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The North-Carolinian., 1854-11-18

TIE TEIEcEArH.-Thc Holy See and the
King of Naples have just .entcrcd into a Con-
v..ntiou of 81 articles. to 4gulate Telesraphc
correspondence 'pctwccn their respective
ions which is published i'll the official Journals.
Like all other government measures in hc>e
countries, it exhibits the most Jealous slistrust
of the people. After prescribing necessary
rules for the establishment and economy of the
lines, its agents. &c, it is provided that either
government may at any moment suspend. for
an indctcrminutc time the working efa line,
and moreover, that the Superintendent must
be made acquainted with the names and char
acters Of individuals who offer communicated
and that no dispatches which, III their udgmcnt,
may be contrary to the security of the State,
to its religion, to good morals, public order
can he accepted. Communications cannot cX-
coed 100 words must be written III Italian, with
! indeliblc ink and without erasures cr a',hrevia-
! tons. With these restrictions, the public can
use the Telegraph at all times aud hours, night
or day, including Sundays and Fetes The tariff
| Of prices prcscrbcs about > cents American
for each word in despatch of p words 9th,
! lowest number to be reckOncd,) for Il distance
! of 100 miles, and IL cents for 200 miles. The
charge is doubled for 80 words. The rate i:
most favorable for 100 words
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The undcrsi gned have associated themselves together
for the PURPOSE of don" Il general Boating business
on the Cape Fear River. They would therefore give
notice to the public. that they now prepared TO
accommodate the Il at all times with Steam Boat Ill
both ends of the Line
JAMES L. MEITS. ~ j. RAMSE1 81
n \. RAMSEY. FRED Z. MEL -
Oct. 20 1851. tt
EXPRESS SILIN Bolt linz
Str. SOUTHERNEI
FAIRY.
for Passengers and Freight
Str EV ERGEEE\ and
ELIZA.
for Freight only.
Iiohtcrs-J. II. l1losssm-
Eliza McDugald.
T.. Fries.
Red Fox.
Coy. Morehcad.
Express.
North State.
A. B. Chcsnutt.
RAMSEY & BRO. W. ~: Ne,'sin et nli,m;n.tm,,
Ag'ts 1T FayctteElie. ~ u At
z-- Al, .,o,sls sent to the of the ..EArhE'SS
cTE,N ROAT LINE will be taken OH Frelsht: ana
f,rw,rded with the greatest despatch n,
A. our Facilities for accommodation are greater ''h
.var efore Known on River. 1T Viii DE our
pleasure and effort to give stil 1ie i
I,uEc y NETTS NJ i. RAMSEY.
IIMSEy FRED'K c.. METTS.
Oe.ebcr 20, 1854 tt
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DUrcn ENTEEpRISE.-Thc Paris corrcspondcnt
of the New York Journal of Commerce. in Il.
description OF Holland dis it appears at the
present day. illustrates the wonderful industry
and perseverance, Of the Dutch by reference
to the drainage Of the Lake of IIaarlcm This
lake, some of our readers probably remember,
Was drained, or, to speak more correctly, its
waters were pumped out and its former bed is
now used for agricultural purposes. The lake
! was thirt y-thrce Biiles in circumference. Land
| is precious III the Netherlands, and the gov
ernment concluded to invade the waters for
more \ deep canal with dyke, was accord
inglv dug round the lake and the water was first
lrs WI Of into the canal and thence conveyed
to the sea- be means OF four immense steam
cnyncS. Fifty thousand acres of rich arabic
land were thus reclaimed, and the government
has repaid itself by sales for the cost OF an
enterprise which it required four years TO
| accomplish.
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How 10 make a Hodc-p E0.ssg Eady Marry.
just as the swig is l,eut. the trees Inclined


Take yonr badly twig, whether healthy or not
Is "f little consequence; wrap it we'll in clothing,
but leave the meek, chest and arms bare: they
are too sensitive and must he teugheneo Shut
it up III hot rooms, let it sleep all the evening
III IA room with good coal fire. and II bright
gas light. Fhe air will be cool before mor.lins
and the light stimulates the brain.
let her lie late in the morning. because she
is sleepy, and sit up late at night because she
is not Send her to school early make her
study as many hou&s in the day as possible.
give little or no time to exercise and fresh air,
she must lcarn ts de without them.
Send her to dancing school to cultivate airs
and graees aud let her go to late parties To 0lti-
vatc her manners. Screw her dress as tightly
as possible around ller waist, aud let it fall off
the shoulders. Never imagine that the shout
der> >wcrc. mcant to hang uic clothes on. or
that the form was made right 1T needs mould
ing and training. Instead OF sending her to
the ant or the bee for lessons, tell her 10 ke
the wasp for her model in form and PROPORTIONS
tive her shoes as tight size cai. possibly
wear, and raise them ON the heels so as to pre-
Vent anything like freedom Of motion us that
is intelligent.
If she complains of headache or lassitudc,
dose her with medicine give her glass of
wine: don't thnk for moment that she suffers
from violating the laws of health. Give her as
many 'oloyics she can GROVE! into the wears
Of school, music of conrSc and drawing and Il
Smattcrng of at least half IL dozen lang o,ageS.
She may never need them but they will tell
anon" her many accomplishments.
Behold her fAisbnde She knows nothing of
the sober duties of life, nothing OF the value of
either time OF money, but she has always had
plenty of BOTH why should she not still If
not, it is your fault. She has no health but
she is the inter, sting, hcr fceblcncss APP
pcals to your pity.
| Here is Your" fady. What shall VIC 90
! with hcr!--Niss. Itaacs
Let htY die
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The project is therefore considered failure,
NAVAL ENGAGEMENTS on THE OHIo:-Somc
time Saturday evening the Ohio river, opposite
Six-me island, was the scene of a bloody fight
between two parties, hunters and raftsnlcn, who
had been over the river hunting, and were re-
turning in skil1s. One of the boats was manned
bv John Ray and Harvey Walls, who were
armed with long guns. The other boat con-
tanned two or three men, two Of whom were
Tolbert Y. Cardwel and Oscar Priest, of West
port Kentucky, armed with short SKIES, revol-
Fers. According to the version Of the hunting :
party the men i'll the other skif gave the first
fire by RAINING into them, and one of the RATS
men striking Ray over the head Il time or two
! with oar. At this the companion of Ray
fired Il broatlSde into the raftsmen with his
i,oublc-barrelcd gun, would have fired, but
the caps only bnrstcd. The boats then Separat-
ed for brief space, when the faftsmen returned
to the charge, and fired couple of shot or
balls from one of their short SKIES the balls
taking effect in the arm and breast of Ray, who
returned his fire with IL broadsde from both his
long guns, wounding and crippling the raftsncn
more severely, who were compelled to beat a
retreat. Before they got out of the range, the
hunters gave them another broadside with what
effect is not known then and there the battle
ended.-Lc"isrWe Courier. 6M
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The French crystal palace covcrs-the ground
| Eoof-21, O6S square yards; the surface OF tie
gallery of the circumference counts 1S,OI2-
, total 45 l4O yards. The large room numbers
2l6 windows; the pavilions 1872; on the ground
/ floor there are 3SS columns in cast iron, and
81 on the second floor; the central nave has a
! length, of / % yards, with breadth OF AS, and
| its height at the entabature is s Yards The
building has consumed e31, SEQ square yards oi
cut stone, without counting the filling stone
aud the mortar-4, 500 tons of castings, $500
! tonssof iron and 5000 square yards of un-
polished glass.
! Rev Dr. Deems, who for several years paSt.
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Lss~ The New York Ink Companv's ce!cbrat-
writing Fluid and black Ink. wholesale and retail
at the Peoples Store. lv the agents.
Nov H. WEBB Il BROTHER.
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THE SOLAR SYsTEM.--A better idea of the
relative distances and magnitude of the bodies
in the solar system than can be obtained from
orrcries or pIuniSpateS, is presented ly an
/ Astronomical writer. in somewhat Ike the fol-
/ lowing manner: In the centre of il large level
plain three miles III diameter place globe two
feet III diameter, to represent the Sun. 1T the
distance OF cighty-twO feet from the globe l:lit
Il grain of mustard seed, to represent Mercury
| the planet nearest the SUM- which gives it an
orbit four hundred and nilety-two feet in crcum
| ference. For Venus, take pea, and place il
one hundred and forty-two feet distance from
the globe, which will give her orbit eight hun
drc.l and ffty-two feet. For the Earth, take
also pea, and place it two hundred and fifteen
feet distant wIiic, will make her orbit one
Mars, take a grain ofpcar barley place it Il Rec
hundred and twenty-Scyen feet distant, and its
orbit Will be one thousand nine hundred aud
sixtv-two feet. For the inferior planets, Juno,
Ceres Nesta and Iallas, take. grains OF sand,
and allow them orbits varying from one thou
sand and two hundred feet. For Jupiter take
a middle sized orange, and place it about Il
quarter Of Il mile distant which will make its
orbit 4, mile and half. For Saturn, take Il
small orange place it nearly half Il mile distant
/ so that its orbit may be near Y three miles.
Then for the planet Iicrschel, take ii full sized
cherry or boys marble, and carry it nearly i,
mile distant, that its orbit may be nearly six
miles: ani having. got these relative magnitude>
and distances pretty well iiNed III the mind
allow il million OF miles in space for every foot
of these distances in the field, and yot. may
form some faint conception of this of the
innumerablc solar systems with which the Cre;,
tor has adorned the iplmensity Of the niy rsc
The North-Carolinian., 1854-11-18

G@S~ .JohnSon Rollins & Cos. WcthcrsicId
Garden Seeds. sale the Peoples lv their
agents. WEBB 4 BROTHER.
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Tie subscribers having formed aCopartnerSilp "l'
der the stslc of " EB} & BROTHER for the Ir;''e
act ton Of
Mercantile and Commission Business
The North-Carolinian., 1854-11-18

ONIONS.
\ few barrels Wcthcrslicd Onions for sale at the
Peoples store. l,v WEBB; Il BROTHER.
NOv IL.
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s1*;- Mackcrel, No. l aud 3 for sale at til
Peoples Store ly WEBB x BROTHER
Nov. IL.
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undersigned has now in Store his Fall and m
ock of GOODS consisting of general a>sort-
The North-Carolinian., 1854-11-18

PHrc Cider Vinegar,
BY the gallon barrel. for sale the People
Store. l:v WEBB X BROTH ER.
\ov. IL.
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pc.ItIE * isGISON,
AVID DUFF EE

BRICK MASON AND PI.ASTEPER
Faye.ieriile. y.
Persons wanting work done in his line Will l,.
nromptly attended by addressing him the ty,te-
willie Post 0iicc.
Favettevilin Jan y IS. 1851 ly-pd
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1854-08-04
Later from Europe.

.BosroN. July s1-The steamer Alps, with Liver
pool dates to 10th July, arrived to-day.
At Liver pool. on The 18th July, the sales OF Cotton
amounted to 5000 bales. Breadstuhs had suffered
a fufther decline Consols closed at VI "
Richardson reports bresdstufs as beng dull wheat
irregular in price all qualities having largely de-
clincd. Western canal -four 33s. Sos McHenry
quo es consols at an advance of 92s a va
The Atlantic arrived out on the 18th July
Omer Pasha was at Gurgevo at last accounts,
with II 900 troops. At Frattevicht, there were TO-,
900 men, and renfofcements were constantly ar
irving A pitched battle was daily expected by the
Turks and Allies,
Three hundred persons had been arrested in ST:
Petersburg, charged with favoring contemplated
outbreak They were told their political opinions
required that they should be imprisoned.
The Allies were fully on The march tor the Dan
ube.
The English were midway between SehumIa and
Rutschuck, where the French had arrived.
Spain The town and garrison OF Barcelona had
pronounced against the government. The insurrec-
lion was spreading.
Mahomet Pasha had defeated the Russians al
Crevnovada and captured the place. The Russians
were also routed by the Turks al Frateschie
1t is rumored that General Aurch had committed
suicide
Hall p,eha had defeated Gen. Props off Ninth
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1854-08-04

Jams Watson Webb, the editor of The New v,
Enquirer being about to leave the United Sts,oa N
Europe, has thought proper to proclaim his on;non
upon several of the public questions now under d;n
cussion throughout the country. S
He thinks slavery "a demoralising cursn:,iO;
vor of re.estabshing the Missouri comprom;sa ID,
until this is done he is opposed 10 regarding ,s anu
rule of action the constitutional compromise If 10y
the Texas compromise of 1844,sand the comnron To-
of 1850 or of the legislation they demand and T. D
sders all wings "knaves foos' who do NOT co oon
with him in opinonhe is opposed IN toto n f1
eigner acquiring the right of suffrage excer, h
special act of congress in reward for dstincp;.
services rendered to the country. Upon ali otba
points he would admit foreigners to an equaIv WI;
natves--he does not intend to be q candidate for n
Office of honor OF emolument but If he were ,n" 10y
Der of congress he would introduce bill rpnonI
all naturalization laws Cant the know nothins
take this hint,l Mr.. Webb has no apprehens;on =
use his own words, "that the wing party is ahont W
return to the choatic state in which we (Cen. Webb"
found it when we (Webb) abandoned the admuis,ro
ton of General Jackson and gave to the conseryat~
elements opposed to his executive usurpations tbo
title of "whgs"
1t has been intimated there were more SOLID reaso
executive usurpations,' that induced the Copr;or
| and Enquirer TO desert Gen. Jackson and advocata
Nicholas Bidde, reasons which affected unfavoroh
the final dividends of the late u S Bank Rut ,bo
veteran editor ''must be taking" and the peopa ~
| the United States and the rest of mankind will
feel secure so long as be is willing TO guide them he
his Sagaclous connses The general does moi say on
what day he expects to float from the shores of Noh
| America.--BOSton Post
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1854-08-04

POLITICAL SHIBBoLETH-A correspondent of the
New York Herald from the territory OF Kansas speak
ing OF Inc exerhonS made to keep back free mmigra-
ton Us:
There is story abroad, that al all the ferries
over the Missouri River they have a COW tied, and
committee to watch all immigrants. The commit
lee ask OF each Immigrant, what animal that is. #
ne says " a Coz" oil ~eH-he goes orer. But ifke
answers q" Il keOar" they turn him back"
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1854-08-04

1t is hardly to be expected that. with warm con-
test going at the polls COS in the shade,) anybody
could sit down coolly 10 speculate upon matters and
things in general, and the world in particular Fer
our part we cannot pretend TO do so. Perpiring pa
triots pass our window every minute and ask our
private opinion upon the stale of the atmosphere and
the chances of the election. Now, do know that
il is hot and therefore speak without reserve upon
that important topic. As regards the election, we
rostpone any definite committal until after the votes
shall have been counted out, when will be able
to say something There seems TO be more excite
m ent than anybody would have expected, Judging
by The ar parent apathy week Sill &c. The corners
are ornamented with eeCtoneering handbls tor MT
Powers, rounded off by poetical quotation from
Marco Bozzaris, exhibiting strange alliance between
politics and the muses.. The Herald of yesterday
contained rather queer communication, the evident
design Of which is 10 defeat the election OF Col.
Person, by awaking prejudice against him as new
comerm The effect of defeating Col. Person would
be 10 leave the town of Wilmington without any
share in the representation of the County, although
she contains onehalf the population, and pays over
two-thirds of the taxes The writer, who signs him.
self "A Democrat" appears to think thai older
Democrats in the County have been neglected We
know that al least three of these older Democrats
were talked to on the subject but declined; so that
COL Person not pushed over the heads OF
others having older claims. Perhaps some grand
mistake was made not rendering the nomination 10
the author of the communication in question. HIND
HG iqchrgnG. The best plan, after ALL is 10 go the
straizh figure, and put the thing through, without
splitting or dividing Every body will, OF course, DC
as they please in free country.
Ii may be hard 10 keep cool' in such hot weather
'but if you can't keep COOL keep as cool as you can
"Noise and confusion don't pay, The little pieces
OF paper, with names OF the candidates on, are the
things to do the business. Stick them in good
D1iIL TouTY10} Ri
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1854-08-04

0o- Some person has sent us an advertisements
giving notice that his wife has run away from his
bed and board without just cause. The writer en-
closes gold dollar to pay for the advertisement, but
does not give his name, and of cannot pub
Gsh his notice. If ne will send US four dollars more
and his name he can be accommodated as he desires
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1854-08-04
Disin,crcstcd Patriotism.

We want a connection with the West, at Charlotte
or some other point as much as any body but that
is not sufficient to blind to the selhshness
and indeIicacy Of the much Iauded 10y the
Wing press,) course of General Dockery-a can
didate for the office Of Governor of the arhote
State-writing letter to the Charlotte Convention,
going it, tooth and toe-nai, for a railroad that is to
run almost by his own door-that is to make himself
a richer man. and, in short, directly foster his own
private and personal interests for such is The posi-
ton of Gen. Dockery. with respect to the proposed
connection between Charlotte and Wilmington. He
is on the line of the road If be built it will put
money in his purse, therefore is Gen. Dockery warm
and d,sinterested advocate of the Road.
AS becomes "a candidate for the high office Of Gov
ernor Mr.. Bragg does not choose TO commit himself,
in advance to any project, without sufficient examina-
ton, merely to catch votes in the particular section
in which be may be, but he will 60 for liberal and
proper course so far his official influence may
,end. Should Gen. Dockery be elected his recon-
lnendation in favor Of the road from this place 10
Charlotte, wouid have weight than that OF d
known partizan of the work, interested pecuniariIy
in its Gen Dockery is disinterested p0tri
ot--~a great internal improvement man
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1854-08-04

There is not an inch of the Gulf of Bothnla bG'
we have crossed over; it is strange place; the e.
feet OF The irregular efraction is very singular inc
other morning we light house mp in the ar;
and on looking at the chart it was proved to tic iu
hfty or sixty miles off Ships appear when you a. n'
nearly days sail from them, now with three bulls
now without sails, in moment with cloud OF can.
vas, now turned upside down, and ha dozen ships
are over the other, all large as The biggest thee
decker; when you come up with her she IS some M
significant little coaster. We are within couple u
degrees of the Arctic circle the does not Sc,
until 10 p. M, and he rises about two; we nav
broad daylight all the time he below the horrl'on
we are going on up to the head of the gull I w.
when we do, We shall see the at midnlght-L''
ter from an officer I'm the Napier Fleet
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1854-08-04

ANOTHER CLERGYMAN IN BAD REPUTE.-The
PotsviIle Pa, papers inform that the preacher in
charge of the Fist Methodist Church of that city has
been charged with drunkenness and ndecently expo.
sing his person to two young girls and that he was
compelled to leave the city in order 10 escape sum-
mary punishment. He left behind him an interes-
ting wife and four children. Through the liberaity
of kind friends they have been provided with means
10 return the TO family of the deserted wife in England
No name is given.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1854-08-04

The SANDWICH IsLANDs.-The Boston Courier say
private letter from an intelligent source at tho Is
lands, dated Honolulu, May IA, 1854, received I'd
that city, thus speaks of The annexation project:
The legislature is now in session, and the su3J1cI
of annexation will be brought up for action, hui
is my opinion that they will DO nothing about 1t h
year The natives are discussing the subject ana
wish for Time to consider it. The British and French
Councils are dong all they can 10 prevent SHCu
co"summafion. A newspaper has been eS'abI'S5t:u
here which is published in the native tongue, ana p
edited by an American, devoted TO explaining the SUI
Ject 1t has large circulation and is DOH more "
effect annexation than anything yet adopted
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1854-08-04

PLEASANT ExcuRsoN.-The fine new steamer
FoG Mcdonald made excursion last Tuesday after
noon some distance up the North East River, with a
pleasant party of ladies and gentlemen on board The
trip was enlivened by music and dancing and the
good things OF this life were literally provided by the
courteous Propretors, Messrs. T. C. g. B. G. Worth.
and others. We regret that unavoidable circumstan-
prevented from participating in the pleasures
OF the occasion. We wish the Flora and her ener-
getic propretors all the success heart can desire
SMITHvILLE, n. c., Aug. ?, 1854.
Editor Of the Wlmington Journal:
DEAR SIR The light vessel Frying Pan Shoal"
came yesterday into port, having drfted away from
It's moorings some days ago. The cable separated a,
night in pleasant weather, about 90 fathoms from the
vessel.
She dritted very slowly, with so much cable out
and the accident was not discovered till next day.
She will he taken again TO her station on Saturday
morning next.
BY publishing the subtance OF this notice Won vii
greatly oblige. Yonr ob't serv't
D. P. WOODBURY.,
/. II. Inspecior
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1854-08-04

FINANCIAL MORALS IN New YORK We had sup
posed that the recent explosions in New York. wonId
at least for time, put all Railroad companies
their good behavior But we were ignorant of the
important fact, that the managers of these concerns
had got rid Of all shame. The latest Improvement in
the art OF sWlndng, is TO borrow money to pay Their
dividends. The Herald explains and comments upon
the new feature in the following terms
The most extraordinary financial operation of the
day, is that just made by the New York Central Rail
road Company. The concern announces that a dvi.
dend of per cent will be declared to the holders OF
the stock the LIST of August but the payment will
be postponed until the amount necessary to pay it
shall be realized from the sale of Bonds now in the
| market. This is certainly species of fnancierng
OF the most modern character. 1t is entely new,
even for Railroad Managers and it is considerably
ahead OF the far famed fnancers of the Erie ComPa
ma. The Erie Directors contrived to borrow the
money before the regular semiannual dividend day
! came round, aud were at that time provided will
| ample MEANS but the New York Central Company
boldly declare dividend, and promise To pay it as
soon as the money can be borrowed. There is some
thing refreshing in this spirited dashing sort of nan
cerng, IN these dull times; and the Managers Of the
New York Central Railroad Company are really
titled to the thanks of the stock holders for the nan
ca skill exhibited in getting rid of the ditfcuir-
and embarrassmentS which a few days since threat
ened 10 overwhelm the whole concern After this
| we can stand almost anything in the way of railroad
| fInancierlng. Such things remove from the public
mind all Tears and arprehensions regarding the non
payment OF dividends, and create confidence in tn
management not easily shaken fter this, the stock
| no ders in the New York Centr cannot doubt The
| ablIIty OF the Company to pay dividends as 1t me-
been shown that there is no necessity for earoIns
| one