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Very we'll put me TO q horshead Of esch :
In due time the farmer was ready t. begin
10 use his new manures. or rather he was
fret cprious--even showmen have curiosity
TO see what these nitrates ard sulphstes
alt looked like. So he ordered the casks that
had arrived 10 be opened for inspection. -
TRat was soon done, pnd the man, with con.
siernaiioI written upon his face, cume back
with handsfui Of the contents and reported:
'Mr. Barnum, you're sold, humbuge ed; look
hore-ihat was marked Nitrate Of potash
What do you call tha,p
That that is ssl,pe,re--nothing else.'
And ,hisl That was murked su!phate Of
soda ,
Why, tha,l that, land he tasted--'that,
oh, pshaw !--that is only Gieuber solts,'
"And this ,ulphate OF magnesiap
'Bah--ihat is EPSON salts
'And shall send them bcckl'
'Yes--nU--bold on. Perhaps the druggist
in the village has sent for them, and they
have made mistake and sent my nitrstes g.
5ulphates TO him and his physic TO me-"
So he posted down to inquire; but no--ne.
body had sent for any GIauber salts; and SO
Re rafne back TO write letter and blow up
the dealer Sho had So befonled him.
IN the meantime the mun had got the cask
marked 'muria,c Of soda openedi and report.
I'd that il contained z-hs, ho, ha!--simpy
common salt'
WHAT on earth, wrote Dir. 3. 10 the chem.
st, did you send me GIau5er salts, EPSON
salts, sal,petre and common salt for! Do
you think want to pickle and preserve my
land; and it get in too ruch salt and salt.
pe,re, to physic i, out! Only one Of the
casks contuin what ordered, aud that is the
nitrate Of Soda
The return mail brought the following en-
swer:
Nitrate Of soda, Of course, is right, because
it is not known by any ether name.
'Glauoer salts is, properly speaking, sui.
plate OF soda, and SUI pha,e Of magueoia is
nothing more nor less than Fps ON salts.
Sal, as we use the term, is salt, but it is
very unmeauing term among 50 many salts
murute of soda is the right name cl our COM
mon Or table salt
'And nitrate OF potash is nothing but salt
pe,er--.durt be afraid Of it, il won't explode.
But it die explode said Mr.. Barnum. 1t
exploded my ignorance-I had studied ogri-
cultural chemistry, but | did not know salt
nor satpetre; do now, and mean to know
that they are good for the land.''
Ana we mean hat a few thousand other
people shall know the same thing. We d.
know that al these things are good and yer,
Z cheap manures.
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TRuE MISUNDERSTANDING says,
and with truth:-Tne d y laborer,who earns,
with horny hands and the sweat OF his brow
coarse food for a wife and children whom he
loves, is raised. by his generous motive. to
true dis nifty; and though wanting the refine
men,s OF life, Is nobler being than those
who think themselves absolyed by wealth
from serving others" IL 10 worthy OF note
than The men aHd women who lhiRk most
highly of themselves, and most meany OF
others, are those who render back 10 society
for the good things they enjoy, the smallest
return OF personal effort. The words true
benefaetors, and therefore It's true nobemel' Il
arc they who serve ii, humb y and earnestly
to the best Of the ability God has given. them.
All others are but counterlei.s and pretend
ers.--Ex.
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Jury whispered together for moment. She
prisoner stood up once more, and the fore.
man of the jury said--Not Gully.
Then burst forth hearty shout Of the peo.
pie. Abdel Alams sank back upon his sea;
aud in a moment more he wss zeized by o
sco'e Of stout me-, and with Wild and rend.
ing shouts they bore him into the free pure
air, where the bright stare ;ooked down und
smiled rp0n them. A little way had they
gone when they met young womar whose
hair wns flowing in the night breeze. aud
who wrung her hands in agony. They stop.
ped and ret their burden down. Abdel Ad.
ans saw the woman, and he sprahg forward
and caught her 10 his bosom.
"Mary- Mory--l'm innocent I'm innocent
--ironl--'
The wife did not speak. She only clung
wildly to her noble husband and wept upon
his bosom.
A wagon body was torn fto,n its sxIe:rees
--the blacksmith and his wife were laced
thereon, snd then they wcfS borne away To-.
ward their huine, und hung utter they had
passed from my sight could hear the glad
shouts ot the lmpusiye people, waking the
night air, and revsI beratlns Among the lis.
tat hills.
On The next morning, before the stage
stLrtrd, learned that Matthew Hampton
had determined 10 make the young black
slnith accept thousand dollars whether he
was willing or not.
Two weeks afterwards. while sitting in
the Office OF INV hoteI at Cincinnati, rece-
we'd newspapers from M. Henry Bilger
had been hanged, ind on the galiows uc-
knuwledged his guilt. Matthew Hampton
was slowly recovering, and the Blacksmith
had. after much expos'ulntion accepted his
thousand dollars from Hanpton's Bounty.
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An LieresI.ng Position.

4 perfectly authenticated story i' told OF
an officer residing in Guiana, who amused
himself in fishing aud hunting in neighbor-
ing RIVER. One sultry day, tired with nnsuc-
cessrul sport, he threw his lines, and drew
his canoe to the rivers edge, for the purp oss
of refreshing himself in the water. Having
done SO, he stretched himself, half dressed, on
the beaches of his canoe, with his gun
loaded with shot, and 10 this position he fell
asleep. Presently he was arorsed from his
s!umber, by curious sensation, as II some
animal was licking his ftot.-ln state ot
hafstupor, natural TO waking from his sleep,
he cast his eyes downward, and to mis- horror
perceived The neck and head OF a monster
serpent, covering his foot with saliva, prepar-
atory to commencing the process OF swallow
ing him whole, The officer had faced death
in many forms-on the ocean-in the battle.
field, but never had he conceived Of it in such
terrible guisc. For moment, the ofheer
was fascinated and then Withdrawing his
foot, he seized the gun lying beside him.
The reptile, apparently disturbed, for it had
evidently mistaken the officer for dead car
cass, drew it's head bel ow the ca2oe. II rose
again, moving backward and forward, as II 10
search of the object i had lost. The ofhcer'
with the muzzle of his gun within yard or
two of the serpent, fred, lodging the contents
in lie head The terrible boa, with hiss,
raised its heretofore unseen body in tbe air'
and seemed determined to throw itself up
on the officer, AM embrace him in ITS
powerful coils. A fortunate stroke OF the
paddle sent the canoe into the stream and 80
place orsafety, Having procured assistance
tho officer returned to the place Of attack and
having killed the reptile, found it tupwards OF
forty feet In length and Of proportiona'e
thickness. -....
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M1SGELL LANE0DS.
THE BLACKSMITII'S TRIAL.
BY AUSTIN C. BURDICK.

Tn the fall o. $40 was travelling in tu
West on husi iess. | left the MSslssi ippi
steamboat at Columbia, Kentucky, havlng
made up my mind to travel by land Us lar as
Muhlenburgh county, where | should strike
the Green River far enough mort ward to
iuke one o! Inc small flat boats for the Ohio.
Late one evening arrived at the town oi
M, intending to tuke the stage from
there oE the next morning. TIE bar room
of the tavern was crowded with people, and
noticed that 10. re numbers OF the citizens
were collected about the street corners, ap.
pearing to be discussing some matter ol more
than usual in crest.
or course | became curious 20 know the
cause oi al! this, and the first favorable OPP
pnTiuni,y asked the question of the land
lord. He gazed at rae moment in silence,
aud then with an omnOus shake OF the head
he gave me to understand that most dread
fu thing had happened, but beiure he had
explained to me hat it WIS, he was called
away To attend TO other business.
| soon found, however, that the "dreadfu
thing" VAS the object of conversation al
around me; and by simply listening, gain
I'd an insight into the mystery. II seemed
that there was to be II trial Ter murder ther,
on the next duy,and the crininurwas youn!
blacksmith, who had been burn and brought
up in the town, and who, until the presen
time, had borne a character above reprnuch
"A endeavOred,o 10 lind out the particulars
but could ascertain little upon whick L
depend, for different people gave diiiereu
accounts, and uliwho knew anything of tn
ma ter were tuo much excited TO speak can
1y. The murder had trsnsPired only about
week before, and consequently the even
was fresh in the mads OF the people.
The only facts 'hut came to me. upo
which could rely, were that a middle age
man, named Matthew Hampton, had BET
murdered and robbed, and that Abdel ,Adam
the young blacksmith, had been arrest ed f
the crime, and would be tried on the morrow
Some said that the murdered man none
to the amount OF over two thousand dolls,
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FAX iiiS.
"1e who by tae plough would thrive,

'luSt tIbLsi r'S-r" \. -''''S'
According 70 cur poor opinion OF things,
we think tho fufnier'- life 10 tho rnost iude-
pen dent life person csn live. The present
season opens his period Of labor and plea
sure; we say of pleasure, because, thanks to
the enlightenment OF the age, they recognise
the truth Of Cicero's dictun, Nothing is
healthier than agriculture. nothing better
nothing wurthier ui freemen." Virgil tells
us that farmers would be too happy il they
appreciated their advantages.
The calling OF the furmeris is the fountain
head uf all employ ments, because he p-odu-
ces directly the means Of ofsubsistence. 9th
er commodities may be purchased or rejected
at the caprice oi buyers, but the farmers
must be purchased
He ministers not to the taste. or whims, oil
society. but 10 our npefious necessities.--
Fashion may change, but the changes of
fashion Cannot affect corn or wheat. The
producer of the s'aflof life is certain Of
firm support To rely upon at all times. The
farmers look upon this season with peculiar
interest. He surveys his broad fields witt
the eye OF general, or field other, upon
which battle is 10 he fought The farmer
is Il general in his way--the weeds and The
elements ure his antagonists. II his acres
are not turruwed by the wheels of artillery
they are rent in twain by the sharp share of
his plough He has robaby planned his
campaign during the winter--aided his expe-
rence and judgment by comparing them with
the experience and Judgment of Others.
His skill tells him what fields are 10 be
rurro we'd, " hat nov ID, what pastured, and
what planted. He COMMITS his scec to tile
gruund, piously relying On the promise of the
Scripture, that "seed time and hurvest shall
never fail" Bat all his toll and eXertlons
have an an aim ~ reward. With autumn
comes the triumph OF the farmers skill.
I He es his broad acres covered with gold
en- grain. and everything around him is red
olent Of plenty and proiuson. 1t 3 then,
when he reads of mercantile COMMISSIONS, OF
momenlary crisis, If fires in Commercial cl'
ties OF ships ioundered at sea, and going
down to the bottom with all their rich car-
goes. that lie has reason TO thank Heaycn
! that he is a farmer.
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To sD0rtsu,en.

Wash your gun barrels in spirits ofturPen-
tine by dipping rag or sponge fastened on
your gun rJd into the liquid, and swaobing
them oui three or four times, when they will
be cleared from all impurities, and can be
used almost instantly as the tuFpenline will
cvaporate and leave the barrels dry; even if
they are little mist it will net prevent
their going Off like water. After being wash.
ed thus, there is no danger of rust as when
water is used I'm an old experienced gnn-
ner, and have prActised this for years. and
found it useful Spirits Of turPen'ine can be
procured at all country stores, and small
quantity suffice,h. ........- F. D.
TScie6.ifc American.
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POETRY.
THE GHOST-PLAYER.

BY JOHN @. SAKE.
ToE GOODWIN was un actor man,
Old Drury's pride and boast
In all the spritely parts,
Especially the Ghost.
Now Tom was very fond ofdtink,
Or almost every sort.
Comparative and positive,
From Porter up to port.
But grog, like grief, is fatal stuff
For any man 10 sup:
For when i. fails to pull him down,
Its sure TO blow Lin up.
So il Jared with ghostl, TEN,
WHO day by day was seen
A sw, Hing. ill (as lawyers say)
He lniry lost his lean.
At length the manager observed
He'd better leave lis post.
And said. he played the very deuce
When ear he played the Ghost.
twas only t'o,her ni!ht he saw
A fellow swing his hat,
And h.a,d him cry, by all tue gole
The Gi!ust is getting ia'"
fTwould never dn, the case was plain;
His yes he couldn't shut;
Ghosts shouldn', make TIE pc ople laugh,
And Tom WIS quite Butt.
Toms actor friends said meier word
10 cheer his dropping II, art;
Though more than one wa' burning up
With zeal TO take his part"
Tom argued very p'nusil'ly;
lie said lie didu,t doubt
Tha, Humlet's lather drank aud grew
Ia years, D little stout.
And so'twas natural, he said,
And quite proper plan.
To have lis split represent
a pur'ly OF OF man.
Twas oil in vain: the manager
Said he was not in sport,
And, like general, babe poo Toni O.
Surrender UP his FORTE.
He'd 10 perhaps in heavy pnrtsi
Might answer for monk,
Or rpor,cr TO the elephant, y
70 carry round nis trunk.
But in the Gfosr his day was pasti-
He'd yer do for that;
A Ghost miyhtjust as well be dead
As pethoIic und fat!
Alas! next day poor Tom was found
As stifas any post
For he had lost his character,
And given up the Ghost!
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CS-Matrimony is said to be greatly on
the increase, aud is regarded as an evidence
of a general Improvement in mercantile af-
tairs. The Boston Transcript says thut not
ls S. than one thousand marriage certificates
have been issued in that city since the first
Of January last. Hard times is supposed 10
be the cause
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o. A. BRowNsos on THE DESTINY CT THE
UxIrED STATES s.-Orestes 4. BrOwnson lee
tursd at New Orleans few dayssn The
Creole Of the 18th gives the following ab.
stracl Of the concluding portion ot this lee
ture Speaking Of the Romish church he
says:
II must become ;ie afbitsr between the
state and thn subject. 1t must guard the
man by interposng its flaming sword as
celence. 1t must cunstrue constitutions, &
expound laws, deciding where Ii The limit OF
centralized power, and what is its absolute
duty to perform.
For the individual it must decide what 10
the "higher law" giving licenses to obey one
civil requirement or dcruring il sntnl not to
resis, unother. To learn the bearing Of all
this, we need only ask, who constitutes the
church that Mr. Browpson clothes with such
power! The clergy. And above them, TO
whom they are utject. stauds the Pope,
claiming allegiance and dictatng their con.
duet.
The lecture of DE-. Brownson is, therefore,
a clear, hold and srccific annuhciaiion OF the
right OF The Pope 10 exercise political power
particularly in this country, which Is EN-
pharicalIy chosen in these latter days TO fulfil
mission which the eirsie nations OF Europe
have been unworthy to perform.
We admire the boldness with which the
annunciston is made, coupled as it was with
the assurance that the time was not far cls-
tanl when the cross would line our streets,
and the vesper bell be heard from al! our
valleys and hill tops.
We ask our Creole Catholics if this is their
idea of the power and province of the church a!
Is there an Americas SO blind as not TO
see that "this mission" is to bind e conti-
nent now free, in the bonds OF spiritua. and
civ. despotism!
The denial of Mr.. Chandler in Washing
ton of the claim of the church 10 temporal
power is rep ldiated by DR.. Brownson in New
Orleans.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1855-05-10

ACCIDENT. man who run up column
OF figures, tumbled down, and was hnr. very
badly ,- .t.
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rc-A piece of land was rs:ently sold in
London at the rate fiwo millions OF do'lars
an acre, |
S.As
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0eTSmOll ppx is raging among the :S.Ofed
eo"ulati,n in Washington, Pai
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-10-22

that his mental faculties were even more than
ordinarily bright since his recovery. This gave
the lie to all the open assertions and covert
insinuations so industriously kept in circula-
ton by interested parties in Washington, to
the prejudice Of that Minister. But notwith-
standing this direct aud unequivocal refuta-
ton Of the falsehoed, we see that it 10
still perscvered in. A telegraphic CORES
pendent at Washington, in despatch pub
lished yesterday morning, repeats the state
ment, on the strength of private letters from
Paris, received by the last steamer" that the
physical condition of Mr. Mason is I" extremely
critical The correspondent has been deceiv-
ed by some plausible story. There is no truth
in the report.
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r 81 e l. a r EST NEW 8
az MAGNETIC and PRINTING TElEGRSpss.
From Washington


CUSHING ON THE EAsTAN Wharf.-The PRESIDENT
REGAL OF Dir. wAnD-THE B0DIsco EsrArE-THEr
GOvEREORsHIP OF UTAH, ETC.
y WASHINGTON, Oct. q, 1866.
Tcday's Onion containsan article upon the Eastern
written by Cushing.
The President and Gov Wise, learn from reliable au-
thorty loggerheads Wise peremptorily
refuses to allow Virginia to elect delegates to the Cncin.
natl convention in favor Of Pierce.
Capt. Slack of the United States marine corps, left
here this evening for New York, with a marine guard
Of twenty four men for the sloop-ofwar Cyane.
Lieut. Dallas OF the marine corps has resigned his
commission.
Final action taken yesterday in the Of Doctor
Ward. The government, 1t is understood, disapproves
of his conduct Ia striking his flag and coming home His
services will be dispensed with and his shortly
appointed Delaware has kind Of prescripve right
the office.
In the Orphans Court yesterday Mrs. Bodsco and her
brother entered bond Of hundred thousand dollars
administrators Of the viii Of Mr. Bodsco late Russian
Minister far relates to his personal estate Judge
Purcell decided that the will bearing only his SIGNATURE
and not having been Witnessed according to the satue
not sufficient pass the real estate which, however,
goes by descent to his widow and children. All his pro-
pery in the country is supposed to amount to
From what be ascertained nothing will be done
with the Governorshp Of Utah until the meeting of Con-
gress It is the opinion Of those most conversan With
affairs there that it win be necessary to station strong
military force in the Territory.
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CONGREss-K SPEAKER OF THE
HoUse.--We are given to understand that the
election Of the Speaker Of the House upon the
assembling of the new Congress on the first Mon
day in December, will turn upon the question
Of the delegate from Kansas Two delegates
have been elected--Whitdcld by the pro-
slavery party, and Rceder by the anti-slavery
squatters of the Territory. Both will come on
to Washington, each MS the legitimatcly elected
delegate, and it will be for the House to de-
eide which is the legitimate and which the
spurious claimant of the seat. The Commit
tee on Elections will have much to do with this
decision, and the composition Of that commit
tee will depend upon the party bias Of the
Speaker who will have to appoint it, Conse-
quently, the whole issue between the bcllige.
rants upon the Kansas question will he tested
upon the election of the Speaker; and who can
predict the result? Verify, we have the pro-
mise of revolutionary opening Of Congress,
whatever the end may be. Are the Union men
prepared for the struggle? With Congress we
open the campaign for sc, and the contest for
union or disuni0n. Let not this momentous
fact he forgotten.
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Mails for Europe.

NEW YORK HERALDLEDrrfON FOR EUROPE.
me 'clnard mail steamship Canada, Capt Stone, will
ssaye Boston on Wednesday at noon, for Liverpool.
Tho European mails will close in this city at quarter
20 two o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
rhe Herald printed IN English and French) will be
cns he'd ten O'Clock In the morning. Single copies
IN wrappers, sixpence.
subscriptions advertisements for any edition Of the
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Win embrace the resolved by mail and telegraph at
No Office during the preous week. and to the hour OF
publication.
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OuR MINISTER TO FRANcE.--It Is highly
amusing, and instructive to watch with scru
tinizing eye the course OF things bearing
respondents will persist in representing the
state of Mr. Mason's health to be so bad as to
render his immediate supersedurc in Office ne
cessary; whereas we know very we'll that that
Minister is in as good health, and in possession
Of as sound faculties, as any Of the Kitchen Ca
binet who seem to be so anxious for his re-
moval by death or otherwise from the sphere
Of his present duties. Within the last week or
two, we published from our regular Paris cor
respondent letter assuring ns Of the com
pletc restoration to health Of Mr., Mason, and
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follow up this game, with all due respect to
the marriage institutions of the States? Hav-
ing failed in every other expedient to break
up this atrocious excrescence of Mormonism,
let Mr.. Pierce try this plan of an active in
surrection and a general desertion of the Nor
mon women; and let our women's rights wo-
men give them helping hand.
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Being desiros1 of giving correct list of the names Of
m ie candidates for office in this STATE from Assembly
up the highest the eicket with their politics
and anteceds ts would request the respective nom
to send their Names together with the names OF
Abe pareso which they attached in order that the
hist may be perfect possible We desire to publish
. correct Est, properly CLASSIFIED
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The Kansas Election.

ST. LOWS, Oct. 20, 1885,
Returns Of the Congressional election Of the second OF
October, from all the counties in Kansas give WHITFIELD
pro. slavery, 1904 votes and Reeder &c.
The election the 9th Of October, passed off quietly
In Leavenworth City, Reedcr got $50 and in Lawrence
City, $685. These two precincts give Reeder than
twice the number of votes they gave Whitfield at the
election OF the I'd of October.
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PROVIDENCE, Oct 90, 1855.
The demand during the past week for cotton has
steady and the sales moderate, at unsettled prices
Wooi-The market continues firm at the same range OF
prices; sales sS 900 lbs. Printing Coths-Market ac
tive, and prices firm sales GO, 100 pieces