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Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1851-04-03


OT1CE.-The attention of the ladies' of X ch-
" mond and vicinity is solicited to call and exa-
mine large aud splendid collection OF
IRISH Linen white double damask Table Cloths
DO do brown do do do do
Do do Table Napkins and Doyle's fine Linen
Toweng
Ladies cambria iIdkis, &c. &c.
The above Goods OF the richest quality, and war;
ianed made OF The pure flax yam being the best make
OF robert Watson " Sons, Belfast, Ireland, and OF
recent Importation.
Also, large assortment of French Marseiles Quilts
quality
liousekeepers and others in want would do well to
call and examine the stock, and will be sold
from 20 10 80 per cent less than the Goods be
purchased elsewhere, as they consigned by the ma
nuIacturers 10 try this market. ALEX. MOTT,
ap Opposite the City Hotel.
SDLANES.-A full assortment OF superior Bench
and Moulding Planes, made expressly to our
order, Just opened aud for sale by
c. }. SINTON & CO.
Dealers in Foreign and Domestic Hardware,
ap3 II Main ST.
ULE AND HORSE SlIOES.-25 casks re-
lvA ceWIng ior sale ny
G. ]. SlNTON & CO.
apps Sign oil the circular saw, II Main ST.
oh BBLS. NO.sI AND 2 MACKEREL,
SDy IN hne order, receiving ana for sale by
ap3 WILLIAMS d BROTHER,
Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1851-04-03

FOR sale by
go MORRIS g. BROTHER.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-03-27

LONDON IN lS5l.-Frascr's Magazine
calculates that twn millions of strangers,
at least, will throng London to visit the
Worlds FAIR aud is planning how TO
lodpe, feed, aud pass along the streets OF
that grea, city this immense crowd OF PEG.
pie, nnaccustomed 10 English habits of
regulated locomotion. A difficulty, too.
is anticipated~in regard to the ventilation
of the Glass Palace, which has a capacity
to contain so, 900 people; and which is
now found TO be unexpectedly warm
when only "a handful of visitors were
present, while large gaps in the root and
sides were opento wind and RAIN" How
To preserve decnrum in the streets-how
to get along, amidst the surging tramp.
crushing, crowdiug aud entangllng of
three millions { curious people, most OF
them strangers in the capital, will battle
the police, and puzzles the curious in me-
tropnlitan tactics, with all their expert
ence of discipline. London extends ten
miles in one direction, east and west; and
six in the other, north and south. Few
have any COZ rect idea of this modern BAD
ylon. The population of London ex-
ceeds that of the Grand Duchy of Tusca-
nv by 300. 000-that of the Grand Duchy
of Baden by mole than half a million
and is FIVE times greater than that OF Mas
sau II comes within 500, 600 of that OF
the kingdom of Bavaria; exceeds by 1907
900 half of that of Belgium; and by 4O0,-
900 halfufthat of Holland; and is equal
to the whole population Of Hanover Is
double the whole of hat Of Greece, and
exceeds thai Of Wesiphalia by 100000,
HsRRINes GRATts.-The people Of
Sandwich, Mass. in town meeting, have
voted that each family in town have one
barrel of behring's. and that the selectmen
employ some suitable person to take
charge Of the river, and take the herrings'
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-03-27
New. from southern Afrlea.

BOsToS. March 81. 1851
The Barqne Hamilton from the Cape Of Good
Hope with fnrly DAYS later news from Africa. has
arrived. The Kanir chiefs had rebelled against
the English authorities aud fired At the latter
The Hotentots were also wavering in their 10y
atty; from last December the war was being con.
tinued between the English and the rebels and
their native allies. in which the former were al
ways victorious when the action was in the open
field.
Accounts are dnily received ofmurders OF farmers
in MI quarters. Sir II. Smith the English Govern
or was forwarding arms to the scene OF war =
The colonists were aiding him.. believing that a
prompt suppression Of the rebellion would en-
snre their own snCety. 1t is thought that the
Governor would soon be at the head Of 10000
men The Kafirs, with 5000 men, attacked the
colonisis near Fort Hare and were repnlsed with
a loss Of 100 killed.
On the 81 of January a strong lorce of Katiir'
attacked Fort White; but they were dispersed
with 90, killed. On the 9TH the rebel chief Her
monus. with his horde Of Knfirs and Hoitentots
attacked For, Banfnrt, and were repulsed; and the
chief. his son, and a number Of his people were
killed. r. r.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-03-27
Lntrr rnrnna.

The Steamer Franklin arrived at New
York on Saturday aud brings one weeks
later NJ WIS from Earope,
ENeLANp.-The old Ministry had been
re urranized.-The Ministerial crisis in
Londun had passed. Lnrd Stanley hav'
ing found it impossible To form a. Protee'
tiomst Ministry that would be likely To
withstand the difficulties. bath in aud out
of Parliament, which menoced such a
combination. the Queen sent To The Duke
Of Wellington 10 demand his advice or
the unexpected aud complicated cond'
ton of affairs
In the House Of Commons on the All
of March. Lord John Russell announced
that in conformity with the advice of The
! Dui e Of Wellington. the Queen had seeI
fit to recall her former advisers. The
Ministry wunld demand the same as be
fore It's resignaiion.-He then moved al
adjournment To the 7th.
Ii was proposed To make some modifi
cation in the Papal Aggression bill. an'
proceed To | y befnre the House an ex
position of the course to be taken by thu
government on the budget and othe
questions connected with the business +"
the country.
1t was thought impossible for the adj
minislratiun to last long. Its c%ontinuanc'
is only intended TO do away with the ne
cessity Of an appeal tothe country IN cas-
Of a dissolution.
FRANCE News from France posses
SEES but liule interest. Probably Their
will he a reduction in the Estimate ia
,lIS52. The floating debt enlarged los
syear about seyenty,four million franc.
was a particular subject of deliber'
/, ttiun
PRussrA.-Advices from Berlin. h
telegraph To the 9th. BY the arrival
Amsterdam despatch the Prussian CO.
erument confirmed in its resolution to il
sisi on its right to refer a return to III
old Diet, to any unsatisfactory arrange
!. ments.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-03-27

RicH AND MoRE OF n,-The Editors
of the Telegraph need not feel grieved
because we have thought it necessary To
expose their ignorance. To get out Of
their falsehood oflast week. they tell an
other with a bad argument thrown in,
Then they asserted that the Ashtabula
members voted for Wade. Now they
assert:
But if those members left the Con
vention when the election Of Senator
came up, while the balance OF the Free
sellers stayed and voted for Wade, dues
it not only prove that there was an ar.
yangement. but that they were satisfied
with hint They did not vote against
him, aud by leaving they became, artie'.
pants in the act as much as it they had
voted for him."
If voting blanks is not voting against a
candidate when it requires a mrj"rity to
elect, and it four free sellers. excepting
the Ashtablla members, constitute the
free soil party of the Legislature, iher
tho Telegraph does nottell a l~alsehood
1t is unnecessary 10 add that neithe'
proposition is true, aud consequently
NJ
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-03-27

DRRAprUL TaAGwDY.-The Pittshurg
Post states that a lady, wife 10 n ofthe
mus, respectable inhabitants of Allega'
ny county, was killed by her daush'
ter IN Monday last. The latter is about
IS wears Of age, and was chastising one
other little brothers. when the mother
iu,erfered fur its protection, upon which
her daughter stabbed at her with a poker,
penetrating her abdomen, and causing
almost instantaneous death. The par.
lies live within a few miles Of Pittsburg,
but the names arc suppressed until the
judicial examination takes place.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-03-27

TEE ToTAI 1t isnot philosophical
To go too far back for the derivation OF
many Lancashire expressions. There Is
"A word now used from the sunny banks
ofihe GHnges To the frozen shores ofCan'
ada.-it has been Incorporated into the
English language namely, tee'tOtal; and
yet our material eyes have rested upon
it's oriuinator..-.We looked on him. not
with the reverence that we should have
done on n Cadmus or Columbus, but Ger.
taiuly not without respect. Ho was a
man in humble circumstances; aud when
the temperance movement commenced,
he entered warmly Into the list in it's sup
port, He carried his views on the sub.
ject further than many; and when he adj
dressed the peoplc,h . strongly advocated
total nbstinence from Intoxicating liquors,
Unfortunately, or fortunately, he stam.
meredi and being emphatic IN the word
total, he mostly pronounced it 1T total
What an admirable puzzle the term will
be for some genealogical Fox Tablet q
century hence Fraser's Mag.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-03-27
n.nmrn,. IntsIlIrsnes.

The Steamer Crescent City brings
dates from San Francisco to the 18th oil
February. She brings S5l7'276 worth
Of gold dust. The Alta California OF
that date says:-
Since our last review we have had a
continuation Of fine weather, aud, for the
first week in February, a decided i'm
provemeut IL the amount of business.--
The prices of some articles have advance
ed; but during the past few days, owing
To the n0n.arrivai of the mail steamer,
(now due over eight days there has been
a hesitancy aud the advance has been
lost.
The news from the mining regions 10
favorable. There is a good supply Of
bread stuffs and a moderate business do.
ing at previous quotations. The demand
is better for Haxall and GalIego brands.
In Provisions and Groceries there is
no special change from previous plicesj
a good supply.
Since che departure Of the last steam
err for Panama, Indian difficulties have
been IN the increase. and murders, and
robberies have been more frequent, Eff
forts have been made in the Legislature
to raise funds and troops for carrying on
a war. One of the Governors uids, Mr..
Il y. N. johnson, has been dispatched 10
the scene of disturbance To act on the
part of the State authorities. He is au-
%Lthnrized 10 raise a force of volunteers
The commissioners have left Stockton
with an escort of several hundred United
States troops, and it is con6dentially be-
t lieved they will be able to form treaties
, with the mountain tribes, thus giving
quiet to the country..
The weather has been very fine and
unusually dry for the winter season, and
y warm. e. /!
The Legislature has been battling for
: some time, and at last Fixed upon next
. Monday to 90 into an election OF United
. States Senator. Some believe Mr.. King
will be elected; others that Mr.. Heyden.
feldt may stand a good chance. Col.
y Fremont is also Cunning strength. There
/, has been quite a turn in his favor.
Good health prevails generally thro'-
out the country.
\ Cheering Jews still continues to come
r in from the gold mines.
:, The expedition sent to the Colorado
I. river has been successful.
The State laws having been found in
adequate to the wants of some localities,
: the people have taken upon themselves
!. the liberty o~fdispensing justice underline
:, code Of Judge Lynch.
= The Legislature has passed a bill for
; a loan of not over $500, 600.
!. Rich ~diggings have been discovered
near Bear River. Much gold has been
. taken from granite near Steel Hollow.
!, The whule State has been agitated
about decisions of the Supreme Court,
:, recent y made. in regard To land titles,
: and the Indignation of the people has
= been manifested.
y A number of murders have been com.
, miited on the lsthmus. Seven dead bod
les were seen at me time.
The Sacramento Times gives an &C
count of thirteen miners, who had work
d ed for one year On Feather River, and
d averaged $3.50 a piece. The most
made by any one person was S5.440.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-03-27

GolD IN OhIo.-We learn that Gen
Mosiey Of Spring Valley, Green County,
seven miles this side nfXeuia, acciden
tally discovered a gOld mine IN his farm
On Thursday of last week'-He happen
ed To overlurn nm old stamp, aud underit
discovered glittering sand, which proves
to he gold dust. A bucket full of the
sand has been sent to this city. and will
undergo a critical analysis. The mine
is heated directly upon the right bank Of
the railmad. neat a fine spring.-The soil
is,of n rich black sand formation. exten
ding sumr $50 yards nIeng,h by $50 in
width. 1t is estimated that from ten Ia
twenty dollars per day can be made by a
competent experienced washer.-C a
cianati Chronicle j. Alias.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-03-27

GEOGRAPHICAL DrscovgRY, At a late
meeting Of the Royal Geographical So
ciety at London. it was announced that
the Rev. ID. Livingstone, Of the London
Missionary Society, had discovered an
other large Lake in South Africa, about
200 miles North of Lake Nigami, which
he recently made known to the world
The new lake contains several large H.
lands, and is connected with tho Nsgami
by q rapid stream called the Teage. At
the date of the last advices. Mr.. Livings.
tone was proceeding Nnrthwarl. Il ne
carries out his plan Of exploration, some
important questions in African geogrn'
ply will be solved.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-03-27

FEARFUL CHME.-A crime, attended
with singular circumstances, has been
perpeirated in France, in the l. part
ment of the Meur'he. a father exposed
his infant in the forest nf Sarrehnurg,
with n hundred franc u"to pinned 10 It's
clothes. and set..a peasant to watch. Short
ly there came by a wood ranger. and la
king mp the child teuderly. as it ab"ut to
trea, ii h~umaneIy %unpinned the note and
put il in his pocket. He then look the
child, beat out its brains against a
tree. and buried it.. What became vi
The peasant during this time is not men
TONED; hut he Witnessed the crime.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-03-27


Tue BosToN ("HIGHER LAw") RIOT
ERs.-The Boston papers of Tuesday
contain The proceedings attending the
opening of the United States District
Court at Boston. including a lengthy all
dress of Judge Sprague to the grand
Jury. specially referring to the cases OF
the persons held for trial for the recent
high handed riot and rescue of the fuGi
tive slave Shadrach Judge Sprague,
after entering into an able exposition al
the law as bearing upop the cases in
question, proceeds 10 dispose very sum
marily of the conscience" pretexts foi
breaking the Constitution. The Judge
declares that "to obey the haw Of The tand
is to obey the wiH Of God" Though per
haps not quite so decided in its expires.
sion as the nature of the case seems IL
warrant. the judges address is. all in all
Just what was wanted in that section o.
the country. He denied ,a|sn. though, tina
the mere oulbre ak Of ID moh in a single
instance C uId be ~magni6ed into the
crime oftreason. The grand jury pro
ceeded at once to the examination oi the
rescue cnses.-Bah. Sun. 70
We learn by telegraph that in the a
bove leases, the Grand Jury h%astfuunt
true bills against the persons Charged
with being engaged in The riot.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-03-27

Fac At DUNcAN's FALLs.-We re
greet To state that on Thursday The 20th,
about noon. the urge frame building Of
Ir, Henry Beeson, at DuDcau's Falls.
and which vas occupied by him as a
store. room aud ware.huuse, vas totally
destroyed by FIRE. We have not learned
with exaclness the amount of the loss
but we understand thar there was an in.
surance of 5000 IN the building and 49,.
900 on the stock of goods. This will mol
cover the loss. We also understand thai
Mr.. S. II. Sperry had about four hundred
barrels of -four stmed in the ware house
of which about three hundred barrels
were destroyed, and on which we are IN
formed there was M insurance. flames
vHEe Couyier.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-03-27

RoBBERY or THE pEoPLE's BtNR,-On
Sunday night last, the Peoples Bank ou
third street, was entered aud robbed ol
about two thousand dollars in muney, and
twelve gold watches. 1t appears that
the burglars gained recess to the bank
by cutting through the brick wall which
separated the hall Of the building from
the banking room. Alter accomplishing
this they broke open the safe by means ofa
crow bar. and with instruments prepared
for the purpose 10 cut hole through the
quarter inch plate iron, which formed the
inner door. removed tho lock. aud then
secured everything valuable which the
safe contained, The funds Of the Bank.
Mr.. Manchester informs us were deposit.
ed the day previous in another bank; 9th.
erwise the robbers would have obtained
a large bnoty. The burglars wen, to
work very leisurely, it seems. for they
brought their lunch with them, md The
remnants Of eggs and u,her eatahles were
found In tho bnnk, They must have
been engaged all night in p%erfnrminp
their work, but they lnnk the precaulion
of locking tho door Of the hall after they
had entered. which circumstance pre-.
vented their discovery. They left be.
hind them several of the Instruments.
The safe is embedded in u thick wall
and with its donble iron doors. was sup
posed to bo inaccessible; hut tho rnhher,
was no doubt performed by persous expe
Tienced IN the business. Two men hav
been arrested on suspicion, aud are a
waiting examination Cincinnati NO'
Parel.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-03-27

Bloody AFFRAY AT Portsmouth, VIR-
GtNIA.-On Tuesday five men belonging
to the United States steamer S~usquehan-
ua was shot on the wood wharf in Ports.
mouth, Va. by the keeper Of a groggery,
named John Copper. The guilty party
was Immediately arrested. There had
been a prcvinns difficulty between Coop
err and the men about going off and o
paying him for liquor, and he had heard
them threaten to kill him. The Herald
sayS:-
HE procured three fnwling pieces,
which he loaded and took home with him.
The sailors had, in the meantime, taken
possession of his house; but, without
making any show OF vinlence. CHOPPER.
however, discharged all 'hree ofthe guns
at them, and, as they retreaied into the
yard. reloaded and fired them againl-
Three of the sailors, viz: John Walsh,
Robert McGee. aud Samuel Reed were
mor;ally wounded, and Samuel Shannon
severely, but not dangerously. The re.
naming two also received slight wounds.
McGee had his elbow shattered To pieces
by a charge of buck shot, and his arm
was ampulated the same evening, bu; he
is not expected to recover. Walsh and
Reed received wounds in the breast,
shoulders. sides. face, &C.. and though
still alive there are no hopes of their re-
covery. Copper was arrested, and after
a hearing, committed To Jail for further
examination"
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-03-27

Ono LE0IsLATURE...For The last lev
days, bath Houses have been dispensing
Of a large number of bills. The bill
for the erection Of the new comfy Of
National was postponed 10 the first Mon,
day Of December next. The bill for
the sale Of the ZsnesviIle aud Maysyille
road was passed; also the bill providinq
for the publication of the new Consii-
tuition in all the papers IF the State.
The Legislature is To adjourn on the
Goth inst.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-03-27

A WoRLD's FArR IN 1S52.-We are
To have q Worlds Fair bere-on Govern.
or's lsland-in 1852. The matter is in
good hands, and is quietly, but zone the
less surely. walking towards completion.
The Aston House has subscribed So, 900
towards the expenses of it, the Irving
House $4,000, the Now York Hotel S..
600, aud other Hotels in proportion to
their means. A number of IL wealthy
merchants have already subscribed. OF
have sigui6ed their Willingness to sub
scribe whenever the monoy is absolutely
wanted N Y Sunday Mercury.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-03-27

ENeLAND.-The London correspon.
dent Of the philadelphia NORTH Amcri.
can. after a lengthy accountof the causes
which led To the late ministerial crisis
and the subsequent events. says:
Large business operations OF the city
merchants are for the present entirely
suspended 10y the ministerial crisis. Ii
is believed that for sumo time 10 come
ministry viii succeed ministry, and that q
darker day is at hand. The Duke d
We lington weutto buckingham Palace
to canfer with her Majesty. The pho
dickens. M prelends to proguos
ticale The end"
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-03-27

A MEDICAL DsoovERv,-A young
doctor of the Paris Faculty Of Medicine
has Just made a discovery which we deem
of Importance to communicate to our
readers. Neuralgia affections are, Of all
Others, the most impervinus to the art
of medicine. NJ. Des,erne, profound.
ly convinced of The insniiciency Of the
science in those affections, So common
aud so terrible. has devoted himself zeal.
ously to researches upon the p~hysiolo'
gical action of the nervous system.
Taking, for the starting point of his
researches, the remarkable results of the
cure of neuralgia by the cauierization OF
the "helix," he has discovered a method
Of curing, instantaueously, aud without
disturbing any organ, all neuralgia affec'
tions uf the head, attacks of megrium,
aud pains resulting Irnm the teeth in an
advanced state of decay. What renders
this discovery truly marvellous, is the
promptness, at once, If the cure, and it,
perfect success in more than two hundred
cases, which have presented lhemselve,
since tho 22d of December, the date O
} the first experiment. Courier.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-03-27

EXTRAORDINARILY AFFAm.--In the par.
ish Of Lnu6hangel, Wales young servau,
girl. near her confinement, opened her
side with a pair of scissors. and thus de,
livered herself Of n full grown infant
She was detected in the act of stitching
up the the wound. Medical aid was i'm
%mediately procured. but she died at thu
house Of her parents, in q few days, iron
modification.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-03-27

SOMETHING o m LApms.-The In.
dia Rubber House Gloves arc M article
which wo think will be duly appreciated
BY our lady readers. Beng imperyiuus Ia
hot or eaid sGter. they are iuvalnahle ia
those who. from choice or otherwise. A.
tend 10 domestic matters, su h as sween
ing, busting. etc and speedy and er
%fectnal cure for chapped hands, aud it
wearing. beech the hands to almost
snowy whiteness.-Ee Paper.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-03-27

Bmrp Bur EpFrcTWe.-Immediately
after tho debate in tho House Of Repre-.
seNta',vcs on the charges preferred by
Mr.. Allen against Mr.. Webster, Mr.. Ash.
nun wrote To Mr.. Hudson to enquire
whether his statement in regard to MIR.
Allen was true nr false. and received the
following telcgrophic despatch:
Bosr"N, March a, 1851.
Hon. Geo. Ashmur;
wrote a confidential letter to Hon
Charles Allen just heiore the Philadel
phia Convention in lS4S, He rcnd tn,
letter in a public meeting at Worces,e
and published il, in The Worcestcr Spy.
CHARLES HUDSON.
Mr.. Allen IN the House, according I
the N. Y. Express, declared that Nj
Ashmun would he "a scmudref" ifhe as
serted tho fact now stated by Hudson
he trne. Who is the "scoundrel" nov
--BgG Com,
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-03-27

A PREctoUs SwoRD. The Liberty
(Md.) Banner Of Liberty says that Col
Edward Schley. of friedrich, has IN his
possession the idcnlical sword with which
Sergeant Everhart saved the lifs of Cnl,
Washington at the "BAttlem Cuwpens.'
II will be remembered that me Of Tarl.
tons men was in The net of staying tine
gallant Colonel from behind. whom Ever.
heart. who observed his danger, rushed
forward. and with one stroke felled him
10 the earth.