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T r"1 T T3 " "1 H" i ii nam urna L.J 3 J U3 MjsaBWBIBBSsBy PUBLISHED TRIWEEKLY, BY THOlIiS LORKC. WILMINGTON. N. G. SATURDAY MORNING. APRIL 17. 1852. WHOLE 1 0.9.24 t VOL 7 NO. 14. -r r .r i A Ml .-.TUB TKl-WEEKLY COMMERCIAL 'afctiehed .very Tobsbat, Tbcbsdat tod Sat '..Ari'.TlS OTp.r.nmiro, payable Ip all ease. In .dvance BY THOMAS LOSING, ;? - f .-, Editor tod Proprietor. , ' CCBNEB Or raONt AND M4BEKT STBEETS, ' ' : WILMINGTON, N. C. BATES OY ADVERTISING. sqr. 1 Insertion, $0,50 1 J. 75 1 ear. 2 month., 1 " I, " 1 " 6 " 1 " 1 year, 4,00 5,00 8,00 12,00 I 4i i onh, S,50 Ted Hoe. or leu make a square. If an advertise ment exceeds ten iloaa, the price will be la propor. lion. All advertisement, are payable at the lime of their Insertion. . ' Contract, with yearly advertisers, will be made on the mo.t liberal term. No transfer of contract, for yearly advertising will b permitted. Should circumstance, redder a etnage It) buslne... br.n anexoected removal neces ary, a charge according to the published term, wilj be at the option of the eontractor, for the time he ha. advertised.' The privilege of Annual Advertiser. I. .trlcily mited to their own Immediate business i and all ad vertisements fol the benefit of other persons. .. wel a. all advertisements not Immediately connected with their own business, and all excess of advertise ments in length or otherwise, beyond the limits en gaged, will be charged at the usual rate. No advertisement ts included in tho contract fol laor reotof houses or lands in town orcoun try, or for tha sale orhlre of negroes, whether the proport'y t owned by the advertiser or by other persons. Those are exolnded by the term "imm dial tuslnest:":- .' .,. -' The announcement of marriages or deaths will be considered as no ws, and Inserted free of charge but all additional matter, beyond tha simple an nouaeamentof the death of the person, will be chaVged on the same terms as advertisements. AlLadvertlseinent. Inserted In the trl-wedk'.y Com mtreiid, are entitled to one Insertion in the Weekly res or charge. ' -JOB, CARD and FANCY PRINTING, .xecuted lo-. superior style. AGENTS FOR TUfi COMMERCIAL NEW YOIIIC i Messrs. Bbown Sb Datto...T. HOTONj FatDiaipB' Kinoaa. Esq. NEW yoaK, PHILADELPHIA AND BOSTON, V.B, Palmkb. BUSINESS CARDS. J & J). McRAF & Co. General Commlsiilbn Mercliantw, WtLMINQ TON N. C. 1 ' 17 AVttCuiar itteutlou paid to procuring frelghti and purchasing cargoes tor vessel.. OH MAC.., DOHALD MACBAS, JOHN W. B. OIX. AngastUI851. . . . M- JOSEPH R. BLOSSOM. Ceieral Co.n:nliiIon and ForvrorJine Merchant lroapt personal attention given to Couslgu msiita for sale or Slilnineut, AndlibttaUittk tfaru mvl -wi, Con.aignmen.lt to - 1: mi or Id )y Stie YbrkfrUmtt. Wilmington, Jan.3U, tbaa. ' " ; ! T. C WORTH ; Commissi'on and Forwarding vJa MERCHANT, V WILMINGTON, S. C. Feb. 19 1852. 143-12 m. MWILLIAM A. GWYER, OENEtlAL AGENl', FORWARDING itiid Comitsslon Merchant. ITA4Cfcpioauriln Irffornjinginy lrUnd.,that I am prepared to give all business enrrunted to me et&jlenUnJ persona! attention. 1 have a wharf for Naval, Stores, with ample sceommudatlons. Spirit House,' tul Warehouse. Consignments of Naval Storss for sale or shipment i and all kinds of Coun try produes soliolted Ca.lisdvancemw.de on con- 6ar::, ' ; , GEO. MYERS, Wholesale and Retail Groeer, 1 " KStr. COKSTASTtr ot Wxto Wiiittt 77W Ltquori, BnvltUm, Wood and Wilr i hw Wart, Fruit, Confeetlonarks, fe. 4.e. V ' sooth raowT stsbbt,'' t vVtLMlNQTON, N. C Nor.' 28 1871. ' 109. V'WUMIS'H. UARRISS. GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANT . .- WILMINGTON, N. C. OTAICT atientldn tlven to procuring Freight! T-and pofrchatlhg Cargoes for vessels, i 'R.r.tsNCi.t 0. G. Psralev, Esq.; ) iCqlJ9hs,Haaae, Wilmngt'n. N. C ftt.Mrs. DuJIey St Huntinijton, ) . M K. A. aouder x.uo.rm.iftaeiprtii. Huntlni 4. Tufts, Boston. J. A Q.V. Pltoo nb. Keunebunk. Mo Jnly 17th, 1861.-,: 62-y J, HATHAWAY & S9N, ,u C0MMI9SIOJI ; MERCHANTS. . WILMINGTON, N. C. S. Hathawat. i i. L. Hathawa. 0.i It 185U .'Vit' , 81 - COADBOURN & HOOPER. General Commission Merchants, WILMINGTON. N. C. 13. BUSINESS CARDS. GEO. HARRISS, General Commission Merchant, WILMINGTON. N.'C. STRICT attention given to. piocurlng Freight and purchasing Cargoe.forvea.els,.., . Kara, to E. P. Hall, Eta.., . - t jfjUSfYw 0. G. Parsley, Esq., . r ; t J. A. Taylor, Esq., '.. WUnilogtOB. ; it l. BcUamy, Esq., I , v ' ;i Mssta. Ballard Huntington. J v ' MBMr..Tooker.8mWh Co., J 'wi'- U " TJwmpn A if u diet. I PAkx'r.Herron, Jr., Philadelphia Mewrs.vvuuamaa ouuer, t Cbl r;e,t0Bc. U.K. Baker, Esq., J Jan-2. 1862. J 123-tf. ' ' w ' ANDERSOV & LATIMER, COMMISSION MERCHANTS SOUTH WATER STREET. WILMINGTON, N. C. Sep. 27, 1851. 82-ly-c. ALFRED MARTIN. AUG TIONEER, COMMISSION MERCHANT, GENERAL" AGENT. Wllmlngton,N.C..Oct.3 1861. 85tf. JOSEPH 0. FLANNER, General Co 11 uissioii Merchant. WILMINGTON, W. C. Oet.9ih, 1351. 87-ly-c. WILLIAM NEFF, , Wholesale and retail dealer in SHIP CHANDLERY. SHIP STORES AND GROCERIES, CORN I NEft OF "DQOIC WATBff STREETS WILMINGTON, N. C. Dec. 7th 1851 DEROSSET & BROAVN. ' ' wfxJMVgroSy w. C; BROAVN DtOET. ti&W YORK. GENERAL COti.MSSIOy MERCHANTS. Marehl7 1862. T t-y. GEO. H. KELLY, COMMISSION MERCHANT. Ncxtdoobto A. A. Wannet's, on North V.ter st will attend to thesale of all kvinds of Country Pro, duce,.uuh ur Corn, Peas, Meal, Bacon, Lsrd, 4(!.: and will keep constantly on hand a full supply of Groceries, sc i ... References. Wille.H.ll.of Wayne, John IcRe, Wilmington W. Caraway, ' Gen. Aix,. IVjcRae. " E. P. a ill, vVil uington, Wiley A. Walter, " Dec. .13. 1851. US-ly. TH03. F. GAUSE. Ci)aiission Merehint & Auctioneer, Office fu Hall's upper building, North Water Street. Where he will be happy to attend to all order. In either branch of hi. business. Wilmington, N. C Dec. 23, 1S51. 119-tf. ADAMS, BROTHER & Co. (Late-Durry, Bryant 4 Adams.) COMMISSION MERCHANTS . Wlf MINflTflM Ti. C. Jaq.l. 1852; , 123 CORNELIUS DaPRE. WHOLE SALE AND H ETA L Dt?ALEB8 IM Drug., Medlcluea, Chemicals, Paint., Oil, Dye StuUs, Glass, Perfumery, Cigars, Old Liquor., Kancy Articles, &c f MARKKT STREET, W1LMINGTOX, S. C. Pre.orlption. carefully compounded by experi enced person.. . March 28. 1852. J. C. LATTA. COM MISSION MER CHA NT, AND GENERAL AGENT, WILMINGTON, N.C. Oot.l 1861. .i 87 MILE-i COStiN, COMMISSION MERCHANT WILMINGTON, N. C. BKPEB TO E. P. Hall, Esq., Pre.'t Branch State i State 1 I Bank ( .if,' Bantr. Tho.. 11. Wright, Esq., Pre." Wllmina-. Uap. r ear, ,tea, N. C. O. G. Po arsley, Esq.. Pros' t Commer-1 clal Bank, . j Dec. 19. 1851 118-tf. Y1LRINS0iY & ESLER, CASH DEALERS IN ' Don(ectlnaryr ITruW, Nuts, Toys, Fancy Ar ticles .'.riumcry, aooaoco. scin, wc, WHOLESALE AND Rb! I AIL, f , MABKCT .STREET, WILMINGTON N. C. NoT.ao.iasji, i o-tf MeRAtU HARRISS. IMPORTERS AND WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN CHINA, GLASS, AND EARTHEN- WARE, ASO FARMING IMPLEMENTS, West side Front .treet. between Marjtet nd Dock Street., WILMINGTON, N. C. October 2, 1851. 85. .VESSEL. U. B. tlLERS. WESSEL & EILERS. COMMISSION MRRCUf ANTS AND WHOLE SALE GROCERS, North Water Street, Wil mington, If. 0., inMnd to keep''.t ih. above Slsnd general assortment of Groeerl.s, L'uora, and ProvUlon at wholesale-. and to eotry on a General Commission Bu.inns. . BarSBBNCBl R. P. Hall, Pro.t Br'ch Bank of th. Stats, O. G, Parsley, rres'l Commercial. Bank Wll P. K. Dickinson, fcq. - KerpVter. j !!. '! Jan. 30 1851 , ' BUSINESS CARDS. ELLIS, RUSSELL & Co. GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS WILMINGTON, N. C. ' , pHAS. . bill, a.irar r. Bm.bll, jo., s. Btr.s.tt. Jan.26 1851. 133. m JOM STRUTHERS &, SON'S ( MARBLE TO'S.A!) STONE IARD, . , Kor'W.vnifHli' STREET, " ' -: f HlLADELPHIA. k v 4 , MrtU Ma&U,iUr'Imbi td Or SlvuamtUnlleland. Eoeru deieriatu at ORNAMENTAL WORK AND STATUARY Executed and imported. Order, for public Of prK v.te Buildings executed with promptneas and dea patch. N. B. Design, will be sent for Mantels, Monu ment, and GriSe Stones, and all work .hipped in .ured from breakage when required. Oct. 4. 65-ly-c MORE 4 GALLAGHER. IRON FOUNDERS,. AND MANUFACTURERS OF WROUGHT & CA8T IRON RAILINGS RIDGE ROAD ct COATES ST. - PHILADELPHIA. All order.attended to with promptges. and des patch work warranted. . . Oct. 4. 85-ly e. COMMISSION AND AGI2NCY UUSI.USS J. 8 piMKR and J1IES W. WHITFIELD ' "REFERENCES. P. K. DrcKtifsoit. Esq. 0. G. Pabslbv. Baa. 1 ,.G. R. Fbrnch, Esq, 1.. r i- Thus. Loaiso, Kq. Me.sr..PoTT.B & Kidobb, Mesass. Ellu & JI itch sit, .March 14, Wl. John Daw.ok, Ksd. Samuel Ba.av.Esi). 154. H.' DOLLNER. 0. POTTER. Jit. DOLLNER & POTTER, GENEKAL COMMISSION MEKCIIANTS, . HEW YORK: LI.BBAL CASH ADVANCES MAD! ON ALL CONBlOM . n " MBNT.. March 16. 155-lyp FLOUR. nf BBLS. Canal Flour, for .ale by PU J. HATHAWAY" 4 SON. Sept. 13. 77. COOPERAGE. TUB subscriber is now prepared to make or re pair water casks of any sixe, for the use of ves sels, on the lowest terms ( nlso, the citizens can have any article In the line of Coopering made or repaired with dispatch. A. MORGAN. Wilmington, Feb. 26, 1853. 147-l2m-p. CONSULATE OF HAYTI. ) 64 Commercial Wharf, Boston, 5th March, 1851. ) THE undersigned gives noti.e, that in accor dance with a lw passed at Port au Prince, on the 24th December last, vessels arriving in H.ytl from tha U. Slate, on or after the 16th April next, must be provided with Duplicate Manifest of rhei. eargoe., certified by a Consular Agent of Huy li, if there shall have been one at the port of load in?, otherwise the documents may be vorrified be fore an officer (duly authorized to administer an oath) of the Stato or United States Government. B. C.CLARK. May 8 , , . 23-if. SHIPPING ARTICLES. A HANDSOME edition of Sliippin Article, just printed and for Silo at M( Commercial Qlce, equal to any as yet imported "from New York." ; Order for a Ream or more will be Qlled at a cost of l&;t.26ernent, cheaper than they are In New York. , ! tvf... in loc i inn.if , iiyi, IV, 10VI. AU 11 CANDY. CANDY. ON HAND, 700 lbs, fresh and good, for sale low by WILKINSON f ESLER. March 6. 151 NOTICE. THE undersigned having formed a Co-partnership under the style of IOHN BANKS & BROTHER, lor carrying on . COMMISSION rAND FORWARDING BUSINESS, all good, oon.ised to them, or ordered, or produce aent for .aJe, will be promptly atteadd to i JOHN BANKS, DAVID BANKS. Feb. 3. 137. "GUANO ! GUANoTl 1 Hfi TONS best Peruvian, doily expected. For iUUsaledn lots to suit. ' ALSO. 100 Bbls. Ground Plaster for Agricultural purpo se. For .ale by J.&D. McRAE & CO. Feb. 28. . . M8- ' 1 SPIRITS BARRELS. 1 ftnTSBC0ND hond Spirit Bbt. , large sixe, UVAin prime order, fr sale by ANDERSON 6Y LATIMER. Jan. 27. 131. SHINGLES. Qfi flV McREES Contract Shingles, OUjUUU landing. . For ule by no DaROSSgT dr. BROWN. March 18. 'Try f L GROCERIES. A A BAGS prim. Bio Coffee fcUlO " L.iuira do. 7 hhd, P. R. Sugar j , 40 boxes and 13 ea.k. prime Cheese ; 25 barrels Mess Pork 100 barrels Sup. flour, assoited brands ; 18 kees Gosher, flutter ( 10 boxes (8')Tobacco 20 ". Soopt 5 hhds. Bacon, Side, and Hams 30 boie. Raisin, t 20 barrel. Lamp Oil i For .ale by J, HATHA WAX & SON. Nov. 20. .. ' 06. PORK AND HAMS. BBLS. Me.. Pork 10 cuki Mperlor C.nvased Ham. t 80 Daily expected from.Baltim ire and for .ale by , e u. aicHAKotCo. Oct. 28. RATES OF, FREIGHT. RnW11 Vh9 aWn and R,. elgh Rall Road, and on tha Company'. Boat, to- Ch.rle.ton, revised and corrected )i.-k.. 1850 1 just printed snd for sal. at the office of Thi Ctmnuraal, ( 25 cent. per copy. , . ; GLl'fi. Of BBLS. .uperlur, f3r sal. Uw by MOLASSES. MOMENTLY expected 300 Hhda. new crop MolasMa, org of Brig John Daw.on, from Cuba, for ule by , . f - MILES COSTIN, Brown. Wbarvea. F.b. It. -..S 143. AXES, SOUTHERN MANUFACTURE. JQTeeefd direct' Qom' Maaufuefuref. a few J duaes "Arctter . Co'." .very lupurjyr Axa. The, .xe. obtained th. premium at the Lie fair In Georgia and are of but tptatiiy. For wis by POlTKRdt K1DDKR. Nov, 16. . . , 104. BACOJi. A LOT of superior North Carolina Bacon, just received per Rail Road. For .ale, by . , w : vU')::lv. 4 "4 ELANNER, No. 25 North-Water StteeL Feb. 10. 140. BRICK BRICK. nfW HARD burnt brick, for .ale, by JyjUU I. dt D. McRAE ct Co. Feb. 10. 140. mm Carolina miBAMtruum, - OF CHARLESTON, 8. C. CHARTERED by the State of South Corolina J with a Capital of 1250,000 , all paid I In nnd a ill ANLTTLIFK invested FIRE, MARINE, RIVKR A KtSKS. ..... i , . ... - CHAS. EDMONSTON, Pre.,t. A. L. To. i as, Sic'y. DIRECTORS t Roster Mabtin,- Col. Jamb. Gadsden, M. C. Mo.dbcai, Chas. H. Wut, S. Mow.r, Jr. H.n.t Co.ia. The subscribers having been appointed agents in this Vac for the above nimed coinpony, ore pre part to receive offors and issue policies of Insnr anc on Fire, Marine, River and Life Risks, on libe I terms. All losses incurred t this agency, wil' e promptly adjusted nd paid by the under sign d DbROSSET A B HOW IV N. B. Risk, will be taken on the live, of .laves on in most liberal term., Wilmington, N.C.( Dec. 2, 1851. 110. CARDENAS MOLASSES. Rf BBLS Curdenas Molasses, of Superior tf Equality, now landing from Brig Portland, for sale by ADAMS, BROTHER & Co. Dee. 20. H8. FRESH BOSTON CRACKERS. - U ST received, 25 tin canisters Beeji'. Bo.tln u cracker, s lUUdoz. Underwood's Pickles. Po le,low, by rlOWARD Sc PEDEN. Nov. 20. 106. GLUE. OA fi AftRELS American t -CU20' ' superior Ehffllsh. jnst received, and for sale, by ADAMS, BROTHER AC., August 5. go. ANOTHER SCIENTIFIC WONDER. - DR. J. 8. HOUGTON i "v GREAT DYSPEPSIA CURER! The True Digestive Fluid, or Gastric Juice Prepared from Rennet, or the fourth stomach of the . Qx, after direction, of Baron Lleblg, the great Physiological Chemist, by J. S. Houghton, M. " D .Philadclphis, P.. This I. . great Natural Remedy for Indigestion, and Dyspepsia, curing sfier Nature's own Method, b) Nature's own Agent, the Gastric Juice.' Pepsin Is the chief element, or Great Digesting Principle of the Gastric Juice the Solvent of the Food, the Purifying; Preserving, and- Stimulating Asent ol the Stomach nnd Intestines. It I. extracted from the Digestive Stomach of the Ox, thus forming an Artificial Digestive Fluid, precisely tike the natural Gastric Juice, in Its Chemical powers, and furnish ing a complete and perfect substitute for It. By the aid of.mie preparation, tne pains snd evil, of In digeation and Dyspepsia are removed just as they would be by .healthy Storsach. It (.doing wonder for Dyspeptics, curing casee of debility, emaciation, nervous decline snd Dyspeptic consumption, sup. posed to be on tho verge of the grave The Scien tific Evidence upon which it is besej, ilsio the hlaheetdcgree curious and remarkable. Baron Llieblg, In hi celebrated work on Animal Chemistry, any. t "Art Artificial Digestive Fluid, nalogou. to the Gastric Juice, maybe prepared from the mucous membrsne of the siomach qf the Ox, in which v.rlou. article, of food, .. meat bnd .gas, wll be oafUrud. chansred. and diguled. hut In the tam$ manner as they would be in the human elomach." lit If .teaspoon ml of pure P.psin, Infused or dis- olved In water, will . digest or dissolve Five Pounds , Rqtu Rtfif in about lit hfiurt out of the Slum- scii. ' .': , Dr. Hq.ghion'. Pepsin, 1 .old by nearly .11 th. dealers in fine drugs, nd Popular Medicine, through out the United, Slate. It l prepared In Powder, and In Fluid form and In Prescription vial, forth, use of Physician.. ..... Privat. Circulars, for the use of Physicians, may be obtsined of Dr Hough on or his Agents, descri bing the whole process nf preparation and giving theauthorities apon which the claims of this new remedy sre based. As It is not a secret remedy, no objection can be raised against It. use by Physician. In resiMctuDi. atanoing ana regular practice. Price in Fluid form, one Dollar per bottle. , PEPSIN IN POWDER. Stnt by Mail, Free of Postage. For convenience of sending to .11 part, of the country, the Digestive matter of the Pepsin, I. not up in the form of Powder, with directions to be dis solved in water by the patient. These Powders con tain just th. same matter a. the bottle., .nd will be tent by mail, free of postage, for on. dollar sent (poet paid) to Dr. J. 8, Houghton, M. D., Philadel phia, Pa, , ' ,4. v , Observe tbt.! Every bottle of tha genuine Pepsin bear, the written stgnatar of 31 S. Hough ton, M. D., sole Proprietor, PhiMelphis, PS. ' t7Sold by .11 Drnggl.U and Dealer. In Medi cine.. "": ' Sold, wholesale end retail, by A. C. EVANS A BROTHERt W.H. LIPPITT A Co., .nd C, Du PRE, Wilmington, If C. Marl). 25-12m EMPTY SPIRITS BARRELS. QA i SECOND Hand Spirits-Barels, Isrgs m .1 AI.a aV t. iV in viai v I w C J j, fii .ssuitj ay . .Buussiti e ttiiown. u 47. JalySA SUNDRIES, J UST received-300 b.g. Code, Rio, Lognyrs, St Domlogo, Java, and ftfocha I 2d bag. twee! piwdctocn)ate r 10 hhds. P. R.ug.rt 100 bbls. doubts refined la if, trashed. fowd.r(d.Bd granula ted Sugar 200 box. Candle, U iuad. od grsdwn 25do. Jud'a pa'entdo.,4. 5. od 6, In ianc bos. $ lbs. ch 100 bbl. WhMefr M boSM Cneearj 200 p.ekga orw Raisin. 1 100,000 degars, at Bal 1 1 more price.? JOO boxen nn. Chewing TobuccOf l'),000 new tWo bushel Gnnny Bags, Fur sal. at tlie lowest prices, by , HO WARD & PEDKN Nov. 20. 106, COFFEE. 100 BAGS extrs Rio, for Mle.br ADAMS, BROTHER Co., 90 August 5. COFFEE. fjf BAGS Rio Coffee. For ..Is by 1. HATHAWAT & SON, Sept. 13. 77. BILLS OF LADING, ttc. iOLiO POST BILLS OF LADING bound in Book., and sheet., sUo Letter Sheets wllb ivrieiyotincrcantileblank,lor.aw.t Th. Com- merctaiufflct. FISH-FISH. 1 O "BLS. olexiru Mullet, and Trout, In Poik 1 O BhU ul GKO. H. KELLEVS. J. H. A N. C. T. copy. 143 Feb 17. TOBACCO. Qr PACKAGES of good Chewlne ToUceo, sale low, by J. H. FLANNER for March 6. 151 No. 25 North Water Si. SPIRIT BARRELS. 1 (( AFFLKCK'3 .up.rior Spirit C.rrel., for 1 WW .ale by J, C. LA1TA. Nov. 2i. 107. CO-PARTNERSHIP. THE subscriber. have this day formed S co-part-nerahlp under the style of McRas A Hassiss, and hay. taken the new granite front .tore, l.t.y erected by Capt. C Potter, on Front between Mar ket and Dock street, where theg will qlway keen a complete wholesale and retail clock of ' CROCKERY AND FARMING IMPLE MENTS, 10 which they invite the attention of merchant and other. Being IMPORTERS, we feel confident we can .ell ankle, in our line on .. favorable terms, and of a. good Quality, a. can be purchased "in the United StstvA. ALEX. McRAE. Jr.. N. T. HARRISS. . .. :, .. ibi. ... )?''?'.' "l NOTICE. '- THE ub.criber having formed a eo-partnership wiih-Mr. N. J. Uassis., I. desirous of closing up bis old business, and beg. leave to urge upon tnose indebted to htm the necessity of a prompt cttlement of their bills. H.at the ..me lime tenders bis thank, to his Jormer cu.iomer. for their Kind patronage, and solicit a continuance of to. .a me lo the new wrm. ' - ALEX. MpRAE, Jr. October 2. 1951. 85. BROTDEftS LINE. THE Steamer Brotheri .nd Tow Boats, Steten ton and David Lewie are prepared to forward with Dispatch, si good, consigned to ibe Propri etor. , . The Steamer Brother Is of uoht d.adoht. and well suited to rud In low voter. .She domcsm. vow r, and speed, and is addmlrubly adapted lo towing, and can accommodate about 20 passenger.. ,. i ne proprietor contemplate, running me Host himself, and will giv. .pecial attention to way freight snd,flva. .toie to towing, and will also attend lo me cemfort and cqrjvenjence or Pssmq cer. From hi long exparUnc. Agent in. Wll mlngton of tb. Mveral Steam Boat Companies, he think, he can elve aatl.f.ction. To Merchant. In the interior he would v. ihat all Goods .hipped by him, will be delivered to ibeir Agent, in f'ayetteviiie- Ui. Agent n Wllmlngiqn is DAVID BANKS, to whom all eomrauni.Uons may Deaddresaed,. Atrcnt or tne Steamer JUrothtrt, JUHIM 8AIVKS, Proprietor. MSyI5., -.-a 26-12mc. Salisbury Watchman. Greensboro" Patriot. hjvmv.iiiv w varus . met ywiviiiiinu, miiu w. r Herald, ple.se copy 4 weeks, and .end bilj. to ihi OTOCS. COFFEE & SUGAR. kM3AGS.Riond Ltsuir. Coffee; 9J . hhJs. prime' Portq Eicp.and S. Orle.n. opgor, jui recetvea ana tor sni vy i. UArtiA'iAI oUil. March 6. 161 A. A. B. SOUTnALL COlXr.CTOR AND GENERAL AGENT. I WOULD here take this opportunity of returning mv thanka to mr friends .nd patron for Ihe.ery liberal patronage I have received .1 their hand., durini the lime I have been collecting for them and hope by atrlct attention to business and wits a determination to please, .till lo receive s continua tion of their confidence and snpport, . I intend lo devote my time to thai basines. Refer to Messrs. Kill 4. Mitchell, R 11. Gran, Esq Geo. R. French. Esq., C. Myers, Esq , and Messrs. Potter EidJer. 1 will attend the Courts of the sdjolnlnr Conn lie. whenever Inducement. Is offered. My office will be in the store of Messrs. Whitaker ano; Whit, fled, at which place I wll( be fyund , unless hen out, attending to business. 1 1n my .bseqce, ity communication left with Messrs. Whitaker 4 Whitfield, for me, will be handed to me. I will attend, a usual, to the .ale of real est.tej hiring servant; renting house or any other business in which sn active agent Is wan'ed. A. A. B, SOUTH ALL. . Weekly Journal, Herald and Guldaboro' Pttriot i copy till forbid. Feb. 19. 144-lf. Cf BALES of superior Hay. dallv .xpected to aW arrive per 3cnr. E. 8, Pow.ll, from N.w York. For sal Dy GEO. HARRISS. ' i;.": '"'"- 149. Msrch Fisn-i-Fisn.1 ::: St? 8BL8 of (In. larg. Trout snd Mullet, well OO pickled tod la Pork barrel.. Cell .oon st r i GEO. H. KEf.LEY'S. March 23. J. H. t N. C, T. copy, 3. stVf at It "t4xto sis rmm 1 . VtU ULL.iS J.-wA. A THRLLLISQ 1SC1DE5T 0? OCEAS II S. Or noble shrp (ay at anchor in the. bi it Tangier, forli.'if? town in the extrera north-west of Africa, .Tha day bad. Vet extremely mild, with a gentle breeze sweep trig to tho northward an J westward, but antf. T towartf (be close of this afternoon the sea breeze died away, and ooe of those suTTrr. oveiirlike almMpberic breathings earse from tbe great .uehburoLSaLara. ' S "Half an boor before .undown the enptatit gave the orderjo Hie boatjwnitt tA.caiJ the hands to gi in swimming, and in' Jess tAs) five minutes the form, of our la re were sesni -leaping from ihr gangways, the ' ports, be ' netiiiigs, bowsprits, and some of the more. ... venturesome took their leap from the armav of the lower yard. r. "t V One of the studding mils had been lower- td into the water., with its corners snspcidfco! from the maln yard arm and the swinging boom, nnd Into these sotne of the swli&ruer made their way.-' ' Among those who seemed to be - erijo'ylng the sport most heartily were two of the boys, Tim. Wallace nnd Fred. Fairbanks, tha lat- tef of whom wns the son of oaf aid ganaer, ; and in a laughing mood they started eat from (he studding sail on a rare. . u There was a loud ringing about of joys in their iiiie us they put pit, find tthey . started throutti she wuter like' fishes. The surfaee of the aca wrtf is smooth rt cIass, tliough its bosom rose in funff and heavy swells that stU in from ffietAtiarlfie . A?, A vessel was moored, wilt a long s weep from both cable; and the buoy ot the star board anchor was far away on the starboard quarter, where it rose and icll with the iaz) swells like a drunken man. " v f- Towards this buoy the two lads mad . their way, Fred. Fairbanks taking tha lead t ' oat wnen tney were wttnia anout .twenty ei .1. . .. riC . Ant -Si tu tinny latnoms oi tae.nuoy . i ira.noi ano and promised to wit the : race. Tbe ol gunner watched the progress of his son with 3,yat.deaiopride,nd when he saw "him. rop behind, he leaped pon tho poop, and was ott tha point of urging, biro, on by a shout when a cry ' reached him that made) him start as If he had been struck by a car rio hall., ; ' , - , - A shark f a shark 1" came from - p tarrtof the forecastle, and nt t?.4, k ' rt these terrible words the nr i who weuiJP tht water leaped and plot ship. .:,. K ignt abeam, at the t! four cable's I4ri?tti shr J w wards Coi. '. , ivt.nt ... of4bep or .Ay was m in the water, where the I For a moment the gunner stuJ ? ' . bereft oi ie.i.e, but on the next be at hetopf his Toice turthe boys to Aorta, but the Utile fellows heard him uoU atoalJy the two swimmers strove lor the goal, all no conscious ol the bloody death-spirit that hovered so near them. Their merry laugh still rang out over the waters, and at lengU , they both touched the buoy together, 't C Oh, what drops of agony started trotdtt i , brow of our old gunner.' A 'boat had ptl off, bat Fairbanks .kneyr that h eoold not roach them in season, and eyery moment ho expected to sed the monster sink from s'gbi and then he knew that all. hope; would gone.., At thai mome.nl a ery reached ibjt shlo thai went throoarh sverr heart Jibaja. stream of fire the boys had discovered Iheig . enemy I . . i .;; . '' The cry started old Fairbanks to his eel ses, and quicker than thuight.be sprang', to tne quarter oera. ., 1 he guns were ail loaoe and .hotted fore and art nnd none knew their tempe; bettfir f ban lie. With $ sleady bpd made strsrtg by a sudden hope, the, old 1 gua ner seized a priming wire and picked thf cartridge of one of the quarjer ' guns thea he took from his Hooked a pertossioo. wafer and set it io its 'place, and set baek the ham mer ,of the patent . loek With, . steady giant kuenglfir; fhe old, man swayed 4,thi brerch of the henry gun to iu bearing ahd then seizing the string of the look he stood buck and watched for the F next sweJt lhat ' weuid bring the shark in range, lie had aimed the piece some distance ahead oChis ' mark, hut yet a single moment would settle hi hopes and lers, k t 'v. .; v ' e ; Every breath was bushed, and every heart-; in that old ship 'bent painfully; The boat j was yet some distance from the boys, while the horrible sea monster was fearfully ticur. -A Suddenly the air was Awoke by the. rear of a hsavy euo.and aalheeldmaa knew.hij , shot was gone, h; sank back jnpon the comb -ing of the hatch, and covered hie face ,4 withl hi hntid., e. if afraid to jee Jheresalt ofhtf , efforts, for if he had failed, he knew that tbe , boy wnsloC',fiMK;-j i", ., ' ir a moment after the report of tbe gun had died away .upon, the- air.' there was st dead S'leWc but as the smoke arose, from' the surface of the water, there was, at first s low murmur breaking front the line of tha menthat mormor grew louder and strong er until it swelled lo a deafening shout: Tjbf old gunner.Sprang to his feet and gazed out upon the water, aod tbe first thing that met bis view was tho huge carcass; of the shark! i floating with his belly p a mangled mav In a lew moments the boat reached, il dnring awimmera, and half dead with friht, ther were brauirht on board. Tho old nan' clasped hi boy id his arms, and then over- come by the powerfuTexejlement, be leaned' upon t egun lot support, ' .,' if . I have seen men in all tha phases of ex- cilement and fospense, but never bve I seen human , peiogs more overcome by , ftbrilr ling emotions, than on that startling sight when they first knew the effect of the j un. tier's shot. ' '; ' -'r - - 'i1 . COTTON T1RN. " ' ' 1 ri BALES No. I and llfM le bf ' r . 0
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