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This Company entirely mutual in its character as az Ine
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The profits one-third the premium PAID.
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lust OPENED, 10 pairs Wool Carpets ." 30 ="
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Tho above rates are Ohio River slight advance j.
barged if sent all the waySy Railroad No Storage Charged
on (00ds sent through line Consgn To
" BRIpGFDRD Il Co, Richmond
REFERENCES IL RICHNOND.-Sterns a lrnmmeI Iinaiey,
Tariy a Co. Selden Miller j. IL Claiborne, d. '" Wfeh
q Co Chas r. Wortham q Co. Shields y sommerNHe ana
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MISCELLANEOUS CARDS.

hR. R.ROEERTEARI.N,D Denii.t. .hn. removed
- his office above his residence ON MAIN ST
and one square above Dihrelrs Iiafol. ian l-tits
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= Herrngs Blue Mass, the best in use; 80.
rings ser Oil, large and small bottles nearly ts"le'
English Wine Colcirum II ,o-lrepared the fresh root
and ni tcly superior the of the seed or uried
root
u l,rac valpran-rom the English root cultivated
IN this country;
so all the ofcna ''Flld Extracts carefully prepared;
Liquor Erg,tinp;
%li' poass tAtklns,n MISUNDERSTANDING with com,
lie assortment pare Chemicas extra nice graduate"
AeSlrns; small elaSs Funnels Instruments &e &c SUI
ito The of Physicians in town and country car'uhy
NA"cte laud for sale by SrROTIER 4 WHITEHEAD,
aug Its druggists, Bank Square
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NEW FALL STOCK OF

n NEW FALL STOCK or
~5B9OTS, SHOES HATS. CAPS, &c-b' . ~
- HOOPER opposite the Warwisk liouse~ now 80,
9ns large and ell selected assortment oil b@ois
llow cash or to very punctua customers loc 2ots
NiSE ssGaKs-Comc and see them.-Jus. re-
cetved the cheap cash store an assortment oi 'he %
y OF Silks he found any house in this efiy LADIES
tse S.lks ''e tnov5,sl b. H. LEWIS
t. fNrs FIVE Shoes have mo-" on nnna. .
~ nd spou received the best and medium auaios
iilcns oi. Shoes CATERS. Having JUST coh''t
H the 0aking OF Gents fine work, shall hrreMleI pr
1e bes ylos and city Of philadelphia poGes
lm3l.tS p. SEABuRf.
PURE .sEDER VlNEGAR.-l00g gallons cure oidor
Nliega. rceeiY ed and tor sale by . . O ,cupTT
- ff saioI" - io,s, TuOS J DAVIS & co.
The American patriot., 1855-03-28
To Little Cordelia Howard, with Basket
of Flowers.

We find in the Philadelphia Ledger the fol-
lowing poetical gem from the pen Of Mrs. Ann
S. Stephens:
Sweet Strawberry Girl like an innocent thought
That has stolen away to grow perfect alone,
And roaming and singing, has carelessly caught
A beauty scarce can imagine my own.
Thou comest creature of genius and grace
With CLEAN of the angel, shade Of the earth,
Just fitting like starlight across thy sweet face,
As my thought had just found a more heavenly
birth.
So greet Thee creature half chcrub, half child,
Thou spirit of sunshine, and music and showers! I!
With those glances SO thoughtful, so earnest and
mild,
OH take with my thought this bright burden of
flowers.
The American patriot., 1855-03-28

SINGULAR Co,NcIDENcE OF LoYGE,lTY OF FE-
MALEs.-We learn from a source entitled to
full confidence, that there are now living in
Baltimore and all near nciglbors, five old Ia
dies, (sisters) all widows, whose united ages
number three hundred and sixty-five years.
The oldest is over eighty, and the youngest be-
tween sixty y-four and sixty-fve years We are
pleased also in being able to record the fact
that they enjoy good health and happiness,
each of them being in comfortable circum-
stances, and surrounded by families of pros.
porous, highly respectable children, grand
children and great-grand-children
II is altogether doubtful iG such another re-
markable coincidence Of human life could be
found in the worlds history. All sisterS--all
widows-al enjoying good health-all happy
all CONFERENCE.-The oldest over eighty years
and the youngest over sixty-four years Of age
making an united average Of 365 years They
and their families are well known to our citi.
zens, and wo believe all are natives of Balti.
moro. Some Of them passed through the revo.
luton, and others verge urnn those stirrin.
times.
The American patriot., 1855-03-28

An Indian had gone to Albany one cold
winters day, got very drunk. On his way
home, he became completely overcome, lay
down, and was frozen to DEATH His tribe was
at that time much disposed to initiate the
habits of white men, and accordingly held an
inquest over the dead body. After long
powwow, they finally agreed to the verdict
that the deceased came to his death "by mix
ing too much water in his whisky, which had
frozen in him and Li'lsf hin
The American patriot., 1855-03-28
Top-Boors FOR LADlEs.-A gossiping lady

Top-Boors FOR LADlEs-A gossiping lady
correspondent of the Home Journal, furnishes
the following item Of intelligence in the last is
sue of that paper.
"Boots with turn over tops, are resolved on
for the street wear by the ades-the turn overs
to be yellow kid, scoloped orfringed the boots
patent leather, so hear Your broaching the
inflammable subjects of ladies' expenses has
probably brought this about; for the sidewalks
sweeping is our most expensive amusement,
and short dresses would reduce Stewards mar
BILE palace two stories at least. As our heels
arc to be made visible, shall send you pho
tograph of mine, at the verysfrst unveiling,
for suppose there will be so much curiosity
to know what they look like that the daguerre-
otypists will now take both ends of us. We
were talking of it yesterday when Dr. was
in, and ne said that nothing showed blood like
thin heel sloping under, as it is proved that
your race had not carried burthens. The ne
gro foot had self behind, and the heel was
dubbed, from being crushed out with weight
for ages. Heelognomy is going to be interest
ing I fnrcsce'
The American patriot., 1855-03-28
To q Minister of the Gospel.
By MISS ..........

A great and blessed work is thine,
Thou minister of God;
'Tis thine to tighten many soul
That once in darkness trod;
'Tis thine to bring the heavenly light
To play upon their path;
To show the wretched one his doom,
Show Gods impending wrath.
The soul who'd lay its burden down,
Would fee, but knows not where;
'Tis thine to point him to the cross,
And bid him lay it there.
To take his Savior's easy yoke,
His meek and lowly mind;
For he who follows his command,
Rest for his soul shall find.
The soul that thirsts for righteousness,
'Tis thine to place before
Those free and living waters, where
He'll drink and thirst no more.
For Jesus calls, "Ho, every one
That thirsts come draw ye nigh;
Come without money, without price,
Those living waters buy"
The troubled soul which Satan tries
With doubtings to destroy;
Thou'lt take the oil Of gladness there,
And make it sing for joy.
For has not Jesus said to such,
"Oh, faithless, trust in me,
Resist the mighty enemy,
And he shall from the fee"
'Tis thine to smooth the dying bed,
To whisper in the ear
Those sweet, and those consoling words,
That God himself is near.
For he has said, "Be not afraid,
Though passing through deaths vale,
My rod and staff shall comfort thee,
No evil shall assail."
And though thy toll on earth is great,
Yet when thy work is DER,
And thou hast gained that heavenly land
To weep DER sin no more;
Oh, is it not precious thought,
Far more than worlds renown,
That all those bright redeemed shall shine,
As jewels in thy crown.
The American patriot., 1855-03-28
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The American patriot., 1855-03-28

A KNoTTY PoINT SErTLED.-A cavalier in our
vicinity the other day tried to put down his
opponent with this question:
"If Noah did send out dove that never re-
turned, where did it 60 to?"
"Why, retorted his antagonist, "I suppose
e..--h-5u s;as ~ a"
The American patriot., 1855-03-28

The New FLYING MAcu1NE.-We find the
following in the Patrie.
The Academy of Sciences is good deal in
terested by the invention of a flying machine
by Don Diego de Salamanca With this ma
chine Don Diego's daughter, Rosaura, rose in
the air some time ago, at Madrid, to the great
astonishment of the Spanards who are but
little accustomed to this sort of miracle. Don
Diego de Salamanca and his daugeter are about
to arrive at Paris to show the effects of his
marvellous invention. The machine is very
simple: It consists in case swo feet long and
one foot wide, adapted to band of leather
round the waist buckled behind. The two iron
rods fastened to the case support small piece
of wood on which the feet repose The case
contains simple and ingenious mechanism,
similar to that employed to set an automaton
in motion The mechanism is worked by
means of handle. 1t sets in work two large
wings ten feet long, made of very thin caoutch-
QUO, covered with feathers; and the wings may
be so worked as to produce vertical, perpen-
dicular, or horizontal flying. The number of
turns given to the handle determines the
height to which it is desired to go. The ham
die has to be turned every quarter of league
to regulate the distance; the operation of turn
ing lasts minute Horizontal flying is the
most difficult; the wings beat the air like the
oars of boat, or rather as the feet Of swan
when it is swimming.
By means of this curious machine, a man
can go almost as rapidly as carrier pigeon
from the Hotel de Vile to the Arc de Triomphe
de l'Tolle, in eight minutes, and in half an
hour to Versailles. The experiments, which
will be made in Paris, will be on a small scale,
and the flights of Don Diego will not extend
beyond the departments of the Seine; but at a
later period he proposes to 60 to Lyons, to
Bordeaux, Tolouse, Marseilles, and Tours, to
take the lines of railway. He pretends that
he can travel quicker by rail. The price of
each machine will not exceed l, ,2OOf for men,
and 1000 for women. If the experiment sue.
ceeds, Don Diego will take out patent, and
will make the sale of the machine branch of
commerce. Although greatly astonished at
this new invention, several members of the
academy have pointed out the inconvenience
of bringing it into general use. In point Of
fact, there will be no security for any one, if
by the aid Of such machine all our usages and
customs be overthrown, and if maefactors can
fly on the roofs Of houses, afterwards get into
apartments and commit all sorts of deprada-
tons. 1t will be very curious to see police
men in France or England pursuing thieves in
the air, in order to lock them up on earth.
1t appears that 1856 promises US all sorts of
mavels
The American patriot., 1855-03-28
Popular Definitions.

What is Fashion?
Dinners at midnight and headache In the
morning.
What is wit?
That peculiar kind of talk that leads to pulled
noses and broken heads.
What is idleness?
Working yaller mountains on pink subeoil
or blue-tailed dog in skycolored conyul-
sions. o..
What is JOY
To count your money and find it ovcr-run
hundred dollars.
What is Conscience
Something that guilty men feel every time it
thundcrs. 1 W.
What is Knowledge? 3aa5
To be away from home when people come 10
borrow books and umbrellas.
What is Contentment?
To sit in the house and SEQ other people
stuck in the mud. In other words to be better
off than our neighbors a.
What is Justice?
The opinion of twelve drunken Jurymen.
What is Ambition? go l-,.5
| desire TO become possessed Of yellow
pine leg and half-solcd eyebrow.
! THEoLoarcAL.-Two Juvenile disputants dis
cussed as follows in our hearing day or two
since: Io
81 tell you God is everywhere?"
Aint-neither."
81 know better; my mother says SC"
"Don't care if she does. He ant in that
wire" pointing up to the telegraph) ''cos that
aint holcrl" Il.
This rather staggered his little reverence for
moment, but ere minute had elapsed tri-
umphant smile lit up his face as he responded
| "Well don't care he's all around It'll"
How many skeptc of larger growth might
out of the mouth Of that sucking" learn
wisdom
We have heard better one Another and
her little boy were discussing this subject:
Mothcr-God is everywhere, my son, is he
not?
Boy-I believe so.
Mother-Is he in this room?
Boy-Yes mother. .......
Mother--Is he in that table, and chair, nn''
bookcase!
Boy--Yes mother.
Mothcr-Is he in your pocket?
Boy--No mother.
Mother--Why not9
Boy-I amt got no pocket
The American patriot., 1855-03-28

"The smiles of home are exceedingly plea
sant," but there are many people who have
good homes. who prefer '' smiling friend
outside
The American patriot., 1855-03-28
ELOQUENT. R. Lowell, at the close Of
recent lecture on Milton. said

ELoouENr.-J. R. Lowell, at the close Of a
recent lecture on Milton, said:
The noise of those old warfarcs is hushed !;
the song of Cavalier and the fierce psalm of
Puritan are silent now; the hands of his epis-
copal adversaries no longer hold pen or crozier;
they and their works are dust; but he who
loved truth more than life, who was faithful to
the other world while he did his work in this !;
his seat is in that great cathedral whose far
echoing aisles are the Ages, whispering with
the blessed feet Of the saints, martyrs, and con-
fessors of every cline and every creed; whose
bells sound only centural hours; about whose
spire, crowned with the constellation of the
cross no meaner birds than missioned angels
hover; whose organ music is the various stops
of endless changes breathed through by end
less good whose choristers are the elect spirits
of all time, that sing serene and shining as
morning stars, the ever renewed mystery Of
Creative power
The American patriot., 1855-03-28

The EXPRESSION OF HANps.---Lavater told
Goethe that ON certain occasion when he
held the velvet bag in church, as collector of
the offerings, he tried to observe only the
hands; and he satisfied himself that in every
individual the shape Of the hand and of the
fingers, the action and sentiment in dropping
the gift in the bag, were distinctly different
and individually characteristic. There are
hands of various characters the hand to catch,
and the hand to hold the hand to clasp, and
the hand to grasp; the hand that worked or
could work, and the hand that has never done
anything, but holds itself to be kissed, like
that of Joanna Of Arragon, in Raphael's pic
ture.
The American patriot., 1855-03-28

ANOTHER ROBINSON CRUsoE.--We find tho
following romantic paragraph in San Fran
cisco paper, received by the last arrival. Some
years ago an American vessel was attacked by
the natives of the islands mentioned bolow,
who succeeded in killing the captain and Sc
verely wounding several Of the crew with ar.
rows and spears -.
Mr. Benjamin Boyd, Scotch gentleman Of
fortune who has for years roamed the ocean in
pleasure yacht, and who paid visit to San
Francisco, in 1850 i, with his beautiful craft,
the Wanderer, has been for three years sup
posed dead. In 1851, after leaving San Fran
cisco, he purchased one or two Of the Solomon
Group of Islands in the Pacific, designing to
establish government there over the natives
according to his own peculiar and eccentric no.
tons. While lying at anchor in bay Of one
of the islands he went ashore accompanied by
native boy to hunt. During his absence the
Wanderer was surrounded by the natives who
attempted to seize her, but were prevented by
the intrepidity and determination of the first
officer, an American. From information after
wards derived as well as the long absence of
Mr.. Boyd, they concluded he must be murdered,
and after searching for him several days, they
found, as they supposed, full evidence Of his
having been murdered. The vessel then bore
off for the coast of New Holland and was
wrecked at Port Macquaire. On the 10th Of
August last whale ship was at one of these
islands, and the crew discovered the name Ben.
jamin Boyd cut in nearly all the trees. They
were also told at another island st. Christie
phers) that white man was living on the
very island that Capt Boyd was supposed to
have been murdered upon The authorities at
Sydney are taking every means to ascertain
The American patriot., 1855-03-28

THE LIONS SrRENarH.-The strength Of the
lion is very great We are informed BY Dr.
Sparrman, that this animal was seen to take
hcifer in his mouth. and the legs of the latter
dragged on tho ground, yet seemed to carry
her off with the same ease as . cat does . rat.
It likewise leapcd over broad dixie with her,
without the least difficulty A buffalo perhaps
would be too cumbersome for this beast of
prey, notwithstanding his strength, to seize and
carry OF with him in this manner. Two yeo-
men, upon whose veracity l can place somo
confidence, gave me the following account.
Being hunting near Boshicsman river, with
several Hottentots, they perceived lion drag.
gng buffalo from the plain to neighboring
woody hill. They, however, soon forced it TO
quit its prey, in order to make a prize Of il
themselves, and found that this wild beast had
had the sagacity to take out the bufalo's large
and unwieldy entrails, to be able the easier to
make of with the Aeshy and more eatable part
of the carcasc. The lions strength, is said not
to be sufficient alone to get the better Of SO
large and strong an animal as the buffalo, but,
to make it his prey this fierce creature is
obliged to have recourse both to agility and
stratagem; insomuch that, stealing on the buf'
falo, it fastens with both its paws upon the nos
| trils and mouth Of the beast, and keeps squecz
ing them close together, till at length the crca.
turc is stranglcd, wearied out and dies. Buff
falocs which had escaped from the clutches Of
lions, bore the marks Of the claws of these ami.
mails about their mouth and noses The lion
ITSELF however, risks its life in such attempts,
especially If any other buffalos were at hand
to rescue that which was attacked. A traveller
once had an opportunity of seeing female
buffalo with her calf, defended by river at
her back keep for long time at bay five lions
which had partly surrounded her, but did not
dare to attack her. Ihave been informed, from
good authority, that on plain to the east of
Krommc river, lion had been gored and tram.
pied to death bya herd Of cattle, having, urged
probably by hunger, ventured to attack them
in broad daylight" This the reader will not SO
much wonder at, when he is informed, that in
tho day time, and upon on open plain, twelve
or sixteen dogs will easily get the better Of
largo lion Co.,
The American patriot., 1855-03-28

No HorE.-His voice faltcrs his lip quivers.
Never has he spoken these words before, and
they seem absolutely terrible. He is q young
physician, and this is the first case in which he
has been unsuccessful. He felt from the be-
ginning that the beautiful babe would die but
yet there might be room for hope. The blue
eyes Of the mother frightened as he entered,
and her whole manner seemed to say, "he can
save my child" There was strange earnest.
ness in the deep tones Of the father as he
wrung his hand, murmuring "my fortune if
you give him relief" ''" '" -''
OF it was hard to see the golden hair flung
wildly from side 10 side, until its slender
threads embroidered the delicate lace as with
shreds Of gold. 1t was hard to hear the sad
soft moans; to watch the restless wandering
Of the eye, and the spasin Of the little lips and
fingers. But there was still some hope, and
hcartfully he labored, until from his watchful
tenderness, he had learned to love the heaven
estray and hope grew almost wild with strug-
gle to live on. ...l
And now he had said it." there sno hope"
He had seen the young mother borne fainting
from the room; he could hear the smothered
groans of manly voice, and hear the mufed
footsteps as one paced the floor in agony, ever
and anon crying out, "no hope--no hope"
Through thousand alter scenes of horror
and death, even when the doctor with steical
calmness utter the words, "no hope" he bears
the memory Of the first trial. The babe has
mouldcred many year; its little grave is for.
gotten, but the sensations that hovercd its dy.
ing bed, never.
Yet he is saved, but not by mortal care.
Through all these years he has been safe,---
from snares, from sins and temptations; AID
though the doctor watched his exit with an
guishcd heart and brain, angels rejoiced when
his pallid lips uttered the words, there is no
hope
Demoine courier., 1855-12-13
AMERICAN STATE CONVENTION.

There will be a Convention Of the Dele.
gates Of the American Party Of Iowa, holder
ut the Cspitol in Iowa City, on TUESDAY, the
5th Of MARCH, 1856, at 10 o'clock A.. M ,oi
said day, Cor the purpose of choosing candi'
dates for
Secretary of State,
Auditor Of State, +
Treasurer Of State, and ~
.Attorncy General Of Stale
To be supported by the American Party, a
the August Election, 1856. Also to elect
Four Presidential Electors
for the State Of Iowa, in the campaign o
1885.
The ratio Of representation in SAID Conven'
ton to be: Three delegates from each Coun,
Gil and one extra delegate for each 100 mem
bers of q council.
The Councils are requested to take early
steps to procure a full representation.
By order Of the Committee.
WELLS SpICER,
II. w. LATHROP,
J. NJ. BREKEY,
E. X. RUGG,
J. L. ENOS.
80 State Central Com.