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M .NANFOHDfN INV HfsON y recommend
~ - TO he public, relying IT. intrinsic excellence 4" secure
favor
Yor Bilious Auact rnay truly safely relied upon
being fully capable 81 removing The diseases o winch recon"
ushded living 90 the general system
qualities fully tested long practice ny
prietO the urgent solicitations o. Who have used
and been benefited by H. The proprietor hns been Induced 70 place
before The puhl R0r al BILIOUS befang SICK Headache,
Dassa Habuai Cosiyeue Bilious Collie, Dyspepsia,
Pain the stomach and Bowels, General Debility Pemsie Weakness,
Hor sale Nv DRUGGIST. generally and by PURCELL ADD co
Main sud tih ss Gneal Agents. and ny AeSr
Duvai No i Main 49, Whit, iI5 Broad street and ao
by sanford Co ~. v. ff-iy
n ONDON POHTEH.-25 ea.E. mbberrs bc., London
@siT EDWIN WORKMAN On.
S,TGAHT,s IOAF AM UHI sGED SJGAH;
maiT EDwIS WORKMAN co
ATEw uAIIFAN HEHHINGs.-iOOB bit, No. I co,
- Hsifar nerrings, for sale ~ - - -
mali ~ SKINNER ~ co, Cary q.
UDACON.-2oo Family Hams
- " hhds. Rams, sides aad nouldsrs' Tor sale Nv -
mali bkkR PHAUP.
S,EED corn. 30 bu.he. very superior corn, Tues
/ - rora, for saleb y CRKNsHAW co.
CtUGAHs-LoaL crushed povd.rsd ADD cote sugsr.
/ - paetsges, for sale BY DAVENPORT, ALLHN 4 co.
ItaRau sYHUPs are constantly supplied Win our pur,
Fountain cool Soda Wster t0rfng delicious
aud refreshing driot, prepared By - -.
ms8 Chemists hc.. fu and Frantno as
! PAINTS, GLASS. HuuSHEs.
NKTOODwARD PTNCKNEY CfARK,iis FULTON g. Nev Yort
Wv Importer of CHANCEs ENGLISH sHEEr AND HRgNrl
GLASS WHITE LHAn ZINC, Sc &c, MtnufaeturrTs ofNrRA
AND GROUND PAINT BRUsIiHs ENGLisH and ANERiCAN 90
LORs dy and rUu In ~ imported expressly Tor the trade shl
81 On tss fnpa favorable terms
~ AZ goods represented ORDERS nv NAIL
| ROMPfLY ATTENDED TO mlSl-Sm.
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V'sH.E;i.SS,SS ! INN TE :S,,,GrE Ga 7sa5

v HtiLHoi6- suMNrh scmfbtIi" W s.yy-.,yys
This Hoad operation To- SFrn VI o.
e being extended We.uard NJ rate ~ sl l,. ny,
W
On aud ue Ut May. ue passenger train connsrtg vtt he
Rrhuoud Pstersurg viii leave Lynrlirg h. 81
n and arrive at W u'cloet, "
STAR connections islly, Sundays excepted
A. Nuioris depot, fpr uuf hauan. 10 miles
nssck' and Sale r Sweet Red Sweet and iuipiur
eprinrs 90 miirs
Nssh-fn depot Sulphur s mnesl ni s,it si
Spring fs Turupte Hoad from Nevbern Rcd su.tly,
has besu greatly Improved, aud
mountains ra-Sngcrs arrive ~ these spgs svrg al
the rond day FROM Richmond, A. seven Ms
Tcnnessee tare frou Richmond W, through ~ day
rhs Virginia and Teunesss Railroad a.
Ausgauy Moutguulerv White Suitluf
Fpbm sprng. ~ Accommodations zach " which have teen
gresly Increased since last season
feiegrath Richmond ~ b. completed 10 the
Montgomery vitae ruI,har spring early n Juug.
spqg tm General Superintendent
HDrAHI STAHCH.-A apsrins artee consigned irom
CilFofhc Oho regular supply Tor sale uu aFfn ~
us mauufsrtursr.b b. WOMnIE a CLAIBORNE.
No ~ Pssd a.
NNrutTEwas ASH BRG sHEs, q M BIT qualts, r1s
LAIpLEYA ROBfNsuN.
mas Chrmists &C, sth ADD Ffsntin sis
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.sHMNEa AaMANGE,SMsSS.JS;x


TuNHE STEAMER CURTIS PICK Captain JohnA >s-O
II Davis having undergone thorough t1Nf45r
hauling. will regular h-we-n this snd--
the shove places leaving tire wharf Rockets SATURDAY
ioh 3R olcckl precisely and
Tuesday. Thursday and Saturday mornings AT that hour
Returning the Curtis Peck v Ssrfclk Monday Wed
ne-iay aud Friday the hour ak oclock
touch all the landings the river going aud
Passage meal u-ual X. HASKlNS
The fright articles be landed the river b. paid
when they sent 10 the boat.
Il.
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NEURALGIA CURED.

J,cksns. Miss, Feb TO- iSsS
Me.srs Railway Co; few days since bought dollar,
worth OF RAdsays Ready Relief Tor Neuralgia aud Il
my astonshmeni, It gave almost Instant relief
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NEW WORK. LIFE INSURANCE. COMPANY.
meeting Of the Local BOARD Of Directors Rchmand
n the New Life Monday,
u'" follow resolution unanimously adopted
have
examined the
Company oT the last embracing full
assets Sc TO the Isl January $3.50 hng satisfied
perfect -"und cohdit"n o the cordially recommend
the encouragement and support 81 the whole community
u comusIirei It, oprrAiion. ~ with
capital ot trs which has accumulated ti ag-s e.
vested IA State stksaud bonds aud believed
undoubtedly good
We know Of m"tv II Investing probably
thirty yer cent. annually on the premiums paid
GEORGE " MuNFORD Prrs't
Rev CH,s ~. RKAD
q. >
Rev. JAMS ~ TAYLoE,
Cos. ". CLUrrts, :
THO- y.
ELEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT.
Amount - assets Isnuary I, lSta, t92n62 Ia
Amount VI receipts fr premiums interest A., to Jan.
I, lSaG, SS1S,ls6
DsHUg,iagN
Paid losses by death, interest dividends
aud all other rApenses, 27l,2t0 10
lS69Is 81
Accumulated FUND, Jany I, 1876. tIts9,-s e.
For further Information sud explanatory books apply No
Main street, square above Virginia Banks,
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MEDICAL.
r.. II. n.
IMPORTANT REvELATIONsI
CHAPTER l

chapter OH shov hos
after dnssn Physicians In scott Va had u their
Also esantry doctors pant. By
Rsd-ayi Rcmed. Ls who .ictsl
ease Hirx.
Cathartic Medicine RsLuays
read the we pablh.
RApwAs's RksovArxs REoLvssr.
the only rr,ns eqarvd
pains, terrible and fixhe
hu. regular and healthy condition Spring
ROADWAY CO.
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NEW STORE AND NEW STOCK
READY-MA AIDE CLOTHIN NC


Under Shirt. .k m-riuu. cotton
Dra~r'. India Rubber ,ioud- Umbrellas.
D.GOODuAN has open Li. large store-roou,
- ils Main street Richmond. Va.
1T >prur READY MADE CLOTHING eUbta-
siug all Coats
Furnishing ,oi. PROM hi- facilities
hi liberal patrons and the public generally w ,tu dud all arc
In his line i grades, 81 tie
| unusually prices ~ cash Call auIr ~
80 g-u-uber place Noll9 street next oor ~
W Randolph, bookstore lapi> } u. GOODMAN.
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Accumulated FUND, Jany I, 1876, tl,s9izs e.
further
Main street, square above Virginia Banks, To
fec WORKMAN. Agent
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TO FARMERS AND OTHERS.

I'VE are nov pparei TO manufacture and repair
w scripOn Of Agricultural Implements used We
a. ms expense Ia putting the different machinery
qu la carrying business We prepared repair
feature business H. that sell implements our ou
manufacture" ~
e Farmers TO our Wheat Thryshr Cleaner aud HORSE
Ia equal II other
proof Of what they have
gentlemen who have given machine fair W.
the liberty Of referring TO other gentlemen
chine
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usnrieo, 18th Nov, 1885.
Nessrs. NKIsoS A Mon

CuhnaVutk, Hept. lst, 1875.
Genemen-h with pleasure that record evidence
ot ThTesbDg Machine
II does An have aud able
city and durability. We regard emphaticaly Farmers
chine aud most cheeHY recommend 10 the
MI W. Adams and Capt ~ Davis, who
S~r wheat Machine hras uis much pl ad
with ~ performance. Very respectfully,
WYATT SMITH,
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RADwAr RS RE0ULA TORS
To RHGULsrE rHk SYSTEM
ors Regulator per day ,s hep IA 'ns ssf~.a Rsv~iar
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NOW RAILWAYS REGULATORS AND READY REIIEr CuRrp
TIM JAMES rOMLISsOS, or PArroNsyILIn, SCOTT
CO. VA CHRONIC RHECMArIsM AFTER FIFTEEN PHYsI.
CLANS FAILED To RELIEVE HIM READ riiE LETTER
January 29th, 1850.
a a
Pstonsvtle,
N and n
Regulators gives
sold Evvryb-y
Pills" James had
ii--a-- ~ Chronic rheumatism.
Fnern different has tr to him. but could
Rad~ay Regulator night,
he completely great many
people your READY Relief anal R.-osen that
touehand believe
here 10 maize they do by the of your
medicines. Yours truly,
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1856-04-08
IMPROVEMENT OF YOUTH.

Youth is the seed-time of life. If the
farmer does not plow his land, and commit
the precious seed to the ground in spring,
it will be too late afterwards ; so if you,
while young, neglect to cultivate your minds,
by not sowing the seeds of knowledge, your
future lives will be ignorant and wretched.
The soil of the human heart is naturally
barren of every thing good, though prolific
Of evil. If corn, flowers, &C., be not plant
ed and carefully cultivated, nettles and
brambles will spring up; and the mind, if
not cultivated, and stored with useful know
ledge, will become barren desert or q
thOrny wilderness. The Rev. John Todd,
in his Students Manual, a work that every
seeker of knowledge should read, very ap-
propriately remarks "Those islands which
so beautifully adorn the Pacific, and which
but for sin, would seem so many Edens,
were reared up from the bed of the ocean
by the little coral insect. which deposits one
grain of sand at time, till the whole OF
those piles are reared up" Just so with
human exertions. The greatest results of
the mind are produced by small but contin-
ued efforts. We have frequently thought of
the motto of the most distinguished scholar
in this country as peculiarly appropriate.
AS near as remember, it is the picture of
a mountain, with a man at its base, with his
hat and coat lying beside him, and pick
axe in his hand; and as he digs, stroke by
stroke. his patient look corresponds with his
words, 'little by little" "The river roll
ing onward its accumulated waters to the
ocean, was in its small beginning but an
oozing rill, trickling down some moscow
cred rock, and winding like silver thread
between the green banks to which it impart-
ed verdure. The tree that sweeps the air
I-~-.aIOu UIanCnUs, anu InUCk5 Ut
the bowling of the tempest, was in its small
beginning trodden under foot and unnotic-
ed; then small shoot that the leaping hare
might have forever crushed: it now tow
ers to the heavens" AS spring is the most
important part of the year, so is youth the
most important part of life. Surely, edu-
cution has claim to your principal atten-
ton, and demand the morning of your days;
then, as we said before, why do you throw
away your young and golden hours? Why
don't you go to work seriously, and in such
way as to bring honor upon yourselves,
your parents, and your friends, and not
wretchedness.- Rockingham Register.
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7 HAVE NO TIME TO READ.

The idea about the want of time is q mere
phantom. Franklin found time in the midst
of all his labors to dive into the hidden re-
cess of all his philosophy, and explore the
untrodden path of science. The great
Frederick, with an empire at his direction,
in the midst of war, on the eve of battles
which were to decide the fate of his kingdom,
found time to read and revel In the charms
of philosophy and intellectual pleasures
Bonaparte, with all Europe at his disposal,
with kings in his ante-chamber begging for
vacant thrones, with thousands of men whose
destinies were suspended by the brittle
thread of his arbitrary. pleasure, had time
to read and converse with books. Cesar,
when he had curbed the spirits of the Roman
people, and was thronged with visitors from
the remotest Kingdoms, found time for read
ing and intellectual conversation. Every
man has time; if he is careful to improve it
as well as he might, he can reap three-fold.
Let farmers and mechanics make use of the
hours at their disposal, if they want to obtain
proper influence in society. They can,
if they please, hold in their hands the des-
tinies of our Republic.
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MI MISCEhLAN1. N
OUR HOMES.

Genius hath it's triumph, fame its glories,
wealth its splendor, success its bright re-
wards, but the heart only hath it's home.
Home only? What more needeth the heart?
what more can if gain +~nn hn.,an is -,nn-~
than the world-more than honor, and pride,
and fortune-more than all that earth can
give; the light of the monday sun may not
yield, and yet the tiny fame of one pure
beam of love enkindleth, and sympathy
makes it burn forever. Home! how more
than beautiful thou art! how like an un-
taught religion-a golden link between the
soul and heaven, where the presence of a
pure heart makes thee radiant. and the
music of it's affection floats like the chorals
of unseen cherubim around thy tranquil
heart!
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THE WANTS OF TIE AGES,


It is mans destiny still to be longing
for something, and the qualification of one
set of wishes but prepares the unsatisfed
soul for the conception of another. The
child of year old wants little but food and
sleep; and no sooner is he supplied with a
sufficient allowance of either of those very
excellent things, than he begins whimper-
ing, and yelling it may be. for the other.
Atthree, the young urchin becomes enamuor-
ed of sugar plums, apple pie, and confec-
tionary. At six. his imagination runs to
kites, marbles and tops, and an abundance
of play time. At ten, the boy wants to
leave school and have nothing to do but bird
nesting and blackberry hunting. At fifteen,
he wants beard and mustache, a watch,
and pair of Wellington boots. At twenty,
he wishes to cut figure and ride horses;
sometimes his thirst for display breaks out
in dandyism, and sometimes in poetry; he
wants sadly to be in love and takes it for
granted that all the ladies are dying for him.
The young man of twenty-five wants wife;
and at thirty he longs 10 be single again.
From thirty to forty he wants 10 Be rich,
and thinks more Of making naoney than
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THE OLD WOMAN"

It was thus, few days since, we heard
a STRIPPING of sixteen years designate the
mother who bore hinl-a venerable woman,
whose face bore the marks of the conflict
in all its furrowed lines. The most griey-
Gus of the ills of life have to be borne by
the mother; trials untold and unknown on
ly to God and herself she has to bear inces-
sanity; and in her old age-her duty done,
awaiting her appointed time-she stands
more truly beautiful than in youth, more
honorable and deserving than he who has
slain his thousands, and stood triumphant
upon the proudest field of victory. Young
man, speak kindly to your mother, and even
courteously-tenderly of her But little
time and you shall see her no more for ever
Her eye is dim, her form is bent, and her
shadow falls graveyard Others may love
you when she has passed away-kind heart
ed sisters, or she whom of all the world you
may choose for partner-she may love
you warmly, nately-children may
love you fondly; but never again, never
while time is yours, shall the love of woman
be to you as that of your old, trembling, wea-
kened mother has been. In agony she bore
you-through pulling, helpless infancy her
throbbing breast was your safe protection
and support-in wayward, tetchy boyhood
she bore patiently with your thoughtless
rudeness, and nursed you safely through a
legion of ills and maladies. Her hand it
was that bathed your burning brow or
moistened the parched lips; her eye that
lighted up the darkness of wasting nightly
vigils, watching always in your ftful sleep.
sleepless by your side as none but her could
watch. OH speak not her name lightly,
for you cannot live for so many years as
would suffice to thank her fully. Through
reckless and impatient youth she is your
counsellor and solace. To bright manhood
she guides your improvident steps, nor
even then forsakes or forgets. Speak gent
II U,IeII, uIIu ToVvIruUIy VI y0ur uuUruOI anu
when you, too, shall be old, it shall in some
degree tighten the remorse which shall be
yours for other sins, to know that never
wantonly have you outraged the respect
due to 'old women"
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A SHOCKING SCENE IN THE WEST.

Captain E. Stevens, of the steamer Ohio
Belle, was murdered few days ago by a
man named Jones. The Memphis (Ten-
nessee) News gives the sequel of the terrible
tragedy. The details are truly awful, and
well calculated to cause thrill of horror.
The News says:
The murderer was taken abaft the shaft
of the boat and lashed to a stancheon, COM
mencing with the rope at his feet, and wind
ing it around his body in continuous folds
until it reached his neck, where it Was
drawn very tight. 1t was then passed
around his head and across his mouth SO
tight that it stretched the corners of his
mouth back considerably, cutting them so
that the blood run down his jaws, and
leaving him in the greatest agony. A lady,
hearing of the manner in which he was being
treated, went below, and begged them, for
Gods sake, not to treat a human being in
such a manner. At her solicitation he was
released, and bound fast in an armchair,
and the chair bound to the stancheon by a
different rope. In this situation he was
left. In the meantime a cabin passenger
was making himself conspicuous by boast
ing that in California he had helped to hang
over fifty persons-that he had hung men
for as low a sum as five dollars-and if they
would give him chance he "would soon
dispose of that scoundrel." A short time
afterwards this ''hangman extraordinary"
and friend were missing, and soon after
our informant heard a splash. He and
some other passengers then went below to
see the prisoner, but when they had gone
aft they found the rope that bound the chair
cut, and the man and chair both gone. His
fate can well be imagined. He was thrown
overheard.
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THE DEAD CHILD.

Few things appear SO beautiful as very
young child in its shroud. The little inno-
cent face looks SO sublimely simple and
confding amongst the cold terrors of death.
Crimeless and fearless, that little mortal
has passed alone under the shadow, and
explored the mystery of dissolution There
is death in its subimest and purest image ;
no hatred, no hypocrisy, no suspicion, no
care for the morrow ever Garkened that lit
tie face; death has come lovingly upon it;
there is nothing cruel or harsh in its victo-
~. The yearnings of love. indeed, cannot
be stiaed; for the prattle and smile, and all
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1856-04-08
"-a a pretty plaything,
DD- I11osk -

We honor the chivalrous Difference which
is paid in our land to women. 1t proves
that our men know how to respect virtue
and pure affection, and that our women are
worthy of such>respect. Yet women should
be something more than mere women to win
us to their society. To be our companions
they should be our friends; to rule our hearts
they should be deserving of our minds
There are many such, and that there are
no more is rather the fault of our own sex
than their own. And despite all the un-
manly scandals that have been thrown upon
them in prose and verse, they would rather
share in the rational conversation of men of
sense than listen to the silly compliments of
fools; and man dishonors them as well as
disgraces himself, when he seeks their circle
for idle pastime and not for the improve
ment of his mind and the elevation of his
heart
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THE SOCIETY OF WOMAN.

No society is more profitable, because
nonemore refining and preservative of virtue,
than that of refined and sensible women.
God enshrined peculiar goodness in the
form of woman, that her beauty might win,
her gentle voice invite, and the desire of
her favor persuade mems sterner souls to
leave the path Of sinful strife for the ways
of pleasantness and peace. But when
women falls from this blest eminence, and
sinks the guardian and cherisher of pure
and rational enjoyments in the vain coquette
and fattered idolater Of fashion, she is un-
worthy of an honorable mans love or a
sensible mans admiration. Beauty is to
them at best
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THE SPIRIT OF KINDNESS.

Show me the man who desires to make
every one happy around him, and whose
greatest solicitude is never to give just
cause of offence to any one, and will show
you a gentleman by nature and by practice,
though he may never have worn suit OF
broadcloth, nor never heard of lexicon.
l am proud to say, for the honor of our
species, there are men, in every throb OF
whose hearts there is solicitude for the
welfare of mankind, and whose breath is
perfumed with kindness.
The exhibition of kindness has the power
to bring the irrational animal into subjec-
ton. Show kindness to dog, and he will
remember it; he will be grateful; he will
infallibly return love for love. Show kind
ness to lion, and you can thrust your head
into his mouth; you can melt the untamed
ferocity of his heart into an affection stronger
than death. In all of Gods vast unbounded
creation, there is not living and sentient
being, from the least to the largest, not one,
not even the outcast and degraded serpent,
that is insensible to acts of kindness.
If kindness and love, such as our blessed
Saviour manifested, could be introduced
into the world, and exert its appropriate
dominion, it would restore a state of things
far brighter than the fabulous age of gold
it would annihilate every sting; it would
pluck every poisonous tooth; it would hush
every discordant voice. Even the inani'
mate creation is not insensible to this divine
influence. The bud, and flower, and fruit
put forth most abundantly and bountifully
where the hand of kindness is extended fol
their culture. And if this blessed infuen &C
should extend itself over the earth, a mora
garden of Eden would exist in every land
instead of the thorn and brier, would spring
up the fr-tree and the myrtle; the deser
would blossom, and the solitary place b.
made glad Bishop Upham.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1856-04-08

spending it. About this time, also, he
dabbles in politics and wants Office. At
fifty he wants excellent dinners and wine,
and considers a nap in the afternoon indis-
pensable. The respectable old gentleman
of sixty wants to retire from business with
a snug independence of three or four hun
dred thousands, to marry his daughters and
set up his sons, and live in the country !;
and then for the rest of his life he wants to
be younp again.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1856-04-08
General gntelligente.
MOUNT VERNON NOT FOR SALE.

The following letter, says the S. c.
Spartan, addressed by the owner, John A.
Washington, to Mrs. NJ. S. Woford, of our
village, brings out the startling fact, after
all that has been done by the ladies of the
South, and the greater labor and means they
are still willing to bestow upon the move
ment, that Mount Vernon is not for sale.
How is thisl What is the explanation? At
the instance of the Ladies' Mount Vernon
Association of Richmond, Edward Everett
delivered his great Grafton on Washington
in the Capitol of Virginia, realizing for the
funds of the organization over $500, and it
is to be repeated at various points in Vir-
ginia and elsewhere, for the same purpose.
In addition, stimulated by the advent of
Everett in the Old Dominion, the Legisla-
ture of Virginia passed bill incorporating
the Ladies' Mount Vernon Association of
the Union, and yet patriotic ladies, ready
and able to stimulate the sacred purpose,
are told ''that Mount Vernon is not for sale.'
MOUNT VERNON, March 18th, 1856.
To Mrs. Maria S. Woford:
Madam:-I have received your letter of
March 9th, respecting the purchase of
Mount Vernon by the ladies of different
parts of the United States.
In reply, l respectfully inform you that
Mount Vernon is not for sale.
I am, most respectfully, your obd't serv't,
JOHN A. WASHINGTON.