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New-York daily tribune., 1855-08-21

An important investigation into the origin of
the late fire in Chstham-st will be found in our
paper this morning.
New-York daily tribune., 1855-08-21

The siesmskip Pacific, from Liverpool for this
port, is now in her tenth day out. Her news
will be one week later.
New-York daily tribune., 1855-08-21
Asiu21ork DAILY @.ibn,re
TUESDAY, AUGUST 81, 1855.

ADvERrIsyMRNrs Intended for TIE WEEKLY TRIEvSE Of
th week should be banded by to-day The immense
edition sued paper makes necessary In order 20
seeue their Insertion friends should thus early band
iu their layurs
New-York daily tribune., 1855-08-21
IMPORTANT NEWS.
VALUE OF RicH's IMPROVED


in the FIRE Of the Sd inst which ned the brick build
ing occupied MI John Thomas opposite the Gas Works
10 this city SAFE OF the above description containing the
Books PspeIs and Money Of Mr. Thomas and although the
building destroyed opening the Safe the contents
fund undubed and IN the order and condition when
placed there slight dscoosion the projecting ends
Of papers and the backs of books csused by
the generated in the Safe while at the atest heat
AuF. o, 1888 c. II. CAMPF1ELD, Agent Ssvsnnsh, Geo.
tall pleasure in corroborapg the foregoing statement and
Ia addition would add, that the books now in
Aus. q, 1888 J. t. THOMAS, Savannah, Geo.
lae assortment with PowsepToof Locks, Tor sale by toe
who sole propre Of the recently pented
La Bel Lock and only makers Of Safes combining RIcHs
and VIII RtEs Patent. STEARNs MARVIN.
LOOkING-GLASsES FOR THE FALL TRADE, at
rresdy reduced prices Buyers invited to examine
stock before purchasing elsewhere.
RICHARDS, KINCsLAxD Co.,
Manuiaciory. No. Ito Chambers-st., NewYork
New-York daily tribune., 1855-08-21
FEVER AND AGuE AND DYsPEPsn. Persons

suffering either Of these diseases should apply meaaey
for RosESRoUkNs ORHNrAi BITrERs the only medicine
before The public thA will effect without poonng those
who take IT, This medicine caehpenny ahar but genu
inc remeiv that Will - Of 100, where
drec ions arc followed The money will be refunded In al
fails II is sold 81 81 % bottle, by the Agent
" SrEEEr No p Beekmanst For particulars, call and get
circular advertise in The New. York Dispatch
New-York daily tribune., 1855-08-21
LoOkINC-GLAssEs. ron THg I


ment guaantced give entire satisfaction purchase
money refonded the lowest possible price should call Al the
great Music Store Of HORACE WATERS, No. S3 Broadway
whose Of celebrated PIANOS Is the largest IN the
United States, prices low dey competition, and terms
accommodating adapt themselves TO the condition Of
ALL See of the following celebrated makers whose Pa
constantly Horace WAterss MOden Improved
Pisuos r. Gnbert Co.'S Premium Pianos with or without
Eoian Halett & Cumsons Woodward Browns and jacob
Boston Pianos in addition those Of five other
Eew.Yofk makers secondhand Pianos 81 great bargains
Pianos rent allowed purchases Sole Agency for
he sale Of ID. n. W SMITHS Premium MELODEONs tuned
he eecual tenn
New-York daily tribune., 1855-08-21

GiFTs AND PREsENTs.-Just received and for
sale streduced prices the choicest selection Of LADIES Rsr
cVEs Necksces Tsiet Cares Jet Bracelets Travelling Bs
kes Fan Perumery Soaps ssO every variety Of Toys
pols and Games RO6ERss FSncy BezAsr 4f9 Broadway
New-York daily tribune., 1855-08-21

FRENCH BRoADCLoTHs, at 81 rs PER YARD
just received stock Of foe French Coths "a Wide,
Ladies' Cloak and Riding Dresses ana boys wear
which we will cell at l4i per yAd-worth IS,
=. ii. LEADBEATyR Co, No 347 Broadway
New-York daily tribune., 1855-08-21
HoIowAy's PmLs.-A Cure for Sick Head

HOLLOWAY : IILI>s-A NUTt IUI NIVh IIVd0I-
ashes Bile ard Dyspepsia WILLIAM KANyESs Of ooSet
Mne was great sufferer from these compants he ioru'
uaey using HoLLowAYs Puts and In four weeks
re thoroughly reganed his health when al other me ans had
failed sold the manufcores No 50 Maden-sne n l.,
and No ga strand London and by al Dusss at p cents,
"A : perb box
New-York daily tribune., 1855-08-21
WlGsI WIGsll WIGsl :

FArcHrLoE's Has DYE. WiGs AND TouPEES-rhs
~, IN the world the sdmirson Of eonnosseus the en,y
s1itatorS sold and applied a No & Broadway nine private
roos Tha ok Of WIGS aud Toupees In Amerieaass
a.crsstogs Nolasvis CreNIn for prescrNing he hair
New-York daily tribune., 1855-08-21

ips q dull trade Evans Nos IS and 60 FutoDst raising
rush by sg th beautiful ZEPHYR CASHMERE SUITS
OF flO--the fashionable suit Of the
New-York daily tribune., 1855-08-21

WET VAULTS efectually remedied in EVERY
cAsy without one single exception With MosSs mperish
abe HYpEo-INFEEyIous CsNENT,' as sPpied BY him IN
numerous Instances Testm m)niAs that effect Of Known
erectabnity be his office. WIT CELLAss made
pc iectly dry by the same preparation
A. r. MoEN No. Pine st.
New-York daily tribune., 1855-08-21
TsASsPoRTArIoN OfucE, BAL TINoKE AND OHlo r. r.,
RAITTMORE Aug l6. 1875.

TO " Isl " AKU NIIIT T F.fNS--I III NUIIbU4 4utIOC y
es hsvint been ma by Interested parties
hts inform the public that the slight obstruction on this
Rosd Kinswcod Tunnel entirely removed and that
FETicHT well r.ssengers Is now forwarded both a.
recons promptly schedule time The continuation OF this
dfab bu dng Of an additional road over the
hl a King ~uod by which the Of the Tunnel may be
svord rf5 s widsrinR and archng finished This
trnek The business community 1. confidently
s red rat their reight four Atlantic cities
snd the west viii b, transported by this Road aud N connec
ons in time Ia least; short its rses as low ana win as
much genera satisfaction by any other route. shippers at
kew.Yotk referred Agent H. b. CRoAwELL Office
OF Baltimore Sea,hps Of Washing aud Albany st.
JOHN II. DONE Master Of TrenspoTtsnon.
New-York daily tribune., 1855-08-21
Zryc PANr.-The undersigned, Agents for the

viee Mon,sgne Zinc Company Of France and Belgium will
fuinsh dealers and consumers application ee o. charge
explanatory Of the and properties OF ZINC aud
il advantages Lead. BLAKE FAiSoHiLD SFANsHAw,
No llp Broadway, corner Of CedGr-st.
New-York daily tribune., 1855-08-21

the digestive and absorbent vessels In dordered bowels
in Dsrhes DyseDe and Cholers FARSA prepared under
ju1ioious physician sothns healing and autory To be had
Of Grocers and Druggists Wholesale Of HEckER BROTHER
Croton Mills. No 2ol Cherry..t New.York.
New-York daily tribune., 1855-08-21

CARPETINGs.-PETERSON n HUMPHREY, No
SO Broadway conner Whest opening and offer
for their Fall Stock Of rich and elegant CAKPE1SS great
foI c.h. PEIsRsox hvMrhkEY No 59 BIoadway
New-York daily tribune., 1855-08-21

Dr. s. s. FITCH, author of I" Six Lectures on
Consumption Sc Ofee No. IA Bfosdwpy open daily (sun
cav sxeeeTsed fom uut o'clock trests Asth
ma Diseases Of the Heart Gui al Chronic Diseases Of Maes
and Females COusultsuon fee.
New-York daily tribune., 1855-08-21
C,RprT,xcs FOR FALL TRADE. 1s55.-SMrH &

ouxssrRY No 46 Broadway, GraDds, have just re-
ceved per arrivals several large invoices Of elegant VEL
vrT TPFsrRY and BRUssELs CARPrrSG which they
together sh large and select stock of all other goods
connected with the Carpet trade at great Inducements
New-York daily tribune., 1855-08-21

FEATHERS, BEDDING, &C.-COnstsntly on hand,
comprising IN part ssortment Of HAIR MATTREssss
~ ,rprR Ds PaLAssFs Cors, BEDSrEADs, BLASKErs,
and CoMEoHTtks No. $50 ChathSm-st corner Mulberry
yNlo,.sle md retail MARTIN WILLARD, Agent.
New-York daily tribune., 1855-08-21
MOrRNING COODs! MOURNING GOODs I'VE

are nov selling LUPS's FINE BoAsAzNEs at extra do a.
lo Also Alspacs Cslton Cloth, Desnes Canton Grapes
and al other kinds Of Mourning Good, equally cheap
T. H. LEADBEATER Co., No. 3f7 Broadway.
New-York daily tribune., 1855-08-21
TUTTLE's EMPORIUM

English French, German and American
FANCY GOODS, NovELTIEs, AND TOYS 9
No. S45 Broadway.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-02-24
One ,Drop at a Time.

ssLife. y says the late John Foster, sis
expenditure: we have Il. but are Is con-
tinually losing it; we have the use Of it.
but are as continually wasting it. Sup
pose man confined in some fortress, un-
der the doom to stay there till death, and
suppose there is there for his use dark
reservoir of water, to which it is certain
none can ever be added. He may sup
pose the quantity is very great; he can
not penetrate to ascertain how much, but
it may be very little. He has drawn
from it, by means of a fountain, good
while already, and draws from it every
day. But how would he feel each time
of drawing, and each time of thinking of
it9g Not as if he had a perennial spring
to go to. Not, Il have reservoir, l may
be at ease' No! but / had water yes
terday-I have water to-day: but having
had it, and my having it to-day, is the
very cause that shall not have it on
some day that is approaching. And at
the same time | am compelled to this fatal
expenditure So of our mortal, tran
sient life And vet men are very indis-
posed to admit the plain truth, that life is
thing which they are in no other way
possessing than as necessarily yeonsuming /;
and that even in this imperfect sense of
possession it becomes every day less
posSaSsion - f= E-
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-02-24
Death Preferred to Dishonor.

During the Irish reign of terror, in 763,
a circumstance occurred, which in the
days of Sparta would have immortalized
the heroine it is almost unknown-no
pen has ever traced the story. We pause
not to inquire into the principles that in
huenced her; suffice it that she, in COM
mon with most of her stamp, beheld the
struggle as one in which liberty warred
with tyranny. Her only son had been
taken in rebellion, and was condemned by
martial law to death she followed the
officer on whose word his life depended,
to the place of execution, and besought
him to spare the widow stay. She knelt
in the agony of her soul and clasped his
knees, while her eyes with the glare of a
maniac fell on the child beside him. The
Judge was inexorable, the transgressor
must die. But taking advantage of the
occasion, he offered fife to the culprit on
condition of discovering the members Of
the association with which he was con-
nected. The son Eavered; the mother
arose from her humiliating position, and
exclaimed: my child, if you do, the.
heaviest curse of your mother shall fail
upon you, and the milk of her bosom
shall be poisoned IN your veins" He
was executed the pride Of her soul ena
bled her to behold his death without a
tear she returned to her home-the sup
port Of her declining years had fallen /;
the ties that bound her to life had given
way, and the opening of that day that
saw her lonely and childless. left her at
rest forever. Her heart had broken in
the struggIe.-Aackenzie's Gazette.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-02-24
No Slavery in Kansas.

We have, says the State Journal, here
tofore published numerous extracts OF
letters from this Territory, all of which
concurred in stating that there was no
prospect of the admission of slavery, but,
to render "certaipty more certain" We
give below some cumulative evidence, in
the shape of an extract of a letter to the
n. Y. Times, dated Kansas City. Oct. 8 /:
"In regard to slavery, there seems to
be scarcely question that it viii be ex-
cluded from Kansas. Nearly all the en-
igrants from the slave States toM vofeJor
freedons, unless too much irritated by the
mistaken zeal of northern men, But fear
little ON that score from emigrants for all
men, northern or southerli,s seem deter
mined to temper down their views, and
meet on a common PLATFORM of co''citia-
ton. There is a general dissemination
honorably and legally to execute the viii
of the majority as expressed at theballot-
box. And as regards. the character of
Gov. Reeder, the omens are full of en-
cousagement. He is a gentleman of en-
ergy, culture, maturity, and popular man
ners, and ] think win administer the gov
ernment with conscientious frmness and
a sincere regard for the rights of the peo-
ME and the interests of the Territory.
He viii identify himself with the pros
perity of the Territory. and pursue q
straightforward, independent course
From all who havemade his acquaintance,
I hear but one opinion, aad that express
siye of satisfaction. You may confident
" assure the readers of the Times, that
in no way win the influence Of the Gov
ernor be exercised to prejudice thsinter-
ests and rights of freedoms = sa 8 e,8
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-02-24
1l)ofai.
The Snow of Age.


We have just stumbled upon the fol-
lowing pretty piece of mosaic, laying
amid multitude of those less attractive ::
" No snow falls lighter than the snow
faye but none is heavier, for it never
melts.''
The figure is by no means novel, but
the closing part of the sentence is new
as well as emphatic. The scripture rep
resents age by the almond tree, which
bears blossoms of the purest white
1.-The almond tree shall fiourish'-the
head shall be hoary. Dickens says of one
of his characters, whose hair is turning
grey, that it looked as if Time had lightly
splsshed its SHOWS upon it in passing.
''lt never melts''-no, never. Age
is inexorable; It's wheels must move on
ward; they know notany retrograde move
ment.@iEhesold man may sit and sing,
+" | would were a boy again." but he
grows old as he sings. He may read of
the elixir of youth, but he cannot find
1t; he may sigh for the secret of the al
chemy which is able to make him Young
again, but signing brings it not. He
may gaze backward with an eye longing
upon the rosy schemes of early years, but
as one who gazes on his home from the
deck of departing ship, every moment
carrying him further and further away.
Poor old man he has little more to do
than die.
1t never melts.' The snow Of winter
comes and sheds Its white blossoms upon
the valley and mountain, but soon the
sweetspring follows and smiles italI away.
Not so with that upon the brow Of the
lettering veteran there is no spring
whose warmth can penetrate Its eternal
frost. iteame to stay its single fakes
fell unnoticed, aud now il is drilled there.
We shall see it increase, until We lay the
old man in his grave: there it shall be
absorbed by the eternal darkness, for
there is no age in heaven.
Yet why speak of age in a mournful
strain 1t is beautiful, honorable, and
eloquent. Should We sigh at the prox-
unity of death when life and the world
are SO full of emptiness Let the old
exult because they are old; if any must
weep. let it be the young, at the long sue
eession of cares that are before them
Welcome the snow; for it is the emblem
of peace and of rest. It is but tempo
rad crown. which shall fall at the gates of
Paradise, to be replaced by a brighter
and better. .,@,
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-02-24
Something about Schools.

We know a man who last summer
hired four colts pastured ON farm some
FIVE miles distant. At least once week
he got into a wagon, and drove over to
seehow his Juvenile horses Jared. Hemade
minute inquiries of the keeper as to their
health, their daily watering, etc. /; he him
selfexamined the condition of the pasture;
and when the dry season came on he
made special arrangements to have a daily
allowance of meal, and he was careful to
know that this was regularly supplied.
This man had four children attending
a district school kept in small building
erected at the cross roads. Around this
building on three sides is space of land
six feet wide the fourth side is on line
with the street. There is not an out house,
or shade tree, in sight of the building. Of
the interior of the school-house, We need
not speak. The single room is like too
many others, with all its apparatus ar
ranged upon the most improved plan for
producing curved spines, compressed
lungs, ill health, etc.
We wish to state one fact only. The
owner of those colts, and the father of
those children, has never been to that
sehool-house to inquire after the comfort,
health, or mental food daily dealt out to
his offspring. The latter part of the sum-
mer we chanced to ask, ''Who teaches
your sehool?" His reply was, "he did not
know; he believed her name was Parker
but lie had no time to look utter school
matters" "-American Agfcultmia.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-02-24
Select Poeffl,.
wears GROWING Ola.


We are growing old how the thought win rise,
When glance is backward cast. 1ila' ~
On some iong-Temembered spot that lies 4ss7 {
In the silence of the past; Ez-
1t may be the shrine of our earthly vows
Or tho tomb of our early tears:
But 1t seems like far-of isle to us,
In the stormy. sea Of years.
Oh! wide and Wild are the waves that part
Our steps from its gTeenness now, 20
And we miss the joy of many heart,
And the light of many brow;
For deep o'er many stately bark 'is5
Have the whe.ming billogs rolled--igi u
That steered with us from that early mark,
Oh friends, we are growing old.
Old in the dimness of the dust
OF our daily tolls and cares
Old in the wrecks of love and trust
W iiich our burthened memory bears.
Each form may wear to the passing gaze
The bloom of life's freshness yet.
And beams may brighten our latter days,
Which the morning never met ~
But, oh . the changes we have seen,
In the far and winding way s
The graves on onr paths that have grown green
And the locks that have grown gray.
The winter Still on our own NAV spare
The sable or the gold; sI
But we see it shows upon brighter hair,
And. friends, We are growing old.
We have gained the world cold wisdom now.
We have learned TO pause and fear; ...
But where are the living founts whose flow
Was q JOY of hearts to hear!
We have won the wealth OF many cline, ,
And the lore of many page;
But where is the hope that saw in time
Its boundlesS heritage!
Will it come again when the violet wakes,
And the woods their youth renew.
We have stood in the light of sunny brakes,
Where the bloom is deep and blue;
And cur souls might joy in spring-ti time then.
But the joy was faint and cold;
For it never could give US the youth again
OF hearts that are growing old.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-02-24
The Press.

The Hon. George Bancroft, in his ora
ton before the New York Historical So
ciety, on the celebration of its fiftieth an
niyeIsary, makes the following remarks
in regard to the influence and energy Of
the press '-There is one institute 50
wide in its influence and connections, that
it may already be said to represent the in
telligenee of universal man. I have re-
served to this place reference to the
press, which has obtained its majestic de-
velopment within the last fifty years, till
it now forms the controlling agency in
renoyating civilization; SURPRISING, in the
extent and effectiveness Of its teachings,
the lessons of the academy and the pull
pit. The invisible power of the magnet
ie ether does not more certainly extend
throughout the air and earth, than the
press does by Its nature give an impulse
to the wave of thought, so that it yibrates
through the world. The diversity of na-
tionalities and of governments continues;
the press illustrates the unity of mans
life, and constitutes itself the
organ of collective humanity" 2
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-02-24
Santa re During a "wet spell. y

we have received nieS OF late Santa Fe
papers. The principal feature of their
columns are the details of Indian mur-
ders and robberies. The Gazette thus
notices the comforts of domestic life in
Santa Fe during '.wet spell"
"This has been one of the wettest
years within the memory of the Oldest
inhabitants; the rainy season has lasted
longer, and four times the usual quantity
of water has fallen. The severest storm
we have had commenced ON Monday, the
30th ulrimo, and continued all the week,
alternate rain and snow, day and night.
AS might be expected, our mud houses,
with roofs of the same material, were not
proof against this deluge, and the conse-
quenee was that every family was flooded.
We have not heard of a house in town
that did not leak, and in the most of them
the water came through in streams
Several families were drenched out at
midnight, and ran round town to seek a
dry place to sleep-some to the court
house, and some to the Exchange and
OeilSl pidSSoJ Dut nltHoul SuCScSS. we
saw water three inches deep in some
houses. AS the storm continued through
the week, it required a good deal of man
agement to sleep at nights without lying
in a pool of water, and some amusing ex.
pedients were resorted to. One gentle
man of the army pitched his tent in his
chamber, and thus managed to keep par
TALLY dry. An American family of our
slept under umbreilas-the
children being rolled up in buffalo robes
and carefully laid away in one corner;
another gentleman, being reused up at
midnight by the water, laid down under
the table, and being driven from that po-
sition, seated himself in a chair, and held
an umbrella over his head until morning
another friend of ours, being in success
sion driven from his bed, under the table,
and every other conceivable place, it is
said, seated himself in his arm chair in
the middle of the room, stuck an UNI.
brella in his left pocket, and. with Shaks-
peare in his hand, took the rain quietly
and philosophicallv."
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-02-24

The printing Office has indeed proved
better college to many poor boy, has
graduated more useful and conspicuous
members OF society, has brought more
intellect and tarned into practical. useful
channels. awakened more mind, gener-
ated more active and elevated thought.
than many of the literary colleges of the
country. How Ounce has passed thro'
these colleges with no tangible proof of
fitness other than his animate piece of
parchment; himself. if possible, more IN
animate than his leather diploma. There
is something IN The very atmosphere of a
printing Office calculated to awaken the
mind and inspire a thirst for knowledge
A boy who. commences in such assehool,
VIII have his talents and ideas brought
out; If he has no mind to draw out, the
boy himself win be driven out.-lEess
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