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Goal.

NOALS.-Peach Orchard, Red or White Ash,
- delivered from yard, Nu,, So Stove Egg. or Furnace
JACOB WEBS No. SIS Bo~ery and I'll Greene st.
NOAL.-.I. J.. WORTH, Coal Dealer, Yard cor
~ ptr Of Al AID Thompeon-stsi down town office No 81
Hslir. second siorJ in The rear
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The Seventeenth Anniversary Of the Franklin Lit
erary Association Is TO be held in the Bethesda Bap
ust Church, ChIyssie-st, thi. evening, Dec. a.
There is 10 charge Tor admission
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1urs.

CHEAPEST ard BEST FURS ia the CITY
~ FURS FURS. FUBS, and FANCY tArS sod CAPS
for CBlLDhEN-J. Il MONARQUE, No. 2l8 BOwery, in.
viffs tle Ladies call and mis- extensive
Of tUks Il every variety end style Also Ladies BLACK snd
sTsb Beaver Bonnes bark drab and white Beaver Hat for
misses and nIIs very richly tTmmtd pzn and fancy Hats
AZ Cas for boys &c, &C. &C Al of which he offering ~
very great bargains.
ID l. s. l. ANCY i u X ) -
- The subscriber invites public attention 70 his present
yvaed of Russian ard hudson Bay 5sbes stone
hstn bnk, Chnehils, mine, Lynx, Genet Squirrel,
Ho1 Mo9ban Aarten. and Fitch al manufactured expressly
Cor sIs esas city retail trade md AZ extremely moderate
psiceA GEO. bULfiN NO 81 Sroadwsy'
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CIPREME COURT-In the matter Of the

CUPREME C0URT.-ln the matter Of the
- Application Of the Mayor, AderDen and Cemmen.tI Of
n. CITY Of New relative the OfENISG and LAYING
OUT 81 rUBLIC SQUARE, knovs a. BLOC alNcDALk-
ners Of Esnste and Assessment m the sboveen
titled matter hereby notice to The owner or o~neis oe
sunsn or occupants a.. hoses and lots AID Improved and
.Dmproved ispds affected thereby and 70 al others whom u
nav concern as follows to wit:
fssT Tfst we have completed Estimate and Assss-
er< ana that al peoDs whose ineres are sseeted here
by and opposed e. the same DO prent Their Oh
sections writing duly verified 10 MOSS AAfSAsD U
DAVIEs No Il Wallet, in this city, or before hs 18Th
dsy Of December. 1854
Scoop That any peT,op persons who sonndef the
selves as,.v.d BY sd Estnst% and A's-ssneui wh Be
bcsra 10 oprosfipn 10 TIE before he Office Of
JOHN A WEEKS Nc Sc " al st., IN ssd city, at O'clock
p NJ on the 18th tty Of January, 1855
THsp That the Abstract Of the sal, Esn,,e and Asses
eIt tosether with and sso al the thdsvis ess
our report lave been deposited the Sweet Con nsion
e., Ofee Of the City and County Of New York there 70
main until the Sd OF February lsSa
FOURTH That the ls tsbfseed By the Asetsens sisre
ssd follows All thosr u land staAied IN the sad
cv bounded deseT ed and contain too%s thh 70
ss: On the north by the sorhery oe or SIDE Of 67st on
he .uh by norhey line ode VI sd Il the ~
by the westerly eide Of the tth .od oa The wet ~
lie es,ry line OF sise Of 18th Ard also al those other
certain lo pieces ard p.,ees Of land oGne on ihe
,oe a the 6ih between 10Th and eDth . And sro al
the lots oenf the westerly SIDE Of the lin Az eets
Bth and eothsi aorssad id out the said map 81 ins
ConnunssOneTs
FyTH Tha, osr repor herein viii be presented 70 the su
men. Court OF ihe STATE Of kevIort speeiA Icfr
hersof 70 held the City H, in TIE ssia city IN sAr
URDAY the Sd day Of February A D. 5 81 th opening Of
DE Curt on that and that then and there s1n there
,s5 s' sss- S: b Noes SaYSxRp ''c &
JOHN WEEK- s---s
JOSEPH S. YORK,
Vo,t W.. NJ 70
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} }2zE ?. H ~. 2;5!Spars 3o'--l''s'a'''
MICHAEL Ryan, ,y.sls

CIPRTME COURT-County Of CaharA ~,
IgtT Il. Hi.To DEFENDANTS: Yes =. hcrsss ~ a.
norss ,c .rsxer he complaint o. 49,. = -
psirfd O. st!vt cory u Ytli -. t-se.tv
A. , ilo,virs CsnrauT-s C-ctJ NeS H. a., n
dsys s.'er seTvcc oi iAs svl' .. ss-.ss -
,al,d tAs r a;r5 s7rl7 % ID Ca, ~ ~ a
I'D be- t-s e---'rt - - " - N
60 o. tie ga ~ Scverbet - A = -,
cif .sNfF4b
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fldveftis. ueut I

DAGUERREOTiPEs, CHEAPEST AND BEsf.-A
l.rse s1e fr, class Pctufs or 81 cea neatly fixed 81 No
SIS Broadway, corner Of Howard o. GAEsiNATi, ATtir
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-12-14

Will SAIrrrTIE ExFtoor IBIS ques5on WI
he de- ussed By Prof TCuey in lis lecture before
The Mercsutile Library Association tbs evening -
Clifton Han. TIE Pto.sssoTs last lecture wss very
vel srera.d .sd Is remarks, and tie .ceoaq Any-
rrr c1eerusn;., were q AZ Interesting hs-s-'e'.
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lAsy.rtisemsnti
lA1vsrsensentl

P.Vyv. CokElr3 Doors and sHOEs. foE tender fssL
No. SO Broe1.sy ,or q bIoeEssr. Ssr-foFs-
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Nr.errr'sLrcrrHI -TEeuis Faxes srioHrs
'e,tr-.s touicht. - the Tabernacle ca DlSTr
q CossfrI The eloquence u the lecturer. sad u e
60, n t. .h-.ct shozld I'll losss ., 49, 1oe
p. ~ ,. ,.s, -. 10y b HE =, s7q=s-aa.e Il
49, t.ss-e se7z-dr- 20 a. - ~ 7e--nA1sa'
-. 10 c,l;,,-,;. ,by-e n b-a BE bssri1-
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SMITH OBRIEs.-We notice in orr advertising
columns meeting called for tomorrow Friday
night, a; tie Tabernacle, TO adopt an address TO
Smith Bren. The NAMES appended 10 the cal
sbo. tia; great number OF sur mos, prominent
citizens are In the movement.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-12-14

GAS FIXTURES of splendid design aud hnish,
an. tweut, per cent cheaper Iaaa sAsT wholesale
slA retail tie nssllofy 81 JA,as o. AoTTET No. l4s
srS ~ Ptreest thiTs tlo-s vest Of brostuay
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-12-14

NEW JERSEY RAiLRoAD-CHAsGE OF TRAISs.-
The winie. arrangeuen; OF trans on the NeE-Jersey
Railroad commences the 18Th inst, when the A. NJ.
train for Philadelphia from New.York will be die
continued and ,econdclsss pesse myers carried in the
10 A. N. AT SO 25. Tho 81 p. II. for Philadelphis
wiz be changed to I p. NJ, end the y and p. II.
train from Philadelphia for N3F.York will be merged
N ore train, leaving Philad-lph at P II. During
the Obstruction Of the Delaware by ice, the 10 A. NJ.
and T. NJ from New.York will run to KensiDgton.
The alterations in The way trains few, as will be
seen By the bile.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-12-14

CUPREMR COURT.-In the matter of the sp-
- reston oftae Mayor Aee'nen an Cocaonsliy Of TIE
C,,v 81 Nv Yors ,isiive be OPENING OF ONE HUN
DRFD AND ThlRTY-ThlB0-sT., fron the tth-sv 70 ne
W. the rrdsr,rned Com scnsrs Of Estus;e and Asses
e In The sbore entitled matter. hereby sye notice 70 se
erer CT occupant or oecuren e. Az to-ss ano o,
..s improved ara proved Aros steeted thereby, and &c
~ ~ -, y ION Il u.sy concern. follows - Wit
AZ h.t ~ peroIs Interests s-et.d thereby e
-. be Opposed 20 TIE Dc preset az o3lecos
IN ~TiuH1 sry vti5usG. % JOHN HOLMES, Es9 ssI
-, IN ~ a. O.ce Of the CO<an -oteFs No d o.S-
t~r. .scorc ,aIy froE IoSaJ IA us ely es o. sei0fe
u fovfih o.y OF JttUAry. l-a \, - -,
ssoouS-Thst any p<Tsdn persons who nay en<s.asf
,s.tv.. sgtevee ,Ad Estimate snd A. ssseet VIII %
ke,re /, orru The SAME before 81 NE sane pAse a.
Ss,,e1oei f. NJ o. the i7ih Day of Jspg.Ly $50
ib,t ~ sl.-aet q he sad Estia.se snd Asses
t.,ther win or ard also a. the sndsvi-s esa-
-. - rttsr docNnrls hch were Used y a. u natns
=, h.ye h-er oePifec 10 tee stree tofn -s'eeE'
o he CIV aId county ss~ fefs, here . IcfaH =
ne faits embraced ~ tie Assess-n-r; sto-e
~ AZ. a. fclows All iho~ pieces 81 Avs ssssa " l-e
- - trurtit O. 10th sitss Ct Ose hunefeS ana Is1y
49, h.tueer IL westerly s1e o. TOE fsAA Az a2a sos
$3.50, - oStbs oS King. BIese Rs1e and eIie2frH %
- n-hsriy a. so1tAerly stes o. One hsn1se sc
, - r,,Scle The boess % ethcr Sc 70 -
80 r. o. report herein vt b Presented 70 me ~
- Of the StGfe e New Yea - 49, 80
r g. ~ kelS a. CITY EA n TIE $40 ~ % "a
90 A D., tso3 - ne op = %
n - n ~ esy N that thea AZ there o. . -,
%, ,see-I.si can Be bard, nit-aa VII e 1-S~s -
'''''' e j jqaE > H2 s1H6srs c.--lss..
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Me6ifai.

A LMlRA L. FOWLER, NJ. D., No. 137 Ea.t
"A 2lstst. New-YoTt.
RHEUMATISM.--I will take any man of his
~ eIgehs IN twenty four hours and tsk psy unu 60
u FENEk and ACUE og,fd 10 fnoa twenty forty
esbt hours O. 70 psy. All lssses incidental 20 hun
frame ef,ctus4ly cTIed IN shoi. time Dr. NOLAN.
No. " RflkMar.st Froat. p-s.slrt
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-12-14

Loss OF THE Arctic An investigation a. - the
loss OF this ship, and also Of tie ship New Fra, -
proceeding before the Grad Jury Of the u. s. Cir
cult Court. Mr. Josc hims-en, by request he sah Of
M Sherry, foreman OF The Grand Jury, yesterday,
Boved for an attachment agsins, one OF the h.ods
who had been on board, named Young, be having
been subpenaed az witness before the Grand Jury,
but cd not attend The attachment was granted
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-12-14

FOR CHARLESTON, s. C.-The superior
i side wheel steamship QUAKER CITY, J. II HoSsdon
TON, G, en- SATURDAY, Deesmbsr DC. At oScLeL A n.
Cabin passage, sn. Applyto HERON < MARTIN,
No. S7s North Whsrv.. Phi.d.lp5i.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-12-14
r. s. NAIL LINE for CALIFORNIA, vi;

TT s. MAIL LINE for CALIFORNIA, via
u. AsPINwALL sud PANAMA RAILRoAD.-0a
SaI;b river viii be dispatched he sect ssnhip
NORTH STAR, Captain Richard Wemsck, 70 Sf1aTct ,t
Psnsm- with the and superior steamship JohS L.
boat always KEEP, at Psuaus prevent detention
foi passage. spIy the COmPsu,soes Nc u Ws:;1s'
UIIPPER-SHIP HARVEY BIRCH Capt. Mel
u son for SAN FRANCISCO now losdins At Per No o
East and hayns asse PORTION Of hei cargo snsss' ana
II. Z HARVEY BIRCH oDs secs, .hIp' ever Soi.
Us 30 s;' :, :,, sP Tss.
sbpT.T. To- San Fr.nccO vii observe that the vessels Of
is he fpbh the o.dil fes after coming 70 ths
s ,nd not detained Gs f ss 'a No z IS%'
UI :. MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPARY-Fer
u. HAVANA ana NE ORLEANS GA aONDAY.
Dee AIR NJ. from pier foot OF y IN, Nv pI lss
.en l.c~ and ayors steamship CRESCENT 0iii CAP"
E.-.ss e .sssEss :as c:%g,9y s;: s e.,
SPECIE oul, taken on Freight % Us ana ,,f.L
sbPPtH YIN Ss supplied With slset s & sl sd ds .. SS
osher gBsd, and no Ellis OF !sdns viii Be snea Aef
fd s' isht or passage .r7y the oe. 0ePR.oy
No IN eest a., cor. q Wsrren. NJ O. KoBERIs,-
ORONWELLs BALTIMORE STEAMSHIP
u REaTWESTEAN AND SOUTHERN LINE
fAHkEs IEiN Ga aLkH6S F sSSsd Fp'Sf'
hoDNI ss So sS4E GEORGES GREEN. T0frES,
La. ,'s.Ssrs to'Ass oe~ B.eue,.
roe sra trace will be disp~lchee 0t eeA'''o
a.ly a. P NJ from pier No IS North Rive, -. -,
"a. sts.ners ran II connection With the BhEnoie s1a
Ohio R.ioad arc other railroads ~ est tSa sseN
oi renatle snd expedition. freight route for me WEI AZ
s.SI GtsS, A HALL 1t ss WI :, = ,s,g2Se
wi,hoe .asts ehAtse Apply - csP JOBS RiLEI
Per No IS. kor'h kiyeT
NOR CHARLESTON and FLORlOA-Seml-
" eeky L. ;. M. Line The stesnsnp sou TIE ~
DAY December is. Al oeioes, P N p,eSsso.s, IN =.
frsshi sTpy eoslt ~hsfe AZ bills Of 1~sAs ~" %
ae,.d ,rt for rasssgs o. TIE ohce 81
sPOFFOkD, TILESTOS & Co, No s. BroeA~sy
Tnrou.h to oda - follows. 10 JseS'osV4e s''
". NASHVILLE VII succeed. AID leave " EDNEsDAf,
xXTLRDLAW, WALKER 4 BURNSIDE,
w TscTogs ,nd COMM SSIOS MERCHANTS. ard
prcyIyiSG g. FORWARDING AGEAIS. CHARLES
1--WE BRITISH AND NORTH AMERICAN
ROYAL YAH sTrkNsHIIs
TEoX NAw TO LtN-AooL-
Ch.f Cabin PsssAEs
sseons Cstip Pss.ss, "
C1l.f CaAr 4.
seoood Csb'n fsssse. .'' .. -.
Ibtp y, c 10 To-. h., AWERICA Cspt J.ns
eetskSis 80 Ryrs EUROfA. Capt shsason,
asa 80 CO = q s. 1s Mao "a o.rt L-noA
n :. tes.es cary hle sEt A. @sN IeA-i s'7'e
n. a. -Aos-d how: 10 ga pr bow o., =, go
AMI AGA. Lana ie.v'' s's'as' $500 i7.A
n VII = 10 ,,sssshiP' O. tbs hoe i''n ~ Tx
ustil ~ ,hef BaiSs.
Bss.ls at . cclt6 uril Pas f3-
A - feriete ed surFeru 80 botra .-,t. L.. Ga
n, ~, u he.e b. seooor'a 'o "t
spx.r DO los stfcis 'tatfy; Fff'-s -, -. .s~---f
unIss. , q iadlrs are s.snee ta-iti'- '04 i@e Nc ~
D" .'.. .' ''''.s' 4 t6xARp y. 4sc-Has Green
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-12-14

L. AsPINwALL .ud PANAMA RAILRoAD-Oa
VT DNE sDAY Dec &c at Gcle ck from pier foot Of
Wsrsr at North River will be dispatched he feet snshp
NORTH STAR Captain Richard WGmsek, 20 : pnect II
Psnsrn- with the new and superior steamship JOHN L.
STEFHESS. . -. ,....
spMe sIwsys kept at PsuSms to prevent detention
In Gee Of accident ~, ,-,r
rOi TeAretVt eft's RAYMOND
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CLTPPER-SHIP HARVEY BIRCH, Capt.

u ,cn for SAN FRANCISCO, Ia now loading 81 Per No
Ea, River and havns portion OF her cargo ensseo ~
ssiYs a, hoard will have immediate dhp.sch
The HARVEY BIRCH 10 one Of the hnet shps ever ou'
N ~ couuy I'D uDasual inducements 70 saiPP7
6ssirous Of q ouch ssio ~ low rates $500, ,
shppsr. fOr Francisco vii observe ihs me Nessss
fhis Inc ph then loading few after coming 70 th7
berth sLd arr lot detained for want % freight bur have prom
S.ss,cb SUTTOS& Co, No. - WshsL
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1854-10-28
AN ECCENTRIC WILL.

Mr.. Railing of New Hampshire, was among the
victims of the last railroad accident between Bri-
ghton and London. His heirs, after having paid
him the customary funeral honors, did what all
heirs do in similar cases, opened the will Of the
deceased, to ascertain what share each was to have
in his posthumous liberalitics. As he had never
given n penny to either Of his relatives, during his
lifetime, .hey expected to be the richer, now thai
he W g no more. One may imagine the surprise
caused by the first line Of the will:
"This is my testament. give an bequcath all
my goods. present or future, movable or ininoya
Bile. in England or on the Continent, to that rail
road company on whose road | have had the happi-
ness to meet with death, that blessed deliyerance
from my terrestrial prison."
Further on the testator gives his reasons for his
! Lequcst. The idea had AIKEN firm possession of
! his mind that lie was destined to die violent death,
and the most desirable one in his view was that
caused by the explosion Of n locomotive lie tray
elcd, therefore, constantly ON the railroads in Eng
land, Belgium and France. There was not a sta
ton whore be was not known. All the conductors
were familiar with his peculiar costume. lie had
narrowly escaped death several times. Once he
was shut up in q car under water, another time he
was in the next car to the one that was shattered
and he describes with tho greatest enthusiasm
those terrible accidents, when he saw death so neal
without being able to obtain it. Disappointed in
Europe he went to the United States. lie made
frequent excursions on the Ohio. the Mississippi
the Ontario, the Niagara, but notwithstanding theii
frequent explosions, he returned with a whole
skin. lie was destined to be crushed under n cal
of the mother country. 1t il said that the relative,
will attempt to break the will on the ground Of
insanity, but it is probable that the railroad will
win the suit in suite Of the proverb that the muir.
dercr never inherits from his victim.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1854-10-28
FASHION.

EDIroRs LEADER What could exhibit q more
fantastical appearance than an English beau Of the
l4th century, He wore long pointed shoes, f asten-
ed to mis- knee by gold or silver chains hose of one
color on one leg and another color on the other
short breeches, which did not reach to the middle
of thighs-a coat, the one half white, and the
other black or blue; a long silk hood, buttoned
under his chin, embroidered with grotesque figures
of animals, dancing-men, &c., II and sometimes or.
namented with gold and precious stones. This
dress was the hight of the mode in the reign of
King Edward lII.-Htreey's History Of England.
y How would the clam-shell, belle.bonnets worn
by the Ladies' of 1854, compare with the shoes and
hoods of the boaus of King Edward III's time, as
it regards beauty, and reasonable adaptation?
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1854-10-28
MELANCHOLY MUSINGS.
DY WIN. O. HOWARD.

az would not live Away"
All why do we cling, with such fondness, to earth !
Its smiles are delusive aud short lived its mirthl
The objects we doto on--thc lovely ard true,
On Times rapid current are passing from view;
With the heetness of day
Thsy are falling away,
And nothing, no, nothing their progress can stay.
Why cling to earth it's fond friendships, tho
sweet,
Are as fragile as bubbles when rude pillows meet;
It's beauties are transient as sunsnt's rich light,
That dazzles n moment, then fades from the sight
Its lineaments wear
The deep impress Of care,
And beam with a wanton and treaelcrous glare.
Bv tho frosts Of old age whom the life blood is chill
cd,
And the pulses Of passion, once restless, are stille,
When the roses of beauty are nirpcd ny the frost
Aad the rcrvor Of youthful affection is lost;
Then why should we dread
10 lie down with the dead,
When the pleasures we coyct are withered and fed
From the bosom Of winter glad spring may arise
Enameld with flowers of delicate dyes;
The fountains may gush from their fountains away
And the woodland may thrill to the nightingale
lay;
But death only has powor,
When onr charms are all DER,
An immortal and glorious youth to restore.
Lady's Book.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1854-10-28

Coop ADVICE TO REApERs.-If you measure the
value of study by the insight you get into subjects
not by the power of saying you have read many
books, you will soon perceive that no time is 50
badly saved as that which is saved in getting thro'
Il book in a hurry. For if TO the time YOU have
given you added a little more, the subject would
have been fixed in your mind, and the whole time
proftably employed whereas, upon your present
arrangement, because you would not give a little
more, you have lost all. Besides, this is over
Looked by rapid and superficial readers-that the
best way Of reading hooks with rapiditv, is to nc.
quire thar habit of severe attention to what they
contain, that perpetualy confines the mind to the
single object it has in view. When you have read
enough to have acquired the habit Of reading With.
ont suffering your mind to wander, and when YOU
can bring to bear upon your subject a great share
of previous knowledge, you may then read with
rapidity before that, as yOu have taken the wrong
road, the faster you proceed, the more you will be
sure to err.-[Sydney Smith.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1854-10-28

WONDERFUL PREsERvATIoS.-Under this caption
a few days ago, it was stated that ELIAS BoUDINor
founder of the American bible society, in return.
ing home in a chase on Il dark night, had inadver-
tently crossed a wide stream upon the sleepers of a
briiS e after all its planks had been swept off by a
freshet. Remarking upon this incident the Boston
Post relates three similar cases. 1t says:
1.-The horse, by instinct, took the central sleep.
err and, the parallel sleepers happening to be at
the right distance, the wheels could not run off OF
them while the horse kept straight on.
I'VE have heard Of at least three cases of horses
crossing bridges n the dark from which the floor
ing had been torn off by flood or wind. In one
case a doctor was asleep on his horse in another
case the horse was urged to the dangerous
passage by a tipsy rider and the other the
rider was a very oil woman. but her horse was
a pacing mare, rs surefooted as II mule.
"Nodonbt there is an everything Providence,
and a good horse is an animal which deserves all
that can be said in his praise, and ought tie have a
paddock to feed in his old age, instead of being
killed for his skin"
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1854-10-28
TESTING MEDICINE IN EAYTI.

A commission merchant, who received n consign-
ment a new medicine from Boston, took a sample
to Hepburnes store one day, and asked him if he
wished 10 purchase, at the same time remarking
that he knew nothing of its properties. 1lepburnc
opened the box, smelt of it, took out a dose in his
fingers, and then turning to one of his clerks, Il
lean, sober-looking mulatto of about twenty years
old, called out, "Alfred come here Alfred adj
vancod. ~"llere, take this, twill do you good, -
said IIepburne, in his decisive way at the same
time, suiting the action to the word, he emptied the
dose into the open mouth Of the clerk. Alfred
swallowed it very mechanically, without the least
grimace or hesitation, and what was more strange,
without exhibiting the least apparent curiosity
about its properties and possible effects upon him
self. One might have supposed he had been bro't
up on it, he took it so kindly.
'iIcpburne then turned to my friend, and with
busincss-like brevity. said, 81 will let you know in
the morning, sir" Meantime, all the parties, in
Guiding the medicine, went about their business.
What the precise effect of his dose was. upon the
clerical vessel which had made this sublime eXhi-
bition Of passive obedience, | never learned, but
lIephurne next morning sent word that he wonld
take the whole invoice, from which | infer that il
was found to answer some useful purpose. / was
at first disposed to laugh at this mode of ascertain.
ing the merits Of a medicine, but a little reflection
convinced me that it was far more humane and
sensible to make these trials upon q well person,
as Ilepburne did. than upon an invalid, according
to the ordinary practice of the faculty in other
parts of the world. | hope the medicine men in
tho United States may profit by IIepburne's ex-
ample.