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Extraordinary Success
OF the Splendid Romance of American Life,
FASHION AND FAMINE.
BY MRS. ANN s. STEPHENS.
Alas, that voman's love should cling
To hearts that never feel its worth,
AS prairie roses creep and fling

"Alss, that woman's love should cling
To hearts that never feel its worth,
As prairie roses creep and fling
Their richest bloom upon the health"
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IN all its phases grades, and contrasts story OF
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Aaa1cuL1URAL PRODUCTS AED PROSPECTS,


That the drought has spread over an i'm
mense region Of the country, there can be no
doubt; and that prices will be held at the top
most notch for some time TO come we may we'll
imagine. Portions of Maryland and Virginia
have suffered seriously. We therefore deem it
a duty to prevent advantage being taken CT
any partial necessity, by keeping the public
advised Of the agricultural prospects elsewhere.
Crops in North Cdrolina-The editor of the
Portsmouth (Va.) Globe, who has lately been
through a large portion of North Carolina,
says the corn crop in that State this season
will be better average than there has been
for the last twenty years, the rains having fall
en- most opportunely.
New Orleans, August 3O.-One Of the editors
OF the Ptedyune says:
"We have just returned from most de-
lightfal repetition of.our usual summer tour to
the North, whittier VIC went alike for business
and relaxation, and where we passed few
weeks very agreeably, and, we trust, not IN
proftably. We were favored with delightful
weather throughout and saw on every hand
evidences of increasing prosperity. Here and
there the effects of long-continued drought
upon agriculture were visible; but, upon the
whole, we found tho hopes of the husbsndmsn
far outweighing his fears as to what is in store
for him in the coming harvest"
The Drought.-A correspondent writes to
the Norwich Courier as follows:
"As there is a great deal of croaking about
the famine that will grow out of the almost
unparalleled drought | will say that | have
been Gn observer of the seasons for thirty years,
and | have never known it to fail, that when
we have had an extensive drought in the sum-
mer, we have copious rains in the autumn, and
abundance of late fall pasture"
Wheat from Canada 1T is pleasant, during
the present prospect of dearth of breadstufc
in the United States, TO know that the yield Of
wheat in the British Provinces has been unusu
ally large, and that through the Reciprocity
treaty, ratified at the late session of Congress
it can be procured to supply our wants, with
ont the duty of twenty per cent which has
heretofore been imposed upon Canadian grain
This source of supply will be great relief moi
only to non producers but to many farmers
who will be obliged to buy breadstufs this
year for their own consumption.
1t was not anticipated, probably, by any o.
the parties to the treaty, that We should soor
want grain for domestic consumption from the
Provinces; but, such a contingency having nov
arisen, it illustrates, in striking manner, the
benefits of liberal commercial policy.
Toledo Republican.
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T. C.. ROBBINS,
Mechanical Engineer and solicitor Of Patents,

Mechanical Engineer and SOLICITOR OF ra'oH~,
washington, ID. c.,
WILL make Examinations at the Patent omce
w prepare Drawings and Specification, and pros
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States and foreign countries.
Applications for patents which have been T5ecfeo
at the Patent Office, he will when required, argue
before the Commissioner of Patents, or before the
Appellate Court in which line of practice he has
been successful In procuring great number OF very
valuable patents.
he will prepare new specifications and claims for
the reissue of patents previously granted on mPer
feet descriptions and claims.
Applications for excursions Of patents, either at the
Patent Office, before Congress, he will also vigor
ously prosecute.
Also, superintend the taking Of testimony to be
used in conflicting applications before the Patent VI
fce or to be read in court.
In all cases of litigation on the subject of patents
plain the scientific and mechanical principles irToy
cd and the application of the law thereto.
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and validity of patents, and may be consulted in
Of infringements Of patents, and all other mat
ters pertaining to the patent laws and practice In the
United States and Europe.
Also, prepare caveats, assignments, and all other
papers required for securing or transferring patent
property.
Having been ten years in the constant practice OF
his profession in this city, and having free access to
the models and records in tho Patent Once, as well
as TO its library and the Congressional Library"
he fatters himself that he in all cases give Fer
feot satisfaction to those who may place business In
his hands. March ZS-eoW
Office on street, opposite the Patent Office.
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ties have been fortifying Victoria, enrolling
volunteers, &c. Russian ships of war may,
however, find enough to do elsewhere
Pirates are very numerous In the China sea,
and frequent accounts are received of their
plundering junks and trading boats. Some
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nations.
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expect to hear the result Of his visit by the
next steamer from Shanghai. K.
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Virginia, we say, now is the time to buy.
There is yet much good land for sale in the
counties Of Lewis, Upshur, Braxton, Gilmer,
and the neighboring counties, the title to all
which is perfectly good. The climate is
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ment of the stock
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WASHINGTON, ID. C.
For the National Era.
HORSEBACK On THE HEIGHT.

1.
A round Of green
A bowl Of blue:
OF the world in whole, this round and bowl
Are all that meet my view.
II.
This round of green
Uneven green:
With distant waving lines Of wooded hills;
And gloomy glens, with hidden murmuring riIls I;
And silent sunny. upland fields, between:
Wheaton fields, Of wisp- bound grain,
shock'd slant or pitch'd on many high piled vain
Slow led, oft stopping ocr the yellow stubble-plan
oaten fields, that wait awhile,
Nodding vide,
Along the hillock's breezy side,
Down to the grassy meads, where whibest wild AOWen
emile:
And where the laughing rillsb
Escaping from the hills,
Smoothing their fretted rippes glitter as they glide
This round Of green
Tuftcd here and shaven there:
Forest black, or knoll'd in sheen;
And o! so fair,
So very fair,
With many shaded homestead, whitening all the
scene:
Cattle about Ia herds
LaEn-illuming poultry aal cave chatting birds:
Window bowers and blossoming trees,
Full of flashing humming birds and buzzing busy.
bees:
And, in the porches human eyes of fire
CHANGING at the lilded spre
Rising from the place of graves
Where the weeping willow waves
And, gathering to itself each pure desire
Pointing higher,
This round Of green
l. all of earth that may be seen.
That bowl of blue
No hills, rilisi gens, or fields no meads. or
homesteads there!
No place of graves,
Where the willow waves,
Or slimps, Of eiIded spire, in that better air
That bowl of blue
Transparent blue
seeming shape, but only hue,
With all the universe shining through:
All day-the sun, excessively bright;
The stars--aI night;
And, blessing all hours the meek moonlight
That bowl Of blue,
ETHEREAL blue
All smooth and hard it seems TO be,
see! see,
The outlet Of hope is there.
no refuge for hope il here
Could compass the whole Of this globe Of green,
In every part would be seen,
The place of graves,
Where the willow waves,
And death and despair have been
But, away ami away
By night OF by day
The spirit may fit through the yielding sky,
And fud the heaven,
Where sin is forgiven,
And none of the shrivcn
Can ever die
".
4 round Of green
A bowl Of blue,
OF tia world in whole this round and bowl
Are all that meet my view.
V
But-faith has a keener sight,
AMI livss in purer light
And to them who look at the upper world,
All is right
Baltimore, JUlg, 1854.
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~ attention paid to such claims az are marked
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OF the estern States. Address above, post paid
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ASTHMA CURED.

BROOKLYN, n. Y, Dee. 70, lss}
For about eight years have been severely al,l.
ed with the asthma; for the last two years fave
suffered hey ond all my powers Of description rlla
at a time 1 have not been able to sleep IN bel gs
ting what rest could sitting in my chair. Ny diff.
Guilty Of breathing and my sufferings we're g,,;
at times that for hours together nay friends EXPECTED
each hour would be my last During the past ii
years / have had tho aid and attendance Of some
the most celebrated physicians but have receivsiH
permanent benefit, and bat little relief l at lerg.
had the good fortune to procure DR.. Curtss Hygeal
or Inhaling Hygean Vapcr and Cherry Syrup. Al
the time first obtained it, was suffering underOu
of my most violent attacks and In great distress
alaost suffocating for want Of breath In less thai
ten minutes from the time applied the Inhaler t
my stomach, and took a teaspoOnful Of the Cherr
Syrup. / was relieved in great measure from III
difficulty ofbreathing, and had comfortable night
have since continued it with the greatest possibl
benefit, and am now comparatively we'll God on,
knows the amount of suffering this medicine has re
leved me from. My advice to the suffering IS
TRYIT MARGARET EAsION.
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CROCKER, McKUEE, q ROBINSON,
A TTORNEYS AND CO6NSELLORS AT LAW.
IA Ofhce Nos "a and IS in Read d Co.'s Post Office
Guiding, Sacram ento April l.
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IMPORTANT TO MILL OWNERS.


HAVING received my Letters Patent for an i'm
Il proved method of Dressing Millstones, am
now prepared to furnish Machines to Miers and
Mill Owners
the first trial. if he will try, dress pair of Burrs in
half the time that he do it with the common
hand-pick now in use and that the work done by
the machine shall be better than be done by nine
out of ten of the best handlers of the common pick
The machine makes a clean, clear, thread-like mark
and does not brittle up break the face of the stone
It be controlled at the will of the operator, in
stantly to make the most delicate lick one with
the force of ten pounds, if required Every practical
Miller knows that stone is only required to be dress
cd where the proof staff indcate7. This can be done
by the machine, matter how brittle or tender or
how close and hard the face or place en the stone
NAV be- the operator can face it down or touch as
lightly he plsascs There are three very good rea
sons for trying hem:
First. With fair USE the machine will last twenty
years Second 1t is complete within itself and will
not take Ave minutes, cost five cents to try it
Third. give with the machine thirty tools, or pick
blades which will last any two pair of stones to be
dressed twice a week, for two years, and then any
good smith can replace them for twenty five cents
apiece
I have used this machine in my mill for nearly
fourteen months to dress both the face and the fur
of two pair four feet French Burrs and there
has been hand-pick used Thorn in all that time
know that l make good yield, and think the
reputation of my mill will warrant in saying that
turn out frst-rate article of Flour.
have a medal awarded me for the invention Of an
ingenious and useful machine for Dressing Mstones
by the Commissioners appointed at the exhibition Of
the Worlds Fair, in the Crystal Palace, at New York
city, besides fattering certificates from all have
sold tho machine to.
Having recently obtained Letters patent, am now
prepared to furnish the machines and to sell State
county and shop rights.
10 All orders must state the diameter of the mill
stones and the size of the collar of the spindle The
price OF the machine, with thirty tools, is SIPS.
Address J. G. STANDS,
0'Fallon Mills, st. Louis, Missouri
ST. LOUIS MISSOURI, April rs, 1854.
This is to certify that have been employed in the
OFalon Mills for the last ten months, Miller du-
ring which time have had fair opportunity of test
ing Mr.. j. G.. Shandss Patent Milestone Dresser.
know, by experience with the machine, that there
not only economy in time and tools but the stone
may be kept in perfect face, and ine ever, sharp,
grinding dress put in less time and labor than
with hand picks besides it takes very little practice
to handle the machine, and any one who has expo
rience enough in milling to know what is required to
sharpen the face of stone for grinding very
learn to do good job with the machine.
June ely SILAs R. DULIN.
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A CHARMING ROOF.

r. ID. MUSsEY, M. D., w. HI. MUSSEY, Nj. ID.
CURGE0NS and Physicians, No. 20 West Seventh
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MOUNTAINEERING HARDwARE,AND FANCY
GOODS.

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Our stock has for years past been equal to and now
surpasses in variety and extent any similar establish
ment in tho country and will be sold at prices defy
ing competition.
The attention of Housekeepers and Merchants ia
invited to stock Of Goods and Prices before buy
ing. J.& Q. BERRIAN,
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