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L(sw' " " 1 W i IF I law VOLUME XII NUMBER 25- WILMINGTON, N. C, T SDAY MORNING, MAY 14, 1857. WHOLE-NUMBER 1423 . . mi 1 1 ' UJSf THC TflMYEEKLY COMMERCIAL Is published ever? Tcesoav, Tmomdat and 8atooat at $5 per annum, payable inallcasea m advance. BY THOS. LOIUNQ EoiToaand PaoralSTOi Corner I'rout aud Market Htrceta, WlLattSCTOK. W. C. - RA.TG: 'ES OP ADVERTISING. I sqr. I 1 " i 1 insertion tO 60 I 1 sqr. 2 months. 94 00 2 V 75 6 00 3 00 I 1 " 6 8 00 . r 12 00 I month, 60 I "12 Ten lines or less make a square. If an adver tlsement eaceeds ten lines, the piice. will be in nroDortion All advertisements are payable at the time of thoir insertion Contracts with yearly advertisers, will be made in the most liberal terms. No transferor contracts for yearly advertising will be Dermitted. Should circu.nstancee render a elisors In business, or an unexpected remova heceiaarv.e charts according to the published terms will be at the option of the contractor, for ha tima he has advertised. The nrlvileva of Attnual Advertisers 1 strictly limited to thoirewn Immediate bt: sines .and all advertisements for the benefit of other persons, as well as all advertisements notirttmedintely con hected with their owri business ;hd all excess of advertisements in length or otherwise beyond the limits engaged, wtn be cnarsea at tne nsusi rate. No Advertisements Is Included In the contrsct for the sale or rent of Houses or Unas in town or country, or for the sale or hire of negroes, wheth er the property Is owned by the advertiser or by other persons. These are excluded by the term i,immtdiate butint.h . All advertisements Inserted In the trl-weeklv tommtrciat, are entitled to one iesertloh in the Htckiy Tree or cnarge. SOB, CAttD AND FANCY PRINTING, EXECUTED IS SUPERIOR STYLE. i . ... " . AGETS'FCJrt tltE CO!rf!ti j-IItCIAL.. New Yosk SleSSrs. Boltaa dt. PottH. Itottan Chablss Smith. No.6,Central Whsrr, Philadelphia S. R. CoUid. Baltimore Wit. H.PsAKsand Wm.Thomior POETRY, THE TIMES! THE TlKESl (IS 1837:1 tfnclo Toby Went down t'other day with intention To set a grist ground by the old miller Grime, aBat lie found that bis neighbors had tailed a Cdnrslitien ; At tbe Tavern that day to consider the times So he tamed Debbln's head round to the wagon, To eat at his letsnrehls Innchson of hay; And determined on foot to tbe meeting he'd Jog on, Aad bear what the wise onbs assembled would say. i , . And there ware awsanibled front many mtlee wide, .. Tbe merchants and tawyera, aad ddctors and Clt, ' Tbe bankers and brekers, and land Jobbing tribe; And many good people who lived by tbslr wits;" And In truth It seemed mors like a holiday greeting, To an eye unaccustomed to modern distress, And t'was bard to remember the theme of the meeting, 'Mid tbe splendor of equlpnge; fluery and OrrsS. Mister Durup with his span of bay mntcbes that cost A thousand this spring, was presldieg 1a state, And Lumpkin was prCvlng the country was Inst, " Wblle two servants were holding his coach at tbe gate, Borne said the cotton trade caused all the ruin, Some saldptwaa tbe Treasury order alono. And that Jackson and Denton and Martin Van Burea Ought to suffer formlscblef so wholly their own. I v.. At last when tbe biff ones bad settled affairs, ' - And rung all the change of ruin agaia. And reaolted that waa time now to lighten their cares With a grand slice of beef and a glass of champagne i'b le Toby iatepped tip, wiped bis brow with his sleeve, And said iiio' lie came there to say not a word, Tet If no objection was made; with their leave, . . for one single moment he'd like to be heard. - "Mr. Chairman, said he, the hard times that you speak of, Tho they seem to be very mysterious to you. Will probacy last till some habits ytm break off And turn Into work as all honest men d Ton have gone very far for the causes of ruin, Bat to me it I plain they lie right In your way, Tou've been living tlks lords upon ether men's money, Now pay-day has cohiS and you've nothing to fay; Baying houws itnd land rn what's called "speculation," And no matter how much of paper and pulf, In the hope that you'd certainly And In the nation, To buy iiiem some still greater fool than yourself, jTow yon" M. farmer hare have but to go yonder To you harrow and plow and your old fashioned ways, I'ut more lime on your land turn a clover crop under, And the hard times Will disappear one of these days; And yOU Mr. Merchant just take one short day for The tsk tit dismissing your trumpery and wines. Import nd more gtfods than you see how to pay for, ' " And stien yotl may whistle like me at the times. ' And as fdr you gentlemen; broken and so 0, Who have lost fell yOd had, snd had nothing1 to lose, Your course aa you please, you In welcome may go onr To the Bailie or Halifax Jnst as you choose." tfnele TdlJ here stOied-stid torn hissed and some clapped him, . .- , . f But he tarried Slid walked qrtletly off on his way Got his gHst and drove home; Slid the worst that misbapp ed him Was the toes of three hours from laler that day. SON0S Otf tllE SEASON. t touH BaosGmftC THE LAY OF TUB DIET. Willi gaiters of exquisite toit ' And garments excredlbgfy ntai, Allured by tbe treacherous surt, A lady stepped into the street. Tramp, tiamp, tramp, She daintily held ap her skirt, But tbe mud It was over tbe Instep and vamp, Ai she sng the Sous, of tbe Dirt I The sewers and getters are closed, Tbe omnibus 1 amber s along, Tbe sweepers are plying I heir brooms, And tbe lady continues ber song ; CTJlh very commendable pride, 6be tiles to look dainty and pert, Put she vsloly endeavors ber temper to bide As she slogs tbo Song of the Dirt 1 fUud, tnud, mud, For nothing bat mud was around, Iud, mod. mud, - Yon could acarcely fathom or sound ; 11 odTrotn each otDuihus wheel Across Ibe psvrment would fpirt, And sarage tbe lady Iwgan to feel, As she sang tbe 8ong of tbe Dirt. With gaiters alt tattered and torn. ' , And petticoats Dot over neat, With dress all spattered and worn, - Tbe lady stepped out of the street. Ill, uncommonly 111, , Wbile with sech remarkably cort, Iler husband thought of the milliner's bill, And flnishud tbe 8oog of the Dirt, i ' j PROFANE WORDS. As polished steel receives a stain Froro drops at random flnog, Bo doea tbe child when words profane Drop from a parent's tongue; Tbe mat eats in and oft we find That naught which we can do, -fo cleanse the metal, or tbe mind, The brfgbtnese wjll reewv ; ' 6 . MISCELLANY. OUR DOCTOR. You don't know otjr doctof. Mofe pi'jr for roa he la decidedly tbe cletereit man of bis profession in our village, but has the worst practice. And I'll tell you wbjr He if an inveterate punster, and it is one great failing of our villairers that thcr have no trenius for this kind of Wit. Their minds, like ftisk horses, object id carrying more than one idea at a time. The won't tee dauble. -. It is this, as I said before, that has ruined our doctor. His wit, like hap piness, is "born a twin ;" and if hie double entendre has a bad and a g od signification, his patients fe sure to lay hold of tbe un pleasant one like servant maids, who al ways will take up China jars by the track ed handle. No man has had better oppor tunities than out doctor; and none ever made a more unfortunate, use of tbetn. Tbe squire of the parish was one of the first patients, ati did fellow of ninety.' On Complaining that "really he was getting quite blind," and asked what he must do to restore his eye-sight, the doctor told him the best thing would he to eat nothing but tea biscuit. That was his last visit &t the hall. -. v -Soon after this he- lost a very good pa tient, a retired tailor- of great wealth, by declaring, after the-poor man had recover ed from a fit of extraordinary duration, that "really he must acknowledge it was a very tight fit indeed." A young lady applied to htm who had received a wound (a mere scratch) from a fellowxroxqphrlte at an archery meeting. He desired her to eat. nothing but arrow root for a fortnight, and rub the part affect ed night and morning with arrow-malic vin egar. The lady soon got a new string to her boW. . A ''sixbottle'"- fellow once enrne to him complaining that he was all in a shake, and desired to know what was the matter with him. The doctor putting on one of his most knowing looks, assured - him that it was a case of audrt -an ague : and on be ing nsked Whnt must b- done, replied that the most usuitl treatment Was cup ping and opening the yu-ul&r vein. i Ud a poor, whimsical, like nobody lse sort of a in an beinir found drowned in a. horse ponJ, he procured hiui to be buried in-a cross-rdrtil, because be persevered in declaring him to be ix frllow dtse. Un another occasion he nearly killed an old wilow Irfdy by recomjrfiHidtng'. ror.st duck as the best kind of quack medicine. He Cut short a poor lellow who was complaining of his dropsy, by telling 'him he ougfr. nut to grumUle, nt . nothing wns more natural than to fii-! v;ler in the pit of the Btomiich. Another poor fellow he violently offend ed, by decluri: g that Mr. liraham ought to be Called in id s ich an obstinate case of lock jtw. . He wns almost the death of ti poor hy- pocondrical gentleman, who fancied liitn- seif a pug-dog, by recommending liitn o lajie a little bark He made himself many enemies among e M. IVs of "he neighborhood by sett ing up in his surgery window this notice " I'hysician s prescriptions dispensed with." The Inst tin e I saw him, he told me he had been attending - a most extraordinary case that of nri old woman of r.inety- eight, who had died of love and, on my expressing my incredulity, appealed to his journeyman whether it was not true that poor Mrs. Simkins had died of an' affectton nf the hearti. I -could tell yotl of a thousand o" his od dities if 1 had time. To a miser he ' pre scribed anti-money, and recommended "drops of brandy" as the best thing in the " world for Saint Vitus' dance. But, poor fellow, every joke cost him a patient, and now he has scarcely half a dozen , to crack them on for people they say, don't like doctor to be their own mefrymen and they com-. plain (hat instead of frying to keep tbem alive with phy ic. hU object seems to make' em die with laughter. HOW BENPURTLEGOT MS WIFE. The very climax of ugliness was Ben Purtle. He was red headed, and each hair stood as if it cherished the supremest contempt for its next neigh bor. His lace was freckled as lhe most bespotted turkey egg. His nose sup ported at the bridge, a huge btimpi while the end turned viciously to one side. His mouth had every shape, but a pret ty shape. - His form was uncouth, as his lace was ugly. He was Stoop shouldered, knock-kneed, flat-footed and . Well, he was ugly. The very climax of ugliness was Den Pur tle what was more strange still, Ben had a . handsome, bouncing, blooming wife such as, can only be grown upon a country farm. . "How the deuce," aid I to Ben, one day, "did you ever get such a wife, you uncouth, misshapen,' quintescenctf of monstrosity." Ben was not at all offended by the impertinence ofTny" question,- ai:d forth with proceeded thus, to solve the mys tery : "Well, now gals what's sensible aint cotch by none o' your party faces an' hifalutiu airs. I've seed tlit turd more 'an once. You know Kaiy was alters considered - the puniest gal it parts, and all tho voting fellers in these in the neighborhood used to try to cotch her. Well J used to go ow r to (old Sam my's, too. jist lo khidt r Iwk oitt you know, and caet 4eep's eyeiB at Kate. But Qood sakes ! I had no niore thought 1 could get Kate than that a Jerusalem cricket could hide in the hair that was'nt on old Sammy's bald headH-iio sime? Bui still, I couldn't help goui an' my heart would kinder flutter, and my ears would burn all over, whenever J; I got a chance lo talk to Kate. And one day when Kate sorter made fun of me, like, it almost killed me shore. I went home with comethtu' like a rock jostlin' about tn my breast air swore Id hang my self with the fust plow line I found." "Did you Jiang yourself 7" I asked "Noj daddy blazed out at me for pot takin' old ball-to the pastur in. the morning and scared me so bad, I .for got it." . . " : . , "uo on," said 1, seeing Ben pause with apparent regret, that he had not executed his vow - "Well, soon one 3 Unday .morning, (I reckon it was about a year alter that bangin'. scrape.) I got up an' scraped my face with daddy's old razor, an' put on my new copp'rus britches an' a new lissy coat mammy had dyed with sassafac bark, an' other fixens, an' went over to uncle Sammy's, Now, I'd ? got to lovin' Kate like altercation, but I'd never , cheaped to any body about my feelins. But I knowed 1 was on the right side of the old folks." ".Well nowj aint it quar," , continued Ben, after a slight pause, during which he rolled his quid to a more conveni ent place in his mouth, "how a feller will feel some times. Somethin' seem ed to say as I went along. "Ben Pur- tle this is a great day for you, and then my heart jumped an' fluttered like a live jay bird itxa trap; And when I got thar, and seed Kate With her new checkd, home-spun frock on, I rally thought 1 should take the blind stag gers any how." . Ben paused again to brush the foe from his eyes and then continued: "Well. I found the order of the day was to go muscadine hunting. Joe Sharp an' his two sisters,- and Jim Boles was thar. I'd know'd a longtime that Joe Sharp was right after Kate ; an I ha ted him wns than a hungry hog hates to find the way out of a tater patch ; but I didn't let on.. Sharp had on white britches an' fine shoes and broad cloth coat, but every body know'd he wasn't worth a red cent. He walked with Kate, and you ought "td a seen the airs he put on. It was 'Miss Katy this arid Miss Ifaty that and all stlch qtjali- ity- nonsense.' Altpr awhile, we came j to a slough whar he had to cross on a log I'd a great notion to pitch the sas sy good (or i) n thin itito the water." W hy didn't you. I asked, sympa thising with the narrator. "Stbpj never mindj" said Ben giv ing me a utidge. Ptovidence done all that tip brown. Nothin' would doj but Mr. Sharp rritist Iftad rni.-s Katy across first. He jumped on tl log.iu ush alee, and took Katu's hui,d, and off they ptih Ji.t as they got half 'way ctcrbss, a tarnalion l'-ig 1 nli hog jumped off into the water you know how iljey holler 'snake P screauied tlie blasted fool, and jumped back, aud knocked Kale off up to her wuiM in the nasty, black, mild ly water. And what d'ye think he done? why he run hackerds arr' foreds a hollering f r a pole to help Kate out o' the water. Kate looked at me and I couldn't stand if nt logger Curchugf I lit ! n foot fiom the bank at the fust jump, and had Kate out of thar in no time. And d'ye think the scamp didn't come up after we'd got out, and say : Ar you hurt, Miss Katy? My dander was up. I couldn't stand if. I cotch him by the seat of his while britclies, and his coat collar, an' gin him a toss May be he didn't go clean unde when he hit the water. I didn't see him out. - Me an' Kate put out to the house. When we Started off, Kate said, 'Ben jist let me hold on to your arm, my knees feel sorter weak.' Great jeminey ! I felt so quar when she--tuck hold. I tried to say some thin' nice, but my d rotted mouth wouldn't go off no how. But I felt as strong as an elephant, helped Kate along. Bimeby Kate said. 'Ben, that Jo Sharp's a good furnuthin', sneaken', cowardly nobody ; aud ef he ever puts his head inside our house again, I'll baptize him with dish water shore.'. I tried to Say somethin' again but cuss the luck, t 'couldn't say nothin' but squeeze Kate's hand and sithe like - a cranky bellus. We'd got ch'au out of sight of the others, and Kate says' 'Ben 1 feel that you're my protector an' 1 believe dad dy's right when he says : you're wuth all the rest 0' the boys in the neighbor hood.' "Ben turtle," says I, this is a great day for you, and I made a tre mendous effort to- git my mouth off agin, and out it popped shore enough. "Kate," says I, tremblin all oer, "I love you to -distraction, an' no mistake I've loved you long an' hard. My heart's been a'most broke for two years; an' now I want you to say right straight up an' down whether you are going to have me or not 1 ? Kate hung down her head and didn't sa nothin,' but I felt encouraged . for she kind o' sithed. Says I, Kate, ef youVe gwtne to have me, say so, and rf you don't like to say so, jist squeeze ruy hand. And she squeezed itnghtoff. Lord y but how I dfd feel." I felt jisf like a stream of warm wafer saps-ifar tea sweetened with -molass s, -v is rtinttiu' through nay lrqes ( "and. I jist, f- c! her in ruy arms, and kissed her right on the rnoutfi, aud she never tried ...the .first time""' to git lOOSe. .-V-i'- -' ,r. :,f J,;'.,,. i,: ;..,....'.,.,;:. v." " ! Ben was bo overcome with this nar ration of his courtship, that a pause for breath was necessary.- "How' long af ter that," said "before you were mar ried?"' "Old Sammy was mighty proud, and so was the old ooruan, about the thing, and we married next fall after the mus- kadine scraper "Do you think your wife loves 'you vetr 1 asked 1 ' " . Why lordy, yeS. She thinks I'm the purtfest and the best feller in the world I tell you sir,, its no use talkin, high far luiin' airs, and quality dressin,'au' co ionge and sich 'things aint a gwine to go down with sensible gals, shore. W. G. MILLIGAN, MARBLE MANUFACTURER, NoiTB .ViTCI 8T88IT, . WlKMINOTON, No. Ca. Monuments, Toombs, Head and Foot Stones, and all kinds of Marble W ork JumtsAed to ; : order .reasonable terms. Jane 6. n - 36-lv-e AS. C. SMITH. MILES COST1N. JAS. a SMITH & CO., . COMMISSION MERCHANTS, No. 2, SOUTH WATER STREET, WILMINGTON, N. C. April 26." V 18-lv COOK'S MAP (IF NORTH CAROLINA. LIMITED supply expected soon. Those wan V tins early copies will please leave their names at the Book Store of S . ntlti'Aa.bll. March 10, .. GEORGE R. FJ1ENGH, MANUFACTURER AND WHOLESALE d RE TA IL DEALER IN BOOTS, SHOES, LEATHER, AND ' NO. 11. MARKET STREET, W1LMIHGTOV, TW. C. March 6. ... . . , - r HENRY NUTT, f FACTOR m F9RWARD1SG AG EST. Will girt hit pefSiHiHl attention to btUihtsi entrust ea it nu cart.' Sept. 8, 1650. 75-ly-e. COMMISSION MERC n ANT, f SOUTH WATER STREET, WILMINGTON, N. C. Jan. 22. 132. II. OftLLNF.ll. O. POTTLR. jr. J. CAMERDEN D0LLNER POTTER & CO. COMMISSION MER CHANTS, w ta w 1r o it k . April 30, 1855. 20-ly. HENRY BURIUIIMER WHOtESALR A BETAIL TOBACCO, SNUFF AND CIGAR STO" K. r;x ok tiifim)Ian ciiiEt'' MARKET STREET . e door above Water Viliriliifc-toit. N C. iV. ti. AU Orders filled with dttpnuk Oct. 26ih. 1355 93"-i4w-c ANDREW S, KEMtY l T0RNEY AT LAW, ELIZABETH TOWN, N. C Will attend the Cudnty ami ipiOr Cotirts of Blatlt-n, Robtsort; Coltiniutis nl bampson. liine 12 S3 ly (.'EORCE MYERS, - WHUESUE m RETAIL GROCER Keep constantly on hand, M"tne. Teat, Liquors lroviion; H ood and, WUloir Ware, Fruit. ConfectionarUa,4'C. South Front tired, VILMINCTON, N. V. Xov. IS. 1656 . 1M- CHAS. D.MYERS, HAT ANE) CAP EMPORltiM ,34 Market St. . WlLSIINOTOW, N. C PANiMA, t.KGUORX, AND TALM LEAF HATS, WOOL FOR. Rlt.K AND MOI.RSKIS HATS. Cloth, Pucsh, and Siik Glaxed Capb, by tne cas-or dozen. At New York Wholeeale Prii-ce. mtrch 12 153. A J) A MS, BROTHER & CO., COMMISSION MERCHANTS, WILMINGTON, Hi d July 23. G8 STO K LEY k OLDHAM, GROCERS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, WILMINGTON, N. C. Liberal dash advances made on l-lour, Cotton, a-od Naval Stores consigned to them Aug. 1. 65 ly. L. N. HARf.OW, WHOLESALE & RETAIL GROCER, AND DF.At.KR IN . LIQUORS, WI3SES ALE PORTER, f-c. He. 3, Granite Hcttv, front Street, WILMIfiGTOH, N.U. Kcb. 17th, 1P56. UO-tf. rrUE ECLECTIC MAGAZINE for April Re- a ceived ana lorsaie at 5 - April 14. TOE BOOK ST" RE . BOVS CASlIMERETTK MATS. A new article, recoitimended for durability. Jast re ceived -at the Hat aad Cap Emporium 34 Market at. (apri!23.1 CHAS. D. MYERS. HERRINGi ryr BhLS. Ptfm I:ov Scotia Heffihg; teceiv-'j we.l per scar, jono i yier. t or sale by April 1st ADAMS, BRO.&CO. REAL ESTATE FOR SALE. iN Toeeday, 3th Jtine, If 57, at 9 o'clock at Ex '. change tkirner, will be sold, if ilot sold at private sale before . . .... One Hode and Lot on Sixth street between Priweos A CheSnut Sfa.. tJow occupied by Thos Loring, Ei?q.,or terms apply t r S. lit. WEST; . Journal and Herald copy one week and send bill to Commercial office. ' -' - - . April 18.. . - . . . - - . , - TORREY'S INTEREST TABLES. SHOWING, at fieht or bv one addition, the io terest of any nnmber ofdoll ira from 1 to 10,0( 0 from I day to 136 days and from t month 12 months. Joel Published Kor a.tleai - March 28 The Rook store. lORANGES 0U1NGES. 7 Boies f Sweet Mesina Oraosee in perfect order.; Now landing per Sehr. John A St.tnly, whol.-saleaifd retail at the Broadway Yar ietv lore, N... 40. ? -V i April 18. " ' VWWtftOiSBatgl' j A PEUT MORE SUBSCRIBERS , CAN be furnished i'nmedlateijr with told me 1, Hawk' History, by earty application to April 23. . , VVHlTAstER. Holland Herrings A FEW ktgt left ef Holland Herri ngs, pat ep In ri- mJ tegs, ar food article; - iio. 40. - April 31.- ' W. H. DaNEALKJ nea SCHOONER NED, Draper's Patent Ink X Stands; KidJer'a (an exceHent article,) Pay- son's and Dorid's indelible Inks ? Perry's spear Point Pens; Plamahed flletal Kulerst India Rubber Bands; Envelope Paper j English Tissue Paper ; Pocket Raters Conger end h teld's Black Inks Carmine and Blueinkat Cloth lined b.nve lopes; Porte Moaaaies; Whist Cases; DeKul's bnameled and Ivory Surface Playing Cards, &c, &c., at April 14. THE BOOK STORE. FOREIGN GOLD AND SILVER COLN . , TBBIR VALUS AT TBE MIHT. GOLD COINS. Aastrla Quadruple ducat $9 12 0 Ducat 27 5 Sovereign (lor Lorubardy)... . . . Baden Five Gulden . .... . . . Bavaria Ducat Belgium Twenty-franc piece. , . . . Twentv-five franc piece.'t . ..t. . I- S5 0 4 0 27 0 S3 2 72 V Bolivia Doubloon . . . . .. .... t . . . . 15 58 0 Brazil-Pieceof 6400 rcte. . . . . ...... 8 72 O Britain Sovereign .... . . . 4 84 5 Brunswick Ten-ThaJerkJr. 7 89 0 Central American...., ........ .14 96 0 Eceudo ........ .......I 1 67 0 Gold Dollar 835 Chilr Doubloon (before 1835). . . .. . 15 57 0 XJoubloon ( la Jo and since) ....... 1 o Denmark Double Fred, or 10 Thaler 7 66 0 83 O )0 0 97 0 S5 0 45 0 84 0 89 0 10 0 89 0 530 205 00 7 Ecuador Hall doubloon. ... 7 Egypt Hundred piastres 4 trance 1 wenty francs. 3 Greece Twenty drachma. 3 Haoover-r-Ten Thaler, George IV. . 7 Ten-Thaler, William IV and Ernest 7 Hindostan Mohur, East Iitslia Coji 7 Mecklenburg Ten Thaler .j 7 Mexico- Doubloon, average. . . . .15 Netherlands Ducat.. 2 Ten guilders. . ..... . .. . . d INew Uranatia JDoQbloon, at curat. standard 15 51 0 Doubloon, 21 carat standard. inclu ding the silver. . 15 71 0 Doubloon, 9 10tii8 standard, i ,. ..15 310 Doubloon. 9-IOihs standard, inclu , , ding the silver...i..;, 15 3S 0 Persia Toroaun. ,,i..,i..; 2 23 0 Peru Doubloon, Lima, to 1S33 15 55 0 Doubloon, Cuzco, to 1833....... 15 62 0 'Doubloon. Cuzco, to 1837.. ...... 15 53 0 Portugal Hall joe (lull weight).... 8 65 0 tJrown 5 81 0 Prussia--Double Ft ederick......... 8 00 0 Rome Ten scud J ..10 370 Russia -Five roubles ;. 3 96 7 Sardinia Twenty lire ; 3 84 5 Saxony Ten lhaleis .7 94 0 Ducat.. ....i i.i...., 1 260 Spain Pistole (qr. doubloon). 3 900 Turkey Hundred piaeireejis...... 4 "37 4 Tuscany Sequin. 4 ....... j . ..; . .. 2 30 0 United Stales--EaMe ( before dune. 1834) 10 62 0 t ive dollar piece ol J. Bechter, av erage .... 4 85 0 Dollar ol the same, average 96 0 Five dollar p'e or A. Bechtler $4 92 a 5 00 0 Dollar of the same.. s .. . 4 ; 98 0 Oregon Exchange Co Five dollars. 4 82 N. G. &, IN. ban lranrico F ivedola. -- - Si 83 a 4 95 0 Miners' Bank, San Francisco-Tfen dollars ..i;;ii..ai..9 06 9 92 0 Moffat f & Co. , -' 9 78 a 9 " Sixteen dollar about ;.'.. ,415 93 ingots. 75 0 HATES OF POSTAGE. T n ijETTEna COIIipOSLU Ol One OT mOfC DUCC of paper, but not exceeding half an ounce in weiglM. sent any distance not excetdinir 300C miles, 3 cents; over 3000 miles, 10 ccntts. Double rale it exceeding half an ounce treble, it exceeding an oUnCe t and eo on charging an additional rate for evcrv addi tioiral hall ounce, or traction ol Italian ounce. Absolute pre-pnymetti beinir roouircd on all letters tirplaces within the Utilied Slates. i mm ami alter April ist, I odd. .-om and alter Jantiarv 1st. 1856. all let ters between places in the - United' Slates must be pre-paid, cither bv postage stamns. or siampcu envelopes. . .. r . . Lirtiers dropped in the post .office, for de livery in the same place. 1 cent each. J-ietters advertised are charged 1 cent each. besides regular postage. Drop h-tiersare not advertised. . irculabs, l cent lor S ounces or less to any part ol tlie United Slates, to consist ol but one piece ol paper pre navrncuit ontion ujjiy newspapers weiirijins tiuee ounces or Jess, 45 t-2 cents per quarter, when et-nt irorn ne omce ol publication to actual and Dona tide subscribers any where in the Uni ted States. Transient newspapers sent any wnere wpntii the United Slates. I ct?rt for three ounces or less. nri .1. , . .... w iieu me anicie io oe mailed is a circu- ar, pamphlet. Or newspaper, it should be so enveloped as to re open at due end other wise, it win oe cnarged as a letter: BRITISH POSTAGE AREANGEMENTS. Letters posted or charged in the United States will be rated at a half ounce to the single teller; over a 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; nod so on, each half ounce or tractional excess roaeiutii!nf a rain. a ne. single rales to be charged on each ener posted in the United Slatfes addressed to any place in Great Britain or Ireland is di cents: the double rate 43 : and so Said pds'age On letters bxUb to dnv place tn Great Britain or Ireland may be pre-paid, if the whole amount is tendered at the office in the U. S. where thaitcd, at the option o the sender. Newspapers may be mailed at any office tn the United States to any place in the United King-dom on the pre-payment of 2 cents, and may on receipt from tiny place in Great Britain or. Ireland, he delivered at any office in the United States, on , payment of2 cents. INote. ii,ach (jrovernmeui 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. VV:: " -i -: Persons mailing letters to foreign ecrttn- riea, wiih which ihe United Slates have not entered into postal arrangements, are remin ded that it is necessary for them to pre-pay he proper postage, or Ihe letter cannot be forwarded;" - " nARPERS NEW BOORS. READING Withont Tears; About Right sod Wrong, by Abbott? Child's Book of Nature; sanet.Tfte Voane Alfeand the old Love. bvJno. "ordv Jefferson. Letters to Yooag Ladies, by Mrs. L. H.-sigodrney The History of Richard st Odeur DeLion. by Abbott. Days of My Lrfe, bv th Author ef 'Martarett HaitkttM " For lest j , . . - . WHITAKEK. S, April 3(), - " , . .. ... EL DORAN'S. New Work "Monarch's Re- ttrvd fr Butitsn. P or sale at April 30 t. , WHITAKER'S. B OWEN'S, sate at April 30. WORK, Ob Central Africa. For . WHITAKERS.; BALTIMORE LOCK IlOkFITAL. DR. JOHMJS1 UN, HE founder of tfaia tk-irbniwi . -L fera tlie most certain; Spccuy and unit cllecml al remedy la the world lor S " , SECRET DISEASES, v? " Gleets, Siric tares, Seminal Ueuknerc, Pains u the Loins, Constitutional Debility, Jmpotcncv' Weakness of the Back and Limbs, AtTcctwns at the Kidneys. Palpitation of the Hcsrt, Dvsnensia Nervous Irrilabi ity. Disease of the Head Tnroat' Nose or Skia j those serious and mfaHchoi diaor dersarisingfrom the destructive habits of Youth which destroy both body and mind. 'Hote secrJ and solitary practices more fatal mth2s. S?.l' l?..tb- frir- of Udpattons, raderisj 'rtge Ac., iinpossibU t Especially , who hate become the victims of Soto. Vce, that dreadful and destructive habit wkich annually sweeps to aa untimely grave thousands ol f5?J?J,ffiff" brim" n VZ1.'""" ?i1e.rLw'1 n. ?trMced lis- --o .... -in, munaersor eluauenrn n SWMT call wJJftS .r , MAR III & GE. " s .-,. JrwIl-,r loungMen, coatemDlatinff Sh -J- "nd be rceto to Perft He who places himself onderthecareof Dr John, ston may reUgioujly confide in hi. honor , tleman.and eonfidenUy rely upon hlsakill ass phy- Ds. JoHirsTOwrs the only regularly Educstrd hi. VooL- "L'J.": 1 "T.,e Voaipiaints Block and than .n fhr,h-i-l. .u---r.-'.fra-"ce uiurppiionstea wonderlul cures and most important Snrriral Od erjtions is a sufficient guarantee to the afflicted Ttiote wlio wish to be vaiti .17, rn.u in me worw. Jtlis manr ed,ehould shun Ihe numerouo trifling impoetcrs'vho only- ruin their healih.and apply to him. No Mercury or Nauseous Drugs Use'' OFFICE. No. 7. SOrJT-ft pnpnpo.ol .. ,.arndldK ,BeT.fton. Baltimore street, a U w doors from the corner. Fail not to observe hTe name and number, for Ignorant trifling Importers attracted by the reputation of Dr, Johnston b,rfc Dr. joiinsixn. fllemberofthe RovalCoIlpirnrs; t ILxlV0,1: bfc.n?Pen i? the Hospitals of London. Par- -, rUiu.-ipiUB.anaeiM.-vrnere, has effected son.e of the mosi astonishing cures that wereeverkhowm Many troubled with ringing in the ears, and head "hen asleep, great nervousnsss hin .1 sudden sounds, and bashfumess. viih frJL. bltishing.attended someu'mes v,ithderancn ent mina, were curea lrnmediateiy. vt ujitrAiJx; DISEASE. . V hen tlie mlso-iiiilprf .-inH imr..M . .' pleasure finds he has imbibed the seeds of .Lis painful disease, It toooficn happens that anill-tim-ed sense of shame, or dread of discovery, deters him from applying to those v. ho, from education and respectability, con alone befriend him. delay ing wu me constitutional fymptoms of this horrid disease make their appearance, such as ulcerated 7 v jf" nosc noc,nrI pains in the head and limbs, dimness of sifiht, deafness, nodee on the shin bones and arms, blotches on ihe head, face and rxtremities.progrcssinc with frighttul ra pidity, nil at last the paSite of the mouth or the bones of the hose fall In. and the victim of this awfuldisenss becomes a horrid object of commir scratnn,ull death puts a period to his dreadful suf fenngs, by sending him to "that bourne fron. wnence no traveller returns." To such therefore Fi.u8caiiiiiiseii 10 preserve the most .u,v.au,Caet-reFy; ana, irom his extensive prac tice in the first Hospitals of Europe and America HcHLunnafnuy recommend a safe and speed v cure tb the unforlunS'e victim of this horrid dis ease, it is a melancholy fact, that ihn.,...j.r..n ... . . . . - ' ...w u oailu 9 ,tlll the ud the use ....... , uu , ,lvi uuiuiiuuoie suiierer to an umiMicjr grare.oreise ma e tne residue of life mis erable. , , TAKE PARTICULAR NOTICE. Dr. J.addressesall those who haveinjured them selves by private and improper indulgences. These are some of the sad and melancholy ef fects, produced by earlv habit nf ,.,!. Weakness of the Back and Limbs, Pains In the Hesd.Dimnessof Sight, Loss of Wusculsr Pow- er, raipiuujon or me Heari, Ijlyspepsy. Nervous immunity derangement ol tr.e Digestive Func tions, General Debility, Symptoms ofCotisumn, tion.Aic. - 1 , . . .c ,co 1 1 w inecu o n tne mind arc much to be dreaded; Loss of Memory, Confusion Aversion of Society, Self Distrust, Love of Soli tude. Timidity, &c are some of thcev.l nrnAA Thousand ol persons of adages, can now judge what is the cause of their declining r)elth. Los- mg ineir vigor, oeconiing weaf, pale jand emacia ted, have a singular appearance about the eyes cvugnanu aynipioms or consumption. DR. JOHNSTON'S IN VIGOHATlNfJ R EM F. UV FOUORGAnIC VEAKASS. ojimi ereat and fmnortnht rhi,,tHi .. the organs a re speedily enredand full vigor restored. , j7 , , . . ""Bl "ervous and Debilitated individuals who had lost aft hope, have been Imme diately relieved. AH imnedi mmti in MlRRIink' Physical or MentalDlqtlalificatians, Nervous Ir- iiauiaiv i rempiingssnd vv eakheSS, or exbauslien of the most fearful kind, speedily eared by Dr Johnston. ' . - ' Young men who have injured themselves by certain practice Indulged in when alone a habit frequently ienrned from evil con p;.nioi)7 or at sclyol, Ihe erTecis of Which ate nightly felt, even when asleep, and if not cured, renders marriage IHilWMincna umiruyj ooiL ;jld Slid DDCy.SbOUld apply immediately. .. What a pity that m ydufig Wan, the hope Of hi country, and the darling of hisDareni ,hnnM h snatched from nil prospects a hd enjoyments of life, py me cunaequenccs 01 oeviaitng irom tlie path of nature, and indulging in a certain secret habit. Such personS, before contemplating MARRIAGE. Should reflect that s sound mind s.-vd body ate the most necesssry requisites to promote connubial happiness. Indeed, without these, the journey through life becomes a wear) pilgrimages the pros pect hourly darkens to the view; the mind becomes shadowed with despair and filb-d with the melan choly reflection that the happiness of another be eomes blighted with op r own. OFFICE NO. 7 SOUTH FaEDEBlClC-Sf., i - - BaltimobS, Mo. All Sarglcal Operations Peiteimed. N. B- Let qo false delicacy prtvent you, m apply immediately either personally or b letter. , - Sklu I)iscaes Speedily tared. ? TO STRANGERS. ? The many thoxitindt cured a t this Inst i t u i ion wit fa in the last ten years, and the numerous impor tant Surgical Operations prrfoitned by Dr. J. .wit nessed by the Reporters of the papers, and ttans other persons, notices of which have sppeartdsgaln ana again oe.vre tne puoncv Desides his Handice as retlilemaa Of Character ahd respoasiltlitjr, if a sorBcicni guarantee to the afflicted. s take Notice. r It fa witVi the rnatect relnetatir thi tr jiilurarrn permit. bi emwd to appear before the pnt.lic. deoBlnc It nnnrufesaional for a nhniehn biuinltu - - t. did to, tbe arnieted, especially atranfrera coohl not Call to fall into the band of the many impade-.i j.sn learned Im posters, wIUi lnnmoeralle False Kaat - combined Ottackahopa, ewarnaina- thackm eiiiM mnviM Te JoaaSToa'SadTeniaementaor adTvrtisinc tbetmelTae aa P 'Vloan.UUtrrateahakrw-brminelfelkrmra, too lazy to w cm at their original trade, wiih ecrr too ideaa m4 tbe brute, who. for the purpose of Enticing and Deceiv ing:, carry on five or aix office,, tinder aa xiany different Falce Karnes, so that the affiieied Buunu avaiiw one, iasnre to tumble headlong into the otoer. . IMn Q nsefcs with enormous tyinR eerUneat of ijreat and ar tofiihtT(r core fmtn person, not to be Tavnd, whokee yeattakiaar larm bottles of Licobics Waves and othe paekafea of SJtby and wortbleas compound, eannincry p repared to Impoee upon the tmrortboaie aad BTwnsTct-. inr. . TriAin nvncitK mitk mm Imw u tUimll. Sat fee ean be obtained, aad, la despair, leaves you with. ruinea nesuui, frn over year pUWf aisappotnimmv. It is this motive that Induces Dr. J. to advertise, roa iten a aw ceas roc. To those anaeqnainted with his reputation, he deens it neresaary to aav that bis credan til or diplomas always bans In his edee. I NO LETTERS KKCEIVED UNISS POST-PA TD and eontainU e a Stamp to be ttsed for the reply. : Tor ons writing should stats Ac and sssd tbat portioa of adisitiseeieiit desenbim syptons. fit-1 T-c. vibuina iu una ureaaiui complaint, owing to skilfulnrss ol Ignorant pretenders, who, by v ui.iucuuij uuiaun. mcrcurv. ruin ,ho a. sr, ttsot. SILVER CD J.KS, -v Autrkt Rix Dollar.... ...:$0 97 5 lonn.. . . . . i-, Twenty k reuizcrs. , .4. Lira ) lor Lotnbardy . . . ... .1 .. ; : Baden Crown -f 1 ft Gulden or floriu . . : 48 0 16 0 16 a 07 39 5 06 5 29 5 3 0 93 0 EU vwria Croivo. . j . .. 1' lorm. . . .. . " Six kreutzers. 4 . ueigium five Iraftcs,4.. Two and a half I'm 46 O 37 0 Two liaurs...4.......l"...ll.l. Franc -....,...,....... 18 5. 1-00 6 . 37 5 . 187 - 992 66 33 35 . 64 0 21 7 1 18 0 970 1 010 224 112 . 52 3 1 04 7 i . 17 0 18 7 96 0 "93 2 - 18 5 S9 5 Bolivia Dollar . 4 4 ..... ... .. Half dollar, debased. 1830."."" Quarter dollar. debased. 304... BrazilTwelve hundred rew4 Eight hundred reis r - tour hundred. ...J4;w. . Bremen Thirty six grot . ". Britain-wHalf crown Shillings... j -.Fotirpence. .,. .". " BrunswrckThaler; . , i(..-;4; Central Americji-Dollar, xtntef. say Ch iii Dollar.": ... .2 Q-aarter dollark-.....4........ Eight dollar or reat....fj. . ..... Denmark Rigsback 1 thaler. . . ;4... ' Specie thaler. Thirty-two ehillinps, . . ; ;.."," Ecuador Quarter dollar, . Egypt-"-T wenty piastt cs. t . . . . .4 . France Five ' rrancs,-. . 1 1 Franrf (i: FranWbrt Plnrin i Greece prachm., . . 16 5 Guiana, British -Guilder....!..". 26 2 TT . VTv t I Hanover Thaler, fine silver.. C9 2 Thaler. 760 fine....... Hayti Dollar, or 100 centimes. . . .. Hesse Ca66eKThaIerit...i One-sixih truiler...,.,..... . . t . Hesse Dametad't -Piorin r Gulden Hindostan Rupee t .... . Mrxico Dollar. nvtrncn. 63 O 25 7 67 5 110 39 6 44 7 00 0 4 0 20 0 40 0 95 SS 2 02 0V ' j5 0 21 5 006 00 8 36 0 495 11 2 55 2 12 0 6 0 CS 0 11 39 0 CO 6 30 0 75 0 135 Naples Scudo . . .. . . ... .... ; . .oi neriaiids Tin ee gutldeiv. Guilder . . - Twenty live cents. . 4 . ; Two and a hnlf oni!rr New Granada--Dollar, Usual weight uoiiar, iignier and debased. 1839,. Norwat RiVedaler. . . . Persia Sa Lib kora n .. reru ivollar, Dima niint ........VI uonar, tjuzco. ....... . .... 1 Half dollar. Arcqurpa debused... Hall dollar. Pasco. ; . . tij rr.- Portugal Cruzado . Crown of lOCOrcie...... Half Crown . . 4 S . . frussia i haler. averafrc....i... One-sixth, arcrage. ........... Double thaler, or 3 1-2 PhUon . Rome Scudo ............ Teston. -three scudo . . R useia Rou ble ................ Ten Zloty......... ...... OCEAN STEAM NAVIGATION. The fbllowinrr rnlPBMl' nnclnirp on' letl. rs have been agreed iipon bein terT this govern menl and the German Stales. Prussia. &c. Bremen. 10 cents Oldenbnro- 13-. Alinnn. Austrian Empire, (inclodii'g? Hong arv, G.i licia, Lombardy end Venice) Bavaria. Bruns wick, Hamburg:, Hanover. Mecklenbourg Schwerine and Siraeliiz, fcingdom ol Prus sia, Kingdom of Saxony, and Saxe Allen borg,15; all other German Stairs, cities and towns. 22; Switzerland and the Nether lands. 25 ; Denmark and Scbleswig. 27; Po land and Russia, 29; Constantinople, Greece and Sweden 33; Norftay. 37--pre-pajmeot optional. ; - i ' Alexandria, Corfu. Island Ol Malta. Wnl lachia, 30 rents ; Italy, (except upper pari) 33; pre-payment required. - Newspapers and Circulars. 2 cents each to be prepaid ? .'. ; .. .. Mails to the Pacific For a single Jel ter. not exceeding halfan , ounce iu weight, from New . York to Cfiagrcs, 20 cents ; to Panama. 20 postage to be- prepaid. Pos tage to Callilornia and Oregon (they being U. S. possessions) need not be pre-paid." - Ha vara Ml In 8. A line Is established be tween Charleston snd Havana, the, steam ers touching at Savannah and Key West, the postage of.wbiclt is from ihe port of de- fc pnrlore tn Havana 10 rents oa a single let tor. not exceeding: half an onnte In reigbf, with an additional 10 cents lor each ; add!. tional hall" ounce, or fractional excess of half an ounte to be pre-paid. Postage oft each newspaper to Havana. 2 renls, also to be prepaid as on letters ' ' " V, On letters tt British North Amrrica. 10 cents, il not over 3000 miles ;Jf over tLai distance, 15 cents a single rate pre altl ot not. at the option ollhe or the sendee " HATES OF POSTAGE .,.T To the East Indies, Jaru. Borneo. Itilvttn Sumatra, the Multicast, and the Plritio i pine Islands, We are authonzed to slate that, arrange menu having ben made by Great Britain for collecting iu India' the Briiiel. and the for-i?n postage, on letters between, the Uni ted Kingdom and the East, Indu s, Kheilier transmitted via Southampton or tin Mar seilles, iu the British mail. Lrt afier the Uni ted Stales postage only should he p epnid m this country on letters for the East Indies ( be Iransoiiitrd by either of the above r..btrfc, viz,: fire cents tr.e single tare Kh n the At lantic conveynnte is by Britih pr tkt i. and licetityone cthts txlun by tTiiitid" States packet." " , ....... Owing to a reduction tflttlt e cent in the Brilieh postage beyond England, tt birh look place on tlie 1st ol February instant, the sin gle rates of letter pott!?e be treen the tT i led Slates and iava. Borneo. Labnam. Sn matra. the Moluccas, and the Philippine Is lands, will herealier be as follow s : To Java, via Sootbamr ton, 33 instead of 45 cents the kali ounce; and via Marseillrs 53 instead of 75 rents the balf ounce t nre. payment required. " " ; . lo Uorneo, L.nbnan. Bumalra.1 the Mdur- cas, and ihe Philippine Islands ilhti rate v il. be 41 iDstead oloJ cents when sent via. South -ampton. and 61 instead of 73 cents the quar ter ounce, or 71 instead of83 cents the hal ounce, when sent by closed mail via Mar- n es ; prepayment also required- r The lates above mentioned rhnrn..l,l. on letters for the Island ol Java will rcviife for their conveyance by British parket as lar as birtra pore, tut thev will alir.ril. hs subject to a Netherland rate of post age on account of the conveyance from, Singapore By the Prussian Closed Mail ihe totem to. these countries remain unci aniretl. MEN'S AND BOYS Caps sad Covrrs.jwst re ceived at CD. MYERS. March 2. P0E3IS. TVTATION Alt and Patriotic. By G. W. Csltcs i. 1 vol. I2mo Jast Poblirtrd. For sat A March 29 Tbe Bovk ttort.
The Tri-Weekly Commercial (Wilmington, N.C.)
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May 14, 1857, edition 1
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