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THE DAILY REPUBLIC.
JOHN O SARGK.NT, EDITOR.
PUBL1NH Kl) HY GIDEON < O.
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By the President of the United States.
IN pursuance of law, I, FRANKLIN PIERCE,
President of the United States of America, do
hereby declare and make known that public sales
will be held at the undermentioned land offices in
the State of Wisconsin, at the periods hereinafter
designated, to wit:
At the land office at WILLOW IUVER, commencing
on Monday, the third day of October
next, for the disposal of the public lands situated
in the following named townships, viz :
North of the base line and toetl of the fourth principal
meridian.
Townships thirty two, thirty three, thirty four,
thirty five, and thirty six, of range five.
Townships thirty one, thirty two, thirty three,
thirty four, thirty five, and thirty six, of range
six.
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thirty lour, and thirty five, of range seven.
Townships thirty one, thirty two, thirty three,
j and thirty four, of range eightTownships
thirty one, thirty two, and thirty
three, of range nine.
Townships thirty one, thirty two, thirty tiiree,
and thirty four, of range sixteen.
Townships thirty three and thirty four, of range
seventeen.
At the land offibe at MENASHA, commencing
on Monday, the tenth day of October next, lor the
disposal of the public lands within the undermentioned
townships and parts of townships, to wit:
North of the base line and east of the fourth ptinci pal
meridian.
Townships twenty five and twenty six, of range
twelve.
Fractional township twenty one, west of Wolf
river, and townships twenty four, twenty five, and
twenty six, of range thirteen;
Fractional townships twenty one and twenty
two,#2st of Wolf river and Bayou, and townships
three, twenty four, twenty five, and twenty
six, of range fourteen.
I Fractional township twenty two, west of Wolf
river, townships twenty three and twenty four,
and fractional townships twenty five and twenty
six, w?st of Wolf river, of range fifteen.
Fractional townships twenty two, twenty three,
twenty four, and twenty six, west of Wolf river,
I VI 1 dllj^O DJAICCUAt
the land office at LA CROSSE, commencing
on Monday, tbe seventeenth clay of October next,
for tbe disposal of tbe public lands within tbe following
named townships, to wit:
North of the bate line and west of the fourth principal
meridian.
Townships twenty and twenty one, of range one.
Townships seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenI
ly, and twenty one, of range two.
^ i Townships twenty one and twenty two, of range
eleven.
Townships twenty one and twenty two, of range
twelve.
Townships twenty one and twenty two, of range
; I thirteen.
North of the base line and east of the fourth principal
meridian.
Townships twenty one, twenty two, twenty
three, and twenty (our, of range one.
Township twenty one, of range two.
At the land office at STEVENS'S POINT, commencing
on Monday, the twenty fourth day of
October next, for the disposal of the public lands
situated in the following townships and parts of
townships, to wit:
North of the bate line and east of the fourth prtncipal
meridian.
Township twenty six, of range four.
Township twenty six, of range live.
Sections three to ten, fifteen to twenty two, and
twenty six to thirty five, in township twenty six;
township twenty seven, (except sections thirteen,
twenty four, twenty five, thirty live, and thirty
six,) and townships twenty eight, twentgr nine,
ttuu IU1IIJ) ui mugc DiA.
Sections one, two, eleveu to fourteen, twenty
three to twenty five, and thirty six, in township
twenty six; sections thirteen, twenty four, twenty
five, thirty five, and thirty six, in township twenty
seven; sections five to eight, seventeen to twenty,
thirty, and thirty one, in township twenty
eight; township twenty nine, (except sections twen
ty five to twenty eight, and thirty three to thirty
six,) and township thirty, of range seven.
Sections one to five, eight to fifteen, twenty two
to twenty seven, thirty five and thirty six, in
township twenty four; township twenty jive, (except
sections six, seven, eighteen, nineteen, thirty,
and thirty one;) township twenty six; townships
twenty seven, (except section six,) twenty
fight, (except sections six, seven, eighteen, nineteen,
thirty, and thirty one;) and townships twenty
nine and thirty, of range eight.
Townships twenty five and twenty six, of range
nine.
Township twenty six, of ratijrc eleven.
. At the land ollico at JMIJxbkal, runxi , commencing
on Monday, the second day of January
next, for the disposal of the following, being re
siduary tracts of the reserved lead mineral lands,
which were not included in the proclamations of
the 20th November, 1846, and 2Stb April, 1851, to
be sold under the act of Congress entitled "An act
to authorize the President of the United States to
sell the reserved mineral lands in the Slates of
Illinois and Arkansas, and Territories of Wisconsin
and Iowa, supposed to contain lead ore," approved
July 11, 1846, to wit:
North of the bate line and east of the fourth principal
meridian.
The west half and northeast quarter of the southwest
quarter, the northeast quarter of the northwest
quarter, and the southeast quarter of the
southeast quarter of section one; the east half of
the northwest quarter, the southeast quarter, the
west half of the southwest quarter, and the southwest
quarter of the northeast quarter of twelve;
and the northeast quarter, and north half of southwest
quarter of twenty nine, in township one; the
northeast quarter of section thirteen, in township
two; the west half of the northwest quarter of
section eleven, in township three; the east half of
the southeast quarter of section twenty live, and
the east half ot the southwest quarter of thirty six,
in township Jive, of range one.
The west half and northeast quarter of the north
west quarter, the east half of the northeast quarter,
and the east half of the southeast quarter of section
two,in township two, of range two.
' The cast halt ol the northeast quarter, anti we
northeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section
four, in towntllip two, and the northwest
quarter of the northwest quarter of section five, in
township three, of range three.
The east half of the northwest quarter, the northwest
quarter of the northeast quarter, and the east
half of the southwest quarter of section thirty, in
township four; and the west half of the northwest
quarter of section thirty five, in township five, of
range four.
fforth of the base line and west of the fourth principal
meridian.
The west half of the northwest quarter of section
three, in township two; the east half of the
northwest quarter, and the southeast quarter of
the northeast quarter of four; the west half of the
southeast quarter of sis; the southeast quarter of
the southeast quarter of twenty seven, and the
southeast quarter of the northwest quarter of thirty
four, in township three, of range one.
The northwest quarter of section ten, and the
west hall of the southeast quarter of thirty, in
township three, of range two.
AttheSAME PLACE, commencing on Monday,
the third day of October next, for the disposal of
the public lands within the following sections, and
parts of sections, to wit;
North of the base line and west of the fourth principal
meridian.
Section one, the east half and southwest quarter,
the west half of the northwest quarter, and the
northeast quarter of the northwest quarter of ten,
in township nine; and the east hall ot the southwest
quarter of section twenty six; the west hall
pf twenty-seven; the east half of twenty; eight,
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and the north half of thirty five, in township ten,
of range live.
Laud* appropriated by law for the use of schools,
military and other purpoees, together with "those
swamp and overflowed lauds, made unfit thereby !
for cultivation," if any, granted to the State by
the act entitled "An act to enable the State oi Arkansas
and other States to reclaim the 'swamp
lands' within their limits," approved September
28, 1850, will be excluded from the sales.
In accordance with the provisions of the act of
Ilth July, 1846, hereinbefore referred to, preemption
claims will not be allowed to any of the
above-mentioned lead mineral tracts to be offered
at Mineral Point, until after they have been offered
at public sale, and become subject to private en
try. And these tracts will be sold in such legal
subdivisions as will include the mine or mines at
not less than two dollars and fifty cents per acre;
and if not sold at the public sale at such price, nor
shall be entered at private sale within twelve
months thereafter, the same shall be subject to sale
as other lands.
The offering of the above lands will be commenced
on the days appointed, and will proceed
in the order in which they are advertised until the
whole shall have been offered, and the sales thus
closed; but no sale shall be kept open longer than
two weeks, and no private entry of any of the lands
will be admitted until after the expiration of the
two weeks.
Given under my hand, at the city of Washington,
this twenty-first day of Juno, Anno Domini
one thousand eight hundred and fifty three.
FRANKLIN PIERCE.
By the President:
John Wilson,
Commissioner of the General Land Office.
NOTICE TO PRE-EMPTION CLAIMANTS.
Every person entitled to the right of pre-emp
tion to any of the lands within the townships and
parts of townships above enumerated, is required
to establish the same to the satisfaction of the register
and receiver of the proper land office, and
make payment therefor as soon a* practicable after
seeing this notice, and before the day appointed for
the commencement of the public sale of the lands
embracing the tract claimed, otherwise such claim
will be forfeited.
JOHN WILSON,
Commissioner of the General Land Office.
June 23?1 aw]3w
BRILLIANT SCHEMES
To be drawn at Wilmington, Delaware, in the
month of July, 1853.
GREGORY & MAURY, MANAGERS.
$51,000!
Lottery for the benefit of the
STATE OF DELAWARE,
Class 157, for 1853.
To be drawn at Wilmington, Del., on Saturday,
July 9, 1853.
78 Numbers?14 Drawn Ballots.
BRILLIANT SCHEME.
1 prize of $51,000
1 do 20,464
5 prizes of 8,500
6 do 1,500
100 do 1,300
251 do 300
Arc. Srr.. &C.
Tickets $15?Halves $7 50?Quarters $3 75?
Eighths $1 87j.
Certificates of packages of 26 wholes $ 180 00
Do do of26 halves 90 00
Do do of 26 quarters.... 45 00
Do do of26eighthB 22 50
140,000!
Lottery for the benefit of the
STATE OF DELAWARE,
Class 163, for 1853.
To be drawn at Wilmington, Del., on Saturday,
July 16, 1853.
78 Number Lottery?13 Drawn Ballots.
SPLENDID L07TERY.
1 prize of. ..$40,000
1 do 20,000
1 do 10,000
1 do 10,000
1 do 7,000
1 do 4,300
50 prizes of. 1,000
50 do 500
50 do _ 400
130 do 200
&c. &c. &c.
Tickets $10?Halves $5?Quarters $2 50.
Certificates of packages of 26 wholetickets $140 00
Do do of 26 half do 70 00
Do do of 26 quarter do 35 00
$65,000!
Lottery for the benefit of the
STATE OF DELAWARE,
Class G, for 1853,
rtmoin nt Wilminfftnn. Dplnwnrn. on Saturdav.
July*23,~1853. '
: 76 Number Lottery?12 Drawn Ballots.
MAGNIFICENT SCHEME.
1 splendid capital of $66,000
1 splendid prizo of 30,000
1 do . 20,000
1 do .. 15,000
1 do 12,000
1 prize of. ... 8,000
1 do 7,000
1 do 6,000
1 do . 3,940
60 prizes of 2,000
50 do .. 1,000
111 do 500
&c. &c. &c.
Whole tickets $20?Halves $10?Quarters $6?
Eighths $2 60.
Certificates of package 26 whole tickets.. $270 00
Do do 25 half . 135 00
Do do 25 quarters .... 67 50
Do do 25 eighths 33 75
$37,000.
Lottery for the benefit of the
STATE OF DELAWARE.
Class 174, for 1853.
To be drawn at Wilmington, Del., onSaturday,
July 3D, 1853.
14 drawn numbers out of 78.
BRILLIANT SCHEME.
1 prize of $37,000
1 do 16,000
1 do . 10.0(H)
1 do . .... 7,000
1 do 6,000
1 do 4,000
1 do 3,000
30 prizes of. 1,000
30 do 500
40 do 300
257 do 200
&c. &c. &c.
Tickets $10?Halves $5?Quarters $250?
Certificates of packages of 26 whole tick's $130 00
Do do of 26 half do 65 00
Do do of 26 quarter do 32 60
Orders for Tickets and Shares and Certificates
of Packages in the above Splendid Lotteries will
?? a n nri nn nr.
receive me mom (jiuiiijo ? ?
count of each drawing1 will be sent immediately
after it is over to all who order from me.
Address P. J. BUCKEY, Agent,
June 22 Wilmington, Delaware.
RANKE'B CIVIL WARS AND MONARCHY
IN FRANCE in the 16th and 17th centuries;
a History of France during that Period. 1 vol.
The Life and Letters of Doctor Olin, late President
of the Wesley an University. 2 vols,
r For eale at TAYLOR A MAURY'S
, June 22 Bookstore, near 9th st.
NftD IJork 2Utocrti0emrnt0.
TUB LARGEST
SILK, RIBBON, AND TRIMMING HOU8B
IN NEW YOKK.
THOMAS O. STEARNS,
Importer and Jobber of
Silks, Millinery, and Kanvy Goods,
162 Broadway, New York,
HAS now in store and is daily receiving and
offering at the lowest prices, a complete assortment
of goods in his line, embracing all tbe
various styles and designs,consistingof Black and
Fancy Silks, Marcelines, Florences, Shawls,
Trimmings, Bonnet Ribbons, Taffeta and Satin
Ribbons, Drees Trimmings of all kinds, French
and English Crapes, Crape Lisses, Silk Cravals,
Embroideries, Gloves of all kinds, Silk Lace Mite,
Bareges, Laces, White Goods, Hosiery, L. C. Handkerchiefs,
&c. The undersigned invites tbe attention
of the trade and bis friends generally. Great
inducements offered to cash and short-time buyers.
THOS. G. STEARNS, 162 Broadway,
Between Liberty et. and Maiden Lane, N. Y.
Dec 26?ly
INDIA RUBBER GOODS.
DHODGMAN, No. 27 Maiden Lane and 6
Nassau street, (first corner from Broadway,)
respectfully invites the attention of his old customers,
and merchants throughout the country generally,
to his stock of India Rubber Goods of his own
manufacture, viz:
Coats, Capes, Ponchos, Pants, Overalls, Leg
gings, Caps, Gloves and Mittens, Life Preservers,
Overshcis, Carriage Cloths,Piano Covers, Machine
neiur , aieam racaing, uour springs, etc.; ana
every description of Rubber Goods manufactured
will also be found as above.
My goods defy competition or comparison?are
warranted proof against decomposition in any climate,
and are offered for sale in large or small
quantities, upon tbe best terms. Orders solicited
and promptly attended to by
D HODGMAN,
27 Maiden Lane and 59 Nassau st., N. Y.
Sept 13
FAUQUIER. WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS,
Fifty miles west of District of Columbia.
THUS ESTABLISHMENT is now open for the
reception of visitors. The healing qualities
of the water are well established, and by many
are regarded as inferior to none In the Stats. The
buildings are upon a large scale?tastefully ar
ranged with spacious porticos, ball-rooms, and
parlors, extensive paved walks and covered ways,
shaded by beautiful trees. A first-rate band of
music has been secured, and the most ample supply
of the very best yrines, liqhora, and stores
which the country can afford, without regard to
price. Efficient, polite, and accommodating
agents will endeavor to make the time of the
guests as agreeable as possible.
Terms of board as follows : $80 for the season,
ending 1st October; for three months, $75; for
two months, $60; for one month, $35; for two
weeks, $18; one week, $10; per day, $1 75;
meals and lodging, each, 50 cents; children under
twelve years and servants half-price; no
charge lor ennaren unaer iwo year*, Horses, ou
cents per day, or $10 a month. The very best
of wines and liquors having been obtained, corkage
of $1 a bottle, and in proportion for larger
quantities, will be charged on all that shall be
brought to the place by others. Bills payable
weekly.
The Alexandria and Orange railroad is now
completed to Wa'rrenton. The cars leave Alexandria
at eight o'clock every morning, except
Sunday, and get to Warrenton in about two and
a half hours, where a first-rate line of stages will
take passengers immediately to the Springs, six
and a half miles, over a macadamized road Returning,
the cars leave Warrenton half-past one
o'clock, nnd get to Alexandria and Washington
in time for the evening train to Baltimore. Another
train of cars leave Alexandria at 1J p. m.,
and get to Bealeton in about two and a half hours,
where a first rate line of stage coaches will take
the passengers, about nine miles, to the Springs,
over a good summer road. Fare by either route
from Alexandria to the Springs $2 ?0. Travellers
who come by Gordonsville will have equally
good coaches to Culpeper Court-house, which place
they leave at seven a. m. in the cars, and get to
Bcaleton'in thirty minutes, where the coaches will
take them immediately to the Springs ; thus making
two daily lines from Bealeton and one from
Warrenton to the Springs. Persons may break
fast at the Springs, dine and spend about four
hours in Alexandria, and return to the Springs by
sunset of the same day. Passengers by evening
train from Richmond get to the Springs by noon
next day. By the Gordonsville route, they sleep
at Culpeper Court house, and get to the Springs
about nine o'clock next morning. A good line of
coaches will go from the Springs to New Market
three times a week, connecting at Gains X Road
....-<1. (1,? Wi'n^l,a,l?r linn
"thomas o. flint,
June 18?TuTb&Satlin Superintendent. .
SHAIVWONDALE SPRINGS.
THIS iiealtby and beautiful Watering1 Place
will be under tbo personal superintendence of
the undersigned during the present summer, who
will use every effort in bis power to render it one
of the most attractive and agreeable watering
places in Virginia. It is situated on an elevation
or spur of the majestic Blue Ridge Mountain, in
the county of Jetlerson, live miles south of Charles town,
the county seat.
Passengers leaving Baltimore or Washington by
the morning train of cars will arrive at Harper's
Ferry at half-past eleven a. m., from thence in the
Winchester and Potomac railroad cars, ten mites
to Charlcstown, where a twelve-passenger coach
will receive and convey them into Charlcstown,
and, if desired, to the Springs to dinner, over a
good road and through a lovely country.
The analysis made by the late Dr. De Butts from
one hundred grains of the water from the main
fountain, afforded 63 grains of sulphate of lime,
10i grains carbonate ol lime, grains of sulphate
of magnesia, (epsom salts,) 1 grain of the muriate
of magnesia, 1 grain muriate of soda, 3-10 grains
sulphate of iron, and 7-10 grains of carbonate of
iron.
From tbc above analysis the waters of Shannondale
may very properly be classed among1 the Saline
Chalybcatcs?a combination of the most valu
able description in the wholo range of mineral
waters. It may therefore be positively asserted,
without exaggeration or fear of contradiction, that
no mineral water within the limits of the United
States possesses the same constituent parts, or is a
more salutary and efficient purgative, than the
water of Shannondale Springs This water acts
as gently as the mildest aperient, without giving
rise to those unpleasant sensations of pain and debility
so often occasioned by ordinary cathartics,
prepared by the most skilful physicans.
The free use of this water acts almost immcdi-?-1?
4i.? -I.;- 1
IllCljr upuu Cftiu UIIU Aiuncjrv, icuivrva ?vi ,
relieves the convalescent from bilious or other
fevers, dyspepsia, dropsical swellings, calculous
affections, hemorrhoids,scrofula,indigestion, rheu
matism, loss of appetite, exhaustion, general debility,
gravelly concretions, strictures, and a
variety of other diseases to which man is subject;
and it is freely acknowledged by all who hnve
been oillicted with any of the above diseases that
the free use of the Shannondalc waters have effected
permanent cures.
Sulphur, mineral, hot and cold baths furnished
upon application at the bar.
The Hotel is large and commodious, tho cottages
numerous and comfortable.
The table will be supplied with the beet beef,
mountain and valley mutton, together with all
the luxuries afforded in the fertile valley of Virginia.
The beat wines, brandies, and other liquors can
always be had at the table or at the bar.
G. W. 8APPINGTON,
Proprietor of Sappington's Hotel, Charlestown,
June 28?2awlm Jefferson county, Va.
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THE REPUBLIC.
SI MMER SKETCHES?No. 1.
by mary j. w1nwle.
Siiannondai.e Springs, July ii, 1853.
Ueaii Rp.adkk: Another brightening summer
lias written its approach witJi flowery fingers and
bunting roues, and again from a Virginia watering
place we send our cordial greeting to your
distant homes.
Wc trust wc are welcome. Wo have a little
garden?a very little one?and we will gather
you bouquets from it of such flowers as we can
cultivate, begging you kindly to fling aside the
weeds, and forgive the oversight of their admission.
Wo are only a florist, and have no skill in
the arts of chemical analysis and combination.
Accept, then, our simple ottering, since these
perishable things are all "we have, and fling them
into your own alembic. Though their life pass
with our own summer, wc would fain hope that
some heart may extract a perfume that will lie
upon it when the florist and Iter humble labors
are alike forgotten.
After partaking of an early breakfast on the
marninnr nf* _lnl\7 1?1 wo ronoliorl llm Wncliiixrtr?n
depot, amid the excitement, noise, and confusion
which always attend the arrival and departure
of a train of cars in any place. Our party preferred
securing an early seat to a lengthened sitting
in the ladies' apartment, and we had from
the car window an edifying view of the interior
life of a railroad depot.
There was one great building with huge open
doors?the hospital for sick engines, and we
could see the metallic patients in all sorts of uncomfortable
postures, while the medical gentlemen
employed banged them with hammers and
screws unflinchingly into their vital parts. Along
by-lines locomotives well and hearty fidgetting
and Sputtering, and apparently anxious to be set
to work?now giving a loud panting puff, now
advancing two or three yards like a war-steed
pawing the ground, again being backed by the
curbing hand of the driver; while another individual,
armed with a bundle of rags and an oilcan,
performed a wonderful scries of gymnastic
ovolutions under the locomotive, getting the lubricating
fluid into queer secret joints, and making
the steel rods shine like silver. Other engines
were advancing and retiring, running from
one line of rail to another, never apparently at
peace, always advancing and retreating, always
fidgetty and unquiet, wandering and gliding, and
sliding about, like restless ghosts doomed to everlasting
craving after motion.
At six o'clock the hell gave the final signal, and
obedient thereto our fiery leader glided oat of the
building along strange wildernesses of crossing
and recrossing rails, emerging right into the
country, and speedily leaving behind the tall
spires and monumental domes of Washington.
On other city lines we speed for a mile or two
through streets with exclusive glimpses of back
yards, and often a complete and compendious
panoramic view of the domestic arrangements of
the neighborhood, as visible through the uncurtained
windows of back parlors and garrets, gon-?
tlemen standing before mirrors shaving, and ladms*
combing out their silken tresses. But no such
matter-of-fact sight meet us here. We are at
once in the country, with meadows and fields and
swelling hills, all green, and fresh, and fragrant,
with clumps of forest-trees and coppice stretching
bright and fair around us. On we flew, passing
through a little village, with the spire of its neat
white church pointing up to the blue sky, beyond
which arc mansions for the world-weary. In our
rapid transit we caught a glimpse of the glowing
iron of the blacksmith-shop, as it poured a torrent
of sparks up from the huge hammer which
ground it to the anvil. The frightened birds fluttered
and wheeled on their trembling wings as our
"iron horse" broke upon the calm, still air; while
the squirrel flew along the bark of the tree, seeming
to think, poor little innocent, that it was the
cause of all this parade.
The first few miles were got over in silence.
I Some of the passengers, witli tickets in thoir hats,
' Intel plunged into the English scenery and adventures
of pamphlet novels, and wore keeping company
with dukes and earls. Others beguiled the
tedium of the way with daily papers, skimming
tho cream of the leading articles, being greatly
aided by the size of the print as well as the interest
of the matter?the report of a "Woman's
Rights Convention," two columns and a half
long. In this dreary subject the perusers seemed
to take deep interest, though we observed one of
tho masculines fold his paper with a muttered remark
i<lhat woman had loo many rights already''''?
an opinion in which we coincide entirely.
As for the ladies, the majority settled themselves
into a state of passive apathy, and appeared
to take 110 sort of interest in any outward event,
unless it was to start and give a simultaneous
scream when the up-train passed, or languidly to
ask, at a station, 'Tray, what place is this?" If
you told thorn Scringapatani, or Nova Zombla,
they would thank you for the information, and
probably forget it the next minute.
Railroad conversation is not, as a general rule,
brilliant. A gentleman near us inquired deferentially
if his neighbor had heard of the awful railway
catastrophe of the Norwalk bridge, where
fifty people wore instantly killed. lie then informed
his listener that they were approaching a
draw exactly in tho position of that 011 which the
calamity occurred; that there was an cxpresstrain
before and a heavy luggage-train behind.
After this comforting intelligence there was a
rueful pause, and people began to look out of the
windows and compare the time with tho moments
at which the train ought to stop.
We witnessed an amusing scene of the battle
of the window, a species ot single combat very
rrnniinui.lv witnessed on railways. A very deli
cato-looking gentleman next to the window let
the glass down. His neighbor opposite said nothing,
but put it up. I * poll this the first aggressor
looked fierce, and put it down again, with a muttered
remark about his not liking to catch his
death from a current of air. In a moment up
wont the pane again, with an ejaculation from the
opposite side against his being smothered. "I
shall appeal to the conductor, sir, at the next
stopping place," rctortod his opponent. "So
shall I, sir; I did not enter this train to be asphyxiated."
The result at length was that u compromise
was entered upon, and that the air breathpd
by the atmospheric-fearing gentleman was?hulf
and hulf.
There were among the passengers two or three
southern planters, in large, low-crowned, broadbrimmed
white liats, wearing their garments in a
careless, "nonchalant," easy, care-for-nothing uir,
enviable but inimitable by the stiller and more
formal northerner. Though destitute of that fashionable
exterior which the tailor supplies, and for
which they have a sovereign contempt, the
southern gentleman possesses an "air distingue"
which is everywhere the most striking feature of
their appearance.
Among the lady passengers was a beautiful
dark-eyed, dark-haired Virginian, and a young
married lady from the North, accompanied by two
lovely children?a handsome, spirited boy, and
a little golden-haired fairy, as light in her motions
as a zephyr, and with a cheek like a lily
shaded by a rose loaf. The children and we soon
became great friends, in testimony whereof the
little fellow, metamornhosed into a trumpeter, in
Minted upon our trying our skill on tliis weapon of
war. An apology for liis rudeness by bis mother
opene4 the way for a conversation, during which
we discovered that she possessed a cultivated
mind, with a full share of Yankee inquisitivcness.
She was a pure New England interrogative. So
far as it was in our power, it afforded us pleasure
to reply to her questions, which, as a stranger to
southern scenery, manners, and customs, it was
very natural she should put to any one. But unless
we can answer their innumerable questions,
Yankee ladies arc certainly, unless very intrrc.ittng,
a little annoying.
About two o'clock Harper's Ferry, with ils
amphitheatre of rugged mountains, burst upon
our sight in all its majesty. Station after station
wc had passed; at sonic wo had stoppod with a
mighty blowing off of steam and whistling from
the locomotive, and grinding, and crushing, and
squeaking; and some we had roared and rushed I
by, passing them like a vision of momentary-seen
walls and dim ghosts of iigurcs upon the platform;
and scores of miles had wo sped over of
country fair, and rich, and great, broad, desolate
roads, and along high embankments, scattering
the sparks from the Hying furnace; and now the
speed slackens again, and the engine whistles
again, and a pleasurable sensation was observed
to be diffused among the passengers as they remarked
to each other, "We stop at Harper's
Ferry for refreshment." There is a grand and
rlosinliito fliu in 1 lir> linked rlifTk ln?rf? wliich
hang in huge terraces over the village, and the
view from their summits must be one of the most
sublime and extensive in America. But eight
hours' abstinence and jolting in the cars, with
steam to breathe as though exhaled from a BabyIonian
furnace, and the growling of the engine
for music, did not brighten our energies for any
profound admiration of its beauties during the
few moments that were allowed us to test the
utility of speedy mastication. On reaching the
depot where our railroad route terminated, wo
found stages waiting to convey us to Charlestown,
it mile or two distant. Passing rapidly by rich
ga|dens, and extensive fields of grain bending to
thd light breeze with the wavy motion of the air,
we reached this rural village in time ibr dinner,
and were most cordially received by one of the
finest specimens of a true Virginia gentleman.
Your pardon, dear reader, for the uncharitable
length of this sketch; we will defer to our next a
description of Virginia watering-places.
Omnibuses.?A correspondent of the New
[ York Times complains that while city omnibuses
are constantly increasing in number, their appears
to be little or 110 improvement in their construction.
He says:
"By riding in them, we arc obliged to stoop so
much that we are fast becoming a round-shouldered,
crouching, narrow-chested, and, by consequence,
a consumptive race. All this comes from
the low ceiling or roof of omnibuses. Why not
-1 n.wl in/uo
I CIHUlge U1U lamuuil vi mcsw Uim muio
ponsablo vehicles ? If the passengers could ride
buck to back, so as to look out in a natural way
front the carriage, and not twist one's neck and
shoulders as now, or have cross seats, as in the
cars of railroads, it would be a decided improvement
and givo great reliof; and females would
avoid being stared out of countenance. This,
however, can only be dono in cars which have
small wheels, and not in the 'buses, as at present
made. But the latter can adopt the French plan,
which an observing writer thus describes: 'The
omnibuses of Paris are superior to all others that
1 have seen. Each passenger has a cushioned seat
with arms, to himself, which of course prevents
crowding. As soon as the scats arc filled, a sort
of wcathcr-cock sign on top of the omnibus, with
the word complcl, is elevated, which can be seen
a long distance, and announces that no more can
bo received. Their omnibuses are wider than
the American; the central part of the roof elevated,
so that a passenger can pass to his seat
without smashing his hat; and he has also an iron
rod to steady himself, and keep him front disarranging
his fellow-passengers' knees and Iocs.' "
True Philanthropy.?A case of office-seeking
philanthropy, the more interesting bccauso of its
novelty, has come to our knowledge. A gentleman
from Virginia, a prominent Democrat, was
l..r nlKon ill nun nf fbo rtpil.'lrtlllpntw
?.. ?,,p.... ? ?r
of the Government. His papers, as tlio phrase
goes, "were made out," and the letter of appointment
given liiin by the Secretary, who informed
him that in a certain room, at a certain <le.sk, lie
would find the individual whoso place he was to
take, and that I10 must show his letter fo the incumbent.
Well, lie found the room, and in due
manner presented the letter. The gentleman at
tlio desk, after perusing the document, observed,
"Well, sir, this is your desk, and 1 am ready to
cloar the, premises," suiting the action to the
word, and, starting to get oft the stool upon which
he was perched, the newly-appointed officeholder
I observing that, the person whose place he was to
fit^vas lame, and walked with difficulty, immediately
said, "Sir, you can keep your place; 1
am not the man to deprive you of it." lie returned
to the Secretary and informed him that
sooner than deprive a luine man of office he would
return home! The Secretary applauded the sentiment,
and promised that he should liavo sonic
office at any rate.
Surely the world is not so selfish as some would
suppose; and the green spots which now and then
show themselves in the desert of human selfishness
force UN to lielievo that human nature is not
entirely depraved.
[rorfnrumth (*'?.) Transcript, June 30.
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An Affkctwo Scene.?Lieutenant Parsons, <
in his "Nelsonian Reminiscences," relates the
following: , Jl
"Richard Bennett, when mortally wounded in
one of Nelson's great battles, had requested that
a miniature and a lock of hie hair should be given
by Lieutenant. P. to his sweetheart Susettc, in
Scotland. The gallant lieutenant thus described
the interview:
"It was at the close of a day, when a bright
July sun wok setting, that i arrived at the pretty
cottage of Susette's mother. I tremulously stated
who 1 w as to the most respectable looking matron
1 ever saw, of French extraction. In broken,
hitter accents of heartfelt grief she told me her
daughter's dcatli was daily expected, and request- (
ed time to prepare her to see mo.
"At last she expressed a wish to see the friend <
of Richard Bennett; and 1 was admitted to the
fairest daughter of Eve. And I found the world
unequal to her charms. She was propped up
with pillows, near the o|?en lattice of her bed
room that was clustered with roses. Her white
dress and the drapery of the room accorded with
the angelic vision who now turned her lustrous
>?. voib>H in Imxr. iVuiirad evalida. Shu
Ul'"" (,7 (
held out her transparent hand, and gently pressed
mine as 1 stooped to kiss it; and, as she felt, my
tears drop on it, softly murmured: 'I wish I
could cry; that would relieve my poor heart.'
She g.is|>ed lor breath, and respired with ditli
culty. 'The lock of hair?quickly, let me see
it.!' She caught at it, wildly pressed it to her
lips and heart, and fell hack. Her mother and I
thoughts he had fainted; hut the pure and innocent
soul had returned to God?God who gave
it."
Am Auction Scene in Paris.?Last, week, says
a letter in the Courrier tics Eluts-Unis, in a sumptuary
apartment in the quarter of la Chaussec <rAntm
a Paris, there occurred a remarkable public
sale, which drew together a large and select com- ?
'pany of amateurs in the arts Madame X., a lady
of high fashion, saw til in this way to dispose of
her magnificent furniture?perhaps because she
concluded it was no longer either rich or elegant
enough for her taste. The papers of course announced
that the sale would lake place nccause
of her intention to leave the city; yet there were
those present who seemed well informed of the
fact that she Was only about to take her accustomed
pilgrimage to the German Spas, returning,
as usual, in a few weeks. Every thing was run
I un to a verv hisrh point, and there was a perfect
shower of bank-notes. Two Sevres porceliun
vases, ornamenting a chimney-piece, brought
26,000 francs, and the four parlor screens or portieres,
18,000 francs. There were not many pictures,
but they were very valuable. Among
them was a portrait of a man in the vigor of life?
an admirable head with a thick black beard, an
open neck, and his bust enveloped in a large robe
ile chambre. in gray a'nd red damask. Madame
X. had placed this painting in her cjrawing-room,
and always spoke of it as the portrait of ner deceased
husband. No one had ever seen any other
husband than this painting represented. The
image answered for the original. At the sale the
knowing ones proclaimed the illustrious origin of
this painting, which was easily and indisputably J
recognised for an authentic Fandyck?with the sig- j
nature of that renowned master. What was
your husband's ager asked a strangely anxious 'I
friend of Madame X. The amiable limine, who, 1
by a stupid oversight for which she could not I
easily oxcusc hersell, had forgotten to take away I
ibis nreeious likeness DPevioua to the sale, was * I
not much comforted in learning- that the portrait
of her late husband had been painted by an artist
who had been buried for more than two centuries!
The result was, that though the picture brought i
30,000 francs, that sum was but a small indemnification,
when it was remembered that it cost the
quasi widow all her rights of widowhood.
[Boston Transcript.
The Celestials in Distress.?The Chinese
dramatic company, forty-two in number, who arrived
here a short time ago from San Francisco,
and performed one week at Niblo's, appear to be '
in a destituto condition. Their wardrobe, which
-is stated to be worth #40,000, is retained by
Messrs. Davis, Brooks &. Co., as a lien for a debt
of #6,000, incurred'in their passage from California.
The Tung Hook Tong company, through
their agent, Likeoon, contracted at San Francisco
with Mr. George W. Beach to exhibit in
this city for ten months, at the rate of #6,000 a
month, the latter defraying all the travelling and
hotel expenses. Ten thousand dollars, it appears,
were paid to them in advance at San Francisco,
and #2,000 was to be paid to them within one
month after their arrival in this city.
The Chinese derived no benefit from their performances
at Niblo's, and it is said the agent left
the city without making any sort of engagement
with them, their contract has not^been fulfilled,
land their salaries. arc unpaid. TJiey arc now
I boarding- nt tiie Shakspcarc Hotel, without moans
[to defray their expenses. Air. Eugene Lievre,
the proprietor of tiie hotel, lias thus far, by his
benevolence, kept them from the poor-house.
The wardrobe, we understand, would be lent
to the company by Messrs. Davis & Brooks, if a
responsible person would guarantee its safe return.
[JV*. Y. Evening Post, 39 th.
A Novel Funeral Procession might have
been witnessed in Petersburg on Thursday. A
negro drayman having lieen accidentally drowned,
he was escorted to his last resting-place by all the
draymen of the Cockade City. 1 lie horses he had
driven during his sojourn on earth were led by a
groom immediately behind tlio hearse, and were
followed up by the principal mourners mounted
upon a dray. These in their turn were succeeded
by something like one hundred drays, and drawn
by two horses, making in all a cavalcade nearly a.
mile, long, and composing the noisiest, if not tho
most impressive funeral procession it lias ever <
been our misfortune to witness.
[Richmond Examiner, Is/.
A Goon Hit.?Tho New York Day Rook is
responsible for the following:
"John Van Huron got into a Sixth avenue
-
siage oil mumm y mumiug v~.
the rain, and seeing1 four on one side and six on
I the other, ho promptly made a seventh on the
! full bench. A quiet laugh went through the omnibus
as an old gentleman in spectacles remarked,
'You'll never get him to go anywhere but on the.
wrong side.' "
Tin. Convf.niknck of hkinc Short Sightkh.? (
There is a great convenience sometimes in being
short sighted. If you happen to meet a creditor,
or a friend who is rather "seedy," or a bore
who is an untiring button holder, you quietly
I ?i? u 1 I. ;? ..
I>1188 on; una, wnou oiiuiicn^i-ii "mi > ........
wards, all ynu liave to say is: ".My dear fellow,
I'in extremely sorry; the faet. is, 1 did not see
Von, I'm so excessively short sighted." Wo
know ;i largo man in tlie city who is always
short sighted directly he spies out a poor relation,
and yet drop a hank note at his feet, and you will
see how ver\ i|niekly he will pick it up.
Crops in Wisconsin.?A gentleman from Central
and Northern Wisconsin says that the crops
all throughout that region look'superbly. Wheat,
is fifty j>er eeriV^ better than he has seen it during
the eight years he has been a resident in Winconsin.
lie said the only difficulty now would
be that tho crops might bo too heavy. ]
[Rochester Democrat,
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