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NEW PUBLICATIONS.
TIME INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC
SERIES.

D. APPLETON g. co. will soon commence
the publication of a SERIES OF POPULAR
MONOGRAPHS, or small works, under the
above title, which will embody the results OF re-
cent inquiry in the most interesting depart
ments of advancing science.
The character and scope of this series Will be
best indicated by a reference to the names and
subjects included in the subjoined list, from
which 1t will be seen that the cooperation OF the
most distinguished professors in England, Ger
many, France, and the United States, has been
secured, and negotiations are pending for contr-
buttons from other eminent scientific writers
THE works will be issued simultaneously in
New York, London, Paris, and Lepsic. That
by Professor TYNDALL, on the Forms OF
Water, is now in press, and Will appear soon;
several others are nearly ready
THE INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC
SERIES is entirely an American project, and
was originated and organized by DIR. L. L. YOU
MANS, who has spent the greater part of the
past year in Europe, arranging with authors
and publishers, and whose name is a guarantee
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nv him
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Political Eyents-Diary for the Remainder Q
the Year 1872. s.---


the Year ls72 s.----rs
October S-Indiana, election OF State,
officers and Congressman. ~
October S-Iowa, election of State olti-
GERS and congressman.
October S-~Nebraska, election OF State
officers and Congressman.
October s-Ohio, election Of State ofli-
GERS and Congressman.
October S-Pennsylvania, election OF
State officers and Congressman.
October S--Dekota, election of Delegate
to Congress. e
November 5-presidential election. On
this day the following States also elect
State officers and Congressmen: Alaba-
ma, Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois. Kansas,
Louisiana, Massachusetts,, Michigan, Min
nesota, New York, Tennessee. The fol-
lowing will elect only Congressman Del
aware, Florida, Maryland, New Jersey,
Virginia, Wisconsin. On the 8th of Mo-
vember, Arizona elects delegate to Con-
gress, District of Columbia elects dele
gate on the 9th, and Texas elects Con-
gressmen on the 30th of November.
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Illness of senator Gayls.

Last Saturday afternoon Senator Garrett
Davis was stricken with paralysis at the
residence of his son-in-law, VIM. G. Mago-
wan, near this town. His physicians, Sat-
urday night, entertained no hopes OF his
recovery, but Sunday morning he rallied,
and is slowly recovering. M. Sterling Sen
Guel. Sent. 9TH. -
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This Is TO GIVE GNoTIcE-That on d

THIS Is TO GIVE NOTICE-Ihat on the
1 9Th day of Sept'r, A. ID. 1872 q warrant ~
bankruptcy was issued out of the District Court
~ The United States for the Eastern District Of
Virginia. against the estate of Valentine Lewis,
Of Richmond co. and State of Virginia, who has
been adjudged bankrupt on his own petition
That The payment of any debts, and
the delivery of any property belong
ing 10 said bankrupt, to him or for his use, and
the transfer Of any property by him, are forbid.
den by law; That meeting OF the cre1il9rs o.
one or more assignees Of his estate, will be Leld
at court of bankruptcy, to be holden at
the Registers Office, Fredericksburg Va, before
4. T.. Waterman Esq, Register, on the 2lst
.lav OF September. A u 1872, at 10 O'Clock a, NJ
DAVID b. PARKER,
% G-Sag ". - Marshal
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Prof. TIL. Huxley, LII.
ID. +. r. S., Bodily
M o ton and Con
seriousness,
DIR. w. ID. Carpenter,
Ill. d., 4. II. s., The
Principles of Mental
Physiology.
Sir John l. u b no c X ,
Bart, F. X. s., The
Antiquity of Man.
Prof. Rudolph Virchow
fof the University OF
Berlin) Morbid Phys
biological Action.
Prof. Alexander Balm,
LII. D., Relations OF
Mind and body.
Prof. Balfour Stewart,
LII. D., F. r. s., The
Conservation Of En-
ergy.
Walter Bagehot, Esq.,
Physics and Politics
DIR. II. Charlton Bas'
tian, M. D., F. r. s.,
The Brain as an Or
gan of Mind.
Herbert Spencer, Esq,
The Study of Sociolo
Prof. william odilng,
F. r. S, The New
Chemistry.
Prof. w. Tbistleton by
or, b. A. /, B.Sc., Form
and Habit in Flower
ing Plants. 49,
DR.. Edward Smith f.
| II. S.. Food and Diets
Prof. w. Kingdom Chi
ford, NJ. A., The First
Principles of the Elk
act Sciences explain
ed to the Non-Mathe
matical. Iu4t
Mr.. j. N. Lockyer, +
r. s., Spectrum An
alysis.
w. Lauder Lindsay, M
| d., +. Il. s. f., Mine
| in the Lower Ami
| mails.
DIR. J. b. Pettigrew, nj
| d., L. r. s., Walking
This series will be al
10 publ 10 and private Ii
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Swimming and Fly

swimming and Fly.
ing.
Prof. James II. Dana,
M. A., LII. ID on Ce-
phalization; or Head
Domination In its re.
lation to Structure,
Grade, and Develop
ment.
Prof. S. w. johnson,
NJ. A., On the Nutri-
ton of Plants. q
Prof. Austin Flint, Jr.,
M. D., The Nervous
System and its Rela-
ton to the Bodily
Functions.
Prof. w. ID. Whitney,
Modern Linguistic
Science. 20
Prof. A. @. Ramsey,
LII. D., #. X. S.
Earth Sculpture.
Prof. John Tyndall,
LII. d., F. r. S., The
Forms of Water, in
Clouds, Rain, Rivers,
Ice, and Glaciers.
DR.. Henry Maudsley,
Responsibility in Dis
ease.
Prof. w Stanley Je-
vons, The Logic OF
Statistics.
Prot. Michael Foster,
M. d., Protoplasm
and the Cell theory.
Rev. M. J. Berkeley, M.
A., i. l.. s., Fungi :
their Nature, Iniiuen-
ees, and Uses.
Prof. Claude Bernard
(of the College OF
France), Physical
| an I'd Metaphysical
Phenomena of Life.
Prof. A. Quetlet (of the
Brussels Acadamy OF
| Sciences), Social
| Ply sizes.
Prof. A deQ uatrefages,
The Negro Races,
| Prof. Lacase-Duthierst
| Zoology since Culver
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,raries, and cannot fail tC
reading u knowledge o.
n science and awakening
dies among the people.
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WIN. P. Cunningham, an aged aid
highly respected citizen Of Fredericksburg,
died on Friday last.
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COMMERCIAL.
Corn and Flour Exchange, !
RICHMOND, September IL, 1872.

RICHMOND, September II, 1872. }
0Gertngs.
Wheat-White. 1914 bushels Red, 1854.
Corn-Whte 22s. Yellow 30 Mixed, 3O0O
Oats-64S.
Sales. .-..
Wheat-Whte, 152 bushels prime p t.; zoo
prime sls7; eos very good sl.s7; 10 prime 81 80;
40 fair 81 76 10 fair $40; 4l2 very goods So
AZ comm on 81 80 40 very good $50; 50 com
mon 81 Go. Red, 2Ss good $l75; "a very good
81 so; IOS tair 81 7a 22S prime Sl.S5; Ss6 common
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Corn-White, SIS bushels very good sjc. yell
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Oats-lO0 prime Western, Soc; Sc fair Va. Doc J
81 prime y t.; las good Ole. ..- d.. .
Re-erhibttei 3D..
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The Agricultural Fairs in Virginia this
-, Ill o,,,,,arcn nc fnllowS.

The Agricultural Fairs in Virginia this
year will commence as follows:
TAzRwEtL @. H.--Tazewer Co. Agl. So....0ct. 3.
IxpEPEHpEScE--Grayson County Agl So..0ct' 5.
WYTHvIILE-Sow west Va, Agl. So'y......".Oet' =.
STAusroN-Augusta Co. Agl Society oct 70
BoYDToS--Meclt' bg Agl and Mech. So" Oct 10.
EULPFPRR-Piedmont Agl. Society. .....'.''Oct. 10.
TrYISaTox- Rogl,bTidge County Fair :. Oct. l6.
ryIygroN Rockbridge County Fair...Oct. 10.
ii~St Iwpnlaslyi Ari. and Mech So......,O Oct. is.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT Co. Agl. Society oct Is
NsTppRy- pulasIxi AL and Mech. So.....O Is.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Agl. Society Oct y
NoRFotK--ya. and N. q. Agl. Society .....Oct. *
WIYcHE sTRR--yalley Agl. Society....... Oct ~
DANvILLE-Border ARl. Society .".....,".'''Sct' na
LERsBURG-LoudounC 90. Agl. Society ~
RIcHMoYD-State Agl. ~
In North Carolina commence as follows
HESDERsoH-CentralA gl. Society ...,...Oct. :.
RlIEIGH-State Fair. ........,-...........Oct 10.
WELpoY-Roanoke and Tar River. .......,..Oct. ~.
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VARIETY IRON WORKS,
ESTABLISH ED 1862.
JAMES D. BROWNE, MANUFACTURERS OF
IRON AND WIRE RAILING,
GRATING, VERANDAHS, FIRE-PROol
VAULT DOORS, tlE
FLOWER VASES AND STANDS, SETTLES.
Together with every description of iron work
for BUILDING and ORNAMENTAL purposes
se6 AND sO7 BANK STRERr, Fs
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BOARDING.

TENHE IMPERIAL HOTEL, 700
Il uArE JBNNKss HoUsB,) nd
JAMES SYKES, PROPRIETOR,
FRosTINs PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, BETWEEN THIR-
TENTH AND FoURTEEsTH STRRErs,
WASHINGTON, ID. @.
Thankful to the public for generous patronage
IN the past, the Proprietor asks his old friends
and patrons to test the accoinm odations Of his
present establishment, which he promises shall
be found nj least equal to the best In Washing
ton '' fa1-H
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IRON MANUFACTURERS

" OHENEA EUCNDhf,
r WILLIAM b. COOK, PROPRIETOR,
Eighth Street, Between Main and Franklin
M RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.
Manufactures all descriptions of
WROUGHT and CAST IRON WORK, RAIL
1I INGS, BALCONIES, VERANDAHS,
10 COLUMNS, GAPS and stills,
BANK and other VAULTS, ~ s.
vAULT-DOORS
and FRAMES, IRON FRONTS for BUILD
j -INGS. AWNING FRAMES and CELLAR
"a DOORS, GRATINGS, &C., SC.
ALL ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED AND
CAREFULLY EXECUTED.
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This series will be an invaluable addition both
TO publ 10 and private libraries, and cannot fail to
be largely useful in spreading knowledge OF
the principles of modern science and awakening
a taste for scientific studies among the people.
Nv l0-tf
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UynF RECORlfS OF

~ TINE RECORDS OF
4 i TESTS at Lowell,
~ Mass, proves N. F. BURN
-. HAMS NEW TURBINE
- superior to all others. 1t
gave a higher per centage
a than any other wheel OF
common finish. Pamphlet
- and Price List, by N. F.,
- BURNHAM, York, Pa.,'
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The very large number of double-thread Ma
chimes exchanged for the WILCOX (flBbS
MACHINE has compelled the Company TO ar
range for quarterly clearing-out trade sales ~
chimes. Country dealers buy at these auctions
and sell TO their customers, who soon become
tired of their purchase and trade them again ior
a Wilcox Gibbs Machine. Double-thraad Ma
chimes are thus becoming sort OF circulating
medium to purchase sfHsEEF tFy .sufss- =.
WILCOX b GIBBS MACHINES
with, AT late auction at S9l Broadway, New
York 1880 OF these captured Machines were
sold by the WILCOX 4 Gibbs Company TO start on
their old round and come back TO be exchanged
for the reliable Wilcox & Gibbs Machines.
A full stock of Wilcox & Gibbs Machines kept
on hand, for sale, exchange and rent az WILCOX
b Gibbs, office, Ninth and Bank streets, Rich
mond, Va, JAS. +. A. GIBBS.
y an 29-d&wly .E AZ .rgas
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FAMILY MAGAZINE.

PHRENOI OGY-The Brain and It's Func-
lions; Location of the Organs, with direc lions
for culture and training, and the relations OF
Mind and Body described.
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Members of the Royal College of Surgeons, LoE-
don. graduate from one of the most eminent Col
leges in the United States, and the greater par,
london. PARIS, Philadelphia and elsewhere, has
effected some of the most astonishing cures
that were ever known; many troubled with ring
ing in the head and years when asleep, grea'
nervouess. being alarmed Mt sudden sounds
bashfulnss, with frequent blushing, ATTENDED
sometimes with derangement of the mind weT'
cured Immediately.
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N mrYoF
s%s% pA"a na ~s"d streets
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DIR. ]. addresses oil those who have injured
themselves by improper indulgencies and sohta-
nv habit, which ruin both body and mind unnt.
ting them for either business, study, society, OF
marriage.
THESE are some of the sad and melancholy eI'
fects produced by early habits of youth VIZ
Weakness of the Back and LIMBS rams IN ule
or. Paipitation of the Heart, Dyspepsia, Nervous
Irritabiiity, Derangement of the Digestive Fune
tions, General Debility, symptoms OF Consump
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1872-02-17
Independent in all things.


the building, "wortby TO be the gates Of Para
disc" Michael Angelo said. They must baye
been magnificent when glded all over; now
only bits Of the gliding is lefl, but the figures
are finely done in every particular, consider
ing the times around the doors are bas.relieis
Of rose leaves, ferns and birds, beautifully ex-
ecuted. The Campanile (bell.tower) near the
Duono Is magnificent; 1t is square tower
rising 800 feet, a splendid pile Of marble of
various colors laid In patterns, with style Of
Gothic windows, finely ornameTfted. In one
of our walks we passed the new market Just
being built. Florence is having very many
improvements, as the King takes pride, they
say, in making The city as handsome as posi-
BILE. The lovely road that we wound up on
our first walk, he superintended every day
with satisfaction. 1t commands magnificent
views, especially from the church of San Min.
iato.
After several days of house hunting, we
have at last decided on some lovely rooms
near the "Casesne" or Park, and If the lady
does not change her mind, Wednesday we
moyc; the price is 400 francs month for ten
months, furnished These stories, or flats, are
termed pianos, and contain plenty OF rooms
and conveniences as complete as q whole
house in America-a delightfully."- easy Euro
pean plan. M.uT.
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WHOLE NUMBER 1854.
Success a duty,


Rev. w. Murray says: "I hold il to
be prime obligation resting on every
man to succeed up to the fullest meas
ure of that success which is possible to
HIM in life. Success is not only pleas.
ant; it is duty. Look at man along
whatever range of faculties, and you
will see in the perfect equipment of ca
pacity, IN the presence Of every energy,
the obligation to succeed. In the wings
OF bird you see that the Maker has
suggested flight; in the build of dog
and horse, speed; in the OK, strength;
and so through all the grades of life,
God, in the organization, in the capaci.
ties bestowed, has pointed out the mode
and result Of life. But in man this ia
most observable. Look at yourself, my
friend, your faculties, in your endow.
ments by nature, and see in the liberal,
| had almost said-nay, / will say-in
the superabundant resources of your or
ganization, the suggestion, yea, the CON-
mand, OF your Maker. all the elements
aud means necessary to success in any
worthy branch of industry, in any line
of noble ambition, are in you. A young
man has no right to fail in life. It NAV
not he his duty to succeed in the direc-
tion and TO the extent that his ambition
may suggest, for ignorance may misdi.
rect. and vanity exaggerate; but it is
his duty to succeed in the direction and
to that extent, in which his natural ca
pacities point and make possible. Soci.
ETY. is full of failures that need never
have been made; full of men who have
never succeeded, when they might have,
and should have succeeded full of wo.
men who, in the firss half of their DAYS,
did nothing but eat and drink aud sim.
per, and iu the last halt have done MOTH
ing but repent their folly and weakness
es. This world is full, 1 say, of such
people; full OF men in every trade or
profession who do not amount to any
thing, and OF girls and women without
any trade or profession, who have 10 de-
sire to amount to anything; and / do
not speak irreverently, and 1 trust, not
without due charity, without making due
allowance for the inevitable in life, when
| say that God and thoughtful men are
weary Of their presence. Every boy
ought to improve on his father; every
girl grow into nobler, gentler, more
selt-denying womanhood than the moth
er. No reproduction of former types
will give the world the perfect type. 1
know not where the millennium is, as
measured by distance of time; but do
know, and SO do you all, that it is great
way off as measured by human growth
and expansion. We have no such men
and women yet, no age has ever had any,
as shall stand on the earl in that age OF
peace that will not come until men are
worthy of it."
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The Red River Raft,

Having heard of the "great raft" iu
the Red River, since our geography
days, we are all apt to suppose we know
all about it. We are well aware that il
is mass of drift-wood, completely OBJ
structing navigation at the point where
it covers the water with its countless
trunks of forest trees. We know that
the river passes under this mass as if it
were a bridge; and we may remember
that i'll 1888, when the raft was l24 miles
long, the general government began the
work OF removing it, but after working
at it for twenty-five years abandoned
the attempt as impracticable, and con-
fined its efforts to the opening up of
some of the lateral channels or bayous.
We may knew all this, aud still be ig-
uorant of one of the most curious char
acteristics of the great raft, which is
tina: it, unlike RATS in general, moves up
the river against the current instead of
down. The movement is very slow, be-
ing but mile or two in year. The ex.
planation of this retrograde movement
of an apparently stationary mass is sim.
pie enough. The logs of the lower end
of the raft are continually broken away
and carried off by the floods and fresh
cts. Thus the raft, always falling away
at one end and growing at the other,
gradually moves up the river, and tits
calulated that it has moved since it's
forming about 400 miles: Scientific
writers have suggested the idea that this
vast mass of timber, after lying in the
old bed of the river for quite number
of ages, will become a coal bed But
when the Red River country becomes
thickly settled, this enormous collection
of drift wood may be utilized in some
way or other, and thus intellectually dis
tant generations may be cheated out of
many a good coal fire.-Erchange.