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Bargains, Bargains, Coed Bargains
SOLD ~ OLr'fONS Ar 3HE
fIrI-t II t. \ p & As IL $40 X l.,

SOLD ~ OPTIONS AT 5ifE
Y-CiiE EXP & AS Il SToR l.,
Second door wee, Of the C.iy Dug Store
sorru sIpr OF rlr ~ MIC s0t, ARE
NARSHtiI. 7ENiN.
Where the Ladies and Gent may hnd a com
nlete assortment of everything useful, good,
neat, nice -
FANCY, AND CHElP,
Consisting Of ready made clothing, boots
shoes. hats, caps, dry goods, groceries, hard
ware glass, tin, and quecnsware, fine cigars
,obacco, snuff. cologne essence Of cinnamon,
tooth paste and POWDER, Fly white soaps mar
oils, marnc.ia, yarn,h, paints oils best brandy,
gin, rum. por, and sweet wines, for medical and
other purposes DR.. Jayuc's, Do. liilles and
Comstocks patent mcdeincs aud only agent
for all the prrparai5ns formerly sold by L'''|,
d.. s. n Johnson, NIL az the lowest retail
price or house, lot and stock at cost
Call aad see. -
cons. IUEITORD.
July 10. ISl3 ~
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an Oil and hrfn iriehd oil texsh liberty by
all parties, and 4 seat even assigned me in
the Senate by the side of the Vice Pre,,.
dent.
1t was known that | had a large sum of
money then IN the hands Of an agent In
Texas, and was urged TO invest i. in hss
public debt incurred by the revolutionary
war. | was assured that thu whole amount
due, compared with her ample resources in
lands and money - revenue FROM the customs
was nmere bagatelle." Under these cir.
cumstances and influences laid out all 4
had-the proceeds Of my labor for more
than twenty ycars--in the debt funded nc.
cording to your act Of Congress of the 7th
Of June, 1887, which had been approved
and signed by Presidet Houston. | was
told, and believe. tina, every dollar b. al been
availed TO the Government at - par value.
Since that time have never bought nor
sold a dollar of Texan securities of any
kind. The same amount appropriated IN
any one Of our growing Western cities
would have made me rich man. Under
the most trying pecuniary embariassmo
sometimes selling property at n sacrifice
way. at high usurious interest, working
ha,d all the time to clo'he aud feed my fam.
ily--l have held on to my Texas bonds.
under the confident belief tina, they would
one day, all be paid, principle and interest,
and such is sW my opinion
II this Transaction, thus openly aud fairly
made, not in a corner nor in distant city
although | would have had a perfect
right thus to make it, for your bonds were,
as those of other States aud nations, a
marketable ariicle--hut in your own mcirop
oils, can Justly subjec; me to the gross and
wholesale lmputalion east upon the poverty.
stricken creditors of Texas, bv patriotic
stump orators and others, why. he i, 70.
have no reply 10 make, no apology 10
offer.
Having touched the three principle events
in the brief and bloody tragedy of your
glorious revolution. and narrated the facts
connecting me with it 20 some extent, as
well as the manner IN which became your
creditors | now ask your attention for n
few minutes to the after piece of 1912,
sometimes called the second war of Texas
with Mexico, in which YOU will perceive,
b, the letters shall read you, that was
urged by your President to play part
After the failure of the unfortunate Santa
fe expedition in ls;., when some OF the
irues, patriots and braves, hearts in Texas
were captured aud imprisoned in chains in
Mexico. the chiralrous Generals of that
down ,roddon country began to threaten
another INVASION of Your soil
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UiN.NDLIIiON.

DfNNDL UTfON.
TIVE partnership heretofore existing be-
/ tween tho undersigned, in conducting the
Livery Stable business, was this day dissolved
by mutual consent c. y. iIynson has pur-
chased the books of the concern as well as the
entire interest Of MIR Jordan in the stable, aud
!. aione authorized to seitlc the business Of
the late firm. -
e. r. HYNSON.
JOHN n. JORDAN.
Marshall, Oct 20, 1883. n"2-u
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To The People of TtIas
and all Americans m the World /.
FELLOW sIrIznNs AND COMPANION
am besieged by thousand or more o! the
MexicAns, under Santa Anna. have sns'
tanned a continued Lombatdment and cans
nonade for - hours aud have not lost an,an.
The enemy has demanded surrender at
discretion, otherwise the garrison will be
nut to the sword. il the fort il taken.
have answered the demand with a cannon
shot, and our flag still waves proudly from
the walls I shall ncrer surrender or re-
treat, Then, call on YOU in the name OF
Liberty. of Patriotism. and everything dear
to the American character, 10 come to our
aid with all despatch The army |. re-
ceivlos reiaforcements, and will, no doubt
Increase TO three or four thousand IN 'o"r
or Ave dsys, II this call is neglected am
The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1854-10-27

Kcudall, the Paris correspondent Of
The New Orleans Picayune, in his last
latter to that paper, relates the following
tough story aud youcbes for lis ruth;
A physician, DR., Roger, having been
called upon TO visit patient in The worst
stage OF The chulcra, prescribed, but with
scarcely the slightest hope that it would
be efiicacious, an cnetic of one gramme
and half Of ipecacuanha, TO be taken
in three doses (prises) at intervals of hall
an hour. The person who was charged
to administer the ipecacuanha, seeing the
word prises, and finding that The medl
cine was powder, imagined hat It was
kind of snuff, and three PriseS mean
three pinches; he consequently naIe The
poor cholera patient sniff il up 'hrongl
his nose! The ipecacuanha, thus ad
minisiercd, instead of making the maj
vomit, caused him fit Of sneezlng: ant
this Fl, lasted so long, and he sneeza'
with such force, that violent reaction
took place, beat returned to the surface
all the symptoms Of cholera ceased, am
when Or. Roger paid bis next visit, I
his ssionishmcnt he found his paiien
cured.
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THE FALL OF sHvAsToPo1.
TIL BATTLE OF THE ALMA.

Ill BA LII Ot f1E Aim A.
The following dispatches was furn,
shed by the War Department 10 the
London papers:
WAR DEPARTMENT, Qct. ], 1854.
The Duke Of Newcastle has This dS
received ielegrnpbic dispatch iron,
General Lord Raglan, Of which the fol-
lowing is tianslalion:
Copy of teleeraphic dispatch from
General Lord r gan to the Duke oj
Newcastle, ira ransmillod through Bel,
n grave, moi dated. but evidently from
the 2lst September:
"The allied armies Yesterday attacked
the position Of the enemy, on The heights
above The Alma, and carried il after a
desperate battle about one honr and a
half before sunset. Nothing could sur
pass The bravery and excellent condeci
of the troops, The position was very
formidable, and defended by q numerous
artillery Of heavy caiber. Our loss. ]
regret TO add. is very considerable, but
no general officer has been wounded.
The main body Of the army Of the onemv
was estimated at from $4,000 10 so 600
infantry. A few prisoners, among whom
are Two general officers, mud two guns,
have been taken by The English
(Sigped) RAGLAN"
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In the French ur,s rQiIroad acciden'e,
as we designate them, are punished
with exemplary justice. A man was
killed some lime ag", while working on
railroad bridge. His widow brought
m action sgains! The company for dama-
ges for the neglect of The signal man,
who did NOT warn her husband in time.
The tribunal condemned the company 10
pny the widow one hundred dollars
down, forty dollars year for life, and
twenty dollars q year to each Of iier
chldren up 10 the age of eighteen
Washington Globe.
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Sir EDMOND w. Head IN BosToN
This distinguished parsonage who has
been appointed The SUCCESSOR Of Lord El.
gin as Governor Of the Canadas and Gov
ernor General Of the British Provinces
OF North America, is 81 present on vls>
II to Boston. On Thursday in company
with several Of tho most prominent, Cit
iArns, he proceeded 10 view the facil-
lies which have been provided in East
Boston for carrying on an extensive trade
with that port and Canada The party
was entertained on board the steamer A.
morica, and Mr. Pcasee, the collector
of the port, havoing made speech CON.
plin,eniafy to The British official, Sir L.
W. Head, the Journal says, in reply, sta
ted briefly his conviction of ihe bonefi;s
likely to resoll 10 The people OF The two
countries from the more intimate COM
metca' relations between them, W ich
mus rise from the rocipr, ely treaty and
fiom the establishment of improved
modes Of communication between The
States and the Provinces, md he ex,
pressed bis cenYicfion Of prevalent
feeling in the Provinces, plrticuary thar
with wlach he was mora intimately ac>
quain!ed IN fnvor Of the most friendly in.
irrcouTse With the sneigbborng States
EVashiagsaa GlcJ..
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A SoUADRoN TO GREYTowN.-T The
Washington correspondent, Of the New
York Tribune writes;
81 learn that il has been determined
by the Administration that the razse In
dependence, Commander Martin, now
lying in New York harbor nearly ready
10 ssil, shall 60 TO San Juan de
Nicaragua, by way OF making decided
manifestation against tho British Mosquir
10 protectoraie. She will be accompanied
there by ono steamer at least, if not By
sny other vessels. Il was at first de-
signed TO give the command offhis steam
er TO Captain Hollns, but General Pierce
finally concluded he had better not -
When the squadron arrives at San Juan,
the Inde dependence will begin by running
up The flag Of Nicaragua and saluting
il; whether Commander Martin is to be
ordeFed to 60 further, and actually pu'
Nicaragua in possession OF The town,
am no, iHforlned, bul il is not improbA,
BILE thai something Of iha, sort may bf
attempted. However, the British man
of-wst Boscawen, with ftisa,n and cor
vette or two, will also be on hand, aud i
is possible that in the course Of six week,
OF so there may be some inlereslin.
news from that quarter. ("
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GEaTeE BANCROFT, THE tlIsroRIAN.-
b ncroit ~ cue OF cur greatest men,
Endowed with u most piercing aud at
the same ,itno poetic mind ha examines
the history Of period with tbs ngid
scrutiny o. judge, and hen nar'o,es the
story with tho lofty en'husi,sm of bard.
Wbe'har be is describing the noble ar.
dor Of Columbus, the half inspired fnr.
litude Of the Puritans, the careless cour-
age Of the Cavaliers, or the wonderful
western jnrneyinss of La Sale aud
Vincennes, the story still movcs on with
epic grandeur. Ills natural talonls hive
been cultivated with most assidnons zaal;
and TO the requirements Ola New Eng
land college he adds tae profounds4t
studies o. a German University. His
history, with its deep snd careinlrosearch
indicions and phil s,rh C tb ugh,,ils life.
like characlcr>paintng, and gorgeous d C.
lion, is a treasure for American readers,
aud an honor 10 Am3rican liIeraiufe.-
50. Louis Republican.
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A DESPERATE CvMuAr.-The Con

A DESPERATE CuMBAT-The Con
sran,inopIe correspondent Of tho London
Times, gives The following account Of the
last Struggle of Leutenant Burke, who
fell al Ginrgevo:
"Mr. Bn,ke's body was found after the
action in which he lost his life with no
less than thirty three wounds upon it,
The Russians had taken his sword bell,
5ul his sword was found hidden in some
long grass close 10 the corpse. The ring
finger OF both harGs was Gu! off. He
was seen by the snpper, who went with
him, fighting desperately TO the last.
though surrounded by horde of Rus
|sTans TTHee la frat lAared on shore
| from the to't elk sjldinrs charged hn.
Two he shot with his revolver, one be
Gu; down, and the rest turned aud fl d.
While he was encouraging the Turks,
who were in the stream, TO row quietly to
The land, and forming them in line as
,hoy landed, conspicuous aa he was in
| fo!l uniform and by his white cap cover,
number Of rifi men advanced from be-
hind ditch and took deliberate ain, al
him. Poor Burke charged them with
headlong gallan'ry. As he got near be
was struck by bali, wbi,h broke hi;
jaw >bone; bu be rushed Gu. shot 'hres
men dead nj close quarters with his re-
volver, and cleft two men through he'll
met and all into the bIain
He was then surrounded, and, while
engaged in cutting bis way with heroic
courage lironeh the ranks Of the enemy
a sabre cut from behind, given by a dra'
eoon as he wen, by, nearly severed hi;
head liom his body, and he fell dead
covered with bayonei wounds. sabre gush
-, and marked with lance-!hrusis ano
bullet holes. The sapper who aas will
him stood by Mr.. Burke to the last, bu
could no, save him
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least, not 10 have overrated the power of
that alliance by which they have been SO
rapidly achieved.

The SERFs OF RUssIA.--In many parts
OF Russia the peasants believe themselves
to belong 10 the soil, u condition Of exist.
ence which appears to them natural.
MOI unfreqnenily, when about 10 be sold,
hey send depuiaiion 10 some far>off
master, of whose character for kiadness
rrports have reached them, impioring
him 10 buy them, their lands, their child.
rem, their cattle. And if this lord, SO
celebrated for his genllencss, be without
n,ouey, they provide him with il, 10 be
sure of belonging only TO him. In con-
sderalion, he exemp,s them from taxes
for certain number Of years, and thus
indsmnies them for the price Of thoir
bodies, which they have paid TO him in
advance, by furnishing the sum that re.
presents the value Of the domains to
which they belong, and TO which they
have obliged him 10 be their proprietor,
The greatest misfortune that can happen
these vegetoting men, is 10 see their
native fields sold. They are always sold
with the glebe, aud the only advantage
lhcY have hitherto derived from ,he
modern amelioralon Of the law is, ,hul
they cannot now be sold " ilhout il. The
Iornne OF wealthy man is computed by
The heads of his peasants. The seTf ls
coined, aud is equivalent, on an average, ,
TO ten rubles year 10 his proprietor,
who is called free, because he is the
owner Of serfs,- Marquis de Custine.
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Between lhe 20ih ~ Angus
and Is, Of September, Schamyl entered
the northern part OF Georgia with $4,000
mon, and advanced TO Kour. The cen.
ter, which be commanded 10 person, was
at Achalgora on The 18Th Of August; the
right wing under the Elnir Hassan Etnin,
was al Gor on the Lour D, the same
date; and the left wing, nader the Emf
Chupli Emin, WIS at Mucht, o Little lt
the north Of T'ihis.
The Russians were taken completely
BY surprise, aud reifoaied, after very
feeble resistance, into the mountains
Schamyl carried off a great quantity o
booty, and made some prisoners of higt
rank. The effect of these movements
has been TO compel the Russia IS to re-
linquish all idea of conquest in TuIkist
Armenia,
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A great national cattle show is 10 be
held under The auspices Of the United
States Agricultural Society, (of which
the Hon. Marshall P. Wilder is the pres
sidenl, ioiOke place ct Springfield, OHIO.
on the 25ih of October, and continue
three days. It will, Of course, be one oi
the greatest exhibitions Of the kind ever
witnessed in this county. The large
amount Of $G,eo0, in tile shape of pre-
miums for The best cattle, &C., is offered,
and lie competitors will moi be few. l.
bids fair 10 be great mass meeting oI
farmers, and Others interested. from every
State of the Union, dtawina people to,
getbef afier the fashion Of a western
barbecue,
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The PURcnAsE oF CUBA The Nav
York Express says il has il from UuiheD
tic sources that Mr., Soule has beer
renewing The offer TO Spain for tho pur
chase OF Cuba; and thar he agreed tc
give more than Sl0o. 100000, the sun
said 10 have been rendered during Pres
iden, Polk's administration. The Span
ish Ministers, who are greatly in want o
funds, although sorely tempted by the
Jingle ofso many millions, gave the pro-
position some lille attention, bu, only I,
reject ii
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The business manner with which "re-
vival preach9rs." sometimes speak OF
heir "work," frequently strikes the most
pinusly disposed as comical to ,he last
degree. The remark made at camp
meeting amidst unusual excitement, "'ba,
soul. would be LOST for wau of more straw
Inside of the mouners' ciic!e ~ has be-
come a proverb; but it is entirely eclpsed
by the mnis,e, who, sending the name
of a new subscriber to the Western Bar
tist Watchmdn, remarks: 81 did not 10,
the converts hair get dry before | i'm
pressed npon him the duty of subscribing
10 the Watchman, and of paying for it il
advance"
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The German cure for jaundce is said
to be the sndden stir of the bile by an
arousal Of Indignation. Willis, in oae of
ms letters from Idlewild, mentions The
case of his brother, who called in ply
scian whom proslrated with tho janndice
IN Leipsic, Germany. "The doctor left,
promising to send in his prescription.
Meantime an old woman enlered, who
accused my brother Of stealing, spat in
hi, face and ran out of the room! This
was the medicne-immediately effectual
far with the vigorous start OF the bile
commenced rapid recovery.
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HUMoRs OF THE ELECTION.

The Toledo Republican of the ll'l
has he following unique notice OF the
probable result OF the election in thai
portion of the universe:
The resalt Of The election yesterday
YVES such as might well astonisb even the
Democrats themselves. Alihough tht
whole Wing, Free Soil and Know~no'h'
ing forces was organized in opposition, u
The utmost excrions made throughout
the dag 10 bring defeat and dsmay upon
lhs Democracy, we are preparcd to an-
.nounee to>day, our belief, from returns
thus faf. thar, Hs fur 10 LuUu5 @oop'.'5. is
concerned,
Mr.. COMMAGER is ELECTED
10 reprcsen, US 10 the Salt River country,
by majority, which we need aot TO be
at the trouble 10 compute.
MR.. COOLEY is CHOSEN JUDGE
in the same region, by a majority agnins
him Of hundrcd or so less.
THE WHOLE County TICKET IS SAVED
from the tfoubles and vexalioDs of OFF
eal station for the noxi two years.
The STATE TICKET
We cannot as yet give the fesul, upon
as we understand in the Second Ward o
Ih,s Cily and in some of'he out towns
the Fusionisis are still voting against ii
On the whole, the popular vote seems
to demand that we bring ont our Rooste
for the
Astounding News from Salt River
Country.
Sc6rce OF Fusionsls as 10 day TO be fnunt
is that whole region, aud pure Democra'
cy reigns.
The Wings, who have recently beer
so-jnurning in that county, have return
ed On years visit 20 their friends nn'
allies. Blu, careful for ihe futnre, an'
probing by past experience, they expec
as snan rs the congratulations at meeting
are over, to commence preparations 10
a hasiy return.
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FR,Yc,s GRAHAM was ttied in N

FRANCis GRAHAM was ttied in Nee
York on Wednesday, in The court of ses
sons, on charge Of manslanghter il
The fourth degtee, and convicted Ora
ham. and four Of bis companions, wer,
drinking brandy; small portion Of The
liquor remaining. he gave il ic boy a
bont eight years old, who swallowed il
and died in few hours after. Their
being no evidence of criminal inten
ON The part Of Gfahlm he was recon-
mended TO mercy by the jury Wash
iagton Globe.
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TAE war in Europe is increasing the
emigration very largely, 'he people of
lha, country choosing rather TO find
peaceful homes in the American widar-
ness, ,han 10 run the chance Of gelling
their brains dashed ou Tor the CORY of
some imperial muster or petty prince
no better than themselves. For the
siehi months commencing with January
aud ending with August. the returns
show toinl Of arrivals al n " York, Of
Irish, 81 ,54S; German, ll6,4O0, making
with natives of other countries, grand
total Of 209,4l4 Mauy Of these Ger
man emi0ranis are men of capital, VIII
enrich the State in which they ,el'le viii
their savings as well as with their labor.
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DEATH RATHER THAN IMpRIsoNMsNT
The Taun'pn 6 zene states that >
man named Micheal Mccarthy, ,uf fsqnaw
betty. while On his way to tie jail, il
Taunton, 10 which as common sci.
lorot liquors, he had been committed, in
defanlt OF bail, escaped from Tho officeI'l
grasp, and, crying that he would drowl
himself before he would be arrested
sprang into the river aud was drowned.
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THE ALLEGED WIFE MURER AT Chr.
cAGo The coroner's jury have found
a verdict against George W. Green. the
wealthy CITIZEN Of Chicago charged viii
poisoning his wife with sirychnine
The Chicago journals think that from
ths wealth and position ofihe accused
his trial is likely to make sensation or,
" less Than that Of DR.. Wabster's, few
years ago.
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FRIDAY, OCTOBER ~, 1854

CouRr CT COMMON PLEAS, The DC,
,obsr Term Of this Courl commenced on
Wednesday last. Hon. J., M. PALMER
pIeaiding. There was lilils or no busi-
ness before the Court beyond exparte mat
teYs, and matters submitted TO the court.
There we're no jury trials, and no criminal
business during the Term.