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letter from CaVforaiJU The following has been placed in onr hands far publication by a friend of the writer. Though not very explicit or de tailed, it gives the unvarnished sentiments of at least one eye-witness, and is besides racv and good-humoured : Smi? Andalusia, Sept. 1849. Dear Sir: ? Some time having elapsed since 1 last wrote, 1 thought that I would drop you a few lines to let you know tint J am still iu the land of the living. My tirst let'er, I hope, reached you in due tnne, so as to remove any apprehension or anxietv of mind you might entertain tor me, in which 1 gave you all the news con nected with my voyage up to that time. We continued steadily progressing South, now and then discovering a solita ry vessel far in the distance upon the ocean; one in particular, a large vessel which our 4 'apta n reported hound lor I<ondon from t':e Kast Indies. Now a whale spouting ihe water high in the air ? now a huge .shark, attended by hundreds of porpoises, with now and then schools ot living fish. The weather being line, we cannot say that the vovage so tar lias been any other than pleasant. AVe have had no very Wavv seas until we approached Cape Horn, but fortune seemed to attend us, tor we rounded the (Jape in three or lour days, w hieli usuallv requires two or three weeks having a verv fair wind : but we were not fortunate in making \ alparaiso, being; driven back by head winds, but still our 4 'attain said that we had done much; ti liallv having such a wind as was desired, we imagined ourselves sale out ot the reach of the so much dreaded Cape where t!ie seas are so heavy, and stoims rage. \ Imnt the middle ot one afternoon, the viiy beinS over-cast with clouds, scattered here and there, the Captain being seen to wear an auxin s countenance, soon an nonnc< d the approach ot a heavy gale, and tuat we must prepare for the worst ; and such a scene ? soon the ocean that was once so placid and so like the lamb, is in a few brief hours converted into the lion ; \s far as the eve could reach, the ocean presented a scene as grand as it was ter rifii'k liu'4'* mountains ol water the waves lifting their heads as it they would f,.i._rn touch the skv ; the winds howling whilst our noble hark, as it inspired by j l'ie scene, rode majestically ttie waves. Soon nifiht set in, and with the darkness the ?/ale continued to rage more and more; the wind whistled in the cordage; the sea swept the decks, and what rendered it still worse, the weather was very cold and se urc on the poor sailors; but whilst all was confusion above and wore a serious aspect, a laughable scene presents itsell between decks, containing upwards of a haudrcd passengers, some by the rolling ?f the vessel are thrown out of their berths; trunks and boxes breaking loose from their places and tossed from one side to another, s.ml whilst one passenger can scarcely | keep his feet, another thrown upon the, ?!eck with the quickness of thought; all presenting nothing but a scene o I coiiln-, vion With the dawning of the day we i .h-cov.rcl a sail situated alike will, our selves, bound for the Untied States. 4),i . the emotions of mv heart? I could see m |u;r home and all that was dear to me, but the little consolation that we derived Iron, her presence was soon lost to us, as she soon disappeared in the distance. Two or three weeks brought us to \ al rr iso, and found us safely anchored in j harbour. Nothing of importance occur rinir, except that I was so glad to see land il, a 1 could not refrain from shedding ;,.;,rs. the first beinir a small island inhab- j ia-.l, not far front Valparaiso. We went through the usual ceremony ol receiving visit from the Custom House ollicer and Surgeon, when we all dressed ourselves our best and embarked lor shore in ;?Mts prepared for the purpose, in which, with a few strokes ol the oar, we were nil The people are generally ignorant; their religion Catholic.' The Churches are handsome, although the city would bear no co.np .rison with ours, being very poor ly built. The women are pretty, (that is some of them.) they dress well and wear bonnets, but have pretty hair, which they seem ??> u?ke pride in displaying to the best advantage. We remained but three days, after w hich we wein lied anchor and continued our course : litter rounding about eight bun ,|n.t| miles from Valparaiso a serious mts f ?rtune befell us ; we were almost render tvl;i t.on?p!ete wreck by a white squall; a sudden puff of wind, which .,l>0.lt t o'clock one morning, subji.ctiiiL us to a loss of two of our masts, which ? our vessel almost beyond control, \nv I hicli we ri*|>la?*eil in lorn ore^t days. Yours, &c., ?? Sacrvmknto, Sept. 30, 1810. I liave .1 r: veil sale in Sacramento and .... enjoying good health. thank while in ' nv are shadows. Uie\ ? ? hospital in tins place winch is Idled ? I ,!?? sick, their sickness proceeding Iron dvsenterv, accompanied with lever w hieh hallles the skill "f the most came. phy MCI ins to cheek it: ami il suffered to long. enils invariably m death : but somt i niov ?rood heal ' h. \',i,',n mav make money here an l no trv. I.ahorers jet *1 1 per day, lor u.t wood, by tbe month $130; Carpen ters I" ' :;n h""r, ,r,n"?l >5 of work. Kegs 65 a dozen: butter , l,-o. | C311 just say that 1 never saw the I ike . . life. II money is all you want let tbe poor voio.tr man and the enterp. wng ot ,|| sorts and conditions come out. I^rge amounts of gold are taken out uf the earth ,;"Uish that you and Mr were |.erP. Tell G. and II. to drop their ploughs, and if they cannot pur , a good .farm in one mouth I w.II , Us a Whipping- It surpasses anything i ,n\ r sa-v ' but 1 must conclude. Yotr?. &c.. ?? Correspondence of the Shepherdstown Register. Harper's Ferry, Dee. 14, 18-19. Messrs. Editors: ? Your friends and patrons here have been much gratified by the appearanee of the first and second numbers of the 44 Shepherdstown Regis ter/' and you have their earnest wishes for success in your cnterprize. As our litlle community is at this time without that valuable medium, a newspaper, I shall, from time to time, claim a small ( space in your columns, for such items worthy of note as may here transpire. The weather the past week has been extremely cold and disagreeable, and our rock-bound, snow-cappM hills have a pe culiarly bleak and desolate appearance. At present, we have indications of an ap proaching snow-storm. Our two cotton factories are in full op eration, and are well worth a visit, espe cially at night, when they are brilliantly illuminated with ('rutchett's solar ifas. The appearance of the two branches of the I*. S. Armory ? the Musket and H i lie i Factories ? are being much improved by i he erection of commodious and comfort able work-shops. These improvements, under the supervision of Major John Nv mington, have been in progress for the last tour years, and are now suspended until spring. There Ins been some litlle excitement here among the operatives in the Armory, inconsequence of the removal of some i Inspectors, &c., but there was not much sympathy evinced for the discharged, as ! the justice of 44 rotation in of lice " is pel ting to be generally iccognized and ac knowledged. In consequence of the late rain and snow storms, the Shenandoah has com menced rising ; but it can do no harm, cx- : cept to stop the river supply of flour for a slant time. There is a great quantity oil tlour coir.e-? here daily, per railroad, from; Winchester ; the most of it is for the Bal timore market. I would write more, but the whistle of I the Locomotive warns me it is time to close. More anon. will. ? Correspondence of tlie Shepherdstown lle?ri<ter. Shepherdstowk, Dec. 15, 1S49. Messrs. Editors: ? Allow me to ex press my own genuine gratification, as, well as that of my whole family, at the1 success, so far, of your irrepressible and untiring ellbrts to establish a respectable I newspaper in our midst. We all agree with your own expressed opinion that a papci has been long wanted in the Town, and will not doubt that there is public spirit enough amongst our citizens to se cond warmly your very meritorious exer tions, and give you a hearty support. So far as I have mysell had an opportunity of learning, but one opinion prevails as to the merits ol the Register, and that opin ion is highly favorable. It makes a most respectable exterior appearance, and if continued in its editorial department a it has begun, will be second to few, or none of the weekly papers published in our State. There is one point, however, in whirl ' you will forgive me for differing with you. 111(1 that is till* tuniis ul' subsi lijitmu. Noi am I the only one who differs with yoi on this head. It is not the amount o; subscription that we think faulty, for thai is low enough in all conscience, but the time of collection. Almost all the paper.- ' of the country are adopting the cash sys tem, which is undoubtedly the best, and f therefore I would respectfully suggest ! whether you had not better have quarterly payments of lifty cents in advance, or six- 1 ty-two and a half at the end of the quarter. ( than the present annual arrangement. There are one or two other matters thai : I would 1 i k** to mention, but will reserve ; them for another time. Truly vottr * J ? I WEI.'. W tsilER. The I nion in remarking upon the scene which took placc in the House afte; ! the developement of the correspondence; between Mr. Brow n and Mr. W ilmot. i savs : 44 The Whigs considered themselves] fully beaten when the ballot took place. ? They were thrown into glorious confu-i sion. Their votes were scattered in all directions. And the reader must, there-1 fore, conceive with what delight they re ceived these revelations, and how much they chuckled over the effects which w en displayed in the ranks of the republican party." W e do not see in the detailed proceed ings of the House, had after the corres pondence was exposed, any evidence o! the chuckling, of which the I nion speaks. The Whig p:?rty was. instru mental in exploding the plot; but that done, they gave up the lloor to the Oppo- ; sition, who occupied it by turns till the uljourumcnt. That the W bigs were i: l;nl that the revelation was made before the scheme was accomplished, may well, be supposed. But they threw no taunts,; annoyed the Opposition with no jibes, nor baulked the humor of the sundry speakers who addressed the House. General Bay ly thanks his CJod that the disclosure was made in time to save the House Irom a -load of obloquy." Mr. F. P. Stanton j thanked, from his seat 44 those who had resisted Mr. Brown's election." Mr. Jacob Thompson was 44 deeply mortified by what had occured, and was glad that the developemcnts had been made." Mr* Vcnable said he had been deceived. Mr. Kaufman charged Mr. Brown with dupli-j city. These are all good and true Demo crats who had voted tor Mr. Brown.? ! These and others were alike rejoiced that 'the exposure had been made belore an I election was effected. Was it not admis sible in the Whigs to be glad too at the failure of a plot which overwhelmed so many of Mr. Brown's political friend? with shame ! ? friends who had voted lor him urged his election ? Might they not ,4 chuckle" over the failure ot a plot, with out relishing tlie dismay ol innocent par ties ? It is a slander against the Whig party to accuse them ol taking pleasure in the shame of gentlemen who announce that they had barely escaped a '? load of obloquy'* ? that they had been duped, de ceived, and decoyed into a position which had nigh humbled their pride. The Un ion, in the same article, gloats over the 44 glorious confusion of the Whigs. The confusion of the Democracy was an "in glorious one,*' which we shall enjoy and shout over when our sympathies are sunk to the depravity of making merry over the torture of honest minds, or the degrada tion of respectable names. ? Hepitblic. Correspondence of North American ar.d U. S. Gazette. Washington, Dec. 4, 1849. Much to the surprise of the public and to the discredit of the parties implicated, the Report of the Postmaster General ap peared in the Baltimore Sun this morning, j in advance of its transmission to Congress. As this premature publication involves a serious breach of faith, and might seem to ! compromise innocent parties, an explana tion is proper. With a view of affording every facility to the press and the public, j Mr. Collamer, at my request, permitted copies to be made of his report by all ?ucli papers as saw tit to incur the expense. : with the condition only that it should no; be promulged until the President's mes sage and accompanying documents were transmitted to Congress. Under this reg ulation the correspondent of the Sun am Ledger applied for a copy, and volunteered to accompany the application to the 'Ji! Assistant Postmaster General with a sol emn assurance that every caution and li Melity would be observed in protecting the injunction of privacy. The next that wa iieard of the report was its oppearance in print the next morning. C i"m m: klan d Coal foii Steaming. ? The New York Herald of Wednesday -ays : ? It appears, from recent experi ments made on the Camden "and Amhr>\ road, that Cumberland coal had fti'iiv sus tained its character as a superior fuel fo 'he use ol railroads; and following the ex ample ol the Camden and Amboy, simila experiments are in progress on the Head ing Road. It has been aseeitained tha Cumberland coal will create more stean than any other species of coal, and whci compared to wood, the difference in poin of economy is not less satisfactory. Th official reports of the Baltimore and Ohi< and Camden companies have proved th:; a ton of Cumberland coal is equal to tw< and a half cords of wood ; consequent)) coal at six dollars would result in a savin: of lifty per cent., wood being at four dol lars the cord. It is not, however, ver; probable that the Eric company will u> Hlossburg coal for several years, as woo.' will be abundantly supplied at a price no to exceed one dollar and twenty-fivi cents. To the above we may also add, that E K. Collins Esq., has made several valua ide experiments, with and without blow ers, which have resulted in the convietioi that Cumberland coal is the best luel fo Ueam purposes. THE BOSTON TR.YfJEDY. After a long and patient, and we pre utnc pretty thorough investigation int< Jie circumstances of the death of Dr George Parkman, the Coroner's Jury or. Thursday last, delivered the following J verdict. Suffolk Cowify , ss . An inquest taken it the city of Boston, within the county ol Suffolk, the 13th day of December, in th< vear of our Lord, one thousand eight bun lreil and forty-nine, before Jabez Jabez Pratt, Esq., one of the Coronet's ol said county, upon the view of sundrx parts of the body of a dead man, viz : ;t thorax, kidneys, pelvis, two thighs, left leg .mil sundry hones ? there lying dead, bx :he oaths of Osmyn Brewster, John L. Vndrews, Pearl Marten, Thomas Resti eaux, Lewis Jones, and Ilarum Merrill. ' ?rood and lawful men, who being charged md sworn to inquire for the Common wealth, when, ho,w, and by what means, the said man came .0 his death, upon their oaths do say, that they have been demon strated to be parts of one and the same person. That these parts of the human frame have been identified, and proved to be the remains, and parts of the dead body and limbs of Dr. George Parkman, late a citi zen of saici Boston, aged about 60 yeais ; that he came to his death by violence at said Boston, on the 22nd day of Novem-j her last, between the hour of one and a. half of the clock in the afternoon of tlint day (about which time he entered alive, anil in good health into the Massachusetts Medical College building situate in North Grove Street in said Boston) and the hour of four of the clock in the afternoon of the , 30th day of November last (when a por tion of the said remains were found eon eealed in and under the apartments of Dr. John W. Webster, of Cambridge, in die County of Middlesex in said College building) in which building the residue of j said remains were afterwards discovered. That he was killed in said College buil ding by a blow or blows wound or wounds j inflicted on him with some instrument or weapon to the jurors unknow n, and b\ means not vet known to said jurors, and that said blows, wound or wounds, werej inflicted upon him, and said means were used by the hands of said Dr. John W . Webster, by whom he was killed. In witness whereof, &e. Col. John Cox, for many years Mayor of Georgetown, died at that place on l ri day last. SiiEPHKRDsrowN, Dec. 14, -10. At a regular meeting of the Shepherds 1 town Polemic Club, held this evening, the death of William Shortt, late a member ! thereof, having been announced, the fol lowing preamble and resolutions were adopted, viz : Whereas, Ithas pleased an all-wise Pro v idencc to remove from our midst very suddenly, by death, our late friend and associate, William Short!, we, the mem bers of the Shepherdstown Polemic Club, desire to express our sense of the loss which we, as well as this commu nity, have sustained by his unexpected demise. Therefore be it Resolved , That by the death of William Shortt, the Shepherdstown Polemic Club has lost one of its best members, one who 'although he did not often participate in the I discussions of the Club, yet ever manifest ed bv his regular attendance, his intense I interest in its welfare and in the improve j rnent of iis members. Resolved , That the members of the Shepherdstown Polemic Club, will ever retain a lively* recollection of the virtues of our deceased friend ? of his kindness ind goodness of heart ? his unostenta tious charity ? of the hand and purse even ready and open to relieve the dis tressed and needy ? of his interest in the success of the philanthropic enterprises of the day, and of his generous hospitali ty at his own fire-side. * Resolved , That in testimony of our respect for the memory of cur deceased friend, the members of the Club will wear crape on the left arm for thirty days. Resolved , That the proceedings of the neeting be published in the Shepherds town Register. Resolved , That in further testimony of uir respect, that the Club do now ad journ. HENRY BERRY, President, Joiin M. Jewett, Secretary. MARRIAGES. In Cumberland, rn Thursday the 13th inst., -apt. Jacob Van Dofcx, of ;VJartin*burg, to iis. YVitiieromt. o'i Jefferson formerly ol" Berke ev County, DEATHS. On Friday the 14th inst., Mrs. Luct Striper, onsort of Mr. James . Striiler of thi> county ind daughter ol" the late Capt. John Quigley ? i^ed years. Mrs. Strider was possessed of a truly kind, enerous, and alleciionate >fiirit, and proved lerself ever ready to lend her assistance to the tllicted and distressed. She hore the acute suflerings that preceded .'ith patience and Ohrii-tian fortitude, freely ex pressing an unshaken confidence in her blessed 'aviour. Her husband, aged mother, the Presbyterian 'hurch of which she had been several years a lember, and the whole surrounding neigh bor iood, have sustained in her early death, a great JOHN M. JEWETT, A T T 0 R N E Y AT L A W , Shepherdstown, Va. HRACT1CES in the Superior and In L ferior Courts of Jeflerson and the ad mining Counties. Collection of claims iromptly attended to. December 18, 1849. l v SLAVES FOR HIRE. T HAVE sundry Slaves, male ami female. L for hire. E. I. LEE. Dec. 18, MO. tf EOil SALE. COMPLETE & IN GOOD ORDER, 1 SWIFT'S shearing machine, for broad cloths. 1 Picker ; 1 copper Dye Kettle. 1 Condenser, (finishing.) 1 Breaker with Side Draw attached. 1 Side Draw. This machinery is second-hand, but m good condition and very good running mler. W. L. WEBB. Shepherdstown, Dec. 18. *49. 4t Free Press and Fred. Examiner copy ind send bills to subscriber. FOR HIRE. -JEVERAL valuable servants, including 0 Men, Women and Roys. Apply to the subscriber, on Christmas day at the store of Mr. W. L. Webb. JAS. S. MARKELL. Shepherdstown, Dec. 18, 1840. iit j mm: Office of the Va. and Md. /fridge Co., Shepherdstown, Dec. 18, 1840. rP 1 1 E Stockholders of said Company are L hereby notified that the annual meet ing will be held at the Town Hall, on Monday, January 7th, 1830, at 1 1 o'clock, A. M., at which time there will be an election for Seven Directors , to manage the affairs of the Company for the ensuing year. It is desirable that Stockholders who cannot attend in person should send their proxies, so that the stock may be fully represented. JOHN M. JEWETT, Secretary J a. and Md. Bridge Company. Shepherdstown, Dec. 18, 1849, 3t ALEXANDRIA IRON WORKS. rP W. R. C. SMITH, Alexandria , I . Va., execute orders for high and low pressure STEAM EXGIXES , Steam Boilers and Sheet Iron work , Ma chinery of all kinds , Mill Work , hoth wrought and cast, Soap Boil' rs, and all other Kettles and Pans , Bells of all sizes , Ornamental Railing , both wrought and cast. They keep on hand, and for sale, McCormick, Stewart. Freeborne and Da vis Plow Castings, Spout Skoes, and S.ish Weights, for builders. The valuable assortment of Gearing Pat terns owned by them, oilers a great induce ment to persons about erecting or repair ing Mills to give them a call, as they pledge themselves to furnish Castings, &c., lor Mills and other purposes, of as good a quality and on as reasonable terms as can be obtained in any section of the country. Printed lists of their Gearing patterns will be furnished on application by mail. N. B. The great saving in transporta tion via Canal, adds to the many induce ments which we are offering to those dis posed to patronize our establishment. Dec. 14, '49. T. W. R. C. S. JUST RECEIVED 171RESH Malaga Raisins in J, I ami X whole boxes. Fresh Figs. New Almonds. Citron. Very fine Goshen Cheese. Very superior Boston Syrup. W. L. WEBB. Dec. 18, 1849. 3t NOTICE. THE Property Holders of Shepherds town are particularly desired to meet at the Town Hall on Saturday, the 22nd inst., at 3 o'clock, P. M., expressly for the purp seof deciding upon the necessity of having an effective Apparatus to extin guish tire; if necessary, to devise means to procure the same. I. II. TAYLOR, Mayor. December 18, 1849. D. & S. BLACKLOCK, Grocers and Commission Merchants , ALKXANDRIA, VA., 4 HE now receiving their Winter Supplv j\ of Groceries, Wiues, Liquors, &c., which they offer for sale on accommoda ting terms, viz : New Orleans, Porto I?ico, C.iba. Loaf, Crushed, Powdered & C'tarilied Sugar ; Java, Rio, Laguyra, Maricabo and St. Do mingo ( 'offec s ; New Orleans, P. R. and Sugar House Molasses ; Gunpowder, Youn<r Hyson, Imperial and Black Teas, some very superior; Tobacco of various sires and qualities ; Principe, r.Iavanna and American Segars; Sperm, train and paint Oils, Paints; Paint, whitewash and shoe brushes ; W-hite lead, adamantine Ac mould candles; White, brown, castile, and a general as sortment of fancy soaps ; Rice, pepper, pimento, race Ginger; Nutmegs, mace, cloves, ground spices ; Sup. carl), soda, salaratus, salt pet re ; Epsom salts, alum, indigo, madder, cop peras, sal. soda, mustard ; Fools cap, letter and wrapping paper ; Garrett's Sc'h snuff, in bottles, & bladders; Rappee do in jars ; Martinique do in bottles ; Salad oil, blacking, brooms, cedar ware ; Painted horse and other buckets ; Alicant mats, grass and hemp ropes ; Leading lines, bed cords, oakum, matches; 10,000 lbs. hams, shoulders, side bacon ; 10 k''(rs lard ; 500 sacks fine and ground alum salt ; Family, superfine and extra flour ; 80 bbls. No. 3 mackerel; 125 do eastern herring ; 20 i and 4 casks Madeira, Sicily Ma deira, I'ort and other wines ; 15 baskets champagne wine, in qts. and pts. ; 20 bbls. common and ree'ed whiskey; 1 10 do old rye do, part very superior; 20 bids, N. E. ruin ; 20 do country gin; 1 pipe Holland do ; 5 bbls. peach brandy ; 15 do apple do ; 15 J and i casks Cogniac brandies. dark and pale, of superior quality ; 22 bbls. and qr. casks Am. brandy. Country dealers are requested to call and examine our stock before purchasing; and consignments of Country Produce will receive prompt attention. Alexandria, Ya., Dec. 18, 1819. NEGROJSS Toil HIM. T ITAVE two boys and a girl whom I , i wi&a to put out for the ensuing year. The boys are sixteen and twelve years old respectively ; ami the girl is fourteen ALEX. K. BOTELER. Fountain Rock, Dec. 11, 1810. -'It TO PlXNTERS AND FARMERS ! KENTISH & GO'S prepared (iuano. The subscribers having been appoint ed Agents for the sale of the above Fertil izer, are ready to receive orders for the same at manufacturer's prices, one cent per pound. Terms cash ? no charge for casks. Among many certificates, we refer to the following : 44 1 have used 2 or 3 Tons of your pre pared Guano, last year, on corn, oats, po tatoes, turnips arid wheat ? have used ev ery description of manures as well as the imported Guano, and would give yours preference to all of them for cheapness, durability, convenience ; and it increased my crops double fold. I would recom mend it strongly to all Farmers and Gar deners. May 22, MO. [signed] WM. MILLS. Leach Faim, Jamaica, L. I." 44 It renovates the exhausted lands of the South, and on tobacco and corn it is in valuable. [Signed ] KENTISH & CO. This article contains a portion of hone dust, and not a particle of sand, dirt, A;r. It can be used at all seasons and with one third thejabor of anv other fertilizer. Its effects are visible many years. It destroys rill insects, and for the poorest land re quires but 450 pounds per acre. For particulars sec pamphlets. M UN CASTE It & DODGE. Georgetown, D. C. Dec. 18, 1810. Restoration Preservation of the Jlai, BY M. WISE <fc SON OF VA.* A CARD. AT WISE & SON, findingitallogether iU. impossible to attend personally to the great number of daily applications, from all sections of the Union, for their Remedy for Baldness, and for their cele brated HAIR TONIC, have found it ne cessary to appoint a General Traveling Agent, to visit different cities and towns throughout the U. States, vesting him with authority to appoint sub-agents, use and vend the Hair Tonic, and to apply the Restorative^ and to put them into the hands of those he may appoint to operate wherever a sufficient number of patients ill any town or neighborhood shall be ob j tained. Capt. George Calvert, of Fauquier c o., \ a., is alone authorized to act as General Travelling Agent, with the powers above indicated. Capt. C. may be expected to visit as speedily as practicable the principal cities and towns of the Union. N. B. ('apt. Calvert will always have on hand a full supply of the /fair Tonic (which cleanses the head of dandruff, strengthens and invigorates the hair, and prevents it, also, from falling o if.) for ihe region of country most contiguous to his operations, or it may always be obtained, at wholesale, and forwarded to any part of ihe Union, bv addressinn the proprietors, M. W ISE St SON, Richmond, Va. DTP rice $9 per dozen each. Six bottles for S3? or one dollar single bottle. Dec. IS, 1819. Classical, Mathematical and Commercial ACADEMY. Shephcrihtown, Jefferson County, Va. rPHE Departments of Study pursued at J_ this Academy comprehend a full and ? thorough course of Instruction in the above brandies of Education. The study of Greek takes in course risk's Greek (Grammar and Exercises ; Jacob's Greek Header and the Analecta Gra?ca Majora, with particular attention throughout to the acquisition of a large copia vcrborum. In the Latin, Andrew's and Stoddard's Grammar and Kxcrcises, with Cornelius iNepos, Ca;sar, Ovid, Sallust, Virgil, 1 1 o raee, Cicero's Orations, Tacitus and Ju venal. The Mathematical Course comprises Geometry, Algebra, Plane and Spherical Trigonometry, Algebraical Geometry, Co nic Sections, the Calculus, Theory of Numbers, Navigation and Nautical As tronomy, with Spherical Projections ; Land Surveying in theory and practice, and Astronomy, including the computation of New and Full Moons, Solar and Lunar Eclipses, Transits, <fcc. In English, Heading, Writing, Arith metic, Knglish Grammar, Geography and Hook-keeping by Single and Double En try, with Declamation. Shepherdstown is pleasantly and health fully situated in the fertile and beautiful Valley of Virginia about ten miles North West of Harper's Ferry. It is conveni ently approached by the Baltimore and Ohio Hail Hoad, (within live miles,) the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, and the cen tral Valley road from Virginia to the east. Every facility for the accommodation of boarders is furnished in the Town, at rea sonable charges. Strict attention to sound morals will be paid unremittingly. Twelve current weeks constitute the School quarter. HENRY HARDY. Shepherdstown, Dec. 1811). TO U'OOL-i i no WEIiS & FAIUIEltS. WISH to call the attention of the wo(?l growers and merchants of our own aim the neighboring counties, to the various fabrics which I am now mannfacturing, and which 1 cannot but think will meet their wishes and their interests, and re spectfully request that they will call and see me at their earliest convenience. I am now manufacturing Coverlets very richly colored ; Gj lulled Kerseys; line Twilled flannels, and plaid Linsevs, all of which will compete with any in the country. W. L. WEBB. Shepherdstown, Dec. 11, '49. tf A CAB J). mifOSE persons knowing themselves 1. indebted to me are requested to call at my office and make payment, with as lit tle delay as possible, as a year lias nearly elapsed since I retired Irom business, and comparatively few have paid inc. This is to notify such persons as have not paid me, that unless they do so, I shall be coin polled to resort to legal measures. Mv office is at my residence, entrance from Church street. B. T. TOWNER. Shepherdstown, Dec. 11, '40. tf 1) Y K 1 N G . [WISH to inform the public that I ain now prepared to color any article of wearing apparel or piece work that may bo offered, such as Silk Dresses, Shaw ls, ('oats, Pantaloons and pieces of merchan dize, any shade or color. Our Dyer having had much experience in this line of business, I can recommend him with any degree of confidence. lie excepts, however, Bonnets and Ribbons, as those articles require more time ill dres sing than he can spare. Any article Left at my store by the l*t of any one month, will always be ready for delivery to the owner by the 10th of the same month. W. L. WEBB. Shepherdstown, Dec. 11, 1849 tf j 01 1 Ni i7king, Produce and Commission Merchant, OEORGBTOWN, D. C., South Side Canal, two doors liaat of the Market. A IJi orders and consignments will re ceive prompt 'attention. Grain and nil kinds ui produce bought and sold. Pro duce and goods of all kimls received oil Storage or Forwarded with despatch. I Dec. 4, 1849. OYSTERS! OYSTEBS!! mi!R undersigned would respectfully in 1 form the good citizens of Shepherds* town and vicinity, that he has opened a NEW OYSTER SALOON on German street, nearly opposite Mr. D. Enller's Hotel, where Oysters will bo served up in a manner calculated to gratify the most fastidious taste. He invites the lovers of this luxury to pay him a visit, and he believes tin y will be tempted to repeat it. 0. A. KKYfcER. ShepherdstowiH Dec. 4, . ' K m