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ADVANTAGES OF ADVERTIsING

We clip from an exchange the following -
" Messrs. Hardin, Hunt & CO., a firm doing an
extensive business in the town of Worcester,
Mass, during the past year paid about one thou,
sand dollars for advertising their goods, and are
satished by this outlay they have received a rich
harvest IN return. Brandreth has risen from
poverty TO a man of extensive fortune. He has
now a three story mandatory for preparing his
medicine, and whole cargoes of it are despatched
10 every part of the Union. He has expended
h'rtgJIve thousand dollars in one uear for adj
oerfstng. Comstock began with nothing, but by
sale of his medicine, has been enabled to purchase
one OF the finest houses in Uuion place, II. York.
and gives magnificent soirees, &c. Moffatt, by
Inc sale of bitters and pills. has amassed a fortune
VI near three hundred thousand dollars. Sherman.
oy me sale OF Lozenges, has emerged from a lille
sshoP In Nassau street, New York. and become a
oouyer OF lots and houses by wholesale. And
swain, of Philadelphia, by the sale of his papa-
cea, has attained to a degree of wealth in all
PROBABILITY exceeding that Of any competitor.
ouccess in all these cases, be il remembered
land 1t is stated without any intention to under
sd'ue the medicines named. } is acknow Iedoed To
. .ne result OF the means used to give notoriety
70 me articles, and those means were-rEwspA-
PER ADVERTISING"
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DR.. WISTAR'S BALSAM OF WILD
EHERPX ~ --

The extraordinary success attending the use of
.hls medicine Is diseases of the lungs, and the ma
attracted the attention of many physicians, as well
as the whole fraternity of quacks, various copjec.
lures and surinises have arisen respecting its com.
position some physicians have supposed it to con.
tam iodine, other Ignorant pretcnders say it must
each attribute its singular efficacy. AS such opin.
ions are altogether erroneous, and calculated to
prejudice many persons ageinstit, we PLEDGE
OUR honour that it contains nothing of this
KIND. or anything the least injurious on the con
trary, 1t IS composed of the most simple substances,
the principal of which are the extracts of tar and
wild cherry bark, and the whole secret Of its eff
cacy consists in the mode by which they arc pre-
pared. ~ Eai
BE careful and get the genuine DR.. WISTAR'S
BALSAM OF WILD None genuine
unless signed by i. BUTTS. Address all orders TO
SETH w. FOWLE, Boston, Mass.
o. For particulars see DR.. Wistar's treatise ON
consumption, TO be had of the agent.
.Agents-Portsmouth, G.. III HEINITSH, Agent;
Norfolk, NJ. A. SANTOS, and also by Druggists
generally in this State.
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RICHARD

Ellhu Burritt, now travelling in England. thus
speaks OF the last meeting of the League
"Cobden arose-not to speak Tor the space of
several moments, but To stand up in affecting
silence before the assembly, who would have
drowned the voice of a trumpet before The swell.
Ing peals OF applause with which they greeted
the Napoleon of Moral Revolution. Several times
he essayed to speak. but before he could frame his
lips to the utterance of a word, the multitude
would burst forth anew with another volume of
cheers. | saw his clear, spirit speaking eyes fill
with tears, on thus being interrupted in his efforts
to make himself heard. There stood the meekest
looking man l ever saw fronting a public assem-
bly,, and in the meekest attitude. As he stood
with his slight form inclioing forward, with one
OF his thin pale hands hanging by the forefnper
from a button hole in the left breast of his coat.
and with the other resting on a corner of the
Speakers desk as if for support, he innked the
very representation of timid modesty. His w hole
altitude and appearance reminded me of some
humble member OF the Methodist Church in
America. arising in one of their meetings to {" tell
MS experience" In a %contfiie spirit. And that
was England's foremost mani Among all the
heroes her annals have numbered, that soft voiced
revolu'lonist stood the highest in the peoples
gratitude. For England had become a people.
and he the peoples man, and this was the hour of
MS coronation. The first words he uttered fell
upon the listening multitude in tones of auerulous
meditation. They were uttered with child like
simplicity, and were tremulous with the emotion
he confessed
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IMPORTANT

INSTANTANEOUS STOPPING OF A Runway
TRAN.-We (says Galigusni's Messenger Of
Tuesday stated yesterday that we had received
an invitation to be present at some experiments
with a new break, having for its object the iostan-
taneons stoppage Of a railroad train without the
slightest snock TO the passengers, and that it was
our Intention to attend, The experiment took
place yesterday afternoon at 40 bis. in the Rue
Chaussee d Antiu, on a model railway constructed
for the purpose. The inventor is an engineer
named Alexandra. who has been, it appears, as
slduously occupied for four years in bringing the
Invention TO perfection. A model train was let off
At diHerent rates of speed, from fifteen or twenty
leagues an hour, down a very inclined plane, and
yet, Notwithstanding these circumstances the
tram was checked without the slightest commo-
ton.
The break is worked by the conductor of the
last carriage. by which means the whole Of the
carriages, instead Of striking each other have a
tendency to retreat. As SION as the breaks of the
last carriage have taken their position, those of
every other carriage in the train ac, instantaneous
Iy, and ny other admirable conirivance the loco
motive can, even at the greatest rate of speed be de.
tached from the train. This is not all. The very
act OF separating the locomotive and cars provides
against accident from its running too far forward.
for as soon as it has reached a sufficient distance
from the train. say fifty 10 one hundred Yards, it
stops. We shall not enter into any technical de.
tails OF the mode In which all this is effected, for
they could be understood by only a few of our
readers, but as far as the results are concerned we
feel convinced that the invention 10 good TIE
Inventor estimates the expense of adopting his an
paratus at a thousand francs for each carriage.
which 10 a small sum, if we consider the impor-
lance OF the object in view. A commission M
pointed by the Government, have witnessed and
IL Is saio approved ct the experiments.
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10 ErysiPelas Is a very prevalent and extremely
dangerous disease, especially where it attacks the
mead. Leechlng and mercurial ointment some
times suodue the complaint for the time being. lint
it Is a well known fact that it is apt to appear
again, If the individual is ovorhcated or excited.
we nave no hesitation in saying that SANps' San.
sAPARILLA will be fouad a more effective remedy Gor
ErysiPelas than ointments and depletion, and the
cure thus effected will be complete. thorough and
pernahent. One oil the merits of this preparation
is, that by its action on the blood il extip Sn;shes
the active poison by which the disease is genera.
ted; ,whilo most other remedies merely remove its
visible signs, and leave the primary cause still
lurking IN the system For all cutaneous and nj
cerous diseases, together with many Others, this
PREPARATION may be used with success.
For further particulars and conclusive. evidence
OF its superior value aud efficacy, see pamnhIcts
which may be obtained of agents gratis.
Prepared and sold Wholesale and retail by A. n.
q ID. SANos, Wholesale Druggists. 10 Fulton at.
New York. Sold also by CHARLES III. HEINITSH,
Agent, Portsmouth, aud M. A. Santos, Norfolk,
Prlce s. per bottle s bottles for SIS.
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Prom the Philadelphia Pennsylvania.
TO 4 MINIATURE OF
GEORGE MIFFLIN DALLL,AS.

ACRosfic -
By Jesse f.. Doso.
Greatness has stamped it's imnre.s ON tina, mos
Hmire OIL thought uusullied by o crown
0oeo,ent TO the peoples will io.bow,
negar9iess OF the changhng's smile or frown.
GuI9e9 oy ~rutb-uuerrin truth--that soul
Hnvied by all, obeys it's high control.
Men who have battered principle in youth.
In time of trial, ignoinin5ous fall
raitbiess to honor or to country's call,
fortune by them is far more priced than truth.
Life. reputation, liberty, or all.
iIgnoble ones, they sink to graves of shame
Nor leave one glorious deed TO gid q name.
Decf to the pleadiags of the airtfuI foe.
Among the sons of spotless virtue strong: 'C
Loving, along on honest path TO 90, 60.
Living, a life of right, amid the wrong,
A nation we'll may put her trust in thee,
Saviour Of plighied faith. and guardiau Of the free,
WAsHINGroN CRY, August, 1876.
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BUFF's

For the core of Dysnepsia, Aguo & Fever, Bill
ions and all the complaints generally arising from
gaus.
rms Medicine seems well calculated to afford re-
lief in any of the above diseases; its component
parts oeing OF such a mild and innocent nature
The mode Of using il being very simnlc. mo re.
strlctlon being necessary except to refrain from
the use ot Spirituous Liquors during its operation.
Inc season has now advanced when every ono
requires a little Purgafive Medicine for the better
preservation If their health the subscriber there
lore takes this method Of informing his customers
and the public generally, that he has prepared a
large quantity Of the above Medicine, which he
has for sale at tho MEDICAL EMPORIUM,
Aug 10 Corner of High and Middle sits
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&c.
New Yoax. Sent. 3 & p M

NEW YORK, sept. z, B T. NJ.
All the Western fiour-say 3 a 1000 barrels
were sold this day at S4.l2A a S425 for Genesee.
snd s4,l2a for Michigan. Southern is in better
demand.
Corn 10 In fair supply, but not active. South.
sn yellow sold at SO a 81 cents, measure, and
white 81 cents. weight.
We notice sales of $500 a 1000 bbls. new crop
Wilmington and Newbern lurpen,ine at a slight
advance. and 400 bills Of spirits Of turpentine a,
Mess pork is dull, 100 bbls. sold to-day at
$S.62s. We hear of no sales of prime.
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THE FRANKLIN HOUSE. No I06 Che.

INHE FRANKLIN HOUSE, No. los Cbcs.
a. nut street, between Third and Fourth. PhiL,.
deiphla;[This popular and central Hotel, estab.
iished by the Messrs. Sanderson, having ma .scd
into the hands of the subscriber, he desires to in.
form his friends and the public, that il is now open
for the reception of guests.
To those who have visited "THE FRANKLIN
HOUSE" its advauta gees as a, desirable sionrinp
place arc well known to those who have not. Il
VIII DC only necessary 10 state that ii is situated in
the business part of the most fashionable street. in
tne Immed1atc vicinity of the Exchange, Post OF.
nee, Banks, Custom House, places of Amusement.
Hotels, Steamboat Landings, Railroad DcDots. pub.
nc Squares, Court Houses, &c, sc.
Si"Ce the change of proprietors, a large amount
OF money mas been expended in charging, re-ft-
tlng' re:furnishing and painting. Among the nu-
Inetous improvements, may be mentioned i'm proved
entrances, a new Ladies' Ordinary, a new Gentle
mems DINING Saloon, new Parlors, new HAMMERS.
nc" hitcheh, and new Bar Room, besides MANY
oIner minor improvements.
he principal features Of a first rate Hotel
Inc Table and Wine Cellar.' will be Under the
management of Mr.. JAMES NJ. SANDERSON.
one OF the former proprietors, whose ambition to
excel as a Caterer is we'll known. His widely cell
soratcd Cook, PELLETIER, !" aided by experienced
assistants, viii still continue TO be his right hand
man. The Office and Books will be under the
charge OF Mr.. GEORGE p. BURNHAM, late the
able Editor of the DAILY Ohio Union, ;, of Gin
clnnati, and more recently of Boston. In short.
great cxerlops have been made, and hereafter will
not be spared, to render 1.-THE FRANKLJNn one
OF the uery. first Hotels for comfort, convenience.
and good living. d. X, MINOR
Aug 30
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HEAVY ROBBERY.

John Armstrong, a merchant from Pit,sbnrg
was robbed on the 23d uIt., in New Orleans
while stopping at the Kentucky House, Of nearly
~soUOO-S2O00 Of which was a bill of EXCHANGE
qnawn by Robb & Hodge, On a banking house ia
Philadelphia. -"
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DURABILITY OF TIMBER IN A WET STATE
vi the durability of timber in a wet state, The
plies OF the bridge built by the Emperor Trsjan
NoIoss The Danube is one example. One of these
ples was taken up an . found to be petrifed To the
'ue depth OF three charters Of an inch but the
rest ct the wood was little different from its or
uinary state, though it had been driven more than
sixteen centuries.
The piles under the London bridge have been
1nnven about six hundred years, and from Mr.
Dann's observations, in 1746, it does not apuear
onaI hey were materially ~decayed. In 1919.
'iney were sufficiently sound to support the mas
Sve superstructure-they are chiefly Of elm.
IN digging away the foundation Of old Savoy
palace, London, which was built ok hundred and
ivy years ago, the whole Of the piles, consisting
VI oak, elm, beach, and chesnut, were found in 4
stale of perfect souodness as also was the plank
ng which covered the pile heads-Ezehange
Paper.
KILLED BY LIeHTNrNe-A man named Mi.
I"dsi Kendig, was struck by lightning on Nom
oay last in West Lampeter township, Lancaster
county, Pa, and instantly killed.
APPoINTMENr-Levi ID. Slamm. late editor
the New York Globe, has been appointed Con
SUI 70 one Of the Barbary States.
twenty FIVE years ago, Gen. Samuel Houston
ru,asa house carpenter in Nashville Tennessee.
ne IS now a Senator in the U. S. Congress.
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NAVAL ApwBRTIsEMrNrs.
NAVY AGENTS. OFFICES
NAVY AGENTS OFFTCE,}

EAL IN duplicate will be re-
ceiycd until IL O'Clock on tho Both day of Sep
ed at the Navy Yard Tor Store Hcnse No. liz -
CLASS NO. YELLOW PIN TTMBE AND
PLANE
mwt be Of the best quality, free of sap, shakes
and all other defects aud m ust be got straigh and
square
The inst pieces mentioned are the first wanted.
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MKS. q. Err.

MILL open a SELECT FEMALE SCHOOL in
w Portsmouth, on Monday, I4th September,
lior the reception of a limited number of Pupils, }
Middle s rect.
Inc Course Of Instruction will comprise all the
branches OF a thorough English Education, suited
to their ages and capacity.
IL is desirable that those who may favor Mrs. c..
with their patronage shonld commence with the
Term, also when thew enter it will be expected thew
VIII continue until the close of the Term, accord
ingly no deduction will be made except in. pro.
tracted Illness.
Terms from 4 to SIS per Quarter, (allowing ~
weeks) one half payable in advance.
Fuel 80 cents per Quarter in advance.
Sep l-6tk
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Must be sawed on both sides and edges
len thousand feet fboard nleasure) off IN. Plank,
IL feet lengths.
Thirty. seven thousand feet 9 inch Plank. of t6. 10:
and 20 feet lengths.
CLASS NO &EWHITEP PINE PLANK.
Three thousand feet J inch clear white pine, ofT4i
feet lengths
Two thousand feet inch clear do. dis
which must be thoroughly seasoned.
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CLASS NO e.LwHIpE PINE L,
NO. ~3.-BRiCRS

Nlnety-hve Thousand best regular sized, hard burnt
dark red Baltimore Latch Bricks,
Four hundred and fifty (450, 00O) thousand, good
hard burnt plain Bricks, to work with the
Latch.
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ELLAN EoUs.
MEDICAL NOTICE.

nOCToR T.. N. MERCER, very. respect
- ioliy offers his Professional Services to.tbe i'm.
hap'tantso OF Portsmouth and vicinity. He propos.
es np fe'e' ence, sage that OF the experience uf an
average share of practice, attended with R~a,terIuy
frofs the highest authority in the land can Nc pros
duced If required. po
oIhce and residence of High street, in the build
Aug 15-3m
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HoRSEs FOR SALE.
CHOLERA MoRBUs AND RowE1

CHOLERA MORBUS AND ROWE
COMPLAlNT.-Dr. JAYNE No. s South Third
street, IS willing TO guaranty that his CARMINA-
TIVE BALSAM will cure Diarrboea, Cholics, Sri
ping rams, Clamps, Cholera Morbus, SuInme,
complaint, and other arrangements of the Stom.
ach and Bowels, in ninety nine cases our of a bnn.
o1ed, and In less than half the time thew can he
effected by any other means. "
1t s extremely pleasant, and children are fond of
IT. III IS equally as effcctual for adults as children
ana wnen the directions are followed. The Cen
olne Iot sale at the Drug Store, Sign of the Biz
Mortar CHAS. H. HEINITSH, Agent.
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NOTICE..

The Steamer OSCEOLA, will, until
@6bhacfurther notice, take passengers every
%s131@RE Sunday to. Old, Point and return for d
cents. JAMES MITCHELL,
aug 10 Captain.
SUPERIOR SEIDLITZ d SODA pow
- DERSZWe have just received q full and fresh
supply CT AND SODA POWDERS
These different kinds are universally acknowledged
to be the best manufactured, and far superior TO
any others They are therefore recommended with
confidence TO those wishing a pure and excellent
article OF Seidlitz or Soda Powders. For ale 81
the Drog Store, Sign Of the Big Mortar.
Aug 10 CHAS. II HEINITSH, AGENT.
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NO.4-STnNE

(5o0) Five hundred perches best Port Deposite
Building Stone, a large, regular fat material
for permanent foundation.
TAI Fourteen Door Stills, ST feet long, 80 by l2 ins
[l2l Twelve Door Heads, S do IS by 9 do
1901 Sixty Window Stills, 5 do,, 10 by 6,do
1901 Sixty Window Heads O. do by S do
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No. 6.-SAND.
Two thousand bushels cIear angular fresh water
Sand, for Cement.
Offers nnefst be made for each class by its number,
separately, and toiM a guaranty according to The Acs;
OF Congress annered-fhe price Of each article mast 6e
stated distinctly and carried out for the entire anno,nt
Of the class in spordS atlengthe
Every article must be delivered by the contractor
at his own expense on the spot designated by the Com
ma,'dHftt and he subject to inspection at the Yard
before it is received and paid for.
The contract must be executed ,uishin ten days
after notice, or be annuHed, and deliveries must be
commenced as soon afterwards as possible, that the
work may progress. Every class must be coinplet.
ed on or before the 20m day Of Nopenaber. except for
the Bricks, (Class No. 81 which will he extended
TO the last Of December, and for the Pine fClass No.
I'D the hrst half of the frame must be delivered by
the 10Th OF December, and the other half with 3
inch plank by the 10th January after.
Bond with two approved sureties will be reuuir-
ed under a forfeiture not exceeding twice the con-
tract price 10 case of failure, and ten per cent will
De deducted from each payment, to be retained un-
I'LL the contract is completed. No payment will be
made for less than one fourth OF the whole of any
class. -
All information will be given Mt the Navv Yard
GEORGE LOYAL, Navy Agent.
Sec. b. And be 1t further enacted, That from and
after the passage of this act, every proposal for
naval supplies shall be accompanied by a written
guaranty, signed by one or more responsible per-
sons, TO the effect that he or they undertake that the
bidder or bidders Will, if his or their bid be accept
Ell, enter into an obligation in such time as NAV be
prescribed, with good and sufficient sureties 10 fur
nish the supplies proposed. No proposal shall be
CONSIDERED unless accompanied by such guaranty.
If, after the acceptance of a proposal and a Motif
cation thereof to the bidder or bidders, he or thew
shall fail to enter into an obligation within the
time prescribed with good and sufficient suretics,
for furnishing the supplies, then the Agent shall
proceed to contract with some other person or per
sons for furnishing the said supplies and shall
forthwith cause the difference between the amount
contained in the proposal so guaranteed, and the
amount for which he may have contracted for fur
nishing the said supplies, for the whole period of
the proposal to be charged up against said bidder
or bidders and his or their guarantee or guarantors;
and the same may be immedia ,ely recovered by the
United States, for the use of the Navy Department
In an action of debtagainst either or all of said per-
SONS. August 29-s4w'
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nAGUERREOTYPE OR PHOTOGRAPH
IL lC PORIR AIEE ILL., -uL--:L i-

nAGUERREOTYPE OR PHOTOGRAPH
- &c PORTRAITS.-Th The subscriber has the
pleasure TO announce TO the Ladies and Gentlemen
of Norfolk and Portsmouth, that he has rctnrmod
and VII take charge of his Daguerrean Gallery in
person for a short time only.
lie pegs leave to state that from his long expert
encc IN this business, and recent wonder fol i'm.
Provements, that he is enabled TO make Likenesses
IN point OF beauty, and style of finish, to surpass
any. tnat has heretofore been exhibited. They can
be inserted in Rings, Bracelets, Pins Cases or
francs, and are warranted not TO fade or rub off.
Instructions given in the art.
n large assortment of Apparatus and Stock al.
ways on hand, at the lowest cash price. Call at
Rooms Corner of Main and Talbot SITS.
Aug 4-t&OD3t J. X, WHITEHURST.
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TAYEM.


lion and Miniature Cases, Gold, Silver, and Steel
Spectacles, GoiG and Silver Thiinbles and Shields,
Gold Guard Keys, Cod Studs and Sleeve Buttons
Gorai and Clasps, Finger Rings of every variety,
iaoie, Dessert and Tea threaded Silver Fo rks, Tar
bic, Dessert and Tea thread Spoons, plain Silye-
spoons, Sugar longs, Salt and Mustard Spoons,
Ladies, Butter Knives, Cream Ladles. Sugar La
and Hair Brushes. Silk and other varietv.of Rcti-
cules, a large lot of Fancy Goods.
ga large sunply of Fancy Fans from I2s cts.
to SO each. Ladies', call and sec them
G-Clocks and Watches repaired and warranted
as usual. Old Gold and Silver bought and taken
in exchange. ~
Aug 90 JIM FREEMAN orioll.
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VALUABLE GARDENING LANDS

"a A gentleman on the Western Branch.
Hsa5 having more Land than he wishes TO cult
lssl=lvate himself, will either sell HUN
DfED ACRES OF the same, or let it to a skilfuI
Gardener and Horticulturist, on such terms as will
be agreeable to both parties.
The great advantage these lands possess for early
cility of transportation to market, having a uayi.
gable stream Tor boats running through, BY which
the Baltimore and other Steamers may be reached
object to the Gardener.
There is no need of dwelling on the advantages
OF hardening for the northern cities in this vicini-
~. Experience has proved it to be highly pro6ta-
Bile, and the market is never fulla
Letters addressed to r. f., Portsmouth,, Va !, on
the subject will be promptly attended to.
Aug IL
1867 The Baltimore Sun win please copy the
above advertisement 9 times, weekly, and send bill
to this office.1
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EXCHANGE on New York and Baltimore !,
- sums to SOFT purchasers can be had at
inc ID GORDANrS. sd
Dec S-u Lottery and Exchange Office.