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-., v 1 i f w ! I 1 : II-- ' -jfOVESBEil METEtfRS. tetter from Prof. Newton, of Yale Col , lege, to Prof. Henry, Secretary of the V ' Smithsonian Institute. . ' ' Yale Coixegb, Not. 81, 1866. Dbab Sib : Yon request a brief statement of sunh facte respecting the probable return -Of the November meteors this year as are ot general interest to serve as reply to lnqunres . : made upon the subject ; also, for a statement of some of the points to which the attention . of observers should be called. ' ' The fact of a periodic return of theme 1 teors seems shown by the following facts : - U On the 18th of November, A. D. 1883, was a remarkable shower, ever to be remembered . fcy those who witnessed it . " ; -Asimilisr display of less intensity was seen over all Europe on the morning of the 13th of November of the year previous. It was very generally spoken of in the newspa pers of the day and formed the subject of at feast two extended articles in the scientific '.journals. ' On the morning of November 12th, A. D. 1790,a shower very like that of the year 1833 was witnessed in various parts of America, and was particularly decrbed by Humboldt, who was then in South America. He refers to -. a similiar display in A. D. 1766, but the day of the year is not given. An unsual number of shooting stars was 1 , noticed on the 9th of November. A. D. 1C98. The Chinese records state that several hun dred shooting stars appeared on the night of the 6th of November, A. D. 1602. (This and the following dates are, for convenience given in the new styles.) Both in China and in Europe large num ,. bers of shooting stars were witnessed on the 8d of November, A. D. 1833. On the morning of the 81st of October, A. D. 1366, a most remarkable shower was wit- . nessed in Europe. A similar nhoweroccurred on the morning of Octoler 26th, A. D. 1202. Falling stars are reported on the 23d of October, A. D. 1101. The Chinese records speak of thousands of shooting stars on the 20tU of October, A. D. 1002. Both in Europe and in China large num bers of shooting stars were seen on the 19th of October, A. D. 934. In China they were seen October 21st A. D. 931. But one of the most remarkable showers, as well as the first shower of this series of which we have any account, was on the morn ; ing of October 18th A. D. 902. These years, it will be noticed, show very distinctly a cycle ofaltout, the third of a cen tury, while the day of the month has advan ced quite steadily at rate of about three days in a century. It should be added that this list is not made up of selections from a large mass of similar records. It includes all the " known recurrences of this phenomenon be tween A. D. 902 and A. D. 1799 that have . happened within ten days of the proper time of the year Of this shower. After A. D. 1833, the number of meteors seen on the morning of the 13th of Novem ber, though, for a few years, somewhat great . er than we see on ordinary nigh's, were yet inconsiderable, and, after five or six years, no one could claim unusual numbers on that morning. For the last three or four years, however, there have been distinct indications of the return of the November meteors. This was particularlv manifest hist year, inasmuch as single observers, on t he morning of the 13th of November, witnessed about seventy five meteors per hour. A party of four per sons, at New Haven, counted 238 in an hour, and a party at Greenwich Observatory counted 250 in an hoar. These numbers are, probably, five or sis times as great as would be obtained oh ordinary mornings. Nearly all the meteors, moreover, moved in paths , diverging from the constellation Leo, which is a peculiarity of the November shooting "stars. . We cannot predict with confidence a great er display this year. Tli thirty three year cycle ends in 1866. rather than 1865, and hence such a display may be looked for. But we must remember that formany returns . of the period since A. D. 902 we have no ac count of a corresponding shower. But for the experience of last year, the morning of November 14 would be named as the time to look for the meteors. But their occurrence then on the 13th, and not on the 14th, makes it necessary to look for them on either morning of this year. They cannot be expected in great abund : ance until the constellation Leo is above the 1 horizon, that is, until eleven o'clock. In pre- vious displays, the maximum has usually been between 3 o'clock and dawn. Previous displays have continued several ; hours, and have been visible over consider able regions. If the time of the shower falls ' this year between the mornings of the 13th and 14th, it may apear only to those on the otherside of the earth. Thus, in 1832, the display was exclusively European, although we had clear skies, while in 1833 this conti nent alone enjoyed the exhibition. So, in 1799, a grand display was witnessed in America, while in Europe a few meteors on ly attracted the notice of observers. Shooting stars appear in the upper regions of the atmosphere. They rarely descend be low a height of thirty miles, and probably : , do not appear at a greater height than one hundred and twenty-five miles. - They move , with great rapidity, having an average veloc ity of at least twenty-five miles a second, nearly or quite one hundred times the ordi nary velocity of a cannon ball. In 1863 a considerable number of the November roete- ors were observed simultaneously at the Ob servatory and Coast Survey office in Wash ington, and by Prof. Oummere. Mr. Marsh, and others, at Haverford, Pennsylvania and Philadelphia. From these observations the " true heights of between seventy and eighty -- paths have been computed. ' The mean alti- .' tude at appearance was ninety-six miles, and at disappearance, sixty-one niiles. These re- - suits seem to show that the November mete : ore are fifteen or twenty miles higher than those of August. It is generally admitted that shooting stars are small bodies moving in orbits like . planets or comets, which encounter the earth and are burned up, or are dissipated, in the npper regions of the atmosphere. Groups of - such bodies moving together,, in a common direction, produce the August and Novem- - . ber exhibition, The true November meteors proceed iu . lines radiating from the constellation Leo, or - more exactly from the sickle in Leo. This ' . radiation is due to perspective the paths be . ing all parallel to each other. - The following suggestions and questions ; to be answered are to be directed to obser .vers : - 1. Count the number ofshooting stars that - are seen in each half hour of either night. If several persons count, have them look in different directions, and count aloud to pre- ; vent duplication. State the numoer of per- sons counting. - ' I. ; 2. How many of the meteors seen move in paths which if produced backward, would cut across the space bounded by the stars in , the curve of the sickle in Leo, that is, by t the stars Eta, Mo, and Epsilon t i v 8. How many of them have trains I - .: 4.; How many of the trains are white ? i how many yellow 1 how many red ! &c. v 5. What diflerences are there between the November meteors and the ordinary stars ? - - Compare those which radiate from Leo with '- : those which do not. it.6, V the meteors are Tei7 numerous, count , the numbers visible in a telescope in each , hour. Direct the telescope to some point at e a distance from the radiant say to the North .pole. Report the size of the object glass, di- tp?ruhscod' ll?niyinSPower direction rfif tbe"meteors visible to' the naked eye. i-e too numerous to count, select two stare a w degrees apart, end count the number of ' ' iths that actually" cut across the line join-' . . is those stars.; -'; , : V What is the average length of tho visible - atbsf v . ? 9, What is the avemge duration of flight! r how many degrees do they move in a sec- ! hdl ' ' 'J-"V' - . 10. Are the meteors which do not proceea - rom Leo referable to any other radiant ; par "' ticularly, do they proceed from near the han--dle of the dipper? - . ; ' 11. When persistent trams float slowly ; away, what is the direction and velocity of the motion f , 12. Extent of obscuration by haie majr be measured by noting the smallest stars visible near Polaris. . " 13. Can anything peculiar bo seen in the telescope during the daytime, particularly on the 13th ' 14. It is very important (and yet not easy) to determine exactly the radiant It is ap parently a small area, and not a point What are the limits of this area? Is it pos sible to determine in which direction is its greater diameter? 15. Whenever any meteor has any pecu liarity, such as peculiar brilliancy or color, or persistent train, and by which it can be iden tified, note carefully its apparent path among the stars. This may be done by drawing its path upon the charts puhlished by the Con necticut Academy and the Smithsonian In stitution, or the stars near which, or to which or from which, it is moving may be noted, together with the distance from those stars. Meteors leaving persistent trains are best adapted to these observations. When such a star is so observed at two stations its atti tude can be determined. The exact time (hour, minute, and second) of the appearance of such meteor is very important as a means of identification. - 16. Keep note of the observations made. Recollections are of little value. Do not try to do too much. Do a little well. And finally, send the results of observations to the Smithsonian Institution, or to the Connecti cut Academy, for collation and preserva tion. Talk College, November 3, 1866. m A ROMAXCE IN REAL LIFE. A MOTHER CLAIMS HER CHILD AFFECTING 8CEXE IN COITRT. A very affecting scene took place in the Supreme Court Chambers in New York, be fore Judge Barnard, one which, for the time, brought tears to the eyes of nearly every spectator. It appears about six years ago one Mrs. Barrett left a babe, named Edward Barrett, twelve days old, with a woman named Mrs. McCabe. From that time till now Mrs. McCahehas brought up, supported and educated the child. The mother went South, married aj-ain, and after a lapse of the above time, came to claim her off-spring. She asserted her cause with all the eloquence of a mothe'r heart. Mrs. McCabe set forth that she was tenderly attached to the child ; that she had expen ded a considerable sum on its behalf. She also produced letters from an eminent phy sician showing that the child had been as it were snatched from death. The little boy, on being called on to go to his mother, clung to Mrs. McCabe, and resolutely refused to go . to his real parent This produced quite a scene. The mother, in a heartrending tone, exclaimed: ' Oh, Judge ! Judge ! Don't give my child away my heart will break it will break !" "Don't break the child's heart." tearfully but energetically responded Mrs. McCabe. The Judge for a few moments, was evi dently embarrassed, but at length said : . " My good woman, (to the mother.) your . case is a hard one; but your child is of ten der age, delicate in health, and evidently at tached to the people who have always brought him np. If I give him to yon now, and you take him South, he will surely die. I will let him remain where he is for one year. By that time he will he stronger and health ier; then, if you apply again, your applica tion may be granted." Counsel for the mother here said that Mrs. McCale had offered to give up the child, if she was paid $30. This Mrs. McCabe denied. Judge Barnard said that if $75 were wan ted to get the child back, the mother should call on him, and he would give it to her. 44 1 do not want to sell the child," said Mrs. McCabe. The parents then left the court, the mother sobbing with grief, but the boy clinging to Mrs. McCabe's neck with an intensity of affection almost painful to witness. An Editor in Heaven. Under the fore going caption an exchange gives a long obit . uary notice of a deceased brother editor, from which we have room only to extract the closing paragraph : 44 Should we not rejoice that our late friend of the scissors and quill is in heaven ? In that paradise where the cry of 44 more copy" will never again fall on his distracted ears. There his enjoyment will no more be interrupted by the growls of the unreasonable subscribers, or the duns of the paper maker. There ho will enjoy entire freedom from the detractions and misrepre sentations of political opponents, and the caresses of ambitious political aspirants. In that blest abode he is no more to be troubled with illejnble niaauscript or abominable poetry. No rival editor will there steal his thunder or his items, and typographical er rors shall know him no more forever." Millions op Monet. An aged man, who was a prominent merchant in this city in the time of the war of 1812, was asked the other day how many men there were at that period supposed to be worth a million of dollars. The answer, was: 44 Not' one. We never talked about mittionairei ; we never thought about millions as belonging to individuals." A gentleman well known in this State says that he was at a dinner party in Albany last winter, gathered not with reference to wealth, but for other reasons, where he counted at table eight men, among those thus casually collected, who were worth over a million each ; and every one of them had begun life in actual poverty. Sucn is the growth of our country, and such is the quality of the men it produces. JV. T.Post. - Northern Elections. - New York, November 8. The election returns indicate Republication victories in most of the States. Fenton's majority is estimated at about 14,000 " For Register, General Charles G. Hal pine is elected by nearly twenty thonsand majority. : The vote in this city on calling a State Convention, is 10,000 against it The Republicans gain largely throughout Michigan and New Jersey. Delaware has gone Democratic by about 1,000 majority. ' . ' The colored Convention was again in ses sion at Indianapolis yesterday. Resolutions were adopted, denouncing President Johnson and reproving Congress for hesitating to con fer impartial suffrage, on account of misera ble considerations of policy. '. ; New York, November 9. The "Tribune" foots up Fenton's majority 14,308. In the Legislature the Senate has twenty-six Repub licans to six Democrats, and the House eighty . four Republicans to forty-four Democrats. Mobile Markets. : Mobils, Nov. 9. Cotton sales to-day, 450 bales Middling at 34aS4Xe. ; sales ot the week 8,000 bales. Receipts of the week, 8,100 bales Kainst 7,393 last week. Bxuoits, 6.05 bales -. stock on band, 89.477. , ? -v. .-. . .1 . , . - v-r'.' v,. ' ';; WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 14. 186V, v? - The North-Carolina Maadari..; . ; We return our thanks to our friends, for the additions they are, making to our sub scription list ,V - V ; ' The terms of the Standard are as follows : "Tri-Weekly, one year. 5 L .iis6 W- . six months, " 8 00 ' Weekly, ' oneyear, 8 00 .; : six months,... ; . 1 50, The Weekly will be clubbed as follows t Five copies one year twelve dollars. .Ten copies one year twenty-two dollars. Those who get clubs' of five or more, will be fur nished with one copy for a year, gratis.'' :' ; The Legislature and Congress will meet soon, and matters of grave interest 'will oc-. cupy the columns of the newspapers. Now is the time to subscribe, v The circulation of the Standard among Northern capitalists and others, renders it a good medium for advertising lands and other property for sate .!' "v; v The ; Exhibition. ; A large and respectable auditory were very . pleasantly entertained on Friday night last, . at the free Exhibition for the Deaf, the Dumb and Blind. We can not better express our appreciation of the excellence of the exhibi tion, and the fine music, than by ' adopting the account given by our neighbor of the Sentinel: ' 44 The programme was an excellent one, and the performances of the Blind in music, and the exhibitions of the Mutes in the sign-language, were highly creditable to them and the Institution. Mr.. Palmer, the excellent principal, under whose direction the exhibi tion wasconducted, was entirely at home, and to him are our citizens much indebted for the interesting entertainment We would specially commend to the con sideration of those, who desire cheap instru ments for social or Church worship, Ae Ma son Hamlin Cabinet Organs, of which Mr. Matthews, now in this City, is Agent His performances, last Friday night, on that in strument added much to the interest of the occasion." This Institution, and the Insane Asylum, are noble charities which must be sustained. They are sacred to humanity and Heaven ; and no matter what may be our political condition or differences, these Institutions should always have the friendship and good will of all our people. The adoptionof President Johnson's policy, and the enunciation of a general amnesty for all past political offences, would hasten at once a millennium day of enterprise, energy and real progress, and would so solder the bonds of Union and concord between our people, that they never could be broken I Sentinel. And yet the Sentinel and its followers have no idea of adopting President Johnson's pol icy. IU failure, and the triumph of the so called Radicals, are to be attributed to just such one sided, narrow-minded, sectional, se cession politicians as the Editors of the Sentinel. There is no one vital point in the Presi dent's policy which the Sentinel and its friends are ready to adopt The formal abo lition of slavery, the repudiation of the rebel debt and of the doctrine of secession, really amounted to nothing, for the reason that it had all been done before, in the progress and at the close of the war. There are three vi tal points in the President's plan to which the Sentinel and its friends are as much op posed as they are to the Howard amendment Firt, the President's declaration that no one should be appointed or elected to office in the Southern States who had ever faltered in his allegiance to tje federal government. Second, his declaration that members of Con gress from the Southern States should be persons who could take the test-oath. Third, his declaration that it would be advisable, in conducting the work of restoration, to ensure its success, to permit a certain class of colored men to vote. As to a 44 general amnesty," that has already been granted. This was done by the Pres ident, in bis proclamation ot May 29th, 1865. Instead of 44 soldering the Inrnds of the Union," it has had a tendency to snap and destroy them. We shall have no "Millennium" in this country nntil 44 conscious traitors" are made to know their places, and the "unmistaka bly loyal" are put in control of every thing, from the smallest office to the highest This is the whole truth in a nutshell. It is not for us to say how this shall be done. But we have a Congress which will meet soon ; and if that body should prove recreant to the hopes reposed in it by the loyal people of all portions of the country, we shall then de spair of the Republic, and shall look for the reign of lawlessness, anarchy, and violence. Death of Hampden S. 8mith, Esq. . We are pained to have to announce the death of another of our best citizens. Hamp den Sidney Smith, a native of Raleigh, and long known as the Secretary of the North Carolina Fire Insurance Company, expired at his residence on Sunday morning last, after an illness of several weeks. His health had been feeble and precarious for years. ' . The deceased, though he never aspired to public place, was nevertheless qualified by his learning and eloquence for any position that might have been assigned him. . But he was singularly amiable, modest and unob trusive, and bad no taete for the rough, hard contests of the- bar or of public life. He was the only son of that good man, Ben jamin B. Smith, Esq., deceased, formerly one of our leading merchants. " ? -. The Yaeborough House. It will be seen, by advertisement in the Standard to-day, that Mr. W. G. Riddick has taken charge of this spacious and. well-known Hotel. Mr. Riddick is a gentleman of taste and energy, and we have no doubt he will render this a first class house. : - : Thi Ets and Ear. Those who are suffering from deafness or diseases of the Eye should avail themselves of the opportunity now offered for ' obtaining relief by consulting Dr. Gardner, (form erly of London, Eng.,) now of New York, who will visit Raleigh on Saturday, Nov. 24th, and re main until Thursday, the 29th. The Doctor comes highly recommended by tle press of the different . Cities ho has visited. Read his advertisement in another part of tits paper. .; 80 tnar28. 3k..WNWBgy; A-tet:- - a win oe seen oy tne, toiiowing despatch from Milledgeville that the Georgia Legisla- ? rare, nas rejected tne nowara amendment by a large majority j?'V" j'K. ;r. 14iLiitMEvnLB,f Nov. V.f-The tegislatuw rejected the constitutional Amendment.: The' rejection resolution reads as follows: 'V" JSetolved, That the Legislature of Georgia declines to ratify the amendment adding the fourteenth article to the Constitution of the United States. . -: ' . . A motion was made in the Senate ta post pone the consideration to some future day,, but was amended to move the adoption of the above resolution, and this was passed yeas 86, nays nonea full Senate voting. In the Housethe vote stood yeas l6l,nays 2 Ellington, of Gilmer county, and Hum phreys, ofFauvier county. "The committee reporting this resolution ac company the report with a lengthy argument The 'substance is as follows : , . 1st That the States of the United States alone are authorized to consider constitution al amendments. .. ,, , : ; - : ; . - 2d. That such amendments must be pro posed by two-thirds of Congress, or two thirds of the Legislatures of the States. 3d. That Georgia was one of the original States, and must always have continued such, unless she reserved the right to secede or give the Federal Government the right to eject her." - ; . . The report adduces the legislation of Con: gress, the proclamations of the President,aud the issue made during the war by the Gov ernment of the United States to prove it was held by that Government that no Statecould secede, and the war was only intended to up hold the practical relations of the States thereto, and the suppression of the rebellion was to restore these relations fully, and the Constitution then becomes the supreme law of theland. . - The argument then goes on to declare that Georgia and other States are integral parts ot Congress, and no constitutional , Congress can be convened while such integral portions are forcibly excluded. It says the adoption of the emancipation amendment is no prece dent for the adoption of this amendment, the Southern States having at that time no dele gations to be received into Congress, as now, who desired admitance, and then concludes by saying that as the amendment in question was not proposed by two-thirds ofa constitu tional Congress, the committee recommend the adoption of the resolution above men tioned. We hear from a great number of Southern sources the declaration that there is no show whatever for the Constitutional Amendment in any Soutliern State, because there is no certainty and no belief that its adoption' would be regarded by Congress as a finality, or as the last condition of re-union that will be exacted from the South. N. T. Time. The Time gets its information from seces sion sources. The Southern leaders will not, in any event, adopt the amendment . If they cannot return to the Union on their own terms, with all the offices in their possession, they will not return at all. When they say they are not sure Congress will not exact more than the proposed amendment, they mean merely to insult the Congress and to offer a pretext for not adopting the amend ment They have no confidence in, or re spect for the Congress. The Unionists of the South do have confidence in, and do re spect the Congress. The Time is quite se vere on the Northern Democracy. What does it think of their secession allies of the South ! We copy the following from a late num ber of the Washington City Chronicle : "" To the Colored Soldiers, Sailors, akd CmzEss of the District op Columbia. The undersigned, a committee designated by the Colored Soldiers' League of this citj to make arrangement for a public mass meeting of the colored citizens of the Dis trict of Columbia, have the honor to address you. The issues before the American people,and which will soon be presented for considera tion to the second session of the Thirty Ninth Congress, are of vital importance to every colored citizen of the country. We contend that we, as men, are entitled to the elective franchise, and purpose to devote to the accom plishment ot this ohject our earnest efforts. We invite your earnest co-operation. These are not the times for jealousy. Our interests are identical, and our effort should be com mon. We must not stop to quarrel altout who shall lead, hut whenever and wherever a man is found leading in tlte right direction we should rally to his support. We intend to go earnestly and actively to work with the view to demonstrate that "weknmc our rigltfijind, knowing, dare maintain them.n It is our pur pose to give this labor an organized beginning by holding a public mass meeting of all the colored citizens of the District at an early date. Eminent speakers wiil be invited to address the meeting. We desire to see every colored citizen in .the District out and active in this demonstration. Every council of the U. L. A. is invited to be present in body. Come one, come all 1 Due notice of this meeting will be given through the public press. T. R. HAWKINS, G. M. ARNOLD, GEO. D. JOHNSON, H. O. JOHNSON, JAMES GREEN DANIEL A. MALONE, D. S. ATKINSON, WALTER A. CCOPER, - C. B. FISHER Every organization desiring to take a part in this 'demonstration are requested to ad dress G. M. Arnold, 325 I street V showers of Meteors. : To-night, Tuesday the 13th, has been fix ed upon by the Astronomers for a grand dis play of meteors or 44 falling stars." The last descent of this kind occurred just 33 years ago. - . .., ' Read the interesting article from Yale College in our paper to-day, headed 44 No vember Meteors." ...-. ' v' LivDiosToit Brown, Senatob Elect from Caswell. In our list of members of the Legislature . we have heretofore classed this gentleman as belonging to the medical profession. This is a mistake, made by our informant we presume, from the fact that his brother is a member of that profession. Liv ingston Brown is a gentleman of fine attain ments, and is a son of our worthy friend, Hon. Bedford Brown. Wilmington Market -i Wilmikgtok November 9. Turpentine No change in prices. Sales of 171 bbls, at $5 25 for virgin and yellow dip, and $2 62 for hard, $ 280 fts. Spirits Turpentine. Sales of 365 bbls. at 75 cents, and 109 do. at 74 cents gallon the market closing at latter figure.' .' ' Rosin Sales ot 32 bbls. No. 2 at $5, -and 150 do. No. 1 at $7. ? : .. r j. ' Tar 100 bbls. changed hands at 2 55 bbl. . , . - ; Cottra- A lot of Id bales so'.d to-dav at ' 85f cents fh. for middling. Journal, : We copy the following from a late issue of "thi Washington City ' Chrtmwlei :l.:. :i:i:' The 'Grasd Mabs Welcome to Coh- V ' .;'' - ;' GRE88V :"' ft::.-' :'' ! ' i ..Being profoundly impressed with the im portance of the struggle through, which the country is passing, and of the necessity of preserving the results gained by its triumphs in the field, and more recently at , the polls, the undersigned, a committee appointed by the Soldiers and Sailors' Union of Washing ton, D. C, do in their name earnestly invite Jbeir comrades, the loyal veterans Of the Re public, with all other friends of the great cause of Union and liberty, to meet in a na-' tional mass welcome and council to be held in this, the Federal capital, on Saturday, De cern bar the 1st proximo. -We ask your presence to honor and assure protectionto the loyal majority in the Thirty Ninth Congress, in whom we recognize faith ful, guardians of our assailed institutions and able supporters of the principles involved. Come in your "might P By your presence show how sternly loyalty can rebuke treason. Prove thereby that the threats and insults of a treacherous Executive against the legisla tive branch of the Government cannot inti midate a free people. Here in the Federal capital must our great struggle culminate in wise and equitable legislation.- Here, then, should we assemble to encourage and strengthen Congressto whose hands the Constitution wisely entrusts the power to such just action as will make peace perma nent and liberty universal. D. S. CURTIS, ; -,. R. J. HINTON, . ; A. J.BENNETT, , W. S. MORSE, L. E. DUDLEY. S Correspondence is invited, and may be ad dressed, R. J. Hinton, Washington D. C. . ; The National Intelligencer manifests much concern at the above announcement ' He says : . . , . - '' ' ' 44 We are pained and shocked to announce from many sources of reliable information, that the above call looks to the establish ment here en' permanence of an organized force, to be subject to the orders of Congress. Whatjhey may be, and what disastrous ca lamities impend over our beloved country, Heaven only knows. But the ferocious coun-. sels of Butler, Wade, and Forney may be carried out by the 44 sword, smoking with bloody execution." . . ' We are reminded by this of the threats once made by partisans in New York, to or ganize an army of ten thousand men to- en cam d upon Capitol Hill to overawe the ad ministration of Andrew Jackson." Judge Boxd, of Baltimore. It is stated that Gov. Swann will convene the secession Legislature of Maryland at an early day, and that one of its first arts will be to impeach Judge Bond for causing the arrest of his Police Commissioners. The cancer of seces sion ism is rapidly eating into States that were loyal during the rebellion. We are glad to learn that the statement that the Hon. John A- Gilmer was. suffering from a stroke of paralysis, is exaggerated. Mr. G. has been in bad health for several days, but is improving. Richmond Tobacco Market. - CORRECTED BY HILLS ASD liYANT. Breaks very full, prices houyant but no change to note i xcept on new fancy wrap pers, which have advanced 15 to 25 per cent Below we give the transactions for the last two days. One hundred and thirty-nine hogsheads and fifteen boxes opened; one hundred and forty sold, as follows : - Lugs Low funked, at f 3 to $4.50 ; com mon to medium working and shipping, $5 to $7 ; good working and shipping, $6.50 to $9.50. ., Leaf Common, funked, working and shipping, $10 to $13; medium, funked, wor king and shipping, $13.50 to $17.50; good working and shipping, $48 to $20 : fine wor king and shipping, $19 to $25. Manufacturing Medium to good, $15 to $29 ; fine $20 to 35 ; extra $35 to 50. Fancy Wrappers Medium to good, new, $40 to 75 ; fine to extra, new, $80 to $120. Time The Case of the Baltimore Comission . ers. . Baltimore, Nov. 9. To-day the counsel on both sides were heard at length. The ar gument of Messrs. Latrobe and Horwirtz is not only regarded as conclusive as to the right of the new Commissioners to take pos session, but also as showing evident malfeas ance on the part of Judge Bond,and his con spiracy with others to resist the plain oper ations of the law. The New Commissioners will make no compromise. To-morrow Messrs. Alexander and Schley close the case, when Judge Bartol will render his decision. From the evidence adduced and argument present ed no one doubts its purport. Further re sistance on the part of the old Commission ers would be simply madness. The new Com missioners went quietly to their homes to night Baltimore, Nov. 9. Movements are on foot to make to Governor Swann such repre sentations as to the pressure ot public busi ness and consideration of important matters, for which the time o( theregnlar session is too limited, to induce him to call an extra session. He will carefully consider these statements, and, if necessary, convene tbe Legislature about the 1st of December, one month prior to the regular meeting. This course was pursued by Governor Hicks in 1861, when great emergencies arose. The. Senatorial question is the last feature in the matter, as the election of Governor Swann i.n place of Creswell, by acclamation, is cone s-. ded. The principal points are the revision of th e registry law and other matters of high im portance to the State. There are some ru mors of recusancy on tbe part of the Radical judges in this city in making returns of tbe late elections, for which they ' are allowed five days, but such course in well-informe.i circles is really apprehended. The Radicals held private meetings to-night. Conserya tive memliers elect to tbe Legislature meet to morrow evening. . .., . All quiet Commissioners wilt be released finally to-morrow. ' - Associated Press Dispatch. Baltimore, Nov, 9. The argument in the habeas corpus case of the police Commission ers and Sheriff Thomson was continued to day before Judge Bartol. At a late hour the : court adjourned until to-morrow, when the argument will be resumed. The Judge-is expected to render his decision to-morrow. ' ".- . m m The Will of A Wealthy Mak. The will of Henry Ames, of St Louis, Missouri, who died recently from paralysis, makes the following bequests : $200,000 to bis widow, $50,000 to her daughter by her first marriage and $100,000 to the O'Fallon Institute, which is a liberal institution of learning, something after the plan of the Cooper Institute in New York; The balance of his property gos to. his only child, a little boy eight years old. , The whole estate is valued at $1,500,000. The chief items of property owned by Ames and his brother,' who survives him, are the Lindell Hotel, a valuable block on Fourth street, called. Vocanian row. nnd an immense ' amount of stock in Belcher's Sugar Refining Company. J , . . ; Eeview t& Petersbarg Market -. -'Fo the Week xsvaa November, 9th. a ntwiuo-Tha tnwe.or tne cur aunng the Dst weefc especial' inicotton, has been quite :; pnsav flBiinnuiiKunjs " ""-i however, the stringency in the money mar v .rill nre vails, and toS per cent per month is readily obtained by lenders for 80 and 60 day notes. - Tne immense amount oi cotton now coming into market ought, it would seem, to relieve this stringency, and render money more plentiful speedily 1 Cotton This article has ruled pretty steady throughout the week, at 86 to 80 cents for renaming, wiin saies noims w . . . . - . ......oni bales tiriine old Uotton to lactors ai at 10 o cents, the latter being purchased for the - , r. ;n with mnim info. uiMuiuuiwii.i . rior- grades. ,The lower -grades cotnm.na from 30 to 35 cents, according to quaniy. , Tobacco There has been but little done tbe past week, the stock of old being pretty well exhausted, and not a great deal of new loose coming in. For all sorts of sound old the market has ruled, very steady and at full prices, with a better demand for bright, suit able for wrappers. Inferior funked descrip tions are less in demand, and prices are de cidedly lower than they were some weeks back. . Sales of yellow wrappers at from $20 to $50, ami of sound manufacturing leaf at $12i to $23.-' virtu - market for this article, and prices are tending upward. The receipts have been light, with Cork There is a tetter reeling in tne mixed at $1 25 ; white, $1 27 to $1 30. Wheat There was an active demand throughout the week for this article, both for milling purposes and for seed. We quote for milling, red, according to quality, 2 to' $3 ; white 3 50 to $3 25, as to quality. -' Seed wheat was active throughout the week, with sales of red 3 to $3 25 : white $3 50 to $4 25, tbe market closing firm, both for seed and for milling purposes. Index. - Conrt-Sfartial in North-Carolina. ; Raleigh, Nov. 9. A general couit-mar-tial has been commenced at this city, by or der of General Sickles, for the trial of Major Alexander Goshing, A. Q. M., of Buffaloe, and other prisoners. , The court is composed as follows : Gen eral F. Goff, off Rhode Island Colonel C. G. Brady, of Connecticut ; Lieutenant Colonel M. R. Hogan, Surgeon U. 8. V., of New York ; Brevet Mrjor . Crawsord.of Pennsylvania ; Captain A. M. Staffee, of New Xork ; Briga dier General R. Aveny, of New York, is Judge Advocate. The court has organized, and will proceed with the trial of Captain E. Brown, 37th U. S. colored troops, of Boston, undercharge alleging various fraudulent sales of govern ment property. Tbe case of Major Gosling is not ready for trial, and will not be taken up for a week. The military commission for the trial of the Bureau cases is still in session, but has no cases before it on triaL . . .' Illinois. , Chicago, Nov. 9. Sixty counties in this State gives a Republican majority of 43,000, again of 28,000 since 1864. The Legislature stands as follows : Senate, 16 Republicans to 9 Democrats; House, 58 Republicans to 27 Democrats. . . . . Liverpool, Nov. H-Cotton dull prices de clined d.; uplands, 14d.; sales of 8,000 bales. ' Livebpool, Nov. 9. Nook. The Broker's Circular reports sales of cotton for tbe week at seventy-six thouvund bales; noddling uplands to day declined Jd., closing at 14d. - Newbern Market. Novemler, 10. Our market for turpentine and cotton has ruled low for the past 48 hours, owing to de pressing news from Northern market. Actual sales of virgin dip have leen effect ed to-day at $7-00, of yellow at 6.00, and of hard at $4.00, per bbl. of 280 fts. . Spirits. None offering. - Rosin. We have heard of no sales ; own ers preferring to ship. Cotton The highest sales made public to-day were at SOJc. We quote at 3031c. a good article would command tbe Utter price. Journal of Commerce. New York Markets. Nrw York, Nov. 9. Gold 146. Exchange 9i for sistv days; llsiit Cotton depressed uplands 87ic ; Orleans 3Ua Flour drooping sales at $.2 30$17 25. W malt nominally 2c. lower. . , --. Nbw York, Nov. 9 Later. Gold 14fi. Fives, 110; Tens, 100f-, Cotton declined 1 cent ealua of 1,000 bales. Flour dull sale, 280 bbls. Southern at 1330$17 25. Wheat 23c lower. Corn one cent better. Pork lower sales, 4,100 bbls. new Muss at $25 8727 50. Spirits Turpentine 8081c. Rosin $5a13 50. Don't slight tocr Teeth. Remember that upon tbeir labor tbe health oi the stomach de pends. Keep them perfect, and, in order to do so, manipulate them with a brash, dipped In the Fragrant Sozodot, once or twice a day. Obituary. . Nicholas Lanieb Williams J a., aged 28 yeara and 7 months, died at the residence of his father in Yadkin County, on Monday, 4th of Nov. at 1 o'clock, A. M., after a lingering illness of more than twelve months. He was a young lawyer of brilliant promise ; and had n-t entered on the practice of his pro fession, with indications, that pointed to certain and signal success, when be was claimed as a vic tim by that fatal disease, consumption. He bore his long illness with patience and fortitude; and died, surrounded by his sorrow-stricken parents, without a murmur or a straggle. . ' . Firm, true, and devoted as a friend, manly, dig nified and honest assn opponent; affable, kind and courteous iu his bearing, he won the esteem and admiration of all who knew him. He pos sessed every quality of heart, soul and head which makes the true man. Such a combination ol virtues, such an absence of vices few can boast of. It Is consoling to his family and friends to know, he died a devout christian. ' He bad made a pro fession of religion some months before hit death, and was entirely ruady to bid adieu to earth and all its trouble. , The snn may shine on nntil the end of time, but it will never shine on a nobler, braver, loftier spirit than that which took its flight from earth to Heaven on Monday morning the 4 lb of Novem ber. ' :, . ' J. H. On Sunday last, In the vicinity of Wilmington, Stephen Nichols, of Hillsboro,' N. C. A. CARD. AT THE SOLICITATION OF SOMB OF my friends, Senators elect, I offer myself a candidate for the post of Assistant Clerk of the Senate. - ' An experience of three sessions, justifies me In promising, if elected, a faithful and satisfactory discharge of all t.ie duties of the office. . : ; QUENT. BCSBEE. jr. Raleigh, Nov. 6, 1866. - . 90-td. Assistant Doorkeeper to the Hoase of , "Commons. ' . - WE ARE AUTHORIZED TO ANNOUNCE Theo. N. Ramsay of ! City, as a candidate for Assistan iuora.ocicr w mo uct Hoase of Common. -r-- - " 20 td --. I: TTJST RECEIVED t ' at No. 44 Favetteville street, ! ; BLASTING POWDER AND FUSE, , : Rifle and Canister Powder for sporting, .-' G. D. ad Water Proof Caps. . ' " .; Bird, Squirrel snd Buck Shot, by the hag or ' - pound, -- : " ' -' i Patent Balances and other Scales.' ' "- " " v . ; - . 3. BROWN, with - : - HART & LEWIS. I Rslsigh, Oct. 10, I860.' - 88-tt , . . ;., Special Notices. , AdWttoer, having been havinr nflerwl .u ... . .. . 7. a cvii. ecuon, and that dread disease, Con.nit Z ta snxlons to nuke known hT, fetw . the means of cure. . ; To all who desire It, be will wad eoov . r.. prescription used, (free of chum, v .,.5 i ... rection. forpreparlng snd using the they will find a sea. cubk o rZ:1 wmnnnt sea. cub ton Coss"" .in. ate. ine on v . 1 the rtvrti... ' "UJ1 or u f - .... " na spread infnnn..- woicn De conceive w. , , - . eve .T he - - . -""y, . tIIUJ ult remedy u u ,.,, cost them nothing, nd mavoreve . wilX . Parties wishing tbe- prescription, win ' address - Kav. EDWARn a na..?leu : ; .; ; , WUliamsbnrgh, Kings County, New V'n Oct 81, I860., 4- ' ' Fever ana Agae ExUngnishedMllp. to Intermittent Fever, word with von. " vzr : r pon J0llr. nureiy as yon snake to-dn will shake to-morrow, HOSTETTEK'8 CF! v RRJkTFn BWiuinn mmiu VWJ. 1 - j wr, ilad Ynn taken this genial tonic as a preventive, you 0 u I have no need of it as a cure, for it rendeT- th toe diaeiMt nnripr whtnh vnn Uk " system Impervious to all miasmatic fever n ! Withont dels of tha onmnlulnt - .. 9 the only reliable remedy. Break the chilUirith HOSTETTER'8 BITTER8, and they will retonj no more. ' This la the experience of tliound. " . v, mun no . and it wUl be yours. Quinine is a slow mekn7f reuei; nu nauseous 10 ine last degree; it 1B mm aangeroos man vne maiaay useir; in many case n uiieny ma. now amerent is the effect oi tbe Bitters. -Their curative action is rapid- ther are agreeable to tbe )alate; they are not onlt entirely harmless, but tend inevitably to strength en tbe constitution snd prolong life ; they nfwr him failed, and it it confidently assumed that they wcoct on juu iu any case oi never and Ague however Inveterate in its character. To be with! ont HOSTETTER'S. BITTERS in any region infested with Intermittent or Remittent Fever it simply to reject safety and court disease. 42-w4t DISEASES' OF THE ETE AND EARt ; DOCTOR GARDNER, r- FORM KELT OF LOMDOX, BKOLAHn,. OCULIST AND AUBBT, OPERATOR ON ' EYE AND EAR, Respectfully Informs the citizens of Raleigh, and vicinity, that he will be at the Exchange Hotel on Saturday, November 24th, and remain nntil Thursday, November 29th, and again or- Saturday, December 22d, until Thursday, the 27th. After that time monthly, of which due notice will be given. Office heirs frea f A. H. to P. I. ' And can be consulted on DEAFNESS,' NOISE IN THE HEAD, CATARRH, DISCHARGES FROM THE EAR, SCALES IN THE EAR, ACCUMULATION OF WAX IN THE EAR, OBSTRUCTION OF THE EUSTACHIAN TUBS, and all Acute or Chronic Diana in ofjhe EAR and AIR PASSAGES. ' ARTIFICIAL EYES, Inserted without PAIN, and perfectly resembling the natural eye. Operations for CATARACT, STRABISMUS or CROSS EYE, Artificial Pupil, &c, skillfully performed, and all dis wes of the EYE AND EAR treated, and every operation In, Aural and Op thalmic Surgery, performed by DOCTOR GARDNER. Principal Office, S4 West Fortieth street, New York. ... ' ' ' t-jf For reference, Testimonials, ic., send for a CIRCULAR. - -, ' Opinions of the Press. The Louisville Journal says: " The testimoni als which Dr. Gardner presents to the public could never have been obtained, except by the display of great skill and learning in his profes sion. One thing especially commendable in the Doctor's practice is, that he will not attempt an incurable disease for the sake of a fee, bat frankly tells the patient whether he can be cured or not. We cheerfuliy recommend Dr. Gardner to the attention of all onr friends who may be s uttering from diseases oi the eye or ear." - Tbe Richmond Tine says : " We have no hes itation in saying that Dr. Gardner is the most scientific and successful eye and ear Surgeon in this country." -r ,. '. : ', ' . ' ; , 44 Dr. Gardner's treatment of tbe eye and ear is wonderful." Richmond Suquirer. .. 44 We feel justified m recommending Doctor Gardner to those suffering from diseases of tbe eye and tia.T."itkkoud Whig. . "We can safely and cordially recommend Dr. Gardner, who wiil folall all be undertakes to per form." BaUimor Clipper. The'New Orleans Tn Delta says: uWeen safely recommend Dr. Gardner as s successful operator on the eye and ear. He will not miuef; take to treat a case unless a euro cau be effected. ' The Wheeling Beghter says: Dr. Gardner Is one of most successful Oculists and Aurists in the country. We advise those suffering Irom tbe dis eases of the eye and ear to eousolt him. Oct 13, 1866. 89 6m. Itch! Itch I 8cratch!t Scratch 1 1- Wheaton's Ointment will care the Itch in forty eight, hours. Also cures Ball Rheum, Ulcers, Chilblains, and all eruptions of the Skin. Price SO eta. For sale by all Druggists. t By sending 60 cents to WEEKS A POTTER, Sole Agents, 170 Washington street, Boston, Mass., it will be forwarded by mall, free of post ire, to any part of the United States. . . - P. F. PESCUD, Agent, sept 21 ly ' V Raleigh, N. C. Harriage and Celibacy, an Essty of Warning and Instruction for Young Men. Also, Diseases and Abuses which prostrate the vital powers, with sure means of relief. Beat free of charge 1 sealed letter envelopes. 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