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.V- . ,i - ' t ';. . . L! ' - ;': i '.' '- i .':- - . ' . 1 n kt. I. it. . . .i .. "RTTT? V 'f'-' ... T. B. KUTGSBITEY, Editor.. F. X. STROTHEK, Proprietor. OXt'OKD, THURSDAY, SKPT 30. 185H. It, 1 JtcuMLt It our authorized Agent to r- rt ubKrriptiohf" ftotti thosa 'wlo hiajr dnir t" At w art Trjr aasiuui to naka or pr s T.r MT,jr avtue a4.iralMjn. of tna Hrat 'j- M whVt .eoncladod to oflTarUi follow- II . - k. . ! .1 '1. I i If " - .";. 10 C5.Tba mooay ta ba paid InVariablj in!' ad Tanca. , - - . t '',!'" TAji rrtmtHl it ( 7a n r fttr thU date April (U, IH3U.. . I 1 fc i English Oratory. x a publish in thi wcek'a Issue, two articles , On l$ritlb Klixinencc, which the- reader will , find intrtvsttiig. We think the article' irt the Jlirhmond South, the more satisfactory, 'ami we mi-hf perhspn be coaitentrwith it were it not .'.flint it gives us a hook upon which; to, ban ! the .'thought or two of our own.: We hope reader will not suppose for a moment, that w? shall endeavor to equal In either felicity of die lion or ftrce of suntinent, these able journalists tho ne tba " Great Thnndcrer ' of England, the other4 tho most, "vigorous and in ten at in 2 paper published in , the South. But Kdftors are sometimes hard up. for a subject, 'and as we nnd one " ready to our haud wa avail lour . . ' . ...1 . . 1 self instan ly, and willgive you an elongated. - .....i.w.i. 'pUtUude or two from the pen .the pen of "country .uWr adi.or.are wont .0 call those wi... .1.. i:-. .v.- v ..... It seaim to us that tha'chief and essantial ' wu3T uiaria oi ino wono. lUracteristic or Kngli.h successiful' stweches, i that thy are nraelicaL Un n1l h-li. 1 u . . 11 t 1 1 V in lo-io-tn reason. He is alwayl ready with an argument whether sound or fallacious. Ho will lUtea patiently to cogent and "practical reasoning, however inelegantly expressed,' bul K t . a ' . . us but little mercy for mere flower rhetorU. , , - . mv.-.j v.....n.ar ,...Suue, u item, i us, nv 1 riai oraior is toe tuosi auccesslul who produces tne greatest practical result. De- A . mosthenes and other foremost orators, thoroiish- nndarstood th.s. ! The great EnglUh Masters f Eliwiaenca nnderstood it also, and it was through this knowledge that their jipccches are I .0 dis'inuisheJ for directness, vigor of true, .r. . . i-i " n vl "l,re""'B prt:i ppi- cation. The speeches of Chatham, Pjtt, Fox and Wyaiham, and perhaps Lord Brougham, J ' rLi:.i. 1 mw M ax"UI mo mini IIIUUUIUVUK VI uiiLrillil I t-,i:-...- 1 -.r .-. .t. J J uU iuu vii iu natchlea Krsk'me of forensic oratory. - Same-1 .' u j.. ..1 . . . ' Minea in reaamg me aupcri rlative eObrts. of. tho J . I moat renowned speakers, we nave oeen ai ioss 1 how to explain thft fact of their 'rratu. . - c . v wuicmjiurnrj wriivm, ia me i d-livlrv nf aurh fnIH mill llri.loiu lanfTlnrrf.' and' I . .ul ' ?-' '.: 1 I iv " o iui-ii mill 1 uc n:ri DiuiwiiciiT ariu I , r , absence of parade which strikes ui as mni.rre . r . - 0 and colorless, must have been at the time .wlienthny were deUvercd, a main source of rheir prodiirious and res stlcss rawer. .' Aa a antinf nllj tho case with Edwnrd Burke. Chat- m i;t a v -n v tV .am, t ui. una rox uiongn immeasurably su- Aiv.Lrn ' hn ia r1"" m itriiiiieiiiry speaKers, were mostly inferior to aim iu vastness of mind and . . . . . -- . r; grandeur of genius. They were practical speak ' era, consnmmate debaters', while Burke was the eloquent expounder of a philosophy too ..-r ioo .u. vacs suome, too sublime .... u.-ii..u.iiiiji-uuiuiun..igciunoi7iners A. . . v.- ,i . , . s a political theorist, as a speculator fa the i.. , i ' . i , 1 - . history, character and tandancv of tha. Br tlh 'WU...I .-.I.. i-i'.,.-;.- Is :.. .a tha prophet of it. future, he stand unapproach- Cd. His sneh.a anfl teamBM-i. o .!. -..r. 1 uiijci immnory 01 uncy, or fain general grossiy vioiaiea tne laws ot hospitality and the rfeelamatlon. Kuch Is our idea of gruff, eoni- obligation or tru h n libelling a peop who nercisl John Dull f But let us turn our .Ueu- ?c Evl n e greatest possiole dis ,. ., . , - tincMon. -. .ven the Bedouins of the desert, t,onu,.,ra directly to eloquence, th.ng is amoug . whom civili y to foreigners. beneath mora Utal to eloquence, iu its highest sense, their own shelter is a duty than the air of beinrr elonuent: and the obiacL Pv'S1.0" wou,d refuse to the tma object of all public speaking being .ncral thing it will be found thatthose speeches ,1 M w cFLT. Z VJTY wUich read best, are by no mean those which buke in the cold indifference of our people for arB iuna sum l ih v 111 ri sv iHivrn nin ia 1 ----', w. .v m wi v 11 coc uiiiuu ui ii viiiiiitia ,i.ios of th. French Involution,' and th. jtbe. , " e' perh ,p, Uian our .To infant lihorties of our own cntr.. ar. Uc? Mon bronSht the Virginia mar- aa won J. rful for ,h,lr ndtr. thi, f.A .and for thai intensity of predictive rower, "th. . " - . - r: ' I vision aoa ucuity divini"," as they ar. ; truly adiiiiribla for the, splendid, nay, magnificent. f loiponce oi their expression. 1 hey will doubt less forever form ' tha '. favorite, models for the lu'iom or n eiwicat iilcrture, to the orator .... aiwl to the thinker t and ar c artain'y' among thn most signal examples of that peculiar power by wluuh, uudor tho magic influence of genius i "Old cs prriMiee dotk attain I -.'',-"To s-uiethiiig like prophetic atrain.w! In our own land the roost successful orator )iare been practical, but wa hnw; not room to rtnril tha thorn. IVrKsna nf .i I . eloquent men, Mr. Webster has achieved the kiirheat trin mobs, and L waa .ru.,11. il H. wa. Iwavs nrnfnun.i: ..i : " ' - - r'- j r'""'- pr,, ive, and even in the Jottiost exhibition of hi. genius when h soared on broad and mighty i,i,.;..lia '.nf,. -km. i ' ' 1 j iiHona into regions. .which few Agamcmnons I a.f tbo.i7bt 'Lad mm, roAr luvl lia w.. .... 0 . ... wnm iii.ii.'ii.iia nr.iiifn r.m m.-.n. A.. ..... e. ..... - I - - - , ...... .i.mi. vv in iuv.ii-.ru .r. ul.iihiit i It w,ii thU which gave him Such influence, in nr council, aud hith enabled bi m to stay the - ' ' . . j i 1 waves of finatkura when he cried " peace, o still." '. IyUcu rendarj who believe in inwoe'eut anucine:it we mean Uio young, not tho.de- )pidiUd t rTea 'are. hen;by informed that' there will be a IJ.vll and Tarty at Messrs. Bare lord ami Porlo.r'a must excellent canvansari on tho evening of the I Ith, and' J.jtli. of October. !Wd tU it for framed thit a very. ,oiiq knows When: this Hotl U l"caU.d, and if thiro ifiouid to .y n, unfurUjnHic ua liol U "i-i.lcd we a..vi to iukim thaui tJiat il u legal pJrseol4jr itntcl i iNtfio town I Ilendei'so iu tin wtdc awnk bute. The matmrera Lavf not tutI "anytlHtigto 'u'rabouf "bcingf Rsked bul Iff we taull bo' 8ilgbtedM.Ve mean to 1 re 'he MauaS.eM) jeloM of our accoti.plisb m-iit os a Uftncerttspecijly . since, our brother aiiudea to the tnaniier in wKch ux; "chased the glowing hour with fljin ( t.. e. pid-eon milk) i - '1 ' . : Another Tourut: ' .;' ; ; ; It u etated, but.witR what truth we cannot undert..ke to iay, that the author of ; Pickwick" K HU? WWJtcP1 iUoLthei .truiteiLl States. lie intends it as a trin nf irsiin nnd nnt merely M ple-aure., lie evidently Ibinka well of the forbearance and forgiving apirit of our peoile,or be would not be iruiltv of tW I those rteraoni who hnrl nn a r,., J.:... oceu tne racipieits of his untruthful parration and ungrat-lul comments, ' . We dare say he will ba again toasted and filed by the. uppen tendotn of, Xew Tork, a set of flunky beoile by the way, who wear the cast-off . manners of certain' members of. the. English. aristocracy and perhaps carried through the straeU iu a carriage pulled by fop! instead of ridden on a raiL p Kut whatever the peopfe of the North mty do -however ridiculous and; abject they inttff rkiirtma tl.A. l..l . 1. .' ?, j .v..v,. lucinaciYea, we iivcesiiy i trust tnat he way not bo liouized at tke South, if he should however traverse lour States. Ware a crrent admirer of th writlnrr F Dickens, and walit the' mart who is not y but we are unwilling to do homage to any man wno tradaces aud vilifies those who have, for merly heaped blessings and praise upon him. We had written .thus far, when wa received that capital paper, the Petersburg' Express, in wmen we found an article that, roflnotu nnan. . . ...'. . . ! , "ore ieiiciju.lj. than we could, T ! TV,..-iV" U " V?!iTf. VLJ. VV ",r "V an veuiure a I rooal HiiDrohtab e on'. ' Or raiW , Uhatiftxirpeou'e cotoear him f,.r thlr ;n 'ugrstificfttion, and none can deny that nf? hi?"j tertaimn?, they wilf 'V""0"."11 saving mm togo off quietly to his Uo!d, just as they would Herr Ailuxisntu nP the Wizard of: the North or nny other show- I .raa"" '.Socially, the Lnfted States from Port- r: J P I---" -' numiuau 1 luausiuu snouia be I thrown nmn f 1 I -v. .i.vi.c a 1111111 nun naa nncp enforced bv their break bread twice false witness against can otes for General Circnlalion," in writing ana puiisIiiiil. that nipnilaninn. narr.:n ... r.:..S i. .1 . " -"" "yj ,eueu. H" cmim-io ma respect and attention of lZ. ? '""'V" ,U Ure- ? 'do not .8a.T tha v Possibly we might do so for one of sevVral S sons. Pecuniarily. perhani. we at in h oi.t ? enjoyed .the-perusal of a number of u" Jugneu over ise miseries, the magnificence and the magnanimity of Mi- cawba, wtthumrliaving bawled to the nuWisher for the airthor's benefit, an EnlisJi penny A, 8.en,,e of' justice, therefore, might possibly go overcome our" dislike to the man Dirrrvx ,i ; . , .... .T ' .,uduce make one of Iws audience.-- jcihshly. too. fof the sal of r.W...t ing we saigbt give balf-a dollar forth vririleie r.r h.. .. . u:. l. J 1 . . 0 of heariiig him had w been witbin reach, we murht have dona th mm ihim t.t . ,K- rw:.-.i. : WVZZi0 1 l"..,!1 j.icicnuutg we snouia nave seized the oppor- lunuj ui wunessing ner wouacrtur performan Ct8, feclil all the while ftn namiril pXntninnf for th woman. The same dLmoiLinn, tn i i . , . . dulie ourselves in an undisputed cniovment :J?.. , r . 'I;,1"" -'yojraeni, repai, carry us to Jir, iliCKEXS' ex- hiUtton room, but we 1 would, most earnestly deprecate the offer to hiraof. any , private nd M"'.11:' "V0" someining altogether lucou u fiitiuim niisrt-iirese Amr,c "Mn, as it is has bean shrewd y conjectured,. to make favor with the Bri iah ar- istotracy. . We would" be wlllh,- . . ---r t'"J money mr our stare tn the gratification e hi writing, but of kindness, of syr afford- mnnlhtr. o( afl'ec ion, not the slightest token should be extended to the selfish and unscrupulous cock ney," " - j , ... j 4 , . High p jjj- Tobacco, ! r' i. j 1" ichmond papers -announce the alc bi r f nr. ".I. . Nor,h Carolina Tobacco at $31.75 and S27 per . , . . . . V"-w uu per oueaiuuds.. Some; of our State exchanff " h,Ve Vrj iU sUtement, but h,ftVe done. ao Wd agme, -thinking that keH ''lfwe w io the conjecfire, we can r"T" w"c reo OI lhe tbey are in error The county of Grauville has been th.i " banner county " for nnm'l.o, , , aimng high prices for that staple. : Meshis. ; j - " v va j v u i a tslby, Washington, Suit ami at least ten tthcr Citizens -of this county Jhave hitherto oUnfncd prices which varied from thirtn to upwards of fjty dollars per hundred, and for. hogsheads loo, of from ten. to twelve hundred.. pounds weight. ' We agree heartily with the Standard, that the titoo has passed for calling our beloved old Stato 44 Kip Van Winkle." ' She U an' ex ceedingly modest far .too modest State, -but then sbe is wide awake, and i gradually win ning ber true . place among .her. sister States. T- ," . . w f r caa nnuren w,u "i-.1B? : n" nuer clouds ot the n. ..i i i. i .... v,u i swr 7 sons conunue to W',tb 7 the -even tenor ,T nu weMm 1 rcra0Ve5 wuvu u wm pe io mam pussiwt to say, 1 am ' , v . ,. . , ' v u v,aromua.iprovuja u one are ft. ju , . . - . t - . - . - . . .. . . . MIL. V . , . .' Is kin-r b' men for a' that." " A' Question Answeredi' r ' - - e ore sometime o&kt-d why it is that we do not, write rritical art idea upon the current litera ry yorks We answer ih'at owing to'the insulated place in which our-paier is pnbUsIicd we can not easily and without considerable expenee procurethe works,' Our rncaus do not allow iij nor do we so estimate certaii works irs to think them especially worthy of either careful reading or tiitieal analysis,''- We have Vgood library of standard works and whenever1 we put Vn our . rned socks" hide ireiitle Charles 'LaihY : 4 - . i i - " V J , ktt lucliucd to enact "the part of jSir '.Ora-! tle tve indulge ojarself n the u view" whether it beXAtVVuita,' geraaTor caustic! , We hbw- ever notice such works as are sent to us, and if consistent witb' our, Jhtfnest juiglneiit, spcalt kmdiy or them. V f , . literary lax. ? We unite with friend Syma of the Register, in, ;ha .'fUope jhat.'lhe, LokUlattu , will, titbits wJMog sciN", repeal ne lax upon; Lectnres of a pnrely literary and scientific character.". ax 'Ibis kind, is really a reproach upon the infalligence of or people, oiid as' oafr brother editor says, ":s a levy upon information." Let Norm Carolina raise her revenue in way. Tax everythnig else, ay please, but for the Iqvc of the" y soma other. we, "if you outb of our otate, ao not levy an import, upon that which is at once a source of delight aud a fountain of A n ' - i " ! 4 lusirucuon... oays the Register ; f . i u . . .; J " The literary and scientific men of tne Uni ted Stales are. in. the general, persons of mod erata means, who cannot afford to devote 'their "u,e gr.iiuuousry 10 popular 'instruction, and so far fram taxing the small 4 Coinpansafion earuea Oy the gentldmen -who give thse Lac- wures, at ttie request or the Uierary and scien tific associations of the couutry, they should be welcomed into our midst and afforded every fa cility to execute their honorable aud useful missions." '-";,'. :.M. ;::! ' WAIFS AFLOAT. j Effect or Occt'patio's upon LoSgevittI Dr. Edward Jnrvl-, of Boston, Pn-sident of the S!atJstu'ar,Assoi-iati6n k prepared a table from the mortality reports of Massachusetts, from May I, 1813, to December 811 183fi. ' s'nowinor lhe averaged ages of men of diffjrent occupa tions. Ho divides the community juto clases and finds that fii ifaa't time the avfiratrn arp hf the cultivators of the5 earth who died was a- bout sixty-four, of professional fifty. three, mer- lu.iuis jinu capiians's lorty euht. , nn-ch ihica active abroad forty-eightactive. mechanic in shops forlyveii, sfllora' lyrty six, laborers for- tjr-tive, ! cotunion ciirriers foriy-four, inactive mechanies in shops forty-twoA' Of the n irti. lar occu'paiion.s, the average ofyjeVgy men '"was fifty-five, la wyersfiity-tiye, physicians fifty-four, coopers fitty-seven, blacksmiths filfty-two, car penters fifty, tanners forty-eight J merihantsimd clerks forty-sevtn, shoemakers fortyAie, pin ters forty-tw o, tailors forty one, masonV forty-ci-ht. 1 '")''- C'"'"'..'-.' ' ! -tirA-;a ..;' . : ; ' "' '' i:l -j '''.-. V.' Loss of Pkesidekt Lopez's St) Usd. Two IJuNDKtD Lives. -There wasaUnitle ilAn tbe viciuit y of Buenos Ayrea oil the lOih of July. It is &iid that the Br zil'sln steam fri gate Maze foundered in this storm, With a loss of all hands She had 200 troops 011 board, together with President Lopez's bod. Afier brfng at ca several day, the Maze tbcoumer- ed a storm, and put into San' a .'(jjatatna to re pair damages. : When her repairs ad been completed, she again put to sea, ibouhdto Mou te video, and has not since been heard of. An almosti Jnces;.nt storm lias ( preVailed ' evjtV since, and vessels that have arrived - in a dam aged condition, report having . paUed near the mouth of the river large numbers of dead bo dies,-dressed irflhe Brazilian uniform. , ' The Arctic Expedition. liie intelbr"enee has been received from C-.pt. McClintoc k, who is jn command of an exoedition no w in nV.'wt. ; r - r - ' wvjw . vi Sir John Franklin nnd his men.' :The last leU lef waa dated at Disco, M jl 24th, "'where he then. waat recruiting, after having spent the last" wihtcrb the ice,: Capt. McClintock. on ih 8th of August, 1 857, was stopped at Melville Bay. by the ice, and from lhat time until the 15th of April, 1858, was in the pack' drifting south ward.' ; 'r! '; '.-;.. , ' '.'' vi'k !': .--'V,r-:. PniESTS Against CicuBAcy.-4An extraordi nary memorial has bevn address'ed by' 507 Au strian priests to the author of the Ooncordat, the Cardinal Pnce Archbishop of Vienna. Iu the document, the lower Catholic clergy put forth; their grievance, complaining first of poor pay, and urging the abolition' of celibacy, and the monkhood. . i ' . - 'f ' - -'"r': iN!'1 "Great Xvcvrs is IWS." Under this bead the New York Observer ranks four things; as follows: ' ;- ' .' . 1 : -. 1. The Revival of rejigion; tlie most exten siv. aid thorough ever experienced in the Uni ted States.' - ; ' 2- The triumph of the American Tract Socie; ty, the greatest moral victory of truth over err. or achieved since the Reformation under (Mar tin Luther. " - i ' 3. The successful completion of the Efectric J eiegraph from- Europe to America,- the grea test worR of humau perseverance iand prise. : "' V ' .'- 1 1 -.,';-- -: -. .enter- . 4- Te opeuing of China to the commerce of the world, and free toleration 'of the" Christian reunion mrougnoui tne empire, . v v PrHty welf for the first half of 1858 5 what will Autumn and Winter "bring lorth ? ; ' - ; '. i A MusiOAt BED.-r-The last novelty froni Ger. many is-a musical bed, which receives the we-! ary body, and immediately "laps it in Elysium. It is an invention ofa mechaniejn ; Bohemia and is eo coitsiructed that by means f , hidden mechanism, a pressure upon the bed causes a soft ai.dentle air of Aabev to be played, which cohtirtues long enough to lull the most wakeful to sleep. ; At the head is aclocfc, the baud of which being placed k the bout jtbe sleeper wisj hi-s tarise, when the time arrives th bed play a.arcb of Spontoni, .with drank aiid cyinbals and k short, with, noise eaoughto rouse the setetf. sleeperj-r . '"-.Li.i-; ir- -i-1 - ' .-..-q. j,. ' ' , ' a ' ' " tT r'"'"'1'' '" '1 . ?HB -'lEf .ERA PI I PtTEAtJ-PTrOwl trfi? fssi stan t engineer i n ihe "toast surfey,. argues in hisj report to Prof, liaclie, .that' lhe exi-.te nce of such a pTateau' is hot proved i'by any sounrliiiga yet made" TbecpneiusiGAi Mr.. Trowbridge are sustained fcy the experien-r ce of persons in charge pnaying the cjable- The umiiv .i(. vu iot u iiit re lit oi stan ces vried in a inaiitier to.;be'ipodnted' jforonty.. by tire great inequalkies-of the? bottom of the f wvu.iu, Hl'ur urrewK.'iiiaoiejwitu in u i t'en of a grand level pla4u-attb'S6ttoiii'.vf the ocean 2 Ajr; lTE5tyR0M.tHEf"eiwER or Nort B-Cir; New York CfTr.--I wish you 'to. send ;iBe"0ne barrel of rawugHr that has not; been in aide thel - - ; c...-. ,.HH v, iiiqiuv (ill? door of any bi your Scfeutifle mei irBushr sv barret oflhe inabatacred ugr xaVwhilel pacx, anateioo unacquainted whhthel&tedis coveries raada in the arts and sciencea. appl ed a hatidjttl jof ittft jmynbuth" am ;i Ose,' and lost two, out of five senses "which nature trave mev j iff dors were so numerous and exquis ite,thaf they overpowered my olfactories before 1 could count halof them, and as for the taster, 1 could not get breath to bejrin to count them for my atomacb was so badly" exercised that "I bad to hold. On to it with both hands to prevent tte jss of that also. I When I recover j thf usa Josa ad palater will try th other tmd otthe barrel to ascertain if there iatany varia iiS2.Ht?uaJUJ vof be concentrated" essen ces. You have great" chemista" in yout'great city. I waut a barrel of sugar from some, part ot Vh world where people are not so scientific and where putrid bullocks blood if aearcel I i Satan's kingdoa will hardly be large enouah to hod all your manufacturers of sugars,' wines and liquors, but if they do get inside of h is dosaihlons, their fumas and ndnr wiHi; nt'.. Pld boy" fits. ! - f ' ! ' ; Ano'tlier Terrible Disaster at Sea ! f BUHXING Ot; THE STEAMER AUSTRIA j "IIufax. Sept. '27.-Twelve of jtbe pas- sengets of the ill-fated steamship Austria have arrived here. VThey state tliat only sixty-seven out 01 six Hundred were saved.'. ; 1 I j j .-. SKCOD DESPATCH. i ; 1 '-i . I ' IIlIIHT S.r.1 D r '.L. u i -r . anved yesterday with twelve" of the sixty-seven pas-engers saved from the Austria. ! - The Austria sailed from-Bremen on Satur uay, xne 4in instant, with a total Dumber of passengers and crew estimated at between 550 and COO. - Passengers report thatbn Monday, the 13th. a little; after two o'clock in the afternoon, a dense Volume of smalt hnrsi- fW. ik.ivf... . t i - - - - . . - nttci entrance of the steerage. The speed of the vessel svns instantly checked one halt; at which speed she continued, until the magazine explod ed, wnen the engiueers it is supposed, were instantly suffocated. . :i The fire next burst througk tha deadlishts amidships, traveling aft with fearful and alarm ing rapidity. , U . i - Tie ship was provided with ei-'bt of Francis' metaho life boats, each capable of holding fifty persons. Ope of these ' was now let i down on tM Wt s de, but it was instantly! crushed Auotljer which was lowered on the 'starboard sidaL: was swamped from rhi '. M II m Kara fn c1- Allilhe first cabin passengers were aft on the pooj) deck, excepting a few gentlemen, who must ihave been smotherad iu the s sasokinrr room. - ASany of the second -cabin passengers were alsou the iJtfop; but s large number were shut up in ;the cabin by the flames i : .'Some were pulled up through the vutilator; but he greater namber eould not; be reseued, and ! were Uft to kheir appalling: fate. Tbe last wonian drawn up said six bad already siiffbcat 'IJ-.j--:- ' r ;!.. .. . " -I Several men and -women on the pocp, jump ad mto the sea byj twos and three", preferring to drown tittier Oiau ba roasted alive. . - 1 ?me tte women who leaped into the sea lre lready in flaates, and others hasitotad, Bjdrivep'-aAlast to the terrible alternative by the adysncujg -flames d intolerable heat. . In I thirty minul.s from the breaking out of the fire, -not a s.ut was left on th. poop. j : , J I'he French bark JbWice, Capt. Ernest Kepard, came atongsid. about 51 o'clock, P. AIt and rescued forty1 passengers, who ' were chiefly taken off; the bowsprit, but soma were struggling in tbe water; ' ; j. ''' At 8 o'clock, P. M , one of the metalic life boajs of the Austria, cam. up with twenty two persons on board, including the first aHd second officers. ' Subsequently four men were picked' up noaiuig on a. piece of broken boat. Both the second and third officers are horrib ly burnt. . 1 . - . t Many of the mala passenger saved ara fright fully burnt.' - Only six women were saved, and ' three of those shockingly burnt. " ' i i . i A Norwegian Bark went'alotigside the steam- ar next morning, aud senf a bo'atout. ' She niiy hare picked up a few persons. ':f-i': v Th.. Maurice hud no communication with her. . The Austria was a new vessel, and one of tha mostimaguificeut on the ocean. ! : j . Her passengers were chiefly wealthy German mprchanta, leturning from the Continent after spending jha summerl : 'The ' Austria's carro Was ;very valuable beiiig m;.de up almost entirely of costly silk and velvet fabrics. ',"" Daring Exploit in the Mammoth Cave iJOuisviMevoMritai gives thefollowinrde senphou of a dcceut into a hitherto unexplored abyss of frightful jd-pth at the supposed termi. natioax of the longest avenue of tho- Mammoth Cavei The hero jof the adventure, Mr.AVm. C. Prfcutice,' aOn of the senior editor of the Journal, determining to "solvere mystery a few weeks since, was lowered into the pi by means of a rope Jaste ned a.boht bis body : ' , ' -Wt) ha.rd from his own lips an account j ins aescenC Occasionally masses of rock-and 1 . : -, ' : - I earth- went whizzing past, but none struck him.' Thirty or forty feet-from the top he saw a ledge, frorn' wiiich as he judged by appearances two or three avenue's led Off in different- directions. A bout a hundred feet from the. top, a "v cataract frora the side of the pit, went rosbiug down" the byss. and s he descended byfchelside of -the failing . water and m the midst of the spray, he felt "some apprehension that his light would be extinguishNBathicaiprverted this. -lie was landed at the bottom o( the pit, hundred 4nd ninty feet from the top He found - it al moeti perfectly circular, Jaboutr eiehteen - feet i 4iameterv Wai small Opening at'oneipoiutj waaing to a fine-chamber of no great extent jlendtheflote 0iacKsilex ejt immense -niza ' vastly larger than i was ever fliscoyeTed iB any other part of the lattHnolh Cavei and also a rauUitmie "of exqui aite fiMmatwi. pue iuewli- Making himself heard with great effort: ba at length Aske thera ttipult him partly :4ip, uieuuing io stop -on the way and explore a cave thaf ie lad -pbserveot opemnir abouf 40 feet ipejaerthe plf, , - - & reaching the moutfi of tW 1,. .'zh i;mwlfw;n V- " - i " owua5 -himself withjnuch exertion into it W holiKn-. P&ti rope band;heincautiously - u swung ont apparently : beyond his reach. -The situation was a feajful one, and his friends-above could "do nothing for him 00011 However, be mad.a hook of jtbe end of oy exieuaing himseiras far over e;a PelitnontIlibeiuccee, ed-ln securing- the rope. ' Fastening it a rock, he tollowed te avenue 150 20t yards to a pomt where he found.it blocked by an im passable avalanche of rock and aarti. Re tnr mng to th. month of this avenu4 .he beheld aalost exactly imilar mouth o another on the opposite side qf thepit, but no beinble to, swing himself into it, he re-fastefied the rope around his body, suspending himself again over the abyss, and Routed to his, friend, to- raise him to top., ;The, pall was an lexceedingly severe one, and tlie fopi being iadjusted a round his body, gave him the most!xcruciatinr pain.But soon his pain was forgotten in a new and dreadful peril. . 'J ,1 j J When he was 90 feet frona the"4luth of ''the' pid 100 from - the bottom, swaying and swinging in xnid-air, he heard rao'iJ and words of horror and afaim above.ihd soou he. I n 3-1 '. .1 " - i -- . -- B t ' ' eu inat the rope by which he was upheld bad Uken fire from the. friction off the timber over winch it passedSeveral moments of aw liisuspeuse to those above aud still mare aw fnOo bun below, ensued. To" il..n and him faSYl and instant catastrophe seemed inevitable. But the fire was extinguished withj a bottle be' longing to hinibelf, and then the A, ,rly above" though almost exhausted by theirHabors- suc ceeded 111 drawing him to Ahe ton A. I He wis a oo.i-possessea as upon lis eutrance and excitement, fainted and ramaindd for a time The young adventurer left his name carvpd i n the depths of the Majlstrm the name of the nrst ana only person that ever o-asdd upon its mysteries. J Atlantic Cabled T 1 t. . 1. .". - I . (! w wwwva J i s . 1 1 -' ? 1 1 m JS' I ' f, " ' 'elfgraphic dispati'hes ii lh papers this i.ing gives us the pleasing inteli;jence that ACI mon me Atlantic table H; in g.iod order, and of the resumption of buioess on the Une j f A despatch frojnTrinBa states tha electric currents are now'passin; ibrugh the cablei between the as at; any time since" the cable -U laid.J7r- s I td. ' ' : . : IT Tint KocxvMou.TAi.. The Sdd Mai flisst the n hole region of the Rocky Molmtains m.rtl. l the lortieth parallel is a; sterile rejrion : DrL- sentmg an almost unbroken icefield;' U com pletely refuted by Gov. Steven's explorations. One of the ofticers of his party, Lieut. Stanton, says in his report: "1 find : that! 'i ...:. ide-s; of Uiii Rocky Mountiun raniie r... as. this section is concerned nnimX ;......- InMead of ,Htt pile of rocks and mountains almost.impaibV, I fiud a fine f Country, well m; tc.ed bystesms of a dear cold water, and interspersed -with meadows rvrnA ..;.t. most luxuriant grabs." Death of a Millionaire Tho Alleired Sla-' Bostos Sep, 22. Ebenezer'Francis dJrl .t his residence, Pemberton-sqjuare!, ; yesterday, eighty-three years old. ; He Veaves bout fonr millions, nearly two millions and a half of which is iu cash deposites in Boston Banks. M lhe case bf Townsend, the alleged lwr Vaptain, ass-.gned for'a hearing yesterday,' be-' fore, the Umted, States Commissijfler, was furJ ther postponed until Saturday nexl. ' -! (Death of Hon. Arthur y.lBaffly. MoBii.E, Sept, 22-Hon. Artuur P. Bagly formerly Governor of Ala., and UI S. Senator died yesterday of yellow fever. ! Specie for Epbope. The. steamer Vigo, which sailed from New.Yprk Saturday for Eu rope, took out $500,000 in specie , L noo Mortautt. It 8?ems, snys the Hop" kinsvllle (Ky.) ; Jafy,that a legion of devfls have, taken possession ot th. hogs in Davies Muhlenberg, McLean, and the Adjacent counti as. - A gentleman who has been travelling thr4 r- -- w-v vyuM iu)ui uis US inai,; the BH)M lanty u astonishing; In some places the dead are piled up by hundreds; the aaris black with crows, ravens and buzzards, and the stenches Overpowering. 1 - i r i - ' ' - i . -- ...v KlD!tAmM Cu i i.d r e N" A band of Gipsies have pitched their tents near CpliiraW," Ohio; ...u nave maue several attempts to kidnap chil- (ureu irom tnat city. . MixERAt Springs in Granviixe. Mr. Hdr twril W.; Hargrove, of Granville County, b.ns .n-lfsia-Mt, 'CwaW.--from one'pf 'his springs, which.is,f.jmilar. , in wppearanceiand tasfetothat f Ki?trell's v spjihg. Jt testes ' .T6" '"y , emcacious in scro. f fu.a anddropsy - Vhilet KifUllVwo Ustodl' VltKlrnm-an'Alk'n. k ... :- f -----. v v. :PuK vu jvwi Hargrove's 'and, which is strongly impregnated with" m.,;. nesi and sulphur, but containl io: ir0h -i '.i :.i.:v.- : i ; . jiiiaiysas or una water. Mr. Hitr grave k a worthy ftrmf,of cousiderablc i ar cart afford ,to erect buildings knd make all necessary arrangements to' rehder lii3 springs attractive as a resort for pleasure1 as well as fm thair ' -valuable -nineral J properrics." - These wrings are near eacli otheindL but fiiur or five mile, from the Gaston 'Road.' kittreij's prm isr about one - mile from th- Railr I and cnrectlyu tOje puUic road, lea ling to Ut'. r.v- s -naye. already expres sed wuropinion as tothe great virtue of tit. specially I h fdronieal -and srronilousase:tthWe pjaeeS be, improv es y ieiiexi on, fiu thy-will be thron ged: iyt&IaUigi StaardS : - I- . . - . J teririihfi KAjiA? T.tlnfJLt.L: ' S.' v . -- ifsofbartstiorn Ua certain reiedv for the Kit- fjf a; jhad dogTbe; vvound, fa sidd.i, should ba Lte foV into the pit, but all of his companion; overcome by fatigue, sank down upon the grptind, aud his friend, Professor Wright, fr.m over exprtinn j -rir-jriiv. '.- . ::.tZ 1 1 unuiea, laicea inwardly during tbe day. TK I..UA-....' --I . : ; f. I - u insinuated mto ttie wound, and immediately alters ahd destroys its"Tdeleterious.-.ess. ". The writer, who res ded in Brazij for ui.m time, first triedit for the bite of a t,corpion, and bond that it removed pain and inflammation almost instantiy. Subsequently, he tried it for the bite of the rattleanak-A uriiU L;m:f..' . a - . I . . ; ,i 1 . oimiitti ouvcc&a. dl uie "?gesiion of the writer, an old ; frfcna and physician tried ft in casek of hydrophobia, sinrs wnn succeaes. Kutineers of The Ship Tartar. Washixgtoh, Sept 22. Do information re ceived' through the Stale Departnieut that' lhe" mutineers of the shiDyatta? are t -Tai,' ene of tbe'X'ap. Terde inlands, the Secretary of the Navy has transmitted instruction to the flaff vuu;cr, U1 lue Aincan squadron to send them to uui.u ior trial. A corre.porjdent of .'the Providence Journal sayathat in ninety nine cases out of 'ever h'uo d. red cranberries aplied as a poultice will ef fectually cure the eryipela3,f There isaot an instance known where it has failed to effect a cure when faitl.fully applied blefore the sufferer" was in a dying state. Two or three applications generally aoes the work. ; , JTelmbolcTs Genuint eparatioii i V ,'.. ;' HeiniboliFs Genuine Preparation.' J Ilelmbold's Genuine Preparation. . MeimbotiP Genuiiit preparation ' " Is prepared according to. Pharmacy arid j, wnu ina greatest accuracy and unowieaire devoted to thfir nmK;- tion. , l . , v.u. .IIeZmb6l Genuine Prevdratioit T'A'L of th. Bladder. Kidney.' (irvV o tT:: r RtDc -AT)i BEAD' -M Y. afflicted read the following certificate of a cure of over 20 years' standing: . ij . - xt o, : LewwtowsVP. Jan; 28, 1858. ir a - u . ar r-l have been troubled with an affltction of tne: Bladder and Kidneys for ever twenty years. I have trie. physicians m vain, and at last concluded 'th .Gfne Preparation a trial, as I had ",u spoken of.f It afforded me im mediate relief I have used three bottles, and J have obtained more relief krom its effects aud feel much better than I have for twenty years previous. I have the greatest faith in iu vie tues and curative powers, ! and shall do all in my power to make it knoVn to fh afflicted. Hoping thu may prove advautageous to you in assisting you fo introduce the medicine. ' ,' I am truly yours, - - ' " .' ' ,. : M' McCORMICKI Should any doubt Jlr. 'McCcrmickV stile- no iiers to me fouowinw s i -5 Hon. Wm.Bigler-GovernSr, Pennsylvania a il ti -U il it t X t- c '"rencei. 1'hiladelphia. i 1 t q h??' Jnd4 .ioff county, Pa'. J. a Black, JudgjPhiladelpbia. 1 t?iV RVPor.ter' e G"V. Pennsrlvania. tAUs Lewisadge. Philadelphia. - i fl r Juilp.S.Co!;,-t " i u. W. oodward: Jiidr: PK;i.. -it:..4 - i t , 5?r e,C,tJr Jfitor,PhiladelL$ra: I - i?CJ-Ieex:GvnorofCalrfor.,li u t A' , AUU"or uenerah Washing ton, D.C., and many ahersUf neeessaryV "j -J" See advertisemeai headed, i'y I f j Uehnbold-sXjenuitU Preparation, in another column. ;' - : -J:-; f f ! ki- I , . . . . . 1 " "'t r" onsned acd well known llotd. scc.tnmodate all fi.:- .: lie returns his'thanks for pasa, to merit a PAi h....n. .u . . ' Z . swnunuaace or the same. The Omilii bus .ttacfied to the Hotel wiU be at the depotln the arrival of the several trains, to convey pap aengeri . to the Hotel or ! any o'ther pt ot ie S S!i ."toniers wm be brought to and sit from the hotel free of omnibus charge. ' T . ! ak b PrcPa4 to receive and al commodate some 30 or 35 members of the ensaifig Legislature,1 w.th comfortable board : and Wh the aid and assistance of a j competent clerk; te hopes to give general satisaction. , . ; I A . T"ld 8ttentiVe servants will be empldV ed to attend to the several j departments of feis .(Raleigh, Sept; 185a; H WM. T. BAINJ LAND TOR; SALE. ; The subscriber offers for sale the tract of on wnien ne now resides, j ! The traet coutafim ; t 1 w maaJr We" alfPtl to thecaltife tion of Wheat, Fine Tobaeco, Corn and oil On the land is a good dwelling, with all neetV sary outhouses. The lnd is situated eiXt miU-s aoutrveast of Oxford, and about the miles from the Kale.gh & fiaston RaUroad lid Kmrell a celebrated Springs. For terms aid further n:irt;nt.K. r ' .... .. .. tt Q4QI . . ' T E. BOBBlTtl - . 84 3. - " - i . s : Sept, 80,1858. ' - I -. HERN DOf MANCIlS FALL 1858.- '- . Are now exhibiting the tafest sfyles of LaJes Dress Goods, consisting in part of ... 1 Double Jupe RobeaLe.v ? ' Single -v . - . . . v . - r ..- Robes a'dunie't!-:;," ' P,, ""T1, .yaieaunej tor jnses and L ; Cable Cloth-a new style dress goods. es I igured and Plain Merinos, Delaines' "Debli. S flfcC.' . And imm itkn-i.,l "...u; t" .Si B.UE.3 nt every quality. SesH by "ing - , , J 1 ""nu uur uv ' ENTIRELY NEWii ': . , - ..,2 . - :-!' Oxfo sPie Bridal SkirL.I - ' so,i858.i . :: i - ' Th: subscriber having- determined o? rtOTe South, ffera ior'-sale., hiaj . residence, with 320 acres of land attached : thereto, lying at the west end of the village of; WiUiamsbpro, Granlille County, 6 miles from Towhsvifle, on the Roanoke Vally RaiI Road, and 3 miles frortf Henderso on the Raleigh & Gaston Rail Road., : : - r- - 3 The dwelling, consisting tf two -two "ssorr buildings; containing four rooms each-ieoniicU ed by-. . passageahe length; of tbe house, andttCn . feet wide, situated m a, beautiful grove . -v The yard and garden are eaclosed, and thefout houses in good order. f - . ebfl TL,lage.-U remarkhealthfulles near by." It is an excellent localion for one wish ing to estabhsh a :Schoocitber inale or fai mVLAny pIe froE tne Jower wantry desiring a bealthy situation will do well to examine -The land is adaDted to thn rnltivait I Tobacco and Wheat, f The . purchaser, hv &Til appUcatieB, -ean be accommodated with r.. . . . . . - . . . Vi, farminz. 7ZT" ---- essariesiior Terras made easr.and to snit JL.: chaser. Apply to, J n - ' L.jir.iiAnEf Se& BAIN'S (LATE GUION'S) HOTEL! j T .GNED irespectfuHy iuTj X his friends and thntihli.n,Mt i- -IT t . - : P17BIIC LECTTJEE . capt. t. a kixgsbuey; 1 1 in the Chapel of Oxford Female CoI1e on Sat urday nexl, at 7 o'clock, P. M. ; -; ' laxd; for bale.- r "" T OFFER' TWO HUNDRED ACRES of -f... nd "yr "a1' U "S a Prt of the tract en which I reside. There is u excellent Hons, with font rooms on tlie Land. It is well adapt ed to the growth of Tobacco, . Wheat, Corn an. Oats. Terms made, known by applyiog to tLa subscriber, living fire miles Soatb of Oxiord. " V-"- WJL'.H." ROBAKDSjr. September 18, 1158.' , . . . 33l-4t . LAND FOR SALE. 9 t a-aaJI 1 . W1 vrk ayuie, on - Jonatban'a kjA10,n?y;CP0JP. of tobacco, corn, oats, stock, Ac. The land is well wat.red, end ha. a dwelling houe wiihve rooms, six barns an a first rate on-hard of 600 trees' on it. Any ' person wishing to buy such a tract would d well to com. and See it and the rop on it. I wrll eall it before that time if I can. Q . " JAMES M. 0 VERB T. September 23, .1858 - " - ? 33 2t ! R.L.IIunt. . JD.A.nuut. J.T.nunl tv ii. L; iiuKr& -iinos. - T h this telegraphic afe; deem it prudent ta W A. laconic in anaouacing the race-tio of th.ir magmheent new ' - . - - FALL SUPPLY OF GOODS. , Ia their superb selection, maybe Xouod it most elegant variety of the uaefuVihe beautilul and the oriiamenaL ; Ja .th. Ladies' Depart ment every descriptiou of. Dress Goods, em! bracing every grade of unsurpassed srvle. Th. beautiful excelled only by its cheapness; all a,sh nectssary tothe completiou of a La.' ' dy s louet, -( . . . fc. ... ... Relieve not geutlemen that you are for.Uam lor you they have the largest and most elejfaLt assortmant of Keady.Made Clothing ever offer- f n .'"rk.et ther with a Superior atock ot Oloths, tassimeres, Vestings, ir. J?ot the geueral wants of the community w. offer a fine, and ery large supply of Dome". tics.Lmseys. Striped Cuuona. v. Blanket-, . Kerseys, oots,, Shoes, Hats, Caps, -large lot Sole Leather, large Sacks Salt, ic-l Lc We are ea.abled, to exhibit a stock eiubraeine the actual Necessaries of life and the luxurious Decorations of the most fastidious Fasbwnables. Thankful tor repeated, and continued favors, they solicit you to call early, receive prompt at tention, aud make prifi table investments. " uxiora. oeptem ber 23, 1 33 3ns FALL AND WlKTEIi GOODS. 5Ve resoectfull V inrita 4.h nit..,.;.,. .1 , . j VUUUII- vi IUO Citizens ot Oxford aad surroiin.lin.V .....f,-. . - . Q . IV our large assortment ot, . " ; .; 1!4LZ AND WINTER GOODS, : comprising all of the latest i m porta io us of fin. Ladies Dress Goods,' geuu Dies Goods, aud . a very large stock of Staple Dry Coods, lady Made Clothing, i tu,r Ste.la and Circular ShawU hma' Md S.eel lloopsJlioUa Quills Kobe a Law, &cn Jtc Hardware, Cut lery, Carpenters Tools, T.unervr Crotkerv. Groceries, Bacon, large tot Uaiber, like, larJ. sacks Liverpool Slt, liale CoUou, 4c. - ' Our goods were bought kli tbe rash and at greatly dced prices, by on.- of our-firm, iu alt of the Northern pities, and Ware ronfiJeut iu sayiug they canuol bee.iualcd iu good ., .U uy i.nd cheap prices. : A lwe ask is an elau 1 nation of our stock.: ' " " . . R. L. IIUXT i BROS. Oxford, Sept. 23, Uil., . . -:i . 333a . KEAD Y. MADE-CLOTniNO. JVdf VEDe larsstoik ever of U fered m Oxford-extremely che.P Wiutar wear from U.e finert to the most common. Vitt A' r" ,ats- Sidc Striped Pant., ilarseilleSjL,uea audMerino Shins,Drawera,Arl 1 ; r - L-"liU2 T & BROS. . )OOTS, SHOES UATS AND CAPS, A J very farge assortment just received by .'' : -- : L. llUNT & BROS. A JjA???ElL0T0LE LKAT11KR, NE XJL gro Blankets, kerseys, extremely cheap, Groceries, d-c., Just Teceived -by . P f V R. L. HUST A BROS. A J?W r?T.frX.A SICECLFSKIXS J.X. Sboemakrs, L ata, tc.. foe sale by . ai. L..HltNT 4- BIIOS. A ST tFIE A3ioa SALE AT wholesale Northern cost, without freight, b? ' - U UUNT& BROS? ; v r.- WANTED ! ''-'.'- . y nnn Bttshis pche'. - r - AjUUU l,e00 bushels Dried Apples. . ." v 2,eooINBeswax, r '. "-' " '"4,000 H Tallow. ' 4 - -For all of which the highest prkea will ka PJUn ; -Vc MITCHELL GOOCH. ' Oxford, September, 1S53. ...'. TiR,GEDL0T -EWELRY - FANCY -AR--Lflicles, Fancy Soaps, Fa aey. Perfumes, 4c, for sale by. .. -1J. L. HUNT & BROS. ' 900" BU-SnEI-S .drteked for .ala s t 15 cants p.r buliel, by , - : ' . Uahderson, N. CL, Aug. 5.' ' i . ' - Lewis P. AHen; V" ' ' ; Cameron W. Xlleiu v :LUMBERrLlJMBER!! ; 200,000 PEET. ON IIAKD -fpiIB SUBSCRIBEES -STILL CONTINUE X to furnish, at their sUmra saw mill in Person i county, twelve miles-eaa of: Hoxborc, and K miles from OaTc Rill in Granville coujty, V.r I the Hre . Forks,) all kinds of building lumber, ! !r JrHnk ff- mnn-:to,ie3,-aDd the finer tin,: ! tT c11wet' "d carriage makers," oa the i most favorable terms; We . have nowon band i morV tban.-20O.00Q feet of pine ak, walnut, i ua oiner lumber; and Iiaviaz access to 1200 acres ot finely timbered land 1 anginal growth, wa caa at abort notice cet crv i any thing desired, v " - v ; v ! ' . 'v I te kP teanw always ready for. the 'delivery1 of Lumber ar any poiat at low prices. '-.',: vraers Tespetuuiiy solicited filled. .. and promptly ,v Addres )tc iJiU V.gj March 1S58. ALLEX CO. ? :y TUEKEE, DEITTIST. : 1 ! -HENDERSON, X. a ' ' - "t THE SUBSCRIBER, i graduate of the Bal-' timore College of Dental Sorcery, having lo ' fated permanently io tlie Iowa of Henderson, offer ' pis professional 8er-ir- tnvfaia trienda mnA th public genei-alry. UaiDgbeea instructed in the pivccs, mo oihuuct oi WOrXlB" AaaeakS goldasd in short, all tbe improvement io the professioa, lie hopes to share liberaTiy oi the public patronage and promises to give entire toAHsy. Hotel, 2d floor. .:? QN MONDAY, the llth of Octeber next, I KJ will aell to tU higheet bidder, my Tract of M
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