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Hannibal journal. (Hannibal, Mo.) 1853-1853, 1853-09-17
rber's Shop.
PETER JOHNSON,

PETER JOHNSON,
ID ESpECTFULl.Y offers his services to the
III public, He keeps the best quality of rNsors,
and keeps them sharp, ho will always pay
strict attention to cleanliness aud neatneSs,
lie cuts and dresses hair in a style that
never fails to please his customers, As a
knight Of the scissors and razor he Yields to
none in Hannibal, His charges are reOSonO.
bly, low. AS he Intends to continue fitting
up and Improving his establishment, as fast
as his means will allow, he hopes TO have
the patronage Of the citizens of Hannibal
whose well known chief characteristic
Of energS, leads ,hem to desire to see
everything on tho progressive march,
Recollect L is the shop nearest to HEX
mans Stove Store, 1t Is on the west side
Of Main street, two doors north Of Bird
street. (Op.9S.d.ly)
Hannibal journal. (Hannibal, Mo.) 1853-1853, 1853-09-17

T r Sslnss
John Q ChSsley
wm Eddy
Cyrus WIteSa
+ r Spencer
Geo A ShorltldgSV
[Bloomint,Sn, Mel
d W White
John MeGlaulin
Hiram Blanchard
Or N Nelson
n X btyNn
John I Mathews
W r Davis
J Armstrong
Warren Finley
g HendeFaeA
WIN Massey
A Greenlee
John \ Lewis
Levi Barley
Z Leonard
Hooper Mitchell
John Short
A NJ Hawkins
VIM NJ Kldd
= Franglia
Josiah 4 Hlnlen
W Gresve0
Chat CuIta
Jesse Robsrson
Il G Spence
A J Pleksrtoa
John h HSlns
J Dunn
n johnson
W CAtsen
] BArned
N SMITH
J Bendry
ID White
ThsA HagSr
& Rhodes
n Bowlwars
NJ Ford
John Miller
II Mitchell
J Lemon,
< STOVES!l
,uy stoves, should give
ur new patterns Of
Hannibal journal. (Hannibal, Mo.) 1853-1853, 1853-09-17
ApYKRrTAINR.

Advertising is one Of the great objects Cor which
business paper exists, II taxes the business Of him
who alvertises out OF the narrow limits where Il Is
located, and carries abroad Car a. itself travels
II exhibits the interior Of your shop or store, over
counties aud S,ateN add daily brings IRON distance
customers who are new friends 10 you, ard who would
fever have heard YOU except through your advertise.
ment has also eqaNl benefits tor the readers Of tho
paper II shows them wheIe aud when to get precisely
aud wide circulation therefore 40 together and II I,
mutually Tor the interests OF the dealer 10 Adverlise
And Of the citizen iosub,cribe, In paper which will
bring them together his our object u 10 tia, thing
we cel thu, We arc made iot our patrons benefit ans
we are determined that oil our energies shalt be ok
pended IN cndcevoring TO promote H. lC the public
think with US, then let business men aud subscribers
IN town and country, try uS, and see II we do no
bring them logohe, tor their best advantage,
Hannibal journal. (Hannibal, Mo.) 1853-1853, 1853-09-17

This stove possesses advantages over common
stoves, in thickness Of the plate, and improve.
menls in draft.
This stove was patented September, 1852,
and wherever they have been used, have given
general satisfaction, This stove weighs somO
forty pounds more to the number than any other
stove ever brought to this city, The plates in
them arc from Nne.hON to three.rourthS Of an
inch in thickness, No, weighs over 300
pounds. We warrant them all OgNinst free
These stoves hovoO Patent Hot Air Flue, which
carries tho heat that is generated under tho Gre.
plate down the front part Vt tho stove, between
two thick plates to the draft ut the bottom Of
the stove,
Hannibal journal. (Hannibal, Mo.) 1853-1853, 1853-09-17
The Footaoth and Highway; or,

w ANnERlNGS Of an American IN Great Britain,
w In 1891 aud 80, by Rcuiamn MoWSn, This
volume emhodleS the observations vt the guhor made
during eight months wandcrlngs, as correspondent
for American Journals aud as he travelled much on
foot, differs essentially from those on the same Voun-
tries, by other writers,
Hannibal journal. (Hannibal, Mo.) 1853-1853, 1853-09-17
Flour! Flour! Flour!
ARENA Mill,

FARMERS AND MERCHANTS coming 10 Nan
II nlbAl with the intention Of selling wheat and buy
ing aour would do we'll to cell aud see US before sell
ns or pnCchAsNg elsewhere, Remember the big stone
Mn on Bird, between Main aud Third streets, Give
us a cell, A, S, RoBARnS 4 SON,
~ N h, Our Flour Is sold nowhere else but Ntthe
MIL Every sack and barrel Il branded with our mama
iSsylAsM ~A.G RoSARpH 4 SONY
Hannibal journal. (Hannibal, Mo.) 1853-1853, 1853-09-17
New Themes for the Protestant Clergy

New Themes for the Protestant Clergy;
CREEDS without Charity, Theology without Hu
~ manily, and ho'esIaUlism without ChtiSien,,Yi
with Notes hy the Edtor on the Literature Of Charity,
Population, pNuperIsm, Political ECONOMY, aud Pro.
tesianlism, the grrN question which thu book dis,
cuSseS is, whether the Chmch OF this age is what the
primitive Church was, and whether ChuSuanS-hoth
pastors and people-arc doing then duty, Our author
believes not, and 10 mind, h. has made on, strong
the present time, and that is needed almost as much
as in the days Of Luther
For sale at the NEW ROCK STORE, ylSdW
Hannibal journal. (Hannibal, Mo.) 1853-1853, 1853-09-17
Land, Houses and Timber for Sale

Land, Houses anu Tlmber TOT oHI0I
7 r. HARDY offers Tor sale, no acres Of land in
j Illinois, near the Hannibal Ferry, aud convenient
to the Hannibal aud PaySon PLANK Road, II Is all
rood land aud lgS TO $50 acUS Of is on high ground
that never overlowS and is tho best land this side the
Bluffs II Nc,es Of 1t are mdcT fences 1t hasthrc good
cabins on Il there are acres in potatoes with tine
prospect OF plentiful crop owing to the good quality
oC the land There aN about p,AtN or S,NO eonls OF
roci BoaI Wood en- Il. The timber is worth 81 900
without the ground.
There ave a acres one and a half miles south Of
Hannibal, oil the beet StNve nNbcr - the best IN the
vicinity, -,
Fourth, 1900.
All or which will sell privately or to the highest
bidder on the Goth OF this month,
LOON OUT FOR BARGAlNSl for l am deter
mined o leave this country, SeP6d&wSt
Hannibal journal. (Hannibal, Mo.) 1853-1853, 1853-09-17
Stove Certificates.

We, the undersigned, having used ~ ST.
st, Louis, and sold by GARTER W, BMHkN,
al Hannibal, Mo-, take pleasure Ia reoofhmHnas
ing them to the public as superior in point ~
draft, durability, economy, oonvsnishcs and
eOse Of regulation, to any stove which Ne have
Hannibal journal. (Hannibal, Mo.) 1853-1853, 1853-09-17

ton,"
Suoh were the actual effects Of tho LQour
Law IN Portland, and generally throughout the
State, wherever Il was enforced. In many
parts Of the State rumselling is entirely unknown
At the present time, 30 thorough has been the
effect Oh the law.
During my late tour through the eastern and
northern parts Of the State could not learn that
there was any open grog.shop, Rumselling,
where Il exists at all, Is carried on secretly, and
In large districts Of country, Il IL extinguished;
and everywhere a marked Improvement is seen
IN the condition Of the people rs acknowledged
by all unprecedented persons whom met, Even
In the frontier towns, such as EaStport, Calais,
Hodgdon, HOulton and presque lsles-intem.
perunoe iS very greatly diminished,
For the entire truth Of my declarations, so far
as Portland IL concerned, have no hesitation in
referring, though without consultation with them
to the Aldermen Of 1912; Stephen Frolhing.
ham, George Pearson, Samuel Chase, John Cum.
mings, Churles Jones, William w, Thomas and
Hiram Brooks, Esqrs.; to ]. NJ, Thompson, City
MarshAli 10 WIN, Huse, City Marshal of the
present year; 10 all the olergymen, and every
other man IN Portland Of any character for truth
and veracity,
only add, in conclusion, that Mr. Neil had
abundant means ut hand " learning that the facts
were quite contrary to his declarations. He did
not choose to avail himself Of the sources OF cor.
rect information, but boldly made statements in
relation to most important subject, which hat
no foundation in truth, NEAL Dow.
August "a, 1859,
Hannibal journal. (Hannibal, Mo.) 1853-1853, 1853-09-17

NovEL ApvERrislNo,-ln the city Of New
York, where competition in business is so cease.
leSSS active aud energetic, almost every method
that Il is possible for human ingenuity TO invent
is resorted to, for the purpose Of obtaining Gus
toners, extending trade, or making who're mon.
ey." Or all these methods, one of most eHlrOor-
binary, and at the same time simple, il not elltc
tive IN its ways, is that by which the DOguCr.
rcotypc process is made 10 play novel and con.
spieuous part. Seems that some one Of the en-
tcrprising ha,ters in that metropolis has u ia.
Vuerrean gallery connected with his saleSroOm
or mauIaeIory, expressly fitted up and devoted
70 the accommodation and benefit Of his own Gus.
toners. On Purchasing u covering Cor your
eaput in this sore, you are furnished with da'
Ruerreotype Of your coun'enNnce- the image
Urge or smoll-being firmly affixed to the lining
unon the inside Of the crown OF the new beaver,
40 that whoever wears a hat thus garniShod, is
sure to have the likeness o. his own face upon
iho top of his headl
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1853-03-30
THE PUBLIC LANDS.

The thirty second Congress has al
journed without the passage of any bill
granting the aid STATES a Oh ire in the pub
lie Lands. The eleclion OF Representa-
ives in The next Congress is now near al
hand. 1.-THE people Of the South desiie
10 participate in the appropriations of
lands made hy The Federal Gnvernmenl.
fnr establishing srhnnls and colleges.
building Rail Roads and improving rivers,
thai Object can only be attained by SEMI
irq 10 Congress msn disposed Ia secure
Southern rights hy action rather ihan I'M
meaning derlz,nailon ahnui The resoiuiinns
Of '9s, Of which they really kn.,w litlle
aud cafe LEES.
We have had quite enough Of those re-
prrseniaiives. who deny The right 10 die
tribute The prorce,s Of The lands amnng
all The Sia,es. and vel make 10 Obi, ciinn
to iheilislrihuliua IL The lan'ls aupong The
powerful Siaiessof The Norris west who
pirate about the sacred obligation Of apply
ing these lands IN Ihepay mont of The pub
lic debt. anil never apply them 10 any
snrh purpase-who deny the policy of
giving the lands Ia the States because ihe
expenses of survey, selling, &e.. equal
the proceeds al the sales. aud vel constant
" contradict her avn assertions by gir>
ing them away 10 the Ncriii-uesi. /, is
absurd Ia DENY the right To distribute the
proceeds. and slpw,,ltt rIghi To- distribute
the lands. II j. rd,eIlnns 10 speak of
The lands as warlhles.. whilst The new
States are constantly applying for grants
Tor internal improvement purposes. II is
injurious la al The old states, and rum
aus to the South 10 pursue The present
poliry nf di~trlhuIion. We are lo.ing
wealth. p"pnlalion, representation. and
consequently the pnwsr 10 defend eiTrc-
ina " thai prciililr iu.niuiinn nf which
our Souihern Democrats hua.l themselves
the peculiar prnlecIors.
I.ri The people lake Ibis matter in hand,
and a, The approaching election. Q. Iert
men able aud wiling 10 defend Them, M,
by iaikin: aho Southern rights, hul hy
vniing 10 The 8 nth share nf lis own
properly so r.cklrssiy .qnanderrd upon
the ani-sla.try States and 50 oh. una,eIy,
withheld IRON the original owners. There
j. nos an opportunity. Lei us take adj
vantage of %. secure our share of this
great national properly. aud IN year. 10
come we shall reap l.r beneti's Of improv-
ed facInics ior cduralion, travel aud trans
portalinn. without increased taxation.
Fayetteville Observer.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1853-03-30

Mall OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES cem-
pi.in,s have b~en n.de Of haze q me insecurity
Of he Transmission of money BY mail. and lhe
Raleigh papers usnsion many es~~s ofIess vhiek
have ooeured within the last three months. in
she Transmission OF money % thea b., more
daring case af roslsty d she mail occurred lass
wrrk. somewhere between Chapel Hin and ss-
lem. On Friday morning. bundle Of psPss
vas found in Gzh trap in Nov Hop creek.
near The Chapel HIlI road. which was found %
eonisn nine o. ten letters, addressed 10 various
indisiduals. with she post bills and the envelopes
in which they had hesn enclosed. The lrtsen
had been hrsken open. and ailer having bern H.
ded Of all that was valuable. were ihro~n into
the creek The date Of one Of the post bills and
the finding Of the bundle. renderf ], renpin Tia,
the robbery was committed on The Zip down on
Thursday. and this eirrumslsnee, i is hoped. will
lead 70 the detection ofihe rohler.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1853-03-30
Tn. following !. The rerIr oflhe pre.i.


The following IS The reply Of the Presi.
dent Of The United States ii the address
Of the foreign ministers. whirh was deli.
veIed by NJ. i.odlsco, the Minister from,
Russia, on Tuesday:
SIR: reive with Satisfaction the
congratulations. which. in the name of the
ministers and the heads Of legations here
present. you do me The honor 10 express
on occasion nf my entering nn The Iunr-
nons ~ Prrsiden. al The Un,led STATES.
Gentlemen Among The m IS, delicate
and responsible trusts thus imposed upni,
me By, The choice of my ronulry, re-
ragnizeSil,e conduct Of lis rela,l,rls with
other powers.
Il, ,he.dIsrharge Of This slniy, | shall 81
ranrsc lock. in the first inslance, To, What
the interests and The hunnr of The United
> aIes NAV requise. which unnecessarily in-
clade strict observance nf other naliona,
engagements. resPeci for the rights of OH
er governments. AID faithful adherence
70 III use sacred principles ofjuslire whici.
are The common law Of tA,ris,cndom.
! cordially reciprocale, therefore, the
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1853-03-30
DANGERoUs cOUNTERFETT.

We vers shown yesterday. by our
friend. Mr.. William Tench, q most
dzngehzx counterfeit. We have ne
yer seen . better imitation. and are free
to confess. fhat as particular a We
always are about the little money we
do receive, that the note shown Us in
the present inst>nee could have found
itsvsy into our pockets most readi-
~ for one years subscription 70 the
8 Daily Express" 1t was note Of the
denomination Of a., and purporting to
be on the =. Bank Of The State Of ". Ca
roiina." The difference between these
dangerous counterfeits land the only diff
ference that wecan discovery and the
genuine notes. are as follows: The conn
terfeits are on rather lighter paper than
the genuine, and on the left corner,
where the word "No" occurs, the pc
riod is omitted, which we are informed
invariably accompanies the genuine.
To the left Of the note, too. where the
female appears with spear in her right
hand, the counterfeit represents this
spear as being behind the arm of the
female, while in the genuine, il is in
front ofsthe arm, and the whole spear
is Visible. The !" vignette" Of the coun.
terfeit, too, is shade paler than the &c
nuine. bat it requires the closest scru-
tiny to detect this. Taken altogether,
il is one of the most faithful and we'll
executed couhteifeits we have ever
seen. Unless great caution is observed.
many will be deceived. After night
fall, no man would ever detect the spu-
robustness Of these notes, unless his sus.
picions were aroused, and he should
be thus led to an examination. We
regret to hear that there is large num-
Der of these "a's" in circulation, and
many have been deceived. They are
made payable at "Morgantown."
Pei. Frprcss.
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STATE BONDS.

We-were shown few DAYS ago, the
State Bonds, ta'bc issued on the 5lst
instant. pursuant to the advertisement
Of the public Treasurer, for the con-
struction Of the North Cafolina Rail-
road. These Binds. have been care
fully prepared and executed under the
direction Of Mr.. Courts, and are done
up in superb style, rejecting credit
upon b.th the Treasurer who designed,
and the artist who executed them
The vigncttes on the $1,000 bonds,
are, at the head, fine engrasings Of the
State Capital and the coat of arms of
North Carolina; at the side, on the
left hand, the likeness Of Lafayette,
and group consisting Of two males,
apparently sailors, with a steam engine
in their rear, and two females engaged
in same manufacturing pursuit, on the
right, a likeness Of Madison and the
coat of arms of the State. The vig>
nettes, on the $1,000 bonds, are, at
the head, Railroad engine with a
train of cars: on the left, the like
ness of Washington and two female
figures, representing agriculture and
commerce, with sheaf uf grain and 4
reap-hook, and ship in the distance
proudly entering the noble harbor Of
Beaufort. or CALAMITY sailing up the
Cape Fear, to the important port Of
Wilmington. (as the imaginationof the
beholder may choose to locate it'd on
the right, the likeness of Jackson, twn
miners with their implements, aud the
coat of arms of the State.
These bonds have coupons attached,
one for each am ,unt Of semi.annuaI in.
terest to be paid, which we will under.
take to guarantee will be promptly met
to the end Of the chapter. The cou-
pnns are in the following form: Coat
Of arms at the head. ssThe State Of
North Carolina will pay at the Bank
Of the Republic, in the City Of New
York. on the first day of ---. 49,.
- dollars, on bond, No. -, for
s." This is, in fact, but check
for the interest, and all the holder has
a 10, when it becomes due, is to clip
4 or present it to the Bank, aud re-
ceive his money.
phere are s50O,0D0 Of these bonds
{ ~ issued on the 3lst Of March, they
Z ~ xnn Thirty years, the interest to
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1853-03-30

A correspondent Of the New York
Herald thus contradicts statement
made by another Washington CORES
pendent Of the same paper
81 have reason to believe there is no
truth in the rumor that the Cabinet
have had under discussion the subject
Ut the recent newspaper intelligence
from Honduras, or that the Secretary
OF State has been directed to demand
an explanation from Great Britain. 1t
is quite unusual for the Government
to consider every newspaper rumur as
authentic, and, so FAR from the intel
ligence from Honduras creating a SEN
sation. it is regarded as of very ques-
tionable veraeity. know that the Pre-
sident has not spoken on the subject to
any Of the Senators, nor is the Com
mittee on Foreign Relations aware that
any steps whatever have been taken to
demand satisfaction, as has been stat
ed"
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1853-03-30

BOARD OF VISITORS To WEsT PoINr.
President Fillmore has appointed
the following board Of visitors to the
military academy at West Point, for
1858:
Hon. Daniel Goo,lenow, Maine; Hon.
William g. Bates, Massachusetts,; G,
w. Andrews, Esq, Connecticut; Hem
~ +. Davies, Esq, New York; Fran
els Hewson, Esq, Pennsylvania; Col
John e. Groom, MarylaIft; Hon. Ken.
meth Rayner. North Carolina; Major
A. v. Brumby, Georgia; General d.
Jarvis, Ohm; Joshua Baker, Esq, Lou.
isiana; Prof. Henry Tutwiler, AIaba
ma; Rev. James Purviasce, Mississip.
pi; Major G. Il. Ward, Florida: Gen.
eral George Temple. Iowa; Henry b,
Baird, Esq, Wisconsin.
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Very truly, your friends,
ED. SPRUDWIcK, VI. d.. D -
Thus. III. TURNER, NJ. d., oo'h'


MEssHs. STnUnwIcK avn TrRSgg:
GKSTLEMsS: The hitter, which, as a commit
tee Of the Medical Society Of Orange county You
have done me the honor To send, has been rerciv.
Ell, aud pardon me when say, almost with re-
greet.
Your kind expression Of that good feeling
which ordered the communication, which hrcdties
In every word. and 10 which am indebted for
The flatiering esmiIr you place on my professions
al ability and attainmcnls, has given additional
force 10 the pain can bni feel al pa,ling with an
associion. every member Of which has ever treat.
ell mewiii, kind consideration, anil from whose
meetings Ihave always derived both pleasure aud
profit. Foihe eff -iency ofour Society, both in
qualifying it, members foI the better performance
OF their important duties 10 the community, and
~ creating and preserving thit courteous and
honorable intercourse 50 uediialle to the rrspec-
table physicians If Orange, I beg leave to hear
my testimony, and TO urge upon al. aud especial
iy its younger members tol,e zcaions in kee,inu
up IFS organization, and TO esteem an ai,en,lsnce
on its meetings privilege MOTTO be unnecess,r;-
iy neglected; for il : well known to INTELLIGENT
ana practical men, who after all. guido public
opnl"n, that desire for the acquisition of
knowledge, is u sure proof that man has i'm
proved the opportunities heretofore enioyed;
while roncriied seIf-satisfactinn, which Js.lains
70 learn from the more experienced. mol only pre-
Guides much future improvement, but is certain
mark of present ignorance.
in conclusion. gentlemen, he pleased to pre-
sent To the members of the Sorieiy my sincere
thanks for the kindness displayed to me on the
present and on all past occasions, which never
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1853-03-30

IxcossIsrE~cr.-The Fillibuster eff
forts of certain Senators and some jour
nails to pitch the United States into
war with certain powerful European
nations. says the New York Express,
are bad enough; but their refusal while
so doing, to increase or strengthen the
Navy or Army, or the Notifications
upon the coast. is downright criminal
lily. War may be necessary at all
times. and preparation for it. at all
times is therefore wise but to urge on
war--to make war necessity-and
then to disarm the country, or to keep
the country disarmed. is faulty.
Congress has adjourned without add.
ing one single ship to the Navy. though
1T is notorious. notwithstanding our
commerce has immensely increased on
the Pacific, that the Navy is in strength
Just about what it was dnzen years
ago. No new steamship was ordered
to be built to meet the now gigantic
and yet increasing steam navies of
France and England! No screw pro-
pellers!. No sloops-of-war. No fri
gates. Nothing! The public mind is
excited by public men who have r,ade
no efliort whatsoever, if they did not
positively resist all efforts, to put that
Navy in state Of defence, which, it is
notorious, is now so comparatively weak
and powerIess that it could scarcely
keep the seas against either England or
France.
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bs psid sepi aahuAlly ne soupons ars
attached & Increase the convenience
q coilecting interest, and de bonds
are exemPt from taxstiep By express
eDsktmeut-
Mach good jsdgnent and taste have
been mznifes<ed By the Treasurer IN
bis mansgemsnt of the vhoIe matter.
q. NG<s