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Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1851-08-11
a I Rules, held in the Clerks Office OF the Cir
-. cult Court of Buckingham county, on Monday,
the 7th day of July, 1851:
David Hughes, Plaintiff,
John Adams, Defendant,

john Adams, Delendant)
The plaintiff this day filed his BILL setting forth that
the defendant is indebted TO him the OF $3.50, with
1851, part of the purchase money for moety oil tive
tracts OF land lying in Buck neham county, sold by the
plaintiff to the defendant and praying decree for the
said money and interest," and sale OF the land in
tisaction OF the sane and it appearing by the afiida
Wit Of the plaintiff that the defendant is not an nhab-
tan! OF this Commonwealth, it is ordered that he APP
pear within one month, after due publication Of this or
der, and do what is necessary 10 protect his interest
and that copy of this order be forthwith inserted il
some public newspaper published in the city of Rich
mond tor four weeks successfully, and posted the
front door OF the Courthouse OF this county on the
first day of the next County Court.
A copy-Teste,
ly l5-c4w r. ELDRIDGE, C. C. c.
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The latest rumor from New York concerning Jenny
Lind is that she will remain in this country during the
coming winter that in the meantime Messrs. Benedict
and Belle will organize in Europe a first class
musical troupe, and that their return in the Spring
Miss Lind will commence professional tour through
the country which is to be unequaed in brl llancy
Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1851-08-11

EUROPEAN REPUTATION In Spain The ministerial
project for the settlement Of the foreign debt has
passed by majority Of lS4 to SO. BY THE arrange
ment, suppos ing should be maintained the creditors
who claims amount 10 al out $1,000 600 00. will re-
ceve stock equivalent to about s. Cd 10 the pound.
coaEscated.
Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1851-08-11

The Railway Jubilee hich to take place in Ros-
contamination of railroad commuuica ion between
Boston and Canada, is expected, wi be one of the
grandest demonstrations that has ever taken place
theIc.
Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1851-08-11
THE DAILY TIMES.
FICUS RETJG[OSA

FICUS RELIGIOSA.
The Banyan, Of the Indian Isles,
Strikes deeply down its massive root
And spreads its branching life abroad
Aud bends to earth with scarlet fruit.
And when he branches reach the ground
They firmly plant themselves again:
Then rise and spread, and droop, and root
An evergreen and endless chain.
And so the Church Of Jesus Christ.
The blessed Banyan of our God.
Fast rooted upon Sion's mount.
Has sent its shelter ny arms str1as:
And every branch that from it .prnps.
In sacred beauty, Speeding wide
As, low it bends, to bless tbs earth.
Still plants another by its side.
Long as the word, itself, shall last,
The sacred Bauyan still shall SPREAD;
From cline 10 cline, from age 10 age,
Its sheltefine shadow shall be shed:
Nations shall seek its "p;lIal'd shade:"
It's leaves shall for their hea lag be,
The circling food that feeds lis HE.
The blood that crimsoned Calvary.
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NEA IsNTGIMR sc
August LIST, 1851.

BERNARD PEYTON, in retiring from CONNER
cia pursuits tenders to his friends his CRATE
di thanks for the liberal patronage they have so long
and generously extended 10 him. He socits con-
Il. JEFFERSON PEYTON, who has had ex-
perience of seven years clerk ard partner in the
house, and is every way well qualified 10 conduct the
bu sness. au 1-c3w
Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1851-08-11

mond Monday, Wednesday and Friday, at P M,
arrive in Scottsville next day, at u, and in Stanton
at 9 P NJ
Passengers for Cumberland c. H. and Farmvil-,
leave the same evenings and reach Cumberland e. II.
at next A M, and Farmville by M.
Packages or extra baggage to be sent by Boats or
Stages, must go at the risk OF the owners will
"a BOYD, EDMOND & DAVENPORT.
Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1851-08-11

In order to form Just idea of the superiority OF vac
cinatlon we must not forget to add to the lives saved
by it, the blindness deiormity and lingering debility
which it is the of pre-, ent;ng in those cases
which do not prove fatal; for it safely be assumed
that these unilrward consequences bear certain rela.
ZION to The fatality of the disease being OF more fire.
quen occurrence where the mortality is the highest
Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1851-08-11

NIFTY PIANO FORTES.-With the view OF
en!arging our business, we have in addition to the
instruments made by A. Stodar 4 Co. and j. B. Dun
ham, New York, secured the sale Of those made by J.
Chickering Boston, which will enable US IL future to
keep on hand a still larger assortment than we have
ever had We have at present for sale, two estab
lishments Mash Il Woodhouse, Richmond, and E. P.
Nash & Co., Petersburg upwards ofFify Piano Fortes,
of various kinds, embracing nearly every style and
manufactured, by the most celebr ated makers in this
eouuy and purchasing do for two stores. in such
large quantities, tor cash, (not on commission as some
suppose we are enabled offer great inducements to
purchasers full great, we assured, as can be
met with any other establishment, North or South
To those who are not disposed to make special trips
for the purpose we promise our best judgment in select
ing for th.m, both style and quality, binding
selves give satisfaction, and will charge them just
as low as il they were present,
NASH & WOODHOUSE, Richmond.
Wis E. ?. NASH & c., Petersburg.
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va ACKEREL.--No. l and 2 Mackerel, in whole
IvM and halt bbls., for sale by
iy2 r Fl SKTNKFR
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INVRKDEGAR IRoN WoRKs.Lrhe +.

TEVRFDEGAR IRON WORKs.-The sub.
scHber continues to manufacture all descriptions of
bar, band, hoop and plate Iron. Also. Railroad and
ship Spikes, the whole from best Virginia cold blast
charcoal metal, as well as from Smiths scrap when
preferred He has now on hand verv large stock,
which he offers to purchasers at reduced prices and
vltes those 10 want to give him call
redegar Iron has been applied to all purposes
OF Machinery, Agricultural implements, Horse Shoes,
&C. and has been highly. approved The unde rsigned
can therefore recommend lis with great confidence
to consumers, especially to those requiring Iron Of
great strength and toughness.
He is also prepared to make all kinds of Castings,
and Machinery of every description, including Loco
s7my BIN j. R. ANDERSON.
ELI ANOVER AC.A i1ENIY.-The next session
u e. OF this Institution will the lst of
October, and terminate the last of July following.
EARLY application should be made as there are only
eight or nine vacancies 20 fill.
Terms, per session Of ten months, S200-one half
payable October LIST, aud the remainder March 1st-
These charges include board, tuition, and every
sary except lights
LEWIS Minor COLEMAN, A. M Principal.
SAMUEL SCHOOLER, A. M.
address IS l.. M. COLEMAN, Taylorsville Hanover
GSO-PA RrN EKsa3IE' DISSOLVED. The
~ co partnership heretofore existing in this city
under the firm of BERN ARD PEYTON q son,
is this day dissolved by the withdra wal OF the senior
parlner. The business will be closed taud the name
OF the rm used for that purpose aohe) by either pat
ner. Those indebted will please hqudate their r. spec
tive balances. Those having claims will please pre-
sent them for adjustment
BERNARD PEYTON,
T. JEFFERSON PEYTON.
Richmond, LIST August, 1851.
NEW BUSINESS.
The undersigned will roatinue the General COM
MISSION d FORWARDING BUSIN ESS on his
own account, ard hopes by diligence and fidelity to
merit continuance OF the patronage Of the iriends OF
tue late firm, ard the public generally. He is prepared
to make reasonable advances on conslgnnens.
Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1851-08-11

BHARICAIBO COFFEE.-2O bags Maricaibo
I'VE Coffee, receiving per steamer, for sale by
jy 80 WILLIAMS Il BRO.
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6ALD DOlIiEION NATLS.-Deaers and othera
" will find Old Dominion brand OF Nails Of
most superior quality and prices Tor them very low.
We are manufacturing every size from 3dy to inch
spikes; also box, box lining, warehouse, fence, furnish
ing and flooring Nails
iy 26-eo2m WIN. S. TRIPLETT & co.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1851-06-11

was not "o'er young to marry yet" All
being present an hour before tea, Mr.. Nc
Alpin read the letter and made an explana-
ton. They then set down to tea. After
tea each lass gave in her ultimatum, when
it was found that only three were willing to
accept the offer. These three agreed to
draw lots to decide the preference. Mary
Robinson drew the longest straw and was
hailed as the bonny bride.
In ten days thereafter they set sailfo A
merica. They entered Chesapeake Bay ,af-
ter voyage of twelve weeks, and in two
days more they were in James River
When Mr.. Crawford, our hero, heard ofthe
arrival of the ship, he, with four servants,
repaired to the wharf. Mary was standing
on the quarter deck, admiring natures Wild
est grandeur. She had recovered from her
sea-sickness when four days out. The
healthful breezes of the broad Atlantic had
imprinted on her pretty face a beautiful
freshness. There she Stood her cheek
tinged with the rose of Sharon, and her bon
ny brow white as the lily of the valley
Crawford sprang on deck, and was intro
duced by the captain. He looked on Mary
with love and admiration her soft hand lay
in his he was shot q!
They all descended from the ship, and re-
paired to the mansion of the widow atore-
said On the thirteth day of probation, the
lovers were united in the holy bonds of we'd
lock. In conclusion, the sprigbtly, though
venerable widow, remarked, that happier
couple were never linked together.-Home
Journal
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1851-06-11

NovELs.-There is so much literary tai
ent called into active exercise, that we are
grieved to see any portion of it as misdirect-
ed and misapplied as it is, in the compost
ton of modern works of fiction. We are
not readers of novels generally, and have for
that class of books but little taste and less
affection. Of the batch that issdes yearly
from the press in England, France, Germa-
ny, and America, we do not see one in a
thousand, and have no opportunity or desire
of reading one in five thousand. Judging
from the character given of them, however,
by critics of judgement, they are for the
most part execrable in design, if not in fin
ish, and the wonder is that they are fash
ionable or popular-but then the prarlent
fancies and immature longings of the multi
tude are so various and vora cious, that il
requires pabulbm of kinds to satisfy them,
an increase of appetite growing on what it
feeds. How much more useful and COM
mendable might be the influence Of the
writer's of these works, if they would suffer
their genius to display itself in efforts to re-
fine and enlighten mankind, rather than tc
minister to the imaginations of indiscreet
youth, or the prevented tastes of older heads
.Aler. Gazeue.
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Nj ISC Il L l. A N Y
THE BRIDE SHIPPED TO ORDER.
BY LAURIE TODD.

I lived in Virginia during the winter of
1848. AT an evening party in Richmond
there were twelve mothers, twelve daught-
ers, and toerable sprinkling of fathers,
sons, widows, and widowers present, with
Laurie Todd in their midst; and you may
be sure we had some fun. Conversing with
an ancient lady, she remarked that her
grandfather left Scotland when young, and
settled in Virginia. He became a merchant
and planter and grew rich. His agent in
Glasgow was Alexander McAlpin, to whom
he consigned two or three cargoes oftobac
CO every year, and received in return cash.
hardware dry goods, etc. He had focks
and herds, men-servants and maid-servants,
horses and mules; but one thing he yet
lacked-he had no pretty wife to sing with
him when he came home at night, fatigued
with counting money and satiated with
worldly pelf, for he had more ofthat than
heart could wish. So, after while, he
concluded to take a wife-as soon as he
could catch one.
But here was the rub. His time was so
occupied with his business that he could not
find time to look about him, for wife; and
worse than all, he was bashful man.
When he saw maiden of twenty advancing
in his path, he would cross the street, fear
full OF being killed by shot from her spark
ling eyes. But remedy was at hand how
ever. He hadoften heard his parents speak
much in praise of the bonny lassies ofScot-
land. A bright idea stuck him. When he
was leaving the office, his clerk was copy
ing duplicate order for sundries to be sent
as part of the return cargo. He thought to
himself that he would order young lassie
for wife, as the last item on the list. The
article was entered accordingly.
AT the same time he wrote private let
ter of instructions to his agent, Mr.. Meal,
pm, giving a minute description OF the arti-
Gle wanted as to age, height, wealth, etc
In short she must be bonny Scotch lassle;
to be sent on the return of his own ship
her name to be on the manifest, bill of Ian
ding, etc. He promised, on arriving, to have
her stored in house of respectable wild
ow whom he named, and if agreeable to the
parties concerned, he would make her his
wife in thirty days after her arrival. If not,
and she wisher to return, he would pay ex'
penses, loss of time, etc.
When Sandy McAlpin had finished read
ing the letter of instructions, he slowly re-
moved his speotacles, muttering to himself
"lhe lad (his correspondent, who was thlr
ty years old is daft; he tells me send hin
vile, as II she were barrel O SAT her
rings gade kens, the fash (trouble) was t.
get wife ior myself. I'll see what the gudt
wife says" "a bright idea.)
Next day Mrs. McAlpin sat in council
with Mrs. A. and B. Invitations were sen
to ten matrons, whose daughters were il
and out of teens, to assemble at Mrs. Nc
Alpin's teaboard. Each matron was re
qucsted to bring with her a daughter VIII
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1851-06-11

IT, DR.. Duff, in his speech at the ami
versary meeting of the Wesleyan Methodist
Missionary Society in London, on Monday,
thus described one of the heather temples
of India:-"In Seringham you have the
hugest heather temple that can probably be
found from the north to the south pole. 1t
is square, each side being mile in length,
so that it is four miles round. Talk Of your
Crystal Palace! Why, as a man would put
a penny into his pocket you might put your
Crystal Palace into the pocket of this huge
pagoda. The walls are 25 feet high, and 4
or feet thick, and in'the centre of each
wall rises lofty tower. Entering the first
square you come to another with wall as
high, and with four more towers. Within
that square there is another, and within that
again another,-and you find seven squares,
one within another, crowded by thousands
of Brahmins. The great hall for pilgrims
is supported by thousand pillars, each cut
out Of single block ofstone."
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1851-06-11
NO. XXX.
SACRIFICES AMONG VARIOUS NATIONS.

The custom Of sacrifices has existed ia
almost every nation since Its establishment
as divine institution; But as the knowl-
edge of the true God became supplanted by
dreams of deities, the personifcations of hu-
man vices, the sacrifices of brute animals,
as ordained by Divine Wisdom, were either
forgotten, or considered insufficient to gain
the favor or appease the wrath of the new
deities, and man was made the more accept
able victim. In times Of public calamity
the princes of Phenicia offered up their
dearest offspring to the avenging deities.-
The Ethiopians sacrificed boys to the sun
and girls to the moon. The Scythiahs per-
formed their rites in gloomy groves, the
oak-trees of which were sprinkled with the
blood of every hundredth prisoner. Red.
haired men were sacrificed at the tombs of
Osiris by the Egyptians and they were ac-
customed, it is said, to throw young and
beautiful virgin into the Nile. Human vic
Tins were inundated in Persia by the sword,
or by buryihg alive. In the heart of a wood,
the Druids sacrificed their captiyes, and in
Gaul they set up an immense figure OF bas-
Network IN the shape Of man; in which
hundred human victims were at once
burned alive. The Greek States, In the he
roic age, offered human sacrifices, before
their troops set forth on an expedition. A
man was sacrificed every year by the Athe-
mans; and this custom existed among the
Romans even after it was forbidden by law;
and scarcely ceased before the downfall Of
paeanisrn: II existed amongst the Goths
and the Arabians, and was practiced with
peculiar atrocities by the Carthaginians.-
Among the northern tribes Of Europe it pre-
vailed until the advent of Christianity. The
Mahrattas .fatten for the altar victims re:
markable for their bloom and beauty. AT
the burial of Congo and Ashantee princes,
hundreds of their wives and attendants have
been destroyed. The Peruvians when they
offered solemn prayers for their princes,
slew children in great companies: But in
Mexico, human sacrifice was carried to an
awful extent. In the city Of Mexico alone
the yearly victims were estimated at twen-
ty thousand and the affairs Of slaughter a.
rose in the other cities Of the empire. Sew
enty thousand human beings are said to
have perished at the dedication Of one great
temple: The skulls of such Sufferers were
not unfrequehtly used in building certain
edifces. One Of these noticed by the COM
panions Of Cortez, and which consisted Of
central tower and enclosing wall, formed
wholly of skulls, is said to have contained
at least one hundred and thirty-six thousand
of these relics of pagan cruelty: Stretched
on block Of stone, the Mexican victim
was held fast BY several priests, while one
iii scarlet mantle, opened his breast with
a knife, tore out the heart, held it towards
the sun, and then threw it at the feet Of the
idol. Previous to the sacrifice the victim had
been splendidly arrayed, and every luxury
heaped upon him. In Mexico, as often
elsewhere, the sacrifice was associated with
cannibalism.
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VOL. XVIII,
STAUN ION SPECTATOR,
TERMS.

NJ "SPECTATO OR" is published once
tpesk atTtoO Dollars gear, if paid i" ad'""ee' - :"
Too Dollars and Fifty Cents If delayed oey0"@ "'e
expiration ofthe gear. No sobscrptio" ''t oe Ttee0-
ed for less time than sir months, and no
win be discontinued, but at the optic" o. '"e E@'tors'
until all Grrearages are paid
nrs- An Communications to The Editors, By mail,
must be most maid, or they teiH not be attended TO.
&+ADVERT TTSEMENTS Of thirteen lines (Or
loss Inserted three times for dollar and ttgenty
fire cents for each subsequent continuance, Larger
4ssyt;semsnts IN the same proportion. A liberal dis
ont made to advertisers by The gear the Advertiser be-
;nr confined TO the particular line Of his business
Vhsn hs number of times advertisement TO DC m
,,rted is not marked on the copy il rii be continued 'r-
,il forbid and charged accordingly.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1851-06-11

&G= Here are two or three hints for juve-
nile tobacco smokers and chewers, which
we extract from the Boston Olive Branch.
They are worth being treasured up:
Tobacco has spoiled and utterly ruined
thousands of boys, inducing dangerous
precocity, developing the passions, softening
and weakening the bones, and greatly inju-
ring the spinal morrow, the brain, and the
whole nervous fluids. A boy who early, and
and freely smokes, or otherwise largely u-
ses tobacco never is known to make a man
of much energy of character, and generally
lacks physical and muscular, as well as
mental energy.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1851-06-11

A Critical Position FOR FEMALE
Last evening, while Washington Street was
alive with pedestrians, and just at twilight
very genteely dressed young woman We a,a,' was
containg male and female and which was
driven a1own street" at rapid rate, SO fast
that the woman on behind was actually drag
gsd along. The scene was quite startling
Men and women stopped, and eagerly in
quired the cause Of what they beheld. Ma
nv ny ran to the rescue, and when the team
was nearly In Dock Square the horse was
stopped to the apparent modification of the
driver. The woman in the rear was remov-
ed from her critical position, almost exhaust
ed, and the man with the team drove on,
leaving his oton life, fain!ing and almosl :',l
dead, ioith strangers, and taking along witt,
him in the buggy, her own sister A crowd
soon flocked around the woman left behind,
and heard from her the story of an unfaith-
full husband.-Boston Commonwealth.
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TOMATOES AND PoTAToEs.-Tomatoes
and potatoes, grown with corn, are said to
possess a vastly superior flavor, and to be
less liable to rot. The cause is, "that corn,
from its superior powers of attraction and
assimilation, appropriates to itself the solu-
BILE nitrogenous matter contained in the soil
and thus prevents the less energetic plants
in its neighborhood from absorbing those
compounds Of nitrogen which experience.
has shown to be injurious to the quality Of
their products"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1851-06-11

A CALL UP, BUT NOT DowN.--A Ger
tain divine about to change his congregation
mentioned the subject from the pulpit. After
service was over, an old negro man who was
one of his admirers, went to him and desir-
ed the motives of his leaving his first flock
The parson answered, 81 have call"
"Ah, massa," returned the negro, "who
called you!'
"The Lord" answered the Parsorl.
"Ay, massa, he call yee
eyes, Jack, he called me-"
"Massa, what you get here -
81 get six hundred dollars
"And what you get to'der place "
81 am to get one thousand dollars"
cay, massa, the Lord call you til! he be
blind from one thousand dollars to SIX hun
dred-you no gor'
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1851-06-11

A CH1vALRoUs OLD BACHEtoR.--Her-
cules Daniel Rize who I remember in my
youth was gallant old bachelor, native
of Switzerland, very rich and very suscep-
tible, of gigantic size, and a great eater.
He resided in Newark, New Jersey, where,
and at Elizabethtown, was a large circle OF
fashionable people, and several celebrated
bellies. He was always in love, and always
unsuccessful. But he never bore malice a.
eainst the cruel fair ones, and in making his
will left from ten to twenty-five thousand
dollars to each of those who hadrejected MS
devoirs. He said they had all grown so ugly
that he could not be sufficiently grateful.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1851-06-11

Hz- There are seasons often in the most
dark or turbulent periods of our life, when
we are suddenly called from ourselves, by
the remembrance OF early childhood; some;
thing touches the electric chain; and 10!
host of shadowy and sweet recollections
steal upon us.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1851-06-11

NATIONAL PEcULIARITIEs.--When an l.
rishman sees two persons fighting their nat
ural impulse is to urge them on, A Scotch
man or American tries to part them. A
lr,r Frencbman runs after the police. An Eng
l;sbman does nothing but look quietly on,
unless one side meets with foul play.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1851-06-11

@57 Benevolent associations for the relief
of the female portion Of our race are multi
plying. There is call in some Of the New
York papers for the formation of q society
for the amelioration of women with snoring
husbands
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1851-06-11

G. Prentice says, Mr.. Bently has been
indicted tor severely wounding a stranger
with an axe, alleging as a reason, that he
didn't know but what he was a robber.-
ale didn't know" adds Prentice. $50 he
axed him.