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The Southern Literary Messenger.

We are sure that the literary public of the South
have received, with profound surprise and regret.
the announcement that the publication of the
Southern Literary Messenger will soon be discop
tnued, unless il shall receive very soon large ae-
ce,slon OF material aid" We cannot account forthe
TACT that the people of Virginia should permit this
old and we had supposed established favorite IN Ian
sush for the means of Support unless they
that, being worthy of Immortality. il would naees.
aarily be immortal 1t is enough TO bring burn-
hhe blush OF shame on every Virginia cheek. that
"hie our people buy all sorts of Northern periodi
cas- OF not half the literary merit of the Messen.
ger and tainted in every page with the ipsidious
poison OF abolition, they will permit a journal of
their own,--able, spirited conservative conducted
WI" TASTE ana lndgment,-to pine away and die
ioi wan. Vi adequate pecuniary support We are
prepared Tor the taunts with which such a result
VIII De nailed by our Northern adversaries Here
is shining Illustration they viii say, of the lite
rary taste of the people of Virginia. and of the
'oas'ed hoeraiity of a community which is eter.
many sneering at Yankee meanness,
"oearheS'iy invoke our fellow-citizaps 10 r.u,-
10 the support OF this old and true-hearted v;ron
pefioaiea- "eneed not say that it deserves ,ho;r
friendship; that the ability taste and aeop;ro,,,,.
Oh Its editor do honor to Southern literature Tho, =
Is welcome guest wherever it is known. ba, !;
only needs to be known, to be appreciated and ~
nored Surely it is only necessary that tho ,oo,,,
OF Virginia should understand that, without tbei
assistance tins bright star liz the literary trmame,
81 the South mnst be extinguished forever. 10 &.
0'e u'e'' instant energetic and universal support
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COMMERCIAL.
Richmond Market. Oct, 20. 1S5,

FLOUR-Sales of mixed brands superfne at $50 %
Straight brands held $3.50 and some holders await
ing higher prices. Market firm and receipts very
WHEAT-$2oOa s2o5 for Red; ss2o5d 1910 for
White.
CORN.-Nominally 95 cts. per bushel No stocks.
Advance i'm Coffee ut Rio.
BALTIMORE, Oct. 20-A dispatch received here
to-day by commercial house, from New Orleans,
states that advces had reached there from Rio the
LIST September Coffee was firm at four mills, eight
hundred rials; advance.
New YORK, Oct. 2.-FLoUR--Sales of q, 900 bbls.
at an advance of 6ic.al2tc, viz: State, to
good, $50 1870 56l; extra, f8 62l a8 Is. Western,
common to good s8 4330$8 68a; extra, SO 62l q
80 Is Sales of 300 bbls. Southern at prices ranging
from $50 8l4 to $40 37I for common, good favorite
end extra brands and ll 80 for Taliaferro Brother
which brand stands high.
WHEAT-irreg uar; Canadian, So 05 to So I2I.-
Western mixed, 80. Southern red, 3 95 to So G3
Southern White $20S2 05.
CoFFEE.-An auction sale of Coffee to-day was
spirited at ac. advance.
BALTIMORE, Oct. 20.--FLoUR.-Enquiryf air-ship-
pers rather anxious to purchase. Sales of Ohio and
Howard street at SO 62k of City at SO so,
WHAET Market dull-choice white 50 c3 a IS
o. good to prime do, 81 95 q So; ordinary 81 So;
inferior s n a 81 10; red, good to prime s. 30 a
81 95; ordinary 81 "a.
CoRN-90 to IS for white; % a 95 for yellow.
BACoN.-Sales of sides ut l3c. and shoulders III;
hams l2ll a IA cts. Dr.
WHIsKEY.-Sma sales city at 80 a 33k; 10 50 cash
and time. Ohio 395 q 39c.
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GEree Love-,

In another column we give an account Of the ar
Wat of the disciples of Gree Love. in the city of
New York Our readers must not suppose that
the crowd thus pounced upon by the officers OF JUS
lice is composed of the scrapings Of the Five
!. Points Far from it! They are members of Club
composed of between five and six hundred mem.
Z beers: and these, astounding it may appear, are
from all classes of society. The meetings held
scmi-weelly with an average attendance of one
hundred and fifty; though the attendance has been
much larger than usual since the affair has gained
some general nOtorety. The Club grew out of an
organization called the League, devised by certain
social theorists at whose head were Stephen Pearl
q Andrews, Albert Brisbane, and others The main
idea of this motley party is Free Love or Passion
al Attraction as some of them prefer TO call it
In plain English, they repudiae the present sys-
tenn of marriage and contend that marriage should
be limited or life partnership, at the option of the
men and women, who the sole and rghtful
Judges of the time and manner of its beginning and
Termination At the meetings of the Club, it was
the custom of the members and strangers whom
thew introduced, to walk, talk, waltz, sing, Hirt
and endeavor to enjoy themselves as best they
nay-each selecting his or her associate, according
50 attraction and afinities and always with due
regard TO individual Sovereignty
The New York papers have for months been
discussing the principles and practices of this Free
Love Association, and, only few days ago, eight
,olid columns of the New York Tribune were oc-
,upied by communications describing and vindi
rating the club and its doctrines Among these
communications is one from lady ~ giving an
account of her first visit 10 the club, and the i'm
pressions il produced upon her unsophisticated
mind What would we 1" outside barbarians of
Virginia think of lady who could consent to
enter such place Yet tits said that respectable q
people, men and women of intelligence and refine
ment, % husbands and wives and heads of families
with their children have been in the constant
habit of frequenting this club The New York
Tribune processes to denounce these results of its
own doctrines but the veil of deceit is too transpa-
rent and it even scarcely conceal its
sympathy with the foul grubs which have been
Matched out of its egg.
The principle of Passonal Attraction" we
need scarcely say is that which governs the brute
creation. Brisbane & Co., simply wish to reduce
mankind to animals Good heavens! And it is
these beasts who scandazed at the sin of
slavery, that they would dissolve the American
mon, rather than remain in connection with the
Southern States
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Norfolk and Portsmouth.

The Norfolk Herald and Argus of Saturday
morning are received Neither of them mention
any new cases. The Argus speaks of the increase
of the signs of business and returning activity; but
it abjures absentees to remain away little longer
The Portsmouth Transcript of Friday evening
states that there have been recently number of
cases of fever, mostly bilious, and chiefly confined
to those who have returned home Within five
days there had been seven or eight cases of yellow
fever, some of which it was thought would prove
fatal
Dr. Whitman, of Charleston, one of the volunteer
physicians, has determined to take up his residence
in Norfolk He was very successful with the fever
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Fatal DueI.

A d;spateh by telegraph from Charleston states
that duel was fought Savannah on the Eth
inst. between John Chaplin an ex-leutenant OF
the United States Navy and DIR. Kirk, his brother
in1aw in which Kirk was killed at the third fire,
and Chaplin slightly wounded. We have Savan-
nah papers of Thursday last, which make no
mention of the event but we believe in the South
the papers not very prompt TO notice duels-
In the fatal duel between Donovant and Legare
several days elapsed before any notice was taken
of it by the Charleston papers, and then not until
it had found publicity in the papers elsewhere.
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~ Job Printing.--In an ,.o

provements now making TINT In lst,s 'ar'ous n
hes not been neglected aud the c,,od p.e'' Prs;
merchants, mechanics aud professionsI s1saor G..
reach the public eye with cards and s. .uea e'a
IN the neatest style at cost so trIfjng "a, =
pehse Il scarcely worth Calculating In Fs ' %
machinery is i'll use and the hes, wo.t Afo' So
ployed, the Proprietors are PREPARED 10 ,s az
someiy printed cards at from 50 10 81 .,aa ss
white or eeored. and circulars AZ frn,r Fss 'aoa
per thousand. The facilities thew mss. % q
printing give them the means Of doing wo,, ~ y
u.s. ~ can pc done at the North and as they =,
style. All who wish Cards, Circnars ia =, "a IS =
printed for distribution during the arpr@s. So"
would do we'll to send in their orderso, s'tStas 4
supplied at once, while there ia sp,1s NV, a,7 ~
them. 'L'e ms %
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Heavy Freight Train-Fine Cattle.

On Friday evening the engine Montgomery, A.
L. Whaling engineer, of the Virginia and Tennes-
see Railroad arrived at Lynchburg, from the West
ern side of the Allegheny mountain, with train
of twenty three loaded cars, and a gross weight,
without the engine and tender of $50 tons. Seven
teen of the cars were loaded with cattle and other
articles for the Fairs and left Lynchburg Saturday
morning, for Petersburg ria the South-Side Rail
road. The cattle were owned by Messrs. g. c.
Kent, G. Cloyd, J. r. Kent, r. c. Preston, W. B.
Preston, D. Mc(iavock, and Mathews Il Saunders,
and weighed from 1000 to $500 each. They arc
supprb cattle
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INDIAN. BATrLE.-The Galveston CTe1as) News,
of the 18th INST, publishes the following ntelli-
gence:
We have letter from Camp Leon, dated the 4th
ut., which states that party of twenty zone men
en- route for Ell Paso, from Red River, when en-
ca1nped in little ravine on the head of the Pecos
were attacked by band OF Camanches on the
Goth of August, and six of their number killed.
The remaining fifteen escaped, some of them pretty
severely wounded by arrows, they having secured
ten horses. The names of the killed are: Hill, of
Mississippi; Larkin of Illinois; Bayley, do Hart
graves, of Mississippi Houston, of Arkansas; and
Morgan, of ST. Francis county, Ark.
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next.
As substitute for the above. which met with
sofne opposition, Mr.. Imboden offered resolution
calling an American Mass Meeting in the city of
Richmond on the 3lst inst, which was adopted.
Mr. Staples of Patrick, offered the following
resolution, which was adoptcf:
Resolved, That this Convention recommend the
holding of Conventions in each congressional dis
tricf. for the purpose of sending delegates to the
National Convention, and that three delegates be
sent from said congressional districts with power
to cast such vote only many be prescribed by the
National Convention.
DIR. Patterson. of Amherst, offered a resolution
admitting to public Office any citizen who shall
openly disclam allegiance to foreign potentate
As the Convention was rapidly breaking up ant
members leaving the resolution withdrawn
After the usual vote Of thanks to the officers %
the Convention, and to the citizens of Lynchburs
for their hospitality, the Convention adjourned sin
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THE. DAILY DISPAIGH.


Ther. i nothing even In the CHASTITY horrors Of
~. hattie field so repulsive to humanity. religion
I'D common sense a. solemn thanksgiving offer
.sto Almighty God for victory like that at seoas
topol We can conceive no greater prodigy zel
b,asphemy and impiety than such prosti'uion - y
the ceremonies and temples dedicated to 'hs
preine Majesty of the Universe The ca'ne 10,
ef France and England have been hhe' 49,
priests aud people chanting TIE peu'n ., -.
result of a struggle which gave more !. :.
IRA NJ hell mon earth than any ofher "'N'"
.oss;h,o fo, the human Imagination 70 e'n'
rrb;rtv .bousa,,d men, made III INC 'ii"eo y -.
e.,.,,., ,,,o;r ingenuity and malice III destroying
,,a, image. and then the party winch n"'
''A' b.s,ons To a Church. and kneeiing
before the Cross thanks Him. the great Nss'''s
srd vital principles of whose religion are Peace anu
I,oye--,hanks Him whose dying prayer "a1 i'i 'ot
civeuess for His enemies, that lie mas ap,'"
to accomplish work fit only for the d''iA' 49,
most cruel fiends of the bottoniess PIT.
Imagine the Mercifu Saviour, He who never ga"
. ,o.r tina, He did not haste to wipe away hoF =
disease that He did not rejoice TO heal; VINO o'oueA
rso tho widows son and wcpt at the grave oi
,.,ar,s. who commanded His followers to endure
;,s,,. and injury on earth if they would ENJOY
. ,nor aud victory in heaven imagine HIM gum
;nr directing and befriending the butcher fe'isSio
and Ibis murderous hordes Far be II from us 70
deuy or 10 doubt that God governs among inc d
mics Of heaven and the inhabitants oil car'h 'h"'
not a hair falls from the head nor swaiio" drops
ia the earth without His knowledge FOR some III
scru,able purpose He sometimes permits in''hAin'
1, BIO afflicted with pestence, famine ana tempest
,erhaps As a punishment for their transgreSSiohs )
perhsns TO remind them how fraii and uncertain
their lfeis. In the case Of the patriarch JoD' III
allowed the Devil to go forth and incte the oaoeais
IN slav his servants Their victory was ule worn
If the Devil. whom God permitted TO afiiict Jol
with the sword, with storm and Sickness that ti'
fine gold Of the patriarchs patience might De trle'
and purified III the fiery furnace OF human anu oe
moniac persecution. Yet the Sabeans, II str'k''
U.s. had Just as good reason to sing lie Deuih as wv
allies God ydecide the fate of battles ou 10 liie
from that decision that He favors the cause OF th'
victors is worthy only the intelligence of barbarans
In fact, those barbarans who worship the Dew
exhibit more consistency in ascribing Their success
ses in battle to a being whose attributes are ha're'
and revenge than do Christians, who thank IN
God Of Peace for the trumphs of War
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FROM TEXAS.-Dates from Texas TO the 18th
inst. received. The San Antonio Texan learns
that Maj. Neghbors, the Indian agent, had sent an
express, TO the effect that there great want of
protection against the Indians in the upper country
There are 10 mounted soldiers the frontier
from Red river to the Rio Grande, a distance of
one thousand miles. Gen. Smith and staff had ar
rived at San Antonio. There were deaths from
yellow fever in Houston, for the week ending the
sth inst. The Galveston News learns that there
will be majority in the Legislature in favor of the
acceptance of the act of Congress providing for
the settlement of the Texas debt. The wagon and
other property belonging to the Mexican Boundary
Commissioner had been sold in auction at Austin
and brought high prices Gen. Sidney Sherman,
the gallant leader of cavalry at San Jacinto, has
become proprietor of the Johnston House." at
Galveston Beef commands SIS per head, and
during September 1000 head crossed the BRACES at
Richmond for Louisiana. r..s
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TRANSCRIPTION of aIv. ,..,,

w nave before briefly noticed the election. nm tho
Jan INST, OF Don Juan Alvarez To the pros,aa,,a,.
Vi the Mexican Republic. The New or,aa,sa =:
eayune, whose dates are to the 4th ms, fro,,, a.,
city of Mexico, and TO the It'll from V.r. ~
gives SOME additional particulars of Interest tn
election was BY delegates, appointed one from 90,
State, agreeably with the plan of Ayula Alya.
rez received III votes Comonfort 3; O'Campo 8, and
sidau1 l. OCampo was appointed Prime Minis
ter and charged with the formation of the Cabine,
The most formidable remaining enemy of the
Revelation, is Hsrro Temerez, an old friend ~
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Financial.

The steamer Union sailed from New York for
Havre on Saturday, taking out S7ll,0O0 in specie,
which was sent by shippers instead of the bills, be
cause they anticipate high premium on gold,
which with the high rate of interest in France will
make the export more profitable transaction
This bad its effect on the New York market in
causing distrust among capitalists Stocks dragged
heavily. Virginia sold at S97
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DISCHARGE OF AN ALLEDGED PRIvATEER.-In-
iorhlanon was on last week given to the British
oHieais IN New York and Washington that the
DARK Maury was fitting out under suspicious cir
e"mstances and it was conjectured as Russian
prl'ateer 1t was even surmsed that she was de-
signed to attack the British mail steamers. Quite
'"'s was the consequence. Proceedings were at
once instituted by the United States, At the instance
q The british minister The owners very prompt
!! explained however that she was designed for
me china trade that the cannon she was shipping
WIRE ordered from CANTON 0he original order was
~, and that she was now getting ready for
."a' port The minister being satisfied upon his
request the bark was discharged. S
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DIED.

At Windharn Cottage, Caroline county, Va, on the
18th inst, of whooping cough, MARY ARAMINTA,
youngest child of Cicero and Adelaide o. Burruss,
aged p months and 10 days
~ Norfolk papers please copy.
On Saturday evening last, WILLIAM BARKER,
in the 2lth year of his age
His funeral will tpke place this afternoon, at 3
O'clock from st. Peters Cathedral. His friends and
acquaintances are requested to attend
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The All.Heaiing Springs.
E-w~~
~A-h
= HEALING oPRIN'S, batn cU., ~
Sept. l6, 1855.


To the Editor of the Richmond Dispatch:
Dear Sir For the benefit of our friends IN the lower
counties | submit Won the following sketch of my
visit to the mountains, and its results. Suffering
under gestion from diseased liver and Kidneys the
result of an attack of dyentery two years standing
arrived at the Hot Springs about the st inst, and
under the direction of sident physician took bath
for ten days. which, together with short attack of
intermittent fever SO enfeebled me that could not
walk from the bath the hotel without resting sew
eral times. Before proceeding to the White Sulphur
AS designed, / came here to spend few days For
the first three days sensible of but little
Improvement, if any Yesterday lventured to take
the BATH encouraged to do by the resident physi-
clan here Dr. Caba; drinking the water having failed
to improve the secretions This morning, for the first
time in six months, am enabled TO realize decided
amendment not only in this particular, but in appetite
strength and spirits. ,
| have seen here a youth some eighteen years old
who am told had not heard, thunder. for many
wears now hearing so we'll as to engage IN common
conversation a second 10y tseryant,l twelve years
old had not seen for MONTHS the result OF an attack
of Frysipeas still threatening his hfe whose sight
restored and health improving But will not enlarge
inst take these facts for what they are worth, and be-
ieye me, very truly, your friend and obedient ser
xaut II. GWATHMEY.
PSI have also seen gentleman of the highes
respectabilify, who cured OF histula, of years
standing BY theuse of these waters after having been
under the best medical treatment of Richmond and
Baltimore, but without successes.
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Later from Mexico.

NEW ORLEANS, Oct. l9.--The steamer Nautilus
has arrived with later dates from the Brazos-
Matamoras had surrendered to the Revolution
without battle, and the city tranquil San Louis
Potosi had not vet been taken. A fight of three
DAYS only left the Revoutionsts in possession of
the field of battle Renforcements had been sent
from Monterey.
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ATTEMPT TO MURDER A WIFE BY HER HusBA

ATTEMPT TO MURDER WIFE BY HER HUSBAND.
On the 9Th inst, at Greensboro, KY, Thos A.
Sale, attempted to kill his wife. They had quar-
relied and separated, and Mrs. s. was endeavoring
by law to get possession of her infant child. She
was staying in Owensboro', and Sale came TO town
bringing the child with him. He obtained an inter
view with her, first having armed himself He
invited her to go with him to his and see the
child She declined, whereupon Sale drew his
revolver and shot her the ball striking her chin, and
passing around lodged in the right shoulder. He
was prevented from firing again by Judge Crow,
who was in the room and seized him. S. was ar
rested and held TO bail in the sum of $1,000. A
strange proceeding with a man who certainly de-
served to be hung. Mrs. s. was recovering
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Less ofLife by Fire in New York.

The fire, of which some account was given in our
telegraph messages, Saturday, occurred III State
street. Sir persons persisted, viz Jane Brown,
aged 81; William, her nephew, aged Q; Frcderika,
aged IL; Almeda G. Vandenburg, aged s; and
Catherine A. Peacock, aged So Hernione Becher
injured that she has since died They lived
in the third and fourth stories of the house. Oliver
D. Vandenburg and wife jumped from the Bird story
to balcony in the second, and both sustained iniu
ries-Mr Y having his ANGLE broken.
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Health nf IudqR MasAn.

The Washington Star of Saturday evening states
that private letters from Paris represent the con-
dition ofJudge Mason much worse than the pnblc
are aware Of 1t is said that such has been the eff
feet paralysis upon him that he has to be propped
| up when sitting at table.
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The Mechanics, Fair.

The Mechanics Fair of this city, will open on the
25th. The room i'll which the Exhibition takes
place is one of the most superb in the United States
We trust it will be filed with articles creditable tc
ingenuity and workmanship of our Mechanics.
Several fine speeches will be made during the FIX
hibition
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TIE ENGAGEMENT WITH PIRATRS-A full ac-
count of the engagement with the pirates in the
Chinese Sea will be found on the outside of our pa
per to-day. 1t appears that the British steam sloop
Rather took part in the engagement. Lit. Pegram,
who was wounded, is of Norfolk, formerly of Pc
tersburg. Lit Rolando is of Charleston S G.
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The Cadets.

A correspondent informs us that the Cadets from
Lexington, who will visit Petersburg this week are
not invited to Richmond, and he suggests that our
proper authorities at once invite them to extend
their journey to this place. We do not know but
that they have already been invited If they have
not been, trust the suggestion of our correspon-
dent will be at once acted upon
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THE FREE LOVE DIscrPLEs.-Albert Brisbane
and ihis colleagues of the Free Love community.
arrested in New York Thursday night, were, after
night in the Tombs taken before the Mayor Fri.
day morning Brisbane was allowed to go, upop
his pledge to appear at the examination on Satur.
day morning. The others gave bail in $500 for
their appearance at the same time
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share OF custom in his hne tbe, 8 'n1 las ~.
awarded to him. His late disaster .,ase h.'.
TO heavy loss and great inconysn;.,'. saaajet;sd
again ready to receive orders He rn.. b; a
IN, ID present IN the Basement Of H. .7slt
his branch Of trade. '' 10 any bss.as,
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1.aYernoraf Ifnh.

wAsHrssroS, Oct. 2l.--Froan what can be
certaiued nothing win be done about the Governor
ef Utah until Congress meets, when II is believed
strong military force viii be asked for to sustain the
new Governor whoever he may be