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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-02-19
The southern Press Association.

MOBILE, Ala, February l8.-The South
ern Press Association to-day appointed a
committee to look into the propriety OF Or
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-02-19
NIssOLUTIoN OF Co-PARTNERsHlP

The concern OF BURGESS & POWERS was
on the LIST OF February by reason Of the
death Of Tr. James L.. Powers. ali parties IN
dcbted to the concern are requested to make i'm
mediate payment to facilitate us IA winding up The
business. JAMES e.
Surviving partner.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-02-19

ann BARRELS APPLES receiving per
tUU steamer Aibemarle, for sale Low g close
consignment. noIsaSsss y r. 1.sssssk
i dc - HAA
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-02-19
NEW CONCERN.

NEW CONCERN.
JAMES E. BUkkFSS, LEWIS II. BLAI and
GEORGE D. THANTON have formed Il co-part-
nershIp to conduct the Wholesale White Goods,
Notion, Fancy Goods, Hosiery Business, as for
merly conducted By Burress L Powers, and cor
daily invite both city and country merchants 10 an
examination Of their stock.
BUEtaEss, BLAIR & 1HsNTON,.
No. Il Pearl street, Richmond.
n. b. The books of Burress & Powers VIII be
found with Burre5s, Blair K JhaXton. The new
c,nccrn will settle the accounts. fe lin
RICHMOND, February l. 1853.
FO-PARTNERSHlP.-I have this day
~ associated with me in business Mr.. z. ID. ID.
CLARKE, of Louisa county, Va. The style or
the firm will be POWhATAN WEISIGER &
CO. We will continue the same business hereto
elm PoWHATAN wEIsIGER.
DIsSOLUTION.-The firm Of HILL &
~ BENTLEY Is this day dissolved. The busi-
ness heretofore conducted under that style will he
continued by Hill, Bentley & Sknker, as per notice
OF co-partners ship below.
WILLIAM g. BENTLEY,
JAMES POTEAT
RICHMOND, VA, December 81, 1853.
CO-PARTNERsHIP.-We have this day formed
BENTLEY & SIMMER for the plrpose Of con
Quoting q GENERAL COMMISSION BUSINESS,
at No. II Pearl street, Richmond, VS..
Charles d. Hill, William G. Bentley and Charles
r. Skinker Will sign the firm name and have the
exclusive control and active management of the
business. u. I'LL,
e 8. ssESREa,
JAMES pOTEAT.
EICuAoHp, VI, January !, isea. jas
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-02-19
Louisville. Ky,

Louisville, Ky.
In Louisville, Ky, sales of Tobacco for the
week ending 18th instant 767 hossheads, and
since lst Of November TO that date 5,97s hogs
heads. Sales on the 18th, l75 hogsheads, with
IL reflections, from So Is TO s22.25 Quotations
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-02-19

Market closed active and firm, with . de-
cided advance during the week on all desirable
Tugs and leaf, the advance being most marked
on shipping and cutting leaf, which, on an
average, was IL per hundred higher than ut
the close Of the preceding week.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-11-09
A Plea for Early Marriges.

Rev. Henry Morgan lectured in Boston
some time ago on the subject, Young Men
and Early Marriages" He said, among other
things:
Mature, history and revelation declare, at
is not good that man should be alone" He
needs help mate-a wife is the balance
wheel, the regular guardian angel of a-hus-
bands trust, confidence aud prOsperity.-
Politically, socially, morally aud spiritually,
man requires wife. Man needs hUmc.-
The Romans gave bachelors no leeacies.-
Corinth denied them sepuchure. Atheuians
scourged them. In Platos commonwealth,
at the age of thirty-fve, they were fined
Man is but half man without wife In
all your gettings, get n vile, and never rest
from getting till you get married. Better
live in an attic, under the hallowed influence
of wife, than revel in palace OF dissipation.
Man needs home Marriage is the legit-
innate basis of genuine home. Look at the
Geplorable condition of the young men of
every city without homes. Boarding houses
have no elevating society of woman, no home
influences, no place of mental or moral im-
prOvement, no altar of prayer, no angel of
love-"
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-11-09
The Harvest in Europe.

i1y mail FROM Europe we have the following
ofthe harvest prospects prevailing at the great
food supply centres. on the LIST of October, as
reported in Paris:
Tho accounts of the harvest in Germany
are very unequal. varying in Different districts
from good to far below the hyerage yield.-
Ga the whole the gram harvest of middle
Germany was below the avetage that of the
souther States was tar better. From Aus
tria we hear that The yield tf corn is c0nsid-
erably smaller than in The last two years
the same is true Of RoumaGa. The Russian
harvest is stated to have been good. and the
crops have nowhere filled 80 completely as IN
some places last year. Theiodaet is every>
where poor with the excep.isn 81 afew noun
tain"us districts. There has been very little
clover. and both the hay aud surrogate have
been much injured by the uniavorable wealth
er. On the other hand, there has been good
deal of straw Both potatoes aud beets have
suffered from the heat dr"urh OF July and the
rain of August. The disease has also ap-
peared with more or less virulence IN some
parts The hupe> entertained tor the potato
harvest are NOT. therefore tiyh but 1t as SAID
that the beet is improving The hops are
said t" he i'll very poor condition. partly on
account uf the weur her ond partly from the ln-
sectS aud the diseases. which have appeared
in many rnrdeus Scarcely quarter of the
usual Yield is expected. But little fruit has
been gathered, and even what was is poor in
unality"
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-11-09

MorHERs.-Some one has said that young
mother is the most beautiful thing in nature.
Why qualify it? Why young? Arc not all
mothers beautiful? The sentimental outside
beholder may prefer youth in the pretty pic
ture but am inclined to think that sons
and daughters, who are the most intimately
concerned in the matter, love and admire their
mothers most when they are old How sug-
gestive of something holy aud venerable it IS
when person talks ol his "dear old mother v,
Away with your mincing "mammas," and
..mamas;" suggestive only Of fne lady,
who deputies her duties to a nurse, n drawing.
room maternal parent, who is afraid to handle
her spring for fear Of spelling her fue new
gown. Give me the hnmely mother the arms
of whose love are all embracing, who is beau
tifuI always. whether old or young. whether
srrayed in satin, or modestiy habited in bonn
baZlue.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-11-09
30 Gentle At Homo.

There are few families, we may imagine,
anywhere, in which love is not abused as
furnishing the license for impoliteness. A
husband, father or brother, will speak harsh
words to those he loves best, and those who
love him best, simply because the security
Of love and family pride keeps him from get
ting lis head broken. 1t is shameful that a
man will speak more impoiitely. at times, to
his wife or sister, than he would to any other
female except low and vicious one. 1t is
thus that the honest affections of n mans ma
ture proves to be weaker protection to u
woman in the family than the restraints of SO
ciety, and that a woman is usually indebted
for the kindest politeness of life to those not
belonging to her own household. Things
ought not so to be. The man who because it
will not be resented, inficis his spleen and bad
temper upon those of his hearth-stone. is a
small coward and a very mean man. Kind
words are circulating mediums between true
gentlemen in society; and nothing can atone
for the harsh language and disrespectfuI treat
ment too often INDUCED between thsse bound
together by Gods own ties of blood, and the
still more sacred bonds Of conjugal love.
GLDe Illustrated.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-11-09

FRrsn ICEn FISH THE YEAR ROUND
The Sandusky 60 R"yi.tc' gives column
to the description Of the new pntent reiriseru
tor process, i'll use in that city. by which
meats and fruits can he preserved "ni trans
ported III any kind of weather BY mern> 0i
this process packers take fish irrsh from tie
water. and in two hours time rrnucc eac h
funny member toa perfect ~"!'drry after wh'ch
they are corded un in solid tiers. 10 be intro
duced into ;he markets when n" fi-h be
caught by III" freezing up o! rhe lake in the
winter. J he rcc,pr> at one of rh">c immense
pack -. e-rah.>hmeuf< IN S;,uduskv. "n Mon
day m,,rsa. were forty five tons Of fish. all
If w',c wr,e duly frozen aud corded up 10y
the following mnruiug.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-11-09
BEAUrIFUL ALLEooRr-Tbe old n

BEAUTIFUL ALLEGoRY-Theo old man was
toiling through the burden and heat of the
day, in cultivating his field with his own hand
and depositing the promising seeds in the
fruitful lap of yielding earth. Suddenly there
stood before him, under the shade of huge
linden tree, vision. The old man was struck
with amazement.
Il am Solomon" spoke the phantom in a
friendly voice. what are you doing here,
old man ?'
IF you are Solomon" replied the veuer-
able labOrer, show can you ask this; in my
youth you sent me to the ant; saw its
occupation. and learned from that insect to be
industrious. and to gather What then
learned 1 have followed out to this hour"
You have only learned half your lesson,
replied the spirit. ''Go again to the ant and
learn from that insect to rest in the winter OF
your life, and to enjoy what yOn have gathered
up"
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-11-09

A BEAUTIFUL LEGEND Stonewall
Jacksnns death, at Charlottesville, a story
became current among the confederate legi"ns
which the soldiers loved to repeat over the
fires oi their bivOuac-thar. on account of his
extreme piety when their famous chieftain fell,
ID detachment OF angels Left the heavenly gates
to visit the battlefield and escort the hero's
soul into heaven The celestial squadron
50 rched the close strewn plain, but without
effect He whom they sought could not be
fund and they returned mournlullY to heaven
to report their want of success. But 10 be-
hold ! on arriving they found the spirit of the
immortal warrior there already 4Stone,roH
heapen bct0re hrm.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-11-09
Spirit If Seffstsnlr.
RATES OF ADVERTISING.
Soldiers eaten br Cannihala.

The Londou Daily Ne.cs says: "If anv
of US look forward to being eaten by eannibaI.
he may wish to be informed how he is likely
to be cooked, Il is i comfort to know that
the savages who may devour him are by no
means devoid of refinement in their culinary
disposition. Some French soldiers were lately
taken prisoners by the Kauaks. and one of
them was killed and eaten His comrades
describe the process. The KGuaks first de-
capitate their victim; Il matter of no small
difficulty, considering the bluntness of their
hatchets. Ten to fifteen blows are necessary.
The body is then hung up to tree by tho
feet, and the blood allowed to run out for an
hour. Meanwhile hole a yard aud half
deep and yard wide is dug in the ground.
The hole is lined with stoues, aud theu in the
midst oftheun gjaat fire is iitsS When stho
wood is burned down little and grows with
heat, 1t ia covered with more stones. The
man is then cleaned out aud divided in pieces
about foot loug and the hands and feet being
thrown away Us worthless The pieces of the
man are placed on the leaves of n large rose
tree peculiar to the tropics Tue meat is
surrounded with cocoa nuts, banana, and somo
other plant noted for their delicate flavor
The whole is then tied together firmly, tho
fire is removed from the pit the meat is
placed in among the hot stones and carefully
covered, is left to cook for an hour
Women do not par;ake of this warriors
feast. Men alone are permitted TO enjoy SO
great an honor aud so rare delicacy."
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-11-09
POEFICAL.
TIE GOLDEN GATE.

Would my little daughter know
Where the peaceful waters flow,
Where the sweetest ffowers grow
Along the path of lifes
Where the meadows are more greene
Where the brightest birds are seem
" here the skies re all serene.
And where there is no stIifes
Tonder Is the g SGolden Gate"
All around the angels wait,
There .he narrow path is straight;
NY daughter, enter in.
Her. the Shepherd feeds his sheep,
Here the lambs securely siecn,
Here's a fountain pure and deep,
To wssh away our sin.
Near there il a broader way,
Where the thoughtiess and the gay
Throw their priceless souls away,
Forgetful of their God.
: There the gate is soP<aS-I wide. - r
And the tempter stands beside,
Iuring on the thoughtless tide,
Adown the dreadful road.
DaueF ter. turn not to the right,
Nor the left: but in the light
OF the gospel, pure and bright,
Seek to be forgiven.
Enter through the Golden Gate"
Where the angels gently wait,
Where the ma ROW path is straight,
Leading up TO heaven.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-11-09

NuKFuLK AND GREAT WESTERN Road
TIE money article of The New York IOr!d of
Saturday week has the following reference
to the recent measures adopted by this road.
und er the active and sagacious direction Of
Colonel Flournoy, its efficient President:
"As an evidence of the practical progress
which the SOutherners are making On the
road to prosperity, We have to state that the
managers of the NOrtnlk and Great Western
Railroad Company have cnncuded im>
portaut arrangement with the Virginia Inter
rational Lsnd t2mprus. by which that COM
r"Dy f'.s buu4jr 5wy.u3y acres 81 lnud along
rue '.r Il 'ir rasicoad E".anel McKaye.
trc.Io,a. %. ar y.r-.,.n hand Company is
now III kur"te making arrangements Tor a
system OF Immigration. in eOnj JUNCTION with
European capitalists. Nh Cyrus Mccormick
is one of the directors, and the business of
the company is likely to be carried on with
energy aud enterprise. The Memphis. FL
Paso and Pacific Railroad Company has
formed a basis "f consrIidari"u witt Ire Nor
folk ard Great Western C"ml any hy which
the city Of Norfolk Is I" tie n,,e the tern,-
nws Of this great Southern route to the Pa
c.fc coast
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-11-09
a as! how sIlght CSur' NAV move
Di>scusiou between hea rte III 1--we -

MEMORY Memory is he highest gift !;
We do no, feel il 10 h. -p- because only
partially 10" it and generally retain it IN
.reat things; hur "f mau every moment
forget other and rheu see what we would lie
We are the creatures of the past. therefore,
of memory To deprive us of memory. would
be to thrust us naked aud destitute ino The
mere present only the moment after to strip
US of memory again.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-11-09

As daylight can be seen through very
small holes. so little things will illustrate
persons character. Indeed. character consists
in little acts, hab:tuaIly aud hoLorably per-
formed daily life being the quarry from
which we build it up and rough lie" the
habits that form it.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-11-09

The most contemplate weakness in our
world is the disposition to despise labor as
inconsistent with genteel and rsfned cultiva-
tioo. No person Is truly independent who is
not possessed Of knowledge of some trade,
or business. in which he could earn a support
in case Of need
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-11-09

= Be neither lavish nor niggardly of the
two avoid the latter a mean man is uni
yersalIy despised. but public fame is step
ping stone to preferment; therefore generous
feelings should be cultivated
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-11-09

In the eyes of some people .'lowbred"
woman is one who says at home. takes care
of her children. ard never NEEDLES with the
bnsiness of her neighbors. Species almos:
extinct We wish there were few moEe Of
them about.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-11-09

IF we would have powerful minds. we
must think if we would have faithful hearts,
we n,ust love; if we w"uld have strong mus
cles. we must labor These include all that
is valuable in life.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-11-09

THINK BEFORE You SPEAK-Many u
harsh, unkrnd and urju~t remark would have
been left unsad had the >pe.ksr listened for
u single in>tan; l. thr voice ui reason Ties
which have stood The fest of long years have
in one moment been sundered the WA NEST
friendships have been br"kcn-GonrIles have
been separated, and hopes destroyed. aud ere
now. by one though'les> ex pres-inn.
sAas! how slight causo move
Di>scusion between hea rte III lbve!"
A sudden uutburst Of passion one glance of
a flashing eye-one lrtle word an "! the
sunshine and happiness Of moment before
is changed to slo, my anger and moody dis
cOutent.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-11-09

As storm following storm, and wave sue
ceeding ware. give additional hardness to the
shell that encIoses the pearl. 60 do the storms
and waves Of life add force to character.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-11-09
Howard House,

Nos ). NORTH Howard StreeI,
1.-TWO Doors from Baltimore Strcct,)
BALTIMORE.
TIIfiIS Hotel has recently been enlarged. thorough
Il " renovated nd elegantly rcfurnished through
out and ia now capable of acc"mmUda ting over
800 guests. Under the management OF the present
proprietors, it has attained popularity exceiled
by no Hotel in the country. Everything which can
conduce to the comfort of guests, is furnished with
an unsparing hand; and the Howard House offers
accommodations to the travelling PUBLIC equal to
BATHS, BILLIARD ROOM, BAR. ETc.,
are all eptionable, The Proprotors solicit
the patronage of the public
h5- Stages will be the Dcpots on arrival oil
trains also at the steamers their arrival to con
vey guests and tneir baggage TO the House.
TERMS---S3Oo PER DAY.
n. r. SEWELL,
March 80, ls69-Iy. Manager.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-11-09

A lazy fellow once declared in public
,mnaDv that he could not find bread for his
,mily. "Nor l." said an industrious ne
bauic 81 am oblfged'to work for IT,"
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-11-09

Remember that self-interest is more
likely to warp your judgment than ali other
circumstances combined therefore look well
to your duty when your interest is concerned.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-11-09

- Nature has perfections. in order to show
that she is the image of God and defects,
in order to show that she is only His image.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-11-09
Horrors of War.

Since the creation Of the world fourteen
Thousand millions ni human beings have fal en-
in the battles which man has waged aga nst
his fellow -crcuture-nun 1t thIs amaz'ng
number of men We're to hold each other by
the hand AT aims length. they would extend
over tuurtc.u miiuns. five bundled and
eighty three thousand three hundred and
thirty-three miles "I erannd aud would en-
circle he globe IN which We dwell six hundred
ant e.ght times! 1--we allow weight of man
to be OH al average one cwJ. (this is below
the mark) we shall come to the conclusion
that six inilirnns, Two hundred and fry thou
sand tons of human flesh have been mungled,
DIS. uiscd. gushed and tramped under foot -
lie calculation Will aprear more striking
when we state that it only the fore fingers of
every one OF those t"uIteen thousand millions
of human beings were tn be held in straight
line they would reach more than six hundred
thousand miles hey"nt the Neon aud that if
person were to undertake to count the mum
Der, allowing Uiner"tu hours Il day. and seven
days in week. at the rate "f six III usand
per hour, Ii would take that person three
hundred aud thirty six years. Aud. awful is
rlc conSdern, 'on !! rhree hundred aud fIty
rh"nsund p'pe- 81 human bIond would have
teen split H. ba,L!rs
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-11-09

-"Ha'n't your at sleepy ?" asked boot
black of seedy looking clergyman; 1T looks
as if it was long time since it had n
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-11-09
ATTENTION FARlIERS!
Planters ana Vegetable Growers!
Wilson's zaassaORIsatCA
SUPER PHOSPHATE OF LINE.
The Cheapes! and Best Fertilizer in the
COUNTRY

TT has raised good crops of Wheat, Corn. Oats,
i Putatoes, q rdss, and Vegetables of Ill kinds.
We have certificates which we can rho y, and re-
fer to the gentlemen whose names are Inserted be-
low, but the certificate of any Fertilizer is the
experience Of the farmer effects upon the crops
and the soil observed, he and nciglb"re use It,
year after year: Any Forti izer that will continue
to stand this test. may he safely pronounced t. be
good. We know to Lave genuine merit III it,
Give il u trial.
Judge J. w. Hunter, A. A. Co. Md; James W.T.
SON E.u a. a. Co, Md: WIN Hawkins, Esq .
near Baltimore, and others who have used IT.
DUVALL. S IGLEHART, Sole Agents,
lbs Light Street Wharf, Baltimore
JuIv 90 1866
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-11-09
II o T Il / s .
SHENANDOAH HOUSE,
MARTINSBURG, w. VA.
JOHN TELLER, PROPRIETOR.

U,HE Proprietor of this excellent Hotel, not Iav-
ing succeeded in selling his property, will, as
heretofore continue keep the House, but is still
disposed to sel if acceptable offer be made him.
The Shenandoah House is one Of the most conve-
nientIy arranged and comfortable hotels in Mar
tinsburg and the Proprietor will spare no trouble
or render the stay of his guests pleasant
and comfortable.
The fine stock OF Liquors, Wines, &C., with which
his Bar is supplied. W i'll lie kept up, and persons who
may patronizc him in this department, can rely
upon getting the very best article.
The Shenandoah House is pleasantly situated on
North Queen Street, near the Railroad
August 10. 1869.
Spirit of Jefferson copy.-NtlD Era.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-11-09

CIGARS, Stosies, Smoking and Chewing Tobac-
" Goa good assortment for sale by
October u, 1869. W. Eb1