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i t Aj.f-ir 4 I -jr. . n - VOLUME XII JMUMBER 7. WILMINGTON, N. CJ, TUESDAY MORNING MARCH 31, 1857. v WHOLE NUMBER 1405 5 I M ii i 1 1 ii i it 1 I 111 III - -II It t IV It I 1 K 1 I II THE TiU-WliKKLY COMMEltCIAL fa mlhllallfl.l averV TdISDAT. ThBIIDAT Bad Satohday at 5 per nnum, payable l nail cases In advance. H V TIIOS. I.OIUNG Eoitob and Pbobietob, 13EN J. VV. SANDERS Associate Editob. ' Corner Front mid Market Streets, WILMIHGTOX. If. C. ' ft (TPS OK ADVERTISING t qr, I insertion SO 60 I 1 sqr. 2 nioniha, 4 00 1 2 75 I 1 " 3 " 5 00 1 3 10011 " 6"-B CO I I month. 2 60 1 12 12 00 Ten lines or lee make a sauare.' Ifanadver isement exceed ten Unea, the pike will be in nrnnnrlifln. Alt a Ivertisements are payable at the time of '.liolr Insertion. Contracts with yearly advertisers, will be made nn t hn mnat liberal term. " M irar.r.-r nt contracts for yearly advertising Will bo permitted. Should circu.iiatancea render h change in business, or an unexpected removal necessary, a cnarge acconiini i ju"iii-.ic.i ,rm. will ha ai the notion of the contractor, for (he time ho haa advertised. ti, t.rlitaaor Annual Advert lcra la strictl) limited to tholr .iwn immediate business; and all h.lvriisementa (or thi! benefit of other persons as well a all advertisements nollminedtatoly con- nnrtnd with their own business, and all excess of advertisements In length or otherwise beyond the limits nnzased, will be charged al the usual rate rv vlvertUnmcnt. la Included In the contract Tor the aate or rent of houses or lands in town or country, or for the sale or hire of negroes, wheth er the property Is owned by thi advertiser or by other persons. These are excluded by the term 'immediate buines$." All i IvenUements Inserted In the tri-weekh. Commercial, are entitled to one lesertlon In the Weekly froe of charge. I JOn, CARD AND FANCY PRINTINC, : TSIEnnTEO IN SIIPKRIBR STYLE. tirixts Fm tiir cemiinRCiAi. ""' New Yobk Mersrs. DoLlncb &. PotTta. ttotlon CmablbsSmit n. So. 6. Central Wharf Philadelphia S. K. CohbI. ItaUiman WH. II. PcAftsand Wat. Thomsoh MISCELLANY. SICKNESS AT THE NATIONAL HOTEL. The committee appo ntcd by the Board of Health to co.operate with ihe Mayor in ascertaining', ns fur ns practicable, thein tu e und causes of i tie endemic disease which has recently prevailed among ihe guests nnd employees of the-National Ho tel, beg leave to submit a brifl report, con densed from the testimony of persons ex amined by the commicec. From the testimony of Drs. J C. Hall and Cornelius Doyle, we learn that the dis: ease made its appearance about Ihe latter part of ihe month of January, and contin ued during the severe weather; that it ceas ed for about two weeks during the mild weather in February, owinr, as t)ey sup pose, to- the house being ihen bt.tter venti lated; and that it increased again and be came very- rife during the col 1 weather that returned on or about the fir.t of March. u This disease, according to Dr. Bo)Ie, was different from any usual form of diarr i.oea. Huti of ihcse physicians assure us that the attack eatneon suddenly, jreneral- ly early in the morning; that the oprrliiions were frequent and thin Jiht colored and froi by or yeasty. According to Dr. Hull, vomiting occurs red when tllctrrhcc t was cheeked, und vice versa. The thirst was usually great, nrtJ the patients often desired ncid drinks. Uoth of these physicians further testify that the liscase was never curel ut ence, but con tinued to return ut short intervals for a con siderable length of time. A removal fiom the hot' I did nut seem to contribute to the recovery of the patients, as the disease with t he latter continued as violent, and for as long a lime.as among those who continued in the building. There was no evidence, in the opinion of these gentlemen, of ary thing like mineral poison having been lii ken into the stomach. There was no evk dence of inflamation of the intestines. Both concur ni regarding the disersc as one of "blool poison," produced by the inhalation of a poisonous miasma generated by ani mal and vegetable decomposition, which entered the hotel through the sewer, con necting with the 6tl street sewer. As a furiher corroboration of this fact, we are assured that a peculiar and offensive odor pervaded the premises, which was mrc de cided in the halls than in the water closets. This odor caused one of the physicians to' become nauseated. The construction' of the stench trap, at the corner of 6th street and Pennsylvania avenue, hy preventing the jrascs from escaping into the street.-is considered the principal cause of the noii ous gt 6cs passing into the cellar of the ho tel. The boiler in the cellar, according to Dr. Hall, aiJed in distributing the fetid eras es through the building. In room (second story) No. 29, in which the committee ex amined the witnesses,' a register was found which. was said to communicate with the cellar, and from this an offensive odor could be distinguished entering the room. Two of your committee have frequently recog nised the offensive odor spoken of by Drs. Hall and Boyle in different parts of the building. . The same fact is certified to by Mr. J. D. Fairbanks, Thomas McDowull, Alfred F. Goss, Chas: ' Watson, &c. Mr. J. T. Terry, -ewer builder, testifies that 'he examined ihe cellar of the hotel and found' an opening in the southwest cornercon nccttng with the sewer jeading into -the street, through which there was contintiah ly passing a current of fetal gas, which nearly extinguished a candle held over the opening." Previous to Ihe trap being plac ed at the corner of the street the current of air, he "states, passed 'from the "cellar into the sewer. These cellars are' very damp. . (See A. F. Goas's testimony.) . Chas. Wat son,'who is engaged in the barber thop, testifies' that there is a' door opening" inu the hotel from the shop which is frequeni ly open; that he has Vr6t icef a disagreeable odor in the shop, (similar to that which k rises from lb sewer at the corner of Sixth and C. streets,) especially in tbe morning The' committee sought in vain-for evi dence of ihe water or food'Tiaving been poisoned by -arsenic or other mineral sub stance. Drs , Hall and Boyle both stale that they drank ihe water Dr. Hall says 'freely, without being affected by it." f :. Captain A.' R. Potts " states that he has taken his meals at the hotel regularly dur ing the whole winter, and drai.k freely of the water, und although his stomach is eas ily dera'nged by improper diet, he has had no symptoms of. diarrhoea. Mr. Potts had a room and sleeps out of the uilding. ' Mr. Thomas McDowall states that be ate sou uraua ai me jiui-i wuuoui oeing made s.ck. He oceopied n room in the i j i. . i :.i . house, but slept with a window open Jo seph Gautter, coief cook, and Alfred F. Goss, steward, both testify that the water used when the disease appeared for th second time was not the same as that used when the disease was prevalent in Jarrua ry and early in Febuary. The latter, as sures us that the wafer tank is built of brick and lined with slate, completely clos ed, so that a rat could not possible have entered the tank. The steward further states that when the disease first appeared, at the suggestion of some ef the boarders, a fresh supply of cooking utensils, of tea, s'igar, coffee, flour, and mirk, was obtained He asserts trial tne copier vessels were Well lined and perfectly clean, and in bet let erder than he had ever seen before. He had been steward of the Revere House Boston, for five and a half years. Line of the greatest sufferers seems tu hare been the chief cook, (J. G. Gautier ) He was one of the hrst attacked by diar- hoea. He continued to nave it more or less for six or seven weeks, sometimes twenty operations per day, although hot subject to. diarrhoea. '. He sleeps in the house, has avoided water as m ;ch ns pos stble, and prepared his own food. He us sens that the food was always of good quality ; that he Kept th keys of the me.il box; none but the cooks are present when the food is being prepared. All tlie cooks (five in number) have been sick, and, uc cording to the statement of Mr. Goss, there was much sickness among the servants so much so- that at one time the Tegular duties of the hoOBe Were interrupted utneis wtiO rttii not eat or dnnK water in the hotel, but frequented the "building, or occupied rooms connecled -with it, accord ing to Drs. Hall and Boyle, and to the evi dence of Chas. Watson, barber, and C.-H Phelps, operator in Heuse's telegraph of fice, wire sometimes affected with this pe culiar form of tliarrhsa. Mr. Amos Davis also declares that diiring several former visits to the hotel this win'er, ho was at tacked with diarrhoea: During one of these visits he nei her ate nor drank at the hotel, and yet was more sick than when he hnd done so. During this present visit hi! has partaken freely of boih.food and water, and has not been attacked by diar rliCKM. Me slates tnat during his present visit he has the window of his room con stufiily (fen, and keeps up a coal fire W uri the pai ers nppended to this report will be found t'le tt ttcment of. Mr Kand li h C )lo, civil engineer concerutig ihe street sclera, logeiner wim a ainratn ot the sain . ; , ; ... , i tie commmee nave to regret tnat turn has not bet n nllowed them to procure the testimony of si veral other physicians who haro atteuded c. ses in the hotel, and like wise to have consulted competent archi tccts as to the b8i mennsof arranging the sewers proceeding from the hotel, m order '.a remove ihe offending cause of dixeuse, if it be as your committee believe the noxt ous miasm and to prevent a similar re currence for the future. Your committee would especially call atiention to tne utci tnat sucn . . . : . i r . . l . ' i - sewers a3 have had the strench-irapr fixed at the openings have no means of ventilation. and unit uiiiesw uie proper autnortires at once proceed to remedy this serious omisskm by flues communicating with proper chirhneys, or or some o.ner means, we may reasona bly anticipate a return of the endemic, an t should this take, place in the summer sea son. the consequences may be vastly more rerious than we have ulready witnessed lour committee feel calledjjf on to state tlrtxt they have heard no complaint made by any witness against ihe proprietors of the house, wbo have manifested a .disposi lion to adopt any course which might be thought most proper, and advisable tinder the circumslances , With this report, the committee desire to lay before the board the accompanying pa pers, containing the evidence in lull, given ui.der oath touching the causes, &c, of the disease at th "National." All of which is most respectfully sub mined:' "" '-" ,v - ': Hr- ' W. P. JOHNSON, M. D. C. L COLT MAN,' ' CHAS. F. FOUCE, M D , 1 - Committee. MRCALVERT'S COMMON SENSE BEE . - - HIVES- --' -' We promised in a former fasue to re vert to this ingenious and useful im provemerit iu a subsequent' fiurnber of t n is . paper, anc we now comply with mat , promise. We think its tiatrie. "Common Sense Bee Hives,Btruly ap; propriate, and believe ail who examine it will concur in that opinion. ' Having lootfeu into the. testimonials, irt one of which a Mr, Rector gives the yield of virgin honey (250 lbs.) made by two broods or colonies in one season : This we understand was taken from the store hives, leaving the brood hives undis. turbed and well-stored with iheir wirii ter supplies. We are more impressed man, ever wHn trie value ot this nala fial habitation for those industrious lit tle folks, (the. honey bees) for they sliow more k mi, energy, ata; torethought ihan rery many persons, we wot1 of. And thai the public rnjnd may be arous- j ed to a jwst sense ot the importance oj the culture oflhe Bee, Hve here extract front a' Londoo book. byj6lui, Miitori, emit led i "Tlie Practical Bee s Kenc r ' the "prices of the rdifrer6rit;qiralities"rif honey la the London market, ii Mr 'Mil-' tou being a large dealer in hotieyy gives tue priresoi Minorca nonef, and honey irom ine valley of Catoouni, at 2sCdi sterling per pound ;' Narbnnne honey at j iuuiiu , noney, irora uaen nil riprraaud is from Is Cd. to Is 8d aud Jamaica honey, .much : liked in land, iroiHjrled in casks of great weight is soldi at. Is., 4d. to .Is. 6d. sterling. ThYeadeT can readily calculate by thfOH.fctB and fiffnres. the worth of the I w. ., P t ' . honey bee worked in Mr. U.'s Palaces, f for whether we eel Mr. Marin's steam ferty ' from Norfolk dr tio our- honey may be thrown into the London market in the cups as made by the bees iu fif teen days from the time it is taken from the Palaces, and we therefore .urge it upon all to get rights, uild Palaces, and thus make your bees prontaore. and thus husband the rich mercies of Heaven freely bestowed upon us, with out money or price. W see it stated, in a northern paper . . - that Mr. M. Quinbv, of St. Johnsville, Monteomerv county. .W. Y.. sold last year over 20,000 lbs. of honey, raised mostly by himself, and in the Houston (Texas) Bulletin it is stated that Mr. Jesse Wilson, of Lamar county, realizes from his bees money enough to buy one field-negro every year, and why,-we ask, may we not do as well ? - DREADEUL EXPLOSION FIRE AND LOSS OF . LIFE. Baltimohe, March 27. About elev en o'clock yesterday morning, a dread ful explosion took, place at the. , alcohul (lisiliiery I nigpee, uunnigix. ai ihn comer of Stiles and President streets. rhc shock startled the whole neighbor lood, aud the inmost excitement in stantly prevailed. The explosion was caused by the bursting of the principal boiler of the establishment, aud was ol terrific violence. The smoke stack and roof of the building were blown to the ground, and. the.buiKJiug, which bad been but recently erected, -was entirely destroyed. ' There was a considerable ijuantityf of alcohol in this building, which immediately took nrej produciug a rapid and intense conflagration; An adjoining house was also used jts a part of the distillery, aud, by the force of the explosion the partition walls of it and the side of the corner honse also were thrown down. The scene was truly terrific' the flames burst forth with -r a B b. a fierceness ana lury, ana in immensity of volume which rendered any approach loit dangerous to citizens and -firemen. The alcohol flowing tiom the broken casks ran flaming olpug the gutters ol the .streets, and formed, as, n.wcr.ev a barrier of fire.. At the first, alarm the firemen hastened tothe spot, but 1 lie' vio lence of Jhe flames were siich fiotn the burning material, that very little- could he effected. The most deplorable pa it of the dis aster is the loss of human life. Three colored men were caught under the lal- luijr walls on Stiles street, and were discovered just previous tothe flames breaking from the windows rear thenv, and a number of citizens and firemen endeavored" to extricate them, but the flames buist forth 'with such fierceness that they were compelled to abandon the attempt they were burned to death. Their bodies were afterwards .irot out Laud presented a most : b I volting spectacle. They nornb'e and -re- were convey ed to the Middle District police station I... (n ,r.. 'in. . u i iy uiiiLCi uiai. ? i iicy wcic men. recognized as Edward Bateman, I a drayman, residing orxMuliigan. street, Fairmounf, aged 62 yearfj he was a manied man and leaves a family. David Hutchins, quite an old light-col ored man, residing op Fell's Point; and Issiah Smith, residingion -Half-moon al ley. They, were all draymen. doeshct3 Determined to be qaro Wonderfully -popular has the fashtona blc 'musemenl of gurotina:; become: It seems to be one ot '.tie. delightful recrra liorrs of high life to be hoked and robbed the hero victims or tne garote are as much, lionized in polite circles : at presenl, as Polish nobles and Hungarian refugees once were. Instead of stars, " ribbons and orders, damaged, faces and. broken Pleads rfre now the rage in Fiftbr Avenue. A smashed nose is a surer1 passport to distinc tion than the Order of the. Garter, and a black eye is better capital for soiree and party free passers than a dozen ciosses of tlie Legion of. Honor. Garoting is exceed ingly useful too, in matrimonial specula tions. A fast friend of mine, young De boois, .owed old Bootjack, theoil merchant $3000, for money advanced to pay college expenses young Deboots guardian sent htm the dimes te settle the account. - Thai evening yotmr De boors- "sat down to a friendly game of "poker" with a. few frierids, much-faster than mmself, and after : five deals his pile"' wasn't worth a Spanish quarter. Young L'eboots cogitated, ' and nextu orrwng got up an artist io black eye wnn some lnum ink and a ltiue irarbor. put a couple of si rips of court plaster on hi forehead and, with Ins arm in a sling, presented himself to" old ' Botjack. He ihen.,told a doleful story of .having been caroled, n ml he showed tbe marks. Boel jack believed the yarn, and wrote a Ion" leuer to young Deboots' guardian for more money for that young gentleman. Bootjack diH?htereaw youn? Deboots in her lather's office pitied the interesting youn man, .imi niura papa to introduce him: tn three days young Debo is was in vited to a large party al old Bootjack's. where be was the Hon of the evening, arid where he recounted his adventure with the garoters more than twenty times, wkh ad- ibtions and variations; Matilda was captf. 'ya.ietL-,riQi jhe brave . yoking man the brave young mam tra proved hts opportuni ties ,,andiour days ago eloped with Ma tilda Jafle,whobas a hundred thoosand In her own right from her grand aunt. Young Deboots recovered from his black eye the first time be washed bis faca ;' he took his hand out of tbe black handkerchief, and puuea tne court-pi sier on nis lace trie night he was married, and has" been a well man eve r si npe. Pigfbrd, my esteemed mend and" fellow boarder at Mrs". Snagley's has been garo ted and it really seeirfs as if the robbers must have intimately known his "private affairs, because the event occurred on the night of the Very day that he received a remittance from England to pay Mrs. S bis five months board he appeared al the breakfast tub e next orning with a coun tenance so much damaged, and was so cast down on Mrs. S.'s account, that she could not find it tn her heart to refuse him three month's longer eredit. until he could get another remittance irom England.:. Jenks, another of our boarders, ' was ga- roted twice in one week it has a bewilder- rr . r a . - ing encci upon jenKs it makes him un steady in the legs, and cnQges his breath to smell of rum punch. On the first occa sion of the robbing and choking outrage, he rung the area bell of the house on the other side of the street, until a policeman interfered and brought him home then Jenks inveigled the policeman into the house and delivered hiin over to me with many formalities, assuring me that be was a garoter, whom he had overpowered and ca lured by mnin strength, and he si owed .L .'- . i a r b . s b tne star on tne ivj. t . s ureast as ae place where the invincible fist of Jenks. had "smashed his jaw." Jenks wits garoted again two days after, and brought home by a gentlemanly individual, who picked his pockets at the' door," took Jits overcoat, changed hats with him, ami then rang the bell lor the girl to. come and let Jenks into tbe house. The girl came, and found this individual trying to whittle ?off one of the pickets of the Iron fence with his penknife, und meanwhile making a furious attempt to sing the words -of the evening hymn to the Virgin to the classic 'air of "Root hog or die." Joe mama has extended, even "o the kitchen, and ibe servants are now follow ing tDe example ol their betters and get- tin garotrd on every favorable opportuni ty if ihe boy goes to th butchers, he is invariably, according to his own account, attacked by a band of ruffians and robbed m uie money . utriuiu us te a Aiumc ibis r .u i. r u . ' i . l has happened four successive days, in broad daylight, and it has cost Mrs. Snag- ley about four and sixpence a time. I sent Sally, the jittle errand girl, with a dime for some beer, and she returned in tears, with the news that she too had been "groted," and had lost the change. She had her fisf full of lemon candy, and had two Big ap- ples; ur her pocket, which I suppose the the robbers had given her. GL.K. PHILANDER DOESTICKS, P. B. - PRINTERS. 1 lie nurnier ol men in the country who have stepped from the nriutintr 4otiicd to posn ions of honor and trust 1 .u . . . . . " . o under the government ought to slimnlate and : encourage. every boy and young man engaged mine business to not only acquire a thorough kuowledge of his profession, hut to study books and seek information that Will qualify him for any position in JitiV AH the editors in North Cufoliira, wlio have been successful in their business, were raised and educated (mostly) jti at priutiug office. Those who come - short of success did not pos sess a practical knowledge of the work tlrcy undertook. . - . Charlotte N. C.) Democrat. . TOO OBLIGING BY HALF. A very " particular Friend" is Amos Smith, and'a verydecided euemy to all worldly titles, as anybody in Philadel- t B - pnia Knows: Dut as a busiuess. corres pondent from the South sdidhit -know. j Tths correspondent had directed his letter to w Amos Smith, Esq." Friend Amos replied punctually, and after des patching businers matters, added the- following paragraph ; " . "I desire to infoim you that, being a member ot the Society of Friends, I am not freo to use worldly titles iu address ing my mends, and wish them to retrain tronf using them to me. Thciii wilt, therefexe please to omit the word Esquire at the end of my uanie, and direct my letters to Amos Smith, without any tail." By return ot mail,' came a reply direct ed in precise accordance with th; request of the particular friend to "A mo 8 Smith without any tail, Philadelphia.". A SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY. A'1 vigorous movemeut is how being made in the Southern States, originating it is said, with Bishop Polk, of Louisi- ana,:for the - establishment of a -univer- sity i nnon a most liberal basis. It is proposed that no actual steps 111 the expenditure of riioirey shaU be taken until the sum of five hundred thousand doliafs shall have been secured.- Others argue that at least a million of dollars can be obtained. It is said that the project has met with favor iu eight of tire Southern States. -and that there will be no difliculty ia procuring .whatever funds may " be reqtnrea. , SINGER'S SEWING AI.ICIILNES. The grt reputation 'of Singer's Stwin;' Mi-rbines-isfuiiDded on Ihe fbct.that thry are oer feci - ty adapted to every Tarit-ty of vork, and that eaehul eneol t tie id, kept - employed wui earn not IB1B i - as., - . THOUSAND DOLLARS A TRT. A II peraona desiring fa II and reliable informitlon about iace-mctiiH-s aixea, prieef, modes at nar- chaior&e can obtain iiby applying, br letter or otherwise, for a ropy t.fl."M. iSINGKK. & CO3 1 Q4ZKTTK, a beauiiful Pictorial Paper, entirely f deToted to Sewing Machine interests. It writ be seat gratis. k - v" ' XOCAL AQEST3 J v Wanted, in every Town in .'the nBt.'td! States, to I -wnoon uoeral ladnetmenU are onvreo. : N. 8 We haro tirade arrangements with nnny ' dlior ajnd DBhtitliers of newspapers Msbl oro , fitabte and sails factory te themraB-1 wteh nraka similar roui racta wjtn every newrs-aaer aoa nm. zrne in iltaetintry. For foil particulars addrsB fj. SWGEIt;wC0M March 21 tKl'rSr , 3-Ibb.. FOREIGN GOLD AND SILVER COIN :.-.' 1 THETBl TVLCI TBF. MINT. GOLD COIXS. Austria Quadruple ducat .. . . Ducut ; Sovereign (for Lonibardj )... .'. . Bade- Five Gtltden Bavaria Doeat ................. Belgiura-Twenty-franc piece. .. . Twenty-flve franc pieee.t . . . Bol.'via4-Dotibloon .-.. Brazil fPieceol"6400 reis."... ..... . Britaiii4-Sivereign. .7. . . ... . . BrriiKwicIc Ten-Tlialer.:. .. . .. Central American.. .............. Ccsudo ........ ... ... GolJ Dollar.,, ....i..... Chili Doubloon (before 1835)..... $9 12 0 2 27 5 6 85 0 2 4 0 2 27 0 3 S3 2 A 72 0 15 58 0 8 72 0 4 84 5 7 89 0 14 96 0 1 670 835 15 57 0 ..Doubloon (183o nnd iree) .to 66 0- Denmark Double Fred, or lOTTIialer 7 83 0 Ecuador Hall doubloon. ; . ...... 7 'WO Esrypt Ha ml red fnastrcs.... 4 97 O V ranee I wenty Irancs.. r 3 85 0 Greece Twenty draehmsii.... 3 45 0 Har.over leti Ihaler. GeorireiV.. 7 S4 0 Ten-Thaler. Willam IV and Ernest 7 89 0 HindoStan Muhur. East India Co , 7 10 0 Mecltlenburff--Ten Thaler ........ 7 89 0 Mesieo Dodblion, avernge. ..'..; .15 53 0 Netherlandj Ducttt. .... .... 2 20 t Ten guilders. .. ...... 4 00 7 New Granada Doubloon. 21 rarut. standard..... 15510 Doubloon. 21 carat standard. inclu ding the silver. ...... .1.1 . 15 710 Dolibloon. 9 lOlha standard... 15 310 Doubloon, 9-lOihs standard, incla- ding the silver 15 3S 0 Persia Tonwon .-. .... 2 23 0 Peru Doubloon. Lima, to 1533.. ,.15 55 0 Doubloon, Cuzco, to 1833 15 62 0 Doubloon. Cuzco, to 1837. ....... .15 53 0 Portugal Hall joe (lull weighil.... 8 65 0 Crown .;.......'....;. .'. .... 5 81 0 8 00 0 10 37 0 3 96 7 Prussia- -Double Fiederick. . Rome Ten sendj .... . Russia -Five roubles. ......... Sardinia Twenty liie Saxony Ten lliulei s. . ...... ..-3 , . . 7 ... 1 ... 3 ... 4 84 5 94 0 26 0 90 0 37 4 30 0 Ducat. SpainPistole (qr. doubloon).. turkey Hundred wastres....: Tttsrany Seqoln ............. United Slates- -liable ( before June. ,.1834) ...I0 62 0 Five dollur piece ol C. Bechler, av erage 4 85 0 Dollar of the same, average 96 0 Five dollar p'c ofA. Bechiler $1 92 a 5 000 Dollar oCthe same 98 8 Oregon Exchange Co Five dollars. 4 82 0 N.G.& N. San Francisco Fire dola. ...S4 83 a A 5 0 Miners' Bank, San Francieco-Ten dollare ..9 06 n 9 92 0 Moffatl Jt Co.. - 9 78 a 9 98 0 ' " Sixteen dollar ingots, abuut. '.. 15 75 0 RATES OF POSTAGE. . Letters composed of one or more Liccc ol paper, but not excerdimr half an mmcn in iveighi;-cent any distance md exceeding 300C nines, a cents: over auuu mi ee. iu n nin. Double rale if execedinc? I.aif an- oimee iicuie, ii rjcecuinK an ounce : and so on kl. :f- jr charging an additional rate lor every addi nonal liall ounce, or Iruclinn ol hall'ati aunce. Aheolufe pre-paymctu beinir rcouircd on uu letters ut pinees witiun the United Sluleo. -hi . - ... . . . . irom and ulirr April lsl, 18oo tf rotn and alter Januarv 1st. 1830. a I let tera between places in the Untied States must be pre-nn id, ehhef by ncstase stamps or iatr.eu envelope . Lii tleru dropped in ihe post office, tor de- rivery in ihe same place., 1 cent. each. Letters advertised arerharged 1 cent each oesiues regular postage. Drop u tters are not advertised. . Circulars, I rent for 3 nonces or lees to my part of the United States, to consist ol bUJ one piece of paper pre rmvment oniion i . - ... . al. ...... . -.v . .. Dajly newspapers vn 'mAa throe ounce? or less, so i-jj rents rer Quarter. tvhin at-ni Irom the office of nubficalioii t nrlh&l nnd bonafide subscribers any where in the Uni ted States. Truiwient newspapers sent any where wiiImh iheTUiiited. Slates. Lxenl for mree cunces or less. , ' b a When the article to - be mailed is a rire.tr tar, pamphlet, or newspaper, it, should be so enveiopeu as io be open at one eud other wise, it will be churned as a LitpF v - .- i BRITISII POSTAGE ARRAKflEXrENTSI - Lettebs posted or chanred in ihi ITnitpl states will be rated at a half ounce to ihe single letter ; over a Imlfand not exceeding ounce, n!t (lOUDIe letter : ever an nnnr.e nd not exceeding nit ounce and a half, as a treble, letter; and so oh. each half ounce vr fractional excess coassiitnting a rate. ' ne single rates to be charged on each letter posted in the United Stales addressed io any place hi" Great Britain or Ireland h 41 cents; ihe double rate 48 : and o t,n. Said nostasre on letters voitifr'ta nv nlaer in Great Britain or Ireland ma v bef nre-nnul if ihe whale amount is tendered nt ihe office in the U. 8. where mailed, at -tlie enlion o the sender. IMewspapcrs may be mailed al any office in ihe United. Stales to any j tare in the United Kingdom on the pre-pay menl" "of 2 rents, ami may on receipt from any place in Oreai Kritain or Ireland, be delivered at any office in the United States, on- payment of 2 cents. Pi o fee. li,ach Lrovcrntnent i to charge i cents on men netvpaper..- 1 lieise- are. to- be sent hi b--inds or rovers, open at the aides or ends, and to contain no manuscript What ever. - - : Pcroii9 mailing letters ta foreign codn- tnea, with which the United atates bate not en teredvin to postal arrangeme4tt, are fejnin ded that it i necessary for tliem to pre-pay the pioper podtageor the letterr cannot be for w a -ded. " NEW BOORS. IN.4I and Palestine in connection whi) their Historr. Br Anhar Penrhrn Stanlcr. 51.11. Canton of Canterbury, witbMap and Pla'.- - -i mat orreponaoceor Uaaiet Wcfcatcr. Edlfed by Fletcher Webster. . , , ' 1 he History or the Krlnof the'K.iilwrTOrfTharW theFiflh b William RobrrtMa. D n M irKan aeconnfof the Emperor'a Life alter blaAixticstioo. y tttaum h. rrescotr. Tlse New l.ifa of Sammerfietd Br Hfl!im XI WUUa. ThcOneenMoBBtaln Bora- Ailictorieat Tale mi tb early setttemeatef Verrnom. ... , . Kill a from the Fountain Of Life : or. Sermon la ChUAn. Bj Richard Newiew. D. D-, itector of St. Pa Bl.' Chsrch. PbiUdelpeia.-, , Selection far Sabbath Readine. sad Brief Stta- eella neons Essays, Moral and ReKeloas. By JJW Tucker. M. O. Also fBrthcrsappiie of John Hali- fax, Cemlemin. History of ihe Slephaat Clsb. Principles sod Practices of Baptists. For sslo by 15.; TWK BOOK STORE. - ANDREW a."KEMPt i. 1TT0UNEY IT LAW. "0H - s.?JEU2AMTUT0WS.Hfri f W?H aUeml tbd Coaaty and Saoerior CoorU Blden, Robesoaj, Col an boo Mad- Smirnvm. v 1 BBS . . , -,. SB la . BALTIMORE LOtli U0SPITAL. T)lia JOHNSTON, THK fuuuikr ul Ihia (Jt-lebrated I nMiluliun c.f JL f.rii the nHst certain, Speedy and only etltctu- bi remedy in tne woria iwr SEUltET DISEASES, Gleets, iriciHtea6cininal WeBkner,PaiBB the Loins, Cunstiiutional Debility, linpoiency. Weakness uf the back and Limbs, Ali'vctions ul the Kidneys, Palpitation ol the Heart, L)ysieuaia, Nervous Irrilabilty, Oiseaso of the Head 'i.-tai Nose or Skin i thoee serious and melancholy disor deraarisiag from tbe destructive habits of Voutb, which destroy both body sod mind. Tho tecrtt and solitary practices more fatal to their victim i than the tomg of the Syrens to the niarint-rs cl u lyases-, blighting their most brilliant hopes or an ticipations, rendering marriage, dec., iropossibla. YOUKGMKN. i 1 Especially, who have become the victims of Sotitm- r Vtcc, that dreadful and destrucHve habit which annually sweeps to an untimely crave thousands ol young men of the must exalted talents and brilliant intellect, who might otherwise have entranced lis tening Senates with the thunders of eloquence, or waked to eestacy tbe living lyre, may call with f ul CUBQUCnCC. MARRIAGE. Married person, or Voting Men, contemplating marriage, being awareof Physical Weakness. Ot- ganie Debility, Deformities, dec, should immedi ately consult Ut. j., and be restored to perfs health. . lie who places himself ii nderthecarcof Dr. John ston may rerigiotn-ly cohfideia hfs honor as a pen tleman.and confidently rely upon hisskill as a phr sician. .... , Da. JoHNsTowli the or.Iy regularly Educrtrti i-nysician aa vcrtiring to cure 1'riVuie Complaints. His remedies and treatment are entirely unknown toall others. Prepared from a life spent in the Great Hospitals of Europe and the First in lSi oouniry, iz: r.nginna, t rance, the Blockley ol Philadelphia, pc, and a more extensive practice uan any otner pnystcian in tbe world. His many wonderful cures and most important Surgical Op erations is a sufficient guarantee to ihe mfflirtrA Thoic teho vith to be speedily and efeciuaify relic - cu . wiaiu mnun uie nuiHcruu irijuvg tmpoeicrt, who omy ruin ineir nt-aun. ana apply to mm. A CUBR WARRANTRD OR NO CHARGE. OFFICE. No. 7. SOUTH FRED?R1CK"WV lert li a ntf side goirg from Baltimore Street, a few ounrs irom ine comer. Fail not to observe his name and number, for iffnorant triflinr imnortera ttmeted by the reputation of Dr. Johnston, lutk near. " DR. JOHNSTON. 1 Member of the Royal Coilrare of urf?eoaa.Londo s graduate from one of the most eminent CoHegcs ol the United States, and tlie life baa been spent in the Hospitals ol London, Par is, Pbiladripbia.and elsewhere, has effected son c oi me most asionlshlng curc-stbat wereever known. Many troobred w ith ringing in the ears and head -when asleep, great nervousness, being alarmed st sudden sounds, and bashfu.ncss. with frequent blushing, attended aometims with Jcrangen.cn l iiiihu, were catrg 1111 nieaiareiy. A CERTAIN DISEASE. When the ralscuidrd 2nd imnrnrln.t tniir. nl pleasure finds he has imbibtd ihe steds of .bis painful disease, it loo often happens that aaill-tim-ed sense of shame, or dread of discovery, dcterf him from applyihg to ihose who, Ifom ed6coiion and respectability, ran alone befriend hfm, delay ing till the constitutional rvnintonisr, ihf hnrrid disease make their a nncotxnfk th,h r,l...... a Bore throat. diseased nose, rfoe.faral pains In tfu ituu uuu miiiub, omincss oi signi, aearncss, nodes on the shin bones and arm's. htntjha on ik. k..j face nnd extremities, progressing with frigbtfulra- luninii me panic ot tne mouth or the bones of the nose foil in. and ih victim hr it,i. awfuldlsense becomes a horrid object of coinruU- erauon .tin death puts a period to hfs dreadful suf ferings, by rending him- ta " that tourre fron whence no traveller ri turns.'' To sucb thcK-fore Dr. Johnston pit dges himself to preserve the most inviolable secren ; and, from his extensive prac tice in the first Hospitals of Europe and America hecan confidently recommends safesnd speed t cure to the unfortuna'e victim of this horrid dia case. It is a melancholy fac, that thousands fall victims to this dreadful complaint, uwiug totht en skilfulness ol fjnorant pretenders, who, by the usi of tlial deadly poison, mercury, ruin the constitu tion, and either send tbe unfortunate uffcrer to an uniuueiygrave,ortise nine the residue of life mis eraWe. TAKE PARTICULAR NOTICE. Dr. J. addresses all these wbo have injured thera selves by private and improper indulgences. incsearesoroeof the sad and niclancLoly cf- '""i kiwuumu uj cany naoita oi youth, ir: Weakness of the Back ani t.lmlit i ,u. Head, Dimness of Sight,' Loss of fflbscb'ar Pow er, Palpitation of the Heart, Dyspepty. Nervous irruaoiiHy ucrangetncni of ti e Digestive Kunc lions, General Debility, Symptoms efCuntBmr lion. e. - - - 1 n.tt-.iiM. -BM. t..t n- . .... . . iuinwi y --meicariuiiHem on tne rtiihfl arr mucn io oe areaocu j lobs of Memory. Cobfusior of Ideas, Depression of Spirits, Evil Vofebodiriga Aversion of Societr. Self Diumti r.n. .r sii tude.Timldlty.dtc,.are some of the evils produced. Thousand of pereons of all ages, can now judge what is the cause of their declining health." Los ing their vigor, becoming weak pale and emacia- a ouiguiur appearance aocut I He feres cough and symptoms of consumption. -DR. JOHNSTON'S INVIGORATING REME DY" FOR ORGANIC WE11TNKS By this great and important remedy weakness ol the organs are speedily cured and full vigor restored Thousands of the most Nervous and Debilitated inaivwuaia who had lost all hope, have been imme diately relieved. All ImneHimfno iMinRlinir Physical or MentalDiiKinalifications, Nervous Ir- iiuviuiT j iciiiuiuisana n eatncti, or cxnauatlen oi tne raoji ieariui smd, epeedily rurcd by Dr Young men who have injured themselves bv a certain practice indulged in when alone a habit trroueniiy learned from evil coirpnhiohs, or at school, the effects of which are nightly felt, even wnen asleep, and 11 not cured, renders marriage miiMj.-iuie.anu oeairoy s Dot I. jjnd and body.sbouid pply immediately. What a pity tbat m young man, the hope of his countrv. and tbe darlina- of hia nrna .inU K. snatched frdtn all prospects and enjoyments of life, y uie consequences oi a e via ling irom tie pa th ol natnre, and indulging ia a certain secret- habit. Such persons, before contemplating MARRIAGE. 1 Should reflect thst a sound mind1 and hod are tfu mot necessary requisites io promote connubial nappuiee. loae-wi, witnont ihcse. tne journey through life becoms a weary pilgrimaeet the pros pect hourly darkens to the views ihe mind keim. shadowed with despair and filled with the melan choly reflection that the happiness of abb the r be came bliohted with our own. OFFICE NO. 7 SOUTH FREDERlCat-ST:, - .' ''.'"- "" "' B41TMIOBB;, JBD. 1 : All Surgical Operatlors Peitbimed. N. B- Let Ito false defiCaCv nrcvent ron. but apply.intmedtalely either personally orb) letter. - a Bin uiseases speedily eared. . to strangers: . TTle man OUriunhdm chtA at this insiimilnn K-trb. iathelatr ten years, and the numeroas imnor- tant Sarsleal Omri liona nnfni mt hv rtr. J wit. nessed by the Reporters of the rDers. and mans other persons, notices of which have appeared again ana agin oeiore tne puoue, besides bis ttanding as a ventleman of character and resronelEility, U a sutiicient guarantee to the fllirid. " r TAKE NOTICE.' -- tt is with Ha rmlsrt n-lnctann- thai Itr. J til rsrrniv peraatu hla card to appear frefnr tlx poblir. om In H mTiriftja!oiiBl for oimrieion tn jTMtiw l.nt MbH 1 did so, tbe atnieted. enpeciallv itraftnn eoahl not fall lu fall Into the hands of the many tmpada .11 'Ohlearnril Impoaters. with ianBmerabioFalaa Xik . . ot,.Li-i QBacksnana, rwartnina- tbeaa ham ritie. Ann vino- IW. J okbs69s dveriisemenU or aTarttsiog thcnawltaa a p nfsiran,iuiirTsiesDa4)ow-rraraediet:ows. too lazy ta w ork astbeir oriaitia trade, with ararra tnn loVaa bavnc tha famta. wbo. for th parpoae of Entidtqt an4 IVcht. to", carry ew five or ait ofBeea. onder ai dir.-iit False Karnes, so that ttie aimrted Mriliiu eaeailna- se, ia sare to tnmbla aMdloft into tbaot ocr. fswo i. vnaeas wnn froormooa lying ceTtiiieates or gfemx ana s tootsbtna aiini from , a ta ha 4Ma. was4ee- job taking hrre botfles of .icoic TarsB Bad oths padnurea offlltby aoMt wortbleBa eonipstiod, ewnninirly p tepajed to itepora apna tba BnfsrtanaM Bad armnprrt-InfT- Trifiin? mrmth after tnomb. or aa Uwe tb amaJI arat fee to obtained nd in Hnrrair WtM na mlia ruined heattb, to stab over you- rail) diaappoirtment. ' ni" m muuit ittmi uHinm ut. i. to nroa. raa B slosb ess eca tow. . Totboaa anaeonaintrd with Ma renntaOnn. n derma It naewary to aav tbat bts errata, UsM ardhlias arwavs banc-la; bia'elnea!. p. NO LETTERS RECEIVED' UXI.KSS POST-FAHy Bad eontainl.jr Sbxb to be aswt for th rrplr. m- aooawnUiMrannaldatata.ae and ae4 ThaB rxtrttna f adTniia.iil aWeribtnc aywfoa, ; UMm. f SILVER C0IXS. Ansfrm Rix Dollar... ..$0 97 5 v 48 O lloriu j..-. t .....' 'a ' Twenty kreotzcrs. -.-.. Lira for Lombard) j .. ........ Baden Crown e ........... Gulden or florin . . . n t . . . . . .. . . Bavaria Crown .- . . . Flprin . . . . ... j-. j .... . Six kreutzcrs... )6 f 0 til 39 5 6 3 , S9 5 3 O 93 0 46 U 57 O fS.3 00 tt a 4 1S7 992 C6() 330 35 54 0 21 7 7 I 6SO 97 fr 0I 224' 112 5Z3 04 7 17 0 18 7 S6D 93 2 13 5 S9 5 16 5 r26 2 69 2 68 O 25 7 67 5 O 2U5 41 7 CO 0 4 0 20 0 40 0 9 6 Belgium Five Irancs.-..... 1 wo and a hall Irancs.. 1 wo iiaurs Bolit?a--Dollar t.ai .. Half dollar, debased. 1S30. . Quarter dollar, debased. 1830..... Brazil Twelve hundrtd tt'wi...... Eight hundred rci. Four hondfed. ... ; Bremen Thirty six grote......... Britain Half crown Shilling ji..,; ,.., Fporpence.-......-.......v Erunswick Thak-r . ...... .... Cenlral America Dollar, ui,cer. say Chfli Dollar., Quarter dollar.- i . Eight dollar or real .-......,,..,. Dentuark Rtgsbahk - thnlcr.-.- s , i . Specie tlialer . . . . ... Thirly-two slillliiigs. Ecuador Quarter dollar.-... Egypt Twenty plasties. ,..., France Five fratiCs . . .- Franc. .. .. Frankfort Florin. Greece Drachni.; . iS Guiana, British -Gadder.... Hanover Thaler, fine silver n;.;., Thalt r, 750 One, Hayti -Dollar, xr 100 ccntiracs. . . HesSe--Cascf TlijrfeTi . One-sixth thaler Hese Dafnstadl Florin or Gulden . . Hindostan Roper. ........... ;.' Mxico 'Dollar, a-vtrasre. .-.s... . 1 Nn pies Scndo .Neiherlandc-1-! Iiree guildcisj....,. GoHder.i. .-. .-. Twenty lye cents.-;.-. ,t.i Two hnd a half trhilder. . . S8 2 New GratiadaDollar, ftsual welglil 1 12 0 Dollar. Iigh'cr nnd dibascd. 1839 - t S 0 21 5 on o 00 8 Norwa j --Kigsdalferi .-; . i Persia Sn hib korn. . .. .... 1 ... 1 Pern--DoIIar, Dima mint . . ... . . .. Dollar, Cuzco. . ......... .J. . Half dollar, Arrqn.pa debased;... Hall dollar, Pasro. ...... 1 30 n -495 Ira 55 2 12 O Poland ZIoty. ........ :-S ..., ; Portugal Crnzado i t . Crown oriOuOrcif.- ; UaC Cr6 wn .-. . ; .... i ...... ... I 56 0 68 0 11 1 39 0 I CO 30 0 75 0 I 135 Prussia Thaler, average Uhe-sixih. aver;ifrc ........... Double thaler, or 3 1-2 iruldcn... Rome Stodo t... ...m. TtMon. three scudd " . R iifwa Rob. ble s 1'.. n . . Ten ZMy.-iv.ijj.-ii.. . , , Si OCEAN STEAM NAVIGATION. . Tie foflonine rates Of tosfarre nn lelti ra have been agreed thou between tl.i govern ment hud the German States. Prustia. &e. Bremen. 10 Ccnfe : Oldci.burs 13; Al.otia. Austrian Emnire. fincludit c Ildnr'arv. Ga- licia, Lnmbardv anr? Veiufc) BaVariti. Hrnna- wiefc,- Halnborff. Hanover. Mi rklrnliourir Sdtwrrine dnd Stratlttz. Kingdom ol Pro "ia, tui2dm ol fcaxnv. and Saxe Alien- . burg, 15: all other German Sta It cities and towns. 22; Switzerland and Uu: etl.cf lands 25 : Den mark nnd Rcldesnii?. 27 i Po land and RtisMii, 2?: CousiatifiiinDle. Grccra and Sweden 33 Kbrh-ny.tr?pre-rmyrncnt optional." ' . - Alexandria, Corfii. Island of Alalia. Val Inchia. 30 rents) Italy, (t xrepl v upper Jan) . 33 f ptc-pny ttirht reqtiirrd. iVewepapers and Circofars. 2 cents cnclt to be prepaid. ; Mails ta t til. acifIc.FW a tingle J l ftr, not exceeding half an etinCe in, weight,.''" rrchf New York io Cnagrcs. 20 Cent lo Panama, 20 postage ta bt " prcpa id. " lage Jo Calliforniit ond Oregon (tiny Uhig U. S. possespions) need tiej bh pre-paid. , HiTim Matr.s. A line k established he tween Charleston and Havana, ihe tramm ers toticliing nt Savannah and r Key "Wist, :. the postage :of tvliich is fiofn Ihe port of de parture to Havana JO r efits on n Angle It i ler. not exceeding half&O oui.ee in vrilghf, with an trt.'flitlhnai 10 Cents for" each ftddi.4 lional half 6dtiee, or frartkmat excess' f half aiiance to be pre-paid, Postage on earh s newspaper fh -Havana. , 2 rents, ako.to be prepaid as on letter; '. v : On tellers to British NoHt . A rn ri'ca. 10 " cents, it hbt over 3000 ffnifea j if OVfcr- 1 1, at distance, 15" rents a single fate pre paid or ' net, at the hplidn ol the of the sehdtN - "' tl t H . ' tln .... f RATES OF POSTAGE - Tothe Dust Indie, Java. BornrtH Lahnani Sumatra, the MbtUtcUt nnd the I'ititiu pirte Mauds, " We are aQthbrited to state that, arrange ' ments hating been made by Great Britain -: for collettinr in India the British and othe fors-iwo postage on letters between the Uni-s lea Kingdom end the Kast indies, whether - trai mitted via Sotithamnton or vLt Mar. ' scflles, fn ibc British mail, hereafter the Uni-'' led States pottage only should be p epaid nt.. inn country on letters lor the Kast Indies i . be transmitted by either of the above rouiea. vijss-ftrerca the stnele rate whi n the Ai- lantic Cooveycnce i by British p: ckef. and iccny-owe cc ; when "by United States - packet . " . . Owing to a reduclioa of twelve eeii i luthr BriiLvli postage beyond England, which inclc place on ihe 1st d Frbrnarr instai.l. the pin- gte rates of letter fovtnge, be ween Ihe U. led States and Java. Borne. Labnam, So- " rnatra. the Mofueensi. and ihe Philippine I landV, vclil herealirr te ne fidlow ; To Java, via Southampton, : 33 istend f 45 rrnis the Vail oonre: nnd via Mam ilft-a 53 instrad of 75 eent the half ounce: ce- payrtienl required. jf S . I a Hnrneo, Uabnan.-Snma-tra. ihe llolue- ea. and the Philippiae i-4andr tlie rale wit - be 41 Instead ol dJcenia-vvhrn sent via Soot , ampion. and.6t tnirad of 73 rents tlie quar ter ounce, or 71 instead of 83 cents the oatKte, when ment by closed -rnait via,Mr-sw-il em ; preuiymr'nl alto required. - -i - l ne istrs aoove rnrpjtonrd as tfcaresiil.lA on letters for the Llaad ol Java will i ra.LIn for their conveyance by Btwiri parte ns tar as Sir ea pore. B, iher will ab.ra-..J. k. Bubjert to a Neiherlaad rare efpttgT r-n accoont of the c&Bvcranet: frnm ftfnrirwirA By- th Ptnw rkHfJ MaH the rales Tat I h e eooatrt reaBasu- twarl anged. MEN'S AND BOYS Caps and Cov.rs. jastre Bve4,;,,'.,',.. C D.MYKR4. CsrohrZ. 1 . :...' .,,3f i " wOOO LBS G. BIC0N JUST receive i la store fr sale In h-'s by ZFVO H. GRIIN. - . rb. j. lit. 9, VS57. , " .. - 1 ... . . . .
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