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a4 A 0REAT EaviEa Or Soa ap.--Un
opinion has eflnn heen boiled fJril
in reference 30 this staple--i'ay ihlis
pepsable eompound civilization and
refinement would never have been
Ind it hot been for this important
a eovery, ofsome early Alchemlst. y
What pray, would the world lie with
ont clothes lei aan cloths9 WHY
all lisinctous In souiety would be Al
~ enl, aud tine lady could not be
Eilown from q mere woman, anil tile
nice young gent. would be nothing
more wonderful to behold, than HE
eeomnoner. For this sreason, do
we look with a ratronizing eye, upon
eacll rev invention having for its OBJ
iaot saving Of The saronaceous con.
pound. vulgarly deno,, mated ''soap.''
An exhibition Of the knnckle washing
machine at the Harvey House rester.
day evening, forceablya struck us
as still another giant stride III pro
giession. q
IL Our ehterprising fellow eiti
zen ]. DEAL, on Church street, has
purchased the right - make and sell
llollingworh' ! Patent Washing Ma
chine. for The Parishes Of East Baton
souge and Felieiapa. The machine
is 50 sinnle in ils construction. and
can be afforded for 80 small an amount
that y 'nnst very scon be universally
used The skeptieal may be convieee,l
IN few minutes fits value, by prae
teal demonstration 7atR
tel
YotNe BAonsLoR's BAlL.--A se
ries Of balls are row being given IL
the Crescent city. ro,,ne bachelors
farooth, There IA no such variety Of
the ge',,,s homo. ff a man arrives NJ
thirty years VI discretion and does
not put his head into the nntruuo,,-
ial halter. he IL in the full sense of
the world an old Bachelor, aud should /,
be 50 written. The world is loo much !,
gwen to calling thugs BY wronr
namea The old ieaies who give these
ba'ls. are evidently aware Of the faet. |
and think no doubt to awaken the ,
sympathy Of (old) maids In their "a. 1
vof
DieEcr lRApr-Nlr Baylor, ae. !
eotding to appointment, delivered a {
lecture N the Hall of the House. ef I
Representatives, Monday night on this I
interesting subject, Although it rain Q
q - nevrr before, there vas 4 rood
audience. Mr. Baylor i an ehonept :
md enthusiastic adsoea,esef this meas v
are, and shows us in the most csn,l,,. I"
I'VE and satisfactory manner that the y
y A Z . q |
cotton monopoly may be /
foken up, and tue planter save som, !,
ight OF ten dollars. ON each bale o, y
often he ,aakes Certainly If this be v
he faet' there is no subject having =
trongct claims on the cv,,on planter q
iAe 7'sss'aphs of tie Csur-Ne, y
outstanding, tho vain glorious BON. U
sst ct the English press, Russia has a. a.
eea inamphan, in all her uodertak. OF
e. te Allied army Of Invasion, has "
letsts deserved fate. and the Who'll, y
'v''fed world seems wiling to Il, !"
evastopcl stand where il Is aud no, Ia
ave the BLACK Sea bailpl out hi. re-
'a>on' ! The Gzar has jus. concluded err
treaty with Imperial China, which "
ives fer the navigation Of the Amoo, y
10 q tract OF country overa 1000 kr
lies in 'sng.la This gives Russia a ft
Q border on the Pacific in a lemner. 70
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70 Il is proposed to light the
streets ,of a. village With red haired
galsl live lived there we'd play
tipsy every night and hug the lamp
post
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-02-18

ExTRsoRpINAEY WRrERs.--Tbe
Delta malses some passes at us, on
account Of our extraordinary writer's
and orators, The Delta wants TO
know if Messrs. Rivers aud Lacey sur
vive the pelting they received 10 die.
tionary words. from the writer in the
Gazette who signs himself Lobby ?"
We are unable to answer; we be-
leve. however, that. Rivers has gone
home disgasted, and is about to make
''the ascension to q Recordersbip in
The Temple Of Concord or the Par
lsh Of Concordia. Of which much has
been said.
Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-10-27
Visit OF the LuthernnS ynod TO the Pre-.


In accordance with a resolution unanimously
adopted, the members of the Evangelical Lu.
theran Synod Of Maryland, who had been hold.
ing their session in this city for several
days, called in body at the White House on
Tuesday for the purpose Of paying their re.
spects to President Pierce. They we're re-
ceived by him with manifest qualification, and
the onion says the members of the Synod were
highly pleased with their visit The Rev. Mr..
McCron introduced his brethren to the Presi.
dent in the following appropriate remarks:
Mr.. President 1t affords me much pleasure
to introduce to your excellency the Evanpeli-
cal Lutheran Synod of Maryland, and assure
you of our high appreciation of your distin.
guished services on behalf Of the great repub-
lie which has, with confidence in your ability
and integrity, placed the administration of its
executive government in your hands.
As Germans, natively or by descent, our pro.
found and sincere regard has always been
manifested to our noble and generous psttu-
tons; and, while we congratulate you on the
prosperity and peace which eminently distin-
guish our grand national confederacy, we shall
continue to offer our prayers for perpetuation
Of the same benediction.
The President responded as follows:
Sir: am very much gratifed to meet the
Lutheran Synod of Maryland, now convened
in this city, several Of whose ministers II has
been my pleasure TO hear preach and feel
much obliged to you, sir, and the body which
you represent, for the favorable sentiments in
regard to my services as President of this
great country, just expressed. Whatever merit
may attach to those services must be ascribed
to sincere and honest purpose faithfully to
discharge the responsible duties imposed upon
me by the people. And it affords me very
great pleasure to be assured that am remem-
bered by the clergy in their prayers to Throne
of Grace; for regard them as class Of men
whose services are of great importance to the
welfare of our country, and nm always graft.
fled to meet them in social intercourse / am
gratified to bear testimony to the civil value Of
Germans, whose national character your SYNOD
represents. In all the relations which they
sustain to our government, have always found
them to be honest, sincere in their attachment
to our country loyal, and perfectly reliable.
Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-10-27

Dates from Fort Laramie of the 10Th Sep
TENDER have been received at ST. Louis. Capt
A. ?. Howe, of the 4th Artillery, was on trial
before court martial for disobedience of orders
at the Battle of Blue Water. Gen. Harvey
arrived at the Fort on the 18th. The Sioux
Indians were committing depredations and had
sent defiance to Gen. Harvey. Capt Cady
had arrived and will accompany the General,
as Colonel Hoffman is sick.
Ex-Governor Reeder has left Kansas city for
Virginia.
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rendering their accounts to the gath September,
at which time the second volume of the Tri-
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While returning our thanks to those who have
from the beginning, sustained our enterprise, we
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We are compelled to this course owing to the
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plying with our terms. No offence is intended to
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Subscribers not renewing by the first Of October,
their names will be stricken from the list
Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-10-27

We have noticed numerous efforts at the
North to resuscitate the old Wing party.
Meeting after meeting has been held, letter
after letter read, and speech after speech made
We have seen in the proceedings Of these
meetings many indications of old Wing preju-
dice, but few, if any, of improvement. True,
they denounce the BLACK Republican" move
ment, but they claim that their old platforms
on the subject of slavery ought to be as accep-
table to the North and to Abolitionists, as any
platform devised by the Fusonists and the
Black Republicans.
The movements of these Northern Wings
have met with little, if any, encouragement at
the South. Indeed, so far as we know, they
have been cheered by no response
The Southern Wings remember, and will re-
member to their dying day, that the unsound.
ness of their Northern brethren on the slavery
question forced them to withdraw from the or.
ganization. Thus split and divided into a
Northern and Southern party, of course the
Wing party could not stand It's members
either held off in tranquil neutrality, or be-
came diffused among the Know-nothings, the
Democrats, or the Fusionists. The unsound-
ness of the Northern Wings, we say, was the
cause of the standardization and ultimate
dissolution Of the Wing party.
But it seems that after this dissolution, many
of the old wool-dyed Wings who abhor all
novelties and hate all enemies, refused to unite
with any party, and calmly and in silence
awaited the moving Of the waters The waters
have moved-indeed the political elements have
melted with fervent heat
Watching their time, the old line Wings of
the North have jumped upon the arena and are
striving to reconstruct the old Wing party.
Now, to be a national party, living party,
an effective party, it must embrace both North
and South Can this be brought about? We
think not. The Southern Wings will not unite
In this movement unless the cause of their late
severance be removed--that cause was the I'M
soundness of the Northern Wings on the
slavery question. 1t has not yet been re-
moved. True, the Northern Wings who are
getting up this movement may be, and are,
better than the Black Republicans but
there may be contrasts without virtue in either
The Northern Wings who propose the resusci.
tation of the Wing party, have never recanted
their unsound opinions on the slavery ques-
ton. Their new platforms resemble their old
platforms. Until this is changed, there is no
Likelihood Of a reunion. The only hope of
sound, constitutional Wings, whether"at the
South or at the North, is in the Democratic
party.
Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-10-27
POLITICS IN NEW YORK.

We can scarcely take up a newspaper that
does not give an account Of some political
meeting or other in New York All the vari.
Gus parties in that perturbed State seem to be
preparing for the great Presidential canvass
that will shortly open. Complications and
combinations are daily occurring that give a
strange aspect to New York parties, and
greatly increase the perplexity Of the already
perpexed politics Of that State.
Amid the diverse and conflicting parties that
present themselves to the view, there is but one
that the mind can dwell upon with any degree
Of pleasure or compacency. That party is the
party known as the Hards.
The ample columns Of the New York papers
of Tuesday last are occupied with the proceed.
ings Of a meeting Of the National Democrats,
held the preceding night at the Metropolitan
theatre. Not having room for the speeches
and details, we subjoin the principal resolu.
tons that we're adopted, and two admirable let.
ters from Ex.Vice President Dallas and Gov
ernor Dickinson.
RESOLUTIONS
Resolred, That the Territories Of the United
States, purchased by the common blood and
treasure Of the whole people are the COM
mon property Of the people of the several
States Of this Confederacy, and all are entitled
to their full, free, and equal enjoyment. That
the Constitution has not conferred upon Con.
gress the right either to establish or prohibit
domestic slavery in the States or Territories,
and any attempt TO impose the Wimot proviso
upon the organization Of territorial govern.
ments is gross usurpation, always offensive
to the Democracy, and violation Of the rights
Of the people ofthe several States.
Resolred, That the Congress Of the United
States has the right to delegate to the people
OF the Territories the power Of selfgovernment,
subject only to the Constitution Of the United
States that the recognition Of this power in the
people of Nebraska and Kansas, following the
established principles Of the Compromise mea.
sures of 1850, was a wise and salutary mea-
sure, consistent with the Constitution, and cal.
culated to alay and finally extinguish the agi.
tation Of both pro.slayery and anti-slavery dem
agogues throughout the States
Resoloed, That the formation Of the Repub.
lican party, composed Of Freesol Democrats,
Anti slavery Wings and Of every other element
OF Northern fanatcism, is dangerous and
portentous event, calculated to excite the alarm
and dismay Of every patriot We regard it as
the contamination Of the odious threat Of Van
Buren, IN l84s, to establish the great anti sla.
very party Of the North. Based upon geo.
graphical hne, and at war with the institutions
OF the Southern States, its success would be
the knell of the Union, and the destruction Of
the fairest fabric of government which the pa.
triotism Of man ever devised.
Resolred, That in our opinion, speaking for
our own State, we are indebted to the present
administration for the existence and growth of
this new party. BY the efforts which we made
to elect Franklin Pierce President of the United
Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-10-27
From the New York Evening Post.
THE SONG or THE BACCHANTE.
ny FrTz-JAMEs o'HRrES.

ny FrTz-JAMEs o'BRrEN.
Bacchus and were intimate friends;
When earth was damaske ed with blooms Of youth
Together we roamed TO its utmost ends
Drinking spendidly-talking truth
We drank by the shores the Persian seas:
We reeled over sun-lighted Indian slopes
And under the shadows Of gum-dropping tree.
We pictured Future of golden hopes,
Singing
Bacchus! sweet Bacchus!
Let all who hear us follow.
Bacchus 10 Bacebus!
Echo hill-echo hollow!
Like rose faint-hushed was his skin so fair,
And round as O rose bud his perfect shane
And there lay light in his tawny hair,
Like sun in the heart of bursting grape.
loved him mady-he loved me too
Together we drank Of his wondrous wine;
But better, far better, the purple dew
When kissed from his lips NJ they chung 10 mine
Singing
Bacchus dear Bscchusl
Sweet night to-day doth follow
Bacchus 10 Bacchusi
Whisper hil-whisper hollow
] drank from no moldy flask, moi |!
Couched on tressel Of sweei-smiling pines.
AL the day long on my back I'd lie
Under heaven Of pendulous vines
Bacchus leaned lovingly over, and bruised
Bunch aiter bunch I'LL the grape. blood fell
Blood that as through his fingers II oozcd
Changed into wine through some mystical spell
Singing
Bacchus great Bscchus
Bid us no more 10 follow.
Bscchus 10 Bacchusl
Slumber hiil--slumber hollow!
Thus we trooped into god-loving Greece,
Dancing down by Achsian rills
Swinging our magical goblet Of Peace,
Shaped in the heart ofthe Lydian hills.
Our affairs smoked on thousand isles,
Our praise was hymned on the Tuscan shore,
And Tapped in welcome, and summed in smiles,
Our days were golden for evermore!
Singing
Baccbus good Bacchusi
The eager nations follow!
Bacchus 10 Bacchusl
Thunder hill--thunder hollow,
Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-10-27
From The Baltimore Republican.
A Card.

From The Baltimore Republican.
Card.
WITHDRAWALS FROM THE KSow-NoTHMe Sc.
cRET ORDER.
TO all whom IL may concern:
SAVAGE Factory COUNCIL, No, L,
Howard County, Md, Oct. %, 1855.
We, the undersigned, voters Of the first cleo.
ton district of Howard county Maryland, do,
by these presents, declare that we will no longer
support or give our aid to the furtherance of
the Know-nothing organization. We rally
now under the flag of our Union-advocatinp
the principles Of civil and religious liberty ;
henceforward we declare ourselves as strict par.
tisans ofthe Union Democracy Of Maryland.
Amos w. Welsh,
William Redden,
Thomas Murphy,
William Brien,
jeremiah Jones,
Reason Bounds,
Lloyd Murphy,
Joshua II. Penn,
John Rolls,
Samuel Owings,
Andrew j. Sakers,
Zadoclx Bren
| hereby certify that the above names we're
subscribed in the presence of Witnesses, and
that know them to be honest voters Of How.
ard county. J0NA MARRIOTT.
Mr.. Marriott was High Priest Of the Order.
Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-10-27

ELIMINATING METALLIC PoIsoNs-The new
Undiscovered process Of eliminating metallic poi
sons from the human body by means OF, chemical
electricity, which has excited so much interest
in the medical and scientific world, is as fol-
lows: A metallic bath is insulated from every
thing, and partially filed with acidulated water
to convey more readily the electric currents.
The patient lies upon seat in the Tub, insu-
lated entirely from the bath. When gold,
silver or mercury is in the system, nitric or
hydrochlorc acids are employed when lead is
suspected, the acid used is sui phuric. This
done, the negative pole of battery is put in
connection with the bath, while the positive
pole is in the hands Of the patient. The eleciri-
citynow precipitates ITSELF hunts, digs, searches
and discovers every metallic substance con-
cealed in the most profound tissues, bones
joints and nerves Of the patient resolves them
into their primitive forms, and extracting them
entire from the human organization, deposits
them upon the sides Of the bath, where they can
be easily seen.
Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-10-27
Comm odore Stewart.


The following note from the Secretary of the
Navy to Commodore Stewart will be read with
pleasure by the friends of both parties. 1t is
in the highest degree complimentary to the
Commodore whilst it's tone and sentiment does
credit to Mr.. Dobbin:
NAVY DEPARTMENT, Sept. Is, 1855.
SIR: The Board Of Naval Officers assem-
bled under the act to promote the efficiency of
the navy, approved February 20, 1855, having
reported you as one of the officers who, in their
judgment, should be placed on the reserved
list" on leave of absence pay, and the finding
OF the Board having been approved by the
President, 1t becomes my duty to inform you
that accordingly your name is removed from
serve list" The act, however, authorizes the
Secretary of the Navy to order you to duty.
In consideration of your eminent services to
the country, and the very satisfactory manner
in which you are discharging the duties of
Commandant of the Philadelphia Navy Yard,
| assure you, Commodore, it is with pleasure /
avail myself of the authority of the law to or
der that you remain on duty at your present
post. | am sure, also, that do not speak un-
adyisedly in saying that none of your fellow
citizens cherish more cordially grateful recol-
lection of your distinguished services than the
Board who have acted from stern sense of
duty and the President who conceived it
proper after due reflection to approve that
finding. And / may add that / believe none
will more sincerely approve my retaining you
on duty
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
J. G. DoBBIN.
Com. Charles Stewart, Philadelphia
Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-10-27

States, the fanatcism of Freesoil was rebuked
and extinguished; but the vain and silly project
of coercing, through party machinery, a re-
nomination IN 1856, induced the policy, upon
the very advent of his administration, Of form.
ing close utilization with the anti-slavery agi-
tators OF lo4S, and of controlling the conven
uons and elections of this sovereign State, by
the inscriptions abuse of patronage and the
and OF ruian violence, so that the solid organi
cation OF our party has become demoralized,
our principles condemned, Freesoilism resus.
citated, and the Wimot Proyiso on the motion
of Mr.. Van Buren,, fully endorsed by the ad-
ministration convention held at Syracuse on
the 18th of August last. These are violations
of principles which justify our separation, and
demand the irown of true and generous but
insulted Democracy
Resoired, That while the Democratic party
has always opposed an indiscriminate System
of internal improvements by the national gov
eminent, embracing works of merely local
importance, they have ever been in favor of such
judicious expenditures as are needed for the
improvement and greater security of the navi-
gable waters OF the United States which are
strictly national in their character.
Resoioed, That we are opposed to Know mo-
thingism in all its shapes, phases and objects,
and the genius OF American liberty.
Resotced, That we are opposed to the Maine
law, and all other attempts at legislation of the
same species which propose to coerce the social
habits of the people by the strong arm of the
law. They are unconstitutional, beyond the
jurisdiction of government, and tend to aggra-
vate evils they were yainly intended to suppress.
From Ex-vice President Geo. nj. Dallas.
PHILADELPHIA, Monday Oct. Is, 1855.
GENTLEMEN l am honored by your commu-
nication of the 10th instant, inviting my at
tendance at mass meeting of the National
Democratic party of New York, on Monday
nent; and were it reconcable with other in.
exorable engagements, should feel much
pleasure in Selling this opportunity to greet
many cherished friends, valued alike for their
public and their personal worth
On the causes and character of Democratic
divisions in your noble State, it would be I'M
becoming in me to express an intermeddling
sentiment. They will doubtless be extinguished,
in good time, by yourselves; but cannot refrain
from saying that in the devotion, or cardinal
and fundamental points, of the National Dem
ocrats of New York to the constitutional
Union, there have been displayed an ardor,
sincerity and frmness certainly not exceeded in
any part of our country, and Justly inspiring
general, if not universal admiration and re-
spect
| am, gentlemen, your friend, and most ODE
dent servant, G. NJ. DALLAS.
To Alexander G. Morton, l.. P. Clover, L. W.
Glover, VIM. Sinclair, John King.
Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-10-27
A ROYAL MARRIAGE.

The European Times, mentions a rumor Of
the probable marriage of the oldest daughter
of Queen Victoria, the Princess Royal, with
Prince Frederic William, of Prussia, heir to the
throne Of Prussia, when his uncle and father
cease to exist.