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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-09-06
T. PEMB ERTON.

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OFFERS for sale (for Cash) tho follev3
" lowing Goods.
Seine Twine, all Nos; Seine Thread, a, fgos.
Seine Lines, various lengths and sizes 80 -
Cotton Cordase; Bed Cords Leading Lanss I'll sasss
Carpet Warp, all eolors aaa
Cotton Yarns; Cotton Battins, all numben
Cotton and Wool Cards. al numbsn #NM
Duponts Sporting Powder
Shot, all sixes
suited to the Trade-si OF any part OF which WIN
be cold at very small advance yev eeaA ~ tAlsa
EIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE.
in can be effected With the Albemarle Insurance
Company, on favorable terms ss With any other
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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-09-06

OsBoRNE's GOLD ENAmELED DAGUERREos
new styles Daguerreotypes taken at this oldestsb-
lished Gallery. They admitted to be superior to
any ever before seen. A. w. OSBORNE,
jy Opposite Exchange Bank.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-09-06
THE yellow FEyER.-ImpoRr.sr'

HE YELLOW EEvER.-IMPoRTANTL LET
TER FROM THE VENERABLE DR.. HAMPTON NOW
IN THE 8lsT YEAR OF HIS AGE In letter to che
propretors of Hampton's Tincture, dated August
l8th 1855, he says:-"I see In the papers that the
Yellow Fever 10 now prevailing to some extent in
Virginia l have ever believed that the Tincture
Hamptons) aven in large doses on the discovery OF
the first symptoms, reaction would at once follow
and Immediate relief be the result would recon-.
mend the Tincture in preference 20 all known dis.
coveries
HA@ProNs VEGETABLE TINcTURE THE GREAT
REsToRAToR AND iNvIGoRAToR.--It has shewu it.
self ness powerful curative Of
NERVOUS DISEASES,
in tfer various forms, giving life and vigor re-
storing the shattered consultation and thus nfusins
hope In place Of dependency. By its mild. pleasant
ana safe action on the stomach liver kidneys lungs
and the nervous system, it cures Dyspepsia Liver
Complaint Diseases of the Urinary Organs Coughs
asthma Bronchial directions CONSERVATION, ScrofnLa.
St pitus Dance, Kings Evis Worms Rheumatisns
Gout Neuralgia Fits Fistda, Piles, with diseases
arising from impure blood.
THE FEMALE SYSTEM
has In DR.. HAMPFON'S VEGETABLE TING
TURE cure for its numerous and complicated de-
rapgenents. Hundreds who have beeE debiiitsted
and dspirited, and on the verge of q premature
grave, have been restored by its use to blooming
health, which we are abundantly able to prove BY
such host of
LIVING WITNESSES
as we think no other medicine can produce.
@1 per bottle, six bottles for S5
Sold in Richmond, by o. A STRECKER and
PURCELL, LADD L Co. and by all the Drus ssists
10 Petersburg and elsewhere. Call and get Pamph-
lets gratis. --- an 25-d&sts
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REmOvAL.-The Off ce of the RICHMOND
FIRE ASSOCIATION has bean removed to the seeond
Story of the Building of Main and IIth sts-
e Entrance on l1th street.
Applications for FIRE, MARINE or LIFE INSO.
RANGES, will be promptly attended to.
Without boasting of their ability to comply with
their obligations they take pleasure in referring to
all who have had business with the Office for tho
satisfactory in whish it has been transacted
JAMES C. CRANE, President.
JNo. 81. BosHER, Secretary. jals
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ANS bhOAD Is U q h
RACEs-FALL MEET
ING. 1885, will commence
Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1855-09-11
A FAC TORY GIRL.

A Correspondent of the Nashua, On
II J Telegraph, in writing from Worces-
ter. concerning the Ored Institute, its
Studies, Students, aud Examinations
says;
There was another remarkable feature
in this examination. The young lady
who received the highest honors, who
passed the best examination, and, who is
regarded by her associates as wonder
of intellectual cultivation, Miss Rosalln
da II. Palmer, Nashua Factory Girl !;
and who on leaving her school has again
entered the mill, to earn money for the
support of her INDECENT parents and her
young sisters
Think of that ye animated bundles of
ribbons and founces, who are butterfly
ing around dry good stores, aud nursing
your white fingers upon some fathers S
purse, or the hopes of some future hus-
band There IS plainly dressed girl,
now tending her loom on the Jackson
Corporation, in the corner Of whose brain
all that you ever knew or read of, might
lie as insignificant and unnoticed as a
private in the great army of Xerxes.
Miss Palmer is one of the three young
ladies, who are placed against any three
college graduates in New Eng land. for
examination in Rhetoric, Logic, Ethics,
Metaphysics, the higher order of mathe-
matics, Natural and Physical Science,
Languages, English Literature and His
tory,-by Eli Thayer, Principal of the
Ored.
Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1855-09-11

poured forth my gratitude in burning
words, aud called down the blessings Of
Heaven Ignorant of what it was that
SO suddenly inspired me, as soon as my
spirits tagged called for more, I drank
again aud again; for three weeks her
loved voice soothed me, and her kind hand
administered to my wants.
As soon as my strength was sufficiently
recovered, fearing that some enemy might
still be lurking near, [ bade her adieu
with many thanks and tears, sought the
sa sede, and embarked as common S Ill
or on the first vessel that offered, and have
followed the sea ever since. Ny fatal
thirst has ever accompanied and cursed
me, in port and on deck this foe has de-
based me, and kept me from all chance of
promotion Oh, how often have I, in the
depth of my heart, wished [ had died on
the field of Waterloo. or breathed out m V
life in the arms of my sc tie preserver.
Six weeks ago, [ was wrecked in packet
ship Clyde off the coast of New Bruins
wick | have wandered on foot through
Canada and New Hampshire, singing for
few pennies, or begging for bread, till 1
met your sympathy to day. How do
lueSt COIleSc Walls. auu lulS noUie Dduu
of students, recall to recollection the
scenes of former years"
The emotion of the stranger for mo-
ment overcame his voice, and when he re-
sumed the tears were still coursing each
other down his cheeks {" knew not why
God should direct my steps hither; but
gentleman, this shall be the beginning of
new life in me, and here in his presence,
and in that of these witnesses, | swear, as
| hope to meet you in Heaven, never to
taste a drop of alcohol in any form again
Prolonged and deafening cheers followed
these words, and l noticed many moist
eye A collection was Immediately made,
and more than fifty dollars was put in his
hands. AS he ascended to the coach to-
take his departure, he turned to the excl
ted multitude that surrounded him, and
said 6 1t is but justice that you should
know my name lam Lieutenant Lannes,
a nephew of the great Marshall Lannes.
May God bless you all-farewell !" As
these youths thoughtfully returned to
their accustomed pursuits, not a few re-
solved in their deepest souls that temper
ance and virtue should ever mark their
character and that the soldiers VOW should
be theirs
Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1855-09-11
fl)it, Sentiment, &r.

TIE GoPHEa-This animal, often spoken
of by newspaper writers and travellers who have
iourneyed in Kansas, is peculiar to the Columbia
and Missouri rivers and their tributaries 1t is
known in some localities as the camas rat TAX
ing its name from plant which is its favorite
food 1t lives beneath the surface of the EARTH
and throws up in an incredible short time an i'm
mense amount of dirt from its holes which II car
ries in pouches by the SIDES of its face. The
,niunal is classed bv raturalists with the mole
specI.s 1t ranges from five TO eight inches IN
length is of mouse color, nclining TO brown, with
short thick tail, and its head is rather large
and clumsy, owing to its cheek pouches. Some
travellers say that it uses its broad feet for the
purpose of bringing up EARTH and that its pouches
are used for other purposes We had the pleasure
of witnessing the operation the 0Sher day, but
cannot decide which employed. In ihls
instance it blocked up the passage way TO the
hole but the % curiosity. Of a '' Yankee removed
the obstruction, and even penetrated to its nest
and gathered from the examination an item for a
newspaper parcgra lh,-Ka'sas Heraied Of Ere
edoni, May 16t..
Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1855-09-11
NE G R @ WIT.

The writer of the following vouches for
its truthfulness, he being the party known
as Mr.. L. The other parties are spec
whom we shall call g Moore" mulatto
slave named Sam, who could read his BIZ
Bile, and was a member of the church, and
an absentee named Enoch Manuel, who
was a notorious rogue.
In one of our Southern cities, not a
thousand miles off, while Mr. l.. was stand
ing on the side walk and conversing with
Sam, Mr. Moore came up, and pointing to
Sam, said
Mr.. L. don't you want to see Enoch
Manuels picture2
Sam-Dare now mass Moore, don't
compare me to Enoch kase Enoch's q
rogue, aud Use honest.
Moore-Well, l know that, but the
complexion.
Sam Dare now, massa Moore, you
ought not sayd dat, kase dare's not much
difruuce 'twixt you and me dare, draw
ing his finger across his own forehead)
Moore, you had better drop that
boy.
Moore No he's just the boy | like
if had him about New Orleans | could
get high price for him. (Then turning
to Sam. continued J Boy, are you slave
or free2
Sam.-Tm bofe sir.
Moore e-How do you make that out
Sam-De Scripture says, g If you be
called bein' free, you Christ's servant il
you be called bein' servnnt, you Christi
free man.
L-Moore, told you to drop that boy
Moore Look here, boy, should like
to see your master; where can [ find
him
Sam-Mass Moore, do you rally want
to find my master2
Moore do.
Sam-Well, mrss Moore, you 60 into
de wilderness-you pull off you hat, you
get down pom 20 knees and seek him wild
all yo heart-you'll find him
Moore walked off, and we gave Sam
ftp and came away.-Bal Pat.
Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1855-09-11

Will simply make an appeal to my school
mates. Since we entered this academy
did We not hear from the lips of our Rev
Father a thousand instructions on every
good subject, which gave us a religious
knowledge to which we were strangers be-
fore2 did we not, while listening, feel our
hearts warm with pious and christian emo
tions2 Who among US has not seen the
truth, the beauty and the final glory of the
christian belief and life Can we ever
forget the lively comparisons, the forcible
arguments, the mild and lively thoughts
which accompanied every truth that came
from the altar2 now, | ask, are we not all
the better for all this We are taught in
this house that every science consists in
the knowledge of material or abstract
truths, but as God is the author of all
things and truth itself, so, to know God
is to know the essence of all truths and
of all sciences. Moreover, we became
convinced that all human knowledge has
to end with hnman life, whereas reli-
gious knowledge is a treasure for us be-
yond the grave.
The moral doctrines of christianity will
render US more happy during life, more
dSTeedpio W ouf PaieuIo anu dCluaiutdH-
ces, more reserved and respectable before
the world, and will calm our passions,
while the high order of christian truth al
though revealed in mysteries, like the di
vinity, will enlarge our intellectual facul
ties, extend our views, clear our under
standing and finally raise our thoughts
and feelings to a higher order of existence
preparatory to the possession of all wis
dom, God himself
Thus, [ have every reason to be thank
full to the Lord for directing my steps 30
this abode of innocence, contentment and
virtue, where pure love unites all our
hearts in one The dawn of that day
will never come, when l shall forget the
happy moments 1 have spent at St. Clara's
Acad my in company of so many good
girls and the venerable Sisters.
Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1855-09-11

II There is but one solid pleasure in life, and
that is our duty. How miserable, then, how un-
wise, how objectionable are they, who make that
one pain!
I'm going to press" as the Printer said
when he went courtlng.
A man VINO tells nothing, OF who tells all
will equally have nothing told him.
To PREvKxr Bors IN HoRsEs.-A person of
much experience in veterinary science is never
troubled with this disease in his bc-ses. HIS slm-
pie practice during the fall l.:onths is to keep
greasy cloth in the stable, and once week rdo
with it such parts of the animal as may have
been attacked by the nit fly. Grease destroys and
prevents the eggs from Matching,
A proper secresy is the only mystery of able
men, mystery is the only secresy of weak and
cunning ones
Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1855-09-11
WHAT IS SOLITUDE.

Not in the shadowy wood,
Not in the crag- hung glen,
Not where the echoes brood,
In caves untrod by man;
Not by the black sea shore,
Where barren surges break
Not on the mountain hear,
Not by the breezeless lake;
Not on the desert plain,
Where man hath never stood,
Whether on isles or main
Not there is solitude!
Birds are in woodland bowers
Voices in lonely dells;
Streams, to the listening hours,
Talk in earth,s secret cells;
Over the grayribb'd sand,
Beneath oceans frothy lips;
Over the still lakes strand,
The wild flowers toward it dips;
Plumming the mountains crest,
Life tosses in its pines,
Coursing the deserts breast,
Lie in the steed' name shines.
Leave, if thou would'st be lonely
Leave nature for the cloud;
Seek there for one-one only,
With kindred mind endowedl
There, as with sature rest,
Closely thou would'st commune
The deep soul music, nursed
In either heart, attune!
Heart-wearied, thou wilt own
Vainly that phantom wooed,
That thou at last hast known
What is true solitudei
Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1855-09-11

geSfed hy Suty Plcttae presented 10 the STATE
Historical Society
Her eyes, like stars of twilight fair;
Like twilight, too, her dusky hair;
But all things else about her drawn
From May lime and the cheerful dawn
A glad, bright eye that seems to watch and follow
Through the blue ocean of the summer air.
The sportive dartings of some joyous swallow
That revels in the bliss of Freedom there;
A sweet young face that never learned to shun
The kisses of the amorous winds and san
And dark hair garlaHded with freshest flowers,
Cued from The dewey glades OF forests old,
Lovely as the bright wreath hung round the towers
OF the retreating storm cloud, from the gold
OF sunlight and the crystal of the rain,
Woven in bright and many tinted chain.
Thus has the artist limned the gentle daughter
Of the stern browed and wild-eyed forest king
Powhatan. Nature in the wilds had wrought her
BY Sweet degrees and kindest nourishng
Free, unaffected movements, native grace
Were hers, as benefit princely race
She had not blanched into a sickly whiteness
In dull, close chambers, shut from cheerful day,
She breahed the untainted forest air. The bright
OF the unmittgated Moons hot ray
Smote her young cheek and left its growing trace
a high, w-rm, heathfui bronze-upon her face.
The vandal hand of Fashion had not bighted,
With gewgaw arts and vile depravities-
Such as, where civilizations lamp is lighted,
The daughters OF paler devise
Her 1.-THE young form for she was ever near
To Nature, and her kindly voice could hear
And dwelling thus within the august presence
OF all things grand and beautiful the sky,
And the great lights OF Heaven, she learned glad
lessons
From the bright world around her. Silently
Its freshness, freedom, and wild grace had grown
Upon her, formed her. and became her own.
Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1855-09-11

IL A cabin boy on board ship, the
captain of which was religious man, was
called up to be whipped for some misde-
meanor. Little Jack went trembling,
and said to the captain
Pray, sir, will you wait till say my
prayers" ?"
"Yes," was the stern reply.
Well then" replied Jack, triumpbf at
ly, Z" I'll say them when get ashore !"
Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1855-09-11

~ Well, farmer, you told us your
wood was good place for hunting; now
we've tramped through it for three hours
and found no game" Just so Well.
I calculate, as a general thing, the less
game there is the more hunting you will
have"
Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1855-09-11
INTERESTING RELICS OF VIRGINIA.

The editor of the Virginia Free Press
has paid visit to Bell Air." the resi-
dence of l. W Washington, in Jefferson.
and seen a good many articles owned by
Washington during his life. He says:
We were first shown a sword, and to
the parchment la bel thereto was attached.
Presented to General Washington by
Frederick the Great of Prussia, with the
supplementary address, From the oldest
General in Europe to the greatest General
in the World This sword was worn by
General Washington as his dress sword
when delivering his message to Congress
1t was chosen by his oldest nephew and
executor, Col William Augustine Wash
ington, lin accordance with the will of the
General leaving him the first choice of his
swords-vide Gen Washington's WILLY
and by him bequeathed, in 1910, to his
son, Col George G. Washington, of Ma
ryland, and by him to his only son l. w.
Washington, in 1854.
This sword is of exquisite fnish-being
straight rapier with the highest polished
steel h lit, and now in most beautiful
state preservation in fact, it has the ap-
pearance of being perfectly new, 1t having
always been kept with particular care" F"
He also saw pocket knife of Washing
toms, having engraved on the handle,-
. Gen. George Washington, l776.' He
says
I'VE were curious enough to stretch
our pocket tape line on the sword belt
as worn by Gen W, and found it to meas
ure forty Understanding that for man
devoid of corpulence, there was a manly
frame. Next we had the pleasure to In
spect case of rare and peculiar interest.
1t consisted Of mehogany box contain
ing surveyors compass made by David
Rittenhouse, of Philadelphia, the friend
of Benjamin franklin. Also, pistol
Zone of pair) presented by Lafayette to
Gen Washington, and used by him du
ring the Revolutionary War, from which
it descended to his nephew Judge Bush
rod Washington, and by him bequeathed
in 1926 to his nephew, Col G. Washing
ton, and by him to his son, l.. W. Wash
ington, in 1854
The possessor of these relics is the sor
of Col. Washington, a nephew of the
Z" Father of his country"
Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1855-09-11

~ Poverty is, except where there is
an actually want Of food and raimeut, a
thing much more imaginary than real
The shame of poverty-the shame of be-
ing thought poor, is a great and fatsi
weakness. s
Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1855-09-11

@Is there better specimen of pun
ming than is found in the last two lines OF
Hoods Faithless Sally Brown 2" In
deed the whole stanza is perfect. Ben
was q sailor
His death, which happened in his berth,
At forty-odd befel
They went and told the sexton. and
The sexton tolled the bell.
Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1855-09-11

~ Good advice to farmers is given
by writer who says =" Plough deep,
plant wide, and keep the plough handles
polished"
Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1855-09-11

A CONFIRMED OLD BAcHELoR.-A ras-
cally philosopher, whose name ought to
have been handed down to posterity for
feminine execration. on being asked why
be lived single, replied: g To live more
quietly; for if l find good wife, 1 shall
be afraid of losing her; if she is other
wise shall have trouble In supporting
her; if she is poor she will have wants to
satisfy; if she is rich, she will exact de-
ference; if she is beautiful, l shall have
to watch her, and what is worse she will
not even thank me for the sacrifice of my
liberty"
Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1855-09-11

~ A lady, describing an ilI-temper-
ed man. said, He never smiles but he
seems ashamed of it,
Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1855-09-11

~ The Journal of the Academy of
Medicine at Turin. states among other
things that tall men live longer than those
of small stature. Of course they do, and
lie longer In bed.
Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1855-09-11

WHAT IT CosTs-A female writer in
the Home Journal, in answer to the ques-
ton What does it cost to dress lady ?'
replies that a thousand dollars a year
spent very carefully by person who goes
out much would prove insufficient that
two thousand dollars is nearer the aver
age, without including furs or jewelry, and
three or four thousand could be spent
very easily when Russian sables and dia-
monds were brought into question. No
wonder that we hear of failures, panics,
and hard times in our cities no wonder
there are SO many old maids and old bach
elors
Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1855-09-11

- chaplain at States Prison was
asked by friend how bis parshionsers
were. "All under conviction" was the
renly
Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1855-09-11
GEO. A.. 4 kDSI.

ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
MINERAL. POINT, WISCONSIN. Office two doors
" west Of the Book store VIII attend to land ne
1stios and transact all business connected with fl~
profession Col ections promptly attended to- 3la.
Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1855-09-11
i. r MOFEETT. M. D.

AVtN permanently loca'edin Mineral POINT wonid
respectfully tender his professional services 10 the
ciltzenS of the tow and vicinity.
OryIrE il the rooms formerly occupied by Cobb
sIessuaore where he will be found HoURsunless
absent on Professional business.
Jane =, i-53. h'@'"-
Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1855-09-11

-Wedlock without love is ike feast of dishes
a mere snow and deception We would sooner
wed an ams>house than female minus heart,
Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1855-09-11

~ Do in the home as thou wouldst
do in the hall
Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1855-09-11
1)oetrp.
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POCf HONTAS

BY HORACE RUBLEE.
Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1855-09-11
TiEE. OH q.

rYyHE undersigned would specially tcnderhis IA
/ thanks 10 the citizens of Mineral Point and "a
vicinity for past favors, and inform them that he ~
continues business his old stand on High street, A
who're he will be pleased to receive continuance oi
public favor.
pnf'ca HENRY PRICE.
August 10, 1852. v5n!S
Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1855-09-11
AMERICAN HOUSE,

I'VE undersigned having purchased the above wsi
Known Hou has fted il up IN GOOD sly ie, sn't u
prepared accommodate the travelling pubnc IN sne oes
manner and on the ost reasonable terms.
HIS T y b l. Il.
WI at all times be supplied with the best the market
sgords.
GOOD STABLING.
attached 10 tie ouse with the most carefnl anc aiien
i've osters always in attendance
share of the patronage of the trsveing community
and eihersis pectfuil solicited
highland suly ., 1855 HENRY HAhh'S-