Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1860-04-27
CITY AND STATE NEWS.

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dark" magi, ~oracles, sibyls and such like va
.oabonds and -villainous institutions had It al
their own way and fooled the world lncontl
nentlv Christianity came and used them UP
nrctty ci,cctuallv, but not altogether, for ever
in this so much bnastrd of 18th century, We set
people every day luost thoroughly sulled and
( drned by fortunc-tcllerS, trance mediums, Spl
ritual rappers, soothsayers and other knaveS
and lunaucs.
/, is inconeeivable how people outside the
~)unatic asylum, and who claim An acquaint-
ancc with schools and Christian churches, call
be 50 stupid and so bcnishted as 10 place any
faith whatever in the advertisements Of the
traders on. c~redulity which We see circulated
all over the country every other day. That the
Door and illiteratc, living beyond the reach oil 4
scllool-lesk or the voice OF 4 Christian minister.
should br yictinized by such rogurs as We re
fer IL, is nothing very surprising; hnt It's
amazing 10 thini: that women, calling themselves
respectable, who can show you IL diploma from
some highEalutin school, and carry large gut
prayer books to church on Sunday, should spend
money in consulting some vile pretcldcr to tile
mower of telling who will be this Or that young
e; iady's husband, and so on. Yet, amazing though
/ it is, it is nevertheless true, and in this very
city, women who look with disdain On poor
! people, who dress magnilicently, and belong TO
''the higher orders" (Ciod bless the mark j
may be seen slyly slipping into the denS where
| some of the above base ilnpostorS, called fortune
tellcrs live, to gel information concerning the
future.
If in schools where young ladies' do congrc-
! gatc. less Of literary garbage was stuffed down
,L.:. ,l,,o,,- md utrn mt SDliI matter WE'RE
taught. If the habits in vogue among .fashioh-
| a5les were less regarded, and tile department
| which hclungs 10 people of common sense
| was more inculcated, if 4 sound morality was
, taught with as much care as Latin and Natu-
raj Philosophy and the like; in Il word, il more
| reflection MAS bestowed on tue proper mode OF
training which is requisite to lit women for the
| high and responsible duties they owe to them
selves, the world and God, We believe there
would be fewer Of them seen lrequenting the
abodes Of iortunc.tcllcrs.
1t requires bnt little argument 10 show that
God does not inspire TagaboI,d men aud women
with the gif Of prophecy in order hal they
may make 80 cents CT n dollar { head out Of
idle gadding girls; and even if fortune tellers
were to derive any inspiration from the devil,
we presume that information derived from such
q source would not be very reliable, he being,
by all accounts, the father Of lies.
In sober earnest VT say that fearful rlllalny
can hc pcrpetratst by fortune tcllcrs--some OF
them advertise that no gentlemen are admitted;
bnt let lis see how easy il is for 4 villain 10 et-
feet the ruin Of woman through the agency Of
the villains we alInJe 70. 4. debauchee has Il
private conference with your female for une
teller; he i~lIStructS her when L certain lady
calls to tell her that IL mall answering his own
description TO u hair, will be her future hrs-
band, and that if She would pass hr Il Ger.
tain place Il; Il certain hour she will see
him. The poor hetoolrd girl is all cx.
cite,nrnt, she approaches the place named,
at the time named sees the very man, her faith
in the prescirncc OF the fortune teller is estab-
lishcd. She is convinced that that man will
be her husband IN acquaintance is formed
without! difficulty, and we cnn easily imagine
how the conspiracy between the dcbauchc@nnd
the iortunet teller can he carried nn, TO the utter
ruin Of their dupc. This is one way in which
female virtue can he yictimized Of course there
are many Others.
We caution women against fortune %tcllers,
then, and hope that, in this city al least, such
vagabonds will bc Stunned and avoided, Tor
they are iinpostprs and knaveS all.
The Alexandria Gazette Of the 24th, says Of
the fish market there:
The report of the arrivals is mnch more en-
couraging, and III prices there is Il dcclinc.-
About 30, Uoo herring, and 9,6h0 Shad were
brought up. The demand is still active, and
sales were made at $40 15all so per thousand
for herring. and $l2 Scala per hundred Tor
shad. Bunch fish are still in great demand,
but the arrivals have fallen OFT. All brought
up are readily taken at lSa29c per bunch for
rock and perch.
Green peas were sold in Portsmouth for Is
cents 4 quart.
4 youn. man FAMED Samuel Arnistead, fell
from the roof Il house, on Old street, Peters
burg, on "Wednesday, while cleaning a gutter,
and broke his left arm. severely confusing other
PORTIONS Of his body.
PATENT C~oaBIyATiov RuII.-We have had
unon our table for some days II rule which
seems to us to be Il mas, convenient and useful
little continuance for the architect, carpenter,
bricklayer, nGSon, cabinet-inakcr, artlzan OF
any kind, surveyor, engineer, or any person
who may require the use of a rule, square,
bevel, indicator, plotractor, brace, scale, paral-
lei or spirit level. II is capable Of being turned
into almost any useful shape Or angle. By il,
the height of any building mag he calculated,
or the distance 10 any object in sight be ascer-
tanned. Ii Is not liable to get out Of order, is
strong and compact. is only six inches long and
weighs less than six OUNCES. 1t is patented by
T.. {. Stephens & Co. Of New Hartford, Conn,
and NAV or ought to be found in every hard
ware store, aid + in use 10y every mechanic.