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Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1853-01-07

,uoT ESAIE and Retail Dealer in Drugs Medicines,
W lCGrtnicais Paints OIL, Dye Stfs Glass, Perfume
Cigars old Liquors, Fancy Articles, &C., Market
prescriptions carefully compounded by experienced
s March I9
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MALE DEPARTMENT.. SO eE
st Class In lower branches, Spelling, Reading Sc SO 90
2d 's Higher branches Granular, Arithmetic. 10 90
Sd '' With Algebra, Greek and Latin. ........l2 so
4th &C With lectures all the higher branches 10 00
FEMALE DEPARTMENT..
lst Class. Spelling, Reading &c............s6 s6 90
I'd g Writing, Mathematics. -. 10 90
Sd Including Philosophy & all higher branches u 80
French, Ldtn. Greek -. ....5....... Is 90
Music on Piano with Of instr ru1Ient -. Is 60
ntusfc on ...s .sslU 90
Painting and Drawing. .......,... Q0
Embroidery in needle work s. so
Good board be obtained in respectable families in the
village and Vicinity from $5 to So per month.
TRUSTEES:
P. w MONTFORD, PHILIP KOONcE.
JASPER ETHERlDGE; F. S. HUMPHREY
A j. MURRlLL; w. D. HUMPHREY
G. J. WARD, OTWAY SANDERS.
y. W. SIMMONS, GEORGE WARD, -
e ID: FOY. u.s.. WREN. eSf'sse
JOHN COOK, EDWARD WARD.
w. S. HUMPHREY.
JASPER ETHERIDGE, Pres't
A. ]. MUERH.L Sec'y.
Oct. 9th, 1852. 5tf
Wilmington Herald Newbernian, and Spirit Of the Age,
please copy. Fsseee~'
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MIR. MRS. BURWELL'S FEMALE SCHOOL.
HILLSBORO'. N G.
THE winter session will commence Wednesday. the
18th of January next. The school is furnished with
and complete apparatus and the young ladies have
extensive library Persons desiring place their
daughters wards in this school win address
REV. r. BURWELL, ~
Dee. 16 1852 I6-it1 Hlsbore', N. G..
TOPSAIL CADEREY.
NE Exercises of this Institution win be resumed on Mon
day, the 3rd day of January, 1865. -
J. w. MURPHY, A. M.,.... Principal.
Students will be prepared for admission to the Junior
Class of College in the United States The course of
instruction will be thorough; and the object of the Prn
cipal will be to educate not to reforms boy will be
taned who upon trial. should prove himself to be mentally
morally unsusceptible of education.
TUITION SESSION OF MONTHS. FOLLOWS
Spelling, Reading Writing Arithmetic & Geography, 81 90
English Grammar History and Philosophy. z 90
First Glass in Algebra. Latin and Greek Is 90
Second Class in Ancient Lansuag and Mathematics,
or eft per :.......... IL 00
Board be had in the immediate vicinity of the Acadc-
my, at 81 per month. NICHOLAS N. NIXON,
Pres't. of Board of Trustees.
Dec 10th, 1852 S5Im-I5 3nf
Hl-Commercal and Herald copy 8 mos.
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Superfne Broad Cloths;
Pilot and Beaver do.
Black and fancy Cassimeres;
Blue, blk and gray Sattinets
Plain, striped and gold mixe'
Kentucky Jeans;
Linseys and Kerseys;
Black satin silk Velvet an,
other Vestings;
Cravats and Searfs;
White, red and yellow Elan
mel, a large supply;
Rough and Ready Coats;
Sack and Over do.
Irish Linens and Lawns;
FOR LAD]
Plain and plaid black silk;
Cold, plaid & striped do.
Plaid Tarton's do.
Cashmere de c Sc;
do. de ane;
Bombazine- arge supply;
French Habits;
do. Collars;
Worked Fronts;
Plain and plaid Alpaca;
Blue and figured do.
Silk Warp do.
Large super. Thibet Shawls;
do. wooden net do.
do. Saxony wool do.
do. waffle do.
Colored Merino do.
Ladies Hoods;
Children's do.
do. Polka Coats;
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Professional and Business Cards.
H. L. HOLMES.
SAMUEL }. pERsOr

roRNEY AT LAW, Wilmington, N. c..
nce on Princess Street, nearly opposite the Journa
q 0 L2S-1yl
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w HIsKEY.-5o bbIs Recti6ed and Monongahela For
w sale BY easHH4a I'd 7ss-Ffs NJ McINNIS.
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ID. l.. BURBANK.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER in Tobacco,
w Cigars and Snuff, (under Mozart Hail. next door to
Policy Iarts) Front-street, Wilmington, n. c. (43l
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CORNELIUS DuPRE

rroRNEY AT LAW, Wilmington, n. c.
nce on corner of Front and Princess streets under
n Io#ce Sv9-tf
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JOHN B. HUSSEY, Security of
Edward E. Hussey, late Sheriff of Duplin county.
Duplin county, N. c., October 20, 1852. 7-3m
Price Advertising $2Q
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at his old stand, a large and
lch, English, Irish, Italian and
itch, having been purchased by
IS, be is determined to offer al
, which will be found
1Carpeting, a large supply;
Mems silk Shirts;
do. Gansey Over-shirts;
) do. net shirts and drawers:
| do. Saxony wool shirts and
drawers;
jSuperfne Bed Blankets;
Negro do. do.
Horse do.
Bed Ticking & Apron Checks;
Table and Bird Eye Diapers;
Cotton and Russia do.
iS-4 brown damask do.
l8-4 Damask Table Cloth;
Large supply Looking Glasses
ES WEAR.
Black silk Edging;
L olored silk Fringe;
White and colored Bounets;
Bonnet and Cap Ribbons;
Linen Cambria Hdkfs;
| do. do. do. emhroid'd
Swiss, Null and Book Muslin:
Plaid and striped do.
iJaconet and Cambria;
Ladies eolored Kid Gloves:
do. do. silk do.
Ladies superfne colored
Cashmere Hose;
do. black do do.
do. do. worsted do.
Blk & white English Silk Hose
do. raw @ do.
Children's worsted Boots;
Black. white aud colored Cot
ton Hose;
ASSzazs anIo.aI H.
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large supply of mcn's women's and eiildren Shoes
Together with large stock of READY-MADE =CLO-
THING at wholesale and retail besides variety of other
articles too to mention
He would call tho attention Of country merchants to his
stock and solicit them to the before purchas
ing elsewhere he feels confident he offer better
bargains than they ever had offered i'm this arket
Wilmington. N. c.. Nov g. 1852 *45 63slt--II-tf
yTTHISE Ey -5o I'LL. . occt;e q. q, r.
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nRUGS AND MEDICINES Just receved--l0 lbs
IL Gum Opium. (rurkey.) 200 lbs. Salt Petre 40 lbs
Gum Arabic, 30 lbs Alexandria SIENNA, 20 lbs r J. Senna
bbl Gum Camphor bbl Cream of Tartar. bbl. Carb
Soda cask Sal Soda. cases Ceopers lsnglass. doz
Coxs Geatine, boxes celebrated Soap Powder II doz
boxes Yeast Powder C. DUPRE, Druggist.
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JOHN BANKS.

COMMISSION AND FORWARDING AGENT, VIII
TXGToN n. c., will attend to the sale or purchase
SnrcE and will ship with dispatch all consgnments mad
i.Sm. [Sept "A, 1888 6m
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MIR. & MRS. BuRwELL,s FEMALE SCHOOL.

Laurinburgh, Richmond Co.. Noy ). 1852 g-eew2m
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$40 REWARD.

Late Sheriff of New H mover county.
Wilmington, Dec. Is, 1852 [Pr adv. $74 5O] l6-3m
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JESSUP d MOORE,
yOaPER Manuf8ct urers and Rag Dealers, North
Z Fifth and % Commerce street, Philadelphia.
Npook News Hardware and Manila Paper made to order
Rags bought in large small quantities at all times and
u bighe st market price paid
March 25th lSj 29-ly
Washington telegraph., 1853-09-07
Dreadful Railroad Accident.
More than Twenty Lives Lost.

Another terribly disastrous Railroad ac
cident occurred on the Providence and Wor.
cester Railroad, on the 18th inst, occasion
ed by a collision between an excursion
train and the regular train from Provi-
dence. The excursion train was filed with
ladies', gentlemen and children. The crash
was terrible. Both trains were going at
full speed. The locomotives were complete.
" driven into each other. and large num-
Der OF the cars were thrown off the track.
and smashed into fragments
The passengers, ladies, gentlemen and
children, were thrown violently out some
crushed under the wheels, and others liter.
ally jammed up among the ruins. The
scene was truly appalling in the extreme.
The shrieks of the wounded and DIVING made
the blood run cold
As far as can be ascertained. about twen-
ty men. women and children we're killed in
stantly, and some IL or Is SO dreadfully
mangled that no hope is entertained for
their lives. Many others we're slightly in
pred. Most of the killed and wounded
are from Uxbridge and Whittinsville. n
1t is said that the switch hao not been
used that day. and had been properly plac.
ed ana secured after being last used, but,
that. at about an hour previous to the acci.
dent, two men, lately discharged from the
service. had been seen handling
the ball, and it is supposed they designed
running the train off as matter of revenge.
Washington telegraph., 1853-09-07
The Epidemic.

Again we are called to the dlsagreeaoie
task Of chronicling the unabated ravages OF
the New Orleans epidemic. Still the yel-
low demon, like the horse leech's daughter,
cries, "give. give" The city papers tell
us that the streets are deserted except by
funeral professions. Cabmen. who, few
weeks ago. were elamorous upon the levee.
now exert their energies elsewhere. and
instead of carrying their passengers to a
hotel, drive them out to cemetery Eve
nv available carriage is hearse.
A carnival is being held in the doomed
city, but it is the carnival of Death He
passes the door of mansion, and one or
two of the inmates come forth and join in his
train be passes the door of howell, and all
come forth.
The number of deaths per week, at last
accounts, was on the increase On one
day only, 315 souls "shufaed of their NOR
tai COLI
Great praise is due the Howard Associa-
ton for its unceasing efforts to alleviate the
suffering of the sick, and procure interment
for the dead. The association has employed
about 800 physicians and apothecaries, pro-
viding horses and vehicles for at least thirty
of the former. The number of patients
who have been under their treatment from
July 10th to August Goth, inclusive, is A.
554; 2,201 of these have been discharged
cured 1923 have died, and 1870 are still
under treatment. Three In6rmaries have
been established by the association, each of
which is attended by two physicians. The
entire estimated expenses per day, for relief,
is put down at 81 800 The donations, con-
sequently, which have been made, although
munifcent will be all expended before the
disappearance of the epidemic.
We have gathered from our exchanges a
list of some of these donations. New York
$4,000, Philadelphia 5000. Baltimore
5000, Savannah 1000, Tow Boat Asc, n
o., 500, New York Life Insurance Agency,
n. o, O.,250, Mayor and citizens of Washington
$780, Charleston 1000.
The "Delta." of a recent date, says =
"The Levee presents scene of awful DESC
lation. The hustle on the wharf is hushcd
the animated crowd has departed, and nc
man knows whittier. The ships are all
gone, and only solitary steamer, whose
struggling passengers seem almost afraid to
land, finds an ample birth at the deserted
wharf No cabmen are there to importune
for a fare, for their calls are now in the grave.
Sick--dying--dead > These are the
words on every lip. Opera music, and the
dance, seem sacreligious now
Washington telegraph., 1853-09-07
Mail Steamer Sunk,

We learn from the Gazette & Democrat
of the End instant, that the mail steamer
Greenwood struck a snag and sunk about
l5smlles below Pine Bluff, in the Arkansas
river. She had the mail on board at the
time
The democrat expresses hope that
the mails will arrive with more regularity
now, as the contractors have put on line
of stages to run in connection with the mail
boats. We could hope SO too, but we have
no confidence that the contractors no mat
ter how energetic they may be, will be able
to transport the mails on the Arkansas river.
with any regularity during the season of
low water. Those who reside on that river
are certainly entitled to mail facilities and
as far as they are concerned, the present ar
rangement may answer their purposes,-but
we protest against being compelled to rely
upon the uncertainty which has always at
tended the transportation of the mail upon
the Arkansas river All that portion of
the State south of that stream, as we'll as a
great portion of Texas. and North Louis;.
ana are dependent upon that route for their
Eastern, and during the summer for their
Southern mails. and the interests of the
people of these portions Of three States de-
mands more regularity than it has vet afford.
Washington telegraph., 1853-09-07
Australia.

The last accounts from Australia, are om-
nous of separation, before many years, of
that country from the British government.
The Melbourne Argus of the 18th of April,
has an article commencing in a strain as
follows: 1--WE want freedom. With that,
all would 60 well. To achieve this grand
desideratum should be the principal object
of that body which affects to represent the
public. We shall get it some day, and with
the so called representatives rests The alter
native of acquiring it for us by constitution
al means. or leave it to be eventually taken
by more summary process. One or the
other must be done. and that right early
the times brook no delay Under ordinary
circumstances we might be contented to lin
ger along in the semi-death, social and DO
litical, which England appears to consider
the proper condition for her colonial off
spring; but this torpid condition, ,disgraceful to
us as men and doubly disgraceful to us as
representatives of the vaunted race of An.
glo-Saxons, is utterly incompatible with our
present condition. We must be free." &C..
&c. When men of the Anglo-Saxon race
get to talking and acriting thus, the time
is not far off when they will commence do
ing something very like setting up for them
selves
Washington telegraph., 1853-09-07

70 The report, by telegraph, that the
yellow fever had made its appearance. and
was prevailing to an alarming extent, in
Natchez and Vicksburg, is contradicted by
the Memphis "Whig." The New Orleans
''True Delta" of the 23d ult., however.
states that the weekly report from Natchez,
announces seven deaths during the week, of
yellow fever. Most of the cases originated
abroad. 1t is some qualification to know
that the disease is not so bad as it was rep
resented.
Washington telegraph., 1853-09-07
The Fisheries----A big swindle-
Great Britain and the United States

Great Britain and the United States are
under an immense debt of gratitude to one
Lord Stirling" for saving them from the
hazard of knocking each others heads 70
pieces about the Fisheries. Tie telegraph
and the letter writers have been telling Us
that notwithstanding the cozy and soicable
retirement Of Mr.. Champion and Secretary
Marcy to the Virginia Springs, where they
could keep cool and settle this business about
catching Goldfish and mackerel amicably
and quietly, there was still great danger that
John Bull and Brother Jonathan would be
found some fine morning cutting and thrust
ing at each other off the hcadlands of the
Bay of Fundy, and doing their utmost to
stop one another's breath along tie shores
Of Newfoundland-and all for the rival
claim Of a right to fish in those waters. Just
at this point my lord Stirling" comes in
between aud cries hold settling the con-
troverzy between Bull and Jonathan. by
asserting a pretension that the thing about
which they are going to cut each others
Threats, Jelongs to neither, but to him p.
This pbilanthropic individual, who puts
stop to national quarrels by asserting rights
and possessions more extensive than mark
the geographical boundaries of many of the
sovercigns Of the present day, bases hi:
claims upon grant made to his ancestor by
Charles The First in 1921 in which heredi
tary rights we're conferred of more thar
vice-royal prcrogatives including the exclu
sive right to the fisheries, This magnifcc
of two hundred and th:rty-two years ago
was Sir William Alexander. of whom this
Lord Stirling claims to be the heir and
/ representative.
II seems, from the account given Of the
affair in the New York Herald, that this
Lord Stirling" has sold out or transferred
his imperial rights to an American Compa
ny, composed of "a distinguished Statesman
one of the most prominent Bankers of Wash
ington, former Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury of the United States, and severa
leading capitalists of Wall street." wh'
claim to own, under Kim the right to tht
Fisheries. and the Government is to be call
cd on to assert and protect that right againS
the claim Of Great Britain, having previous
II Of course abandoned all its own.
Such is the claim now put forward. in al
seriousness, and the newspapers soberly dis
cuss the question of the action Of the Ad
ministration The name of Rob't j. Walk
er is put forward as endorsing the pretcn
sion. having made such investigation Will
in England as to bring his mind to the con
viction Of its validity.
From this skeleton outline Of the scheme
the intelligent reader who knows something
of distinguished statesmen" Washington
(" Bankers" and the sharpcrs oc "Wal
street." will perceive that just about tn
boldest and biggest swindie this country ha
ever contemplated. is on foot. "Galphin
ISM" and all that kind of thing, was mer
picdyune business, compared with this
This is fast age" and the genius of on
people keeps pace with its progress. w
shall see what we shall see
Memphis Eag. a. Eng
Washington telegraph., 1853-09-07

ed them. The White river route. via Rock
roe, is the most feasible and reliable, and
should be adopted at once.
The continuance of our principal mail
route on the Arkansas river, during the low
water of the summer and fall, is an lmposl'
tion, on the part Of the Post Office Depart.
ment. upon the people of Arkansas, Texas
and Louisiana.
Washington telegraph., 1853-09-07

REPELLENT QUALITIES OF CERTAIN COT.
oRs TO LIGHrNTNG---In the frequency of
death by lightning in this country, the fol-
lowing may lead to important discoveries of
other means Of protection beside iron rods !:
= paper was read before the London Elec-
trlcal Society, at their recent sitting, by
Captain John Arrowsmith in which he de-
tails some new views in relation to the repel-
lent qualities of certain colors to lightning,
and the attractive force of othcrs-wbich
may possibly be valuable discovery. Can
tain Arrowsmith states that he had made
thirty voyages. during which the vessel un-
der his command had been ninetv-eipht
different times within the vortex of the elec-
trio fluid, and that in no instance had II
come in contact with those parts OF his masts
and spars colorcd with 5kack paint
made Of lamp black and oil, and that the
parts unpainted were often shivered to
pieces by the lightning. He was led to
make the experiment from reading the singu-
lar effects of lightning upon piebald cattle
and horses, the affinity of the fluid for those
parts Of the streaks in the animals which
were white being remarkable Captain Ar
rowsmth farther states. his practice has been
to take in and furi his sails upon the ap-
proach Of lightning to his vessel. We should
like to know if any difference has ever been
remarked in this country, in the liability
of the black and white races to be struck
by lightning. The facts in relation to the
inquiry would be well worthy of note.
Washington telegraph., 1853-09-07

SWAMP LAND AFFA1Rs.-By reference to
notice of the Swamp Land Agent. in our
paper to-day, it will be seen that the Office
is closed, so far as locations are concerned
but applications for swamp lands will be
filed, If accompanied by scrip issued by the
Old Board Of Sacamp Land Commits
saoners, of the class to correspond with the
class of land applied for. The agent re-
pudiates the scrip issued by the Treasurer
of the State, under the act of 18th Janua-
ry, 1858. This appears to be distinction
without difference. The scrip issued by
the Treasurer, like that issued by the old
board of Commissioners, was issued in paw
ment of levee work contracted for, and ex-
ecuted, under the old law 1t is made re-
ceivable in any land district in this State,
established by the board of Commissioners,
which could not be done with scrip issued
in payment for work, contracted for under
the act of 18th January, 1858. We can
see no reason why the scrip issued by the
Treasurer is not fully equal to that issued
by the old board of Commissioners, but we
presume the agent has sufficient grounds to
justify him in adopting the course he has seen
proper to pursue.
With the State it is different matter -
She has doubtless received full value for ev-
cry dollar Of scrip issued either by the old
board, or by the State Treasurer, and is
bound to receive it in payment for Swamp
and Overfowed lands. If the State refuses
to give the scrip-holder land, she should be
prepared to pay him in money. Closing the
offices and suspending locations is violation
of he. contract with those to whom the scrip
was issued. in payment for Levee work done
and received, and an imposition upon the
innocent purchaser of her promise to pay.
Washington telegraph., 1853-09-07
FOREIGN NEWS.
Teegraphcd to the Ne,c Orleans Bnietinl
Arrival Of the Steamer Humboldt.

=. =
New YoRK. August 15-9:55 P: NJ
The Havre steam packet Humboldt has ar
rived here. having left Southampton on the
Sd instant, and bringing advices from Liver
pool of the same date-four days later than
the accounts by the Africa.
The cotton Market at Liverpool is report
ed steady. with good demand prevailing.
the sales Of the three business days prece-
ding her departure embracing 25,000 bales.
Of these. 5000 were taken for speculation
and 5000 for export. There was no quota
bic change in prices since the departure of
the Africa, and the quotations remained as
follows Fair Orleans ID, Middling Orleans
6 3-l6 to Id. Fair Uplands 6 "a. and
Middling Uplands 1-Sd. per ID.
The Flour market was quiet and prices
in favor of buyers without any quotable al
iteration.
Washington telegraph., 1853-09-07
Liverpool Markets.

LIVERPOOL, August 6.-The cotton mar
ket here has presented dull ard dropping
appearance during the greater part of the
week, and especially since Tuesday. The
demand for trade and speculation have been
moderate and the sales for the week barely
reaching 44,000 bales, of which 1000 have
been taken for speculation and 1000 for ex-
port. Prices are Is to Lid. lower. the
principal decline being of the middling and
lower grades, aud the market closes at the
following quotations Fair Orleans 6 7.S,
Middling Orleans 6, Fair Uuplands 5-S.
and Middling Uplands 7-sd. per lb.
Flour has declined, and the closing rates
are 26s per bbl. for Western Canal. and
27s. for Ohio brands Corn has been in
fair request at 3 Is Cd. for white, and 31s.
Cd. per quarter for yellow.
The money market at London is very
tight, and Consols have further declined,
closing at 81 IA
Washington telegraph., 1853-09-07

BURNING THE DEAD-The rumor that
the authorities of New Orleans had been
forced to burn the dead. in consequence of
their inability to obtain hands to bury them,
and that fifty bodies were publicly consum-
ed in one day, is contradicted The -Bul-
letin" of the 18th, says ''there is not a
word Of truth in the statement-that no
such an occurrence has taken place, and that
there is no probability that such an awful
necessity will arise.
Washington telegraph., 1853-09-07

o. A Washington correspondent reck-
ons that Secretaries GUTHRIE and DAVIS
rather spoiled the Presidents Message, to
the modification of the Chief Magistrate.
by their premature outgivings on the Pacific
Railroad scheme, when in New York, re-
Gently.
Washington telegraph., 1853-09-07
resented.

A SPIRITUAL FAILURE--Judge EDMoNDs,
of New York, has become kind of central
medium among the spirit-rappers, around
which all the media revolve. and Consequent
ly, he receives letters and calls from all
parts of the Union. Among the letters he
received short time since, was one from a
lady medium, in Vermont, giving commu-
nication from the Apostle PAUL, at the close
of which the Apostle requested her to ask
Judge EDMoNDs for twenty dollars The
Judge answered her that if the Apostle
knew as much as she said he did, he knew
that he did not have twenty dollars to spare.