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Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-07-20
A VALUABLE FARM, TAVERN AND
STORE. HOUSE AT lETERSYILIE

AMELIA COUNTY, FOR SALE.
ra1E subscriber being desirnus 90 South offers for
i sale the Farm which hc now resides called Je.
tersvllle, lying Immediately the main South western
road, d5 miles from Richmond, 10 miles from Pc.
iersburg, and eight miles West Of Amnla Court House.
This Farm contains six hundred and serenly acres
of land, Of good quality, lies WE'LL Is easily Improved,
and well adapted 10 the growth of all KINDS OF Grain,
Tobacco, sc II il stlcted In agreeable and eaiihy
ncghborhood. within three miles OF Amelia White
Sulphur Springs, and is considered of tie best
stands In the county FOR Tavern aud Store The i'm
provein-nts consist Of large and comfortable Tavern
house, large aud weIlconSiructed Store house. al
sent occupied by Merchant; also, new Tooacco Fac
tory sufficiently large 10 employ sixty seventy hands
an oyeIsecr's House, blacksmlth's Shop, Coach
Shop three large Stables, Granary, Tobacco Barns, Ne
gro Houses Ice and Carriage House, all OF which are
in good condition also well of excellent water aud
Orchard of choice Peach Trees
minute description OF this property Is deemed IN.
necessary, II presumabe any person disposed to
purchase will first view IL. Suffice II 10 say, that
Farm possessing many advantages is buiiseldoin offer
ed In market
The subscriber will take pleasure in showing the
Farm To any one wishing 10 purchase and NJ iIr same
time make known his terms, which will be made 10
suit the purchaser Address the subscriber, At letters
vile Post Office, hmrlla cUunty
July I3-cw3t. SROBERT JENNINGS.
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TEN DOLLARS REV ARD.

WILL pay the nhove reward 10 nry person who will
l deliver me my Negro Man GEORGE, OF confne him
in Jail 50 that &c, him. lie eit ms Planat!on, seven
mics south ives, Of Oxford, the Sd July. he Is an
Ahino. IS years old Of ordinary stature, stou and
muscular lie viii endeavor 10 pass Tor free
white nan. }. COofEh.
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RICHARD lyANHoE COOKE AND WILLIAM
RONALD COOKE

A sSoCIATES la the practice of Law, will attend
N regularly br Superior and Inferior Courts cf Flu
wanna, Cumber,and Powhaian, Louisa and CoochaDd,
and the Superior Courts Of Buckingham.
Address the first, Columbia, Flnsanna address ,hS
second PALMYRA Pluyanna July l3-coiwIm
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ROCKFIsH LAND FOR SALE.

THE subscriber hereby offers asain IN market his
Tract of Land, situated on Rocksh river, In Sel.
son county, not having been able heretofore 10 ,.ot
sale OH Satisfactory terms, and being st determined to
sell.
This place contains about ,2i0 acres, go Of which
are low grounds Of superior quality Much ci the high
land, ion il OF excellent quality and is in favorable
condition for farming and grazing purposes, IL Is
suitably enclosed, and is We'll set in clover ana n0-
Thy. Ii IL peculiarly well suited for stock iarm be-
ing unusually well warfrd, and very productive in he
various grains and grasses.
The situation is beautiful and heallhful the improve
ments generally are sufficient and substantial, The
dwelling being cominodious and handsome; Tile neigh
boring society Is good, and HE distance Of the place
from the James River Canal Is only s3 inles TO the
nearest point Of which, from this region, turnpike
road is now in progress OF construction.
Ii purchasers should prefer 1t, The and could te ad
vantageosly divided into two unequal tracts The lesser
10 contain about four hundred acres and have upon
II 4 comfortable dwelling aud some oui-houscs.
As the subscriber VIII be absent from The stale for
weeks lie will refer purchasers, in the mean iiaie
10 Mr. c. Estes. or Lovingson, 10 Dr. b. o. alrg
cInson, li.ing near Covesrc, both Of the county Of
Nelson, who authorized 10 sell the price sci upon
the place can DO obtained.
If sals be not effected before THURSDAY, the 8ih
day Of July, si., the lands will then be offered, the
premises, To the highest bidder.
One fourth OF The purchase money will he required In
hand, and the balance in three equal iBstameRta on
credit o. one ,wo aud three years the purchaser giving
bonds with good security, and the title 10 the land be-
Ing retained &c additional security nn the whole be
paid JOS. r. MONTGOMERY.
Addrcss-afounl horeb, Nelson county, Va.
May ll--:tds
now In Mississippi, finding that he vii be detained too
long in that State, In attending 10 important interests.
10 enabi1 him 10 return 10 Virginia by The 9Th day Of
July next, hereby postpones the above sale until
THURSDAY, the 9th day of that month, when IL
June 2s-ctds JOS r. MoNTG oMERY
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OTICE.-A meeting Of the Stockholders of
~ the Spring Hill Manufacturing Company
will be held at the City Hotel in The city OF Rich
mond, on the 23d day OF July, i847.
BY order Of The Stockholders at their last meet
ing. B. B. LONG.
July 8-dll&cw3w Chairman.
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Hs.46csnt .se;.:a e lei 2si* .!~:y
S50, an0i S95. coo. 10 oi sl,0c0 IS II 4 900 !
TICKETS ONLY n15.
Susan-hanua Lottery, NJ. 80 H. oe drawn al Balti
more on "Wednesday. July %, lsi. g Nos, II drawn
Grand Capitals:
| prize Of s59.c00 prxo OF 1926
/ I" aj,GGU 10 1000
/ = Il 800 2tJ = l,C0O
] Z" 1906 &C. sc.
Ii,lei. SIS: !ulves7 5g;luastcssJ -. certificate
of 20 whoics 6lca-s,,ares in prnro.tioa
o. PAINE e. CO., Managers
Crfo:t " pURCELL,
June 20 Richmond. Va.
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RANGE OF THERMOMETER.

II NOTICE.. Fl. GREEN, the reformed
Gambler, will deliver lecture this evening,
TaesdaY, the ooh July, on the vices OF gambling,
n The African Baptist Church. Parents and
chidlen are invited. Lecture to commence at
o'clock Abundance free. July 20.
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Tickets sl0 halves 90; quarters Q So certificate
of q package Of 25 whole Tickets Sla0-ha!ves and
quarters in proportion.
~ Orders Tor certificates CT Packages, single Tick
etg and Shares In any of the above Scemes, adte
ed 10 the Undersigned, viii recevethe most prompt al
tention and an account Of each drawing forwarded
az soon : il Is received
J. W. MAURY s. CO, Managers,
yuna Richmond Siryiria
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j. w. isaauYy q Co.,

(M A N AZ ERS.)
Successors to j. q. GREGORY d CO.
OFFICE, NO. |, CITY HOTEL, RICH
~ MOND. Virginia.
SPLENDID SCHEMES FOR JULY.
10000 DoLLARs $1,000. so Of $1,000!
Alexandria Lottery, Glass ~, for 1917, to be drawn
Saturday, July Gath.
Splendid Prizes:
/ prize of $4,000 50 prizes OF Sl,0G0
$4,000 50 prizes Of 500
/ 1000 1872 - 100
| 3o7U &c. &c.
Tickets $40; halves S; quarters so. Certificates Of
Packages Of u Whole Tickets Sau; ~ halves 6Oi H
fcr ~
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10000 DOLLARS. $4,000! IS of ei,on0.
Alexandria Lottery, Class No. "a, Tor 1917, To be
rawn al Alexandria, Saturday, July 81. IS No. Lolte
I'll d.avrn haiIots
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-07-01
Important from Montevidco.

From the Philadelphia North American, June 30.I
BY the bark Alton Captain Bowman, at this port we
represent that hostilities still continue between the
Banda Oriental and Buenos Ayrean governments =
Orbes Head Quarters within four miles OF Monte
vdeo, and diminishing nightly was Kept up between the
two parties The English and French neet, consisting
Of eight ten vessels enforced the blockade an were
at anchor In the outer Roads
On the 10th April the Montevdeans captured about
eight miles from the city 200 head OF cattle 10
Orbe and few days after Gen o., Dy way Oh retaiia
ton despatched body OF his men, who plundered the
enemy of large number OF horses Inc minister ap
pointed by the French government to arrange the DIM
culties the begerens, arrived at Montevdeo
On the 9th OF May and left for Buenos Ayes Afrench
Commodore had also arrived and took charge Of the
squadron. ..,,., -,
Inc coun'ry ,ns IN dsplorable condition businsss
corn and murders OF daily
renee In the streets Of Montevideo
In commercial affairs but little was doing Hides
suitable for she American market and high
All kinds Of provisions scarce and In active demand
There we're but few American vessels In port Freishts
were brisk at L f6 los for France and Germany
We indebted to our correspondent at Montevd
for the following important letter.;
MosrEvIDro, May7
The French steamer Casn arrived here on the night
Of the 9Th, from Touon, via Bahia, with the French
Minister the Count Vaesky, who, with Lord Howden,
to settle the river La Plate questions he landed on
the 9Th and held conference with the Deandis
10 whom he handed two letters from his majesty
Louis Philippe the other from Mons Guizot informing
him that bis mission to the river had Terminated
We learn that the Baron will embark on board Of ON.
Of the vessels Of In few days Admiral Lane ~ re.
leved by Commodore Predour Captain Divesso.
Deiands and Larrie depart for France very soon to-
gether
The Cassni left the Ratler steamer with Lord Han
den ut bahia on the 10th ulto TO follow In forty
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Important Indian Intel igsnc' +.

ST. LOUIS, June D. lSi7.
have just received the account of Wholesale murder
on the Plains perpetrated by Indians My informant is
gentleman from westport, Missouri and for my own
part do not entertain doubt of the correctness Of the
statement. He derives his information thus
There was Delaware Indian by the name Of Nahco-
ma, n Of the celebrated chief Of that nance who
was found by Col Price, prisoner at Taos, whom that
place taken last winter. This Indian liberated,
and six weeks ago started to return to his people
who live on western border A few days since, he
reached home, and reports that when the great
crossing the Arkansas he fell In with large band
Indians composed principally Of Csmanches Arapshoe
Pawnies and Osages, numbering over two hundred
fires" (messes) which, calculating i've TO "hre,'
would make about one thousand warriors They made
him prisoner, and spared his life condition that he
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hours and az she has not made her hsrs IL
is possible she has passed TO Buenos Ayrss ~
The proposals to be offered General Rosss for IN. al,
Element Of existing difficulties said to be bsssd u,o
the arrangement entered into by Mr. Hood VIA ths
blockade to be raised forthwith general armstica
the Argentine troops to be Withdrawn from thls oro
vince.
All foreigners to lay down their
The Independence OF the Oriental Republic 70 qua
ranted and lastly unrammelled ant fire. election
for President. Rumor says that the English French
will not consent TO the I'll cto, Of either
Rivera Oribe, they considered the dis
turbers
Rivera Is at Madanado sort Of exile; he has neither
friends nor army; the government deprived him Of
his command General Chief some few months siuce
w. may now look upon him politically dead
Gen Carton lie the most prominent man for the Pres
dency when election takes place He appears be
the favorits both Sides and is said be humane
and worthy He ut present is Of the Generals
under the orders of OribA
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TEE NEW YORK HERALD
ESTABLISHMENT,
Sorsf"svess corner M Fulton and Nasssa zss
JAMES GORDON BENNETT. PROPRIETOR
CIRCULATTON-FORTY THOUSAND
E3 ABLISHME

DAILY HERALD-Every day, Price cents per eopy--s
ID Ri fr anu an, m,-psysb in advance.
WEEh.Y HERALD-Every saturdsy-Prce 81 csaf
. HERALD FOR E6RoPE-Every steam Packet da,-
rice "a cents per copyS3 annu, including postage
payable ~ubscrpons and advertisements will BE-
Iseeyed by Messn Gagnani, Is Rue Vvienne, Pasi p
the sS9S SlpY London;
LIST OF January Of each yearsngle copies sxpence each
ADyEkTiSEMENTS,a at the usual prices--aways cash il
aGv nee Advertisements should be written plain egibs
manne The Proprietor viii not be responsible for thai
may occur IN them. -...
PRINTING Of oil kinds executed beautifully and witt
despatch.
an letters or communications by mall addressed to the
sitabhment be paid the postage will be Do
ssetSd from tho rubscription mnEey RENTED
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would join tesmia concentrated stx.ek ON psrtv of
White Nm sssentsd to their requirement. and states
route, sSw nlsr beyond the fatal Walnut creek The
train consisted Of thirty mule teams escorted by ten
morse sto wagons were freightsd with govern
indiana on the train and drove every from
bis saddle Not one escsped-an were mssssSred The
wagons we're then rded of such articles
needed andtbs mules driven OF After this young Nah
coma wss permitted to depart very fine American
informsns ssates bears the ~ s stamp on his shout.
der and y rsecgnizrd as having belonged TO Capt Mil
lsrs wagon train which was last few miles this
side Of Walnut creek Capt had under his charge 80
end there be ttle doubt but that his Is the
train that has been sacrificed.
stances and IN believed by all who are AGO tainted with
the man. l was personally acquainted with Nahcoma
dsncs to any probable statement he might have made
and there i bar. possibility that TIL. may be coinage
fear, however,, that his story will prove too true
The same gsntlsnaan who gave the foregoing in
formation states that Major John Dougherty Of the
Suffers Department. who left the frontier few weeks
since driving i've hundred and fifty head Of cattle
Santa Fe had returned the for further aid
having lost by stampede when near Council Grove
hundred aud fifty Of his herd Council Grove is
hundred and forty miles from the State line and border
ing the Usage country that 1t Is not very probable
that many Of the lost cattle will be recovered.
Last evening the steamer Tributary arrived from st
Joseph Missouri river, bringing down number of mem
beers OF two rival trading companies, from posts
fifteen hundred miles up the Missouri The cargoes
five Mackinaw boats, consisting of about thirteen hun
d. ed packs Of robes were brought down. and three o
these boats, heavily freghted yet behind. One
the companies left Fort Pierre, above the mouth o
Tetor river on the 10th May The other left the mouth
Of Medicine river the 3st May They represent the
Indians ~ being quiet in that region The of the
disturbances mentioned in my last is six hundred miles
traders had done good business Two belonging to
Harvey Primeau's trading company lately killed
In the Blackfeet country by war party Of Oglaa Sioux
The Missouri river is reported very high the main rise
being from the Big Platte
The reported murder Of of Barclays company
and the scalping Of the Mexican mentioned in my last
confirmed. ARGUS
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DR. KELLINGERs INFALLIBLE LIN
Ak NMENI warranted to cure soreS and ulcers OF
90 ~ nature IN few days scslAe magic in remov-
tain to eeve bilious choc, diarha Re as Il is taken IL
is perfectly delightful in its odor and flavor IL
Acknowledged 20 be the best family medicine ever offered TO
the public. Price 50 cents per bottle.
Sold $50 Pearl street, C. Ring Of John and Broad
vsv corner Of Bowery and Broome; I'd avenue and oh A.
Jees' drug DR. Burre Dover and Chatham and AT
the H'rlem Railroad once City Hall is 3otsrc
NsNS AND FROM GLAsGoW-1he splendid and fast
49, ,,lling packet ship ADAM CA r. CAPTAIN Jobu
Mnn Will sail from New York on the LIST July and from
Glasgow the LIST Sept.
send Cor their friends, make the necessary arrangement
with the subscribers reasonable terms by early
appl cation TO =, w * j. n ,TAPsCOTT,
je23r ss South st, I'd door below Burng slip
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From the Philadelphia Gazette, June sol
We have been favored with the perusal Of a letter
dated" Mazatan, May 3D. which was brought by some
English gentlemen, who travelled over land to the Gulf
OF Mexico, from the Pacific coast
The United states ship indie pendence Com shubrick
had been bockadng Mazatan for two or three months
aud during that period, had taken several prizes
She was expected to maintain the blockade a month
or two longer and then sail for the Sandwich Islands,
from whence she would return to Monterey In septem
Der
The United States ships Cyane aud Portsmouth were
cruising up aud down the coast Tue former had taken
several prizes and the I'D Of May the latter
tured prize valued at S2v0O00 But this does sat
isfy the gng anxiety Of the officers of the squadron
TO do something for the honor Of the navy
There have been frequent thoughts Of an attack
Acapulco which 10 represented being nearly strong
as Vera Cruz but is not known what the nten-
lions Of the Commodore.
The California regiment had arrived out and In very
bad condition The men are represented rs not what
they ought TO be-
the csast of California Ia quiet and the inhabitants
of have been sauted the sounds OF Yankee
axes and hammers ringing through the woods' and
astonshed houses sprngng up In their streets al
most ~ II by magic They have had the pleasant SIGHT,
too of Yankee girls In Yankee bonncts, tripping along
amid the shawl covered senortas
THE CHIHUAHUA TRADERS.
From the st. Louis Repub loan, June ~
fread now this city has handed us letter which
he received yesterday from salo. II Is dated on the
22d Of last month, aud from trader 10 chihuahua,
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AI.lE GlOHS.

80 ved# 20 Ha15r =a8-g= A~OA9AeaAfL
.s IKE .60TIsEoEp.
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Weekly national intelligencer., 1847-01-23

armed occupation act Of Florida and It's effects mad been
sautary. guarded and protected the aohee o. he oeo
States against the greedy spectators and and
cured The lard to his family He had no idea OF giving the
bounty Of land 10 the crdo Of the volunteer lie hoped
the volunteers and soldiers would be 50 protected
MI BENTON sai he remembered all about that Florida
blI for !, had cost him many sleepess night 1t was,
however he was sorry say, somewhat emasculated before
il got into the satule-book
Nr CAMERON said he should vote for this motion and
b ho,l no % without all abandoning his views
In a be understood the Instructions 10 the committee, they
,so IL amend the bill give bounty land TO the sol
er This what he wanted. He had no fears abouspe
,toss robing The soldiers He thought they could take
cse Of themselves. They told the other day that the
bitter had been bit in the Of spectators in Arkansas
Ind that they made losing speculation out Of their purchase
Mr. BERRIEN moved to amend the proposed instructions
80 as to provide for grant Of land 10 the officers OF volunteers
which agreed TO.
The question then taken upon recommittng the BILL
together with all the proposed amendments to the Committee
On Military Affairs, with instructions TO bring in an amend
men. granting 100 Of bounty land to the officers Of
luntees corps, and the non-commssoned officers, mus
cians and psatrs serving to in the army employed
in Mexico, and decided in the affirmative follows cas-
Al, nav ]. So the bill was recommltted.
Weekly national intelligencer., 1847-01-23
THURSDAY, JANUARY 81, ls47.
THE ARMY BILL.

The pending question being upon the amendment Offered
by the Senator from Indiana for the appointment OF chap
lain to each Of the regiments of volunteers serving the
with Mexico who should each receive for his services
equal TO the pay Of major Of Dragons.
variety Of propositions presented, and much dscus
sion ensued to the amount of compensation proper b
allowed to these chapans The following Senators took par
in the debate, viz Messrs. SEWER SIMMONS BEN
TON, HANNEGAN, BERRIEN, COLQUTTT, ATCHI
SON, ALLEN, CRGrTENDEN, JOHNSON, of Mary.
land, BAGBY, DAYTON, WESTCOTT, WEBSTER,
CAMERON, JOHNSON, Of Louisiana, and BUTLER.
modification of the amendment by Mr. SEWER pro.
posing to make the salary of the chapans $500 per wear
with two raons and the allowance for horse having been
rejected upon division Ayes 81, 22--
Mr.WEBSTERproposeda modification by inserting 81 00O
per annum.
Upon this motion the yeas and nays were TAKEN and re-
suited follows:
YEAs-Messrs. Archer, Atclson Badger, Bagby, Ber.
rien, Cameron Cas Chalmers j. NJ. Clayton Thos Clay.
ton, Corwin, Crenden Davis, Dayton Greene annegan
huntingdon Jarnagin, johnson, Of Nd johnson, Of "a
Mangum, Miller, Morehead, Phelps Simmons Sturgeon
Upham, Webster and Woodbrdge-29
NAYS--Messrs Allen, Ashley, Atherton Benton Breese
Butler, Ciley, Colqutt, Dix, Evans Houston Niles SEWER
speisht Turney, Westeou and Yuee--l7.
Mr.. SEWER then moved further to amend by add
and that each regiment Of volunteers shall elect its own
chaplain"
Upon this proposition the yeas and nays were also takeu
and are follows
fbAs-Messrs Allen, Ashley, Atchson Atherton, Bag
by benton, Berrien Bright Chalmers, John NJ CLAYTON
Coiqu Corwin, Dayton Dix, Houston, Jarnagin More.
head Miles, SEWER, Speigh, Turney, Upham and West.
NAfS-Messrs Archer, Badger, Butler, Cameron Thos.
Clayton Crittenden, Davis Evans Hannegan Johnson Of
Mary land Johnson, Of Louisiana, Mangum Miller Phelps,
simmons Sturgeon, Webster, and Woodbridge-ls.
The question then recurring upon the adoption Of the orr
gna amendment as amended the and nays were again
ordered and were taken, follows
lbASnMessrs Archer, Ashley, Atchson, At,erton-
badger Bagby, Benton, Berrien reese Butler Cameron
LASS Chalmers John NJ Clayton Colqui, Corwn Critten.
aen DAVIS Dayton Dix, Greene, Hanegan. Houston Hun
ungton Jarnagn johnson, OF Louisiana Iohnso Of Mary
lsnd Mangom Miller Morehcsd Phelps Simmons, Spcig6t
sturgeon, Gphan, Webster, Woodbridge, Yulee-3s.
NAno-Messrs Niles, SEWER, Turney, Westcott--i.
mt HUSTON then offered some verbal amendments TO
the bill and also in substance the following as an additional
section
See .fnd be it further enacted, That SO soon as the
ocers are elected they shall upon their respec-
unes aud so soon they receive their they
ha ke and subscribe an oath to "suppo the constitution