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NEW GOODS.
COLD AND SILVER WATCHES, JEW
" ELRY, CLOCKS, FANCY ARTI- q
Giles, &c, just received, and can be "a
bought 25 per cent. cheaper than similar ny 81.
goods can be bought in Washington
Good Clocks, 81 .25; prime jewelled Silver Watch
s.; 16-carat Gold Watches, jewelled, $50; Gold
styles; Gold Chains, very cheap and in great va
riety; Fancy Articles, such as Loops, Shaving
Cream, superior Razor Strops, Razors that can't
be excelled, Knives, Scissors, Clothes and Hair
Brushes, Tooth Brushes, and a great many aTti-
cles too numerous to mention. Also, some very
high-priced Gold and Silver Watches Of the best
makers in London; Silver Watches as high as
$50; Gold do, Sl75
invariably cash.
N.B.-Watches and Jewelry at wholesale
Cash paid for old silver.
ROBINSON, Jeweler,
$40 Penn. av., opposite Browns hotel.
sep 5-eolm
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-09-14

EIOR RENT-FIVE NEWLY FINISHED
Il three-story Brick Houses on Oh street, west
between ID and + SITS south, and opposite Grace
Church, containing each saloon parlor six cham
bers, dining room, and kitchen, with ample yards
&c. To punctual and careful tenants the rent will
be lower than such houses can be obtained for in
any part Of the city.
CHAS. S. WALLACH
Opposite Washington City Hall.
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=, AcGIDESr.-We regret to learn that son of
MI. wilson, butcher, recently met with a Sc
nous accident; having it is, said, fallen in his
fathers ice-house, and fractured his skull.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-09-14

ENOR RENT-A TWO-STORY AND ATTIC
IL Brick House, on II ST., between 18th and 18th,
containing eight rooms and cellar, Is for rent.
Apply to J. w. BARKER, on II street, next to
Lutheran Church. au 2S-1
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T OTIS FOR 8 l. E.-TWO OR THREE
- good Building Lots in a rapidly improving
nelghborhood for sale on ten years. credit.
Apply to J. IL. DRURY.
jy21-d
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LAlER FROM NICARAGUA.
Murderous Attack on Californians

New York, Nov. 3.
The steamer Star Of the West, from
San Juan, arrived at 5 o'clock. She
brings upward OF 800 passengers and a
hundred thousand IN treasure. She con-
nected with tho Uncle Sam.
Col. Walker attacked Grenada Ocl.
Ia. which having been previously deser-
ted, ne took withou, havoc, aud on the
22d General Corral, commander OF the
forces of the late government, surrender.
Cd 10 Walker. aud a treaty oil peace was
!ormeraI!y concluded between them.
u. nj. furtonafaga, late Secretary OF
State, having beenIdetected in cores
pondence with the enemy outside, was
shot at Grenada on the 33d.
The Transit Co s,eamer Carlos, with
the passengers which lci,..N. Y. Oct. 5,h
on the Star of the West, was fired into
by the government forces from the for,
al the junction OF the San Juan river and
Lake Nicaragua. A lady and child
were killed, and the boat damaged. -
The passengers subsequently, reached the
Pacific without further moestation.
On the evening OF the 18th, the gov.
eTnment forces from Rita made mes,
murderous attack on the returning Cali.
iornlans al Virgins Bay, killing 4 ant
severely woundlng s others.
Both the above attacks appear to have
been dictated by spin, OF revenge &C.
casloned by the success of Walker.
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SwETLAsD & SsYpER. These gen.
tlemen having associated themselves to.
gether for the purpose OF dong trading
business, have opened their stock in their
New Brick Building, opposite the Eagle
Hotel, and are displaying the heaviest
and mos. extensive stock Of Groceries
Qeensware, Glassware and China ware
ever received Ia Upton.
They do not proclaim, as some Of their
neig hbors do, that they can sell cheaper
than any one else because they buy 70
cash, but on the contrary say. they can
buy on credi, (and their credit is good
and will sell just as cheap as any OF their
neighbors dare, and can hold out at ZOOS.
ing rates Just as long.
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LEGAL NOTICE.

To the legal heirs Of Charles Elliott, deco ased,
late of Cedar county, Iowa.
You will take notice that ut the lsat term
Of the County court Of Cedar county, Iowa,
George Rceder, Executor of the estate of said
Elliott, filed his Hscal reports and was difchar
ged from his said Office npon the payment Of
the money into court, and that at the December
term Of said court, John Collins and William FL
lott two Of said heirs, will make srplcatio n
tor the distribution Of their share of said mon
ey. aud that the same will be apportioned and
divided, ard paid over to the claimants at that
time, and unless you appear and claim your in
terests in eaid moneys the came will be paid over
to the claimants then before the court
WELLS SPICER,
Judge Of the county court ofCedar county Iowa
no45 At
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New York Items.

view ork, NOV. i.
The long outstanding case of Ross,
Williams & Co. VS.. the Harlem Railroad
for using the patent cars of the plaintiffs
came up in the U. S. Circuit Court to.
day and was made the special order fo'
tomorrow.
There is project on foot for convert
ing the Hippodrome grounds and build.
ings IN this city into Geological Gar.
den.
In the u. s. District Court to-day Jo.
seph Wayne, recently convicted for en-
listing men for the British foreign legion
was sentenced 10 two years lmprlson.
men, and fine Of 500.
Mayor wood has made proclamation
forbidding all military parades until after
election
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IOWA DEMOCRACY-DEFINED.

1t now no longer remains doubt az
TO the position Of the (miscalled) D:.
mocracy of Iowa. We have dared ,c
kick out of the traces, and gave eur rea.
sons for so doing, at the time, that the
leaders Of the party were doughfaces and
stopped at no extremity to form south.
ern principles-that the party was pro.
slavery in its ,endencies-and was, by a.
DOPING Nebraska, the true and tried ally
of slavery propagandists:-also that .hi.
party was the liquor party-oppossd .o
good temperance laws. To this would
be answered Abol,ionist or fanatic
and fiat denial Of the charge. W.
know Of many good Democrats in Old
Cedar, who have retained hope tina
the party would finally renounce its ser
vi,ude to Slavery, and that it would no
connect itself with the temperance issue
They being temperance men--what car
they now say
The Convention held at For, Desmoin!
on the IL of Oct, put all matters at rest
Below we give portion of their plat
form. VIVA, can temperance Democrats
say to ,his7 nti.Eebraskai.,s, wha
do you say TO this platform 81 read i,
Resolved--That we have no sympathy wit!
Northern Abolitionists or Southern Rsunion
| lists; and that while we condemn alike the DO
icy of Massachusetts in organizing Emigrs
ton Societies to assail the institutions Of tn
South aud OK Missouri in organizing bodies O
armed men 10 infest the Territories and inter
fere with the right Of suffrage, we have bee,
| able to discover nothing in the Act org.ni.ini
Kansas and Nebraska furnishing a reason TO
hisresult, or incompatible with the harmon,
OF our republican institutions.
Resolved THAT the act passed by The las
Iowa Legislature, entitled An Act for IN,
| suppression Of Intsmperance," is the legiti
mate fruit OF Observation-Disclosures an,
Anti Democratic in many Of its features, ant
has, 10 the estimation OF this Convention,
| tendency to increase rather than suppress tn
evil; and believing, as we do, that that kind o
| legislation is at variance with the true prnci
| Piles Of Democracy, We here express our con
demnaton OF lis enactment, and urge upon tht
party to take decisive and energetic steps 70
its repeal
Resolyed-That we behold In the pres. n
national administration the true con.ervato
Of the nations peace, prosperity and happi
ness; and mat while no 40 ministration Of 81
powerful government, WELDING, as it neces
sarily must, an immense patronage, can be ex
empt from error. or escape censure, this al
ninstration has been as Successful in avoidin,
reasonable causes for complaint, as those whicI
have preceded it.
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fail to produce the desired change of con-
duet, shall, in the discretion Of the Board
oil Directors, be liable 10 expulsion from
the School.
Adopted Wednesday, Oct. Red, 1866,
al a meeting Of the Electors Of School
District No. one, of Centre Township.
J. W. CATTELL, PRrs.
II. C. PIArr, Sec. pro tenn.
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OaYen port VS.. Euaoatine

we Judge from tie papers and remarks
On trade OF these two rival cities, that
the feeling Of rivalry amounts 10 almos,
a quarrel, as to which is the most desj.
rable trading point With US j, is a mat
ter OF indifference 1870 at liberty 10 20 10
either place to trade.
Davenpr, it appears has little advan-
tage by being at the terminus of the Chi
cago Rail Road-still prices are as good
at Musca,ne, and the road leading there
Is the best. We had supposed tia, the
trade of this vicinity would be about
equally divided between the two places,
but By being on the road leading 10 each
OF these places, find that very large pro.
portion Of the trade goes to Muscatine;-
indeed the number of teams on the road
is five 10 one in favor of the latter place.
Eas- John d. Cough is now occurring
al the LAS,
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WELL DiGGIHo AND DIGsSc WE'LL
While digging well 10 Vermont the
other day, one of the operators struck
upon an iron bound box that contained
81 500 worth Of gold coin. None Of the
dates We're later than 1920 This leads
The finder to suppose tina, il lad been
buried over hundred years The fin.
ding Of this box has lead to the usual
result--a lawsuit. The man who found
II says It's his. The man who owns the
land says that he is the rightiul owner,
while an outsider insists that the Surro.
gate should take possession of the trea-
sure and advertise for the heirs. How
II will end will be known when it goes to
the jury.
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~ The common mode oil grinding
childrens marbles IL a curious insta nee
Of simplicity in machinery. A number
OF stone chips broken to suitable size, are
put together In tin box and fastened to
the rim OF water mill wheel, and there
left to grind themselves into shape.
The Cedar County advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Iowa) 1853-1856, 1855-11-07

A QUEKR GATE AND TuRx.our
B2D.--A model gate was exhibited a,
the Elmira, New York, Fair which ac-
tually opens without the touch of a har d
1t IS only necessary TO drive the wheel
over an iron, easily done by one, and
the gate falls fiat and there j, lies
strong, and 50 framed as to bear securely
and easily the transit Of the vehicle.
Passed over, another iron is touched with
the wheel, and up springs the gate, self
closed and secure. This is kindred in
sense 10 the bed also exhibited there
which actually rings out an alarm at the
set hour, and a, the close OF the ringing
tips iissf.o an angle which would effso-
tuaIIy throw on, the reluctant sleeper.
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tn. Hearts Treasures.
ask A playful, prattleing child,

| ask playful, prattleing child,
Who Sin ook with joyous air g. q
The curls from off her forehead mild
The rose from her hair
wha, twas on earth she loved the best
Her dog, her toys. her flowers,
The kitten folded to her brest,
Or wild birds in in the bowers
She looked on her dow'rets gay,
She struck poor Fdo's head.
The toys around her scattered lay,
The doh within its bed
OF flowers with rich and fare
Where seould her fancy rast'
She passed, then said with serious air,
al love mamma the BEST
| asked the maid in beauty bright,
As shoughtfully she played.
And twined about her fingers white,
Her hair in many braid
Where were the treasures rich and bright
The jewels Of her heart
Which shed upon her path the light
That love can we'll impart'
She smiling blushed, and cast her eye
Upon the household band,
Then sought, ere uttered her reply,
The lecket In her hand.
Her bushes told tale Of bliss
Which words need not repeat
Icnvied her a love like this,
SO tender and so sweet
Hooked into the mothers eye,
SO bright with holy love,
And heard her breathe the gentle sigh
Ger her Graded dove.
Questioned where the jewels lay
Which had her love beguiled;
without apause heard her say.
"My husband and my child"
Isaw, where buried treasures sleep,
The widowed mourner bow,
While tears Of anguish, full and deer,
Her weeping eyes o'crfow.
Two new.made graves, alas! contained
All that remained Of those
whose earnest world oil love unfeigned
Once lighted all her woes.
With streaming eyes she looked above
into the star,iit sky,
And said The treasures OF my love
Have soaxed % realms IN high.
Oh! earthly love, strong and deep,
To ture the mind aStray,
And leave the sidowe heart to weep
Above the lifeless clay.
Lead, lead the soul to realms on high,
TO find its trsa jures there,
And seek &c union in the sky,
Eternal bliss to share.
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RISE IN BREADsTUFF5!

New York, Nov. 8
The steamship Baltic arrived in dense
fog announced.
THE WAR.
The news from the seat Of war is quite
important.
The Allies have formed a concentrted
advance from Eupatoria, to surround the
Russian forces.
Kinsburn, a. the mouth of the river
Diner PER, was captured on the II by the
Allies.
The Russians under Liprandi have re.
tired; intending to defend the line of the
Belbek
Lerman and Panagoria, in the Straits
Of Kertch, are destroyed.
North Sevastopol is being surrounded
by new Russian Notifications.
The Russians attacked kars on the 80
but were repulssd with immense slaugh.
ter.
Letters from Odessa state that the Gar
had ordered commissioner at Kien &c
decide on the fate Of such volunteers il
foreign iegions rs may be taken priso
| ners.
They are not 10 be considered as pris
oners Of War.
Huugarians on this category are to be
delivered to Austria.
THE MARKETS.
Breadstutfs firmer.
| Wheat advanced 4 q 6 shilling quar-.
ter.
Fleur Sd; Corn 2s and Sd higher.
Cotton declined l-26,h. Sales, 54, 0Ot
bales.
THE FUNDS.
The Daily News of this morning say
there was further decline in the fund;
yesterday Of five-eighths.
One Of the causes of this declineis, tina
the banks have been borrowers of money
to q considerable extern, 10 the Stock Eek
change on the security of consols unit
the settling Of the discount houses have
raised their amount of money on demanc
to five per cent.
The Times says that there is run, OIL
that the bank of France is desirous O
procuring an additional two millions s,er
limo in cold
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ONE-One new bonnet will make q
young lady taei happy.
One funny man will bother whole
neghborhood.
One Hiss will disturb a whole assem-
bly,.
One bad novel will waste whole reams
OF good paper.
One drop Of oil will stop hideou,
noise.
One "jolly row will turn oil the in
habltants Of street out of doors.
One pretty fiirt will make a dozen
plain girls unhappy for entire evenings.
One song will set thirty people talk
ing.
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he HAD OSE.-This small Gene oc.
Cured yesterday a, the Little Miami
Railroad Depot, between passenger 90.
ing to Columbus and youthful yender
OF light literature
BOY Entering the car with busy air
and .nlmbIe tongue. Who wants a
good book 70 read cheap' Here's NJ ISIS
Pardooe's last novels = first rate ones too
they are = to our passenger. Can't |
sell you the Confessions O. z Pretty
Womanf"
Passenger No, if had to buy them
they're worth nothing unless given !;
and then they're bore. Pretty woman
is humbug.
Boy-Her's the "JealousWife' then.
won't you buy thats'
Passenger Buy jealous wife? Nv.
got one, to my sorrow, for a long time.
never will get another, if l can heIp il,
III sell my jealous wife, dog cheap
Look here juvenile bibliopoIIs,, this !.
cohdentlal very--il you take mine wish
The edition was exhausted iii rive Won
my coat.
Here the "JovenlId bibilopoIis," look.
ing singulorly puzzled, walked awav
with surprise that the gentleman must
be "tight. - Cincinnati Times.
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HE HIGHLAND GuARp.-This fine
young Military Company, we are happy
70 ieatn, IS progressing rapidly, being
aole AZ present 10 muster about fifty mus.
ke,s. Their unif,rm Is now in progress
81 completion, and they expect 10 make
'heir hrst TURNOUT on St. Andrews Day.
II consists oil the regular Scottish HIGH :
land Dress, including the lar-iaIned
hM. Zach member Of tho company is
10 wear broad-sword or claymore. and
TO have the Highland Dirks or ske;nabu
eneased IN his hose Thar caps are to
be set iull with ostrich feathers. surmoun.
ted by white plume, and are very ex.
pcns'ye. There is little donh bu, =,
regards dress, at least, the Highland
Guards will be the most snowy and at
Hae'iVe company In the city.-CAi Dem.
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oGENOA CRuClEIX.v

which originally cost Tea Thousand Dollars
In forming tire New Collection, the difuso n
Of works of American Art and the encourage
ment Of American genius have not been over.
looked. Commi.si ons have been issaed to many
OF the most distinguished American Artists
who will contribute some Of their finest produc-
tons Among them are three Marble Eusts, ex %
ecuted by the greatest living ptors-HiRAM
plWEAS
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Married by Il. N. Long ESQ, at the residence
of James Bridger, in Inland Township, on Thurs
day the lst Inst. DR. Franklin Blair of center
Township, to Miss Hannah Bridger of Inland.
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p-o~ Colonel Benton's Seere, History
OF the intrigue which resulted in defeat
ing Marten Van Buren's denomination
for the Presidency in 1914 appears in
the n, Y. Evening Post Of the 26th,
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The following is copied from French
paper: "A young woman who pretsnds
10 have a divine mission, has Just been
locked up in the Orleans prison. She
asks to be sent to the Crimea, preten-
ding that she could take Ssbas,opol in a
very short time. She speaks on the sub.
ject IN very calm and deliberate man.
ner. All sho asks TOR to accomplish her
glorious mission, 10 an escor, of a SET
geant, corporal and ten mss. She il
a, presen, committed ingloriously as
vagabond.
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ESTRAY By .NyfPE.

TAKEN UP BY AARON DAVIS -
l at his residence in Iowa Township, kEN
Cedar County, ~ the 10th day Of OctHA
1865, one dark bay mare, with collar msrEs
on the shoulders, little white on three 81 her
ieet the most % the lett tour foot about i5.l-2
hsnds high, supposed TO be Is years old, sub
Ject 10 The thumps when used. Three shoes
on, aad appraised al 500, before Alex Hines
Esq, Oct 23d 1855. j. w. CATTETI.
Nov Tin (3m) County Clr,k
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GO Canada has now 3, 400 miles O,
telegraph wire in operation. The i, :.
Ink OF the line ending on Lake Hnra a''
a. uooar'ch was gnished last week, and
business commenced Twenty-two hnn
cred miles have been built by VIM n
snow oil Rochester, CONNIE ncing a,
ilaiiiax and ending on Lake Hnroa
with several branches. He has hsan
engaged nearly four years on The worL
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L. TEST N WSt
ARRIVAL OF THE
B a ITI0.
Movement to surround the Russians!

RUSSIANS REPULsED AT KARS WITH
IMMENSE Loss!
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Terrible Railroad Accident.

sf Lou IL, INos :,
The excursion train consisting of IL cars
which left yesterday mo,ning for Jefferson city
on the OCCASION Of the opening OF To, Pacific
Railroad 10 that point. met with one of the most
terrible accidents Oh record. While the train
was crossing Gaseonade river abou. one hun
dred miles from this city the bridge gave way
precipitating the locomotive and ten cars dis
lance Of twenty four to thirty feet. Upward.
Of 700 people were on the train, among whom
were many Of our first and most influential citi
zens. As far as ascertained. though we have no
'ull accounts from the scene of disaster upv ards
Of twenty were killed outright, and between
twenty and fifty were badly wounded Among
the killed is Thos ). 0Sullivan, Chief Engineer
OF the Road, who was on the loeom ,tve at the
time, As were slso several Of our most prominea
citizens. Fortunately there was no water where
the bridge broke. else the number drowned
would have been i'm nanse, A tIain is expected
from the bridge this T. M when We hope to
learn the fall extent Of the accident
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Es1- The number OF OF dea tbs in N.v
iork CITY last week was 34I "A decrease
oil 40 on the mortality of the previous
week. p'.''o's
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Late Oregon Items.

The papers speak Of the prospect Of a
general war with. the Indians. Murders
OF whites BY Indians and Indians by
whites are no. unfrequent Ii was gen.
orally believed, Judge Hayes informs us,
that no. less than cigh, white men had
been recently murdered by the Indians,
on the route from Puge, Sound to the
Colv'lle mines. The only name mention
ed is that Of Mr.. Ma,tice, Of Columbia.
Loy. Stevens had reached Fort Ben
ton-ths rumors Of his massacre are be.
lieyed 10 bave been-s,ar,ed by the In.
dians.
The news from the Colville gold mines
IS to the 9th August. The la.e.. re.
ports are more favorable, representing
The gold diggers az doing tolerabIy well.
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Cosmopolitan Art Association!
SECOND YEAR.

A ARRANGEMENTS for the Second Annual
"a Collection of this new aud Popular Insttu.
ton for the diffusion Of Literature and Art
have been made on the most extensive scale -
Among the works already engaged, is the far.