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M*n<lftT Moralttf, July 'j», ISJ3-
j*EW PROPOSITION FOR THE SOUTH.
A proposition which has been discussed at
the South, and ia earnestly sustained by the
"Cotton Plant," ia to exempt slaves Irom sale
under legal process. This measure, it was
argued, would shut up the moutha of the abo
litionist* and silence their agitatien, inasmuch
as it would ahield the slave from liability to
•ale under the hammer, and a forcible separa
tion from master and family. This is the argu
ment of the Cotton Plant, and, poor as it is, it
is about all that can be said upon it. We never
expected to find any great wisdom in your one
idea newspapers, and we are not aware that
anv thine to disappoint us has illumined the
columns of that paper.
So far from such a measure abating the agi
tation of the abolitionists, it would increase it
and give it additional xeal and vehemence. It
would be looked upon as a triumph—a conces
sion to the principles of abolitionism, and the
fanatics would demand new concessions.
While in this respect it would be a very un.
wise acti its operation ot home would be full
of evils. Exemption laws are generally ob»
jeciionable, and this would be tbe most objec
tionable of them all. It would be an exemp
tion without reason, and would be exceedingly
obnoxious to those who hold no slave proper
ty. It is said that such exemption would
cause the property to be diffused, and not con
centrated in the hands of wealthy persons.—
We do not see why it would become more dif
fu?ed, unless men become more dishonest and
desire not to pay their debts, and with that
view to procure property not liable to execu
tions for debt! Such a propensity would soon
occasion a want of confidence in those who ac
quired this property, and thiy would not be
trusted.
At the South, in Alabama, the measure is
discussed as an exemption of only one or two
slaves. Such a limited exemption would de
prive it of all value as an argument with the
abolitionists, for which the Cotton Plant so
warmly urges it. There is no apology for any
exemption, except it be that of the necessaries
of life to save from immediate tcant the family
of a debtor. The idea of securing a debtor
from one to two thousand dollars worth of any
kind of property, when he has just claims
hanging over him, is one that will hardly pre
vail now a-days.
'*A wet July for a heavy corn crop," is
an old adage in this latitude, and we suppose
the farmers generally will admit its truthful
ness. These old proverbs are pleasant things,
especially when they jump wiih the inclination
and the hope. How delightful just now is this
one! " A wet July tor a heavy corn crop."
It is delicious—all the more so for our having
passed through a sort of fiery furnace. The
earth was partially famished, and all things
thereon, belonging to both the animal and ve
getable kingdoms, were afflicted and suffering
from the intense heat and the want of some of
those gentle rains from Heaven which have been
regarded the fittest tjpe of Mercy. Vegeta
tion burned and curled in the sun, cattle lan
guished and sickened from the heat as they
cropped the parched herbage; and man grew
faint and weary under the heat of the lengthen
ed and lengthening days, and the warm nights
which failed to refresh him for his daily labors.
The little children cried in their distress, and
their faces grew thin, and their little limbs fee
ble under the debilitating influences of the
season. A merciful Providence sends down
the rain to moisten the thirsty eerth, to cool
the heated air, and give new life to every thing.
Man and beast rejoice. Vegetation shoots up,
and the green grass covers the fields anew.—
The little children laugh in their joy, the birds
eing more cheerfully, and the farmer utters
the grateful proverb " a wet July for a heavy
corn crop!"
Man is a great grumbler. We have heard
enough from him the present year. We have
had, it is true, a long and oppressive diought;
but it came after what is believed to have been
the heaviest wheat crop the country has reaped
for some years. It bore heavily on the oat crop,
and that is certainly a failure pretty much over
the entire Union. It affected seriously the
tobacco crop. The unusually cold spring
greatly interrupted the plante.and that and other
causes so diminished their numbers, that the
planters were unable to plant as much as they
were prepared to cultivate. Nevertheless, we
are led to hope that the rain came in time to do
much good even to tobacco ; and as some plan
ters are now setting out young plants, if we do
not have early frosts, they may have time to
mature and make good tobacco. Again, if the
drought has injured the tobacco crop very se
riously, it will affect the price of that staple,
so that the farmer will probably get as much
money for his diminished crop as he would
have gotten for a larger one; end as the
drought has reached the entire tobacco region
of this and other States alike, the effect cannot
be complained of as partial.
This is, by no means, a desperate condition
of affaire, and man, instead of grumbling, may
well thank Providence it is no worse. There
is superabundance in the land, and we have
yet the bountiful prophecies of the grateful
old proverb "a wet July for a heavy corn
crop."
Crops in Bedford.—The Sentinel, of Lib
erty, Bedfoid county, states that for several
days preceding Friday last, there were rains
in that neighborhood. It regards it too late>
however, to restore the crops thereabouts. The
oat crop was a failure. The tobacco crop,
from the scarcity of plants and the drought, it
considers nearly a failure. It states that far*
mers who.had tobacco plants were planting
them out; i» thinks, however, that but very
little fine tobacco will be raised in that part of
the State. The Sentinel says nothing about
eorn—which we conclude must be greatly
benefitted by the rains, late as they come.
The Reading CoAt Frauds.—The pro
perty of the parties implicated in the recently
discovered coal frauds on the Reading Rail
load, which we noticed the other day, has baea
•eiz»d by the sheriff under suit brought against
them by the Compan
ViactNM HisTcuiCAi. R*«rrr«n —The July
Dumber of thl* quarterlj contain* •erertl article* of
great latere*! to tboce who delight In antiquarian
roiearcb, * nd trtcln t back the hittory of the
country to iU icurcee. The contento are aa fol
low*
l,ord Comwalli*' ram pal ft n In Virginia, In 1781;
Smyth * Trarel* to VI ginia, In 1773, *c.; Gaiette
iNna, No 3; George Sanoy*; The Good fhip Re
nown. and the re*t of the flset; An Old Sword;
The Battle ot Bunker'* Hill: Variou* Intelligence;
MUcellany. Among the extracta from the old Vir
§inla Gaxttte, which waa publUbed in William*-
urg, under date of 17;i9, are notice* of the preach
ing ol Whiitie.d, the celebrated divine, which we
aubjoin:
Williamsburg, Dfeember 14, 1739
We hear from Philadelphia, That the Reverend
Mr Whitfield (the celebrated Preacher) wa* ar
rived (here from Ekqland. and bad preach'd in
that City 19 Time*, and New Yobk 8 Time*; that
vast Number* of People fl ick'dto hear him, and the
Church a not being Isrge enouih to contain the
Hearer*, he had preach'd in the open Held* to 8 or
10,000 People at a Time. He pre-ched at several
other Place* on hi* Way to Mabyland and rai
day he preached at Anxi-polh, before the (lorer
nor, several of the Council, and a great Number oi
Peopla. , .
Tbi* Evening tbe Rev Mr Whitfikld arrived
here, on hi* Way to Georgia We hear he i* to
preach at our Church on Sunday, and on Monday
goes on his Journey.
Wiiiiamiburg, December 21,1739.
On Sunday Morning la*t, tbe Rev Mr Whit
field Drenched »t our Church on the Word*,
"What think yb of Chbist?" There wa» a
numerous Congregation, and 'ti* thuught there
wou'd have been rrany more, If timely Notice had
been given oi bi* Preaching. Hi* extraordinary
Manner of Preaching, gain* him tbe admiration and
Applause of mo*t of hi* Hearer*. He i* gone to
Carolina, on hi* way to Gkosqia ; And 'ti* said he
intends to be here again next Apbil or May
Tbe following extract* from the Virginia Gazette,
have* atrong savor ot the much lauded "good old
timet
Under date of Feb. lit, 1739, we have the follow
ing news item : "That Admiral Vernon 1* goue with
7 fail of Men of War and 3CO Soldiera, to Porto
Bello, to burn the ships there."
Under date of May 9, 1739—"We have advice
that the ship Hanover, Capt. Churchman, and the
James River, Capt. Kennon, bound from Bristol to
Virginia, are taken and carried into France. There
is a report, that the forces which lately went from
N. England, on an Expedition against Cape Breton'
are landed near Lcwisburg, and that they make no
doubt of soon becoming masters of that place."
John Crawley, a tavern keeper, '-who livesnear
Williamsburg, close on the Road from Mr For
neau's to town," advertises that he will accommo
date customers as follows: "Twenty Pence for
Man and Horse, for Twenty Four Hours; which is
as reasontble as ctn be expected, or afforded.' —
We with our modern Bonifaces would imitate
honest John.
Governor Gooch —Nov. 21st—issues a proclama"
tion summoning the General Assembly, and adds,
"And whereas, a wicked and horrid rebellion has
been raised against our Sovereign Lord King
George, bis Crown and Government; it is ordered,
by the Governor, with the advice of his Majesty's
Council, that Wednesday,th326th day of February
next, be observed as a General Fast and Humilia
tion, before Almighty God," &c.
Another proclamation from the same hand, dated
April 24. carries us back to the dark ages of intoler
ance and persecution. It commences as follows:
"Whereas, it has been represented to me, in Coun
cil, that several Roman Catholic Priests are late*
ly come from Maryland to Fairfax county, in this
Colony, and are endeavoricg, by crafty insinua
tions, to seduce his Majesty's good subjects from
their fidelity and loyalty to his Majesty, King
Geargc, and his Royal House," and goes on to re
quire "ail Magistrates, Sheriffs, Constables and
Lieges, to be diligent in apprehending and bringing
to justice, said Romish prwsts, or any of them."
The Stethoscope and Virginia Medical Ga
zette for July, ha 6 been laid on our table for notice
We take much pleasure in bearing testimony to the
merits of this excel'ent Southern Medical publication,
and sincerely hope that it may be liberally patronized
by the profession. Although the subjects of which it
treats, are somewhat "out of our line," we never fail
to find in the Stethoscope scmething of interest even
to a general reader. The present number contains a
valuable article from the pen of Joseph Laidly, Phar
maceutist, of this city, "On the Dispensing of Physic,
and the relations of Pharmacy to the Practice of
Medicine." The subjects of which it treats are of
such vital importance to all classes, that we should, if
our limits would permit, extract the greater portion
of it. The first part of the article treats of the pre
cautions to be used by chemists and physicians, to
avoid mistakes in prescriptions. Many fatal results
occur every year from the carelessness, ignorance or
inattention of Physicians and Druggists. The writing
of prescriptions in a slovenly hand, or in a mongrel
language, half Latin, half Eglish, is deprecated, and
excellent rules laid down to secure certainty and safe
ty. The subject is highly important, for a man's life
may often depend upon the dotting of an i or the
crossing of a t
We make the following extracts as to the adultera
tion of drugs, and fully agree with the writer, that
some Legislative actiion on the subject is imperiously
demanded.
The country has been made to see the import ince
of preventing the admission of foreign adulterated
drugs—and t ongress, in passing a law to exclude
them, performed an act of justice for the people that
the individual states may well imitate. To a great
extent we are now relieved of foreign frauds in medi
cines, but we hare vet a powerful enemy to oppose at
home. There are those in this country whose main
business it is to manufacture inferior medicines.
Mr. Ij. just ! y says, these people mnrder more peo.
pie than die by the hand of the assassin. He con
tinues :
It is only necessjry to refer to s. few of the more
common adulterations practiced bythesei dbug manu
facturers, vi/: Cantharides witn euphorb.um and
other powdeis; cubebs with allspice; penman bark
with inferior varieties; morphia with various sub
stances; ipecac, with various powders: quinire with
salisine sugar, gum, starch, kc. fecammony general
ly contains froir about 5 to 10 per centum of resin—
the remainder consists of adulterating matters; nitrite
of siivf r frequently witft nitrate of potass*; copaiba
witn fixed oi's, turpentine, fee; the essential oils with
turieutine, alcoht>l, and many other articles. Puch
are a few. Hundreds of other substances are similarly
prepared; and as to the pharmaceutical preparations,
almost innumerable frauds are practiced in their
manufacture by the class above described.
If the people of the Uoited States were conscious
of the ext-nt to which they are humbugged into the
use of deteriorated, weak and adulterated medicines
—usually offered them at inordinately low prices, and
which they buy on the supposition that they are
cheap (!) they would of their own accord insist on
the protection of the state legislatures against such
outrageous frauds. If a baker, in making Dread, were
to useone-fou'th Hour, and three-fourths of powdered
saw-dust, (which is but a fair Illustration of the adul
teration o! drugs,) or were to introduce any injurious
substance into it, his customers would rise as one man,
and insist on his punishment, and take measures to
prevent a recurrence of such criminal conduct. How
outrageous would the farmers consider it, if, fer guano,
the merchant should sell them an article containing
only 12 per cent, of the fertilizing salts of which
guano ii composed. A man is punished for sellirg
tainted meats; persons are appointed to inspect fish,
whisky, Soar, fee, fee; but the sale of medicines is
wholly unrestricted—no legal enactments are im
posed as te kind or quality; and If a man can com
mand custom, be may freely sell anything at all, and
no on* has a right to interfere so long as he violates no
law; and a« far as he is concerned, there is at present
no law but that of morality to violate, and that to him
is a dead letter.
Her Majesty's steamship "Devastation" left
Quebec for the Gulf, on the morning of the
15th. She is a vessel of 1000 tons, with en
gines nominally of 400 horse power, but which
can be worked up to the power of 700 horses.
She is very heavily armed, having one 84
pounder gun one 63 pounder (in the bowj
four 32 pounders, two 24 pounders, one brass
field piece for service on shore, and for a like
service, a brass 10 inch howitzer. She carries
160 men ; and can make when »n<ier full steam,
ten knots an hour.
LOCAL MATTERS.
Lab«k Fiat —About quarter paat 12 o clock Bun
day morning lh« machine ihop attached to Robert
Boiher'a carriage manufactory, in the rear of B:>sh.
er'a Hall, corner of 9th and Main atreau, waa let on
are by aeme parson or peracna unknown, aa we
learn, in two or thret placea, and speedily waa in •
geuerai blaie. South of tbla ahop atood a amall
wooden tenement, occupied by W W Snead, silver
plater; then followed in the same range two amall
receiving ahopa of the factory. Immediataly weat
of the machine ihop atood the large brick factory
wherein the bodlas and the wood work of the car
riages were comtructed —and north of the machine
and wood ahopa, cloae enough to catch the spread
ing flamea were the kitchen'a of Mra Abbott'a
boarding house, Mr 8 D Denoon'a blacksmith ahop,
attached to hia foundry, and the rear portion of
the large brick Juratory Boiher'a Ball. The flamea
from tbe maehice abop speedily communicated to
all the wooden and brick buildinga mentioned aa
encircling the former, and for a brief period it ap
peared aa If nothing would save the entire aquare
from deatruction—the amount of combustible mat
ter being very large and the heat from it intense —
The noble exertiona of the firemen finally restricted
the fire within the boundariea of the machine and
wood ahopa, but not until after a great deal of
damage had been done to the small wooden build
inga adjacent, and alao to the content* and the up
per portion of Boiher'a Hall.
Mr R Bosber saved all of his valuable carriagea
on the first floor and the materiala in the finishing
shop below. For a time Mr William Nott, a daring
member of company number five, and a negro fire
man, who were engaged in playing upon the Are
from tbe top of Boaher'a Hall were placed in the
most imminent danger. Tfeey ascended through a
sky-light and remained upon the roof until the teat
and smoke almost stifled them. On seeking to de.
scend through the sky-light they found the heat
aiid amoke ao dense below as to prevent egress.—
Mr Nott then cried out to the crowd below for a
ladder, but there was none at hand long enough to
reach tbe top of the building. This was a moment
of intense interest, both to Mr Nott and the negro,
and the alarmed multitude beiow, for it was thought
that nothing could save the former from being
burned to death. Fortunately, in a few moments
after this, a ladder of sufficient size was brought,
and the intrepid Nott and hia staunch adherent de
scended to the ground unharmed amid the cheers
of the excited spectators. 1 hair's indeed was a
narrow escape, and proves the necessity of having
a number of long ladders for the use of the depart
ment upon highest buildings in cases of fire.
The two upper rooms of the hall were occupied
by the following Masonic Lodges: St. Johns, No.
36; Dove, No. 51; Lodgs Francoise, No 53; La
tayette Chapter, No 43. The splendid regalia and
fixtures of these lodges, valued at about 82000, were
entirely destroyed; insured only for 8300.
Mr Seinon's well known and memorable sword,
at least to Masons and Templars, had to undergo
the scathing ordeal of fire, and cams out of the
iurnace minus of scabbord and very much defaced
Damage to Mr Danoon's shop about $150; injured
in Virginia Fire and Marine Insurance and Fire
Association. Tha building occupied by Wm. W-
Snead was injured to the amount of about $100—
Insured.
We could not ascertain from any reliable source
yesterday, the total va'.ue of the property destroyed,
but estimate it at about $15,000, including the value
of tha buildings and their contents destroyed or
in'ured. We understand that the hall is injured to
the extent of about 81500. Considerable amount
in the Va Fire and Marine Insurance Company.—
We could learn nothing of the insurance upon Mr
K Bosher's stock, or indeed the particulars of the
insurance of any property.
Assxvlt. —At the instance of a man named John
Hughes, a ccok at the Exchange Hotel, Joseph Du
bamei was brought before the Mayor Saturday to
answer the charge of assaulting and threatening to
kill said complainant on Fridiy last.
A female living with Mr. Haghes, and pairing as
his wife, though according to his acknowledgment
in court not married to him—was tiret called for the
complainant. She deposed that Friday evening be
tween five and six o'clock, Mr Duhamel, armed
with a gun, came to the door of their house on
Broad street and asked for Mr Hughe«, saying that
he wanted to •hoothim. She would not let Mr D
in and he stood about the house tome minutes say
inz that be would kill Hughe* on account of the
affair of the night previous.
This affair she would relate: The two families
lived nezt door to each other and had been intimate
together. On Thursday evening, Mrs Duhamel
visited their house and left at .an early hour in a
merry mood, for they bad been joking together —
Witness asked Mr* D if she had any mint to spare
—she said she had and would let her have some,
and then she went into her house. They loeked
the door and Mr Hughes undresaed himself. Thire
was then a tap at the door, when Mrs D extended her
hand through the partially opened back door—the
yard of the two house* being one—with some mint
in it. Mr H then seized har hand and pulled her in
as a joke, when Mrs D ran acros* the room laughing
and tried to get out of the front door and then
back again, when Hughes put his hands on her
shoulder*. Mr* D cried "Joe," (her husband's
name,) but in a laughing manner and then went
out. She saw nothing improper in the affair nor
was anything of the kind intended. Hearing that
Mr D was angry about the matter, she went next day
(Friday) to hi* house to explain It, when he threat
ened to hit ber with a stick if she did not leave —
Friday evening was when he threatened Hughes
life.
John Hughes deposed that Duhamel first came to
him In his kitchen early Friday morning and spoke
to him peaceably—then he came again and said
Hughes must fight a duel with him about the matter
of the night previous—that he would have satis
faction. Witness wanted Duhamel to wait and he
would see him in the morning, when he (D) got cool
about it. Duhamel said that the alternative wa* a
cowhidtng. A thjrt time after Duhamel came in
with a cowhide, caught Hughe* by the hair and
(truck him several blows with the hide. Mr Bal
lard then came down and turned Duhamel out. On
Friday evening, owing to the noise and threat*
which Duhamel made about hi* house, witneu had
to leave hi* house and go to the Hotel to *leep.
Two witaesses from the gastronimical cellar of
the Exchange corroborated the main points of
Hughes's testimony. One witness during the scuf
fle heard Duhamel tell Hughes not to take that kniie
and heard the knife move.
The Mayor here laid that as by the testimony of
the woman living with Hughes, it was proven tha r
Mrs D. was dragged into Hughes's house, he would
hear the testimony of Mr and Mrs Duhamel con*
earning the subject.
Mrs Duhamel deposed to handing the mint in
through Hughes's back door, which was partly
open—that her hand was then seized and she wu
pulled into the house by Hughes, who was entirely
undressed. He then looked the door and she tried
t} get ont of the front door. He then put one hand
over her shou'der and the other around her waist
She hollowed for JosejAi, her husband,]and npon
his tapping at the window for her—Hughes, who
was sitting on a box he bad put agalnat the door to
keep her in—let her out. Sh« told hur husband of
it Mr D said be was in bed when he heard bis
wife call, and on going down stairs he saw through
Hughes's beck window, H, undressed with bis
arms around bit (D'») wife and ibe atntggling to
getaway. Called to her and the came out Did
not want to diaturb the peace of tbe family by ta
king aatlafaction that night He did *ak < atiafaction
of Hughes next day and in default of it cowhided
him.
The Msyor decided to bind Dnhamel over in the
SQm of 8150 to keep the peace, and atated that Mr
and Mrs D. could bring a complaint againat Hughea
before the Grand Jury If they wiahed.
Tee,-pais and Assault.—A young man, named
Morris Roaenburgh, was examined before hla Honor
Saturday upon tin charge of trespassing upon tbe
premises of Abrtm Kraker, and there assaulting
Mra Kraker on Friday afternoon. The evidence of
Mr Kraker proved that Roaenbnrgh for a long time
past haa employed a portion of hia time in whip
ping a young and sensitive wife, and in otherwise
making a cowardly tyranny felt by a defenceless
female. Mra Rosenburgh herself testified to her
husband's brutality, and only asked that she might
be allowed to live with her children by herself in
peace. Her evidence was given while laboring evi
dently under the most heartfelt aorrow. As to the
matter Immediately before the Mayor, Mr Kraker
depoied that Mra Rosenburgh, who is bis wife's
aister, often came to his house to get away from the
persecution of her husband. Friday morning Mrs
Rosenburgh came to his house about 7 o'clock
with the blood running down her face, and com
plaining of hiving been violently beaten by her hus
band. Mra Ktaker told her that she had better
stay with her that day, and give Mr K the trouble
of attending at heme and see if it wou.'d not learn
him a lesson. Mra R then lay down. In the after*
noon, when witness was in the store, he saw Rosen
burgh run into hia house and go up staira. He there
told Mrs Kraker that he would beat his wife in that
house. Mrs K said he should not, whereupon he
struck her, and tben turned in and beat his-wife.—
Mr Kraker called in Captain Wilkinaon, who car
ried Rosenburgh to the cage. The Mayor required
him on Saturday to give 8250 security to keep the
peace, but the amount had not been furnished when
our Reporter left Court
Fbee Concerts —The Armory Brass Band will
give a free concert of music in the Capitol Squire
this evening. They will play some of the choicest
and most brilliant pieces of the season. The con
cert will commence with a grand overture from the
opera Emma Di Antiocha, to be followed by March
es, Waltzes, Qiicksteps and instrumental Solos.—
Mr J. B. Smith will play a bugle solo, ' Dream no
more," song and Polka arranged by himself. "Casta
Diva" from Norma, "France, I love thee," from "La
Filledu Regiment," and "Little Blossom," subject
from David Copperfield, are the names of other
selected pieces. Finale, Friendship Qaick Step.—
The high reputation oi this Band for artistic taste
and skill in musical execution, will draw together
doubtless an immense audience of our citizens.
The Cornet Band, ever anxious to please, inas
much as the rain on Thursday evening last prevent
ed them from playing and the public from hearing )
will seek to ameliorate that disappointment by glv
ing to morrow evening a special free Concert in
the Square Thursday evening also they will con
tinup their regular performances at the same place
Ft will thus be seen that our citizens are to be
favored this week with thrae free concerts. They
should be grateful.
Fuxexal Ob jequies — Funeral services over the
remains of the Rev. Eli Ball, a highly respectable
and much esteemed Baptist clergyman of this city,
took place in the First Baptist Church, at 11 o'clocki
last Saturday morning. A large and attentive con
gregation was in attendance. Rev. Mr. Jeter
preached an excellent discourse from the words
that so faithfully portray the glorious end of a
christian fou=d,in the 6th, 7A and Bth vs. of the 4th
ch of 2d Timothy, "For I am now ready to be
offered," 4tc. After alluding to the state of pre
paredness wuich Paul felt at the end cf his earthly
pilgrimage, and the blissful views he held of a fu'
ture st*te, tha Reverend gentleman referred to tha
•elf-denying labors of the lamentea Ball, who»e end
was like unto Paul's. He died with the conscious
nest of having finished his work, and that hence
forth there was laid up for him a crown of right"
eoumess. A sketch of the personal history and
character of Mr. Ball, in connection with a well de
served tribute paid to his many virtues, closed the
discourse.
The remains were then taken to the Shockoe Hill
Burying Ground for intermeDt-
Thb Missing Stbanokb. —The man who has
been mysteriously missing in Henrico county, since
the sth of July last, haa not yet been heard from —
Constable Lewellen, ol Henrico county, who has
been diligently in search of him for some duy»>
girea us the following description of his person .—
The stranger is a Canadian by birth, 24 or 25 years
of age, live teet eight inchea high, weighed from
160 to 170 lba., light hair, blue eyas, and florid
complexion, somewhat freckled. He wore a leg
horn hat, with a broad black band, blue shirt, blue
pants with a small black stripe down the leg, and a
dark cassinet drew coat. Hia hands were quite
rough, indicating that he was a working man.
Any person knowing a man answering to this
description, will please forward such information
to this offise for the use of the Henrico county au
thorities.
Excursion.—This evening, the aecond annual
pleasure excursion of the Montgomery Guard, will
take place down the Jamea River in the Curti*
Peck. We have no doubt but that a large and
merry party will be drawn together by the occa
sion Indeed with the lovely music i f three bands
inviting to the spirited cotillon and exciting waltz,
we do not see how the dancing young men and
maidens of our city can very well stay away.
jy Coffee Toastkk.—Among the many new
articles for the promotion of comfort, convenience
and luxury in the household economy, is a Coffee
Toaster, which, by arrangement, causes the opera
tion of toasting to be*ucce**fully performed with
out burning and with the pre*ervation of the great
est possible degree of the aroma of the berry. We
are indebted to Meurs Stairett <fc Sear*, Main *t., a
few door* below the Exchange Bank, for one of
theae useful article*. We consider it the best toast
er yet invented.
i The late Da. Bctleb.—ln the notice of the
death of Dr Butler in our Saturday's paper, we
were made to say "he wa» widely este-ined by a
wide circle of personal friends." It ahould have
been "wasxlt." Dr Butle* m indeed warm
ly esteemed; for he wu a most excellent gentle
man.
Whipped —Catharine, slave to Jno Whitehurst,
was on Saturday punished by order ol the Mayor
for using abusive langurge towards Miss EUa Car
ter, on 2nd street
Fined —Messrs Jones and Bar wood, and George
Turner were fined on Saturday for violating city
ordinances by obstructing gutters with timber and
bricks.
The Riveb —The water in the river, since the
cessation of rain, haa abated considerably, and of
eourae there is no prospect of s flood.
WSixteen of the best Apothecaries in Baltimore
»Tof STABLER'B ANODYNE CHERRY KX
FECTOBANT, for Couibs, fcc., and of STABLER'B
DIARRHCEA CORDIAL, for Affections of the Bow
els, that they "ire satisfied that they are medicines o I
J rest value, ana very efficient for the care of th e
issues for which they are recommended; that the v
hear the evidence of skill and care in their prepara
tion and style of patting up," fcc. See ad rertisemen t
ia another column jy 4—lawludfcw
T * CABBON * tO., N*. 41
43 Ll|ht Street, Baltinm,
and No. 36 Water Street, New York.—A
good assortment of Bacon, Pork and Lard always
on hand and for sale at lowest market price*.
je 18—ly
B. W. STARKE, Attorney at
— and Netary PabliCr— Practice*
lu all me Courts of Henrico County and Richmond
city. As a Notary Public, particular attention will
be paid to tbe taking of Depositions, (ia or oat of
bi* office) Proof snd[ Acknowledgements of Deeds,
Relinquishments of Dower, Ac. Claims for colleo
tion entrusted tc him, promptly attended to.
Office removed to Mo 52. three loors above City
Hotel, on North aide of Main street, Richmond, Va
de a—ly
HAIR DYE, HAIR DYE—Tbe
liquid Hair Dye in the World for in
(umiiy dying the dalr with >ut dying the skin, It i*
applied the *ame way as oil; is perfectly free from
nitrate of silver and injurious acids, imparts a gloss
to the Hair, that ha* nf ver been approached by any
other article. It will never turn red or purple, re
tains its color to the last, and is a vegetable prepa
ration that can be made in ten minute*, at a very
trifling cost. I will (end the recipe to any lady or
gentleman, on receiving one doiisr. Address F.
C., Bo* 125, Post Offise jy 15— Im*
1-Ss» EXCHANGE AND BANKING
Wv32k HOUSE OF C. W. PURCELL t CO.-
The notes af the Soatbera Manufacturers'
Bank, are redeemed &s heretofore at par at our
counter.
solvent Washington small soles, will for
tbe present be redeemed at par from Merchants.
We caution the public therefore, against paying
any discount on small notes dated at Washington.
N O TI C E .— Kxprtss packages tor
Norfolk, Richmond. Petersburg, tc , in
tended for shipment per steamer* Roanoke or
Jamestown, will hereafter be received by
Messrs ADAMS &. CO., 59 Broadway, who are the
only authorised ageDts for Express privilege* by
these ibips.
Office of New York and Virginia Steamship Com
pany, No 32 Broadway.
LUDLA.M & PLEASANTS, Agents
New York. June, 1,1853. *3
JOB PKiNTINtt. —The Dispatch
Job Office is prepared to execute in the
handsomest manner, and on the molt reasonable
terms. Pumphlets, Circulars, Handbills,
Labels, Business Cards, Tickets, Blanks,
&.c, and every description of Printing,
je 23—lm =====
BOTANIC PRACTICE Oi< MK-
IsA DICINE, bv DB. E D ROBINSON.
Ca r Officß on Franklin, between 13ih and 14th
itreets. 3? ly
W. D. lUERIWETHBK, 1M
•OBs PORTER AND MANUFACTURER OF
Cigars, two doors below the Columbian Hotel.
MANUFACTURER OF DENICO-
TiaßP SMOKING TOBACCO. jy 14—2 m
Dr. Jotanß.Walthnll,Homceopa«
WOSk thic Physician, Office on Governor
street, nearly opposite the Governor's House,
mh 14 —tim*
ROPER <3c UIIRRAV, UNDER
§CSk TAKERS, Governor street, between
Main and Franklin. fe 28—ly
LI'IKB KK . =
IOC nnn eeet i x, f * 4,5 4,6 48 4
J. & I)and 12 4 inch clear White Pine
150,000 feet Susauehanna Boards and Plank
70.000 do { Whitewood
75,000 do 5 4 inch Dressed Flooring, even lengths
40,000 do 4 4 54. €-4, 8-4, 12 4 and 10-4 inch Ash
Plank
30,000 do seasoned oak tobacco box Boards
30,000 do Albany Maple Boards and Plank
10,000 do inch Whitewood
10 000 do Chair Plank
7 000 do black walnut Boards and Plar.k
5,000 do Charry Boards and Plank
5,000 do Maple Scantling, all sizas
3,000 do 81-tck Walnut do, do
2,000 do Cnerry do, do
2,000 do 3 and 4 inch Whitewood Pisnk
60.000 do 6 inoh superior Cypress Shingles
Also, Mahogany Boards and Piank, Newell Posts,
Coffin Boards, fee., with a good assortment of Vir
ginia Pine, en hand and for sale low by
Rfc G. WHITFIELD,
jy 25—3t Corner of 10th and Cary streets.
©7C AA WORTH OF DRY GOOOS
OUUaT AND BELOW COST—Barege*
at 16c; Lawn* 8c; very tine 12c, cost 18; yard wide
French Calico 12c, cost 20; Fan* 6c; Parasols 62c,
cost SI; Black Silk Veils 35c; Ladles' aud Gents'
Hose 6c; Colored and White best Kid Glove* 37c,
worth 62c; Eau de Cologne 5c a bottle, worth 25c;
Dotted Swiss 16c; fine Linen very cheap; 7-4 Table
Cloth 12c; Silk and Linen Pocket Hdkfs cheap;
Crape Shawls SlO cost Sl4; »cme at S4,costSi±;
Berege Shaws, Silk Embroidered, €3 25, cost $5;
Collars at 8 and 10c, worth 25; Chemiz-Htes at 25c;
Sleeves, Capes, Bands, Swiss and Cambric Trim
mings at nilf their value; Black Silk Mitts 19c;
Cotton Hdkfs at 50c a dozen; Spool Cotton, 12c;
and numerous other Goods at and below cost at
WECHSLER & COHEN S,
194, cor Broad and sth street.
ESP Having rented out our store and bound to
vacate it on the Ist of September, we are very de
sirous of closing out the Goods, and solicit an early
call. jy 25—6t
OCK WINES.-
45 boxes Sparkling Hock
33 boxes Sparkl eg Moselle, and
100 boxes plain Hock and Moselle Wines
Just receiving direct from the Rhine, per ship
Karl August via New York, and for sale at New
York wholesale prices by FR CRANZ,
Importer of Wines, Liquors and Cigars,
Store No 2, Exchange Hotel, Richmond, Va.
jy 25—3t*
CLEAR WATER.—We hare on hand a lew
more Mediterranean Water Filter*, which we
are selling at halt what it cost to import them, and
which are aa good aa any ever offered here. Call
and lee the difference between hydrant water
before and alter Filtering
jy 25—31' RaGLAND A BROTHER.
NOTICE. —An adjourned meeting of the Stock*
holders o( the Tuckahoe and James River
Railroad Company will take place at the effiue {of
Donlop, Moncure A Co, on MONDAY, the 25th
inst, at 10 o'clock, A M.
jy 25—It G W ROYSTER, Secretary.
DININUROOitt SERVANT for HIRE.
For hire, lor the balance of the year, a Likely
Your.g Negro Man, who has b<*en regularly trained
as a Dining Room Servant He is intelligent, ac
tive, capable and can be recommended as a tirst rate
servant.
Also, a Female Seivant,who is a good cook,
washer and ironer, chambeimaid, Ac
Apply to Mesar* P. M. TAtfß A SON, Governor
»treet. jy 25—It
HOR HIKE —For the balance ol the vear, a
I? Girl s .venteen years of age, a good house *er
vant and seamstress —hired lor no fault Aoply lo
jy 25—3t GEO. F. MAYNARD
®FOK RENT.—A vary pleasant » evidence,
situated at the corner of Canal and 3J streets.
Kent moderate, and immediate possession alven.
Jy 25—3t J M TAYLOR.
£$ FOR RENT.—The House earner 2d and
Ki Franklin streets, Linden Square, Is for rent
Apply to
jy 25—6t GEO. 3. PALMER.
TEN DOLLARS RE WARD.-Lo*t, a black
leather POCKET BOOK, containing one ten
dollar note, and several small notes, amounting to
§25 or *4d. Also, three due bills, one for 950, one
for $229. »ne for 8262. The above reward will
be given W returning the same to thia office.
I Jf ARf DRINKING.—To thoae persons who
II use Ae muddy water from the city hydrants—
they ca>i>e supplied with that which ia perfectly
clear bjfettlsg one of those Mediterranean Filter
ing Btcfl< from CHRISTIAN A LATHROP,
M 99 Main at
Pricpi-25 to •2.00 fcjy 25
pU&H. BUTTONS, PINS, NEEDLES,
Vv Ak* and Eye*, Fish Hooks, Suspenders
SpooKotton, Percussion Caps, Razors, Knives
Sclssß, Fancy Boxea, Toilet Cases, Fancy Soaps,
Col(» Water, Hair Oila, Extracts, Hat, Ualr,
Too»nd Nail Brushea, Ac, Ac, for sale by
_JyH ELIAB HALE, IC6 Main street.
ffARJt.-A large assortment of
E variety, for sale at the manufacturers
priS by ELIAS HALE,
106 Main street
DENK BOOK, CAP, NOTE AND LET
WER Paper, Envelopes, Ink Stands, Peas, Pen
cnP*< rte Monaies, Cigar Caae* Pocket Books, Ae,
foraale by ELI AS BALK,
jy 25 i 106 Mala street.
CHILDREN'S SHOES.—Just received a
large assortment of Children's Dress Shoes.
Jy 85 ALEX HILL, No 197 Main st
*Oa "EW YORI via NORFOLK
UNITED STATUS MAIL I,f*»
Leave* Kttry Tuetday Afternoon at 1 o cioeJk
Mj the Elegant side-Wheel Orean SteaL.
•kip
JAMESTOWN.
L. PARRISH, commandf.r.
. P *^ B * er# •«* W q leated to be on
board b-sfore tbe hour of tt«»p» T uj r .
o_clock, PH, Tuetday ijQtb ioat '
Ticiet* and bertka soccred at oar
oflee. aoutk aide of tbe Basin.
Passage to New York, inciudie? r~*- z -t,a
room accommodation, only 910
Bteersge uas»a*e only baif price
Passengers taking this ship to Norfolk will ba
charged tbe same as by the river Roa:*
Shippers sre reque*ted to send dowc th»ir freight
every Monday at I*2 o'clock, M, westher and ws*er
permitting, and it will be received op to the hoar
of 1 o'clock. P M. Tuesday. V
The Roanoke, Capt Caveniy, leave* every Fri
day afternoon, at 4 o'clock
Jy vS—3t LPDLAH fr WATSOM.
FOR BALTIMORE AND PHILADELI
FHIA.
STEAMER BELVIDERE,
Leaves Every Tuesday Afternoon, atSo'clock.
w _ s l\ — The Belvidere, Capr Gi?ord, will
ready to receive freight today,
water permuting. at 12 o'clock, and she will con
tinue to receive it up to the hour of one o'clock, P
M. Tuesday, 26th inst.
jy 25—2t LUDLAM & WATSON.
FOR PHILADELPHIA.-To
SmSmL* 9 * l oa Wednesday, the 27th inst, at 9
o'e ock, a M.—The steamship CITY OF RICH
MOND, Capt MitcOell, is now ready to receive
frei ht and will sail as above.
Passage to New Y jrk and found, Ist cabin, itt 00
Do " Philadelphia do do KOO
Do " do do 2nd cabin, 700
Do " Cape May do Ist cabin, 800
For freight or passage apply to
jy 25 ROBERT RANKIN.
EXTENSIVE STOCK "OF
fIEaQHpIANO FORTES-JAS VVOoD
l]|| I n ffHOUSE, late Nash «fc Woodhwue,
» • ■ > "bai recently made extecsiv» addi
tions to his stock of PIANO FORTES, embracing
the most fashionable and elegint style* now in
vogue He has participated in ihe sale of over one
thousand of these instruments to acme nf the molt
respectable and well knowa families in the States
of Virginia and North Carolina, and hose ivhlch he
hß* now on hand are fully equal ia tone, touch, da
rt bility and elegance of workmanship to any here
tofore *old. In order to keep well supplied, snd
tT meet the want* of tho*e desiring good Piano
Fortes ha it ag'nt for A Stodart «fc Co. J B Dan
ham and J Chickering, three of the oldest, rn st
reliable and most distinguished makers of Piano
Forte* in this country or Europe.
Tho*e at a distance, unable to visit Richmond and
select in par*on, wbo will confide their orders to
the *obscriber, may re*t assured that they will ba
faithfully dealt witn, and as good a Piano Fjrte sent
them a* if personally present. His Drice and terms
are as reasonable as at any establishment Nortn or
South
Fair prices allowed for second hand Piano* in
Exchange. Pianofortes tuued and repaired.
Jy 25
TaiiNas, THINKS.—The
subscrioer has on hand the largest
best assortment of Trunks, Va
licas, Carpet Bags and Ladies' Bon
net Boxes, that can be found in th<? city; to which
he would m st respectfu ly call the attention of ail
in want, as they will find the assortment sood and
the piices low. ALEX HILL,
Manufacturer and Dealer In Boots. Snoes, Trunks,
Vaiices, Caroet Bags, <fcc, <kc, No I*7 Main street,
Rchmond, Va jy 25
L.4OIES' GAITKR BO>»TS.—
Toe subscriber has on Land a very large
assortment ot Ladies' Gaiter Boots, at prices vary
ing from $1.25 to $3; to which he would most re
spectfully invite the attention of ail in wast
jy 25 ALEX HILL, No I£7 Main st
eODET VOH AL'GUST.—(iiiO M WE?T
Nos 5 and 6 Exchange, offers for sale—Godey s
Lady's Bock lor August, price single 25 cts, cb»aner
by :ne year. A large number of Godey, Graham,
Sartain, International Magazine* on haul of years
past, full ot engravings, which will be tc'.d at a very
low price jy 25
Bargains in dry gooos.~i am now
selling the balance of my Summer Goods at cost,
and all in want of real y cheap goods wii! find them
atmy stores. Bei eges, Tissues, Silks, crape Shawls,
Ginghams, Lawns, Prints, lacs and mus.in Sleeves,
French needb worked Collar* and Cufta, black silk
Trimming Lac»s, Swiss and cambric Muslins Rn_
Trimmings, Turkey red and worked Muslin Cur
tains, 12 4 lines Sheetings, 6 4 pillcw case Linens,
pure Irish Linens, Table Cloths, Napkins, Towela
and Toweling, 12 4 cotton Sheetings, Flannel*, |
and yard wide; Bonnet Ribbons, dotted Dresses, fin
est quality worked Dress's, Maiseilies Q jilts, Tick
ing, best twisted Silk Mi:ts, Alexander's aid and
silk Glove*, bird eye Diaper—with the usual nsort.
ment of fancy and staple Dry Domestics
at factory price*.
jy 25 LEVY'S CHEAP STORES.
Magazines for augdst.-james
WOODHOUSE, late Nashfc ha*
received
Graham's Magezine for August, 25c
Godey'* Lady's Book for August, 25c
J WOODHOUSE is agent for
Blackwood's Magazine, monthly, 8D per year
Harper's Magazine, monthly 83 per year
Putnam's Magazine, monthly S3 per y iar
The Edinburgh Review, quarterly, or year
The North British Review, quarterly, $3pr year
The Westminster Review, quarterly # j pr y jar
The London Quarterly Review, quarterly, $3 per
year
Litteii'* Living Age, weekly, $6 per year
Hunt'* Merchant's Magazine, monthly, at §5 per
year
The Spirit of Missions, monthly, SI per year
Volume* of moat of the above commence with
July No*, presenting a favorable time to lubieribe.
jy 25
AT AND BELOW COST.—o*ly for *
few dayti longer*—Aa I aui forcea to close
in a tew daya, In order that my store rmy be tho
roughly repaired by the lat of September, I would
respectfully call tne attention of the publi?. to the
fact that 1 have a good assortment of Dry Goods on
hand yet, which I am determined to run tff before
closing, aa 1 intend to re-open on th * lat of S»*pteon.
ber. with an entire new atoci of Fall and Winter
Dry Goods. Call aoon if you wiah to s-*eure bar-
H ROSENFELD,
jy 25 175 Broad street.
jVf AUAZINES FOR AUUCST.-U^dey's
iTX Lady's Book—2sc; Graham's MHgazine—2sc.
ju»t received and foraale by
jy 25 A MORRIS, 97 Maia street.
T IQL'IU SOI'DER, for joining Broken (ilaaa,
Li < bins, Ac. The beat article ever ua»d, making
broken artlclea good aa new, and ia not affected by
hot water or acids For sale by
BENNETT A BEERS, Druggist*,
jy 23 Mainstrset.
ALU.U uiASS—Prepared troai the water* of
the Rockbridge Alum Springs, for sale by
jy 25 BENNETT A BEERS, DruggUt*.
PA l(IM (jREEN.—A supply ot this beautiful
Paint, ground in 0:1 ready for use, lor w!e low
by BENNETT t BEER'S,
Jy 25 Druggists*
| USTRAL HAIR TONIC—For the growth
M-J of the hair, making it smooth, rich, s ft and
glossy; in bottle* at 25 and 50 cerr*. Prepared and
•old by BENNETT A BEERS,
jy 25 Druggists, Main »t.
DEMLOTISEO S.UOKINU TOBACCO.
A supply of th s popular Smoking Tobacco con
stantly on hand and for aale, wholesale and retail,
by BENNETT 4k BEERS,
_Jy2s Druggists;
Cl'KEii 11AMS.-A Mjl very
just received and foraale by
>y 25 EDWIN WORTHAM * CO
| An BBLS SCOTTSVILLE EXTRA
-®- ""FLOUR receiving this morning, for sale by
jy 25 _ J J FRY.
irnBBLHSTRONU BAKERY FLOUR
Wl* receding, foraale by Uvßs[ J I FRY.
t> ICE-20 tierce*, for ule by
IV Jy 25 DAVENPORT ALLEN fc CO.
HAIil OILS, HAIR TONICS, ftmstum, -
Bee I Marrow, Cologae* of all kind*. F resell
tad English fine Extract* for the Handterchtcf;
Porte Monuaies, Pocket Books, Comb*. ILir Brush
•i, 4c For aale by E J PICOT A CO.,
jy 25 Dru^ist*.
DOH HIRK, for the balance of th*» year, a
A set vnnt woman, who ia * good cook, washer
and ironer. Apply to
Jy 23—31 GEO MKIIAM.
New family and barer>n riaar,
—Bragg'*, Taliaferro's, Kennedy's, llraMM,
Liberty, Page'a and oiher choice extra bred*, re
ceiving and lor tale by
Jy 83 J JFRT.
DAI'(IN.-fiu had* Bacon Side*, (or *a!t by
D Jy 80—Iw D IN LOP, MOKCUKS * CO