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Nebraska palladium. [volume] (Bellevieu City, Neb.) 1854-1855, 1854-12-27

numerous certificates and letters from dlstlns
guished physicians, citizens, agents and otReIrs
who have used the medicine, enable us TO sS65
s~tantiate the above facts; mllionsof bottles 81 n
are yearly consumed, and it has always gly2g
satisfaction. ,I
TO COUNTRY MERcHAYrs.-Every store shoIs
he snpnlied with this valuable l~inlment, as Y
pays a good profit and sells rapidly.
PRIcEs OF H LINIMENT.-it Is pW " "
bottles Of three sizes, aud retails at 20 cents, ~
cents and 81 per bottle. The % ceqt aGa Pns
dollar bottles contain 90 and loO per GEM u ~
%Iinimapt. in proportion TO their cost, SO thes
money Is saved BY buying the lager sizes.
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Principal offices, cor. Fhird AID Market SIS,
St Louis. and 3O4 Broadway, New York,
For sale by P. A. SARPY, st. Mary, apd s&f.
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medicine everywhere. aug 9t-Ay
Nebraska palladium. [volume] (Bellevieu City, Neb.) 1854-1855, 1854-12-27

We offer this linipenta Is a remedy in the vari7
Gus diseases and complaints for winch isFe7
commended with full confidence OF lis success
in curing them.
The following is q list Of tacnumerous snde's
traordinary cases it has cured during the lag
few month:
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1854-05-16
The Ages of Animals.

The English Cyclopedia gives the following
modes Of determining the age of animals -
Amongst domestic animals the age may be
Judged by the presence, absence, or change o
certain organs in the body. The age of the
horse is known principally by the appearance
of the ncsion teeth, or, as they are technical
ly called, the nippers. In cattle with horns
the age is indicated more readily by the growth
of these instruments than by the detrilion and
succession of the teeth. The deer kind, which
shed their horns annually, and in which, with
the single exception of the reindeer, they are
confined to the male sex, have them at first in
the form of simple prckets without any branches
or autlers; but earh succeeding year Of their
lives adds one or more branches, according tu
tn. species, up to a cerain fixed period, beyond
which the age of the animal can only be guess
ed at from the size Of the horns and the thick.
ness of the burr or knob at their roots, which
connects them with the skull. The horns OIL
oxen, sheep, goats, and antelopes, which are
hollow and permanent, are of very different
form, and grow in different manner from
those of the deer kind. These, as is well
known, consists of hollow sheath Of horn,
WHICH CoNelS uouy CoIe VI ploCeSS VI She
skull, and grows from the root, where it re-
eeves each year an additional knob or ring,
the number of which is a sure indication of
the animals age. The growth Of the horns in
these animals is by no means uniform through
the whole year; but the increase. at least in
temperate climates, takes place in Spring, after
which there is no further addition till the fol-
lowing season. In the cow kind the horns ap-
pear to grow uniformly during the first three
years of the animals life; consequently, up to
that age they are perfectly smooth and without
wrinkles, but afterwards, each succeeding year
adds ring to the root Of the horn, so that the
age is determined by allowing three years for
the point or smooth part of the horn, and one
for each of the rings. In sheep or goats the
smooth or top part counts for but one year, as
the horns of these animals show their first knob
or ring in the second year of their age; in the
antelope they probtbIy follow the same rule.
though we have very little knowledge of their
growth and development in these animals
There are very few instances in which the age
of animals belonging to other classes, can be
determined by any general rules. In birds it
may be sometimes done by observing the form
and wear Of the bill and some pretend to dis,
tinguish the age of fishes by the appearance Of
their scales, but their methods are founded on
mere hypothesis. and entitled to no confidence y
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1854-05-16
.N:UMBlE7HI|D. ]

ted States, but IS llmItntion on the grant of :
power to raise money by taxes. duties and i'm.
posts, Mr.. Pierce remarks that the several States,
many of which have already made ample fro-
vision tor the INDECENT insane, and other classes
of unfortunates, and all proceeding to provides
for them-wl he led by the passage Of the
bill to abandon their schemes of charity, and I
the fountains of benevolence be dried up at
home.
Mr.. Pierce next directs the attention of the
Senate to the third section of the fourth arti.
Gle of the Constitution, and to the provisions
of the sixth article. The third section of the Z
fourth article is: "The Congress shall have
power to dispose of and make all needful rules
and regulations respecting the Territory or
other property belonging TO the United States;
and nothing in this Constitution shall be SO
construed as to prejudice any claims Of the
United States or of any particular State" The
sixth article is: All debts contracted and en-
gagements entered into, before the adoption of
this Constitution, shall be as valid against the
United States, as uunder the Confederation"
twas decidedin the Conveutiono Of 1887, and
Congress was by it empowered to dispose Of,
&c, the Territory and other property of the
United States. The only territory then be-
longing to the United States was that recently
ceded by New York in 1881, by Virginia iny
1884, by Massachusetts in l7s5, and by South
Carolina in 1881.
The cession of Virginia provides that the
lands so ceded shall be considered common
fund for the use and benefit of such of the
United States as have become or may become
members Of the Confederation or Federal al.
lance, and shall be faithfully and bona tide dis.
posed Of for that purpose, and for no other use
or purpose whatever. The object for which
these lands are to be disposed Of is clearly set
forth and the power to dpose Of them con.
templates such disposition only. The bill is in
violation Of the faith Of the government, pledged
in the Act of January %, ls47. The nine
teenth section of the Act provides that for
the payment of the stock created under this
Act, the sales of the public lands are hereby
pledged" &c. The debts then contracted are
not yet paid, and the language of this nine
teenth section and the obligations Of the Uni.
ted States, under it, plainly require that the
sales of the public lands cannot be applied to
other purposes, at least so long as these debts
| continue to exist.
Our limits will not allow US to continue the
abstract. The message is an excellent State
paper, and shows that President Pierce is sound,
touching the various measures before Congress
donating, in fact, squandering the public lands.
and that, should they pass Congress, he will
veto them all.-Columbia Times.
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1854-05-16

eclipse will cross the western part of the At.
lantic ocean, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hamp.
shire, Vermont, New York, Upper Canada,
Lake Superior, Northwest and Washington
Territories, and thence through the southern
edge of British America to the Pacific ocean.
The central line of the eclipse will enter New
England near Portsmouth, and its path will
extend sixty two miles on either side. Bos.
ton will fall within it's path. TO those On the
central line the sun will appear, during the
middle Of the eclipse, like huge circle Of
light, the moon covering every part except a
very narrow rim on the outside. In Boston
the appearance will be much the same, only
the rising of light'wi be wider on one side
than on the other. The central path Of the
eclipse will be from Kittery, opposite Ports
mouth, in. northwcsterly direction, through
the towns of Dover, Darlington, Pittsfeld,
Canterbury, Franklin, Hill, Grafton and LIE,
bannon. The eclipse will, however, be visi.
BILE, to greater or less extent, IN all parts of
the North America excepting Guatemala and
the southwest part of Mexico. 1t will also be
visible in Ireland. Greenland, Northern Russia
parts Of Sweden and Norway, the eastern part
of Asia, the West Indies, and in the northern
countries of South America.
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1854-05-16

Be thoughtful, young men and women Of our
land, ere you plunge into an abyss of widest
woe; for gilded as is the brink-enticing as the
path downward appears-the flowers must
vanish and the throne alone remain. Remem-
Der that life is but shadow which casts aweird
light over earth's brightest objects, and the
momen. wiH come-too soon alas for many
uuprepared hearts, when the illusions which
conventiopaity creates will disappear, and
your soul behold Uniuerse in its real aspect
That the number of those who are only AVA
kened to sobriety by Gods frown may be few,
is the forvent prayer Of the writer.
albany Courier.
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1854-05-16
3,963,OOO 3,65O,0o0
Total,
PRICES.

As this estimate is about 100000 bales
above the probable demand at present prices,
according to the estimate given above, it would
seemspossible to sustain the rates at which cot.
ton is now selling. The stocks are already
large on account of the immense production of
last year. On the first of September the
amount of old cotton in our ports was 1885,
64s bales against 81, ,l46 for the year 1852
On the first Friday of October, it was in Liv-
erpoo 770,770 bales against 506, $40 in 1852.
At Havre it had increased, by October the
18th, to 53,5s6 bales over the preceding year.
The accumulation at these places having ad.
vanced more than $50, 900 bales during 1853,
furnishes a proof that the large crop Of the past
year has not been consumed. The great de.
fcency in our receipts at the seaboard, for the
early part of the present season, and of our ex.
ports to foreign countries, does not permit the
enhanced amount Of stocks to be now so up
parent as it otherwise would be.
Since then, the stocks increased largely in
1853, and promise to continue to advance still
more for the present year, it would seem i'm
possible that the market price for cotton should
continue above tie average rates. For the
last fourteen years, from 1910 to 1853, the av.
erage price has been cents and mills. The
exports to foreign ports for the first ten of
these years, amounted in all to Ills millions
ofpounds; for the last four they have been
3,57O millions. The value Of the first ten was
552 millions of dollars of the last four, 3sl
millions. For the whole period, l0,69s mil
lions of pounds were exported for 9Ss millions
of dollars, giving the average price just men.
toned. The present price at Charleston, (De.
cember 9th, 1857 for middling is Ola, and
for good middling 10 cents.
Those rates being decidedly above the aver
age, cannot well be maintained in the face Of
the large supply and the diminished demand,
while food remains dear and money, scarce
while actual war is raging btween Russia and
Turkey, and imminent danger of general hos
tiities impends over the principal States Of
Europe. The large demand in the United
States, both for the raw material and English
cotton goods-the immense trade opened in
Australia, and the general prosperity in the
English colonies, and in Mexico and South
America, will prevent serious decline. But
that prices must fall below the average of past
years, appears to be plainly foreshadowed by
the history of the past, and the circumstances
under which the year opens.-DeBOws Re-
view.
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1854-05-16

LIFE AS IT Is.-Let US make an excursion
down the street and see what we can learn
Yonder is the wreck of rich mans son. He
was permitted to grow up without employ
ment, went and came as he pleased, and spent
his time in the qualification of spontaneous
passions, desirous and inclnations, with no one
to check him when his course was evil or en-.
courage him in the ways of wisdom. His ia
ther was rich, and TO. that reason the son
thought he had nothing to DO, no part in hon.
est labor to perform.
Well, the father died, and the son inherited
q portion of his abundant wealth, and having
earned money by honest toll, he knew not the
value of it, and having no knowledge of busi
ness he knew not how to use it, so he gave loose
reins to his appetites and passions, and ran at
q rapid pace down the broad road to dlssiPa-
tion. Now behold him brokendown man,
bowed with infrmity, a mere wreck OF what
he was both physically aud mentally. His
money is gone, and he lives on the charity OF
those whose hearts are open with pity. Such
is the fate of scores and hundreds and thous'
ands that are born of,fortune.
Aud there, on the opposite side in that com
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1854-05-16
The Veto Message.

President Pierce has returned to the Senate
the body in which it originated the bill, en-
titled can act making grant of public lands
to the several States for the benefit OF indigent
insane persons" with his objections which have
required him to withhold his approval. He
says he has been compelled, in the performance
of this duty, to resist the deep sympathies OF
his heart in favor of the humane purposes Of
the BILL
After stating the several provisions of the
bill, President Pierce urges, asa fundamental
objection to its enactment, that it is vlolatIve
of the Constitution. 1t cannot be questioned,
that if Congress have power to make Provl.
sion for the INDECENT insane without the limits
of the District of Columbia, it has the same
power to provide for the INDECENT who are not
insane, to provide hospitals and other local es-
tablishments for the care and cure Of every
species Of human in6rmity, to maintain the de.
pendant, the orphan, the sick or the needy, and
to discharge, in short, all the duties of phiian.
thropy and benevolence, which devolve upon
the separate Stales, or corporate institutions or
private endowments. For, however worthy
may be the present object in itself, it is only
one of class, and is not exclusively worthy
of benevolent regard. And if Congress may
and ought to provide for the INDECENT insane,
what can be said, if Congress is called on to
minister to the necessities of other glasses OF
INDECENT persons? If the power be once de.
liberately assumed, the general obligation will
be, by that act, acknowledged, and the ques
ton of means and exredency alone be left for
consideration. The decisionupon the princi-
pie in any one case determines it for the whole
class of INDECENT and destitute persons, and
thus Congress will become the great amoner
of public charity throughout the United States.
After a cursory glance at the eighth section
of the Constitution, which gives Congress the
power "to lay and collect taxes, duties, i'm
posts, and excises to pay the debts and to pro-
vide for the common defence and general wei.
fare of the United States" expressing the opin.
ion that it is not substantive general power
to provide for the general welfare of the Uni.
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1854-05-16
PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY
THOMAS J. WARREN.
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The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1854-05-16
The EoL1psE.-The Boston Journal thus

The EoL1psE.-The Boston Journal thus
speaks Of the eclipse of the sun, which is to
take place on the 26th of the present month:
1t will commence at thirty three minutes past
4 o'clock in the morning, and continue two
hours and four minutes, or until about twenty
three minutes before 7 o'clock. So our rea
ders will have to rise betimes to see it. In this
eclipse the apparent diameter of the moon
compared with that of the sun will be about as
ls to 10 and consequently some nine.tenths Of
the sun will be covered. The path of the
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1854-05-16

Sd these countries will produce not less than
100000 bales.
For the last year the consumption of the
United States has advanced from 603, ,029 bales
to GIL, ,009. The general prosperity of the
New England manufacturers, and of the coun'
try at large, warrants the anticipation Of an
increase in this demand. The stringency in
the money market, and the decline in the prob
able demand for expectation to China, will be
more than made up by the increased popula.
ton of our country, the prosperity of the farm
ers on account of the high price of breadstufs,
and the abundant crops which have generally
rewarded the labors of the husbandman. For
the coming year the wants of our manhfactu-
rers will probably reach 100000 bales
The following table contains an estimate of
the consumption for 1854:
Wants of Great Britain, bales. 80. 100000
Wants of France. .................5o0 .5o0,OOO
Wants of United States. s............ 100000
Wants of other Countries. ........ 100000
Total. o,%ou,Oou
The supply from all sources viii probably
reach 3,650,OOO bales, against nearly 1000, 600
for 1853, as appears from the following table
Estimate for 1853, 1854.
United States, Bales. 3,263,000 100000
East Indies, 100000 4O0,O00
Other places, 100000 250,0O0
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1854-05-16

Portable mansion, lives the son Of a poor COD
bier. Fifteen years ago he left the humble
room of bis parent, and went forth into the tn
broad world alone to seek his fortune. All MS 5
treasures consisted of his kit of tools, q good
knowledge of his trade, honest principles, in-
dustrious habits, and twenty-five coppers Now
he is the owner of that elegant mansion, is
doing thriving business, possesses an unoro'
ken constitution, and bids fair to arrive at
good old age Such is the lot of scores, hun,
dreds and thousands who never boasted OF
wealthy parentage.
Go into any city and.you will almost inva
riably find that the most enterprising men are
of poor parentage-men who have had to row
against wind and tide while or the other hand
a majority of the descendants of rich families
are below mediocrity in talents, live shof,
time like drones, on the labor of others and
then 20 down to untimely graves.
What a lesson should this be to those who
are by all means, either fair or foul accumula
ting treasures for their children
If the rich would train their children to reg
ular. habits of industry, very many of them
would be saved from ntemperance, misery aid
untimely end.
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1854-05-16

HopE.-Happiness is the alluring prize for
which all are eeager to run. And IN whatever
course men engage, happiness is the goal to-
wards which they press. Whether we view
the sturdy ploughman drawing the deep fur
row, the polite clerk behind the counter, the
pale student at his desk consuming the mid
night oil, the ambitious politician baranguing
The bosterous multitude, or the professional
man with an overpressing custom, we find
that all are stimulated in their calling by the
hope of obtaining happiness less aloyed. or at
least preserving what they now possess
There is little progress made in any underta
king if the outward action is not prompted by
an inward life. The least exertion will become
a burden when Indifference once suggests that
"there is no use of this trouble" The body
will readily accede to the pleasing thought
and every muscle lose its energy. But when
a spirit of determination, enlivened by all-stim'
ulatng hope, ilnpels the motion OF the hand
then labor becomes light. Little wearness
will follow the most energetic struggles. No
obstacle can oppose that will not be overcome
Threatening storms may for atimc bid defiance;
gloomy clouds may darken the vision eternal
misery may seem the inevitable lot, yet there is
not entire sway given to dependency '.eome
to torment before the time" These trials on
ly call forth greater strength, and give new
brilliancy to hope when they disappeared, 1t
is but seldom that the mind is So completely
enveloped in darkness as to transmit no ray o
hope. Hope is the invisible strength when
every thing seems to oppose. 1t soothes eve
ry sorrow; lightens every care; quickens' eve
ry nerve; stimulates every action; anticipates
the future and has pleasure in 1t while yet III
the distance In its effects il converts the idea
into reality itself.
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-07-04
NETWORK ADVERTISEMENTS
billiard TABLES.

INiE snbzeihs y having dcvntcd their personal ntlei
ti,h ar lnany yenfa the mnnulartute ct I'LL.
LARD TABLES, Rre folly competent To- cxreute work
that viii give entire saii .acioa the Gstidio
connisseur. Being the extensive manufacturers IN
the Union, tho, enabled to frni-h superior table nj
10 per les han nny other establishment In the
country, to which tact they respectfully invit tie at
cnlion of buyers as ns1 the esncntal improvements
they hay, made in the construction and elasticity OF
cushions. which they hnve brought To- degree of pr.
eclon attained by others Always on hand billintd
tables with Marble aud Wooden beds with large
stock of Cloths Balls Cues. French Que eather Cue
Wax, Pool Bal Bon,ds. Bagaclle Tables. Silk md
Wnrsted fneket. .ie. or,rr. by mail promptly nj
tendedio. Old Tnbcs rccu.hinncd by sending them by
Express. GRIFFITH Il DECKER,
Binrd Table Manufacturers,
npl 2l.3m No 90 Ann VI New York.
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-07-04
NV Motto is " Progress. -

R0M the great increase OF business the subscriaer
Ill has enioyed in the last six m nths he has been
M e.ed to add to his ready extensive establishment,
which lie has done by building of the arges and
ost admirably arranged operating rooms IN the Union,
bad wilhou tear OF contra !iction, that he
of Il largest and best arranged establishments
thi, country and tacil for the successful pro'ecu-
an Of his business pos sessed but by few, any, In thi,
State. With competent and accomplished assistants.
far the largest stock of daguer eotype materials
be aurd in this place. such OF evey variety
|alames of the finest quality ard richest paterns.jew
|ee from com non up TO the finest quality made for
lgen cofypes he fla himself that he is hett pre-
pstrd u meet IN. wants of the public in such things
faAany house in this place, at from 81 30 to S2o 00
As to the quality OF his work, he feels thai it Is too
to demand or admit f,om him self
pcomnendalion. h. will only say that he chailer ges
1mparspn with any, not only tnben IN lhis place but
ewOrl |.
With his pre-, ent facilities he is much better prepared
take pictures of children and groups rhan heretofore
1i would especially call attention to that department
L every ease sat isflction guaranteed, or no charge
nde
Views of private residences and other buildings and
aearry of evey description accurately taken, spe'
timers of hic mey be seen, and many others with
winch hi, galleries abound 10y calling the sign Of the
Flag next door h the Virginia Bank. Main St. Lynsh-
rg Va on at Masonic Temple, Main St, Danvle
a p. f. GIBBS, Propri. tor.
? S.-Post moriem rases and invulids promptly at.
2uie t. when requested
Stock of all kind furnished to ii craft ut thu lowest
ash prices. 7. b. q.
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