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Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1849-02-01
P ETICAL,
AN HOUR AT THE OLD PLAY GROUND.

Il sal an hour Today, JJhn,
Beside the old brook stream
Wuere we were schuOl-5uys in old time,
Wien manhood was dream
The brook Is choked with fallen leaves,
The pond 5 dried away,
| scarce believe that you would know
lie dear old place to-day.
The school house is no more, John,
Beneath our locust trees
The wild rose BY the window side,
No more waves in the breezr;
The scattered stones LOOK desolate,
HE sod they rested on
Has been ploughed up by strangers hands,
Since you aud were gone.
The chesnut tree is dead, John,
And what is sadder, now,
The broken gra pevine Of our swing
Hangs on the wiihered bough
j read our names upon the bark,
And fund he pebbles rare
Laid up beneath the hollow side,
Just as we piled them there.
"Beneath the grass grown bank, John,
l9okel fjr our old spring,
That bubbled down The alder path,
Three PAGES from the swing
The rushes grow upon the brink.
The pool is bleak and bare,
A. not f,ot, this many day,
# seems, has trodden there.
al took the Old blind al, John.
That wandered up the hill,
III. darker than il used to ~.
Aud seems so lone and still
The birds sing yet among the boughS
Where once the sweet grapes hung
But not a voice of human kind,
Where all our voices runS.
81 sat me on the f-nce, John,
That lies as in old time,
The same half panel in the path,
We used 50 Oft ID climb
thought how Der the bars Of life,
Our playmaes had passed on,
And left me counting on his .po',
The faces that are gone"
Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1849-02-01

endure pain for 4 second Wringing The uecks Of poul
Try almost shocking hailng their feet to panks,
for tie purpose Of faening them, and follows In the
same 5arbarous categlry.-,im. .igricuLuGst.
Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1849-02-01
SOMETHING NEW

MAY be found at Lacy Garand'S on the Basin. l25
1fI bushels Mountain Evergreen the best mprover
Of the soil known the present age viii be from the
letter appended from of the largest and successful
farmers in Wythe county.
Jtythc County, Ia. Nor, 18Th 1918.
.NesSrs LacyS Garland,
Gens:-In relation to the Evergreen Seed, my ex-
perience satisfies me- that when conjunction with
Cloveri excels Of landany thing have
and in addition surpases the Grasses for late and
carly Pasturage 1t needs but trial prove what say.
Yours truly.
Nov 27 IS
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A.1TSO.
Several Secondhand Road Wagons:
FASHIONS FOR SPRING s. SUMMER Io4S
JUST RECEIVED BY
j. Il. EDW ARDS

FEF DOORS .4BOTE .HEE.H < GH.RTKLN'S
AND OPPOSITE SAMUEL b. IYILR.LLN'S.
J. B. EDWARDS returns his thanks to his friends
and Public generally, f The very liberal patronage ex-
tended to him previous 10 his copartnershp with w. +.
Lee, and during that time, and would inform his friends
and the pablo generally, that he has taken the bus'
ness into his own hands, and hopes they will continue
their custom with him. All care possible will he taken
to have work Entrusted ID him, done as well as It
be done elsewhere. JAMES B. EDWARDS.
Sent lis
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From the Southern Planter.
TO kAN RI ACA I'll IL


Is bulock's gall add boiling water sufficient to
make warm, and with clean sponge rub the silk well
on both Sides squeeze out and proceed again in like
Rinse it in spring water, and change the wa
Ter till perfectly clean: dry in the air. and pin it out on
a table; but first dip the sponge in glue water and rub
it on the wrong side; then dry il before the fire.
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n ". NO
5. B. Observation-Disclosures,

>. %. D,fT Fl,NPUHT-DtN 1871,
HAVE removed my office to Main Street. opposite to II
B. Richards old stand, where viii be found at all hours
OF the Gay, unless professionally absent prepared to
execute all operations in my profession upon beralerm and
the most approved principles and for by beauty and
taste will warrant them unsurpassed will also attend
all calls to the country and nehbourng villages where the
operations will justify it. For the extraction of Teeth du
ring the night and the Sabbath, be found my board
ing house, Mr.. kearns'.
Dec i-3m.
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.FScs.~ y5Dht.

VyNHE subscriber keep hand regular sup
] ply Of the PlIO>tENE GAS" and LAMPS for bur
ming the This GAS affords the best light in use
Its both brilliant and beautiful and at the same time soft
and pleasant to tile eye ahe Lamps constructed as
render them perfectly safe They consist of Chandeliers
Parlor and Stand Lamps, of which beautiful.
Camphne Lamps Of the latest patens, and small Taper
Lamps useful article for the chamber. supply of fresh
Canlpbine constantly hand, for saleby
Dec lists JOHN H. SEAY, Druggist
Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1849-02-01
TO T H { L A DIE S.
Refined Gelafine.

SUPPLY of refined Geatine both in sheets and shreds-
n also, Extract Of Lemon, Vanilla Beans Extract Va
nla tor tiavouTing custards ice creams gees, &. SC
Fer sale BY JOHN Ii. SEAY Druggist.
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NEW EE5gTg.

y'IEundersgned will carry the business hereafter I'M
der the name and STYLE Of y. GUC(IENfIEIMER s Co
the Old stand Of the Old firm They have now, and will
continue to keep, handsome assortment OF
D2E @o0-O3a
consisting IN part of Broad Cloths Cassmeres kestns
Cassine Fulled Cloth, Jeans, SC sc.
Aso-con-antlv hand choice assortment % Ladies'
Dress and Fancy Goods. Likewise Hats Caps and shoes
all Of which will be sold at reduced prices
n. GUGGESHEIMER,
4. GUeGESHEIMEE.
Dec g
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Selling off at Cost. to close.

WE nowoering crir Stock Of Clothing, Cloths,
w Cassimcres, Ncsngs and Furnishing Goods at prime
cost We gentlemen in OF Of the above
goods, that tins iSno hunbug deception praced
der dispose Of large Of goods profit but that
determined to close business entirely,
the goods hand be disposed Of In order
tam the above assertion and satisfy the ucreduous
voices wll w shown and private marks will be conspc
uOualy placed ia the store that compare
with the marks the goods Our stock mostly new, and
invite the publ: call and examine whether they wish
10 buy WHITTEMORE s 90.
Nov. 3O-ts
Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1849-02-01

From he Southern Planter.
Enrich the land and it will pay you for il.
Better farm thirty acres well than fifty by halves.
Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1849-02-01

We have now on hand in our Lumber yard on the ba-
sin large ot Of assorted pine Lumber suitable for build
ding purposes we alsp propose to furnish orders for all
descriptions lumber upon reasonable notice.
Sept els LACY s GARLAND
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n ALTO al TO MIC
DR.. MARTINS
CnMP0uNl SY9Np QE WILD CHERRY

,r,III Conronnd il 1c N t bcst relneda, Twill o1ll
1 public III Co,tgiy whether arising tror Co,J ti
Itbnoy;,r f.o,,., ar that dreadful r,aloi, Coos 'e
Few r,mciie, M the short time il las been before tbb
have efcci al ~ many cures Tie prupvuIs NY eyv d
rcceiv Inc orders II, at distance. and in this ety. in yb
they have been highly eratiicd to learn good effects The
Bshon VI the Protestant Episcopal Church w MARYLAND
Uhc Iight Rcv'd W Il " htueham.l has AUTHORISED " 7,
say he has used il in Iii, own person wit decided benefit
ana our Medical friends do not sriupr ID recommend \ II
tll bcst remedies i'll Consumption Bronchitis Asthma
Sc, hch they have ever with Tile following Is from
highly respectable Physician on Kent Island whom wa
made acquainted with t.l preparation:
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Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1849-02-01

GHAFLS. CLOAKS and SACKS--A great varie- !
~ ty of Shaws Coaks and Sacks A is far
advanced, Will sell unusually low. For bargains call
Jan 1S-ts PETERS s STIGI.ER. 4
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NEW GROCERY STORE
AND
CO II MlSSION HO U E.

yTNIE undersigned have formed co-partnership for the
Il purpose OF carving on the GROCERY AND COM
.NLSSION BUSINESS, IN THIS Place, at the
OLD ST.hND Of Smthson Steptoc s Co. Opposite the
Farmers Bln,), and they receiving, and have
in store, large and well selected stock of
Family Groceries and Staple Dry Goods,
together with extensive Of H4TS caps,
BOOTS Il Nd SHOES, and also a good assortment OF
H4RDTT4RE, which, with the additions that will contin-
be made their stock will enable them to offer to their
customers ant friends generally very desirable stock,
which they determined to sell cheap for cash approved
credit Particular attention will be gwen consignmens
Of produce OF all kinds prompt returns rendered, &c
They respectfully solicit their friends and the public gen.
orally to give them cali before purchasing elsewhere
they determined to please.
They will sell Tobacco at FIFTY CENTS per hogshead
When advances made, the usual commissions will be
charged They have good auctoneer attend to the
sales. WIN. r. SMETHSON,
ROBERT STATHAM,
Opposite the Farmers Bank, Iynchburg, Va
p S.-Particular attention given to orders. S. S.
Jan l5-f2m
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GL2E 60
C'O;hinY Establishment.
Genera, Cso.hsn. E>.abii.hnsen NJ

ME subscribers have entered into coparncrshp undey
the name and style Of y. sUGGENHEIMER u Go,
Washington telegraph., 1849-05-02

CoNNECTICUT.-The latest returns
show that the Wings have the Legisla-
ture, and will retain the ascendency in
the State, by the election o: Governor
&C. The only loss, and that is a serious
one, is three members of Congress, which
$50 votes wonld have saved.
The majority of the Wing candidate
for Governor over the Locofoco candidate
is, thus far, 2,463, and sixteen towns re-
main to be heard from The Wing ma
jority in the State Senate, is from FIVE to
seven, and in the Lower House about
four. The Wings would have carried
their whole Congressional ticket but for
the open and scandalous coalition be-
tween the Locofocos and the Free-solers.
and they came very near carrying it in
spite of that coalition. Connecticut is
Wing State, and it is a misfortune and
may prove misfortune to the country
that she is to be falsely represented in
the National Legislature during the next
two years. The people of the United
States having elected General Taylor TO
the Presidency, it is a duty which they
owe more to themselves than to him, to
elect a Congress that will not make a
factious opposition to his administration.
LouisUikLe Journal.
Washington telegraph., 1849-05-02
MARRYING FOR MoNEY.--Bulwer, in the

MARRYING FOR MoNEY.--Bulwer, in the
last Blackwood-;he Caxtons-says:
For you, my dear and frank, and high
souled young friend-for you / should
say, fly from load npon the heart, on
the genius, the energy, the pride, and the
spirit, which not one man in a thousand
can bear; fly from the curse of owing
everything to wife! 1t is reversal o.
all natural position-it is blow 10 az
the manhood within us. You know not
what it is; ] do! My wife's fortune came
not until after marriage So far so Wel'
it saved my reputation from the charge
of fortune-hnnting. But tell you iafly,,
that if it had never come at all 1 shouiu
be a prouder, and a greater, and happier
man than have ever been. or ever can
be, with all its advantages. 1t has been
a milestone round my neck. And ye'
Elinor has never breathed word tha'
would wound my pride.
Washington telegraph., 1849-05-02

HE INUNDATED PLANTAT1oNs.-Manv
OF the plantations in this neighborhood.
upon the Arkansas side of the river, have
been overhown by the recent heavy and
unusual floods. This has been particu.
larly and most disastrously the case with
those plantations lying along what ;s
called the Devils Elbow, thirty or thirty.
five miles above this point The subs.
,lence of the waters has only rendered
their condition worse, leaving large pools
we rnight more correctly say, small
swamps, upon many fine plantations, and
by the exposure of deposited matter
breeding the causes of grievous disease
and death.
We have been made acquainted with
one case in which a gentleman, who has
a large plantation in Devils Elbow, lost
eleven fine negroes, and was finally com.
PEELED to resort to the most desisive
measuses to save his force of about 200
negroes, most of whom were sick, chiefly
OF cholera. lie placed them upon a wood
boat, and brought them all down to this
city, one of the negroes dying during the
piiCi w llC w diCi udu DcCll TWO
feet deep Oh his plantation, and stood
almost on level with the door-sills of
his cabins. Even when he left, the phy.
siclan III attendance could not make his
round of visits without using a canoe.
Many persons in the neighborhood had
fled with their families and negroes to
what are called The Hills, some sixty or
more miles in the interior of Arkansas.
Others were preparing 10 follow.
We would strongly urge upon planter,
whose grounds have been inundated, at
once to desert their plantations and retire
to some elevated and healthy section. 1t
will De not only 4 matter of health, but
even matter of economy with them. to
do so. They can raise little or nothing
during the present year, and they may
by remaining, lose an entire force of
valuable negroes. To remain under such
circumstances, with the rank and ohen-
sive deposite of the Mississippi flood
seething in the hot sun of the approach
ing summer, would lie the last extreme
of obstinate and suicidal folly.
Mentphis Eagle.
Washington telegraph., 1849-05-02

TROUBLE AMONG THE METHoDlsr.-Tho
Northern branch of the Methodist cbprot
recently sent minister among the Cbero
kee Indians, which has given some Offence
to the Southerners. The Cherokee Ad
vocate of the Goth ult., in speaking of Tho
excitement occasioned by the appearance
of MIR. Gurley, the minister, says:
No religious meetings can be held AZ
night without riot. MIR. Gurley attemn,
ted it at private house, where, it was
supposed he intended to lecture his dec;,
pies secretly upon matters which he deem.
ed prudent not to broach in the pubIc
congregation. The house was surroundeJ
by the mob, Mr.. Gurley compelled to fee
and the meeting broke up. The win.
dows of our new brick church have bee,
dashed to pieces, the stoves torn down
and the interior of the church thrown
into the widest disorder. Hence acts of
retaliation follow. The excitement h.s
got among the irreligious portion of the
nation, and matters must come to a crisis
shortly
Washington telegraph., 1849-05-02

Now, AND Then Eighty years ago
slavery existed in Massachusetts, and
was here practised, by some, as cruelty as
now on the worst sugar plantations of
Louisiana. Mrs. Child, in her History OF
Woman, says? ga wealthy lady resi-
ding in inGloucester, Mass, was in the habit
of giving away the infants of her female
slaves a few days after they were born,
as people are accustomed to dispose of
litter of kittens. One Of her neighbours
begged an infant, which in those days of
comparative simplicity, she nourished
with her own milk, and reared among
her own children. This woman had an
earnest desire for a brocade gown, and
her husband not feeling able to purchase
one, she sent her little nursing to Vir-
ginia and sold her, when she was about
seven years old.
Washington telegraph., 1849-05-02

The law of libel is "a glorious affair. A
man charged with having robbed the
Treasury of Bedford county, Pa, put in
plea of guilty, and was sentenced to
two years and six months imprisonment
in the Penitentiary. The editor of the
Bedford Inquirer says: Precisely three
years ago we were fined $3.50 for eau
tioning the public against this individual" :"
Washington telegraph., 1849-05-02

WHEN, ETC, HONEST MEN, ETc.-The
Richmond Wing, says, the Locofoco
prints are opening upon Col. Benton.
The mildest appellation they bestow upon
him, is H~mbug Benton. Old Bullion,
they say, began the controversy by rip
ping up the Protocol, and intimating that
the Union would soon become fit SUBJ
ject for the charity of the Wings. They
charge him with going over to Taylor
for the purpose of securing the passage
of sundry jobs in which he is interested.
The quarrel promises to be rich
Washington telegraph., 1849-05-02

ADvEKTIsING.-Or clever neighbor OF
the Morning Star, speaks ss follows: "a
little mar behind a big rock, with plat
ter full ofpearls. at only one cent apiece,
and keeping his own counsel, would
probably sell nothing. 1t is of the great
est Importance to make yourself and your
goods known. A frog, III the night, at
tracts more attention than an OK,
for he cries aloud and spares not. =
These are our sentiments; there Is no
thing like advertising to business man
1t is sometimes said that good article
needs no publicity Of this kind but it Is
not so. We all know scores of honest
tradesmen, moderate in their charges and
polite i'll their attentions who have been
unsucce ssful in business for the want OF
this very newspaper publicity.
Ne,0 York Exwess-
Washington telegraph., 1849-05-02
The Alexandra Gazette has this pert

The Alexandra Gazette has this pert.
nent paragraph: Under the head of the
right spirit, the Pemnsyiranian records
with exultation the fact that Mr. Com
missioner-of-the- Patents, Edmund Burke,
ISSUED an official advertisement, dated
March 11th, aud ordered it 10 be printed
in some ten Democratic papers. and nd
IN one Wig paper. And yet, when
this man, who thus to the last, exercises
his power, to the prescription of his poll,
tlcal opponents, aud uses his official pa
tronage solely for the benefit of his own
party, to the entire crcLuSion of the other,
is removed from office, lie will be set
down as another martyr,
MIR. Peter Hagner is following the ex-
ample of MIR. Burke. but on a larger scale.
The late advertisement from the War
Department, in reference to soldiers
claims, has been ordered Iy Mr.. H. to be
Inserted i'll all Democratic papers, and in
only one Wing, the National IntelIgen-
Ger. Verify, the Democrats make most
of the 'Spoils' while they have the chance.
Washington telegraph., 1849-05-02

10 Gen. Gid. J. Pillow declines the
honor of becoming the democratic candi-
date for Governor of Tennessee. He does
not like the idea of being licked up. Is
there no Democrat in that State willing
to sacrifice himself on the altar of his
country?
Washington telegraph., 1849-05-02

100000 ACRE Distribution Monday next
being the list Monday in Mays the day fixed
by an act of the last legislature for holding an
election in the several counties of the State for the
purpose of selecting commissioners, to take charge
of the fund arising from the sale of the 100000
acres of land donated to this State by the General
Government. If we recollect Alright, the fnnd is to
be regularly distributed among all the counties of
the State, for Internal improvement purposes,
and five commissioners are to be elected in each
county, who are required to take charge of the
quota belonging to each county, and invest it in
su6h manner as they may deem most advisable
We deprecated the passage of the act believing
that the fund SO literally appropriated by
the General Government, would be squandered
among the different counties, and result. in many
while the total amount if judiciously managed,
would have laid the foundation of an educational
fund.- which, with the lands already appropriated
for that purpose, would have been sufficient to
establish common schools in every township in
the State. Or, if the proceeds of the appropriation
had been applied to the purchase of State bonds,
at the prices at which they are now selling, it
would hnve cancelled two millions of the State
debt; a mattsr of much more Importance to the
people, than will result from the distribution of the
amount each will be entitled to receive, in nine
cases out Of ten, will be uselessly expended.
The Legislature, however, has decreed the dis
tribution of the fund: and il other counties will
take their share. the citizens of Hampstead might
as well be looking after her interests. She figures
respectfully the tax list, and as there is to he
dividend declared, might as well come in for
share, as some other counties of the State, whose
taxes hardly sufficient to pay the expenses of
the sheriff to Little Rock for the purpose of max
his settlement.
The following note, from the End As
sistant Post Master General, to the Edi-
tor of the "Indiana Whig," shows that
the report, that the Post Master Gene
raj had adopted a rule to exclude all Edi-
tors from appointments, is unfounded.
PosToFFICE DEPARTMENT,
Appointment Office,
April 8, lS49.
SIR: received your letter of the Sd inst, and
in reply have to inform you that the Postmaster
General has adopted rule to crclude Editors
from appointments. The report that has been
circulated to that effect is entirely without foun-
dation. am very respectfully,
Your ob't serv't,
EITZHENRY WARREN
Washington telegraph., 1849-05-02

A telegraphic despatch, dated Philadel-
phia April 1th, states that a tremendous
confagration recently occurred at Toron-
to, Canada. The greater portion of the
city was destroyed. Loss estimated at
six hundred thousand dollars.
Washington telegraph., 1849-05-02

E. w. McGaughey is spoken of as tho
probable Wing candidate for Governor
of Indiana.