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Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1854-03-31

d. NJ MILAN &
MACMILLAN ~ BOWDEN,
INSPECTORS OF NAVAL STORES AND PROVIS-
i IONS. Office, Of North Water and Chestnut
Streets Wilmington, n. c.
Aprile l. 1854. 175-2m-3O- 3m.
Fayetteville Carolinian and Coldsboro' New Era copy
months and send bill to this office.
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kEBALDNEss CAN BE CURED-Mr. p. NJ.
Marks this city, testify to this he having fine crop
of Young hair his head where month ago bald
as the palm your hand There is mistake about this
EMERsoNs HAIR RESTORATIVE did the work-B arlington
Iowa Gazette, Dec. 2, 1858. w
Sold by VIM. H. LIPPITT, Wholesale Agent for Will
min gton and surrounding county.
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500 ACRES OF LAND FOR SALE.

"a THE undersigned, being DESTROYS Of moving to the
West offers his Land tor SALE lying in Sampson county,
the East side of the Six Runs about miles s. H. of
Clinton, adjoining the Lands of Lewis Carroll and Archi
bald Matthews Of the above about $50 excellent
There are the Land about 20 900 Turpenne boxes and
large amount of valuable Timber. The improvements
consist of two Dwelling Houses situated about halt
mile from each other with all the necessary out buildings
Persons DESTROYS of purchasing will learn further particulars
by applying the subscriber ''Six Runs P o., Sampson
county, n. c. GEO w. LAMB.
March 3lst, 1854 30-2m
NTOW DISCHARG1NG FROM THE SCHR. HUM
~ MING BIRDS hhds. New Orleans Sugar, best do
P. R Is bbs Clarified; 10 P R., St Crox and Granu-
lated; 20 Sacks Rio Coffee 10 do. Laguyra All of which
offered on reasonable terms in market, by
March n. w. NJ. SHERWOOD co.
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NOTICE.

THE subscriber having qualified, at the March Term
l. in Session. of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
for the County of New Hanover, administrator of Jane
Jacobs decd hereby gives notice to all indebted to
said deceased to make Immediate payment and to all per-
legally authenticated for payment within the time pre-
scrbed by Jaw, Chat is within two years from the date
hereo) otherwise this notice will be pleaded in bar of their
recovery. VIM. l.. JACOBS, Administrator.
Wilmington, March 10th, A. D. 1854 162-23-tf
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WILMINGTON WHOLESALE PRICES CURRENT.

should be understood that quotations generally
represent the Wholesale prices In filling small orders HIGH
rates have to be paid
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NEW NOTICE." Eat, Drink and be Merry. But
~ while you at it, first pay the grocery men, and then
The printer. - ~ c.
RESTON Il TOWNSHEND have every thing comfort
able for and dnkablc, Fresh
unpowder Hyson Black Teas Corned Beef and Phila
delpha Ale Dutch Herring and Boquet Gn Picked Salmon
Dried Beef and all kind of Jles, Macaron Sowwesr and
Straw Hats all kind of Confectionery Clothes Baskets and
and Turkish Candy Philadelphia Syrup and Vegetable Boil
ors Some very and extra common Cegars, " Tobacco
British Table Salt jars fine article They also receive
every week. Flesh Oranges, Lemons Apples and
and daily expected Patent Revolving Wludmlils,
Clothes drying achnes-one of the greatest
of the ageand any other articles for assisting housekeeprs
hand March, q, 1854
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1854-03-31

"AULD ACQUAIETANCE.''-"T There is melancholy
pleasure" writes Chateaubriand, in meeting with
our acquaintance Of early days, and in noting the
changes which have taken place, meanwhile, in them
and in ourselves Like finger posts we nave left be-
hind, they serve to mark the route we have taken
through the desert of the past"
What fine yet rugged pathos there is in Matthew
Brambles account of his rencountre with Rear ad-
miral Balderick-whom he had not set eyes on since
they were lads together, and who was now g meta
morphosed into an old man with wooden leg and
weather beaten face" and {" gray locks that
truly venerable" Says the leal hearted old cynic-
sitting down al the table, where he was reading
newspaper, gazed at him for some minutes, with
mixture pleasure and regret, which made my heart
gush with tenderness and hen, taking him by the
hand,
"Ah, Sam, said I, &" forty years agoI little thought
-" was too much moved to proceed.
can old friend, sure enough" cries he, squeezing
my hand and surveying me eagerly through his
glasses
g know the looming of the vessel, though she
has been hard strained since we parted but can't
heave up the name"
The moment told him who | was, he exclaimed.
''Ah, Matt my old fellow cruiser, still ahoat y
And starting up Rugged me in his arms.
A New THING-Two ladies appeared recently
on the streets of Baltimore dressed in the height of
fashion, of them wearing long train on her mag
nfcen silk dress which swept the ground for several
feet behind. Following them was stout Irish boy,
apparently about IA years old, dressed in livery,
consisting of tight pantaloons, red vest, and tight
bodied coat with large buttons and high black hat
put on his head, with white feather in it. The
young livery mans chief occupation seemed to be to
raise his young mistress" trail as she crossed the
streets and muddy places. The youngsters on the
streets tormented him some
THE BRITISH ARMY-The following is from a
Dublin paper and is interesting just at this time:
The estimates for the army for the financial year
ensuing are published, and corroborate our pre-
vious announcement that there would be an increase
to the army of at least 900 men.
The increase in numbers is 1854, and the in
creased cost of effective services 9295,868; but the
decrease under the head of nearly all the non ettec
tive services reduces the increase to $685. 40. The
total charge for the army for 1854 55 being &c. O25,
ole
! The number of men required is l12,977 but this
force is exclusive of four regiments of cavalry and
"A regiments of infantry employed in the East
Indies
The total number of the effective force of the
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A Man OF PEACE.-Nicholas, in his reply TO the
deputaton of Friends at ST. Petersburg, who wished
10 persuade him of the sinfulness of war solemnly
dscaims any intention his part, of seeking his
own asgrandizement, the ruin OF Turkey he
says he abhors war as much as the society OF
What was, on his part, prudent foresight, has been
unfairly construed into designing policy and an
ambitious desire of conquest This has deeply Woun
ded his feelings and afflicted his heart He will not
attack but will continue 10 act on the defensive ana
as christian he is ready to comply with the pre-
cepts of religion" AS of peace, the Car
has certainly been most snguIarly aggressive and
his christian intentions may be inferred from the size
Of his invading army.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1854-03-31
II. on the Vote of MIR. CuttIng's Motion of

~. following is reliable and carefully prepared
Ins us of the vote in the House of Representatives
na4 Cuttings motion TO refer the Senates Nebras.
% Nj Nj to the Committee Of the Whole on the State
10 ! J Union 1t will prove valuable to politicians
o. both parties u,r rrnn 81 n,,, ,..,u
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REVIEW OF THE WILMINGTON MARKET,
FOR THE WEEK ENDING MARCH 80, 1854

TURPENrNE-Since review of Thursday last, we
note decline in the price of Turpentne of fully 80 cents
years crop has been brought in, and the receipts
therefore have been light in of which shippers
mand from dsters. and prices have rather downward
tendency The sales of the week foot up OS5 barrels
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1854-03-31

CONSCIENCE IN PovERrY.-An ignorant Chlnawo-
man. who didn't know how to be dishonest: nuhe
herself in San Francisco from distress OF nina oc-
casioned by her inability to pay her debts" Poor
woman
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1854-03-31
NOTICE..

THE Subscriber having qualified at the March Term Of
minsraor of GEORGE w B. BUEGwIN, hereby gives notice
all persons indebted to said deceased to make immediate
payment and to all persons having claims against said de-
ceased present them, legally authenticated within the
time prescribed by law (ha is to within two years from
hereby otherwise this notice will be pleaded in bar
of their recovery. HAZELL w. BuRGWIN. Admir-.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1854-03-31

BaE~ Why is muf like silly gentleman %
Because it holds lady's hands without squeezing
them"
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1854-03-31

A CURE FOR DRUNKENNEss.-The London Spectator
mentions curious remedy in use in Swedish
hospitals, for that form of madness which exhibits it.
self in an uncomfortable appetite for alcoholic slim
ulants, which we commend to those of readers
who profess interest in the fate of the unfortunate
drunkard. The process is thus described -
We will suppose that the liquor which the patient
is addicted to drinking, is the commonest in the
country-say gin. When he enters the hospital for
treatment, he is supplied with his favorte drink, and
with no other if anything else is given to him,
any other food, it is favored with gin He in Heaven
the very atmosphere is redoent of his favorite per-
fume! His room is scented with gin ; his bed his
clothes, everything around him every mouthful he
eats or drinks everything he touches every zephyr
that steals into his loom, brings to him still gin. He
begins to grow tired of t-begins rather to wish for
something else-begins TO find the oppression intoer
able-hates -cannOt bear the sight scent of it
longs for emancipation and is at last emancipaed );
he issues into the fresh air cured man dreading
nothing much return of that loathed perse
cutor which would not leave him hours rest in his
confinement. 'This remedy" says our contemporary,
"appears to have been thoroughly effectua so eff.
fectua, that persons who depored their uncontroll-
able propensity, have pettoned for admission to the
hospital in order to be cured and they have been
cured"
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MAIkRlED.

In Sampson county, the 18th inst, by John Cowell
Esq., Mr. d. w PARKER, to Miss SUSAN A. SUTTON, dangh-
ter of Ezzell Sutton, Esq, all of SaTpson.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1854-03-31

The market opened this morning So SO yellow Dip
So Is for hard with but little demand for the article
SPIRITS TURPENTINEThs article ruled steady at last
weeks quotation up Wednesday last, when the price
cned There has been but little doing in the
ket throughout the week. and the sales foot only 45 bbs
fol1o
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NoTE-River Lumber, Tar and Turpentne, sold in the
subject the expense Handing Inspection
erage, &c-say Lumber so cents to 81 y NJ; Tar and
Turpentne about Is cents % bbl-and naval stores,
when brought per railroad about the expenses in
curred.@*For Virgin mixed Turpentne deduction
of oneffth is made according to quality.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1854-03-31

ILEASON'S PICTORIAL Flag of our Union, Arthurs
" Gazette Saturday Evening Mall &c for tins week, re-
ceiyed and for sale by j. l. MoNOo'r
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CO-PARTNERsHiP NOTICl

MERCER POTATOES, WHITE FLESH.--25 bbls
lNl just receiv ed For sale by
March %. 1854 w. ". SIERWO Old & CO
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DETERSON'S NATIONAL MAGAZINE, for April
/ a eautful number, received aud for sale by -
March %, 1854 j. l. NUNS
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E. MURRAY, X II. GRANT, L. X.
MURRAY, GRANT ~ CO.
GENERAL COMMISSION Il FORWARDING NlER-
Ut CHANTS, WILMINGTON, n. C.-Specal and prompt
attention given to the sale of Naval Stores, Cotton &c
The usual facilities offered on ConsignmentS.
March g. l50-3m- Is I'm.
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:, Hear him. Isaac, said Mrs. Darlington, in tie
gallery OF the house of representatives Mr. Wiggn
was speaking upon the bill he had just introduced
Look at every jester and remember it, for when he
even raises his hand, depend upon it there's something
IN it. How graceful he is, and what beautiful aIti
tudes he takes. wonder if he ever had to go down
on to the sea shore and fill his mouth full of paving
stones, as that man did that you a reading about
the other day. Oh, it is rich privilege, Isaac, and
benefit for you to here and listen to such de-
tamaton Profit by it, my dear boy, and you in time
will be perfect oratoro, perhaps be g a preacher
and marry folks And have some wedding cake ?'
said Ike returning from earnest contemplation of
the Goldfish that hangs before the speaker and brighten
ing up as the rich plum cake and its white frosting
stole across his vision and he hastily threw ball of
paper under the seat that had been destined for another
direction. The speaker raped order upon the desk,
and A minute afterwards black bonnet was seen 60
ing down the gallery stairs.-Boston Post
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1854-03-31

CO-PARTNERSHIP NOTICE.
MIR. F. A. NEWBURY has become a partner in our
Y firm and from this date the business will be conducted
under the name and style of MERRIMAN, WOODRUFF
& CO. L. A. MERRIMAN,
n. p. WOODRUFF.
SStrckands n. c., March %, "a 172-6t-30
STATIONERY STATlONERY!!-A large supply of
- Blank Books, bound and I'm bound Common Letter Pa
per- Platner Smiths 1s class Law Blue and Cream Cap
Paper; Memorandum Books Pass Books Pocket Ledgers
&C.. received this morning by Express
March % :. w. WHITAKER.
NEW BOOKS! NEW BOOKS Just received per Ex-
press large lot of latest works: Dumas Last Mansi-
clio Will Crittendon Lone Star of Cuba Margaret
Peudices Homeits victims Lover upon Trial and Ro-
mance-at MAR. 29l 5. w. WHlTAkER'S.
DER EXPRESS, THIS MORNING.-Opened 80 doz.
handsome Summer CravatSa variety of patterns. AL
so. Silk afhose and Silk Shrsall sizeSpIan and stri-
ped.
New lot of Marseilles Vestings Fancy Cassimere Silk
and Cashmere Vestings Drills Sc Sc. opened Yesterday
SCOTT & BALDWIN'S
Fashionable Merchant Tailoring Clothing and Gents Fur
nishing Store, Market St, door above Wilkinson &
Eslers Upholstering Establishment.
March 30, 1854,
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,~A STEAMER SPRAY, Capt. JOHN B. PRICE,
.Ess<HZS will ply between Wilmington and Smithville
landing orion, as toows
Leave Wilmington, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and
Leave Smt6vile, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
Afternoon at O'clock and Monday Morning, at o'clock
RPassage One Dollar, Children and Servants halfprice.
FREIGHT at customary rates.
Apply to Captain on board, or to , 49,
A. H. VANBOKkELEN,
March IS lS54-l64-tf-29 If No South Wharves.
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Wbgs........ 6
-am0crats. ................ %
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COMPREHENSIVE NOTICE.
MIR, LOVET PEACOCK has become partner in our
M Firm and from this date the business will be conduct
ed under the and style of MURRAY, GRANT u co.
E. MURRAY,
r. n. GRANT.
Wilmington N, c.. March LIST, 1854 150-lm-26-Im
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O000 Gunny Bags, for sale by
LUUO March Is JAS. @. SMITH & CO.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1854-04-07
Can't. Gibson.

The following is an extract from the Washing.
ton correspondence of the Charleston Standard:
Sc Information has lately been received from our
Minister at the Hague, AUGUST BELMONT, that the
negotiations with the Dutch Government in regard
to the payment of indemnify TO Captain Gibson,
of The American vessel Fyirt, for loss of property
and Imprisonment at Batavia, in Java, are nearly
concluded. 1t is now probable that the indemnity
will be paid, and Mr.. Belmont is entitled to great
credit for his Persevering efforts TO obtain this jus.
lice for an American citizen. | understand tina,
Capt. Gibson is now engaged in preparing mar
rative of his captivity and adventures in the Dutch
East Indies, which will doubtless prove a most
entertaining and instructive work. 1t IS to be en-.
titled The Prisoner of Weltreoreden," and will
be published during the latter part OF May"
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1854-04-07

The JAPAN SoUADRoN.-Hong Kong, Jan. 1.
The American Squadron, under The command
Of NJ. c. Perry, have been preparing for several
Immediately upon the arrival and delivery of the
next mail, which is now due. The health Of the
squadron is good. The following is the DISPOSE.
lion OF the vessels at The present time Steamers
Susquehanna, Powhatan and Mississippi, also the
store ships Southampton and Lexington are in this
port, and will leave in day or two for the Loo
Choo Islands and Japan the sloops of war Mace
DOMAIN, Vandalia, and store-ship Supply, are at
the Loo Choosi the soop Of war Plymouth has
gone to Shanghai, TO relieve the sloop Saratoga
which is ordered to Loo Choo.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1854-04-07

Mr.. SoULE AND THE SPANISH GOVERNMENT
the Madrid correspondent of the London Times
lately announced that Mr.. SouIe the United
States Minister, was in s high favor - at Madrid
particularly with the Queen, who, ii was represent
ed, had shown him marked attention. IT. howev.
err the Paris correspondent of the Cincinnati Ga
zette is to be relied on, The very reverse is the
TACT. He says he learns from /" reliable auhori-
ty,' that the Spanish Government had demande d,
or is about to demand from our Government, the
recall Of Mr.. Soue; and, after stating that the
cause of this move is not assigned, adds:
sit is altogether probable, however, that the
Spanish government suspects Mr.. Soule of having
something to do with the late revolutionary move
mens at Saragossa, and acting general
propagandist for the republican party throughout
Spain. 1t is said that the doors Of the entire d.
pIomatic corps are closed against him and his fam
lily at Madrid, since the duel, and that certain per-
sons, in order to avoid inviting him, have refused
giving receptions that would otherwise have taken
place.
This letter is dated the 9Th Of March, Another
letter TO New York Comme rciaI dated Paris,
March 18th, says:
''Four gentlemen, residing at Madrid, in the
capacity Of ministers from various powers, near
Queen Isabel, at present in Paris, leave Of
absence. They all say that they do not knoao
Mr.. Soule, and confirm what has been said Of
the insulation 10 which he lives. They slate
that his challenge to Nj. Turgot is considered bar.
bar0uS, and that his rehabilitation is out Of the
question:"
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1854-04-07

I ACCOMPLISHMENTS is a strange country,
and good deal of puzzle to the learned, 10 tne
scientific, and to observers who are not. Il IS
rema rkable for its physical features for its zoolo-
gy, beasts and birds, for its vegetation, for ITS
gold, and for IFS singular race OF andigenG. VI
mammala there are fifty-seven species, and all,
except ten of them, marsupia ans; that IS, that
carry their young in pouches, like the kangaroo
and opossum. On this continent the marsuPlaL
ians few number, comparatively. Why
this difference? In Australia the black swan,
orce regarded as a myth, is 10 be found and
also the very curious animal specimen, the orni
thorhynchus, which is neither fish, flesh, nor
fowl, exactly but, with the bill and webbed feet
of duck, the body Of otter, though smaller,
and the habits and appettes of fish he may be
set down as belonging somewhat 10 the three ee
ments of air. earth, and water. He lives mostly
in the water; and is classed by Cuvier, and other
naturalist, with the mammaIia, properly, no doubt.
The human Indulgence of Australia are placed
by naturaists very low in the scale Of creation,
both physically and mentally; and yet they have
invented weapon-the boomerang MrOaCing.
stick, that is the admiration and wonder of all who
sec its performances, and its naOduS operandi are
difficult to be comprehended, even by those skill
ed in the science Of projectiles. Il nothing but
piece of wood, about two feet long, Of particu.
lar shape; and upon the shape depends its move
ments, which almost incredible when welded
by strong and skillful arm. The thrower can
give it just what direction he pIeases, make it
return 10 him, and can even strike an obiect-a
man, for insance-effectualy hidden by tree
1t is difficult to believe this, but there are so many
concurrng accounts of the fact, that it is rather
more difficult to dsbeeve.-Globe.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1854-04-07
April 5, 1854.

EXCEEDINGLY INTERESTING TO PosTMAsTp,.
The House Committee OH Post Offices and D.
Roads, have unanimously agreed to report Nm
increasing the compensation OF the Postmasters N
the United States. They are now allowed com
missions at the GLOWING rates, viz: On the 6r,
500 per quarter, so per cent; on the next sam
per quarter, 40 per cent. /; on the next So 900 no,
quarter, 80 per cent. all over the last sum. Il
per cent.
Under the bill, as agreed upon by the Commits
their commissions will be as follows, viz: On n,
irst 800 per quarter, go per cent. on The ncT
$500 per quarter, so per cent. on the next 50 OOO
per quarter, 40 per cent on all over the last sum
Is per cent.
The bull of the Committee proposes TO allow ,bs
Postmaster General the discretionary power Of IN,
creasiDg the compensation al distributing and seus.
rating Offices.
For this proposition, postmasters througbmt
the United States owe much to the labors OF AZ
Olds OF Ohio, the Chairman of the House Pos,
Office Committee. That gentleman has devoted
much time to investigations bearing on the question
OF the adequacy Of the compensation now allowed
by law 10 that class Of the Government'spmnIovaa,
Having been able to procure the unanimous con.
sent OF The Committee to the proposition, we fax.
1t for granted that he will also be able to Gor,ir =
with reasons SO cogent, probably to secure The
enactment OF his biII ere the close of this sess;oo
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1854-04-07

Blue DEvILs-It is fashionable habit, partic.
ularIy among people who have no real sorrows,
to indulge in what is called "the blues" The
complaint, we are inclined to believe, either has
its origin in diseased liver, a morbid senti-
mentasm. I'm the first case, we would recon-
mend partial fasting and a purgaiive; in the
second. chapter OF cheerful philosophy. What's
the use oc signing like furnace imaginary
grIeis? WHATS the use of repining at fortune
Be content. Life on earth is fleeting it will soon
be over. The darker the night OF human existence,
the brighter will be the dawnng of the eternal
day. Don't sigh for wealth DON. pine for woman
Gods universe is full of riches, full of beauty.
All will come out right the end and every SOUL
sooner or later, will have its share of happiness.
Only wait and work in hope and patience, and
The blue devils will vanish with the phantums OF
darkness
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1854-04-07

EXPENSES OF U. S. MINT.-It appears from
official statement Of the director Of the U. S.
MINT at Philadelphia, that for the FIVE years end
ing Dec. 1852, that the actual expenses over and
above the charges for coming, amounted to $685.
9l2 9O-beIng an average expense to-the United
States, during that period, of Sol 1852 So annual
y. During the past year-nameIy, to 3ls; De.
cember, 1e53-the coinage, instead OF being an
expenses, has been a source Of profit, the sum OF
$lO2 400 SO having been realized therefrom, over
and above the expenses.