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Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1852-03-13

EHEMALE sPY.-Those who have read this
Il interesting Revolutionary Romance, by the au-
thor of "PRAiRlE FLOWER" LEM LEOTI" &c,
can obtain the sequel to it, entitled RQSALIE DU.
POST Price rs cents at
THOMAS H. GREsHAMS
mh Opposite Broad st Hotel
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IIcKsss SIV, halves ), quarters 70.

Splendid Lottery for March 05th.
$4,000, 10000, 10000.
Twenty drawn ballots in each package Of twenty ii,
tckets
Grand Consolid ted Lottery, class H. to be drawn
Baltimore Saturday, March 27th. rs Nos 20 drawn
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II HI e A Il IL e .

Lessee and Manager. VIM. L. Mauls
Last nghtof the engagement of those eminent artstes,
MIR. and Mrs. barney Williams!
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.sssaaA WANTED. The bulk Of 800 barrels, to make
- up cargo for Charleston, S. c. Apply to
NH 4 r RANKIN
Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1852-03-13


NEW SPRING GOODSJust received. per steam
L \ er Roanoke, very handsome assortment of Ba.
rsge de LANES, to which we solicit call, at
CHAS. HARTWELL x Co.'S
mh4 Opposite Sw an Tavern
DEMOVAL--WILLIAM &c BROTHER have
III removed to the new building corner of Cary and
Pearl streets. NH IL
RRAZHL sUGAR.-5o bags, in store and for
ID sale by
NH 10 E. H. SKINKER
IS0 BAGS PRIME RHO AND JAVA
IoV COFFEE, landing and for sale by
NH 10 WILLIAMS & BRO.
100 BBLS. NO. 3 MACKEREII, landing
lVO from schr Mercy Taylor.
NH 10 WILLIAMS & BRO
DAKAsOLs Il UMBRELLAs.-
L A few handsome fancy Parasols
Do. plain do. large size
Ladies' and Gents silk Umbrellas
Cotton do. all prices.
JAMES G. CHENERY,
NH II Opposite Depot.
Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1852-03-13

EA III WADE CLVTHHN0S-SPREN
IL TRADE 1852-KEEN, CHILES & BALD
WIN, No 10l, Main ST., Richmond.-The subscribers
are now receiving their Spring stock of "Ready Made
Clothing, nam, featured atther ovn Factory for this
market and will and make to which they call the
attention OF the Virginia and North Carolina trade
Their stock comprises all the new styles in market va
rous cuts qualities and prices In addition to their
stock of Ready Made Clothing will be found full as
sorment of Fancy Goods for Gentlemen Shirts under
wear, &c.
KEEN, CHILES < BALDWIN,
N B. Merchants in the trade are requested to take
look before making their purchases.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1852-06-03
A word To Mothers om baby talk

1t is fact which must have been no.
ticed, that every child has foolish and
very babyish dialect till it is six or seven
years old. Almost every word it utters
is spoken either lisping in or an affected
manner. This is not the proper way Of
talking, and there must be some univer-
sal cause, or else the effect would be so
universal. The cause, it appears to me
is very obvious. Almost every mother
instructs her infant to speak baby-talk, as
the saying is. When baby first begins
to lisp pa and ma instead of endavor-
ing to instruct it pure English, the parent
thinks it necessary to simplify the Ian
guage by always speaking in a sappy
manner. little ony-tony, kitty dear
walk alony,' 'kisser mamma,' stand
straighty,' &c. Every mother knows a
thousand and one of these baby express
ions. Now, as mother, l protest against
this practice. 1t is all nonsence to teach
children bad habits merely to have them
corrected by school teachers when they
arrive at more mature age. VIII pa
rents think of this, and teach their chill
dren pure Englis at frst.-E&c.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1852-06-03

VAMPIRE.-Not long since, young
girl, eleven years of age, who lived in
Paris, attempted to murder her mother,
sister, and many of her playmates, for the
purpose of drinking their blood. After a
carefu examination by scientific men, i'll
was declared that she was subject to the
strange and terrible mania of cannibal-
ism. As she was extremely young, this
strange perversion of natural inrtinct af-
forded prospect of cure. All will re-
member the case Of the sergeant, who
used at midnight to leave his quarters,
and dig up bodies in Pere lie chaise, which
he subsequently devoured. This unfor-
tunate man is now cured, and is but
thirty two years of age. He preserves of
the episodes of his past life only confus
ed memory, like the recollection of pain
full dream. In other days, science feared
to approach these suffers.
In ITO, a young man named Ferrage,
under the influence of this malady, sud
denly left his companions, and surren-
dered himself up to this horrible propen-
sity. He selected, as his retreat, cav
ern near the top Of the mountain of Azure,
whence he used to descend, like beast
of prey, into the champagne country,
killing all the women; he could eat moth
ing else, and was constantly seen to gaze,
as if in wait for an opportunity to seize
his prey. He never went abroad without
double -barreled gun, belt full of pistols
and dagger. So great was the terror
that he inspired, that he used frequently
to come into towns for food or ammuni-
ton, without any molestation.
A peasant, whom he suspected of a
design upon him, had his house burned
over his head. He used to decoy any
muleteers he chanced to discover in the
woods, to his den, where they were uni
formly murdered A large reward was
offered for his capture in vain, until a
bold peasant insinuated himself into his
confidence, and captured him. This
beast of prey, for such he was, was exc
cuted on the 18th of December, 1852
He was broken alive on the wheel. For
four years he had lived exclusively as a
cannibal.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1852-06-03

VACANCY FOR A Observation-Disclosures,
the Indian Agent in New Mexico, wrote
home on the 3lst Of March, that he knew
of an opening for an enterprising Physi-
clan. A vacancy had happened and he
told why. One of the Eutaws on the San
Juan river was taken sick, and an Indi-
an Doctor from the Rio Verde was called
in to attend him. Owing to the strengt"
of the disease or to the weakness of the
prescription of the doctor, the patient died
and was buried. After the funeral the
Doctor was taken by the friends of the
deceased, tied up, shot and scalped +; his
wife's hair was cut off; his house burned,
containing all his property and all his an
imals killed. This is the law among these
Indians, regulating doctors. The vacan-
cy is yet untitled.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1852-06-03
A Freak Of Nature.

The Buffalo Courier says that in Shell
don, Wyoming Co., New York, there is a
girl only seven years of age, who has a
full moustache on the upper lip, large e.
nough for a cavalry officer, and beard,
which, though fit only for middling
grenadier," is large enough to be the en-
Wy of city stripings Of twenty-one or twen-
ty-two years of age. This usual growth
of hair began when she was five years old,
since which time it has been repeatedly
plucked out. She is the child OF Belgian
parents, is healty and rather more than
usually intelligent for her years.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1852-06-03

fallen foe, and in direct defiance of his
torical history he pitched into Washing
ton like thousand of brick, and, in spite
of the efforts Of the men of both Nations,
succeeded in giving the immortal tre-
mendous licking. So the day that com
menced so gloriously, most ingloriously
ended
Eor many years after the surrender,
there was coldness between the Deacon
and the Squire, but as time rolled on and
their locks became frosted DER with white
they learned to call it Joke Both
are living now, and whenever they meet
they smoke their pipes and talk about
that are scrape,' like couple Of good
jolly old man as they are.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1852-06-03

Enjoy yourselves while you can, for the
time will soon come when rheumatism
will take the place of health, and low
spirit set in the easy chair of dimpled
cheeks and develtry. A few more May
days and we will take our final more
leave the earth of our boyhood for our
light blue home in the skies Think of
these things, we say, and ego it while you
possess the necessary momentum.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1852-06-03

Prof Olmsted of New Haven has dis
covered that one pound of rosin and three
pounds of lard, when stirred together, be-
come semi-Huid at ~ degrees Fahrenheit.
The mass melts at 80 degrees, and re-
main transparent and limpid at that tenn
perature. For lard lamps, the lard is
rendered more fluid by the rosin, and its
power of elimination is increased two
ffths. 1t is singular fact that although
the mixture melts at 80 degrees, therosin
alone requires 800 degrees to melt it and
the lard 81 degrees,
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1852-06-03
The SOap Plant.

From a paper read before the Boon So
ciety of Natural History, it appears that
the soap plant grows all over California.
The leaves make their appearance about
the middle Of November, or abont six
weeks after the rainy season has fully set
in; the plants never grow more than a foot
high, and the leaves and stock drop en-
tirely of in May, though the bulbs re-
main in the ground all summer without
decaying. 1t is used to wash with in all
parts Of the county, and by those who
know It's virtues it is preferred to the best
of soap. The method of using it is mere
ly, to strip off the husks, dip the cloths
into the water, and rub the bulb on them.
1t makes a thick latber and smells not
unlike brown soap. The botanical name
of the plant, is Phalangium pomaridian-
um. Besides this plant, the bark of a
tree is also used in South America, for
the purpose of washing. Several other
plants have been used in different ooun-
tries as substitute for soap.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1852-06-03

A friend in Stockbridge Mass sends
us the following anecdote of Rev. Zeb.
Twitchell, Methodist clergyman in full
and regular standing, and member of
the Vermont Conference. At one time
he represented Stockbridge in the State
Legislature:
"Zeb,' says our informant, "is a man
of fair talents, both as preacher and a
musician. In the pulpit he is grave, sol
emn, dignifed-a thorough, systematic
sermonizer; but out of the pulpit, there
is no man living who is more full of fun
and drollery. On one occasion, he was
vending his way toward the seat of the
Annual Conference Of ministers, in COM
pany with another clergyman. Passing
a country inn, he remarked to his COM
panion:
"The last teme stopped at that tav-
ern, I slept acith the landlords acttc!
In utter amazement, his clerical friend
wanted to know what he meant
i mean just what [ say, replied Zeb.;
and on went the two travellers in unbrok
en- silence, until they reached the Confer
ence. In the early part of the session
the Conference sat with closed doors, for
the purpose of transacting private busi-
ness, and especially to attend to the an
nual examination of each members pri-
vate character, or rather conduct during
the past year. Eor this purpose, the
clerk called the roll, as was the custom
and in due course Zeb's name was called.
Does any one know aught against the
conduct of brother Twitchell during the
past year? asked the Bishop, who was the
presiding officer.
After moments silence, Zeb.'s travel
ing companion arose from his seat, and
with heavy heart, and grave, demure
countenance, said he felt that he had a
duty to perform; one that he owed to God,
to the church, and to himself. He must
therefore discharge it fearlessly, though
with trembling. he then related what
Zeb. had told him while passing the tav-
erD, how he slept with the landlord swife,
etc. The grave body of ministers was
struck as with thunderbolt; although a
few smiled, and glanced first upon Zeb.,
then upon the Bishop, knowingly, for they
knew, better than the others, the charac-
ter of the accused. The Bishop called
up brother t. and asked him what he
had to say in relation to so serious a
charge Zeb. arose and said:
Il did the deed! 1 never lie' Then,
pausing with an awful seriousness, he
proceeded, with slow and solemn deliber-
alton: 'There was one little circumstance
however, connected with the affair, [ did
not name to the brother. 1t may not
have much weight with the Conference,
but although it may be deemed of trihing
importance, l will state it. When I slept
with the landlords wife, as 1 told the
brother, I kept the tauern nayse5f
The long and troubled countenances
relaxed; litter followed; and the next
name on the roll was called.-Knicker-
booker Magazine
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1852-06-03
JOB PRINTING.
The Pauner,s RurIai.

The following lines too truly delineatt
the cold Indifference with which the poor
remains of those who are born to suffer
and die, are huddled into the grave;
Bury him there
No matter where
Hustle him out of the way.
Trouble enough
We have with such stuff,
Taxes and money to pay.
Bury him there
No matter where!
OFF in some corner at best
There's no need of stone
Above his bone,
Nobody'l ask where they rest.
Bury him there
No matter where
None by his death are bereft;
Stopping to pray
Shovel away.
We still have enough of them left.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1852-06-03

Somebody says that our passions are
older than our reason, because passions
are born with US, but reason don't follow
till long time after. This is slander
upon all babies. When baby is spank
ed, don't he holler!-Yes. And hasn't
he got reason? Yes, and a mighty
good reason, too.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1852-06-03

A HIDEoUs 'IsM.-A jealous divine
out south, who had noticed with pain the
continued absence from church of a gentle
man, for many years constant worship
per, met his negro servant, and inquired
why his master 10 longer atteded divine
service.
DE fac is, massa's been very bad, sab,
and I'ze fraid he's gettin wus.
Is it possible?' said the minister in a.
larm; 'can it be possible that he has
thrown aside the light of Christianity,
and become founderer in the dark,
cheerless bogs of socialism
no, sab, wus an dat, replied the
black, with a mournful shake of the
head.
4 was ever afraid said the venerated
gentleman, sadly, 'bis classic lore would
too devotedly incline him to heather my
thology he may perchance have become
afflicted with the mental delusion of pan.
theism .
'Wusser still, muttered the black dog.
gedly.
Alas " groaned the preacher, then he
has become lost in the dark abyss of athe.
ism 2
'No, sab, athyism isn't circumstance
he's got de rheumatism =
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1852-06-03

STRANGE ISN'T IT.-As long as man
gets SIX dollars week, he can live, and
get along rather quietly and contented,
but as soon as his wages reach twelve
dollars a week, he needs tweuty-four-
gets in debt and 'buSts up at that. Man
Is high pressure engine, vanity is the
steam, money the fuel-apply the princi-
pie and you havethe facts. Make note
ont.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1852-06-03
VOL. l2
Published by Theodore sehoch.

TERMS-Two dollars per annnum IN advance-Two
dollars and quarter, half yeary-and If not paid be-
the end of the year, Two dollars and halt IhoSe
who their papers by carrier or stage drivers
employed by the proprietor, VIII be charged 81 IL
cents, per year, extra.
No papers discontinued until all arrearages are paid,
except at the option OF The Editor.
~ Advertisements not exceeding one square tsix-
teen lines Will be inserted three weeks for dollar
and twenty FIVE cents for every subsequent lnseruoli
The Charge for and three insertions the same
A liberal discount made to yearly advertisers.
NJ Allls;ers addressed TO the Editor mus be post
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1852-06-03
Synopsis of Decisions Of Superin-
tendent of Common Schools.

Widows who have no occupation should
be taxed as single freemen.
There can be no such thing as balances
due to sub-districts at the close of the
school year. Section 6th of the school
law provides that if the directors neglect
or refuse to "put and keep the schools in
operation during the school year) SO far
as the means of the district will admit"
upon the complaint in writing by any
six taxable citizens of the district" the
court shall "declare their seats vacant
and appoint others in their stead" 1t is
therefore plain duty of the directors not
to have balances on hand at the close of
the school year.
Under no circumstances can a sub-dis-
trict legally claim that a balance is due
them from the district treasury, after the
expiration Of the school year, if its prop
er expenses are all paid.
School districts have no authority to
establish joint schools, and expenses in
CURED in the support of schools so estab-
lished cannot be legally paid out of the
common school fund. Nor can sub-dis-
tricts be established out of parts of differ
ent districts.
If school treasurer dies, with dup
licate in his hands, the directors must take
it back, the administrator of the deceased
being required only to settle with the d.
rectorS for such portion of the duplicate
as the deceased treasurer had collected
or rendered himself personally liable for
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1852-06-03


East India Burial SerUice.-During
the funeral ceremony, which is solemn
and affecting, the Brahmins address the
respective elements in words to the follow
ing purpose:
0 Earth! to thee we commend our
brother; of thee he was formed, by thee
he was sustained, and unto thee he now
returns.
o Fire! thou hast claimed our brother;
during life he subsisted by thy influence
in nature to thee we commit his body
thou emblem of purity. May his spirit
be purified on entering new state of ex-
istence.
0 Air while the breath of life contin-
ued, our brother respired by thee; his
last breath is now departed; to thee we
yield him.
0 Water thou didst contribute to the
life of our brother; thou vast one of his
sustaining elements. His remains are
now dispersed receive thy share of him,
who has now taken an everlasting fight
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1852-06-03

Why is woman's tongue like planet!
Because nothing short of the power that
created it is able to stop it in its course.
The man who perpetrated the above
conundrum has left for California. He
was pursued by forty women; and forty
broom-sticks were pick up in the harbor
after the vessel left-having been thrown
at his head and fallen short of the mark.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1852-06-03

s1-The Rajah of Coorg, potentato
from the Western Ghaunts, Hindostan,
has arrived in England, bringing his
young daughter to be educated. This is
new feature in oriental manners, The
Rajah'is accompanied by his two wives.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1852-06-03

The St. Antony Falls Express urges
those out of employment in the seasboard
State to 60 to Minnesota. 1t says that
emigrants can reach there from New York
for about $50; and that work at high
price, ranging from sl2 to $50 per week
awaits them Immediately on their arrival.
Forty acres of fertile land can be pur-
chased for $50 and it can be made to yield
an abundance for family of six or eight
persons. This land, the editor says, will
be worth from SIS to $50 per acre in a
year or two.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1852-06-03

Extravagant people are always penu-
rious. Show us woman who pays hum
dred dollars for showl, and we will show
you woman who viii run all over town
to get her husbands shirt made sixponce
cheaper
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1852-06-03

re- According to Livingston's Law
Ledger for 1852, our country has % O0O
lawyers, whose annual income "is not far
from $50, 100000"
s9-It is in contemplation to establish
Bank in Port Jervis, with capital of
800, coo, TO be called the Neversink
Bank,
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1852-06-03

AT the time of General Taylor's inaug-
uration, a long, tall, hungry, ungainly
fellow, whose hands hung as low as his
knees when he stood up straight, made
his appearance at Coleman's and took
lodgings. He sat pretty near the end of
the table every day at dinner, and ate in
ordinately, soup, fish, flesh, fowl, dessert,
his enormously long arms kept sweeping
around like the arms of huge windmill,
gathering in everything that fell within
the area of circle they described.
His voracity and beastly gluttonous-
ness so disgusted the other boarders that
about dozen of them went to Coleman
and told him that he must get rid of the
fellow, or they would positively quit the
house.
Coleman reflected awhile, and finally
thought he had hit upon plan. So he
took the fellow aside and told him that,
owing to the unusual crowd of people in
the city, and the plethora of every hotel
and boarding house, provisions had be-
come scarce and high, and he found he
he was losing money, and should be COM
PEELED to raise the price of board from two
dollars and half to three dollars day.
Don't said the fellow, don't do it! 1
shall die you do. Itnearly kills me now
to eat two dollars and half's worth and
if you raise the price to three dollars, I
shall die in two days. Don't do it if you
pleasen
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1852-06-03

The expenses of student at an Eng
lish University, are s., 800 year, and
likelier to reach $4,000. At Yale or Har-
ward, $500 does it very respectfully.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1852-06-03

There is marriage contemplated in
New York, of an interesting character
The gentleman is "a years of age, and the
lady, shall we name it, l8 The names
cannot now be given.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-05-12
XXXIId CONGRESS. :. FIRST SESSION
SENATE. WASHINGTON, Tuesday, May H.

SENATE. WASHINGTON Tuesday, May IL
Mr.. WADE (of Ohio,) presented petit
against the passage of the House bin for extend
Ing the time Of locating the Virginia Military Land
Warrants.
Mr.. COOPER presented the petition OF
some thirty artists praying for the employ OF Mr
Rotherme paint historical picture for the Capitol
MIR. SUMNER presented several petitions
against Sunday mails.
The Joint resolution authorizing the
building OF steamer for harbor defense in pur-
suance of the law authorizing contract for that pur-
pose with Robert L. Stevens, was tskon up.
Mr.. STOCKTON said he desired 10 i'm
press upon the Senate the necessity of providing har
Dor defense and also have justice done to OF his
constituents who has been unfairly Justly and ungen
erousy treated not by the present Secretary OF the
Navy but by his predecessor. In his opinion the pres
ent condition Of affairs in Europe rendered proba
BILE. France has now apon the threne who, TO
strengthen hnself must foster and encourage the mill
ts,y pride Of the nation She has been ausInentns her
forces She has yet take revenge for the events OF
the sst thirty years. When she does strike who can
tell where win bel In the event OF foreign war
there Is great danger of being brought into 1t; and
for such an emergency ought TO be prepared. The
hssbor Of New-York is not now any better defended
than il during the OF lsl2.
Fleets approaching the United States were no longer