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VOLUME XI -NUMBER" 151.
WILMINGTON, N. C, TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 10, 1857.
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THE TRI-WEEKLY COMMERCIAL
la nubliahed everv Tcesdav. Thuiidat and
Satbidat at 5 per annum, payable tnallcaaes
In advance.
BY" THOS. LORING EmToaand PaoraiBToa,
BENJ. W. SANDERS AaaociATS Lbitob.
Corner Krout and Market Street,
WILMINGTON. It. C.
R1TP.S OP ADVERTISING.
t qr. I inacriioa SO 60 I I aqr. 2 montha, 4 00
1-2 75 1 3 " , 6 00
1 3 1 00 1 -- 8 00
1 ' 1 month. 2 60 I "12 12 00
Ten lines or leaa make a aquare. Ifaa adver
tisement exceed ten linea, the pi ice will be in
proportion. 4
,. All advertisements are payable at the time of
their insertion.
('omraCts with yearly advertisers, will be made
to the most liberal terms.
No transfer of contracts for yearlv advertising
will be oermilted. Should circumstances render
a change in business, or an unexpected removal
. . . . i ,1;. i i
nacessary.a cnarge accoruins iu me puuusnca
terms will be at the option of the contractor, for
the time he has advertised.
The privileze of Annual Advertisers is strictly
limited to their own immediate business; and all
advertisements for the benefit of other persons,
aa well aa 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 at the naual ratea.
No Advertisements is Included in the contract
Tor the sale or rent of houses or isnds in town or
country, or for the sale or hire of negroea, wheth
er the property is owned by the advertiser or by
Other persons. These are excluded by the term
''immediate burineii."
All advertisements Inserted in the tri-wecklv
Commercial, are entitled to one lcsertion in the
Weekly free of charee.
ion, CARD AND FANCY PRINTING,
EXECUTED 1M SUPERIOR STILE.
;bnts for tug commercial.
New Yobs: Messrs. Dollhsb A Porrta.
ftafo Chablss Smith, No. 6, Central Wharf.
Philadelphia 8. K. Cohen.
Baltimore Wat. H. Pcxxiand Wm. Thomson
MISCELLANY.
From the Portsmouth- Herald.
THIS WIDOW'S ONLY SON.
He was the youngest of seven chil
dren and an only son. Ob what bliss,
what transport in the bosom of his fam
ily upon the announcement of a boy
o cheer their path ! The palernal
heart throbbed with emotions of ineffa
ble delight; the mother's countenance -bespoke
inward raptnre ; the sisters' hap
piness was consumriiated ; whilst the
aged grandmother clapped her hands,
as tears of joy rolled down her furrowed
checks.
The life, the hope of his home, and
as Tapper beautifully describes "A well
spiing of pleasure." Friends who lov
ed tired not of fondling and caressing the
little innocent, whose snnny laugh,
dimpled face and dancing eyes threw a
golden light over the favored - house
hold, daily brightening as new beauties
unfolded and developed.
At the age of twelve years, the lather
blessed his idolized son ; died exulting
in Jesus, and was laid in the quiet grave.
The widowed mother oppressed by sor
row, clasped her darling boy to her
breast, and a smile passed over her
troubled visage, as a whisper too low
to be heard, save in the deep recess of
the heart, said ; "The son may one day
supply your belovel husband's place."
As the ivy creeps up, embraces and
adheres with singular tenacity to "the
sturdy old oak, so this lovely youth
gained stronger hold upon the mother's
affection until around each delicate fi
bre, his image was closely intwined.
The scourge of '55 plucked a choice
flower from the mother's bosom. With
lears she besought her son to leave the
city, for fear he too might fall a victim,
with the rose of youth fresh upon his
cheek. Hut oh, the magnanimity of his
soul ! He preferred to remain with the
plague-stricken inhabitants,. and as an
angel of mercy ministered to the neces
sities' of the sick and dying, till the
dreadful fever burned in his own veins.
The fond mother with anxious solic
itude watched over "her baby, her dear
baby," as she still called him God
stayed the hand that afflicted the
young man was restored to. health and
his mother prized him more highly than
ever.
His twenty first year found him, tall
and commanding in figure, features
handsome, brow intellectual, talents of a
superior order, and the qualities of his
heart affectionate, generous and noble.
The mother gazed with pride and ad
miration, whilst visions of happiness
lightened her cares, as the promise of a
brilliant career illumed her soul. Oh
the strength, and the purity of a moth
er's love! The priceless value of a
mother's prayers! Her invocations at
a throne of grace, were thrown up as a
bulwark around the path of the loved
one. to shield from evil and vice.
The Great God who never errs, for
some wise purpose, saw fit to prostrate
this manly youth with a slow, lingering
disease. The hectic bloomed upon the
wan face athletic frame wasted-the
mothers love magnified whilst ' her
heart grew sadder and prayer went
more fervejAtly to heaven.
Amidst bleeding hearts and weeping
eyes, Death came ; but so placidly and
peacefully that those who gathered
around his bed to witness the last strug
gle, said, "Let me die the death of the
righteous, and let my last end be like
his!' His head pillowed upon bis Sa
viour's breast, and angels hovering over;
life gradually but sweetly waned, until
the quiet pulse ' and still features, told,
that the joys of an invisible world had
commenced. His triumphant soul es
corted by the happy spirits of father
and sister, ascending shouting, "Glory !
Glory !w The portals of heaven flew
open saints and angels on i ted in the
song and all the courts therein, rever
berated with the sound of, "Glory ! Glo
ry ! Glory ln -
Mother I Does not the cheering ex
pression that fell" from thy dying son's
hps, still soothingly linger upon thy ear7
How softly , and feelingly, he said,
"Mother, when I am dead, we shall
not be separated : as a taimsieriug spi
rit I will always Le with, you !" O 1
what a beautiful thought t Thy dear
boy, as a guardian angel ever near
thee ! Mother, had you not rather have
your child with you clothed in glory,
with his destiny of heaven fixed ; than
in the flesh subject to temptation, pain
and sorrow f Alethinks i hear your
heart respond, 'Live on, my boy, in glo
ry."
"The shorter life, the lonfrer Immorality ;
- The less of this cold world, the more of heaven I"
. EVA.'
A ROMANTIC STORY. -
The following story, from the Paris
correspondent of the New York. Times,
will serve to show the rapid manner m
which the Russian government does an
act of justice :
"Some eighteen months ago, a Miss
Ward, of one of our Southern States, was
married to a Polish Count, with a very
unpronounceable name. After residing
with her three weeks he took French
leave one morning, takiug wilh him his
wife's jewels. He left a letter behind
him stating that the marriage was in
valid, from the fact that no Russian sub
ject could be legally married except by
Greek service. Ofcomseth lady was
in great consternation! aud at the time of
the coronation of the Czar she with her
mother went to St. Petersburg. Mr. Sala,
the principal writer for Dickens' House
hold Words, drew up a petition for her
to the Russian government, and it was
presented by Mr. Seymour, our Minister.
The case was laid before the Emperor,
and an order was issued to the Russian
minister at Naples, where the Count was
living, for his arrest. 1 He was seized by
the Neapolitan police at the expense ol
Russia, carried to Warsaw, where the
lady and her friends were waiting,
marched into the church by a body of
iKlicemen, and was there compelled to
stand before the altar and be married Uj
due form. His wife, then the Countess,
turned to him with a formal bov and
bade him adieu forever. The Count was
sent to Siberia, his property confiscated,
his wife retaining a third by law."
DEATH BY STARVATION.
A New York paper of Wednesday
Inst has the following, concerning a case
of death by starvation in that city :
V hue V.te parvenus of Fifth 'avennf
and Union square were rolling in wealth
yesterday,,htlle diJ they imagine that a
fellow being, residing in their immedi
ate neighborhood, had died from sheer
starvation. The crumbs that tell troni
their heavily laden tables would have
kept the soul and body of William
Keen together : but it was otherwise,
and the poor man died. Coroner Perry
was called upon yesterday to hold an
inquest at No. 114 East Twenty-second
street, upon the body of William Keene,
who died from starvation. Ellen Keene,
the wife of the deceased, testified that
her husband had neither food or nour
ishment for several days that he was
deprived of the common necessaries of
life, and died in consequenoe of having
nothing to eat.' The- jury in this case
had not much difficulty in coming to a
unanimous conclusion as to the cause
of death, and without leaving their seats
rendered a verdict of "death by starva
tion."
RAVAGES OF CHOLERA. '
A letter from Palmas, Grand Canary
Island, under date of December 22d,
states that at Porto Grande the cholera
had made dreadful havoc, nearly depop
ulating the place. Curious to say, it
was almost entirely the men who were
attacked by it, and none but women and
children were to be seen at manual la
bor.
RATHER SHARP.
A railroad conductor having insulted
a lady passenger, she said, indignantly,
that the company which owned that
road should not see another cent of her
money. "How so 7" said the conduct
or j "how can you manage it?" "Here
after," replied the lady, "instead of buy
iug a ticket at the office, 1 shall pay my
fare to you 1"
MODESTY.
A simple and modest man lives un
known, until a moment, when he could
not have foreseen, reveals his estimable
qualities and generous actions. I com
pare him to the concealed flower spring
ing from an humble stem, which escapes
the view, and is discovered "only by its
perfume. Pride quickly fixes the eye,
and he who is always his own eulogist
dispenses every other pe'rson ; from the
only obligation to praise him.
The difficulty of refuting very silh
and weak arguments reminds one of the
well-known difficult feat of cutting thro'
a cushion with a sword. .; -
Why is a butcher's cart like his boots?
Because he carries his calves there.
KISSING AT A CERTAIN AGE.
I A celebrated dandy , was one erring-in
company with a vonng lady, and observing
ber kiss ber favorite poodle, be advanced,
and begged tbe favor, remarking that sbe
cught to hav a much- charity for him as
she bad shown to tbe dog. "Sir," said tbe
belle. "I never kissed my dog when be was
a puppy." -sThe fellow took tbe bint, and
was ott insUDter,
the Horse-shoe nail.
A farmer once went to market, and
meeting I with , good luck, be sold all hia
corn and lined bis purse with silver and
gold. Tjheir be thought it time to return,
in order to reach pome before nightfall ; so
he packed bis money-bags upon his horse's
back, and set out on his journey. At noon
be stopped in a village to rest; and when
he was starting: again the ostler, as he led
out the horse, said,' "Please you, sir, the
left shoe ber. ind has lost a nail." "Jjet it
go," answered the farmer," "the shoe will
hold fast enough for tbe twenty miles that
1 have still to travef. I'm in haste." " So
saying he journeyed on.
In the afternoon, the farmer stopped a-
gain to buil hi horse, an I as be was sitting
in the inri, the stable-boy' carn'e and said,
Sir, your, horse has lost a nail in his left
shoe behind; shall I take him to 'he stniih-
y 7" "Let btm alone," answered the farm
er ; "I've o ly six miles lurther to go, and
the horse will travel well enough that dis
tance. I've no lime to loose."
i Away ro!e the farmer but he bad not
pone far before the horse began to limp; it
had not limped far, ere it began to st ;rrible :
and it nad not stumbled long, oeiore u leu
down and broke a leg. Then the farmer
was obliged to leave the horse lying in the
road, to unstrap his bags, throw them ovef
bis shoulder, and" make hia way home on
foot as well as be could, where he did not
arrive till late at night. "All my ill luck,"
said the farmer to bimself, "comes from
neglect of a horse-shoe nail." Reader,
look out for your horse shoe nails.
f . TO CLEAN CARPETS.
Your carpet being first well bealen and
freed from dust, tack it down to the door ;
tben mix half a pint of bullock's gull with
two gallons of soft water; scruo it well
with soap and this gull mixture; let it re
main till quite dry when it will be per
fectly cleaned and look as well as new, as
the colors will be restored to their original
brightness. t x ' ,
COW-CATCHERS.
An ente prising but ignorant South A
erican has sent to an Albany locomotive
shop for one hundred "cow-catchers." He
expects to use them in taking wild cattle
on the plains of Poraguay, in lace of the
l.tsso.
A crooked gentleman, on his arrival at
Biih. was asked bv another, what place
ue had travelled from 1 41I came straight
from London," replied he. "Did you so ?"
said the other, ':i hen you have been terri
bly warped by the way. -
GEORGE R. FRENCH,
MANUFACTURER AND
WHOLESALE f RETAIL DEALER
IN
B0QTS,- SII0ES, LEATHER, AiND
SHOE FINDINGS,
NO. 11. MARKET STREET,
WILMINGTON, K. Cv
March 6. 5 151
. L N BAlll ONy
WHOLESALE & RETAIL GROCER,
AND DKALF-R IN
LIQUORS. WINES ALE PORTER f-c.
No. 3, Granite Row, Front Street,
WILMINGTON, W.C.
Feb. 17th, IP56. J4-lf-
GEO. W. DAVIS,
C 0 M MISSION M E R C II A NT,
SOUTH WATER STREET,
WILMINGTON, N. C.
Jan. 22.
132.
EMPTY SPIRIT BARRELS.
APRIMK LOT OF 50 EMPTV SPIRIT
Barrels, iust received per Schr M. Y. D avis,
and for sale by ADAMS, RttO. 4 OO.
Jan. a.
STOKLEY & OLDHAM,
GROCERS
AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
WILMINGTOIJsf. C.
Libera' Cash advances made on Flour, Cotton,
and Naval Storea consigned to them
Aug. 18. 65 ly.
SAMUEL A. HOLMES,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
WILMINGTON, N. C."
Will attend the Courts of Duplin, Sampson and
New Hanover. -
Office on Princes street, next door East of the
State Bank. f
April 5. 9-ly
GEORGE MYERS,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL GROCER
Keeps conttantly on hand, Wmet, Tea, Liquor
Provision, H ood and Willow Ware, Fruit,
Confectionarie,f-c. South Fronttlreet,
WILMINGTON, N. V.
Nov. IS, 1855. 109.
-NEW ARRIVALS
OF F.iESII GROCERIES.
IHR Subscriber has jutt returned frora the
North with a full and well selected aioch ol
choice Groceries, comprising every variety ihnt
tends to complete an assortment, consisting in
part of 100 bags : 'offee, Mocha, Government Java,
I. guyra. Rio and St Domingo j IOC bbla. Sugar
of all grades; Choice Wines. Lkjfuora; Champaign
of the in"st celebrated brands. Teas, Goshen But-
t r. F. M Beef.Smuked Beef, Beef Tongues, eiai
rrun. Mackerel, Pork, Herrings, Codfish. Fresh
Lobster and Sh6, Sardines, Sauces. CaUups;
Soda, Sugar, Butter. Lemon, Cream, Pilot and
Water Craekenv ' Colgate Family Soaps, Fancy
Toilet Soaps, Pickles of every variety, Kaglish
Pineapple and Goshen Cheese, Candles of all
grades,. Bottled Liquors f every variety. Pure Old
Tom Gin, Schfc dum Schnapps, Currants and Cit
ron, (New Raisona Ki pec ted ) Porter and Ale,
Olive Oil. Sperm Oil, Prunes, Confectionary in all
Ft- varieties. Preserves, Jell vs. Brotna, Corn Starch
Clour, Chocolate, Ladies Fancy Baskets 2 0,000
atigara. Tobacco, ac.t Ac, Ac , all low for cab
it GEORGE MYERS'
Country Merchant are particularly invited to
call and examine,- belerre puTchcving elsewheee.
Oct.?. s
TRUSSES.
THE SUBSCRIBER hag on" hand and for sale,
a larga assortment ot Trusses. Abdominal sap
portara. etc., arranged and recommended by Dr.
Schobwald. They wiH be touo4 to be tire easiest
and most efficient atTiele ever gotten aps He in
vite attentior to- their construction and price,
which wfll be found better and m re favorable than
they can be obtained at any othet point in tSeU
nion. They are fitted up with silver springs and
silver or glass pads. liiliAM W. JOYNtll.
Feb 6,1357 138 3n.
WILlHhNGTOiV & WEL. R. II. C;
Office Kngihieb and Sdpbbintekdknt,
Wilmington, N. C. Jan. 1, 1857. $
THE PASSENGER TRAINS WILL, UN
TIL further notice, run over thia road aa fal-
OW"" GOING NORTH, DAILY
DAY EXPRESS TRAIN leaves Wilmington
at 6 A.M.; arrives at Goldsboro'at lOh C9m Leave
in 8 minute - and arrives at Weldon at 2.00 P
M. NIGHT EXPRESS TRAIN leavea Wilming
ton at. 4 15 P. M.; arrives at Goldsboro' at 8.36,
to supper 21 minutes; arrives at Weldon at 1.00
A. M.
GOING SOUTH, DAILY.
DAY EXPRESS leavesWeldon at lt.30 A. v..
itrrives at Goldaboro 3 10 P.M. leaves in 8 min-
nt.a- arrivA n W i Iminctinn ft t 7.30 P. M to Mlln-
" " r I
NIGHT RXPRRSS leave Weldon at 8.31 P.M.;
arrives at Goldi.ttoro' al 12 50 A. M. leavea in 15
minutes- strives at Wilmington at 5.40 A. ftl.
"3The Night Express Train connects with
the North Carolina Railroad, both ways, at Golds
boro'.
Thi. -gh rickeis North sold in Wilmington
to Baltimore 12; to Philadelphia SI4; to New
York $15 50: to Washington, D C, ill.
tXT TlCKlTS WILL KOT SC SOLS TO JL HI6IO IN
FIRSOS. - ' '; -
Paetertger are notified that an extra eiarfe of
oneeent per mile will bt required of thote vclio do
not purchase lickelt at station.
Freigut by pasvengsr trdlna double rate. Lo
cal fare, wih tickets, about 3 cents per mile; if
naid in the carp, aftbut 4 cents per mile
FREIGHT TRAINS. Two through schedule
trains between Wilmington and Weldon, each
week; leaving alternately on Mondays and
Thursdays arid, arriving, jn Tasdays and Fri
days. Knur schedule trairi'a per wcefe d Goldjebo
ro'; leayiag Wilmington on Tuesdays, Wednes
day Friday an Saturda- and Goldsboro' on
Mondays, Wednesday, Thur days and Saturdays,
making with the "through" Strains a, da'Un
freight train both ways between. W ilmington and
Goldsboro'.. . .-"...
All dues on freight, up ordown, payable at Gen
eral Freight Office in Wilmington, on -receipt or
delivery, excluding freight for N. C.-U. ,lt
which may be pre-paid or not at the optlm of the
consigner. . -
S. L. FREMONT.
Ian. 15. Chief Eng. & S u fieri nl en dent.
THE NORTH CAROLIA " "T"
MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMP'Y,
RALEIGH, N. C.
OHE aboveUothpSn hrebeen inopera'tionsin'ce
J. the i stoi April, 848, under the directionof the
following Omcers, viz :
Or.Uharlce b. J on neon, f resident.
Wm. J. Haywood, Vice President
John G. Williams, Secretary,
tv in. H. Jonea. Treasure-.
Pcrrin tHisbee, Attorney,
Dr. Charles E. Johnson, j . , n , ,
Dr! V in; H, McKee, i Board of
Dr.R-B. Haywuod, $ Consultat.on.
J. Hersman, General Agent.
This Company has received a charter givlogad-
mooes to l lie insured over an v other ( )omn;in v.
The 5tl Section gives the Husband the privilege to
jnsur. hie own life for the sole use of his Wife and
Children free Iron any claimsol trie represent-
ivesoT trie husnano or any ol nis creditor.
Organized on purely mutual principles, the life
mcmbersnnriicipafein the wltoleoi the profits which
r declared annually besides, lh" applicant lot
ife. wnen the annual premium Is ovet$30 may pa)
unc tialf in a Note. .
A II claims tor insurance against the Company will
epald within ninety daysaftcrproof of the death
clthe party isfurnished.
Slaves are insured forone or five years, at rates
hit'h will enable all Slaveholders to secure thi
clasp ol properily against tbe unecrtainty of life.
Slave insurance present a naat-and intereslln
feature ir. the history of NorthCarolinff .which wili
prove very important to the Southern States.
The last four months operation -fthis Company
ahowsa vert! argeimouni of business more than
the Directors expected to do the fir? t year having
itlreaav isstien tnore innn juii roiieies
Dr. Wm W. IIabbiss. Medical Examiner, and
Agent. Wilmineton, N. C -AII'omm.inieaMons
onhusincsfof theCompany
rhould headdress''' o
H ICHARD H. B.iTTLK, Sec'y.
Raleish.June 8. 1P56.
OUR MOTTO IS "TO PLEASE"-
AT THE
WiltuiiigtroiSsddle, Harness, aud rru.;k
Manufactory.
''PHE subscriber respecttully in forms t Republic
J-thai he has recently received additions to his
stock of Saddle and Harness Mountings, dec. .the
lateaiand moat improved style, and is tonslanl)
manufacturing, a thisstore on market street, evory
description of articlein theabovc line. From hie
experience in the business, he feels confident that
hewill beable to gtveentm satisfaction to allwho
mavfavor him with a call. He has now on hand
and willconstantly keen a lare assortmen tof
Coach, (it a an.il gnlkey Harness, Ijady's Saddles,
BrtdlctiWkiips.&c., Gentlemen's StuLllr.s, Whips
Spurs. fc.
s laliof which he will warrant to be ofJT
lthe beat materials and workmanship.
Ho has also a large assortment of
Trunks, Valises, Saddle and Carpet Hags,
Satchel. Fancy Trunks, dec., end all other ar
ticles usuall) kept in auch establishments, all of
which he otiert low for Cash, or on short credit
to prompt customers.
Saddles, Harness. I runUs.iledical Bags, sc.
Ac. . made to order.
Inaddition tothe above the subscribe ralways
keeps on hand a largesupply of String leather
and ha now, and will ke?p through the season a
goodassortmentof Kly Nfctts.
All are invnea 10 can ana examine iy uuuua
whetherin want or no, as I take pleasure in shw-
Ing my assortment to all who may favor me wilh
a call.
HarnessandCoach Trimmings sold at a fair
price to person buying to manufacture.
Also, Whir at wholesale.
Allkindsof Riding Vehicles bought v.. old
on eomtnls" iona. . JOHN J. CONOLEY .
Feb. 7. 1856. 138
FOR RENT.
HOUSE over the Rail Road, near the Depot,
7 and new plank road corner o 3d and Bruns
wick streets. Possession given mmediately, in
quire of G. C. BRADLEY.
Dec. 23. 119 tf.
"notice "
1,HEsubscriber1respeetfully iaforma the public,
thathe ia nowiranascting tbe Auction business
on hisownaccount. and hopes by strict attentionto
business, to merit a continuance olthat patronage
heretofore solibersllj bestowed upon him.
hi o ronly
Stock, Real Estate and Negroes. bought and sold
onacommifs'.on.either at private or public sale.
Jan n. IBM. - ' '
M I! L LETS ! MULLETS !
100
Bbls. in good order and for sale by
Jan. 22. jZENO H. GREENE.
H . OOLLltB. O. POTTfca. IXi i. CAMEBDEW.
D0LLNER, POTTER & CO.
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
NEW YORK.
APril30, 1855. - - Z0-ly.
FOR SALE.
A House and Lot. on Sixth street, north
of, and nearly adjoining the rail road a
very desirable location, at a very moderate
price. - -
The Honsa is large and well planned, bnt nnfin
ished has been put into my handa to meet anjenaer
geney a hasty purchaser is wanted.
March 3. . . F W. FANNING.
RECEIYING thU d'af per Sc&r. Heiene, 30
boxes of fine flavored Oranges
March 3. WM. H. DNEALE.
NAILS & nOOP IRON.
I (f KEGS Nails frm 3d io ?0d. ,
1 IJ 10 Tens Hoop Iron, all width lor sale by
Feb 19. v ZENO H. GRKENK.
FOREIGN GOLD AND SILVER COIN
THEIR VALCK AT THE MINT.
GOLD COINS.
Austria Q,ualrtiyte ducat .... $9 12 0
Ducat -- 2 27 5
- SovertrigH (lor LoAibardy). . i . , . . .6 85 0
Baileti-Five Gulden .............. 2 40
Bavaria Ducat.. 2 27 0
Belgium Twenty-franc piece.; 3 83 2
Twenty-five franc pieced 4 72 0
Boi:via--Dofrbf6-ori 15 58 0
Brazil Pieceol'6400 re 8 72 0
Britain Sovereign 4 84 6
Bruuewick Teu-Thaler 7 89 0
Central A merrcan ,.;.., . 14 96 0
Ecsudo 1 67 0
Gold Dollar 83 5
Chili Doubloon (before 1835) 15 57 0
Doubloon (1835 and since ) 15 66 0
Denmark Double Fred, or 10 Thaler 7 83 0
Ecuador Hall doubloon , j ....... ... 7 0 0
Esrypl Hundred piastre. .. .. 4 97 0
France Twenty francs....'. 3 85 0
Greece Twenty drachm. ;. ..'j 3 45 0
Har.over Ten Thaler, George lV. . 7 84 0
Ten-Thaler, William IV and Ernest 7 89 0
Hindoetan Mohur. East India Co.. 7 10 0
MeckTehborg Ten Thaler 7 89 0
Mexico-- Doubloon, average..... 15 53 0
NetherlandsDucat 2 20
Ten guilders 4 00 7
New Granada Doubloon, 21 carat.
standard... .15 51 0
Douhlnoti. 21 carat standard. inclu
ding the silver 15 71 0
Doubloon. 9 lOthe standard 15 310
Doubloon. 9-lOihs standard, inclu
ding the silver 15 38 0
Persia Tomaun. 2 23 0
Peru Doubloon, Liroa. to 1833. 15 55 0
Doubloon, Cuzco, to 1833... 15 62 0
Doubloon. Cuzco, to 1837 ....15 536
PortugalHall joe (lull weight).... 8 65 0
Crown 5 81 0
Prussia--Double Fiedericfe.. ....... 8 00 0
Rome Ten scudi 10 37 0
Russia -Five roubles 3 96 7
Sardinia Twenty lire 3 84 5
Saxony Tentualeie 7 94 0
r Ducat.. ., 1 26 0
Spain Pistole (qr. doubloon) 3 90 0
Turkey Hundred piastre?. . 4 37 4
Tuscany Sequin 3 30 0
United States--Eagle (before lune,
1834)5 10 62 0
Five dollar piece ol C. Bechter, av
erage .-..'.,...'.....'. 4 85 0
Dollar of the same, average. .. ... 96 0
.Five dollar p'c of A. Becbtler $4 92 a 5 000
Dollar of the same.. 98 0
Oregon Exchange Co-Five dollars. 4 82 0
N. G. & N. San Francisco Five dols. .
; . . . . :s . .$4 83 a i 5 6
Miners' Bank, Sao Francisco Ten
dollars 9 06 a 9 92 0
Moffatt& Co., i S 78 a 9 98 8
" Sixteen dollar
ingots, about. .15 75 0
RATES OF POSTAGE.
Lettehs composed of one r more piece
l pup.-r, but not exceeding lialfnti ounce in
weight, sent any distance not exceeding 300C
miL s, 3 cents ; over 3000 miles, 10 ceiMti.
Double rate if exceeding hall an ounce
treble, if exceeding an ounce ; utid so on
ehwrgiug an nddiiional rate for every addi
lioual half ounce, or fraction of lialfan ounce.
Absolute pre-pti3 raetn being required on
all letters t places within the United Stales,
from and alter April 1st, 1855.
From and after January 1st. 1856, all let
era between places in t!ie United States
must be pre-paid, eilher by postage stampa,
or stamped envelopes.
Letters dropped in the post office, for de
livery in the same place, I cent each.
Letters adve.riised are charged 1 cent each,
besides regular postage. Drop letters are
not advertised.
Circulars, 1 rent for 3 ounces or less to
my part of the United Stales, to consist of
but one piece of paper pre payment option
al. -
Daylv newspapers weighing three ounces
or less, 45 1-2 cents per quarter, when sent
from the office of publication to actual and
bonafide subscribers any where in the Uni
ted Slates. Transient newspapers sent any
where within the United Slates, I cent for
three ounces or less.
When the article to be mailed is a circu
lar, pnmphlet. or newspaper, it should be so
enveloped as to be open at one end other
wise, it will be Charged as a letter.
BRITISH POSTAGE ARRANGEMENTS.
Letters posted or charged in the United
States will he rated at a half ounce' to the
single letter over n half and not exceeding
an ounce, as a double letter ; over an ounce
and riot exceeding an ounce and a half, as a
treble letter; and so on, each half ounce
or fractional excess coaesliiutingf a-raie.
The single rates to be charged on each
letter posted in the United Slates addressed
o any place in ' Great Britain or Ireland is
24 cents; the double rate 48 ; and so on.
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. S3, where mailed, at the option o
the sender. ;
Newspapers may be mailed at any office
in the United States to any place in the
United Kingdom on the pre-payment of 2
cents, and may on receipt from any place in
Great Britain or Ireland, be delivered at any
office in the United States, on payment of 2
cents. TJote. Each Government is to charge
2 cents on each newspaper. These are to
be sent in bands or rovers, open at the sides
or ends, and to contain no manuscript what
ever. ' :,t .:..::'-
Persons mailing fetlers to foreign coun
tries, wiih which the United States have not
entered into postal arrangements, are remin
ded that it is necessary for them to pre-pay
the pioper postage, or the letter? cannot be
forwarded.
A HOMESTEAD FOR $10!
SECOND DIVISION.
310,000 worth of Farms and Building
Lots,
In the Gold Region of Culpepper County, Vir
ginia, to be divided amongst 10,200 subscribers,
on be 13ih of April, 1S57. Subscription only
ten dollar each. ; one half down, the real on the
deliver of tbe Disc. Every subscriber will gel
a Building Lot or Farm, ranging ia value from
10 to f5,000.: These Farms and Lots re sold
so cheap toinduce settlement, a sufficient n am
ber being reserved, the increase In the value of
which will compensate for the apparent low price
now asked.
A company of settlers, tailed "The Rappaoan
nuck Pioneer Association," i flow forming and
will commence a settlement in the spring. Am
ple security will be gives for the faithful perform
ance of contracts and premise
Mete Agent are wanted to obiaTin sabscrl
ber. to whom the 'most liberal inducement will
be given. Some Agents write that they are mak
ing t00 per month. Advertising wfll be done for
every Agent svhere nosslblew For fall psxticalars,
Subscription; Agencies, Ve. Apply to
' .-. E- BAUDER-,
Feb. t& . Port Royal, Carotin Co , Ka.
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SILVER COINS.
Aut-txki Rix
Dollar.
J.$0
97 5
48 0
16 0
10 0
C7
39 5
06 5
39 5
3 0
930
46 0
37 0
15 5
006
37 5
187
09 2
660
33 0
35
54 0
at 7
7 1
68 0
97 0
010
22 4
US
52 3
04 7
17 0
19 7
96 0
93 2
18 5
39 5
16 5
26 2
69 2
63 0
25 7
67 5
11 0
39 5
44 7
00 0
4 0
20 0
40 0
95
98 2
02 0
j5 0
21 5
00 6
00 8
36 0
495
11 2
55 2
120
56 0
63 0
11
39 0
00 8
30 0
75 0
135
Florin ...........
Twenty kreutSeiS. .
Lira for Lomhardy
Baden Crown
.... 1
Gulden or florin
Bavaria Crown 1
Florin..
Six kreutzers.....
Belgium Five trance.
Two and a half francs
Two francs
Franc. . . i4
Bolivia Dollar 1
Half dollar, debased, 1830
Quarter dollar, debased. 1830
Brazil Twelve hundred rein
Eight hundred reis
Four hundred
Bremen Thirty six gtote
Britain -Half crown
Shilling
Fourpence..
Brunswick Thaler
Central Amcfica Dollar; uncer. say
Chili Dollar 1
Quarter dollars ...... . .,
BJght-doffftror real.:...-
Denmark Rigsbank thaler
Specie thaler 1
Thirty-two shillings
Ecuador Quarter tfollar.
Egypt-Twenty plasties. .
France Five francs
Franc.
Frankfort Florin
Greece Drachm i ..
Guiana, British -Guilder.....'. ... .
Hanover Thaler, fine silver
Thaler, 750 fine
Hayti -Dollar, or 100 centimes. .. ..
Hesse Cassel Thaler
One-sixth thaler..
Hesse Damstadt Florin or GulJen. .
Hindostan Rupee.
Mexico Dollar, average 1
Naples Scudo
Netherlands Three guilders 1
Guilder
i Twenty five cents
Two and a half guilder
New Granada Dollar, usual weight 1
Dollar, lighter and debased. 1839. .
Norwaj Rigadaler 1
Persia Sahib koran. . .
reru uoiiar, Lima mint l
Dollar, Cuzco...,. 1
Half dollar, Arequipa debased....
Hall dollar, Pasco
Poland Zioty
Portugal Cruzado
Crown of 1000 reis.. ........ ..... 1
Half Crown."
Prussia Thaler, average.
One-sixlh, average. ..............
Double thaler, or 3 1-2 gulden.'. . . 1
Rome Scudo .'......'..... 1
Teslon..three scudo. ... . .'
Russia Rouble ..................
' Ten Zloiy...- 1
OCEAN STEAM NAVIGATION.
The following rotes of postage on letters
have been agreed upon between this govern
ment and the German States, Prussia. &.C.
Bremen. 10 cents ; Oldenburg J3; Allona,
Austrian Empire, (including Hungary, Ga
licia, Lombard and Venice) Bavaria, Bruns
wick, Hamburg. Hanover. Mecklenbourg
Schwerine and Straelitz, Kingdom ol Prus
sia. Kingdom of Saxony, and Saxe Alten
burg, 15; all other Germnn States, cities
and towns. 22; Swiizerland and the Nether
lands 25 ; Denmark and Schleswig. 27 ; Po
land and Russia, 29; Constantinople, Greece
and Sweden 33; Norwny. 37 pre-payment
optional.
Alexandria, Corfu. Island ol Malta,-Wal-lachia,
30 cents ; Italy, (except upper part)
33; pre-payment required.
Newspapers and Circulars. 2 cents each
to be prepaid.
Mails to tue Pacific. For a single let
ter, not exceeding lialfan ounce iu weight,
from New York to Cfiagres, 20 cents ; to
Panama. 20 postage to be prepaid. Pos
tage to California and Oregon (they being
U. S. possessions) need nol be pre-paid.
Havana MaiAs. A line is established be
tween Charleston and Havana, die steam
ers touching at Savannah and Key West,
the postage of which is from the port of de
parture to Havana l'l renls oh a single let
ter, not exceeding half an ouuee in weight,
wiih an additional 10 cefils for each addi,
Clonal half ounce, or fractional excess ofhalf
an ounce to be pre-paid. Postage on each
newspaper lo Havana. Scents, also to be
prepaid as on letters.
On letters to British North America. 10
cents, il.nbt over 3000 miles ; if over that
distance, 15 cents a single rate pre paid or
not, al the option of the or the sendee.
RATES OF POSTAGE
Tothe Eul Indies, Java. Borneo, fabnan
Sumatra, the Moluccas, and the Philio
pine Islands,
We are authorized to state that, arrange
ments having been made by Great Britain
for. collecting in India the British and oihe
foreign postage on letters between the Uni
ted Kingdom and the East Indies, whether
transmitted via SoaihafDrHon or via Mar
seilles, in the British mail, hereafter the Uni
ted States postage only should be p epaid tn
this country on letters for the East Indies lo
be transmitted by either of the above route b,
viz t Jive cents tne single rate when the At
lantic conveyance is by British pr cket. and
tieenty one cents when by United Slates
packet.
Owing to a reduction of twelve cent in the
British postage beyond England, which took
place on the 1st of February instant, the sin
gle rales of letter polcge be ween the Ut i
ted Slates and Java, Borneo, Labnam, Su
matra, the Moluccas, and the Philippine Is
lands, will hereaher be as follows :
To Java, via Southampton, 33 instead 1
45 cents the hall ounce; and via Marseille'
53 instead of 75 cents the half ounce ; pre
payment required.
To Borneo. Labnan, Sumatra, the Moluc
cas, and the Philippine Islands the rate wil
be 41 instead of53 cents when sent via South
amplon, and 61 instead of 73 cents the quar
ter ounce, or 71 instead of 83 cents the hal.'
ounce, when sent by closed mail via Mar
seil es ; prepayment also required.
The ate above mentioned as chargeable
on letters for the Island ol Java will provide
for their conveyance by British packet as
lar as Singapore, hat they wfll afterwards be
subject to a Netherland rate of postage on
accootit of the conveyance from Singapore
to Java. ..
By the Prussian Closed Mail the ales t
these Countries remain uneha'nge.d.
JUST RECEIVED BY 6. R. FRENCH,
AFRESH trpplt of PER RT DAVIS' VKGE
TABLE PAIN KILLER, in entire Nzw
Bssss. Toss sure that you get the genuine Hcd
cine.inqai.re for the New D re with two fine en
graved steel label on each bottle.
BALTIMORE LOCK IIOSPITAL.
DR. JOHNSTON .
THE founder of this Ctlebra ted Ins ilution cf
!.! tlie moat certain, bpeedy and only elltclu-
ai remedy ia tlic world lor ' '
HE CRET D1SEA SES
Gleets, Strictures, Seminal Weakness, Pain In
the Loins, Constitutional Debility, Impotcncy,
Weakness of the Back and Limbs, Affections of
the Kidneys, Palpitation ct the Heart, Dvt ef,sia,
Nervous irritabiity, Disease of the Head, Tnroat .
Nose or Skin ; those serious and melancholy disor
ders anting Iroin the destructive habit of Youth,
which destroy both tody and mind. Tfiose secret
and solitary practices more fatal to their victim a .
than the song of the Syrei.s to the nurim t t f
Ulysses, blighting their most brilliant bor es or an
ticipations, rendering marriage, dec., impossible.
YOUXUMJN.
Especially , who have become tbe victims of Soli:
ry Vice, that dreadful and destructive habit w hich
annually sweeps to an untimely rave thousand o f
young men of the most exalted talents and brilliant
intellect, who might other wie have entranced lis
tening Senates with the thunders of eloquence, or
waked to ecstacy the living lyre, may call with tutf
confidence.
MARRIAGE.
Married persons, or Young Men, contcmplullr.
marriage, being awarcof Physical Weakness, Or
ganic. Debility, Deformans, ic., should immedi
ately consult Dr. J., and be restored to perfe-i .
health. " .
lie who places himself nndertiiccareof Dr. John
ston may religiously confide in bis honor as a gen
tleman, and confidently rely upon his skill asafhy.
sician. . , -
Da. Johnston is the only regularly EdurMrd - 1
Physician advertising to cure Puvate t implaints. .
His remedies and treatment arc entirely unknown
to all others. Prepared from a liie ni in the
Great Hospitals of Europe and the Eiret in tVla a
Country, via : England, France, the block Icy i
Philadelphia, dc, and a more extensive practice,
than any other physician in the world. His many
wonderful cures and most important Surgical Op
erations is a sufficient guarantee to the afflicted.- 1
Tliose who icisk lo be tpeeoily and effectually reliev
ed, thould shun the numerous trijlirg impolcrt,ho
only ruin their health, and apply to him.
A CURE WARRANTED OR .NO CHARGE.
No Mercury or Nausrovs IJrves Use
OFFICE, No. 7, SOUTH FREDERICK L
left hand side going from fialtiaiore street, aft w
doors from the corner. . Fail not to ol.tnve Ms
name and number, for Ignorant trifling importerr,
attracied by the reputation of Dr. Jthnaton, iutk
DR. JOHNSTON. "1
Member of the Royal College of Sorgeons. London ;
graduatcfromone of the meat eminent Colleges of
the United States, and the greater psrt of whose
life has been spent in the Hospitals of London, Pat-
is, Philadelphia, and elsewhere, has e flee fed none
of the o4i astonishing cures thai wereever known
Many troubled with ringing in the ears and head -v-henasleep,
great nervouensas, being alarmed at
sudden sounds, and bashfuiness. with frequent
blushing, attended sometimes with derangement
mind, werecured immediately.
A CERTAIN DISEASE.
When the misguided and imprpdetif votary of
pleasure .finds ha .has imbibed the seeds of .his
painful disease, it too often happens that ai.ill-iin)- -ed
sense of ebame, or dread of discovery, detere'
him from applying to those who, irom education
and respeetability.can clone befriend him, tfela -ing
till the constitutional symptoms of this horrid . .
disease make their appearance, such as ulcerated "Jl
sore throat. diseased nose,-noetural ;alns in the-'' :
head and limbs, dimness of eight, -deafness, nodes
on the feTtin bofies:and arms, blotches on the head,
face and extremities, progressing with frightful ra-
pidity, till at last the palate ofihe niouth or the"
bones of the nose fall in. and the victim of this
awful disease becomes a horrid object sof coiiimif
seration.till death puts a period lo his dread.'ul snf f
ferincs, by pending him to "that Lonrr.e Iron--whence
no traveller r turns." To euch therefore
Dr. Johnston pledges himself to preserve the moti
inviolable teerefyi and, from hi 'extensive prxt
tice in the first Hospitals of Europe and' Ameiica
hcean confidently recommend a safe and spet dr
cure to the unfortuna'e vietini of this horrid dfs- "
case. It is a melancholy fact, that thousands fall".,
victimsto thie dreadful complaint, owing to the tin
skilftilness of ignorant pretmdeis, wlio. by the us
of thai deadly poison. mercury, ruin the constitu
tion, and either send the unfortunate u litre r to aai ,
untimely grave, or else mr the tes.due of Hit ir.i
erable. , .
TAKE PARTICULAR NOTICE.
Dr. J. addresses all those who haTein.iared them,
selves by private and Improper indulgences.
These are some of the sad and melancholy cf'
fecia, produced by early habits of youth, via
Weakness of the Bak and Limbs, Pains in the
Head, Dimness of Sight, Loss of BHscu'ar Pow
er, Palpitation of the Heart, Dyspept-y, IS'ervou
irritability Derangement ef tie Digestive Func
tions, Ganeral Debility, Syreptoms" of Cvnsump
tion, &c. i 5
Mentally. The fearful effects on the mind are
much to be dreaded Loss of .Memory, Conlusion
of Ideas, Depression of Spirits, Evil Forebodirgs.
Aversion of Society, Self Distrust, Love of Soli-
tude.Timidity,&c..are some of the evils produced; -Thousand
of persons of allagea, can now judge
what is the cause of their declining health. Lo
ing their vigor, becoming weak, pale and emocfa
ted, have a singular appears nee a boot the eye ' '
cough and symptoms cf consumption. . ,
Dit. JOHNSTON'S INVIGORATING RE3IE
DV FOR ORGANIC WEAKNESS.
By this great and important remedy weakness
the organs are speedily cured a Dd full vigef rt stored , ,
Thousands of the moat Nervous and Debilitated "
individuals who hud lest all hope, have bee) iTr.me- '
diately relieved. All impediments to 31 AliRl AGE.
Physical or Mental Disqualifications. Nervous Ir
ritabilitv Tremblings and Weakness, or eihausueft
of the most fearful kind, speedily cured byDr .
Johnston. 2!
Young men who hate injured thetnsctves tv T
certain practice indolged fa when alone a habSI
frequently teamed from .evil coirpanioo. r at
school, the effects of which are nightly felt, even
w.hen asleep, and if not cured, renders 'warriaee "
tmpossiblejind destroy slotL ,jind and body.should
apply iinmediatelyj- -. ;. , . -.it-
What a pity that a yoafig rhan, the hoie 'of hi
country, arid the darling of his parents, should be v
snatchedTrom all prospects and enjoyments 0 hf,
by the consequencea of deviating from e path i
nature, and indulging In a certain secret liallu
Sueh persons, before contemplating ' " -
MARRIAGE.
Should reflect that a sound mind aid oSf are the.
most necessary requisites Ui promote ccmnubial
happiness. Indeed, withoat f.'iese. the journey
through life become a weary pilgf imager the pros
pect hoarly dart ens id tb view; the snind ktccme . v
shadowed with despair andiSlh-d with the melan- f
choly reflection that the -happioes of another be'
come bltahted with ourown."
OFFICE SO. 7 SOUTH KflEDERIClt-ST..
Baltijioie, 3Jb.
All Surgical Operations Pertoiroed.
N. B- Let do false delicacy prevent yea, b(
apply immediately either perrorsailv or bv leust.
Skin Disease Speedily fcarei.
TO ' STRANGERS.
Temanythounhd3eurtHatthng!HtoT-mAki -in
the last tea years, and the nttrinm iupor
tant Surgical Operatiocs pcrfoi tnrd by Dr. J.,mit
nessed by the Reporter of the papers and many 4
other person, notices of which have appeared a rain
and agals before the public, beside bis ftasdics - !
a a gentleman of character and resrocsilili v. if
a ufSclent guarantee to the affilctcd. ;
TAKE XOTICE.'
It Is wtth the erealsst nlwtiM ti, tw n currt
p ermUs hia card t appear beftwe U pabiier, oVe i
porofrMWl for , pbyrfetaa ta adveAiM, hit vnl7i hs--
t J. th d th mar v Irapntle , i , u,.kmed
Im post ers, 1th Irmatnerable Ke. i con trlwS .
QuacsjiboTw, ra-armtna; these tares cities, topyiwr Irr.
JowasToa s Mvertisenients or sdvwrl.iiitr thcni .
p Aietarw. fitttmte sbartowTaftwd ft-l)oi . to Hzy ,
T.OT their oritrinnl trade, with ,-srre too iOe lyi.rd ,
taebrate, who, for tti purpose of Kntwii e SBd IVrnv.
trrg cam m tvsoraUoaiee. under as mi itr.nt
False &iune, so tbst fbe afRieted Stinii eei tna;
one. t tare to tanit) hinA'rmz into t"h otsrr, Ijmrran- v
yaarki with enormous lying- oertifieate of KTt and as-:
LI? cnrt fr persorw in to be fomnd. who kr-p
Ton tsktnsr htrre bottles cf I.icosies Wini urf Mkar
paekaeca of fihhy aod wortbiem oDrpoands, lOitntoeTy , ,
firepared to iinpow tr)xn) tbe onfortuiistsaad BniJeet
rta. Trifling montb tfUr mwtk, or m lent ttbttmsH
est feeaa be obtained. ,Dd, In despsir, -kssves yo wtfc,
rnroed health, to sigh over yonrraiXRg dwrpoii)tHt. .
It ia this motive tbst Ind nees Ir. i. to iverfif.
I turn en ri'f Tor. Totho nnacqnaiotrd wtth bis
reputation, he deems tt necessary to say ibat bis crrdm
tints or diploma slwsvn hsne tn bt cfnoe. .
NO LETTERS RECEIVE T-TTISi? TOTTAlI .
asa eontaiallr eiup to nt asxa forts rrpiv. rer.
soma mttiiw .honld stale in and send lbX rortion ef
portion it
6t ly-s.
atrvaruasroect esMr.MBg syiBpioBMi. -Jan.
.9, i657. ,
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