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"kNowNoTHING" fNTE1LoPEs-At o recent meet.
ing of Orion Lodge No As |. o. O. F. at Lexington,
Missouri, the following preamble and resolutions
were unanimously adopted:
Whereas 1t has been represented to the members
of Origon Lodge No. 45 l. q. o, r. that divers per.
sons, to them unknown, did, on the night of Sun
day, 18th instant, by means unkno 1n, enter and
take possession of the Odd Fellows Lodge room for
the purpose Of organizing q secret political society
commonly known as the know-nothing society:
therefore,
Resolcal, That the order of Odd Fellows no afila.
ton with any party sect; and that such meeting
was held in their lodge-room without their sanction,
and in positive violation of the known principles of
the order.
Resolced, That a copy Of this preamble and res
olution be furnished to the city papers, and that
they be requested to publish the same
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II the Stockholders Of the Wilmington Raleigh Rail
ruad Company will be held in this Thursday, the
9Th day of November ncat.
Dividend Of per cent. on the Capital Stock Of the
Company for the last sx months has been declared and
will be payable the 10th November next
The BOOKS for transfer Of Stock will be closed The
goth instsnt. By order. JAMES s. GREEN,
Oct. 18th. ls4-95td Secretary
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Board Of Members.
VKTIGLIAN r. Balm WILL BIZ PRKPAkRD 10
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Leeissaure with eorfortsbe Bodfd. HIS casees viii be
g moderate as the times Hfi addsit.
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CAPT. LUCE OF THE ARCTIC,

Nsw YoRr Oct H.. Capt James C. Lucs, ef
the Arctic. has arrived safely at his home in Yonk
ers near New York. He was most enthusiastically
received everywhere along the route.
He thinks that tof the two hundred unfortunate
passengers the decks of the Arctic no more havo
been saved than are already heard from, though it
Is probable the boats yet unheard from have been
picked up. He says that the smallest boat taken by
the engineers could have carried more than went
off in the largest boats
de says the boats attached to the Arctic were Of
sufficient capacity to have carried at least three hun
dred, had the ships company behaved as men should
have DONE
He denounees the crew in the most unmeasured
terms, and thinks nearly all could have been saved
but for the mutiny.
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n OST LAST NIGHT POCKET.BOOK cONTAL6.
LIZ ING judgments and open accounts principally in favor
of Cobn Edwards and other of no use but to the
person returning the Book and contents 70
H. franklin Constable Baegh will be rewarded for their
trouble ....-
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In the ShaAel

IN the ShaAeg
II AM STILL MANUFACTUR1SG, at my OLD STAND.
ii No 3, Gtesn Btrest FAYETTEyILLE, h. c. thsn
very superior fashionable Noleskip and Silk HATS, tAst
took the Premium at the late State Fair.
have band large assortment, whieh tof beesy
of nis and durability eannot be surpassed by any made N
the o. s. or elsewhere Also of my own Hauuiaeture,
large supply Of Fames and Planters Fur and stout Wool
Hafs general sssortneut Of Caps ot mso and boa
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SCOUNTY, Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions August
Term 1854. William n. Hunter Samantha Hunter and
Martha Hunter Stanford Hunter-Petition of Partition
1t being made to appear to the satisfaction of the Court
ordered that advertisement be made in the North Carons
Standard for sI weeks notifying the said Stanford Hunter
in Raleigh, the third Monday in November next there
plead dsmur to the Plaintiffs Petition, the
foe in Raleigh, the sfd Monday Of August A. D., 1854
THOMAS }: UTLEY, G. G. G.
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The Delaware herald., 1854-05-03

cord in which O single exposure to nauseous
emirations has proved fatal, one, of which is re-
lated in the Cyclopsedia of Practical Medicine.
III which four men were so exposed at the same
time, and for few moments only /; yet one died
in four and another in five DAYS, whilst the6ther
two barely escaped with tn cir lives Cholera,
too, loves filth; and from those hot-beds of pes
tilence--hog-pen seeds thereof arise and
till the air; so, too of dysentery and diarrhea,-
two diseases which visit us every year, ,and never
leave without causing a vacant place in more
than one family circle, butt general thing, the
cause of this is overlooked, and fruit is made the
"scape-goatn upon which. to pack the blame,
when, in truth, if moderately indulged in, when
fully ripe, fruit is not ouly harmless, but posi-
lively conducive to health. The cause may be
found much nearer the homes of some of our
citizens than the fruit trees OF the surrounding
country; look at your hog pens, gentlemen, and
forever exclude them from your premises; for
therein lies the evil! Not that some ofyou may
not, and do not, put them far enough from your
oUn doors to escape the delightful O. perfume
arising theretrom; but, in so doing, you en-
croach upon the health and comfort of your
neighbors! And, ask, is it neighborly, is il
Just, to expose them to disease and death, SIM
ply for the satisfaction of raising your own
pork! q say satisfaction because J. am well
Sat1$hed that nothing Is saved to those who
have their feed to buy, and let any one thai
will, try 1t and see if it does not "cost more
than it comes tor | know of more than one
instance in which the owners of swine have
built their pens at the back of their gardens
and, by so doing, have placed them almost i'm
) mediately under the windows of their neghbors
, rendering it almost impossible to keep thei
doors or windows open during the summer, OF
account of the abominable stencil But if hoU
must be raised by the citizens of the town, com
pei them to be kept out of the town-let 10
: be procured convenient to water-say, along tn
mill pond,- it is in some towns,-where al
the pens could be erected, the hogs there kep
and the town cleared of an intolerable nuis
ance, which, when some of the lanes and vacan
lots are cleared of deceased cats, would rende
the air pure and respirable, suited to the use fo
which it was intended by an all-wise and benef
cent Creator.
DoGBERRY.
The Delaware herald., 1854-05-03
Correspondence Of the Herald.
Spontaneous Combustion of Drunkards

This is fact we'll established in Medical
Science. Many of your readers may doubt the
authenticity Of this; but it can be substantiated
by chemical analysis, as wellas by the testimony
of many eminent physicians BY spontaneous
combustion, we mean, when a person takes fire
by an electric shock and burns up without any
external application. The following are among
the numerous instances that have como under
the notice Of eminent physicians and others:-
DIR. Peter Scho6eld, in an address delivered at
the formation OF temperance society in the
township Of Boston, in the district Of Johns
town, in the province of Upper Canada, states
a case of spontaneous combustion that occurred
in his practice. alt is well authenticated"
says the docGor, "that many habitual drinkers
of ardent spirits are brought to their end by
what is called spontaneous combustion."> Tro-
tie mentions several such instances. Another
says, that one happened under his own observa-
tion. He said that it was the case of young
man about twenty-five years old; he had been
constant worahipper at the shrine of Bacchus
for number of years. He affirmed that he saw
hira about i5'clocIk, in the evening on which il
happened. Hewas not drunk al that time; but
as usual, full of liquor. About eleven, the
same evening, he was called to see him. He
found him literally roasted from the crown o.
| his head TO the soles of his feet. Hewas found
| in a bIacksmith's shop, just opposite to wher,
| he had been.b The owner, all Of Q sudden, be-
kheld an extensive Light in his shop, us though
The Delaware herald., 1854-05-03

the building was in one general flame. He ran
with swiftest velocity, and on fiinging open the
door, discovered man standing in an erect
posture in the midst of awidely extened silver
colored blaze, bearing, as he described it, ex-
aetly the appearance of the wick Of a burning
candle in the midst of its own flame. He seiz-
ed him by the shoulder and jerked him to the
door, upon which, the flame was instantly ex-
tinguished. The owner of the shop asserted
that there was no fire in it, nor was there any
possibility of fire having been communicated to
him from any external source. 1t was truly a
case of spontaneous ignition. A general
sloughing soon came on, and his flesh was con-
sumed, or removed in the dressing, leaving the
bones and few of the larger of the blood-ves-
sells standing The blood, however, rallied
around the heart and maintained the vital spark
until the thirteenth day, when he died, not only
the most loathsome, deformed ard dreadful pic
ture, that was ever presented to human view
but his shrieks, his cries and wailings, were
enough to rend the heart of adamant. lie die
not complain of any pain of body, for his tlesf
was gOne,-he said that he was suffering the
torments of hell-that he was Just upon its
threshold, and should soon enter its dismal do
mains; and in this frame of mind, yielded uI
the ghost.
If any of the advocates of the Independents,
party wish to investigate this subject more
thoroughly, we would refer them to the thrC
volume of Dr. Lardner's Cabinet Cyclopedia.
RAMBLER.
The Delaware herald., 1854-05-03

Liquor Law, and place good men on their ticket
who will be the fSithful exponents Of those
principles, / will pledge myself to vote your
ticket for every such man, from Congressman
down to the last candidate for the Levy Court,
excepting privilege, which, always took when
a member of the Democratic party. of voting for
a special favorite on the Wing ticket; though l
would rather vote for halfof each. But if your
party will not give us such pledge, and the
Whig party does, will vote their ticket, with
the same exception.
Now, sir, ifyou believe me to bea man of truth,
you must acknowledge that my Whiggery is
not very deeply dyed; and, if you are reason
able man. you must also ack knowledge of
those resolutions are not so unjust or unrea-
sonable as you supposed them to be. -.,.
AS to the fling" at the gentleman who
drafted the resolution, it will fall harmless at
his feet; he needs not the feeble effort Of my
pen to vindicate his character.
T. b. CoURsEY.
The Delaware herald., 1854-05-03
STATE TEMPERANCE CoNvEM.
." TION, s -,s.

TNHE DELAWARE STATE TEMPER.
ANCE CONVENTION will be held at
Smyrna, on TUESDAY, the 9th of MAY next
at 10 o'clock, A. NJ I -
All persons from New Castle, Kent and Sus-
sex counties, in favor of prohibiting the manu-
iacture and sale of intoxicating liquoses are
requested to be present. =.
Matters Of vital Importance, to every citizen
OF the State will be presented for the considers
ton of the Convention. N1
Hon. Neal Dow; of Maine. with other promi-
nent speakers, will be present.
JAMES R, CLEMENTS, Sec'y.
April 26, 1854.
OF Papers inthe State, friendly to the cause,
please publish.
The Delaware herald., 1854-05-03

ToBAcco-Short Cut and Pig TGiI-The en-
tire tobacco crop of the United States for the
year 1859, amounted to 2OO,O0OOOO lbs, or
about 100000 hhds., the average value of which
was sixteen million dollars. OF this, 81 600
hhds or nearly one-half of the entire product
were consumed in the United States.
In 1910 the average consumption to each per-
son was 2lbs. II o.; in 1850, 8 lbs. o.. s
A German statistician, who has given his
mind to the subject says the "iquor" extracted
from the tobacco by chewers is so great, that
if they could all spit it into the crater at once
they would extinguish the fires of Etna.
The Delaware herald., 1854-05-03
Petitions for Licenses to Sell Iiuuo,

At the session of the Court of General Ses-
siors, &C., for this county, which adjourned on
Saturday night last, Augustus Scout, presented
petition to be allowed to sell liquor at Smyrna
Landing (School District No. S) According
to the list presented by the school commission
ers, the number of voters in the said district is
ZIG. The petition contained the names of ll2
persons, which appeared to be majority of the
votes, but, upon comparing the petition with the
list Of legal voters, it was shown that twelve of
the signers of the petition were not voters, con-
sequently they were stricken of:-bringing the
number below a majority,-thus defeating the
applicant, which gave great satisfaction to the
inhabitants of Smyrna.
II was reported by the petitioner that he had
obtained the License, and that he had already
on hand three barrels to tap Query-What was
he doing with liquor before court and without
lcersea
John Mcdowell, of Dover, presented petit
tion which he had been circulating since last
court; which, having the requisite and legal
number Of signers, license was granted.
Two petitions were presented from the voters
of school district No. %, both having majority
of names, but neither obtained license One
was defective in the papers, and the other had
the name of no one as the petitioner. This,
however, was the mistake, not the intention Of
the person who obtained the names of the petit
toners -s1s.e
License was obtained by A. Laws, of Leipsic
to veiid rum in that place.
LNgScHED.-At the ship yard of Messrs. Sut.
ton g. Cloud, Smyrna Landing, on Saturday
last, 1. schooner named aAmanda and Catha-
rine,' of about 60 tons burthen, was launched
She was built for Messrs. McCracken & Ken.
nedy.
The Delaware herald., 1854-05-03

6TThe Reporter says that the Organization
of an Anti Tobacco Society is all the rage in
Dover. A meeting is soon 20 be convened to
show that tobacco is--a great moral and social
evil and that religion demands its Prohibition.
hwas an old Pagen notion that those whom
the Gods would destroy they first made mad
The antics, seeing their craft is about to be
destroyed, leto their venom on tobacco. AS
the RepTOter says, so say we, "piUe Ia 6aga'
tele."
The Delaware herald., 1854-05-03

PROFESSOR S. S. HALDEMAN.-The agricul-
turist of Delaware will be gratiied to learn
that s. S. Haldeman, A. NJ, formerly Professor
of Zoology in the University of Pennsylvania,
and recently elected to the Chair of Agricul-
ture and Natural History in Delaware College,
entered on the duties of his Professorship at
the commencement of the session (April
26th) Mr.. ii. is well known in the scientific
world as the author of various works on Natur-
al History, and has the reputation of being one
of the first Entomologists of the age.
The Delaware herald., 1854-05-03

VERY CooL.-Last Thursday evening, after
the circus over, young man deliberately laid
down or fell, as the case may be, into a gutter,
IN this town; and, when found, was snoring
fnely--keeping time. with the small notes Of
thunder which accompanied the storm. His
position was not SO enviable as some others who
got home and crawled into bed with hat, coat
breeches and boots on! Another circus had
better visit the town. "Jack's quarters and
s Red-Eye" will be in vogue -.--g.-....,-
The Delaware herald., 1854-05-03

HoS NEAL Dow.-This champion of Prohbi-
lion wiz speak in this place, tomorrow (Thurs-
day1evening. at u o'clock, in the lecture room
ofths M. E. Church. He will also deliver an
address at Dover, on Friday evening, at u
o'e.ock, and at Camden, on Saturday evening.
The Delaware herald., 1854-05-03
Highly Interesting IntcIIi-
gQRsRat

WAR IN EUROPE COMMENCED
England and France have Declared War
against the CzaIt
Great Battle on the Danube 5000 Russians
Killed!
The above was received by the steamer America
at Haiiiax, and IL would seem thai this ought 10 be-
enough news for one week. but this is not all. Nj
STERN, of the Cheap CLOTHING Store ON Main II
few doors below the Post Office, Smyrna has in.,
arrived from Philadelphia with the largest sock of
heady"Made Clothing ever opened in Delawarel HIS
prices, too, are astonishngly low!
The Delaware herald., 1854-05-03

fHE STATE TEMPERANCE CoNvENrIoN.--Wiu
meet IN Smyrna on the 9th inst,-not in Dover
ms announced by Mr.. Osmond, in his notice in
the @hleken-When it is hoped all the friends
OF Prohibition in the State will be on hand as
matters ofimportance will be brought before tbe
cglgention. Hon, Neal Dow will also be
with us
The Delaware herald., 1854-05-03

" The!Magnetic Telegraph in America ex--
tends over forty one thousand miles, and cost
nearly seven millions of dollars to build. The
Telegraphic Companion sets down the various
lines as follows-Morse line wires, 36,972
miles: House. $3.50 miles; Balm, $40 miles,
Total, 1892 miles. The capital stock in the
Morse line is $5,545,9OO. House, 1856, 900; ;
Balm $l7l 900. Total capital stock $6,67l 800.
The Delaware herald., 1854-05-03

EXTENT OF THE PUBLIC DoMAIN-A repert
made by the Commissioner of the General Land.
Office to the Secretary of the Interior shows
that the public domain of the United states
consists or 1891 ,48O,320 acres or 22O, ,7O4, 500
acres less than exhibited in a former report.
This discrepancy occurs in consequence
of the extent of the public lands in Oregon,
Nebraska and the Indian territories being as
certained to be less than was supposed.
The Delaware herald., 1854-05-03

sKtters !" gives us verv interes,;r :, =
iettsf irOa Sussex. 1t is the best news we
hase heard from good old Sussex for some time,
The Delaware herald., 1854-05-03

THE TALLEsT YET.-Mr. ]. Bonner, of Bonner,
of Lowell, writes to the LODeH Ne,cs, that
while on visit to Andover, he saw stalk of
corn nineteen feet high and it had fourteen
ears Of corn on 1t.
The Delaware herald., 1854-05-03

VI Several communications bave to he de-
ier'ed, Tor the want of time and space.
The Delaware herald., 1854-05-03
Correspondence of the Herald.
See A Fuss, or Rev. Peter Meredith.
SMYRNA, April 81. 1854.

SMYRNA, April 81, 1854.
In the communication from See A Fuss, or
Rev. Peter Meredith, of Kent county, in the
last Herald, is the following language "That
See A Fuss last communication so checked the
wheels of the Herald that the former Editor
could not drive it any further
1t is true, we have left the editorial depart
ment of the Herald, but it was not the cob web
arguments of the reverend gentleman that
drove us out,-we left 1t voluntarily. We
have not left the ranks of those noble and
string philanthropists who are laboring to ex-
terminate the Rum trafiiic-the greatest curse
that has ever afflicted humanity. When we see
men occupying places like See A Fuss, advoca-
ting cause that, in its tendency, debases the
minds of beings made in the image of God, and
causes them to curse his sacred name, instead
of being driven out, we feel like clothing our
self with the panoply Of truth, and entering
with renewed effort in the conflict against the
enemies of the cause of God and suffering hui
manity. | hold that any man who prays,
Z" Our Father who art in Heaven" &C., is in
sincere and inconsistent while he advocates q
cause which, instead of advancing the kingdom
of God is peopling the kingdom of darkness
Can any professed christian man, without the
blacklist hypocrisy, pray" Thy will be done, y
L" lead us not into temptation, when he advo-
Gates cause that induces men to transgress
the Divine will, and that opens the ilood-gates
of temptation, to ruin the bodies and souls o
men.
( lie that defends the Rum traffic is driving
forward ore of the most tremendous engines O
evil ever made by the devil, to break down tn,
kingdom of God, and build up the kingdom O
unrighteousness.
| think the cause of Prohibition should recciv
the universal, cordial, and consistent support O
every christiaa man, and especially erery min
lister of the sanctuary; then, very soon wou
the ravages Of the Great Destroyer cease.
feel drawn further, but must close, and leav
See A Fuss in the hands of Charlie and Nj
BLIZZARD.
A. PoULsoN.
o. The following communication was writ
ten for the Reporter, in reply to a statement i
that paper, by the Editor, that Mr.. Course
would rather see Wing elected to Office tha
a Democrat. The Editor, however, refused {
give the article place in his columns; although
in so doing, he would have done nothing NOR
than Justice to Mr.. c. demanded.