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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-12-11
FALL TRADE, 1857.
~ GEO. j. SUMNER,


CHINA, GLASS AND RARTHENWARE,
NO. 20, PEARL ST, RICHMOND, VA.
.nips William Penn, Annapolis. Robert Mills,
ity OF Brooklyn, &c, and per steamers and vessels
IL M he factories our stock of Glass Ware, Looking
ll4sses, plated goods Block Tin, Britannia aud ia
,anned Ware, &c. &C., which make up stoeek tn
argest and most complete We have ever offered, and
O which We invite the attention Of the trade. Our
d ck has been selected with special regard to the
Fats of the merchants of Virginia, North Cardinal
md ennessee. Our facilities being unsurpassed, We
re prepared to offer our goods good terms as
ny re- e-packing house in the country.
Merchants passing through our city who buy goods
North are respectfully requested to call and examine
,ur stock AS we are satisfied they can the risk
md expenses on goods by giving us their orders.
Great care taken in filling all orders, and none
he best packers employed.
GEO. J. SUMNER
N-R-stone Ware af factory prices an
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PRICE OF sLavss That our country
readers may not be deceived to the ruling priss
OF slaves In this market, We have obtained ths ll
iowing quotations. from the largest hauss In hi.
CITY engaged In that business. The pressure n
IN. nshey market has had Its effect on slave -
i wen az -, osher property aud until change takes
place aud cotton advances no material i,nnr..,s
nient need be expected Beet farm haads. f,.m 20
70 - years OF age, 500 To 81 O0u Best 6eld rirIs
rom 70 90 =, yearsof aye, $3.50 10 500 Best piov
ron IL To 10 years. $5vJ to $50 Girls from II n
10 years, $500 10 $40. The prices quoted are the
highest to be- obtained. aud not \ great ma vni
even bring as high figures
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QAZoR STROPS. Saunders celebra-
g. GENkET,
dee Eagle Square.
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rUT AND PRESSED GLASSWARE
~ Cut ana Pressed Gollets, Wines, Decant.rs .Iel
ly Glasses. Lcmona4les Fruit Bowls Preserve Dishes
elery and Pickle Stands Glass Pitchers. Salt Gel.
bars Syrup Pitchers, Lamps. Lanterns. &c TO be had
at l31, Main street.
IA LEY q vi.
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ivIRGINIA WORM kILLER.-Childrel

cry for i'll This valuable and popular prepars-
ton is recommended with the greatest confidence
~: experience and test of years having proved it
OF the best, safest and rlost reliable Worm
! stYovers in use.
Being prepared especially for children, It Is sweet
and pleasant to the taste and readily taken by them
and may be 2ven to the Youngest infant with perfect
safety it contains OIL worm seed turpentine oI
other nauseous drug.
Prepared only by Il. j. PICOT. and for sale b.,
2rny cenaFnlIy. an II
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November 9Th. ls57.-no ll-dIm
NOTICE To TAX PAYERS-pursuani

NOTICE TO TAX PAYERS.-Pursuani
v TO An ordinance passed Ith January. 1s3j viii
attend at the Collector Office i'll the City Hail. from
he 18th to the 3lst OF December inclusive, to receiv.
the remaining half OF taxes from such persons a.
are euttled to deduction of 10 per cent. by haS
ing previously paid the rst half in June last in &c
curdance with said ordinance.
JULIUS A. HOBS0N, C. c. II.
n. Il. 1t will be seen from the above that the Col
hector il required to attend at the Office from ht
18th TO 3ist of the month, to receive taxes remain
ing due from June last Before the January term o
the IIistings Court he is required by ordinance ts
advertise delinquent real estate to be sold for non
payment of taxes. Persons who have not done so
will tn. necessity of calling ANA paying thest
taxes, as it will be impossible tor the Collector T.
cal on them before he adycrtises.
de lin j. A. H., C. G. r.
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E0R RAILROADS.&C. bbIs. sperm
4 oil. just from steamers and for sale log
* - stokes Il EWES
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HEAvY CONTACT We understand d that
ar T. isahtn OF the Eagle Foundry" in this cl,y.
mas ceuelnded a Contract with the agents Of the
brazilian Government, Gsr bulldog niue steam
ehsines, varying rom thirty TO Tour horse power.
ana @ tne necessary machinery for tannslng moan
tam atafg the line OF rsilfoad now being built
ais Contract, at this particular time, when the
large IRON Establishments tbvroughout the country
are doug Dat little, IL lucky hit TOR AIR. ~ enc
hiDg him, IL does, to keep his wor kmen employ
ed during the winter months. while others less
ortunase viii have TO be turned loose to struggle
through the trI luz seas,f, ms best they can.
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NEGRO HIRING the subscriber re
~ turns his thanks to his former friends and pa
irons for past favors and takes this method of it,
forming them and the public generally that he
intends to continue the business the coming year {.
promising to use his best exertiOns to obtain gooo
homes and good prices for all Negroes entrusted Il
him. and also 10 give them his personal attention il
case of sickness lie has a large and comfoI tabt
house for them during the hiring in which they CAD
stay until hired out. -
He would advise that Negroes should be sent In a.
early as practicable after Christmas.
refer, by consent, to the following persons:
n b HILL. (picbn,ond
BAKER x PLEAsANTs.
JNo l. ". &. LATASR, King William.
DR. :. GRIFFIN FaUNTLERoY. King Queen.
DIR. THOMAS LATAAE,
Dr.. BEy. ID. KET. pa~
DR.. JAS. Ii. LATANE, i1''e~'
r. A j. CL0PT0S,
Office corner of Wall and Franklin streets.
opposite Messrs Dickinson, Hill Co.'S.
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ELEcrIos OF rusiie OFFICERS.

On motion OF Mr Gfss .on, IL was
Resoired. That with tts concurrence OF the Sem
ate. the House will m ed on Wednesday the
10th inst, To the eectis f Keeper Of the fenifsn-
tiary store, to fitl the expired term u J. @.
SPOTS, decd, and Of Auditor of Public Ac-
counts. 10 all the yaca caused by the death Of
Geo w Ciutter
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gHg uSugY LAWS.

On motion Of Mr. Mayo, it was :.
Resolred, That so much nf the Governors Nes-
sage relates the rate of interest," repeal OF
the laws oa nsHry, be referred TO the committee Of
courts Of Justice.
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By Mr. Kaufman, of making all stockholders
liable for all the issues OF the baass to the amount
of their stock in such bank, TO be collected bY the
same process used to collect other debts of Il
same magnitude. By Mr Massie. oil hoekpfiass'
~ r.opiriar The banks in the State to redeem ia
spece all notes paid out at their respective count
ers by Nr. Riyes of Prince George. Of prohieit.
ing the Banks from declaring any dividend untii
the said banks shall resume specie payment ny
MIR Cowan, of Incorporating al independent BANK
in the town OF kingwood. Preston county. By
Mr. Segar, OF requiring the savings banks IN tue
state ~ nav a bonus 10 the commonwealth.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-12-11

@ ANGER'S MUSrAhD--Frerh from the
a.Saia S.as''s''r'' ''f 6iblsRG6p. iils AoscURE %
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On Turf Of Traaspes ~ 6baspaaes-- -Messrs
Deane, Haymond, Yerbs trtz, Nelson, Christian.
Drumgoole houald. anu sgtn.
On the Rsmorai If Fro sysss----A AIessrs How
erton, Carpenter. Ball J i. OF Harrison Asi
iory Carter of Richmoa s.amas, DesnS and Ma
SOU. "a ~ ~ sss sssssssssa
The iaint ordsr Of the ~, the election Of sem
atar was taken mp. aud dsrtx Of Ruc kinRhans.
nominated Hon. II. NJ. santsr, In a speech u
some mthntss lsnsth. - ther gsniiemAn being
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tdEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE
VI are solicited TO call at No. ll9 Main street, and
'xamne the large stock of fpe
CLOTHING,
" omen and ready for Fine Dress suits; bu7l
it. do. Over Coat; haglans; obawis; black eioth
i,fiks and Furnshia 90 d.. Tor Hentiemen, oI the
Attest aret, Ali Of which will sell at unasu-
J D. GOODMAN,
No. 1l9 vain street
B-Fine Dress suits made 10 order, when ne
f"rrcd Gail aud e,anne styles, quality and make
n t;,,a II on.Is a, onnn de Q
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1857-11-14

dozen years experience in that business on the
sugar plantations in Cuba. Mr.. Williams ar
rived at the boiler-house at the time we did and
his practsed eye soon detected errors in the on
eratons which might have frustrated all Mr.
IIydes efforts. The fire was soon regulated.
the skinner put in requisition, and soon a gold
colored foam spread over the contents of the
kettles, and all was progressing properly. Va
rious tests soon caused Mr.. Williams to say that
L" he believed it would grain" but we left before
that important point was decided. The mill
used for grinding or pressing the cane, is SO pow
erful as to leave it so dry as to allow it TO be
used for fuel, after few hours exposure TO the
SUI. The juice obtained gives about one-serenh
of its bulk in syrup, which is thick, sweet, Clear
and has slight, peculiar, but pleasant TASTE
We have tried it in various ways, and think it
would be generally esteemed for the table and
cooking purposes after little use. Mr.. Hyde
has our thanks for his laudabe efforts in this
cause, and our hest wishes for bis success. Will
not some good friend to agriculture who has
more means than Mr.. II. can spare, JOIN him in
working out the question which he is attempting
10 solve?-N Z. Farmer.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1857-11-14
HENRY WARD BEECHER ON BOYS.

So long as boys are babies, how much are
they cherished But by-and-by the cradle is
needed for another. From the time that babe
becomes boy until he is young man, he is in
an anomalous condition, for which there is no
special place assigned in Nature. They are al
ways doing something to call down rebuke -
They are inquistive as monkeys, and meddle
some Just where you don't wish them to be.
Boys have period of mischief as much as they
have measles or chicken pox They invade
your drawers, mix up your tooth hpowder with
hair oil; pull your laces and collars fiom their
repositories; upset your ink upon invaluable
manuscripIs tear up precious letters, scatter
your waters, stick everything up with expert
mental sealing wax and spoil all your pens in
the effort at spelling all your paper,
Poor boys What are they good for? 1t is
an unfathomable mystery that we come to our
manhood (as the Israelites reach Canaan) Through
the wilderness Of boyhood. They are always
wanting something they must not have, going
where they ought not TO be, coming where they
are not wanted, saying the most awkward things
at the most critical times They will tell lies
and after infinite pains to teach them the obi
cations oftruth, they give us the full benefit of
frankness and literalness by blurting out before
company whole budget Of family secreis.-
Would you take quiet nap2 slam-bang 90 a
whole bevy Of boys through the house! Has
The nervous baby at length, after all manner Of
singings, troitngs, soothngs, and maternal bo-
soni-opiates, just fallen asleep? So sure an un-
mannery boy will Le on hand to bawi out for
permission to do something or other which he
has been doing all day without dreaming of
leave.
Who shall describe the daily battle of the hair
and the bath, the ordeal Of aprons for the table,
the placing and making up, and the endless task
OF good manners? If there is one saint that
ought to stand higher than another on the cal
endar, il is a patient, sweet-tempered chdren's
nurse Talk Of saintship, simply because man
lived in cave, and was abstemious or because
he diel bravely al the stake What are fag-
gos of fiery sticks for few hot moments com
pared to those animated faggots which consume
nurses and gOvernesses for months and years to
say nothing of the occasional variety of parental
Goals.
Are we, then, on the boys side ? To be sure
We are. 1t is not their fault that they are boys
nor that older people are not patient.
The restless activity of boys is their necessity
To restrain it is to thwart Nature. We need
to provide for il. Not to attempt to find amuse.
ment for them; but to give them an opportunity
to amuse themselves. 1t is astonishing to see
how little it requires to satisfy boy-nature.
First in the list put strings What grown
up people find in thousand forms Of business
and society, boy secures in a string He tie
up the door for the exquisite pleasure of unite
ing it again. He harnesses chairs, ties up hi
own fingers, halters his neck, coaxes lesser
urchn to become his horse, and drive stage
which with boys, is ih' foP of human attain
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1857-11-14
BRATTLEBORO, w.: NOV. II, 1857.

To make small fortune MS easy ms mott
That man with the watcl-what longs he has got' I
Its "Going-the best Of that elegant lot
To close concern, at dcsT crate rate
The iewecr ruined as certain fltc!-
A capital watchl-you may see by the weight
Worth one hundred dollars easy as eight
Or half Of that sum to melt down into plate
Brown doesn't know "Peter'' from Peter the
Great,)
But then can't DWELL
I'm ordered to sell,
And mustn't stand weepng-just look at the she'll
| warrant the ticker to operate we'll
Nine dollars!it's hard to be letting the thing 20
For only nine dollarsl-it's cruel, by Jingo!
Ten doars-Fm offered-the man who secures
This splendid-ten dollars!-say twelve and its
yoursr'
"Don't want it''-quoth Brown-"I don't wish to
buy;
Fifty dollars, I'm sure, one couldn't call high
But to see the man ruincit-Dear SRI declare
Between two or three bidders, it doesn't seem fair
To knock II off now were surely sin;
just wait, my dear Sir, till the people come NJ
Allow me to say you disgrace your position
AS Sherf-consd ring the debtors condition
To sell such watch without more competition"
And here Mr. Brown
Gave very black frown,
Stepped leisurey out, and walked further up town
To see him stray along Broadway
In the afternoon of n summers day,
And note what he chanced to see and say,
And what people he meets
In the narrower streets,
Were pregnant theme for a longer lay.
How he marveed at those geological chaps
Who go poking about in craunics and gaps,
Those curious people in tattered breeches,
The rag wearing, rag-pcking sons of-ditches,
Who find in the very nastiest inches
a "decent living and sometimes riches,
How he thought city prices exceedingly queer,
The buses too cheap, and the hacks too dear;
How he stuck in the mud, and got lost in the ques-
ton
A problem too hard for his mental digestion
Why-in cleaning the city, the city employs
Such very small corps of such very small boys;
How he judges by dress, and, accordingly makes
BY mixing up classes, the drollest mistakes.
As il simple vanity ever were vicious,
Or Of merit could be meretricous.
He imagnes the dashing Fith-Avenue danes
The same as the girls with unspeakable namesl-
An exceedingly natural blunder in sooth,
But, I'm happy TO say, very far from the TRUTH
For cen at the worst, whate'er you suppose,
The sort OF ladies can choose their beaux,
While rs to the other-but every one knows
What-if 'twere a secrct-I wouldn't disclose.
And Mr. Brown
Returned from town,
With bran new hat, and muslin gown,
As he told the tale, when the sun down,
How he spent his eagles, and saved his crown;
How he showed his pluck in resisting the claim
OF an impudent fellow who asked his name
But paid-as gentleman ever is willing
At the old Park Gate the regular shilling!
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1857-11-14

ment. Strings are wanted for snares, for bows
and arrows, for whips for CATS cradles, for kites,
for fishing, and hundred things more than l
can recoect. A knife is more exciting than a
string, but does not last so long, and is not so
various. After a short 1t is lost or broken, or
has cut the fingers. But string is the nstru-
ment of endless devices, and within the manage
ment and ingenuity Of boy. The first article
that parents should lay in, on going into the
country, is large ball of twne. The boys
must not know it, If they see a whole ball, the
charm is broken. 1t must come fotth mys-
tcrousy, unexpectedly, and as if there were no
more
For indoors, next we should place upon the
list pencils and white paper. At least one hour
in every dap will be safely secured by that.
slate and pencil are very good. But as chill
dren always aspire to do what men do, they ac-
count the unused half of Letter and bit of
pencil 10 be worth twice as much as anv slate.
Upon the whole we think a safe stream Of
water near by affords the greatest amount Of en-
joyment among all natural objects. There is
wading and washing; there is throwing of
stones and finding of pebbles there is enRi.
neering, of the most laborious kind, by which
stone and mud are made to dam up the water,
or TO change the channel. Besides these things,
boys are sensitive to that nameless attraction Of
beauty which hovers about the sides of streams
and though they may not recognize the cause,
they are persuaded Of the fact that they are very
happy when there are stones with gurgling wa
ter around them, shady trees and succulent un-
dergrowth, moss and water-cress; insect, bird,
and all the population of cool water-courses.
But boys are not always boys. All that is in
us in leaf, is in them in bud The very yearn-
ngs, the imaglnings, the musings, yea, the very
questions. which occupy our later years as Sc
rious tasks, are found in the occasional hours of
boyhood. we have scarcely heard one moral
problem discussed IN later life that IS not ques-
toned by children. The creation OF the world,
the origin OF evil, divine or forekn knowledge. hu-
man liberty, the immortality of the soul, and va
rious other elements of elaborate systems, belong
to childhood. Men trace the connections OF
truths and their ethical applications and rela-
tions, but the simple elements of the most re
condite truths seem to have gained in them very
little by the progress of years. Indeed, all
truths whose root and life is in the Infinite. are
like the fixed stars, which become no larger un-
der the most powerful telescope than 10 the nat
ural eye. Their distance is TOO vast TO make
any apprecable variation in magnitude possible
They are mere points of light.
Boys have their soft and gentle moods too
You would suppose by the morning racket that
nothing could be more foreign to their nature
than romance and vague sadness, such as IDEAL
ity produces in adults. But bows have their
h ,urs of great sinking and sadness, when kind
ness and fondness are peculiarly needfu to
them.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1857-11-14

ALL FLESH is GRAss.-Bishop Hughes, in
a sermon to his parishioners, repeated the quota
ton that "All flesh is grass" The season was
Lent, and few days afierwars he encountered
Terrence O'Collins, who appeared to have some
thing on his mind.
"The top O. the'morning to yolr riverence,"
said Terrence; "did | fairly understand your
reverence to say, "All flesh is grass" last Sun
day?"
ITO be sure you did" replied the bishop, "and
you are hereto if you doubt it."
"Oh, divil bit do doubt anything your riv-
erence says" said the willy Terrence; "but if
your riverence pleases, wish to know whether,
in this Lent time, l could not be after having a
small piece of bate, by the way of a salad ?"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1857-11-14

TIE WAY TO MAKE PIEs.-An old lady in
the country had dandy from the city to dine
with her on a certain occasion. For the dessert
there was an enormous apple pie. "La, ma aml'
said tho gentleman, "How do you manage to
handle such pie ?" "Easy enough was the
quiet reply; "we make the crust up in wheel
barrow, wheel it under an apple tree, and then
shake the fruit in it."
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1857-11-14

LUDIcRous INcIDEsT.-A ludcrous incident
took place few days ago, at the junction hotel,
in Lafayette, La, upon the arrival of the train
at that place. A gentleman and lady inspired
with sudden recognition, were observed 10 rush
franticaly into each others arms and the fun of
it was, that after hearty embrace, they disc w
cred that both "had the advantage" They were
strangers, but the lady mistaking him for her
'dear cousin Charlie" had embraced him; while
he, with half-lefned recollection of having
seen her before, went in lemons and got "squeez-
ed" Their mutual embarrassment, upon the
discovery of the mistake, can well be imagined
Ye-es, we can imagine that sort of emmbar-
rassment-f frst-rate Particularly on the gen.
tleman's side of the fence. We can even i'm
agne the overwhelming embarrassment which
would overcome us should any fair lady mistake
We editor for "dear cousin Charlie"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1857-11-14

THE MoRMoNs PREPARING TO FIGHT "A
company of Mormon deserters have arrived at
Nebraska city, who left Salt Lake early in o.
tober They bring two weeks later intelligence,
which if true is of high Importance. They say
that Brigham foung at the head of large force,
was preparing to leave Salt Lake City, to give
battle to the U. S. troops. They further allege
that the mountain pass, at which the Mormons
will attempt to check the progress of the troops,
is one that in military point of view will give
them an overwhelming advantage, that in their
rebellion they will receive material aid from the
Indians, and that their ultimate design is to
throw off all allegiance to the Union and estab-
lish themselves as an independent government.
By news from California the rumor of the ex-
odious of the Mormons from Carson Valley to
Utah is confirmed and the ridiculous report of
battle at Salt Lake City is contradicted. The
Mormons were to leave the valley on the 95th
of October. Brigham Young bad ordered Sc
cret cavalry troop to organize from the saints in
the valley armed and equipped, with one years
provisions and clothing. 1t is said to be their
intention, should matters get to serious, to seek
refuge in the Russian possessions, where they
have already driven the stakes for a new Zion.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1857-11-14

MUSTARD AND MEAr.-A poor, emaciated
Irishman, having called a physician in forlorn
hope, the latter spread huge mustard plaster
and clapped it on the poor fellows breast. Pat,
with fearful eye, looking down upon'i. said
"Docthcr. docther, dear, it strikes me that it is
a dale mustard for so little meat"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1857-11-14

How PRESIDENT BUCHANAN RECEIVES THE
LADIEs.-A Washington correspondent of the
South says
"Mr Buchanan still continues to have hosts Of
lady visitors and scarcely pretty woman comes
to Washington, but she must see the bachelor
President. His manners towards his fair visitors
show that he is no 'ladys man. his graceful
commonplace seems to fail him with them; and
have seen him evidently sorely taxed to find a
few words 10 say to the fair DANES who will find
their way to his reception room. He is said to
have been compelled to have recourse to two
stereotyped phrases which he invariably address
es by turn to the ladies, as he runs the gauntlet
of them at reception hours. They are these
Madam, is this your first visit to Washington ?
A pause, and then, Madam, would advise you
to visit the Smithsonian Institute After which
the lady is expected to vamose.''
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1857-11-14

The SECRET OF YoUTH.-A lady never
knows how young she looks, until she has had
her portrait painted.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1857-11-14
L. G.. MEAD,

ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW, ,praeticing In
the Courts Of Vermont and New Hampshire
G5-AGEsr OF rHE ETNA Fire Insurance Company, and
Windhan County Mutual do.
ALSO, Agent to procure Pensions, and Bounty Land.
Commissioner for the States of New York and New Amp
shire, California and Notary Public q