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The American. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1857, 1857-11-21
Maiority h favor o. 20 license. ........a7g

tSlgnedl WV. McCoRMIGK. Register
Whle the above proceedings were ip progress the
CITY Councils were bdsily engaged In pcriectinga
hdg aud more stringent license system This Was
contaminated by the passage of two acts on The 3D.
81 June 1885. One entitled (" An ACt to Liccnse.
Tax and Regulate Taverns and 0rdinefiesp And
The other, entitled "An Act Regulating ihO Sale Of
Spiritu0us or Intoxicating Liquors" o. 900 GO 3
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App + al
TO THE ..t, .H. .H#
FRIENDS, OF r IaE MP GRANGE
In washington, FILL G
Hna 1rN1nN-ANp. CONCERN OF ACElON8L :. \
JUNIOR ORDER or REofIADIrl2ss
FOR uN1oN,ANp CONCERT OF ACTION !

GEoRGE. KAsAlSGToN TENT, 81
Ss'''NA ilsGiSp,y
Having learned that an efpinent friend Of Tempe
rance had appealed 70 member Of our Order 70
unite in an ellprtta ReSive, bacansela Temperance
in the oy-which had called forth letter IN reply,
giving his view Of thq s9id cause, present and past
mission 30 pstlishltiie sa1As hfhis permission was
readily granted, and we hereto annex il, 1t viii be
found to contsn matters odeep interest to ths com
munity- atterss~lAich ought TO be known TO alt
and especialiy p9p by the friends o. Tenn
perance, of good order, and of religion let no one
be deferred by-its length from rcadrng it through
We are also directed to publish TIT following reso-
lutions, which have lbeenS adoped to carry out as
far as we catl gsstqd said letter ,
!. ReSO1osas,I meemorial 20 he Mayor be cir.
scuated for signatures, praying HIM to grant no
license for thuretafi OF intoXcang liquors. without
requiring the applicant Of said license to post up in
two conspicuYg iaess, the ceritcates.a9f the six
treeholders, aud the eldaIiop Of Tho majority
of the white ylonsek espers GA iht square, with oil
names Of the stockholders and holis1keepsfs therein,
oountersigned aF ths gomm4ssioner, Of ,Eparoye-
ments, for at least two weeks, afford The sAab
tants of The locality time ta iriNestgae the aanie
and know who it is that RECOMMENDS said tavern or
shop. enACcIslA htA1@t .@.@
Cd. ResoIoed, Chat we will cordially unite in hold
ing public meetings. sndlna adj suitable ways ussour
best exertioislted pevsade our follow-cihzens to
abandon the ussef all Intoxicating liquor 40 abeV-
erags !. iduybl a9aLtf8 G4.h.t z a#,
III F.iffatl. H. b. NOBLE, h..
s.. .gasg0tl III r. THOMPSON
N ifs,t, Y. MI, BRADLEY. &. "a H.
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1857-06-27

SOLEMN AND TRAGIC Distributing the height of the
storm Sunday evening occurred at house in
Green street of character to render It indeibeupon
the mind of spectator The moral that it teaches is
fearful family seated around table engaged in
ordinary conversation when dispute among of the
children and young people took place. Words grew high
and the mother attempted to que the disturbance. In
turn she made the object of their anger and while
the heated blood finding vent in words the parent
arose from her seat and interposed 1t was
ct no avail and the parties nearly to blows At
that moment, while from her children Goals of
tai FIRE being heaped upon the mother she suddenly
sunk down dead and her last breath drowned by the
angry voices of her offspring The feelings of those pre-
sent words adequately describe but on their
minds for years to should imagine that i'm
press would remain of the angry group the little ROOM
and the dying mother reviled by her own children
PHILADELPHIA Evening Journal
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DEATH OF VETERAN.-The Charleston rs. CO. papers
announce the death of Col. MATHEW IRVINE KEITH,
prominent citizen of that city The Courier says of him
Born in Georgetown in this State, in the year 1885, he
removed while quite youth, to this city, He studied INV
and admitted to the BAR but exchanged the toga
the soord The war of 1872 called him into the military
vice OF his country and he actively and CALAMITY
captain in upholdng the Star Spanged Banner against
the foe After the war he repeatedly elected to the State
Legislature About the 1926 he elected Master
Commissioner in Equity and subsequently, Register of Mesne
resigned in 1854 Although he had passed the allotted
boundary Of threescore yea and ten, yet his
snged old age; and his death has mingled surprise with
sorrow." A{5f sft 1a tt r ~
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= THE Bounty LAND WARRANT FoRGERs-The examina-
ton before United States Commissioner Mather of VIM
Browning and Charles Minor, charged with obtain
ing for bounty lands by of forged docu-
mens, resumed yesterday. Considerable additional
testimony was aken and Browning held to bail in
the of four thousand dollars for his appearance
the United States Circuit Court to be holden at Hartford
the It'll of July next Failing to give bail he was COM
mitted The examination in the cases against Minor
postponed till Monday next and will be further post
poned unless the District Attorney able to attend at
that time, which is understood TO be doubtful. -
s ssfss8s IS rs Nsu London Chronicle, Saturday
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SwARa OF BEES IN CHIMNEY.-Mr. Charles C. Coffin
connected with the Boston press who resides in Maden
on Sunday while sitting in one of his rooms (pennng
something worth reading, no doubt heard singular
noise coming from the direction Of the fire place On
tracing it to its source he found of bees had
ken possession of the upper portion of the chimney and
we're busy manufacturing honey for the The
only perPexiy in the mind Of Mr. Coffin is how he will
Travelling in chimney and among bees might be SCOT
able but not pleasant.--Boson Bee
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1857-06-27

FATAL AccIDENT-A lad about ten years of age. named
George Baker, of Frederick Baker, residing in
Baltimore, instantly killed Monday evening by
the train for Philadelphia He had got upon the
the depot and when he attempted get off he thrown
beneath the car His head mashed one arm nearly
severed from the body. and the right side badly crushed
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1857-06-27

SAD-A Fort Dodge paper wants information of any
friends of little boy in that town. single survivor
of whole family buchered by the Indians Springfield
Minnesota, in March. He gives his John Sid
man Stewart of Josiah Stewart formerly of Indiana
county, Pennsylvania. His mothers maiden name was
probably Fleming Also of the friends of young lady
about sixteen years DID, named Elizabeth Gardner who
alone of her family escaped death Her father for
merly of Seuben county, New York She is at Fort
Do0ge but knows none of her relatives.
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1857-06-27

Coon BACKERs-AN INCIDENT OF SpIRIrUAIIsM A
long bearded customer recently entered spiritual book
store in this city and applied for an agency He pro-
posed to take large quantity of books to his part of
the country, "away out Wes," where he represented
that he could sell them he was assured by the
inyisibles The enterprisng bookseller was of course
delighted with this prospect Of sale but his enthu-
siasm was somewhat dampened when the long bearded
gentleman remarked that he had no money and wanted
the books entirely upon credit.
care you responsibe?" was the natural inquiry Of the
merchant. y 49,
" Perfectly" ii A'ska set
&" What evidence of your bility can YOU furnish
have the best of hackers whose names Won know
WE'LL" $3.50 ~ 800 Ano"
The merchants countenance frightened. every ve y
said be, g let us see your papers" .ess 5t5
Thereupon the customer presented the following
!" To tohom 1t may We, the undersigned b.v
ing been acquainted spiritually with Mr. 49, of
Wisconsin, for many years, recommend him AZ nsr-
feety reliable aud would be afraid to trust him 10
amount GEORGE WASHINGTON,
THOMAS JEFFERSON
Henry CLAY,
THOMAS PARSE,
I,E JOHN MILroS and others
Through Jane E., medium" 49, 3 Z. 81
The bookseller remarked that the hackers we're
If the medium was reliable but he thought ON the
WHOLE he would prefer keep the books The customer
hereupon denounced the bookseller as an imnosfer
ing him that he did not believe his owa doctrnes and
that the spirits would expose his duplicy TO the world
OF this he felt assured by the spirit of proph ecy within
him. The bookseller was not convinced Nv r. Post,
= n tEN NE
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FROM THE MOBILE DAILY ADVERTISER.
The New Orleans Commercial Bulletin of Monday con-
tains brief but cogent address signed by large
Der of leading 'Old Line Wings in New Orleans to
their brother Wings of Louisiana. We must confess
that the raising again of the old Wing slogan
music to ears and we would rejoice to hear the
strain caught up by the Wings throughout the Union
who, like the sgners think they fully cooperate
with the American party. Such movement, properly
directed would be productive of much good it would at
least, with the aid of the American party serve as
brake to the train of State that may the nteg
rty of the country from the danger being shpwrecked
by unskilful or reckless pilots or engineers.
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And let no one and least OF all one OF friends
and fellowctzens, who know and measure some of
the personal sacrifices making, underrate the inn
portanee of the have assumed II is certainly
diplomatic snecure. 1t is obscure function. By
of those sudden whirls planet sometimes makes
China and Chinese affairs have presented themselves in
most imposing interest to the eyes of mankind. They
disturbed Great Britain the other day the English peo
pie faucying whether rightly wrongly do not pre-
tend to say, that point of honor involved They
occupy the attention Of the empires of continental
Europe and in Paris and ST. Petersburgh there
cious far-seeing scanning the map of the dis
tant world. tesEB tsasn
Ihas stirred the commercial policy smaller States
for observe they dspatchng ships of and dplo
matte agents the of trouble The sympathies of
Chrisendom awakened from the venerable power of
the Church Rome through every denomination of Pro-
ment China which from 1910 to this day has been
relatively forgotten except by the vigilance
of commercial interested in its peculiar trade China
looms up from the dim distance the great object OF the
worlds interest just now and venture to affirm that
no civilized nation has direct and important rela
tions to China than the United States. Not England
with her string of colonial settlements and her military
and commercial marine in nook and corner OF the
world not imperial Russia with her conterminous terri
tory extending sixty degrees of longitude have
direct interest than this Republic, mainly through
its youthful settlement of the western coasts. When MIR.
Cushing after the negotiation OF his treaty of 1874 turn
ed his face homeward by the way of the Pacific he had 10
seek his path through Mexico and friendly hand or
voice. sound of his mother tongue greet ed him on the
soil of this continent In four years the flag Of this
Union, planted by the hand of unexpected conquest,
planted BY the navy of the United Stales always ready
gallant enterprise oated in every part of
anu now thirteen years later STILL great and prosper
GUS community American in name in organization, In
ana mos American In energy and enterprise has
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-08-14

The WIG, IHE GOVERNORS ORGAN
We admire the temper snd humor o. the Richmond
nhsg, in It's article Of Tuesday .asi upon "tns En-
J;rs and 1h5 S5rk." II 10 Eatiiral that il should
be pleased at the skrrGisA between two Democrats
papers. 1t 10 natural that it rhould tall upon IT.
knees ard sitL clasped hands. and eyes upturned
Heavss, like duck in thunder storm, pray "a
xind Providence to supply both OF these chivairit
combatsuts with health sud strength, and many
days" to rrolone indefinitely the refreshing combat
We have felt the aals pleasure, chen We have seen
the Wig take Up its friends ana spank them souh'
ly We have enjoyed to tho utternost the scene
VIXEN The hkiE had mounted itself Upon some iH''
pending cloud, and se=ing the hunder6oIts OF 1"''
has hurled them with aara9s fury against ts 'oie'
friends, the Know. Nu,hinss, and driven ts very oea
fellows hsfors i, With the fury Of td tornado wrath
We hsye Quietly and calmly looked on, smiling COM
placenlly, though We could not out 'ee' co'n"'1
sa,stioo too while the Wig, pulled By the cara al
o,or,d II. own house its friends, Morris aud Ely
son and Mills and Burwel, becauae its own family
do,sd n recommend these gentlemen for legslatiy
honors. Many, and oftiGes have Wa chuckIed wbe,
il lst slid its dogs IL hunt the gama in s Own pack
and sometimes We have even imagined We tasted tb
deisso.s veniaon. 1t has peculiar way OF cookib,
and serving ito meat that renders it savory aud Ss
cnst;ns, and when ws we're denied the privilege Of
repast upon the reality, We haTs oonsolsd ourselve
stt the delcacies Of tie luscious perfume wbic
issacd from its e.;:sse. 1t hes the dantest way o
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,p,,s.yp pAIiY, sKaIwEERLI AND wEKxLf.
nv RlTCHIE & DUNSAVANT.
T f. X NJ s (:

rs seven dollars Fer snns% and :. the
se ~, the Semi Weekly, i've dollars per annum. and
!eA ,. Tor six n,on,hs payable in advance For the
rroure. g. per sunum or six copies for $40. to
W S,i invariably in advance When letters containing
e re sen, by mail. they must be registered or they
u. "'-, =; :hr risk ct the @ritess
~" " TEAMS or ADVERTISING.
,r Navy ESavIRRR--Fnr rEs lines or less, hrsl
- INV cents and every succeeding insertion twen'
ne. .rn,s II inserted twice a week or three times
ana halt cents for each insertion after
snd when inserted only once week hiiy cens
t e ~ur SrMIw.EKIY - For TEN lines ess 6rst
- seventy i've cents for each subsequent insertion
@ .,s when inserted only week seventy
.; ..3,. ,5- each 'nscrtion
' % -vv WxEKLY--Far TEN lines or less, first inser'
..y,u,y eve cents for each continuance hity cents
,nus s, charged s35 tor square OF ten
n. IL ior .qu.tes, and in that proportion tor MA
r,,smsn,s of greater length except Auctioncers VINO
w. rh.r.ed 800. paper included)
- an Obituaries and Trbntes Of Respcet, exceeding
.,ees- eT lines are charged ior ns advertisements
S-icr. rom distance Elust be acanpanr" WIN the
y OF satisfactory referenc"s i"insuFe eNee,"n'
- 81 iuc- ~ ths otice may be remtsd per msi ia
.y..llc Bank notes Il rsgiscred at Tie rsS oi
4 +. ;':I's
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-08-14

TIME subscriber oilers for sale his farm Orange View
IL lyiag on tho Rapid Ann River, Culpeper county,
virgnia within hall mile Of the Rapid Ann Station,
the Orange and AeXandria Rail Road, in thicky set
tied neshborood: the society equal to any In Virginia,
and the county very healthy one.
The tract contains 634i ACRES. with abundance OF
timber convenient the rail road and large portion OF
the cleared land has tine South easery exposure; and
for producveness OF crops will think, compare tayore
bly, with those of Of the farms in the uelghboho5t
the wheat crop having for years pact rgnged om
!: 20 800 bushels without tfe us: Ct gHG1o WHICH Wop
pp,tc.,- dn;u,c thsr,,oY on'ihs ermc lRad
larger portion of the cleared land ard the surrounding
country in view Of large number OF residences, with
Merchants Griss and Saw Mills, very convenient also
Post Office.
This FARM 10 within four and half hours travel by
rail road Of Richmond Virginia and two end halt C.
three hours to Alexandria and Washington City.
Pcr-cns desiring further Information respecting this
Farm with view of purchasing, Invited to rs it, or
address the subscriber Rapid Ann Station, Cupepe'
county,Va- L. X. TALlAFERRO.
April lO-cts
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-08-14

OFFER Private Sale my Farm, lying in the county
Il OF Prince William, adjoining the land Of Judge Tyler
and immediately on the Tur"pitc soa3 ,ad;. from
Alexandria 10 "Grr:c, a. tao I'D ta!s rifel from
Csinesyle Gepoc cnrrc &HhaSsGs Gap Rail load thirty
i've miles distant fatS eEandis which piac. br
reached ia tT0 hours az ;ha GAZE
Thi. Ectn,e ioataRG Nine hundred and Fortyone and
Half Aores--abnut four hunte of which in Wood
aud Timber The balance in cleared and divided into
nine Fields all OF them well watcred by lasting Springs
Broad Run-a large and never failing mountain stream
passes through the from West East bordering
on which is beautiful Meadow of tr-d-rd lc:es
now well taken in Tr'o.t" b.. g ..g, Qud 1lal only
valuable elo., Gisnt7 s;eiG far grazing pur
poses ILe IiiGnds are railing and susceptible Of any
degree Qf Improvement.
The improvements are Il large and commedious Dwell
ing with spacious four above and three be-
low stairs and the necessary out houses Surround.
ing the yard is large and ourshng Orchard Of Apples,
Paars Peaches Cherries Aprcos &c, of the finest
reties and many Of them in full bearing Country CtOrcs
are numerous aud corYcc.e: -le .sil hood s
surpassed IS "a; "a Ike Sale orhcaith and nHords the
best socsty 80
those wishing to purchase fnc country residence,
will do well N call And examine this estate
For further info tuation address Judge H. Ccas Lee
Baltimore Nd, or the spbsciibe5..
Vo
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UIFTy poILARs RswARn-'

IL wn.i It;r GOls:s y ~ he rhid ~. Tue npprehen
III II .sl., il.ai. :-snIsd jOHH. oomci mes calling
uu,c!f Nelson Il ,a..n within the Stale, and twenty nv.
l-. II ,s.r wl..u hi. county, upon his deive
~ 70 II. subscriber. N YIN Greanor oI Richmond.
.issadf n ~ Gi Jti' Tr-t: s:s rsaa"sf AT W III
sp!,ny dppes Ht", 'ar 4uiex "A answering "noh spo
lea 10 Is stou rc or inches high, quite slim, and
ery DARK IN complexion II s supposed he Is sun "rS
ina abou; ,t "!y o.uuy md, he has relations In
fleerck-tur and EsCs county he may he IN either OF
N :. agi-.aor. ,gl- : RiRt t, p-aGs: !llr,
ii, eli Esss.: r5uatv. Va
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FIFTY p0LIAns RE,,ARN

OaSANA, '.of.. my .ogs;, ou tas l"i Ct Iniy. my
10 nrs.o mEn A0aES ne ia - years oi sse, s about
hsI Las crnm rtun,cnance, is trim made broad Hat
speech aL :s mol very quick 10 speak when ne eit e.
bad check s 81 cGthes aud plea,cd bosom snirt,
All -e.i .l.co aal nat We houg ut him IN R!ch
Ond pf5 wrrks ago. H. said he .Tas raised III
Warren county, -. | have uo CO IL aiming 10 get
.A"ktO ut cluaty. yr-.f!o ask him ~hO iie
,2.ga;e+ tarro - Goab, ,ut .e would say that he Is
tie ..e ..o:s sc.,,!i vii .e paid Ia. b.s deliStry
s5G-a"n utrt nm in Jail sa tgat We get him safe
sad so.hi O.' pcsi orHr" tlrHshnt Grove aud Reho
fsil, LUrupur: "a JOS r. DAVIS and
Aug CT, NM T. DAVIS.
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FIVE nTyDxrp DOLLARS REWARD.

DAHAWAN from n. subscriber living On Fork Creek
IL Ia the coaa,y Ui Louisa, shout tht LIST oi
asrch a., ID Nero Mua &c" C. sad .ssfo !. about
.r.o5 e. .osu. 8 fc..: &c ar II inches high, and
sct!f b.it ,hor-h aot neshy iUuid ,ace. SHOVE his
,,t! ia .9aaIs ei sprishty Countcnance and answers
;srxy when spoken To- no scars or marks rccollec:ed
sasin. he holds his head very rather throwing
i 5.ck
It !, protaLl. the said negro may have gone, or At
I2ei u 60 10 Ohio IN The ncl-hhorhood To which the
- 10 .....- e tGs 'ht. s.ll,sn P-g"nd oi
a.t.sa e.. :,...
ThH above r.u;ard of 800 wil! paid Tor the sppre
el On st said neu IL taken cui o. rho state and de
rreei or od e', in any Jlil within this Stale go
'e, e,, rim again. sloAif taken uithiS he state, and
=. Sta.c :. thu; %. nir and 80 taken within the
.cly ard clytei ,le lodged in the Jail OF the
.rsi :6uu,I.
I.'y II -c4.. JULIAN JOHNSON.
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pENITENTIARy or VIRGINIA.

II
vi and at the Agents Store No %. Pearl s,rce; the
following articles, ut reduced prices. &c wit
'5o... Gao,s aud y:osaes
!, p,ot.en, Ct.idtsn ana Servants SIues
wagon anG Cart fIarness of crery iesc:!?iios
..ch!nc Ba2is Lasieer H9sG
y>Lsops, Gart3
:!ay. and Whecl5arrows
WEt..ass, Safes. So
Striped ana plHi Cottor'
her.sys sri Linseys, for plantation tshis
i,tn Il Msjs Clolaing icr Se:sscgs -
s.Cie a.;c.es c.. hsrd ana tor sale. u viii
rade o., r. a..ci other lob work done to order on
ssor, Eo.c o gss. t. pEuciEhi susiomers only on
sA0ri tins
Orders ton the country, wL satisscory reisrencrs
promptly attended TO- Address K ~ ElMMo.
Ialy $-ctf aceu, and S,srekeeper Va Pencntisry
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VALUABLE REAL ESTATE Elli: sAI.
TNH EndercisnedH.il :ss 1t puplic eEtsion on sA4
Il uRDA}, husu.t %, rss51, some very TaSable aHd
4eslrable property In the to~n OF New ProyaeSce
Tenn, consistine Of trst raic
TOBACCO STFMMERY,
Having capacity for putting up six hundred Eosstsads OF
stripe.
aooD FRAME DWELLING
With comfortable brick Cabins attached, Cistcrn, Ice
House and Stables with about four of land situa
ted 10 high healthy and desirable location either for bu
siness or residence.
ANY person desiring property of this description
do brter than to this Persons wishing to exam.
inc the property before the day of sale sill receive al
Terms made known day of sale.
July l3-clm 1. n. SMITH.