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THE GENUINE PREPARATION,
DIR. SWAYNE'S COMPOUND SYRUP OF
WILD CHERRY

DR.. SWAYNE'S COMPOUND SYRUP OF
WILD
~Consumptlvcs, or those whose lungs are affected
slightly, should take this Syrup without delay, by
which they may prevent the fixing of that dire dis
ease fully and firmly. How important then, to
avoid it. Never live a day with a cough when This
Syrup can be had, and you are nearly certain,
with proper care, to avoid destruction by Consump-
ton.
DIR. swAYNE'S COMPOUND SYRUP OF
WILD CHERRY was the first preparation from
that valuable tree which was ever introduced to the
public, and ample proof is afforded of its success
by the country being flooded with 80 Balsams.'
Candies" and Z" Mixtures" of Wild Cherry, not
one OF which Is prepared by a regular ph stefan.
although they have assumed the names OF respecta-
Die physicians to give currency to their mos
irums." And there is an "Impostor' who has
up of Wild Cherry, clinging still closer TO tine origi
nal name. that persons might he deceived if thew
did not bear in mind the name Of DIR. SWAYNE
Therefore the public should be on their guard. and
not have a worthless mixture palmed upon them
for the original and genuine preparation, which is
only prepared by DR.. SWAYNE, ". w. Corner OF
Eighth and Race streets, Philadelphia
~ The public are requested to remember THAI il
,s DR.. Swayne's Compound Syrup of Wild Cherry,
that has and is repeatedly performing such mirac-
ulous cures of diseases which have baflcd the skill
of the Profession, and set at defiance tn, whole cat.
alogue of Patent Medicines, which are daily pufTed
through the organs of the press. Therefore ask for
DIR; Swayne's Compound Syrup of Wild Cherry,
and purchase none other.
Fl. HEINITSH, Agent for Portsmouth.
Va, King & Toy, and ID. ID. Murden, Norfolk, and
Pcyton Johnston, Richmond, Va. Dec %
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ITO DRUGGISTS AND WHOLESALE
a DEALERS.-UNtTED STATES DEPOT OF

'ENO Dh O6GlSIS AND lie
a DEALERS.-UNtTED STATE DEPOT OF
MEDiCINES.-The sole aud general
Agencies for the sale of all Genuine and most pop.
ular Medicines, has been appointed, and invested
by the various proprietors, in the hands of r. w.
DyoTT s. Sons, of The COLUMBIAN COLLEGE, No
1872 North Second street, Philadelphia, COR the CON
vcniencc and express purpose Of supplying all
wholesale purchasers at ono particular point.
Or DR.. r. w. Dyott & Sons, have made such
arrangements with the proprietors of the most po3
ular medicines now in use, "a to enable them to
furnish druggists and wholesale dealers, on much
more advantageous terms than hey can in general
be procured from the proprietors themselves. And
as no sophisticated preparations are kept or sold at
this establishment. there's no risk Of getting Coun-
t%crfeit articles, with which the country now a.
bounds
The attention Of the public 10 solicited, to call at
the Fountain Head as above, where is kept for sale,
and may be examined, the most extensive and gen.
eral assortment of Proprietary articles of Mcdi
cines. to be found in the United States.
FOR the convenience of those who il may not be
convenient 10. apply at the above establishment,
we nave established SPECIAL DEPoTsi in the following
cities, where the most OF the articles contained in
oCr general catalogue are to be found.
va, at the store Of A.. Duval &
Co. 147 Main street.
WASHINGTON, D. c., at the store of Robert
Farnham, corn Eleventh street and Penn Av.
enue
BALTIMORE Md, at the store Of S. S. Hance,
70. los Baltimore street.
NEW YORK, No. 1913 Maiden Lane.
ALBANY, ". " No. SO State street.
BOSTON, Mass No. 2 Water street,
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SECRET DISEASES !-BUTLER'S COM
u POUND BAISAMIG n nlnnaant

- POUND BALSAMIC MIXTURE, a pleasant
safe, and certain cure for all cases of GONORR-
HEA AND elects.
IN consequence of the many useless Mixtures
and Pills for these complaints, it is
necessary t. publicly announce that this Medicine
is the best known for the immediate removed or
these troublesome and unpleasant diseases. But.
ter's Mixture cures where Pills. Drops, Electua-
lries. Copaiva and Nitre, and Harlem Oil will have
no effect. 1t is therefore recommended as the FIRST
remedy to be tried in all cases, for when recent One
Bottle generally produces a permanent cure. Be care
full OF counterfeits. The only true Agents are
Chas. III. Heinitsh, Portsmouth, NJ. A. Santos, Ro.
e rtsoh q Cornlck, Norfolk. Dec %
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SCHOOL BOOKS.-A short system of Polite
= Lsnrnin0. being an enitome of ,bs A. 80
Sciences; designated for the use Of Scbools-price
25 cents.
The Select Reader, or Union No. s designed for
the Higher Glasses in Academies and Schools. by
Oliver Angel, A. N.-price 56{ cents.
A supply Of the above received and for sale by
July w. II. RI. d & co.
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MTHITE LEAD. PAINTs- OILS -

WHITE LEAD, PAINTS, OILS, &c
w Just received a large Quantity of Ground
white Lead, (Uarranted perfectly puye) together
With Pure Liusccd Oil, Turpentinc, varuishes cd
Nerdlgris, Chrome Yellow and Green, Iitharoe.
Red Lead. Lamp Black, Terra Sienna. Rcd and
yellow Ochre, Eng. Venetian Red, VermiIlion.
window Glass, Putty, &c. Also. Superior Lamp
OILS, three different kinds. For sale at tho DRUG
Store, High street, Sign Of tic Big Mortar.
July II CHAS. II. HEINITSH, Agent.
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NEWS NEWS live have Just received
Nv another assortment Of those beautiful FIR
SCREENS. Call soon and make your selection,
selling the same Screens which usually sell a, rs
cents for SO cents only.
May % W.. II. III. ID & co.
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DOCKS WORTH HAVING-The Deacon
ID ship, by Robert Boytc G. Howell, d. y. author
Of Sacramento Communion Pastor Of the Isl
Baptist Church, Nashville, Tenn price 81 cents
A Pure Christianity the Worlds Only Hope, by
Rev'd. r. W Cushman. For sale at the Book and
Variety Store of w. n. II. HODGES & co.
lime 27
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DR; sWAYNE,s COMPOUND SYRUP

~ OF WILD CHERRY.
CONSUMPTION,
Coughs, Colds, Asthma, Bronchitis, Liver Com.
plant, Splitting Blood, difficulty of Breathing,
Pain in the Side and Breast, Palpitation of the
Heart, Influenza, Group, Broken Constitu-
ton, Sore Throat, Nervous Debility, and
all Diseases OF the Throat, Breast and
Lungs the most ~cffectual and speedy
cure ever known for any of the
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All communication should be addressed (nos,
baid) to n. Fuller, Editor New York Mirror. P
N. B. Price Of the Daily Evening Mirror, &c
per annum, in adva nee. July 7
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DRUGS, MEDICINES, SC.
DRUGS, MEDICINES, DYE
m STUFFS. PAINTS. &c.i0s
L. G.. S~CHOOLFIELD 81 co.
HIGH STREET

HAVE on hand at their New Store a
general md wcll.selected assortment of
Drugs, Medicines, DYE StuBs, Paints,
Uindot Glass, Garden Seeds, Giuss-
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T ETTER AND FOoLSCAP PAPER.-
IL A supply lately received and for sale low BY
Sep 10 w. RI n. HODGES & co.
MISS BUCHERs DOMESTIC RECEIPT
VI BOOK designed az a supplement TO the
Crcatise on Domestic Economy. For sale By
Ttly W. 7. a. LODGES & co
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PERIODICAL LITERATURE.
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third of those OF the foreign copies, and while they
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A PRACTICAL SYSTEM OF BOOK
n KEEPING BY SINGLE ENTRY exemplifed
in two sets of books containing various forms of
Bills. Mercantile Calculations, &c, adapted to the
use of Schools, as we'll as for Merchants, Retailers
and Mechanics, by b. w. Foster, Practical Ac.
countant. For sale by
June 30 w. Fl. II. HODGES s. co.
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~ PROSPECTUS
OF THE
WESTERN CONTINENT.

Southern Family Newspaper Of thc largest
size. Published eeery Saturday in The City
Of Baltimore, By Samuel Smith s. Co. Ed.
tied by ". II. Thompson, author Of " Major
Jones Courtship,' Z" Chronicles Of Pine
ritle, Sc, Sc. Terms, Too Dollars in ad.
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THE WRITTEN SIGNATURE

Inc oniy safeguard against COunterfeits.
The public attention is invited, and particularly
referred to the advertisement setting forth the new
style OF labelling, and the putting up of DR.. Beck
'nith's Anti- D~yspeptic or Dinner Pills. Also, to that
OF Or. DyoH's Approved Anti- Bilious Pills both
oil which 1t may be seen, are protrac.ed from be.
ing counterfeited, by the only Safeguard to be de-
pended upon. the WRITTEN SIGNATURES of
of the proprietors on the label of each box of pills.
All others. which may be offered for sale by I'M
principled persons, are surely Base Counterfe its,
and will be rejected as such. The pills that were
in the hands of persons who purchased the genuine,
have all been exchanged for such as have the Writ
ten Signature of the proprietor.
The sole agency for the sale of Beck,oiih's Anti-
Dyspeptic and DyotPs Anfi- Bilious Pills, is vested
in the hands of It. w. DYorr s. Sons, of the Co.
lumbar College, No. 1872 North Second street,
Philadelphia. who will execute any orders for the
same.
Druggists. and all Wholesale Dealers, who wish
to be furnished with the genuine pills, will be sup
Piled on the most liberal terms, by applying as
above.
Also, for sale by CHARLES II. HEINITSH,
Agent, and l.. c SCHOOLFIELD & CO., Ports
mouth, Nj. A. Santos, King g. Toy, b. Emerson,
Robertson & Cornick, w II. B~roughton, Norfolk,
and by Druggists generally throughoutthe United
states. May l6
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Il pleasure In informing the public generally
that we have received. and will keep constantly up
during the season, a full supply of" wHIrE U
PHUR WATER, from the celebrated SpripS in
Grecnbrier County, Va.
This water, which has been for several years
transported from the White Sulphur Springs, in
Greenbrier County, in this State, enjoys great rcpu-
tation throughout the United States, and is now
very generally used, and its virtues cxtolled as a
remedial agent in bilious diseases incident to a
warm climate, dyspepsia, cosrveness, jaundice,
chronic rheumatism, govt, dropsy, in affections of
the breast occasioned by disease of the stomach or
liver, neuralgia, and nervous diseas SEES i'm general:
chronic inflammation of the kidneys and bladder,
and uretnra, piles, scrofula and eruptions, or other
affections OF the skin ll-conditioned ulcers, mer.
curiai diseases, &C., Sc, all of which is attested
by the highest names in the medical profession, and
many others who have for years used this water,
both al and when removed from the fountain.
SARATOGA WATER from the Congress, Union,
payisiion and Iodine Springs IN New York, in quart
and pint hotties.
CHALYBEATE MINERAL WATER. an active
and lasting Tonic. A general view of the analy-
Sis OF this water, will show that it stances the frstin
rank of the highly concentrated " Chalybeates,"-
consequently 1T acts as a Tonic, increasing the
strength of the system. raising the force of circu-
lation, giving tone to the digestive organs, aug
menting the muscular vigour, and promoting the
excretions; it is ofcourse advantageously employed
in those diseases in which Iron is principally used
such as Amenorrhea, Chlorosis, some states of Me-
norrhGg'a, Lsncorrhea, Dyspepsia, Scr0ula and ca.
rious forms Of Chronic Debility.
***The only Agents for VIM. B. CALwELL, pro-
prietor Of the White Sulphur Spring." are M. A.
SANTOS, Norfolk, and
CHAS. H. HEINITSH, Agent,
MAY ~ Portsmouth.
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. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES FIRST BOOKS
LIZ OF NATURAL HISTORY, for Schoola, Col.

THE Subscriber begs leave to inform the citi-
Il zens of Portsmouth,, Norfolk and the adjacent
country, that his well known GARDEN & HOUSE
ut the end of the " Long Bridge" running from
Court street, is opened for the Season, and where
he will be happy at all times to serve those that
may give him "A call. He intends keeping con.
stantly on hand the best Office CREAM and LEN
ONADE, and SODA WATER and to those who
are fond of a little recreation during the hot Sum
mer months his Garden will be found most delight
ul. (May7) SINON CHIC
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ITO DRUGGISTS AND wuOJEsAIE
i NIIEn SnAnrEs DEnon, -

ITO DRUGGISTS AND WHOLESALE
Il DEALERS.-UNITED STATES DFPOT or
MEDICINES.-The sole and general
Agencies for the sale of all Genuine and most non.
ular Medicines, has been appointed, and invested
by the various proprietorS, in the hands of r. w
DYoTT & Sons, of the COLUMBIAN CoLtrer No
1872 North Second street, Philadelphia, FOR the con
venience and express purpose of supplying all
wholesale purchasers at one particular point.
o. DR.. r. w. Dyott & Sons, have made s,ch
arrangements with the proprictors of the most pop
ular medicines now in use, as to enable them to
furnish druggists and wholesale dealers, on mpch
more advantageous terms than they can in general
be procured from the proprietors themselves. And
as no sophisticated preparations are kept or sold at
this establishment, there's no risk of getting Coun-
terfeit articles, with which the country now a..
bounds
The attention Of the public is solicited, to call at
the Fountain Head as above, where is kept for sale,
and may be examined, the most extensive and gen
eral assortment OF Proprietary articles of Mcdi
cincs, to be found in the United States.
For the convenience of those who il may not be
convenient &c. apply at the above establishment,
we have established SPECIAL DEPOTs in the following
cities, where the most Of the articles contained in
oUr general catalogue are to be found.
RICHMOND, Va, at the store OF A.. Duva1 &
Co., 147 Main street.
WASHINGTON, D. c., at the store Of Robert
Faruham, corn Eleventh street and Penn Az.
enue
BALTIMORE, Md, at the store of s. S. Hance.
10. los Baltimore street.
NEW YORK, No. 12S Maiden Lane.
ALBANY, ". Y, No. So State street.
OSTON Mass, No. 3 Water street
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IT PRIM SCHOOL GRAM-
~ MAR.-Thisc concise and very lucid Eiementa-
ry Treatise for beginners, just published, has been
received with great favor by School Committees
and Teachers. Although il has been out of the
press but a few weeks. it has been introduced into
a large number of Schools, and bids fair to become
the most popular and useful little work of the kind
%extant: For sale at the New Book Store.
April III NJ. b. WEBSTER.
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MILITARY TAOTICS.-Macomh,s ia

1Vl tics; a concise system of instructions and
regulations for the Militia and Volunteers of the
movements of the Infantry, Light Infantry, Rifle
men, Cavalry aud Artillery, together with the man
ner OF doing duty in garrison and in camp, &C.,
by Major Gen. A. Macomb.
INFANTRY TACTICS; or rules for the exercise and
manouvres of the United States Infantry, new edi-
ton by Major General Winfield Scott, u. S Ar
my, in 3 vols. Vol. LIST containing Schools of the
Soldier and Company. Vol. I'd, School of the Bat
talon and instruction for Light Infantry or Rifle.
Vol 3D., Evolutions of the line. For sale at the
New Book Store. N. b. WEBSTER.
Juno
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NEW &.

lion and Miniature Gases, Gold, Silver, and Steel
Spectacles, Gold and Silver Thimbies and Shields.
Gold Guard Keys, Gold Studs and Sleeve Buttons
Coral and Clasps, Finger Rings of every variety,
Table, Dessert and Tea threaded Silver 70 rks, Tar
Bile, Dessert and Tea thread Spoons, plain Silve-
Spoons. Sugar longs, Salt and Mustard Spoons,
Ladies', Butter Knives, Cream Ladies'. Sugar La.
dies, Silver Tea sets of superior style, Combs, Tooth
and Hair Brushes, Silk and other variety of Reti-
cules, a large lot of Fancy Goods. Il
GA large supply of Fancy Fans from f2I CITE.
to SO EACH Ladies, call and Gee them
6J-Clocks and Watches repaired and warranted
as usual. Old Gold and Silver bought and taken
in exchange.
July j. nj. FREEMAN. Norfolk.
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PE4LLY BEAUTIFUL.-Just received per
~ schr Belle, from New York. a Lotto f Gilt and
Jappaned Spittons, Light House Lanterns, Tin
Plates and Candlesticks ks, as low as I25 cents apiece.
lower than ever sold in this place before.
DANIEL S. CHERRY,
June 81 Under the Old Dominion Office.
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SCHOOL BOOKS.-A good supply of .ap.
~ proved SCHOOL BOOKS at tho New Book
Store, at greatly reduced prices, for instance
Webster's Spelling Books at 8 cts
Emerson's End part Arithmetic, 25 cts
Walkers Dictionary, (medium sizc) 81 cts
Readers; Histories; Biographies; Grammars
and other Books in proportion,
Please call and ascertain the prices, and buy
where 1t is for your interest, whether at the New
Book Store, or elsewhere. N. b. WEBSTER.
July7
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PED BUG POISON.-The Subscriber has re-
~ Gently prepared a quantity of that superior
BED BUG POISON, which is so well known In this
community san excellent destroyer of those trou-
oiesome insects that frequent the Bed Chamber du-
ring the warm season.
PERSONS Wishing to be clear of such nuisapces,
YOU'D DO well to call, and purchase n bottle of il,
as ne IS confident that it will give entire satisfac-
uon. II. BUFF.