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CHLoRofoRA.-W had the pleasure yester,lov nj
observing m person the extraordinary effects of This
agent upon inc human system, and the performance
of DIFFICULT dental operation during The contin,,
ance Of ~ nchon. Although upon rather refrsc.
tory subjqct and under disadvantages understood
only py lnt Profession, the results in this were cau
W IL not Fkvip satisfactory TO the medical gentlemen
presents t{ap the previous experiments As In n
case beforeipentioned by u.s. the chloroform was adj
minls;errd personally by DR.. Harris, TO whom The
onglnii cdh3municatlon concerning the article was
sent by froiessor Simpson,) and the tooth removed
with nerve and skill by Dr.. Moves the operation
being connyctod under the general medical s1peryi
sion OF Dr. Bond. The Cbloro form, was apped IN
the usual manner, from saturated sponge enclosed
In Keepers inhaler" Its action was sor,n,vhst
delayed from the involuntary rosistanc. ~ IN ~
tent; but when at last by repeated nbalations n.
became perfectly insensible three back teeth desniv
rooted IN the gum, were extracted one directly sf,ey
the other, and with no other evidence of pain or esn
conectousneEs than slight contraction az thr mus
cies OF the eye and face The patient bimscf sta,J
ne was entirely unaware OF the operation. and hns
since informed US, that unpleasant effects sien.
ded either before or after, aud that he would aa
no re reluctance In again marching TO the stakcn
when u Is considered that operations in dental
surgery are OF the severest nature to which In
eniorotorm could be subjected interfering with and
noeed requiring an entire cessation Of the Inhalation
ana therefore almost q suspension of It's anusthetic
eeuon, (which would not be the case In other
ssuigca opsratons will be admitted that the test
y conclusive In Its favor baltimore Patriot jan
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National Convention.

We cannot believe that any considerable nn,rh.v
Of Wings will be found 70 concur n the
daon that the Presidency should be left TO BE- settled
BY reclamation, or 0spontaneo,Is moven,en,s y ~
any like claptraps II Is absolutely essential - ,h
success Of right principles that there should he some
concert of action among those who haye Tho ,i,, ~
of those principles at heart So obvious /. this 90
manifestly ruinous would a departure from his
gress will see the propriety Of proceedine 10 nal.
such arrangements for holding q National C,onysn.
ton. - -
But in order 10 the successful result Of such con.
vention II is needful that some caution should ~
observed In reference 10 other things nrevons u H.
assembling In particular. everything in he nar rs
Of absolute pledges for any particular candidate
ton and then resolving to support some certain cen.
didale whether he ls-,.aaiinated BY he conyention
not Is TO sf,,c1he seeds of disnn;on IL ~ ,iaN
at once II Is The most oapsiyc f ~ e w m pai.y
the JTnia,, IL a., " 40 saying 70 me wings oil
ton but the convention must 90 far ns .,ai
or we will bolt. . - ~ ''''ia''e'
There is no use. however in confnipa a,,os
TO generates, and hence we desire 10 ni,lo ,,ar
ticInr application MANY Wh;as ~ mani y par,
their decided preference for Mr. (sIav ~ ai,;J,
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SIN: Al the dinner given 10 Gems Quiunan and
Shields few days ago a toast was given highly
complimentary 10 Col Andrews, the Col OF the Vol
riee,r Reg, on The reputation that he had acquired
in Mexico and stating that his fellow citizens were
arond Of The laluels he had won there. Now, sir,
whist have no wish 10 tear a single leaf from the
laurels won by Col Andrews, wish Lieut.. Colonel
Iohnson the Lieut. Col Of that Reg. TO have hisjust
share ofaurels ny referring 10 the report Of Gen.
Scot you win that in speaking of the,Votigenrs
he speaks Of them having been led by Col. T. p.
Andrews and Lieut.. Col Johnson, the latter mostly
on The lead, Justice 10 gallant officer now with his
Regiment In Mexico requires that this should be re-
menibered. a PnvATE CITIZEN
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Tnn Wan. In the Senate day or two ago, Mr..
Critlenden in reply to some remarks by Mr. Davis,
Of Mississippi thus defended the action Of Con.
gross
II think that my honorable friend from Missippi,
10 little mistakenn surprising that any OF the dis
astets Of this war are attributable to the ardy legis
la,ion on the part Of Congress. have been here
TO Congress for tardy legislation, Of course must
come in for my share Of that blame When was il
that we have been guilty Of any tafdlness in grant
Ing any supplies of men or money that were deman-
ded by the Execufiye2 We began by authorizing
the Executive 70 accept the service of $4,000 voun
tecrs, and that force never exhausted until the
fall OF last year There have been military resources
have exercised, and which he has exercised, by cal
ling out men to serve during the war. This is the
remark ! intended to make. am satisfied the
Hon. Senator meant no rebnke TO the Senate he has
been more merioriously engaged, and is evidently
under misaprehension If he supposes that any such
charge can possibly be made upon Congress"
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We are glad to see the effort made by
Mr. Goggin and others in the House to fer
ret out the secret iloings of the Cabinet, and
especially in relation to the Mexican war,
which the extreme folly and unbrided am
bition Of our rulers have brought upon VS.
The Instructions 10 Mr.. Slidell, when COM
municated, will make some very curious de-
velopments, and enable the public mind to
understand some Of the mysteries with which
the commencement of the war, at least, were
involved Let this battery be followed up
in both Houses, and much information will
be brought out that few dream Of
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,aAIAL FAMILY QuARREL.--An alteration took
aoe night before last just over the river This side n
nI run between John r. Durham aud his
CANE nv: 'ons.nan Drake. II appears that Drake
crying, inquired the cause, and learning thai
punn a had taken something sTop them se,,f,e
Chair wber. (which the latter struck Drake with
nc Sno1ea MN severely. The wife az I,st. ,har
~ IN 49, aaa got he' father into another room When
,sts Of I'm Il, upon hs door No notice Il ss
ssshhys wsrs .9nE lsa Aboattwo hours after ,be
IN NJ On the arrival Of aphysican Dunbar, a na
propoueced dead being then coldy coronsr,s ,a
Ienderso verdict Of death from caoses ,inkn own
were ID favor ofrsnderins verdict Of death by yo
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when great and vital measure of the Domocra
&c party was to be INDICATED and upheld apains.
the combined assaults Of able subtle and experepced
pofty-leaders whom did we look to as tho man equal
ans .'''i''
II seems scarcely credible that the above sentence
should occur In an article seriously intended 10 praise
nr. Buchanan, and yet Il ia The fact; and what
enders u sun more remarkable is that Il appears in
a paper published In The town of Lancaster- .,ba,
very town In which this same Mr. Buchanan de.
nouncrd the war of 1912, and abused James Madison
the very town In which he stgmatised The Demo
cias by me coarsest epthets and charged upon them
me most heinons political ofences--ihe very town
~ which he has lately been rejected by the leading
men OF the party--the very town Ia which he was
iened the poor compliment Of an approbatory reso.
aiion--ln word the place Of all other places where
nc memories OF the past and the events of the pres
nj combine together to prove his rank and unfor.
often Federalism Save US from our friends.
Phil North American
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The New York Courier speaking of the Caledo-
nia's advices from Liverpool TO the 10Th December,
says fi ffE '}a
The niostuneypected incident Of the news to-day
49, iha tue sliding scale Of duties on the importation
q foreign corn IL to be ieetored-th,s then vanish
the provisions OF free trade. II Is however, We be-
Mne Ia Corn laws and moi abolishng or repeaTne
them and not by auy new legislation order In
Gil hat the sliding scaeis to he restored Whether the
House of Commons, strangely compounded, il IL,
corn laws, and whether If d bin pass that body il can
be- passed through The Peers while prices Of Grain
ares comparatively low in England, and the har-
vest so comparatively good, may be looked upon as
very doulln.
Atany rate the docnn Of free trade in Corn Ia
Not rs ycta recognized doctrine IN England,
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[IJ Ase Editor Of The National Wig
,sTHE LIVER HUMBUG.o

Iperceive going the aeirspaperieaI rounds All arll'
Gle headed "Ertraordinary Surgical Operation,
stating that Drs Thomson and Kreider, OF Ohio, had
extracted frer iDeighing tieenty-nine and hdD
pounds from lady, who appeared 10 be recovering
from the operation. The facts are tlcse--Those Drs
extracted from lady what appeared to be the liver,
Of that weight, but post norton examination proved
II to be only tinor, The lady survived few days,
Truly
Westward, eastward, southwark northward,
Ho, the star efhimbug lakes its way
Surely those are the most hlmbuggsd who believed
the report without reflection, and those more than
h,smbuggSd who believed it after deep examination o.
The subject. In illustration of the matter please pub
lsh the following
ERIaR Auvp n 1rrrarsn
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WASHINGTON, Jan. A, l64S.
There has been rumor here about the determine
ton of the President 10 recall Scott, Worth Pillow,
and Duncan from the army IN Mexico; but the re-
port hns been generally discredited There is never
'heless, more in il than meets the eye and such a
move is not altogether out Of the question.
All that can say In this letter is that the more
Presidential candidates that are brought TO Washing
ton the nerrier. Worth isalrcady considered in the
field. lilo is thorough annexationst, not only Of
Mexico, but Of Cuba and US a veil is 10 be thrown
over The Tariff and the Sub Treasury, so TO keep
them out OF sight at The next canvass, General
Worth wilprescnly be stamped an nncompromising
Democrat by the New York Evening Post--Jnd the
Union, He win scarcely be asked to write letter
on the Wilmot Proviso or the Compromise, and will
be taken up for better. or for worse oppose Gen
Taylor on the other side. M
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o wondrous age o sapieit iolksi which one
With half an eye may soon "diskfrer.n
II gentleman may live nithom a heart,
lady, sure, may live WITHOUT LIVER
Why doubt the fact 3--why sland'ring, say,
With knowing ones, TOO many, 'iwas tnmori
You'll die beneath those doctors hands some day and 1rs
Ifyou believe and spread such rumor!
Why laughing, tell us that the lady died
Such argument is vain-we cannot suck IL,
The doctors skill, and her escape, 80 happfed
Her soul, thar through sxcess gf joy, she kiekd M
bHckefi r"
God save The Galens from vile SANDERS tooth
lfcannon bali my lnckess head should sever.
I'll get their hands to stick Il on, iorsooth,
And live, as sound and blithe as ever
LANCASTER, ONO @
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From, The New Bedford Mercury Of ruesda

771 VII1 0I1t .Ne" 110u1oIu HtrVUry p UHsduy,
SASpwicu IsLASDs,-- Advices from Honolulu, 10
August J. giyeinformatlon that the Leeward Islands
Hnaheun, Rnintea and Boraborn, with their respec-
live dependencies, have been declared independent,
10 virtue Of mutual understanding between the Bril-
fish and French Governments
From the Society Islands we learn that Queen Po-
mare had been upon tour round the Islands, In a
steamer, accompanied by nj, Layaud, OF the French
mission, Her majesty is allowed by the French CO.
vermont pension of 25, 900 frames per annpm. -
NJ. I.ayaud is The present Governor Of tho French
establishment in Ocoanla and "Commissioner of the
King near the Queen Of The Society Islands, in place
Of NJ. Brual, who isrccycd. Fresh troops have re-
placed, generally, the garrison Of Tahiti, which now
cnllaisls Of Zoo mon. M.N...E
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Congress was not in session to-day
Notices, or New Books.

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WAsnINeroa, january Z, Is4I

GEsrLEMEs Your letter Of the Sd inst stating
that my friends have had public meeting for the
purpose Of expressing their "admiraton of my forth
rude during long Imprisonment and gallantry IN
the recent operations In the valley of Mexico and
tendering u social dinner 10 me as mark Of their
esteem, has been received.
feel grateful for this evidence Of the good opinion
which my friends entertain md it Is the most pleas
ant rewardSy~hich can be bestowed upon me for the
lille which have accomplished In the cause Of our
common country yet fear that am indebted more
10 their kindness for this compliment than 10 any
merit ofmy own.
accept, with great pleasure, the dinner rendered
inc. and will meet you on Tuesday, the llh instant.
anl} gentlemen, very truly yours. Ar
ROBERT G.. ROGERS, u. S. n.
Messrs LINTON, BALrzELL, 0rrs, MURRAY, Cont
mittee. I
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We have firm conviction thar this war was IN
necessarily and unconstiiutionuly commenced For
TINS Mr. Polk IS responsible But being iii the war,
we must fight i gut. We should prefer that the dc.
iensipe line policy recommended originally by Gen.
Iuylor and 50 ably advocated in the speech Of Mr.
Calhoun which we publish to-day, should be adopt
cd. But We have no idea that the Wing parry, no
matter what policy is adopted should place itself in
position Of even seeming to withhold supplies,
either of men or money Ii the war must 10 on
ie i g. On Vita the yigor the country is able 10
exert All me wrong Of having brought II on rests
arms, belongs TO the men who have so nohly sustain
cd the flag Of the country, by land and sea-
we have no idea Of giving the administration the
only issue upon which they can ever hope defend
themselves before the country, BY placing the Wing
party In position Of Withholding supplies. And
this Is the sentiment Of the Wing party in Congress
and out Of L. This Is Mr.. Folks war He brought
4 on-he must be held responsible for ii. Bur
me people VIII sustain the country in fighting out
On this subject the Buffalo IN. y Express, one
of the soundeat Wing papers in the country. thus
expresses s. Itself, and we fully sgree with il:
exceptions, and perhaps none, will vote 10 provide
me means for speedy and honorable termination Of
the war The chagrin Of the administration will be
increased daily BY the patriotic action Of the whigs
N snst BODY until an honorable peace shall be se.
This Y true American feeling Is WING feel.
Ing and Whig doctrine. While we hold that me-
cessiiy for the did not exist when the two coun
tries became involved--we roll that responsibility
over upon the administration that madly produced Il
and cling to the honor Of the country, and chival.
ry and glory Of its arms. We act with patriotic
determination, that, although injustice marked the
insngators OF this effusion Of blood, the country
shall be brought out Of it without dishonor, and
saved from the misguided power and selfish motives
OF such men as POLK CAss, BUCHANAN and the le-
gon Of their hreings and subsdsed presses through
out the country, in future. The Whigs will stand
BY their country, let the emergency be what Il may
whether Of peace or war abroad, Of corrupt and
dangerous administration at homen
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We are happy to find from the Report Of
the State Treasurer Of Maryland, that the
finances Of that State are in most prosper
Gus condition. The interest on the pub
lie debt for the last quarter is being prompt
y paid at the Chesapeake Bank, and the
bonds have risen to sc l-2
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Among the visitors now il our civ. Va

Among the visitors now in our city, we
are happy to recognize the Hon. q. Pratt,
Of New York. It is always gratifying to
the citizens Of Washington to meet one who
has been friendly to our city while a mem
Der Of Congress. MIR. Pratt was enthusi-
astic in promoting its interests while re-
preventative from New York, and the citi-
zens feel as gratifed to him as they have
done to all others who manifested desire to
add to the improvements Of their city.
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Complaints are made Of the irregularity
Of the mails in the South and Southwest. W.
The st. Louis Republican says, that the
whole thing is humbug, and has been
growing worse and worse for the last two
months" What else can be expected from
the humbugs in power, than mismanage-
ment, confusion, and disorder, in every thing.
Cave, though industrious, Is not the bright
est man in the world, and his mind is occa-
sionally good deal obfuscated
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i TEA AND CoFFEE.--There are probably few things
for which we ought, as regards the means Of health,
to be grateful Providence than for this intro.
duction OF tea and coffee As civilization advances
the man Of wealth and rank uses personal exercise
less, whether In walking or on horseback and pre-
tiers the luxurious carriage as means Of transporting
himself from place to place; keeping pace with the
progress Of civilization Is the number Of the thinking
and sudious increased, a class Of men which 10 pro-
verbally, and with few exceptions sedentary; tanta-
mount 10 the increased number and importance of
drawn from the fields and the health fraught tolls Of
agriculture into the pent up and close atmosphere Of
town, and have their time occupied In sedentary
or almost sedentary, employment and in these ways
there has arisen daily increasing number Of all class
es, who, taking less exercise could bear less food
could assimilate, consistently with health, less
amount Of nutriment who could not eat with inpu.
nifty the meat and beer breakfasts the heavy and sub
stantia food TO which their fathers had been accts
toned and, as II 10 meet this tea and coffee have
been introduced, and supply the desideratum; diet
which Is paln'able, only moderately nutritious, and
II not abused, quite harmless. II has been the fash
on OF late years for The professors Of certain new
guises, In which quackery has presented itself-ar
rayed in one case In the assumed garb of facts and
experience; In the Other in that OF mystical and fam
cltul reasonings--to contend against the harmless
Of these great beverages of daily use; and 10 nd
Wise their diseontinuance, unless In occasional and
probably nfnesinal doses&and for directly nedIci
nal purposes The experience, the comfort, the tent
perance, and the well being Of civilized man. are ali
happily adverse 10 such view as this; and like most
OF the other errors Of these qlacks and ysionares II
hardly influences the many, and cannot long continue
TO influence even the few. Robertson ca Diet and
Regimen. NJ,
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The last speech Of Mr.. Calhoun, on the
resolutions offered by him some days ago to
the Senate, has been received with approba-
ton wherever il has been read. We regret
that we have not room to publish it in erten-
50, but shall endeavor to give synopsis Of
it in "a few days. 1t is one Of his best eff
forts--clcar, sententous, and forcible, and
was listened 10 by the Senate with great at
tention and apparent qualification.
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A BIZ. L to establish the Ten Hour System OF Labor

SEC. |. Be il enacted by the General Assembly Of
The State Of Ohio That In all contracts for or rela
ting To labor ten hours Of actual labor shall be taken
to Be day work. unless otherwise agreed 10 by the
perform moro than ten hours labor In my one day.
except in pursuance of an express contra requiring
d greater time.
Ssc 2. No minor shall be employed in any manu-
featuring establishment more than ten hours The day.
ia nny labor, without the writenfconsent Of the pa
rent or guardian OF such minor DO first oblalned.
II any manufacturer or corporation or the agent OF
any manufacturer or corporation, shall employ any
such minor in violation OF the provisions Of this Sec
ton, they shall be fined in any sum not exceeding
twenty dollars.
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ExrrhiarNrs. Melt any quantity Of lead in ,he
open air and keep il melted until Il becomes red lend
and Il will be found to have increased In weight ten
moderate heat In contact with atmospheric ali and
u win slowly combine with oxygen and become
oxyde; but by an increase Of heat the oxygen win be
driven OIL, and the metal will be restored. Place TO-
gether on shovel little sulphur and mercury, and
make tho whole red hot over a strong fire. and he
beautiful paint called vermillon win 81 produced.
800 Scientific Amsrioan,