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From The Woodrills Republican.

ELECTRO BIoLoGY.-Justice to this science
requires to make public the following facts
A little boy Master Charles Franklin Pascoe,
of this village, was cured of a deafness Of seven
years standing, by Professor Shaw, on Saturday
last, through the application Of Electro Biology,
in less than five minutes The child can now
hear a whisper, though previously to the opera
ton Of Professor S., it was necessary to speak
in the loudest voice to make him hear.
Yesterday also. DIR. Stocking extracted tooth
with formidable roots from young gentleman
Of this town. Professor Shaw, being present du-
ring the operation. and persuadng the patient,
wide awake all the while, that the Doctor was
merely rubbing the gums and the tooth with two
pepper pods, which by the way, were the knife for
cutting around the tooth, and the forceps for ex-
tracing it, The tooth was extracted without the
slightest pain, and the patient could ascertain
thai the tooth had left socket, only by feeling in
the cavity with his finger.
II Electro. Biology can effect such wonders as
these, what may it not accomplish? The above
in regard to extracting the TOOTH is strictly true.
d. STNckING.
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be most expedient. in order to procure the estab-
lishment of two free ports, one at each end OF
the said canal.

be most expedient, in order to procure the estab-
lishment of two free ports, one at each end OF
the said canal.
ARTICLE W
The contracting parties further engage, that
when the said canal shall have been completed,
they will protect it from interruption, seizure or
unjust confiscation, and they will guaranty the
neutrality thereof, so that the said canal may be
forever open and free, and the capital invested
therein secure. Nevertheless, the governments
of the United States and Great Britain, in ac-
cordng their protection TO the construction OF
the said canal, and guarantying its neutrality
and security when completed, always understand
that this protection and guaranty are granted
conditonally, and may be withdrawn by both
governments, or either government, if both gov
ernments or either government, should deem
| that the persons or company undertaking or
managing the same adopt or establish such reg
ulations concerning the traffic thereupon as are
contrary to the spirit and intention OF this con-
vention, either by making unfair determinations
| in favor Of the commerce of one Of the contract
| ing parties over the commerce of the other, or
by imposing oppressive exactons or unreasona-
! bic tolls upon passengers, vessels, goods, wares,
merchandise, or other articles. Neither party,
however, shall withdraw the aforesaid protection
and guaranty without first giving ak months
notice to the other.
/ ARTICLE vi.
The contracting parties in the convention en-
gage to invite every State with which both or
either have friendly intercourse TO enter into
stipulations with them similar to those which
they have entered into with each other, to the
end that all other states may share in the honor
and advantage of having contributed TO work
of such general interest and importance as the
canal herein contemplated. And ihe contract
ing parties likewise agree, thar each shall enter
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TAKE THE Dry ONE.-At late Theat-
rical Fund celebration in London, Mr..
Dickens, by way of illustration of a thoug ht,
related the following anecdote:
yesterday" said Mr.. Dickens, 81 was
told story by friend of mine, who be-
longs to class remarkable for their literal
accuracy of narrative. and absence of all ex-
aoperations, in their descriptions--a Amer
ican sea-captain. On his last voyage home,
the captain had on board a young lady of
remarkable personal attractons-a phrase
use as one being entirely new, and one
you never meet with in the newspapers.
This young lady was beloved intensely by
five young gentlemen passengers, and in
turn she was in love with them all very
/ ardently, but without any particular pre-
ference for either. Not knowing how to
make up her determination in this dilem-
ma, she consulted my friend the captain.
The captain, being man of an original
turn Of mind, says to the young lady: Jump
overheard, and marry the man who jumps
after you.' The young lady, struck with
the idea, and being naturally fond of bath.
ing, especially in warm weather, as it then
was, took the advice of the captain, who
had boat ready manned in case of acci.
dent. Accordingly, next morning, the five
lovers being on deck, and looking very de.
votedly at the young lady, she plunged in
to the sea head foremost. -Four of the
lovers Immediately jumped in after her
When the young lady and her four lover;
were got out again, she says to the captain
what am | to do with them now, they
are so wetr Says the captain, Take th'
dry one!' and the young lady did, anc
married him."
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those of all the men and women around him,
who would have dared mutter word against
the improvements of science?
Besides, sir, from our very position, had we
not a right to expect more decided results!
You know we live right in the heart of the
nineteenth century, in close eontiguity with
the mightiest commercial stream on the globe,
with telegraph posts stuck up all refund us
to be strung some day, no doubt, with wire or
moss or spiders work-and, not to mention
other Improvements that may survive until
they cease to be among the things that be, we
are in the most enlightened and enterprlslng
country in the world. 1t is a fact, sir, and
there is more in this than you have space to
hear But, sir, thus situated, are we to be for
ever put of with the old saws of philosophers
and the trite sayings of theologues about ma
ture, mind and matter, soul and body, their
powers, attributes ct tmodos operandis Unless
some men are understood, it would be great
relief to them, or at least, no great cause OF
sorrow, were Moses and the Prophets, Christ
and his Apostles, down where they say
Pharaoh and his hosts went down, and all their
words and works, precepts, promises and mira
cles, forgotten as the things that were before
the flood. Now, it is plain that greater Won
ders would eclipse theirs; and the sort of men
just alluded to would not be very rigid in their
scrutiny of a we'll meant attempt and little
would they care for the design or the means
of doing such works,-"only get rid of the
others, that's all we want" Now, then, when
hopes as somewhat lifted is it not most provo
king that they are so soon let fall again, and
left sprawling among the offals of some pro-
fessor'S lecture-roOm and the SWeepingS OF
some chemists laboratory that were picked up
and peddled round by an apprentice Of python
ism! If err in my estimate, let som6 filter
hand spare few words to enlighten the pub,
| lie a LITTLE MORE.
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MISCELLAN EOUS.
Women VS., Ladies'.

What laundering, miserable work folks
make of it when they endeavor to elevate
things bY giving them new or affected titles!
What vulgarity is equal to the thrice.sod-
den tulgarity Of refinement" We think
it was Dickens who complained that there
were no longer boys in all England-that
"the boyswent out with George the Third. :"
A similar calamity has befallen US in Amer
lea. We have no longer any aComen.-or
at least, no acknowledged specimens of that
interesting portion of the human race.
The women have gone, extinct, according
to the proper phraseology.) and have been
superseded by "ladies!" Alaek-a-day
for the changei We regard women as
"the noblest work of God;" but "a Lady,
at her highest pitch of perfection, is only
the noblest work Of a French milliner. JUS
apply the term, for example, as well to the
highest as TO the lowest grades of the gen
tier sex, and the ludicrous absurdity Of its
use will make you chary of the word for
ever after. A person wishing to see the
female wards in prison, was answered BY
the tailor, "Sir, we have no ladies here a
present" A clergyman, discoursing Q
the religious inclinations of women, in
quired, with much emphasis, "Who wer'
the last at the cross? Ladies. Who wer'
first at the sepulchre, Ladiess" Ladies
God forbid!-Bosto1 POST
We copy the above for its excellen
sense. Above all things, we detest the Fl
nical feeling which rejects the name of VIC
man and adopts in its place that of lady
| Yet the preference is not unfrequentl,,
svmptomatic Of those who make it. Th
fashionable female, who is so horrifed
be called a woman, has really few Of tn
nobler qualities of the sex; but is mer
machine Of conventionalism, q fabricatio
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f.Falst9f and PistOl,u

Under this head the Charleston Mercury has
an article upon the Benton and Foote explosion.
The Mercury considers Benton the aggressor.
Upon that point we fully agree with him. But
upon another point We differ. We fearlessly
assert that the Charleston Mercury, or the rep.
resentative, as it is, of the chivalry of South
Carolina, has done gnss injustice to flower of
knighthood, and mirror of pleasantly. We re-
fer of coufse TO Sir John Falstaff What feat
Of arms has been performed by the Baron of
California, that entities him him to be compared
to the valof0us and virtuous retainer of Prince
Hal? Is it said that the former, when he fights,
fights "to the deafh-sir? to the funeral, sir"
But has the Mercury forgotten the roads by Cad
shill and the prodigies of heroism there per-
formed? Has it forgotten the eleven rogues in
buckram and the three misbegotten knapes in
Kendel green, seven of whom were dispatched
quick as "a thought by Faisaff sword? Or
does it pretend, that in modest appreciation OF
his own merits, Sir John can be beliked TO any
living hero Of the present age? Could any Amer
ican egotist have even dwelt upon his own point
with the agreeable complaceney manifested in
the description of himself which Falstaf puts
In the mouth of King Henry9 "A good po.tly
man, i faith, and a corpuIent:Df cheerful look,
pleasing eye, and most noble courage; and,
as think, his age some fifty, or, hy'r lady. in
cIining 10 three-score; and now remember
more, his name is Falstaf:aif that man should
be lewdly given, he deceiveth me; FOR Henry,
see virtue in his looks. And again: $50 thy
ways, old Jack; die when thou wilt, il manhood
be not forgot upon the face of the earth, then
am shotten herring"
And look once more upon the fat knight, re.
counting his exploits upon the battlefield to
Prince John of Lancaster: Il have foundered
nine score and odd posts. and here, travel.tain
ted as am, have, in my pure and Immaculate
vaIor, taken Sir John Coevie OF the dale, g
most furious knight. and yalorous enemy: Bu
what of that? he saw me, and yielded: that
might say with the hooked-nosed fellow OF Rome
i came, saw, and conquered"
This, we concede, is tall boasting, bat any
one perceives that it is the boasting of merry
and facetious Jack Falstatf, who never forget
his amiability and certain gentlemanlike bear
ing, even in his widest flights Of set-exaltation
| Now, the Duke of Ell Dorado is always in deat
earnest when be brags, and loses his tempe
four minutes out of every five, so that there i
no comparison in that respect between him an
Sir John.
There is a remarkable scene in the fret par
of King Henry w. 1t iswhen Falstaf stand
upon the dead body of Percy, swearing that h
slew him, and that if he were alive agan, an
would DENY Il, he would make him eat pec
of his sword There was sublimity of inver
ton and impotence in that vaunt, which no ma
Of any subsequent generation has quite equallet
Richmond Republican.
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NEW AND SPLENDID SUPPLY OF
''SPRHNG GOODS.

S. BERNHEIMER & BROTHER,
AVE just received fine and well Sc
Ill lected assortment of Spring and Sum-
mer, Fancy and Staple Dry.Goods, con-
sIstlng in part of
Ginghams, Calicoes, Lawns, Bareges,
Chambreys, Muslin Drilling,
Linen br. Drilling, Linen Table Cloths.
Cottcnades, Summer Cassimeres,
Ticking, Hosiery, Gloves, Parasols,
Boys and Mems Clothing,
Boots and Shoes, Caters,
Bootees and Slippers,
Boys and Mems Leghorn, Panama and
Campeachy Hats.
SADDLERY, dc.
Their stock of Embroidered Goods which
they have lately imported from Switzerland
embrace the most choice articles ever OF.
Tered in this town. Ladies please call and
examine, as the goods will be sold at real
importing prices, they consist partly in
Capes, Collars, Mantillas, Sacks, Linen
Embroidered Handkerchiefs, Curtain Mus
Inns, Lawns, Swiss Muslins, OrgandInes'
DC, &c.
Call at the Store formerly occupied BY
R. M. Harrison, Esq.
March 8. 1850 26-1y
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The State of Mississippi, }
CLAIBORNE CnuNrY. SC {

In Probate Court of said County. at the
April Term thereof, to.wit: MONDAY.
April 23d, 1850.
In the matter of the
Estate of final account of Allen
lthamer Marler, and James N. Marler,
deceased. Administrators of said
J deceased.
A Lien MARLER and James n. Mar
Ii ler having this day filed their account
as Administrators as aforesaid. On mo-
ton it is ordered that Citation issue to the
Sheriff OF Kinds county, against John
Page and Mary Page, his wife; and to the
Sheriff of Copiah county, against John ].
Golman and Abigail Golman, his wife,
distributes of said estate, citing them to
be and appear at the next June Term of
this Court, TO shew cause if any they can,
why said final account should not be allow
ed, and decree made thereon according
ly.
And it appearing to the satisfaction of
the Court from the Affidavit of said Ad-
ministrators this day filed, that Elias Mar
Ter resides in the State of Louisiana, that
Alfred Lyons and his wife Sarah Jane
Lyons. reside in the State of Texas. and
that Ithamer Goman and Francis Golman,
children and infant heirs of Sarah Golman,
reside in the State of Texas, and have no
Guardian in this State or elsewhere, with
in the knowledge or belief of said Admin.
istrators, and that the said Elias Marler,
Sarah Jane Lyons and Ithamer Col
man, Jasper Golman and Francis Golman,
are distributes of said estate, and that
they reside beyond the jurisdiction of the
Court, so that the ordinary process thereof
cannot be served upon them. 1t ordered
that publication be made in the "Port Glib
son Herald anu Correspondent" a public
newspaper in this State, citing the said ab-
sent heirs and distributes, and all other
persons interested in said estate to be and
appear at the next June term of this Court
to shew cause if any they can, why the
said final account should not be allowed
and decree made thereupon accordingly,
l9sFsgSn WITNESS the Hon. JAMES A.
Is RgS MAXWELL, Judge ofthe Probate
mHSB Court of Claiborne county, the
fourth Monday Of April, A. d
1850.
Issued, April 23d, 1850.
FRED. ]. POOR. Clerk
April 26, 1850 B5-1Ot
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NV - e.
New Orleans.
$40. I4.tf
.InING FROM SHIP ATLANTIC
Lal'D FROM NEW YORK.

;IIDING FROM SHIP ATLANTIC
Ia-' FROM NEW YORK.
INDIGO, II packages, very superior.
NJaCE MACE and NUTMEGS, 600 lbs., fresh.
IrEaS, AS superior Young Hysou, Imperial and
Gun Gun Powder. Teas of various qualities and
s.;.ss oar in 6, Is and l6 lb. boxes; caddies and
iii chests, some of the Tea superior to any
ever imported.
usnEIRA. superior Old Madeira in or. casks,
GGo1LOEN SHERRY, in Indian bbls., of very
superior quality.
rsorND S@gD SPICES, 200 boxes, all kinds.
ALSO TO ARRIVE,
AVA COFFEE, 100 bags, superior.
cljSSSfP,Ai Cocoa PASTE, i all kinds of best quality.
r, ale for cash or City acceptance.
WIN L CUSHING & Co,
No. SIS Common St., New Orleans
Janl2, 1850. 2l-n
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A SETTER.-A raw boy coming into print
ing Office to learn the business, the foreman
asked the question:
"Have you ever set any9" meaning type Of
course.
"Set9 reckon kin; havn't set all our old
hens? and didn't everyone Of 'em hatch out
every egg put under em. except old speckle
that went off and left her nest-consarn her old
pictur!"
"You'lI do,' said the foreman, "I don't want
you to set hens, but TO set at the stand"
.'Waal, that's quare; you want me to set ae
the stand, like them set Of fellers pickin' up
them little Igamarees, do you? Waal, here
goes.
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Guardians Notice.

THE undersigned, Guardian of James
| McCaIeb and Ann G. McCaleb. here
bv aives n ,tice that he will present his an
n1aI ~ account to the Probate Court of Clai-
horne county at the June Term thereof,
Is5n for settlement and allowance.
- ELLIOTT BURWELL,
NJ Of ,asa-An-st Guardian.
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of the boarding-school. ballroom and mil
liner. To dress, to dance, to lisp afectedly,
to firt her fan at a party, to spend her ia
theirs or her husbands income, to neglect
her children, and to "grind the faces" of
her servants in order to find money for her
selfish purposes, this is the creature that is
usually called ga fine lady, and would
consider herself insulted if disseminated
woman.
We lately visited one of tie manufacto-
ries, from which fine ladies are turned out,
fashionable boarding-schbol. The girls
here were taught music, dincing, French,
Italian, and indeed "all the accomplish
ments:" it was the boastof the institution
that more than twenty eachers-"profes-
sors'' they call themselves, visited it daily.
But, with all these accomplishments, we
could not find that anything useful was
taught; indeed many of the scholars. like
the principal herself, did not know how to
speak and write English correctly.-Nor
was this all. While the intellect was
strained, in order to impart useless acquire
ments, no attention whatever was paid to
health. Thirty pupils slept in one room.
Exercise was forbidden. except in the
shape Of monotonous walk, and even this
was not allowed daily. The natural con-
sequences were that all the pupils were
sallow, and out Of health, and the seeds Of
consumption were evidently already sown
in more than one. Fine healthy, noble
| hearted girls go into the academy, and af-
ter year or two spent there come out
mere fashionable butterflies, rendered forev-
er useless for the practical purposes of life.
With the Boston Post we say, away with
such females Ladies forsooth! Give US
a true woman, unperverted by fashionable
follies. Fops and fine ladies may 60 to
gether.-BuLletin.
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PER STEAMSHIP GEORGIA.
New Spring Goods.

OK Pieces fine colored Bareges,
~ 10 pieces fine Black Bareges.
Colored and Black Tissue Silks,
Dress Trimmings,
Jaconet and Swiss Muslins,
Swiss Dotted Muslins,
Prints,
French Muslins,
Gentlemen's Summer Clothing,
10 doz. Muslin Shirts, Linen Bosom
and Collars,
Parasols and Umbrellas,
Dress and Sack Goats,
Msrino and Linen Pants.
Fine and Common French Fans,
Gloves, &c. Call and see.
A. w. HODGE.
February %, 1850. 26-tf
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PASTE THAT'S PAsTE.-Dssolye an ounce OF
alum in quart Of warm water; when cold add
as much flour as will make il the consistsuee OF
cream; then strew into it as much powdered rosin
as will stand on a shilling, and two or three
cloves; boil tito consistence, stirring all the
time. It viii keep for twelve months, and when
dry may be softsned with wster-
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rANDY.-We will supply the trade with d.
OGowan's celebrated Candy, at same prices
:. + ordered direct from Gowan. Also, all 9TH
:, Goods not in our line, will be purchased.
WM l. CUSHING s. Co,
Jan Y, 1850. 2l-tf
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WI9aragua Treaty,
BETWEEN THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA AND HER BRI-
TANNIC MAJESTY.

STATES OF AMERICA AND HER BRI-
TANNIC MAJESTY.
The United States OF America and her Bri-
tannic Majesty, being desirous Of consolidating
the relations Of amily which SO happily subsst
between them, by setting forth and fixing in
convention their views and intentions with re-
ference 10 any means Of communication BY ship
canal which may be constructed between the
Atlantic and Pacific oceans, by the way of the
river San Juan de Nicaragua, and either or
both Of the lakes of Nicaragua or Managua, to
any port Of place on the Pacific ocean; the Pre-
sdent of the United States has conferred full
powers on John NJ. Clayton, Secretary of State
Of the United States. and her Britannia Majes-
ty, on the Right Honorable Sir Henry Lytton
Bulwer. Member of Her Majesty's Most Hon.
orable Privy Council, Knight Commander OF the
Most Honorable Order of the Bath, and Envoy
Extraordinary and Minister Penipotentiary of
Her Britannia Majesty to the United States,
Cor the aforesaid purpose; and the said plenipo-
tentiaries, having exchanged their full powers,
which were found TO be in proper form, have
agreed to the following articles:
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ErPSh aHrl.ingE.

VTTE have now landing from Ship Beatrice,
w from Boston, PICKLES, KETCHUPS,
a,-2lO boxes of w. K. Lewis gallon, half
gaIIon and quart Pickles, mixed, assorted and
Gerkins.-AIso, Lobsters, Salmon, Mackerel,
HsTbnt and Shad, in canisters hermetrically
sealed. Underwood's Pie Fruit, Lemon Syrup,
Tomato and Walnut Ketchups, Preserves, Red
Cnrrant and Raspberry Jellies and Jams, Spices,
CAYENNE. Cure Powder, &C., &c. The above
for sale at the lowest market prices, for cash or
City acceptance by
WML CUSHING & Co.,
No. 55 Common ST., New Orleans.
Jan u 2l.tf
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ID. .. ROTR0CK,
Merchant Tailor,

DEsPECTFULLY informs the citizens
u generally, that he has just opened, at
No. 4, Stamps Row, a very handsome as
sortment OF Clothing Materials, including
Black and Fancy Cloths and Merinoes,
Plain and Figured White Linen Drilling,
India Nankeens; Linen, Silk and Mar
SELLS Yestings. Light Summer Cassimeres,
Cashmere d'Ecosse, &C., all of which
have been selected by himself, in New Or
leans, and which he is prepared to manu-
facture into gentlemen's garments in the
most fashionable styles, and on moderate
terms. He has also good assortment OF
Fancy Silk and Madras Cravats, OF the Ia
test patterns. Gentlemen wishing beau
tiful Summer Clothing, are invited to call
and examine his stock.
MAY 10, 1850. S7-ly
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Somewhat may be gathered from the
crudest theory of fancy.
Some halo of attraction heraldeth COM
ing friend.
That (which hath vexed thee most, hath
been the looking for evil.
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lam the mother Of Chas. Franklin Pascoe, and
testify with pleasure, that the above statement
of the cure Of his deafness is entirely correct.
A. R. PAScoE
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1TH SCHRlEDER CHAMPAGNE.-The
subscribers will have constant supply
i MI, celebrated Wine, direct from the onlyim-
porter. WM L oooiiiNW NJ y 20, 81,
Jan Il 2l-tf