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jgyA IA we are ever anxious to know
the origin Of each new word bequeath.
eli to our language by genius" and
always fall into raptt,res over a new
and well turned paragraph, we would
especially recommend to the attention
Of the ''literati" the following para
graph which appears in the columns
Of a learned contemporary. He says,
speaking ola grave yard:''
.'rhat eur municipal authorities have
long since decided that our prede-
termined and inevitable fates should
have last, and hopored resting place,
which the ruthless work Of re-appro-
priation should never desecrate, and
where the icy stiffness Of anxious soil
citude should not be trespassed upon
while seeking communion with the
pale captives Of mortality"
Angels and ministers Of grace de-
fend uss' The language of the learn
ed, ia getting to be 80 intricate, COM
pick, and trancendently sublime, that
another babel" will have to be torn
down over o,lr heads, shortly.
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SINGULAR AcHIEvEMENT.--A few
DAYS ago. the achievement Of SWIM
ming the Niagara and again re-eross-
inc. at q short distance below the Cat
aract, was performed BY ]. v Thorn
a. Esq, the late editor Of the Brook
I'm Daily Advertiser,
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Hlarrif1.

On Thursday morning the 1ltM inst. by
the Rev. w. II. Crenshaw, Mn. HENRY
r, GRAHAM to MIS-. MARY EMMA
GRAHAM all Of this Parish.
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Osnr spciaI Condition.

any immediate reform, though we hope
| 10 be able to show soma Of the evils Of
the society Of this city, that the think
ing portion ofthe population will adj
init, and those who never think, will
reflect for moment upon. After all
what is iS.hat brings the animal "cal-
led man. into communities? Is tnot
an inherent social principle, that leads
him to feel a Dependence on hia fellow
man for.everything he lives for ! Is
Il not this that, induces him to lay off
d patch e ground with streets for
"comveniencc, and Squares for com
fort1 There il no man who will dare
gainsay the fact.
But Is this the result of corporations?
DO christian people practice any more
Of the social virtues, when they come
together In towns, than barharians :
We have but to cast an eye about us,
to see that they do not. Every man
builds himself house, into which he
creeps like a jackawl at night, after
''preyipg'' upon ether men all day
After this, he puts up q board fence,
TO exclude the eye Of his neighbor with
whom he goes to law on the subject Of
the dividing line The women PEG.
pie 60 quarreling at onee--the child
rem squabble and fight, and the men
busy themselves in building Court
houses, to try cases, and jails and
the great strife is, as 10 who shall &C.
cupy the vacant cells. If we add to
this the making Of titles, and wills,
and attending the "mortunary proceed
ipgs," VIZ hare the whole business
Of every day life. Is this what exis.
tence was designed for! Was the
globe created for no other end, than
that two hundred millions of bipeds
should come annually into existence
and go out, without dreaming for a
moment as to what they have lived for?
Il cannot be Il there no substan-
tisl pleasure to be derived from social
intercourse ? L. there not generous
impulses in the heart that demand
exercise ?
We are almost inclined TO doubt it
since the order of mans nature has
became so completely subverted by
multiplying evils upon evils, that there
is no vestage of his original honesty
and purity left. II is useless to say
that such has been the condition Of SO.
ciety for years---that it is the nature
of man, and II is useless to endeavour
to correct it--this is simply blaspbe-
my. Il is natural for man to be hon.
est and true, virtuous and happy any
other condition is unnatural.
Let US take u birds-eye view of So
ciety about us. We aver that the So
cial condition cannot be worse Men
know nothing ofone other, only in trade:
where they meet as horse thieves and
pick pockets: the man who gets the
best of the trade, is of course the "best
man"
With the ladies, there is a spirit Of
rivilry, that keeps them continually
at loggerheads about trinkets Of dress
es. and other trumpery. And then
there are grades of responsibility,
with more different shades Of color,
than can be counted. Ladies of diff
crent churches, in the practical christ
ianity Il the day, rarely visit. With
respect to the elder portion Of the pop.
ulation it matters little, no reform
must he looked for in their fixed prin-
ciples: and it matters little, since they
are all passing out Of the way as fast
as possible.
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AVA WARE.---Thjs il the name

Lava WARE.--This is the name Of
new article Of manufacture, made
from iron Stag. the waste Of smelling
furnaces. Articles Of the ware are on
exhibition at the Crystal Palace. A
floor tile left in our Office, says the
New York Tribune, looks ss smoothly
polished and stronger than marble,
and only costs about tenth AZ much.
After The iron is drawn off, the melted
sand and clay, mixed with iron, which
remains as waste, greatly in the work
man sway, can be cast into tiles, nrns,
bowles, tablc.tops and various useful
things at d very small cost.
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Tbs CAsE or CAPTAIN ScHAuM-
nERe.--The telegraph has already re-
ported tina. the jury in the Criminal
Court at Washington on the trial Of
the Captain Schaumberg for an as
suit with intent to kill Mr.. Fuller,
being unable to agree on verdict
was discharged on the 29th ultimo.
The Republic says that on the last
vote taken nine Of the jurors were for
conviction and three for the acquittal.
The case it is understood will be call
ed again during the present term.
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ly~"Frst class in sacred music
stand up. How many kinds Of metre
are there p Three, sir long metre.
short metre, ann meet her by moon.
light alone.
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IgDr, Chalmers says that one Of
the strongest temptations he had to
contend with, was an undue and unkind
aversion to those who had disagreeable
peculiarities.
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aid to the reformation. let every
one pause and consider, that all men
are made of The satntfimsy materials
nerves, muscles, bones, and arteries
that the blood Of each, is as like to the
other, as water is to water---that no
mar or woman can be isolated and re.
main happy---that we are mutually
dependan. upon one another, not for
our bodily wants. but for the craving
of the spirit--tllat there is com
munity Of sins. and all will either be
saved or be damned---we incline to
this iatter belief.
PHoenHss or THE EPIDEMIC IN
NBw ORLEANs.--For the twenty-four
hours ending at 6 o'clock A. NJ on
Wednesday the 10Th inst, there were
ga iuterments, la of which were
Yellow Fever. Ghariiy Hospital
Report for the 81 bonra ending at md
night on Thursday. 18th inst;
Admissions, II Discharges, 3o
Deaths, 3s-s-of which 30 were Of yell
low fever
Interments during the twenty-fonr
hours ending at 6 o'clock A. N. on the
9th inst 21O. l55 Of which were yell
low Fever.
Since the epidemic commenced its
terrible rayages, it is said that over
5000 persons have fallen victims to
it--tbis is without any preeeaenee.--
The dreaded month OF September is
yet to come. and we feel that it is the
duty Of every town and village in the
State, not to pass quarantine laws, but
to call pnblie meetings and organize
stout and strong and fearless bands for
rslief-persons who hive no fear under
d conscientious discharge Of duty, to
90 down and minister TO the friendless
and the afflicted in the weeping city.
From the papers, we see that the
Young men Of Mobile, have sent over
to the Howard Association, $4,000, but
what is money Mt this honr' 1t Is
without either force or value. One
single arm, nerved with true courage
and resolute determination to do
good, could win more TRUE honor and
glory in ona day. ministeriug to the
wants Of suffering humanity, than
could be won in a campaign OF the
length of peninsnlar war.
Where IRE all our young aud am
bilious physicians. Where are The
unoccupied young men in the town
and the country Let them come
forwartl--there is not a water-craft
ahoat that would not feel honored in
taking free Of cost" one single true
hearted philanthrophist resolve Of his
own accord, to 60 and do good. Nur-
ses are wanted Us much rs physicians,
and the humblest tntutored individual
in the community can be Of service
eminent service-mofe service than
his weight in gold Or silver twice told.
Where are the teachers and follow
ers of Jesus . The hitter can do with
out the sermons o. the former for few
weeks, when they know that the vir-
tues taught in the pulpit are being
practised upon the lowly and friendless
stranger, in . city where death comes
not as a thief at night, ibnt walks in
the public places at monday.
Are we to fly from the footprints Of
the destroying angel IF SO. then may
we say that there is a baseness and a
eowardice in man that brands with
the "lie his claim to relationship,
with any better existence, than this.
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ny-It IL stated that Louis Napo-
leon has publicly recognised the right
Of the Hebrews to the full and unre.
s,ricted enjoyment Of their religious
opinions and ceremonies in France,
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rive are authorized to announce n.
SIBLEY STUART as candidate for the
Office OF Assessor Of this Parish.
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FW the Comet.
Digby's DaguerreOtypes.
rtiF tf1NERANT TEMPERANCE LHoTuRff.

rte tTfNERANT TEMPERANCE LECTURER.
In making honorable mention Of tho
saipits and Martyrs in s7he cause Of
diGsttressedp hilanthroplE We should
not fail to.pIade first on the list, the
Hiaera,at Temperance Lectwter.--
If there be any one branch Of tie
great hand,' that deserves the UNI
qualified appreciation Of mankind at
large, il is the itinerant Lecturer.
Does be not sacrifice his time and
his meney, and tax his mind with
anecdotes and telling illustrations,
that carry conviction home to tile soul I
Is he not frownea at, by the rum
seller" losiled by the wine merchant,
and his very life itself, sought after BY
the colfee-house keeper !! Andsis not
there a guardian angel lowering con-
tihual'y over his bead, protecting it
from evil ? OF course there is.s Hut
10 make security double sure, he has
n carte MauchdJom one Of the thou
sand and one Grand Juction- Union
Mutual-relief, Moral-Reform, wheel
within wheel Temperance societies,
and If a crowd cannot be raised by
few placards, and the ringing Of q bell.
why the aid Of the ''denominatirs is
called in, and revival is had \
The motives Of the Iinerant Lee
turer should never be called nj anes-
ton; the purity Of his own. life, and
bis tea-totle temperance habits are. or
should be, a sufficient guarantee To the
community that be ia transcendtally
sincere. The prying eye Of The en-
qtiirer, should never demand to look
into the green room adjacent to thu
stage wherein he performs. It Is
sufficient for the spectators Of the farce
10 look on admiringly, and crown bis
efforts with the "grilIfliugs' Of appro-
baton.
ErOn Thursday evening lust ,at
5 o'clock Mr. james Thompson. we'll
known in the East end Of this Parish,
was found dead on the plantation Of
George Norton. The Coroner was
sent for and went out. On going to
press yesterday evening, be had not re.
turned, and we are unable to give the
virdict of The jury. We learn that
Thompson was subject to Epileptic
fits, and the presumption is that he
came to his death whilst in a fit Of Ep.
iIepsv.
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IRoN CARS A Correspondent
Of the Boston Journal says that an
establishment asjust been opened near
Harlem, N Y, for the manufacture Of
railroad cars wholly ofircn. The bull.
ders are said to be men Of capital and
enterprise. and have already orders for
all the cars they can construct.
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r We are authorized to announce II,
u. PIERCE as candidate for Assessor Of
this Parish.
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CA NDID AT ES.

~ We are authorised to announce
CHAS. j.. GREEEAUx, as i candidate
for the Office Of State Treasurer.
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nJ- We are authorised to announce
MANUEL MORENO, the present lncum-
bent, ss a candidate 70 re- ELECTION to the
Office Of Clerk Of the Sixth Judicial District
Court.
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Hatyn Rpspe .9Eso If the Crosse Itfe 0Wf
g,'an R' ', AT -, 2 me D..o" Ep"ss ana
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Sunday morning. ah5as' a. 1919 !.
ng@We regret exceeding to learn,
,hal h,,r,;,,, ths dsad baa at ,anvth
,..., .a.t,a j. i N,y ny,esns
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- >
Tsoma seribbler writing IN the
Gazette yesterday, speaking Of the
miserable post and rail affair now be-
ing bnilt--if not already coiipleted---
and to be doubled 1.-THE City Hospital"
says IN reference thersto, t'iat our AR
gument that this cheap building does
not comport With this age Of improve
insht, and that it Il "a miserable one
horse affair Is but the sorry sophisca-
ted sentiments Of habitaal and over.
sealous fault flinders I"
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ny- We are authorized TO announce
sAML. SKOLFIELD, the present incurr-
bent, as candidate for reelection to tho
office Of Parish Recorder.
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TIT appears from catalogue Of
Bowdon College, Maine, that Presi-
dent Pierce, Professor Stowe, husband
Of Mrs Stowe, authoress Of Uncle
Toms Cabin" John P. Hale A.
Feloh, ofAlichigan, seba Smith, N.
Hawthorne, the author Of Life Of
Gen. Pierce. Gov Dunlap, of Marie.
and Gov. Husswurm, Of Liberia, were
all graduates Of that institution.
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Mr.. Ed;sor.--Tou will please announce
JOHN McNARY ROBINSON. as csndi-
date for the Office of Coroner Of this Parish
YOUNG AMERICA.
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EDrrop CoMEr--Please announce II. v.
BABIN, Esq, the present incumbent as a
candidate for recollection 10 the office OF
suEairr. Election to be. held on the first
Monday in November
THE PEOPLE
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UNpREcEpESrED RAILROAD FEAT.
Engine No. Is, on the New York
and Erie Railroad, recently hauled one
hundred and ninety two coal cars from
Binghamton to Oswego, each car and
load Weighing eight to,ts, besides four
cars heavily freighted with bridge
timber. This, we presume, is the
heaviest load ever drawn by one en-
CINE, being with the four loads Of tim
Der, about two thousand tons-more
than enough to load the new steamer
Queen ofthe West, which is the lar
gest merchant steamer now aAoat on
this continent.-D unk5rk Jouynal
--~->-e---
REMEDY FOR CANcEE.--Col. d.
Ussery ofthe parish Of Desoto, informs
The Editors Of the Caddo Gazette,
that he has fully tested a remedy for
this troublesome disease, recommend
ed to him by Spanish woman, a ma
tive Of the country. The remedy is
this Take an egg and break it, put
in salt, and mix with the yelk as
long as it will receive it stir them to.
gether until the salve is formed put
a portion Of this on piece Of sticking
plaster, and apply it to the cancer
about twice day. He has tried the
remedy twice in bis own family with
complete success.
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ALLEGED DEsiGNEs OF rRANCE UPON THE
nal contains n communication which states
that
private letters ofrecent date from Peru bring
very important intelligence concerning these 10.
lands. The independence of the young king.
dom is seriously threatened, and urgent de.
mands for assistance have been forwarded to
Washington, asking protection against the i'm
pending danger. The French government
have made demands upon that ofHawaii Of an
extortionate and totally inadmissible character,
Incompatible with the liberties of the nation
Perhaps with a view oftaking possession of
the whole archipelago, these claimes are to be
supported by a squadron, Consisting of two 60
gun ships and four other vessels of war "a fleet
fully capable OF seizlng the islands and subver.
ting the government, as : as done with the So.
ciety group a few years ago. The infamous
conduct of France towards the defenceless
Queen Pomare leads US I, expect no better
fate for the unfortunate King Kamehamela
an. unless the protection now SO urgently
that Of Cat n66ed by our government or by
The writer states
with double force to the u'ne "PPe9i comes
the fact that the hawaiian goverh2hS"Se" som
existence and its subjects their civilization
this country; md their acquisition by any gieaI
naval power which could control them to ouT
inj"ry, could not he MISUNDERSTANDING as they
do III, coast of California and Oregon, and
furnishing the key to our Pacific seaboard.
The writer alleges that the designs o.
France against the Sandwich Islands have
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SYCAMORE ISLAND, !
BUCKINGHAM, May 9TH lS43. !

Gentlemen:
Your letter, infor ming me that the Wing
Convention had nominated me as a candidate
to represent this District in Congress, was
wholly unexpected. The POSITIONS one I never
sought and do moi desire and If there were suf
fcient time for concert and the selection of a
more efficient champion Of our cause, l should
without hesitation decline. But as such is not
the case, and as | consider it TO be the duty OF
every good Wing and lover of his country to
be at all lines ready to make any personal
sacrifice for the public gool,IaccePt the nom
%ination.
OF course, it will be physically impossible
for me, in the short time preceding the cleo
ton, to visit every portion of this District
which stretches from the vicinity oil the Poto-
mac to the head waters of the Roanoke. To
weeks time, and the celebrity of Cesar. Our
adversaries seemed, in framing the District,
not more DESTROYS Of prescribing the opinions
o fthe minority than of rendering the rec inter.
change of opinion between candidates and peo.
pile impossible. must, therefore, rely upon
those who concur with me ia sent and
who abhor the tyranny attempted by the DOM
inant faction, to exert themselves, ssch in his
own locality. III their cause as we'll as
mine. 1t is the cause ofevery man who loves
liberty and cherishes our republican institutions
The bill districting the State-concocted by
a party caucus, at the dead hour of the night in
Richmond, and in violation of an oath, which
each member of the Legislature had taken, to
support the constitutions the most fragrant
outrage upon the representative principle.
which has been perpetrated incur country. 1t
was a deliberate and designed contrivance-
not disavowed nor disguised and in the teeth
OF an express provision of the constitution re
curing the district to be compact, to exclude
sixty thousand voters in the State from any re
presentation in Congress. Those sixty Thousand
voters bear their portion Of the burdens c
the Government and on every principle
Justice are entitled to a fair portion of the bel
ehts. They love the Government as mucl
and would as cheerfully peril life and forum
tor IT, as those who seek to prescribe and o.
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public. Defeat this year or the next should
not discourage Us. The cause We uphold has
merit enough 10 sanclify a host of martyrs
1t is the cause OF public liberiy-of mora social
and political progress.
expect hat il will not be in my power 10
visit much oftbe district. Unknown person
ally to nine tenths o. ihe people Of the district,
they must take me upon ~trust,or upon such as
surances as those who know me may be able
and willing TO give. There are not wanting
preccdents in our political annals of obscurity
and tacifurnity conducting TO victory; and il
these be The genuine ingredients of availability
and the infa llible elements of success, | feel
embroidered to trust that our cause is not des'
perate. Very truly. you're.
A. MOSELEY.
To, Messrs. Morris, Dlrneille, Turner, Wal
ker, and Cooke.
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The Bedford District.

At length the Wings OF this district have a
leader in the feld-one whose voice, cheering
and commanding, they have heard in many a
hard.fought contest. Below will be found the
correspondence of the committee and the nom
inee. When we say that Mr.. Moseley is none
other than the able and fearless editor Of the
Richmond Wing. he will need no other intro
duclion to the Wings OF the 9th district. New.
eltheless. we shall have other things to say be
fore the battles lost and won" At present
we are content, as we are compelled, 10 lei
Mr.. Moseley speak for himself.
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II. -. DROAlJDUS,
SPARTA, Caroline, Va, May Sd 1853
FOR THE


Nd. Ed"oT Your paper announces tina,
Madame Anna Bishop, and the distinguished
Bochsa, will give a concert in this Guy, mex
Wednesday night, May 1lth.
Having listened many times to these di,tin
gulshed artists in other cities, | wish to direct
the attention of the good people of Lynchburg
to the privilege the approaching concer, pre-.
SCENTS to hear a finished vocalist, and the first
iarplst In the world. Ga one occasion, | en-.
l'!yed the rare opportunity Of hearing Jenny
Lind and Madame Bishop sing "Casta Diva
on the same evening, in Buffalo, N. Y, and it
/, praise enough of the last named lady,to say,
mat she did not suffer in comparison with The
! iSe11is' nightingale. Madame Bishops voice
/ cnfftet bird like soprano. Her intonation
/ q charms her style f~aullless, and her person.
o%pptfrfal. 1h}y universal acknowledgment,
6pJ no ~ noee who neglect the present
seek i oareSS,ne near this celebrated singer,wilI
Rocbsa has a mdsnentance though they
l.. -
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ScorrsviLLE, Nav 4th 1853.
ALEX. MosELEY Esq:

ALIEN. MosELEy Esq:
Sir-As n committee appointed for the pur-
pose, by the Wing Convention met To nomi.
nate a candidate for the 9th Congressional Dis.
trict, we discharge the pleasing daty assigned
us.by announcing TO you that you received the
unanimous vote ofthe Convention, c%onstitu.
ting you our standard bcarerio the approaching
battle. In apprizing you of the high station
10 which you are called neither the Committee
nor The Convention Can doubt that he who
has SO g%allan,ly borne himself in other fields
can hesitate TO draw the sword, whenever or
wherever the great cause he is sustaining shall
call it from its scabbard.
With the confident hope that you will &C
cept the nomination, aad that armed in truth
you will 60 forward seekins < destroying er
ror wherever to be found, we remain
You'll Friends and Brothers in the Faith
- N d NORRIS
b J DARNEILLE
S TURNER
T WALKER
G COOKE
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been pursued insidiously but steadily 'or many
Years. but that their acquisition by that power
must be repealed at whatever risk by The I'M
I'D States. He thinks that the contamination
81 This schemc,in the mode attempted. would
le a sufficient casus bell. both to Great Brit
ain and the United States. and that "A prompt
stand taken by them together would he the
means Of preserving the independence OF these
i Islands.