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Cash Wanted Immediately.

THOSE Of our friends who have made
i small "cash purchases" and have not
''forked up" would confer favor by drop
ping in and helping to reimburse our empty
chest. lsept 23l JOSHUA BEAL.
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For Sale,

A FINE Buggy and Horse-the Horse
II well suited to saddle or harness. APP
ply to sept23 JOSHUA BEAL.
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OUTER small lot Of very fine
ID western butter, in small packages, for
sale by sept23 JOSHUA BEAL.
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Just Received.
= HHDS. BACON SHOULDERS. For
y sale bv s. M. HART, Il Co.
CARPETS l. RUGS.

CARPETS & RUGS.
TIME subscriber has just received from
i New York, large assortment Of In
grain, Three Ply, and Brussels Carpets, all
Of which will be sold at low prices.
sept %, w. u. PHILLIPS.
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FIELDING MUSSELMAN.
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in all kinds
OF CONFECTIONARlES.

w W \ NJ TlU An y.
Conner of Third and Laurel SITS, NEARLY
opposite the Bank Baton Rouge
HAVlNG this day REDUCED his prices,
IL he is prepared to furnish all kind OF
G A N ID Y at WHOLESALE and RETAIL, on
more favorable terms than can be had in N.
Orleans; and having experienced workman,
his candy will always be PURE and FRESH;
care being taken that no ''deleterious ingre-
dent" is used in its manufacture as is too
often the case with confectionery purchased
at AUCTIONS and from irresponsible houses.
He trusts that the trade of this, and the
adjoining parishes, will give him their Or
ders to fill, which he is prepared to do to
any amount, having made arrangements for
the best quality Of sugar in market, and be-
ing in correspondence with one of the large
est houses in New York, to supply him with
fancy confectionery and articles in his line.
September Ivy
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CHOICE WINES & LIQUORS-1O0
gallons of best quality French Brandy; 1875
gallons of Old Pavilion so gallons Sazarac
Brandy; 10 Casks Common do; so boxes
wines assorted; 10 barrels fine Old Rectif-
ed Whiskey; go gallons Jamaca Rum; 60
gallons Holland Gin. Also, great variety
of fine liquors and cordials for sale BY
July 26-ly J. PARRY, & Co.
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GENERAL NEWSPAPER
AND PERIODICAL AGENCY.
SUBSCRIPTIONS will be received by
- the undersigned for the following news
papers and magazines:
New Orleans Daily & Weekly Crescent
Delta
Louisiana State Republican.
Illustrated Family Friend.
San Diego California; Herald.
Graham's Magazine.
Godey's e
Knickerbocker
Meyers Universum.
USpecimen copies can be seen by cal
ling on JNO. c. LANOUE, Agent.
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on GALLONS Of Sewell Taylors best
~ Sazarac Brandy, just received and
sale by J. PARRY & Co.
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lust LANDED pei Steamer Midas. from
j Cincinnati -
10 tierces s. C. Hams so boxes No. 1,
Soap; so bbls Ohio Flour; 20 doz. Brooms !;
s bbls Inferior Lard rs bbls N. o. Pork.
For sale low-for the times.
sept. 2, y. S. M. HART 4 Co.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1852-05-15
TO Delinquent Snhscrlhcrs.

do not suppose tim. subscribers who hH-
oItuaiLy neglect to pay for their papers, can be
moved by anything in the wav Of persuasion or
reason Short of n legal process which printers,
the klndest hearted race of men in the world dis,
'he 70 employ except in the last resort, there
seems 10 be no means Of reaching tho scusihli
ueS OF those hardened sinners who never pay fr
,he' paper Some Of our brethren Of the craft,
however, arc trying the effect OF anathcmas, u
sH'hS OF which we subioin, with the intolcrahlr
'hPrecaton of the Fredericksburg News-Ejch
mo"d RrpuJIirgn.
inaHenlds Of he Crdt1 on the Jan uio uoRi
not pdy n" Printer;
May he be shod with lightning. and compelled
70 wander owe, deser, OF gunpowder-N u,
Piedmlps
May be have sore eyes, md chesnut barr for
an eve stonc.-BGM CIR.
May he wlther under the yolumnuua curse ct
DR. slop,--krc. Post
May lie sorrows double daily, and hi- liz,
lengthen in the same ratio that hi. sorrows are
multiplied L. Frankfort Y,emdn.
May every day Of hs life be more d,sro,fr
than tho Dr2 Of Algiers.~N Y Nfrt
May he ropo,e hi, weary limb. at Mil IN q
bed full Of feus and inhals the odor Of then t'ou
sand bed bug,-Cin Ncns.
May no never again be permitted to sec thu
lace Of fair woman md be borcd TO death by
boarding school Misses pr,cticng their first les
sons OF music, without the privilege of,eeiug his
tormcntor,.-W,mp fyp
May he. upon pulling on a tight boot. find a
live hornet in the bottom May he be rode on a
rail- nf'cr getting hi4 boot oil. with ,harp odrc
up, with hushcl bag Of sand tied to each leg, hy
torch light procession, and hisscd bv all tho
ooys N 10 milos sronni-Brorriows Who
May troop of Printers DcrRs, lank lean and
hungry dog h- heels nv day and may the IA.
mine stricken ghos, Of an Editors babe haunt hi.
evenings lullaby, and hiss murder in his dream
ing car-Siar Stat. Pat
May no he compelled to walk during the day.
with hare FEET over prckly pears; and sleep at
night in a muskectl charpMal, without blanket
or lariat TO keep dc rattle snakes cN--HOusion
Bedcon
May hc h,ro a .coldng wife and smoking
chimney, and may his days be many W,acrn
7trdn
May he be in debt and iunned every honr of
every day nv creditors ~ rcmorselo.s ~ Shy.
lock, and ns importunate ne the widow in holy
writ May no sleep como to his eyelids. nor rest
to his conscience until the last mite Of has indebt.
edness ia cancelled May he be lathercd with
a1uaferts and shaved with hand .aw by a
drunken barber who shall read 10 him durnv,hc
operation, evsv line and SYLLABLE Of the supple.
msnt to the Virginia Convention, ,--trsiericks.
burg N,rs
We wish he NAV have 10 ride on tho tack ofa
rough trottns mule, ono ,bcrsnni miles, over
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The I,kiT Amin

Vu'e an eN''tlhe stne oeo'Ired at one ol on'
W"arNes yesterday me ,NhuS IN one oI on'
s'tn'ners were eISHS" III ro'''S on easR' Wher
10 lhe cou''etns''o" ana surprise OF the persons
s"gageu IN performing 'ne uFer""oh' voice was
heatu Wi,h'h Tue caH
non II easy 'heo unrneu mars hur'i Id ri
"'r, PIy my PISsat ,ah s,'nu lhls
i.oa,"s wv 'e'a''''l', une'r Sl'ua,s expand
su '" t''e Size vi W sHuce's' 'he laoorers eI
c'a'r,su' 'n,' ,w
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preCOrIty OF Intellect.

Chnttor'on wrote all his beautiful things, OK
hanated all his hopes OF life, and saw nothing bet
ter than death al the age ofsightecn Burns and
Byron died in their 31th year, and, doubtless. the
strength ol their genius was over Rnnacc, AZ
ter filling the worll with divine beauty. pcri.hsi
also at 81. Mozart earlier. These might have
produced still greater works On Ii. other
hand, Handel was Is before he gave the world
assurance of man" Dryden came up to Lon
don from the provinces dressed in Norwich drug
get, somewhat about the age Of 80, and no, oven
then knew that he could write a line of poetry
yet what towering vigor and swinging case sp.
peared NIL at once in Glorious John" Milton
had, indeed, written "Comus' at as, but he vns
upwards Of 30 when he began his great work.
Cowper knew not his own nlsht ll he wa, far
beyond 80 and his task was not written till abou,
his 5o,h year Sir Walter Scott was also up
wards Of 80 before he published his "Minstrelsy,
and all bis greatness was ye, to come.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1852-05-15
Thrilling Incident,

At Temperance Meeting in Philadelphia,
some years ago, learned clergyman spoke IN IA.
ror of wine as drink demonstrating It quite 10
his own satisfaction to be scrp,ural. gentleman
w. and healthful. When the clergyman sat
down, plain elde'ly man arose, and asked the
liberty of saying few words
IN young friend of mine" said he "who had
long been incorporate, was nt length prevailed
on, to the joy of his friends to take the pledge
of entire abstinence from all that could intu1.
cate. He kept the pledge faithfully for some
time, though the struggle with his habit was
fearful ,ill one evening, in social marty, glasses
of wine wore handed round They came to a
clergyman present, who took a glass, saving n
few words IN yindication Of the practice. We'll"
thought the young man, "li a clergyman can take
vine and justify it 80 well, why not Il" So he
also took glass. 1t instantly rckindlcdl lis fiery
and sumberlng appetite, and after rapid down.
ward course, he died Of DsiiriWn 1rsncuS-a
a raving madman" The old man paused for
utterancc, and was Just able to add-"Iha, Young
man was my only Son. and the clergyman was
the Rcrcr'na Doctor uho las yu.! addressed hi.
Isscq,Jiyr
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TO Farmers---PIOWs!

W. h1yr 0 Urpe Ns-Orlmcnl n
Hreri,HG, S'Lbjc, Corn d Mpyd Pior,,
winch we ,houd IKE to show yon, whether You
want To buy or not, A. We tla,lcr ourselves, after
the experience We have had, We can show you
PiorS that can't Le BcdL
We have taken extra pnius IN selecting our
steel and timber 81 We warrant all Of our Flows IN
every respect equal, it not better than be found
any where else
We have also large assortment Of Rolling
Cutters ready to attach to the lows, II wanted,
lhry beng approved ot by most ot those that uls
them. All those that want Flows, please call at
the Steam Plow shop and cAanln-, hrtore you
buy Plows that nre made II hundred miles off, and
sent to the stores here, to be prddlcd out
March l3-tl PrNBsuEE & DRsw
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1852-05-15

HEREDITARY FEArunrs-A peculiar thickness
OF the upper lip has been hereditary in the
house ol liapsbursh, ever since the marriage,
some centuries AGO, with the Polish family OF
Jagellon, whence II came. In our own royal
family certain (ullness Of he lower and lateral
part OF the face is conspicuou. in tho portraits Of
the whole series os sovsrelgns from George to
Victoria and has been equally marked in othcS
members o' the family. The families Of the Du.
cal house of Gordon have long been remarkable
for peculiar elegant conformation Of the neck.
Clacmanshlro Bruces, who arc descended Of a
common stock with the famous Robert Bruce, o,
Scotland, are sal1 to have that strongly marked
form of The cheek bone and Jaws which srpcU.
on the coins Of that ilustrious monarch as /, did
IN hs actual face when his bones were di.m,erred
at Dnm'erllno, about thirty years AGO.
The prevalent ,allncss uf the mhabitant, Of
Posdan, many of whomc are Gcscendcd from
he gigantic guards Of Fredrick I the Spanish
features observable in tho county Of Gulswav.
IN which some centuries ago several Spanish
settlements were made; md the hereditary
beauty of the women OF rraguc-al we're well
known facts, which have frequently attracted the
attention OF chtonologists. The burgesses Of
Romc-,he most nyN,iable portion % every pop.
ula,ion-cxhibit at the present day precisely the
same type OF face and form as their ancestors,
whose busts may be seen carved in relief on the
ancient satcophagi, and the Jewish physiosomies
portrayed upon the sepulchral monuments of
Egypt, are identical with those which may be
observed among modern jews in tho streets Of
any OF our gtea, cities. -Engh3 paper
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Boot & Shoe Shop.

L his friends and the public to his removal to
the place close by where the Bnrbers Shop STOOD,
on Madison strccr, known ~ Joseph llalrs corner
where he will continue IN the retail of Boots and
Shoes olhis own manufacture
While thankful Tor the liberal patronage he has
received ior the past & years IN Ounwn, he will en-
dcavor tn merit continuance oi the same. Tie is
prepared omake Gcn,lcmcns fine boots ofFrcnch
Calf Patent Leather mud Morocco, and everything
in his lne, on as rcnsonahY'ermS ns the same qua
lily can he boughtin other places.
~ Rcpairlng done as usual.
Ouawa, may LILY. DAM LrAuy.
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New Meat Market,

JTRENIAH WOODini1rmshisi friends and The
81 public that he has lnst opened Meat Market AT
his urw building on the corner north OF the Court
House Square, in Ottawa where he wbe happy to
supplval his friends and the public with the choicest
OF everything IN the meat line. Vegetables of all
kinds also kept ON hand,
No Narkct on Suaddy The shop will he kept
open on Saturday evening, hut closed on the Sab
ssntoI 1870
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~ &c a1 on sx.s @

ldr'rtisemcnis n4rrtrd ut 81 per square for
The hrst insertion, aud - cents tor esch subsequent
insertion. llherui discount made to those who
sdycrtl-rhy the year
or No paper discontinued until all arrcarages
are pad unless NJ the option Of the Publishers.
GT Commuuicatcus To insure attention, must
Away, be tree ot postage, and accompanied with
the Authors name
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Business Car0s.


/ RrdUccd Pricrs t0suit the TIMES
TIE subscriber would tender his thanks lo the
citizens ot Ottawa and vicinity for past ilyors aud
respectfully suhclls II continuance Ot their patron
age He has taken rooms directly over the store Of
Rodgers, Mills, \ Co, formerly occupied hy G.
Burr.l opposite the Mansion House, where he Will
be happy to wait on all that should call during hu.
-Ilcs- hours Garments ol al lUnds made 10 order.
Pants and vests, from /. - 10 $500
Goats from - 10 -. ldccl3 A VI BAILEY.
y N-Cnitlnp hnne ON lhr .hnrir. n nntlcr
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OSBORN q VAN NitANkLN,
At the sign ui
The Cigar Saloon,

VI WV TT'T''1
"AYlNG fitted mp rooms for this express pur-
i pn-- beg lrsve 10 announce 10 the habllanis
ot l., Sale county that they have opened an eating
room Tor the benefit ot all who may Cive them call
They keep on hand HNTERAm'he shell and
IN rams OF the be., quality and served up alta mo
mrnts notice And lhcyare ready toiurulsh meals
a any hour for the accommodation OF Farmers sand
Others They solicit the patronage OF the public
,ud will give satisfaction tL all. dc2o
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1lisfrllan,ous.

- BURR, Agent jor P,otcct,on hssran'e
~. Company, Of Hariford-oppos''e tue Man
slon House
I G. STONE, SdiNe Hrrne' aud 7r""k Nc
q. umfarrrcr, end Carriage Trimmer; conner
oi CANA and Columbus streets, Ottawa. Ill.
UOS. II. WAGNER, JpVics Of he Peace
% Office in the north east corner n the Court
house, up stairs, Ottawa, III. Dec, TT
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GtoraQ,& formar6ino.

ID T. CHhEEJACD. N'orags ard c''nla''
. siop N.,, bGni-- Warehouse east sd" OF
the Bridlc, main Canal, Ou.wa, H. Nov. -.
I HILLS. Sjorag,, io0rariioq. and Co"uH'.
IL. sim N,rrhmf, Urolr ~ MI hints II Pro
dure. Trur'- Warehouse, IA. : SIDE cut, Qua
wa, Illinois
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The gold deposited n, the min, for April was
$500 900. making since January sl%,l5tels.
The couage 70, April was ss,47Ales
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Horse ShOeing

nONE at z. Baruards shop, superiutended by
IL JonS lloorER,
No too Prices at this shop. Horses shod new
in the best manner, at g %. Wagon making con-
tinued AZ the same place, as usual. Old friends and
customers. and new, nre invited to call and leave
their orders. deci z. BARNARD.
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The sacramentCal) Transcript has the fol.
lowing:
"One Of the ldcst thens wo ever heard Of
came to our knovdge few days ago II was
no less than rhc ealing Of M entire house, 10
by 90 in size. ! house was carried OH from
Sport Hill durn,hc pas. week and as yet no
clue has been obncd TO either It or the robbers
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OTTAWA BUSINESS DIRECTORY
4 tt or nfn g .

NORRiS y FiSEUn, Geo. H. Norris
Y Geo. : fIshcr) lttOrHegs ~ Ldur \ IdHd
4 gents, OitaIra, III VIII pay particular aUcn-
ton tothc payment ot taxes IN any pan Of Illinois,
purchasing and selling Real Estate investigating
titles collecting demands. huymg aud selling Nil
itary Land Warrants, and locating Them on the
hest IaHdS Tor soldiers or Others securing prn-
SONS aud all claim, against the Government
OFFlCE-On the southwest corner Of the Pub
lc SQUARE
Commissioners OF Deeds, Sc, for New York
Connecticut, Ohio, New Jersey Michigan aud
Wisconsin May ,, lsj!-tf
(IHtMrLiN y WALLACE, J. c. Cham
Y pIu-W II l. Wallace iUoTnrUS and CAM.
seiiors at lar. Office over r.. Y Gnlgs Drug
store Ottawa. nov %, ~.
II y. LELAND. attorney and C0uHSciim al
II. Ldw. Office 100 the room IN the court housc.
occupied in part 10y the Cicrl, and Library OF the
supreme court may -
N 4 HOLllSTER, iHorn,y Il Lo0n,i.
.Nss ior df lam, ami Soiicitor IN Gutcc,y-
Ottawa, IlL OIlcr in the Sheriff. Office, Courl
llous~,
rLOyER 4 COOK. O. O. Glover-B. c.
~ CooSl iuor",ys a. ComySiior' ot Edm,--
Ottawa. Office Ia E,ddichs Block, cas, side OF
III" Public Square. June, lSiS-i
- ". RANDA1 l., 4Horucy AZ Llr-Joliet,
-. VIII county H. Aug. 10, lsis-tt
grREER & INGALLS,. a. c. r Fce-r-G. A
u IugllI.J attorneys anil Solicitors, Chicago,
liluos. Mar l5-ti
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Undertaking.,

THE subscribers beg leave to inform the citizens
1 Of Ottawa that they have provided themselves
with new 1icarsc. aud are now prepared to do
business in the above line Collins OF all sizes al
ways on hand, aud made to order on very short no.
tice. All orders left NJ their new Furniture ware
rooms, door north of Swit's Law Office, or ut
f. h. Watrrmnn's Chair Shop, promptly attend.
ed to. May lit RrGG a. WATSON
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New Millinery Establishment.

Or-r Mr.. Naun's Grocery Siorc---One Ooo'
North Of the Post Ohce.
Mrs Pearson g. Miss Brusie
1IAVE Just returned with select assortment
III of Spriur STYLES tor lonncls aud Ribbons
Six Ronnets kept on hand snd made to order.
Straw BonneIs done over.
iLSO-DrsS Making and plain sewing done
10 order Om friends are invited to give us n call.
April 10, 1852 -Gm.
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on ACRES, VIII neg, sec -, town 3j, range Q
CV east 81 7. VI, three quarters of a mile west
Of thc Ottawa Northern Plank Road, and nbout 8
mile. from Ottawa. Also l0ncrcs of timber with
IT. ifdeslied, for cnsh, or on time. Apply to
March 27-tf I G. CoorrR.
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window (:lnSs,

ASSORTED siace, "A superior article for nslc by
June 81. ]. MAvLry & Co.
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The prospect for .prins is ilaicr,ug,
The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1852-06-03
CUt RICH BELLS.

ENiITRCH, Factory, Steamboat and locomotive Bells
- con-autlY on hand aid PEALs CtINEs of Bells
("i any nuuhcr cast to order Improved iron Nok.s
with movable arms. udched Ia these Beds, that
they lac adjusted ~ rrg easii, and propcfv ard
Springs also, which the clapper fO resins
the Bell; thereby pfoiongiu It's SQUAD. HaT@rgs
pete Qncludlng Yoke Frame aud Wheel furnished if
desired.
An experience of 80 years this business by their late
hher, enabled him 10 ascertain the best form fer Bells.
the combination OF metals and degree of heat requis
Tor securing III them the greatest sodv strenqt and
most meittIou, tones; winch vCInvnts, tocetht
win ms very extensive assortment et patterns new
held BY the subscribers. who have up III the bust
LESS and who viii every cndeavor q sustain The
reputation which the establishment has heretofore tn
JOY ed, both IN this ad foreign countries the bells from
which have repeatedly received the highest awards of
The n Y State Agricultural Societ, and American In,
tute; and nj which we're completed Chimes and heavy
Alarm Bells Ter different ARTS of the Union and Canada
MATHEMATICAL INSTRUMENTS viii still be
manufactured by the subscribers oi which they wi have
constantly on hand, an assortment OF Transit irstru
ments, Levels Surveyors Compasscs, fpain, nonioIs
anc inprovedl SC Also, Brass Composition { asst
nss OF any size cast TO order.
All communications promptly attended
ANDREW NENELLY'S SONS
West Troy, Albany Co, y. Y, 1851.
The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1852-06-03

LIFE in THE ARcrIc SEA--Icices hung
round the deck, peaches became mass OF
calcedone, butter was cut with a chi>el,
beef with pickaxe and crowbar. Walk ing
out you are conscious Of bracing q amos
phere. Whiskcrs ami face are glazed with
ice. Put ont yomr tongue aud il is f. Oxen
TO your chin. Walking out you get into "A
fine glow, often into Precipitation, but if
the wind rises then you have a sensation of
pricking pins. Extremes of heat and cold
are alike. In our new hie, cold gave a
positive character to our existence almost
impossible to describe. We protected our
selves from metals with fur and buckskin.
The crawl, the chill which is, with Us a,
home, the Indication OF varying te,npera-
ture, was there unknown I'm fact it was
only tv the drcrl attack Of cold that we
were aware Of it, and officers and men
agreed that we had suffered more at home
from the cold. With such an inveterate
enemy, however, we could not hope to es-
cape scars, but we ali returned alive. On
one occasion, poor fellow recovering from
inflammation Of the lungs, being asked how
his frost bitten ear came on, produced it in
a piece of paper, aud said, doctor,
did'n. want to trouble you. but it dropped
off last night ."-[Dr. Kane's Lecture upon
the Arctic Expedition.
The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1852-06-03

The DUKE OF WELLIxGroN's Bed
ROOM At WAIVER CAsrLE.--S Stepping
across long passage, WI entered a light
some apartment, before which great por-
tion Of the naval commerce of the world
passes. There in a secuted corner, stood
Il small camp iron bcd>trad. without cur
sainS, on which was hard hair mat
trass and plain white coverier. plain oak
char and a table were ranged at a convent
ert distance on which We're placed writing
materials. and mot far Off was good Off
cial looking mahogany chair with a stuffed
red leather bottom on which lay some tinan-
cial reports Of the Lords and Commons.
On small wunden slab, within reach Of
the bed. lay wei! thumbed Spanish Gram
mar, IN which his Grace'S name was writ
ten in his own hand, just thirty years ago.
Over this was a small Billie and book of
Common Prayers. There was no sofa, no
easy armchair, no carpet, no splendid
dressing case, or wash -srnni, but def and
wood of British oak. "rhere," exclaimed
the ancient Abigail, sis the bed of his
Grace. When here. he reiires early, and
10 up at the dawn, but 4 great portion Of his
day Is spent in reading and writing in his
roOm."
The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1852-06-03

A CuHrosIrY.-A letter to the Hon.
Truman Smith, from the Lake Superior
mines, says:
eve have put in the box piece Of
wood, or of skid that was twenty feet
Tong. when found, lying twenty feet under
she surface of the earth, and mass of con.
per lying thereon, mined ont of the vein.
weighing five tons aud one thousand five
hundred and forty-two pounds Every par
ticle ef the rock was hammered off from II.
and Immediately about the mass we're found
two copper tools that showed copper to
have been welIed and hardened. A large
number OF hammers made from stone. were
lying around il, and also some coal and
ashes, to all appearances, rs fresh AS though
they had been made last year. Vegetable
sol to the depth Of four or six feet overland
the whole, on which and Immediately over
this mass of copper, was standing A tree.
which proved, on being cut down, to bs
over five hundred years Old"