjcss, board measure, per foot. 10,000 feet first quality white pine boards. 8-4 inch thick, to be 12 to 16 feet long, and 10 te 14 in 40,000 feet first quality white pine boards 1 inch thick. to be 12 to 16 feet long, and 16 to 14 inches wide ches wide ' 19,000 feet first quality white pine plank, 1 1-4 inch thick, to be 12 to 16 feet long, and 10 to 14 in ches wide 10,000 feet first quality whits pine plank, 1 1-2 inch thick, to be 12 to 15 feet long, and 10 to 14 in- ches wide 15,000 feet first quality, cypress boards, 1 inch thick, to he 12 to 16 feet long, and 10 to 14 inches wide Class No. 4. Black Spruce Spars, per stick. 25 pieces, 55 to 60 feet long, 16 inches in diameter in centre of sling 25 pieces, 85 to 40 feet long, 12 inchos in diameter in centre of sling 25 pieces, 30 to 35 feet long, 8 inches in diameter in centie of sling 25 pieces, 25 to 30 feet long, 7 inches in diameter in centre of sling Class No. 5. White Oak Knees, per sided incht 50 to side 5 inches 50 do 6 1-2 do 50 do 7 do &. ,-aj 50 do 8 do JT Measuring about 1325 inches ; bodies to be 6 to 7 feet long. Arms to be from 4 feet 6 inches to 6 feet long. None to vary more than 5 degrees from a right angle. July 3 eow4w FIRST ANNUAL, REPORT, Of THE NORTH CAROLINA MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, made July I, 1850. The following statement will show the operations of the Company, since its organization, on the 1st of April, 1849, to the 20th June, 1850, when the Books of the Company were closed. Whole number of Policies issued, Whole number of Policies cancell ed and expired, Whole number of Policies in force, 615 6 610 Amount Insured in the above Poli cies, Amount Cancelled and Expired, Total Liabilities, 937,236 00 4,150 00 $933,086 00 " :i ::tz8i RECEIPTS. Nett Premiums Rec'd during tbe year, 31,417 49 Interest Received on Renew als, &c. 160 99 D18BUHSSXEXTS. A'mt paid Salaries, Commis sions to A gents, Medical Ex aminer's fees, Printing, Ad vertising, Books, Blanks, Stationery, Postage, Office 'f. U '. . ..K . M - 31,578 48 Rent, and Office Furniture, Ain't paid Losses, by death, 6,613 15 1,400 00 8,013 16 Nett proceeds, assets. Cape Fear Bank Stock and 928,566 33 1 ft& '- Premium Notes, x Am't in hands of Treasurer, Amount in hands of Agents, 14,262 62 8,519 83 782 68 23.665 33 In presenting to the Members of the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company at their first annual meeting the accompanying exhibit of the transactions of the Company for the first year, together with its present financial condition, the Board of Directors deem it un necessary to enter into any calculations to show the benefits of Life Insurance. Wg It will be seen by reference to this exhibit, that the Company is in a remarkably sound and prosperous con dition, and that there is on hand an amount of Cash quite sufficient to meet -even extraordinary losses. This results from the uncommon success that has attended upon our labors so far; and from the additional circum stance, that the Directors, although abundantly able to do so, from the financial state of the affairs of the Com pany, have not declared any dividend for this year. : A zealous regard for the-future welfare and best interest of the Company dictated such a course. , As to the expenses of the past year, which rosy, with out due reflection, seem unreasonably large, it must be remembered that, to put in operation an Institution like ours required something of an out-fit, which necessarily became a charge upon the first year a transactions, Ma ny of these expenses, therefore, will be incurred only in J Part hereaftn . - r In conclusion, the Board of Directors take great pleas ure in assuring the members that our Company, which is constantly increasing in public confidence and favor, has entered upon its second year's course with cheerier, indications of prosperity and success. DIRECTORS Fred C. Hill, R. B. Haywood, Perrin Busbee, H. W. Husted, William H. McKee, William W. Holden, William D. Cooke, OF THE COMFAKT. . William H Jooes, James F.pEnan, Charles BVnoot, Charles E. Johnson, hr. Wra. D. Haywood, - William R. Scott. ft orricfens or tus compakt. Dr. Chas. E. Johnson, President, Wm. D. Haywood, Vice President, . James F. Jordan, Secretary, William D. Cooke, ) William R Scott, Executive Coin. 1 Charles B. Root, ) R. B. Haywood, M. D. "mtaui?' , wm. ti. Mc&ee, in. l Medical Jeaminer. Wm. H. Jones. Treasurer. Perrin Busbee, Attorney. Ail letters on business of addressed to the. Secretary, post paid. July 31, 1850. i . i i w i i Jeeivs4sjii.s3sjp ana nsve maoe I suppiv. lUJeigh, sbv- WtLLIAliS, HAfYWOOD CO. 11 I i 1 I i! 1 j III ! if 4 w- - j I UUK 4 WIU. BltV ia
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