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rSe- PLAIN STATEwEyrs ov FAcrs

DR. HAMPTON, now aged - years speaks. Haar him:
=, Are You SCH hewaro of ntationsl Ask for
HainptUns Vegetable rinciure. The many cures
couutcrteitinE.
medicine must have merit. aud great merit too.
STAND the test Of public opinion. No OF puIfiug
1Ah GaiFanlze worthless article, TO keep il up
as Zeoi medicine, If il De uot really SO.
good medicine win live, become popular aud ex-
ho rs sHles year after year. IN spite OF opposition
J them passes from month 10 mouth with more ra.
pisty thsr ~spapors can spread il. A living wit
ness ltstiylng 10 tie cure medicine has made E,r
aiIn, Is oi more service than any newspaper adyer
Using.
Ia proof Of what We say above, we refer you to
Hampton's Vegetable Tincture and its etfucts
Mr., NA. HI5A, No. l9j South Paca street Balti,
more, cured OF Rheumatism, Dyspepsia anu NeryCus
disease
AiR. EDWIN NJ. sPg.NKLrN, No. q Register street
Baltimore most dreadful OF ScrofuIa of years
stan ling Lost number OF pieces of bone, restored to
leaith.
Miss MARY SCoFIELD Teacher, No. geo Baltimore
sreether case, after years Of suffering has aston
ishtC her friends Let the afflicted gali t. see her.
DYSPEPSIA. NERVOUS DISEASE. dc.
Mr.. VIM Oldham. of Baltimore Custom House slS-
fryl from the complaints for Is moutiiS with body
aud mind yerely affected. He cured by Hamp
TON Negrtabis Tncturc after other things failed
CdUGU. CONSC CMPTi0N, &c.
Nr Henry c. Wiun had cougii for years-great
weakness, &c had IN all hVe or SIX physicians; tried
all IL" remedies. but was cured only by
HAMPTON'S TEGETABLE TINCTURE.
gET Delicate Ladies and Children will please give
il a triai.
Or. COOKE frciericEsburg; by I'll the Druggstsi IN
pc,ers,ur-: hy MORTIMER : NUWBRAY, Balti-
NOR sni hy Druggists aud Sh0pkeeperS every where.
SE-Sl l-r bottle; six bottles Tor SIS. sc S--d&c
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GENERAL lLLUMiNATION.--Th he suggestion
tor general illumination on the high of the gid
has taken like wild fire, aud ineu Women and eli !.
dren are now at work preparing for it, Will not eve
ry merchant light up his store windows-eYery me
chahic MS workshop-every professional man his
oihce-eyery house keeper his residence-eyery
hotel keeper his establishment The cost will ba
ont tribe TO each one and the occasion will new
er occur again. We shall have no more Washing.
tons to honor by the erection and Inauguration Of
state statue and nothing else will arouse
equal enthusiasm in the breast of tue American
people, with his immortal name Let all then pre-
pare Tor the illumination, that the night as well
as the day, may be a grand and glorious one
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Nor PRovED.-Aleorin Trijario. a ven
der OF fruits and candies, presented himself before
the Mayor yesterday to show cause why he should
not be held to bail for assaulting and beating .Jo
seph B. Siguiago. Old Joe, with patch on his
probocis but little smaller than cake Of cheese.
Kissed the can skin, and then deposed that the
accused knacked him down without cause and beat
him cruelty. Two other men. however said that
Joe had been smiling" freely, and while under
tAe influence of strong driGk. had called the pris-
oher a liar and thief, and then got a warrant to
have the first ''sayr to madam Justice Presunipp
that the complainant was in no danger of his per-
son, the warrant was dismissed and the prisoner
discharged.
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/. ~ t,s.U E.r Propristor fine f~aHSy'raRaH.
Hi ~tll l---r la- extracted two C0rns from ~,
'.t Ha5. .rr -ziiyInel" painful for many year
I.-. ..fr.arl,raTy e,-se with which h operated
..|I..atrIs. aHH cn-eriulIy recommend him 10 al
a 1914. troubled vi,h cDrr- n. the Only person
I''-r..t Anypn ~ perform the operation sc.entIE
.-.. ,ai ajt.,at psju. Nm RICE.
.Irl..t.t. ~tpt y. l-ST.
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Ffum Plefg BHHrr. Esq
d. :.al1e-rr tsl, ezlractras number oi corns iron
-. H"t ~4tA great skill and without pain
PIERCE BUTLER.
IhateiiAia, Nov Q. 1857.
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JDTATOEs POTATOES POTATOES

T 7 = y FNFV'
.. fA'a.1Fs tiist want pure genuine Potatoes. for
t".pbf +" ii CAL ol board the schooner John Il,
IT, clo": bg the Dystsr market, where they eau
.t @ jiiiHyi.ted with both large aud ,mall ones
', u 'rt h''its them beet Look here, what's going
Il tAi! }iat gesEei, n hhy, they are selling jersey
g ' Nrfttf PJ'st,e.. way onlS look. they are
~ ~ a. coming all the time. Don't 1t beat ALI
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=. j.. s-,urs ~ i csfrgi; dcs co.'s arCs beGucOEI
..f.as=g q: a4us Ia mJit!Tr dnuiUrr.
JEROME NAPOLEON.
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T.aa b- y y Laasii,. Ptyvd.fqu fo he city EatsJ
farg IaE'itty at P4tLb{stDttG
bE ) il"os r has extracted without pain or sore
-At very re.nigl coIas ia 4 few minutes. !
""-.i iya-. iTi~IiI, and the public generally IT,
'i" @r EtC--rr aud have themselves relieved Oi
t-.-. 10 lgG.euuJls. VI Lands, VI ID.
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aAp1Y SCARED AND INCLINED TO BOLT.

The Buckingham Register" which has been
engaged in singing Mr.. I.etcher's praises and
boasting about his chances for the gubernato
rial noninatan, for The last eighteen months,
now adopts the following trcmuous tone:
".is far as We are concerned, our course is
marked out If the people are not fairly rep.
resented in that Convention (at Petersbnry,,
We shall appeal to the highest court in Eirgi
nia-the people themselves. To the friends o
Letcher we say-Stand to your arms.
Here is a pretty clear indication of on in
tcntion to disregard the action of the Peters
burg Convention, unless the friends of Mr.
Letcher shall consider the people fairly repre-
sented therein-or, in other words, the action
of the Convention is to be disrcgarded BY the
friends of Letcher" unless he can be nomina
ted-for they already set it down as fixed
fact-unaltcrablc and indisputablc-that he is
and must remain the popular choice.
Now. if Mr.. Lctchcr is nominated, 1t must
he bv such management as his adherents have
rcsortcd to in Williamsburg, Marshall, iiamp
shire and Harrison. If beaten, it will b'
by the people, and in spite of the same
politicians. Let his adhercnts, then, follow ur
the threat Of the Register" Let them place
him before the people in opposition to the re
gular nominee of the Convention. Let them
moreover. bring ont a candidate of the opposi
ton party. In such case, Mr.. Letcher will moi
get 5000 votes in Virginia; and the regular
Democratic candidate will beat the combined
vote Of his two opponents almost as badly as
the third candidate will beat Lctcher Try
your threat, gentlemen. 1t accords well witt
your whole dSorganizing course.
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STILL ANoHER LETcHERrTE FRAUD THE DE
MocRACY OF HARRISON SOLD.

Adviccs from an entirely reliable source have
lust reached us, containing the following state
Of facts:
On Monday last, meeting was held ut
Clarksburs, Harrison county, at which the
delegates (yet to be appointedJ were instructed
to vote for John Letchcr whenever his name
shall be before the Convention. The asScrl-
blage was delayed until late hour i'll the
evening, on court day. At last 4 snap Judg-
mcnt was taken, after the people had left town;
meeting Of only SEVENTEEN MESwas assembled;
ELEVEN Of these were Le,cherites, and SIX op-
posed to Mr.. Lctcher. Thus ELEVEN men have
undertaken To dictate a choice TO the entire
Democracy of Harrison.
We are assured that '':t' .tour hours notice
had been giren, the Lctchcr men would easily
have been beaten, "ten to one::" and that if the
Democrats of the county were polled, Judge
peterborough uonlH beat .Ur. Letcher ..fee hue
dred rotes" Indeed the trick seems to have been
attended with all the aggravating circumstan-
ces which have marked any Of the similar
cases to which it has been our duty to refer.
We again appeal to the people of the State,
to say whether this system of unfaithfulncSs
to party obligations shall he tolerated. We
present on well vouched authority, no less
than four instances Of bogus county meetings
managed By preconcerted arrangement, 10 foist
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anthracite, and for all practical purposes is equal
to that produced by charcoal
The trade which large iron establishments
here, would throw upon the James River and
Kanawha Canal would be immense, since all
the limestone required would descend from the
mountains and much Of the best iron ore.
The predictions Of President Cabell would
be realized; as they will be- at no distant day.
Without the assistance of this grand water line.
it would be idle to talk ofproducing iron with
economy here, but as far rs iron making Is
concerned the water line is all VIC could wish
and the thing is eminentty practiedH We
hope Col Jordan may determine to locate
among us and he able to claim the honor of
putting III blast the first .r"rnoce using mineral
coal ever erected in Virginia
The present time is the most alispiciouS mo-
ment labor and material are now comparatively
low, and the future promises ample prices
The growing demand Of Richmond is great, and
unless she is supplied at home, we must labor
under the disadvantage of buying our matrri-
al from our competitors ut the North. Success
to the adycnturcrs and the enterprise.
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Mr. Everett and the Noun. Vernon Fund.

Mr. Bonner, the enterprising publisher Of
the New York Ledger has proposed to Mr..
Everett TO contribute one original article per
week for one year to that paper on the conside-
ration of Mr. Bonner paying ten thousand dol
lars to the Mount Vernon Fund. Mr. Everett
has accepted the proposition in the following
letter:
BoSToS, Nov. t. lSjS.-Dear Sir Your letter
Of the I'd of September, was placed in my hands
OH the l4th of that month. In consideration
of your check for ten thousand dollars, to be
placed at my disposal for the benefit Of the
Mount Vernon Association on the receipt Of
my letter accepting the offer, you propose to
me To furnish an original article weekly for the
New York Ledger for one year.
This liberal offer has received my thoughtful
consideration. ! have been and am strongly
tempted, on the one hand, to make this noble
addition to the Mount Vernon Fund. On the
other hand, among other grounds of hesitation.
| have been afraid that | could not do justice
to your liberality, without giving up more time
To the preparation of the articles than is con-
sstcnt with other engagements and duties
You are right in supposns that no pecuni-
DCUCll d'Niuhl W "'uio AiNuNS
me to undertake the task although the 'finan.
cia situation to which you alludc Is far less
brilliant than you may have been led to think
by exaggerated reports. | feel, however, that
it is my duty not TO iorego this opportunity of
adding so large 4 sum, at once, TO the Mount
Vernon Fund, and accept the offer. will
begin to furnish the articles As soon as the m-
mediate demands upon my time to fulfil sohlc
previous engagements shall cca>c-in the course
of this month at furthest-and will continue
them, as far as possible, weekly, making up at
the end Of the year for any omission in the
regular supply.
They will hope he received by You and
the public with the indulgence usually extended
to grat,,itous labors in a meritorious cause.
shall venture TO call the articles thus fur
nishcd by me "'rhc Mount Vernon Papers"
scarcely daring to assume that lIonored name,
which, however, may perhaps be permitted as
appropriately Indicating the object for which
they arc prepared; and so excusing their i'm
pcrlectionS | remain, dear sir, respectfully
yours, EDWARD hvRhkrr.
ROBERT BoSSER, Esq.
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IRON FURNACES NEAR RICHMOND.

Col. Ben j. Jordan, one Of our old and no
ted iron masters, from Lexington, is now in this
city for the purpose Of considering the practi-
cability of erecting iron furnaces here, and Of
investigating the various sites with the advan-
tage of position and various connecting circum-
stances. He is we'll pleased with the result Of
his observation so far, and is sanguinc Of sue
cess. No one can sec more clearly than him.
self the many advantages TO be derived from
a position so convenient as that which may be
obtained near the coal fields Of this city. Col.
.Jorlon is gentleman Of great experience in
the iron business, and has informed himself
thoroughly on the subject of manufacturing
iron with both wood and coal. The differences
between which, are nearly one half in favor oil
the latter. Mr.. DeBow and the Colonel have de-
voted several days to an examination of the iron
ores of our immediate neighborhood, and have
succeeded, beyond expectation, in finding va
ricty. both inside and outside Of the coal field,
which can be made use Of in connection with
the mountain ores, and those along the line OF
the Canal, to great advantage. The establish
nent ofiron furnaces here, capable of produ'
cling good coke iron at Unreasonable rates, would
produce new era in our manufacturing ell
terprisc, since it would enable our mechanics
to obtain their material as cheap as their COM
petitors at the North. Once established, such All
iron business would constantly grow in magni-
tude and diminish in price or cost Of pro-
duction as the production of charcoal iron
must constantly decrease in extent and increase
in cost. Our rolling mills would be able to
produce rail road iron at moderate prices, and
thus enable us to build our own roads with our
own iron. Our coal mines would find an abun
dant sale for all their fine coal, and an abun
dance of fuel, for smelling purposes, would b
thus obtained, through the simple process o.
cokeing. The iron Of the West is principally
made with coke, and in fact most Of the Eng
| lish iron. ltmakes much better metal thar
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THE WOULD BE oLIGARcHY VS. THE sELF-coN,
STTTUTED TRIBUNE.

The wire pullers of the Lctcher meeting Of
Shenandoah, have manufactured the following
choice specimen of a politicians pronunciamen-
to:
Resolved That MS his TO wit: John Lctch-
er'S) Democracy and Southern principles need
no cndorscmement by his immediate conStitu-
ents we regard the attacks made upon him by
the sclfconstitutcd tribune of the people, as
reflection upon our own soundncsS, and there
fore, dcnounce such conduct as unjust and an
outrage upon the Tenth Legion"
The tribune" thanks you, unconstituted
censors of the preSs--the tribune thanks you
for your sweet voices" McsSrs lntrguers-
YOU who concoctcd and shuffled through
this edict-the tribune" docs intend "a re-
tlcction OH your soundnesS" finds You utterly
unsound and nothing better at all than
sounding brass" Your conduct is UNJUST"
and youarc an ''outrage upon the Tenth Le'
gion,' and not worthy to he counted among
the rank and file Of that gallant host The
''Tenth Legion" despSes your pitiable attempt
to play King Bomba, and invade the freedom
Of the press.
Why did you not assemble full meeting of
the Democrats Of Shenandoah, and send for
the "trbunr" to confront him with his ac-
cuscrsy Simply because You were doing dirty
work, and feared to meet the honest truth
But your punishment is sure You are already
hoisted on the spears Of the tenth Legion,
ONLY to be borne to the summit Of the Tarpeian
rock, and dashed to the very depth Of popular
contemplate punishment for the false accusers
of faithful public servant-fit degradation for
false witnesses against the very tribune of the
peoplc
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heir improvement. The policy of the Rich

their improvement. The policy of the Rich,
mond and York River Rail Road Company is
worthy of imitation, and worthy, too, Of COM
mendation Had our other leading rail road COM
pancs availcd themselves of the offers Of our
manufacturers years ago, they would now have
good and substantial roads. all the better for
limited USE instead Of rails going fast to de-
struction. owing to the miserable and worthless
character Of the foreign iron, Of which they are
made. 1t has been thoroughly proved, by years
Of experience, that the most common Northern
iron is superior to the English, or such Of
it As we get under present circumstances.
Yet, even the Northern manufacturers
will allow, that our iron is still not only
superior to the English, but also superior to
thcr>-a fact, which the proprietors Of the
Armory or 'rrcdcgar Works, are willing ut
any time to demonstrate The cost however. Of
our mountain iron is almost double the price Of
the Northern iron, consequently our lnanufactu.
rers cannot produce railroad iron at the prices
which rule for Northern or foreign iron If
some OF our entcrprisng men would 20 TO work
and build furnaces in the vicinity Of our coal
field, as we believe they will, iron can be made
here as cheap as elsewhere In such m event,
We can suit the demand and supply both good
and cheap IRON
The Armory works also produce splendid
railroad axles Of any size or egtl We need
not say they are made Of good iron, since all
the productions Of those works are from the
pure mountain iron, and therefore can be impli-
city trusted Where life and property are ell
'langcrcd, or dependent on the strength Of ma
teral, such lis bridge bolts, railroad axlcs
&c, &c, too much care cannot be taken in the
selection. The difference in price is Il small
matter. Yet the prices Of our iron manuinc-
turerS are, under the circumstances. surpris-
ingly low. We ASK the attention Of our own
people and our Southern friends to these we'll
known works, and invite them generally to give
our Richmond manufacturers and mechanics
c,u
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For the Enquirer.
DEMOCRATIC MEETING In ALEXANDRIA CITY
ALrxANpRIA, Va, Nov.

.tLbAtNDHlt, ~, WV i-tii, iScD'
Messrs Editors The Democracy Of Alex
andria city assembled at the Court House last
night. pursuant to previous notice, to appoint
delegates to the Petersburg Convention. The
whole Democratic party Of Alexandria county
were appointed delegation to the Convention.
unfcttcrcd with instructions to vote for any
one man in preference to others.
After the legitimate business Of the meeting
had been effected, an effort was made. Indirect
". it is true to instruct the delegation to vote
for Mr. Lctchcr. but it failed most signally;
then. (thc meeting all the time growing more
animated and vocifcrouS) the apparent admirers
of Lctcher, having failed in the effort at the
quasi instruction to vote, for Letchcr, as 4
forlorn hope, made desperate effort, for
about two mortal long hours, through some
fifteen or more propositions and counter pro-
positions, to obtain Il vote expressive of conf
dencei in Homest.John Letchtr; but they were COM
plctcly routed, "horsc, foot and dragoon' Letch-
err record upon the slavery question was freely
discussed, and the meeting seemed fully salts
fled that he uds not tie man to bc ut the helm
of State in the approaching storm, that threat
ems such dire miSchcfto the country, especial
" To the South. The indications, as clearly
manifested at the meeting. wcre--that the pco-
pie expect the Nominating Convention to select
some man us our standard bearer. whose re-
cord upon the slavery question: will endure the
most rigjd scrutiny. They want man whose
antecedcnts will silence the opposition press
upon that question, and more especially at this
time, when the monster demon. Seward, is pro.
claiming the purpose Of the Black Republican
party, to be. to effect the social and political
equality of the negro, with the white race, viz:
That the negro is to be admitted 10 our fcs.
tive board, and our fair daughters TO be united
in matrimonial alliance with the uncouth, fiat
nosed and thick Tipped negro. ie gods, deli
yer and defend us from any man as our stand
ard bearer, whose record upon the slavery
question. will in any wise weaken our position.
or furnish food and encouragement to the fell
hosts Of Abolitiondom! You may. i'll one word,
put down the action of the meeting last night,
as an unequirocat condemnation Of Letcher-
an unlniStakabe expression ofa rant of conf
lence in him upon that question. The friends
Of j. r. Tucker, Faulkner and others, for sake
of friendly courtesy, to the aforesaid crest fallen
andhiilicted TRIO, permitted q resolution to be
passed. declaring that the partisan attacks upon
the various distinguished men whose names
had been mentioned in connection with the
succcssorship Of Governor Wise, had not di
miniShed confidence in them; which it was hoped
would prove balm to their wounded feelings
\ resolution WAS passed declaring negro sla
very to be blessing politically and socially tc
both master and slave In haste, &c,
Cop SAVE THE COMMONWEALTH.
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PERSONAL.

We had the pleasure of meeting yesterday
Gen. Goicouria. who had Just arrived here from
Washington city lie is on his way with his
family to New Orleans and leaves tomorrow
via Memphis.
The statement made by the Washington
city correspondent of the New York Herald,
that Gen. Goicouria has any thing TO do with the
movements of the Nicaragua transit company,
or against Gen. Walker, We are authorized to
say, are unfoundcd.
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