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Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1855-07-06
IFor the Journal

Ill
MEssRs ED1roRs You will please to suffer me
to trouble your columns with few lines u 1t has re-;
Gently been reported in certain portions of Baden and
Sampson Counties that myself, and every man of the
name had become members of the aea danger
myself, was going it strong against the Democratic
eomnss MI Wns0M therefore there %ss ask of of Yu a the
report and to lei those that started it, and all others
know that have not joined any Of the .sms' nor new;
er expect to as long as | keep my senses: And
want the starter of it to know, and the public gener-
ally, that am not ashamed TO declare whom | will
or shall support for, if live to get 10 the ballot
box | shall vote for Mr.. Winsow, and give him my
influence if have any. AS for the balance of the
name, they may, if they see proper speak fol-
themselves; but, as for myself am bitterly opposed
to the secret party, for do not believe that there is
a, the present, will be. sound plank in the
platform, and for that reason | shall ever shun them
as would plague | do not wish to be membe
of any better political party than the old Nationa
Democratic party, which has ever been the life O
our Union | am, sirs, not a K NJ. slack twist
ed democrat, hut true National Democrat; and an
Very respec fully yours, Sc,
Baden Co., JuIy 2, 1855. W. A. MELVIN.
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Assyrian and BabyIonian Remains.

Col. Rawlinson has arrived in London from Bag
dad, having brought to close the excavations in AS
syria and Babylonia which he has been superintend-
ing Tor the last three years behalf of the trustees
of the British Museum. The results of these exca-
yatlons have already in part reached the Museum,
but the most valuable portions of them arc still in
transit One hundred and fifty cases. containing
sculptures, inscribed tablets, terra Gotta cylinders
and very large collection of small objects of As.
syrian art, were recently unpacked at the Museum
One perfect obesk and the fragment of a second
are the only objects of this collection which have
been yet exhibited to the public in the Assyran gal.
ery; but the inscribed tablets which amount in mum.
Der, we Relieve to at least TO- 0OO the two fine CYL
nders from Klleh Shergat, and all the smaller relics
which, tor better security, deposited in closed ca
ses, can be examined by the curious.
collection of almost equal extent and of create,
value-inasmuch as the sculptures belong to the chi
mnatng period of Assyrian art, and are infinitely
superior to those which form the present Nineyei
gallery at the Museum-was shipped last month al
bussorah, and may be expected to reach the Thame:
IN August or September; while third or supple
mental collection, composed of select specimens tn,
masterpieces of Assyrian art which were disnterref
from the new palace at Nineveh during the mast au
tumn and winter, is about to be brought to Europe
virtue OF an arrangement concluded between Col
RaWhnson and M. Place, on board the Manual. ;
vessel which was sent out by the French Govern
ment Tor the purpose of bringing home the coec
tons OF NJ. Place and M Fresnel
| COL Rawlnson has further brought with him over
land single small case, containing, among other rel
les of especial interest the Nebuchadnezzar cylnder
which he obtained from Birs Nimrup in the autum,
of last year. and those still more valuable cylinder
OF Nabonldus, the last king of Babylon which re
cord the name of that monarch's eldest son. Belsha
rezer' the Belshazzar OF Daniel.-London -4thenGum
Net amount in the United States Treasury subiec
! to draft, on the 18th ult., $1S,4sS.712.
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[For the Journal
MEssRs EDITORS For some weeks after the
nomination OF Mr.. Wlnslow by the Clinton Conven-
tion the Democrats i'll my District and in other por-
tons OF the county, were hard up and twisted round
the wrong way i'll favor of Mr. Reid, the great Office
seeker and candidate of the dangerous secret sect
Know-N ohngs Mr. Reid was lauded to the skies,
and Mr. Winslow cried down. But, sirs take great
pleasure in saying to you that the thing has changed
about; and, just as | predicted, so it will be- The
Know Nohing, office seeking, slack-twisted Demo.
crat, Mr Reid, Is losing ground fast This trial will
fix him, yea, kill him politically dead and Joy 90
with him.
Yes, above stated, he is losing ground fast, but
not fast he will at the ballot box on the FIRST
THURSDAY in August next.
| Old Bladen is wide awake She shuns the K. N IS
as she would plague, pestilence famine although
1t Is true that there few clubs of the corruptng
order IN the county. gotten up by some person that
had better been preaching the Gospel of Christ than
that OF Know Nothngism. The K ~ candidate,
Mr. Reid, need not count on old Bladen, nor his K
N. friends tor him, for if he does or they do for him.
they will be as much deceived as Mr.. Wises oppo.
nents were IN the Virginia election. This am GER
tain Of so far old BIaden is concerned Bless the
old county, she is full of Democracy, but not of
Know Nothingism. She is no friend to anv of the
newfanged isms of the day. and is possessed of but
very few KnowNothings, and that few, they do say,
hold their meetings at late hour of the night in
some old grave-yards or among the wild beasts OF
the forest in the woods. That shows the openness
of their game and the immense dependence they
place upon their principles they are afraid to
come out and act openly.
Messls. Editors, before closing would just say to
you that l heard Know Nothing say few days
ago. at my own house, that he would not support the
J K N. Candidate, (Mr. Reid) | think we will have
few more talk the same way before the day of elee
ton, like TO hear that sort of talk.
l close by wishing Mr. Winsow great success
and an overwhelming majority, and am,
Very Respectfully yours
A BLADEN DEMOCRAT.
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BLEss1NG.-We are pleased to chronicle the dis
appearance from our streetconers of the triangular,
spotted striped streaked and ring,aled pieces of pa
ner that nsea - call the sons of Sam to meet in SOL
emn conclave. lns.ead, we find notice in the Will
minston Herald of Friday last, which summons the
K MS under an assumed name, to meet at the old
Council Room" We thought that the obligation o.
secresy was taken off in regard to the place OF meet
ing. Thew are not much more emancpated than they
used to be. We suppose it is in the same ware
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DIabOlical Outrage

An attempt made Tuesday last, between
Concord and Charottee to throw the passenger cars
on the Central Railroad off the track, as they
coming down. Some villain had placed cross-tie
and a fence rail on the track at point where the
Road curves, the Engineer could not see them
in time to stop.
1t was at very dangerous position, and great
damage would have ensued had the rascal succeeded
in throwing the Train off. Fortunately the Cow
catcher removed the obstruction, and the Train pas
sed AS the freight Train had just passed down,
it was evident that it had just been done.
The Conductor and several gentlemen made pur-
suit, and tracked negro (for the track was that of a
negro,) to the woods, where the footprints no
longer visible In adjoining field they saw two
negroes who, they saw the party. ran
away. Two men were sent with instructions to ar
rest them, but whether they did not we have not
yet heard.
The punishment for offence so heinous and cold
blooded should be capital felony. Until some terri
bic punishment is meted out as an example, these
things will continue to occur until our community
will be shocked by some dreadful catastrophe.
Charlotte /" Democrat
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Free-Masons In Turkeu

Although Free-masonry has for more ,h.-
years been generally supposed to exist .no an thirty
Mohammedans, and traces of it were tonnd ng the
key by the Russian officers after the canoa IN Tur
1922 yet they were too slight to prove tba eagn Of
it is only within the last few years tina, il w. and
factoriy demonstrated by German E~aN Sats,
CHANGING to pass through Belgrade wbera bs mason
cred Masonic Lodge, to which he was IVY ne uscOp.
where he received hospitable reception ftea and
now to be proved beyond all doubt that ~ appears
brothers who exercise the Masonic duties ~ iukish
name of Dervishes are to all intents and 0uer The
the same as our own order of Freemasons PURPOSES
very little difference in the customs and win but
and making use of exactly the same sip rU,S'lOnes
and grips TO recognize each other Tba words,
Free-masons appear to be in more elevatoa luFkih
civilization than is usual among the Orentaa' ae Of
ally; their views of religion are far biobets e1e
those imposed by lslamism; they reject nn Than
contenting themselves with one single VIZ Esooysamy
the Masonic banquets the women appeared r ana at
striking proof of the mutual confidence ttbhSeed
sonic brethren repose in each other vic Ma
The Belgrade Lodge called Alikotscb, ia an,
of about seventy members The Master Of Nv iPCe
whose name is DIAM Ismael Tshoak Mshamoo5L 0dgs
is at the same time Grand Master of all the ~ eede
European Turkey, and is directly conncctot
those of the whole Ottoman Empire Araha o WIN all
STA, in which latter the Free-masons amonnt u Fer
than fifty THOUSAND members In Constaow.. more
there no less than nine lodges, the most MN PIE
Gus and important of which is that of the dbuer
dervishes called Sirkedsbi Teckar. The TT nr.
Freemasons wear symbol of brotherhood l. .Sh
small brown shawl embroidered with mvst;o OeSae
ures fiat polished twelvecornered piece Of mI
marble, with reddish brown spots, about two M "Is
in diameter, suspended by white slken cord aS
the neck. These spots represent the dops Of Noa9a
and symbolic of the death of Ali, the oupjs' u
the order in Turkey, who was barbarousy nn VI
death by the then Sultan, for refusing to reveal 10
secrets. The aforementioned DIAM Ismael G,. as
Master Of the Lodge of Belgrade a venerable Turk
of baldwin under the Limeree," at Lepsjc savss
r members of which lodge have received jinIom'ss
from the Alikotsch, at Belgrade. F.'ua
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FRO" Salt Like.

INDEPENDENCE June 29.--The Salt Lake mail for
May and June arrived here last night. The mail
party reports the Indians around the Black
Hills, and that they were much alarmed on account
of the movements of the United States troops and
DESTROYS of peace. They propose to give up the
murderers of the mail party last fall.
The reports of so many persons having been killed
by the Indians are all mere fabrications.
The cholera had broken out among the Mormon
tribes
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The annual meeting of the stockholders OF this
Road will he held in the town of Greensboro the
ID Thursday the 18th day of July next We under
stand that there will be meeting of the Directory
on the 9th of July.
We learn that the work this great enterprise is
progressing with all possible despatch. On the east
ern end, the running daily to Mebanesvilie
30 miles east of Greensboro, and 100 miles west of
Goldsboro On the western end the cars, if not now,
will in few days be running to Lexington, IS miles
west of Greensboro, ard & miles east of Charlotte
making 1852 miles of the road now in use, leaving
some 60 miles yet to finish and portion of that but
little TO do, except to lay down the iron We further
learn that sufciency of iron to complete the whole
road has been purchased, and that there will be no
delay in lis reception. Everything, so ia, can
learn, gives assurance of the speedy completion of the
work. and the realization of the ondest antcpatons
of its friends and the glory of the Old North State
Greensboro Patriot.
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DEFINING HIS ros1TIoN.--Ex-Gov. Johnston d
Pennsylvania, writes TO the New York THbunS
warmly denying that at the Know-Nothing Grant
Council he voted for the pro-Slavery Platform there
adopted. He says:
&c did not vote for said Platform, and do not ID
tend to do SO hereafter l opposed it in ConVent'a
spoke against it's adoption in the Convention, Pr
tested against it, and refused all corporation TIa
any National Organization that recognised or adOI'
ed ii. am no,U what | have heen-a firm and cOF
sistent opponent of slavery extension"
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o. correspondent of the Philadelphia Ledger,
who has been lately travelling through the Weste IN
part of North Carolina, speaks very encouragngly
of the crops in that section.
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o. Received from Mr.. Whitaker, Harper's Maya
zlne Tor July John Paul Jones,"" Taylor's Bat
Ties IN Mexico" Beau Brummel," The Newcomes' -
etc. are illustrated and quite profusely So per an
num; IS cents per number.
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THE POSTMASTER GENERAL has issued the loIW'
ing instructions in regard to printed circulars; !,
Enclosing circulars or other printed matter IN enS
opes upon which is printed, impressed or written
name, &c, of the person or persons issuing suCl %
cular, is decided by the Postmaster General mol y.
ly to subject the entire package TO letter postage
cordng TO the express requirements of the Ss tI,
1852, but that such postage must be prepaid to gun
the package to be mailed If unpaid, being unas, u
law treated as letters, they are, of course, TsuD
to the dead letter Office.
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From Havana.

New ORLEANS, June 2S.-The steamer Crescent
City from Havana, with dates 10 the Goth, arrived
here to Day. Her news is unimportant Sugars
were firm with upward tendency. Freights were
shade lower, 4a1l-16.
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Opposltlon to Col. Ruain.

We understand that Thomas J. Latham, Esq, of
Beaufort County, has been nominated as the Know
Nothing Candidate in the Second District in OPPOSE
ton to Col. Ruffn.
MIR. Latham, personally is very good sort of man.
but, politically belongs to the order of sore-heads-
With view of fOrestalling the action of the ncom-
ing administration the former whig post master at
Washington, N. c knowing that he would be turn
ed out by the Democrats resigned his Office into the
hands of the wing administration and got MIR. La
than then Democrat, appointed in his place, the
object being either to compel the incoming admins
tration to retain wing appointee or submit to the
unpleasant alternative of turning out those who had
passed as its own friends. We were sorry that Mr..
Latham had lent himself to any such arrangement,
but felt it our duty to urge his removal which we
considered due to the self respect of the post master
General. Mr.. Latham was removed, and has since
been sore-very sore indeed, although his own fol-
~ only to blame. He would not trust his own
party, but must make bargain with the opposite
thinking it to be very smart perhaps 1t was-a III
to smart in fact.
Mr. Latham will do little or nothing against Col
Rufin. What he does do will be to his own injury
for which we are sorry, for upon the whole though
sore headed and wrong -headed-though the motives
of his political inconsistencies and fooishnesses are
patent-though by no means the equal in ability Of
COL Rufin, still he has after all, good qualities as
man. and therefore we the more regret the perver
sion of these qualities under the influence OF disap
pointment or bad advise, or both
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Mr. STEPHENS AND THE DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM
We have frequently heard the statement unblush.
ingly made that Mr.. Stephens will not endorse the
democratic platform. The following extract from a
report of his speech recently made in Sparta we clip
from the Federal (Ga) Union. II will be seen he
gives it an unqualified approval:
MIR. Stephens, in alluson TO the democratic plat
form, we understand referred to it in terms of high
admiration, and said he stood upon it, and carry him
where it might, he would be found with its princi
pies He also eulogized the forty-four northern Ne
braska democrats of Congress, aud called upon all t.
give them the most efficient support for their noble
stand for the constitution and the rights of she peo
pie under it,
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A Pleasant Country for a Nervous M,r


A Texas correspondent of an Eastern parar A.,
cribes the domestic products of that favored land
glowing terms. If the half of his account is trna y
must be pleasant place for a nervous man:
g he cattle are not the sole occupants of tho ~,
re by any means. Droves of wild horses are not nm
frequent and deer are in countless numbers II.
small brown wolf or cayeute is quite common, and
you occasionally get glimpse of his large baE
brother. But Texas is the paradise of reptiles ani
creeping things. Rattle and moccasin snakes are IN
numerous even TO shake stick at the bite of tbeE
mel is easily cured by drinking raw whiskey III i
produces complete intOXcaton; but for the latte,
there is no cure. The tarantula is pleasant ipsin
ton to get into quarrel with. He is spider with
body about the size of hens egg, and legs five Or
six inches long, and covered with long coarse black
hair He lies in the cattle tracks, and if you see him
move out of his path, his bite is absolutely certain
death, and he never gets out of any ones way, b
can jump eight or ten feet to infict his deadly bite
Then there is the centipede, furnished with an uD
limited number of legs, each leg armed with claw
and each claw inficting separate wound Ii be
walks over you at night, you will ha We cause to re-
member him for many months to come, as the wound
is of particularly poisonous nature and is very dr.
fcut TO heal. The singing lizard is lesser evil
the sensation of its wound being likened to the ay
plication of red-hot iron to the person; but one
too thankful to escape with life to consider these les
ser evils any annoyances. But the insects flying
creeping, jumping, running, digging, buzzing, sting
ing, they are everywhere Ask for cup of water,
and the rejoinder in our camp is, " Will you have it
with bug or without?" The horned-frog is oned
the greatest curioses here, and is perfectly harmless
Ii has none of the cold shiny qualities of his northern
brother, but is frequently made pet Of Channel
ons are innumerabe, hurting the prairie in every
direction with inconceivable swiftness and undegGH.
their peculiar changing of color corresponding the
color of the object under which they may be- The
woods the banks of the bayous are perfectly alive
with mocking-bird singing most beautifully and
feathared game is abundant and very tame, as it is
scarcely sought after. The only varieties that
have are the quail, partridge, snipe, maIai
plover, and prairie. hem
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o. From Messrs. Leonard Scott & Co., 70 Fulton
Street, New York, we have Blackwood for June. II
appears to be quite interesting number. Black.
wood and the four Reviews, ten dollars.
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A RESTLESS WoMAN-Madame George Sand or
Dudevant, in the last feuizleton of her life in La
Presse, gives amusing account of her deceased
mother who had hatred of repose
'She would buy for instance bonnet, because
she thought it charming The evening OF the day
she bought it she would find it hideous-take off the
ribbons, and then the owers-take out the lace, and
change the arrangement with readiness and TASTE
Her bonnet would please her all the next day. BIT
the day after there must be another radical reform
and so on, for eight days, until the unlucky
bonnet, always in stale of metamorphoss, became
totally Indifferent TO her. Then she would wear it
with the utmost dsdain, protesting that she did not
care what she put on-t the fancy should seize her
to buy another bonnet! Her black hair was
still very fine. She got tired of being brunette,
and put on blonde-wig; yet by SO doing she could
not manage to disfigure herself. She took fancy
for herself blonde for awhile, then she abused
herself for being faxen, and chose to be bright
chesnut Presently she returned to ashy pale locks
then went back to her mellow black hair
and this to such purpose that saw her with differ
ent hair for every day in the week. This childish
frlvolty did not exclude laborous occupations and
very minute domestic cares. She had her own de-
lights of imagnations, and would read the romances
of NJ dArlincourt with positive frenZy--far into the
night--but that did not hinder her from being ast
at six in the morning, TO begin anew her toilettes
her excursions. her needlework, her merrment, he
despair, and her fits of passion"
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relates 10 the matter which was the subject OIL OIL
leading article yesterday
An9,sSementS.
CRYSTAL PALACE STATUARY IMMQRTALIzEl
~ Did you read the Tribune yesterday Horace Greedy
in prison in Paris What for Because piece Of Stau
airy sent for exhibition in the Crystal Palace has not been
returned. True. is still there 1t has been admired BY
thousands-it visited by crowds yesterday is nov
historical For it Horace Greedy sent to prison 10
it crowds focked to the Palace yesterday THOUSANDS
will 60 to see before it is too late 1t will be sent back
France as as the order from the arrives.
The Palace is still open-June %
SAMUEL BREVOOT, Acting Superintendent
Poor M. Lechesne's unfortunate spasm, for the Le
covery of his property, which he sent here under l?
promise that it should be returned to him free o.
charge, is made by the ingenuity of Mr. Brevoor
result in adding to the attractions Of the Exhibitor
and TO increase its receipts.
Would il not be we'll TO make an estimate Of tb
amount received from the " Thousands who hs0
been awakened to admire" and the crowds
''visit" the statue since Mr.. Greeley's imprsn
ment, and set this sum apart fund for retu1n
the statue to the owner, free of expense, in accr
ance with the promise ?-BOston Advert1Ser.
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short settlements make long Friends

"ShOrt Settlements make long Friends
Is one of those old sayings the correctness of which
even I" young America " cannot dispute. We notice
from advertising columns that our merchants and
others calling upon their customers for settle
OF their accounts, and announce the adop-
ton by them of rule that no bills will be allowed
to longer than thirty days, or some other short
time. Perhaps it would be better if some such rule
were universal and imperative. Most Of us would
find ourselves better off at the end Of the year.
Now, while everybody else is having something to
say we feel like taking advantage of the license Of
the occasion, and saying something too. We are nc
exception to the common rule. We want money
we want it badly. We would remind friends anc
atrons that our terms for advertising subscription
are for advance payments in all cases, and that jot
work is payable delivery. To meet the heavy ex
penses incurred in carrying publication like thu
Journal, it is essential to safety and inter
ests that terms should be strictly complied with
All yearly advertisements understood, and will
be expected TO be payable in advance.
We will always take great pleasure in waiting Oh
our friends, and giving them receipts for their bills
Our books always ready for settlement.