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Butte record., 1854-05-13

The n. @. Picaygne relates d funny
.ccne which happened in church. The
Sermon was ended, ard the clergyman,
who had been previously app1ized thai
his services would be wanted to marry
couple, dalled upon those wishing to be
united in the bonds Of holy natrimony to
step forward No ore responded to the
call, and after waiting awhile, TIC clcr-
gyman again called upon the parties VITO
wished to to be married TO step forward.
At this second Invitation, a young man
left his scat and placed himself before
the pastor The clergyman viii pored
to the youth that tie lady was di.ato7y ;
the young NAN agreed with him-the
clergyman suggested that the cercm ony
had better be deferred. The young man
thought not, and asked the clergyman if
lie didn't think the lady would be along
soon The clergyman, somewhat sur
prised, stated that be knew nothing about
the lady-the gentleman said that he
was in the same fx-the cl rcyman
wished to know why he came for'7ard /;
the gentleman answered that he did
so because lie wished 10 be married, and
the clergyman had called upon those
who wished to enter the the holy bonds
Of natrimony to step forward and he
being one Of that class responded accord
ingly. There WAS ''some lau1h' heard
leiore the bcnediction was pronounced.
Butte record., 1854-05-13

FRANKLIN on THE COPPER MIHEs Or
LAKE SUPERIoR.-It would seem from
the following extract Of a letter dated
May ! lS29, from Samuel Preston. of
Stockport, Pa, to the editor of the New
fork -Amerioan, that the existence Of
copper in the region of Lake Superior.
was known earlier than it is generally
supposed to have been, and that the
United States are indebted for its poss-
ession to DR.. Franklin:
''Dr Franklin told me that when he
was drawing the treaty of peace with
England, in the city of Paris, he had
access to the journals and Charts of a
corps Of French engineers, that had
sloops and were exp ploring Lake Supe-
rior, when Quebec fell to the British :;
from which charts he drew the line
through Lake Superior to include the
most and best Of the copper ore to the
United States that the time would come
when drawing that line would be con-
sldered the greatest service he ever rem
dered his country, and the copper ore be
Il greater source of wealth than anv 9TH
er nation possessed; that the facilities Of
transportion would be well improved so
as to export that copper ore to Europe
cheaper than they raised it from their
own mines"
Butte record., 1854-05-13
A Fact IN NATURAL H1sroRY.

A Fact IN NATURAL History. The
researches Of scientific men have shown
that some species Of crustacea, includ-
ing, among others, the ordinary barna>
cles which infest the bottom of our ships,
although blind, fixed and helpless as they
appear to US, are in their period Of youth,
active, sharp-sighted little creatures,
shaped somewhat Ike our water flea, with
long antenn1, which are provided with
cups at their extremities. Having passed
the period of youth, they begin to think
of settling down steadily in some chosen
spot for the remainder of their life BY
means Of their sucking cups they adhere
to some fixed OF floating body. In this
position lump grows out of their backs,
from the end Of which a sticky fluid is
poured out. which Clues them firmly to
the object to which they have attached
themselves. The functions of their suck
ing cups are thus rendered useless, and
the littlc animal glides down the declin-
ing days Of lis little stream of life, in
quiet, placid, contented enjoyment of a
new phase Of existence.
Butte record., 1854-05-13

uA Why DO reptiles zul'lq'g 50 rap-
idly Because there are so many c3'ers
amongst them
mr The editor OF Notes and Queries
thinks that the husband Of the celcbra-
ted Another Of Pearl" " must be tie
venerable Bede.
m The man who earns his living by
the ''sweat of his brow, complains that
il IS hard times when the mercury is get
ting down towards the zeros-
70 The celebrated Andrew MARVEL,
in his ironieal libel upon the press, SAID,
Lead, when moulded into bullets, Is
not half 50 mortal IS when founded into
into types"
no \ man Of most grave aspect, came
in and asked Us whether the "seat Of
war" was an armchair or a rocker We
replied. Gan ottoman" upon which he
lifted up his hands and eyes, and 50 de-
parted
81 "Six feet IN his bootsi'' exclaimed
Nrs. Partington. "What viii the i'm
portance of this world come to, l won
der Why, they might just as reason
ably tell lae that the man had SIX heads
IN his hat ?"
E9r The surest way to prevail On a
young couple to marry, is to oppose them.
Tell them you would rather see them
in their graves" and twelve months az
tcrward their baby viii pass you twice a
day in 4 willow wagon
~ Our possessions ayc wholly in our
performances He owes nothing L whom
ths would -we. nothing
Butte record., 1854-05-13

EXTREME TEsT-f you wish to as.
certain the temper Of young lady, look
at her nails, and the tips of her gloves.
If they are jagged and much bitten, you
may be sure she Is pccyish, irritable,
quarrelsome, and too ready to show her
teeth at the smallest provocation This
is an infalliable test that every iIl-tem-
percd young lady carries at her fingers
ends
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- Though nothing can be more
calling to a generous spirit than to be
placed under the obligations by mean
ness, it is purely delightful to be behold
en- to one Of its own calibre. Charity is,
then, twice blessed, when the giver and
the receiver are equally elevated above
the selfish and sordid feelings of vulgar
humanity.
Butte record., 1854-05-13

MoxlED BEAUTIEs--The Servain
maids wear golden coins strung around
their necEs, as ornaments, which jingle
as they dance What music this must
he in the ears Of fortune hunters Ii is
estimated tina; the women Of Brl5rade
alone, wear about tLer persons, in gold
pieces taken directly from tie e;rcula-
ting medium, million sterling s.,
when the money is eight" we suppose
the Servains put their ladies into circu-
lation
Butte record., 1854-05-13

rs \ gentle heart Is Ike ripo fruit
which bends 50 low .ha- i Is I the meT-
cy Of every ona who chooses - pluck i,
vhlo p harder ~ keep IT freach
Butte record., 1854-05-13

The Chinese are said te have labored
for Centuries ualer Tie creates; 4bar-
rassmcnt from not knowing now to make
barrel. They could do every part but
one without any difficulty. They could
make the slaves and set them Up, and
hoop them in, they could make the head,
and put one Of them in and indeed, with
the help Of a man inside they could put
the second one in \; bu; how to get the
man out after the blrrel was heated up,
tia. was problem they could not solve.
Butte record., 1854-05-13

Is She that mrrries man because
Inc Is "a good matchn must not be sur
Iprised if b. tnrag eut "Lueifer
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a Curious CAsE.-The Conneaat
{Ohio) Reporter mentions the re-marriage
at that place, on the 18th Of February.
of Mr.. Elias Jones and Mrs. Della Swap,
the same parties having been married in
1922, against the wishes of relations
Previous to the birth of their second son,
in the absence of Mr.. Jones, his wife
was induced BY her relations to desert
her home. Mr.. Jones Immediately went
to sea, when Mrs. Jones, suPposing her
husband to be dead, married Mr. Swap,
and became the mother of two children
After space Of twenty-five years, Mr..
Jones returned, and learned that bis two
sons were living, and that his wife was
then . widow. Mr. Jones, with lis two
sons, paid a visit to the partner Of his
youth, end they were REMARKED, as
above stated
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NUMBER q.
a CURIOUS STORY

The Paris correspondent Of the Gin
cinnati Gazette, in his letter Of February
10th says:
\ curious story is told at this moment
Of 4 second Joan of Arc who has ap-
peared in the Turkish army. 4 girl
named Cara, a descendant Of Soliman
Pacha, formerly Governor of Moroch,
in Asia, arrived lately at the city of
Adana, on her way TO Constantinople =
She marched at the head cf 4 corps ot
irregular cavalry ; many persons tried to
persuade her 70 abandon the strange en-
teTprise but nothing shook her courage
or her resolutions to combat the enemies
Of her country. Some person thought
to intimidate her by saying that if she
was determined to remain in the army
she must give . trial of her skill by an
assault at arms The Governor Of Ada
IA, who was informed Of the fact. ordered
that the young girl should be brought
before him, and he asked her if she still
perslstedin in her reso luton She respon-
ded in the Affirmative, and added that
she would engage willingly in the trial
at arms to which they had said she must
submit, provided they would give her for
an adversary the bravest and most vigor
GUS of the ?, 600 cavaliers of which the
detachment was composed. The combat
took place Immediately, and after q con-
test OF some minutes, the cavalier chosen
for her adversary was disarmed by the
young girl and declared vanquished--
The Governor then ordered that she
should be regularly enrolled, counted
her down 1900 piastres, (S75,) and
gave the rank Of officer to her brother,
who served IL an inferior grade.
Butte record., 1854-05-13

10 It is said that forty-eight hours
oftotal abstinence from liquids Of all sorts
will kill cold entirely; and he who tries
this remedy may go out into the air, and
the more the better; for the more he
walks and creates exhalation from the
skin, the more thoroughly he breaks the
bank on which the nose and throat and
lungs rely for the means of making them
selves troublesome. Those who have
occasion had better try it.
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RATHRR Mr.. Choate is
said to have once described the boundary
line between Rhode Island and Massa-
chusetts in this language: ''Why," said
he, ''it is like standing at bush, starting
from thence TO blue jay, from thence
to swarm of bees in swarming time,
from thence to three hundred foxes with
fre-brands At their tails.n
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rs A piece of wood burns; because
it has the matter for burning in it, A
man comes to be famous, because be has
the matter for fame within him. To
seek for, or hunt after fame, is a vain
endeavour. By clever management, and
various artificial means, man may in
deed succeed in creating for himself a
sort of name. But if he lacks real in
ward value, all his management comes to
naught, and viii scarcely outlive the day.
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s@- We are indebted 70 the sec,e,a.

~ We are indebted to the Secre.a-
ry-samuel Gregory, M.D.-for copy
of the Fifth Annual Report of the Fe-
male Medical Education Society, and
the New England Female Medical Col
lege. The Female Medical College is
an institution that should receive the
hearty good wishes and support of every
man and woman who has the highest
interests of mankind in view. No argu-
ment is necessary to prove the peculiar
fitness and adaptedness of females for
the medical profession in certain cases,
and this institution is calculated to fit
females for that profession. But this
fact is so fully set forth in the Report,
that for the benefit of our readers, we
will give an extract next week. The
report of the financial affairs show a
healthy state of the institution.
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eB At an adjourned meeting of the citizens
Of Mystic River and Mystic Bridge, in favor Of
a Free Bridge across Mystic River, held in Floral
Hall, on Wednesday evening, the 10Th inst,
Messrs. Charles Mallory and George Eldredge,
IA committee appointed at previous meeting
to confer with the Stockholders of the Mystic
Bridge Co., and ascertain upon what terms the
Bridge could be purchased, offered Report
which was accepted by the meeting. The
meeting then
Resolved, That we, citizens of Stonington
and Groton, represented in this meeting, deem
it the duty of the two towns to accept the pro-
posal of the Mystic Bridge Co.
Voted, That Committee of two from each
town be chosen to prepare petition to the Sc
lectmen OF the towns to call Town-meeting ia
consider the proposal of the Company. Chas.
Mallory and George Greenman, Esqrs., of Ston.
ington, and Col Amos Gift and K. A. Brown.
Esq, of 'Groton, were appointed this Commit.
tee. ..t
Toted, That Report of the meeting be
published in The Literary Echo, Westerly,
the Chronicle and Democrat, New London,
and .4drertiser, Stonington. ~
poted, To adjourn one week.
Attest-THOS W. RUSSELL,
Clerk of the Meeting.
Mystic, April Is, 1854. b.
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s9~ The Ursuline Convent bill has
been most efectually put to rest by the
Massachusetts, Legislature, the majority
against it being 16o. Mr.. Russell of
Boston ably opposed the bill. He quoted
the 10th section of the Bill of Rights to
show that " Each individual of the
Society had a right to be protected by
it in the enjoyment of his life, liberty
and property, according to its Standing
laaos," and this protection the Ursuline
Convent had not, as it was not organized
in accordance with the principles of
standing laws, or on any principle with
which the people of this Commonwealth
could be brought to sympathize. Mr..
Russell proceeded to argue that the
State had no right, under the circum-
stances, to indemnify the sufferers by
that demonstration of popular reproof of
anti-republican principle and this the
more particularly because no person of
the Catholic faith had originated this
requirement on the delibcration of the
House. s.
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b@ THE Woonsocket Patriot comes
to us this week enlarged and improved.
The price has also been put up to So a
year in advance-cheap enough. The
Patriot is the largest and decidedly the
best executed paper in this State, SO far
as the mechanical department is con-
cerned, and we think we may safely add
the editorial department also. II almost
makes us envious to look at the large
beautiful sheet. All! could we look
into the mists of the future and behold
the Echo assuming the size and appear
ance of the Patriot, we should labor with
a cheerful heart Well, we can but toll
on while we "hope on, hope ever"
Meanwhile we say, success to brother
Foss.
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Holio,cay's Pulls an Efficient Cure for
Diseases of the chest. and Inflammation
Of he Lungs.-Mr. John Schoonenberg, of
Paramaribo, Surinam, had suffered for a
considerable time from a severe cough.
pains in the chest and side, and ultimately
an inflammation of the lungs, and great
fears were entertained that he was in a.
deep decline. After the best endeavors of
some OF the most eminent doctors had failed
to cure him, he tried Holloway's celebrated
Pills, which have restored him to perfect
state of health and so satisfied is he of the
result that he strongly and confidently re-
commends their use to all who suffer from
similar complaints. -
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WASHINGTON, S.,
Clerks Office, Court Of Common Pleas,
aprH II. 1854.
Whereas, ABELF. PALMER, of Westerly.
in the County of Washington, House Carpenter.
has filed his petition in this Office, against
SAMUEL SLOCUM, yeoman, alias laborer, of
said esterly, representing that on the 10th
day of November, 1858, the said Slocum was
indebted to the petitioner in the sum of one
hundred and twenty-six dollars and forty-nine
cents for certain work and labor performed for
and at the request of said Slocum in and about
the building of a certain dwelling house on or
near the highway leading from Pawcatuck
Bridge to Boom Bridge, upon lot of land
owned by Truman Lanphere, in said Westerly,
bounded on the north by land of Truman Ian
phere, south and west on land of Pardon Lewis
and on the east by the highway; and claiming
a lien upon said dwelling house and the inter.
est OF said Slocum in said land by virtue of an
act entitled an act securing to mechanics pay-
ment for repairs and Improvements by them
made upon real estate, and praying that said
lien may be enforced against the same and that
the said house and premises may be sold to
satisfy his said account, and all other accounts
and demands for which the same is pledged and
liable, by virtue of said act.
Notice is therefore hereby given to all per-
sons having lien by>virtue of the act entitled
an act securing to mechanics payment for re-
pairs and Improvements by them. made on real
estate, or mortgage, or an attachment, or any
other claim on all or any part of the property
described in.said petition, to appear before the
Court OF Common Pleas to be holden at South
klngstown, within and for the County of WASH
ington, on the secord Monday of May, 1854,
ana make out their demands against the same !:
also then and there to show cause, if any they
have, why said lien shall not be allowed and
enforced by said Court for the amount claimed
$3.50 L. H. CHANPLIN, Clerk
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S~ The sixteenth of April-("s so
called because the flowers open during
this month")--and snow from six to
twelve inches in depth. The flowers
may be opening for ought we know to
the contrary; but if they are they must
have a dreary time of it down there under
their frosty winding sheet. We heard
Robin attempting to tune his pipes,
this morning, but the poor fellow made
sorry piece of work of it. 1t really
sounded as if either he or the clerk of
the weather had mistaken their reck-
oning.
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND, &C.,
WASHINGTON, ss., ~ -ffSfssk
= = Clerks Office, 80 -

WASHINGTON, S., 40 -ff-t-sss
El' CLERKS ofiee, cii y |,
Court Of Common Pleas, .9prii II, 1864. :
WHEREAS, Charles Maxson, > William
Maxson, Jonathan Maxson. and Benjamin
W. Bentley, House Carpenters, in company
transacting business in Westerly, under the
name, style and firm of C. MAXSON l. CO.,
have filed their petition in this Office against
SAMUEL SLOCUM, of said Westerly, yso-
man, alias laborer, representing that on
the 3lst day Of October, 1858, the said Slo-
cum was indebted to the petitioners in the
sum of two hundred and thirty two dollars
and sixty five cents, for certain materials
furnished for said Slocum in and about the
building and construction of o certain
dwelling house upon land owned by Truman
Lanphere, in said Westerly, bounded on the
north by land Of said Lanphere, west and
south by land of Pardon Lewis, and ON the
east by the highway leading from Pawca-
tuck Bridge to Boom Bridge, and claiming
lien upon said dwelling house and the in
terest of said Slocum in said land by vir
tue Of an act entitled an act securing to
mechanics payment for repairs andimprove-
ments by them made On real estate, and
praying that said lien may be enforced
against the same, and that the said house
anu premises may De sofa TO satlSly tnelr
said account, and all other accounts and
demands for which the same is pledged and
liable by virtue of said act
Notice is therefore given TO all persons
having lien by virtue Of the act en-
titled an "act securing to mechanics
payment for repairs and improvements by
them made on real estate" or mortgage,
or an attachment, or any other claim
on oil or any pa.t Of the property mention
ed in said petition, to appear. befors the
Court Of Common Pleas to te holden at
Kingston within and for the County of WASH.
ington, on the second Monday of May 1854,
and make out their demands against the
same; also, then and there to show cause il
any they have, why said lien shall not be
allowed and enforced by said Court for the
amount claimed.
a3tl60 E. H. CHAMPLIN,. Clerk
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mense advantage; and it is thought by many
able men, that it will save US from financial
crisis. Be that as it may, there is one thing
certain, and that is, that the proprietors of the
New Cheap Cash Store, on Main Street, for
merly occupied by VIM. E. Coe & Co., are al
most daily receiving new goods from Boston &
New York such as White Grape Shawls, and
Visites in Plain and Watered Silks, new Dress
Silks, besides large assortment of Dress and
Housekeeping Goods, from which the most
fastidious can select, and at prices which the
most economical cannot find fault with.
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bS The slave hunters appear to b

~ The slave hunters appear to be
particularly busy in Wisconsin. at the
last accounts they were in pursuit of a
female about "a years of age, nearly
white, and beautiful, who has been re-
siding for some time in Kenosha. But
the matter somehow got out, and when
the kldnappers arrived in that city, the
bird had flown, having taken the express
train for Canada several hours previous
to their arrival.
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Sick Headache.

Rock Rose Co. From early childhood 7
have been subject to severe periodical attacks
OF Sick Headache, at times rendering me unfit
for my household duties. For the last two
years l have been very weak and had little or
no appetite, but by the use of your Extract of
Rock Rose, my general health is much improv-
ed, my appetite is good have no more head
ache, and | feel better and stronger than have
TOP years before. Mrs. C. II. WEBSTER.
New Haven, Sept. IA, 1852. a
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lAdvertisements.1

~ BY the latest advices from Europe, it
would seem that the Russians have crossed the
Danube in several places, and that the French
and English Governments are both preparing
to back their position with strong arguments
and are throwing their whole energy into the
matter. All Europe will undoubtedly be drawn
into the quarrel, while our own country, re.
naming at peace with all nation, win reap i'm