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Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1841-03-18
MO- T4G 1E.

ME subscriber having leased from Mr..
l. Clarke, his
EXTENSIVE TANNERY
in Waynesborough, together with the large
amount of Stock on hand is now prepared 10
furnish the citizens Of the county with an ar
ticle of LEATHER, not inferior to any man.
ufactured in the upper country. With a view
to make it still more convenient to those who
may be disposed to patronize him, he has
made arrangements with Mr.. Isaac Fisher.
residing at Packers Mill, in the Town Of
Staunton, to receive his Leather on Store, and
make sale. The place shall at all times DO
we'll supplied with the various kinds of Span
,sh and country Sole, Upper, Calf Skins.
Harness, Skirting, &c..
Those who are in want of the article. are
respectfully invited to call and examine for
themselves.
Hides will be taken In exchange for leath-
er at the following prices cents per pound
for well slaughtered Beef Hides, do. for
Calf Skins, and all other kinds at the usual
rates.
EN-. B. Mr.. Fisher will pay cash for
HIDES.
ROBERT w. SAUNDERS.
Feb IS
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Dissolution Of Partnership

THE partnership heretofore existing be-
tween the subscribers in the Mercantile bu-
siness, in tho name OF Allen g. Keiser, has
been dissolved by mutual consent.
In order to pay OFF any liabilities Of the
firm, the customers who are in arrears are
most respectfully requested to come forward
and make payment, or otherwise close their
accounts.
GEO. w. ALLEN,
JACOB KEISER.
March Is, IS4l-3t
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NOTICE..

IN pursuance of the last will and tesla
ment Of Daniel Stricken, Sen. decd. will
offer at public sale, on the premises, on
Thursday the 10th day of June next, the
VALUABLE TRACT OF LAND
on which the decd. formerly resided, lying
on the North River, eleven miles north of
Lexington, in Rockbridge County, and we'll
known by the name Of Strickler's Spring,
containing by estimate,
Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1841-03-18
$50 REWARD.

u e0V HE w IN k. Dc
STOLEN from the subscribers Room at
~ cClung's Tavern on the 4th of Feb'ry,
A SINGLE CASE FULLJEWELED DE-
TACHED GOLD LEVER WATCH,
GOLD GUARD CHAIN AND KEY, with
the letters l.. M. B. cut on tho inside OF the
case, with pin or knife, little scratched OH
the face with pin near the pinion of the
hands, a dent on the back of the case caused
by fall. Thibault g. Brothers Importers.
Philad'a. No. not known.
The above reward will be given if Watch,
&c. be returned to me, or if information be
given so that get them again.
]. B. BRADFORD.
Staunton, Feb. 25, 1871:
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the 26th Of the present month, (March) my
plantation, consisting Of
2l3 ACRES.
lying on the South River, in Augusta Coun-
ty, Va, 4 miles above Waynesborough, adj
joining the lands Of Gerard b. Stuart, An
drew Alexander and others. The improve
ments are large BRICK DWELLING
HOUSE, and several out houses, with
a large SWlSHER BARN, and a fine young
gtSss.s,; ORCHARD of well selected fruits.
sygY,Gs- "A further description of the land
%tS is deemed unnecessary, for those
-<s.2assz> wishing to purchase will call and
examine for themselves.
Possession can be had the first day of
April. Terms very accommodating, and
will be made known on the day of sale.
JOHN Shirley.
March 10, 1S41-tds
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FRESH GARDEN SEEDS
FOR sale at DR.. f. BERKEL EY'S store
Stanton, Feb 25
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NOTICE.
ALL those indebted to the late firm of AL
len u Baylor, and to the subscriber, when
doing business on his own account, are in
formed that circumstances render it necessa-
ry that immediate payment should be made.
1t is hoped that any further notice on this
subject will not be necessary.
GEO. w. ALLEN.
March IS
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A VALUABLE FARM,
Containing $50 .acrss 0flssssst
sUitaiss 2 miles Of Lyssclt1'g.
FOR SALE.

THE subscriber having Diet ermined to
move to the west, offers his Valuable Farm,
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PUBLIC AUCTION.
Valuable Farm
FOR SALE.

WILL be sold at public sale, on Friday
the 26th of the present month, (March) my
plantation, consisting Of
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March i6
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NOTICE..

March Is, IS4l-3t
Mobile daily commercial register and patriot., 1841-09-17

SOUTH AMERICA, VIA HAyANA-By papers re. have come from South America. The following we extract from the Bee
 NEW GRENADA-The insurrections in the south part of the republic still continue and have occa- stoned much consternation among tile inhabitants The commander in chief of the third d, lsion informs the secretary of that the infamous robbers in the vicinity of Popayan, have committed the most atro- cious depredatons the persons and property fhe people, and though they have been routed and driven beyond the Paramo, the desoaton and destruction they have caused are almost irleparabe. The peo. pie of Papayan were in complete despair, and under apprehensons of fresh revolts.
 The governor of the province of Neiya states the secretary of that the farms and dwellings of the friends of order have been destroyed and laid waste by the rebels under Sanchez they have despoled the churches and robbed them of every article of value and have compelled the inhabitants furnish to theil lawess troops the of hundred thousand dol lars.
 CARACAS, June 20-The bank of Caraccas has begun to discount to the great relief and benefit o the commercial men and citizens generally. The na- tona bank, recently established, will not be opened until September or October.
 In Havana, business was very dull. The yellow fever had almost entirely abated. The few cases which were occurring were easily subdued by medi- cine. The papers publish Mexican law, allowing the British steam navigation company to import coal into Vera Cruz and Tampico for the of their ves- sels free of duty for the term of ten years; proyd ed that if coal mines shall in the mean time be dis covered in Mexico, the privilege shall thereafter cease.
Mobile daily commercial register and patriot., 1841-09-17
lsTEI'
MOBILE
FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER r, lsil.

The mail to-day failed beyond Stockton. Me are therefore without the veto II is the general impress sim that that document was sent to Congress week aeo yesterday If SD, in regular course oi "''l Il should have been here to day. If Il come to- r,orrow, we shall publish il immediately m an extra
 The whigs have made up their minds to expect vein. and their best informed papers express thelr ,ninion that the cabinet will be dismissed. The N' York American and Courier and Enquirer insist that ifs members should resign immediatey-that a lancer continuance in office would degrade them as men and whigs They farther say that the new cab met If composed ofrecreant whgs, not receive inc sanction of the Senate. They seemto be wiling and anxious however, that the appointments ma! be ,,ade (rom the ranks of the democracy. By ihls means they expect o excite the feelings of their par ,y apains the President and thus put some sort oi fire and coherency into their broken and d'sb"nded ranks.
 Such manouyre as this to ''head Captain Tyler would of course be unsuccessful. EXasperated as the whigs are at that gentleman, we suspect no majority would degrade itself by infamous a proceeding The proposition is very seryceable, however, tc show tine temper of the whigs towards the Presi dent.
Mobile daily commercial register and patriot., 1841-09-17

EXPLOSIVE SHELLs.-TERRIBLE WEAPoN.- Recently an experiment was made Washington of the explosive force of some deonating shells, in- vented by Dr.. Alexander Jones, of South Carolina Those exhibited were mere tin cases, about three inches in diameter, filled with combustible matter, and were thrown from the hand into the canal, dis tance of some twenty thirty yards. On touching the surface they instantly exploded, with report e. qual four puunder, casting up column of water fifty feet into the air, and showing that, larger scale and discharged from mortar, they would con stitue most destructive engine. There was no fire used to ignite them.
 On the 9th inst. second experiment was made with shells of larger size. Seven discharged from the hand; some regulated that they sunk 10 the boitan of the s; h~f.-e e-r'a"s, and then of with great power, raising huge columns of the water above the surface Others made to burst few feet under the water and others again immediately and instantly striking the surface.- Several of them exploded with the report of six nine pound cannon, and sent the water in in- stances more than 100 feet in the air. One casion, the quantity sent up was so great that ii spread and fell in a heavy shower bath the shore and wet the spectators freely that t set them all to scampering. To prove the safety oi these shells in handling them, the inventor, in two three in- stances threw them from his hand the hard ground and then kicked them about with his feet till the ses were ndented, without going of. He then pick ed them up and threw them into the river, when, in each case they immediately exploded with great vio- ence.
 The inventor of this terrible engine of war, made his first experiment in England, where both that psw CT and the Minister of Russia wished to purchase his secret. He preferred to offer il first to his own government, which is his purpose now at Washing ton.
 The great excellence of the invention, it is stated in the Washington papers, is it's capabiity of being so nicely adjusted that It can be made to burst any where at given time, and that It can be sunk in water and exploded at any depth.
 A weapon destructive would be mostefective in boarding vessels; the first rush of attack among land forces; in the debarkaton of an enemys troops or while they crossing river.
 An invention similar to this was exhibited some months ago in England, but It is said to have been far inferior in destructive force, and its capabity of being used as a universal power operating wherever it may be placed
Mobile daily commercial register and patriot., 1841-09-17
We arc indebted to Messrs sumwalt & Co., for

We are indebted to Messrs. Sumwalt & Go. for a copy of Miss Sedgwick's [" Letters from Abroad"
 We don't know any book of travels which can be more highly commended than this Without the slightest pretension, in simple, unaffected style, the reader is carried from point to point in the mother country; let into tho domestic circles of the great men and women of the day, and made familiar with them all. Throughout its pages there are beautiful touches of sentiment and feeling, which are equally delightful and instructive. After the cant and egotism of most writers, such book to reader of taste is like clear spring to thirsty traveller
 A. woman of intellect, who, like Miss Sedgwick, has reached the meridian of life, is always better observer of society and manners than a man. Her sphere has been principally in domestic life; she IS more accustomed to see and catch the delicate lights and shades that give society its real characters and she has of ascertaining its true features which are totally without the reach of the other
Mobile daily commercial register and patriot., 1841-09-17

RESCUE OF McLEop-A correspondent of the New York American, writing from Whiltsborough, (N. ) September lst, says:
 " About week since, letters were received from the secretary ol state, addressed 10 ihe sheriti and hrst judge oi the county, informing them that he had received information from persons entitled 10 belief, that an attempt would be made to rescue Mcleod, now confined in our jail, and subsequently o dispose o hlm according to the judgment of his captors. He referred tn the cannon recently taken from several of the arseals ai the West, and the powder collected at Syracuse, which the cause of the late lanen- table calamity, as connected with this design. lie advised the sheriff to take precautions to guard against any unnecessary socitude in the public mind. Several other letters were received from other ces, to the same purpor. One from Washing ton, the information contained in which derINed from the British minister. Mcleod himself received several warning him against secret and open Nio- lence, and assuring him m the most confident man. ner that he s' doomed man." unless he con ducted himself with extraordinary crcumspection. Our sheriff. of course, needed intinations from such high authority, assembled some of our citizens, gansed patrol, who traverse streets from night till morning. But this is not all. Yesterday Coy ernor Seward himself was here, and authorised T more perfect and effective organization. In cOnior- mity with his advice, we have number of the Uuca military corps, who, with some of citizens constitute the night guard We are likewise to hatt l guard of one hundred citizens, who 10 be fur. nished with arms and ammunition by the state, ano l be ready at d moments alarm 10 turn out.
Mobile daily commercial register and patriot., 1841-09-17

Hon. John c. Adams.-In the House, on the 30tl of July Mir. Adams made the following remarks in reply to MT. Wise:
 s''rhe gentleman quoted him, Mr. Adams) hay. ing said that the extravgan expenditures under Mir Van Buren's administration, were caused by the compromise act Now he said no such thing. What he said was, that the beggary of the Treasury was can sed by the compromise act. He believed that the mass of appropriations under that administration ,ceye aecessary and that there ertrauagance.
 Thus is justice at length done to Mr. Van Buren by on, of his most inyeterate enemies, justice will finally be done to him by the judgment of the people One ;rer are the falsehoods against that pure patriot explode ed, and shown up. and the time IS not distant when it will be incredible that such asehoods could have ben uttered, and still more incredible that they could have been believed.
Mobile daily commercial register and patriot., 1841-09-17

A specimen of beautiful cotton ginned by a ma chine on a new principle, has been left with for the inspection of those who take an interest in the prosperity and improvement oi great staple modity. The excellence of the new mode appears to consist in its cleansing ihe article from every des- cription of trash, it's leaving tentrey free from nap, from cut or twisted fibre, and exhibiting smooth, straight, clean staple supas ing the finest and best samples of saw ginned cotton we have ever seen.- Several competent judges have pronounced il far su- perior in appearance to he ordinary ginned article. The sample we have seen exhibits that regularity and eyenness of fibre which should expect only to after it had passed through carding process, winch, we are induced to believe is the fact-or at least, that something the principle of cards is sub stituted for the saws which separate the seed from the staple We cannot, however, speak of this ad- visedly, the inventor has not yet made known his secret. Neither can we state how fast the machine gins, though the impression is. from what have heard that it is fast the old gin, but is be-
 eved to be susceptible of such improvement will re nder it equally eXpedtious; and it is also suppo- sed the inventor is engaged in perfecting his ma chine with that object. The name of the gentleman is not now remembered, but his residence is al De- mopos, Marengo county. He has refused, as we learn 10 dispose of any of his machines. will he suffer them to be used at present. This machine, should it answer the expectations raised from the sample of its wo before us, will prove of ncacula- ble benefit the cotton producing interests of the ountry.-[J Journal.
Mobile daily commercial register and patriot., 1841-09-17

MORE FRAUD.-Chas. Esenwein, Tobacco Mer- chant, with house in Philadelphia and New York, recently shipped himself to Germany, leaving abili- ties and embedding means, amounting, according to the papers, to about million of dollars.
 The hsuse, of which he was the principal man, had an almost unlimited credit. His partners will be the principal losers.
 In early life, Esenwein was remarkable for his strict business habits, tact and industry. The re- mote cause of his yillainy is said to be certain extra vagancies in support of an infamous woman, with whom he lived. His wife recently separated from him, and was allowed a separate maintenance of $lO,OOO.
Mobile daily commercial register and patriot., 1841-09-17

Dispeea 7ertry Bangor (Me) Whg saNs:-lhe United States lroors ordered 10 oecupy the posts af the Aruosinok and Fish River in the disputed territory started om Houlton on Tuesday team of oxen and all ihe necessary implements for clearing he roads aud for erecting suitable quarters and barracks. good military road, supported at the expense ut the tienrral Government, from Houl- ton io Fish River, ma, soon be expected, and re- gular mail route with post office at Fish River and the Aroostonk will be established ,iialcly. The General Government Is now fairly upon the territory, and there aill be no backing oul until final settle ment oi the question, which und the present eliei- ent adlninisti alton cannot be long dease
Mobile daily commercial register and patriot., 1841-09-17
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w t-tII' ' Explosion of Bomb SheHi-Awta Deathli-A most distressing occurrence happened at the navy yard thls morning, between nine and ten o'clock. Capt. Jacob Bright, of the Marien rifle corps, of this
 e .la ,. a' ane nay sa,u, h"Saseu apoe. Accidentally fell from his hands the floor and ex- ploded, killed him instantly His body was most shockngly lacerated his head, his Jeff arm and one of his thighs being dreadfuly wounded, and his bow els literally turn out. The body presented shocking spectacle, mutilated as it in such dreadful man Several pieces of silver taken of his en- trails broken, and others partly melted. Capt. Bright was most worthy and esiimable citizen, well known and highly respected, and has left wife and six children to mourn their sudden bereavement. His funeral will take place tomorrow "Wednesday at three o'clock, afternoon; which occasion the military will turn out to do the last temporal honors to their fellow citizens and sodler.
Mobile daily commercial register and patriot., 1841-09-17

Repolad oaary Incidea.-lt IS well remembered that reward of five hundred pounds was offered for the head of Jo Inn Hancock. When he signed the Decla- ration of Independence, he d,d it with bold hand, in conspi cuous manner; and rising from his seat, pointing to il, exclaimed, ''There John Bull can read my ma me without spectacles he may double his reward, am put him at dehance.
Mobile daily commercial register and patriot., 1841-09-17

htereting Metting.-1he American Board of Mis- sipns, which commences its in this city to- day, has under it's patronage 490 missionaries in fo- reign lands, all aboring To extend the influence of the gospel, with the blessings which il draws in it's train. The annu, expenditures of the board amount to 24O GOO dollars. It supposed that POO to 300 clergy men will take part in the present meeting g.-Phll. U. $. Gag.
Mobile daily commercial register and patriot., 1841-09-17
REAnING ROOM

1I3@ Al the suggestion of number of friends, the undersigned proposes to establish in this city the first of November next, Commercial and General Reading Room, should sufficient encouragement to the project be given hy the business of the city. The want of place of general resort, and re uaion for gentlemen engaged in commercial aad profess ona business has never been fully supplied in Mo bile-lhe Post Office corner or lhe har-rooms of the Hotels being the only places approaching to he char acter of business ''EXcmnge." To supply this deficiency in q measure-to open convenient, com ortabIe and respectable place where merchants may introduce their foreign correspondents and friends wien in the city, and where the citizens who are fond of reading may pass quiet and profitable leisure hour or two every day, will be the objects 10 be ac- complished.
 TERMs.-Ten Dollars per annum, payable hall yearly in advance.
 One subscription by business House or Firm to entte all the partners of the concern O the prlve- ges of the Room. The rule to apply to all the young men acting as clerks in one Counting Room.
 The Room selected for the purpose Is on Cont-st next below the Merchants and Planters Bank, and the ground floor of the building belonging 10 the Bank. 1t is capacIous, being 57 feet in length and h all eSIects WCli a.Hil'leu 'o tue pun p"se' II "' be well warmed, furnished and lighted-the entrance will he pr,ate, through the Commercial Register Office, next door, and the object of the proprietor will be tn make it useful and comfortable resort nl visitors and reading of the city, and for the cor respondents of business and other strangers wht may be introduced to il by subscribers. well ordered establishment of this kind can only he maintained by systematic enforcement of good rules and it wlIbe lhe duty of the proprietor to es tahlish certain fixed regulations for the protection the comfort and privileges of the visitors. The Reading Room will be opened on the first o | November.
 Besides the principal newspapers of the Union, th' Room will be supplied with the best Commercial Periodicals, and few of the standard British anc American Literary Magazines.
 Mobile, Sept. s JOHN FORSYTH, JR.
Mobile daily commercial register and patriot., 1841-09-17

YELLOW FEYrg.--ihe mnb.r of deaths on Tuesday in New Orleans hs sclL,w ie,erwas 90 |; on "Wednesday 3s
 The epidemic, (~ayS the BulIei) is still the in- crease, lhe new are numerous, and the disease exhibits abatement in nalignity.
 The Picaynne of Wednesday, says:
 Rarely have we seen so much gloom, during two or three years past, was manifest in the cOunten- ances ol onr citizens yesterday The number n faces moi cpthed In mournnlg ,ef, small indeed. The death nt several ull and valued residents and the precarous situation o many others. seemed to have excited almost universal sdrrnw. The epidemic, in Ils malienity, has swept 10 the tomb, many who had abundant reason to hope for escape. The fever, II moi rapdly on the increase, certainly not abatins, hu in its work of destluriou, seems lO be reaching lis way To the ranks of those who have been long and well known to fhe community. Among those who have reason to fear ts attacks, the utmost caution and prudence is demanded. \ calm and mldisnayed spirit, united with early and efficient atendance will almost ensure triumph. While, on the other hand, a weak .Cnd timd temper is the best and most faithful ally ot the disease.'