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TohACCo The market ia Arm, without any chang, a., uss
s' our s rsp"r We quote Mes Iugs at tiA a. rr-
era sale. ~ New l~aI tSI Ia -; a..
sells As high a. ~ To- old Lag, ASK 10 6 and A. - -
Leaf y TO ~, go,Sl ~ u II tlyto ~
Wthr-We continue to quote Prime White at sI 20 and
Red VI ~. ~ " ~ 49, anu
HESTER x WHITE Com Merchant,
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MARRIED.
DIED

IN Weldn North Carolina, the 18th instant Mr LEWIS
Yer county. '' wv ''''''
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MlsrrHs EoIvFD-Mr. Llmprey Of North Hamp.
ton on retiring to rest since hung his coat
biz custom, the bed post Next morning having occa
son 70 examine his Wallet, which in hi pocket
several bills aud faf Of 80 note missing for which
he unable account until few days since Mrs l.
vhc heating her disco cred the ash place mouse
nest Thinking she would take shovel lu o. Goals aud
burn IT, she What proved to be three dollar bns
one two dollar bi half OF hyedoar b and fragments
OF other bils. with four young mce -fappeI up the
same IortDaOuN Mes7geg
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ANUS e NJ L NTS.
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BENEFIT or Mr. GRJEFyJLS
TUESDAY EVENING, December 9Hh
On which occasion will be presented the
GKEATEST mill OF TuE SEaSaS,rt
Comprising the Petite Comedy Of the
WONDKRFfL WOHINi
singing and unucinp,
GHtfEfGIuS' DHEA ia H,re .aurl
Ana the wonderfully terrible Drama entitled
FIRNDS ~ HVudN TfIWN. or
- The Hand az Card~l
Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1853-12-19
HE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
To CORRESPONDENTS.

To CORRESPONDENTS.
Letters business mast be addressed to
hs WAi0."
Articles written both sides Of the
THIS rule png standing ought to be known
Obituary notices ,ight
lines are charged for rs advertisements.
Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1853-12-19
LOCAL AFFAIRS.

ST. 6soRoE TucSsR. CLERs ~ HOUSE, or DkLr-
o.rss- any other Legislature in this Union o. in fact,
any public body, favored with clerk courteous
efficient and energetic than the gcnilemsnly cl.ik Of tho
House Of Delegates of this State, ST. GEoRax TucNsR
well they congratulate themselves on the selection
But We doubt If such is the case and for very good rcs
sons-good at least to u.s. because believe that the
qualities to which We refer are prominently cIenpli.
fled in the person OF subject possible they could
be. We have known gentlemen holding similar positions
in other States with whom from the necessity of our no
son as reporter, we came in frequent contact and while
We felt bound under Of justice accord to them
our grateful Acknowledgements for favor and facilities af
ordcd US in the discharge OF duties cease 10 re-
gard them in the light Of courtesy viewed in con,r.
distinction with those which ST. George Tucker is ever
ready to extend. 1t has been good fortune u
ring experience Of some time have met one whose
deserts in every point view to be apprc
cated IL gives pleasure to notice that the extent
to which he known, feeling Of appreciation fully cou.
mensurnte with his merits is felt aud freely expressed
Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1853-12-19
METROPOLITAN IIALLI

LITGH IND HROW FITI
MED DAVIS II C0MiNGi with his Troupe II Mnsrsls ~,
~ SATURDAY, MONDAY. TuEsDAY aud WEDNESDAY BE-
oemer i't l9th Goth and 2st when they niroucc cor.
selection of popular Old and New Ethiopian
Choru ses, OyeTtures QnaTetts Ducts BaIads A. e
Doors open at g. o'clock-commeuce atJN.
Admission, - FRANK ag.rt
NED DAYIr, Manager. l,I,. A,
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LoA MoNrrs.-The cratic and notable Lolf was, al
the lss accounts quietly u-catng H. her birdie Of
cottage at Grass Valley, Ciiofna-spcndug her time IN
attending the Improvement Of her garden pelling her
pgrfOt and poodle, aud tanning grizzly
Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1853-12-19

We we're anxious to give the remarks Of some Of the
member on the merits Of the claims Of Col Thomas b.
Randolph for tG5 81. upon which the House Of Delegates
egsated finally Friday last but Of space precu.
ded the possibility ofdoing before to day Small AZ the
amount IT, the merits Of the claims seemed To have boen
strictly canvascJ not however, Ia any spirit oppos-
ton, for al seemed to favor the passage ofthe bill
We give the remarks Of Ne. Carter, Of Fauquicr, be
eyng that they fully embrace all the facts in relation to
the merits Of that claim the vote being taken upon
the fua passage Of the hill after some explanation Of il.
merits by Mrssrs. Dorsey Patrick and Anderson who
strongly favored ~ passage,
Mr. CAErrR, Of Fauquicr made the following remarks
Mr.. SrrAKgR: when Yielded the floor To the gentle
man from Warren, Who Is the patron Of lhia bill Was
that Ice might Afford to this House the explanation whic,
members desired and II his explanation aud tho remark
Of other gentleman, who have spoken this subject had
been distinctly heard aud understood IN this quarter Of the
Hail. should not deem any farther remarks necessary; hut
appears there arc many members around me, who do
not properly understand the question: and u therefore,
ak the attention Of the House for few moments.
II seems to me- sr, there claim presented
10 this body, based upon Justice and demanding avora-
bic consideration this u one. II appears that when the
call made by the General Government uUOn the State
iof Volunteers lpr tho MEXICAN war Col Randolph wal
among the hr1t To otter his services these services
accepted he commissioned officer IN tho Rcgi-
Of Virginia Volunteers, his commission was imfne
ditcly forwarded him from the Office ~ hdjutant
General of the STATE, with order accompanying
his cOmmisson, directing him 10 repair IN Rich
mond. lie Immediately len his home and family
and obcycd the order by coming to Richmond
About 6scn days elapsed FROM the date u his commission
70 the lime ~ which be- was mustered info tho 5eTvics III
the United batcs and Vhon he spcd his accounts With
the proper officer u the General Government that officer
only SLOWED him from tho time Of his being
mustered intO the service Of the United States and II
for mileage from h' home 10 Richmond and Tor pay and
subsistence ffom the date Of his commission 10 his being
received into the service ~ the Gcncial Government that
he now appears before this Legislature petitioner
The fact cannot be doubted, that col Randolph wa
ordered 10 repair Immediately Richmond No gentle
maH Eho bss iJtened 70 the letter from the Adiutan
General upon that subject Tread by tho clerk can doubt
the fact for moment either that be- was thus ordered ~
that he Odd report himself Ia person directed Both
arc uly sustained 10y the letter ~ that officer Now Sir
trust there not single member 81 this body who
viii i,l 10 render hi. act Of Justice gallant old sol
der one Who in the Of 1919 served HE cjunry With
Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1853-12-19

INCREASING rIg SALARY TnE PKosECurISG ArroR.
My IOE rus DisTRICr.A resolution this subject is
now before the Committee Courts Of Justice Il the
House OF Delegates which will doubtless he acted upon
at an early day Mr. Marmaduke Johnson the present in
chnbcnt OF that Office, receives but the eagtc allowance
OF 1880 year, su,s 10y means commensurate with
the arduOus duties AZ connection with IT, IL IL &c.
ally matter Of surprise to how professional gentle
man OF his standing has consented to devote 80 much
time aud labor that important Office demands Tor 80
rhing confederation. Indeed, know oS Office IN
which much labor is oIpeued with such little profit
There eau be doubt but that Mr. Johnson from the
well merited celebrity which he has attained in criminal
practice, could employ otherwise the Iime which he now
devotes to the service Of tho Commonwcslth for this u
ding allowance, 10 greater advantage to himself by many
degrees OF tie zeal aud efficiency with which lao dis
charges the duties Of this Office, all Who familiar with
the proceedings at the Criminal Of the District Cour
Of Richmond arc fully OF his powers as n Crimi
nal prosecutor sufficient evidence satisfy was furnish
ed ia tho able n which lac conducted the Cooke
the last term Of the District Court Of this
City. There series Of other proofs which have
fully confirmed opinion OF his powers as Criminal
Lawyer,
We cannot DOUBT that tho Committee before whom the re-
solution the subject Of increasing the salary Of Mr. John
son pending, will for hesitate to grant that in
crease. With proper and knowedge oTtbo amount
Of duties deyovng upon that unctionary they cannot with
sny propricty justice refuse 10 add considerably the
present salary A. the information necessary to engbteu
them TO the duties Of the Office will doubtless bo fur
nshed, deem Il unnecessary 20 into tho statistics
in this matter. The Committee doubt will canvass oil
the facts in relation to the subject and with al the infor
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IHE OFEELAep tgIsEAI tOs.-The oregon papers re-
port that the whole number o. immigrants Who have pass
ed Jta II Gtg, Ol which SgS Wiyes. itUd sons 1913
daughters leaving 1880 men The stock il a. follows
oxen gp77; COWS, G5ls horses, 2OUg mules 826: sheep
1906 wagons, 1863. This does not include those who
turned oil The Southern route, those crossed the Coum.
bii at the Walls Wili the Puget Sound route These
however, comparatively small The overland ifnni
grafton viii amount this year ~ little 1000 souls
DRg,V o. : QrEfy-A letter from London STATES that
the recent death " the Queen Of Portugal ngulrly yci.
hr dream which her Majesty Queen Victoria va said
TO have had last January, and which had rendered her
extremely uneasy. u 10 the effect that there would
bc cold spring wet sImisc, fine autumn, and dead
quceo. " We shiycrcd in the cold yDs nL mathematical
tie nCc-sant rain Nv the summer which pfcy.n.cd 80
many Anticipated benefits aud judgments have been eo.
riyiug the remarkably emo nuilmn With which we have
been blessed aud suddenly GnJ t0Rars the close of
the year the ~ the drlih ~ the Queen ~
Portugal The dream remarkable a. H. genG-
cation
Face s:n NsKDsR. The British brip,ntne Reindeer
Of Great Yarmouth sailed .e.srh months since from Mon.
cEfeo, IN south 8mcrict fr London AaI within short
tue ~ h,f d'Inftnrc va discovered abandoned aud
a.h"re IN Cape Siu Antonio. hcadand of the River
fat" She eas atsn g0'a sion ~ by Eve 6shcrmen who
tWei her bach "a Nortrsidcn The British Con s cub.
seqnentV learned tlst Captain Wlou ihe mascr II tho
vessel, With d. officers, passengers, and several 81 ic
REV. h1d bccp murdered ly of the men, who after
I4gud'r.g a." hrTIutuc at ~ that vsluthlc csaped
ut" the intrunr ot the country They were afterwards
discovered, s"d At the lest sccOgns in cuso ly
Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1853-12-19

IHr rFSs, Pow made IT, Grst appearance Lstsiinr-
day evening u b hand omcy gotten up sud vol zap.
phcd With varict, ~ seo,icl aud editorial matter
u Wiu b. coudusic Nv NJ james Pc,.aut- a. r,opte.
~, sod NJ hasb flcsssut-. o. cole editor
Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1853-12-19

PiRE.-A FIRE broke out about 10 o'clock Saturday
night in the Columbian Hotel Stables which destroyed the
entire building, comprising Coach house aud other outoG
Coca The pronp' appearance and aeve oSerons Of the
arcmcn sone ssyed large portion Of adjoining property
from ruin strong wind being blowing during the Gre
and ia direction altogether unfayorabe tho neghbor
ing houses particularly the Hotel With which she
Stables we're connected number Of mules horses and
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Virginia Historical, society .

ddires,o Of the Hon. WV. e. RrvEs n. President Of the
Virginia Historical Society, taking Me Chair, al
the late innsdi Meeting.
Gu ..c. IL. Nil.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-06-15
-,I;.smeut 100 barrels of -four are manufactured ev

.krsbneuf 100 barrels Of -four are Manufactured e7.
sry tsentyfour hours. ,o-,,
n. amer. and 50 st the lower distley. OfcOurss'
bine but the spirit Of the grain is exraetet IN tn.
5e.trefixe process Of getting whisky out OF corn, an
there remains mass Of matter, which would be dead
foxs were IL not that still fed pork marketable com
In Re pens Of the upper dslery there regularly
00 hoo. and In the lower one 7OOO Ii is calculated
that the hogs are changed three times year making
"a GOO for one snd 2100O for the other dstiey, or
$500 ed hogs sss fai New snd souh SENDS '
But from the pens Of this dlstey, pork ls not the
opl, boceouuodty A large business Is done in the
MANUFACTURE Of lsrdOl from the swine which 90 NOT
happen to have strong enough constitutions 70 enable
fbem 70 get fat on whisky tainted sOp and fall victims TO
drupkeuness Last season the number OF these victims
was 3D00 their value about $4,000. The proprietor OF
The Iarj-o mandatory informs me that his sales OF OIL
for the six. months ending March 1853. amounted 70
over 5000.
on maas from hogs that die drunk may burn we'll or
he rood 10 grease machinery but it does appear 10 me
that II mus. eat pork should prefer that which was
not fattened on Stop which kills. az this season OF the
year fifteen per day out of 1900 Of the hogs fed on It.
was informed that an average lOO hogs per week
die Al the two distlleies Poor fellows probably they
we're the generous and noble whose natures were too
frank and impusive resist the charms OF liquor at
their meals and met with untmey ends. How many die
with mania potn did not learn dut no doubt the NUM-
Der Is large and Of those that die Of consumption still
larger.
II was sbrewd Yankee invention to turn these VIC
Tins Of "high living and close confinement to good ac-
count BY saving their oil, but it will be shre~der one
when il is discovered how U dist the whisky which
must be secreted" in their carcasses.
It is an old saying" One half Of the world does not
know how the other half lives" Verify not one bail oil
those who love ham and bacon would indulge a. deeply
we're such facts the history Of the Richmond dist
lsries afford generally disseminated
The diseries are great attraction to strangers at
Richmond and all transported through one or
both Of the-I presume not bOweyer,with as full details
Of fscs given them as procured or the showing OF Its
"dghts" might be detrimental to the business oil Tue
town. W. l. "
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-06-15
KEY WEST.
The Character Of Wreekers-Atemptst 10 Put Dewa
HGEesO and TrntL-Awful Disclosures In the
Nrecking Businrss-New kEes Of Mrecking.
frslOia1clce d Ile y. l. IT1ule

Corrrspoldcnce o. Tue y l. Au1uIe
KY WEST, Wednesday. Jlne Z 1855.
There is an old prOyerb of Arabic origin believe.
that says things Wl happen in this world that will
cause rocks speak, something TO this effect
and although vegetating in the regions Of the
Coral Rocks. must remark tnat am neither stone
hearted nor DO iee inclined to be Ia any aay rocki.h
but must confess that in all my Tambes and tours
ihrcugh vast ke public have or heard
many strange things a. have attracted ny attention il tbs
he souihefImost extremity
Your wei informed correspondent ~Otsego has LEFT
our little island and Is 70 be regretted tn; he
To continue bis semi monthly communications % yoafjr
mqgrs the CONTRADICTIONS II some partial and interested
parties be- Denied that iH Al bis there
truth than poetry, and il Is vel known tha;in
many instances Truth gives more offence than iAseho0d
Such S TIE Besides. tie City Of hey West is
the WoEs place in the world for persons TO tell the truth
and. this Wl Illustrate by giving !oa N authentic
count 81 some recent Occurrences
~, n four weeks gentle Who has been residing
here little year. q this STATE. alths1gl
generally taken for foreigner had oecasoa 20 repeat
c,ugrTsaou Concerning 81 his business, s0m@fhinz
be lesrd The Captain 81 . Nreckug schooner say som-
tine previous 10 r-d tu sn OBJ . - ashore i.s
rlsee, VIZ; hat ha hg Ae rrtc4ns CsFtla l-r1 tie
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-06-15
Markets.

HAVANA. Tuesday, June 7, l1bD.
Tie during the lss, days the
AID the consequent se fNEtGhIs has not
IfeuCed maeTa depression prices which oday -
ox. Asserted. AID 6 ana White 800i Yellow s1lf
Brown Q CucuIaho, Ha5t hascsvsdo u al reals
L Hods add the principal drnand Tor Brown Aad
yellow.
III 10 the the total pmenis Havana ST. f6 boxes
Asisuas 10 LIST inclusive ss and the stct :, toe
mt 40 90 lotes The during
ielthea e. the Tho been
should Judge that the dnersnt
favorable. the lat few days haI
this vicinity With dens- clouds around the
boiAssEs zid&i with increasing stock,
cont 9 zoe scaIcy Of sesseis " carr 10 Oh.
win moderate stocks with
h Of kcE o which article svs ots nave been ssposed
oil dunn he days ~ sud ~ nas y
LAKD-ILe rnce nuctuated during the
pfses shade lower In chest price pad
Slj - and tho 90 IS q quntsl STOCK rather large
bJTkRIee have been lev ertors few receipts % his
sbch the stock large. Box SHOCKS have been selling AZ
empty HHDs MOLsssEs sHooks ar Y LUMBER
a S@fu for r. and % q tor w. T.
afd forAToEs far demand q = Dbl
FEESHTs follows towes and market, Il ~ s4t5 81
Isuc ne, Mediterranean t5at55 Hamburg aud hrcmen
GXOd43 Unted statss, 81 5dtl 81. q SUGAR sgs y
Lhd snu Is do0 s. IS for Molasses
Only ID port saturday since thea
bo.sSer arrivals which will allow opera
whh have been almost parazed during the G few days,
through WsDt oi craft
today lO4d. During las, week heavy
done sid0 pnmum. and as low ~ % Liver
payable LARGE NewYoTk aud Boston
have Teen cFosd OF At rates varying nom II az eeHt discount
@ Paris z. az -
Day ooDs are dun regard AL kinds Of business ~hh
has voice the remark holds sooa NJ
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-06-15

society the population Of which, presume, will at this
time number three thousand three four hundred OF
which are women and two or three hundred children
We have three churches well filed every sunday ana
the real of the church bell awakens in the mind pess
ins "reminiscences Of by-gcne days Two Schools well
attended. one Lodge Of Free Masous, one DIVISION OF
The Soma Of Temperapee tgo Sabbath Schools one B,-
be Glass. and Sewing Circle. Under such favorable
auspices the moral and social condition OF our society
cannot help improving. GREESLEAE.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-06-15

REPORTED HURDER-The Belfast Maino Sigma. pub
fishes rumor of the msrder OF young woman 10 uniy,
Maine. by French peddler The rumor states that me
pedder stabbed her several times then put her BODY INTO
a cart and then drove II 10 farmers dwelling whsfs
he desired to exchange his cart for buggy wagon 70 90
10 Bangor and leave the former in the barn until his re-
turn The farmer did not see bt 20 make the exchange
bu, loaned hun instead old saddle, aud the peddier e
having previ usy put his cart IN the barn Several days
aerward An AWFUL stencil proceeded from this vehicle and
the farmer having called The Of several neishbos,
w.s broken open. aud the body Of young female a
above, discovered.
Mr. Allan Bowan, Depot Master at the shakers Depot
Western Railroad, crushed 10 death between two
freight the other day.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-06-15
PHILADELPHIA.
Water witch Enslne Company The weather

Correspondence Of The n Y. Tnbune -
PHILADELPHIA Tuesday, June H. IAN
The Water Witch Engine COMPANY ot fr'Vhenca,
which hs. been on visit here for raj days, len ina
CITY this morning for home via your Cry The members
EXPRESSED themselves highly grsiided by their VISIT
The weather 10 day j. oppressvey warm AZ noon 70.
day tho Thermometer stood ~ - degrees There every
appearance this afternoon that shower will pay Us res
Iects a Us before evening.
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-01-29

We have received by the Falcon Panama papers the
| 18th inst
Hga7y rams continued and Cruces road repre-.
sent be in rather bad condition The Star says
thar information had reached there the effect that
0; the railroad bridges had been carried away
The Ecuadorial national ship Hermoss Carman Com.
lnodore jose Esquerda, arrived at Panama the 6th
having board thirtytwo Jesuit priests who
pel by the Ecuadoran Government leave that
try The priests were not permitted TO land until convey
could be procured for them to Aspnwa to which
post they to be taken under the charge Of Govern
mer officer who ordered to see them shipped from the
| country.
Dr. Florentino Gonzales has proposed a change in the
Constitution OF New Grsnaa by which it is divided
into ten sovereign and Independent States for internal
government. the principle Of the United States lie
PROPOSES they shall be known the Columbian Confed
erationf
Mr. Miles the United States Government messenger ar
rived at Panama in the Bolivia and Immediately started
for Apnwal He is the bearer OF important dispatches
from the United States Minister and the Government
| Lima to the Cabinet at Washington
Col Totten andother Engineers of the Panama Railroad
have arrived in Panama and it expected that opera
tions would be commenced that end of the line
party of left Panama the Gulf Garaechin
for the purpose of goldhuntng The party visited
that district last year and feel satisfied that their trip viii
! prove successful.
correspondent of Bogota journal writing from Ne
dillin says
very much pleased with trip have just returned
from to the canton Of Nordese in this province be
IL 10 exist
than be found in that section OF the country
part of the Corderas that extend that canton are u
of aurerous veins and the valleys contain rich washings
in which the Aazamorreros obtain every day two
four even ten dollars worth Of gold. working onl
three four hours.
No mine is properly worked and the operations
red forward the most insignificant at all cor
responding with the splendid field which the numerous
posts offer for mining industry. The population is
present very small for the inhabitants of Antioch drea
the climate although have not any place very
salubrous except it be in the very ensey wooded parts
IT, instead of virgin forests there in those place
plantations OF sugar Indian and COTE,
the climate would not be injurious to health the temper
ature in the greater part Of the seldom exceed
eighty deg Fahr Among other advantages has ports
the uauca and Magdeiena. not than ten or twey
leagues from the mining districts.
The bark Henry Jones from NewYork the ll.h July
has arrived at Panama.