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Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-01-27
New Concern.

TNflE snh.criho- have tins aynssocined thcmSc Ives
together for the purp - "i conducting gene IA
Grocery. Cornmi.risn and Receiving aud Forward ing
business unirr the syie aud hrmof Ruckcr aad Reed
the old -n"d of A H. Rucker-opposite the Nirg in
Bank where they will keep constantly hand lnrgc
and @rl.assorlcd stock OF Fnmily Groceries, l'"h,
Stcc Field Seed, &c. hey will give prls sonni otos
ton the sac Of Wheat, uur. Bacon and all Kind. "f
Country Produce, and make libeml cash advances o.
consignments ia hanl. AMBROSE Is RUGkER,
LOUIS " REDB.
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-01-27
DRIsfi MOUNTAIN uILE. stones

DRIssE MOUNTAIN HRILE STONES
The undersigned are now procuring from then cole,
mated quarry, the BnsH Mountain Moutgomery coun-
~, Mil Stones and Burrs of the very best quality 1hs
reputation of thee widely kLown r, but II,
Raroad giving increased facilities in filing orders,
Ne have ap ointed Mcdaniel, Ilur Preston, and Lee
Johnson Lynchburg agents tor the sne ol u IN,
who will receiv and haye Them fulfilled at tLt
shortest uo'ice.
Our Address BIe burg Montgomery county Va.
ISRAEL PRICE Il Co.
james NJ. Williams, Danvlc, " Reynolds y G"
Leak lille, n. G. are also ourageut lP.& Co
Feb li-d0cts
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FINll + subscriber ,"uud respectfully Gull uac nttol.
ton al those wishing to muh thcr friends pr.
ur Grsuas or New cai tint will hc pm ed nhoN
diamonds emil n gallery md select from nj 'r"
assortment Of Jewcv and Funcy Goods, iGat received
int the orcaion, prices Iut the times nnd hhse
thrn filed with one o one hs in ninmtpbic pRl MIL NJ
DEGUEhREOTiPES. Rcmcmbrr thai GlB 3S ho'r
of ul the =. m 10y the first premium ! con prto
the ntt, fnir- m Petersburg and Rirhmpnd; which
is ,utrieut guarantee lint lis il the pa bavc
your imuge transferred eun to nntrr. 50 ~iiho ~ much
udo, nlung railroads. in ynr carriages, N
foot n all received nike, nn ynu Will hnd p cny q.
g,n lrcnud every ding Ia m,kc you ronn otrhlc
wc wnifi, Nour time ot sitting lu every q so an
me sn' isu,iiuu q giyen--or no clnrge mndr
At tie sign ot lie nng T. +. Gl bBN.
iB- All paprrs advcrti.nc for will COPY.
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-01-27
PETERSBURG.
PETERSBURG.
DOMAINS & JOHNSTON.
GrOcers and Commission Merchants,
mly 0.ta Petersburg. Va.

UrOcefS ana VOnlmlsSiOh NcTCh"h'S'
iuv 9ls Petersburg, Va.
NE COW MISSION HOUSE
IN PET ERSRrRG AND cry PolNT
BENJAMIN F. CHILDRBY,
4 tcnei al Commission & Forwarding Merchan
sfartirular sttenuonra ra'd 10 tic sno al When" f"nf
Corn, Tobacco aud purchase oi merohao lze gehcray
Produce concumcnts solicited md all ntwhr inr nus
meas done with ecpnnm, and dispatch, Business com
mcncc l-t lay nt january, 1888.
References may bel Ind ot
Messr. Mcllwninc, Son y Co,
Wills. Len T. Co.
Sm,th T. Dunn,
iael. Mclllwaine Il Co. Petersburg. and
G. Baker, fincn-tlc VI.
n. II shall he II Guy ronl every day, anl when
nhacne my young vii attend "hrn mol particular
ly employed al Civ Po'at, may he found nj my "iiee
IN rctcrsburr und oi the present he ionnd at the
Depot nj the =. 5. Il Il Go u r -
jan l2-i4
nl>sOLUTION- I'll connection al nloke
l|Pntman wul the concern ri Wills. Lcn& B'o"niey
terminates this day hy c"o,cnt ni ra'tl's, .,
WILLS. LEA & BROWNLEN,
BlNkE rlrrMAN.
rcter,hurr Va. .lnn,u airy l. 1898.
rlNlsE CO-PAssTNGKSlilP hetet ioroeS
i-ng under the finn ,t Wills Lea = RrawIIry IA
lhis dn, dissol, cd y mutual consent.
The mime ol the hlm will be used 10y tue snh''rbef-
IN liquidation only.
Tho huo.. aud pnpcrs viii be found at the old snnd
a( Wuls Len n brow ulcy
All pet-on. indebted l., the viii leatc make
pay mcut without delay
WILLIAM LEA. JR,
WM s BROWNLEl.
Petersburg, Va, january /, 1879
ien : In
NOTICE The undersigned, mrmbor4 ot the late
finn ii WIN. Len \ Brownlry. viii cnndur Pro.
lurc nnd ,,encru Gemui-sion aud Forwarding business
under the style md firm OF
LEA \ RROWNIEy.
tine old stand Of W lie, Ie, \ llro"noy On Walnut
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RICHMOND
Fall Importation
OF EARTENWARE AND CHINAI


Fresh Receipts of Glass and Fancy irtcies.
1Nll sub.t uhcr oilers Ia the tIade luRe ana N""d
stock ni Eortheuwatc, China and ''l ss' inc pat
terms ol which selected 10y himself in person
Having Nprrie ot many yearr IN tins pht'ua1
bu he feels goat confidence in stating Tint IN point
OF price aud quality, il will eomraie taNorahlY with "Y
other house in the trade.
White Granite Dinner Ware,
DO aa basins aud Ewrfs Jugs. Ten Ware etc.
}jue Print, Flowing md Fnncy do
Fine Decorated China nuncr aad Dessert Sets
Do do do Ten aud Toilet sets
Do do da puchors aud Vases
Gold Band do OF above variety
White Ghifn do ot ato>, vutiety.
Common Mare Of every drserirton, suitable Ion
" olcsuiur which he offers upon such IA r'Es for cdsh
cannot tail to please
Fine Mante Pier nnd Toilet Glasaes
Fine Ivory Table Cutlery Waters nm Bri ttania Ware
Safety. and other Fluid aud Sohtr Lamps
Glass Nare in every variety
All he ask. is call, and he feels assured his price
will Civ. -hti siactInn.
til. rackeris OF thcbc-t in the trade
Stone Nnro at FACTORY prices.
sep l2--ts JAS ID. Il, EY ANS,
No. III Main street Richmond Va.
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NOH SALE CONSEGNMENJ

u I0.O0O d.. CotIo0 Yurn,--Just reCtlNed and &
asle consignment by
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GAS! GAS. GAS!
BKEAsT CLOTHS

w 1h#se cloths havehow attained an est hltshrd ie
puat'nn aHordins the on'y perfect protective agent
md prevennrive Of the Mothers groatc-t uillcton.
Gathercd Byeast. A supply for sale by
JOHN II. SEAY d, CO,
NV Is Dfuegi5t-.
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- DGE LEATHER -5to0 lbs GOOD md
- DAMAGED sole LEATHER, n spgr1z5r a-acie,
inst received u1d 70, -aehy LE. JOiNNpE
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-01-27
cHRISTMAS PRHSENTS

nuRROUGnSSnAFER y c.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1855-06-16
News Items.

Or BURR PORTER, of New Jersey, is
now serving in the Crimea as Major of a
Turkish regiment.
Of Miss THORNTON, an intelligent young
lady of Livingston, Ala, was recently mur
dered in that place by one of her fathers
negroes.
0EF Colonel KAHL, late United States
Counsul at Bordeaux, died suddenly in Par
is on the lst Of May.
0F The number of bounty land applica-
tions now reaches one hundred and fifty
thousand and nine hundred.
o. Silver to the value of $1,000 has
been extracted from the copper taken from
the Lake Superior mines during the win
ter.
Two CHILDREN MURDERED BY THEIR FAITH
ERA telegraphic dispatch from Phiadel-
phia, of May 81, gives the following shock
ing item of news:
"In Dover, Delaware, on Thursday last,
a colored man, named Parker, who broke
out of Jail some three months since, murder.
ed his two children in most brutal man.
ner."
6F Patrick Hughes, brother to the
Archbishop of New York, died few days
since at Lafayette, Jefferson County, New
York. He is said to have been an inde-
pendent farmer, of sixty years of age and
was very much respected by all who knew
him.
A MODEL CoUNTY.-The Greensborouoh
IN. C.) Patriot states the remarkable fact
that, though one of the oldest counties in
the State, there never has been a conviction
formurder, nor a person hanged in Ran
dolph County.
SEED Wharf.-The Canadian government,
at the earnest solicitation of the township
and lower county members, has appropri-
ated the sum of E5 900 for the purchase of
seed wheat to distribute among destitute set.
Elements.
A SUICIDE AND LOVE TRAGEDY.-Thom
as B. Rusonm, late Registrar of the city
of San Francisco, California, committed
suicide on the I'd inst, by blowing out his
brains with a pistol, in New York, because
an young lady in that city would not marry
| him. ,..
or The Greenville (Darke County, Jour
nal says that during the storm which visite'
parts of Darke County last Tuesday, hail
fell that measured eight inches in circumfer
ence and weighed two pounds. Don't be
lieve it. Many such hail-stones would hav
cannonaded the roofs off of all the houses il
Darke, which might have been claimed as
X. N. victory. @H.
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What it Costs 10 BOmbard Sebas.
tODOl. n

The N. Y. Courier and Enquirer gives
some interesting statistics with regard to
the cost OF the iron balls which have been
thrown into Sebastopol by the five hundred
cannons which have vomited them. The
accounts by the Asia represent that each Of
these guns fred one hundred and twenty
rounds day, which gives d total for the five
hundred Of sixty thousand rounds. This fire
had been continued for thirteen days, ma.
king an aggregate of seven hundred and
eighty thousand missiles rained upon the
city. EA.
The weight of the shot fred from the guns
of the Allies varies probably from nineteen
to one hundred and forty pounds and forty
five pounds would probably be low esti
mate for an average. This would give ,
daily delivery of iron to the Russians
amounting to two million seven hundret
thousand pounds, and total for the thirteei
days of thirty-6ve million one hundred thou
sand pounds-the prime cost of which, il
the rough, at the average price of pig iron II
England for the last year, was no less thai
three hundred and thirteen thousand thre'
hundred and eighty dollars. This ID, 9
course, without any regard to the enormon
cost of transportation to the Crimea.
| If the cannon balls fired from the Allie
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1855-06-16

Ohio. Even the members Of that party
themselves, are already ashamed of it,
Take it as a whole, il is the most bungling
and clumsy piece Of Workmanship, we ever
knew to emenate from body claiming or
dinary intelligence. A few propositions on
ly, are clearly stated, and all these (with
the exception of the parts stolen from the
Democratic platFOrm) exhibit a narrow
mindedness and bigOtry equaled only by
the superstitions Of the dark ages, or the
black conspiracies of the French revolution
On some subjects, we are left entirely in the
dark. Nothing is said about the fugitive
slave law, nothing about Slavery in the Dis
trict of Columbia, nothing about temper
ance; all these old hobbies of theirs, ara
thrown aside, for the simple reason doubtless
that they dare not touch them.
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The Philadelphia X. N. COnven
... U.t- ton.

This body has now been in session sever
al days, and according to present indications,
will be in session many days longer before
they secure anything like harmony of action
among its..members. The slavery question is
the all absorbing topic, the bone of conten-
ton between the different factions there rep
resented. 1t will in the end, be the means
ofsplitting the party sssunder and securing
its total destruction. A committee has been
appointed composed ofone from each State
to draft platform for the Convention
They have entered upon their work. An
agreement between them is absolutely i'm
possible. The majority are in favor Of,
and have reported the following resolution
which will without doubt be adopted by the
Convention:
Resolved, that regarding it the highest du-
ty to avow their opinions on q subject so
important in distinct and unequivocal terms,
it is hereby declared as the sense of this ma
tional Council, that Congress possesses no
power under the constitution to legislate up
on the subject of of slavery in the States,
or to exclude any State from admission to
the Union because her constitution does or
does not recognize the institution of slavery
as part of her social system; and expressly
pretermitting any expression Of opinion up
on the power of Congress to establish or pro-
hibit slavery in any territory. 1t is the
sense ofthis National Council that Congress
ought not to legslate upon the subject of
slavery within the territories of the United
States, and that any interference OF Con-
gress with slavery as it exists in the Districts
of Columbia would be violation of the
spirit and intention of the compact by which
the State of Maryland ceded the Districts to
the United States, and breach of the ma
tional faith"
The minority are opposed to such plat
form and advocate the restoration Of the
Missouri Compromise.
The days of the Know Nothing party are
numbered, and the only question is about a
decent burial for its remains.
P. S. Since writing the above, we have
received intelligence that the foregoing re-
solution has been adopted by the Conven-
ton by a vote of 80 to So. The vote on the
minority report was fifty one in favor, and
80 against it. The Convention has thus de-
clared that Congress has no right to legislate
upon slavery. The downfall of the order is
now as certain as that the sun will RISE
What do our Know Nothing neighbors MinI
of their national platform?
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1855-06-16
Irish Emigration.

The "Exodus" from Ireland still contn.
ues at very great rate, Notwithstanding the
attempts made by the priests to prevent the
people from going to America, which has
fallen into great disfavor in consequence Of
the "know nothing" agitation. A paper
which is supposed to speak the sentiments
of John of Tuam, observes,-"While the
Irish Catholic race was treated with kind
ness in America, we never uttered a word
of remonstrance or warning; but now that
all parties agree in complaining OF the
dreadful prosecutions which await them
from all the powers of 'know nottingham
in the hitherto boasted land of liberty, we
feel it our imperative duty to raise our voice
in protest and reclamation. Bad as home
is, and cold as is the prospect that awaits
our people under system of laws that OBJ
stinately refuses security for tenant industry,
it is better to remain and battle with the
ills they know than fly to. others of more
revolving kind. A quiet death in the old
land of the saints, with the aid of religious
consolation in that awful hour, is better than
contact with that awful Generalization and
almost total absence of religious comforts
which await the emigrant beyond the At,
lantic."' The Irish Roman Catholics now
look upon Canada as the land where al
creeds and classes may enjoy liberty, al
though under the "upas tree" OF Englist
rule London Leader. asa.. is,
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lines during the thirteen days, were rolled
into rail bars, weighing sixty pounds TO the
yard, the bars would extend three hundred
and thrty-two miles; or, il laid as rail-
road, would suffice for a single track road
from New Yerk to Albany, with all the nec-
eSsary turn-outs.
The charge Of powder for each gun would
probably average about six pounds, which
would show an expenditure for the thirteen
days of four millions six hundred and eighty
thousand pounds of powder. Such powder
is worth here eighteen cents pound, bu
in England would not, probably, cost more
than fifteen cents, at which price the pow
der cost seven hundred and two thousanC
dollars. Total first cost Of powder and balls
one million fifteen thousand three hundred
and eighty dollars. gstsp ta
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IMPORTANT DEeIsroE. = The Supreme
Court of Indiana has decided that whenever
person shall die from an injury resulting
from the negligence or unskillfulness Of any
of the officers or servants Of railroad CON-
Pany, or the inefioiehcy Of their bridges
cars, or locomotives, action for damages can
not beinstituted by the wife or minor children
but by the administrator. The same court
has decided that railway companies are moi
liable for destruction of stock running Al
large at the crossing of public road when
the injury is done without negligence, mas.
much as the company would have no author
itv to fence nm the road
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1855-06-16
A Lucrative Station.

) A. s. Mansfield, of Dorchester, has been
appointed by the Governor and Council of
Massachusetts the commissioner to purchase
and supply to town and city agents, pure
liquors for sale by them under the new liq 9
'uor law. His place Of business must be in
Boston. The town agents are obliged to
purchase Of him, he being allowed to char ge
five per cent, additional to the cost on all
liquors thus disposed Of. 1t is estimat ed
that il the law is generally enforced, Mr..
Mansfeld's commission will reach $40,o ,o0C
year, or $4,000 more than the annu.
al salary Of the President Of the United
States. 'sys.27A' a.3 a'ia 7-..- ~.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1855-06-16

OF With the exception of the Plain
Dealer, we believe the Portage Sentinel is the
only Nebraska paper now extant on the Re-
serve. Tne Sentinel took early and strong
ground in behalf of the Nebraska Villainy.
and as lately as the 23d ult., declared that
the people of Ohio haze no constitutional right
TO hold meetings and declare that slavery shall
not go into KanSas.-Portage Democrat.
If the Democrat intends to be fair, it
should quote the phole paragraph and not
misrepresent us. Our language was this:
"The people of Missouri have just as much
right to say that slavery shall go into Kan
sas, as the people of Ohio have, to say il
shall not go into Kansas" We would not
circumscribe the people of any State in the
expression Of their opinion. We are in fa-
vor Of freedom Of speech in it's fullest extent
But we do affirm, that neither the people o.
Ohio or Missouri, or any other State, have
any constitutional right to regulate the do
mestic institutions of the territories. If one
State has such right, then the same righ
must be granted to every other. Slavery
is local. Ohio has no right to meddls will
it in Kentucky, or in Kansas. We woul'
say to the Missourians as we'll as to the cit
izens of Ohio, "hands off," let the question
be settled in the territory of Kansas, and b,
the people of Kansas. There is the batt
ground, and if that people are "let alone
they will unquestionably declare for free
dom.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1855-06-16

THE PREsBYTERtANs ExPEtLING FROM
"CoMMUNToN" Know NOTHING MEMBERS
The Prebyterians of Chenango County, New
York, at their meeting held at New Will.
mington, on the 18th of May, adopted the
following resolutions:
"ResolUed, that in the judgment ofthis Pres
bytery, the principles of our Church ex-
clude from communion the members of the
secret society called Know Nothings, and
the members Of all such secret societies, and
that Presbytery direct sessions to enforce
this OPINION"
sensible step! No man can be o
Christian and at the same time a Know
Nothing The thing is impossible.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1855-06-16
State Finances.

We make no apology for occupying sc
much room in the publication of the State
Auditors Report. Our columns could not
be filed with better reading matter. In the
coming political campaign, no subject Is of
more vital Importance, than the financial
condition OF the State. The next election
Is confined entirely to State and county off,
GERS. Not single member of Congress is
to be elected, nor any other officer who will
be called upon to vote or act upon any na-
tional question. While then, we as Demo-
Gratis do not shrink from the discussion of
national questions, we should not forget
those which come nearer home, and which
are necessarily involved in the present con-
test. 1t is the policy of our opponents to
blind the minds of the people as to the real
issues before them. This has always been
their policy. They dare not discuss ques-
tons which pertain to the affairs Of the State
of Ohio.
The charge of corruption made against
our State officers, has gone the rounds Of
the opposition press, but they never venture
to give facts and figures nor attempt to en-
tighten the minds of their readers as 10 the
real cause of our heavy burthens. The re-
port of Auditor MORGAN is full and able
vindication Of the financial policy Of the pre-
sent Democratic State administration. By
it during the past year, one and half mill.
ions of the public Debt has been paid, and
the credit of the State kept finn and unim-
paired during the most fearful pecuniary
crisis which has been known for many years
1t traces each item oftax, to its proper source
and shows why and how it was created ant
who are responsible therefor. From it VIZ
learn that the whole tax levied in Ohio fo
the year 1854, amounted to the enormous
sum of NINE MILLION AMP NINETY-Twc
THOUSAND DOLLARS: that only about ont
and a half millions of this, is retained by
the State Treasury for the purpose of defray
Ing the current expenses of the State gov
ernment, paying the interest on the public
debt, the salaries of public officers, the erec
ton of the new State House, &C., &c. AL
the rest, amounting to more than seven ane
one half millions is assessed by and distrbu
ted in the different counties, townships ant
towns of the State. We shall speak more
at length upon this subject on some future
occasion.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1855-06-16
VrnDOrtant from the Critnea,

By publishing the Sentinel on Saturday,
we are enabled to lay before our readers
the news from Europe three or four days in
advance of any other weekly paper taken ir
the county. The steamer Atlantic brings a
startling report from the seat of war. We
publish in another column, the telegraphic
account in full, believing that it will be o.
interest to all classes of our readers. There
is now some little prospect of Of the fall o.
SevastoRol. But even if such should be
the case, tho allies can hardly have the
heart to rejoice over the victory. Month
after month, their armies have been abou
that strong hold. wasting by pestilence ant
disease until England and France are filled
with mourning, their treasures empty, ant
their reputation stained by humiliating re-
verses.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1855-06-16
A Know Nothing Legislature.

Hiss, the chairman Of the celebrated nun
merry committee, who was recently expelled
from the Massachusetts Legislature, Gays
that he can prove that one hundred and
eighty Members ofhat Legislature, haze, dur
ing the present Session, Uisitea hoases Of pros.
titution! One of these, is a minister of the
Gospel, high in office in the church. Be-
hold the men who rule over the land of the
pilgrims! They are bright stars in the
Know Nothing crown. Surely party whose
leaders are such beautiful examples of puri-
ty and truth, should live forever!