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FARUST SALE'OF REAL AND PER-
4 SONAL ESTATE.-Pursuant to = DECD IF
Trust, executed by John II Hope and Eliza 4 bis
wife, dated ON the 18th day OF july, in Inc wear
1915 and of record In the Clerks Office of Norlolk
County COut Tor the purposes mentioned in the "A
Deed, will be sold at public auction for cash beC,rc
the Court House of Norfolk County on NOEDAY
the 18th day Of September next at / o,rlock tho
following Real and Personal Estate to Wit:
One Tract of Land on Mount Pleasant contain.
ing one hundred and forty acres more or Ice adj
joining the lands Of Jesse D. Skies and Tbos. Mnr
den. "
One Tract Of Land the Elbow Road in tho Pa
rish ot st Brides. adjoining the land of Stephcn
more or less.
An undivided two thirds Of a Tract If LAM, o.,
the Mount Pleasant Road in st. Brides p,risb adj
joining the lands of Nehemiah Foreman .nJ otb
crs, containing two hundred and twelve acres more
or less. ~ NV
And an undivided three fourths Of tho Tr,c,. Of
Lane on the Elbow Road in St Brides Parish md.
joining the lands OF the heirs of Charles Etbcridgc
deceased, containing two hundred acres. more Or
less. wv '''''' VI
The three last cntoncd Tracts of Land arc -oId
subject 10 the dover estate Of Ann the wife of
ard G. Adams. az VI D0o"'
Also, Negro Man. Harry Painter. and Tho ro,,or
sonary interest Of the said Hope and v,iC, i, NJ
groes Bill and sam, now in the possession 81 7 el,,I
G. Adams in right Of sis wife Ann who /, o,:,jJ
to an estate for her life in said Negroes '''''''
The title TO the above properly i bcIicveo q, -
unqucsuonable, but selling as Trustees VIC shall
convey such title only as is vested in US bv the sid
Deed. JOHN a. CHANDLER ''''
SAMUEL NJ. WILSON, Trustees.
Aug 25-3tawts
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q All persons indebted to me are rcsDecffnllv
invited to call and settle their bills
June l6 r. n IT
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CABINET WORE u

sor CHAIRS. 'N
Being an experienced mechanic he respectfully
appeals to the feelings of generous public to ex
tchd TO INN portion OF its patronage. Old Fur
turc taken in exchange for New.
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KEEp TT BEFORE THE PEOPLEL

II EEP 1T BEFORE The PEOPLE!-
IA The Subscriber informs the public, that he
continues the CABINET MAKING BUSINESS on
the Corner OF High and Middle streets where he
VIII be happy to receive orders, and execute them
in style not to be surpassed, as may be demon
sratcd to the satisfaction of those who will do him
the favor TO call and examine his work He has
some Of the most fashionable specimens of
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UININ ESQ ourc cs of Suphate dc Quinine.
" Just received at the MEDICAL EMPORIUM,
July IL Hi1h street
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A TTENTION SPORTSMEN You will
IA find complete supply of POWDER * SHOT
assorted size, Also Percussion Caps and Flins,
kegs of F, FF, & FFF Powder,
100 bays Shot from Is to los.
ALSO,
bbs New Family Flour,
10 noxes Family Soap,
10 bbs Lard and Sperm OIL
10 boxes T,low, Wax and Sperm Candles, which
will be sold low to suit the times
r BROOKS, Jr.
Aug % West side the Market.
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GORDAN'S LOTTERY OFFICE.

GORDAN'S LOTTERY OFFICE.
Drawing of Consolidated Lottery Glass No IOl
80. 81, AZ GO, %, l. s, ., 50, IA 80. A, 10. So.
Nos. i, 27, 35, Capital Prize sold at this Office.
SPLENDID SCHEMES.
This Day only!
Prizes of 10000 10 Prizes of s 900 =
rs Numbers, 10 Drawn Ballots.
Alexandria Lottery Extra Class No. 204
Drawing received Tomorrow Morning
Capitals 10 900, 10000. 10, 900, 10000,
1000 ,954, 10 of 1000 COOS, 500S, zoos, 250 200ss
l50s, Cos, sos, 30s Dos, sc.
Tickets only $5-Shares in proportion.
DRAWS THIS DAY!
$4,000,
30 Prizes of 1000.
rs Numbers, ii Drawn Ballots.
Consolidated Lo ttcry, Class No. 1922
Drawing received Saturday Morning.
Capitals.-l2 000 10 900, 1000 2,4l5. 30 Of 1000,
zoos, 1905, SOS, 40s, 3Os, Dos, l5s, &C.
Tickets only $5-Sharcs in proportion.
Tickets to be had at JNO d GORDAN'S
Lottery aud Exchange Office, Norfolk.
Where the hi chest premium is paid for Gold
Silver, and Specie Checks. Aug %
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II7HE CmALMERs on sWITZERLANn. vi.

THE CHALMERS OF SWITZERLAND vi
n tai Christianity; or Essays aud Discoursea on
the religions Of man and the religion Of Cod bv
A. Einct, ID d., Professor Of Theology in InuS,n1,
ne switzcr land eve speak advisedly when we
say this is the production of one of the fnes, ;, I
of the agc,''-Chrstian Spectator '
" Dr. Ninct is decidedly the ablcsl Christian Phi
S 25 - N'' P'l0'
CRCDEN'S CONCORDANCE, abridged and 70.
arranged at the very low price Of SIPS
The publishers are doing great scrvicc 10 tbc
american Ministry and the Church by the issue of
this Invaluable work at a price which brings Il
within The reach Of all Tic Reflector '9'"
The Topical Question Book, on subjects connect.
cd with the plan Of s1lvaton-just published ami
Considered very valuable. Also the Historical o &C.
tioo Book for Sabbath Schools and family insir,o
ton. The above just received by w.
Aug ~ W. n. n. HODGES e. 60
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THE NEW YORK CONTRIBUTION
Il SHIP FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY.-No
81, Wall street, New York Capital $500 0OO.-
Insures Buildings in general, Merchandise House
hold Furniture, Ships and their cargocs, lin port
only) Ships or Vessels being built, or repaired,
and every description OF Personal Property,
fire in New York, and still have ample capital
to afford security to all its customers.
The subscriber is prepared to issue Policies direct
at the lowest rates of premium in Portsmouth, Nor
folk and the surrounding Country. Please give
me call before insuring elsewhere.
Applications by letter, (postpaid,) giving de-
scription of property, &c, &c. promptly attended
to by GEORGE NJ. Balm,
Portsmouth, Aug u Agent.
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4 "a MpHI y E.-Two more Barrels Superior
CAMPHlNE, just received and for sale at the
'"iy ~ Medical Emporium. High st.
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NETTING.-s.I aud Cd Mus
lfI quito Bars for sale cheap by
Aug Is JOHN COOKE s co.
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HARD.-P.& A. p. HOW, Eugincsrs. Iron aud
~ Brass Founders, Briggs Point, Norfolk Are
now prepared to contract for executing any kind of
STEAM ENGINES, AGRICULTURAL IAIPLE-
MENIS, and Machinery in general.
Orders left at G. & C.. Reds, No. ., Ncwton's
Wharf, or Mr.. john Nash, c ,rncr of High and
Crawford street, Portsmouth,, will be promptly at
tended to. Nav I2-6m
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A LARGE assortment of Chess. men just open
IA ed. Also, Dominocs Of different sizes,
Passage Lamps at only 81 so each, and at 50,
81, $5and So,
Cut Glass Tumbers at uncommon low prices,
French Porcelain Tea Sets, consisting Of l04
pieces also to be sold low,
French Letter Paper,
French Note do Envelopes
Writing Cards. all sizes,
Mahogany Writing Desks, come inlaid with
Brass and some plain,
Portable Writing Desks OF Russian Leather, re-
ceiviuo and for sale by
Aug % G.. HALL & co
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FLOUR.--5O bbls Extra SUI
I'VE pcrfnc just received and for sale by
Aug % WILLS & Co
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1845-08-02

The New York Evening Post, noticing the /" re-
markable of Young Virginian," who, being
removed from one office, came on TO Washington
and had his merits rewarded with better office
than the one of which he had been deprived, ex-
cites the rsible faculties even of the best friends
of the Administration. The NeU York Euenin Q
Posi-, copying the account from the government pa
per, makes the following remarks upon it:
We have doubt Of the substantial truth of this affect
ing account of the Young Vrgnian, ardent southern
could make him. We have heard of several such young
gentlemen before, from the district of country But u-
der the particular circumstances Of this case so touchngy
related by the Union il must have been great trial to the
feelings Of the youthful individual referred to have been
called accept better office than that from which he had
been removed instead Of being restored to that identical one
There fault in the simple tale of the Unonexquistely
told other respects hc Of the hero not given
1t be hoped that the editor Of the Union does not mean
to withhold it, Public curiosity demands the name Of the
young person whose merits set of with such dignity
dncss and resignation. II is great consolation to all
readers Of tender sensies, it viii have been to the
young man himself that his merits and suferngs were at
length rewarded by something substantial than the SYM
pathetic tears Of those who listened to his tale"
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1845-08-02
FROM THE cHERoKEE NATION.

The Cherokee Advocate is urging upon the people of that
nation the formation of Agricultural Societies meeting Of
al the Cherokee farmers is called the 18th Of this month,
Talequah to form National Agricultural Society," and
the importance of these associations well forth by the
editor of the Advocate The paper contains a List of
premiums for articles to be manufactured by Cherokee ladies'
and to be exhibited the meeting for the formation of A
cultural Society The premiums for homespun CLOTH
coveets, socks beaded BELTS &carcles in which the skin
and taste Of the Cherokee ladies have been highly commended
An Agricultural Society among the Cherokeespremiums for
articles Of domestic manufacture by Cherokee These
things sound oddly enough those who have not been dis
posed give these Indians credit for their advances in cv
zaton and refinement
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1845-08-02
THE CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO CANAL COMPANY
ITS PRocEEDINGs-rTs GUARANTEES APPROVED,

! AT a meeting of the Stockholders of this Compa-
| ny, held at Frederick on Wednesday last, Colonel
JAMES nj. CoALE, of that city, was unanimously re-
elected President and the following gentlemen Di-
rectors for the ensuing year, it being the old Board
with the exception of ROBERT w. BowIE, Esq,
who fills the vacancy occasioned by the death Of
Major WV. DARNE, Of Montgomery, to wit:
Col FRIsBY TmcnMAN, of Washington co., Md.
john O.WHARToN, Of Washington county, Nd
WILLIAM PRIcE, of Cumberland, Md.
JOHN p INGLE, of Washington city
DANIEL BuRKHART, Of Virginia.
RoBT. w. BowIE, of Prince Georges CO., Md.
The President and Directors reported to the
meeting that they had received the full amount Of
guaranty required by the law of the last session Of
the Legislature of Maryland to provide for the COM
pletion of the Canal to Cumberland These guar
antics, understand, are executed by parties
whose real property, in the aggregate is assessed
for taxation at more than five million dollars, en-
bracing, they do, three of the Coal and Iron
Companies of Allegheny. county They have been
approved by the State agents and Governor of
Maryland; that the preliminary conditions Of the
law have now been complied with. s
The Stockholders have, as we are informed, left
lit entirely discretionary with the Board of Drec-
tors either to borrow the money on bonds, which
they are now authorized to ISSUE with preferred
liens on the revenues Of the Company, to let the
work under contract payable In those bonds; and,
as several parties are understood TO be ready to
complete the work for bonds, who declare them
selves ready TO show their ability to do SO, the
Board will doubtless al once enter into contract
of this character, if reasonable and welfortied pro-
posals shall be made to them, pursuant to their
views announced in their report Of the 29th April
last, especially if they find that any considerable
delay will be necessary to negotiate loan of money
on the bonds. In the report above alluded to-,
however they say that " no such contract certainly
will be entered into unless the parties can demon
strate to the satisfaction of the Board that they have
ample means or resources, or have made such ar
rangements as TO leave no doubt of their ability to
| finish the work within the time that may be pre-
scribed''
Itthereore appears to us that the time has arrived
when such as are able and disposed to enter into
contract payable in these bonds, being securities of
the highest class should make their proposals, as it
is reasonable to suppose thatsom delay must attend
a negotiation for SO large an amount of money. The
past experience of the present Board of Directors is
a sufficient guaranty to the public that no contract
will be entered into which shall not accomplish the
: end so long desired by many of our readers-th
completion Of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal 4
\ Cumberland.
! The next meeting of the President and Director
= Of the Company will be held on the 18th of Au
gust at the Office in Frederick.
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1845-08-02
LATE FROM TEXAS.

We have dates from Austin, in Texas to the 7tf
ultimo, from which we learn that the Convention Of
the People, which was called to take into considera-
ton the question of the annexation of Texas to the
United States, assembled at Austin on the morning
of the 4th of July, and was duly organized by the
election of Gen. RUsK as President. tIo}i 0
Soon afterwards the subject of annexation was
referred to committee of fifteen members, who
subsequently reported an ordinance asserting, on
behalf Of the people of Texas, to the terms pro-
posed by this Government, which ordinance was
adopted with but one dissenting voice--that of Mr..
RICHARD BAcHE, of Galveston, who afterwards
signed the ordinance. No other business was
transacted on that day except the adoption OF a
resolution in testimony of respect for the memory
of Gen. JACKSON.
On the 9Th preliminary measures were adopted
for the formation Of State Constitution; which, il
is confidently asserted, will be burdened with no
conditions whatever differing from the resolutions
of the United States Congress. 5.
Mr.. DoNELsoN arrived at Austin on the evening
of the 5th, the morning of which day dispatches
were received from the United States relative to the
occupation Of the Texan frontier by our troops
and on the 9TH resolution passed requesting the
President of the United States to send troops forth
with to that frontier. These troops were expected
to sail from New Orleans last Monday.
The Hon. X. L. ANDERSON, the Vice President
of Texas, died Of fever on the 10th instant Mont
gomery county.
Galveston papers to the 18th instant contain
nothing Of interest," except the notice of an arrival
of British brig from Vera Cruz, which brought
dispatches for the Texan Government, and was to
return as soon as she heard from Washington, Gn
Texas0
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1845-08-02

A srLEsDlp MErEoa.--An officer board the United
States schooner onkahyee, at Norfolk has furnished the
editor of the Norfolk Beacon with the following description of
remarkable phenomenon
Son the night of the 26h May 1915, about o'clock
then being in lat ID ~ lon IS W., there appeared
of the most brilliant meteoc phenomena that have
witnessed The whole heavens Illuminated and seemed
for moment ii about to break into extended sheet
of fame. The meteor itself about third the size of
the full appeared nearly in the zenith and travelled
with accelerated velocity from n W. to s. E., performing
Of about 25 deg it then exploded dividing
cra fragments looking like many shooting Between
eight and ten minutes after the explosion heard report
resembling distant gun, but prolonged like the rolling
sound Of distant thunder should judge that about
100 miles from the spot where the explosion took place
What sensations il would have produced in who could
have been within mile two Of it, can be but family
imagined have doubt that il was erote of the first
class The captain, officer Of the deck and myself the
only officers that had the pleasure OF witnessing this Pheno
mcnon and both with in pronouncing 1t to be
truly awfully grand"
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NOT QUITE so MUCH.

A letter from this city to the Richmond Enquirer
(which we have just seen quoted in distant paper)
states that fty-nine officers of the Corporation of
Washington receive joint salaries of about 800 900 ~
The worthy editors Of the Enquirer will perhaps
be glad to learn that the Corporation is not quite so
lavish their correspondent represents il, as the
entire annual revenue Of the Corporation after dis
charging the annual interest its public debt has
not exceeded $45, 00O and the total amount paid in
salaries is only about $4,000.
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1845-08-02
Commodore MORRIS and Colonel TorrEN cam,

Commodore MORRIS and Colonel ToTTEN came
down Lake Erie in the U. S. steamer Michigan,
and have taken lodgings at the American Hotel.
These distinguished officers engaged in making
reconnaissance of the Lakes with reference to the
defence of the Lake country, and the establishment
Of suitable naval stations. They embarked at Chi
cago on the 18th instant, and have visited, as we
understand, the following places st. Joseph's,
Grand River, and the Manitou Islands, on Lake Mi
chgan the Straits of Mackinaw Fort Gratiot at
the outlet of Lake Huron Detroit and Monroe,
Toledo, Put-in-Bay, Sandusky, Cleveland, and Erie,
on Lake Erie. The distinguished ability and high
character Of these officers will give great weight to
any recommendations they may make, and their
report will be looked for with much interest.
BufaLp Commercial Advertiser of Fridau.
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1845-08-02

In first noticing the "LET Us ALONE /" motto
proposed for the State of Florida, we expressed
wish for some information concerning its origin
and object. Two Florida papers have vouchsaled
an answer, as will be by this extract from the
Tallahassee Sentinel:
"OnIoIN CONTEMPLATED STATE MorTo.-The
Flordan ascrbes il the French manufacturers Of Lyons;
but has older date. 1t the frantic exclamation Of
unclean spirit Saviour, and in Mark LIST chap
ter, 2fth verse
"2i. And they went into Capernaum, and sraightway
the Sabbathay he entered into the synagogue and taught
% And they asonsed at his doctrine for he taught
them that had authority, and not the scribes
% Aud there in their synagogue with uncean
spirit and he cried out
a. Saying US ALONE what have we TO do with thee,
thou Jesus Of Nazareth art thou TO destroy !"
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1845-08-02

LAKE SUPERIOR CoPPER.-The Western papers say that
the rush the Lake Superior copper region be
Oily increasing There is every indication that its vsu-
able copper will be largely worked this year. In very
short the American market viii be fully supplied from
that quarter while sangune insist that we
supply the world cheaper than England The
rchom forty seventy per centthat, notwithstanding
the higher price of labor here they think will have
advantage the English manufacturer who is compelled
work containing only from nine to eighteen per
of copper
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1845-08-02

coarse woods taxed five per cent all Udl0rena
other woods three cents per pound and thirty per
cent ad valorem." Butt appears that, owing to
our " excusable ignorance" we did not know that
the term 'coarse wool" has g technical mean
ing" in the Tariff; and that the 'coarse woods !
mentioned there do not make /" coarse cloths but
that they are used wholly chiefly for carpets.
Be il SO and how are the poor oppressed by the
Tariff! Still I" coarse woods" do make coarse
cloths" and the poor we apprehend, use the coarse
cloth. Now, if the coarse cooi, the coarse cloth
which il makes. and the poor man who uses the
coarse cloth, pay an ad valorem duty, whilst the
fine soooi, the fine cloth into which il is manufac-
tured, and the consumer of that fine cloth also pay
an ad valorem duty, who is unduly oppressed by
such measure! According to the admission by
the Post there must be Tariff; but,in the case Of
flannel and silk, the specific duty is oppressive to the
poor, whilst in the case of wool the ad Ualorem
duty is oppressive Really, begin to think, that
although Tariff is not denied to be necessary, yet
it must be Tariff Of very peculiar kind to suit
some people,
Every paragraph and every position of the In
telligencer," says the Post, "might be easily re-
futed but it would require too much room and
+ too much manual labor" Judging from the para
graphs Of our article which the Post has attempted
to refute we are inclined to think that the refutaton
of the whole article might occupy considerable space
The quantity of manual labor which it would re-
quire we cannot estimate, but doubt that all the
sisted by the proyerbia industry Of its official
ciate here, would make much impression upon that
long article, since, even by classifying it they have
been able to accomplish so little The Post wisely
declines the task Its long list of questions, such
as I" If the immense wealth gained by any one class
must not be taken from some other class p Scan
all the people in nation be rich!' &C., we pass
over not because they unanswerable, but because
they answer themselves. ea
In conformity with the Posts habit of asking
questions, and in conclusion of our remarks, we
will ask, if large fortunes and profits made by
manufactures, is it better that they should be made
by portion of our own citizens, or by the inhabi-
tants of foreign country Is not the amount thus
annually created, by the union of capital and labor
an increase Of the wealth of the country! What
class Of consumable articles, what individual
ticle, has been made dearer by this operation
What class of consumers has been injured by i'll
What class of our artisans or mechanics have earn
ed less wages since 1912. What great interest O
the nation has been impaired by the present Tariff
To these questions, put with sincere desire L
elicit information, we invite from the organs of tn,
Administration, here or elsewhere, replies, bases
upon facts, and sustained by sound arguments ant
logical deductions.
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1845-08-02

Alta Convention of Delegates held at Annapolis
the 10Th instant, to appoint Delegates to Dis
trict Convention to nominate Wing candidate to
represent in Congress the fifth Congressional Dis
trict of the State of Maryland, JOHN JOHNSON, Esq,
of Annapolis, was declared to be the unanimous
choice Of the Delegates, and was therefore recon-
mended to the favorable consideration of the Dis
trict Convention
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1845-08-02

Tvr LATEST MYSTERY is the arrival in New York Of the
British steamer Unicorn from Halifax, Thursday. Some Of
our contemporaries decided to connect with something
but as yet il all mystery. Captain Cough, Of the British
Army and son Of Mr. Cunad among the passengers
but even this fails to throw any light upon the matter We
await the developments that may be made with all the philo
sophy at our command II is fortunate that the thermometer
has descended a degree of comfort. -Epening Mirror