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Miscellaneous Articles.

Tie Tornado al NGleh6E.-FTom an
srtra, issued from the shattered Office Of
the Free Trader. and from the y. D. Pie
ayane 81 sunday week, we gather some
further particulars of she results ID the APP
psliing visitation from the skg, suffered at
Matches on the etls inst. From an esti-
mate msdc by iwo Of the best informed
citizens, the p%ecuniary loss IL supposed 10
be about 81 eco COO. From the ruins Of
the Steamboat Hotel, Mr.. Alexander, the
landlord, bis lady, and b~sfkeeper, were
dog out alive, as also Timothy Flint, the
historian and geogfapher, and lis son rom
Nstchitoches, La, besides DR.. Taliafero
aud many Others. Mrs. Alexander is con-
sdefea dangerously injured two of her
children were killed 10 her arms. As ma
ny as nine dead bodies have been dug from
the Steamboat Hotel. The number Of
butiais which took place on the sth inst.
was about ffty, and many are still in a
dangerous and dying condition.
The greatest loss of life was among the
fat boats, which were Swamped and de-
stroyed before the unfortunate men could
escape 10 the shore. The steamboat ST..
I@aMfeHIE NEDt QHNAs Tvs eM8A sHC wa
lifted MANY feet out Of the water, and in-
ssanilv dashed to the bottom OF the river
with every soul on board. The enormou
body Of water rolling in the Mississippi
and swelling TO the very topmost limits Of
its banks, was dashed into ioaming pillows,
and the Hat boats were torn 10 pieces,
and their scattered planks few about in
the wind like feathers. The lady OF Mr..
Halliday, one of The proprietots Of The
Free Trader, was saved by a miracle,
with her young child in her arms. Every
church and every public building shared
in the ruin. S,ecples were dashed TO the
earth and houses all over the town were
unfooled.
The steamboat Prairie, lying at the
wharf, was torn to pleces-''blown up"
by The wind, worse than ever a boat was
blown up by steam. The hull and ma
chinery is all that is left of her. Her
cabin was carried away, floor and all.
The wheel houses were %unroo(ed, and what
remains Of the boat is rent and shattered
in an awful Misunderstanding the sufferers
on board the Prairie, was Emanuel Blame,
an estimable young man of Natchez, but
Captain FreIigh could not estimate how
many persons were lost from his boat.
Himself and Mr.. James Wilson, the clerk,
narrowly escaped.
Public meetings have been held at New
Orleans, Matches, and several neighbour
ing places, Tor the purpose Of taking meas
ures for the relief OF the sufferers, and the
neighboring planters were generously
sending in large gangs Of slaves 10 assist
in clearing the streets and digging the
dead from the ruins.-N. Y. Sun, May %.
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WILLIAM TUCKER.
Liver Complaint, qcith much
Derangement of the Ner-
UOMs SgStem.

Mr.. Joshua Roberts was afflicted with a bilious
and nervous disease to an alarming degree, being
attended with all the distressing SYMPTOMS which
affect a relaxed constitution, viz A sick head
ache, loss OF appetite, giddiness in the head, pain
IN the stomach after eating, unusual tremors, shift
ing spasmodic pains in every part of the body, cold
chllls, sallow complexion, cvstiveness, and a
constant dull pain in the right side, which often
induced the most dreadful debility; indeed, he
thought he was afflicted with every internal COM
plant the human body is liable to. He was gene
rally making trial of various remedies, all of which
were equally iruitless, until he had recourse 10
Hunts Botanic Pills, from the superior virtues of
which medicine his health is perfectly re-establish-
ed, and is now able to pursue his employment free
from pain or disease.
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A Blessing 10 Mothers.
DR.. ". Euans's celebrated Soothing Syr-
ups for Children cutting their teeth.

FENHIS infallible remedy has preserved hundred
H Of children when thought past ecoyery, from
commissions. As soon as the syrup is rubbed on the
gums. the child will recover. The preparation is
so innocent. so efiicacious, and so pleasant that no
child will refuse to let its gums be rubbed with it.
Wnen infants are at the age Of -four months, though
there is no appearance of teeth, one bottle of syrup
should be used on the gums to open the pores.-
Parents never should be without the syrup in the
nursery where there are young children; for if a
child wakes in the night with a pain in the gums,
the syrup Immediately gives ease by opening the
pores and healing the gums, thereby preventing
Commissions, Feyers, &c.
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JOSEPH HART.
fin interesting case Of Lo,c-
ness Of Spirits, acith a rio-
lent SpdsmOdic .AfectiOn

Mr., Francis Caldwell was afflicted for several
years with extreme debility, together with a train
OF symPtoms generally termed nervous affections.
and which, perhaps, it would be impossible for The
pen of the most learned physicians TO describe.
In this case the spasms in the stomach were so fre-
quent and excruciating as nearly to deprive him Of
reason, pans IN the limbs, extending even 10 the
hngers and toes, sickness at the stomach, and a
general agitation Of the whole sestem, insonueh
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Consumption Cured.

Mr.. Edward Russell, was, in n.uu
suddenly seized with cold shiyerss, ri
succeeded by pains IN every part oftth, ~A go
pains continued severe until the ms,,s n
when he began to spit blosd, this WA, y at.
succeeded by a hacking cough, s~slis" u' sss
IN the chest, and the discharge al y IA
mouth became considerable; ;hs,, =
which are so often the messengers Of NJ ~F'''s
WERE, in the course Of few week. $50
thick vIscid suppuration, mingled with ~
circumstances appeared to give him a ,r.,e.1a
lief, as the cough became less troubls,on,s
appetite increased. Tho discharge IL ~. - a
ed, and the body was SO wasted az 10 sess
the appearances Of one who fingers in II,
Of Consumption. The physicians who -
were satihsed in their opinion ,tha, no hon,
and that further trial Of medicine womb {,
useless. In this dire and iorIorn staff /.
to use Hunts Botanic Pills, and BIZ ,sEr. w
boxes of the medicine he has received
cure, and has since enjoyed ~excellen, b,,,h ~ |
unexpected recovery ,ofMr. Russell, ba, ,..,
all his relatives and fr' ends, and he tepdsr, -
lines to DR.. Hunt with everlasting gra,itn5.
DIcept, |
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Newark, N. j., July 81, 1889.
Dyspepsia, or Indigestion, E-
fCtuaWy Cured.

Mr.. VIM. Tucker having lately been restored TO
a sound state ofhcalth, through the efficacy Of DIR.
Hunts's Botanic Pills, thinks it an indispensable
duty to state certain facts relative to the disease
under which he had SO long suffered. The SYM
toms were "a painful obstruction, with a constant
rejection Of food, headache, palpitation Of the
heart, lowness of spirits, a troublesome dry cough,
dizziness, tightness at the chest and difficulty OF
breathing, almost constant pain in the side, loins,
and shoulders, accompanied with much languor s
debility. These Affections, together with an un-
usual degree of fatuIence, brought on such a state
ofextreme weakness, as to prevent HIM from at
tending to his business, and his health appeared
lost beyond recovery. His friends and relatives
became alarmed at the melancholy prospect, and
strongly Hunts Botanic Pllls-they
were administered, and ina few days produced
astonishing relief, and finally realized a perfect re-
storation ~ sound health.
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STRAY HORSE.

EAME into my Enclosure, on sSe' .
" last, a small grey French y.,ssasi .
tail, and long name. The owner = Tr ga
prove properly, pay charges, ana nouy
South side Of the River, one
swanton Falls.
9Th May 1s40.-'.
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w. L. MACKENZIE.

We perceive that this gentleman has
been liberated from his confinement in the
Jail ofonr city. PERMISSION was granted
him last evening, upon the receipt OF the
pardon from the President, by the Sheriff
OF Monroe, to emove from the Jail bur
he deferred his departure until this NOR
ming. We have not as yet had the pleas
nre of meeting with him, but presume he
is, long ere this, walking abroad, once
more a free man. Although we rejoice,
yet, when we look back upon the days and
nights he has already spent within the walls
of a Prison, aud then suffer ourselves TO
contemplate the character Of the evidence
upon which he was convicted, we cannot
but feel that he has been injured much.
and that too, in a manner that can never
be repaired. Still we are consoled with
the thought, that the cause of liberty may
be promoted, even by his Imprisonment,
by the sympathy it may awaken for the
oppressed in Canada, whose sufferings
might have remained unknown TO us, had
o such occurrences rendered them noto-
rious.-Roeh. W. .adr. May IL.
% The Montreal Transcript of the
9Th instant, reports the loss of ,he ship
Magnet, upon White Island reef below
Quebec, he attributes il to the ignorance,
or carelessness of the Pilot, as the reef is as
well known 10 Pilots as the Citadel Hill.
She had on board a valuable cargo OF Tea
for John Torrance & Co., Montreal, to
the value of El00, 900 this great loss we
must Of course feel particularly bad about,
on account of ihis Mr.. Torrance, who
when we were a prisoner passing down by
Montreal, and when we had a cabin birth
allowed for US in the steamer that convey
ed us down, which we paid for ourselves,
went out of his way TO show his loyal
~, and refused US the privilege, saying
that no REBEL or YANKEE should
pollutc the cabin of any vessel that he
owned in his loyalty be forgot, howver,
10 return the pay. We certainly feel bad
for his ioss.-Spirit of76.
, Mr. Dempsey, an English member Of
Parliament at h close of the revolutionary
war said: Lord North mistook the
OF eonuuer:ng America had he es-
iahlished a Bank Of England with seven
millions capital at Philadelphia, he need
have sent an army thiiher-the thir-
teen colonies would have been as easily
managed as Jamaica. Weekly .Aurora.
april Q, 1916.
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CERTIFICATES.
Ferer and Ague cured.

TO Or. Hunt:
Dear Sir--Belieying it a duty | owe you as a
successful practitioner, as well as those who may
be similarly afflicted. | take pleasure in acknowl-
edging the benefit | have derived from the use OF
your valuable Medicine.
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Distressing case ofserere Spas.
modic Asthma, perfectly cur.
ed bY Hunts Botanic pm

Mr.. Henry White, was for the space Of tive 20,
afflicted with a severe Asthma, which utoc,s,
from wet and cold: oil the worst SYMPTOM, n
complaint followed-a tightness across The s5g
with difficult and distressing breathing. Dss,'
he last year of his illness, the disease i1crea,,s !
alarmingly as to prevent his following any bussr.
having lost his speech, and being tbreaiepet IA
immediate sufioeation, until a coplous espec,o,as
would come on, which only gave him reief s,
few hours. The physicians who attended BIN. ve
nounced his complaint beyond the %posslbii, 4
cure, but at last Providence directed a %pampht,ts
be left at his house, after which he procnreI SON,
of DIR Hunts Botanic Pills, and after tahinr +.
boxes he found himself entirely free from Ne ca.
plant, being capable at this time Of any e,erey.
even of walking forty miles daily, and haras /.
the enjoyments Of perfect health.
HENRY WHITE.
G-OBsERyE that the Label on each Box has i,
following MISREPRESENTATION according j.
Act Of Congress, the year 1889, By Billa
Epans, in the Clerks Office in the SoutArn ill.,
trict Court of New- YORK;"
0- NONE OTHER is GENUINE.
PRICE 25 CENTS PER BOX.
Sold al 100 Chatham Street, Ne,. York.
and by l.. Perry, Scranton, ".
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PUBLIC BLESSING!
DIR. HUNTS
PILLS
FOE CURE OF
FEVER And aGUE,
DYSPEPSIA, CONSUMPTION,
HEADACHE, &c. &C. &c.
DIRECTIONS.

DIRECTIONS.
DosE.-Take from three to ten pills, I'LL they
operate, two or three times daily.
Price % Cents per Bor.
Sold at 100 Chatham street, New-York,
Wholesale and Retail.
E- Where applications for Agencies, Medi-
eines, or Advertising, will meet with prompt at
%tentlon.
The extraordinary success which has attended the
use OF Hunts Botanic PiHs, is the best critic
rion Of their superior virtues. They have been
the means OF raising a host Of languishing pa
tienls, from the bed of affection, as is clearly
svinced in the following
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urin peace prepare for war.-n
U-Pay the Printer! U-Pay the Printer!
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Water proof Glue.-Soak common
glue in cold water until it becomes per-
lectly soft without changing its form ;
then dissolve it in warm linseed oil, and
apply as usual. 1t will dry quickly.
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William M. Price .Arrested. Wi
lam M. price, late u. S. Attorney, who
has recently returned TO this country from
France, was on Tuesday arrested at The
suit Of the United States, by the district
marshal. After some hours detention, he
was liberated en- bail TO fhe amount OF
$50. 600, which he readily procured.
North American. [volume] (Swanton, Vt.) 1839-1841, 1840-06-03

We read the following nonsense in the
ST. JohnsIN. B.. Chronicle, of the cath
ult.:
"The North Eastern Boundary ques-
ton between England and the United
States will be Immediately settled. Lord
Palmerston will direct NJ. Fox 1.-The British
minister al Washington, TO call on the
United States General Government, for
the immediate recognition OF the original
claim Of England in its full extent"
Let him do it, ifhe dares.
Spirit o offs.
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The Ne,cest Yankee inrention.-A cute
fellow in ola Connecticut has invented an
eight day clock, which will run sixteen
days without winding up, give two quarts
OF milk a day, answers all the purposes of a
churn, cheesepress and washing-machine,
and Improperly regulated will stop ticking
during family prayers.
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Eteetrtciiy.-Why is the fireplace an
unsafe place in a thunder storm Because the
carbonacious matter, or SCOT, with which
the chimney is lined, acts as a conductor
fer the lightning. Why is the middle OF an
apartment the safest place during a thunder
storm! Because, should a flash Of light
ming strike a building, Oh enter at any of
the windows, it will take its direction
along the wall, without injuring the centre
Of the room.
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CANADA.-.a ne,c protective find the
following among the correspondence Of the
Commercial Advertiser, under date Of Mon.
treat. Dec. I. II communicates much in
a brief space:
! understand that Government have de-
termned 10 keep this country as long as
they can. They have expended large
sums within the last year-f30, 900 for
barracks at St John's-f15,0 900, or EGO,
900 Tor barracks at Chamby, and also at
Laprairie-and this winter Lord John
Russell will introduce bill in the House
of Commons to encourage the emigration
Of military settlers, who are TO have farms
given them along the whole frontier. They
will be formed into battalions, and will
have officers, and called out once or twice
week, and receive some pay andI rations,
| believe. By this arrangement a small
body Of troops will be required in the
country.
The CHiNEsE.-If foreigner kills a
Chinaman by pure accident, that foreigner
must be given up for torture and death, in
default whereof, the trade is stopped, and
various annoyances inflicted in divers ways,
ill such be accomplished. The Chinese
statute, and all penal codes, say, that in
order to keep foreigners in dread ofthe Inn
perial Government, they require life for
life. There is one case read Of, which
happened near fifty years past, where the
occupant Of house al Canton, foreigner,
was absent from his room, and ia the inter
M nj hA lIpIc to l.
room was blown down, killing a common
Chinaman, and that foreigner on his return
was seized and strangIed. This case would
seem fully 10 exemplily the code have
ust reverted 10.
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Laws of Vermont.
Passed al The session ofthe General As.
sembly, in October and November, a.
ID. 1889.

IAN Act, relating to the revised STA
tutes.
1t is hereby enacted by the General As.
sembly oil the state OF Vermont, as follows
! /. The commit Tee who revised the stat
u,es, or any three Of them, are hereby di-
rected to prepare the same, with the Com
stitution of the United States, and of this
state for publication, as soon as NAV be,
and make copious index TO the whole.
and a concise reference TO each section at
the head Of each chapter, and contract
with some responsible person TO publish
the same.
2. Before making any contract, such
committee shall give notice, by publication
in at least four newspapers printed in this
state, that they will receive proposals for
printing the revised statutes, and shall
make contract with the person who shall
propose 10 publish the same on such terms
as, in the opinion oIsnch committee, will be
most advantageous TO The state.
s. The contract shall siipufaie for
the delivery of one hundred and seventy
FIVE copies of such statutes, when pub
lished, for the benefit Of the state.
4. When the printing of the revised
statutes shall be completed, the committee,
or any three of them, shall certify the same
TO have been examined and compared by
them with the original acts, and shall de-
posit copy, so certified, in the Office Of
the Secretary Of State, which shall be con-
elusive evidence of such statutes.
5. Such certificates shall be printed in
each copy Of the revised statutes, publish
ed under the direction Of the committee,
and every copy so printed, in which such
certificate shall be inserted, may be used in
evidence in all courts of justice, and in all
proceedings before any officers, board or
body in this state.
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system of discipline established by law +,
and they shall take the command as drill
officers so far as il shall be necessary to
the execution OF those duties.
s. Ii shall he the duty Of brigadier gen.
erals, together with their staff, to attend
biennially the inspection aud review OF the
several regiments in their respective brl-
gades.
4. II shall be the duty OF the command
ant of each regiment 10 appoint The place
of all officers drills ordered by the briga-
der general in pursuance Of this aci, and
10 notify the major general of the division,
in which they are located, thereof. 1t shall
further be his duty at all officers drills
within his regiment, in the absence OF the
major general, TO drill his regiment either
by himself, or by some person appointed
by him.
5. At all officers drills and regimental
musters directed by this act, the adiutant
of the regiment shall take precedence OF
any captain of the line.
6. The returns required by the thir-
teenih section Of the fourth chapter OF the
act 10 which this is an addition, shall in
Glade the amount Of all executions issued
by the regimental courts martial previous
TO the first day of July. And it should be
the duty of the commaudant Of each COM
pany TO annex to his annual return list
of all those within the limits Of his COM
pany who are exempted from military duty
in time Of peace only.
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CHAPTER VIII.
REGIMENrAL COURTS MARTIAL.

REGIMENTAL COURTS MARTIAL.
/. A majority of the field officers Of s'Y
regiment are authorized TO hold The req
mental courts martial, called by the con-
mandant of the regiment, pursuant %
the requirements OF the Militia Act Of 1885,
and one session Of said court shall be ho1'
en- in each town, in The month Of June 'H
nually.
9. The executions issued by the regimen
tai court martial shall be signed by The sen
or field officespresent, and made TeIufnS@
to regimenial head quarters.
8. All non-commissioned company oHe''
who have incurred any penalty lof Dor
appearance, or non-equipment or Uhbo'n'
at any officers driIl, or regimental mOS's
or by reason of unmilitary conduct VIZ.
on duty, disobedience of orders, or negF"
10 warn, shall be summoned before "
regimental courts martial and tfIed as O''
del;nquen:s are.
d. All commissioned staff and comn's
officers, and all non-commissioned tlaH w
GERS, who shall incur any penalty ioT p'y
appearance, non equipment or un'o'm' -
any officers drill, regimeniaI music,
election. and all commandments Of COMP.
les who shall incur any penalty lol ~
appearance, noD-equipment or uhI'C morn
any company training or election sp'n
amerced by the adjutant OF the IeglIos5Gi !,
which they belong, and shall DC ,'ls. ,'s
fore the regimental court maflIa, &C. ~.
be holden in the town in which 'ne ~
quent resides. u,.
5. In all cases in which fines are ~
payable 10 the regimental qu1rlefip'''~,.,'
and payment is made 10 him aver ~. - 4.
ment issued, cost shall be taxed "
time Of payment. ..,s,,s3
6. 10 case Of the absence or ina" .,
the qnartermaster and quarterfhas..'.'o y
geant, the colonel shall have po~u .,rs
thorize any Indifferent person ="
amercemenis and levy executions.
Remainder nezt tree6J
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thsy Immediately wsn, g7 sse kfrd into the same
which weahaea Rsvefsi--one 81 the prisoners ran
cot wish the intention q gaIHing BIS prisoa, bu,
was allied bsiefs be reached The door.
on an impartial consideration Of all the eireum.
Stances os the case, are induced 10 believe
thar u was pseneditsird scheme IN the mird Of
Captain Shortlasd fof reasons which sIii now
proceed 10 give, and egcidation Of It's origin
sc AL. recuf back 10 event Which happened
sorae days pferioas. Captain Shorthand was at
The time absen, At Plymouth. bat hciore going be
ordered the contractor or hrs clerk, 10 serve out
pound of indifferent hard bread. instead uf onc
pound ard bali Of soft bread, their usual allow
ance--ihis the prisoners refused 10 recsive--they
waited ail day in the expectation Of their usual
allowance being served out, bur al sun-sot, finding
this would not be the case burst opea the lower
gates, ard wen, up 10 the store, demanding to
have their bread.
I he officers Of the garrison, on being alarmed,
and informed Of the proceedings, observed il was
no more than right tho prisoners should have their
usual allowance, and strongly reprobated the con-
duct Of Captain Shorthand 10 Withholding it from
Ihem-they were accordingly served with their
bread and quietly returned to their prison. This
cireumsi ance, with the censures that were thrown
on has conduct, reached the ears Of Shorthand on
his return home, anc he must then have determined
on the diabocal plan Of seizing the first slight
preie1t TO turn in the military butcher the pr-
soners, for the qualification Of his malice and re-
venge. 1t unfortunately happened, that on the
afternoon ofthe 9th Of April, some boys who were
playing ball IN No. 7yard, Knocked their ball over
into the barraek yard; on the sentry in that yard
refusing to throw IT back to them, they picked
hole 10 the wall to get in after it.
This afforded Sho tland his wisbed-for pretext,
and he took his measures accordingly he had
all the garrison drawn up in the military walk. ad-
iitional numbers posted on the walls, and every
hing ready prepared, before the alarm bell was
Jung ~