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THE DAILY DISPATCH, ff TO A VYKK'Fl!*KK}*.~Thecirculatton Of u>6 Dispatch U thbkk times m large W that of any other Daily paper in the cay of Richmond. 11 la therefore greatly superior to uy other at a of advertising. RICHMOND, VA.i Wednesday Morning, f*cpt. IS, 1838. _cr Persona abroad from the city car h«ve the Dispatch sent to them for soy period of time they may desire, by leavine tbeir orders and paying the •sab for the Umetpedrted. Thx Gua.ho Islands.—The Panama Star, of Aug. 28, has the following : Since our last isi>ue, we have been put in possession of further information regarding the movements of the Peruvian government. Our information is received from a reliable quarter, and can be depended upon. It appears that the report ia true of the intention of the Peru wian government raising ten thousand soldiers, and purchasing steamers from the British steamship company, if possible. The object, kowc ver, appeara lo be more fur defensive than offensive purposes, and the main intention of the Peruvian government is said to be the pro tection of their Guano Islands in the neighbor hood of the coast, a matter which has attracted considerable attention of late. On the whole, affairs have assumed a very peculiar position down the coast, and it would sot be surprising to hear of a general rumpus among the Southern Republics before long.— The threatening position osnumed by New Grenada and Equadcr towards Peru, has pro bably as much to do with the levying of an ar my by the latter country, as the preservation of their Guano Islands. Political Demonstrations. —An immense Whig meeting assembled in Monument square, Baltimore, Monday nisht. The Ward Clubs marched to the meeting in procession with transparencies, several large ones being placed on wheels, as were two ships, drawn by horses. Speeches were delivered by Henry V inter Davis, Judge Thompson, of Indiana, Hon. John M. Clayton, and others. The Democrats also held a mass meeting the lame night at Exchange Place. A large stand was erected which was brilliantly illumi nated, and the scene was diversified by a num ber of transparencies. Bonfires were burning at each end of the square, and fireworks and rockets were occasionally set off. Speeches were delivered by Francis Thomas, Henry Bedinger, and others. Seminole Indians.—An embassy of Semi« nole Indians, en route for Washington, arrived in Charleston on the 12th, from Florida. At their head was Uillv Bowlegs himself, accom panied by two sub-chiefs—Sapoke Yabolg, the representative of Sam Jones and tribe, and John Juniper, a chief of the Arkansas delega tion. The whole body was under charge of <ien. Blake, who after three negotiations, fin ally persuaded them to accompany him to 'Washington. He treated with them last at Fort Myers and started thence on the 31et of August. What of Kossuth ?—lt may be a matter of interest to some to know the whereabouts of the great Magyar. The New York Express learns from a passenger, that he is living in a private boarding bouse in a buck street in Lon don, without in the least degree troubling him •elf about Continental politics, the intervention question, nor the solidarity of the peoples. Stabbing.—The Lynchburg Virginian says that Robert Smith of Bedford, and Gabriel Snead of Amherst, brothers-in-law, had an altercation at the Amherst end of the Bridge, Saturday evening, in which Smith was, it is apprehended, mortally stubbed. There are two deep cuts in his chest on the left side, besides others on his hands. There can be but little hope of his recovery, as the wounds penetra ted the centre of his body. A warrant was issued for the arrest of Snead. German Festival.—The United Turner Associations of the Northern and Eastern ■States held their grand festival in Baltimore on the 13th. The ceremonies were of the most pleasing character. In the evening, as the .societies were leaving the grounds where the festival was held, a cowardly attack was made upon them by a party of rowdies. Several persons were badly cut with staves and stones, and one man was slightly wounded with a pistol ball. Fire in Griffin, Ga.—On Monday morn ing last week the Collegiate Institute at Grif in was consumed by Are. It was occupied by Mr. E. Morrow, the principal, who lost all hii furniture—a beautiful and complete Philoso phical Apparatus—two Forte Pianos—the Furniture of the Rooms, Library, School Books, Maps, Music, &c., &c. Samuel Hobson, a worthy and re spected citizen of Cumberland, died suddenly at the Cabell House, in Lynchburg, last Satur day morning. T3T Mr. Peter C. Cofftjy, of Nelson, had his leg broken by the fall of a marble slab, in Lynchburg, which he was examining with a Tiew of purchasing for a tomb-stone. The political clubs of Fredericksburg will meet in battle array to-night. 11. T. Da niel, Judge Crump, R. L. Montague and James •Barbour, are cxpected to lead the opposing forces. ty* A little boy named James Logue was accidentally shot and killed, in Baltimore, Monday evening, by another lad named John W. Anthony. Logue had the muzzle of tl:s gun in his mouth, and Anthony, not supposing it to be loaded, pulled the trigger. The unfor tunate lad was horribly lacerated. S3T On Monday afternoon, Mrs. Luxon, of Washington, was dangerously wounded by the accidental discharge of a gun which her husband was repairing at the time. ty We are indebted to Mr. Sawyer, the attentive agent of Adams' & Co.'s Express, for late northern papers. < We observe among the recent deaths in Sao Francisco, the name of Richard H Allen, of Virginia. f3T There were 148 deaths in New Or leans during the week ending Sept. 4. A Long Cruise.—The whaling bark Belle, of Fair-haven, arrived home on Friday after an absence of seven and three quarter years! But one tnan of her originsl crew came home in bar. She brought home 340 barrels sperm and 400 of cocoanut oil; but had previously sent borne 2,600 barrels sperm, 950 whale, and 1,- 450 cocoanut oil. A Bun Wo»**i-We find io lh» Hitiiii correspondence of the N. O. Picayooe, Um fol low ing account of a heroic woman, a brief no tice of whom has been before published: Serrrnl women, said to be implicated in tbeae schemes, are also under arrest. One of theae, a Senoriia Guerra, a young lady of eighteen years of ace, of surpassing beauty,waa brought hero recently from Puerto Principe. It ia aaid it was discovered that she waa in correspon dence with aome expatriated relative in the North, and at the time of tier arrest waa found embroidering the lone star flag of Cuba, be* aides having been overheard to indulge rather ton freely in her opinions of the Spanish au thoriiies. The conduct of this girl, since her confinement here, has created a general feeling of admiration, even among the defeated Cata lans, from her indomitable courage and inde pendence. When asksd if ahe waa .not very sorry for what ahe had done, and if ahe would be willing to abandon the ideas which she had been disseminating at Principe, ahe replied that her own conscience exonera ted her for anything she had done in venturing openly to express her opinions in regard to her country'a opprcssots, and that those opinions would never change, belonging to a respec table family, and the cell in which she was placed in solitary confinement being without any kind offurniture, the governor ofthe jail, a very humane sort of person, felt aome con sideration for her, and offered to make the place more comfortable. 'You may,' Buid she, 'it you choose, send me a table, a wash basin, lonoking glass and a bottle of pomatum.'— 'Would you not a'so like to have a cot to lay down upon7 ? —(there being only a raised stone bench for the prisoners to sleep upon.) 'Just as you think proper, governor,' she replied. 'I would undergo greater hardships than this ; sleeping on cold stcnes would cause tne no in convenience if my poor services could in any way conduct) to the liberty and independence of my adored country.' Two or three other females were brought from Principe about the aume time, charged with similar offences." "Let Justice be Done!" —It is due to the women of the north that we give the character of the sisterhood composing the "hen conven tion" at Syracuse, and with this view we ex tract the following from the N. Y. Express: The sisterhood prominent in these public convocations are generally very uneasy spirits. In most cases they are unhappily matched, and the only remedy for their ills is a dissolu tion of the bonds of matrimony. The crying grievance* they suffer under are from hus« bands they don't love, or whom they despise; and riddance from tfcem is the only society remedy that will relieve their cares. Often these women have married men who are their inferiors in mind and manner*, and the yoke weighs heavily upon their necks, though a yoke of their own choosing. Then, again, they are spinsters that could not captivate the hearts they desired, and therefore think ill of men's hearts and heads in general. The secret history ofaltnost all of them would dis close some particular domestic grievance or social annoyance, and thus account for their idiosyncracies, one and ail. Unhuppiness ex ists at home, and hence these contortions abroad. The publicity the Press gives them but feeds the disorder, lor to it is thus in the end, • sense of newspaper importance, and a rage for newspaper notoriety. Distressing Occurrence —We are indebt ed to a friend at Black Creek in this County for the particulars of a singular and distress ing occurrence in that neighborhood, which caused the death of three persons—the wife and two daughters, one voung lady in her trens, the other a small child, of Mr . Joseph Farrell. Between sunMtand durk on Monday the 6:h inst., Mr. Farreli went out into his cornfield to superintend the fodder getting, leaving his brandy still, which he had been running during the day, in charge of his wife. During hie absence it became necessary to empty the vessel into which the brandy ran from the still, and Mrs. F. and her daughter, followed by the child, attempted to do so —the young lady carrying a candle to enable them to see. Having emptied the brandy into a bar rel, the young lady lifted up the fuunel, she said to her mother, she would touch the candle to it to see the brandy burn. At this moment the fumes of the brandy were escaping from the bung of the barrel ami the burning drops fulling iato it from the funnel; an explosion followed which was heard throughout the neighborhood. Mr. Farrell hastened from the field arid found his wife and children enveloped in flume. The child died almost instantly; the young lady at 10 o'clock on Wednesday fol lowing, and Mrs. Farrell at 4 o'clock the same evening. Mr. Farrell was alio badly burned while endeavoring to extinguish the flames.— Goldsborough (N C ) Patriot. Arrest of a Murderer.—A man named Lauren Lacton, was arrested in Glynn county, Ga., charged with the murder of Patrick Droyer, in Brunswick, on the 29ih ult. It ap pears that the two had been diinking together all the previous night, but appeared to be qjiite sober, and were conversing rationally, when Lacton, who was picking his hand with a jack knife, suddenly drew it across Drover's neck, and with another thrust split open his face through the nose. It is said that Lacton had been cowed by Droyer, and was known to be in continual fear of him. Lacton formerly kept a bar in Macon, in the establishment known as Our House. Fall Expedition to Liberia.—The bark Ralph Cross will sail from Baltimore for Li beria on the Ist of November, with freight, emigrants, and cabin passengers. The Mary land Colonization Journal says that the pre sent prospect is good for at least two hun dred emigrants. Quite a number of missiona ries, it is expected, will go in thecabin. Among them Bishop Scott, of lha Methodist E| isco pal Church, pays an official visit to the various mission stations along the coast. Killing in a Passion.—David Gorman, living uear Cincinnati, threw a chair at his wile one day last week, and one of its rounds penetrated her body. Finding she whs hurt, he picked her up, laid her on a bed, then went to the city for a surgeon, and was very atten tive to her until she died, which occurred the next day. On her death b?d Mrs. Gorman requested that her husband should not be pros ecuteil; but he was taken and committed, charged with murder in the second degree. Another Murdeker Hung.—We have al ready noticed the fact of the conviction of John Collins, Turner Clarke, and Reuben Clarke, for the murder of Justus Brewer and wife.— The two first were convicted in May, and sen® tenccd to be hung in June. Collins hung him self befurejthe day of execution, and T.Clukre was executed. R. Clarke, who was convicted in July and sentenced to be hung Aug. 20ih, and who was respited bv the Governor lor ten days, was hung on the 30tlj of August. Wil liam Hood and John Clarke aae still in j*il awaiting trial under an indictment as accoin* plices in the same murders. They are to be tried on third Monday of November.—Mam* ville (Ky.) Eagle. A learned Irish judge, among other peculi arities, had a habit of begging pardon on every occasion. Once his favorite expression was employed in a rather singular manner. At the close of the assizes, as lie was about to leave L;!L .1 £ th ,° , officer of "»« court reminded mm that be had not Missed sentence of dtath i on one of the criminals, as he had intended.— p_, Nomination. JSSKIftJteSS JWS Tarn Tuu or of Oyer and Terminer for John William*, charged with the murder cf Mra Virginia B. wWKon and her infant daughter, and with being engaged In a conspiracy to kill J. P. Winston, waa held on yestt rday in the Huttings Court Room, and waa constituted of Jus tices Evans, Wlngfleld, Bray, Farrar, Cowlea and Ho/ster. The accvaed waa duly aet to the bar in custody of the Sergeant; Heaars Mayo and Lyons for the prosecution. John H. Gilmer, Esq, was the elected counsel, heretofore assigned John Wil liams by the commonwealth. After enquiry by Mr. Gilmer as to whether the two chargea against Willisma could not be resolved into one, and the one alleging conspiracy quashed, the court decided to proceed on the present charge to which Williams had plead not guilty, viz: oi being accessory to the murder of Mr* W. and her child. We have already, on two several occasions,given the testimony in the murder case in fall,and it wil' only be necossary at the present time to recapitu late those points, inculpating John Williams. No thing new was elicited in this examination. Joseph Scott, a slave, deposed that after he tame' back fram the residences of neighbors, whom he had aroused, he saw John come down out of his room into the kitchen. John did not go out of the house, but said " Lord, what is this?"'— One night, *cme week or two previoua to the murder, he heard Mr. Winston call Jane and en quire who that was at the door in tba yard. He beard Mr. W. call two or three times, and was about to answer when Jane replied by saying that she had sent John down stairs to lock the door, which she had forgotten to do John was down stairs. This waa about IS o'clock at night. Wit ness was up attending to his sick wife. He did not know that aiy one was in the yard at all. Nelly Scott Joseph's wife, evidenced that John Williams was home on the night preceding themur der, and that she did not see John until Monday morning after the commission of the murder, whin she bad finished alarming the neighborhood; then she saw him come down stairs. He asked her to come into the kitchen and not be crying and mak ing a fuss in the yard. She answered, a horse ought to cry on such an occasion, let alone a woman. He tb»n said: "It was God's will and it was obliged to be done." She had never heard John making any Ureats. When Jane came out of the house, the morning of the murder and gave the alarm she had no hatchet in her hands or blood on her dress. John Wor:bam called—Mr Gilmer objected to reaeivinj Mr W's testimony. He judged from its perusal in print iuthe Dispatch, that it was not ad missible. The court decided that the testimony had not been officially before them, and Mr W. pro ceeded. He said that he hired John Williams last year for T. J. Glenn & Co, and that he was vary troublesome. He (Mr \\ ) bad one day an alterca* tion wiih John, and told him he must come earlier. John told him he could not, because he was over worked at home Mr W. told him to speak to his master about it. that this should not be so. John replied that he had had so much to do in the morn ing fjr the house that he couid not get to work in time, and that he should put a stop to it- ht could and would do it. Witness asked him how he would do it. John said he knew how to do it, and would do it. Mr. Joseph P. Winston was next sworn. Mr. W. looked pale, though not very emaciated. He walked feeble, and there was a serious restlessness and anxiety about his features, and awildnessin the expression of his eyes somewhat peculiar— though to be expected. He gave his testimony in a low, calm voice. I recollect about a week before this occurrence, about 12 o'clock, just after 1 had gotten into bed, that I heard some one at the back dining-room door and the door unlock. Had t*>ld my wife I would get up and see what was the mat ter. Did so. and stepped to the back porch, near the window, and hoisted the window. As well as I can recollect, called out three or four times to know who that was at the door, but received no answer. The last time I calied, Jane cams up from the lower yard and tola me she had seat John to lock the door, which sho had forgotten to lock, and that he had gone up stairs to his room. 1 could not see who was at the door. I shut the window down and heard nothing more that night. I was at the window immediately after the neise was made, but no one answered my repeated calls until Jane re sponded. The kitchen was to the left of my bask door. I saw Jane very tear the left door. The head of the bed lay near the window, accessible to the fresh air. My gold watch was stolen from its usual hanging place the night of the occurrence.— My pocket book was in the wardrobe iq its usual place, but was undisturbed. I saw Jjhn the Sun day previous to this Monday. Mies Lavina Pankay, Mr. VV.'s wife's sister, cor roborated Mr. W'sstatement. Said she heard the noise at the door and Mr. W. get up and go to the window. He called three or four times after rais ing the windjw before any answer was given him. Then Jane answered Mr. W. and said she had for gotten to lock the door and sent John down to lock it. She did not hear John make any reply or see him. No one made any reply until after the third call. If John had been outside of the back dining room, door in the yard stu could have seen him. If be was standing in the door she could not of course see him Irom her windaw. (Miss P. was sleeping in an adjoining room to that occupied by Mr. and Mrs . W.) Dr James Bolton and Francis J. Dean were then examined at length as to the position and character of the wounds, and the position of the parties when they were icflicted. They agreed that a hatchet indicted the wounds on Mr and Mrs W , but considered that the wound on the head of the infant was inflicted by some broad, blunt weapon (supposed to be a wooden roller shown in court) In reply to some enquiries of Mr Gilmer, who desired to prove that the wounds we:e indicted by ojju person (iane) with a hatchat —she fiist striking one, and then leaning over and striking the other—Dr B. stated that If two per sons were not engaged, one in striking at one side, and the other the other—one person must have in flicted b'.ows on one side and then went rouud thi bed and inflicted blows on the other side. A cl>,» e examination hud convinced him that the blows could not have been made by striking across the bed- Dr. Dean corroborated Dr. Bolton's v'.ews as re garded the cbßracterof the wounds. He thought itpistible that tbe wound* on Mrs. W's bead might have been inade by striking across the bed, but it wm very improbable. It wu his belief that the position of the parties when tbe blows were (truck waa merely a matter of conjecture ; there was no thing very definite concerning it. John H. Bowen testified to finding the hatchet bloody in John and Jane's room; also same letter* He was with the officers. John C. Haley alio ex amined Williams' room and mw the hatchet, a bloody cloth, and spots of blood on both side* of the stairway going to their room, of • fresh char acter. Captain Jenkins deposod to arresting John—and that whan he tied aim John laughed loudly in a very forced and unnatural manner, Baying it wm tile first time be had walked through the atreeta of Ktehsoad tied. Dr. Otey, tbe chemist who examined the hairs found ia the bucket in William*' room, testified to the hairs being human. David A. Srowu teatiftod to aeetng John In tb« kitchen door loon after tha alarm waa given, and to bia looking totally unconcerned. John & Yarrtnfton deposed to sitting with Ike prisoner in the Baiting* Court room the day of tba examination bifrre the Jury. At the time Jane waa being examined before the jury a gentleman observed to him (Mr. Y) that the wife of thia ne gro waa making a full confession of the murder.— Immediately, John altered bia position, appeared very restleat and alarmed# and exclaimed, "Welh ■he did it" Ha had kept John apart from Jane all day. Captain Jenkins test fed to the fact til at John and Jane were kept teparou from me moment of their arrest- Mr Lyons then read letter* found in John'* room. Mr L. said he read them tor the purpose of proving that there were expressions in them of the deter mination of John to transfer himself to Liberia, there to live with some of bia friends; and also some ambiguous terms referring to a previous sub ject of conversation and to some hidden motives. Mr Gilmer objected to the reading, but was over ruled. One addressed/to Zacbariah Miller, Liberia, care of Rev Mr Roberts, was dated Richmond, July 3d. The only sentence noticed particularly by Mr Lyons, was as follows: "Although distant, think of what I have been talking about. I shall use every prudtnt exertion to see you all again." Another was addressed to Jane William* from Charleston, March 28. A portion read*, "Now deal wife, be of good cheer ; I know that you will do all that 1* in your power. * * " lam glad to hear how you are situated. I will tell you how lam situated. Tideman, you will remember, had been trying to sell me, but Mr Green, of Richmond, tried to buy me. At la*t T. fell at my feat and asked my pardon for the manner in which be bad treated me, and now he is willing to do anything to pre* mote my comtort. G. W. H Tyler, police officer, who assisted in the search of John's room, said he asked John what he meant in his letter by the phrase ' think of what he had been talkie g about," and he replied that that was a matter between Mr. Miller aud himself (John ) In relation to the phrase "prudent exer tion," John said he meant just what the language would convey, aud that a frieiid wrote the letu r from Charleston. Messrs Wayne and Blair were sal'.ed, but knew nothing sffcctiu:; John. Bickerton L. Winston deposed to seeing Jcbn early alter the alarm was given, and that he ap peared shame-laced and restless, exhibiting no sympathy whatever. Witnesa i xamined the roam occupied by John and Jane, and found the pail of slop-water containing the human hair. He found also that John had not cleaned bis brother's boots taat morning, as it had been his rtgular custom to do early every morning. They could not find the cloOus in which John worked duiing the week. Tne testimony for the commonwealth and the defence here closed. Mr. Lyons then summed up, with running ccm" meats, the chief points for the Commonwealth and was followed by Mr. Giimer, who spoke at some length in behalf of the accused, deducing those poiuU in the testimony which be considered most telling, and alludiDg to some of Mr L.'s ar guments. Mr. Mayo closed the argument. When the casa was submitted, the court immediately announced their unanimous opinion, viz: that John Williams was guilty of Murdtr. Upon being asked whether he had any thiug to say why sentence of death should not then be passed on him, John re iterated his innocence—affirming before God that he knew nothing oi the murder until after its iom miieiou when the alarm was given early Monday morning. Then the noise awoke him, and he csme downstairs. John was then sentenced to be hung by the neck until he was dead, between the hours of 10 and 4, on Friday, the 2"<Jd day of October next. The sentence was received with loud applause, but appeared to have but little effect on the crimi nal. Groups of excited men were gathered around the court at its close, 6 o'clock, P. M., who talked strenuously of taking John out and hanging him in advance of his allotted time. Mayor's CoUkt. —We have to condense these proceedings. Justice L. VV. GiazcLook presided yesterday. Bartholomew Friegan, an Italian, charged with using abusive language towards Mrs. Mary Bailey end destroying $10 worth of her properly maliciously, was examined and sent on to the Grand Jury term ot" the Hustings Court, in November next. Bail had not beeu given when our reporter left court. Betsy, 6lave to J. W. Wright, ran away from her master and was arrested and com mitted to jail. Paul, slave to E. S. Turpin, received fifteen lashea for being out after hours unlawfully. Randolph Carter, a free negro, received 10 lashes for stealing a ragged coat irotn James Madison, another free negro. June Allen,u sluve, hiied to the Manchester Cotton Factory, and Mary, slave to Mrs. Bowers, received 10 lashes each for street walking. Henry Cooper, slave to S. S. Myers, was rewarded with 20 lashes (or druukenness. Monroe Jordan and Robert Gray, free ne groes, urrested without papers, were commit ted for further examination. Terrence Rocey, for using threatening lan guage towards Mrs. Susan Timberlake, was bound over in the sum of $50. lleuiy Green, a slave, for severely beating his wife, Jane, received 39 lashes. A peuce warrant, against Sterling Heath, was continued lor trial until to-day. Ellis &. Peers were duly fined for the unlaw ful driving of one ol their teamsters. Ei.ection.—On Monday last the Hustings Court elected Alexander L. Royster as Alder man, to fill the vacancy in Jefl'erton Ward, casioned by the death of Hugh Kileigh. Messrs. Evans, Bray, Farrar and WingfielJ, voted for Mr. Roystar, and Mr. Cowles for YVm. Taylor. Sacked Music Society.—The Committee of the Athenaeum, at the last meeting of the Council, reported against granting the uae of the Lecture Room of the Aiheuseuin to the Sacred Music Society. The report was laid on the table, by ayes 7, noes.6, lor fui liter con sideration. Thk Sfobtsmak's sJxason.—The pleasant Fall, tbe season ot ail others most attractive to the spor;s mau of tbe field and tbe lorcst, and tbe most invi ting for recreation in the country, ha* arrived. Of this we have evidence in the fact that the wafer melon song is hushed, and the appearance of deer, sura, tic, in our market. The weather baa be come of the most delightful temperature—tbe sun weakened and mellowed in its rays—the game ma tured iu age and fat wltft tbe bountiful products of the earth—alt combining to invite tbe sportsman out, or tfaoae who desire to go for recreation and pleasure. Mow Is the time to take aowa the old ftjwliag piece, to rub her op and pick the dint, o put the dogs in training, and to buy "some powder, shot, and ammunition," (as an old boater was Wont to saj) and to go • hunting. Uti PvM.iCAnom.-W* hare reeeinsd (rum Hum Hull ft Wood home, "Tke Hmth British Bartow" for August 1893, American edition. TM> work to • re-publication of Iks London, Bdinbnffk. North British and Weatmimter Koriews. The pn> Milt No. opens with an interesting sketch of the life of Lord Jeffrey, of Scotland, with (elections from bis correspondence—and contains able and inter esting articles on the subjects of "Ornithology, Liturgical Reform in the Chnrch of England, Ame rican Poetry, the Life and Letters of Ntobuhr, Pri meval Archaeology 01 Britain, Archbishop Whately on the errors of Romanism, Prince Albert's Indus trial College of Arts and Manufacturer, Crisis of Po litical Parties, the Grand Desideratum, <tc We have also received from Mr. T. H. Gresham, Broad street, "Heads and Hearts, or My Brother, the Colonel," by the author of "Cousin Cecil, the Miser's Daughter," ice. illustrated—a novel, from the press of Dewitt & Davenport, New York, illus trative of the dangerous coo sequences of yielding to th ; impulses of the feelings, rather than listening to the dictates of prudence. And from Mr. L. L. Smith, opposite the Ameri can Hotel, thqp same Novel, the merits of which must be tested by a perusal, which we have not jet had time to give it The Wat thbtaak Mads.—We discovered yesterday, at the Carpenter's shop of Mr J. A. Glazebrook, on Broad street, the improved method and expeditious manner of making door and win dow blinds by the aid of machinery. In the rear part of his shop, he has two horses turning a hori. zontal wheel, which puts in motion a circular saw and boring machine, by which the sluts are sawed oit with astonishing ease and rapidity, and the holes bored to receive them with similar ease and expedition. There to also a machine attached for rounding the ends of the movable slats; and by an other very ingenious machine, all the morticing is cone with more rapidity by one hand, than twenty could do it in Ihe ordinary way. The precision, too, with which all this machine work to executed, is as admirable as it is expeditious. Mr. G. to the gentleman who recently suffered 60/ ere loss by the burning of his flailing mill on the Dock, and we are pleased to sec tha enterprise and industry which he displays on the heel of his misfortunes. He is a very war thy gentleman, emi nently deserving success in all his undertakings. Clearing Away.—The establishment of the,Vir g'nia Central Railroad Depot, by the removal of many old buildiugs and the erection of new ones, along Union . street, between Broad and Franklin streets, gave a new and greatly improved face to all ttiat hitherto dilapidated and unsightly district; and a similar improvement is to be the result of the establishmant ol the Danville Railroad Depot, in the vicinity of Mayo's Bridge. About a doztn old houses were removed some time since, to make way for the depot buildings on the south side of the Canal, and some half dozen more on the north •Ide were sold yesterday evening, to be removed in a short time, to enable the grounds there to be improved preparatory to their use for depot facili ties. The Danville Railroad Company are also about to erect another building, on the south side of the Canal, for the storage of goods. This is made necessary by the heavy and rapidly increas ing trade of that road. A Chance for Sokzbody.—The only estab lishment in this city, for planing plank by machine ry, (one of the greatest labor saving inventions of tha age,) was recently destroyed by fire. Jt belong ed to a gentleman, we learn, who resides in another State, and who does not propose re-building it; nor has any other person signified an intention of erect ing another, although there is a great demand tor one. Indeed, a planing establishment in this city, where there are so many buildings now in progress, and where the number going up wili be constantly on the increase, has become indispensable. We have plenty of water power and steatr. engines on the spot, and all that is wantiug to some enterpris ing person to take the matter in hand. With judi cious management, the enterprise could not be oth erwisj than profitable. Of this we are assured by those who are familiar with the subjecL Political Meeting.—The Democratic meeting last night, st the 2d Afriean Church, held pursuant to public notice, was addressed by Messrs. G Jorge W. Randolph and Edward Y. Cannon. Another Gate.—Tbe opening of a new gate at thecorner of 9th and B*nk streets, is one of the im provements now making to the Public Square. City Council.—The Council will meet again on Tnesday next, the 21st inst. Education —On our first and third pages will be found a large number of school advertisements, to which particular attention is invited. MARRIED, On Tuesday, the 14th iust, by the Rev John Johns, MrE\)WIN VV. ROBINSON, ol thecityof Richmond, to Miss 4 IRRIA ANNER A. STRAT TON, of Chesterfield County, Va. * HAWKS R. SUTTOM, NOTAH* PUBLlC—Particular attenticu paidtc writing DEEDS and other legal instruments. Of fice in the l,aw Building, Richmond, Va my 6 Til l£ DXCKIiSH arrives and leftves daily, by Mail Trains, always iu charge of trusty Agents This mode of receiving or lorwarding goods of whatever description, com bines economy, snd what is of greater importance, Speed. Our wajion will call for goods logo away, and deliver everything without extra charge. ADAMS 4c CO'S Offlse No. 5, Fourteenth Street, se 10 < Near tne Post Office. •£-\SS* w • A * POVVitEI,, ARCHITECT ANIJ CI VIL ENUINEEK, i ffiee 2 doois Irom Main, on iith street, <.-ppi>«i r «lbfc Jauies River and Kanawha Company's Office, KisntCooC, V«. N. B.—All prolesfional business promptly attetid ed to. au ai—iij. ,f» 11* VE It WANTED.—Wanted, Silvt-r Coin, (small chaaga an i qjailers preferred,) for which a libera! pietniuai will be paid. Be 9—6t C. W. PURCELL 4 CO. JOB PRiNTlNU!—Merchant* and others desiring Circulars, Cards, ic., wil' find it to their interest to call at C U WVNN'B Office, two d'Kirs Delow Kxchang-t i'ank. He has added another Power Press to his establishment, thereb? ensuring increased facilities, at to Work niid Prices, guaranteed. Remem ber, Ground Floor, two doors below Uank. au —im THE TOUHNA.MENT A 1 HUUUE NOT SPttINUS will uke place on the 23d inst Onvsa P. Baldwin, E.q, vf Rich niond, is expected to preside on the occasion.— Young gentlemen proposing to j jin in the tilt are requested to furnish the proprietor wiih their nan**. se 13—3t VAI.!*G HKfUUTritrenuu^ §C& about the city of Kichmood, to endeavor to injure me iu my Uun buiinei, it batiog been re ported that my Guu» are not oU direct im^orution. Uiehiuoud, September Btb, 185' i L. H. Trigg, E»q. Collector— Uearsir: Will you dome the favor to awtn whether or n»t 1 havelm ported my Guna direct to this place trom Liver pool wjthln the iMt tw Ive month*. Very respectfully, HENRY HYMAN, Direct Importer of Guua and Watches, M Main street. Collector'* Qfflc* Rich mind, slept Bt*». 185 J. H. Hyrnan, Eaq— Daar Sir: la reply to your note of this morning. I bare to state that y. u iai ported per ship Exccls'or, trom Liverpool, entered a»jtembßf 15m, 1851, tlx teen cue* and casks ot Cutlery, etitrer Ware, Watcae*. die, and per the •hip General Wiltshire, from Liverpool, entered July 10th, 1834, three eaaea Gun*. Youra, very respectfully, •e 10—6t L.H. TRIGG, Celleetor. reacnihe fountain bead ofthediJsrnL , i"""*W sssssi'iaa and the blood of the vutceriu norbi. disease. Its tonic prop rties gire vW branes cf the stomach, and nromou .ll."***' of the gMtric juice, which dUso!,,., tw its eordisJ, soothing, and slteratin. iJ« parts g«?nf ral r. gul«ity «d st™n« h of th* secretive organs and r *choa constitution. Such is our fleets, and we believe It is confit r £t?? en ** wS-ts _ . * Main st, cor D e. 14 . teBSSt* 1 Shades though they are, wi? likeso.? ®*^ d„u,.. 8 „, „„ Moulson's life like Pictjr ss.mcvkin. j Will stiU be fresh and vivtd'EtdS M *»*. My Gallery Is open from san tiso i,» «. .. nl* *\ CZIOI } * e,ore - 1,0 Ilc Main I shad be to sec visitcs to P ,.L mens, whether they wish t>ictur« »T. "? ,I)ec * traits of adults by my paknt process and instruments, onlyone dollar. A clcnif P roTft!l as iararuclo as cleat weaker S **' JwKi \, A . attention; /*I3W I {£**» f " 1; y except ft . I Ai'TiSN tIO.S, RAt,LK A.\K IN I'tTv ■ Attend a drill of your company on THLRsn'v next, the 16th instant, at Lafayette R a; » t j ■» o clock, P. M., without arms. By order of the Lieutenant commanding Bela JNO. C. POWELL, Jr.. O. a WANTED, a situation by a white w<,n,«n «TT can Cook, Wash and Iron, in a tc.cM family. Good city reference to be bad fC" ply at Mr. FOUGERTY, corner of wl slrfcJd Bt»e:a, or at thi* office. lp EsTHAY - >u: stable oi the subscriber on Suud ,y onir I last, a Bay Horse. He hss on his neck afe«h« ha.ter, and the left h'.nd leg is white, Wsth a knot on the ancle. A liberal reward w.U b e m j tor hiade-ivery to the subscriber, on Broad street Church Hill, or for uny information of him JOHN MCDonald, "" la —*• Church ak |V 1 oTaC'h.—Aiiper»ons lnaeDtrd totbeestsr -if II Eaw.. Waddell, deceased, are req.4,«ld l 8 make payment to me only, as early as posciMe m d all persons having claims against said e.t.ia ai'e rf . quested to present the same to me for sealement FRANCIS T. Acim'r J? se Ij—cl.'t EdwiuWaddt-ii. dee'.j; N OTIC it TO SHlfl-KtoT; ~ STEAMER iiELVIUEkE FOR BAUii\IORE. f Belvidere wi.l receive BasHEß3V rel e bt fhls Morning until il o'clock. he IJ—it LCDLAM Si WaTsSON. THOMAs dk CHAitLE# iiLI.IS JkCOl HAVE removed their office to No. 156 Msin st — Eniriuice on ilth street, two doors aouvelhe Excbauge Bank, in tne room formerly occupied hi the ''Richmoud Library." Being engaged in closing their business, they re quest all persons indebted to them to call aud se:ile tbeir accounts. 6e !5- i'm lta». UAWft' tOtlill iiLlXlit,—t'his uiedicUe—besides proving ethesetoas in is moving Coughs, Colds, pulmonary compia.nts and giving great relief in Consumption—ias lately, in numerous cases in this city, proved the bat medi cine ever u*»d in Whe oping Cough in sinu stages. And lbough Mrs. Daws is prepared to eskibit the most satislactory testimonials to all who may de sire to see them, she gieatly prefers that thesfßict ed should try it and judge of its efficacy for them selves. Give this "Home Medicine" a trial. \2T For sale by BENNETT sl BEERS, Drug gists; Mrs. A B. DAWS, Main st, beiow the Unioti; CtljsS. D YALE and CHAti. BECK. se 15 £VV-_ CA.Uifi TO .11Y STABI.Ks, aha jtlt Union Hotel,) on Sunday Light last, a imsil Buy tiorae, with a head baiter on. The owner wili please call, pay charges and lake him away, se 15—3t* T. NAIL JR. * LOST, on Sunday hight. a Morocco Pocket Book, containing my Ffee Papers, a gjld piece and 37 cents m small change. The hnder will receive a lioeral reward by leavingthfra stthis office. ARRENA MORTON, », se fs—lt* Free Woman o; Color. V)V' A.S'k hit, a 'I alloßlco, to wuii in nty v T house, Ro. 10 Main strset. se 15—2 i* L. SL'TTER. £~vvrl HE ft'TOt t*. OK GUUOJV^ 1 'i'he subscribers beg leave to announce to the citizens of tbi* city and the public generally, thit tney bave Uaea tne store formerly occupied by James G Chauery, and are receiving an enureaew stock of Dry (.oo<lh, wni<-b tney are aclerrain-J to sell at very low prices tor cash, to ail who may favor them wiih a call. Theirstocs consuls ot the usual variety general.y kept in a Dry Goods Stars, and cas been purchased fcr cash. Ail wlo desire bargains, are respecttuily invited to ca,iaadM amine. CONE &■ ADLEft, Corner of eth and Bro d streets, Immediately opposite Ricfa'd and F se 15—lw* '|>o STONE MASONS.—Proposals will t» A received at this office until 12 o'clock, H, J* Monday, tue tilth September, 1804 tjrubouiT; lit.eal leet of stone culvert, near to intersection ol C:ay and 7th streets, aud exteuiifc up C ay and tith streets to a point near the NtrU Western intersection ol Mar.uali and 6th streets. The culvert will be commenced at a drpta c! 1> fee*, below tno surface of 7th street, and rr«ca :» termination at a depth of lti.i leet. Its cajscit wiu be 2)4 oy 3 feel cieir. Side walls to asc:»g> 2 feet ihicit, to be iaiil on flag stones nuoitg across and under each wait, and to oe CorertJ *iu tutcu, strung granite slabs—all ia.d Willi CJ ment mortar ~ The contractor will enter into covenant *tn ample security ltsr the faitnlul and prouip; 'S c;a ' lion of the work, which is wanted as »it is practicable to complete it. Ail surplus esrtk sua rubbish to be removed by the contractor. Payments will be made ou numbly eiti#a!**». with a reservation of M per cent uuui the ijat' 6 * Lon of the wora. __ .. , Tne estimate nas been placed at S- <•> foot. No bid beyond that sum will be cju«oetta- Unless the contract no signed Witam ft* frotn and afu r the cute ol Uie a#aid,» * u! 9,wa ' side red as abandoned. s M. BATES, gupt-etrtW. Office Supei intendent streets, ( . fi?p«ember Hih, lgs& > *•*** - UAMmU-Ht MKlck U V* Jit-E ---ING uN feTM OTiiEEA, WEAK CU i f <_rtv aALi.—Tne subsortoer is satfaorufl"> *" mat very neat residence ou tha east stie;l, near the City epring, now m the oot i* 5 * J ol Mrs Ann (i Carter. Ap.,ly to _ sels-tw W.QOQM*, ■ru UAVIS v.K. NOT It' WAV* Mlt'R jL LW*t,NS teatly aud quickly wastieu <u# bieacncd, u a question ol vital important w _ who havo aay u gird lor meir personal m ' auu lu t,egicvt aan.li looas 1 o us»'<- J 4 *",-.,, and done we.i, it Uoi/ly necessary to uic »® ghiia Magic Waxhiua liuio," »o!d uy » se 15 E. J I'lCOf, DW'l LOVbttt.x.'n LUAf, PULVEIUZEu sUU.iKs —SO pac*«ij» «**" i. «p,r aUMuner, lor see by l. bko ,_ ElVlfcitA's WlMia.-Ta-' agents for tne hou.e olOltviera & I r', '... piepaied to receive ordtts for a 1 kinds tl »■* »V me A lew casks now on haud, for sal t»J I *Alos AT NO. 1A4.-J- "• Vy u wiu receipt ol t.i» isrge fall aW 1 ' . stork of Heady Madrf Clotiuo*. oo gains atd good ms, in wei! No 13* Main street, oppwn» Kag^qaatt §4l XSt . || — 'I'AktUli'S L BAtWaad Crystal Ca«e*-uw , cle; Eow'a Browts Wu-4*ur aB4 *>*>* Soaps; a graat varlety ol rl.'hly j^rtjg*^,^ 1 ■»*"* lUiaa-