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Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1854-11-12
Inspector U. s. Navy Yard, Gosport, Va.
IF THE N. Y. AND LIVERPOOL U. s.

OFFICE OF THE N. Y. AND LIVERPOOL u s.
MAIL STEAMSHIP Co., Jan. 81, 1854.
The steamers of this company use exclusively
the Zinc Paint manufactured by the New. Jersey
Zinc Company experience having proved its de-
cided superiority over all other paints.
EDWARD X. COLLINS, Agent.
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MisrkIIxntuns.
~ ENIuNE HEIDsIECK . co. CHAM-

ENUINE HEIDSIECK Il co. CHAM
NJ pagne. The subscribers having been ap-
upoited by Messrs. Heldsieck d Co. to succeed
Mr.. Charles Engler, heretofore sole agent in the
in the United States for the sale of their Wines,
who this day retires from business, respectfully
call the attention of the public TO the subjoined
card.
The Messrs Heidsleck q Co., as set forth there
in Justly claim to be alone enabled to send TO this
country the genuine Hcidseck & Co. Champagne,
under the same name and style as originally intro
duced into this market, now nearly thirty years
ago. they being sole proprietors of all the identical
VINEYARDS cellars, &C., which the founders and
originators of this celebrated brand had owned.
Such being the fact, we need not dwell upon the
superior quality Of their Wines, me reputation o.
identified with unsurpassed excellence,
We beg particularly TO notice that their brand
still bears the same name Of Heidsieck d Co., in
full, by which it first became SO favoraby known,
being thereby easily distinguished from other simi-
lar marks which have since appeared.
NEW YORK, January !, 1854
CRAMER & ABEGG,
4 Successor 10 Charles Engler,
and sole importers in the United States.
STANISLAUS MURRAY is our sub-agent for
Washington and Georgetown, d. O., and Alex
andria, Va.
CARD.-UpOn the dissolution Of the old
firm, Heidseck & Co., in 1884, the senior partner,
who had the sole charge of its liquidation, con-
tinued the business, retaining exclusive possession
Of the vineyards, vaults, &C., which the origina
partnership had enjoyed.
Our new firm are his immediate successors and
sole proprietors ofthis wellknown brand.
In order to distinguish the same from limitations
and marks similar to our own, which have ap-
peared and may hereafter appear in this market,
the name of our firm in full will be found on the
labels and around the corks.
RHEIMS, March S, 1916.
Feb 8-d2m HEIDSIECK q 90.
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FLLICOTT'S MILLS.-A beautifully exc
ID cuted drawing Of this picturesque spot, in
chromo-lithography, on sale at
- TAYLOR IL MAURY'S
a Nay 31-3t Bookstore, near 9th st.
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MisfsIIaafuns.

ZINC PAINTS.--The Subscribers having
II been appointed agents of the New Jersey Zinc
Company for the sale of their superior Paints, are
prepared to execute orders for any description de-
livered in Baltimore at the company's prices, and
on the same liberal terms.
The White Paint is warranted pure, and is un.
surpassed by any other article in use. II is sold
either dry or ground In oil.
The Brown Zinc is made only from the New
Jersey Zinc Ores, and is extensively used as a
protection TO iron or other metallic surfaces. It is
a cheap and economical paint. ltE
The Brown Stone Color is unequalled as dura
Bile covering for Cottages, Depots, Bridges, &c.
The consumption of it is very large, and 1t has
given entire satisfaction.
All the paints nanufacturedby by the company are
of the highest some important improve
ments having recently been discovered and ap
piled in their preparation, and they are warranted
to keep soft and fresh in the kegs, any reasonable
length Of time. In this respect, they are superior
to any others in market.
JOHN SULLIVANN SONS, Agents,
Apr 7-d3m No. 2, Camden st., Baltimore.
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RECOMMENDATIONS.
U. 8. NAVY YARD, GosPoRT, VA,

January 20, 1854.
To C. Z. Desaold, President w J. Zinc Co., ~ r.
SIR: A series of experiments conducted by me,
with the utmost care, during the past three years.
upon all the various paints and artificial prepara-
tions for the preservation of timber, have led me
to the important discovery that the White Zinc
Paint manufacturedby the New Jersey Zinc Com
pany, serves as perfect protection against the
ravages Of the marine worm, and the formation OF
barnaces, whilst no other paint or preparation OF
any kind combines the same protective effect.
lam now preparing full report on this impor.
tant subject to the Bureaus Of Yards and Docks, al
Washington, and shall send with il a complete Sc
ries of specimens ofwood and metal plates, which
were covered with the different paints and pre-
parations, and then exposed alike for an entire
season, in salt water, opposite this navy yard all
of which illustrates, in the most striking manner,
the invaluable qualities and decided superiority OF
your White Zinc Paint over all other kinds
paints, especially for marine purposes.
You are at liberty to give full publicity to the
above stated facts, which are of too much impor-
tance to be kept from the naval and commercial
world am, respectfully, your obedient servant,
JAMES JARVIS,
INSPECTOR u. s. Navy Yard, Gosport, Va.
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WIN. p. MCCONNELL.
BY his attorney CHAS. @. PAGE.
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Copy Of disclaimer of W. d. Porter in his appiiea.
ton for "an Improved stN for making rood
gas filed AuguSt S, 1854. Letters patent issued
August %, 1854.
(" | do not claim as my invention and discovery
the improvements in making gas from wood, viz
subjecting the products Of destructive distiaton
therefrom to a high degree Of heat, substantially
as has been described and for the purposes set
forth in the specification of w. P. Mcconnell"
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-TNIvERsTrY OF vIRcINIA.-T

SHILLINGToN'S Bookstore,
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1854-08-29
The GREATEST STEAMER IN TIE WORLD

The GREATEST STEAMER IN THE WORLD
The immense screw and paddle steamer, bull.
ding by Scott and Russell. at Millwall, England,
for the Eastern Steam Navigation Company.
s to be completed in twelve months. Her
keel has been been laid down, and several Of
her bulkheads, or compartments are raised,
and the works are proceeding with energy and
expedition. A railroad has been laid down
the entire length of her way, to facilitate the
conveyance of the materials from the factory
to the different parts of the vessel. The exact
dimensions of tho ship are as follows: Tom
mage, builders measurement, $4,000 tons; tom
mage burthen 10000 tons; extreme longth, $50
feet; extreme breadth, S3 foetr extreme depth /,
So feot; power of engines, (screw paddle,) 1900
horse. Her engines arc in the course Of con-
struction, and will be fitted in the vessel before
she is loated off. The hull will be entirely
of iron, and of moro than usual strength. the
magnitude Of her size enable Mr.. Brunell, tho
architect. to Introduce many precautionary
measures conducive to support and security
From her keel up to six feet above the wator-
line is double, Of cellular construction. Tho
upper deck will also bo strengthened ON the
same principle, and will form complete beam
similar to the tube OF tho Britannia Bridge, go
that any external injury will not affect tho
tightness or the safety of the ship. She 10
divided into ten separate water tight compart-
ments, each being sixty feet in length, enabling
her to take out sufficient fuel for voyage to
Australia and back to England without stop.
ping.
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that heart-oak; stong 10 cherish and sustain
II, lest it should trail perchance in tho dust, at
the feet of a--M:ss Lincoln! Bad exam
pIeis contagious; we should employ antidotes
against poisors!'
'And for this exalted romantic idea, my
name Is to be made mark of scornl'
Hush! hush! Sir Philip" she proudly cried,
your name will gain lustre by being attached
to cause moro worthy than deccvng one
woman in marriage. and now openly endeavor-
ing to seduce another
4 forbid your familiarity with Mr.. Adair and
| command you to cease calling him Richard;
these are low vulgar habits insists upon La
dy Montgomery's correcting with these to
stamp her. it is not wonderful hear ever buz-
ziDg in my ears the reproach of having married
nero tutors daughterf
And pray heaven may you never hear q
bitterer reproach for having married. her!' cried
the exasperate CALLED woman, bittor contempt
in her look and tone; pray you may novor
yourself drive her TO fling slur OH your nane
which your generous action would have emo
bled in marrying poor girl had you treated
her kindly. griove that the malignant envy
of others, in reproaching me with my fathers
honest labor, has made you so narrow in mind
Pity it is, that my father had not boon your
tutor; he would have perhaps instilled into
your heart some of those noble precep,s ol
uprightness. the want of which now forces his
child to dispise youY
Withou, glancing again at him, sho quilted
the room with quiet composure, which left
Sir Philip in anything but a state of perfec,
peace with his own consciense.
1t is very unsafe to go into court without
what lawyers term "clean hands,"
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1854-08-29

How TO HEAR THE GospEL.--Rowland Hill
paid visit to an old friend q few years before
his death, who said TO him. "Mr. Hill, il 10
jus, sirty fue years since first heard you preach
and remember your text and part Of your
sermon. You told us that some people were
very squeamish about he delivery Of different
ministers who preached the same gospel
You said, Suppose you were attending to hear
will read, whoro you expected a legacy left
you, would you employ the time in critic'zing
the manner in which the lawyer read iti No,
you would not, you would bo giving all ear to
hear if anything was loft TO you, and how much
il was. That is tho way I would advise you
to hear tn, gospel"
Good advice, we'll worth remembering sir'y
fpe years.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1854-08-29
AN EXTRAORDINARY STORY.

A gentleman living at Elk Ron. In the low.
or end of this county has tho good fortune to
possess the most remarkable grimslkin yet
known of the cat kind. Its body is Of unusual
length, its legs like those of bench legged
vice. The fur IL of a reddish color, tie whole
beautfied with black spots and strcaks of diffe-
| rent figures; they are long on tho back and
| round on the belly and jaws Black stripes
run across the oars, which arc very long and
tipped at the ends with tuft of blue hair. Its
physlognomy is fierce, and ito nature savage.
HIS masters house being infestested with
snakes which had been bred in a neighboring
stone fence, he took II into his head to esohew
such game as rats and mice, and make war
upon the snakes, all of which be soon destroy
cd. Having acquired a taste for this kind Of
sport, he extended the field of his operations,
frequently making excursions more than
mile distant from tho house and returning each
and every day with snake ranging from two
to seven feet in length. He has continued
this practice for eight weeks. On ono occa-
sion he returned much fatigued and perfectly
| wet and covered with SALIVA II was supposs
ed he had encountered one Of those large but
| rare serpents known as the Goobats This
| turned out to be true, for the day thereafter
Mr.. Harvey B. Rails found the snake dead =
and signs OF q dreadful conflict on the sand
Most or nearly all the wounds had been inf1io-
| ted on the back Of the neck. The weight Of
| the horrid serpent was IA pounds IL OIL
This class of serpents is native Of Eastern
Virginia, with very large heads end upper
jaws-the mouth is armed with cutting crook.
ed teeth among which are two longer than the
rest, placed In the forepart of the upper jaw.
| All around the mouth there Is broad scaly
| border; and the eyes SO large, that they give
a terrible aspect. The forehead is covered
with large scales. Each side is marbled with
large spots ofchestrut color; in the middle Of
which, is spot perfectly round, and like bur.
nishod gold. They have been known to avail.
They avoid the sight Of man, and are ecnss.
quently rarely seen. ~.
| The cat still continues his war upon the
snakes. These facts may not gain credence
at distance, but they are SO well known and
attested, that no ono In the noighborhood doubts
them for momct!--[ Warronton, N. C. Flag.
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The MISTAKE THAT Mn. TwoMBLEY Made
Twombley had drank but six glasses of bran.
dy and water, when being man of discretion,
he returned homo at the seasonable hour OF
A. NJ, and went soberly to bod. MIRA.
Thomas Twombley was too we'll accust toned
to tho comings and goings of said Thomas to
take any notice, or to be much disturbed by
the trihing noise he made on retiring, but when
she discovered he had his boots on, she 70.
quested him to remove them or keep his feet
out of bed.
"Sfy DEAR" said Mr.. Twombley 10 an apollo.
getio tone, "skuso mel How I came to forget
my Boots. can't conceive, for I'm Just as So
Der as ever was in my life."
Mr.. Twombly sat on the side of the bed and
made On effort to pull off bis right boot. The
attempt was successful, thought it brought him
to the floor. On regaining his feet. Mr. Twom-
bley thought ho saw the door open. As he
shut the door on coming in, he was aston
ishod and dark as it was in the roomhe couldnt
be mistaken, he felt certain. Mr.. Twombley
staggered towards the door to shut it, when to
his still greater surprise he saw figure ap-
preaching from beyond. Twombley stopped;
the figure stopped. Twombly advanced again,
tho figure did tho same. Twombley raised his
right hand. "Whos there" roared Mr. Thorn.
as Twombley, beginning to be frightened
The figure made no rcply. Twombley raised
his boot in menacng altitude. the figure de-
fed him by shaking similar object Cried
Twombley, "l'll find out who you be, you
sneak" He hurled the boot at the MYSTERIOUS
object when crash went the big looking gass
which Twombley had mistaken for the door.
N. o. Picayune.
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By NJ. A. TURNER.

ny NJ. A. TURNER.
I'm thinking Of the vow Clarence
That once you made to me
When our hearts were as the birds
Solight, and glad, and free;
When the dew was on the grass--
And sparkling on the vine,
When roses decked the plains, Clarence
You vowed you would be mime.
Tn thinking of the hour, Clarence.
That hour to me SO dear,
You spoke of home, of cherished friends,
And bade me have no fear,
But that q welcome should find
Around that fireside gay;
A daughters blessing would be mine.
In that home far away.
I'm thinking ofthe dream Clarence
The dream of love and pride,
Which filed my heart, when thou vert here
A lover by my side
Ere the shadows crept upon my heart
To over-cloud my fate:
Ere change had taueht thee to forget
And leave me desolate.
All! now I'm lone and sad, Clarence
miss thee ever hour
There is no music in the wind
No beauty in the aowers;--
The sloping hills, and grassy lawns
Have lost their charms for me,
For um signing for the hours
That once spent with thee.
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nPTbo Plattsburp Repubiican piyos us d

CO The Plattsburg Republican gvos us the
particulars of q strange accident that occurred
on the Plattsburg and Montreal Railroad, n
bout throe miles from Plattsburgh, on We'd
nesday last. Tho long continued dry wealth
er has increased the fires in the woods to an
alarming extent in some sections and in the
forenoon of Wednesday the fro had approach
cd The track noar the place in question, whore
there was some two hundred cords of dry wood
piled, but the passenger car from this place
came through tho denso smoke safely; the
wood was not then on fire. Two hours after a
locomotive and tender, with an engineer, fire
man and breakman wore sent up to bring in O
freight train. On approaching the place il was
noticed that tho smoke and heat indicated dan.
ger; but the engineer yonng Holding was told
that bo could go through-that tho passenger
train had done so safely; and he pushed on
In few moments they found themselves en-
velnped in names Manging the froman jumb
cd of, or was swept off by tho wind and smoke
the engine was reversed. Peter LAMAR
breakman, sprang off to help Mangin, bu
covld not find hin; ho rcgained tho car in a mo
ment, badly burned, and the locomotive backct
out. Had thcy gono fow rods further, al
would have pcrished; the track was destroyed
Mangn was found in field shortly after, hi
clothes entirely burned of, presenting mos
shocking spectacle. Ho had his senses, how
ever, for some hours. recognized ecquaintrnce
] by their voices. and described his escape iron
the flames into tho field. He died tho mex
day he had no connections in this country ex
cept a brother in New-York; he was paid oi
that morning, aud the amount $40, was burn
in his pocket. Lunar was badly burnt. an
only saved himself by getting In the wator tank
| he is now under the care of a physician Mi
Hedding tho engineer, though much burne,
is doing well. Tho track has been rcpairet
aud traps are rurnirg again as usual
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es- N. p. Willis is preparing his "Letters
from Idlewild." for publication in book form.
He will publish next week "Famous Persons
and Places being tho ninth volume Of the re-
viscd and uniform edition of his complete
works r.sf
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VERMONT The WEATHER drought
has been general and very severe in Vermont,
as in most other sections Of New England
Grass and Oats are exceedingly light, whilo
Potatoes and Corn are suffering intensely for
want Of rain.--[Alb Journal.
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GPSomo body says very beautifriIy-..Aa
small planets are nearest tbe sun, 80 are 'itt'o
children rearest 70 God"
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what may lose!
The future | presume not to read
Il am not surprised at the attack you have
nude on virtuous amiable girl, too often We
sock to abuse others to our own lovolp
Have a care Sir Philip she scarcely said
'or your words may mako me, out Of pure love
of truth, not stamp you liar'
He sprang up-'Do you dare no said with
violence, dony your affection for Adoir?
Not moro tbanyou, your love for Miss Lin
coln-with this difference however: Mino II
the affection which has grown with me. is,
round my heart, 10 quote 10 old emile, ant
Minnesota weekly times., 1854-05-30
SATURDAY, MAY 27, 1854.
YIsITORs FROM ABROAD.


1t has been already announced through the city
prints, that company of capitalists from vari-
Gus parts of the Union, most of whom are largely
interested in railroad, steamboat and banking
enterprises, contemplate visiting St. Paul and
other places of interest in our territory, time
during the month of June. The precise number
is not yet known, but it is supposed to be not
less than $50, composed of ladies and gentlemen.
The company expect to attend the celebration
of the Rock Island Railroad, and then take pas
sage on board of the beautiful steamers Galena
and Golden Era, for the cities and towns on the
Upper Mississippi, stopping at Galena, Prairie
du Chicn, La Cross, Lansing and St. Paul, the
citizens of which places will no doubt extend to
them such facilities for viewing the country as
lie within their power.
We speak from personal knowledge when we
assert that a company, combining more wealth,
more enterprise and more intelligence never con-
templated visiting the ''Grcat West' than this
one, and we are glad that an opportunity will be
given us to exhibit Minnesota to our visitors in
one of her happiest moods. Among other dis
tinguished gentlemen who will compose the COM
pany, we learn that Gov. Matteson, of ILL.,; Ex-
President Fillmore and daughter, of Buffalo MIR.
Corning of New York, and host of others whose
names arc familiar in commercial circles will be
present. Beside these, nearly all the editors Of
the leading papers in the West, and some from
the leading papers in the East will take 'notes by
the way-side to please and instruct their distant
readers.
The effect this visit will have upon the prosper
ity of our city and territory can be easily seen.-
Men of sagacty of years, Of experience, of means,
having once witnessed our soil, our innumerable
number of lakes, and our agricultural resources,
will not be slow to spread the information, and
the result will be that in from one to two years a
greater number Of persons will visit our territory
than at any previous period. Shall we then re-
ceive them in real genuine hospitable manner,
(as we believe our citizens will receive them) or
shall we do the niggardly thing? We entertain no
doubt this point, for Of all places st. Paul is
celebrated for the liberality of it's citizens, and
VIC feel assured that in this instance no effort will
be spared to give our guests warm reception.
We suggest that meeting of our citizens be
held at as early period possible, and some
definite arrangement agreed upon to facilitate op-
erations. Should it be deemed proper to have
a pic-nick, tOasts, speeches, and singing or in
strumental music, would not be out of place.
But we leave this matter with the Committee of
Arrangements, sanguine that nothing will be left
undone to make the visit of our Eastern friends
both pleasant and profitable.