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ANOTHER DEsrRrcTIve FIRE Al
ALEXANDRIA. LA.-We clip the fol
lowing from the Louisiana Democrat
Of the l9ih instant, published at Alex
andria: -..
Alexandra was again visited on Fri
day night last, the 18th ipslant, with
another terrible calamisy--tbe sec.
ond within ten days The alarm Of
fire WAS given about 8 o'clock, and
when we reached Front street smoke
VAS issueing from tae grocery store Of
D. Sullivan. Being one Of the fist
persons on tho ground, we assisted by
another person, attempted to force The
door. and while thus engaged, keg
of powder exploded and blew out The
whole front Of the house, sending
those at the door through the air with
velocity they were little used to
travelling af. Several there, that we
know of. found themselves sprawling
in the mud. ourselfi cIuded, pres"nt-
ing no doubt a very ludicrous appear
ance. Fortunately, no one was seri'
ously hurt.
A second explosion blew in the side
Of s. X. JollnsoD's drug store. Noih-
ing, or at least very little, was saved
from this elegant store. His loss can
not be less than from $4,000 to $25.-
0C0. There were nix houses burned
besides the ware rooms in the rear
Ooe dry goods store. two grocery |
stores, two drug stores, one confection-
ary store, aud n barber shop.
The principal sufferers ares. K.
Johnson, +. Johnson, Mrs. Lrgrss,
Mrs Klotz. and the two Sulllvans,
Denis and Daniel. The entire loss
by this fire cannot be less
han $4,000. There does not appear
much doubt but This was The work Of
'orne hpartless william. Ifso. we hope
bat justice may speedily over-take
lin. Hanging is too good for such
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Comet The inditsv Of this, /.
not one Of the class to fret and put on
about anything, ,ha. has happened, o,
IN written down "so happen " 10 the
book Of fate. am free TO confess
that during the whole time OF the
excitement at Kars, | did not care a
stewed pruue,' who come ont SEQ
ood best In the political excite
insnt, now grow ug aoarmiy intense =.
home, il IL q matter Of no eons' qaence
to mo how it ends, 30 !! wash my
hands Of The matser by going up to the
polls and voting conseientiously. Pos-
.erity will hot thank me for anything
| might do. and as the republic will
last NJ long as do--if not longer,
what need fret about IT, No sir. II
If just as easy Comet, to be happy as
it is to be miserable snd 20 the world
furnishes me with good segar, and q
smash eoc,ail without Ay in il,
when the iuner man Graves the thing
the world may gois ways Other men
may run after mounebanks, and wo-
man expand with hoops to the confines
OF the horizon, SO they admit sunlight
enough through their thin mstprials
10 let mo see how to keep ont Of the
way, of running against those stub.
born things. called fac,s,' 10 butt
my brnins out. Neither love or re-
yepge excite me. | grow desperate
for moment, at the sight Of a pretty
face, but il is only for u moment snd
the smoke of segar is n sovereign
remedy.
Let me come TO home. We cannot
have u mnrket house, that's fact
we cannot have Lafayette street open
ed, iba's a another fact VIC cannot
have a new court unless some
Df the Police Jury (wbo have suoI,
excellent ideas on such thngs) can
have columns in front, aud columns
behind, hesi 'es having columns at
either side---tli4 would involve an
expenditure Of at least fifty lhonsapd
follars, aud as Jaoes remarks with a
blank stare " Wher's the money 10
some from = One thing we can hive,
1t very small COSTA volunteer mil
tary company, to take lhs field iD
'ase Of emergency AID keep nosses.
sion Of il, until the Bloody Eleventh,
IAN buckle on lis armor for battle --
1ap We NOT have this-someiIipe en-
rely independent IN politics, with
music TO discourse on holiday occa.
ons =! | think 80, and call on the
'hivalry Of venernble R,d Stick to
muster up ind enroll, urder the stand.
'd Of the sIar spangled banrer of''he
'allon. Let us have The name Of the
'ouug gentleman to take ihs lead to
his matter. For me it would not do.
lon know Comet am Of the Peace
Establishment and yours.
.... pLUro.
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The Earthqadkc at Memphis,-

The Earthquake at Memphis.-It
seems to have been no great shakes
after all. The Memphis Bulletin, Of
the 18th, says:
The two shocks ofan earthquake felt
by many Of our citizens on Friday
night last, were probably nothing
more nor less than the heavy blasts at
the wreck Of the MayAower which
we're then going on. Forty pounds Of
powder were used at each blast and
being at some distance under water, it
would most likely produce shake
for some distance.
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Ey Junior the Buffalo cores
pond.Dce Of the Commercial Bulletin oI
the 18th inst, speaks thus, in regard OF
Fillmore carrying New York:
That Mr.. FILLMORE will carry New
York you may rest assured. In con-
versation in the cars a few days ago
with distinguished Democrat "A sup
porter Of whose name,
we're | at liberty to mention it, you
would at once recognize as having been
long connected with the political his.
tory of New York-he told me that
he bad been on a tour in vnrious parts
of the State, and that New York would
certainly give Fillmore a handsome
majority. Furthermore. learn by a
private letter from New York city that
bets are freely offered there that the
State will roll up 10000 majority for
the American ticket. So Colonel you
can safely put down. in your Presiden-
tial calculations. the thirty.fve electoral
votes of New York on the Fillmore
list.
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Spfial Hotiffs.
N oTruE

THE PUBLIC IL hereby forvesrned not 10 sysds
! for two groinissory notes drawn By The under
signed a. follows. ItIf
One PAYABLE In February 1861 10 The order or
W. W Kinchelo, hr $500.
One payable ID February 1868 10 the order ~
W. W. Rinoheio for 600. The consideration for
which The above notes we're given having failed
the undersigned will ecn.sst The payment sf tho
came. tsug.2s.p. q. HUSTON
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g26; GEO. M. HEROMAN.
BoOksi BOoksi

JUST RECEIVED the following works
- Goodrichs's Primers and readers; BIZ
bles and Testamenfs, various bindings /;
Thornton,s and jays Prayefbooks; The
Child's Scripture Questions, and also;
Brights and Gnnn's Family Practice, PIu.
tsrh's Lives; Paley's evidences Of Chns-
tianty; Clark's Scripture Promises /;
Tooks's Pantheon; Methodist Hymns
disciplines and cstechisms, In various bind.
ings; Wesley's, Tsylor's--Burber's VII.
lage-~a and Rus.el's Sermons, Mosheim's
Church History; BuDysn's Pilgrims Pro.
gress and Holy War; A Pastors Sketches
and Pulpit CycloTaedia, by
aug26. GEO. M. HEROMAN.
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Gbe Gully Go'11et.
BATON ROUGE,:AUa'sr %, 1860.
~ The Hor, j. N. SArpnrpeE,

10 The Hon, J. N. SArpnipeE
has our thanks for many Copgressi,n
q documeuts---Repo and speeche,
The latter however all squint one way.
The ere very good for q crosse yed
man. Il ia cur misfortune not to be.
long 10 that favored class Our friends
IN Congress >will oblige us when the
send the speech Of the Hon. Brown, Of
Indiana, TO send us by the same mail.
Jones' remarks on the same subject, to
prove tha. the facts asserted by Brown.
are not facts. II there IL any squint-
Ing to BE- done, then we can sqnint. to
our own liking.
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l. q & n

DgTWrEN ihe Market and ffarpsy. bon,s
- double olasped pocked book, son,sinfns
about el5 In Louisiana Bank bills and o. 80 rold
piece and some svsr-~aiso d certain proruisary
note drawn by o. y. Hall on 7th Jsnnary 1866
payable At thirty days, for the safb of 800. All
persons are warned against trading for ths said
Dose, a. the same has been paid. Any person
leaving said pocket book at The Comet ONCE win
be literally rewarded.
sus2s. VIM n puowN
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For Sale at a Great Bargain.

/ 4 ACKES OF LAND 4 NN-O
/ II one mile from the m -
Mississippi river, on the ri sl1
Bayou Sara road. The
land is under fence, with fine peach or.
chard A fine dwelling house on the
premises. Also two negro women. A
great bargain may be had by immediate
application to J. b. REpP.
Aug27-2t
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fV0blic Hack.

THE public are hereby notified, that the
l. nnderslgned puts in motion to-day, and
will keep in the service. Public Hack
The vehicle will be in charge OF Mr.. Brock,
an experienced driver, who may be found
at Or near the Harvey House. Orders Tor
the Hack to be at any particular place a
a certain time--it left at either OF the
stables, will be attended TO-
juiy2o RoBT. BEAL.
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= hhSB1bttcWfu VIZ Jo"s W oss 1sVs
J. 1866, ,be 2eth night in the month {
| August Of the same year. very larg
gathering took place in Market hous
street, aud there was much politics
speaking. Certainly tho multitud
brough, together by the Buck an'
Breck" club or this occasion eclipset
10 numbers. the company assemble OF
the other side Of the market a few
; nights previous, when the Fillmor.
Rangers held forth in fruitless efforts
to sing back to their ranks a lot o
renegadss and others who no otbsl
motive can swerve from the path o.
recsitude and virtue, than the motive
---or rather incentive, to be on the
strong side--tho side that can offer
some quid pro quo for patriotic heart
burpings for the nation.
How rapidly the ranks Of one party
would be thipped down, could IL bs
demonstrated that the other would b.
victorious Why The Dupont works,
and other manufactures could not
make gun-powder fast enough to blow
lead through the treaoherous and
leaoherous bodies Of deserters from the
weak side.
At hand, we have an apt ilustra.
ton Of 'bs great moral principal gov
erping this people leading US with
locomotive rapidity to The death Of the
republic. A couple Of devils from this
office who were active in 'be Fillmore
meeting tho other night, with trans
parencss, were in the front ranks, with
the same transparences on Tuesday
night. "Southern Rights" THE Con.
sitution and the Union" are their
popular notices. and they would like
to have it generally understood (no
doubD that they are Oh hand for my
celebration Of torch lights, and il a
barbecue is given by either aide. they
will engage to halo for that side to
the full capacity Of their somacbs.--
We like the boys for this, because
there is n show of honest dsingeuu-
business about them.
Col. J. d Stuart was on the stand
when we arrived. The Col. has good
leliyery-~speaks well with an imag-
nation well bestowed with poetic fan
,ies. His sight drafts on tho same
ire always honored. Genl. Heron was
,alled for. After sending up few
ky rockets and playing the Star Span.
,Ied Banner on The fife, the Genl. re.
'ponded in bis well known style. The
General was very severe on the orators
Who spoke for glory only, on the other
ide of the market and on the other
'de of the question "a fortnight since.'
The Genl. argued that Mr.. Buchanan
'ught to be supported. because Mr..
Fillmore stands no chance Of election
he very argument as it would seem to
IS, to use to induce The friends Of Fill
more to stand the nearer 10 him. The :
'enl. referred to numerous good men
nd true, who have come out in sup
ort OF Buchanan; Choate, Brown,
ones, etc. The Genl. should have |
'ade favorable mention of G. B. N. t
Vailes in this connection; or Col.
a still more shining light in
'ay Of example. J
When Heron closed, Col. Winfree
as called for The Col. dilated. The ;,
'usic Of his voice is fine Qike a wo- v
'an's), or more like German flute, "
r which reason his eIoquence did not Il
the air as far as wo were. y
1e regard Col. Winfree as one of the q
ost eloquent expounders of what is c.
H1I ~ |
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Martin Farquhar Tupper has writ
ten poem called The Opium Trade" !"
50 true to its purpose that Punch, ere
reading three verses, fell fast asleepl
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Is there word in English which contashs
all the vowelsa Unquestionably.
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T'O ARRIVE per ship B. Watson,
L choice fresh lot Teas.
aug.23. A. MONTAN & BRO.
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ERENCH Tallow for the Hair. WhitS
Il and fresh, at retail.
aUg-23. A. MONTAN 4 BRO
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IN CASKS Bill Bacon Sides which aYs offered
lU 10 cents for cash only.
aug-8. 4. MONTAH 4 BRO.
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Trustees Sale.


"AkE COUNTY, N. C.-BY VIRTUE OF A
dated gu OF December 1865. registered Book Xxx m
79 792, records of Wake County and for the pnrnnss
therein specified hereby offer for one lot on Newben
ST. IN the City OF Raleigh purchased by the said Clarke of
the Clerk and Master in Equity for Wake County, at sale
under decree of the Court of Equity, for partition be.
tween the heirs of John c. Stedman deceased together
with the buildings and appurenances thereuno belong
lngIhe same being formerly the residence of the said
William J. Clarke The lot contains an acre. in high cu-
tvaon IS free from nut grass, contains many bearing
frult trees and is situated directly opposite the Bank
the State and the episcopal Church in said CITY, and
about one hundred yards east of the gate the Capt.
tol Square Repairs the S0U have been re-
Gently put upon the buildings four in number including
dwelling house. with six rooms Office Kitchens ETC.
Also, by virtue of the deed and for the benefit of
all concerned offer for sale valuable tract of land thirty
two acres upon Neuse river, in the county Wake with
the buildings thereon known the Neuse River Oil Mills
Price "a 900 The mill sold fifteen years ago Clarke
and Jettreys for 81 900. Since that time entirely new
Saw and Oil MILL with press huers, heaters, Hatenng
mill and jumpers and a dam have been erected and
added thereto This property lately appraised at So
900.
The object of these sales being mainly change of invest
ment am authorized upon the money being safely
ured to ct go upon liberal credit To any disposed
to locate in Wake and in lucrative business the
present is rare opportunity for securing residence
and business stand in popuous country neighborhood.
They Will be Sold together separately and the title
ranted
EDWARD CANTwELL,
Trustee.
Raleigh, July 25 1856. swtf-72
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T. r. z? e N T r E S S,
Nj e RCHA Mt TAILOR

NO. IL, FAYETTEVILLE STREET,
rs NOW PREPARED TO OFFER TO THE COMMU
- NIFTY splendid assortment of Goods, consisting of
Cloths Casmeres and Eestings in every respect suitable
for gentlemen think unnecessary to specify the diff
erei colors of cloths the quality. Suffice it to saw
have every thing that is usually kept regular tailoring
establishment all of which shall be and made in the
manner gentleman ought to wear.
have lately returned from the North HAVING been nre.
vented from going at the usual time by sickness in NV
family have unexpectedly had The advantage of buying
at much cheaper rate than formerly and sell goods
much cheaper than heretofore Indeed, AttnA 10 sell
cheaer Mnn holy else and therefore calls from
friends and generally and from the members
OF the Legislature in particular
VISITORS to the City Of Raleigh will please call on me- and
will certainly give them good bargains either in cihipp
OF my own manufacture that ready made as am re-
cevng large assortment of clothing of the best kind and
for furnishing goods none be found cheaper.
also have large assortment of Fancy Goods which
Will sell at small profit consisting of Gentlemen Robes
Fancy Shawls Cravas Gloves, and every thing in the line
OF genemans except boots and hats NV stock is
TOO large to enmerate and you will please call and exam
Inc for yourselves as you will be the best Judge.
CAL at The well known house. No. 15 Fayetteville street,
where you will find cheap bargains for your CASH us wish
to do cash business for the future My terms have here
toore been months credit but it is impossible for me
10 conduct business this plan have meet nv
ments regularly every ninety days.
ihose indebted to me at home at distance will please
standing long time have made this call on my friends
through the press and by letter. and has not been
ponsed to- Please attend to this appeal as nv business
cannot be conducted the credit system any longer
return thanks to Ea generous community for past
custom and shall endeavor merit continuance of favor
T. r. FENTRESS.
wish to employ two three good journeymen ailors
to whom the best prices will be given. T. r. F.
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S < + THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE NORTH CAR,
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John NJ. Jones, Edenton .st
F. F. Pagan, Plymouth.
W. N. H. Smith, Murfreesbpro.
Geo A. Smith, Milton.
Joseph White, Arson County.
Josh. Boner, Salem,
OFFICERS OF THE COMPANY
President.
H. D. Turner, Vice President.
John C. Partridge, Secretary.
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LOOK AT THIS,

WIN. COOKE, TAKES THIS METHOD OF IN
forming his friends and customers that he has re-
ceived his Fall and Winter stock Of Dry Goods
Brown Crushed and Clarified; Black and Green Teas Ba
con- Lard Meal Candles, Adamantne and Tallow; Ground
Alum and Liverpool Salt; Fine Tobacco and Cigars. Also
lot of Miles fine Boots Shoes and Caters both for gen.
tleea and ladies' wear; and great many other articles
too tedious to mention all Of mhch will be sold low for
cash. --t'a- 60 (. "A
This establishment is the recently occupied BY
Beckwth Clayton on Fayetteville Street. opposite Law
rence's Hotel.
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II e Nj OVAL,

NOTICE.
a 81 HAVE DETERMINED TO REMOVE SOUTH,
n now offer valuable tract of land for SAFE contain
ing Hundred Acres of which about one hundred and
fifty acres are in fine state of cultivation The balance
we'll wooded and good arabic land.
Said land has it irst-rae dwelling house. all me-
cessary out-houses and fine we'll of water the yard
fine orchard of apples and peaches of every kind.
Said land hes nine miles southeast of Raleigh between
the Wilmington and Newborn Roads, in mile of Au-
burn.
will take great pleasure in showing said land any
person who may wish to buy
p H. STURDEVANT.
August ~, 1856. 79-tf
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THE COLOR TYPE,

THE COLOR TYPE,
A New and Beautiful Style of Picture.
GALL AT COPELANDS NEW GALLERY IN THE
u upper part of the Post Office building, and see the
Color Type lpantcd in oil colus) and say if YOU have
ever thing to surpass ii, in the way of pic
tGIe'
Skysh, splendid cameras neat and comfortable rooms
fine pictures, lew prices.
SO come along without delay
And get picture ,rh tie pay
p. S.-Mr Copeland continues to take Daguerreoypes
and AmhotyrcS and paint portraits upon the mod.
crate l:,S>b!c.
Raleigh, October l. 1856. 9l-tJ1.
Signal Register and Biblical Recorder copy till LIST