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PALMER's PATENT ARTIFICIAL LEG.-This
world-renowned invention is Justly entitled to
all the praise that has been bestowed upon it.
The history of the invention, like that of many
of the most important scientific Inventions is
somewhat remarkable and interesting. DR..
Palmer, the inventor, lost one of his own legs
at the early age of eleven years. For several
years he plodded about upon the clumsy crutch
Finally, he raised sufficient amount of money
to enable him to reach New York city. He
there purchased the best artificial leg that
could be obtained. After testing it thoroughly,
he was quite dissatisfied with its operation.
Being an inventive genius, he requested one of
his brothers to bring him section of willow
standing upon his fathers farm. Upon this he
went to work with his jack-knife, and shave"
From this small beginning has resulted the
celebrated palmer Leg" In 1851, DR.. Pal
mer sailed for London, to compete with Euro
pean inventors at the Great Exhibition. He
was received with enthusiasm by the London
surgeons, invited to all the colleges and hospi-
tails, and introduced as a conspicuous guest at
Conversations of four hundred surgeons, in
the College of Physicians and Surgeons.
He received the award of the Great Prize
Medal, Orer thirty competitors, from all parts
of Europe. The browning excellences of
Palmer's Leg are exquisite anatomical beauty,
giving it the appearance of the natural limb,
so completely, that, in the language of the Lon
don Times, it is rivalled only by the mechanism
of Nature, and lady may wear silk hose and
slippers without betraying the loss she has sus-
tanned. Then, its perfect combination of liqht-
ness and strength, its naturalness of action,
and great durability, place it as foremost
among the humane inventions of the age.
DIR. Palmer publishes annually descriptive
pamphlet, which is sent gratis wherever it is de-
sired The American Central Office is in Phila-
delphia.
He has now three establishments in success
full operation in the United States, and one in
London. To the unfortunate, such an invention
must be priceless boon; and we cannot but
feel it duty, as pleasure, to endeavor to
spread its acknowledged merits far and wide.
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Blow TO KNOW NoTHNGIsM.-Hunter
Woods, Democrat, has been elected Mayor
of Norfolk, Virginia, by a majority of IA over
his Know Nothing opponent. A month before,
Norfolk gave majority of 395 for the Know
Nothing candidate, Flournoy. The Councils,
to be sure, are Know Nothing, but the prestige
of that party is gone.
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ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS PREMIUM.
The Directors Of the american Reform Tract
and Book SOciefU

RE authorized 10 offer One Hundred Dollars Penn,
"A for the best manuscript Of Religions Ami CIa
very Sabbath School Book OF sufficient engtb In ,o e
not less than one hundred nor hundred prinr}
pages l-mo.
Authors the subject according 10 their o,
judgment and taste, IN regard the particular sI or
form, whether narrative, tale historically or al
egoncaIyi or IA any method IN which they think The
subject can be presented 10 make addressing and also
10 bring the truth To bear upon the conscience
Whatever form the writers may choose the great nora
truth that American CLael Slavehodiug n sin against
'Tod ana crime against and ought therefore Ia he.
lmmedi lately Eepened of and abolished must be mann
tanned ana the book must be mbued the sri, of iho
Gospel
"Let Christ be exhibited with his hcsrt of infinite o
beating IN sympathy with the poor slave and the mind
ia learning TO pity the condition OF tho latter will learn TO
love the Saviour'
The manuscripts must be semi. post paid to T B Ma
son, Secretary Of te American Reform Tract and Book
society, Cincinnati Ohio, previous the first Monday in
OCTOBER next with the authors aud residence in
tut enclosed sealed envelope which will moi he
opened until the premium is awarded.
We hope our Chrlsu Anti Slavery friends who can
write, will not let tins opportunity pass without special
effort for the cause of Christ and Huraanitv.
We expect before the tine expires be able tbrongb
the kindness of our friends offer y second third sSJ
first aud the Directors will pay the Treasury of S
Society fair remune -'l. : " Wv"
Publishing COMMITTEE . -.
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The prohibitory liquor law encounters pow,
erful opposition in every State, and its enemies
as a last resort are driven to the pursuit of de-
fects in its form and provisions as a means of
escape from its penalties. In pointing these out
for amendment, they will render valuable ser.
vice. At Augusta, Maine, Chief Justice Shep-
ley has dhcided that Municipal Judges and
Justices of the Peace have no jurisdiction for
Furnishing liquor sellers under the second Sec
ton of the law, which can only be done by in.
dictment and trial by jury in the Supreme
Court.
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COLUMBUS WATER CURE AND MEDI
CAL INFIRMARY.

For Females Only. No Ct4re, no Pay.
oR the last year this Institution has been treating dis
eases Of the above class Of patients, agreeing TO re-
store them to comfortable health, make charge what
ever We treating bedrdden cases, matter of how
long standng above. Circulars sent on application
Address w. SHEPARD, Nj. d.,
al Water Cure, Columbus, Ohio.
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THE BRITISH POETS.
A complete Collection, from Chaucer to NYorlsror5
PUBLISHED By
LITTLE, BROWN, & COMPANY

We cannot speak too highly praise OF this edition.
the only one that deserves TIN Of complr,c-of Inc
Brush Poes-BOsf0H DAILY AdrertiSsr
We really know nothing more worthy OF the cordial
support OF the American public than this Boston edition of
the English Poets.-NSJc York Tones
alrer printed more tasteful. more valuable 60,
OF DOCKS cannot be placed IN any library N1c York
Courier and Enquirer.
The best the most permanently valuable tn, most ron
venient aud ihe cheapest edition OF the stala- r,iI
h'eiature OF Great Britain. ever pubshedFIo,us Jor
We regard II as the most beautiful ada convenient Ii
4ray edIuon OF The BRUSH Poets Yet published Pia-
dsphia EreniiS Btlisti1t
we do not know any other edition OF the English Poets
which combines so many excellence BiJctisca Sa~ro
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We regret to learn that Welland county
Canada West, was visited on the Oath and 18th
of June by terrible rain storm, which swept
away all the bridges on the Weland and Os-
wego creeks, and destroyed eight or ten mill
dams. The crops Of oats and corn on the fats
are entirely destroyed.
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EARTHQUAKE AT BALTMoRE.-The Ameri
an says:
At about Is minutes past II o'clock, Thurs
lay morning, our citizens were aroused from
heir slumbers by and apparent explosion and
cumbling noise. Anxious inquiry was made
IN the morning, but it was ascertained that the
powder mills were all in good order, and that
the shaking of the earth had proceeded from
IN explosion in a mightier magazine than those
constructed by human agency.
At York, Pa, the shock was truly startling
cousing the whole population, and creating such
an excitement that but few were willing to re-
tire again for the night. The shock and
umbling noise that followed it, causing sha-
King of furniture and rafting of windows, is said
TO have lasted full twenty seconds at York.
In all sections of the city the sensation was
equally distinct and Enthusiastically appalling
The night was excessively warm, and the at
nosphere thick and murky. Many persons
we're still about the streets, whilst others were
sitting up, unable to sleep. By these and the
watchmen the shock was believed at once to be
that of an earthquake, as it seemed to have a
stronger and deeper hold on the earth than
could have been produced from the explosion
Of powder.
On Madison avenue and at Mount Vernon
race, the ShOcK is represented to have been
very severe, instantly rousing the soundest
'leepers, and apparently jarring the houses to
their very foundations. On Felfs Point the
vibration was also very sharp, and in some in
stances the people ran into the streets in their
night clothing, whilst glasses are said to have
been broken in some of the windows. Persons
on boats and steamers coming up the bay and
river felt the shock distinctly, and the surround
ing water was not only greatly agitated, but
the fish even jumped up in the water, apparent
y frightened out of their element
The plaster on the ceilings of some dwellings
IN Watson street was almost entirely knocked
off,
We learn from gentleman residing on the
Hilen road, about six miles from the city, that
the shock was felt there with great severity,
bringing everybody out, the impression pre-
vailing that there had been an awful explosion
of some description in the city, many persons
saddling their horses and coming to town to
learn the extent of the supposed catastrophe.
At Washington City, Philadelphia, and New
York, the phenomena was not observed nor
have we heard of it from any more distant
point.
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On the 10th ultimo, the Lafayette (Indiana)
Courier conta ined an advertisement of the ex
hibition of the original paintings, by Dubuf, OF
Adam and Eve, the Temptation and Expulsion.
Can they be the genuine works that are thus
still trundled over the land? 1t is twenty years
or more since we saw them in the Atlantic
cities.
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SHELLEY AND HERBERT.
JUST PUBLISHED.

The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley.
WITH MEMOIR BY JAMES RUSSELL. LOWELL.
Three Volumes
The Poetical Works of George Herbert.
One Volume.
We have in Press and shall issue soon the Works Of
MOORE, VAUGHAN, SHAKESPEARE HERRTCK
MAXWELL, SPENSER, SHELTON DONNIE, CHAT
TERTON, and CIIAUCER
The remainder Of the series will be published as o. a.
the volumes can be prepared
LITTLE, BROWN, & CO.,
4H l12 WASHINGTON ST. BOSTON.
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We have read an anecdote, credited to the
New York Express, wherein it is represented
that some one who had declared the power to
exist in Congress to abolish Slavery in the Dis.
trict of Columbia, was dreadfully disconnected
when asked by his triumphant opponent if it
did not necessarily follow that it had also the
power to establish Slavery here. We believe
that the power to punish theft does not neces-
sarily include the power either to require or per-
nit the practice of such crime.
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We have favorable accounts of the agricultu
raj interest in almost every region of this coun
try. We are just at the crisis however.
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taken, and the work prosecuted to secure a sue
,essful termination by the early part of 1858.
In connection with the Transatlantic Compa-
ny, though possessing separate and distinct
organization, is the New York, Newfoundland,
and London Telegraph Company, engaged in
constructing line of telegraph from St. Johns
across to Newfoundland, the Gulf of St. Law
renee and Cape Breton, to connect with the
NOVA Scotia and State of Maine lines to New
York. This company confidently expect to
have their line completed and in working order
in August next.
The submarine cable, seventy miles in length.
and containing three communicating wires to
be laid down in the Gulf of ST. Lawrence, was
shipped from London last month The two
companies have entered into a contract to con.
acct with each other at st. Johns, Newfound-
and, and to act in concert for fifty years.
Upon the completion of the Transatlantic line
he Newfoundland company propose to lay
Town across the Gulf of st. Lawrence another
:able like the one they are now about laying
Town, and thus make the capacity of their line
equal to that of the Transatlantic
The WAY OF THE TRANsGREssoR-A young
man and woman, with prussic acid vial lying
near them, were found sitting side by side at
The door of his father, at Brooklyn, one morn
ing last week. Letters found upon them prov
I'd that they had been lovers, after some fash
ION. The young man was buried by his kim
ired, and the unknown young woman was re-
moved by the police. Her remains were sub
'equently taken charge of by some kind-heart
christian ladies, who wept over her and strewed
lowers upon her coffin; and a minister of the
gospel not only performed her funeral cere-
monies, but preached an impressive sermon, in
which he said he thought that I" it were better
o smooth over and cover up faults than to
magnify them," though he believed the act of
elf-murder alone was hers. 1t proved, how
ever, that she was well-known woman of in
'amous life, and that the young man was her
oaramour. The Commercial Adrertiser con-
cluaes a review of the whole affair, with these
iust remarks:
If good and peaceable men, and pure and
yirtuous women, who have waited patiently
heir appointed days upon the earth, fulfilling
their personal and social obligations, are to
pass unnoticed to their graves, and DULLES and
prostitutes and sefmurderers are to be honor
ID in their DEATH virtue and morality and reli-
zion will speedily be brought into contempt,
md vice and lewdness and infdelity be enthron-
d in their stead"
The passion for startling effects appears to
De the handspring of these unseemly exhibit
ions, and ministers of the Gospel appear to be
among the special victims of this passion.
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LAND WARRANTs.-The number of land war
rants issued up to the last of June, was 1851 ;
applications allowed, ll,O84. Warrants are
selling at SllO ca SIN.
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The American Or Know Nothing party in
Georgia have adopted the " Georgia platform"
and nominated Hon. Garrett Andrews for Gov
ernor.
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Agents for Claims against the Government.
office corner Tenth st. and Penn. areiaue, orer
Washington City SapiaQs Bank.
INHE very highest New York market price Will be paid
for Land Warrants for the next three years When
ever they shall have Svanced quotations.
The very highest New Yark market prices will be paid
on receipt Of any by mail regardless OF former quota
tons
Persons sending warrants by mail rely
ing as much as II they personally present.
Sight drafts any OF the Northern Southern clues
Will be RENTED by mail and, when preferred,
amount will be placed their credit Of the New
York Banks, which they draw AT sight, the day
after RENTING the W arrants. Address
JOHN NJ CLARKE & CO.
Washington city, d. c.
REFER TO
Hon John Wilson. Commissioner Of the General Land
Office
Hon L. p Waldo Commissioner Of Pensions
Sweeny Ritenhouse. * Co, Bankers, Washington civ
Chubb Brothers, Bankers, Washington city
Suffer- Lea, h Co, do. do.
All the Oheers OF The Banks IN Wheeling. Va
Cashier Bank OF Virginia, Richmond Va
Cashier Farmers Bank. do
Cashier Merchants and Mechanics Bank Parker,burv.
Virginia %
James RObb, Banker, New Orleans
President Exchange Bank. Pittsburgh Pa
Johnston Brothers Co, Bankers Baltimore Aa0
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The DEMOCRATS OF MAINE held their State
Convention last week, and nominated Samuel
Wells for Governor. Mr.. Paris, their candidate
of last year, declined a denomination. The
Convention, according to the Portland AdUer-
hser, encountered some difficulty in passing a
resolution endorsing the present Administra-
ton for its adhesion to the ancient landmarks
of the Democratic party. To this resolution
the chairman of the Committee dissented, as
implying an endorsement of the Missouri COM
promise. After several speeches had been
made, an amendment was adopted, as follows
at being understood that this resolution is ex-
pressive Of no opinion upon the repeal of the
Missouri compromise"
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The SCULPTOR, PowERs.-An extract from
a Florence letter published in the National IN
tethgencer says:
"As you requested, | asked Mr.. Powers when
he thought of visiting his native land in accord
ance with the wish expressed by Congress. l
do not think he has yet been officially advised
of the appropriation by which he has been hon
ored. Through the public papers and private
correspondence only, believe, has he yet re-
ceived information of the wishes of the Nation
al Legislature. However, hope Mr.. Powers
will not stand on ceremony, nor do think he
will. He has been for some time preparing to
"go home, and you may look out for him some
time next fall. He has almost finished his
great statue of America, which will immediate
ly be shipped for New York but he will re-
main here until he gets his statue of Webster,
ordered by the city of Boston, ready for the
bronze foundry. When the work is so far
achieved, he will set out for America"
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MAINE STATE TEMPERANCE CONVENTION
The State Temperance Convention commenced
its session at Bangor, June 10Th. Hon. George
Downes, of Calais, was chosen Chairman, and
Mayor Haywood, of this city, permanent Pres
ident, with six Vice Presidents.
Resolutions were adopted, asserting that ex-
perience demonstrates the value and necessity
of the prohibitory liquor law; denouncing the
opposition of venal party press congratula-
ting the people that the politicians who assem-
bled at the Democratic State Convention have
at last thrown off the mask. and arrayed them
selves in opposition to the law; declaring that
the riot at Portland was instigated by unprin-
cipled politicians, for party purposes; and COM
mending Governor Morrill, as a worthy chief
magistrate, and well deserving a reelection.
Both Governor Morrill, and Neal Dow we're
expected, but were not present-the latter was
kept away by serious illness. The Convention
was addressed by the Rev. Mr.. Peck and Mr.
Walton, of Portland, Hon. Mr.. Downes, Hon.
j. S. X. Haywood, and others. Mr.. Peck gave
an account of the Portland riot this evening
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Filibustero prospects were looking up in
Mexico. Colonel Wheat, of Cuban memory,
had passed through Aspinwall, en- route to AGA
pulco, to assume a Generals commission, al
ready signed for him by Alvarez. His staff
had been duly appointed, and only awaited the
arrival of their commander. A printing press,
from the house of Messrs. Hoe & Co., of New
York, had arrived in Acapulco. 1t is destined
for the propagation of liberal principles, and
was received with all the honors, and then duly
baptjZed
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MExICo.-The steamer Orizaba arrived al
New Orleans on the Goth ultimo, with city Of
Mexico dates to the 18th. Santa Anna had re-
turned to the capital, and the Government pa
pers published accounts of the defeat of several
small parties of revolutionists.
Alvarez had defeated the Government troops
near Mexalto, with loss of 500 men in killed
and wounded. General Alvarez had also, in
conjunction with General Comefort, taken So
nora; and the united forces of the two generals
were investing Morelia.
Communication between Monterey and San
Louis Potosi was prohibited by the Govern
ment and all the troops that could be spared
were ordered to Nueva Leon, to attempt the re-
capture Of Monterey.
General Vol had defended Matamoras to
the last His force consisted only of COO men.
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a SLAVE LIBERATED ON ENGLISH SOIL
The brig Young America, Captain Rodgers, OF
Baltimore, recently arrived at Savanna la Mar
Jamaica, having on board slave steward
named Anderson, who said he belonged to a
Mr.. Robinson. On arriving in port the Cap
tain, 1t is said, knowing that if the slave landed
on British soil he would become free. took great
pains to keep him on board, and to prevent
communication with any one on shore. A let
ter, however, says that by some means, the
report got wind, and the inhabitants became
terribly excited. The magistrates considered
it the duty of the customs officers to demand
the liberation of the slave. The consignee OF
the vessel, Mr.. Mason, q magistrate and mem.
Der of Assembly, is reported to have said that
the people had better look sharp what they
were doing, or they might cause another Grey.
town scene. The people took the matter into
their own hands, manned their canoes, and
made for the brigantine. Five stalwart negroes
first boarded her by main force, and Selling the
slave, bore him off in triumph.
The only magistrate who took any active
-, NAS N. Il
as, who at the beach received the liberated
man with these words: care you free man
or slave?" II am a slave" was the reply.
Then" said Mr.. T., in the name of her Maj
esty the Queen, / now declare that you are free
and at liberty, having landed on British SOIL
When the case was fully investigated, it was
shown by the slaves statement that the captain
never illtreated him that he was slave that
his master was living in Baltimore, and that
the papers produced viz &c the manumission -
or free paper, and protection ticket" were
obtained from a man named Nettles, which
name he assumed in order to reach British ter.
ritory. He was thereupon declared to be free,
and set at liberty.
The United States Consul at Kingston has
laid the facts before the Governor of Jamaica,
and demanded the punishment of the negroes
for forcibly boarding an American vessel, and
abducting one of her crew.
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In November next, Charles Dickens will
commence the publication of new serial tale,
to be completed in twenty monthly parts, i!
will be illustrated by Hablot Browne,