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me s,sbt poet- whether in words or marble, OF me sfsa an, -.
,is, sometimes waken the mos. u,o"sy sou.' mr. onorsn
: a"'in;,v 10 shall The example, HE written, The spoken,
10Y ~. ~ ,irioo word OF this grand nation, rouse The spilto
W., u y. y ~ NV lie dumb and torpid in the shadow OF le
.tlu seos ,,,, = moured in the iuil tide of massacre, ana IN
's;ai, a. II in The hold of the pirate ship. the plundereo no
- If ,hr ncnplc. bound and bleeding, are battered DOWN
sns,Iia- the whole Gcrnanic family tongue tied the
On. .I,.nan: in lmr bed; Poland, sill The Niubc OF Ma.
ions nud her estate and children CIT up and parcelled put
.rnnnp lie robbers: Hungary, with the knife al her proud
and heaulrnus neck Italy, locked within her sculptured Sc
nuJcitr, and a proIane suldiery keeping watch upon II;
France, srluaciry in a masquerade, the glare OF when
| blinds men 10 .he crimes Of which it IL The senselcss aad
The reckless curnivu; Ireland, her people decaying and DIS
apuearing faster than the ruins even, which a ruthless ciSi-
fZation las vet left standing on the ~sOil;- where, wnefe
can the eye tina, scans the history OF this day turn with Joy
wit,uut "rief, without vengeance, without dispnir, unless II
he 10 This yrea, Commonwealth, the power, the progress, The
immensely of which are mapped out ~ those mighty waters
of the w,sI from which came but yesterday.
Here, lrre-glory he 10 Him on hIsh!-here, Freedom
stand. rpon n pedestal higher thar TIC Alps her spear IS
lifted 10 the snn-,he rays that flash from II shall descend,
descend through the blacklist cloud and Storm descend ard
nenerrate The deepest dungeon, and there wake up the Oldest
prisoner-wake him up, not idly TO gaze upon the hills and
bs home far off. but wake him up 10 wrench the bars tnal
ncn him in. and with them slay the sentlnel-thoueh he
wear a crown, and be impiously hailed the Amounted OF The
In1
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HicAaosD, MAY 81, 1859.
~WuEAT-pnnr Red 81 III; prime White 81 10; In
,L,, Io,s 81 100 els. r. }. PEYruA
CORS.-56 to 80 cts. per buslel.
CORN MEAL-62a L G5 cts. per bushel Tor country. Vi
asking 65 cts.
OATS 10 a IS cts. per busiel.
acknowledgements cured hog round, 9ha lu cents, C
clicd hog round, lUs n II; New Bacon, Sizes 5. ;:
Shoulders - Il IN cts; JoIcs . a - cts.
IER-Goshen, 10 n "a cts, Mountain, ~ u = g.
some poorer sorts, not suitable for ,abe Use, are sold a,
us t. 4 l. cts. Roll ~ a 20 cts.
CANDLES-rallow l24 a TX cts; liuIPs and j,
sons patent II AiamantIne Is Il 2S; MitchelPi plen.
4 81; Sperm SO IA 81 cts.
C~OFFEE-Wc quote Rio 9h a 10; Laguyra 10 a !.
Java II = II; Mocha II ; Cape 9 cts.
COrION-l0H Gig.
CUAL-Virelnia lla IS cts on board, for good Vi
Fine and Lump; Smiths III cts; Anthracite Is only sold At
tai rates-tor load Ut 1000 lbs. ssh TO Sc per ton Of +"
lbs. sG&.
G~UANO-Sales Of Peruvian al Si6-abuniant.
LARD-In barrels los a l0A cts; in keys Ii 4 j
cents.
| STOCK-D. Shocks Repor)-Becf Cattle q
weight. SIS 10 81; extra tat vii! command more; l..
Sc; Sheep, SIN a S36 nett, as in quality.
Ut a ~ cts per 10.
AiT-Livrr fine per sack 81 i0a 81 81 aH,Ai d
81 81 in store; Ground Alum 81 lOa 81 10.
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RICHMOND TOBACCO MARKET.


TORACCO-Thr market - steady, without any cha
in urlc,s-the receipts are large, but not 81 large Is "
have beer, and the breaks are large but not 80 heavy a. F.
were some time Since. y VI. Mahllh Y ~
Sales Of Tobacco by \. NJ. MAHTls IL Co. Thos +
ner, 4 hhds at 81 %, s 50, 9 % and II; VIM Hayes, a
Or A B hawkins / hhdS. | at , att DU, and s. " ! y
lory, 3 at &, 10 and III Dr. lily Lewis, ats oU; X Coisr
a, II; Thos Giobon, At III 81; f. Tcnney, 5 al + 81,
p at 8 80 and 9: VIM Hayes. : IL s ami 10; |. b Cfo"def
50: WIN Il Boyd. = N 9 50 an! 10; } Newman q;
n Milan, | NJ 5; W r %Iumpkln, ! AT III 70; james iona
al 10 AMI L.; Geo Hicks, al $ So W y Go"dr, -
I 81. I IL, 5, Eats 80 and ~ so Harper and henr'
, al + and & %; Jno NJ Wright. , at d 10 AMI :
VIM %lientricE, ) IA u u 81 and . 23i y u ~:
, AT I IS aniS -; Mrs. n Bnllock. = AT . 81 and ~ 81
Williams, | at 81 ii Bullock, 5 1T : 60 and : al ~,
Bailey, ! at Is; a d Williams AT . so; F. A Lewis, :
J w Rawlings, | at II 50; Jno + Shell, , al 5 aud = ., !.
Poyner, ? at 9 and ~; Jno W Gillian, / a, q Is; T. CT.
rich, ! at G; NJ Capps, | i, II rs; 5 ) Royster,2 al i
AMI IL Is; p Mitchell, NJ 6; II Eobbitt, 2 at 9 62 aud !.
Cruwder, / att 10; G Gurus, | al 10 50; NJ Harrington
I; l. /. Wright, | at s %; + Tally. ? al 8 IS and y .; l.
plummer, ) at s 81, 2at 9, 9 Is and IA Is; Jno DAVIS, y
at 10 IS and II %; a ) Buchanan, at II Is; X Wata;
al 5 10; II Il Hunter. | al 8 %; VI e. Duke, | at II 81
DIXIE, | at II so; IL h Caps, | al II %; Henry Russell
S so; } : King, | al ! %; W II Wilson, = ats 81 cni
Rnvd, 4 .. s 81. , Al 9 and al 9 SO; + G Robinson
& 80, : ani 7 IS; " \ Muncurc. , a. & 60 and I 81; v
culcy, NJ II; ; S"ulh"rlnnd. ! al 5 s -, 9 nod y -
Owen. = ate 81 and 7 81, r. IVwncs, al %; TN !
sion, | ats.
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BOOK,

A This il the season when our fellow citizens, in search
of health or pleasure, are preparing for a sunmer Jaunt TO
some watering place, VIC deem il 10 be our duty TO refer 10 a
~ handsome volume JUS, published, and sent 10 us BY J. W.
Randolph Of This city. 1t is a new edition OF our old friend
Or. VIM. F. Bnrke's work on the Virginia Mineral Springs,
with remarks on their use. the diseases 10 which they are
applicable, and accompanied by u map OF routes and dis
tancee. The present edition is Improved by the addition OF
cbsn,ers on The Bath Alum, the RockbIidge Alum, Dngger's
or Dib,clps, Fauquier White Sulphur, Jo,dan's, Shannon
dale. Berkeley, Capon, Healing Springs, and others. No one,
who thinks Of visiting any of The numerous places OF resort
10 Virginia, should be without a copy of this interesting and
useful book.
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MQN0NGAIla

JOHN B. Tough and Henry f. Combs. The Deu,.,
nominees, elected 10 the House by a considerable rnan.
MARlON. "
For H~ouse-Barns 52t, Clayton 1875. Arne,t 10 :,
222, Yost l76, and Raymond ZIG. The first five ara - ~
erals, and the last u whig-who, of course, through m"
organic zion Of the democracy, slips into place. y.
dem, and Raymond, wing, elected.
BERKELEY.
B,r Hoard Public Notwithstanding lem. Gal
For Conyress--FaulSner dem, S65; Boteler, Viii, ].
For House cCiure, democratic nou,nso
Scihert. democratic nominee. 94S; Thomas, indepenten, !,
ncrat, 322.
The official vote sums up rs follows Faulkner, go. y
lei. sig. For The Legislature, Br!ier, democrat, 81, Sss,
democrat. 6i9; Button, wing, gl6; Gibson, wlig, $50
full vote Of Armstrong, wh1 runs without opposition tp,
Board OF Public Works, il not reported.
CLARkE
Faulkner's majority over Bote!er, 80. Morgan, "
elected 10 the Legislature.
ROCKINGHAM.
Ear Concrrss-le tcher. drm, 2250; Maupin, 81.
For Commissioners Public W~orks--Graham, dem. /,
Prioa, whlg, AS.
Far House Delegates--Stevens 1854 Nartz. l5.l; p.
ll73 Yancey, e35 Sprinkle, l225; Hnoke, $50.
HARRISON COUNTY.
Charles S. Lewis majority for Congress about 400 s..
Holden, (Dem) and Moore, CNhIs) elected 10 Hore
Delegates
TAZEWELL.-Bogle, DEM and James Doak, (wa
elected 10 House.
RUSSELL-Ferguson. CWhig,) elected 10 House.
WASHINGTON.-J. b. Dunn, 5E2em) and Chsre.
Berkham. (Whis) elected 10 House.
SMYTH.-Cruckett, (Whig) elected TO House.
WYTHE.-Hancock, (Whig,) elected 10 House.
pULASkL-Dr. Craig, tDem.0 elected 10 House.
HENRY.-Grorge Hair<ton. (Demr) r--elected to II
ELECTROMAGNETIC Staples, (Whig) eIecIe
House.
POwHATAN.- Congress W o. Gooae g.; W.C.S|
not n candidate. Al; Card~ell :; Dance i; HopsIa
Senale-Uld, (Dem) SO. Markham 50; mot a caniiiE
House Of Dclesntes-Brow (Dem.) ~, Wilson -; Sima.
mot a c~andidatc) l.. Commissioned ruo!lc Noris--D:s
IS; Boyd 81: 30 dGrant2 Not more .thln one bal! I;
vn'es pclied.
BEDFORD-For Cong'ess--MoseIey's majory q
Powell 100 For Srna,r--Johnson's majority over 3D.
80 For House of Dclegares--Reese. iWhisj I
Bake, CinisI ll79; Goodc, tDem-) 1918; DAVIS, (De>
$50. ). -.
Works. ~ -
LUNENBUKG For Commissioner OF puo!'c 'Wot.I
H.. Dnplsl S72, Thos }; BOYD -; !, N. Bondltst
F.r Con.ress--Wn. .. Goode 36I; WIZ: I. tinutaos
Wyatt CardweI 40; wm.C. scou4; County 9e!sss.1
George W. Hardy 2og' EuinnpI ~" 49, WE"
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IVES, Liberty, estimated 81 majority.
Srcenrod's majority in the county about l3OO. Steentod
w'I' be elected. His vote R Il !H5i county cannot De overcome
A, Wellshurp: Steenrod 81; Edginglon 2l3. Edgington's
majority l76. Smith Wing las; Wells Dem ITO. Smiths
majority IS.
klaw,,l for Congress, and Armstrong for Board of Public
LEWIS COUNTY.
WgsToN, May 10Th, 1853.
Edi,ors EnquiEer-G Gentlemen: Below you have The re-
and The official returns will not change The result as given
below:
For Lewis 304, Snodgrass 295.
For House of Delegates-John Brannon, Dem, 452, Col.
Bennett, Dem, l23.
M opposition TO Roger for Senate, or TO Armstrong Tor
Commissioner, and the vote very small.
LOUDOUN OPTICAL VoTEl
Fer Consr.ss-Butelsr 1853, Faulkner SIS.
For liouse Of D.lcsates-Minor e99, Taylor 6si, Purcell
626, SchoOly G4l.
Minor, Democrat, elected; and Taylor, Wing, elected.
In This county in 1915. Gen. TayIors majority was 1888
In 1852, Gen. SCOTS majority was LOIS.
BEvEaly, RAs,oLpH, May 26.h.
Nessrs. f ihlo,a:- am out of my Baliiwick, but inc
Democracy Of Randolph have fought SO nobiy and gained
such a victory; that j hasten 10 communicate inc glad
titinrs, pharis the Democratic candidate beats Taylor, the
lat. Whip delegate, by u large majority. %Snodgrass runs
far ahead OF Lewis and Sterritt, uad Armstrong gets all The
votes in The county. From all the information which | can
gather, Snod9rass - undoubtedly electeu 10 congress. nc
opposition 10 Rcger.
Yours. in great haste,
ROANOKE.
For CongressoH a. Edmondson, no opposition, $40.
For Senatr--D. 3. Layne, no opposition, $40.
Board Of Public Works--Boyd 26a, Daniel 2a6.
For Leeislalure-Colln Bass. dem., 295; VIM. McDermed,
dem, 249.
FAUQUIER.
For Congress-Smith, dem, SOL; Snowden, whis, gig.
For ~Senate-Eastman, dem, 1856; Marshall. whig, gas
For Honse of Dclegstss-Hunto dem, s5oi Gordon,
dem, o2i; Carter. whig, sl6; Shumale, whig, s90.
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Jucsaon's. Parish's. Gentry's. lsbolrs. Total

Euwlrrs n ainrity at ihnrnEsnn'a Cross Roads Is Is.
PALMYRA, May 26, 1853.
Mrssrs. EdIuts We have news from all the preeints in
thr county, and our worthy and esteemed friend, Col.
Bowlcs i6, beaten by Maj Payne, Wing, by about twenty
y "'''' ALBEMARLE COUNTY.
For House OF Delegates Gordon ll09; Crank l0G5; Ma
son ll4i; Goss ll25.
!l45.
For Senate Randolph lll3; Garth liOl.
For Cuugrcsa--Po Powell 1895; Mosclry lli3.
G~OOCHLAND.
Jennings Precinct polls closely
For CDngress-JOhn 5. uasIie. dem, 81; Clayton u.
Coleman, whis, !. Caskics maj. 80.
For Commissioner Of Public Works Archibald Graham,
dem, "a; Samuel Price. whle, 4. Graham's Tel: 81.
House OF Delegatcs-J. q. Rutherford, dem, II; no oppo'
sitna.
You will perceive wc had a thin vote here Today, only IL
vote. pnllcd. Last November we pollcd sc votes. Demo.
cratic loss s; whio lose Is. Since that lime there has been
no excitement whatever.
W. have done tolerably well a, rhs precinct, which has
been claimed as 4 wing precinct from It's making. fltr'cs
~ %BoTEToURT.
FIScAsrLE, May eth, 1853
To he Editors of the Enquirer Gentlemen: In obedience
10 ynur request, beg 10 hand you the vote Of Botstourt 50
far a. heard from for Two Delegates and a Commissioner OF
For House of Delegates.
Wiley. Woodiuhi. Co.ch, lndp't. Dem.
s,"fn.'i"; 's g is IS s ssi
Coiners, maj.
Mountain Union, : maj.
Junction Store, Dibbtrls and Rocky Point not heard from,
and nothing definite from Craig; but there is no doubt OF the
election of Wiley. one Of the Caucus candidates., and OF
Couch, Independent Democrat, by maJorities ranging from
100 To 200 votes.
For Commissioner of Public Graham 2I2, Price
III.
/ have just heard that iron, come cause or other, Price has
got n IN lurlty in the democratic county OF Craig. which will
probably be sufficient To balance Graham's majority II Bot2.
tour. M opposition 10 Eiinondson Tor Congress, or ic
Lavnr 70. The Senate.
p. S.-Prirr'< majority in Craig county for Board Of
Pnhlic Works. IA Tot.s. Gr:tl'm's majority in BoteIourt
tD1 pents waoirrn, ID IS yor"s in Bo.etonrt end Cr.ig
i. NJ. Whey reelected frn,t Bot TOUT and Craig.
OHIO 'DUNrY, &c.
fii,0rS nf tic Eagairer Gentlemen = Below you nave
the returns for this county, AID part Of Brooke. There was
no political contest. The whole issue turned upon the right
ut way 10 The Stcnhenville and Indiana Road. Wings and
Democrats voting Tor slecrroj. {Drm) Ia This county.
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MAKEIED.

MARRIED, Ia Richmond, on TUESDAY, May 18th, h, the Rev
y. lIusc. Mr. Joseph I. MORTON uI Prince Ei%du! Cos
Miss LIZZIE ANN NORTON OF The iorler place.
81 FarInyiilr aud Fredericksburg papers requested To co.,,
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NWHHJU17' ~ "TuT wilt fVo0'
ia u, Editors of the Richmond Enquirer:
Gon,Iamen.-In the Cincinnati Nonpareil for November
,2nt Iss2 nud in line N. Y. Sunday Dispatch FOR March
3O,h le53 occur two articles, from which make the fol-
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The people Of Rockingham BY a vote Of 1883 10 SIS (more
than the Constitutional majority Of three.flths) have de-
,ermined to subscribe sl50, 600 TO the stock of The Manassas
Gan Railroad.
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In Charlotte, Hancock, Wing, is reelected to the House Of
o Delegates, beating Roberts SO votes in the full returns.
LOUISA.
Mcssrs. Editors Il send you, below, a statement Of the
vote in this county, us far as heard from. at The close o! The
ID,li-
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F. r.. HEATH. .o,vT az
COMMISSIONER IN cUANCERY, CIRCUIT ,o.", b,
~ CITY OF RICHMOND. Once, ioi 'he pre- Ann q
MIA House.
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WEST HAM ~COTTAGE' STILL - glttr
NJ two Estates on James River. eist; nI'lss @.,hsr re-.
vi known az :. West Ham cona@e,' e"n;ai"ins, ~ are, /.
acres Of land, C3i5 Of rich bottom. and jo IN M. ."" re pm
sale, and all ask OF any one desiring 10 Nv" a. P.'i W. ne ~
ss any on the river. for It's cost. IS 80 view sntm, Ter,.h
cops They will need no further re'ohi'vr' =, ,,,o, CcJamI
mond. or III. und.r-ign-! dt Ciiif."ttesSi''I rrpS.Rp PEiIy
My 81 -cMiw. pN
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10 lie Editors Of lie Enquirer: "
Gentlemen Your paper of Monday iasi contains r "",,
cta,." in which a wanton and malignant assault Is mace
mon nv character. Some ten days since a writer III 'nI
Richmond Wing, over the signature OF a 'pen'cr"t :,
pnckh,;dce y had ,,nted that and other Democrats o' this
county opposed the election OF DR.. Acchiba!d Graham 10 'hr
of6 20 nj commissioner of Public Works, on the ground oi
ha un6tness for the station. You will readily believe mat
,hs i,deIicate use of the name of u private citizen was IN
authorized by me. But your correspondent, has committed
, m ,er offence than one against good taste merely. he
admits The ruth of the allegation, that am opposed TO the
eI.c,ion Of Dr. Graham, but attempts 10 break the force Of
the statement by assaiing my motives: He says: ANY
one Al al conversant with The state of affairs in this Judi
oiaI section, during the election for the Court Of Appeals,
can rcadiIy account fer Judge BIS opposition. We affirm
that his hostility to DR.. Graham is ouins entirely 10 The fact
tho. DR.. G. supported Judge Samutls in preference TO him
sdf." Having given publicity to an article impsIIng un
worthy motives 10 me, in opposing The election OF Dr.. Ora
ham. Won will OF course allow me the use OF your columns
70 pronounce The statement OF your masked correspondent
false md calumnious.
IQHN w.
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Culnmissiuner Of Public W~0rks-Daniel 35S, Boyd st.
NEW KENT
Prices majority in this county for tho Board oil Public
Works il 90
Saunders (Whig) for Senate, majority ~.
b. i. Crump (Whig) for House Of Delegates, Inayority "
Mccklenhrrg and Charlotte Senatorial District, Littleton
W.. 'razewell, formerly Of Richmond, wing. Is elected, beat
ing Two Democrats, one OF them, Darlington, The former,
Senator. The vote was,
Tazewell. Coleman. Darlington
Charlotte 25 1873 20
Mecklenburg. s2 56Z So
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COMMERCIAL aiEJUkD.


Sy- Nothing by Telegraph ias' hisht'
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borrowed pInmep. should be deemed he an''oa. m"I
The charge of plagiarism itsrlI involved NJ pr'oa
.dishonor, | had been content 10 I'VE .na. u1m =
rcncy to this 81 lander without an examination nv - n;.b,,
bren content TO ussail NE as they usually 90, 'ntl ~
have gritiicd their spleen with lmpunliy. ~ n,,iIc
,,s,v I,ou in This world. il is true, but long enough I" smiie
nj my attacks upon my mind or manners. fof u "|'"
ur.s oil Tie first, | can scarcely be held tcsp1iisioit; ahu t'
,noJness or badness OF the SECOND, depends 10 n grea'
SURF upun ind, yiduul opinion, or the fasiion nf the day
But. when the culprit who had the bad manners ana "otss
tas,e 10 destroy the simplicity OF my Production, ana ci'lm
II y : n merit charges me with the very fault M haG hlmsrll
committed and thus endeayOrs 10 stignlatIzc me as q man
devoid Of truth, / am forced 10 expose him, yet 40 II WIN
out anger. have not, nor could have any Other iet'lng
far one who invenls and circuEates a iaIsehoou SO gross as
thnt inv.n ted and circulated BY MIR. Hunt, than ttni OF Tue
",nst uu.r cuntemp,. THOMAS DUNN English.
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SrnErcnEp LEATuEn BEL

NEACIIINE STKETNIfr I'D ~. sac
vi The only patent MachIGc s!retchsi ID ne f unn :bs Az
nhi.b r...,v II thr frs, premium "a gold meIiJ ITO" ~ :,
n,,;,r,s These BrI.s are made from The Heart OF IT, -,
M IN. bc,; OAK Leather. rejected for the pGr'o'e. ",
~ ". .,r.trII.d by powerful machinery, and are W.T. T
80 ,,I MAINTAIN a perfect bearlOg on the prunh '', nE.
A Iui! supply constantly on hand: and for -"ls
us, q sole Ase"'' - '"' = WILLIAMS & BRnIiS ~
-. u %, Garner Cary ana F'',-
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Presiden, Pierce does not forget the literary fraternity 10
his foreign appointments, (well remarks the Hartford
Ti,a.s) Hawthorne exchanges romancing in The quiet Sc
clusiou OF u Massachusetts village for the active duties
Of the Liverpool Consulate; Theodore s. Fay goes TO
Switzerland; Robert Dale Owen 10 the ''sott Lydlan airs OF
Sicilyi Soulc to Spain; and Donald 6. Mitchell OF Norwich
the Serhable TX Marvel, whose bachelor reveries have been
80 widely admlred-is appointed 10 Venice: the place OF all
others best fitted TO his poetic and sentimental moods
Pretty soon we may look for a volume of "Reveries on the
Rialto,'' INSTRUMENTATION on the Bridge of Signs" or
"Mutterings and musings of u Yankee up the GRIND Canal"
These appointments are, we believe, Judicious ones: the
gentlemen named are oil qualified TO discharge The duties OF
che poets seyeraIly assigned them with credi, 10 themselves
and to The government which they will represent. In addition
20 the appointments abroad, some 20 editors and other writer's
BY profession in various parts Of the country have been Sc.
iec,ed for different home Offices under government. Quill
drivers should no longer complain, for these are The days
of iatness.
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-01-29
NUMBER 20
Receipts for the Housekeener

Receipts for the HOusekeeDer.
INK FOR MARKING. One sixpence
worth of Lunar caustic put II, an ounce
bottle of sharp vinegar and hung in the
sun. In few days it will he fit for use.
when you wish TO mark mus in or other
cloth, prrrare 10 by wetring it in water in
winch lump of pearIash has been dis
solved as large as a common sized nut.
meg to every gill of water, and polish
with n smoothing iron. The cln,b. !. rho,
fit for marking.
a Good HAIR OIL.-Pahna cbr;sta
oil, one ounce and half; oil Of lavender.
one ''rachn. Apply it mornin:: :n
thckening, or entirely wanting, anda new
growth, very iuxtiriant and fine, will be
produced. 1t is the most efficacous an
pl'caton known for thckenng the hair.
TO MEND IRON PoTs--Mix fine y sifted
lime with some whites Of eggs till a thin
paste is formed; then add some iron f. inps.
Apply this to the fracture, and the vessel
Will he found to he nearly as sound as ever.
10 MEND CRocKERY.-Washt the arti-
c'es in soap and water; rinse in soft water.
and dry thoroughly without wipiny.-
Place the pieces together accurately, and
secure them by winding several times
around the whole piece of very strong
twine; then put the vessel into pot a
lite larger than the vessel to be mende,i.
and fill it with skinned milk. Boil brisk.
~ for ten or fifteen minutes, and remove
from the fire, allowing it to stand ii quite
co ct. Cut the string, and it will be found.
if the above directions have been care
fully observed, that the pieces are firmly
re united, and cannot be separated again
in the same pIace--thc fracture looking
only rs crack.
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-01-29

Mn. WEBsrER.-Th following anec-
dote is related by correspondent of the
New York Mirror:
"The day but one before he died. he
sent word to his boatman to have his large
boat, "The Lapwing," brought up from
the river to the little pond beside the
house, that he might look upon it once
more; afterwards he tod them to set all
the colors on the smaller boat, and to light
the ships signal lantern on the larger one,
and when he ,cent out, to lower the flags
and put out the lantern"
The weekly Placer herald., 1853-01-29

The Marysvlle Herald says: The re-
cent high water on the : >orth Yuba swept
OFT the timber of the fuming companies
which had been laid on the banks to he
used next summer, and which was thought
to be safe. The Bridgewater, Eagle
Canon, Quartz Canon, Washington, and
many other companies have lost all their
lumber and will have to furnish them
selves anew.