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The Arkansas advocate., 1834-10-31
DREADFUL HIPWRECK.-MORE THAN THREE HUNDRED
 LIVES LOST.
E1trdct cf q Leiier from Pfctou, ]
 dated llth Sepf.

dated llth Sept.
 We have just received accounts ot the loss of the ship sybelle, of Liverpool, from Cromarty, for Quebec, with 3l6 Emierants. .all of whom perished; six of the crew saved themselves in the boat, four of whom arrived here this morning. Gan nothing be done to erect a Light House on that fatal Island! Surely means should be taken, ii possible, to prevent such fatal shIpwrecks. .''-Halifar paper.
 We may say without fear of contradica non, that MORE THAN A THOUSAND of the emigrants who have left Great Britain and Ireland the present year for Quebec, have persisted by siipaorsck on fts passage. This is 30th part of the whole number of emi- grants. Of a still greater number who have left the same countries for New York. not one has persisted by shipwreck. These are facts worthy of being taken into con slderation by emigrants and their friends.
 Journal of Commerce.
The Arkansas advocate., 1834-10-31

Vapor Baths.-A medicated vapof or steam bath has been thus described :-
 A boiler having valve at the top, and pipe to lead off the steam, is placed on a common fire or stove; this pipe enters to the bottom of sort of sentry box, the bath, just under a perforated vessel con- taining medical herbs, and carries up their fragrance and virtues, to effect which, hows ever, the steam must be hotter than usual, by being retained in a. heated vessel some- time before 1t is suffered to pass into the pipe; the patient disrobes him or herself and sits in the box, which is enveloped in curtains to retain the steam, from 10 to 20 minutes. The medicated baths have all the advantages of the ordinary bath, together with the real or supposed advantages of the virtues of the herbs passed through the pores of the skin, or drawn into the lungs with the air."
 The plan is very simple; and if it is found useful, can easily be introduced into families.
The Arkansas advocate., 1834-10-31
Subsistence for the QUAPAW INDIANS

DROPOSALS in writing, and sealed. IL will be received by the subscriber. nntit l2 o'ct0ck M, of Satnrdag the 6th dav of December, 1884, for furnishing and de- liverlDg to the Quapaw Indians at their location on the Grand river, It miies northwestwa ardly from the Seneca Agency, all the Ratiohs (be the same iiiofe of lessl that shall be required for their subsistence, from the lst day of January, l635, to the 10th day of October, 1885, inclusive.
 The Ration as above named, must con- sist of one pound of fresh Beef, three= fourtls of quart of Corn, and at the rate of four quarts of Salt to every one hundred Rations. The Beef, Corn, and Salt, com- Prlslng the Ration, must be off good quality and delivered in good order. The quality, as veil as the weight of tho Beef, and the measure of the Corn and Salt, will be Inspected by an Agent of the government at the time of delivery; and that proposals may not be made hnder wrong impressions, 1t IS here made known that the Corn and Salt must be deliver cd by measure, and at the rate Of thirtv-two quarts to the blshel, dry measure.
 All risk, and every expense attending the delivery and distribution of the rations. must be borne by the Contractor.
 Issues Of the meat part of the Ration may be varied from time to time. so as to make deliveries of one pound of fresh, or three -fourths of pound of salted Pork or Bacon, instead of Beef; and one pound of Wheat Flour, instead of Corn. So. also, may portion of the Meat part of the Ra.s tion be delivered in Cattle and Hoes. .unon estimates, oh the hoof, provided such shall be acceptable to the Indians; but in no case must sack changes of i..s,es increase the cost of the Ration as above d tiesiruated. and to which bidders are referred for cal culating the price at which they will fur nish the Ration for.
 The delivery ofCattle and Hogs. on foot as above noted, may be made for one or two months at . time, should the same ba deemed expedient bs the receiving Agent. 50, also, may the other part of the Ration. Corn and Salt, be delivered for periods corresponding thereto.
 Bonds, with two responsfble signatures, as security, for the fuiflment Of the con. tract, will be required. Payments for all deliveries will be made at Little Rock. A. T., and quarter yearly, if desired by the contractor retaining 10 per cent. on such advances until the contract is fulfil. led.
 The privilege of rejecting bids deemed high, is reserved.
 No contract or bid can be transferred without the consent Of the nndersirned. or such other persons as shall be aufhori. zed to open the bids and make the cons tract.
 Persons making bids, will please write on the envelop of their communication the words < P''oposats 10 Jurnish QuayasS Rations," and will attend at Little Rock, A. T., on the last day ofreceiving bids. for the purpose of closing the contract
 J. BROWN, Capt. U. s. A.
 Prin't Disb'g .Ag't. lad. Rent.
 LITTLE Rock, All, oo
 Oct. 27, 1884. oV-ow.s
The Arkansas advocate., 1834-10-31
The elders of the Mormon Church. ot

The elders of the Mormon Church, oth- erwise called the church of the Latter Day Saints, have put forth an appeal to their countrymen, claiming peace, and leave to worship God in their own manner. They claim restitution for the property of theirs that has been destroyed; and protection for the future. They intended to send forth apostles. to preach the gospel to all men, and hope to convince the world that they are neither deluded, nor fanatics. We hope they may hereafter at least be safe, even though they do not succeed in so doing.
The Arkansas advocate., 1834-10-31

The Administration papers state that Mr. JARVIS is reelected to Congress from Maine, contrary to the first report, which asserted the election of Mir. HAM LIN, his Whig opponent. If the last report be true, there, are chosen to Congress in MAINE five Administration men and two Wings; leaving one district vacant In the present Congress the strength of the supporters of the Administration is sepen to one. JNat. Inlet.
The Arkansas advocate., 1834-10-31

The Philadelphia papers exhibit indica- tons of great excitement in that city from tho incidents of the recent elections, so called. Amongst minor outrages, an inof- tenslve and respectable citizen was mur- dered Tn the midst of the violence that pre- vailed in one ofthe wards. This event has greatly shocked the public mind, as well it might, and the papers of each side, claim ing the victim as having belonged to their. party, are vehement in denouncing the atro- city of the deed. All the papers are cloth- ed in mourning on the occasion, and the language of some of them, that of the Pennsylvanian especially, the leading Ad- ministration paper, is highly naammatory. It appears, from the concurrent evidence of several of the opposition papers, that the young man had been a member of the Jackson party, but had seeded; that he voted with the Wings, and, at the time of receiving the wound of which he died, was standing quietly apart from the crowd.- The Mayor of the city has offered reward of $500 for the arrest and conviction of the assassin. ". Intel.
The Arkansas advocate., 1834-10-31

gllsh, which was ten per cent. worse in quality"
 . ii the 'sroyal palace at Windsor'' were furnished with French carpets; what would the people of England say about it2 But such thing cannot happen in England, where the Queen will not receive the visits of British subjects, unless clothed in Bri- tlsh manufactures.
The Arkansas advocate., 1834-10-31
Memoranda.

The number of Quapaws to he fed, will not vary much from two hundred. They are located about one hundred miles horsi, from Fort Gibson, and within twenty miles of the north-w estern settlements of Washington county, < T., and and sas5oa;: ::s :sss same distance from the south N estern set- dement's of the state of Missouri.
The Arkansas advocate., 1834-10-31
THE ATR E.

YNHE Board of Directors on behalf os l the Thalian Society, established at this psace--have the pleasure to announce 10 the Ladies and Gentlemen of Little Rock, that they have fitted lip in the neat est manner, possible that large room of MT. CALDwELL's, opposite Dr. Cummings hams; and that the corps will be ready to perform
 On Monday Night, ii; tho :s.rs. inst.
 When will be acted the ComEDy of the
The Arkansas advocate., 1834-10-31

Col. Crocketfs lasi --Tn stump speech during the late canvass, he spoke :--Fel4 low citizens, am opposed because am not literary man. Look at your Presi- dent-Look at your President! will spell with him from ab to c,stcitr, and beat him at that.
The Arkansas advocate., 1834-10-31

Doaidges against Stage Proprietors.- In suit tried in Baltimore County Court,
 at the present term Harson ys Stockton 8
 Stokes, to recover damages alleged to have been sustained by the Plaintiff by upsetting on the road between Wheeling and Baltimore of Stage belonging to the Defendants, ia which were the Plaintiff, his wife and two of his children-and four other indviduals-his arm having been broken, and the head of his child material. ly injured. The evidence proved that the driver was intoxicated, and that he not only drove fast, but j;riously, notwithstanding the remonstrances of the passengers The jury returned a verdict of seven hun- dred and fifty dollars damages. It is due to the proprietors of the stage to state, that,
 immediately after this misconduct, the dri-
 yer was discharged. -
The Arkansas advocate., 1834-10-31

Previous to the Play, an Address will bS delivered by one of the members.
 The whole to conciude with Songs, Re- citations, &c.
 :. Good seats are provided expressly for the Ladies, and also for the Gentlemen.
The Arkansas advocate., 1834-10-31

A NEw BusIaEss.-A MT. Mitchell Potter adveritises in the New York papers that he has opened a general agency and commission house for the negotiation of marriages. Such agencies have long existed in the large cities of Europe, but we believe this is the first house of the kind which has been opened in the United States. We prefer the old method of making selec- tions in the home market, and believe that the old maxim ''if you avoald haze your bu- slness aceH transacted, transact tt yourselEn eminently applies to the driving of matri- monial bargains. We copy his advertise ment from the New York Gazette.
 Mai. Ran.
The Arkansas advocate., 1834-10-31

Extraordinary Water Spout. a.--On very rainy day in July last, very singular oc- currence took place in Ashe county, North
The Arkansas advocate., 1834-10-31
soREIGN NEWS.

;;ronortant news is the re-com- p'v,' ', If bostilities between Turkey Ep's.' The selection of this particu- 9NPn ',e bv the Sultan to renew the v s''''s 's'sscas;;oned by the insurrection in z 'saa fl ttI,s reported death of Ibrahim ,a T5i,i. .aasf las however, turns out to be ..;s;ve blow had yet been struck in ''1 Two or three minor engagements .,,,red. and it was reported that a p h.ttle was fought on the 22nd :. sb ,be sea shore, near Liquietso, in el p. p carlists lost 2000 men in killed s.,s0 s'sasodix has been added to the quad- ,ps,y aps in consequence of the return of s,,os 1Yl@ 10 Spain. The precise stipu- '' T tbe new articles are not known. " " reOorted that Prince Talleyrand, r,saeh ss, minister to London, would not l.s l'I bat capital, but would be replaced Duke Decazes.
 News from this country com- @ 's,s tbe pleasing intelligence of the '''apqlillity of that interesting coun- .bs % exploitation of the army of Gua-
 nnder General Mexia, to the s.r,, ss ,,ammanding the government di- s The authorities of Gnadalaxara '% %h recognised the general govern ,ndr is President general St. Anna. Z, must now look to the General Con- { sbich is to assemble on the first of |ar, to adopt such farther measures as 1 bcme the federal institutions of the Er on firm basis, and call forth the E5ant resources of that extensive coun-
The Arkansas advocate., 1834-10-31

PRICES OE ADMISSION. Tickets $l,00--Children and servants halEprice. Oct. 3l, 1834.-1w. N. B.-Good music will attend.
The Arkansas advocate., 1834-10-31
MARRIAGE.

In Paris 1t is well known there are a number of respectable marriage agents or brokers, whose business is to obtain wives for bachelors, and husbands for those who are desirous to enter the happy state.- That many of the arrangements thus form ed, have proved very happy matches, and are known to have been made by persons of responsibility and property. In large cites like New York and Philadelphia, there are many hundred ladies, possessed of consid- erable property. good manners and educa- tion, who for various reasons live very re- tired, and however willing to enter into the hymeneal state, have no facilities of intro- duction.
 To this class of persons an office for the negotiation of marriage contracts, would prove a great facility, and immense advan- tages might be derived from its. establish ment, to contracting parties; and as the fees or commission in all successful negotiations would, doubtless, be very liberal, the busi- ness would of course be profitable to the agent.
 The present mode of advertising for wives is attended with many difficulties and embarrassments, which the establish ment of an agency office would eiectually remove. With these views on this subject, l think the experiment ought to be made.-- shall therefore proceed without delay to make such arrangements for opening an agency in this city, {of which due notice will be given,) as he feels sure will afford every satisfaction to those who are disposed to pat ronize, what he firmly believes to be mer- itorious and useful undertaking.
 MITCHELL POTTER.
The Arkansas advocate., 1834-10-31

1hU3f,c,y apoitsn, s,''aa a.'. abolished in spaia. This
The Arkansas advocate., 1834-10-31
SOLDIERS DAUGHTER.

When will be acted the comEpY of ,t
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TcoMMuNIcATED.1

Mr. Snowden-I have neither time, talent, or
inclination to enter the interminable field OF po-
litics, nor yet to discuss the grades of society;
but from the severity (under the caption of the
Rich and the Poor) of the remarks made by
some of the editorial corps, ask your permits
sion to say, that he who undertakes to say there
is not marked and degrading difference made
between the man who works every day for his
living and he who does not, must be blind and
dull observer of the movements of society,"
We may differ as to men and measures; Judges
NAV differ as to the law; and we may differ as
to religion-but never thought it possible that
men could differ on subject that is seen every
day we live, and doubtless was SEEM as far
back as history carries us. The whole matter
has too much of the Royal dictum, The Gle
mency of his Majesty's royal heart secures the
loyalty of his faithful subjects"
Who can say, in truth, that the working class
has any thing like an equal chance with the
trading class in Bank facilities? Wealth, we all
know, gives power and influences and as you
add opportunities to one class to acquire it,
which is denied to the other, you make one
privileged class and the other degraded class
Negro build de church. but white man carry
de key" and the cold and hackneyed compll-
ment of the I" bone and sinew of the country"
too frequently made use offor effects sake, falls
dead with the echo of the voice that utterS it,
and is remembered no longer, after his own
ends are accomplished. | do not go upon the
Agrarlan principle, yet do know what have
here stated is substantially true.
49, 1850 POTOMAC
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SALES.
BY WILLIAM d. NUTT-7his Day,
VALUABLE PROPERTY FOR SALE AT
PIRLIC AUCTION

VALUABLE PROPERTY FOR SALE Al
PUBLIC AUCTION
TNDER deed oftrust, executed by the Ne
u chancs' Bank of Alexandria, on the 10Th
October, 1882, the subscriber will offer at pubic
sale, on Saturday, the 18th day OF March next
the following VALUABLE PROPERTY stu
ate and lying in the Town of AleXandrIa, 70 WITT
IA One LOT Of GROUND & TENEMENT
l:ii.l on the north side fixing street. between St
Asaph and Pitt streets; beginning on King street
at the southwest corner of the lot conveyed by
Peter Wise to Robert G. Lanphler, beirg -
feet to the east of st. Asaph street; extending
thence on King street, west, fifty feet; thence,
.northwardly, one hundred and sXty-one feet
seven inches to a fifteen feet alley leading 70
st. Asaph street; thence east, on the said alley,
fifty feet; thence south, parallel to ST. Asaph ST,
and running with Robert G. Lanphier's line to
the beginning.
~ One undivided moiety, or half Of &
I;i.1 WHARF, with the BUILDINGS and i'm
provements thereon, in the town of Alexandria,
bounded as follows: Beginning on Prince street
twenty nine feet eleven inches to the east OF the
east wall of the brick house built by George Sla-
cum; thence, on Prince street. east into the river
Potomac; thence south, to the middle Of an al
ley laid offby George Gilpin and Shreve G. Law
rason, from Union street to the river, parable 10
Prince street; thence west, with a line drawn
from the point of beginning, parallel to Union
street, and crossing the north line Of the said al
ley twenty nine feet eleven inches to the east of
the above wall; thence with that line to the be-
ginning
"a One LOT OF GROUND g. TENEMENT
l:iL beginning at the intersection of King and
Fayette Streets and running thence eastwardly,
on King street, fortythree feet five inches; thence
northwardly, and parallel to Fayette street one
hundred feet to a ten feet alley; thence west
wardly, on the alley, forty three feet five inches,
to Fayette street; thence southwardIy, with said
street to the beginning.
The sale to take place at the Mechanics Bank,
and to commence at 10 O'Clock, A. NJ
The terms are: One-fiflh the purchase mo-
ney to be paid in hand, and the residue in six,
twelve, and eighteen months, in equal install
mens; the purchaser to give notes, satisfactorily
endorsed, bearing interest from day Of sale; and
on full payment thereof with all costs, charges,
and interests, the subscriber will convey to the
purchaser all the right and title conveyed in the
aforesaid deed r. SMITH, Trustee.
jan 20-wtlMar&eot15th
u The above sale is postponed to Saturday,
22d instant, at same time and place. mar II
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> In the Senate, yesterday, after the presenta-
ton of several memorials opposed to the Reno
val of the Deposites, by Mr. SOUTHARD,
from New Jersey, the bill to re-charter the Bank
was taken up, and Mr.. CALHOUN expressed
himself in opposition to the bill. He declared
himself in favor, however, Of settling the cur
rency upon some stable foundation-of limiting
the issue of paper currency, &c. &c. Mr.. BEN
TON followed, and took somewhat the same
ground.
In the House of Representatives, Mr. GILMER
spoke on the Report of the Committee of Ways
and Means.
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EXTENSIVE SALE OF SPLENDID BOOKS
BY UCTION


On Wednesday, Thursday Friday, and 'Saturs
dag Nights, Of this week, only.
In the assortment will be found Henry's Com
mentaries 3 vols, new edition; SCOTS Bible,
3 vols; Prdeaux's Connexions, 2 vols; Pulpit's
Assistant, 2 vols; Hornes Introduction vols,
new edition; Mosheim's Church History, 2 vols;
Polyglot Bibles, quarto, new edition; Bagster's
Comprehensive Bible, elegant work; Mis-
sionary Gazetteer Hume, Smollett and Bissetts
England, 9 vols; Rollins Ancient History, :
vols; do. vols; Josephus, 2vols; Matte Bruins
Universal Geography, 6 vols; Lempriere's Clas
steal Dictionary, 2 vols, new edition; Harper's
Family Library, so vols; Harper's Novels 0
vols; Shakespeare, 2 vols; Dearborn's new edl
ton Of Byron, a splendid Book; ditto of Bos
Wells Johnson, 2 vols ditto of Johnson's Works,
2 vols; ditto of Horace Wapoe's Letters, 9
vols: with others of Dearborn's fine editions
Jefferson's Works, vols; Popes Works, l vol;
Sturme's Reflections vol; Hunters Sacred
Biography, l vol; Paley's Works, l vol; New
tons Works. l vol; Bunyan's Works, 2 vols;
Hannah Moore, 2 vols; Putarch's Lives, l vol;
Spectator l vol; Taller and Guardian, vol;
British Drama, vols; Goodrchs Geography;
Nicholson's Operative Mechanic, 2 vols; Gold
smiths Animated Nature, vols; Burns Works;
Fox's Book of Martyrs; Teggs Book of Know
ledge; SCOTS Works Moore; Godsmith Sterne;
Chesterfield; Rogers, Campbell, Montgomery,
&C.. l vol. complete Heman's, Heber q Pol
lock, l vol; Lady Manor, 7 vols; Cooper's
Novels, 16 vols; Chtty's Blackstone, 2 vols;
Webster; Walker; Buck; Pocket Bibles and
Testaments; Tom Cringe; Man of Wars Man;
Contrast; with about 200 vols. modern Novels.
mar % GEO. WHITE, Auct.
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We observe the following in the last letter of
the Washington Correspondent of the New
York Courier & Enquirer:
MIR. Pierson, of Rensselaer,, (the gentleman
who authorized Mir. Wright, to say, in the Sen
ate, that there was not hundred Jacksonmen
to the Troy MemoriaD was with the President
Yesterday. During the interview, he informed
the honorable Member of Congress, that he had
determined to receive no more OF these Com
mitteeS; and then proceeded to assail, IN I'M
measured terms of abuse, the Baltimore Com
,mttee. He said, that they had given to the pub
Tic pdlpabie falsehoOd" and he could prove
II. He added, that four I" disinterested' cltl-
zens were present during the conversation, all
OF whom united in declaring that the report OF
the Baltimore gentlemen was false. He named
Inc four individuals to whom he alluded viz
one from this District; one from Kentucky; one
nom Philadelphia. and one from New York.
Il will add another incident, equally dis
graceful to the Executive. l have already re-
marked that the President said" that four dis
Interested persons" asserted, that the Baltimore
committee had stated "pdlpGbIe falsehOOd." A
eegraded tool of MIR. Van Buren,, but a dstin-
Sushed Member of the Kitchen Cabinet, is now
employed to procure the certificates of the four
individuals alluded to. This minion of power
mas addressed circular to each of them. re-
fuesting statement &C. of the conversation.
nope the request will be complied with. Its
lorm viii enable us TO Judge whether these men
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A bill has passed to third reading in the Lee
gislature of Massachusetts,, providing that no Ii
cense for the sale of ardent spirits shall be grant
ed in any town within the commonwealth, with
out the wish expressed from the authorities, OF
by vote of the inhabitants. In the Legislature OF
Virginia the other day, a bill for the suppression
of gambling was indefinitely postponed by al
most universal consent! Let us not forgetin oul
vain boasting about this glorious Old Dominion
such facts as these.-Rich Comp.
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Thursday was the day appointed for the
GREAT meeting of the people in Philadelphia. Ii
was probably the largest ever held in this coun-
trv The trades with their banners and badges
the closed stores and shops-the great collec-
ton of people-the extreme excitement of the
cty. all must have contributed to render this
meeting extremely interesting. We hope the
day passed off happily.