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DANIEL 3. JASPER.
cROC1 R AND COMMISSION MERCHANT
On fl,c Rns;,

WIN. s. HANNAH
LAS now open and Tor sale most desirabl
IL stock of Spring and Sumner goods, to which
begs leave call the attention of his friends md III
public generally His assor ment is as complete and
5 low prices a.y in the market, He would 81,
particular attention his stock of
Silks Dress Goods and Ribbons
Also, to splendid stock Of urnis ing goods lor ger
tlcmen. among which may he fourI
SHIRTS, COLLARS, CRAVATS, GLOVES. 6(
All of The siyl and best lakes. Buyers ",
confer favor by looking through my stock before pu
sing, as ] am determined to sell as cheap as II
cheapest. mar 8 Is
9y-Express and Gazette copy.
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-06-29

WANTED negro men to work the re
w pairs the Virginia & Tennessee R,ilroad du-
ring the balance of The year. Apply TO
jun l3.lm e. H, GILL, Gen'l Sup't
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Turkish Linen Bathing Towels

1--WE excellence of these towels consists in their
4 sharpness hexbiitv and powder of absorption
rendering them very vnu 'be for bathing purposes For
sale by JOHN II, SEAY 4 CO,
Jun 3 Dn,ooists
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MERCHANTS.
NuhuOHhWIS,
FRENCH WORK,
IN
Lace and Muslin Goods.
4th APRIL, 1854
G. E0R G. E nj. RUCKPp

I4NBBLs TINT in justice to himssle-tue =
L Gentlemen buying French Work .Las= ~ e
where splendid assortment inny be E,un5 n At
specially asks their attention 10 the magpi6rs ne
mem he has just opened comprising the iuuoNis. u.s.
. viz: : ff
Maltese Collars VERY beautiful ind new st,De.,
do. do. & Sleeves, in sets, wry 6ea.,,,.,
presents
Merin Coliar" ard Sleeve, (grcat varey,)
:. Chemise;tes aud do L y
Cambria Cnars and Sleeves, {"
Mourning Collar, Chemsets- & Sleeves, srea, -
Eflbrodercda aud Scollol ed Shear Lawn Hns,t r
Aud great variety OF French and Scotch W
orally all of which will be sold On the mo,t I'm =
terms II,
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NEW GOODS AGAIN.

EOHN J. FUhNIS, Act is again receiving n large
AZ supply of New Guods-all being invoiced much be
10 the p'ices paid in The early par of the Sprine
ills system of usiness is sell Tor Cash only Among
inc goods Just received are Calcoes L~ns Gin. hams,
mems Parasots, Fans, Quts Hosiery, Gloces DC. DC
may 10
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Lynchburg Furnishing WarerOom.

ID r. Lt6GAN & son, Uphul s.zszzs-w=ra.
Ii. sterers. Pape' Hangers. Mat EA1n.sssA
tres and Rope Manufacturers. Main
Street, Two Doors below tile Market house Lyncbutg
Va. keep aaiy hand and make or or. Curl
ed Hair Lhuck, Moss, Cotton FOOL and Spiral spring
Mattresses. andRope Of every description.
We have in employment first rnte Cab
net Workmen: and intend keep hind sun ly al
FURNITURE, ii our own make. and also Norhfn
faeture-such a Bureaus Sofas Wardrpbes Bed.ead.,
Chsirr. Doubeand Single Luungrs,-I000 Bead,tead.
on md. We ash Tt attention OF all sho may,
articles in lime and pledge oursel sci up
on reasonable : he obtanei in this a
other market. rzf-Speoia attention gwen tn the
pairing nf Furniture. fisn dkc's)
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-06-29

DURE SILVER TEA SET &c Call aud see
L very be- utitul Tea service OF pure silver
One do silver PLATED.
SikG plated Table and Breakfast Casters.
Pick and Salad stands
Better Cnolrr-, Sugar Bowls an Safs.
Chamber md I all Cande.tcks.
Waiter and Cake Basker,.
Spoons, Fnks, Ladies, Sugar Tongs, Butter Knives
&c, with muny other hou-e furnishing auicesa
May 25. GhEGORi ROYALS.
Hardware 4 ore.
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-06-29

HNHE SUBSCRIBER BEGS LEAVE MOST RI
spectiully call the attention Of the citizens
lynehbure and the Joining country his large and
n splendid as sortmentoi BOOTS SHOES.
CATERS. &c, of his OWN MAKE
- and which WARRANTED THE BEsr quail
1HAsD SUPERIOR woREAAssaIP.
Persons wishing TO have good and durable Boot ~
Shoe for the present season. will do well To call M
determined to please, both as regards qualil,
and price.
Don't forget call the three doors above the
franklin Hotel, and immediately opposite the Ctisem
Savings Bank. T. +. GRlMALDL
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1854-08-19

SECRETS OF HAPPINESS. susceptibility
to delicate attentions, q fine sense of the
nameless and exquisite tenderness of manner
and thought, constitute, in the minds Of its
possessors, the deepest undcr-currcnt of life;
the felt and treasured, but unseen and mex
prcssibe richness of affection. 1t is rarely
found in the characters of men, but it out.
weighs, when it is, all grosscr qualities.
There arc many who waste and loose afTrc-
ton by careless, and often unconscious ne
glcct. 1t is not plant to grow intended
the breath ofindillcrcncc, or rude touch, may
destroy forever its delicate tcxtuys. There is
a daily attention to the slight courtcsics Of
life, which can alone preserve the first fresh
ness Of passion. The easy surprises of pleas.
urc, earnest chccrfulness of assent to slight
wishes, the habitual respect to opinions, the
polite abstinence from personal topics in the
company of others unwavering attention to
his and her comfort, both abroad and at
home, and, above all, the careful preservation
Of those properties Of conversation and man.
ncr, which arc Sacred when before the world,
arc some Of the secrets of that rare happiness
which age and habit alike fail to impair or
diminish.
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TnE SANDWICH lsLANDs.-A little work en-
titled '.Sandwich Island Notes. has lust
been published by the Ilarpers. 1t is by A.
llaroe, who arows himself to be an advocate
for annexation, because to use his own Ian.
gnase. ..thc islands once possessed by our
government would form Il nucleus from which
radate the blessings and advantages of Amer
lean civilization over the whole of Polynesia. !"
The geographical position and extent Of
the group are thus siated:-
"a mere glance at the map of the Western
Hemisphere will show that the Sandwich or
Hawaiian Islands-as they are officially tenn
cd-are situated in the North Pacific Ocean.
between latitude Is deg. SO min. and - dog.
- min. N, and longitude 15l deg. SO min.
and loo deg. - min. W. They arc nearly
cIuiaiitant from Central America, Mexico,
California, and the Northwest Coast ON the
one side, and the Russian dominions, Japan
China, alrl the Philippine Islands ON the
other. From their relative position to the
above countries and Australia on the South.
they have been termed the Halfway House
or the Great crossings Of the Paclic.''
Vessels bound from San Francisco to China
or Australia, stop at these islands. or pas $
within sight of them on their outward or re-
turn voyagrs.''
The group consists ortwrlvc islands. eight
only of whrl, are inhabited. the others being
but barren rocks. Those inha btcd arc rs
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0J@The two ships Olympus and Trade
Wind came into collision the other day at sea
and the result was the loss of both vessels.
The American ship Empire, being on her way
to Livcrpool-wllich she reached on the 18th
fell in with the foremost ofthc Trade Wind
in West longitude IS deg. and found man
sitting astridc on it. A boat was sent to-
wards him and as it approached, the poor
ovcrjoycd wretch swain little way to meet
it. lie had been for six days and nights
clinging to that SPAR AT first, two men sat
upon it, along with him, but their strength
had failed and they had gone to the bottom.
What awful soliloqui,s and imaginations the
survivor must have had, rising and falling
with the heavy, solitary rolling Of the desert
sea- looking by day and listening by night,
and chewing a plug of tobacco--thc only
nourishmcnt he had in all that time! The
face fdeath can have no more, nor any ter
rors for him.
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FEARFUL STATE or ANARCHY IN CHINA.-
Private letters and circulars received in Bos.
ton from China, by the Arabia, give accounts
of sad state of affairs in that country, the
result of the civil war which has been so long
raging there. The Boston Traveller says:
The old government having its hands fully
occupied in repclling the attacks of the insur-
gents in tho vicinity of Pekin, bands of armed
robbers arc devastating the country, particu-
larly the Central Provinces. One letter states
that forty-cight tea companies had returned
to Shanghae from the Central Provinces, hay.
ing been robbed of all their means of pur-
chase.
The great commercial mart of Honan has
been burnt by all armed mob. Ningchow,
the district from whence the Moning teas arc
brought, is stated to be in possession Of an
armed rabblc, who have behcaded the Nam
darins and taken possession Of the Govern
mcnt. In some Provinces the Mandarins
have forbidden teas to be grown for fear that
it will attract the attention Of the insurgents
These disturbances, it was thought would
seriously affect the forwarding Of teas. All
was quiet at Canton.
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Nor ASHAMED OF TIE Snor.-Onc day while
Isauc Hopper WAS visiting wealthy family
in Dublin, a note was handed to him, inv-
ting him to dine the next day. When he
read it aloud, his host remarked, Those
people are very respectable, but not Of the
first circles. They belong to onr church, but
not exactly to our set, Their father was
mechanic"
"Wcll, am a mechanic myself" said
Isaac. Perhaps ifthou hadst known that
fact, thou wouldst not have invited me 2"
rs it psssible," exclaimed his host, "that
man of your information and appearance
can be mechanic !"
Il followed the business of a tailor for ma
ny years" rcjoincd his guest. "Look at my
hands Dost thou not see the marks of the
shears? Some Of the Mayors of Philadelphia
have been tailors. When lived there often
walked the streets with the chief justice. Ii
never occurred to me that it was any honor.
and don't think it did to him."
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1JrThc Cleveland Herald tells the follow
ing good story about one of those troublesome
little imps of brightness, that scatter Sunshine
and music through many household. 1t
will do to localizc almost anywhere:
A friend Of ours has all equal undivided
interest ina charming piece Of personal prol.
crty, bright eyed, intelligent little girl Of
five summers experience, who rejoices in the
name Of Alice. In the family is servant
girl whose horror of rats, and who, CHANGING
to tread on one of the long tailed animals i'll
the cellar, makes most sn-Chincse STAN
pcdc, shouting Gratis" Alice sleeps in
crib so low that placing one foot on the in
side of it, she can easily spring in, a few
evenings since he, mother was attending her
to bed, when she std:
Mamma, do you know how get to bed
quick"
NO." was the reply.
"Wcll," said Alice, in great glce, Il step
one foot over the crib, and then say rats
and scare myself right i'm
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he gave q bound towards the end of the

he gave a bound towards the end of the
c!f
Inspired by a sudden gift of surelhuman
strength, By partial posse ssion of even n
malman's power, caught him by the throat
and even on the vcrr edge, even when in
sight of the abyss, sl'rang back, | bore him
back; brought him to the ground. Falling
heavily upon him, held his throat still in u
fierce grasp while his own arms were wound
tightly around my neck, and his legs around
mine. | felt his hot breath from his open
mouth as my check lay pressed against his
face; heard them crate harshly, and drew
my head violently AWAY, as he sough. to seize
me with his sharp teeth.
Tn our frantic STRUGGLES ON the ground we
rolled wildly about, and the dus, from sui
phur and from pumicc.stoic assembled around
us i'll su.loca,ing clouds. ! was half insane.
was struggling Cor life. caught up n hand
lul of the fine choking dust, and rubbed it
violently over his open mouth. 1t went into
his nostrils ard lungs. lie gavca it.h for
ward in agony. Amid the clouds of dust
held me by the Lair as he sprang 4 moment
after, and fearful loice was straining there,
holding my head downwi.h irresistible force.
Another moment and arose, while wild and
high Went up the Sl.Tick Of The maniac, &. he
fill d"wn-down- the abyss
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ANECDoTE OF PETER CARTWRIGHT.

ANECDoTE OF PETER CARTWRIGHT
While he was preaching, years ago, General
Jackson entered the church, when a pastor
seated in the pulpit gave his brother Cart
wright nudge, and whispered that the old
hero had just come in-as much as to advise,
snow be particular in what you say" But
Peter, to the establishment of every one pres
cnt, louder than ever exclaimed: ..
"Who cares foI General jackson? He'll
go to hell as soon as anybody, if he don't re-
pcnt!'
When the scr,non-a homemade one
was ended. friend asked the general what
he thought Of that rough old fellow, and rc.
ccivcd for answer:
"Sir, give me twenty thousand Of such
men, and III whip the world, including tho
devil" ....,
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1854-08-19

ALARMING DROUGHT IN MIDDLE AND
SOUTHERN 1LLINOIs.-Accounts reach us of
the prevalence of drought in the middle and
southern counties of Illinois, the country be-
ing literally parched up. The Chicago Dem
ocratic Press says it extends as far northward
as Livingston county, on the Chicago and
Mississippi railioad. The streams are nearly
all dried up, and so are many wclls.-Trav-
oilers find it very difficult to procure water
for their teams. At several points tho pa
RIGS were burning. 1t is supposed that at
least ono half the corn crop is totally ruined.
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humorous.

NOT so PooR.-Charles Jarvis, the artist.
tells the following anecdote of his fathers
travels in the western part of Kentucky:
Al the close of day in summer, Mr.. Jar
Wis and his companion rode up to one of the
most dhspidated log huts they ever saw
The window was stuffed fuirof rigs. and the
cracks bctweenthc logs were partially chokcd
up with the same articles
"What an awful shanty this is ."-cx-
claimed Jarvis as he rode up. 1T IS evident
that they are too poor to accommodate us
here"
"Not so poor as you mout think, stranger"
said q head that showed itself among the rags,
"for don't own this place"
Haven't you got something in there to.
eat ?''
"Not asmcll, stranger-all gone; not q
crust left"
"liave you any food for our horses?"
"Not corn, not an oat. stranger-haycn't
no use for any Of EN-"
"Well, can you accommodate US for tho
nght!"
wall, we can't stranger. There's no floor
to the house. and the straw is ali out'
"Why I never heard any thing like it
Why, how do you do hcre?"
Putty well, thank you, said the KEN
tuckian, how the folks dowr your way"
That was enough for thcm-they rode on
to better quarters.
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FAILURE OF CoN,iIE;s.--The ". Y. Times
i'll M article on the adjournment of Congress.
thus concludes -
"And so We might go through list of
Notifying and disgracelul failures, sufficient
to fill our ample pages. and still leave some
thing for future reference. In room of the
vaunted economy upon which so many oaths
OF promise have been recorded the appropri-
atoms of the session will exceed by millions
any ever heretofore made; and there is no
prospect of dimnution until the Treasury it.
self shall be depleted. True, several treaties
were made and ratified during the session;
but the credit OF discrcdit attaching to them,
docs not belong to the Legislative power The
incidental action Of Congress necessary to
carry treaties into effect is rather matter of
form than anything else.
In looking for the cause of this disgraccful
failure of Congress, we shall not find it in
the want of capacity of its members, for we
have not in ten years, at least, witnessed
House presenting more of practical talent than
the present. Nor shall we lind it in the d.
visions of the Administration party in Con-
grcss, for notwithstanding the jcalousics,
and hcartburnings which have aboundcd,
from the commencement Of the session to the
close, the President never issued his ctlict,
that his party in either House failed to obey.
Seemingly disorganiztd, with little true re-
,pcct for their chief, and less of cordial re-
gard for his personal views and wishes, .the
party has always come up TO the work, 10
matter how distastelul But the effort which
passed the Nebraska Lll, exhausted the time,
the strength and the capacity of Congress for
useful, practical legislation, at the same time
that it cnscndcrcd spirit of fiction and ''un-
rest quite destructive to wise and prudent
dclibcration. There lies the disastrous secret
That one great evil consists not merely in its
own hidrous proportions: but to its account
the future historian Of Congress will he COM
PEELED to charge worse than wasted eight
months just closed"
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WHNT's IN A NAME.-Mr. Frog, h tailor
who had left Charlcston at the commerce.
mcnt ofthe war; returned after the capitus-
ton, and got acquainted with n certain J. ".
Gibbs, who was requested by Frog to stand
as god father to one Of his children, which
was agreed to by Gibbs, provided he should
have the mining Of the child. As they were
going TO the church, the father asked GIBBS
if he thought of n name.
''Ics,' said Gibbs "what do you think of
our Lieutenant Governor Bull
Very good" said the father, II approve
of it very much"
The child was accordingly named BUR-.
Frog did not Immediately think Of The drolc-
ry of the name, but when hc did Ii. coulI
have killed Gibbs for the imposition on his
reliance and friendship.
lie tlotght to have recourse to the Boar,i
of police to get permission to rc-baptizc the
child but when he saw Lieutenant Governor
Bull presiding there, he thought it would be
an atlront to relate the story, therefore he
postponed the matter, and the child retains
the appcllation of Bull Frog .-Com, JyainM
Feb. 1888.
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HARD TALK.-Thc National Democrat, the
Hard Organ in New York, in all article on
the Custom House in that city says
There are now at responsible posts in
that place forty or fifty thieves, boxers, shoul.
der-hitters, thimble-riggcrs, pugilists, assas-
sins. and common blackguards, who would
lick all creation if their masters were distur-
bed. lfthc President were to attempt to put
other men in their places, they would have
their eyes knocked out, if, indeed, the Gus.
tom House were not burned down over their
heads"
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dous evils of the world, is the monstrous ac-
emulation of power in a few hands. Half a
dozen men may, at this moment, light the
fires of war through the world, may convulse
all civilized nations, sweep earth and sea
with armed hosts, spread desolation through
the fields and bankruptcy through cities.
and make themselves felt by some form of
suffering through every household in Christ
misunderstanding. -..
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1854-08-19

FAILURE OF TIE ConN CROP IN VIRGINIA.
We learn from persons from Wcstmorcland
Co., Va, that in many parts Of that and the
adjoining counties the entire growing corn
crop has been nearly destroyed by the drought
so much so that many farmers are begin
ming to talk of buying corn for their own use
the ensuing year. Fields that have hereto
fore yielded in good season, thousands Of
bushels, will not yield this season hundreds.
We also learn from the same source, that the
diarrhea has prevailed to considerable OK.
tcat in the same section, many cases of which
proved fatal. 1t is also said that in some
parts of I4oudcn county, and in places along
tie line Of the canal, the corn has been very
seriously injured by the drought.
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HE WILD MAN OF AFRIcA.-There is an
inhabitant of the woods BY the Gaboon river.
more to be feared than the African boa; it is
the wild man Of the woods-not the ouranp
outang, though ali immense ape-always act.
ing on the offensive, and ready to attack man.
The bones of his extrtmities are no longer
than those of an ordinary sized full grown
man. have examined them here, and while
contemplating the scull, the Jaws and their
terrible apparatus, really experienced a sort
OF shoulder. The canine teeth are upwards of
two inches long and Of proportionatc bulk.
There is a ridge running from the top of the
nose backwards over the crown of the head:
to this is affixed muscle, by which the liy
ing animal draws backward and forward a
most frightlul crest of hair, when enraged, or
proposing to inilict injury, he crccts them and
draws the crest forward over his large eyes,
utters most hidcous yells at the same time.
Nothing seems to ntimidate him. Sometimes
he advances with boughs of trees broken off,
for the purpose of concealing his approach
and attack, and suddenly grasps the legs of
the human being, brings him instantly to the
ground. breaks his bones by blows of his
mighty arms and hands, and tears the flesh
with his monstrous teeth.-The native hunts.
man, who in search or meets with him, while
pursuing less formidable animals, has learned
that the safest way to engage is to act quite
on the defensive; to let the monster draw near,
when lie will immediately seize the end of the
muzzlc of the gun, ready cooked and present
ed, between his teeth. Insanity it must be
discharged; if the man either delays till the
ape has compressed the barrel so as to close
it, or fails to give mortal wound. woe be to
him; his doom is sealed.
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IMPORTING QrALs INTO ESGLAxD.-The
Liverpool (England) Chronicle tells us that
an immense consignment, consisting Of no
fewer than 1000 live quai!s, has just been
received by dealer in London. These birds
ere considerable great delicacy at'this season,
and fetch high prices.-They were shipped
at Alexandria and Naplcs-thosc from the
latter place have been captured in the wild
districts of Calabria, where they are exceed.
inply abundant.
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0J-Just before going to bed, cat two pigs
feet and cold apple pie. In less than an
hour, you will see snake larger than haw-
ser, devouring eight bluc-haired children,
who have just escaped from monster with
sorrcl eyes and rcd.hot oycrcoat. 3.
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CHAScB.-Ncver let us say Of anything
whatsoever, that it happcncth by chance:
there is nothing that hath not been concerted
nothing that hath not in its own particular
design an end, by which it forms link in
the chain of appointed order. There is 10
suchthng as chance. 1t is only the blind
ness ofignorance that talketh of things being
strange, and unaccountable, and unlucky.
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UTThc women ofJapan-thc married wo-
men-shavc off their eyebrows and blackcn
their teeth, as q matter of cosmetic obscrv-
ancc, so that when lady pleasantly opens
her mouth to laugh, she looks suddenly hide
GUS to every European eye. The naked eye
brows may be borne, but the row Of black
teeth are beyond endurance ....