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THE DAILY PISFAXCtfe
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Tmemimy Kemlng, 18, !«»•
- BOtf» AOAIIWT TSB WORLD."
The following official challenge from the
Pmtoni«n> to the British ship builders, has
bees published ia the London Tines:
The American Navigation Cjub challenges
the ibis bnilders of Great Britain to e ship
race, with cargo on board, from a port 10 Eng-
Cta., .ni »«*•
to be entered by each pariy, and to beinamed
within a week of the start. The ships to be
modelled, commanded and officered entirely
bVcitiaens of the United States and Great
Britain respectively. To Glided
A 1 either at ihe A merican offices or at Lloyd s.
This stakes to be £10.000 a side, sat,sfactonly
secured by boih parties, to be paid without re
gard to accidents or to any exceptions; the
whole amount forfeited by either party not ap
pearing. Judges to be mutually chosen.—
Reasonable time to be given after notice of ac
ceptance, to build the abips, if required, and
also for discharging and loading cargo in
China. The challenged party may name the
size of tbe ships, not under 800 nor over 1,200
American registered tons; tbe weight and mea
surement which shall be carried each way :
the allowance for short weight or over size.—
Reference may be made to Messrs. Baring,
Brothers St Co., for further particulars.
Dakiel C. Bacon, President.
Contests of this character are calculated to
be productive of imminent benefit to both na
tions. They are more rational, and will, in the
end, be quite as decisive as those which are
conducted with powder and ball. They deter
mine juat as effectually the empire of the seas
as that question could be settled by an appeal
to arms. The victorious psrty will as certain
ly obtain the largest share of the carrying trade
as if tbe question had been settled by another
Aboukir, Trafalgar or Lake Erie affair. These
are the only sort of challenges which we love
to bear of; the ouly kind of bets which have
no injurious tendency.
Whether the bet will be taken up or not, we
have not yet learned. Should it have been, or
should it be in future, we have no fears as to
the result. We place unlimited confidence in
American skill and ingenuity, not less than in
that well known common sense by which our
countrymen are distinguished, and which
would not allow them to risk the reputation of
their country without a strong conviction that
they should succeed. Yet the odds are fear
ful—as fearful as they were in 1775. Boston
has, for the second time in her history, set the
whole British Empire at defiance. We have
every confidence that the r< suit, on this occa
sion, will be more fortunate than it was at Bun
ker Hill. More honorable, it could not possi
bly be.
ACHILLI AGAINST NEWMAN.
We have just finished the perusal of this
case, as it is reported in the London Press,
and copied into the New York Herald. The
outline is somewhat as follows :
Achilli, who was at one time a Dominican
Friar, was distinguished as a man of learning,
and an orator of great power. Previous to the
year 1842 he held several posts of honor as a
Priest of the Roman Catholic Church, in vari
ous parts of Italy, but during that year, his
conduct having fallen under the observation
of the Inquisition, he was deposed from his
honors and left the country for Malta, where
he professed Protestantism. The doctrines of
the latter creed he not only preached, but
taught in a college where he acted as Professor
•f Divinity. In 1849, at Rome, he married an
English lady, named Hely, and from (but city,
the Inquisition having again taken him ir^ (o
Custody, he effected his escape, by mer„ nß 0 f
the French. Arrived in London, he 'oecatne &
regular preacher of the (iospel, according to
the Protestant creed. Here, it eeettjs, h« carris
in contact with the defendant in this action,
(Mr. Newman,) who had formerly been a
Protestant Minister of theQx)Kpiel,but had been
converted to the Roraatt Catholic faith, which
he was teaching with great-xetil sad earnest
jiess. In the-coXttse of bis lectiffSs, he made,
against Aoftill'., the charges which form the
ground '♦fotk of this prosecution. To say that
thejf "fcre revolting to a -degree beyond every
■idling we have ever seen 'in the public prints,
were to give but a fahft idea of them. The
"Trial of Bishop Oo#erdonk," or the "Forrest
•Crse,'" were decetft books compared to this
of abomination. The immense alacrity
%ith which these latter were swallowed by the
Anerieaa public, was a subject of bitter com
ment by Utt English Press. We wonder what
it will •*> now
. THE MONTREAL FIRE.
It seems as if tfieri: must be something radi
cally wrong in the structure of most Americas
cities, which condemns them to he burnt to the
ground and rebuilt, before the* begin, really to
iouriab. The number of them which has
been redwred, in great part, to ashes, by single
great 6tv», within the last fifteen years, is ab
solutely appalling. New. York led the vs«y,
in her great fire. Charleston followed ; a great
part of (few Orleans was burnt a few years
after ; then came the great fire of Pwtsburg
and the second great fire of New Yvrk, next
St. Louis, and now the devouring element has
crossed the line, and its red shadow is seen in
the British half of the St. The
cities heretofore burnt, have iadeed resembled
the Phoenix, to which tloey have severally
been compared some thau'sud or two times.
They may be literally nid to have ttprung up
from their aslies. Whether Montreal will
manifest the same recuperative energy, re
mains yet to be seen. We doubt whether there
Is bo much on that si de of the line, where, it
seems to as, ihe inhabitants are too fond of
looking to the Horn « Government for relief,
•®d too nterse to tru sting to their own resour
ces in the dsy of di J Acuity.
RICHMOND Af ,D DANVILLE LINE TO
1 THE W UITE SULPHUR.
We have beet J rf quested to call attention to
die advertise in ( nto f Messrs Farish and Clifford
on this eubje< another column. We are
desired furthr a toM j | that passengers will be
carried from Richmond to the White Sulphur
Springs in t wo days, and for ten dollar*.
v it. P. 1. Cokes bas been oominatf*
b ? resident for Postmaster at Norfolk,
vice m Gait, removed.
deuce baa Iwen fiUeTwiih visitor* from differ
ent sections of our State. too, from ■
greater distance, drawn hither by the *trree»
lion offered ia town, or who are on their way
On Saturday last, the Faculty and Student*
of Washington College held their commence
meat in the Presbyterian Church la Lexing
ton. The members of the graduating class
are said, by those who were present and wit
nessed the ceremonies, to have acquitted them
selves in a highly creditable manner. But the
chief attractions were reserved tor Monday.—
The same building ih which the other exhibi
tion took place having been hired by ihe Fac
ulty of the Virginia Military Institute foriheir
anniversary ceremonies. The building could
not possibly have been more densely crowded.
In the pulpit sat the Rev. Messrs. White, Clo
ver and McClwee,the Rev. Dr. Wilson, Pres
ident of Hampden Sidney College and the
Rev. Dr. Junkin, President of Washington
College, together with other clergymen whose
names I could not learn. On the platform,
erected for the speakers, were the Faculty of
the Institute, consisting of Col Francis H.
Smiih, Majors Preston, Williamson, Gilhara,
Jackson and Captain Colston, in full uniform,
all of whom are among the ablest and most
distinguished graduates of the Military Acade
my at West Point. In the pews on the right
of the pulpit were the Board of Visitors, Adju
tant Gen. Richardson, of Richmond, General
Boyken, Col. Street, Major Talioierro, offi
cers Gray, Lane, Brent, &c., also in uniform,
and in those on the left, the Alumni of the In
siiiute. The whole body of pews in the cen
tral part of the church was occupied bv the
corps of Cadets, who presented, in iheir bright,
sparkling, healthy looking faces, and vigorous
though youthful forms, a sight to cheer the
heart. In (tout of the platform, and extending
down the whole limit of the church, glittered
the bayonets of the many muskets stacked in
regular and beautiful order at equal distances
along the range, while above floated the colors
of Ihe different companies. Every part of the
capacious building was crummed to excess
with no unfavorable representation of the beau
ty, the chivalry, the briglit eyes and fair faces
of fheOld Dominion.
The exercises of the day were opened with
an eloquent and appropriate prayer by the
Rev. Mr. Clover, of the Protestant Episcopal
Church, after which Cadets Lee, of Alexan
dria, Blankenship, Patton, of Richmond, de
livered addresses, and Cade t Mayo the valedic
tory. The diplomas were presented by Col.
Smith to twenty three graduating members,
and the exercises of the day concluded by an
admirable address to the cluss by Major Tali
aferro, of Gloucester. The orations, through
out, exhibited a classical refinement of mind
often found to be posepssed by the student
issuing from his Alma Mater; but, in addition
to this there was plainly discoverable a vigor
of thought, a plain matter of fact common
sense, and an energy of manner, which struck
us as peculiar characteristics of this body, and
which we were constrained to believe arose
from the system of education pursued in the
Institution, where neither the mental nor pliy
sical powers are overtasked, but where both
are so harmoniously developed that each may
aid in giving vigor and beauty to the other.
The exercises of the day concluded, there
was at night, on the hill opposite the Institute,
a magdificent display of fire works, which
lasted for several hours, and drew together a
large concourse of persons. Leaving the rock
ets ascending, and the fierv serpents hissing
through the air, we started, Ut out ten o'clock,
with our company, for the ball and supper, to
which we had been invited by the Cadets, and
joining in the mazes of the giddy dance,whiled
away the hours I ill far beyond the witching
noon of night when
All things are hush'd 8t cututo'e fell lay desd,
The muuntnics eetm to nod their drowty head;
The little birds in drentns their Bongs repeat,
And sleeping flowers beneath the tiigbt dew t'fc'eat.
Then hurrying home, tumbled into bed,
and soundly slept till the crowing of the cock
--or ralher until a black rascal stuck his head
into the door of our chamber, crying out, "that
unless we got tap we would certainly be too
late for the stage coach."
The famous "[Macedonian"' is no longer a
frigate* She has been cut down and re-' uilt
at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, as a corvette,
and is to be named Ilaieigh. This change of
name is in accordance with the custom of ihe
Navy. Ships of the line only are named after
States, Frigates after American Rivers, Sloops
and Corvettes after towns. Brigs after naval
commanders, while Schooners are allowed
any fanciful title they choose. The only "et
ceptions are vessels which, having beef! cap
tured, like the Macedonian, or bought like
the Bonito. had names already. The name
of the Macedonian is to be perpetuated by
giving it to a vessel now On ihe stceks.
Phil a* Inquirer.
Death from Drinking Cold Water.—
Coroner Kennedy wffs callftd upon on Satur
day for the purpose of holiitag an inquest over
the body of Matthew Redmond, who came to
his death very so&ek&ly at the establishment
of the Messrs. Oenmead, in consequence of
drinking a lang<e quantity of cold water. The
jury rendered'a verdict in accordance with the
facts. The deceased was 28 years of age, an 4
has left a wife to tnourn the sudden bereave
tuent.—JStalt. Sun.
Mr. Clay's Successor.—Should tfes Gov
ernor of Kentucky appoint a successor to Mr.
Ch»r, he can only serve till the first of Sep
tember, as the Hon. A. Dixon was elected by
•the last Legislature in place of Mr. Clay, who
; had resigned his seat to take effect on 4hat
day.
SiVere Fire is Nil&s, Mich—A very
destructive fire occurred in Niles, Michigan,
•ou the 3d instant. It originated from fire
works used in celebrating the Fourth, on that
evening, and before it could be stayed, destroy*
ed sixteen buildings, among which were the
whig newspaper office, and the drug store of
J os. C. Laritnore.
! The Larder or an Empress.—The Ger
man journals state that, during the residence
of the Empress of Russia at Schlangenbad,
150 fowls, six hams, four joints of roast beef
of 40 pounds each, 60 pounds of fish, and
1,000 eggs, have been ordered to be delivered
every day for the supply of her table and that
of her court of suite.
The citizens of the tipper part of Fauquier
county are making extensive preparations for
a Barbecue, to be given at the town of S«letn
some time during the present month, at which
time it is proposed to celebrate the opening of
the Manassas Gap Railroad to that place.
\3f The United States sloop of-war Le
vant, Commander Upshur, bound for the Medi
terranean, was to have .ailed from Norfolk on
Saturday.
Good News.—The man who was injured
b* a burst of applause, is recovering.—Ex
change paper. '
The individual who was injured by the acci
! dental discharge of bis duty is still very low.
The cholera is prevailing at St. Louie, and
among the victims is Christian Hays, one of
the most extensive cattle dealers in the Wear.
Sodded Death.—Col. John W. Tibbau«,of
Newport, formerly a member ofCongress,
an.l who served gallantly in the Mexican war,
died suddenly on the sth inat.
LOCAL aUTTBII.
Hi* Makers.—Mr. Denoon presented ■ com
analatifla Juwiag reiereace to the recoct contract
made with Mr. Cocke to" build the two near mar
ket»—Mr. C. having left the city tad there being no
MfNMtmf Ue return tofulSi —M auaWact. -
The communication aaked that Mr. Geo. Diekeaaon
might be released aa one of the aaratiea of Mr
Cocke; and that Meaara. Mitchell and Allen, who
wen to furnish the stone and brick work for Mr.
Cocke, be allowed to fulfil the contract—employing
Mr. Powell aa architect In ether words, that the
contract be transferred to tbem, they giving Messrs
&. St B. Maury as securities. Referred to Com
mittee on Markets, with instructions to report such
measures as they may resolve upon.
Clay Squama.—A petition, signed by several
hundred citizens, asking that one of the city
squares, in honor of the memory of Henry Clay,
be named Clay Square, and that a portion of it be
allotted to the proposed Clay Statue to be erected
by the ladiea of Richmond, was received and re
ferred to the Committee on City Grounds.
Bonds and Chamberlain's account approved.
Gxain.—The semi annual report of the Measu
rer of Grain, (Mr. Wade,) waa received and ap
proved.
Petitions.—Petitions from citizens asking for a
further donation to the Danville Railroad by the
city were received, and referred to the City Asses
sor, for the purpose of ascertaining wheth r the
signers are freeholders.
Police.—Police Reports and Mayor's Report,
referred to Com nittee.of Police.
Ghangk or Gbade —A petition from Messrs.
Ragland & Brother aekitg for a change of grade at
the corner of Franklin and Bth streets, was referr
ed to the Commissioners of Streets.
A report from the Street Commissioners provid
ing for the grading of 3d street to new Burying
Ground, was teceived and approved.
Resigned.—B. B. Minor tent in hit resignation
as a member of Committee on Athenenoo
Sprinkling.—Petition from Stebbins, Darracott
& Co., and others, asking lor the privilege of sprink
linga portion of 9ch street, received and referred.
Assessments.—Communications relative to in
correct assessments, received and referred.
Gauqers and Poet Wardens.—Semi annual
reports from City Gauger and Port Wardens receiv.
Ed and approved.
Sacbkd Music —A communication from the
Richmond Sacred Music Society asking that the
City Council allow them the use of the Lecture
Room of the Atheneeum as a hall of practice, and
promising to furnish lecturers on music, was receiv'
ed and referred to the Committee oc the Athenaeum
Claims —A report from the Committee on
Claims was received. The Council allowed John
Talman's claim for $85; P. C- Kimbrough's claim
for <62 48, rejected; J Hasan's claim for $11, also
Martha Saher's petition for a remission of tax; also
petitions of A. B. Turner and others for remission
of tax. Several other claims were allowed.
Claims were referred.
Nuisance. —A petition complaining of the gutter
on the North side of Broad street, was received
and referred.
Referred —Account of Joseph Allen received
and referred. Do. of Mr. Valentine received and
referred.
A communication with reference to gravelling
Broad street, received and laid on the table.
LancastkbianSchool.—Report of th« trustees
was taken up. Dr. Dove made some remark*
with reference to the limited accommodations of
the school—and the report was referred to a se
lect committee
Police —A report from the committee of Police
detailing police statistics, and recommending a
strict attention to nuisances, was received and ap
proved.
Frances.—A report from the committee on Fi
nance, setting forth a deficiency existing at present
'n the city treasury, was read, and an ordinance au
thcrizing a temporary loan of $20,000, was adop
ted.
A report, recommending the imposition of a tax
of &2000 upon the sheriff's estimated salary of
$4000 excluding expenses, was read and laid on
the tabfp.
Reconsideration.—The vote rejecting the
ttaim of Mr. Bari*j*v was reconsidered and the
Claim duly referred.
Claims.—Claims of Commissioners of Election
received and referred.
Mr. Dimmock offered the following resolution :
Resolved, That the Committee on Police enquire
into the propriety of forbidding negroes from smo
king in the str-1 ts, and that they report by ordi
nance or otherwise. Referred.
And then the Council adjourned until Thursday
evening.
We cheerfully insert the following joint
resolutions which were unaniaaoutly adopted on
Sanday last, by the Sunday Schools of the Firat
and Second Baptist Churches :
Rtmolced, That our thanks are due, and are here
by tendered to Edwin Robinson, Eiq., President of
the Richmond and Fredericksburg Hail road Com
pany, for the gecerovs liberality manifested by him
id all the arrangements for our celebration of the Na
tional Anniversary, on Monday last; to Thos Sharps,
"l«q, lor his Editing efforts in providing tor the
:omtort and accommodation of our Schools, and in
superintending their safe transportation to aa<
from the Slash Cottage; to Capis Taylor, Darra
cott, and Blabey, the gentlemanly eonductori o
the several trains, tor the prompt and eourteoui
manner in which they discharged their responsible
duties; to John L Thompson, Eeq, f#r his unre
milling and successful exertions in the prepare
tione made tor our reception at the Cottage; to W.D
Taylor, E-q, for the faithful and entirely satisfac
to<y manner in which hi served up the di ner on
that occasion. To all these gentlemen we feet that
we are greatly indebted, for the unalloyed pleas
ure we experienced in our celebration of the Ma
tional Anniversary, and to them all we unanimous
ly express our grateful thanks, and pray that*
kind Providence may permit them and us to spend
many a haopv 4th of July at the Slash Cottage.
Resolved, That we return our thank i to Geo. J
Sumner, Esq, for the gratuitous loan of five crates
of crockery, and tor his valuaole services on the
said occasion.
Resolved. That the superintendents of our schools
b« appointed ■ committee to present a copy of the
above joint resolutions to each ot the gentlemen
therein named.
eg 6" ° a Sucday night, about 12 o'clock, the
Steuoahip Roanjke came in contact with a wood
schooner and did her considerable damage; the
steamship, however, sustained no injury. The
captain of the steamship came to anchor, examined
the schooner,and found her in(a sinking condition—
let go her anchors to keep her from drifting, saw
the crew safe, and then proceeded on the voyaga.
Fjrk—lt will doubtless be recollected by our
readers that we stated in Saturday morning's paper*
that between 3 and 3 o'clock an incendiary attempt
had been made to tire Henry Fleiahmann's clothing
store, situated on 17th street, betwjen Grace and
Broad streets. Tbe fire was Kindled through an
aperture on the ouuid* of the building. Yesterday
morning, between 3 and 4 o'clock, another attempt
*•* to fire the building on the inside, near this
aperture, with better success. Toe fire was put
out after property to the amount of about #1.0 had
been destroyed. Insured
FHTBB.-Mr. McUr'uder was on yestecday teed
•2 and costs for the e -m mission of acuisanee by
Ms negro He we!!, i n the Lower Market on Sunday.
poetpoaed aatil theant teroL
la the caao of the appeal ftv" the Mayor i *»'
trace upon Henry C. >eott, of 30 laahea, the court
affirmed the Mxyor"* jadgaaat and ordered thai
gum rernrtrr T" *" h " —«■»•** — aad pay the
eo«t« o r the appeal. The eourt thea proceeded to
the traaaactioa of ci»il huaiaeea.
Suspicious.—Freae is, a negro boy, hired to Mrs.
Sarah Chamberlain, living oa Broad atreet, was on
yesterday brought before the Mayor on suspicion
of stealing a pocket book eoatainiag 95 62) from
the vest pocket of Mr. Bailey Davis, while the veat
was lying ia Mr. D.'a ro< m, Sunday, and he was
partaking of dinner. The boy was sent up stairs
■t that time, and was in the habit of attending to
Mr. D.'a room ; and he bad also been caught steal
ing several times. There being no positive proof
against the boy he was discharged with the recom
mendation that he be returned to hit master, Mr.
Wooldridge, for sale.
Dischabokd.—On yesterday the Mayor dis
charged from custody Simon, slave to Charles
Friend, who was arreated, Sunday evening, in de
fault of a pass. It appeared that Simon was sim
ply cooling himself off, on some planks lying uear
his bouse, when arrested by the watch.
Riotous.—A Hungarian n.med Anthony Daniel
and a slave named Morton, belonging to Mr. Mang
um of Church Hill, got into an altercation and then
a light, Sunday morning, about half past 11 o'clock,
in 17th street. They created a great deal of dls
turbance in the neighborhood, Daniel threatening
to take the life of the "nagur" with a knife. The
Mayor, c>n yesterday ordered the negro 10 lashes
and committed Daniel to jail in default of 8100 se
curity. Daniel was partially intoxicated when he
engaged in the affray.
Committed —James Cousins, a negro who pro
fessed to be iiee, was on yesterday committed to
jail in default of register.
Dbunk and Disobdbrly.—Juhn Daving, arrest
ed for drunkenness and disorderly conduct early
yesterday morning by Lieut. Wilkerson, waa on
yesterday committed to jail in default of 9100 se
curity to keep the peace.
Dismissed. —Mary Johnson, a representative of
clastic Cary street, reported to the Mayor yester.
day, Martha Stevens, for the misdemeanor of her
(Stevens') servant Mary, in throwing pails of filth
into her (Johnson's) yard. The evidence adduced
did not sustain the complaint, and it was dismis
»ed.
Killed by Lightning —Francis A. Timberlake,
a white man, about 2i years of age, was killed by
lightning, during the storm of last evening, whilst
engaged at work in the garden of Mr. Left) and,
near Howard's Grove.
ittAUltlEU,
On the Sth inst, by Rev B. F. Woodward, M'.
JOSEPH P. HEATH, of Richmond, to Miss MAR
THA V. DICKERSON, of Henrico county.
Lynchburg papers please copy. *
DIEU,
In this citj, on yesterday, the 12th inst., after a
painful Illness of about 18 days, ERASMUS H. RO
PER in the 43d year of his age. The friends and
acquaintances of the family are requested to attend
his luneral, This Afternoon, at 44 o'clock, at his lata
residence, on 4tb, betwten Clay and Leigh street*,
without further notice *
FLNiiItAL, NOTICE.— Was struck
by lighting, last evening, in Bowling
Green, FRANCIS A. TIMBERLAKE, aon of Jao.
B. and Martha F. Timberlake, in the 22d year of
his age. His luneral will take place at hi* mother's
residence, in Bowling Greeu, on Wednesday
morning, at 9 o'clock, to which the friends and
acquaintances of the family are respectfully in
vited. *
WM. W. CRUMP, Attorney at
tvO Law, has resumed the practice of hu
profession and will attend the Courts of the City of
Richmond and the adjacent Cuuntiej.
OFFICE, at his residence, corner of Governor
and Broad streets jy B—2aw2w
(Republican and Whig copy.)
UK, .UcCaW has lemovea his re*-
idence aud office to 209 Main street, be
tween 9th and 10th. jy 9—2w*
HAWES R. SUTTON, NOTARY
PUBLlC—Particular attention paidtc
writing DEEDS and other legal instruments Of
fice in the Law Building, Richmond, Va my 6
EXCHANGE HOTEL BATHS
•sSk NOW OPEN —Hot, Cold and Shower
Baths at all hour* of the day and evening.
je 30—2 m
LAND WARRANTS.—The high
est market prices will be given in cash
for Bounty Land Warrants, of 40, 80, or 160 acres.
JOHN K. MARTIN, Pension Agent,
Office No 4 Law Buildings, Richmond, Va
Note. —All Revolutionary claims, PENSIONS,
three months extra pay, bounty Lands, and all
claims arising out ofthe War of 1812, or the Mexi
can War, will be prosecuted with diligence. 1 have
a full list of the Revolutionary Officers and Soldiers
in the Continental and State services, in my office.
je 11—3 m» J. K M.
RICHMOND & DAN V ILL K RAIL ROAD
Richmond and Danville R. R. usee, I
July lath. i 852. J
To the Editors of the Richmond Dispatch—
Gentlemen: it w«« wiin surprise that 1 read in
your journal, thin taoruiug, an advertisement under
the signature of "W. F.Farisb 4c Co n " in which
these gentlemen, in kindly consideration for the
public, throw aieertdit upon advertisements em
anating from thia office in relation to the economy
in time and money by which pasaenger* travelling
on "the Soutbsiae route" may reach the White
Sulphur Spring*.
I can acture in public that Mr. Fariah was on
the 2btn of last March a party to all that our ad
vertUementa contain and that the public may rely
that it ia not the intention of the K. and D. R. ft. Co.
to falaify one tittle thereof, o sacrifice the public
interest* for the sake of any one.
It ia tiue that a proposition waa made to the
Company to increa-e the rate of tolla, aa may be
seen from the accompanying communication, but
with which prop; sal the Board declined to comply
in accordance with the wishes of our own stage
contractors, Messrs. Flagg ft Co
I have the bonor to be, gentlemen,
Your obedient servant,
A. T. D. tiIFFORD,
V P.«s tR. and D. R. R.
Nmj
Btaumh>k. 144 June, 1852.
President DantUle Railroad Company:
ukam Sim.—We have agreed witn the Virginia
Central Railroad Company to compromiae oar con
flicting intf rent, and pat the fare from Richmond
to the White sulphur Springs via the Virginia Cen
tral Railroad at <11, provided we put the fan at the
same from Richmond to the White Sulphur via
your road.
As we are equally interest d in both routes no
objection, Wr presume, will be made by your
Board to fix the tare at the same. The Central Rail
road had, before our reduction on your road, ad
vertised atilO, which induced the action of your
Board to agree with our proposition, to reduce to
the same The tare is too low at the preaent high
prices paid for produce on both roads, and the rise
of il, naif of whhhto be divided between Rich
mood and Lynchburg, and ihe other to be divided
between Lynchburg and the White Solihur, will
put both routes oo the same footing, which is, eei •
taialy, best for both parties, as all collision will, in
tuture, be avoided, and give satisfaction to the par
ties. We have written to Mess«s Kla/g k. Caldwell
who, we presume, will su*<nit the facts to your
Board.
.v a tk® compromise most important t»
the Houthside Road, as no attractions, by low tar*-,
will draw 08 the travel. Fteaso let us hear liotu
you
Very respectfully, yoar obedient servant.,
<2140 ed)
13—WILLIAM P. FARJSH 4c CO.
we'cbalSage' thS
paradoa egad to It -rntTtWt
Dara'ion .apply to J OHM JOHNSON, manu&ctarer,
under the American Hotel, or to Robert E. Daval,
Meaara. P""f* * Beers, Main street, and to Meaara
Beabrook dc Keeve, Broad ***** If U
rf> Hssc year ossscn M As Oat.
tiwd Walla—the Cry to (Mffl ttof Cms.
The crowd that ia eoatiaually making iu »
wards the Jewelry Manufactory of S. P. MOUN
TAIN, Ma. 110. Main atreet, up atairs, show eoa
closirely that his is the place to get full satisfac
tion done them, in getting their wori done at prices
far below that of any store ia Richmond.
Jewelry made and old Jewelry repaired and made
aagood as new, at the lowest manufacturing prices,
at the shortest notice, and satisfaction warranted,*
bo charge. Diamonds, Pearis, Cameoa, Garneta.
and other precioaa stones set ia the ceatest and
lateat New York styles.
The subscriber having come from the Nortb, ia
prepared, in consequence of having a low rent, a
good assortment ot tools, together with his own
ability to manufacture any article ot Jewelry, to do
hia work cheaper and better than any other estab
lUhtnent in the city. Old Gold aod Silver taken in
exchange for Jewelry. S. P. MOUNTAIN,
Diamond Setter and Manufacturing Jeweler.
jy B—tlatA
np Dngoerreotype* af Children, Fatal*
ly uraapa, single Portraits, Ac see., executed in
a style equal to the finest ivory painting and quite
as durable. Copies made from oil paintings, Da
guerreotypes, and every other description of pic
tures. „ _
The friends of Mr Clay can see a very fine Da
guerreotype of this grest statesman, trora which
copies of any size can be made, and let in pins,
rings, tus , o.- framed, making a handsome and
valuable ornament to the parlor or drawing rooca.
Mr Clay himself stid oi this picture, "That it was
the best he ever had taken."
M. P. SIMONS,
jy 1 151 Eagle Square.
iy Our Plan ia Thlax—Not to resort to
humbug, and advertise improvements in the Da*
gaerreotype Art tfcat do not exist, for the
purpose of attracting persons to our rooms, but to
make known our location, nnd invite citizens and
strangers to an examination <>f our specimens and
a trial of our skill, and then if we do not render
satisfaction, we in no case expect them to take a
picture. Our own opinion, and the opinion ot
thouaands who have patronized us for the last four
years in Petersburg and this city, is that the Da
guerreotypes taken by us ate surpassed by nooe
and equalled by few this side the Potomac.
MINNIS & WATSON,
Daguerreotypists and dealers in Stock,
35} Main at, (Mansion House) Richmond, and
Sycamore st, Petersburg, Va. jy 5
|y We continue the insertion of the testimo
nials of the fine Daguerreotypes issued from Pratt'c
Gallery, at No 145 Main street, under the Gothic
windows. The Magnolia aays of it:—"We were
quite astonished at the beautiJul manner in which
it is fitted up, the richness of all its appointments,
and the elegant appliances of comfort and luxury
with which it abounds. We looked over a large
number of the distinguished men of Virginia, and
well known private citizens, and did not see one
inferior likeness amongst them. Mr P. is a master
of his profession, and such seems to be tl « general
opinion, if wc judge from the army of w UMsses of
his skill which look down from the walla.' "The
best likeness I have ever had taken," says Dr
H R Wellford, of Fredericksburg, Va, President
of Medical Convention je 23
jy PRESERVE YOliiC HEALTH.—
Now is the time for Cholera Morbus, Dyspepsia,
Bowel Complaints of various kinds, Dysentery and
Bilious Fever. Persons subject to either, or all of
these complaints, need not fear their attacks if they
will but use a few Dottles of Baker's Celebra
ted Premium Bitters, the best tonic and alter
ative that the skill and science of man ever yet in
vented. These Bitters are purely vegetable in
their composition and entirely free from all those
poisonous and nauseating substances that create a
languor and nauseousness of the stomach when
taken; but having an opposite effect, they exhiler
ate the system, sharpen the appetite, expel impro
per secretions, create a healthful circulation of the
blood, and produce such a flow of spirits as of itself
tends greatly to relieve from indigestion and bil
ious affections. They may be taken by both sexes,
in eveiv condition of life, and will be found an in
valuable medicine for infants and adults.
To be lad in Richmond at the Drug Stores of
A. BODEaER, ADIE & GRAY, BENNETT &
BEERS, PITRCELL, LADD & CO., and GAYNOR
Sc WOOD, Main street; H.BLAIR, WM. P. LADD
and SEABROOK St REEVE, Shockoe Hill,
my 24—ts
I3P Great Cure for Bowel Complaints.
The most safe and sure compound tor Bowel Com
plaints, Pains in the Stomach, Cholera, Cholera
Morbus, Dysentery, Pain in the Back, Sides or
Limbs, Toothache, Bruises and Sprains, is Dr.
Rose'* Pain Curer. This remarkable preparation
gives instant relief to all pains, and is used by the
old and young. Thousands have been relieved in
a few minutes from the most acute pain. Id bot
tles at 12J, 25 and 50 cents, and tor sale by Bennett
& Beers, A die & Gray, Purcell, Ladd & Co, R. tt
Duval. O. A. Strecker, A. Bodeker, J. Blair, S. M.
Zachrisson, W. P. Ladd. Guvnor & Wood, je '22
cholkka, ujauhhiea, cuo-
LKkA MORBUS, CHOLICS, CRAMP, (iRIPING
PAINS IN THE BOWELS, SPASMODIC AND
NERVOUS DISORDERS, See., may be cured.by,
Stabler'* Great Hummer Remedy
None genuine without the signature of R. H
Stablkb, M. D.
Chills and Fevers, Ague, Bilious, Remittent
and Nervous Fevers, General Weakness, Weari
ness in the Limbs' Chronic Debility, jaundice,
Dyspepsia, Sic., may be cured by Stabler's Great
Ague and Fever Specific.
None genuine without the signature of R. H.
Stabler, M. D.
Stabler's Altera tire—A valuable remedy for
Impurities of the Blood, Erysipelas, Boils, Salt
Rheum, Milk Crust, Rheumatism, Bronchitis, En
larged Tonsils, Bore Throat, Dropsy, Ulcers on the
legs, Swelled Glands, Deranged Liver, Oppression,
Palpation of the Heart, Tetters, iic, Si.
All of the above for sale in Richmond by GAY
NOR& WOOD,DOVE h ISAACS and PURCELL,
LADD &.CO. R. H. STABLER, M D ,
je2B—3in* Alexandria, Va
BP* If any Man doubts that H. O. FarreU'a
Arabian Liniment ia the greatest benefactor of the
age, let him look around and he will find abun
dant evidence to scatter this scepticism to the
winds; he will find that M an external application
in the diseases both of man and beasts, no medicine
ever discovered has effected aa many and as re
markable cures. See advertisement.
For sale by PUttCELL, LADD k. CO.,
jy 3—2w Agents for the Proprietois.
_ Mr How many expressions of commendation
I ever hear in my saloon. '■ Why, he takes them
every time." "How beautiful tbat is" "That's
you, Kate." '• I never saw any thine more uer
j®6*- "Oh I why, how he does take them ""I
like his style, his positions." « Oh, the dear little
thing ; why, he took it laughing, at the first time."
And many more of the same sort. Those who
want a beautiful, durable and lifelike Portrait at
fil, will come to MOULSOH'B,
Patent Process Dagueirean Gallery, 110 Main st
door above Mitchell k. Tyler's Jewelry store. '
Don't mistake ihn olace. j. j
f LIVBK PIL.L.B—PREPARED FROM
TBE MASS OBTAINED AT THE ROCKBttlutiE
(Va.) ALUM SPRINGS.—The e Pills are Diuretic
Cathartic, Tonic and Alterative In their effect* up'
on the ay stem. They excite the action o» the Liver
in many case* in which Calomel would have no ef
fect They are also peculiarly efficacious in Fe
male Disease*.
The wonderful success which has attended the
use of the Rockbridge Alum Water and Pilla for
many years, in a great variety of diseases has ac
quired tor it a celebrity rarely if ever equalled, and
is steadily increasing. The moat eminent Chemists
of the day have examined the Water and Pills, tad
found it possessed extraordinary Medicinal proper
ties. it has been declared by the best autnorfties
to be a eure for every form of Scrotals chronic
Liver Diseases, all Chronic Diseases of the Stomach
sad Bowels, Dyspepsia, Chronic Diseases of the
Kyes, Mercu'ial Affections, and particularly adapt
ed to cases of Passive Uterine Hemorrhage, com
plicated with derangement of the Liver and Sto
mach, and many other disorders arising from im
purity of the blood.
For sale by Druggists and country merchants
generally throughout the United States.
Pride $1 per vial 98 per dosen.
Druggists and others wisaing to purchase la
urge quantities, or become Agents for the sale ol ths
above cfttebrated Liver Pills, will please address
BOOTH ANDERSON St CHRISTIAN,
Alum Springs, Rockbridge Co., Va. or
. , , JOHN H RKAYKEd,
J* * Columbiae Hotel, Hiclumuud, Va.
It tu become • FAMILY HKDJCIKB
introduced. The woodmfn] cart* h»»e
it • nputtftoa «j «|w MeSSta?
Call on O. A. STEECKER, Mala
pamphlet* See *J»erti»eu»rntta
BT Mexieaa Muta*| "rWnt i.
SSn?TttSi«SS&£
;a^«aw»TBSHBS
op Md old practice* ami old mixture* «7e di»<-7r7
ed. The six new astonishing combiuatteag in ft.
Mo*tang Liniment enable* it to penetrate <wT
nerve and muscle, and drive oat diaraae and
nature to recover her lout powrs, and
healthy, which la evidently the true cause whvh
ia ao successful and why so many phjiiei.n.lJl
are acquainted with it* virtue* prescribe ana «
commend it.
EF* Tfce Greateat Sprlu Medicine'
Carters Bpaal.li Mlatare-3rke .air Pml
riflep af the Bleed.—This wonderful and trnl.
valuable Medicine haa been tried by a mat nam
ber of oar citizen*, and haa performed more cum
(aome most astonishing) than ail the 0 f
article* so extensively advertiaed pot together It
is the only certain and unlailinc remedv for MFu
CURIAL DISEASES. It will Sore Syphilis in tSi
primary and secondary stages, as can be testified
to by hundreds of grateful patient* whom delicacv
forbids naming in public. For disease* of thi
LIVER it has never failed. It positively cures
Scrofula and Eruption* of all kinds. Blotches on
the Face, and roughness of the Cuticle are in a
short time entirely removed. Numbers of certifl.
cates from gentlemen of the first respecufci itv
could be given, but a* the article is made in the
county ot Henrico, any one not acquainted with
the medicine can at e the maker in person, it con
tains no noxious or hurtful article*, can be given
with impunity in any weather, and will be found
the beat medicine for the Spring which can be used
or has eve r been tried.
Call and see the directions .with a description
and history of the medicine and a number of
wonderful certificates from persons you know.
BENNETT & BEERS, Druggists, No. 125 Main
stieet, are the sole Agents ior the sale of it in
Richmond, who will supply Druggists and others to
sell again, and to whom allorders mutt be address
ed, as it must pass through their hands.
my 4—3 m
fy Dr. J. H. Rose's Maraaparilla.—
BLOOD PURIFIER.—A Great Spring and Summer
Medicine—This Sarsaparilla compound it made
from fresh Honduras Sarsaparilla, and being com
bined with other ingredients, renders it the Terr
best Sarsaparilla compound made, for purifying&nd
enriching the Hood, and to cure all skin eruption s
and skin diseases, scrofulous tores, venereal dis
eases and its bad effects in the constitution, dropti -
ca 1 swellings, rheumatism from the use of mercury,
biles, old soret, kidney and bladder affections,'
cleansing the system from mercury, and raising up
a weak and impaired constitution from any cause..
It improves the appetite, enlivens the spirits, and
as a summer drink in cold water, h is a pleasant,
useful and medicinal beverage. All families should
have a bottle by them. Quart bottles 91; small bot
tles 50 cents.
For sale by Adie & Gray. Purcell, Ladd k Co.,
Bennett At Beers, R. R. Duval. Gaynor b Wood, A
Bodeker, O. A. Htrecker. J Blair and W'-P. Ladd.
jy The Offlee of the New York Her
aid, Philadelphia Ledger, Baltimore Sun, Baltimore
Clipper, and General Depot tor all the Newspapers,
Magazines, and Cheap Publications, is at
Broad street,' opposite the Broad Street Hotel,
THOMAS H. G RES HAM,
at, lt> Oeneral Agent
JOB PRINTING.
DISPATCH OFFICE,
Governor Street, 2 doors front Mala,
RICHMOND, Va.
Pamphlets, I Business Cards,
Circulars, * | Tickets,
Handbills, I Blanks, See. dec.,
Labels, | of every description,
Printed at short notice and upon reasonable terms.
Orders for all kinds of Printing will be re
ceived and executed in the handsomest style.
jy 13
T77 ATTKi>TI Or>, AH.lli.LKit*.—
Attend a meeting at the Company at the
*Kl£.Viuii House on Tuesday, the lath inst, at
o'clock P M.
By order ut tix> Cwitkt
jy 13 THOS C. BALL, O S.
("A BBLS. HN£KD'» StPIiHIOR FAM
OU ILY FLOUR, also supeifiue. Scottsville and
Richmond inspectionsol vaiicua different brands.
For sale by VV. T. STAPLES A CO.
Next door to Haxail and Brother"! office,
jy 13—3r
WANTED, an Appientice to learn the Printing
business. Apply at this office. jy i 3—
KuVS JLOST. —Lost. a tew days since, a
bunch of an all KSY3, tied together with"
twine string. The finder will render a si»gular fs
▼or by leaving them at tbe Dispatch offlse. A suit
able reward will be paid if required. jy 1«>
DR. ADDINGTON, (Grsdu
ate) Dentist—practitioner since
184 j— having fully tested bis re
duced prices, desires to make
known to every person, that he will continue per
manent the t olio wing cbargea for his services, witc
the assurance that his operations shall be peHarm
ed better than under hia past exorbitant fees.—
How so i Because he and hia assistants are kept iu
full exercise, and make more money: .
Extract tooth, 25 ct»; fill with lilver er tin, St'
cts; with gold 75 eti; Pivot Tooth, f2 SO: Plate
Tooth, S3; upper or lower aetta, $25, with or with -
out artificial gums, Ac. &c,Ac 13
HISTORY OF DEMOCRACY.-J.
RANDOLPH has for sale. .
Life ia Paris, or the Adventures of Emily Clyn
don—2sc , ,
June No Democratic Review, with a portrait ,ol
Fi acik Pierce—2sc
Romance of Life in New York, or the secret or
der of seven Plates
Schmitz and Zumpt's Elementary Latin Gram
mar and J£*ercises—soc ...
History of Democracy In the United States, war.
a Portrait of Washington—2sc
Scenes in the Life ot Gen Scott—6c
Life ot Gen Scott Illustrated—fc
July number Applston's Mechanics and Kngi
neer'i Magazine— 25c
A Step tYom the New World to tbe Old and back
again, with thoughts on the Good and Evil in both
by H P l'appan, 2 vols—(1 75
April No Medico Chlrurgicai Review
Historical Sketches of the Electric Telegraph,
including iu rise and progrets in the US, by A
Jones—9l
Vasari's Lives of the Painters, vol 5 Bohn's Libra
ry, London—44
Ron e in the 19th century, by C A Eatoo. 3*
plates, Bohn's Library, London—si 25
Bridgewater Treatises, voi 1, Kirby on UW P®*"
er, Windooi and Goodness of God, as maniMSted »
the Creation ot Animals; plates—Bohn's Library.
London—sl 25
Ovid. Literally Translated, Heroides,
Art ot Love, Stc, Bohn's Library, Lundoa— 125
Jy 13
DOHNt* LAST YOLt'ME»~seripWj®
*-* Lands—Described in a series w Historic*'*
ograpbictl and Topographical Sketebefc by
JCitto, I> D., and Ulostratl-d oy a complete
twenty-four maps, with an iede*
Rome, la the Nineteenth Century, ccni* •
complete aocount of the rum of me ancient city,
the remains of the middle ages, and the moats
menu of modern times, by Cbartotte A Eaton —
sth editiot, to which is now first added a eompsste
index and thirty four engraved itt»stra*ions— n S
vols. Voi I—f stf. __
The Heroides, or Epistles of t'*>« Heroines— Tbf
Amours, Art of Love, Remedy of Love,
works of Ovid, lit>ra.ly tr«nsM«i into
prose, with copious note*, by Henry C- *•
of Clare Bali. Cambridge—l 23 - . ...
Lives ot tbe most Eminent Palnter«, 3culptor
and Architects, translated ir>»n the lulina of •
gio Vasari. in 5 vols—vol. s—l W . .
On tbe Fewer, Wisdom a-d lioodnest of
as maniia*t**din th»«renti»Mots®.wals.andini»e
history, habit* and feutltwH f>y the JU*- ™ iU *V
Kiiby, U A., F. K- S-. *e., KtKu* o» B*rb*m~«"-
t^iii
J it, [ it>ceivr<l and for saW at th" fcxebspg* Bfo t
*'}y* 3 & m. wan* * bua