Ce Cmwmcrdal.
WILMINGTON, N. C.
TUESDAY, JULY 14, 1857
T. JAORING, EDiToa and Proprietor.
FOE CONGRESS:
WARREN WINSLOW,
OF CUMBERLAND. '
THE EDITOR.
We are again too unwell to attend to oar edito
rial duties. Hence, the article promised, relative
to the German Volunteer! and Wilmington Light
Infantry ia not prepared. -
We bare received a letter from a military gen
tleman, Tor whose judgment and experience in
such matters we Lave a high regard, and are
pleased to find that his opinions accord entirely
with our own.
TrrpGRAFIIICAL E.fROR.
In our article beaded "In a Fog," in Saturday's
issue, there h an error in the 2d and 3d lines of
the 3d paragraph "election of ratification or re
jection in Congress;" tin word Congress, should
read Kansas.'
OUR EXCHANGES.
Several years ago we gave notice that we would
not pay anything to exchanges, on account, of
difference In price. It Is a role with oa never to
give or taks in this regard. A goodly Dumber of
t be most respectable dailies in the Union have
kept np an even exchange Cur many years. At
one period we unwillingly dropped several papers,
fully entitled on account of merit to this courte
iy, on account of the large comber of this class
of pspcrs oi our list. -
We repeat this notice because a bill was pre
sented at the office for difference in- the prico of
toother papor and The Commercial, the first in 8
or 10 years, we believe. Our exchanges will
plcaso understand this matter, and we would
thank them to notice this in their papers.
The Hon. Warren Winslow, the Democrstic
candidate for Congress in this District, will ad
dress the people of Richmond County on Satur
day, the 18th inst., at the Mineral Springs; at
Rockingham on Tuesday, the 21st inst.;. and at
Laurinsburgb on Friday, the 24th inet.
NORTH CAROLINA RAILROAD.
We learn from a gentleman just returned from
Greensboro', and who was in attendance at the
annual meeting of the stockholders of the above
' road, that Mr. Fisher was re-elected President,
C. P. Mendenhall re-elected Treasurer, amd that
all of the old Board of Directors were re-elected
with the exception of Gen. Alex. McRae of this
town, who declined serving ; and that RalpbGor-
rell, Esq., of Greensboro', was elected in his stead.
The affairs of the Company were represented to
be in a prosperous condition. The meeting ad
journed on the 10th inst. Herald of Yesterday.
FOUND.
A correspondent writes to us from Black Creek,
Wilson connty, N. C, that on the night of the 9th
iost. a female child, apparently about three days
old, was deposited on a pile of . staves, near
Mesnrs.'A. n. Aycock 6l Brother's Cooper Shop,
at Black Creek, on the W. & W. R. R. It was
found about 12 o'clock at night. It, had been
placed in a small black- hair trunk, the hair being
turned inside. The child was taken care of by
Mr A. II. Aycock, and be requests the. parents
to take it away, as ft seems to be in a very pre
carious condition. The following morning the
tracks of two persoos,' One of whom-wore iodia
rubber shoes, were found- and traced from Black
Cteek towards Stantonsbnrg, for nearly seven
miles. The trunk here evidence of having re
mained in the rain the previous evening, and the
child was nearly exhausted when- it was found.
The trunk was marked on the bottom "II. G.
Jolly, Washington, N. C," as though bought by
him at the North, and sold to some other person.
The owner's name bad been marked on, the top,
but carefully cut out.
Tho parents of this innocent child should be
ferreted out, if possible, and made to suffer for
their brutal conduct. Journal of yesterday.
A REMARKABLE PHTSICIAN.
A correspondent of the Carolinian, at Colum
bia, S. C.; writing from Uagarstown, Md. under
date of June 7tb, speaking of the various physi
cians in that vicinity says : ..-.
' One of whom is Dr. Dorsey, over
eighty-five years of ago, still with the mental and
physical vigor of one in the meridian of lifo in
our country. He rides at all times night and
doy, in obedience to the many calls that are made
for his highly esteemed professional terviccs. Dr. ,
Dorsey is said to be longer in practice than any
man in America. From a registry of births which
he has kept, U appears (bat be has officiated at
over more than 12,000. I regret much that ow
ing to my feeble health, I could not spend mere
time in hearing from the Doctor, a history of his
wonderful experience. lie is rather tall and
stout, and uncommonly broad fa the lumber re
gion of the ssngoiaeous and lymphatic tempera
ments, equal with a slight mixture of the bilious.
We have oftea heard of the above remarkable
and much esteemed gentleman. Only a few weeks
ago we published a paragraph takes from- one of
tho Hagerstown papers, giving a brief obituary
of the Doctor's horse, which died recently at the
age of forty-seven years. . The animal, like its
owner, was remarkable, and being peculiarly at
tached to it in bis life, he mosrned its demise with
no ordinary feeling."
GRAIN TRADE AT CHICAGO. t
Total receipts from 1st jbf January to 4th July :
Flour, 89,172 barrel ; Wheat, 1,202,592 bushels ;
Corn, 2,497,661 bushels ; Oats, 867,238 bushels ;
total equivalent 4,692,825 bushels. Shipments
by lake for the same period, total equivalent
5,030,574. The receipts for lumber in one week
amount to over twenty millions of feet.
S1IAKSPEARES BIRTHPLACE TO BE COV
ERED WITH GLASS.
The London Art Journal Byn: "It will startle
msoy to learn that arrangements are in progress
for covering with glass, or rather for putting into
a huge glass case, the bouse in which Sbakspeare
was born, at 8tratford-on-Aven. Tho houses on
both sides have been taken down, and the monu
ment now stands alone. The object of this course
is to protect the bouse against the effects of weath
er, and the further isfluence of time. We ques
tion, however, the taste of the arrangement, and
fancy it will be a step from' the sublime to the
ridiculous."
A GROWING CITY.
The city or Peoria, on the Illinois river, in 1850,
contained only six thousand inhabitants, and
without a railroad. It now baa eighteen thous
and Inhabitants, three railroads completed, and
two !n progress. .
Two young Irishmen happened to get into an
affray, in which one of them was knocked down.
Ilia comrade ran op to him and cried out, "Zounds,
Dennis, if yon be dead can't yon speak 1" "I'm
Lot dead, but speechless, " said the other.
.". THE BIBLE.
Dr.; Hall, in hto Journal of Health for May,
speaking of the importance of InhabRIng -bouses
in their structure end situation favorable to
health, refers as follows to the Bible j Tnere
to mere sound, practical hygiene, on this subject
of healthy houses, in the fourteenth chapter of
Leviticus, from verse thirty-four, than in all tho
skulls of all the health commissioners and com
mon councils of all the cities of Christendom.
Pity it ia that we do not read our Bible more,
that great book, which contains the leading prin
ciples of what is indisputably good and useful
and true, in all that really pertains to human
happiness ; and pity it is that the Sunday news
paper and the trashy weekly and the enticing
story-book, for childhood and hoary age, on sub
jects pertaining to the world " and party preach
ing, and infidel peripatetic lecturers, with their
new fangkd crudities for human amelioration
and their theories for elevating the masses ; pity
it is, we say, that all these things so attract at
tention.' The Bible, the best book of all, the wi
sest in all its theories, and in all its practices safe
has become a sealed book to the many, and any
other vol time on the centre or the side-table is
opened sooner than it." .
A HINT TO MOTHERS.
As we are now in the midst of the season when
debilitating complaints are most prevalent, h may
not be amiss to remind our readers that a little
precaution will avert much of the suffering to
which children, and even ad nits, are liable, du
ring tbo summer months. The method is very
simple. Let every head of a family provide a
small quantity of the best gum arabic, and have
it in readiness to be administered on the .first
symptom of a dysnnterrkk attack. Tho gum
should be dissolved in cold water, and the liquid
being sweetened, will make a pleaeant and effica
cious demulcent, which nay be taken or admin
istered freely in lie of ordinary water. Anotb
er simple remedy, which has been recommended
is the admixture of wheaten flour with water to
about the consistency ef cream milk.
THEORY OF HAIL.
The late disastrous hailstorms in the neighbor
ing counties, having created a world of talk and
no little wonderment, a hint or two on hail itself,
may not be inopportune. A Northern scientific re
marks that it is ebfcfly restricted to the temper
ate latitudes, and in these, is most frequent daring
spring and summer. Within the tropics it seldom
falls at a lower altitude than from 1500 to 2000
feet above the level of the sea. The explanation
usually given of Uiis fact is, that the temperature
which increases downward to the surface of the
earth, is constantly so high in those regions that
hail never descends to a lower altitude than above
mentioned without being melted. The squall of
wicd which invariably accompanies and ushers
in a hail storm, is attributable to the depression
of the temperature which the hail communicates
to the lower atmosphere in its All. ..
Hail presents every appearance of bavins fro
zen during its fall, and not like snow of freezing
in the form of clouds. Mctereologists have been
considerably puzzled to show why rain should
ever get frozen in descending to a lower altitude,
instead of melting ' and coming in the shape of
rain. A cold current of air blowing suddenly in
the direction of rain clouds is understood to be
the immediate cause of most bail storms. The
large size of hail stones is attributed to an accu
mulation daring the progress of their descent,
even the largest commencing with a small Bute-
us, and receiving continued accessions from va
pory particles in the neighborhood. This may
be demonstrated by comparison of the sixes fonnd
on the mountain tops and those upon the lower or
valley ground. ; , C
AFFRAY AND HOMICIDE IN AMERICUS.
A terrible affray occurred yesterday, in Ameri-
cus, against sundry persons on the one side, and
flarvey W. Shaw and Wm. Shaw on the? other,
which resulted in the death of Harvey W. Shaw,
and the shooting of Wm.'Sbaw in two or three
placrs, though not fatally, The difficulty grow
but of an assault, made the day previous, at the
Americas Depot, by H. W. Shaw, on Charles W.
Hancock, Esq., who was about lo leave for the
Milk-dgeville Contention of to-day. Hancock
was suddenly colUrcd and thrown over the Rail
road track and very much bruised, clothes torn,
&c Ho therefore returned home, and it is said,
himself and friends armed themselves to meet
the Sbaw party, also armed for conflict. During
the day Shaw was arraigned before the Mayor and
fined $20 and costs, for tho offence committed,
which was paid, when on leaving 4he Court-house
Hancock met Shaw and commenced a verbal as
sault upon tbo 1 titer. At this moment a pistol
or gun shot was fired by some unknown person,
and Shaw escaped to bis house, followed by an
excited crowd, when about a dozen shots were
fired with the result stated.
Mrs. II. W. Shaw, during the melee, rushed
nto the atreet and fired three discharges with a
revolver at Mr. McBain, without doing any dam
ago. When her bnaband full, saying he was a
dead man and asking for his ihildreo, Mrs. 8.
fainted and was in a very critical condition when
the train left at 2 P. M. yesterday. Two negroes.
Litt Young snd Allen,' both well known in ibis
city, have been arrested and lodged in Jail, on a
charge of shooting from Shaw's house, daring
the fight. They were in the service of Shaw.
We understand that the assault of Shaw on
Hancock arose out of some remarks of the latter,
in defence of a German before the Mayor, for a
misdemeanor of some sort, Impoacbiog the cre
dulity of Sbaw, the witness against the accused.
' Altogether, it is a deplorable affair, but one
from the peculiar circumstances of the case and
the antecedents of this man Shaw, which might
have been expected. Ever since the horrible su
icide of Dr. Perkins In Shaw's gambling House,
the Americns community have been much exas
perated against Shaw, and the least violence on
bis part towards the humblest citizen, was enough
for tbe popular oatbreak which has just occurr
ed. Macon Citizen, July 8. '
A LONG JOURNEY.
Samuel Clay, Jr., of Bourbon County, Ken
tucky, has returned from Mexico, where he has
been purchasing mules and borses. He succeed
ed in purchasing about three hundred mules and
forty horses, which he drove to Illinois, through
Texas, the Indian Territory and Missouri, a dis
tance of about two thousand 'miles. The stock
is now upon the prairies recruiting. -.. When they
are fat enough they will be driven to New Haven,
Connecticut, and then shipped to tbe West Indies,
which is certainly a very , roundabout way to
reach the West Indies from tbe Rio Grande. ;
t Evansville (ltd.) Journal.
. POISONED BitK. .
Lately some workmen In France fell sick in
working on an apple-green silk dress. A piece
of the silk was examined by a chemist, and it
was fonnd to have been colored with copper and
arsenic These substances adhered but slightly
to the silk, were detach d in handling, in the.
shape of powder, and were thus inhaled by the
lungs. An order was issued prohibiting tbe fu
ture use of this kiod of coloring matter. Many
of t hove silks are supposed (o have gone to the
United States.
THE ALLEGED MASSACRE ON THE PLAINS.
- Tie Particulars. The St. Joseph (Mo.) Jour
nal ol the 2d Inst., contains the subjoined partic
ulars of the story a donbtfal one, we hope and
trust of the massacre of a large bod y of U. 8,
troops on tbe plains: " "
Cant. Dixon came down on tbe United States
steamer Mink yesterday moroiig, and reported
tho loss of many of our soldiers in a conflict with
a very large body of the "Cheyenne and Arrapa
boos, two hundred miles west of Fort Kearney.
Tbe messenger who brought the oes reached
St. Mary's on last Saturday. His name is Vel-
laindeer, an old French trader, whose statements
are perfectly reliable. He stated to Capt. Dixon,
Col. Carpy and others, that eleven days before.
he had left Col. Sumner, who told him that be
bad sent one hundred soldiers and fifty teamsters
a little in advance of his main body, when tbey
were attacked by a large body of Cheyennes and
Arrapahoes, and all were slain ; that be Intended
to proceed directly in pursuit of the enemy, and
would not pause till be had revenged tbe lost of
bis compatriots, and pnnUbed the savage hordes
who had butchered them.
The Pacific City (Iowa) Enterprise of July 2d,
adds tbe following in confirmation :
A trader has just arrived here from tbe mono
tains, bringing the startling and harrowing Intel
ligence that an entire detachment of United States
troops, (cavalry.) consisting of ooe hundred pri
vates, twoofBcvrs and thirty teamsters, en route
fur Salt Lake, had been attacked by tho heyen
ne Indiana at Ash Hollow, and every man of them
slaughtered . He gives no farther particulars, nor
la he ablo to give ns the names of the officers or
men..'' .-ftS l
P. S. Since the above was written, a train of
emigrants from Salt Lake has arrived. ' Tbey
corroborate the distressing intelligence brought
by the trader above referred to, but are unable to
furnish us with any additional particulars. We
shall look with much anxiety for tbe details of
this horrid massacre.
'x A MAN SHOT BY A SUNDAY SCHOOL
TEACHER.
Tbe Washington Star gives an account of an af
fray which ocenrred on Sunday week in Fairfax
connty, Vs., Manuel A. Austin, a student at tbe
Virginia Theological Episcopal Seminary, near
Alexandria, is teacher or superintendent of the
8unday School at Mount Carmef meeting house,
a missionary station connected with tbe seminary,
and situated near what is termed Ball's Cros
Rpada, ia Alexandria county. At this chnrcb, on
Sundays, gangs of young men Lava "repeatedly
congregated to insult the children and teachers
adrthcy passed by. Young Austin bad ven been
threatened with death if be peiited in going to
the chnrcb ; and being fearful of bis life he arm
ed himself, and, beta? attacked on Sunday, be
hot one or his assailants," Jas. H. Birch, killing
him. Tbe testimony taken on the inquest shows
that, on the sppt-aisnce of Austin at the church
he was attacked by three young men, who struck
him with atones and clubs on the face; that Jas.
Birch, intercepting Anstin at the schoolroom
door, seized him by tbe hair of the head by one
hand and by the leg with the other ban'!; that
Anstin atked Birch to let biro alone, a ha did
not want lo shoot him; that Austin retreated as
far as he could, with several of the parties kick-!
ingand beating him ; that, Anstin fired three
shots, retreating after each shot, and that the
third shot took effect in tbe region of Birch's
heart, killing birn almost instantly,
MARRIAGE ON THE CARS.
The' Memphis Appeal of a late date says .- ' On
tho down train of the Memphis' and Ohio Rail
Read, Mr.V. B, Sevier, of Brownsville, was uni
ted fa wedlock to Miss E.T. West brook, of Shel
by connty. The knot was tied by Rev. Albert
Thomas. The fair one. whose parents were on-
posed to her marrying so young, had informed
her betrothed by letter, thai sho would be found
at a certain point on the road, and irno to her
promise, she was there." '
MULES INSTEAD OF HORSES.
They are substituting mules for the more aris
tocratic horse in the omnibus lines and for ex
press wagons ' in Cincinnati. The Commercial
says they are eqnaTIy tractable; look not hand
somely but well enough; their first cost is 'wenty
to forty per cent, less than that of horses; they
consume forty per cent, less food; are thirty-three
per cont, more durable ; are precisely adapted to
tbe boulder pavements, and move with a steady
onyielding celerity in hot weather especially
that recommends them highly to all who have
not tested their merits. Drajmen and teamsters
are likewise being favorably imprei-sed with their
virtues, and are beginning to consider the econo
my of testing them for their ns-.
'NEGROES IN CONNECTICUT.
The Black Republican Legislature of Connec
ticut passed resolves against tbe decision of the
Supreme Coo it that negroes are: not citizens of
the United States. But it was not expected that
the same Legislator would refuse to alter tbeir
State constitution so as to permit the negroes to
vote ! Yet' they have done this at their rcceul
session.
ANOTHER KALLOCH.
At tbe recent term of the court fn Carroll Coun
ty, Ohio, Rev. Joseph Barelay, was found guilty
of tbe seduction and breach of promise of mar-
riago to Elisabeth Sharp, and mulcted in dama
ges to tbo value of 85,000. The Stark County
Democrat in noticing the case, says: " :
The defendent was a preacher of the Covenan
ter or Seceder faith, and one of tho leading Fre
mont men ia Carroll Coonty. .The evidenceon
the trial showed that he had for some .time been
paying his addresses to Miss 8barp, an accom
plished and highly respectable young woman of
the connty, that he promised to marry her and
then ' with the hellish machinations of a fiend,
but shielded with the livery of Heaven, he set
about his work of destruction, and by prayer and
great professions of righteousness, coupled with
bis promise of marriage, he succeeded In seduc
ing the young girl from the path of virtue, and
accomplished her rnlu and deserted her. f ' "
ATTEMPTED MURDER OF A FATHER' BY
SONS. - 'v' f v":i? ;: ."
; Two sons of John Lnndy, aged 17 and . 18, on
dertook-to murder him, after decoying him into
the woods, near Brant, C. W. He had married a
second wife, and they desired to be rid of both.
so as to possess themselves of the paltry sum of
300.
' INCREASE OF SHEEP.
The Fall River News says that Mr. Peleg Almy,
at Tiverton Four Corners, has a flock of eleven
sheep, which produced this season twenty lambs,
nineteen of which he baa raised. Nine out of
.the eleven . sheep bad two lambs each, and the
other two one each. They are all ia good condi
tion, and bid fair to became fine, handsome abeep,
A BACHELOR'S QUERY. '
' A bachelor correspondent sends the . Boston
Post the following: "Toll me ye winged winds
that roBfed jay pathway JrorA do ye not know
some spot where women fret no wore J !Sme
lone and pleasant dell, somojholler' in tbe ground,
wber babies never yell, aed cradles are not found 1
The loud wind blew tbe snow into' my face, and
nivkered, as it answered, 'nary place.'"
SUICIDE OF A PROBABLY JNXOCENT MAN.
In the case of John Mowatt, who hnng,.himself
lo the bars of hia cell at the Cambridge street
jail, the coroner's inquest held yesterday develops
some remarkable facts. It appears thai. Mowatt
was arrested about a week since on tbe charge of
one Jeremiah Hart, that be had robbed him while
in Broad atreet, in the night timej of $12. "Mow
att, however, declared' his entire innocence.
Upon being searched, tbe sum of $28 87, was
found npon him, but no 52 bill fonnd of the de
nomination of those which Hart said be had lost.
Mowatt was taken before the police court, where,
npon the testimony of Hart, who swore without
hesitation that Mowatt came along and took tbe
money from him,. he was committed to jail to
await tbe action of the rrand iurv in the" mat
ter. Hart was also detsided ss a witness. At
the jail Mowatt continually asserted his innocence,
stating that be waa from Webster, Massachusetts,
where he had a wife and two children, and that
he was on a visit to this city, when thus suddenly
arrested on so serious a charge. It was the gen
eral opinion of all conversant with the case, that
he was innocent of the robbery, and ha would
probably have been discharged next week by tbe
grand jury finding no indictment, but tbe anxiety
of this situation probably worked upon his mind.
so as to canse him to tske his own life. The jury
returned a verdict of death by suicide while la
boring under a temporary attack of insanity.
5" Boston Post, 10a.
" SUBLIMITY.
A northern paper gives the following specimen
of sublime language, nttcred by an itinerant ven
der of soaps: ' I l! . -
"Oh that i were-an eagle! H.I weald seize Co-,
lombiaV flag unfurled, and soar aloft until
reached the upper air. I would wave it o'er the
thrones of tyrants, an emblem of hope and prom
ise to tbe down-trodden, and bang it from the
ceilii g of the skies. 1 would steal the nectar
from tbe gods, and a nek from every cloud ambro
sial sweets, an.l when I descended again to earth
would make tAentn4 soap." v
The above will do very well for a cold climate,
but it pales before the bold and brilliant concep
tions of itinerants of a more southern latitude.
The editor of the Mobile 7Yte listened to one
a few weeks sgo who was engaged in selling Pat
ent Salve. He bad a crowd around him who
seemed to doubt the truth of bis extravagant as
sertions, wherenpon he fired up and exclaimed
"Could every man be transformed into an art
ist the heavens into canvas tbe mighty oceans
into p 'in could wo have theaters tor scaffolds
the midnight darkness for drapery and gloom
the lightnings flash for tinge the 4bundcr for
shrieks, groans and cries the countless drops of
rain for tears the howling wind for sighs and
could we, with pious Joshua, command the glow
ing sun in the East, and blushing moon in the
West to stand still till the laboring artists dashed
npon the cauvas the sufferings relieved and the
blessings conferred,' by thissafoe, it would fill
heaven's expansive bine from pole to pole, wear
out every brash, tire every artist and fail to give
you a full vie w of the great benefit of Ibis won
deifui compound to the human family."
. . V GREEN HAIR. -The
Bulletin de Tkerapcutique contains the
curious case of a worker : in metals, who has
wrought In , copper only fire months, and whose
hair, which was lately white, has now turned to
a decided green, - Chemical analysis has proved
that his hair contains a considerable quantity of
acetate of copper, and ft is to this circumstance
that it owes its change of color. -.-
: , : J tllB USE OF LANGUAGE. -;
'lainiiDerary VeuUenian, whose name is
too familiar for me to print, once called upon a
countryman in Paris, and after ringing stoutly at
the bell the door was opened by a very smartly
dressed "maid," whose grtzetle cap and apron
immediately seemed to pronounce her to be
French ; " Est f Captain est Monsieur O'Shea
lei T asked be in considerable hesitation. "Ah,
sir, yon're Irish," said she, with a very significant
fall of the voice. "So," he afterwards said, "my
French showed that I was English, and my Eng
lish that I was Irish."- Macaulay:
CAPTURED.
Elsbury Johnson, for whose arrest Gov. Bragg
offered a reward of three hundred dollars, was
pursued and captured fn Carter county, Tenn.,
last week, by Henry E. Lane, of Henderson coun
ty; where Johnson stands charged with rape, and
was brought back and lodged in jail at Hender
son illc? So wo learn by the last Herald of
Truth:-' ' " ' - y 1 J
, WRITING MACHINE.
An ingenious piece of mechanism, designed to
enable a person to record his thaughts of obser
vations while traveling in the cars, or any place
where ordinary writing apparatus cannot be used,
has been invented by Mr. Benjamin Livermorc,
of Hartland, Vermont. 1 The paper on which the
writing or rather printing, for it, resembles tbe
telegraphic system of printing is impressed, is
coiled around two cylinders, which revolve as the
lines are completed, and the letters are worked
by a set of keys. No ink is required, the letters
"being colored by a prepared blue paper, against
which the writing paper is pressed at each move
ment of the keys., The machine works with great
accuracy and much facility and is very compact,
not exceeding four inches in length by about two
and a half in width. It can easily be carried in
a side pocket, and can be used without taking it
from tbe pocket By Jt a blind person might be
learned to write. Altogether it is one of the most
ingenious affairs we ever examined.
, , ., , ' ,. .... Boston Journal.
A Canadian jury in a mnrder trial last month,
resorted to a "toss up" to decide whether the
verdict should be murder, manslaughter, or sim
ple assanlt.' The result was for manslaughter,'
bnt eight of tbe twelve still refused to assent, and
they agreed to fight six against six across tbe
table for a verdict. Tbey omitted this, however,
and spent the night in singing and dancing. Tbey
reported disagreement and were discharged.
VALUE OF HORSE FLESH. T
A pair of horses were offered for sale ia Cincin
cinnati, last week, for f 870, bnt the purchaser
thinking the amount too large, offered sixteen
cents a pound. Tbe horses were taken to an ad
joining hay-scale, and weighed 2350 pounds, ma
king their value $378. .
, . CHURCHES IN NEBRASKA.
The Catholics, Methodists and Congregational
istshave already erected neat and commodious
houses of worship at the capital of Nebraska
Tbe Episcopalians and old 8cbool Presbyterians
are to erect churches daring the season. .
. A , TITANIC . FIGURE.
The great extent of our country is only vaguely
portrayed by the strong figure nsed by Thos. F.
Marshall, in hia - remarks at the Cincinnati cele
bration, when he referred to the Mississippi Val
ley as reclining' "with ber head fn tbe lakes ber
feet ia the Gnlf of Mexico, and her hands grasp
ing, the Alleghany and Rocky .Mountains.
Q;:A SPORTINGi -PHARACTER y -
f'A man was recently arrested in Albany on tbe
charge- of stealing his daughter's ear-rings to bet
on a dog fight.
ARRIVAL qr S MGta SAXON.
. FOUR DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.
Quebec, Jnly 11th. The Anglo Saxon (propel
ler) arrived here' last night with Liverpool dates
of the 1st. The America arrived oat on the 28th ;
th. Yanderbilt on the 30tbt and the? Atlantic on
the4st July . JT- -
Tbe Cbinamails confirms the accounts of tbe
matiny of tbe native troops in India.. Reinforce
ments were to be sent thither from England im
mediately. France sends" fourteen transperts of troops to
China, at the request of England, to prevent, the
withdrawal of British troops from India. '
Tbe Niagara bad commenced taking on board
the submarine cable. j
Two serious railroad accidents had occurred in
England, killing twelve persons and injuring one
hundred. . .W
Tbe Spanish Mexican question is no nearer an
adjustment than at last advices. .
Forty conspirators bad been arrested at Genoa.
There was nothing important from China. . At
Singapore tbe difficulty between the American
and English authorities respecting the Dutch ship
Henrietta Maria was still unsettled.
The Anglo Saxon left Liverpool at half past one
on July 1st. The City of Washington left South
ampton at tbe same hour, and tho Arago left Ha
vre on the same a ay. ine Vanderbut s passage
out was understood to bare been made
days. . i - . ,- - '
In Parliament Lord Granville stated that the
Indian mutiny would be met with decisive ruea
aurcs, and, although there were good reasobs to
vf believe that the mutineers would speedily suc
cumb, yet 14,000 troops would leave England im
mediately for India as a precautionary measure
for future security. He admitted that the pub
lished accounts of the revolt were substantially
correct, and that the principal motive for it was
tho impression among the natives that there was
to be an attempt at a general conversion to the
christian religion.
The frigate Susquebannah returned to Cowes
on the 28th. Capt. Hudson and the officers of the
Niagara were invited guests at the Queen's visit to
the exhibition at Manchester. They were wel
comed with lond cheets.
The quarterly trade returns show a great de
ficiency. '
A HEROIC WOMAN.
Among the noteworthy incidents of the Mont
real steamer disaster was tbe saving of her two
children by Mrs. Bloomfield, whose husband is in
the employ of the Grand Trunk Company at To
ronto. She held to a rope with one hand, keep
ing the head of one child above water with the
other, and holding the other up by fastening her
teeth in its dress. So heavy was tho load that
two of her teeth gave way, and were lost, yet she
still retained her hold. At last a boat came to
wards her, and men were screaming around her
to be taken aboard. She could not scream, but
a man seeing her situation brought tbe boat to
her, telling them she needed aid most. Then her
strength gave way at the prospect of relief and
safety, and she came near drowning ere she could
be lifted into the boat. She is a light, delicate
woman. ' " "
CHURCH ACTION ON THE SLAVERY QUES-
.' " TION.
At a meeting of Hanover Presbytery, befd at
Liberty, Vs., on thelst inet., the committee to
whom was referred tbe circular address of the
Southern delegation in tho lata Presbyterian Gen
eral Assemtly, (N. S.,) hold at Cleveland, Ohio,
containing jrui , account of . the action of said As
sembly on tho subject of slavery, and a call for a
convention to be held in Washingtion, on the 27th
of August next, with the view to the organization
of an assembly on a clearly defined basis, p--o
eluding all agitalim of the subject of slavery,
submitted resolutions, which were unanimously
adopted, approving of the course of the delegates
which, withdrew from the Cleveland convention,
declaring that a separation of the Southern Pres
byterians from the General Assembly should tako
place, and appointing delegates to the Washing
ton convention.
LATER FROM NEW MEXICO. .
We gather the following from the Santa Fe Ga
zette of May 30th :
General Garland, commander of the military
department ol this district, was at Santa Fe.
We are hippy to learn that CoL Grayson, U. Si
A., who has been: for more than two weeks con
fined to his room dangerously i'l, is now pronounc
ed out of danger and rapidly recovering. ; 1
Capt. Ett ell, 1st dragoons, took the field against
the Gila Apaches, on the 3d of May, in command
of about 120 horse. Licuts. A. B. Chaman and
B. F. Davis were the officers on duty with Capt.
Eweii. ... ' a ,. ..
Near Socorro four herders had been murdered
by Indians, and about 1,000 sheep killed. 1
FROM KANSAS.
Leavenworth, (K. T.) July 9. The examina
tion of Haller, charged with the mnrder of Lyle,
has resulted in his committal for trial before the
dis.rict court. The prisoner was conveved to the
fort for safe keeping and protection until the ex
citement caused by the murder should subside.
t A "DEAD RABIT'S" FUNERAL.
1 A member of the rowdy organization of "Dead
Rabbits," who were prominent in the late terrible
New York riot, was buried at Greenpoint on "Tues
day the 7th inst, and tbe Brooklyn Eagle, in de
scribing the scene, says i'L': ; ' 1 ; : -
'They were a motley set. Some bad on fire
caps, and no shoes some bats, and no coats-
some breeches, and an apology for a shirt some
had a clean shirt and torn trowsers some were
in tolerable decent trim, bat those were few and
far between. A portion of them called at the
Eastern District Hotel, in National avenue, on
their way to tbf cemetery. They got what tbey
called for, ate all they could get, and then march
ed off without paying the proprietor."
CASE OF CHARLES H. MARSDEN.
Before Judge Spragne, in the United States
District Court. Captain Marsden flogged a sea
man for stealing things from tbe cabin, which
kind of punishment is prohibited by law, howev
er slight it may be or however deservedly given .
The learned J wtge said : Many of our sailors go
to sea to avoid the penitentiary or prison, and are
ollen guilty of stealing clothing from their fellow
seamen, where a new supply cannot be obtained,
and tbe captain mast pnnish sncb conduct. How
can be doit? . Flogging is prohibited, and it
only remains for him to pat the convict In irons
or confinement, and the eon sequence b that those
who bave been robbed andjeft in a destitute con
dition are obliged to do the work of tbe robbers,
who bar thrown fhe stolen articles overboard to
avoid detection ; and the robbers are obliged ' to
bo fed and kept la Idleness." In consequence - ef
the trying and unfortunate condition in which
onr captains are placed onder onr flogging law,
and In consequence of the expense of defending
themselves for a mere technical breach of law
while ia th s performance of tbeir dniy.tba tears
ad Jndga fined Captain Uarsdea only two dollsrs.
Boston Advertiser.
;C AN INDOMITABLE.
Some six years since, says the Baflklo Adver
tlser. a yonng man from the Sown of Hamburg
came to this city ia search of employment, and
not finding anything better, engaged liimself as a
canal driver, which business he prosecuted faith
fully for about two years ; ,t the end of which
time, aspiring a little higher, he procured a situ
ation as teamster at one of our brickyards, and
for about a year was actively engaged in hauling
brick around the city. ' During this time it is
not to be supposed that he was idle, or that bia
mind dwelt onir upon borses and bricks, for short
ly after we hear of his entering one of the high
schools and in a very- short time sfier emerging
with its highest honor.' Next we hear of bim as
Principal of a very respectable Academy at
Clarksville ; again be has taken to reading law,4
and varies its tedionsness during the winter bv
attending to tho duties of Pn fcssor of Voca'
Music at the Hudson Itiver Institute at Clavarac
and within the last month we find him graduat
ing at the Law School at Albany, and admitted a
member of the Bar in that city Tbe name of
the young man is Orrin L. Abbott.
A character in Mrs. Hents' story of "Love sfter
marriage, lays a own ine law inus : li a man is
not ugly enough to frighten his horse, be is hand
some enough to marry."
. T WILL ALL BE RIGHT.
There's happiness within this world,
If we have friends to love us
If we have one whose golden smiles
Beam like the hopes above us.
Let sorrow mark ns with its blight
- If we are loved, 'twill all be right.
There's mnch of comfort in this life ;
And much of perfect pleasure,
If we have one whose proffered love
We prize as sacred treasure. t-
Let trouble exercise its might
This blessed love will make it right.
What though the heart is bending down i
With keen and heavy sorrow ;
Hope on the grief we have to-day
Shall turn to joy to-morrow;
Have faith! though now life is not bright
If we are loved, 'twill all be right.
A SYLLOGISM!
PROPOSITION 1st
Every Lady and Gentleman desires a beautiful
bead of Hair.
PROPOSITION 24.
Tbe use of LYON'S KATHAIRON will, without
fail, prodnce soch an one.
THEREFORE:
Every Lady and Gentleman will, of ennrse. im
mediately commence utiing LYON'S KATHAI
RON. All pronounce the KATHAIRON to be
the finest and most agreeable preparation for
the Hair ever made.: 's -Its
immense sale nearly 1000 000 bottles per
year attests its universal- popularity. Sold
everywhere for 25 cents per bottle.
HEATH, WYNKOOP&CO.,
Proprietors aifd Perfumers,
63 LibKrty-St., New-York.
Jnly 14 .' 29 tf.
TO THE VOTERS OF NEW HANOVER-
COUNTY.
THE subscriber respectfully announces himself
aaa candidate for re-election upon the 6' h day of
August next, to the Office of Clerk of 'he Court of
Pleas and Quarter Sessions' of said County.
Grateful for the confidence and support which his
fellow-citizens have hereto fors extended to hitr,
he trusts that his efforts to merit that confidence
will secure to hirn a renewal of ihctr suffrages;
and in the event oftii re-e!ection,-4ie can vnl)
pledges continuance of his honest efforts to dis
charge fuith'nlly and acceptably (he duties of said
office. SAMUEL It. BUNTING.
April 3D, . -r & ..; 19.
TO THE YOTERS OF NEW HANOVER CO.,
i Trusting that I bavo hitherto discharged the
defies of the office of Clerk of the 8nteiios Court
of Law to the satisfaction of all conccriifd. 1 an
r.ouce myself as a candidate fur yonr MiffragfS at
the election to be held on the 6ih day of August
next.
" , JAS. A WRIOHT.
June 20. 41-te
Rats, Roaches, Bed-Rugs; Insects, &c.
New York, April ia, 1856. Mr. HENRY B.
COSTAR. No. 388 Broadway, Dear Sir? Hav
ing a great many Rats around my stable and shop,
I thought I would try your Rat Exterminator,aud
bonght one of your boxes, aud my man fixed it ac
cording to yonr directions. The next morning be
fonnd ovci 150 dead rats. 1 have bought others
Rat Poison and found them humbugs, and think
it will do more than you say it will in your ad
vertisements. I hare also tried it on steamboats,
and satisfied them that it is the greatest thing of
the age. Respectfully Yours.
J. S. UNDERBILL, No. 435 10th st.
" Notice to all Concerned. The demand for"
"Costars" Remedies for tbe destruction of the
above pests, having occasioned an unlimited cor
respondence in regard to prices, etc., the proprie
tor has determined to publish the same in bis
advertisements hereafter. "Costar" prefers that
every city, town ana village 8hau oe supplied
through , its owu Druggists and Dealers, but, in
cases where this is impracticable he will forward
small orders by Mail or Express, on receipt of the
price"; with sufficient to pre-pay tho same. See
advertisement, witn retail prices, etc., in another
column. - i
IMPORTANT INFORMATION, by which much
suffering aud misery in families may be avoided,
sent to married men, and those contemplating
marriage. Address, inclosine four postage stamp,
Dr. L F. PROBART, Box 3603, New York Olty.
June 18 - 40-3in.
Fine beautiful hair jet black or btown ;
Or tresses, curlins and eolden
Is the certain result witout chance or donbt
Of the use of LYON'S KATHAIRON.
The immense sale of LYON'S KATHAIRON
nearly 1.000.000 bottles per year proves its ex
cellence and universal Donnlarity.i It restores the
Hair after it has raUn oat, iavi&anttw atxi
tafies it makes it soft, curly, and glossy cleans
es it from all Scurf and Dandruff, and imparts to
it a deliehlfnl perfume. The Lsdies universally
pronounce it the finest and most agreeable article
ever used. 8old by all dealers, everywhere, for
25 cents per bottle. . - ' r
Proprietors and Perfumers.
; -63 Liberty St. New York!
Npot.EON and WELMJrFTOsii Napoleon lost
the battle of Lx-ipsic because a fire of Indigestion
clouded his elant intellect. A dose of BRAND-
RET H'S pills which are a sovereign remedy for
dv.Dlnia and indigestion, might have made bini
eouquerer, napoleon wooia not tase pargauves
be was too posy to give time iur in em loaci,
and died at an early age. Wellington ased pur
gatives freely, and not only beat bis Viva!, but
lived to eisnty-roar. : Twent r-nve minion ooxes
of Brand it th 'a pills bave been sold, sod their por
tative qualities are well appreciated, ins coo-
i trast of Napoleon and Wellington shows the im
portsnce of tbe sick using this valuable medi
cine. . " .
WM. H. LIPPITT, Agent, WHmlngtoo, N. C.
f HMrway's Ointment and PiOs -A .Pbotsctio
ao inst cocntcpkits exists in tho ibe Water
mark. HolLowy. New Yobs; and London."
wbich appears in semi-transparent letters 1 ia ev
ery leaf of tbe book ofcdirections. Lathis isaot
seen when tbe paper ia held to tbe light the same
is spnricns. Unlike the mineral preparations that
drive the vims of eruptions and sores into tbe vi
tal organs, this marvelloos Ointment discharges
the poison before it heals the flesh. -The Pills in
evitably cure Dyspepsia and all biliona disorders,
purifying and vitalizing the blood; Ac. , .
' Chomp ' 3ftaalines. -An exceltent Ekeness of
Perry Davis, tbe inventor of that most excellent
medicine, the Vegetable Pain Killer, caw be had
12 cents together with a bottle of that celebra
ted universal remedy.
ANOTHER REMARKABLE CURE
' DR. SWAIN ITS
COMPOUND SYRUP OF .
WILD CHERRY.
Itl'.V. JAMES R. DURBOROW.
Pastor ef Berlin Circuit, BrJti more Conference.
And all tie principal MerchasUs at Point of Rocks,
Aid., have testified to Ike following
EXTRAORDINARY CURE.
Poistov Rocks. Frederick rnnnt. WA
Da. Sw.rw.-Dear Sir: Believing It a duty I
owe to the public, and injustice to you. I have
thought pioper to make known one of the most
extraordinary cures, in my own case, that has ever
Kamk l.nl. .Any J . U . r . .
vcu n u 17 iwviHni. au iuc lliuniu OI UCIO Dcr last
I was afflicted with a severe gathering in my
breast, which formed a large abscess, and also
communicated to my Lungs and very much afflict
ed them, and discharged large quantities of corrup
tion, external and internal. My breath could also
pa?s through my Lungs and out through the cav
ity of my breast with apparent ease, attended with
a violent cough, day and night, lots of appetite,
and extreme debilitv, so that my physicians
thought my case entirely hopeless and beyond the
power of medicine. I remained in tbia wretched
condition for a lone time, until I was wasted to a
mere skeleton, and there seemed to be no hope for
me; but having read in the public papers of the
many wonderful curca performed bv your COM
POUND SYRUP OF WILD CHERRY, 1 im
mediately sent lo Baltimore for five bottles and
commenced its use, and to my great satisfaction
and my anxious family, the abscess or opening in
my lungs bean to heal, and the cough subsided
and on using ten bottles I was restored to perfect
health. I believe, that to your valuable medicine,
under the blessings of Divine Providence, I am
indebted for this great change, and I amvhappy to
say, that 1 am now enjoying as good health as I
ever have. .
Over five years have clapred, and I still remain
a perfectly, hearty man at this date, June 2d, 1656.
1 have not had a day's sickness for the last Ig
months. Please accept my grateful acknowledge ;
mcnts. - Yours, vtry respectfully,
THOMAS DIXON.
The Subscriber ib well acquainted with Thomas
Dixon, and can testify that the he has been arSct-
ed as above represented. I regard his recovery al
most as a miracle. He is a worthy member ot So
ciety. JAMES it. DURBOROW,
Pastor, of Berlin Circuit, Baltimore Conference.
THEREjis out one reliable preparation of "Wild
Cherry," and the only one compounded by a
tegular Physician that is "DR. S WAYNE'S
COMPOUND SYRUP OF WILD CHERRY,"
and the universal satisfaction this preparation has
given, is fully acknowledged in every section of
our country.
For the cure-of Coughs, ColJ, Consumption,
For Bronchitis, Sore Throat, Hooping Cough,
For Tickling or Irritation in the Fauces,
For Palpitation orDiseaseof the Heart, Debiliiy,
For Pains in the Sideor Breast, Liver Complaint,
For Short Breath, or Hoarseness. Asthma,
For the snpport of old age, declining health, and
restless nights, this remedy has no equal.
Prepared only bv Dr. SWAYNE SON; at
their Laboratory 4 N. SEVENTH St., Philadel
phia. Sold by WALKER M EA RES A CO-,
Wilmington. N. C.
K.J. ASTON,
Jan.l. Ashcville, N. C.
DIED
In this town, oa Sundny morning last, Flobkkce
Sears, infant daughter of James M.Stevenson,
Esq , agsd 20 months and 22 days, -
At his residence in Bladen County, on the morn
ing of theSih of July, Mr. Jonah D. Rose, in the
42nd year of his ase. The deceased was an esti
mable citizen, an affectionate husband and father.
He left a young widow and three small daughters
m lament their loss.
MARINE NES.
PORT OF W1LM INQTON, J U LY 1 1.
ARRIVED.
1 1. U. S. M. Steamer Spray, Pi ice, from Smith
villf, to A. 11. YanBukkrlen.
11. Barqm-antine Co!. John McRa, Tark,
from Cardi-nas, to J. H Chadtiourn & Co.
"12. Steamer Black Hirer, Batber, from Faj
ettrvilh", to D. A Lamont.
13. U S. M Steam rSpray, Price, from Snitth
vtllc.to A U. VauBokkelm. v
C V 1 - CLEAR E! .
'10.0. S M. Steamer Spray, P. ice, for Sniith
ville, bv A II. VaiilSokkelfD. -,." .
11. Schr. Ma, Corson, f.-r Philadelphia, by G.
Harriss; with naval stores Sic
Schr. New Republic, Buker, for Pbiladelphi i,
by Q. Vf. Davrs; vrir naval stores &v
Sell i. Blooming Yonth. llindman, for AcqiU
Cret-k. Va., by G. V. Davis; with lumber.
11 U. S. 41. Steamer Spray, Price, for Smtth
ville.by A. H. VanBokkelen.
Schr. Argus Eye, Cramer, for New Yoik, by
T. C. Worth ; with naval Mores.
Schr. Lilly, Francis, fr New Yor,fc-, by T. C.
Worth; with nav-a stores. &c. - "-,
mis. i:
lASHIO.N'ABLE blick Ca?simcre and Mole
skin Hats, now jtv!e. Just opened at the
Hat and Cap Emporium, 34 Market street.
July 11. CHAS. D.MYERS.
r
SITUATION WANTED.
FOR a lad nearly 12 years of aae, of good mor
al character and correet dt-portment. who can
read and write and ia somewhat acquainted with
figures. He would be pleael to obtain a situation
as errand boy, or in any r-ccuration in which he
could be useful. He ivon'd require but small com
pensation ; his ol jctt being to render some tri
fling assistance to hi.- mother, who is in indigent
circumstances. Apply al 7 Commercial Office.
July 11. 49
Medical College of Virginia.
SESSION 1857-58. L
T
HE next annual coarse of lectures will com
mence on thelst ef October. 1S57, at the
College building, corner of Marshall and College
streets, Richmond, and terminate on the 1st of
March, 1858.
Sargery and Surgical Anatomy.
By Charles Bell Gibson, M. D.
ineory ana rrtctice ol aieaicine;
. Bv David H. Talker. M. D.
"Chemistry and Pharmacy; r "s
By alartin tr. ocoti, oi. l.
Materia Me-iica and Therapemrics; "v.
. By H. K. Wcliford, M. D.
Anatomy; . j ...-"'
By Arthur E. Peticolas, M. D. '
Institutes of Medicine and Medical Jarispradeece ;
By Levin S. Joy nes, M. D.
Obstetrics and diseases of women and children ;
By James U. Conway, M. D.
DemonsUatr-of Anatomy "
MARION HOWARD(M. D.
Thestndy of Practical Anatomy may be prose
cuted with the most ample facilities and at a very
trifling expense. ' -
Clinical lectures are regularly given at the Col
lege Infirmary. This Infirmary, nnder the same
roof with the College, is at ail times well filled with
Medical and Surgical cases, and famishes peculiar
facilities for Clinical instruction.
- Many Surgical Operation are performed in tha
presence of ttte class, and the undents being daily
admitted to tbe wards, enjoy nnder the guidance
of the Professors, unosoal opportunities for be
coming familiar not only with the symptoms snd
diagnosis of disease, bnt with its daily progress
and treatment. .
Amount of fees for lectores, . '. . 105 00
Matriculation fee. . . - : aw
Practical Anatomy, - ' - . -. . . - -Graduating
fee. . ; . . .
10 00
2i 00
The price of Board, including Faei. Lights and
servants attendance, varies from $3 io5per
week. The Catalogue, containing falter informa
tion concerning tbe Institution, will be forwarded
te those wao apply for it, or specific enquiries will
be answered by letter.
, L. S. JOYNES, M.D.
Dean qfth faculty.
Jsly II, I35T. ?r -Vf : . wf49
WILL seO at cost prices, oar entire stock of
Men's, Boys' and Children Leffborn and
other styles ef Straw Goods. At the Hat and Cap
Emporium, 34 Market street.
niyiiui ; i- CHA3. n.aiiiao. -
UMBRELLAS,
AT REDUCED PRICES. A large assortment
of every size, color snd qusiity, st the Empo-
rinm. 34 Market street. . - L? .r.0
fJaly Ilia, t,n Ao. is.M
THE -ZEPHYft HAT," aa entirely new style
test received by Express ; also, Uberoa, R
i.in cianmmm. snd ether styles of light Straw
and Felt Hats for Simmer wear, at the Empori-
Jalylsi. ; 34 Market Street.
1. '.