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Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1851-08-18

Bells Life in London recently stated
that lady had lostn less than eco 900 on
the Derby. The Limerick Chronicle says
the lady is the only daughter Of the poet
Lord Byron, Ada, sole daughter Of my
house and heart"
Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1851-08-18

IL Col. 7. j. Boyd, the energetic del
egate from Wythe for several years past,
is candidate for reelection.
Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1851-08-18

- The whole number Of emigrant
passengers which arrived at New York
between the LIST and 9TH inst, was 9,205.
Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1851-08-18

We do the public service, in directing
attention to the advertisement of Mr.. A.
Winston. The bed manufactured by him
is combination of the spiral spring and
hair mattrass. 1t is always in order, al
ways soft, elastic and luxurious, is in a
word the very perfection of bed 1t costs
no more than the ordinary feathcr-bed and
mattrass and is doubtless more healthy. as
it is certainly more convenient and pleasant.
IL Leopold C. P. Cowper, Esq, of
Portsmouth, has been nominated by the
wings of the first district, candidate for
Congress, vice Ro. II. Whitfield, who had
declined.
" Hon. Fayette McMullen is can
didate for reelection from his former dis
r,ct
Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1851-08-18

An editor "Wcst," says that he hoped to
be able to present marriage and death
as original matter for his columns; but
thaw broke up the wedding, and the doc.
tor fell sick, so the patient recovered.
Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1851-08-18

r. We are authorized to announce
yonn N. SPEED and BowLISe CLARKE.
candidates for reelection to the House oil
Delegates from the County Of Campbell.
Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1851-08-18

~ The Wheeling Gazette Of Saturday
states that the splendid bridge for the Bal
timore and Ohio Railroad over Bogg's
run, three miles below that city, will be
finished during the present week. The
Gazette saysthat it is one Of the finest and
most substantial structures of the kind in
the country. Upwards of 1900 hands are
daily employed on the line within forty six
miles Of Wheeling. and the work is going
forward as rapidly as possible.
Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1851-08-18

II Referring TO the Va. and Tenn. Rail
road, the Wythevillc Republican Of the
9th "says we understand that Gen. o. G..
Clay, the President, will be on the line Of
the road from here to Tennessee in a day
or two, and that it is proposed to be at
Marion, in Smy,h, on Court day, in this
month, when addresses and proceedings
will be had advancing the cause. We
further understand that the Governor will
accompany Gen. Clay to the Tennessee
line"
Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1851-08-18

Hon. T. L. MARsHALL.-The Frankfort
Kentucky Commonwealth says, eve learn
that Hon. 7. F. Marshall, who is elected
to the House of Representatives from
Woodford county, madea speech on the
night OF his election, in which he gave no.
tice that he dissolved all connection with
the Democratic party, and from thence
forth resumed his old position as Wing"
Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1851-08-18

~ The Charleston Republican of Au-
gust the 9th says, "afier diligent enquiry
we cannot learn that there has been in all
this part of Kanawha Valley. for the last
ten or twelve days,a case or the symptoms
OF case of cholera. The fux and ty-
Phoid fever continue to abate in the coun-
try"
Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1851-08-18

u Acommittee ofgentlemen of Louis
lana and Mississippi, appointed for the pur-
pose, have issued a Circular, SAYS the Ma
tional Intelligencer, in which they propose
Convention of Delegates from the States
of Texas, Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas,
Tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri, Indiana,
Illinois, and Ohio, to unite with the people
Of Louisiana and of New Orleans, TO de-
liberate upon and concert such measures as
WILDE likely, speedily confluence the con-
struction of system of railroads connect
ing the Gulf States with those Of the West
and the Northwest, and radiating through
out all the interior. They also invite dele
gates from other of the Southern States, in
order more fully to understand the systems
of work projected or being carried out by
them. and to cooperate in the construc-
ton of any which may have an interest joint
and common to them all. 1t is proposed
that this Convention shall be held on the
first Mondayin January next, at New
Orleans.
Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1851-08-18

II Col. George W. Hughes, of the
corps of Typographical Engineers. United
States Army, has resigned his commission,
and his resignation has been accepted
Col. H. has been twenty-five years in the
service, and commanded the volunteers
from the District of Columbia in the late
war with Mexico.
Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1851-08-18

u Gen. Scott arrived at Old Poin. on
the morning Of the 10Th.
Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1851-08-18
Yours very truly, &c.
J. THOMPSON WYLDE.

U Maj G.. Tochman and Miss Apol.
lonia Jagello were married, says the Mar
tinsburg Gazette of the 18th, at Harper's
Ferry, on Saturday morning last, at o.
clock, by the Rev. Joseph Plunkett. These
distinguished political exiles, after the full
ceremonies of the Catholic Church, pro.
cecded to the Shannondale Sprinss,accom-
panied bya party of their friends. We are
informed that they will make Washington
their permanent abode.
Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1851-08-18

PoINr OF LAw.-Blackston speaking
Of the right Of wife to dover, sserts, that
if land abide in the husband single mo-
ment, the wife shall endowed thereof: and
he adds, that the doctrine was extended
very far by ajury in Wales, where the
father and son were hanged at tho same
time; but the son was supposed to survive
the father, by appearing to struggle tho
longest; whereby he became seized Of on
estate BY survivorsbip; in consequence Of
which seizure his wife obtained verdict
for dover.
Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1851-08-18

"Tbe death of a mans wife," says La
marine, dislike cutting anancicpi oak
that has long shaded the family nansion.-
Henceforth the glare ofthc world, with its
cares and vicissitudcs, falls upon the old
widowcr's heart, and there is nothing to
break their force or shield him from the
full weight Of misfortune. IL il as If his
right hand was wifhercd-as If one wing
Of his eagle was broken, and every move
ment that he made brought him to tho
ground. His eyes are dim and CLASSY, and.
when the film Of death falls over him, he
misses those accustomed tones which might
have smoothed his passage 10 the grave"
Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1851-08-18

nounce the chargo OF cowardlce against
the Turks-"a calumny," and is so little
needless itself about uttering a calumny,
that it does not take the trouble to ascertain
whether any such charge is made. Kos
suth does not say that the Turks are cow
ards. (whether he might not have so spo-
ken of them, in their present effeminate and
debascd condition, we will not say,) but
speaking of the agency of an Austrian
Commissary in the matter:-"An Austrian
Commissary in Turkey!"-and Of he" TAB
dication ofindependencc," as displayed by
this circumstance, he says, poor Turkey is
fallingfast "by the cowardice Other leaders,
who have not the courage to act according
to their own judgment" But says the
lntelligcncer 'their bravery is proverbial,
and, in the present instance, their hospital
'ty has been exercised at the risk Of their
national existence" Now this hospitality
was ofthe Government and not of the peo-
pie' and at whatever risk it has been exer-
c'sed, does not prove the bravery Of the
people. Does it prove the courage of the
Government. Let US see. Kossuth saws
land even the Intelligencer docs not ques-
ton his truthfulness,) Before stepping
over the thresh old of Turkey, asked. If
they would give me or not asylum and
hospitality" They answered me. we
give you welcome. be our guest; our hou-
ses will be an asylum to thee: We swear
thee protection and hospitality" "A few
months ago. they gave me prison in far
ASa' to be The, asylum which they had
sworn to me-" He tells us farther that the
Eaithfal comrades in his struggle for Hun
yssaan independence. who had become
he voluntary sharers in his confinement
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created by this act, or any judge thereof
upon any writ Of habeas corpus involving
the question ofpersonal freedom"
ut will beperceived that there are two
classes of cases here provided for--the
last between the negro and his master, in
volving the question of his personal free
dom; the FIRST between other parties, in
volving title to slaves. This last clearly
contemplstcs the existence Of slavery in the
Territories.
Besides this, the act providing for the
recapture Of fugitive slaves throughout
contemplates the escape ofslaves from our
territories. 1t enacts that when any per-
son held 10 service or labor in any State
or territory, or even in the District of Co
lumbia, shall escape sc. Slavery is pro-
hibited in Minnesota and Oregon, and fit
is also prohibited in Utah and New Mexi-
co, our only other territories, then there is
no subject to which part Of that law ca
refer"
A large part of New Mexico also lies
north of36 deg. 80 min. In that bill Mr..
Tombs' amendment was incorporated,
which enacis that every citizen shall be
protected in his life, liberty, and property,
Of course including slaves. l know it is
said that slavery can never 60 into New
Mexico; but have not been able to see the
force of the reasoning by which the ascer-
ton is sustained. One fact is worth thou
sand theories. When the New Mexicans
adopted q constitution thew recopnized
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DRIVEN MAD BY THE RAPpERs."-
The ~ Y. Medical Gazette states that
case of insanity has occurred within
a few days, by reason of the revela-
tion made by mysterious raps that the
steamship Atlantic had been wrecked
with the loss of all on board, although
since this melancholy catastrophe, the
passengers whose "spiritsn were de-
clared to have made the rapping, have
arrived at home-one of whom to find
his wife a maniac, from a belief in
those ghostly knockings. Another fe-
male has just been sent to the asylum
by reason of mesmeric operations upon
her nervous system, avowedIy for the
purpose of rendering her clairvoyant,
but with the effect of booming her to
lunacy. II is stated these instances
are not mere isolated cases, for in Sc
veral of the asylums the victims of
these kindred impostures are hopelessly
insane.
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A spy I'M THE EMEmY's CAMP
4 Tale of 1912

In the war of 1912 the volunteers of
the State of Pennsylvania promptly
obeyed the authorities, when call
was made upon them for their services
to defend our shores from INVASION
The same spirit that urged every true
hearted American to abandon his do
mestic circle and his daily business
and girdle IN the sword or musket, still
animates the bosom of the present
generation. At the first tap of the
drum thousands started up, ready and
anxious for any emergency, either to
repel an aggression or TO chastise an
insolent foe.
Many sacrifices, no doubt, wonki be
willingly made of personal comfort and
pecuniary profit; but if in the hour of
need, personal sacrifices weigh not a
feather with the American, as the past
and the present strongly exempli6es.
Among the many companies in this
city whose services were accepted du-
ring the last war, there was one COM
posed entirely of gentlemen and mer-
chants of Philadelphia, under the COM
mand of Charles Rosa fine spirited
gentleman. whose memory is cherished
by a large circle of his former COM
panions in arms and associates in bnsi-
ness. 1t was troop of horse, called
the First City Troop-a corps estab-
lished during the revolution, and which
still preserves the flag borne triumph
antly upon the fields of Princeton and
Trenton. The writer of this sketch
was member of that troop for many
years, and he well remembers the sem
sations of pride when gazing upon that
war-worn trophy; and no doubt the
same sensations throb the breasts of the
youthful members when the sacred
banner is unturled.
During the war this fine corps, admi-
rably equipped and well mounted, act
ed as yidettes between the Chesapeake
Bay, the scene of strife, and the troops
of Camp du Point, under the command
of General Cadwallader. They were
posted at the head of Elk, at a place
called Mount Bull, very exposed sit
uation within a view of the British
fleet. which then infested the waters of
the Chesapeake.
" VuO ONOaoAOus O1 q
after the troop had been mustered and
gone through their drill-the horses
were picketed, and the regular order
of military duty was being performed
a stranger, in the garb of country
man, was seated upon a rail, kicking
his heels against the fence, apparently
a careless spectator of the various
scenes before him, when, being OBJ
served by Ross, he addressed him with
the inquiry of who he was and what
he wanted. The stranger, with re-
markable tone and many expressions
peculiar to the genuine Yankee, not
often seen so far South, replied that
he lived hard By, at the mouth Of the
Susquehanna, and wanted to see the
surgeon of the troop, as he had a black
boy with him, who he was fearful had
the small pox, and before he took him
among his other hands, he wanted to
be certain Of It. Capt. Ross, after
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THE MANIA AC...BY MRS. M'coY.

A young and beautiful girl had early owned
the ardent love that youthful spirits feel, and gave
her soul in blind idolatry to one dear object and
his ship was lost In sight of port, on the very
morn that should have smiled upon their bridal
rite She saw the dreadful accident like one
who saw it not and from that fatal hour all
memory of it faded from her mind She is often
seen in the evening sitting on the edge OF cliff,
watching for the distant sail of him who never
can return, then, casting long sad look upon the
waves, pouring the anguish OF her breaking heart
in low and plaintive strains Of melody which rise
and die away upon the breeze-the mournful re-
quiem of her pershed hopes:
Hark the restless spirits of ocean sigh,
can hear them speak as the winds pass by;
See, the ivy has heard their mystic call
And shivering clings to the broken wall
The dark green leaves take sadder shade.
And the flowers turn pale and begin to fade;
The landscape grows dim in the deepening gloom,
And the dead awake in the silent tomb
have watched the return of my true-loves bark
From the suns uprising till midnight dark.
I have watched and wept through the weary day,
But his ship on the deep is far away;
| have gazed for hours on the whitening track
Of the pathless waters, and called him back.
But my voice returned on the moaning blast,
And the vessel ! sought still ghded past.
We parted on iust such lovely night;
The pillows were tossing IN cloudless hight,
And the full bright moon on the waters slept,
And the stars above us their vigil kept,
And the surges whispered lullaby
As low and as sweet as a lovers sigh
And he promised, as gently he pressed my hand,
lie would soon return to his native land.
But long months have passed and this burning
brain,
Is scared with weeping and watching in vain
4 dark, dark shade on my bosom hes
And nights of sorrow have dimmed these eyes:
The roses have fed from my paliid cheek,
And the grief that | feel no words can speak;
have made my home with the graves ofthe dead,
And the cold earth pillow my aching head.
He will come he win come i know it now
The waves are dancing before his PROV;
He comes to speak peace to my aching heart,
To tell me we never again shall part;
can hear his voice in the freshening breeze,
As his bark glides Ger the ripping seas,
And my heart will break forth into laughter and
song,
When lead him back through the gazing throng.
All. nowhere ron shade on the waters lie,
The slow-rising moon deceives my eyes.
And the tide of sorrow within my breast
Rolls on like the pillows that never rest;
I win look no more on the heaving deep,
But return to my lowiy bed and weep;
He win come to my dreams IN the darksome
night.
And his Bark zsl be here with the dawn OF light
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ExTRAoRDINARYP PREcocITY.-The Fort
Smith Ark Herald says there is at
present living in that place lad, nine
wears of age, who speaks and writes
the Hebrew, Latin, French, Spanish
and Italian languages with as much
ease and fiuency as he does the Eng
lish. He is of humble parentage, but
possesses indomitable perseverance,
An effort is to be made to procure him
further advantages.
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see if cannot return the compliment
Come to my mess, and though l have
no champagne, yet there is something
in the locker to treat a clever fellow
with"
They were treated whilst on board
with great kindness, and through the
intercession of this officer, were ena-
bled to be released and shortly re-
turned to the United States by yes
sci sailing from Bermuda.
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Twice WIDow, BUT NEVER WIFE.
The Paris correspondent of the Courier

Twice WIDow, BUT NEVER WIFE.
The Paris correspondent of the Courier
des Etats U,ass relates the following:
At one of the last balls which Louis
Napoleon attended, we remarked wo-
man who was besieged by throng of
adorers. She was stranger, either
Saxon, Bavarian or German. She has
been twice widow, but never once a
wife. She married first an officer of
dragons, who quarrelled, on his we'd
ding day, with captain of Hussars,
on the subject of perfecting muskets
in the Prussian service. A duel on the
spot ensued, and the bridegroom was
killed. The widow next married
lawyer; but at the bridal feast the
happy husband swallowed a cherry
stone, which choked him. and he ex-
pired between the beautiful bride and
bottle OF Rhenish wine. There are
already many candidates in her favor.
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ia. DUMARTRAIT, Encan,eur.
Paroisse Ste. Marie, lie 20 Fevrier, 1851.

Succession Of Phtltp Akstom Ra'oLs, deceased.s
DY virtue and in pursuance of decree issued
ID by the honorable the District Court OF the
18th judicial district of the State OF Louisiana,
bearing date the 4th of February 1851. and Of
the deliberations of family meeting held before
John A. Danlartrait, Recorder of this parish, IN
der date the 2lst OF February, 1851, in accord
ance with the said decree, in behalf of Philip
Rawls. the minor son and heir of Philip Aston
Rawls, deceased, | will proceed to sell at public
auction. on THURSDAY, the Sd day of April
next, at the hour of - o'clock, NJ, at the hotel
OF Paul Provost, at Jeanneretls, in this parish,
the property hereinafter expressed and described,
to wit
That certain tract OF land situated on Bayou
Cypre- Mort in this parish, described in the pa
tent issued by the Commissioner Of the General
Land Office referring to Certificate No. 152 of
the Land Office at Opelousas) as the north east
quarter and northwest quarter of section IS, in
township ID south Of range 8 east, containing
323 64-100ths acres now held in common be-
tween Job B. RawIs and the said minor, Philip
Rawls.
Terms-Payabe in three equal annual install
ments, at /. and years from the day of sale !;
the purchaser to give his notes in coupons, one
half of which payable to the order of the said
Job B. Rawls, and the other half payable to the
order of Pauline A. Young and Olympus Young
tutrix and co-tutor OF the minor, Philip Rawls-
all conditioned to bear S per cent. per annum IN
terest from time when respectively due until paid
in full and the land remaining specially Affected,
mortgaged and hypothecated in favor Of the pre-
sent owners thereof until full and entire payment
of the sal notes.
]. A. DUMARTRAfT, Auctioneer.
Parish of St. Mary, Feb. 81, 1851.
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Succession de Philip AkStoR Ratcks. decede.
I'm vertu dun ordre emane de Honorable Ia
Il Cour de Dietrict du 14eme district judiciaire
de l'Etat de la Louisiana, en- date du 4eme jour
de Fevrier, 1851, ct des procedures dune assem-
blee de famhle, tenue pardevant lie Recorder de
cette paroisse en- obeissance au dit ordre en- date
du 21er jour du meme mois, pour dellberer tou-
chant les interets du mineur, Philip Rawls, herl-
tier de feu Philip Aston Rawls, son pere decede,
j'oifrirai en- vente publique, fencan, Fh6tei de
Mr.. Paul Provost, a Jeanneretts, dams cette pa
roisse, lie JEUDI, 3eme jour dAyril proclaim,
a rheure de midi, Ia proprlete ci-apres decrlte,
savoir:
Cette certaine piece de terre situee sur lie Bayou
Cypre-M Mort, dams cette paroisse, deslgnee dams
Ia patente obtenue du Commissalre du Bureau
General des Terres Publiques, vertu du Ger
tificat No. 152 du Bureau des Terres aux Ope-
lousas, CONNIE lie quart nord-est ct lie quart nord-
Quest de la section 3S, dams lie township IA, sud
de la rangee est de la contenance de 323 64-lOO
acres de supericie, maintenant Ia propriete Indl-
wise de Job B. Rawls ct du dit mineur, Philip
Rawls.
Conatttoas-Payable en- trois tern1es annuels
egaux un, deux ct tros ans du jour de Ia vente
Lacquereur devant fournir ses billets en- coupons,
don't Ia moitie payable rordre de Pauilue A.
Young ct de Olympus Young, tutrix ct co.tuteur
du mineur, Philip Rawls, tous portant hut pour
cent Fan d'interet de leurs echeances respectives
jusqu'a parfait Placement, ct la terre demeurant
specialement affectee ct hypothequee en- tayeur
des presents proprietaires dicelle jusqua parfalt
Placement des dts bllets.
IA. DUMARTRAIT, Encanteur-
Parosse Ste. Marie, le 27eme Fevrier, 1851.
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DANIEL EDWARDS
JOHN TwIBILL-

TWIBILL & EDWARDS, Copper, Tin &
! Sheet Iron Workers, No. 16 New Levee,
between Grayier and Poydras streets,) are pre-
pared to do all kinds of work in the above line.
Steamboat and Plantation Work done IN the
best manner, at the shortest notice, most
reasonable terms also, on hand large assort
ment of COOKING, STEAMBOAT AND
BAR-ROOM STOVES, of overy size and
description also, all kinds of House Work, such
as Gutter Pipe Spout, &c. All orders thank
fully received and promptly attended to-
N. B-Steam Batteries, CHARTERS and Filter !
ers of the most approved styles.
TWIBILL & EDWARDS,
New Orleans May, 90 1880.