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R- We are grntiaed, upon the authority
Of the Baltimore Sun, to correct the unjust i'm
putations upon the clergy Of Norfolk. SO lar
from having abandoned their posts, they are
exerting themselves to alleviate the sutferings
of the. sick, and TO prepare tho dying for eter-
nifty
In abiding to the departure OF four or five min
listers, since the fever commenced its rayagHs, We
included at least two from the opposite side Of the
river. We take pleasure in stating that several
preachers here are doing their duty faithfully.
We cannot speak knowingly in this respect with
regard to Portsmouth but there are some here
whose diligent unceasing, and effectaal pastoral
vistations well deserve notice and commentator.
Rev. Messrs jackson, of st. Pauls, Wake Of
Christ Church, 1.-THE regular pastor having left for
Europe several months ago. Armstrong, of the
Presbyterian, Wills OF the Cumberland street
Methodist Dibrell OF the CRANKY street Methodist,
0'Keefe Of St. Patrick's, McCleland, of the Meth
odist Protestant, and Jones, OF the African Metho
dist, are among those who are busily and usefuly
engaged in their efforts 10 give consolation to the
sufferers.
Some of them are in regular attendance at the
desire to fly from the scourge, preferring to die in
the faithful discharge of their known duty, to leav
ing the suffering and afflicted members of their
hocks in the midst Of disease aud death, without
those words of comfort and Christian consolation
which II becomes them especially TO impart in the
hour of extraordinary calamity and trial
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ing TO be widow, who had four pretty children
and might be occasionally overheard coercing an
obscure man in a sleeved waistcoat, who appear
cd TO be confined in some pit below the iounua'
ton of the house, where he was condemned 70 oe
always cleaning knives One day the smallest o.
the children crept into my roon ana sau, PONY.
ing downward with little chubby nnGer' Don't
teiI!n ITS pa" and vanished on tp'toe.
One other branch Of the smuggling trade de-
o,onda a word Of mention, before conclude. My
friend of friends in my bachelor days, became the
friend of the house when l got married lie -
mr. Amelia's godfather; Amelia being the eldest
~ our cherubs Through upwards Of ten years
he was backwards and forwards at our house three
or four times week, and always found his knife
and fork ready for him. What was my astonlSh-
ment, on coming home one day TO lind Susannah
sunk upon the oil-coth in the hall, holding her
brow with both hands, and meeting my gaze, when
| admitted myself with my latch-key In distract
cd mannerl "Susannah !" ! exclaimed, what
has happeneds" She merely calculated, Laryer,"
that being the name of the friend in question.
" Susannahl ~ said ], what Of Larver? Speak !!
Has he met with any accidents Is he illT' SUI
sannah replied family, "Married--marred before
we were !" and would have gone into Mysteries,
but that / make rule Of never permitting that
disorder under my roof,
For upwards of ten years, my bosom friend Lar.
YER in close communication with me every day
had struggled wife! He had at the last coniided
The truth to Susannah, and had presented Mrs.
Larver. There was no kind of reason for this that
we could ever find out. Even Susannah had not
doubt OF things being all correct. He had run
MRS. Larver into little cottage in Hertfordshre
and nobody ever knew why, or ever will know. IL
fact believe there was no why in IL.
The most astonishing part of the matter is tha
have known other men do ex city the sam'
thing I could give the names Of a dozen in
foot-note, il thought it right. --Hoasehold World
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Desperate Attempt at Highway Robbery
One RObber Killed.

Last night, about half past eight o'clock, bold
attempt was made by three Germans TO rob Swiss
watch pedler, named Joseph Taylor whom they
had decoyed from New York to Hunters Point,
Queens county, near the Flushing Railroad depot,
which resulted in one Of the robbers being killed,
and the other two wounded. The following are
the circumstances
Yesterday afternoon the pedler called into
drinking saloon somewhere in the 18th ward of
New York, and offered four gold watches for sale
he having arrived in this country about two weeks
SINCE The Germans then told the pedler that
they knew where he could dispose of his watches
to good advantage, and, accordingly, they took
him to Hunters Point where they arrived about
eight o'clock. In crossing some vacant lots in u
secluded place, the Germans attacked the pedler
and succeeded in getting him down, and while they
were upon him, he drew knife and succeeded IN
stabbing them all.
One Of the party received three wounds; one
under the collar bone, causing his death in about
ten minutes afterwards. The other two men ran
away The German then went to the toll bridge
and related the facts well as he could, and while
doing SO one of the men came up, and was arrest
ed by the bridge tender and handed over to officer
Ming, of the 18th police district, who conveyed him
and the pedler TO the staton-house at Green Poiat
The prisoner gave his name MS William Green
that of the man killed as Thayber Dyer, and that
of the other who escaped as Charles Myers. The
7th district police were in search of Myers nearly
all night and took measures TO prevent his crossing
over to New York This morning Assistant Cap
tain Bruce, of the nth district police, discovered
quantity of blood under some dirt cars near where
the occurrence took place, where it was sup
posed Myers had secreted himself during part of
the night.
The prisoners were yesterday removed to Queens
county, where an investigation will take place
Ncw York Express
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FATAL AFFRAY,-In an afIray at Little Rock,
Arkansas, Oh Sunday, the 9Th inst, between John
NJ. Butler and Edward Marcus, brothers-in-law,
both were killed. Mr.. Butler was the publisher of
the Arkansas Wing, and Mr. Marcus a merchant
tailor, and both highly respected. A bad feeling
had existed between them for a long time
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NoRFoLK.-The Herald says: The appearance
Of our city is really gloomy. Most of the stores
are closed, and the streets are almost deserted.
Nearly half the white population have gone of.
In I'll the epidemics which Norfolk has passed
through, from 1898 to the present time, We have
seen nothing TO equal it. The writer of this re.
members well the rayages Of the yellow fever in
the years '9S, 40, 1900, and 1901 when Norfolk
always had transient population of 800 or 1000,
composed of emigrants, ships crews and stran-
gers connected with the commerce Of the port
and when it was no unusual thing to see thirty or
forty buried in day. There was not store
closed on account of the fever in either of those
wears. The merchants did not halt moment in
The regular routine Of their business and the cli.
yens never thought for moment Of moving out
of town or ont Of the infected district. The old
residents bad their bilious and intermittent fevers,
from which they seldom failed to recover and the
mortality was chiefly among strangers and those
not accllmated These were really go-ahead times,
and men did not allow yellow lack" to Interfere
either with their business or pleasures. How
things have changed Now, with mortality, the
the highest range Of which has not exceeded
twelve deaths in day, IN n population double
what il then was all business is suspended, and
the alarm is 30 great that half of the white nhab
itants have left the town.
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TnE ZoGRAPHosCoPE.--Mr. Simons, Of Rich.
Iuond, whose daguerreotypes have attracted so
much admiration has shown US an invention for
which he is about 10 apply for patent under the
name OF the Zographoscope. This new invention,
highly cretitable to the ingenuity Of the dstin-
guished artist, is constructed on such principle,
that il can be applied TO any dsguerreottype, or
any number Of dagucTcotypcs, and produces at
an image as large as life. IL is capital idea
We shall have more 20 say Of il hereafter.
Richmond Dispatch.
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Ierds Election.

NEW ORLEANS, August 2l.-The returns of the
election in Texas show that Pease, Democrat, the
present Governor, has been reelected by some
thousands majority. The whole Democratic State
ticket has been elected. Ward (Democrat) has
been elected to Congress from the Eastern District
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Tile case of Pass,nore Williamson.

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 2l.-The decision of the
Supreme Court on the application of Passmore
Williamson for the benefit of the habeas corpus
act will probably be announced in few days The
case was argued on the last day of the session at
Bedford, but the judges desired to examine the
authorities quoted the argument before deciding
This was impossible at Bedford, but there will be
no unnecessary delay in the announcement Of the
result of the application
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TO ALL THAT VALUE THEIR SIGHT.

suHtr WIFI uelectNe slghI, caused DIV age,
sickness, and particularly from glasses injudicousy
selected to his superior Spectaces and Glasses
fully ground by himself TO true spherical accuracy
and brilliant Transparency suited precisely and ben.
officially to the wearer, according 10 the concavity
convexity of the eye. Very numerous are the ill
effects caused to the precious organs of sight from
the commencement Of using glasses in not being pre-
csely suited, by the use Of an optomeier; and the
practice of many years enables him 10 measure the
focal disease of the eyes, and such glasses that are
absolutely required will be furnished with precision
and satisfaction.
j. 7. acknowledges the very liberal encourage
mcnt already obtained and further solicits the pat
ronage Of those that have not yet ayaed themselves
of his aid
Persons that cannot conveniently call by sending
the glasses in use, and stating how many inches they
can read this print with their spectacles, be sup
piled with such that win improve their sight.
lnnumerabe testimonials 10 be seen, and refer
ences given to many who have derived the greatest
ease and comfort from his glasses
Circulars to be had gratis, al his Office No. SIP,
Seventh street three doors from Odd-Fellows Hall,
up stairs.
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The Erpected Steamer.

SANDY Hook, August 81, 10 o'clock, P. Mp
to this hour there no signs of the steamer Pa
cifc now due from Liverpool
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The Result in Kentucky.

LOUISVILLE, August 2l.-The result of the cleo
ton for Congressman gives six Americans to four
opposition members. The State Senate stands ID
Americans to opposition. The House stands 81
Americans to 80 opposition. Morehead's majority
for Governor will be about 1000.
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YELLOW Feyer at Men Orleans.

New ORLEANS, August 20.-The yellow fever i,
again increasing in this city. The total number
of deaths during the past week was 5l7, including
3O4 from the fever
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A letter in the Savannah Courier announces the
death Of the Hon. Isaac IL. Bronson, Judge Of the
United States Circ1it Court for the northern dis
trict of Florida. He died at Pilatka, Of pulmonary
consumption, in the night Of the 18th instant
Judge Bronson was native Of the State Of New
York, from which he was for one or two terms
Representative in Congress About the year 1889,
appointed one ofits Territorial judges he removed
10 Florida, and has with the exception Of an in
terval OF few months) been connected with the
Judiciary OF the United States ever since At the
time OF his death he was probably forty-seven or
forty-eight years Of age.
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A CAPITAL JoKE.-We were told, few days
since, the following piece Of "skInnilg" us il was
called, and which l. too good TO be lost, showing
ct the same time the straits certain class Of gen
tlemen are put 10 in making raise:
A well known lease" who was hard up for mo.
ncy meeting brother chip in the street. told him
if lie would walk across the street, 90 into the
front door Of the hotel opposite, and in walking
in be very lame in his right leg, but come out in a
few minutes au1 be very lame in bis left leg, be
would make Il "all right with him some time.
Without asking why or wherefore, the fellow did
AZ requested, aud the skinner" going up to a
gentleman, remarked to him how lame that man
was In his left leg who was just going into the
hotel The gentleman said he was not lame in his
left leg which the other insisted was so. But TO
settle the matter, the skinner Immediately pro-
posed 4 bet Of go that the man was lame in his
left leg which the gentleman accordingly took up.
The money Was posted, and in few moments out
came the fellow, desperately lame in his left leg
that he could scarcely get down the steps Of the
hotel and Of course the gentleman lost his bet,
though he could scarcely believe his own eyes for
although the man came out lame In his left, he
was perfectly certain lie went in lame in his right
leg, but AT the same time he never imagined any
collision between the parties We have heard Of
many ways Of "raising the wind, but this goes a
lirle ahead Of nll-dibaNy Rnickerbockcr.
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JOE PENTLAND'S GREAT CIRCUS
"ILL exhibit on Market Square, THUS
w day, Friday, and Saturday,
august 3Oth, 3Ist, and September 1at
FOR THREE DAYS ONLY.

august SUN, 3lSt, anu september lsf.
FOR THREE DAYS ONLY.
This Company, composed of the most talented per.
formers from all parts of the word is distinguished
for the Elegance, Novelty and Variety Of its enter.
tanments.
Mons. NICOIO, and his three Juvenile Wonders,
ALPONSEA, SEBASTIAN, and ALMA.
. Mr.. RICHARDS,
Mr. FRANK PASTOR
Mr.. GEO. BATCHELDER,
G. SHERWOOD, ~
s. JACKSON
ii. BERNARD.
Master SHERWOOD,
And OLD JOE PENTLAND,
King Of Clowns,
With host of other talent, compose the Troupe
For particulars Of Professions, Dragon Chariot
Full Military Band, and Performance generally, see
bills ofth day
,1es" Admission 25 cents-no halfpricc
Doors open at and7. Performances at ~ and
~ O'Clock, p. M.
Also at Georgetown Tuesday August 2a and
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Er0n HnnzdS.

ST.. LOUIS, Aug 2l.-It is rumored that Judge
Gilmore, Of Kansas intends resisting the attempt
Of the Admnstr alton to remove him. lie says
that the President has no right to remove him be-
cause he can't interfere with the judiciary.
One hundred persons have died from cholera at
Fort Riley.
Throughout Kansas there have been heavy
rains. Bridges have been destroyed, and the
streams SO much swollen as to be impossible.
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Death of Eg. Gopernor NetcakL

LOUISVILLE, August 2l.-Ex-Governor Metcalf,
of this State died on Saturday, Of cholera, at his
residence, Forrest Retreat.
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ILL.--IIon. J. r. Phoenix has been seriously i'll
Of peurisy At Saratoga Springs. Hon. NJ. Child,
w. C. el,ct from New York city, has been very
daf gerously ILL., but isuow better.
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LoNGFeLLow's NEW PoEN.-Of the new poem
which Longfeow has now in press, we find the
subjoined brief notice in the Crayon Of this week
1--WE extract the following from private letter
al have been reading the sheets Of Lougfel.
lows new poem; il win be published in a month
or two. II Is called the song Of Hiawatha, and IL
wholly founded upon Indan-Amercau In liam
legends II is very original and has the simplicity
and charm Of Saga. There Is little human in.
terest in IT, but the character Of the Indian legend
is admirably preserved. II is the very antipodes
Of Tennyson's Maud, which Is poem Of the pre-
sent day, very poetical, very morbid, irrelgous,
and painful. Tennyson, like so many Of our mod
ern poets, forgets that beauty Of imagery and ex-
preston are not the only beauty required in true
poem, and that happiness is finer and nobler
thing than sonow.'
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Mn. FILLMORE III PARIs.---A Paris letter to the
New York Times, says
I" Nr. Fillmore i at the Hotel dc Londres, and
receives vast crowds Of visitors. A child who has
already seen good deal Of him, said yesterday 10
her mother, Mother like Mr.. Fillmore. He
always looks so clean and nice
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HIGHLY Communications ID. Beard OF
Wilmington, Delaware, has volunteered his ser
vices as nurse to the sick with yellow fsver Mt
Norfolk, Gosport, and Portsmouth, Virginia, and
the committee have accepted his services He
left on his mission yesterday morning. Sucl noble
conduct should not be permitted to pass without
notice Recommendation. This is one Of the fruits
true Christianity and a most exalting one Il IL,
too-PhH. PennsyiUdnian.
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Anti- R,lo,o- Nothinq Meetinq IN Milpaukie.

MILWAUKEE, August 20.--A large Democratic
meeting was held here on Saturday evening, for
the purpose of sympathizing with the sufferers
by the late riot at Louisville. The Hon. A. J.
Upham presided Resolutions rejecting upon the
Know-Nothings were adopted. Coed order pre-
vailed throughout.
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Also, at Georgetown, Tuesday, August 2s, and
Alexandria, Wednesday, August 90.
aug l8-dtist sep
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Norlhnmpto,l Demoeratie Convention

EAsroS, Penn, August 2O.--The Democratic
Convention of Northampton county was held to-
day, and was largely attended. After the organi-
zation the convention was addressed at conside-
rable length by the Hon. Richard Brodhead. A
series of strong national resolutions were then sub
mitted and adopted. They declare the attachment
of the Democracy of Northampton to the Consti-
tuition and the Union; that they know no North,
no South, no East, no West; strongly denounce
Known othingism, and in reference to Governor
Reeder, declare that he has discharged his duty in
Kansas nobly and manfully, and that their conf
dence in him is undiminshed
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"TOBIAsCOPIC sPECTACLE LENS.

Copy Of testimonial which appeared IN he Daily
American Organ, May y, 1855, IRON Judge V. Ellis,
date editnr.l
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Mmgs TAYLOR is 10 be the Democratic candi-
datr for Congress in Mr. Hunts district, Louisiana
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BY THE MORNINGS MAIL.
.4oricuItural Fair.

DoYLEsrowE, Penn, August 2l.--The Bucks
county agricultural exhibition commences here to-
day. Some twenty thousand people were on the
grounds, and the display was very fine particular
ly In implements and cattle. The Mechanical hall
was crowded with specimens Of manufactures from
New York, Philadelphia, and other cities 1t was
Illuminated with gas by fine display of gas Ak
lures from the manufactures of Cornelius 4 Baker
and Archer & Warner
Horace Greeley delivered an address ON the
subject Of industrial progress, as exhibited in Lon
don, New York, and Paris. He was much APP
pauded.
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GENOA, Italy, July 20, 1855.

From the Correspondence of the Newark Daily Ad.
yertiser,
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EDWARD STUBS,
OF Department Of State.

NVHFUIk, ' \, July q, INOIs
In the experience Of even two years. have found
great difficulty in obtaining Spectaccs that were ex.
acty adapted to the weakness Of my sight This in
convenience Mr.. Tobias seems 10 have removed for
the present by the substitution for me Of better and
more suitable Glasses They are clear. cbrystnlke,
and comfortable 10 my eyes. would commend him
10 those who from age or other iufrmity, require
artificial aid In this way
Eaton Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1843-1856, 1855-11-22
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