piled on Alps, all blazing and burning in gold ?
Who hue not traced temples set in some lone,
sweet isle, swept Jby the light waves of a tremu
lous sea of purple.?
In times when Superstition has seized her seep
tre of iron and ruled nations, she has used the
clouds as sybils for her oracles. Men of strong
minds have seen chariots and the horsemen there
of, in the clouds ; gaunt, mailed figures helraeted
—all cap-a pie for war armies marshalled on tire
vest fields of the sky--figures of terrible import,
instruments of battle—these have foreboded ter
rible disasters—none the less surely believed be
cause disaster came. .
We wonder not that in teose old times tyrants
used their fancies magnified bv fear for weapons
to encourage and subdue. We have watched the
clouds for hours, marked the phases of the won
derful the beautiful, the sublime. Saints and an
gels have we outlined amid the tracery of the
clouds. j,,'
Not long ago as we were feasting our eyes on
the gorgeous setting of a summer sun; three soft,
white, clouds floated together, and were miniatur
ed upon the deep, blue back-ground: a trio of
seraphs.
For a while it seemed no illusion—those three
nngel faces wiihagiory halo around eajh head.
Swiftly they floated along the bright ether, the
snn shaking out the folds of hi3 golden curtains
in the mellow distance. Now and then a ripple
of shunshine tinged their soft tresses sometimes a
touch of crimson deepened the hue of their flow
ing garments. Again their foreheads seemed in
clining and resting together, and we imagined
that their white arras intertwined.
Presently evening sent her summons to the
cloud angels; they disbanded, and each took
a separate way to the shining gates of the West.
Olive Branch.
From the Weekly Message.
Another word to Young Converts.
Dear Young Friends; Supposing you now
have some experience on the subject of religion,
I propose giving you a few more hints, calculated
to promote your growth in spiritual things. First
however let me enquire, how you are prospering.
Do you pray ? Do you search the scripthres ?
Are youTstriving to adorn the profession you have
made by a pious walk, and a 'Godly conversation?
That is, are you letting your light shine? Or in
other words, do you carry about you those marks
which will tell, even to a stranger, that you are a
Christian? An incident which recently occured
under my own observation will illustrate this point
precisely*. Two young ladies met for the first time
at a certain place, were introduced ; and soon be
came intimate. After having become acquainted
one of them remarked to the other “Miss M. I
thought you were pious as soon as I cast my eye
upon you.” “And why so” rejoined the other?
“1 was not aware that I carried about me. any
striking marks of a Christian; but I in turn thought
the same of you at first sight; and as soon as 1
heard you speak, I was convinced of the fact. On
a mutual explanation it was found, that each had
judged of the other’s character from the plainlese
of her dress , and by the way this is not a bad
criterion ; since there are few young ladies in this
age of refinement who do dress plainly, unless
they do it from conscientious motives; and I
would here venture the assertion, that, there are
few deeply pious persons, who pay no regard to
the injunction of St'. Peter : “Whose adorning let
it not be the outward adorning of plaiting of the
hair and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of
apparel; but let it be the hidden man of the heart
in that which is not corruptible, even the orna
ment of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the
sight of God, of great price.” And while it is es
sential that these tilings be attended to ; let not
the weightier matters be neglected.
You have doubtless had temptations , for “lhe
enemy of souls goes about like a roaring lion,
seeking whom he may devour”; but have you been
able to resist him ? And do you still feel that
longing after Christ, that you did when first con
verted ? Or have you under the natural bias of a
depraved heart, often yielded ; and consequently
been perplexed, with doubts and fears ? J udg*
ing from experience, I suspect the latter to be your
condition ; though it is not necessarily so. You
desire to five for God ; but often, very often, the
roots of sin, which still remain in you, spring up
in tho form of anger, pride* envy, love of the
world &c. And you arc grieved that your walk
with- God is so imperfect. The Rev. Jjimes
Caughcy mentions an incident in his travels, which
strikingly illustrates this state of the Christian
and as it is very probable most of you have never
seen it; you shall have it in his own language.
He was on board a steamer, and had retired to
the cabin for the purpose of reading. Taking his
seat some distance from a lamp, he says “It was
not long before dark shadows to my great annoy
ance, flitted again and agaiq over my book, in
consequence of careless servaj^s, and unthinking
passengers passing and repassing between me and
thq light, f bore it for some time with great pa
tienco, closing my eyet till the shadows flitted
' over (he page, and philosophizing on the benefit
of tranquility in all the changing scenes of life.
Each person being intent upon his own busines
and pleasure, the studious stranger never once en
tered^his thoughts. At last tho inconvenience be
come too great for even philosophy to bear patien-!
t\y, and it suggested a remedy. Observing that
the tbroughfare lay between me and the lamp
I concluded to draw so close to the source of light
as to prevent any one coming between me and it.
I did so, and hear my troubles ended ; the stir
was as great as ever, but the voyagers found
a passage behind me, and left me alone in
wy glory. I now recollected how often since God
converted my soul, my peace had been broken or
destroyed by a great variety of agents, many of
agents, many of them as unthinking, and as un
designing as these passengers ; and why ? In
nine instances out of ten my soul stood at such a
distance from God, aa to leave a throughfare be
tween me and him, which was perpetually oc
cupied by these intruders; my soul being thus
excluded from tho beams of the great source of
light, happiness and comfort, 1 have been dark,
cold, and unhappy.” "
He then triumphantly exclaimed “Now I know
the cause of all my troubles ; and the method of
redress for all my grievances U revealed.
From henceforth by the grace of God, I *hall
endeavor to live so near the Lord, that no
creature under heaven ahall be able to come be
tween un.
Then I «ha!l walk in cheeiful light under the
sbunshine of his eountenanee, and shall read un
interuptedly, ‘my title clear,’ to hia favor, apd to
beaven. Then shall I cheerfully hear what
ever may come, losses, and crosses, sickness or
health, prosperity or adversity. Friends in such
case may divert, or prove true ; may be spared
to my embraces, or wither and die; and ■'brought
tenderly alive to the whole ; yet the presence or
absence of these, which some one -has compared
to ‘candlelight in the presence of sun beamscan
make no material difference to the soul upon which
the ‘‘Sun of Righteousness has risen with healing
in his wings.” • ,
O ye who languish and pine, and sigh for rest ;
will you not, like this good man, draw so near to
God that nothing shall intervene between him and
you ?’
Be entreateded to make' the experiment; and
ften if the light does not satisfy your longing soul
you can but resume your former position. O!
Venture on him, venture freely, let no other trust
intrude."
Be not eontent to live in ‘the dark sea of un
belief* while G >d is saying "Be ye holy.” He
does not command without giving power to obey.
ADY.
“He that offends not in Word, the
same is a perfect man.”
How many are there to be found among those
‘who profess to be followers of Christ, who offend
not in word?
The Apostle James says, if we can govern our
tongues, we can govern our whole bodies. He
means, wo can keep our appetites, and passions
in subje^ion. It must, then, be a very important
lesson for Christians to learn to govern the tongue
Then we shall be able to govern our whole bodies
—to restrain our inclinations—to deny ourselves
of all ungodliness, in a wicked world.
The tongue, then, must be a very important
member— occupying a very dignified position
amomg the members of the body.
It is capable of praising and blessing the great
God who created it; and if under no control, it
can also curse him, and its fellow creatures who
were made in his likeness.
James says if one seems to be religious, and
cannot bridle the tongue, the religion of that per
son is vain. Although it is a small member, it can
accomplish great things; and when not under
proper regulation, it can do a great deal of mis
chief. It does r\ol sustain its dignity verv well
at all times; but is very unmanageable ; it seems
to take pleasure in slandering, backbiting and
falsehood. It can find many ways and means
to make mischief in churches ; in families ; among
friends and neigh bors; at the same time it is capa
ble of making a dignified, important, and valuable
member in society, if under proper restraint. How
desirable then that we should know how to em
ploy it properly. To do this, when we find’it
disposed to be unruly, we must watch it—govern
it. It needs to be disciplined.^ We should think
before we allow it to speek. Solomon says a
■wholesome tongue is a tree of life.’ An unwhol
some tongue must then be a tree of death. But
if it has been brought under she influences of the
Christian religion, our conversation will, in
general, be wholesome, and useful. It will
exert an influence for good If we are worldly
minded—fond of the fashions and follies of the
world, it will be apt, to correspond with the slate
of our minds. When we are disposed to be too
loquacious, let us take care that in a mukidtffi of
of words there be no sin. It was never intended
that our tongues should be in perpetual motion
In conversation on religious subjects, let us speak
to instruct—to do good. About matters and
things in general, let us speak with good sense ;
with simplicity, and with a regard for the truth
Let us say what we mean, and mean what we
Much., time is consumed in light and frivo
lous converation among Christians which the}’
would be ashamed to read, perhaps, if written
down. The mind, by conversing on subjects be
low its level contracts and lowers it. We should
endeavor to oonverse up to the standard of our
understandings. Our tongues were given us for
a nobler employment than for foolish talking and
jesting, which is forbidden among Christians.
The Lord’s name is often used irreverently. His
name should be used with great reverence and
godly fear. Let us make ourselves better acquain
ted with pur Bibles, and other good and useful
books. Let us read our own paper, and get as
many to take it as we can. This will elevate our
thoughts, and we will not have i*"Taste for so
much wordly conversation—about the fashions
and about each other. .Such conduct will do for
those who belong to the kingdom of salan ; but
Christians; who have come out of it, shoufd have
their thoughts, affections and co^rasetiou more
on things above; whither our Saspnias gone, to
prepare a place for those who love and serve him
here, and who endeivor to make their members
instruments of righteousness unto God.
The year is passing rapidly away, and we should
do all we cap to improve ourselves, and to benefit
others, and if, after all that we can do to glorify
onr heavenly Father, we are unprofitable servants
what will become of us if we do nothing ? It
would be well for us when we retire to rest, to
review the various actions of the day.
“How have my feet trod out their way1?
What have I done that’s worth the doing 1
What have I said that’s worth the saying 1
What have I seen that I should shun ?
What duty have I left undone I
Or into what new follies run 1
Such self-inquires are the road
That leads to virtue and to God.”
Commerce or the West.—Some idea of the com
merce of the West may be gained from a few facts,
as follows; Number of the steamers in the Mis
sissippi Valley, 253 ; Ohio Basin, 343 ; Northern
Lakes, 164 'Total 760. Tonnage of the forego
ing, 204, 725 ; crews, 12,607. And it is suppos
ed that the tonnage of sait veseets, flat-boats and
keel-boat? is equal to that of the steam marine.—
And further, it is a low estimate for loss pf pro
perty on these water lines annually, in consequence
of disasters, etc., to place the amount from 112,
000,000 to $15,000,000.
Olive Branch.
South American Sheep*
- When the Spaniards first discovered South
Ameiica, they found in the regiop of the Andes a
peculiar race of 9beep. There are two, and
perhaps three distinct species of fftath American
sheep : the Alpaca, the Lama, and according to
some, the Vicuga, These all liv£M| the vicinity
of the Andes, They resemble, in Some respects,
the camel, and for that reason several naturalists
have placed them irvtbe same genus’ wish the same
But tnere seems to be. but little reas'bn for *this
classification. These animals resemble tile sheep
of our climate a great deal more than they do the
camels of Africa. They Initio hump on their
backs, as camels have. Still they resemble camels
in one respect: they can go for a long time with-,
out water, and have the same convenience for re
taining water that camels have.
The lama is not so valuable an animal for its
wool ns the other two species, and is used in South
America more as a beast of burden. The alpaca
sometimes trained to carry loads, but not often.
The laiWa is a good deal like the camef in this
respect, though it is so small an animal that it can
not carry very heavy loads. The lamas will fie
down like the camel, to receive thir burdens, and
to have them takert'off. Thousands of them are
used about the mines in Chili and Peru. They are
said to be safer than mules, in carrying burdens
up and down the steep sides ot the Andes. " What
valuable animals they must be among those
mountains. What an illustration, too, of the wis
dom and bounty of our Creator it is, that just
such animals as camels and lamas were adapted
particularly to such countries as the deserts of
Arabia, and the mountains of South America. If
it were not for camels, the Arabs could never
cross those wide deserts ; and if it were not for
such beast of burden as the lamas, the people of
South America could hardly carry loads up and
down he steep sides of the Andes.
The lama carries from one hundred to one hun
dred and fisty pounds, and on the steep places
where he is usually employed, will walk with thisT
loud twelve or firteen ra:les a day. When .they
get weary, it is said tl-ey will stop, and scarcely
any severity can compel them to go on. Somej of
the accounts of these singular animals represent
them as having a bad trick of spitting when they
do not like their treatment.
Some one who has been familiar with the anigial
in South America, and who has seen it a great
deal in use among the Indians there, present a
very inteiesting account of its nature and habits.
He says :
“ The lama is the only animal associated with
man, and undebased by the contact. The lama
will bear neither beating nor ill treatment. They
go in troops, an Indian going a long distance ahead
as a guide. If tired, they stop, and the Indian
stops also. If ths delay is great, the Indian, be
! coming uneasy toward sunset, resolves on sup
plicating the beasts to resume their journey. If
the lamas are disposed to continue their course,
they follow the Indian in good order, at a regular
pace, and very fast, for their legs are very long ;
but when they are in ill-lmmor, they do not evea
turn their heads toward the speaker, but remain
motionless, standing or lying down, and gazing on
heaven with looks so tender, so melancholy, that
we might imagine these singular animals had the
consciousness of another life of a happier existen
ce. -The straight necck, and its gentle majesty of
bearing, the long down of their always clean and
glossy skin, their supple and rapid motions, all
give them an air, at once timid and sensitive. It
must be so in fact, for the lama is the only crea
ture employed by man that he dares not strike.—
If it happens—which is very seldom —that an
Indian wishes to obtain, either by force or threats,
what the lama will not willingly perform, the in
stant the animal finds himself affronted by, word
or gesture, he raises his head wilh dignity, or,
without attempting toescape ill treatment by flight,
he lies down, turning his looks toward heaven ;
•large tears flow freely from his beautiful eyes, and
in half or three-quarters of an hour he expires.—
Happy creatures, who appear to have accepted
life on condition of its being happy.”
Family Friend.
Homestead Exemption.
The following extracts exhibit the various
qualifications of the Exemption Bills now in force
in the several Slates named,
Maine—A lot of land, dwelling-house, and
outbuildings thereon, as shall not exceed $500 in
value.
Vermont—The homestead of every housekeeper
or head of a family, to the value of $500, and tlqe
yearly products thereof.
Massachusetts—The lot and buildings thereon
occupied as a residence, to the value of $500,
New York—The lot and buildings there on
occupied as residence, to the value of $1,000.
Maryland—All real estate acquired by marriage,
during* the life of the wife from execution far debt
of hilsband. •
Georgia—Twenty acres of land, including dwell
ing-house and*impi ovements ; value of house and
improvements not to exceed $200, and the ad
ditional amount of five acres for eaoh child under
15 years of age. ———— - — .—
Florida—Forty acres of land to every farmer,
and to every housekeeper residing in a town or a
city, a house and lot not to exceed 300 dollars in
value.
Alabama—Forty acres of land when not in any
town or city, and provided such does not exceed
in value 400 dollars.
'Texas—‘■500 acres of land, when not in any
to exceed in value 2;000
town or city lots, not
dollars.
Ohio—Every family a homestead not excecdui
$500 in value.
Michigan—Forty acres, with d walling-hou
and appurtenances, when not in town or city; if
in a town or city, a lot and dwelling house not to
exceed in value 1,500, dollars.
ding
1
occupied
value
Illinois—Lot of ground and buildii
thereon as a residence, not exci
$1,00°. ....
Iowa—Forty acres of land not in a town or city
or house and lot in a town or city, not exceeding
500 dollars.
Wisconsin—Forty acres of land not in a town
or city, or a town or city lot not exeeding in amount
one-fourth of an acre.
California—The homestead, consisting of a
quantity of land, together with the dwelling-house
thereon and its appurtenanoes, and not exceeding
in value the sum of 5,000 dollars.
New Jersey—A homestead to each head of a
family, being the family residence, to the value of
500 dollars, not to be assets in the hands of the
administrator but to remain for the benefit of the
Widow, and until the maturity of the last minor
child.
South Carolina—A homestead of fifty acres of
land, including the dwelling-house and appurtenan
ces, not to exceed 500 dollars in value, and not to
extend to any property situated within the limits
of any city or town corporate.
Virginia Christian Conferenca.
This body assembled with the Church at Pro
vidence four miles from the City of Norfolk on
Thursday the 4th inst., and was organized by
choosing Thomas J. Kilby, Esq., of Nansemond.
President and Elder M. Barrett, Secretary. The
Conference being organized the introductory ad
dress was delivered by Elder Wo. B. Wellons, of
Suffolk. The address took strong grounds in
favor of education and several other kindred sub
jects ; and was ordered to be published. About
40 Ministers and lay delegates were in attendance
from the Virginia Conference, besides several
Minister! from North Carolina ; and Dr. J. R.
Feese the General Book Agent of the whole
connection from Philadelphia.
Resolutions and reports on Education, Temperan
ce, Sabbath Schools, and Ministerial operations
the past year were presented and acted upon,—
An Education Society was formed, the object be
ing to assist young men called of God to the work
of the Ministry to obtain a suitable education at
the “ Graham Institute” a school of high character
under the control of the denomination of Christians;
and located at Graham, N. C. A board of managers
was appointed to commence operations at an early
day. One young man was set apart to the office
of an Elder in the Church. A home missionary
or Itinerant was chosen to travel through the
bounds of the Conference. Several others were
dirCfcted to different fields of labor. This society,
is organized on the Congregational plan and most
of their Churches are supplied by regular pas
tors.
The preachingduringthe Conference was with pow
er and in demonstration of the spirit, The preach
ers and delegates seemed much encouraged, a good
number of members have been added to their
Churches during the past year. The Conference
concluded their business on Saturday evening and
adjourned. Norfolk Herald
Thb Christian Publishing Association. Met
at Providence on tbe Slh inst, and organized by
choosing Elder M. Barrett, Chairman, and Elder
H. B. Hayes, Secretary. The report of the Execu
tive Committee of the publishing Association was
first lead and received. The electian of Editors to
the Christian Sun resulted in tbe choice of Elder
W. B. Wellons, of Suffolk, Va., Elder John R. Holt,
of Graham, N. C., and Elder H. B- Hayes of N C.,
Publishing agent. The Christian Sun is the organ
of the Christian denomination in the South and is
exerting,a fine influence.
After a very harmonious session durinig which
lime much business was transacted, the Associa
tion adjourned on Tuesday evening, the 9lb inst.,
and the members separated and went to their home
much encouraged and strengthaned in their attach
ment one to another. Ib
Thb Catholics and Public Schools.—By an
action of the School Boaid, last Friday evening,
says the Cincinnati West Christian Advocate,
tbe question of using the Douay Bible in the com
mon schools is again to be discussed, The pros
pect seems now that the Catholics will triumph,
and that this edition of the Bible, with all of its
glosses and notes, will be one of the text books of
our children attending the city schools, Here we
may see the end to which the Roman Catholic
influences are tending. At present they cannot
exclude the Bible, so they try to get in the Duoay
or Catholic version, with the Romish explanations
After a while, when they shall havd gained a suf
fiient ascendancy, the i b >th that and the Pro
testant versions will be excluded, Let the Pro
testants awake to the defence of their safety.
Salaries.-—Twenty-one colonial bishops of the
Church of England receive a salary in ordinary
of only $141,400. while the Bishop of London en
joys a personal income of $70,000 ; but there are
many "small items,” or extraordinaries, that we
need not fear for these poor country bishops to
starve. Moreover, little and insufficient as their
salaries my be, they have more than Paul, or Pe
ter, or James ever had in'this world.
--
Mr. Webster’s Family.—Mr. .Webster was
twice married first1^1807, to Grace Fletcher; se
cond, about 1830, to Caroline Le Roy, of New
York city. This lady survives him. The third
volume of Mr. Webster’s works is dedicated to her
All his four children were by his first wife, of
whom only one (Fletcher) survives.
Mr. Webster is the se cond Secretary of State
who has died in office ' Mr. Upsher. of Virginia,
was the first, killed Y»y u accident on the steamer
frigate Princeton February 28, 1845-.
Euiguafts for Liberia. Arrived in the Stea
mer Fanny Lutterloh, Capt. Steadman, from
Fayetteville, about 40 emigrants for Liberia; 10
from Chapel Hill, and 30 from Cumberland county
We hear also, that there are a number more ou
their way to this place. The vessel that is to take
them has not arrived here yet. but we were bold by
one of the emigrants that she was in below. * Some
of the number look to be about-70 or 80 years of
of age, but appear to he much pleased with the
idea of going to Libeaia Wil. Com.
Iowa Safe.—Abner Kneeland and his assoc
iates went to Iowa with the fixed purpose to take
possession of the state and wholly exclude the Bible
They did all they could to enlist eastern infidels
to the enterprise, and labored with their might to
bring all around them under the power of unbelief ;
but disappointment awaited them. Missionaries
entered the field, and preached Christ and him
crucilfkd. every school-house became a chapel and
every valley vocal with songs of salvation; many
of those who went thither as infidels were convert
ed to God, and one of them devoted himself to the
Christian minstry : and at present scarcely anything
like avowed infidelity is to be found in the
state.
Late and Important From Mexico.
Mew Orleans. Nor. 0,—-By an arrival
By an arrival here the
Picaynne has late and highly important advices
from the City of Mexico to the 28th October, and
from Vera Cruz to the 2d instant, being nine days
later than the accounts brought by the previous
arrival.
The steamer Powhatan, under command of
Commodore Newton, having on board Judge Conk
ling, American Minister to Mexico, arrived at
Vera Cruz on the 1st instant. The Judge was to
proceed in a few days for the City of Mexico, to
assume charge of his official duties.
A plot, which was fortunately frustrated in its
designs, nad been discovered at Mariano to as
sassinale President Arista. The plot was brou gbt
to light by Senator Ramerez, the minister of foreign
relations.
The revolutionary party in Guadalajara were
making great headway, and the rebellion wore a
formidable aspect.
plan had been offered to tranquilize the coun
try by convoking a convention to reform the
Constitution and electa new President.
The recall of Santa Anna is also urged. Utaja
was invited to head the movement, but he declined
as also did Gen. Velasquez, to whom the same
proposition was made.
The revolutionary movements in all parts of the
country continue, and it is reported that the
Government troops were about to join the insur
gents, which was not Unlikely, as alt confidence
seems lost, and no change, it is thought, can be
for the worse.
Affairs in Ireland.—Pauperism continues to
decrease throughout the country. Some of the
poor houses in the agricultural districts have scar
cely any inmates besides those lunatic or incuria
bly diseased and infirm.
Business seems to be greatly improving. The
duties on articles consumed in (he quarter ending
the 10th u!t.> are nearly £6,000 in excess of the
same period last year. The Irish Bank returns
are also indicative of increasing prosperity.
The increase of circulation is to the enormous ex
tent of £367,000, as compareff^with the period of
last vear. There is also an increase of nearly
£367,000,
The late Rev. Eugene M’Namara a Roman
Catholic clergyman, and a native of Clare, lately
died in Paris, worth about £48,000 v
II is stated that 100.000 head of sheep and
blach cattle have been'purchased at the great
Scottish fairs for transportation to Ireland.
Railroad in Russia.—The great railroad which
was built by American engineers betwen St.
Petsrsburg and Moscow is 400 miles long, and
has a double track the whole length. It is sub
stantially built, and the trains run at the rate of
thirty miles per hour. For regularity and speed
it perhaps has no equal in our country. As in all
monarchical countries, there are cars of different
clause?. For the first class of cars, the price of a
ticket for the 400 miles is fifteen dollars, for the
second class it is ten dollars, for the third six dol
lars.
From the records of the St. Charlesstreel lock
-up, Boston, we learn that during one month there
were 75 commitments of females, of which 44, or
more than one-half were common drunkards.
What an argument to induce women to nse their
influance with fathers, brothers, and husbands to
sustain the Liquor Law !
In Texas they can hire Mexican ‘ peons ’ for 12
cents a day ; while a slave—wear and tear—costs
the planter full 60 ceDts a day 1 Slavery won't
be a popular institution long, if it twists the plant
er’s pocket book in that way.
* If every cask of liquor produced io the coun
try, were to be taken as it left the manufactory,
and spilled in the gntter, and the cost paid out of
the common treasury, the loss to the country
would be less than it actually is under the ordina
ry course of the traffic."—JV. Y. Journal of Com
merce.
The Banks in both England and France have
been forced into an expansion of their issues, and
our banks will doubtless be placed ip a similar
position. Australia is now but in her infancy and
California promises to more than double- her
present production.
There were sixty deaths from yellow fever, and
nine from cholera, at New Orleans, for the week
ending the 8th.
The Green Mountains were covered on the 10th
inst., with a mantle of snow to the depth of two
inches.
The new constitution for the State of Louisiana
has been adopted by about 2000 majority.
RALEIGH M ARRET.
Corrected. Weekly for the Christian Sun, by
* II B. Hayes <f- Son.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
Bacon 13 a 14
Beeswax lb. i5a 20
Corn 45 a 50
Flour 94:50
FoOrter S-GO_
Feathers 35 a 40
Flaxseed bush. 75 a 1:00
Hides green lb. 4
do. dry 6 a 10
Lard 15
Leather, sole 30 a 25
Meal 50
Oil, linseed, gal. l:20a 1:25
Oats bushel 00 a 00
Peas, bushel 50
Tallow, lb. 8 a 10
Tobacco, man. 15 a 25
Wheat, bush. 00 a 00
Wool, lb. 20 a 25
EATABLES.
Beef, on the hoof 4 a 4 1-2
Butter 15 a 20
Cheese, lb. a 121-2
Chickens, each 10 a 12 1-2
Eggs 10 a 15
Lamb, per head a 1:00
Mutton do 1:00 a 1:25
P ork, fresh, lb. 8
MERCHANDISE.
Bale Rope, lb. 0 a 00
Bagging, heavy 00 a 00= ■=
Cotton yarn 18 a
Coffee a 12 1-0 i
I r.aiutWs 1h. IS a 20
do Sperm 45T50
Iron, Swedes 51-2 a
“ extra sizes 6 1-3 a 7
“ English 4 1-2 a 5
Lead, bar 8 a 10
lame, bbl. 3.-00 a
Molasses, gal. 35 a 40
Nails, lb. 5 1-3 a 6
Oil, lamp, gl. 1:00 a 1:75
do tanners 60 a 75
do light, yd. 00 a 00
Powder, blasting 4:00
do fine 5:00 a 6:00
Rags, lb. 2 a 9 1-tf
Sugar, N. O. 8a 9
do Porto Rico a 10
do St. Croix a 101-9
do Loaf a 191-3
do Crushed 11 a 13 1-9
Salt, gr. allum $2:40 a 2:50
“ Liverpool 3:00 a
Tea, lb. 50 a 1:50
Twine, bagging lb 30 a 9$
SELLING OFF TO CLOSE.
THE Undersigned wishing to close his business on
the Market, offers to sell his atoek of Groceries Ac.
which he has on hand to some one that may wish to en
ter the trade.
Until he can effect a wholesale of his stock, he will
sell BABGAINS in shoes, cloths Ac., Ac., by the rs
tail.
Give him a call before buying elsewhere.
H. B. mm
Raleigh, Nov. 93d, 1869.