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r. RoussEL's AMASDrsE FOR The and prevention OF
Chspped Hands for sale the principal druggists in is
civ and wholesale and retail the OF the subscriber
EUGENE ROUSSEL-
Manufacturer and Importer OF choice Perfumery Toilet
Scans Shaving Cream, &c. &c. No. l59 Broadway, be-
tween Liberty and Cortland sis. 81 I'm
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SsLAND on THE HUDSON, al Yonkefl-Eor

~ sale Farm OF eigheen seres OF land The Eass
and County OF Wescheser within II miles q ne Guy o.
NewYorK and mile OF the village end isnG ~ fss
tween which and NewYork seambosn Ply ~ soo3 ana
he house, which is new and eonu,odioa. rs au FROM
modern style with wide piazza i seenery OF the Hud
TO sI6
bay to Staten Island Lc-AIe all and In CON-
Dan sas e Is now sd with ice S
Is exceen Ire Also large number OF selected fruit and
house Trees Il Is well calculated for gsnsm, "a,
ornanenl Tte above VIII be sold cheap Adjoining Las
residence N, North and also upon the river, twenty
ape If innd without buildings which Will De ,olo WIZ mo
shoye or separate from IL II desired, App,y 70
mao tfc "h w. oNhoO--- --S-----
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Boston ault!on Sales.
Drp GOODS.

RYT.P. &c .. Rich, I'll Broad-suee,, opposite
Sd Fosar'. wharf SosJon
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LIBEL CAsE.-The E ditor of the Boston Evening
Traveller indicted for libel John A. lnns Of Salem
has been tried at Boston and found not guilty. The
truth and good motives were set up In defence.
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" ABBOTT. Institution for Senior Classes

OF Cuu2 Ladies', al No. 255 FJurh.st Washington
square after May let al No Is University placeA
Of Lectures English Literature will be commenced
TUESDAY March 3lst AID another Eocuiion Friday
April Sd which small number still be admitted For
particulars apply NJ the Institution.
An Introductory Department for younger pupils nhis In
hRs bren ucri
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siness waa done 10 stocks 10.
Freshet in Pennsylvania.

The Doylestown Democrat OF the Is inst says =
THE injury done to the canal between New Hope and
Point Pleasant is almost beyond computation In many
places it will doubt, be entirely filled up win sand
stone sad other rubbish.
tie except at Wells Falls where the river and cana are
contiguous independent OF the former having very rapid
current The aQueduc OF the canal near where the state
road inersecis the river road was very nuch u!eu' Il
not entirely destroyed.
1.-THE road from this point down 10 Lnnberton was
covered with water 10 depth OF about six feet render
nr II entirely impossible The bridge the canal al
the ate place suspended from the abutment on the
land SIDE support the river side having been de-
siroyed By the violence Of he ice and floating lumber
The house in New Jersey, opposite this polnt was
battered down by the force Of the drift wood ice and
lumber. portion Of one OF the piers at Centre BriGge
was undermined, but enough remained to support u
The LEHiGH CANAL is said 10 be injured but signify
The ScHuYLKILL CANAL is damaged 10 the amount OF
about $4,000
The HARRIsBURG AND LANCASTER RAILROAD has
received material damage, At least none that VIII de-
Law passengers by that route, after today.
The Columbia Bridge the Susquehanns is sad
to be the only left unnured on the main stream OF
the Susquehauna
The Iidewatcr Genial has suffered severely. The loss
by private individuals the Susouehanna and the
streams which enter il. has been very great
The bridge at the mouth OF the Junlats. over that
stream has been swept or. /, about $4,000. The
Harrisburg bridge cost, when finished in 1871 Sl92 35
The State bridge Duncans Island about 100000
The bridges Danvile and Catawls5a cost about $50
COO There had been expended on the Railroad bridge
at Harrisburg about $4,000 Pennsylyanien.
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JACK LONG;
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~ A Coop HAIs DYE At LAsT-thst will dye tie hi.
beautifully Moorish Hair Dye sold a. 81 Coathaun,sL
/ snS Ssi Broad ysT mia 2.eod
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II COLTON Il co. Auction and Commission Mer-
chsnts Nos lio sulionst and 81 Arn-st Liberal I'D :.
vances made corsgnments and prompt returns u1ds
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The market was rather active today, and has
rather upward tendency, but al the Second Board
prices lower The foreign news was not received
in time to effect the market.
The foreign bill market is still quiet but frm.-
Sterling is S. 40 with holders asking 9 and Francs
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e PhrenoIogy.-iles-rs. FoWLERS and WELLS
COMMENCE OF Lectures this science IN S. Luxe
Buildings, Of Hudson and Grove Saturday
Evening Inc Dist inst and in Clinton Hall Tuesday Even
Ing the 2h, O'clock The first TWO lectures Will
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library OF POPULAR READING.

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MORE ABOUT THE FREsHET.-A correspondent
of the Albany Evening Journal, writing from Bingham
tor, March 10th says:
The bridge across the Susquehauna, AT Binphamton
is partly gone-and bridges Great Bend Windsor,
Ninevch South cambridge and cambridge across the
same river are swept away. David Mersereau OF Union
has lost his grist mill and saw mill. All went on TO-
rether with their contents
Peter Shear Mordecai Corsaw. and Ersstus Agard,
Jr three notorious oenders escaped from the jail Of
this place Saturday night"
Another correspondent of the Journal, writing from
Norwich under the same date says;
The GurLsey bridge, the Canasewocta Is car
ried on clean The North Norwich bridge is injured so
is the Oxford village bridge. The bridge four miles be-
low Oxford the Chenango is gone, as is the one
i've miles this side OF Binshamton The White Store
bridge and the bridge Mount Upton across the Unadi
Ia are gone So is the the Brainbridge bridge and
several others the Susquehanna All the bridges
across the Otselic river, from Otsec TO Wti!et, are
swept away is the with large number OF small
bridges the smaller streams The damage by the
treshet in this section must be immense"
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II. f. Frost, Secretary. mo ?;

70 Auriculnr COMPASSIONATE Gentlemen only
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Secre. Confession ofmarred and single women. with the
reefed cases witch rether Priests Bishops absove
bUt which be the Pope OF Rome for absoluou
y. B-The Roman Catholic Priests respectfully in.
vtted 10 attend and reG;e Dr. IS statements Should they
not DO So the public will Judge OF their correctness
Admission ~ cents, a the Goor. II
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- The advertisement OF Cousiock Co. is particularly
referred 10 IN another coun worthy the serious attention
OF the afflicted n-o -'eou
~ Dslley's Original Genuine Magical Pain Ell.
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80 -, 81 cor,leud-st InS0 2.eod
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DIAL oIO,S OPERA HOUSE, Chamber.st-Relurn
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give grand Concert comprising OF their original and
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schr Cora Ellwood, ds I'm Boston, ndse, TO FOs;er &
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APPLEToN's LITERARY MISCELLANY.
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AusiiorI Sales.
JOSIAH RICHARDS, Ancrorecr.
by BANGS, RICHARDS & PLATVs-SIors
ID Ca.h AdYrnrea rusdo

70 commence Monday, March sd
The .nrst catalogue OF this important sale 10 The trade
now ready ~ he saciioa room.
second catalogue VIII be issued on tho morning OF sale.
INVOICES OF books stationery, kc for insertion should DO
!urnisned one week previous
The Southern journal., 1846-07-25

for achieving such victory We see the
progress Of events; Gen. Houston is in the
Senate.
One dark, stormy evening, some years
ago, little after tea time, we were coming
down Nassau street, and, on turning down
Fulton, came upon tall, athletic man,
wrapped in cloak.
"Who goes there?"
ga friendn' 1t was Sam Houston.
81 am going by invitation to meeting
of clergymen, at the corner Of Ann and
Nassau streets to make speech about the
best mode of reforming the Indians. Come
along Major"
We did go, and heard most able and
interesting discourse, showing his familiar
lty with the red men, and deprecating the
course pursued to reform them, by giving
them religion first, and then education and
industry. He was practical and convincing,
but they did not carry out his propositions
This is class OF men we find in our Sen,
ate-men, not made of-Eand by tailor,
but fashioned by nature for perseverance,
courage and constancy.
The Southern journal., 1846-07-25
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The Southern journal., 1846-07-25
[VOL. VINO. 2.

enemies battery Oh the 9th ult, lost his arm
by a cannon ball.
''You have heard, s., that your father
was wounded IN one Of the late battles in
Texas?"
eyes sir, heard that he was slightly
wounded"
"Your father, S., was much more severe
ly wounded than we had been informed
OF, but he Is now reported as getting well.
Your father had his right arm shattered by
a cannon ball, and it became necessary to
amputate it; but, thank God, he is getting
we'll, and will soon join your mother at
nome" The little fellows eyes instantly
filled with tears, and after a few moments
silence, he anxiously inquired:
"Will father now have to leave the
army? Will he have to give up his COM
pany?"
"No, my dear boy, he will not unless he
desires ito
4 know be will not desire il,'' was the
instant remark, "lor when his wounded arm
IS healed, he can put his sword on the
other side, and draw it with his LEFT hand"
-ReveaHe.
The Southern journal., 1846-07-25
The Misef's htoneIlenf.

In the lower room of the dwelling
in the street, woman, scarcely turn"
ed thirty-she should have been young
at the age, but she was not--heId IL
sickIy infant in her arms, and drew
near the window that she might the
better note what change had taken
place in its features since she placed
it asleep in the bed at an early hour
in the morning.
sit will die, George she said,
speaking, softly and mornfully to her
husband. who was trying to warm
himself at the scanty fire in the CRATE,
sit has alterad greatly. ! can't weep
for it George. God is very good to
take it to himself. 1t will know no
want, no suffering with him." But
she did weep bittery as only mother
who holds a dying infant in her arms,
can weep.
The man approached her, and bent
over the babe also. But he neither
spoke nor wept. 1913 -'#
add you say that she was really
burnt TO death, George?' said his
wife, presently; and her father dead
so awfully sudden? Well, we'll
we'll. -..o lQ- a--'
"God send hisjudgements, Mary
The Southern journal., 1846-07-25
What ToneV Don't Believe.

He don't believe a man is any VII
ser for having A. S. S., or any other
letters, tackled to his name.
lie don't believe lawyer is any
keener because he wears pair of
sPectacles.
lie don't believe that Scoolmasters,
Physicians and Ministers ike to be
contradicted whit better than other
folks.
He don't believe that all lawyers
are rogues, any more than he believes
that an eel is snake.
He don't believe that the most in-
dustrious man likes to work except
when he can't help it.
|. He don't believe that two young
lovers like to be caught with their
arms around one another. ls.-
He don't believe that young lady
ought to be married before she is
twenty one at least.
He don't believe that young gentle
men should marry before they arc a.
Bile to support wife.
He don't believe in getting up early
in the morning, without going TO bed
early at night.
He don't believe that man is
fool because he can't make ID speech.
He don't believe that because both
wise and windy begin with ", that
they end in the same thing.
He don't believe that a lady is
much the worse for wearinga hustle
though he decidedly prefers coffee"
bags.
In fact he don't believe 10 great
many things that others believe in,
and the result is that he is voted arr
oddity and bore.
The Southern journal., 1846-07-25
From Noah's Messenger.
Se!f-Made Men,. Sam HaDStnn

The many selfmade men who, from the
most humble beginnings, have elevated
themselves to the highest rank, and are
now IN Congress, are characteristic traits
IN the history of our countrymen, and show
how superior nature is 10 artificial emhel-
lishment, and what perseverance and in
domitabe energy will finally effect.
'Look at this newspaper" said one sen.
ator recently to another; see how that scamp
abuses me-"
swell the freedom of the press must be
sustained. There is no divine right
which exempts senators from its scru-
tiny
every true; but the ungrateful hound
of an editorshould have never attacked me.
Why, sir, he came into our village rag
ged fellow, and bought the cloth and made
him the first good suit of clothes he ever
wore"
"The devil you did," why, then, you are
tailor?
"Tobe sure am"
''Why, how came you then to be
lawyer?"
Oh, that was one of the contingencies of
getting on in the world. was common
soldier under Gen. Jackson, through the
Indian wars, and besides that honor, bid
fair to become Il common drunkard; and
when | got back TO our village, got into
SO many scrapes-and whipped 50 many
fellows, that was thrown into Jail for she.
riffs fees.''
"How did you manage to get out of that
difficultyg"
"Why, finally my brother paid the
costs, and invited me to Study law with
him.
You made very rapid progress, no
doub,?"
"Not very rapid. The difficulty was,
that ! had never learnt to read; 50 cducat-
ed myself, and studied law at the same
ime--got admtted-went farther west
got into practice got into the Legislature,
got into Congress, and ecce signum, here ]
am in the Senate
That Senator is sensible, we'll inform
ed, intelligent citizen, fit for any station
Sam Houston, Senator from Texas, is ano-
ther of those rough and remarkable gems !;
like the rocky and sterile surface of the
|Alleghanies, full of mineral riches beneath
Sam was originally a carpenter in Nash~
ville-turned out the shavings from his
plane and resolved to go ahead while ma
king grooves and mortces and mailing up
posts and sashes. He became Governor
of Tennessee, fought as common soldier
in the Indian wars, and secured by his
courage and perseverance, the liberty and
independence Of Texas.
"There, said Gen. Jackson, having a
map of Texas before him. ''-"There is the
Colorado--there is Bexar-there's the Ala
mo? Now, if the Mexicans separate their
forces ard come down this pass, and Sam
can catch 'em under the brow of that range
ofhills, he'll lick 'em, and take Sanity Amy.
You'll see!"
Just as the old General predicted, so it
turned out at San Jacnto. The English
would have made Gen. Houston duke
The Southern journal., 1846-07-25
\ YoIlng SDartan

A gentleman OF the army stationed al
Jefferson Barracks, relates the following
with regard to son (n his 10Th year, of
the gallant Hoe, of the 5h Infantry, who,
in the charge of his regiment against the
The Southern journal., 1846-07-25
p O lR II lR z
THE WIF'E'S APPEAL.

You took me, William when a girl,
Unto your home and heart,
TO bear in all your after life
A fond and faithful part:
And tell me, have ever tried
That duty to forego,
Or grieved because | had no joy:
When you were sunk in wo!
NO Il would rather share your tears
Than any others glee,
For though you're nothing TO the world,
You're all the world to me-
Youmake palace of my shed,
This rough-hewn bench throne;
There's sunlight for me in your smiles,
And music in your tore.
look upon you when you sleep,
My eyes with tears grow dim;
| cry "Oh Parent of the poor,
Look down from heaven on him:
Behold him toll from day to day,
Exhausting strength and sonl;
Oh! look in mercy on him, Lord,
For thou canst make him WHOLE
And when at last relieving sleep
Has on my eyeids smiled,
How oft are they forbid to close
In slumber by our child!
| take the little murmurer
That spoils my span of rest,
And feel it as part of thee,
] lull upon my breast.
There's only one return crave,
may not need it long; .ya SO.
And it may soolhe thee when Pm where
The wretched feel no wrong;
ask not for a kinder tone,
For thou vert ever kind;
| ask not for less frugul fare,
My fare do not mind.
4 ask not for attire more gay,
lfsuch as have got
Suffice to make me fair to thee;
For more murmur not.
But would ask some of the hours,
That you on "club" bestow-
OF knowledge which you prize so much,
May l not something know?
Subtract from meeting among men,
Each eve an hour for me;
Make me companion of your soul,
AS may safely be;
1fyou will read, I'll sit and work,
Then think when you're away,
Less tedious shall ! find the time.
Dear William, if you stay.
A meet companion soon I'll be,
For your most studious hours; nl
And teachers Of those little ones
You call our cottage flowers!
And if we be not rich and great,
We may be wise and kind;
And as my heart can warm your heart,
So may your mind my mind. ai
The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1846-06-19
From the N. 0. Bulletin, June /
LATEST FROM TnE RIO GRANDE,

LATEST FROM TIE RIO GRANDE.
The steamers Gsleestsa, Capt. Wright,
and James l.. Day, Capt. Griffin, arrived
from the Brazos ST. Jago las, evening, both
vessels having left on the 9th uli., within
about one hour Of each other.
A passenger on the Galveston has fur
nished us with some interesting details con
nected with Intelligence received by Prev
Gus arrivals.
On the l7th ultimo, large portion oi
Gen. Tnyl of's army moved up the river
for the purpose OF crossing, Gen. Taylor
remaining at the torIiicatlo1 with about
three hundred men. As The army were
seen BY the Mexicans ON the opposite side
to leave the encampmcnl and approach The
ford, Arisla sent a flag Of truce to General
Taylor requesting an armIshce OF SIX
weeks, giving reason for his request, that
he desired TO communicate with hls GOV.
eminent. General Taylor answered, that
be would give him I'LL O'Clock the next
morning 10 evt cuate the city of MItamo'
ras, and would permit him to take the pub.
tic property under his charge. The flag
then returned. On the next day, (the lsth)
The srny, crossed on flats Of their own
construction, and the bodies OF wagons
caulked. The passage was made about
four miles above Fort Brown. On arfl.
wing at the city, il was discovered that \.
rsta with his forces had departed, leaving
only the mounted batteries. All the NOR
tars and such of the military apparatus as
could not be removed, IN their haste to IS.
cape were thrown into the wells. \ party
from our army went out TO reconnoltre I'm.
medlately after the entrance of Matamo.
rus, and overlook a portion o. the retreat.
Ing Mexlcans, twenty two Of whom we're
made prisoners. Il IS understood that \.
rlsta's Head Quarters are At san ptnan.
do, about ninety miles dIsIan, from Nala.
mOras.
Gen. TAYLOR issued orders 10 his army
not to take anything from the inhabitaht:
without pay ing foil value. The citizens o.
! Maiamoras are permitted to transact bust
ness as usual, with Il c exception Of selling
strong drinks. Com. Common with most d
his sqaadron had smiled for Pensacola, iol
the purpose, no . ub, ui reiriing.
Ga the passage 10 the Brazos, mar
named Mitchell, Of the Mckclyey Guards
on board the Galveston, stabbed one OF IN
comrades, name not recollccted, gi,in.
him a mortal wound he died on Monda,
morning. Mitchell was taken on shore II
irons.