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Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1849-01-15
AN EVENTFUL HISTORY.

The Life Of Printer.-The following
strange evenlful record of journeyman
printers life, says the Pittsburg Journal we
are positive is correct to the letter. 1t
developes what man can do if he likes
and what queer aud enterprising, unselish
fellows, the majority Of printers are:
"The life of prnteris, TO say the least,
one of variety. left home at the age OF
nine. and was apprenticed to the printing
buiness a, thirteen, since then have vsi-
ted Europe-been in England, Ireland,
Scotland, Wales and France,-In Canada.
Nova Scotia, Labrador, South America,
West Indies and all the Atlantic States OF
the Union from Maine 10 Louisiana,-l
have lived in tweniy-seyen cities and towns
of tie United States l have been sailor
in the merchant service, and have sailed
| in all manner of cra(t-ship barque, brig,
schooner, sloop and steamer-in the regu-
lar army as private soldier, deserted and
got shot in the leg. have studied two
years for the ministry, one year for an M.
D.-travelled through all the New England
States ,-New York, New Jersey, Pennsyl-
vania, and Virginia, as journeymaD print
Ter, generally with little else than brass
rule in my pocket. have been the pub
Usher of two papers i'll, one in Boston,
one in Roxbury, Mass, one in New Hamp-
shire and one in Maine. At one time
had 81, $50 in my pocket Of my own, / have
been married twice, and am now nearly
twenty-six years old Was member Of
Captain [Iate Major Ringgold's flying ar
tillery, at the encampmentin Trenton N. J.
| have been temperance lecturer and
proprietor of a temperance theatre
Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1849-01-15
TO PRACTISING PHYSICIANS,

E-l me impress upon conscientious physicians
IL the importance oil a trial oil the Brandreh's
Pills. Let them make only fair trial of them, and
they will concede the medicine is the best evacu-
ant Of the bowels hitherto discovered. The ingre
dents are all prepared expressly for the manalac-
ture of the Brandreth Pills, and it is impossible to
obtain purgative Of the same properties except
from DR.. b. Brandreth. Let physicians and the
world at large bear in mind, that the Brandr eth
Pills may be taken, If necessary, for any length Of
tainty Of beneficial results
lhls universal medicine mildly but surely clean
ses the whole extent Of the airnentary canal. 1t
then gives increased power to the circulation Of the
blood, by which it depostes any impurities it may
contain in the bowels, which organ expes them
the body
The action may continue for days, weeks or
months, as the mldness or urgency Of the disease
may demand, or until the entire body has been e,
vacuated and re- made from the food consumed
How important it is that persons of feeble frame,
OF impure constitutions, should without delay COM
mence with this pure and wholesome medicine
No time ought TO be lost by using Lozenees or
Candies as medicines, which are better adapted for
the destruction Of the teeth than for the cure of any
disease. Experience has sufficiently tested that
these remedies contain invariably calonel and 9TH
er active chemical agents that have very destruc-
tive effect of which there are too many individuals
ly convinced to their cost
The testimony in favor of the Brandreth Pills.
anu diC IuADetS WHO are daily raised from a bed
OF misery by their use, render it imperative that all
who are suffering from sickness should give them
a trial.
10 BE REMEMBERED
That Brandreths Pills have stood q fourteen
years test In the United States.
That they are a vegetable and innocent medicine,
yet all powerful for the removal of Diseases wheth-
er chronic or recent, infectious otherwise.
That they purify the blood, and stay the further
progress of disease in the human body.
That, in many cases, where the dreadful rayages
ot liberation had laid bare ligament and bone, and
where, to all appearance 10 human means could
save life, have patients by the use Of these pills
been restored to good health the devourng disease
having been completely eradicated.
The genuine Bramdreth Pills can be obtained
at the to1lowing places:
VIM. Kyle Staunton; w. w. King Waynesboro';
Vim. Bell Chnrchville; P. A. Heiskell, Lebanon
White Sulphur springs;J. R. syrcle, Parnassus;
H. Messersmith, Mt. Solon James M Stout, New
Hope; D. & W. Whitmore, Mt Meridian; b f.
Graham, Greenville; James S Guy Deerfeld; Nc.
Gufiin & Co, Midway Col. w. H. Allen, Green
Valley, Bath co; John Dickinson, Millborough
Spring; Crawford & Co. Warm Springs; Henry
Miller, Cedar creek; S. B., Brown, Fishersville.
VIM. Dudley, Jennings Gap, Taylor 4 Co. Oak
Grove, Augusta.
Jan. 8.-2m.
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n- Henry L. HOPKINS, ESQ. the pres.

IT, HENRY l.. HOPKINS, Esq, the pres
emf Speaker of the House of Delegates, in
declining again being a candidate for a
seat in the Legislature, addressed an elo-
quent letter to his constituents, of which
the following is an extract:
leave YOU, SO far as your State Government is
concerned, free, prosperous and happy But when
4 turn TO the Federal Government, behold nothing
to encourage the hopes Of the patriot and phiIan-
thropist. All, ALL in that quarter, are gloom and
dependency For the first time in my life have
been brought to serious and painful aapprehen-
sion that this glorious Union is soon TO be dissolved
Fanaticlsm reigns in the halls of Congress, and
nothing but the speedy anuihilation of Slavery in
the Southern States.Wil satisfy its high behests.-
We have borne their rude assaults with Christian
meeAness and submission. We have impored them
10 let Us alone" We have demonstrated, and rea-
soned with them. But all our efforts 10 entreat
and to conciliate, have met with nothing but re-
OF common ancestry, and their glorious achieve
ments in the revolution OF l776-deaf to the fervent
and patriotic warnings Of the Father of his Co,.n-
try, In his farewell addTess-bLiad to the sublime
and exalted destiny that seems to betoken us on
1card and upward-and reckless of the restraints and
compromises of the Constitution, they rush madly
on, to the demolition ofthe fairest and best polii-
cal fabric ever devised in the providence OF God
for the freedom and happiness ofman. But if it
must be SO, then letit be So The fault is not with
ns. 2 he garden Of Eden ncesssas, but no man can
now point to the spot~where it existed. The once
chosen people ofGod are now scattered over the
nations of the earth, and the ssHoly Land' is in pos
session of the lnfdel. The glories of Greece and
Of Rome live only in history and poetry 1t may
be, that the proud and happy American Union (far
mighter than any all ofthese,) shall topple and
fall, as the next world event, in lie pro-
gressive destruction Of mans greatest works. May
an all-wise Providence avert the dread calamity,
shall be my prayer to the last.
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VALUABLE INvENrroNs.-We unde

VALUABLE INvENrIoNs.-We under
stand that the Rev. Charles Brooks, oil
Boston, has communicated to the Ameri-
can Academy Of Arts and Sciencies three
plans-one by which the hour ofime may
be struck, at the same instant on every
public the city, and in every private
dwelling; another by which the alarm o.
fire may be given at the same moment,
throughout the city, and the place of the
fire indicated at each of the engine houses
simultaneously. A third plan is one by
which all the lamps in the street may be
lighted or extingushed together at any
given noment.-JoMna1.
Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1849-01-15

TRUE TO Hrs iCRrED.-Speaker Win.
throp has again attempted to throw the
weight ofhis position, voted TO him by The
whigs ofthe South, against the just claims
for indemnify by southern citizen, be-
cause it involves the right to slave proper
ty. Southern wings, we fear, will rue the
day when they elevated to ahe Speakers
chair manwho so little regards the rights
Of the States, and the comfort and security
'of our fresides.- Winchester Nvgin,un.
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Testimonials

Sisnor D'Alvear does not deem it necessary TO
cucumber this notice with long list of testimon-
ais, in proof of the value of his GOLDOMETER,
and GOLD SEEKERS GUIDE. The brilliant
results OF his labors in California and the dscove
~, this very week, of fresh veins of Gold in Vir
ginia and beds of Coal in Rhode Island, by its use,
are alone sufficient to stamp it as the greatest dis
coveFy ofthe age. Nothing but the extreme cheap
ness Of the instrument and his desise to see it used
for the benefit of mankind induces him to dispose
Of 1t at the low price for which he offers it.. Be-
sides this, his own des ire for wealth is nearly salts
fled.
The following Testimonials, proof of the value
of the GodOmeter, selected from great number e.
qually satisfactory must suffice for the present:
AsroR HOUSE, New York, Dec 81, Is4S.
The undersigned, having this day witnessed the
practical operation ofsignorJ lose De Alvears new
Fly invented magnetic instrument, the GoLDoME-
TER feel entirely satisfied that possesses the ex-
traordinary power Of detecting Mineral ores hidden
beneath the surface of the earth, and have no doubt
that it will prove an invaluable aid in the discovery
OF the Mineral resources of the United States and
the world.
]. r. DRAPER, JR., CHEMIST,
l.. S. HERMANN, MAGNETIC ms. MAKER
G. S. DANA, GEoLoG1sT.
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During the year 1916, only As persons
were killed on the railroads Of France, and
dnrng the same year 624 persisted by falls
from horseback and by the upsetting oil
vehicles. Of25, 100000 of persons travel.
ing on,ralroads. about 40 persisted by &C.
cidents and As were wounded, by the same
accidents others than travellers were killed
SO and wounded So. On the Massachu-
sets lines of so. 10000 of passengers, g
were killed and Is wounded; others killed
during the same period Sc and wounded rs
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A pledge made for Gen. Taylor by John
J. .Crittenden, of.Kentucky, at theratifca-
ton meeting at the City Hall, in Washing
ton, about the 12th.af. June, 1913:
"Mr. Crittendon eaid, in substance, that
he (Mr. CO. had seen a letter in General
lTaylor's handwriting, in which General
TayIor-said that She would prescribe no
man because he was democrat-that both
democrats and wings stood by him at the
battle of Monterey, shedding their blood
together for their country, and he would
be the last man 10 deny to the democrats
fair share oflhe Offices "-71ue San.
Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1849-01-15

RAMRoAD TO THE PAcwIc.-Senator
Houston introduced into the Senate, on
Monday, resolutions for the appointment
of committee to inquire into and report
upon the expediency of the Government,
establishing railroad from some point on
the Mississippi to San Francisco. across
the Countrywide first proceeds Of the CAL
ifornia gold mines, dug at the rate of an
assessment of eight per cent. rent, to be
applied to its construction. They are also
TO inquire into the expediency of employ
ing upon the road SO much of the military
force as may be necessary for its earliest
.completion~--miIitary posts to be formally
established thereon for the protection o
the lives and property Of our citizens. This
lis stupendous scheme, but we must sa,
M. Hous,on's plan looks practicable ane
may lead to great fesslt.-BaH. Sun.
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Jan2L0rU 8.

Assembly.
January 8.
A resolution was offered to require the
Committee on free negroes to inquire int1
the means Of preventing free negroes from
going at large, and to prevent owners o
slaves from permitting them to hire ihei
own time.
Mr.. Scott offered bill requesting thai
the money paid by Virginia to the Fedora
Government, when she coded a portion o
her territory TO form the District of Colum-
bia, should be appropriated by Congress
10 the Orange and Alexandra Rail Road
Company.
! On motion Of Mr.. Hiet,. Resolved, That
a select committee be appointed with in
structi0ns to put reasonable estimate on
all the furniture now in the Executive
mansion, and report the same to this House
and that said committee, if practicable
ascertain the amount expended under the
two preceding administrations, and for
what expended, and by whom, and report
the same to this house.
The resolution, after debate, was adopted.
The chair appointed the following as the
committee: Messrs Heti, PannilI, Paxton,
Sheffey, Faulkner, Worthington and Mar,z.
Mr.. Hiner presented petition from the
citizens Of Highland for separate election
in said county. And Mr. Bird from citi-
zens of the same county, for the establish
ment of a separate election at Meetings.
school OF mill.
January 9. 1S49.
Mr.. Pitts offered the following resolution
which was adopted:
Resolved, That committee of thirteen
be appointed by this House to act Jointly
VIII a committee on the part ofthe Senate
to which the several resolutions on the
Wilmot Proyiso and kindred subjects be re-
ferfed, and that said committee be request
ed to report on said subjects on Thursday.
Mr.. Syme presented the following reso-
luton which was ordered to be printed:
Resolved, by the General Assembly Of
Virginia, That as firmly as we are attached
to the Union of these States, we shall re-
gard the passage of any law by Congress,
abolishing Slavery or the Slave Trade in
the District of Columbia, or prohibiting
Slavery in the territories acquired by treaty
with Mexico, as an aggression on the rights
ofthe Southern States, which will justify
them in resorting to any and every means
calculated to preserve their institutions.
Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1849-01-15

GOTT'S RESOLUTION.-The editor
Of the New York Tribune sends forth an
exuting peal Of triumph over the passage
Of Colts resolution. He piously CALCULATES:
ssSuch is the fitting close in Congress of the 29sth
year since the landing of the Pilgrims the Rock
of Plymouth. ! could have wished that it had oe-
curred on FoEefathecs Day but perhaps it is best
as it isl
Perhaps so. If it mad occurred on Fore
fathers Day." as you call it, it asight have
been esteemed reflection on your excel
lent ancestors, to whose commercial enter
prise the South is indebted for great por-
ton of its negro population, and who new
er emancipated their own slaves till that
kind of property Become perfectly worth.
less.
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Removal.

TIME subscriber has removed to his new store
l. room on the opposite side of the street, few
doors East OF the PostOice where he will be pleas
ed to receive the calls of his friends and the public
generally. He has on hand general assortment of
Dry Goods, Groceries, Hardware,
Queensware, Boots, Shoes,
Caps and Bonnets,
which he will sell on very reasonable terms for
CASH, country produce, or on the usual credit to
punctual customers.
WILLIAM KYLE.
January ], as.e
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A RAR1rY.-In Taylor procession las I
week at Lancaster, (Pa.) young gentle
man. solitary and alone" brought up
the rear, with banner, on which was RUDE
Iy painted, II want no office, lack and
Use the only one in this ''ere crowd can
say SO"
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may see several casks Of California Gold, in the
rough state, as extracted by Signor DAlvear from
the Sacramento Mines, and also witness the opera
ton of the GOLDEMETER when held within
the magnetic influence of the precious metal, and
the unerring manner in which it indicates the pres
ence OF that and other metallic substances
Jan. LIT
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GENERAL ScoTT's OpIMIoNr-General
Scott said TO gentlemana few days since
a, his residence in New Jersey, that the
fifteen millions Of dollars paid for the &C.
QUESTION of our newly acquired territory
was but drop in the bucket, compared
with the incalculable benefit these possess
sions will prove to the United States.
.Pennsylvonian.
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A.BaIRE, SAD ;REcoRD.-Qn Saturday,
the 10th, HE Norfolk Beacon announced
the marriage of James F. Hodges, printer,
Employed in the office of that journal and
the next number of the same paper an
nouncod his death, on the day after his
wedding, from an affection OF the heart.
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ATTENTION.! ARTILLERY

Y'HE undersigned has determined to change his
i present business and hereby notifies all his
country customers that he will sell GOODS at cost,
or nearly SO, from this date. Persons indebted to
ne Informed that Mr.. M Gushing will receive
and receipt for the same, and request those who
are so indebted, during my absence from town, TO
call and settle their accounts.
JOSEPH STERN.
January lst ls49.-at Spec cory
Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1849-01-15

,DEpoPvLATIoS OF LILY ERpooL-We see
il stated that the number of inhabitants in
liverpool has diminished within the pas
year no less than IA, 1870 persons. There
are said to be 400 houses unoccupied in
the city.
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THE INDICATOR.
>Ofice in the Corner building nearly oppo-
site the Court House,
CALL OF A CoNvENTION.-

the Sd inst. The Speaker announced the
following, as the Committee on The reso-
vention-Messrs. Lane, of Lee, Furgeson,
Lacy, Rayner, PanniI, Pitts, Townes,
Faulkner, Sheperd, Burwell, Watson and
Bierne Of Monroe.
Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1849-01-15

MAJOR CAsS CoNFIRMED.-The Senate
on Friday, confirmed the nomination of
Major Lewis Cass as Charge d. Afiaires to
Rome.
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Adventures to California.

Persons going to California cannot make better
investment than by purchasing one Of these nstru
ments which will not only be worth fifty times its
value there, to sell again. but will be of inesimable
worth to those who 60 in search of Gold, as has
been proved by the most abundant experiment both
lin California and the United States.
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$37, 472, 1871

FACT FOR FARMERS TO REMEMBER!
During the year ending June 30th, 1S48,
which was not the year of the Famine a.
broad, the export of Breadstubs and Provi-
to THIRTY SEVEN MILLIONS. FOUR
HUNDRED AND SEVENTY TWO
lTHOUSAND>SEVE HUNDRED AND
FIFTY SEyENDOLLARS. This is much
more than double the annual average ex.
port under thetariff of'1S42.
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VA LEGISLATURE
Linuaru 5, 1919.

January 5, 1S49.
Mr.. Shelley offered resolution that the
Librarian extend to the ministers of the
Gospel, who open the daily sessions with
prayer, the use Of the Library, on the same
terms as to the members Of the General
Assembly.
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One Cent Reward :!

TWILL give the above reward, (but no thanksa
to any person who will apprehend and deliveI
to me, at the Warm Springs, Bath county, Vir-
ginia, WILLIAM LlPTRAT, Ga mulatto boy)
an indented apprentice to the Blacksmithng bust
ness, whoranaway from the subscriber OH the 25th
of November last. All persons are hereby noti-
fed not to harbor or employ the said boy, as the
law will be enforced against all offenders.
GEORGE BODKIN.
Dec. Is, l848-4t.
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NO AGENTS

In consequence of the difficulty of finding faith
full agents, and Of preventing Frauds where articles
of this nature are sent out for general use, Sgnor
D'Alyear has determined 10 sell none of his works
or instruments unless ordered by letters sent direct
ly to him, when the desired publication, or instru
ment, will be forwarded under his signature and
seal, so thatal doubt as 10 its genuineness may be
removed.
u- BEWARE OF ALL INVITATIONS of
this Instrument which may hereafter appear, as the
secret of imparing the Gold Detecting power is
known to no person whatever, excePtthe original
inventor. I" ~ -
DG- The GOLDOMETER, and GOLD SEEK
ER'S GUIDE. will both be sent by mail, closely
enveoped and sealed, and therefore not subject to
Inspection by Postmasters, for the sum ol TIL Rec
DOLLARS, sent post paid TO SIGNOR JOSE DE-
ALVEAR, Bog 27l3, New York City. The In.
strument is very light, and the Guide is printed on
will be very small to any part Of the United States
The price of the GOLD SEEKERS GUIDE a.
lone, is ONE DOLLAR, sent as above. Address,
SIGNOR JOSE De ALyEAR,
Boa 2713, .New York Caty
&C. OFFICE for the sale of the GOLD SEEK
Frs GUIDE and GOLDOMETER, No. IS
CENTRE ST., New York City, whore visitors
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WELL. PITT.


We commend to the "protectionsts" in
general, and to the editor Of the Tribune
| in particular, the following chit in the
white from the Louisville Democrat:
ANOTHER GREAT OBJECT OF PROTECTION.
l-lt is obvious that great amount Of a
merican industry is to be expended in
hurting, digging. and coming gold. We
suggest TO the wings iii general, and to the
editor of the Journal in particular, whether
these laborers in this important branch Of
industry ought not to be forthwith protect
ed by a tariff on gold. Surely the panper
labor of the British mines should not be
allowed to compete with the free labor i'll
California.
We suggest the idea TO our neighbor,
iwho is mighty on protection in general
He can now immortalize himself by pursu-
ing the happy thought. IF he will do the
brilliant, as he ought to, we shall be silent
as TO our claim for the suggestion, and
give him the entire credit. Now. Prentice,
is your chance for immortality. If you
don't take, it's not our fault. You can't
say we do not give you the hint. Nobody
should be allowed now 10 import gold. At
will interfere with domestic industry seri-
ously, and should be prohibited. What do
we want with anybody else's gold when
we have abundance of our own? Let then
a heavy duty be imposed upon gold.
But we have done enough in making the
suggestion. Our neighbor can run through
the application of all the fustian to this
branch ofindustry which he has been &C.
customed to use in regard 10 others.
AN IMPORTANT STEp.-We understand
that the Secretary Of the Treasury is about
to instruct the various collectors of the GUS
toms, that in all cases where they have rea-
son to believe that goods have been in
voiced below their value, with view to
delraud the revenue, the amount Of duty
| shall be taken in kind. That is, the pro-
portion of the goods necessary to cover
the duties shall be sakeR for the duties,
withou, re gard to the value. BY this course,
the temptation to import goods falsely in
voiced will be effec,uaIIy done away with,
and the honest importer protected against
the tricks Of dishonest competitors. An
old revenue law gives this power to the
Treasury Department, without the necessi-
ty of any further gisla,ion.-Bo Times
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The Lancaster Intelligencer thus notices
one Of the facts stated in Mr.. Secretary
Walkers triumphant vindca,iun Of the ia
riff of 1916:
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Los Angeles, CALIFORNIA, August ls4s

LOS ANGELos, CAL1FohNtA, August 1913.
This may certify that the undersigned is fully
convinced that Signor JOSE De ALvEAR was the
first dscoverer of the Gold depostes Of California,
and that this discovery was made by the aid Of a
Magnetic instrument called the sGoLDoMETER,
which have seen successfully applied to the dis
covery Of yeps of Gold ore, in places where in
dications Of that substance appeared upon the sur
face of the earth.
L. w. SHERMAN, LIEUT. Sd ARTIL. u. S. A.