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EXAMINATION of the doctrine of the Re-
~ surrection, and other subjects Herewith con-
nected by the Rev. Charles P. Turrentine, late of
the Tennessee, and now of the Arkansas Confe-
renee NJ. E. c., South. ....-7...
The above will contain 400 pages, s mo-
Price 81 so. rg ..f .r. -H.I
Persons wishing to obtain copy of the first
edition, will do well 10 forward their names to the
author at Little Rock. or give them to any Of the
members of the Arkansas Conference, of the M.
E. c., South.
Little Rock. June 10, 1S4S.-lS-tf.
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EhO coffee ; 10 do black pepper do ailspice
1000 lbs. saleratus 1000 do best Dutch madder
200 do best Caracas ind go .. d.. .
barrels copperas 3 do birthstone
10 boxes raisirs 10 do cheese .-.
so packages young hyson and imperial tea
Sc caddies imperial tea, lhs each
10 barrels Boston and New Orleans loaf sugar
so boxes bar soap, 80 boxes star candles, starch :,
chalk whiting, spanish brown black lead borax, flour
sulphur, cloves, nutmegs etc, ETC., all of which will
be sold low by HENRY & CUNNINGHAM
January Is, 40.
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Sands Sarsaparilla,

LNOR the removal and permanent of all diseases
Il arising from impure state of the blood, or ha-
bit of the system, namely Scrofula Kings Evil,
Obstinate cutaneOus eruptions, Pimpes pustues on
the face, blotches, piles eyes, ringworm letter.
scaldhead, enlargement: and pain of the bones and
joints. Stubborn ulcers, syphtic symptoms sciatica
or lumbago, diseases arising from inudcous use of
mercury ascites dropsy and e1porure imprudence
in life also chronic constitutional disorders will be
removed by this preparation For sale at the Drug
store of ...a.Hf r. STEVENSON
September 40. IS4S
Arkansas intelligencer., 1849-03-17
Rev. B. F. CROWLEY.
No. s Stanley Park, New York.

No. s Stanley Park, New York.
DE-. WEIssELHoFF-Sir: The principles of
Chemistry applied to the hints for regulating the
provocative functions, stated in your work on
Child Birth, would satisfy any well-inf formed per.
son that the object of that publication could be
attained with the most perfect certainty. and
safety. ]. L. SULLIVAN.
Professor Of Chemistry, Ne1o University.
Copies of this work will be sent, in a close en-.
veope. at single letter postage, to any part of the
United States for 81, sent Post paid, to
Dr.. a. M WEISSELHOFF,
r4 Box 271O, New York City.
Copyright secured. No Bookseller allowed to
sell this work. Publication Office, $50 Broad
sray, New York City.
Arkansas intelligencer., 1849-03-17

NOW FOR THE CHILDREN. DIR. HULL
Arkansas intelligencer., 1849-03-17

NEW York, August, lS4S.
DR.. r. NJ. WEIssELHoFF-Sir: The moral ef-
feet of such information your work contains, |
believe to be decidedly salutary. The right of
control the animal instincts cannot be
questioned. | think the work will be the means
of doing much good.
$50. Rev. B. F. CROWLEY.
Arkansas intelligencer., 1849-03-17
Invaluable Family Companion.

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Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1849-12-24
A MODERN VIRGINIJsS.

In these disordered times the current history of
Europe offers many incidents no less full Of inter
est than the most thrilling OF ancient history
finely touched as are the latter with the charm OF
classical associations.
Virginius slew his daughter to save her from the
naughty patrcian whose passions she had uncon-
sciously excited by her beauty, and who claimed
her as his slave. A spirit siiailar to that which
thus prompted father to one of the modest acts
in antiquity, has, in age, lately led husband
to STAY his wife in order to save hel from outrage
worse than death on the part Of the Spanish troops
who are now in Italy. II seems, says a narrator
of the incident, tina, at zagarolo, one ofthe italian
provinces, a young married woman having just
budded into womanhood, whose hand had been
sought by contendng suitors and given to the man
she loved, became the object ofdesre to this law
less band. Gold, stratagems, and intrigues, were
resorted to- in order to get possession Of the prize.
They we've bafiled in every attempt-at length
they forced an entrance into the house, and found
her sheltered in her husbands arms. They rushed
to tear her from his grasp-zin that fearful moment
all was lost and in the wildness and energy of
despair, to save her from dishonor, more dreadful
far than death, the wretched husband plunged a
dagger in her heart. 1t was the Roman story
enacted in. modern times.
Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1849-12-24
POETRY OF A STEAM ENGINE.

There is, 10 our thinking, something awfnlly
grand in the contemplation ofa vast steam engine.
Stand amidst it's ponderous beams and bars,
wheels ard cylinders, and watch their unceasing
play how regular and how powerfully The
machinery ola lady's Geneva watch is not more
nicely adjusted the rush of the avalanche is not
more awful in lis strength. Old Gothic cathe-
drals are solemn places preaching solemn things
but to him who thinks, an engine room may
preach more solemn lesson still. It will tell
him of mind mind welding matter at it's will /;
mind riumphing oyer physical difcultes man
asserting his great supremacy 'liltellect battling
with the elements" And how exqusitely COM
plete is every detail /! how subordinate every part
towards the great end how every little bar and
screw fit and work together! Vast as is the
MACHINE, let bolt be but the tenth part Of an
inch too long or too short, and the whole fabric is
extinguished 1t is complete piece ofharmo-
ny an iron essay upon unity Of design and exc
cution. There is deep poetry in the sseam-engine;
more of the poetry Of motion than in the bound Of
an antelope more of the poetry Of power than IN
the dash of a cataract Aud it ought to be les
son to those who laugh at novelties, and Ent no
faith in inventions. to consider that tie complex
fabric, this triumph! Of art ard science, was once
,he laughing stick Of jeering thousands. and once
only the walking phanasty of boys mind as he
sat, and, in seeming idleness, watched little
column Of yapour rise from The spout Of a tea
kettle
Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1849-12-24
COLOR OF THE AIR.

When we look at the sky on clear day it APP
pears like a large blue arch set over our head,
and seen through (the supposedly invisible sub
stance called air. But this is not the case; there
is no blue dome over us, and when the sky is
viewed from any elevated region Of the earth, as
the top of high mountain or balloon, and where
we would expect that this supposed blue vault
would be more distinct and manifest, Its blue tint
more decided, it appears not more blue, but dark
or black In proportion as the spectator rises
above the surface of the earth, and has less air
a5ere hin, and that gerry rGre the blue tint gradu-
ally disappears; and if he could attain height at
which there is no air, the sky would be perfectly
black. there would be total darkness all around,
except in the direction in which the SUMS rays
fell Upon him. This leads to the inference that
the air itself as Of "a blue COLOR But how does 1t
happen that we see this blue color of the air only
when we look at the sky or at distant mountain
or forest? Why is not the blue color seen IN the
air surrounding us when we look at wall or a
house not SO far removed, OF even in the air in a
room, or in the air contained in what we call an
empty glass vessel? A very simple experiment
will explain the reason Of this apparent anomaly
If we take any large glass vessel, which CONTAINS
several glass tubes of different dlameters, from an
inch to tenth or twentieth of an inch, and fill
these tubes with liquid out of the large vessel,
though we have the same liquid in all, and hence
in all the matter which causes Inc Color, IL VIII
be seen that the tint will gradually become more
faint in proportion as the diameter of the tube is
less, until in the smallest the liquor is clear and
coloress like water The intensity of the color
is just in proportion to the mass at which the
spectator looks. and very small quantity OF that
which in large quantities has strong color, does
not present any color at all ); and thus, though the
great body Of The air which is opposed to US, when
we look at clear sky or any distant object, trans
mi,s sufficient quantity Of blue rays to produce
an impression Of that color on the eye, the small
quantity in glass in room or even within the
compass of a few miles, cannot convey enough of
blue rays tothe eye to produce the color which the
cir manifests in large body.
Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1849-12-24
SHEEP IMPORTATION.

We stated; short time since, that Col. j. w.
Ware, the emeninent breeder of Berryyille,
Clarke Co., Va, had purchased the fve gearing
eases, of the improved Cotswod breed, which
took the first prize, for the pen of s. of the Roy
al Agricultural Society of England, at the annual
exhibition, held a. Norwich, on the 18th OF July
last They were shipped OH board the Francis,
Capt. Ellis, for New York, and arrived in this
city on the Esd ult. We had an opportunity Of
examining them whilst passing through this
city TO the residence Of Col. W., and have no
hesitation in expressing the opinion that finer
eve sheep of their age were never seen in any
country. Therprize of .s20 sterling was award
ed them by the Royal Society and the gentle
man who has forwarded them, testifes, in due
form, to their identity; in his letter which we
have been permitted 10 peruse, he expresses the
belief, Chat they are the best yeariing ewes
in the world, averaging, when sheared, at Is
months old the great weight OF 22O pounds
each.' Col. W. gave orders to his agent to
purchase the best without regard to price, and
is perfectly satisfied that his orders tave hsen
fully carried out. A long voyage across the
Atlantic, and being coopetl in too confined a
vehicle, OF course las somewhat solied their
fleece, bat they al appear to be i'll fine health,
and no doubt, VIXEN they have had time to re-
cruit Oh the fine highlands of Clarke comfy, il
tli0 HAAtSii t1iS9
will make such a show in the pens at our next
State fair, to which their owner has promised us
they shall be brought, as will astonish the ma
tives. The public gratitude is due to Col Ware,
for his liberaIity in thus securngto our country
such valuable breeders and we have no doubt
that remuneration will be extended to him for
his public spirit Sheep husbandryis destined
to be ar important branch Of business; and IA
portion Of OR own and neighborins States are
peculiarly adapted for the purpose; and we
hope to see the day when the subject will attract
that attention which its Importance demands
Col. Ware recently sold, on the farm, a lot OF
SO muttons, of his improved Cotswolds and
crosses, TO go to N. York, as follows: $ at S35
each, $175 IS at s25 each, 1925; 40 at sic
each, $500 making 800 for the lot of 50, and
averaging s14 each. Higher prices We're offer.
ed for the top alone but Col. W: refused to sepa-
rate them The 40 were of different grades Of
the Cotswolds, but the last of these not being SC
good, reduced the price Of the whole lot.
american Farmer.
Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1849-12-24
OBITUARY.

DIED, at Columbia, Tenn on Sunday, the 18th
August, in the 39th year of her age, Mrs. MAR
GARET Thomas consort of the Hon. James III.
Thomas representative in Congress from that
State She was the daughter of the Rev. Daniel
Stephens, d. D. at one time pastor OF the Eps-
copal Church in this place. The death of this
excellent lady ard humble christian has deprived
an affectionate husband Of devoted wife, seven
children of a loving mother, and will be long
felt as deeply affecting event by the numerous
friends and warmly attached members OF her
family.
DIED, in September last, at Houston, Miss,
after long illness OF consumption, Mrs MAR
Garrett BALDWIN, the excellent and beloved wife
of Cyrus b. Baldwin, Esq, formerly of this place.
Mrs. B. left a daughter about two years old,
DIED, OH the 18th of October last, at San
Francisco, California, ALEXANDER B. HEIsKELI.,
son of Porteriield a. Heiskel, Esq, OF this Co.
He was one Of the Company that went out in
the Mariana from Richmond last Spring, and
had lust arrived at San Francisco, when he was
taken sick and died after an illness OF eight days.
Thus has been cut of, under circumstances Pc
culiarlv distressing, a youth whose intelligence,
enterprise and aniable disposition gave promise
| of a useful and respected manhood. Buoyant
with health and hope he left his friends to seek
his fortune, and has found only grave on the
shore of the Pacific Immediately on arriving at
San francisco, he wrote an affectionate letter to
his friends at home and expressed the wish that
they were with him.-[n the aeliHllm which pre-
ceeled his death, one only of his distant rela-
tves seemed to occupy his thoughts-that one
was his mother.
| DIED, at Crock Castle about four miles from
| Lexington on Thursday last, General Cha RLEs
P Lexington Gazette.
Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1849-12-24
SCENERY OF CHAGRES RIVER.

| The following passage is from one OF Bayard
Taylor's letters to the Tribune, describing five
days trip across the Isthmus
| 7.There is nothing in the world comparable te
those forests. No description that have evel
read conveys an idea of the splendid overplus
of vegetable life within the tropics. The river
broad, and with swift current of the sweetest
water ever drank, winds between walls OF 10.
liage that rise from its very surface. ALI the
gorgeous growths of an eternal summer arc SC
mingled in irnpenetrable mass that lac eycis be.
wildered. From the rank Jungle of the canes
and gigantic lilies, and the thickets of strange
shrubs that line the river, rise the trunks of the
mango, the celba, the cocoa, the sycamore, and
the superb palms. Plantans take root in the
banks, hiding the soil with their leaves, shaken
and split into immense plumes by the wind and
rain The za,ote with the fruit the size of a
mans head, the gourd tree, and other vegetable
wonders, attract the eye on all sides. Blossoms
of crimson, purple and yellow, of form and
magnitude unknown in the North, are mingled
with the leaves, and focks Of paroquets and
brilliant butterflies circle through the air like
blossoms blown away
Sometimes a spike of scarlet flowers is thrust
forth like the tongue of a serpent from the heart
of some convolution of unfolding leaves, & some
times the creepers & parasites drop tails & stream
ers of fragrance from boughs that shoot half way
acrosshe river. Every turn Of the stream only dis
closes another and magnificent vista of leaf and
bough and blossom. All outline of the land
scape is lost under the deluge of vegetation
No trace Of the soil is to be seen : low and high
land is the same !: a mountains but higher
swell of the mass of yerdure,as of the ocean, you
have a sense rather than perception of beauty.
The sharp, clear lines Of our scenery at home
are here wanting What shape the land ould
be cleared You cannot tell. You gaze upon the
scene before you with never stated deligat, till
your brain aches with the sensation, and you
close your eyes, overwhelmed with the thought
that all these wonders have been from the be-
ginning, that year after year takes away no
blossom that is not replaced, but the sublime
mystery ofgrowth and decay is renewed forever.
Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1849-12-24
PUBLIC SALE
AT
,KeGezsaosa ET'SafSg S. &saa'Sasgs.


ENAF4NG made sale of my Tavern establish
q ment s portion Ct the land attached thereto,
with view to dsoissg2 e my inst Indebtedness, in
fn-therance of the same object, shall, on Thurs
day and Friday the 9th and 2Sth inst. proceed
to sell at public auction. on credit Of twelve
months for all sums Of ZIG and upwards, by the
purchaser entering into bond with approved sscu
rty, and for sums Of a lesser amount cash will be
required, great variety of very valuable property,
consisting in part of Beds, Maisrasses. Bedding,
&c, l'fantily Of Carpeting several dozen Chairs,
Ward Robes Bureaus, Tables, Looking Glasses.
BRASS AndIron ohovela and longs, Pots,
Ovens. Kettles, Sc. Hathaway Cooling Stove,
and vast variety of other necessary articles, as
also 5 head Of Horses and 5 good Mich Cows, a
-Four Horse Wagon and Gear, 2 Carts, Sundry
Ploughs and Ha1rows, and many other Farming
Utensils, also two horse Family Carriage and
Harness, quantity of Hay and Stray and other
articles too numerous to mention.
Il. PORTERFIELD A. HElSKELL.
Dec. II. 1849-Spec copy ids.
p. S.-My creditors are all invited to attend
the above sale.
Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1849-12-24

! 10 The Superintendent of Common Schools
in Augusta has made out his annual report, and
we publish the following abstract
During the year, 794 children, entered by the
District Commissioner, attended school the ag-
cregate number of 36ss6a days, at an expense
for tuition of $l475,47; the average attendance
of each child was 46l days, at all expense Of ST.
SO. The aggregate dumber Of poor children re-
ported 10 me at the commencement otthe year,
between the ages Of and IS years, was 1852.
A comparison OF the operations ofthe past year
with the two preceding years, shows the follow
ing result tAat the number of children sent to
school in 1919, exceeds the number in '4s by
Ill, and exceeds Inc number sent in al, 1926 ;
the increase in the number OF days attendance
over 4s is 5,937, and over ", 1894, at an
increased expense of tuition over '43 OF $237-
81, and over al, Of SHIT.
The following table shews in the LIST column
the number of the District in the I'd, the names
of the Commissioners in the Sd, the number OF
poor children in each District, and i'll the 9TH,
the amount appropriated to each District for the
I. L.
Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1849-12-24
To Road Contractors.


SEALED proposals are invited BY the under
- signed until Saturday the 9Th of January 1850,
at the Warm Springs, Va, for the Grpbbng
Grading ana Drainage Of the Allegheny and
Hanersyille Turnpike.
This is State Work and offers unusual in
ducements to Contractors, who are requested to
examine the line now located, before bidding. be-
ginning near Shunate's on the Jackson's River
Turnpike and terminating near Fance's on the
Warm Springs and Hantersviile Turnpike, dis
lance of IA miles, to be bid for in whole or in part.
Bidders are invited to state teraas Of payment.
(being in Va, funds) time of completing work,
whether by monthly payments with a deduction
of 90 per cent, by the mile, or by bond and secu-
rity for faithful performance of work, and the
right is reserved to reject any or all bids.
No bid will bs entertained unless the eoatrac-
tor is personally known to the undersigned, OF ac-
companied by testimonials from Engineers under
whom they may have been formerly employed, OF
other goud testimonials.
Specifications can be seen at the Warm Springs
from the ist to the 9TH of January 1850.
r. II. KINNEY, Civil Engineer,
In charge Of the Work
December 10, 1949.--3t.
Stanton Spectator, Valley Star and Fincastle
Democrat, publish St. and send account to Harm
Springs, Bath Courthouse. by day Of letting, fo
| aVuent,
Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1849-12-24
EXECUTORS SALE
I A n D.


A GREEABLY to the last will and testament
"a of Lewis Mowry, Decd. the undersigned
will offer for sale, on the premises, on Saturday
the 18th Of January neat small
TRACE GBBN LAND
containing about 1870 ACRES, situated 8 miles
North of Stanntan, adjoining the Bear Wallow
Farm and othars. The Improvements consist OF
comfortable Brick Dwelling House. Kitchen
and other out Houses. The chief part Of the
Land is cleared and under cultivation. Any per-
son wishing to view the premises previous TO the
day Of sale can be shown the same by VIM. III
Whitlock residing thereon. Terms, Sc, will be
made known or the day of sale.
ROBERT sNAPP, sExec,,tors
JOHN KOiNER, h'Nee'''''
December "a, 1S49.--tds.
Spectator and Rockingham Register, insert till
day of sale and charge this office.
Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1849-12-24
MARRIED.,

On the nth inst, at the residence of Doctor
Hickey, in Moulton, Alabama, by the Rev. Mr.
Gaines, Mr.. WILLIAM R. POINTS, formerly OF
Stanton, Virginia, to Miss EMILY Brooks, Of
Summeryille, Alabama.
On the goth ult on South Fork, of Deer Creek,
by the Rev. James +. Moore, MIR. ANDREW
KERR, to Miss ELIzA VIRGINIA, daughter OF Jas
Cooper, decd.l all Of Pocahontas County, Va.
On the 9th inst, on the Back Allegheny, by
the Rev. John w. Start, Mr.. PEyToN NICHOLS
to Miss Nancy A., daughter of William Wanless
Esq, all of Pocahontas County.
On Thursday evening the 9th inst, by Rev
William Erwin, Mr. John C. BIRD to Miss ELIZA.
BETH CURRY, both of Highland county, Va,
Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1849-12-24
AGENTS FOR THE INDICATOR.

AUTHORIZATIONS RANDOLPH, Esq.
New Hope--Dr. VIM. II. RoBERTs.
Mt. sidaey-Mr. GEoRGE SHREcKHIsE.
TVuIam,pHte, Rath-WM. j. WELDON.
Fsherspille-S. B. BROWN, Esq, 4.
MT Meridian-ZAcHARIAH Johnson.
Mt Solon-Dr. G. r. HARMS.
Naked Creek-Capt. THos. BURKE.
N, r,aufa,d- P. A. CLARKE, ESQ.
A-1' e4@uJ1'D- Capt. GALLEY.
Herensr's Store-JAcoB HEvENER,J In ESQ.
Bells Valley-JosEPH BELL Esq.
.Fa,rfeld-HENRy RISK, P. M.
HighlandC. H.-JAcoR HtNER, Esq.