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The Gloucester (Mass.) Telegraph says awe learn
by letter received in town last evening, that Thomas
Buchanan, Governor of Liberia, in Africa, died at
Bassa. September Sd, very much lamented
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DUBLlc SALE-By virtue Of Deed Of Trust from John
Clough deceased, shall sell, BY public auction
highest bidder, for cash. the .s day Of tins moa, y
house. county of Hanover -four miles above the reside
Of COL Charles r. GooLall likely Negro Men and W.
and all the Household and Kitchen Furniture Of the si
John Coue. Ii the 2sh should be day, shall
the sale on the first fair day thereafter.
GEORGE y. CiOUGI, Trustee
Dec. eth, 1871. 6l-W3w.
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NOR SAE-l5 500 Ca,awha Grape Vines, years old a.
they TO be removed will be sold for half price,
LEWIS HILL.
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THE GEyERAL PosT OrFICE.-We publish the FOL
lowing Circular, of which copy has fallen into our
hands, well to show what steps are taken by the Post
master General 10 ensure greater regularity TO The
mails, as 10 warn Postmasters generally what they
may expect in Of such negecs of duty as there
have been toe many examples of:-.Nat. Int.
PosT OFFICE DEPARTMENT,
December 3, ISL.
Sir: You have been reported by The Third Assistant
Postmaster. General, J. S. Skinner, Esquire, for ia
gross neglect of duty, for having, SIN contempt of re-
peated calls from the Inspection Office, failed TO return
registers of the arrival and departure of mails at and
from your Office"
strict compliance with this portion of your duty is
the only means which will enable the Postmaster-Gen-
era TO enforce the performance Of their engagement
by the contractors.
The complaints so universal in the community, and
is matter of regret TO learn, in SO many cases well
founded Of the irregularities and failures OF mails, have
not been unheeded by the Postmaster General and he
is determined so far the law has given him power,
TO correct the evil when arises by the default of either
postmasers or contractors.
And when postmasters not only fail but refuse to DIS
charge duty imposed upon them by law, he will en-
deavor to call TO his aid those who feeling the oblga-
tions Of their Official station, will take pride in dis
charging their whole duty.
You respectfully asked to respond to this charge,
and furnish such excuse you may have TO make Tor
this seeming neglect of duty with little delay as pos
sible.
Very respectfully, your obedent servant.
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WILLIAM L. ASHTON aud WILLIAM P. JENKS under
w the firm of VIM r. Ashton Co.. transact General Com
mission Business No IS, Smiths Wharf, Baltimore They are
prepared 10 make advances consignments.
Refer 10 Messrs ane sizer Son, ess Lancaster DENLY
Rives PtsrsIurg; Anthony Buck Esq Messrs sam Phillip,
Son, Federiek5urg Philip r. George, Robert Burns Esqs
Messrs. Law ( Fitzhugh Baltimore
Dec. IL ISL. t3-eo3t
~ The Whs will copy shore.
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4 CLASSICAL TEACHER WASTED--l wish engage
"A of single gentleman WHO'S graduate and
competent tcuch Latin Creek Mathematics and the higher
branches English Education. To has been
cessuy engaged the instruction of youth salary
dollars and board will be given. Application person
preferred bur prompt attention will be paid letters directed
Smoky Ordinary O., Brunswick county, Va. Isha! be
city Of Richmond the el 10th and lh of the present
month"; during which time enquiry may made Editor
DR.. Z. r. Scott, OF the Senate OF Virginia.
JOHN P. ATKINSON.
Dec. :. 1871. Gi-y2w
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TO tN:
Justice OF the Peace for the =

-, To act:
T. --, Justice OF the Peace for the ---------
aforesaid, do hereby certify, that - -, whose nam,
IS above subscribed aesiing witness personally appear
before me in my aforesaid, and made oath, that ihr
whose Subscribed parties 70 ~
above letter Of Attorney acknowledged the presence y
the said witness n their act and deed.
Witness my hand and seal, this - day OF ------'
eighteen hundred and -.
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+ AND FOR SALE.-The Farm present in the occutlre,
- o Mrs Sarah Brown, lying in the county o Hanover %
diatey the road leading from Richmond 10 Louisa Court
fifteen miles from the former place. and three below Gooal
Tavern offered for sale. This Farm contains about acre
300 of which cleared AMI the remainder portion III wl,
might easily be made valuable meadow, is in woods M
ciency Of fine timber believed, nearly quite rrLu
the purchaser There is large and commOdOs Dwelling IL
sciar with all buildings, aud line orchard, II
choice fruit upon The place more particular description
deemed unnecessary, those disposed 10 purchase VIII dcA
les, first the premises II previously disposed
viii be offered 10 the highest bidder n public acctun
premises on Tuesday, tile 2st Of December next.
made know by application 10 the subscriber either
by letter. (post paid addressed 10 Nesofoo o. H.
PETER w. BROWN, .3,Gi
Also, the time ard place, the Stock all kinds
Of Corn, Fodder Shucks Plantation Utensils Household
aud Kitchen Furniture &C.. credit OF nine months
S0 the purchaser giving bond and approved
rity-for that sum and under, cash will ho required
PETER w. BROWN
Executor 81 Fleming Brora. detd
Ham, Nov1 5l-,r
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JAMES RIVER AND KASAWfiA COMPASY.-Ihc Seventh
Annual Meeting of the Stockholders OF the James River all
kanawha Company will he held at the Capitol, III TIE cy d
Richmond with permission OF The proper authority Oh Aond
The Goth December
BY order OF the President and Directors.
WM b. ciiITTENDEN, secretary
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The Naval Cour, of Inquiry at New York, of which
Commodore Stewart was President, has adjourned In
the case of Captain Bolton, who returned last May
from the Mediterranean in the frgate grandywne The
Department has decided to order court martial. The
members have not yet been detailed.
From the report Of facts, the Department finds no ren
son TO proceed further in the case OF Capt Newton; no
blame is attached him for the bursting of The gun on
beard The Fulton ~ rmy and Nary ctrorids
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, STATE or THE BOUNDARY " Isl 10Y.
letter published in the Boston Mercantile jour.
III ha faoyyno account of the late proceedings
on The North eastern frontier in regard to The
question: a., ,2 1871.
The Northeastern boundary conimss,sors With The
derstand have completed their cJ-parle nnfortunate
exce ption of Major Graham, who has, which filed tho
l., da,od by reason If dense sn'oke w"ci. 'ieu '"e
region where he was located. oss Tho co,nm;sson
have been unoccuped in the b" ,ho limo Ca no f,ll
in consequence. He viii The vicinity Of the ST. John
and winter somewhere lie d;,,n, IRON, tho T. an.
River, and about thiro
gle OF ihe s1au.eesiek who the line from the n b.
llo'essoi f me highlands, 10 the N. w. angle, ar
aipn terminus on the goth of OCTOBER ana re-
'Vea me by way of Quebec. The part OF his party
.ulhea Mr. Lally returned by this route Inc ,sn-
una are of description that leave no doubt OF their
..en,ity with those mentioned in the treaty.
Captain Talcott, who ran the westerly hhe 70 '.e
n. W. angle, arrived there short tlme previous -
Prof Renwick s party. The British commissioners io-
lowed directly upon Captain Tncotts line TO he n'gh
lands. They have left for the winter, and VIII not
again po upon it until the spring The fact that they
were satisfied that Capt Talcotts line IS the true one
augurs fayoraby 10 the early settlement oil lhe "hoie
line in favor Inc BRUSH oiacels oh 'ne e.'''.
couta Lake went over the ground and examined some
mart of the survey the highlands, and it is sad ex
pressed themselves satisfied with the business OF the
American claim. The sources of the rivers running
into the ST. Lawrence, and into The Atlantc, were as
covered and frequently at no great distance apart
The land hrougI this region is remarkably STERILE
The growth is mostly fir. The climate is cold The
earliest snow this season fell the 18th October: be-
eye later than usual When the party left on the 2Oh
the was six inches deep .
The joint commission will probably go upon the line
some time next year and and doubtless before the year
$40 has expired, the much vexed boundary question
will be settled in our favor
The above information have from one Of the "high-
land" party Our umbermen are going largely into
their business the coming winter-seldom, if ever,
have more teams been fitted out than there have been
this fall One nan, am told, sends two hundred men
into the woods How many others send as many,
am not informed Eve have much snow, and the
usual spring rains, 10 bring down the timber the com
ing year. business will be unusually brisk upon the Pc
nobscot.
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Trustee Sale Of Land, sIaees, and olLer P5og1,,o

pursuance Of the provisions OF 4 Deed of Trust, e,
by Anderson Johnson 10 the subscriber as Trse n,
purposes therein expressed which deed date on H.
day Of June, 1911, and Of record in The Clerks Office - !
County Court Of King William shall proceed 10 ,el nj
anttun, At King William Court house, the DAY 4,
her certain Tract Of Land, called aud known ii III.
of Prnns," containing, ny estiInaion thouaul ,,
high land, and eight nine hundred Of marsh Or
grounds, lying Immediately the Mattapony river 4, III
eight miles below the Court house. This land n
of fertility Of SOIL Is surpassed BY Mar,annn
has comfortable dwelling house, with all the p.e.
on, buildings, in good repair On the day and Al ih
place. VIII be also sold, 10 the highest bidder, public a
b'rgro likely and rHiRGbfe S'Gre consisting Of men, wa,
bny aid girls. And, the DAY following, viii -at NJ
lie auction, on the premises al the said Farm called Pr
The crops Of Corn, Fodder Shucks, together with h.
ta:ion and Farming Utensils, stock Of lios, Mules C
Hogs and Sheep pertaining said Farm And also on m,
lowing day, Tor The sale is completed Perrns
he sold At Lanesvie in the county aforesaid The rerr,
.ad Johnson, n public auction, The highest bidder III
or ehd and Kitchen Furniture, most Of which is II
superior anu fashionable quality Also, all hrs stock M
scrpon with The Plantation and Farmn. Utensils ,aoh. lie
ttr tire. Distlrres, with their hxtures The tenn
sale of the land will be made known the day Of u
properly, Of description, viii be sold for Should
day above advertised prove inemcnt the sale viii commence
first fair day thereafter aud continue from day L. day m
I'll all property sold. RO. BYRD POLLARD, Tras,r,
Nov. 80 59-wlt;
l The above sale is postponed until the 9Th Of January
Dec. IL, lsi
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NOTICE-I hereby foewarn all persons from trading for ,
bond executed by for the sum Of one hundred aud my
VI
Egc who is pedar, and calls himsea German, am De-
termined not pay the same. JOHN :. COitH,
burg eoInty. yn. Nav. sg-wiG
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Nov 81 57-wtsoS
JTNloN ACADEMY, a, Darr, DiRr7'dde eopn,y.1he -
u session Of the above institution WI v
tendance Of W R. Bmfod a. D., June, stn
public examination The second session will commence The -
July and will also Isl December following:
l. is scarcely necessary say, School has been 2
active and eec4i ops,aon for The LAST four year. un5 ~
friends my old patrons aud 10 the public general bl' ~
thing shall he wanting 10 sustain the former and present ~
The following are the terms for the scholastic year q h
months: 81,
Board, Including bedding, washing and lights, sV'
Ancient Languages, including Mathematics and the hs !,
branches Of Science, );
English Gnminar and Geography, i,
Reading, Writing and Arithmetic, ~ M.
Darvis cd Dec, 1871. 6l-"'l@
IN ACKNOWLEDGMENT Rules holden in TIE cls. r.
Office Of The County Court Of Buckingham The l., tay q -
Se Moia, OAK fsil: rIaln,is:
against ,ln..
Creed Garrett, and Stephen Garrett and Robcr, Joncf A~
nsraors Of Fcnstcad Jones, deceased DSna ,,a.a..
The defendant, Creed Garrett having entered h. I
and given security, according 10 the Act OF
the Rules Of this Court, and appearing, BY saae'
dencc, lie an iniahitant OF this Country : Nm
That The said absent defendant do appear here on ih Ind
the next January Term, and answer the bill Of the
published in the City Of Richmond, for two months
posted the front door Of the Court house OF TINS oo
A''p' EoLrE ELDRIDGE,, G
Nov.9 3J-N-~-
VALUABLE MACHINERY FOR sALE.-Pursuant to 800 y.
Of the County Court OF Amelia, the undefsigne Ola
10 sell privately the House and all the Mashncf ~ Gar.
Mill owned and occupied by the late Archer d. Heo' % ron
land Hendrck The Machinery consists Of the hea IL liz
wheels adapted to the working OF two par % s' h rs,
power Of wheel, and is very liie waI ~ ht nr
sufficiently heavy and of excellent quality WIN IN u
lures usually employed in common Gris. JIM
large and we'll constructed for Mill or many our ,r 10
Persons wishing such Machinery, &c ae H.
call and examine. They will find 70 Their ~ rs ~.
orr terms viii be reasonable. The Machinery can ~ !
plica,ion either subscribers living !" the .eis
! Deatonsvie aud the Amelia Springs.
/ TH0s W. WEBSTER, C0ma.sussfrs.
GARLAND lIENDRILk,N ,.,.f1,.
Amelia, Sov. Icth 1871;
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IN CHANCERY-In Hanover Circuit Superior Court October
9lh lsil:
Thomas James, Martin James, and Richard James, Plaintiffs,
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The children Elizabeth Duratt, children of John Jamee
the children of Sarah Martini and heirs o William
Hines all unknown David Hodges and Nancy
wife, who Nancy James, and Edmund Lee and MARY hi,
WIFE who Mary James, Defendants:
The plaintiffs this day filed their bill in tins cause
Temperance Hines lately departed this life
seized of land the county of Hanover and
Virginia. worth hundred dollars
Of said interstate unknown; that the said heirs who
known descendants of Elizabeth Dnrait the children
John James, the children and descendant,
Sarah said Elizabeth and Sarah
said inestatc and the children descendants of William
Hines brother aud praying sale partition said land
aud upon notions ordered that The sad unknown
heirs Of Temperance Hines and all persons interested sad
land, appear this and make them
parties said h and file hrf
to and that copy OF forthwith inserted in Rich
Enquirer newspaper published in the city of Richmond
for SIX weeks successfully.
Copy-Testc,
PHILIP u. WINSTON, c c.
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partners in trade, under the style and firm Of Ennc and o
man, Piaihiis:
against
James R. May, Thomas May, John NJ May, Charles MAY
William May, Robert May, Mary NJ Page, Lucy ~ Page, ahc
John Morris, Defendants:
The defendants James r. May and Charles May not having
entered their appearance and security, according 10 Tie
Act OF Assembly and the Rules OF this Court and appran
satisfactory evidence that they mol inhabitants Of his
country ordered That the said absent defendants do
pear the day Of The next April Term, aud answer
the bill of plaintiffs and that copy Of This order b. forthwith
inserted in newspaper published In The city OF hmoni
SUCCESSFULLY and posted at the front door Of The
Court House of this county.
Copy-Teste,
Il. ELDRIDGE C. C. S g.
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(Eorm Of Prory.)

WV. Z. EHITTENDEN, seeTtaTs
Richmond, lath Nov, ISL.
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sition, however much disp
fore us at this moment, a
are passing through tie y
baton on the part Of edit"
tune ofabout 800, 600 Isl
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| A Copy-Testc,
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$4,000
10000
4 Children,
GnninfInc

Societies, :. oo,0oo-Sl0o0oD
This is characterised rs an act of great lberality
To whom Is thereh here any, iberaty to the partner
of his BOSOM who is thus, Ysrhaps, compelled to va
cate the house in which she had spent large portion
other fe-to discharge her scrvans-to sell her books
to f,rego the charities in which she had been accus-
toned to ndulge-to dispense with the performance Of
her usual acts Of kindness 10 her relations and friends:
Certainly not Is there any lberaty in deprivng his
children of the power TO contribute their mites in aid
of tie purposes for which these soc e'es were ins,'u
ted sna n mus dspvng them Of The pleasant feelings
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n so 10 do. We have be-
the contents of which
papers with great appro-
nerally, by which a for.
l..Jl
Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1841-02-03

out traverses the wide globe, and searches
out The most wretcbed of the human fami-
ly, and unlocks the darkened understanding,
and dispeis the gloom of the grave, aud
opens to the astonshei mind the glories of
the upper world. To the eye of the chris
tan, faith presents still brighter picture.
He sees the idols crumbling around the
heather temples. He sees the name of
Jesus irinmphing over the name of Gauda-
ma. He listens to the bap,ismal bymn
rising along the banks of the Ganges and of
the Niger, and beholds ETHIOPIA stretching
out her hands unto God. There is glory
gathers around the missionary enterprise.
! have often visited with feelings of no
common interest the spot on the banks of
the Hoosick, where beneath shady grove,
Mills and two or three companions prayed
Intoexlstence American missions. Ii seemed
hallowed spot, and as if some ministering
angel lowered over it, 10 bear 10 heaven our
prayers. 0, if The sainled spirit of him
who knelt there, whose grave is on the
corals Of the ocean, if the spirit of Mills
has been permitted TO look down upon earth,
hcw must il have glowed with transport to
see the, fruit Of his labor in foreign lands,
and with what holy JOY has his bosom burned
as happy spirits arrived. and greeted him as
the agent under God of their conversion
As they came up in long succession from
the wastes of earth: he will not regret the
sacrifice VIII Oh he has made.
But there is one fact which must be
placed on the dark side of missions. Amer
lean churches are sleeping over the dying
heathen. Said one of them 10 missionary.
You say it is 1900 years since The Savior
was upon earth; if so, why did you not tell
Us Of it before?' Had the christian world
Cbeyed the command, 600 preach the Cos
pei" what thousands might have been re-
Joicing to-day, who sit in darkness! O, if
they knew how easily and bow speedily we
might let in the light upon them, how would
they reproach MS. The cry "come over and
help u.s." has so often sounded in our ears,
that we forget its import. But that cry is
not dubious, it is the voice Of six hundred
millions, who by their misery and guilt, by
their present Indebtedness ard iurure
prospects, call upon American churches TO
come TO their rescue =
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No. The caskel that contains the priceless
gem, was fashioned with perfect symmetry,
and unrivalled loveliness-a dwelling meet
for its royal inhabitant, but alas, the change
that has come over il! Mark that youth
with faltering step, and downcast eye,
and faded cheek, and trembling limbs
His soul is rich in all that nature and sci
ence can give. In his mind ;lie hidden
mines Of wisdom, and fancy, and wit; but
when that mind calls upon its servant, the
body, TO give tos The world the fascinating
thought, and burning words of eloquence,
the frail tabernacle seems shaken as By a
whirlwind, and rocks al every gale of pas
sion or tide Of thought, and gives tokens OF
entire dissolution; and when at last, il ac-
tually gives way and totlers TO the dust,
then !" a mysterious Providence has done
this p The thought is melancholy one,
that mans nine hundred years have
dWinlled down TO three score and ten; a
mere point of time, and this only for few
favored ones. l look forward with pleasing
emotions TO the time when religion and a
knowledge of natures laws, shall drive dis
ease and suffering, into the lowest haunts
of dissipation, or rather from the world. Il
JUNIUs.
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Nj S s n ON s

What christian heart does not glow as il
thinks upon the little groups collected 10
the bamboo cottage. or under The shade Of
the ancient palai-iree, listening TO The mis-
s'onary Of the cross. Truly the wilderness
has already begun to rejoice, and wherever
The Bible i preached. the same blessed
effects are seen. Whether he be / Green
lander, or an inhabiiant Of Africa, or of the
islands Of the southern seas, the name Of :
Savior sounds as sweet 10 his ear, and his
bosom swells with lore as pure as thai Of
the most refined christian.
The spirit Of missions is a redeeminp
spirit. Il is not bounded BY hills or oceans
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Fo' the Vermont Telegraph.
Mysterious Providences.

Were IL not for sin, earth would have
| been a Paradise, and all her hills woulc
have rurg with halleluahs of happiness
forever But man has changed il into 4
charnel-house, a Goleolha, and dug his own
grave, and voluntarily gone down into lis
cold domain. And then does he cast the
blame on Infinite love? When an inaivid
| ual goes out at noon day and throws him.
self headlong from precipice, we expect
he will find death at the bottom. There is
no mystery here, but when consumption
lays lis whitening hand upon youthful
forms, and finally throws The death mantle
over them, we exclain, 'How mysterious p
| Why, they could mol have lived unless saved
by mirdcle-they had broken law of ma
ture, whose penalty was death, and the
result was as certain as if they had drank
the poison hemlock or dashed themselves
from a precipice. Why did they die like
spring flowers, trampled by the careless
foot? They were no. taught the laws OF
nature, and fashion wreathed them in its
iron belt, and they drank the poisonou
atmosphere of the crowded ball room, long
after the midnight hour had gone by, and
then with their blood boiling from the mazv
dance, as they returned TO their dwelling
the icy breath Of the winter night fell upon
them. and the lamp of life was blown out.
The student who sis down over his books.
and permits the unhallowed fires of ambi-
ton TO burn in his breast, and does not heed
the voice Of natures warnings, when the
excited nerves, and the dehilitated mind,
and the wandering senses CRY out against
his infatuation. must expect an early crave
How often do we see The gifted and the
loved, hurryine themselves away to the
house Of the dead, as if the three-score wears
and ten were TOO long for human life. Does
not that man sin, who, knowingly 10 any
manner, Injuries this Workmanship of God
this dwelling of The immortal mind-tbis
temple of the Holy Ghost2 It was given
him for noher purposes, and might have
Stood The wreck Of time for a number of
centuries, if he had mol so basely polIuted
II, and gone 10 the extent of his ingenuitv
IN devlsing ways to thwart the purposes Of
heaven. And is there no remedy for SICK
ness and early death2 None, till we under
stand the laws Of nature in respec, n life
and obey them. These laws are as hmm.
table as The Being by whom they were
made, and in no instance can man disobsy
them and not shorten his earthly existence.
There are modes of abridging life, beside |
drinking TO excess, or entering the haunts |
Of infamy.
Il is not true that .man was made -
mourn" How do the brute creation. .tha,
follow instinct, rejoice in their being On
all the hills, as far IS life extends. glad |
ness, and overlooking Joy swell the audible
81 silent anthem Of love 10 their Maker
Can il be that man, made little lower than
The angels, aye. in the very image Of God,
was formed with an organization less per-
Feci than that of the beasts that perish ! T