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BEAUTIFUL SKETCH.

u was one Of the cold nights in De-
eember. The cold wind blew with
reckless violence. The old woman
was herself 10, and urged would
step up and see how the poor woman
was. IL was q poor shelter. The
pale moon beams played on the floor
through the chinks and The wind whis.
tied through the broken windows. On
the bed, pale and emaciaied with e.
yer, lay the poor woman. In the era.
die by the side Of the bed. wrapped
in single swsddiipg rog. slept an
infant, snd in the corner near the FIRE,
Eat little boy. four or five years Of
age. There vas 10 other being in the
house friend TO soothe her distress
no nurse 20 moisten her lips with q
drop Of Nater. Poverty hss few allure
meats-sickness has none; prudefy
aud uneharitsbleRess readily awaited
themselves Of the frailties Of the poor
sufferer to excuse their neglect. Istep-
ped out TO procure some bread for
the boy. was not long gone, and on
returning. the sound Of foot-steps on
the floor, told me somebody was with
in. Oh! this vas IN affecting scene /!
A young female friend, whose genius
10 not unknown 10 her literary &C
quaiutanees, whose virtuoaA and ami
able disposition, combined with an O.
greeableness Of manners. rendered her
beloved 40 extensively as she 10 known,
hsd preferred 20 the CAV scenes Of
mirth, the charms Of . novel, lsne
considerations visit 20 the house Of ed
versity, aud the bed Of sickness -
Like an angel Of mercy, she was ad.
| ministering to the comfort Of the poor
woman and her little infant.
| I have been ia assemblies Of the
great. have seen woman glowing
10 beaosy--srrayed in the richest at,
traction Of dress, whose charms ere
heightened by the ''pride aud pomp OIL
circumstance" elegance and eonvi
Vitality. A lovely yeang woman 10
such q scene, irTesistibly command,
our highest admiration. But alone
at che bed Of poverty and sickness. sh'
appeared more than human--I woals
nos be impious; bat she seemed alynos
divine.--Besson Transcript.
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Should this comet arrive % predict
ed In 0srmsny, it will BE- ssvsp times
nearer the earth than the moon d q
her mean distances - Il will Be Be.
tween the esrth and son, and ceose-
qaentIy invisible till il hss passed in
Perihesisw, unless its msguitude sheuid
Do great. vi skosad b drawn 20 The
earth IL will not be seen DESCENDING
excepting to those where the sun d
above the horizon. II its orbit coin
cides with the plane Of the eeliptic,
and 10 should strike the earth when Il
10 nosn Ia New Eagisnd, the point Of
ceatact will Be among the West Indis
Isiands. near which the sun will then
BE- vertical. 10 the time Of centact
should be st oar midaight, the coaes
will strike the earth 10 Asia; IL near
sunrise, 10 Europe; and IL near sun
set. in the Pacific Ocean, which. by be-
ing psessed out Of its place By the
comet, will dow over tks land, and
cause another deluge. Rns fAis, u
The Bibie 70 frue. sciH neuer ksppen,
because the esyfh u neuer again 70 be
dsosOned By a .. food Of srafer.,"
Tn the Goth Of June, this year, the
Moon, Mars, and Jspiter will be near
the west atnOon, and Saturn will be near
the east, consequently those planets
will attract the comet in a different d.
rection from what the earth will, which
will tend TO prevent the coming in
contact Of the earth and comet.
Finally, though Il may be possible
for comet 10 strike the earth, or 70
come in contact with il, the chances
against such an event are 50 numerous,
that none need dread its occurrence.
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PIP. BAssovA, Eaq. has PubIished a. ID
dress 70 The publie, vipdisating his course
upon he National Bank question In Isis.--
Upon that occasion be Sssiia>1 voiiagg and
this b considered - hh friends as the Only
error Of his political NE. EIia reasons, n
PaSs, seem to b, that HE eoustEy was IN dis
Aeuisy, and could nos gst sloug without NO
DsJ--asd although be tsoaghs ne Sank IN
eonstitutloaal, jet - great wsFs the publis
sxlssneiss that he could nos "staks he de-
teass oftAs eOsntry uPsa ths iafallibill,y q
GO sinsts epinioa of' hia- sataafastoFy -
IN this nay Be, 4 h sssvssS thst ~ shall ~
lasd upon TIE shelf, .na that SGr Van Barss
shah rsssIye 80 v0sS - vlEsiaia Coz Vie,
Presiaens.
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V,6s,xSseta free Press.

Much interest Is felt n to the probable b
sue Of what Il called the cesrsis question
ourowu opinion b, that the missionaries win
be pardoned BY Georgia, before the Noven-
bef election; and whilst that State win still
maintain her doctrines Of ssssrsis~sy, the
President win be spared the necessity Of or
daring out the posse eemisstss 10 enforce the
mandate Of the Supreme Court. We shall
see.
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ElaEk .Aascdofe. Many years since,
q beck keeper 10 one Of the Banks Of
oar city, received q ehallsogs frsm .
parson who kept en- aeeonnt Nith the
baak an consequence Of tbs former hav-
iag reported lhs latter ~ an over
drawer.
The bOok-keepeF returned the ehsi'
iengs with the Eileving iseOnie nsis
rites upon ~.
~The hank pays ne f.r trrifing, bal
GOT FOE fghtisg."
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We Teeoileet reading such q pro-
verb as this: "Ii 10 40 sport to . fool
to do wsisehief" A miserable sport,
even for fooI; and yet We are com
PEELED TO suppose that some Of our tel.
low-cEeatures are thus miserable. -
Asy boy can throw med at a sign
beard, white Piano, cast stones 81
Q window, get forged advertisements
into newspaper. Any foot can Dc
mischief. Il is . business saited "a
the lowest sapseisy.' One thing 10 u
be Semsmbered. Every boy er mar
who commits . misehieveas set, spOil'
his character in the estimatIoa " ths
person whose good opinion ~ shOuId
Frat % al maintain: lie dishonuF.
himself with himself
The following spi,sph vns written Coz ~
tosnb-sioae Of yong nlas wko efsnnsiued 80
eide in ~ Easters esty soa1s years ego. -tisouGl
We believe pa snKTHSed o. he sson~g e iasieei
nay VS. set " n marx bic nasrov house:
49, ffea s.e~.r ~
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VIII be Sold gt sAsseftoss.
On Moodsy the aIst Of May next. (being
courtdsy.) At Beekham's hstel. Charles
town,
THAT valuable Lot OF Land, for
neriy owned by the late Samuel
o. OGutt. situated on the graded road
leading from Charlsstown 60 Harpers-
Ferry. and adjoinisg the to~n lot or Mr..
john Stephenson u eontains about
N A01ES,
and is IN q high state Of cultivation Fee
terms apply 10 Mr.. John j. Palser. az
Chariestown. or 10 the subse Fiher. az Ssiek-
ersvihe, Loudoun county. Title indispu.
table. TIL r. OFFUTT.
APril.l9. 1890.
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The great "0IsBs" itself seems TO be too
snail 70 eoasain the matters written, and 70
Be writisa, In praise Of Gen. JaeksOs's ad-
ntaistrztion, between this time and the next
Presidential election. An s<frs = therefore
TO Be issusd, Oses a week, nflsr The first Of
May, e the price q one dollar for thirty
nurnbsn. Those who wish 10 Improve" IN
politiaal science, can have "BLAIs's Lee
lures" st cheap rate. In order that tbs
pathway ~ tAs chisftain may be fully Illu-
minated. several suss, ssays, sad TslsssePss
win be put In nOtsoa--and perhaps co~s
Or two. Wo, 70 10 ths nsw a. Coaiiiioal"
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svsrssaSs. wssxSs, ~
JOAN y. 0sAkL.aAER.
CONDITIONS.

rAs rsss Pssss = poe'ished weekly. At
Two 00xxAA0 q FIFTY CTR
PEN ANNUMs
Payable lahyesfly in advances but Two Dsl-
lass vip b received - payment in fuIl, 4
psid ess6e!y IN advance. should psynent be
wholly dsStrved until the cad q the year.
Tiara DolaAns gill De invssisbly charged
.ss ~ Recommendations addressed g the
Editor must be post paid
ABvssTrssnxsrs inherited ~ the rate ofos
per sqsars fus the three 6rst insertions, and
twenty-five Goats per square for eseh subse
qseus isscrsioa
~ Al advertisements presented Tor in.
essssed seesedisGly, sniess special dirsetIoO
% ths contrary b given.
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s4e@eFeDSs Ales@ R0T &~Ses
n WILL SILL the farm on which I
now live, At the Old Furnace. ess-
SainiaR 60 A1nII8, IN . good state %
ealtiVatses, aed bousded ~ he Rotemae
river. with every sscessagy bail6ing there
On ZEE ~ uss ~ farua. AIse,
A first-Faae Tan Yard,
viii a. vsss - vasisus esseFipsioss--
Asd brick sssltAs' shop. eth ssi othes
baildiags semp1slo.
Terns eiil bs 80 fgvsgahle. tAat ess
hslf - ~ Vesshnaa mopey may - gsa6s
81 % Ne pgspeEty SCI peesesaisa ean
hs hsd - esq tisaa.
Rss. u. 1ssa--sf
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Valuable Jefferson Land
TOR SALE.

VESHE subscriber. rs the sgent end sitoe.
ney Of Thomas Fairfax. Esq. Of AlexaR-
dsis, Offers for sale thst valusble estate IN Jef.
fefseo eoanty. virgisis. called "Tas Hss-
aITAak." consisting Of
Virginia free press & farmers' repository. [volume] (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1827-1832, 1832-04-26

Ex-Governor Hersror seem, to think pr
riiegs and liberty syncnimous terms MIR.
stanherry exercises the prigii<gs Of saying
sous hard things Of his exceilency --aDd the
latter takes The liberty 70 return the eompIi.
ment In hard knocks. This, we suppose, b
what Is meant b.. the old phrase Of ''esdgsL
ling the brains, !" or what RhrsnOlogists might
eaIl developing the tus.ps Of eoubssssrMes.
Virginia free press & farmers' repository. [volume] (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1827-1832, 1832-04-26

An important Report was made by the
Committee Of Manufactures, in the Senate,
on tho lesh inst, on the subject Of the Public
Lands, accompanied BY bill 70 appropriate,
foe limited time, the proceeds thereof
Five thousand extra copies were ordered to
Be printed. The report Is spoken of. as be-
ing most able and comprehensive embrac-
ms q "brief history of the public domain. ~
The National Intelligencer contains an out
line Of this Interesting state paper. Mr..
CLAY b its author.
"Ths majority Of the committee recon-
mend that sftsr dsducting the ten per cent.
for the new Skatea, the residue Of the fund
should be divided for eve years among the
twenty-four States, according to their fsde-
raj Representative number, 20 be applied to
Education, Internal improvements, Coloni-
xAkioa, of the FedempEion Of debts incurred
for purposes Of Internal Improvement, ~
each State, judging for itself, may prefer
A table 10 appended 60 the Report, showing
what would Do the dividend Of each State
A portion Of the committee, says the Report,
were for applying the above residue 20 the
objects Of Internal Improvement, and Of CO.
lonizing the free blacks, under the direction
Of the General Government"
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msy be hsd IN The purchase of ihss estate, by
making Immediate spPlsessi0u 10 the sub
aczibeg.
IN the mean tisss, br. John 0siggs - duly
aothOs'zed - prevess 81 tFsspssses on the
premises J. q. DAUGHERIN
Rtsseh 4 1872.
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isls~ proportion Of which IL in timber Of
me hnea qs-Hty. The advantages possess
ca oy th.s properly are very crest. Lying
aesF the Potomac ana shenantioah rivers, u
y N the vicinity Of the large mills erected on
these streams. whilst ell the facilities for trans.
porting tie produce TO market, to be derived
fro@ the Chesapeake sad Ohio carsi, ansi
the baltimore Rail Road, wiIl be esjcyed by
u IN the highes, degree. There - large
| sad constant stream Of water running through
The trsei, Of such magnitude that u supplies
seversl valuable mills before u reaches THE
land. There are also several fine line ssooe
sprlags on the essste. The elessed had u in
high sisie OF cultivation, and the fences ars
good. Possession cen be had isnDediseely.
The teFss will be accommodating. ssd "
touod advantageous 90 do so. the tract via
be divided iato two parts 20 suit pvvchaseFs.
Al applications 10 be made 20 the ssbseyi-
Der, residing 81 ChssIesiowR. JelfeFsos eouR-
~, We, JOSEPH T. DAUGHERTY
1 June @ 1astf
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| 9. The numier oi The route, ami lis uegIdnlu
and termination as advertised, should lie stated
in every bid; and the proposals must be sealed,
directed to the General Post Office, Office OF
Mail Contracts'' and superscribed proposals"
The following is proper form for proposal:~
81 wiH conuey the mail, agreea6ly to ADVERTISE
nsent, on route No. from to for the
yearly compensation Of dollars" He must
state the place of his residence; and ii not
contractor, he must accompany his bid with
satisfactory recommendations.
| 10 The distances as stated are estlmateds
and may not be entirely correct; but Ii any
errors have occurred in relation to them, no
increase of compensation will be allowed on
that accountable contractor will inform him.
self on that pflnt
! H. The Postmaster General reserves the
righl Of annuliIg any contract whenever res
pealed failures to arrive within the contract
time shall occur; or whenever one failure shall
happen amounting to the loss of a trip; Or When
ever any direction which he may give shall not
se promptly obeyed.
| IL. No bid shall be Withdrawn after the time
for receiving it has expired; and should any
person refuse to take contract at his bid, he
shall forfeit all other contracts that he NAV ba We
with the Department, and be held responsible
f. all damage that may result from his failure
to comply.
| IL. No contract nor bid can be transferred
without the special and written appreciation of
the Postmaster General; and an assignment of
a contract, or bid, without his consent, first OBJ
tanned in writing, shall forfeit it, This rule will
never be departed from.
ID. If a contractor or his agent shall violate
the post Office law, shall transmit CONNER
~ intelligence by express more rapidly than
the mail, his contract shall be forfeited; and III
| cases, when 3 contractor shall run a stage
or other vehicle, more rapidly or more frequent
| than he is required by contract to carry the
mail, he shall give the same increased celebrity
and frequency to the mail, (uniess the Postmas-
t., General shall otherwise dired,) and with
o,t increase If compensation
| Is. The p. stmasier General reserves the
right of curiailing or ef disr ntnuing any route,
when in his opinion, the public interest shall
require it; and in such case, the contract shasi
cease, so far relates TO the part curtailed, or
10 the whole, if discontinued---an allowance Of
'"e months extra pay being made to The con-
tractor.
| Ii. All contracts for routes embraced in this
advertisement shall commence on the first day
of January next, and continue one year.
Decisions on bids will be made known On she
nj tn day of Nnyen,ber next.
| WILLIAM T.. AIRY,
| POsafaastr General
GENERAL Posi- OFFIcE DEPART,aEsr,}
july 2 TIL, 1882
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ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS
REWARD.

= ANYWAY from the subscriber on Thursday, the
~ 26th of April last, two Negro men, BEN and
kEUBEN. Ben is about 40 years of age, short and
heavy made, of yellow complexion, S feet or 10
inches high plays the VIOLIN with both his off
close to his head which he lost for rvbLg boat
the Ohio No Goubt buth has changed his cloth
ing since he left home.
Reuben is heavy well built fellow, about the same
height, and what may be called black Negro, about
~ years of age, has down look when spoken to,
of his fingers next to the little finger is off to the first
joint, which hand not recollected and walks lame
caGoned by pain in the hip.
will give so dollars for either Of them, or 25 each if
caught within 80 miles of my redence or secured in
any Jail so that get them, all reasonable charges if
brought home and delivered to me- living in the state of
Kentucky, and county of Livingston the head of
Hurricane Island, Ohio river.
l7-8w JAMES FORD.
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Protection Insurance Company

ITOPHAR CASE, of vandaiI., Agent for the Pro
IA TEC1TON ASSURANCE CUJuf.dNf, OF Hart
ford Connecticut offers to insure Houses, Stores Mills,
Factories Barn and the contents of each, together
with every other similar species of property
Against Loss and Damage By Fire.
The rates of premium offered as low those of any
other similar institution, and every person has
opportunity for trhing sum, protect himself against
the ravages of this Acknowledgement For terms of
insurance application may be made to at this place.
am authorised issue policies to applicants without
delay.
Vandalia, July a, 1882 left
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10 i ndeltakers.

ME underigned is authorised BY The Commission
IL ers appointed by the state of Illinoi. to improve
the navig tio of the Little Wabash river to receive
proposals for making Lock in the mill-dam at New
Haven, White county, owned by the late VIM P. Rob-
inson As it is presumed that those DESTROYS of under
taking the work will visit the ace, is deemed unne-
cessay to be minute in describing the Lock to be
made than by saving it is to be sufficiently large adj
init the passage of steamboat. The Commissioners
will be pleased 10 receive the suggestions of bidders as
to the most eligible mode of constructing it. materials
to be used, &c. &c. and the terms upon which they will
execute their respective plaas The Commissioners
VIII meet at New Haven on the Cd Monday in Septem-
Der next to act upon the propositions which may be
ceived, and let out the work. Good security will be
required of the person undertaking the work. to
it agreeably to their contract ANY communications
upon the subject, post paid addressed to the undersgn
ed, will bepromptly attended to-
WILLIAM III. DAVIDSON.
Carmi, White county, July 2a 1882 22-t2ms
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In the Crawford Circuit c
William Mitchell, Plaintiff,

Samuel fireman, Defendant. \
NNHlS day came the plainti
= attorney, and it appea,
the court, that the defendant,
inhabltant of this state, and
his appearance and give spec
and the rules of this court:
the court, that the said defen
of foreign attachment has is,
at the suit of the said Villa D
tate for the sum of seuenty-t,ot
cents; and that unless he a
and plead to the said suit in at
first day of the next term of I
den at the court house in Pale
the third Monday of Septembt
entered against him by default
will be directed to be sold acc,
isfaction thereof, together wi
And it is further ordered that
published in the Vandalia VIII
Ger, a public newspaper printe
ia, in said state, for four weeks
whereof to be made WI
date hereof, and this cause b
term Of this court. A true col
court. Attest. EDWAF
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$40 REWARD.

X ANW ~ from he subscribers, living
ner Athens, Tennessee, on the Twelfth day
Of May asst, two negro men
George and Harry.
George 1abou' "a years of age, about S feet
or inches high, very black, slenderly made,
with extraordinary delicate hands and feet, his
clothing nq recolectsd. Harry is about 90
Years of agi yellow complexion, stout made,
about the SINE height of George she has a
scar, made cut of an axe, about halfway
between hi wrist and fore-finger, on the left
hand his clothing not recollected. They
were last sen in the neighhorhood of Murfrees-
boro' in 'hiState, and it is expected they are
making theiiway to Ohio, Indiana or Illinois.
The above rwerd will be given for the appre-
hendlng and securing them in jail, so that we
can get theme $40 each II. taken separately.
NAT SMITH,
JOURDAN SMITH
Athens Ten. An+a % o &
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To the heirs at lar of Russell F. Wazs4s., aesad,

To the heirs at lar Of Russell F. Wazeea, aar'ds,
non-residemts Of this State, dad GN otGzrc nAoas
ii may concern:
VAKE NOTICE, That shall make apflhcation
II Wednesday, the 9th day Of the next team nf the
Gallatin Circuit Court, to be held at Easay tine
first Monday Of September next, by petiun, scr
der of court to sell the WHOLE such part of the ras
estate Of said deceased may be necessary to pay the
debts due by said estate, said real estate Gng hot
No. ISL, and undivided half Of inlot No. 1l03 in Shaw
neetown, when and where persons interested
quested to attend and shew why said real estate
should not be Sold 10 SEPH HAYES, Admir-.
Aug. l, 1882. 2l-3t
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curt, April Term, 1892.
Foreign Attachment.

Il, by Orlando Ficklin, his
ing to the satisfaction Of
Samuel Fireman, is not an
be having failed to enter
nal bail according to law
1t is therefore ordered by
liant be notified that a wriS'
sued out of our said court
+, Mitchell against his es-
dollars and seuenty,fre
orear, give special bail,
.achment on or befoye the
he said court, to be hol-,
slime, on Thursday after
next, Judgment will be,
and the estate attached
riding to law for the sat
h the costs of this. suit:
a copy of this order be
Z and Illinois Intelligent
I at the town Of vandal-
successiV ely, the first in
thin sixt Y days ffem the
e coutinr led till the next
" from Il ne record OF said
ID H. p lPER, Clerk.
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NOTICE.

5 hereby given, that the undersigned has OBJ
tanned letters OF administration, from the
Judge of probate for the county of Bond, on the
estate of Elisha Indy deceased, bearing date
the 7th day of gust 1882, all prisons having
claims against said estate, are desired to exhibit
them within IL months after the dste of said let.
tiers, or Otherwise they may be pfcluded from
having any benefit Of said estate.
RANSOMGEAR,
ELIJAH Kindly.
Administrators
August 9th, 1882. 23-4tl
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+ Fancy Goods.

by of fas hionable and new
{ Orlean $ Muslins, Fig'd.
iros des Indies, Zephyrines,
oTences and eros des Swiss
and 50 gauge and barege
ddkis. and Hermann Shawis.
. Also-Gauze and Satin
ilk Hose and half Hose, Of
gentlemen's Gloves. For
o accommodating terms.
U, B. BREWSTER
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New Ind III gan

LUST received a full SUPP
- GOODS, consisting o
Mandarines, Palmarines, c
black Italian and French Fl
Of superior quality, "a, a.
Hdkis. and Scarfs, Paris net ]
a new and splendid article.
Ribbons, black and white
superior qualit, ladies' and
sale, wholesale and retail, o
March 81. 4-ly
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TAKEN UP

by james R. Watson, living d Shoal creek, near
IL Yarborough's ferry, Clinton county, Illinois, a
brown bay MARE, five years old last, four white feet,
small star in her forehead and sni her nose long
switch tail, small saddle spot on ejh side of her back
lame in left hip, fourteen hands hig no other marks
brands perceivabe appraised to twenty six dollars,
before Godfrey Ammons, ESQ., May9th, 1892.
Witness, ROBERT CkOCKETT. CPk
Carlyle, July 81. 1889, 2l-3