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Ik III .III 111 III VOLUME XI -NUMBER 149. WILMINGTON, N. C. THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 5, 1857. WHOLE NUMBER 1 394 t.ik I'itMY i;i;iiLY co.tiUEiaiAL I jublished every Tciidat, Thobsdav and "atddat ( S5 per annum, payable nalleasee In advance. i 4V I'll M. LOlllNfl Rditob and Piomiitoi, BRHJ. VV. SANDERS Associate Edito. Corner front Miid Market Htreets, WILMIBOTOM. It. C. ft ITCH OP ADVERTISING. 1 qr. 1 insertion to 60 1 aqr. 2 months, t 00 1 1 75 1 " 3 5 00 I 3 1 00 I 1 ' 6 " 8 CO 1 I month, 2 60 I 1 ' 12 12 00 Ten line or less make square. If.an adver tisement exceed ten lines, (he piice wilibe in oroportlon. ' All i tvertlscments are payable at the time of holr insertion. ;oniracn with yearly advertlaera, will be mad on the most liberal lerma. So transfer of contractu for yearly advertising will be O'-rmittcd. Should circumstances render a clung In business, or an unexpected removal necessary, a charge acconlinz to the published terms will be at ihe option ol the contractor, for the time he has advertised. The privileze or Annual Advertisers ia atrictl) limited to their iwn Immediate business; and all advertisements for the benefit of other persons, as well as all advertisements not Immediately con nected with their own business, and all excess of advertisements in length or otherwise beyond the limits engaged, will be charged al the uaual rates. No Advertisements is Included in the contract for the sale or rent of hotisca or lands in town or country, or for the sale or hire of negroes, wheth er the property Is owned by the advertiser or by other persons. The are excluded by the term ""immediate business." All i Iverisernent Inserted in the trl-weeklv Co nmercial are nntilled to one iesertion in the Weekly free of charge. JOB. C4.HO ANO FANCY PRIMT1NC EXECUTED IN SUPERIOR STYtE. Uii;N,r POK THR COMHRKCIAI.. New Vmi Mersrs. Uollnsb db Pottcb Ration Cm A s ls . 6 mith So. 6. Central vharf Philadelphia S. K Uombw Baltimore Wh. H. PsAKBand Wm. Thomson MISCELLANY, THE TABLES TURNED. 'He's a scoundrel a base, heartless, un principled scoundrel, and deserves to rot in jail. Don't talk to me, about pity and mercy, when he owed me twelve hundred dollars, and hasn't been the man to pay a cent of it. Ought to pity him Humph ? "You do wrong-, my dear husband, in speaking so harshly of Mr. Milton. He is unfortunate, it is true, but honest. No man stood higher in this community than he lid, two years ago. You certainly should look more leniently upon the misfortune ol a kind neighbor and a brother in the church." 'Yes, a great neighbor and church brother he is break down and cheat me out of my pay, and nfier waiting on him so long too. Don': talk me of brother. I'll have him turned out, see if I don't" "Supposing jou should have bad fortune, and become poor, would you like to be de nounced as a scoundrel by your neigh bors?" '1 nU'Hp pay my debts. An honest tnfiii always pays his delits Can't trust nobody in these limes. 1 will never sign fur a man again as long as I live." It was in vain thai Airs Wilsjn pl-ad with her angry husband for the unfortu nate debtor. She sadly bowed over her work, and he passed to the store. . William Milton had failed, and the little village was astir with the news of the event. Those vho were his friends before, now remembered that they always saw something in the man which was not right they had expected something of the kind before ! lie " was certainly a dishonest man. And so his old neigh bors turned in to give a kick in his dowuhill cburse. A more honorable high (souled man than Wm. Milton nev er lived. He was the soul of honor.- His heart, hand, home and pmse weie always open, and hiany were the good deeds on record in his favor. Nor had all his neighborhood forgotten his pas goodness; While business men turned to tend him, there were poor people who deserted him not. Milton was a crushed man. Misfor tunes had come thick, upon him, and his strong spirit al last gave. way. His lovely wife had died, and lay in the grave, with her youngest born on the breast. His son, a promising child if about ten summers, died a few weeks after the mother. His shop had caught fire a bom the same time, and burned up. ' Sickness cane on to par alyze the sirong arm, and when Milton a gain stood on his feet, everything was a wreck. His - ell to do neighbors shunned him as though there were contagion in his presence, and debts came upon him to fin ish what sickness had so sparily com menced. On the morning of the conversation at the head of thin Btory, he had asked em ployment as a journeyman, and had been tauntingly refused. He now sat in hia house, his heart sweelling with bitterness, and dark with gloom He voluntarily cast his eyes about as if looking for a familiar counsellor, his lips quivered a moment, and a tear dropped from his cheek. The wife and two loved ones had passed away, and but one of his luilo flck was left him. While he was sitting dreamily by hia hearth, the door was opened, and a ragged form half entered the room, and stood hesi tatingly looking at him. And then by n sudden impulse, the boy went up to where Milton was, and put a paper into his half opened palm, and hurried through the door into the street Milton opened the paper and a half dollar dropped from it on, the floor. "You have clothed and fed the needy yon have been good to the widow and fa therless. Accept the widow' mite in the hour of your trouble." The paper trembled in Milton's hands, and he bowed his head and wept. Then lifting his form more proudly, he arose, and strode more restlessly backward and for ward through the room. 'No, thank Go I, they are not all aarainst me not all. The roor remember me." The bankrupt was 'happier, and he again had faith in humanity. The credi ors made short work with Mil ton's affairs, for poverty finds little mercy. His IjoUsttiolii ttieils .M i.ot neur pay utt he demands against bim. After ail had gone under the hammer, the remorseless ilebtor law came in and attached the body, and the high-snuled Milton was taken to the debtor's cell. Hs frail daughter fol lowed htm, and as her p- le ami wisttng features passed through the ttr. ef, the light word was hushed, and the more feeling yielded a tear lor Ihe fate of the family.- it was at the instiiraiion of Wilson that Milton had been tares led nnd impiwoneii When his wile told him of the pale fice't daughter, and how sad she looked s shi went to the cell, a sickening, smlty sensa tion crept into the merchant's heart, Hut he was too proud to acknowledge hie wrong. The law was with i, and he would not relax. Six months wore away, end the case oi Milton was seldom spoken of. His daugh ter sickened and died in jail, and, for the first time since bis imprisonment, he was taken out taken out to attend hr.r funeral As Wilson looked upon his old neighbor at the grave, he half made up bis mind to for give him thf debt. But he feared to retract tna steps ne nad taken, ivititon hud not aske i any favors of hnn, and he had no reason to expect clemency. Had the debt or sued for clemency, the merchant would have taken great credit in opening the prist on doors When Milton first came into the vill ige. there was an orphan boy. wild, uncareii tor. and singularly vicious, the dread of afl the heighliorhood. For 6ome petty act lui-l ti his charge, he was sent to iail. Milton was jailor, nd heing a keen judge of hu man nnlure, It soon found ihgl the boy hail oeen more sum ti og inst than sinning. Putting money into the orphan's hands, and a Jelter to a friend in New Orleans, Milton unlocked the jml door, and bid his prisoner good bye. Fifteen years bad passed fince then. Late one summer afternoon, Milton sat in his cell, his face buried in his hands, amlj his broken spirit wrapped in gloomy thoughts. The door was slowly opened, and a stranger stood looking at the prison er. The stranger was of noble form and mein, his features swarthy but hantisome. and his apparel of the richest material. Milton stirred not, supposing the jailor stood befon him. "William Milton !" The prisoner started at the sound of the strange voice, and looked vacantly upon the visitor. "You have Jbrgotten me, Milton." "I know you not," mechanically an swered Milton. With a quick movement the stranger stepped forwaid and kneeled on the floor, and clasped the prisoner's hands, kissing them again and again. -Dori'i you know me? and yet fur fif teen years no waking hour has passed in which I have not- thought of you as my earthly savior. From this same cell you once led me forth and gave me money otid your blessing. I have come a long journey to see and bless my sa vior and weep upon his neck. Iam rich! William Milton do you heai that? I am rich ! As you helped ihe orphan, and opened his prison doors, so shall the orphan now do unto you. I am 'Ugly Mark !' 'Mark Douglas .' " Miltoi.'s eyes were streaming with tears, for such giaiutiide and such words had been strangers to him for many a year. Hope, faith and ambition, again sprung up in the dcspaiiing debtor's heart, and he bowed t is head Uon the broad shoulders of the orphan, aud sob bed like a child. Awhile the two lin gered and talked in. the begrimmed cell, and then passed out arm-in-arm. There was astonishment in the vil lage when they recognized the forgot ten William Milton, leaning upon the arm of the distinguished looking stran ger. The prisoner had grown gray in he last year of his imprisonment, aud his manly form had lost some of its vig or and fullness. Mark Douglas and Milton entered Wilson's store, and the former pulled his purse from his jiocket, and threw the sum as agreed upon before he en tered the jail, contemptuously on the counter. Then betiding his black eye upon the merchant, he slowly said : "You once sent an -orphan to jail, when he was guiltless of wrong or crime. Again, you ent an old neigh bor to jail for- no crime but poverty. They both siawl before you, and should misfortune ever come upon you, James Wilson, may you find others more hu mane and for giving than you have been. This is a world of changes, and disease and bad luck may waste you and yours in such au hour as you know not A paleness crept over Wilson's face, and before ht could reply, Douglas and Milton passed from his store. Ten years later aud two of the char acters of our story are again brought to gether. A change has been wrought in the affairs of James Wiison, the rich village merchant. Disease has been hi his household, and his store and dwel lings have been laid in ashes. Finan cial reverses ft l lowed in quick succes sion until all his property was swept, and he fornd himself several thousand dollars in debt. Driven to desperation, struggling to save his fallen fortunes, lie attempted to secret a portion of his means by the aid of a friend. The scheme was detected, and he was arres ted on a charge of swindling, and sent to prison, Twasthen the ruined man lea rued the bitterness of poverty ana desertion. Not a friend would be his bail. The fickle populace turned against him as they had against Wil liam Milton years before. He com plained of this bitterly he could not see why all his old friends should desert bim because he was unfortunate sure- iy that was no ciime. So rfasom.'d the man who sent Milton to the debtor's cell. His iutergrity had not passed the ordeal as untarnished as did that of his early friend. Dark and gloomy were the days be tween the arrest and trial. Wilson had little hope from .the magnanimity oi the prosecuting attorney, as that official .had been rejected by one of his daugh ters on account of ihe attorney's pover ty. Fiom the prisoners box, VVilson looked for friends in the sea of faces. He had lost property aud had no friends. To the inquiry of the court, who would defe id him, Wilson answered that he had none, his face burning as he spoke, for he had ; no means to employ counsel. One and nn ther of the lawyers in the bar plead prior engagements, and begged to be ex cused from acting as Wilson's counsel at the request of the court. This marked re luctmice to defend him stung the prisoner keenly, and he bit his lip until it hied. -Any one of the board a month before, would have most eaeerly performed apy service for the wealthy merchant. At this juncture, a tall and muscular gentleman strode up to the bar and tender cd his services as counsel for the prisoner at the bar The stranger's head was gray, but his presence was singularly noble and commanding, and his eye was full and lustrous. Th- finely chiseled mouth told its own ttory of daring firmness and iron Mvill I ne prosecuting aiiorney looked a linle blank as the -distinguished looking jenile t.an look his seat wnhin the bar, ami answered for his client. The interest tn the audience became intense, for they expected something from so fine a man. And the presence of that personage his lofty bearing and eagle -ye was already making interest for hi astonished client. The trial proceeded. The counsel for the defence asked few questions of the wit nesses, contending himself with playing with his pen knife,nnd now and then look ing upon those who swore ''swift." There was a terror in his very eye, and the swilt witnesses qua-led as they read its scornful glace. The Pisirict Attorney indulged in frequent coarse and aggravating remarks as the testimony proceeded. i he plea of the stranger was a most fin ished specimen of logic, irony and pathos. I be tide ot teeling in the people re-acted under his eloquence .and rushed again to the merchant. A few words, calm, and but most leartully withering, crushed the prose cuting attorney's attempt to wound the un fortunate. Ihe testimony w s ptcke I and torn in a thousand threads, and strong men blushed that they had ever doubted the honesty of the prisoner. 'You are but men," said he fto the jury. "'ith the iime Irail nature P him whose honesty you now hold in your hands. Yoji know nut your own strength In prosper- i y it is no hard matter to present a clean heet to the wo'ld. It is adversity thai lesis men. The strongest among you might fall, were ' misfortunes to come upoii ou. Misfortune or poverty is certamly no crime, as prosperity is no virtue. Sum mer weather friends are they who bask in a man's favor to day, and when c dark hour comes upon htm, turn to heap oppro brium upon his t ame As men need mer cy at the hands of Him who wept and for gave the sins o men ; so let them remem ber mercy when judging each other.- Should euher of you, gentlemen, by any revetse of f rtune, become poor, and a sub ject for the debtor's cell, and see your pro fessed friends desert and turn against you, you will experience one of life's bitterest lessons, and learn how cruel is the hand which crushes and brands with shame the name of ihe poor and unfortunate. God is the avowed friend of suci , ami men should be cartful how they are less forgiving than our common Father." i The inann r of the stranger was pecu liarly thrilling, and carried the multitude for his client. The prosecuting attorney withered in his seat, and in his plea blun dered continually. He grew feverish and annoyed under the full gaze of his power ful antagonist. Ihe jury rendered a verdict of "not guil ty without leaving their seats, and the sheriff was ordered to release the prisoner Ir m custody And wtn.t a change in the manner of the people. All were eager to tak him by the hand and congratulate him upon his acquittal They were friends again! And ytt VVilson could not shut out the reflection thai, h id he been convic ted, the same men would have as heartily approved the verdict as now,. With a heart too full for utterance. Wil son attempted to thank his stranger friend While he held ihat individual'.: hand and poured out his broken thanks, the sheriff again" arrested bitn for debt. The district attorney had been foile I in the criminal suit and now determined to have revenge. "Mold a moment," said the stranger counsel. ''How much is claimed of my client?" "Some three thousand dollars," sneering- ly answered the attorney. "Make out your papers, s r, and you can hare ihe money." The abashed officer proceeded to do so, while a crowd gathered and look-1 ed on. The stranger, from a heavy purse, coutited out the amount m bills aud gold, and then handed the recepts to the bewildered Wilson ; afterwards ifting Ins hat txditely to the people was about leaving, but the overpowered Wil son could not be left thus. He followed his. deliverer aud persisted iti knowing who to bless. "James Wilson !" replied the stran ger, in a sad but thrilling tone ; you have fallen as others have fallen. t his is a world of changes. While visiting the graves where my loved ones are, I earned of your reverses and the chaig- es against you. Fifteen, years ago there was another toor debtor sent to jail for crime and his child died there. He was ! poor and yon oppressed" him. He was sick and in prison and yon visited him j not. Never again, Mr. Wilson, forget the goldeu rule ' of the master you serve, or oppress the poor and unfoi tu nate. The poor debtor of fifteen years ago, owed you. You now owe bim. W illiam Milton has returned good for evil. You will not hate him as you once did, will you, Mr. Wilson'" and a sweet smile shone through the tears on the stranger's face. W illiam Milton ! God forgive me. And are you him?" "Y es, the once poor debtor, and now rich man is before you. Go home to your family, Mr. Wilson, and be kind to all. We all need kindness and for giveness." While the tears were streaming fast from Wilson's face, the stranger passed rapidly away and disappeared. The poor merchant returned to his home a letter and a wiser 'fnau. Coals had been heaped upon his head, and from that day to the clos! of a long life, James Wilson never forgot to do good. At night and in the morning he invoked blessings upon his friend, and in kind ly deeds to the poor and needy, endear ed himself to all. The tables were turned to his good. GBOflGE R. FRENCH, MANUFACTURER AND WHOLESALE $ RETAIL DEALER IN BOOTS, SnOES, LEATHEH, AND SHOE FINDINGS, NO. 11. MARKET 8TREET, WILMINGTON, N.C. March 6. 151 L. N. BARLOW, WHOLESALE & RETAIL GROCER, AND DKALKR IN . LIQUORS WINES ALE PORTER f-e No 3, Granite Kow, I'roiit Street, WILMINGTON, M.C. Feb. 17th, IP56. 140-tf. GEO. W. DAVIS, COMMISSION HI E R C II ANT, SOUTH WATER STREET, WILMINGTON. N. C. Jan. 22. 132. EMPTY SPIRIT BARRELS. A Pill MR LOT OF 50 KMPTV SPIRIT Barrel", just received per &ehr M, V. D avis, and for dale by ADAMS, HKO. d OO. Jan. 3. STOKLEY & OLDHAM, GROCERS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, WILMINGTON, N C. Libera! Cash advances made n l-'lour, Colton, un) .nv.-il Siurea cunxigned lu them Aug lii. 65 ly. SAMUEL A. HOLMES ATTORNEY AT LAW, WILMISGTOS, N. C. Will aurn.i iho Com 19 ol Duplin, Sampson and i;w Hanover Office on Princes? elrt-et, nejet d'or Fast of the Siaie Knnk. -j April 5. 9-ly GEORGE MYERS, WIliM.ES.lLb U RLTAIL GROCER Keeps conatantfy on hand, M ine. Teas, Liquors Provision, H ood and W'ULoir Ware, Fruit. Confcclionaric8,&c South Front street, VVII..l.OT., N. 'J. Nov. 13, 1855. , 109 CAROLINA SADDLE AND HARNESS establish viK.vT. Cl ter Market d Second SIS., under the Caro lina Hotel, Wilmington, N. C. 1i UK UMDKa.MG.KD RKS pecifuliy tak-s this meihod to nform the citizens of Wilmington tnd mirroun ling country, that he has taken ihe store on the corner ol Market and Second sirect, under the Carolina Hole' where he would be pleased loexhibu hi Mock, consiMing - t Saddles Kridle, Martineales, Harness, Trunks. Whip,, spurs, and all arides usually kept in t ueh nn es tablishment, all of which he will sell low lo, cash, or on accommo taling terms. Call and examine is he -"ilii its a share of pult.ic patronage. VST" Repairing done al short notice. WM. L. JACOBS. Oet 25. 95 if THE NORTH CAROLINA iIliTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COM 1" I, KALIilUH , N. C. 'HE above Conipan hi'sbeen inoperationsinct X the 1st oi April, 843, under the directiobof the tollowin Otlicers, viz : Dr. Charles E. onbson, President. Win.-. Haywood, Vice Presidenr John G. v illiatus, Secretary, v in. H.Jones. Treasure-. Pcrrin Busbee, Attorney, Dr. Charles K. Johnson. ... ,n . Dr. VVm.H.McKeo. f Medical Boaz-d of Dr. K B. Haywood, 5 Consultation. J. Hersman. General Agent This Company has received a charter giving ad vantages toihe insured overany other Oompun v. Ths 5tl. Section gives the H usband-t he privilege ic ir.sur. hisown life for the sole use of his Wife and C iildren free (torn any claimt-of the represent. 'ivesof the husband orany of his creditors. Organized on purely mutual principles, the life members a rtirfpa lei n the whole of the profits which art declared annually Hesides. th- applicant foi ife. wrien the annual premium is overt 30 may dji one half in a Note. Allclsimsforinsnranceagainsithe Company wil' f paid within ninety doysafterproof of the death c'the party isfurnished Slaves are insurer) forone or five years, at rates hicb will enable all -Slaveholders t scenre thi class oi iroperity againsi the uncertainty of life. Slave insurance present a new and intrreslin featurrin the history of 'North Carolina. which wiU provi very important to the Southern States. The last four months operation fthis Company shows a very! urgei mount of hneiness more than the Directors rxpcted to do the firsi year having Mlreadv issued more than 300 Policies Dr. Wt W. Habbis. Mmiieal Rxaminer, and A?ent. Wilminston. N. C. AU"?omminica'lonsnnhasincsof theCompany thould beaddrr-' to FICHARD H. BATTLE, Sec'y. 1aleieh.JaneB.lF56'. SUG1R! SUGAR! ! BRLS Stuarts Snar all grades. 25 Coffee Sarara 50 Now Landing & for sale y. ZENO H. GREE. Feb. 3. 137. PRAYF.R BOOKS Bibles; Hymn Book; Psalmndieat Poaima and Hymns; Church Srvic;i Home Service, Ac, is vsrio bindings, for sale at WHITAKER'S. Dec. 23. . . , , CHEESE, CHEESE. ' - , tfl BOXES N T. Stat Dairies. jP rale bv ?t)Ujan.2T. ZEN O H. GREENE. ' FOREIGN GOLD AND SILVER COIN THEIR Vi LL'E AT THE MINT. , GOLD COINS. Austria Quadruple ducat .... $9 12 0 Ducat . . - 2 27 5 Sovereign (lor Lorubardy) 6 85 0 Baden Five Gulden 2 4 0 Bavaria Ducat 2 27 0 Belgium Twenty-frauc piece.. 3 b3 2 Twenty-five franc pieced 4 72 0 Bol via Doubloon 15 58 6 Brnzil Pieceol 6400 reis 8 72 0 Britain Sovereign 4 84 5 Brunswick Ten-Thaler -7 89 0 Central American.... 14 0 Ec-udo l 67 0 Gold Dollar 83 5 Chili Doubloon (before 1835) 15 57 0 Doublo. (1835 and since). .... ..15 660 Denmark Double Fred, or 10 Thaler 7 88 0 Ecuador HhII doubloon, ...... 7 4 3 3 7 7 i0 0 Esjypt Hufdred piastres. France Twenty franca. .. ........ Greece Twenty drachms. . Har.over Ten Thaler. George IV. . Ten-Thaler. William IV and Ernest Hindo8lan Mohur. East India Co.. 97 O So 0 45 0 84 0 89 0 10 0 .. 7 .. 7 Mecklenburg Ten Thaler . . Mexico Doubloon, average.. 89 0 .15 53 0 . 2 20 5 . 4 00 7 I euierlaiids JJucat. Teuguilders .............. iew viranada Uouoloon. zi carat. standard ...1551 0 Doubloon. 21 carat standard. inclu ding ihe silver ...15 710 Doubloon. 9 lOihs standard ..... .15 310 Doubloon. 9-1 Oihs standard, inclu ding the silver .15 38 0 Persia Tomaun. 2 23 0 Peru Doubioon, Lima, to 1833... .15 55 0 Doubloon, Cuzco, lo 1833 15 62 0 Dublnon. Cuzco. to 1837 Portugal Hall joe (lull weight). Crown Prussia- -Double Fi ederick. . . .. . Rome --Teiecuili Russia -Five roubles. ......... . Sardinia Twenty lire .15 53 e ..8 .. 5 .. 8 .10 . 3 65 0 81 0 00 0 37 0 96 7 84 5 3 Saxony Ten thale e 7 94 0 Ducat I 26 0 Spurn Pistole (qr. doubloon)...... 3 90 0 Turkey Hundred piastres.. .... 4 37 4 Tuscany Sequin........... 2 30 0 United Stales- -Eagle (before June. 1834) 10 62 0 Five .dollar piece ol C. Bechler, av erage 4 85 0 Dollar o! the same, average. . 96 0 Five dollar p'c of A. Bechtfer $4 92 a 5 00 0 Dollar of the same 98 0 Orrgon Exchange Co--Five dollars. 4 82 0 N G. & N. San Francisco Five dots. - .$4 83 a 4 t5.0 Miners' Bank, San Francisco Ten dollars .......9 06 a MfiVttt & Co., ' 9 78 a S2 0 9S 0 11 Sixteen dollar ingots, about 15 75 0 RATES OF POSTAGE. Letters composed of one or more piece. l per, but nol exceeding half an oui:rr in weiifhi. enl any die-tnnce not exceedinir 30DC miles. 3 cents ; over 301)0 miles, 10 cents. Uouble rale it execrun g I. all un ounce treble, if exceeding an ounce; and so on rlisirging an additional rate for every addi lional liitll' ounce, or fraction ol halfan ounce. Ahsoluje pre-pn) metii being required 011 all letteis i places within the United Stales, from ami alter April let, 1S55 From and after January lsl. 1856, all let 1 '-rt! between places in the United States in It. I hf llru ri'iiil ..it I i- K . r. I . . pf..w.. or eiamned envelopes. Letters lirnnned in the post office, lor de livery in the same place, 1 cent each. Letters advr riwed are charged 1 cent each, brides regular postage. Drop letters are not advertised. Circulars. 1 rent for 3 ounces or less lo my part of the Uniled Slates, to consist ol but one piece of paper pre payment option al. Djlv newspapers weighing three ounces r (es. 45 1-2 cents per Quarter. '"when senl from the office of publication to actual arirli ooiiHtiUe subscribers any where in the Uni ted Slates. Transient newspapers sent any where wi'hin ihe United States, I cent for 1 h re nonces or less. Whf.n the article to be mailed is a circu lar, pamphlet, or newspaper, it should be so enveloped as lo be open al one end other wise, it will be charged as a letter. BRITISH POSTAGE ARRANGEMENTS. Letters posted or charged in the United States will be rated at a half ounce to the single lei ter ; over a half and not exceeding au ounce, as a double letter ; over an ounce and not exceeding an ounce arid a half, as a treble letter; and so on, each half ounce or fractional excess coaesiituting a rate. The single rates to be charged on each letter posted in the United Stales addressed to any place in Great Britain or Ireland is 24 cents; the double rale 48 ; and so en. Said postage on letters going to any place in Great Britain or Ireland may be pre-paid, if the whole amount is tendered at the office in the U. S. where mailed, at the option o the sender. Newspapers may be mailed at. any office in ihe United States to any place in the U niied Kingdom on the pre-paymem of 2 centt. a d may on receipt from any place in Great Britain or Ireland, be delivered at any office in the Uniled States on payment of 2 cenls. Note. Each Government is to charge 2 cents on each newspaper. These are to be sent in bands or covers, open at the sides or ends, and to contain no manuscript what ever. Persons mailing fetters to foreign coun tries, with which ihe United States have not entered into postal arrangements, are remin ded that it is necessary lor them to pre-pay the pi oper postage, or the letter cannot be forwarded. A HOMESTEAD FOR $10! SECOND DIVISION. 31 0,000 worth of Farms and Balldhig Lotst In the Gold Region of Culpepper County, Vir ginia, to be divided amongst 10.200 subscribers, n ihe 13ih of April, 1657- Subscription only ten dollars each ; one halt down, the res' on the deliver of the Decd. Kvery sabseiiber will pet a Building Lot or a Farm, ranging in value from Sin to l5,00n. These Ka ma and Ita are sold so cheap to induce settlements, a sufficient num ber being reserved, the increase la the value of which will compensate for the apparent low pries now aaked, -A company of settlers, called "The Rappaoan nock Pioneer Association," is bow forming and wUI commence a settlement in ih spring. 5 m ple . carity will be given for the faithful perform anee of contract and premises - More Agents are wanted to obtain obscri bers. ta whom tbe moat liberal inducements will be given. Some Agents write that they are mak ing tiOfl per month. Advertising will be done fur every Agent srhere possible. For foil particalara. Subscriptions Agencies, Ac. Apply to - K- 8AODER- Feb. 10. . Port Royal, Carvlint C tVa. SILVER COINS. Austria Rix Dollar SO 97 5 Florin........ .- 48 0 Twenty kreulzeis. . . .. &0 Lira lor Lombardy j igo Baden Crown 1 07 Gulden or florin 39 5 Bavaria Crown 1 06 5 Florin 395 Six kreutzere SO Belgium Five Irancs 93 0 Two and a hall francs 46 0 Two liaucs 370 Franc 18 5 Bolivia Dollar 1 00 8 Half dollar, debased. 1830. 37 5 Uuarler dollar. debased. 1830 137 Brazil Twelve hundred reis 99 2 Eight hundred reis 660 Four hundred 33 0 Bremen Thirty six grottr 35 Britain Hall crown 54 0 Shilling . 21 7 Fourpeuce. .......... .. . . . . ,7 Brunswick Thaler "68 0 Central America Dollnr, nncer. say '97 0 Chili Dollar 1010 Quarter dollar ......... 224 Eight dollar or real im US Denmark RigsbaDk thaler .... MS Specie thaler 1 04 7 Thirty-two shillings 17 0 Ecuador Quarter dollar 18 7 Egypt Twenty plasties 96 0 France Five francs 93 2 Franc 18 5 Frankfort Florin 39 6 Greece Drachm 16 5 Guiana, British -Guilder 26 2 Hanover Thaler, fine 6ilver 69 2 Thaler. 750 fine 68 0 Hayti -Dollar, or 100 centimes 25 7 Hesse Cassel Thaler 67 5 One-sixth thaler HO Hesse Damstadl -Florin or Gulden. . 39 Hindoslan Rupee 44 7 Mexico Dollar, average 1 00 0 Naples Scudo 4 0 Netherlands Three guilders 1 20 0 Guilder 40 0 Twenty five cenls 9 5 Two and a half guilders 98 2 New Granada Dollar, usual weight 1 02 0 Dollar, ligh'er and debased. 1839. . Norwaj Rigsdaler.; .i 1 ..sT) Persia Sahib koran. 215 Peru Dollar, Dima mint 1 00 6 Dollar, Cuzco 1 00 8 Half dollar, Arequipa debased. . . . 36 0 Hall dollar, Pasco 49 5 Poland Zloty 112 Portugal Cruzado.. 55 2 Crown of 1000 rets imm. 1:120 Half Crown 56 0 Prussia Thaler, average 6S 0 One-sixth, average 11 Double thaler, or 3 1-2 gulden 1 30 0 Rome Scudo l 00 6 Ttsion. three scodo. 30 0 Russia Rouble 75 0 . Ten Zloty 1 135 OCEAN STEAM NAVIGATION. The following rates of postage on letters have been agreed upon between tins govern ment and ihe German States, Prussia, &c. Bremen. 10 cenls ; Oldenburg 13; Aliona. Austrian Empire, (including Hungary, G;t- licia, Lombardy ant! Venice) Bavaria. Bruus wick, Hamburg. Hanover. JVlccklenbourg Schwerine and Siraelitz. Kingdom ol Prus sia. Kingdom of Sa xony, and Snxe Alten- burg, 15; all other German blales. cities and towns. 22; Switzerland and the Nether lands 25 ; Denmark and Schleewig. 27; Po land and Russia, 29; Constantinople, Greece and Sweden 33; Norway. 37 pre-pay merit optional. Alexandria, Corfu. Island ol Malta, Wal lachia. 30 cents ; Italy, (except upper part) 33; pre-pay ment required. Newspapers and Circulars. 2 cents ench to be prepaid. Mails to the Pacific. For a single let ter, not exceeding halfan ounce in weishl, from New York to Cfiagrrs, 20 cents; tu Panama. 20 postage to be prepaid. Pos tage to California and Oregon (they being U. iS. possessions) need not be pre-paid. Havana Maiks. A line is established be tween Charleston and Havana, the steam ers touching at Savannah and Key West, the postage of which is from the port of de parture to Havana 10 cenls on a single let ter, not exceeding halfan ounce in weight, with an additional 10 cents for each addi. tional half ounce, or fractional excess of half an ounce to be pre-paid. Postage on each newspaper lo Havana. 2 cents, also o be prepaid as on letters. On letters to British North America. 10 cents, if not over 3000 milea j if over that distance. 15 cents a single rate pre paid or not, at the option of the of the render. RATES OF POSTAGE To the Eul Indies. Java. Borneo, Labnan Sumatra the Moluccas, and the Philiu jjine Inlands, We are authorized to state that, arrange ments having been made by Great Britain for collecting in India the British and othe foreign postage on letters between the Uni ted Kingdom and the East Indies, whether transmitted via Southampton or via Mar seilles, iu the British mail, hereafter the Uni ted Stales postage only should be p epaid in this country on letters for the East Indies (a be transmitted by either of the above rouiee, viz: Jite cents me single rate when the At lantic conveyance is by British packet, and tvenly-one cenls when by United Slates packet. Owing to a reduction of twelve cent in the Brilitsh postage beyond England, which took place on the 1st of February instant, the sin gle rates of letter potEge be ween the U- i ted Slates and Java. Borneo, Lnbnam, Su matra, the Moluccas,- and ihe Philippine Is lands, will hereafter be as follows: To Java, via Southampton. 33 instead of 45 cents the Kali ounce; and via Marseilles 53 instead of 75 cents the half ounce; pre payment required. To Borneo, Labnai. Sumatra, the Moluc cas, and the Philippine Inlands the rate wil be 41 instead of 53 cents when sent via South ampton, and 61 instead of 73 cents the quar ter ounce, or 71 instead of 83 cents the hal.' ounce, when eent by closed mail via Mar seil es"; prepayment also required. The 'ate above mentioned as chargeable on letters for the I.land 1 Java wi l j rovide for their conveyance by British , packet as far as Singapore, bat they will afterwards be subject to a Neiherland rate of postage oa account of the conveyance from Singapore to Java. ', j By the Prussian Closed Mail Ihe rales to these countries remain unchanged. - 1 JUST RECEITED BY G. R. FRENCH. AFRESH supply of PERRY DAVIS' VEGE TABLE PAIN KILLER, fa entire New To be are that yon get thagenaine Jd cin,inqairefortbeN'ew Dres with two fine en graved ateet labels on each bottle. Aptil 19. ' 15-tfc BALTill DUE LOIR HOSPITAL. Y)R. JOHNSTON, THK founder of this Celebrated Institution of fers tiie inoat ecrtain, Speedy and only etlcclu al rcinady in the world tor S&CR1ZT U1SEASES. Gleets, Strictures, Seminal Weakncf, Pitins in the Loins, Constitutional Debilitv. Imuottncv. ' Weakness of tbe Back and Limbs, Affections of tne aaancys, Kalpitalion el the iic-ait, Uys'psia, .Nervous Irrilabi ity, Disease of tbe Head, Tnroat Nose or Skia ; tbose serious and melancholy disor ders a rising from the destructive babits of Youth, which destroy both body ar.d n;ind. Those secret and solitary practices more futal to their victims than the song of the Syrebs to thenarimrs of Ulysses, blighting their niost brilliant hopes or an ticipations, rendering marriage, etc., impoesibl. UUAU JilrJIV. r - , Especially, who have become tbe victims of Soli; ry Vice, that dreadful and destructive habit which annually sweeps to an untimely grave thonsanCa of young men of the most exulicd' talents and brillijut intellect, who might otherwise have entranced lis tening Senates wiih the thunders of eloquence, or waked toecetacy tbe living lyre, may call with fl confidence. - - MARRIAGE. Married persons, or Voting Men, contcmplatl re marriage, being awareof Physical Weakneos, Or ganic Debility, Deformities, Ac, should immedi ately consult Dr. J., and be restored to perfo-t health. ' He who places himself underthecareof Dr. John ston may religiously confide in his honor as a &n- tlctnan.and confidently rely upon bieskili asa phy sician. - Dh. Johnston is the brly regularly Erfiicrd Physician advertising locure Piivate I'ouiphiim. His remedies and treatment aic t-mirtly unkno r toall others. Prepared Irom a "life spent in the Great Hospitals of Europe and ihe Firstin tSis Country, viz : England, EraF.ce, the L lock ley ot Philadelphia, iT-c, and a more extensive practice than any other physician in the world. His many wonderful cures and most important Surgical t'p erntions is a sufficient guarantee to (he aifliucd.- -Those who tcish lo be sjteecily and tfectuaVy relic -ed. should shun the numerous trijtivg imposters, who only ruin their health, and apply to him. A CURE WARRANTED Oil NO CHARGE. Ao Mercury or Nauseous Divss Use'' OFFICE, No. 7, SOUTH FREDERICK si., left hand side going from Baltimore street, a fi w doors from the corner. Fail not to observe his name and number, for ignorant trifling importers, attracted by the reputation of Dr. Jekniton, luik near. DR. JOHNSTON. Member of the Royal College of Surgeons. London i graduate from one of the mest eminent Colleges ct the United States, and the greater pari of hore life has been spent in the Hospitals of London, Par is, Philadelphia, and elsewhere, has eliecied son e of the most astonishing cures that wereeverknowi,. " Many troubled with ringing in the ears and head when asleep, great nervousnsss, being alarmed ti sudden sounds, and bashfumess. tjth frequent blushing, attended sometimes with deiangcn.ent mind, were cured immediately. A CERTAIN DISEASE. When the misguided and imptodttt rotary of pleasure finds he has imbibed the seeds of this painful disease, it too often happens that anill-tim-ed sense of shame, or dread of discovery, deters him from applying lo those who. Irom education and respectability. can alone befriend I.ini, delay ing till ihe constitutional symptoms of this horrid disease make their appearance, such as ulceratrd sore thmnt. diseased nose, noctural pains in the head and limbs, dimness of sight, deafness, nodes on the 6hin bones and arms, blotches on the heed, face and extremities, progressing with fi ightlul ra pidity, till at 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 comtni. seration.till death puts a period to his dreadful tut' ferines, by tending him to -that tomne irom whence no traveller r. turns." To such therefor Dr. Johnston pledges himself to preserve the most inviolable secrecy; and, from his extensive prac tice, in the first Hospitals of Europe and Ameiicu hecan confidently recommend a saf and speiay cure lo the unfortunate victim of this horrid dis ease. It is a melancholy fact, that thousands fai I victims to this dreadful complaint, cwing lo tlu tu skilfulness ol ignorant pretenders, who. by the Lbe of that deadly poise n. mercury, ruin the cont-tiu -tion, and either send the unfortunate tuiierei to in untimely-grave, or else im-fce the residue flifc mi -erable. TAKE PARTICULAR NOTICE. Dr. J.addressesalltnose who haveinjuied their., selves by private and improper indulgences. These are some of the sad and melancholy ef fects, produced by esrly habits of y uth. vii : Weakness of the Bask and Limbs, Pains in the Head. Dimness of Sight, Loss of Muscu'ar Pow er, Palpitation of the Heart, Dyppepsy. Net vote irritability Derangement of tie Digestive func tions,, General Debility, Syrvptonis fCunsumr. tion. A; c. - Mentally. The fearful effects on lbe mir.d are much to oe dreaded; Loss of .Memory. Confusion of Ideas, Depression of Spirits, Evil Korebodirgs. Aversion of Society, Self Distrust, Love of Soli tude. Timidity, die. .are some of the evils produced. Thousands of persons of aliages, can now judge what is the cause of their declining health. Los ing their vigor, becoming weak, pale and emacia ted, have a singular appearance about the eyes cough and symptoms of conoun.ptktii. DR. JOHNSTON'S IN VI GO HATING REME DY FOR ORGANIC WEAKNESS. By this great and important remedy weakness oi the orga n s a re speed ilj cured ar.d full vigi-r rrsiort l. Thon.and8of the most Nervous and Debilitated individuals who had lost all hope, have be n imme- ' diately relieved. All impediments to 3IAEK1AGE Physical or Mental Disqualifications, Nervous Ir ritability Tremblings and Weakness, or exhaustion of the most fearful kind, speedily cured by Dr Johnston. ! Young men who have injured themselves ,v . certain practice indulged in when alone a ha'bit frequently learned from evil companions, or a t school, the effects of which are r.itl.ily feit, even when asleep, and if nor curt-d, render marriage WntofPibie.ar.d destroys boiL jind and body, should apply immediately. What a pity that a young man, the hope of bi country, and the darling of his parents, rhould be snatched Irom all prospects a nd enjoyments of life. Dy tne consequences oi deviating irom ti e path of nature, and indulging in a certain secret habit. Such persons, before contemplating - MARRIAGE. Should reflect that a sound mind and body are tbe most necessary requisites to promote connnbia I happiness. Indpd, without these. tb"journcy through life becomes a weary pilgrimage: thr pros pect honrly darkens to the view; the mind becomes shadowed with despair and 1W with the melan choly reflection that the happiness of another be comes blighted with our own. OFFICE NO. 7 SOUTH FREDERICK-ST., Baltixobe, Ud. All Surgical Operatloi.s Iei tor med. N. B- Let no false delieacy prevent yon, bnt apply immediately either personally or by le tter. Skin Diseases Speedily Cared TO STRANGERS. The many thousands cured at thlainetlroiion ltb inthelatt ten years, and the numerous impor tant Surgical Operations perfoime-d ty Dr, J.,wii- nesscd by the Reporters of the papers said many other persons, notices of which have appeared again and again before the public, besides his 'landing as a yentleman of character and resporisitilit y, ir a sufficient guarantee to the iffilcie d. TAKE NOTICE. It Is with the rreatest reluctance tbst rr. JOH5STG permits his cartf to appear before tee T liie, devn fr.tr it nnprofeMional for a physician to adrertire. bnt Bn!rs b did so. tbe afflicted. nici3U!y etmnpers rooM not fail tn fall Into thr hands of ths many Smpwtle hi nnWnml I mpotr, with ianmnsrable False Sm i cob tinre Quacksbotta, swarming; these tares cities, oyyir; Ir. JoassTOs's adTertisemertta or advert'sinr ttt-meHrs &s p bysiciano. illiterate shallow-brained feiUaa. too If zr ta w ork at their original trade, with srarr too ideas hrymd the brute, who. for the purpose of Enticing and Decei v ing. carry on five or six offices, under as a.si y alCe -er. Fabw Names, so that the afflicted Plrr 11 rscayirtr one, is sura to tumble headlong into the otner. TjtCctm Q sacks with enormous lyins; ertirate of treat and s.t crashing cares from persons not to be found, nhjjkerp yon taking tarsre bottle of I.icosics TiT andothtr packages of Blthy and worthless encapoeads. cnnrtesr'yr F repsred to ixnpo-e upon the nrfortouate ar.d nnsnfject ng. Trifling month after roof: t a. or as Urs as the rtrvll -est fee can heoetataed. and. in derpslr, leaTea yea with,. ruined hearth, to sigh over your calling iiarTniritBent. It is this motive that in.! eees lr J to advertise, ma n &oxi cs ce roe. To those onacqnairrted with his reputation, be deems it necessary to sav that bis eredtB Uals or diplomas arwsvs nan tn bis office. KOliTTEES RECEIVED VKLES3 TOST-TA ID and contain!-; a rXamp t be osed for the replT- Per sona writins; nhoald state Ac and send that, J ortinn ef adaerrjfe'nerrt o-scris.rj sjmproiss. I3t lr-C. Ja..9, 1S57. 3
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