North Carolina Newspapers

WILMINGTON, N. C, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER U, 1856. was' ' " , FOR PRESIDENT JAMES BUCHANAN, - OF PENNSYLVANIA. ; " FOR VICE PRESIDENT JNO. C. BRECKENRIDGE, OF KENTUCKY. i .KlilSC'TORS FOR PRESIDENT iAND VICE PRESIDENT.. TOR THK ffTATK AT I.ABGR: t HENRY M. SHAW, of Currituck. SAMUEL P. HILL, of Caswell.) Distbicts: j 1st District. WM. F. MARTIN, of Pasquotank. 2d " WM. J. BLOW, of Pitt. j 3d " M. B. SMITH, of New Hanover. 4th " GASTON? II. WILDER, of Wake. 6th " S. E. WILLIAMS, of Alamance. 6th " THOS. SETTLE, Jr. of Rockingham. 7ih " R. P. WARRING, of Mecklenburg: 8th " W.W. AVERY, of Burke, j ARRIVAL oFtHE CANADIAN. . . j I FOUR DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE. Quebec, Sept. 9,-The steamer Canadian arrived here this evening with Liverpool dates to the 27tb. ult.--four days later. The Cunard steamer Arabia (about which so many fears were entertained) ar rived out on the 25th. S The news by this arrival is unimportant. The steamers Citjr of Baltimore and Ful ton both sailed -on the 27 th. I ' ENGLAND. J A grand dinner; was given to the Guards at the Surrey Gardens on the 25th, at which two thousand persons were pres ent " i S Sir William Temple, the British Minis ter to Naples, Lord Paluierston's only brother, is dead, . r j A large Chartists meeting had been held at Todmorton, to welcome the return of . John Frost. i I FRANCE. The affairs of France were du The Emperor and his family continu at Biaritz. Napoleon, it was said, was suffering much from a diseased liver. j ' SPAIN. I No definite intelligence had been receiv ed of affairs in Spain.- The Government was chiefly occupied in appointing new officers to all the civil departments chiefly from the liberal party, " It was announced that a decree would appear in a few days suppressing the whole National Guard ; &nd that the Province of Madrid had al ready been disarmed, .... - , PORTUGAL. Tbe bread riots bad been suppressed. The cholera was declining at "Lisbon. A great many arrests among the troops and the citizens had been made in cons jsjuence t f the recent riots. The arrival of a French squadron at Tagis caused much excite ment The harvest was over, arid was .more unfavorable than at first anticipated. The vines were a complete failure. Dis ease had appeared among the cattle. ' ' , ITALY. - j It was reported that the King ofj Naples demands to submit bis differences with the European powers to a European Congress. It was rumored that a collision had oc curred at Palermo between the Neapolitan and Swiss troops, i j The crops throughout the Neapolitan Kingdom have partially failed. j : AUSTRIA. j The government has ordered the iseques tered property of the Lombard exiles to be sold. . 1 PRUSSIA. : The recent piratical attack on a Prus sian Corvette on the coast of Morocco had caused intense excitement at Berlin, but it was probably incorrect that prusia;had in voked the aid of France and England, the feeling being that f Prussia should j herself, undertake the chastisement of the 'pirates. Russia has volunteered two or three ships to aid any expedition that Prussia may fit OUt. ....-....: : ! V DENMARK. , Great hopes are entertained that En gland will speedily accede to the plan of capitalizing tne sounddues. 1 ho English minister, who had: been home to Pconfer with his government on the subject, had returned and strengthened these hopes. Nearly three thousand vessels passed the sound during the past month, of! which iwenty-two were American. - - SWEDEN. rni it inecnoiera naa made its appearance at Stockholm, General Bodisco, the Rus sian Military lunvoy, was the first victim. TURKEY. 1 -Constantinople dates to the 15th of Au gust had reached England. The Russian reply gives hopes of the surrender bf Bel grade. ' Hassein Pasha receives Kars from the Russians. From, the Asheville Spectator. RAILROAD ! CONVENTION. i At a Convention of the friends of I Inter nal Improvement held at Asheville on the 26th August 1856. i - On motion of N. V. AVoodfin, Esq , Gen, W, F". Jones of Henderson was called to the Chair as President pro tern; and On mo tion of X W. Pattern, Esq., L. B. Sawyer was appointed Secretary. t On motion the Chair appointed the fol lowing gentlemen to nominate permanent officers for the Convention; Columbus Mills, John Baxter, John Burgin, N. Wi Wood fin and Mr. Edgarrof Tenn. who made, the following; report: r For President Gen. W. F. Jones, of Henderson; for Vice Presidents Govan Mills, J no. Alexander and Mr. Edgar; for Secretaries -I. B. Sawyer, T. G. Massie, which report was adopted. j On- motion it was unanimously agreed that all gentlemen present should be regar ded as members of this Convention. ! ' On motion x( A. S Merrimon it was re solved that a. committee of JO be appointed to report business for the consideration of the meeting. Committee Messrs. N. V. Woodfin, Dr. C. Mills, M. Erwin, A. S. Merrimon, Col. Perrin, Dr. Carriger, ! Maj. Davis, Gol. Guion, D. Coleman and S. Son ley. m On motion the Convention, adjourned to meet again at 4 o'clock. 1 -At 4 o'clock, the Convention having re assembled, Col. Perrin, of S C from the committee on Resolutions, stated that the committee had not yet agreed and asked farther time to prepare their report. . On motion of Cot.! Baxter, the meeting adjburoed till to morrow, 91-2 o'clock; Wednesday morning 27th. The Convention met according to ad journment Mr. A. S. Merrimonf Esq , from the com mittee on Resolutions made the following report, accompanied with a speech in favor of the adoption : f " . A majority of the committee of ten. to whom was referred to report business for the meeting, beg leave to make the follow ing report ; - The propriety, not to say the necessity, of connecting the Atlantic sea-board with the great Mississippi Valley, by the con struction of a Railroad through the valley of the French Broad River into North Car olina, is conceded by every one, who has looked well to the Agricultural, Commer cial and Mechanical interests of the nume rous and large sections of country that would be connected by the construction o such a road. A scheme of the character indicated has png been thought of, and but for an unprecedented pressure in mon etary affairs at one time, and an unneces sary clashing of interests at another, the contemplated road would now be in process of construction. This state of things has been much and deeply regretted. But the day has now come, when the Road must be built, and when conflicting and sectional interests must give way for the common benefit of two great sections of country sep arated by the Blue Ridge. That the construction of such a rorid is eminently practicable at a moderate cost, is now beyond question. Various surveys, made by Engineers of the most competent skill attest this fact, and the Reports of those surveys are now before the coun try. In view of these facts, a majority of your committee beg leave to submit the follow ing resolutions : Resolcedy I. That in the view of this Con vention, a communication by Railroad with the Sea-board, is necessary to tho full de velopment of the resources of this country and the energies of its citizens; and that our desires are as strong and ardent as they have ever been, to have the work done. Rest Iced. 2. That we have confidence in the integrity and zeal of the '-Greenville and French Broad Railroad Company,' and that we urge them by all honorable means to -press forward to the completion of the work which they have begun. Mr. Erwin, of the same committee, offer ed the following resolutions as addmona to those of the committee : Resolved. That in the judgment of this Convention the interest of the State of North Carolina, and especially the interest of the Western counties of the State would be greatly promoted by an early extension of some of the public works now in process of construction East of the Blue Ridge in this State to a point or points on the West ern borders of JNorth Carolina, to connect with the Railroads projected or now being built in the State of Tennessee. There fore Resolved, That the people of Western North Carolina ask for nothing more than justice when they demand that the State be required to give her aid upon liberal terms to assist those of her citizens inter ested in the construction of the road, ex tending either the Wilmington and Ruth- erfordtoff Railroad or the North Carolina west to the Paint Rock on the French T" t -T-m ' - - uroaa luver; wnn a Drancn leading through the counties of Haywood, Jack son, and Cherokee, to some point in Cher okee county to connect with a road lead ing by the Duck Town Copper Mines to wards Chattanooga in the State of Ten nessee, -j ' . Considerable discussion was elicited by Mr. Ji.rwin's Resolutions, in which Mr Erwm, CoL B txter, W. H. Thomas, Esq., Uol. I'ernn. 11. YV Uuton, Esq , IN. W. Woodfin and Col. W. S. Dogan, of S. ( participated; which latter gentleman was particularly happy in replying to the re marks of Mr. Guion, of Kincoln : after which ,N. W. Woodfin, Esq., offered the following amendment, to Mr. Erwin's Res olutions, which was adopted : Resolved, As the sense of this Conven tion that it is but just to this section of the State that the Charter of the Greenville and French Broad Road should be amend ed so as to remove the restrictions of the ninth section thereof. , The question then being on the amend ment of Mr. Erwin's as amended by Mr, Woodfin it was decided in the affimative. Un motion the meeting adjourned till 2 o clock. ; When the Convention re-assembled at 2 o'clock, after an address from D. Carri ger, of Ten., the resolutions of the commit tee as above amended were unanimously adopted.' The following resolutions were then passed : Resolved, That the thanks of this Con vention be tendered to the President. Gen Jones, for the able and impartial manner, in which he has discharged the duties of his position, and the Vice Presidents and Secretaries for their promptand efficient services rendered. Resolved That the proceedings of this Convention be published in the Asheville Spectator, Asheville News and all papers in North Carolina and Tennessee, fttvora- Die to tne action ot the same. The Convention then adjourned tine die. W. F. JONES. Pres.. T. G. Massie, ) 0 , . I. B. Sawyer, J Fi em the Raleigh Standard, Sept. 10. OLD LINE WHIG MEETING. The old line Whigs of this county, ac cording to previous notice, held a meeting in the Court House, in this City, on Mon day last, for the purpose of appointing de legates to the Whig National Convention, to be held in the city of Baltimore on the 15th inst. We were sorry to see so few of so respectable a party present so few who had not bowed the knee to the Baal of Know Nothingism. G. W.Haywood, Esq., was chosen Chair man, and W. S. Mason, Esq., Secretary On motion of E. B, Freeman, Esq , a com raittee of five, consisting of R. H. Battle, W. H.Jones, Dr. W. H. McKee, Parker Rand and Harry O. Parker, was appointed to draft resolutions for the action of the meeting. ' During the absence of the com mittee, Mr. Freeman read a letter from B. F. Moore, Esq., expressing his preference for Fillmore. We believe he said nothinsr of Donelson. ; - , The committee soon returned and report ed a few brief resolutions, the substance of which, as well as we Could gather it, was, that the meeting., pledged itself to support the nominee of the Baltimore Convention, whether that nominee should be the candi date of the Democratic or the K. N. party. Mr. J- M. Taylor moved to amend the resolutions . by. saying they would support either one of the three present candidates that the Baltimore Convention might select. JVIessrs. Eattle and M Kee explained that they had purposely left out any such broad pledge, for fear the Northern Whigs might outnumber them in the Convention al Bal timore, and bind them to support Fremont. Mr. Taylor's motion to amend did not re ceive a second, and consequently the ques tion was not put. Mr. Freeman declared that, Convention or no Convention, he would vote for Fill more and for nobody else. He moved to -amend he resolutions by instructing the delegates to go for Fillmore and Donelson. Cries of not agreed." Mr. Freeman then withdrew his amendment. The resolutions, as. offered by the com mittee, were tht n adopted. Mr. Freeman, with a perseverance that showed his anxiety, now offered a resolu tion requesting the delegates to go for Fill more and Donelson, and to urge their nom ination ; which resolution, after some re marks by Dr. McKee, was withdrawn. And thus Mr. Freeman seems to be pledged to go for Mr. Buchanan if the Baltimore Convention should endorse bim. A number of delegate were then appoint ed to attend the Convention, and the meet ing adjourned. There were not at any time more than thirty-five or forty persons in the Court House, about one third of whom were Democrats, another third Know Nothings, and the remaining third old line Whigs. We shall publish the proceedings as re ported by the Secretary, whenever we can obtain them. ADZACTLY. A minister was passing a field in Starke county a few days ago, in which a boy was plowing some rooty ground at which he swore very wicked oaths every few pa ces He remained on his horse until the profane little teamster came up to the fence at the end of his row, when he accosted Lim r , - "My boy, couldn't you get along with your plowing without swearing so wick ed r "No, darn it, or you either." At it the spectacled dignitary went, the team hearing a strange voice, moved on rather briskly, which at every Bricking point nearly Jerked him out of his boots, and finally tossing his hat in one direction and his spects in another while he would exclaim at every such trouble "Why I nev er saw the like !" until he had repeated it about forty times," when the boy becoming impatient, look hold of the plow with "Get away, you old fool you might as well swear as to tell so many darned lies about it, constantly saying you never saw the like, and seeing it all the time." DUEL. A duel was fought on Friday afternoon, between 4 and 5 o'clock, near Ferry, or more properly, Washington Point, Norfolk county, by two of our citizens. The card of Dr. Perkins, in the Daily News, relative to a slanderous report, caused an individual, whose name we have not learned, to send a challenge to Dr. P., which was prompt y accepted the weapons chosen I eing broad swords, and the time and place as above mentioned. The parties, with their friends and a physician, accordingly repaired to a field not far from the village on the Point, and a desperate fight took place with hea vy and keen edged swords, which resulted in tne injury of both parties. Dr. P. re ceivedadeep and severe cut on his rieht arm, and dealt his antagonist a dreadful gash in the face and on one arm, wound ing Dim also in tne abdomen, xne inju ries, we learn, are not of a serious nature ; and as medical aid was immediately ob tained, the two combatants will probably be ready for another battle, if necessary, in a week or two, although it is quite probable they are well enough satisfied with tne result ot the bloody encounter. Norfolk Argus. NO JOKE. Tom Kirkman used to tell of a friend of his d roping in about dinner time on an old lady-who invited turn to draw up to the table. 1 here was a huge pile of the pot order for dinner. The old lady helped him bountifully, and he being hungry, was doing justice to it. ;Stranger," said the old lady, "you will find almost every sort ot meat in thi3 pie." "Yes, madam," said he, "and' fish too," as he drew from be tween his lips whit he imagined was the backbone of a red horse or sucker. "Lord have marcy I" exclaimed the old woman, "if there ain't our fine-tooth comb that Bil ly lost two weeks ago !' SUPPORT YOUR OWN PAPERS ! A NEW SOUTHERN LITERARY JOURNAL. THE EXAMINER, PUBLISHED AT COLUMBIA, S. C This Journal baa entered upon its secoud vol ume. ud with its next issue wilt commence tbe publication of an ORIGINAL PRIZE TALE, f great literary merit and tbrillin interest. This will t followed by ASEKIES OF ORIGINAL STORIES. written expressly for tbe coluras of Tbe Examin er. Tbcso Stories are all from toe pens of outh cat writers, and will initiate a new era in South ern periodical literature. We think from arrange ments dow in progress, tbat in alt future issues of tbe Jsixaminer, it eolums will be furnished with orioinau T4(.ea and HOCTtLRTTes. equal to snv published iu literary journals, either North or bou.ii. We bare printed a Jarre edition, and will be enabled to supply t aw subscribers fromihe com d cement of these atoritv , if orders are sent in The Examiner is printed on a iare doable sheet of ei;ht pages, containing portt column of reading matter, with very few advertisements. As a litkbart jocrnal., it lias already taken a high at and, aad with proper encouragement Hill soon rank among the best is tbe country. As a political jourkau it will eer advocat tbe Rights, Interesta, , and Institutions of tbe South. Besides these features, 1t will weekly furoith a full summary of news. It will be tb aim of the editor to make The Examiner just such a paper as will cause it to be a welcome visitor in errry Southern family. lue term or tbe KxaTiner, are THKEE DOLLARS PER ANNUM, pa able io all cues in advance. With FIVE THOUSAND nDbneribera at this price, we win in- sured to the Southern readinr poblic. THE BEST PAPER OP ITS CLASS ver iaaued at the South. Forward four aubacrip- tioea for the new ynlnme. Cluba of ten wilt be furnished with the paper for twenty-fire dollars. Address W. B. JUHK3IU.N. Columbia, S. C, Aug. 80, 1866. 71 2w. JUST RECEIVED, BBI.S. Mackeral : 20 bbls.No. 1 lares 20 Uerrinr t i hhda. Bacon, low for rash . Jane 3- GEO. MYERS PORR! PORK!! cn BBLS. MESS New landing from Sen r. t tJ " Wide World." For sale bf ZKNO H. GREENE. N. C Ci A tvocatetopy. " I WILMINGTON & HEL. R. B. CO. Office EKOIHSCR AMD ScfERIHTEHDIHT, ) . Wilmington, N. C. Jan. 1, 1856. THE PASSENGEJt TRAINS WILL, UN TIL further notice, ran over this road aa fol lows : GOING NORTH, DAILY. DAY EXPRESS TRAIN leayea Wilmington at 6 A. M.; arrives at doldsboro' at 9 64 leave in H minute and arrives at Weldon at 1.30 P. M. ' . -,- - NIGHT EXPRESS TRAIN leayea Wilming ton at 4 30 P. M.; arrives at Goldsboro at 8-iVt, to supper 20 minutes i arrives at Weldon at 1.00 A. M. GOING SOUTH, DAILY. DAY EXPRESS leaves Weidon at 12 v.. r rives at Goldboro' 3.20 P. M. leaves in S min utes; arrives at Wilmington at 7.30 P. M. to sup per. NIGHT EXPRESS leaves Weldon at 9 P. M.s arrives at Golds boro' at 1.10 A. M. leaves in S minutes airives at Wilmington at 5.30 A. il. lThe Night Express Train eonnecte wih the North Carolina Railroad, both waya, at Golds boro. Through rickets North sold in Wilmineton; to Baltimore S12; to Philadelphia S14; to New York $15 50; to Washington, D. C, lt- QTlCKlTS WILL MOT SB SOLD TO A MC6BO IN PSRBOJT. Passengers are notified that an extra charge qf one cent per mile uill 6c required of those una do not purchase tickets at station. Freight by passenger trains double rale. Lo cal fare, with tickets, about 3 centa per mile; if paid in the carr, about 4 centa per mile. FREIGHT TRAINS. Two through schedule traina between Wilmington and W'eldoa, each week; leaving alternately on Mondays and Thursdoia and arriving on Tuesdays and Fri days. Two schedule trains per week to Gotdebo- ro'; leaving; Wilmington on Tuesdays and Fri days, and Goldsboro' on Wednesdays and Satur days. All dues on freight, up ordown, payable at Gen eral Freight Office in Wilmington, on recilpt or delivery, includine that on the North Carolina Railroad. S. I.. FREMONT. Jan. 29. ' General Superintendent. HEREIN G'S rateut Champion Fire and Burglar froof Safes. The great interest manifested by ihe puolic to procure more perfect secant y from l ire for valua ble naDers.such aa Bond. Mobtgascs. Not eh, and Books or Account, than the ordinary SAFES heretofore in use had afforded, induced the Subscribers to devote a laree portion of time and attention daring the post fourteen year in making impjropemevt and aitcozetxe for thi object, and i hey now beg leave to assure theii numernu friends and the nnblic eenerailv, that their efforts have been crowned with complete auccess.aod now offer the "IMPROVED HERRING'S PATENT WORLD'S PAIR PREMIUM FIRE PROOF SAFES," aa the CHAMPION SAFE OF THE WORLD, HAVINO BBBIT AWABDED M KB A LB AT BOTH THI World's Falr.Iondoii.'S 1 , & New York, 3 As auDrrior to all othtrs. Ii is now, undoubtedly entitled to that appellation, and secured with HALL'S PATENT POWDER PROOF LOCKS (which also was awarded Medals aa above,) forma the most perfect Fire and Burglar Proof Safesever before offered to the Fublic. TUe Subscribe a also manufactures all kinds of Boiler and Chilled Iron Bank Chests and Vaults Vault Doors, and Money Boxeaor Client, for Bio. kera. Jewellers, and Private framilfe, for Plate, Dia "ond. and other Valuables. Aid are also Pa tentees, (by purchase.) and Manufacluiers of JONES' PATENT PERMUTATION BANK LOCK, SIf.AS C HERRING Ac CO. Patentees, GREEN BLOCK, Nos. 135, 137 4, 138 Water at Sold at New orli prices by JOSEPH R. BLOSSOM, Agent fjr North Carolina, Wilmington, Feb. 12. " 141-tf NOTICE. THf. subscriber having qualified aa special Ad s' mlnistrator upon tho estate of Cornelius My ers, deceased, and having been authorized to col lect in the debta due saidestate, hereby notifiesall persona indebted by note, or account, or other wise tJ make immediate payment, aa it is desira ble that thrt businesa be t-peedily closed. CUAS D. MYERS is my authorized agent to collect said debts, and receipt for the s.nne. July 2!- GEO. MYERS SOAP AND CANDLES. THE subscribers beg leave respectfully to call the attention cf the trade and families to the Soap and Candles manufactured in Wilmington, N. C, by Mes-srs. Cost in cV Gafford, samples of which can be seen at our officii, No: 2, Water it., where we keep constantly on hand laree supplies iw for cash. JAS. U, SMITH fit. CO. April 26. 18 DRIED FRUIT. 100' r LBS. Apple and Peaches, on hand and for sale by April 10, T. C. & B. G. WORTH CIRCULAR. A BOOK FOR EVERY SOUTHERN METHODIST Early in 1856, probably in the month of Febrti ary, I expect to publish a new work to the porlie- ular features ot which 1 beg leave to call your at tention. The Annals of Southern Mnthodinn, 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 all available statistics in every department of the operations of the METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, SOUTH The design embraces the Plan of Episcopal visi tation: accounts of the sessions of all the Confer. encesheld in 1355, the appointments, numbers, &c; a summary of all reported revivals, notice of the dedication ot new unurcnes; reports of college Commencements, with all else connected with our educational movements; a resume of our Mission ary ODerarions. embracing whatever sepms of arene- rafl merest in (hat department; the movements of the t ract and aunday school Societies; whatever appertains to our paougning interests, with an nouncements of aM New Bcoks published by our Uoncern, or written 9y southern Methodists; what the Church Is doing for the instruction of Slaves Histories! and Biographical Esaays; interesting personal reminiscences; and a miscellany of im portant tacts ana incident. THE "ANNALS." It, isbelieved. will be a fair and full daguerreotype of tne progreasoi onuinern Metnodism. It will occur to ou at once, that if 1 have sue ceeded in preparing this volume with any reasona ble amount of skill, it will not only be a very agree- uoie dooh lor present reaaine, but that every year will add to ita value as showing the posture of Sou thern Methodism at this particular juncture of ita nistory. THIS DIGEST Will be specially valuable aaa Book of reference. To whatever question of general Interest may arise in regard to ths events ot 1B0&, it is no pea that a uslaetory answer will be found in trie annals. While it isbelieved that the Ministers in our Church will desire copies as soon as they ean be obtained, I have paid reeard to the what I suppos ed the tastesof 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 haa ap peared during the year, which, aa h'story and biog- rapny, preserves the 4 memoirs oi tne oioen lime, and of the early men of Southern Methodism. The work will be nublished at One Dollar a copy. Thoaewho subscribe in adyance, shall receive the first copies issued from the press. : A gold dollar pasted in a letter csn be sent securely and is pref erable to bills of distsnt aoks. Those of the banks in North and South Carclina will be as good as gold. In return a copy will be sent well wrspped and pre paid. My address Is Goldsboro'. N. C. CHARLES F. DEEMS. , Dec. 29. , 122-im NEttRO PASSES. A NEW form sf Passes, containing sanitary pro- i a. visions, approved by be Uommissloners.aiid a number of others Interested in the welfare of our colored population, is iuat iaaued at the office ot His Commercial. t CONSTANTLY ON HAND AND for sale. Corn. Corn Meat Table Horn mony, Horse and Cow Feed. No. 18, North Water street, by J. M. aiTEVENSON. June 19. 4I-tf TEAS ! TEAS!! E hsvs just received an-assortment of the best Teas ever offered ia this market. Try sur S1.00 Imperial, it is of an extra oaality and flavor. Oar 1,00 Black Tea ia of a rosy flavor, sod cannot Tail to auit tbe most faetidiooa. We have also a beautiful Black Tea at SO cents per lb., also, 37 cents nor lb.t ehoise Teas ia caddies at wholesale prices warranted eood. at th Ori ginal Grocer. . . - j GEO. MYERS. azaicn XU. . . . z. " - ..... . . NOT DEAD. - THE "LIVE . GIRAFFE" AGAIN! A Hew Bra Aboat to Da wi Carolina. ' Upon artta- At tbe constant and earnest solicitation of near ly every body, bat especially tbe old acquaintan ces of 'ye Animal," we bav been ioducrd to pro mise, IT "jrroteiuier" enongh can be secured, to trot that beast out again to tbe gaze of all man kind, and the universal admiration of woman kiud, during tho first week io January, 1856. Th Li Giraffe," while it was a neutral pa per, wbikr it' grazvd in its own green pasturage, played with tho gitls and joked with the boys, was the most popular sheet, animate ir inanimate that ever i.-sutd from a Southern iires ; suit had it been content to have lived in its own native sphere, it would now have been tbe "Brother Jonathau" of the Snath. Such a result can but be evident to any thinking man ; it was. indeed in the high rad to fame and a most enviable dixtinctioM. But becoming fat, in an unlucky moment like the man who had grown 'rich e truxk to rUle an axs," mud bad. therefore gotten above bi follow, the -'Animal" leaH-d tho bars of its acciwu'ini'd field and the nt-xt thing we ln-ard of tiiio. he likes inau turned politician frem preacbt-y, was pining for th good things ot life, and no doubt, like tbe silly lamb of old tbat eluded tbe sight of the sbepsrd, and got into the thick woods which was fouud to be infested with wolves, he wished himself back in his old tange. But the bars bad been put another rail higher and be couldu't get back ; besides, he bad grown so Icon that he could not jump. It is said that bought wisdom is the best in the world, if it dont cost too much. A mighty ktrue saying ; one in which there is more of truth than poetry or romance, ana in view or this old saying and the Ansimal'a experience, his old friends need bsve little fear that bo will at any time hereafter cut tbe same caper again. He'll kick any man that would intimate such a thing. The Live Giraffe will then be neutral. It will be devoted to fun, to the news, and literature. It will be made the vehicle of publishing , many a thought to the world, funny, grave and instruc tive, that would have wasted itself on tbe air "as summer roses do." but for its columns; it will seek every opportunity to turn grave and uninter esting matters into pleasant and agreeable Inci dents; upset all ill-uatured humanity it meets with and mould it anew; expose all rascality wherever found, whether In Church or State (that's promising a great deal.) or in the social circle, and keep a strict watch on the prea, litera ry, religious and political, aud see tbat each keeps ita bounds. The citizens of Raleigh know well enough the value of such a sheet, and would not do withont it another year for half a million. Why, since the exit of the Animal from their borders, they have bad more bad luck than was ever heard of before. More 7Yuij have been made more liens been given upon property, more assignments made, more quarreling and fighting, more drinking of liqaor, more meanness generally, and more 111 luck than ever was known at any period since tbe great plagne in Eypt. Now this is as plain as daylight, and the only remedy for such evils is to trot oat the Animal again. So I think. Now, this is tbe propositiou I ahall make to you. I want an assurance of your willingness to patronize the Animal, and to get tbat assurance I shall give you full opportunity to correspond with me and to send in all tbe Dames tbat can be se cured. If 500 names en be secured, we shall have do fears o the succefs of the Animal. He will soon grow fat when be begins to take exercise, and, then be can plead his own case, if not with elo quent words, at least with an occasional kick at the boys. It lis been intimated to me that the connec tion I sustained to the "Carolina Pennant" would injure the Animal since the ' Pennant" had sud denly expired and left many of ita subscribers in tbe suds. I have to say here, and 1 hope it will satisfy every body that I bad no interest iu the ; Pentiant." I wrote most of its Editorials for which 1 fhtmld have received something according to agri-emeiit but I did not. I have tiied this eo-tnsiit' snd it neither pays nor suits my pe niii.H. I want a broad hemisphere, a wide lati tude, and nobody to divide with me in the spoils. Then, friends, we now understand each" other. I want you to send m your name between now and the first of January; if enough respond, the "Animal will make his bow; If not. no harm done Tkms: Two dollars per annum, payable on delivery of first number; two dolltra and arty cents if iMtid In atx monttt; three dollars if not paid till end of year VifSo h oney will be re quired until tin flrat No. is issued.. R II WHITAKER, Ralbioh .N. C, The intellectual Vigor of a People i indicated iu th Character of it Literature." THE CRITERION A LlTKiUK! A.D CKIT1C1L WE LILY JOURNAL - 16 pages, 4to. 7 AS commenced on the 3d of November, 1P5S una has thus tar received very general apoio I'S'ion Anxious lo extend its influence, and place it upon a substantial busts ot support, the Publinh i t desies most earnestly to direct the attention o the thinking pubuc wt America to ita claims upon iheir consideration. The main feature of the CRITKUION ia its Re views of Current Literature. In thia department ore given thorough and able erttlclsms ot all tne moat important book a as they are iaaued, pointing out their chief characteristica, and indicating their moral tendencies, thus keeping ita readers informed of all new publications which deserve their attention. It also containa Copious Intelligence of Affairs in the Literary World, Gossip concerning Boots and HYiteri, Announcements of contemplated Publications, and Lasts oj ew Hooks tssued in A merica and Europe The Drama, Music, Fine Arta, and Science, also receive attention, and aeveral columns of carefully selected and agreeable matter are given in each number. In addition to the above there las de partment of Miscellanea for read ins: of an enter taining character, cart-fully selectedfrom new books and the a bleat reviews, a nd a weekly collection ot Netea and Queries, which contains a great variety of curious and valuable information It is confidently believed that a journal such as the ClU TKtUON cannot fall to have a good iff. ct upon our national literature, and t" some extent upon t-ur national character. It will be found pecially valuable in directing the attention of youth to works of real excellence, and encouraging an appreciation for valuable reading, which is being rapidly destroyed by the circulation of superficial and sophistical books. To the reading man the literary intelligence alone must render it very de tirible; and to all who wish to promote an improve ment in taate, the encouragement of merit, and an uncompromising condemnation of vicious style, mock sentiment, and evil principles, such sn enter prise cannot at leasts, should not -be lnoiiierem. To members of Historical. Literary and Scisnti fic Societies, Lycruma and Debating Cluba. the subjects discus sad in this paper will, at all lime a prove of peculiar interest, and it is the design of the editors to thoroughly canvass frem time to ti me thoseimportant philosophical questions which agitate all inquiring minds, correcting false theo ries, and encouraging profitable Investigation. The ClU TKIUO.N ia published at S3 per an num, payable yearly, half yeaiiy or quarterly in ad yance. Specimen copies supplied on application to the Publisher, CHAK.LU3 It. ItODK, No. lis, Nassau street. New York. Jan-12. 128-6t PROSPECTUS OP TUB PLYMOUTH BANNER. THK subscribers having- purchased the "Villa ger establishment, will commence ottbllahinaT a weekly Newspaper of the above title, about the miaaie or jaeuary, teoo. Oar paper will be "independent in alt tkintr. and neutral in nothing,' giving all parties and creeda a respectful besting. It will be devoted to th interests of Plymouth. North Csrolina. and tbe South to the cause of Education, Agricul ture, i eternal improvements, and the development of the resources of the State. - , i We will do all in our p wer to make our oaner interesting to me genera raor, aa well aa toifle business man. Proper attention will be riven the Marine Listand Price Current. In short, we will try to make Re "Banner" a neat namr.nd a eompantof. to all classes, from the Parlor to the Counting Room, and one worthy the anppert of inose iivoung aa wiinioeir patronage. terms, ; ; - 1 copy In advance t2 per aonam I copy at the end ef six month, fi SOL 1 copy at the end of the vear, S3. O. O . .fM VENPOKT. Rditors and . C.H.KELLY, I Proprietors. Jan. 12. 139.3, COFFEE, COFFEE. rCl BAGS assorted grades, Bio Coffee, jest to JVS hand, per achr. 8am Bol:on for ssle in lots to auit by T, C. B. O. TVOftTH. FOREIGN GOLD AND SILVER COIN - ' THEIB VALOC AT TUB MIIIT. GOLD COINS. Austria Quadruple ducat $9 12 0 27 5 85 0 4 0 27 0 b3 2 7f 0 Ducal 2 Sovereign (for Loruburdjr)....... 0 Baden Five Gulden. 2 Bavuria Ducat .................. 2 Belgium Twenty-franc piece...... 3 Twenty-five franc piece.. ... . .... 4 Bolivia Doubloon 15 68 0 Brazil Pieceol 6400 ret 8 72 0 Britain. Sovereign 4 84 fi Bfui.-wirkTVii-ThuIer.... ....... 7 89 0 Central American. 14 96 0 Er-udo 1 67 0 Gold Dollar ......... 83 5 Chili Doubloon (before 1835)..... .15 57 0 Doubloo- (1835 and since) 15 66 0 Denmark Double Fred, or 10 Thaler 7 88 0 iV)0 97 0 85 0 45 0 64 0 89 0 100 89 0 53 0 20 5 00 7 Ecuador Hall doubloon. . ......... 7 Eijypi Hundred piastres 4 France- Twenty francs........... 3 Greece Twenty drachms. 3 Hur.over-Ten Thaler, George IV. . 7 Ten-Tlmier, William lVai.d Erneat 7 Hindostan Mohur. East India Co.. 7 Mecklenburg Ten Thaler 7 Mexico Doubloon, average. . ... . . .15 NetherlatidiDucat 2 Ten guilders. .. j 4 New Granada Doubloon, 21 carat. standard.... 15 51 0 Doubloon, 21 carat standard. inclu ding the silver 15 710 Doubloon, 9 IOths standard ..... .15 310 Doubloon. 9-101 ha standard, inclu ding the silver .15 38 0 Persia Tomaun..;... 2 23 0 Peru Doubloon, Lima, to 1833.... 15 55 0 Doubloon, Cuzco, to 1833 15 62 0 Doubloon. Cuzco, to 1837.. 15 53 0 PortugalHail joe (lull weight).... 8 65 0 Crown .... 5 81 0 Prussia Double Frederick.. ....... 8 00 0 Rome Ten scudi...... 10 37 0 Russia -Five roubles.............. 3 96 7 Sardinia Twenty lire.. 3 84 5 Saxony Ten lhaleia.. 7 94 0 Ducat.... 1 260 Spain Pistole (qr. doubloon) 3 900 Turkey Hundred piastres 4 37 4 Tuscany Sequin... ............. 2 30 0 United States- - Eagle (before June, 1834) 10 62 0 Five dollar piece ol C. Bechter, av erage ...i 4 85 0 Dollar of the same, average.1 96 0 Five dollar p'c of A. Bechtler J4 92 a 5 00 0 Dollar of the same 98 0 Oregon Exchange .Co---Five dollars. 4 82 0 N. G. & N. Sati Francixco Five dole. $1 83 a 4 Minera' Bank, San Francisco--Ten dollars 9 06 o 9 Moffatt&Co., 9 78 a 9 " Sixteen dollar ingots, about 15 95 0 92 0 98 0 75 0 SILVER COINS, AutriaRix Dollar. $0 970 Florin. 48 5 Twenty kreuizers 16 0 j.tr a tor Lomoaruy j . , Baden Crown . . J .. ."' Gulden or florin Bavaria Crown '. . . . , Florin Six kreutzcrs Belgium Five Inincs. . . .. . Two and a half francs... Two fin tics Franc. , Bolivia Dollar 16 0 07 39 5 06 5 39 5 3 0 93 0 46 0 37 0 185 00 6 37 5 18 7 99 2 66 0 33 0 35 6 510 21 7 7 1 C8 0 97 0 010 22 4 1 Half dollar, debased, 1830 Quarter dollar, debased. 1830. Brazil Twelve hundred rcM.. Eight hundred reis. . .". Four hundred. . ... Bremen Thirty six grote..... Britniiiv-HuK crown. Shilling ....i. Fourpence. ...... ,. Brunswick Thaler Central America Dollar, uncer. any Ciliili uoilar.. . . Quarter dollar .. 1 Eight dollar or real 112 Denmark Rigebank thaicr 52 3 Specie thaler 1 04 7 Thirty-two shillings...... 17 0 Ecuador Quarter dollar 18 7 Egypt Twenty plasties France Five francs Franc... Frankfort Florin. . Greece Drachm 1 Guiana. British -Guilde.r, ......... Hanover Thaler, fine silver, ...... Tlmler. 750 fine.. Hay ti -Dollar, or 100 centimes. . ... Hesse Cassel Thaler. One-sixth thaler. Hesse DamstadtFlorin or Gulden . . Hindostan Rupee. Mexico Dollar, average.... Naples Scudo Netherlands Three guilders Guilder... Twenty five centa Two and a half guilders. New Granada Dollar, usual weight Dollar, ligh er and debased. 1839.. 96 0 93 2 18 5 39 5 16 5 26 2 69 2 68 0 25 7 67 5 11 0 .39 5 44 7 00 0 4 0 20 0 40 0 95 98 2 02 0 j6 0 21 5 00 6 008 Ndrwaj Rigsdaler Persia Sahib koran Peru Dollar, Dima mint ......... Dollar, Cuzco ,. . . . ...... Half dollar, Arrqupa debased.... Hail dollar, Pasco Poland Zloty.. Portugal Cruzado 30 0 495 11 55 2 12 0 Crown of 1000 rets. 1 Half Crown....... Prussia- Thaler, average .......... One-sixih, average. Double thaler, or 3 1-2 gulden.... Rome Scudo Trefon. three scudo...... Russia Rouble Ten Zloty. 56 0 68 0 11 0 39 0 00 6 30 0 75 0 13 5 OCEAN STEAM NAVIGATION. The following rates of postage on letters have been agreed upon between this govern ment and the German Slates, Prussia, &.C. Bremen. 10 cents ; Oldenburg 13; Aliona. Austrian Empire, (inc'ud,"T Hongtiry, Ua licia. Lombard v am! Venice) Bavaria. Bruus- wick. Hainbunr. Hanover. Mecklenbourg Sch werine and Straelitz, Kingdom ol Prus sia. Kingdom of Saxony, and Snxe Allen burg, 15; all other German b tales, cities and towns, 22; Switzerland and the Nether lands 25 t Denmark and Schleswig. 27 1 Po land and Russia, 29; Constantinople, Greece and Sweden 33; Norway. J pre-payment optional. Alexandria, Corfu. Island of Malta, Wal- lachia, 30 rents ; Italy, (except upper part 1 Newspapers and Circulars. 2 cents each, to be prepaid. MatLa to TBI Pacific For a single let ter, not exceeding half an ounce io weight, from New York to Chagrea, 30 cents ; to Panama. 20 nos face (o be prepaid. Pos tage to CaNi'omia and Oregon (they being U. S. possessions) need not he pre-paid. Havana Maims. A line, w established be tween Charleston and Havana, the steam er touching at Savannah and Key West, the postage of which is from the port of de parture t Havana rents oa a single let ter. not exceeding half an on nee in weight, with an aiiduinnsit 10 eet tor each addi. liooal half Ounc or frariiMial rxtvaa of half an ounce to pre-paid. Postage on each newspaper t Havana.- 9 cents, also, to b prepaid as on letters. J " On letters to British North America. 10 cents, if not over 3000 mile J if over, tbat distance, 15 cents a single rate pre paid or Dot, at the option c4 tbe of tbe tendc ; RATES OF POSTAGE. . Littkbs composed of one or more pieces of paper, but not exceeding half an ounce in weight, sent any distance not exceeding 300C miles, 3 cents; user 3000 miles, 10 cents. kib,e'ale i"ItetJis? '"' ounce; ireble, II exceeding an ounce ; and so on charging an addiiionni rate for every addi tional half ounce, or fraction ol half an ounce. Ansoiuie pre-pitymetii being rrquirrd all letters to places within the United Stat on e, irom and alter April 1st, 1855 K-ohi and alter January 1st. 1856, all let trs between ptacies in the United Slates must be pre-paid, ieither by postage stamps, or stamped env U.pt s. Lt-ttrrs dropped in the post office, for de livery in the same place-, I rent . hch. Letters advertised are charged I rem each besides regular postage. Drop letters are not advertised. Circulars, 1 cent for 3 ounces or less to -iny part of the United Blatrs, to consist ol but one piece of paper pre payment option- A I j ., Dayly newspapers weighing three ounces or less, 45 1-2 rente per quarter, when sent from Ihe office of publication to erltial and bonafide subscribers any where in the Uni ted Slates. Transient newspapers sent any where within ihejUnited Stales, I rent Ibr three runres or htss. When the article lo be mailed is a circu lar, pamphlet, orpewspaper, icslmuld be enveloped as lo be open at one end otlirr wise, it will be charged aa a letter. ; BRITISH POsJaOE ARRANGEMENTS. LtTTEits posted or charged in the United States will be rated at a half ounce to the single Jei ter; over a half and not exceeding an ounce, as a double letter ; over an ounce and not exceeding an ounce and a half, as a treble, letter; aud so on, each j half ounce or fractional excess roassiituting a rBte. , The single rates to be rharged on ench letter posted in the United Slates addreised to any place in Great Britain or ! Ireland is 24 cents; the double rale 48 ; and so tn. i Said postage oh letters going to any place in Great Britain or Ireland may be pre-pnid, if the whole amount is tendered a t the offico in tbe U. S. where mailed, at the option o the sender. i Newspapers may be mailed at; any office in the United Stales fo any place in i the United Kingdom ) on ihe pre-pay menl of 2" cents, and may on receipt from any plnce in Great Britain or Ireland, be delivered at any office in the Uniieid Stales, on payment of 2. cents. Note. Each Government is to charge 2 cents on each newspaper. These are to be sent in bands or covers, open itt I he sides or ends, and to contain no manuscript what ever. j !; Persons mailing letters to loreign roun tries, with which (the United Slates have not entered into postal arrangements, are remin ded that it is necessary Ibr them i to pre-pay tne pioperpokiagie, or the lellrrr cannot bo lorwarued. RATES OF POSTAGE To the Eatt Indie. Jam, Borneo, Isahnnr Sumatra, the Moluccas, and the J'hilio- pine Islands, ; We are authorized lo state that, arranga mepls having been made by Great Britain for collecting iu Ii.dia the Briii-I. and oihe lorettrn postage dn let'ers brtwten the Uni- ted Kingdom and the Last Indies, whcflir r Souihnmplon or via Mar- tiaiismnied via aril lea, in the Bri ili mail, berenlirr the Lm- led Mate pontage only should be p-epuid na m's country on iut be Irnniiiiiiiird by lltrs for the East IndiifN le- t'jiher of lite ubs,vc route. viz : Jive cents it, e single rate uhm the Al lanttc conveyiuici ls by Lhitih p- ckel. and when by Unittd States twenty -one cents packet. Owing to n reduction oft welve cent' in the British i'OHiuge U y..i.il England, which took. ioce on Ihe 1st ol Ft'biunry instant, the sin gle rates of letter) pO'tt)e be ween Ihe U i led Stales and Java. Borneo. Liibnarn, Su malia, ths Moluccas, anil ihe Plulippiiie Is lands, will hercaher he us follow: To Java, via Sjouilinuii ton, 33 itiblciid of 45 cents the hall ounce; and via. Mumfilles 53 instead of 75 cents Ihe half ounce ; pie puy ment required. i To Borneo. Labnan, Sumatra, the Moluc cas, and the Philippine I.lnnds the rale f ill be 41 instead ol53ceiits when sent via South amptnn, and 61 instead of 73 rents the qnnr ter ounce, or 71 instead of b'J cent the lial ' ounce, when sent by closed mail via Mar mil ee; prepayment also requirrd. The lutes above mentioned us chargeable on letters for the Inland ol Java wi I i roviJ fr their conveyanre by Briiinh pucket as In r as Sirgapnre hut they will alterwanfs be Kubjec t to a Net Iherland rule ofnoHtnire on account of the conveyance Irom Singapore lo Java. By Ihe Prussian Closrd Mail the rules it these countries remain unci aned. 100,000 COPIES! STEAM DOAT DISASTERS ON THE, WESTERN WATEI18, AND STEAMBOAT DIRECTORV. rplIE undiTsivned hse new in course o.' prtpsr 1 ation a AKW STKAMUOAT DlRKCTOKr, which will be i.sued in October nest i the book will. coniaio over two bundled pages, illuHrsied in ths best style, ana aeativ Douna in a durable maaner. It will be one of ths moat iaiercstlne books aver published, and will bs a book that will be interest ing to all classes of people. The Steamboat Di rectory will contain a complete list and description of sll ths stesnibosts bow afloat on tbe Western, snd Southern waters. The length, model,' speed, power, atid tonnage of each boat, where and by whom built, ths name of the boat, with ihe trade ahs is in. Also, the ninri of Captains snd ofli eers, her age, Ac, Ac. The Directory will contsin. a history of Steamboats and Meamboating on ihs Western waters, since ihe application of steam t also, a sketch of ihe first bost built for ths Ohio, rivsr, with ths nsns f ths builder, eotaaisnder. and owner. The KivsrDirsctbry will contain s list and des eriprion of al. the Steamboat Disaatara that nsva occurred on the Western snd Southern wsters, beautifully illustrated, with s list of all those svho have petlshcd bv their burning, sinking snd ex ploding, on the Western snd Southern wsters The Directory will contain Maps of the Ohio, Mississippi, Missouri, Illinois, Arksnsss, W hite, Kd,Ouaehita, Yazoo, and other rivers, with the towns, sad cities laid dawn, with correct distances alao, many other river and commercial items of interest to the people si large. The book will con tain ihecarda of the various United States molr boats, with ihs trade ifcay arln,4e.,4c. The Di rectory wilt also contain a complete list of sll th responaibls Mesaiboat Licensed Officers, theis places of residence), sV e., 4-e t the new Stesniboss Law, its requiremems, with comments, showing; wherein it heneflia ihs Incompetent officer, snd in jures Ihs competent officer, &e.,dte . snd sit tbs imporiant United Suies 8upreni Court Siesm boat Decisions op to dsle f ihe Kates and ianpor tant Com mere is I Privileges, Bills of Lsdfns-, lni porta nt Decisions of the various United Ststea eonrts, la regard to Freights lost snd damaged die. tke with many other things of Inter st. Tne Directory will as IJJustrsied in ihs best sty I snd printed ia the best ntsnner Ihs author has for six years bean gathering together sll ihs facta and Items in regard to ths numerous Steamboat disasters on ths Western snd Southern aters and now intends publishing them In book form The pries of ths work wis bs pat at ths low sum. of Ons Dolls r. Ten thousand copies will be issued for ths boatmen s!l others desirous of aubscribiojf will have to do so at once, aa none wilt bs priniedr uniaoa ordered In advance. This work tsdtstlaed t have a circulation oi over eighty thousand eopUa. ss ths publishers srs receiving larre naa bars sf tnbacriber. per mall, from sll parts ot tha eonmrv rf.nr atoms of ihs oldest boatmen, aa well aa aaast sclentiflo men ot the tirnsa,are coatrtbsfors Ia thsBiaamboat Dlrse The Dirsclory wlirbs based In Octooer, snd wilt be sn ornament to the pariwr aa well as stsamb-at. By remiitln One Dollar tocst paid) yon win raw eeivss) copy of ths sbaae work. C3TAU comnaaaucatiorTa and Utters should tsa addressed to - , . JA3L03 T. bLOTU t ' ., Eoai 0cs t ulIvLftf. ' . -'"'i - , Cln.eiBr.atl- t fv Jly 17tb, mt ! t-'f.