TII03US L9RING, EJitur a ad Proprietor: TTYO D3LURS Per Amum, invariably in Advance.
VOL. 5.
WILMINGTON. FRIDAY, APRft 16, 1852.
NO. 32
TUE BEST FRIEND :
A TALE. TRANSLATED FROM
1 THEJ-KENCH.
TOR THE COMMERCIAL. BY A LONG CREEK
CORRESPONDENT.
CHAPTER V.
Oh! you are xuite imprudent in admitting
th id cold air, exclaimed the old man, running
on' to close the window.. It was the 16th of
October! Then returning he looked smiling
ly into the young man's face. Ah I said he,
how do you do ? "
The unexpected appearance of Mr. Benn
Somewhat chagrined Victor ; he answered
cjklly, but the usurer did not notice his cha
grinc, and drawing from his pocket some fruit
which he had purchased evidently for his
debtor, said : shall ! give you some of this7?
Thank you, replied Victor, dryly.
Appropcs, resumed the old manjam about
receiving: some good Burgundy, wine j but as
1 never tlrink any myself, you, will - do me
the honor, f hope of accepting it ? "':
We shall see about that replied Victor,
. i j. . '
with a marked movement of impatience.
Mr. Benn .then having looked more scruti
nizyigly.i perceived that the young jnan was
laboring under the influence of some melan
choly depression. J
Ah! my God. Victor, what ails you? you
are quite .changed, .
Oh ! nothing.
Yes, yes, something ails you. Oh ! do not
conceal it, I entreat you ! If you are sick I
will sena tor a doctor ; it you need consola
tion, am I no your best friend ? .
Victor then being ho looger jiable to disj
semblef shid : yes, Mr. Benn, something does
ail me I wish to be alone.
Then the young man turned aside towards
the: window to conceal his emotion, leaving
the pistols exposed.
; At the; sight of thojpistruments of de.ith,
Mr.'Benu , changed color ; a tremor ran
thro' his pEv hole body ; he understood every
thing; his thirty thousand francs were going
to fight a; due! ! He would have cried out
but his voice failed him ; he would fall on
a knees hefnre Vir.tnr. h'nt his Irmhs rpfnsnl
....... . , - - -,-
Xo bend. I After a few moments silence. Vic
tor,, who had been, in the meantime, looking
vacantly out on the sleet, turned around..
As soon as he perceived the changed atti
tude of the usurer, now rriute. motionless,
his eyes staring stupidly imo the fatal box, he
shuddered and became fully conscious of the
enormity of his imprudence.
Victor, by hazarding or disposing of his life
would evidently be guilty of an abuse of
confidence for which this : creditor had the
right of calling him to an account.
The danger, which the unseasonable visit
of the old raan had made him dread, and
which he had sought tQ avoid, was now im
minent; he could no loi ger shun it. Con
vinced that the first blow is the best. Victor
resolved to commence the attack, and ap
proaching the old man with a kind of a men
acing air, exclaimed, Mr. Benn !
The usurer having heard his name, was
uuv,u HUI1J til iuiiunj UliU iuuiuii ir v i v
iyat.Mr. de Corvelles he withdrew a few
paces in order to give more dignity to his
posture. Placing his arms across his breast
he replied: Victor do you think lyhat you
are going to do is right 7 ' r"
Vietor affected by the earnest, determined
manner of Mr. Benn, immediately lost his
advantage and hung his head.
What 1 continued the old man; going to
fight; to expose your life! Is there nothing
in your heart that tells you it is a crime ?
But, unfortunate youth, think at least on
your poor mother whom your death will
plunge into despair ! Mr. Benn, in the heal
of his enthusiasm, forgot that Victor's parents
were dead, -
My mother died when I was but a child.
"ephed the latter mournfully.
' And your affianced lover, continued Mr.
Bean, too animated to have heard the obser
vation of hia ad ver&aryp do yoj not feel
any remorseor the the tears that willstream
from her eyes and bedew her cheeks, for the
ftild distraction of her 6oul and', the gloomy
tareavment of her heart ?
She whom I love.is, promised to another.
afcWered Victor, biting his lip as if to dead
en the heartfelt pang which such a reflec
caused him.
And I, I tyho am devoted to you as afath
r to his son, do you not con6jder the cruel
s 1 should sustain by your death; uh ! I
not survive youJ
As he said these words the old man raised
18 hand to his eyes and wiped away some
tears; Alasl continued he, I thought I was
yur best friend 1
said this. Mr. Benn rushed out
Victor raised his eyes to heaven, at thi
protestation of friendship which he-had been
tired of hearing; however, he pardoned the
poor usurer this time, in consideration of his
profound grief, and in a mild benevolent
tone thus replied : ,
Mr. Benn, I am fully conscious of my ob
ligation to you. , '
r No sir, you are not ! , !
Yes Mr. Benn. I fee! the weight of my ob
ligation for your friendship ; your cares and
anxieties concenjing me; but tjljCre are cir
cumstances in life, whieh .unfortunately pre
vent us from acting in obedience to the sup
gestion of our hearts. j , i
Then ydu persist in your wild, rash deter
mination so ftVht . i
It must be 1 - f I .
No ! it must not be I will not have ydti to
fight, It- V, ' I
Bull will, notwithstanding! )
You shall not !'"''' j
Ah! I shall not !
No sir ycu shall not ! 1
Yes, I will; nay I will court death ; lire is
now a burden! '
Well, well, vve shall see that.
Having
and disappeared. While he remained, the
scene had passed through every imaginable
phase, from supplications arid mildness to
menaces and wrath.
Ahi l-slmll not fight, soliloquized Victor,
as he walked backslid forward in his room,
extremely agitated ; bqt this remains to be
seen, ' j".
Then having glanced; at the deck he
commenced prepnr;uioi;c for departure. As
saon as mety were, completed no rang- tne
thli bell violently ; his servant appeared : Ju
lien, said he hasten a coach 1 1
In a moment after, the servant returned to
announce that the coach was wailing for
him in the street. 1 j
Victor took up the box of pistols. passed
down stairs, and jumped into the vehjcle.
To the iwood of Vineeimes in all haste,
cried he to the coachman. ( I.
The coach immediately started ; hut at the
same-time j another coach, stationed at some
distanpevas balancing itself onf live springs.
Mr. Benn thrustinrr hia head out thro' the
door, hollowed at the top of his voice On the
road coachman !
The coach that was carrying Mr. de Cor
velles advanced very slowly notwithstanding
the driver..! knowing the length of the way ;
had taken the necessary precautions to ren
der the journey as comfortable to himself as
possible. After having enveloped himself in
an pld cloak ; lashed his whip in the air and
recommending his soqjMo God and his body
to the horses, he fell udeep. Victor soon be
came awrare of the. negligence of his guide j
He bore it at first with resignation, but fear
ing lest hei should not be on the ground at
the appointed time, particularly, as he was
the instigator of the quarrel, he could riot re
press his impatience. Coachman, cried heir
in a-sarcastic. angry tone. See if we nretgo-ing-
backwards. Waked up, by this excla
mation, the driver raised his head, rubbed
his stupid: looking eyes, and1 seeing everj'
thing qu iei and still around, bespoke to. the
horses and then fell asleep again. Fortu
nately, however, Mr. de Corvelles reach
ed the ground first. j
Notwithstanding the assurance of his last
words Mr.jBenn did not Jfnow how he pould
prevent the duel ; doubtless at that moment
he would for this purpose have consented
to be at the loss of three fpurths of the debt.
JUNIUS.
(7To be continued.)
dred thousand dollars in treasure She too
was .seized and pillaged, and the captain,
the mate; and owijer' son were shot, having
first been put in irons. After the Governor
returned and had been murdered, these mis
creants, set sail from the colony, having put
to death during the mutiny some twelve or
fifteen perrons.
The new of these outrages having reach
ed Valparaiso, the British Admiral' dispatch
ed a' war steamer, the Virago, and the fili
ate Thetis, to capture the mutineers, all of
whom are now id the hands of the British
or Chilian authorities.
It is stated that the rebels, as soon as they
had embarked .on board the ships seized by
them at the colony, discovered that the lead
er Cambiaso, had contrived a plan of get
ting rid of the greater part of them, for the
purpose of having fewer persons among
whom to divide the plunder. They accor
dingly were resolved to be beforehand viih
the chiefs of the piratical purty. and formed
a conspiracy to seize them as soon as they
should leave the Straits on their way to
Montevideo. The plot of Cambiaso was to
induce a great portion of he party to embark
in a boat "under some pretext, and theoV-to
sink the bo;t. More than forty persons had
embarked iiUhef boat, but, the design being
suspected, the boat was sejarched.and the
suspicion vvaVeQfTflrmed. This prodxiced a
reaction ; a counter conspiracy was formed ;
and under the lead ofthe -.pilot of the Flori
da and a seargeant ofthe troops who had
been .stationed at the Straits; the exploit pro
ceeded. Cambiaso ivas left in chains at
(biloe. Gold dust of the value of $75,000
was discovered, it being the greater part of
that vyhich the rebels found on board the
British brigEliza Cornish. There were also
recovered 5X)00 hard dollars, and $80,000 in
silver bars. 1
MURDER AND ROBBERY" BY CHIL-
. . ; IAN CONVICTS, i . -.
Valparaiso papers to the 25tlii February
contain shocking intelligence from the Straits
of Magellan. Near tin close of December a
mutiny occurred at the Chilian pe,nal colony
planted at'Fort Bujnesvand which. including
the garrison with the prisoners, contained a
population: of between six and seven hundred
persons. Munos Camero, the Governor of
the colonyj escaped ..with bis life, in company
with the priest and a lew more, tcl the other
side of the Straits. There they wandered
about for many days, living on shell-fi.-di and
suffering every hardship, out were at length
compelled by war.t to return to the colony. In
stead of being treated with compassion they
met the most merciless cruelty, and the G6v-1
ernor wasjmurdered p a most brutal mamier.
' Whilst the Governor was wandering 'in
distress, the barque Florida an American
vessel, chartered by the Chilian Governme;nt,
arrived ati the colony and was kiimediatply
seized. Her owner. Mr. S haw, of Ne w Or -leans,
who vyas on board, was shot wiliioui
any provtjeation, and the captiiiniwas spared
only tha: he might navigate" thje vessel.
About the same time a British .vessel, the
Eliza Cornish, anchored at the colony ion
her way from Valparaiso for England, having
on board, besides her cargo, nearly a hun-
From the Spirit of the Times.
COLONEL CUICKLEY'S HORSE.
I have never been able to ascertain the
origin of the quarrel between the Crickleys
and the Drakes. They had lived within a
mile of each other in Illinois, for five years,
ard from the first of their acquaintance, there
had been a mutual feeling of dislike between
the two families. Then some misunder
standing about the boundary of their respec
tive farms, revealed the latent .flame, and
Col. Crickley having followed a fat buck all
one afternoon and wounded .him, came up to
hirn and found old Drake and his sons cutting
him up ! This incident added fuel to the fire,
ancl-om that lime there was nothing that
the two families did not dp to annoy each
other. They shot each other's ducks in the
river mistaking them for wild ones, and then
by way of retaliation, commenced killing off
each other's pigs and calves.
One evening, Mr. Erake the elder' was re
turning home with his '-pocket full of rocks,"
from Chicago, whether he had been to dis
pose of a load o f grain. Sam Barston was
with him on the wagon, and as they ap
proached the grove which intervened be
tween them and Mr. Drake's house he ob
served to his companion
"What a beautiful mark Col. Crickley's
old Roan is over yonder !" j
Hang it!' muttered old Drake, 'so it is.'
The horse was standing under some trees,
about twelve rods from the road.
Involuntarily, Drake stopped his team.
He glanced furtively around, then with a
queer smile the old hunter took up his rifle
from the bottom ofthe wagon, and raising it
to, his shoulder, drew a sight on the Colonel's
horse. . ., i''-
'Beautiful I' muftered Drake, lowering
his rifle-with the air of a man resisting a
powerful temptation. 'I could hit old Roan
so easy !' . ,
'Shoot,' suggested Sam Uarstoh, vyho loved
fun in any shape. -
'No, no, 'twouldu't do.' said the old hunter,
glancing cautiously around him again.
'I won't tell,' said Sam.
'Wal, I vvon't shoot this time, any way.
tell or no tell. The horse is too nigh. If he
was fifty rods off instead of twelve so thcre'd
be a bare possibility cf mistaking him for a
deer, I'd let fly. As it is, I'd give the Col.
five dollars for ashot.J . ,
. At that tuoment'the' Colonel himself step
ped from behind a big oak, not half a dozen
paces distant, and stood before Mr. Drake.
'Well, why don't you, shoot.'
'The old man stammered in some confusion;
'That you, Colonel ? I I was tempted to,
I declare ! And as I said, I'll give a 'V for
one pull.' j
'Say an 'X' and its a bargain !'
Drake felt of his rifle, and looked at old
Roan.
'How m jch is the hoss wuth V he , mutter
ed ir Sam's ear.
'About fifty-'
'G uL Colonel, I'll do it ! Here's your 'X!'
The Colqnel pocketed the rtionay mutter
ing .
Hanged, if I thought you'd take me up !'
With high glee, the old hunter put a fresh
cap on his rifle, stood up in his wagon, Jind
drew a close sight on old Roan. Sana Bars
ton chuckled too. "
'Crack I' .went the rifle. The hunier tore
out a horrid oath, which I will not repeat.
Sam was astonished. The Colonel laughed.
Old Roan never stirred !
Drake stared at his rifle with a face black
as Othello's.
'What's the matter with you, hey? FusT
time you ever sarved quite such a trick, I
swan
p
And Drake load d the piece with wrath
and indignation.
'People said you'd lost (your nack 'o shoot
ing.' observed the Colonel, ia a cutting tone of
satire.
'Who said bo ? a lie !' thundered Drake.
I can shoot ' -A
horse at ten rods ! ha ! ha !'
Drake was livid.
Look year, Colonel. I can't stand that !'
he began. '
'Never mir.d. the horse can,' sneered the
the Colonel. -Til risk you.'
Grinding his teeih, 'Drake produced an
other ten dollar bill. v
Here !' he growled, i am bound to have
another diot, any way.'
'Crack away,' cried thp Coicnel, pocketing
tr e note. ".
Drake did crack away with deadly aim:
too but the horse did not mind the bulletin
the least. To-the rage . and unutterable as
tonishment of the' hunter, old Roan looked
him right in the face, ao if he "rather ..-.liked
the fuii. ; . .. '
'Drake.' cried Sam, 'you're drunk ! A
horse at a dcxen rods oil, my eye!' J
.'Just you shut your moth or I'll shoot you!'
thvin.d.ered the excited Drake. ' The bullet
was hollow Til swear. The man lies says I
can't shoot ! Last week I cut off a goose's
head at fifty rods, and kin dew it agairv.
By he Lord Harry. Colonel, you can laugh,
but Ml bjet now, thirty dollars, I coin bring
down pj-d Roan at one shot.'
The wager was readily accepted. The
stakes was placed in Sam's hands. "Elated
with the idea of winning back his two tens,
and making an X' into the bargain, Draie
carefully selected a perfect ball, and even
buckskin patch, and beaded his rifle.
It was notv nearly dark, but the old hunter
boasted of being able to shoot a bat on the
wing by starlight and without hesitation, he
drew a clear sight on old Roan's head
A niinute later. Drake was driving through
the groveV the mosfenraged the most desper
ate of men. His rifle, innocent victim of his
ire, lay with broken stock on the bottom of
the wagon. Sam Barston was too much
lrighiened to laugh-- .Meanwhile, the grati
fied Oojonel was rolling on the ground corr
vulsed with mirth, and old Roan was stand
ing undisturbed under the trees.
When Drake reached home, his two sons
discovering his ill-humor and the mutilated
condition of the rifle stock, hastened to arouse
his spirits with a piece of news, which they
were sure would make him dance for joy.
'Clear out,' growled the angry old man.
I don' want to hear any news ; get away,
or I shall knock one of you down V
'But, father, it's such a trick V
'Blast you and your tricks !'
i 'Played off on the Colonel.' ,
'On the Colonel ?' cried the old man, be
ginning to be interested. "Gad, if you've
played the Coionel a trick.5 lts-. heat it.' -
'Well, father, Jed and I, this afternoon,
went out for deer ' it
'Hang the deer! come to the trick.'
'Couldn't find any deer, but thought we
must shoot something so Jed banged away
at the Colonel "a old Roan shot hirn dead !'
;Shot old Roan ?' thundered the hunter,
'By the Lord Herry. Jed did you shoot the
Colonel's, hoss ?'. ,
;I didnjt do any thing else.'
'Devil! devil ! groaned the hunter.
'And then,' pursued Jed. confident the
joke part ofthe story must please his father.
'Jim and 1 propped the hoss up and tied his
head back with a cord, and h it him standing
rnde: the trees exactly na if he Was alive.
Ha ! ha ! Fancy the Colonel going to catch j
him ! ho ! ho! ho I wan't it a joke V
Old Drake's he'a'd fell npoh his breast. He
felt of his empty pocketbook. and looked at
his broken rifle. Then in a rueful tone, he
whispered to the boys
'It is a joke ! But if you ever tell of it
er if you do, Sam Barston I'll skin you
alive! By Lord Harry, boys. I've been
shooting at that dead horse half an hour at
en dollars a shot !
At that moment Sam fell into the gutter.
Jed dragged him out insensible. Sam had
laughed himself almost to death.
"SMALL STORES," 1852-'3.
BiiTcci: cf PrcvL
OLD WOMBI.
If a whimsical or a ridiculous story is told,
it is sure to relate to an old woman. If a
mans lacks wit, or is any way eceentric in
his ideas of neatness and propriety, he is call
ed aq old woman. A deficiency of firmness
of purpose, or timidity in his intercourse with
the world, subjects, one to a similar epithet;
and yet. wlrU does; the common sense orthis;
saying umount to ? Simply this, that a man
is like his mother ! And who, pray is a real
mother ? A being filled with' devotedness
and disinterested love for her offspring. .Did
any one ever hear of a selfish mother ? of
one who would, not practice self-denial that
she might minister to her children? Here,
then'is a t raif Which is in reality old woman
ish, and the" only jone in our mind that dis
tinguishes the peculiarities of venerable fe
males from those of selfish, bombastic men!
The witty editor ofthe ''Carpet Bag"
touches the narrow of intervention in this
little squib. The followiug toast, it says,
was given by its Presidential candidate at a
late celebration of the Ancient and Hanbr
able"; "The Massachusetts Volunteer Mi
litiaMay their motto be, as it has ever been
eternal war,' but no fighting.''
The editor of the Bungtown Herald had
an interview with Mrs. Partington lately,
and the old lady .wanted to ascertain 'whe
ther this suite of Kossuth, about whieh the
papers talk so much, is made of homespun
or boughten store goods?"
The Robbery, of "the B arque Missouri.
1 J ' ; . ' IJosto.v, April 6.
Pittman, the master of the ship Sterling, con
victed of nlundrini? the baraua Missouri, who
who had previously pkad ffuilty says that the
wreck was accidental, and tae piunaencg an ai
tertbought. i
Navy Depabtmext,
una and Ctothinsr. Mch. 27. 1652.
IjROPaSALS, sealed cni endorsed "Proposals
L for small stores," will be receive at this Bureau
unm d o'clock P. M. on Monday, the 2ith day of
April next, for furnishing and delivering (on recei
ving ten days notice) at the United States Navy
Vards at Charlestown, Massachusetts, Brooklyn,
New Vorkr acd Go?port, Virginia, such quantities
on'i of the following articles as mav be required or
ordered from the contractor by the Chief of this
Bureau, or by tfie respective commanding officers
of the said navy yards, during the fiscal year end-
ing june &j. ioa4, viz :
Handkerchiefs, silk, fancy
colors
Looking glasses
S ustard seed
Needlt-s, sewing, assorted"
Pepper, b'ack
Pepper, red .
Rators, single cases
Razor strops
Riband, hat
Soap, shaving, in cakes
Silk, sewing, blue black
Scissors
Spoons
Thread, black, white and
blue
Tape, black and white
Thimbles
Mustard and popper will be required at New
York only and in the raw state.
All the articles must be of srood quality, equal to
the best of tho?e generally u d in the service, and
conformable to the samples (all of which hare been
recently autcita ana neic) deposited at said navy
tioxes, shaving
Brushes, shaving
Brushes, scrubbing,
Brushes, shoe rL
Brushe?, clothes
Buttons, navy, vest
Buttons, navy, coat
Button?, dead-eye
Blacking, boxes of
Beeswax
Combs, icoarde
Combs, fine
Cotton, spools of
Grass, for hats
Jacknives
Handkerchiefs, cotton
. . Fr ib Car mt : -t
COrGIIS, COLDS, nOARSEXESS, BRON
CHITIS, CROUP, ASTIPIA, WH00F
ING COUGH AND COXSUMPTIOS
Many years of trial, Instead of Impairing the ptit
Hc confidence in this medicine, has won for it an
appreciation and notoriety by far exceeding the
most sanguine expectations of its friends. Nothing i
but its Intrinsic virtues and the unmistakcable ben
efit conferred on thousands of sufferers, could orig
inate and maintain the reputation it enjoys. While;
many inferior remedies thrOst npomhoommvniif...
have failed and been discarded, this has gained .
friends by every trial, conferred benefits uponlihft;
afflicted they can never forget, and produces cures
too numerous and too remarkable to bo forgotten.
While it is a fraud on the public to pretend that
any one medicine will infallibly cure still there is
abundant prcof that the Cherry.- Pectoral does not
only ns a general hiug, but, almost invariably, cure .
trie maladies !r which it is employed. J
As time makes these facts wider and better known
this medicine has gradually become the best reliance
of the afflicted, from the log cabin of tne American
piIace;of tturopran Kings
peasant, to the
Throughout this entire country, in every State, city,
nmt inHpp.l almost cvrrv hnmlef it contains. Cherrv
yards and in this Bureau, and subject to such insDec- f Pectoral is knovn as the best remedy extant fordis-
lion at the navy yard where delivered as the Chief cases ofthe Throat and Lungs, and in many foreign
e. exieneiveryMjea oy
or mis liureau may direct, and be in all respects
satisfactory to the inspecting officer, said officer to
be appointed by the A'avy Department. All the ar
ticles to be delivered free of all incidental expense
to the Government, in proper vessels or packages
and the price cf eaclvand every article must be the
same at the respective places of delivery. Every
separate pickiigein which one or n:ore dozen ofthe
above articles are packed, and the boxes, bales, or
barrels in which the same may be delivered, shall
be marked with their content, the name ofthe con
tractor, and the month and year when puup ; and
when desired, in good, substantial shipping O'der.
The contractor must establish agencies at , such
stations other than his residence, that no delay may
arise in furnish;ng-what may " be required; and
when the contractor or agent fails promptly to com
ply with a requisition, the Chief of the Bureau of
Provisions and Clothing shall be authorized to di
rect purchases to be liJude to supply. the deficiency,
under tne penalty to beexpressed in the contract;
the record of a requisition, or a duplicate copy
thereof at the Burt au of Provisions and Clothing,
or at either ot the navy yards aforesaid, shall be ev
idence that such requisition has been mado and re
ceived. '
Two or more'approved sureties, in a sum equal to
the estimated amount of the contract, will be re
quired, and ten per ceWum in addition will be with
held from the amount of all payments on account
thereof as collateral security, in addition to secure
its performance, and not i any event to be paid
until it is in all respects complied with ; ninety per
centum of the amount of all deliveries made will be
paid by the Navy Agent within thirty days after
bills d'lly authenticated shall have been presented
to him.
' Blank forms of proposals may be obtained on ap
p'ication to the Navy Agents at Portsmouth, New
Hampshire ; Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Bal
timore, Norfolk, Pensacola and at this Bureau, i
A record or duplicate of the letter informing a
bidder of the acceptance of his proposal wiil be
deeuied a nqtificatioTi thereof, within the meaning
of the act of 1346, and his bid wiil be made and ac
cepted In conformity yith this understanding.
Kvery offer madenWist be accompanied (as direc
ted in the act of Congress making appropriations
for the naval service for 1346-'47, approved 10th Au
gust, 134Q) by a written guaranty, signed by one or
more responsible persons, to the effect that he or
thev undertake that the bidder or bidders will, if-his
ortheir bid be accepted, enter into an obligation
within five days, with good and sufficient sureties,
to furnish the supplies proposed. The Bureau will
not be obligated to consider any proposal unless ac
companied by the guaranty required by law; the
competency of the guaranty to be ceriified by the
Navy Agent, District Attorney, or sorae officer of
the GcHerais Government known to the Bureau.
Extract from the act of Congress, approved August
10,1816.
"Sec. 6. And beil further enacted, That, from and
after the passage of this act, every proposal for na
val supplies invited by the Secretary of the Navy,
under the proviso to the eeneral appropriation bill
for the navy, approved March third, eighteen hund
red and forty-three, shall be accompanied by a writ
ten guaranty, signed by cne or more responsible
nersons, to the effect that he or they undertake that
the bidder or biddero will, if his or their bid be ac
cepted, enter into an obligation inrsuch time as may
be prescribed by the Secietary ofthe Navy, with
good and sufficient sureties, to furnish the supplies
rrronosed. No proposal shall be considered-unless
accompanied by such guaranty. If, after the accep
tance .of a proposal and a notification thereof to the
bidder or biddershe or they shall fail to enter into
an obligation within -the time prescribed by the Sec
retary of the Navy, u-itu ood and sufficient sure
ties for furnishinsr the supplies, then me &ecretary
of the Navy shall proceed to contract with some
other person or persons for furnishing ths said sup
plies ; and shall forthwith cause the dinerence be
tween the amount contained in the proposal so guar
antied and the amount fdr whlch'be may hive con
tracted for furnishing the said supplies for the whole
period of the proposal to be charged up against said
bidder or bidders, and his or their guarantor or
guarantors; and the same may be immediately re
covered bv the United Slates, for the use of the Na-
vv Department, in an action of debt against either
or all of said persons." - '
March 30. ' 5-4tw
countri-M. it is comina!) be
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uicir iiiusi nmiiicni rnysieians. 111 urvai um-.i
ain France nnd Germany, where the medical scien
ces have reached their highest perfection, Cherry
Pectoral is introduced, and in constant use in the.
ylrmies, Hospitals, Alms ileuses. Public Institu- .
tins, and in dornesiic practice, as the .surest reme-
dy their attending Physicians can employ for "the :
more dangerous atrections of the lungs. Also In
miluer cases, and for children it is safe, .pleasant,
and effectual to cure, in fact, some of the most ,(
flattering testimonials we receive have been from
parents who have found it efficacious in cases par-,
licularly.ir.cidental to chiidhsrod.'1 - ' .' ;
The Cherry Pectoral is manufactured by a practi- ,
cal Chemist, and every ounce of it under his own
eye, with invariable accuracy and care. It is scal
ed and piotected by law from counterfeits, .cprvse-,,
quently can be relied on as genuine without'"adul
teration. ' , . J
We have endeavored hero to furnish the commu
nity with a medicine of such intrinsic superiority
and worth as should commend itself to their confi
dence a remedy at once safe, speedy and effectual,
which this has by repeated and countless Ulals pro- .
ved itself to be ; and trust by great care in preparing
it with chemical accuracy, ot uniform . strength to
airord Physicians a new agent on which they ca.n
rely for the best results, and the afflicted with a rem-,
edy that will do for them all that medicine can do. ,
Prepared by J. C. Ayer, Chemist of Lowell, Mass. .
and ecjd by C. DuPltK, Druggist and Chemist,
and'A. C, Evans & Brother, YVilminglon, N. C. .
March 4. 150.3m ."
AG
OF
CY
5,531 ACRES PINE LAND,
FOR. SALK near the Seaboard of Georgia, in the
county of Glynn, and lying for several miles
along the Brunswick and Alatahama Canal, (now
in process of completion.) the outlets of which be-
in? North cn the Alatahama River opposite Darien
and South on Turtle river at Brunswick, and with
in a short, distance of navigable water on Turtle
River, a little above Brunswick. These lands being
in one bdy, well timbered, and having great facil
ities for water carriage, make them desirable for
TURPENTINE or MILL TIMBER. If desired.
credit will be given on a part ofthe purchase, upon
ffood security. Apply to euner
ALFX ITCH ELL
S. Z. COLLINS.
Darien, Feb. 13, 1652, March 9. 152-2m w.
HORSE & HORSE MILL FOR SALE.
WHITMANS &, Co., Double Horse Power,
with one run-of 24 inches j Stones and all b
fixtures complete and in perfect order. The Hor.
Pover will be sold seperate frorn the Runners, if
sired. The Horse v ill also be sold with the' Mill, i.
wanted. Apply to ! ELLIS & MITCHEL.
AprU 3. i . 8-
DR. FITCirS CELEBRATED MED-
ICINES.
Pulmonary1 Balsam, Depurativp Syrup,
Pectoral Expectorant, Heart Corrector,
Pulmonary Liniment, Hume? Correc,
Pure and Medical Cod Liver Oil,
Anti-Dyspeptic Mixture, Cough and Cathartic Pills '
Nervine; Female Pills,.? '
Vermifuge, Female Specific, &c,
Used by him constantly and with unprecedented sue
cess in the treatment of - ' i "
Colds, Cough, Consumption, Asthma, Heart DU
1 eases. Dyspepsia, Scrofula, Skin Diseases,
Rheumatism, Female Complaints,
, Piles, Ac, fcc
Dr. Fitch's unequalled Patent Silver Plating Abdom- ,
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Dr.
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OK THE PREVENTION AND pUI OT
Consumption, Asthma, Diseases of ht Heart, fc
and or, the method oj preserving, u. earn ana
.': v.. Beauty to an old age. ,, ,
This Books should be in every family. To the
Consumptive it points out the only reasonable hope
for relief. - To mothers, the directions ft gives for the
care and education of Children are Invaluable.
87,000 copies of this Book have passed through tht
press, and the sale continues unaoated. . , j
For sale Dy s. a. n iuu ac co., u n roadway
New York; andC. DcPRb., Druggist and Chem
ist, Market street, and CtlSi H. ALEXANDER,
Topsail Sound, near vyOmington, N. C, who, from
personal experience.'-can commend them to others.
to persons using Dr. Fitch's Remedies, to be hrd,
gratis, of all his Agents. ; ,
oept iz, oai. , u , r bijm , ..
A Chemical Compound similar to the natu
. ... rarl oil of tine Hair.
THE SPANISH HAJR; jLOSJ.fc
A CLEtU white and elegant chemical piepar
tion to promote the growth, luxurianandara
beantyofthe hair, remove the glutinous matteg
dandriff, scales and scurf -unequalled for dressin
the hair, keeping it moist and in place, and impat
ing to it a highly beautiful lufcfrtV' It ia unlif any
of the Alcoholic and Oil preparations It far mora
durable,' and has more ofthe drying and heating 1
properties which all Alcoholic and Oil preparations
have."."-1' ;.'. - ; v',;'---(..-- r' x.)'
There is norticle ihat.wlll so etTectually remove
the glutinous matter (which obstructs the pores of
the skin when unhealthy and prevents the follicles
from exuding an oily substance necessary , for th
growth ofthe hafr.) as the; Spanish Hair, GJoef.r?
Mothers will find It the very bst articlei they can
procure to dress children's hair and remove Lh ssarf
so common pn infant's heads. i? ?;r ;;.
If any preperations of ari known j,ca cause the
hairtorow the "Spanish Hair Glogs',' will do
it. Manufactured by C. P.VJS'AV, Chemist 289
Broadway New Vork. 'Price 37 h cts per bottle,
Sold by .COP.NEL1US DuPRE,
sole Agent. - ' t. .Wilaiinston, N. C. .
Sept. V. j V-V tn.. .
FANCV ARTICLES. , '
1 Q DOZ. Lubin's Extract, 3 doz Ponchlne Soap,
IWl gross Brown Windsor Soap. 6 dozen Sha
Ving Cream, 3 doz Wah Balls, 3 doz Bnffafo Combs,
(superior,) I gross Wax Matches, a large assort
ment of Hair and Tooth Brushes.
Physicians and Merchants will please call and
gamine. C. DcPRE.
Market St., Wilmington, N. C.
31irh 33. $