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v- i Ms ill VOLUME XIINUMBER 2. WILMINGTON, N. C.4 THURSDAY MORNING MAKCH 1 9; 1857. WHOLE NUMBER 1400 i i SS -i (VP ' - jr I ..'.Ill THE fill-WEEKLY COMMERCIAL I published every Tommy, Thohdat and Satvbdav at 5 per annum, payable isallcaaes In advance. . '' Bf THOS. LORINQ EDiToandPaOfsiTO, BENJ. W. SANDERS Associate Editob. Corner Front and Market Street, wiLMlnaTOir.H. c.' RATES OP ADVERTISING, i ,qr. 1 insertion $0 60 1 sqr. 2 months, 4 00 2 1 00 I I " 6" " 8 00 I I month, 2 60l -12 , 12 00 Ten liaea or leaa make a square, ITanadver tiaeraent exceeds ten lines, the piles will be in proportion. . , . . All advertisements are payable at the lime ot heir insertion. ' . Goniracts-wiih yearly advertisers, will b made -n the most liberal terms. No transfer of contracts for yearly advertising will be permitted. Should clrcu.natabcea render change in buslneas, or an unexpected removal neceasary, a charge aecordinjr to the published nrmi will be at the option of the contractor, for the time he haa advertieed. - The privilege of Annual Advertleors fa strictly limited to their own immediate business; and all advertisements for the benefit of other persona, aa well as alladvertiaemeDtenotlmmediately con fleeted with their own business, and all excess of advertisements in length or otherwise beyond the limits engaged, will be charged at the usual rates. No Advertisements la included in the contract Tor the aale or rent of houses or landa In town or country, or for the aale or hire of negroes, wheth er the property is owned by the advertiser or by other persons. These are excluded by the term "immediate buMineMM." " All advertisements Inserted In the tri-weekly Commercial, are entitled to one lesertlon In the Weekly free of charge. JOB, CARD AND FANCY PRINTING, EXECUTED IN SUPERIOR STYLE. AGENTS FOR THE COMMERCIAL. Naw Yob Messrs. Dollncs dt Pottes. Boston Cha.ul Smith, No.6, Central Wharf. Philadelphia S. E. Cohbn. - " " ' Baltimore W. U. Piiki and Wb.Thobio MISCELLANY. ACCIDENT ON THE PENNSYLVANIA RAIL bO AD SIX PERSONS KILLED AND TEN OR TWELVE WOUNDED. Harrisbukg, March 14th. An ac cident occurred yesterday evening, a bout quarter past six o'clock, to the em igrant train going westward, attheGal litzen Station. The emigrant train left Altoona at twenty minutes past four o'clock, p. m., and was followed by the local freight train westward Which left Alioona at quarter past five o'clock, p. m. While the emigrant train was stand ing at the station, shifting out the as sistant engine, the local freight train came through the tunnel and run into the emigrant cars, causing the death of six passengers, and more or less inju ring ten or twelve others. There were fifty-seven heavely laden cars in the train, ahead of the emigrant train, and just as the cars cf the latter were dropped down against them the local freight train came up, the engine was reversed, but could not be stopped in time. There were two emigrant cars, containing sixty-three passengers. The hindmost car was raised over the sills of the front car, and pushedjnto it, causing the injuries and deaths as above stated. All of the injured are reported as comfortable and doing well up to this evening the 12th instantand none of the survivors are believed to be fatally injured. The Pittsburg Post of the l3ih inst. says : " We have learned that but two were killed instantly, one of whom was Louisa Shafferj a native of Germany. A man named Matthew Wil kins, who was so severely crushed as to require amputation of his legs, died yesterday morning The name of the other vic tim we did not learn." A CAPITAL JOKE. We find the following in an exchange, but it does cot give the locality of the scene. It is good enough, however, to hap t pin anywhere. We have heard of a practical joke per petrated, which, in the dullness of the times, if not for its intrinsic excellence, is worthy of being recorded. The parties to this transaction we shall designate as Ben and Tom. It is proper, for a better understanding of the joke, to intimate ihat the former speculates, to a moderate degree, in bi valves and right good bivalves tbej are, too f and it not necessary to say what the latter doe's, farther than he is aafast as the locomotive and pet train which, he swears by, and is withall a great wag. The story runs that Ben had taken' ia a counterfeit three dollar bill, and not relish" ing such dead capital, he conceived the idea of giving it to Tom, who was a rol licking fellow and could make if'ger lang," if anybody could. Accordingly, he ap proached the contemplated dispensing me dium one day, when the following conver sation ensued : "I say, Tom, here's a pretty good coun terfeit three. If you will pass it I'll di vide." "Let's see the plaster," said Tom, and after examining it carefully, put it in his vest pocket, remarking, "It's an equal di vision, a dollar and a half each f" "Yes," said Ben : "All right," said Tom, and he sauntered off. - A few minutes afterwards he quietly stepped into the office of his friend Ben, purchased a can of oysters for one dollar and a half, lays down the three dollar bill in payment for them. The clerk looked at the bill rather doubtingly, when bis sus picions were immediately calmed by Tom, who told him "that there was no use look ing, for he had received that bill irom Ben himself not ten minutes since." Of course the clerk, with the assurance, immediately forked over the dollar and a half change, and with this deposit and the can of oys ters Tom left. Shortly afterwards he met Ben, who asked him "if he had passed the bill," Oh yes," said Tom, "here's your share," at the same time passing over the dollar and a half to Ben. - , " ., . -- : That nigbt when Ben made op his cash account, he was surprised to find the same old counterfeit three in the drawer.; Turn ing to his locum tenens, he asked, "did you get this cursed bill ? Didn't you know it was counterfeit?", , " Why," exclaimed the other; "Tom gave it to tee, and I sdspected it wasJIiAy, but he said he had just received it from you, and I therefore took ft.' "-.r ; The whole thing had penetrated the wool of Ben, and wi:h a peculiar grin, he muttered, "Sold," and charged the can of oysters to profit and loss account. , A BOSTON FEMALE TtilEF. A Boston paper has the following, which should be a warning against sympathetic leniency for lady-looking thieves : On Saturday evening, 14tb inst-J.wo wo men, one of whom was very respectably attired, entered the store of Messrs, Bo we Brothers, jewellers. Some Valuable crape shawls were shown them, and, while her companion engage! the attention of the firm, the well-dressed woman went to the safe unperceived, and had she not jingled the keys in her manipulations with them, she might have gone off unsuspected. 'As it was, Mr. Rowe beard the noise, and im mediately turning from her friend confront ed her. She denied all knowledge of thiev ing, however, with, the most solemn protes tations, and stated that she was making at some fans in the neighborhood of the safe, when her clothing brushed against the keys, causing the jingles. ' ' Mr. Bo we, not being altogether satisfied with her appearance, persisted in an exam ination of her dress,' when, amid a copious flow of tears, and earnest entreaties not to expose her offence publicly, there were drawn forth from the folds of her crinoline a valuable watch and two chains. TShe manifested so much contrition and repentance afterwards that she was allow ed to leave, but unfortunately for the Messrs. Bowe's leniency, it was too late discovered that the woman . had' in some way secreted and carried off another watch of considerable value. : THE BOMDS OF COMMERCE. The official Commerce and Navigation tables for the pear 1856, issued by the Treasury Department of the United States, illustrates forcibly the powerful way in which we are connected with the States, and they with us by our mutual trade, and afford grounds stronger than ever for be lieving that British Colonies' when they cease lobe dependencies will yet afford the greatest scope for the trade of old mother country. So writes the editor of. the Lon don Spectator, and adds, the independence of America has not ruined usour com merce with our former Colonies Wery far exceeds that which we carry on with any other State, and increases rapidly. ' SUGAR' SPECULATORS IN CUBA. A late circular from Havana states that tbe sugnr speculators are united in one in terest, controlling the crop of Cuba, to pre vent a decline in price, and they vill regu- late their shipments in conformity. They will, it is stated, be able to sustain them selves and their position for several months probably: they will die hard, and towards the end of the present delivery those that are in possession of what may remain will have to come down, and that with a de structive, fall, unless prevented by timely prudence. ' .'-i - . DISTRESSING ACCIDENT. Baltimore, March 16. Yesterday morn ing, about 3 o'clock, an accident of a dis tressing character occurred to Miss Rachel Ann Ferguson, who resides oi Caroline street. It appears that she was engaged in filling an etberial lamp while lh . same was burning, when the flame communica ted to the contents, causing an explosion, which shattered the lamp into fragments, and her dress becoming ignited her breast and head were soon enveloped In flames, and although a brother, was in the room at the time and tore off her clothing as rapidly as possible she was burned in a most shock' ing manner. Dr. J. W. ' Creek was sum moned to her aid, but found her in a condi tion dispelling all hopes of recovery, as, op to last evening, she still lay in great ago ny. Su: " . " ' ' ; AN ANSWER WANTED. A Paris correspondent, mentioning fhe recent decease of a notable French gentle man', M. de Salvandy, says ."On bis death bed, and when he could no longer speak, be asked his wife to band him a slate, when he wrote and banded to her, "sixty years of existence thirty years of happiness." 4 ' Q.CERT. At what age did he marry ? And how could he ask his wife for a slate when "he could no longer speak" SPIRITUALISM. In the police court recently, before Ju Ige Russell, Samuel, W. Gray and Mrs. Phil ana Upham were brought up to answer to the charge of. murder, upon the complaint that they feloniously assaulted Josephine Augusta Gray, by inflicting upon her sun dry cold, shower baths by force and" vio lence, and bv fastening her limbs to a board, thereby stopping tbe circulation of tbe blood and causing death. : Fixed in this manner, she had to lie perfectly straight, being unable to 'move either her hands or arms in any direction. ' This instrument of torture i? now in the hands of tbe police. The father states that be was, dire ted by the "spirits" to inflict punishment upon the child. He is a man upwards of fifty years old, and has been employed as a lamplight er by the city of South Boston." Mrs. Up ham is about the same age. - v , .s .v ... Boston ' Atlas ? . RUMORED TBOrjBLB'15 NEBRASKA. ' New York, Marco 14. A letter in the Evening: Post, from Oraabs, Nebraska Ter ritory, says that a committee of .vigilance has been formed for the protection of squat ter sovereignty against the Jumpers that the streets are filled," with f rmed citizens, and adjacent-towns bad sent delegations offering assistance. ; Several Jumpers bad already been tried and forced to withdraw their !ajm.sv 's ,r "v . . FIRE REPORT FOR YESTERDAY. The Lynchburg Virginian, "under the above capttifn, hits the fdlldwirig in its issue of S turday : .;-:ivJ? - 1.; - Thursday night.white tbe fire was burn ing on Diamond Hill, the incendiary slip ped oack and applied his torch to the large furniture wareroofft of Mr. E. J, Folks, up per end of Main street formerly the 2d Presbyterian church. - It was discovered in time to prevent serious damage. The fire company were at work on the hill, with all their hose i use, and could not have got back before the fire had made considerable head-way kktti it not been put out. yesterday iriorning a bed fn the room of a Mrs. Kelly, Arcade building, was set on fire. She had gone up to the room 6f her father, who was sick, and on coming down found her bed in flames, but succeeded in extinguishing them. Considerable excitement was created on Church street yesterday morning by the report that a man (supposed to be the in cendiary) bad been seen to go to the Epis copal church. A large crowd collected in front of the building- all eager to get their hands on the fiend-incirnate. After wait ing some time, tbe keys were obtained, and the house carefully searched, but the bird had flown or had' not been there. Soon after the above, an alarm from over tbe bills started the hosemen and habatues of fires full-tilt in that direction. After dili gent search, however, no fire could be found, and the party returned, satisfactori ly convinced that they1 had been hoaxed. A report in the evening, to the effect that the incendiary had been caught, caused a large congregation of eager citizens around the Police Office where it was said he was confined. A thorough investigation, however, c nvinced the Mayor that they had nabbed the wrong man so he was dismissed, and the crowd dispersed. An alarm about supper time last night was caused by the burning of a chimney. This closes our fire report for yesterday. SINGULAR CASE. Supposed Trance. On Friday last a young lady named William, died suddenly of disease of the heart in Cincinnati, but on Sunday, when every arrangement had been made for her funeral when the carriages and hearse had arrived and friends assem bled, a relative, on approaching the body for the purpose of taking a last farewell ol the departed, noticed a very percep ible flush come over the countenance of the dead, and on placing his hand over the re gion i f the heart, he was surprised to find it yet quite warm, notwithstanding the fact or supposed facl that death had occur red three days previous. A number of medical men were at once summoned, who, after consultation, advised a postponement of the funeral, and the hearse and carria ges were dismissed. Since that time th body has not at all changed In appearance' The countenance continues flushed, and there is considerable warmth perceptible in the region of the heart Meantime the family and friends are in the greatest doubt and perplexity amid conflicting opinions as to the nature of the case. Some, who have visited the body, are confident; that death has actually taken place, .while others maintain that the young ' lady lies in a trance. Hundreds of people have visited the house daily, attracted there by the sin gularity of the case. Oin- Enquirer. DR. KANE'S DOG. The Artie dog brought iiome by Dr. Kane has strayed away off in Allegany He has become the properly of James Mc Arthur, timber, dealer, in Oramel. The recently cold weather has kept this large black,' shaggy animal in high spirits. When they take him into the forest among the timber-he wrs, where he can do no harm, and remove his muzzle, he cuts all sorts of pranks, seeking tbe deepest drifts, and actually burying himself for delight; you can see the dry snow move, but no semblance of a dog, till on a sudden out he pops, giving his hairy fleeca a, .tremendous shake, and away he runs for anoth er drive. Mr. Mc Arthur calls him "Es-ki- mo,"' (Esquimaux,) not a " very smooth name, but characteristic. To look "Esk" fair in the face you see almost a likeness of a black bear, though his eyes are rather languid. His long, soft, shaggy covering is nearly equal in bulk to his body. When left to run at large in tbe village he Wears a muzzle, to prevent his destroying the pigs and chickens. Newark (2V. J.) Advertiser. HOW WATCIIES ARE MADE IN SWITZER- . LAND. A large proportion of the work bestow ed upon the manufacture of wa'cbes, in Switzerland, is done by cottagers, who cultivate the earth in summer, and in the winter shut themselves up with t. eir fam ilies during the inclement season, jrhich lasts three or four months. ,.Tbe whole family then devote themselves to the work of making watch movements'. Not only do the children work, but the dog turns a wheel, and puts in motion a lathe or a pair of bellows. : First, the rough part of the movement is made by water power. " Par ticular parts are assigned "to ,the young members of the family, while others are employed in putting the plates and wheels togetber When a sufficient number have been prepared, the" masters transports them on the back of a mule to some town or vil lage, where he sells them to little master watchmakers, who complete the move men's, or else they , are sold to traveling agents, who case them in silver or gold. When the humorous Judge Dawes was on the., Bench of the Supreme? Court, in giving a charge to tbe jury, he had occa- eioa to caade use of - the words Hurttgagor and mortgagee. The foreman of the jury asked the Judge tbe meaning bf the words, candidly confessing be did not know their import. His Honor facetiously explained them thus.9 v . " I W to jolt you notice tnc, -."v " " I'm tbe i7 yon tbe jioi-e I w FOREIGN PARAGRAPHS, r As a couple from Marton . were being married at the pariah church of Poulton le Flyde, on Wednesday weekt. the bride groom, instead of saying "I Will," when asked by the clergyman if he would love, comfort, and honor his chosen spouse, pert ly replied, "I'll do my best." The minister severely reprimanded-the than, for his levi ty and threatened, to stop the ceremony J but an apology induced him to make the couple "one flesh." . o- Somebody asked M. De Villemain why the Imperial Prince was called "the Child of France ?" "Because he i the grandson of Universal Suffrage ," was the witty re ply. An Emeralder, in writing his life, says: "He fan away t early from his farther, be cause he discovered he was only : his un cle." . Mrs. Opie said, talking of Byron, "His voice was such a voice as the Devir tempt ed Eve with : you feared its fascinations the moment you heard it." R. Agcret has been sent before the First District Court of New Orleans to answer for "cowhiding with a rattan Mary Ann Barnett, a free colored girl, aged 1 1 years, so severely as to rnark. her entire back. Ageret is a sthoolm'aster, and Mary : Ann was, seht there as a scholar by her mother. BLOWN UP. Two loafers in North Adams, Mass, sealed themselves, one Sunday recently, upon a keg of powder, which they rolled from the cellar way of a store, to gaze at the ladies passing to church. They were smoking cigars, and by some means a spark ignited the powder, and ,both were blown to a considerable distance. One was dangerously wounded. The land on which stands the capitol of Massachusetts was purchased of the ' heirs of John Hancock, by the tewn of Boston, for $8,800 and conditionally given to the State. The lot contains 65,000 te 70,000 feet, and was valued in 1850 at $358,000 cure forfe66nt:he FINGERS. The Scientific American says : The past year we have known the spinal marrow of an ox or cow applied by three different per sons, with the most satisfactory results in relieving pain and securing cures of their felons. FEMALE PHYSICIANS. The Boston Medical World states that there are not far from 20 female phj'sicians in that city, several of whom are in excel lent business. They -confine themselves generally X) midwifery and the diseases. of their own sex. Their success 1ri the" for mer branch lends to establish them firmly in families. GEORGE It. FRENCH, MANUFACTURER AND WHOLESALE p RETAIL DEALER - 15 . BOOTS, SnOES, LEATHER, AND SHOE FINDINGS, NO. 11, M ARRET STREET, WILMINGTON, N. C. March 6. V 151 , L. N. ilARLOW, WHOLESALE & RETAIL GROCER, AND DEALiKR IN LIQUORS, WINES. ALE. PORTER, f-c. No. 3, Granite Kow, Front Street, WILMINGTON, N.C. Feb. 17th, IP56. 140-tf. GEO. W. DAVIS, COMMISSION MERCHANT, SOUTH WATE R STREET, WILMINGTON, N. C. Jan. 22. 132. AS. C. SMITH. MILES COST1N. JAS. C. SMITH & CO., COMMISSION MERCHANTS, No. 2, SOUTH WATER STREET, WILMINGTON, N. C. April 26. . 18-ly V STOKLEY & OLDHAM, ' GROCERS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, WlLMUfOTON; N. C. . Liberal Cash advances' made on Flour, Cotton, tod Naval Stores consigned to them. Aug. 16. . . v 65 ly. SAMUEL A". HOLMES, ATTORNEY AT XAW, WILMINGTON N. C. Will attend the Conns of Duplin, Sampson and New Hanover. Office on Princess street, next door East of the Slate Bank. Aprils. 9-1 , ' 1(C Barrels Trent River Corn now landing iJl in front of our Store, and for aale bj March 5. STOKLEY" OLDHAM. NOTICE. ESSES THE Wilmington and VVeldon Kail road Com part? have made arrangement for forwarding all goods consigned to the care i f the Company, and destined for anr .point on the line of the North' Carolfna Road, frti of commiesitini. If landed. on the Company's wharf, there will be no charge for wharfage or drayage; bat these ex penses will be incurred if landed on any other wharf, and will be added to the freight on the ay-bill, to be collected on delivery, by the North Carolina Railroad Company. N. B. To avoid detention at Wilmington, It is esaeniiat that the amount of freight by vessels shall, tit all ease, be distinctly; stated, in dollars and cent, on each bill of lading, and if goods for mora th' one person are inelnded in the aaoie bill of lading, the aaaoant of freight for each coa siguee must : be separately stated. -By order of the Board of Directors. S. L. FREMONT, Eng. d Snp't. Office of Engineer A Superintendent, Wilmington, N.C.,Jan. 28 1857. :Jl34-f. BASKETS. E have a laree lot ot Baskets of varions sizes w V and styles. Forealeby Dec. i$s , W.-DxNEAL E. GEORGE MYERS, WHOLESALE 1KB RETAIL GROCEE Ketpt cmutanMy a hand, Wine. Teat, Liqnort PrmUian. Wood and WUlov Wart, FYkU, Conjettkmrioo,4-e. South Front et root, .... wii.HianTii. DLC. "Xlov. 18, 1555. nV9. FOREIGN GOLD AND SILVER COL THEIR VALUE AT THE MINT. -GOLD COINS. Austria Quadruple ducat "': : .' . z Ducat Sovereign (lor Lombard). ... Baden Five Gulden Bavuxia Daeat . i a. ; - i - - -BelgiumTwenty-! rape piece. Twentv-five franc piecelt . .. $9 12 0 2 27 5 6 85 0 2 4 0 2 27 0 3 83 2 4 72 0 Bolivia Doubloon .. .-.'.15 58 6 Brazil Pieceof 6400 reis...... 8 72 0 Britain Sovereign. . .i 4 84 5 Brunswick Ten-Thaler........... 7 89 0 Central American : ......14 96 0 Eceudo .1670 Gold Dollar . m,l?s 83 5 Chili Doubloon (before 1835)...... 15 57 0 Doubloon (1835 and since):. 15 .66 0 Denmark Double Fred, or 10 Thaler 7 Ecuador Hall doubloon . "7 Egypt Hundred piastres.. . .... 4 France Twenty franca; ji........ 3 Greece Twenty drachma;:.......; 3 Hanover Ten Thaler, George I V . 7 Ten-Thaler, William IV and Ernest 7 Hindostan Mohiir. East India Co4; 7 Mecklenburg-TSn Thaler 7 83 0 iW 0 97 0 85 0 45 0 84 0 89 0 10 0 89 0 iMexico Doubloon, average. ::..15 530 Netherlands Ducat 2 20 5 Ten guilders. .: 4 007 New Granada Doubloon, 21 carat standard. . . ,...15 51 0 Douhlrt'on, 21 carat standard. inclu ding the silver ......15 710 4 DoubIoon,J) lOlhs standard i .. ...15 310 ? Doubloon.lMOths standard, inclu ding the silver ... . ...15 380 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 PortugalHall joe (lull weight).... 8 65 0 Crovrn 1 5810 Prussia- -Double Fiederick.'. ....... 8.00 0 Rome Ten etotlh 10 370 Russia -Five roubles 3 96 7 Sardinia Twenty lire.. 3 84 5 Saxony Ten lhalei s 7 94 0 Ducat '..i..t...it 1 260 Spnin Pistole (qr. doubloon) i . t . . . 3 900 Turkey Hundred piastres 4 37 4 Tuscany Sequin.. 2 30 0 United StatesEagle (before June. 1834) : 10 62 0 Five dollar piece o( C. Bechter, av erage 4 85 0 Dollar of the same, average 96 0 Five dollar p'c of A. Bechtler $1 92 a 5 00 0 Dollar ofthe same. 98 0 Oregon Exchange Co Five dollars. 4 82 0 N. G. & N. San Francisco Fivedols. $4 83 a 4 95 0 Miners' Bank, San Francieco Ten dollars 9 06 a 9 92 0 Moffatt & Co.j 9 78 a 9 9S 0 " Sixteen dollar ingots, about. ....15 75 0 RATES OF POSTAGE. Letters composed of one or more piece of paper, but not exceeding half an ounce in weight, sent any distance not exceeding 300C milfs, 3 cents ; over 3000 miles, 10 cents. Double rate if exceeding half an ounce treble, if exceeding an ounce; and so on charging an additional rale for every addi tional half ounce, or fraction ot liall'an ounce. Absolute pre-paymetn being required on all letters to places within the United Slates, from and after April 1st, 1S55. From and after January 1st. 1856, all let ters between places Jn the United States must be pre-paid, either by postage stamps, or stamped envelopes. Letters dropped in the post office, for de livery in the same place, 1 cent each. Letters ad verlised are charged 1 cent each, besides regular postage. Drop letters are not advertised." ; , - CiacbLAttd, 1 cent for 3 ounces or less to any part ofthe United States, to consist oi but one piece ofpaperpre payment option al, "v : " Daylv newspapers weighing three ounces or less, 45 1-2 rents per quarter," when sent from the office of publication to actual and bonafide subscribers any where in the Uni ted States. Transient newspapers sent any where within the United States, 1 cent for three ounces or less. When the article to be mailed is a circu lar. pnmphJet, 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 be rated at a half ounce to the single letter ; over n half and not exceeding an ounce, as a doable letter ; over an ounce and not exceeding an ounce and a half, as a treble, letter; and so on, each half ounce or fractional excess coassiituiing a rale. The single rates -to be charged on each letter posted in the United Stales addressed lo any place in Great Britain or Ireland is 24 cents; the double rate 48 ; and so on. Said postage on letter! 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. JS. where mailed, at the option o the sender. ". . V': Newspapers' may oe raniTea at riny office in the United Stales to any place in 1 he United Kingdom on the ; pre-payment or 2 cents, and may on receipt from any placeJn Great Britain or Ireland, be delivered at any office in the United Slates, on payment of 2 cents. Note. Each Government is to charge 2 cents on each newspaper. These jar to be sent in bands or covers, open at the sides or ends, and to contain no manuscript what ever. " " " ., r Persons rrfaNng letter to foreign eoun tries, with which-ihe United States have not entered into postal arrangements, are remin ded that it is necessary for them ; to pre-pay the ptoper postage, or the letter- cannot be forwarded. , . NEW BOORS. SINAI and Palestine in connection with their Hiatory. By Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, M. it. Canton of Canterbury, with Maps and Plan. TUe Private Correspondence of Daniel Webster. Edited by Fletcher Webster. Tbe History of the Reurnof theEmpererCharies the Fifth , by William Robertson, D. f. Witt) an acconnt of the Emperor's Life after his Abdication, by William H. Prescott. The New life of Sainmerfield By William M. Wilier. The Green Mountain Boys A Historical Tale of tbe early settlement of Vermont Rills from the Fountain of Life ; or, Sermon to Cbild.en. By Rev. Richard Newton, . D. Reeter of St. Pauls' Church, Philadelphia. . Selections for Sabbath Reading, and Brief Mis cellaneous Essavs. Moral and Refieioos, By J.W Tncker.M . D- Also farther stippHea of John Hali fax, Gentlemin. History of the Elephant Club. I Principles and Pracuees or Baptii Kor sale ny Feb. 19.- THE BOOK STORK. ANDREW S. KEMP, ATTORNEY AT-LAW, , ,:. ELIZAJBETHTOWN, N. a Will attend the County and Superior Court of J Bladen, Kobcsoti, CoJowbas a.nd fi3mxson. J mm 12. " ' 38 ly SILVER COINS. A astr ia Rix Dollar. Florinl ; ; i. ;.eo 07 5 43 0 16 0 1C 0 07 39o 06 5 39 5 3 0 93 0 46 0 370 15 5 00 6 37 5 187 99 2 C60 33 0 35? 54 0 21 7 71 68 0 97 0 010 22 4 112 52 3 04 7 17 0 18 7 96 0 93 2 18 5 39 5 16 5 26 2 69 2 63 0 25 7 67 5 110 "39 5 44 7 00 0 40 20 0 40 0 95 98 2 t-20 j5 0 21 5 00 6 00 8 36 0 495 11 2 55 2 12 0 SCO 63 0 11 39 0 00 e 30 0 75 0 135 , Twenty kreutfeers. . .......l..... Lira ) for Lmbardy7 -. . i . ." Baden Crown . . .i ...... L 1 Gulden or florin Bavaria Crown . i . . i . . . . .1.'.. . 1 Florin ii4,,... ........ Six kremEersi.........r...,.. Belgium Five li-ahcs: . Two and a half IraBci..:;,..; $ Two francs. r.ii...i.;.;.i...i Franc.....: Bolivia Dollar ......... .i,...... 1 Half dollar debased. 1830... Quarter dollar, debnsedT 1S30., . Brazil Twelve htjodred rein:. . .. . : Eight hundred reis; ......;?... . . Four hundred.... ........ Bremen Thirty six grote i Britain Halt crown.. ...... . . .. Shilling..." Fourpence.. i... .... Brunswick Thaler ...1. . Central Americi Dollar, uncer. say Chili Dollar 1 Quarter dollar... ... .. i..... Eight dollar or real; a.ili i. .. .. . .. Denmark Rigsbahk thaler; ; Specie thaler.............'.....; 1 Thirty-two shillinrrs. 4' Ecuador Quarter dollar. . . gyP1 Twenty piasi i es. I France Five francs........:...... Franc .". ......... ; Frankfort Florin i' . .'": ;;.. . ; Greece Drach in .! Guiana, British -Guilder.... Hanover Thaler, fine silver...... Thaler. 750 fine ; : i:: L i . ; Haytt Dollar, or 100 centimes Hesse Cassel Thaler. ....4...... One-sixih thaler... Hesse DarustacftFlorin or fjulden; ; Hindostan Rupee; . "..".. H ...... . . Mexico Dollar, avernge. . . L. . . .. . 1 Naples Scudo J...:.- Netherlands Three guildeis,. . 1 Guilder .................. .!s . Twenty five cents; i.. Two and a half guilders... ... New Granada -bollar, usual weight 1 Dollar, ligh-er and debase?!.! 1839. . Norway Kigsduler .. 1 f ersia -bHliib koran. i .. i i . . . 1 . . , Peru Dollar, Dima mint ...;:.;.; Dollar, Cuzco. . .. .. Half dollar, Arequipa debased:.. f Half dollar, Pasco Poland ZIoty .....i 1 1 Portugal Cruzudo .. Crown of 1000 reis. . . Half Crown Prussia Thaler, average i One-sixth, average. Double lhaler, or 3 1-2 gulden. . . . Rome Scudo 1 . . ; .. . Teston. three scudo.. .. Russia Rouble Ten ZIoty. OCEAN STEAM NAVIGATION. 1 The following rates of postage on letters have been agreed upon between this govern ment and I he German Stales, Prussia, dec. Bremen. 10 cents ; Oldenburg 13; Alionn, Austrian Empire, (including Hungary, Ga licia, Lmbardy an! Venice) Bavaria, Bruns wick, Hamburg, Hanover. Meckieitbourg Schwerine and Straelitz, Kingdom oi Prus sia. Kingdom of Saxony, and Saxe Alten burg, 15; all other Germtni Stales, cities and. towns, 22) Switzerland- and the Nether lands 25 ; Denmark and Schleswig, 27; Po land and Russia, 29; Constantinople, Greece and Sweden 33; Norway. 37 pre-payment optional. .-."' M Alexandria, Corfu. Island ofMalla, Wal lacliia, 30 cents; Italy, (except upper part) 33; pre-payment required.! Newspapers and Circulars, 2 cents each to be prepaid. " , ; Mails to the Pacific For a single Set ter, not exceeding half an 00 nee in weight, from New York to Cfiagres, 20 cents ; to Panama. 20 postage to be prepaid Pos tage lo Callifornia and Oregon (lhey, being U. jST. possessions) need not be pre-paid. . Havana Mairs. A line is established be tween Charleston, and Havana..! he t steam ers touching at Savannah and v Key West, the postage of which is from the port of de parture to Havana 10 cents on n single let ter, not exceeding half an ounce in weight, with an additional 10 cents for each addi. lional half ounce, or fractional excess of half an ounce to be pre-paid. Postage on each newspaper to Havana. Scents, also I o be prepaid as on letters. , j ? On letters to British North " America, 10 cents, il not over 3000 miles; iT over thai distance, 15 rents a single rate pre paid or not, at tne option ol tne or me sesMec :l ; -RATES OF POSTAGE , To the East r Indies, Jtica. Borneo. Uzbnan Sumatra, the Moluccas, and the Philio- ptne Islends, ; .- 5 We are aatnorlifed tb'statfe that, arranjje mentd having 'been made by Great Britain lor collecting in India (be linush and 01 he foreign postage on letters between the Uni ted Kingdom and the East Indies, whefher transmitted via Southampton or via Mar seilles, id the British mail, lierealter the Lint- led Stales postage only should be p-epaid in this country 00 tellers for the East Indies u be traosmiltrd. by either of the above routed viz: Jine cents ... tne single rate when the At lantic conveyance is bv British packet, and tvenly-one tents' when" by S United States packet. Owing to a reduction of twelve cent io the, British postage beyond England, which took place on the let of February instant, the sin gle rates of letter postuge between the U; i ted States and Java; Borneo, Labnam, Su matra, the Molaecasy and the Philippine Is- Ian& win nereatier be as loEIows: , To Java, via Sonihamplon. 33 instead el 45 cents the Kail ounce; and via Marseilles 53 instead 01 75 cents the half ounce ; pre payment required. ; To Borneo. Labnan, Sumatra, the Mtduc- eas, and the Philippine IJar.ds the rate wit be 41 instead of53 cents tnen sent via South amplon, and 61 instead of 73 cents the qar, ter ounce, or 71 instead of 83 cents the lial" ounce, when sent by closed i mail via Mar seir es ; preptttfpienl also required. The tates above mentioned as chargeable on letters for the Island of Java wi l rovide for their conveyance by British packet as tar as Singapore, bat they will afterwards be subject to a Neiherland rate of postage on account of thexonveyance from Singapore to Java. , - . v By the PVussian Closed Mail fhe rates to these Coontrie remain onei-flnged EN'S APTD BOTS Caps and Covers, just re eei ved art - - D. M Y ERS. f1 - March 2. i- ' 1 6000 LBS. N. C. BACON - TUST received la store 4- tor sale In lots by ZiiNO U. GiiEK.N. ;! 1J7. Fab. 7. BALTIMORE LOCK HOSPITAL. DR. JOHNSTON, Til K founder of this Celebrated Insatuiion cf fn rathe roost certain. Speedv and vnti etUciu- aizemedy in the wotld h r SECRET DISEASES. , Gleets. Strictures. Seminal Yeaknef, Pairs in the Lains, Constitutional UebilitT. tmpottocy, Weakness of the Back and Limbs, Atiectiona of Ka L';.j T" 1 : . . . . f -.. ... Nervous Irritability, Disease of tbe Head ttSroa t fose or &kin ; tnose serious and melanchoy aifoi dersarising from the destructive habits of k'oothj which destroy both bod v aftd-mind. Thoee tecrtt and solitary practices more fatal to their victims man tne sons; of the byreiis to tbe manners cf Ulysses, blighting their moaUriIJiaiil hopes or an- ticipauoos, rendering marriage, Ac, impossible. YQ UNO MEN. -Especially , who bave become the vietlrns of SoWm ry Vice, that dreadful and desflructive "habit w hich annually sweeps to an untimely grave thousands f young men 01 tne most eiai;d talents and orlliia n t intellect, who might otherwise have entranced lis tening Senates with the thnarferaiof eloquence, 6r waked toecstacvthelivinclvre.maT 'cull with full confidence. - - MARRIAGE. & Married persons, or. Youne Men, contcmplattr.ir marriage, bcine awareof Physical Weakness. Or ganic Debility, Deformities, &c,shou)d immedi ately consult Dr. J., and be restored to perfect 1.1. . He who places himself tinderthecareof Dr. John ston may religiously confide la bis honor as a crn- - tleman.and confidently relv upon hieskill asa rhv . sieian. Da. JotiNETON Is the only regularly "Ed ocrtrd Physician advertising to cure Privafe Ccrnplaints; His remedies and ifeatmnnt are entirelv unknown toall others. Prepared Irom. a 'life spent in the Great Hoepitals of Europe and lhe First in tSis Country, viz: England, FraBcr,, the Bleckley ot Philadelphia, fe, and a more extenrive practice than any Other physician in tbe world. His many wonderlul cures and taoSt important Sureirrl i- erations In a sufficient guarantee to the afflicted.- - l hose Vho wish, to be sveeuxlv and rfiectualfv relie. - ed. should shun the numerous triflir.g imf ocr, vt ho only ruin their health,-end apply to him. A lUKIl W AtllvAIN I bU OU. It CHJtHGE. No Mercury or Nauseous Drvps Use'' OFFICE, No. 7. SOUTH FREDERICK t left hand side going from Baltimore street, a frw doors from the corner. Fail not to observe J-.is name and number, for Ignorant triflirg importets. ttrncied by the reputation of Dr. J thnjtor, Iu k near. nil, JOHNSTON. Memberofthe Royal College of Surceons. London t graduate fronrone of the most eminent Colleges of the United States. and the sreater ran of whose life has been ? Dentin the Hospitals ot London, Par- i, riiuaueipuia.ana eisewnere, nas eiiectea Bene me iuu3iosini8innjcurciniii were ever snow Hi many trouoied with ringing in the eara and herd -when asleep, ffreat nervousness, beine alarmed st sudden sounds, and bashfu.ness, iih frequent blushing', attended somcumes with JcraDgcnicnt mind, wereeured immediately. Jl UEKTAIN DISEASE. -Wtten the mipsuided and iniDrudciit votnrv. f 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 l r . . . . , , . . 111 ui irom applying 10 tnose vino, iromclBcailon and respectability,can alohc befriend him, delay ing till the constitytiofial .symptoms of this horrid disease make their appearance, such as ulcerated sore throat. diseased nose, nocturai pains in the head and limbs, dimness of sight, deafness, nodes on the shin bones and arms, blotches on the head , face and extremities, progressing with frightful ra -pidity, till at last the palate of the mouth o the bones of the nose fall in. and the victim of this awful disease becomes a horrid object 0 commi seration, till death puts a peiiod to his dreadful suf ferincs, by sending him to "that bourne from whence no traveller returns.'' JTo such. therefore Dr. Johnston pledge's himself to preserve the mot i Inviolable secrery; and, from his extensive prac tice in the first Hospitals of Europe and America he can confidently recommend a safe and- speed y cure to the unfortuna'e victim of tl.is horrid dis ease. It is a melancholy fact, that thousands fal I victims to this dreadful complaint, wine to the Bn skiifulness of ignorant pretenders, who. bf'tTie ese of that deadly poison, mercury, ruin the constitu tion, and either, send the unfortunate sufferer to a a untimely grave, or elce tne je the residue oflifc mis erable.. . . , ., , TAKE PARTICULAR NOTICE Dr. J. addresses all those who bave injured them-. selves by private and improper indulgences. These are some of the sad and melancholy ef fects, produced by early habits of youth, vis: Weakness of the Back and Jmrs, Pains Hi the Head, .Dimness of Sight, Loss of Moscu'ar Pow er, Palpiution ofthe Heart. Drsreiv. JVervonw .irritabinty Derangement of ti e Digestive KtincJ uons, ujucrai ucuuuy, ayroptoms. el UOBBump . ion, &C. ; Mentally The fearful effects oil the, mind are much to be dreaded ; Loss of Memory, 'Qonfosio n of Ideas, Depression of Spirits, Evil Forebodings. Aversion of. Society, Self Distrust, Love of Soli tude. Timidity, &c. .are onief the evils produced. Thousands of persons 6f allagee, can now judge what is the cause of their declining health. Los ing their vigor, becoming weak, pale, and cicada -ted, have a singular appearance about the eyes, coaghand symptoms 0 consumption. DR. JOHNSTON'S INriGORATlNG BEME D V FOR ORGANIC WEAKNiESS. , By this great and important remedy weakness o the organs are speedily cured and full vigor rest bred . Thousands of the most Nervous and Debilitated individuals who had lost all hope, have been imme - diately relieved. A IMmpedi'menls to &TARR1AGK Physical or MentalDisqoalifications, Nervous Ir ritabilitv Tremblings and Weakness, or exhaustisn of the most fearful kind, speedily ctired by Dr Johnston. " Young men who have injured themselves by a certain practice indulged in when alone a habit frequently learned from evil companions, or at school, the effects of which are nightly felt, even vbeo asleep, and It not cured, renders marriage - a tmpossjblend destroys tbtt jind and body. abould t apply immediately. What a pity that a young man, the hope of hi s coantry, and tbe darling of his parents, thonld ba snatched from all prospects and enjoyments of life, by the consequences of deviating from the path 01 nature, and indulging in a certain secret habit. , Such personi.before contemplating MARRIA GO. . Should reflect that a sound mind and body are the most necessary requisites to promote connubial happiaeea. Indeed, without these, the journey through life becomes a wear) pilgrimage; tuprot peet hourly darkens to tbe view; tbe mind kece tne s shadowed with despair and filled with the uclan. choly reflection that the happiness of another be- " comes blighted with on r own. OFFICE NO. 7 SOUTH FREDERICK-ST., ' " Baltihobb, Mtf. All Surgical Operatlous Peitoimed. N. B Let no false delicacy prevent you, buf apply immedtatelyelther personally or bj letter. Skin Diseases Speedily C ured. TO STRANGERSx The many AoiAinZ-urdat thisJnSUtntioB wIA intbelatt ten years, and the numeroas Impof tant Surgical Operationa perfotntcd by Dr. J., wit nessed by the Reporters of the papers, ard many other persons, notices of vtgbichnave'appeart-dsgain and again beore the public, besides Ms ttrndirjr as a'fen'tleman of character and resrcr-cililiiy, it a sufficient guarantee to the affiicud. . TAKE NOTICED ,-It t arttJi ffie eiatg,relurra tlist tr. JOHBTO pcrmitubio cnrA to spresr before th robtic. derwfes; It onprofewiions for a phycleiiui to a4Tenise, bat unlrM bf did so. the afflicted, ercla!Iy Strang ers euahJ not failto fall Into the band of tii riiit impocie J cnlearaed ImpoterK. trlth innomemlle YslIwg Stiff. t . eon.tinrd QiiMkabopat. rmiE eiM, eopjtns; lr, JoiiHOi i d v-rl iwn rrTw or dvrtiir tbniwlnt p hyuclan. illitrrstr t:'lovr-l!rained fellows, too lazy tm w ork at tbeir 6riirinl trate, Wllb ararrc too Idrs tyoi.i tbs brute, who, for Uie purpose of KntWrit.ir an4 jTcrix Irwr. carry on five or ix fBe- mr rj oiffa.'wiit FalM JS'ame, mo that the afflirtea butt fit rmtmlv. oiw. is sure to tumble beadlons into tba otnar. Ipsa.iw Qnarks with enonaoa lyirs; eertifiratee of (rrat and a tonishing cures from persona not to be. found, wbo keep . yoa takinir lanre bottWof I.icoaics WTra ot4 otbtr paekasrf of Alt by and worth!w eRmsonnd. rarvmny! y fi repared to Snpoae apon Ihm nrfortonste d suhih-i tt ntr Triflin ntontn aftr iomh. or aa Ions e hennll . est fee ean he obtained, and. in onir, Iravra yoa with t ruined health, to s!?h over your ealbng aWappoiBtiBCKt. It is this motive that inooreit Dr. J. to advertise. ve as sums cas ccas vov. To tbo arwerinatMled Wtb hit rerutatinn. be dema it WMmry to aav that hla eredui tial or dir-loma alwam hanr In b '-tnrr. r - KO LETTEU3 KECKIVSX VSIBW VOFT TAlD and eontatiL .r s, Ptaotp to be n4 fur tkT"J'- rv.- anna wiitina shonld ataie .b and ?raf tha TI2J,',' -j, ' advertlana darlbtiia; ) tptoana. - 'away fl-1 ? e-s J jo. 9, !S?7. . . , if ft- '5
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