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Volume xii number 73. WILMINGTON, N- C, THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 10, 1857. WHOLE NUMBER 1474 THE Till-WEEELY COMMERCIAL la published every Tomsat, Tmmb Satosdav at 5 per annum, payaoio ''- in ad ranee. HV TUOS. LORING Editos and Psoraisroa Corner Front and Market Streets, ' WILMISeTO, sr. c. KATES OF ADVERTISING. ' sr. 1 insertion $0 60 I 1 sqr.S months, 4 Ofc I 2 1 00 I 1 "6 8 00 t I month, 2 B0t 1 -12 12 00 Ten Mnes or less mske a square. Ifsnadver titenuiu ezeeeda lea lines, the pi Ice will be In proportion. . , All advertisements are payable at the llmeoi iheir insertion. .... . Uomraets with yearly advertisers, will bf made . l . lit 1 a.-, No transfer of contracts for yearly sdvertlslng will be permitted. 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Haw Yosk Messrs. Dollhbb 3fc Pottib. tfo.fo Chabcbs Smith, No. 6, Central Wharf. Philadelphia S. K. Cohsw. Baltimore. Wat. H.PaAaaand Wat. Thomsom MISCELLANY. From Ike Journal of Commerce. SUICIDES. Scarcely a newspaper do we now open, but the account of some suicide meets the eye, with its harrowing par ticul rs. Pecuniary losses or liabilities, want of employment, disappointment in love, intemperance, or some other tor menting evil, is assigned as the causes. It is a pitiable catalogues to contemplate, and the mind turns away, sickened and disgusted. How much morbid wretch edness there must be in the land ! Ii was a doctrine of the infidel Hume, that a man had a right to dispose of his own life. Multitudes that never read or heard , of Hume, carry out this infidel principle. For the secret of the whole matter, except in cases of real in sanity, consists in a practical disbelief of a reigning and avenging God. Self murderers must in the very nature of the case act under the influence of th. ialschoods and delusions which thai great skeptic coolly defended. One of ihese was, that we were crested for the end of effectuating our own enjoyment in the present life. "Men," he says, "are intrusted to th ir own judgment and discretion, and may employ every faculty with which they are endowed, to provide for their ease, happtness, or preservation." Being thus created for their own pleasure, (not to please the Creator), when they cease to find their pleasure, they may put an end to their lives ! Another argument of that cool any crafty genius is, that life is too in significant lo be studiously cherished. "The life of a man is of no greater im portance to the universe than that of an oyster." Truly, this is a rare estimate of the dignity of human nature. He might as well have said at once that a man has no soul at all. And indeed those who take the fearful, the for bid den leap, treat themselves as if they had no souls, no accountability, no capacity for future happiness or misery. "Where is the harm," asks Hume, "of turning a few ounces of blood out of their channel V Did he believe there is no harm? Then he stultified his own understanding, and mocked his own history. If he did believe there was harm, then he was playing the fool or the knave to write such infamous sentiments. Then again he says: "A hair, a fly, an insect, is able to destroy this mighty being, whose life is of such importance. May not human prudence lawfully dispose of what depends on such insignificant causes?" If a man of intellect like his, can talk in such a flippant style of the estimable ' gift of human life, what can be expected of weaker minds 1 Nor is it always the ignorant and un thinking, who fall before this tempta tion. A member of Congress, stung by the letter of an affectionate wife, in which she remonstrated against the ev il hsibits into which he had fallen, and conjured him to remember the claims of wife and children, proceeded to put an end to his own life. Another gentle man, a physician of good moral charac ter, being tortured with his pecuniary embarrassments, deliberately walked in to a drug store, purchased frychnine, went home, took the poison, went . to bed and died ia the midst of his aston ished, terror-striken family. Now, these were cowardly acts; there was no evi dence of involuntary insanity in either case. Instead of firmly meeting the trials of life, to which all are more or less subject; instead of setting an exam ple of moial courage and good conduct, of diligence and steadiness in duty; of presenting a strong arm and a devoted heart for the weak and tender ones of the family to lean upon, they meanly skulked out of the world, ana left the helpless ones to shift for themselves. It would be difficult to define a deeper crime. Such sin against themselves, their families, and their God. This crime has become so frequent, that the public cease to view it with that horror which its occasional perpetration used to awaken- ; The Coroner's jury assem ble in a business-like manner, despatch the case,' and think no more' about it, although one cluster ofjiearts at least is grieving with a deadly sorrow. The original evil is in a want of self government, self-discipline,' the subjug ation of the appetites and passions, which c me to be the masters, and these are certain to be the tyrants of these whd yield to their domination. The law cannot reach the -suicide. In its desperate efforts to do so, it enacted a sweeping barbarity; but while the afflic ted survivors should be tenderly regard ed, it would seem that some penalty should bo "held up, to deter men from that intelligent, voluntary, suicide," which has become so common. ': If the cata logue of suicides for the i last v twelve months should be summed up, it would be perfectly horrifying. If those who set up such a din about slavery, would provide a remedy for the really horrible evil of suicide, almost always occurring among white people, they would enjoy the satisfaction of having accomplished something for their day and genera tion. - A HORRIBLE SPECIES OF BUSINESS. Not many months ago a very respec table man, aged about 45 years, who had been for several years a sexton of one of our principal churches, fell sick at his residence at No. in street. His sickness at first was not considered dangerous. . His family physician at tended him as usual but in a short time it was ascertained that some po tent remedy must be adopted or all would soon be over. 'Do you think I am in danger, Doc tor ?" asked the sick man. The physician was loth to say so as physicians general are in such cases. The sick man lingered and grew worse. 'Oh ? doctor, doctor," said he, 'there is something that preys on my mind something even worse than this fatal disorder." The patient tested and tumbled about was restless, thoughtful and entirely ab sorbed in some menial calamity. His wife attempted to soothe him talked of Heav en and mercy but all would not do. The physician was equally unsuccessful in all bis endeavors to soothe the disturbed mind of the dying man. "Take away your physic, Doctor it is useless it cannot administer to a rointf diseased." .The physicians and the sick man's fam ily talked over the matter with great seri ousness. They couid not conjecture what was the cause of the disturbed fancies of the poor dying man. The wife had lived a long and respectable life with her hus band. He was a sexton of one of our most respectable churches, ar.d had always en joyed (he esteem of the clergy and congre- gution by whom he was employed. In this dilemma it was therefore deter mined to ascertain what lay so deeply up on his conscience. The Doctor one after noon turned the attention of hi patient to the rubject that troubled him. "Can you not tell roe, Mr., what troubles you so deeply ? "Oh I doctor, doctor, don't speak of it Oh ! it gnaws me to the quick. Look, I see their very faces glaring upon me hor ror I horror I" The physician soothed him aa he would have soothed a child. "It will relieve your mind" said he to the sick man. "Oh I God 1 I wish I could get relief see doctor, see them all there pointing their skinny fingers. There's Mrs, whom 1 sold Tor 50 dollars. She asks me for the money here she stands 1 my God 1 my God ! 1 have not got the money I did not get but half, the other sexton got part go to him, Oh ! horror, horror, horror, horror 1" "My dear sir, said the physician mild ly -you are raving you are talking of shadows." "Heavens! Doctorl do you call those persons shadows? See one of them coming into the room. Shut that window, and bar the shutters I see old Mrs.- just try ing to get in. There's her winding sheet. She says I sold her for fifty dollars Oh I no, no, no 1 only got thirty. i be physician then to humor his poor dis tracted patient . went to the window and Closed the shutter. "Look there doctor there's a young woman that I took away after beinr a couple of days in the grave. She cries out against me she cries and tears her hair OhfOhl Ohl" The physician found thai all his. efforts were fruitless: after calling in the wife and family of the dying roan, tbey partly suc ceeded in quieting the tumult which agita ted dh bosom. He would however listen to no effectual consolation until tbey would promise to call ia highly respectable clergyman whom he named, to minister some pious comfort to his last hours, which were now raptrfly drawing to a close. Accordingly a message was immediate ly despatched, the venerabta elergymen came, and tbe sick man on perceiving him, desired all to withdraw, except tbe man of God. When left entirely together, after some struggles, tbe sick . man unfolded to the astonished clergyman, one of, the most extraordinary practices which could be dreamed of in a crisiian community. It appeared that the dying man, who was a sexton for several years, had been in the habit, secretly and at sight, of ab stracting the corpses of sue , persons as were buried in the grave yard be had charge of, and of selling them for subjects of dissection to the physicians around town, and even sending tbem into the country. In conjunction, it i supposed, with a per on now alive, who was then also a sexton, It is believed that a most extensive business of this kind was carried on for several years -aad that ic was found so lucrative, that both individuals, originally quite poor when ihey became sextns, became rich and respec:able in a' very few years." By the rules and regulations applicable to church yards and sextons, those officers bad full nnd frequent access at all hours, to all the public and private vaults 7 under their charge. The vaults were generally un touched but those buried in tbe church yard, or those remains of tne dead deposi ted in the pirate or deposited in the public vaults, were considered tbe property of the sextens, and they disposed of their horrible merchandise accordingly to the highest bidder, among tbe medical faculty. . The remembrance of being thus engaged in such a business, caused the agonized terrors of the - dying man. and made, him restless, until a clergyman was called to minister comfort to a Mind diseased on his death bed. THE MEDICAL PROVKSSIOH BT OKK WHO k The American -Medical Gazette for June gives a remarkably interesting let ter from an American medical student in Paris. The .writer says that he once heard Magcndie, thev celebrated French physician and physiologist, open a lecture somewhat in the follow ing words: Gentlemen r Medicine is a great hum bug. I know it is called a science- science, indeed !. It is nothing like sci ence. Doctors are mere empires, when they are not charlatans. We are as ig norant as men can be. Who knows anything about medicine ? Gentlemen, you have done roe the honor to come here to attend my lectures, and I must tell you frankly now, in tbe beginning, that I know nothing in the world about medicine, and I don't know anybody that does know anything about it. Don't think-for a moment that I havn't read the bills advertising the course of lectures at the medical school ; I know that this man teaches anatomy, that man teaches pathology, another man physiology, such a one therapeutics, such another man teria medica Eh bien etopres ? What's known about all that? Why gentlemen, at the school of Montpelier, (God knows it was famous enough in its day !) they discar ded the study of anatomy, and taught nothing but the dispensary; and the doctors educated there knew just as much, and were quite as successful as any others. I repeat it, nobody knows anything about medicine. True enough, wp are gathering tacts every day. W e can produce typhus fever, for example, by injecting a certain substance into the veins of a dog that's something : we can. alleviate diabetes, and, 1 see dis tinctly, we are fast approaching the day when phthisic can be cured as easily as any disease. We are collecting facts in the right spirit, and I dare say in a century or k the accumulation of facts may enable our successors to form a medical science; but I repeat it to you, there is no stich thing now as a medical science. Who can tell me how to cure the headache ? or the gout 1 or the disease of the heart 1 Nobody. Oh ! you tell me doctors cure people. I grant you people are cured. But how are thev cured 7 Gentlemen, nature does a great deal. Doctors do but little when they don't do harm. Let me tell you. generally what I did when I was the head physician at Ho tel Dieu. Some three or four thousand patients passed through my hands every year. 1 divided the patients into two classes ; with one I followed the dispen sary, and gave them the usual medi cines without having the least idea why or wherefore : to the other I gave bread pills and colored water, without, of course, letting them know anything about it and occasionally, gentlemen, I would create a third division, to whom I gave nothing whatever These last would ret a good deal, they would feel they were neglected, (sick people always feel they are neglected unless they are well drugged fe imbeciles !) and they would irritate themselves until they got really sick, but nature invariably came to the rescue, and all the persons in the third class got well. There was a little mortality among those who received but bread pills and colored water, and the mortality was greatest among those who were carefully drugged according to tbe dispensary. This is pretty plain speaking for a doctor. INFLAMMATION OF THE THROAT CURED BT ALtfJI. Powdered alum applied by the finger to the part affected, very seldom fails to dure an inflammation of the throat in a Lfjlw days. . The efficacy of this remedy, says tne autnor is as marvellous as it is rapid. Employed the first, second, third, or fourth day, while there is yet no abscess in the tonsils, it arrests all symptoms as it were by enchantment ; the fevt r abates, the swelling diminish es, the appetite returns and the conva lescence is quickly decided and com plete. Alum had already been in use for certain disorders of the throat, in malignant inflammation for example, theu in chronic ibut as the greater num ber of practitioners remained Med in opinion that it ifiust . be dangerous in common inflammations, rtstfse was not so extensive as it deserved to be, 1 !By showing that thb remedy is as power ful to simple inflammation aski inflam mation of the tonsthv M. Talpeau hopes that practitioners wil no longer hesitate to ma fee proofed its efficacy, and rescue thereby hundreds of human beings from the grave. Cortetpondtnce ef the Petersburg Express. HltiPA Co.V N4 C-, Sept. 5. Dstiit Express 'It bas been a long time since I have found time or materi al lot tt letter to youV The times have been diilt and affairs Of a most monoto nous type with me since 1 last wrcte, and even now 1 have nothing of impor tance to communicate Crops on the Roanoke arid through out the interior, so far as my observa tion has extended, are better than they have been for the last ten years." No fears of a famine during the next year, at least. Some few days sicce, a man by the name of Wright, who was tried at the April term of Halifax Superior Court for killing Webb's Frank, and who has been loiteritigver since on the Halifax side of the river opposite Gaston, attack ed one of our mostjespect able citizens, near the SutDiniith a knife, and was only; pre vented from doing him serious wjmty by a free negro, with an axe, in ter&obg. A day or two afterward, sev ers f of the neighbors, gentlemen of the highest standing, caught him, and gave him a taste of the discipline of Judge Lynch. It is proper to state he had re ceived notification to leave, which he had refused to do. It is understood that he is somewhere in Greenville, and that he visits the free negroes, on whose ac count, it was alleged, he killed the boy, as mentioned, above, and it will be well for him to be extremely cautious in his visjts, for they are .watching for him, and if caught, he will fare but middling. 1 notice in the Express of the 28th ult- an account of a serpent composed of worms, discovered in a cellar someH where j you will remember that I fur nished you with an account of a simi lar phenomenon in this vicinity, about two years ago. Well, the extract allu ded to reminded me that I had seen a duplicate of the same nondescript, about two weeks since, and Within a hundred yardg of the place where 1 saw the first. It was serpent shaped-4he outlines per fect, and composed of small white worms with black heads, which gave to the mass a speckled appearance. They were in terlocked in such a manner as lobe sep arated with some difficulty, and all mov ed forward simultaneously, still preserv ing the snake shape, at the rate of about d)e pace in ten minutes. 1 seperated them wilh a stick, and waited some time to see if they would get together again, but they did not, but reemed to be entirely inert. They (or it) may be set down as a. curiosity in nattrral his tory. m A FIGHTING TURK. " Pierce Pungent," in the New York News, tells the following good story : " During the operations of the allies in the Crimea it was resolved to carry the water in from a beautiful spring of the finest croton on the canrpJ Leather pipes, or hose, were employed, which were laid on the ground. One morn ing, while the water was being supplied, the minaret sounded to prayer, and one of the Turkish soldiers immediately went flop on his knees to praise Allah ! Unfortunately, he went down right Up on the hose, and his weight consequent ly stopped the current of that 'first of el ements,' as Pindar calls water in his first Olympiad. u Get up,', cried an English soldier. " Voulez vous avez, la bonte, mon cher Monsieur le Turque," cried a French man with his native politeness, "to get up? " That ain't the way to make a Tr.rk move," cried another,- Mtbis is the dodge.' So saying, he knocked his turban off Still the pious Musselman went on with his devotions. ' " I'll make hitu stfr his stumps, Said another Englishman, giving him a re markably smart kick. To the wonder of all, still the uuturbaned, well-kicked follower of the Prophet went praying on as though he was a forty-horse parson. " Hoot away, mon -I'll shew ye how we serve obstinate folks at auld Reekee," quietly observed aScotchm'an he was, 'k i f .1 ST 1 nowever, preyeniea, tor ine i urir nav ing finihed his uAlla-vis en Allah" rose and began to take off his coat then to roll up his sleeves, and then to bedew his palms with saliva, and then to put himself in the most approved box ing attitude, a la Yankee Sulivan. He theu advanced in true Tom Hyer style to the. Englishman who had kick ed him in fhe Ininbar region, " A ring , a ring. shouted the soldiers and sail ors perfectly astonished to see a Turk such an adept in the fistic art. The Englishman nothing loath to have a bit of fun with a Turk of snch a truly John Bnll state of mind, set to . r- I 1 . 1 work, out ionna ne nau met nis master in five minutes he bad received his quantum suff. As the Tnk coolly re placed his coat ana turrjan -ne turned round and said to the ad miring by-stand-4 ers, iu the pure brogue- Bad luck to ye, ye spalpeens J when ye're either kicking a Turk, Fd advise ye the next time to jist be sure he's not an Irish man f - i ... . , The mystery was solved -our Turk was a Tripperary man f v RAIN FROM HEAVEN. AKttle eirl in Yorkshire Kvinsr in . . . .. a neiohhnrhnfjd where wafer was scarce- saver? as mnch rain-water as she could antf sold ft to the: washerwoman for a cent a bocftefV and in this way earned nearly five dofrars for the Missionary Society Whica she brought it to tbe Secretary! she Was not willing to tell her name. "But I i must " put ,. down where the money came from," said he. "Call it then,' replied the little girl, "rain from heaven." , A DAftDY, One, youth of this kind I-know a dolt of the very first waterwho , said to an acquaintance recently, in my pre sence, "Do you know the Miss 's of Noo Yawk 1 . W hat devilish suscep tible r.rechures they ar', to be suah ! I called on them a few months agos and sang to them 'Zurich's Waters,' and 'Me Sister De-ah,' and dont you think they both fell in love with me ! Egad, theydis so but I couldn't relievej and so I cut them. I vow 1 won't be cruel to any One if I can help it 1 won't pos itively would you 1" . , - This was at asr-rdinaryi "I say, stranger, said a Tqrjif Took l tigjboo k ped lar from Illinois," who sat near this scen ted braggart, you are" not a man, are yoof a full bound man? - You don't sSftingly answer to a masculine title, do yoa? I should take you for a pocket edition of a sheep. Them's my senti ments, and you have 'em gratis- You hav'nt brains enough to fascinate a kit ten yet yeia really fancy that you are something uncommon ! You are too flat to keep your eyes open, fully and I'll bet a wolf trap that the sight of a full-blown poppy would set you to sleep, any time. Oh, psha ! Landlord, give this thing a weak lemonade, scented with rose water and tote me a pint of brandy, hot with a red pepper in it, and a common segar. I'll go bail for the bill." : The irresistible "young man walked off with a look of insanity and anger. SENT BACK. A batch of 77 destitute filibusters, shipped by the authorities of New York to Detnot, were promptly sent back to the officials of tbe latter city, tbe other day. From J. TYSON 6 CO., Manufacturers and Mechanics' Exchange, Baltimore, who are author ized to acQl AGENTS for The Commercial. BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED. THE SOUTHERN AND WESTER jf JOURNAL OF PROGRESS, DEVOTED TO THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE, ART, MANUFACTURES, COM MERCE, AGRICULTURE AND TRADE, AND DESIGNED FOR THE DESK OP Merchants, Ilauters & the llomes of Busi ness Men, V. H. MEREDITH fc EICHARD EDWAItDS Editors Assisted by a large number of Distinguished Contri butors in various Slates. The Journal of Prognosis allied to no pnfiy. It mail. tains as political principles, ihe IiNTF.GUlTY 41D PROSPF.BITY OF THE UNION, and the SOVEREIGNTY' OF THE STATES, according to the conditions and limitations of the FEDERAL CONSTITUTION. It Kelts to energize these principles by increasing intercourse between all eel ion of the Country, and developing there sources of the SOUTH and WEST. The South produces the great Staples of the Country and consumes vast amounts of the pro ducts and minufaeiures of oOr own and foreign lands) hence, the importance of Commercial Cen tres and Internal Improvements, to keep pace with ha North, which is making such rapid strides to commercial and political sovereignty. The Journal of Progress will be the COMMER CIAL AND INDUSTRIAL ORGAN of the SOUTH AND WEST devoted to Education CoMStEftCK, FlNASOS, TSADB, LlTUN AL luFROTI- mbhts, M AMtCPACTVBBB, Agbicultcbe and MlSING. Inall these departments its columns will be worthy ofpotronseC; To our family readers.- We will furnish a pag agreeable and interesting to theoldandyoung;con aisting o'f original and select Biographical sketches of distinguished men; the latest and most reliable news of the day from time to time we will furnish a Statistical and Historical account of the Com mercial Cities and Towns throughout the Country, together with Illoststio'ks bbPaskd1 Szbksslv FOB THIS JODBWAL. Jj- Agents wanted for this Journal, on which a liberal commission tS allowed. Those applying fora'gencies, must forward a recomirtcndation f roni one or more Merchant." and the Post Master of the town. No other application noticed. Specimen n ambers sent te any part of the country on appli cation. All communications to be forwarded to the Journal of Progress, Baltimore or St. Louis. Publish sf MoiTftLT, t the Marrutacturers and Mechanics' Exchange, Ban Iron Building, Balti more, and at the N. E. Cor. of Chestnut and Four th Streets, St. Louis, Mo., and supplied by appoint ed Agents throughout the United States. TERMS i Only 2 per annum, IS copies will be sent to onb address, if fn tbe conr.try, for S15. JjT post Masters are authorised to act as Agents, snd retain for their commission 25 percent. Feb. 19. WINES AND LIBORS. 3 WE Irrvhe the attention of our ' I JLJa, Friends and Patrons to the best selection of Wines' and Lfqoofs ever offered to this market, consisting of Creseent Brandy, Vhrtage I?ltT, Pare and Dark Otard. D Afpny &. Co.'s Brandy, Old Cognac do. , S. Brastm A Co.'s do. Castillo A Co.'s do. Pare old Pert Wine, Duff, Gordon, Pale, Sherry, o4d Madeira snd Muscat Wines, Malojra Wine, Old Seuppefttong Wf, Holland Gin. Old Tom Gin extr Woolfs Schiedam ocnnappev Cherry Brandy, Old Peach Brandy, " Appfe do. M Bourbon TVhfckej, Rye eV Irish a-nJ Scotch Whiskey, Blackberry Brandy, Sic Madeira Wine, Perfect Love Cordial, Assorted Cordials, in bottles, Every variety ef 6tnled Wines and Lftfsors, Clarets of vartoas brand's whofej.il e prices Maraschino r Curacoa, Hosteller's Stomach Bitters. Aromatic do. do Ginger Wine, dkc. 4e. Al low prices foi CASH". Attheorigirrallrj.-ary. April 17. GEO. MYER'S. TURK'S ISLAND SALT. A fIM BUSHELS. For sale bv WiXJinj J. C. SMITH CO. July 3a . 67. EMPTf SPIRIT BARRELS. QAPRIMK quality second hand Empty Spir tV it Barrels, josf received1 per schr. Adele, snd for sale by ADAMS, BRO. dk CO. . Aug. If. . , . 60 JUST RECEIVED BT G . R. FRENCH. AFRESH sppty of FRWRf DAVTS' VEGE TAKLR PAFN KfLCrER, isr eatTre Now &t. To be nre that yoa get the genuine Mod cine, inquire for the New Dres with two fine en graved steel labels on each bottle. April 18. 16-tL GEORGE MYERS; 1 : WHOLESALE ARB RETAIL GBOCEB Keep constantly on hand, H'mts, 1"cas, - Liquor Provisions, H ood and Willow Ware, Fruit, Confcctionri,tyc. South Front street, 1VILMINOTON, N.'J. Nov. 18, 1859. 109. ADAMS, BROTHER & CO.; COMMISSION MERCHANTS, WILMINGTON, N. C. July 28. 68 STOKLEY & OLDHAM, GROCERS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, WILMINGTON, N. C. Liberal Cash advances made on Floor, Cotton, and K a va stores consigned to them. Aug. far 63 ly. as. c. titflTB1. Miles costiw. J AS. C. SMITH & CO., COMMISSION MERCHANTS. No. a, south water street, WILMINGTON, N. 0. April 26. . V l-lv B. OOLLNES. O. POTT t H.J n . CAStEBDEN D0LLNER, POTTER & CO. COMMISSION MERCHANTS, HEW YORK. I April 30, 1855. 20-Iy. GEO. W. DAVJS, COMMISSION MERCHANT, SOUTH WATER STREET, WILMINGTON, N. C. Jan. 22. 132. HENRY BURRHIMER WHOLESALE & BCTAIL TOBACCO, SNUFF AND CIGAR STORE. 4 SIGBT Of THE INDIA ST CHlEF' MARKET STREET ne door above Water Wilmington, If. C. N. D. AU Orders filled with despatch. Oct. 26ih. 1355 93-tAw-e. L. N. BARLOW, WHOLESALE & RETAIL GROCER, AND DEALER IN LIQUORS, WISES ALB. PORTE it, dV.' No. 3, Granite Kotv, Front Street. WILMINGTON, N. C. Feb. 17ih. 1PS6 140-tf. UMBRELLAS, AT REDUCED PRICES. A large assortment of every size, c'olor and quaiityJ at the Empo rium, 34 Market street. July 1 1th. CHAS. D.MYERS. W. Li. PJTTS, ATJC'l'IORI JfeJJblXlf STOCK, REAL ESTATE AND PRO DUCE BROKERS, WIIiMISOTOV, 78. C. Punctual attention given to the purchase and sale of Real Eslnie, Slocks, ana other Securities bov-ght and sold on Commission. Will attend to alea by Ailction of Real Estate or Manufacturing property in any part of the County or State or to the sale of Stocks, of Mer chandise in Stores or Furniture in Houses in this town. May 19; - 5-tf C.INDIES ! IRESH arrivals per Express this morning, a large and varied assortment of that delicious Candy at the Broadway Variety Store, No. 40 Market at. WM; H. DbNEALE. July 30. NOTICE. rWIHE Wilmington arid Weldon Kail road Com--1 pany Have made arrangements for forwarding all goods consigned to the care of the Company, and destined lor any point on the line of the North Carolina Road, free of commissioni. If landed on the Company's wharf, there will be no charge for wharfage or drayagei bat these ex penses will be incurred If landed on any other wharf, and will be added toi the freight on the way-bill, to be collected on delivery, by the North Carolina Railroad Company. N. B. To avoid detention st Wilmington, it is essential that the amount of freight by vessels shall, in all cases, be distinctly stated, in dollars and cenu. da each bill of lading, and if goods for more than one person are ineluded in the same bill of lading, the amount of freight for each con signee must be separately slated. By order of the Board of Directors. S. L. FRRMOrJT, Eng. d Srp't. Office of Engineer A Superintendent, ) Wilmingtonv N. C, Jan. 28, 1857. $ 134-te NEGRO PASSES. ANEW form ef Passes, containing sanitary pro visions, approved by 'he Commissioners. aid a number of others interested in the welfare of our colored population, is just issued at the office of IheOmmerciat. NATIONAL POLICE GAZETTE. This Great Journal of Crime and-Criminals is in the Twelfth Tear; and Is widely circulated throughout the country. It contains all the Great Trials. Criminal Cases, and appropriate Editorials on tbe same, together with information on Criminal Matters, not to be found in any other newspaper. gp Subscription, S2, per Annum ; SI, for Six Months, to be remitted by Subscribers, (who should write tketr names and the town, county and slate where they reside plainly,) To R. A. SKVMOCR, Editor & Proprietor of the1 National Police Gazette, ' Ma2 New York City COMMERCIAL 9 JOBPMITIi ESTABLISHMENT, ; S6UTH SIDE MAEIIT ST.UTH EAMIT EGU2I WILMINGTON, N. C. THB PROVR1KTOK of fhts well known Establishment woaki esll the attanttoarof tb business community to hts large and beautiful assortment of Type and Fmm havinr lost 'added, to hts stock one of Ii Ho tt Co's PATENT 8I3TGLK CYLT5DB TKlirriSQ MA CHINES, he is now enabled to do work at a maeh more i iiiisliln rate than formerly, and ia the fiees style f the wort Cards. I Printed from $3 to $10 per thaucand . BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS, RECEIPTS FOR RAILROADS, STEAMBOATS, CORPORATIONS, BIIX-BEADS, SHOP-BtrXS, BILLS OS" 1. AVISO, XJTD HEABDfSS, e., ste fce. POSTERS AND PROGRAMMES. W would call the attention of Concert Atcmta, Show men and others, to our faeiiiaea Sam doing. Lai kind ef work. , jxs Km or ' TUtTS JLSt ORNAMENTAL FEISTO8, ; Done In fhe neatest manner, and at short notice, TheM In want of Priatina we trast will ttaA it So- their adrnwagatogiraaaaeaifc. COMMERCIAL BLANKS. The attention of Shieoers and others f salted, to oar rtenstTS assuH'iutut of Ctxaiftettlal Blanks. Amo.Ue eol!eetti ia a very fin and lianrtirmw lot of EUs of Ez ehance, in hosts and books. November lalSSfc BALTIMORE LOCK HOSPITAL. DK. JOHNSTON, THE founder of this Celebrated Institution it frlhe most certain, Speedy snd only elleciB' al remedy in the work) lor SE CRE T DISEASES. Gieeta, Strictures, Seminal Weakness, Paina in the Loins, Constitutional Debility, Impotcncy, Weakness of the Back and Limbs, Affections of the Kidneys, Palpitation of tne Hoart, Dysnepsis, Nervous Irritabi lty, Disease of the Head, Throat Nose or Skin ; those serious snd melauchoiy dieor dersarising from the destructive habits of Youth, w hi eft destroy both body and mind. Those secret and solitary practices more fatal to their victims than the song of the Syrens to the mariners of Ulyssee, blighting their mast brilliant hopes or an. ticipations, rendering marriage, Jfcc, impossible. YO L AG MEN. Especially, who haTe become the victims of Snlti. ry l ure, that dreadful and destructive habit which annually sweeps to an untimely grave thousands of young men of the most exalted talents and brilliant intellect, who might otherwise have entranced lis tening Senates with the thunders of eloquence, of waked to ecstacy the livinglyre, may call with full confidence. MARRIAGE, i Morried.persons, oT Young Men, contemplating marriage," being awareof Physical Weakness, Or- iranta llehilitv n.fntmi t A, t is u- b.,uuii'iu I1UJUCUI ately odnsult Dr. J., and be restored to perfect health." ". ' .. . ... . whop!aces himself underthecsreof Dr. John ston may religiously confide in his honor as a sen tleman,and confidently rely upon hissklll asa phy sician. Da. Johnstow is the only regularly Educated -Physician sdvertieing to cure Private Complaints. His remedies snd treatment are entirely unknown toall others. Prepared from a life spent in the Great Hospitals of Europe and the First in this Country, viz England, France, the Block ley ot Philadelphia, tf-c, and a more extensive practice than any other physician in the world. Hia many wonderful cures and most important Surgiral Op. erationa is a sufficient guarantee to the afflicted. Those who wish to be speedily and effectually reli'tt ed. should shun the numerous trifling imposlers, who only ruin their health, and apply to him. A CURE WARRANTED OR IV O CHARGE. No Mercury or Nauseous Drugs Used. . OFFICE, No. 7, SOUTH FREDERICK St., left hand aide 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. Jchnston, lurk neat. DR. JOIINSTON. Member of the Royal College of Surgeohs London graduate from one of the most eminent Colleges f the United States.and the greater part of whose life has been spent in the Hospitals ol London, Par is, Philadelphia. and elsewhere has pfTon.J of the most astonishing cures thst wereeverknowru iusujr truuuicu wnn ringing in tne ears snd head vhen asleep, great nervoosnsss, being alarmed at sudden sounds, and bashfuiness. with frequent blushing, a ttended sometimes with derangen.ent of mind, were cured immediately. A CERTAIN DISEASE. When the misguided and imprudent votary of pleasure firtds he has imbibed the seeds of this painful diseaseit too often happens that anill-limed sense of shame, or dread of discovery, deters him from applying to those who. from education and respectability. can alone befriend him, delay ing till the constitutional symptoms of this horrid disease make their appearance, swh as ulcerated sore throat, diseased nose, noctural paths in rta head and limbs, dimness of eight, 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 or the bones of the nose fall in, and the victim of this awful disease becomes a horrid object of commit scration, till death puts a period to his dreadful suf ferings, by fending him to "that bcurne from , whence no traveller returns." To such therefore Dr. Johnston pledges himself to preserve the most inviolable secrecy; ahd. from his extensive prac tice in the first Hospitals of Europe and America, he can confidently recommend a safe and speedy cure to the unfortuna'e victim of this horrid dis ease. It is a melancholy fact, that thousands fall victims to this dreadful complaint, owing to the tin Bkilfulneesol ignorant pretenders, who, by the use of that deadly poison, mefehfy, ruin the constitu tion, a fid either send the unfortunate sufferer to an untimely grave, or else make the residue of life alt erable. TAKE PARTICULAR NOTICE. Dr. J. addresses all those who haveinjnred them selves by private and improper indulgences.- These are Sme of the sad and melancholy ef fects, produced by early habits of youth, vis: Weakness of the Back and Limbs, Pains in the Head.Dimnelpfhl, Loss of Muscular Pow er, Palpitation orVrrC Heart, Dyspepy, Nervous irritability Derangement of the Digestive Func tion,, General Debility, Symptoms fConeomp. Uon,&c. Mentally- The fearful effects on the mind are much to le dreaded ; LoSa of Memory, Confusion of Ideas, Depression of Spirits, Evil Forebodings. Aversion of Society, Self Distrust, Love of Soli tude, Timidity, &c. are some of the evils produced. Thousands ot persons of allages, can now judge what ia the cause of their declining health. Los ing their vigor, becoming weak, pale and emacia ted, have a singular appearance about the eyes, cough and symptoms of consumption. DR. JOHNSTON'S INVIGORATING REME DY FOR ORGANIC WEAKNESS. By this great and important remedy wetknefs tti the organs are speedily cured and full vigor restored. Thousands of the most Nervous and Debilitated individuals who had lost all hope", have been imme diately relieved. All Impediments to MARRIAGE Physical or MentalDIsqaalifications, Nervosa fr itabilitv Tremblings and Weakness, or exhaustion of the most fearful kind, speedily cored by Dr Johnston. Young men who have injured themselves by a certain practice indulged in when alone a habit frequently learned from evil compnnions. or at school, the effects of which are nightly felt, even when asleep, snd If not cursd, renders marriage I moossible.and destroys botl mind and body, should spply immediately. What a pity that a f otitis man, the hope of his country, and the darling of his parents, should be snatched from all prospects and enjoyments ef life, by the cofnseq'nences Of deviating from the path of nature, and indulging in a certain secret habit. Such persons, before contemplating MARRIAGE. Should reflect that s sound mind and body are the most necessary requisites lo promote connubial happiness. Indeed, without these, the journey through life becomes a wears pilgrimage; the pros pect hourly darkens to the view; the mind become shadowed with despair and filled with the melan choly reflection that the happiness of another be comes blishted with on rown. OFFICE NO. 7 SOUTH FEEDER JCkT-ST., ... - , BAtTimuiE, Mo. All Snrglcsl Operations Pert'omed. N. B- Let no false delicacy prevent you, but apply intmedfately either personally or b letter. SkinTleaea Speedilr Cored. TO STRANGERS. The many thousands cured a t this institution 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 whfeh have appealed a and a ea in before the public, besides Ms standing as a ventleman of eharsrferand responsisi!ity, if a sufficient gnsrantee let the affieted. TAKE NOTICE. It Is wfth the arestest rrfnrtnethat Dr. JrHJSTOI p emits his card te cvpear before the public. dTr.lnt: It anrroffws1onl for a pbyptrias to advertise, bet nnkrs he did so. the afflicted. "rc!ml!T stranrcrs nrah) not 11) t fall Into the hseds of tbe maitr fmpaleBt and orlrsrns'i Iir pnrfera, with innumerable Fklse Ku ea and eoa Mr! Quaekbops. cwartnica- thsce larre cities, copying Dr. jobsstoVii advertisements or adverrlstnr themselves aa physleians. illiterate shallw-brined fellows, too lazy to wor - at their original trade, wfth sraree tmm fdeas beyond the brute, who, for the pvrpoae of Entleinc and DeeaiT Ina. carry em flva or six offlee. nader aa sast y difff rrt Fln Names, so thst the afflicted 6rrl escsfhta? one. Is sore tumble besdlone Into the oter. - Ig-m-.TaBt Q naeka wttb enormous iyinm certificates ef irreat and as tonishing cores from person not te he fotmd, who keep yon taOlie hvrr bottles of Licence Tim sad etht r pack sires of filthy and worthless torn pounds. ef ir!y p repsri to imrywe vprm the antral trusts snd or. met set to. Trl Hi nsj month after month, or as tone as the -est fee em he obtained, and, In despair, leaves ya wrth, ruined hearth, te sirh over yoor rsftin dissrrtiitmesV. It Is this motive that Imfneea Vr. J. to vejMr- a atotra cs crus to. To those unacquainted wrtaaia refutation, he deems it necessary toeav that his trran tlal or dtvWnas alwsvs rare In v m KO LETTERS RTCETVir ITfJJCFS FOXI? and contain!, r a Ptemp to be nsed for the reply- Tm rms wntinr shenM stare tire and send that P" advertisement descritijar symptoms. - li-Iy-e. ,,. ., Jam. . 1857.