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nnce and cantingents againts the Czar. In
addition to the second and third rate States
mentioned in my last, Tuscany and even
Parma and Modena are now enumerated as
likely to join this Holy Alliance rs it is
represented to be. l shall probably in my
next have to inform you that the Republic
OF San Marino, and the cx-sovcreicn of Mo-
naco, and perhaps his Majesty Soulouque of
st. Domingo, have been called on for their
contingents. "Evcry little helps" is evident
ly the motto upon which the Western pow
crs are proceeding. 1t must be gratifying
as well as amusing to the Gar to see the
importantly Of the allies with regard to the
small powers of Europe in order to make the
campaign Of s55 more successful than that
of 1854
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chaplains w:!o served with the army in the
several wa,& Of the country.
SEC. 12. And bc6furtllcr enacted, That
the provisions of this act shall be applied to
those who served as volunteers at the attack
on Lewistown, i'll Delaware, by the British,
fleet, in the war Of eighteen hundred and
twelve, and fifteen.
SEC. 23. And be it further enacted, That
each of the surviving officers and privates
who i'll any of the wars in which this coun.
try l';.s been engaged performed military
service against the public enemy, though,
not regularly called or mustered into service
OF the United States, and the widows and
children OF such officers and privatcs as are
dead, shall be entitled to all the benefits O!
the first anG second sections of this act
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tccl without thcm.-But some NAV say
these are small and significant things, why
do you not strike at some great evil Be
cause, my friends, there arc Il sufficient num-
Der striking at the Golialls, with their broa,l
swords, and but few that use the sling and
the stone. Get the little feeders of great
sins out Of The way, and the great ones
must perish. BRADFORD.
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PLANTING CoRN.-The Augusta Censti-
tu:ionalist reitcratcs the sound advice 80
often urged upon farmers, to put in large
crops of, Corn. The Constitutionakst SAYS :
The high price it bears, and most proba-
bly, will command for long time, offers
strong inducements to plant largely. It
is impossible to err in this direction, even
If planters should make double, as much as
they consume. superabundant crop makes
everything prosper upon plantation, and
the surplus can be readily converted into
money at better paying prices than cotton.
And as the production of the latter is di.
minished, the chances Of its rising from it's
present point Of depression is necessarily
increased"
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WHOLE NUMBER 81.
APPLES wrTllorr SEEDS OR Conxs-H

APPLES, wrTnorT SEEDS OR ConEs-A
correspondent Of the Memphis Whig gives
the following recipe for obtaining apples
without seed or cores:
Take the ends of the limbs of an apple
tree where they hang low, so as to reaeh
the ground, dig small hole for each end
under the tree, bend it down and bury it in
the hole, confning it down so that it will
remain. DO this in the winter or beginning
of spring. The end of the limbs thus buried
will take root and put up sprouts, or scions,
which, when they become sufficiently large
to set out, dig up at the proper season, and
transplant them in the orchard where YOU
wish them 10 remain. When they get large
enough to bear, they will bear apples as
above.
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"a very unfortunate event has Just oo-
Cured at the Hague-an event of so dis
tressing nature that should hesitate to mar
rate it, but that it comes to me from unuues-
tionable authority. The King Of Holland late
ly went to visit one of his mistresses, and
found one Of his aides decamp closeted with
her. The king rushed upon the officer and
stabbed him. The wound, it is said, has
proved fatal, and great exertions are being
made in high places to keepsthis horrible
tragedy from the public We have not
seen this or any similar statement elsewhere.
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go IT, BOB TAIL."--Rccently, says the
Texan, there were Indian alarms about Fred
ericksburg. One German in the vicinity
.penned his horses: atSnight' for safety. He
was aroused JIM the "dark silent hour by the
jingiing Of bells, bounced up and out la
sans culotte discovered Messrs:: Red Skin
were driving off his cavallado' in hurry.
Hans, greatly excited, mounted his feet bob
tail pony, without gun, pistol or knife
painless, coatless, shoelcss, and l,atless, and
with the rear portion Of his &c. playing in
graceful horizontal position, made pursuit,
shouting most Justify in hismother's, tongue
to the Messrs. Red Skin to stop, or begpuld
scalp aud roast every mothers son Of them.
The Indians, who were ten or fifteensin num-
Der, supposing they were pursued by a regis
met of Texan Rangers took a flight, regard:
less Of booty, leaving not only The horses
they had taken, but two very. fine onss o.
their own, together with any number 81
bows and affdW spears, knives, guns and
|sother .sf6ixips swere found the next
|aay saes for about q mile; and
froafsAss Ills tiESkaseen their horses must hays
ttaksnil lawf6l ides,,, and no doubt they
thad IS shsitssnd had dome. -
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TIE PEAcE, PRosPEcT.-Tk: intelligent
Paris correspondent of the National Intelli-
gcnccr writes:
Dispatches from Be'lin and Vienna in
form us that the Eurtrorof Russia, in view
OF the probable exigcncies of the war, has
just ordered "a general arning throughout
the whole extent Of his ,empire."'5
Thistdoes not look much like. an expccta-
tion on his part that peace will grow, out Of
| the late and coming conferences at Vienna.
In fact nobody now looks for this; and the
date Of the opening the conferences, and
even the opening OF them at all, is considered
FasTfsorc thansven problematieal. The inter
pretationsof the thjrds;point is understood
to bo.the great stumbling block which nei.
ther Of the parties belligerent and negotiating
can get past in order to meet the other
upon acceptable terms. Carthage delenda
est is the irrevocable sentence pronounced
by the allies against the Russian stronghold
Bin thetBlack Sea, Seyastopol. V French wri.
tons pretend TO, o,believe and strive topersuade
Austria that the levy e,s n,asse said TO have
been just ordered by the Czar can only Be
intended for the invasion Of Germany, and
FPdfssia is incoptinently advised TO rush
tdorthwith into the arms Of Tie allies. a.
The immense preparations Of the allies
:tfor the approaching compaign seem 10 me
1 on tue contrary, to beaItogeshet IA nature
justify the bringing up t6 1 thf contents q &
jail thss fesonrcs ,his vast empire cd
,Eplaes At BIS diissP Yhs allies ce1itt ttisae
i ititt sHelns; he knuc sss SpSfs of al
i i tie pst in Ehrep ahSsi ALI
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Susan, stand up and let the gentleman
see what you have learned. "What does
chair spell?" &ssJ
"I don't know, marm." ~
"Why, you ignorant critter.What do
you always sit on9" =.
aoh, marm,don't like to telln
5 "What on afrth is the matter with the
gala what isitf" 81
~ don't like to tell It was Bill Cross
knee, butshe never kissed me but twice"
j as"Airthquakes and apples !" exclaimed the
schoolmistress, and then tainted. ~
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New Schemes of D;sunion.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 6, lS55.-I hast
ell TO lay i'.tore you, in advance of all pub
lcitv, a sc4emc which is now advancing,
under pro:"und secrecy, among Il goodlv
number OF our most respectable and influ-
enllal citizens: have no time TO comment,
but give YOU tic plan, as it has been reveal
cd to INC without any injunction Of con.
cealment.
a new republic is to be formed, consist
ing at first of ten States, three to be COM
prlscd Within the present limits of the State
Of California, three in Oregon Territory,
two in Washington Territory, and two from
the western portions OF Utah and New Mex
leo. The basis is the confcderated govern
ment similar to yours OH the Atlantic side.
The great railroad is to he abandoned, and
every obstacle thrown in the way of its con-
Slruc:ion; while the argument at the hust-
lnyS Is to bc made to the people that the
Government Of Washington have rfuscd the
road to the people of the Pacific. The
question Of slavery is TO be ahiured and dis
claimed until the plan is SO far executed
that there can be no rctraction, after which
the Southern four or five States will atlopt
slavery. The first convention is to be i'm
posing i'll numbers, and especially SO in the
distinguished talent OF its members, You
need no information rs to Tie number of cx-
Senators, ,eX-Congrcssmen, cX-Govcrnors, and
cx Judges who swarm i'll our midst, painting
for one more good ol.i-fasiiioncd political
chase.
The president, senators, representatives,
and cabinet ministry arc all to be chosen
by the direct vote of the people The nat
uraization laws are to be fixed on severe
basis. The act of independence to be SIM
ultancous with well plan I'd and decisive
seizure of the United States reserves, with
whatever of movablcs or live stock they
may contain. The Sandwich Islands arc to
be guaranteed their independence, and the
United States arc to be appealed to in tone
OF friendly goodbye. ..
Here you perceive an opening for all the
prominent politicians-a field for the mill
rary and naval aspiraats-a cell for powder
mills and ordnance toundries. You NAV
also guess how readily such Il severance will
be graciously received by England, France
and Sp;cn. l leave the subject with you,
without comment. Visionary as it may
seem, it is not fancy sketch ; fail it may,
but it IS now n purpose OF deep interest
with the parties concerned. The first pub,
lie movement will be either society or a
convention, for the purpose Of forming a
new party, to be called the Pacific Railroad
party, to draw oil citizens from all old party
alliances. Through this medium the Wash
ington government is to be prescribed, and
proved to be practically inadequate to oul
necessities. 1t is to be shown that we send
our gold away; and receive no government,
al protection in return, and that as we now
virtually govern ourselves, we might rs vel
have the credit of it abroad.
.t..Sas;.s- ,s.sg. Cor. ". Y. Herald.
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~ CURE FOR DYSENTERY.-A friend has
kindly provided us with the following recipe
for alleviating, if not curing, dyscntcry. Of
the efficacy of the recipe we can say nothing
not having tried it, but we publish it for the
benefit Of those who may be afflicted with
the dangerous disease:
Take 2 OF. Bayberv, qt. No. 6, ! pit.
molasses, shake well before using.
First, warm the patient, and enticc general
perspiration, by giving Composition tea, and
keep the skin quite moist. Give to an adult
l table spoonful of the abovc~syrup weaken
cd with the Composition tea, or 5 times a
day. If the patient be feverish bilious
give him table spoonful of No. g., or
near the same of spirits turpcntinc, keep
ing up the nse Of the syrup MI the time.
If the patient be very low, add to each dose
Of syrup about a table spoonful of good
spirits carnphor, ito cnervate the system.)
Never give any other purgativc than the
above, and give that only to keep the bilious
matter passing off. When the patients
bowels are sore or painful, keep q poultice
over tchm, aud g;vc2 or 8 injections pc,
day of teaspoonfn of No. 6, to which add
a sufficiency Of Composition tea, and if the
bowels arc.very bad off have about onc-thi iSd
Of the injection Of Tie, mucilage Of the slip
perry elm bark.
I On the recovery of the patient, q 8 moi
discontinue too suddenly, but taper of by
degrees. A teaspoonful of syrup to child
years old; vary the dose according to the
age Of the patient. l..
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New WAY OF Dopa1Ne THE LAw.-On
credible information, we are allowed to state
that liquor has been solp Of late in the sub
urbs Of Edgefeld village in the, shape of
eggs. The dealer, it appears, had saved a
number Of egg:shells nearly whole, they be-
ing only slightly punctured to let out the
original contents. Through the same aper-
ture whiskey was introduced and the egg
then reclosed, how we are unable to state.
Thus renewed in spirits, the eggs went freely
alta dollar per Dozen Edgef field aa4dversiser.
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A NOVEL LASGUAGE.-In North Caro-
Iln;, it is frequent, among her forests of fat
pine, for lover i'll distress to send the fair
object of his affection bite of it's staple veg
etabe productions, with An eye painted upon
it: This signifies, II pine" If favorable to.
him, the young lady selects from the wood
pile the best and smoothest specimen Of a
hnot-this signifies, "pine not" But if on
the other hand, she detcsts him, (there is
no middle ground between detestation and
alteration, with young women,) she burns
one end of his message, and this generally
throws the young man into despair, for it
means, II make light Of your pining.s,
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A NEW BULLET ExTRAcToR.-An En-
glishinan by the name of Miles has construc-
ted an instrument which, it is thought, will
insure comparative case, rapility and safety,
in tho process Of extracting bullets from
wounds.-lt is thus described:
"Ihe contrivancc consist of q small air.
pump and cylinder, to which tap is affixed.
10 this tap is attached suitable length of
flexible tubing about quarter Of an inch
in diameter, lined inside with silver wire, to
prevent its collapsing.-At the other end
of this tube there is Il small globe, from
which tube sufficiently minute to pass into
a bullet wound is fixed, the end terminating
with m India rubber collar On the tor
OF the globe there is a small tap, in order
to admit probe to pass down the tube, to
sound when on the bullet. The mode of
operating is this A vacuum is created in
the cylinder, the tube before alluded to is
asccrtancd to be on the ball, the tap in the
cylinder is opened, when the bullet becomes
fixed t" the tube by the vacuum thus erected,
and is thus withdrawn. The great merit of
this invention consists III its obviating the
necessity for the painful and dangerous oper-
alton Of cutting out bullets, and bv its means
Il medical man, with the aid of an assistant
to work out the air=bump, would be able to
accomplish the work which now occupies
many surgeons. When the cylinder is once
exhausted, it would extract several bullets
without the necessity Of again working the
air-pump. The Medical Board has given
directions to an eminent instrument maker
to fit up the apparatus"
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THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY PERSONS
FROZEN TO DEATH General report gives
out that on the 22d, and not far from Odes-
sa, more than $50 foot soldiers and several
Jewish carriers perished in snow storm.
The causes Of death were the want Of ade-
quate warm clothing, and the sudden set in
OF frost; and it is also said that the wag-
ons and teams had gone OH before the neny
who were thus left behind, and as the seE-
diers had on wet clothes from the previess
rain, they frozo into crust of ice when the
frost began. They looked about for
bridge but could not find any. The day
after, groups of frozen dead bodies were
found, and between 20 and 80 men lay in
each heap.-Eng. Paper.
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Ias skIa sorii q lucky roug s;ssahofa fe,
sspected than sap holsst man scteds 81
ipofsrty Vhsther 1T is 20 ins THE next "a;
dfains to- be seen. It's yopb d,i howayeF,
saJl it jE this d9pbt biss spstsiyeani
!, mere IS gsiR nd s ! g 4 I'd
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STATE OF INnIANA

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE,
hereby certify that the above is a correct
copy OF the requisition made by L. W. Powell
Governor of the State of Kentucky, on j. A.
Wright, Governor of the State of Indiana,
for Thomas Mccormick, and all the papers &C.
companying said requistion, as the same ap-
pear on file in my Office
cr,rp In testimony whereof, have here
sr.I unto set my hand and affixed the seal
OF the State, at the city of Indianap-
oils, this 18th day of July, A. ID. 1855.
ERASMUS b. COLLINS, Secretary of State.
BY the concurrent action of ecclesiastical
and civil authorities, l am thus prescribed,
hunted, and driven out as a vagabond from a
free State, so called-a State of which am a
lawful citizen-for no crime, and only because
/ am suspected of an act which, so far from
being criminal, had / committed it, would only
have been doing to others as / would have
others do to myself. For mere suspicion of this,
l am separated from my wife and children,
whom | cannot visit but at the hazard of being
dragged as felon into the land of manacles
and bowie-kniveS.
This act of Governor Wright, in this case, is
the more remarkable, on account of its juxta-
position to case wherein similar principle,
in respect to requisitions was involved. Not
a year had elapsed since Governor Wright had
made requisition on Gov. Powell, of Kentucky,
for the delivery of citizen of that State, who,
on the soil of Indiana, had committed a crime
against her laws. Governor Powell promptly
refused a compliance, on the ground that in
Kentucky the offence charged was no crime.
So much more sacred are the claims of Slavery
than the claims of Freedom.
T. B. MCCORMICK.
Neio York, October 81, 1855.
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NATIONAL ERA: WASHINGTON, C, NOVEMBER 1856.

make comparisons of his affections for State
rights with mine. | will put his conclusions TO
the test and he had better keep his powder
dry" for the enemies of the Democracy, of
State Rights, the Constitution and the Union,
than to be squibbing at their friends.
Lastly. l regret to be compelled to notice
what seems to be an insidious attempt to i'm
pair my usefulness, Just at this time of difficulty
and danger. The Sentinel speaks of "the in,
dicatious in various sections of a desire to nom,
mate him me for the Presidency" and says
Mr.. Wise's latter letters have been written
with knowledge of that fact" If this is meant
to say that / wrote warmly for the Union, in
order to make National claim to ,aomind-
ton, it is an erroneous umputatiOn, to say the
least of it. The idea of the Presidency has not
been allowed to enter my head. That iron has
not pierced my heart. know how it impairs
public mans usefulness to make such an inn
putation upon his aspirations. Did the Sentinel
so intend? 1t looks very much like as if its
fears were father to its thoughts. can say, on
that subject, that mean to keep the even tenor
of my way without fear, favor, or affection. If
the Democracy would be guided by me, can
find one hundred men whom prefer for the
Presidency to myself. can find taoO, at least,
in Virginia. One you know of very well. Bot,
if the Democracy can again succeed, and can
not again unite upon better man than / am,
and they aOiU unite upon me, can only say
that will-a-la-mode Jackson-fervently and
effectualy rule Black Repubicanism / w,U
rule them! But the idea of ruling or not ruling
them shall not turn me a hairs breadth from
my own convictions as to what my duty az a
patriot requires. l will write, speak, act, az
think right, and leave the consequences to God
and the country" without thinking of the
Presidency.
Now, as to a small matter. They say nay
fine sentiment is plagiarism from Gen. Bayly.
If he ever said that the Union of the States is
the right of the States-that, or any other form
expressing that idea-I never knew it. When,
where, did he say it2 l care not when or where.
L necer stole anything from Gen. Bayly.
am, truly, your friend, HENRY A. WISE.
Geo. Booker, Esq, Hampton, Va.
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OPPRESSION IN GERMANY.

Not the least important item of intelligence
received to-day by the Pacific relates to the ac-
ton of the Germanic Diet at Frankfort upon
the claim of the mobiles of Wurtemberg, to be
reinstated in the enjoyment of all the oppres-
sive baronial privileges which they renounced
in 1913, when struck by the panic of the revo-
luton. They have sufficiently recovered from
that panic to demand that the old state of things
shall be restored. Accordingly they make an
application to this effect to the Diet at Frank
fort and we have the news to-day that the Diet
took cognizance of the affair in its sitting of the
10th of October, and admitted the claim of the
mobiles.
1t accordingly adopted resolution, in virtue
of which the Government at Stutgardt is en-
Joined to make arrangements, to the end that
the claimants may receive an indemnity for
having lost their rights of vert and venery, their
partrimonial jurisdiction, their exemption from
certain imposts, &C., which they had renounced
in l848. According to the Diet, this step is
indispensable for putting the laws of the king
dom of Wurtemberg in unison with the federal
laws.
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COMMERCE OF THE UNITED STATES.
From the Journal of Commerce.


We are now enabled, at far earlier day than
usual to present complete summary of the
statistics of commerce and navigation for the
fiscal year ending June 80, 1855. The state
ment is full of interest, and careful study OF
it will afford relief for the panic which has pre-
vailed in some parts of our country during the
last few weeks.
The foreign imports at all the ports of the
United States, including of course California
and Oregon, for the fiscal year ending June 30,
1855, were S26l 1929 against 1905, $50, 253
for the preceding year, showing a decline OF
S44,397, 293. The total exports Including spe-
cie) from the United States to foreign ports, for
the fiscal year ending June 80, 1855, were
$275, ,S4G, against S278,24l ,O64 for the pre-
cedng year, showinga decline of only So, 0S4 ,2lS.
1t will be seen from this, that while for the
year 1854 the imports exceeded the exports
S27, $50, 1879, for the last year the exports ex-
ceeded the imports Sl3,773,8S6. With these
general comparisons, we now proceed with our
regular tables:
Imports into the United States from Foreign
POrks
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PERRY DAVIS'S PAIN KILLER.

A LETTER from Rev Charles Hubbard. Missionary
"A i'll Burmah, his father, Joseph Robinson, Esq, Of
this city, has been handed 10 for publication from which
make the following extracts.-Proridence Journal
NEWTON, MAULMAIN, June G, 1855.
Dear Father: have been intending write for n sup
ply of Perry Davs's Pain Killer for months, but
have let other things prevent hitherto
Will you kindly say TO Mr.. Davis, that Mrs. Hubbard
and myself, and indeed, might add, all who
with US, feel very grateful for the box Pain Killer
which he gave US, when we left native land for
Burmah. | have used it for Coughs, Colds violent In
ternal Pains, Summer Complaints, Burns Bruises, and
for the Sting of Scorpions-and with uniform
The only spasm of the stomach which Mrs. Hib-
bard has had in Burmah Instantly relieved by the
Pain Killer We always keep il where put
hand OH it i'll the dark, il need be.
Although took MIR. Nisbes box in addition TO my own,
when he returned 10 America still il is all gone but three
four bottles and that would have been gone long ago.
had not refused TO part with ii.
The karens, also, beginning TO learn It's value and
call for lis but have TO deny them except in doses
for could not think of being without il. With DR.
Jaynes Family Medicines and the Pain Killer, feel my
self well armed against dsease-ihat is i'll all ordinary
They indispensable, and seldom NEEDLE with
any other medicines. Rev. CHARLES HIBBARD.
For sale, wholesale, by Druggists in all the principal
cities and retail by apotlecares and sorekeepers
every town in the United States and Canada. and by
GRAY BALLANrYNE and JOHN r. MORTIMER,
Washington. ID. &. 1853