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THE DAILY DISPATCH.
~ BV J. A COWARMN.
The DAII.V DISPATCH w ifrrpd to subacrihe.-*
«t SIX AND * gVIKTtH CUNTS PF.R KtfV. payable tO
the Carrier weekly. I'rice for mailing, si a year in
advance.
The Wr.rsi.v Dispatch i* issued every Fiiday,
ar.ri ir. v; • d to subscriber* at if 1 per Minora.
EDUCATION
ks I'KLLKT S SCHOOL WILL HK
. IN SESSION MONDAY, Oct. 3l>.
Mr*. Janus KDana, a lady of distinfinbra
Litfmry and Scientific ottainnienus and tor many
Years connected with Mia* Knglisb** at
Oeorgelown. will be associated with Mrs. I ellet to
th* duties of her Ach"ol. .
Other Teacher* of ability and experience have
fll c• 2' <» with jkpeoial to the particular
branches they will have in charge.
An extensive oourae of Lectures, with the r.xperi
ment*. will be fiven on (..jowiilry and Natural 1 hilo-
Modem Language*and Drawing will be taught
bv Mr Persies _ _
Tlrms—B.-ms-d and w ashing *23>
English branches 3* and SO
Latin 1«
Italian 30
French and other Madern Lar.gu-iges,
each 20
Mnsic tiO
Psrjr.ents in advance.
Kcr »;uther particular* apply to the Principe!.
*e 7—iKw
k7~LEFEBVKES SCHOOL.—H. p.
LEFEBVRK. A M.. wiil, on the tirst Monday
it: October, succeed Mm. Mend in the charge «t Ue'r
Bosrd'.r.g and Dav Scinal in Richmond, and will Ve
prepared on that day to receive pupils at her late re
sidence cn Grace street.
Mr. LetViivre whs for seven years connected with
Mrs. Mead*.' Srh< .. and subs fluently became Princi
pal of the \Vijlia::i*burg Female Academy. the charge
ft' wii . li he now resigns, toeugage ia a larger work in
Richmond.
He proposes to conduct his school opon the aame ge
nera. r- a nas that of Mrs Mead, retaining aeveral of
jjer tc-'iiers. «n-I increasing the strength of the de
parr:;, at > ' Fori ign Languages. by the s««!s-Rtiee of
a e.ident French Gov erne*<, and otlier auxiliaries.
T! member* of the family will form a christian
hou- id, under the pareul.il care of Mr. and .Mrs.
iWebvre.
Th'' >th»ol will offer every advantage for the ac
i nl e sound Eug'.Uh education, to which will
be added the Ancient and Modern Languages. Mu
sic. Drawing, iic.
Tt RMi —For Hoard and Tuition in all the English
brsn:':i : s for the scholastic year of nine
mon'is.
D.'iv schr.iars of all age*, 40
t or any Modern Language, 20
Aim , Drawing, it., at Professor's prices.
A-vr-y to H. P. LKFEBVRK. A. M.,
"■ Ornce utreet. Richmond. Va
I/M-LISH AM) CLASSICAL SCHOOL
J-J J. B. BL'I)WELL.—The subscriber would
resp'crl.Jily inform the citizeni of Richmond and its
vicnity that he will, on the 15th ot September next,
<,p- an English and Classical SCHOOL for BOYS,
in the building erected by the Rev. M. L. Bickford for
his "Vc ung Ladies' Institute," on Foushee street, he-
T w •11 G race and Broad streets. Particular attention
wiil be given to the mental and moral training of ail
pup't* coiunitted to his care. Modern Languages
vr.u be taught by a competent Professor.
TERMS.
Common English Branches £•>>
Classics and Mathematics .50
Modern each 20
"No deduction tor loss of time, except on account of
protracted illness.
Persons wishing to enter scholars will en
quire at Mrs. Ragland's. corner of Grace and Adams
greets. J. B. Bf DWELL.
brain Dr. Harrison, Chairman of the Faculty, Uni
versity of Virginia:
University of Virginia, >
August 12, 18-j3. )
Mr J. B. Budwell has attended my iecfures well
dish two sessions, and has. in my judgment, such ca
pacity and attainments as should make him a success
ful teacher. His excellent moral character and up
r ght deportment wiil gain him the contidence of ail
tb<,se who shall come to know him.
GESSNER HARRISON.
Refer farther to Rev. W. H. McGufley, I). 1). and
LL. D , Professor of Moral Philosophy, University of
\ irgir.'.a; M. Scheie De Vere, LL. I)., Professor of
Modern Languages; do.; Professor William B. Rogers;
Rvv.J. S. Bacon, D.D., President of Columbian Col
lege. D. C.; Rev. Ro. Rvland, A. M., President of
Richmond College; Rev. R. B. C.Howell, I). D . Rev.
J. B. Jeter, D. D.. Rev. J. B. Taylor, W. Sands, Esq.,
Ed itor Religious Herald.
For farther particulars, see circular, au 13—lm*
l"I HE'S SELECT, CLASSI
CAL AND ENGLISH SCHOOL, Comer of
Main and K.rst Streets, Richmond, Va.—The seventh
Session of this Institution wiil commence the 19th of
September. 18" J.
Terms, tor session of ten months, payable one-half
in advance, remainder on the Ist of March :
Tuition in the usual English branches $40 00
Advanced English and Beginners in Latin 50 <K)
Lftin. Greek and higher Mathematics 60 00
Modern Languages each 20 00
Drawing, each course. 24 lessons.... . 10 00
The Principal m«y be found at hu> rooms, on rrana
iiii, between 2d and 3d streets. se I—lm*
Y~ SCHOOL, ON BTH STREET,
RESUMES SEPT. 10—I teach beginners—
while other studies receive due attention, Reading,
Writing and Spelling are most insisted on, and after
these. Arithmetic, Geography and Grammar-—make
u boy proficient in the three first branches, and you
give him a chance to make his mark anywhere he
shall p;ease: but let him get into his teens, only an
imperfect speller, and all after advantages will be
unavailing. A good start with me is better than a
course at the University. Aiiglosaxonf spell well
young, or never.
I charge $30 per session of 10 months, and make no
deduction for past-time, till Ist November. All scho
lars are entered to the end of the session.
Be 2 H. P TAYLOR.
MUSICAL. —Mrs. MURRAY, Professor
of Vocal and Instrumental Music, pupil of the
celebrated Professors Cooke and \\ alsh of London,
leave to intimate to the Ladies of Richmond and
those of its vicinity, that she wishes to take a limited
number of pupils in the above delightful accomplish
ments The decided success which has attended
Btrs. M.'s system of teaching, both abroad and in the
United States, assures her that those ladies who may
honor her with their patronage, will soon estimate
the advantages of her style, either in the simple Bal
lad or in the beautiful Cantatas of Auber, Bellini,
Donizetti-
All communications left at P. H. Taylor's Music
Store. Main Street; James Wondhouae, Eagle Square;
George M. West's Bookstore, Exchange; or Murray's
1) aguerrean Gallery, will meet with prompt atten
tion. Be I—l m
MISS E. A. i'lJFl EK'S SELECT DAY
SCHOOL FOR YOUNG LADIES, Clay Street,
between 4th huu 3th, Richmond.
The tii.st session will commence the 19th of Sept,
1853. The range of instruction will embrace all the
brunches ensential to a complete Female Education.
Much at t ention will he given so Music, French, Draw
ing arid Painting
Terms, tor session of ten months, payable one-half
in advance, remainder on the Ist of March:
Tuition, in the u uui English branches &30
Higher Kngliah branches -*0
French 20
Draw and Painting 30
11 usic, at Teachers prices.
4 *l h■ •; permitted to refer t»> Rev. S. 11. Mi rick of
Wash".? gtr«u City, for whom, while Principal of the
Young Ladies Institute, Charlotte»vili«, i taught tour
yearn "
References —Rkv. R. B. C. llowell,
Hakrold L Murray.
se S—-t se 20
MISS A. JI. SMITH'S SCHOOL —Ist
STREET, BETWEEN MAIN AND CARY.—
The tit tf session of this School will commence MON
DAY, September itith. Competent Teachers are en
gaged to assist iu the several departments.
__ WOOD AND COAL.
C^OAL. —Now disehnrgiug lrom the schr.
J Mary A. Caroline, a cargo ot the best Anthracite
C»n:.
Persosis iu want, Will send down their orders. It
can bt had on as accommodating terms as it can be
bought in the city.
»e3 JOHN W. WRIGHT.
WOOD FOR SALE.—The subscriber
T » having a large quantity of WOOD to dispose
of, has tuund it convenient to take a yard for that
,pu!_j)oee.
His yard is on Broad street, opposite Brooke Ave
■noe. Orders for WOOD may be left at the «tor> sof
G. O. ilcrrina, Esq., Messrs. Ket-ve & liia'r. James
H -Sbelton, Esq., or at the yard, which will meet
wOh prompt ati« ntion.
He has oti hand about 700 cord soperior seasoned
OAK WOOD, which he will sell a' the market pnce.
•» ;a_ts JOHN V. HKEVE.
HTTNTS IMP RO VEI) PA T ENT
. WHEAT DRILL.—The performance of this
Doll the last season. was entirely »ati§facto;y, and is
spoken of in terms of high commendation by those
wiio used it; 1 therefore feci warranted in recom
mencing it a* inferior to none hitherto invented; it U
«impl« in iu construction, durable, and not liable to
get out of or»'t*r, ai:d the price of it ]es<* than thatot
wott uther Drills. Those who may be hi want the
co««inp season, are respectfully requested to forward
theii orders e.'irly to avoid disappointment.
H. BALDWIN,
an 25—dwlm* No. 148 Main fit.
SAMCEL AVKES, Commission Mkii
chant, Richmond. Va.—Particular and personal
attention paid to tbe sale of all kinds of COUNTRY
FRO DUCK, to forwarding and filling orders. Office,
opposite Columbian Ho'e! au 16—ts
IAIJiES ifETK.TJ.ES, tome very neat
J style#, roihpletelv furnished. Also, a tine assort
ment ot Mahogany ar.d Papier Marina
WORK BOXES and WRITING DESKS—together
win agreat varietv vf Pearl, Morocco,i'apier Marhia
and Shell CAUD CASES and PORTE MONNAIES.
Tv 12 BI'LKLEY VCO., Eagle Square.
DAILY DISPATCH.
VOL. 3.—NO m.
education.
Yl — INSTRUCTION ON TJHE
FR VVuIKK' GUITAR AN " VIOLIN.
John's ChnJh' i-M - i, C a "' l <J '*»''»t at .St.
Of Riehm™ 2' I hU protessioii in the city
of Richmond, on the Ist of October next. He begs
i»t natrnnf >re ".u u\| ,hn " k " for ,h « niost lib"-
KimwVn. ?i ~V ! lch I" 1 " bren extended to him.—
fvoow mg tha. only strict attention to the duties of his
The nrrfee.*' »ar mP u,d r I,ich »" c ** e « elicited
st udvn f*»»f ct to nof the parents, and made the
for him .f.k * | to th " P U P'«». could secure
, '| * n encouragiug patronage; he tlntters
m«r L H continuing to exert himself to his ur
r , ■ '" meet the expectations of all
who will honor him with their patronage in the coin
lnsaetuHion.
JLlZ°l' ld "TV* U V n]l 'he attention of beginner*
?! J I Ba . l abou s, bl « method, as he finds too of
en, that the hr»t studies on the Piano are treated in
a wron* way or entirely neglected, to the gr*at detri
ineitt ot nil interests involved at the couiilieucemeut
o| muMical studies.
C cen,s for an hour* instruction.
f can he foutid at his residence, Mar
shaii street, between 3d and 4th, nearthe St. Joseph's
Urpuan Asylum, i»ed opposite the Oerman Catholic
Church.
Orders may also be left at the stores of Messrs. O.
A. Strecker, James Woodhouse, P. H. Tavlor, Main
s!re»t, G.M. West, Exchange Place. Harriildk Mur
ray, Rroad street. au 29— MThtSSw*
Williamsbuko female acade
" ™ MY will commence its scholastic year Ist Oc
tober next, ending Ist July. 1301, comprehending two
halt sessions of <1 months each.
The course of study will embrace all the branches
pertaining to a thorough ENGLISH EDUCATION,
together with ancient and modern LANGUAGES
and MUSIC.
The institution i« provided with a very extensive
Philosophical and Chemical Apparatus.
Tf.rms—(per half session of tour and a half months,
Sayabie in advaace:)
oard. lodging fuel, lights, tuition in all the English
branches $75 00
Washing jj oo
French, audother modern languages 7 .50
Latin 7 50
Music, on Piauo., 30 00
Guitar 15 00
Drawing and Painting 5 00
For ail English branches, for day-scholars under
10 years 10 00
4 * " ik 13 years... 15 00
44 4< 44 over 13 44 ... 20 00
Books, Stationary nnd sheet Music at citv prices.
MARIA G. CLOPTON, Pnucipal.
Board of Trustees of the Williamsburg Female Aca
demy :
Col. Robert McCandlish, President.
Dr. Robt. P. Waller, Rer. Jas. E. Joyner,
Col. (Goodrich Durfey, Robert F. Cole," Esq.,
W. R. C. Douglas, Esq., James P. Custis, Esq.,
W. W. Vest, Esq., Dr. John N. Gait.
N. B.—Letters addressed to the Principal, at Rich
mond, until 15th September; after which date to
Williamsburg. au 2t>—eodtloOc
FEMALE INSTITUTE
FOR YOUNG LA DlP'S.—The exerciscs of the
Southern Female Institute, late of Fredericksburg,
Va.. will be resumed in the city of Richmond.
The course of study will be collegiate. There will
be three classes, Junior, Intermediate and Senior.
The mode of instruction will be by lectures, and
DAILY examinations upon them and upon assigned
portions of Text Books.
The apparatus belonging to this Institution is as
complete as any in the State, and the chemica and
philosophical course will be fully illustrated by expe
riments.
The young ladies will be under the supervision o
Mrs. Gen .Pegram.
The sessiou will commence on the first Monday in
October, and end on the 15th July
TERMS.
Tuition fees SSO 00
Modern Languages eac h*xtrul 20 00
One-hal payable on the Ist day ot October the
rest on the Ist of March.
Graduates of this Institution are privileged to at
tend the lectu j < ifree ( ;charge.
For forth €* Information, address Mrs. Gen. Pegram,
Richmon c.Va.; Prof. D. Lee Powell, Leesburg, Lou
don V t.jProf Rob:. J . Morrison, Frederickburg, Va.
D. LEE POWELL,
ROBT. J. MORRISON.
Refer to the following persons: A. A. Morson,
Esq., Richmond ; Lieut. Mat hew F. Maury, of Na
tional Observatory. Washington; Dr. Beverley R.
Well ford, Fredericksburg, Va.; Dr. George Fleming,
Hanover, Va.; Dr. William Gwathmey, King Wil
liam, Va. Dr. William Dew, King & Queen, Va.;
John Whitney, Montgomerv, Ala.; Thos. 15. Barton,
Esq., Fredericksburg, Va.; John M. He radon, Esq.,
Win. C. Winston, Esq., Hanover co., Va.
Mrs. Gen. Pegram will receive as boarders young
ladies wishing to enter their Institution. Miss \ ass as,
a French lady. <>i superior attainments, a
the house, and thus attord great advantages to those
«t"<4vm« the French language. One ot the Profes
sors -nfl ni-« Wmrd with Mrs. Pegram.
Terms—Board washing extra.
au 2--3fawtQlst
PREPARATORY SCHOOL FOR
-L BOYS.—This School will be opened by the sub
scriber on the 19th of September next, in a building
en 2nd street between Broad and Marshall.
COURSE OF STUDY.
The system of instruction will afford every facility
for the acquisition of a sound business English EDU
CATION. To which will be added preparatory in
struction iu the LATIN Language, and in the Physi
cal, Moral aud Intellectual SCIENCES.
It is the purpose of the subscriber, if liberally sus
tained, to associate with himself a Classical and
Mathematical Teacher.
TFRMS PER SESSION OF TEN MONTHS.
For the simple Elementary branches $30 00
" " higher " 35 00
" " Latin und English 45 00
CITY REFERENCES.
Judge Crump, Chas. Rose, Ed. Mail,
Judge Clapton, GarlandHanes,
Herbert A. Claiborne, R. L. Coleman,
Logan Waller, J. \V. Randolph,
Tho. I). Uuarles, E. B. Spence,
George Maynard, John M. Gregory.
G. L. C. SALTER.
The subscriber will be absent from the city until
the 12th September next. Those desiring te enter
pupils are requested to leave their names at the of
fice of the Morning Mail, or with Mr. Wherry, at the
Exchange Rank. au 29—3taw7t*
CLASSICAL AND MATHEMATICAL
\J ACADEMY.—ERNEST VOLGER, PH. D. and
GEORGE S. FATTON, PRINCIPALS.—The above
institution, intended to impart a thorough CLASSI
CAI. and MATHEMATICAL EDUCATION, as far
as necessary for entering any college of the country,
will go into operation on the Ist of October next, for
the following ten months. The subscribers, who
have been connected with two of the most prominent
institutions in the State, and have acquired mi inti
mate acquaintance both with the requirements of
colleges aud the deficiencies of preparation, flatter
themselves that they will give ample satisfaction to
the public.
The Classics and the Modern Languages will be
taught by Dr. F,. Volger; the Mathematics and Eng
lish branches by Mr. George S. Palton. If necessary
competent assistants will be employed.
TERMS.
For Classics and Mathematics, $00; for each of the
Modern Languages $20—one-half payable in advance,
the remainder on the Ist of March.
For particulars see our Prospectus, which will be
circulated as soon as possible.
The School will be on S'mickoe Hill, the location to
be announced hereafter. Early applications are de
sired. Apply to either ofthe undersigned. Dr. Vol
ger may be found at his office, corner of Main aud
11th streets, and Mr. Pattou—for the next ten day-s
--at his fathers residence, corner of 9th and Franklin,
streets. ERNEST VOLGER,
GEORGE S. PATTON.
REFERENCES:
Visitors and Faculty of University of Va.; Faculty
of Virginia Military Institute; Rev. Dr. Edward Ro
binson, New York; Professor Longfellow aud Doctor
Charlesjßeck of Harvard University, George Ticknor,
Esq., Boston.
At a maeting of the Board of Visitors, held Tues
dav, June 28th, 18V1— .
Resolved, That the Boardof \ isitors highly appre
ciate the learning, zeal and ability ef Dr. E.Volger,
who for some time acted as Assistant Instructor in the
School of Modern Languages in the University of
Virginia, and deeply regret, as well the causes which
placed him under the necessity of relinquishing his
official employment iu the institution, as the loss of
his viable services. p G TUCKKR
Secretary of Board of Visitors.
Dr. Ernest Volger has, during two sessions, acted as
Assistant Instructor in the School ot Modern Lan
guages. Profound and extensive learning, combined
»it It great facility and tact iu communicating know
ledge to others, have secured to hmi unusual success
as a Tt aclier. In his private intercourse with stu
dents, also, his high-toned principles and gentlemanly
deportment have exercised a most healthlul influ
ence.
i I ant well convinced, therefore, that Dr. \ olger is
, eminently qualified to direct a higher Latin school,
at:d wcii deserves the confidence of parents and guar
dians. m. SCHELE DE VERE.
t . Prof, of Modern Languages, Lc.
University of Va., June, Ist, 1353.
I do, with great confidence, recommend Mr. Geo.
>. 1 itton as eminently qualified to take charge of a
CiassicHi ar:d Mathematical Academy. Mr. Pattou
I was one ot the most distinguished graduates of hii
class, and posse *se« qualifications that entitle birn to
aiuost liberal support.
H SMITH, Superintendent.
> a Military Institute, Aeg. 17 lavs
; au 21—SfawtOct 1 '
MRS. MALLORYS SCHOOL will re
opeti the first MONDAY in October.
t Alts. M. s School tor Little Boys, in a separate apart
ment. 4rh St., belwckii Grace and Franklin
SO <i—diw
RICHMOND. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15. 1853
EDUCATION.
Richmond classical anl> ma
thematical ACADEMY-MONTAGUE
At BASSKTT, .Successors to Dr. S Maupiti—llth sr.,
between Marshall and Clay
Our School will commence on the Ist of October,
in the commodious aurl comfortable building formerly
used by Dr. Maupin fur that purpose. Parents and
guardians intending to enter pupils, will please do so
early, as our number is limited to 60, and immediate
upnlication ia necessary to secure sec*ts.
Mr. Montague cansiders it only necessary to inform
the public that Mr. Basaett is a graduate of the Uni
versity of \ irginia, and has hod two years experience
in teaching.
TERMS:
Senior Mathematics and Language!, $oO
Junior " « 3#
Modern Languazes, each 20
Payable, half Ist October, remainder Ist March.
Mr. Joseph Michard, Sr., will teach Modern Lan
guages.
The Primary department (in a separate building)
will be under the charge of Mr. Robert Davis, ana
tne special supervision of the principals. Fee £30.
For further particulars, see circulars.
Mr. Montague can be seen at his room on 10th St.,
in rear of Duval It Bro.
s« 10—td. *
MISS ANDERSONS SCHOOL will be
resumed on MONDAY, sth September, at her
old stand, opposite the Exchange Bank.
au 31—jt&.121'JthS* "
\'f KS. MIRIAM TAYLOR will continue
to give instruction in vocal and instrumental
music on the PIANO FORTE. Pupils will be at
tended or received at her residence on Bth street, op
posite the City Spring. *e 13—3t
MR. S. S. STEVENS will comnicuce
the next Session of the Young Ladies' Colleg
iate Seminary on the 2uth of September, at his rooms,
on the corner of Franklin and Fifth streets. Compe
tent Teachers have been secured in all departments,
se 13—ts
CITY SPRING ACADEMY —The Mess.
GIBSON have commenced the building, and it
will certainly be ready by tke FIRST MONDAY IN
OCTOBER. Gentlemen wishing to enter PUPILS
will please call upon me, at my residence, Seventh st.
below Leigh, or address me through the Poat-Otiice.
„ „ . IVM. LOVE,
ft. r>. After the first of October my residence will
be corner ot First and Marshall sta. W. L.
se 6—lm*
MISS STANAKD'S SCHOOL ON cTH
Street, between Grace and Franklin, will open
on the 3d of October.
Tenns made known upon application.
se lU—3w*
NGLIBII and CLASSICAL SCHOOL
FOR HOYS—T. R. BASS will resume the du
ties of his School ou the 15th September, at his resi
dence, on 4th street, between Grace ami Franklin.
Terms, per session of ten months, payable quarter
ly as usual:
In the English Department $82 00
In the Classical Department 42 00
se 9—Bt*
SELECT ENGLISH AND CLASSICAL
SCHOOL, in the School-room of the Pine Apple
Church, Grace St., Richmond, Va.
The next session of the subscriber's School will
commence on FRIDAY, Sept. 30, 1853.
Terms per session:
English Department . §40
Classical Department 50
se it—lm CHRIS. T. KiIESEE.
\IISS TAZEWELL'S BOAKDING
LTX AND DAY SCHOOL FOR YOUNG LADIES,
Grace street, between 7th and Bth.
The third session of this School will commence the
Ist MONDAY in October. Such aid has been enlist
ed as will insure a thorough and comprehensive
course of instruction.
Terms, payable semi-annually in advance :
For Board and Washing .........$220
Higher English branches 40
Primary '* " 30
Ancient and Modern Languages, each 20
Music, Professors fees.
se 9—lm*
EAD THIS.—KE-OPENED.—H. KO
SENFELD would respectfully inform his
friends and customers, and the public generally, that
lie has re-opened his STORE, No. 175 Broad street,
with tin entire New Stock of Fall and Winter DRY
GOODS. His stock embraces all kinds of DRESS
GOODS, Embroideries, Silk Mantillas, Shawls, and
every other article usually kept in a Dry Goods
Store.
Also, a great variety of FANCY ARTICLES, all of
wft-i" will be sola cheap, being purchased by him
" **— 1 ««rn cities on the most reasonable
" rma ' H. ROSEN FELD,
H. R. thankful to h:s friends and the 'pu'STHfJjl&c
-rally for past favors, in re-openiug his Store hopes to
merit the confidence and the same liberal patronage
bestowed on him heretofore.
se 12—3ai
AND WINTER GOODS.—We
are this day in receipt of our full Stock of Fall
ai,d Winter Goods, consisting of all the New Fabrics
of the season for Ladies, Gentlemen, Children and
Servants' wear, and House-keeping Goods of every
quality and variety.
Also, a handsome assortment #f Caipetings,
gets, Mats, iic.
Having enlarged our store-room, we are enabled
to otfer to onr town and country friends, the largest
and most attractive stock ever before otfered by us,
and at prices which, we are sure, will give satisfac
tion.
BREEDEN, FOX & CO.,
217 Broad street.
P. S.—Cauntry merchants, visiting the city, are re
quested to examiae our stock, which wSI 6e found
well assorted. 8., F. L CO.
se 12—2w
TW'UNKS & CLAIiK'B PIANOS.—P. H.
X* TAYLOR, sole agent in this city for the sale of
PIANO FORTES made by the above named celebra
ted makers, is constantly receiving elegant and plain
I'IANOS from their extensive and long established
manufactory.
Their instruments received a prize at the "World's
Fair, London, and several prizes at the American
Institute Fairs in this country." They combine
all the modern improvements with the metallic
frame and patent over STRINGS, uud are confi
dently recommended for sweetnes 1 of tone and great
durability, which latter quality will be appreciated
in the* country, where good tuners are seldom found
P. H. TAYLOR has sold these instruments in this
city for the last seventeen years, to the entire satis
faction of his numerous customers.
The public are cautioned to observe that
the title of the firm is NI'NNS t Clark.
Old Pianos taken in part paj- for new ones.
Guitars, Violins, Accordeons and Flutes. Also, Gui
tar and Violin Strings of the best quality.
P. H. T. has in store the largest stock of new and
standard Music to be tound south of Baltimore, and is
in the weekly receipt of all the new and fashionable
music of the day. A liberal discount made to schools
and dealers. PIANO AND MUSIC STORE,
hu 1 160 Main street.
rpo UONTKACTOKS.—The undersigned,
JL Commissioners, appointed bv the County Court
ot Henrico, will receive proposal* unril 12 o'clock,
M , on Tuesday, 4rl: day of October, 18:3, :or the ma
sonry or TWO CUIA EKTS, including all necessary
excavation and tilling, on 2.sthstreet, beyond the cor
poration line. Plan and Specifications can he seen
by api iicatiou to THUS. J. STARKE,
Corner of Water and lath streets.
THUS. J. STARKE, )
WM. CATLiN. > Comin'rs.
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se .S—d t 4th oc
CARD.—WILLIAM 11. GRAVES &
CO, COLLECTORS AND NEGOTIATORS,
Wall street, over the oflice of Messrs. Pulliaui 4.
Davis, Auc*ioneers, uear the City Hotel, collect, bond,
and secure Claims uf every description, and negotiate
Sales, Purchases, Loans, Rents, Hires, Employment,
in every branch of business, and all other Business
Transactions requiring the mediation of a third party.
They tender their best services to the community
at rcduced charge».
All tbvir aota will be held ttrictly copfldential.
Persons desiriug employment, and those wishing to
employ others, are requested to call and leave their
names. Be .s—ly
VE\\- ESTAB L 1 >S II ME 2s T—STflT'
CHANDLERY". GROCERIES, i.c—The sub
scriber, thankful to his many friends and t'ne public,
for the verv liberal support he has received from
them, hopes that they will continue in his New Ks
tablishment, directly opposite the oM staud of lias
kins it Libbv, whore may be found almost every arti
cle in the Ship Chandlery and Grocery Line, as he
intends to keep constantly on hand a large stock of
Rope of all sizes, Blocks of all sues, and a general
assortment of Groceries
fi—tf R. O. HABKINS.
ACE & WINSTON, CORNER OF
CAiIY and MTH or IVurT Streets. WHOLE
SALE GROCERS, COMMISSION and F Oil WARD
ING MERCHANTS, have iu store, and receivings
large assortment of Groceries, Wines, Liquors, »,id
Ciunrs. U.C., which they oiler to the trade generally
en reasonable terms. se 6
SJ TON E CUT TIN G.-J 01 IN W. DA-
O VIES & CO., practical STONE CUTTERS wid
MASONS, Socth side of the I).>ck, near Maya's
liridie. We return tbanks for the liberal patronage
we have received, snd trust by strict attention to bu
s>rif«, to continue to merit the confidence of the
dublis. Iti—4ixn
THRESH BUTTER. —We are receiving
J? to-day by tne steamer, a choice lot of fresh BUT
TER, for salt) by HULST it KING,
li Franklin St., First Market.
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LETTERS FROM THE NORTH.
NO. VI.
Quebec, September 7th, 1853.
I visited this morning the famous plains of
Abraham, where the great and decisive blow
for supremacy in Canada was struck in 1759.
They are not more than a mile from the cen
tre of Quebec, and one of the broadest and
cleanliest streets in the city—extends almost
to Wolfe's Monument. This Monument is
a plain granite shaft, and is erected on the
spot where he died victorious. I was sur
prised to notice the date of its erection—lß49
—one century after his great victory. It was
also the work of the officers commanding the
British forces in Canada, and not the Govern
ment. " There was an old Monument there
before that one was built," the driver in
formed me, " but it was very much broken
and defaced" —whether by time orbyQue-i
bee mobs he did not say. A score or two of
ragged boys infest the Plains, and drive a
noisy and most annoying trade in those incx
hetnslible relics with which all celebrated bat
tle fields abound. They have been in many
instances sold from the same fields for more
than a century without the supply diminish
ing at all. Tire impudent little rascals on the
Plains of Abraham had only old bullets and
rust v pioces of iron for sale—but at Lu.ndy's
Lake, a Godless youth offered me the bones
of the Americans (who lellin that memorable
fight)—roughly cut into crosses, hearts and
rings. It was a notorious fact some twenty
years ago, that there existed near Saratoga,
a manufactory of relies, and that broken,
rusty sword blades, and broken bayonets,
were made in large quantities, and sold to the
simple gulls, who flock tw fields once bap
tised in blood.
Montcai.mv the chivalric, noble and brave,
but vanquished General, was buried within
the precincts of the Ursuline Convent, hence
no monument to his memory has been erected
on the Plains of Abraham. The English,
however, with the generosity and nobility of
a great nation, have omitted no tribute to the
memory of their heroic opponent. Upon a
handsome tablet to bis memory, in the Chapel
of the Convent, placed there by Lord Ayi.-
):kr, I found the following beautiful inscrip
tion:
Honceur
&
Montcalm !
Le destin en lui derobant
La Victoria,
L'a recompense par
Une mort glorieu s e.
The following translation will do for those
of your readers who do not understand
French:
Honor to Montcalm !
Fate, in depriving him of victory,
Recompensed him,
By a glorious death.
In the Public Garden of Quebec, there
is an appropriate and beautiful Monument
erected to commemorate the joint memories
of the great leaders who fell at the battle of
the Plains of Abraham. It is sixty-five feet
high. On one side of the column is inscribed
the word "Wolfe," and on the other the
name of "Montcalm," whilst upon still anoth
er side is chiseled the following most ap
propriate inscription:' Mortem, 1 irtos, Com
tnvnem famom: Historian Monumenicm.—
Poster it an Dcdit."
This monument was the work of private
subscription, and is one of the most beautiful
instances I have ever known of the generosi
ty of the English to the memory of an ene
my. Such things almost make me forget the
fate of Napoleon, and the barbarities of
mcunnnent^oln^l,^ 1 ; SKfefflFAi
and Woi.r*, the subscription* were I heard,
exclusively made by the English residents.
Although French is universally spoken by
the English and Scotch citizens of Quebec,
yet a stranger discovers at once that the most
respectable people here are the English mil
itary and civil officials and the English bar
risters.
There is not much wealth, but a vast amount
ot handsome silver-gilt gentility among the
fashionable people of Quebec, and the imi
tation article looks almost as well as the pure
metal. Hence families keep up an incessant
struggle with poverty —in many amusing ef
forts to keep up appearances. Quebec is a
place of honorable exile for the youngest
sons of England's knights and lords. The
fortunes of all this respectable, but needy
class of young gentlemen, at home and in the
colonies "would not, in the aggregate, equal
that of a wealthy cotton planter—yet al
though a multitude of zeros with no valuable
unit on the left would represent their pecunia
ry condition, yet if their pretensions to re
spectability and family could be subjected to
an arithmetical test, tliey would be valued at
manv millions.
To these leaves and stems of nobility and
aristocracy—for they do not rise to the digni
ty ot sprigs—the minutest colonial offices,
civil and military, are acceptable. Here they
possess a position and influence to which they
were of course strangers at home. Where there
are more than enough lords, knights, and
members of parliament, of course the forty
ninth cousin of the duke of Doodle is nobo
dy. He cannot get into the church, the em
bassies are crowded with attaches, and to suc
ceed at the bar talent is necessary.
There are always the daughters of rich
tradesmen ami successful commoners, ready
to be knocked down to bankrupt lords, with
the roots of tluir genealogical trees deep in
Saxon soil —but the wife even of a successful
cheesemonger in England thinks nothing of
the remote and poor relative of a lord.—
Hence, the forty-ninth cousin of the illustrious
Duke of Doodle gets, from the Canadian
magnate, a government office, or from the
war department an ensign's place in the army.
There is a pretty tale of a fisherman's finding,
as he supposed, a poor miserable creature
confined in a small casket which he had
drawn up in his net. Yielding to the urgent
entreaties of the prisoner, he released him,
When the feeble wretch is transformed into a
monster ten thousand feet high, and two
thousand feet across the shoulders. New the
authorities who manufacture thousands ot
clerks and subordinate officials every week in
Downing street, have no conception how pro
digiously they grow when transplantedto the
colonies. To"simply assert, that they become
too stout for their amplest trousers, would
convey no idea of the rapidity with which
thev liecoino great men in a place like Ca
nada.
They are the leaders of the fashion in cer
tain circles of dilapidated and slovenly Qt e
iii.c- They do not wear their honors meekly,
not at all—"they go rough shod over mercan
tile people with a Hundred times their means,
and barristers of the "jjjony with a thousand
times their brains. WflHfcver the army and
government officers ofTr country are tilled
with the poor relatives of old and wealthy
families, who have no recommendations but
family influence, you may set it down hs a
role, that the youngest clerk always outs wells
the chief of the department, and tlie softest
ensign of yesterday's translation from the
academy, or nursery, swaggers along the
streets with an air that the oldest Major Ge
neral would scarcely venture to assume. This,
wc suppose, illustrates what the poet meant
when lie said, that a certain class in society
darted rashly into places where angels very
unwillingly venture —for that is the prose of
the poetry 1 think. There is a vast amount
of pinch bock in qcKUJtc society, from tb«
PRICE ONE pftsit
Governor General down •
clerks. '® ensigns and
The colonial system nt
Governor-General the t 9 tlle
Majesty's power and inCV of Her
And as there is with all Ensli.hm™ •
a weakness for display, the Uorernw-oS?
ml, in a very small way, ?oes through X
motions of royalty itself ft e
with the upper house of the Canadian Pariu
ment with much form and ceremony. L'non
such occasions, the galleries are filled
ladies in full dress, the Governor-Gene
ral, clothed in the robes of office, m«unta a
pretentious looking throne, and reads his
speech to the Colonial Home of Lord*.
They have given him a huge mace, which
co*t fire hundred dollar*, and although chiefly
of brass, it is washed with gold. W-hen this
little great man holds levee*, Jcc. &c., there
are many insects, smaller than himself, who
seek to" be presented, and feel proud of the
honor ever after. Greatness on a minute
scale, strikes you very amusingly in Quebec.
Well-bred people speaking French, certainly
with uncommon purity for Englishmen, and
English women practice the manners and
customs of large old England establishments,
in small and uncomfortable houses. Men,
who can afford to keep but one horse, har
ness him to a vehicle large enough for two.
and then make him tug up the steep streets
of Quebec, with a huge flunkey in livery
showing the calves of his legs in sfiort breech
es and cotton continuations.
No petty commissary or treasury clerk can
transact the business of his department without
having a huge red-coated soldier stalking up
and down all day on the pavement in front
of his office. The proceedings of their courts
of justice are cumbered by the same unne
cessary and ludicrous formal nonsense. I
saw this morning, a sergeant's guard of braw
ny Highlanders apparently escorting to prison
a few ragged wretches, whom the redoubta
ble Captain White, assisted either by the
energetic Tyler, or the vigilant Tkueheakt,
would have taken, without rone or handcuffs,
two hundred miles. It is both ludicrous and
and melancholy to see this poor, ancient,
worthless and exhausted colony tottering
feebly along under a load of absurd and an
tiquated ceremonial and formal nonsense.—
The mere shadow of royalty, as exercised in
Canada, is more costly, and the ceremonial
more elaborate than that employed by the
chief executive officer of our great Republic.
The men who have impressed me most fa
vorably in Quebec are the superior officers
in command of the regiments. They are
generally men who have seen hard and long
service.
Many of them are grey haired old men, but still
Captains and Lieutenants. The possessions of Great
Britain are so extensive, that some of the officers
stationed here, have done lons and good service in
China and India. What a strange life must that
of an English officer be! One year he is in Cal
cutta,, aud the next in Quebec. One of the officers
was pointed out to me who had lost an arm during
the wars in India, and another who had received a
wound in China. The officers who have won lau
rels and seen hard service, are modest, quiet intel
ligent men, accomplished in their profession, and
many ot them well versed in general literature and
the modern languages. I attended the Established
or English Episcopal Church, a few days ago,
and fouud many a war worn soldier meekly par
taking of the elements of the holy sacrament.—
There do not appear to be in Quebec, very many
of the noisy, roysteritig, betting, horse racing, dis
sipated heroes, that figure aoolten in the pages of
our popular novelists. Indeed, the position of a
Captain of Infantry, in the British army, without in
fluential friends. or means of support beyond the
regular pay, is not one to inspire joviality or light
heartedness of any kind.
Nor is- promotion so rapid during pea««, as to
keep the hopes of an officer constantly aroused.—
The hosts of grey haired Captains and Lieutenants,
would lend an uninformed stranger to suppose that
to attaia the rank of a general officer, such men
would have to reach the age of the Wandering
Jew.
I shall probably write to you again from Montreal,
* 1 Vt' Bto ' * j tue boat ot to-mor
row evening. Yours
1_ SENEX.
Spirit of the Press.
The Time* of yesterday notices the intimation in a
Washington letter to the Enquirer, that the Admin
istration will never take up the Pacific Road as a
government measure; but that Congress may as
sist the enterprise with appropriations of public
land. The Times remarks upon this that the State
Rights Democracy has been always understood as
repudiating the distinction between an appropria
tion ot the public land» and an appropriation of the
public money to works of Internal Improvement—
If therefore the Administration approves of the ap.
propriation of public land to this object, the Times
contends that it will place itself in direct antago
nism to the strict constructionists. The Times ani
madverts npon the squabbles of the New York
I>,-mot-rats, and it refers to the vigorous assaults
upon the Washington I'nion of the Petersburg Dem
ocrat for its alleged misrepresentations of the Ad
ministration. But, the Times concludes, the Ad
ministration has given no token whatever of its dis
approbation of the Union's course.
Yesterday's Mail notices with approbation the ad
vertisement ot the Board of Public Works for pro
posals to furnish the State with a certain amount
of Railroad iron, See., the iron to be manufactured
on the track.
The Whig has another article on the surplus in
the Treasury—contending that it accrued during
the only full Presidential term the Whigs have
had, and that euch a thing has not happened to any
of the several full terms for which the Democrats
have held the Administration of the Government. It
considers the result due more to the economy of the
Whig Administration, than to the tariff ot '4€.—
As the Democrats were unused to such a surplus
says the Whig, like individuals unused to handling
much cash, when they came into possession of it
they were much troubled as to what they should
do with it, and hence the propositions to spend it
in building the Pacific Itailioad, &c. The Whig,
as well as the Tunes, notices the Enquirer's cor
respondent, who intimates that an appropiation of
land to aid the construction of the Pacific I'ailroad,
may he made by government. The Whig, al
though (as does the Times,) considering such an
appropriation as much at war with the principles
of States Rights Democracy as an appropriation
of money from the Treasury, concludes that if the
Democrats of Virginia decide such an appropria
tion to be constitutional, and accept aid in that
way to Internal Improvements, our State taxes
may be very much reduced thereby.
The Emjuieer has an article on Woman s Rights
in which is told the very good story ot a Bloamer
requesting a train conductor to get a gentleman to
vacate his seat for her. "Does the lady c aim
share with the male sex all their privi.egesr
do," responded the fair reformer. \V ell,
she mu.-t be content to be treated as a man.
Charles W. Statham has exhibited to the Lynch
burg Express, a homtd makt found m Appomat
tox county. The tail of this snake terminates in a
hornv substance, from the centre of which .-tin*
is saM to protude. It •'"dead, liUt
spirits. Mr. S. intends to present uto the sumb.
soman Institute ...
Some thousands ot people were sold in New
York Sunday, by the old story of .o«ebody being
seen clhnhin? the steeple of Tnnity. Church, up.
wa-ds of 'MO ieet *«» Bee hl * ! ' "* W
•t r were oft repeated exclamations while
you won 4 J
thousand* were for' 1 "
Promotion i» TH« N avt.-Master f'Urc, Crosbj,
to be Lieutenant, ta place of Lismt. Pat:*rs»&, re
signed.
THE DAILY DISPATCH.
CASH TERMS Of ADVEfiTISING.
1 •<!««», lteantioa.tOM t month . .* j»
1.... do.. 3 Insertions 075 1 do..2month*... 7<•
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iy*Tei» like* ok Left make a sqcaee; longer
advertisements charged in exact proportion, and pmg
able in adrauce. r *
Steams* Georgia—Gale or» Hattexas.—We
mentioned on Tueaday moraine, that the steamer
Georgia, was caaght in a gale off Otis formidable
point—and now give gome farther particular*,
which we gather from the Norfolk papers. Wo
know the Georgia very well, and so far aa we could
guess, when we saw her at New York in May last
she is an excellent Teasel.
The passengers held a meeting on the 7th, while
off Cape Henry, in which they praised Captain
Budd, of the Georgia, for his coolness and good
conduct during the hour of danger, and blew np
tbe owners, for having allowed the steamer to leave
New York in a leaky condition, and with her pwnp*
ehoked with ashes, so that none were fit for use. The
raeet ing also stated there were no sails on board for
the main and mizzen masts, and that what they
h»d were unfit for seivice in a gale. Captain
Budd, of the Georgia, will return to New York for
repairs, an d thinks that the Georgia, after she U
pumped out, and her machinery cleared of coal
an aahej, can be navigated with safety.
U statement of the Receipt*
ofthe Waited States for the
rS Fund*.? 0t Jnoe '
TaEAsrav Pkpaktmbnt.
JvKGisTßa'g Office, Sept. 10, 1853 L
Receipt*,
Frora^esTia U d,: : ;
Miscellaneous sources - >lail N
Loan of Jan. 28. 1817, (Trea
sury notes funded) . . 3 350
•16,624,(36 CO
The expenditures up to the same time, were $12
74"),111? 68; of which sum $2.KE,4t»4 45 was appro'.*
priated for Fortifications aud for the Army, and
52,643,002 85 for the Navy.
Escafes fsok Jail in Nobth Cakolina.—Km*
L. Garrett, under sentence of death for the murder
of Thomm li. Crumble, broke the jail of North
ampton county, N. C., on the night of the 11th.—
He is described as 6 feet 1 inch high, pale com
plexion from confinement, fine brown hair, thin
face, aquiiuie nose, high cheek bones, thin lips,
small eyes-, Stc. A reward of SIOO is offered for hi*
arrest.
Itr. Spencer D. Arm' tronj, confined la the jaif
of Tarborough, N. C., charged with being an acces.
sary to the murder of Tilmau Hunt, a negro tra
der, near Fayetteville, about two yeara since, es
caped troro prison en the nkrht of the Tth inrt., and
was not arrested. Before leaving, he- wrote a let
ter to the jailor, eaying that he had been taken oat
at the top of the jail by aa unknown stranger, who
drew a dagger and threatened to kill him if he re
fused to go. By some means he had been furnish
ed with aa. auger and other implements, with,
which he made hi* way through the roof, and then
let himself down with his blankets and sheets. A.
reward of $-100 is offered for his apprehension.
Temperanck in Georgia—The Whig and Dem
ocratic candidates for the- office of Governor of
Georgia, have jointly published a card as their an
g Arer to the interrogatories relative to their position
on the Temperance cause. They declare their
warm solicitude for its advancement; but deprecata
its connection with politics. As to the matter ot
proposed legislation on the subject they decline to
express any* opinion, as no particular form of ac
tion has been determined upon and as-the details of
of a liquor may involve constitutional point*
for the consideration of the Governor. Therefore
they say it would be improper for cither to comj
mit himself on the subject iu the canvass.
Soldiers of-1812. —A meeting of the soldiers of
1812, tsiok place-in Philadelphia on Saturday eve
ning to commemorate the battle and victory of
Lake Erie. Speeches were made and a resolution
was adopted advising a convention of the saldiers
of the war of 1812 in Philadelphia on the Bth Janua
-»vt for the Dunxw — * u
tions of that war and to adopt such measures a*
may bo deemed necessary to press on Congress
their claims.
The Montgomery. Alabama, Journal, states that
the Artesian well of that cityproduces a supply of
pure water, sufficient for all necessary purposes.—
It is not quite as deep as it was intended to make it;
but the Journal says it has demonstrated the fact
that water in. sufficient quantities and of good qual
ty can be raised to the surface at that place.
An Ibon Palmetto.—The Charleston papers
notice a»lron Palmetto tree as large a* life, very
ingeniously manufactured by Mr. C. Werner, of
that city. The whole structure is 30 feet high aad
weighs 27,000 lbs. It ii ot iron, except the leaves,
which nre ot copper. It is said to ben most exqui
site representation of the tree.
Transhipment in Lynchburg.—ln order mora
fully to understand how the expense of tranship
ment in Lynchburg in to be avoided, we copy tho
following from the Lynchburg Republican:
"Any person in Richmond having freights to for
ward to the Southwest, can from any paper pub
lished here, »y examining the advertisements of
the Railroad Company, tell exactly what the cost
will be to any point on the line of the road, by for
warding the money to the Treasurer of the com
pany, his goods will pass through without being
seen by a commission merchant in the city."*
Kffects ok the Spirit Happing Humbug.—
A man named David \V. Tinkham, at Last Bridge
water, Mass., on Saturday, while insane from read
ing and pondering upon the subject of Spiritual
Rappings, cut his throat with a chisel. It is thought
that he may recover, i! he don't try the thing again £
The receipts for the Washington Monument at
the New York Crystal Palace, amounted to $2,721.28
on the 9th instant.
Promotion of Naval Offcers. —Lieut. Jas U.
Ward bas been promoted to be a Commander, vice
Commander Slaughter, who disdonthedth of Sep
tember, at Warrenton, Va. Master Chas. Hay* has
been promoted. Passed Midshipmen Reginald
Fairfax and Somerville Nicholson, have been pro
moted to be Masters, vice Hays and Crosby pro
moted. — Washington Star.
Queen Victoria has prohibited the polka beiajp
danced in her presence. All the "high flyera," in
thin country, who hare heretofore been in rapture*
with this dance, and thought it was charming, will
now unite ia condemning it and bani«hing it from
'•fashionable society."—Alex. Gazette.
A Youhg Lady's Toast.—At the 4th of July
celebratiou in Marion county. 111., a yount* lady
offered the following toa-'t: —"The young men of
America —their arm* our rapport; our arma their
reward. Kail ia. men. Call in."
The Hloop-of-War Portsmouth, Commaiid«r
Whittle, arrived at the Portauiouth Navy lTard. om
the night of the 9th instant, from the Btrai!a of
Caaso, on the iisliiag ground*. All well on board
of her.
Of the twelve hundred prisoner* on Blackwfll*
ißland, only three hundred and uiueteoa are wet
ieau«.,
The Odd Fellows of New Aib»ny. Iwl-. hm<n
raised about lor the relief of their Naw Or- ■
leans brethren.
Another ..cent of «£"
compiWied by a naval otHcer, Lwut A««us«ua u
Murray.
CoL Ctoir.ptol fartoTfJJ* ™ P r '°£
atxiut five hundred hand 4 , whoae *?***?•
I per day. Kvery part of the pUtoJ «
•*rweJ out to su'>contractor", and
vera are turned out every twen )-four. Col. •-*&
a -imalar factory in i'lmlfco, near l.ottduo-
En-lwid,) w!i«re three hundred handa—flityCe*-
om-tu-ui Vank«*w to Umd. aud threw
fifty Eo;IW» mdu»fcfr-«*« at present emptuywUgrfe' *,