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Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-02-08
READY MADE CLOTHING.
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FRESH FALL HARDW WARE
NM =. q g. DOMAIN, Richmopd. Virgins, are now re.
w eeying by the "SherJAn," "Fidelia" "Ratc' and
other arrivals from England their Fall Importation shef,d
and Birmingham - -
HARDWARE, CUTLERY AND GUNSt
ply OF American Goods together forming largest and most
commanding stocks they have
Our stock consists in part =
5000 aSsen fA6ls Kns and ToJ With Ivory Stag Buffalo
EbOny and Bone Handles ~ -
2OOe dozen Pen and Pocket Knives and bl,des
part OF nSu and beautiful patterrs
100 dozen RSEors OF Wade Butchers Rodgers
and Greaves manufacture, common, very Hne
qualities
$50 dozen Scissors and Shears part very superior
1000 pairs Straight and Fine Twisted Trace Chain
GU dozen Pad, Chest, Closet, Till Locks assorted
la dozen Stock Locks, assorted sizes
iOo doIen Him. Knob and horee Locks Brass White and
goo Goisn Rowsnd'. and Ames' Spades and shovels
30 dozen Hay and Manure Forks
800 dozen Curry Combs, OF all qualities
SVo dozen Axes, Of virginia. Collins smons others
manufacture
loo dozen Hammers and Hatchets
800 Coal Hois, various sizes
200 Tenders, BRASS Wire, and Pierced Iron
5000 us MAYORS and Marshals Square Round
ostason shapes
800 dozen Files embracing every variety and size Of Hand
Cross Cut Pit and Mill Saw among
'Butehers," now difficult 10 procure
300 Single ad Double Barrel Percussion Guns part OF nne
quality 49, - -
Together with every description OF article. kent In the
Hard are line. - "
These goods having been purchased upon the most IA
Vorabls terms the bic
and adapted for the Virginia. North Carolina
prices Of them by merchants visiting Rchnond
surfing them OF ability as A. any
regular house In this or other markets.
VS.. 4 q. DoSNAN
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HARDWARE,
FALL, IuPORTlTION. 1873.

FALL IMPORTATION, 1883.
- T. MOORE d CO., fmportsrs and Dealers IN FOREIGN
II ard DOMESTIC HARDWARE, Sc Main street, Rica.
ond Va receipt steamships and packets from v
tpSS Of null and complete assortment OF birmingham and
consisting in part Of
Rodgers" and Wosenholm's hne Pen Pocket knives
Pen and Pocket Knives Of various makers aud styles
Buck, Bone, Ebony and Ivory Handle Knives
Ivory Handle Knives aud Perks, in 81 pieces
Wade A Butchers superior Raiors and shears
Single and Double Barrel Guns very superior
Pistols, Rides, Rife Barrels aud Mountngs
Trace, Halter Log, Well and finh Chains
collins" simmons" and Virginia
"Ames" and "Roxlands" Spades shoyels
Mil, Pitt, Gross Cut and Circular
Anvils, Vices, and Smiths Bellows
ScdHe and Hand Hammers Stocks ant
Blister, Shear, and Steel
Castings, Horse Shoes and Horse Nails
Horse Collars, Hind Brides Hammers
Bride Filings, Worsted Reins and Girths
Locks and Hinges Of every description
Planes, Chiscls, Augers and FILES, all kinds
Platform and Counter Scales; 4.
English, American q. D.
found In HARDWARE Stores.
As their goods selected with
chased on The terms they feel assured they Of
strong Inducements to merchants visiting this
ny invite them to examination OF their
TO e aslow rs regular house in this Of the
Northern cities Aul6
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FALL IMPORTATION

CHINA, EARTHENwARE. AND FANCY ARTICLES.
SusCR BER offers to Country and Others in
and Fancy AreG his o,sn dirsf sport f%
s"f'as f9S Min
pna a se,. s
Do do white Granite and Blue Print, Flowing Blue. pur.
Ts.ssrvss. 70 and mas $. pieces. varying
Basin. even. Tos i s. SsS vs..
eSR$SSR sa RssSEassd .s AEs for COUNT,
'sspi sn sI1s;
Table oa'l'ry-I No Hs5dls Table ss,. Pise
br'.nn. wsrs-S.s,s mos, eommS SS to tn. hes,
manufactured mann Spoons and Ladies' and saiet,
ss ~ sss;:,
d0 Tas ST.i:y Frames in rsAt variety, and
Glass WarespIain Pressed and Gu. Tumber Wines, Pitch
Ess ss cSaSe.ise. s as%
FLUID Mh1,mp' Water BCs. b9eI Plate, SyTup
Preserve Jars, Fish Globes '''''''
Hail. Gn'f so ss Sss,sIy apa
oA.nd. liana ss%P; q e.. vf Ss9S,,
Toy Tea ana pansq ss. Table Mats Dish Covers
rh sons @f Ssi os as,Gy f, Ss .sov,
and satisfied that call from Country Merchants persons
g r s saS BY s e
in the State small PROFITS and quick bis motto
DISSOLUTION OF CO.PARTNERsTIIP.-The Partnership
solved by mutual having claims vi" present.
settle their respective Accounts as early as pos
Sept j, 1858. LUf ri aHS LIBBY.
THNHE UNDERSIGNED continue the Ship Chandery and
HAsKNs LIBBY Rockets: account At the old stand OF
and The public general pedsng myself
ses Yurupp Y,pnu
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sfR Rsa s&sa sa ~

M oyERBYs, 81 MILES. rAN ~
On and after Monday Oct 1885, regular Train
bys ~ ona anu o'er-
hs Train will stop for passenger, only following points,
hooious Coal Petl, TomRhawk, Povhatan Mat
9af Chph Amelia COURT House wyanote Jennings rdnary
and ovsrbys ' ~ "'"
At 1870 o'clock, p. n. "'e'o' .
Ix,n Sgs ~ and under 10 year. Of half
ie:sy stated on n iSs p he " e1
Cars. ~ - ~ '"s
Passengers for Halifax O. Danyle can meet
Plagg Co.'S four horse coaches at oyerbyI daily
engeis for Greensborough Geano<n, Salem Salisbury
North carona can meet Messrs Plagg Co.'S Coaches
90 Iusd -, TnG.dsys and Saturdays at orerby
heet Mos Co.'S Coaches at overby Tuesdays Thursdays
nnd SaurdAy and Tor Milton and Yanceyvle by Ragg
line, Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays, at Oyerby's.
Passengers for Lynchburg, via South Farg
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Jys Richmond, Va, on the Doei
l fSs-dsS.ssA IL LYNCHB URG;..rhss Canal Boats
EA@kS<ASkl21 CLINTON Captain Donald, UNION, Captain
H. Punssi leave regularly wkpsrspArs BELLE Captain
Johnson DESPATCH Capt Cook regularly onSlruRpAr
These boats compelled to leave advertised In order to
make their Shippers depend
their regularity. No way freight taken.
tN Freight This line may up any day
SATURDAY, after O'Clock. p. N.
mA2-U A.
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n MIrreonTASr sog,cs- srElMrRs srLvt.d IN

UMfonTANT NOTICE. STEAMERS BELvtA spn
- pERE AND PocAHoNrl&. cnui rurther no-tsHM<A66r
uee Doth OF the above Ste viii remain the
route between RICHMOND AND BALTIMORE connecting Al the
pAeev the krcsson Steam Propeller via Canal 10 PhiA
ThsBELy1pERH. Captain ouOrd viii Bsi,imor. every
afternoon Returning abe will leave Richmond every
The POoAhoNrAs Captain Jones' will leave Baltimore every
MkoNhSDM afternoon. Returning, abe will leave Richmond
ssey sIOkDAr ansrnoon thus arorins the merchants
week between the places This route vi. Be
found one OF the expeduous from Wheel
freight apply TO LUDLAM 4 WATSON.
II MON sTkAMsHIP CosiPANNs LINE OF
~ sTEtMkltS-for PHILADELPHIA every LIN
" rdnesiay via Norfolk and Capc May-Nedner SfS4S
81 Rc.aG0ED Captain Ai,ehel
oap baymoreone Of these splendid wileaye keh
ond Tor wedncsdarat high water Return.
leave fhladephs Wednesday and Saturday At o.
clock, A. NJ, until further notice.
New have entered Into ARRANGEMENTS
20 forward passengers through New York. either by
allowing them the privilege Of remaining In Phadei
the arrival Of the steamers.
shipper. TO the West DESTROYS Of shipping
fborg will please bear In mind that have made all the
pounds.
Due notice will be Away, given Daily Papers the
city, the steamers win be ready receive freight and the
hour OF their sailing.
n H. shipper win bear that mi, Ladins
S sent to the Rockets be signed before the sailing Of
Passage through to New YORK. Is, cabin and found. ss@
Passage through to FS,Ss cabin and found Sc
DO dc DO so SG ~ "a do do do DO DO aaS$S
ROBERT RANKIN, Agent,
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~ 80 eS 81 E s !; Err ss!aE %ss IL !

- K-gN1yZN- each wcek-Earc a
ony.-rhe public are hereby informed that thea ss-n
Captain Charles X. Mitchell, having been
rented, enlarged aud improved In
route between Richmond and baltimore, weekly
Passengers by this agreeable
O'Clock, a. NJ reach baltimore Of
probably by midnight thus securing
ent lines out OF Ia tniore the following
Returning will leave baltimore
Wednesday OF each 81 o'clock, the
creek the FLOWING with the
fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad Company,
Richmond on Thursday at O'Clock, p. NJ.
ding meals,) 81 so. "
iare for nrs class between Baltimore and Phaie
pLta Cattle Prenchtown
class do % Making the whole fare from Richmond
hia by this agreeable line u 80 only for lst class
90 for second class do.
For further particulars through tickets apply at the ONCE Of
the Richmond freierickburg and Potomac Railroad Company
mh29 J.. d. WINSTON Ticket AGENT
INTERESTING TO ftIiNFi,s-we believe It will be inter
furniture In Richmond better than
en Market and To the above
several Warmers Furniture Who have
The North for the purpose. buying but finding they could pu
Of Therefore, call the bring
JONES HARDWOOD,
selo Opposite Exchange Bank, Richmond, Va
ADDLEHS, &c.The subscriber respectfully informs hi,
- friends and the public generally that he has
two doors below Mes Webb be found
large and varied selection Of article
men OF his manufacture He
twenty-five experience in his business
can b relied on In addition BUSINESS have added
manufacture Of all kinds Of Horse which win
sell as be purchased = North.
Country Merchants will and
eIamiue for themselves, ali Of which viii sell cash.
credit to punctuAi eustomers
mhl2-du JOSEPH II COIOUITT
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- uEHr hVnTHhlsN MAIL NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. or
- rdRE no BALTIMORE AND PHYLADSLPHII.-on
and amer 18th Instant through tickets to Baltimore
~ this Company, their
Ioute via Wellington, tbs following terms, viz: -
Baltimore,
20
which the passenger transit LOT se ana eassase,
vhsteycr daily lines between pha-
a.Si. and varying from " 10 IS for each
ss proportonaS second class
ser. an, publc cheap and comfortable
trip New York. a.. 49,. T..
The above allow reasonable soouIn In
sons..r.n h. them '' g. RUTH,
~ Aren't Of transportation.
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~. W 10Y sanei) 90
des Chief Engineer and superintendent
GiAhNlh GEs! CAiiItiAGEs.-ALFRED cnrs0 =,
:sS 50 4 as
srs ~ oS sSsh
french e coaeSe. On. ,o,,. p,,o,,,,,
-Four sat RoskawAys Bugges without TOps-a variety
out othe best materials and by
sc s @ ua,
best and wit" Dispatch . 4gd'
RRLEAcHED AND BROWN sHIRTiNGs AND sHEETINds-
4b We offer comp, OF the above goods at
70 ' % aa1s s'es
-, ~. :. siAin suset.
Is 40: 900 sof.sEI OF
v Liquid solder for r seGug china. CLAM
hard s I and arm & are. sn
& fSa 5s SS 8, On n:
son o as a. BY n enssy
tuL.d solely a. establishment for this State and persons may
20, ' '' n' ''R. E i DGsiS hno Drsrr!..,
w sioEs hErilI.rhs attention Of The public Is re.
ladies' i%iss sSlsd o ~ Boots. hes. quality
thin s.! FL S II gy,. ;,
M EsG %s s R pPi St n Lind, and Ties
Gents best P s9sSI: sosd press Boots w
Double s p" sS every quality
ALso-Ml;,ss' q d,en, no,, Shoe,
is ssioen they polite attention. ton and
Isa O"'''' S'O' '0''' Witt PSSE, IS Main street.
dAyHIt COATS-OVrH COATt.-I have si on hand good
soofs .. lie %
',' '' - '' '' - ~ '' WILLIAM IRA SMITH
dhyEH COAr1 0yEk COATsii-We have just received, per
Sne pl Ms' sss cs 70. Beaver Be- over Coat.
Marble ani Fancy whitney DO DO
SssS hsi'i psssS Velvet vests 10 10
MACE %G c...i GS f =. IL, &C. &C.
yoI sale very cheap at No. 81 Main street n,o
N Ewis, WHITE LEAD, LSsEED OIL, WINDOW oLAss,
H PUTTY Ae Ae Large supplies receiving and for sale low
Del Druggists.
VUJHE OEiEBRATED LUsTRAJ HAIR TONIC for removing
BY ''''''''' ''' BENNETT e BEERS Sis O""
| A LUM wATgH.--RocRBRIDag ALUM SPRINGS, VA
"a b.sHt B,.s No ~ Main sys., sole Agents. fot che
sys,y week flesh from he Springs carefully barrel;
a1 "a Ie ss dtsna " Us medicinal
The gra, demand Tor this water mates frequently
Ps Per SS So sf p TsT@, CITY s a &C.
per ySr eonsalnS ico P. No water F'' Price
| a Ii OF THg BEsr CHEWING TOBACco8 and fines, I'm.
ported Os SssSR S Sssf p bSs By
del Agents for The Victories.
lHiNA Hhd-Dinner sstsA large variety styles and
Teases-Sa ~ So co. 81 pieces variety Of style,
| kinds.
Toilet Aarssysrlety entirely styles shapes
qnSlsS ooei;., wines. CSs"npsiaD.., psc.n,sr
| Bowls, Salts Celery Glasses, &c.
Ssias, 6s,., ana E.I,h,sssr, Pitchers, dc.
The above, With large assortment Of thing 10 line
will be sold low. For bargains, call on ". A, WATT,
| no2f 70 street
WUANDsONE PLAID DRESS rDs, st No III Main ST.
Apsrsons 10 want Handsome Dress Piads, suited
n style Al d prices, at
no1G sTLAa T.. JOUNsON'a
IENkMAss SURGICAL INsIitUMtNlsl.we have con:
any on hsnds large assortment the latest styles
most lmproy patterns o. Rurgios the above
celebrated manufacturer, comprng PICKETT Opera
tiny issecng and Dental Gases 70 which the Ply.
nnla M
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4 EWJS WEBB & son. offer foT sales
~ 20 bids. Porto Rico, Cuba and New OreansO
81 bbs Crushed ..a..
DO Powdered fSOuhhS'
80 bbis Coffee
~ hhds prime Cuba MoIasses
LsgusyTa, Java and Mocha Coffee.
LEATHER-Rsd and Oak Tanned, soaI Russell Rip gkins
and Harness -
Tanners OIL
235 bbIs No 3 MackeTI
No Nactere in quarter and half barrels, Nh, md
half kits 1917 " ~
Olive and Refined Whale Oil
vinegar; Wrapping, Letter and Whiting Psper
Cordnge bed Cords, Hemp, Cotton Lines and TvDe
PeEper' Ptmento, Ginger, Gunpovder, Shot
Tailov, Adamantine and Sperm Candles
10 packages Gunpowder
BlackDg, Soap, starch '' 'N'' ''F'0'
700 Bushels prime Glover
$50 keys Nails. tOd Dominion Avaian) iaT
"OHk BONES.-Papier Maehe and Rosewood Work
w Boxes, some OF elegant finish Rosewood and soysny
writing Dtks Leather Retcues Portfolios Of Pape Msb
Jai2 pItIRLyy 4 IN
t6Ah-so% boxes bverins's Double Refined Loaf reeeiy
bis LEWIS WEBB SON
H0m MAKING CUARLOTTE-ROUSE,J TI-
Lh doPauisen's Refined, and Oox's Patent Sparkling
COOPER Refined Sheet and Shred sng, With mil a.
reSuns for making Charlotte Rouse Jees Also French
nn e. o vanilla, Lemon tlmond, Rose, 6c, for Pa-
NGHrny''oL"'eey ADiE GRAY, Druggists,
yAy III Main sweet
NEW ,hoP onLEiNs MOLya sEs, of prime quality. for
- Nns IRON NhshY " H. sRINKER,
-" Cary street.
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Between PhiladelphIa and New York day)
and for each nrst class and oo and 81 "a
class
through tickets Washington Baltimore
other information, apply the ticket once.
Besides the through
Main Northern Route through tickets direct be obtained
the Depot Of the Baltimore Ohio Company
ington Tor wheeling via the Relay House, at - 50.
p. The night train will
the following Tayorsve
Junction, Chesterhed Milford, Guineys Prsdereksburg
Brooke'a - y =
n b. ny the Postmaster General no train will be
between Richmond and Washington Sunday nights
It's deemed proper addition state for the information
that fur daily lines between
ingcn and Baltimore, by which traveller Who
through business pleasure, delayed
always In his proceed, convenient
his Journey to any point north Of that place.
kulb Y
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!ESa gsa ea ER I'D

HOUIE-NeW
" Die scheducA- Ttrfcs Di1y from Richmond Hets
YORK. si rantrs Of assen0ers md BygdQe, through IA
ties Of Fdaaiagoa, Bitinore Philadelphia
and amer the eth OF August the following quick and
comfortable schedules will
Richmond New Richmond o'clock A.
NJ and o'clock, NJ; arrive In New York daily A NJ
oPM.
Pare to Washington lat class seats 50
"a Baltimore LIST OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 8 90
p.,v.,n phsansis and Me- yo;s' a. - ~
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FALL hIPoETATI0N OF CARpETINGs;

IN retiring from business ehecrfny and confidently re.
OF REEVE A BLAIR -
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GtOPARTNRlisIiIP.-Mr H. BLAIR having purchased the
Interest Mr. W. H. sEABRooR, Of the late SEA.
BROOK REEVE has entered partnership with Mr.
REEVE, under the style Of REEVE BLAIR continue to
carry on the ApoiecaIy and Drug business
ssabrook Reeve, and hope by strict
A share Of the patronage solbeTay extended TO the
T. PAYs0N REEVE
JOHN II. BLAIR.
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NEw EsTABLtSIIMEST-Ship CbdndieyV Groseres dc-
~ The subscriber thankful 10 his many friends public
% The very liberal he has received
hey viii eoniinuen his No EIJHeH directly opposite the
stand 1 Haskns LbtyUherc be found
article IN the Ship Chandery and Grocery line intends 10
k constantly on baud large stock Of Rope Of all Sizes
se6--f
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e,tPHIAL NOTitF-New York aud yirginin a 49,,
- CO-specie, Gold Silver, Stones, Metals ltyr
or valuable arttcles Of kind, will not be
ca on board o. either 81 The COmpanys chips viz Jtrn
or the Rot except y special agreement with the agents
pu'ers the ships will the Company responsible o
articles unless Bs Of Jadng granted therefor and Inc va
luc therein stated. LIJDLIH A wATsng y"
au2S-tf
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JAS. d. b. EVANS.
FAIII GOODS.

received portion OF their
= stock OF Goods and will In them
present stand
Their Stock comprises fifteen packages
braces all the varieties OF
BOOTS, SHOES, HATS, CAPS, LEATHER, TRUNKS,
e etc. which, having been selected with b. u
on the best terms will enable thsm
to purchasers house this country They respec eJ
examir alton or their
North Carolina, promising their best efforts give saa
dUARLEs BROOKE.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1854-08-31

The following ID by S. Gilrnln, IL. D., pub
lshed in the st. Louis Medical Ja,apal, and is
certainly the most interesting article we ever
read on the subject
/" There is much in the history and habits of
the reptile tribes, however repulsive they may
be to appearance, that is very interesting. Du-
ring sojourn of two or three months in the
interior of Arkansas, waich appears to me to
be the paradise of reptiles, paid some attention
to that branch of history called opbiology. I
Gound ioar distinct varieties of rattiesnakes,
(crotalus) of which the Crotalus Horridus and
Crotalus Kirtlandii are by far the most numer-
Gus. The former is the largest serpent in North
America, The family Of moceasin snakes (coi-
uber) is also quite numerous, there being no less
than ten varieties, most Of which being qnito as
venomous as the rattlesnake. BY dissecting
great numbers of different species, learned that
the anatomical structure of the poisoning APP
paratus is similar in all the different varieties of
yenouoas serpents. 1t consists of strong
framework of bone, with its appropriate mus
cles in the upper part of the head, resembling
and being in fact pair of jaws, but externally
to the jaws proper, and much stronger. 70
these is attached, by ginglymoid articulation,
one or more movable fangs on each side, Just at
the verge of tae mouth, capable Of being eroc-
ted ut pleasure These fangs are very hard
sharp and crooked, like the claws of cat. and
hooked backward, with hollow from tho hasf
to near the point. have occasionally seen q
thin slit in the bone divide this hollow. maxine
two. At their base is found a small sack con.
tanning TIVE or three drops of venom, which re.
semble thin honey. The sack is so connected
Win the cavity OF the fang during its erection
that slight upward pressure forces the venom
into the fang at its base, and il makes it exit a
a small slit or opening near its point, with con
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1854-08-31
LIFE REV YORK.

The beginning, aim and end Of life, in New
York, is speculation and making money. Capt.
talists, with means in either houses, goods or
money, seem to operate by a tacit understand
regulate and control the prico of food, the rent
of houses, the rate of interest for money, and
actually decide the price Of labor. And, terri
BILE as it is for the contemplation of the poor,
the more impossible it becomes every year for
the laborer-the industrisus worker, in every
department-to earn the wherewithal to pro-
vide even the eommonest necessares Of life for
a miserable clad and half-starved family. Ten
antry in New York pay every ton years the en-
tire price to the owners of the wretched lodg-
ings in which they dwell, and are, in fact, after
all, poorer than when they began. And by
shaving notes, trading on orders, paying off in
uncurrent money, and other similar operations,
manufacturers and builders manage to draw
from five to ten per cent. more from the labor
er's scanty earnings, while the infamous and
frauds of grocers and hucksters, in all
kindsof provisions, who always give short weight,
measure or change, and frequently articles Of
spurious or inferior quality, in driblets and PEN
nyworths, rob him of fifteen or twenty per cent.
more. The struggle of life in New York is
going backward. CAPITAL, the despot, has got
his foot upon his old victim, LABOR, and is
ready to hsten about its limbs chains more
heavy and CALLING than ever ratified and clanked
in the gloomy ages of darkness. OF course,
there are thousands Of young people of both
sexses, living in the country at distance from
New York, who, magnifying its attractions
through their imaginations and the wonderful
tales Of travellers, believe it to be the most de-
sirable place of abode in the world--to such
there is magic IN .s namc. But, alas it is
really cauldron of the direst distress and fleet
ing show 1t has elegance, fashion and beauty
in gorgeous array, but is sadly deficient in
warmth of heart and purity of affection. All
is but seeming. This vast city has but the out
ward symbols, the representatives of realities,
and that is ALL There is nothing real, nothing
true--all Of hollow. Save to few hundred
speculators in the neeessares of life, few lucky
lawyers, physicians and editors, and some thou
sands of property owners and their comorant
agents, life in the American Metropolis is a
story Of poverty and despair for those tender
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1854-08-31
REVOLYERS.

For those who have not seen genuine Colts
revolver, we will endcayor to describe some of
the advantages of this weapon. The revolving
cylinder behind the fixed bsrrel is drilled with
six holes, into which, one after the other, the
powder is rapidly dropped without being meas
ured, for it is impossible to put in too much
powder, if room enough is left for the ball Six
balls are then taken in the hand, and so placed
one after the other in the holes. These balls
are of "a concal shape like those of the MIME
ride, and are made of soft lead. They are rather
larger than the holes but ramrod fixed on a
hinge under the barrel, being brought down by
handle, on the lever principle, forces all the
balls, in rapid succession, into the holes. The
charge being now perfectly air-tight, requires
no wadding. At the back of the cylinder are
six nipples, for percussion caps, carefully sepa-
rated from each other AND the marksman, tax
ing few caps in his hands, puts Que upon each
of these nipples, upon which the six-shooter is
loaded.
The caps being at the back, and not at the
top, of the cylinder, will not fall off in carry
ing and both charges and caps being water
tight, experiments have proved they will fire ai-
ter several hours immersion in water. The top
of the hammer itself, in line with little
spike on the end of the BARREL gives the sight
for aiming. On pulling back the hammer with
the thumb after firing the cylinder revolyes one
sixth part of its circumference, instantly bring
ing another hole, with its charge, in line with
the barrel. The barrel being rided, and the
charges in the breech air-tight, none of the
force of the powder is lost and the balls are
carried further, and with far greater precision,
than from an ordinary musket.
This is the famous revolver, of which marvel
GUS tales are told in the Western States, South
America, and even in Caucasus. Superstitious
legends circulate among the Russian soldiers, Of
a young Lcsghien chief, who held many pursu-
ers at bay, picking them off one by one as they
attempted to cross plank bridge, till the won-
dering Muscovites having seen six of their num-
ber drop into the abyss below before the fire Of
a single pistol, turned and fed. More authentic
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