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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-05-10

Col. Benton has lett on record bis opin.
ion that Lord Chatham was the author of
Jupius. His opinion, however. is far from
being infallible, especially on literary sub
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-05-10

A brutal murder was committed at Norfolk
last W ednesday night. A man named Burke
was stabbed to death by couple OF seamen
belonging to the United States brig Baln-
bridge, who have been arrested and commit
ted
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-05-10

The funeral Of the late Senator E'sn'. Of
South Carolina, took place on Saturday last.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-05-10

The Winchester Republican says:--"SeVe-
raj worthy farmers of Frederick county and
Clarke, have, during the present week, ex-
pressed to US their conviction that they have
sach the best crop of Wheat in this quarter.
1t affords US pleasure to hear so favorable
report of the harvest prospect, and recon-
mend that the friendly rivalry for superiority
be prosecuted with spirit before the Val.
ley Agricultural Society for its next Fall
awards"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-05-10
NOR SERVANTS

NOR SERVANTS
i 25 pieces striped and Walnut wills
20 " Plads
IS " Gsnaburg Prints, No. and Os
naburgs, Denims, Brown Couonsr Shifting,
Stripes, &c, just received, by
INV 10 WINNERS K co.
Culpeper Observer, Fairfax News, Port tobacco
Times, and Marlboro Gazette.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-05-10
1.-TWO EARNS For SALE

TWO FARMS FOR SALE.--lae -a.''
signed wishes to sell the following ="
Tracts OF Land One oil them Is ia fi.l
William County, amiIe below Greenwch %. q
Brentsyllle Road about three miles from Od.'s.
vile Station, Manassas Gap RAIroad. 3
four or five miles from Bristoe Station. V.''l.
and Alexandra Railroad. This Tract COZ az
$50 to 300 ACRES; has two Tenement "
il and is susce ptlble Of division into I-'
Farms.
The other is in Fauquier County, and ~ o.
the junction of Licking Run with Cedar ~
Ii is about one mile from Wausnton JI''
Orange and Alexandra Railroad, and coma.
about IS ACRES.
Nothing is herein stated in recommep''
Of these Tracts, for the reason, that u .
sumed no one will purchase without ni', '''-
Ing for himself
TERNs-The terms will be an ai'.f'F
Cash of some ten or twenty per cent up" .....
purchase money, and the balance ai'i''' -
one to ten annual instalments 10 SUIT 'hS
chaser +. B. WARDhH.
St. Stephens, Fauquler Coui'
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-05-10

Ex-senator Foote, now of Memphis. has
written and published letter in praise Of
Edward Everett.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-05-10

The trial of Joseph IL. Tucker, indicted
for fraud and enbezzlement in the finances
of the Mineral Bank at Cumberland, was
brought prematurely to o close on Friday
last, by the prosecuting attorney, who absn-
doned the case on the testimony for the COM
nonwealth. and asked verdict Of acquittsl
from the jury. The evidence, the Baltimore
Sun says, has disclosed some strange pro-
cesses in the banking business, and affords
additional proof OF the necessity for strict
supe, vision of these Institutions for the pro-
lection of the public.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-05-10

The grccers Of Richmond, Va, have em
plo7ed counsel to test the oonstitu tionality o
the License Law. ......y.-
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-05-10

MOUNT HEBRON FARM FOX Sal ~. y
wi We will .ell at private sale, tne 'n .' /.
near Alexandra, in Fairfax County Sry w..
MOUNT HEBRON FARM lying Imn'-' a.,
on the line of the Orange and AeHa1 cf. "a
the Independent line OF the Manassas S'i g ~
roads. and containing FOURTEEN -.
DRIED ACRES. The farm has or " a.,
- BUILDINGS, Saw Mill. and n
.: good bncing. Four hundred 4c' - H..
sr,s.; about one hundred under eaIli'auV.
the remainder in original gro"A un.y !,
Oak, Chestnut, Hickory, &c Inc lana n,
sold in parcels or snrire, as may Oe'' '-'.
soils who may desire 10 buy. ,o at
Terms made known on aPPlIcsuO. .,,,...
updsrsi gned, on the place, or sddf.;s . Iii
the Alexandra Post Office. J. b. kpsaIL
my lO-eotf [Sentl
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-05-10

Rascals are breaking jsils all over the coun'
try. Lately there have been Jail deliveries
in half dozen Western States. Three pri-
soners have just escaped from the Charleston
lail,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-05-10
The murderer Stout has written a long

The murderer Stout has written long
letter in bis own defence. 1t is, says tho
Baltimore American, curious production.
lie claims that he might be put to bettor
uses than banging, declares that he hsd
not fair chance 10 life, and in reference to
his victim. Titles, holds the doctrine that a
man who was go bad as be, bad no rignt 70
live. Stout heaps abuse on the dead man.
lauds his sister Sarah, aud appeals In bid
owe behalf to the synpatbies of pubic
which, he says. has been unduly preJ 1dicea
against him. The letter is interlarded with
a series of moral reflections!
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1858-09-29
Red and White Wheat.

The following rather curious and Ito farm
ers) interesting revelation, we find in the
Chambersburg PENN Spirit. Have our
Virginia and North Carolina farmers noticed
anything of the sort in their wheat fields /?
"From what we hear from our COUNTRY
friends and see in our exchange papers, it
appears that the weevil confines its destruc.
tive operations exclusively to white wheat.
In some instances, where part of a field was
in white wheat and the remainder in red,
the white was destroyed whilst the red sus.
tanned no injury whatever. In Lancaster
county, many of the farmers intend to raise
red wheat altogether till the weevil disap
pears, and it might be well for our Franklin
county farmers to do so too. In some parts
of Ohio and Western Pennsylvania, th,
wheat crop was almost entirely destroyed 70
several years in succession by the weevil.-
If its rayages can be stopped by cultivatin;
red wheat only, our farmers will c~ertainl,
do well to give the white wheat the 90. b,
till the weevil disappears"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1858-09-29
From the n. G. Planter.
Some Tests for Detecting Counterfeit
Coins.
BY PROF. z. EMMoNs.

l. Mechanical Iests.-The most important
of these is weighing or counterpoising a sus-
pected piece with a genuine one of the same
denomination.
1t should be observed here, that a coun-
t%erfeit must be very nearly, if not exactly,
OF the same size as the genuine coin, and it
much f N du Saffen, thai where metals vary so
%concile weight with size. A gold eagle, &C.
cording to the act of 1897, must weigh 258
grains. The silver dollar must weigh A, lbs
grains. If then, there is a variation of
weight in a gold piece, amounting to three
grains, it would make it suspicious, and a
little more would condemn it. This arises
from the exactitude of the United States
machinery employed at the mint. In all the
new pieces of silver coin, no greater latitude
can be admitted than in the case of gold
But these strict rules are not so applicable to
the Mexican dollar. This, if forged, and
having the fneness of go, would weigh only
4O2 grains, instead of 4l6, which is its true
weight. A Mexican counterfeit dollar varies
from 20 to 80 grains less than the trus dol
lar. If the size of a counterfeit is the same
as the true, it must always be too light.
2. Chemical charlottesville chemical
relation of bodies to each other is always the
same nature here has her law. Aqua FORTS
always acts upon silver in the same way,
and always produces the same result.
The colors of the solutions produced by
any Of the acid solvents is the same under
the same circumstances. Hence, if a gen
uine coin is subjected to the action of nitric
acid, it will behave uniformly with it. anG
its ISOLATION will always have the same color
For the determination then, of genuine
ness, we may rely implicitly on chemica
tests. Silver is soluble in nitric acid alone
and its solution stains the skin or nails of
dark blackish color, which cannot be WASHED
off; but gold is insoluble in nitric acid-bu
if muriatic be added to it, it is dissolved.
But supposing that a piece purporting t
be money, is plated with silver. The frs
solution in this case would behave as if tn
piece was genuine the color of the %solutio
would be blueish green, but if the silver
dissolved from the inside metal, which
usually nickel, the solution becomes a dee
green. 1t would be an azure blue, if tn
inside was copper.
The foregoing facts will furnish a basis fc
the settlement of the question respecting tn
genuineness of q coin.
Color, sound, feel and smell. though M
unimportant, are yet insufficient in them
selves, to settle the preliminary question
but It we add to these weight and size. t
gether with the results of the action of nitr
acid, these will in all cases be sufficient, n
only for strong suspicion of guilt, but all
? Tor a rerd'ct OF guilty or not gnilty.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1858-09-29
AGRICULTURAL
From the N. g. Planter.
To the Planters of North Carolina.

-
At tho instance Of numerous Agricultur-
lists Of the State, the undersigned was In
duced to commence the publication of the
NoRTu CAROLINA PLANTER, a copy Of which
you have before you. On the LIST of January
last, the hrst nuhrDO.
continued to make its appearance regularly,
the first Of each'month, since that time.
Both The other Agricultural Periodicals
"The Arator"-and the Carolina Cultiva-
tor''--had been discontinued and it was
deemed highly important to the great Agri-
cultural interests Of the State, that a home
oygal should exist in North Carolina. Not
outstanding the failure Of every other enter
prise Of the kind, we determined to try the
experiment, and see if Aorth Carolina Plan
tiers would support one journal, devoted espe-
eially and exclusively to their interests.
We secured the services of highly COM
petent gentlemen to take charge of the llor>
ticultural, Pathological and Botanical depart
ments Of the "PlaHter =; and have been for
tunate i'll securing contributions from several
intelligent practical Farmers in furnishing
editorial and communicated articles upon the
general subject Of Agriculture and have en-
listed the aid Of our able and scientific State
Geologist, Prof. f.. Emmons, in advancing
the enterprise by valuable contributions from
bis pen. We have published a much neater
and more lastly gotten up Periodical than
any Of its predecessors and yet after all
these efforts to get up n irst.class North
Caroline Agricultural periodical, at the low
price Of one dollar per annum, we find, at
nearly the close of the year, less than a thou
sand subscribers names on our books.
We lay these facts before those interested
in the continuance of our publication, and
will simply add, if they desire its continuance.
the Rumber of subscribers must be greatly
increased. We ought to have FIVE thousand
subscribers but if we can get two thousand
to begin the next year with, it will be at least
g guaranty that it will be sustained, and will
justify us in making the improvements we de
sire for the ensuing year.
II remains now to be seen whether the
Farmers and others ia the State, interested
in its continuance, will give us their aid il
increasing it's circulation. The times 70
holding our State and County Fairs is nea
at hand. 1t will be impossible for us to at
tend all ofthem, but if a few friends, at eacI
OF them, will exert themselves a little, on
list can be increased hundreds, and perhap
thousands. Some will help us, we trust, fire.,
ly, from a sincere desire to promote the Az
ricultural interests Of the State in whic
they live and in which they are so interestec
ly identified and we are willing to allow
liberal per eentage to others who will enc
gctically press the claims ofthe Planter. "
have no doubt an industrious man can NAL
several dollars per day at these Fairs, by S
Letting subscribers for the n. G.. Planter
We offer 20 per cent. on all subscriptic
money sent US, and hope to have sever
Agents operating for us at each and all i
Fairs in the State. A. M. GoRNAN.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1858-09-29
WORKS ON A~GRICULTURE.

Adams American Farm Book,
Browns Field Book of Manures,
Farmers Encyclopedias,
Manures-Farmer's Guide and Field Compan-
on,
Rufin's Calcareous Manures,
Exotic Grasses-By Chorlton,
Landscape Gardening, Parks, &C.,
Coleman's European Agriculture,
Gryas Elements of Agriculture,
Johnson's Elements of Agricultural Chemistry
and Geology,
Rogers Scientific Agriculture,
Warnings Elements.
Year B~oOk-Facts in Agriculture-5s and Sc.
Horsemanship-By Baucher,
History, Treatment and Disease of the Horse.
Mason's Farm and Stud Book,
Drinks on Dogs,
Richardson on Dogs,
Browns Poultry Book,
Benefits do do
Adams Domestic Animals,
Coles Fruit Book,
Downing's Fruit Trees of Ameriea-New Ed.
Thomas do do
Johnson's Catechism,
do Agricultural Chemistry,
Stockhardts Field Lectures,
American Bee Keepers Manual.
Cottage and Farm Bee Keeper,
Mysteries of Bee Keeping Explained,
Downing's Rural Essays,
Guenon on Mich Cows,
Plantation Book,
Strawberry Culture,
Sheep Husbandry,
Thomas Farm Implements,
Turner's Cotton Planters Manual,
Whites Gardening for the South,
Wheelers' Home for the People,
do Rural Homes,
Youatt and Martin on Cattle,
For sale by w. L. PoMRRoY.
Raleigh, April Is, 1858. 3R-
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1858-09-29

knowledge among our population engaged in
al the industrial pursuits of life, and we
hope to sec a continued and increased inter-
est manifested in them and to see on the
approaching occasion a generous spirit of
rivalry among all classes, to exhibit the
fruits and products of their labor, skill, in
genuity and enterprise.
To the Farmers they are Of especial inter>
est. Three fourths of our people ARE en-.
gagged in Agriculture all classes and pro
LESSONS are supported by the products Of
the soil, and any scheme that has for its end
the elevation and encouragement of the
Farmers, should meet the hearty co-opera.
ton and support of the whole community
All should feel an interest in the exhibition,
each emulous to contribute the most for the
general good, to gather suggestions for their
own Improvement and to communicate what
they know to others.
These Agricultural Societies are difusst
all over the State, and the experience every
where, is, that they have been the means o
a vast deal Of good, in disseminating usefu
hints, creating q taste for scientific knowl
edge and experiments and ~eradicating ex
ploded notions and p~rejudices.
The day is not far distant when science ii
connection with agriculture will be a direc
necessity. Our best lands are now unde
cultivation, and if we do not learn to arres
the premature waste that has been suffere
to go on for years and to restore our exhausr
ed old fields, soon we will be in a cond
ton by no means enviable, and will the
begin to understand, perhaps, that scientif
agriculture is no humbug. We believe, how
ever, that a brighter day is dawning for OF
State. The interest already manifested al
gurs a hopeful future for our farming pop,
lation, and we want to see this feeling stin
ulated and encouraged until every man e
gagged in the occupation, learns to look upc
agriculture, fruit and stock raising as
science, worthy Of the highest mental
well as manual efforts.
Let there be a general turn out at the ne
exhibition, and let every one come with Il
double purpose of imparting and of gainil
information let none be deferred from brin
ing up their specimens because the droug
has cut short their high expectations. WI
the farmer does by his skill, combined wi
diligent industry, and not the accidents
the season, should attract special notice a
praise.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1858-09-29
HIGH MOUNT TANNERY.
Situated Miles West Of Wadesboro', An
son County, II. G.

NOW the panic is over and nobody killed in
IN these diggins, the undersigned still contin-
ues to conduct the general tanning and Manu-
featuring of all kinds of Leather, Harness, Saddles,
Brides, Boots and Shoes, of every size and descrip
tion-of the very best Material. Plantation pre-
MUM Brogans, not to be surpassed All (which
he offers and proposes to sell or exchange for Raw
Hides, Beeswax, Tallow, and all kinds Of country
produce, on terms to justify and accommodate his
customers according to the times.
Having on ha d constantly a large supply of
Stock, he is prepared to execute all orders neatly
and promptly, with such ma lerial and workman
ship as are not to be excelled by any establishment
of the kind in this part of the country, in style,
quality or price, for cash or to punctual customers.
And in returning his sincere thanks to his Gust
toners and friends generally for their former
patronage, he solicits and hopes to still merit a
continuance of their favors.
ia eES C CARAWAY.
April "a. 1858. 35-tDec
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WANTED.-An Agent in every County to en-.
w gage in the sale of three new works, beau.
tifully illustrated, entitled Monument to the
Memory of Henry Clay" giving a complete and
reliable Biography of Henry Clay, his most able
and important Speeches, and also fifteen Eulories
and Orations, delivered at Washington and other
parts of the Union, on the occasion of his Death
subscription price, 81. 90; The land we live in
or, Travels and Adventures in North and South
America" price $3.50, and Edwards Domestic
Medicine" containg over 1000 large octave pages.
price $500. Circulars, giving full information
with terms to Agents, sent on application.
Address, DUANE RULISON, Publisher.
No. 80 S. Third St., Philadelphia, Pa.
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Lenoir Collegiate Institute
MALE AND FEMALE.
rnnNnEn 19i

FOUNDED 1890.
TIME Fall Session opens the 4th of August
Board per month, remains only 81. Tuition
per session, from 10 to Is. Ornamentals lew in
proportion.
Faculty composed IF the best Instructors.
One hundred and light students have attended
this year-an increase of 80 per cent over the
previous.
The two departments check and lncite each
other. Tkey are plsnned and managed different.
ly from any institution in the South.
Good new aparatas, row on hand. The Tenn.
perance Division fourishes. No Grog Shops il
less than six miles. For Catalogues apply to
Rev. L. Branson, A. B., Principal, or W. 81. Gun.
~ninggim, Sec. of Board,
Lenoir Institute, N, G.
June "a, 1858. - 25-4m-
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Wits HdIIJ NOI1OIhj '
Norfolk, IAug. It'll, 1858. 81
CATAEUE OF NEW MUSIC.
aST PUBLISHED BY
MILE & B A NJ,
BALTIMORE, MD.

&c PIECES. PRICES.
A Day DreaEeautiful composition.
Engelbrecht. 40
Boarding-sclr Notwithstanding a day alta
Female arding School-Ch. Grohe. SO
&Virginia Wington Monument, Grand March.
ComposJl honor Of the erection of
Crawfor-' Washington Statue" 25
Lancers' QuaIles-with correct figures.
Taught E'rof. Lehman. rs
Anvil Chorusrom Opera Trevatore, 25
Sea Shell Schish Polka.-Magruder. 25
Hearts DreaLBeka MazuIka. 25
Howard Mana. 20
SONGS.
Separation-R Acknowledgment. IS
Morning ~Star7ery pretty. rs
Have faith ine another, Sung by Terring 25
Maids of Men England, The Eng. Tenor, 20
| trust in thee1rench and English) Is
Dark ey'd Cree, %
Twill remind ! love of thee, 20
Gethsemane-fcred Song. 10
M> Music fwarded safely per mail, free Of
postage, on recot of marked price.
A liberal dis unit made to Dealers, Teachers
and Seminaries
Catalogues finished gratuitously by addressing
as above
*EmbellisheeVith Vignettes.
March 18th. i5S.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1858-09-29
HILLNILLE ACADEMY.

kRRo6L CO., VA.
B.F. THlPSON, A. NJ, Principal.
J. AVIS RRTLEY, a. NJ, Asso. Principal,
AsSISTEDkY EFFICIENT INSTRUCTORS.
TIME sixteeh session of this Institution will
commemorate first Monday in August, and
continue twent one weeks. Board can be had in
good families Ssix dollars per month.
HillsviIle is Village near the top of the Blue
Ridge. commahing a view of the most pictur-
esque, roplantAand sublime scenery. 1t is well
supplied with dod water and pure air from the
Surrounding muntains, and is renowned for
health. 1t afdls as good society as our smaller
towns generally tits situated on the main thor
| ouehfare from Annsssee to North Carolina, over
which passes a saily line of stages, and is within
a few hours tr4el ofthe Virginia and Tennessee
Rail Road. Though the liberality of Messrs
Andrew S. Fulton, Bsnj. Rush Floyd, and Alex
ander N. Chafh. two Gold Medals have been pre-
sented annually, for The last two years, to tn,
best speakers. The annual catalogue will be sen
to any one desiring farther information about tn
school.
July 9. 1858, 46-5mp
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p utt's GOrntr.
From the Russellville Herald.
THE WINE FIEND.

From the Russellville Herald.
THE WINE FIEND.
~ MRS. n. o. wITHERs.
Oh, pass not to me the cup my dear friends,
When you sit at the festive board,
Oh, let not for mo, oh, let not for me,
This rimson wine-drops be outpoured.
Its sparkle is bright and its fragrance sweet,
Yet IL has wrecked millions Of homes,
Changing smiles 10 tears. and life to death,
And laughter to anguishing groans.
The Wine fend is u treacherous foe,
lie comes with n poisonous breath,
Though sometimes he weareth an angels
guise,
TO wage his bold warfare Of death.
And he will praise, with a s~ophist's rare eye,
The cheerful and Curious vine,
With its clustering fruit and it's purple bloom,
Made by the good Father Divine.
lie will say, it is a pc = heart indeed
That the wine cup faileth to charm,
And n weak, shallow brain that cannot
refrain
When the goblet confers a harm.
will not tell IL tho broken hearts,
OF the widow and orphan child,
OF the maniae's death, and the bright young
man
lie often to rain beguiled.
Nor will he tell Of all the sea Of tears
He's caused in the world to be shed
OF the deeper wi il than rent Rachel's heart,
When mourning aloud for her dead.
Countless the martyrs he's sent to their rest,
The widow, the mother, the wife,
And he has an army we'll chosen and strong,
Forever engaged in his strife.
This generous prince, that his subjects laud
As noble, and royal, and brave,
Gives shrouds for bridals, for anthems a
dirge,
The cradle Of hopes makes a grave.
Oh, hasten the day, dear Lord, we do pray,
When he shall forever depart,
When peace like a balm shall gently fall on
The bleeding and sorrowful heart.
The eye that has watched, the head that has
ached,
May sweetly lie down and repose,
And brows that were wreathed with cypress
so long,
Be crowned with the beautiful rose.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1858-09-29
NOTICE,

YTNHE CO.. nership heretofore existing be-
tween Undersigned under the style and
firm of A. NJ Pheeters & Co., was this day dis
solved by ma consent.
J. w. Marhaving disposed of his interest.
the business he late firm will be settled by the
other partnS ,ly.
A. NJ. MCPHEETERS,
HENRY GHISELIN,
j. w. MARTIN.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1858-09-29
LOOK AT THIS

AND do not send SO much money to Yankee,
dom for Receipts. From five Hundred I have Sc
lected so of the best Receipts including the Cele-
brated Honey Receipt, and Launders Secret, which
should be in every household, They are worth
five dollars to any person. / send all neatly
printed and post paid, on receipt of One Dollar.
Please address POST MASTER,
Boonville,
4S-3mpd, Yadkin CO.. n. q