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The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1857-12-18

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COMMERCIAL HOUSE
No. SO, Main Street.
REAR ENTERANcE THROUGH MARsDEN's LANE.
THE SUBSCRIBER has leased and
style as a
FIRST CLASS RESTAURANT.
Where he would be pleased to see and serve
mis- friends and the public, with every thing
required for the satisfaction of the inner man.
His Bar will be stocked with the choicest
LIQUORS AND SEGARS.
His larder with every edible delicacy in sea-
son. His new Eating Saloon is fitted up in
Private Room, for the purpose of Gentlemen.
Confident of pleasing, he only asks trial.
Walter Taylor's Brandy on hand.
Dinner every day at l o'clock, for the
purpose of accommodating those who have a
long distance to go.
oc % B. PEDDLE, Proprietor.
M & JAKEMAN,
1xl HOUSE, SHIP AND SIGN
PAINTERS.
No. L, Roanoke Square.
NORFOLK, VA.
TO THE PUBLIC.
Hail hOnored ages of grand progression,
While each one clings to his profession,
And science moves with onward motion,
To suit each hayward thought and notion,
Bringing to light some new invention,
More strange than modern wit can mention,
Or genius paint with true endeavor,
Though making graphic strides forever,
While reason urges proud ambition,
TO strive for wondrous competition;
Yet in this age of glorious Art,
We can the need of praise impart,
When meritorious efforts claim
A modest puff to gild the name,
And thus we call with honest pride,
Attention to the Painters Side,
Two men who bravely know their calling,
Whose works are worthy of extolling,
Two model artists Of the day,
And most obliging in their way,
Moreland & Jakeman-mark the name,
In Roanoke street you'll find the same,
Call at their shop number one,
You'll get the best of Painting done,
And whether Foe, Friend, or neighbor,
They'll charge but moderate for their labor,
So now l invite each one and all,
So walk around, and give them call.
Oc 25-6m
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putter! Butter 20 Kegs good Butt
- just the article for Buckwheat, for sal
by JAS. L. JONES.
Oc Ii
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Groceries, &c.

JAs. e. JON E. s, No. 2, Campbell
~ Wharf, has in store fine lot of Sugar
Crushed Pulverized Granulated and the 4
B. a. G. Sugars, which he offers for sale 10,
by the Darrell, or pound. Come and buy.
Oc 20
The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1857-12-18

Medicine proved By thousands to be the
great refrigerator and Restorer Of the Sys-
The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1857-12-18

Beranger, the sweet poet of France, never
wrote anything more exquisitely beautiful
than the following:
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New BuckWheat and No. l, Mach
~ rell, in store and for sale by
JAS. L. JONES,
&C IA No. 2, Campbells wharfI
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no 4
The weekly Columbian., 1857-05-09
APhysIeian,s Evidence on Dancing.

That beautiful, graceful accomplish
ment of dancing, SO perverted by late
hours and the indecency of fashionable
attire, has outraged many sensible peo-
pie, and led them to deprive the young
of one OF the most simple and healthful
enioyments because it has been abused,
For myself, l can testify not only to its
healthful, but to its recuperative power.
The fortieth, nay fiftieth year of my age,
found me enjoying this life cheering ex-
ereise. 1t should be one of the earliest
amusements of children, and care should
be taken by parents that it Is understood
as an amusement. While am on this
topic, l will mention case that occurred
in my practice. 4 thoughtful, anxious
mother, who had lost three children,
brought to me her only remaining child,
! a daughter-her temperament nervous
billious-the nervous tearfully predomi
nant, with great irritability of the sys-
tem-peevish, p ASST ona e, dyspeptic,
sleepless-of course exacting, arbitrary,
and uncomfortable; the poor child look
ed sad, old, morbid, and miserable. She
had been to school because her parents
| thought it an amusement for her to be
with other children. After critically ex-
amining her physiognomy, l said to her
mother:
"What is the temperament of your
husbandl"
1.-The same as my own!" she replied.
"Then the child is doubly stamped" /
continued, "and very vigorous measures
must be used if you expect to restore her
health. Divorce her Immediately from
everything mental SO far as memorizing
is concerned-then send her TO dancing
school, shat she may combine exercise
with order and melody. and thus some of
her rough edges may be rounded"
The child-her large eyes wide open
with wonder and delight-interrupted
with:
Dancing school? o, how I've long
ed to go-but mother says it's wrong,
and leads to wickedness."
What dilemma for physician =
What dilemma for a child!
"Did you ever intend your daughter
to play the piano, guitar, or other musi-
cal instrument said to the mother.
20, yes" was the answer.
"Why" l continued, "why show such
partiality to the upper extremities ?"-
The hands are rendered happy as me-
dunn of melody; the feet are rendered
equally happy in the same way
A nice afternoon school received the
little girl, who grew in health and har-
mony every month as she followed the
hyglenic rules prescribed for her. Dan
cling is healthful, beautiful, graceful re-
creation, and is not responsible for the
abuses luxury has thrown around it.
The vulgarism and excitement of the
ball room have no more to do with the
simple enjoyment of the dance than the
rich wines and the suptuous banquets of
the gourmand, in whom they induce dis
ease, have to do with the temperate re-
pasts that satisfy the natural wants of the
body.-Dr. Harriet X. Hunt.
The weekly Columbian., 1857-05-09
4 Slight Mistake.

Jim Ware! is conductor on the cast
ern division OF the New York Central
Railroad, running daily between Utica
and Albany. Ward has been in the en-
ploy of the Central Railroad for long
period of years, and Is one of the oldest
con luctnrs in the country. Invariably
accommodating and polite, he is partlcu
larly attentive to the ladies, and always
manages to make himself favorite with
those ofthe fair sex who accompany the
| train under his direction.
A short time since. when a train under
his direction was on its way east from
Utica, one of those interesting incidents
| occurred on board the train, which adds
to the visible number of passengers. hut
scarcely ever increases the profits of the
| trip.
Ward, as soon as he discovered the
condition of the lady, hustled about, and
with the tain rnnniug forty miles an
hour. fixed up portion of the express
| car. and conveved her thereto. A phy
scian by the name of Beecher was on
the train His services were immedi
a,ely put in reqni>ition, aud in short
time Ward had the pleasure of announ-
cling To his anxious passengers, that mo-
ther and babe were doing as we'll as
could he expected under the circumstan-
ces
The mother was poor woman, and
as soon as it became known, Ward went
around with hat, and in a short time a
handsome purse was collected, and Jim
with his countenance absolutely filtering
off happiness, took it into the mother
After he re-appeared the passengers pro-
posed that the child should be named.-
No sooner said than done. Jim went in
and got the baby, with the consent of the
delighted mother brought it out, when j,
was proposed that it should be named
James Ward" after Jim, and Beeche,
after the physician who had professedly
.. attended the mother. 1t was adopted
by acclamation. and amid a general shout
and appreciation the babe was named
"James Ward Beecher." Jim with a
smile of iIl-concealed delight, was lug
pinc off his little namesake, when some
of the ladies requested to see the Little
baby" 1t was passed from hand to hand
among the ladies, all admiring the little
bundle, but at the same time general
disposition to smile aud stuff handker-
chiefs IN their mouths among the women
Jim wondered. but wondered in vain
what this subdued laughter meant, unit
, the babe was handed to an old lady,
She had not had it more than inmate
when she exclaimed.
"Law Suzp !"
"Wel, what's the matter" said jim
fearfully.
"Why, it's Gall" said the old wo
mar, handing the babe to Jim.
Then rose yell of laughter; the mer
broke out first, then the women, ther
, they broke out together, until one uni
versal scream filled the Car. Severa
gentlemen threw their hats and mufflerl
: out of the windows, while others endeav
ored, unsuccessiuly, to 'saw their leg
off" The women blushed and scream
> ed +; the men shouted and held their sides
In the midst of this storm of fun ant
laughter, Jim made his escape from TIT
car with his female "Jim Ward Beech
err" and. for the rest of the trip on th'
!, platform ofthe baggage car, rumlnatet
on the sudden changes and mutations o
human life-Bufalo Republic.
The weekly Columbian., 1857-05-09
A DUELLIkG LEssoN.-Two you

A DUELLIKG LEssoN.-Two young
surgeons of Paris had dispute upon
some trivial affair, which resulted in
challenge and the subsequent arrange.
ment for a duel. They reached the
ground early in the morning with their
seconds and pistols, and found an old wo-
man there who held youth by the hand.
"Why are you here2" asked one OF
the combatants, turning towards the old
woman.
Il heard last night from old Pierre,
the boatman," she said, "that he had en-
gagged to bring over two young gentle
men this morning, and felt sure there
was to be a duel"
"And are you SO fond of such sights,
my good woman :" asked one of the sur
geons.
"No, she quickly returned !; but on
the contrary, l dislike them. Yet l
meant to come and see this one. This is
my grandson. His father, my child, and
only son, fell in duel. Young LuIen is
hot and impetuous, and have feared he
might at some time fall into this same
error, if he was not warned-so have
brought him out here that he might see
one friend shoot another, hoping that the
scene may effectually cure him of all de-
sire ever to maintain his honor at such
fearful expenst. You may go on; l will
not trouble you"
The two surgeons gazed first upon the
old woman and her fair-haired grand
child, and then upon each other; they
blushed, and then smiled.
"Shall we give her the lesson" :" said
one.
mo, we will give her BETTER" an
swered the other.
And they shook hands and went back
to the city.
The weekly Columbian., 1857-05-09
THE GRAVE.
BY EMMA MARYLAND.

Once, Alice. in the "long ago,
rover in a r-off land,
fell upon lonely grave,
Deep in . forest old and grand.
The lofty trees stretched pleadingly
Their painting branches to the sky,
Al if to pray the monsoon's breath
Might pass them scathless by.
Tho mountain breeze was musical;
The ripple of joyous rill
Winding around that solemn place,
Was more melodlous still.
But all forgot-sky, trees and wind,
m And cen the dead leaves rustling tone
gazed upon the emerald turf,
Beneath which slept the pale unknown.
An e1 ilSfrom his father land
Perchance lay here entombed,
BY the careless hand of straaser band,
Where the lotus Wild flower bloomed.
And then, there flashed thought Of one
Who WAS horne from her western home
In the au,umn-t time, to milder cline
Acrcss Atiantic's foam.
She came no more On foreign shore
They told me that she died.
In "a sunny nook, by gurgling brook,
They laid my plghted bride.
This was her grave. Az, Alice, weep
Too great my woe for tears:
Ia the forest deep, alone to sleep.
Through the days and nights of the dismal yea
The weekly Columbian., 1857-05-09

n Late accounts from Utah repre-
sent Brigham Young as fast declining to-
wards the grave, and indicate that that
most immaculate saint and teacher will
soon leave to the cold charities of the
world something like hundred wild.
owB.
The weekly Columbian., 1857-05-09

Yellow fever is said to be raging quite
severely at Rio Janeilo, andseveral Amer
ican vessels have lost officers and men by
the fearful scourRe.
The weekly Columbian., 1857-05-09

A New PAPER.-We understand there
will be new paper started in Volcano,
in the course Of three weeks.-Globe.
The weekly Columbian., 1857-05-09

A STRANGE ADvENTURE.-Mr. Red
blossom drank more than his usual allow
ance of rum and sugar one cold night
last week; the consequence ofwhich was,
he gave his wife rather confused account
of his conduct on his return home.
"Mr. Smiths grocery invited me TO go
and drink cousin Sam-and you see, the
weather was dry-and was very sloppy
so didn't mind punching one drink
-and it is queer how my head went into
the punch, though! The way home was
SO dizzy that | slipped upon little dog
the corner of the street bit me-and
an old gentleman with cropped ears, and
brass collar on his neck said he belonged
to the dog-and was-you understand
-'ic-that is, l don't know nothing more
about itv
The weekly Columbian., 1857-05-09

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JOSEPH SPIER.

A,-sy ORNAMENTAL AND CARRIAGE PAINTER.
- sho2-S-It door 10 xckentys ste.s Broadway, Co
rcusf. ie2ltf.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1857-05-28
pastrg.
The Girl with the Calico Dress.
BY RoREar JossELyN.

A fig for your upper-ten girls.
+. With their velvets and satins and laees,
Their diamonds aud rubies and pearls,
And their milliner figures. and faces;
They may shine at party Or ball, s
Emblazoned with half they possess,
But give ME in place of them all.
My girl with the calico dress.
She is plump as a partridge, and fair,
As the rose in its earliest bloom
Her teeth @Sith ivory compare,
And her breath with the clover perfume
Her step is as free and as light
AS the fawn's whom the hunters hard press
And her eye is as soft aud as bright,
My girl with the calico dress
Your dandies and foplings may sneer'
at her simple and modest ATTIRE
But the charms she permits to appear
Would set the whole icebergs on fire'
She can dance-but she never allows
The hugging, the squeeze, the caress,
She is saving all these for her spouse,
My girl with the calico dress.
She is cheerful, warm. hearted, and true,
And kind to her father and mother
She studies how much she can do
For her sweet little sisterand brother
II you want companion for life,
To comfort, enliven, and bless,
She is Just the right sort for awife,
My girl with the calico dress.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1857-05-28
AMENpMExr NO. d.

-AMhNDmERI NJ Z,
ReSo5ued By the General assembly Of tie
State Of Ohio, Three ffths of the mem
bers elected to each House concarring
therein, That it be and hereby is propos-
ed TO the electors Of the State, on the sec
ond Tuesday of October next, to approve
or reject the following amendment as a
substitute for the first and second sections
ofthe thirteenth article of the Constitution.
viz: Corporations of every description
shall be created. and corporate powers
granted only by general laws which shall
define the powers, privileges and immuni-
ties and prescribe the duties and liabili-
ties OF each class or descriptions of corpo-
rations, but the General Assembly may
enact special laws for the relief of corpo-
.rations. in peculiar cases, and may make
special provisions in regard to corpora-
tions in cases wherefrop their peculiar To-
cation orinterests such special provisions
are required. and may from time to time
alter or repeal all such laws,as are author
lied by this section.
N. H. VAN WORRIES,
Speaker of the House Representatives..
THOMAS H. FORD,
President the Senate.
Dated April Sd, 1857
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1857-05-28
stick 10 Him Jimmy.

Two brothers from the Emeral Isle, a
few years since. purchased piece fland
not far from Kennebec, and went to work
to clear it up. After cutting down the
large growth and burning over the under
brush, they proceeded to contrive plan
to get the fallen trunks together in a pile
, for the purpose Of burning also. The land
lay upon side hill; and they concluded
thatiftbey could roll large log which lay
near the summit. and place it about half
way down, they might pile the rest against
it and thus secure the object. But how
were they to prevent it, when once under
way, from rolling to the bottom, and thus
defeating their plan9
To accomplish this they obtained a
rope, and making one end fast to the log,
one Of them was to hold on Co the orher
end to preventits going too far, while the
other was to start it. Fearing that he
might not be able-to prevent the rope from
slipping through his fingers. Jimmy
who was the steersman, tied it to his
body.
'.Start him aisy, Phelim, said be, after
convincing himself that all was fright and
tight"
Phelim did start him. and as the log
commenced its progress, the rope caught
in projecting knot, and began rapidly tc
wind up. 1t soon drew poor jimmy
chuck up. First the log went over him
and he vent over the log, and they con-
tinued their circumgyrations and soner.
sets. Phelim watched their progress for
moment and then sang out:
t'Stick to him, Jimmy-faith you're q
match for him any way, your on top hal
the time"
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1857-05-28

asthe General Assembly may deem expe-
dent Provided, that burying grounds,
public school houses, and all other public
property, and all institutions of purely
public charity, and all houses used exclu.
sively for public worship. shall be exempt
rom taxation; and if the total value of the
personal property of any person shall not
exceed fifty dollars, the same may be ex-
empt from taxation. All property en-
ployed in banking shall always bear a
burden of taxation equal to that imposed
on the property of individuals.
N. II. VAN WORRIES.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
THOMAS H. FORD,
President Of tie Senate.
Dated April Sd, 1857.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1857-05-28

A good story is told Of a fellow in North
Carolina. Having been put in jail for
marrying thirteen wives, be made his es-
cape, and was seen three or four days af-
terwards by gentleman who recognized
him. The gentleman, anxious to secure
the reward for his apprehension, invited
him to dinner. AMI then slyly slipped out
in pursuit of a constable; but grea. was
his horror on his return, to find that the
culprit had absconded with his own wife
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1857-05-28
DR.. MORSE,
THE INVENTOR OF
Morse S Indian Root
PILLS.

HyHIS pl1ilanthropist has spent the greater
part of his life in travelling, having visit
ed Europe, ASIA and Africa as we'll as North
America--has spent three years among the In
dians of eur Western country. 1t vas in this
way that the Indian Root Pills were first dis
covered. DIR. Morse was the first man to es~
tablish the fact that all diseases arise from NJ
PURITY OF THE BLOOD that our strength,
health and life depended upon this vital fluid.
When the various passages become clogged,
and do not act in perfect harmony with the
different functions of the body, the blood loses
its action, becomes, thick, corrupted and dis
eased thus causing pains, sickness, and dis
t.ess of every name; our strength Is exhausted,
our health we are deprived of, and if nature is
not assisted in throwing off the stagnant hu-
mors, the blood will become choked and cease
to act, and thus our light of life will be forever
blown out How important then that we should
keep the various passages of the body free and
open. And how pleasant to us that we have
it III our power to put medicine In your reach,
namely, Morse's Indian Root Pills, mannfac-
tured from plants and roots which grow around
the mountainous cl ifs in Natures garden. for
the health and recovery of diseased man. One
ofthe roots from which these Pills are made is
Sudorife, which opens the pores OF the skin,
and assists Nature in throwing out the finer
parts of the corruption within The second is
plant which is an Expectorant, that opens
and unclogs the passage to the lungs, and thus,
in IL soothing manner, performs its duty by
throwing off phlegm and other humors from
the lun $ by COZ ious splitting. The third is a
Diuretic, which gives ease and double strength
to the Kidneys; thus encouraged, they draw
large amounts of impurity from the blood,
which is then thrown out hountifully BY the
urinary or water passage, and which could not
have been discharged in any other way. The
fourth is Cathartlc, and accompanies the
other properties of the Pills while engaged in
purifying the blood the coarser PARTICLES OF
| impurity which cannot pass by other outlets,
are thus taken up and conveyed off in great
quantities by the bowels.
1 Obtain one of our FREE ALMANACS, and
read the history of DIR. Merse's father, and how
this medicine was introduced.
BRWARE of counterfeit of these Pills
YELLOW WRAPPERS. All genuine are in
BLUE wrappers, with the signature of a. j..
/ White & Co.. on each box. Price 25 cents.
A. j. WHITE d CO, Sole Proprietors.
/ GTFor sale by MAXWELL d HOLToN,
Upper San husky. 9-1yn
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1857-05-28
POU'eS' y wv 11oSVO1 y IT "OO 't011RecoV %
THOMAS II. FORD,
President of the Senate
Dated April Sd, 1857.
AMENDMENT NO. 2.

RESOLVED By THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE
STATE OF ONO, Three fifths of the members
elected to each House concurring therein, that
It be, and herebyis, proposed to the electors of
TINS State to vote on the second Tuesday of
October next, upon the approval or rejection
of the following amendment as substitu te
for the fifth and sixth sections of the fourth
article of the Constitution, viz: SEC. 5. Dis.
triet Courts shall be held in each county at
least once in each year, by one or more Dis
trict Judges elected by the electors of sepa
rate districts to be prescribed by law W no shall
hold their office fer five years ; and during
their continuance in Office shall reside in the
district for which they are elected, The pro-
visions of the fourteenth section of this article
shall apply to District Judges. The General
Assembly may by law authorize the Judges of
the District Court, and of the courts of COM
mon pleas, to fix the times of holding theirre
spective courts. Until District Judges shall
have been elected and qualified, District Courts
shall be held by the Judges of the Supreme
Court and Of the Courts of Common Pleas, as
now authorized. SEc. 6. 7 he District Court
shall have such jurisdiction as may be provi
ded by law, and the Judges thereof shall have
and exercise such power and Jurisdiction at
chambers, and may be required to sit as judges
of the courts of Common Pleas as shall be
directed by law,
N. Fl. VAN WORRIES,
Speaker Of the House of Representatives.
THOMAS Ell. FORD,
President of the Senate.
Dated April Sd. 1857