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PORCELAIN GO0DS

T HAVE on hand full supply of PORCELAIN
l. GOODS, from the celebrated factory of Cart
lidge Co., such plum white, gilt edge. grape
vine, and fancy Door and Finger Plates, NnuIicr
Plates Mouthpieces, Door Knockers Fancy rs
cutcheon, Door Knobs, Shutter and Drawer Knoly
of all the different fancy patterns; Porcelain Sign
Letters, several Sizes an article superior far TO the
gilt sign letters, both in appearance and durability
am prepared TO fit up door plates at short notice.
of any patterns persons may select, which are Tar
neater than any article yet introduced.
....... ..f f..- ..-r.... e. WHEELER,
jy9-lms0 Opposite Browns Hotel.
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A MODEL CANDIDATE.-One of the Miss
issippi papers thus describes the election
eering qualities of a gentleman who has
just been nominated for high office in
that State. There are such men in other
States, and the reader can think of good
many names with which to fill the blanks:
MJudge -, the candidate for -, has
no quality which distinguishes him from
the great herd of mankind, except a
peculiar and fascinating manner of extern
ding to you his five digits, and of saying
show are youe" and trotting baby on
his knee, and grining at the mother, and
winking slyly at the resin-heeled gals, as
they are called. He is not the first man,
by long shot, who has introduced him.
self to public notice by the flexibility ol
his spinal column and the graceful bend
of his dexter elbow. He has sort oi
''Home, sweet home" manner of saving,
"Good morning, john" which is said to
make the "sov's" hug UP to him, and ol
saying, GLOW dye, sonny That's a
nice little miss" which goes plump to the
hearts of the well pleased ma s: and then
he is said to be the very Napoleon of the
''bran-dance"-has such an every day,
good natured way of squeezing the fingers
of his partner, who 'scurchies" and blush.
es, and when she sits down by her lover
says, "What nice man Judge is; you
ought to vote for him, Bill" ..... =
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The Liver being the largest gland i'm the human
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Irupons entering his ,parlors by the fierce
onslaught she made upon him with her
mmble tongue.
Perfdious wretch, i"' "vile monster
"dishonored manp' "disgusting liber-
tine!n' ,"slayer of his wife, peace!"-~these
were the ightest epithets that fell from
her lips. The husband, after, storming
and expostniating a long time, finally
ascertained the nature of the charge made
against him. and its author. He went
immediately to seek the libeller, knowing
well that nothing he could say in his
own defence would avail aught in pacify-
ing the handsome tigress,d whose lair was
under his own roof. He posted off to find
his friend who had inflicted such mortal
wound upon his domestic felicity, but the
wretch had left town.. The remainder of
Friday and Saturday were passed in a
most unhappy manner by the, parties.
The husband took his mealsmhis; appetite
was not the best down town, in a vaga.
bonish style, and slept, or rather lodged,
in such rooms of his house, as he coeld
gain access to, his wife fleeing from, his
sight whenever he encountered her.
+ On Sunday morning it was1eyident that
THE storm had worn down the strength of
the lady, and she sat alone in her parlor
much detected. The, husband was in an
upper bedroom, in his shirt-sleeyes, look
ing moodily from the window, with his
arms resting upon the sill. About nine
O'Clock he saw boy ring at bis front door,
and leave note. Soon afterward his wife
uttered the most piercing shrieks, He
rushed down stairs and found the lady in
Mysteries, upon the sofa, and her house
maid applying deluge of camphor spirit
to her face and neck. The note brought
by the boy was lying open on the carpet.
He picked it up, and read in his friends
handwriting the following: y yr4f9 n1
g Dear Mrs. ---: AS youmust have
suffered sufficiently by this time from the
effects of the story related to you the
other day, | hasten to give its explana-
tion. My story was true.n | did see your
husband-who, by the way, is the best
fellow that ever lived holding a pretty
Irish girl in his lap: but it was much
against his will, as she had entered the
| omnibus, already full, in which we were
coming down from the Crystal Palace,
and pumped herself down into that seat
without so much as saying 'by yer lave,
sir
go, beware, my lady, of jealousy. Tt
is the green-eyed monster which doth
mask the meat it feeds on. o.
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MEDICINES.
wILL YOU READ THE TRUTH .

A MEDICINE must have merit. and great merit,
IA 10 stand the test OF public opinion. No art ol
man gaiyanise worthless article so as to keep
it up as good medicine, if it be not really So
A good medicine will live, become popular, and
extend its sales year after year. inspite of opposition
The people readily find out isrirues, and the fame
of them passes from mouth to mouth with more IA
pidity than newspapers can spread it. a LIVING
WITNESS, testiiying TO the cnre nedlcne has made
for him, of far more service than any newspaper
advertising.
In proof of what we say above. we refer you to
HAMPTON'S VEGETABLE TINcTURE, and its
effects. Its praise is in the mouths of multUdes.
The best in our country give their testimony io
its wonderful cures. Among them we name Hon
II. CLAY, Hon. Richard NJ, Johnson, Vice President
of the United States, with hundreds OF oriiers. Capt
Thomas CanOt-brother TO the celebrated physician
of the Emperor of France-was cured by II of dis
ease of seven years standing after the skill Of all
the Doctors of Europe and America had failed ln
cure. .rs.. ~ f..set al 2
In fact, the rich and the poor, young and old, in
every place. in the city and country, find that the
same success attends its use.
CURE OF COUGHS. VERTIGO, RHEUMATISM
Cure Ofthe venerable Doctor DuRin's son, of the
city OF Baltimore. a man well known, and WHOSE
testimony adds to the triumph OF illAMPTON'S Ne
GETABl.E TlNCTTRE: I'm. r, f-......
BALTIMORE, FEBRUARY 3, 1852.
Messrs. MORTIMER i MowBRsy-Gentlemen: II
is with real pleasure that aim able 10 attest to the
general healing and curative powers OF DIR. lianp
tons Vegetable Tncturf.' Some time during lasl
November was taken with very bad and seriou,
cough. I was advised to take Cod Liver Oil, am,
did so, but getting no better | was induced 10 Try
your Tncure--l got one bottle. and before had IN
ken ii all, my cough LEFT me- Permit me also to state
that for the last fifteen years | have slffeied Yer,
much from acute Rheumatism and Vertigo. cOntin
ing me at times 10 my bed. am fully convinced
that owe my present good health IN ihe of the
Tincture, and kind Providence. .t 81 -.sF
You are, my friends, at liberty to use this as You
may think proper, and believe me, -,..y
d.. Yours, very respectfully, o. Dt NAN.
N. B.-I can be ser NJ any time at the Maynr'S
Office '' 10 t''iv -" q. ID.
mo. ...... ..gt..----., Is. s.-t.r-, sstt ..l,
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EARNEST WORDs.-We find them re-
corded in books-we read them and are
impressed by them-we mentally eiacu.
late "blessings on those who write ear
nest words, and breathe deep thoughts
into the heart of the young and undecided,
at the beginning of their pilgrimage"
We hear them from the lips of parents
and teachers-we wonder if they will be
needed by those to whom they are ad-
dressed, or whether they are mere sounds
destined to die upon the ear and be for
gotten in an hour. These earnest words
are the fruits of experience and affection.
Will the young heart believe this? Will
they heed the voices of warning, the
warnings of aftectionate hearts2 'u"'
Earnest words are heard from the pulpit
words fraught with the stupendous
truths of mortality and pardon for guilty
men. Are these words needed? Men
spend their lives speaking them. They
60 about from house to house breathing
them. '" t',s.-': IT,.
Earnest words are sent forth through
the periodical and newspaper press of our
country. Words of warning words of
acknowledgements Of encouragement
words of hope-words of love.
Let them still 60 on their nilsson. Like
seeds thrown down from the hand of the
husbandman, some, doubtless, "will fall
upon stony ground, some, will first
spring up, but wither when the MONDAY
shines, '.because they have no depth of
earth, while others falling upon good
ground, shall bring forth, some thirty,
some sixty, and some an hundred fold ),
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Yours, truly

The perusal of this note had caused
such revulsion in the overst1ained bosom
of the wife that mysteries "supervened;'
but, upon recovering from the temporary
attack, reconciliation speedily followed,
and the husband, who generously f6rgave
his wife's vagaries, is now happy man.
Boston Herald. .. ..5
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MEDICINES.
New ..-FAiLING REMEDY.
HO LLOWAY'S OINTMENT.

CRIPPLE ETs ASIDE HIS CRUfCHEs AFyER
Ten YEARS SUFFERING i4ri
Copy off, liter from Mr. THompson, Chem
it. Li"r'pooi, dated AHgasl 10th, 1852.
To Professor HOLLOWAY. s@if!f
Dear 81 L am enabled to furnish you with
most tiex:raordinary cure effected by your
Invaluable ointment and Pills, which has as
tonished t.try person acquainted with the
sufferer. .siout ten years ago, Mr.. w. Cum
minis. of >altney Street, in this town. was
thrown fronrlhis horse, whereby he received
very seriOu. injuries; he had the best medical
advice at tic time, and was afterwards an in
mate of dii rent, infirmaries, yet he grew
worse, and u length malignant running ul-
Ger settled III his hip, which go completely
crippled him! that he could not move without
crutches f.; nearly ten years; recently he
began to ne your Ointment and Pills which
have now healed the wound, strengthe ehed his
limb. and enabled him to dispense with his
crutchcs, So that he can walk with the great
est ease, and with renewed health and vigor
(Signed) j. THOMPSON.
A MOST EXTRAORDINARY CURE OF A DREADFUL
SKIN DISEASE WHEN ALL MEDICAL AID HAD
FAILED. '' t-.t il tttrt &S
Copy ofn Letter from Mn Hird. Draper, of
Keady, nea' Gasnsbro' doted March l, 1852.
10 Professor HOLLOWAY, .t'" i' a'
SD-Some time since, one of my children
was afflicted with dreadful eruptions over the
body and limbs. l obtained the advice of Sc
veral eminent Surgeons and Physicians. by all
of whom the case was considered hopeless. At
length L tried your Ointment and Pills, and
without exaggeration, the effect was miracu-
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eruptions quickly disappeared, and the child
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previously lost child from similar COM
rlaint and firmly believe had in her case
adopted your medicines she would have been
saved also. l shall be happy to testify the
truth OF this to any inquirer. 3, ISL -.
tSigned) a,I = j. HIRD, Draper.
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FROM REV. VERNON EsKRIDGE, U. $. N.

y PORTSMOUTH, Va, Aug. Is, Ie5I.
Mr.. ]. T.. BOrsII-Dear Sir: While l am in gen
eral opposed To patent medicines, canOr cOmpes
me state that Ihave great confidence in the virtue
of IIampton's Vegetable Tmcture. For several
rsoalhs past, haye used il inmy family and III DyS-
pep, ia, loss of appetite dizziness and general drbii
~ with entire success. 30 tar my experience
tends. therefore, take pleasure i'm recommending
it to the afflicted rs safe and efficient remedy. |
am, very respectfully, yours, ..ruf... .s.u ii
III VERNON ESKRIDGE, Chaplain of the u. s, N.
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PAINFuL.-Great destitutior still ex-
lists in Madeira, and the prospect is that
there will be still greater. The assist
ance sent from New and Boston was re.
ceiyed with gratitude by the people.
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CHOLERA MORBUS, DIARRHGA. DYSEN-
trry. and all diseases of the Stomach and Bowels
rurrdby HAMPrON'S VEGETABLETINC'HJR
As and preventive, IT has been wonderfully
successful. n will be found. on inquiry. that those
who il have exemption from those diseases
incident to le Summer. ..- d.. -...... ....t
Delicate females and children will find this great
blessing. Ii has restored thousands Ia health.
HAMPToS's VEGETABLE TING RE.--Can and ge;
pamphlrts gratis. with history of discovery of this
wonderful Blood Purifier, and see certificates of our
own citZans, OF Rheumatism, Dyspepsia. ScrofiIla,
Liver Complaint, General Weakness, Nervousns -,
&C. sc. 20 ....
tg5f-so!d by MORTIMER MoWBRAY, $40
Baltimore St. Baltimore; ana ;0f Broadway, N"w
York; CHAS. S1OT"F co. WINNER. ]. T..
MOORE, ID. B. CLARKE, WALLACE EEI.IDTr,
". MCPHERSON, Washington; and by Druggists
generally. july 26-tf
Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1853-03-29
One Hundaed Miles an Hour.

"a Maine Yankee" announces in the
National Intelligenccr, the invention Of
a form Of road and improved locomotive
which he says will safely transport tho
mails and passengers ct the rate Of one
hundred miles per hour! The writer
further says he has been made acquain.
tel with the details Of these improve.
ments, which are so palpahly correc, in
theory, and feasible in practice, that ev.
cry civil engineer, and railway man will
on examination, at once recognize and
admit, os the desideratum, even 10 tho
extent Of speed and safety above indica'
ted. The next Congress it is said, is to
be invited to secure It's adoption. and to
give to the world the result Of the first
experiment. The construction Of post
railway between Washington and New
York, we think. will be fastened by this
invention. ....
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The Crescent and the Cross.

There is strange spectacle in Euro.
pean affairs. A Christian nation de.
manding money and lands Of its weaker
neighbor at the point Of the bayonc..-
A Mahommedan prince upholding the
liberty Of conscience. to keepa Christi.
an Emperor from destroying it. A half
civilized country protecting exilsd pat.
riots from the rack and gibbet with
which they are threatened by their on.
lightened Fa,herland. Tho Crescent
for peace, and the Gross for war. Halt
Christendom sustaining biso,ry and des.
potism, and Ell Islam preaching Civil
and Religious Freedom. Such are sonic
Of the differences between Christianity
and Mohammedism in this, our Nine.
te,n,h Csn,ury.-Albany Er. Journal,
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OHIO FALLS CANAL.

A Washington correspondent Of the
Louisville Journal states that the board
of Engineers, consisting Of Col. Long,
Col. Trumbull, and Z. Fisk, Esq, civil
engineers, have made their report on the
improvement of,hs falls at Louisville
The methods Of improvement to which
their attention has been more particular.
ly directed ore ,hree-the character, i'm.
por, and position Of which, respectively
are as follows, viz: lst. A slack. water
and sluice navigation on the Indiana
side, with lock on the Indiana shore,
a little below the mouth Of Cain rum
2d. A similar navigation on the kentucky
side with lock at the Tarascon mills.
and 81, an enlarged canal embracing
the site Of the Louisville aud Portland
canal. from its head TO . point two OF
.hrss. hundred yards above the drs deck,
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Singular Phenomenon.

A severe snow storm, accompanied
by lightning, occurred in a part OF Maine
on the 18th ult. A correspondent ol
the Gardiner, (Me.) Fountain, writing
from Bass Harbor, Mt. Desert, describes
the storm as it appeared there, as aw.
ful and sublime. A thunder cloud pas
sed over the place which for terrific ap'
psarance exceeded anything ever wit
messed there. The correspondent adds
The lightning was Of purple color
and sometimes appeared like balls o
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Religious IntelligenCe,

The forsign correspondent Of the n.
Y. Express, writes from Sardinia as fol-
lows:
During the last four years there have
been many conflicts between the church
and the people; and in every instance, |
belive, the result has been favorable to
the views Of the latter. An interesting
instance Of this occurred this prescn,
year, in connection with the erection
OF Protestant Church for the use Of
the Evangelical Christians Of Turin
When it became known TO the priest.
hood that such step had been determi
ned on, the most vigorous cxerlions were
made, by remonstrance and otherwise
to prevent it, and there was great cry
mado that the "Church'' was in danger
&c., &c. Awaiting nothing by their first
efforts, they next approached the 'Ediles
Of the city-ofiicers appointed by Gov
ernmcnt 10 ,lircct in all matters connec
ted with the erection Of buildings. Fail
ing here also, they then presented a Pc
ti,on TO the King, asking him TO forbid
the contemplated movement. The Pc
titon was presented in person, and the
King, after reading it, said: Have yor
churches enough for your own purposes?
They replied that they chad good ma
ny, but should not object to more
"Very well-these people haven't one
and will do nothing to hinder thei
wishes" The result was the laying o
the corner stone-by our American
charge de Affairs. Mr.. Kinney-cf ar
cdi6ce which will cost about $4,000
on one Of the most fashionable thorough
fares in the city,
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and extending thence to point below
the rocky bar on the Kentucky side, op.
posite 10 Sand lslsad. The, estimated
cost Of these several works respectively,
and in tho order above stated, 10 as fol.
lows: Indiana improvement, about 81.
500, 900; Kentucky improvement, about
81 100000; canal improvement, about
100000.
To these several methods Of improve.
ment, fourth has been added by one Of
the members Of the Board, which con.
templates the construction Of a CaEal.
passing downward from the lower end
of the Louisville basin, along the Ken.
lucky shore, to the Tnrascon Mills, and
terminating in lock at this point, Of a
construction similar 10 those devised for
the several methods before mentioned.
Thi, canal is to be separated from the
Kentucky channel BY substantial wall
Of masonry. rising three feet above the
surface Of the highest known flood. The
same is true, also, with respect 10 the
lock walls connected with all the i'm.
provemcn IS above mentioned. The cost
Of the fourth proposed method is estima.
ted at scmew hat less than $2,5O0,0O0
The members Of the Board agree
unanimously in awarding o preference
to the Kentucky shore, as field moro
favorable for improvement, in all re.
spccts, than the Indiana shore. Bet
with respect to choice OF the best meth.
Cd Of the three proposed for the Ken.
lucky shore, the Board is divided, two
Of its members being in favor Of the in.
land, or enlarged and extended canal,
and the third in favor Of the shore ca.
nal.
One Of the leadin arguments in favor
Of the fourth method is, that it will never
be incommoded by bridges or other
structures thrown across the canal. TO
which may be added the facilities for
dredging the canal through sluicc gates
in the wall, at suitable distances apart.
through which the sedimentary mud may
, be readily conveyed from the canal to
, the river, which cannot be predicated OF
!, either Of the other methods.
A remarkable and commendable fea.
ture of the several methods Of improve.
mont consists in the height proposed not
only for the lock walls and Of the dams
connected with them, but also Of the EN-
bankmcnt on the north side Of the en-.
larged canal, and the river wall on the
northerly side Of the Kentucky shore CO.
i, nal, all Of which are proposed to be
raised above the reach Of the highest
flood oflhc river, for the purpose Of pro
tccting the waterway: through them q
L. ganst currents loaded with drift and
: sedimentary materisls.-.New Albanl
Ledger.