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NEW STORE.-AT THE OLD STAND OF Job OH
~ PRIMROSE, Fayetteville street, just above ~
Market House. :, clo.
The subscriber has opened full stock of Dry Goots
thing Jewery Groceries, and general assortment OF
thing usually kept in City Store, which he will md
wholesale retail at cost He determined TO se
must will Sc and those in of goods or he.
get bargains. Call soon, and give ME trS'
fore you buy elsewhere oor1o ss.
Raleigh, Feb Q, 1855, N-
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CHAP CXCV-An Act authorize the State of Illinois to
select the residue of the Lands to which is entitled
under the act of second of March, eighteen hundred and
twentyseven granting Land to aid that State in opening
Canal to connect the waters of the Illinois River WITH
those of Lake Michigan.
snacted By the Senate Und Of Rsoresenativs.
Of tho United States of America in Congress assembled That
the Governor of the State of Illinois hereby authorized to
to be selected the balance land to which that
State entitled under the provisions act of the
ond Of March hundred and twenty seveu granting
land TO aid that State in opening canal the wa
ters OF the Illinois River with those Lake Ncon
Of any Of the unsod public land 10 the State subject pr
not claimed by presumption the quantity be
upon the principles which governed the final adjustment of
the grant To the State of Indiana for Wabash and
Canal under the provisions of the act Of Congress
ins nmto OF NAY, eighteen huadred and tortyeight[
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a T COST, MEMS AND BOYS CLOTH CAPS EEA
"A dy made clothing, small lot of Cirpeting, &c.
Call and take u look
Next door 10 X. Smiths
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Char CXCvIAn Act to amend the provisions of the IF
tysx.h section of the act entitled An Act to Regulate
the Collection of Duties Imports and Tonnage appro-
second day of March, thousand seven hu dred
and ninety-nine.
Be- il enacted 6y the Senate and House Of Representatives
of United States Of Anerica en- Congress assembled That
whenever merchandise shall hereafter be imported any
port of the Uuted States any foreign country
sells propelled in whole n part by steam and it shall
pear bills of udng that the merchandise so imported
delivered Immediately after the of the vessel
it shall be lawful for the collector of such port to take pos
session merchandise and deposit the in bon
warehouse and whenever it shall not appear by me
bills adng that the merchandise imported aforesaid
Immediately delivered it shall be lawful for the Col
the Customs to take possession OF the same ana
deposit i'll bonded warehouse at the request OF the
en- consgnec of the vessel three days notice
collector after the entry of the vessel and I'LL acts
parts with the foregoing PROVISIONS
are hereby repealed
APPROVED, August g. 1851
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STRAYED.--FROMT THE SUBSCRIBER, ON sly.
- day last, Middle Greek, Wake Co., from the h 6
OF John Jones' bay Mare nine ten years old nr me
eye out and white spot the eft side of the neck sun
white hairs her rump liberal reward will be g is
to any one who will inform me, by letter oiheMb
where the above described Address at kaes
JOHN JONES.
March 1s55 29-Stpd
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ID EPORT CORRECTED.--In consequence Oh
- proposals made to the last FAR at Raleigh .,
Dr. VIM. X. Holt, of Lexington report has been c'Icu
lated that will stand my horse SARFEDON at that place
the ensuing spring. w"ud inform those interested luz
he will remain at my stable this Those dess
further information val. please address me Wilton Crap
vile county, and bill will be them giving SIZE Pso
gree, &c. WM. E. WYCHt.
Feb IA, 1855. 23-w7t
s3y- Spirit of the Age COPY
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CHAP. CCXXXVII.-An Act making Appropriations for
Qualifications and other works of defence and repairs
of barracks and quarters for the ending the hireth
of June, one thousand eight hundred and hfty-fve.
BE enacted By the Senate ami ouss Of Representatives.
Of the United States of america Congress assembled That
the following be- and they hereby appropriated
to be paid out of in the treasury otherwise
appropriated for the construction preservation and repairs
of certain furtcaton barracks and quarters for the
ending the thrteth Of june thousand eight hundred
and ffty-fve:
For Fort Montgomery outlet of Lake Champain New
York, fifteen thousand dollars
For Fort Knox, at Narrows of Penobscot River Maine
twenty thousand dollars
For Fort Warren the Narrows Boston Harbor Massa-
chusetts thirty thousand dollars
For Fort Adams and quarters entrance to Naraganse
Roads, Rhode Island, fifteen thousand dollars
For Fort Schuyler Long Island Sound New
York. fifteen thousand dollars
For Fort Richmond, at the Narrows New York Harbor
sixty thousand dollars
For Fort Delaware, Delaware Rives Delaware, fifty thou
For Fort Carroll, Baltimore Harbor lffty
sand dollars
For Fort Monroe entrance Hampton Roads, Virginia
twenty thousand dollars
For Fort Sumpter Charleston Harbor, South Carolina
twenty thousand dollars
For Fort Clnch entrance Cumberland Sound twenty
five thousand dollars
For Fort Barancas and Barracks Pensacola Harbor
Thousand dollars .ssl
For Fort MRee Pensacola Harbor and preservation
the site ten thousand dollars
For Fort Taylor. Key West Florida seventy-fve
sand dollars
For Fort Jefferson Torugas Florida fifty thousand dol.
For forKhcatOns atAcatras Island San Frspcsee Bay,
CalnosniAs :ol& ANa1neas fhoos1ad delarg =
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1855-10-26
Scenes IN the Hospital of Seba.topol.

The correspondent OF the London Times
gives the following revolving picture OF the
spectacle pre- sented to his eyes, when he
visited the hospital OF Sebastorol, immediate
ly after it was occupied by the Allies;
of all the pictures Of the horrors of war
which luyr ever been presented to the world
the hospital Of Sebastopol present. the most
horrible, heartrending and revolving. 1t can
not be described, and the Imagination Of "a
Fuseli could not conceive anything at all like
unto it. How the poor human body can be
mutildted and yet hold its sou within, when
every limb is shattered, and every vein and
artery is pouring out the life stream, one
might study here at every step, and at the
same time wonder how little will kill The
building used as an hospital is one Of the
noble pile inside the dockyard wall, and is
situated in the centre of the row at right
angles to the line of the Redan. The whole
row was peculiarly exposed TO the action Of
shot and shell bounding over the Rcdin, and
to the missiles directed MT the BIrrack Bat
terry, and bears In sides, roof, windows and
doors, frequent and distinctive proofs of the
severity oi the cannonade.
Entering one Of these doors | beheld such
q sight az icw men, thank God have ever
witnessed In long low room, supported
by square pillars, urched ut the top, and
dlny llShted through shattered and un-
glazed window frames, lay the wounded Rus
slams, who had been abandoned to our mer-
cies by their General. The wounded, did |
say No, bat the dead, the rotten and fes-
tcrlng corpses Of the soldiers, who were left
to die IN their extreme agony, untended, un-
cared for, packed as close as they could be
slowed some ON the floor, others on wretched
tressels and bedsteads or pallets Of straw,
sopped and saturated with blood, which oozod
ana trickled through upon the floor, mingled
with the droppinss Of corruption. With the
roar ot exploding tortresses in their ears
with shells and shot pouring through the
root and sides OF the room in which they lay
with the cracking and Kissing of fire around
them, these poor fellows, who had served
their loving friend aud master the Car but
too well, were consigned to their terrible
fate.
Many might have been saved by ordinary
care. Many lay, yet alive, with mlggott
crawling about in their wounds. Many
nearly mad by the scene around them, OF
seeking escape from it in their extreme agony
had rolled away under the beds, and glared
out on the heart-stricken spectator, oh with
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1855-10-26
VSouTnERN CHIvALRr.-Mr. Henry Wise,

VSouTHERN CHIvALRr.-Mr. Henry Wise,
Governor elect of Virginia, was recently re
spectfully invited, AS wero other distin-
guished men, a number Of whom have accepted
to deliver one Of the course of Lectures on
Slavery, in Boston the coming winter. He
returned very uncivil reply to the Com
mittee, the general tone of which may be
gathered from the following extracts:
Now gentlemen. desire to pay you due
respect, yet you compel Inc to be very plain
with you, and to say that your request, in
every sense, is insulting and offensive to me
What subject Of slavery have you "initiated"
lectures upon ! cannot conceal it to myself
that you have undertaken, In Boston to DIS
cuss and 10 decide uhether my property, in
Virginia ought to remain mine not, or
whether it shall he allowed the protection of
laws. federal and State, wherever it may be
carried or may escape in the United States {:
or whether it shall be destroyed by higher
law than constitutions and statutes
You offer lone hundred and fifty dollars to
be paid t) the lecturer he bearing his own
expenses" Let me tell you that fremont
| Temple cannot hold wealth enough to pur-
| chase one word of discussion from me there,
whether mine, here, shall be mine or not {.
and without price, to suppress any insurrec-
tion ,nnd repel any invasion, which threatens
or endangeIs the State rights Of Virginia.
In short, gentlemen, will not deliver one
of the lectures of the course on slavery at
the fremont Temple, in Boston, on Thursday
evening, January 10th, 1856; and there will
be no Thursday evening between the middle
| of December and the middle of March next,
OF between that and doomsddy, which will
! best accommodate me, for that purpose.
! give you an immediate answer, and at my
! earliest convenience, indicate to you that
"the particular phase Of the subject" that
will present is, deliberately TO FIGHT If WE
| MUST
Mr. Wise's display Of courage in volun-
teering to repel "invasion,' strikes us q,
slightly superauous. "Insurrection" he may
be called upon to suppression his own
plantation ; but the only approach to an in.
vasion of any State or State rights. actual OF
in prospect, tina. we are aware Of, is the con-
tinued invasion of KanEas by the slavehold-
ing residents of Missouri, and the invasion
of the rights of the Free States, by the men
who repealed the Missouri Compromise and
hold Passmore Williamson in prison :-oi
such invasons Mr.. Wise is an active abettor
But even if Virginia were actually inva
ded, we fear Mr. Wise would show clear
pair of heels for the bully is almost alway,
a coward.
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tcoRRrsPoSpEscr or rhH yREs PRrss.l
Letter from Oregon.
FoRrsr GRovE, Washington Co. Oregon.
August 5th, 1883.

FoREsr GROVE, Warrington Co. oregon,
August 5th, 1858.
The country is Just now alive with excitement.
The minn have "broke QUITO use the common
phrase--in Eastern Oregon In the neighborhood Of
Fort Colvile. The gold fever from which the couD.
try was recovering. seems likely to rage with great
violence. The young men are leaving or getting
ready to leave on every eide. What may be the
truth of the rumors am little doubtful. Well
Fargo 4 Co. sent m express agent up to ascc rtan
He however, returned without any definite intelli
e,hnving been deferred, by fear of the Indians,
from visiting the diggine,. He seemed fatshed
from rome cause that there uds gold herc, md III al
tho indians would he hostile to the miner. Hare
ports do not seem to have discouraged in the least
any from going. But thero is good reason to be-
licvo, that til re will be blood shed before the gold
is found. Whether the mines prove rich or not,
the belief In their rchnesS Is such that there will
be 5000 mon there, within three months, and by
their mean. the country will be opened and settled,
so that IL is certain that results of some impor-
tsnce, to the future Of Oregon will follow.
The country East Of the Cascades 10 Of a va.
ried character, come portions are excellent for
farming purposes, and others mountainous and
country. and will ere long be a thckly settled as
the Willamette Valley.
The people East wish to be organized int a
separate territory. The natural divisions of the
country, together with somewhat differing inter =
est, makes probable that there will be a cluster Of
hnlfa dozen states nude out of Oregon and Wash :
ington. There will be a resolution Of the nebuac
within short time to the increase Of the States
Of our Union, hope. A large number Of States
would give to this region a much greatre influence
than one large and al-incusivc state could have.
l hope we may have such Influences as shall make
the great and powerful states, that are within a
very few years TO make themselves felt for better
or worse in the aft airs Of tho world, what they
ought to be.
We need an infusion Of New England-of young
men of fvirtue, enterprise, and industry can see
no supply for our radical wants elsewhere. I have
this spring feared that slavery might yet be posi-
BILE in Oregon, but hope not We want teachers
here. Two three might do we'll at different
points. Yours DC, VI.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1855-10-26

MK. ELI F. BENJAMIN, about seventy years
ofage. committed suicide at Utica n. Y. on
Sunday last, by taking poison, For more
than year past he had been deluded by spir-
tualism, and he committed suicide under the
idea that he would Immediately rejoin his
deceased wife and child,
AK ungallant youth aged seven ecent
ly undertook in Utica to drown little girl
of three. That young gentleman will be
heard of again. No pent-up Utica can con-
tract his powers
-tkAoNEST IRON LOVE LITrn-
DOUBTFUL CONTINENT Howl wish, nv
dear Adelina, my engagements would permit
me TO leave town and 60 to see you Il
would be like visiting some old ru,s, hal
lowed by time. and fraught with q thousand
pleasing recollectious :"
a GESrLrsAs was reading from a
paper that Mrs. Bsrrows was to appear at
the Boston theatre, as Lady Gay Spanker.-
A little girl Of the family, who did not exact
ly hear Alright, with much simplicity inqur.
cd II Lady Gay wouid do il before oil tie
folks.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1855-10-26

such looks Many with legs and arms broken
and twisted. the jagged splinters striking
through the raw flesh, implored aid, water,
food, or pity, or, deprived of speech by the
approach Of death, or by dreadful injuries in
the head or trunk, pointed to the lethal SPOT.
Many seemed bent alone on making their
peace with Heaven The attitudes of some
were so hdcously fantastic as to appal and
root one to the ground by sort of dreadful
fascination. Could that bloody mass of
clothing and white bones ever have been q
human being. or that burnt black mass of
flesh have ever had II human soul1 1t was
fearful to think what the answer must be.
Tue bodies Of numbers of men were swollen
and bloated to an incredible degree. and the
features distended to u gigantic size, with
eyes rr0truding from the sockets, and the
hackoncd tongue loiling out of the mouth -.
compressed iightly by the teeth, which had
set upon it in the death rattle, made one
shuddcr and rr'l round. In the midst of o c
of these chambers OF horrors -- for there
were many of thcm---were found some dead
and some living English soldiers, and among
them poor Captain Vaughan, of the goth. who
has since succumhed to his wounds. con-
less 1t WAS impossible for me to stand the
sight, which horrihed our most exncrienced
surgeons; the deadly, clammy stencil, the
smell of gangrcned wounds, of rrupted
blood, Of rotting fcsh was intolerable and
odious beyond endurance.
But what must have the wounded felt who
were obliged to endure all this, and who
passed away without n hand to give them a
cup of water. u voice to say one kindly word
to them Most of these men were wounded
on Saturday-mlny perhaps on the Friday
beiore-ndeed it is impossible to say how
long they might have been there. In the
hurry OF their retreat the Muscoyites seem
to have carried in dead men to get them out
OF the way, and to have put them upon pal
let's in horrd mockery. So that their retreat
was secured, the enemy cared little for their
wounded. On Monday only did they receive
those whom Hc sent out to them during a
brief armistice for the purpose, which was. |
believe, sought by ourselves. as our over
crowded hospitals could not cont lin, and our
over-worked surgeons could not attend to any
more.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1855-10-26
Religious Intelligence.

The South Congregational Church and
Society in St. Johnsbury have called Mr..
George N. webber, q graduate of tho
Andover Theological Seminary, to become
their Pastor. lie has accepted.
A revival of religion Is now progressing at
Newbury among the Students In the Seminary
and others. The Aurora states that about
forty persons have manifested wish to be-
come Christians.
Much indignation isa present felt in
Chicago, among the Roman Catholics and
especially those belonging to the church OF st.
Louis at the course Of the Bishop, in deposing
Its pastor from his position, expelling him
from the church, and appointing in his stead
an Irish Priest who cannot speak q word of
French, though the congregation is almost
exclusively French.
The Catholic Herald, of Philadelphia,
regrets the decrease of Catholic priests in this
country. Very few now como from Ireland,
and the priesthood is one of the last pursuits
which Catholic parents in America desire for
their children.
Congregational singing has been introduced
in DR.. Ale1ander's church, Fifth avenue,
New York. The choir has been dismissed
and the fine organ removed so as to face the
people. gentleman stands at the side Of
the minister, to lead the singing of the old
tunes, which are exclusively sung.
A young preacher of the Methodist persua-
tion is said to be creating as much excitement
in London now as Irving did some years ago,
and as Whitefeld did long before his time
His name is Spurgen, and his age scarcely 90
years. His eloquence is described as most
extraordinary-overwhelning with its force
and briliancy; and his voice has the character
istics which Whitefed's is said to have pos
sesscd-a ringing tone, and capable of being
heard by an assemblage of 10000 persons.
The Archbishop of Dublin christened the
Rev. Philip Pusey, DR.. Charon. Some of
his clergy we're quoting the fact of the OK
ford Professor continuing in the Church as u
proof of his soundness. " Nonsense" said
the Archbishop. :" k low Pusey. He is the
Charon Of Perversion, and will not quit the
boat as long as there is one left in the Church
that he can ferry over to Popery. He plies
the oar between England and Rome"
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1855-10-26
y.,u,,r,,'rtions in Hawaii.

A correspondent of the Honon." f0fVne-
sian gives an interesting account Of the re-
cent volcanic eruption,
Tho old orator of Klauca is very active,
its whole surface being covered with immense
smoke and steam holes. or cones, which ap-
pear in the night like great fires Fifty or
sixty of these lights were counted on the
evening of the Sth Of August In the south
westerly portion of the crater is n lava lake
some three miles in circumference, boiling
and raging furiously. From its surface the
liquid lava is continually ietted up to thirty
or fifty feet. its color blood-red 1t makes a
peculiar sllashing, dead. heavy sound, some
thing lik : yet very unlike, the breaking of
the surf on the shore \ very fine view of
this lake is obtained from the banks above
it. From this point the sight of the great
crater is truly grand, gloomy and pecu-
liar.
On the night of the llth August, a new
eruption or u new volcano made its appear
ance near the summit of Mauna Loa. Its To-
cation is to the right of the old volcano of
Kiltuea some twenty or thirty miles, and is
at an elevation of eight or nine thousand feet
above it. Within half an hour of its first
appearance. the whole mountain top lighted
up as if great city was burning upon it -
! X 80 continued during tne night OF the lltn ,
but was not seen again until the Tuesday
| (l4th) following, when the outpouring of ths
lava could he seen, and river of it traced
down the mountain side to the right, for ten
miles more, till it was lost in the valley
which lies between Mauni Loa and Mauna
| Kca. The appearance of this new volcano
as seen from llilo, was very beautiful. Nesu-
| vius never shown more brilliantly, or af-
forded u grander pyrotechnic display.
/ On the 18th August, at near - NJ, another
eruption was witnessed on the plain about
| equi distant from Msuna Loa and Mauna
kea, and at a point where one was never be-
/ fore known. 1t was seen by several persons
/ in llilo, who rcpres 'nted Its appearance like
/ that of the vielont urheaviug Of fifteen acres
/ of earth and rock, two hundred feet in
height, followed by II large volume of lava
Its distance is represented as about 2S miles
from llilo. In the night this new volcano
gave out strong, lurid light and was appa.
rently casting up lava, which was running
in a direction away from llilo On tn,
night of the Eth inst, the volcanoes on the
mountains and plain were distinctly seer
from the channel between Hawaii and Maui
At Llhaina the reflection was very distinct.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1855-10-26

PERSONNEL OF MARSHAL PELlssiER-rhe
following is an extract of private letter
dated before Sebastopol :" was rather sur
prsed at the appearance of the French com
mander of the forces. From his character
expected TO have seen young active man,
whereas General Pelissier is AN enormously
tat man. with very white hair, which is cut
very close he is so fat that he is unable to
ride any distance, lie was in an open car
rage drawn by four greys and two soldiers
lowing robe followed it. The General was
dressed in uniform, with u number of deco
rations on his breast, and over his shoulders
he wore white cloak samewhat tiaiIir 10
those worn by the Arab chiefs. He is not
very tall. and his facs has rather a good
humored expression, and quite different from
what your imag gination would portray from
his history either here or in Africa, "
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1855-10-26

A CuRIosIrY-Otis Manchester, of this
city exhibited to us yesterday stalk of wheat
ofsingular appearance and history. II will be
remembered that some years since discovery
of some kernels of wheat in tho folds Of clot h
which enveloped an Egyptian Mummy was
made, which must have remained thare at
least four thousand years. These kernels
were brouhgtt to this country and planted on
Long Island, The specimen here presented is
thn CrDwth Of that ancient seed. The stalk is
rrmirHahly large and singularly shaped -
being nrarly conical The Kernels are almost
round, and wholly dssimilar in shape and ap-
pearance to any grain we have seem Utica
Herald.