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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1852-07-28
LARGE STOCK OF
Drugs, Medicines, Paints Oils, Dyes, Chemicals,
Window Glass, all sizes; Fancy AZ.
lirifS. Tobacco, Cigars.

BENNETT S, BEERS, Wholesale Druggists
HID No. 1875, Main street, Richmond, Va, beg
leave to Inform al who may be in want of articles
in their line, that they have now ON hand very
heavy stock ofeverything appertaining 10 The Drug
trade. and as they are anxious 10 reduce the same,
will offer very great Inducements, for cash, or on
the usual time to really puncluaI purchasers.-
Among others they offer
10 bSls and 500 dozen Castor Oil,
10 bbls Spts. 1'urpenline,
600 gallons Linseed Oil,
500Olbs White Lead, dry and in oil,
$50 gallons Copal Varnish,
500 boxes Window Glass, all sizes.
l29 packages Chewing Tobacco,
100000 Cigars, part very superior,
20 bbls fresh Burning Fluid,
900 lbs. best Nader,
20 casks Sup Carb. Soda,
60 dozen Brandreth's Pills,
IL " Townsend's Sarsaparilla,
80 Shines s. Rushton's Cod Liver Oil
90 bbls Druggists Alcohol.
25 lbs Oil of Bitter Almonds,
100 dozen Hair Brushes, all kinds,
20 (" Bakers Premium Billers,
SO " Vermifuges, assorted,
90 " Ayers Cherry Pec,oral.
Together with all the articles, popular Medicines.
new Chemicals and preparations, Fancy Goods,
and an endless variety Of everything usually sold
in drug houses, which they can and will sell al as
low prices as they can be had in the Northern cit
les.
Country Merchants and the public are invited
10 call and examine our stock and prices
BENNETT s. BEERS,
March, 10, 1852. Druggists.
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SELLING OFF AT COST!

1--WE undersigned having purchased the entire
interest Oft. w. CowNE in the firm Of Is.
g. c.. and now being DESTROYS of reducing the pres.
ent STOCK OF GOODS on hand, offers 10 sell
the whole off at
PlIEEIE COST
Such of his friends and customers as wish 10 a.
vail themselves Of Bargains, may call with the as
surance of being supplied upon the terms stated
above. j. b. BRECKENRIDGE. =
Stanton, Feb. Is, lS52.-Vihd. copy.
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Clothing Establishment,
On Main ST., next to the Spectator Printing Office
and nearly opposite the Eagle Hotel.
STEINER e. BROTHER

WHOLESALE & RETAIL. DEALERS IN CLOTHING.
LEAVE Just received the largest and best assert
4 4 ed Stock of SPRING and SUMMER Cloth
ing aver brought 10 this market, which will pos
lively be sold such low prices that they cannot
fail 10 please, taking in consideration the quality
of goods and workmanship, which we warrant 10
BIZ equal to atty other establishment.
Our Friends and the public in this borough and
its neighborhood are respectfully invited to call
on us and examine our stock, as we have so grea:
a quantity on hand that our little store (ihough
none of the smales) is so filled that we are COM
PEELED to make room for more goods coming.
n. B.--We deem It ptoper 10 remark that none
of our goods are from any auction sales; such goods
as are generally sent 10 Auction, because no mer-
chant who wishes TO please his customers will buy
them, except some wholesale slop shop, who don't
care what they sell or what they can gel for :hem.
All our gouds are from the most respectable i'm
porting houses Of New York, Philadelphia and
Baltimore.
Country Dealers will find it 10 their interest to
call and examine the stock of
STEINER s. BROTHER.
Stanton, April Il, 1852.
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- Mr.. Clay was admitted to the Bar on
!ae 9Th of October 1899, nearly % years
ago and was the Oldest lawyer in Ken
sU-ky.
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TAILORING f! TAILORING /!
H.. DOOEEY.

RESPECTFULLY informs his frien DIS and tn
AS public, that he is now in receipt of his
Spring and Summer Fashions, IA
and is prepared to execute all work in his LII
line, promptly, in the best style and at moderate
prices.
Thankful for the liberal patronage heretofore re-
ceived, he respectfully solicits continuance of the
same.
Stanton. MAY 5, 1862.
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EAGLE FOUNDRY.

VVHE subscriber having removed to the large
IL Foundry, just erected by him and fitted out
with machinery of the latest and most approved
style, is, in addition to the manufacture ofTobac-
co Flatterng Mills, prepared to receive orders for
Stationary Steam Engines, Saw and Grist Mills,
Agricultural Machines, Tobacco Presses Of every
description, and all kinds ofIron and Brass castings
He pledges himself to execute faithfully, and with
despatch all work entrusted to him, and respect
fully solicits call from his friends and the pub
lie generally
The highest cash prices paid for old cast iron,
brass and copper. PHILIP RAHM.
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DR.. Rrisnoe D. Donaghe,

HAVING located permanently in Staunion, offers
II his professional services to the citizens Of the town.
and surrounding country.
GS. Office opposite Eagle Hotel.
Doc "a lS5I,-ly,
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@S- We pulled the following out of Mrs.
Partington's Carpet Bag: :
Diseases are very various" said Mrs.
Partington, as she returned from street.
door conversation with DR.. Bolus. "The
doctor tells me that poor old Mrs Haze has
got two buckles on her lungs 1t is dread
ful to think of declare. The disease is
so various! one way we hear of peoples
dying of hermitage Of the lungs, another
way of the brown creatures here they tell
us of the elementary canal being out of or
der, and there about tonsors of the Throat !:
here we hear of neurology in the head, there
of an embargo one side of us we hear of
men beng killed by getting a pound OF
tough beef in the sarcofagus, and there an
other kills himself by discovering his jocu-
lar vein. Things change SO, that declare
don't know how to subscribe for any dis
ease nowadays. New names and new
nostrils takes the place of the old, and
might as well throw my old herb-bag a
way" Fifteen minutes afterwards Isaac
had the herb-bag for a target, and broke
three squares of glass in the cellar window
in trying to hit it, before the old lady knew
what he was about. She didn't mean eX-
actly what she said"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1852-07-28
The Seven Ancient Wonders on
sae world.

These were 1st. the brass Colossus OF
Rhodes, 100 feet high, built by Cares, a.
D. 2S8, occupying II years ia making. 1t
stood across the harbor OF Rhodes 66 years
and was then thrown down by an earth
quake. 1t was bought by Jew from the
Saracens, who loaded 600 cames with the
brass. 81. The Pyramids Of Egypt The
largest one engaged $4,000 workmen 20
years in building, and has now stood at least
5000 years. Sd. The Aquaducts of Rome,
invented by Appius Claudius, the censor.
4th. The Labyrinth of Psalmetlchus, on tie
banks of the Nile, containing within one
continued wall 1000 houses, and IL royal
palaces, all covered with marble, and hav-
ing only one entrance. The building was
said to contain 5000 chambers, and hall
built of marble, adorned with statues OF
the gods 9Th. The Pharos of Alexandra,
a tower built by order of ptolemy Phladel-
plus, in the year 282 B. c. II was erected
as light house, and contained magnificent
galleries Of marble-a large lantern at the
top the light Of which was seen near
hundred miles off, mirrors of enormous
size were fixed round the galleries, reflect
ing everything on the sea. A common
tower Is now erected in its place. 9th.
The Walls of Babylon, built by order OF
Semiramis, or Nebuchadnezzar and finish
ed in one year, by 100000 men. They
were of immense thickness. 7th. The
Temple of Diana, at Ephcsus, completed in
the reign of Servius, the 9th king of Rome.
1t was $50 feet long, 200 broad, and sup
ported by 1876 marble pillars, 70 feet high.
The beams and doors were of cedar, the
rest of the timber cyprus. 1t was destroy
ed by fire B. c. 365.
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TURKS AND TEA-The following curious
description of Turkish tea-party is given
on the authority of a recent traveller. The
writer had just dined with the Turks, and
thought to give treat in his turn :-"As
we had brought apparatus in our baggage,
VIC now procured some hot water, and en-
tertained cur hosts with dish OF tea, which
they had heard of, but never tasted. We
sweetened cup in the most approved
manner with sugar, and soitened it with
milk, and then presented it. a Turk never
takes anything Of this kind, but coffee with
out milk or sugar, which is as black, thick,
and bitter as SCOT when, therefore, he fill
ed his mouth with the mawkish mixture we
made for him, his distress was quite ridicu-
lous. He could not swallow it, and he
would not spit it out, for Turk never splits
in company; SO he kept churning in his
mouth, till he could keep it no longer; he
then made a pre.ext for goins out, which
he did as fast as Turk can move, and got
rid of it over the stars. When he return
ed, however, he said the ladies of the har-
EN- requested to taste of our tea also So
we sent them in specimen; we soon heard
them bursting into loud fits Of laughter at
the extraordinary stuff, and we were inform
they liked it as little as the men,
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1852-07-28
Dls. JAMES JOHNSON,
DENTAL SURGEON.

WOULD respectfully inform the citizens OF
w Stanton and vicinity that he has returned
and NAV be found at his room al The Virginia Iio-
tel where he will continue perform all operations
on the Teeth, necessary to their preservation and
Beauty. Artificial ones inserted from single
tooth to full set, SC.
REFrRgNcE.--Rev, +. T. Casleman, Rev
JOS d. Tyler Rev. J. G. Wheal, Dl: a: T. Laird,
Col. John b. Baldwin and JAS. A. McClung.
Stanton, April 8, IS5l.-f
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1852-07-28

"NEGRo MINsTRELsEY. We confess
to fondness for negro minstrelsey. There
is something in the plaintive dearest
May" in the aGectionate remembrance OF
Lucy Neal" and in the melodious mourn
ing for "Uncle Ned" that goes directly to
the heart, and makes Italian thrills seem
tame. 1t is like Ossian's music of memo
ry, pheasant and mourn(ul TO the soul. -
Dearest May" has become classic-a sort
of Venus Africanus, with
"Her eyes so bright they shine at night,
When the moon am gone away"
And ''poor Lucy Neal" the Heloise Of
darkies, her very name has become the
synonyme of pathos, poetry, and love. The
whole world is redolent Of the sweet and
plaintive air IN which her charms are chant
ed and tie beauty of her shining form Of
ten comes over us like pleasant shadow
from an angels wing.
''Oh if | had her by my side,
How happy would feel"
And as for poor "Uncle Ned'' so sadly
denuded of his wool, God bless that fine old
colored gentleman, who, we have been SC
often assured, has
"Gope where the good niggers 60"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1852-07-28

@s- Why is a mouse-trap like a house
of hospitality' Because the visitor is press
ed 10 remain.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1852-07-28

sAThe most miserable mau in this world.
is an honest man over head and ears in
debt.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1852-07-28

"Hang out your banners on the outer wall,
The cry is still they come they come !!
They come to the cheapest and best JVhOlesal
and Retail
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AUGUSTA FARM FOR SALE.

Mount Scion, March 8, lS52-6m.
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-05-13
500 Reward.

RAN OFF from my plantation, on Red river,
eighteen miles above Alexandria, in the State of
Louisiana, last February March, mulatto or
griffe colorsd negro man, about 33 years old COM
pactly built and about 5 feet or inches high,
and weighs about $50 or 100 pounds. He talks
slowly and walks in the same way, a good look
ing fellow, and has fine and sound teeth; his name
is Austin, but l hear he has changed his name,
and says he belongs to some Doctor, at Natch-
toches.
have reason to believe he is cutting wood or
working for some trihing person, near the mouth
of Black River, as he arrived there in company
with another negro, in the fiat they carried away
from my Ferry.
If he went off. in any steamboat that is not de-
stroyed, and will be responsible for an action of
damages, will give 1000 dollars for proof to con-
vction in open court, at ALEXANDRIA,
against any captain, master, or commander so al
lowing him or aiding him to make his escape, on
their boat, from my service.
/ will give the above reward Of 500 for Austin
delivered in any slave State jail, so that get him
J. ID. ALLEN.
Cote Post Office, Rspides Parish. La
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DUFF GREEN. BEN. T.. GREEN,

attorneys al Laar. washington Cfty, ID. L.
nRACTICE in the Supreme Court of
IL United States, ana in the Courts ofthe Dis
trict Of Columbia anu attend promptly to all
claims against the United States, or Foreign Gov
eTnments.
Sir :-Afler consulting many persons interested in
the principal Railroads in the United States, the
undersigned propose to establish agencies in this
city and in New York, for the purpose of collect
ing full and authentic Railroad statistics and
such other information will enable them to serve
persons desiring to invest in Rail Road securities
or to procure information ofany matters connected
with the construction and administration of Rail
Roads. They also propose, especially, to urge
upon Congress a modification Of the laws reat-
ing to contracts for carrying the mail, so as to au-
thorize the Post Office Department to contract foI
the perpetual use Of Rail Roads, and, instead Ct
paying, as now, quarterly on contracts for fou.
years, TO advance in five per cent. bonds of III.
United States, chargeoble upon the revenues OF
the Post Office Departmental amount, the int.
rest upon which at per cent would equal Il E
payments made.
The government now pays $500 per mile fer
carrying the mail on first class Rail Roads This
is per cent. on IS 900. The undersigned would
urge that, instead of paying $500 mile, per an
mum, the Department should deliver, on acontract
n perpetuity, five 81 900 bonds, bearing an int
rest OF FIVE per centum. At this rate the charge
upon the Department would be reduced from $500
to $3.50 mile, per annum, and the $50 per mile
saved would create sinking fund which will, in a
fewyears,pny olihe Bonds, and give beu use ofauch
roads forever thereafter, free Of all charge there
by eilecting vast saving on the present annual
expenditures of the Pc Office Department. and
a consequent reduction of the rates of postage
The effect will be no les advantageous to Rail
Road Companies than to the government For
instance, such acoDtract would give To the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad Company more than
a., 600 900, which would enable that complete it's
road at early day, aud greatly increase It's bust
ness and profits.
But to meet objections and impress the public
mind with proper sense of the benefits to result
from this measure will require concert of action
and continued active effort, through the press and
Otherwise. The undersigned tender their services
TO your Company, expecting reasonable COM
pensation, partly contingent upon the success OF
the measure; and respectfully suggest the pro-
priety of your sending one or more delegates to
this city, on the first Wednesday in December
next. TO confer with delegates from other Rail-
Road Companies, as to the details Of the propos-
ed arrangement and the best mode ofbringing the
subject before Congress.
Hoping to hear from you at your earliest con.
venience, we are, respectfully, your obj serv't.
DUFF GREEN,
BEN. E. GREEN,
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w-The South Carolinian says:

Mr.. CALHoUNs WoRK.-We observe in the
Winnsboro Register the publication of an arti-
Gle from the pen of J. A.. Scoville, of the New
York .Pick," in which the course adopted by
the editor of Mr. Calhoun's work on govern
nent is severely censured-aleging that it can
not be produced beyond the borders of South
Carolina. This is mistake. The intention
was to put the work within reach of the people
of this State in the first instance, and for which
purpose an edition of $4,000 copies has been
printed here. But notwithstanding this appar-
ent exclusiveness, the work was accessible to the
booksellers of the principal cities, on compli-
ance with the terms offered. New York, Wask-
ing. on, Richmond, New Orleans, Montgomery.
and otner points, were supplied with the work ;
and if others have not been, the blame does not
attach to the editor or agent, who have been
prepared to supply the work in quantities since
JULY of last year-notice of which was given by
advertisement in the leading papers of Charles
ton and New York.
We are pleased to know, however. that an
edition of the work will shortly be issued by
the Apple.ons, of New York, 10 whom the
plates are now being sent; and we trust the
arrangements of the future will place this work
of our great statesman within reach OF every
readrg man in the country.
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PROSPECTUS OF THE CUBAN LIBERIA
TOR, neat Book Of 300 octave pages, illus
trated with engravings Price 81, payable invn
riably when subscribing, to enable the author to
have 1t done in the finest style of the Arts.
Editors who copy this, and postmasters who
will frank remittances, are authorized to act IA
agents for the work, and retain 25 per cent com
mission. Confident Of the most liberal support in
this enterprise, shall endeavor to merit it, and
close hasty penned Prospectus upon the noun
tain waves OF the Ocean, well as the draughts
for steel plates reLl ss,i,g the author before the
"Inqusaters," ana American Ladies and Gentle
men IN Havana, throwing bags of gold as an Of
American Consul. EDWARD STIFF,
Author Of " The Texan Emigrant," and late ed
t o rof The Cherokee Sentinel, at Cedar Rluf
March IA
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TUNH 4 subscriber has opened in the city of Wash
IL ngton an AGENCY for the prosecution OF
all descriptions of claims against the General
Government.
His perfect knowledge Of all the Pension Laws
and the places where are deposited all evidence OF
service now extant, will enable him to establish
many claims which have long remained suspend
ed for want OF proof and proper attention.
He, therefore, offers to the public his services,
particularly in the following cases, viz:
Suspended and rejected claims under all the PEN
sion Laws:
Applications for increase OF pension, under any
Of the Pension Laws, where the pensioners are
dissatisfied with their present allowance.
For all those widows who received, or arc enti-
tied to receive, the ten years pension due on the 4th
of March, 1913; under the acts of July It'll, 1898,
March 3d. lS43, and June 18th, 1874, being those
who were married before the LIST Of January, 1884,
he will undertake to establish, under the act of
Eel ruary ID, l84S, their claims TO pensions for
lfe commencing on the 4th of March, l848, when
their pensions under the foregoing acts termi-
uated.
For all those widows Of revolutionary officers
or soldiers, who were married after 1893, but be-
fore January 3D. 1900, he will undertake to estab-
sh their claims to pensions for life, commencing
on the 4th Of March, 1913, under the act of July
90, lS48.
To all those widows ofrevoutionnry pensioners
whose claims have been rejected or suspended for
want of proof of service; or those who are in the
receipt of pension under any of the pension
laws, less than that received by their husbands
under the acts of May 18th, 1928, or June 9TH,
1892, he will ensure the same amount per an
mum that their husbands received, from the time
the pension is made to commence by the law I'M
der which they claimed or have been pensioned
BOUNTY LAND,
For the surviving, or the widows, or minor child
rem of deceased officers and privates, who served
in the war of 1912 with Great Britain, the Next
can war, or in any of the Indian wars, since 1880
Terms moderate, where the claim ID established
ofherrcise no charge.
The subscriber is also appointed Agent for the
District of Columbia for the British Commercial
Life Insurance Company, established in 1920 and
empowered by act Of Parliament, for the insurance
of lives and the endowment Of children, in Lon-
don, New York and Washington city. Capital
$3,0OO,0O0. sa1sfs
Communications addressed to the subscriber,
Washington, D. c., will receive prompt attention.
M. THOMPSON,
Attorney end Counssllor at Lac, and Commits
missioner Of Deeds for North and South Carolina
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PUBLISHERS CENTRAL AGENCY,
NEW ORLEANS AND MOBILE.
ADAMS q Co. EXPRESS OFFICE,

* camp street.
A TTENTION is respectfully called to my new
n undertaking as General Agent for all News
papers, Periodical Magazines, &C., published in
the United States and Europe. shall receive
and canvass for subscribers, well collect all
accounts against parties here and in Mobile that
may be entrusted with, having had an experience
Of over ten years in the Book and Newspaper bust
ness as proprietor of The Mobile Literary Depot,
Aater myself that and will give general salts
faction
The following are the rules that Ihave adopted :
/. Principal Office to be in New Orleans, where
shall confine myself strictly to the interest of my
agencies alone, for which / shall charge the usual
commissions, or such as may be agreed upon.
2. shall confne myself strictly TO the CASH
principal accompanying my orders (when draft
can be had for the amount with sight check ;
when not so accompanied, the publisher can draw
on me at sight for the amount from receipt of the
.rder, if requested in writing, will enclose the
cash ts If and remit but in all such cases it shall
be at the risk of the Publisher.
3. Publishers wishing me to act for them are
expected to furnish me with written authority,
and send me specimen copies ofther publications
free Of charge.
NV object is to establish a General Southern
Local agency for Publishers throughout the Union
New Orleans in central pace, commanding the
whole Valley of the Mississippi, Texas and other
places, making it point of great Importance for
publishers 10 nave ROOu agency Tor the better
circulation of their publications In the hope
that my efforts in this enterprise will be properly
appreciated and duly encouraged by your favors,
| hereunto annex blank Certificate of Agency,
which you can fill and return to me by return
mail
Respectfully, your obi Serv't,
M BOULLEMET,
Proprietor ofthe Mobile Literary Depot
N. Bin the above do not ask for a sole
agency but merely authority to receive and col
lect subscriptions.
Ne,o Orleans. --Lumsden, Kendall & Co. D.
Corcoran e. Co. J. d. b. DeBow.
.he,o York. Wilmer & Rogers, Ii. Long& Bro
James Gordon Bennett, Stringer & Townsend
Phiiadeiphia. A. Cooley, Geo. r. Graham
Andrew McMakin.
Bosion.--C. A V. Putnam, f. Littell q Co.
Washington, ID. C.--Fisher& DeLeon Hon. w
j. Allston, M G.
Charleston S. C.--Wallier & Richards.
Montgomery, .9ia-A. p. Piister.
yMobile.-C G. Longdon, Messrs Balentyne e.
Mcclure Messrs Thadeus Sanford.
Louisville, ky---W Ii Haldermsn, Scml Hyman
81, Louis, .Mo--Joseph M Field, Ansci Ed
wards.
Lips,pooi Wilmer e. Smith.