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NoRTH=cARoLMINMEAAs & 7S NoRFohK.J7TiHbE ,4L ali Ebs

NTORTH-CAROLINA & NORFOLK.-THE
PRACTICAL HATTERS would respectfully call the
attention of the "Trade and dealers to their stock OF
SPRING AND SUMNER HATS, go
be LARGEST and best that has been offered IN Norfolk
and not surpassed by any, and at that cannot fail to
rive satisfaction They confident that Merchants Will
find to their advantage to call before making their pur
chases Those that are willing to extend to their patron
age may rely having Goods whether of our own Manu-
fcture or Imported Fashionable Fine and Cheap as any
Northern Jobber We earnestly request Merchants to call
and be OnUnceG that prepared and eOW furnish every
thing In our line on the best terms
ladies' and Misses Bonnets great variety Canes and
Umbrellas wholesale.
CEPHALOMETRON!
This beautiful instrument is considered of the great
est and most useful inventions of the 1t would be I'M
possible by the minutes description, to correct idea
of utility Hats made by it will fit the most difficult
heads conforming every protuberance and depression OF
the cranum thus preventing the unpleasant feeling OF
new Hat and painful headache We could give you cert
Gates and the experience of the Trade but pre-
fer that all may examine for themselves. No pro-
pery appreciate its advantages without having one of our
superior Hats.
sy@ Hats made order in the most fashionable manner
and without extra charge.
STEVENS BUTT,
No. z Market Square,
Norfolk, Va.
May II, 1858. 51-tf
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WDUSINESS HALL, No. l, FAYETTEvILLE STREET.
4D PECK & BELVIN-Z7Gde changed az right go10 3
The Subscribers having purchased the entire Stock of
Goods and Hardware of Messrs EVANS COOKE the old
stand the of the late Richard Smith, dec intend
keeping general assortment of Dry Goods and drdaOars
such will suit the trade both in price and The
stock of Hardware nearly complete and mostly late
to close out the entire stock of Dry Goods to be BY
new Goods-we shall offer inducements purchasers
as will satisfy by giving calassuring public
that nothing shall be wanting part to merit
fdence and support. -
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WDAKERY & CONFECTIONARY.-PUT
81 81 MITCHELL would respectfully inform the public
that their establishment the full tide of success
m experiment. and they to execute all orders
their Cake and Bread baking, Candy making
Nuts Fruits Groceries, &c. always kept on hand
CIGARS0ur stock of Cigars very large of them
las yas Excelsior, Ell Ceryo, Steamboat Princpes and
a variety to MENTION
Parties the City country furnished wit every
description of Gonectionares the shortest notice ana
most reasonable terms BRIDES CAKE carefully packed
and sent any part of the State Sugar and Moasses Cakes
also Candy for country Stores packed barrels
other House North Carolina Virginia Low and
quick sales, Is our motto.
= Raleigh May 9stIl, 1885, 56
WNTH1TE co 0ODs. JAeKONETTs ENcLIsH
~ Cambre Nansook; check and striped Muslin, Null
Muslin Plain and dotted Swiss Muslin. For sale BY
j. BROWN.
Raleigh june 4th 1858: o.
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RIEW@ OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES SLgBSCRT-
BERs have this formed a copaEtneEsn,p under e.
condnctino 5T0zesas HardrQre in the City of
Petersbure They will constantl on hand large and
veil saI of articles in their line of business
Merchants and others who deal in this market earnestly
solicited to give them q call ,o,r,4 s, z.r5Sz,
CHARLES s. BRYAN.
Petersburp July LIST, 1858. Jim.
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Dfgest of the Reports from the
mencement up to the year 1S45,.... -"
n. c. Form Book; Swaims N. c. Justice; Debates in
Conventions Proceedings and Debates of the Convention
Carolina amend the Constitution of the State
in 1885.
Martins History of Norh-C Carolina Jones' History of
NorthCaroina during the Revolution; Sketch of North
Carolina by Jones' Farmers Own Book; or, Agricola.
All Of which offered at very reduced prices.
Raleiph N G.. July 2.l &C.
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PARISEN & KING, cd Barclay st. N. y.
do -do RolIin 0fro0Ie at Pat =.

do do BollingbTook St Pet.
V. D. GRONER, Norfolk Va.
H. D. TURNER, Raleigh NJ
]. R. & J. SLOAN, Greensboro, N. c.
~ On the first of August shall Express to
sthd from Baltimore and Phladephia.
July 9, 1853 s66-tf.e s
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JOHN Cox, Edenton,
JOSHUA BONNER, Salem,
j. H. Pool, Elizabeth City,
F. F. FAGAN, Plymouth,
ALEx'R MITCHELL, Newborn,
w. n. II. Smith, Murfrees-
borough,
H. B. WILLIAMS, Charlotte,
JOHN B. BARRETT, Milton,
A. T. SUNNY, Asheville.
to receive applications.
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"THOLEsALETR FOR MARCH 1852.
w OUR SPRING STOCK Of f69ei0H and Do1zlstic
STAPLE and Fancy Dry Goods, eomplete The as
sortment large and commanding GoUNTRY MERcHssTs
are invited call and examine styles and prices feeling
confident that offer great inducements dob
bing House, North or South.
STEVENSON & WEDDELL-
Sycamore street, Petersburg, Va
The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1853-05-27

thng else but a mercenary renegade.
| or humble origin and proIessed Wing,
there has been no lime in the lasl twenty
years that he could have been elected 70
Office without the votes of the Aboll-
iionsfs and labofetsof Ohio. Withcon-
siderable fippancy Of speech, caricaiure,
mimicry and paniomimc, aided 10 ais
souhiqueI of he ''wagon boy,r and bis
prolessed Aboiliopisn, he ascendcd
much higher ia the political scale ihnn
his talents or true merits deserved He
ospircd 10 lead The liberal party in these
States by steady efforts which c1lminaled
IN his notorious Mexican war speech
which sealed his career in that direction:
for7ii ouiraged his, opRenenis and dis
gnsled The true friends Of freedom in
these States proved him mere pariz1n
and politician, and not statesmen OF
enlarged and practical views, WHO only
can ,embody into action the aspirations
and dicia of:he deyoiees Of flibetlY-who,
by their fanatcism and ma:tyrdom, break
down old fo:ms and barriers 10 progress!
Like all secondary men IN mental and
moral development, he gave way when
The pelllngs of the storm which he had
raised came on. He determined al once
70 desert 10 the enemy During the
long time that the friends of freedom
under the lead Of General Taylor, fought
for the ] fi'rsonian idea and against The
'piaiforms," Trm, who was never fl for
any thing hui s7ecch, spake not! His
ireaclleiy was anticipated and developed
in his reward "a Cabinet appointment!
His membership of an Administration,
which will 60 down infamous, as attempt
ing to revive and encolce in this land The
casi>of' attributes Of British tyranny,
coastruct're treason, has Forever placed
hin alongside with Burr and Arnold!
But what cares The Gardiner for reputa-
lion! With The saIires OF Horace he
doubtless is familiar, aud "smiles as often
as he contenplales lie money in his
chosi!'
That he should now, late in life, be
compelled TO leave Ohio, who nuIlured
him into eminence, and whose honor and
Interests he has uneralcfully abused, is
piiable: but beg that he will mol pay
my nali,e State the, poor compliment qf
making il his place Of refuge. Slavery
she Inherited in common with her sisters,
bu. unlike Austria and France and other
home arisiocracies, she nebly challenges
discussion, and 10 preferring The liberty
Of the press and speech to any local and
temporary institution, she shows people
of great elements of character, and
Government open TO the hencfcent ia>
hnences of progress! Like all brave
people, The power they have they exer>
else with mercy; they are justly jealous
of their own rights, they are regardful OF
those Of others. Such people, where
honor, pecnniary and personal, constitute
Characteristic elements OF social position
and political power, is not the place for
Thomas Gown! | advise him 10 go
further South, if even there he can find
men poor enough in self>esteem TO trust
a traitor OF honor renegade!
Your obedient servant, a3I
ao aa'ia C. M. CLAY.
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"WILL 1T WASH, SIR."-A western
exchange hefure us is congramlaling It's
readers "lhat the west is now furnishing
the cas-, with better and safer currency
than lha, of lis own banks" and has the
Ne'r York Herald voluntarily teslifylng
to The same import. That may all be,
and then proves comparatively liile,--
This youcbing for the perfect safety Of
banks reminds US much of the clerk in
retail dry goods store, who, when inter.
roeaed by young Miss if piece Of
five cent calico he was exhibiting for salc
would wash, assured her most positively
il would; whereupon, relying upon his
assurance, she made a purchase. Alter
the calico passed through The ordeal Of
wash tub, it presenned very queer ap-
pearance, SCARCELY lcgible trace of lis
former self remaining. The first time
she met hIm she upbraided him with The
charge Of falscnood, and he defended
himself blanlly, by saying that he did
not guarantee iha, il would retain its
colors, if submitted TO test Of soap,
water, and the sun, but thai YOU could
wash il. So with bank notes; keep them
in the vaults of The banks and they will
injure no one; but submit them 10 the
ies Of circulation, and The probability
is strong, that the community may find
them as reliable as did the young Miss
The colors Of the Eve cent calico alluded
to. = Chillicothe Advertiser. e
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To MAKE COFFEE The best way OF
making coffee is to put the ground coll; e
into wde-mouthed bottle over night,
and pour rather more than half pint Of
water upon each ounce and half, TO
cork the bottle, in the morning TO loosen
the cork, put the bottle into pan Of
waiei, and hrirg the water TO boiling
heat; the coffee is then to he poured off
clear, and the latter portion strained; !;
that which IS not drunk Immediately is
kept closely sIoppered, and heated as il
is wunied.-Scicntifc American.
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AsT' r LIBRARv,--The funds and pro-
perry of The institution are valued al
$450,000, The cost Of The building and
site $4,000, and the expenditure for
books thus Gar $75,364. More than
10000 volumes have teen collected, and
DR.. Cogswell is now in Europe, authorized
to expend $25,o00 in The purchase OF
additional works. Commencing with
about eighty thousand volumes, free from
debt, aud having a vested fund of $780,,
600, the interest Of which is to be steadily
applied TO charging the collection, this
must ultimately become one of the
largest Libraries in the world Scientific
American.
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FANNY FERN's BEST Tn1Ne.-We
think Fanny Fern never wrote a better
PaiI OF paragraphs tGan the following
from the Olive Branch:
''Look on this Picture and then on
Mdt-'Faiher is comihg!' and little
round faces grow long, and merry voices
are hushed. and toys are hustled into the
closet, and mamma chances nelvously al,
The door. and baby is bribed with a lump
ofsugar 10 keep the peace; and fathers
business face rciaxes moi muscle; end
the little group huddle like iimid sheep
in corner, and tea is dispatched as si>
lenlr as If speaking were prohibited by
the statute book, aud The children creep
like culprits TO bed, marveling that baby
dare crow SO loud now that 'Fatktr has
come
"'Fa,her is comingn and bright eyes
sparkle for joy, and tiny feet dance with
glee, and eager faces press against tie
window pane, and a bevy Of rosy lips
claim kisses at The door, and picture
books lie unrebuked ON the table, and
tops, and balls, and dolls, and khes are
discussed, and little Susy lays her soft
cheek against the paternal wiiskcrs with
the most fearless 'abandon,' and Charley
gets love-pat for his 'meIal,' and nam.
mas face grows radiant, and The evening
paper is read, (not silently, but aloud
and tea, and toast, and lime venish with
equal celeriiy, for jubilee has arrived,
and Father has come!'n
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A RELIC OF PAST AGEs.-A buried city
has been discovered in Egypt, about five
hours journey from Cairo. The atten.
ton Of French gentleman having been
directed by an Arab to what appeared to
beihe head ofa sphynx, they commenced
excavaiing and laid open street nearly
mile in length, which contained thirty>
eight saicophag', each Of which weighed
about sxty-eight tons, and which form>
crly held the ashes Of sacred animals.
Many OF the curiosiiies tina; have been
dug out: lave 10 be kept buried in sand
TO prevent them from perishing.
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PROGRESS OF LIBERTY.
BY THOMAS MOORE, ESQ.


| saw il all in fancy's,oass-
Herself the fair, and wild magician,
That bids the splendid day dreams p1ss.
a lt
Twas like a torch racc-such s thew
OF Greece performed in noes rone
When the fleet youths. in long aIrnv.
D@r T
saw the expectant nations stand.
To catch the coming flame in turn
saw from ready hand to hand,
And oh! their 10y as il came near, N
'Twus in Itself d Joy to me, -
While fancy whispered in nv ear y y
And zach as she received the fame,
Lighted her altar with its rny,
Then smiling to the next who came,
~
From a lbion first, whose ancient shrine,
Was furnished with the fame already,
Columbia caught the spark divine,
The splendid gift then Gallia took,
And like wild Bacchante, raising
The brand aloft, i. iercey shook,
And when she fired her altar, high
IL flashed into the redd'nirg air,
SO tlerce that Albion who stood nigh,
CI q tn b.
Next Spain, so new was light 10 her,
LPaped at the torch---.bus ere tho spark
She flung upon her shrine could stir,
0r -
Yet no; not quenched-a treasure, worth
So much to mortal. rarely dies
And her living light looked forth,
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EFFECTS OF OPIUM.-It is estimated
that more Than SOC, 900 Chinese die every
year a horrible death from the use of this
drug, while 100000 Chinese are yearly
degraded and demoralizcd by it, The
East India Company receives a large
portion Of its income from the growth or
sale Of opium, having derived clear
profit Of $ll0,OO0,OOO from tue traffic
since The declaration Of peace China and
Englcnd, willie the British government
receives from il one-f(lh Of lis gross
revenues from its empire in India.
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A NOZZLE SENTIMENT. General Cass
said lately in The Senate of The United
States, ''lndependenio OF connection with
human destiny hereafter, ! be,i.ve the
fate of republican governments is indis-
solubly bound up with the faith Ct the
Christian religion, and the people who
repeal its boy faith will fiad ;he mselves
the slaves oftheir own evil passions and
Of arbitrary power"
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PUBLIC men of high reputation are
like lions in a menagerie, continually
stirred up, that the crowd may sec their
size aad hear their roar.
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oNlornin' Jenkins. viii Il suit yon To-
settle that old account Of yours?"
emo sir, you ets mistaken in Tue tnaB;
am moi one of The old settlers. ,
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METHoDIsM There are % distinct
Methodist organizations IN the world,
los annual conferences, 81 Bishops,
more than $4,000 travelling and local
preachers, and 2,ll0,000 COMMITMENTS.
In this country Melhodism has doubled
itself with surprising regularity every
thirteen years,-American Messenger.
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ORIGIN OF WORDS AND PHRASES,

WINDFALL,-The origin Of this term
! is said 10 be the following: a
Some OF the nobility Of England, by
The tenure of their estates, were fnr~
bdden telling any Of the trees upon
Them, the timber being reserved for ,be
use of The royal navy. Such trees as fell
without cutting were the property of the
occupant. A tornado, therefore, was a
perfect god>send, IN every sense of the
term, TO these who had occupancy OF
exlensiye forests; and the DindfaH was
sometimes of very great value.
RoBBING PETER To PAY PAUL-ln the
time OF Edward W.. much of The lands
Of ST. Peter, at Westminster, were Sc izsd
by his majes'ys ministers and courlIers,
but in ordcr.io reconcile the people 10
that robbery, they allowed portion OF
the lands 10 be appropriated towards the
repairs of ST. Panl's church; hepce the
phrase "robbing Peter to pay Paul"
3 HES CArGHT A TARTAR = In some
battle between the Russians and the
Fartars, who are a wild sort of people,
in the north Of Asia, a private soldier
called out, "Caniain, halloo there! Eve
caught Tartar"
"Fe,ch him along then!' said the
Captain.
Gas, bu, he won, let me-" said the
man; and the fact was, the Tartar had
caught him. So when man thinks 10
take anoher in, mud gets bit himself,
they say, "IIe's caught a Tartar"
R. LAND FOR AN OLIVER. Although
no phrase is in more common use, yet
few are acquainted with lis origin. The
expression signifies the giving of an
equivalent. Roland and Oliver were tNo
knights famous in romance. The won
derful achievement of the one can only
be equalled by those of the olber.-
Hence the phrase "Roland foran Olivsr."
MIND YOUR P's AND Q's.-The origin
of this phrase, is said to have been a call
of attention, in The old English ale houses,
piats and quarts being scored down to
the unconscious or reckless beer-bbber.
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II is stated that The various expeditions

II is stated that the various expeditions
that have been fitted out within ihe last
five years, for the discovery Of Sir John
Franklin, have cost an aggregate Of
E72S, ,466. Nearly eight years have
elapsed without idngs from the missing
voyagers. No less than Is expeditions
IN all, consisting Of thirty vessels besides
boats, have been engaged in The pursuit,
and the effort is still continued. .-Scien.
fifc American.
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A HEATnEN's RIBrKE-At tho close
of the late war between Great Britain
and China. it was proposed TO the en-
peror of China thai he legalize The trade
in opium by imposing duty on its i'm.
porfation, thus raising large revenue
for the expenses of government. The
emperor replied in these memorable
words: "l is true cannot prcven, the
introduction of The flowing poison; gain
seeking and corrupt men, for profit and
sensuality, will defeat my wishes; but
nothing will induce me 10 derive rev.
enue'. from the vice and misery of my
people," For more Than fifty years the
Chinese government has strenuously
resisted both the manufacture and i'm
porIa'ion Of this drug, while nominal
Christians have made it a source of i'm
mense revenue.--American Messenger.
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Productive FARMING I'm a treatise
on Productive earning, inst issued from
The press, the following observations
occur: at is in vegetable as in animal;
mother Grams her Child with arrow
root; it becomes fat, il is true, but, alas!
it is rickety, and gets its teeth very
slowly, and with difficulty. Mamma is
ignorani, or never thinks that her OF
spring cannot make bone--or what is the
same thing, phosphate Of lime, tie prn-
cipal bulk of bone--out of starch. 1t
does lis best; and were it not for a little
milk aud bread, perhaps now and then a
little meat and soup, il would have no
bone and teeth al all. Farmers keep
poultry; and what is true Of fowls, is
true of a cabbage, a ;urnip or an ear of
wheat If We mix with the food of fowls
"A suilicien, quantity of egg shells, or
chalk, which they cat ercedily, they will
lay more eggs lban before. A we'll fed
fowl is disposed to lay vast number Of
eggs, but cannot Go so without the
materials for the shells, however nourish-
ing in other respects her food may be-
A fowl, with The best will in the world,
not finding any lime in the soil, nor
mortar from walls, nor oalcaretus matter
in her food, is incapocilaled from laying
any eggs at all. Let farmers lay such
facts as these, which are matters Of
common observation, to heart, and trans
fer the analogy, as they justly may do,
TO the habits OF plauls, which are as truly
alive, and answer as closely 10 evil or
judicious treatment, as lhcir own horses.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-01-19

ITO IRON FOUNDERS-SEAILD PROPOSALS WILL
be received by the subscriber, st the office Of the
Groton Agueduct Dcpar tment until January ~ 1853 at
three O'Clock T. NJ for 1000 cast iron water pipes four
feet in diameter and one inch thickness Of metal The
sze named to be the inside diameter and each pipe TO be
nine feet in length The joint to be what is termed the
rpgot and faucet joint and the form of the hub to
correspond with drawings 10 be furnished at this Office
TO be cast in vertical position with the hub end down
the whole TO pass the established inspection and proof
pressure Of 800 pounds TO the square inch be OF uni
form thickness Of strong, tough iron free from all i'm
PROJECTIONS whatever, and such win bear drilling and
cutting Proposals will state whether the pipes to be
from blast furnace iron remeted iron and il from blast
furnace, will specify the Of the mine, &C. and
used The pipes to be delivered ut tho wha RI foot OF Man
haitian street. Manhattanvik North river, follows,
vzl0O pipes 18th March, 100 pipes 1st April 200 pipe.
18th April 100 pipes LIST May; 200 pipes 18th May 200
pipes 1st June Appetite price per ton Of 40 lbs will be
named The names Of two responsible persons with their
written assent to become surecs for the fuflmcnt ia
every particular of the contract will be required
company the proposals. Payments TO be made within
thirty days from the specn OF each parcel with
walton OF per cent until the completion Of the contract
In deciding upon proposals the Croton Aqueduct Board
the right of rejecting any proposals they disap
prove NICHOLAS DEAN,
President Croton Aqueduct Department.
Office Of The Croon Aqueiuct Department jan IL 1883
Note.psnk forms of estimate, in accordance with the
ordinances Of the Common Council will be furnished
application at the Office Estimates 10 be endorsed Pro
rosals for furnishing iron pipes, made by -"
January oath, 1858.