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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-01-19

advantages Of their condition in this country specimens
OF intellectual ability the talent of writing and speaking
capacity for business for the ingenious and mechan
arts for accounts for the ordinary branches of academ
c learning have been exhibited by colored brethren
which would do no dscredt to Anglo Saxons. Pau
Cuer well recollected in New England, was person Of
great energy. HE father was African slave-his
mother Indian Of the Elizabeth Islands, Mass have al
ready alluded to the extraordinary aanmens of Abderra
haman-a man OF better manners respectable
pearance never The learned blacksmith Of Alabama
in Liberia has attained celebrity scarcely inferior
TO that Of his white brother known by the degna
ton frequently attended the examinations at schoo
in Cambridge, at which Beverley Williams was q pupil
Two youths from Georgia. and son OF my own his
fellow pupils. Beverley born slave in Mississippi
and apparently of pure African blood He the
best schoars-perhaps the best Latin scholar-n his
class These are indications Of intellectual ability
afforded under discouragng circumstances at home
On the coast Of Africa, the OF Liberia (the
creation of this society ought to put to rest all doubts
ment under great difficulties and discouragemens, have
been managed with discretion, energy, and must
say all things considered, with success which au
thorizes the most favorable nerences to the capacity
Of the colored for self It Is about thirty
years since the settlement began, and think 1t must be
Cd that its wiz very svorSe with
They have established well organized constitution Of
republican government It is administered with ability
the courts of justice modelled after They
have schools and churches. The soil s titled the
try is explored the natives civilized the slave trade
isbanished, friendly intercourse maintained with for
en pow,rs and England and France have acknowledged
their independent sovereignty Would handful Of An
go Americans from the humblest classes Of society here
do better than ths2 The truth h Mr. President and with
this conclude influence has boen and trust ever will
be- at work through the agency of the colony at Liberia
and other similar agencies trust hereafter to be added
abundantly competent to effect this great undertaking
and that Is the sovereign power Of Christian love- An
sir, this after all Is sometimes resisted and sub
enterprise becomes bankrupt State DO
Icy Is outwitted, but in the long run, pure,
iy rather let me cay heavenly, love never fail
II is the moral sentiment principally under the guidance
and impulse Of religious ZEAL that has civilized the world
and raft nd maj uuit
and minge In the work. cannot kill its vitality That
our colorsa brethrso equally With ourselves sts
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-07-08

- Forty or fifty Portugue emizrants ar.
rivea in Wheeling on Friday en- route for Illinois,
~ panorama of Uncle Toms Cabin, painted
by Leslie, is exhibiting at Cincinnati.
" There was frost in East Stafford, In Connec.
hcuI, on the Goth ult.
r. The Baptist Church at West Acton, Macs,
was destroyed by fire on Saturday morning.
E- George Gates, the murderer of Lilly, in I'LL
nois, was hung at Ottawa on the 9th ult
D The contributions to the Washington Ma.
tional Monument, during the month of June, we've
sl057 As
II Rev Mr. Brabroah, agent of the American
Board of Home Missions for Iowa, died in East
Davenport, Iowa, June 9th.
II Charles McCunn, brakesman on the Ohio
Railroad. was caught between two cars and crush
ed to death.
D very elderly lady was arrested in Ciacin
nan while In the act of stealing some cod nah from
the door OF grocery. "Oh hesh, how art thou
fshifed.n
~ Mrs Laura G. Cushman, wife of PhilandeF
A. Cushman, Of Boston, died from the effects OF =
dose Of arsenic The motive TO the suicidal act has
not been ascertained ~
The Pilgrim soclety. Of Boston. have. voted 70
cesbrase he rss OF August the annivsrssry Of the
embarkstion Of the Pilgrims from Delft Haven, In
| the Year 1890.
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SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.

Yesterdays Enquirer alludes to the Louis.
vile and Cumberland Gap Railroad, which it
calls the Virginia and Kentucky Railroad. 1t
considers the road highly important in com.
mercial point OF view, and also in a social and
political sense. as it will unite Virginia and
Kentucky, and their people, more closely than
ever. After indulging its ideas of the impor.
lance Of the road, it remarks that its con-
struction will render necessary the continue.
ton of the Danville Railroad to Abingdon, in
order that Richmond may thus check the ten
dency of the South Western trade to pass her
and go on via Petersburg to Norfolk. This con.
nection, it asserts, will not be rival to the
South Western Road, because there will he
more trade and travel from the South West than
both of them can accommodate.
The Enquirer referring to what il styles an
attempt on the part of the Wing press to shew
that the Democracy Of New Hampshire had
aimed a lett hand blow at the President, copies
the proceedings Of more dignifed body, it
says, than the convention by which that was
claimed TO have been done 1t gives the re-
solves of the legislature which had passed both
bodies by very large msjorities. These resolves
sustain and approve the administration of Pre-.
sident Pierce, One Of these resolutions de-
clares that the safety of the United States re-
euires that no future European colony or domi'
Mon should be established in this county
another, that it is the duty of the government
to protect our citizens in all their rights In the
fisheries on the American coast-and two others
80 for the acquisition, in manner consistent
with the national faith, of both Cuba and Ca,
NADIA. AZ measures importan, to the projections
Of the United States, and the free deyelopmen
OF American commerce; and also free an,
untrammeied intercourse between the gnite.
States and the British Colonies.
The Times comments upon the sentence Q
ouiiawry passed by the Washington Unio
upon the New York Evening Post and the Blu
HALO Republic. The Union read them out .
the Democratic church for their Freesoilisn
The Times argues that throwing these lou,
mails overheard was to get rid of troublesom
witnesses. The Evening Post, especially, !
considess 10 have made itself troublesome n
hs ussh'seiiing, since i, declared tina, NOT oul
were hessoilers ssill freesoilsrs, but sba, The
were taken into . high degree Of faver bv Il
Administration.
The Nail has an article on some az III. !,
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-07-08

CHEvALIER WIKoFF.-There have been
rumors in the papers lately that Chevaler Wi
koff is actually going to be married to Miss
Gamble, the young lady at whose suit he was
sent to prison, in Genoa, for the term of two
years. We are happy to know that the rumor
is not unfounded Mr.. Wikoff has written to
fiiend in this city that his marriage with Miss
Gamble will soon be consummated, and that
they are now on the best terms possible.-N.
Y, Sunday Courier.
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SMOKING IN THE CARs.-An Important rail
way question was recently decided in Eng land.
The Edinburgh and Glasgow Company were
sued by passenger, who held yearly ticket,
for damages sustained by him from the danger
of fire and the injury to his feelings, il. conse-
quence of the non enforcement of the rule
against smoking. The decision was, that the
company were liable, in every case of smoking
to the infection of penalty of forty shillings,
and they were fined accordiRgly.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-07-08

EP In consequence of the very deep founda-
ton which is being dug for the erection of the new
Store House for Messrs Kent, Paine & Kent, the
wall of the store next to II. belonging to Mr. Fem-
ing James. has settled a little, which has caused
the front and rear wall to crack. The granite stills
and lintels of the front wall in the line the crack.
are split. The most powerful props are put to stay
the wall, and it will, Ia all probability, stand until
the foundation of the new house is brought to its
support
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-07-08

Lieut.. Maury, superintendent of the Nation.
al Observatory, is about to 60 out to Europe
for the purpose of attending, at Brussels, a
convention of meteorologists, deputed by the
some uniform plan of observations for testing
Lieut.. Maury's theory of winds and currents.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-07-08

x Passengers per Steamship Roanoke from
d eW York yesterday.-A Scholl. w Satler, E Sat
er,I Adler, H CASTOR, D 8 Ouncomb, E II Smith
G Baker, J Leonhardt, G G Armistead, w P Mayo,
.! B Ross, MIR Perkins, Miss Nah, Miss Reid, II
Applewhife, Rev w II Starr and son, Miss Men
dell, B Doney,F w Leeds, ] l. Williams, II E
Johnson and C Briggs.
Twenty one for Norfolk and l8 in the steerage.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-07-08

Y Union Section No Sc, Cadets of Temper
ance met at their Hall on Church Hil and duly
ter.
Atticus J Tucker, w A.; Henry Ferguson, v
A; George Crump, 8; John Meanly, A s; Alfred
] Snesd, T; Ne wton n Meredith, 7; John An.
CELL, G; Francis K Fairlamb. U; John w Gentry,
w; Henry L Bracket, A w; Robert E Richard
son, Past Worthy Archon
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E Albert, the slave of Mrs Cross, Of Hanover
was arraigned before the Henrico County Court
Wednesday, upon the charge of committing q
rape upon the person of Mrs Louisa Kearsey, Of
Hanover, a short distance from Richmond, on the
night of the 22d May. The Court discharged Al
bert, considering the testimony quite insufficient
The young woman, although protesting to be posi-
tive that he was the person, had, soon after the
event, described quite different man, and indeed
professed to recognise him only by his voice.
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RAILROAD ACcIDENT.-Col Solomon Warn
er, an aged gentleman, and somewhat deaf
was Instantly killed on Thursday last on the
Washington and Rutland Railroad. He was
walking on the track. 1t seems he was Sc
frightened that he stood still between the rails
looking intently at the approaching train
when he was struck.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-07-08

e There were vast number of accidents ii
New YORK and neighboring towns and cities, from
firearms, on the 4th of July. The Tribune has
long list of them. We count nineteen in New
York, including accidents of various kinds among
them fingers and hands blown of, &c. In Brook
Ign there were siz, and Williamsburg four or i've
and one or two rows.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-07-08

E Wednesday night we were blessed here
abouts with delicious and copious showers of rain
which cooled the atmosphere and gave new life to
every thing, whether of the animal or vegetable
creation
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POWDER MILL EXPLOSION On Wednes.
day morning last, the powder mill in this vc-
nifty, belonging to MIR. VIM. Schall, of Orwigs
burg, was blown up, instantly killing MIR. w.
Debert, who was in the mill at the iime.-Tn.
nsagua, Pa. Gazette.
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DARK DoING.--Alfred, the negro who was
the chief mover of the late contemplated SER
vile instruction, made fierce assault on the
keeper of the police Jail. He bit him, struck
him with chain, and caused the blood to flow.
He will De examined on tn 9th, and probably
ordered for execulion.-New Orleans Orlea
nian, June IS.
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sTRIKE.-The carpenters and lsborers on the
Ship Lock struck tor ten hours a day on Wednes'
day. The demand, SO far as concerned the car
The aborers had not resumed work yesterday.
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The editor of the New Orleans Picayune has
been shown sample of salt tnken from salt lake
near Corpus Christi. Texas. 1t was clear. clean,
well crystal zed and of excellent taste. The sup
ply is said to be inexhaustible
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-07-08

~. Two crack steamers of Louisville,
Kentucky-the Eclipse and Shotwell, having
had very closely contested race, are each
claiming victory. Capt. Elliott of the Shot
we'll, in publication more than four columns
long, essays to establish the victory for his
boat. Our friend Sturgeon, of the Eclipse, be-.
ing down the river, card appears in the ST.
Louis Times promising to make the case ap-
pear very differently. The boats are magni-
fcent floating steamers but when they 60 to
racing we would rather not be on board. How
ever, if their contest is TO be confined to the
newspaper war, it can do no harm.
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ID En.

of but two days, ANDERSON BARRETT, eldest
son of Jane A, and the late James Griffin, aged
Yeas and months.
The funerai will take place This (Frday)
Evening, at S O'Clock, from his mothers resi-
dence, of Main and 1st streets. The friends
and scquanances of the family are requested to at
tend without farther In vifation
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-07-08

THE MARKETs.-Every thing exhibited for SALE
in our markets is high. Our country friends car
turn their small potatoes, and other vegetables, ra
pidly into gold by bringing them to Richmond.
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~ Attention is invited to the sale of furniture
at Inc residence of the late Thomas Cowles-JohI
r. Payne, salesman.
The furniture 10 In good order.
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I The Roanoke was detained little yester.
day, having to wait while the bar for the tide
She reached the wharf at about 2 o'clock She
will depart on her return voyage to New York this
evening at O'Clock.
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g Edward D Mckinney, conductor on the
New Haven Railroad, who was severely injured on
the night of Friday last died Monday nigh,in New
York
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1t appears from the pension office report
that laAd warrants have been issued TO the
amount of nine million nine hundred and thirty
five thousand three hundred and twenty acres
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-07-08

MAINE Liquor Law IN WIsCoNsIN.-The
Legislature of Wisconsin have passed bill
submitting the Prohibitory Liquor Law to the
the people, at the ensuing Fall election in thai
State.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-07-08

~J. B. Kerlin fell from the 4th story of
the Madison House, in Montgomery, Alabama,
on the night of the 1st instant, and was killed.
1t is supposed that he sat in the window 10 get
cool, and that he fell asleep and then fell out
of the window. He was an overseer, and
lived not far from Montgomery.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-07-08

~ The Stannton indicator has been sold
py MIR. X. W. Stevenson to Messrs. Absalom
holner add John A. Hartmann, who will here.
after conduct it.
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T We have received from Mr. B. J. Eddins
under the American Hotel, Littels Lining az,
for July, and Gleason's Pictorial for this week
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AZ We are indebted 10 Purser Allison, Of
the steamship Roanoke, for late New York
papers.
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e An affray recently took place at Mansfield,
in the Parish of Caddo, Louisiana, between H B
Graves, young lawyer, and DR. Lowry, in which
the former was shot in the breast, and the latter
horribly cut with bowie knife across the head
the knife being aimed at his throat. The recovery
of Graves was regarded extremely doubtful.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-07-08

DEATH BY LIGHTNING.-We learn from the
Port Gibson, Miss, Herald, that during the
severe thunder storm which visited that county
and vicinity, on Monday, the Goth ultimo,
Mr.. Thomas N. Muir, residing about eight
miles from Port Gibson, was struck by light.
ming and killed Instantly. He was standing
on the gallery of his house ct the time. when
he met his fate, without moments warning.
The bereavement of his family is indeed dis
ressing. Mr.. Muir was a respectable citizen
of Claiborne county, and was prosperous in
all his affairs.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-07-08

YOUTH OF GREAT MEN, w RAN
i DOLPH has for sale, July 6, Dickenss House-
hold Words for May, June and Juiy, price 20c a
month or So per year
No l6 Bleak House. price l2c
Home Pictures, By Mrs Mary Denison, 81 %
The Boyhood of Great Men, intended az an ex-
ample to youth, with illustration, 60c
McCliI locks End Book in Latin, 75c
July number Plough, Loom and Anvil, 25 cts.
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n Thos. ]. Lemay, has sold ths Raleigh
Star TO VIM. c. Doub. who will hereafter b
the editor Of tina, old journal.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-07-08

Ole Bull has prohibited the sale of spiriluou
liquors at his colony in Pennsylvania.
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ACCIDENTS IN NoRFoLk,-A young man
named Myrick, from Warenton, N. c., was
drowned at Norfolk, Monday, by walking after
dark offthe wharf. He had just landed in the
steamer Seiden, and with others hurried off
when taking the wrong direction, he with two
others who were rescued fell into the water.
The same day lady and gentleman fell
overheard from the steamer Osceola while al
the wharf at Portsmouth; but they were for.
tunately rescued.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-07-08

e The Memphis and Charleston Rail.
road is opened from Memphis to Lagrange,
Tennessee, distance of so miles. The com
pany are working on both ends of the road
We do not know how much is completed on
the Eastern end. Mississippi, however, has
thrown difficulties in the way by trying to
force the road to Holly Springs-very much
out of the way.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-07-08

Mayors CouRT.-Catharine Garibaldi (no reia
tive of the revolutionist) was brought before MS
Honor, yesterday, charged with selling ardent
pirits without license and with permitting an un
lawfl sssemolage of blacks in her house The facts
In the case were 10 palpabe, that the Mayor couo
do no less, if he dealt with the case at all, than
either fine or commit. Major August appeared ioi
the respondent, and as is usual with him, was very
eloquent In her behalf. When we hear as mucn
more law as the Msor then uttered 1t will be when
our "reminiscences of Blackstone are less fresh than
at present. The case was finally sent forward to
the Hastings Court, which sits next week.
Lewis, slave, was complained OF by Mrs lnkle,
a resident of that particular locality known BY the
name of "Screamersville" and charged with steal
ing pair of shoes. The testimony, 30 far as the
complainant was concerned, was direct. The
balance of the witnesses being Dutch, and moi
havpg the remotest acquaintance with "ths tongue
that Shakespeare wrote" were uninteigible. We
are somewhat addicted to the science of language
and have not even been weaned by Professor
Wolf critiquc upon Homer; and yet, We have
never heard anything more sublimely uninteiiigi-
BILE than the testimony on this occasion.
Officer Tyler stated that he knew the negro, and
that he had aeen him drinking at the house above
mentioned. Lewis was ordered Is lashes, to keer
him in mind of his duty.
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AUGUSTA CoUNTY.-The Staunton Specta.
tor. giving some account of the increase of the
county levies of old Augusta, takes occasion
to look back into its affairs more than hun.
dred years since, and gathers several very
amusing items Among them we find the
following:
Among the items in the levy for the year
1746 and for several years afterwards, were
'Uolres heads" for which the county paid a
Premium; the salary of the deputy Attorney
of the King" and the Clerks salary. In that
year besides was the following:
"To Robert nehemiah to find Small
Beer, Candles, 10 keep the Court House in
order, to find Stabledge for Justices. Att0r
meys. and Officers Horses, 1900 pds. Of To.
baccO."
The following also appears in the old re.
cords:
DAT Court held for Augusta county on
We. 18th Nov. 1755-Present, David Stuart,
John Christian. Robert McClenahan, ames
Nelly and William Wilson, Gentlemen Jus
tees" the levy was laid for "63, GIG pounds
Tobacco on 2172 Timetables. Mostly for
wolves heads''-wih item-"To John Harri-
son for burying some ROBBERS by him kid, and
for expences TO Doctor Lynn fOi dressing the
wounds Of one of them $40 lbs.'
$50 John Harrison for going for a Coroner
and other expences about the above mentioned
ROBBERS 80 lbs'-Making about $40 for the
complete job. The Records of that day fire..
quenty allude quite as coolly as the above to
"killing of Robbers"
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II Sophia Geismer, Jacob Geismer and NJ orris
Klene. were all precipitated into the river at the
foot OF Canal street, New York, on Saturday even.
ing, as they were departing for Hoboken, and the
lady and Kleine were drowned. Jacob Geismer
was the brother of the young lady, and Morris
Klene and her were engaged to be married. tits
supposed his efforts to rescue her caused him to
be drowned.
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CREsH READING, FIRE III READ.
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Home Pictures by Mrs Mary Andrews Dsnison,
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4 ATTENTION., "YOUNG GUARD"
q Attend meeting at your Armory, on This
III Friday. July 9Th, at O'Clock N, for the
II transaction of business
By order of the Captain
JOS. w. BARLOW, Orderly Sergeant.
The Court of Enquiry will also be held for the
assessment of fines incurred during the quarter
ending Juy lss
iES ]. w. b o. s.
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n kpidemics make short work Of pc

e Epidemics make short work Of pa
TENTS with feese stomachs and disorganized nerH
Gus systems
Keep, therefore. your digestion vigorous, and
your nerves well strung. !,
The beat conservative preparation in the world
for the stomach, circulation, and the nerves 10
Morse's Iuyiqorating Cordial If these are disor-
dered, remember, in that preparation you have
certain cure.
DIt Is put up highly concentrated, In pint bot
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1872 Broadway, New York
so,ahv BENNETT 4 BEERS.
a. q, 1876 Main street, Richmond.