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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-01-30
VALUABLE BRICK TENEMENT on

SITS, FOR SALE AT AUCTION.-WiIl be sold on
TUESDAY. the 9Th day of February 1855. on the
premises, commencing at A.. o'clock r. NJ. the ex-
cellent Brick Tenement located as above now In the
occupancy Of Mr.. Ford. The house has 10 rooms
besides Kitchen &c and now rents for $3.50 per an
mum.
TERNs-One fourth cash. balance at 4. 8 and IL
months for negotiable notes. interest added secured
by trust deed, title retained The taxes and in
surance for 1855 to be paid by the purchaser.
(nnnTN EAppERznN
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| oST-A Pocket Book and Diary, with
- memoranda and papers Of no value to any one
but the owner. Among the papers was negotiabe
note OF H. T. jacques Tor So payable In ninety days
10 George Calvert and q note of j. g. Calvert
for Sl11. payable TO Raes Calvert, dated 1872.
Upon the first page Of the book il the name OF g.
Calvert suitable reward will be paid d, the finder
if the book and papers left at this Office
2g-3t& 3
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T AUNDRY AND TAILORS' STOVES
IL new article in lis line: very complete and
cheap, to hand per schooner Richmond. For sales
'n iss '"s'' s'o's s' dEo. srARRErT,
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E9s~ WILLIAM FORBES, ARCHITECT

MRAsURHR AND APPRAIsER-The subscriber having
determined 10 discontinue the building business oi
fers his services his friends and the public gener
ally in the above branches.
Having had au experience Of owe" twenty i've
years in the art of building. he hatcIs himself that
be will be able to give satisfaction, and solicit
share of patronage.
Plans Specifications and Estimates for Buildings
u every description. furnished at short notices and
OF IRA t0ua Die terms. Measurement and Valuation
Uf Work Of every kind. connected with Building
promptly attended 10. Office Ia the Hall OF the Viz
gipia Mechanics Institute, corner Main and 18th
streets Once hours from sd to ga o'clock A NJ.
IA Il
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CTOCKS FOR SALE. =

~ shares Glover Hill Stock
leu shares Merchants Insurance
81 Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Rail
road
20 shares Richmond ana Danvle Railroad
1000 shares third mortgage Va! and Tennessee
Railroad years TO ruiz
100 shares Lynchburg Gas Company Stock, par
value S25. This Company.pad a dividend
of Il per cent. last September.
For sale i'll sums to suit purcll asers.
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THE RICHMOND SODA WATER AND
l. B0TTLING ESTABLISHMENT IN FULL
FORCE, WITH IT'S DOUBLE SET OF SEBF-ACT-
ING GENERATORS-THE OLDEST OF THE
KIND IN VIRGINIA-The genuine article of Bot
tied Soda Water is put up by NJ. MCCORMACK.-I
Also. Lemon and Sarsaparlla Pop, Philadelphia Por
ter and Ale, Champagne Cider and Brown Stout.
The subscriber has added to the above the boting
of Lager Beer, of superior quality, in pint and half
pint bottles, to suit customers
a. II NJ MCCORMACK 3O8 Broad st
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BY Alexander Mott, Auctioassr.
EURNITURH. DRY GOODS, 0RocE-
Ills. Ac.-Wnl p sid 1t Auction. q NJ
MT, the 18th day Of January, q 10 oelock 4 -.
erzl assortment of new ana seeo<lihao6 Tss.si{s,s
ssmnrse'nx many very Desirable srtieIss: aso, tW6
dE0cEgIEs:- wi.@, whi.k.y. on. -.
Cai and Eronsht Sss. tsoessry1 ssesee. 49,
DRY GOODS. CIQrarNG. &c. sc 60 tss1u-
Vests. Hats. Cape. Shoes, Gsffers Cigths rs~ese
Bed Tickins. Bianhses. Csrpetsag, countsr-knlt
Socks. &c. ALHxANDGR NON
ja ~ a. - 80. Auctiouesr 8
HORSES, HORSES. VIII be sold st
l. the Horse LIT, opposite the Central Dspok ssy.
eTai Saddle and Harness Horses; 1 Buggy.
d p ALEX. MOTT. Anct.
BY Richard Cauthorn.
HORSES, BUGGY AND HARNESS.
I,nr AND DIRT CARTS AT AUCTIOS.-on SAT
umipAn .pth instant. at 70 O'clock ak my store
vii ell az auction, several Gne work Horuss one
a ai,sient Bnsgy and Harness. and two Dirt Cnrts.
with iron axles. 81 - =
1aS R. cAurHoRN.
SHOP. LUMBER, TOOLS, &C.. Ar
DASCTiOS.-0n SATURDAY. ath inst. AZ at.
@ciock Z, NJ on the premises corner Of Second ard
puyal streets. will sell Mt auction ar rrsh eka
shop lately occupief by William Morris noe xsesd
Aiso, lot OF lumber. his Chese Of Tools and ssns
finished work. consisting Of WARDROBE. bsoS Cass.
Tables. &C., &c. 49,
ia r. CAvyTuapg
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FrTnREnAYx
BY Goddin & Apperson.
vTaIuARrE FERM- nrs en7 A1ppc

~ OSNtA W hPfSf coas - \
VALUABLE FARM OF 307 ACRES
HANOVER COUNTY, MILES EAST Of
RICHMOND, FOR SALE At AUCTION--Af The
request of Mr.. John ID. Hunt. we will SILL at public
auction, sn the premises, on WEDN ESDAY, the Iesh
OF February ls5s at IL o'clock II fair, ii not the
next fair day, the tract Of Land located as above
and lately owned and occupied By the lat Thomas
q Clarke. 1t will be divided into two or more
tracts. ~ may agreed on ut the hour of SALE plat
OF which will be exhibited at the SALE II lies about
IL miles from the head of the Mechanicsyiiie turn
Pike aud asoiBs the lands Of Messrs Jna. A. Mosby
Richard Gentry aud others. There are two Dwelling
Houses on the place, one Of which Is most excel
lent one. having ample accommodations. besides
the usual outbu ildings, such as kitchen. stable
quarters &c. The land is admirably adapted TO e
etabies being 50 situated as to produce them very
early.
The place Is healthy. and the neighborhcod good
II is we'll supplied With springs Of good water Mr.
Gentry, who resides the place, viii shew the
premises to any dsposed TO purchase.
After the sals of the land, all the Crops of Corn
Fodder. shucks, Hogs. Cows. Plantation Utensils,
&c. will be sold.
p. s.-There Is valuable MARI Bed on one of the
tracts.
TERMS YoR THE LAsD-0nefffh cash, balance at s,
L. Il and "a months for negotiable notes. interest
added secured by trust decd. For the PERSONAL Es-
TATE all sums under $50 cash: over that am aunt,
months credit The taxes for los to be paid by the
purchaser.
ja3 GODDIN 4 AppERSON Aurts
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ROARDING.-MRS W q ytATMa,

ID AN"'--oi1sO. W. u. 1EATMAN
RoAR RI n,,i accom- nodate few FAMILIES with
DO .ith desirable rooms il peasant siuatin,.
s ato. lew pay BoARDERS. Northwcst cnrnar
10
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ERICH CUT AND

Two SCH0OLS.-A Lady of superior
l. abilities derires situation in Female College
OF school, 10 teach vocal aud instrumental Music
She has studied under the first Italian German and
English masters and has had many years experience
in teaching Reference of the highest respectability
be given. Address q. K L., Office OF this paper.
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SERVANTS FOR SALE AND HTRF

NOTICE, i hereby appoint aud consti
~ tute. Mrs Z. A. LOCK GOD, my agent IN
transact and carry n retail Grocery husinfss In
the city of Richmond. q. w LOCK- VynOn
January 2Ist lsAS-ia Dist
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HOUSEKEEPING GOODS.-We have

pUUOLhEEFINU UUUUO.-Nb HdVt
L L on hand Il complete assortment of the best and
strongest fabrics of Ia, 2la and !yard Shheoting:
Bolster and Pllow-Casc Cotton and Shrtings of all
widths. Also large stock of Irish Linens. Table
Damask. Napkins aud Towelings Bed Blankets
Counterpapes red. white and yellow Flannels, and
a full assortment of Cambria. Jaconet. Nainso *,
S@iss and Checked Muslins. which We offer at great
bargain, to make room for our Spring Goods
a L K VI. ROSENRAIM
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~ dersiy ucd will give lessons in the above beauti-
full art by which the language of the most rapid
speaker may be transferred 10 paper with perfect
eass His ste is entirely new. He.guarantres to
give satisfaction or refund the money. For terms,
address through post office.
I A VIA
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ia 19-tn
E1y~ JANUARY 18TH, l858.-THos. r..
Pktcg Co will commence this day. their attractive
sale Of bargains ia Staple and Housekeeping Goods,
10 which special attention is called. AS these goods
viii embrace useful and substantial articles, rare
chance will Doe afforded every one who may need
snch things Tor the coming year, they will be sold
at far less than the same qualities will bring after
the spring trade fully opens.
They will consist Of
Linen sIEFRTiNGS Irish LINENS, best make
Cotton do. 81 81 l24 Table DAMASks
Pillow LINENS Damask. Table CLOTHS
+" OUJTONS a. NAPKINS
FOW ELLIHGs BLANKETS, every kind
DIAPERS FhANNELS,
HUCisABACk LINsEY, &c. &C.
Beached C0TTONS
And 10 the above sale will be added rich arrav
Of black ana colored plain aud figured Silks and
silk Robes, Of the most modern styles and shades,
10 be closed during this and the ensuHg noath
~ far less THAI the cost of importation, la many
cases. Al early call is requested:
Jals-i2t L. X. PRICE co.
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II 49,. A'u'-MRs. HOUPER has two
IA nsrgS Ike pleasant ROOMS now vacant which aha
src"" Ae occupied By gentee families: also couid
sa eouinodatoa few DAY BOAkDEgs AT her yasi
~ .; On Trace. between 18th and 10Th streets
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SAMUEL AYRES & SON,
-, ,o, GENERAL COMMISSION
AID FORWARDING MERCHANTS
ia lin 49,
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lime HOMINY-Pure and unadulterai-
l. Cd, prepared expressly for sales, in quanti-
ties TO suit purchasers.
WARING PEARCE, Druggists,
ja2s Corner 9Th and Broad sts
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LOST.

I OST-On the 18th inst, ON Main or
- Broad street, between 4th and 18th streets, a
plain GOLD BRACELET, with the initials n. r. A
inscribed; The finder will be rewarded by leaving il
ut this office ia gl-2is
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TRUSTEES SALE OF THE CANAL


Sale conducted by GoDDIN & APPERsoS, Aucts.
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THE business of SAMUEL AYRES will
- hereafter be conducted in the name Of SAMUEL
a 4 HE'S son, Il. W. Ayres having this day been
ADMITTED as partner. SAMUEL, AYkEs
RICHMOND. Jan. Lat IS12
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1858-11-25
DR.. Hall on Bathing.


We find the following in DR.. Halls Journal
OF Health:
Once week Is often enough for decent
white man to wash himself all over; and
whether in summer or winter that ought to be
done with soap, warm water, aud hogs hair
brush, in room showing at least seventy de-
grees Fahrenheit
Bath should be taken early in the morning.
for II is then that the system possess the pow
er of reaction in the highest degree. Any
kind of bath is dangerous soon after meal, or
fatguing exercise. No man or woman should
take bath at the close of the day, unless by
the advice of family physician. Many a
man, IN attempting to cheat his doctor out Of
afee, has cheated himself out of his life; ay,
ii is done every day.
The best, safest; cheapest, and most uni
versally accessible mode of Keeping the sur
face of the body clean, besides the once a
week washing with soap, warm water, and
hogs hair brush, is as follows:
As soon as you get out OF bed in the morn
ing, wash your face, hands, neck, and breast
ther, In the same basin Of water, put your fee,
at once for about minute, rubbing them brisk
ly all the time; then with the towel, which
has been dampened by wiping the face, feet,
etc., wipe the whole body well, fast, and
hard, mouth shut, breas; projecting. Let the
whole thing be done within FIVE minutes.
Atnight when you go to bed, and whenev-
er you get out of bed during the night. or
when you find yourself wakeful or restless.
spend from two to five minutes IN rubbing your
whole body with your hands, as far as you
can reach in every direction. This has teu-
dency to preserve that softness and mobility
OF skin which too frequent washings Of the
Skin will always destroy.
That precautions are necessary, in connec-
tion with the bath room, is impressly signified
in the death Of an American lady of refino-
ment and position, lately, after taking a bath
soon after dinner; of Surgeon Hume, while
alone m warm bath and of an eminent New
Yorker, under similar circumstances, all with
in year.
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Abrailan Lincoln.

Mr.. LINCOLN is beaten. Though Presiden-
tial management and The treachery of pretended
friends may prevent Mr.. DOUGLAS return,
no better time than the present to congratulate
him on the memorable and brilliant canvass
that he has made. He has fully Wind &c ated the
partlaliies of his friends, and has richly earned,
though he has not achieved, success. He has
created for himself national reputation that
Is both envied aud deserved; and though he
should hereafter fill no official station. he has
done in the cause Of Truth and Justice what
will always entitie him TO the gratitude OF his
PARTY and to the admiration of all who respect
prehensive and sound intellectual gifts that he
has displayed. No man could have done more.
iils speeches will become landmarks in our
political history; and we are sure that when
the public mhld is more fully aroused to the
importancs OF the themes whice he has so ad-
mirably discussed, the popular verdict will
place him long way in advance of the more
fortunate champion by whom he has been over
thrown. The Republicans owe him much for
his trethfuiness, his courage, his self-com-
mand, and his consistency; but the weight of
their debt is chiefly in this: that, under no
temptation, no apprehension # defeat, in COM
pliance with no solicitation, has he let down
our standard in the least. That Cod given and
glorious principle which is the head and front
OF Repnblicansm, 'sAll men are '.created
equal. and are entitled to life, ''liberty and the
pursuit of happiness, /" he has steadily upheld,
detendde, illustrated and applied in every
speech which he has made. Men of his own
faith may have differed with him when meas
ures only were discussed; but the Foundation
of all-the principle which comprehends all,
he has fought for with zeal and courage that
never tagged or quailed. In that was the pith
and marrow Of the contest. Mr.. LINCOLN, at
Springfield, at peace with himself because he
has been true to his convictions, enjoying the
confidence and unfeigned respect Of his peers,
is more to be envied than Mr.. Douglas in the
Senate Long live Honest Old Abe!
Chicago Press and Tribune.
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ON the Patriot.
A Dog story.

During my sojourn in the interior OF the
Parish Of st. AIMS, Jamaica, w. /, I owned e
native dog that cognomened Don Pedro
His cunning gravity exceeded that Of any
Puritan deacon Of oljen times. Irdeed, he
was strictly orthodox, and attended divine
service every Sabbath. To enhance his goo /
qualities, Taught him to sing psalms. He was,
however, revengful, and deemed the forgive
ness of injuries weakness and not a grace
My wife owned Chinese pig, which was a
great pet of hers. 3ess and Pedro, the two
pets of my little family, were considered bv
the neighbors objects of great attraction.
The coffee crop was just beginning to mature
Coffee, when gathered from the bushes, resem-
bles cranberries, and contains under the red
skin a sweet gum very paltable to hogs. After
the berries are gathered, they are scattered over
large terraces, called Barbacues, and dried by
the sun, before they are prepared for market.
AT this particular time much coffee happened
TO be on the terraces, and Bess made herself
very much at home, feeding greedily upon it,
Don Pedro discovered it, and by barking, tried
to frighten her away, but the porker, assuming
vixehish look, bit him severely. He ran
yelping away, but the wound was 50 severe,
we found it necessary it should be dressed
Eight days elapsed, and the incident almost
forgotten, when colored man, hunter, ac-
| companied by his hounds, asked permission to
hunt some of the wild hogs, which at this Pc
riot are found very fat in the woods.
While he was talking to my wife, stood
watching the manevuring Of my favorite Don
Pedro. He was perseveringly forming the
acquaintance of the strange dogs-entering
into close conference with them.
He would draw up to them, putting his
mouth to their ears, and growing something,
then walk off to short distance, while thew
locked anxiously after him. Again he would
return, and mix familiarly with them. Finally
the dogs followed him the distance OF about
two hundred yards to the back of the house,
where Bess was lying at her ease.
He began to bark to attract her attention,
and rouse her from her place, and succeeding
in his effort, he ran OF, leaving his fierce coa-
panions to tear her to pieces.
| For whole week after this he kept himself
away from the house. w. S. d.
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Wonderful.

letter to the Lancaster Times g ives an
account Of singular phenomenon, which
has been alluded to in the news papers-tha,
of flower growing from human flesh:
1t seems that certain child in Lancaster,
at two years Of age, became afflicted with the
hip disease, and fingered on aud grew; having
attained to the age Of IA years at the time of
its death, few weeks since.
During period of nine months previous to
its death, numerous assesses were formed and
the lad was nearly reduced to skeleton. A
day or two previous to his death, during the
night double stem aud two flowers grew
from the calf of one of his legs, little below
the knee joint, the limb being much swollen.
The writer says that ''hundreds of seeds were
found IN the room after the boys death, simi-
lar to those of the passion flower, and all say
that the flower resembles the passion rose.D
The attending physician, DR.. Hawley, deem
ed it SO wonderful as To require other witness
ses to testify to the fact, and he accordingly
called ia DIR. Stevens, the Rev. Mr.. Walker,
and others.
This flower (fungus) grew in one night to
the hight Of three and half inches, and has
since been sent so this city where 1t is under
going thorough investigation and will no
doubt be autographed and described by those
have good opportunity TO enter into the minstie.
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Moscow.

No other city in the world presents so cos
mopolilan an aspect. The gilded domes of
Lucknow-the pagodas of China-Byzatine
churches-Grecian temp!es-palaces in the
style of Versalies--heavy impressive German
neutrality-suspicious. copntry cottages-glarng
American signs-bouIevards, gardens, silent
lanes, roaring streets, open markets, Turkish
bazaars, French cafes, German beer-cellars,
and Chinese tea-houses-alI of which are found
here, not grouped exclusively into seperate
can.ons, but mixed and jumbled together, un-
til Europe and Asia, the past and the present,
the old world and the new, are so blended
and COMPOUNDED, that it is impossible to say
which predoninates. Another city SO bizarre
and so picturesque as Moscow does not exist.
To call it Russian would be too narrow dis
tnction; it suggests the world. Its position,
near the imaginary line where one continent is
merged into the other, accounts for this The
waters OF the Moskva seek an Aslatc sea, vet
its nearest ports are those of central Europe.
Its fbres OF commerce branch eastward across
the Tartar steppes to Mongolia and China !;
southwark to Samarcand and Bokhara, to CASH
mere aLd Persia; northward to Archangel and
the Polar ocean; and on the west, to all the
rest of Europe. The race who founded it
came from the southeast, and brought with
them the ninaret and the swelling Oriental
dome, the love of gliding and glaring colors I;
its religion came from Constanstinople, with
the byzantine pillar and the Greek cross and
the founder of Russian power learned his trade
in the west. On every one of its thousand
spires and dolnes glitters the crescent, sur
mounted by the triumphant cross. AT its
southern end, the Tartar mezzin calls to pray
er from the roof of his mosque, while at the
northern, the whistle Of the locomotives an.
nounces the departure of the train for st. Pc
tersburgh. Baya-d Taylor.
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PrecOcity an Evil.

Precocity is generally an Indication Of dis
ease; and It has been very safely predicted Of
infant prodigies that they very rarely grow up
clever, because ia fact. they rarely grow np at
all. They s'o'erinform their tenement of
clay )" the fire of intellect burns faster than
the body can supply it with aImen'. and so
they spiritualze aud evsporze Mind and
body are yoked togeter to pursue their myste-
rlous journey with equal steps, nor can one o;lt-
strip the other without breaking The harness
and endangering the whole machine. We
would rather that chIldPs right shoulder
should grow niger than his left, than that his
mind should get the start of his body for the
former would only effect his symmetry. the
latter is frequently fatal symptom Were
all authors as ingenious as DR.. Johnson in dis
claiming the juvenile miracles of wit attribu-
ted to them, the number of our really preco-
cious writers, who have maintained subsequent
celebrity, would probably be extremely limit
ed. As to solitary instances of preternatural
talent in children, limited to one direction,
they do not come within the scope OF our ar.
gument. Such was that tincomprehensible fac
ultv of arithmetic in the celebrated Calculating
Boy, who in an instant could solve ob,ern |.
which would be an hours puzzle to our ablest
caiculators ''with all appliances aud means
to boot" and yet this urchin could not even
explain the process by which he performed the
miracle. One would imagine that by some
peculiar organization of his brain, a ray Of ON J.
nisciense had shot athwart it, giving US a sim
gle glimpse of its divine origin, as when the
clouds are opened by lightning, we appear to
get momentary peep into the glories of the
innerinost heaven. With such an example of
inexplicable intuition we do not despair of fu-
ture striplings, who, in the intervals of peg top
and cricket, will kindly spare moment for
quadratiDg the circle, discovering the longi-
tude, explaining the cause of polar attraction,
and solving other Gddioead riddles which have
puzzled The world since its creation, while the
young sages shall be all unconscious of the
might within them. Out of the mouths of
babes and sucklings may such revelations be
ordained. As, however, the loss of one of our
senses generally qulckens and siren: thens the
rest, so the preternatural growth and vigor of
any particular mental faculty commonly Grip
piles or weakens the other. A hump bac ked
man is spndle-shanked, and the Calculating
Boy, in all directions but one, was weak mind
ed and simple. In every thing ''order is heav-
ems first laws" proportion and equilibrium are
| the only elements of beauty and strength.