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r OsT-IN NINTH STREET. ON THURSDAY, 18TH
IL inst soldfnch with chain attached to the neck of
the bird ANY will be suitably rewarded by returning
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CHAwLS. FIFTY CASES OF VERY RICH CANTON
- Grape shaw tpsin and emlroidered having pur
chased by the subscriber previous the advance
offer them at from 10 TO 70 cent less than the
prices Very heavy plain csnpe shasls with rish deep
rnges NJ So s2 and sl superb embroidered from SO to
BOO Also. exquisite assortment of troche
and other French and India sha ws Of tho finest frs
GEO. BULpIN
Maa.illa and Shawl Emporium. s6I Broadway
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DIET MALTESE CAT FOR SALE.-THE CAT Is FULL
blooded is year DID, snd has been brought up as
amongst children is very handsome color. Any
wishing to purchase il may address note to H. H. ~,
rlushng Post Office Price IS.
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DIX REWARD-LOST, A BANK BOOK CONTAINING
spC $40, between and o'clock in going through
Cham nd Chatham srces The finder will receive the
East Tenth street.
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nOG LOST -SrRAyED FROM FLUSHING AVENUE,
IL East Brooklyn. Sunday morning medium sized
black Newfoundland dog, with two small white spots
his brer Any returning him TO Mr. Joseph Frost
Clasen Flushing avonne East Brooklyn TO
No. Clinton court Is Beekman streut New York, VIII be
suitably rewarded.
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CP0RTING MEN AND LOVERS or FUN, DE ON HAND
- for the New York Clipper TO IL will be filled
with richest kind sporting news besides great var
ely of other spicy matter. Only two cents
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sCPOBTfNG.-MAMMoTH NEWFouNDLAND PUPS,
- King Charles spanelF ST. Bernard Russian bear dog
watch dogs &c. The above may be depended pure
breeds. inquire at 2c5 Water street.
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THE REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING OF THE DEMO.
cratic Republican Young Mems General Committee will
be held at Tammany Hall Wednesday evening" at
O'Clock Panctual attendance is earnestly requested y
order Of JOHN II. MIELMER Chairman
WILLIAM C. DETrs, Secretary.
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NOTICE.-A MEETING OF THE EAST RIVER DOCK
Lahoers Protective ard Benevolent Society of New
York Will be- held at Union Hall Of Twent
street aud Third avenue the 9Th instant at clock
r. M to NJ ort fair scale Of for the various kinds
work aoDgshors with the bten on the
of the times 1t is expected that
this cause wi attend. BY order of
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1853-09-15
A Gas Well.

l.. S. Griswold furnishes to the Cincinnati
Gazette the following account, under date of
Wellington, Aug. 90:
" Mr.. Benjamin Clifford, who lives about
half mile east of this village, was digging
well near his house yesterday After digging
some twenty feet, he commenced boring for
water, and having bored about three feet, gas
began to escape from the orifce, which was
four inches in diameter, with bubbling and
kissing sound that could be heard some rods
from the well. A match was applied to the
current some inches above the ground, and it
ignited in an instant, and burned until late
hour last evening, when the blaze was extin-
guished and the hole stopped.
This morning, | went down with number
Of our citizens to ascertain more about it, and
see what were the prospects of its continuance;
and we found on approaching the well that
there was gas enough yet noise much like
that OF boiling cauldrOn of water was heard
in the bottom of the WE'LL caused no doubt by
the escape of the gas through the water which
had settled around the orifce The plug was
taken out, and match again applied to the
stream of gas, about two feet from the ground,
and as before, it was instantly lighted, and
burned up at times from five to six feet The
warmth of the blaze could be felt by the hand
at the top of the we'll, and for several feet
around, the burning gas could be smelled. It
was burning when we left, and was to be left
open until IL o'clock to-day
From present appearances, it will afford gas
enough TO light every dwelling in our village !;
and if it should continue, our citizens will very
soon appropriate it,
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1853-09-15
The Pacific Railroad Novel Idea.

A writer in the Scientific American propos-
the ground, but about eight feet above it. He
would have the whole distance piled, and on
these piles he would place the roadway. The
idea is novel one, and if road could be
built equally strong on this plan as on any 9TH
er, we do not see what is to prevent the pile
driver from triumphing over the barrow and
pick-axe. Grant that there be no objection to
the strength and longevity of such road, and
it possesses advantages that place it far in ad-
vance of any other mode of construction. In
the first place, it would be free from dust !:
secondly, it would never become obsructed by
snow drifts thirdly, it would be somewhat
springy in it's nature, and thus allow locomo-
tives to make better time with less wear and
tear than they experience on roads made per-
fectly solid. That a road built on piles can
be rendered practicable, is shown by our Hud-
son River Railroad people. Between Albany
and New York there are some twenty miles
over which the rails are laid on piles. Just
below Hudson there is one single stretch Of
upwards of four miles. This portion of the
road wears as well as any other; while its
entire freedom from dust makes it one of the
most pleasant pieces Of the whole route.
The proprietor of the pile road proposes also
another improvement Instead Of placing cars
above the rails, he intends to let them hang
between them. BY means Of properly
shaped axle, this is very easily done, and
when it is done, one hundred miles an hour
can be made without any fear whatever that
the cars will fly from the track or bring up in
a gravel pit. A road built upon piles, the
Scientific American says, can be constructed
for $40 900 per mile. If this be so, it would
make the whole cost Of the New York and
San Francisco Railroad less than thirty mil
lions of dollars, which is some seventy mil-
lions of dollars less than a road can be built
for on any other known plan. A road resting
on piles would have very little grading to do.
Where the land declined, the level could be
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1853-09-15
Miseellang.
Removing Ring from Young Lady's
Finger.

Dr. Castle, of Boston, communicates to the
Boston Medical and Surgical journal, the fol-
lowing ingenious method, devised by him, fol
extricating young lady's finger from a ring
which was too small for her. We give his
story in his own language:
An interesting young lady, about II years
Of age, had presented to her gold ring, which
she forced over the joints of her middle finger.
After few minutes the finger commenced
swelling, and the ring could not be removed.
The family physician, DR.. -, was sent
for, but could do nothing. The family, and
the young lady, especially, were now in the
greatest CONSERVATION. A jeweler was sent
for. After many futile attempts to cut the
ring with cutting nippers, and to saw it apart
with fine saw, and after bruisng and lacer-
ating the flesh, warm lamentations and leeches
were applied, but all without affording the
slightest benefit. Dr. - requested my pres
ence, with the compliment that perhaps my
mechanical ingenuity might suggest some
thing
at once proceeded TO the house Of the pa
tient, and found the young lady in a most de-
plorable state Of mental agony, the doctor en-
barrassed, and the family in high state of
excitement. | procured some prepared chalk,
and applied it between the ridges of swollen
flesh, and all around the finger, and succeeded
in drying the oOzing and abraded flesh then
with narrow piece of soft linen succeeded
in polishing the ring, by drawing it gently
round the ring between the swollen parts
then applied quicksilver to the whole surface
of the ring. In less than three minutes the
ring was broken (by pressing it together,) in
four pieces, to the great relief of all parties.
In similar manner, (without the chalk,) |
some time since extracted small brass ring
from the ear of child, who, childlike, had
inserted it into the cavity of the ear. The op-
Grafton was more painful and tedious, but was
equally successful.
The modus operand: The quicksilver at
once permeates the metals, if clean, with the
exception Of iron, steel, platina, and one or
two others,) and amalgamates with them. 1t
Immediately crystalizes, and renders the metal
as hard and as brittle as glass. Hence the
ease with which metals amalgamated with
quicksilver can be broken"
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1853-09-15
The Dishonest Convert.

Upon a certain occasion, man called on
him with due bill for twenty dollars against
an estate he had been employed to settle
Friend Hopper put it away, saying he would
examine it and attend to it as soon as he had
leisure. The man called again a short time
after, and stated that he had need of six dol
lars, and was willing to give receipt for the
whole if that sum were advanced. This prop
osition excited suspicion, and the admnistra-
tor decided in his own mind that he would pay
nothing till he had examined the papers Of
the deceased. Searching carefully among
these, he found a receipt for the money, men
tioning the identical items, date and circum-
stances Of the transaction; stating that due
bill had been given and lost, and was to be
restored by the creditor when found. When
the man called again for payment, Isaac said
to him in quiet way, Friend Jones, un-
derstand thou hast become pious lately
He replied in solemn tone. Yes, thanks
to the Lord Jesus, have found out the way
of salvation
And thou hast been dipped, hear, con-
tinued the Quaker. 'Dost thou know James
Hunter 2
Mr.. Jones answered in the affirmative
Well, he also was dipped some time ago,
rejoined Friend Hopper; 'but his neighbors
say they didn't get the crown of his head un-
der water. The devil crept into the unbap-
tized part, and has been busy with him ever
since. | am afraid they didn't get thee quite
under water. | think thou hadst better be
dipped again.
AS he spoke, he held up the receipt for
twenty dollars. The countenance Of the pro-
fessedly pious man became scarlet, and he
disappeared instantly" Isaac T. Hopper, A
True Lite," by Mrs. Child.
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1853-09-15
Fast Men.

The vicious die early. They fall like
shadows, or tumble like wrecks and ruins
into the grave-often when quite young,
almost always before forty. The wicked
liveth not half his days The world at once
STILES the truth, and assigns the reason by
describing the dissolute as fast men > that is
they hUe fast; they spend their twelve hours
in six, getting through them while others are
in the glory of life. Their sun goes down
while it is yet day. And they might have
helped it. Many ones dies before he need.
Your men Of genius, like Burns and Byron,
to whom, when dissipated and profigate, thir-
ty-seven is SO fatal /; and your obscure and
nameless wandering stars, who waste their
youth in libertine indulgence--they cannot live
long. They must die early They put on
steam till they blow up their boilers. They
run at such rate, that the fire goes out for
want of fuel The machinery is destroyed by
reckless speed and rapid wear. Nothing can
save them. Their physical system cannot
stand the strain they put to it, while the state
Of their minds is often such that the soul would
eat the substance of the most robust BODY, and
make for itself way Of escape from the inces-
SAINT hell of its own thoughts.-T Binney.
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1853-09-15
The Streets of Genoa.

A correspondent of the Columbia Is. C.)
Banner writes from Genoa that stranger, on
visiting that famous city, is Immediately struck
with the tall houses and exceedingly narrow
streets. The latter, he says, vary in width
from six to-(perhaps in two or three instances)
thirty-ive feet-the great majority being from
ten to fifteen or twenty feet, while the former
contain from six to nine stories. He contin-
.ues :-' Several times have stood between
two houses, on opposite sides of the street,
and looking up, observed perhaps 100 feet
overhead-their tops apparently fitting towards
each other, and only separated by the space of
fifteen or twenty inches, through which a scan
ty supply flight found its way, while the suns
rays were denied passage, except for few
feet during the middle Of the day. The effect,
though very dark, is visbly apparent. AL
though the climate is very warm, the inhabit-
ants suffer very little from the heat, there be-
ing always plenty of shade and some air.
Very few vehicles are seen, as there is no
room for them, but in their place you observe
few sedan chairs, and many asses, the latter
riding as well as ridden, for no one but an ass
would ride on such animals, and in such
place. Everything seems curious, and you
may lose yourself (Which Mr. Dickens saws is
great comfort when you are idle) twenty
times day if you like, and turn up again un-
der the most unexpected and surprising diff
culties
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1853-09-15
Novel Way of Holding a Horse.

A gentleman travelling through Germany
thus describes a novel method of fastening a
horse, which he saw put in practice by Ger
man blacksmith -
AS soon as breakfast was over, | generally
enjoyed the luxury of riding about town, and
in passing the shop Of a blacksmith, the man.
ner in which he tackled and shod vicious
horse amused me.
On the outside of the wall of the house two
rings were firmly fixed, to one of which the
patients head was lashed close to the ground /;
the hind foot to be shod stretched out to the
utmost extent of the leg,.was then secured by
the other ring about five feet high, by a cord
which passed through a cloven hitch, fixed to
the root Of the poor creatures tail. The hind
foot was consequently very much higher than
the head; indeed it was quite exalted, and
pulled SO heavily at the tail, that the animal
seemed to be quite anxious to keep his other
foot on terra firma. With one feet in the
heavens, it did not suit him to kick with his
nose pointing to the internal regions, he could
not conveniently rear; and as a heavy hand
was constantly pulling at his tail, the horse at
last gave up the point, and quietly submitted
to be shod.
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1853-09-15

The SABBATH IN PARIs.-A Society has
been founded in Paris for Sunday repose. -
It's principle Of action is moral suasion. The
signers Of The agreement engage to do no work
on the Sabbath, nor to cause others to work,
and to neither buy nor sell. They agree to
give their custom TO such ;radesmen and mas
ter workmen as conform to their ideas on the
subject. This is thought to be nothing more
than just, as an indemnity is certainly due to
such as voluntarily renounce labor on the most
profitable day in the week.
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1853-09-15
Don't be in a Hurry.

The philosopher of the Williamsburg Daily
Times moralizes for the consolation Of young
ladies who want to get married and can't, as
follows:
She stood beside the altar when she was six
teen. She was in love; her destiny on crea-
ture in fashionable clothes, with an empty
pocket He came Of good family how
ever, and blood, you know, is sOmething.--
She looked lovely as she pronounced the VOW
Think Of vow from auburn hair, dark eyes,
and pouting lips, only sixteen years old She
stood beside the wash-tub when her twenty
fifth birthday arrived. The hair, the eyes
and the lips were not calculated to excite the
heart. Five cross young ones were about the
room some crying, some breaking things, and
one urging the immediate supply of the lacteal
secretion. She stopped in despair, and sat
down, and tears trickled down her once plump
and ruddy cheeks Alas Nancy, early
marriages are not the dodge. Better enjoy
youth at home and hold lovers at distance un-
til you have limb, and muscle and heart, to
face the frowning world and family. lfa chap
really cares for you, he can wait two or three
years, make presents, take you TO concerts,
and so on, until the time comes Early mar
riages and early cabbages are tender produc-
tlOnS.
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1853-09-15

The course of true love never does run
smooth. A young gentleman Of our Oliver
pool Albion) acquaintance lately found it so ;
and 50, as he thought, to punish the hesita-
ting fair one, rushed off and married himself
to another. He was splendidly handsome
fellow. The subject being talked of at some
party, one Of the company asked, Was it not
very sudden did not know that he was
even acquainted with her. Upon some one
answering, He was foolish fellow, and be-
ing angry with Miss -, determined to mar
ry the first girl he met in his pique,' young
lady who was present, innocently exclaimed,
Oh, hear me, wish he had met me IN ms
pique ? We never heard Of better specimen
of thinking aloud
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1853-09-15

The other day small boy came tearing
round a corner with his rags fluttering in the
wind, his face smeared with uolasses and a
shingle flourishing in his hand. while he was
shouting to another boy, about the size Of
pepper box, who stood near quarter Of a
mile down the street Oh Bill, Bill get as
many boys as ercr you can and as many shin
giles as ercr you can and come up the street,
round the corner as soon as erer you can, for
there's a great big large hogset oflasses bust
ed on the pavement-busted all to smash
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1853-09-15

Cattle fed on sour food, prepared by fer
menting rye flour and water, into kind OF
paste, and then diluted with water, afterwards
thickened with hay chaff, Chat is hay, cut
small, y are said to fatten quickly. This plan
is adopted in France to considerable extent,
and has been introduced years ago in this coun-
try. Although not generally adopted it is
deserving of consideration by graziers. With
respect to the efficacy of acid food for fatten-
ing animals, there is, on most other subjects,
variety of opinions. 1t is we'll known that
swine derive more benefit from sour milk,
than they do from milk in a fresh state, and
there is no doubt but there are particles which
promote digestion, and facilitate the consump-
ton of a larger quantity Of food, and conse-
duently expedite the fattening of cattle.-Ag-
ricultor.
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1853-09-15
II want it now !"

Was the half uttered soliloquy of despair
ing mechanic, on Saturday evening, as his en-
ployer told him to call on Monday morning for
the six dollars due him. Monday morning !
Il is all the same to the millionaire He has
| abundant credit with the butcher, the baker,
the goldman, the grocer, in short with every
body. They are all only too happy to trust
him. If he wants to take a ride on Sunday
with his family, to the High Bridge, the livery
stable man is ready to furnish him with car
riage. If he has fancy for couple of wood
cocks, the game-merchant will send him the
incest and fattest, and wait his own time for
payment. Should wife or children want shoes,
they can have an unlimited supply on credit
In fact, the millionaire doesn't really need
money, everything he or his family may want
can be got without money. But with the me-
chanic, the working man, the case is entirely
different. Forced by the extertions of land
lord to remove every year further and further
up town, he has no chance to make acquain-
tance and establish a credit with the small,
cautious German dealers of the avenues.-Eis
butcher sells only for cash-the grocer will
not trust-nobody will give days credit
Our poor mechanic has been working like a
dog for those six dollars; they are worth twice
as much to him now-to day-as they will
be forty-eight hours hence He meant to have
little feast to-night-for even six dollars will
feast poor man and his family-and perhaps
even to have taken an excursion to Hoboken to
morrow, to let the wife and children breathe
and rest, But now, your thoughtless, heart
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1853-09-15

A FARMERS WIFE IN THE OLDEN Tine
Sir Anthony Fitzherbert, Chancellor to Henry
VIII, thus describes model farmers wife
1t is a wyve's occupation to winnow all
manner Of cornes, to make malto, to wash an
ironying, to make hay, shere corn; and in time
of neds to help her husband to fill the muck
wayne or dung-cart, drive the plough, load hay,
corne, and such other. And 60 or ride to the
market to sell butter, Cheese, chekyns, capons,
hens, pigs, geese, and all manner of cornse.'
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1853-09-15

less, cruel Indifference has made them all gloo-
my and miserable over Sunday, the poor mans
precious holiday. He can't, like you, 90 out
and borrow what he wants--nobody lends the
poor man money! and so, he must 90 home
with heavy heart-feed his family on cod
fish and potatoes, and come to his work on
Monday morning, grumbling and discontented
just because you did not give yourself the trou-
bic to be just. Shame on YOU, oh rich man
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1853-09-15

To CLEAN CONES AND Brushes To
enough tepid water TO cover the bristles, not
the top Of the brush, add few drops Of the
spirit Of hartshorn, an ounce of which may be
had at any apothecary's; dip the brush in sew
eral times, shaking out the water carefully,
and the mixture will work like a magic, leav-
ing it clear and pure, needing only to be dried
by towel no rubbing is needed. Combs
may be done in the same way without injury
TO them,
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1853-09-15
Neutralizing Offensive Odors.

The North British Agriculturist furnishes
a statement of Lindsey Blyth, in relation to a
very successful experiment for destroying a
most offensive smell in stable, arising from
the decomposition Of urine and dung. He
tried the mixture of EPSON salts and plaster
Of paris, (gypsum)-' the most wonderful eff
fects followed and the stable-keeper was de-
lighted Previously the stable was damp
and unwholesome and if closed for few
hours, the ammonical vapors were suffocating.
After sprinkling the sulphates underneath the
straw, and along the channel of the drain, the
smell disappeared, and even the walls became
drier. He recommends as an economical pre-
paration for this purpose and for sewers, mag
gesia limestone dissolved in ulphuric acid
Corning sulphates of magnesia or EPSON
salts,) with portion of super-phosphate of
lime (made by dissolving bones in sulphuric
acid)-these, at the same time that they retain
the escaping ammonia, also add greatly, by
their own presence, to the value of the ma
nnrp
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1853-09-15
Uncertainty of the Law.

A laughable Illustration Of the heading Of
this article occurred in Illinois lately, as will
be seen by the following from the Peoria
News Mr.. B. was out hunting with his
rifle, and crossing the field Of Mr.. c., a Fren-
Gilman, Mr.. C.'s large dog attacked him saw
agely, while Mr.. G.. stood looking on, with
out attempting to call off his dog; B. getting
out Of patience, shot the dog, and he fell ap-
parently dead O. in high dudgeon, forthwith
got out a warrant, and had B. arrested for kill
ing his dog-swore to the killing, and was
corroborated by two Of his neighbors, who
were present at the shooting. The magistrate
fined B. ten dollars and costs, which amounted
to about ten more. B. paid the fine and costs,
and when the parties got home from the trial
the dog had got home also, and was not killed.
B. then got out warrant against the French
man and his two associates for perjury, in
swearing B. had killed the dog They were
frightened, and made peace with B., paid back
his twenty dollars, and ten more for his trouble
and no trial was had and when the parties re-
turned home from the last suit, 10 the dog
was dead