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New States.

Col. Benton recently delivered lee. g,
turc in Baltimore, on the physical gc~
ography of the country between Mis-
souri, and California, with view to
show its ajaptati( n to settlement and
the construction Of the proposed great
Pacific Railroad. After showing that
the country between Missouri and Cal
ifornia, in the latitude of Maryland,
was well adapted to settlement and
cultivation, he proceeded to dcmon-
stratc that it might be divided into
five large States corresponding to the
more eastern States Of Pennsylvania,
Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Missouri.
lie takes for the first StIte the eastern
part of Kanzas. The second State
would be formed Of the western half
of Kanzas, in which lies the valley Of
the upper Arkansas. These two States
will each have territory of fifty thou
sand square miles, and according to
Mr.. Benton they will probably be really
for admission into the Union within
the two next years. For the third
State, Mr.. Benton takes section of
the Rocky Mountains from the 3ltlr
degree of north latitude to the 41st.
making an area of sixty thousand
square miles. For the fourth State ho
takes the valley Of the Upper Colora.
DO; this re gion forms part of the ter
ritory of Utah, and the process Of
settling it with white inhabitants is al
ready begun. The fifth State compris-
cs the remainder Of Utah.
Col. Benton, having established his
proposition, then maintained that the
country sis perfectly adapted to the
construction of railroad, and of all
sorts of roads, traversable in all sea-
sons" and concluded as follows :
"And what then The great idea
of Columbus will be realised-though
in different and moro beneficial form.
Eastern Asia is reached by going
west, and by road of which We hold
the key and the channel of Asiatic
commerce which has been shifting its
bed from the time of Solomon, and
raising up cities and kingdoms where's
ever it went-(to perish when it left
thom) changing its channel for the last
timc-to become fixed upon its short
est, safest, best and quickest route,
through the heart of cur America
and to revive along its course the Tyres
and Sidons, the Balbecs, Palmyros and
Alexandrias, once the seat Of commerce
and empire and the ruins of which
still attest their former magnifccnee,
and excite the wonder Of the oriental
traveller"
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ton to draw the enemy from the forts.
Immediately after tho surrender of the
British fleet, the troops Herc recalled
from the south side of the river, and be.
fore morning the whole British army
was making hasty and rapid retTeat,to
wards the Canada line, leaving behind
them their sick aud wounded, and much
of their military stores.
Thus ended the siege Of Plattsburgh,
the result of which shed as much glory
on the arms of our beloved country as
any other occurrence during the war, and
had greater influence in bringing about
tue treaty OF peace than any similar oc'
curronco preceding it.
1t is a matter Of history that all pro.
positions omanating from our commits
sioncrs at Ghert were met by counter
propositions and conditions from tho
English commissioners, coupled with a
sine q1ta non which could not be,and
was not accedcd to until after the news
of the defeat of Sir George Provost at
Plattsburgh reached them, when they
very readily saw good reason for signing
the treaty proposed by the American
commissioners without "Sijtc qua non"
Although the battle of Now Orleans
closed tho war in "A blaze Of glory" the
battle of Pattsburgh produced tho
peace. aud the names of Macomb, Mooets
and Strong, with that of McDonough,
will never cease to be honored while
Americans remember the gallant deeds
of the heroes of the war of 1912.
Being n "nolea man," forbear men.
tionirg the services rendered by the corps
of JoyS of which | was member, al
though some account of it may be found
in a resolution of Congress approved
May 20th 1926, authorizing the Presi-
dent to present its members each with
rifle for their gallantry at the siege of
Plattsburgh in September, 1914 !" and
it was this feeling which induced inc to
keep silence in the convention on the
evening of the Sth inst. while so many
were discoursing of the varied topics of
the war much more oloquontly than I
could have done Having failed to do
so there. | can do nothing less, and feel
that should bc rccrcant to my dnty if
| did not ask small space in your pa
per to do Justice to the service and mem
ory of the brave men who were the prom
iucut actors in this glorious achievement.
Sr. JonY L. l.. SKlNyEh.
January o 1855.
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III isrclln y
From Dickens Household Words.
Dcmetrius tho Diver.

There are no bygoncs that have great.
cr need to be bygonos than those Vt
wickcdncss, violence and cruelty. The
blood and dust that bcsmcar some pages
Of history might glue the leaves together
for ever. Yet from time to time ncccs.
stiles will cor cur that leave us no choice
but to open the old grave ; to turn to the
old dark register; to unlock the old
dark, grim skeleton closet to turn the
retrospective glass towards the bad bold
days that arc gone.
We are at present the allies-and
worthily so-of the Turks. A brave
people. patient, highnindcd, slow to an.
ger, terrible yet magnanimOus in their
wrath. Yet. while we acknowledge and
respect all the good qualities possessed
by this valiant nation, it is impossible to
forget that the Turk has not always been
the complacent Pacha in n European
trock coat and sealing wax cap with a
blue tassel, who writes sensible straight
forward state papers, reviews European
troops. does not object to a quiet glass
of champagne, and rcgales English news
paper correspondents with coffee and
pipes, Nor is he always the sententious
phlegmatlc. taciturn, ap1thetic Osinanli,
who, shawlcd aud turbancd, sits cross
legged upon the divan Of meditation.
smoking the pipe Of rehectiveness who
counts his beads and says his prayers
five times day, and enjoys his kef aud
who, as to wars and rumors of wars, fire
famine, pcstilcncc. and slaughter, says
Allah akbar"-God is great
There are men in London whom We
may meet and converse with in our daily
walks, who can remember the horrible
massacre Of Scio, in the year of salvation
eighteen hundred and twenty-five. We
had just begun. through the cdifying cob
web-spinning of diplomacy, tho passion
ate poetry of Lord Byron and the crude
(because badly informcd) intelligence of
the English press, to understand that
there was something between the Greeks
and Turks, in the Moren, the Pelopon-
nesus, and the Archipelago, and the
former were not, on the whole,quite right
ly used. We were just going to see about
forming an opinion on these and other
matters when the news Of the massacre
of Scio burst upon us like thunder clap.
Gloomily and succinctly the frightful
news was told us how the terrible Kara
Ali-or the Black-Pacha had appeared
with a fleet and an army in the harbor of
Scio, then one of the faircst, pcacefullest,
most properous most donsely populated
islands in the Gr@co- Turkish Archipea-
go, that all--pcaceful rayahs, gold and
purple harvest, university, commerce,
wealth--had in three days disappeared
The story of the massacre of Scio has
never been fully told in England; and
only in SO far as it affects my story an
| called upon to advert to it here. Be
sides no tongue could tell, no pen could
describe, in household language, tithe
of the atrocities perpctrated in the de
fenceless island by order Of the Black
Pacha.
Suffice it to say that for three days
Scio was drowned in blood that tic
dwellings Of the European consuls wers
mo asylum the swords Of the infuriated
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AMUSING AND INSTRUCTIVE.
PRESIDENT HITCHCOCK'S
History Of a Geological Temperance Con-
vention held in Central Africa.

C0At0iHiRg 1hiFty illustration
Read the following notice from a distin-
guishcd Clergyman -
1--WE are not accustomed to laugh outright
or be convulscd with laughter, yet we have
never found it more difficult to restrain our
rsi6ilities than while pcrusing this most in
ecnious satire and yet with all its comical
diyertiEg, and laughable scenes, the most sol
emn, important and instructive lessons are
couched in every page. Youth should read
H-parcnts, teachers, preachers, everybody
NATHANIEL MOVES, Publisher,
No II Cornhill, Boston.
IrIec' muslin, AZ cents; gilt, 5S cents
~ Can DC sent by mail TO any part of the
United States.
AGENTS WANTED in every Town TO sell
this Book. Circulars furnished. Apply 10
the Publisher.
Boston, Jan. Is, 1865. 3o.3m.
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SINGERS SEWING MACHINES

Which are the only Sowing Machines Of
any utility which can he used without ma
king the owncr:liablc TO II suit for infringe
mcnt of patented privileges are still sold AT
REASONABLE PRICES,
AMI 1rH EaqDcs'ioHod Pighh
Having terminated our legal controversy
with Elias Howe, Jr., and procured lis full
license to use his invention, there is not the
slightest claim that our machines infringe
any other patent.
The right to use the machines which We.
have sold, and shall hereafter sell, is unqucs-
tionablc.
We own ten distinct patents on Sewing Ma
chimes, covering all the nice points of the in
vcntion and all the machines Of other manu-.
iacturcrs infringe one or more of them. our
patent securing the spring whereby the cloth
&c is held to the feeding apparatus by u
yielding pressure, is infriugcd by all the ma
chimes now offered in the market. Those who
buy the inferior and piratical machines, are
hereby distinctly appriScd that we shall com.
pei them TO lay us for the privilege of using
them. Our legal rights will hcnccfurth be
rgidly enforced.
TIE IMMENSE SUPERIORITY
Of Singers Sewing Machines las been com
plctcly established. They are of universal
appication-thc same machine doing oil
kinds Of work, and doing it perfectly They
arc not only superior in conirivancc hut I'M
cqualcd in mechanical finish. They per-
form all work required, and continue to do il
without getting out of order. We desire to
call attention particularly 10 our new
Machines to Sew with Single Thread,
which by ample trials have been proved s,,-
pcrior 10 all others for stitching linen and al
very thin fablics-al>o for sewing leather ci-
thcr with u waXcd thread or silk-and fol
quilting Innings We are also prepared to
exhibit and sell cmhrodcrng machines, pro
ducing an entirely new and very beautiful
result. Machines of extra size, both shuttle
and single thread, may he had for small
difference in price. These are found to be
very popular. Machines for hat-hndine
stitching carpct-hag handles, and any Other
peculiar work, will be supplied at short no
tce.
Machine Needles, Silk Twist on spoo!s
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hand and for sale at all our Offices
Principal Office, No. 323 Broadway, NY
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No 81 South Fourth S. Phil; No. n Hanover 81 =.
Rostnn; No. "a = st Chalcs St, y. q; No. l5g
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Walnut 81, Cin. 293m
!. NJ. SINGER & co.
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A PATRIOTIC OFFER.-The PATHS
otc Fund now gathering in England
calls out many cccentricitics, and one
of them is an advertisement in the Ok
ford Chronicle, which is as follows:-
"a widowcr, of good character, with
five children, offers to marry the widow
of any soldier slain at Alma. For par
ticulars apply to Mr.. Higgs, draper
and tailor, South Stoke, Oxon. The
above offer is to be considered the con
tribution to the Patriotic Fund Of the
widowN. ."-BOstoR Jour.
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T@3- jeremiah Mason said, "unless
a man occasionally tax his faculties to
the utmost, they will soon begin to
fail" President John Adams said to
Mr.. Quincy, who found him reading
Cicero, 1T is With an old man as with
an old horse, ii you wish to get any
work out of him, you must work lin all
the time" These two rules, so far as
intcllcctis concerned, contain the secret
Of green and vigorous old age.
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AMERICAN ARTISTS UNION

~, =. -
1hc american Artists Union, would re-
'l'IV..u,'! announce TO the citlnens OF the Uni
'cu 0'c'cS ana we Oanadas, that for the pur-
pose OF cuitlVa'lng taste for the fine arts
IhroIghont thc country, and with the view OF
chahHhS every iamllN to become possessed OF
Il gallery OF Engravngs,
BY THE FIRST ARTISTS OF TIE AGE,
They have determined, in order to create an
extensive sale for their Engravings, and thus
not only give employment to large number
Of artists and others, but inspire among our
countlymcn a taste for works Of art, TO pre-
sent to the purchasers of their cngravings,
when $500 of them are sold,
o5o OOO gi fts of+be beootro1oost c,snooo
'i-c ''o NU4 OV9'oi apAooooo
i-"c u P'.'..i'ae' VI ""c uo lar Eh9roNihs
ihereiorei receives not only an Engraving rich
~ worth the money, hut also ticker which
entities him to ono OF the gifts when thcv arc
1i.,,iL,,oJ WY" wv! "''
lnr g., ia,,.. ii.ti c..,,r
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Catalogue
a copy of the Catalogue, together with n
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worth that sum, and Il rift tcl ci will immn
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The Committee believing thai the success
of This Great National I'uderiaLiup will lac
matrri,llv ,ron,ot,d b, tl,a crcr,, .,,1 o,,
- ~ = ii,i;,, !, ''.e Wv "'" '''o'-
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a congregation who were offended
at their preacher, yet who did not wish
to take the responsibility Of dismissing
him immediately, sent lin note. re-
questing him to leave at the end of six
months, and in the meantime to preach
as lite as possible.
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The chief event in the literary world fl
lis year, will be the following splendid WI
Denl by Alfred Tcnnyson, which appears
lc London Examiner. The frs; of livil
ncts has nobly rofutcd the idea that
,uld not successfully write on themes of Il
ar, by producing in these verses the mo
lrilling battle song since ''lIohcnlindcn."
~ CHARGE OF TnE LIGHT BRIGADE At nal
KLAvA.
Half a league, half a league,
Half league onward,
All in the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred
Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred,
For up came an order which
Some ono had blundcrcd
" Forward, the Light Brigadcl'
"Tako the guns Nolan said
Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.
" Forward, the Light Brigade"
No man was there dismaycd,
Not though the soldier knew
Some one had blunlvrcd.
Theirs not to make reply,
Theirs not TO reason why,
Theirs hut TO do and die,
Into the valley Of Death
Rode the six hundred.
Cannon to right Of them,
Cannon TO left 81 them,
Cannon in front Of them
Nollcycd and thundercd;
Stonmcd at with shot and shell,
Bodily they rode and well,
Into the jaws Of Death,
Into the mouth Of Hell
Rode the six hundred.
Flashed all their sahrcs,
Flashed all at once in air
Sabring the sunncrs there.
Charging an army, whilo
All the world wondered.
Plunged in the battery smoke,
With many a desperate stroke
The Russian line they broke;
Thcn they rode back, hut not
Not the six hundred.
Cannon to right Of them,
Cannon to lett of them,
Cannon behind them
Nollcycd and thundcrcd;
Stormc1 at with shot and she'll,
While horse and hero fell,
Those that had fought so well,
Came from the jaws Of Death,
Back from the mouth of Hell,
III that was left of them,
Left Of six hundred.
When can thoir glory fade
Oh, the wild charge they made
All the world wondered.
Honor the charge they made,
Honor the Light Brigade,
Noble six hundred
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"Wherc is the hoe. Sambo ?r
"Wid tho rake massa," en,whero
is the rake ?"-"Wid the hoe" "But
where are they both 7" "Bof togeder,
BY golly, old massa, you Ieays to be
berry ticular dis lnorniu'."
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Reference in regard to Tie real estate, +. J
Nisschcr g. Co.. Real Estate Brokers, New
York. Orders (po>t paid) with money en-,
closed, TO he addressed
tJ- The En.ravings in tn, catalogue arc
now ready for delivery. 23:Gm
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Which are the only Sewing Machines OF
any utility which can he used without ma
king the owncr:liablc to suit for infringe
mcnt of patented privileges are still sold AT
EEASONAELE pRIEES
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A New Poem by Tonnyson.

II INOW Il OVIff DJ Il OII1I y oOIIs
The chief event in the literary world for
this year. will be the following splendid war
poem by Alfred Tcnnyson, which appears in
the London Examiner. The frs; of living
poets has nobly rofutcd the idea that lie
could not successfully write on themes of the
war, by producing in these verses the most
thrilling battle song since "lIohcnlindcn."
Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1855-09-22
Nem Orleans advertisements.
Pages Celebrated Saw Mills.
GEO. PAGE & CO.
Schroeder, near West Baltimore St., Baltimore, Md.

Schroeder near West Baltimore St., Baltimore, Md
ESPECTFULLY INFORM THEIR FRIENDS,
IL and the public generally, that they have greatly
Iarted their manufacturing establishment, and have nos"
such enable them execute all orders with des-
patch and in the best style of workmanship
They manufacture three classes of their justly
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given much satisfaction purchasers throughout he
Union These mills driven by horse steam or wafer
power being equ lily adapted either. lhey manu-
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Engines Boiler and Smoke Stacks, monhted ol"ee
ready be attached to the saw mil, win .iie ~
tsched ready 20 TO work, or otea" Hisiie anu '
Cylinder Boiler. rr -. ", ;.h -
ENLARGED wheel and Third Glass Saw MILL particularly adapt
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loving the favor of the best judges.
They also manufacture Horse Powers of three Sizes adapt
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Their Portable Circular Saw Mills have been greatly m-
proved and may be said be perfect in all their de-
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pamphlet containing full descriptions Of their three
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CAUTION AGAINST INFRINGEMENTS.
As mills patented and their rights have been in
nged upon and they have lately obtained damages in an
action brought in the United States Circuit Court for the
rights they hereby and caution all persons from
purchasing mills similar in principal to theirs from uau
thorzed builders and manufacturers their agent or
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guaranteed by the patent granted them by the uo'efh
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