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New York Items.

New York, Sept. 5.-rbe Directors
Of the Crystal Palace advertise the Exhi>
biIion complete in all its parts, and it will
close liz December.
A spondent writing from Havana,
under date of29lh ult., states that officiil
letters from the Public Officers at Wash>
ington to Judge Clayton, and Mr.. Robin
sou the U. S. Consul, have been de-.
iained in the HAVANA Post Office, and
subsequently given to the owners. The
seals had been broken and the letters
examined.
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SHEEP RAIs1Ne.-In this section Of
country the raising of sheep, properly at
tended TO, may be made matter Of
profit, as much so as any other departs
ment of farming. Mr.. John CIawis Of
Blanchard township, sold at home, 10 be
delivered in Findlay, the wool shorr
from 200 sheep, for $3.50, and raised lOC
lambs beside. This for one years re-
turns, is well worth notice.
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Mr.. JOSEPH T1SGLE, formerly of this
place, is the nominee of the Democrats
Of Putnam county for Recordet. He is
good man, and good democrat, and
will doubtless make an etficien, and OBJ,
liging oficer.-Lima Argus.
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JAMES MACKENZIE, Esq, editor of the
Kdlida Venture, will be the Democratic
candidate for Representative in the dis
.trict, composed of Henry and Putnam
counties. He will be elec'ed, of course,
and will make an able and faithful Re-
preventative. He will be an especial
terror to rag-barons and land sharks
Ashland Union. g.,
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Jrmes Mackenzie, editor Of the Kalida
Venture, was nominated last Tuesday
for Representative in the Putnam and
Henry district. He will make an efficient
member, and will be an honor 10 the
dsllict he represents.-Lima Argus.
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E. H. Leland is ;he nominee for
nresentative in the Defiance District !.
Il, L. is a gentleman .ofa high order o.
ailty, possessed Of large knowledge OF
political science, aud will make bis mark
10 the Legislature.
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MuRprRous ASSAULT IN CINCINNATI

On Thursday, the lst instant, Mr..
Samuel Hall, late Postmaster, was re-
turning home, he was met by Dt, Fisher
W. Ames, who called him a id
scoundrei, whereupon Mr.. H. knocked
him down and wcht on his way. Ames
recovered himself and drew pistol and
fred twice, one Of the balls taking effect
in his right side. Ames then drew a
knife and stabbed him several times, but
not seriously His physicians have little
hopes of his recovery. Ames was held
to bail in the sum Of trDenty: :fpe thousand
dollars! Mr.. Hall is very popular and
the excitement runs very high.
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Oar candidate for member Of the
Board Of Equalization, G. W. Roller, of
Hancock, is represented TO us as,
,goung gentleman Of good capacity and
.attaioments, well qualified to discharge
Tho high and important trust for which
be, is presented, His nomination is
aphtrwhere satisfactory.
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Gr Rober, Gilliland, Esq, is the
nominee Tor Senator in The Allen, Van
Vert and Auglaize District. Mr., G.'s a
gentleman of respectable ability, pleas
ant and uabano manners, and will make a
useful Senator. &
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~ John w. Waters, ESQ.,, formerly
senator from this county and District,
5s been nominated Member of the
B,ird Of Equaiiza ton in the Allen Dis
Cd His experience as an old citizen
u tbo northwest must eminently qualify
a,n Cor the duties of the position.
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CT The Defiance Democrat, of the
9th inst, appears in new and beau,
tiful dress. The Democrat is well situ-
ated, is conducted with prudence, and
ought 10 be successful.
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A British Ship Overhauled-A Of
the Captain - Two Fugitive Slaves

IHe OdPIdlH = Wo EuSIILVe 61dVeH
Captured.
PoRrsMourH. Va, Sept. 8, ls53.-The
British ship Samuel, which was supposed
10 have carried off two runaway slaves,
was overhauled in Hampton Roads and
searched, when the two negroes and a
young marine, who had deserted from
the United States ship Pennsylvania,
were found secreted on tho vessel. Cap
tain Morris, Of the Samuel, and the two
fugitives, were brought here and COM
mi,ted for examination. II is said that
Captain Morris took no part in aiding the
slaves to escape.
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Decision Of the supreme Court.

P1rTsBUReH, Sept. 6.-The supreme
court this morning decided in fnvor of the
municipal Corporation subscription 10
railways Lewis Lowry dissenting,
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The Pipe, in message to the En-.
peror of Hayti, styles his sable Majesty,
",he Constantine Of his poople," and "lhe
Napoleon Of the Antilles" r
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Washington Rumor.

WASHINGTON, September 6.-I is re.
ported that Mr., Cass has been offered
The mission to France, and has no, yet
been heard from.
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from Washington.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7.-Mr. Walker
has resigned the mission to China, owing
TO i'll health.
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DIWOIN W II I bU,
l.. DELUCENAY,
w. j. JACKSON,
WILLIAM KROUSE,
Com. on Credentials.

T.. Sheffield, from the Committee on
Rules ard Apportionment presented the
following Report which was received and
adopted unanimously:
The Committee on Rules and Appor.
tionment ask leave to report the follows
ing:
lst That each county be entitled to
one vote in this convention for every 25
and fraction Of l3 democratic votes
cas-, at the Presidential election of 1859
which gives
Putnam 36 votes.
Henry 2l
2d. That majority Of al! the votes
cast shall be necessary to a choice for
Representative, and such vote shall be By
ballot.
Sd. That each delegate 10 this con-
ven,ion shall be entitled TO cast the frac-
ton of the vote of his county to which be
is entitled for the candidate of his choice.
4. That no person shall be admitted
to vote as delegate in this convention
by reason of any proxy from any dele
gate not in attendance.
S. Before the balloting for the candi
dates each candidate shall be announced
viva voce to the convention.
All Of which is respectfully submitted
E. SHEFFIELD, Chm.
On motion of +. Sheffield, ESQ.,, the
Convention proceeded to nominate
candidate for Representative under tht
rules:
Messrs. H. ]. BoEHMER and JANE
: MACKENZIE, seveially pledged them
selves to abide the decision of the Con
vention.
On the first ballot the vote was as fol
lows: Mackenzie. BBhmel
Putnam County, 2ssl-7l lOlO.n
Henry 81
-
Total. 466l71 l0ion
The Belmont chronicle, and farmers, mechanics and manufacturers advocate. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1848-1855, 1853-09-16

REMOVING RING FROM A YOUNG LADY's
FIsGER.-Dr. Castle communicates to the
Boston Medical and Surgical Journal, the
following ingenious method, devised by him,
for extricatng young lady's finger from a
ring which was too small COR her. We give
his story in his own language:
can interesting young lady about seventeen
years Of age had presented to her gold ring
which she forced over the joints of her middle
finger After few minutes the finger COM
menced swelling, and the ring could not be
removed. The family physician, DR.
was sent Tor, but could do nothing. The
family, and the young lady especially were
now n the greatest col s.ernation. A jewel Ell
was sent for. After many futile attempts tC
cut the ring with cutting-nippers, and tt
saw it apart with fine saw, and after brusing
and lacerating the flesh, warm fermentation.
and leeches were applied, but all without
affording the slightest benefit. Dr.
requested my presenc ce, with the compliment
that perhaps my mechanical ingenuity NIGH
suggest something" at once proceeded &c
the house of the patient, and found the young
lady in most deplorable state of menta
agony, the doctor embarrassed, and tn,
family in high state of excitement.
procured some prepared chalk, and applied !
between the ridges of swollen flesh, and al
round the finger, and succeeded in drying TIN
oozng aud abraded flesh; then with narrow
piece of soft linen succeeded in polishing
the ring. by drawing il gently erorrd tn
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Important TO POstmas,ers and Other.

We are requested by the Postmaster Gener-
al to call attention to The following regulations
in regard to postage on letters to Foreign
Countries:
In the Mai TO Great Britain the sincIe
rate of postage is "a cents, prepayme Mt optic.
nal. On either letter or packet of apv
weight the whole postage or none at all should
be prepaid. If anything less than the whole
is prepaid, no account is taken of it, and il is
entirely lost to the sender. The British Post.
Oihce declines to change this rule, except on
conditions considered inadmi BILE.
In the Prussian closed Mail to Germany 30
cents is the single rate, prepayment optional.
This pays from any part of the United States
to any part of the German Austrian Postal
Union. A prepayment Of any sum less than
the regular rate of 80 cents is not recognized,
ard is of course lost to the sender. A note
of fractions of the rate could not be taken
without seriously complicating the accounts,
besides causing much additional labor and
trouble at the exchange offices. But contrary
to the practice under the United States &;
British Postal Convention, in the Prussian
mail every full rate of 80 cents is credited,
"hSt"S' thO PoSlhSS OH d letter or
packet is prepaid or not. leaving any balance
due to be collected at the Office of delivery.
BY the Bremen mail the rule is the same
as under Prussian arrangement. The single
rate to Bremen is 10 cents, to Odenburg IL,
TO Hamburg Is, to Altoona and Hanover 81, g.
to any other place in Germany % cents, pre-
payment optional In either case a prepay
ment of any fraction of the full rate goes for
nothing.
The rule for rating letters to all foreign
countries (excep; the British North American
Provinces) is to charge one rate for half an
ounce or under, two rates if the weight is over
one-half and not exceeding an ounce, four
rates il over one and not exceeding two oun-
| ces, six rates il over two and not exceeding
three ounces, and SO on, charging two rates
| for every ounce or fractional part of an ounce
over the first ounce. AS this rule differs from
that followed in respect to domestic letters.
where each half ounce or fraction of half
ounce counts as one rate only, Postmasters
who are not careful to observe this difference
are liable of course to commit mistakes.
We beg to suggest that in calling atten-
tion TO this subject Editors generally would
render to many of their readers an essential
service, and we would suggest to those OF our
readers who have any foreign correspondence
to preserve the above explanations for refer
ence.--Nat. Intsl.
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WHOLE NO. S3l

ring between the swollen parts. I then an.
Piled quicksilver to the whole surface of the
ring In less than three minutes the ring wss
broken Cby pressing it :ogether) in four
pieces to the great relief OF all parties.
"1n similar manner (witbout cb.IL> r
some t'me since extracted small brass ring
from the ear OF child, who, child-like, had
inserted it into the covity of its ear. The
Sparution was more painful and tedious, but
was equally successful.
"The modus operandi. The quicksilver at
once Permeates the metals, if clean, with tho
exception Of iron, steel, patina, and one or
TWO others,) and amalgamates with them. II
immediately crystalizes and renders the
metal as hard and as brittle as glass. Hence
the caso with which metals amalgamoted
with quicksilver are broken"
The Belmont chronicle, and farmers, mechanics and manufacturers advocate. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1848-1855, 1853-09-16
MISCELLA A N ECU S.
From the N. Y. Tribune
THE TWO-PENNY MARRIAGE.
"Mr. Pease, we want to be married"

"Mr. Pease, we want to be married"
"Want to be marred-what fort"
"Why you see, we don't think it is right
for us to be living together this way any long
er, and we have been talking over the matter
to-day and you see"
"Yes, yes, I see you have been talking
over the matter over the bottle and have come
to sort of drunken conclusion to get mar-i-
ed. When you get sober you will both re-
pent of it, probably"
"No, Sir, we are not very drunk now, not
so drunk but what we can think, and we don't
think we are doing rght-we are not doing
as we were brought up to by pious parents.
We have been reading about the good things
you have done for just such poor outcasts as
we are, and we want you to try and do some
thing for u.s."
"Read. Can you read! Do you read the
Bible!"
"Well not much lately, but we read the
newspapers and sometimes we read something
good in them. How can we read the Bible
when we are drunk?
"Do you think getting married will keep
you from getting drunk"
"Yes, for we are going to take the pledge
too and we shall keep it depend upon that"
"Suppose you take the pledge and try that
first, and if you can keep it till you can wash
some Of the dirt away, and get some clothes
on, then will marry you"
No: that won't do. | shall get to thinking
what poor dirty, miserable wretch am, and
how am living with this woman, who is moi
bad woman by nature, and then | will drink
and then she will drink-oh, cursed rum!-
and what is to prevent us! But if we were
married, my wife, yes, Mr.. Pease, my wife
would say, 'Thomas'-she would not say
iTom.--you dirty brute, don't be tempted &
who knows but VIC might be somebody yet
somebody that our own mothers would not be
ashamed Of"
Here the woman, who had been silent anC
rather moody, burst into violent flood o.
tears, crying "Mother, mother, I know no
whether she is alive or not, and dare not in
quire; but if we were married and reformed
would make her happy once more"
81 could no longer stand the appeal" sai'
Mr.. p, Sand determined to give him trial
have married good many poor, wretched
looking couples, but none that looked quite
80 much so as this. The man was hatles
and shoeless, without coat or vest, with lonI
hair and beard grimed with dirt. He was b,
trade bricklayer, one of the best in thu
city. She wore the last remains of sill
bonnet, and something that might pass 70
shoes, and an old, very old dress, once rc
merino, apparently without any under gar
meats"
sand your name ia Thomas-Thoma
what"
"Elting, sir. Thomas Elting, good tru
name and true man, that is, shall be if 70
marry US"
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those whom he created in his own imag,
should live in matrmony like this man ant
woman. | cannot marry them"
"Cannot! Why not? You married vi
when we were worse off-more dirty-worst
clothed, and more intoxicated"
The woman shrunk back little more out
of sight. saw she trembled violently, and
put her clean cambria handkerchief up to her
eyes.
What could it mean! married them when
worse off! Who were they!
"Have you forgotten usl" said the woman
taking my hands in hers, and dropping on her
knees; shave you forgotten drunken Tom g.
Mag! We have never forgotten you, but
pray for you every dayl"
"If you have forgotten them, you have not
forgotten the two-penny marriage. No wond-
er you did not know us. told Matilda she
need not be afraid, o. ashamed, if you did
know her. But knew you would not. How
could you! We were in rags and dirt then.
Look at us now. All your work, Sir. All
the blessing Of that pledge and that marriage,
and that good advice you gave us. Look at
this suit of clothes, and her dress-all Matilda's
work, every stitch of it. Come and look at
our house, as neat as she is. Everything in
it to make IA comfortable home; and oh, Sir,
there is a cradle in our bedroom. Five hun
dred dollars already in bank and shall add
as much more next week when finish my
job. So much for one year Of sober life,
and faithful, honest, good wife. Nov, this
man is as good a workman as am, only he
is bound down with the calling fetters of
and living with this woman just
as did. Now, he thinks that he can reform
just as well as me; but he thinks he must
take the pledge of the same man, and have
his first effort sanctified with the same bles-
sing, and then, with good resolution, and |
Matilda and me to watch over them, do be-
lieve they will succeed"
So they did. So may others by the same !
means. l married them, and as l shook hands
with Mr. Elting, at parting, he left two coins
in my hand, with the simple remark that
there was another two-penny marriage fee.
was in hopes that it might have been a
couple Of dollars this time, but said nothing,
md we parted with mutual God bless you.
When l went up stairs tossed the coins in
10 my wife's lap, with the remark, "two pen
nies again, my dear"
"Two pennies! Why, husband, they are
eag;es-real golden eagles. What blessings
have followed that act"
Sand will follow the present, il the pledge
is faithfully kept. Truly, this is good re-
suit of Two Penny Marriage" -
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STRANGE JEWISH CUSTOM.

FROM the recent work on the modern Jew
we extrocto passage which shows the tenacity
| win which the Jews cling to the letter O,
the Mosaic law, and which throws lirht upon
well-known requirement Of that law;
"The Jewish wife, as we'll as her Gentle
heighbor, may become a widow. When
such happens, and she be without issue, it is
the duty Of her husbands brother to take her
IN marriage, or to set her free to marry any
other person; this ceremony of giving her
leave to marry another, is called Chalitrah.
!. e. the taking off Of the shoes, and is
founded on Deut. XIV. 5-l0. Should the
iiVnig brother be born after the decease of the
uead orother, he is not under obligation to
marry his slster-in-law; or should he already
oe married, he is only expected to set her free,
for without this freedom she cannot marry
the second time. This ceremony is per.
formed in the following manner: The
parties having informed the authorities of the
iact' 1t Is announced in the Synagogue in the
evening that Chdltsah will take place the
following morning.
"Aiter the morning service, according to
the announcement, three Rabbis, the required
witnesses, the Chief Rabbi questions the
young man, and when he finds him determined
not to marry his bro'her's widow, calls for
the shoe. This shoe is of a peculiar make
and dsed for this purpose only. 1t is made
OF black cloth list, Of pointed form, and two
long laces attached thereto; it is always kept
IN the Synagogue. When brought forward
the Rabbi commands the man to put 1t on
after doing which, he twists, and ties the
iaces around his leg. The woman is then
led by the Rabbi to the man, and taught %
repeat the following in Hebrew: NV hus-
bands brother name in Israel: he will not
perform the duty of Husbands brother.' In
answer, he repeats: like not to take her.
The woman then unravels the knots, which
Is rather troublesome affair, aa she must do
1t with her right hand only-takes off the
'hoe, throws il upon the ground and s2its
before she man, repeating, after the Rabbi, |
he following: so shall it be done unto
hat man that will not build up his brothers
rouse: and his name shall be called in Israel,
The house of him that hath his shoe loosed.'
All those present respond, III shoe i'll o,cd.
lis shoe is loosed! his shoe is loosed., After
his. the Rabbi declares the woman free TO
marry whomever she may, and the Secretary
If the Synagogue gives her a;writing to that
Eject, when the ceremony is over"
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-E~zHErr's sPRoGREss.-Wc Ike Everetts
progress. 1t sthe progress of the heart as
we'll as the head; Of the citizen as well ss the
public man. 1t is the progress ofthe Christian.
the statesman, the philosopher and patriot.
There lie a heroism in everyday life. This
heroism is what Everett would raise monu-
ments to; the heroism that makes the honest
and Industrious man and the good citizen.
Everett would teach US to surround our homes
with comfort and our firesdes with cheerful.
ness. Everetrs is the progress of men ac-
ting under the impulse OF their noblest
qualities--his opponents, the progress of
men with every baser passion aroused.
Everett would ,enshrine each hearth with the
flowers of domestic peace; his opponents
would rear one high artificial wreath as a
mockery TO hide the universal woe. One
seeks to gain an extensive domain saturated
with blood; the other, to spread over what we
have, the pleasant verdure of rural culture
and waving harvests. One delights in the
clash of arlns-the other, in the anvil ring
-One would have fleet to carry death aud
destruction over the sea; the other would
have ocean whitened with sails engaged in
peaceful trade, and messages of love. One
would have Punic war, the other twenty
five years of peace.
There is flag, white and pure in its rep
resentation of innocency, which heralded the
advent of new era, of universal peace
There is no blood upon il. 1t is not wet with
tears-lt has been planted on every shore
and in every land. It is worshiPped at every
tire-sde. 1t waves from onr cross, and
though less obtrusve and glaring than the
red banner which evil likes, it is the hope
and solace of the world.
This is the age of benevoence, and it is
gratifying to witness in one so exalted, the
evidence that ambition and the affairs of State,
have not made him less a man. Edward
Everett, is now the shining Statesman of
America. His progress is true progress, and
it will be well if the American people listen
to his voice. Cotton Pant.
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Troy, N. Y. Sept. 9.


The Democrats of the 22d district elected
delegates to the State Convention to-day.
The party had split, the Barnburners
elected Samuel Douglas, The Hunkers Or
ganized seperate Convention and elected
Charles J. Wilbur. The Barnburners endor-
sed the State and National administrations.
The Hunkers adopted the Astor House res
olutions. There is great. excitement.
PROVIDENCE, r. l., Sept. 9.
The Messenger of the Newport Bank was
robbed yesterday afternoon on board the steam
boat Perry, of package of over $4,000
While his back was turned the thief chan
ged his package substituting bundle ofnews'
papers, of the same size. The messenger neye'
discovered the robbery until his arrival .
Bank here.
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paper some days after and find a paragraph,
endorsed by him, "deploriDg the intellectual
inferiority Of woman"
That's what call happiness!
FANNY FERN.
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