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CO-PARTNERSHP.
Penny Hill, !
August l6, 1852. !
933-St.

TINE undersigned having this day formed copart-
L nership for the purpose Of conducting the CON-
DICTIONARY BUSINESS in all its branches. The
business will be carried at the old stand" of SamI
H. Marks, and will be known under the firm and style
of SAMI H. MARKS & SON. where they will
manufacture and keep constantly hand the incest and
regularly supplied with the finest imported and domestic
Cigars and the choicest Fruits in their proper
Having made extensive arrangements for the
manufacture of Steam Refined Candies they will be
abed furnish much larger quantities. and purchasers
may rely upon getting it with despatch.
All orders for goods will be thankfully received packed
in the best and sent to any part of the United
States.
SAINT. II. MARKS,
VIM. A. MARKS.
Peters,nrr August IL 1852. 69-tto.
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The subscriber having purchased the entire stock in-
teres accounts &c. of jeff Fisher in the late firm OF
G. & j. Fisher, is prepared to settle with those
who may be indebted to said firm. E-. - ~
The subscriber takes this occasion say that he will
continue his business in all its branches his present
stand Fayetteville Street. opposite Williams Hay
wood, & Co. He will keep constantly on hand gener-
al assortment of articles in his Gne He respectfully
socits connusnce of the patronage heretofore enjoy
ed by the establishment and returns to his patrons and
his sincere thanks for the encouragement he
received in his business GEORGE FISHER.
Raleigh, Aug. Is, 1852. 1876.
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Moose County, july 2S, 1855

Yesterday-this being County Court week-we
had Democratic meeting. The audience en-
Strange S. ]. Person, Esq, of Wilmington, and W.
NJ. Peacock, Esq, of Montgomery. There were
long-faced Wing lawyers and Wing subjects to any
amount; and you may we'll believe they got good
currying. At length the Wings called meeting,
but could get scarcely enough to organize. Sir, l
expect the meeting exploded will conclude by sta
ting that many persons abou; Carthage disgust
ed with kerrs clownsh speech, and also his Profan
ty. So hurrah for Pierce, King, and Reid -
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NOTICE is hereby given to the Stockholders and
Contractors the N. c. Railroad that will be at
Concord the Sd and 4th September; at Salisbury on
the 9Th and 9th Lexington on the 10th Jamestown
the lth Greensboro from the 18th to the 2lst Ora
ham on the esd Hillsborough the S4th and 95th
Raleigh on the 9th and 29h and Goldsborough on
the Goth September It is very desirable make settle
ments with Stockholders, and especially with Contrac-
tors at the times above set forth. go
CYRUS P. MENDENHALL,
Sec'y and Treasurer.
August 9, 1852. 1875.
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Gen. Shields has written long letter TO number
of his constituents, Galena, Illinois. In this let
ter he only endorses and proves Gen. Pierces gal
lantry as soldier, but also his ability statesman
and his sterling worth private citizen. The tes-
timony of such man will have more weight with
the people than the ISLANDERS of an army of bad men,
Pennsu(uani1r.
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The T0,on Of Helena misunderstanding Sunk.
LOUISVILLE, August 10. By telegraph from Mem
phis, we learn thai the town of Helena, Arkansas,
was almost entirely consumed by fire on Monday
nipht Only two business houses are left. The loss
is estimated at $500, 900.
The steamer Emily struck a snag on Friday last
in White rIver sunk in twenty feet of water and broke
in two. No lives were lost The boat is total loss.
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PIERCE & KING CLUB.

@ THERE will be Meeting of the PIERCE
ana KING Club, in this City, at the Court ouse
Saturday evening next at eight o'clock.
The Democrats and the people generally arc invited
to be present Come up-come and all.
BY ORDER OF THE PRESIDENT.
August II, 1852,
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There is a very funny German custom-concentra-
ting the coughing aud nose blowing during the SER
vice time at church. The clergyman stops at dife-
periods of his discourse, steps back from the pull
pip and stands and blows his nose. The entire con-
gregation initiate his example, and disturb the
vice at no other time. - 49,
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Dro,Iohr in the West.

CINCINNATI, August IL. The weather is cool and
dry. 1t raned some in spots Yesterday, but did not
do any good.
Advices from Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio, in rela-
ton to corn are unavorable. Nearly all farmers
refuse to SELL Parties who have large contracts de-
liver hogs, at i've dollars, purchasing all the
and stock hogs they can get.
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OFFICIAL VOTE OF NORTH CAROLINA,

of of
The in
official and therefore be relied caaMb
with
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"Better that soar, Peshlenee and famine should
s,Oeep ouer the land than that military chieflain
should be elevated to the Presidency"
HENRY CLAY.
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mARRTED,

Drury Lacy, d. D.. Edward Yarbrough, Jr., Esq. to
Miss Kate S. Haywood daughter of the late Dr. Leigh
Haywood.
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Robert Rantoul's life was insured at the British
Life Insurance in Boston, for $4,000.
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g.. arson BroWplow says, in his Wing paper, that
1en' Scott is the old tool of a Godforsaken. and
corrupt association of Northern Abolitionists-an
ASH no laVors Of the friends and admirers of the
Dseso!l Hero in or out of Tennessee.
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Es The charge for announcing in this paper
candidates for Engrossing Clerks and Doorkeepers
u Tue ensuing Assembly, will be 50, to be paid in
advance.
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DISSOLUTION.

TNHE Copartnership heretofore existing between the
Subscribers was dissolved the LIST day of August,
1852, by mutual consent.
GEORGE FISHER,
Jeff. FISHER
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NEW FIRM.
THE Subscribers have associated themselves tc
under the Firm of
SELBY & MURRAY

for the purpose of conducting the MERCANTILE
BUSINESS in the City of Raleigh, at the old stand of
II. H. Sehys, No. IL, Fayetteville Street, where they
will be pleased and serve their customers and
friends. II. H. SELBY,
D. CARSON MURRAY.
Raleigh Aug. 16, 1852. 933.
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O. HE WEBSTER NOMINATION. Boston, August 2.
l. Curils publishes letter in the Advertiser
pfonouncng the letter in the New York Head which
NJ mat the Webster had abandoned the idea
" nominating him, wholly fictitious.
we learn that the Webster feeling in the Eas-
'eFn part of this State - growing The friends
Of Webster and Graham are laboring to get up an
Electoral ticket.
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Total,

Total, I,479,624 1,344,994 71,651
Democratic majority Wings, l34,63O; over
Wings and abolitionsts, 62,979.
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SUPREME COURT.

following gentlemen were licensed to practic
law
SUPERIOR COURT.
6noiI 9 Gs, l.. 0ienn, Rockingham,
SaVic C1ieman, Buncombe,
'"''Uei Dc Louvre, Meckenburg.
COUNTY COURT.
Andrew ]. Stedman, Chatham
Robert G. Lewis, FrsnLI;n
John B. Williams, Greene.
r. W. CamPDeH, lredell.
SaiHeS :: DELL Iredel.
''Nuel W. Lo"He' Meckenburg.
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Office of N. c. Railroad Company,

Petersburg, August IL, 1852. ...
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1852-09-29
The Lincoln Mass Meeting.

We met with a Brother from Lincoln a lew
days ago, from whom we learned, that the
most extensive arrangements are being made
for holding one of the greatest Mass Meetings
ever known in the State, at the Rock Spring
Camp Ground, in Lincoln county, on the list
of October next. Hon. j. B. ONeal, M.
W. P. of the Order, Philip S. White, Esq,
P. M. w. P, and a number Of other distin-
guished speakers are to be there and it IS
expected many thousand persons will be
present. Everybody is invited to attend
good cheer and a hearty welcome are pro
missed to all. Let us rally by hundreds,
brethren, and make the mountain echoes ring
with our shouts of exultation over the past
and determinationssas to our purposes IN tn
future. Let us make one Of those pulls
the politicians are always talking about
" long, strong, and all together"
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The Temperance Convention.

We are sometimes asked-"Wh has be-
come of the proposition to hold a State Tenn
nerance Convention-has the project been
abandoned ?" So far as our information ex-
tends, we can only state, that the proposition
has not been responded to sufficiently to JUS
tify the calling of such a meeting. Only
some h~alfdozen counties have expressed an
pTessed a determination to be represented in
it; andunless there be som~ething1ike unanim-
ity concerning it, we presume the Convention
will not be attempted. At least, ae hope it
will not; for a small number only to get to-
gether would be- failure, andsharm instead
of good would grow out of it. Indeed "with
the lights now before u.s." we think it best to
postpone the project for a few months-un-
til the Mass Meeting in Lincoln, on the Goth
ofnext month, and the Grand Division, which
meets Immediately thereafter-and there will
be then a better opportunity of judging OF
the propriety of calling a State Convention.
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g ONLY A Mechanic!D

How many ladies do we remember, who
bought beds of thorns and laid Town on thea
too, byturning up their little pugnoses witha
sheer. and saying ofsome honest young fellow,
who wished to court them cob he is on
" a mechanic !" A mistaken notion has
by some means found its way into the heads
of our female friends, upon this point, and
our old steel would dotit down here for their
special consideration. There is Miss G., who
once made use of the identical words at the
head of our article, In reference to a friend of
ours, who showed the foreplane for a living.
She treated his kind attentions with contempt
because he was a mechanic. How stands
the case now? Miss G. became Mrs. Some-
body, by marrying a fOppish gosling of a fell
low-her estate was squandered and by de-
sertion became a grass widow" IN less
than three years. and is now making shirts
! at twelve cents apiece for a furnishing store
! in the city of p. Our friend themechan-
:, ic owns a fine mansion on -- Street, has
a beautiful wife and holds the first Office Of
honor in the same city. Another lady OF the
4 sam CITY might have been the mistress OF o
: fine fortune to-day, but George was a me-
chanic, she turned up her little pug at him.
and now repents her folly at leisure by wash:
ing for her. aristocrafic neighbors! Some OF
: the greatest men of our nation have handled
the saw, made shoes, wrought horse nails
printed newspapers, some even have dug
CLAIMS on the shores and retailed them by the
Do gallon! Depend ont, girls, being a mechan
ic is no disgrace, and in being the wife Of al
of honest mechanic you will not be dsgraced
:. but we know you would be honored, an
A. when you marry we expect you will than
! us for our advice. These exquisite Dand
Jacks will do to look at; their fine rutie
,o+ shirts, fancy beavers, flashing breast PIN
! rings, chains and gewgaws, their bon t.
- coats, French GATHERS, soaplocks and WIN
kers will serve for themes of admiration, III
or d%erision, as the spectator feels inclined
but. our word for it, something more su
~stantial than this is required to bring hapI
ness around the domestic freside, and bril-
beans and bacon to the table! We wouldl
give Jim, the clam digger, for all the Dan
Jacks IN town.
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CURE FOR

we copied in our last, an article giving an
account OF the establishment of Hospitals in
europe, for the cure of Consumption, by the
inhalation OF medicated vapor, and that it Is
enectlng the most astonishing RESERVATIONS to
perfect health and soundness. We have since
learned that DIR. THOMAS II. GREENoUGHi is in
petersburg where he has been practicing
with unquestionable success. DIR. G. conteml
plates visiting this City soon, and will be pre-
pared to submit references of n~ndoubted an
tnorlty as to his extraordinary success. See
his Circular in another column.
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ITO BE Continued

CONVICTION AND SENTENCE FOR CUTTING
TELEGRAPH WIREs-At a court held in
Marlboro district, S. c., on the 14th instant.
Moses Knight was found guilty of cutting
the telegraph wires Of the line between Col
umbia, in that State, and Raleigh, N. c., and
sentenced to receive hirty-nine lqshes on
the bare back, publicty-to leave the district
IN ten days, and each and every time he is
caught IN the district to receiUe Miirty-niae
more tdsheS, without further trial. There
is yet another one to be tried. This sentence
shows that the courts o South Carolina make
summary work of those who designedly in
terfere with the wires. Next in enormity TO
placing Instructions upon railroad tracks, is
the equally villainous practice Of cutting the
wires of the telegraph. The latter NAV not
cause the o Of personal injury the for
mer does, but it is a much more serious and
misehievous interruption to business, and in
wolves pecuniary losses ofa more aggravated
and injurious character.
CHARLESTON, Sept. 21st.-There were
thirteen deaths from yellow fever Yesterday.
and forty deaths for the week, of whom only
8 were natives.
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Temperance-Total Abstinence

There are some who contend there Is an
inconsistency in Total Abstinence Societ;os
oelng designated as Temperance" Associ-
tlons. "eknow that Temperance" signi-
hes moderation" but it is a moderation -
!nat which is useful and necessary, whether
II meats drinks, exercise, pleasure. labor
&C. But the use of any thing that is detri-
mental to health, morals or police, in howev-
er small quantities, is excess, and tbereforo
incompetence" We hold, that the use Of
intoxicating drinks, as a beverage, is a vio-
latlon OF the natural appetites Of man. and
whenever SO used, is intemperance.
There are some things which are ,tterlr,
forbidden by the laws of God and men; and
those who pervert the scripturaI Injunction
be ye temperate in all things" and insist
that the moderate use of alcohol as a bevnr-
age Is III conformity with this Injunction, are
estopped when they consider that such an in
depreciation will constrain men to e,oco,. n
moderation, to lie, cheat, steal. IL KoDER ALTON
else they will be ultra in their practice and
VIII be liable to the charge of inconsistonov
Inc same Divine Word which says-"Thou
shalt not steaP'-"Thou shalt not hear fa1so
witness" Swear not at allo-also sars
Look not upon the wine," and "urn 10
away from strong drink" Each Is alike
binding; and if the one should be scrupu-
iously' conscientiously observed, who can
snow authority that the other shouId not no
also?
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THE SPIRIT OF THE ACE, the Temperance
organ of North Carolina, and, besides an ex-
cellent literary sheet, has entered upon its
fourth volume. The enterprising editor, Mr..
GoRMAN, has made praiseworthy exertions to
make the " Spirit of the Age" a good fami-
ly newspaper, and has succeeded. 1t is now
considerably enlarged and is furnished at
S1:50 per .annum. Address, A. NJ. GoRMAx,
Raleigh, n. G.
Thanks to Brother Moore, of the Warren,
News, for the above handsome compliment;
and coming as it does from one capable Of
Judging, it is therefore the more valuable
Success to the News and its discriminating
Editor.
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A Cen in the River.

A Young mother, with the tears of b~ereave-
ment in her eyes, stood over the River OF
Death gazing wistfully into its black and
sluggish waters, as if she would fain rest her
gaze upon some object away downtown IN
its fathomless depths. She gazed long and
wistfully, and the black waves rolled sullenly,
sluggishIy onward.
And the mother laid her hands submissive
lv on her bosom and wept, and said - My
Gem My Gem J"
And a celestial being like an Angel stood
near the hidden door of her heart, and whls-
pered in a silvery voice ike music
What seekest thou, mourning sister :"
"Alas !" said the mourner, "Ionce, even
Yesterday, wore a beautiful gem on my bos-
ON. To m it was invaluable-it was no trlv-
ial gem, but it was che that kings and mon
archs might have we'll been proud OF. The
riches of the east could not have purchased 1t
from me. In an hour, that was to me evil
and miserable, that gem dropped from my
bosom into the black night of this deep river.
| saw it floating away from me gently as the
coming of an evening shadow, and | reached
after it, but it was beyond my grasp, and my
gem-my babe smiled upon me-; as it was II
ding on the waves farther and farther from
me. It began to sink-to sink from m.
/ sight, and IN a moment my gem was gone
$ and gone forerer!w And she turned sorrow
: fully away
And the Angel voice whispered again
I" Stay, sister, grieve not-look again into tn
: dark river"
e She looked as she was bid, and a cry
sweet and raptuous JOY burst from her lips
= Thanks to the Father l see my gem hoa
ing gently on a great black wave. o! MI
l not wear it on my bosom again?"
"Stay, my sister, thou art deceived; VIII
v thou seest in.the river is not thy gem it
lie the shadow Of what was given thee in tru'
lie Look, sister, Heavenwards and bid thy mour
gs ing heart rejoice"
lg She looked aloft, and away up in the da
st beclouded sky, she saw q single spot Gle
VI. and blue, and in it a bright star was glea
O., ing, and it's silvery' rays came down a
IN danced on the gloomy river, giving the bl0
IS waves a brightness, as if silvered throu
be and through; and away down many ia
nd oms the bright reflection rested and this
TO mourner thought was her lost gem. 5
ds' gazed silently. upon the scene,. and the s
ing from Heaven was shining!
Ist' And the voice of the Angel came agt
the like unto the sweet song of many instrume
is Of music saying
"Sister, the gloomy waves thou Sc
though cold, and dark, and.terrible, roll ce
lessly onward up to the great gate of Hea'
and thither they bore thy mourned for G
be- which the Good Father lent thee, the vi
EN- have borneit back to Him, and it blooms
'eeh shines forever near the Thronelike yon bri
eN ly beaming start"
ZION The voice was hushed, TEand the sorro7
JUS mother turned away with her eyes
ohiy from the earth and the gloomy river, and
q al them banef5lEFgg t4taSd star isst16, Saw When
filled her eyes mourning for her loss.
beams brightly, and it shines on her
baby's gravel. n
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A Bountiful Providence,

The season approaches for times of Public
Thanksgiving to God for His abundant mer-
cies and blessings showered upon us as a
People and Nation and perhaps at no pre-
vious period has the Ploughman had greater
for rejoicing over the abundance that
has crowned his labors, than the present. In
this region the smaller grains have been har-
vested, and stored away in rich abundance
and quality and now, the stripped stalks of
corn gladden. the eye and cheer the heart
with the large, well-flled ears, ready TO be
gatheredinto the granary. The smiling
tenance of PLENTY is all around us, and it is
meet we should publicly manifest our graft
tude to the Oliver of all good for his favors
lavished upon us.
Coming out of a protracted season of scar
city and high prices, it is peculiarly a time
for rejoicing by the INDECENT and unfortunate.
And those who are crowned with means and
abundance, should not neglect the scriptural
injunction Remember the poor" Soonthe
gloom and severity Of winter will be upon us
with all their rigor; how refreshing to the
grateful and good to be able to relieve their
wants and mitigate their sufferings-and in
what way more appropriate to manifest our
thanksgiving to God for his abundance to us.
than to bestow a portion upon the needy and
the distressed!
You do not see the silent tears
By many a mother shed,
As childhood offers UP the PRAYER
HGiva II G mr. do;Ir 1901 ~
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how difficult it is to make the poor degra-
deo realize that their worst enc
mics are the very men to whom thew paw
tneir nard earnings, and to whom they surren-
oer themselves in slavery. No, they will
eau II liberty to feed the Rumseller and clothe
his children BY their hard earnings, while
their own families are suffering from want
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MAINE ELECTION.

1t is now certain that a large majority Of
the members Of the Legislature elect are
friends to the continuance of the antiIiouor
law. al Of the candidates for Governor. but
one, chandler, the liquor ~candidate) were
pledged to its support. No one receiving a
plurality of all the votes cast, as required to
constitute an election, the choice of Governor
viii devolve on the Legislature. Consequent
ly an a%nti-iquor Governor will be selected.
and the law viii be safe for another two wears
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G~oLDsBoRo' NEW ERA.

The Editor of this excellent paper has a
S'rong appeal, IN his last number, to the Far.
mers, Mechanics and Friends of Education
In North Carolina, for patronage and sup
port. The New Era is devoted to the inter.
ests OF Agriculture, Mechanics and Educa.
ton; and is eminently worthy the support Of
our citizens. We hope large accession,
will follow his appeal.
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\RALE10H, q. Q.
Wednesday, September go, 1852
A Positive Arrangement.

Sabscrt5es receiving their papers Nth a red n'9rf'
are thereby Aotifed that in four 'oeehs from the re-
ceipt Of the fARst number thus marked their 'a0serlp-
ton gears cia expire and unless reae'ced cam"
that time, the paper wat be discontinued 16's rue
,oiN Be inferiJlY adhered to.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1852-09-29

The washington NATIONAL MoSEMEx1.
Mr.. 4. Wall, of Baton Rouge. La, has re-
Gently voluntarily collected $3.50 for this
monument; and the citizens of Augusta, Ga.
have contributed 1925 for the same purpose
Of which sum 500 80 was collectedin the M
Z. Church, $33 SO in the Baptist Church
and 81 SO in the Christian Church, on the
4th Of July.
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BLrNDING JUsrIcE.-Justice WhRs. wh;ye
hearing a liquor ease at WATERFOWL. Mas.
had a quid oftobaeco thown in to bis eve
by some enc of the liquor loving opponents
OF the Maine Law. This attempt to hind
justice Gid not prevent the magistrate epforc-
ing the fine for violating the law.
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gazr We are again compelled. to say uH-
less subscribers wishinga changein the direc-
ton Of their papers, will let US know to what
P. O. they have been going, it is Impossible
for us to make the change. Albert Lawson
wishes his sent to Fayetteyille-when he gives
us the above information, the change VIII DC
made.