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THE WILMINGTON JOURNAL.
SATURDAY, APAIL 6, 1801.
tI, nnstnae on this paper within the State, is 31 cts. per
quarter, out of the State (ij eta, per quarter.
Egk- The general feeling which pervades all classes
at Washington is that hostilities are inevitable at an
early day. The forces concentrated at New York,
something like three thousand in number, have been or
dered South, and shipping provided for them. Of the
different rumcrs as to their destination, it is difficult to
speak ; yet the shuffling and shambling in regard to
Pickens and Sumter leave ground for the supposition
that they may be intended for either or both of these
forts, and the activity and watchfulness at Charleston,
and the concentration of troops at Pickens, appear to
add lorce to mis view 01 ine case. It would seem as
though the Montgomeryauthorities have either received
information of the intentions of the Administration at
"Washington, or divined them from a knowledge of the
movements of troops, either made or ordered. There is
evidently something in the wind. There is that pecu
liar feel in the atmosphere that precedes, and, we might
say, indicates a storm. There is that sensation that
somehow leaves little doubt that something serious is at
hand, and whether it be true, as reported, that General
Beauregard yesterday informed Major Anderson that he
must prepare to evacuate or be shelled within forty
eight hours, there can be no doubt that in Charleston
the speedy commencement of hostilities is regarded as
inevitable, and all have made up their minds to it.
Among the other rumors, is one that the troops from
New York, or a part of them, are intended for Texas,
ami are sent at the request of General Houston, who
has been deposed from the Governorship ; another one
is, that an attempt will be made to land forces near
Charleston and take the batteries in the rear, while an
armed flotilla attacks them from the harbor. Still an
other version is that a heavy force is to be concentrated
at Key A Vest and the Tortugas, to operate against Pen
sacola and the mouth of the Mississippi.
iiWe must await developments, hoping for the best.
Jn pursuance of a resolution adopted by the
Southern Rights meeting recently held in the Court
House in this town, the following gentlemen have been
appointed as the Executive Committee of the Southern
Rights Association of the town of Wilmington :
qPPEB DISTRICT.
D. A. Lamont,
J. D. CUMMINGS,
11. G. Kan kin,
Wm. L. DeRosset,
P. Heinsbekgek.
LOWER DISTRICT.
R. W. Beery,
T. H. McKov,
H. B. Filers,
W.r. H. Riddle,
J. C. Smith.
S8 "We fear that our fellow citizens in Raleigh are
becoming slightly " obstropolous " in the way of semi
occasional fusses there arising out of party matters.
livery week or so there is something or other We
know that these things lose nothing by travelling and
they do travel until really people will soon take up the
impression that Raleigh is hardly a safe place. Od
Wednesday last there was some fuss because a flag was
put up on private property. Surely the feeble minority
of secessionists cannot be held responsible certainly
the Register is right in saying that these things must
operate against those calling themselves Union " men,
who have the decided preponderance in the City. We
trust it will not be considered mulJlesome on our part
if we d'-precate the existing state of things, which from
the position of Raleigh as the s at of Government, as
sumes proportions of importance beyond its merely local
character.
Johnson's New Illustrated Family Atla3, Published
bij Johnson A Lrowi.xng, Richmond, Va. 1861.
Mr. F. G. Rowe, who is agent for the above work, has
called upon U3 with a specimen copy, and we have given
it as full an examination as our limited time would ad
mit of. It appears to us to be truly a valuable work,
and we can adopt the following remarks from the Rich
mond Enquirer, convinced that they will be substan-
tiallv borne cut bv an examination of the work. The
Enquirer says :
We have just examined a sample copy of Johnson's
Illustrated Steel-Plate Family Atlas, a new work
now being printed and published by Johnson & Brown-
insr of this city.
Among the many superiorities of this work over any
we have before examined, we notice the following :
1st. It is on a larger scale, thus civing room for
greater detail.
2 J. The maps' are engraved upon steel and veiy finely
executed.
'M. The new surveys, explorations and divisions in
our i erntones ; alao, the new counties, towns, railroads
aud other internal improvements in the older States are
brought up to the present time, as well as the new dis
coveries and changes in the political divisions of the
Kastern Continent.
4th. It gives a valuable treatise on Physical Geogra
phy. oth. The maps are mostly double, extending across
two pnges, thus showing the inland and commercial
routes of communication from one State to another, &c.
Oth. The descriptions of each country are late, and
fully illustrated by over three hundred fine electrotype
engravings, mostly from daguerreotype views taken ex
pressly for this work.
7th. It is furnished with extra guards for the easy in
sertions of new maps, thus avoiding the necessity of pur
chasing another atlas for a long time.
The size of the atlas is that known as Imperial folio.
The maps were compiled, drawn and engraved under the
supervision of J. 11. Colton and A. J. Johnson, whose
atlases and maps have been for years, and are now, the
standard works of their kind in America. We are glad
to see a geographical publishing house of this kind es
tablished in Richmond, and have no doubt it will be
successful. We have ordered a copy of their atlas for
our office, another for private use, and can recommend
others to " go and do likewise."
The work is sold only by duly authorized agents who
make its sale their exclusive business.
Mr. L. W. Fairchild, the agent for this city, will call
on our citizens and give them an opportunity to exam
ine it for themselves.
We append the following commendation of the work,
given at Washington last winter, on examination of
the proof sheets, by members of the House of Represen
tatives and United States Senators :
In design, compilation, scale, beauty of execution and
accuracy, Johnson's New Illustrated Family Atlas " has
no superior, and in many respects surpasses Colton's large
imperial folio Atlas of the world, the cost of which we are
creditably informed exceeded the sum of $36,000. We heart
ily approve of the idea of supplying the demand for Geo
graphical works, particularly the bouthern demand, from a
publishing house South of Mason & Dixon's line, and bespeak
tor Messrs. Johnson & Browning the confidence aud pat
ronage of the Southern people.
Among other names attached to this recommendation
we find those of Messrs. Winslow, Craige, Gilmer, Ruffin
and Vance, of North Carolina.
The Atlas contains over one hundred maps and charts,
the letter-press and the charts illustrative of certain
facts in physical geography and climatic influences, be
ing highly interesting and valuable. Mr. Rowe will
call upon our citizens, and although times are hard, still
there are several in want of a work, like this, and as the
mercantile advertisements say, they would do well to
examine before purchasing elsewhere.
jCSylf the Raleigh Standard can show wherein a
defence of Southern Rights is incompatible with the
purest principles of Democracy, it may then talk about
our having turned renegade to Democracy. The De
mocracy that does not embrace, as its cardinal principle,
a defence of State Rights and consequently of Southern
State Rights, is spurious, whatever name it may give
itself. The Standard will have to try again. It will
not do for any advocate of consolidation to accuse the
friends of States Rights and Southern Rights of being
renegade to principle.
. Thlnga In Charleston.
On the day before yesterday serious movements were
near taking place in Charleston harbor. For the par
ticulars we refer to the account which we take fi om the
Courier of yesterday.
We can hardly, from the published accounts, form any
decided opinion as to the objects of the schooner, but
from private advices we are led to the belief that the
Charlestonians are convinced that she was making an
attempt in a quiet way, not likely to attract suspicion,
to slip into the harbor like a mere private coaster, and
at night to put men and provisions into Fort Sumter,
else why did she not come to when challenged.
Naturally the excitement in Charleston is great, and
the first result has been that all supplies have been cut
off from Fort Sumter, and that hereafter no communi
cation will be allowed between Major Anderson and
Washington Citv. It is said however that Lieut. Tal-
bot has been allowed to leave with despatches for Wash
ington and will probably pass through this place to-day.
All the companies have been ordered to their posts,
but no attack will probably be made until further orders
from Montgomery, un!ess au att' mpt be made to com
mnnirtate. But in ti.e Dreseut unsettled and excited
state of things, a conflict may spring up at any moment
How that conflict must result admits of no question.
The small garrison at Fort Sumter must capitulate, but
in the meantime lives may be lost many of them. Mu
tual PYasnpratinn ho. thp. r.onseouence. and Civil war
with all its horrors be precipitated on the country. Mr
Lincoln ought to know this. He must know it, but be
has not courage enough to submit to a military necessi
ty, even when by so doing he could prevent the useless
effusion of blood, without giving no anything that it is
in his power to hold. Surely, this nation must be ex
piating some great sin, to be cursed with such a rule as
that of these Black Republicans. Daily Jour, 5th insl.
gg, The Charleston papers announce the fact that
the last mortar is in its place, ai d that the ammunition
and supplies are all :n possession of the Southern forces,
so that every means for the sj.eedy reduction o! Fort
Sumter may be said to be entirely accomplished. Yes
terday Governor Picking and Cmeral Beauregard were
to visit and inspect all the butteries for the last time,
and to arrange matters for dee'd d action, as all the but
teries are now thoroughly ready. 'I hey were to go in a
private conveyance, and alone.
The Charleston Courier sajs that a despatch was re
ceived there on Tuesday from one of the Commissioners,
to the effect that no further supplies or reinforcements
were to be attempted to Fort Sumter by the United
States authorities, without first informing the Southern
authorities of the fact. It was also stated that the Pre
sident had not the courage to execute the order for the
evacuation of Fort Sumter, which had been decided on
in the Cabinet. lie wants to throw the responsibility
of evacuation upon Major Audersou. This whole thing
about Sumter is in a " muddle " sure enough.
The opinion gains ground that all the talk about the
evacuation of Fort Sumter, is only a rune on the part
of the Republicans, who feared to take any dtcid d!y
coercive attitude at first, lest the border States should
be stimulated toactiou, instead of being lulled into fatal
security. The Fort was to be given up this week or
that week, this day or that day, but it has not been giv
en up yet, and won't be, if by any hook or crook the
Government at Washington can contrive to slip in a
few men and provisions. An attempt at doing so may
be looked for at ;my time. Notwithstanding the assur
ances given to the Commissioners of the Confederate
States, the impression prevai's in Washington, that
something of this kind is on hand. Any attempt to re
inforce or re-provision Foil Sumter, will be sternly re
pelled, and will, no doubt, be followed by very decided
measures on the part of the Sute and Confederated
forces at Charleston.
The large surplus offered for the eiht million loan, taken
at 93, will no doubt have its (ftVet upon Mr. Lincoln's
Administration in increasing its confidence in its ability
to coerce, by having the pecuniary means to do so An
extra session of Congress is almost certain to be called.
That will mean but one thing, and result in but one
thing war.
The Men Willi llie Carpet-Bags.
Like the leaves of the forest wheu Summer is green,
That host with its bugs at the White House w is seen,
Like the leaves of the forest when Lincoln hath blown,
That host on the morrow hath trotted right home.
Byron siighluaUy altered.
We did mean to say carpet bags in the second line,
but we couldn't work in the " carpet." Please un
derstand " carpet." The last line also might be im
proved if we had time, for the fact of it is, that some of
them can't raise the dimes to enable them to trot home,
even if they had homes to go to. But by a stretch of
poetical license, we have assumed the possession ol homes
for these homeless ones, and also ot the spondulicks where
withal to pay their passages to their ordinary places of
abode.
But the cry is " still they come," for their ' name is
legion," and like the tvil spirits in the Scripture, they
seem to have entered into the bodies of swine. Pity they
don't run them down straightway, to the Potomac river
at least, and drown them. They blockade the White
house, they hang about the public offices, they annoy
clerks, they make themselves nuisances generally, and
while the administration ought to be doing something
decisive, it is simply paltering over appointments or
watching New England elections.
Mr. Lincoln and his suite beat Japanese Tommy and
all the other Kamis and No-Kamis. Did any mortal
ever see such a bill as they run up at Albany, espe
cially in the way of breaking things ! Verily that suite
must have been composed of mighty men of valor.
Nine bottles apiece ! (See 3d column for statement.)
Our milk-and-raolasses complexioned friends of
the Dominican Republic, are greatly excited at the r
ported intention of Spain to le-conquer their interesting
country, the independence of which, by the way, the
Spanish Government has never formally acknowledged,
it being a former Spanish colony. The call to arms is
rich and racy. It says, " We should make a fight of
giants which will astonish the whole world, and make
the earth tremble under our feet !" Gracious ! Whole
population of tbq " Republic," 126,500 !
It does appear, however, spite of all the denials of the
Spanish Minister, that there is really some intention on
the part of that country to assert authority over San
Domingo. Spain will take the East part of the Island
of Hayti, and France the West, the first being known
as the Dominican republic, the last as the republic, or
quondam Empire of Hayti. -
' Cruel. Sundry of the Federal office-holders in New
York, whose official heads " Old Abe " will shortly bring
to the block, received on the first ol April copies of the
following card, which speaks for itself :
JoHN-W. PaRMBB'S
FREE DINING SALOON,
47 Ludlow street.
Come and eat, e poor and hungry, without money and
,. . without price.
Open from six in the evening until midnight.
How Near He Got. Like the man that never
preached a sermon himself, but came mighty near it,
having held the light for the man that did, Mr. Doug
las came near the Presidency, having held Lincoln's hat
while he took the oath of office.
Sometimes he (Mr. Douglas) comes out apparently
all right against coercion and all that sort of thing, but
the next moment he says or does something that really
puzzles all observers who may be anxious to place him,
and forces the most candid to admit that after all, the
last recorded position is that already alluded to. He ia
folding Lincoln's hat.
Southern Rights Meeting In Sampson County.
. We are requested to give notice that there will be a
meeting of the Southern Rights citizens of Sampson
county, in Clinton, on Saturday, the 13th iust. Several
speeches may be expected.
Sgg The Kaleigh Register can't go Henry W. Mil
ler for Congress not .quite no ! Yet why shouldn't
it? Mr. Miller never injured his opposition standing
by making a Democratic tpeecb, that we know of, and
we don't think he ever will. He never left the Know
Nothing organization until compelled to leave it as rats
leave a sinking ship. Personally we have not a word
to say against Mr. Miller, but politically we don't know
what to make of him. We never could figure him out
a Democrat.
Another Gone. Judge McLean, one of the Asso
ciate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States,
died at Cincinnati on the 4th instant, aged about 76
years. He was a native of New Jersey, but had long
been a citizen of Ohio. He was appointed to a seat on
the Supreme Court Bench by General Jackson. Mr.
Lincoln has now two vacancies to fill. The Supreme
Court will soon be remoJtlied, us Mr. Seward said it
would be.
A Slight Mistake. The report going the rounds
that St. Clair Morgan, the man who fired the first gun
at the Star of the West, is dead, having been killed in
a duel at Pensdcola.
The mistakes in this statement bpper to be, 1st,
that St. Clair Morgan did not fire the first, gun, that gun
having been fired by a Cadet of the Citadel Academy,
said Cadet hailing from Sumter District, S. C; and 2d,
that t. Clair Morgan is not diad.
The debt of the City of Philadelphia is over
twenty millions ol dollars. I he municipal taxes in N.
York absorb one-third of the rental on real estate in the
most prosperous times.
The United States I n usurer's exhibit for the
montii ei.dii.g 30th March, shows a total amount in the
Treasury 6T $2,7G4,G91 04 ; of which amount there was
in the depositary at Wilmington, N. C, subject to
dra!t, SG.178 17, and at the mint at Charlotte, $32,-
000 00.
?$ur The population of Montreal, Ca.:ac!a, is 91,1G9.
In 1852 it was 57,715.- The population of Quebec is
G'2,138 against 42,052 in 1852. The aggregate popu
lation of Canada West or Upper Canada, shows an in
crease of 49) per cent, in 9 years ; and of 31 per
cent, iu Canada East or Lower Canada during the same
period.
B,The Old Pennsylvanian, a Democratic paper of
some thirty years standing iu Philadelphia, has been
suspended ; we may say it has died out. It has had
connected with it Joseph C. Neal, of the " Charcoal
Sketches;" James Gordon Bennett, J. Barron Hope,
of Virginia, John W. Forney aud others.
SSs" Southern Rights Meetings were held this week
in Onslow and Wake counties, and a most enthui istic
feeling displayed. The cause is growing rapidly.
Lincoln's Hotel Bill at Albany. The " high old
time " " Old Abe " and his suite enjoyed during the
trip from Springfield to Washington, may be inlerral
from the following bill for one diy spent at the Delavan
House, Albany :
Delavan House, Feb. V2.1, 1SU.
The State of Ntw York:
To T. Koksskle A 80N.
One day's board of Hon. A 1 incolu and suite,
parlors, diuners aud breakfast in parlor, $ 57G 50
Wines and liquors '. H57 CO
hegara
Telegraphs,
5oi:gves Water,
B-tcgage,
arriages
Sundry broken articles stv s, chairs, etc
16 00
1 13
2 60
4 hi
12 00
. . . l.r.O 00
Total
$1,120 10
There were eighteen persons in ihe party which is an
awroge of nine hollies a head. Says tho Post :
' We are cot surprised, alter such drinking, at a con
siderable charge for Congress water. Neither is it won
derful that the breakages for stoves, chairs and so forth,
were set down at a hundred and fifty dollars. Ft Hows
with nine bottles of liquor order their belts must have
been iu a state to break everything about them, even
their own necks "
Cure for In-growixg Nails. It is stated by a cor
respondent of the Medical and Surgical Journal, t-iat a
cauterization with hot tallow is an immediate cure for
in-growing nails. He says :
The patient on whom I tried this was a young lady
who had been unable to put on a shoe for several months,
and decidedly the worst case I had ever seen. The dis
ease had been of long standing. The edge of the nail
was deeply undermined ; the granulations formed a high
ridge partly covered with skin, and pus constantly ooz
ing from the root of the nail ; the whole toe was swollen
and extremely ttnle and painful. My mode of pro
ceeding was this : 1 put a very small piece of tallow in a
spoon, and heated it over a lamp uutil it became very
hot, dropping two or three drops between the nail and
granulation?. The effect was almost magical. Pain
and tenderness were at once relieved, and in a few days
the granulations were all gone, the diseased parts dry
and destitute ot feeling, and the edge of the nail exposed
so as to admit of being pared without any inconvenience.
The cure was complete, and the trouble never returned.
I have tried this plan repeatedly since, with the same
satisfactory results. The operation causes little or no
pain if the tallow is properly heated.
Important from I lie SoutH 1'. S. Troops nt Key
W ist. "
Montgomery, April 2. W. II. Ward, Esq., editor
of the Key of the Gulf, arrived last night from Pensa
cola. He states that on the 25th the steamers Daniel
Webster and Gen. Rusk arrived at Key West, the
former with 400 troops under Col. Cooper, an 1 the lat
ter with 200 for Key West, aud 100 for Tortugas.
The Crusader reached Key West with sealed orders
u .der command of Capt. Craven. The Brooklyn was
going into Key West on the 26th, aud there was no
doubt (in the mind of Mr. Ward) that she had left her
troops at Fort Pickens.
The Texas commissioners had stipulated that the
General Rusk should land her troops at New York, but
the commanders of ihe three companies had signed a
document exonerating Capt. Smith, of the Rusk, from
all blame for. the deception employed. .
Yellow Fever Racing In Rio.
New Orleans, April 1. The bark A. Pendergrast
arrived at this port to-day, from Rio Janeiro on the
16th of February. The papers report that the yellow
fever was raging there.
The political news from the United and Ut nfederate
States had unsettled everything, and great anxiety was
manifested regarding the secession troubles.
Death of Lieut. Beriyman.
I eksacola, t la., April 3. Lieut. Berryman, com
manding the U. S. steamer Wyandotte, at this station,
died last night of brain fever.
From New Mexico.
Independence, Mo., April 1. The Santa Fe mail,
with dates to the 18ih of March, arrived here to-day,
being one day ahead of time. No Indians were met
with on the route. The grass is short as far as Fort
Wise ; from that point it is in good condition.
Gen. Jo. Lane. Washington, April 2. Gen. Jo.
Lane writes to a friend here that he is going to Oregon
to nrge the Democracy there to adopt the Constitution
of the Confederate States as their platform.
Sad Accident. The friends of our much esteemed
townsman, Dr. John W. Davis, will regret to learn that
he met with a serious accident yesterday. We nnder
stand that he was thrown from his horse, and his leg,
striking the iron on the railroad track, was broken just
above the ankle. Goldsboro' Rough Notes, 4th tnst.
Fire. -On last night, at half past 8 o'clock, the alarm
of fire was given, and on repairing to the spot we found
Mr. Thos. W. Dewey's barn in flames, being the sixth
fire that has occurred since last Friday evening.
: Charlotte Bulletin, 3d inst.
St. Clair Morgan. A Warrington correspondent
of the Mobile Advertiser, writing under date of the 21st
March, says :
" The yonng gentleman who was wounded in the ren
contre on Tuesday morning, is doing well at the Naval
Hospital, and hopes are entertained of his recovery."
t, : rn,riABtftn Mercury. 5th inst
ITUUi mo vi.- - ,0,
pnM s Thk End Approaching. When it
became generally known yesterday morning mt tne
companieS now on: duty at Sullivan's Island had been
ordered to fill up their ranks without delay, and that the
reserves belonging to tne several corps ww , c
comrades already on duty by the four o'clock boat, peo-
pie began to speculate as to wnai was guiug
next. The public curiosity grew more general upon the
arrival of two of the officers of Major Anderson s com
mand Lieuts. Talbot and Snyder with a flag of truce.
They were received by the Governor aud General Beau
regard Lieut. Talbot having been appointed by the
Government at Washington as Assistant Adjutant
nni tUa Ttiatriot nt OrfHon. with orders to re-
VJ CIJC 14 IU1 bills lw" .vw ' " w - o ,
pair to that station at once, desired permission to
leave the city to report himself at Washington.
Leave was of course readily granted to him, with the
understanding that no officer was to be permitted to
join the garrison of Fort Sumter to supply his place ;
and, accompanied to the depot by Colonel Moses, aid to
the Governor, he left Charleston by the two o'clock
train ot the N. E. Railroad. Meantime, Lieutenant
Snyder had mentioned the facts of the firing into the
unknown schooner (as described in our issue of yester
day), and informed the Governor that the vessel in ques
tion was a Boston schooner, loaded with ice, and
bound for Savannah, and that she had put into this
harbor on account of stress tf weather. He further
said that one of the shots had passed through the
schooner's sail. Lieutenant Snyder then returned to
the wharf in company with an aid, and went back to
the Fort. During his interview with the Governor, the
soldiers who mauntd the boat had seized the opportuni
ty to lay in some coveted individual supplies of whisky,
tobacco, eatables, and a host of other provisions, mak
ing in all no less than thirty-five packages. The police,
however, had kept a bright eye upon the soldiers, and
when the provisioning was complete, they quietly seized
all the packaccs and transferred them to the guard house.
During the whole of yesterday afternoon all kinds of
rumors were rife on the streets. A vague impression
had somehow got abroad that the long agony of sus
pense and inaction was to be speedily and abruptly end
ed ; but how, or wheu, or by whose orders, nobody
could tell. We have made diligent iuquiry ; and, (in
the absence of official in formation, which, in a juncture
like this, is seldom made public,) we deem the following
facts to be reasonably certaiu :
First. That the suppiits ol provisions and the mails,
hitherto furnished regularly to the garrison of Port Sum
ter, are to te cut, oh to-day, and that no further commu
nication will be allowed between Major Audeison and
the Government at Washington.
Second. That the troops at all the State fortifications
are now finally disposed, equipped and provided for, so
as to be ready for action at a moment's warning.
Third. That no attack of any kind will be made up
on Fort Sumter umil iurther orders, unless such an at
tack should be provoked by lajor Anderson, or by an
attempt on the part or his government to bring aid to
the beleaguered fort ass.
Fourth. That these mtasures are taken at the instance
of the Government ot the Confederate States, which has
lost all confidence in the prolessions of the Lincoln Ad
ministration. We have said that this information has no official
sanction ; but we have not given it without sifting thor
oughly all the conflicting reports prevalent last night,
iand we think it can be relied on as affording a fair out
line of the new policy to be pursued henceforth with
regard to the " saucy seventy."
Our CJiifiitis me full
From the Chicago Tribune.
The great size and the number
ol the grain waie-
houses in Chicago are the wonder of all visiters. And
yt vast as they are two of them affording room for
700,000 bushels there is not room in the city lor an
other week's receipts. Vessels and propellers are in
request for loading iu order to icceive and make room
for what is arriving. As we are receiving from sixty
to a hundred thousand bushels daily, it is plaiu that
unless navigation opens within two or three weeks cur
railway managers will be obliged to stud peremptory
o:d rs to the country to stop shipment.
Our tables published a week ago show that we have
now in the city ut least 4.300,000 bushels of giain. The
amount is probably greater by the receipts of last week.
Of this we have 1,650 000 bushels of wheat and 1,600,
000 bushels of corn. Taking ihe amount in store, by
" ciphering" a. few moments, some very curious results
will be reachnl. Ailowii g sixty bushels to the lo.d,
nearly double what the iai hilt's team hauls, and it would
take 71.666 teams to -"raw it ; and it each team occupy
twen'y feet, it would take 365 miles ot road to give them
stiinding room. Tnis is exactly the distance between
Chicago aud Cairo. And, again, it will require 287
v essels and propelleis to clear out our warehouses if each
o.ie take a load of 15,000 bushels. And yet all we have
in store is not a tithe of what our farmers will seud for
ward during the season, it satisfactory prices are realized.
A nival ot tlifc M turner Nuiihvs-)i Light.
New York, April 3. The steamer Northern Light
has arrived from A?pinwall, which port she kit on the
25th ult., bringing $1,000,000 in treasure.
The advices from Central America are unimportant.
President Guardiolo has been appointed Captain-General
ol Honduras, with full powers to settle the difficul
ties between the civil and eeclesiastical authorities.
There was adoubtiul rumor in N iearague that a par
ty ot filibusters irom New Orleans had arrived on the
Uio Grande.
Costa Rica was quiet.
Coffee had advanced.
Advices from New Grana-la indicate that an e'igaga
ment wou'd soon commence between the constitutional
forces and the revolutionists, on the banks of the Mag
daleua. The former numbered 7,000 and the latter
3,000.
Advices from Peru state that President Mareno, of
Euuador, has been intriguing for the annexation of his
country to France. Letiers written by him advocating
that measure have been printed in the Lima newspapers
' From Washington.
Washington, April 3d. Mr. Corwin, Minister to
Mexico, has been tendered the sloop-of-war Cumber
land to take him to Yera Cruz. He especially goes to
make a treaty with Mexico, which is a speciality with
the Administration.
It has been ascertain d that the French Consuls in
the Confederate States have received instructions direct
from France, instead of thiough their Minister here, rel
ative to the facilitation of Southern commerce and trade
with that Empire. Although no official notification of
the coming ot French or English fleets has b.jen receiv
ed here, gentlemen in prominent positions are satisfied
that those Governments are in close communication wiih
observation of Southern political movements.
1 he Cioveiiiiiiiiu Loan,
Washington, April 3. The decision of the Secre
tary of the Treasury in rejecting all bids for the govern
ment loan under 94, has caused great, disappointment
among the bidders. They allege that the advertisement
gave no such discretion. Had the entire eight millions
have been awarded, the average would have been 93).
I he Secretary has concluded to issue Treasury Notes
for the remaining five miilion.
Arguments at Hand. In addition to the prepara
tions and detachments in and around this city and har
bor of which we have given the fullest reports, consis
tent with our duty as citizens we may state that 63,
000 enrolled militia and 10,000 volunteers, armed and
equiped and organized, could be 'readily brought into
tne field in any point of South Carolina.'- "
There are 140 pieces of ordinance of heavy calibre in
position, and ready for use, including 60 brass pieces of
Field Artillery, and there are materials for arming and
furnishing more men even than the numbers above men
tioned.' :
In addition to State equipments and resources, many
patriotic citiz3ns have supplied themselves by private
purchases, with approved arms and with ammunition.
Char. Courier.
Another Outrage. Mr. W. A. Sturdivant, one of
our Wake county farmers,1 had plucked from his hat a
Southern cockade by. Wiley Saul3 of this City,. who
forthwith proceeded to tear it up, upon which Mr. Stur
divant fired upon Sauls with a pistol but missed him.
A scuffle then ensued in which a knife was used at the
risk of Saul's life. The parties were separated,-however,-but
one of the parties interfering got slightly cut.
The Banner says "Mr. Sturdivant got scratched some
what severely. This is a mistake. We have seen Mr.
Sturdivant and he is not marked at all or in anywise in
jured. Are Southern men not to be allowed to wear
even a badge in Raleigh? State Journal.
From New Orleans.
New Orleans, April 3. The report that the Brook
lyn had reinforced Fort Pickens by landing troops is
incorrect. Supplies only were landed. The" present
attitude of the government at Washington is regarded
as a truce, any violation of which would cause immediate
hostilities. - v A
For Liberia. The Ship Mary Caroline Stevens"
will sail for Liberia, from Baltimore, on May first on
her tenth voyage. Among the applicants for a passage
at that time are twtlvt from New Jersey.
Statistical information is hard to obtain m JN orth
fJarolina. - Few men interest themselves in procuring
and publishing it: This is; to be regretted, especially
at thi3 .uncture, when the public mind seems to be some
i.4. .Lwt n tbfi imnortanee of manufacturing, as a
wuat aiuuovu r - c. - i
means of self-independence, as a source of profit,-and a
more equal division of the labor of the people of the
T.u'tu hnwovw has been made public, of the indus
trial operations of our people, we know enough to satis
fy us that manufacturing and mechanism are much more
largely carried on, than is generally supposed, and that
c " . .... . 1 -.1 - MYhaflori in with
they may be still mucn more largeij u. .u
profit. "With the view cf eliciting information and if
possible to excite a more general interest m enterprises
of this sort, we propose to take a brief view of what is
Alr. in La Stato co far ns nnr limited information ex-
tends. And in doing so, we shall arrange the several
industrial schemes under their several heads, in order
that public attention may be more certainly directed to
tv of our information may be
filled up or supplied by our cotemporams and others,
ivwopccpiI of fnlipr and more complete statistics.
1. Cotton Factories. Perhaps there are not less
than from 15 to 20 Cotton Factories in the State, in
active operation at this time. If the recent statement
that 29.000 bales of coiton are annually manufactured
in the State, as published in the papers, be correct, it
would seem that a lanrer number than 20 must be in
operation.- We are not able at present to locate more
than half of that number. There are seven pretty large
establishments at woik in and around Fayetteville, one
iu Johnson, one in INewbem, and others in itanaoipn
aud other parts of the State. If, however, y.UUU Dates
a-e annuallv manufactured, it must involve an invest-
ment of perhaps 2,000,000 atone, in tnai urancu ui
" - x 1 -1 A I 1 . I
enterprise.
2. Flora lactones. TuousQ tnis Drancn oi uusiuess
has attracted but little notice, at this time it is carried
on. and is on the increase, to a greater extent,
than any other branch, as to the number of mills in op
eration. It employs fewer laborers and invests a small
er capital than cotton, it is true, yet it is of no inconsid
erable importance to the business of the State. Many
of the mills an; very extensive, yet tney are mcapaDie oi
meeting the demand at home or abroad. North Caro
lina flour within a few years, has risen to the top of the
market, and if our planters and millers choose, they can
increase its reputation aud quantity. We are not ad
vised of the statistics of this article, but suppose that
50,000 barrels, at a valuation of $300,000, are annually
t-ent out of the State. This is a mere supposition, it may
be greater or much less, but we hardly hazard much in
saying that an equal or greater amount of flour is im
ported from other StaUs, than we export. We hope
the day is not distant, when our millers will wipe this
stain from the Old North State.
3. Coach. Factories. This is undoubtedly the largest
brai.ch ol mechanical enterprise in the State, employing
a larger amount ol hands aud capital than any other.
This branch has the ability to supply the entire demand
at home, yet owing to some cause, Northern work still
competes severely with our coacb-makers. We believe
that Mr. McKethan's factory iu Fayetteville, is the
largest in the State. His work finds its way into other
Southern States. There are others of equal ability, as
in this city and other places, to make any kind ot vehi
cle to compare with his or the North, but his we be
lieve is the lurgest establishment we are aware of. At
any rate, there is but little room for an increase of this
branch of industry.
4. Wool Factories, There are several factories for
carding and perhaps spinning wool, but so far as we
know, those at Salem and at Rock Island are the only
Factories where cassimeres and other woolen goods are
r;iade. These are doing well and are producing the very
best goods for men's wear lor daily use. This branch
should be increased.
5. Foundries Burns' foundry iu this city, we be
lieve, was the first started iu the State, at which a steam
engine was made. Now there are several. Oneat
Wilmington, ' the Shops,' at Salisbury, Fayetteville,
Newbern, and Charlotte. Besides these, there are iron
and brass Foundries, for the manufacture of farming
utensils, fcc. There should be one at Wentworth,
Washington and oilier points. Farming implements
are in demand, and the State should supply her own
farmers. Foundries for pot ware, edge tools, &c, are
still a desideratum. The opening of the Irou mines on
Deep River, wilt give an impetus to this branch.
C. Paper Factories. There are four paper factories in
the State, we believe. Two in Wake county on Neuse
River, one in Cumberland on Rockfisb, and one at or
uear Sak-m. The first three are operating extensively,
and tbt ir paper is always in demand in New York.
Hut lor the scarcity of rags, this branch of business
might ie extensively followed in this State,
7. Shoe Factories. There are several Shoe Factories
located at Thomasville, and one in Chatham. These
should be extensively erected. One in R deigb, Fayette
ville, V ilmington, Newbern, Washington, Greensboro',
Charlotte, Salisbury and other towns each, could not
supply the demand.
8. Furniture Factory. We are not aware of a Fur
niture iactory, iu which machinery is employed in the
State.
9. Wood Ware. The bucket factory of Mr. Make
peace, neur Fayetteville, is the ouly one of the kind,
which lias been started. Several barrel factories have
been established in the upper counties.
10. Tobacco Fac'orics. These are numerous in the
upper counties, but mostly on a small scale.
11. A few factories lor pottery, earthenware, pipes,
&c, we believe, exist in the upper country, and the
spoke and rim factory in this city, embrace about the
extent ot our information on this subject.
12. Distilleries for the manufacture of whisky and
brandy, are no doubt uunierous. These we regard as
wholly evil. The labor and capital employed in them
is a consumption a waste, which all the industrial em
ployment of our people caunot mend. Were the capi
tal employed iu these, appropriated to other and better
objects, we might anticipate a better day for the Old
North State. Spirit of the Age.
There are two foundriea in Wilmington, viz : One owned
by Messrs. Hart & Bailej', and the Clarendon Iron Works,
now in operation under the control of Mr. Roberts. We be
lieve Mr. Roberts has leased this latter foundry for a term
of years. Engines of almost any size are manufactured at
these foundries. Journal.
Im-it-Hse of tb Gulf Squadron.
Washington, April 4 The gulf squadron about to
be dispatched is to be commanded by Capt. Stringham.
The reasons for the increase of the naval force in that
quarter are all conjectural.
The extreme caution which characterizes the admin
istration on this as well as all military subjects occasion
many warlike rumors, 't he government seems to have
come to a determination, in the language of a Cabinet
officer, to be known only by its acts. Extreme solici
tude is everywhere manifested relative to the movements
concerning Forts Pickens and Sumter, and the fear is
expressed that a collision may be precipitated.
The steamer Pawnee, lying off the Washington navy
yard, will probably leave for parts unknown on Satur
day. .
Washington, April 4. A naval fleet, which is being
fitted out in great haste at New York, is understood to
be a supplement to the Gulf Squadron, to counteract
the presence of the intended English and French fleets ;
though it is asserted here that the Administration may
contemplate the blockade of the Southern ports and the
mouth of the Mississippi. Authoritative circles, how
ever, incline to the opinion that the vessels are to be
stationed near San Domingo. d P". - ?
All the federal troops are about to leave the city.
One of the chief army officers left to-dav: .
Four Governors of free States called on the President
to-day, and urged the holding of the fortifications at the
ooutn. , . , . .,
The Administration is anticipating hourly advices
from Fort Pickens. The city is rife with rumors of an
alarming character. Two or three light artillery com
panies and twenty to thirty city carpenters in the em
ploy of the. Government left here on special service this
morning, usiensioiy ror rort Hamilton.
Dispatch to Charleston Courier.
Fugitive Slave Case In Illinois.
Chicago, April 3. A colored man named Ilarris,
with his wife and two children, was arrested this morn
ing, on a warrant issued by U. S. Commissioner Cor-
nen, and sent in a special train to Springfield. ""-Thev
will be examined to-morrow." The man is claimed bv
-uai.,.1 n,erson,oi m. ijouis county, mo., and the woman
and children by Mr. Vail, of the same conntv. having
escaped from their owners three weeks ago. After the
ttirwsi, uecame Known in tnis city an intense excitement
prevanea among tne colored community. -
r A Supposed federal Spy in Texas.
Augusta, April 4. An officer of the federal armv in
New Orleans, sent by his government about the time of
uic Dwcseiuu ui icAiw io mat oiate, remains mere, as
is suspected, for the purpose of giving information to
the War Department. The Confederate States authori
ties have a sleepless eye. on him. He is believed to be
a Pennsylvania ' -
'. -
ERRrET Lanb Ordered to Ska. New York, April
4; lne U. B. Bteamer Harriet Lane left the navy-yard this
afternoon, and has anchored at quarantine. She is bound
to sea, with sealed orders. Nothing ia known as to her
destination.
home on Tuesday last, much improved in fiij1
thousands ot friends throughout the Stat will
ed to learn that the fears entertained in some pleaft
of the Governor's rapid decline were unfounL?11
true he has been quite ill, but not dangerouslv m il is
present indications, the Governor is destined fn m
" regular course ot years " and to finish at a his
age " his brilliant and prosperous career. Th" 01(1
does not contain a man whose loss would' b m tate
ly felt or generally lamented - than would hP n?re,deeP
Governor John W. Ellis. ine 1(8 of
- Raleiglijtaie J0Urnal
" Arrival of llie California Pony ExD
Fort Kearney, April 5. The California'
press of the 23d ult. has arrived. The Califom'.f P ex"
had voted that no election of U. S. 8nnA. iTUs
jruv. Junius. JJ-ia Xjxeeilpnpw Un -nit-
, . ... . ., . nan toi..
gent would have received the united
a number of Douglas votes but for his indiscreet
strongly sympathizing with secession.
TV. . .
eckiarirV
speech
The Fugitive Slave Cage at Spri,Kfie,d
Chicago, April 5. The fugitive slaves taken
is city on Wednesday morning were examine i
this city on Wednesday morning were examined 1 r
Commissioner Corneau, at Springfield, yesterdav tT
proof that they are fugitives was clear and indisnnt.li
and they were accordingly delivered to their nil e'
They were taken to St. Louis in the evening train
Election of U. S. Senators in Kansas
Atohison, April 5. The Legislature have elM
Messrs. Lane and Pomeroy United States Senator!
a small majority. 3 bJ
'Outrageous Murder. We learn that a little n
some eight years old, the daughter of Mr. Arrtiih m
Collum, living near White Hall, Bladen county
brutally murdered by a negro a few days since, by cr
ing her head with a rail. We have not heard the r!
ticulars. Fayetteville Carolinian. Par"
Many readers remember Thomas Carlyle's charaet
istic use of the definition given bv a witness in a J'
bratcd English case :- I always thought him respS
ble ; he kept a gig." Charleston Courier. a'
Death of an Eminent Jurist. Cincinnati, April 4
Judge McLean, of the United States Supreme Conn
died here this morning.
TUB
ONLY DISCOVEKY
WORTHY OF ANY CONF1DEVCE FOR
RESTORING TOE BALD AND GRAY
Man-, since the great discovery of Prof. Wood, Lave at
tempted not only to imitate his restorative, but profess to
have discovered something that would produce results idea
tical ; but they have all come and gone, being carried aim
by the woDderful results ot Prof. Wood's preparation an!
have been forced to leave the field to its resistless sway
Eead the following :
Bate, Maine, April 18th, 1859
1 rof. O. J. Wood & Co.: Gents : The letter I wrote von
in 156 concerning your valuable Hair Restorative, ani
which you have published in this vicinity and elsewhere
has given rise to numerous enquiries touching the fantg j
the case. The enquiries are, first, is it a fact cf my habi
tation and name, as stated in the communication; second"
is it true of ail therein contained ; third, does my hairroi'
tinue to be in good order and of natural color ? Toa'li
can and do answer invariably yes. My hair is even better
than in any stage of my life for forty years past, more soft,
thrifty, and better colored ; the same is true of my whis
kers, and the only cause why it is not generally true, is
that the Bubstance is washed off by frequent ablution of 'the
face, when if care were used by wiping the fare iu close
connection with the whisfcers, the same result will follow u
the hair. I have been in the receipt of a great number of
letters from all parts of New England asking me if my hair
still continued to be good ; as there is so much fraud in the
manufacture and sale of various compounds as well as this,
it has, no doubt been basely imitated and been used, not
only without any good effect, but to absolute injury. I have
not used any of your Restorative of any account for some
months, and yet my hair is as good as ever, and hundreds
have examined it with surprise, as I am now (.1 years old
and not a gray hair iu my head or on my face ; and to prove
this fact, 1 Bend you a lock of my hair taken off the past
week. 1 received your favor of two quart bottles last Bum
mer, for which I am very grateful. I gave it to my friends
and thereby induced them to try it, many were skeptical
until after trial, and then purchased and used it with uni
versal success. I will ask as a favor, that you send me a
test by which I can discover fraud in the Restorative sold
by many, I fear, without authority from you. A pure arti
cle will insure success, and I believe where good effects do
not follow, the failure is caused by the impure article, which
curses the inventor of the -good. I deem it my duty, u
heretofore, to keep you apprised of the continued efiett on
my hair, as I assure all who enquire of me my unshaken
opinion of its valuable results. 1 remain, dear sir, yours,
A. C. RAYMOND.
Aaron's Run, Ky., Nov. 30, J.s.58.
Prof. O. J. Woo : Dear Sir : I would certainly be doing
you a great injustice not to make known to the world, the
wonderful, as well as the unexpected result 1 have expe
rienced from using onk bottle of your Hair Restorative. Af
ter using every kind of Restorative extant, but without suc
cess, and finding ray head nearly destitute of hair, I was fi
nally induced to try a bottle of your Restorative. Haw,
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read this, that 1 now possess a new and beautifal growth of
hair, which I pronounce richer and handsomer (than the
original was. 1 will therefore take occasion to recorxmenJ
this invaluable remedy to all who may feel the necessity
for it. Respectfclly yours,
Rev. S. ALLEN BROCK.
P. S. This testimonial of my approbation for your vain
able medicine (as you are aware of) is unsolicited ; bot if
you think it worthy a place among the rest, insert if joi
wish, if not destroy and say nothing. Yours, Ac,
Rev. S. A. B.
The Restorative is Dut un in bottles of three sizes, vii;
large, medium, and small ; the small holds a pint, and re
tails for one dollar per bottle ; the medium holds at least
twenty per cent, more in proportion than the small, retail!
for two dollars per bottle ; the large holds a quart, 40 per
cent, more in proportion, and retails for $3 a bottle.
O. J. WOOD & CO., Proprietors. 444 Broadway. tow
York, and 114 Market St., 8t. Louis, Mo.
And sold by all good Druggists and Fakct Noon
DK 4LKK8
Sold in" Wilmington, N. C, by WALKER MEARES.
Feb. 12, 1861. 28oA50-2m
MANHOOD,
HOW LOST, HOW RESTORED.
Just Publislted, in a Sealed Envelope,
fffP& N THE NATURE, TREATMENT. AM
or Seminal Weakness. Sexual Debility, fter
vousness and Involuntary Emissions, inducing Impotency,
na Mental and Physical Incapacity.
By ROB. J. CULVER WELL, M. D.,
Author of the " Green Book" c.
The world-renowned author, in this admirable Lec W
clearly proves from his own experience that the awfui con
sequences of Self-abuse may be effectually removed witnoai
medicine and without dangerous surgical operations, w
gies, instruments, rings or cordials, poiuting out a mobe 0.
cure at once certain and effectual, by which every 6cI";
no matter what his condition may be, may cure nnj
cheaply, privately and radically. This lecture will prove
boon to thousands and thousands. ,Bt
Sent under seal to any address, post paid, on
of two postage Htamps, by addressing Dr. CH. J. 0. lflDl
i 1 uowery, New York. Post Office box 4,000.
Jan. 29, 1S61.
180433-17
ROYAL. HAVANA L.OTTKK.
i -HE NEXT ORDINARY DRAWING OF THE
JL Havana Lottery, conducted by the Spanish oyerf ,
under the supervision of the Captain General of Lubi
take place at HAVANA, on
. SATURDAY, April 2Wh, 1661.
360000
60BTEO iTUMEKO 653 OBDINABIO.
CAPITAL, PRIZE $100,0001
.$1,00
500
400
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$100,000
60,000
30,000
20.000
50 Prizes of..
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20 Approximations.
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'our Approximations to the $100,000 01 ; j0M;
$400 to $50,000 ; 4 of $400 to $30,000 ; 4 of $400 to l-W
4 of $400 to $10,000. - n trrti-,.
Whole Tickets $20 ; Halves $10; Quarters ?
. Prizes cashed at sight at 5 per cent, discount.
Bills on all solvent Banks taken at par. It te
A drawing will be forwarded as soon aa the r
comes known.' jirASEed"
3- All orders for 8chemes or Tickets to be M Q
DON RODRMUES, care of City Post, Chariest
April 14th. 160. -J"
BAR AND RESTAIKAST. .K
Front.Sired, North of the Bank of Cape Fear m w
me Bank of Wilmingwn. f mi tie
THE SUBSCRIBER respectfully wW"
lublic.that he has opened as &D0he
lOOM AND RESTAURANT, where" a
keep the CHOICEST and BEST LIQUORS, and k
the best manner everything that the market wiu .,Ci
OYSTERS in every style ; GAME, when ia season, ew.-
MEALS at all hours. . -nRTlS-fli
He has secured the services of Mr. WM. H. tu j,
known to every admirer of FINE OYSTERS bB-
- HEN!' nnV.
.x -,o.A not... tt l,, lipase cuy.
VOL OUl, iaX(-ll JH LLVl&m f
CQFFEB ! COFFEBtl COFFEE" '
o fss Rir.s nnnn orTAUTY. now belD ;ndi
O.UUlJ ex. Brie " Union State." direct from
Janeiro, for sale in lots of ten bags and npwr?JV & c().
or its equivalent.
Wilmington, N. C, Dec. 10, 1860.
ox "
CASH ADVANCES.
Wiii win mane noerai aovkiuuca uu --pft 01 '
consignment of our friends at Liverpool, aire bo,Je!,
M"rr . . i
New York, on such terms as will be sansi w - t
desiring to reaUze. ' O. G. PARSLM
December 15 d&wtf.
piace, ana lnvmog ine Assemoiy to another vote t
Assembly, however, rejected the proposition i Je
TV . . IMl.
FOUGEllA'S DRAGEES OP SANTONINE, an
form of an efficacious WORM MBD1CINL. tist.
by LOUIS B. t RAM BERT, PflanMce.
April 3d, 1861.
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