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Daily Richmond times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1849-1850, 1850-06-06
CARD TO BUYERS AND SELLERS OF


" HORSES, MULES, SIc.-From various sources
have recently come to the conclusion that many
persons who DESTROYS of purchasing and selling
Horses, Mules Vehicles &c. are not aware that there
regular place for the transaction of business Of this
kind Cary street, opposite Mr.. Vim. Woods stables
and that sales take place every SATURDAY MORN
ING, weather permttngD where persons wishing to
dispose of their stock will always find purchasers; and
those disposed to buy, will find variety to select from
N. B. Persons who wish to dispose will please call
my store, No 18th street before o'clock the morn
ing of the sale GEO. j. SUMNER, Auct.
SPRING SUPPLY OF CHINA, GLASS Il
- EARTHEN- WARE.-GEORGE } SUM-
NER, No 18th street. would respectfully announce
to country merchants and city dealers, that, by
arrivals, he has received from importers and northern
manufactures, his Fall supply Of China, Glass and
Earthen Ware, which, in point OF quantity, styles and
assortment is much supeorto any stock he has offered
for previous seasons.
He has also a large supply Of Fancy Goods-the
whole laid in with special reference to the country and
city trade-and will be sold on accommodating terms
for cash or approved paper.
~ The greatest care observed in packing
Daily Richmond times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1849-1850, 1850-06-06
VIRGINIA LINE OF NEW YORK AND

VIRGINIA LINE OF NEW YORK AND
v RICHMOND PACKETS-This new Home
Line is composed of the following Vessels, all owned
in the city Of Richmond, viz:
schr HANOVER, Captain ANDERSON LAMPkrs.
" HENRICO, JOHN B. FUTILE.
RICHMOND, q. G. CLIFFORD.
NEW YORK, JOHN III. SMACK.
MERCHANT, GEORGE w. Couch
" ORIANNA DANIEL DopGE.
These vessels are of the first class built in the city
of Baltimore expressly for this trade and have superior
accommodations for passengers
They are commanded by experienced Captains, well
qualified for the trade, and who will spare exertion
to accommodate. They will be towed up and down
the rver by steam, and may be relied on to sail promptly
as advertised
Merchants going north or ordering goods from New
York will find it to their interest to ship by this ine
freight will always be taken as low as by any other
line of Packets, and every effort will be made by the
agents in Richmond and New York to give satisfaction.
We respectfully ask and hope to succeed in obtaining
full share of patronage.
Goods shipped by this line to New York. will be for
warded free OF commission, to New Orleans Mobile,
Charleston, Savannah, or any Southern or Northern
Port.
The vessels will lie in Richmond, at Rockets in
New York, at Berth No. 2, Coffee House Slip foot OF
Wall street.
DAVID CURRIE, Richmond,
C. II. & w. PERSON, New York, : AGENTS
sel9 No. 81. South street. 54
Daily Richmond times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1849-1850, 1850-06-06

n ARGE AND ADDITIONAL SUPPLIES
~ CHINA, GLASS AND EARTHEN ARE
By recent arrivals am in receipt of additional BLOCK
OF Earthenware, China and Glass suited to .ne lelal
trade, OF new patterns and shapes, making Iy asso
ment more complete than it has ever peen rceslow
wins 90 ~ p'0'A GEO. J. SUMNER,
mva No 8, Fifteenth street.
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DAILROAD ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Nh and after Monday, the 3lst instant, the Rich
mond Fredericksburg, and Potomac Railroad Compa-
ny will be prepared to receive and transport the produce
and merchandise which may be offered.
All articles will be delivered sound from the cars, and
tickets accompanying the articles to be transported,
must have the gross weight stated thereon.
THOMAS SHARP,
Supt. of Transportation.
Office Rich'd, Fred. and P R. R. CO..
Richmond Dec 2Sth 1S1q
Daily Richmond times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1849-1850, 1850-06-06

Leave Lynchburg Mon
day, Wednesday and Fri
day, at 81 A. NJ.

1ueiHSuifite distances ..........2z cents per mile.
Way Passengers wishing to take the Boats will see
the hour necessary to be at the canal by referring to the
time OF starting OF the Boats and adding the hours it
takes to reach any Of the above distances
au24 BOYD, EDMOND & DAVENPORT
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1850-02-06
DOMESTIC BLISS VS.. DINNERS.
rRon THE LONDON PUNCH.

From Mrs. Mury A. 10 Mrs. Ehza B..
On. MY own ELIZA For the first time
in married life Of many years-scme-
times. perhaps, little tedious but never
decidedly unhappy write 10 You with
tears in my eyes: so please excuse my
blols. You know what sweet temper.
ed. easily satisfied creature A used
To be. the best Of husbands; never looked
q, bill twice; and content with cold
mutton when convenient. and nothing bel.
ter for dinner. lf he was little soft, |
fell that il was mercy that he was not
particular, especially in the way Of din
ners. But. my love. all this is at an end
am in fair way TO be driven TO become
a desperate woman, or cook IN my own
house!
You have heard, dare say. Of one
Soyer--cook. | understand, al one oflhose
odious clubs, where he spends his time in
inveniing new dishes. and has kitchen.
] am told. like drawing ro. m, with a
chemical apparatus, and unlimited credit
al the butchers. My misery lies at that
mans door. You will naturally ask how
A. came home the other day. Poor
lite Maria had The hopping cough, and
had been to The geological Gardens. and
there wasn't much of dinner but quite
as good as many haze seen A.
thankful for. Il was a cold joint with
pickles | noticed A didn't eat as
heartily as usual. In the middle Of his
dinner he laid down his knife and fork,
and inquired in solemn way if didn't
think there was a sameness about cold
meat! | couldn't believe my ears, and
am sure | don't know what | said when
be wen, on and asked, in confused, but
slill vonfident way, if | knew how to
make. Pof>du-Fsu or Croqueifes. |
thought he meant crotchet work bu, il
appears he alluded TO dish--a French
dish.
| said I was asionished al his conduct,
when he began anil gave me recipe about
cutting cold beef into dice. and putting il
into stew pan with finely chopped on
ions. and bred crumbs. and fried parsley,
and gracious knows what! You may
conceive what looked like, when he
wen, on about good dinner being no more
expensive Than bad one, if you knew
how 10 manage il. sand about the best
economy. bcilfg good cookery. and how
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1850-02-06

From the wasehman and Observer.
Greenhouse Plants and Ingrafting.

Seedlings from fruil-besring plants.
when planted in Jars or small vessels. sell
dom bloain or bear-lhere are some rare
exceptions 10 This general rule. To in
sure reproduction. ingrali from bearing
plant or seeding of the same germ. and
IN Few years ], will produce blooms and
fnii in Jars or boxes. Cuttings from bear.
ing trees when they take. win sncceed
neary as well a. gratis. Cuttings from
barren seedlings Of The orange tribe. four
Teen years old. growing in boxes. hare
taken and blonmed in four years. while
the parent tree remains barren and will
PROBABLY remain 50, until il 10 planted in
the ground IN a greenhouse. or in the
open air in rongenial climate.
Take any common pear or apple Tree
when nearly in bearing. or the first year
after IL bears-saw off all the limbs TO
within 10 or l2 inches Of the main trunk.
then ingrali each limb or four or Eve OF
them. with choice pear or apple cions.
II The gratis are well protected from the
weather by cement composed OF three
paris beeswax and one part iallo w-bind.
ing the gratis with rag on the cement
they sill readily iake-iaking care to cut
OF the shoots that may put ont from the
original tree. aud in three or four years il
will bloom and bear. As matter OF Gu
riosiiy several varieties may be ingrafed
on one slock-for orchards, however, il is
better TO ingraft all OF one SORT on each
stock.
Choice apples may be ingrsfied on the
Indigenous crab,ree. in The woods. BY saw
ing OF the trunk Of young trees near the
ground. ingrafi and cover the gratis with
the composition above described. binding
a rag on the cement and covsr ring il with
earlh--drivc stakes to protect the gratis
--lrsnsplsut them the second year when
you-wani them TO grow, placing them deep
enough 10 cover the graft where il 10 in
serted into the original slock-ii will then
put out succors which can be transplanled
and bear equal fruit with The graft. The
apricot has been successfully ingralled on
The wild Cherokee plum.
The foregoing remarks are from actual
experiments. D.P.
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From the London Quarterly Review.
PAIN OF DYING.

The act Of dying is technically termed
"ihe sgony;" bui the pain of dying must
be distinguished from The pain Of The pre-
vious disease, for when life ebbs sensibli>
ty declines. As death is the final exiinc.
iiou Of corporal feeling, SO numbness in
creases as death comes on. The proslra-
lion Of disease. Ike heal,hful fatigue. en-
gendels growing slupor-a sensation Of
subsiding softly into coveted repose.
The transition resembles whaimay be seen
in those lofty mountains whose sides ex-
hibi. every climate in regular grada.ion;
vegetation lnxuriates al their base and
tlwindles in The approach to'the regions
of snow ill its feeblest manifestation is
repressed by the cold. The so-caled
agony can never be more formidable
than when the brain is The last 10 60,
and The mind preserves to the end ra-
lional cognizance Of The state Of the body.
Yet persons thus situated commonly at
test that there are few things in life less
painful than the close. If ! had strength
enough to hold a pen," said William
Hunter. al would write how easy and
delightful i, is 10 die" "If This be dy-
ing" said The niece OF Newton Of Olnev,
!. il is a pleasant thing 10 die;" 1.-The very
expression" adds her uncle, which an
other friend of mine made use Of on her
death bed few years ago." The same
words have frequently been uttered under
similar circumstances.
A second and common condition of the
dying is to be lost 10 themselves and all
around them in utter unconsciousness.
Countenance and gestures might in many
cases suggest that. however dead 10 The ex>
,ernal world. an interior sensihility slll
remained. But we have the evidence oil
those whom disease has left at The eleventh
hour, iha, while their supposed suiferngs
were pilied by their trends, existence was
a blank. Wherever there is sensibiliiy.
virtual death precedes death itself, and 10
die is 10 awake in another world.
The faculties survive. though averse 10
even the fainlest effort, and they badly
testify in languid and bruken phrases that
the iorpor of the body more than keeps
pace with the inerlness Of the mind. The
same report is given by those who have
advanced to the very border 1.-The country
from whence no traveller returns. Mon
taigns after his accident passed Tor a
corpse, and the first feeble indications OF
returning life resembled some Of the
commonest symptoms Of death. But
his own feelings were those OF man
who is dropping into the sweets Of slum-
ber. and his longing was towards blank
rest, and mol for recovery. Melhoughi,
he says. "my life only hung upon my
lips; and shut my eyes 10 help to thrust
it out, and aook pleasure in languishins
and letting myself CO." In MANY OF these
instances, as in the case Of stupefaction,
there are appearances which We have
learnt to associate with suffering. because
constantly conjoinrd with il. A cold per
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1850-02-06

From Mrs. Eli-a B. 10 MIA. Mary A..
NV DEAREST MARy:-D Don't make
Yourself uneasy on my account. A fort
night before ] GOT your letter, purchased
Soyer's Book. without BI's know
lrdge; studied il. and worked from il.
B. has been an altered man ever
since. For | remember how he used 10
dine from home-being detained by brsi.
ness. as he said. But since I've tried
some lulle dinners. he hasn't missed a
meal. IL was only yesterday that in re-
turn for a shoulder Of mutton Ia Pro-
rncale, (which didn't cost moic Than six
pence 10 do. beyond what the plain roas.
would have done.) he took me into Ma
dame Crinoline's and presented me with
love Of a bonnet. 4 want a shawl 10
match il, and am going 10 make an attack
tomorrow with /. 1rnban de Corquefies
a FEpigrGn,.' Don't be frightened at
The name. Il isn't near so difficult TO
make as 10 read, and from the recipe. I
think will prove irresistible. What a
pity il is that A. found ont the book
first.
I'D recommend you 10 make the best
Of bad bargain. however. and submit 10
the book. agree with you that plain
dinners are done for. and that cold meat
two days running will soon be con.
sidered good ground for separa,ion-a
mensa. at least.
Yours, very faithfully.
ELIZA B..
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1850-02-06

attractive homes might be made BY good
dinners aud Then Al last the murder came
Out. Ia the shape Of lillIe blue -coserrd
book. called the Modern Housewife, '
which he begged me 10 siudy. And !
sssure you. my dear. thai book contains
enongh TO poison the peace Of all families
that cant keep n professed cook. md gives
recipes for I'll sorls OF niee things. and
bilIs Of fare f.r all sizes Of parties. and all
in series Of leilers between Mrs. L.
and Mrs. b. who don't believe ever
existed.
oh. my love. if you wish % he happy
in future. don't lei B. get hold Of This
book. hope Soyer 10 miserable man.
who wrele il, as he ought 10 be.
! lremsil your unhappy friend.
MARY A..
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-11-26
A CHEAP AND SUPERIOR STOCK or
"A sE-FURNr>UISG GOODs.-C. W.

n HoUsE-FU FINISHING GOODs.-C. w.
BOTELER, opposite Centre Market, desires TO call
the attention Of house keepers and those about fur
nshing his extensive assortment of house keep
ing articles, which, for variety and cheapness il
unsurpassed lie has recently made extensive
pleasure Of announcing his assortment complete.
HE stock consist. IN part, Of
Gilt and Mahogany framed Mirrors
Dressing Classes, Bronzed Iron Tenders
Hat Racks, Tables, Umbrella Stands, and Irons,
Fire Standards, &c.
French China Dinner and Tea Ware
White and Blue Iron Stone Ware, in dinner, tea,
and toilet sets
Solar Lamps and Girandolcs, new and beautiful
patterns
Britannia aud Plated Tea and Coffee scts
Hall Lanterns, Plated Forks, Spoons, Butter
Knives, Sugar Tongs, SHUTTERS and Trays
Toast Racks, Castors, Baskets. Walters, and
SAVERS
Painted Tin Toilet scts
Brass and iron Shovels and longs and Tenders
Cut and Pressed Glass ware, Door Mats, stair
Rods
A splchdd collection Of French China Msntel
and Table Ornaments, Perfume Bottles, &c
Japanned Walters and Tea Trays, Block Tin
Goods
An excellent assortment of Table Cutlery
Willow Ware, Brushes, Wood Ware
Kitchen requisites of every description
With endless variety OF useful and ornamen-
tai articles too numerous 70 particulnrizc, all of
which will sell at very low prices for cash, or on
time for approved paper
House Keepers may rest assured Of finding al
every thing they require, at priccs ne low as
they can be obtained south OF New York. Call and
examine articles and prices.
Nov 9-co3w Opposite Centre Market.
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Nov 25-d6w
BY DYER Is MCGUIRE.

- Eli ~ VCO OltNE.
DEREMTORY SALE OF HOUSEHOLD AND
i KITCHEN FURITURE, Mich COW, JEL-
LIES, AND SW EETMEATS, ROWLING PIECE,
&c.-On Tuesday morning, the Goth Instant at 10
O'Clock, shall sell at the residence of gonteman
declining housekeeping, on the south eide OF Penn
syvania avenue, between Sd and q streets, all his
furniture and household effects, consisting III part
Of
Mahogany Sofas, Divans, and Parlor Chairs
Do Pier and Centre Tables, with marble
Rosewood Card Tables, gilt frame Pier Glass
Window Curtain, with gilt cornice and orna-
Inent
Chronicles, Solar and other Lamps, Rockers
High and low post Bedstead, Feather Beds
Hair and shuck Mattresses, Bedding
Dressing and plain Bureaus, Washstands
Wardrobes, Toilet Sets, Looking Glasses
Three ply, ingram, and Venetian Carpets
Hall Lamp, Passage and Side Tables
French China Dinner, Desert, and Tea Service
Plated Casters, and Coffee Urn, Table Cutlery
Table Linen, Crockery and lass Ware
Cane Seat and Office Chairs, Radiators
Cooking and other Stoves
Together with general assortment OF Kitchen
Utensils, large Tin Safe, Refrigerator, &c.
Also, an excellent Mich Cow, for private
family
A superior market WheeIbarrow
A double barrel Fowling Jun and equipments
sporting Rifle, in excellent order
A fine assortment of Jellies and Sweetmeats, put
up expressly for private use by one OF the
most skilful and experienced housekeepers Of
the city.
All the above are good and nearly new, ernbrac-
ing great variety in the housekeeping line.
Terms: SOS and under, cash; over $685. credit
Of and four months, for notes satisfactorily
dorsed, bearing interest.
DYER & Meg UIRE,
Nov 22-td Auctioneers
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by q. w. soTELkR. AuctionssT.


GALE OF VALUABLE REAL PROPERTY
- BY virtue Of decd Of trust from Richard q
Briscoe to the subscribers, dated on the I'D, and
recorded un the oath day of February, 1919, In
Liber l. A. S. No. 81 foios 30i to $40, Of the
land cords of Washin gton county, in the District
OF Columbia we shall offer for sale at public auc-
ton, 10 the highest bidder therefor, all that part OF
lot No s. in square 1872, being and lying in the city
of Washington, and contained within the following
metes and bounds-that is to say beginning for
the at the northeast OF said lot at the
intersection Of 9Th street west with LOUISIANA ave-
nae, and running thence south with the line OF 9Th
street west 81 feet d inches; thence westerly par
allel with Canal street los feet inches or the
east line of lot No. 3 thence northwe stwardly
with the dividing line of lot No. 8, in said square,
20 the avenue "a feet 10 inches thence with the
Inc of Louisiana avenue % feet inches to OH
street and the place Of beginning containing
$685. square feet.
This property is in an improved ard central
part of the city There on 1t eight three story
brick stores, with granite fronts and slate roofs.
Sale to be made on the premises on TUESDAY,
7th January next at O'Clock, +. Nj One fourth
Of the purchase money to be paid in hand--the
twelve months, with interest from date 10 be Sc
cured to the satisfaction of the trustees.
On the full payment of the purchase money and
interest, a valid deed conveying TO the purchaser
or. purchasers all title and estate vested In the
trustees, will be executed.
Should the terms of sale not be complied with in
three days from the day of sale the trustees reserve
the right to sell the property at auction ON such
credit they may think hit, at the risk and coat OF
the defaulting purchaser purchasers, after one
weeks notice by advertisement in some Washing
ton newspaper. All! convcyanciDg to be at the cost
of the purchaser or purchasers.
JNO. A. LINTON,
ROBT w. LATHAM, Trustees.
AUG. F.. PERRY.
c. W. BOrELER, Auctionecr.
Nov 25-d6w &ds
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BALTIMORE. Nov. p5-bP. M


Mr. Murdoch, the tragedinn, who, under the Of.
fects Of mental alteration, wandered off from the
city few days ago, and for whose fate there was
good deal Of uneasiness among his friends, returned
to the city last night lie got on the cars at Bla-
densburg, whittier he had walked He is now
at Bsrnum's his mind still affected His father
has him ia charge.
The State Reform Convention is beginning to do
business and the proceedings hold out the hope
that something efTectual will be done.
A fire occurred here last night, or this morning
rather, (which destroyed the gentlemen's furnishing
store Of Mr.. Winchester, on Baltimore street. op-
posite the museum. The loss is about : s,0O0 OF
which only $4,000 is insured.
Extensive preparations being made for the
reception Of Madcmoiselle Lind The hotels will
be full People are coming from all the surround
ing country. Those at a distance DESTROYS Of OBJ
tanning comfortable quarters should engage their
rooms early, otherwise they may find great diff
Guilty in obtaining accommodations. Washington
city will doubles, be well represented ON that oc.
oasion.
The -four market is a little frmer sa les of | 900
bbs. at 81 6S, and 300 bbs. City Mills at the same
price. Red wheat at 1903 l0i cts., and a cargo of
900 bushels Pennsylvania wheat at lO7 cts. White
corn, 90 a 81 cts. yellow. 81 90 cts. oats, 80 a
80 cts. Whiskey, % a 80 cts.
Stocks nrc firm. Sales Of Baltimore g. at l0i J.? F;
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad shares, n 72g, each
and time; Maryland &c, lOll bid.
The telegraph reports no change in tho New York
market.
The ship Albert arrived from Rotterdam, cigh-
teen deaths Of cholera aboard.
Beef Chtns.-There were 1900 head offered 10.
day, and 1850 head sold at prices ranging from 81
to S4,2O per hundred pounds on she hoof, equal to
SASS nett, and averaging s. 81 gross; $50 we're
left, and about 200 driven of.
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THE undersigned, having resolved to abandon
Il his present business, offers for rent his large
and we'll known public house, (the Columbian }
on the corner of and Sth streets, in the immedi-
ate vicinity of the General Post Office and Patent
Office The stand, as a Restaurant, is too well
known TO require any extended notice. Asst is pre-
sumed that those wishing TO rent the premises will
examine them for themselves, he deems further
notice unnecessary. The household and kitchen
commodating terms to such as may rent the house;
but should no such arrangement be made, the fur
niture will be sold at public sale. Possession given
Immediately. j. II. EBERBACH.
Oct 29--dQ
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CARUSI's SALOON.

Second and last Night ofGie Gcrmaians
U'HE GERMANIA MUSICAL SOCIETY re-
II spectfully inform the Ladies and Gentlemen OF
Washington and the vicinity that they will give
other Grand Instrumental Concert positively the
last) on WEDNESDAY EVENING, November
9th, at Carusrs Saloon.
Principal pieces 10 be performed are Overtures,
king OF lyetot," by Adam; and Napolcons Last
Days, by G. Bergmann; Fantasia aud Variations
for Flute, by Rabboni, executed by C. Zerrahn;
First part from the Grand Symphony "Consecra-
ton OF Tones" by spohr; Aria, with Violin obi
cato, by Mr.. Scbutze; from the Opera "Pre aux
Clercs," by Horold; Terzetto from the Opera LA
Favorits," by Donizetti; Finale TO the Opera "Lu-
cha di Bammcrmoor," by Donizetti; Sounds from
Home; "a Summer Night in Denmark" Grand
Gallop, by Lumbye; Congress Ball Dances, WALTZ
sc. &c.
Tickets 80 cents. For sale at the hotels, book
and music stores, and at the door.
Door open at 7; concert commences ats O'Clock
Nov 20