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VOLUME X NUMBER 122. WILMINGTON, N. C, SATURDAY MORNING, (DECEMBER 29, 1855. WHOLE NUMBER 1222 MISCELLANY. THE SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION TO CHILI. .. Tit llnifrl S!tnfa Mnnnl A afrnnomi- cal Expedition 1o the Southern Hemisphere, during- the years 1839 -ttu'5 l-'-52 Lieut. J. M. Gilliss, Superintendent ; Lieut. A. McRae, Acting Master ; 3Tr L. Phelps, .nd Captain's Clerk E. It. Smith, assis tants. Vols. 1 and 2, quarto. Pub lished by order of Congress, j W hether progress be or be not con sidered an inherent element in the con stitution of ourglobo,i an increasing ex pansion of the moral and intellectual powers of man appears to be the char acteristic of the - present age, and the eenexallendeiicv.is.i'we-helieve. to exalt hupaanity at large, notwitstanding sup posed indications to the contrary, aris ing chiefly from lingering reverences for ancienrabd effete institutions and ideas. Discoveries in science are becoming ex tended to all the pursuits of life, great and small, and are improving and re fining them all. In the professions rela ting to arms or to national defence by sea and land, this is-' as obvious as in others. Iu olden times distinction was sought only at the cannon's mouth, and its rewards too generally in the dissipa tion of the mess room ; but now "the most accomplished officers seek and ac- quire a purer ana more enaunng repu tation m reconnoitering and exploring, ' not as military, but as civil engineers, the countries they are bound to defend ; and who does not perceive .that to be come heroes in peace demands at least as great talents and as noble and patri otic impulses as in the brute conflicts, of war? Moreover, gallantry , in battle, when stimulated by -intellectual cul ture, must always be superior to that which emanates from physical organi zation alone. ; j There is no reading the reports of Fremont, Emory, j Whipple, Stevens, and those of their associates without be ing impressed with the manifestations of vui auiutuiig (lie? easy , atiu Uliaixticu anoliances of scienrein can-vine out j o the objects of the explorations in which they and other talenied gentlemen of the armv have been so hnnnrahlv en?a. ged. It is the same : in the naval de partment. By adding to the knowledge, and therefore to the means of increasing the com forte and promoting the happi ness of our species, the expeditions of Wilkes and Perry have achieved for those officers 9nd their assistants a more enviable fame than if they had sunk the fleets of an enemy, i ! al acquaintance with the Chief of the United States Astronomical Expedition to the Southern hemisphere, we have nt been unobserrant of his career from 1836, when he entered as assistant, and in the same year became superintendent of the depot of charts and instruments. HercJiis labors were appreciated, as having a high bearing on the true in terests of the navy, and he was authori zed by the Departments and the Board of Naval Commissioners to add to his apparatus' and assistants, until he had six officers constantly employed in ob servations of the 'first importance to nautical men. The stinging remark addressed in 1836 to some members of Congress, "there is not an officer of the navy capable of conducting . a scientific enterprise,1 had its effect on Lieut. Gil lis, whose energetic efforts to increase the standard of intelligence in the ser vice were unflagging until the rjVpot of charts was merged in the naval, and now more generally kuown as the Na tional Observatory, of which he was the founder and in fact the finisher. In the selection of its instruments he visi ted Europe and had the assistance of us ablest astronomers. : A new determination of the! solar par allax, and he Alher rhethnds than fhns of the last centuryvis a desideratum in volving, among other important points, round the ' sun. In 1847 :ihe subject was introduced by Dr. Gerling, a dis- letter to Lieut. Gillis, in which he stated that in his opinion, astronomers have acted unwisely in considering the solar parallax deduced from the transits of Venus in 1761 and 1769 sttffirientlu- n,r rect, and do not avail themselves of more. modern methods of observations. It is true, he says, - that the oppositions of Mars were long ago proposed for this purpose, but he is not aware of any ef fective use having been made of them since 1751. There is, however, a third method which presented itself to him, and which he cannot comprehend why - t i i : j ic Bnouia nave ieen so iuug; uvgiecieu, viz. observations of Venus during the more especially wheu the planet is sta- I o readers unacquainted -yrih the bearings of astronomy on the. ordinary affairs of life th r.-t:.r . mt in w. CUr. Gut bonQl . 'Tho tninur wa cr'wfn in the lansua?eof th un c d st-r.. ton, cnairman ot me Naval j Committee of the House of Representatives : "It u proposed to set on foot n expedi tion to the most southern available position on the Western Continent for the purpose ws UlStKIIIg' QOMITBUWIll UU VU pUUiel Ve nue during the period of her retrograde mo tion, in conjunction with similar observa tions to be made at tbe Observatory in this city, with a view to the more accurate de termination of tbe solar parallax, which in volves not only the distance of our own planet from the sun, but the divisions of the orbus of all the bodies of tbe solar system, in these observations, if successfully made The; order proposed, will present data solely American for a sure and indepen dent determination of this important ele ment an element vhieh enters into all our determinaliant of longitude, affecting the ac curacy and safety of all such calculations, and therefore possessed flhe highest possible utility, not only to the Government, but to all the en terprising citizen of our country. In this view tbe expedition commends itself to us for warm encouragement and efficient aid irt its promotion." It is thus that the noblest of tbe sciences is made subservient to and becomes indis pensable to human progress. Without as tronomy we should hare no measure for time ; and then there h the potent fact that terrestrial location is only, determined by celestial observation, so that we cannot tra verse our own earth, know in what direc tion we may be going, or tell on what part of it we at any time are, without looking to other worlds for the information. With out astronomy there had been ho naviga tion. Nearly all arts are affected by ocean commerce, so that the science has a bear ing on manufactures, from the smallest to the most important articles enumerated in ships' bills of lading. The correspondence of Dr. Gerling and Lieut Gilliss was submitted to the Ameri can Philosophical Society, the Academy of Arts and Sciences, to Professors Cache, Pierce, Walker, Loom is, and others emi nentrfor mathematical and astronomical at tainments. The proposition of an expedi tion to Chile was discussed and approved with unanimity. In the letter of Professor Pierce to Lieut. G. is the- following em phatic endorsement: . "A more accurate measurement of the sun's parallax in the method proposed by yourself and Dr. Gerling cannot be regar ded as l: tenor in importance to any prob lem in practical astronomy, and when sus tained as to its practicability by the opin ions of Dr. Bache and Mr. Walker, whose authority upon the use of astronomical in struments can be weighed down by no liv ing testimony, there can be no further ques tion as to its expediency." in ally, Congress approved the plan of the expedition proposed, and in August, 1848, made the requisite appropriations for the construction of observatories and for the purchase of the requisite instruments, of both American' and foreign manufac ture. A deep interest was manifested for the success of the expedition in England, and. valuable services rendered by Admi rals Beaufort and Smyth, Col. Sabine, Prof. Forbes, of Edinburgh, and others. In June 1849, a circular was issued from the Na tional Observrtory, by order of the Hon. W, B. Preston, Secretary of the Navy, an nouncing to astronomers generally tbe or ganization of the expedition, and inviting their co-operation, so far as might be con venient to them, in making a series of cor responding operations. Lieut. Gilliss was appropriately charged with the undertaking that was designed to enlarge the boundaries of science and for the benefit of the world al large. Besides being eminently fitted for it by his familiar ity with astronomy, and his well-known proficiency in collateral sciences, he had left no efforts untried to secure the honor of the r.ew observations to American science. His three assistants having sailed via Cape Horn with tbe equipments and appa ratus, Lieut Gilliss left New York in Au gust, 1849, crossed the Isthmus to Pana ma, and proceeded thence to Santiago, the capital of Chile. The bill Lucia, over looking that city and constituting one of its suburbs, was selected as the site of the observatory, the Chilian Government promptly recognising the importance and utility of the enterprise and cheerfully ac cording every facility. After tedious la bor in levelling the rocky base, the revolv ing structure was completed, to no small amusement of the natives. With them the mounting of the telescope commenced a new era, and through it Saturn presented a never-failing source of admiration and interest to the crowds that at certain hours were afforded opportunities of beholding the planet, with its gorgeous system of rings and satellites. l It is impossible to comprise within tbe limits of this notice the briefest sketch of the progress and accomplishment of an en terprise which belongs to those that mark epochs in the intellectual history of nations. An extract or two is all that we can make room for. Of tbe arduous nature of the work, of perseverance, under difficulties, brilliant- successes, roost grievous disap pointments, and the glowing enthusiasm which true science inspires, we have glimp ses on pagos 506-7, volume 1 : J "During the summer and autumn months succeeding our arrival there was almost uninterrupted fine weather. From tbe 10th of December, when the equatorial was ready for use, night followed night unri valled in serenity ; and to tbe close of the first series of observations on the planet Mars January 31 there were but four unsuifed to work. Labor so continuous, in a climate as dry almost as an oven, told severely on unacclimated constitutions ; and it was soon perceived that tbe princi pal assistant must be temporarily released or be broken down, perhaps permanently. The opportunity to send him to Valparaiso for tbe meridian circle' was, therefore, a welcome one , and Messrs. Hunter and Smith recorded for tne on alternate nights until tbe former was disabled by being thrown from a horse. All the aid then was from Mr. Smith : besides which duty he be came wholly charged with the metereologt cal observations for every third hour be tween 6 A. M. and midnight Within tbe forty-eight working nights embraced be tweea the above dates nearly 1,400 obser vations of the planet were accumulated ; and by the time that this series terminated the piers for the meridian circle were final ly completed, the health of Lieuj. MacRae re-established, and w wen abla to give undivided attention to its erection and ad justment ; so that the instrument was rea dy for use about the middle of February. "But it must not be inferred that our nights1 from 3 1st of January were passed idly. Observations for approximate place of the circle had commenced some days before, and extra hours of every night were spent ii becoming fumilar with the details of the superb instrument that Messrs. Pistor and Martins had sent us from Berlin; and thus, by the time its adjustments were perfected, both of us were expert io its manipulation. Beginning within 5 deg. of the south pole, a systematic sweep of the heavens was then commenced in zones or belts 24 wide. Working steadily, towards the zenith on succcessive nights until compelled to re turn below again to connect in right ascen sion, the place of every celestial body that passed across tne nekl ot the telpscope, to stars of the tenth magnitude, was carefully noted down. The space immediately sur rounding the south pole was swept in one belt of 5 deg. by moving the circle, and each zone overlaps those adjoining both in right ascension and declination. Above the polar belt there are forty-eight oibers ; making in all 24 deg. 12' of declination, within which we obtained 33,600 observa tions of some 23,000 stars, more than 20,000 of them never previously tabulated. In these determinations, and others for instru mental errors, longitudes, etc, until the ar rival of Mr. S. L. Phelps, in September, 1850, to replace Passed Midshipman Hun ter, who never became available, Lieuten. ant MacRae and myself alternately passed from six tose,ven hours of every night From October, 1850, Messrs. MacRae and Phelps had the entire chargCof the instru ment for zone observations. When an ac cident to one of its screws compelled tbe services of both at the same time until a new one was received from Berlin, I devo ted every other night -to the examination of stars in the catalogue of Lncaille, and between the zenith and our upper zone. which bed never been re-observed. These, together with observations of the moon, planets, stars selected from the Nautical Almanac, etc., number about 9,000 meas ures. As may be supposed, the discrepan cies between our estimations of the magni tudes of stars and those of preceding obser vers were very con?iderubIe in a multitude of cases; but we endeavored to preserve a uniform system, and will reconcile discor dances if we can. There were many er rors in Laacille's work at the Cape of Good Hope, and quite a number of his stars certainly do not exist iu the reduced places of the British Association publica tion; but we were only amazed that he should have been uble to accomplish so much and so well with a telescope only half nn inch in diameter and in the brief space of ten months. "It was a great satisfaction to work with an instrument like ours, but there was al most too much of it Out of one hundred and thirty-two consecutive nights after the equatorial was mounted there were only seven cloudy ones 1 Of necessity, to afford so large a proportion, the air must be ex ceedingly destitute of moisture a condi tion of things favorable to telescopic vision, but not so to eyes employed during prolon ged observations. To persons accustomed, as we had been, to heat and moisture com bined, the change proved, ns has been inti mated, exceedingly trying ; but with such instruments, and under mick a sky, who that possessed the least particle of astron omical enthusiasm would not have baulcd against the approach of human infirmities, tnough nard to bear except when surroun ded by friends eager to serve and soothe? 4 HJut of sight, out of mind, runs the pro verb. We were on the farther extremity of the continent, and so distant that the words of my earnest appeals for help crew cold before they reached home, unmista- keably convincing me before the close of the first autumn that one of the objects of the expedition could not only be partially accomplished. 1 had hoped the day was not distant when astronomers would say, the American navy has mapped the whole heavens. The Observatory at Washing ton had commenced a catalogue intended to embrace all the stars that appear at a s'.ffieient height above its horizon. With sufficient force we could easily have tabu lated the remainder, and the noble work would have been a monument to the ser vice for all time. But it was not to be. There is a limit to physical exertion under every clime, and we were not less human than our kind. I had only half the requi site number of assistants for an undertak ing so laborious; and, fixing that limit at the utmost bound consonant ' with the pre servation of health and vision, when my own time was occupied in observations of Mars or Venus, until the meridian circle was again in complete, order, it was neces sarily unused on alternate nights." By September. 1855, the work in Chile was done. "Throughflut nearly the three years of our residence at Santiago the Government evinced the most earnest disposition -to for ward the objects or the expedition, and to extend every possible consideration to its members, officially and personally. To its liberal and enlightened policy on all ques tions of science, literature, or art, the world is indebted for more than one valuable con tribution. ' Its schools of art, music, paint ing, and botany; its elaborate work on its natural and political history, and its geolo gical and topographical survey, are all evi dences of f its generous papronage. The culminating step was yet to be taken." It was taken, and Lieut Gilliss haj the honor of founding the National Observatory f Chile. He had previously initiated one of the professor and two oi the students of the National Institute in the requisite know ledge and in the, use of tbe instruments. He has, therefore, enduringly identified himself with astronomical science in both sections of tbe Western hemisphere. " Although the prescribed duties of the expedition had now been fulfilled, and nothing remained but to return home, there was a question in terrestrial magnetism of much interest to tbe scientific world which the Cordilleras presented the means of elu cidating, and for which an opportunity e- qually favorable might not occur for seve ral years. To accomplish an object whose importance merited a special appropriation and outfit ,Lieul. McRae volunteered, and, being provided with instruments to make the requisite experiments on the aseending and descending sides of the Andes, was di. rected by Lieut. Gilliss to return home by the IJspallata pass and the pampas of Bue nos Ayres. Mr. feinitb, too, with charac teristic enterprise, determined to see some thing more of Chile than his constant du ties at Santiago and its Vicinity permitted, resigned his appointment proceeded into the Southern provinces, and became better acquainted$lhan probably any other intelli gent white man with the most remarkable and least known of tbe Aborigines, the un- conquered Afaacanians, an account of whom he has recently published. Lieut GdtisXnnfl Mr. Phelps -reached home af ter an absence of three years and a quar ter. The results of the special labors of the expedition, chiefly embodied in tabular form, will of course not be adapted for pop ular interest, nor have they yet passed through the press. Other information con tained in the volumes before us was collec ted in accordance with instructions of the Secretary of tbe Navy, that the report should embrace such knowledge of a use ful character as there might be opportuni ties to obtain. Volume I, besides Lieut. Gilliss's narra tive of the expedition, including graphic descriptions of Panama, Lima, Valparaiso, and other places, his two chapters interes ting to meteorologists, being observations made in going out and returning in the At lantic and Pacific oceans, at Panama, Li ma, Copiapo, and the CanJelaria mine on the summit of Chanarcillo. &c. The chap ter on earthquakes includes phenomena observed during all the tremblings recorded at Santiago from "November 2, 1849, to Sep tember, 1852, and also notices of others. But the greater part of the volumo is oc cupied with an account of Chile, and of Chile as it is, not of what it has been.1 We are sure no modern book offers so accurate and so fresh a description of that country, its people, government, and resources. A mong the illustrations is a panoramic view of Santiago and a new map of Chile, com plied by the expedition. Volume II opens with the report of the accomplished McRae's solitary nd to him most creditable mission. It consists of two parts: 1. The narrative of his joumey ings across the Andes and Pampas of the Argentine Republic ; 2. The observations made for the determination of geographi cal positions, elevations, and magnetic ele ments of the several stations selected be tween Santiago and Montevideo. This part will remain a memento of the scienti fic attainments and enterprise of one of the noblest of nature's cadets, now, alas I no more Between Mendoza and San Luis his mule having thrown him and broken the barometer, it was feared that the rates of the chronometers, which he carried on his person, might have been destroyed by the concussion, and thus have doubts cast upon the longitudes of the remaining sta tions. The acciJent only brought into higher relief a fine trait in his character. He determined, cost what it might, to per fect the work he had undertaken. He ar rived r.t Buenos Ayres exhausted of fund?, sailed thence to New York, and, having learned that Congress had awarded extra pay to officers and men who had served in the Pacific during the M- xican war, he drew his pay, found it sufficient for his purpose, volunteered to return and at his oum cost verify and complete the chain of barometrical observations across the Pam pas. Having been permitted by the Sec retary of the Navy to do so, he left New York in August, 1853, crossed the Andes by the Portillo Pass to Santiago, returned, and completed his report in June, 1854. The narrative is very characteristic of the lamented author. A clever, dashing, and delightful journalist he is, playful and light-hearted under all circumstances ; no thing could dishearten him, neither rascal ity of arrieros, loss of mules, kicks from them, with dislocated bones, absence of food, beds, and fire. His journal is a vade mucum for travellers across the Pampas. Besides the usual subjects of remark, there are individual portraits, of which that of the host of San Luis is likely to become classical. The remainder of the volume is occupied wi:h important contributions of tbe expe dition to mineralogy, antiquities, zoology, ornithology, reptiles, fishes, crustacea, shells, plants, and fossils. The appendic es on natural history no future writer on Chile can overlook, while their illustrations. colored and plain, surpass in artististic ex ecution any thing of the kind. To be con vinced of this it is only necessary to com pare them with those in Claude Gay's ela borate History of Chile, which were re cently executed in Paris by the best artists of France. We cannot but hope that every member of Congress will see that those two vol umes, which make such positive additions to the stock of useful knowledge, have a place in at least one public library within his district ? J t-.-i ;; ..;..: The third volume is devoted to the spe cial observations for which ihe expedition was authorized by Congress viz: tOjde termine the parallaxes of Mars and Venus, from which, by Kepler's third law, that of tne sun is deducible. I o inspire tbe fullest confidence of astronomers it was consider ed proper that the discussion of the result should be assigned to a competent astrono mer, who had borne no part in the obser vations, and who would treat them in a wholly impartial manner. 1 o this end the determination of the fundamental basis of astronomical measurement, from all the corresponding observations on the Eastern and Western as well as the Northern and Southern hemisphere, has been assigned to Dr. B. A. Gould, of Cambridge, who has invited Prof. Pierce, of Harvard " College, as colaborer. Volumes four and fire will contain the meridian circle observations, in all some 40,000 in number. The sixth will be occupied with the magnetical and mete orological observations; and the seventh will form a catalogue of all the stars ob served, of which more than twenty thou sand were never before observed one of the greatest, if not the greatest, contribution to sidereal astronomy of the present age. These official documents will b eagerly looked for by the savans of both hemis pheres. Reflecting honor on tbe Govern ment, and especially on the department to which the gentlemen of the expedition be longed, they are such as tend to elevate us as a people and to secuse to us a comman ding influence among the most enlightened of nations. . Of the reputation of the Chief of the United States Naval Astronomical Expe dition in Europe we are glad to perceive evidences in his name being already enroll ed among ths members of the academies of science in Marburg, Dantzig, Lcipsig, and Berlin. ; - BUSINESS CARDS. I J. C. LATTA, COMMISSION MERCHANT 4- GENERAL. i 5 A G E iVV I WILMINGTON, N. C. Oct. 1,1854. 85-1 y-e. j WILKINSON & ESLClt, UPHOLSTERS & PAPER HANGERS, KEEP HAJS1J A Dill MADE TO OKUEtt, Mattresses, Feather Beds, IVindow Curtains and fixtures. . All work In ihe ahove line done al nhortest No tice. ! Wilmington, N. C, Market St. March 18, 1854. 1. JOSEPH R. 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Storage and Wharfage for Produce furnished at fair rates under Insurance, if desired. Jan.l. 122-tf. I. WES3CL. H. B. El ICRS. WESSEL & EILERS. COMMISSION MERCHANTS t WHOLE SALE GROCERS, North Water St., Wil mington, N. C, intend to keep at the above tanda generalassortment of Groceries, Liquors, and Provision at wholesale and to cairy on a GencralCommission Business. leriiEitci t E. P.Hall.Pres't Br'ch Bank of the State State. ink. f O.G. Parsley, P res' t Commercial Ba wir. P.K.Dickinson, Esq. Poppe A Co. ) N . Dollner & potter. J ntw 1 otK' Jan. 20 T854. 131. GEO. H.KELLY. COMMISSION MERCHANT. Nextdoot to A. A. Wannet'e.on North Waterst. willattendto the sale of all kinds of Country Pro duce, such as Corn, Peas, Meal, Bacon. Lard ,&c.. and willkeepconstantly on hand a full supplyof Groceries. &c. References. Willes Hall. ofWayne, Jno McRae, Wilmington W Caraway. ' Gen. Alx.. McRae. E. P. Hall, Wilmington, Wiley A.WaUe,. Dec. 13, 1853. - U5-lv. TAS. F. GILLESPIE. CEO. S. GILLESPIE. JAMUS I'. Cir,I,KSPIE St CO.. PRODUCE AND FORWARDING AGENTS. WILMINGTON. N . C. Panic ii lar attention paid io the receipts and Sale of iaval Stores, 'i tmber, Lumber, Corn, Bacon, Cot- .? ion, f-e., fc marensu, ,1855. 6. S. J. WEST, Auctioneer and Commission Merchant, WILMINGTON. N. V. ILL fell or buy Real Estate and Negroes al a small commission. A LU I Strict attention givento the saleof Timber, Tur pentine, Tar, or any kind of Country Produce. Office second door, South side of Market street, on tlie wnarf. June 12. 1851. 33-ly. D. CASHWELL, COMMISSION MERCHANT, WILMINGTON, N. C. Sept. 30. . 84 tf ; T. C. WORTH, General Commission Merchant, W I Ij .! I N ! TO X.N. C. USUAL advances made on consignmcntsef Cot ton, Naval Stores and other produce. Pjttirular attention given by G. W. Davis to pur chasingennroes, procuring treights for vessels, Ac. Match 2, 1354. 128-lye. COCHRIN & RUSSELL. (SDHCESSOnS TO TIIOS. ALIBME & CO ) General Commission Merchants, No 32, North Wharves, m l 03 North Water Sis, PHILADELPHIA. J. HARVEV COCHBAS, W. s. BU38ELL. ' Liberal cash iterances made on consignments. July 30th, 1334. - 69-tf. II. DOLLNER. G. POTT I. R. jr. J. CAMERDEN. DOLLNER, POTTER & CO. COMMISSION MERCHANTS, NEW YORK. April 30, 1854. ' 1 ?",yjL L. N. BARLOW," WHOLESALE & RETAIL GROCER, AND DK.LER IN LIQUORS. WINES ALE. PORTER, f-e. No. 3, Granite How, front Street, WILMINGTON, N.C. Feb. 17th, IP35. 140-tf. BENNETT & BROKAW, PRODUCE commission Merchants, rOtt THE SALE OF Flour, Grain and Seeds, Butler, Cheese, Lard. Dried Fruits, Smoked Meats and Pro visions. NO. 4, FRONT ST. NEAR THE BA TTER NEW YORK. To avoid errors and delays, it is desirable that consignors be very particular to put their initial upon Goods shipped to us for sale June 14. 40-tf GLUE. o P the best qiality, and Bunss of all sizes always on hand. j.k.blussuh. Nov. 4. 97. SOAP AND CANDLES. TNOSE SUPKRIOU article", manufactured in Wilmington by Messrs. Coston f- Gatiord, are offsreJ for sale by the undersigned, who has been appointed Sole Agent for their disposition in this place. Dealers and consumers are invited to examine and test them by use, in comparison wilh-such as are imported from the North. Sam ples are off"red gratuitously, with a full convic tion that these articles, after a fair trial, will be preferred to any other in market j while they will be sold for leu price. GKO. HOUSTON. Nov. 22. 107 if. RECEIVED AND NOW OPENING. Af ROXKS of R. Gordon & C's celebrated fft-w Preserved Peaches, Pears, Damsons, Quin ces, Blackberries, Pine Apples, Greengage Marm alade. Cranberry Saooe.Cr.b Apple, Red Currant and Pine Apple Jellies; Raspberry, Strawberry, and Blackberry Jam. 7 cases Preserved Ginger, and Chow-Chow, (Kresh Importation.) 500 boxes Sardines, whole, half and quarters. A large and fresh lot of Raisins, whole, half and quarter boxes; -also, fresh Currants, Flgt snd Cit ron t 20 box-e Cheese, F.nglith Dairy and Goshen; freehlot of Butler; 40 bags Java, Lagnyra and Rio Coffee. For sale by Nov. 10. . Wil. L.S.TOWNSIIEN D. LIME. OHO CASKS Thomasion Stone Lime, io prime jCKJU order. For sale by Nov. 17. ADAMS, BRO. & CO. DAILY EXPECTED FROM Baltimore, per brig Andrew Ring: : ISO baz Buckwheat ; 25 bbls. Mesa Pork ' 100 Kmptjr bbla. For sale by RUSSELL BRO. Nov. 20 106 . WHEAT BRAN. AVRRY Superior article ot Whjsr Braar. for aale . - V. DaPRR, Jr. o. 6. eatf. DOCT. JOHNSTON, HALTIJIORE LOCK HOSPITAL. WHERE mayte obtained the most speedy, pleasant and eil'cctual remedy in the world SECRET DISEASES. Gonorrhos;, Gleets, Strictures, Stmir.sl Week ness, Pains in the Loins, Constitutions! Debility Impotency, Weakness of the Back and Limhs, Af fections ot the Kidneys, Palpitation of the Hesrt Dysnensia.Ndvoua Jrritabl lty,lifeaes of thi Head.'l nroatNossorSkim and all those serious and melancholy disorders srilng from thedestrue tive hsbitaof Youth, which destroy both body and mind, those secret and solitary practice more fatal to their victims than the sones of the fryrri.s to the mariners ef Ulysses, blighting their most bril liant hope or anticipations, rendering .marriage. &c, impossible. . YOUNG MEN. Especially, who have become tbe victims of Soliia. ry Vies, that dreadful and destructive habit which annually sweep to an untimely grave thousands of young men of the most exalted talents and brilJinnt Intellect, who might otherwise have entranced lis tening Senate with the thunder of emquenca, or waked to ecstacy the livinglyre, roar call with full confidence. MARRIAGE. Married persons, orthose contemplating marriage, being awareof physical weakneas, should Immedi' ately consult Dr. J., and ba restored to perfect health. , He who place himself undsrtheeareof Dr. John ston may religiously confide In his honor as gen tleman, and confidently rely upon hlsskill asa phy sician. , r 1 OFFICE, Na.,7.SOTJTH FREDERICK St. 7 DOORS FROM BALTIMORE St., (east side UP THE STEPS. - . ' v 3rRE PA RTICULAR In observing the NA ME and NUMBER. or you will mistake the place A CURE IN TWODAYS,ORNO CHARGE. No Mercury or Nauseous Drvgo Used. TAKE NOTICE. Da. Johkstom is the only regularly F.ducstrd Physician who advertise hi vety extensive Prac tice, and hi many Wonderful Cur a Is a sufficient guarantee to the afflicted. Those vho irish to be speedily and effectuaUy cured, should shun the numer ous trifling imposters, who only ruin their health, and apply to Dr. Johnston. dr. Johnston. Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, London; graduate from one of the most eminent Colleges of the United States, and the greater parr of whose life haa been spent In the Hospitals ol London, Par is, Philadelphia. and elsewhere, haa eflected some of the most astonishing cures that wereever known. Many troubled with ringing in ihe ear and head vhen asleep, ereat nervousness, being alarmed at sudden sounds, and bashfumess. with frequent blushing, attended sometimes with derangement of mind, were cured immediately. A CERTAIN DISEASE. W hen the misguided and Imprudent votary of pleasure finds he has imbibed the seeds of .his painful disease, it too often happens that anill-tini-ed sense of shame, or dread of diacovery. deters him from applying to those who, from education and respectability, can alone befriend him, delay ing till the conrti utionul Mysmptoms of this horrid dUease make their appearance, each a ulcerated sore thrust, diseased nose, noctural pain in the head and limbs, dimness of Blent, deafness, nodes on the shin bones and arma, blotches on the head, face and extremities, progress on with frightful ra pidity, till al last the palate of the mouth or the bones of the nose fall in. and the victim of this awful disease becomes a horrid object of com mis aeration, till death put a period lo his dreadful suf ferings, by rending him to that .bourne from whence no traveller rcturna." To such therefo-e. Dr. Johnston pledges himself to preserve the most inviolable secrety; and, from his extensive prac tice in the first Hospiialsin Europe and America, he can confidently recommend a safoand speed v cure to the unfortunate vietim of this horrid die case. It is a melancholy fact, that thousands fall victims to this dreadful disease, owing to the tin skilfulnessol ignorant pretenders, who, by the use of that deadly poison, mercury, ruin the constitu tion, and either aend the unfortunate sufferer to an untimely grave.or else make the residue of life mis erable. TAKE PARTICULAR NOTICE. Dr. J. addresses all those who haveinjurcd them selves by private and improper indulgences. These are some of the sad and melancholy ef fects, produced by early htibits of youth, vis: Weakness of the Back and Limbs, Pains In the Head, Dimness of Sight, Loss of Muecu'nr Pow er, Palpitation of the Heart, Dyspcpty, Nervous Irritability Derangement sf the Digestive Func tions, General Debility, Syrxptoma of Consump tion, Ac. Mentally. The fesrful . fleets on the mind are much to be dreaded; Loss of Memory, Confusion of Ideas, Depression of Spirits, Evil Forebodings. Aversion of Society, Self Distrust - Love of Soli tude. Timidity, &c. are some of ; 'g produced. Thousands ot persons of alln. ,i now judge what is the cause of their declini-., ,.iealih. Los ing their vigor, becoming weak, pale and emacia ted, have a singular appearance about the eyes, coueh and symptom of consumption. Married Persons, or those con templar jng mar riage, being aware of physical weakness, should immediately consult Dr. J. and be restored to per fect health. DR. JOHNSTON'S INVIGORATING RE3IE DV FOR ORGANIC WEAKNESS. By this great and important remedy weakness of ihe organs i speedily cured and full vigor restored. Thousands of the most Nervous snd Debilitated Individuals who had lost all hope, have been imme diate. y relieved. All impedimenta to MARRIAGE. . Physical or MentalDisqualificailoD, Nervous Ir ritability Tremblings snd Weakness, or exhaustion of the most fearful kind, speedily cured by Dr Johnston. Young men who have injured themselves by certain practice indulged in when alone a habit frrejstently lenrned from evil companion's, or at school, the efleet of which are nightly fell, even when asleep, and if not cured, renders martlage impossible. and destroys both mind and body. What a pity that a young man, the hope of his country, and the darling of hi parents, should ba snatched from all prospects and enjoymenta of life, by the consequences of deviating from tlie path of nature, and indulging in a certain secret habit. Suc persona, before contemplating MAR&IAGK, Should reflect that a sound mind and body are the most necessary requisites to promote connuLi.-il happiness. Indeed, without these, the jourmy through life becomes a weary pilgrlmagei the pros pect hourly darkens to the view; the mind becomes shadowed with despair and filled with the nitUn choly reflection that the happiners of another be comes bliehted with our own. OFFICE NO. 7 SOUTH FREDERICK-ST.. Baltimobz, Mo. , AH Surgical Operation Peite oed. N. B- Let no false delicacy prevent you, but apply immediately either personally or b letter. Skill I)Ueae Sdlly Cured. TO STRANGERS. flte many thousands cured st this institution with in the lat ten years, and the numerous impor tant Surgical Operations perfoimrd by Dr. J.. wit nessed by the Repotter of the papers, snd many other persons, notices of which have appeared again and sgain Before the public, is a sufficient guarsn tea that the afflicted will find a skilful and honora ble physician TAKF. NOTICE. It is with the creates! rel acta nee that Dr. JOHN STON permits hi card to appear before the pobiu-, deeming it nnprofetslonal for a physician to adver tise, but unless he did so, the afflicted, especially strangers, could not fail to fall into the hsnds of those impudent, boaatiog imposters. tadivldusl destitute of knowledge, name snd character, ped lars, shoemakers, mechanics, Ac, advertising them selves as physicians; ignorant quacks, viih fiUhy .tying certificates of Great Wonder Tut Cures trout persons who cannot be found, or obtained for a few dollars from Ihe Worthless and Degrac'cJ. and maey other running and contemptibl artifices to emit i h afflicted, trifling month after nwnth. or is Ions' as possible, nod in despair, leave yea with ruined health. to sich ever your galling disappointment. It I this metlve that induces Dr. J. to advertise, for he alone can cure you. To those unacquainted with his reputation, be deems it necessary to say that hi credentials or diploma always hang in hi Office. WEAKNESS Or THE ORGANS Immediately cared, and foil viror restored. OALL LETTERS POST-PAID-REME DIES SENT BY MAIL. All Lefier must be Pa!d and contain a Postag Stamp for the reply, or no answer will be sent. ' Jan. 9u, 183. I X ly-o
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