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Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1845-08-22
From the Albany Cultivator.
AgriruIture and Mines OF n. Carolina.

Having passed over ne principal part OF
this State during the last year, l have thought
perhaps it might interest some OF your readers
to give sort of flying account OF 1t. This
State possesses as many natural advantages
as any other in the Union. The eastern part
of it has large and extensive fisheries tor her
ring and shad. The planters who live on the
coast and on the banks of the rivers, nearly
all fish during the season. The ottal OF the
fish is used by them as manure. This, toge-
Their with the she'll mari beds which are found
in all the lower counties, enables the planters
to make large crops of corn, wheat and cotton.
The mari, however, is not yet much used, as
it's application is not well understood. The
land is generally low and level, formed of a
deep alluvial bottom, and strong y acid
About FIVE feet from the surface the formation
of shell deposit commences, md extends In
some places to the depth of ten feet The
mari laying so near the surface renders It's APP
pication easy, which would neutrallZe the
acid and render the soil more friable. Large
tracts of land, which will now hardly bring
weeds, by good marling could be made to
produce heavy crops. The county of TyrFeI
is celebrated for its grapes and ScuPPornong
wine, several thousand gallons OF which Is
made every year but mostly for home consumP'
ton. On the bank Of the Cape Fear river
some attention is paid to the culture of rice !;
the fields are quite extensive and very hand
someIv laid out. The lands in the western
part of the State are generally good, especial
ly when you approach the mountains, and
nearly all the west Of Raleigh, are rich In mi n
erals, several extensive gold mines are in &C
tive operation, and pieces of native gold have
been found worth seventy dollars. In David
son county there are some silver mines winch
are worked daily with from fifty to one hun
bred hands, yielding a good profit. Copper
mines are numerous, but little or no attention
is paid to them, as the process OF melting is
not understood, and the transportation OF the
ore TOO expensive, with the present state OF
the road, to send it to market. A survey oil
turnpike roads was ordered by the last Legls-
lature, and as soon as i,cau be completed there
is li:tIe doubt but that copper mining will be
as profitable as the others. The principal
crop of the mining region is cotton, but the
low price and the distance from market, has
caused many of the planters to turn their at
tention to mining, which will shortly prove
! very lucrative. There is great want Of labor.
saving machines here, both in mining and
agriculture.
!, Your paper has good circulation in Nortt
Carolina, and its effects are plainly to be seen
Almost every intelligent planter will tell you
or shoau you, something that he has learned
FROM tlle Cultivator. The low price of lands
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1845-08-22

O~soo, Negotiation.-In reply to the enqui-
,os IF the Illinois Register and other journals,
IN regard to the negotiation now understood
~ be bending between the United States and
Great Britain. on the Oregon question, the
Washington Union employs the following Ian
cuage. The last sentence expresses the sem
timents of the whole nation:
eve aswer frankly, and in the same 'fe-
spectfu' spirit in which the State Register
has spoken to US that all negotiations between
nations, during their tendency, have az oil
times been confined to the parties conducung
them. In reference to the Oregon question:
90 must he the case in all negotiations, the
President and his constitutional advisers are
he only persons who can know what is trans
Uiring. Why, then, call on the Union TO
declare what has been done, or ,ohat .OiH be
done, on this subject? At the meeting of Con-
0ress, the President will doubtless Jay before
them all that has occurred, or may occur, as
far as the same can be properly communica-
ted, compatibIy with The public interests. Of
one thing we may confidently assure the
Register and all others who have been plea
sed to PROFOUND these questions to US; and
that is, that the administration will firmly as
sert and maintain all our rights 10 the Oregon
territory, and that they will preserve and up
hold the sacred honor Of their country.''
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1845-08-22

The Hon. Henry A. Wise, U. S. Minister
10 Brazil, has sent to the National Institute at
Washington two animaIs-a young South
American leopard and species of the ante
lope from the province of Ceara. They were,
Mr.. Wise states in his letter accompanying
them, presented to him for the Institute by A.
IdefonZo Gomez, a gentleman of science. a
learned physician, and the best naturalist in
Brazil who has promised to procure for the
Institute specimens of the seeds and plants of
Brazil, at the proper season. Mr.. Wise has
also sent 10 the Institute a specimen of the
fruit of an African tree, called Boabab, which
he thus describes: "The fruit is similar to a
goard In shape and size, and covered with a
rreen feil like rind. Tie substance of the rind
IS as hard, nearly, as the shell of The cocoanut.
Bnt if you will cut ct the stem, and open it at
the stem end, you will ind it to contain a nat
1ral cream Of tartar, which enclosing the seed,
and strung on fibres similar to those of the
tamarind pod, is used to make delicious,
cooling, acidu!ous beverage, quite refreshing
IN q hot climate, and similar IN its medicinal
eff cts 10 that of the substance which it sc
much resembles"
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1845-08-22
Prince Pucklar MuS4au's Egypt

Gocodies Of the Melt is singular that,
IN certain localities, these animals are much
more 10 be dreaded than at others, and, even
men, not always In proportion to their larger
OF smaller numbers. AT Assouan, for instance,
'hey nave never yet been seen to attack man,
whereas at " adj Halfa, the greatest precau-
'lon must be taken to avoid them. Near DON
Eola' again, they are more harmless, though
more numerous. The katsheff of Wadi Hal
ID Told me that he had gone, the year before,
win friend, to battle near the cataracts-
scarcely had they advanced few feet into the
n"ef' where the water was not up to their
waists, when a crocodile rose close to them,
seized hts companion, and Immediately disap.
Peared with him under the water. Soon af.
S1 20 aus he saw the monster rise again at a
Snor1 Instance, playing with his victim as a
~ PiHyS win mouse, till he landed on a
QUO. lslano' and there, to all appearance. be-
S a1 70 6eVo1r the lfeess body in sight of the
" ~o'Snen' On the same evening. and at the
Iolne spot, boy and a goat also fell a prev tc
Jana opacity OF a crocodile. The principal
uanSer arises from the circumstance that The
.ePtlie huries itself in the sand of the he'd o
the tho aive1: and then, suddenly darling up, like
cro ooIat11llon' pounces upon it's prey. If the
i is ,U come swimming from distance, i
Often I I easier to avoid them. yet they have
nIo =; osen seen. at Metammah, pursuing peo
80 rO IN the middle of the river. and it is sfirm
II 'ney nave choice between black
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Egyptian .4necdotc.-The katsheff related
the following almost incredible anecdote.-
Several of his suite, who were present, were,
indeed, ready to attest the truth Of it, but,
whether true or false, it is one which might
very properly he inserted in the next edition
Of Munch1usen's book Of marvels Ut is not
long since," began the katsheff, ''that man
from Berbar settled here, and was we'll known
to all of Us. One morning he led his horse to
the Nile to water, and fastened the rope by
which he held it round his arm, and, while
the animal was quenching his thirst, he kneIt
down to prayer. At the moment when he was
lying with his face upon the ground, a croco-
die attacked the unhappy man, swept him
into the water with his tail, and swallowed
linn. The terrified horse exerted all his
strength to run away, and, as the rope which
was attached to the arm Of his dead master
In the stomach of the crocodile, did not snap
and he could not disengage himself from it.
the affrighted animal not only pulled the croc.
odiei:Self out of the river, but dragged it owe!
the sand to the door cf his own stable, where
1t was soon killed by the family, who hurried
10 the spot, and afterwards found the dead bo
oy OF the victim entire in the belly Of the hor'
rid monster
Prince Pucklar MusIau's Egypt.
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4 ParraNeL-1'he recent cruel and a1rocior

Il PdrraUeL-The recent cruel and airocious
massacre of the Arabs by the French savage
Pelissier, and the troops under his command,
has parallel in the following curious remin-
iscence produced from the history of French
warfare In 1910. 1t is extracted from Sismon-
di, Hist. Republic. Ital., vol. 4, p. Al:
"A party of citizens and inhabitants of the
neighboring plain had chosen another place Of
refuge. In the mountains, at whose base Vi
cenza is situated. is vast Cave named the
Grotto of Masano, or Longara.
This cave having narrow entrance is easy Of
defence, and in the proceeding campaign it
had served as a refuge for the neighboring
people. Six thhusand unfortunate beings had
retired there with all their goods; the women
and children were at the back of the grotto,
and the men guarded lis entrance. A captain
of French adventures, named L'Herison, dis
covered this retreat, and with his troops made
vain efforts to penetrate into it; but foiled by
it's obscurity and it's windings, he resolved to
suffocate all within it. He filled with the fag-
gots the part he had occupied. and set fire to
them. Some mobiles of VicenZa who were
among the refugees, now entreated the French
to make an exception in their favor, and TO let
them ransome themselves, their wives end
children, and all of noble blood. But the pea
SAINTS, their companions in misfortune, excIaim-
ed that they should all perish or be saved to-
cether The whole cavern was now in flames,
and its entrance resembled the mouth of fur
mace. The adventures waited till the fire had
finished its ravages, to enter the cave and with
draw the booty which they had purchased by
such terrible cruelty. All had persisted by
suffocation except one young man, who hao
placed himself near a chlnk, through which {
little air reached him. None Of the bodies
were d,sfgured by the fire, burt their attitudes
sufficiently indicated the agohles they had un
dergone before death. Several women were
delivered in their toruents, and their infant
died with tl,em. When the adveHturet
brought back their booty to the camp, and re
counted the mode of their obtaining it, the,
excited universal Indignation. The ChevaIie
Bayard went himself to the cavern with TIN
Provost Marshal, and caused him to hang il
his presence, and in the midst of thls-scene Q
: horror, two Of the wfetches who had kindle
: the fire. But this punishment was not sutti
; cient to etface from tbs minds Of the Italian
the memory of so great barbarity."
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1845-08-22

Most CaD;taI Joke.-The editor of the Ad-
vertiser, published at Lowell, Mass, tells the
following excellent story, every word of it he
puts down as being as true as gospel:
1t is we'll kaowR that in our vicinity, there
will probabiy be built at some no very dis.
tant day new manufacturing town, which, it
is predicted, will rival Lowell. At all events,
! very wealthy corporation have purchased
water power and land at a heavy outlay. A
short time since, a distinguished and rich
Memher Of the company called upon land
holder down tho river for the purpose of ne
gotiating for parcel Of land, supposed to be
necessary to the success Of the new enter
prise. Liberal offers were made, bat the hol-
der was not ready to part with his land-ke
wanted time to reflect" Time passed, and
the anxious negotiator called again aud again,
until his patience became we'll nigh exhaus-
ted. AS last resort, he informed the Obtu
rite landhoder that unless he sold his patch
of soil, the corporation would undoubtedly TO-
cate on the opposite side Of the river. This
announcement had manifest effect upon the
listener, which was regarded with no llttIs
compIacency by the capitalist. You really
don't mean to say you will build upon the
other bank, If refuse to sell - asked the ci-
tizen in an anxious tone. - Yes, SIT. | dc
say it-and what Go you say to that, Sir g
replied the millionaire, with the air of a mar
who feels he is fairly - out of the woods
"Oh, nothing at ALL" quoth the farmer son.
~. o1Un about ten times as much lend on f0he
side, and 1OOuM be 1UiLHng to do something
handsome, If you will agree to go oUer the riuer.n
1t is needless to add, the great man made hi
exit with flea buzzing in his ear, like cot
ton mill in full blast.
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DISTRICT OF OcRAcoKE.

DISTRICT OF OCRACoKE.
July 18th, 1915.
aEALED PROPOSALS will be received at
" this Office until the Goth of August, l645, for
building Marine Hospital on the Island Of Ports
mouth, in this District, Of the following dimen-
sions, and in accordance with plan approved by
the Secretary Of the Treasury, and now in this
Office
SPECIFICATIONS.
Dimensions of the main Building, SO feet long
by 40 wide, to be elevated feet single story II
feet pitch, with roof suited to dimensions passage
through the centre. and galleries 10 feet wide in
front and rear of the building, with four rooms 20
feet square; the garnet with three four windows
at each end sides, to be divided into compart-
ments, and fitted up for store rooms, and for the
attendants, &c.;-to this main building is to be at
tached wing or shed at each end, 20 feet wide,
and extending from the outer tier of the front, to
the outer tier OF the portco each of these wings to
contain two wards, 30 feet square, with smaller
rooms the wings to have shed roof to suit; the
building to be erected on Lghtwood Piles, IL inch
es square, with diagonal braces or anchors, Of the
same material, with chimneys, fire places, and
pazzas or vestibules. SO by 10. supported by 6
turned columns, each with appropriate baustrade
and Fails in front, with steps and rails to CORES
pond the front and rear doors to have transen and
side lights; the whole frame TO be of the largest d-
mansions for such building, with 6 PANEL doors,
and "a windows, IA by 10 lights, with blinds or
shutters; the exterior of the house to be first
cred with or ! inch boards, tongued and grooved
or ctphered, afterwards to be covered every side
with Juniper cypress shingles, dressed to an E.
quail thickness, in inch courses, also the roof
the interior of the building to be finished through
out, in neat, plain, and workmanlike manner
the floors to be of quartered boSrds the frame, out
side plank, and floors to be of the best yellow pine
at the option of the agent Of the United States the
whole to have two substantial coats of paint, to be
lathed and pastered with the best quality of stone
lime, throughout the chimneys to be built of hard
and We'll formed brick, all to be finished as above
stated, and to the entire satisfaction of the agen
of the United States and to be completed in twelve
months from the time the contract is closed.
Approved bonds will be required for the compile
| ton of the work according to contract; the wort
and materials to be approved of by superin
tendent to be appointed for that purpose. Pay
ments will be made as it progresses not to exceed
two thirds the actual value of the materials on th
ground, and work done, and in sums nos less thai
one thousand dollars.
To obviate all difficulty it may be proper to stat
that no proposal will be considered unless accom-
lpaned by certificate or certificates from respon
sible persons that the individuals offering the pro
posal has the ability to We the necessary bond.
THOMAS |. PASTEUR,
46-t2Oa Collector.
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for Hogs. -conthern Pol:


The artichoke is on. OF the most prolific of
roots, and can be grown to great advantage as
feed for hogs. 1t an acre of low, rich, moist
ground, be planted with it, 3 by 2 feet apart,
and tended as corn is, a thousand bushels may
be grown thereon, and as to the digging and
feeding, the hogs will do that themselves, if
turned into the lot in the fail, and thus save
the labor of gathering. They are fully as nu-
trIclous as potatoes, thrice as productive--and,
we believe, when once planted, will seed the
lot OF themselves for many successive years.
There are thousands Of acres in the South,
which do not now bring their owners groat
a year, that might be converted into Artchoke
autumnal pastures for hogs, and we especially
commend our Southern friends 10 look to it.
The subject is eminenty worthy of their con-
slderaslon. By fencing in few acres of such
land on each plantation. planting it in artl-
chokes, and turning the hogs in as soon as the
seed is ripe in the fall, plentiful supply of
! the very best food may be secured to bring
them fat to :he pens, SO that they would only
require sufficiency Of corn to harden the flesh.
Such course of provident economy, would
enable Southern planters to raise their own
bacon, and save to the State in which it might
be pursued, thousands and tens of thousands
OF dollars annually, that are now sent out of it
TO purchase pork. We say to our Southern
brethren, buy nothing that you can probably
produce yourselves; extend your system of
culture; be sure to let that system embrace
every thing which enters into the consump-
ton OF the plantation, whether it be for the
back, or the stomach, and heathfu cond-
ton of affairs will inevitably be the consequent
result. Enlightened economy, state, and per
sonal pride, all concur in indicating, that no
farmer, or planter. shonld 60 abroad for sup
plies of the necessaries and comforts of life, so
! long as he possesses the ability to produce
them himself; for every dollar sent out of a
state under such circumstances, is reckless
waste OF means, as the necessary consequence
IS, that, to the amount Of its value it tends to
lmpoverjsh its producer, and enrich third
party who had no agency in its production,
and who, from the remoteness of his local DO.
sition. has identity of interest in, or affinity
of feeling with, the people whom he has rem.
dered tributary to his enrichment.
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LIST OF BLANKS

AN HAND, and for sale at the
JOURNAL OFFICE.
County and Sup Court Writs
do do Subpenas
do do Fl. Fas.
COUNTY Court Scire Facias
Apprentices Indentures
Letters of Administrators Appeal Bonds
Jurors Tickets Marriage License
Peace warrants Guardian Bonds
Constable's bonds Administrator do
Notes of hand Military Ca Sas
Checks. Cape Fear Bank Land Deeds
do Branch Bank of the Negro Bonds
State Warrants. Ca Sas
Notes, negotiable at bank Ca Sa bonds
Inspectors Certificates Bills Sale. Negro
Certificates of Justices attending Court
Shipping Papers Bills LadIng Qetter)
uTAny blank war1ted and not on hand Will be
printed with the utmost despatch.
n1Oficers of the Courts and other officers, and
all other persons, requiring blanks, or any other
work in the printing line would do well to give US
a call, or send in their orders. We are determint
ed to execute our work we'll, and at the cheapes-
rates for cash. Call at the JOURNAL OFFICE
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WILMINGTON MARKET-Aug, a.

WlLMINUIUN M-ARhE1-AuS~ ZE~
Since the opening of the present week. the business
of the place has, small degree, been more brisk than
for several weeks previous. There are more shipping
in port today than we have known at any one time
for about two months past. =
NAVAL. Acknowledgements has come In soEzeWhat
freely since Monday, and prices have been quite ssS
quotations yellow dip sold to-day at % co. snd
Virgin 50 70 s2 IS. Our first figure for Virgin 10 the
closing of the operations of fs day Hare Tus
pentne half the price Of Yellow Dip 81 2ss 81 50 Ts
continues scarce, and price firm at 81 50.
LUMBER & Observation-Disclosures has not been
much doing either article for the past few days Price
declined We quote Timber at IS TO s6 80. Flooring
boards sl2 to Sl2 u.s. Wide do IS so 81 90. gesnt!aG
firm, So 20.
PEASE-Black Eye, none In mari et would comma nd
from 20 to Toe Cow about the same.
PROVISIONS-N. c. Bacon5 Hams scarce. We quoss
&c. by the quantity. Western Bacon, hos round " -
Sc. Corn Meal, IS TO roc. per bushel
STkVES-We hear of none on the market and wouH
bring quotations above, which is advance Of pferoas
rates
CORN-since last report there has been four
goes of Corn arrived amounting in all TO about
bushels 1900 bushels from Mattamnskeet sad at Sc,
by the cargo and $500 bushels Baltimore, broug, SIC
all ahoat
FREIGfTS--We refer to quotations for che fatea
of eighs heuce and take occasion here say that
sells are in demand.
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FAYETTEVILLE MARKET-Aug.l 6.

There has been an increase of trade during the
week, but no material change in produce. Seve-
raj lots of cotton have been in market and sells
freely at 81 cents for best. The by the Great
Britain has not changed New York quotations.
Flour is again remarkably scarce. and sold from
wagons yesterday at S., SIS rs, and S. so, cash.
Bacon continues scarce, and we have heard of sales
at cents, hog round Whiskey is now worth
IS to 474 cents. No back-country brandy in mars
ket North Carolina cotton in New York, Ct to
"a cents. The river has again fallen, and is now
as low as at any time during the season.
C1r0knidn.
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The Wasted Eo,0ers.-On the velvet han

The Wasted F1o,oers.-On the velvet bank
of rivtlet sat rosy child. Her lap was
filled with flowers, and garland of rose buds
was twined around her neck. Her face was
as radiant as the sunshine that fell upon it
and her voice was as clear as that of the bird
which warbted at her side. The little stream
went singing on. and with every gush of its
music the child lifted the flowers in its dim.
pied hand, and, with merry laugh, threw it
upon its surface. In her glee she forgot that
her treasures were growing less, and with the
swift motion of childhood, she flung them up
on the sparkling tide, until every bud and
blossom had disappeared. Then, seeing her
loss, she sprang upon her feet, and, bursting
unto tears. called aloud to the stream, ''bring
back my flowers ~ But the stream danced
along regardless of her tears and as it bore
the blooming burden away, her words came
back In taunting echo along its reedy mar
gin. And, long after, amid the waiIing of the
breeze, and the ftful bursts Of childish grief.
was heard the frultless cry, ''bring back my
flowers - Merry maiden who art idly was
ting the precious moments so beautifully be-
slowed upon thee, see in the thoughtless, i'm
puIsive child, an emblem of myself. Each
moment is perfumed flower. Let its fra
gfance be dispensed in blessings OF all around
thee, and ascend as sweet incense to its be.
nifcent giver. Else, when thou hast careless
! ly flung them from thee, and seest them re-
ceding on the swift waters of time, thou wilt
cry in tones more sorrowful than those of the
child, ''bring back my flowers! And the
only answer will be an echo from the shadowy
past, ''bring back my Timers 20
| LO1CeU Offering.
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7ESHE Subscriber intending to change his bust
IL ness, offers for sale his entire stock in trade
consisting of general assortment of
Dry Goods, Keady-made Cloth
ing, Groceries, &C., &c.
Persons DESTROYS of engaging in the retail business,
would do we'll to call and examine his stock.
THOS. EBORN.
Market Street, I'd door below Gardner's old
stand.
Wilmington, Aug. 22d ls4s. 49-tf