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TO Two men lost their lives on Saturday
last in Saltwater by descending into deep
we'll, filled with carbonic acid gas. A man
named Smell was also drowned while bathing
in St. Croix Lake OH the same day.
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czs- The japanese authorities greatly in
sisted upon inserting a clause in the Treaty
with the United States to the effect that no
American lady should be permitted to visit
Japan! This proposition was Of course prompt
ly rejected by the gallant commodore.
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BROKE JAIL.--Six prisoners broke from Nor.
Maine Jail, on the night of the I'd
inst.
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rs Hon. James Brooks, the senior editor
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THE SOVEREIGN RULE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
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