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The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1857-11-13

The BULLS AND BEARS IN MOTION
AGAIN-Wall street cannot be quiet long
at time 1t seemed but few weeks
since, as though the bulls and bears had
been 50 completely used up by their eff
forts to rests the "pressure,' that it would
be very long time before they would find
themselves on their feet, in working order.
But a glance at the sales at the regular
meeting of the Board Of brokers for the
past week, will show that the spectators
for rise, and the operators for corner,
are still IN active operation. The bulls
and bears were only scotched not killed,
by the panics. The spirit of gambling is
as rife as ever, and new generation of
operators stand ready to rush in and fill
the places Of the leading veterans of the
street, The next arrival from Europe
may check, for while, the tendency to
speculation, but it will break out again
with new force as long as there are fancy
stocks to gamble in, or sales can be made
on time Of securities which tie seller never
possessed, and the purchaser never means
to receive.-N. T., Times.
The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1857-11-13

CHEAP SILK S-Bloodgood & Co,
~ have on hand the largest and cheapest
assortment of fine black and fancy Silks in
the city, to which they invite the attention of
the Ladies.
no IL BLOODGOOD & co.
The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1857-12-31

non rather more severe and prolonged than
usual among examining bodies. The reason
was, that between me and the examiners q
shght differenceo fopinion existed, as to whether
TINS instrument could do what was asserted.
The wiser plan would have been to have had
no opinion Of my own. However. / was ad.
mitted hicentiate of Faculty of Physicians
and Surgeons. 1t was with unfeigned delight
! became member of profession which is
Pre-eminently devoted to practical benevolence.
and which with tnwearied energy pursues from
age to age its endeavors to lessen human woe.
But though now qualified for my original
plan, the opium war was then raging, and it
vas deemed inexpedient for me to proceed to
china. had fondIy hoped to have gained &C.
cess to that then closed empire by means of
the healing art !; but there being no prospect of
an early peace with the Chinese, and "a another
inviting field was opening out through the
iaoors OF Mr.. Moffat, was induced to turn nv
-seoughss to Africa and after q more extended
eour of theological training in England than
mad enjoyed in Glasgow, embarked for AZ
rlca in lS40, and, after voyage of three
months, reached Cape Town. Spending but a
short time there, started for the interior bv
gong round to Algoa Bay, and soon proceeded
Inland, and have spent the following sixteen
years Of my life, namely, from 1910 to 1856, in
medical and missionary labors there, without
cost to the inhabitants
The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1857-12-31
L0CAL1ZING THE SLAVERY QUESTION AND
SECURING PEACE.

In the debate on the I'D, in the Senate, which
followed the feeble effort of Dr. Fitch to bolster
up the Lecompton usurpation, Mr.. Douglas,
in strong language, showed the operation of the
Presidents policy, in localizing the Slavery
Question and securing peace:
But we are told we must force the Lecomp-
ton Constitution down the throats of the people
for the sake of peace for the sake of localizing
the quarrel. How is that to be done? By pass
ing an act of Congress forcing Constitution
on the people of Kansas, against the will of that
people, What next? When you find the stub
born, factious majority resisting the Govern
ment that you have imposed on them, the
President will be called upon to use the army
and the navy to put down insurrection aud
inasmuch as this Lecompton faction is only
composed of perhaps one tenth or one twent
eth of the whole people, and there is not ma1
of them who dares stay there day without the
United States army to protect him, we should
have a special message from the President,
recommending an increase of the army, and the
calling ont of volunteers to march to Kansas
to put down the instruction, and maintain the
Government which you force on them at the
point of the beyonet. That is the mode in
which you are going to localize the Kansas
quarrel-by calling troops from Virginia and
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NO. 574.

n
from Wisconsin, from Illinois and from Soutl
E'", rom massachusetts and from Mis-
sIssiPpl, arc stationing those volunteers around
Ie ei'y Vi Eecompton, to protect the Governor
their will Then / suppose there viii he nor
feet peace and harmony among them al, W.,
will restore peace in that way, and local;zs A.
Kansas difficulty No, sir. The moment Won
impose Constitution on that people aea;ps.
their remonstrance and protest, YOU have ma.
uonailzed this difficulty, and pledged yourselves
70 MAINTAIN that Government at the point q,
the bayonet, and with all the power at ycur com.
mand. You have legalized civil war instead
OF iocalizing the Kansas quarrel These are
my convictions. believe that such will he the
consequences, if we proceed in this mad GA.
reer OF forcing Constitution on a people
against their will. hope may be mistaken n.
and that such consequences will not result
but, while such are my convictions, | must be
permitted to express them. If nv DOING so
brings down assaults on me, from wbatayer
quarter, high or low, from my own section or
an opposite section, must repel those assaults
but do not choose to go into any elimination
or denomination in regard to consistency on
former phases of this question. am willing
that my consistency shall be Judged of BY the
pu6hc. think my course is pretty well known,
and | am willing tina! the people shall Judge of
1t. 1t the course of the Senator from Indiana
Is equally well known, let the people Judge of it
by that knowledge. If it is not as we'll known,
have no desire, no disposition, to hunt up old
speeches and old records and old letters, to show
his inconsistency. Consistency has very little
70 do with this question. The great point is,
Is 1t right to force Constitution upon q people
against their will2 Am not right in nv op.
position to that act of power and oppression?
would rather argue that question than 90 in
to any controversies with political friends or
even political opponents. would prefer that
they should consider me so humble an indiyid.
ual that my history of fifteen years is not neces
sary to be discussed, inssmuch as during the
whole fifteen years have found them loud in
praise OF my course as to the political iniquites
which they now propose to bring in judgment
against me.
But, sir, ask no mercy in relation to this
matter. will not provoke controversy with
anybody. shall not shrink from the avowal
OF my opinions and the vindication of my char.
acter, whenever l choose to do it. may not
reply to all. 1t may be an object to worry out
my strength by these constant attacks from
day to day. Whenever find it failing, will
reserve myself, and then come back and take
. raking lire at the whole group. Laughter
But whenever / shall feel inclined, I will repel
the blow at the time it is struck"
The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1857-12-31
LIvINGsToNEs EARLY LIFE.

The following passages, from DR.. Living
stones work on Africa, will be read with par
ticular interes. by those who would know the
secret OF his wonderful power to endure hard
chips and overcome obstacles:
The earliest recollection of my mother recalls
q picture so often seen among the Scottish
poor-that of the anxious housewife striving tc
make both ends meet. At the age of ten, ]
was put into the factory as q "piecer," to aid
by my earnings in lessening her anxiety. With
part of my first weeks wages, i purchased
Ruddiman's "Radiments of Latin" and pur
sued the study Of that language for many years
afterward, with undated ardor, at an evening
school, which met between the hours of eis hi
and ten. The dictionary part of my labors was
followed up till twelve O'Clock, or later, if my
mother did not interfere by jumping up and
snatchlng the books out of my hands. had
to be back IN the factory by six in the morn
ing, and continue my work, with intervals for
breakfast aud dinner, till eight O'Clock at night
read In this way many of the classical authors
and knew Virgil and Horace better at sixteen
than Go now
My reading while at work was carried on by
placing the book on q portion of the spinning
Jenny, 30 that | could catch sentence after
sentence as passed at my work thus kept
up pretty constant study, undisturbed by the
roar of the machinery. To this par. of nv
education owe my present power of complete.
" abs.racting the mind from surrounding noises
so as to read and write with perfect comfort
amid the play of children, or near the dancing
and songs OF savsges. The toll of cotton-spin.
ning, TO which L was promoted in my nine.
teentn year, was excessively severe on q slim,
loosejointed lad, but it was we'll paid for and
it enabled me to support myself while attending
medical and Greek classes in Glasgow in win
ter, as also the divinity lectures Of DIR. Ward.
law, by working with my hands in summer.
never received farthing of aid from any one,
ana should have accomplished my project Of
going to China as a medical missionary, in the
course OF time, by my own Efforts, had not SOME
friends advised my joining the London Mis-
sionary Society, on account Of its perfectly un.
sectarian character. 1t "sends neither Epis-
copacy, nor Presbyterianism, nor Independent
cy, but the gospel of Christ, to the heather"
This exactly agreed with my ideas of what q
missionary society ought to do; but it was not
without pang that offered myself for it was
not quite agreeable to one accustomed to work
his own way, to become in q measure dependent
on others and would not have been much
put about, though my offer had been rejected,
Looking back now on that life of toll, can
not but teel thankful that it formed such q
material part of my early education and, were
it possible, should like to begin life over
again in the same lowly style, and TO pass
through the same hardy training.
Having finished the medical curriculum, and
presented thesis on subject which required
the use of the stethoscope for It's diagnosis,
unwittingiy procured for myself an examina,
The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1857-12-31
Wednesday, December %, 1857,
SENATE

Various branches of the Presidents messaee
were appropriately referred.
Mr.. Simmons gave notice Of his intention to
introduce lower valuation bill.
Mr.. Stuart, after an elaborate examination Of
the whole question, said it was not necessary to
rely upon an analysis of the Lecompton Con
stitution to detect the fraudulent design of its
trainers. These latter had openly avowed and
assigned as their reason for not submitting the
Constitution, that the people would have voted
it down, and hence the necessity of the plo,
contrived to fasten it upon them against their
will. The plan was bold, but it was not in.
genious. 1t sets the popular will at defiance.
but in q manner too preposterous to admit the
hope of success. For himself at least, he
The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1857-12-31
BY GAIL HAMILTON.

Gone-eone-gone-
The mirth and the music of life;
Valcr, and Beauty, and Love;
Sister, and Mother. and Wife
No sound but the clanking of iron chains,
With which my jaiIors have bound me
No sight but the gloom OF the prison walls
Which hopelessly close around me
Far away by the sounding sea,
In my old ancestral home.
a lonely watcher is waiting for one
Who neveunore shall come.
know IN what window o'erl >oking the sea
A single light burns dim
In vain. in vain. II hath giimmered long;
Bot my prison walls are high and strong,
AID Death IS The warder grim
lonely watcher, quench that light
That CLEANS on the ocean wave,
Ere another moon rounds full and white,
The earth shall witness a doleful sight
You have no power to save;
And !, the heir of a noble name,
Last OF house ofprincely fame,
freed from my burden OF sin and shame,
Shall resi- in nameless grave.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-09-09

EIrH bofM. SEA HInR !. l., Will Br Iurr
ID oveo ou~rR thr fsn ana winter
Gryr4 49,, bs - -ssou on Ttursdsv evening Sept
4N
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-09-09

d COn REwARD-Losr, s,A2s IN MILLS or TUE
HZ,tU Leather Manu- Rank, Ne York ~ BUS
q SItO each bills % $40 EACH and hhl ~ ~ TINS \"
NAV have been apped Saurdav ~ ernupa, lh ms W
thr dsn, 81 the New York aud Railroad, iarsev g
Or ttn IN ro0rn Al tho taver, opposite he 'epn N ~,
b0suet ~ dropped In he Hudson Rive &s31 nhes ~ 4
O'clock on monday IN los, The end sha rce ~ ahov
rpaFd wpon placing he ust On ht ntB nf h tene
superintendent 81 Police ~ a White 49, =, New Y'c<
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-09-09

G60 REWARD Loot OR sToLsN, ~ rus vrCIsf
VOO ~ Of raylOrs saloon the ~ the ph inst
s.dts gold hnnng cass e,srsved watch small STA ro1ss
maher With chain ticket and pin attached valued mors AZ
r than for is real worth VIII will return the above 70
the subscriber viii The above ysrd .ni no lls
tions asked a. PURDY, % Frautlin street
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-02-18
q. Young SnodGrRss,O

TIE New York papers are making q hero OF
Young Snodgrsss, as thai interesting young re-
s'obate Is shectiona!ely termed. Young Snod-
grass is quite lion, and the anxiety to see him
end SC know all about his sayings and dougs, Is
Intense. To satisfy the importunate curiosity OF
the multitude, ana with an eye 'to the main
chance he has graeiously permitted his daguer.
feotype 10 be taken for the sum Of twenty & We
dollars. Now, what earthly good can it do any
son OF Adam born, 10 see young Snodgrass -
We would much sooner see Young Black Hawk,
~ Young Red Eye, Young Kossuth, Young Tl-
c0oderoga, or young Hippopotamus. Barnum 8
Museum can show greater curiosities, we dare say.
st twenty-five cents head. than Young Snods
grass - Are young ruttians and black guards such
Tsrities 10 New York, that daguerreotype OF ore
Of them Ia worth twenty-five dollarsi Virtuous
tity' The wretehed little creature Is simply that
common character In New York, youthful, vul.
sar psrsmour of q lewd woman, who possibly may
have risen In the Bond Street College of Crime.
from the rank Of prostitute to that of murderer
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-02-18
The University yirsinIa.

IBs Cincinnati Times pays high tribute VI I'D
l1i7aiion and praiae TO the University Of Virginia,
which ii justly Style, mobile instituiton-the
pride and ornament of the South" 1t adds; mot
intending any invitious comparison with other lns
situticns, may yet say that the system OF this
University embraces some feature of noble and
inspiring usefulness W aich might be adopted With
advantage in the oldest and most renowned col
ieges of the .orth The faculty ia composed
Of laboTious teachers, PROFOUNDLY yersed in the
various subjects assigned to their respective chairs
soi endowed especially with the talent and tact
Indispensable to those whose business is to commu
r!csts knowledge. The majority OF the profes.
sors aud assistants are hari workI g men more so,
I.obsbiy, than are to be found elsewhere. The
requisites for graduation are eorrespondingly bgh
so that the degree Of "laster OF arts of the Uni
varsity Of Virginia may well DC regarded res
lixble assurance OF eminent attachments Ia science
al 5h0IsTshlp, There is nothing Ike ''the gras
i1atinG class usual In other 5eminartes, each of
whose members receives diploma as a matter of
course st the END of the regular curriculum No.
The high academic honors of this Z University are
1ever conferred in course, but only after cries
Of rigorous examinations, fitted 10 test the ability,
she diligence ana the success u the candidate in
she studies of the din orent schools'
Every word of this is trne The u.an who gra~
aGases at the University of Virginia with the de.
sTss Of Master OF Arts, Las fairly earned the
hono-. !. is not more certain that the dsring uishe
graduate of West Point has gained his laurels hon.
esty than that the "a. M" OF the University ats
ss,ns that distinction only by True merit and the
-a2st unfsgging iniusiry
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-02-18
Professor OF HISTORY.

Tie unanimous appointment by the Board of
visitors OF the University, OF Professor George
Frederick Holmes, to ill the chair of History and
General Literature. will give great satisfaction to
The friends OF the University, and of the distiu.
suished gentleman who has received the appoint
uent frof Holmes formerly lied chair in the
Richmond College and in William and Mary, and
uore recently was President Of the University OF
mississippi He is one of the ripest scholars In
the Land, and In the particular department which
he has now been chosen to I'll, has, we suspect,
but few equals. He Is wi.hsl most genial and
sonpanionable gentleman, and bis foe social quail
iaes will make him q great fsvorits at HE new
lone, while his learning and talent will add new
'usire to the splendid constellation of genius and
scholarship which nc adorns our noble niv sEsisy
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-02-18

Doing 4 BOSTON BANK "A well dressed man,
Of elegant manners, with frst-rate recommends
tions from a firm In Philadelphia, hes succeede /
in a forgery for $3.50 on the Howard Bank at Bos.
ton He called with his testimonials on Parker
Perkins & Co and subsequently called again and
requested as favor of MIR. Perkins that he would
endorse check, which he produced It was fer
$500 and purported to he signed by Louis Cooper,
of philadelphia. Mr.. Perkins accompanied Mr.
C to the Howard Bank. placed bis name upon tbe
document and it was cashed for Mr. c., who peck
eted the money. In few days word came from
Philadelphia that the check was forgery. but the
imam oil elegant manners had. in the meantime.
disappeared. An attempt TO get $1,000 out of III
Merchants Bank, on a check purporting to be
drawn by j. w. Clark & Co.. the money to be re.
mitted to the owner in New York. fs lied.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-02-18

Mr. ,BRooKs' BURIAL. INCIDENTS OF HIS
DEArII-The remains of Hon. =. s. Brooks, OF
South Carolina were inferred at Edgeield, y. q.
\. T. read the burisl servics. A correspondent
Of the Charleston Courier, who had CONVEX sed
with President Pierce, writes from Washington -
follows
Among other interesting particulars. connected
with the closing scene. be mentioned the last
words uttered BY the agonized victim. shortly be.
fore thu final stroke which consigned him. not only
In manly prime. but in undiminished vigor and
strength-"his eve was not dim. nor bis natural
force abated"-to the icy embrace of death -
while the sufferer was convuised with efforts at
respiration with his arms bent in a bow behind
him. said the President suiting the action to the
word, "a friend at his side, feeling bis pulse, re.
mark ed observation-disclosures, your pulse is better
now. and you will soon be well Don't talk to
me of my pulse, and Of nv getting we'll said the
strong man, struggling with the King Of Terrors.
when I am dying for want of breath : 'ln tif-
teen minutes" added the President, "he was a
corpse"
The scene. at his death bed, Is said to have been
a most deeply affecting one. As soon the spirit
had departed, Senator Butler, the beloved and
venerated relative. for whom the gallant Brook
had fearlessly perilled life. threw himself in an
agony of grief on the lfeless body crying, my
boy my boy ~ kissing the bloodless lips, and
dropping tears, fast the Arabian trees theic
medicinal gum" on the pale face of his young
champion and kinsman, now powerless in death.
X tt, his kindred spirit and chosen friend, whose
love to him passed the love of women" ran to
| and fro, temporarily erazed at the shock, and
rocked as on pillows of grief. Lewis Campbell,
too the former foe, converted into friend, by
timely reconciliation, stood hard by, stunned. yet
| deeply agitated, and with weeping eyes, pale as
death itself.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-02-18

TURKISH CRUELTIEs TO CHRIsTIAHs.-BEL-
GRADE jan. S-According 20 letters from Wild
den, the old Turkish judicial customs against the
rajahs christians being reestabliShed in all
their ligor along the lioutier OF Bulgaria. A eoms
missioner il, besides, occupied in making inspec-
tons respecting the kmets, Qocal judges and ne
dismsses all such az do not appear 10 him to be
well disposed to the Turks, and he sends them to
Widen where they prosecuted on some pre-
text or other. Another commissioner, sent from
Constantinope, and who is also making inspections
10 Bulgaria, has ordered that ali tt young women
and girls Of the village through which he passes
should go forth to meet him; and as the kmet of
the village of Siaikouse sent young men instead
of females, the commissioner had him bastna
doed. A number of the inhabitants of this val.
lage, fearing the cruelty of the commissioner
went to II into Serva, but could not be admitted
owing to their having no passports. The severity
of the Turkish authorities in Bulgaria is greater
IN the frontier districts than in the centre but it is
certain that there exists great agitation 10 al the
Notwithstanding Ga ehs.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-02-18

Mr. Ed. Forrest, the actor, has recovered from
his indispositioD which, for days INTERIM pted
bis performances at the Broadway Theatre, New
York.
The case of Rev l. s. Kaoch. of Boston. was
brought before the grand jury of Middlesex, Mass
last week.
A license law has passed the Iowa Legislature
which repeats the prohi5tory law in all! the coun,
ties where the people so vote
Eliza Bateman, d;ssolute woman Of lynch
burg, Va, was burnt TO death Saturday night by
the de s.ruction of the house she lived in.
There were 43e deaths in New York la week,
OF which So were of consumption. The deaths in
Philadelphia were 254.
TIE Americans of Alexandria, Va, have nomi-
mated VIM. ID Massey for Mayor
1t is sail that rents have greatly appreciated 10
New York city-ranging from Is to 30 per cent
and in some favored localities, 10 per cent
1t is stated that Lord Napier. the new B.i.i,
Minister, will be accompanied to this country bv
his wife and four sons
There we're III deaths in Baltimore last week
A few days sgo, 1890 smugged scars OF
superior quality were seized at Portland, Me
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-02-18
sIrs. Dtckissou,s Concert.

Mrs. DicKissos's concert, advertised for Mon
day night, was postponed because CT the inclem
epey of the weather, and will take place tonight
At Metropolitan Hall. IN our brief appeal In her
behalf on Monday, we stated the reasons WHICH
commended her TO The kiud feeling and active syn
pathies Of the generous minded we trust sue
may be eheered tonight by liberal auo,ehcf
Apart from the kind consideration which sno"io
induce many to go, we learnthat she Is very a.
complished pianist and that her children are fes
prodigies for musical talent and grace see adsei
tisement.