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rIEMPERANCE HOTEL.-L w. WORTH
lNGION, on street, between 9th and 10th
streets, Is prepared to accommodate several per-
mahent or transient gentlemen, married or single,
with pleasant rooms and board, on reasonable
terms. =, ~. Mar 22-eod3t*
4 VENUE HOTEL.-A few families car he a.
"A commodated with board at this splendid Ho.i
tel Also day boarders. a 80 Cs117r-L
Every exertion will be made to please T.sL
Terms moderate. za al-rE
s' #@ GEO. FRENCH & CO.,
Late of French's Hotel, Norfolk
+ Mar 22-lw ~st45
UST PUBLISHED, for sale by FRANCK
q TAYLOR and TAYLOR & MAURY--l----
Portraits of Eminent Americans now Living.
with Biographical and Historical Memoirs of their
Lives and Actions. By, John LIVINGSTON. of the
gilt S.. Mara dSm.
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TO DRUGGISTS AND MERCHANTS
THROUGHOUT THE UNION. ss3iG
n b. MCCULLOUGH, Manufacturer and De,Is.
~. er in Paints, Oils &C., No. l4l Maiden
Lane, New York, respectfully invites the attention
OF Druggists and Merchant. throu ghout the Union
to his large and extensive assortment of PAINTS
OILS, &C., of the BEST AND PUREST Quail
lies, which he offers for sale on very moderate
terms, both to cash and close time buyers Below
are enumerated some of the leading articles: E=
White Lead in oil, in kegs of % to 5OOIbs
Black Paint, Yellow Ochre, Ven Red in oil pa
Patent Dryer, Spanish Brown, Terra de Sienns.
in oil ~tN'iN''r
TIMBER, Chrome Imperial, and Arsenical reens.
in oil. sgt.L y15zs9if5-'ft = >'''1N3i''',
in oil az 5,Et..E is'
Varnishes of all kinds. saflaaTs5E
Linseed Oil, Raw and Boiled Putty, Whitinp
Chalk, Lamp Black! a tsa - E
American and English Ven Red, Chrome Red
and Yellow, dry. $500 ,T-9f = 49,
India Red, Red Lead and Litharge, drv. "a
Stone, French and Yellow Ochre dry - ~
Chrome Paris and Brunswick Green. drv s.ss
French and American Window Glass u og
Druggists and others in want of anv Of The ahr,,o
mentioned articles will find il to their inte.s =,
CALI as our facilities for manufacturing n -
chasing, and our experience in the business Pp;,,
US advantages in selling over most of those tbs
same line. Y. snose IN 'he
D. B. MCCULLOUGH,
--.-l. alf-3 IA Maiden Lane, N, Y.
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The performance to commence with the Scottish
Drama of :. -
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NEW GOODS.-WILLIAM TUCKER, Lane
In & fuckers Building, Pennsylyania avenue
between d and 9th streets, takes pleasure in in.
forming bic customers and the public generally
that he hasjust returned from New York with al,
elegant assortment of Spring and Summer Goods,
suitable for gentlemen's wear, which he is ready
to make up in his usual style at theshortest notice
and on the most reasonable terms for cash.
Mar 25-d1m - 3p saE8l@ atsst
STRAW MATTINGS, FLOOR OIL CLOTH,
~ Sc. The subscribers have just received per
schooners Columbia and Hamilton, direct from
New York, the following, viz: ,...ssrz
loops. extra super 4-4 white Canton Mating
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: FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 25, 1858, 81
Will be presented Buckstone's Comedy, in two
acts, played with great success at Burton,s and
Niblo's, New York, of the Tals1 AIs#, Il. ! p
BREACH OF PROMISE. .g.
NJ. Ga ~ n
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To be followed by the popular Burlesque on Bull
wer's 'tLady of Lyons" written by O. E. Duri
ware. esq.,. of the a r sf.i4..Ss s,47',!.~s IVA "a.
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IRON HALL.

Will Remain This Week. 5neE
Price Reduced Admission only Iwentu fve
Cents-Ihe Voyage Doom the mississippi,
at Iron Hall, Pennsyluania .auenue.
First Time In Washington.
THIS MAGNIFICENT PAINTING, the first and
i best of Panoramas, has never been exhibited
in this country except in the city of Philadelphia
In order to give all an opportunity, the price
of admission during the present week will be Is
cents to all parts of the house. Children under
ten, l2aa cents. S5@.f4i4l
Doors open every evening att. Panorama moves
at y O'Clock. Wednesday and Saturday after
moons at 81 O'Clock " sseSt srEE Mar 81 &
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CENSUS CLERKs.-We are informed that ten Of
the clerks recently dismissed from the Census
Office were yesterday reinstated in that office.
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DUTNAM'S MONTHLY FOR FEBRUARY.
4 just received and for sale by ~ PTS 3
<'=sfA TAYLOR & Ma JURY
1sa ~ IT ~ Bookseller, near 9th street
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ft+ ~
.ts3als 81 900. ..Il.L .l--..nH
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TO DRUGGISTS AND MERCHANTS 2
THROUGHOUT THE UNION. ss

WAsHINeToN, Mar CHI s, 1853
Mar Sind
Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1853-09-02
The usc of Fruit.

Instead of standing in any fear of a gencr-
al consumption Of ripe fruit, we regard them
positively conducive to health. The very
maladies commonly assumed to have their
origin in a free use of apples cherries, melons,
and wild berries, have been quite as preva-
lent, if not equally destructive in the seasons
Of scarcity. There are so many erroneous
notions entertained of the bad effects of fruit
that is quite time that counteracting i'm
preston should be promulgated, having its
foundation in common sense, and based up
on the common observation ofthe intelligent.
We have no patience in reading rules to be
observed inthis particular department ofphy-
steal comfort. No one, we imagine, ever lily
e. longer orfreor from the paroxysms Of dis
case, 10y discarling the delicious fruits ofthe
land in which he finds home. On the con
trary, they are necessary to the preservation
of health, aan are therefore caused to make
their appearance at the very time when the
condition Of the body, operated upon by de
teriorating causes not always understood, re-
quires their grateful renoyating influence,
Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1853-09-02
CAPTAIN GIBSON.

The case Of this gentleman has often been
mentioned in the press, and is likely now to
occupy considerable attention. Commander
of an American schooner, the Fliu, he left
New York in May, 1851, in search of adyen-
ture and found it. He visited the East In
dies lie and bis crew were taken prisoners
by the Dutch authorities, and kept in dun
geons, from one of which the captain recent
Iy escaped, and our government is now ask
ed to interfere for the liberation of the others
also for indemnity for lis losses. In this
connection the authority of the Dutch gov
eminent is likely to be tested. The case is
important, and next week we shall give his
narrative, which. if strictly true proves truth
much stranger than fction,-P itts5rg Sat
US.
Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1853-09-02

SAVING SEED FROM NEGErABLEs.-T
first vegetable peas or snap beans that appear
save for seed; the first stock of Okra that
shows apod, let it all go to seed: the first GU
Gambler, squash or melon, save for seed. In
tAis way we may succeed in getting much
earlier vegetables than by following the usu-
al method of taking the refuse of all our gar
den crops for seed. Save the earliest and
best of every thing for seed. Our egg plant
might be brought into bearing much sooner,
if we would save the first seed, Who can
stand it, with all the long years dearth of
delicious morsels, to save the first roasting
ear or tomato, that may appear for seed and
yet if we would bring forward the whole crop
two or three weeks earlier, it must be done.
Let it be a settled maxim of the gardener
the first and bsst Of everything for seed.
Soil Of tie South.
Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1853-09-02

The following letter from a Swedish ply
stefan, NJ. Fagergren, in the service of Persia,
gives a startling picture of the devastation
caused by the rencent earthquake at Shiraz
"Sn1RAz, May IA.
"You already know that the town of Shi-
raz no longer exists, having been completely
destroyed by an earthquake. Up to this
time the shocks have not been completely fl
nished, and God only knows when we shall
be relieved from our anxieties. 1t is impos-
sibIe for me to describe the horror Of the first
shock, which lasted five minutes. All the
inhabitants were asleep, from which they
were awakened by a noise louder than that
OF thunder, and by mass of stones falling
into their rooms. Ny first idea was to fly,
and | was fortunate enough to reach the cen
ter Of the large court, with those who resided
in the house, when it fell to the ground. The
immensely of this disaster was only visible
when daylight appeared. On every side the
eye could see nothing but heap Of ruins,
streets blocked up with stones, and dead bo-
dies being carried on litters without the walls
Of the town. 1t made the heart bleed to see
the limbs of persons showing themselves from
beneath the piles Of rubbish, and men, wom-
en- and children endeavoring to Withdraw
the mutatcd bodies of their friends and re-
lations from beneath the ruins, which, in their
despair, they were tearing away with their
teeth, their hands and their nails. Out of
several thousand victims, the lives Of only a
very small number were saved. These scenes
were repeated for five days, during which
it is calculated that 1900 persons persisted.
On the fourth day, large bands of brigands
made their appearance, and plundered the I'M
fortunate inhabitants who were without de-
fence and without asylum, Of what little they
had been able to save from the ruins, For
three days the town was delivered up to the
piIlage of these brigands, whose numbers
were increased by a report that Begler Boy,
the Pacha of Shiraz, was among the dead.
Shocks are still felt three or four times in a
day, and are so powerful that the houses which
have resisted former shocks are falling to tlte
ground one after the other. Ny life and that
of my wife have been saved, but all that
had made since my arrival in this country, is
lost. | purchased a house three months ago,
which is now nothing but heap of ruins"
Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1853-09-02

How ELECTIONS ARE CoNTRoLLED.-A
nomination by party strongly in the majo-
rity is alwrys equivalent to an election. unless
the people bolt the party nominations. As
a specimen of the manner in which delegates
to nominating conventions are made, we Co
Ply the following from the Watertown Regis
ter, promising that, if due notice was given,
it was the peoples fault that no more were
present:
@The proceedings of caucus in the sixth
ward for sending delegates to the county con-
vention we published last week. It will be
seen that the caucus, which consisted of four
persons viz: W. NJ. Dennis, Geo. G. King
and two other individuals--passed resolu-
ton that the same committee should attend
the Assembly Convention. Free Dan.
Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1853-09-02

FAIRLY RISING REQUIREp Nv \ Will
In the will of the late Mr.. James Sergeant of
Leicester, is the following clause:
As my nophcws are fond Of indulging
themselves in bed in the morning, and Is |
wish them to prove to the satisfaction ofmy
executors that they have GOT out of bed in the
morning, and either employed themselves
In business. or taken exercise in the open
air. from till o'clock every morning from
the 5th of April, to the 10Th Of October, be-
ing three hours each day and from till 9
o'clock in the morning, from the 10th of De-
tober to the 9Th of April, beng two hours
every morning; this is to be done for some
wears, to the satisfaction of my executors, who
may excuse them in ease of illness, but the
task must be made mp when they are well
and if they viii not DO this, they shall not re-
ceive any share ofmy property. Temperance
makes the faculties clear, and exercise makes
them vigorous. 1t IS temperance and exer-
else united that can alone insure the fitted
state for mental or bodily excrtlon,
Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1853-09-02
The meeting was quite enthusiastic,


ANOTHER CANDIDATE.-Wc understand
that Mason C. Darling is in the field as p
candidate for Governor with fair prospect
for nomination. At least, so his friends
think. He is brought forward as check on
Barstow and a. Hyatt Smith. BarStow is
oSteastbly the friend Of Smiths claims, but
really IS working like 4 Torjan for his own
noninaton. He will be Smith man to the
last, and should he get the nomination, twill
only he to save his friend Smith, and he will
regret that Smith was not nominated in his
stead. Bar>tow was strong HubbcIl man,
but finding that did not improve his chances,
he cooled off externally, and now hopes to
unite the IIubbel and anti-IIubbel force
There will be nice time oft in about Il fort
night.
The Wings here insist on nomjnatig Gov
Farwell. May belle wilaccept.-Free Dene-
Ocrdt.
Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1853-09-02

Table-taIk, or knock, sometimes leads to
embarrassing results, as proved by the follow
ing gossip, current at Berlin; a party met
the other night, and formed "a chain, and
when the fluid was in movement, mar
ried lady present put the question, How
many chiktren have II" Tap, tap, tap,
tap"-or four, replied the table. "True,
wonderful" exclaimed the lady and others.
Presently her husband came in and asked
the same question. Tap, tap,'-or two, was
the answer. The effect produced by this
NAV be better conceived than describe,l.--
This might be termed scandal!ous table
talk"
Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1853-09-02

A FEMALE HRoNAUr KIILED.--A bal
loon ascent took place at Mont-de- Marsam on
the goth, young woman of II years of age,
named Emma Nerdicr, the daughter of a
gardener being the 1eronaut. The balloon
rose majestically, and as the weather was per
tecty calm, no apprehensions were entertain
ed of any accident. The next day, however,
the inhabitants were much shocked on learn
ing that the young woman had fallen to the
ground in about two and half hours after her
ascent, at Montesquieu, a village sixty miles
distant, and was killed on the spot. From
what was afterwards ascertaincd, it appeared
that some hay makers near Montesquieu were
startled at seeing awhile body fall to the earth
at short distance from them. They found
il to be the body of young woman, dressed
in white, She had fallen head foremost, and
her skull was split open. At no great dis
lance was to be seon the anchor of the bal
loon fixed in an oak, a long piece ofropc be-
ing attached to the iron, The balloon was
also seen rising rapidly and floating away, 1t
issupposed thaton the young woman's attempt
ing to effect her descent, the anchor caught in
the tree, and the rope then breaking, gave
such shock to the wicker work basket in
which she was sitting, that she lost balance
and fell out. Nothing has since been heard
of the BALLOON GuiigAaRTS Messenger.
Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1853-09-02

AN ASTONISHING YoUTH.-At the Uni
ted States Hotel, yesterday, was stopping a
colored boy, named William Marcy, whose
extraordinary mathematical powers have grea-
tly astonished all who have witnessed his de-
monstration. He will add up columns of f.
cures any length, divide any given sum, null
tiply millions by thousands within fire min
utes from the time the figures are given him,
and with such exactness as to render it truly
wonderful. Yesterday noon, in presence of
a party Of gentlemen, he added column Of
figures, eight in a line, aud one hundred and
eighty lines, making the sum total of several
millions in about str minutes, The feat was
was so astounding and apparently incredible,
that several of the party took off their coats
and dividing the sum, went to work, and in
two hours after they commenced, produced
identically the same answer, The boy is not
quite seventeen years of age; and in every
other branch of an English education is en-
tirely deficient, His parents reside in Ken
lucky, near Louisville. He will leave in com
pany with his father for the Worlds Fair,
New York, this morning Cincinnati Ga
zetic
Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1853-09-02

nlent which had ever fallen upon our listen.
ing ear.
Again, as we turned the corner of Spring
ST., the glare and splendor of thousand gas
lights, and the glittering cut glass of that, for
the first time lighted-up barroom of the Pre-
scott House, so lauded by the Press for its
magntlcence, dashed our eyes and almost
blinded our senses to degree of imagination
that first class Hotels must have such Five
Point denizen-making appurtenances as this
glittering room, shamelessly inviting, open to
the street; when that watch-word cry, like
the pibroch's startling peal, came up from the
near vicinity, wailing like lost spirit on the
midnight air-"Hot corn, hot corn-here's
your nice hot corn smoking hot-hot-
hot corn"
"los, yes | hear You cry--it is a watch
word-a glorious watch-word, that bids us do
or die-untll the smoking, hot, fiery-furnace
like gates Of hell, Ike this one now yawninc
before us, shall cease to be licensed by Chris
tian people, to send delcateli little girls at mid
night through the streets, crying "Hot CORN"
to support a drunken mother, whose first glass
was taken III fashionable saloon," or first
class liquorselling hotel.
"Hot corn" then, be the watch-word of
all who would rather see the grain fed to the
drunkards wife and children than into the
Unsuitable hot NAV of the whiskcy still
Let your resolutions grow hot and strong
every time you hear this midnight cry, that
You will devote, if nothing more
"Thrcc grains of corn, mother,
Only three grains of corn
toward the salvation of the thousand equally
pitiable object as the little girl, whose wailing
cry has been the melting cause of This pre-
sent dish of g Hot Corn--smoking hotr'
(Chapter II IN oar ncrt.)
Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1853-09-02

TIE PAcIrIc RAuRoAD,-The New York
Tribune, says;
"Our present impression is,.that the most
northerly route-by Lake Superior, the Up
per Mississippi, and the north branch of the
Columbia to Puget's sound-wiIl prove the
best. 1t is by far the shorte>t-oach degree of
longitude being comparatively shorter on the
48th than on the 32d or the 10th parallel of
latitudc-it is more nearly on direct line
from London and Amsterdam to Canton and
.Iapan-it givs Il hand to the ST. Lawrence and
the noblesystem OF railroads bywhich British
America is so soon to be traversed-and its
western terminus is on the noblcst Sound,
studded with the most capacious and admit
rable harbors on the globe. 1t is supposed
to be a more snowy route than by St. Louis
the plains and New Mexico; but we believe
that will prove mistake. And against the
chance of its obstruction a month or two in
Il winter, is to be weighed the consideration
Of comparative immunity from damage by
heat to the often perishable products which
Europe and America will naturally draw in
vast quantities from the shores of the Indian
Ocean. No other route between the east
and the west could compare with this for di-
roctnoss, CELEBRITY, and immunity from injuries
by climate. Such is the strong conviction of
Asa Whitney, who has devoted more time,
thought, energy and money to the Pacific
Railroad than any other man,
Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1853-09-02

Our government has chartered the great
turnpike of death, and taken portion of the
stock, Its agents and partners have taken
the remainder, Government has lost in tie
operation. lis share Of the profits does not
make mark towards keeping the road in re-
pair. And besides it has to support all the
paupers and cripples who are made on the
road, The rumshops are the toll-gates, and
by the time man has Travelled this turnpike
to the end, he is a graduate for any wicked
ness. Government is thoughtful, however
Beyond all tho toll-gates it has built aims
houses, dungeons and scaholds. If the man
docs not 90 to the devil bcyo1 d the last gate
he is a hopeless case. lie is miserable ira
yelling public" and makes but sad return
for all his accommodations Guide boards
are frequcnt,and no Yayfarer need mistake the
route.
Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1853-09-02
Now York. AVG. p

Last night at 10 o'clock the Pearl Street
House MAS discovered to be on fire. The
lower part was occupied by Maloney and Co.
for the storage OF liquors. Nearly 300 per
sons were inmates Of the building, many of
whom had to escape in their night clothes
One lady lost everything she had. a gen
tleman named Brown lost money and notes
to the amount of $4,000, which was i'll his
trunk in his room. The Pearl Street House
was insured for $4,000, and the remainder Of
the block for $4,000. The whole block be-
longed to Blanchard, Williams & Co.
Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1853-09-02

YAaKEE CouRrsHp.-A ioye-lorn swain
broke WISH bone with his hearts queen"
somewhere in New Hampshire.
Meow what do YOU wish, Sally" de
manded jonathan, with a tender grin OF ex-
pectation.
Il wish | was hansum," replied the fail
darnsel, " hansum as Queen Victory"
Jerusalem. what a wish" replied Jon.
athan, when you're handsome enuf meow
But I'll tell YOU what wished, Sally; wish
ed you was locked up in my arms, and tht
KEY was lost.
Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1853-09-02

LIGHTNING AND SUNsHINE.-The Proyi-
dencc Journal says; The house of Darius
Angel in SmithfeId, was struck by light
ming on Saturday afternoon, 18th inst. 1t
struck the coner of the house, ran into the
cellar, but did no other damage than knock
ing out barrel head The same bolt struck
a tree an eighth of a mile distant, in front of
the house of Lyman Arnold. The sun was
shining brightly all the time, and not drop
of rain follT
Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1853-09-02

Two negro boys undertook to drown dog
IN James river Va. short time since. When
they reached The water one of the twain went
into it with the animal, and, to drown him
more efectually, got upon his back. The
dog attempted to-escape from the hands of
the boy, and while dang So beth dog and
boy got into deeper water, and the dog es-
capped, leaving his murderer to his fate. The
other negro, on the bank, seeing his comrade
about to drown, plunged in to his assistance
and vainly essayedto rescue him. They both
persisted by drowning, while the brute safely
reached theshore and went backto the house.
Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1853-09-02
Woltord. n. IL. AUG. 25.

Tho State Conucnton of the Free Demo-
crazy met mt this place yesterday. There
was large attendance. The principal spea-
kers were Moses Tuck, John p Halo, &c.-
Free Soil doctrines were advocated and the
Fugitive Slave Law denounced. Mr. Hale
in abiding to the provisions of the Fugitive
Slave Law and the unreasonable requirements
made on the conscience of frecmen, suggest
ed that tho only remedy was to be found in
a devoted attachment to the Free Soil prin-
ciples,
The meeting was quite enthusiastic,
Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1853-09-02

Pretty Good for an Ha5ifualy Grare
Man," Did he not make several visits after
the patient was out of dsnger!" was the ques-
ton of lawyer in cross-eXamining wit
ness, called to prove doctors bill, in one of
our Justices courts, Il couple of days since.
No. replied the witness, Il thought the
patient wus in danger as long as the doctor
continued his visits"
Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1853-09-02

The Galveston News says that recently
girl, ten years old, daughter of s, Sparks,
of Sabine pass, was attacked by an alligator
and nearly eaten up. The creature was Shot
and tho portions of the child found, as also n
pair Of pahtaloons, with pocket book. The
latter were supposed to have been the prop
erty of man sometime since drowned in
Old river,