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Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1856-12-18
PHILADELPHIA CATTLE MARKET Dee ,.,, ,

The only ca, today Torbes Avenue Dov,
Yard Some 40 head brought in They pr
ranging from toO 50 5 100 lbs counting the
hundred and extra tiO The by the
owners, at sT504t9.
Cows cALvrThe marke, has been poorly supplied There
change prices. Sales OF
yards quality, from Is To $50 per head.
HoGs The receipts continue prices
$50 head disposed Of daring the week 800
anee at Singers at L2Sats per 100 lbs, as in quality.
sBsEr LASnsThe receipts have fallen The quality
the offerings better than last week. prices higher sales
$500 head rorbert % 5oas5 choice lots real
lied higher prices 1890 head sold Stekand
80 s quality and condition.
Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1856-12-18

Extensive SALE OF DURHAN CArrLE.-The Lexington
(ky Observer OF Wednesday last the result of
sale OF Durham cattle in Fayette The herd was among
the finest in the State and the sale largely attended
IA cows brought 80 2e5-average price sees 81. The
highest price paid Si55, by Dr. r. j. Breckenridge
for Lady Fairy imported in 1850, by the Northern Ken
lucky Importing Company, and sold by them for 81 900
10 heiiers brought s2,S55 50--average $685. 90
Highest price paid s605, Tor Lady Fairy I'd, 10 months
old.
bulls brought sl,5le-average price 500. The high
est price was $3.50, for imported Chiffon. He cost in
1853, 81, 0O5.
Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1856-12-18

MEssAGE OF THE GOVERNOR MIssissIrPI-An adj
ourned session OF the Mississippi Legislature met on the
lst instant, when Gov McRea sent in special message
Ii is exclusively devoted to review Of the anti slavery
movement at the North lie enumerates the measures
which would justify resort TO resistance and recon-
mends the Legislature 10 invite the other slaveholng
States to meet IN convention respectively tha IN view
OF the dangers which threaten their institutions and over
throw OF the government they may unitedly upon
well defined and unmsakabIe position resist the az.
grcsons OF this sectional organization, aud maintain their
constitutional rights and preserve the Union OF the
States"
Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1856-12-18

THE WoRD "CASARD."-The origin of the word capard
French for duck,) when employed signify some ut
founded story is not generally known The following are
the terms in which " Quetelet relates in the Annaarie
de Academic the in which the word became used
IN its new senses: ITO give sly lie at tho ridicuous
pieces OF intelligence which the journals are IN the habit
OF publishing every morning. Cornelesseu stated that In
eDterprsng experiment had been made cuatad To
prove the extraordinary vcracity Of ducks Twenty Of
these animals bal been placed together and one Of them
having been killed and cut up into the smallest possible
pieces feathers and ALL and thrown the other nineteen
had ben guttonousy gobbed up in exceedingly brief
space OF time. Another taken from the nineteen and
being chopped small like its predecessor WIS served IN
to the eighteen, aud At devourcd like the other and
80 on 10 the last who thus placed ia the position Of
having eaten his nineteen companions In wonderiufy
short time All this. most Pleasantly narrated obtained
success which the writer ir from anticipating Tor the
story ran the rounds Of all the journals Europe Il then
became almost forgotten for about Of years when
i came back from America, with ampIGciton which il
did not boast Of At the aud With regular
certificate Of the autopsy Of the body the surviving ani.
NAL whose msophagus declared 10 have been found
seriously injured Every laughed at the history OF
the canAr hns brought up again. but the wor retains IL.
novel Specification"
Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1856-12-18
Rlen LrlD MIsEs-rae A.rald, pa5I.6el At Gnucl

Rfou LEAb MiSgs.-rne Herald, published a. Gu,ton.
berg, Clayton county, Iowa, says:
From one bun Miners Creek John y Sergeant has
taken very large quantity. Levels have been run from
side OF this bluT 70 the other Distance Of hall
mile, I'll the way aoding mineral IN cool quantities aud
seemingly inexhAnstible ne when first opened.
About three years ago Me- Joseph ifoncs and Others
found heavy body OF mineral on the srcun from
rhich he fiscd large q1anuty certainly not lees than
5OOOOo pounds, showing that the chances Of making
big rae are equal 10 those in any other dggngs Of dc
Same kind
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The Petersburg E.press. of thia morning
TIE WEATHER CROPS 4.

IosEsIisA CTe-The (s Mar,us) Star
o. the We are now IN the midst OF wh.ts ordinarily
the Of planters our al,
sargrowers have not commenced taking their crops
who have begun Without exception, complain Of the yed com
pared with that o the Of years
Indications do believe crop Of hi ps
risn Will reach two thousand hhds."
The oodeauS Mn.rya OF the 2oh uii eve
all the paners without exception, excellent
though the yield acre au
The sAcchsrne properties OF the never
better, weighing In instances high degrees
The crop, rreviouy stated viii be unusually small"
NIRGISifhe Winchester Republican failure Of
two or three wheat crops farmers nspred
winter prospect growing wheat they known for long
time past, hoped the promise held amply realized
Ia he
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RIO DE JANErRo MARKET. No, ..

The sales Coffee Of Importance last month exceeding
900 Of which 135 900 United
total quantity exported the LIST OF January
agains 2IT50O0 bags The
portion United States TisOOO against
bags last The weather fine and healthy the receipts
Coe from the Interior September October
The 2OUOO hands The
stock Of Pour Is l5, goo bbs at 2Hs0l>25fOO y bbi
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DIX, EDWARDS &c co.
SCI BROADWAY. NEW Yonk.
Have Just psblirhsd:


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Non. Of Mr. csrt. books In our adsemen destined
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fading graceful Of manner Tor
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me,es Of the eona.isd uy.'sre. Of hannah
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CUrriSG 1T THICK.-The Yankees are generally sup
posed to possess than other people
the face OF the globe yet the following story will show
that some Of the Germans possess this faculty re-
maTkable degree.
On one occasion, German residing in the country
into Buffalo with hams to sell Among the rest he sold
dozen or two TO German Hotel keeper who
demonstrating the acuteuess OF his counrymen over the
Yankee, said
''You may talk 'pout your tam Yankees acheeng, but
Dutchman selected me much peter Yankee never
vas lie prings me some hams-dey canvass nice so
peter as you -
1puy one, two Dozen all nice; and il YOU peeve de
schee magnificent dat six seven eight OF dem
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RICHMOND WHIG.
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THE GRgtT MEpfCSg R0R PURIFYING THg BLOOD
Iiurley's SarsapariIIa.


TaEGRgT MEpfCSg ToR PURIFYING THE BLOOD:
ilurley's Sarsaparilla.
nv All the during present
~ Tor The housauf NJ that noth heir
wonderful PREPARATION Only three have elapsed the
perieeting ~ nr introduced 10 the pablo, and " already
coKn1d By physician 81 country
70 J M most surprsnE and effective remedy for certain diseases
% vhich they have knovicire.
H other compounds syup THIS hitherto
command The sanction q The faculty. because being tesei y
have been found contain which
The good ea cts ~ Ssapara and oe iniurc the health
'hs patient Itls rot 20 VT, Iiutlsy' p,ep.rs.en
be ound 70 eject certu perfect Il TIE following
plants aud diseases
Affections u me homes, Habatual conuveness
Debility, lad reailon.
Di.s.-s. q the Kinney. ilssr eo@pi.,p
Dypfpsa, Piles.
Erydpcas, Pulmonary Diseases
Yonac Irregularities scrofula OF XIII a. Evn
flstuia, Syphilis
And IN qtiu Diseases
Besides curing ne absve, 20 be great and pow
eu tonic. purifying boo and gofang The System.
short, Nifhout
Effects sysc eicscous y TIE
hf ufy, obtaining Europcan reputation. TIE
inanres Of kas ,feed daily 70 ne propors
ksorics ard he has NJ hesitation IN recommending aud
Al Eio desire relief from suffering OEe bottle
market
Prec o. pr Bo,rs or III botnesforej WA
Ror u4nufso'y NE u seventh and
ne United Stale aud Canals. r
whoIsse by Bacon Hgds CO., s. Louis No, J. wdght 90,
Nes Oans Ia aDd vhoIaie De rs oaoaas meses
sod 10 ehnond By Paree Lsdd Co. Ade and Gray BENNETT,
Bess& FISHER Meade BAKER, Alex Duva sad Dugrss
dsi9-diy.
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LADY, eompoieni " teach Engi 81. gssc and Hasc
y uret situaqun. sc u experience Teachtr.
GENTLEMAN, vsrisd w ne Engh bran,iss Ciaseg
Ffsn a Comm, sud who hnstaugt number u years, desire.
a sitttthn Hsfefehces gwen
Address XYZ
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IIsT HECEIVED, another sopply q C.gers superior
- Przf Mcis HBrey the toilet high
" pgrfcf ciappnr also
ysrety Soaps u an kinda gor sale ard Prtpuon
Store q JOHN " 0AnLfCH,
deiS Mafkst Place, frankiin street.
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H HATS, CARS SHOES AND sTOnE
@ soss!sss q ~ sssi:ss 80 80 g.. y
shoe and store Futures. 10
NO. ~ rsssi street. fuohAB ". kKxkE,
M0UkEH ol.D EuRNITUnE Avn
~ PIANO FORTE AT AUCTf0N.-Particnisr attention
Requested sale this morning. eonnenelng eock
The rssdsses y. Be nsyd Belt souss Of hs asd eessd
s,reets, Who 10 drelnlng housekeeping.
deis-1t TIi0e. W. KwEBEH, Auet.
MON PHILADELPHIA.-rns good schooner ~
~ kkDRoN, Capt WIN Hudrssh. having NE Por ib
.oa Of her engaged vln sAn Win quick dipseh-
70, is'Asss Of ns'sht sPeg's co,o,,,,x A. %
UNACTORY FOR RENT.-rhs factory recently -
occupied b Dsrnn. on The alley bs.vxen tsh aud II
AIRY TO tdsisl wh. PALMER. SON 4 co..
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WMMINSfONEHS' a T. IT OF Valuable
~ Landry virtue Of decree Of the Circuit Pouha-
county pronounced the Goth day Of August 1885,
of WIN. Goode ais Goodies Commitier,
Cmmones under said decree MONDAY, the ~ ay Of Yrb
Pouhatan Courthouse the being
sell, the highest bidder valuable
the OF The Dr. Thomas O. Goode. lying
county, Pine creek short distance
healthy pleasant and intelligent negborhood containing
Ave hundred
heavily imhered
There also upon mi. tract good deal OF
that IL considered valuable.
The buildings consist Of dwelling
ings.
cash. and the balance and two
equal nstsent the Puhaser giving bonds for the credit
mnts bearing interest from date wh approved security The
gal Ute viii be retained until the whole Of the purchase
paid. The this believed indpuablr
sell only as Commlssoners w. w. Cosby,
W. q. SCOTT,
deiS-iaWtds Commis.ionsrA
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-08-04
POwEL'S HOTEL,

PETERSBURG, Saturday, August I'd :
When say that Petersburg portrayed by an en-.
thusiastic "Cockade" is very different from that
burg in reality to the visitor, no man that ever
crossed Pocahontas bridge will doubt my asser-
tion Having heard more than tongue could
modestly tel' of little Petersburg, l resolved to
visit it and bob around there in propria persona
have been here twenty-four hours, and only that
possess a deal of influential philosophy, might
consider that period equal to 80 many weeks
On quitting the cars from Richmond you pass a
most obnoxious piece of road for vehicles and pc.
destrians. Glance at big lump of stone with a
hole full of dirty water in it, called "Pocahontas
wash bowl, and then you cross a rickety bridge
over the yellow Appomattox. On the left you be-
hold gigantic twin barge filed with machinery v,
wheels within wheels, destined to deepen the Pc.
tersburg .Tiber." On this project, the good folks
are confident of success that they anticipate
seeing the quarter.mile.ong stream-the "Great
Eastern"-some day at their docks!
In financial point of view, understand from
one Of the Committee on Finance that the amica.
BILE burg is just now without the first red" in its
cofers-indeed, they are bard up to raise an extra
seven thousand to finish laying down the water
pipes in the principal streets Some time ago this
city invested 81, 600 in a new central market
house. and today the Common Council passed a
resolution to hold no market therein. D.,
Most of the "tip-top" males and females of this
neighborhood have gone off to add to the crowd at
the springs, therefore the city and its stores look
very lonesome, SO that passing dry goods store
you may hear the solitary clerks whistling Away
with Melancholy" or else Poor Dog Tray"
: You have heard of the Union Agricultural Fair
that was held here two years. Well, this year the
city has no ready rhino, (unless s. s. r. R Coupon
Bonds) to help the cause out, and subscriptions are
being raised among the citizens to get up fair
here in October next. They have raised about
$600-but the Fair is very doubtful.
This forenoon a boat full of negroes was upset
about four miles below the city, and Of the fel
lows drowned
There is much excitement here relative to the
editorial difficulty of your Richmond editors and
many friends of both parties regret that such
oaks of discord should from trifling party acorns
grow. Relatives of Mr.. Pryor reside here.
BY-JINKs.
lOur correspondent evidently is in bad humor,
and certainly has Lot seen Petersburg As we have
seen it EDS. DIS.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-08-04

NEW ORLEANS, commercially, appears to be
growing very rapidly. The domestic exports to
foreign and eoastwise ports. for the fiscal year
just closed, amounted to $ll0 1853 436. which is an
Increase over the year ending the 30,h June, 1855,
of twenty-six millions six hundred and eighty five
Thousand and ten dollars. The increase in exports
to foreign countries for the year reaches the extra
ordinary sum of $24. $780, All. or within few hum
dred dollars of twenty five millions of dollars and
increase over the great year of 1853 of Sl2 49,
339. The domestic exports from New Orleans ex
ceed those of New York for the same period OF
time. They are given follows: New Orleans
$80,547, 1853; New York, S75026244: or over five
millions greater from New Orleans than from New
York. This does not look like New Orleans losing
her commercial prosperity, in consequence of rail
roads over the South and West diverting trade to
other Atlantic perts. a
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-08-04
A French Countess in TrOuble..A Roman
tic Story.

There is q strange and romantic story foatina
about the city. in which French countess, q cap
tain in the English army, q missionary, captain
of vessel, and several Custom House officers are
strangely mixed up. It appears that . certain
countess Rondeau, once well known In literary
circles in Paris, found her way, after travelling
over Europe and Asia to Calcutta, where she be-
came an inmate of the family of Captain Goodwin
of the English army, who induced her to take pas
sage in the ship Good Hope for this city, and gave
the Captain five hundred rupees to be given her on
her arrival in New York.
Among her baggage were forty packages of val
liable goods, shawls, scarfs, fancy goods and the
like, valued at $4,000 Twenty five of the pack.
ages were consigned to Madame Rondeau, and fif
teen to Madame Calmett, companion of hers -
On the arrival of the ship at pier No. 2 East river
the goods were handed over to the Custom House
officer, who permitted the lady to remove por-
tion of the luggage to the Lafarge House She
afterwards took all her goods away, the captain
assuring her all was right At first she intended
to have taken them to Havre, but not having to
pay any dues, she came TO the conclusion to sell
some of them here and offered them to . pur-
chaser.
On last Tuesday the Custom House officers made
seizure of the goods and eonfisc ated them, the
ground that they were contraband. Upon this the
lady declared the whole thing conspiracy to de
fraud her of her goods, and she intends to apply at
Washington to have herself righted She charges
the captain with planning plot against her. The
officers of the ship, and missionary, the Rev. Mr
Snyder, declare her to be an improper character.
and say that on one occasion she came on deck in
a slight under garment more suggestive of COM
fort in warm weather than modesty.
The name of the informer ia kept secret, but in
ease of a confiscatiou the nformer will get one
fourth Of the property, one-fourth will go to the
Treasury, and the remainder will be divided be-
tween the Collector of the Port and the Naval ef-
Ger. The case is now in statu gno but in few
days we will have the decision of the Secretary Of
the Treasury-N y Herald 81
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-08-04

BE CAREFUL WITH THE GUANo 1t may not
be as generally known as it should be that great
danger may be incurred in the reckless handling
of guano We understand that cases have occur
red of persons having cuts upon their fingers who,
in handling this manure, have received deadly
poison into the system. The guano contains an
organic element which is just certain to operate
against life if it reaches the blood as the cor.
rupti of body that gets into wound upon
the dissector. Farmers should be aware of this
fact and be cautious. We hear Of q death from
this cause occurring within a few days in neigh
boring county.-PhI Amer
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-08-04

DREADFUL DEATH FROM A AkATrLEsyAKE BITE
On "Wednesday afternoon of last week, Mrs
Blakesly, wife Of George Blakesly, residing about
two miles from this village, bitten by rattle.
snake, and after suffering untold pain from the ef.
fects of the bite, died on the following day The
particulars of this melancholy death are ~ follows:
On the day above mentioned, Mrs. Ii !, with her
little son. went to the woods about mile distant
from her sling, for the purpose gathering who.
tlebcrries, and while % engaged. was bitten on or
near the ancle. She repaired to the house with
All haste, where remedies were applied and phys.
icians sent for Immediately Drs Dolson and May,
OF this village repaired TO her home upon the In.
s,snt and gave all the skull in their power to ar
rest the efforta Of the vspom. Every effort was
nut forth by them 70 sa1 the unfortunate woman,
but The reptiles vcpcmous sting and effects could
not be countcracted. Ths Pofson had dIfused Il.
self through the veins; swelling and inflammation
eusd. and the patient, after twenty -four hours ol
dreadful suffering, expired-BatA On. - Adre,
cafe sea
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coRREsPoHDEHcEo oreraE pfsPArs
WHITE SuIpHsR sp RINGS, I
~ July 31st 1856. 5

TO TIE Editors cf the Dispateh
Gentlemen II suppose line or TIVE viii not be
unacceptable from this place, to give you an &C.
count Of the exact sfate of things here As have
known, from fsrmer experiences, ~ well IS from
what has come under my own eye since have
gotten here II is difficult for those ct distance TO
know the truth about the amount OF company af
the various watering places. Sometimes the num-
Der is much exasgerated by those who wish 70 ere.
ate an impression that the crowd 10 gathering be-
fore the usual time, and sometimes by those who
indulge very common habit Of telling strange
news As we came up here, we were met By re-
ports rs far east as Staunton If not farther that
1t as impossible 10 get in. Being an old visitor,
and knowing something about the nature of these
reports, we pressed on without heading them
When we reached here on the 29th, the rooms
immediately attached to the White Sulphur proper,
were almost entirely filed; but after submitting to
temporary arrangement for our accommodation,
we will tomorrow go into excellent quarters.
One OF the great advantages which Virginia
enjoys is the number and variety of watering pIa.
ces in the same viciHty. There is a constant
shifting of places-a sort of game of "budge slf'
among the visitors At the different springs-as one
party moves, another is ready to take its place
and although it may be true one day that visitors
cannot be taken in, yet they have only to go
through day or two of probation, and they will
hnd comfortable quarters. esF
i There are two large hotels within half mile,
which accommodate those who are are waiting for
vacancies and are at the same time, at distance,
not at all Objectionable in good weather The
weather has this year. been very favorable for the
of the water, but something hotter than is COM
Portable. By the way, though the nights are gene
rally cool. the temperature from IL NJ. to is as
high here as on the east of the Blue Ridge
This place is now well filed but daily departures
make room for those that are coming. The COM
pany is not only large, but every way interesting,
consisting of the very elite of the North and South
and since the Central Road will be next ear in 30
miles, there will be nothing wanting but increased
accommodations to double the largest number ever
known. OLD VISITOR.