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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-10-25
VIRGINIA AND KENTUCKY RAIL

ROAD.-NOTICET TO OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
proposals will be ived b. the undersigned until
the 10th of November next, for the Graduation and
Masonry of tne first fifty miles of the Above road
extending from the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad
plans upon the above named distance can be seen at
the Office OF the Chief Engineer in the town of Az
ingdon after the LIST day Of November next, who will
give all necessary explanations il regard thereto
The line is divided into about one mile sections In
the above distance there will be earth to move
amounting 10 about 952,f00 yards of loose and hard
rock about 5I3 coo yards of mortar masonry, 49, ~
perches of dry drains, Is, 900 perches.
Tho.e proposing fot the work requested to
state in their bids what am unit Of stock they
willing to take, in part payment for their work
kddr. IS the undersigned, at Abingdon. Va.
W. HAWKINS co.
n 2 Tho inspecting of the Profles and Plans of
the Chief Engineer has been cbaugad from til 18th
of October to the lst of November, owing tn the
great amount Of labor required 10 prepare them
W. J. II. h CO,
40 2l-dti Abingdon Va
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RIO THE COUNTRY DEALERS.-The

7 AGUAYEA COFFEE 400 bags prime
- quality. for sale BY
os 70 20 OAt1nfOk1'
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v.ss. JUST UPENEp the finest as
sortment of Ladies' Work, ever oiferl d
for sale in this city. ALEX BILL 4 Co,
Main st
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49, FOR Il 8 4 THE subscriber
esss has good Store House for rent, at Gordons
silie, w ,ns VIM Fl MANN
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-10-25

g. ROOMS FOR RENT.-Seven eie
E;:S CANT Rooms, lately fitted up with new paper
and naint;ng: suitable fol lodgings and offices Ap
nnu a. p"'d'e' JUAN PIZZiNPS,
~! az No I2S Main street.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-10-25

@A@ SPECTACL h s--p h B.
- ~ BILE SsES.-The public are
hereby informed that In our very complete as
sortmept Of sPkCTACLES We coutiuue 10 keep a.
we have done FIR many yeara. a full a.sortarnt If
PEBBLE GLASSES IN steel end geld frames. With
experience of thirty years Ia this dopsrtIueht Of
our business. and particular attention III ADAPTING
glasses to all the requirements OF the eyea We arc
enabled to siyo general satisfaction in Spectn-
cles.
CATARACT GLASsE S, also, always on hand EYE
GLASS Els gold, steel and she'll Of every variety
GLASSES of every variety fitted in old frames.
MITCHELL 4 TYLER.
u CLAIM 6cXkfn la lain str,at
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JUST RECEIVED al

sxzzzz,e. JUST RECEIVED 81 the cheap
ssS~-sa@ Boot and Shoe Store 2c4 Broad street a.
dies LASTING GAITEhs, with and without heels;
Ladies' Thick Sole KID CATERS, with and with
out heels; Ladies' MOROCCO BJOTs, with and
without heels, &c. &C lg-6.F
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r. NEW JEWELRY
"A STORE. 751s MAIN Sr. S A-@A

&k2z3DA II. JAUNKE, PRACTICAL WAIcHNAEHR
(of the late firm OF Myers Il Jahnkej
have opened bosnegs nu my own account, At TX
Main street, where will be pleased 20 si5R 10 mr.
friends and the public in general my tas;eiuy So
lected stock Of rich GOLp JEWELkY, DIhhOSDs
fine Gold and silver WATCHES. (time keeper. TIA.
BE SlLf ER, and a large sssortmen. Of the best
Gold, Silver and Steel SPECTACLES, Whit, convex
and coucaye: ground brazilian Pebble aad other
Glasses, with which guarantee to suit any person
10 whose vision optical aid can Be applied Aa
asJ prepaf ed TO Manufacture 10 order asy kind r.
style of precious or ornamental Jeweiry and silver
Ware. L have the pleasure OF say ing that for he
past five years have EMO! ed the eDtire sonhdenCs
OF my friends in Richmond rs to my ability AZ 4
practical Matchmaker, in which branch Of my buti-
will hereafter be assisted by ny brOtitrr.
assure my friends and the public in general that
will spare time trouble, but will devote sy
personal attention TO the repairing and regulating n
fine Watches, ami by this means hope net snly 10
sustain my all eaiy established repuI alton, but 70
ext nd it, and give satisfaction 10 every who viii
try and tIust his watch in my for repairing
and regulating. The new Watches whscu have
bought aud keep for sale are only those IA. by the
most celebrated watchmakers OF Europ which
have pleased NE in The beauty of their v orb man.
ship. and which know by expeFie rec BE- closely
re Sulated. They have been carefu ly selected AID
will be infinitely examined, regulated aud tried by
my self before they sold. ny thus testing their
durability and correctness IF pcrf0Fa c., | will
the satisfaction of knowing that offer Eur soils
= good time Keeper, and that the purchaser will
never regret having bsught of NE
All kind. of JEwELRY and SpECFACLEs re.
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- FOR SALE Or LEASE.-We are
Al authorized to sell two OF those three elegant
frIck Tenements ON the south side OF Grace street.
between First and Foushee streets These tene-
ments have just been completed. and are squai 70
ia only necessary to examine the to be satshed OF
their admirable finish, and complete ngemeni,.s.
They have every ,nmodation for . large An,l.y
coal and wood house, carriage house. stable, wastr
gas, &c. $. 80.
sold v.ithin few weeks they will be leased for
term Of years, to careful tenants, ct g moderate
rent. dUDDAN AZ Anc,x
cr SuGte
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patronage OF fUFmeF tHstHhieIs n n n TrINa
CHOOSE 60 buy from me- M
once near Petersburg Depot
au 5-3m .----------------
mo COUNTRY SMITHS II am pre-
i pared 70 deliver SMITHS COAL, Of superior
oualitr nv the car load of sixty bushels on soaIu
cmaI bcsf. al the railroad landing 10 miles above
Richmond. Apply at the Carbon Hill Mines. ~
miss from the canal or at my office in hicnmono'
corner Basin Bank and 10Th street.
anAstA''' ' holm ]. WERTH, Agent.
A NTHRACITE AND VIRGINIA LUMf
"A COAI,-The subscriber, dealer in the above
GOALS. would say that he has and will keep on
hand the best white and red Ash Philadelphia Coa,
and Lump Coal from Midlothian and Black Heatn
Mines and would ask his friends and customers 70
call upon him before giving others orders. on the
, "a 10 ALI coal ga low a. any dealer in the city,
u no will Weigh his Coal. All he asks % a can 10
satisfy them. LAhos, :. mS III ,s,h
sra Ia
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- FOR SALE.-HaviDg moved my
E1 residence offer.for sale the House and Lot. r."
Gently occupied by myse a. tho Garner o. s anss
near the corner of Broad and sd streets or at my
Bookstore 2i3 Main street. o, rr.nvr
Terms very reasonable. IHoo oAA"n'
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-10-25

Nws FOR MISSES AND chill
ass~s DREN.-A very large supply of Misses
and Children's Caters and shoea, Of every STYLE
just received by ALEX HILL co,
&C 20 1T Main st.
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aa FOR LEASE-The valuable Let
SSx on the northeast corner of Cary and 9Th SITS,
fronting 46 fest ami running back about 81 feet Its
location is such as to insure good rents. tlmproved
with small stores and dwellings, and fcr work
shops foupdries. &C il is particularly adapted.
long lease will be given at moderate rent: Apply to
A D WILLIAMS,
se 2q-ts Real Estate AuctiOneer.
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ez FOR RENT. - The undersigned
va offers for rent the residence now occupied BY
lin on 9Th street between Marshall and Clay ste.
The house contains about Il roos inclu ling store
the accommodation of large family. Possession
may be had by tbs lat Of December. The house can
hours of IL 4 Il and P Nj. Apply TO-
Tia II L,
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.Hes FOR kENT-The Tenement on
EsS Bank street adjoining the two tenemen.s s &c
cnoiei nv Mrs Harwocd, containing ten rooms,
Kitchen. coal and wood cellars. Gas and water Oh
the pIei.ise'' Npf'' JOHN CREME.
The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1858-01-21
trap; Pirates have landed. We are at.

IN trap: Pirates have landed. We are at.
tackled"
AT the terrible word Pirates far tbose
villains had done such deeds in those seas 90
never can be told in writing, and can scarceIv
De SO much as thought of-cries and screams
rose up from every part of the place. Quickly.
lights moved about from window to wipdow
and the cries moved about with them. and
men, women, and children, came hyine down
into the square. l remarked to myself, even
then, what a number of things 1 seemed to see
at once. l noticed Mrs. Macy coming towards
me, carrying all her three children together. /
| noticed Mr.. Pordage, in the greatest terror,
IN vain trying to get on his Diplomatic coat ;
and MIR. Kitten respectfully tying his pocket
handkerchief over Mrs. Pordage's nightcap. l
noticed Mrs. Belltott run out screaming, and
Shrink upon the ground near me, and cover her
face in her hands, and lie, all of bundle.
a9ivering. But what noticed with the great.
eSt pleasure was, the determined eyes with
which those men of the Mine, that | had
thought fine gentlemen, came round me with
What arms they had, to the full as cool and
rtsolnte as could be for my life-aye, and for
my soul, too, into the bargain
TO BE CONTINUED.
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that they may work at the forge; prepares his
own ammunition; raises his own provision /;
making all which he uses; asd thus bringing
the producer and consumer together.
Another example: A farmer runs a high
fence round his land he builds his own house,
eschewing carpenters; he makes his own
clothes, maintaining a noble independence I"
of tailors; he constructs HIS own agricultural
implements; he grows his own food-his tea,
coffee, sugar, fruit; he breaches his own ser.
mons; writes his own books; keeps himself
compsuy discards all the re6nements of civil
iza'ion: Thus does he bring very close togeth-
er producer and consumer.
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The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-05-05
SMILES.
Yorker.

Nothing on earth can smile but man .
Gems may flash reflected light, but what
is a diamond-fash compared with an eye
fash and nirth-fash! Flowers cannot
smile. This is a charm which even they
cannot claim. Birds cannot smile, nor
any living thing. It is the prerogatise Of
man. It is the color which love wears,
and cheerfuIness and joy-tbese three.
1t is the light in the window of the face,
by which the heart signifies to father,
husband, or friend, that it is at home and
waiting. A face that cannot smile is Ike
a bud that cannot bloom and dries up on
the stalk. Laughter is day, and sobr;ety
is night, and smile is the twilight that
hoyers gently between both, more be-
witching than either. But all smiles are
not alike. The cheerfulness Of vanity is
not like the cheerfulness of love. The
smile Of gratifed pride is not ike the "a
dance of goodness and truth. The rains
of summer fall alike upon all trees and
shrubs. But when the storm passes, and
every leaf hangs a-drip, each gentle puff
of wind brings down pretty shower, and
every drop brings with it something of
the nature ofthe leaf or blossom on which
it hung; the roadside leaf yields dust; the
waInut-leaf bitterness; some flowers pei
son; while the grape blossom. the rose
and the sweet briar lend their aroma to
the twinkIing drops, aud send them down
in perfuined drops And 50 it is with
smiles which every heart perfumes accor-
ding to its nature-seifsbness is acfi1 !;
p,ide, bitter; goodwill, sweet and fragrant
--Henry Ward Beecter.
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THE FATHER OF WATERS.

The vastness of the great mississippi
River is thus depicted by writer fom
| Maiden Rock, Wisconsin:
s'While look out upon the river, three
miles wide at this point, my mind seems
to take in at one grasp the magnitude of
the stream. From the frozen regions of
the North to the sunny South, it extenls
some thirty-onc hundred miles, and with
the Missouri, is forty-fye hundred miles
in length. 1t would reach from New
York across the Atlantic, and extend from
France to Turkey, and to the Caspian
Sen. It's average depth from its source in
| Lake Itasca, in Minnesota, to its delta in
the gulf of Mexico, is ten feet aud its
width half mile.
The trapper on the upper Mississippi
can take the furs of the animals that III
habit its sources and exchange them for
the tropical fruits that are gathered on the
banks below. Slaves toll at one end of
this great thoroughfare, while the free
red men of the forest roam at the other
end. The floods are more than month
in travelling from its source to its delta.
The total value of steamers afoat on this
river and its tributaries is more than Sc,
oOo ono onJ ,,,,,,Lo, 6Goor I,rJuoJ
more than twice the entire steamboat tom
age of England, and equal to all other
parts of the world. 1t drains an area of
twelve hundred thousand square miles.
which is justly styled the garden of the
world. 1t receives a score Of tributaries,
the least Of which is larger than the yaun-
ted streams Of mighty empires.
1t might furnish natural boundaries for
all Europe, and yet leave for every coun-
try river larger than the Seine. It en-
CULTS every year moro t].an the revenue
of many petty Kingdoms, and rolls a vol
ume in whose depth the cathedral of ST.
Paul could be sunk outsof sight. 1t dis
charges in one year more water than has
issued from the Tiber in FIVE centuries.
It swallows up fifty rivers, which have no
name, each of which is longer than the
Thames The addison of the Danube
would not swell it a fathom; in one single
reservoir-Pepin- twenty-five hundred
miles from the sea, the navies of the
world might ride at anchor. 1t wa, hes
the shores of twelve powerful States, and
between its arms lies space for twenty
more"
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MY MOTHER.

"Yea though I walk through the val
ley and shadow of death, | vii fear no
evil" and leaning tenderly on the "rod
and staff" the tender feet went down into
the "tlark valley" over the tossing waves
to the angel arms waiting on the other
,, river side to receive her. t
There was clapping of hands and u
and shout of JOY echoed far across the
dark waters as the pearly gates swung
back on their golden hinges, and the
mother pilgrim lifted up her bright gar
ments and went over the home-th threshold
of our Heavenly Father. There was the
the sound of rejoicing up there around
the white throne, for another brow was
ready for the crown, and another pair of
hands claspcd the golden harp. But here,
in the little parlor at home, there was
sound Of weeping, and aching hearts were
bending over a form of senseless clay, and
gentle hands were robing it for its coffined
bed. Very tanderly they folded the pale
hands over the pulseless heart and wiped
the death dew from off the white brow,
but there were fearful eyes, looking down
through the darkness on the shrouding,
and an aching heart, busy with its sitting
sobs, counted tie long tedious hours in
the dawning.
There was hushed stiffness in the dim
church. as they bore their precious burden
up through tue narrow aisle. The pale
daylight struggled in through the half
open blinds, and the wind lifted up its
great wailing voice without, tossing the
restless snow-fakes hither and thither,
and then stole down beside the frosty panes
in sobbing means. And remember the
tramp of many feet, and my teai full heart
felt that stranger eyes were looking III
upon the pale lips and white brow Of my
mother. And then, and there, they bore
you out through the crowd of synpathet-
ic hearts and fearful eyes, and down thro'
the drifted street, and laid you down to,
your rest-to your rest, mother--but oh,
how my poor motherless heart ached
when they heaped the frozen earth above
thee and left thee alone there on the hill
side, alone with the sobbing wind, and
the coming night. Five more days and
the second twelyemonth will have gone
by since we parted-thou for thy starry
home and to the work of Life. But its
near the eading-mv heart tells me SO as
I sit here in the twilight dreaming Of thee,
and longing to 60 Home Raral New
Yorker.
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gs- They are sending cargoes ofwhcat

gs- They are sending cargoes ofwlicat
from Jerusalem to a foreign mnrkes. aa
So it is, they spoil our poetieal associ-
att ms. Think Of huge harvester-oao
Of McCormick's say-kicking up the
dust on one Of the very heights whore
the daa 5htcrs ofJudah sang their eyen-
ing sons. 4a.
Net long ego, some chap put snort
ing, suffering l:ttle steamboat on the
"twany Tibcr,' and somebody else wis
laying about him right raanfully among
the tall cots ON Marathon's glory-liGbt-
cd plain. .t
We shouldn't Re surprised to learn
that some Yankee chung OUT in tho
small beer and ginger bre: d line, On the
spot whence ''pious Knoas" bore his
household, and that they cry '.hot corn"
and charcoal where the voice Of Troy's
eat prince lamcnted his loved and lost
Crcusa. The day may come when Lc
wlo would linger among the sacred groves
once vocal with the sweet ionic Of the o.
den time, will be iostled by ncwsboys, or
disturbed by the quick paintings Of an ago
that neytr winks, and when he turns
from the dusty walk to escape the eddy
ing tide, and rests his foot upon turf once
pressed by the maids Of Athens, stay
that step as the picard starts 1T him,
Ike the tombstone Of all his cherished
past-GEST1ENEs are requested TO keep
eff the grass.
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MAs.-IFe take tic following rich
naorsel from one Of Dow, jr's. short pa
tent sermons:
Man looks upon life just as he looks up
OH woman-there is no living with thenr,
and he can't live without them. lie will
run after them, and rather than be held
he will loose his coat tail and character
kiss them for love and kiss them for lcaa-
ing him into trouble. So with l;fc. Ito
partakes Of its pleasures, and then curses
it for its pains gathers boquets Of bl:ss-
and hen their blossoms have faded, Lo
finds himself in possession Of bunch Of
briars. which is all owing to little met
dent which occurred in Paradise, when
man was as green as a til acco worm, and
rs unsuspicious as tree toad in thun
der storm. He YVES sold to increase aud
multiply, and so accord ngly increased his
cares and peopled the world with rarcc!
Of candidates for pcrlition, and am ono
4 them.
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5fllstftlantOus.
LIES DUTIEs.-It must, undoubtedly.
be the design Of our gracieas God, that

LIES DUTIEs.-I 1t must, undoubtedly.
he the design OF our gracious God, that
all this toll for the supply of our physical
neeessities-tLis ineessant occupation a
mid the things that periSh-shall be no
obstruction, but rather he'o to our spir-
itual life. The weight of clock seems
heavy drag on the delicate movements
OF lis machinery; but, so far from arrest
ing or impeding those movements, il IS
Indispensable 10 their steadiness, balance
and accuracy, There must be some ana
7logous action of what seems the clog and
drag-we;ght Of worldly work on the finer
movements of mans spiritual being. The
planets in the heavens have two-fold mo-
tien-in Their orbits and on their axis;
one motion not interfering but car
ried on simultaneously, aud in perfect
harmony with the other; so must it be
thai mans two-fold activities round the
heayenla and the earthly centre do nor
jar with each other He who diligently
discharges the duties of the earthly. may.
nor les seiucuslv- uay. 81 the same,Ino-
ment-fulfi those of the heavenly sphere:
81 once ',dlligent in business, and ssfer-
vent IN spirit, serving the Lord
Card E-
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Earn your own bread, and see how
sweet it viii bel Work, and sea how well
Won will be- Work, and see how cheer
full YOU viii be! Work, and SEQ how in
dependent you viii be. Work, and see
how happy your family viii be- Work,
and see how religious you viii be. for,
before you know where you are, instead
of repning at Providence, yoa viii find
yourself offering up thanks for all the
numerous blessings you cnior
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-05-05

Ho,fE IS the residence not merely of the
body, but of the heart. 1t IS place for
the affections to unfold and develop them
selves; for children to love and learn and
pIay in; for husband and wife to toll
smiIingly together, and make life q bIes-
sing. The object Of III ambition should
be to be happy at home; if We are not
happy there, we cannot be happy else
where. It IS the best proof Of the virtues
OF a family circle 10 SIS happy frczide
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-05-05
Aoftrp.
NM ANGEL LOVE.
III EMILY c. JUDsoS.

III EMILY c. JUDsoS.
EE7ls
I gazed down LIES dim labyrinth,
wildering maze 10 see,
Croseed DER by many a tangled clew,
And wild as wild could be,
And as gazed in doubt and dread.
-. An angel came to me.
knew him for 4 heavenly guide, -.-
l knew him even then, 5 ...r-a .5-
Though meekly as child he stood
Among the sons of mem
By his deep spirit-loyeliness. er.er
I knew him even then.
And as leaned my weary head
Upon his proffercdI breast,
And scanned the pcrii-haunted Wild
From out my place of rest,
I wondered if the shining ones I'LL.
OF Eden were more blessed.
For there was light within nv soul
Light OF my peaceful way. ---. r--
And all around the blue above,
The clustering starlight lay;
And easteFly saw upreared
The Yearly gates Of day.
So hand in hand we tro3 the Wild
Ny angel love and I
His lifted wing all quivering
With tokens from the sky.
Strange my dull thoughts could not divine
Twas lifted but to fl.
Again down life 5 dim labyrinth
crop my way alone,
X lille wildly through the midnight sky
Black kurryiug clouds gre blown.
And thickly in my tangled path.
The sharp. bare thorns are sown.
Yet firm my foot, FOR well know
The goal cannot be far,
And ever, through the rifted clouds,
Shines out one steady star
For When nv guide went up, he left
The Pearly gates ajiar!
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FAITu-That power which supplies
evidence, that power which, at the mo
mcnt when man, advancing upon the
ocean Of thought, begins to lose bis foot
ing, and feels himself overwhelmed by
the waves, lifts him up, sustains him,
aud enables him TO swim through tbs
foam Of DOUBT to the pure and tranquil
haven of certainty, is faith. II IL by
faith, according to the Apostles (Ieb. XII;
|, that what we hope for is brought
nigh, and what We see not is made visible.
Il is faith which supplies the place N
SIGHT, the testimony Of the senses, pers,-
nal experience and mathematical e,i
dencc.-Fa.th is the vision Of the soul.
"The want Of sight she well supplies,
She makes the pcarly gates apprs-,
y Far into distant works. she ffisaf fIv
And brings eternal glo: - nea.. .
aie1andcr yin1f