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SORE AND INFLAMED EYES.

VTVHE studious, the weakly, and others. WHO are
i troubled with soreness or Inflammation Of that
delicate organ, will be able to obtains most pleasant
and invaluable application, in
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SPLENDID FURNITURE.

" Sofa Maker, King street, next door to the
corner Of Alfred street, has on hand, and con-
stanty manufactures general assortment Of
FASHIONABLE CABINET FURNITURE,
which, for elegance and durability, defes COM
petition. His stock generally consists of
Grecian and plain Sofas, Couches aud Lounges
Mahogany e all kinds of Drawing room Chairs
Grecan winged, and single Wardrobes
Pedestal. end Sideboards, with marble tops and
mirrors
Gothic and various other ditto
Pier Tables, with marble and mahogany tops
Pillar and block Dining, Card and Breakfast do
Do do claw do do do do
Plain do do do do do
Centric or Loo do
French and various other Bureaus, with and
without mirrors
Ladies' Dressing Tables with & without mirrors
Do Workstands and Music Stools
Do and Gentlemen's Cabinet Secretaries,
and Book Cases
Washstands, with marble and mahogany tops
Richly carved and plain Mahogany, Bird-eye,
and Curled Maple and common Bedsteads
Cribs, Cradles, Candlestands; Shaving ditto
Portable Desks
And every other article in the Cabinet line.
Likepise
MAHOGANY, of various kinds; steam-saw
ed. curl and shaded Veneers; Copal Varnish
Stacking Bottoms, Cords, BEDS, MATTRAS-
SEES, &c.
The above articles will be disposed offor cash
or to punctual persons on the most liberal terms
A very extensive patronage from Washing
ton, induces me to say, that will deliver Fur
niture to any purchaser in that city free of ex-
pense. apr
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CAMBRIAN TOOTH ACHE PILLS

afford instant relief without inAclng the slightest IN
Jury on the teeth They applied externally to the
parts affected with the greatest ease and expedition
suffering patient. Price so cents box.
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JOB PRINTING executed at thu, of,i.e
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WM. PONEROY. A

Sole Agent for the District Of Columbia and its oieinty.
BY whom the Pills sold in packets of one, two,
aud three dollars each, and the Powders 373 cents
per box with printed directions; and also by the fol-
lowing Sub. Agents: Il. w. Polknhorn, between 9th
and 10th streets, Pennsylvania Avenues John Stilins
Navy Yard, Washington; and Thomas C. Wright,
Georgetown; of whom alone can the Medicines be
warranted genuine. by appointment Of DR.. H. s.
Moat II. P. NJ, n D. C: H., brooklyn, New York, he
sole importer of these Medicines.
Morrisonia or the Family Adviser, price S27S; Prae.
tiea Proofs, illustrated by numerous cases of cure
third edition, price 73cents; to be had as above.
APIS If
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~ THE PILES.
THE TOOTH ACHE.

YINHIS agonzng disorder is cured in its m,st paih'u
L stages. by of the most simple as we'll as pow
erfuI remedies known in modern practice. The
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PAI'ENT RIGHT SECURED.
BEW A RE OF | NJ p OSIT ION.
SHEPHERDS PATENT SPECIFIC
OINTMENT, formerly Judkins')
Prepared By c. HERSTONS. near Frederick.
fo,yn MarULnnd

VlHE public will be pleased to understand that was
4 the original dscoverer nf Judkins' Ointment, AMI
sole proprietor of the patent from September. 1917,
until the expiration Of the same; but having connect
ed myself with DR. Judkins in the commencement,
permitted the Ointment to bear his name. The term
Of the patent having expired the 26th June have
made an improvement in the same, and taken out pa
tent thereon. ~ SHEPHERD.
or Imposition having been Prac,ised upon the nub.
lie by spurious article, bearing the of Jud.
kins' Ointment" the proprietor svails himself OF the
authority granted him in his letters pser.. to
call the Ointment after his name. enceforth it
will be known by the name of
SHEPHERDS PATENT SPECIFIC ONT.
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DIR. LEES GENUINE PATENT
New Aondon bilious Pills

EUST received, fresh supply of the above useful
% Medicine. direct from DIR. Lees Dispenssry
18th mo S0th, 1885 w. SrABLER.
The following extract is published by DIR. Lees au
Rhode-Island constitutionalist. [volume] (Providence [R.I.]) 1834-1834, 1834-03-12
Temperance an Smithfeld.

A Temperance Society was formed in
the south part of Smithfeld, on the eve
ming of the Oath ult. After an address
delivered by Rev Mr.. Cheney, of Olney-
vile, forty persons signed Constitution,
from which we copy the preamble and
LIST and I'd articles.
Resolred, That we, the inhabitants of
this vicinity, viewing with heartfelt anx-
iety the inroads that Intemperance has
made on individuals and communities,
and wishing to stop the progress of the
evil growing up around us, will form a
society to be called the SmithfeM Agri-
cultural and Mechanic Association, for
the promotion ofTemperance, under the
following Constitution
Article l. The members ofthis Asso-
citation do abstain wholly from the use
of Ardent Spirits, or to use them only as
medicine, when no substitute can be
procured.
Art. 2. We also agree not to vend, or
be concerned in the vending of ardent
spirits, and will use our best endeavors to
discourage the drinking of the same in
our social intercourse, our occupations in
business, and especially in our families,
and we will give preference to laborers
who conform to this principle ple'--Woonso-
ket Falls Patriot.
The continued success Of the cause of
temperance and free schools, will prevent
all the evils predicted by some from an
extension of suffrage.
Rhode-Island constitutionalist. [volume] (Providence [R.I.]) 1834-1834, 1834-03-12

ny, strong and overpowering sel6shness I;
in many others, absolute crime and in
few-alas how very few, the majority
of the attributes which compose the hap
piness of the human species are combin-
ed. Read the life of that pattern of all
but perfection, the noble minded Madame
Roland. Her mother was a strong-mind-
ed, yet gentle and affectionate woman !;
wise though not learned and she was
the type upon which her daughter was
formed. Had the mother of Napoleon
Bonaparte been such as the mother of
Madame Roland, he would have become
the Washington of Europe. His great
and almost super-human genius, exerted
IN righteous cause, would have made
him the benefcent dictator of his species.
All mankind would have honoured him I;
and he might have lived till this moment,
seated on the proudest of all thrones
the united affections of the whole human
race, whose benefactor he would have
been. But his early training was narrow;
the feelings of petty feudal pomp beset
him; selfish ambition was engendered !;
and he debased his noble powers to tread
in the dirty track of vulgar conquerors
and despots. His fate has been propor-
toned to his crime his power, and all
most his memory, has passed away while
his mortal remnants, which might have
rested in mousoleum of many nations,
are carelessly thrown aside upon a bar
rem rock Of the Atlantic Ocean.
"Almost every boy has a mother and
every youth lady-love; and the sympa-
thetic influence which such possess is ir-
resistible, at the same time that the OBJ
jects of it are almost unconscious of it.
Had we but race of such females for
mothers, as was the mother of Madame
Roland, in one generation, the face of
the world might be changed and crime
be extinct" JUNIUs REDIvIvUs.
Rhode-Island constitutionalist. [volume] (Providence [R.I.]) 1834-1834, 1834-03-12

city in the evening. The steamboat was
burnt to the waters edge and driited to
the island.-Pennsyluanian.
The fire is said to have originated in
the wheel-house. When first discover
ed, an effort was made to check it, but it
was soon found impossible, and to escape
from the devouring element became the
object of all.
The boat continued burning for several
hours, and presented a beautiful but a
melancholy spectacle.-About half past
six, she floated from the shore, and came
up the river, still burning as far as the
island opposite the city, where she again
went ashore,
One passenger had leg broken-a
female was also severely injured-the
mail from Baltimore is missing-and sew
raj other accidents happened on the Phil
adelphia wharves, in consequence of the
confusion and the pressure of the crowd.
Phil Ing.
Rhode-Island constitutionalist. [volume] (Providence [R.I.]) 1834-1834, 1834-03-12
FEMALE INFLUENCE.

But the most important step toward
this desirable result 1.-THE improvement of
the people is the EDUCATION OF WOMEN.
The physical conformation of a child is
modelled according to the type of the
mother; and the greater or less capacity
for mental advancement depends on that
formation. But however this may be-,
there is no doubt that education commen-
ces at the moment of birth; and most
children being reared by their own
mothers, the probability is, that they will
resemble them as much in mind as in
body, merely upon the principle of imita-
ton, which seems to pervade all nature !;
as the feathers Of birds, and the furs of
animals, take the colors of the objects
which surround them; as the bear, the
fox, the wolf, the hare, the partridge and
the blackbird, with many others, become
white when removed to the polar SHOWS
the first three or four years of child
are passed around the knees of the moth
er, and from her the original impressions
are received which constitute character,
and which, be they good or bad, are rare
ly afterwards removed, and never, except
by the pressure ofvery strong countcrac-
ting circumstances. In most cases, the
character produced is insipidity; in ma
Rhode-Island constitutionalist. [volume] (Providence [R.I.]) 1834-1834, 1834-03-12

wisdom and moderation, as we trust is
will be, it cannot fail to contribute es-
sentlally to preserve the peace of the
world, and TO promote the happiness and
prosperity Of nations. What a change
have few short years wrought in the
west OF Europe. What mar who, in
1929, saw a Tory administration appa-
rently rooted in EDgland-Charles x.
and Polignac ruling in France, Ferdi-
nand sitting like an incubus in Spain
and Miguel barbarising Portugal-what
man, who in 1929, saw all this, could
have ventured to imagine that in four
years the scene would be so entirely
changed, that in England could be found
a Reformed Parliament and a reforming
administration, in France new dynasty
and liberal government, in Spain a
Queen determined to enlighteA and inn
prove, and in Portugal, Maria and the
Charter? 1t is like she sudden clearing
up of gloomy sky, and the breaking
forth OF sunshine, on the dispersion Of
clouds. But ought not this to cheer other
nations with hope, and at the same time
to inspire them with patience Ought it
not to teach them to bear with resipna-
ton the inconyeniences under which
they may be suffering, and wait with
calmness the day of improvement which
sooner or later must dawn also on them
Rhode-Island constitutionalist. [volume] (Providence [R.I.]) 1834-1834, 1834-03-12
AN OLD SCOTTISH PUNISHMENT.

1t appears, from the records of Justi-
ciary, that custom at one time prevailed
in criminal Jurisprudence of committing
sentence of death into Citing away as
slaves into perpetual servitude under spe-
CITED masters. The following extract
will make the mode of Citing understood.
{" AT Perth, the 5th day of December,
17Ol, the Commissioners ofJusticiary of
the south district, for securing the peace
in the Highlands, considering that DON
aid Robertson, Alexander Stewart, John
Robertson, and Donald MDonald, pris-
oners within the Tolbooth, and indicted
and tried at this conrt, and by virtue of
the inquest, returned guilty of death and
the commissioners have changed their
punishment of death to perpetual servi-
tude, and that the said pannels are at the
courts disposal; Therefore the said Com
missioners have given and gifted, and
hereby give and gift the said Donald NJ
Donald, one of the said prisoners, as a
perpetual servant to the Right Honoura-
BILE John, Ean of Tullebardane; recon-
mending to his Lordship to provide a COL
lar Of brass, iron, or copper, which, by
his sentence or doom, whereof an extract
is delivered to the magistrates of the said
burgh of Perth, is to be upon his neck,
with this inscription" Donald M'Don-
aid, found guilty of death for theft, at
Perth, December 5, l7Ol, and gifted as
perpetual servant to John, Earl of Tul-
iebardane; recommending to his Lord
ship to transport him from the said prison
next week.
1t would appear that similar commu-
tation was made of the doom of the other
prisoners. About forty years ago, some
fishermen, in dragging their nets in the
river Forth, above Allao, brought up from
the bottom brass collar with this inscrip-
ton upon it," Alexander Stewart,
found guilty of death for theft, at Perth,
9th December l7Ol, and gifted by the
Justiciary, as perpetual servant to Sir
John Aresken of Alva." This curious
collar is now in the possession Of the So
ciety Of Scottish Antiquaries.
Query-Would it be an improvement
upon way we have in this State of shut
ting man up to enpiate his debts, to al
low the creditor to put the collar on his
victim and take him to his own use, in
stead Of paying dollar week and keep
ing him confined, to the ruin of his health,
the prostration of all his feelings of man
hood, and to the distress of his family
Who will answer this question?
Rhode-Island constitutionalist. [volume] (Providence [R.I.]) 1834-1834, 1834-03-12

be SO far modified as to be adapted to the present
circumstances of the people. But it does not here
particularly belong to US to consider the merits and
defects Of the Charter, and pass to consider one
objection which has been made to the principles Of
the Constitution party
1t has been said that the sum Of one hundred and
thirty-f dollars easily be accumulated by the
hand Of industry. We answer-By some classes
Of men, it be more pro6itably invested, than to
lie left to lie dormant in useless land. But it is not so
much against the expenditure of money in this way
that complain, as against the principle involved
in the demand. BY the same right by which ruler
may ask hundred-he may demand a thousand
dollars worth of land and fix the value of free
mans privilege, as to exclude many from voice in
the government, who oppose his plans.
Even though, for the present, participation in
the blessings of the right of suffrage, may be denied
to the body of the people, yet relying Gas do the ad
vocates of reform) upon the power of the truth,
believe the resistance offered will prevail against
those who are friends and advocates of Constitu-
ton. II.
Rhode-Island constitutionalist. [volume] (Providence [R.I.]) 1834-1834, 1834-03-12

From divers Rights Of an American Citizen -
In governments where the power is
retained in the hands of the people, and
is exercised in their name by such dele
gates as they see fit to appoint, from time
to time, for that purpose, the right to
take a part in such appointment or dele
cation belongs to every constituent men,
ber of the social compact upon which the
government is grounded. This right, in
whatever manner it may be exercised,
is the right of suffrage. II also compre-
hends within it the right which each
member has of voting upon all subjects,
in relation to which the people see fit to
exercise their political power, personally,
and not through the medium Of represen-
tatives or delegates.
The simplest form of popular govern
ment is that of pure democracy, where
the people meet together in primary as
sembles and make such laws and regu-
lations for the conduct of the members
of the society, as they see ft In the
formation of any such government, diff
ficulty would meet them at the outset
For, as soon as any measure was propo-
sed, it would Immediately be found, that
some would be in favor Of it, while 9TH
ers would be equally opposed to it. In
this case, one party or the other must re-
cede, or the society would be dissolved.
Because each individual would think
himself justified in saying, that he did
not intend, by joining the society, to have
his feelings or interests made sacrifice
to those of others that therefore moth
ing should be done without his concur
renee, or he would secede. This, it is
obvious, he would have perfect right to
do, until some regulation Oh this subject
had been unanimously agreed upon by
all the members. 1t would soon appear,
therefore, since perfect unanimity could
seldom be found among them, that the
society would gradually melt away, by
the Withdrawing of discontented indivi-
uals, unless some substitute for it were
agreed upon by the society. They would
therefore very naturally adopt the prin-
ciple of mutual concession, and agree
that the will ofthe greater number should
bind the whole society, in the same man
ner as if they had all been unanimous.
Rhode-Island constitutionalist. [volume] (Providence [R.I.]) 1834-1834, 1834-03-12
LATEST NEWS FROM EUROPE.

LATEST NEWS FKOM EUKOPE.
The province of Catalonia, in Spain,
has risen Ell masse and demanded Con-
stitution, and has $4,000 men under
arms to back up the demand. The num-
ber of signatures to the address to the
Queen is said to be $4,000. There is
reason to believe that other provinces of
Spain are on the point of demanding
more liberal institutions. 1t is said that
the new Queen, yielding to the necessi-
ty, has consented to convoke the Cortes
and to change her ministry. Her min
istry have been changed and the Cortes
convoked.
There is said to be distressing and
extensive famine in Russia.
In Portugal the Queens Constitution
alD party have gained another victory over
Don Miguel.
The King of England is expected to
open the approaching session of the Re-
formed Parliament in person. British
subjects are now allowed to vote for
members of Parliament on a personal
property qualification.
A few days since, certain eminent
manufacturers of figures in st. Paul's
Church yard, shipped off for India and
the Ganges no less than five hundred
newly manufactured idols or false gods
for sale. The profits from this pious
fraud are expected to be sufficient to
make the Christian merchants happy for
the remainder of their days! Two Mis-
sionaries 60 out in the same ship! Thus
the natives Of India will at once receive
their bane and antidote."
LONDON, Jan. 25.-Spain having now
taken her post in the line among the lib
eral and improving powers of Europe,
the effect upon the relations of other
powers must be of the highest import
ance. The triple league of the despotic
governments of Austria, Prussia and
Russia, in the east, will now be balanc-
ed by quadruple alliance in the west,
between England, France, Spain and
Portugal. The three former powers have
arrayed themselves in close union TO
maintain and extend, as far as their in
iluence reaches, the rcpressive and sta
tionary principle ofgovernment the four
latter must be unavoidably drawn togeth-
er by common participation on the prin-
ciple rational improvement. The mo-
raj and political force Of this western
union, must necessarily have a power
ful influence on the destinies of Eu-
rope, and if that force is directed by
Rhode-Island constitutionalist. [volume] (Providence [R.I.]) 1834-1834, 1834-03-12
Destruction Of the Steamboat William
Penn, an DeLamare Bau.


On Tuesday, 4th inst. as the steam
boat William Penn, with about one hum
dred and fifty passengers, from Baltimore,
had come round the point below this city
she was discovered to be on fire near the
furnace. The rapidity other motion cre-
ating strong draft, and the very COM
bustible nature Of every piece of wood
near to the place, soon rendered it certain
that the boat would be lost. She was
accordingly run ashore on the muddy
margin of the river; before reaching
which, however, she seemed to be in one
full blaze. Here the passengers jumped
out, and most of their baggage, and part
of the great southern mail were thrown
on shore. Many of the passengers Jump
ed overheard. A steamboat went down
and brought up from the wreck, most of
the passengers, to the usual landing place.
Several lives were saved by the haz-
ardous exertions of persons belonging to
the boat, and by those who were drawn
to the scene of conhagration. From the
great number ofpassengers, and the con-
fusion consequent upon such an awful
scene. it was impossible to ascertain with
any degree of certainty the extent of per-
sonal injury sustained.
Some Of the passengers stripped them
selves, jumped into the river and swan
ashore-those were taken up almost per-
ishing from cold.
1t was mentioned to us that a lady in
company with the Rev. John Mitchell
Moore, of Lewistown, (DeI.) jumped in
to the river in her CONSERVATION. Mr..
M. followed her, and was drowned. At
our last information, hopes were enter
tained of the ladys recovery.
One man drifted out into the river on
a settee, and was finally saved.
We regret to add that the lady men,
toned above, died between 8 and Q
o'clock. She was in delicate state of
health.
When the steamboat was run on shore.
she run with her bows into the mud, and
her stern in deep water-the fire was ra-
ging so intensely in the centre of the
boat, as to prevent the passengers who
were aft from going forwards--they
therefore jumped into water beyond their
depth.-PML u. s. Gazette.
The water being shoal, the passengers
jumped from the bows and escaped to the
bank, with, we regret to state, the excep-
ton of five individuals the Rev. Mitchell
Moore, Of Lewiston, Del. formerly of
Southwark; Joseph S. Potter, of this
city, and two engineers, who perished in
the flames. A lady, name not ascertain
ed, leaped from the stern, and was drown
ed. The bodies were brought to the