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MISCELLANY.
From Applet bn's Ouidt..
A Railway Keminiscence.
bt ruiicti o. a a a . '
'I say, Mr. Conductor, when will the next
express train go out to St. Louis V -'
'Eleven o'clock ami thirty minutes, to
night, s r,' was tlie gerulem;inly reply to
the rough querry.
Eleven o'clock ahu thirty minutes t Oo
to Texas ! Why, it's ten this very rhinnte.
I'll bet my boots ngair.ei a juc-knifu the
morning express is off'
Yes ir, it has been golte half an hour.1
Why in nntur d!tln'tyou get us here soon
er I Fourteen hours in Chicger is enough
to break a feller all to smash. Fourteen
hours in Chicnger puffing and blowing !
I've been tolJ they keep a regular six hun
dred hoss steurn powt-r all the while a run
ning, to blow themselves up with, and pick
the pockets of every traveller to pny the
firemi-u and engineers I Wal, I guess I
can stand it; r've a twenty that's never
bfen broke ; I think that will put me thro'.
Why diJn'i you fire up, old brag give your
old horse another peck of oats. 1 tell you,
this fourteen hours will knock my calcula
tions all into the middle of next week.'
4 Very sorry sir we've done our best ; but
as we are not clerks of the weather, 1 hope
you will not lay your misfortunes to our acj
count. Snow-diifts, nd the thermometer
sixteen below
zero, are enemies we can l
readily overcome '
That's so,' said the firs' speaker w(iih
marked emphasis, aft I a gcfO l-ratursd, for-
ving Emile. 'Fourteen hours in Chica
ger.' The 6tefttofiaih voice, soifndifrg like a
trumpet, had aroused every sleeper Horn
elsfan dreams, into which he might have
fallen after hrs long, tedioos, cold night's
travel. Every head was turned, nnd eve
ry. eye va fixed on the mafr wfro" had bro
ken the silence. He was Standing by the
stove warming his boots. To have warm
ed his feet through such a mass of cow
hide and sole leather would have been a
fourteen hour's operation. Six feet four or
five inches h stood in those boots, with
shoulders (cased rnr a fur coat) that looked
more like bearing up a worid than yon will
meet ordinarilyf in half a life time. Mis
head Websterian, hts shaggy hair black as
jet, his whiskers lo match, his dark, pierc
ing eye, and his jaws eternally moving,
with a rousing quid between- them, while
a smile of cheerful good humor, notwith
standing his seeming impatience, at racted
every one's attention.
'Fourteen hours in Cbicagef, .eh ? Wal,
I guess I-can stand il if the rest can ; if
twenty dollars wont ct-rry me through I'll
borry of my friends. I've got thelhings
that'll bring 'em That's so
And he thrust a hand a little less in size
than-a common spade, down into the cav
ernous depths of a broad striped, flashy pair
of pants, and brought up that great red
hand, as full as il could bold of shining
twenty dollar gold pieces. '
Don't yer think 1 can stand these Chi
cagers for one fourteen hours V
A nod of assent frorn three or four, and
a smil of curiosity from the rest, answer
ed his question in the affirmative.
'You must have been in luck, stranger,'
said an envious looking little mat), 'You've
more 'than your share of gold.'
J have eh ! Well, I reckon not. I came
honestly by it Thai's so. And there's
them living who can remember this child
when he went rou d the p'rarnes trapping
p'rarry hens and the like, to get hiraa
night's lodging, or a pair of shoe::, to keep
the mi.ssasangers frc.m biting my toes ; I've
hung myself up more nor one night in
the timber to keep out of the way"of the
wild varmints ; best sleeping in the world,
in the crotch of a tree top I Now I reck
on you wouldn't believe it, but I'vVgone
all winter without a shoe to my foot ; and
lived on wild game when I could catch it.
That's so I' '
'Didn't stunt your growth,' said a voice
near.
Not a bit of it- It brought me up right.
These p'rarries are wonderful roomy. , I
thought one spell 1 would let myself out
ent rely, but me and mother held a corcus.
and decided that as she was getting old,
" it tuk too long and cost too much to sew
cp the legs of my trousers, and so I put
stop, and concluded that sixfen rive would
do for a felltr that couldn't afford ihe.ex
pensive luxury of a wife to make'lns pants
It was only my love for my" " mother that
stopped my growth. If I'd a had an idea
of a sewing machine, there's no telling what
might have been done.
You have so many gold pieces in your
pocket, you can afford to get your trousers -J
made now. Why don t you and your mo
ther hold another caucus, and see what you
can do ? If she woulc let you . expand
yourself, you might sell out to Karnum,and
make a fortune travelling with Tom Thumb
and take the old woman along. '
Stranger, said the rough, great man,
and his whole. face loomed up with a min
gled expression of pain and pride. 'Stran
ger, I spoke a word here 1 didn't mean to;
u slighty word like about -my mother. 1
would give all .the gold in my pocket, to
bring her back for one hour, to look upon
this country as it is now. 'She had her
cabin here when Chicager was nowhere ;
here she raised her boys she couldn't give
'err larnin', bu 6he taught us better tilings
than books can give ; to be hoisfuseful,
and industrious. She taught u to be faith
ful and tfue ; to stand by a friend, and be
generous to an enemy. It's thirty year9,
stranger, since we dug her grwve by the
lakeside wit"h our .own Lands; and with
many a leaf and sob, turned ourselves away
from the cabin xvhere'we'd been rais d
the Indians had killed odr father long be
fore, and We'd nothing Id keep us and so
we went to sek our fortunes.
My brother, he took down to St. Lou
is, and got mariied down there, som'
ers ; and I just Went where the Wind
blowed, and when I'd scraped money
enough together,; I enni' :back ' and
lought a lew acres of land around rny
mother's old ta bin,' for the hlace" where
I'd laid her bones, Was Sacred,' like.
Well, in the course . of time,- it turne J
upright in the: middle of Chicager.' I
could'nt stand that 1 Joved my- Old
mother too well to let onmihtisses rattle
ovt-r het'grave, so I cum hack about fif
teen years ago,- and quietly moved her
away to the huryin' ground ; and then
I went back to Texas, and wrote to an
agent artefward to sell my laud. What
cost a few hundred to begin, ou. I sold
for over forty thousand if I'd a kept it
till now, 'twould have been worth ten
times lhat : thaCs so, but I got enough
fort I soon turned that Turty thousand
into eighty thousand, and that iuto twice
as much, and so on, 'lill Itlon't know
nor don't care what I'm worth that's
so. I work hard, am the same ' rongft
ustorher, remember every day of my
life wfiat my mother taught me j nev
er drink nor fight ; wish I did'nt swear
and chaw ; but them's got to be kind a
second r.atur' like, and the ' only thing
troubles me is my money haven't got
tuv-wife nor children, and I'm gtiin
now to hunt up my brother and his
folks. If his boys is clever and indus
trious, ain't ashamed of my big boots
and old fashioned ways, and his gals
is young women and not-ladies : if
they help their mother, and don't put
on more'n two frocks a day, I'll make,
'em rich, every one on 'em." .
Now, gentlemen, 'taint often, I'm led to
tell orT myself a.fter this fashion. But these
old places where I trapped when I was a
boy, inudti tne feel like a child agin and I
yisl lek like telling these youngsters about
the changes and chances n Teller may meet
in life, if Jie only-tries to make the most of
himself."
Butbiys,' said he. turning tca parly
of-young . men, 'there's something better
than money. Get education. Why, boys,
if 1 had as much larnin' as money, I could
be President in 1857 just aaetlsp Why I
'ould buy up half the North, atrd not miss
it out of my pile. - But cet larnin'; don't.
chaw tobacco; don't take to liquor; don't
swear, and mind your mothers that's the
advice of a real live Sucker ; and if you
mind what I say you may be men (and it
ain't every fellow that wears a goatee and
breechis that's a man, by a' iotrg ways) -
Folder out her counsels ; never do a thing
that wrll make you ashamed to -meet her
in heaven. Why, boys, I never done a
bad thing but I heard nry rrVother's" voice
reprovin' me ; and i nevef done a good
ihing and made a good ..move," but Jt've
seemed to hear her say, that's rrghtack,'
and that has been the best of all. Nothin'
tike a mother, boys ; nothing like a m-otb-et
that's s.' ' '
All this had passed' while waging to
wood, just out o Chicago The great man
was swelling with emotions called up from
tne dark shadows of the past his big
rough frame heaved 'ike a greai brllow
upon the ocean. Tears sprang to his deep
set and earnest eyes they swelled to the
brim and swam round asking f to b let
Ml as tributes lo his mother's ' memory
tributes to the love of the ' past,
choked them down, and i. ommg
tr"!ti1 ha
a 8nateb
ol an old ballad, htbrtts: his hands down
into his pockets, walked back to the end
of the car, pulled the gigantic collar of his
shaggy coat up'Bround Iris ears, buttoned
it close, and leaned back against the win
dow in silence. ' - -u ' ' l
The cars rattled on. What a ' mind was
there; what a giant intellect, sleeping, bu
ried away from light and use ess by 4 tub
nish of prejudice, habit and custom duing
but half work for want of cultcre.
aA mute inglorious, Milton," or father
Webster, going about the world, struggling
with his own so ilt yet bound by cbanrs of
ignorance, which precluded '.Ins doing but
a moiety of thf goo.d it lay tn'fcis power to
dO. ... ....- , ' 5 ..
All the way through our long, tedious
journey,: he had been ever on the watch
io no good He gave up , his seat ,4jr tbe
fire to an Irish woman and her child, and
took one further back; soon a jroungigir!
seated herself .by bis A side as the ? night
hours wore on, and she nodded wearily, he
rose, spread his beautiful-Jeopard skin-with
its soft, rich lin'tngoa lh,a seaty iqafle a pil-
i;w of hfs carpel-bag and insisted that she
should lie down and sleep. "
What will y--u dot" said she, naively.
'Never miid me I can stand up and
sleep like a buffalo ;" I'm used ip it That's
A little boy, pulled tip' from i?inf nap,
to give place to incomers, ' wastecifie'd
and made -happy by "a haridful of chestnuts
and a glowing bit of candy out ojWe
big man's pocket." - When he left the'cVts
for refreshment, he brought back bishah&J
full of pies, and distributed them among a
weary group. A motbeir and even little
chiliiren, the el lest not twelve years 'old,
whose husband and father left ihe cars at
every stopping place, and returned more
stupid and beastly each time, scolding the
little tired restless ones with thick tongue,
and glaring his furious redeyes upon the
poor grieved victim of a wife, like a tiger
"upon its prey, -because she did not keep
her you ortes Btilf ;' 'they would' disturb
everybody .'' No bite of refreshment no ex
hilarating drabght, no rest from 'tht fat
ernes bby, eauWtarHef air thd"16V.'rJ1grBTv
save-when the big man "stretched out bis
great hands and took 6erf baby bay for" an
hour, and let hint play witb 'tois splerMjd
watch to keep him quiet."
- I'll give yer a thousand dollars for4 him,'
said he, as he banded - him back to her
arms.
'You may have the whole lot fef jfrat,'
answered tbe drunken father with aSWtfie
like srunL
It's a bargain,' said the big man, "pro
vidin' the mother's willin.' ,
sIndade, sir, it's Hdt bne of the pan be
had forinoney,' was the quiet determined
response tf the rftdt tier's heart.
How kindly' he helped her off the cars,
when; at the break of day, they came to
their journeys "n-J.
Thus all night he had been attracting the
attention of the waking ones in the cars. i
But his kindness and rough politeness
wDuld .s on have been forgotten by the
mass of the passengers, bad he not stamp
ed it upon our memories with his gold.
- '1 wonder who he ts,' nnd where "did he
get in?- 'What an interesting character".'
"Education, would spoil him." 41 What
rich furs I" "Did you ndtice what a splen
did watch he carries ?' ''He's some great
man incog." . - ' m"'
Such were a few of the queries that pas
sed from lip to lip. , But there came no an
swer; for he, who alone could have an
swered, sat crouched in-his fur coat, seem
ing, uncofisctous of all but' his owa" deep
thoughts. vU :-: ' . ;. - .
."Chicago I!' shoured Ihe' hrakeman and
in an inst ht all was confusion, and' our he
ro afl lost in the crowds .TJie "oexU e
saw ofjbffn. was a. the JbagggJi sund,
looking 4i p a b.md-bo for a sweet looking
country girl, who was going to learn the
milliner's trade in the city. As we passed
to our carriage, we discovered him again,
holding an old mtn by the hand, while he
grasped tbe shoulder of the conductor Of
another train with the other, getting for
the gray-haireJ sire the 'right information
as to the route he should take to get to
his darter, who lived near . Muscatine,
Iowa." :. t,i. f ..K. ''
"God bless him for his go6d deeds I"
was our earnest . aspiration, as he whirled
round the corner.. May his shadow never
grow less, or the gold in his "packet dimin
ish, for in his unnumbered charities and
mercies dropped so unostentatiously here
and there, he is perhaps doing more good
in his day and generation, than be who do
nates his thousands to build charitable in
stitutions, to give honor to his own name.
Oh how much the wotld needs great
hearts that are able to comprehend, little
things and yet how often it happens that
i h? learned, the wise and 4he rich, Outgrow
the evefy-day wants of'" humanity, and
feeling within themselves" the power to
move mighli'y pass by the humble duties
that would make a thousand hearts lcafj
for joy and push on, looking foT sdme
wrong right, Some great -sorrow to be
sjothed, some giant tfork to be ac omplish
ed; and fuilmg to find the gTtt work, live
and die, incarcerated in their own selfish
ness and do nothing at all. M T .
This rough man's nattf re, seemed the
nature of theirttle child. His quick eye
saw at a glance ; hfs great heart warm
ed and his great hand executed his Jiu
tie, works of charity so email that one
would have expected lo see: them slip
between his giant fingers-unaccomplished,
yet they were' done. .The "angel
over the right shoulder'' willhavea lon
ger c&Uim'n to set down' to his account
of deeds welt done, than "all the rest of
LJhe passe'ugers of that crowdetf car, , on
mat long, teaious,- stormy mgnr, in jan
uaiy, 1856?.
, .. SLAVERY IN ILLINOIS.
The Walloon- (Illinois) Qazette,- edited
by D, 3. Van Deren,- (formerly whiff, now
."national" pro-slavery,) bus. unfurls the
banner of the re fistubhshment of slavery in
Illinois. J'be Capitals are-, the Gazette's
own: ' r 4 t, -v-
With the growing tendaricy to negro
equality-in our State, it is now a subject of
serious consideration to tbeT people, of Jlli
nois, wether they , will extend, to .negroes
political and social equality, and. continue
to let. them pour into the State, or . whether
they.wKI at once declare as a measure ol
setf deferfceand polfcy, in favor of the RE
ESTAULISEMfclNT OF SLAVERY tN
THE STATE ;tt may be to some of you
a st-trthngues5tfon,b-.jt it is always a mat
ter of discretion to determine between two
propositions. You have beforeyoua negro
equality in all its forms and bearings, and
the mildest possible form of negro slavery.
VVhich' wTlf you take? ' Yod have seen how
powerless your 'black laws' have proven to
be.' Some othr coarse must be taken 'If
we are to have the 'African jace:. amongst
us, let us have them slaves, wett fed.-welt
clad, but kept in their proper sphere, Hnd
I all the irivile wnsisterrTwith
al wants; and tie safetro welk
allowed
their re
being of our own race.
"Aa a philanthropist and a friend to tbe
whole human family, we gjcatly prefer tbe
laUe.' . . . I":" -
DKATH OF GUN. RUSK. -The
followingi from the Kacogdoclies
Chronicle; Eitra, of the 30th ult, tells
therrielanclioly tale: i
Grew Rusk is Dead.--A great ca
lamity has befallen the State ot Texas.
One of hea most distinguished and nh-?
blest sOnS haS fallen; Thomas J. Rusk
is no more; ' m! "
A gloom hangs over our people a
mystery thus far is connected with the
flatter. We. can only give the facts
fnd trJourrj the ad stroke which has"
thus deprived Texas a rid the South of
a valued and Useful champion.
Gen. Rusk hasV ever since the death
of his lady, suffered under a mental dc
pressiony which at times bore hjm down
beneath ; xts weight. ( ileAas, to a great
extent,' secluded jvimielt from ' sdciety,
and lately that desponden&y , has been
mace marked and appareutO thbfee fam-
wh leh he .was just recovetihg, had ipros
t ra ted him for weeks; and, he was -xstrf-fering
- greatly- from a rising upon the
back of his neck:
. Ott yesterday evening about 2 o'clock
his family, hearing the report of a gun,
and the - fall of a body ran to the spot,
and found - him lying dead, upon the
ground, behind the" gallery at the back
of the house, with a rifle under him.
A coroner's jnry was 'summoned from
.vsfcpse verdict we extract the follow-
mg:
"The cause of his death was a gun
shot (rifle) wound on the fore part of
the headr inflicted from a' rifle gun held
in his own hands, and ; discharged by
himself." . sf' :
No further clue can be' given to this
mystery. No papers or writings' of the
same day have been found, except a let
ter addressed . to a gentlemaq in New
Orleansj ordering a tombstone for his
wife, 4wiib this inscript.iou i -t - ;
"Blessed are . the pure in heart for
they shall see God.",
Let the. people tiiburn ihe loss of a
man whbj on the field of battle and in
the councils of the State and nation, has
proved himself to be worthy the proud
place a I ready. accorded him itvthe affec
tions of the people. .'I-1
The New Orleans Picayune gives
the following sketch :
A duplicate of this extra senVris by- a
correspondent-ir Nacogdoches - contains
the following hasty postscript: " -
"An inveirtary of all his property was
found in a portfolio, and the value :of
the same divided by the number of his
children He was buried thrs evening
with. masowa honors. tAn obnnary ad
dfeS3 was aelilrered by the Hon. Ws
uciimret;, which win appear in me nexpi
UbTouicle, along with the lull evidence
in the matter. ,
TheSe comprise all ftie circumst antes
that have reached as of Gerf. Rusk's
death. They betoken "preroeditafion.
and show a disturbed and disdordered
condition of mind. Great indeed must
have been the affliction, and sore the tri
als, which could drive into such a state
of despair a man of heart so brave and
nderstandtng so solid, and temper so
serene, as were those of Senator Rusk.
We have not at hand materials for an
extended notice of his life and career.4
These will doubtless be fitly commem
orated by those who have access-to au
thentic documents, and it Js not likely
that a name which has grown up so
steadily into suchTwide and. well meri
ted popularity, ? and was increasing in
greatness and influence, will be permit
ted to fade away for the wanfof a rec
ord; ' - -
Ve may, hdwever, statem brief, from
memory, that Senator Rusk was a na
tiv etf . Soiftht'Carblina, and, "ah early'
emigfanf to Texaa. He was i .(he re he
fore independence aud was one of the
early patriots who t66k up arms to resist
theMexican oppressions. , He held the
rank of Ool. in the fevolut3nary army,
and on die dechiratidrrof inrdependence,
and the organisation of the Republic
of Texas, was the -first. Secretary of
War. Hrs energy in the management
of that department was of infinite value
to the cause of thehew 'State,"and is
spoken of in' the 'highest terms of eulogy,-
by men of all parties,' who were en
gaged in the great xonflictaed; St must
be noted that there fs no theme uon
which parfi2anshfp has been more fier
cely manifested than the history of the
Texas revolution. All men, of afl sides,
however,- have fionceeded the most un
fliuchhig courage and patriotism, and,
the most Jealous and successful labors,
o Geuefal Rusk . , -. , .
He Wa wiui the army af San Jacin
to,' and Houston' opponents aver that
to Ruskfs due; the greater credit as the
hero. of the day; Jte that as it may, his
fame continued to grow, unusually by
reproach. He had subsequently tem-
poraryi commaoJU vi me arnry, iroiu
which? he was transferred to a seat In
the, Cabinet of Presilent Houston:
The place he resigned an order to at
tend Whis private affairs, but was not
lohjg permitted; t to . remain ! in retire
ment. 1 He "was called out to , sup
press theTtfexican revolt at Nacogdoch
es in 183Sj leit a regiment from Jiast-
l ern lexas against ,, tne tjneioiceesi m
1839. ln . .1843, whea the law was
passed for the protection, of the t.Westem
- froiieSo.osajot
General iot speoal purpose, it was
vetoed by the Fresideotjuj ndconsutu
tional, because the command eft he array
was made "independent of the i Execu
tive. The Legislature passed the1 law
..St- - iO. . 'XL - . ' .J
over the vetoi and elected Geu. Rusk to
the high officfe. ,
On the anuexatidn ef Texas to the
United. States and her; admission into
the Union, Gen. Rusk was chosen one
of the first Senators; and in the drawing
for v Jerms, with his colleague, Gen.
Houston, he drew the long teTm,which
expired in 1851. He was re-elected
uar nimously, wejbelieve and has been
just re-elected'again, without opposition.
for a third term.
Wharhasbeen Geri. Rusk's career in
the Senate, is welkknown to the whole
country. It has not been marked by
detached acts of high statesmanship, or
by "brilliant oratory on special occasions,
so much as by steady " performance of
his whole duty on all occasions, with'an
ability fully tip to the mark, and a di
rectness and integrity of purpose, which
won for ' him frequent ndmiration and
iaitfersal cojfi4etice. la the Senate. of.
fher-tfnneuV -S'Sws nhire fwur oeeri tm
Senator, for yearsito whom , more uii--swerving
respect was paid on all sides,'
for the. solidity of his judgment, the pur
ity of his patriotism, and the strength of
will and of capacity, with which he ad
hered to- his convictions. He was a
trOsted leader of his own party one
they delighted to honor yet its adversa
ries honored him, and never vented
upon him the reproaches which they
heaped upon his party. '
. He was Southern born true tohis
section, and even fiery in the zeai with
which he resented and repelled aggres
sions upon the rights of the South, yet
he labored with energy, with hope and
with faith, for the preservation of the
Unions ;-' : ''' ": -'' :""
There has been, indeed, a grovring
conviction, throughout the Southwest,
aad not confined to thatrcgiou, but
widely Spread in other sections, that in
the troublotis times for our country,
which are apprehended to be so nigh.
we might find a capable, wise, - bra veA
and holiest leader in Thomas J. RuskT
We knhw that during the late Presiden
tial contest when It was doubtful wheth
er a union of. conservative forces could
be 'effected on. any man , strong enongli.
to defeat the combination which .at last
centred about Fremont there Jvas ma
ny "an anxious thought ; turned upon
Rusk as the matn for the times j and iu
leadership for the coming struggle his
name had already begun to present the
riucluesbf a powerful organization.
These hopes are suddenly darkened,
The strong mind is shattered; the strong
heart has been broken. "Some fatal
grief, inscrutable in fts workings, crush
ing out hope, has driven to the despe
We refuge of suicide: one: in whom the
heroic hue
qualities were so manifest that
the world would have invited him to
grapple' with Jhe deadliest foes without
fear that he would give back an inch.
Alas Pfor the weakness of human na
ture, even iti the str0ingest--for the un
certainty of all human calculations and
the falibility of human judgment that
the friends who so much admired him,
and had such brilliant hopes for him,
should gather round ' his new-made
grave and while they miugle-their tears
for his loss, crave charity for the mad
ness wich wrecked his brain, and drove
hmi to self-destrucfteri.
GEN.
JACKSON'S GOLD J50X.- LETTER
FROM COLONEL fjfJTLEIf. , , ,
, Dunboyi, Li.,' July 25, 1857,
As a misunderstanding seems to ex
ist in regard to certain bequests of my
lamented and veuerafed -friend; Gen:
Andrew Jackson, and particularly as
to the character of the box presented to
him by the' people of New , York, and
now to be awarded to the .most gallant
of life sons"of that great State, 1 trust it
will not. be deemed obtrusive in me to
attenfpt "to vindicate the truth of histo
ryt,byv, the statement of- certain f acts
within my knowledge. - .
The box referred to is not a snuff box,
but a massive - gold boar!. ; designed to
convey to the. illustrious tenant of the
Hermitaee the complimentary vote of
the freedom of the otty of New York,
and was entrusted to the hands' of my
late friend. Mr. David C. ColdeuV of
that city, who wasthe bearer of intrc
ductory. letters from myself, then a ca
det at West Point
1 There are moreover, the service of
plate preserjtea to tne oia nero oy tne
ladies bf Charleston," abd'the picttire
representing the gallant Poinsett flaunt -ingthe
glorious StarBand "stirpes in'de
fiance of a Mexican mob. " " w
f Feeding an especial interest in the ap
propriation of these f aided and valuable
relics, early1 fn the last year I wrote to
Senator Slfd elf, "requesting him'to call
the attention of my lamented friend
Senator Bntler to the fact that they were
awaiting the action of the State of South J
Carolina j and thejatter replied : "Just
at the c ose of our Jegislature, I brought
to the Triew "of Governor "Adams the
clause of'Geri. 7acksbn's fll, to which
my attention bad been called' by Mr,
Slidell.- Sotrie proceeding will Deinftt
tnted to carry into effect the honorable
bequest of the General. He manifested
a paternal spirit - to his native, State,
well worthy of commendation It will
be difficult, however to carry into effect
the clause of the'1 will referred to."
- i v Rf O. W. BUTLER.
i Upon the reading of the Declaration of
(ndepjeodeuce at Syracuse, New York, by
a citizerr of that pikce, a gentleman . from
the rural districts madethisconStnent;
Oh, Be read it itfeU enoo h,biit m darned
if 1 believe he erefwrote it!
GEOlttJE MYKRS,
W1I0LES1LE ASD EtTAIL CRUCEB ,
Keeps constantly on hand, Hint. 7 eat Iiquor
Provisions, H ood and IVUlous War, 'rilt
Confectionaries,f-c. South Front street, '
How. IS, 1855. ' - - - 109.
iDlMS, BROTHER & CO.,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
WILSHNQTON, if. C.
July 23. - '5S
STOKLEY"&, dl-DIIAM, f
GROCERS
AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
WILMINGTON, sr. C.
Liberal Cash advances made on Flour, Cotton,
and Naval Stores consigned to then.
Aug. Iti. - 65 Ijri
"AS. C. SMITH. i MILES COSTfN.
JAS. C. SMITH fc CO.,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
Ntf. 2, SOUTH WATER STREET,
- . ; WILMINGTON, N. C. f-
April 26. - 13-lv
ra itit feai5 " tj. ro-fTs a .3 r."'J.' ci m e a a s ji
DOfctNER, POTTER & CO.
COMMISSION
'JEW
April 30, 1855.
MERCHANTS,
YO R K . " ' '
: '::' - 20-lV.
GEO. W. DAVIS:'!
CO MM I SSI 0 N m E i! fJ ANT,
SOUTH WATER STREET, "
Jan. 22.
-132..
- HENRY BURRHIMEft
SIOTOP THE INDIAN CHIEF"
MARKET STREET e door above Water
Wilmington, V. C.
N. B. All Orders filled icilA despatch.
Oct. 26th. 1355 .. 93-tAw-c.
L. N. BARLOW,
WHOLESALE &T RETAIL GROCER,
LIQUOns' WINES AL.BPORTER: fe.
So. 3. QranUe How, Front Street, -WILMINGTON,
N. C.
Feb, 17th, IP5S. - 140-tf.
tJ&l: '
BASKETS.
AT7K have a large lot ot Baskets ef various sizes
and styles. foreaieD'
Dec. IB.
W. H. OeNE.ALK.
EMPTY BARRELS. &
PRIME quality second hand Spirit
Barrels jusl received. For sale bv -
AbAMS, BRO,& ICO.
300
Juljrl
SPIRIT BARRELS.
-f OX PRIME oualitv second runtl spirit bar
I rels, jttst received f orri Boston, and for
sale by-
.ADAMS,
BRO & CO.
June 25 1357 No 43.
i
" THE CONGRESS HAT.";
ANOTHER case received- this morning. Call
at the Emporium, 34 Market street.
May 21. CHAS.J). RIVERS.
. UMBRELLAS; -
AT RE DUCK IT PRICES. A larae assortment
otevery size, color and quaiity, at the Empo
rium, 34 Market street. -July
11 th. CHAS. D.MTERS.
7 RE3I0VAL. "T""
OIMON
B. KAHN'WEILEP will remove his
ODr
ry Goods and Millinery .Siock and Business
from his present stand to the CORNER STORE
NEXT DOOR, on the 1st August, whrre hewai
soon opn an entirely new slock MILLINERY,
and i) lv i uuuu-n
August 6ih, 165f.
60-2m
W. L.. PITiTS,
ATJCTIOTffBBIlr
STOCK. REAL ESTATti AMD PRO
DUCE BROKERS, .
....... . WII.M1NC5TON, S. C.r
Punctual a tlrntion given to the purchase and sale of
Real Estate, Slo'ccs, ana olher Securities
bought and sold' on Commission.
Will attend o sales by Auction of Reaf Estate
or Manufacturing property in-any part of the
County of State or to Uc sale of Stocks, of Mer
chandise in Stores or Furniture in Houses in this
town. i .
May 26. , t S-tf
CANDIES!
- 5
FRESH arrivals pr Express this morning, a
large and varied assortment of that del icious
Candy at the Broadway Satiety Store, 'No. 40
Market st. ; JrVM.H. DeNEALE.
July 30.
w NATIONAL POLICE GAZETTE.
This Great iournal of Crime and Criminals is
in the Twelfth Year, and 13 widely circnlated
throughout the country.' It contains all the Great
Trials. Criminal Cases, and appropriate Editorials
ton the same, together with information on Criminal
fu . . i r .. ,n n n .. Hawan4nA
ijgjT Subscription, $2, per Arrhum $1, for Six
Months, to be remitted, by Subscribers, (who
should write their names and the town, county
and sisrte" where they reside plainly,)
To R." A. SEYMOUR,
Editor & Proprietor of tji '
' National Police-Gazette,
Kay 1 New York City. '
HAY, &c. r
nn BALESHATt ,
"Uw 25,000 Laths; 6 Frkins Barter. Just re
ceived" per Brig Trium'phr and for sle by
Jalv7.
A AMV BRO. t CO.
WINES AND LIQUORS.
WB invite, tlus atteaitiori 6'f oar
Friends and -Patfooa to the bes
seiecuun of Wines and Uicjuors ever onered is
this market, consisting of
; Crescent Brandy, Vintage 1S1J, Pale andi DarV.
Otard. Duptry & Co.'s Brandy,
Old Cognac . f.
: S. Branson A Co.'u dff
CastiMoa ck Co.'s do. A
Pure old Port Wine, ' ,
-Duff, Gordon, Pale, Sherry, old Madeira and
Mirscat Wine, f-'
Malaga Wine,
Old SeappernoBg Wine, f
' Holland Ufa.
: Old Tom Gin extr
' Woolf-s Schiedam ocnoapp
Cherry Brandy,
Old Peach Brandy,
" Apple do.
" Bourbon Whiskey,
" Rye do
" Iriab and Scotch Whiskey, .
Blackberry Brandy, : ...
- Sic. Madeira Wine,
Perfect Love Cordial,
A0ned Cordials, in bollie, z
Every variety of bottled Wines and Liquors.
Clarets of , various brands at wholesale price
Maraschino Caracaa, 1
Hosieller'a Stomach Bit f era, : t
Aromatic .do. do
' GInr Wfne.'&e. fte. Al" low prices fol
CASH. At theoiieinalJirj-ar j.
; A ntllJf,. . GEO- MYER'S.
TURK'S ISLAND SALT.
i tfr RTJSnRr.S. Far aale
4il,WUVf in .3. C SMITil ol CO.
July sa
BALTIMORE LOCK HOSPITAL.
Dili JOHNSTON,
THE founder of this Celebrated. Institution cf
ftr the m-st certain, Spendy and only eUect u
ai remedy in the world lor
SECRET DISEASES.
Gleets, Stricture, Seminal Weakness, Paica in
the Loins, Constitutional Debility, Impotency,
Weakness of the Back and Limoa, Affections of
the Kidneys, Palpitation of the Heart, Dysnecsia,
.Nervous Irritabi.itjr, Disease of the Head, Throat
Noa or Skin ; those serious and melauchoi disor
dersa rising from the destructive habits of Youth,
which destroy both body and mind. TTicse secret
and solitary practlcea more fatal to their vietio a
than the song of the Syrens to the mariners cf
Ulysses, blighting their most brilliant hopes or an
ticipations, rendering marn'spe.dtc, impossible.
- YOUNG MEN.
Especially, who have become the victims of Solita
ry Vice, that dreadful and destructive habit which
annually aweepstoan untimely g rave thousands of
young men of the most exalted talents and briilia n t
intellect, who might otherwise have entranced lit
teniiig Senates with the thunders of eloquence, or
waked to ecstacy the livihglyte, may call with full
confidence. -
MARRIAGE.
Married' persons, or Young Men, eontemplaun'
marriage, being awareof Physical WeakBMa. Or.
1 ajanif .1 tPbiUty, Deformities, Ae.,ahovW Itnmedi-
atety consult Li. J., and be lestored to perfect
health.-. ,.v . . - , ,
Ife who places himself underthecareof Dr. John
ston may religiously confide in hie honor as a gen
tleman, and confidently rely Upon hisskill as a phy
sician. .
Da. Johnston is the only retiilaHy Eductfd
Physician advertising to eure Private Complaints.
Hi remedies and treatment are entirely unknown
toaJI others. Prepared from a life spent in the
Great Hospitals of Europe and the First in this
Country, vixr England, France, the Blockley ot
Philadelphia, f-c, and a more extensive practice
than any olher physician in the world. His many
wonderful cures and most important Surgiral Op
erations is a sufficient guarantee to the afflicted.
Thoie who wish to bt speedily and effectually reliev
ed. should shun the numerous trifling imposters,Yiho
Only ruin their health, and apply to him.
A CURE WARRANTED OK NO CHARGE.
No Mercury or Nauseous Drugs Used
OFFICE,. No. 7,. SOUTH FREDERICK St.,
left hand side going from Baltimore street, a few
doors from the corner. Fail not to observe his
name and number, for ignorant trifling Importers,
attracted by the reputation of Dr. Johnston. lurk
near.
dr: Johnston:
Memberofrh nnirnTt.iAr:i,.n... t j
graduatefrom one of tbe most eminent Colleges I of
the United Stun iK. n.n. . .Ti.A..
life has been spent in the Hospitals ol London, Par
is, Philadelphia. and elsewhere, has effected soims
Many troubled with ringing in the ear and- head
v hen asleep, great nervotifnsss, being alarmed sc
suaaen sounaa, ana oasntntness. with frequent
blushing, attended soffietifnes with derangement of
mind, were cured immediately. -i -- -r
A CERTAIN DISEASM.
Wrhen the misguided and imprudent votary of
pleasure finds he has . imbibed the seeds of thus
painful disease, it too often happens that anill-tim- ,
ed sense pf shams, or dread of discovery, deters ,
him from applying to thoae who, irom education
and respectability, can alone befriend him, delay
ing lill the constitutional fymptorna of this horrid
disease make their appearance, such at ulcerated
sore throat. diseased nosi, noctural paina in the
head and limbs, dimness of sight, deafness, nodes
on the shin bones and arms, blotches on the head,
face and extremities, progressing with frightful ra
pidity, till at last the palate of the mouth et the
bonesof the nose fall in. and the victim of this
awful disease becomes a horrid object of comhiis
seratton, till death puts a period to his dreadful Bufj
ferings, by sending him to ihstt bourne fron
whence no traveller returns." To each therefore
Dr. Johnston pledges himself to preserve the-saost
inviolable secrecy; and, from his extensive prae-
tir-e in the first Hospitals of Europe and America,
hcann eonSJ-nity recommend a safe and speedy
cure to the unfortunate victim of this horrid dis
ease. It is a melancholy fact, that thousands fall
victims to this.drcadfuwmplaini, owing tottieun
skilf illness of i?noranVretf riders, who, by the use
of that deadly poison, mercory, ruin the constitu
tion, and either et-nd the unfortunate sufferer to an
untimely grave, or else make the residue of life mis
erable. - . -': .
TAKE PARTICULAR NOTICE.
Dr. J. addresses all those who haveinjured them
selves by private and improper indulgences.
These are some of the sad and melancholy ef
fect a, produced by early habits of youth, viz:
Weakness of the Back and Limbs, Paina In th
Head, Dimness of Sight, Loss of Muscular Pow
er, Palpitation pf the Heaft, Dyspepsy, Nervous
irritability Derangement ,6f the Digestive Func
tions, General Debility; Symptoms ofConeump.
tion.&c. ..:
Mentally. The fearful effects en the fnind arr
much to be dreaded ; Loss ol Memory, Confusion
of Ideas, Depression of Spirits, Evil Forebodings.
Aversion of Society; Self Distrust, Love of Soli
tude,TimidIty,e..ara some of tbe evils nrndnrrH
t Thousands of persons of a 11 ages, can now jndjre
inumui,iauw 01 ineir uecitning neattn. loos
ing their vior. becoming weak, paJe and emacia
ted, have a singular appearance at6ut the eyes
cough and symptoms of consumption. - '
DR. JOHNSTON'S INVIGORATING REME
DY FOR ORGANIC WEAKNESS.
By this grea t and important remedy weakness o
the organs are speedily curefla nd full vigor rearored.
Thousands of the most Aervpus and Debilitated
individuals who had loat all hope, have been Imme
diately relieved. All impediments to MARRIAGE
f Physical or Mental Disqualifications, Nervous Ir
I ritabilitv Tremblings and Weakness, or exhaustion
01 me oiosi leanui una, speeaUy cured by Dr
Johnston. ,t ,
foung men who have injured themselves by a
certain practice' indulged in when alone a habit
frequently learned from evil companions, or at
school, the effects of which are nightly felt, even
when asleep, and Jf not card, renders marriage
impossible r.d destroys bolt mind a&dbod.should
apply immediately.
What a pity that a young man, the hope of his
country,, and the darling of his parents, should be
snatched from a!) prospects and enjoyments of life,
by the consequences of deviating from the path of
nature, and indulging in a certain secret habit.
Such persons, before contemplating-
MARRIAGE.
Shoufd reflect that a sound mind and body are the
most necessary requisites to promote connubial
happiness. Indeed, without these, the journey
through life become J a weary pilgrimage; the pros
pect hourly darkens" to ihe vleW; the mind becomes
shadowed with despair and filled with the melan
choly reflection that the happineTSTjf aholber trT
comes blighted with ou rown.
OFFICE NO. 7 SOUTH FREDERICK-ST..:
. ' - Baltimore, Md.
AH Surgical Operations Performed.
N. B- tet no false delicacy prevent you, but
apply immediately either personally or 5 leucr.
Skin : niseatea Speedily CftretL,
j ' TO STRANGERS. , -
Tlie many thousinds cured it this inatitalion with
in the last ten years, and the numerous impor
tant Surgical Operations performed by Dr. J.. wit
nessed by the Reporters of the papers, .and many
other persons, notices of which have sppearedseain '
and again before the public,' besides his standing
as a "entleroanof characterand responsibility g
sufficient guarantee to the affTiried
TAKE NOTICE,
, It is wUh the mates rvloetaneetbat tit. JOll "
permits his erd to appear before the r uUiceetntD it,
onprofewiotml for phycia to advertise, btrt vntaaa h
did so. tbe fnictJ. efpeeiaily strangers eoold aoOfatl to
fall into tbe bands of the many impatient asd vtth rntit A
Importer, with ttinmnembla jFalsg Kffs apdnn.biix'd
Qnaeksbopa, mrmmc these lartre cities, eopyin Dr.
Jroi adveniniDts advrrtSnns; tbeisTaali mm
phycin.!HltTtehaJITw4nuBed feCowa. to bury to
wofi at their oriariaa! trad: witk earrtofdeaa beynndi
the brote, who. for the pnrpoaa of Kntteimr and Daeeiv.
Irur, carry on fiva or atx office", mder aa sdSkj diflam
h! Sunn, so that the afflict ad BXt - t 1 WfTf'f
one. la smre to tarabla besdracn iaro the otnrr. Isuovan
Qaacka wttb eaorniaua fyioa; certisaatea of treat aad a
tonishtnz eurea front perron not to be found, who kwp
yora takinr iam bottlrs of IeoaiCB Wstsb and atb.r
packans of filthy and worthless compounds, eanntngly
prepared to impose rprm tbe vnfertonate and VTmuspert
Ine. Triftinsr month irer month, or as leos; aa tba stralU
est fee eaa be obtained, and, in despair, leaves yoasrttls,
ruined health, to sirh aver yoar srailinar auspaootarB.
It lattifa motive tbaftadaeea Ir. J. to sdvrrtfse. rem
a iu can eras vow. To those aaaeqaaiated wrt Ma
reputation, he deeroaU Deeesaary tossvthatbia eredan
tials or dtn'omasajwavs tan In b' ofrir. "
NO LETTERS RECEIVED fOST-PAip
and eontalBinr a Ftsran to t sed for tbe T'T- rr- .
sons wriUeur aboaid atata Aa send tba P f
advertisement describing yX0Ftu9' .: t-y'. .
J an. . - - - - ? -