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VOLUME XI NUMBER 35
WILMINGTON, N. C, THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE , 1856.
WHOLE NUMBER 1290
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X'V V I M I E f V 111 III III
MISCELLANY.
FROM CENTRAL AMERICA.
The Aspinwall Courier has some further
particulars of the defeat of the Costa Ri
cans at Rivas by Gen. Walker :
Walker lost eighty killed and disabled,
including almost all hrs official staff.
Lieutenants Gillis and Winter were among
the killed. Capt. Casey lost an arm in the
commencement of the action, and had his
Other hand badly wounded. He made the
first charge, having been ordered to take
from the enemy a cannon, which was rang
ed in a very effective position. Ha look
it and immediately turned it up30 the ene
my. The Costa Ricans lost, according to
their official reports, over 200 killed and
400 wounded.
In the morning nfter the action, Walker
having buried his dead, gathered together
his wounded and returned to Granada.
The Courier confirms the reported re
treat of the Costa Ricans from Nicaragua
they suffered severely on the route from
cholera. Gen. Mora himself reports to his
government that his army had evacuated
the territory of Nicaragua, and that he
had shipped several hundred wounded men
for home. Having, as Gen. Mora alleges,
vindicated their military fame in the battles
of Santa Rosa, Rivets and Serapiqui, they
leave Gen. Walker to die out from exhaus
tion and lack of supplies. The British
ship of war Eurydice was still at San Ju
an del Norte, and overhauled every vessel
entering the harbor, down even to the ca
noes. The British frigate President had
sailed from Punta Arenas destination un
known supposed for San Juan. Colonel
Kinney was in Greytown, and his people
were suffering from want of provisions.
AN ADVENTURE ON THE PLAINS.
In the year 18 , I undertook the per
ilous journey of crossing the Plains, on my
way from the Atlantic States to Califor
nia. Uur company was composed oi nine
persons. Among the number was Bill
Johnson, formerly a hunter and trapper of
the W est
At the close of a beautiful day in May,
we found ourselves seated . around a blaz
ing camp-fire upon the banks of the Little
Blue River, some two hundred miles Irom
St. Joseph, Missouri Some of the compa
ny had spread a blanket upon the grass,
and were busily engaged in a game of
cards, while myself and Bill Johnson were
eagerly discussing the propriety of having
an antelope hunt on the succeeding day.
We soon came to the conclusion that we
would spend the day in hunting, as our
train was going to stop here several daj-s
to recruit our animals. I cannot say that
I enjoyed a sound slumber that night, be
cause I was anxious that morning should
arrive, for I expected rare sport on the
coming day. The much-wished for morn
ing came at last, and after despatching
a hasty breakfast, and informing our
comrades that we would return by sunset,
we departed with our rifles on our shoul
ders. "
For three hours we travelled in a south
erly direction from the camp, without see
ing any game at all; and being somewhat
tired and disappointed, we concluded to
seek shelter from the rays of the burning
sun, and take a short rest. Following up
a ravine a short distance, we came to a
sink, or hole, some twenty feet deep; the
sides, which were of solid rock, were al-
. i: i ' r r..t :
most perpeuuicutitr. tiieiuiijr ejiauiiug
this curious spot, we at length discovered
an excavation in the wall, just large e
nough to admit a man with ease. This
was soon accomplished, and we found our
selves in an apartment about nine feet
square, with walls of solid rock. This we
thought would afford us the desired shel
ter, and we were .just comfortably seated,
when my companion hastily sprang to his
feet, saying: .
"Be silent I I hear a rustling in the
grass, which is probably caused by an elk
' or antelope, You stay here;" and seizing
his rifle, he stole cautiously down the ra
vine." He was soon lost to view among the
shrubbery which skirted the ravine, leaving
me alone to meditate upon the probable
cause of the noise we had just heard. But
I was soon startled and surprised by seeing
my companion come running toward the
cave, with anxiety and alarm plainly de
picted upon bis countenance.
"Injines !" he exclaimed, as he rushed
into the cave.
Then he commenced blocking up the
entrance with loose stones and fragments
of rock which lay scattered around. This
awakened me to a sense of the danger we
were in, as at that time the Pawnee Indi
ans 'were known to be hostile to the whites,
butchering all who fell into their hands. To
my inquiries of how many there were of
our enemies, my companion replied :
"There are two, mounted on fleet horses,
armed with rifles and bows, and most hide
ously painted.";
Our enemies were probably aware of
our place of refuge, for instead of coming
up in front of the cave, they crept cauti
ously around to the edge of the sink, and
stationed themselves out of the reach of
our rifles, but so as to command the en
trance to our subterranean retreat Their
persons were out of our view, but by their
shadows upon ti e opposite wall we could
note their manoeuvres.
They evidently thought there was but
one of us; but at that they did not deem it
prudent to make a bold attack in front, for
by, so doing they would expose their per
sons to danger therefore they chose the less
dangerous plan of starving us to death,
compelling us to surrender, or shooting us
if we attempted to escape. Thus in a man
ner we were completely in their power of
these savages, unless by some stratagem
we could manage to escape. But soon as
night set in, and spread her mantle of dark
ness over the land, making our situation
more dismal than : before," nay companion
took his station at the entrance, ready to
give the savages a warm reception if they
made an attack.'
I was not capable of enduring such hard
ships as my companion, therefore he advis
ed me to 6eek" thai repose I so much need
ed, while he , watched the mantsuyres of
the enemy. 1 laid down upon me nam
floor of the cavern, and soon fell asleep.
I intended to relieve my campanion in
ffuardins about midnight, but so sound
ly did I sleep, that the dawn of the day
was just breaking in the east when 1 a-
woke.
Still at his post stood the old hunter,
without a visible trace ot tatigue or sutter
inar upon his manly countenance. With
the exception of the lone shriek of the coy
ote in the distant hills, all was silent with
out, and I, thinking the coast clear, was
about to pass out, when my companion
pulled me back, and in a low whisper
said :
"Do not move; now is our most danger
pus time; but I will foil 'em yet, damn
'em 1" And immediately placing his hat
upon the muzzle of his gun, he slowly
moved it through the entrance. The In
dians, who were on the look out, perceiv
ing it, mistook it for his head, and .hred,
two balls piercing the crown of the hat.
Oropping it, we supposed the Indians
would show themselves. But not so. My
companion seeing this scheme was about
to fail, commenced making horrible groans,
as one in mortal agony. This the savages
took to be a sure indication that their balls
had taken effect, and giving a yell of tri
umph, which demons might have envied,
they rushed put in full view.
'r ire ! cried my companion, and the
next moment the sharp report of onr rifles
rang through the cavern, while our ene
mies, giving a simultaneous bound, fell
with a crashing sound upon the bottom of
the sink each one a corpse !
Placing the dead bodies in the cave, we
mounted our enemies' horses, and were
soon galloping into camp, fo the gratifica
tion of our friends, who supposed we had
fallen into the hands of the merciless Paw
nees. And now, though years have passed, and
the manly form of Bill Johnson is laid in
the silent grave, I respect the memory of
him as a true friend and brave man in the
hour of peril.
Correfpondenee of the New York Times.
A SINGULAR DEATH STRUGGLE IN PARIS.
A singular circumstance was lately re
lated to me by one of the house-surgeons of
the Charily Hospital of this city. In one
of the men's wards of this immense hospi
tal, a man was dying at 12 o'clock at night.
At this hour in the surgical wards there is
no movement except in cases of necessity,
the lamps burn dimly, and the guardians
are ordinarily sleeping in their chairs. But
there are alwaj's some of the patients more
or less wakeful by causes of their suffer
ings. The man who was dying had in
the pocket of his pantaloons a tolerably
well filled purse not at all a rare circum
stance in a Paris hospital. He was a mi
ser. He had kept hi3 pantaloons carefully
stowed away under his pillow, but his fre
quent attentions to the safety of his pocket
book aroused the attention and the cupidi
ty as well of the man who occupied the
next bed to him. This man watched with
wakeful eyes for the proper moment to
seize the dead man's treasure.
When the miser no longer breathed au
dibly, and the other believed him dead, he
stole quietly out of bed, and, thrusting hi3
hand under the pillow, seized the panta
loons. But he was mistaken ; there was
still breath and life in the miser, and the
attempt to wrest from him his treasure
seemed to give him life and breath that
he had riot. He seized the pantaloons,
and a horrible struggle took plaee between
the dying man and the thief for the poss
ession of the coveted money. But the mi
ser's grasp was soon relaxed by death, and
he fell back on his bed, gurgling words
from his throat that ought to have frozen
the blood of the blackest pirate on earth.
JMore than one patient was aroused by
this singular and horrid scene, and when
the thief shall be sufficiently cured to leave
tho hospftal, he will be handed over to jus-
lice.
MORALS OF LAWRENCE CITY.
; By the snbjoined extract of a letter pub
lished in a recent number of the Hartford
(Conn.) Times, it would appear that -the
state of society in Lawrence was not the
best under the sun ; notwithstanding the
fact that a majority of its inhabitants did
hail from the land of "steady habits -and
wooden clocks":
i "Mr. Pease, of this city, who recently
went out to Kansas with Mr. Lines' com
pany, has returned. He says that Law
rence city presents an unfavorable appear
ance, mere is no ' tnrut, no prosperity,
apparent ; but "whiskey, poor whiskey, too.
is poured down on every hand, it is dealt
out in almost every building. Drinking is
the principal business, and it is backed up
by idlers, the people generally waiting tor
aid' from the East. Sharpe's rifles, he
says, were offered to him for 810 each.
The price in Hartford, where they are
made, is $25 and $23. Exaggerated sto
ries are started in Lawrence city, and sent
off to keep up the excitement at the East,
and bring in more aid to support the idlers
in doing nothing except to drink whiskey,
and circulate false reports, and talk poli
tics." $ aThore he goes again," said Mrs. Part
ington in the Legislature, as a member
stood up for the fifth time to speak on a
question. "There he goes like a soda
fountain, and just as fluidly as water.
Now, Isaac, mind him, and see if you can't
become a speaker of the house of repre
hensibles sometimes. I declare I" contin
ued she, as a new burst of eloquence reach
ed her ear,' "it does seem as if the mantle
piece of Daniel Webster had fell onto him,
he is so bright." Boston Tost.
I "How rapidly they -build bouses now,"
6a id Tom lo an old acquaintance, as he
pointed to a two-story house ; "they com
menced that building only last week, and
they are already putting in the lights."
"Yes," rejoined his friend, "and next week
they will put in the liver."
People who think there's something in a
name remark that the greatest English
philosopher was Bacon, one of the finest
Scotch poets, Hogg, and one of the pleas
antcst British essayists, Lamb.
A man may tbink well, and yet not act
wisely. I he power to see what is right
is very different from i he power of doing it.
A man ol moral energy, 'will accomplish
more with a little knowledge than a man
of inferior will, with much. And strength
of will is generally acquired by struggling
witti difficulties in early life.
UI am a stronger in a strange place,"
said a clergyman - on entering a printing
office. "Guess you'll be a stranger to a
better place," said a typo, if you do not
practice wnatyou preach
TWO PICTURES.
I have subdued the nations of the earth :
is there no other world for me to conquer?
Alexander the Gfeat.
I have fought the good fight,-1 have
finished my course. Henceforth there is
laid up for me a crown of righteousness.
St. Paul. '
"Class in middle aged geography, stand
up. What is a pyramid "
"A pile of men in a circus, one on top of
t'other "
"Where is Egypt ?"
"Where it allers was."
"Where is that, you young vagabond,
you?'
"Dunno, sir."
"Go down to the foot"
SALf.
nifWl BUSHELS Turk's Island, in bag of
KJJJ two bushels each. For sale bv
April 8. GEO. HOUSTON.
SPRING AND SUMMER
COATS, PANTALOONS and VESTS, a new
and beautiful Stock or French Cloth Coats,
Fancy Cassimere Pants, Merino Marseilles and
silk vesta, also a handsome lot of Furnishing
Goods now opening at very low prices.
ftOAK WAL.Kr.ll V UO.,
Market Street, 6 doors from Front.
May 10. 24.
CRACREKS, CRACKERS.
BBLS. Sugar, Soda and Butter Crackers,
CO 15 boxes " " " "
la store and for salo bv
ZENO II. GREENE,
May 13. No. 7. Market street.
LIVES OF AMERICAN MERCHANTS.
BV Freeman Hunt, A. M., Editor of "Hunt's
Merchant's Magazine " &c. fc.
Contents: Introductory F.saay. by George R.
Russell. L. L. D.: Thos. H. Perkins, bv Hon. "P.
G Cary ; Thos. Pynn Cope, by Hon. Joseph R.
cnanaier ; I'eter uriardon UrooKs, Ay lion. Kd
ward Everett. L. L. D : James Gore Kin, by
Charles King, L. L. D.; Nicholas Brown; Steph
en Girard ; .Samuel Ward, by Charles Kins, L. L.
D.; Matthew Carey; Thomas Kddy ; Jonathan
Goodhue; Joseph Pea body, by George Atkinson
Vard; Jacob SorillBTd, by Kev. Wm. Berrian, L.
D; Gideon Lee, by Charles M.- Leupp; Waller
Restored Jones, by Wm. A. Jones, A. M.; Samuel
Appleion,v y Rev. Knhriam Peabody ; Joseph May;
Samuel Slater, Alexander Henry, by S. Auetin
Allibone, Esq.; Jones Chickennjr, by Rev. John
L. Blake; Asa Clanp ; Patrick Tracy Jackson,
by John A. Lowell.
Illustrated with rortraits 01 the subjects ; 1 large
8vo. volume. Price S2,50. Just published. Re
ceived and for sale by
MuyZO. S. W. W ti H AKe.it.
JAS. C. SMITH.
MILES COSTIN.
JAS. C. SMITH & CO.,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
No. 2, SOUTH ATER STREET,
WILMINGTON, N. C.
April 25, 18-Iy
FRESH ARRIVALS FROM N. YORK.
BAGS, prime Itio Conee,
-CO 10 kegs Goi-hen Butler,
10 bbls. Soda Crackers,
6 Sugar do.
5 " Pilot Bread,
10 boxes Sugar and Soda Crackers,
25 bags Laguayra Coflee,
Low lor cash, at
GEO. H. KELLEY 4 BRO'S.
March 6. No.. II, North Water street.
FLOUR, FLOUR.
BBT.S. Super.
10 " Family. Low for cash at
20
QUO. H. KELLEY & BRO S.
April 12. No. 11, North Water street.
JUST OPENED
A LARGE, well selected and varied aast rtment
of Groceries, comprising. a fresh lot of
Cheeee,. . Preserved
Lard, Pickle
Coffee, &.
Soaps, Fresh Meats.
Starch, Tin and Wooden
Candles, Ware,
Flour, dec , &.
All of which may be found at the corner of Mar
ket and Water streets, at ihe "Cheap Cash Store"
where goods mast be paid for on delivery.
E. O. COWAN, Superintendanr.
Jan. 31. 130-tf.
. Herald and Journal copy.
TALLOW CANDLES.
WE have received the agency of C. C. Rhodes'
Tallow Candles the best article made in
the United States. Will be kept constantly on
hand and sold for cash only on delivery, at No. 11
North Water street.
G. H. KELLEY & BRO.
May 23, '55. 30-tf
JUST RECEIVED
AFRESH supply of Lady's fine GLOVE KID
GAITERS ; also, a lew dox. pairs of Lady's
tipped and foxed Congress Boots ; alxo for sale 1
large Iron Safe. -G. R. FRENCH.
March 20.
WRAPPING PAPER.
KC( REAMS, Fayettevilte make. Just re
ijyJVJ ceived and for sale by
May 13. T. C. 4 B. G. WORTH.
.WHISKEY AND BRANDY. -
(( BBLS. Rectified Whiskeys and Domestic
OU Brandies for sale by
April 10. WM. L. 3. TOWNSHEND.
butter
HAVING mads arrangements for a constant
supply of good Suiter, from some of the best
Dairies at the North and West, I shall be able to
supply dealers and consumers here, with the arti
cle on as good terms as they can import it. The
butter will be kept in the Wilmington Ice-house,
and will be delivered in good and firm condition,
in packages of 50 to 100 lbs. cheap as possible,
for Cash. The first lot is hourlv expe-ted to ar
rive. GEO. HOUSTON.
AprCS.
JUST RECEIVED.
QiTnO PAIR Lsdiea black and colored foxed and
OV.AJ tiped Garters,
100 pair Ladies fine glove kid Gaiters.
Also, fine assortment of Ladies fine Slippers,
suitsble for Spring, which will be offered at re
duced price. - GEO. R. FRENCH.
April m, 10
CIRCULAR.
A BOOK FOR EVERY SOUTHERN METHODIST
Early in 1356, probably in the month of Febru
ary, I expect to publish a new work to the partic
ulsrfeatures of which I beg leave to call your at
tention. The Annals qf Southern Methodism,for 1855,
will be a 12 mo. volume of not less than 360 pages,
well printed, from stereotype plates, upon good
paper. It will contain ail available statistics in
every department of the operations f the
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CUURCH, SOUTH.
The design embraces tho Plan of Episcopal visi
tation; accounts of the sessions of all the Confer
ences held in 1555, the appointments, numbers, &c;
a summary of all reported revivals, notices of the
dedication, of new Churches; reports of Colloge
Commencements, with all else connected with our
educational movements; a resume of our Mission
ary operations, embracing whatever seems of gene
ral Interest in that department; the movements of
the Tract and Sunday School Societies ; whatever
appertains to cir publishing interests, with an
nouncements of all New Books published by our
Concern, or written by Southern Methodists ; what
the Church is doing for the instruction of Slaves
Historical and Biographical Essays; interesting
personal reminiscences ; and a miscellany of im
portant facts aftd incidents.
THE "ANNALS."
It is believed, will be a fair and full daguerreotype of
the progressof Southern Methodism.
It will occur to votl at onec. that if 1 have suc
ceeded in preparing this volume with any reasoaa-
ble amount of skill, it will not only be a very agree
able hook for present reading, but that every year
will add to its value as showing the jroature of Soi-
thern Methodism at tins particular juncture ot lis
history. -
THIS DIGEST
Will be specially valuable as a Book of refercne.
To whatever question of general interest mayariie
in regard to the events of 1S55, it is hoped that i
satisfactory answer will be found in ihe Annals.
While it is believed that the Ministers in our
Church will desire copies as soon as they can be
obtained, I have paid regard to the what I suppos
ed the taetesof general readers. The older mem
bers of the Church will find sketches that carry
them back to their earlier compeers, as in this de
partment 1 have not restricted myself to the histo
ry of the year, but have collected whatever baa ap
peared during the year, which, as history and biog
raphy, preserves the memoirs of the olden lime,
and of the early men of Southern Methodism. '
The work will be published at One Dollur a copy.
Those who subscribe in advance, shall receive the
first copies issued from the press. A cold dollar
pasted in a letter can be sent securely and is pref
erable to bills of distant auks. Those of the banks
in Northand south Carolina will be as good as gold.
In return a copy will be sent well wrapped and pre
paid.
My aaaress is u-oiai-Doro , in. u.
CHARLES F. DEE VS.
Dec. 23. 1221m
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THE aboveCompany hps been inopcrationaincc
the 1st of April, t843, under the directionof the
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Wm. D. Haywood, Vice President,
John G. Williams, Secretary,
Wm; H. Jones, Treasure'.
Pcrrin Busbee, Attorney,
Dr. Charles E. Johnson, 1 , , ,
Dr.Wm.H.McKee, i Medical IJcuu-d of
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The 5th Section gives the Husband the privilege to
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Children, free from any claim s.f the representa
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Organized on purely mutual principles, the life
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life, when the annual premium is over330 may pa
one half in a Note.
Allclaims for insurance against the Company wil!
oe paid within ninety daysafterproof of the death
of the party is furnished.
Staves are insured forone or five years, at rates
which will enable all Slaveholders to secure thi
class of properily against the uncertainty of life.
Slave insurance presents a new and interesting
featurftin the history of North Carolina. which will
prove very important, to the Southern States.
Thelast four .months operation ofthis Company
shows a vcryl afgeamount of business more than
the Directors expected to do the first year having
already issued more than 200 Policies.
Dr. Wm. W. Harriss. Medical Examiner, and
Ag-nt. Wilminston, N. C.
AllCommunicallonsonbusinesf of theCompany
should be addressed to
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Raleigh, June 8, 1S55.
PROSPECTUS OF THE
" SOUTHERN SENTINEL,"
A Democratic and Miscellaneous Journal, to
be published weekly, at IVilson, iVr. C.
THE existing condition of political parties, and
of partizan. strife, naturally suggests the eslab
li'hing of such a journal as the "Southern Senti
nel" propose to become. The present, indeed, is
a crisis in our political history, never witnessed be
fore. The Constitution haa bsen invaded ; the laws
trampled and spat upon ; religieus liberty assailed ;
ballot boxes broken and burnt; the landmarks of
our political ancestry partially effaced ; the wis
dom derived from a time-honored experience un
seated; strange and questionable men have been
pitsketl into high positions; and fanaticism, unchai
ned from its axe and its faggot piks in the North,
is heard to howl among us in the South. These
evils, so far as it humble abilities shall serve,
THE SOUTHERN SENTINEL
Will endeavor to arrest. It will endeavor to incul
cate a reverence for the laws as they exist, and for
the Constitution,. as it has been interpreted by the
wise men of the past and by the Fathers of the
Democratic faith. It will defend not only political
but BELteious liberty, and wilt do battle against ev
ery political heresy that may appear, whethei
hatched in caves or culverts, or open convention.
The Sentinel will also, to relieve the monotony
of politics, devote space to literary topics, original
and selected, as well as to miscellaneous subjects,
which shall include Agricultural and the latest Com
mercial intelligence. In brief, no efforts nor ex
penses will be spared to make the Sentinel one of
the most useful and efficient journals in t he South.
The first number of tho Sentinel will be issued
about the first of the next month, and sent to sub
scribers at the rate of $2 per annum : S2 60 at the
end of six months, and S3 at the end of the year.
Discount made In behalf of cluba, who shall take
five, ten or more copies.
J. F. KEENAN, Editor.
Jan. 17. ' 130-3t
nVfflSREY;
CA BBLS. Rectified and Old Rye Whiskey, and
'J a general assortment of Domestic and For
eign Liquors and Wines, for sale by
ZENO H. GREERE,
May IS. No. 7 Market street. ,
MEDICINES, CHEMICALS, &c.
THE subscribers have just opened, and now rea
dy for inspection, the .largest and most com
plete stock of Medicines, Chemicals, Fancy Arti
cles, Perfumery, Ac, Ac, they have"ver offered;
embracing all the new prepa rations f the day.
CAD. JJoPRE,
Wov. 8. 4 "S Market street.
EMPTY SPIRITS TURPENTINE
BARRELS. 550 superie T. S. barrels, very
large size, also, 2S0 very snperipr second hand
barrels, average 44 gallons, just received and for
sale by ADAMS, BROTHER A CO.
April 29. 19.
NEGRO PASSES.
ANEW form af Passes, containing sanitary pro
visions, approved by he Commissioners. aid
number of others interested in the welfare of onr
colored population, is just issued at the office ol
wJ7it Covtnicrcialm
JUST OPENED.
AFRESH supply of Kooso. Betley'a Sedative,
South American Remedy, and a Bomber of
new preparations
C. A D. rirPHE
nov.tf
43 Market etreet.
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AGENTS FOR THE COMMERCIAL.
Njjw York Messrs. Dollmbr & Potter.
Hoston Cka rlr9 Smith, No. 6, Central Wharf.
Philadelphia S. E. Cohen.
HaUimoTc Wm. H.PcAKxand Wm. Thomson
SAMUEL A. HOLMES,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
WILMIXG7 ON, N. C.
Will attend the Courts of Duplin, Sampson and
New Hanover.
Office on Princess street, next door East of 'the
State Rnnk.
April 5. 9-ly
J. M. STEVENSON
AGENT for ihe sale of all kinds of Produce.
Office on Pilncees st . under ADAMS, BRO.
Sl CO., Wilmington, N. C.
Feb. I2.l31-tf. J. M. STEVENSON
GEORGE It. FRENCH,
MANUFACTURER AND
WHOLESALE d RETAIL DEALER
IN
BOOTS, SHOES, LEATHER, AND
SHOE FINDINGS,
NO. 11, MARKET STREET,
WILMINGTON, N. C.
March 6.
151
GEO. W. DAVJS,
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
south Water street,
WILMINGTON, N. C.
Jan. 22.
132.
GEORGE II. KELLEY & BROTHER,
DEALERS IN
FAMILY GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS.
No. 11 NORTH WATER STREET,
WILMINGTON, N. C.
WILL keep constantly on hand, Sugars, Cof
fees, Molasses, Cheese, Flour, Puller, Lard
Soaps, Candles, Crackers, Starch, Oils, Snufis,
Ac. &.C.
references :
O. G Parsley, President of Commercial Bank.
Johm MclUc, " Bank of Wilmington.
Wilmington.
Rev. R. T. HEruwJ Ra,ciSh-
S. W. Wbstbrooks, ,-.,..,. ,
Rev. W. II. BosBiTT, Greensboro'.
Ffcb. II.
7w. G. MILLIGAN,
MARBLE MANUFACTURER,
North Wateb Stbekt, - Wikmindton, No. Ca.
Monuments, Toombs, Head and Foot Stones, and
allkinds of Marble Work furnished to
order on reasonable terms.
June 5. 3G-1y-e
NIXON'S HOUSE,
(FORMERLY MRS. BORDEN'S)
WEST SIDE RAIL ROAD,
GOLDSBORO. N. C,
THIS extensive and well known public
Establishment has been ourchased and
IuhL was reopened by the Subscriber for the
reception of guests on the 4th inst.
It U pleasantly and conveniently situated in the
centre of busineas, and is directly opposite to,
and WEST of the Ticket Offices, of the Wilming
ton and Weldon and ihe Cantfal Rail Road Com
panies, where the cars stop on their arrival and
departure, and where faithful servakts will ii
in WAiTisra to take baggage, and give such other
attentions as the traveller may require.
THE HOUSE has been remodelled, repaired,
and thoroughly renovated from, cellar to garret,
and furnished throughout with New Furniture,
selected with special care, and arranged with an
eye single to the comforts of the casual guest or
permanent hoarder,
THE TABLE
Will be richly furnished with the substantias,
the danties and delicacies of the seasons, foreign
as well as domestic markets will be rendered
tributary to the constant supply, which, will be
served up In the best style, by orderly, obliging
and well trained servanta.
THE BAR
Will be a Storehouse of the best Wines and Li
quors, and superintended by a gentleman of cour
tesy and integrity, thoroughly acquainted with his
business comprising the knowledge of what is
due to the righta and comforts of the public, as
well as to himself and his employer.
THE STABLES,
which are among the best in the State, have been
placed in the keeping of a skiHful and careful
manager, who will always have under his care
the best and most experienced ostlers, and it will
be among the chief cares of the proprietor to see
that horses of hie guerts be well fed and thor
oughly groomed.
This entire establishment haa been purchased
and fitted up at an enormous expense, and it will
be the pleasure, as, of course, it will be the inter
est of the subscriber, to render the House in every
respect equal to anv in the country. He there
fore trusts that a generous public will renew and
continue the liberal patronage heretofore en tended
to this House, while under the care of its former
proprietress, Mrs. Borden, who gained for ft a
celebrity throughout the entire Union.
ILK. NIXON.
Aug. 18. 67-1 y. .
SOAP AND CANDLES.
THE subscribers beg leave respectfully to call
the attention of the trade and families to the
Soap and Candles manufactured in Wilmington,
N. C, by Messrs. Costin GafTord, samples of
which can be seen at ouroflBca, No. 2, Water st.,
where we keep constantly on hand large supplies
lowforeash. J AS. C, SMITH & CO.
April 26. 19
BUSINESS CARDS.
Joseph Wilkinson,
UPHOLSTER & PAPER HANGER,
KEEPS ON HAND AND MADE TO ORDER,
Mattresses, leather Beds, 'Window Curtains
and Fixtures.
All work in the above line done at shortest No
tice. Wilmington, N. C, Market St.
Jan. 19, 1856. 1.
" J. C. LATTA,
COMMISSION MERCHANT d GENERAL
Ad F T
WILMINGTON, N. C.
Oct. 1,1835. 8.1-lyc.
C.&. D. DuPRE.
WHOLE 8 ALE AND It ETA L DEALERS I N
Drugs, Medicines. Chemicals, l'alnts. Oil,
vyc siuns, uiasa, i-eriumery, cigars,
Old Liquors, Fancy Articles, &c,
MARKET STREET,
WILMINGTOH, N. C.
Prescriptionscaref ullycompounddd by expert
snced persons.
March 28, 1855.
T. C. & B. G. WORTn.
COMISSION 1XD FORWARD I XG mERCHHTS,
IVllsMinU - I'UN, N. c
Jan 17, 1835. 125-c
JAS. II. CnADBOURN & CO.,
General Commission Merchants,
WIL.MI NGTON, N. C.
J as. II. Ch ADSO0B2T. Geo. Chadiodrn.
Jan. I, 1856. 112.
HENRY NUTT,
FACTOR AND FORWARDING AGENT,
Will give his personal attention to business entrust
td to his cart.
Sept. 8, 1855. 75-ly-c.
GEORGE MYERS,
WHOLESALE AND EETAIL GROCER
Keeps constantly on hand, Wines, Teas, Liquors,
t'ratinons, vtooa ana alow Hare, fruit,
CorfectionarUs,4-e. South Front etreet,
WILMINGTON, N. C.
Nov. IS, 1855. 109.
GEORGE n0UST0N
DEALER IN
Groceries, Provisions, and Naval Stores ;
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
VESSEL AXD FORWARDING AGENT,
WILMINGTON, N. C.
Aug. 2.
CO-if
II. DOLLNER. G. POTTL'R. jr. J. C AM E n DEN.
D0LLNER, POTTER & CO.
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
NEW YORK.
April30, 1855. 20-Iy.
L. N. BARLOW.
WHOLESALE & RETAIL GROCER,
AND DEALER IN
LIQUORS, WINES ALE. PORTER, de.
No. 3, Granlie Row, front Street,
WILMINGTON, N.C.
Feb. 17th, IP66. 140-tf.
adamsTbrother & CO.,
COMMISSION MERGHA NTS,
WILMINGTON, N. C.
July 28. 58
IAS. F. GILLESPIE. CEO. 8 GILLESPIE.
4AM l' GIM,nPir. Hi CO.,
PRODUCE AND FORWARDING
AGENTS.
WILMINGTON, N. C.
Pat tic ii lar attention paid to the receipts and Saleol
Naval Stores, Timber, Lumber, Corn, Bacon, Cot
ton, f-c, de.
March 30,1655. 6.
D. CASnWELL,
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
WIL..MIXCTON, N. C.
Sept. 30. 84 tf
- COCHRAN & RUSSELL.
(SITXESSOuS TO THOS. ALIBONE k CO )
General Commission Merchants,
No 32, North Uliartcs, ind 3 North Water St
piiiiai)i:lpuia.
1. HARVEY COCHRAN,
W. S. RUSSBLL.
Liberal cash advances made on consignments.
July 30th, 1355. 63-tf.
HOOPER, DEARBORN k CO.,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
WILMINGTON, N. C.
OtO. HOOPtl. . I. DBABBOBV. WM. L. HOOFER.
- July 28. I 68-tf
JOHN A. STANLY,
COMMISSION ME R C HA N T,
WILMINGTON, N. C.
Oct. 6th, 1855. 83.
T. C. WORTn,
GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANT.
WILMINGTON, N. C.
Jan. 8. 126 tf.
JUST OPENED.
THE largest assortment of Chemicala ever offer
ed in this market, consisting in oari mi
100 lbs. Sugar Leadj
60" Sulph.Zlnei
25" Vailett'sMars;
600 07.s. German fcluinine i
10 bbls. F.psom Salts
15 bbls. Copperas
25 lbs. Calomel;
30 lbs. Blue Msssf
3earboys Spirits Mtre ((TT)t
3 ' Agna Ammonia. (ID) and a num
ber of other Chemicals, from the Laboratories of
Powers and "Welchlman, Chss. Kills & Co.
sale by C. D.DtPRR.
June 5. 36
CIGARS! CIGARS!!
JUST RECEIVED, 60,000 choice Havana Ci
gars, for sale by C.AD.DcPRK,
Wholesale Druggists, 45 Market st.
Oct. 13. 91.
PROSPECTUS OP TIIE
PLYMOUTH BANNER.
THK subscribers having purchased the "Villa
ger" establishment, will commence publishing
a weekly Newspaper of the above title, abont the
middle of January, 1956.
Oar paper will be "independent in all things,
and neutral in nothing," giving all panics and
Creeds a respectful hearing. It will be devoted to
the interests of Plymouth, North Carolina, and
the Sooth to the csase of Educstion, Agricul
ture, Internal Improvements, and the development
of tjie resources of the State.
We will do all in our p.wer to make our paper
interesting to the general reader, as well as to the
business man. Proper attention will be given the
Marine List and Price Current. In short, we will
try to make -he " Banner ' a neat paper, and a
companion to all classes, from the Parlor to the
Counting- Room, and one worthy the support of
those favoring us with their patronage.
TERMS,
1 copy in advance 2 per annum
I copy at the end of aix month, 92 50.
1 copy at the rad of ths year, S3.
C. O. DAVENPORT, ) Editors and
C. H. KELLY, J Proprietora.
aJsn. 12. 123 3t
BALTIMORE LOCK HOSPITAL.
DJR; JOHNSTON,
THE founder of this Celebrated Insiltutlon o(i
tert the most certsln, Speedy and only elkclu
al remedy in the world lur
SECRET DISEASES.
Gleets, Strictures, Seminal Weakness, Pains In
the Loins, Constitutional Debility, Impotency.
Weakness of trie Back and Limbs, Aflections oi
the Kidneys, Pstpitation of the Heart, Dysnrnia,
Nervous Jrritabl ltyt Disease of the Head, tnroat
Nose or Skin j those serious and melancholy disor
ders a rising from the destructive habits of Vouth.
which destroy both body and mind. Those stent
and solitary practices more fatal to their vicilms
than the song of the Syrens to the marint rs cf
U lyases bliglulnff their most brilliant hopes or in
ticipaiions, rendering marriage, Ac, Impossible.
younumi:n.
Especially, who have become the victims of Solita
ry Vice, that dreadful and destructive habit which
annually sweeps to an untimely grave thousands of
young men of the most exalted talents and brilliant
I n I A 1 1 u t aa n t sn IaIhi i. a. .
......w., Kuiuiiicrwjse nave entranced lis
tenlngSenatea with the thunders of eloquence, or
wskeatoecstacythelivinglyre.may call with fult
confidence. ' ' '
- MARRIAGE.
Married persons, or Voung Men, contemplating
marriaee, beirawareof Phy.ic.i Weakness, Or
ganic Debility DefornifcUes dtc.shoi.ld Immedi.
atclv consult Dr. J., and be restored to perfect
health. I
lie who plsces himself undarlhecareofDr John
ston may religiounly confide in his honor ss a ten
tleman, and confidently rely upon hisskill aia Eh v.
sictan. v '
Da.JoHjffctoifjs the only regularly Educated
Phvaician ad vertlulnf in rum rrTun.
His remedies and treatment are entirely unknown
In nil l k n s TsnJ f , . . r r
Great Hospitals of Europe and the First In ihit
Country, vUt England, France, ihe Elockley ol
I nilaaclphia, j-c, and a more extensive practice
than any other physician in the world. His mnny
wnnnirliil rur.i inH mn.i t . . . .
. i'"ui ouiL'irai up-
eratlons la a sufficient guarantee to the afllicled.--
J hose una wish to be jeedily and eftctually relict
ed.shouldshun the numerous trifling imposters, who'
only ruin their health, and snniy to him.
No Mercury or Nauseousj Dmps Used.'
OFFICE. No. 7. SOUTH It'lli'riL'iiir'ir t-.
Icrt hand aide going from Daltimore street, a f. v
doors from iht entner .''ail nnt an ..I .. Li.
. V , ,V UU,"TC IIIH
name and number, for ignoiant trifling Importers,
attracted by the reputation of Dr. Johnston, ui
DR. JOHNSTON.
Member of the Koval Collctre ofS
graduate from one of the most eminent Colli des of
the United States.and the crrr.irr nun . ,....
life haa beenspent in the llospitala ol London, Par
is, Philadelphia, and elsewhere, has t fleeted aone
oi me most astonishing cures that werceverknown.
Msny troubled with ringing in the ears and heotf
v hen asleep, great nervoutnsss, being alarmed sl
sudden sounds, and bashfuintss. with frequent
blushing, attended sometimes with derangement of
mind, were cured Immediately.
A CERTAIN DISEASE.
' When the misguided and imprudent votary rf
pleasure finds ho hss imbibed the seeds of his'
painful disease, it too often happens that onfli-tlm.
ed sense of shame, or dread of discovery, deters
him from applying to those who, Irom education
and respectability, ran alone befriend him, delay
ing till the conatliutional ympioms of this horrid
disease make their appearance, such us ulcerated
sore throat, diseased nose, noctural pains in Ihe
hesd and limbs, dimness of sight, deafness, nodes
on the shin bones and arms, blotches on the head,
face and rxtrcrnities, progressing with frifihtlul rs
Kidity, lilt at last the pnlate of the mouth or ihe
one of the nose fall in. and the victim ofthis
awful dlsoase becomes a horrid object of comniis
seration, till death puts a period to his dreadful suf
ferings, by sending Mm to "that bourne Irom
whence no traveller returns." To such therefore,
Dr. Johnston pledges hlinnclf to preserve the most
inviolable seeresy j and, from his exfensivo prac
tice in the first Hospitals of Europe snd America,
hecan confidently recommend a safe and speedy
cure to the unfortuna'e victim of thla horrid dU
.casa. It is a melancholy fact, that thousands full
victims to this dreadful complaint, owing lo fhe un
skllfulness ol ignorant pretenders, who, by Ihe ue
of that dundly poison, mercury, ruin the constitu
tion, and either send the unfortunate sutlerrr to an
untimely grave, or else make the residue of life mis
erable. TAKK PARTICULAR NOTCD.
Dr. J. addresses sll those who have Injured them
selves by privutc anf Improper indulgences.
These are some of the aad and melunrholy ef
fects, produced by esrly habits of youth, vl :
Weaknehsof the I5ck and Limbs, Pslns In the
Hesd, Dimness of Sight, Loss of Muscular Pow
er, Palpitation of the Ilean, Dyspepsy, Nervous
Irritability Derangement of the Digestive Func
tionfc, General Debility, Symptoms ofConiumn.
tion.ozc.
Mcntalty.Tht fearful i fleets on the mind ore
much lo Le dreaded, Loss of Memory, Confusion
of Ideas, Depression of Spirits, Evil Forebodings.
Aversion of iSoelety, Btlf Dfmm, Love of Soli. -tude.
Timidity, dtc.. are some of the evils produced.
Thousands of persons of sllnges, can now judge
what is the cause of thilr declining health. Los'
ing their vigor, becoming weak, pale and emacia
ted, have a singular appearance about the eyes,
cough and symptoms of consumption.
DR. JOHNSTON'S INVIGORATING REME
DY FOR ORGANIC WEAKNESS.
Cy this great and important remedy weakness cf
ihe organs arc speedily cured snd full vigor restored;
Thousands of the most Nervous snd Debilitate d
individuals who hud lost all hope, have been imm-
diately relieved. All impediments lo M AHRIAGK
Physical or MentalDlsquallfications, Nervous Ir
ritability Tremblings and Weakness, or exhaustion
of the most fearful kind, rpcediiy cured by Dr
Johnston.
Young men who hare Injured themselves by n
certain practice Indulged in whn alone u habit
frequently learned from evil companions, or a I
school, the cflects of which are nightly felt, even
when asleep, and if not cured, rendera marriage
ImposMblcanddestroyaboih mind and body.should
apply immediately.
What a pity that a voung man, the hops of lil
country, and the darling of his parents, rhould b
snatched from all prospects snd enjoyments of life;
by the consequences of deviating from the path f I
nature, and indulging In a certain secret habit.
Such persons, before contemplating
i MARRIAGE.
Should reflect thst a sound mind and body sre lfi
most necessary requiitra to promote connubial
hsppiners. Inde-d, without these, the journey
through life becomes a wcarf pilgrimages the pros'
pect hourly darkena to the view i (he mind becomes
shadowed with despair and filled with Ihe melan
choly reflet-lion that ihe happiness of another be
comes blighted wiih otirown.
OFFICE NO. 7 &OLTH FREDERICK-ST..
Haltimoir, M.
AH Surgical Operations Ici formed.
N. B Let no fal.e delicacy prevent you, but
apply immediately either personally orb) letter.
Hklu Dlseates Speedily Cured.
TO STRANGERS.
Tin many thoutinds cured a I this inst It at Ion with
In the last fen yearsi and the numerous impor
tant Surgical Operations performed by Dr. J.. wit
nessed by the Reporters of the papers, sr.d many
other persons, notices of which ha ve sppesrrd strain
and again before the public, besides his .landing
ss a pentlemsn of character and respoosibilit y, is
a sufficient gusrsntee to ihe afflicted.
TAKE NOTICE.
Itts witDths erratestl rrlorUne that Ir .TOnNFTOV
permits bis erd to sprar mtr the publis. dvrmini It
annrofemtoml for s phyalrUn to dvrrtla, hut antn I. a
did o, tl smirtrd, MtwriBlly trsnrar. could rx fall t.
fall Into I ha hand, of Iha many Impudent and unWurmd
Impnatcra, wlh lonoiorrat-la Kalaa Smmr or ron.blrx-.l
Uuackahops, warmime tliea larya eltu-a, )Tln 1.
Jof utoi i wIrrniMniHitt or sdveniclre tbrriiM-lvea .
phyatrtana. Illileraea shallow-brained fcltowa. too huy to
work at their oriirinal trad, with ararra ton Idraa and
the brat, who. few tho porpoao of Kntletmr and 1 w--rtr.
lng carry cm nv or aiaomeoa, nndrr many ditlrtil
! Nm, ao that Iha articled Sfrsnjrera, rarailiu
one. Is sor to tumble neadlunc Into th otfief, Jitnm it t
Quark with enormous Ij Init rertiflealra of preal and a.
tonLMn trim from proti. m,t to be f.ind, hokr
jroo takina- tanra buitla of Ijrosirs VTaT.S and ola.r
paekaceaof filthy and VonhUa. rompnari'U, connlii,!,
prepared to Impoaa crpnn tha nforiBtu.ia and nnaoafarl.
In. Trifling- mouth artrr nimiih, or aa toif aa lbana4f
st foa emn ha obtained, and. in deapa'r. Iratra yon with)
ruined h rails, to algh errr your rH'" diaappotnimrrit.
" It la thla moUvs that indnrr Ir. J. to advertl.. roa
R iLoss car rmm T'Ti To thoaa unarqnniiited with hla
reputation, ha dornna it nae' ry lo aav lbal his eraden
ttaU or dipl'tna alw,r banc lit hie ftle.
NO I.ETTfcliH KKCEIVk.I 1M.KH1 pnfiTPAin
aad eoola4iunz a Htainploba aard fur tha reply IVr
sons writing alumld alats Ao ad send that portion of
BdraatiaatMat daarr.birar eyniporua. ;
Jan.,155. , HI 1 y-e