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REFLECTIONS,
PULPIT ELOQUENCE.
Such rs meliorate the heart,
Compose the passions, and exalt the mind"

Philosophy confines ITS veiws to thi.
world principally. endeavors to sat.
isty man with the groveliug Joys ot
earth, till he returns To that earth from
which he was taken. Christianity
takes nobler flight. Her course is
directed towards immortality. Thither
she conducts her vo,ary, and never
forsakes him, till, having introduced him
into the society of angels, she fixes his
eternal residence among the spirits o!
the just Phil isophy can only heave a
sigh after Immortality. Eternity is tn
scars on conjecture's trembling wing
Above -bereath -around-is an un-
fathonabIe void aud doubt, uncertain
ty %, despair, are the result of all her
inquiries. Christianity on the other
hand, having furnished unnecessary in
formation concerning life, with firm and
unIannted step crosses deaths narrow
is.hmus, and hoIGly launches forth into
that dreadful inturity which borders on
1t. Her path is marked with glry -
The once dark and dreary region light
ems as she approaches it, and benignly
smiles as she passes over it FaIth
follows where she advances, till reach
iug the summit ofthe everlasting hills,
an unknown scene of endless varieties
OF ,veline and beauty presents itself,
over which the ravIshed eye wanders
without cloud To dim or limi; Ia OBJ
siruct it's sight. In ihe midst of this
scene, rendered Iu'nin"ns bv the glory
which covers it :, tho citadel--the palace,
tie Mrone of GOi pears. Tees i!
life wave their ambrnsial tops around
it rivers OF salvation issue from be-
meath 1t; before 1t angels touch their
harps of living melndy, aud saints in
sweet response breathe forth to the list
enIng heavens their graceful songs. The
breezes Of paradise wait The symphony,
and the pendant sky directs il to the
earth. the redeemed 81 the Lord catch
the distant sound, and sudden rapture.
Ills the voice of departed friendship
friendship, the less of which they
mOurned upon earth, but which they
are now assured will be restored ia
the heavens, from whence voice Is
heard to say" Fear not death cannot
injure yon; the grave cannot CONTINUE
you; through its chill mansion grace
will conduct you up to glory. We
wait your arrival haste therefore, come
away"-Dr. NoH.
Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1830-08-27
HUMOURs OF TIE FOURTH

The free and independent descend
ants o! Amlcar and Hannibal, and of
others, the captains, settlers and c.ti-
zens oi antiquity and of cOioaU, assem-
bled III northern town on the 9Th ult
IN cominemoratInn Of that great and
important era III the history of mankind
which gave to America her rank among
the nations Oi the earth.
After the cloth was removed, tie
following toaSis, though perhaps not all
original, were drank with reiterated
cheers aud grIns.
De day Spose he cum 6 times cherry
year, we seIlybrait him nigh or day
1873 cheers ard quarter.
De land we lib IN And berry good
Land he be- too.
Gin. Observation-Disclosures oh de
Nded States.
De wing oh de Merican Eagle-May
he neber lose he tail fodder. hos laff.
De memory oh de great men who no
lib to see dar ancestors seily',rait dis da y
wId de rsst ob dare pOstcity-Spose
dey were here, den what he tIDk
De SenetOr posed to de editor
lie all Kill he self, and neber know il
I'LL uexi week.
De fare seek When he smile, how
he make my heartjumr; when he Irown,
bresS mo how brack he look.
The Keeper ofa Scnich ale house, having
on his sign, after lis name VI. ID. 7. X. S.,
a Physician # the ROYAL Society asked hin
how he presumed 60 allix these letters TO his
name. Why sir (said the publican) have
as good a right To them as you have.
what do you mean yen scoundrel ? repli
ed the Doctor " mean sir, (retHrncd tie
othcr( that was Drum .AOJor Of the ROyG
Scotch Fusiissrs'"
Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1830-08-27
VARIETY.
" Mirth, with thee | mean to live.n
GOOD OLD FASHIONS.

GOOD OLD FASHIONS.
s NHE dandies of The present day,
< Have watch chains all of gold,
You'd think their monsirous pocket boo
Was filled with wealth untold
My father Wore silver watch
And exc silver chain,
And we'll recollect his strait
Old pewter headed cane.
He owned large and thrifty farm
OF wo"d and meadow land,
And always had plenty of
The dollar coins on hnnd-
guess some dashy friends of mine,
Would find it rather hard.
To pay for coats they're wearing now,
AT" two pounds ten per yard"
But as for me, wish had
Ny silver dollars back,
Id Tec"llect my fathers ways,
And tread the same old track,
I'D never do as | have done,
Risk twenty's on bet
Or be obliged so oft to cry,
:" Clean pockets here to LET"
Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1830-08-27

N"o"ieuee, IN seeing this hog, SAID
wen SIT, you may boast of having the
nhest boar that was ever sent from EN-.
ia"d, aud would scarcely believe INN.
when with pride he told him, it came
rom the United States, and not from
England, The iarm.yard is very
large square, with buildings extending
quite 'ou' d it, The house ior the sheen
! occupies an entire side of the square t.;
the buildings ale all of stone, and built
as u I" erdure forever. The general
mas great variety of nirds, poultry. and
American deer all provided with the
incest possible accommodations.
Were you here am sure yon might
designate many things that would be
valuable for our farmers to- know
ihcy make cheese here, as well as the
tlnest butter | ever tasted. The dairy
IS admirably arranged inieed the
whole is d pattern farn-the general
appears 10 take great pleasure i'm il:
tie walks "a nearly over it every morning
as he can. Since his Ial on on the ice
he cannot ride on horseback, which is "A
pity, as he was very fond of that exer-
cise, aud was in the habit of riding en-
tirely over the farm when the weathe,
admitted. You can have no idea of the
benev"lence of this good old man.
here are at least twenty poor families
who are daily supplied from La Grange
with every thing that can make them
comfortable.
The general showed me meadow
IN heautilul order, that had been but
an unpr"ductive swamp. The water
he had collected into two very large
ponds or snail lakes, supplied by two
copIons springs, which are finally emp
ned into one large rivulet: In each Of
th' So ponds he has Ioit three ar four
snail islands, with beautiful clumps Of
irees-nn their margin are picturesque
and agreeable walks. dc then took
me TO show me his -ice-house, which'is
made after the cheap and plain Amer-
can plan-he says that in this country
they make their icc-houses very expen-
sIVely, and that they do not keep the
ice nearly so well as ours.
*
SEED C0rn.-A southern paper states
that gentleman finds, by series of
experiments, that the kernels from the
butt end are far better for seed corn
than from any other part of the ear
The nearer The seed is taken from the
butt end, the larger will be the ears
He also recommends that ears of corn
which. riren frs, in the iieId should be
selected for seed.--N. f.. Farmer.
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LAFAYET rEON HIS FARM,

Every thing connected with the Fat
rilrch of La Grange is Interesting to
the American peot lie, for whose indie
penuenCe he came when Il SirII ling, to
hgh' by the side OF Washington whose
confidence he aIw Us eujnyed, aud
whose virtues he has as coiIst .ntiy EN-.
u'ated. Hence we ate induced In offer
the following extract from 4 familiar
letter written NY an American lady IN
Francc, To her husband in America,
giving some account OF his farm-.Hmer-
ican Farmer.
"LA GRANGE, May 30, 1880.
The weather has been SO wei since
have been here that yesterday was
the first Gay | could get out. The
dear old General took me entirely
through his iarni-yard you cau have
no idea oi tie perfect manner III winch
his cattle are taken care at, the conn
ness aud regularity of feeding are as
tnnIshIng. lie has here flock ol 1900
of the finest Merno sheep all vi winch
| saw turned ont, attended by two shep-
herds and four dogs. The cows ale
much larger tnan ours, generally, and
are treated more like human beings
than hrutee. They are turned out IN
The morning and brought IN IN the heat
OF the day, led, suffered TO rest GER
tain time, and agalu turned out until
sunset when they are put up Tor the
night. In one ct the stables there are
twenty two COWS, and two bulls. The
veal we have here Is the whltest, tat'e est
and incest ever saw. The calves are
attended by women, aud iatlemed 10y a
peculiar process-they give them eggs,
tour day To each Calf, which are put
down their Threats whole this, with
their allowances of mia | am told fat
tens them ~ very short time. Each
COW is confined with halter of suifi-
Gent length toilet them lie at their ease I;
their bIdas are nicer and cleaner than
many OF our grnilCmen'S carriage
horses. In another stables were thr-
teen cows, amongst Which were those
oi the Devon breed, gwen him by MI.
Patterson OF Baltimore, also nIne hall
grown calves, all as he told me were of
the same stock. The horses III the
generals stable are attended TO with
Iequal care. There were ~ tie stables
fifteen horses, besides his carriage
horses, and three d"nkeys, one large
one Tor tarm use, the other Two for the
young ladies' and children to ride ; |
assure you they go quite pleasantly, as
yesterday | rode one all around the
park, and to the lake. The plagery is
the most complete you eau imagine,
containing a great number Of hogs OF
81 sizes. ages and breeds. but the one
YOU gave the general is the lirgest ever
seen, and IS much more esteemed than
any of the others. Tie general relates
with much apparent pleasure, that an
! English farmer Of great wealth and
Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1830-08-27

"A Tale of 76-Befnre the two armies of
American and Enali had begun the general
action OF Monmouth, two of the advance bat.
teries commenced very severe lire against
each olher. As the warmth was excessive,
the wife of n cannonier constantly ran To bring
water Tor him from neighbor's spring. AT
the moment when she star ted from the spring,
To pass Ia the post of her husband, she saw
him fall, and FASTENED TO assist him; but
he was dead. At the same moment she heard
an officer order the cannon TO be removed
from its place, complaining he could not fill
his post by as brave man as had been killed.
&" No." said the intrepid Molly, fixing her
eyes upon the officer, 'the cannon shall not
be removed for the want of some one to serve
ii since NV brave husband is no mole, | will
use nv utmost cXertions to avcngc his death
The activity and courage with which sne per-
formed The Office os On nnunIer during the ac-
ton. attracted the attention of all who wit
messed il, finally of Gen. Washington himself,
vino afterwards gave her the rank of.Iieutcn-
ant, and granted her half pny during life.
She wore an eplusettn, and every body called
her CAprAiN MOLLY --.Nca0. York J0urnat
4 Tinitarinn.- There l. now living
III country village, u man vii" has
! been three times married each ot his
wives names were the same he had
three children by each and each lived
with him three years. He vas wldo-
| wer between each marriage thee
years has three chiidreu living, the
| tnird by each wife; and whose DIlh
days are within three day, ui each
other. His late vile has been dead
three Y ars and lie expects to get
married again IN three months.
A certain deacon having had the
misfortune to lose his wife, attempted,
immediately afterwards, to strike up a
match with his maid whose name was
| Patience. The parson Of the parish
coming in a short time after, to console
the beIeaved husband, told him he
must have p0titnce to support him in
| his troubles I" have been tying
her, but she seems to he rather off"
The conductor of an Atheis,ical paper
III Philadelphia seeking for subscribers,
forwarded number tn gentleman,
who returned the following reply:
Your infinitely internal publication
is returned. Words are too poor TO
express abhorrence of it and It's patrons
1t had lis origin in the domrnions of
darkness It's author was the Devil
Its publishers his angels and It's subscr-
hers his everlasting victims.
4 red nose" Where could I get
this nose 2" said Madame d'Albert,
observing n slight tendency to IA flush
in that feature. SAT the adebOard,
Madam" answered Count Grammont.
The Hudson N. Y. Gazette, was
recently imposed upon in two dlfferen,
instances, by fictitious notices Of mar.
rIages. In one case the parties we're
Of different compilations.
The Boston Palladium mentions that
according to appearances, Mr.. Clay
| will have the electoral votes OF Penn
, sylvania. The telescope Of the Pala-
dunn must be peculiar-says the Ma
| iinual Gazette.
Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1830-08-27


THE Brane mutually panic struck
AT the battle Of the Cowpens. Jan IL,
ISL, party Of the British cavalry re-
treated with such expedition, that they
lost their way, and encountered party
OF the American cavalry of nearly the
same strength. Each advanced at a
inlI trot, threatening muius destruction.
They drew up at the distance of ten
PAGES, and dared each other to advance.
Both were paralyzed, and not a man
moved. Cornet Patterson coming up
at That moment, ami indignant at see
ing such backw ardness Of the troop,
penetrated the ranks, dashed at Col.
Washington, who commanded the
Americans, and in the act of making a
stroke at him, was cut down by the
CoIonel's orderly sergeant.
Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1830-08-27

II is not known whether Henry vi.
died natural or violent death-bue
he ended his life IN prison.
The death of Edward Nv. is a,tribu-
ted to his irregularities.
! Edward " persisted in the Tower
It is supposed by means of his uncle,
Richard.
! Richard III was slain in Boswor,h
Field.
Henry VII. wasted away in a de-
cline, as beti,ted miser.
Henry VIII died OF fat and fury.
Edward vi. of a consumption.
Mary, Ola broken heart.
Elizabeth, not without suspicion of
the same disease, caused by the deatis
OF Essex. She lay upon cushions on
the floor refusing to go to'bed and for
"a losg time would not speak.
James |. of hurley. and state of boz
dy, tinstered with habit Of drinking,
and its thought with ureasiness about
affairs.
Charles I. was beheaded,
Charles II. was cut off by apopIexy.
James III. died in exile, probably Of
repeated disappointment al not being
able to regain his kingdom.
William ILL Of a consumptve habit
of body, shattered by fall from his
horse.
Anne, of a drops, brought ON by an
attachment to cordials. The immedi-
ate family of her father, Clarendon,
like himself, were all of gross habit
OF life.
George /. of a paralytic attack.
George III. suddenly Of a rupture in
the heart.
George III. Of complication OF at
flic,ions.
George LIST and I'd, were foreigners,
George LIST, was 55, George Sd ID.
George 3D. D, and Geo, ge 4th So years
old when crowned. George Sd had 9
sons and 5 daughters.
George 3D. was the fi,s ofthe Geor-
ges born in England, was thegrandson
of George I'd, and born June 4th,
1873; succeeded to the throne Octo-
Der 25, l762; died in 1920. The late
King was Regent lOycars, and crown
ed King III 1920; was born Angus, IL.
1862, and would have been 6S years
old the I2lh of the present mouth.
William Henry, the Duke of Clarence.
the third sun of George Sd, was born
Aug Dist, 1865, and of course will be
% years old the 81 ST of this month.
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NOTICE.

a LII sums due to the Establishment of
~ The Virginia Advocate prior 10, and IN.
clu ling the present publication Of the paper,
either for Subscription Advertisements OF
jobs are payable to the Subscriber only, or
his authorised collector, VIM. X. Carr. An
immediate payment Of all sums due, is ear
nestly requested.
FRANK CARR
July 800 IF
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NOTICE.

FEVEIE connection of the Subscriber with
n the Virginia Advocate has. for some
years past. compelled him to limlthis practice
as Physician for the most part TO Char.
lnucs,lle and its Immediate viYinlty. That
connection - dissolved & be will again re-
sumo the practice Of Medicine on as large a
scale IS the patronage Of his friends aud the
public will allow him to do
FRANK CARR.
July 800 II
Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1830-08-27

Burhms and Klrkringius assured
their contemporaries, that lney possess-
ed particular medicines, by winch they
could restore the eye after It had been
burst or cut open. Ii seems that Bur
hius claimed the honour Of being the
original inventor at the art oi restoring
eyes; but tina, Kukrlngius studied aud
Iaboured of himself, aud finally sue
ceeded To find ii out without any obli-
CATION To this same Burhlus. If two
Europeans Couli, unasslsted, make TINS
discovery, why should Got an American
genius be equally successful? VINO
shall he so envlouS as Ia gaiusay what
ever an eulogis, of Mr.. Syain shall
advance IN favour of his skill IN these
matters, especially when we have been
called upon-to credit much more won
derful things Of him. Ii there be any
such ncredulous aud envious persons.
Tor the Two means the same thing in
quack logic,) we trust that MIR. Swarm
will cover them with meiited confusion,
by repeating the demonstrations with
which kukringius was wont to amuse
his friends. cit matters nothing to
ne, (says the veracious snrgeon,) whe-
Their the eyes be black, brown, or grav
bring the what animal you please,
shall cut the eyes open, squeeze out all
the hunou-s, give him back to you as
blind as mole, and yet restore his
oversight in very little while. have
done it often for fun; aud have done it
three times on the same dog.-Journal
IF Heahh.
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GIVE are authorised to announce
7. w. GlLMER as a candidate to
represent the county Of Albemarle in
the next General Assembly.
GFWc aIe authorised to announce
RICE w. WOOD rs a candidate to
represent the county Of Albemarle in
the next General Assembly.
GO We are authorized to announce
DR.. CHARLES COOKE as candi-
date at the ensuing October Election,
To represent the Senatorial District,
composed oIthe Counties Of Athena rle
Nelson and Amherst.
The Northern star, and farmers' and mechanics' advocate. [volume] (Warren, R.I.) 1830-1834, 1830-06-05
SLEIGHT OF TEETH.

There are various kinds of Sleight in
this sighting world Of ours -such as slcight
of teeth, &c. The first is shown in divert
ing tricks ofthe jugglcr;the second in run
ming away from creditor. ;thc third, in
forgetting promise F; and the fourth in
eating at other peoples cost, and dining
upon'fire, la Chabcrt--and the like
But among all the teeth tricks we have
heard Of, the following is not the least
worthy of commemoration. -
A pedlar, whom we shall call Peter
Snicker, put up at Dutch Tavern in the
interior, about the commencement Of sc
we're northeastcr, and as the weather for
some time continued stormy he was in no
haste to abandon his comfortable quarters.
For several days both he and his horse
exercised their teeth to good advantage,
and bill to the amount of some ten dol
lars was incurred. As every storm, how
ever, has been, Or will be followed by
sunshine, so in this case the clouds began
to break away, and Peter begun TO think
ofpicking up his notions and beng of.
Having broken his fast preparatory to
his departure, he took pipe as usual with
mine host, and both engaged very brisk
ly in the pleasures Of iumigution conlabu-
lation. Al length drawing the pipe from
his mouth, and peeping under tho fore
stick at tho rcd-hot fip-iron, usually styl-
cd loggerhcad, Peter said carelessly
Landlord yhot'll you bet dollar ]
The Northern star, and farmers' and mechanics' advocate. [volume] (Warren, R.I.) 1830-1834, 1830-06-05
RELIGION.

I The following short and beautiful quo
tation is from the pages OF the elegant,
the benevolent, tho inspired Mackenzie.
Speaking ofthose who profess disbelief
in religion, he expresses himselfin the. fol-
lowing heart touching manner:
"He who would undermine those
foundations upon which the fabric of our
future hope is reared, seeks to beat down
that column which supports the feeblencss
of humanity y:-lct him but think a moment
and his heart will arrest the cruelty Of his
purpose. Would he pluck its little treas
ure from the bosom of povertyi Would
lie wrest its crutch from the hand of age,
and remove from the eye of aiIliction the
only solacc of its woc' The way we tread
is rugged, at best; we tread il, however,
lighter by the prospect ofthe better coun-
try to which We trust, it will lead. Tell
us not it will end in the gulf Of eternal
damnation, or break off in some wild,
which fancy may I'll up as she pleases, but
reason is unable to delineate; quench not
that beam, which amidst the night of this
evil world has chcered the dependency OF
i'll rcquiied worth aud illumined the dark
ness Of suffering virtue"
The Northern star, and farmers' and mechanics' advocate. [volume] (Warren, R.I.) 1830-1834, 1830-06-05
BOTTs IN HORSES.

A writer for the American Farmer ,wbe
signs Morgan Devils, says,
|" 4psend you a remedy for Bolts in
,orses, which ! have practised for more
han half century with invariable sue
.ess. received it from German vete :
rinarian, who came to this country with
The Baron Steuben, and was attched, as
iarrier, to the general staff Of the main
army, in the years l778 and 8. He may
ne remembered by some Of the military
gentlemen Of that day, under the dignifed
appellation Of Count Saxe,a nom de guerve,
given him by the Baron, on his entering
our service. He was a man OF great
skill and celebrity in his profession. The
ingredients are simple, and too mild to
produce any injurious effects on the ami
NAL to whom they may be administered.
They consist ofnew milk, honey or molas
ses, common salt and water, and linseed
oil. The manner ofpreparing and admin
istering is as follows as soon as the dis
ease (the symptoms Of which are uner
ring, is ascertained, drench the patient,
fasting il possible, with a quart of fresh
milk, saturated with honey, molasses, or
sugar !; to be preferred in the order stated.
Leave him at rest for two hours--at the
expiration of which, having previously
prepared some strong brine, by boiling as
much common salt in water as can be dis
solved in it, drench him as before, with a
pint oft when cool. After similar Pc
riod of two hours give him half a pint Of
linseed oil, and the remedy is complete.
"The rationale, established as | con-
ceive by process, shall presently state,
is as follows. 1t is well ascertaincd that
bolts destroy the life Of a horse, by feeding
ON the inicguments Of the stomach, and
finally perforating it. Referring, howev-
ever, a sweetencd milk to flesh diet they
letach themselves from the intestines and
slut'the savory beverage. When satia-
led their volume. becomes enlarged, the
skin extended and thin |; in which state,
the strong brine by dissolving destroys
them. The operation of the oil is to
sheath the wounds they have inflicted, to
aid the cathartic effects Of the salt, and
to carry off remaining impurities"