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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-09-10

SHOCKING AFFAIR.-A man named Nathaniel
West, residing in Merchant street, Philadeiphia,
killed bis wife Monday evening by stabbing her In
the breast He Afterwards attempted TO commit
suicide and stabbed himself In several places, in
ficting wounds from which he viii hardly survive.
WRIT OF HABEAs CoRRus RErusED.-Judge
Curtis, Of the u. g. Court at Pittsfeld. Mass, has
refused to grant writ Of habeas corpus In behalf
Of George w. Brown and others, now tmprisoned
near Lecompton In Ksnsas Territory, TO await
trial upon an indictment for high treason against
the United States Of America.
Il 10 stated that the Colonization Society h 10
November.
The general estimate Of the cotton crop in Ala
eama, y said BY the papers Of that State 70 BE-
but half yield.
There were sos deaths af New York Last week
decrease Of twenty.seven ~ compared with the
previous week. Two deaths from yellow fever
are reported 70 have occurred within the city.
The resignation OF First Lieut.. George +. An
drews, third artillery, has basn accepted By the
President. @fs. ss = li.sss ssssss'@ssz
r. McKahan, Of Ohio, has rssigusd hls elsrkahip
(ol, 40 Per annum.) IN ths xeuslon emeo.
A nav Catholic Church at NoundsyiiIs, Va
was dedicated % sunday.
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J. d. TAYLOR, srp't.
J. MACDoNoUGH, Agent. Sc 1T,
-, -zszssssssssp THE ADAMS, s,kNPkEss
80 ssssss;5s;sFs oMPANY, lS4 Main st.. hav-
HhIa-- --~A----ing resumed their Steamship
Express to and from Norfolk, Petersburg and Rich
nond. by steamers Jamestown and Roanoke, which
leave New York every Wednesday and Saturday,
ana thence by railroad 10 Weldon, Wilmin gton,
Lyuchburg, Salem, Wythevile, and the principal
pisces in Virginia and North Carolina, now pre-
pared forward with great dispatch and at reduced
rates every kind of Merchandise Valuable Parcels,
Jewery, lc., to the above named cities, and all
places the sesboard.
Our Express on the Steamships will be acccmpa-
MED by special Messengers who will give their per
trusted 10 the ADAMY EXPRESS co.'s Steamship
Express.
shipper. will please take notice that packages to
points in Virginia and North Carolina, will be sent by
steamers, unless otherwse marked
Freight received on day Of sailing, until O'clock,
P H. J. l.. MACDONUGH,
Agent of Adams Express Co.
vsPECIAL NOTICE.-Express packages for
Narfolk Petersburg, Richmond, and all places in Vir
siEis and North Carolina, intended for shipment by
he received by the ADAMS EXPRESS COMPANY,
vho the authorized Agents for Express privileges
Uffice Of the New York and Virginia Steamship
Company. LUDLAM L PLEAsAETS,
ap4-ts Agents.
ksss GEORGE j. SUMNER, Importer
"a AND DEALER IN CHINA GLASS AND EARTBEN-
Hfkfi WARE, No. 20 Pesr Tor l4th) street, Rich
as.9 mond, Vs.-By recent arrivals from Liver
pool is now in rscapt of his Fall Importations
Of China and Earthsnware, and from the fscto.
Hes, avery large and general assortment OF Glass
ware. Looking Glasses, Fancy Goods, &c to which
he invites the attention Of the merchants of
Virginia, North Carolina and Tennessee, who will
mad stock OF Goods, equal in extent and varie-
tg, and on coed terms any repacking house
Ia tile country offer. To all cash. punctual
time buyers, such inducements will be offered will
be satisfactory.
Careful and experienced packers employed and
prompt attention sivsn to the shipment of Goods.
large assortment of the best quality OF Stone
ware, at factory prices.
Merchants who have been accustomed to buy their
karthenware in tie Northern markets, psrticu-
larry invited TO examination of the above stock.
Sc
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b, i. Hull1am,
H. A. Claiborne,
Geo. ". smith, Of Smith H.rxoos.
u Regular discount day Of the company IL Thus-
day in each wesk-papsr to be offered before eek
on that day.
NTERCHANTs INSURANCE. COMPANY
Nl OF RICHMOND-This Company insures eve.
fre or the dangers Of the sea.
No charge il made for the Pslicy
ofee for the present, on the East side Of Ism st.
VIM. H. Christian, VIM. Breeden,
VIM. 9. Paine, jas. Thsmss, Jr,
Lewis Ginter, John Curne, Jr,
Aug i.m,! Ands1,0ns e. a.ns,,o. ": Wm DHpap a...
Roscoe B. Hes John D. Quarlea
John Dooley, David J: Burr,
Rich'd o. Haskins, Larkin w 0lssebrook,
Joseph 4. Anderson, Emanuel Miller,
John c. Sinton, Ed d. Skinker,
franklin Stesrns.
A. PLEASANTs, President.
J.H. MokrAsuE. sec'y. au5-ts
= AGENCY OF TIE
THHEEIFF FiKEMnnss NEE dsnsxAY AED Or MPEETTE ERd
VIRGINIA-Insurss Buildings and their content
% insures also against MARINE Or INLAND trans
p0r'afi0n losses DIRECTORS.
JOS D. White, PreSt. ssml PEBBLES.
A. a. McIlwaine, V.P. James M. 0cCullooh.
Andrew Kevan. VIM. II. Beazeley.
D. B. Tenant John Donnan
James Weddell. Thomas Branch.
r. q Britton. John e. Lemoine.
Al the Office of the Merchants Insurance C0mpa-
nv J. H. MONTAGUE,
An 2g-ts ssf Agent
CTOK rs g. Co efier for sale
- 40 pkgs LOAF, CRUSHED, and COFFEE su'
SUGARS
so hhds. r. r. aud N. O. do
1900 bags and pockets Jsvs, Lasusyrs and Mo
COFFEE
1900 kegs NAILS
ltsI DIES
15kees HORSE SHOES
200 dozen Painted BUCKETS
50 nests TUBS
100 kegs SODA
1000 realms WRAPPING PAPER
500 bags SHOT
400 boxes French and American GLASS
l80 boxes SOAP
80 bbls TANNERS OIL
80 cases SUMAC
100 chests TEAS
with Pepper. Ginger, Allspiss. sssarA Mstchss,
PIow Lines Bed Cords, 6nuf, Lead, Shoe Thresd,
Clocks, Brown White Lea1, Extract Logwosd, with
q great variety Of ether articles, which We sder to
the trade. au W.-xW
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that a stranger, in the Quaker costume, should
thus intrude upon bis luxurious privacy. When
he heard Of his errand, he blushed deeply, and
frankly admitted the truth OF the girls statement.
His benevolent visitor took the opportunity to
"bear testimony against the sin OF profigacy.
He did II In such kind and fatherly manner that
the young mans heart was touched.
He excused himself by saying that he would
not have tampered with the girl If ne had known
her to be virtuous. II have done many wrong
things" said he, but thank God, no betrayal OF
confdng innocence weighs on my conscience.
have always esteemed it the basest act OF which
man is capable" The imprisonment OF the poor
girl and the fororn situation In which sne nad Deen
found distressed him greatly. When Friend hop
per represented that the silk had been stolen Tor
bis sake that the girl had thereby lost profitable
employment, and was obliged to return 10 nor ans
tsnt home, to avoid the danger OF exposure, he
took out q fifty dollar note and offered II 70 pay
her expenses may" said Isaac. Thou ART
yery rich man, / presume see In thy hand
large roll of such notes. She Is the daughter OF
poor widow, and thou hast been the meansof 90.
ing her great injury. Give me another
Lord Henry handed him anotnes my uons. n,,r
note and smiled as he said, you understand your
business well. But you have acted noply, ana
reverence you for 1t. II you ever visit ENGLAND
come and see me, win givey yoa CORDIAL weicono
and treat you A. . noblcmAn."
Farewell, friends, replied the Quaker-'tnougn
much to blame In this affair, thou hast behaved
nobly. May thou be blessed In domestic iife, ana
trife no more with the feelings Of poor girls not
even with those whom others have betrayed and
deserted
when the girl was arrested, she had sufficient
presence Of mind TO assume q false name, and by
that means her true one WAS ket out Of the news
papers II did this" said she, "for my poor moth
ers sake With the money given by Lord Stuart,
the silk was paid for. spd she wss sent hsms 70
her mother well proyidsd with clething. Her name
and place Of resfdcnce forever remained secret
ii the bsessto Of her bsnsfactor.
Years after these events tsenspired, ixdy
called at Friend. Hoopsrs house and asked 70 see
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OFFICE VA. r. L N. INSURANCE COL
RICHMOND, 24th July, 1856.

IUztB u uUn2os
q l8-lm MAS. u. G. JETEk.
The Winchester appeal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1856-1856, 1856-05-03

A VALUABLE AcouIsITIoN.--Thc last
number Of the Loudon Orion, an ably
conducted and neatly printed neutral
paper, signifies to it's readers its future
whereabouts in an interesting article
the conclusion of which is as follows:
"To relieve the suspense Of any who
are curious to know what cause we
shall advocate. we will say, (for we
wish to be fairly understood.) if this
change takes place, we shall advocate
the AMERICAN cause.-the cause of free
dom. DO you ask why? l. Because
VIC are an American by birth. 2. We
arc American in feeling. 3. We be-
licvc that Americans should rule
America. 1. We do not believe Pc
perry. whiclis antagonstic to religious
liberty and The free institutions Of
republican government, should be tol-
Grated under the sacred folds Of tho
AMERICAN FLAG! 8. Because MlLIARD
FILLMORE, the patriot and statesman,
who has been weighed in the balance
and NOT found wanting. is the man OF
our choice; and ifhe is to be the Amer
lean nominee, we wish to add our
mite to the powerful influence that
will be welded to crown him victori
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Physical Recreation.

An Italian gentleman, who rccentv
made the tour of the United States
said, on his return, that he would M,
live there to be owner ofthcm, adding
What an unhappy people, if their
faces express their feelings! never
saw a man in the street that didn't
seem uneasy, and walk as if driven.
nor scarcely woman in the house
without care worn and fgedty air,
A little. eXageration is one of The
privileges accorded to travellers from
time immemorial; but there is, never.
thcless, more of truth in the above
description ofthe Americans, as peo.
| pie, than we are at all times willing to
admit. Pcrpctually absorbed in bust.
ness, with our mental faculties con.
stantly on the stretch; with notes to
meet; moneys to collect, and projects
to carry out, we exhaust the powers
of life by overstrainig them, and only
think ofrclaxation when it becomes
too late to reap much benefit from the
change.
The freest nation in the world, we
arc yet the most fcttcred. Bending
all our energies to the one object Of
making money, we reject salutary rec
reation as interfering with more i'm.
portant duties, and toll on, tortured by
anXieties OF our own creating
Though too frequently troubled with
dyspepsia in some one or other of its
protcan forms, and otherwise nervous,
excitable and restless, we never seek
that rcpose and relaxation which ma
ture demands, until the out worn phys
ical structure is incapable of renova.
ton, and premature old age admonish-
es us of the foil y we have committed
in thoughtlcssly disregarding those
natural laws, the observance Of which
Is absolutely essential to health and
longevity.
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BATHING SALOON AND BARBER
SHOP.

Henry, the Barber, calls the attention Of
the citizens of Winchester and vicinity to his
EXCELLENT BATH ROOMS
he has just fitted up in connection with his
BARBER SHOP.
These Rooms are supplied with water from
two Of the best Csterns to be found anywhere,
holding near four hundred barrels. Warm,
Cold, Shower and Pouring baths, also an As
cending Douche, very convenient. lie feels
confident that better facilities for b,hing can
not be found anywhere North or South
And as the cleansing Of the body is thing
conducive to health and pleasure, he flat'ers
himself that he will receive a liberal patron
age. Shaving and hair-dressing also contn-
ucd rs usual, after the most approved styles.
A supply Of the finest Cigars always on
hand. HENRY, the Barber.
nlaf22 6m
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Cur THIS ORA correspondent o
the London Literary Gazette, alludins
to the numerous cases of deaths from
accidental poisoning, adds: 4 venture
to affirm there is scarce even a cot.
tage in this country that does not con
tain an invaluable, certain, immediate
remedy for such events, nothing more
than a desert spoonful of made mus.
tard, mixed in a tumbler of warm wa.
ter, and drank Immediately. 1t acts
as an emetic, is always ready, and may
be used with safety in any case where
one is injured. By making this sim
pie antidote known you may be the
means of saving many fellow.crea-
ture from an untimely end
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The RULING PAssroN.--Alason Doug.
las recently died at Troy, leaving an
estate Of nearly million. The rul.
ing passion-getting and keeping
money--was strong to the last, as will
be seen by the following incident:
After bequeathing $40, 900 to each
Of his children, and making a hand.
some bequest to three Episcopal
Churches in Troy, Mr.. Douglas re.
minded his family that he had a yer.
bal agreement With his mikman, which
was to continue as long as they took
milk from him, that for every dollars
worth Of tickets. one was to be thrown
inp
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~ LEWIS l.. PoATs, who succeeds
the veteran editor of the Gazette, pub
lishcd at Chattanooga, will do good
service in the coming canvass. lie
writes like man, and we know him
to be gentleman.
If democratic editors wish to dis
cuss the questions at issue like men,
he will do it with them in the most
courteous manner; but if they want
anything else, Poats will be at his
post.
This is the sort of men we want
men who will not under any circum-
stances insult a neighbor, but at the
same time will require at the hands OF
their opponents .tar dealing.
The man of the Advertiser sets out
with some Safeguarding inuendoes in
his last issue, in reply to which the
Gazette uses the following plain Ian
guagc:
"Nhat does the Advertiser mean by
publishing such paragraphs as the
above! Do you mean that such men
as Naylor are representatives Of the
whole American party! There was
some design in publishing the abeve
paragraph. What was it? Let's
have bold. out spoken, manly writing
in this canvass. Inuendocs and insin-
uations are mean and unmanIy--des-
Disable in the eyes of honorable men,
and unworthy Of any high toned gen.
tleman.
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GARDNER, SHEPHERD 4 Co..
WHOLESALE DEALER IN
Shoes, Hats and Straw Goods,
NASHVILLE. TENN,

4NIhOII IJID, E4N1N.
WE would inform our customers and the
trade generally that sincethe Fire in which the
building we occ upied was consumed we have
removed our stock to No. AZ, west side Of the
Square, up stairs adjoining Messrs. Allison
Anderson g. Co.
Since removing. we have received large
additions TO our stock, including great yar,'
city Of Goods, suited to the season, to which
VIC respectfully Invite the attention of 'Mer'
chants. Orders solicited and filled with care.
GARDNER, SHEPHERD e. co.
April 90, 1864.
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sit is an odd thing to see an old
democrat who has quit his party, make
appeals to his old associates to follow
him. "-Shelbyuiile COnstituiionalist.
But not at all odd to see an old whig
who has quit his party and gone over
to the enemy, make appeals to his old
associates to follow him. Not at all.
Bah l--Melbyuille Erpositor.
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LUsUs NATuRE.-Our fried L. B.
MeConnico, Esq, left at our office on
Wednesday morning chicken hatch
ed on his place, in this vicinity, which
had four distinct legs, two before, com.
ing out of the breast, and two in the
usual position. 1t had also four dis.
tinct wings. 1t beats Shanghais all
hollow.-Franklin Review.
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Gen. Pierce.

The Washington Sentinel, one of
the ablest democratic papers in the
Union, is down on the Pierce admins
tration in a manner which must be
refreshing to those who are endeavor-
ing to prop up the sinking fortunes of
the President.
We can but rejoice that there are
those in the Democratic ranks who
have the independence to denounce
the attempt of the President to employ
tie patronage Of tie Government in sus-
tanning his own political fortunes.
The Sentinel Of the 2lst Of April,
in answer to an article from the Raj
cigh Standard, uses the following bold
but truthful language about General
Pierce:
But we have at last, some cause to
thank the Staulad and all others Of
its stripe. Their iluttering gives us
surancc that we have sped an UNI
erring shaft and pinioned our victim
to the wall. Their lamentations, while
painful to us, bid us hope that we have
done well our work, and that our mis-
sion must ultimately and completely
succeed. And what is that mission !
Is it mission of treason to the South 7!
OF disloyalty to the great Democratic
party! lsit a mere spite suit against
Franklin Pierce? No, our enemies
and we know of none we have but
his friends-may ascribe this motive
to us, but it passes us by as the idle
wind which we regard not, for it has
no truth in it. We have a higher and
nobler purpose--a purpose springing
purely from our love of country and
our devotion to that party whose prin-
ciples we, believe best calculated to
preserve the integrity and perpetuity
of our bcnci;ccnt institutions.
A man has risen up in the nineteenth
century who has done everything to
demoraIize a great party and to weak
en- the institutions Of glorious and
happy country. With all the cunning
devices, all the arts and articles, all
the spurious sentimentality that an
kee hypocrisy can command, this man
seeks to foist himself again upon the
Democratic party and the country, and
he basely employs the patronage of
the Government to effect his unholy
purpose. 1t is to strike him down
from the seat of power that we have
entered upon this mission. In coun-
try like ours, it is the pen and not the
sword by which we may correct the
abuses Of power and visit upon their
author a just and W holesome punish.
mcnt for the treachcry. We shall
continue to employ ours in tearing the
mask from Franklin Pierce and his
administration, and exposing it's weak
ness, its imbecility, its corruption, its
bad faith, and its utter rotteness. If
we shall aid in accomplishing this end,
SO devoutly to be wished, we shall feel
no common consolation in the fact that
we have done shmcthing in our day
and generation for the great party
with which it has always been our
pride to be connected.
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DISSOLUTION.

THE partnership heretofore existing be-
tween II. Brown & w. w. Sharp under the
name and firm of Brown & Sharp, in the tan
ming business, has this day been dissolved by
mutual consent. Hiram Brown is the author
lied agent to wind up sad concern, using The
name ofsaid firm in liquidation only
w. w. SHARP.
May 3, 1856. HIRAM BROWN.
w. w. SHARP will continue the business
of tanning at the yard heretofore employed
by Browns Sharp, he having rented it and se'
cured the services of Mr.. Brown as superln'
tendent. w. w. SHARP"
Mpy g. 1856. st
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set forth.
MOSES NORRIS, Jr.,
Speaker of the H. Of Representative
HARRIS HEBBARD,
President Of tie Senate.
JAMES w. WILLIAMS, Governor.
These resolutions not only show
where Gen. Pierce stood in lS47, but
where the Democratic purity Of New
Hampshire stood.
Now, for Mr.. Richardson, Democrat.
ic candidate for Speaker. On the Bird
of April, 1850, in speech in Congress,
he said:
"The time, sir, has gone by when
slavery can be carried and established
in new countries. The spirit of the
age is against it's establishment"
In the same speech he said:
Il believe Congress has full power
J to pass such laws as they may think
proper for the government of the ter
ritories, there is, consequently, no con-
stitutional difficulty in my road
This is the doctrine of David Will
mot himself. Ifthcsc be the real SEN
timcnts of leading Democrats north,
the enquiry naturally arises, why then
are they called sound! We answer,
because they advocate the Kansas
and Nebraska bill. Tint is the test.
Now, we will try Gen. Shields by
this test. lie is for it, and the De-
mocracy says he is therefore sound
lie defended the Kansas and Nebras-
ka bill at Springfield, Illinois, in 1854,
and maintained that this bill would
have the effect mot only to keep Kan
sas and Nebraska what they are now
free, but would by its full and fair
operation if we acquire the continent
to the Isthmus of Darien, work with
such powerful force and effect, that
no man would ever sec another Slaue
territory on this CONTINENT
Judge Douglass, on the 18th of
March, 1850, made speech in the
Senate, i'm which he bOasted that had it
not have been for Hale, Calhoun and
others, who defeated a bill that he had
the gear before introduced, "thc whole
of the territory acquired from Mexico
would at this moment of time have
been dedicated 10 freedom forever By a
constitutional proDision."
Again, Judge Douglas, in letter
dated the 10th of February, 1854,
defining the Kansas and Ncbras-
ka bill, uses this significant language:
"Why do they not state the matter
truly, and state that it opens the coun-
try to freedom by leaving the people
perfectly free to do as they please"
Now, what does Douglas mean by
this latter sentiment! Simply that
the squatters in the territory have the
right to exclude the south from its &C.
patton with their slaves. And this
is the northern face of this bil--the
face that northern democrats look up
on when they praise it, and their
praise is caught up by southern would-
be's, and presented to the mte,rifed
as good southern doctrine.
Gen. Cassis explicit on this question.
In 1854, alta speech at Detroit upon
the subject of slavery as affected by
the Nebraska bill, he said,
ut was true the northern sentiment
was opposed to slavery. 1t was nat
ural that it should be. He was oppos-
ed to it. and had said in the Senate
that it was a political evil, and many
other things greatly to the displeas-
urc of the South, and would stick to it
under all circumstances. lie thanked
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May 3, 1856.
DAGUER IL Il O Il " p Il 8
]. C.. GRAY,
Daguerrean Artist,

WOULD announce to the ladies and gen.
tlemen of Winchester and vicinity that he
has opened rooms over J. Campbell's Family
Grocery where he is prepared to take pictures
in the best style Of the art. Please call and
see specimens, mar29 Il
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first General Pierce, whose soundness,
as appears from his bill for the south
crn vote in the Cincinnati Convention,
in his late message, is so much lauded
by the party.
On the fifth day Of June. 1854, Gen.
Pierce, in q public speech said:
IIe had only to say now what he
lad always said, that he regarded sla-
very as one ofthe greatest moral and
social evils. A curse upon the whole
country, and this he believed to be
the sentiments of all men ofall parties
at the north"
In 1917, the Democratic Legislature
Of New Hampshire, passed the follow
ing resolution, which is in the hantt,
vriting Of Gen, Pierce:
"Resolued, That all territory which
may hereafter be acquired by or adj
dcd to the United States, where slave
ry does not exist at the time of such
addition or acquisition, neither slave
ry nor involuntary servitude, except
for the punishment Of crime, whereof
the party has been duly convicted,
ought cvcrto exist, but the same Should
remain free, and we are opposed to the
extension of slavery over any such
territory; and also that we approve of
the vote of our Senators and Repre-
scntativcs in Congress in favor of the
Wilmot Proviso.
Resolved, That our Senatorsin Con-
grcss be instructed, and our Reprcsen.
tativcs requested, by all expcdicnt and
constitutional means and measures to
advance the principles herein above
set forth.