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TIE UNION STEAM SHIP COMFY
OF PHILADELPHIA

THE UNION STEAM SHIP COMFY
OF PHILADELPHIA.
sg NEW ARRAN NGEMENT. Esa
This Company is now running regularly the
three superior Steam Ships
City of Richmond, Capt. Mitchell.
Pennsylvania, Capt. Baymore.
Virginia, Capt. Teal.
And one OF these splendid steamers Will leaye
Richmond and City Point, every Monday and
Friday, and Norfolk every Tuesday and Satur-
day, for Philadelphia.
Returning, leave Philadelphia every Wednss-
day and Saturday, at ID o'clock, a. M
Shippers by tins Line may rely npon low
freights and quick dispatch.
Passengers will find every attention paid 10
their comfort and meet accommodations unsur-
passed by any other route.
. Passengers from Richmond and Pefersburz "a
and from Norfolk Sc, meals included.
z ROBERT RANKIN, Richmond.
:. ROWLETT, HARDY & Co. Petersbure
Z THOS. p. CROWELL, Norfolk.
LEVI ELDRIDGE, General Agent
North wharves. Philadelnbia
Passengers and Freight for Philadelpbia. Wis
Petersburg, must be ar The Depot Of the Apno-
mattox Rail Road Company, by 10 o'cloct =
m, on the days OF sailing.
ROWLETT, HARDY SEQ
Petersburg, April II, 1853. IA
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NEW BOARDING HOUSE.

IlIIE Subscriber most respectfully announces
4 to the Public that he has made arrangements
to keepa
MECHANICS BOARDING HOUSE.
1t ia his intention to pay strict attention 20
the comfort Of all who may favor him with ,hoir
patronage. He begs leave 10 say that none need
apply except those Of good habits
PATRICK McGOWAN.
Raleigh, March Is 1883 2S-w3ns.
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RALEIGH FEMALE CLASSICAL INSTITUTE.
THE present Session will close on Thursday
the End of June next. The next Session will
begin on Tuesday the 5th Of July.
As the number of pupils boarding in the In
sttute is limited, early application may be ne
cessary to secure admittance.
BENNETT T. BLAKE, Principal.
Raleigh May 10Th, 1853. s5--3'
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DON'T FORGE

Essf HEN you want any thing in the way Of
VI HARDWARE, TO call at Richd Smiths
old stand the corner, aud buy We bought
the Goods to sell in a few months. and they
must 90 at some price. All sorts Dry G Gods we
are selling far below their worth. to close the
stock. EVANS d COOKE.
March 1853 30
Spirit of the age., 1853-05-25
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
BY ALEXANDER BETHUNE.

AE5I[NI2IUANT IONIGih
Muscatine journal. [volume] (Bloomington, Iowa) 1849-185?, 1853-09-30
MUsCATINE, IOWA: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 80, 1853.

article Of dress also revealed another
unpleasant truth. With the dignity OF
an offended queen, she remarked. cut.
tingly;
''lf your heart is as false as your
shirt bosom, sir, it would be piece OF
folly Tor me TO repose confidence in you
| can find my way home alone, sir !"
turned TO her with an imploring
look. and was about to commence a
deprecatory speech, when the anger of
the failhless Amanda gave way TO a
sudden explosion Of snerrimen,. and she
skipped homeward like swallow.
Startled at her behavior, | gazed after
her like one petrifed.
Another suspicion quickly crossed
my brain, leaving b9rning fass as. il
passed. clapped my hand to my
upper lip.
1t was even so With the shock of
my fall, one side Of my nous lachc had
fallen off.
| fed from the village, and did not
return until heard that Amanda Louisa
had married military officer, whose
wardrobe included twenty-five ru6led
bosana Shirts, Of unimpeachaJle integrity,
and who spor.ed splendid mous.ache
Of has 0tOn gr0ietb.
Muscatine journal. [volume] (Bloomington, Iowa) 1849-185?, 1853-09-30

d In CHINA, when great parsonage
wishes 10 put himself to death. he takes $
an ounce Of gold leaf, rolls ii Into ball,
aud swallows it. According TO the
physiologisis Of the Celestial Empire,
these balls, once in the stomach, unroll
the mselves, and adhere to the whole
interior of the organ, like paper on q
wall. The stomach ceases TO act, and
he unhappy mandarin lies sufocased
after few hours lorpor.
Muscatine journal. [volume] (Bloomington, Iowa) 1849-185?, 1853-09-30

Preservation Of the Eyes,

There Is an old tradition tha, the ewes
are siren gthened, and the vision preser.
we'd in old age, By rubbing the closed eve
lids frequently with the finger in hori.
zontai direction. About three wears ,oo
ileFe was considerable excilementin this
city, .ey persons protesting to cure W eak.
ness ~ Vision, yen, even restoring faded
sishl, by manipulating the eye balls.
The New York 'scalpel" treats such pre-
tensions as delusive, and asserts that
such treatment as mechanical maniou,
iatlon, Tor the eyes, is positively iniuri-
Gus 1t cites some cases where great
injury resulted 20 those who submitted
to rubbing OF. the eyes Tor the cure Of
taded sight, and instances case OF
'Man who lost his sight.feiever by some
one--a irlend-who thought came
behind him and closed his eyes firmly
with his hands. calling upon him to
guess who 1t was--a not uncommon cus-
tom among thoughIless young people.
The eye is so very tenders such
hne piece of mechanism, that it must be
handled and treated with great care and
gentienesa. Many become short. sighted
al an early age, constitutionlly or by
sickness, or by imposing too much labor
upon those wonderful organs. In health
the eyes will undergo much fatigue, but
they are as capable of being over taxed
as the arms, or the limbs. Much read.
ing or writing, by artificial light, is very
trying to the eyes, especially if the light
is unsteady, too brilliant, or too weak.
A good, full light, shaded with a light blue
globe, is the best 10 read or write with
during evening hours. Upon no consid.
Grafton should man read more Than
tour hours at once, by artificial light,
and he should give his eyes ten minutes
rest, alter he has read two hours; this is
The experience we have gathered from
nota few persons. Those IS ho are bless.
ed wi'h strong eyes should no. over-tay
Them, as many jealous students do. bytoo
much night study, or as some merchants
do, by too much nigh, writing. There
are instances on record of sudden loss
OF sight by strong men, who had read
and written by lamp light. as if their
eyes never would fai3, and their vision
never lose its power. The celebrated
Euler lost his eye-sight by an imprudenr
nights study. in some Of his ma themat-
lcai calcula tions. The smoke Of lamps
IS very hurtful TO the eyes, hence good
circulation Of air is as necessary for the
eyes as for the lungs. The "Scalpel" as
ser's that it is injurious to wash the
eyes by dipping the face in basin and
opening the eyes in the wafer, and re-
commends cold tea or milk and water.
Tor bathing The eyes in preference to wa
ter Itself. A very weak solution Of the
salphale OF zinc is excellent for blood.
shot or surface -inhamed eyes; we have
never known it to fail in eirecting d
cure il few days-Sci. Am.
Muscatine journal. [volume] (Bloomington, Iowa) 1849-185?, 1853-09-30

SPEED OF hAILRoADS.--Dr. Lardner
adopts some ingenious illustrations 10
familiarize the extraordinary velocity
with which our express trains move:
ne Great Western express to Exe-
Ter, England, travels at the rate O: 43
mstes an hour, including stoppages. or
ol miles an hour without including ston.
pages. To attain this rate, a speed OF
60 miles an hour, is adopted midway
between some Of the stations: and IN
certain experimental trips. 10 miles an
hour, have been reached. Aspeed Of rs
miles an hour is about equivalent TO 35
yards per second, or 30 yards between
two beats OF "a common clock.
"All objects near the eye OF passe..
ger travelling al this rate will pass by his
eye In The thirty fifth part oil second.
aud il thirty five stakes were erecred a,
tue side OF the road, yard asunder, thew
would not be distinguishabie one from
mother; II painted red, they would pa.
pear collectively as continuous flesh or
red color. If two trains with this speed
passed each other, the relative velocity
would be 10 yards per second; If one Of
the trains were 20 yards long. it would
fash by in single second. Supposiny
the locomotive which draws sach a train
io have driving wheels seven feet in di-
ameser, these wheels will revolve Eve
times in second; the piston moves
along the cylinder ten times IN a second.
the valve moves aud the steam escanes
Ten Times In second; bu, as there are
two cylinders which act alternate,y. ,her
are really twenty puis or escapes Of
steam IN second.
"The locomotive can be heard fo
cough, being occasioned by the abrupt
emission OF waste steam up the chimney.
but twenty coughs per second cannot be
separated by the ear, their individuality
blooming lost. Such a locomotive speed
is equal to nearly one fourth that OF a
cannon ball aud The momentum Of a
whole train moving at such speed
would be nearly equivalent 10 the ag-
gregate force Of number OF cannon
balls equal TO one fourth that Of "a cannon
ball and the momentum Of whole
train moving at such speed would be
nearly equivalent 20 the aggregate force
OF number Of cannon balls equa, 10
one-fourlh. the weight of the train. That
a..smash' should follow a collision
is no subject for marvel, if train
moving at such speed should meet with
any obstacle to progress.
Muscatine journal. [volume] (Bloomington, Iowa) 1849-185?, 1853-09-30

FILLING UP TIE OcEAE.-A scientific
gentleman has made "a calculation that
the bed OF the ocean is raised about one
inch i'll 100 yearsb by the matter washed
in and deposited by the rivers. The
deepest soundinss We, reached were
above seven miles, and even then the
line broke before the lead reached the
bottom. Taking three mile and half
for the average depth Of me oceen, it
would then require the small period of
thirty one millions four hundred and
si1ieeai thousand gears. Tor the river
depcsites tofill up The ocean. There APP
pears therefore tobe no immediate cause
for aiasnito the dwettsfs upon the earth.
Muscatine journal. [volume] (Bloomington, Iowa) 1849-185?, 1853-09-30

friends smile on us, and naught seems t.
mar our joys-whcn all is sunlight ant
peace, Oh, what privilege to look up tt
Him, the grantor of all these gifts, ant
with words of thankfulness on our lips, tc
say, God is love!' therefore are we thus
blest. And when the pale hand of disease
is laid upon us; when pain racks ms and oui
forms are wasting away when the pallol
of the grave passes oyer our faces aud the
angel Of death is lowering near to receive
our freed spirit and watt it to the eternal
world, Oh, how sweet to cast ourselves
upon Him who bore our sorrows, and ex-
claim with our last, expiring breath, God is
loye.' -
What have we next9 ssThe Appeal y em-
bodying the prayer Of young lady in be-
half Of her betrothed, who had been very
Ill. Her petition was unayailing, however.
He rallied for time, and bloom was on
his cheek, glowing and beautiful but ah!
it was hectic flush, and s'the emblem of
an early tomb" and soon he passed away
1ftFi Eagt8H ERfk
= THE APPEAL. ggF
She sat in her accustomed place within
The house of prayer, and as the man of God
Bcsought the Throne OF Grace in earnest tones
For blessings on the, sick and the oppressed.
She meckly bowed her head upon her hand
While her bosom heaved more TREMENDOUSLY
Than before.
Silently gazed at her, ae
And sadly mrlsed in sympathetic thought
lnnlS sOit div anil oh how tend
With solemn, earnest words she bearell up
Before the majesty OF God on Ligh 4.vs
loved and absent form.
List. nicthinks
almost catch the music of that PRAYER, FEsE
ssoft and low she sighs il forth and as
1t rises on the air, perflIned with love
Audholy feeling, angels bear it near sss f,Ea
The golden throie, aud intercede with God,
In her b,half: f@ ESQ eh
''Indilgent Lord, hear thou
The prayer thy llimble child woald pleading bring
Before thy august Thrones grant me dear request:
He who doth share my love with thee--he who
At warm affections shrine hath fondy bowed
And whispered words of love aud holte to me-
Hath felt the hand Of dark disease upon all 3aF
His manly brow ; hath stood almost upon n,
f The very brink OF deaths dark, gloomy flood,
And tasted of its bitter waters.
. God, restore him let the glad, warm smile
tf hope play once again upon his brow;
Give back the bloom TO that pale, wasted cheek,
And let that eye beam with the sunny light =
ofothtr, happier days, when ali was hight
And fair, Us rosy sprinctimes dewy morn;
Thou kaowest how | love hing; hoas cling,
With deep attectioi's all-rcryading power
10 him. through good on evil in joy or woe lf
Thcn, Father, hear n suppicants prayer and grant
The boon hambly crave, in Jesls' name !; sssa5
Through whom To thee, be all the praise"
look over what have written Gesul.
tory reflections yes, and might add, sad
ones, too. But it is'gcod to "go to the
house of mourning" sometimes, and be-
come acquainted with sorrow. Many
lesson of resignation and Christian for
bcarance has been thus learned, and many
heart fitted to encounter the trials that
hesgi the path of every mortal.
Muscatine journal. [volume] (Bloomington, Iowa) 1849-185?, 1853-09-30

the bed to rest; arising TO 60 aga in &c
me, she was seIzed with a palpitaton
OF the heart, and borne senseless TO he,
room.
! cannot tell you my agony as look
ed upon her, al my remofse was tenfold
more bitter from The thought that she
would never know it. believed myseli
to be her murderer. fell on the bed
beside her. could not weep. My
heart burned in my bosom; my - 81 was
ali on fire. My sister threw heI erms
around me, and wept in silence. Sud
denly We saw slight motion of my
mothers hand her eyes unclosed, She
had recovered Consciousness, but not
speech. She looked at rae and moved
her lips. could not updsestand her
ords--"M Mother, mother, :" shriekesl.
"say only that you forgive me- She
could not say it with her lips, but her
hand pressed mine. She smiled upon
me and lifting her thin white hands, she
clasped my own within them, and cast
her eye upward.
She moved her lips in prayer and thus
she died. remained still kneellng be
side that dear form, till my gentle sister
removed me. The joy of youth had left
me forever.
Boys who spurn mothers control,
who are asham med 10 own that they are
wrong, who think it manly to resist her
authority. or yield 10 Eer influence, BE-
toare' Lay not up for yourselves bitter
memories for future years.
Muscatine journal. [volume] (Bloomington, Iowa) 1849-185?, 1853-09-30
Fate OF lae Apostles,

s. Mathew is supposed to have suf
cred marIyrdom or was slain with the
suo,d at the city OF Ethiopia.
ST. Mark was dragged through the
streets Of Alexandria. in Egypt, till he
expired.
81. Luke was hanged upon an olive
tree in Greece. aa ...
ST. John was pul in a cauidron Of boil :.
ing oil at Rome, aud escaped death! He
afterwards died natural death at Ephe.
sus In Asia. a ft.l.T
81. James the Great, was beheaded t
Jerusalem.
ST. James The less was thrown from a
pinnacle or wing Of the temple and then
| beaten to death with fullcr's club.
st. Phillip was hanged up against a
pillar at Hierapolis, city Of Phrygia.
ST. Bartholomew was fayed alive a,
the command of a barbarous king.
ST. Andrew was bound 10 cross
whence he preached 10 the people un,il
he expired.
st, Thomas was runthrough the body
with lance, at G ,rromandel in The East
Indies.
ST Jude was shot 10 death by arrows.
St. Simon zelo,es was crucifed in
Persia. nR4s.fss rsgrtN
ST. Matthias was first stoned and then
beheaded. g las s tlgE5,
aa II ~ IL ----E4 tgga
WOMEN AND LApiEs.-In the days of
our fathers there were such things 20 be
met With as men and women; but low
they are all gone, aud in their place a
race Of gentlemen and ladies, or 10 be
still more refined, race Of "ladies and
gentlemen" - has sprung up. Women
and girls are among the things that were,
but - ladies'" are found everywhere.--
Miss Mar;ineau, wishing to seeihe wo-
men wards 10 prison in tennessee. was
answered by the warden, .We have no
ladies here at present, madam" Now,
so far as the ladies' were conce rned, il
was very we'll lha: none of them were in
| prison; bui then it sounds q little odd
ladies in prison IL would seem bad
enough for women to so 10 such place.
| A lecturer. discoursing upon the char.
acteristics Of woman. illustrated thus:
who we've the last ut The CROSSE Ladies.
Who were the frs, at the sepulchre
Ladies'" On the modern improvement,
we have heard Of but one thing tha,
beats the above. II was the finishing
touch TO a marriage ceremony performed
by an exquisite divine, up to all modern
refnements. When he had thrown the
cham Of Hymen around the happy cou-
pie, he concluded b. saying, 81 now pro-
nounce you husband aud lady" The
audience stuffed their handkerchiefs into
their mouths, and got Of the room as
quickly as possible, to take breath. ~
REMEMBER.-A promise should bs
given with caution and KEEP. with care
A promise should be made by the hear
and remembered by the head. A promis,
is the offspring OF the intention, an.
should be nurlured by recolleciion.
promise and its performance should, lik,
the scales of true balance, always pre-
sent mutual adjustment. A promis
delayed is justice deferred. A rromi 5,
i neglected is an untrath told A prom
isc attended to is debt settled.
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Judge Clayton, Consul to Havana

The New York Times censures Jsdge Clayton in
strong terms for leaving Havana and returning to the
United States The Herald says that he much
to blame, the sckness prevailing there fatal that
the Cubans themselves have left in large numbers II
we have not wholly inexperienced the character Of
Jsdse Clayton he had good and sucien, reasons for
turning. He is a man who fears responsibility
in the discharge Of bis duties, and who would never
ab.en, himself from his post unless he was thoroughly
satisfied that the public interests would suffer injury
A the duties OF the consulate in faithful hands,
can see no for the attack Judge Clayton We
understand that his purpose. when he left here, TO
10 70 mississippi for the purpose OF arranging TO carry
his family with him 10 Cab,
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letter, demand important reduction In The article OF
rice Such reduction would largely benefit the south
States II is in ibsse srices alone Germany has
TIE opportunity OF fairly reciproeang our Tree Admis-
sion OF large range OF her manufactures In amount
aud 10 proportion the relative extent OF commerce.
Germany is far favored in this than Great Britain
Whilst The annual average in the latter country OF A.,
cles from Germany admitted free of duty is but 80 per
cent, in il fully equal to 10 rer cent Enxlsnc
France, and Cuba all more exaetins. England even
io the silk Of the Zoveein; France by
duties moi only excessive. but cosped with prohibitions
Cuba by the admission OF not single article OF German
manufactures free, and by duties averaging from 81 10
27i per cent Yet the Zol Vcren has never established
any darsnlal duty in favor OF the tobacco OF The Uai
ted States. s 7eft
The measures taken by Peru TO compel Bolivia 10 com
ply with the terms OF It's ultmatun. and which consist
in block aiding the port OF africa with additional force.
in laying an impost virtually prohbitory oil articles
that might constitute transit trade. and forty pr
cent duty on the importation OF Bolivian money, will
test the ability OF South American province 10 sus,an
itself under the sudden imposition OF System Of pom
intercourse as stringent in practice that which the
wisdo OF Francia propounded for Paraguay. Bslzu,
claiming 10 be apprehensive of coalition. in the char
acer OF conspiracy, between the late Peruvian minis
his capital and the party opposed 70 bis admnn-
ralion hazards far more his position by the evils he er-
tails all directly Indirectly connected with CON-
necia affairs than he would have done by retaining the
obaoxious envoy The fulfment OF the article Of the
existing treaty respecting the coinage of bad money. any
regard to national honor would have demanded comp-
ance with the present just complaint On the other
hand the plea OF Belzu TO refuse to submit In any par
cuar to The dcia,on Of foreign power is certainly
good in the abstract but the maintaining that position by
recourse 10 arms bring lle honor in any achieved
success and is likely, in the present suspension OF for!
eign trade, to result in disastrous failure.
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A striking Contrast.

The Albany Argus proving It's devotion TO The demo-
cratic party by dsnering day after day. piles OF the
buried bones OF free solis and holding them up the
offspring Of the Atlas This is done in utter Disregard OF
plain pledge contained In the democratic creed which
binds all good members OF the party resist the further
agitation Of the slavery question is done 10 the great
qualification of wings al home and abroad.
The Albany Atlas, with provoking n0aehsiaaes pays
no sort OF attention its exhumed productions because,
as the Argus says il has substantial reasons in the
shape OF dppngs of patronage from The departments
Washington, for maintaining cautious reserve" We
had not supposed that there much virtue in the
"drppngs" amongst New York editors and to test The
matter we would be glad to il share Of the "drp-
pings" would soothe the angry feelings Of the Argus
editor and induce him follow the example of the Atlas
in throwing hot shot into the wing ranks after the fol-
lowing fashion
"WHAr or THE wnIa PARTY WHERE is IT t-Whether the
WING party is dead, not is puzzng question Ii has
certainly made mysterious disappearance and the pub
lie is puzzled weighing tho chances OF homicide, suicide
absconding, account for IT, There many evil
dences OF sudden death. but these may prove fictitious
Many fellow has put ball through his hat and carried
his body and his cash safe beyond the reach of creditors
and women have left their dsconsoate bonnets on
the side of and bereaved husbands TIE
OF second nuptias who If thorough search made
night turn up In bachelors tent in California, Why
houid put greater trust in tho party Of tho Gaphins
and GARDENERS Why expect greater fidelity from
ganzaton that has coqueed and hiricd with every fac
ton il found ON the highway!
at is certain that whagery has made mysterious dis
appearance During the late session Of the legislature it
gave fgn of life, il had measure, principle,
leader could rally its embers against the
ma onal administration and It's cabinet Upon naked
resolution Of approval Of that adm nsaton could only
bring one half its members TO a vote"