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War with England.

NAsHINGToN,. Nov. 20.
The Herald's correspondent asserts in
most positive manner, that notwiihstand-
ing all assertions to the contrary, matters
between this country and Engladd appeaf
extremely warlike--andthat certain de-
mands Of England for redress 10 now be-
fore the Cabinet here.
Common ruinor to-day has asserted
the same, adding that either England or
America must retract, in order to avoid
the war.
The difficulty is said to emanate from
Cushings Instructions in regard to Herz's
trial in Philadelphia.
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AN AyynAr.--A serious sffray io.lt
place yesterday morning at the tavern Of
ID. II. schuesk, eoyner Of Kiug and Line
stsest. in which Getmsn. by the name
CID. BuIlwinkIe, wss ssversiy stabbed 10
the abdomen b7 =. Hitshe, who also
stabbed Two othsrmen. We andestssa
chat Mr. Bullwiakle is not expected 70
Fscovsx Hitahe vss arrested and COM
saiiasd % jail~l lCAsrlcssop Murcary,
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whenevre we and our ,emney ,,f,s

Whenesre we and our temper rufied
towards q parent, a wife, a sister, or 4
brother, we should pause and think that
In Q lew moro months OF years they
Willbe in the spiritlaud, watching over ne,
or percbance We shall be there watcinr
over them left behind. @9efss :
In the days Of the English Common.
wealth, in bis zeal to obli.erais even The
name Of royalty, ordered an alteration Of
the Losds PRAYER, 90 that il should read.
Shy Commonwealth come = instead II
Thy Kingdom come" = 70
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The rich man come at last;
THE PROGRESS oE MEDICINE.

It was with no ordinary pride and salts
action that we lately had the honor Of
the most eminent men Of the age, the Eng
lish physician, Professor THoMAs HoLLc-
WAY, gentlemen who has done more for
the advancement Of medical science than
any other that can be named, no; exclu
ding such renowned "saudnS" rs ApER-
KoME, RUsH, CLARH or MAJESpIE. The
Professor has been recently travelling in
the United States, having visited this
country for the purpose Of establishing a
depot for the sale Of his medicines in New.
York. 1t is true that our public hare
long been familiar with his great reputa.
ton, but, partly owing to the heavy duty
imposed upon imported medicines, and
partly to tie uuwiIlingness of physicians
and druggists to advance the interests Of
professional brother, whose superior
knowledge and skill threatened to cast
their own pretensions into the shade, the
sale (although greoD In America ofhis
wonderful remedies has not yet equalle,l
the enormous demand which exist through.
out the whole of Earopc, Australia, the
East lndios, and most otbrer parts Of the
civilized world. IT was for This reason
that the Professor, few months ago,
determined to make New York the loca.
ton ofa great American depot for the
preparatiod and sale OF his Tedicines,
rivalling in extent and usefulness his eel
ebrated establishment in London, Which,
rs all travellers knw, Is one Of the "institi,-
tions' Of that city. We have reason to
congratulate ourselves, and especially our
Sich and afflicted fellow citizens, upon hi.
feiic itous relicitour.
For proceeding step by step, on strictly
"cien,ific principles, the Professor, at the
early part Of his career, attained TO a
discovery, which placed him above all
competition in the triumphs OF the healing
art. He noticed how muel, OF the boas.
ted medical knowledge OF the presnt dAy
was really known Of the laws Of human
physiology. Coutinning hi Investigations,
happy thought struck him, ike an rnspi.
ration, and he located the seat Of every
disease,-no matter what its nature and
diagnosis lin the blood. The blood has
vitality;-the blood is alive; II is indeed in
the language Of Scripture, "the life ol
ma" Iflhat stream ofesistoncs Is impure,
how can the human being be otherwise
than feeble, exhausted, emacia,ed By vari
Gus forms Of diseasesi To purify the blood
and keep il pure, is virally, to banisl,
sickness from the earth. Here, then |,
hope for the sufferer. Tie poor invalid,
despairing Of recovery, may go forth into
the world renovated ard strong man
Professor HoLLowAY's treatment eradicate.
all our ailments; wheather tse, are of che
stomach, liver, kidneys, lungs. Asart o.
skin, he reierstbeir origin to the blood and
restores the apparently diseased organ 10
pristine and perfect health. Knowing tbis
as We do, from the experience Of our friend
as we!l rs from our own, we discharge bu,
q sanaritant duty 10 the public, by a
cordial recommendation Of HoLLowAr's
PILLs and orNrMENf--the former fos
intcrna! arrangements Of the systenn, the
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New 7 oRK, Nor. %.
Cotton is firm---sales ofss00 bsles.--
F'cas higher. State ss,os; ohio se.s7s
Southern $40. Wheatadysaced. South
srn red $3.50 Mixed corn sr.oB.
s New Orleans Market.
New 0aLsAxs Nov. 81.
Sales to-,lsy Of $500 bales Of cotton, at
former rates.
NEw oanEASs, Nov, 22.
--'~C Cotton is firm and activo-sales Of TO-
900 bales, at 8 liza 0 cents for middling.
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SPECIAL NOTICES
The Examiner.

The Hrss number Of this new Journal Will
be issued early In December next.
The publishes would be Obliged to those
who contemplate suhsetibing Il they would
forward their names without delay.
Tssss. Two dollars per spnam. One
years subscrption required On .as fsec,p.
Of the FIRST sambes.
Address me at Columbia.
wnsR JOHNSTON,
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Indemniacation.

New YoIx, Nov. 20.
Messrs. Wells Butterield d Co., ex-
pressmen. paid to the United States
Treasury, to day, $4,000 indemnify for
the boxes o. specie belonging to the
Government, stolen from the express car
riar during the transit from Dubuque TO-
New York, some time since.
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Opening OF the Pork Season.

CiScINNATi. Nov. 20.
The woather is now favorable for slaugh- =
tering, and the hog season has fairly
opened. Several large houses have COM
mencod p'cking. Hogs are brisk and
firm, at $e.s7, with an advancing tenden>
cy.
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Carriers Address.

We will give copy of the "Ledgcr" one
year, TO any person who will write an ad-
dress for our devil 1t must be handed in
by the 18th of December
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The Presidspt's Message.
WAsuINGroN Nove,nh,

w NAsHiNGroN, November 20
According to the present determines
ton, no copies Of the Presidents Message
will be sent abroad for the newspapers,
as heretofore in ndracccd Of It's delivery
to Congress.
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MA ARRIED.

AT Trinity Church Columbia on Tues.
day the 2oth inst BY the Rev. Peter J.
shand, Mr.. II. r. MASSEY, Of Lancaster
20 Miss MARY E. HEsays Of the torme,
pIsee.
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Why are good resolutiono like
fainting ladiesi They want carrying
out. s..
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To all whom it may Concern.

Persons having no business in the prin-
ting office are respectfully informed that
their company is not desired.
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1855-02-01
EconomiZe.

o yes, economize put off The little bills
the mechanics can waitI Never mind the
tailor, he belongs to the credit party nobody
pays the tailor. Stop the newspaper, you can
get along without it.
Never mind the school bill the poor wom-
an who has taught your children 10 read can
wait. Take the children out of school, thev
can get along without schooling this winter,
and you must economize. The school teach
er must pay her rent, but then if she don't, if
she fail, that's nothing.
Can't you do without that pair of chickens
to-day! No sir /; they must be roasted they
are good cold at night with bottle of porter
and bread and butter! Then you must have
turkey for dinner, so gentecI family can
not think of getting along without roast tur-
key tor dinner and as you are at market, you
had better have some oysters sent home, they
are so good
You must economize, but don't think Of
smoking one less cigar day; cigars cost on
ly three cents, what's that! You are going
to party tonight stop and tell the hair
dresser to go and dress your wife's hair; no
lady nowadays thinks of doing it herself.
Eddy wants new cap, buy that; it costs
but three dollars. There are some beautiful
wax dolls; Kitty must have one, buy it,
Then you must send up few dozen more
of porter it is so good with the cold chicken
for supper; and while you are about it, you
may as well send home couple of baskets Of
champagne TO have in case friend comes in.
Buy ticket to the opera tomorrow night;
stop and order carriage for the party to-
night; then go home and talk about hard
times, and swear you must economize.-N. Y.
Day Book.
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1855-02-01

OF vision; but let US never sigh after their
lower so-called privilege which when they
are gifted with thoughtful mind, are found
TO be the mere husks and chaff of the rich grain
belonging to humanity, and not alone to men,
The assumption of masculine airs or of mas
culine attire, or of the absence of tenderness
and womanhood in a mistaken struggle after
strength, can never sit more gracefully upon
us than do the mems old hats and great coats,
upon the poor old gardeneresses of the English
garden. Let such of US have devoted our
selves to the study OF an art-the interpreter
to mankind at large of Gods beauty-especial-
iy remember this, that the highest ideal in life,
as well as in art, has heen the blending of the
beautiful and the tender with the strong and
the intellectual.-Mss Ho,oit's Student
in Munich.
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1855-02-01
A Wonderful Feat.

The Calaveras Chronicle relates remark.
able pedestrian feat which was accomplished
at Mokelumne Hill by Peeler, the 'grea
southern walker The feat, which was moth
ing less than that of continually walking
throughout one hundred and two consecutive
hours, is, we believe unparalleled. The
Chronicle says:
" He entered on his selfimposed task on
Wednesday, Dec. 18th, at minutes past 3
P. NJ, and finished on Sunday, at minutes
past P. M. His gait at first was slow, not
more than mile and half or two miles an
hour, which at stated times each day he
changed into brisk walk. His food was
simply coffee and toast no stimulants were
given before Friday evening, and then brandy
was administered very lightly. On Sunday
morning, towards one o'clock, his head be-
came affected, and he passed out under the
rope, but Immediately recovered his seIfpos-
session, and re-crossed the barrier At noon
on Sunday he partook of coffee with egg beat
up in it, after which his pace increased to the
rate of at least four miles an hour. At fve
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1855-02-01
The Sense of Justice.

The boys attending one of our public schools,
of the average age of seven years, had, in their
play of bat and ball, broken one of the neigh
boris windows but no clue of the offender
could be obtained, as he would no, confess, nor
would any of his associates expose him.
The case troubled the goyerness, and on the
occasion of gentleman visiting the school, she
privately and briefly stated the circumstance
and wished him, in some remarks 10 the
school, to advert to the principle involved in
the case
The address TO the school had reference,
principally, to the conduct of boys in the streets
and in their sports. The principles of rect-
tude and kindness which should govern them
everywhere even when alone, and when thew
thought no eye could see, and there was no
one present 10 observe. The school seemed
deeply interested in the remarks.
A very short time after the visitor left the
school, little boy arose in his seat and said !:
Miss L., baited the ball that broke Mr..
BIS window. Another boy threw the ball
but batted it and struck the window. l am
willing TO pay for it,
There was deah-like silence IN the school
as the boy was speaking, and it continued after
he had closed.
But 1t won't be right for to pay the
whole for the glass; said another boy rising
from his seat all of as that were PLAYING
should pay something, because we were all
alike engaged in the play; I'll pay my par, =
And l.
And L.
A thrill Of pleasure seemed to run through
the school at this display of correct feeling
more than ever The responsibility of her charge.
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ship or privation, if she can only aid in the
glorious work Of redeeming oppressed females
from their terrible thraldom.
But do you find her the bright, presiding
genius of home,' Her smile and cheerful
welcome do not greet her husband, when he
returns from his daily toll her hands do not
draw his armchair to that favorite nook her
society does not charm away his WEAKNESS,
and forget his cares. When he is i'll, she is
seldom near to smooth his pillow, or bathe his
fevered brow, or whisper of hope and conso-
lation,
Can it be, that she, with all her pretended
regard for the best interests of humanity, even
realizes her own responsibility! Alas we
fear not.
Ask the peevish, complaining wife, if she
has ever thought seriously of this matter
What neat, cosy little cottage hers is
How many comforts she has. Her two no.
BILE looking boys and their fair sister are as
beautiful a trio of children as ever graced one
household her husband is kind and indul-
gent, but her fretful disposition will not allow
her moments tranquility. She is in per-
petual anxiety sometimes it is one thing and
again another that causes her inquietude, but
she is never at rest The children yearn for
the sunshine, which they see in the homes Of
their playmates, and invent all kinds of ex-
cuses to get away from the endless troubles
which haunt their mother. They have al
ready learned that pleasure cannot be found
under their own rooftree, and the gambling
hall, the theatre and the club-room, hold out
temptations which they can scarcely resist.
Aye, think of these considerations, and be
wise.
She always made home happy What
more fitting inscription can be engraven on the
tomb stone of the estimabe woman of whom
this was said 1t will stand, perchance, in
some church-yard, where birds warble and
flowers open their starry eyes, all unmindful
of the silent sleeper below. Other monumen-
tai tablets will rise around it, bearing the
high sounding epitaph, but nothing there can
speak sweeter lesson than the brief sentence,
'She always made home happy. Boston
| Ohue Branch
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Mistellanp.
Woman's Mission.

The longer live, the less grows my SYM
pathy with women who are always wishing
themselves men, cannot but believe that all
in life that is truly noble, truly good, truly de-
sirable, God bestows upon us women, in as
unsparing measure as upoR men. He only
desires us in his great benevolence, to stretch
forth our hands and to gather for ourselves
the rich joys of intellect, of nature, of study,
of action, of love, and of usefulness, which he
has poured forth around US. Let us only cast
aside the false silly wells of prejudice and
fashion, which ignorance has bound over our
eyes let us lay bare our souls 10 Gods SUM-
shine of truth and love let us exercise the in
telligence which he has bestowed on US, upon
worthy and noble objects, and this intelligence
may become keen as that of men and the
paltry high heels and whalebone supports of
mere drawing room conventionality and young
ladyhood witherlng up, we shall stand in hu-
mility before God, but proudly and rejoicingly
at the side of man. Different always, but not
less noble, less richly endowed. And all this
we may do, without losing one jot or one title
of our womanly spirit, but rather attain solely
to these good, these blessed gifts, through a
prayerful and earnest development of these
germs of peculiar purity, of tenderest delicacy
and refinement, with which our Heavenly
Father has so especially endowed the woman.
Let beauty and grace, spiritual aud external,
be the garments of our souls. Let love be the
very essence of our being-Love of God, of
man, and of the meanest created thing-Love
that is strong to renounce, endure, achieve !
Alone through the strength of Love, the no.
blest, the most refined of all strength-our
blessed Lord himself having lived and died
teaching it to US, have great and good women
hitherto wrought their noble deeds in the
world and alone through the strength of an
all-embracing love, with the noble women who
have yet to arise, work noble works or en-
act noble Deeds Let us emulate, if you will,
the strength of determination which we admire
in men, their earnestness and freeness of pur-
pose, their unwearying energy, their largeness
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1855-02-01
Samuel Annlaton.

Once at the exhibition of a menagerie, the
attention of the kind hearted old man was at
tracted BY crowd of boys, trying to look at
the animals through the seams of the tent
How much,' he asked of the door-keeper.
will you take 10 let them all inf A bargain
was Immediately made, and by this Wholesome
operation, the happiness Of a hundred or moro
penniless boys was secured for the afternoon.
With the bluff heartiness that marked his de-
pertinent, there was not only general benev-
olence, but sometimes a peculiar delicacy Of
conduct, which showed that his nature was
marked by the finer shades Of sentiment. By
his will he had left large amount of property
10 a favori,e nephew. The nephew died, and
it was represented TO Mr.. Appleton by his le-
gal adviser, that, if he left his will as it was,
that part of his estate would go 10 persons who
were not at all related 10 him, and in whom he
could be supposed to have no particular inter-
est Mr.. Appleton, after maturely considering
the matter, replied that he had concluded not
to alter his will that he believed his friends
in another world knew what he was doing
here; and he should be sorry to have his neph-
ew see that the first act relating to him after
his death was TO divert from his nearest re-
lalions the legacy intended for him.-North
American Rerielr
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and never brought to trial. But the circum-
stance made deep impression on the public
feeling, and rresistibly carried many minds
to the belief in a experimenting Providence,
manifested in the extraordinary case of two
pistols in succession-so well loaded, so cool
ly handled, and which, afterwards fired with
such readiness, force, and precision-missing
fire, each in its turn, when leveled within
eight feet at the Presidents heart Benton s
Thirty Years Fieio.
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1855-02-01
o'clock. P. NJ. he walked smaTtlv e. ~.

o'clock, p NJ, he walked smartly for some
time, his step full. About this time his arms
and hands were rubbed little, as the circu.
lation seemed to be rather slow. At eight
o'clock he was lively, his head cool, and
seemed not to be troubled with sleep, but
from this time he rapidly sunk.
1t became necessary to administer stirnu-
ants freely, which, with the friction Of his
limbs and the encouragement of his friends.
enabled him to complete to the entire satistac-
tion of the assembage, the Hercuean task.
A chronometer was in the room, and on the
hands indicating 9 o'clock A minutes, the
word was given, and three hearty cheers from
the crowd announced the termination of Peel
er's labor He was Immediately placed in
chair, his shoes taken on, blanket thrown
around him, and carried to the Lafayette street
House, where he was put 10 bed and is now
doing we'll. DR.. Holbrook was the physician
In attendance, and from the first entertained
perfect confidence that Peeler would accom-
plish the task. His pulse varied very little
throughout the tedious hours his limbs did
not swell, nor his feet blister. No severity
OF any kind was necessary to keep him wake
ful and with comparative ease he has ac-
compllshed feat greater than that attempted
by any other man-walking lO2 consecutive
hours. He was attended by Messrs. Haskins,
Partington and Marlet throughout the severe
ordeal, who have made an affidavit before E.
Gates, Esq, notary public. to the effect that
Peeler honestly performed the task.''
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" She always made Home Happy"

Such was the brief but impressive sentence,
which friend wished us to add to an obituary
notice of one 'who had gone before
What better tribute could be offered to the
memory of the loved and lost Eloquence
with her loftiest eulogy-poesy with her most
thrilling dirge, could afford nothing so sweet,
so touching, so suggestive of the virtues Of
the dead, as those simple words-'Me al,cays
made home happy
Hear this, mothers, wives and daughters
and think of your own duty. How many
could have the same said of them in truthful
ness and sincerity. Ask that woman whose
splendid residence attracts the gaze of every
pssser-by. Thousands have been avished on
those imposing walls, long colonnades, and
high, arched windows and now and then
you obtain glimpse of costly hangings, rich
carpets and tall mirrors, which dazzle you
with their magnifcence. Often you pause a
moment and look wistfully in through the half
closed blinds, and murmur to yourself as you
pass on, Il should think the possessor of all
this might enjoy life
But you are sadly mistaken. The dove Of
peace never folds her white wings by that
freside; the gentle spirit of content never
sheds her holy influence there. The master
of the mansion, though yet in his prime, seems
prematurely old; there is an expression Of
habitual suffering around his firmly COM
pressed lips, and his broad brow bears many
trace of care. All there is a vulture at his
heart, which like the hero of the olden story,
he would fain conceal. Ten years ago he
married beautiful girl, with thousand
pleasant visions of domestic quietude and
bliss. But his dreams have faded the rosy
hue of romance is lost in the cold gray dawn
of bitter reality.
His wife presides over his household with
surprising gracefulness she is the idol OF
society. and leader of fashion. She goes
and comes through those spacious halls,
dressed in garments that might beit queen ;
she gives brilliant dinners, where she shines
the brightest star, and parties, which every
body pronounces charming. But she is never
the kind, devoted companion-the loving,
trusting help-meet, sharing every joy and sor-
row, cheering him when he desponds, and
counselling in trials and perplexities with
winning delicacy and tenderness. In short,
she never makes home happy. But it is not
alone to the frivolous, that our subject speaks
the language of reproof and instruction there
are others to whom it may be applied with
equal force Ask the would-be reformer of
the nineteenth century, whose lofliest aim is
10 step beyond her appropriate sphere, how
she performs her duty in this respect.
She is often seen in the debating hall and
lecture room, where strife and confusion pre-
vail Her voice is heard ringing out in de-
fence of the rights of her sex; she allows her
name to be banded about, linked with the
coarsest epithets; she takes long and tedious
JOURNEYS in behalf of the cause she has es-
poused You may hear her talk enthusiast
cally of all that is pure and elevating in wom-
ans mission, and sublime in her destiny -
Indeed, she appears ready to suffer any hard