INTELLIGENCER.
ROVNEY, PHIDAY, MAY 1S>37. ?
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ft>Wc itf authorize! to ciitiodsicc J.tS. H
. IHMSTHUXli , I'm)., as a rtr.d:d.it?- f-r r<--e- ?
lection t<> the Sliite Si-naVe f>oiii lliis Di-liicl.
From Hit \i'incf:tt!tr l'iri(iiiian.
WiKcitr.cTr.n, May till, 1S57.
Mr. Editor - ? You ar<r authorized to annonnco
that I have determined to occuoy in this Cdt
trcsiionul District the position in which a num
er of "oli! -line" democrats lia?e placid mo. a. id
that I expeel to be prison! at tl.o sc-v^rtl pianos
where the Hon Mr. Faulkner has advertised
he intendi to -speak. Very Hespeclfullv,
may C ? It. W'M. Lt'CAS.
?.?The several newspapers iu the Di?trict will
pleas* copy. W. L.
X^* Owing to the crowded state of our
advertising columns, several communica
tions will hare to lay over "until a more
convenient season."
X7~Attcntiou is directed to the adver
tisement of a Novel entitled "Henry Lyle;
or Life and Existence," by Miss Amelia
M abry att Published by Garrett, Dick &
Fitzgerald, No. 18, Ann street, New York.
Pricc One Dollar.
Town Coescil. ? The election on Mon
day last resulted in the sclcetio* of Messrs.
William Vance, William Dttets, John C.
Jhisfttd, A. IP! Kercherul, Samutl J.
Boulet, John B. Shcrrard, and Richard
A. Marshall, ns Councikucn of the town of
Romtiey for the ensuinjr year.
?jTOn Saturday, Sunday and Monday
we had' fine rain?, wbicb will prove of im
mense benefit to our farmers'. The weath
er bow is mild.
XSTWc are pleased to learn thst the
Postmaster General baa established a Post
office at French's olJ stand, to be cailcd
" Frenchburg ," on the Korth Western
grade, six miles cast of tbis place, and ap
pointed Mrs. Mary E. Caudy, Postmistress.
itST In Baltimore, on yesterday week,
Mr. Aba IIihtt sold eighty bead of the
Cattle purchased of Messrs. F. Mvrpiiy
and Jons M. Pa.vcakk, ortbis County, to
Mr. J. Geann, of Philadelphia, for six
dollars and fifty cents per 100 Ibf. gross.
?3J"We are pleased to observe that
James It. Annan, Esq , of Cumberland,
JW., has been appointed disbursing agent
for the Fort Kearney, South Poss and
Iloney Lake wagon road expedition, vice
Aza Beall, E-q., resigned.
~ tir? srry'rxct'Trrz.iJ.*? tTC hTG
pleased to learn that there is but little pro
bability of the spread of this disease in
MooreSeld. Our statements laet week were
made nun ihfortcatiou received thro*
a private letter. From a private letter da
ted the 6th, to the Editor, we make the fol
lowing extract :
"Young Wilson, lis true, bad an attack
of Varioloid, in a very mild form indeed.
He has never been as sick at any time with
it as others have been made by vaccination.
Wilson has not been confined to his bed at
any time, so l am informed by his attend
ing physician, so light has been his case. ?
He is now oonsidcred well, and wc hope,
and have every reason to believe, that there
will bo do other case here."
What we Drink. ? '-Some time ago an
Intelligent English chemist published a
work, entitled "What we eat and what w?
drink," in which he showed- the const! tu
anta of the various artieles taken into the
stomach as food or tor nutritivo purposes.
There was a great amount of useful iofor>
maiion in the volume, but it did Dot con
tain any of the following facts in relation
to what wc drink, which have recently been
presented to the public by Dr. lliram Cox,
ehemioal inspector of alcoholic liquors in
Cincinnati. He says that during two years
he has made 249 inspections of various i
kinds of liquors, and baa found moiss than
nine-tenths of them imitations, and a great
portion of them poisonous concoctions. Of j
brandy he does not believe there is one j
gallon of pure in a hundred gsllons, the !
imitations having corn whiskey for a basis, |
and various poisonous acids for tbo condi- j
ments Of wineii not a gallon in a thou- J
eand, purporting to be cherry, port, sweet
Malaga, is pure, but they nro made of wa
ter, sulphnrio acid, alum, Guinea pepper,
horso radish, awl many of them withont a
?ingle dr>?p of alcoholic ppirit. Dr. Cox i
warrants-thoro arc not ten gallons of gen- |
nine port wino in Cincinnati. In bis in- i
apection? of whiskey he ha3 fcurd only from |
17 to 20 percent, of alcoholic spirit, when
it should have 45 t j 50, and some of it
oontains sulphuric ncid enough in a quart i
to cat a bole through a man's stomach. ?
As whiskey is now tbo favorite beverage,
these facts arc worth consideration."
JfcF"Thc Whigs and Americans of Au
gusta county have nominated the following
ticket : Senate, A. A. II. Stuart ; House
of Delegates, B. Christian, N. Massio and
J. Marshall McCua.
IV The Connty Court of Morgm refus- [
?d at the last term, to grant licenses for the {
?ale of liquor. Tho Marliosbur^ Kepnbli- I
can understands tbat the action of the :
Court bai c&uscd coosiderablo cxciteracoi. |
jstm artin It. Kaufman and Thomas
T. Faustlrroy, were , pominatcd^ for (ho j
House of Delegates by tho Democratic Con- j
Tention held in Winchester on Monday Jasi. j
gZV Th* Court of Claims resumed ito !
prr>r *.Va?!:bg^n "n Urt. J
Fro. i? thr H'fnfA tsltr Virginian.
ALEXAHDHIA, L- AND II. R. EOAD.
The letter of the linn. Mr. Faulkner, iD
yonr paper uf the 22<1 ltist.. eijlls for some
remarks from me. for which I n.iist request
space i:i your opiums.
I have to say at the outset, that I have
always ?void<d saying or doing anything
ealcuiattd to hiitig the Au-xaiidiia, L:u
uuuii ?::<! ll:tnip>hire ituil ItoaJ into coii
lic'tiori with the prevailing p<?!?.ieal eon
tests. < Vrtaiuly iw!!iiii?i tins I - r.tt or is
futther fn> n u.y intent :jls. I believe I
may say the same of every mcr.Lor of the
i-'irevtory. We are as fully convinced as
Mr. Faulkner can he. of the impropriety as
! well a* 'if the incspeJiency of such a cou:se,
1 au.l ihut we have 110 right so to involve or
1 jeopard the interests of the Company.
Notwithstanding this, however, I tuust j
be permitted to say, that I remain fully j
satisfied of the justice and propriety of the i
application which, on behalf of this Com- !
pany. I have made for a portion of the ,
Public Liiinls, payable iu mail service, 1
which Congress lias been so frcety granting
to other railroads, ia the South, S*.?ulli
i west, ami North -west. The elaitns of this
I Company, as set forth in their petition, and
j in the Iteport of t!i? Committee of- 1'ublic
Lauds of the last Congress, arc in my view,
' so strong and of so peculiar a character that
j I cannot consent to the A., L. & II. Road
' being elarsed with the thousand and one
| railways all over the United States, which
Mr. Faulkner considers equally entitled to
' Congressional favor; and I must protest
j against his effort to smother the spccial
I merits of the road by uiixiug it up in pitch
| a crowd. For these "special reasons" 1
j trust I shall be pnrdoncd for continuing to
! press this application upon Congress, and
| even for cherishing the hope of yet finding
1 Mr. Faulkner ou our side.
It is very cany for gentlemen to say that
Virginia should do this, that, nnd the oih
er for the various works still uuSnished in :
tho State ; but, highly as I think of Mr.
Faulkuer's intelligence, I fear that if ho
had the management of the financial affairs
of the State in the present condition of the
i money markets of the world, lie would soon
i Hnd himself high and dry, and :hc Public
i Works also, should he have ?oibi..g to re
j ly upon but State Bonds, which cannot be
' sold at par; and if not so sold, the State
! cannot continue paving. She his already
I done nobly, and will doubtless continue her
. aid to our work as well r.s others ; but I
' truFt no good citizen wo-.il 1 b> willing to
| tax her ability ono cent beyond the de
! tnands of absolute necessity. To say that
j the State should do so and so, will njt put
j her Bonds up to par, or sustain thcui at
i that point, when large amounts are to be
! piv-s.-ed upon tho market to pay ber sub
I scriptions to her public improvements,
j I am truly happy to sec that Mr. Faulk
! ner so justly appreciates the iuiportotice of
? cvr road ; but I must suggest that merit
j without management, nowadays, creeps at
j a inuil's pace in this world, as he well knows.
' Our work, like all others in Virginia, will
' have to fight its way, step by step, and with
j untiring perseverance and energy. First,
( we must carry out toe contract which we
, have recently entered into for completing,
' equipping, and slocking the Road to Win
! ebester. This involves an addition to the
7 ^cheo'tfikTiir-in v Vm? J -P39,000 havin?
' "Ui debt ? ns ?l.y ,mPor,ant point, with
j boat for the means to achieve the far more
. difficult task of cutting through the moun
I 'ain ranges lying between if and llie coal
j fields. Tliis will call for some $o,(H>0,000
| more. \Y here is thiB immense sum to be
rr.iscd ? Mr. I'aulkncr, I fear, relics too
| much upon the State. There is .a limit to
I her ability, great as we know that to be,
; and there should bn a limit to our calls up
? on her. liiu lime has arrived when her
j true and considerate friends should he ex
j nmiuing into tuis question, and ciifjuiririsr
i whether there are not other resources to
j which we can justly turn, and by usiri"
j them, avoid the imposition of unnecessary 1
i burdi *13 npon our people. My own opin
ion, formed after much examination and !
reflection, is, that wo cannot expect the
State to subscribe to our work, in all moro
than three fifths of fivo millions. I have ;
arrived at this conclusion after due consid
eration of the present amount of State's in- ;
debtedness, the rate of taxation now impofl- !
erl, and -the amount which will be required i
for the Covington and Ohio, the Central, j
and other important works. Such beinj '
the case, Mr. Faulkner sbonid view with '
j a little more leniency, if not respect, my i
j desire to avail for tho Company, of those !
t otlie.- resources to which T have referred ; ;
| and I shall bo pardoned for objecting to i
! some of his language in this connexion, as !
1 in bad tomper and taste. ' j
I am sorry to have to say, also, that I j
fear if wo fail to get (his Land Grant, we :
shall not bo able to complete the road to ?
tho coal fields without resorting to a mort
gage loan.
Much more is upon my mind (o say,
whioli has been suggested by Mr. Faulk
ner's letter. My anxiety has been solely for
tho advancement of the work with which I
am connected. His solicitado. I fear, it moro
aroused about the political than tho finan
cial bearings of tho step I have taken. If
I have acted rashly in bjioging forward I
the application for. a- small portion of the
public lands, I lmvo finned in a very large
and intelligent company, as will appear by
looking over the names attached to the pe
titions in its tavur from Mr. Faulkner's Dis
trict. If he docs not think me worthy of
moro rcspcctful epithets than ho has used
to characterize my proceedings, he should,
at least bo courteous to hja constituents, '
who linvo binned in like manner, in Lack- !
ing up my "absurd" application by their i
numerous and urgent petitions. And in |
closing this communication, permit me to j
express my astonishment at the manner iu ;
which Mr. Faulkner has thought proper to '
allude to the application. lie was before '
the Committee of Public Lands but or.ee, |
while the subject was under consideration! ,
and stated that every man, woman and j
child in bis District was for the road, j
aud, os I understood, for the Grant of I, and '
as proposed. LKWIS McKOZIJS. !
Alexandria, April 27, 1857.
/t3T Mr. Jamks JNkwuam is the contrac
tor for the construction of the Road from j
New Crctk Depot to Piedmont. Wo un
derstand this Road will bo completed by
tho 1st of August.
? _
jfcirTbc chinch bng hps made its ap
pearance jn Chesterfield and Amelia coun
ties, this State. It is said that they aro
doing their work of devastation with sav
age ferocity.
A THEOLOGIAN ON SLAVERY.
A tiow Work. entitled "Tho American
Chilli." by, To!.i, II. Hopkins, D.D.. LL.L>?
lJisht.p of the i'rotvstant Kpiscopal Church
in the Diocecc of Vermont, contains (says
the Natchez. Courier) language xjuitc unu
sual for so high a latitude, on tho subject
cf slavery, which he maintains to be scrip
turally lawful, anil he asserld that "the
most violent opponents of slavery in the
United States are always ready to wrest
the Hible anil denounce t!:o Church be
cause they cannot derive frotn either the
slightest rial support in their assaults a
g.iinst the lawfulness of the institution." ?
Concerning its expediency and desirable
ness, he argues that '"tho slaves at the
South are, on the whole, the happiest class
r;f laborers in the world, and the most con
tented with tbeir ovrn condition and bo
declares that- "all true philanthropy rejoi- ?
[ ees, and will rejoice, in the fact that Soulh
i era slnvory has raised the Afiiean far n
? bove his original condition, auu enabled
; bin: io j.laut llie noble colony of Liberia."
; lie adds :
j "What sort of beuevoletico is that which
' would prefer tliat the noble colony of Libe
j ria lin>] never existed, and that tho negro
j race should have lived and died in all the
j cruel and bloody despotism of Dahomey
i rather than bccoinc fitted, in the hamta of
i their Southern musters, to dispense the
S knowledge of God, of liberty, and of civi
| ligation throughout the darkest regions of
I barbarism ?
I "For myself, I can truly say that I have
I no sympathy with those who depreciate the
negro race below tho true standard of hu
manity. I repudiate with all my heart the
iuGilcl hypothesis which denies that Ood
hath made of one blood all the nations of
i the earth. I believe that the negro is ca
i pable of nil the improvement of mind and
| moral principle which education can be
j stow, and am ready to welcome every proof
: which individual cases have afforded of his
I genius and his powers ; but I do not admit
I that slavery is the cause, in itself, of either
j moral or intellectual degradation, if the
! master be not morally aud intellectually
| desraded. The greater part of the instruc
, tors of youth, in the palmy days of Greece
j and Rome, wore slaves. Ksop was a slavo ;
the philosopher ICpicteltis was a slave. A
: large portion of the primitive Christians
| were slaves ; end assuredly there is 110th
. ing in the mere bond compelling one to
j labor for another, which opponts the love
j of virtue and of truth. On the contrary,
j if tho master be a good man, the (-fleet of
sneh n bond must be to elevate the char
} netcr of its subject ; and tho hardship on
I the one side, in the obligation to servo, is
. n:orc than equalled on the other in being
! obliged to n:aintain tho servant through
I every change of circumstances."
for the Intelligencer.
COL. MONROE'S CARD.
I In the fast Arg'is. Col. Mouroe, (he
; Democratic candidate for the Senate, pub
| !;s!io.? a card, Entering into tho histoyti.vf
? Railroad enterprise in Ilamps*-'* .^rnftclf
i Col. Monroe hail cuUr-^i'Orrt?i intention ally i
I pvTirrsp^j'ought not to have done iucidcn
j tnl injustice to other*. Col. Monroo ha?
| conferred upon. Col. . ['arsons and Mr.
i Kercbeval peculiar honors which neither
j gentleman, I am well assured, is ambitious
j to claim or to nccept.
Are not Mossrs. I'owell, Pcrrill and Gib
j son ? one and all as good IIaii.road sirn
as Col. Monroe? Has not. Mr. Armstrong,
Col. Monroe's opponent for the Senate, dis
' played equal devotion and zeal, touching
: tiiis question, with that of Col. Monroe
' himself?
I Truth if, the question of appropriation
to the Loudoun and Hampshire Railroad
is every thing to this county. It over-rides
pur'y names and considerations, and the
1'nilroad men of (lampshiro owe to them
selves the selection of the beat men offered
for the Legislature, laying aside every
consideration of party, private and personal
regard. Tho writer of tljis article intend
ing to voto for Col. Monroe, that gentle
mr.n may well suppose that his simple in
tention is, in this instance, to do
JUSTICE.
Romvky. May 4th, 1857.
Editors of the jlrgus and Jnlrlligenctr :
Oentlxhm After consultation with
scveial members of our Hail lload Com
mittee, I am advised to say. in reply to a
card lately published ovrr the signature of
"Harbock," that the county of Hampshire
lias no prefcrcnco to express concerning
the place where the Rail Rosd Convention
Mull be held. That is left entirely to the
convcnicnce and interest of North Wes
tern Virgiuia.
I nm, very respectfully. yours,
AND. W. KKRCHEVAI?.
Chairman R. R. CommUtet.
Tnr. Gold Mine or the \Voj?,d. ? The
Sacramento Union of a recent date has a
remarkable account of the yield of a Cali
fornia gold lead. The editor says bis at
tention was called to a small leathern sack
in the ofTico'of the Orleans .Hotel. At tho
request of one of the owners, Mr. Daniels,
we with much difficulty succeeded in lift
ing it from the floor. It was filled with
gold, which was being taken to the TJ. S.
llranch Mint at San Francisco. Every
two weeks two or'fhree cf tho proprietors
of what is known as tho "Allison Lead,"
in Nevada County, pass through this city
for tho mint, with a similar "pile." Thin
time Mr. Daniels thought there was in the
sack not much more than fifty thousand
dollars ? the yield of the fortnight general
ly being from s:::ty to ninety (hftusnn!
dollars. The reason of the sh"r(n?9* of tic
amount this time is, that they are able to
crush only about one half the quartz which
they had taken out and had lying at their
mill. The weekly yield of tho mine is
therefore in the neighborhood effort)- thou
sand dollars, which is tho income of five
men. This is the richest gold lead yet
discovered in California, and in tho world
so far as we have any knowledge. The
most remarkable feature i3 that it has been
Sradually increasing in richness with its
evclopmcnt, and that from present indi
cations it is iticxbaustiblo."
? tiW It appears that tho receipts into the
United States Treasury for the quarter
ending April 1st, were nearly ?20,500, 000,
of tjhich $19,000,000 were from customs
andovtr $1,000,000 from tho sale of pub
lic lands. Tho expenditures during tho 1
period amount to $ 1 7,250,000.
THE B. AMD Or B. &. BIOT. j
lu consrouenco of au order for sealing j
tho dfcors of merchandise cars to prevent J
tbc abstraction of small packages which, it
is said, frequently occurs, which took ef- |
feet on Monday of lust w?t k, oo the Balti
more and Ohio railroad, a large number of '
the conductors refused trt comply with the i
regulation, allowing that it *at an imputa
tion upon their honesty. and asking of tlipm j
too great a responsibility. Tbc plan re
quires the conductors of tbc sealed cara to
givo a rcceipt for them as thej are taken
from their point of departure, and tbc agent
at their destination receipts to tbo conduc
tor for them on their arrival.
The first demonstration to resist the or
der of the company was made at Martins
burg, on Wednesday night of last week,
where the conductors tallied in force and
undertook to stop tbe operations of the road
by violence. Such was the opposition
made in Baltimore city ou Thursday morn
ing that only two out of seven trains were
able to start for the west. These trains
were attacked at eeveril points along tbe
road, and availed with atones, Ac., but fi
nally succeeded UJ getting through.
The company Then made a requisition
Upou Governor Ligon for authority to or
ganize a force sufficient to protect the com
pany aud insure the uninterrupted passage
of the trains. The Governor replied by
giving them unlimited authority to organ
ize or cause to be organized a sufficient
military force to protect the officers of said
trains in the discharge of their duties, and
ordoring all civil and military officers of
tbe State to co-operate with them.
Armed with these great powers the com
pany started a passenger and mail train
from Baltimore, on which was tho sheriff
and a posse of armed men. They pro
ceeded on to Jackson's Bridge, where the
train was assailed by a volley of stones,
which was returned by a volley of mus
ketry, which soon dispersed that crowd. ?
Three quarters of a mile further on they
found a party of men on either side of a
deep cut, who commenced rolling down the
embankment, on to the cars, large heavy
rocks. The sheriff and his men fired upon
thcm: and it is thought shot several, as they
were seen to stagger and fall.
Governor Ligon, on Saturday, pro
ceeded to Baltimore, and issued a procla
mation calling upon all good and loyal cit
izens of the State to aid in the maintenance
of the law aud in bringing to punishment
thoso engaccd in this open contempt of au
thority. ITe also ordered out the 1st Light
Division of Maryland Volunteers, a portion
of whom startod with a train West. At
Locust l'oint Junction they came in col
lision with tho rioters, a regular battle en
sued, in which a number of the rioters were
killed and wounded.
On the relurn of the train, which was
'after night, when about two miles of Mt.
Clare depot, they run with great violence
upon a short T rail spiked down upon the
track. The engine was thrown off the
track ; tearing up the rails and sleepers,
and dashed down an embankment, a crush
ed and broken mas?. The tender and five
cars followed, and were nil broken to pie
ces. The military, *nd a largo number of
persons on the train made a remarkable
Myifijiffjlr lL ? l?a.vln? received
The President of the company Tua offer
ed a reward of a thousand dollars for tho'
j arrest and conviction of the parties who
placed tho obstruction on the road on Sat
urday night, or of those who may horeaf
Ur do so ; and a reward of $500 is offered
for the arrest and conviction of tho assail
auts on the trains.
At Piedmont, in this county, the con
ductors also rebelled, but by tho cnergetic
action of tho Rail Road officers there, tjui
ct was soon restored.
Quiet has at last been restored ? a com
promise having been effected, tho exact
terras of which we do not know. The
trains aro now running regularly.
Prrntioeas a Lroturer. ? We perceive
that Georgo D. Prentice, Esq., bas been
lecturing at Hartford, Connecticut. His
subject, was, "TLe Political Aspect of the
Country." The Hartford Free Prett gives
the following as a passage of the discourse :
"The nation is bristling all over with re
pugnancies. Who shpli arrest these evils?
The race of statesmen, of giants, has de
parted, and no successors appear. We
lrave public men in abandunce, but no
statesmen. Three- fourths of them are
reckless demagogues, who regard first them
selves, and then ? nothing. Across the
polished brass of their souls not the most
distant thought of the good of the country
ever flits. There ia hot enough of moral
courage in a hundred politicians to stiffen
ouc upper lip ! They dare not stand np
and say their souls are their own, or, if
they do, they append a "subject to tho
Constitution" and tho "majority." Back
bonclesa, tbey stand op like empty bags,
or basely prostrate themselves at tho feet
of faction, instead of being leaders of the
multitude. They represent only the pot
house and tho club room. It is easy to
flatter our national vanity, but the truth
must be told. Tho North and the South
are piling np combustibles which the light
ning may fitc!"
Foukion Emiokatiow. ? The statistics of
emigration at the port of Ne?r York, for
tho last three months, as compared with
that of tho corresponding months in 1856,
aro as follows :
The emigration for tbo month of March
j in tho prcseul year would have bow mnoh
larger, remarks tho Philadelphia News, if
there bad been vessels enough at Liver
pool to accommodate the emigrant* Wish
ing to take nassacrc. An immeoso number
are now waiting ?t that port to come over.
The propped now is, that the emigration
for 1857 will be almost as largo as that of
1854 (the largest on record,) when not
less than 230,000 foreigners wero landed i
in New York.
iSyJons T. V ickroy, Ksq., has been
daly nominated as the Dcmocratio candi
date for Major of Piedmont. John W.
Bruco has announced himself M.sn inde
pendaot candidate. Tha eloctLoa was held
on yesterday.
March,
January,
February,
1866. 1857.
1.244 5,880
2.221 4.321
4,584 8.315
f,152 13,080
S ? W 3 OF THS DAY
The entire amount of pubiio lands e?!d
and located iu Wisconsin is about 10,000,- j
000 acres The Philuticlphin county j
prison, it is ?aid, receives within its walls :
upwards of 14,000 inmate* annually, or an t
average of mora tlian 40 a day In
Madison county, Ky.t the mules aro 6uid j
to he dying in largo number* from mur- j
rain Antrum, charged with forging
land war-ants, ia Wctiel county, has b'.'en
admitted to bail The Mutual Insurance
Company of Allegany county, M?l., insur
ed property during the past year to tl.c
value of $187,6 14. The only loss sustain- j
ed by fire, for the same period, it is stated,
was three dollars and fifty cents It is
said that a process has been discovered of
making ratau flexible and clastic like whale
bone. It is cheaper and better than whale
bone for many purposes A skirt has !
been made foralaJy in Philadelphia, which j
contains 331 yards. It is rather hard j
"getting round" that story The Savan- j
nah Republican says that tho number of
vetted engaged in tho slave trade be
tween Cuba and Africa is no less than 150.
The total number of ocoffcs landed at
Havana during the year 1856 was 4,967.
So fir this year 2,616 have beeu landed.
It is said that 3,000 slaves were sold
and removed from Virginia last year, and
2,000 moro escaped The State Peni
tentiary, at Huntsville, Texas, is now turn
ing out an average of seventeen hundred
1 yards of cloth per day In China, if a
young man iB not married by the time he
is 20, he is drummed out of town
The Frenchman cats roast horse, the Chi
naman eats roast rat. and the New Zealan
der cats roast missionary...... -The Grand
Jury of Allegany county, Md., made 56
presentments during its recent session
A prime artiele of beef is selling in tho
Wilmington (N. C.) market for 25 cents
per pound The Jackson Miesissippian
contradicts the report, so widely circulated,
"that the laws of Mississippi ha vo been sent
to Hoston to be printed." The Nation
al I nUUigencer , says, that Rich Silver Ore,
is found in that portion of Mexico, pur
chased by the Gadsden Treaty A biog
raphy of the late Lewis F. Linn, formerly
U. S. Senator from St Louit?, is to be pub
lished in & few days An old man nam
cd George Wilson and Lis sister were found |
murdered on Friday Inst, iu their bouse,
near MeKcesport, Allegheny couuty, Fa.
The bodies of the two victims were horri
bly cut and gashed. Charlotte Jones, a
niece of Mr. Wilson, was subsequently *t
rested. and implicated two men. one of
them litr own brother. The husband of
Mrs. Jones and anion named .Stewart have
I also been arrested, and spots of Moid found
on their clothes, and the watch of Mr. Wil
son on the person of Mrs. Jones, who says
they robbed the murdered man of g 1 50.
...The Wheeling (Vn.) Times says that a
short time since a man keeping a grocery
in the vicinity of Fairvicw, Va., sonic dis
tance out on the National lload west came
I to Wheeling and bought a barrel of molas
ses. lie took it home and commenced re
tailing it in sn-.all quantities to his custom
ers, all of whom were attacked with sT
strango sort of sickness, from which how
ever, they speedily recovered. No one
could ncr.ount, for ?= ' 'cTrt , ? t*11
,ue iiioiussesiOTrrl was pretty well drain
ed and the iieud knocked out of it, when
the whole coniinuitily was astonished ac the
discovery of a negro child, about eight duja
j old, inside the barrel. The child was ly
ing in i ho bottom of tho barrel in a state of
j partial putrefaction We heard, says
the Bnslon TravtKer, an incident the other
! day which may be worth relating. An
j extensive paper making firm at tho East
ward had long been in search of a pure
spring of water, of sufficient volume to sup
ply the wants of the interior of their mill.
After a long search they found the desiieu
object upon the estate of n neighboring
farmer, and the shrewdest of the firm was
sent to negotiate its purchase. The farmer, j
when approached upon the subiect. nut on I
| a knowing look, at (he same time remark
j ing, "Friend, I know you wont that spring
I badly, and I run going to take ailvautagc
: of it.*' "Well," said the man, "what is
j your price ?" "I shall pot it on strong ;
i you needn't expect to get an easy trade,"
said the farmer, gradually preparing hid
purchaser for the exorbitant demand he
supposed he was about to mr?kc. "I shall
not take a cent less than $'200 for that
spring, and you may have it or leave it."
Greatly to the astonishment of tho eld
gentleman, the paper dealer, without t!:S
i least baggliug or even a wry look, at once
j clinched tho bargain and paid the money.
That spring of water oouM not now be
purchased for twenty thousand dollars.
Living in Kansas is costly at present.
Hoard is said to bo $2 and in some cases
$3 per day The Presbyterian church
at Uniontown, Pa., was destroyed by fire
on the 22d ultimo The coffeo crop of
Costa Uica will yield but a very small a
mount, as all men are drafted into tho army,
and the women are gathering the crop
President prquiza, of the Argentine re
public, bas a cattle .herd that yields him
balf a million a year. There are 300,000
oattlo ^.Th?: aggregate exports from the
United State* to China, daring the last ten
year*, were $20,046,052, and the imports
thcnce $82,155,836. For the year 1855,
tho account stood, Jgxporta $1,719,429,
Imports $11, 048, 726... ....The Pittsburg
Gazette says that in the procession which
escorted Mr. Buchanan to the Capitol on
the day of his inauguration, Mr. Bernhisel,
of Utah, was one of the. Marshals. It is
supposed that this ohoicc was intended to
be a sort of oounterpoise in the social scale,
Mr. Buchanan having no wife, and Mr.
Bernhisel having nine Hart, the sculp
tor, who has long been industriously at
work in France, has completed an inven
tion for takiog portrait busts, by tho use j
of which the measurements are accurate,
and a likeness taken tuoro correctly than
by photogzaphic [irons*. A company in
hngland has paid ?50,000 for the us^Kof
the patent Tho American Medical As
sociation assembled en the 5th inst. nt
Nashvillo, Tennessee Tho New
Orleans Crosccot says : ? Wo arc in
formed that an old man, with a mind re
ligiously diseased, who had boon sent to
Charity Hospital to be treated for a body
I also diseased, n day or two sinco enlarged
his mouth to twice its natural size, by hook
ing his fingers into it at each end, aud tear- i
ing away liko a good fellow ! Iliswrcascn
for this was that his mouth was not large |
enough for tho glory that was in him, and ]
ho wished to praiso tbo Lord with double '
tho strength of voico allotted to mortals in j
Sjoeral Thomas H. CampheH. Esq., of (
ottoway, has been elected President of ;
the South 8ido Railroad for tho uooxpired !
portion of Pretident Psnnill's tisoe which i
Wt? tiil aext KevnoaW.
BY LAST NIGHT'S MAIL.
?VTIie steamship Europa arrived nt
Halifax on Tih?!ay with Liverpool dates
| to Saturday, 2."?th ult. Lord Elgin h?d
left for China The Chinese on the Island
of Borneo hud tnass:.crod several Europe
ans. The slaughter was aretlgcd by the
killing of two thousand Chiucse. The Nenf
chalcl difficulty was finally settled, and the
Spanish -Mexican quarrel in process of pa
cification.
Messrs. Richardson & Spcnec quote Bal
timore and Philadelphia flour at 'JSd.uZUS.;
Ohio 30s. a 31s.
Wheat is steady ? red 7s. 10d a8s. Gd.;
vrhite 8s;- bd. a 9j. 3d. for choicc; mixed
Corn 82s. Gd ; yellow 33s.; white 35s.u3Gs.
Load IIolsk Wasiikd Away. ? The load
S house of the Barton mine?, formerly the
I.onaconing ConI and Transportation Coin
j pany's mines, together with the office, lo
! latcd at Burton, immediately on (iecrge's
; creek, were washed away by the flood ia
I that strorun on Moaduy night. The loss
su3i!*?ned will, perhaps, reach four or five
hundred dollars. ? UumL. Tilcrjruph.
Li:ckt Editor. ? It is currently reported
and verily believed that, William Wcfccr,
Esq., editor of thff Cumberland Albanian,
j has had tendered him a post in the Custom
I House at Baltimore, with a salary of
I eighteen hundred, or two thousaud dollars
j per annum. He is a lucky man. ? lb.
Csntr4l (Virginia) Railroad Bonds.
? Tiie Richmond Dispatch states that the
President of this Company has succeeded
in negotiating a sale of the whole of the
bonds of their last mortgage now in the
Company's hands, at $75. This furnishes
the Company with means to carry on their
work to Jackson's river, which is expected
to be done by the 1st of July.
^9*Dams Nos. 4 and ii on the Chesa
peake & Ohio Canal have both been so
much damaged in the past two wcoks, that
the probability is that but little coal will
roach tide water by means of the Canal this
year. The Canal is of no advantage to any
one, ? the company and boatmen arc con
tinually suffering great pecuniary loss.
?3TT\io White Sulphur Springs, the
Richmond Whig nnnonnccs, have been
positively sold for ?000,000.
?5Tln Washington, on Saturday after
noon last, near the navy yard, tv.c little
boys aged about six j'cars, were playing
marbles. During this exercise they quar
reled, when one of tliein (who were a boot)
kicked his companion in the pit of the
Ftomach which caused death shortly after.
The little lad thus hurried into the fipiilt
land was the son of Mr. Jas. McFarland.
Sunday morning last the Ex
! press engine ran off the track at No. 21,
| and was detained sometime. The bnggige
' car was damaged considerably. ? Piedmont
! hidepeniltut, May G.
[ Ma:; Kili.ud. ? A man l?y the name of
| Dugan was killed hi New Creek Depot on
j Sunday morning last. It appears that lie
was on a hand car. which was attnehed to
1 r ? =* ? ttjiv to tho wreck at No.
( 21, and tint -rrnr-rcver strtrci;-Tmn umt
; knocked hi:n off on the track. Either the
j stroke or the fail m> giutmcd him that he
I did not get off before two tonnage trains
, passed over him and out him literally to
[ pieces ? lb.
Foontain of Bi.ood i.v a Cavern. ? E.
0. Squiers' notes on Central America de
scribe a wonderful effusion of a fluid re
sembling blood near tho town of Vitud, in
I the Stato of Honduras. It appears that
i there is continually oozing and dropping
j from the roof of a cavern there a red liq
i quid, which upon falling coagulates so as to
| precisely rescmblu blood. Like bluuu it
corrupts, insects deposit their larvse in it,
' and dogs and buzzards resort to the csv
eru to eat it. Attempts have been made
sevoral times to obtain boiiio of this liquid
for analysis, but in all eases without suc
cess. in cODScquence of its rapid decompo
sition, whereby tho bottles containing it
were broken.
? M4T Wc happen to know that I)r. Ay
i bk's Cherry IWtoral and Cathartic Pills
| aro good medicines, and shall proclaim it
| because wc do know it. Wo confidently
! believe there is a vast amount of relief from
' pufferincr for our aHiictcd fellow men wrap
[ poi up in tiicsc skilful preparation?, aud
i we shall freely use our little influence to
| make thcui known to those who need thein.
| ? Philadelphia Sandfly Times.
i Holloicay't Pillt. ? Delicate femslcs, who
! suffer from those peculiar disturbances of
i the system incident to the gentler sex, will
find in these Pills a safe remedy for all the
functional disorders under which they may
labor. Acting specifically upon the local
irregularity, and generally upon the sys
tem, this comprehensive remedy will simlu
taneously removo the immediate causo of
suffering, and invigorate all tho bodily or
gans which have been affected by sympa
thy therewith. In the thrca most pqriloas
phases of femalo existenoe, viz., the dawn
of womanhood, tho pqriod of maturity* and
what is termed "tho change olKfe," the al
terative and restorative properties of these
Pills rendqr them indispensable to the fee
bler sex. . * - .
f Harriet
At Alexandria, on the 5th inst., Mr. Eooak
Skowde*, Jr., of the Alexandria Gazette < to
Mrs. Clarcnck Powiu, of that city.
<2 be markets.'
Circular oj prictt in the Buliimorc Market for th
wtek ending May 6, lrt67. J
Krporlcd expressly for tlic "InlcJiigcr.cc;''/ j
RANDOLPH h I.ATIMKU, / J
No. GG, South Street , Bo why'* W ha I
FLOUR. ? The demand is moderate a<
ceipt", light and the rcccnt advance is w?
tained ? advices from Europe arc favorably
quote Howard Street $6 50 to $6 621
Milts gf? 37 to ?6 50 per bbl.
VVIIKAT. ? With tight receipts and m
demand -prices have p,n active tendencjj
quote inferior to good Reds at St 40 to(M
toprnnc #160 to $160; inferior
j?l 50 to 31 CO : good to prime ?1
CATTl.K. ? The odering on Thu?
was about 600 head. 6C0 of which we*
#5 50 to $6 75 on the hoof, eqnzl to
$12 00 null.
HOGS.? Sale* at $9 00 to #9 50.
BACON. ? We quote Shoulders at 9J
Hams plain at It a 13 cts ; Fancy do.
cents; Side* at 11 a 12 cent*.
CORN ? Receipts liefit and marketj
We quote White at 70 to 73 cent* ;
to 75 ccnts.
DRIED FRUIT. ? We quote App|
W to $\ 75; tifipared fo 75 th ??') i
?i pared at f3 00 to g5 00 ; unpared 1
?C0V.ER8EF,KD..-A1 87 P0to<
RYE. ? S*Us of 85' to #0 eta.-, Trnl.mtut
Weatern Virginia ?t 90 to Met*. ; .
OAT8.~8al-? of Ml . at 50 to Mttritd Pa./
ami Western Va . 66 to 53 cents.
SN AKtHOOT. ? Senaca 60 < Virgin
ia 20 a 25 ct*.
BUTTER ? Receipts light' n>id dcan?Bd active.
Wc quote Western at 12 to 14 ct?.; Coir.cioo
Roll at 12 to 14 cU.; Gladrs at IB tu 25 cU ; Coo#
at 20 to 25 ct?.
WOOL. ? Unwashed at 24 to 26 (U.; Waihed
at 3$ to 39.
GINSANG. ? Sales of 45 tok50 cent).
Winchester Market, April 29
Flour'. S5 ?2 a 85 75 ; Wl.eat. tfl Kagl 19^
Corn, 50 a 52 cents; Hy?, 69 cents; Oata, 87fc
rents ; CloY?r?eed, $8 50 a S9 uO ; flaxseed ,
| ill 25; Bacon? 'Hair.3, llja 12J ctnta.. ? Virj.
PUBLIC SALE!
WTfjfj be sold on tlic premises, at pub
lic miction, to tbo highest bidder, on ths
2Sd <lity of this month, Hot No. in th*
town of Jtowney, bcSig the tot whereon.
Michael Eodler now rfcsvlcjr, ft ad formerly
the residence of Johr.lEnaler, de'ft|d.
There is cn buid lot) a coaiforlabld
DWELLIKO HOUSE,
with necensarv ont biildinp, a BLACK
SMITH S SHOP, and a WAGON MA-"
K 10 It'S SHOP. ?
Tekms. ? One third iqftflEh and the re*-"
idue in one iiud two yj* with iotercar
from the day of nale. *o purchaser giv
ing bond and security 4 a deed of trutt.
on the premises to scctf the deferred pay
meats. WMDAVI8. and
HE?Y ENDLER.
Executor* ojnhn Endlcr, dec'd l
May 8. 1857.
" TURNPIKffO tice 1
To the subscribers to Fpaont and New Creek
Turnpike : i '
The first instalment/ tweniy-five per ccnt.
will be called in on owtbn the I6th in?t.
JOSEPH CicCARTY. Chairman
may 8, 1867. I Cuiulructing Commilltt.
A Word to and Others!
I Am prepared toprdeis for all bind* of I
ron. Steel, An j Bellows, Vices, Stock*
anil Dies, and all otjrticlrs used in ycur uade,.
at remarkably lowrfc. Call at
JaKI.ES h. CRU.M'S
CatA HardtoOrt Star*.
Winchester, majlS57.
Shoemakp, Attention !
Ill A V F, on hnrfiil assortment of G J. ITER
cud SHOE If. IIS, which I A in enabled
to sel! at Ualtimr+iccs for caih. Also. a full
B cf Morocco, French Calf
wling Skins, l-?s!j. Boot
, NaTb, Urutles, Wax. Sit
!es. at
(HAHLES L. CRUM'S
Cat ft Hardua rt Store -
1S57.
assortment of a:!
Skins, Lining an
T rccs. Tacks. 1 i
at extremely low
Winchester, rr|
I7IRUINIA,
Joseph Pancoast
ants, against
Samuel A. Pane
Keitcr, Hugh
James 1). A
,T : I" the Circuit Court
of llampnhi unly, April 15th, 1867
ill P.lnr.inct Fnmi-i M-r'. . -
[jajiics file Gee, complaiA
hoberl B. Sherrard, C?;org?
K'aine. Pamuel D. Brcdy.
? P.ng. John Hiett, Robert
White, John ?ite, Alfred P. White, and
William A. VI defendant*.
IK CHSXCERY.
Amonc; olheiw1. it is further adjudged, or
dered and deer#* !?''? c?nsc be referred to
, Master Couuui* Kern to audit and state th?
i claims upon SJ^- P?ncoastin the bill refer
| red to, \Jiich 3* upon his property, what
I have been paij piioriliei of tr.e diil'crent
j liens, noon KfH* 9- ?"y porlion thereof,
! amT saIirM?^iP,u"'8,oncf is or?< red to oon
! vetie nil il.c jjonccrned by publication ud
' eraininc any uPon c?th touchifi?j
' the m&tters r<f'? ?'??, and report si! matter*
specially v.hiFa>' deem pertinent, creitbar
party may rernc*u,'',>? an account of tt*
saics of real frsonal properl y ai:d the funda
arising froi*,arn<*. an'' said ? ? Mister*
Commiasioif "eted to report his procecd
'inrs tolfler'01 of this court. -
"" A &pyj'- __*? B. WHITE, e. c.
? (Commissioner's Ornc*. \
I / ftomnry, -l/A May, 1857. /
Alr-hef concerned in tlie above order,
are i+jiii/^onvcne my Otfice. in Soni
ney,.w Jr*"!/, Me 101k day of Junt, 18G7.
thatJSci;fu1? and place I have appointed
to fiu, fce Into n<r. ---? : ^
the
by
lay, the lOlU day of Jung 1857
^ Place fh{vc apVfi
tiAnH th e"cc-, ar.d :n order thereto
pr<Hiuce such papsr, and
ty be necessary.
JOHN KEEN, in..
Com misticner.
of
on.
Joll.j
of t?;
to
to wjt: In Hie Circuit Court
1 r 15 hire county, April 131b, 1S67.
Jfne? -PP. complainaDt, against
jjm < Joseph Snyip, Robert Bnapp, Wil
app, Cunningham ana Rhods
,Yis tc tioapn, GtftIM Allen ami Mary
"i- lien, ch.luren of Diana: Allen, late
ill .v deceased, Arthur T- Fitch, end
lane his wif?. late Margaret J. Wol
1 Joseph 8. Wolver'on, children of
! vert on, d?"e'd.. late flnatip. defend
IN CHABCERY.
icoroing on to be heard thia IStJi day
r, when amonc other things, it was"
]e Court that Master ComruissioEer
T., will enquire and report the came*
f Cynthia Jane Snapp, dee'd., and
IV, or the said land in the billaadpro
CCCl itioncd which Cynthia Jane Snapp
,lie, f. each of said fieirs is entitled. ?
An Commissioner is -bo especially di
- jnire as to Rhoda Cunniueham bnd
gham, her husband, whether they
1,^ iot, and if Mid Rhoda be dead wheth
er alter ber husband, and whether tb*
Mj eft any children or other descendant*. -
yt pose the said Commissioner Ke-n,.
wj ore him such witnesses as bt may
tb r and if necessary tall for information
tj, on in one or not* newspapers to bo
him, and Commissioner Kern will re
vm next term ?f this court.
R -Teste, J. B. WHITE, c. e.
CoMttrsMoNKR's 0/ricr,\
Aoswey, 4th May, 1867. /
icaiotemted.are hereby notofcd that
] Dinted Friday, tha 12M day of Jvrrt,
y Office, In Romncy, to eteeate the
r, at which lime and place they fir*
? produce the nceei*ary testknoji*. -
JOHN KERPT, Jfir,
1857. Commiitimtr:
",T: In lh* Circuit~CoSJt :
P?mpjbiW cotinty, April lHh, 1357.
Ch.ab*,1^ complain, nt> againat
ifc WnK' Iv"r?.Trouf' A Cha^bw
fee, wnfTan, Var>dtv?r, John T rc*ie?
" tf^,Ter- **'<<', J*rnt3<?:
t Mkwlon' of
llr v in ' ?tke'd'? ?">* fit Bank of
P ty in > irpnia, defendants.
VHJNCER7
/"i'si-r w ?" to <hl* 'Hfc d it
Lh ln.,1? ,monf <1htT IMr.gs, ?b?
plh ttftr IMt caaM fo joh? Kern, Jr
l*^.OBcr, who m directed to arcrrtain iki'
,?i ?>< ?A?(rt?of th? mi ?!
in procecdinei mentioned, aft? any and a)l<
Ipori sa<<1 ml estate. their ameent, and <h*
ly of auch liens, and said Commissioner it
ed to call before him the partic? hereto i^d
Editors claiming to have liens upon said
Mate, by notiee of (he time and plfke of
k the accounts above directed, published in
hevrspaper printed in Romnay far at least
?accssive weeks, sncli notice to be f<]v>w
k personal scrvice upon tba parties a;.d to*
| his proceedings hereunder to the ne*t tem?
I court. . A eopy? Tests.
J. Tt> WHHTC,.* ?.
CoMNissroRKK'f Or*re*.V
Romnty, 4/A May. 18R7. /
parties to this suit and *11 creditors elslm?
have lit upon th? rrsl estate of Benja
?w lings, are hereby notified that I have ap?
I SaivrHty, fkt lUAdf ofjitm, ?M7, ate
foe in ttoroneyk to-exeeuto.ttia above or
len and where they will afmaar Vlth soch
my as they saay de*? JKGjwtr