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AT COST FOR CASH.
DEING DETERMINED TO CLOSE UP NV
sistng Of general variety Of DRY GOODS and GRocE.
RES at cost for cash. Those wishing any thing in my
line will please give call before purchasing elsewhere
PARTICULAR NOTICE. &ssc4e
ALL PERSONS INDEBTED To ME, etherNby NOTE
or ACCOUNT must pay up Immediately, they will have
r, CALVIN JORDAN. 81
April IL, 1853. so-tf. h
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Mitchell,s Falls.

a GENTS WANTED IN EVERY COUNTY
"A of the State to the same and procure sub
scrbers for the sale and delivery of excellent
LITHOGRAPH1C PICTURE, taken upon the spot, and
gotten up in the finest style of the Art representing the
place where the Rev. ELISHA MITCHELL lost his life
his explorations of the Black Mountains in the Of
1857 Upon the receipt of Three Dollars will furnish
to person DESTROYS of taking agency Two Pictures
one Tinted and Coored, samples-wth full paricu
lars to the terms of the agency, &C. We will offer in
For further particulars address us at Ashevle N. c.
LEWIS DICKINSON.
February l, 1858. Swim.
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The proposition to form new State ont IS 4.
northern parts q Michigan and Wisconsin, is attract.
% not only IN those States but esewhers
meetings have deem held in that section and resoi.
uons adopted declaring that tie beat nterests =,
.ne people living in northern Wisconsin and Il ~
c pssnmsul. Of Michigan require that 5they should
rsn;ssJ rack to the General Government TO SO or.
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Spring and Summer Goods.

Spring and Summer Goods.
SCHLOSS, BROTHER e CO.. HAVE THE
will continue to receive from their own Manufacturing
House, superior assortment of sss'Sssiss -
Ready Made Clothing,
Put up the best and latest STYLE Also SHOES BOOTS
HATS, and every Article necessary to complete Gentie
mans Wardrobe, which they offer for sale at very low
prices b ss<E, - s, ~
Raleigh, April 10, 1853. s. ssss93 som.
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81 Il III $ w lG GIN 81. rs sss
3 ss, Mo- ~, Fkrn1EvILIx SfRsa1s ~
IT HAVE THE PLEASURE OFMFORMING
pasrons and frends that have just rst1ned from
tns NORTH With one Of YHs AND osr pEaAsLs
~ NEW q GOD 81 g,
thst VII Be offered in this and
Every Novelty OF Taste and Elegance
am enabled also TO offer many kinds of Goods cHEAPRR
THAN HEREroroRE and my friends may rest assured that
every Article will be sold at THE LOWEST MARKET
PRICE, and OF THE BEST QUALIFY. s4::.tssassss
Especial attention IS called to the following Articles:
D0uBLE JuPE BAREGE ROBES
GAVE DE LYON, Do. II g y &C.,
POLE DE CHEVRE DO, zss4 ssS 81
Beautiful BAYADERE and CHENE COLORED
DRESSES, = - 49, s..-7 Is. 80
BLACK TAFFETAS and eros DE REHINES,
FRENCH BERAGES in Robes apd Plain Dresses.
ERENCH SPRING MOUSELINE DE LANES.
Superb LACE and MUSLIN COLLARS and SLEEVES,
SILK and REAL LACE MANTILLAS
PARASOLS of all grades and styles, u -
SHAWLS for the Season. black and colored
CLOTHS, CASSIMERES and VESTINGS, in every va
COTTONADES at all prices, ~
Great Bargains in RICHARDSON 4 SONS IRISH
BLEACHED LONG CLOTHS,
LINEN and COTTON SHEETINGS.
r PLANTATION GOODS. complete assortment,
furnished Dry Goods Establishment. 8
JNO. W. wIGGINS
46, Fayetteville St.,
ess Raleigh N. G.
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ATS. Spring & Summer Styes. HATS.
III N n 4 NJ 81

"A1Ss spring q summer Styes. HATS.
N O. W GINS.
No. As, FAYETTEvILLE STREET,
Has now in store the largest and most varied assortment
SPRING AND SUMNER HATS
Ever offered IN this MARKET and shall continue to make
additions In the way of styles the advances
ana one thing he would his customer that when
ne offers meo STYLE they may depend on it's entire OF ig
naty as he does not offer old style resurrected urder
new name The superior quality and finish of the Hats he
now renders it unnecessary him to do more than
them to the inspection of the most fsdous
he confidently asserts that he has before offered
great variety OF styles, which will be offered at prices
that cannot fail to suit the purchaser.
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SILENT INFLuENcE.-The Bible calls the good
mans life light and it is the nature of light to flow
spontaneously in all directions, and fill the world
unconsciously with beams So the Christian
shines, l would say not so much because he wills,
as because he is luminous object. Not that the
active influence of Christians is made Of account
in the figure, but only that this symbol of light has
its proprety in the fact that their unconscious in
uence is the chief influence and has its pr ecedence
in its power the world. And yet there are
many who will be ready to think that light is very
tame, feeble instrument, because it is noisess An
earthquake, for example, is to them much more
vigorous and effective agency. Hear how 1t comes
laundering through the solid foundations of nature
1t rocks a whole continent. The noblest works OF
man, cities monuments and temples, are in mo.
ment levelled to the ground or swallowed down the
opening CULTS of fire. Little do they think that the
light of every morning, the soft, genial and silent
light is an agent many times more powerful. But
let the light of the morning cease and return no
more, let the hour for morning come and bring with
it no dawn; the outcres of rorstrcken world
fill the air and make as it were the darkness visible.
The beasts 60 wild and frantic at the loss of the sum-
The vegetable growths turn pale and die A chill
creeps on and frosty winds begin to howl across
the freezing EARTH The vital blood of all creatures
stops CONCEALED. Down goes the frost towards the
earhs centre. The heart of the sea is frozen, nay,
the very earthquakes themselves frozen, in, I'M
der their fiery caverns. The very globe ITSELF too,
and all the fellow planets that have lost their sun,
have become balls OF ice, swinging silent IN darkness
Such is the light that revists in the silence of
the morning. 1t makes no shock 1t would
not wake an infant in its cradle. And yet it per-
petually new-creates the world, rescuing it, each
morning prey from night and chaos So the
Christian is light, the light of the wordd;"
and must not think because he shines insensibly
silently as mere object, he is therefore power
less The greatest powers are ever those which lie
back of the little stirs and connections of nature
and verify believe that the insensib!e influences of
good men are much more protent than what I
called their voluntary and active the great silent
powers of nature of great consequence than her
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0AA HANDS WANTED.-THE UNDER
SDNO SIGNED, having been awarded the contract to
furnish stone for the construction of CASTLE CALHOUN
Champion Roads, Va) wishes employ for the balance
OF the 200 able aborers and quarymen, and
100 first rate stone cutters.
For particulars, apply to John A. Temple New Custom
House, Richmond, Va, DR.. WI. Hawkins, Ridgeway, n
c., or to
HAWKINS, BISSETT & CO..
Petersburg, Va.
March IL, 1858. 2l-lm.
t1 Richmond Dispatch and Petersburg Express will
insert for two weeks aud present bills to Standard Office
MASONIC CLASSIC INSTITUTE, PERSON
lNACO, N. C-REV. JAMES H. BRENT, Principal
aided by efficient assistants its next session.
Wednesday the 9Th January 1885, Board 90 per month
Tuition from $7 to 800 per session. Hillsboro is the
nearest point the Central R. R; South Boston, the
Richmond Danville R. r. For particulars address The
Principal. g.sS.ts;-
JAMES a. BRENT
Dec. IL, 1857. tS#=5- - l2l5-wtf
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JOHN w. WIGGINS,
SUCCESSOR TO BROWN WJGcJNs

No. 46. Fayetteville Street,
VNENDERS HIS SINCERE THANKS TO THOSE
who have patronized him heretofore and resuectfnu
socits continuance of their avors feeling assured that
he will be able to offer greater inducements in the fnmr
than he has in the past Having hand Ia ge stock If
room for extensive supply of Spring Goods he will sell
his present stock at GREATLY REDUCED PRICES
Those wishing to purchase will consult their own interest
by calling the subscriber before purchasing elsewhere
he determined to please both respect price and the
JOHN. w. WIGGINS
No. 46, Fayetteville street.
January g. l2ls-wtf
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SOUTHDOWN BUCKS FOR SALE.-pr,,
- Booded, $25 EACH "a Southdown and 4 ie;aos.LLL
$l5. Il Southdown and Leicester $40 Order sOaH
Lexington, N. c., April 5, 1858 ~ 1 1smsI
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WYE ARE REQUESTED TO ANNOUNc,
w G. H. AFFORD candidate for the Office Of Shs.Eis
convention. ''''a''c
March 80, 1885, o. ..
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DEMOCRATIC MEETING AT RANxs,

We are requested to give notice that meenc 80 !,
Democrats Of the district will be held at Banks W. me
Saturday the oath nst for the purpose appointing S.
gates to the Wake County Convention. ue'e
April IL, 1858. On !,
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M, ARE REQUESTED TO STATE M :.
w Democratic County Convention will be heid T. n
Town Hail. in the City of Raleigh at IL o'clock on Num- IN
day Of our May Court for the purpose Of nominan a
for Sheriff '"naoat
March 80. 1858, t.-.t ~
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1858-12-16
NO. 80.

in palliation of the offense for whicl, he sui
fered. But cannot forget that in the time
of his most fearful extremity, when the
strong arm of the law had already seized
him, he thought of the young man whose
humble fortunes he had helped to build
whose heartfelt gratitude he had fairl ly won;
whose simple faith he was resolved never to
betray. [ leave it to greater intellects than
mine to reconcile the anomaly of his reck-
less falsehood toward others, and his stead
fast truth toward me. It is as certain as
that we sit here that one of Fauntlcroy's
last efforts in this world was the effort he
made to preserve me from being loser by
he trust that had placed in him.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1858-12-16
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY,
BY f. WELLS,
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.

TERMS OF SUBsc cRIPTIoN.-Foro one year, if paid
in advance or within six months, $l.50; if not paid
within six months, $500.
TERMS OF ADvERrIslNG.-S10 90 per square for
the first two insertions, and 25 cts. for every sub
sequent insertion; twelve lines or less constitute
square. If the number Of insertions be net
marked on the advertisement, it will be published
until forbid. and charged accordingly. liberal
deduction made to those who advertise their busi-
ness by the year. The privilege Of annual adver-
tisers extends only to their immediate business.
Announcements Of candidates for office, 81 90
per month, to be paid in advance.
Communications, the effect of which is to pro-
mote private or individual interests, are matters
of charge, and are to be paid for at the rate of
so cts. per square.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1858-12-16
gelerteh 1lluetry,
AGRICULTURAL POETRY.

The following beautiful Ode was written b,
ohm G. Whittier, for the Agricultural and Horti
ultural Exhibition at Amesbury, Massachusetts: :
This day, two hundred years ago,
The wild grape by the rivers side,
And tasteless ground nut trailing low,
The tables of the woods supplied.
Unknown the apples, red and gold,
The blushing tint of peach and pear,
The mirror of the PowoW told
No tale of orchards ripe and rare.
Wild as the fruits he scorned to till,
These wales the idle Indian trod;
Nor knew the glad creative SKILL
The joy of him who tolls with God.
o, Painter of the fruits and fowers
We thank Thee for thy wise desi gn,
Whereby these human hands of ours
In Natures garden work with Thine.
And thanks, that from our daily need,
The Joy of simple faith is born;
That he who smites the summer weed,
May trust Thee for the autumn corn.
Give fools their gold and knavcs their power,
Let fortunes bubbles rise and fall;
Who sows a field, trains flower,
Or plants a tree, is more than all.
For he who b]esses most is blest;
And God and man shall own his worth
Who tolls to leave as his bequest
An added beauty TO the earth.
And soon or late, to all that SOW,
The time of harvest shall be given;
The flowers shall bloom, the fruit shall grow,
If not earth, at least in heaven
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1858-12-16
getftttan MtstEtta1ly.
A STORY OF FAUNTLEROY THE
FORGER.


FORGER.
What I am going to tell you, gentlemen,
happened when I was very young man,
and when l was just setting up in business
on my own account My father had been
well acquainted for many years with Mr..
Fauntleroy, of the famous London banking
firm of Marsh Stracey, Fauntleroy, & Gra-
ham. Thinking it might be of some future
service to me to make my position known
my father mentioned to his highly-respected
friend that was about to start in business
for myself, in very small way, and with
very little money. Mr.. Fauntleroy receiv-
ed the intimation with kind appearance of
interest; and said that he would have his
eye on me. [ expected from that he would
wait to see if [ could keep On my legs at
starting; and that, if he found succeeded
pretty we'll, he would then hell me forward
if it lay in his power. AS events turned
out, he proved to be far better friend than
that and he soon showed me that [ had
very much underrated the hearty and gener-
GUS interest which he had felt in my welfare
from the first.
While I was still fighting with the first
difficulties of setting up my Office, and re-
commencing myself to my connection, and
so forth, got a message from Mr. Faunt-
leroy, telling me to call on him, at the bank
lng-house, the first time was passing that
way. As you may easily imagine, [ con-
trived to be passing that way on particu-
larly early occasion; and on presenting my
self at the bank, I was shown at once into
Mr.. Fauntleroy's private room.
He was as pleasant man to speak to as
ever I met with-bright and gay and COM
panionable in his manner-with sort of
easy, hearty, jovial bluntness about him that
attracted every body. The clerks all liked
him-and that is something to say of part
ner in a clearinghouse, can tell you!
"Well, young Trowbridge," says he,
giving his papers on the table brisk push
away from him, $50 you are going to set up
in business for yourself, are you? [ have
a great regard for your father, and a great
wish to see you succeed. Have you started
yet? No? Just on the point of beginn-
ing-eh? Very good. You will have
your difficulties, my friend-and I mean to
smooth one of them away for you at the out
set. A word of advice for your private
ear.-Bank with u.s."
''You are very kind, SIR I answered,
Sand should ask nothing better than to
profit your suggestion-if could But
my expenses are heavy at starting, and
when they are all paid I am afraid [ shall
have very little left to put by for the first
year. L doubt if I shall be able to muster
much more than three hundred pounds of
surplus cash in the world, after paying what
must pay, before ! set up my office Aud
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1858-12-16

It requires more magnanimity to give up
what is wrong than to maintain what is
right; for our pride is wounded by the Que
effort, and hattered by the other.
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THE WASHINGTON UNION.

posed branch of representatives of States, the
other Of Representatives Of the people 1t confounds
this distinction and destroys this important feature
81 our constitution, for senators 10 canvass differ
ent constituency for election from that pointed out
by the constitution.
The legislature of State should be allowed the
largest range Of selection from which to choose its
delegation in the Senate Of the Union, and II not
only argues most ipsuferable arrogance when
sefconstitdted candidates mount the stump to urge
their exclusive personal pretensions to an Office
which hundred other citizens more modest may be
better qualified to ill and to adurn but II operates
to foresta the Legislature in the judicous and I'M
biased discharge Of its constitutional function of
choosing senators.
The dsgraceful character Of the canvass in ILL
nois 80 far from proving Mr.. Douglas and Mr. Lin
coin TO be the two in the State most worthy az
they have the vanity to think, of the senatorial
ermine, has demonstrated concusivey that they are
the two men least worthy of the honor. The selec-
ton Of some third citizen who has not been guilty Of
the indecencies of this canvass or of the disrepu-
table vituperaton which has disgraced it's progress
would seem to be demanded, not less by the great
interests of Illinois committed to her senators than
as vindication of the constitution from the outrage
it has received in this novel and vicious procedure
The Norfolk (ya.) Argus has some judicious re-
marks on this subject which we append:
The whole country is disgusted with the scene now
exhibited in the State OF Illinois.
As the United States Senate to be the grand
ervaor Of Congress- the constitution wisely ordan
cd that its members should not DO elected BIZ popular
The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-09-02
DOUGLAS AND LINoOLN Ar FREEPoR7.

The second meeting Of Douglas aud Lincoln occurred
at Freeport Illinois, Friday, the 9th ultimo The
Chicago papers contain full reports Of the speeches made
BY each on the OCCASION Al tho Ottawa meeting, Mt.
Douglas spoke an hour, Mr.. lincoln followed for an
hour and half and Mr. Douglas reoined for half an
hour AT Freeport the order reversed, and Mr.,
Lincoln led off. The papers friendly to each agree in
estimating the crowd present at fifteen thousand, but
dilfat materially as to the party triumphant i'd Tie dis
cusson Thusthe Chicago Times heads its account Of
the discussion with such display lines as these Lincoln
on pledges Lincoln amt pledged to anything
coin asks questions Lincoln gets answered--A leak
takes pace-1he lion frghtcns the dog-Lincoln gets
weak Lincoln fountain r. On the other hand, the
Press and Tribune INDUCES in announcements OF this
sort ''The bred Scott champion trotted out-Great
cayng in the Ottawa forgeryllc was conscientious
about it--Why Chase's amendment was voted down
Lincoln umhes him all over Stephenson county and
so on The friends Of each seei to have received their
respective champions with great demonstrations Of en-
thusiasm.
The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-09-02

A QUESTION PRESENTED IN A PRAcrIcAL SHAPI.--We
transfer to columns to-day interesting article
from the Charleston Mercury In references to the
cargo of Africans just landed in that city. The Mer
curry has before it very pretty type of the foreign
slave trade and we shall expect to hear that the ad-
vocates Of that interesting commerce will repair at
to Charleston for the purpose of inhaling the
delightful odors of slave ship, and become ac-
quainted with the workings of the human mind be-
fore it takes its departure the great voyage of
civilization. We have slave ship full freight
ed with nearly four hundred passengers and we
have now, consequently, no earthly curiosity to be
in Charleston on the present occasion The poor
wretches, we have doubt in spite of all the care
that can be, and will be, bestowed upon them by
the kindly and humane people of Charleston, will
most of them dei There are nd nilrses such as they
have in Cuba, who understand their peculiar wants,
and know how to meet all their social necessities.
Raw Africans in the United States is something new
indeed. They should have been taken to Boston,
there they could have enjoyed the hospitality and
social position of the abolonists. at least, they
would have had grand feast, and been permitted
afterwards to starve and freeze to death by
1t will be inferred from this, perhaps, that enter
tain no very exalted opinion of the abolitonists.
We only mean to say that we should much regret TO
trust very large amount Of humanity to their good
keeping.
Since one of our vessels-of-war has performed on
the coast of Cuba the feat of actually Selling slave
cargo and has lodged them in one of our ports,
we shall now expect the British government to an
nounce in the House of Commons the triumph of it's
cause in Withdrawing it's Cuban feet. thus leaving
our naval force look after slavers instead of Brit
ish cruisers Meanwhile it is study what dispo-
stion is to be made of the poor negroes? They are
averse to going back to Africa, it seems, preferripg
doubtless the kindly sympathes bestowed upon
them to the chances of second capture and voy-
age to Cuba. This is free country, but we pre-
sumo not quite free enough to admit such popu-
lation to the benefits of our institutions. We sug-
gest that the Massachusetts legislature should be
called together, and law passed inviting them to
the old Commonwealth.
The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-09-02
THE CABLE. is II OPEN I

It has been generally understood that the Atlantic
cable would be open to the public on the lst of
September and, in anticipation of that event. the de-
monstrations and Examinations in this country were
fixed for that day. For not explained hcrc,
this anticipation has not been realized. Our columns
contain this morning despatch purporting to have
been sent from London yesterday, announcing to Mr..
Field that the English directors of the Telegraph
Company were on their way to Valentia 10 make ar
roneements for opening the wire to the public.
What these arrangements are left to sur
mise for we cannot imagine any other arrangement
to be necessary than for the directors to give notice
to the public that the line is open, and to order the
operators to forward all the dispatches offered The
operators at Trinity Bay, we judge from what has
occurred heretofore are John Bulls of the most in
tense description and disdain to furnish to The
American public any explanations Of the difficulties
experienced in the working Of the cable. 1t is true
the cable private property, but think something
is due to tho public, especially as govern
ment has spent the round sum OF two hundred and
fifty thousand dollars towards its success and that
frank explanation would relieve the Directory from
easiy-excitod mputations, and satisfy all that no
unnecessary delay had occurred in opening it to the
public use. The press is anxious to avail itself Of
these facilities for procuring intelligence and if
an uniInportant despatch can be forwarded we can
conceive of no obstacle to the transmission of
news telegram Of equal length, The first Of Septem-