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YANKEE ENrERPaIsE IN SOUTH AMERIcA.-By
the schooner Lamartine, which cleared at this port
yesterday for Cunana, Vcnezuea, party Of ad
venturers 60 out, furnished with complement of
machinery, for the purpose Of raising treasure from
the wreck OF the Spanish vessel "San Pedro"
which was lost off Venezuela more than century
ago. 1t is supposed that the vessel had about
So 900. 900 on board, which was sent by the Home
government to pay off troops in her dominions in
the New World
Some two years since portion Of the present
party discovered the wreck, and with the aid of
little apparatus for the purpose, succeeded in rails
ing about 1926, 900, and cleared the wreck, SO that
they anticipate operations will be compare
lively easy. steam. engine will be carried out.
and also diving machine Of ingenious construc-
lion, newly invented by Mr.. James A. Whipplc,
together with sub marine armor and all other APP
paratus deemed necessary Tor the most scientific
iathoming Of the ,'boundlcss deep. - Should this
enterprising company secure the whole OF their
supposed vastly rich price, they will not only sud
denly become Inillionares in wealth, but million
aires literally "of the first water"
boston Transcript, 5u.
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A FoRTUsE IN ViEw.-Mr. John Crofts Cofied,
aged seventy six years, died the 2Sth ultmo,
at his residence in Ann street, where he bad for
several yenrs lived in penurious and retired
manner. II was believed that by his penuroue
habit he bad saved email sum of money, earned
at bis trade, cobbling boots and shoes; but great
the surprise Of HE friends and others, on over
hauling the old boots in the corner Of his room,
soon after his death, TO find some Of them literally
crammed with old wallets we'll filled with the root
of all evil" II 10 impossible at present TO tell the
amount Of fortune her has left, but we have heard
il estimated at 90 large cum "a to seem incredi-
ble-$ 200, 900; and what makes u more iatcrest
ing to the parties concerned. ho has LETT will ns
long as the moral law. well and faithfully ere
cuted, in which he degrees that his estate shal be
kept in trust for foeniy years before the hirs with
one exception, can receive any benefit thercfronl.
Boston Adpohser.
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ExrIRPArioN OF THE PARorIp GLAsp.-A writer
in the Syracuse New York; Daily Star states that
on Wednesday, the 9th ul,imo, DIR. A. b. Ship
man, Of that city. performed on Mira. Nancy c.
Mott, OF De Witt, the removal Of the parotid gland.
which had been enlarged aud deceased for fourteen
cd one Of the most difficult and dangerous by en-
inent surgeons, and several have given II us their
opinion that il could not be done safely. In this
case the lady was advised by several surgeons TO
abandon the idea as being OF too much hazard and
danger; but, with a courage which alone belongs to
her sex, she submitted TO il the only chance of
saving her life. DR.. Shipman, with the assistance
OF Drs. Adams OF Fabius, and Henry r Ewers OF
Mnnlios, finished the operation in twenty minutes.
She was under the full influence Of chloroform. and
totally Unconscious OF pain. The tumor was Of
large size, situated the side OF the neck and ex-
She 10 doing well, and will no doubt recover per,
fcctly.
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New Publication.

n Book for Corntr selections in prose and
verse, from authors the best suited to that mode
Of enjoyment; with comments on each, and
general introduction. BY LEIGH HUNT. New
York: PUTNAM & Co. 1852. ....
If the title of this little volume be not attractive
enough, GLANCE at its table of contents will at
safety any of the value of these selections.
The names Of Addison, Thomson, Steele, Gold.
smith, Smollett, Fielding, Shenstone, Gray, are
something of guarantee Of excellence. This Is No.
20 Of Putnam's seni- monthly library For peck
ct volume on a travelling jaunt, no less than "in
a corner" what could be better? Gray's Elegy
alone is worth the price OF the volume, as cents.
On sale by all the booksellers.
Notes on Ca,psnter's Human Psychology contain.
tanning some original views Of the economy of
nature, &c BY LoUIs MAckALL, M. ID. Wash
ington. 1862.
This ia brochure Of 1913 pages, from the press Of
GIDEON & Co, it being an interesting disquistion
on matters pertaining TO scientific physiology. 1t
will no doubt arrest the attention OF those versed
in this branch of kno " ledge
Appleton's Mechanics Magazine, Tor November,
1882 is ust Issued, and maintains its usual stand
ard Of nee hanical and scientific excellence.
New York, APPLETON & Co.; Washington, TAr-
LoR & MAURY and FRANcK TAYLOR.
An account of the Reasoning Procs" BY LOUIS
MAcKALL, M. ID. 1882.
A short treatise we'll calculated to advance the
reputation Of the author From the press of GIp-
EoN & TO. '...... w. j..
TIE MAMMOTH CAvE-Hs Cost In one Of
MIR. Willis's recent letters TO tho Home Journal 10
the following paragraph relating to the original
purchase of and the amount paid for the Mammoth
Cave in Kentucky: "
Colonel Croghan, to whose family IL belongs,
resident OF Louisville. He went 10 Europe
some twenty years ago, and, az an American.
found himself frequently questioned Of the won.
dcrs of the Mammoth Cave-a place he had never
within ninety miles Of il, he had heard very little.
He went there Immediately on his return, aud the
idea struck him to purchase and make ii n family
inheritance. In fifteen minutes bargaining, he
bought IL for 900, though shortly after he
offered 5 100 900 Tor bis purchase IN his will he
tied it up in such way that IL must remain in his
family for two generations, thus Impending It's
| celebrity to his name. There nineteen hun.
bred acres in the estate-threc square miles above
ground-though the cave probably -ups under the
properly of great number Of other land owners.
For fear Of those who might dig down and estab
lish an entrance TO the their property,
Ia mans farm extending up TO the zenith down TO
the nadr,) great vigilance IL exercised TO prevent
! such subterranean surveys and measurements as
would enable them to sink a shaft with any Ger.
| tainty. The cave extends Ten or twelve miles in
| several directions, and there IL probably many a
| bac kwoodsman sitting in his log hut within ten
miles of the cave, quite unconscious that the moot
| fashionable ladies and gentlemen Of Europe and
America are walking, without leave, under bis
| orn aud potatoes"
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Captain JAMES l.. WILsos died in New York on
Thursday last. Captain w. entered the employ
Of the late Isnnc Wright Immediately after the
war with England, when he was mere boy, and
continued in active service until his death. He
crossed the Atlantic more than two hundred times,
ne the master of chip, and yet in all these voy-
ages never called upon the underwriters for a
cents damage,
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PUTTy DIsPEssEp WITH.-Soue down east
operator has got way of setting glass without
putty The window sash is made entirely OF ~ood,
the outside permanent. The inside is framed in
such a manner that the parts can be readily re.
moved for the purpose Of inserting the glass,
which is placed between slips Of India-rubber,
which, when the parts OF The cash are replaced,
causes the glaze to be perfectly firm. The NOV
able parts OF the sash secured to their place by
a knob screw, which makes n pretty finish.
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DEATH FROM THE BITE OF a g CoBRA De Ca
PELLo. "A curious case 10 related in the London
papers Of a man named Girling who died from
the effects of bite from the serpent known as the
"cobra de capello,' kept on exhibition ut the
theological Garden II appears that the dc.
ceased was employed in the gardens. and one
morning, after spending the previous night in an
ale house, came to the gardens to attend to his
usual duties, and in passing through the reptile
room rashy took the bOcco snake from it's cage
and put it in his bosom. The reptile crawled
round his body from left to right without injorng
him, and was replaced by Girling In the cage.
He then exclaimed, "Now for the cobra!" and
took the venomous reptile from it's cage, and did
the same thing with it. But taking 1t again into
his hand, however, to replace it IN the cage, the
snake made dart at his face and bit him on the
nose. nflicting elk small incisons with it's fangs-
four on one side of his nose and elk on the other
Girling became almost Immediately insensihle;
and notwithstanding every remedy was resorted
to, he died in very short time. 1t was shown
during the inquest that deceased Ind in his pos
session preparation given him by Mr.. Mitchell,
which was antidote against the bite, but
which, 1t is supposed, he did not think Of at the
time the bite was given. SD. ...-g---5 .,.. Ia,
The jury returned verdict, /" That Edward
Horatio Girling died from the effects of wounds
inflicted by venomous serpent known as tho GO.
bra de capello,' and that the injuries were the re.
suit OF his own rashness, whilst in state Of intox
ication." II t. H-tr ..s
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The RECEIPTS of the New York and Erie Railroad
Company in October were $376,000, showing an
increase Of over $40, 600 az compared with Same
month in last year. The earnings of the road
since the let OF january amount 10 nearly three
millions of dollars, showing an increase Of over
eight hundred thousand dollars as compared with
the same period last year. The Horncllsville and
Buffalo branch OF the road will be completed on
the 18th of the present month. ..
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q f + CT A L
DEpARrMEsr OF STATE,

DEPARrMEST OF STATE,
WAsHisoros, November 8, 1852.
Information has been received from the United
States Consul at Acapulco Of the death, within his
consular district, of JOEL NoRros, OLIvER II.
HEA1Avos, and WILLIAM LET.
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The VILLAGE OF BLoomIseToN.-The Cumber-
yond the lourishing village of Piedmont, Virginia,
is another new and thriving village, called Bloom
ington, situated upon picturesque point of land,
formed by the confluence oil the Potomac and Saw
age rivers. The Journal says: ia e.. ~ #..
"The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad crosses the
Potomac at this point, and leaving that stream
pursues ts way through the town, up the deep
gorge cut by the Savage, through the Great Saw
age mountain. Upon this romantic promontory,
deeply embosomed in lofty ranges Of mountain
summits, now to be all the evidences Of
active and thriving life. Stores and warehouses
erected and laden with goods, the various me-
chnnical pursuits are busily piled, and where but
year two since the silence OF tine forest was
unbroken, thriving population is engaged in the
various pursuits Of ordinary life. ~ 49,. 10 Dc. .
1.-The submits overlooking the town are under
ayed, indeed is the town itself, with rich beds
Of Cumberland coal. The Llangolen Mining
Company, who are proprietors of the town, are en-
gagged in making openings short distance from
the village, upon the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad,
preparatory to an extensive working Of their
mines. These openings present themselves about
forty feet above the railroad and in close proxim-
ity with it, and appear to be most advantageousy
situated for economical working, having a large
advantage over these more remote from this great
work The entire line pursued by the railroad
from the crossing of the Potomac at Bloomin z ton
to lite final exit from the coal field at the Crab Tree
run, is not above two miles, the greater part of
which is the property OF the Llangollen Mining
Company" ...r #....,- .... ...
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The ELEcrRo. MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH IN INDiA.
BY late number of tho Ceylon Journal we learn
that this great invention ia now In satisfactory op
Grafton between Calcutta and Kedgeree, q distance
of seventy. one miles, besides branch line from
Bishlopore to Moyapore, distance Of eleven miles.
DR.. O'Shaughnessy, to whose exertions India 10
indebted for this work, has been deputed by Lord
Dalhousie, the Governor General, to proceed to
England and lay before IN. authorities there a
plan for the introduction OF the telegraph through
out the Indian empire, SO that the principal cities
may all be thus INJECTED with the ceftfe of power
at Calcutta. One Of these lines will be from Cal.
cutta to Agra, 500 miles; thence to Simla, 300
miles, and from 6iInia to Lahore, $50 miles; or. in
the aggregate. d line $50 miles in length AM
other will be from Agra to bombay, $50 miles,
thence to Madras, via Hydrabad, $50 miles; ell w.
ing q total line Of $50 miles; and If the line from
Calcutta to Agra be included, length Of ESQ
miles. 1880.
via Chittagong and Sandaway across Pogu, q dis
lance of $40 miles. TIE total length Of Telegraph
thus projected 10 5000 miles, the estimated aggre
gate cost of which would be quarter Of million
iions hundred miles apart, thus allowing for
forty Of them in the whole extent Of the lines. 1t
ia to be remarked that the telegraphic line already
constructed in India difers very materially from
of two descriptions-one section, from Calcutta to
Rajmoola, being laid under ground; and the other,
from Rajmoola to Kedgeree, above the surface, In
both cases, however, no wire 10 used except in
crossing the Huldee river, the conductor being, in
all the rest OF the line, an iron rod. In the under
ground line this rod IL Ave eghtbs Of inch thick
and 10 enclosed in a cement of melted rosin and
sand. In the overground line the rod is three
eightEs Of an inch thick, one ton to mile, ind 10
placed upon bamboo poles fifteen feet high, coated
with coai.tar and pitch, and strengthened q. vari
GUS distances by posts of saul wood, teak, and iron
wood from America. These bamboo poles with
stand storms which have uprooted large trees, and
the iron rod requires no insulation, and is in every
way superior to wire:
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A DIVISION OF Texas has been in agitation in
that State for more than two years past. At the
present time the advocates of division mainly
In Eastern Texas, where eeveral newspapers are
enlisted in the cause. We are informed by the
Houston Telegraph that the scheme Ia rapidly gain
ing favor, and that it Is even proposed to hold
extra session Of the Legislature upon the subject
The Telegraph strenuously opposes it, urging that
If there should be division of the State, pro-
posed, into Eastern and Western Texas, there
would be great danger of the western section be.
coming free State, which the Telegraph thinks
would much depreciate the value of slave property
in Eastern Texas. 1t is stated that the success at
tending the culture sugar in Texas has been such
that the country between the Trinity and Guada-
upe rivers is rapidly filling up with planters, and
IL the State remains united for SOME years longer
il will be pretty we'll peopled with q slaveholding
population. - Phila. NORTH american.
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w. ID. GALLAGHER, ESQ This gentleman, who
has figured creditabIy for some years past as a
pocticsl and prose writer in the West has recently
purchssed an interest in the Louisville Courier,
and will hereafter, that journal announces, take
an active part in its management,
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Appleion's Mechanics Magazine, Tor November,
1852 is just Issued, and maintains ts usual stand
ard of mechanical and scientific excellence. a..
New York, APPLETON & Co.; Washington, TAT
LoR & MAURY and FRANcK TAYLOR.
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an Account of the Reasoning Process By LOUIS
MAcKALL, M. ID. 1882. Z,
A short treatise we'll calculated to advance the
reputation Of the author From the press of GIp.
TON & To ..
Daily American telegraph., 1852-02-02
MORE HOME EVIDENCE.

rI,HE TESTIMONY OF ONE OF OUR LAWYERS
Mr.. JAS. l.. HAMILTON--DEAR SIR: Although the
number and responsibility of the testimonials OF which
you already In possession, to the efficacy OF your
Medicine, "THE GREAT VA. REMEDY" in the diseases
which is designed to cure sufficient in my opinion,
establish its reputation and for it such patronage
will adequately reward you for the discovery Of so ines
Unable Medcine-yet the great benefit which have
derived from its use and the salutary effects which have
witnessed from Its employment in the of several
friends TO whom had recommended it, constrain me to
contribute for such you think proper to make
My was Dyspepsia of long DURATION and very
aggravated in its character manifested by almost total
destruction of the digestive functions, great debility ner
vousness, emaciaon, and impaired appetite, with PAIN
and burning sensation in the left side of the chest pap
tation Of the heart vertigo and congestion in the head
and many other symptoms indicative OF the worst type OF
the disease by the of three four bottles of your
paraton been entirely relieved The of my friends
In which your Medicine taken Dyspepsia, Chro
mic Headaches and Sore Throat in oil of which proved
ecacous after the trial of vast number of other
dies without benefit Your medicine is pleasant to the
taste cordial and in my experience corrects all de-
rangement of the somach restores the wasted enfebed
energies the digestive organs and mparts strength and
termination to the whole system.
Very respectfully, yours, &C.,
]. HOWARD GRIFFITH,
Marshall Buildings,
Baltimore, Aug. oath, 1850
For sale, in large small quantities, by the PROPRIETOR
or by those buying it to sell again.
Office of the Proprietor, 200 N. GAY ST.
mar "a Baltimore, Nd
Daily American telegraph., 1852-02-02

wv FOR BOYs.-This Institution Is situated in
one the healthiest parts Of the city Of Wilmington
rely beyond the settled portions Of the town The uni
heathfuness Of the location may be inferred from
the fact that since the establishment Of the school, about
twentyeght years. very few cases Of serious
occurred among the pupils, and not single death
either here, from diseases contracted while here
The Of instruction includes besides the ordinary
English branches, Natural Philosophy, Chenistry Phys
ology History, Rhetoric the various branches Of Mathe
macs and the Latin, Greek, and French Par
tcuar attention is paid TO the higher Mathematics and
their application to Mechanics and Engnearng the latter
and Surveying taught practically by field operations
with the Of appropriate instruments Lectures on
Natural Philosophy and Chemistry in which all the Inn
portan principles illustrated by experiments are
regularly delivered before the students
As the object Is 10 make the instruction as thorough
and practical possible expense has been spared In
providing suitable apparatus 1t Is believed that In this
respect the Institution will compare favorably with any
similar one in the country carefully selected library
of more than one thousand Volumes containing works
the various branches of Literature and Science furnishes
ample reading matter; while Laboratory, fully supplied
with apparatus and tests contains all that necessary for
practical instruction in Chemical Manipulation.
The school year commenced on the third Secondary
Monday Of the Ninth month, September and is divided
into four quarters of eleven weeks each leaving vacation
Of two months from about the middle of the Seventh
month (July) SAMUEL ALSOP,
mar N- Principal, Wilmington, Del.
Daily American telegraph., 1852-02-02
To Country Merchants and Booksellers.

~ @. J. BIDDLE, No. o south Fifth street publish
IL. the following works:
Clevelands Compendium Of English Literature.
Harrison on the Rise Progress, and Present Structure
OF the English Language.
Dynds First Book Of Etymology.
0swad'a Psychological Dictionary.
fiske's Eschenburg's Manual of Classical IItarature
Fishes Classical Antiquities.
Outlines ofsacred History.
Tregos Geography Of Pennsylvania
Vogdes's United States Arithmetic-Kev
Rings 5000 Exercises in Arithmetic-Key
editions - 'O1oO'
vogdes's Mensuration-Key.
Alsops First Lessons in Algebra.-Key
Asops Algebra, for High Schools Academies and Col
leges-Key.
Gummeres' Astronomy, fourth edition. lust published
Monges Statistics; translated from the French nv
Woods Baker A. NJ Of the United States Coast Survey
just published. -
Maury's Navigation the text book Of the U. a Nav
McMurtrie's Scientific Lexicon.
Peale's Graphics Controllers Copy Slips
Hills Drawing Book of Flowers and Fruit
Hills Progressive Lessons in Painting Flowers and
Fruit
BAbeille pour les Enfans.
Sanford and Merton, in French, by Berquin.
The Works Of Thomas Dick, LII. b.. 10 vols limo, in
various styles Of binding.
Select Speeches of Distinguished American Orators
Select Speeches Of Phillips, Curran, Grattan and EN-
Select Speeches Of Chatham, Burke, and Erskine.
Atkins Christian Minstrel. Atkins Juvenile Minstrel.
IN PRESS
puniaps Book Of Forms, second edition, imprcred
Q. d. Cleveland. o0n'uiy'Dy iio
Map Of the World known to the Ancents. 81 NV so
inches-on rollers. = o 1"e'o"''t VI " "
s.soI !! BIS stock comprises most Of the popular
mar Pa e' WE ss'', " low pr'oes
Daily American telegraph., 1852-02-02

THE BEST AND MOST VALUABLE AGRICULTURAL
i IMPLEMENTS AND MACHINERY, exhibited at
the State Fair in $780, will be by the award of Pre-
miums below:
more by the Maryland State Agricultural Society," at their
I'd Annual Fair held in Baltimore ed, oath and 25th of
October, 1850.
For the best Plough in the ploughing match $40
For the best pioughing with OK team, Especial pre-
For the best plough on exhibition, LIST premium
For the best Railway Horse Power, Whitmans I'm
proved, LIST premium liz
For the best Hay Press, LIST premium rs
For the best Cornsheller LIST premium s
For the best Field Roller, LIST premium
For the best CornStalk Cutters and Grinders LIST
premium 6
For the best Churns. LIST premium 4
For the best Hay and Manure Fork. LIST premium 2
For the best Hayrakes, LIST premium q
For the best Cultiyator, LIST premium
named Fair having received onehaf the amount of pre-
miums awarded us the different kinds of Impements
and Machines is conclusive evidence that ours were
sidered the best and most valuable exhibition
At the great Fair of the Maryland Institute for the pro-
motion of the Mechanic Arts held in Baltimore in 0o
Der and November $780, the first premium IA heavy silver
Medal awarded to Ezra Whitman jr the largest
and best display of Agricultural Implements Also rst
premium another Silver MEDAL his Improved wrought
Iron Railway Horse Power which made for exhibition
at the Worlds Fair, in London, in May, 1851
Our stock this will be the largest ever offered In
this city, and probably the largest the world Consisting
of more than 5000 Ploughs, $50 Threshng Machines,
1000 Wheat Fans 1000 Corn Shelters 500 Straw Cutters
500 Cultivators, Reapng Machines, Wheat Drills Corn
and Cob Crushers Burr Stone Mills Cider Mills HAY and
Cotton Presses together with every article which farmer
planter could wish In the of his pursuts
al Of which will be sold TERMS at wholesale
retail. K. WHITMAN, IT,, a CO.
At The old stand. IS Light st. baltimore. Nd.