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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1852-05-22

~ To the Voters of District No. ?,
HenricO COunty.-FeIlow.C Citizens Under the
new constitution you are called upou TO elect
Constable. l do not say to you that have been
requested to become a candidate but as want the
office, and if elected, wiz devote my entire time to
the performance Of its duties, | hereby announce
mysef a cand idate for the same. Should you see
fit to elect me- viii endeavor to discharge the du.
ties that may devolVe upon me, faithfully and i'm.
partially.
~, EpL'n rlprCr IN
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1852-05-22

~ I'ihSi - ~ - --t--
DIE ~ GRAY, APOTHECARlEs AND
"a DRUGGISTS. Ne. i47 iinin street,
Richmond, Va. hare row On hand and offer ioi
sale upon the best terms Tor cash, or on the usua
,redit responsible dealers, large and varied as
sortment Of Drugs, Chemicals Paints, Qis d'ass'
| Dye SUITS &c, consisting IN part CT
| l5C0 lbs superior Indigo
20J0 lbs Nader
aOOl los Extract d Lcgw0Ot
so kegs saper Carbonate Of S9aa
80 bbis EPSON Sslts
| 10 bbls Alum
bbls resned Camphot
| 80 bb!s Clipped l.og~00d
| Is bhls Redwood and CaEwC1t
20 b5ls Esnl1aE Red and Spanish Hro#h
2OO0 lbs G'Us-Ansriean, Irish a1c 7"dss
500 boxes Window 4 asst sacz anu AhieI'
10 boxes prime Castle Soap
| 20 boxes StSrch
$500 gallons LInsesG OIL
| 2091 gallons Lamp CT
$50 blskets Sweet OIL
| 10000 lbs White Lead
20U0 lbs Red Lead aad LithArge
IL oois Varnisn@s
| 1900 lbs Gam Aysyic mt,
30 bbls b,sSe's FIRE and WeatGSr Fooi NV
| 25 bbls pr.iaa CssIor Oh
80 bbls Spirits q Iurpentne
100000 Cigars-HsvaEs and pinci9s
les dozen inlalAa,e Yeast Powders
cask Mace ! case Nutmess
100 mats Cinnamon -.
Together with Ginger Allspice, Cloves, FePpe.'
Cream OF Tartar, Flowers d Sulphur, CoPPs4"'
| brazilletto, Nicaragua Wood ,,-a
The usual sss0rtmeE. ~ Patent Medicines a s4
variety of Fancy Articles and carefully Seire''N
Eeck GfIgit xs4ssiEsG
NH TO ADIE & GRAY, No ls7 Nan ST.
OST, on Tuesday, at the Raceheld, LNs s,R9ps
Ii cylinder eseapement Geld Watch, No 'ssr3
in case. The finder wlll receive aoef RAJ iS"
THoS. CUNNINGHAM,
uyo, az Maddox Hill
Guinness CRYING BAB4t :. FhEsS"h
~ Needle Threads, Gatta Percha and ladia ~ a.
Der Dolls and variety of other notions ls'' ~
eeived ~ JNo. HARhOLDS
my 2t-3tf ls9 ofeaa So
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sHa.aAM's LOTTERY OFFICE,
WALL STREET, UNDER CITY HOTEL.
(Chalks old standl
Drawn Nos Paiap;co, I47, Nav %.
80 80 % IA So 5 81 10 40 Is
FOR To-Dny-irand Consolidated, H. Cant.
tails sa7 500, 20 OF $500 % OF 1890 IS OF ESQ *
numbers, ~ drawn Tickets $40 -
Also Small Fry. Tickets 81
my y w. II. STATUAM
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1852-05-22

-. MNs. TEMPLEAIAN accom-
80 modate three four families with
Roard, Residence-corner of Broad and 18th
streets ap 27-lm*
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yY-~S HALVES X. SUTTON, NOTAki
- PUBLIC.-Particular attention paid 10
writing DEEDS and other legal instruments Of.
ice in the Law Building, Richmond, Va my 6
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1852-05-22

- To the Voters of Henrico
County. Fellow Citizens AT the soiicjta
ton of many friends in various parts OF the coup.
ty, hereby announce myself as did through the
medium of other papers come weeks ago, a cand
date for the offce.ot Commemorative Attor.
ney, for Henrjco county, with. the assurance tha,
if elected its important duties vii! be discharged
with promptness and fidelity.
Respectfully, ycur fellow citizen,
ap 2l-dtde* JOHN n DAVIS
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With votes fer Governor given At the same election,
from TAt Nee. Hampskre Patriot Of March ~, ISL.
Dibsmpre Cabohl
Loco Pierce Fnanci
A QUESTION.

Ye men OF too creduous a disposition, who may have
too easily yielded credence TO the suppos,ion that
LocoFoco can tell the truth, compare the above aolc
with the assertions Of Geo. Dallas and the Loco Foco
party and what little word will voluntarily 1utter
every tongue
Here 10 the LocoFoeo town Of New Durham, which
gave l3 for Pierces pet for Governor and 0ny
four votes tor Catholic Emancipation. Yet George ~
Dallss and party say that IL failed only because the
WhIes and Free Sellers combined against Il Here Is
the Loco FOco Of EioghAm 1919 votes for Pierces
Governor and only solitary vote for Catholic Enan
cpaiion Wakefield With 10 Loco Focos and only one
vote for Catholic En- ,ncpsiion and yet, Geo NJ. Ds
las and bis paryhis head whitening with blossoms for
the grave Vice President of the United States and
PRECEDENT the distinguished, deliberate elective
BODY in the word-sate that the Whigs aud Free Soil
ers defeated measure, In spite of the exertions of
party which ~ polled one vote out OF l6one out OF
l29 of their party vote for the measure
What chspce has truth Of ever rising again, when
crushed 10 earth with such mercess audacty as this
What wonder that letters forged for General Scott
which be never wrote, when
"Fssehood puts on the face Of simple truth,
And masks in the habit OF plain honesty,
When she intends most yilisiny"
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which was before submitted In TIE ssue ,.,..x
win the Property Qualification, W. hare ..s@s
alone, and, as Mr. Chamberlain and other I'm. o.
OF the measure had foresold, was here wor,s -.
than before And the Property Qualification -
Deved from the burden Of Catholic tos rs,inn .aea ~
red by twothirds and will be- In force a. ps,, :,
Constitution as soon az the Governor issues IA. e
msnon announcing ihefac This he should h,y.S.a
in June last but biz New.Iismpshlre Lo,o pS' -
seems 10 regret that property should not eoo,.A.
make the man, snd therefore he Ia silent h,be,,a
But though the amendment to abolish ali NJ.
9uslasation was repealed, Catholic Emsnciosnr, ~
fewer votes than II bad one year before In ,s-ls.s
1879 votes, and IN l-J2 IL had only $50 r, -.
u upon the people sgan too soop In sp,,e ofN, ~
berlsns wise counsel, and by separating n e. ~
property justification IL has received such I'm W e
friends o, Catholic Emancipation In New H,nns.ss
heaste not 70 say mat 'nere 20 chance Of Ia 49,
for hfy or hundred years If Pierce Ia no. Sess.s
But the band Of Providence somctlns, worL, -.
rfously. set Of wire puers have put M CIR 49,
OF the United states the leader of New Hsmo.s,sI
tocoi,m perhaps the most bigoted and bru,sl ln,s,
stupidity In the Universe The question ~ 1919
Emancipation comes up on appeal from tie Ds,o..ss
S OF New Hampshire to the People Of the II.,sss
states. Every man who votes for Pierce vote. n, ~
party, end votes to ssten the stigma foreve, -. =.
Catholics. Those that vote sgans, bin. vote n, g.
ole Emancipation That's Just the question a, "a, 80
election. '-e 'sa
Well now, In place of 1t being defeated for wan,
twotbird vote Catholic Emancipation did no, rs.s,s
one sixth Of the vote cas-, tor Governor The 90 ~
Emancipation throughout, the State was only I'd a.
OF these do not think than about OOO we're =
Pierces party appeal to the Record
CURIOUS TABLEs-LoCo VOTE.
! give table Of Loco-Foco towns, comoa,e, MI.
similar table OF Whg towns and show the yo,e for a.
respective candidates for Governor and the 49,
Nays on Catholic Emancipation:
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The above - towns are entitled TO Al hepresoeS
tyes and bat two of those elected TO the Legsa'ae
1852 were Pierce men, and these two came from ras
mouth where about etbird Of all the Nays wefeg'
COMPARISONS.
Here, then, we have 10 Wing towns giving . VOC
for Wing Governor and rolling w 26s votes tor Cs1'
Ole Emancipation, and only 79l votes sgainst ID dss
in fact In this small Whg portion of the sta'e NOR
than ODeOUrth OF all the votes cast for Catholic gau
cipsron throughout the State Ia Keene, ware H.
Chamberlain who Ia go much abused and belied, W<
aha voted, there arr PIT votes for Catholic nudy
top, and not one against IT, In Concord where Pras
lin Pierce lives there 80 votes against Il and o
Pa for II And look at Cheshire, the only Whie CoH
10 the State, snd Ia which K-eDe IL situaed ~ Ia ~
Wig CouDty-hr. Chamberlsns re,iden ;e-tes
were 1922 votes for Catholic Emancipation, ard 81
7l6 assn.ti It. While 10 the l. ico-Poco County II W.,
mack, where SIR Pierce resides and where ! OLA sae
for Pierces candidate for Governor, there we're 81
l63 votes for Catholic Emancipation, aud 2ijj ss<
II. =,
know that, 10 adduce more evidence 10 proyen
the whole Loco.FocO rgumen,s W mtigsist W.
hoods, would be 10 waste WORDS and abuse Dsrsnp
and, therefore, shall only give more tsbl SOC,
have cOpied from the official records In the OF edw
Secretary of State az Con cord. give list Of Z! 9s.
not OLE of which gave bakers dozen or C'ue
Euo dip ,t1 D, while they could muster In lzrsessy
bers for Perces candidate for Cove rnor, WHOSE w
also give. Just look nj the record
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Es times since has |, been submitted to the PEOPLE
whether II should be reformed, and never nIs Ne,er
he. frsniIIn Pierce called meeting to denounee tne
beory The mote in the eye of the Rhode ,and | sbs
stutien they viewed through mssniiying slas whso
Dorr Rebellion. They reversed the instruments "''h
examining the beam In their own
CONSTITUTION CONVENTION OF loS',oN
1no beg YOUR attention TO the history OF the efort
- Gov Catholic Emancipation in New Hampshire
IL In the March election Of 1850 the quest On
II. Admitted 10 The people Of the State, whether
ConveptIon to reform the Constitution should be caea
II was carried by majority OF tne votes cast ous
had deper ded on Pierces party, It would have failed
Two or three Whls towns, compared With few Loco
Foco towns will suffice to show this. give the votes
for end against calling the Convention, and the vote
for the Whig and Loco Foco candidates. at the general
election the same year, Oe5O0
WING TOWNS.
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PIERCE'S OPINION OF 1T.
Such the opinion OF Judge Woodbury., such Is the
opinion Of every honest republican Of every sect Nov
what hes been Frarkn Pierce's deDunciation Of the
euormity Did he concur with Judge Woodbury. 10 de-
nouncing II az a disgrtcei
Truly no We are told thst old Benjamin Pierce got
Franklin Pierce = write bis sssge, he could not
even spell the word "but" This is quite likely Well
Franklin Pierce was member OF the Legislature IN
1879 In June, ls2q Benjamin Pierce, being ,verDor
OF the State mt in bis annual message TO the House Of
Representative, of which this Franklin Pierce
leading memt Well, this Franklin Pierce 10 that
ANNUAL message Of MS father said, JUS. after
log 10 constitution which excludes Catholics from the
four principal Offices OF the State:
To look abroad aud b-hOlj every CITIZEN, without dis
tincOn Of sect rank. eItrcisiRg The tA and tq4al
rights Of ctrl and religious Liberty ~ alone 'ut
e.nt To excite emOons Of gratitude too strong ever %
be oblitersted'
here Franklin Pierce put II into the mouth OF his
of truth equal rights and Republican oei atty oy say
ing that his emOti OF gratitude we're zoo strong sver
10 be obltersec In giorying In that bogus system OF
equal rights bich marked thu most numerous Chris
usn sect n ChrstepdOm with the disgrace OF tae heot
and the n ark Of Cain Why should the people OF New
Hampshire change their Constitution wheo the leader
OF The Democracy Of that State then and the leader OF
the Democracy OF the United States now thu Cath
ocs branded as outcasts and helo. and excluded from
onees open 10 The negroes with feelings Of gratitude
"too strong ever 20 be obiterpted"
There Is Franklin Pierces idea Of charnp,onlng Ra
Dsious Lloerty-thst State where a Catholic cannot
hold sn Office even should the whole De pe of the state
vote Tor him. suca political Paradise that sd
burns 90 deeply iaio his affections that dime cannot
Otlherste the record
This Constitution has been 10 existence sixty YEAR,
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louis ~i'N" NV
So strongly Loco Foco are these thirty one towns
that thew sent TO the legislature in 1882 81 LOcofo
Repre- sen ialives, and rot single Wing.
These figures have from the Official record 10 ~
office of the Secretary OF state at Concord and hss
we see that in 81 towns, which gave Pierces csnddAs
47g7 votes only $40 votes we're raised for tNhoae
Emancipation, and 2966 votes were given ag4inGk
That H. not onetwelfth of the votes given Tor Marin
were given for Catholic I'm sncpatop saying nothing
at all about the Wing votes cast In tnese towns Nc
Cstholic Emancipation. In some OF these towns ~
Wbie vote is very small being just about tle uuUber
given for Catholic Emancipation. Thus there were q
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MORE COMPARISONS.

Fellow citizens, look at this and then ZOOS - ere
10, and the ialss public piLIon which biz :, " q
ated throughout the coubtry Brentsoos GU. .s CESS
for P.eIct . Governor, out not one Tor 0S''''
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In this last town OF Ellsworth there were only Proo
Soil votes, and no Wing votes aud YET there were "
votes against Catholic Emancipation and ony one vo)s
for II; and yet Geo NJ. Dsllss, and all LocoFosc
speakers and writers, tell us II was the combustion d
this nougbt and eight that prevented the solitary oae
being twothlrds of the whole vote cast
TIE WING TOWNS
Now let us see what the Whie towns did give ths
votes for and against Catholic Emancipation and ~
vote at the election for Sawyer the Whis caaA
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THE VOTE.

have given the vote In the same h. Ens, the same
year. for DiLsmore, the Pierce Candidate d man whom
Franklin Pierce had put against Atwood the regular
Loco Foco candidate IL viii be seen tina, In towns
where Franklin Pierce rallied his party vote by hun.
oreds for MS csndicse he aid not think IL worth while
TO secure single bskers dozen for Catholic Emanci
patton. Here are few towns
On The eighth proposlicr, a. voted for in March, 1851,
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Mrlotice.

THE Commfssioners Of Public Buildings,
l. for Sumter District, invite Froposaisto
be handed in to the subscriber before oran.
tho the Third Monday. in April next. under
seal, for the making on. Of General indezeS
to the Record Books, IN the Office Of Re-:
gister of Mesne i;onveyancss for the said
District, from the establishment of the said
Office therein to the commencement Of the.
general Indexes. which have becn made in
pursuance of the Act OF 1889.
The Commissioners require that the
work shall, be executed with the graatessj
correctness, and for This, purpose .etipuiais
that the contractor. shall bind himself to-
every entry by reference to the Record itself:
without relying on tho old Indexes in the
respective Books. The said Indexes 10 bef
made in Two Bueks. Ito be provided ;byflhc
Com, l,nssioners.) both containing the year
OF Registry, names Of parties, buuk, ard
page; nthe one, the names Of the parties
who executed the writings, and In the othefs
the names Of the par,iea TO whom they
were executed, to be alphabetically ar-E
ranged, such. alphabetical arrangement II
extend at least TO the tlirea first leiiera Of
the snrnam", and the christian names under
each surname to be likewise alphabetically.
arranged
WIN. HAYNSWORTII, Sec't ~ 3
March %. 1852. 80 lG 22-5wg q I
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Loss OF A BRlTrIsu Sn1p.-New Or
leans, Mafsh 1s.-The British ship
Lucy Ann, Captain Griffith Owens,
which left Liverpool on the 1lth of
January for this port, with q cargo of
$50 tons of salt, consigned to Nlessrs.
P. Maxwell 81 CO., went ashore on
Britton Island on the 4th inst. She is
total wreck.
The chief mate and seven scamen of
tho ship arrived here yesterday. They
report that the keel of the ship has
parted in three places. Capt. Owens
had left the ship, and proceeded to the
Southwest Pass for the purpose of
procuring assistcncc. lie left there
on the morning of the 18th inst, in n
small boat to return to his shin. but
he had not arrived nor been heard from
up to the time that tho mate left the
wreck Serious apprchcns;ons are ell
tcrtaincd for the Captains safety.
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Sherif'S Sales,

OH virtue of sundry Executions to me
ID directed, will bc sold al Sumter Court
House, ON the LIST Monday and day follow
ing i'll April next. within legal hours of
sale, to The highest bidder, for cash, the
following property. Purchasers to pay for
titles:
One tract Of 200 acres Of land in Clare
mont, adjoining lands of r. Richardson, J
l.. Manning. and l.. Chewning, levied upon
as the property Of Jared N. Canley, at the
suit Of Edward Broughion.
One tract of acres of land in Sumter
vile, adjoining lands Oh. Bounded on
the East by Sumter Street, on The Yves, by
Washington Street, and on the North by
the Parsonage, levied upon as the property
Of w. III, Phillips g. ID. McGrahan, III the
suit of w. B. Miller. Two Uses.
Stock in store levie on as the property
Of WIN. Gee. Jr.. at the suits Of G,.orA G
Ioombs, A. p. Dongal, y. Barnes, J. S.
Due, NJ. l.. Brown g. Co. II. Iaulcy, $. C..
& J. &. Chambers, and John Lyna.
let Of salt prtrc, and matches. boxes
soap, lot of dry go-'ls, lo, Of buttons, thread,
&c, trunk, desk, | ure-pan,-scalcs
anu wei ghts, pair stcclvartl>, lot of books,
3 marasses, ?qnilts, comfort, blanket,
lot candles. box salaratus. lot tobacco, lot
crockcry, lot nails, lot onions, lot OF spice.
! cross-cut saw, lot Of salt peas, vinegar,
S ovens, stead, pic"lcs. rope. feathers,
washstan!, snfe, lantern. Levied on
as The property Of y. Abrahans, ut the suit
Of Jos. ii. Oppcnheim.
JOHN &. RIIAME, $. $. D.
March 12. 1852 2I-,d.
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EEoofland's German Hittcrs.

THESE celebrated Bittcrs prepared by DR.. c.
NJ. JACKSON, l20 Arch-street, Philadelphia, are
performing astonishing cures throughout the
whole country. We can bear witness to their
curntives powers in the case of friend of ours
who had the Liver Complaint, and who had
tried almost every otl,or medicine, but without
effect. After taking few bottles of these
Ilbters he was entirely cured. TO those who
nte similarly afflicted we T, commend them to
take the preparation, knowing that they will
care the disease spoken Of, and many others to
which " flesh is heir to-" There is n spurious
article made in Philadelphia. The only place
to get the genuine article il l2O Arch-s.rcet,
Philadelphia, of Dr. G. M. JACKSON, or his
Agents throughout the country. NIh2-2m
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Scientific wonder
IMPORTANT TO DYsPEpTIcs.

INFORMANT TO DYSPEPTICS.
DIR. ]. S. Hough,ons Pcpsin, the true Di.
gcEtive Fluid, or Gastric Juice, prepared from
Rennet, or the Fourth Stomach of the Ok, after
directions of Baron Licbig, the great Physiolo-
gicnl Chemist. by J. S. IIoughton, W. d., Phila-
dcphia. This is truly q wonderful re medy for
Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Jaundice, Liver Com.
plaint, Constipation and Debility, curing after
Natures Own Method, by Natures Own
Agent, the Gastric Juice. Pamphlets, contain.
Rg Scientific evidence Of its value, furnished
by agents. gratis. Sec notice among the medical
advertisements. s-ly.
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NoRTH-CARoFINA DIAMoND.--The
Editor of the Charlotte Wing was
shown few days since by DIR. c. l..
Hunter of Lincoln County what is sup
posed TO be genuine Diamond
weighing about halfa carat, discovered
in the ncighborhood of the Doctor,
while searching for gold in q small
stream. lIc will send it north to have
the truth of the matter tested, and
then if it is genuine he will himself
give description and history of it,
and search for more Of ;I.c same kind.
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DEsrRUcTIvE FtRE.-We regret to
record the entire destruction by fire,
about three o'clock yesterday morning,
Of the extensive Foundry and Machine
Shop of Mcssrs. Taliatfcro g. Turbct,
with all their tools, machinery and
two new Engines nearly completed.
The destruction was almost total and
complete, scarcely anything was saved.
There was an insurance OF $4,000 on
the buildings, but none OH the ma
cllinery. Their loss is heavy, and that
i ';saitf Was ita work ofan inccnIiary, the
proprictors think is no doubt,
-iuqustu. Chronicle Il .1ssSs1Itnil, 24at.l
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Circus COMPANY SUPPOSED TO BE
LosT.--A passenger in the steamer Pa
citic, states that, tidings had reached
Acapulco, that vessel had been seen
at sea turned bottom upwards, with the
name "Orleans" painted on her stern.
This being the name of the vessel in
which Messrs. Hubbcll e. Co.'S Olym.
pic Circus Company took passage, it is
apprchendcd that he has met with dis
aster, and all on board lost.
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TIE committee of the House Of Re
prcsentatives, it is said, have decided
upon awarding 100000 to DR.. Nor
ton, of Boston, for his discovery of
Chlorotorm, thus setting his right to
that discovery. DIR. Morton, it is also
stated, has caused his competitor, DIR.
jackson, to be arrested in Washington,
for libel growing out Of a controversy
between them.
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EMtoRATfoN TO, +. There
have II arcnt number oftamiles settled
IN the counties of Alaehua, Marion and
fernando, this wintcr-more than
lave settled in any previous year. But
the emigration has been nothing to
what it promises to be another year.
Land hunters by the score have
been coming in all the winter. Almost
every one is pleased with the land, tho
productions, and the climate, and most
of them intend to make the Land of
Flowers their future home. The State
land sales offer n fine opportunity
to procure valuable lands Mt fair
prices.-C Conseruator.
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Notice,
FLORA,

Pastry Cook and Baker Of Cakes, <S.c. dc
Offers her services to the citizens of
Sumter and the adjoining Districts in the
preparation of bridal feasts, party-supperI
sc. Her long experience and service In
every department Of her business, iustifes
her in engagiagto give entire satisfaction
10 her employers.
She may DO found by application at the
Barbor's Shop in this place.
Sum lcrvllc, JAM Sth, 1851 lltf
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Ar1EMpT AT AssAssISArIoS.,-Ihc
Washington Telegraph gives the par
ticulars OF an attempt made Oh Sunday
evening last to shoot IL young lady of
that city. Three barrels ola revolver,
it says, were last evening fired into the
front window of Mrs. Littlc's boarding
house, OH c. street, at her daughter
Virginia, aged about II or IS years.
She fortunately escaped unhurt.
The person who did this decd was a
Mr.. Kirby, who has not yet been ar
rested. lie is Il young man, about
20 years old. 1t is said that he ad-
dressed Miss Little some time since,
but there has been some cstrangemcnt
or alienation Of late; that is, he was q
rel cctcd suitor.
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The annual report of Attorney Gen
eral Clifford, Of Massachusetts, shows
that the whole number of criminal
prosecutions in the State last year was
4G70., There were 21OS convictions,
800 acquittals, 4S3 mol. pros. In
6l5 cases no bill was found. The
amount of costs in the above cases
was 81 ,07S,lS.