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Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1845-07-09

CARD.
HENRY l. BROOKE & JOHN r. TUCKER
- AVE associated themselves in the practice
ID n Of the Law, ard attend Tire Superior ard Infior o
Of The city Of Richmond aa tire HeRo arys ns
Louisa. ~
t oee Governors S;res-vhcre oEs or the oh. oh.,
vii sways6c found during the business hours Of thu day
Richmond. March III Ia4.-tC
Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1845-07-09

by goiocs q brother,
No. :. Main tire
GLOCERlES LIQUORS, SC.
Al Auction
IN fEiDaf n"gSiNG July iIth 10 oeLDek At ,tore W..
val -n varsity Of Groceries &e including foio~n am
- hi chess Gre and Imperial and @ Powder Tea
for eisnisAiOn 49,
% 1870 Zones Gunpowder Tea
IL hbjs Oheans slgar
10 do baltimore whssSey
Is boics sup Grousd Pepper
SO do d. Ndsad
20 do Colsgates sta.eh
20 Kegs hsss Cloves
esroons g racoas IndEo. very II ne
% boIss No. Manufactures Tobacco
al pipes sehnise a. se.See.te' Cognae Brandy
or casks Pine Madeira Wine
IL do do Port do
sesar', Bed Cords. Tow Lines
Pickles, Cstgup. PTessrves JsEey..
TERMs-sBs anler co. cash; over ,,at a,ouD. Don,,
for approved endorsed notes ~
. rporu-,
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FENHlS day landur nom Exact 7OOn gallons 81 OLE
among which in quality sgefn OIL blructrd ais
Lamp Oh ~ superior qualify anf ~ Ovb will BE- % on
Fa=onshie ein- by VA HENRN MITCHELL.
r 20 % Cary 4.
WHITE NARSEILlEs VESTS
Qfs WHITE NARsEiLLEs vEsrs well cut and vcry neatly
DO madcs 100 Main Street
myga sItAs MERCHANT.
Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1845-07-09

new ana Secondhand Household Furnstu re-.
hRttras>es, &C., At AUCTION.
onsATURD.Y MuRNISG July 18th al store At oil o,,l-.
we VII sci without con-ie nm.
era ssi-y Of new and secondhand Hou.. I'd Flu ninr.
a1-Pariiealrs hereafter.
H' INLOEs 4 BROTHER Au-t.
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FEMALE FARM LABORERS IN ENG
land

In all paris OF the country women are more or
less employed ON the farms. and in some parts in
large numbers have frequently counted thirty.
htty, and many more in field at time, both in
hoeing turnps and harvesting. In the season of
harvest, immense numbers of Irish came over to
assist IN the labor and this presents the only OPP
porlunlty which they have in the course of the
year, OF earning little money to pay the rent of
their cabins and poatoe patches. Nothing can
exceed the destituton and suualidness in which
they are seen; starved, ragged and dirty beyond
all description, with the tatters hanging about
them like lew remaining feathers on plucked
goose.
found IN one case two farms-which. al
though under two tenants, might be considered a
joint concern-more than four hundred laborers
employed during the harvest, large proportion
OF whom were women, though not exclusively
Irish. The average wages paid men in this case
one shilling Cor twenty four cents) per day
and their food, which was estimated at about
nine pence Cor eighteen cents) per day. Their
living consisted of oatmeal porridge and small
quantity OF sour milk or but,ermilk for breakfast
pound OF wheaton bread and pint and half
Of beer, at dinner; at night the supper resemb-
ling the breakfast, or TIVE pence of money in lieu
of it.
1t was curious to know how so many people
were lodged at night. La some cases they throw
straw in the sheds or outbudings of the farm ;
but in the case to which refer above. was
shown into the cattle stables, the floors of which
were Uttered with straw; and here the mems
coats and women's caps and bonnets upon the
walls indicated that ii occupied bu both seres
promiscuOusty. This was inded the fact. This
was not single instance. | am unwilling To
make any comments upon such facts as these
They speak for themselves
They are matters of general custom and seem
TO excite no attention. do not refer to them as
matter Of reproach to the employers, who are
persons of respectable character and condition. and
whose families distinguished for their refine
ment. But 1t presents one among many instances
In which habit and custom reconcile us to MANY
things which would otherwise offend us :: and
lead us TO view some practices, utterly unustifa.
BILE in themselves with degree of complacency
or indifference, and as unaerable because they
have been so long established | believe there is
only one part of the United States where any
thing resembling such 4 state of things prevail
or ,cOuLd be permitted; and there only among
class OF beings whose claims to humanity seem
not very well established in all minds and whose
degradation on account of their complexion, ap-
pears absolutely hopeless. But even here this
lndlscrmnateiy conserving is not common, nor
would 1t be permitted by any respectable planter
Coteman'S European agriculture.
Would it not be well for English and Ameri-
can Abolitonists to meliorate the condition of
their own flesh and blood, befnre they NEEDLE
with our well fed, clothed and housed blacks t.
.Ne,o Era.
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graphy, should, under this law, be filled from
and also the Bureau of Ordnance and HYDRO
the Captains in the Navy is undeniaby correct.
II is equally true that the Bureau of Construction.
Equipment aud Repairs, should by filled by a
" skiltu Naval Constructor, and the Bureau of
Provisions and Clothing by some other than a
Captain in the Navy. Let the Z" Navy Reois
ter" say whether this is the fact. Every one of
them is filled by Captain in the Navy, contrary
to the spirit of the law, and detrimental to the
utility OF the service.
1t was the remark of Mr.. Jefferson that such
was the tendency of the judicial power of the
country that 1t became maxim that it is the part
of good Judge to enlarge his jurisdictions
1t seems to be the part and policy of these off
GERS to snugly lay themselves up IN ordinary in
these Bureaus. which habit and education have
not qualified them for, and which the law never
intended for them
Public attention has been drawn strongly to
this subject In the " Pennsylvania of the
fh October, public meeting at Moyamensinp.
on the 18th, calls for this change in the Bureau of
Construction. The New York 90 Evening Pos''
has brought the matter before the public. The
Philadelphia Ledger" Portsmouth IVA. "New
Era and many other papers have spoken very
unequlvncalIy the voice of the nation Several
Members of Congress have had this matter brought
TO their attention and the action of the Executive
President, and by decided action upon this subject
he would receive the united thanks of grateful
people.
The pursuits and education of an officer are
not germdne to the duties of the civil Bureau.
You might as properly place Judge or civilian
on deck of a seventy four gun ship and ask him
to command, as a brave Captain whose life has
been spent on ship, and who has in every coun-
try and sea
Borne our thunder black and bold,''
should be confined in an office settling accounts,
making contracts, SC. Every man to his trade
Captain OF the Navy should never convert his
laurels to such uses. The sword that has flashed
In battling the cause of his country, should never
be turned into yard stick or quill. But if they
still adhere TO the desire of office, let them be
put as the Heads of other Bureaus are. not hold
ing commission and office at the same time.
This is not JIJSTICE
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Correspondence Mobile Herald.
PENSACoIA Oct %

PENSACOLA, Oct. %, 1916.
The u. s. brig Somers. IL days from Vera
Cruz. arrived in this port and anchored off the
Navy Yard at noon.
She bring no intelligence of Importance All
the Gull squadron. excepting the Potomac and
Lawrence, were lying in Vera Cruz harbor at the
time the brig left that port. Quietness every
where prevailed, with consequent great dearih
of news.
ii. b. M ship Eurydce and brig Persian were
lying at anchor of Vera Cruz together with the
French ship Griffon and Spanish brig, under
stood to be the Patriot
The French vessels. La Perouse and Mercure,
still remain anchored off Pensacola town the lat
ter is waiting the arrival of our Princeton for
news when she will sail direct for Vera Cruz.
The stoTeship Lexington is being partially
freighted with coal, for the steamers at Vera
Cruz, and will sail as soon as her stores are
shipped.
The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1845-11-08
LETTER BAGS FOR AFRICA AND
BRAZII
THE NAVAL RUREAuS-

1t is astonishing to all that the President or
Secretary of the Navy, should for single day,
have consented to retain in office men whom the
law has expressly provided against holding the
stations they occupv-and it is no less astonishing
that the officers themselves should consent to
place themselves in an equivocal position before
the country But as both contingencies are now
extant, the attention of the public is being awak-
ened, and all over the country we see the evil
dences that that public is dissatisfied. We call
attention. TO article Fablished in to. days paper
from the Raleigh Standard yesterday we gave
specimen of New York feeling on this subject
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From the North Carolina Standard.
NAVAL BUREAUS-NO 1

1t is the perfection of government to have wise
laws faithfully administered. Under the Act Of
Congress of August, l842, there were five Bin.
reaus attached to the Navy Department:
/ A Bureau Of Navy Yards and Docks;
g. a Bureau OF Construction, Equipment, and
Repair;
g. A Bureau of Provisions and Clothing:
A. Bureau of Ordnance and Hydroprapby;
s. A Bureau Of Medicine and Surgery.
The third section Of the act declares fb,,
" the President Of the United States, by and
with the advice and consent of the Senate shall
appoint from the Captains in the Naval service a
Chief for each Of the Bureaus Of Navy Yards and
Docks, and Of Ordnance and Hydrograpbv; and
shall in like manner appoint Chief of the Bin
reau of CONSTRUCTION. Equipment and Renairs
who shall be q skiBuL ,NaDaL Constyucfor and
also he shall appoint Chief of the Bnrean Of
Provisions and Clothing, and from the Surgeons
Of the Navy Chief Of The Bureau Of Medicino
and Surgery" (See the act of Congress. 1919
entitled " An Act to reorganize the NAVY DE-
partment Of the United States")
That the Bureau Of Navy Yards and Docks
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CONSIDERATION OF THE CATHEDRAL
AT CINCINNATI

The Cincinnati Union OF Monday contains
lengthy account of the consecraljon of ST. Peters
Cathedral in that city on Sunday last Tickets
were issued at fifty cents each, for admission. and
upwards of four thousand were disposed Of
Archbishop Ecceston, of Baltimore assisted by
Bishops Blanc, Flaget, Purcell, and four or five
others. officiated. An eloquent and instructive
sermon was delivered by Rev. Mr.. McCluskey,
coadjutor of New York At the close of the ser
mon, high mass was performed by Bishop Poichere,
of Mobile-and solemn benedcton was pro-
nounced by Bishop PURCELL of Cincinnati
The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1845-11-08
THE BALTIMORE RAPE CASE

Our readers will all recollect the gross outrage
that was committed in Baltimore some months
since, upon German girl, named Margaretta
SyIer, or Ehrrmann, by five respectable young
men, each of whom succeeded in violating her
person, aided by the others. Well, the trial of
one of these villains has just been closed, Edward
2. Roberts, and he has been found guilty Of
what2 why, "an assault, with intent to com
mitA RAFE." This is truly wrestling the arm of
justice, to paate crime, and is fitting Sequel to
the infamous attempt of the Baltimore Bench to
muzzle the press, by prosecuting that press for
contempt, as it did the Sun, when that pa per
dared to speak in proper terms of its favoritism
to wealth. The punishment for this finding Of
the Jury, is not less than two years. nor more
than ten in the Penilentiary. As Roberts was
the principal, and first violater, we have not the
least doubt, from the testimony in this case, that
the other four scoundrels will escape unframed
as the girl will not be able to identify them, and
she is the only witness that can prove the deed.
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PENSACOLA Oct % 1S1S

The U. S steamship Mississippi arrived in this
port to day, and anchored off the Navy Yard at 10
A. M She is five days direct from Vera Cruz, and
brings important communications from the Mexi-
can government so important indeed that the Prin-
ceton was despatched with duplicate copies. and
both steamships were directed to reach Pensacola
with all celebrity. The p has not yet arrived
having been beaten by the Mississippi
To day being mail day, the communications
were Immediately carried up to Pensacola in the
U. ). steamer Gen. Taylor and thence despatched
TO Washington.
Inc Mississippi brings no general intelligence
Of interest On the second day of her leaving
Vera Cruz, the Princeton was in sight, but was
not seen afterwards. She is, however, expected
in hourly
The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1845-11-08
PRUDENCE.

Prudence, ladies and gentlemen, prudence.
But what is prudence7 Not meanness-not to
possess niggardly disposition. To be prudent
is not to be wasteful; but to save everything
you can for your own and Others use-a pin and
penny-a crust of bread and poatoe-a scrap
of paper and an inch of cloth. This disposition is
far more removed from parsimony and is virtue
which all should appreciate. 1t is painful to wit
ness the waste in some families. Large pieces of
bread are suffered to mould and then given to the
hOgs-potatoes become sour and are useless and
the leavings of good meal to-day are thrown a.
way, when they might answer for to- morrow's
dinner. With such people it is waste, waste,
nothing but waste. Wood is iavshly thrown
upon the fire, chairs and tables are broken and
from the garrett TO the cellar the house looks as if
a stray bolt of Lightning had been wandering a
bout.
We love economical people-we do sincerely
and never have we had reason to complain of their
meanness. Everything about their dwelling looks
neat and tidy, and when you sit down to meal,
you can eat comfortably, without thinking of the
peck Of dirt.
Our young men and women miss it sadly when
they expend so much upon their persons. Every
week or two they want something new before
their old garments are half worn out. They
must learn prudence, or want at some future day,
will sit on their door steps.
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LEFT IT.

The New Orleans Jeffersonian has been aban-
doned by Col Claiborne. The editors now are
MesSrs. Howard & Graham-bolh friends of ours,
says the Mobile Herald and Tribune The for
mer is a skilul author. He was contributor to
the Democratic Review, and is a lawyer-the
latter was editor of the Republican. and is gen.
tlemanly clever fellow Success to them.
The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1845-11-08

a Coon PLAN.-in the course of the recent
lecture on China, by Fletcher Webster. Esq, the
lecturer related the following in regard to one of
the police regulations which prevail in the Celes-
tal Empire:
" A foreigner, in great crowd, lost his gold
watch. The Governor was informed of it. and
said within three days, it should be restored. He
Instantly seized the police officers, more than one
hundred and locked them up in prison He then
took one OF their number, and told him to find the
watch, Tor until this was done, his companions
should not be released. Well, the families of all
these officers were dependant upon them for
subsistence so that they were all Interested to
discover the watch. Within the time specified it
was restored, having been found in house TWEEN
ty miles distant in the country"
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IMPORTANT

A very interesting and successful experiment
was made in England communicating from the
shore TO stranded vessel by means of a rocket,
which carried line as thick as finger with un-
erring precision TO the wreck, clear range Of be-
tween and 500 yards. A line communicating
with the shore would be the means ofsaving many
ives
The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1845-11-08
SHIP NEWS.
PORT OF NORFOLK AND PORTSMOUTH,
FRIDAY, November Z.

ARRIVED,
Steamer Georgia, Cannon, from Baltimore.
Steamer Curtis Peck, Davis, FIN Richmond
Barquc Francis Burr, Coffin, from New York to
r. Scatter, Jr. s. Co., with mdzc, and stores for
the Navy Yard.
Brig Francis p. Beck, Stackpoe, fun New York,
in ballast to r. Soutter, Jr., & Co.
Packet scbr Mary Jane, Powell FIN New York
mdze to w. Rowland, and others
Schr Olympia, Stoakley, FIN Baltimore. mdze to
J. IL. y G: Rowland, Dickson & Mallory, Hardy &
Bro, ii SHIELD, Ferguson & MihaGo, J. James
Hardy Dclk, J. Scott, and Etheridge & Reid
Schr Adclne, Moore, fm Hartford, with assort-
ed cargo to G. Thayer.
Schr Jane, Smith, fm York River, with wood to
the master.
Scbr o5pay, Warren, fun Cherrystonc, with oats
to the master.
Schr Mary Ann, Rowan, from York River, corn
and peas to the master.
schr Powbatan. Shelby, I'm York River, corn to
w. RI. Garnet & Co.
schr North America, Lavender, from Province
town, ballast to the master.
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DIED.

In Portsmouth, on Friday night last, after pro-
tractcd and painful illness of several months With
she bore with iortitude and resignation, Mrs. LII
tY HARRISON, in the nth year of her age
inc Trends and acquaintance of the family are
respectfully invited to attend her funeral from tbs
residence of her daughter, Mrs. Eliza Lewis. or.
south street, on to morrow Sunday afternoon, at
The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1845-11-08
FRANCE

A disastrous affair has happened in AIgiers.
Inc commander OF an outpost of one OF the divi-
sons of the army was told by the Chiefs of
tribe OF Arabs that he had every reason to believe
were devoted 10 France, that Add ell. Kader was
cruelty expressing them, and preparing to march
upon the French. The Chiefs duplicated asss.
lance, and represented that by an immediate
march ADD ell Kader himself might be captured
Elated with the hope of laying his hand on this
African hero. the French commanding officer set
out under the guidance Of the Arabs But he
soon found out that he was cruelty betrayed by his
pretended friends. Enirapped into an ambuscade
he and his little force, consisting of $50 men
were set upon by Abd-el- Kader, at the head of
numerous force of hOrsemen. An engagement
Immediately ensued, in which the French fnuuht
with all their usual bravery but courage. how
ever daring, is of no avail against superior num
bers-thelr ranks were hewed down by the muir
derous fire of the Arabs. and in the course of =
short time of the $50 gallant men, nearly 400 Law
dead. The rest escaped to a sort Of fort. where
they were assailed by Add ell Kader: but not,
wlthstanding the superiority of the foe, and the
promise of safe conduct, they refused to surrender
The Arabs kept up a seige for upwards Of two
days, but finding all their efforts vain, they aban
doned the place Thereupon the little band sal
lied forth with the intention Of returning within
the French lines but they had not gone far before
they again found themselves the victims of The
cunning OF the Arabs-they were assaulted by a
detachment of horsemen, and in the engagement
tEat ensued, were all slain with the exception of
zen. en- and ten only, saved out Of 450-what
oIoooy page to add to the many that already
exists OF the I'll success Of the French in the con
quest and colonization Of Africa.
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CLAIRVOYANCE-DR. WARMERS
STATEMENT

We see in the Richmond papers that DIR. Au-
gustus L.. Warner, has given statement of the
proceedings in Richmond, relative to De Bonnie
vile, and CIairvoyance, in which he was promi-
nent actor, that statement we shall publish in our
paper of Monday.
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MOCICE'-,,AIt persons having claims against
~ Col. Jas. II. Langhorne deceased are rc22nest.
cd to make them known to the subscriber, without
delay, auJ those indebted to make payment. per-
sons who may have deposited papers in his hands
are requested to call and ret them
JOHN K. KfLBY. Administrator
of Jas. II. Laughornc, deceased.
Oct 2-cod2m
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1t is reported that some six hundred letters
were seized on board the steamship Hiberuia, by
the mail officer, for violation of the British post
office regulations. They we're from Halifax, and
chiefly addressed TO merchants in this city If
this report be correct, the letters will probably
reach their destination via England, subjectog
their owners to the slight additional postage Of
e5 each.--POd.
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LocoiocosH' Shame upon sncb litleness Shame
upon grown men, who take up the child's aryu-
ment-thst Of calling nick names i-Rateigh
Standard.
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A PEARL.-The Nashville Banner states that
an orphan boy residing near the mouth of the
Cumberland river who obtained scanty living by
fishing, recently picked up a small white stone.
which he kept for its beauty. A gentlemen who
accidently caught sight of it, saw that it was
pearl, and told the boy, who was willing to sell it
for few pennies, not to part with it, as it was
very valuable, and could be sold for enough to pay
for his education. 1t was taken TO a jewelers.,
and is said to be worth at least $500 1t is now
in Philadelphia, and is Sths Of an inch in diam
eter, weighs l8 grains, and is without flaw or de
feet.
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SUICIDE.

The Baltimore papers relate the suicide of Da-
vd @. Yost, Esq, an eminent lawyer and worthy
citizen of Hagerstown cause, pecuniary embar-
raSsment
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1t is amusing to hear Wing leaders and Editors
calling the Democrats Locofocos They displav
their usual courtesy, and their lack of common
sense-for Locofoco surely means nothing what.
ever-while at the same time they show the i'm
portance they attach to names. John Quincy
Adams once said, in one of his dirty docoereis
about Thomas Jefferson,
And If we cannot alter things
ByG-d we'll charge their names Sir -
These wing leaders are conscious that they have
nothing in the way Of principles to recommend
them to the people, and hence it IS they are con-
ilnualiy crying out ",oe are Wings and you are
The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1845-05-16

The Bank Commissioners appointed un'
der the 9th section of Kelley's Bank Bill are
now in session in this city, and we under
stand that the State Bank, or affiliated par
of the critter, which was Kolley's pet; is, SC
far, a total faiIvre, there being but one aP'
pIcation for admission under that system
while the law requires SEVEN! So much
for the Sea Serpent. When are the people
10 be made rich by its promises to pay
without work or labor? Too bad! We un'
derstand there are Eight applications under
the Independent or Free Banking System
Look out for breakers !-Ohio Statesman.