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Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-09-01
IVAN FED.

A 81 uATION as Teacher in Public school or p:
n vste Family, tthc latter pyeterrcd) by Young M.E
who has attended Lectures the University OF Virgin,
and has hud three years experience in teaching he WI
give instruction in Latin Spanish. Anplo Saxon, and j.
n!or Greek Mathematics ami French together with ta,
usual English Branches Hr would have objection u
going south. Address W. r.. Norfolk City, Va.
anv l5-ctOctl
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-09-01
A CERTAIN CURE FOR DYSPEPSIA

4 ND SUMNER COMPLAINT, highly recommends
n BY all physicians OF both tho old and new word
Lager Beer up bottles for family use.
Per dozen p!n.s 81 IS. Per dozen quarts s2 IS. 10
packages OF from ok dozen Put up and sold y
P. WILBACnEk, No. 2Ce. Main street,
Richmond VS..
No extra charge for package or drayoge
Orders from tee country will be promptly responded
p.ovided aaouat being added, good city reference
given
For saie aso-Lager Beer In quarter and aaf easf'
6 and IL gsi ons.
Superior Cres Als in quarter and half cask, Of sn'
l6 gallon. apr! ECU
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-09-01
TEACHER or M0DERN LANGUAGES WANT

TEACHER or MODERN LANGUAGES WANT
Ed y: a LARGE MALE SCHOOL
A GRADUATE Of the urivcr.ity o. Virgins. who has
~ given special attention modern languages. AID
can hlso teach Mathematics. would be preferred App!
immediately and direct to A. B Alexandra, Va.
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Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-09-01
EATTIFTI. COTTAGE FAnM or I2s

BEAUTIFUL COTTAGE FARM or I2S
ACRES, NEAR THE PLANK ROAD SIX MILES
NORTH OF RICHMOND FOR SALE.
AhE are authorized TO Fell the beautiful cottage
w Farm, Located Us above. djoinng the Yellow 1av
orn, now owned aud occupied by Mr Presley T. Akin.
SON. Tin" Improvement. are oil u.w-Gr- and
attractive. Too -h 10 good, the ntghborhod first
sni the place remarkably healthy There 10 nh auun.
d"nce OF hne wood land the place Term. reasonable.
Apply 20 GUDDiS g. APPERSOH.
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Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-09-01

Rail ROAD CoSrESTlpS Is UP 'nUR On the 5th
instant, II C'nvrnti"n WA held al Upshur Courf
House. or The purpo-e If devi-ing mean, for the X
t-r.s on u the LoudOun and HHmp-hirr R11l Il ,fd'
ar ut n-fru9iins orher rnsd from Al-IaIdrn
through Nor;h-W--trrn Virginia. The Cunvrn'o"
was larry and composed of Intelligent gentlemen from
fisrrisor Up hur. jackson, Richie. Tucker, G liner,
Fairfax, H,mprhrr, Alexandria, L'udnun, Lew 8.
Barbour aud BraS'on. Alter All animated aud TX
tended 1-cu riOn Of The various matters conn CT
With -n'h Improvement, the Convention adopted III;
following resolution:
.R. solved, Tha, the interes, OF Northern and
Western Nrs'r's clearly d-nsird thu construction oi
q ruil road from A-Irn!ria 20 the Oaio r!ver-'haf
We are 81 the opuon that extension OF any road.
terminating "a Alexandra. through Western virginia
10 the Oalo river, 81 ppnf not nth of Buh on
Island, il OF -Ipedi-nry, end absolute rsh-anI that
committee y: twenty BIZ nominated by the Pr-si
deu, OF this Convention to draft memorial TO the
Legislature Of Virginia in due end proper exposition
Of these views
This IL a movement. in the right direction and one
which viii result IN comforting lasting good upon The
inhabitants OF the Northwest. if prosecuted with az
energy worthy OF the g!ea; interests involved Ihe
improvement OF the Northwest has been too much
overlooked by our lsgisators-with most produo
tive soil and vast mineral wealth she. wants but the
meat, Of transportation 10 mark-; and she will pou
millions OF treasure into the lap Of The old Common
wealth. another Srea; advantage which would result
would be the opening up and bringing into msrke
all that rich aud vast doma 10 the Northwest there
by preventing the emigration Of our population tt
the tar West and adding thousands OF dollars 20 the
revenu,cf Virginia "a yet, the people il that PoF
ton o; the State have uoue but local improvements
and the making of the proposed Improvement wouit
be like the Creation Of a new Sisie-it would rtJu
venste the Old Dominion. The resources OF th,
Northwest will continue TO be unknnwn until the!
are drawn out oy some such Improvement as the nn
proposed. Keep The ball in mo;lon.-l Staunton ''n
dicasor.
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-09-01

Ill, eymphnZinH WIN the otyso VI tuc SouNeH'ou
was offered by DR. L.ach.
Rev. Mr. GRAY, of Va, objected To its reading. or
The ground that large number Of such cvlnmuuica
tons were in the hands OF members wlO would con
sumo much time their readng.
Rev. Mr.. Read of Virginia, offered resolution io
referring all letters to the Bu-iness Committee.
R.v Mr. Handy offered resolution 80 amending
the first resolution, TO refer the letters ~ spe
cia C, mmtee.
Mr. Mar-heii, of Tenn opposed the referring to
committee. He said the letters contsined advice.
come OF which had been asked, and sumo given IN
H,ked. lie was opposed to reading those OF either
class
DR. Leach moved to lay the whole subject on the
table Tbs motion was carried.
Mr.. Painter, OF Tennessee, offered q resolution
creating committee on leave OF ABSENCE consisting
Of Rev. Geo Painter, OF Teun., Rev. DIR. Ordway OF
Tenn and Rev. o. McLane, Of Miss.
a resolution was adopted for the adjournment OF
the Convention every day from TO o'clock.
On motion, the Convention adjourned until
o'clock.
EVENING SESSION.
a letter from Hon. Samuel Jefferson, Of Port Penn,
Delaware, giving for bis not being present
was read. He stated his Church was Disguised at the
action of the General Assembly, aud that they sym
pathizs with the Southern Synod. He hoped the
Convention would discus, the subject for the discus
TO some future day. in order to give those NOT now
present an opportunity to participate In its delioera-
tions.
DR.. Leach. of Virginia, and Mr.. Martin, OF Ten
nsssee, were appointed q committee TO wait on the
Business Committee, and ascertain If they were ready
10 report.
Mr. Price, Of the Secretaries, stated that by &C
cident :he members Of the Convention who came over
the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad
had bssn charged full fare On hearing of this Ed
via Robinson. Esq ths President, refunded the en-
tire sum collected, 1881 and rendered free passes
to those delegates returning by that route.
Tbs committee who had waited on the business
committee. reported that il would be ready to make
u report at o o'clock.
The Convention then adjourned until o'clock,
many o. the members remaining in the house 10 en-
gage in religious services.
NIGHT sEssIoI.
The Convention reassemoled at o'clock.
Kew. b. II. Boyd, Chairman Of the Business Com.
mittee, made the following report, which he stated
bad been adopted unanimously, with the exception
of one resolution
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tiuns were adopted.
DR. Junkin called up the report submitted by DR..
Moore, from hs Committee 10 whom was referred,
The evils resulting from The premature admission OF
students to the Colleges aud the Universities of the
State" 10 which were appended several resolutions,
published in the fret days proceedings.
After lengthy discussion, in which Messrs. Jun
kim Eishburn Leavenworth, Morrison. Davis aud b.
NJ Smith. participated on motion the secnnd resolu-
ton vi the s.res which reats follows, was stricken
out:
. That the college admit no student under -
wears OF age, or who has not completed such ele-
men,ary course in The department, which he pro.
poses To enter, as may DO agreed upon by the col.
eges.
Ca motion, the report and resolution were then
adopted.
Dr. Junkin offered the following resolution, which
he preiaced in few pertinent and welltimed re-
marks:
Resolved, That it ID expedent to organize per,na
nent Association, TO be- called the Virginia Educaton-
al Society.
Prof Minor favore. the movement, but suggested
that the name be changed TO Educational Society"
Prof. Is. NJ. Smith thought the idea capital one,
though not new, but the difficulty would bs to select
suitable place for the meetings. Hewas opposed 10
meeting in Richmond in August, and preferred Staun.
ton or Lexington.
On motion, the resolution was adopted.
On motion Of Prof Fishburn, committee OF four
was appointed TO prepare plan for the organlza-
Conmiltc- Drs. Juuxin, B. NJ Smith, sad Profs
Minor and K. j Morrison.
Prof. Fshburn offered the following resolution:
Resolved, That a committee of three bs appointed
10 report 10 the next session of this Convention on
the propriety Of the entire exclusion of Anthon's
editions of the classic. from all our schools. Com
mi,tee-Profs. Flsh5urn, Davis sUd Lsav-nworth.
Professor Joues called attention 10 the condition OF
this in!sut Children employed in cotton and wooliun
factories-to tn ir ignorance ana hopeless degrada
ton, aud desire. to see something done to remedy
the evil. lie offered the following resolution:
Resolved, That committee be appointed to en-
tenn Of Virginia, as to il. effects upon the physical
mental and moral condition Of their infant operatives
Professor Minor and DR.. Junkn thought the sub
ject belonged properly to the Legislature, npor-
tapt a. it was.
Professor Jones withdrew the resolution.
DR.. Junkin offered the following resolution
Resolved, That whom this Convention sdjourls, II
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-09-01

The following extract from letter OF the Rev. Ii
G. Hay, dated 9th May, now Of Aabahad, in India
but formerly Of Indianapolis. Indiana gives more
precise insight into the os,ensbe causes OF the out
break in Hindoostan than we have elsewhere met
SrIih
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-24

THE Comet AND The WEATHER.-There
can be no question, says the Louisville Jour
nal, but that the perturbed state of the
weather. which has for weeks set at naught
meteorological calculations, is produced, If
not directly at any rate indirectly, BY the
huge comet which is now whizzing through
space directly toward our small planet
Similar changes of the climate have been
observed before, during the passage of com
els near the earth. The comet of 1856 IL
said to have brought with it dense and un.
pleasant fog, which lasted for twenty one
days; that of 1926 was accompanied by heavy
rains and consequent inundations, and every
one must remember the unusually cold and
severe weather prevalent Mt the time of the
appearance of the brilliant comet of March
ls43. The comet now approaching the
earth IS that of Charles ", which first ap
peared in perehelion, in 1864. 1t may be
seen in clear evening neat b. Sagittari, and
is evidently nearing the earth with great ra.
pidity. Its passage across our orbit, or its
possible collision, may produce very impor
tant and extraordinary geographical changes.
There can be no doubt that its nleteorolog-
zeal effects are already becoming evident.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-24

RESULT OF HAsTy LRoIsLATIoN.-TheN Ma.
tional lntelligencer mentions an omission,
resulting from the hasiy Legislation Of the
laie Congress, which is ONO t,leimportance.
1t appears that although the committee of
ways and means had reported an item of three
hundred and sixty thousand dollars for the
national armories, no such item appears in
the law, and the manufacture Of arms for the
current year must be considerably curtailcd,
or the financial ingenuity of the War Depart.
ment must be exercised to find n method OF
borrowing from some other fund.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-24
fE- Some mathematical genius, after

tH- Some mathematical genius, after a
laborious research, has just demonstrated
the following facts:
The cost ef washing linen, that might have
been worn one day longer, just rs well,
amounts to enough, in ,hi. country, to defray
the expenses Of the American board Of foreign
missions!
The expense of buttons worn on the backs
Of our coats, where they nre Of no earthly
use. is equal to the support OF all our orphan
asylums.
The value of tails to dress conts (of no
value, in rolity, for warmth or convenience
is actually greater than the salary for COIN
mon schools!
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-24
FRosr ON THE WHEAT AND FRuIr Gro

FROsT ON THE WHEAT AND FRUIT CRors.
The Talladega Reporter, of the 9th inst,
has the following in reference to the effects
of the frost of last Sunday:
Some of our farmers say that wheat il
killed, and will have to put out again Ia
make any thing. Others insist that only the
most forward wheat il materially injured
All ngree however, that considerable dam.
age has been.done. But for this frost the
prospect tor superior crop of wheat would
IN very short time, have materially reduced
the price of corn. The alarm caused bv this
unexpected injury to the wheat will now, We
fear, cause breadstuffs to advance even b..
yond what the circumstances would Justify.
But bread the people must have, ard we
hope they may be able to obtain it at liv.
ing prize.
The fruit-much of which had escaped
| the former frOst-is, We believe, nearly, il
not all killed. The peaches, 30 far us our
examinations have gone, are certainly de.
s.royed. The effects of this frost, thou h
far less serious, remind us forcibly of IN,
memorable frost OF the 10Th Of April, 1919
Then the wheat crop of this section was AL
most entirely cut off, the leaves on the for
est trees were killed, and every thing pres
ent dismal and gloomy appearance fol
weeks afterwards.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-24
For the Post.
CRITICS.



II Is impossible for an author TO know what
sort Of person his reader will be-he may be
as learned in human nature as Shakespeare
himself was, and perhaps he may be no wiser
than certain Athsnidn critics. Now, lest this
latter should be the case, il is not altogether
improper for an author to give his readers
such wholesome admonition as may save him
from being misunderstood and misrcpresent.
ed. will, therefore, briefly place that au.
gust body known as "Critics" in a light in
which they are not always seen.
The word critic is of Greek derivation, and
signifies judgment. Hence, presume some
persons, who have not understood the origi-
nal and have seen the English translation of
judgment in the legal sense. in which it is fire.
quently used as equivalent to condemnation
These wouid be critics may Justly be classed
with the common slanderer, than whom vice
has not more ahject slave. Ifaperson who
prizes into the characters Of others with no
other design but to discover their faults and
publish them to the world deserves the title
Of slnnderer Of the reputation Of men. why
should not critic. who reads with the same
malevolent view. be as properly styled the
slanderer Of the reputation of writingsi
Besides the dreadful mischefs done by
SANDER, and the baseness of the means by
which they are effected, there are other cir
cumstanees that highly aegravate its afro
cious quality, for 1t often proceeds from no
rrovocation and seldom promises itself any
reward, unless some fendish mind may pro
pose a reward in the thought of having pro.
cured the ruin and misery of another
Shakespeare has nobly touched this vice, when
he saws:
"who steals my purse, steals trash tits something,
nothing; =
Twas mine. Ills his and hath been slave to thousands;
But he that hlehes from me my good name,
Robs me Of that which not enrches him,
But makes me poor indeed !"
Now, however ludicrous this may appear
to some, others. | doubt not, will feel and &C
knowledge the truth of it; nay, may perhaps
think l have not treated the subject with
proper solemnity; but surely a man may
speak truth with a smiling countenance. In
reality, to depreciate a production Of the
brain maliciously. or even wantonly, is al
least very il.natured Office, and morose
snarling critic may, believe, be suspected Of
being bad man. 80
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-24

s5w- There is more open undsguised rms.
caty in the following advertisement, cut
from the New York Herald, than is often
found in the same space:
"Merchants embarrassed, in want Of mems,
or willing I" suspend with means, by fnnn.
ciering, can hear Of party who has Just cnr-
ried parties through to the amount of $780,
900 without prejudice.
Address l,5, Herald office. Reference
given"
"Willing to suspend with means by fnan.
cierng, what gentle phrase for cheating
creditors and pocketing the money of others.
Such sort of"fnanciering" ought to be with.
in the statutes and punishable as felony.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-24
THE GREAT WORK OF THE AGE.

The New York Herald very properly char
actcrizes the laying of the telegraph cable
between Newfoundland and Ireland rs the
leading event of the nineteenth century. This
is made apparent by the least reflection
instantaneous communication between the
shores Of Europe and Ansricn--nnd we hive
the best reason for believing that communiea.
tion will he instantaneous--will necessarily
effect, trade, society, government aud civiza-
tion. Speculation In cotton, corn and money
will be continued, no doubt but on entirely
different principles. The purchaser in Lon
don will be nude aware of the receipts Of
cotton at New Orleans md Savannah on the
very day on which he concludes his purchase;
aud corn and stock brokers In New York, will
have on p!acard before them, when they
meet in the morning, in their exchanges, the
ruling London Paris aud Hamburg prices Of
the day. Politically, the consequences Of the
submarine telegraph must be momentous.--
For all practical purposes, 1t will render. Flu
rope and the United States cOtermnous
Stntes. they VIII necessarily participate In
our political movements, elections, and so
forth; and we, in like manner, shall be made
eye witnesses of theirs. Every morning at
breakfast, they will hear what new vindcalion
of the principle Of self government md human
dignity has seen the light the day before il
Amcricn; and we in our turn, will kaow sew
eral hours, before the actual occurrence, what
the great men Of Europe have said and done
for science, for letters, for economy, and for
truth. In one word, the submarine telegraph
will do more TO dcmolish exclusive national
barriers, and spread healthy humane COS
mopoitan feeling among the leading nations
of the world, than any other enterprise or
event that is recorded in the history of the
human race.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-24

Hew TO SERVE A SUBPGSA.-A cores
pendent of the N. Y. News gives the follow
ing account of novel expedient rescrted to
by sprig Of the law near Genesee:
"a law suit was to come off in town, and
young SPoney engaged to supena the wit
ness. The roads were almost imrnssabIe on
account of the mud, and two of the vitness-
es lived some three or four miles away. A
bright idea struck his muddy pate, anu forth.
with was acted upon. He sat down and
wrote each ettcr, stating that some money
was deposited in his hands, which they could
have by calling upon him. They called, and
got subpoena and 12t cents each! Ru-
NOR says there was protane language used
in that vicinity about shat time.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-24
DISTRIBUTION OF THE SURPLUS
REVENUE.

The Jackson Mississippian of the 3Ist nit.
thus refers to the passage through the late
House of Representatives Of proposition
(Which failed in the Senatc) to deposit the
surplus revenues with thu State:
"'rhe passage through the National House
Of Representatives or bills 10 deposit the sur.
plus revenues with the States, md To dis,ri--
butte among them the proceeds Of the sales Of
the public lands, IL among the indications of
old fashioned Federal Whivpery. They show
that, however often the opposition 10 the
Democracy may change lis real name and
vary its disguises, its real nature will occa--
slonally exhibit itself. The distribution
scheme has always been favorite bantling
with the old Federal party. II Ind its origin
in the Hamlltoninn era OF Federalism. II was
revived in the great monetary struggle with
the United States Bank. Clay and Webster
s,aked their fortunes upon il. Jackson aud
his Democratic Successors in the Executive
chair, and Calhoun and Buchanan in the Sen
ate, opposed il. The people stood by the
latter
II is due to the "tru,h of history" to state
that the only net ever passed for depositing
wv N"'F'ho WIN tWt Stuts NuS
proved by President Jackson on the 23d OF
June. 1886. The bill was supported in the
Senate, on the 18th Of June. 1896, in discus.
sion, by Messrs. Webster, Buchanan, 2ives,
TalInadge, Clay, and Niles, all democrats, at
tina, time, except Clay and Webster. II was
voted for by them, and by Messrs. Calhoun,
Hendricks, Hubbard, King, of Alabama, King,
Of Georgia, Linn, Mexican, Morris, Nicholas,
Niles, Page, Robinson, Wall and White, all
Democrats but Mr.. Calhoun. The bill passed
the Senate by a vote of SO yeas to 6 nays
In the House of Representatives it w.s su>-
tanned by such Democrats rs Messrs. Boyd,
Bynum, flanagan. Hopkins, Ingersoll, Jones,
McComas, Muhlenburg, Piekens. Speigh,,
Shields, Toucy, and passed hy the large vote
of l55 TO SO, in the Democratic ers, when
President Jackson was omnipotrnt Besides.
it was introduced into the Senate by Mr..
Calhoun himself. II this measure was of
"Hamiltonian" ori.in, and was consequently
Federal. it certainly had acquired by the wear
iS0o a WY ''sPeS'""'e beh"VI"hc support.
1t may be furh.r remarked that the bill
which passed the House Of Representatives
at the last session, "to provide for the depos.
lite of the surplus in the Treasury of the
United States with the several States" is u
literal transcript of the act vi irh passed for
the deposit Of the surplus revenue with the
States in 1886; and that the vote on the
measure at the last session was ll9 to 79-a
majority Of forty, which was made up in part
of such Slate.rights Democrats as M.ssr-
Bocock, Caskie, Faulkner, McMullin, Alillson
and Smith, Of Virginia, and M-ssrs. Branch
Clingman, Cruge, Rnffin, and Winston, o,
North Carolna.-Nat. InteHigencer.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-04-24

G. A. HESRY.-The Congressional Con.
vention which met at GAINESVILLE on the l4th,
nominated Hon. Gustavus A. Henry. No
man in the District is more worthy of the
honor, and the party will hail the opportunity
to send him to Congress. The Nashville
Union and American has been laboring zeal.
ously for some weeks to get up difficulty
among the friends of different gentlemen in
the District, hoping by dissensions to ring in
. democrat; but the mngnanimity of Gen.
Zolliroffer, Mr.. Quarles and Mr. McEwen,
and the unanimous nomination of Maj. Hen.
ry, brushes out that speculation. The Union
man can now turn his attention TO some other
district, or amuse his leisure for awhile'with
the contemplation of Stoves labor LOST
Mex, to robbing hen roost, fomenting dis.
sessions among friends is the foulest work
one could be engaged in. OF course, TO
democrat in the Eighth district will enter the
field against Maj. Henry with the remotesi
hope Of being elected.
Since the above was il type we have
learned through Nashville paper, that Maj
Henry declines to accept the nomination.