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.THOMAS LORING, Editor and Proprietor :: TffO DOLLARS Per Anaam, iuvariably in Advance. VOL: 5. WILMINGTON, , FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1851 NO 10 WILMLNGTON & RALEIGH RAIL KOAD. fthe which had iimuiaicd The President and Directors of the Wilminjrton Ar, Hni cish Rail Road Company respectfully submit to the Stock holders, their sixteenth annual report, showing the business of the Company for the year ending the 30th of September, 1851. .The receipts have been as follows, viz : from through passengers, . 195,509 68 u n : f wav passengers, Steam Boat freight, meals I Rail Road freights. Rents,- transportation of mail, &c, sale of old Iron, 75,350 6) 16,383 83 93,348 te 80,629 61 35,996 75 i j EXPENDITURES. TllANSPOIiTATION. ' ' For repairs of Loco motives, $1-1, 13U 06 i " cot of 2 Locomo tives, 15,300 45 -j 29,430 51 coaches and cars including cost of 40 new Trucks,. Transportation . .including 1 station " expenses, $497,2ld 41 21,447 20 57,905 S3 Road Repairs. For pay of overseers, hands, &c. " subsistence and clothing, " cost of materials, Stemu Boats. For repairs, " Fuel,. " subsistence1 pay of officers hands 103,783 51 and and 26,855 2S 10,362 92 7,838 98 3 1 ,603" 53 25,307 07 45,607 18 65,706 5S Office expenses, 122,617 18 247 30 277,255 20 Difference in favor of receipts, if from the above we deduct tlie .... $219,964 21 amount of sales of old lion $35,996 75, it leaves a balance of $183,967 46, and if from this we take interest account $65,198 85 it gives us the nett profits for the yfear, of $118,768 61. 9 - G E N E U A L S T A T E M E NT. Xctt profits of the year as abovTe I Sales of old. I roii as above, 35,996 75 Cash and other assets on hand at the commencement of the year, 123,485 68 Increase of debt in purchase of Iron, $278,251 04 25,114 49 v j $303,365 53 This amount has been disposed of as follows : For re-const ruction oi Road, 177:037 17 40 bands redeemed and in hands of our agents in London, Messrs." Collmaiin & Stoltcrfoht, Paid to.-Vilmin2to.ii & Manchester Road, Paid fervour own stock in travel, 65 shares of Washington &, fSew Orleans Telegraph Co. stock, Charged profit and loss account, as per resolution of Stockholders at t last meet m (r. o,5oo DO . 16S 00 500 00 3.250 00 Cash and other assets on hand, i Company on 951 61 85,903 20 the $303,365 53 30th of September, $1,133,103 85 voir to the Treasurer's ac The - debt of the amounted to tor the details nf wluVh wo refer counts hereto appended and to the report of the Committee ju accounts which is also anoended. loineet this amount ot indebtedness, thetJompany nave, oesices the income from the' regular business of the Road and the cash and other assets on hand 11,622 00 snares bf their own stock which at par value would amount to -.. $1,162,200 00 And 65 shares of Washington and New Orleans Telegraph Company's stock at $50 per share . 3,250 00 in consenuence of the destruction of Neuse Bridge, by fire, on the 26th of June.it was touud to be extremely dihcult to do so. These unre mitting calls upon our motive power, and the liability to acci dent, to one or more of our Locomotives, induced the) Board to order one additional Engine, which is to be delivered in April next. This together with one which we are having constructed in the shops, will pla-ce the company in posses sion of ample power to meet the demands in this department. We take pleasure in stating that our company has; never been in as good condition to carry on itsojejtions as at the present time, the ltoad being well stocked ! with locomotives, coaches and freight cars ; all, in excellent order, and our Steam Boats in Uke good condition, with the exception of the Dudley which will require repairs this year. In 'bur report to you ai;yeur last annual meeting, the opinion was expressed and confidently believed that befoie this time, wer should have completed the re-laying of the Road, with trie heavy .Iron -Rail, but owing to circumstances we could not control, we have been unable to fulfill this promise. We have lost nearly two months waiting for Iron, and during tire month of July we could not lay down Rails owing to. our inability to transport them over the Neuse. We have yet about 14 miles to relay, the Iron - for which is daily expected, bills of lading for 4 cargoes having been al ready received. ! We had-hoped, at this meeting to present you with an ac count of the entire expense of re-construction, whereby you might see the whole cost of the Road to date. We regret that we; have been disappointed in this, but we are gratified in saying tnat our anticipations of the saving in expenses, consequent upon the re-construction of the Road in every de partment in which we have been enabled to test them, have been fully realised. The. Road so far as it has been relaid, compares favorably with the best roads in our Country, and instead of the com plaints and denunciations of travellers which have been heaped upon us for years, without stint, and which were to some extent deserved when our old flat bar road was in use, we hear frpm all, commendation and praise for the ease and spesd with which they are transported over our line. . During the year a contract was made, to embank so much of the truss work a t Rockfish,and Neuse River, as it was deemed safe, to close up. The embankment on the south side of Rockfish is now nearly completed, and that on the north side, in a state of forwardness, the contractors expect ing to complete it by the middle of December, when they will remove their force to the Neuse. The Board, have also Contracted for an extern-ion ot the Ware House in Wilmington ; the present Ware House be iug found portation. 1 $1,165,450 t)0 sum 32,346 15 greater than our debt. As to the dispositfon of this surplus stock th,e auditing cttimittee, have made, a recommendation which we think should claim vour serious consideration and which it is for )u to dispose of as you may deem advisable. be perceived that a large increase in the amounts l Steatn Roat and Transportation expenditures has occured Inngjthe past year. This has been caused, by the necessity 01 a thorough repair to the Steamer C. Vanderbili. She has fn rebuilt from her keel up, her machinery renewed in eve ppirt where the slightest defect could be discovered : and ? e Is llo'w a new Boat in all but her Name : Also, to meet ;-13 demands for Transportation the Board deemed it to be l 9 true Policv to obtain sufficient number of cars and Loco- phves to do the business of the Road prompt, and to car- .'into effect this purpose two first class Locomotives and "OP.t 40 frpio-Vif nn Koro Kaon nn rMi n ipfl riWl nnifl fnr rln ? the vear. nrlrlino- snmpthintf nvfir .50.000- to the items of Wpitv, tV ' a " ' . VivC D0at repairs and expenditures tor I ransportation. to be too small to hold the goods oliered tor trans This extension it is expected will be finished in time to accomodate the spring business. The Board were induced to make a contract with the W ishington and New Orleans Telegraph company to put upthe Posts &c for a line of Tele graph jc wires from the junction with the Petersburg Rail Road to Wilmington. This work has bom done on favorable terms, for the Tele graph company and at but little expense to this Company n consequence of our having on hand, a large number of wooden Rails, removed from the Road, to be replaced by, the Iron Rail. This work has been paid for in stock of the Telegraph company, sixty five shares at $50 per share. We find the Telegraph i a great convenience, as by con tract with that company we are entitled to the use of the line free oficharge, ; and although this stock should pay no div idendsj yet this company, will be fully repaid by the advan tages which they derive from its use. After deducting amount charged for sales of old Iron, this and last year, it will be seen that the receipts of the present year exceed those of last I $39,222 74 and the fact that the greater portion of this increase is .deri ved Trom our local business, is well calculated to inspire us with confidence in the progressive improvement and perma nent stability , of the investment which you have made in this work, fen after all, it is to the local business we must look lor a steady and healthful support. ' j For the details of the Steam Boat portion of the line you are referred to Col. Mil lei's report. Considering. the exhibit of the receipts ot the Company during our past fiscal year ending September 30th, the in crease during the early part of October, giving flattering as surahce of our prospects for the future, the certainty of a con siderable reduction of our expenses hereafter and the sound and healthy condition of the Company generally, the Board have been induced to declare a dividend of profits of three dollars on the share to the Stockholders, . ! , All of which is respectfully submitted. I ALEX. MACRAE, Prest. DREADFUL EXCITEMENT ON A RAIL-WAY. A few days ago. a stranger made, his appearance at. a depot of the Western & Atlantic Rail Road, very near ine iouSi mgn Etowah bridge.. He was raised in the inferior ot Alabama, ami had left home for the, first time. He had heard ot rail road, sieam 1 1 II ' I ..! J otrrtnnVloril' mnrllllll'i! eno-incs, aiui nauoons.. loccraouves auu tt iiiw'""" magnefic telearraplis and electric nuins, our nau uu muir tyl,u of them than he had ot the true structure of tne pianet oaium. ne travelled across the country on horseback, and leaving his horse. resolved to save t;rae, and take the rail road to oar una, wi ere ne was tToing to o-et a legacy of two hundred dollars, left him by his o-'rand-fal her. who lived on TarrWer. Amidst the astonishment with hich he heheld the cars, as tney came near nim.wiui Puwu and smoking locomotives, and its crew ot smoked engineer, imn. bovs, and firemen: he took his seat, never locking at m eariu ue neath. nor the heavens a Dove, nv mis nrae. me cars wci and had entered on the bridge. Our . unapphiicated traveller na.i looked around upon the passenger, admired me damask cushions the pretty oil paintings on the side of the car and nowihought h would take a look at the external world. Thrusting his head intc the wind nv near hU seat, to his horror, he saw not a foot ol lam below him, but one broad expanse oi air ar u say, wun wvm.- ar below. Taking it lor granted mat neiaa eniereu one u. ... newlv-invented tlvmg macnines. auu was, uuvv . ircnMS : fields of space, the" fear of lofiy tumbling from heights ol aether crushincr bones on rlintypointeu tocks. wun vismns oi w tjh ciuuun " - From the Louisville Jjumal. ' CHARITY. BT JAMES R. BARRtCK. Tell me, ye who dwell ia splendor Ye whom fortune's smiles adorn, Ilast thou not, 'mid all thy treasure, , Means to wake somd joy unborn 1 Heaves there not for thee the sorrows Of some stricken heart to he'al 1 Breaks there not on thy sweet slumbers Some lorn sufferer's appeal Tell me, tho' all pale and withered,1 Now their flowers of feeling lie; Tho' the autumn storm be gathered On their summer's fairer sky ; Tell me, tho' their youth be faded In the winter of old age'; i And their brows with sorrow shaded, Ye may still their cares assuage. Toils there not, in the wild desert Of life' sad unvarying scene, Some poor, weak, and fainting spirit, Where no joy may intervene 1 Oft in the dim vale of sorrow Thou may'st find some heart to bless j Thou may'st gild its bright to:morrow, And relieve it of distress, j Lone and weary toil the lonely Up misfortune's rugged steep, And their hearts, tho' beating slowly, Watch ward still with progress keep; And when in the gloomy shadow Dark misfortune o'er them throws, Then some kindly hand to rescue May relieve them of their woes. Oft when darkness dim is stealing ; Like a death pall o'er their hearts, Then have felt some strange revealing, When their lighter hope .departs ; And their lives, tho' e'er retiring, Virtue yields a constant home; And their thoughts though unaspiring, In a higher sphere would roam. Then to ye on whom kind fortune Hath bestowed her glittering stores; It is thine to raise their burden And re'ieve them of their woes. Thine, a holy mission, given To exalt their being here ; Thine, to point their path to heaven, And their drooping hearts to cheer. God has filled thy store-house freely With the treasured things1 of earth, And by all the hopes that cheer thee, Fill a place of lasting worth ; Then while life is lightly beaming, And the light of earth is thine, While the heaven above is glowing, May thy hearts to love incline. I THE INSTINCTS OF THE HEART. Madame Lenormand, the j widow of the great printer and publisher of that name, has just expired in Paris, at the age of nine ty-four. She had for years coniinued the business ol her husband, and her house was the first in France. Amongst other works, she published the memoirs of her namesake. Al'lle Lenormand, the lortune-teller, to whom Napoleon gave one hundred thousand francs, and in whom he placed implicit faith. Both lived in the same neighborhood, and one day a confusion originating in a similarity ol names, gave rise to the lollowing anecdote, which gi ves a good idea of the character of the estimable woman just deceased : f A young girl, trembling with emotion, evi dently laboring, under great distress o! mind, was introduced bv the servant into Madame Lenormand's study. Oh! Madame,' exclaimed the young girl, 'you who read the future, come to my help.' 1 ' Madame Lenormand looked intently for some time at the trembling girl, then, afier asking a few insignificant questions, she said in an impressive tone. j 'You have fled from your farther' house.' 'He! :is, yes : r n v " . . . :r I Acnlitit nrnhans rusneu Fnrihwith these tender emouous vvrTvume mm, his visions;. thrbusrh hi brain, and r emotions oerc - , 4 ie tainted, a iu "' "" r . . :, nkled plentifully in hi lace, me anxious iravCI and catching the hand or the usareat I passenger, . Crikce ! stranger, hag It lit yt? So Lit. Oa hand snrrm in c.r ah rp nn rppfinfs from Rail Road !gnts demonstrates that the expenditures in this depait- were luaiClOUSlV made. ,,c .,u"'. " ut. - r. tK-' n2 traveler onened I .. " J . . I o n.l .n.lnlrla1 IMPniMIlllV 111 4IIO W W. VU V. I I ""lWlthstnnrtfrr tH mocf nrrc-0imi-mrr ovtirms nn thfi !"U : 0i"""VY" r- " .i.v ...wj -viuv vitu vjavimvou his eves ' pot oiir Engineers and agents of transportation to forward Geminei. It was love which induced you V ;It was.' 'He entreated you to follow him V 'It is true.' rf 'So l much? for the present; then, my child.' ' But the future, Madame, the future?' 'The future this is the future. After dishonoring you he will leave you, abandon you to infamy and poverty- Irave you ro die of shame and grief.' Despair nd sorrow will send your father to the g"ave. This is the future.' Then putting her arm round Uie poor child she spoke words of. affection and reason, till her mind became calmer ; and then, when the tears began to flow, and the feverish ex .itement of passionlwas abated, she ordered ler carriage, and took her to her home. As they went, the young girl, taking the hand and gazing in the face of her benefac tress, said : i 'You are indeed a prophetess nothing is u'dden Irora you die present, the future.' - -No. my child, l ?am not a prophetess, nor i witch, but I am a mother and the instinct f a mother's heart inspired me.' cried out. BetztHe. Five Candidates for the Presidency ire now in Washington city, viz: Millard iilmore, John J. Crittenden.- Daniel Web ster, Winfield Scott, and Stephen A. Doug lass. There is not a kingly ruler m Europe equal to either ol them. TALL WISHES. in no class snail we nna a greater exu berance of fancy or more exaggerated ideas in regard to wealth than the thorough-bred loafer. A few days ago a couple of individ uals of this genius, seated; in a sunny nook, near a wharf, at which a California bound vessel was lying, their conversation very naturally ran upon gold, as neither of the twain was possessor of" a single red cent, they amuBed themselves by xcishin for the precious metal. J 'Bill,' eaid one to the oilier, I,1I trll ycr jest how much gold I wish I had, aud I'd be satisfied." J 'Well.' said the individual appealed to, ;go on I'll see if vou've got the liberal ideas of a gMitleman. Well, Bill, I wish I hnd so much gold that 'twould take a 7i gun ship, loaded down with needles so deep, that if you put in another' needle she'd sink, and all those needles to be w orn out making bags to hold my pile.' i Bill threw his crou nless hat upon the ta ble with indiguatien, and T exclaimed ' Dam it, why don't you wish fur sumthin when ver undertake it! 1 wish I had so much that yours wouldn't pay the interest of mine for the time you could hold a red hot knitting needle in your ear.1 ; a trueTawyer. Alexander Hamilton was once applied to as counsel by a man having the guardian ship of several orphans, 'who would, on com ing of age, succeed to a large aud Viiluable estate, of which there wa a material defect in the title-deeds, known only to tbeir guar dian, who wanted to get' the estate vested in himself. Hamilton noted down the faith less executor's statement, and then said to him. ' Settle with these unhappy"" infanis honorably to the last cent, or I will hunt you from your skin like a hare." The advice was strictly followed, and the man who gave it was an ornament to the bar and the uge he lived in. Southern Press. A SINGULAR INCIDENT. Laura Merchant, a Rockport girl, who lives at Luther Burham's, in Essex, obtained permission of a lady in the house to wear her collar and ribbons to a cotillion assembly, which the girl accordingly took from a draw er and wore. On Tuesday of last week she was severely censured for doing this by some of the family with whom she lived, and told in a serioris kind ol jest that she would be sent to the State Prison. The poor girl be ing naturally sensitive and timid, was so frightened by this thoughtless speech that she immediately left the hous? and was seen going in the direction of the western part of r ipswicu uuvartis me evening ot the same day. Many of the Essex people went in search ot her, but she was, not found until Friday evening, having concealed herself in the cleft ol a rock, where she remained three days and three nights, the coldest of the sea son, without bonnet or shawl, when found she was almost exhausted by hunger aud ex posure. Gloucester (Mass.) Neics. T The Barrister and tire Witness. There is a poixit beyond which human for bearance cannot go, and the most even of tempers will become ruffled at times. At the assixes held during the past year at Lincoln. England, both judge auu counsel had had much trouble to make the timid witnesses upon a trial speak sufficiently loud to be heard by the jury ; and it is possible that the tem per ol the counsel may thereby have been turned aside from the even tenor of its way. After this gentleman had gone through the various stages of bar-pie ding, and had coax ed, threatened, and even bullied witnesses, there was called into the box a young ostlerj who appeared to be simplicity personified. Now sir,' said the counsel, in a tone that would at any other time have aeen denoun ced as vulgarly loud. "'I hope we shall have no d'Hicuity in making you speak up 'I hope net. sir,' was shouted, or rather bellowed out, by the witness, in tones which almost shook the building, and would cer tainly have alarmed any?timid or m.rvou3 la dy. How dare you speak in that way, sir?' said the counsel. 'Please, zur. I cn't speak any louder,' said the astonished witness, attempting to speak louder than before. 'evidently thinking the fault to be in his speaking too softly. 'Pray, have you been iir'mUing this morn ing P shouted the counsel, who had now thoroughly lost the last remnant of his tem per. " - i . . -H- 'Yes zur,' was the reply. 'And what have you been drinking?5 'Corfee. zur.' 'And what did you have in your coffee, sir?' shouted the exasperated counsel. 'A spune. zurl' innocently shouted the witness, in his highest key, amidst the roars of the whole court excepting only the now thoroughly wild counsel, who flung down his brief, and rushed outof court. DEATH OF AN EDITOR. John Newton Harker. tfne of the editors and proprietors of the Gazette, expired at his residence in Wilmington Del., on Monday night week, alter an illness of a few days, in the 43d year of his age. Mr. H. passed his boyhood in the office of the Gazette, and soon after the expiration of his term of ap prenticeship, oecame one of the editors of that paper, which station he occupied, with the exception of some three or four year, until the close of his life. We believe he twice retired from it, and, in the letter inter val of separation, published the 'DeIawari- an,'' but after the Japse'ot a year or two he the press, never received a large rfarn for : his services; twenty year of close or plif a tion yielding bat litt'e over a livln g-. 4 lie leaves a wife and fix children to 0 urn his death, besides numerous friends and a cquain tanccs Delaware Republican. , 1 " , , DARING ATTEMPT TO ROB A HANK. Wednesday night week a party of burglar j made a bold but unsuccessful attempt fo break into the Phccnix Bank, in Wall street. N. Y.v It seems they had got upon the roof I 'j' .-... i i ' -T. I . I M IV ana eniereu mrougu a ecuuiu wio uuuuinjj next to the bank, aud one of them had be gan to bore through the floor in order to de scend into the lower story,. whence it is pre sumed they meant to dig through tho waifs into the bank. ' The affair was well planned,. and gave every hope of success to tho ro- gues, when their plans were all upset by tho 6Udden appearance of officer Watson, who captured the only person in sight and mar- ch,d him to the Station house, where hegavo the name of Bower Rice. - Thejiight was es pecially favorable for burglaries, and it is quite probable that other and more success ful attempts were made in more exposed lo calities. The immense amount of gold now in Wall street renders extraordinary precau tions necessary in that-quarter. Sentence ecr Maluiciotsly Killing ' an Ox. At the Hillsboro (N. H.) County Court, recently, Enock Pfllsbury was con victed on a eharge of maliciously killing an ox belonging to Jos. Noyes, of Franklin, and sentenced to the State1s prison for two years. v- The following address by Kossuth to hi people of Marseilles has been , published in 77ie Peuple newspaper of that rily: TO THE DEMOCRATS OF MARSEILLES. Citizens The government of the French Republic having refused: me, permission to pass through France, the people f of Mar seilles, obeying the impulse of oue of those generous instincts of French hearts, which are a source of the grandeur of your nation honored me by a manifusiation of its Repub lican sentiments manifestation honorable from its motives, peaceable in its ardor, arid majestic in its calm like nUturerthat great image ol God, before a stdrm. ' i I heard my name mingled with the song' of the Marseillaise, mid with the cry of ,,Vi ve la Republique," the only legal cry in France, the only one, the legitimacy of ivhieh has been purchased by so much of the blood ,i of the martyrs of liberty. i It is so natural to love liberty, it is such a trifling thing to suffer for it. It is almost less than a simple duty. But there is a glo ry in the idea of being identified with the ! principles of liberty in the opinion of the French people. , I have not coveted that glory j but I ac cept it in order to merit it. I accept it no a pledge of sympathy; I accept it as a proof of i the fraternity of the French people for all nations; I accept it as the word of salvation for ray dear country. To you, Frenchmen. Republicans, be the 1 honor of that salvation! To us poor Hun garians be it the duty to deserve it! W will deserve it. s ; My nation will comprehend the appeal of i. your fraternity ; it will be proud of it,, and will respond to it bravely, as ought to be l t done by a people considering it an honor; la be called brothers by the French people. That is the only acknowledgment which is worthy ol the people ol Marseilles, and wor thy ot the manifestation which it hiis been pleased to honor, not me, but my .nation, and the past less than the future, , ; i Allow me ubt to dwell longer on the refu- sal of the Government of the French Repub lic to accord me a passage through its terri tory. 1- know well that the French people are not respor.sible with it for its acts. I will not think more of that refusal, aud I wish that humanity may not bearit in mind, if by chance they who have been exiled alr ready, and who have forgotten it as; it ap pears, should egain be placed in a similar position. . Last evening one of your brothers (of iouf brother.") a Marseilles workman I know his ujme and will not forget it in spito of thd i cold, swam to the American frigat to pres my hand. I look his hand with pity, witu emotion, and reproached him with his rash- , uess. 'What could I do ?' said he ; 'I was determined to touch your hand ; riot finding 1 a boat. I threw myself into the Water,' and , .t here I am. Are these obstacles 1 for a man who is determined to carry out bis will ?' bowed down before these noble words, The love ol liberty, the sentiment of duty and of fraternity, I possessed before I came l to Marseille, but it is there tbat I found lh motto. ''There is no obstacle for hioi w ho is determined to carry out bis will.' That device shall be mine. Vive la Repub lique ! .Health and Iraternit7 I LOUIS KOSSUTH. On board the Mississippi, in the Roadstead of Marselles, on the 2Sth September, 185L AN INCIDENT. After Mr. Webster closed hia speech Ut Manchester, N. H.. the other day, a Free ! Soiler hissed, whereupon a full bloodetf ' Democrat, from the crranife region, hazel I the "higher law" man oot of the crowd, teP l ling him he was not fit to be there CAUTION TO ROWTJTIErs. An unknown roan was arrested in New York, late on Thursday nighu for making a disturbance in the streets.; he attempted to stab the officer, who knocked him down. He was carried to the station bouse., remaining insensible until Friday P.M., wlien be diedt. Well, George," asked a frivnd of a young' ver who had been, 'admitted about at how do you, like your profession?" , disDosed of that establnhment nnd rrt.A lyri tohis -first love' Mr. H - -C iThe reply waaccomparnea oy a unei sign, able abiHtV a. a J ST' to suit the oceaii-jn ; -my proftssion is mucb able ability as a utUXa writer, and labored L;.." . w m v nmeiice." yjee many others connected vrhh
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