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The Daily Nashville true Whig. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1851-1855, 1855-10-01
From Rev. John W. Ogden.

WITH HALL, Aug. s, 1855.
Mr. J. II SERMONS; Dear s-I have used a pair Of your
Improved sPecaces, for about weeks and ind them
superior 70 any have tTied and have recommended
several Of friends 70 call and them and are much
pleased with them felt tired while reading or writ
Ing with them for hours together.
Yours, very sincerely, JOHN W OGDEN
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From DR.. John Waters.

From Or. John Waters.
NAsHYnLE, July IS, 1875.
Mr.. ]. II. eESNoNs; Dear Sirs-Aher careful rxsnna-
ton and trial o. your CSncsYeCOnvex Spectare
ialiy add my testimony TO their superiority others
They enlarge the sphere Of focus thereby greatly
eve vision without producing the unpeAsantness created
by the convex iorm.
Very respectfully yours, JOHN WATERS.
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LINENS, HOSIERY AND GLOVES.

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knghsh silk and Cotton Hosiery Winter Hosiery all kinds
Ladies' and Genenens Kid Gloves, Beaver and G1untle
Gloves &c. nova
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COTTON GOODS.

StHEEflNGs Of al widths; Bleached and Brown Domes-
- tics; English and American Prints Hoyes Prints and
great variety Of other Goods.
Call and examine my stock OF Goods.
. To CASH BUYERS and PUNCrUAL CUSTOMERS great
Inducements viii be offered. JAS. NICHOL.
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MEMPHIS, March 14th, 1855.
Ma J. II. SEsBoSs-Dear Sir: have carefully examined
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have yet
Besides the philosophy Of this FORM shape &C. the re-
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impaired vision which unlike otEer Spectacles do with
out fatiguing the eye by their
can, my dear sir, cordially recommend your Brazilian
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Gence and feel that trial viii in every give
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... A. K. TAYLOR, NJ. D., .
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T'wENTY THOUSAND sSiFs Kssaiia ssg.Fs vel assosf-
4 81. received this dayby
Aagsi wEssEL A THOMPSON.
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NOIHON n hAhNr.
TIF is dAy avac-t ne price q oetisn agns and
w selling 4 IL. 10 and cents, for nagbsTs s. aEd
Toe5 per g sssntea Atoss 70 bags, and tisas
regulated - 4uautits. = Hers 1fure.
HI. Va G0EpoN ca.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1855-03-30

The RApPINGs ON RoMANoFF.-One of the Philade
phla papers, having appealed to the spiritual med
ums TO resolve the doubts prevailing in regard to b
Cars DEATH has received number of commune
tons, most of them confirming the of the inn
rial demise. Some of the communications are sna
GENTLY curious The Emperor Napoleon (the daaa
one) raps with great delight that the Gar has arr;
we'd, and concludes with Huzza! God save libartr
and my country" The deceased Nicholas CONS y
the rescue, and declares that everything is corrpct.
he is as dead as door nail, having been prisoned -
course, by noble He also declares for the eynreo
benefit of the New York editors that his son Con
stantine will De Emperor. Another medium decIarn.
that Nicholas is not Dead but has fallen into ,rano
from which he will not arise until the effect in on
don of his death shall be announced it St. Petesbur,
in short like the cat in the fable, he has rolled bS'
self in meal. and hung himself up to bamboozie bo
rats Old Paul raps that the Gar is not dead anG
that the report stock jobbing operation St. Ar
maud shrugS his shoulders we'll as a shoulderIaa
spirit can and raps Nicholas est mort c. est ra
vals sujet, ce Mons. Nicholas Mas il est mort ~
This communication is satisfactory in another ros
pect, for ii adds 'Sevastopo est prise,n which ~
piece OF information at once pleasant and long ey'
pected. CA
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1855-03-30
Later from Havana,
.

The u. S. Mail steam ship Isabel Capt. TITLE ar
rived at Charleston, tie 28th inst, from Havana
and Key West, having left the former port the
morning, and the latter the evening of Sunday
last. The Courier says:
Our Havana correspondence being at the PostoHice
unable to lay ii before our readers this morn
ing. We learn, however, that much excitement pre-
walls at Havana, Don Ramon Pinto executed
in that city at seven o'clock the morning of the
22l inst and to such pitch had the feeling on the
subject reached, that the Captain General had not
been seen in public since the event. The body, how
ever instead OF being exposed the usual tirne some
Twelve hours, was removed within three, the ndignl-
ton evinced by the populace, rendering the
peremptOrily necessary.
TINS state of affairs was mainly brought about, we
learn, in consequence of what appears to have been
the indicative conduct of the Captain General
Some inormay it seems, having taken place on the
trial. the Minister Of War refused countersgn the
death warrant, the ground that the evidence con-
VlncIng Pinto had not emanated from one whose
character stood as clear the at mid-day'' but
"a from one who had served two apprenticeshps at
the chain gang" The Captain General thereupon
convened council of four, and after due debera-
tIon two declared themselves in favor of the death
penalty and two for acqutal. The casting voice was
then left with the Captain General, who instead of
lnclining towards the side of mercy, condemned his
former secretary and friend to the garrotie-hence
| the Indignation,
The trial of Estrampes and Felix was 10 bave taken
| place early this week. Our Consul, however Col.
w. Robertson, had learn, protested energet-
icay against their being brought to trial, and insist
ed upon their liberation The result of his applica
ton was not known when the Isabel sailed
Dispatches from Col. Robertson to secretary Marcy
were brought on by Purser Mahoney, of the Isabel
and forwarded by this mornings mail.
swearing parson is creating great scandal out
west, according to this paragraph from the Ohio
Statesman:
/ Il" We have just been informed that minister Of
the Gospel in Fairfield county, whose congregation
became dissatisfied with the rumor that he belonged
to the know nothings. was called upon to answer
when he declared, calling upon God and his church
TO witness the truth ct his statement, that he was moi
member; yet that very figured in the state
council at Cincinnati and has his name recorded as
an active member. What truly, must be the oaths
Isult?"
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1855-03-30

Hoes DRUNK.-The Noblesville Patriot gives an
amusing account of the destruction of $500 worth OF
liquors by the temperance people. Some seventy
barrels and kegs were consumed The Dayton Ale
would no, burn, of course, and the Patriot says.
The next morning droves of hogs licked the foam
of beer drank the half frozen spirits, and Mr..
Poker began to hang his head and lop his swing
ing head towards tail and tail towards head showing
the whites Of his eyes, and opening his mouth, as il
things didn't feel right in his internal arrangements
They took line for the river but occupying all
sides Of the stIeet-in imitation of his more noble
boon companion. the biped Didn't catch them at it
the second time. They were seen for days after
standing suIleny and sagaciously beside fence
looking as if the Maine law was in operation
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1855-03-30

The CASE OF JUDGE LoRING.-The reports of tho
legislative committee published in a house docu.
ment The majority report, signed by O. w. Allen
of the senate, and J. w. Stone, E. f. Knowles. and
Oliver Warner of the house, in a long anti.sIavprv
argument, and concludes with recommending Mr.
Lorng's removal from the Office of Judge of probate
Tor Suffolk county, " because he has sinned against
the moral sentiment of Massachusetts" not because
he has failed in his duty in said office Bradford
Pierce and Erasmus Gould declined to sign the ma
Jorty report, because evidence was put in TO show
that his decision as u S. commissioner in the slave
case was corrupt because if he had decided in favor
of the slave no complaint would have been made
against him; and because they will not make one
man sacrifice for the sins of others, even for the
beneht of good cause" Their reasons are fol-
lowed by a minority report, signed by George H.
Devereux, which goes against the removal of Mr.
Lorlng as an arbitrary exercise of power dangerous
to the independence of the judiciary and neither lust
nor magnanmous on the part of the state which if
prepared to resist the authority of the Union ough,
TO do it in her sovereign capacity instead of offering
up single citizen as victim TO anti-savery rage
and fanaticism.
All three of these papers sharp upon the fugi-
tive slave law, and the Nebraska act But the onv
offence alleged against the Judge of probate is that
he, as commissioner, acted against the public opinion
of the State We shall see whether The k n. Iecis
latuTe will punish him for that
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1855-03-30
The Right Shirt.

The Norfolk Argus, after announcing the renom-
inaton of General Mson for Congress, uses the fol-
lowing hopeful language:
Know nothingism with its specious sophstries
and plausible dogmas, its curious cabals and mystic
Vaccinations, can neither terrify nor delude him.
His patriotism is too pure his principles too high
bow to this Beal in disguise. The black knight of
the order is doomed to defeat The chosen cham
pons of democracy, with the constitution for their
curass, and the ba ton of liberty for their lance
the fourth Thursday in May will drive him in dis
grace from the field and grass will grow again where
the hoofs of hio horse havo trod.'
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1855-03-30

ALEXANDER DUMAs.-This celebrity is TINS do
scribed by correspondent of the New Orleans DC
ayune, writing from Paris. February LIST ''
6 had not seen Dumas before for four wears ana
was surprised to observe the ravages time had maI
since then. Age begins to show itself, and he iool
more mulatto-like than ever saw HIM Heis taT
man. being not less than six feet in height, ratEnr
disposed TO be fat, especially about the face, whosa
hanging cheeks and double chin attest sound sinn,
bers and good dinners. He is the very reverse nr
the picture of an intellectual man. If YOU were 70 70
re him in Camp or Canal street. you would set HIM
down as muIatto barber. His hair now spriniIn1
here and there with gray has that abundance anJ
length, and slightly woody curl, so common amono
bright mulatto BARRIERS. His iorehead-oh, phrpnn55
ogsts is less high than your little fngel is Thick
he may be said to have no forehead His Inns are
sensual, and now deep lines ploughed on both
sides OF his nose In the street he does not look 50
dark as he seems to be in the house, and his bat
conceaEng the want Of a forehead, gives his flcn
more mind than it appears to have when it is not 50
screened He was dressed in pepper and salt panta
looms and paletot; the paletot trimmed with
green silk, stitched!'
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1855-03-30

DIVISION OF CALIFoRNIA.-The NeW State of
Columbia "A bill has been reported in the Cali
fornia Legislature divide that State, by creating
a new one, to be called the g State of Columbia. and
to embrace all that part of the State south, and nclu-
sive, of the counties of Santa Cruz, Santa Clara,
Tuolumne and CaIaveras portion of the present
State debt is to be assumed by the State on an
equitable basis. Its introduction gave rise TO a warm
debate. One of the speakers advocated the creation
of three or four new States in order that the Paee
might have greater influence in Congress. mo-
ton was made to indefinitely postpone the whole
matter but at last accounts no vote bad been taken
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1855-03-30

THE CONSEQUENCES OF KNOW NoTHINGIsM. The
recent proceedings of, and secession from, the Wing
Convention of the City was, months ago, pretty
clearly predicted by of old city editors.
JOHN B1NNs, in the Recolections' of his life has
the following passage:
My opinion is. that this new secret society,
bound and kept together by illegal oaths Will have
a ruinous influence upon the Wing party The love
of Office and the hope of obtaining it, will induce
many active among them to join the Know
to the principles of the party will not band them
selves with men, who for the sheer love of Office,
take oaths against the peace and dignity of the Com
monwealth"
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1855-03-30
isOmbnrdment of Shanghai by the French.
private letter from Shanghai, dated January 1

isombordment of Shanghai by the French.
private letter from Shanghai, dated January /,
says
1--WE have political event of note, except the
declaration of siege of the city of Shanghai by Admit
raj LIE Guerre on the 18th ultimo. The rebels, re-
fusing at the call of the Admiral to destroy battery
they had commenced erecting near the North Gate,
and the land being claimed part Of the French
concession, party of sailors sent on the
ing of the 9th to demolish it. They were fred on
from the city walls and one man mortaly wounded.
The Colbert shortly opened upon the city. des-
troying two joss houses upon the city walls, the
rendezvous of the rebels, and part of their battery
On the 18th party landed and spiked the guns of a
water battery: and on the 3Oh the Jean dare and
Colbert fred and destroyed battery recently
erected the guns Of which were observed to bear
upon the French consulate. The siege is not strictly
kept up, and supplies may easily enter the city from
the western side.
! Thus far the British and American naval officers
have taken no part in this quarrel, limiting their
duties to the protection of the foreign settlements
The French Admiral, expecting to proceed against
the Russians, does not wish to expose his men by an
assault upon the city, and hesitates to lombard the
place account of loss of life and injury innocent
parties. These humane considerations are, however
overlooked by the Chinese. who regard these spas
modic and rifing exhibitions the utmost of French
power. He must ultimately take possession of the
town, which he will probably hand over to the
TmperalisS"
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1855-03-30

The Boston Daily Advertiser pictures, in one frame,
New York IN mourning for her "mighty dead" and
st Petersburg following the auocra of all the Rus.
sias to his grave The irony of the peace is too fine
to irrItate the grained Gohmaites in general,
but some among them, who have emgrated from
New England, VIII appreciate the rich but sombre
waggery OF the following extract
civilian Poole who was thus distinguished in the
moment of his funeral, was horn in April, 1924; we
regret to say we knew not where except that il was
somewhere in America Distinguished in his funeral
o0seques and IN the manner of his death, his lie
has left but little of public record. His dealt was
the consequence of wound which he received on the
18th OF February the last time he was seen in public
HIS last words then, so far they are recorded be-
fore the fatal shot. to have been in keeping
with the tenor of his lfe,-' am damned sorry this
happened here Old man you don't blame me . this
to a bar-keeper.] Hold on here, two bottles. / am
going home
He has gone home. The brilliant funeral process
sion has honored him; and the citizens of New York.
whose obsequies, if they mean anything, pronounce
him the most distinguished of all whom she has lost
tor many years, has been borne to his grave
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1855-03-30

GIVE IT UP.-An old liquor drinker who had been
patronizing one drinking house for the last eight
years, gave this as his for joining the Sons of
Temperance, in the presence OF several persons -
There" said he, pointing to the saloon, is drink
ing establishment that have been trying 10 drink
out for these eight years, and, finding it impossible
have concluded TO withdraw from the field, and try
lake Michigan"
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1855-03-30

OPIUM EATING.-Among the evil practices abroad
toned, both account of its extent, which is much
greater than is general supposed and its perncous
influence. We happened to know, the other day, of
drug store in back street, that had six regular
opium customers, and upon further inquiry, found
that nearly all the second class drug dealers had
less of this sort of customers who are females al
most without exceptionally Y. Paper.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1855-03-30

SENAToR WILSON ON SLAvERY-Gen. Wilson,
the rev U. S. Senator from Massachusetts, every
body thought, did modify his abolition views few
months ago, after his arrival at Washington out this
seems to have been mistake, or else the General has
repented for on Friday evening, in the course of
lecture, IN Boston, he said :-Baltimore Sam
II there is any one here, (said the lecturer with
enphasls) who believes that am capable of modify
ing my sentiments and opinions, cherished by me for
twenty years, either at home or abroad either in pub.
c or IN private, before friends the face Of enc
m!es-l commission him here and now to proclaim it.
Send 1t abroad on the wings OF the wind that I am
committed, fully committed, committed to the fullest
extent IN favor of immediate and unconditional aboi-
zion OF slavery wherever it exists under the auhori-
y OF the constitution of the United S1atesn
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1855-03-30
Mr.. McGowan.-The Standard. of Saturday. saws

Mr.. McGOwan.-The Standard, Of Saturday, says
"Ths gentleman has improved so much that his
friends brought him. on Tuesdny last, on the cars,
from Weldon to his home, in this place. He is still
feeble but is pronounced by his physicians out of
danger. Some times must eapse, however, before
be is entirely restored. His recovery is little less
than miracle. The ball struck him on the jaw
bone, just below his left ear, missing his windppe,
terry. He converses with difficulty, his mouth being
closed from the effects of the wound
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1855-03-30
MayOraIty in Cincinnati.

CINCINNATI, March 24-The Democrats here
have nominated James J. Farren for Mayor of the
city. They passed resolutions denouncing the Know
Nothings and the candidates for the nomination
were required to give assurance that they are not
Know Nothings. The contest between the old line
Democrats and the Know Nothings is getting to be
decidedly warm.
The weather here is very cold
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1855-03-30

NEW YORK PoLIcE.-MIbITARY ORGANIZATIONS
According to statement made by one of the speak
ers at a recent meeting held in New York, to
demonstrate against the proposed change in the
police system, the New York police consists of %
captains, A lieutenanis, SO sergeants, and 1,O11
men, making total of 1l65. Besides the ordinary
duties of the policeman, they are under military
organization and for some two or three hours every
day undergo drill. The companies are formed into
battalions, and there are four battaliens of two
hundred and fifty men each, besides the officers.
When they are banded together they said to
make as large and as striking parade brigade
of the city uniform companies. They are drilled in
the use of the club and it is said that with know
ledge Of that simple weapon one policeman is able to
resist the attacks of four or f7e rufhans, and five
hundred of them, marching in solid column and
under their club drill could put to rout mob of five
thousand men.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1855-03-30

We had the pleasure on Monday last of meeting
our old friend, Mr.. Powell of the Cheraw Gazette,
on the occasion of his first visit to Wilmington. Mr.
Powell is what call clever fellow, spite of lit
tie bitterness now and then in his paper, to which by
the way, we are all subject, or less. The Che
raw and Darlington R. Road, is progressing satisfac-
torily and before many months we will be in Rail-
road communication with that town. Mr.. Powell
thinks that the larger portion of goods shipped from
the North for Cheraw will take this route also of
cotton from Cheraw intended for shipment to the
North. Those who wish to extend their commission
business Cheraw-wards, will find an advertisement
IN the Gazette good investment
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1855-03-30
DEATH OF KHoRsREy

DEATH OF KHoRsREw PAcHA.-Khorsrew Pacha,
who died on the I'd ult was the oldest servant of
the Turkish empire. He had served under five Sui
tans and had filled in succession all the first posts in
the State. He was very vain of having been born in
the same year as Napoleon the Great, Chateaubriand,
the Duke of Wellington, Marshall Soult. Mehemet
Ali, and other remarkable men.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1855-03-30

The Know Nothing organs assert that forty-seven
of the one hundred delegates to the Virginia Know
Nothing Convention at Winchester or had been
Democrats, and yet they cannot produce the names
of even seven Democrats, or former Democrats, who
took part in that conclave The Editor of the Pc
tersburg Intelgencer, an organ of the former Wing
party of Virginia, who. strangely enough, acknow-
lodges that he had seat a delegate in that said
concIave, and appears willing enough TO contradict
the statement of the immense preponderance Of
Wings in attendance as delegates, cannot and dare
n OF make his words good by publishing list of said
delegates, by furnishing the names of any Demo-
Crat who took part. Wherever the delegates can be
traced they are found in all cases 10 have been
Wings We still remain convinced that the state
ment made by US some days since on the authority
of we'll Informed papers in Virginia. to the effect that
the Winchester convention was composed of Wings
with only three exceptions, substantially correct,
and it will take than the unsupported assertion
of such papers as the Richmond Penny Post to change
this opinion, in view Of the overwhelming array OF
facts by which it is supported.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1855-03-30

INDIAN WAR BREw1NG.-The st. Louis Republican
of the 18th, says that the Indians in the neighbor-
give the whites big fight" this spring. They
have been unusually impudent in their stock stealing
operations and the Republican learns from private
correspondence that they certainly preparing for
fierce conflict with the force which government
may send to chastise them for their thets and mur-
ders.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1855-03-30

THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS have been received
here announcing the arrival of the Steamship Atlantic
OF New York Yesterday morning. Her advices con-
tain the confirmation Of the death of the Gar, the
rumour of which was received by the Africa. 1t is
still too soon to ascertain with any certainty the effect
of this great event upon public affairs in Europe. 1t
is generally regarded favourable to peace. Cotton
shows a slight advance.