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Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1848-04-06

New Concern.
THE subscribers have associated themselves together nm
l. der the style and firm OF
Hurt Il Preston,
tor the purpose Of domga Gcuerai
Grocery and Commission Business.
in The town OF lnchburg and have taken the large store
house ~ Main formerly occupied by Bryant Young
and next door to NcSSrs Acrce Wen where they intend
to keep constantly on hand a large stock OF
Groceries, Liquors, DOmcSticS, &c,
embracing every variety usually found in a Grocery
Their stock Will be purchased in the Northern cities en-
trcly for CASH and will be low for Cash or in exn
for Country Produce.
All b "'ess iStei t, their will receive prompt at
tention.
$. &. HURT
will give his personal attention to the sale. of all kinds M
Produce, sales guaranteed and rash.d when r.ouir,d
They earnestly solicit call from their friends and the b
ic gcueral!,
STEPHEN G.. HURT
PLEASANT PRESTON
March 3-Gr,
Saturday morning visitor., 1848-07-01
M ORNING VISIT OR
Eor fAc OsGgc Kirer.

Gzaw~h VAvEIE new, and light draught
yvES II Steamer LIGHTFOUT,
''''A''''1 II. C. HENRY, Muster,
Having been purchased expressly for the
Usage river trade, will commence her re-
gular trips upon the first water. The
Lightfoot is well adapted TO the trade,
drawing only Is inches light, win carry
$50 tons ON 3 feet water, and $50 tons when
fully laden, and being accompanied by o
very light dlait barge. Shippers in all parts
of the river may rely ON getting ihtn
freight up and down without delay. The
interests of shippers in the interior partic-
ularly attended to.
For freight or passage, apply or board,
or to Geo. Buchanan &Co., st. Louis.
Jas. Glenn, Usage City.
Z. B. Cordell, Jefferson City.
5. r. Roberts, Erie.
Jno. Jones, Mouth Linn Creek.
JAS. AtkiS,on, Warsaw.
Waldo & McCulloch, Oseola.
~ n. B.--1he Lightfoot will positively
remain in the Usage river until the lst of
July. [feb12-tf
Saturday morning visitor., 1848-07-01
TIE frst Iotof Dry Goods

The first iotof Dry Goods
iNIIIS season, are now opening at our
] well known cheap stand. We have
the best assortment OF fashionable Cali
Goes and Summer Dress Goods, such as
GinghAms, Printed Lawns Bafeges, &C.,
&c, ever bronghtto tbismarlSet. Ladies,
ytni must call soonif you want good Selec-
tions, as we shall sell them at such low
prices that they are bound TO go or rapidly.
aplI5' BENNETT & SHEPARD.
Saturday morning visitor., 1848-07-01
8 e5rOsI--ErOlf--EFOss.

,NTE have Just reed. CO, 900 LBS. Iron,
w consisting Of all sizes Tire Iron and
every sort Of band, round and square iron
spring, blister and Cast Steel Plow
hI6ulds, Wagon boxes and Castings Of ALI
Kinds. We hayemade such Arrangements
as win enable us 10 have first rate as
sortmseqtof Iron always on hand, and for
sale at the lowest prices.
! aplI5 BENNETT & SHEPARD.
Saturday morning visitor., 1848-07-01
8 TELTl T. "a r. E R!
For ssaa Endies.

Z US'r rec'd., in addition TO my former
% stock, and designed expressly for the
Ladies, a large assortment Of fancy, seem
ted, toilet, Congress and Ball Soaps, Of a
qualityi also Eaudc Cologne, Oil
La Paras, Maccassar and Moelle de Beouf
&c. Shell, butterfly, Imitation and orna-
meutal tuck, lute, side Combs; Victoria,
new style. Polka and imitation side do;
twlll'd, Brazilian, Diamond and capped
side do.y fine dressing toilet do, together
with a humber of fancies yet to he EMU
merated. r. c. HENRY.
Saturday morning visitor., 1848-07-01
Dry Goods. Groceries.

y
Hgrdlcare, Qaecns,eare, Iron, Castings,
HITS, Boots, Shoes, liquors, ETC., etc.
And cur arrangements arc such that we
shall be receiving and adding TO our as
sor'ment, by every boat as long as the o.
sage is navigable, and by agonS through.
out the year. The following are only a
few of our principal articles:
1910 sacks Salt, 10000 lbs Iron,
300 bblS. do 10000 do bndtS round
$50 owhiskey, 5000 DO as>'d Steel,
10 do brandy, l0,0l0 do aS'd caSt'gs
10 do wine, 5000 do Cot Yarn,
5 do p'ch brandy, 300 bags Coffee,
10 do MolaSSes, l50 bhlS Sugar,
3 do Linseed Oil, 30 kegs Nails,
so kgS white Lead, 5000 gals sto ware,
10000 Spanish Cigars, 10 bhlS If 5 gar
10 doz br'dy cherries, 100 doz p ! hats,
10 do claret wine, 80 es bootsIS>hoes,
10 do lemon syrup, 30 bales domestic,
10 (" Stoughtnn's bttcls. 30kgs powder,
10 do painted buckets 10 boxSi C'S axes,
10 do selves, 80 bags shot,
10 crates QueenSware 20 doz castor oil,
and an extra large stock of Fancy & Sta
pie DRY GOODS, Fur, Wool, Leghoin
and Panama HATS, Bonnct$, Parasols,
Looking Glasses. Pictures, Picture frames
School Books, Bibles, Gap & Letter Pa
per, Gr@lenberg Pills. Lemons, Oranges,
Window Glass. Scythes, Hay Forks, Sho-
vels, Spades, &C., &C., &c.
We intend 10 make our sales this year
double the amount of any previous year,
and consequently can afford to sell a, about
one half the usual profit. This viii make
it to the interest of all who wish to buy
bargains To purchase of us.
Country merchants wishing to rcplen-
iSh at any time during the year. viii find
il To their interest to huy OF US instead of
going1o Boonvillc. Groeers can be sup
piled with every article usually kept in a
gfoeery, as cheap as the same can be got
III any market.
We barter for almost every thing raised
or made in the country. No trouble to
show goods. Give us call. apl22
Saturday morning visitor., 1848-07-01
.Rt,c''fiom, Ecery Body
NO IIUMBUG!

W. r do not intend to turn our attention
w 10 the navigation of the Usage,
Pomme de Terre or any Other creek, but
will attend TO all who may cali upon us,
and viii sell them GOODS cheaper than
any other concern inthc city. whether
they advertise tn sell at Cost or not. We
have the largest assortment TO be found in
the place, and oar motto, ''tlre nin'bie SIR
pence better than the &lo,c ShiHing," will
sell Goods accordingly.
r9 Can and seen No tronble 10 show
You any thing we have TO sell.
mayo BENNETT & SHEPARD.
Saturday morning visitor., 1848-07-01

Powder, Lead and Caps.
as KEGS Dupcnt's Powder,
1000 Lbs. Bar Lead,
500 boxes best percussion Caps, lust re.
ceived by ]. ATKlSSON.
Saturday morning visitor., 1848-07-01
&SHEPARD

HAVE reed. per steamers Ligbtfoht &
sa Wave, another of their immense
stoctS oc
Saturday morning visitor., 1848-07-01

Wdated Immediately,
5000 Bushels WHEAT,
300 do Castor Beans,
800 Lbs. Beeswax,
500 bushels Flax>eed,
10000 lbs. Deer skins,
500 Koon, Fox and CAT Skins,
100 Otter skins,
at the highest prices, by
nov20 JAS. ATKISSON.
Saturday morning visitor., 1848-07-01
First Spring arrival of
EW c. GCDG,
1T Esn..pscIi q .SkfngsrIt;S.

EeER 6. b. LiGhtfoot, we are in receipt
of ano'hermammoth stock Of Goods
II is well known that we have always
kept as good Cor better) stock Of Goods,
as any house in the Southwest, and we
now intend to defy competition by keep
ing the largest and selling them
cheaper than any Of our brethren. We
shall adopt as our motto, "Large sales and
small profits, "--con>equentIy we will
make it the interest Of all who want goods
to purchase them OF us. Just give us a
call no trouble to show Goods.
apll5 BENNETT Il SHEPARD.
NINEGAR.--W Wine, Apple and other
kinds for sale low by
oct30 r.. C. HENRY.
Saturday morning visitor., 1848-07-01

MEDICAL. BOOKS--A general as
IVk sortment for sale low. by
mayl3 BROWN Il DUNN.
Saturday morning visitor., 1848-07-01
Doctor Rtekaxsfboss,s
TONIC POWD DHR9.


A SAFE and certain cure sor chins ana
IA Fever or lnter1nittent Fever, wsrfan.
ted IN all cases IN case DC failure, oar
Agents are authorized 70 reiuad me mon.
ey to purchasers upon their cdtkif;cate Of
the same.
The above remedy has been recentlv
discovered as specific in Chills and Fc-
yer, and has received fair trial, one dose
having cured many Of the most
Obstinate and protfacted Cases.
after every other known remedy had fail.
cd--quinine not excepted. The most EN-.
inent physicians OF this place have pro.
nounced the TONIC POWDERS an in.
nocent medicine in their present form, and
may be given TO children. and persons of
the most FEEBLE CONSTITUTION.
with inpunity and success. The UNDER
signed does not deem IL necessary to follow
up the usual custom of procuring individ-
ual certificates to the support Of this val
liable medicine, but leaves il iii the hands
of the people TO prove its own virtues up.
on the principle of l
NO CURE, NO ply;
and also disclaimS the entire invention Of
the medicine, hut procured the mode of
preparation from an honorable source, and
therefore avails himself of its value.
iS Price per box, 81 25.
Richmond, Ray co Mo-, July 1917.
fs For sale in Warsaw by
oct2 r. G. HENRY.
GENTLEMEN who want very superior
" Cloths and Cassimeres, can always
find them at
july2d EVERETT 4 A ASHBURY,S..
Saturday morning visitor., 1848-07-01

TENALLOW CANDLE S--.Iust reed. 100
a lbs, and for sale cheap at the Drug
Store by Gmayl3l r. & d,
The Democratic pioneer. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1845-1853, 1848-10-13
(BV TELEGRAPH1
WASHINGTON CITY, Oct. y. 1S4S.

CoLoNiz ALTON OF THE COAST OF AFRICA
"A gentleman Of Gincinatti offers $4,000
to the American COLONIZATION Society. for
the purchase Of portion Of the African
Coast, outside Of the present limits OF Lii.
heria. TO be paid as soon as the neccessa.
~ arrangements can be made. HIS de-
s'gn is to offer the territory to the color.
ed people of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. for
their acceptance, upon which to establish
a new State, 10 connection with the Re.
public of Liberia. The agent at Wash
'ngton, the Rev. WIN, Milan, recon-.
mends that the purchase be made north.
west Of Liberia, SO as to include the Gal
linas, and those OF her dark est dens of the
slave trade this purchase would EN-.
brace the coast between the Republic Of
Liberia and Sierra Leone, and forever
Danish the slavery trade from that region
The Democratic pioneer. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1845-1853, 1848-10-13

The Highland county Gazette Of las,
week, exposes the meanuess of certain
ialI"r men IN that region. We know
more OF The facts. Henry Seeberger EN-
igraed fran Bavaria, to the United STATES
early IN A. ID. lS43, when not seventeen
years old. He has resided since then in
the United States, aud for the last two
,ess in Ohio. lie desired to become
natnralized. A Wing lawyer volunteered
his services on conditions that he ,pouid
vofe for Taylor. This he refused to do
ana applied 10 us for assistance. We con
seoted to attend TO his business. His
brotbers.i.' law refused to testify unless
he ronid vo.e .he Whig i,ckel We moved
the court that subpenas might issued for
the witness, grounding the application on
the Statute, which reads, il we remember
correctly, about thus:--'any person bav
ing cause, or any other matter pending
before the court, may have subpenss 10.
sued, &c.
The court decided that the naturaliza
tion law was an act OF Congress, and tina,
the court was not compelled to execute u.
and not being compelled. had no rig bit to
force witnesses to attend.
Mr.. 8. then left for Portsmouth,. where
he has friends coDversant with the facts
IN the case. and where We hope he will
succeed IN procuring his papers.
A more barefaced, outrageous specimen
Of party meanness. we have rarely, il ever
encountered. Such desperate me asures
as these show clearly the stiait 10 which
Whiggery fods i'seif.-- Brossn COUNTY
sians.ard.
The Democratic pioneer. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1845-1853, 1848-10-13
Railroad VOting..How 1t ia done.

The game Of polling railroad cars is
played off systematically. Ii iss pleas.
ant and easy performance, requiring only
the necessary quantum Of brass and slight
oi hand; aud is TO result, Of course, in a
majority for Taylor. A corresponds
describes a scene of this sort. l, occur
ed on the Bosto" and Albany track:
A busy Personage, rough and ready OF
course, aud singing out ever aud anon "a
little more grape Capt. Bragg stepped
befure each passenger, aud saying, any
objection to join in vote!' No, 10 the
least,' said person thus addressed -
. What sign do you hang out, said the Of
fcious balloi-griuder. .Cass and Bu,ler,'
was the reply. Down wen, the mark ufI
the longest Of three columns. Alter pas.
sing through the cars, the result was an
nounced; some 81 for Taylor, % or 80 for
Cass, and Is or 30 fer Van Buren,. How
Is this said the Cass and Butler man,
'yon put me down on the Iongest column
and you count that column for TAYLOR!
~ aye, a int you tree soil, or somet ething!
: by no manner OF means,' was the reply;
'aDd You have no doubt dubbed these
votes to show your own result The bal.
lot grinder slopsd.--.aia6aay Argus.
The Democratic pioneer. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1845-1853, 1848-10-13
The last Sp,urge.

The Taylor wing S,ate Central Com.
mitiee have just put furth another circu.
Tar IN pamphlet form, numbering twenty.
eight pages, intended expressly 10 bring
back the Van Boren movements aud il is
just now fooding this Reserve.
Thick as leases 10 Vala mbrosia.'
Its main argument is tha, the whig. are
now coatending for the same Issue. they
did IN 40 and "a, and that il 10 all a mis-.
take about there being but osx issug and
and that found in the Buf.io PLATFORM
Cieveiaad Piaiadtaler.
The Democratic pioneer. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1845-1853, 1848-10-13
GEORGIA,

A distinguished Georgia Demoo-a,
writes TO a gentleman in Boston q.
followG
'You are aware that At our convention
at Baltimore Georgia was deem ed dou /
ful State, in case Gen. Taylor was the
candidate Of the wings, and at the Phla.
delPhia Convention she was claimed Al.
certain for Taylor. After my return home
and survey Of the field, il became appa.
rent that with proper effort We could take
the State from the fsderslists. Since then
! have trayersed q great portion Of the
state and have stumped il everywhere,
and am pleased to say I can zee daylight.
My honest opinion now is, We shall car.
~ Georgia by from 1000 to 5000 IN ajori,v.
Many democrats az one time favored the
election Of Taylor. but perceiving that
circumstances have thrown him into the
arms Of the federal party, thes recoilec,
the Injunction Of Andrew Jackson 10 one
who inquired what course he should pur
sue towards Mr.. Van Bsren in. ls44--
abandon your frieod aud stand By your
The Democratic pioneer. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1845-1853, 1848-10-13

, GovERNoR BEBB-HIs DUTiEs.-TLe law
of Ohio provides for the election of Elec.
tors OF President and Vice President of
The United States, Swans Statutes, page
3o3 declares that the Governor. sixfy
days previous TO the time provided for the
election OF Electors Of President and
Vice President Of the United States, shall
by proclamation, TO be inserted 10 one of
the newspapers, printed in each county in
Tue state, where any such paper 10 print.
co. eve notice OF the time Of holding suc b
elec .ion, and the number of Electors of
President and Vice President to be cho.
sen.
IL is now less than sixty day. to the
election, aud 10 proclamation has been
issued. What is meant by il! Viii tho
Stale JonrnoI eDIighten us!-Cin. Enc.
The State Journal w,ll not throw .ov
light Oh this subject; for ,f the omission
was designed, the Journal is almost a.
deep in the mud as Gov. Bsbb is in the
mire.- Statnsman.
o'io' 0"""'ses tue statement OF Judge
saunders at the VIII q National
COnventiOns
we hnd the following under the TeIe.
graphic head of the Z4nesyilie Courier Of
yesterday:
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 81, r. NJ.
A letter from Gen Taylor. written in
June, TO the independent Taylor party.
Is now published with his Consent 10 the
Baltimore Patriot II folly approves Of
the Course pursued by Judge Saunders IN
the Wing Natiooal Convention.
Gen. Saunders pledged Gen. Taylor
tue Wing Slaughter Honse Convention.
to abide by ITS decision, and sustain the
nominee 'heart and soul
SInce that time Gen. Taylor has ac.
copied the domination of the Charleston
| ). o. meeting, on the same ticket with
Ge0. Butler, aud he has written TO Mr..
Lippard that he will not be a party can.
iida'e. Previous to the meeting Of the
Convention on the 2O'h Of April last, he
pledged himself that If Mr.. Clay "a. the
candidate he would not withd raw in the.e
W ords:
"Secondly: do not design to withdraw
my name # Mr. Clay be the nom,oee Of
of tie Wing National Convention, and.
10 this Connection, | beg permission to
remark, that the statements which have
been so positively made in some Of the
horthern prints to the effects that should
Mr.. Clay be he nominee of the Wing Ma.
CoDveotion,' | had stated .tbatI
would not suffer my name to be used,'ars
rot correct, and have no foundation in
any oral or written remark Of mine. IL
has not been my intention, at any mo>
nent, to change my POSITION, or to With
iraw my name from the canvass, whoever
mas be the nominee Of the National Con. q
'ention, either Of the whig or democratic
,any."
These things place Gen. Taylor in
traoge predicament, which il will be
iard for his friends to reconcile.-Siates-
aan.
The Democratic pioneer. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1845-1853, 1848-10-13
FOR PRESIDENT,
LIE w Is C A S s,
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
VIM. o. BUTLER.
OF KENTUCKY.
ELECTORAL TICKETS,
OF MICHIGAN.
OF KENTUCKY.

4 h f-l
ELECTORAL TICKETS,
sENArOhIAL ELECTORS.
LEGRAND ByINoToN, Of Pike county:
SAMUEL SrARKwEArHER, Of Cuyahoga;
DISTRICT ELECTORS.
lst. Dist, John Snider, Hamilton;
I'd. do George Kesling, Warren;
I'd. do Francis A. Cunningham, Preo.e;
9TH. do G. Volney Dorsey, Miami;
9th. do Charles M. Godfrey, Putnam;
9th. do Samuel Myers. Crawford;;
7th. do John w. Bell, Highland;
eth' do Daniel Cockerill, Adams;
9Th. do Samuel Diffsnderfer, Pickaway;
10th. do Stephen NJ. Littell, Delaware;
llth. do Daniel J. Swinney, Richland;
18th. do Lewis Anderson, Lawrance;
10Th. do John Lidey, Perry;
18th. do William Lawrence, Guernsey;
18th. do William I. Fry, Harrison;
10th. do Joseph Burns, Coshocton;
18th. do William Nc Donald, jefferson:
1871. do David A. Starkwea,her, Stark;
l9th. do Joel B. Buttles, Trumbull;
10Th. do Henry D. Paine, Cuyahoga;
list. do Abijah Ives, Huron.
The Democratic pioneer. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1845-1853, 1848-10-13

So WE GO!-The 'Stemme des Voikes, >
published at Ofwigsburg Schuylkill coun-
", says tha, on the 26'h Of August. the
militia Of Uoion TOW oship, 10 tina, county
held meeting at the house Of Mickel
Krebs, TO nominate candidates for mill
officers. After the necessary business Of
The meeting was over, q proposition was
question. which resulted as follows:
For Cass aud Bailsr, %
Taylor aud Film ore, 3
The same pspsr adds: So We 70 10 the
yslle..'-Patsbuygh Posi.
The Democratic pioneer. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1845-1853, 1848-10-13
From the Albany Argus.
why's and yvherefores,

l vhyS 0hM vBhCIcbOIcva
/ Why do sohigs oppose General Tay lor!
naively asks the Auburn Daily Advert.
er, Taylor whig print.
because such a nomination 'was not f.!
to be made, says the great DANIEL.
Bcause General Taylor is a military
man, aud a military man merely says the
same high authority.
| Because General Taylor has had no
training in ciVH a6airs;'
Because he has performed no functions
IF civi! nature under the consti,u,,on ot
his country
Because 1T was not wise or discreet 10
60 to the arm y for the selection Of can.
didsts Cor the Presidenc,;'
Because ii is the fret instance in our
history in which Any man Of mere military
character has been proposed for ,ha, high
oflice;'
Because 1T 10 without precedent or Jus.
ftciu'on from anything IN our previous
history, continues the great ExPoUNDER
Because 'his whole course OF conduc,
is msutting to the wing part, says JonN
MINOR BORIS.
Because he is moi sohig candidate.
aud because, under such a leader, the
wing party IS doomed 10 certain inevi,atl
and d''graccfal de/tat adds Mr.. BORIS
Because no man can say, for no man
knotos, what Gen. lay lor's views are on
solitary political principle,' s.,. WILLIS
HALL.
because Gen. Taylor 'ha. neither BY
precept nor practice. gwen to the world
ne least evidence Of even an ordinary ac.
7uainfance with = si"gle one Of the grea,
questions which sgitate the Union.
Because zoe knoU NOT Gen Taylor.
''tws on single question Of public u,ility;
md
Because Gen. Taylor's 'mnch talked OF
Allison letter amounts TO nothing at aii,'
continues Mr.. HALL.
Because Gen. Tsylo has no claim upon
he ~h,S party-upon ITS support or co"n.
SAID the Clay wings in mass
meeting at Vauxhail Garden, New York:
Because. 10 his Lippsrd, letter, Geo.
'aylor declared that he was not party
lndidate, after his nomination at Phla.
e lphia: In his Charleston News letter.
'st lie pouId haze accepted the nomination
The Baltimore convention on the same
rms as he did the Philadelphia. In his e
tier to the Cha rIsston TayI and Buts i
r democrats. that lie soinked at the PRO. S
sed reputation Of Mr.. Fillmore, his CO.
'minee: 10 his Richmond Republican Ii
tier, that he avowed his determination to "
N, whoever might be the nemiuee of the d
hIg or the democractic national conven m
,ns-respopd the WI; Gs MISCELLANEOUS I
These are soTe of the why's and where
res which the Auburn Daily Advertiser
II fiod sprinkling the wbig journals all g.
er the country. BY me ely looking y
rough Its exchanges. The Advertiser,
snspect,will6ud il much easier matter
collats than to answer the them satis> ~
'torily. They are at its service, il il I"
ooses to enter on the task. b'
The Democratic pioneer. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1845-1853, 1848-10-13

Our majority in the county is 1O6, in 1916
it was 7S, making an increase of 38 on our
majority. Every year since the organization
of the county the Democrats have increased
their majority. AT the Presidential election
the democratic majority will be IT'S!
Huzzah for Marion. Report says she has
given $50 Democratic majority!
N. b. Report says that Crawford County,
has given 752 Democratic majority!