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DRUGS AND MEDICINES

ClGAliS, Tobacco and Snuff; 10 '''''.
" Patent Medicines; ' '.
....'. Camphene and Fluid 'r
...I .,....l Dye Siufs f.r n
....,, Potash
Nurse Bottles, Tubes, &c, &C.; ... n
Toilet Articles;
'". Perumery; .
.. Brushes; b.. -...
1T. Did ~ Knives,
And all other articles usually found in a well reg.
ul"ied Drug Store, at J SAVERS, =
Apolhecary aud uggist, No. 2 Biddelord House
Block. NJ .. i4-u
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To Married Men. =.
DOCTOR YOURSELF!
THE POCKET KSCULAPIUS;
on EVERY ONE His OWN PHYSICIAN

Tu>IiE flieth Edition, with One
D Hundred Engrayings, showing
Diseases and Nalformations OF the
Human system In every shape and
form. To which Is added Treatise
on the Diseases Of Females, being Of
the highest Importance to married
people, or those contemplating mar.
rage. BY
WILLIAM YOUNG, NJ. D..
Let no father be ashamed 10 nre-
sent cnpy of the BSCULAPIUS TO
his child. IL may save him from an
early grave. Let no young man OF
woman enter into the sacred obliga
ions If married life without reading
The POCKET ESCULhPlUS. Let
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LIST OF TAX PAYERS

In SacO, who pay City dollars and upwards
n assessed for the year A. D. 1854.
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in Saco, 2,99O, 80, 3;
Tax as assessed 65 cts. on 500 "''
Amt Of money raised in cash, S22059, AZ
+" highway, $685., 0(
The whole number Of polls taxed is Oh
We believe some Of the largest individual
taxes In The county, are paid in this town.
Democrat.
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STATISTICS OF LIQUOR MANUFACTURE IN

STATISTICS OF LIQUOR MANuFAcTURI IN
THE UNITED STATEs.-From the last CEN
sus we CLEAN the following important
facts relative to quantities of grain malt
ed or distilled, per annum, in the United
States:
Bushels of corn distilled, IL ,067 ,661 |;
rye distilled, 3,143, 1877; oats distilled,
56,5l7 apples distilled, 6,S40; bar
ley matted, 3,787, 1876; tuns Of hops
mslted, 1894: hogsheads of molasscs
distilled, 6l.675.
The aggregate value of these products,
at average prices, will not vary much
from Sl4, 4,643,727 What a waste,
The capital employed in the entire
country in liquor manufacture is s., ,834.-
254. Number of workmen employed
5,487.
Ratio Of distilled grains, compared uith
tEe quantity groUn.--Of corn, there is
distilled bushel in 81; rye, bushel in
8; of oats, bushel in l,6lS; of barley.
there is matted bushels in 5.
From these products are manufactured
AZ. l33 ,955 gallons of whiskey, 6. s0O. 900
gallons of rum, and l,777,924 barrels of
ale.
The aggregate value of these liquors,
at wholesale prices, will be about 3d.
946,S97.
Besides the above, there are made 22l :
22l gallons of wine.
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EVENING STAR
SHOCKING AND STARTLING COHFEs.
SION

The Philadelphia Inquirer of Tuesday,
furnishes the following additional partic-
ulars relating to the awful crimes of Pa
mela Myers:
We gave in yesterdays Inquirer an
account of the arrest of Pamela Myel lat
MIR. Thomas Rice's house, on the Nice.
town Lane, in the twenty-third ward
charged with having very mysteriouslv
made away with a number Of her chill
dren. We have been informed that she
has voluntarily confessed to the officers
that she had, at different times, within
the past six years, giuen birth to sir cha
dren, which had either died about the
time of their birth, or had been murdered
by their mother! These children, which
were all illegitimate, were the result of
intercourse with different men, and to
make the affair still more shocking, the
uncle of the miserable woman, a man
named Snyder, is charged with the pa
ternlty of two of them. Snyder is now
IN prison. He is married man. He is
also accused of having been accessory to
the murder of some of the children. Pa
mela, after her arrest, made a full con-
fesslon of her crimes. The first child
to which she gave birth, was born in the
entry of her uncle's house. The mother
mad the slnall pox at the time, and the
child took it and died soon after. She
was detected, however, day or two be-
fore its death, in an attempt to suffocate
it. The second child was choked by its
mother after it's birth, and was thrown
by her into the cesspeol, from whence it
was taken by the uncle, placed in a box.
and buried in the yard attached to the
house. The third child was born in an
open field, and was, she says, still born.
The fourth was born alive, and was
choked by the parent, and disposed of in
the same manner as the second. CT the
fifth child we have no information, and
the sixth, which was born five or six
days since, the mother says, was still
born. Other parties allege it was thrown
into a pig pen, and devoured by the
hogs! On Sunday afternoon the wretch
ed woman had an interview with the
Mayor, and was committed by him to
to prison to await further e1amina-
ton. The following is the substance of
her admissions, made to the Mayor. One
of the children was buried in the church.
yard, and one in the houseyard, in box;
my uncle and the people buried it in the
box; they got it out of the privy of the
yellow house opposite to where 1 lived ::
l had dropped it into the privy: all |
stated to MIR. Seed was correct. Tuo of
the children .rsre born aliue and l choked
them to desh The last one was not
born alive; it was born in the neld, and
/ left it there.
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NoAH's ARk.-The largest ocean steam.

NoAH's ARk.-The largest ocean steam
ship, tsays the Sailors Magazine now
plying on the Atlantic, bears precisely
the proportion in length. breadth, and
depth, that are recorded concerning
Noah's Ark. The dimensions of the At.
lantic steamers are, length 322 feet,
breadth of beam 50 feet, depth 284 feet.
The dimensions of the Ark were, length
300 cubits, breadth SO cubits, depth 80
cubi.s. The Ark, therefore, was nearly
twice the size, in length and brea Ith, of
these vessels, the cubit being nearly %
inches both had upper, lower, and mid
die stories, After all the equipments of
forty-two centuries which have elapsed
since the deluge, the ship builders have
10 return to the model Afforded by Noah's
Ark.
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TAKE NOTICE.
NEW GOODS JUST RECEIVED.
~ w. RR n w Nj q. Merchant Tailor Pc


J. avenue, under the United States Ho-.a
tel would respectfully inform his customers
and the public generally that be has just re- "
ceived new Fall and Wiutsr goods in greatA
variety, such IS Cloths Cassimeres, and vestngs
the latest importation, and is prepared to have them
made up at the shortest notice. In the most fashion
able manper, and at low rates Of prices.
Having made arrangements to 60 into the Ready
made Clothing business extensvely this season, hs
ees confident that he csn offer to those Wishing te
purchase stock Of Clothing, not inferior to any IL
this city, and not made up at the North, as IL usu
ally the case with work sold here; but cut in bis
own establishment, and made by our own needy cit
sens In this dull Ut low rates Of prices, he is
enabled thereon, to compete with northern work in
point Of prices; and quality and style, he viii
leave for thoss who favor him with call to Judge
He can sell whole suits, Coat Pants, and Vest, 81
the following low rates:
Good suit for business PURPOSES out OF cloth or cas-
sinere, fer ths small sum
Dress and frock Goats, from to $2G
0vercoats of different Il to rs
Black and fancy 80 to 10
Silk and Velvet Vests. oO TO lO
This stock of Clothing is of superior quality,
and has been made up since he received the fall and
winter fashions.
He keeps constantly on hand q large assortment
OF fancy articlss-such a. Gloves, Cravats, Collars
Umbrellas, DC.
Sole Agent for the sale Of sootfs Report Of Fash
IONS in this city. SEP lb-d
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U Plant trees-plant them by the

U Plant trees-plsnt them by the
road-side-plant them in yards, streets,
lanes, lot, everywhere you can find room
for a tree to give shade or bear fruit.
Now. this very day, is the right time to
plant trees. There is no better time than
November to plant hardy fruit-trees. and
every hundred dollars that may be spent
in planting such trees along the highway
cf farm that has a public Travelled road
running through it will add thousand
dollars to the selling price of that farm
twenty years hence. Take up large trees
with roots, and plant them as though
you intended them to grow, and they will
grow.
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THE BLACK PLAGUE OF THE FOUR.
TEENTH CENTURY

1ucIe WAS one QlSe8Se called the black
death, the black plague, or the great
mortality. The most dreadful visitation
of it was one that began in China, spread
over Asia, and in the year l348 entered
Europe. Europe was then, however, not
unused to plaques. Six others had made
themselves famous during the preceding
eight and forty years. The black plague
spread from the south of Europe to the
north, occupying about three years in it's
passage. In two years it had reached
Sweden in three years it had conquered
Russia. The fatal influence came among
men ripe to receive it. Europe WAS full
of petty wars. Citizens were immured
in cities in unwholesOme houses over
looking filthy streets, as in beleaguered
fortresses for robbers, if not armies,
occupied the roads beyond their gates.
Husbandmen were starving feudal slaves
religion was mainly superstition; ignor-
ance was dense, and morals were de-
based and little control was set upon
the passions. Vessels with dead crews
drifted about in the Mediterranean, and
brought corruption and infection to the
shores on which they stranded. In what
spirit did the people, superstitious as they
were in those old times, meet the calam.
ity2 Many committed suicide in frenzy.
Merchants and rich men, seeking to di.
vert the wrath of Heaven from them.
selves, carried their treasure to the
churches and mOnasteries, where, if the
monks, fearing to receive infection with
it, shut their gates against any such
Offering. it was desperately thrown to
them over their walls.
Even sound men, corroded by anxiety
wandered about llvid as the dead. Houses
quilted by their inhabitants tumbled to
ruins. BY plague, and by the fight of
terrified inhabitants, many thousand vii
lagos were lett absolutely empty, and ST.
lent as the woods and fields. The Pope,
in Avignon, was forced, because all the
churchyards were full, to consecrate, as
burial place, the river Rhone, and in
sure to the faithful an interment, if not
in holy ground, at least in holy water.
How the dead were carted out Of towns
for burial in pits, and how the terror of
the people coined the fancy that, through
indecent haste, many were hurried out
and thrown into those pits while living,
every one knows-it was the incident of
plag ue at all times. Italy was reported
to have lost half its inhabitants. The
Venetians fed to the Islands and forsook
their city, losing three men in four and
in Padua, when the plague ceased, two
thirds Of the inhabitants were missing.
This is the black death, which began to.
wards the close of the year 1348 to raw
age England, and of which Antony Wood
says, extravagantly, that at the close Of
it scarcely tenth part of the people re-
mained living.
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A FORTUNATE DETENTION AFTER Al

A FORTUNATE DETENTION AFTER AL.
DR.. John B. Philips, of Kennett town.
ship, Chester county, Pa, who, on the eve
of leaving Switzerland about two months
since, was rudely arrested and thrown
into prison on suspicion of being Mag
zini travelling in disguise, and detained
in consequence some seven or eight days,
was en- route for home, and but for this
detention would have arrived in Liver
pool just in time to have taken passage
for New York in the il-fated steamer
Arctic. His unexpected imprisonment
in Switzerland fortunately prevented him
from sharing the fate of the passengers
of that noble steamer.
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REDUCTION IN GAS FIXTURES.

IVA are no . receiving the largest stocK OF RAS
w FUTURES ever offered In this city, com
priaog every variety OF sty . and finish They have
besn selected from the celebrated factory Of Corne
Hus 4 Co., Philsdslphis, and include ell Of their
psttsrss.
Ovlns 10 q reduction in price in Gas fixtures We
are nov prepared furnish them at less rate than
they have ever yet been sod mere OK elssWnere;
TO kssp pc with the above improvement The
prics OF gas ,abias has been materially reduced,
and our Increased fscilties warrants US In saying
that We are prepared and can execute any work we
NAV undertake cheaper and better than any other
ssts biishmenf 10 thIs city.
j. W. THOMPSON 4 BRO,
Plumbing Gas sjtrng Establishment,
PA. avenue, s side, between 10th ami llth sts
oct l3-dtJsn1
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FALL AND WINTER GOODS.
JNO HI. SMOOT.

SOUTH &DE BRIDGE STREET, NKAR HIGH
GEORGETOWN, D. G.
las received and is now Offering at low prices
Ill general and we'll selected assortment Of
FALL AND WINTER GODS.
Bought prilc cipaliy at the Philadelphia and New
York Auctions ems bling bim to offer extra induce
ments 10 cash or prompt short time customers.
In his sssortmenl will be found q rich assert
ment of Plaid Silks
Plain and striped blk do.
Mernos, Plsids, De LANES
Cloak Cloths, Velvets
And Dress Goods generally.
Also, good assortment of Boys and Genlemen's
wear
Best Paris Kid Gloves
Blankets, Flannels
shawls, Sheetiugs shirtings
Table Linen, Napkins, &c.
call is solicited ]. II. SMOOT
oct T-1n
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"GLENWOOD CEMETERY. %

HNHlS beautiful burial place of the dead having
L just been dedicatet with appropriate ceremonies
or the purpose is nov open for the reception of tho
remains of deceased persons.
The MAUSOLEUM has capacity for hundred
bodies, in which such friends of the dead IS may
apply can plscs the departed until they select cites
for the graves.
The plan of tbs incorporatcrs is of equality IN
regard to the lots, which will not be put up publicly
Tor sale, (aithough they usually bring premium
making the early selection of lots tae most desir
able.
Until oftcs is established IN the city Of Wash.
inston, applications will be punetually ate nded
to at the present Office il the east wing OF the build
ing on entering the Cemetery.
WM. 8. HUMPHREYS
N. B.-alenvood Is situated short distance due
north of the Capitol aux 1l-sm
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OFFICIAL

/, TREASURY DEPARTMENT, August %, 1854.
Notice Is hereby given to the holders of the fol.
lowingdescribed stocks of the United States, that
this department Is prepared to purchase, at any
time between the date hereof and the Goth day OF
November next, portions of those stocks amounting
in the aggregate to 3,S4O, ,0OO In the manner and
on the terms hereinafter mentioned, to wit:
In case Of sny contingent competition, within the
amount stated, preference will be given in the or
der of time in which said stocks may be offered The
certificates, duly assigned to the United States, by
the parties who are to receive the amount there Of
must be transmitted to this department; upon the
receipt whereof, price will b. paid, compounded
Of the following particulars:
1. The par value, OF amount specified in each Ger.
tifcate.
q A premium on the stock Of the loan authorized
by the act of July, 1S46, redeemable November IL,
1855, Of per cen :; on the stock Of the loan ar.
thorized by the act Of 1642 redeemable 31st Decem
ber 1852 of IL per cent; the stock Of the loans
authorized by the acts of 1s47 and s4s and redeem
able, the former opsthe 3lst December, 1867, aud
the latter the SOth June, 1868, Of 16 per cent
and on the stock OF the loan authorized by the act
of 1850, and redeemable on the 31st Decmber, 1854
Commonly called the Texan indemnify six per
cent.
8. Interest the par Of each certificate from the
1st OF July 1854, to the date Of receipt and settle
ment at the Treasury, with the allowance (for the
money to reach the owner) Of one days interest in
addition.
Payment for said stocks will be made in drafts OF
the Treasurer of the United States, the assistant
treasurer ct Boston, New York, or Philadelphia,
the parties may direct.
But no certificate will be entitled to the benefit OF
this notice which shall be actually received at
the Treasury on or before tbs said 2eth day Of No
vemDer next.
JAMES GUTHRIE,
aug 28-dt20 Hov Secretary of Treasury.
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FIRE GLIDING, GALvANIZING, AND
ELECTRO SILVER-PLATING,

ON ALL KINDS OF INITIAL
u LABARRE would respectfully inform the pub
L lie that he has opened Shop At the corner
and 10th streets in the above business and is now
ready to receive orders in any branch, namely:
FIRE GLIDING
on all kinds Of ornaments for churches, chalices
Jewels, and regaia for Free Masons, Odd Fellow g.
and other societies, military ornaments, &c. Also,
SILVER AND RRAss WATCHES,
Chains, Goblets, Lcokets, Tea and Table Spoons,
Dessert and Batter Knives.
ELkCTRO SILVAR-PLATIN6
On Military Ornaments, Fruit Baskets, Waters,
Csndlesticks, and Ces4ets.
Also Silver plating for Plumbers, Gas Filters, &c.
All ornaments for military, Free Masons, Odd Pei.
lows, and other 2ecissies and Clubs made to order
on the ehcEscst notioe.
FRANCIS LABARRE,
Corpsr aaa Is:n sts west near PA. ave.
Sc e-Sl
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% Cabbsges may be headed in win
ter by setting them with their roots in
good rich earth just as they grew, and
and covering the tops 80 they will not
freeze. This may be done with roof of
boards, hay, or dirt, or brush AID rails
and straw covered with dirt, with little
air-holss. Cabbage grown in this way
is blanched, sweet and tender, and will
pay much more than the cost of thus ar
ranging the late stalks which failed to
form heads in the fall. The work should
be done just before the ground freezes,
and at first only slightly cover the tops.
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A. =. CARN FL r.,
DRAPER AND TAILOR,

M0rfts Building, q Street,
DESPEOTfULLY informs mis- friends and tn,
IL citizens of Washington, Georgetown, a.
and Alexandria, that he keeps constantly on
hand choice selection Of the best and mort M
popular makes Of Cloths, Cassimeres and .AA
vsstiogs, together with good sup ply of the bes,
Trimmings, and will make to order garments o
every description for gentlemens' wear in the mos
elegant manner, plain fancy to please the taste
of all who may favor him with q call.
Prices moderate and terms cash.
Dov2-1W
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CHLoRoFoRM.-The New York Expire es
Messenger says:

CHLoRoFoRM.-The New York Express
Messenger says:
"We know of young lady who pro-
tracted her fathers life for several months
by rubbing him daily with chloroform
while his vital energies were sinking un.
der the disease called consumption. She
was accustomed to manipulate him every
day with chloroform, until overcome her.
self by its tunes, she would sink down
upon the floor and remain sometimes for
a whole hour in that situation. But she
liked it, and she described the effect upon
her as being so delicious, that as soon as
she recovered from its influence, she
longed for the time to come round when
she would be expected to repeat the ope-
ration. Her father died, but the love of
chloroform has become almost passion
with the daughter"
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TOILET SOAPS.

TTHE subscribers retul their thanks TO Their nu-
merous friends and cue 1mers in the District
and elsewhere for the patronage hiShsrto e1tt ndes
To them and beg leave to inform them that in addi
ton to their usual stock they are now manufactur
ing and WILL have constantly on hand all kinds Of
Toilet and Fancy Soaps, to which they invite their
attention. We warrant our soaps equal TO any
same article can be purchased in any Of the North
ern cities. L. y. DoNNoddoE SoN.
Gsorgetowp Oct 25-3ms
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ryRASKLIS AND fHE AROIIC X REGIONS, vol
l. loA.
BuIver's Nish and Morning, l vol, london.
Baig,r's Caxtons. vol 'Ddon
Tns Treas 1ry Of Medic ne, oy Jonn James, W. ~
vol Lond n. Ion.
sks:ckss in Ultra, by James hannay, Voi' Lon
don. o-.u.h.- 7
wild sosrt. IN tn. Far West, by dsrstaeoks',
VOL, L1n1on
Bsru.ai a NJ Robin on the glood
kirksbride on II spitsls for the Int<oe.
Tn uzi IN America by W Cnamoers
Hsrris,s D,ctl uary OF Densi sasgery, 10 eoiacn
De Bows Review for kovem moer. .vtop
RpovI sAA"eA
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NEW TORE!-NEW STORE!
GEORGE WILMER,
Paper Hanger and UphOlsterer,

484 Ninth street, near T.
DETURNING thanks for the very liberal patron
IG age already bestowed On one from my friends
and customers since my removal to the new stand
respectfully invite public attention to my large
and superior stock Of Paper Hangings for fall sales
embracing an elegant assortment ef real French
Gold and other Parlor styles, all qualities, Land.
scape Views, panel papers, for halls, &c. with 9
small variety Of low priced papers Of desirable colors
and patterns.
Purchasers will ind If to their advantage to give
me . call.
Paper put On In the best manner and at shor,
notice.
Upholstery Goods, such - Union and worsted
Damasks, Muslin and Lace Curtains Gilt Cornices
Bands and Ornaments, Gilt aud Nowered Shades
just received from the New J ork manufacturer
some nine feet long arc beautiful Feather Beds an.
Mattresses.
OIcloths laid and Carpets cut and fitted h the
most economical and neatsst manner.
oct 14-1m
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U There are six hundred and fifty
beds in St. Bartholmew's hospital, Lon
don, and it is stated that it affords relief
to ninety thousand patients annually.
There are, in addition to this institution,
many other large hospitals in London,
and it is estimated that the number who
receive relief from them annually cannot
be far from half q million.
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MRS PETTET

Il EACHER of an improved and easy plan Of La
i dies and Obildren's Dress Cutting, can be found
at her rooms, at No 355, Seventh street. above
where ladies can receive instructions from to 12
q. m; and to s p. m.
Terms of tuition, including one sett Of Models and
Rules So 80
Ladies by leaving thei- address can join the We'd.
nesday morning class at 81 10.
Liningp cut and fitted 500. Paper wsist patterns
rs cents.
variety of Ladies' and Children's patterns OF
the latest At, le just received and for sale.
oct T-2wA
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NEW AND SPLENDID DRESS GOODS

I UsT opened our third supply Of rich Dre.s Goods
u which have been bought at greatly reduced
prices, and will be sold correspondingiy low. We
name
Rich dress Silks Of every variety
Very handsome Plaid Merinos
Plain French and Englilh Merinos, all shades
Rich plaid and striped Csshmeres and Mousselinf
pieces wide Silk Velvets for mantillas and cloaks
25 more rich satin and cloth coaks
f0 fine brochs Cashmere shawls and Scarfs with
rich gold borders, some entire, y new
800 long and square pis aid and fig ured ehawls
Cloths, Cassimers ard Vestings
Gloves, Hosiery, ladies' and cbildrens' merino
vests
Gentlemens' meriHo and cotton Ii Hoisery, Gloves
Merino and cotton Shirts Drawers, &c, &c,
AL Of which will be offered at the fairest low
prices. Please call and examine for yourselves be
fore buying elsewhere.
A9-An articles sold at our establishment are war.
rsnted to prove as represented.
MAXWELL, SEARS 4 COLLEY,
No 623, Seventh street, doors above Pa xv.
oct rs