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4 ,f to 11111 v Hi iii .Hi Hi Hi I 111' V I VOLUME XII NUMBER 90. THE TRI-WEEKLY COMMERCIAL I. published every Tce.oav. Tmm "J Sato.dav x 5 per annum, payable in .nee in advance. I U V TllOS. t.ONG Editor and PaoraiBTOa Corner Front and Market Street, WILMINGTON. N.C. UATliS OK AUVEKTI81SC. lsqr.1 insertion lb M I 1 .?r. mo.il... ;: j :: i So i e 1 ini i I'll ' 12 00 1 ts:: u,.Vlli.,-2.. .r.r.arr ti.tn.oai exceed, lea tine., the pilee will be In rrw.crne... payable at the time.! lhCo-r,r.'r.l. yearly .dv.rtl.er.. wUl t made "VrrnVf"Xrcoc;.for rear., .dv.r.I.ln, r;r-HI.M-5 .!- or the eon.ractor.fe. ihtlmh.a.adenUed- ...... .,,tU milled to lerw in"" ..h-, mliom. a.lertl.emejai.ln n.u.lralea. uno for the .ale or rent of houac. or l-nda In town or roentrv or for the aale or hire of negroe.. wheih- oJhYrperson. Theoe are excluded by the term m mUiaU huaUf." trl.waeklv AIMd.er.Wement Inserted In ihe ",-we.; are entitled to one leaerilon in ihe f',ilf free ef charge. oo, ctnn ami) fawcy rnmTiwc, EIECDTED H SCfKRIOR &TTIB. Tti R a If OR TUB CO I MERCIA I.. Naw Voac Me.re. DoVLnaa ; A. I fOTT,,i?1,.t,r s'.f-C-.isiaiiTH. No.6. Central Wharf Ha;mor-WM. H.PAand Wn.TiiOii.ow MISCELLANY Correspondence of Ike Journal of Comment. TOE DRUSES. A WEDDING AND A FUN BR A L. Beirut, Fib. 4i!i, 1857. The notices heretofore given of the religion and character of the Duises, were prompted bv two very unlike oc cturences which I witnessed in Oct. 8,, 1856, and Oct., 1857, in the village of Abeih, on Mount Lebanon to which I had fled to escape the unendurable heat of the plain. Apait fiom the cool lem eratur at an elevation of more than 3,000 feet, and the beauty of the varied scenery of hill?, mountains, goiges, and the blue sea ; this village is tlie most a grceable of all in' Lebanon, by reason of those civilizing and softt uing influ ences proceeding from the American Seminary, and the preaching of the pure Gospel. Nor should I forget to add lo these the influence of the family, in the American models before the eyes of the natives, and of which, in its true ends and order, I hey seem tu lie as ig norant asof true ChitMianity. A Chiis liau family is a preacher as well as the inis.Honaiy who is the head of it. The village Aht ili, now containing a population of about 1,000 soul, had an early importance in ihe history of these mountain sects, it being for seven centu ries and inorf, the residence of the head? of a great Arab tribe which had embra ced the Druse doctrines, and extended its own sway over the surrounding country. Upon the extinction of the family in this tribe, Which had furnish ed its rulers, another succeeded, some time after A. D. 1600, which belonged to the Marouitc sect, and erected some substantial edifices almost resembling castles, out of the ruined structures of their predecessors. The hous occupi ed by Rev. Mr. Calhoun was built by one of these mountain nobles, whose walls arc five feet thick, and in some places discover architectural taste as well as a regard for strength. A civil war breaking out between the rival sects in the yejr 1S45, the Druses expelled the Marouites, burning many of their dwellings and damaging the castle-like houses of the Maronite rulers, and butch ering a large number of the people; af ter which the Druses chieftains, called Beg, took possession of the two prince structures, and occupy them to this day. The ton.b of a celebrated Druse saint gives additional importance to the place in the eyes of the sect, who come on pilgrimages to it, as though it was an other Mecca. This saiut was also a Prince, or Emir, whose euphonons and curt name was Jemaladeen-Said-Abdal-lah-Tnook. The memory of this ven erable okkalf or initiated, is so much cherished by the sect, that hundreds of both sexes every year visit his tomb at Abeih, in which a rich lamp is kept burning night and day. At times the females of the families of the Druse Sheikhs, or nobles, may be seen mount ed on horses, preceeded and followed by numerous attendants, iti indication of their superior rank, and proceeding in the .direction of ,Ateih. Robed in white and veiled from mortal eyes, sli'I they make it sufficiently apparent that their feet are without shoes, while oth ers, out of still greater humility and de votion, walk bare-footed, and all pro ceed on their pilgi image to the shrine of the saint. Indeed, he appears to have been worthy of respectful remem brance, since he was familiar with books of history, poetry and grammar, besides those of religion, and excelled in many of the virtues. Some of the sryiments he uttered were marked byHvisdom, amid a certaiu elevation and spirituality altogether in advance of bis sect, and indeed of the Christian sects around him. . , , ;.t.., , t .. y ' The three Druses Bvgs who oqjv reaid in Abeih, are brothers, df whom the two oldest were married and the youngMl un married when I 6rl tna.de iheir acquaint ance. The neighbors of the American missionaries, and having frequent inter course with them, they were on the most friendly relations. Some .years since the youngest Beg, having a more than usual active mind, and freedom from prejudice, was admitted, upon bis request to the lec tures and experiments in electricity ud Motional philosophy, in which he wa much interested, and made considerable progress. The Druse nobility are remarkably polite and attentive to strangers ; and soon re ceiving a call from the three Begs in cou puny, as is always -the case, dressed in cos tumes richly embroi lered with gold, 1 soon learnt to tmoke the long pipe of peace and civility and sip a cup of coffee with them with -considerable facility if not satisfac tion. Whilst making these new acquaintanc es, one day strange noisej burst upon my ears, coming from different quarters, and unlike lo everything human, animal, in strumental, or elemental, which Iliad, ever heard or conceived of. Running to the door, 1 saw female forms, robed in white, with the tautoor, or horn, projecting a foot or more from I be forehead, with a veil thrown' loosely over it to conceal the faci", walking upon the flat roofs of the Begs' houses, and uttering, these indescribable as well as unutterable sounds. I could liken thetn only to $ky rockets, rushing up into the pure air to tbe height of the clouds, and then failing gracelully and rapidly with an explosion as they reached the ground ; or to a waler tpout at sea, only inverted, the large ei.d of the cone being on the earth instead of the sky. A vol ume of solid voice, without diffusion or fragments seemed tu be thrown with in conceivably force i lo the air, which you could almost see as it ascended, and wa cli as it fell, and from v.hicb you would run s it struck the ground and exploded, as from a bursting rocket, while the volume of voice went up as a crystal shaft, which you could tee rather than near, when it fell back upon its base, and broke in pieces. It was accompanied with a splurge of voices; as the Irishman would say, like the gob bling of a fl ck of geese afier a triumph, or tbe gobbling cf a dozen exultant cock turkeys. Such vocal power is amazing, and would bring any price in America, I learned that ibis strange display was in honor of the approaching nuptial of the young Beg, and that the strange noisee nt the base of the vocal column were the im provised poetry in which the praises of the Beg and felicitations on hU coming happi ness were expressed. A native at my re quest gave me ihe substance in English verse, whose beauty surprLed me, but which unluckily 1 have misplaced, or your readers should have the benefit of it. These congratulations, were kept fur a week, sometimes from the, high t- Traces of the Beg's houses, and sometimes bursting forth iu ull directions throughout the vil lage. In the meah time it did net become the men to be inactive. Vandalism ekUts in Mount Lebanon in all its force in the mid dle ages. The Begs are petty lords, hav ing their dependents and retuiners, who are bound to do i hem service h uh in war and peace. In front of ihe Begs' princely houses is an open space, called the Dcedan, used mainly for trying the speed of horses and playing ibe jereed, a sport in which the A rata especially delight, as it develops both the speed of the horses and the abil ity of the riders. The jereed i a piece of cane or a stick fully tbree feet long and half an inch in diameter, which the rider grasps in one hand while he holds the reins in the other. Half a dozen or more inki' opposite positions at the ends of the meedan, some twenty rods apart, And stri king their sharp stirrups intc the flanks of their horses, which rise and bound as tho touched by - galvanic shock, da-h forward as though bent on the death of their oppo nents. Holding tbe jereed with a firm hand, carefully balanced, and high in the air, they watch the motions of their oppo nents, both lo avoid their weapons and seize the; right moment to hurl their own. Generally by the rapid motion of their l.oraes, or by instantl'- throwing their own bodies into different positions, they suc ceed in escaping the aimed blow, though sometimes they catch it oq the body, the limbs, or the face, and even in the eye. Occasionally death has followed, hut not often : and in all cases friendship remains unbroken. On one occasion 1 saw a Nu bian sUve participating in the game, and burling his weapon witri fearful energy at his white competitor ; but in turning and retreating, unable to control his hors, both, fell backwards froaa the plateau of .the mcedan down an embankment at least six feet high. . Ins antly the sport was ended, the arm dropping which aimed the mis chievods i jereed, and hastened to the scene of disaster, expecting horse and horseman were either, killed or mangled. ' Strangely both escaped 9 injury, and in a few minutes the slave was mounted again, and with a broader grin aiu.ing his shaft at his master and others. Thus day after day the de pendents of tbe Bcs sought to please them and hontr the nuptial , hundreds. and hun dreds always being present, and one day, as u was esuinaiea, avw l ney came from their near an J distant villages, dressed out in all the colors and costumes of Eas tern pride and fashion : and seated upon their haunches in great circles around the meedan, gaze I in entire silence, but not without , expressions iu their faces of inter est and admiration, upon the exciting and perilous scenes before them. To their hon or be it recorded, not one, fight occurred, not one drunk n man was seen, not one drop of intoxicating liquor was drank l ney sipped IBoir cottee and smoked their chibouks, and then .quietly retired, and in' good season. I sat nitb ihem occasional ly, honored with a chair by the Begs, and invited to sit at their side, and indulging iu my own reflections upon this bizarre scene, and this bizarre Eastern life aJl one great Vanity Fair.; " v . Thus for seven long days the women sung their strange carols, and the men played the jereed holiday week among the Druses cf Lebanon. Then the even WILMINGTON N. ing came, when with; torches, music, in strumental and vocal, and all the demon strations of rejoicing, the long procession marched into Abeih, bringing the bride from a distant village, and installing her in h:r future home, which she never left in the day light .till the bier, bore her to her last resting place. .Several ladies of the American. -Missionaries u ado her ac quaintance, who testified to her comely form and many good qjal iie, as wcil as to the affection and k'nd treatment of tier husband, the young B?g. A year later, 1 was spending a few weeks in the same place and for the same reason, when on a bright morning those same female voices sent up their strange notes, mingled w th thecrack of muskets. for cannon are not found in the mountains, which would doubtless have bon red the occasion had they been there. The mys i.ri ai.i aonn exnlamed : the vounir wife haS become a mother, and tbe i young Beg, the father of a eon. Jot apretta uirougn the vU'ace. and found partial utterance in these innumerable female vtices and this innocent burning of powder. Hardly an hour had passed, however, before 1 observ ed a dreary silence, instead cf these exul tant manifestations, and inquiring the cause was told that the mother was a corpse 1 The contrast was so great as to sadden the most vulgar mind, and so sudden ! Soon, other than female voices were heard, and going out to the meedan 1 saw thirty or firty venerable men, with beards as white as snow and descending to the breast, walking slowly and solemnly in a platoon, backwards and forwards, over the vary spot which bad been the scene of such 8 port and rm rriment. All around was si ill and silent as the great enemy who had just done his work; while these old men, his very body guard, as it seem ed, wailed cut their dismal ditty in a key, and in a measure, and with an air of unaf fi cted grief, which almost made the blood run cold, and every nerve quiver. Once 1 spent a n ght in the church ef the Holy Sepulchre at Jerusalem, from a desire, fool ish perhap?, to witness the rites performed under the dim light of a few lamps and candles, and amidst objects so sacred and overawing, the full power of w: ich I wish ed to prove over my intelle"t, my imagin ation and my heart; but it was feeble coin pared with the funeral song of these old men, who inarched backwards and for wards fwr three whole days, without ces sation, or rest, or taking any food, eo far ns I could observe, always drawling out those dismal strains, and nmrching at the same step. Sometimes the effect was heightened, impossible as it seemed, by a crowd of women bursting forth from the house of the deceased, ana mingling tneir screeches with the low bass of the old men, and then, robed in white, like ghosts retired. 1 know not whether these lugu brious dirges were continued through the night; certainly they were till each sun set ; for unable to endure the strains, I shut my door, and closed my windows, and banished, as far as I was able, the scene and sounds from my room and my heart. The Druses ore brave men ; but before an enemy tbey tremble ; and why not, with such a dismal religion? Their God Harem was a tyrant and n brute ; he could not be endured in Egypt when only a man: how then in nether world, when clothed with almighty po-verf They hope for a future .life, but il may be that of a dog, an asa, a swine, to be driven, punished, kick ed and sl.trveJ an'I then transmigrate into other forms equally or more degraded and absurd. Why should they not turn pale ? They never allow the subject to be nam ed ; and though I called upon the Begs to express my sympathy, it was done on ly lrt silence. Tbe third day the corpse was buried, an immense crowd attending. Carried to the tomb of the Druse Saint, the bierr was let down, while the Begs and male relatives entered a room adjoining the tomb, and were seated, and a priest or Okkal offeied one of the long prayers of the Moslems, he and the crowd standing without. Ln the .meantime, the grave was being dug un der a part of the bu dding, open to the in gress, and occupancy, and filth of goats and sheep, and there was laid the fair form of the wife of the young Beg. Never did I attend so sad a funeral. THE NORTH CAROLINA MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMP'Y, RALEIGH, N. C. 1"HE boveCuiMpaiiy iu-abeea iaopcratioMincc . the l.tof AprU, 848, underibedirectionof the ol iasOrfira,vixi Dr.Cbarle. K. J oahaon, President. Wni. 3. Haywood, Vice 'resident John O. YVUlUraa, Secretary, Wm. H.Jones, Treasurer. Porrln Busbee, Attorney, . i Dr.Charlds t. Johnson, 3 , , . , Or. Wai. H.MeKee. i AMu:al Dom-dof Dr. tt.B. Haywood, $ Consultation. J. Hcr.maa. General Agent. Thia Company has received a charier ,vjng ad vantage tutnain.ured over any other Company. The ' Section five, the Husband the privilege to insnre twsowa life for the sole use of his Wife and Children jrtt irom say ciatmsor the represents tiveaof the husband or an v of hts creditors. Organized on purely mutual principles, the life memberarneipaieiB inetrAoteor the profits which reioclared annually Hesides, the applicant foi nfc.wneti tne annua ipremiuni Is ovetS30 may pji one half in Note. Allclaim.foria.uraneea.alnsiibe Comnanvwil tpnid wlihln ninety daysaficrproof of the death ctthe party i.furnUhcd. Slave, are Insured foroaa or five years, at rate. hich will enable an Slaveholder, to secure t hi class ofiroperity against the uncertainty of life. Slave Insurance present a new and intereatln feeler-in the Malory of North Caroline which wiU mve very important to the Souther State. rneiasi tour monins operation cunta company shows a very! a rge a moan i of hoslneas mere t nan the Directors expeetediodothe first year having- tread v issued more than 200 Policies Dr. Wm. W. Hakbiss, Medical Eiaminer, and Agent. Wilmintton, N.C. iMKTommaniaaMonsonbasine.tof theCompany shoo Id be addressed te ll ICH ARD H. BATTLE, Sec'y. Raleich.JuneS.lP6T. OUR BLACK CASSIS1ERE DAT. NOTHRR Case of this most fashionable style H AT, jaaT received and opened at the Ha! and Cap EmporUay 34 Market street. P3 ; .,, CHAS. D.MYERS. 1 FRESH CANDIES. JUST R EC KITED, ihU day by Kmcw, anoth er lot oX those dclicioea Candies at the Brand- way Variety Store. N in . .l. . . W. II. DsNEALk. C; TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 80. 1857. PROSPECTUS N. C. JOURNAL OF EDUCATION. At the recent meeting of ihe N. C. Educational Association, in Warrenton, the undersigned were appointed a committee to mate the necespary ar rangements for publishing a momhly journal, with the above ti:!e. Having mat! 3 arrangemf ntafor Is- uing the first Ho. in September next, liiey call, with cocfideme upon T-rhers nnd School Officers. io send sub ?cripijiifi9 immediately, that they may be enabled 10 go on with the work. They feel assured that, if tho3:, who have the educational interests of our Sidie at heart; will exert themselves, the number of subscribers, requisite to Insure complete suc cess, can be secured within one week alter the publication of this prospectus. The Journal Is to be devoted entirely to the in terests of Kducation. will be published under the suspicesof the State Educational Association. 11 wiil be the organ of the Association and of all affiliated or subordinate Associations in the Stale. It will labor to promote the great cause of Kduca tion in all it. grades, as one caust ; and lo fofier a general sympathy between teachers, and officers of Common Schools, Acadamics, end Colleges, as co-laborer in that on e-rtai cause. It will strive o advance the intecestso I tbe Common. School System of the Slater, nndertylng atl otnesiatcr ests, eitd santninlng on Ire-vast granite base, uur great educational struct ure,and will furnish . chan net ol communication between the lien era 1 Super intendent of Common SchKt and those who feel an interest ln their welfare. Tae Journal will be edited by a Board of Editors, composed of C. tl Wiley, Superintendent of Common School, and a number of tho leading Teacher of the State, and one local Editor, who will receive all communica tions and superintend the publication. All communications should he addressed tn the Editor qf tho Journal of Education, Gretna bero, A. C. C. II. WILEY, C. C. COLB. G. VY. BROOKS. W. W HOLDBV, WM. ROBINSON, Ciuuillt-J. TERMS: The Joarnal will be published monthly. In mne- azine form, in handsome style, and will contain 43 page, at the following rates : One copy, one year, . . . . . . S2 00 Six Copies," (to osre address) . 10 0 Subscription, required invariably in advance. and receif. ta aent in the first No. Terms af Advertising : 1 VBAB. 6 MONTHS. 3 MONTHS. 1 MO. SS 6 One page, 75 $40 921 Hall " 40 21 li One-fourth, 22 11 7 3 2 16 tinea, VI 7 4 Advertisements by the year payable quarieily. aii omera mommy Teacherr srnding S"0 for 25 subscribers will be entitled to advertisements of their Schools, of 16 lines, for ort- year. I here are at all times a number of Schoola rl all grades, neeriins teacher., and of teachers who want situations ; and it I not at all uncommon for parties thus situated to advertise their desires and wants in paper, not expressly devoted ti the cause of Education, II all such, by general consent, would keep standing notices in the Journal, it would be an easy matter fur teacher to find out all vacant situations,and for Committees and Trus tee to learn ihe address of all teachers wanting placea. It I. therefore, the desire ol the conductors of the Journal to publish a Directory of this kind. and ! all who will fiirni-h stanlinir notices of their wants very liberal deductions will be made from the usual advertising rales. August 5. tw6G JOB PRI1III r ESTABLISHMENT, OfiTTTtr tiT r i d rt?nn nnn tc muv it t vnv nrncn? j in oii.fi ivmriai oi . in ini n.niuiii cuub WILMINGTON", N. C. TKK PIlOPlJfETORofthU well known EtnlIiliment would call tiie attention of the business community to Ills larKC and beautiful assortment of Tvt mid 1'rennes hfivhir tout fui'ip-1 to H ttek one of H. Holt Jk. t'o's l'ATKNT S1XUU2 t'VT.INDER PRINTING MA CHINES, be ' now etu.Med to do work t a much more rrttoii.i'(j rate tliir.t formerly, aud in tho finetst style of the work. ) CARDS Printed from $.1 to $10 per thotimtnd UOOKS AND PAMPHLETS, 11ECE1PTS FOlt RAILROADS, fiTKAMBOATS. COHPORATIOXS,c B1LI.-I1K.AD8, 8H01-IiIT.TA BILLS OK LADINO, .ANI nKAlIN(ld, fcc, ate., fee. POSTERS AND PROGRAMMES. We would call the attention of Concert Aifents, Show men and others, to our facilities for doing this kind of work. ill ksds or PLAIN AND ORNAMKNTAL rRINTINO, pone in the nratent manner, and nt abort notice. TIiom In want of lrinting we truet will find it to their advantage to a-lve n a call. COMMERCIAL BLANKS. The attention of Shippers and others is called to our extensive assortment of Commercial Ulauks. Amoit the collection is a very tine and handsome lot of Bills of Ex chnnifp, in sheets and books, November 3, 18i3. . GENTS STRAW HATS Santa Martha, Lut on. Senett and Canton Braid; Panama, Leg horn, Hiawatha, Ceylon, Congress die. A full as sortment of these and other styles at the Hat and Cap Emporium, 34 Market st. CHAS. D. MYERS. June6. . n "tailoringestablisiiment. THE .nbscriber has removed hi. Tailoring Es tablishment from the corner of Market and Second streets, to Wilkinson', building,, three door, above his late location- - He wilt attend to the business in all Its branches, and work will be executed with neatness and des patch. Cntting will be attended to promptly. -Cleaning Gentlemen', apparel and r pairing will also be attended to. I refer, In regard lo my qualifications, to Mr. Thomas H. Huvit. TITUS R. JAM E. Oct I3! b7.3m " REMOVAL. SIMON B. K. H WE1LEH will remove hU Dry Goods and Millinery Stock and HusineM from hia presrnl aland lo the COUXEtt STORE NEXT DOOR, on the 1st August, where he wil soon op n an entirely new .lock MILLINERY and DRY GOOD. August 6th, 1857- G0-2m HOUSTON'S PATENT SKID SCALES rlMl ESE St ale., for which tbe inventor has ob I. lalned Letters Patent from the United Staiet Government, are intended to supersede the present cumbrous and objectionable appiratns, used for weighing eylindric-al packages, such as bairei', tierce, f-c, eontainlne a nicies usually sold by weight. Also for weighing bale, of cot ion, hay, or other .inula r packages, Theadvantase claimed for them ovei the ordinary 8calca in oe. are that no hoisting is n quired, as the ailicie tu be weighed i immntumUly suspended by iis own gravity, and without strain, on reaching a given point beneath the Scale beam thus saving a large amount of time and labor, and preventing Injury by hooks, or otherwise, to tk frailest package. .The patentee will be pleased to exhibit his invention at the store of M r. S. M. West, and receive orders for such si sea and quantities a nny be desired. GEO, HOUSTON, Patentee. July 27. 67 tf NEATNESS AND DURABILITY, ARK TWO VERY ESSENTIAL QUA LITI ES 4b a bat. They sue both combined n our jnstly popnler Black Casaimere Hats, which are offered to the public as tbe best hat yet introduced for dress or basins, wear. A. ease just received be Express at the Hat and Cap Emporium. 94, Market Street. CHAM. D MVEKS. Oct. "COMMERCIAL" HIGHLY IMPORTANT TO RECTIFIES, LIQUOR MERCHANTS AND WHOLESALE GROCERS. DR. FEUTCHTWANUER'S flavorings to Prodace at a Moments Not ice every desired liiquor The undersigned has lately made great improve ments in this branch of business. The Flavor ing, ars put up ln packages of 5 10, and 40 Gal lons, and acquires t ut the addition of Pure Spirit, either 1st or 4lh proof and Liquors such a Cognac, either dark or pale, Holland and England and Eng lish Gin, Jamaica and St. Croix Hum, Motionjia hela, Bourbon, Irish and Scotch. Whiskey, Apple. Peach, Cherry and Raspberry Brandy, Port and .Madeira Wines will be insnntly produced. 1 1 re quires no skill, -but an addition of a good spirit, say 50 gallons to each gal-n of the respective Flavoring. Tne best Cognac oil, green, yellow and white warranted genuine, as low as any other importer in ihe U.S. Essence, of every Liquor. Extract of Cognac, 1 lb. of which produces 'Mi) gallon ufCogna--. Raw Whiskey may by Dr.F.'s age and body pre-" pnration he made smooth with but a trifling ex pense,, .. . v The pnee of FhvortBasare extremely moderate, iKid direciious in fuU supplied by DR. LEWIS FEUCHTWANGER. Chrmttl tni Importer tf Drugs, Erse nihil Oils and Metals, liu$Hrmteliipe and. IJ'hiUgnphic Ckmteals. No. 1 43 Maldcu I.anc. Sfrw York.. N. B. Sole Aseat for God trey' celebrated Cor dial Killer and Gin. April fa. 16 Cm. SITUATION WANTED. FOR a lad nearly 12 years of age, of good mor al character and correct deportment, wltocan read and write and is sotnewhat acquainted with figures. He would be pleased to obtain a situation as errand boy, or in any occupation" in whi h he could be useful. He would require hut small com pensetion ; his object being to render some tri fling assistance to his mother, who is in indigent circumstance. Apply at The Commercial Office. July tl. . V 49 STEDMAX'S SALEM MAGAZINE IS TO BB THK TITLE OP A TO BE PUBLISHED MONTHLY IN Til K TOWN OF'SALEM, N. C, A MKMI3lt OF THE SORTaCAUUUSA BAR. LN offering to the public my Magazine, I claim for the Editorlil Chair no superiority over that department of oilier like i'ei iodiculs; bull do claim for the talent of North Carolina, and the South generally, that will be brought to its support-. Southern patronage. And I also, as a Southern man, and the Editor of a Southern Magazine.,claim at the hands the .'.juihern country, nnd espe cially of North Carolina, ibar aid and.support tit t will here, at home, eatab ish, upon a firm basis, a fountain ( Literature, and exclusively a Uonie Literary Masazinc. s Many are ihe Magazines now published in the Northern Slates i bat are flooding the whole South ern country There is not, (it is probable,) a coun ty in any S or them State that is not visited bv ' H-irper," Graham," " Peterson," or Godey ;" while hire in 'onli Carolina and ihe South where genius unsurpassed and unequalled reign-, the lit erary talent Hi at is brou -hi into exercise is dedi cated to tho support of Northern Magazines, while Southern enterpiise, taste and :alent bow in hum ble submission to such suicidal policy uf Southern contributors. Why 1 ask, cannot ir North Carolina, the South send greeting lo iur Southern clime a Ma-j.i7.ine, acceptable lor the many qualities thai ndoi n the pages of the most chns'e, elegant and polite Periodicals! It is true thai the South ha her Magazines; but lew in number are tncy. ami unknown, compared to the publications of '.lit Worth, which every mail brings to ourhinies, fiil c'd with the lesiih of U.cl labor, and. teeming with unpardonable sedition. Then I appeal io North Carolina an! o.her Southern States to aid me in my enterprise, and in promoting a literary tas'e aiiiong3latl)'e upon v h im as a Southern man, I have e aims. My Magazine will be of the usual size j ond no thing wiil he admiited to its pages but such arti cles as will meet the approval of the most fasti dious Il shall he Illustrated with ENGRAVINGS AND PLATES of the most elegant texture, -equaling in beauty and style any executed at ihe North. My price of oubscription is THREE DOLr LAKS per year, which is required to be paid in advance, as the expanse to be incur ed in estab lishing such a pnblicaiion will i.oi admit of a cred it system. ZlThe first Sumbcr veill be intued et Janraru 18. A.J. STKDMAiN, Sept. 1, 1S57. Editor and Proprietor. N. B. My Address until the 1st November wil be Pittiborough, N.C. alter that lime it will be Salem, N C. sept 29 WILMINGTON, CHARLOTTE AND RUTHERFORD R. R. COMPANY. 1MIE regular Annual Meeting ol thf Stockhold era of the Wilmington, Charlotte and Ruther ford llailroad Company, will be held in the town of Charlotte, county of Mecklenburg, on the 3d Wednesday in October The same being the 2lsidiyof the month. The transfer Books will be closed for vncminih prior to said day. H. W. GUION. sept. 22. 79-I2IO FOR RENT. ; THE following Hou-e for Rtnt for 12 month, from the 1st of October next s One House on 4th Street, North cf Prin cess street. One House on Market street, extended. Three Housed on Dock street, between 6h and 7 ih streets. One House on th East side of Old Boundary street between Market and Dock streets. One Hous on the corner of Dock nnd Old Boundary streets. One lloit?e on Market street be l ween St h and 9th streets. Apply to MILES COS TIN. July 30. 57-t F ALL and Winter styles of Misses' Children's and Infants goods now ready. Embracing a'l ihe new sti la of Beaver and Felt. Flats. In fant. Hals and Caps, dc. f-e. Oct. 8. CHAS D. MYERS, NOTICE. ALL persons indebted to the subscriber either bv note or account, are respeeifujly requested to come forward and m ike settlement, as ii is sb solutcly necessary to hU business that he should cwllect what is da j him at this time. He wiil be found for the present at the corner of Water and Chenut streets, (Hock Sprins ) Sept 24, H57-25 if J. G BE4UMAS ICE! ICE! ! ICE! ! ! THE WILMINGTON ICE HvU-SK wiH be opened for the delivery of Ice every morning trt .unri.-e, closing at Sunset, except on Sunday when it will poiiceJy close at 8 A. M. TKIOIK CASH ii is earnestly desired that no person will ask any deviation from this rule a. il will certainly be adhered to. ICKETScanbe procured and DEPOSITS made in advance by those who desire to avoid lite annoyance of makin change. ICE for Ike country packed an J forward a. di rected. I CF. furnished to the sick poor free of charge when directed by Physician or member of itie Visiting Committee. A. H. VANBOKKELEN, Aeent. ? 7.rl 1857. : 0-binn. M EN'S AND BOYS Caps and Covers.jusl re eeired at C.D.MYERS. March 2 SEAMLESS BAGS. 1 1f( Twso bushels SEAMLESS BAGS j 1 r Forale by A ADAMS . B80 o. . , GLUE. - ! . ? Cif BARRELS OF BE.T AMERICAN GI.UE -C t JUST received per Schr. M. Y. Davif, from ston. Kor sale by ADAM Sf BliO. Of CO. , o BOcf GEORGE MYERS, WIIJLESALIi AMD RETAIL GROCER Keeps constantly 09 hand, lit. Teas, liquor Provisions, Wood and Willow Ware, fruit, Confectionaries,c. Soulh Frontstrtct, W I I..M I N UTON , M . C Nov. IS. 1855 - 109- ADAMS. BROTHER & CO.. COMMISSION MERCHANTS, WLUMlAUlUJi, . V. July 28. I 68 AS. C. SMITH. MILE. COSTIN. JAS. C, SMITH fc CO,, COMMISSION MERCHANTS, No. 2, SOUTH WATER STREET, WILMINGTON, N. C. April 26. 18-lv II. OOI.LNER. G. POTTLR. Jr. J. CAMERpEN DOLLNER, POTTER & CO. COMMISSION MERCHANTS, NEW VOIiK. ApriWl. 1855. 20ly. HENRY BURKIIIMER WHOLESALE & BSTAIL TOBACCO, SNUFF-AND CIGAR S T O R E. ' SIRV OI'THE ISDIAN CHIEF" MARKET STR EE T tienloor above Water Wilmington. V. V. .V. B. All Orders filled with despnUh. Oct. 26 h. 1355 fl3-tw-c. I.. N. BARLOW, WHOLESALE & RETAIL GROCER, AND DKAI.EM IN "LIQUORS. triXES ALE, PORTER, f-c. No. 3, Granite How, front Street, WILMINGTON, N.C. Feb. 17th, IP56. I40-tf. : GEO. W. DAVIS. COMMISSION MERCHANT, SOUTH WATER STREET, WILMINGTON, N. C. Jan. 22. 132. C INDIES! f.nEH arrivals per Express this morninz, a - larse and varied assortment of that delicious Candv at ihe Broadway Variety Store, No. 40 Market st. WM.ll. DtNKALE. July 30. FIXE CANES. WE H.AVE just opened n farge and elegant va riety of riie Walking Canes. Consisting in part of Gu'ta Perehi, handsomely m mnted wi'h eold, tilver, and richly carved Ivory heads Orange Wood, Ebony, Rosewood and selected Hickory mounted in various styles. Call and examine our assortment at the Hal and Cap Emporium, 34 Mirke st. CHAS. D. MYERS. Oct 1. r "THE SOUTHERN CITIZEN." A Sew Pitliliral Onniusircial and Literary Journal. JOHN MITCHELL & WILLIAM G. SWAN, EDITORS AKD PSUFBIETOBS. ry E Title of 'hi Joiun tl, with the names ol 1 in Editors, may bo nearly enough to indi cate its aims. One of those Editors bcin an American citizen by hinh ; the o'her intending to become such b adoption; there is no question affecting ihedes sinies of Americans, on which they will h Id themselves do urred from openly csprees an opinion. The one a SU!hcrncr by birth the other by preferrnce, ihy cannot be of those who know "No South, No North. They well know both; and in Ihe struggle which the Sooth is now calied upon to make for her own rights and honor, they mean to stand with ihe South. . A thoroughly Denncratic and States-Rights Journal, '-The Southern Citizen" will neverthe less decline to be 0 lied "Partizan;'' unless the Constitution of the United States is to be called a partizan document. It will uphoh' the Federal Union, provided ihe sovereignity of ihe cenfuderatcd States be respect ed : if not, not. Holi'ina that the Institution of Negro Slavery is a sound, jnsi, wholesome ln.-littiiion ; and there fore, thai the question of rc-opening the African Slave Trade, i a question of expediency alone, the condnctors of -'The Southern Citizen" will in view o1 ihe late action of 'he Southern Commcr, .rial Convention, nt Knoxville, apply themselves to search out and bring to light, all accessible in formation bearing upon thai important subject on the whole indns'rial condi'l in and necessities of ihe South on the actual etate of the negro ra ces of Africa, and on the policy and action of Eu ropean Power in reference to the Slave Trade. llesidingat Knoxville; and choosing this poin as the place from whence their Journal is to em anate, the conductors of "The Southern Citizen'' will be guided in the matter of Stale Politics, by the genera1 principles above indicated. It will belong to no clique of office seeker.. In short, it will suppoit the candidates for all officers, who wiil support the equal rights of the Sovereign States, North and South ihe equal rights of the Sovereign Citizens, wherever they may have been born, wherever they may worship er not worship. On Agricultural nd Commrrci-il affairs on the progress of Internal Improvements, anJ especially of our Southern Railroads, there will be an ample and carefully compiled weekly report. Liretary articles and Reviews, will frni a main feature of "The Southern Ciliien." Intellectual grandeurwhercver it appears in the world, shall meet prompt and zealous r-cogniilon. We do not need 10 thut out lish! end mifie inquiry : b'Jt, in this department as well as in Politics, we shall take leave to examine and judge Irom our on view not importing our opinions from England, sti. I less at second hand from New (England. To th e utmost of our power, we shall aid tho movehmentwhich at lensrih stirs the Soulh to vindicate her own in'el lectu.ilaud moral existence, to revolve around her own crnne of thought, and to appeal tn a standard ol taste and of ethic, high above the consideration of political or commercial rivalry. Especial rare will be taken to furnish a weekly di?esi of ail the news of the world at homj and abroad. s Conducing their new Journal In this spirit, and constantly endeavoring to make jrod these b n dertakings.it Is presumed 1 hat "The Southern Citizen" will meet with the support which it may deerve. The first number of 'The Roothem Citizen will -ppear between the first and fifteenth of October. It wiil be publinhed on the Wednesday of each we. k. Term-: TWO DOLLARS per annum. , New Type.. Press, and Materials of all sort., are being procured fr this Journal; and as ii. publication wilt certainly be continued, subscribers wil be rt quired in all cases, to remit the- amount of their subscriptions in advance; olberxlM tbe paper will not be forwarded. The Terms of advertising wi:i conform to the usual rates Tennessee. Cowtnnncaiiona to be addresed 10 Mcrs. MITCH EL & SWAN, kvBoxvlIle.Tenn. August 2St"3, 165?. t93 EMPTY JSPIRIT BARRELS; ! Qfi PRIM Equality second hand Empty Spir JJ it Barrels, just received per schr. Adelia andforsnleby ADAMS, BRO. dr. CO. ' A11g.ll. 60 RECEIVED THIS MORNING. I fm BrEXPRKSU. A Case of our Fall U via L3 of Black Casimere Hal. at ttte HAT AND CAPMPOIUM.No 34 Market Street. Sept. 8. CHAS. D. MYE3& RECLIFIXG AT THE EMPORIUM OUR KLL STYLES DRESS HATS O ALL COLORS and sises. No. 34 Markei Street. - - i Sept. a CHASED. MYERS. UMBRELLAS, ; AT REDUCED PRICES. A large aaaorimeai of every .tae. color and quality, at th. Ejuptf para. 34 Marker, street. JulyUth. CIUS, 0- 5!YER.a. WHOLE NUMBER 1491 BALTIMORE LCI H HOSPITAL. -mi. ".JOHNSTON. THE lounder of this d It bra ted Institution rf ferstlie mo.ceriain, Speedy and uoi it.icib 1 remedy in ihe world lor SEC RE2 DISEASES. Gleet., Strictures, Seminal Weakne, Pis in the Loine, Constitutional Pebiliiy, ' Jmpotincy, Weakness of tbe Back and Lipibs, A flections ol the Kidneys, Palpitation of the Hcait, L itia, Nervous irriLabi iiy. Disease ol (he Head, T trout Nose or Skin ; those serious and meluiu hoiy Jit 01 dersarisinvfroni the destructive babits ol l ouili, which de.iroy boibbpdy and iniod. Those sr(t and solitary practices more fatal 10 their vi.tiiis than the song of the Syrri. to the uatin rs rf Ulysses, blighting their uiot brjllia nl horurn tiiipationa. rendering marriage. die., impossible YOUMiMEN. Especially, who I. aye become the victims of S'clilo ry Vice, that dreadful arid destructive habit which annually sweeps to an uotimel v crave thvittanr's of young men of the most exalied talents and brillinnt intellect, who might otherwise have rntiaoct d lis tening Senates with the thunders of eloquence, or waked to ecstasy the living I) re, m?) caji with fn confidence. MARK1AGE. Married persons, or Young Men, contcmplatlrf marriage, being awartof Physical Weakness. Oi ganic Debility, Deformities, die, should i pi medi ately consult -Dr. J., and be icstorcd to t.cifei t health. ' . - Ht whoplaces himself underthecarcof Dr.Jol.n slon may religiouidy confide in his honor a. a c c. lleinan.and confidently rely upon hisskili aa phy sician. Da. Johnston is the only regularly Eductrd Physician odvi riifinp 10 cure PrlvaieComnlints. His remedies and treatment are entirely unkr.cwn . toall others. Prepared from a life rpoi in ihe Great Hospitals of Europe and the Firet in 1I11 Country, viz: EngIand.Frar.ee, the Block ley o Philadelphia, dc, and a more ext psive practice than any other physician ir. ihe world. His ninny wonderful cures and moat important Surgical It erations is a sufficient guarantee to the afflicted.- -Those is ho wish lo be spceaily and efeetvalty rclitr ed. should shun the numerous trifling ipiposters ,Uo only ruin their health, and apply to him A CURE WARRANTED OK NO CHARGE. A7o Mercury or Nauienvg Divs Used, OFFICE, No. 7, SOUTH FREDERICK St.. left hand side, going froic Baltimore strtrl. a fi w doors from the corner. Fail r.ol 10 obrrrve Ms name and number, for ignorant triflirg in pottetf , attracted by the rep utttiop of Pr. Jchr.cton. Iv.k near. nn. Johnston. Mcmberof the Royal College of Surgeons London graduate from one of the most eminent Colleges of the United States, and the greater part ol whose life has been spent in the Hospitals ol London, Par. is, Philadelphia. and elsewhere, has effected son e of the most astonishing cure, thai v. ere ever know r Many troubled wiib ringing in the ear. and head when asleep, great nervousness, teing ajarmcd i sudden aeunds, and bashfumefs. with f'nqueit blushing, attended sometimes with dcrangtii em if mind, were cured i in mediutely. A CER TAIN DISEA SE. When the misguided and imprudu.t votary ol pleasure finds he ha. imbibed the eds ol .Lis painful disease, it too often happens ihnl cr ill-tin.-ed sense of shame, or dread f discovery d iti him from applying lo those who. Irom rduiatirn and respectability, can alone befriend l.im, delay ing till the constitutional symptoms of this honid disease make their uppenracce tu h as ulcriuli ri sore throat. diseased nose, noctural psins in the head and limbs, dimness of tlht. drufm., redes on the shin bones and arms, blotches on ihe head, face and extremities, progressing with friuhtjul rs -pidily, till al last the palate of ihe mouth or the bones of the nose rail in. and the viclim cf this awful disease become, a horrid objtrl of c ivnii? seration, till death puts a period lo his dreadful sttf ferings, by. sending him 10 "that lourne from whence no traveller returns." To fuch therefore Dr. Johnston pledges himself to preserve the moft inviolable .ecrer) ; and. from his exi nivc prac tice In the first Hospitals of Europe and America . heean confidently recommend a safe and spetdv cure to the unfortunate victim of ihi horrid dif case. It i. a melancholy fact, that thousi.r.de fall victims to this dreadful complaint, owing to th- i-n ski.'fitlneas of ignorant pretenders, who, by the 1 sc of that deadly poison, mercury, ruin iheconfthii. lion, and either send the unfortunate t uflrrer to r. ii untimely grave, or else make the residue of life mis erable . TA KE PA R T I CUT A R NO TICK. Dr. J. addresses a II those who have injured them selves by private and improper indulgences These are some of the ead and mt lancloly ef fect., produced by early habits of y.-uih, vii : Weakness of the Back and Limbs, Pains in li e Head. Dimness of Sight, Loss of Mcscu'ar P.. -er, Palpitation of the Hean, Dyspep..y. Nervous irritability Derangement of the Digestive Func tions, General Debility, Symptom, of Consume tion. die. j v - Menially The fearful effects on Ihe mind arc much lo be dreaded; Loss of Memory. C nfui,n of Idea., Depression of Spirits. Evil Fore bod ires. Aversion of Society, Self Disltwt, Love of Soli tude. Timidity, dtc. are some of the evils produced. Thousands of persons of allages, can now judge what is the cause of their declining bealth. I or ing their vigor, becoming weak, pale and emacia ted, have a singular appearance about the eyes cough ami symptoms of consumption. - DR. JOHNSTON'S INVIGORATING REME DY FOIl ORGANIC WEAKNESS. By this great and important remedy weak rert 01 the organs are speedily cored and fu vigr r r icn d. Thousands of the moet Nervous ard DebiMiM, d individual, who had lost all hope, have be n ipi me diately relieved. All I'mpedinient lo MARRIAGE Physical or MentalDivqualifieations, N civet lr itabilitv Tremblings and W eakness, or exhaustion of the moat fearful kind, speedily cured bv Dr Johnston. 1 Young men who In re injured thimstlves by-a certain practice indulged in when a lone-a I;abi frequently learned from evil corrpani re. or at school, the efTeci.nr which are nihility fell, even when asleep, and if-not cured, render mariiaee i mnossiblend destroy sboti mind and Icdr.f 1 ou'd apply immediately. , . What a pity that a young man, the Itofp of Ms country, and the darling of his parents, should b. snatr-hed from all prospect, and enjoymrnts of life, by the consequences of devta liner from tl e r'b of nature, and indulging In a certain secret hat.ll. Such persons, before eontempltcinv MARRIAGE.' Should reflect that a sound mind and body are the 1 nei-raaary rcquisires :o promote connubial bsppinefs. Indeed, without thse. the journey through life become a weary pilfrimapr: thepros peet hourly darken, to ihe view; the mind b comet shadowed with despair and filled with the melan choly refleetion that the happinerg of cnoil er be comes blighted with on rown OFFICE NO. 7 SOUTH FREDERICE-S T.. - . . Baitimobe, Hi, All Surgical Operatlora reiteimtd. N.B Let no false delicacy prtvrnt jrtt, but apply immediately either personally or b letter. Skin rleaeJipcrrtilT 'Cured. TO STRANGERS. The many thoummds cured at thi.In.tituiion with inthelatt ten year, and ids Itameinrt imror tant Surgical Opera tinri. performed ty Dr. J., wit. , ttessed by the Reporter. of th raprrs. srrt Win other person, notice, of which havesyrrati Jsf.in and agjin before the public. bcsWe. bis ftrndirg a. a veiuteman of characteraed sesronsJtility 1 a sufficient guarantee to ihe affilrird. - TAKE NOTICE. It is witb th ert-U-i vaeUneet)at Ir. J ll yfTf permits hi card t.tfwr before tbe fnl'It'-. rrri rr t unproftMtonatftr a phyalehin UdverttK-. I'Uf mV 1 did sou the atHletod. prciaHy .tranirer r,.u'd nm fl! to fiiM Into tUr bands nt tbe many Impni'ent rd enlrsi ne lmptHUi. vim tsmuoerafcle Fal- e r.d eor. It, 4 QaukikApi. n ia tbeMlaHS entva. irw r. Joeasios'evMeanir.or adverttctne tbrrwlni a jkby.)ian.irnterateiiballnw.raBeJ fellows no tfy le wnr i a tbelr oHirtnal trade, with aeam- too Idnm eyood tbe brat e. who. for lit pnrpo of Eettrrv ard ! v Ine. carry oe ftre er tx nfilee. nnov a serf olfl.rn.t Kak Nam. m that tfee afflctrd Ftirli'i rw) tne on, la ei to 1 amble head'ema- mt ttir otprr. Trsotaat Qrk wtth enonuuM hrtn rvrttdeate. uf rrl -w toclH eure. froK rara. lo be fkliix!. tiolp yon tAfctasr lacee IkitllM of T.ieoaica Wavvb and thr paskare of fiKhy and wertbleM enmpoond. eamrinr'y piv(rr4 tn tmpoae ayn the BRfortan.teaBd arwaafeet tne. TrlfttBg manth aflrr month, or aa Xona as asnstl et fp -n Ve ofctained. aad. la .lrair. h-area yon with, rotnad beahb. te sHrk ovr yoer ralttre MrTrarr.tm It la IKIa aanM tkat tnoSiee Ir. J. to drm. fas AU c cm tor. Vo tkaae apaeanaiBtrd Wtt tita ' rTntatloi,. ae eaiiaa It aeoaaaary wv in ml kts esesa. ttala or dilomaa ahrava barr tn efPee. SO T.ETTKRit KECK1 VFI n,IJiV lCT-PAIl nwi aoetali' . r a Ptein to ba vd for ta wfy. r, anas wHtlne ahoaM atat aad aae4 tbftt Vetoa ef arf.auhwmeiit Arm aliblaa- avart-PS. ' 131 If -a . Jan. 9. 1837-
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