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CIIAMBERLIN's COMMERCIAL.
COLLEGE.

MARKET AND THIRD sTKrETs, rrrrs
BURGH. L.
o. Z. CHAMBERLlN, Principal and Professor OF the
Science OF Accounts. .....
P. X. SPENCER, Professor of Pcnmanship.
THE principal object ofhis Institution, is TO young
i me opportunity OF obtaining thorough and Ii.
mate knowledge pouble Entry Book Keeping, its ap
pcatom to business operations generally Applicants
College time and attend both day evening
The Is SUCH will bic
to take charge conduct scientific principles any
set OF Double Entry Books completion OF the same
PENN Assmr-To write free and leg bic hand is dcsira.
bic III the education young gentlemen
every profession and -tieniaI
DESTROYS Of themselves for mercantile and bust
pursuits. This department lie conducted by p
r. Spencer OF Ohio author the Spencean system OF
Penmanshp, gentleman well known nughout the coun.
try, an accomplished penman and also OF the
most successful teachers Ofthc age.
Cornuni cations addressed 10 o. h CHAMBERLIN
will receive prompt attention. aur2I
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Extract from letter received froma Physician in Nd

Extract from letter received froma Physician in Nd.
CAMBRIDGE, Nd, Oct. 9th, 1850.
Messrs SANDS, Gentlemen My little daughter
hicted time with Sore Head and Eyes and by
using your Sarsaparl perfectly cured, Other edi
cines and Sarsapaas having failed TO relieve her. Having
used it and tested its efficacy. confidently
in preference 10 Other it proper
tics contained in other preparations and find that
purchasers after they have used il, invariably
same article again. whenever they require medicine
which this is recommended. Respectfully yours,
J. FLINT, NJ. ID.
Prepared and sold, wholesale and retail, by a. b.
SANDS, Druggists and Chemists, 100 Fulton corner
William, New York. Sold also by Druggists generally
throughout the United States and Canaas. Price
bottie six bottles for 81 For sale by
J. ii. CRUMBACKER,
No. lI5 Main ST., Wheeling.
L. Wilcox OF Pittsburgh Scaton & Sharpe OF Maysvlc
Shaekeford & Crichton, Portsmouth, and Z. b. Human
Cincinnati. scptIo-3m
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comprising oJniC vi uIc HOSl fenGrklOlG EXAM
pies OF Female Courage, Disinteiestedness
and Self-sacrifce of Ancient ani rt
Modern Times. ,,a ~ 10
BY HENRY C. WATSON, 3r
AUTHOR OF 1.-THE CAMP-FIRES OF THE REyo
LUTON" "NlGHT IN a BLOCK-HoUSE" DC
To set before the OF America examples for ita
ton IN the most trying may stated to be
The object Of this boob De Toeqqe vile. French tourist
in the U. States, Women Govern . In no country upon
the earth is The sex so generally respected deieen
days OF chiyalry, with muck more enlightenment. hero
made and he ole by Putarchs .Lycs~stimulaed
and Inspired by the contemplation OF excellence.
eading anu study ofsueh work as the Heroic Women
become common. and wives, mothers sisters, and
daughters, will become more renowned for resolution,
old The ensuing pages Include cly all the famous in.
staeesoi female heolsi, with many that less
bn less gene knoSSH among which may be
81 Generiere, ,z3e., gertrude YAM Der VAR,
BrImetGut, Mrs. Spencer Smiths E,-
rhiiR7a Of A,inault, COPE,
The Sister Of Duguesclin, MadernoseNe .in5cs, +a
Jane, Countess OF Monijorf- Catherine T. OF Ru,si
Joan haehette, -.t..rf Madame Drlco,.rt, ~
Margaret Of AryOu. Marie 4ntoinette,
The Queen Of Nararre, The Princess dc La,a6alie
Mary SfiaTt EH 80 Madame F1izG5eth, i"f :
Mary Dre. he Quaker ifariyr Madame Roland
-, Of Ner FnstGnd. .fl Madame De.rnouli's,i - r
Lady tanshar, Aimee L4adoi,ska,
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I'D Ia ihoFton, ~ Mrs shoH aud Mrs Breirs-
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NILisdaie, The Queen OF Georgia, .I...
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Mss Hackay, !Mrs. Fgrsiey,
Ledy Harriet AcklGn9, ~ Lydia DarrGgh,
iirisn IIaiker, Mrs. Head and The noted Mrs.
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DIR. Guysort'. Improved Extrnct OF
Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla

TIE ORIGINAL AND ONLY GENUINE pREPARA.
TIoN FOR THE PERMANENT CURE OF CON-
SUMPTION AND DISEASE OF THE LUNGS
...r WHEN THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE .iH
.. AFFECTED BY THE EREE USE OF
49, MERCURY. IRON. luINlNE.
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JIEmBERs OF COUNCIL.

FIRST wIKp.-John Mcclure, Jri John Hughesi 8. D.
woodrou; Isaac Cots.
SECOND w.ap-John Bishops Geo. &. wiekham.
THIRD wARD.-S. Brady;J J. J. YarDall; John NJ Meth-
ews; Daniel Lamb.
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Look to your Coughs!

ITO such aboring under Coughs. Colds Hoarsc
i ness Pains in the Breast, Splitting Blood &C., we
would honestly recommend the OF Brentlingers Com.
pound Syrup of Bonesct, pleasant safe and speedy
euro II be had at Messrs PAXTON LAKES end or
the Suspention Bridge, and at .s.iiss 81 n 7
BRENTLINGER q ARMSTRONG'S, &
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..- WHEN THEY AXE SUPPOSED TO BE aE
. AFFECTED BY THE EREE USE OF -..
MERCURY, IRON, QUINlNE,
t#- &c, &c, &c. ''
all who wish purge the blood from impur ties and
the to resist epedeics resort 10 uysot
Extract Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla which
wing itself atidOc many OF the most mai gnant dis
that flesh heir and they will he dsappoiii.
.cd in this remedy the yubc faith has
wayer orit is founded experience, just
faith in other and spurious compounds is
seek hope vEur this purely reseia6le remd
however broken down in health and spirits-howe
Ioathcsomc to himself and others let despair
covcry let the patient only understand that his hope
restoration lies only in Guysotts Extract OF Yellow
SaIsaparilla and persuade him. for his les sake
it, and have hesitation in predicting his speedy
restoration to health. .... e.. .... OIL
The Shaker prepared "Yellow Dock and the Rcd
Honduras Sarsapaia," the invaluable remedial
from which DIR. Guysotrs Improved Extract OF yellow
Dock anu Sarsapara is formed, and Laboratory Dr.
given the virtues OF these in their per-
fecton His preparation contains all the prop
critics the combined and concentrated In their
most strength and efficacy.
Experiments made in the manufacture OF this med
cine until il found that it could not be further improved
Accordingly find il resortcd to almost in
cases Hrpatic Seorbuc and Cutaneous complaints for
gene prostraton OF all the vital powers, all those
tomcBlng diseases of the skin trying TO tile patience
aud so injurious 10 the health. ."U.
following Of Bcnajah Hughes is the most
astonishing record. Amer forty years sickness
eXcrueian torture the ampuatiOn OF oncles and
the body and limbs almost OF eating, Purifying
charging ulcers to be cured by eight bottles Guysotts
Extract OF Yellow Dock and Sarsaparila, is amos:
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LIVER COMPLAINT ANDsALT RHEyM,


Messrs. 4. Il. & ID. SASD5,-Gentlcmcn:-W eau
but fccby opinions, in conveying the pleasing
intelligence my restored To perfect health by the
SaTsapaTilla- She afflicted with
disease that covered the whole surface
the body, would have been impossible
free ION the humoTi the head face and
body covered with scales like those OF ish the hair
fell out in large quantities, and walking caused tie
circulating aguJrs affected the joints severely
part She suffer cd also long time
connected with general debility.
prostIaton OF the system Physciars. both
Europe and America had exhausted the usual Ienecs
without eectis cue, or scarcely aiIordins rcrt Ind
medical skill unaraiins until she happily &c
your Sarsaparilla- The disease pronounced
rheum, whole system internally and externally,
but complete been cuc
using the Sarsapara for six weeks and taking in all
less than DOZEN bottles, that she now better
health than for previous TO taking the Sarsaparla
My object in making this communication is that all who
have suffered sic has know where and 10 whom
apply for relief, (and vain) complete cure
will be My vile unites with heartfelt
| thanks; believe gentlemen,
Yours sincerely, FERRlER NAZER.
City and County Of Nero York, ssFeIrier Narei, being
duly sworn doth depose and say that the foregoing
mcnt, which subscribed his name
cuIale knowledge and belie-Sworu and
subscribed this 9Th day OF July, 1919, before Inc,
C.S, Woodruff, Mayor
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WheeIin. Custom Home.

Eta biished in 1881 T. b. SwEARiNGEN, Surveyor ami
Collector OF Customs, Once No. 49, Union street
this port made by way New Orleans,
New York. Philadelphia and baltimore.
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The Heroic Women
HIS STORY. n

Comprising some of the most Remarkable Exam
pies of Female Courage, Disinteiestedness
and Self-sacrifce of Ancient and ,.
Modern Times -..4 gy n
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fl,HE regular time for tho commencement tho Fall
Session of this institution will be the frat day ofS.7
fLi5er next Each Session continues fire calendar nnnL
The teachers at present connected with the Seminary,
follows: Isl sH1 .s ssl-aih q afiA So wa
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- No. IS, Ck-S7iut street, Philadelphia.
01 Inducements rN be made dciire and
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10 engage the sale of these ard other popular uoyks,
irhc sold ercusirev 6v 7farelng Agents au.2I
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pension Bridge. ....


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" man and horse, 10 t6
81 horse Carriage or wagon Is %
al horse dIay, %
al horse cart, 25
"2 horse carriage or wagon, 20 30
-2 horse dray, IS
"2 horse cart % 10
3hoTse wagon, %
al horse wagon, 40 co
"5 horse wagon, co so
Z" horse wagon, 10 100
81 horse mail OF passenger coaches, 100 1876
For walking TO Island and back month 30 ets per
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For cattle per bead. 6ctx
"horscs per head, ~
" hogs per head goo
sheep per bead, f
FOX RESIDENTS ON THE ISLAND. f..
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For single foot passenger, Fer month, 20 cts;
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six persons, 600
" Families, do do
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The southern press., 1852-02-05

No lady, with conquest unaciieved, is armed
and equipped, at present, without catzapeck
This Is an article Of dress something like
gentenan's waistcoat, with pockets for chang,
and also 1--WE quote from report Of fashion ~
a London paper) "with a watch.pocket. from
which the gold or enamel chain passes 10 the
lowest button at the waist, where il is attached,
and descends, with multitude of valuable tr:Ek.
cts, suspended on a ring"
The correspondent OF our French contempt
rary states that Turner, the great landscape
painter, recently deceased, had two pictures, the
triumph Of Carthage ard its fall, for which the
queen, the government, and the rich noblen,en
Of England had offered incredible sums, bat
which, miser though he was, lie refused to sell,
and they were burkd pah him!
No street 10 Constantinople has name, nor
Is there lamp in il, yet there are 100000 in-
habitantsl There is not post office nor mile
route in all Turkey, nor church bell--but there
are at least two dogs to every inhabitant.
The southern press., 1852-02-05
Georgia SILK,

DR. H. l.. doGrsfTenrid, on his return from a
recent visit to Florida, exhibited to us some spe-
cimcns Of Georgia silk, which, considering the
circumstances under which it was raised aud
manufactured, cannot be beaten for its fineness
Of texture, or in the geneaal appearance Of good
sewing silk. No. /, Is q hank Of raw silk, as it
was reeled from the cocoon. IL requires eighty
strands Of this number to form one thread Of the
size Of ordinary sewing silk. No0Rfpecimsns
OF the cocoons themselves. Mo- ecimens Of
silk, svwiously coIored. No. 4, pocket silk
handkorchief--the raw material OF which was
raised, spun and woven by one person--ihe
weaving having been executed upon commoa
hand.loom. We understand that the lady re.
ferred to has lately manufactured sixty of these
pocket handkerchiefs---and has fOrwardei this
oue as present to the editor Of the Soil ofthe
South All this has been accomplished by the
industry and perseverance, Of Mrs. Sarah Neal.
of Decatur county, who is sirty moo years Of
age, at this time. And potwitbstl ndiug her
years and the di,aivaniages under which she
must necessarily labor, we learn that she
put to shame the industry Of many who are but
one.tiird as old IN age, and who are surrounded
by thousand convenierces unknown to her
Columbus Enquirer.
The southern press., 1852-02-05

20 The Alabama Journal thus comments
on the recent movement made by It's brethren
Of the Constitutional Union party in Georgia.
1t will be scd hshat ii disaPprOyes of any steps
towards disbanding that separate organization.
The REAsoS.-An article in the Savan nah
GeOrgign, extracted in the Advertiser, imputes
the recent attempt Of a faction Of Intriguing
politicians Of the Union party ofthe Georgia le.
gislature 10 transfer the Union party Of that
State, as beggars and suppliants at the door Of
aDemocratic convention at Baltimore, composed
Of Northern Freesoilers and Southern Demo
cratic ultras, 10 desire Of Wing Union men. 10
avoid their old party. Thatit 1.-THE Wing party)
had been defeated, and that although, says the
writer, shat party, in caucus at Washington,
came out so handsomely in favor Of their dar.
ing compromise while their opponents, having
so fe-s &c celb- ssd Constitutional Unionism
before their eyes, nauqhtily refused 70 do the
same they prefer 70 join the Democrats rather
than their compromise allies, because they wish
success, DC. This Is not the reason, for The
Wings have not lost ground except in those
States where coalitions have been formed be.
tween Freesoilism and Democracy, (exeeplinV.
perhaps, Pennsylvania In the South i has
not lost ground, see the elections in Tennessee
Louisiana, North Carolina and Florida, where
this issue has been made. This, then, cannot
/. be the true reason Of the attempted treason 10
The Union party Of Georgia. Ii proceeds from
unprDcipled ambition Of few men who wish
20 offer and bargain of the electoral vote Of the
State Of Georgia 20 the Northern Freesoil Dem.
ocrscy, in consideration, doubtless, that they
personally shall be well paid for H. and that
Their own personal interests shall be advanced
by IL But the whole scheme will fail The doc
tDe OF the Union masses Of that State, as well
as that'of our own, is to steer clear of the con-
ventions OF the old parties, and to act with no
one OF any party who does not pledge himself
TO maintain the compromise as fnalsettIernent
From the tone Of a portion Of the Georgia Union
press we trust that the effort TO betray the party
into the hands of the Phiistines will meet with
the fate which its infamy deseres-lhe scorn
and contempt Of ~ honest men.
The southern press., 1852-02-05
Arrival Of The Steamer Niagara-T Three daYs
later from Europe
Correspondence efMe Journal Of Commerce.


The past fortnight has been full of interest
and varied excitement, peculiarly to California
With the constant storms Of wind and rain which
have prevailed, We have suffered loss by fire and
by flood. On the night of December 22d, a
small dwelling house was consumed in the out
skirts of the city, (beyond the Sand Hills) which,
sad to relate, consumed the bodies of two child
rem, Qour and eight years of age,) of the pro-
prietor George Fitzmaurice, cartman, who
were sleeping in the ktchen, where the FIRE
originated. Life was no doubt extinct before
their parents were aroused, who frantic and
alarmed, lost their all
On the night of the 22d nit, large body Of
rock and earth, (oosened by the late heavy
rains) fell with such force NJ to crush two large
iron stores erected at Clarks Point, ut the foot
of Telegraph IIill,-forcing off one broad side,
aud throwing the buildings forward some six or
eight feet, breaking I'll the iron girders, and so
far rjuring the buildings as to compel the
owners TO take them down. The amount of
goods damaged will not exceed $4,000 though
the exposure to rain and expenses of moving,
&c, will be attended with great loss 10 some
bodv
The stores were built of English corrugated
iron, each 30 by 1875 feet, two stories high, and
were occupied by the government as bonded
warehouses. They were literally packed fan of
assorted goods. The stores held about 3 600
tons, bringing 10 the proprietors a monthly in.
come Of $4,000 on those DESTROYED; one vet re-
mains unir jured, filled with Chill flour.
The three stores originally cost 100000. B.
Davidson, the agent OF Rothschilds, has a mort.
gage upon the premises for S45 600, while the
assgnees Of the late banking house Of Wells
g. Co. have also an interest therein Of $4,000
they being in some way interested with Fred.
erick Griffin and Daniel w. Colt, who were joint
owners and proprietors, and who have thus sud-
denly been deprived of an income supposed to
be sure for years TO come.
TIL, side Of the hill had been excavated and
thrown into the bav. The stores, being under
the brow of the hill, were thought to be per-
fecty secure against fire, wind and food But,
alas! in an hour of supposed security, down
comes the rock from height of 80 feet, crush.
ing everything before IT,
The u. =. government have seized the British
steamer Unicorn, for violation of the revenue
laws. The steamer belonged TO the Pacific
Mail Steamship Company, and has been oeca.
sional'y employed by the company in carrying,
by special permit OF the collector, stores from
here to Bencia; but the agent recently dis.
patched her (without the usual permt) 10 Be.
ncia, loaded with the stores which arrived h6r,
recently in the clipper "Sea Witch" and steamer
"Goldon Gate" The vessel aid cargo were
at once seized by Collector King, and bond.
exacted from Captains Knight, Comstock, and
Bissell, for the sum Of one hundred and fifty
thousand dollars. ONTARIO.