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MISCELLANY.
A VENERABLE JUDGE.
The Fayetteville "Oba-efTer furrjiahea
us with the annexed notice of tbe renera
ble Henry Potter, United Slates Judge for
the District of North Carolina," an office
which be has filled with dignity, integrity,
and ability for fifty-five years, and which,
at the great age of ninety-one, he 8 til I sur
vives to fill to the universal satisfaction and
respect of tbe community in which' he re
sides. The memorials of a man so aged
and so estimable must posses iotefest for all
thoughtful persons ; but, forourselves, they
have a peculiar interest from the personal
relations which it has been our pleasure to
sustain and cherish with hfra almost since
our bo3'ho-d. . He is now, perhaps, the old
est surviving subscriber to the National ln
telligencer -for which he remitted payment
not long since for bis fifty fifth year.- s "
National Intelligencer!'
It is pleasant to withdraw, from the bus
tle and excitement, cares anxieties of the
present day, to converse with an inielllgenji
chronicler of the past one who has oulliv
ed the cotnp ntons of youth and the asso
ciates even of old age, and yet retains a
sprightly Intellect, active habits, and a
buoyant flow of spirits that ought to shame
the tendency to ennui that exhibits itself so
strongly among the young men. '. ...
A debire to learn something of the past
induced us to visit Chelsea, th residence
of the Hon- Hnry Potter, where we found
him under Ihe foliage of Jiis own oaks 'en
flying the "olizm cum dignilaWl of a long
and well epent life, . surrounded by lh'.t?
who kindly minister to bis wants and anii-
cipaie his every wih. . ; r.s , ,
' The venerable Judge was born in Gran
ville county, in this State, in 1765, and is
consequently in hi ntaery-second year. Tn
1801 he was appointed by Thomas Jefier
son Judge of the United Stales District
Court for the Slale of North Carolina.' The
duties of this responsible office Ire hem now
discharged for a period of fifty-six yearsin
conjunction with Chief, Justice Marshall,
Judge Daniel, and Judge Wayne.
Judge Pottrr was ten years old when the
. national Declaration of Independence" was
made, and remembers the stirring times of
our Revolutionary struggle; was present
and heard Gen. Washington deliver his
. first nyssaga to the Congress of the United
Stales that convened in Philadelphia after
his election J describes his enunciation as
being clear and distinct, but states-trrat his
voice did not seem to possess great-volume
or strength. : . " -
At one of Washington's levees he was
introduced to the General as from North
Carolina, when the President, in an affable
manner, made inquiries concerning that
State, to which he responded. "On retiring
r be bowed, which the General returning, be
bowed again, and soon discovered that it
was a point of etiquette with Washington
to give the last bow.
On the occasion a ball was given, which
Washington and Vice President Adams
honored with their presence, though neith
er participated in the dance. On their en
trance the crowd formed right and left, and
made space for them to march to tbe upper
end of the hall, where seats were provided
for them ; but it was difficult to "keep 'he
crow-i from falling in after the tall form of
Vni.t.igion, and thus separating tbe short
chunky "Adams from bis Chief.
About that' period of his life the' Judge
spent two-and-a-half years in Philadelphia,
end was familiar with the presence of Ham
ikon, Madison, Adams, Jefferson, Richard
Henry Lee, Anthony Wayne, Chas.'" Car.
roll, of Carpllton, Pinckney, ' Randolph,
Rufus King, and a host of. others, whose
names will be revered by the American peo?
jple through nil time. At subsequent peri
tidi he has met and heard mosof the dis
tinguished men of the country apeuk either
jo Congress oral the bar, nd his descrip
tions of them are lively and interesting' in
the extreme. " '. .;'',
Of Chief Justice Marshall, with whom
he was so long associated on the bench, he
expresses those frerings of friendship and
admiration which his p:irejfife was so well
calculate.! to excite., Madison's' voico he
.describes as feeble, but states that wbenv.
et he spoke the audience maintained the
ilenee of the grave, so that all he said was
distinctly heard. u,f'-':rn
Qthe Fathers of the Revolution .in N.
V moils l-" remerabers to have onco seen-
Richd. Caiwell on horseback, and , knew
well Jttrlffn' IrrAfH dnVfrnnr Jrthnstnn
r4ash, Bur(QSpeigr)t, Ashe, Da vie, and all
who have sjnee presided over the State.
With the 7udiciary and Bar of North
Carolina no other man has been so familiar;
for during 'he fifty-six years be has presi
ded in the Unitel States District and Cir
cuit Court he pre-eminet talent of the bar
b as appeared before him, as young men
have acquired , fame and -distinction, and
become old and descended to tire grave be
fore bim, as in he case o( Henderson, Gam
erpn, Daniel, Moore, .Gaston, Too'mer
Meares, Eccles, Henry,1 Hay wood, Duffy,
and JStrange. .w, i.t-- ?'.:;-.
After an hour or two spent wkh the ven
erable Judge we took our leave,, wishing
that be might long-remain our Ideal in
habitant, and the oldest official in tbe ad
ministration of the laws, under which we
live..:.' ,' i -h.,-, "
v On leaving the hospitable Judge Potter
we could not help fueling that we "left be
hind us one who in many respects was a
remarkable man, one around whom cluster
an association of ideas such as is rarely
presented in the history of one individual.
He was born a subject of George tbe
Third, bui, on tbe success of our . Revolu
tion, became his equal. He witnessed the
descent of three of the sovereigns of Eng.
land to the grave; lived during a period
that Dr. Johnson',' the .great English mor
alist, was a Jaw unto himself and the world
on literary topics; read the la s of Gold
smith and the tales of Richardson as they
Were issued ; beheld the stars of Burns,
Ramsey, Hume, Gibbon, Robertson, Moore,
Byron, Jeffrey, and Scott culminate and
decline. He lived at a period whe Wal
pole was in hrs zenith, and saw bim in turn
displaced by Pitt, and was an anxious rea
der of ali bis forensic efforts", elicited by tbe
combined powers of t ox, uurke, and Sher
idan. : ' f ''".'
In France .he has outlived the fall, and
rise of the Bourbon dynasty, and on its
ruins has witnessed the rise and fait, of the
Orleans dynasty, and the rise and fall and
rise again of the Bonaparte family., ; - -
At home he was old enaugh to remem
ber the Declaration of Independence, to
bear the first gun fired in the ' Revolution,
Tit aQDiof In ft Vi a IXimbi nfinn n a ir f rr ti
s .hsjbiiwb in saAw wt w ii v is va as J ws
governmen! for the more perfect ti-nion off
tbe, people, rand has bebeld tbe people in'
creiise from three to thirty mfllkins ; and,
at his advanced years, administers tberU"
nitcd States laws in "his native Stale"bver a
population of nearly nine hunded Atlou
sand. J - ,
' Such. a man hr djly W Le Seenr in. riir
midst, frail of body and walking with fee
ble step,- but remarkable for mind ' and
spirits ; , " ' -. -
from if "NigKt SUe of London."
,'U:DON AND ITS "PEOPLE.
Think of rhat London is. At the last
census there were 2,362,236 persons of both
sexes in it 1,106,558 males, of-w horn 146,-
449 were under 5 years of age ; anil 1,255,
678 femalesof whom 147,173 wtre undef
5 years cf age. The unmarried males
were 670,380 y ditto females 735,871 ; the
married men were 399.098, the wives were
309,731 J 'tba ;wi4oers were 37.080, the
wi lo A S 110:076. On the night of the cen
sus there were 28,598 husbands whose
wives "were not - wiib "them,"' and 39,231
wives mourni'ig their absent lords. 'Ijast
ylcar.tbe number of children born in Lon
don was 80,833 ; in the same period
JW persons uied. . & '
; The" Registrar General assumes tliat,
with the additional births," nd by the fact
of soldiers and sailors, returning from the
seat of war, and , of;; persons engaged in
the peaceful juirsmts settling in the capital,
nwtetntfrce clothing, and house accommo
dation must now be- found in London for
about 60,000 inhabitants more than it con
tained at the end of 155. . Think of that
the populatidrfof a large city absorbed
in London, and , no- pereeptibie inconveni .
enoe occasioned by it ! Houses are' Eiill to
let;- f here are still the usual ticket bung
upin windows in quiet rwighborboods, in
timating, that apartments furnished for .the
use of single gentlemen can be had -within ;
tbe country , still supplies tire town with
meat a d bread, and ws hear of no starva
tion in consequence of deficient I'supffy
London is tbe healthiest cjty in the -world.
During tbe last ten years the annuaideatbs
have been on the average 25 to 1,000 of the
population, in 1856jhe proportion was 22
to 1,000 ; yet, in spite of this, half of tbe
deaths that happen on an average in Lon
don between the fages'of 20. to 40 are from
consumption and diseases of the respirato
ry organs. .-.
Tbe Registrar traces this to the state of
the streets. He says: "There- can be, no
doubt that the dirty dust suspended in. the
air that the people of London breathe, of
ten excites diseases of the respiratory or
gans. The dirt in the streets is produced'
and ground, now by innumerable horses,
omnibuses and carriages, and then beat up
in the dust, which fills the "mouth," and in
evitably enters the air passages in large
quantities The rfost is not removed" eve
ry day, buf saturated with wafer, i in the'
great thoroughfares, sometimes fermenta in
damp "weather, and'at other times' ascends
again undeflhe.hear. of ihe Summer sm
as atmospheric dust.' , , :r. s
Londonsay Henry IMayhew, niay h$
safelyasseried to be the most densely pop
ulated eity in all the world ; contaiWisg
one-fourth more populated than Pekin, and
two-ihirds more than 'Paris more thnnl
twice as ": many as Constantinople fbur
times as 3 many 4 as Si. ' Petersburg five
limes as many as Vienna, or , New York,
or Madrid nearly eef en times as many as
Berlin eight times as many ,, as ' Amster
damnine I mea as many a Rome fif?
teen turiea a many as Copenhagerr an.l
seventeen a many, its Stockholm. "Lon
don " says Horace Sjtest wu'i frevinee
eourverie de maiibks? It covers an areaf of
122 square milts hi extent, or 70,09 tat"
uie acres, and contains 327,391 boose
Apnunlly 4,000 new tsu$esare id erection
for upward oi 4QXG0 -new. comeThe
continuous line of buildings stretching
,from Helloway tff' Camberwell 18 tandta
be twelve mites., loo- liu computed!if-
. the buildings were set in a row they would
reach across tbe whole' of England -and
France, from York to the Pyrenees. ,
Jjondon has 10,500 distinct streets
squ res,' cirCusses, crescents, terraces,6 vil
las, rows, buildings? places, lanes, courts,
al eys, mews, yards, rn-s.; - The : paved
streets of London, -according to a return
published in 1856, number over 5,000 and
exceed 2,009 miles i length ; the cost of
this pnved roading was ; fourteen millions,
and the repairs cost 1,800,000 per annum'
London contains 1,900 miles of gas pipes,
with a capital of nearly four millions spent
in tbe preparation of gas. ; The cost of gas
lighting' is half a million. It has 360.000
lights, and 13,000,000 cubic feet of gas are
turnel every night. Last year along these
strt-etQhe enormous quantity of upwafdsv
tf eighry millions of galllons offwater
rushed for the supply of the inhabitants,
being nearly double- what it was m 1845r
v Mr. May hew says, if tbe' entire people
oi ne capital were to be drawn up m-
marching order, two and two; tbelength
of the great army of Londoners would-be
no less loan six hundred and seventy miles,
and supposing them to move at the rate of
three nulles an hour, it would require more
than nine days and nine nights' for the av
erage population to pass by- T To, accom
modate this crowd one hundred and twen
ty five thousand vehicles pass through the
thoroughfares" in the course of twelve
hours; three thousand cabs, one thousand
omnibSsfer Tn thousand private and job
carriages and carts ply daily in the streets;
three thousand oonvey at ces enter the me
tropolis daily. frem the surrounding c ur-
" ' ' -:
Speakmg generally, Tennyson tell us
, - "Jvery ruinate dies a marj, .
Every roinnto on is horn." , - 1
In London, Mt. May hew cateutatesl
people die daily, and a baby is born; very
five minutes. The number of persons, says
the Registe r General,' ho died in 1856,
in 116 public institution; such as .work
houses and , hospitals,- was 10,381. -It is,
really shocking to think,1; and a deep stig,
ma. on the people or on the artificial . ar
rangements of society, by which so'tnuob
poverty is perpetuated i&at nearly one
person out of five, who died last jear, clos
ed his days under a-foofjpfovided by law!
or public charity. It ia -calculated 500
people are browned m the Thames every
year'.''. Jfn the fifr weekV oft the present
year there we're five deaths from intemperr
ance alone. r,. How mutb. wretchedness Hes
in these two facts fyr, the deaths from ac
tual intemperance bear butsa small propor
tion to the deaths induced by the iranuder
ate use of. Intoxicating liquors 4 and of the
500 drowned, by Jar.ihe Jafgest class, we
have every reofeon to believe, are of he num-
Ticr of whoir? JrJoOtf wrote - . "
Mad with tififs hfttory, ,
Glsd te daeth's mVstery -
8ift to tj burled ,
. Aoywhffe, sdyrfhcrej
Out f the wrld t"
A meeting has just been held of the an
employed; chiefly tbe carpente'rs. bricklay
ers, and bricklayers' laborers of the metro
polis, in which it was stated that their num
ber though very probably there may be
some exaggeration , here is 35,000. .If
these men are Imarried and have families,
we get a farther idea of the deep 'distress
in this wealthy arid - luxurious capital
this capital where the gold of Australia,
the jewels of Colconda, the silks and spices
if the fciastcome .'or sale, ana are lavish--1
as freely on the rnos) qucfitionable pur
poses and persons as on the noblest speci
mens of humanity and the .. most glorious
objer's for which men. care to live. Then
tlimk ,f the inmatesof the lunatic asy
luiris, '0 'J the poor houes, and. the hospit
als, in most cases sent there as the result
oftbeir own igr.jrance or imprudence. Add
to ihese our prison population, an our
criminal glasses, and our prostitutes and
whara jcrnrewe'lget of the night side of
London, of the classes whose existence is
L a reproach or a- ctrrse. . Jn Loqdon one man
m every nine belongs to the criminal class.
'. According to the last reports, there were
in London 143,000 vagrant admitted in
one year intotbe carnal wards of the work
houws.":;'1:' J
; Here we have always in our midst: 107
burglars, 1 1 0 hoosebreakers, 38 ; higliay
robbers,, 773 piekpockets, 3,657 sneaksmen
or common thiever, ft horse stealers, 141
aof stealers, 3 fbrgers, 28 coiners, 317 ut
terera of base coins, 141 swindlers, 182 1
cheats, 343 receivers- of stolen good 2,768
habitual, rioters, . 1.205 vagrants- 50 begs
ging letter-writers, 86 bearers of begging
letters, 6,301 prostitutes, besides 1 470' not
otherwise described, making "altogether a
total of 16,900 criminals known to te police.-
These persons are ' known to make
away with 42,000 per annum,;-the pris
on population al any particular time is 6,
000, coatine for the year 170,000., Qur
juvernile thieves cost us 300 apiece.
- Again, let us look at the classes whose
labors ahd occupations and, modes, of life
are inconsistent witfe health, or not favora
ble toany great development of moral prin
ciple. . Almost 20.000 persons are engaged
in Sunday trading ; the number of ragged
children is nearly 30,000 ; the number of
fami ies living in one room is est mated-as M
big a as I&U.UUU.1 It Appears trom a report
by Mr. Godericb, officer of health in the
I parish of Kensington,, that in a place cal-
4eaioerroueries, tnereare i,m . unman
beings, and 1.041 pigs congregated within
a space ofless thaq nine acres, tbe present
number of pigs being below tbe usual av
erage. Tbe j d weUioIrs of a large portion
'of the inhabitants of this locality are mere
novels wan anattered rooi and unglazted
winJowsi the floor is: below the level of the r
external soil, which 1ia bee a raised by er
cessive accumulations of Gilt' of all kinds,
and tbe walls are at all climes partialjy
damp and giving- out pestt.'erMral gases, in
tolerable to iD'ose who have not , brorJlborn
among them, fatal to tbe health' of those
who have. - . ; , ; :;:
Another portion of the jniserable popula
tion haa converted old caravan bodies, re
moved irr some cases from their wheels in
to houses ; others have no other dwellings
Than ruinous postchaise bodies, for which
Crile per. week is paid. , In
one of t& c&avans eight persons dwell.
amongjhom a child suffering from small
pox, WaS-batt ing with death at : he time of
Mr. G.oderich'3 Vt6 in March.
Mr. -.Timbs calUlatea,.he . number of
professional beggars itjjtpmjori at 35,
000, two-lhirds of whctearsxlrish. ; 30,
000 men, women and chijfjen are em
ployed in the costermong-- trade ; be
sides we have, according. 06 Mi. -Mey-hew,
2,000 street sellers of r green stuffy
4,000 street sellers of eatable and drink
ables, 1,000 street sellers 6T stationary,
4,O0XL street sellers of other articles,
whose receipts'are three million ster-'
iing, add whose income" may "be put
down "at one. 1 . Let us extend ou r sur
vey, and we sharl trot wonder that the
public hbuissrtr-and ' the gin palaces
and theasno-344libetaeWt
the penny garnaffd the lowest dad vi
ilest plaoeof resort in London, are fulL
In Spitarhids there are 7(,000 weaTers;
with but 10s. per week, there are z,
479 tailors: 30.805 s&oerhakeTs : 43,98
milliners ; seamstresSS 21,210 ; bonnet
uiaivers, 1,107 r-vojt Xf ' ;
hat hard- wtehsttiSriiPatk is theirs !
RECOMPKNf &QF A DUELLIST.
A Leip8ks paper just received mentions
tbe forrowrng. incident as bating occurred
in New. arlearr . - -, a
A. FrenchmaJ, la'erly arrjyed, went into
a restauraot and called for a glass of beer.
As the boy brought it, a tall man, unknown
to bim, who had eyed the, Frenchman rath
er insolently" on his entrance, snatched the
glass from the table and drank it ofE
-have not the hdnor of your ucquain
tance, sir," remarked t'.e Frenchman, sur.
prised at the familiarity. -'
, - ?Nor I of yours," retorted the other.'
-You- are ,seekiDg a quarrel with me,
thenlt - - - - - '"- '
'-1 snoukl be-sorry to leave you in doubt
of the fact," was the inselenl response.
. -L0Ok you, sir 'said th new comer; "I,
am a man of peace, "and mind 'my own
business.- I. meddle with none, and L re
ceive no unprovoked insults;',' 1 pass yours
by fpr this; linjeV4iBoyt'. bring, me another
assjrj; r,:.;'i;-v" 7;-t--.s'.:
, . . 4. be .Creole broke into taunting laughter,
and, when the second' glass was brought,
stepped -up and seized.-it. drank, part of ibe
contents, and threw., the remainder away.
i ne. r renenman wouinave rusnea upon
him,' but 'was hefJ. back by, the bystanders,
Hold sirl'- they cried, "or1 you are lost"-
If he does not ktlt you ou the spot, ha will
pa the duelj for he is the most skilful duel
ist m Louisiana. With pistol, or nno. or
'with the sword," he is unequalled. He has
killed thtrty-Tour men, and wounded over
sixty mpre." - ".
44 What y3u tell me," replied the French,
man, "convinces methe more that he
ought to be dell with." ; . "',
He then de near the man who had
insulted him and said "Sir, I happen to be
in a particularly good humor to-day. and
am not disposed to take offence. You have
taken away, two glasses of beer I bad, or
dered; it is noW my tutff, and I hope may
teaeb your belter behaviour: Boy Anoth
er glass!" ,"
The" boy brought it, trembling',' as if an
ti;ipating a catastrophe. Scarcely had he
placed it on the -table, wheri' the bully
again seized it, and tossed off its Contents.
At the same instant, like a tiger oh his
prey, the Frenchman threw himself on his
erismy, and assailed him in theface, breast
and aide, cna a tempest of blows and
kicks. The bully,; who had not time to
recover himself, was soon streched off the
floor,' and pommelled still more unmerciful;
ly till bleedlng'and quite insensible The,
victor thef;' quietly drew forth "bis pocket-
book, took out a card, and pinned ft to the J
vest of bis prostrate -foe. He then said to
tbe Spectators of the affray:
'! there ia present any friend of this in
dividual, I would inform him that he may
rind me at-my lodgings evere morning from
eight to -eleven. Hoy, ' another glass4 of
beer!'' ' . . ,r' -. ,.,
This time be took: the glass, and drank it
off composedljul-Then, paying'fotihe four
glasses, he turned and left the place,- amid
the wonder of all the company.' V
As they lifted the vanquished bully, it
was found that two of his ribs were broken
and one of his eyes was seriously damaged
The card "bore the inscription: "Lucirtn
PeUtt, Fencing Master from Paris will
give instruction ; in fencing,, boxing and in
the various methoJa of ghiing- Terms'
moderate."
V Some sir weeks after this scene the door
of M . Peiit apartment , was flung , open,
one inbrnir.g, and a man strode in, without
announcement.
uDo you know me?" he cried, m a voice
choked with rage.
."Perfectly " responded the fencing mas
ter "What is your wish?"
To kill you," thundered the bully, who
had just, recovered from his. wounds, of
which, however- be . bore the tiacea. ui
know I was nrsljn the quarrel; on that ac-
eoiint I giveyouhe choice of weapons-i
But make haiste, for you or I must be : a
corpse befora;sun8et.rU . r ,
. : "Let us rathef talk, the matter over cool
ly, replied the ! rencb man. "I have no
more deBire to-day to kill you, than to teat
you the other day. Bui if you are bent on
picking a quarrel, you wilt find me ready."
u Wretched boaster, we shall see. I have
killed thirty-four men already in duels, and
you are mucbmistaken if you think to
mttKe me afraid of y 3,ur'
There was no help, and the combatants
proceeded to fight op their quarrel. PitiV
deferring to the bally, wop chose the sword,
in the use of which he was very expert
H received a wound la tbearm, and the
fcbclog master proposed ah adjustment; bnt
the- Creole insisted' that the .' encounter
should'he fatal to one or the other. R was
not long before be fell mortally wounded.
r The corr rnunity was delivered frtnaa nu-
siince, and l'etifs tame so wideley estab
luhed as a professor of thescieiice of battle,
hat-rrupib came ttf himrbmveryqualers
arent o
BEST CURE FOB INTOXICATING' HABITS
. The question has often been asked,
in a simiity medical point, of view, how
the hbit of intoxication is. besi.i averted
or cured.. It is well known to all pby.
sicians that some persons are constitu
tionally more disposed to it than others ;
some hereditary and some from , the ef
fects of indulgences long'since abandon
ed so far as in their pqwer, yet so inclin
ed to it that their,self-con roL their san
ity, and strongest powtis of will, though
they may be perfect at all otner points,
are completely frustrated bere ,s It-may
be said, yideed, that this Jjeiug, the . re
sult of former indulgences is xheir own
fault ; but this even- does not make it
less, their misfoitune, and if such are
sincere id thejr efforts to abandon it, so
much the more are they deserving of all
the-wssistancethat caa be a en tiered to
j5em. -
.?It Jb&fongs to all wrong doing thus to
generate a tendency. io' reproduction.
If the man who has thus injured him
self is to be esteemed ever so guilty, the
question might yet remain in morals
precisely whether the guilt" lay chiefly
tin the present, as in the past acts of his
ed and treated rather js morally insane
on this' topic,, than immediately and
simply reprehensible. - .Almost nil. men
have their: weak spots,- and few can
boast of a perfectly sound physical,' men
tal and moral constitution. ; ; The physi
cian can sometimes cure these " cases
best, because it is not his duty to . con
sider, where the faultjies, but only how
it is. to be- remedied" ;
Iris vell known that Co'eridge had
become so infatuated by and addicted
to the use of opium, that his friends had
all giveh him up for lost. One of his r
warmest admirers hired a man to watch
bim night- and day, and prevent his
getting access to the perniciousdrug.
But he baffled his r "guard, again and
again. A t last, afier suffering agonies
of reuforse, sHch'.aa even hisowu graph
ic pen confessesltself unable to describe,
in the depths of htimility aud contrition,
he "sought out a,-" judicious physician,
to whom, heresealed his whole case,
his struggles aad his, desires, , placed
himself under his contlol and care, and
hired, and finally. ied; in that man's
houre. after a svtccessful reformation of
five and; twenty years; T he cori Cession
of his xakness, and ;the realization
that howerejc guilty in its causes, it was
now a case of moral insanity, we sup
pose was what aarved him to be cured
by medical meAns - - - -
There are many trim who, from various
causes of early habits, seem periodically to
require some great excitement, either phys
ical, mental, or moral. . Hence- the uncon
trollable spells.cf drinking into which some
men will fall occasionally, in the absence
of mental stimulants, bitterly as they regret
it, and mourn over it at other times, resolve
against it, or.vow agaihst it The butler
of the celebrated William Pitt' used tore
late that his master would first ot all give
him strict orders before dinner not to briug
up more than so much., wine, and after-wards'when-it
was gone, he would call for
more, r.ler,-threaten, rave, and once drag
ged the -butler1 down stairs to the cellar, by
main force, to get more wine. ? ... 'r
i.rerfreuently it is" found; that- great
mental .excitement tahd exeuoos may be
substituted for these physical paroysms.
Thus it was remarked of the late Senator
of.the
Rusk, that, although in early life - much
f addicted to occasional re vela of this kindj
Vet that, as he warmed jnfa political life,
toese penoa3 oecame more anu more rare,
and that Jnproportion to'iha excitement of
any occasion, he would rise to it, calm and
clear,. Strong, and mental or moral excite
ment, then, seems to form one of ibe very
counter-irritants or remedies against this
craving thirst for physical stimulants. The
oary danger is, that in any moment of reac
tionary depression, always liable toTecaf
aftes great exoitemcnt, tbe danger of falling
into the use of stimulants is proportionably
great. With proper medical care and
watchfulness, these teriodical cravings for
texcitement will', however, become less and
less fretjutfnt, and also subside in violence..
:,Th strength of this craving, however,
when oncearoued, is so vehement, that
we can, only conjecture that without some
mode of satisfying ltwould1 perhaps prove
fatal. . Indeed, the sudden and tofal cessa
tion of the use of stimulants is one of the
most frequent causes of man ia-a-poui.
J3ut the subslkulion of one form or excite-4
ment for another gradually tapering off the
whole into a bealtnfut reguiar activity ct
f tha whole man, ia what. i to be aimed at in
all such-cases, while care must foe taken to
allow full scope for this excitability of
ermperament rn some other way. than by
drink, until it subsides of itself.
A mere physician of the body would ut-
Lterlr fail in such a- work as this. . The
i -. ...
liwholeeineJV pbysicalj' mental and -moral,
most be considered studiedy watched, ex
cited er, calmed, to just the proper - degree,
as the only means -of restoring to bi right
mind and. true nature,' one- -who has wan
dered from. ibera.'h8 of reason. . ;
Could a private hospital be formed, under
tbe charge of some physician of ability, to
reach the bole" complexities of these ca
ses stady their history and desire, there
are nundreds, perhaps thousand? of families
or large fortune, who would willingly pay
an v fair amount, and who would rejoice to
place their friends, and somi -to enter; of
themselves, under tne care of so valuable a
friend as such a physician would prove.
fjuladriphia Jbedgtr
REMOFALr :"
IHAVE REMOVED MY RESIDENCE AND
OFFICE w front Street, next Nonb of P.K.
Dickiaaoit: a., to ihe hMse formal r dtfeopied
by Mr. A A. Wanet, where I can b juhd when
notirorMioMllr jed.
, , WM. E. FREEMAN, M.D.
Feb. 25. ' - . U8f ,
GEORGE MYERS,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL GROCER
Keeps constantly on hand, Wines, Teas, Ldquors
Provistdnstyood and WlUow Ware, fruit,
Gonfeetutmries.S-e. South fr rant street.
tVILMLMQTUN, N.X-.
Nor. IS, 1855. - 109.
ADAMS, BROTHER & 10.,
COMMISSION M E It C H ANTS,
WHpilNQTON, N. e.
Jaty 28.-
58
STOKLEY & OLDHAM,
' " GROCERS
AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
WILMINGTON, N. C. . ;- J
. Liberal Cash advances made on Flour, Cotton,
nd Naval Sitoree consigned to Ihem.
Auj-16. ... - 65 I y.
AS, C, SMITH. MILES COSTI.V.
JAS. C.SMITH & CO.,
COMMISSION J1ERCHANTS,
No. 2, SOUTH WATER STREET,
WILMINGTON, N. C.
April 26. --'- 18-lv
.
II. DOLLNER. G. POTTtH. JT. J. CAMfiltDEN
DOLLNER, POTTER & CO.
-COMMISSION : MERCHANTS,
N.G XY fYOR K . '
GEO. W. DAVIS,
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
' -SOUTH 'WATER STREET. -
. - WIIiMlNQTON.N. C.
jsa.
1. 22,
132.
- HENRY BURRHIMER
"WHOLKBAtS it KBTAIL
TOBACCO, SNUEF AND CIGAR
S TOR V..
SIGV OPTUE IXPIAN CHIEF"
MARKET STREET. tie door above AYater
Wllmfhgtotu N. C.
If. B. Alt Orders filled fcilh. dpnlr!
Oet. 26ih. 1355 - S3-tAw-.
r &
L. N. BARLOW,
WHOLESALE & RETAIL GROCER,
and dgat.f.r in
LIQUORS, WINES ALB. PORTER $-c.
N 3, Graniie Mow, Front Street,
, WILMINGTON. M.C.
FcbV Itth, tPs ' . f40-tC-
. 1 v. ,':,BASKETS' A---
have a large lot ol Baskels ef various sixes
v v and styles. oraie dv
Dec. 18."
..'.- - V
W. H. DsNKAt.E.
: EMPTlf. BARRELS.
OrAf PRIME quality second hand Spirit
OUU Barrels iust received. Fur sale bv
Jftty 1 1 ? - ADAMS, BRO. & CO.
jSiRiBAYlRELS. ; t
1 Qr BRIMR.q'iility second hand 3 pirit b.ir
L J fel?, rest received f om Boston, and for
sale by t . ADAMS, UKO & CO.
:S June 23 1S37 No 45. ? ; . ;- , ?
THE CONGRESS HAT "!
NOTHRR case received ihia
morning..
Call
atlha K.mnnriiini. 34 Market street. I
May 21. CUAS. D. MVE.JS.
REMOVAL.
SIMON B. KAHNWEILEP will remote his
Dry Goods and Millinery Stock'and Business
from his present- tan d the COltIVEaSTORE
NEXT DOUR, on the 1st .August, where he wjJl
soon op -n an entirely new sloCk MILLINER'
and DRY GOOD-.
Angut 8'h 1857.- r - 60 2m
' UMBRELLAS, " i
AT REDUCED PRICES. A larce assortment
of ever? siie. color and quality, at tha Empo
rium, 3 Alarket street.
CHAS.l). MYERS.
. W. L. , PITTS, t
STOCK REAL ESTATE AND PRO
DUCE BROKERS, 1
I WIL.MIJIGTOX, Ji. C.
Pn net uai attention given la the purctfase and sale of
Real Estate,- Stdc&s, and 't other M Sec uritus
bought and sold on Commission.
Will auead to antes ay Auction of' Reerl F.atate
or Manufacturing property in "any prv.pf , tbe
County or .State or to th ala of Stocka, of Mer
chandiaein Stores or Fnrniture ia Houaes in this
town. :J; j, '.. 'h. : v ...
May IS. : - .' "... . ,.
B-tf
; CANDIES!
IRESH arrivals pet Express
this mnrninsr, J
laree and varied assortment of that delicious
Candy at the Broadway Variety Store, No 40
Market sir WM. II. DbNEALJC.
July 30. s - ' ' . '
iNATJQXAL POLICE GAZETTE.
LT'his Great .Journal of Crime, and Criminals is
throughout the country. It contains alt tho Great
Trials. Criminal Cases, and appropriate Editorial
on the sametogather With information on Criminal
Matters, not to be fourjd in any other newspaper.
Subscription, S2, per Aantrm . , for Six
Monihsy-to be remitted by Subscribers, (who
should write their names and. iie town, county
aod elate where iReyreside plainly,)' .
To R. A. SKYMOCR, .
Editor dt Proprietor of the
' National Police Gazette,
' May 2 ' New York City.
-?7" . HAVv &c. W
eAABtLESIUy;
JUKI 25,001 Latha; 6 Fr kins Buner. Jast re
ceived per Brig Triumph, and for aale by
: JulrT. ; A "JAMS, BRO. A CO.
4YINES AND LIQUORS.
WE In-vile the attention of our
Friends and Patrons to ihe bes
selection of Wines and Liquor erer offered io
thia market, consisting ot -Crescent
Brandy, Vintage 131o, Pale and Dark.
Otard, Dnpoy &. Co.'e Brandy, ? .
Old Cognac ao.
S. Bntfso & Co.'a do. ... ; '
CastllioB Co.'b do. " -
Pore old Port Wine, '
Doff, Gordon, Pale, Sherry, olJ, Madeira and
Muscat Wines, t -
- MalasaWine, - . -
& Old cupperaHng Win, , : - r
HoUand Gin. . , ,. . .
-OW To-sn Gln-rwr ' '
Woolf's Schiedam ocljnapps, '
Chervy Brandy, :,v j ,
Old Peach Bra ad y,
Apple do,
" Bourboa Whiskey j .
Rye . . do . .y
Irish and Scoteh Whiskey. " "
Blackberry Brindy, - .
Sic. Madeira Wine,. . - , .
Perfect Love Cordial,
Aswrted Cordiala.1n bottles, '
Every variety of bottled Wme and f.iqoora.'
Clarets of various brands al whoiAJl e prices
Maraschino Cnracoa, . . '
HoateUer's Simaeh Bhler
Aromatic . do. do . ' j j
Ginger WiiAe- Ae. Al -low prices for
2ASia AtnariginIJr--Jr-r. -. '
ADTil 17 UKWilTf-K'S.,
TURK'S ISLAND SALT.
a,oooBUSHEL-
For sale by
C. SMITH &
Juiy-36."
67.
BALTIMORE LOCK .UOSPITAi:.
1)11: JOHNSTONv
rpHK founder of iltia Uclebrated Institution cf
J. fur (tie most certain, Speedy and nJy etieciu
al remedy in the workffof
SEURE?J1SEASES
Gleets, Sirictures, ScBiril Veai.necs,PtiIms In
the Loica, Consntuiionai DebilityiInipvUBcy,
Wcakreggof the Back and LIrrrbs, AJfecuons of
the Kidneys, Palpitation of the HcarfvD-snet;sia,
Nervoua irritabiity, Disease f tie Head, Throat
Nose or Skin ; those serious and mclauchoiy disor
dur a rising from the destructive hubi of Yoth,
which destroy both tody-and mind. -These seer it
and solitarypractjces more fatal to their vietjn a
than the sonsr the Syret.s to the mariners of
UJysses, blighting theirniosl btilliant hopes or an
ticipailons, rtnderins niarriaffe.tc., impossible.
YOVNOJIKN1. . , .
Especially , who ha ve become the victims of Soli a
ry Vice, that dreadful and destructive habit hiih
annualiyeep3toa uotimely gravethousands of
young men of the most exalted taioats and hriJiiaru
intellect, who might otherwise have entranced lis
tening Senates with the thunders o tluquenee'or
waked to ecstacy the livinglyre, may caii wlth'iuH
confidence. - -v, ,
' MARRIAGE..
Married pc-sons, or Young Men, contemplating
marriage, being awareof Phy sical Weakness, Or
ganic Debility, Defbrmitlee, &e.,shiild immedi
ately c&nsult Dr. J -.and be its to red to perfect
health. .
-T who places himself nnderlhecareof Dr.JoLn
ston may religiously confide la his honor a gen
tleman,andconfideuUy rely upon hlsakill asa phv
sictan. ' --. , . J
Da: Johxbtox is the Wly, reeuiarly Educstrd
Physician advertising io car PrivateCeoiphrinis
Hia retuediea and treatment are entirely anknown
toall others Prepared from a life spent in th
GreatHospitals of Europe and the First in ihia '
Country, vizs Cjagland, France, the Blockley ot
Philadelphia, ij-c, and a more extensive practice
than any other physician in the world. His many
wonderful cures and most important Surgieal Op
erations is a sufficient guarantee Io the afflicted.
Tliose who wish to be speedily and effectually rclitv
ed. should shim Ihe numerous trying importers, mho
only ruin their health, and apply to him.
rA CURE WARRANTED OR NO CHJtnnf
No Mercury or Xausemis Druse Vsed.
OFFICE, No. 7, SOUTH FREDERICK feu
left hand side going from Baltimore street, a few
doors from the corner. Fail not to observe his
name and number, for ignorant trifling importer,
attracted by the reputation of Dr.- Johnitua, Jutk
near. . . . ,
D R. JOHNS TON.
-Member ofthe Koya) College of Surgeons London
graduate from one of the most emineBUUplJe.gcs f
the United Statesjand the greater par olr hoee
life haa been spem Tn the Hospitals of London, Pat - -ia,
Philadeiphia.and elsewhenaj. bat -effected eon.e
of the most aatonisliing cures thai weverkhowrv
Many troubled with Vinging In (hcears and head
v- hen asleep, great nervousnsse, being alarmed m
sudden sounds, and bashfumesa, - with frequent
blushing, aitended sometintes wiihdcrangeoBt of
mind, were cnTedlmrhediaffel". ... . ,
A CER TAIN DISEA SB. '
When the micgulded and fmprndenl votary of
pleasure finds he has imbibed ..the aeeda of lii
painful disease, If -too often happens that Dill-tim-ed
sense of shame, or dread of discovurv. ftotom
J-him fron applying to those who, from, education
ana respeciabiiity.can alone befriend him, delay
ing till the constitutional symptoms of this horrid
disease make their appearance, such as ulcerated
sore throat, diseased note, noctural pains in the
head and limbs, dimness of sifihl, deafness,' nodes -on
the shin borre and arms, blotches on the head ,
face and etremities, progressing with frightiul ra -pidity,
till at last the palate ofthe mou:h or the
bonesof the nose lafl In., arid ihe vicijyn of this
awful disease becomes a horrid object of comiHi
seration, till death pulsa period to hia dreadful suf
!erinj:s, by Fending hiro to"iiiat Icitr.c froni
whence no iTarelleT returns." To tucfr therefore
Dr. J ohnstoa pledges himself to preserve t he'Tabs, t
inviolable secrei-yj and, from his ex tensive prac
tice inn he first Hospitals of Europe arid Ameiic.-i,
hecan confidently rcconwnend a ofo nnd speeciv
cure io the unfortunate victim of this horrki die
ease. It is a melancholy fact, lhat thousands fall
victims to this dreadful complain, owlrsg to the un
skilfulness of ignorant pretenders, wko, by the :ro
of that deadly poiscn. mercury, ruia lhe contiiiu
tion, and either send the nrrfbrtunnle suiierer lo an
untimely graveor else make the residue-of liic niis
erabl. . - ... , ,
TAKE PARTICULAR NOTICE.
Dr. J. addresses all those who haveinjured them
selves by private and inrproper ind1gen-e.-'
These are some of t he-sad and melancholy f
fects, produced bj early habits of yomh, viz:
Weakness of the Back and Limbs, Pains in the
Head, Dimness of Sight, Loss of Muscular Pow- -er,
Palpitation of the Ileari, Dyspepsy, A'crvcis
irritability Derangement of tl e Digestive yunc
tioni, General Debilitf,-SynfpftJutav f ConsBrr.p.
tion,&c. . K r . -
" MnSall Thefearfal cfTecis on the mind arc
much to 'Oil d leaded Loss of Memory. Confusion
jut Ideas, Dpreeioi.of Spirits, Evil Forebodings.
Aversion ot soclecy, Self liisirusr, I.ove of Soli
tdo.TimidUy,&c..are soTue of the evils product d
Ttwusand of persons of,iillngeion now jude
what is fhe cause of their declinlafi health. X.(9-'
ing therr vigor, becoming weak, pale and em a c in -led,
have singular appearance about-the yts,
cough and. symptoms of consumption. - j
DR. JOHK-STON'S INVIGORATING REili:- '
DY-OR ORGANIC VVEAKKESS.
By -hi$ great and important remedy weak cess uT
fhe organs are sDeedily cured and foJfigwrcs:cred.
Thousands of the m-iat A'ervoue apd Debilitated
individnat-who hadjost all bop, hav brtn imme
diately relieved. All impediments totMARRIAGK
fnysical or aientalUisqaahficafions-, IVervoas Ir-
ritabilitv Tremblins
gsana
Weakness, or exhaustion' "
of the most fearful kind, speedily ard y Dr
junnsion. r ' - -
Young prn who hare injured themselves ty as
certain practice; indulged' in when alone o habit .
frequently fcwir&ed from evil companions, er a :
school, the effeets ot which are nightly feit,-4 en
when risleep, arnd It rrourd, renders marriage
impossiblenddeatroysbotl rfjiDdadbddj,snoe!d '
apply Immedfately. 0:. . , .
j- What a pity that a young man, the hopo: of Ms
country, and the darling of his parents, hoe Id bo
snatched from all prospects and enjoyments of life,
by the consequences of deviating from tie path f
natare, and indolglnglb a certain secret habit".
Such persons, before contemplating ' '
- MARRIAGE. .
Should reflect that a bou&A minf and body are -t lie
most necessary requiKftes to promote connubial
happinrvs. Indeed, without these, the journey
through life become a wear) pilgrimage; the pros
peel hourly darkens to the view; tbe mind becomes
shadowed with despair and filled with the melsn
tholy reflerlion that the happiness of enoil er tc
comes blighted wttjfoa-rwo. .-.--
OFFICE NO. T SOUTH FREDERICK-ST., ,
-1 "---' -"''' Baltiwobe, Md.
All Surgical Operation a t'ei termed.
N. B- Let no false delicacy prevent oo, bus
apply Imrrrediafely either persorally or by letter
: Skin Ils:rces Speedily Cured.
TO STRANGERS.
Themaiyj thoujindscured at thialnslituiicB uilb-
inthelat ten years, and the numerous f rupo
tant Sargical Operations performed by Dr. J-. w f ,s" .
oessed by the Reporters of the papers, and -wary-fe: -'';
other persons. notices of which have appearedsgairv
and again before the public, besideahis stasdirsr
aa a rentleman of character and fesponsilility, ir
a sufficient guarantee to the a&Uoed.
TAKE NOTICE.
It isiritbtbe greatest r4qetsnosvhtDr. 4IIXf?T02v
parnltbisearJopp''bitfretri rol.H. !-! inz it
onproftwionl for phyotetHB loadvertl, bnt nVj l
did tbe fn!cti, mppetslly tnneer wtd r fn to
fall tnt tbe hands of Ui manv impx'cat mr.d unlrarfrt
Impofttn, -with tnnainembi "! 2J.t cd'7i ttrerf
Qnackhor, anrarmtnc; tbowe tare r!lln, ror-yintr IT
JoassToa'asdTertineHBtafsor.avertirfnsE ' tfcentselvea a
phj-ileiscs-iaifcrstenhallowJinilBrd fellows. UtaHtf to
wor at tb-i r-orirll trmde. -with ffrre aotdr r
tbe bnrte. wbn, for tbe parpoo af Eiems: l Iteciv
nr, erry on fire or mix effioMi. wsder B mmry t ?'e-n;
fklee Kme. bo that the affiieted PtjM v
one, l ore to tumble bedon Into the ot err. It" t
QaafeB with Mmo lytaa; ertlllet tt rreet nd -toRtshlnf;
eare from person aot to be foBd. wboeep
Too trnkinar torsre feotf !a of Tjcbbicb Wjth Bi r
paekac-M ef filthy ao4 worthJeas aoapovt, ewuibw y
prepsreiTtornspoenpBthBBrorlar.s!BDd r.iorTect.
1nr -Trifllnsr month after month, or a lowr b the H
et fMm r obtained, and, Ib ler'r. ITJL
rntned hearth, tn atc-h orer ywor rmUr d!M?f5S,rt-
UIb this BBottva that iwtaeee Pr. J. to aecttB.
siiiemciicntroi. Tothoa naeoaiBtwi
repotatttm. he dawn It um laBry'-Ut sav that Bis tnmltn
tia)B or Jipli.m awT tisnglB h effee.
KO I.KTTER8 RKCETVEP VNI.EfS POST-PAlO
andeoBtatnlira Ptemp to ha oed tur lha Teply- rev.
wHtirur ebnaM etxte Aire ana aeud tbat rrtla ct
r adwrtlBeTBot leaerililng j-nptonts.' li-Jy-
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