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Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1847-07-09

no-We find in the North CaroliEian, of la:sl
Saturday, the following extract OF letter
written by Capt Kirkpatrick, OF the Cumber-
land and Bladen Company of North Carolina
Volunteers, and although it is not SO late as
what we have already published, still we think
it will be read with interest:
MONTEREY, June 4, 1S47.
Your letter of the 9th March was received
on the I'd ult, and the only one have receiv-
ed; though have no doubt letters have reach
ed Camargo for me. since ] left there on the
18th ult, in command of rs men, part of
my company, and detachment OF company
E., as an escort to train of / 500 pack mules,
which we brought through safely. Lieut.
Durham remained at Camargo in charge Of
The other part of our company. Our regiment
is scattered to the four points of the compass.
COL Paine at Camargo, 1t. Col. Fagg at Bra
EOS at last accounts, Maj. Stokes at Ceralvo
in command of companies A, E, H and +, and
DR.. McRae at Ceralvo and quite well when
last heard from. Companies ID and q at Sal
tillo, which is the destination OF our regiment,
and where we all hope to be within 80 days.
have called upon Gen. Taylor twice, and
found him an afable old gentleman, quite
plain, and presents the appearance more of an
old farmer than the commander of an army.
have visited the principal places in Mon
terey-the most pleasant place in the city is
Gen. Arista's garden; it is Handsomely laid off
in squares, filled with shrubbery and great a
bundance of fruit trees orange, lemon, pome-
granite, pears, reaches, &c. 1t reminds me
much of Niblo's Garden in New York. Gen.
Arista's house is the finest in the city. The
Bishops Castle is an ancient structure, and
can be seen at distance of five miles from
Monterey, though the city being in valley,
cannot be seen till quite close to it. The Ca
thedral is fine building, is splendidly deco
rated within, and has superb organ; it is MI.
merously attended by the Mexicans, principal.
ly by the senortas, some of the handsomes
girls ever beheld. have attended several
randangoes or cotillion parties. They are
much enjoyed by the beautiful senoritas-
they are beautiful dancers and splendid waltz
ers. All we have to do to procure a partner
for the dance, is to walk up and extend thu
hand. have learned some of their lingo
their language is easily acquired.
We have ripe peaches, melons, and corn
we are in land of plenty, and perfectly A
mericanized. have lost but two of my mel
since l landed in Mexico, and the health O.
the balance is generally good. AS for my
self, everything agrees with me-have no
been sick day since | left home.
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A MURDERER ARREsTED.-A man named
Alexander, who passed here by the name of
Campbell, was arrested in this place on Mon
day last, as fugitive tromjustice in Georgia.
An officer from Savannah had been here for
some days, and after perfecting his arrange
ments for the eventual arrest, was about to
depart in the Steamboat for Wilmington on
his return home. On reaching the boat, the
first person he laid his eyes on was Alexan-
der, who, seeing that he was recognized and
could not escape, at once surrendered himself.
He had been here only few weeks, and was
employed on the boat. His family had joined
him here from Georgia.
IFauetteUiUe Observer of Wednesday.
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NEWLY DISCOVERED USES FOR THE SuNrLow.

NEWLY DISCOVERED USES FOR THE SUNFLow-
ER-Those most experienced in the cultiva.
ton of this plant are sanguine that, with a
proper soil and proper cultivation, it is more
profitable than wheat or corn. The seeds are
more oleaginous than those of the fax plant,
and combine the qualities for table use of the
best olive oil for burning, OF the best sperm,
without it's smoke; and Tor painting II is SAID
by painters who have used 1t to be superior
to linseed, and it is more rapid in drying, e.
qually easy in spreading, and without form-
ing much denser coat. Prepared and eaten
as artichokes, the young cups OF tins plant
are very esculent and pleasing to the palate; the
stalks are an excellent substitute for hemp or
fax, and for bee pasturage it is equal to any
plant, yielding, from its luscious and numerous
hectares, an abundance of the best and most
palatable honey. A writer in one of our ag-
ricultural exchanges, says that, on suitable
soil, with proper cultivation, it will yield on
an average from eighty to one hundred bushels
of seed to the acre. From five to seven quarts
of oil are calculated on per bushel. If this is
not over-estimating its productiveness, and it
can be raised as cheaply as wheat or Indian
corn, ordinarily considered the most expen-
sive crops cultivated, the Sunfower must be
a very profitable production. We have here
tofore cultivated it on a small scale, usually
in vacant spots, by the fences and in places
where the culture of other vegetables were in
eligible. and so far as our experience goes, it
corroborates the above assertions. We find
that the green leaves are very excellent fodder
for cows, especially when the feed in our pas
lures get low in seasons of scarcity & drought.
We generally commence plucking of them in
July, taking the lower leaves first, and feed
ing them out at night, or, if scarcity of feed is
great, in the morning before tuning them
from their yards. We have sometimes given
them ccrn-toppings and the leaves of the sun
flower at the same time, and have found that
the latter are invariably preferred The seed
of the sunfower is a most desirable food for
poultry, its highly oleaginous nature wholly
supercedlng the necessity of animal food.
Ercbdng e DdDer
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The Graefenberg Vegetable Pills.
r3G,0OO BOXES SOLD EACH AND EV.
cry WEEK!!
THE GRAEFENBERG COMPANY

THE GRAEFENBERG COMPANY
THEREBY give notice that their general
HH Agent for the State Of North Carolina, IS
Col. William Jones, Louisburg, Franklin Co.
N. c.
The General Agent is fully prepared to appoint
sub-Agents wherever there is no branch OF the
Company either on personal application or by
mail, post paid. The rapid sale of these ceebra
ted pills, and the extraordinary they con-
stanty effecting, render them, by far, the most
popular pill of the age. An Agency will cOnse-
quently be very valuable.
The Graefenburg Pills are inconceivably suPe"
ror TO any ever before discovered. In all bilious
complaints; in general arrangement Of the sys'
tenn; in all disorders which result from bad stale
of the blood, these pills are sovereign remedy
In the class of diseases called chronic, the Ofa'
fenberg Pills achieve their highest triumPhs'-
Here they defy all competition. Entering w'nh
the hidden recesses Of the system, they quietly Da'
surely purify the blood, root out disease, andgr"
tone end vigor to the body.
CURES ARE CONSTANTLY EFFECTED
By these Pills, in cases where every other mean:
had utterly failed. The most abundant proof "
this could be given, but trial of one box will COD,
vince the patient They can be ordered and ssD'
by mail, at triffing expense. The price is % Gu;
box. Where t,co dollars ,Umth is ordered gnu
the money remitted, the Company wiHPey m
postage on the Pills. Remittance at the COmpa,
ny's risk. Wherever there is no Agency Oh I'
Company they can be ordered by mail .,.,.
These Pills are taking the place Of all o'n''
and no sick person sould be wilhou. them
ALL BILIOUS COMPLAINTS, :.
Bowel Complaints, Constipation, Dyspf Psm,
Fsuer and Ague, Headache, Jaundtce, L'rer oo o.,
plants, Rheumatism, all Stomach C0mPh","
Green Sickness, &C. &C., yield at once to 'n. .s,
Pills. They purge away offensive humOurs an,s.
the progress of disease and at the same time Il
store tone and vigor to the system. In cases
general arrangement of the health, they are sow
eign.
BY THEIR USE, "a.
The weak will become strong; the pale anu e.osh
lious complexion be restored to perfectly =, I'm" ore
and healthy color; all the bad SYMPTOMS VIII
by one disappear. -. al.
| In short, these Pills are an inconcelvao'Ga .o1
vance upon any other medicine ever before On, #
to the public. A trial wiH satisfy any %s
this. 'S-'N
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The establishment Of Messrs. Harrison w:
mans and Estwick employs at present " on +
workmen. including ,6is Russians. -, 70. xo
mans, l64 Swedes, II English, and S An uei'
cans, which number embraces the whole men
Der of foremen and workmen. num-
The contracts of Messrs. Harrison W.
and Easlwick embraces go twenty-five " ,o
comotives and tenders; $500 iron truot h To-
eight wheel cars; $500 eight wheel fro;I lor
cars; 70 passenger cars, and two imn,a 'snt
cars on sixteen wheels, 80 feet lony nlUVeo
which are now finished, 1O8 locomotives ul OF
their tenders; $500 wagon trucks, 9o6 fre %Ia
cars, and 2 passenger cars. eN
Baltimore ill.,
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Dissolution.

ME copartnership heretofore existing under
~ the firm of GEORGE TAYLOR & BROTHER.
have this day dissolved by mutual consent. The
business hereafter will be carried on by GEoRck
TAYLOR, at the same place.
GEORGE TAYLOR,
NELSON TAYLOR.
LONG CREEK. New Hanover Co., N.C.,2
July 18th, ls47.-[43-2ts
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Fayetteville Observer of Wednesday.


IMPORTANT TO VoLUNTEERs.-The follow
ing is an extract of letter from J. L. Ed
wards, Esq of the Pension Office, in answer
to an application for the pension allowed for
the services of a volunteer, who died after be-
ing discharged from service on account of i'll
health:
d" 1t is proper to remark that, as the deceas-
ed was discharged on Surgeons certificate
OF disability, it must be shown that the disease,
on account of which he obtained his discharge
was incurreaafter he entered the Arnssk and
while in hesHae of his dsakas soldfA
II [BMkmore Clipper.
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From the Journal of Commerce.

DOMESTIC ExcHANGEs.-Suppose we read
as follows -" Some free trade gentry are
Selling upon almost every occasion, whether
they write an editorial or letter from Wash
ington, to nfuse little of the tratorous hum
bug of free trade s'They seize upon the
present opportunity, when all Europe is crazy
for our breadstufs, and prices enormously
high, to show that it is all the effect of the
beautiful free trade system, without nation
al bank or protective tariff; as if this year
were to be taken as a standard for other years.
Plainly some other eXpedient must be devised
to break the banks and ruin the country be-
sides free trgde, for that produces exactly OPP
posite effects Undoubtedly, creating the
present and past high prices of breadstuffs,
Notwithstanding the want of them in Europe,
regulating exchanges, and making money
plenty throughout the country. We have
now found the great panacea of all our mer
camille troubles, &c.-g lorious free trade
BAH
The well-known voice of sheep's-head E.;
remnant of great people Bleat away. Mr.
from last December, there is promised great
resurrection of thy dead companions. The
army of the past is then to reappear on earth,
broken Banks. Hold Oh at least until then,
and if no breath then blows upon the slain,
awake from thy trance, and do thyself the
Justice to believe thou art a man, and mayest
be freeman, But hearken; do not now dis
tress thyself about unreal things. We donot
say that free trade killed the lrishman's pota-
tos or the BeIgian's rye. But we say that
Providence having withheld its blessings from
the people there, Free Trade allows US to reap
the advantages Of this calamity, and allows
them to buy food of us, and so to mitigate the
calamity. Thou mayst call it production, o,
allowance; so that thou confess the existence
of the blessing, and that it exist when those
and all thy frieds predicted most awful calam
tiles. Say then, and fix it in thy mind. tina
Americans can be free from National Bank
and Protective Tariff, and yet not be ruined
nay, be prosperous, more than ever before
Remember this, and thou wilt have begun t.
be wise man. The remainder of the lessor
will be taught thee as thou are able to bear it
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an the Oath day of July next, shall expose
" to sale at public auction, at l | O'Clock A. NJ,
at Exchange corner, under decree of the Court
of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of New Hanover
County, passed at June Term, ls47, TWO LIKE.
LY NEGRO GIRLS. the property of P P.
Wiletts decd, upon credit Of six Months, the
purchaser or purchasers, giving notes with aP
proved security.
JAS. A. OXENHAM, Admir-.
June 2Sth, lS47 42-4t
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From the Baltimore Argus
THE WING PRINCIPLES OF AT.

Since the organization of the present anti
Democratic party to oppose the elevation of the
patriotic Jackson to the chief magistgacy, we
have had Ave presidential elections. In all of
those cont ests, we had the good fortune to see
whig principles fairly developed, except in the
struggle Of 1910, when there was union of the
most diseordant materials to effect a triumph
over us. Then they carefully concealed all
their principles from the "public eye'' of the
nation, land kept them confined to the private
ear of each other. Since the presidential cleo
ton of 1914, the wings manfully adhered to
their original principles until within few
months past and when " the peoples treasu-
ry' apd " the peoples tariff" were enacted
during the summer of 1916, they promised to
continue the fight against those two measures,
and to make the repeal of both the principal
issues at the election of AZ and 49, OPPOSE
ton 70 those two measures was, of course, to
be accompanied by their usual denunciations
OF the Mexican war and all engaged IN the
prosecution of it; and no efforts were to be
spared to render both the war and its heroes
odiops in the eyes of their countrymen.
The year 1S47 is barely half over, and vet
what change have we witnessed in the politi-
cal tactics of this whig party! We have seen
their " State Central Committee " of Baltimore
issuing an address to the people of Maryland.
and, on reading it, we were astonished to find
that they had not a word to say in condemna-
! ton of those democratic measures, which, less
than year ago, they declared would bring IT.
Femedlable ruin upon the country. Nor did
we flnd the fantest call upon their whig friends
to aid them in repeating the tariff of '46 and
! in restoring the tariff of '42, or in restoring
that connexlon between the government and
the banks, which was broken up by "the
peoples treasury" Their silence on these
questions is a confession that they Agard them
as. the most conducive to the welfare of the
country, and that an open opposition to them
Is sure to overwhelm them with defeat.
So far as we could see, there was not soil
tary whig principle either DEVELOPED or advo
Gated In that address, but the greater part of i
was occupied with laudations Of General Tay.
lor and the tchig heroes of thS war, and 4
nomination of that gallant old warrior as thu
Whlg candidate for the presidency This was
indeed, strange and marvellous step on thu
part OF that wing committee, when we lool
back and see how much and how long they
were abusing him over the shoulders of Mr.
Folk, Tor bringing on the war. Indeed, thi
abuse of him is still persisted in by tn
most of them, notwithstanding their nomina
ton OF him for the presidency. IS we have tn,
documents to show The whlg principles o
AT consist, therefore, of hurrahs for Genera
Taylor as their presidential candidate, and al
opposition to the Mexican var, with its orr
gin and its objects. The opposition is now a
| violent and unceasing on the part of the ma
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NOTICE..

IN HE subscriber having been appointed at June
~ Term, ls47, of New Hanover County Court,
to take the Tax List for the Wilmington District
hereby gives notice that he will attend at his Of
flee, one door East of the Bank of the State, on
Princess street, on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wed.
nesday's, and Thursdays, of each week, until the
lst of August, for said purpose, and during my
absence, VIM. N. Peden, Esq, will receive them
for me at the Clarendon Bar. All persons inter.
ested will take notice that their Lists cannot be
received after the last day of July.
JOHN WALKER, Up.
july 9, lS47-T43.3t
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;ority OF them, as it was during the sitting OF
the late Congress, and, strange to say, Gen.
Taylor catches as many of their heaviest blows
as President Polk does. This we shall feel
bound to prove, with view of convincing the
people of Maryland how insincere and hollow
hearted are their professions of regard for
Gen. Taylor, and that they are only using his
name as the means of electing their candidate
for governor at the coming election. Such
thiniy disguised hypocrisy can never accom-
plish the ends in view.
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From CAL1FoRN1A.-The Philadelphi Uni
ted States Gazette says, that letter brought
by an English gentleman to that City dated
Mazatlan, May Sd, has the following intelli
gence.
The U. S. ship independence, Com. Shu-
brick, had been blockading MazatIan for two
or three months, and during that period, had
taken several prizes. She was expected to
maintain the blockade month or two longer,
and then sail for the Sandwich Islands, from
whence she would return 10 Monterey in Sep
TENDER.
The u S. ships Cyane and Portsmouth,
were cruising up and down the Coast. The
former had taken several prizes, and on the
I'd of May, the latter had captured prize
valued at 100000. But this does not salts
fly the longing anxiety of the officers of the
squadron, to do something for the honor OF
the navy. There have been frequent thoughts
of an attack on Acapulco, which is represent
ed as being nearly as strong as Vera Cruz
but it is not known what are the intentions OF
the Commodore.
The California Regiment had arrived out
and in very bad condition. The men are re.
presented as ''not what they ought to be-
The Coast of California is quiet, and the in.
habitants of Monterey have been saluted by
the sounds of Yankee axes and hammers ring.
ing through the woods, and astonished to see
houses sprnging up in their streets almost a:
if my magic. They have had the pleasant
sight. too, of Yankee girls, in Yankee bonnets
tripping along, amid the shawl-covered seno
ritas.l
migrants have come and are coming owe
the Mountains in great numbers. Some of thu
parties have suffered to horrible extent
One caravan was overtaken by winter in thu
mountains, and were reduced to such an aw
full state, that they were obliged to eat tn,
bodies of those OF the party who died of COLI
and hunger. 1t is a singular fact, that most o
the woman survived the horrors of the situa
ton they were in, while the men died rapidly
A company went out from Monterey to brin,
them in, and after their arrival in comfortabl
quarters, it was found difficult to make then
eat proper food. Suffering has subverted thei
reason and their nature, and they seemed de
sirous of continuing their shoullike propensi
ties.
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COMMERCIAL BANK
OF WILMINGTON.

NNHE Board of Directors will on Monday The
H. 18th day of July next, proceed to elect
Cashier and Teller Of this Bank. Written appIi-
cations for either of those offices, addressed to the
" President and directors of the Commercial Bank
of Wilmington" should be handed in previous to
the day of election.
O. G. PARSLEY, President.
July I'd, -s47 42-2t
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Il Strong Claim-Mr David Jordon, of
Freeport, Maine, has petitioned the Legsla-
ture for one hundred or more acres of land,
that he may be enabled to rear his numerous
" pledges of love-" with advantage to the
State and honor TO themselves. Among the
reasons assigned for taking this bounty, in adj
dltion TO his poverty, the petitioner AYERS,
" that, up TO three months ago, he had become
the father of thirteen children-ten of which
were living and mainly depending upon his
care. That at period of three months since
he suddenly found himself the father of three
more children! In few hours, his flock had
increased from ten to thirteen! Three pet
iambS-ihree helpless daughters-were cast
INTO the lap OF poverty, all of which are now
alive and vocal"
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DIR. DANIEL DuPRE,

TDESPECTFULLY offers his Professional
~ services to the citizens of Wilmington and
vicinity. He may be found at his Office, in Lon
DoS's BUILDING, on Front Street, south of Mar.
KIT. [July 2-42-3ml
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COMMERCIAL K.4.N'K
OF Wilmington.

l T having been decided by the Board of Direc-
u tors of this Bank to commence Operations on
Monday the 9th day of August next, notice is
hereby given that the books of subscription for the
capital stock thereof will be finally closed on Mon
day the I'd day of August, at IL o'clock Nj.
o. G. PARSLEY, President.
July I'd, l647 42-6t
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If every man would read his o,cn aewspa-
per, not one for which he is in debt, then
would the papers of the country flourish, and
be better filed with news, and better printed,
than ii is now possible to make them.
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HAn unmarried lady on the wintiy side of
fifty. hearing of the marriage of a young lady,
her friend. observed with deep and sentiment
tai sigh. Well. 4 suppose it is what we all
must come to-
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FRESH SUPPLIES.

T1lDER VINEGAR by the barrel; Brandy
" Cherries, very fine; Fresh HOLSTERS; Sar.
dimes; Salmon; Mackere!; Smoked Tongues;
English Mustard and Canton Ginger Loaf
Crushed, and Powdered Sugar, at
[July 81 HOWARD & PEDENS.
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What Neat AN abolition paper has been
established in Lexington, KY. 1t is edited by
MIR. Vaughan, an able lawyer from South
Carolina. Wonders will never cease.
PhIGd BMLet;n.
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latter being to the 7th June have found it
impossible to lay hands upon later papers, al
though have seen them. All their contents
of any importance have given.
AS yet no one knows when the army is to
make forward movement. Gen. Scott GER
tain1y will not march until reinforcements ar
live, which are now without question on the
way. A delay is certainly of more importance
to our army than to that of the Mexcans, Tor
even if tae latter are enabled to augment their
forces they will be beaten-that is certain {:
and then there is strong probability that so
Strengthened are the Mexicans for means that
delay of a month will find them dispensing
over the country for the very means OF subsis-
tence, or else cut up by internal dlscords.
AS regards the prospects OF peace, they
appear lust as distant as ever. A peace patch
ed up at the city of Mexico at this time would
hardly last until the ink is dry with which it
may be signed certainly not until the Ameri-
cans are out of the country. Without doubt
there is a large and influential party in favor
of it, but they dare not avow themselves for
fear of after consequences. know not how
it may turn up, but as said in former let
ter, do not at present see any other course
than for the United States to hold and retain
possession OF the country-aye. and to govern
1t, too Yours, &c, u. w. n.
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:" s. Pa what do they mean by raw, soldiers %
=" They mean those that have never stood
What WIN, -. do ,, they pptthe to the fire