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Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-05-27
NETWORK ADVERTISEMENTS.
BILLIARD TABLES.

BILLIARD TABLES.
sfIE Subscribers having devoted their personal
l. lion for many years the manufacture Of BILL
LARD TABLES, are fully competent To execute work
that will give entire satisfaction the fisdio
ronnisseur. Being the extensive manufacturers in
the Union, they enabled furnish superior table
10 per cent less than any other establishment in the
country, TO which TACT they respectfully invite lie
tention OF buyers also the essential Improvements
they huys made Ia the construction and elasticity Of
cushions. which they hive bronf degree of per-
lection attained by others. Always humid Billiard
tables with Marble aud Wooden beds with large
stock Of Cloths, Balls. Cues French Cue Leather. Cue
Wax, Pool BAL, Boards, Bagnlclie Tables, Silk and
Wo,sed Pocket. Sc Order, by mail promptly
iendedto. Old Tables fecushonei by sending them by
Express. GRIFFITH Il DECKER,
Billiard Table Manufacturers.
Cpl i.3n No 90 Ann st, New York.
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1.-TWO BALES CLEAN MOSS. n arg" stock Of wag.
l. on. Carriage and Buggy Axlrs. Elip,it Springs,
Hub., Felloe., Spikes, Point and Sand ,nds Patent
Leuther. Enameed Cloth. broad and ma row Laces-
and other articles used by wagon ana carage makers,
to hand nj for sale by GREGORY Il RofALL.
npl 22.s
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NEW GOODS AGAIN.

NEW GOODS AGAIN.
TOHN J. PURVIS, AG'T is agnin receiving large
- supply of New Goods-all being invoiced much he.
10 the prices paid in the early pnrt of the Spring
His system of usness to sell for Cash only Among
the goods Just received Caiieoes Lorns, hhams
mems Parasois Fans, Qaiits, Hosiery GtoDes &C. &c
may 10
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-05-27

Ga WANTED TO RENT "A house suita
Iii bic for small family, within five minutes walk of
the Post Office. Enquire at this Office laPl 2s.dts
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-05-27

The Rich, the Poor. every where, bear the same
Testimony
Read the follow ing Certificate ircm a Lady. endorsed
by Postmaster e. p Coorer:
CAPoN BnIpdE.
Hampshire county Va, March LIST, .Sji.
Mr. Z. p. Cooper Dear Sir; Agreeable to your
quest aud my desire to benefit the afflicted. here
by certify the great relief have received from the
of Hampt0hs Vtgeta6te Tmctme
taken with violent pDipitaiion, rather ilut
tcring mn trembling of the Leur, Which continued
crn days il seemed IA i'm, heart Ind almost forgotten
its Office. Thu fnmilv became alarmed md procured
bottle of This yahmblr Medicine nnl beioIe had taken
nenr one bottle Of this TRciWe Of HamPoas WINS en-
tirely relieved
This is the Third instance Of relief in my alniy from
the use of this valuable Medicine. I go or three yenrs
ago laid up with liberation Of my ankle from effect
of whit is genoiallY called k leg. Ind lost all ,nste
aud appetite aid the sore, WI ch fops inches
W, and down. and half WY around my nnklo rejected
every effort heal until rroo red Hampton's Veg.
"thble Tneue.one bottle Of which restored my honllh
healed my ankle and am ireer from swelling thnn for
the last thirty gears
dgaia, OF my daughters very low from severe
dyseutefy aud when she began sit up her feet conn
menced swelling, which increased every dn", aud began
10 be very painful SEE us-d bollle Of Hampton 3
1iactare; the pains assuoged, the swsling sub.
81 led and her health I.1urnel-we kept her legs bun
dagod with strips OF wpolcn un her strength returned.
have been thus PARTICULAR that others I'M Ter similar
circumstances might be induced To uva themselves Of
this remedy. Yours with respect.
ELtZABETB EDWARDS.
| do hereby certify tnt | personally acquainted
with Mrs. Edwards. and safely recommend the u.
bove statement TO be correct
Il. CoosER, Postmaster
Capou b 'dee Hampshire county, Va
rW' Delicate Ladies' and Children will please give /. n
trial
Space tra not PRINT 10 hnndreds Of others,
Geo. w. Goodrich, Cnpt Thos. Cnnut, Robert Gault,
James Smyth, cured Of rheumatism.
John Perynil S. A. Griffin, ohn Luke, Rev. v Fisk
ridge u. s. Navy, and thousands o others cured OF
Dyspepsia Seroina, Cough Liver Complaint. Bronehi-
It's, st. Vitus' Dance, &c. We eitizeps.
Call them.
A Citizen of the Old Dominion.
Cure Of Rheumatism, Dyspepsia, Liner Com
pidinti The Verdict has gone ytorth AHddmit
that champions Iinctnre" has no Superior!
ScoTTsyILLE Albemarle Co. W.,
March 18th. 1853 !
Messs. Mortimer 3. MouJray ;-Gentlemen-l hive
been afflicted for the last eight years with hheuu nsm
Dyspepsia and Liver Complaint, suffering all the while
VIII h pains in the shoulders. hip bat and side shift
ng,rom side the other, Paptaton of the heart
loss of appetite cold wesis night excessive cosye
ness and great debility and weakness. tried many
remraies which done good but fathe, grew
worse Last fall | advised Try "flumpton-
Vegetable fincure and am nppy say it has cured
me. am free from all pnin md in the enjoyment
of perfect henha take great pleasure" in recommend
ing the Tlncture TO ull uill .ced us hnve been.
Yours, JAMES M. NOEL.
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-05-27

NOR RENT.--WE WISH TO RENT THE
IL Tenement over our Store, suitable Tor Family
Res: Ience HATCHER, LOCKWOOD & co.
nav l-d4w.
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PETERSBURG ADVERTISEMENTS.
Notice TO Slave Owners,

Notice 10 Slave Owners.
II AN nnxious - hire FIFTY NEGROES, in large
j small numbers, for the balance OF the year. work
In the coal mines belonging the Mount Carbon Coal
Company, thr Knnawha river in Fayete county Va.
am prepared pay cash down for good hands. IL
owners hnving Negroes hire will write to Gau
ley Bridge. Fayette county w. stating full particulars,
ahall he happy to communicate with them Immediate
y s. +. GRIFFIN,
Agent for Mt. Corban Coal Co.
Armstrong Creek. Fayette TO-, Va.
NAV &c. I854.-tc
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WANTED TO HlRE.-The subscribers
w wish to hire for their work the Va. e. Tenn.
,a,lroad in the Mountain region of Va, number OF
strong and boys, for which liberal hire will be paid
They have had long experience in tho management oi
negroes, and themselves large Hired
gioes will receive the in respect
TINT they give their One OF us In
Lynchburg, any time, till tho 10th of January at tho
Washington Hotel at McCorkle Simpson & Jones,
at Mcdaniel Il Hurts. They will also buy mea and
boys Gdec 25 dactsl SCOTT & ADAMS.
X I'D GLOvES.-l00 doz. pair Jouvin's French
IN Kid Gloves-just received and for sale.
apl cots STIGLER, McELDERRY. & co.
LNOR RENT-Tne House recently occupied "a
Il by tie subscriber; apply to d. b. Payne or -
Ammon Hancock. JAS G HUNT
apl BITS
SALAD OLA very superior article put up IN
~ sized bottles, just received and for sale by
apl 29.ts D. r. LYMAN.
LNNGLlSH WHITE ZINC PAINT
Il of quality and fine Lnseed OIL just siv.
ed and for sale by ID. H. LYMAN.
apI29ts
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-05-27

irish POTATOES.-I00 bus Irish Pota
i toes receive, THIS day, by Ruilroad, aud for sale by
apl 81 is LEE JOHNSON
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A Citizen of the Old Dominion.

Cure Of Rheumatism, Dyspepsia, Liner Com
piaint The Verdict has gone Jorth Al admit
that "Ham ptons' Tincture" has no Superior !
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1854-05-04
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IS PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY
W. F. DURIS0E, Proprietor.
Z E r M S.
ARTHUR sIMKINs, Editor.

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correspondence of the Newark Daily Advertiser.
Assassination of Charles IL.
PARMA. Italy March Is lS5

PARMA, ITALY, March Is, 1854.
The city is at'this moment in the greatest
excitement in consequence Of the assassina.
ton Of the Grand Duke, Charles Iii. lie
was stabbed in the bowels Yesterday after.
noon, about 6 o'clock, by some unknown
hand, while walking unattended through the
spacious courtyard Of lAe palace. A pierre
ing cry attracted the guards at the doors,
who Instantly removed him to his chamber,
but | cannot learn that the assassin was seen.
The Grand Duke fingered in great dis ress
till 5! o'clock this morning. His wife, Il
daughter Of the late Duke de Berry, and, Of
course, a sister Of the Duke de Bordeaux,
Henry w., the Bourbon prc,ender,) has as
sumed the regency until the majority of her
eldest son, a lad of six years, who succeeds
his father.
Charles III, was born in 1923, and sue
ceeded to the throne on the abdicaIion OF
his father, (who is just now sojonrning for
pleasure at Algiers,) in lS49, at tile age Of
26. He was an accomplished young man,
but too fond of pleasure. He recently made
a forced loan from the people, rs is gcner-
ally said without just reason. and this act of
oppression, with his proverbial axtravagance,
greatly incensed the country, and it is not
improbable that some one, smarting under
his exactions, may have perpetrated this act
Of vengeance. But there are many rumors
on the subject, and it is impossible for pass
ing strangers to discrimnate between them.
The deceased returned only about fort
night since from visit to Spain, where his
father has large family estates, as he belongs
to the Spanish branch of the Bourbons. /
saw him the day before the murder, when he
was in perfect health, and spoke to me in
English with remarkable huepcy lie was
very fond of England, where he had passed
much time, and inquired interestedly about
the United States.
His chief minister and friend, Baron Ward,
is the son of an English hostler, was himself
born in England, and actually served the
Dukes father as the chief equerry OF his
stables. He is, in truth, IN exceeding clever
Englisllman, aud deserves the promotion he
has won, with Il considerable fortune, though
decidedly ilterae This foul taking of of
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ge1eet })oetr1,. !.
THE LITTLE BOY THAT DIED

| am all alone in my chamber now,
And the midnight hour is near;
And the fagot's crack, and the clocks dull tick,
Are the only sounds hear
And over my soul in its solitude,
Sweet feelings Of sadness glide,
For my heart and my eyes are full whom think
Oflhe little boy that died.
went one night to my fathers house
Went home to the dear ones all
And softly opened the garden gate,
And softly the door of the hall.
My mother came out to meet her SOIL
She kissed me and then she sighed,
And her head fell on my neck, and she wept
For her little boy that died.
And when I gazed on his innocent face,
AS still and cold he lay,
And thought what lovely child he had been,
And how soon he must decay
Oh Death, thou lowest the beautiful"
In the woe Of my spirit cried,
For sparkled the eyes, and the forehead was fair,
Of the little boy that died
Again will go to my father's house
Go home to the dear ones all,
And sadly I'll open the garden gate,
:, And sadly the door Of the hall.
shall meet my mother; but never moro
With her darling by,her side;
But she'll kiss me and sigh, and weep again
For the little boy that died.
I shall miss him when the flowers come,
In the garden whcre:hc Played
| shall miss him more by the fircsde,
When the flowers have all decayed;
I shall see his toys and !lis empty chair,
And the horse he used to ride;
And they will speak with silent speech
OF the little boy that died.
| shall see his little sister again
With her playmates about the door;
And III watch the children in their sports,
As never did before;
And if in the group, / see child
That's dimped and iaHghing-eyed,
u look to see if it may not be
The little boy that died.
We shall all 60 home TO our Fathers house.
To our Fathers hous, in the skies,
Where the hope Of our souls shall have no blight,
And our love no broken tics.
We shall roam on the banks Of the river Of peace,
And bathe in its bss(ul tide,
md one of the joys Of our heaven shall be
The little boy that died.
nd therefore, when am sitting alone,
And the midnight hour is near;
When the fagot's crack and the clock. dull tick
Are the only soHnds hear,
h, sweet o'cr my SOU, in its solitude,
Are lie feelings Of sadness that glide;
ilouch my heart and my eyes are full when think
OF the little boy that died
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An ARTIFICIAL MAN.-The "Memorial
Bordelais," states that not far from st. Sevre,
there is living an old military man who has
a false leg and a false arm, both movable
by means of springs, glass eye, complete
set OF false teeth, nose of silver, covered
with a SUBSTANCE perfectly resembling flesh,
and silver p ate replacing part of the skull.
fte bears on his breast the Cross of the
Legion of Honor, in the campaigns of Egypt,
ltay and Russia; at Frieland, Jena, Aus
terlitz, Wagram aud Waterloo.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1854-05-04

Il TRAHcE.-An old lady who resides
in Sandwich was taken i'll few days since,
and to all appearance died She had been
living alone for some time, and it was thought
she had a good dca! of money stQwed away
in some secret corner, as she had always
been well to do in the world. The neigh,
bors attended her during her illness, and
when she ceased to breathe, made prepara-
tons to perform the last offices to the
dead. The body was measured for the cof.
fin by the undertaken, WHO went about his
work. The corpse was washed and made
ready for the burial. Yet, the ladies in per.
forming these duties, noticed that the body
was unusually timber, and did not exhibit
tho rigdity of corpse in general, after being
dead for only half an hour. For the pur-
pose of obtaining some clean linen, which
was known to be locked up in large trunk
In corner Of the room, one of the women
got the keys and went to open it. The in
slant the lid of the trunk was heard to CRATE
on its hinges, up popped the old woman in
the bed, like the "rale oud Irish gentleman"
Of the song, and screechcd out" Let that
trunk alone" The lid of the trunk was
dropped like hot potato, and with a uni
versal cry of surprise the neigdhors gazed
upon the {" live corpse" before them. The
nervous twitching Of the lips, and the angry
flashes from the little gray eyes was sufficient
evidence that their services wers not needed
longer, and with merriment depicted upon
their coqntenances they left. The under
taker was reluctantly compelled to give up
hisjob, and the funeral was postponed sine
die! The old woman is alive and well, and
declares that she was in trance. But it is
tie general opinion Of the neishbors that she
was only playing possum.-Dctroit Tribune.
Few people are out of the reach of slander.
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his confdiug chief, will doubtless bring
change i'll his relations for the fair regent is
under the adverse influence of her brothers
clique. The princess of Italy lives in peril,
of which this event will make them more pain.
(nlv rOnsrious
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How to Ruin NeighbOr's Business,

Some time since $50 runs the current mar.
ratve) the owner of a thriving muton.pie
concern which after much difficulty he had
succeed in establishing with borrowed capi.
tai, died before he had well exiricatcd him.
self from the responsibilities Of debt. The
widow carried on the business after his de-
cease and throve so well that speculating
baker, on the opposite side Of The way made
her the offer of his hand. The lady refused,
and the enraged suitor, determined on re-.
venge, Immediately converted his bakery into
an opposition pie.shop; and, acting on the
principle, universal among London bakers,
Of doing business for the first month o. two,
at loss, made his pies twice as high as he
could honestly afford to make them. The
consequence was, chat the widow lost her
custom, and was Fastening fast to ruin, when
friend of her late husband, who was also
creditor paid her visit. She detailed her
grievance to him, and lamented her lost trade
and fearful prospects. "Oh, OH" said her
friend, "that ere's the move, is it! Never
you mind, my dear. III don't git your trade
there amt no snakes, mark me-that's all ?"
So saying he took his leave.
About eight o'clock the same evening,
when the bakers new pie-shop was crammed
to overaowing. and the prnci pal was below,
superntendingthe production OLA new batch,
in walks the widows friend in the costume
of a kcnneIraker, and elbowing his way to
the counter, dabs down upon it brace of
hung dead cats, voci(erating at the same time
to the astonished damsel in attendance. "Tell
Jour master, my dear, as how them two
make six-and. thirty this week, and say III
bring the t'other four to-morrer afternoon"
With That he staggered out and went his
way. So powerful was the prejudice against
cat.mutton among the population of that
neighborhood, that the shop was clear in an
instant, and the was floor covered with has
lily abandoned specimens of every variety of
segment of circle, The spirit.shpp at the
corner OF The street experienced an unusually
large demand for "goes" OF brandy; and in
terjectional calculations, not purely gram.
matical, were not merel ly audible bat visible
too in the district. 1t is averred that the
ingenious expedicnt of the widows friend,
fnunded asirwas upon aprofound knowledge
of human preudices, had the desired effect
of restoring the balance of trade" The
widow recovered her commerce the resent
fq' baker was done as brown as if he had
been shut up in his own oven and the friend
who brought about this measure of Justice
received the hand of the lady as reward for
his interference. of London Life.
NV
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MORE RUNAWAY SLAvEs.-Three more
slaves, owned by Mr.. Camp, Mr.. Dalrymple
and Mr.. Growder of Norfolk, escaped on
Tuesday night. The frequent escape of
slaves at Norfolk is creating much excite
ment there and in Portsmouth. A town
meeting has been held in the latter place,
and committee appointed to recommend
measures of protection.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1854-05-04

EXECUTION IN TIE CREEK NATION.
negro was recently executed by order of
the chiefs of the Creek nation, for the mur.
der OF two Creeks. He was executed accor.
ding to the forms Of the Creek law-the
culprit being seated on log, his head Gov.
cred with blanket, ard the nearest relatives
Of the DECEASED shooting him with rifles.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1854-05-04

Terrible Sn1rwREcK:.-Shpwreck sand
loss of life arc reported to us from all quar-.
tiers. The most melancholy portion of this
sad intelligence is the loss OF the ship Pow.
hatan, of Baltimore, from Havre, which
went ashore OIL Sunday morning last about
seven miles north OF Egs ilarbor Light.
having on board about 300 emigrants, and
NOT soul was saved Tho account in the
Herald says:
" About seven o'clock the ships masts
went by the board, and almost Immediately
afterwards the hull bursted in two, and eve
ry sou on board was launccd into eternity.
The sea presented black mass of human
heads and floating pieces of the wreck, but
in few moments all had sunk to rise alive
no more. The beach was strewn with the
dead bodies CT women and children, pieces
Of the wreck, the baggage of passengers,
and empty casks. Nothing remained to
mark the spot where the il-iated ships had
went ashore, except sprging waves beating
upon Il fragment Of the hull which lay upon
the beach,
"I'be crying Of the drowning men and
the shrieking of the women and children
was hushed-all lay in the deep numbered
with the dead, while the wind walled loud
and mournIuly, adding still more horror to
the awful catastrophe. All had sunk-cap-
tain, officers, crew and passengers of two
nundreq and Gity persons, mol u soul aras
left TO tell the j.,jc y
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1854-05-04

Nor A BAD DocrR1NE.-SonIe one who
appears to understand the subject has the
following:
" No newspaper shoqld be sent on cred.
it. Advance payment is the only reasona.
bic plan, and to that it will sooner or later
come. lfno man is allowed to travel on o
rail car, steamboat, or coach, or to attend
concert room or other public exhibition,
without first paying the stipulous price, how
much more should Subscribers, scattered all
over the country, and owing one or two
dollars each for paper, be required to pay
the cash down"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1854-05-04
VOL. XHX.---NO. 1G.

Ice ON THE ATIAHFlc=-The steamer
Sarah Sands, which arrived at Portland on
on Tuesday from Liverpool, was, OH the
Tuesday previous, surrounded by ice in the
middle Of the Atlantic, and detained "a hours.
One of the passengers turned the delay to
the best account. Being something of an
artist, he went out upon the ice at distance
from the ship, and there made sketch OF
her and the surrounding scene-a thing
probably never before accomplished in that
situation. The sketch is to be lithographel.
The passengers describe the passage
through the ice as fearful in the extreme.
AS the ship came in contact with the immensa
icebcrgs, she would tremblc as if striking
against a rock. The passengers represent
these icebergs as being of unusual dipension,
some Of them apparently more than a hun:
dred feet high.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1854-05-04

THE Legislature of Massachusetts has
got to compIimenting its speakers with a
service of plate, Mr. Lord, Speaker of the
House, is to receive one costing 81 ono. 1t
will make some difference in the public esti-
nation of this compliment, whether it is
done at the expense of the members own
pockets, or that Of the people
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1854-05-04

NoLTAlRE used to say, that if twelve
men were sufficient to establish Christianity,
he was resolved to prove that one might be
sufficient TO overthrow it." NaItairu is dead,
but Christianity still lives
! coEtented mind is lair fortune.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1854-05-04

GUANo FOR SUGAR CRops-The applica,
ton of guano to the growing lands Of
Louisiana has been attended with much
success. A correspondence appears in the
papers of that region, written by planters
who have made the application Of guano to
their sugar crops, showing that the increased
product has been equal to so per cent