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AN AMoRoUs ERoNAUT.

A late French journal relates the following
well-invented story, which, it will be seen, is
French all over
While Mons. GODDARD was filling an immense
balloon in the Champ de Mars, he amused the
spectators by sending up the small figure of a
man, the perfect semblance of NJ. Theirs with
out spectacles The little man, being filled
with gas, rose majestically into the air, and was
soon lost to view among the clouds. His ad-
ventures, which became known the next day,
were curious. Thanks to strong and favorable
gale which impelled him on his course, the
little balloon man arrived the same afternoon
in the sight of fine country house in the
neighborhood of Bievro. 1t was near the hour
of dinner, and the lady of the mansion, who
naturally thought herself perfectly safe, was
occupied in the mysteries of her toilet. 1t was
a warm day, and she had opened one of the
windows which looked out upon the park, and
was safe from any prying eyes. While tran
gully engaged, by the assistance OF corset
lacing, in reducing her waist to a size and shape
that would reflect credit on her husbands taste,
she was suddenly startled by blast of wind,
followed by strange noise; and Immediately
the easement was thrown open, and our little
balloon-m man entered her chamber unannounced.
The lady utters cry of terror, and throws
shawl over her shoulders. The little man,
driven by the wind, throws himself upon the
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THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT.

The Legislature of this State assembled on
Thursday, May Sd, and elected William L. Miner,
Know Nothing, Governor. The vote stood:
Miner, III Ingham, DEM 20. All the other
Know Nothing candidates for State officers wera
elected. The Governor delivered his message,
which has been thus epitomised:
ale recommends an amendment to the Con
stitution, extending the right of suffrage to
colored persons, and requiring persons to be
able to read and write before being admitted to
vote. He favors the granting of appropria-
tons to the State Agricultural Society, and in
stitutions for the deaf and dumb, blind, and
idiotic, and State reform school. Considers IL
the duty of the Legislature to encourage educa-
ton in every possible way. Says he would re-
gard the repeal or modification Of the prohibi-
tory law as detrimental to the best interests of
the State, its operation having been such as to
recommend it to general favOr-crjme lessened,
poverty and misery alleyiated and the happi,
ness of many fresides restored. He favors
remodelhng of the judiciary system, and con-
siders that at the recent election the people
reiterated their condemnation of the act organ
izing Kansas and Nebraska. He enters largely
into the consideration of the pernicious infiu-
ence arising from the extent and character Of
foreign immigration, and after abiding to the
large and increasing number now annually
coming among US, says: Z" OF this large mass
of aliens, some are tinctured with the social
in6delity Of continental Europe very many
are the blind followers Of ecclesiastical despot-
ism and large majority are without correct
ideas of the duties appertaining to the citizens
of a Republican Government, and by early
prejudices totally unfit to learn them-differing
in language, national customs, and feelings
and scattered over the country, still with tenacty
holding and observing their national customs
and from among them, as appears from the
statistics of crime and pauperism in the different
States of the Union, comes a majority of the in.
mates of the prisons and almshouses.
"'When these things are considered, in adj
dition to the fact that taxes have been largely
increased to support foreign pauperism-that
in many instances the almshouses of the Old
World have been emptied, and prison doors
thrown open and the inmates transported by
the Governments of Europe to our Shores
wise regard for our safety as nation requires
additional legislation with reference to foreign
immigration
AFTER considering the rights and privileges
of foreigners, the Governor adds:
"'But as a matter of policy connected with
the privilege of citizenship conferred upon an
alien, we have a right to inquire how far the
allegiance due from members of the Romish
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For the National Era.
II I MT D ROPPING S,

The loftiest things on earth are linked
To the lowliest underneath them lying;
And human nigh, is always brinked
BY feeble birth and feebler dying;
Ay, birth and dying.
It's dust that clogs the spirits pen,
And intercepts It's heavenward flying;
And hottest, happiest thoughts of men,
Sill throb TO life through sin and signing;
All, sin and signing.
Bound each TO each by common blood,
The nations are household scattered,
Though some sit clothed in purple garb,
And others lie all shorn and shattered;
Ay, shorn and shattered.
Yet all are loved, as all have sinned;
To one great God are all appealing;
And so mankind still man-kinned
BY blood and need, if not by feeling;
Alas, the feeling!
The Lazarus of nations sits,
All covered DER with wounds and bruises,
Al Dives door, and, weeping, waits
The boon his naughty lord refuses;
And stu refuses.
But e'er with peril, pride ignores
A brotheri In his low condition;
Fraternal bonds, forgot on earth,
Will meet elsewhere their recognition
Such recognition!
To work hispurpose, God makes still
The weakly one his strongest lever;
Men strive 10 govern, but His will,
To its ful6lment, slow, but ever,
Ay, slow, but ever,
Is working; and while men make haste
TO bind, to blot to crush, 10 sever,
The mighty God who takes no rest,
Their schemes o'erruling, thwarts forever
Oh, yes, forever
January 3, 1855.
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MR. PARK LNNCIIED

Prom the 81 Louis tNIssouul Democrat.
The latest Weston papers have learned that
Geo. s. Park was severely lynched in Kansas
Territory few days ago, and his dwelling house
burnt to the ground, and say exultantly, the
" cork goes brGUely on"
The Weekly Plate argus warns both Park
and Patterson not to appear in Weston on Sat
urday (today.) The mob resolutions, it viii be
remembered by our readers, were to the effect
that if these men were found in Weston on that
day, they should be thrown into the Missouri
river, or be followed to Kansas and hung
The Argus says that "the course Of those
who committed to the bottom of the Missouri
river the LumUldry press has been sanctioned
by very large and enthusiastic meeting Of the
people of Clay county, who have appointed
committees to wait upon and warn of, Aboh.
ton preachers"
Surely the people of that section Of the State
must be possessed of the same devils that drove
the swine over the precipice into the sea. How
reasonable beings can be guilty Of such reck-
less lawlessness, we cannot divine.
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MORE OF THE PARKvILLE OUTRAGEs.
From the Weekly Platte Argus, April %.

From the Weekly Platte Argus, Aprll -.
At meeting of the citizens of Parkvile, held
in the Office Of Col. William II. Summers, on
Wednesday evening, April %, 1855, J. B.
Ewell was called to the chair, and f. NJ. Nc
Donald appointed Secretary.
Col. Summers in few remarks explained
the object of the meeting.
The following resolutions were presented by
Mr.. Miller, which were almost unanimously
adopted:
Whereas there are abroad impressions pre-
judicial in the extreme to the citizens Of Park
vile, brought about from the tone and sentiments
of the public print which has until Of late been
published in our city: Therefore, be it
l. ReSoLUed, That we, the citizens of Park
vile, utterly rePudiate such sentiments, emphat-
ically deny that the said paper was the true ex-
ponent of our principles upon the subject Of Sla-
very that. on the contrary, we are now, and ever
have been throughout this contest, Pro-Slayery
men in principle, feeling, and action.
2. That we do most heartily rejoice in the
result Of the recent election in Kansas Terri
tory, and hail it as signal triumph of the South
over the insdious Vaccinations of our enemies
at home and abroad that we did all in our
power to effect that desired end and that we
will continue to labor for the extension Of Sla-
very in that Territory, believing as we do that
require that the Institution of Slavery should
exist therein.
3. That we are Missourians in spirit and feel
ing, and that we are ready at all times and under
all circumstances to heartily cooperate with
our fellow-citizens of Platte county and through
out the State, to secure and maintain our rights
as Pro-Slavery men. This we pledge ourselves
to do.
A. That we are Southern in feeling, principle,
and interest, and that we do most cordially APP
prove and endorse the recent action of our
friends and neighbors, in removing from our
midst the means for the publication of the in
cendiary sheet, the ParkUiue Luminary.
5. That those who are not for us are against US,
and that he who evinces by his acts or words
his opposition to the institution of Slavery,
should not reside where the said Institution ex
lists; that we, as citizens of saveholding State,
deprecate the settlement of those in our midst
who are opposed TO our peculiar institutions.
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MOB MEETING CALLED.
To tie Public.

GREAT INDIGNATION MEETING-AROUsE AND
AvENGE THE BLOOD OF YOUR FELLOW MAN.
Whereas Malcomb Clark, one of our most
worthy and estimable citizens man whom it
was impossible to see without admiring, or to
know without esteeming, and Of whom it might
be said that those who knew him best loved
him most-was consigned to an untimely grave,
killed. atrociously murdered, without any just
cause or provocation, in this city, on the 30th
ult., by the violent and ruthless hand of an as
sassin, c. McCrea, meeting of citizens is here
by called in this place on Tuesday, May 3, for
the purpose of taking some action in relation
to this foul and atrocious crime, by which a
happy family has sustained sad and irrepar-
able bereavement, and our community been
deprived Of one of her most useful and enter
prising citizens.
Here is another life that has been taken by
the murderous hand of a treacherous villain.
Where will these fatal consequences end? God
only knows Arise, felow-men, and trample
under your feet the hydraheaded monster,
ABOLITI0NISM
d. Scott Boyle, John Harris, James NJ.
Lyle, ID. j. Johnson, III. Rives Pollard, j.
Marion Alexander, Bennett Burnam, j. l..
McAleer, jarrett Todd, John II. Mcbride,
members of the Committee appointed by
the citizens of Leavenworth to frame a
call for public meeting.
Learen,oOrth City, X. T., May J., 1855.
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Mr.. Sanderson, who was brought ashore by the
current upon cake of ice, dead. Whether he
was stunned or crushed by the conclusion of
the ice, or whether he was frightened to death,
is not known.
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MARRIAGE OF LUCY STONE UNDER PRO-
TEST.

Z. w. Higginson sends to the Worcester Spy
the following:
1t was my privilege to celebrate May-Day by
officiating at wedding, in a farmhouse among
the hills of West Brookfeld. The bridegroom
was a man of tried worth, a leader In the West
ern Anti-Slavery movement; and the bride was
one whose fair fame is known throughout the
nation-one whose rare intellectual qualities are
excelled by the private beauty of her heart and
life.
j never perform the marriage ceremony with
out renewed sense of the iniquity of our pres
ent system of laws, in respect to marriage; a
system by which imam and wife are one, and
that one is the husband" 1t was with my hear
ty concurrence, therefore, that the following
protest was read and signed, as part OF the
nuptial ceremony and send it to you, that 9TH
ers may be induced to do likewise.
PROTEST
While we acknowledge our mutual affection,
by publicly assuming the sacred relationship OF
husband and wife, yet, in justice to ourselves
and great principle, we deem it duty to de-
clare that this act on our part implies no sane
ton of, nor promise of voluntary obedience to,
such of the present laws of marriage as refuse
to recognise the wife as an Independent ration
al being, while they confer upon the husband
an injurious and unnatural superiority, invest
ing him with legal powers which no honorable
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On motion, the foregoing resolutions were
adopted as a whole.
On motion, they were sent to the Platte Ar-
gus and Weston Reporter for publication, with
the request that the newspapers throughout the
State and Kansas Territory favorable to the in
stitution of Slavery publish the same.
On motion, the meeting adjourned.
]. B. EwEII, Chairman.
I. NJ MCDONALD, Secretary.
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d. G..
For the National Fra
4 FRAGMENT.
nv NARY FRANCES TYLER.
Ry MARY FRANCES TYLER.

.rboa knowest on my God!
an the steep places where my feet e'er trod;
And many they have been and, oh, so rough,
Taa,I a, tunes bethought me 'iwere enough
T.. how the bravest DOWN Yet sank | not,
Cushed and o'erburdened with my weary lot,
For inv dear arm sustained me; and go
TIeneeforih rejoicing, for KNOW know
That thou art with me always
Once twas mine
IN bow me down, and bitterly repine,
Even. Father, at thy workings
Then Faith shed
Her sweet bapiismsl waters on nay head,
And 10, the shade
wherein my feet had sirayed
Xauished before me.
Now see how vain
And sinful us cor mortsls to complain,
And murnur at the will
o,ui,o who SAID unto the waves, " b. siill.'
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NJ i4ar,--ttey loose my heart-ihose simple words !;
n. darkness passes, which nought else could touch;
I k some dark snake. that force may not expel,
Va,,b pduin out to music sweet and low"
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PETERSBURG Oct. 21st
The heavy rain of yesterday has completely laid
the Dust and we have now every indication of de-
lghtful weather for approaching Fair. Already
every stall within the enclosure has been taken
and the exhibition ofstock promises to excel that
of last year. while there is end to the variety
and extent of fancy articles, machinery, &c, con-
stantly arriving upon the grounds. Several of the
finest cattle we have ever seen came down on the
cars last night, from beyond Lynchburg. Numbers
have also arrived from Maryland, North Carolina,
and different portions of our own State.
find that many of your citizens are under the
very erroneous impression that ours is no more
than an ordinary county fair and but a second rate
concern when compared with the exhibition of the
great State Society" can assure all such that
in nearly every particular the Fair of the Virginia
and North Carolina Union Society equals, and In
some respects excels, that of the State Agrcultu
raj Society" Nothing can surpass the beauty of
forest trees and lovely lakes while the display of
pretty faces to be seen every day you need never
hope to see equalled on the North sido of James
River
Trains on the Richmond and Petersburg Rail
road run during this week at half price, commen-
cling on Tuesday, the first day of our Fair, and we
hope to see large number of our Richmond friends
during its continuance.
A gentleman from Wilmington, N. c., who came
passenger on the jamestown, had his trunk stolen
from the wharf at City Point early last Monday
morning. Its contents except some valuable pa
pers which were burned were recovered On the
following day from two negroes, who confessed
that after rng the trunk of its contents they had
sunk it at the end of the wharf Both negroes
were soundly whipped for their dishonesty I.
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1t, up stairs and down stairs, and Capt Turnbuil
and Capt. kissner, the former Of the Eighth, and
the latter of the Fourteenth ward police being on
hand, sent ont for posse of officers. who made
their appearance in few minutes after tho row
began. st
Mr. Albert A. Brisbane was arrested together
with Mr.. Thomas Harland, the treasurer. Benja-
min henderson and John Henderson and alltakcn
to the Eighth ward station and locked up for the
night --a-a--.a--,-se-e
The trcasnrer's box was taken with Mr. Harana-
and when examined at the station house, il was
found to contain 1919 and few cents, showing
mat this free love" arrangement quite profit
able rs well entertaining institution to It's
founder or founders. These men were arrested IN
general row continuing the whole length of the
stairways, and in the excitement, men were knock
ed down. coats were torn, eyes bunged, and
now and then above the roar of the might be
heard feminine screach by way of varying the
entertainment The idea that women were in such
company was revolving enough to any man of de-
cent sensibity, but such was the case and it must
be recorded.
stairs, and the whole company were left in dark
ness and compelled to trust to luck TO find the
way into the streets
Broadway, at this juncture, was filed with an
excited company, thronging the sidewalk in front,
and as each woman, white with fear and anxious
for her friends came out, she was greeted with
cheers and applause and shouts of all kinds, which
continued till she escaped beyond the sound of the
ridicule her presence had excited
The prisoners were taken, we have already
stated, to the Eighth ward station house, and all
were vet in DURANGO vile" at midnight. Thus
ended u single visit TO the Free Lovers"
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BOARDING.


DOARDING.--yIrs. j Il TIE IL would be
ID pleased to accommodate several gentlemen with
their MEALS at tho PRESCOTT HOUSE-LodginS
also if desired, upon reasonable terms. There will
also vacated in the house after the lst of No
vember two large comfortable rooms suitable for
families. oc l9-N
DOA RDIN NG.--I have several vacant
Id Rooms and can accommodate families and others
with Board The location is desirable.
MRS. NJ s. RUSSELL, Broad st.,
Opposits Valentine Son. 3rd door from 9Th.
PSI would like several Day Boarders.
oc 8-ts
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COAL AND COKE,
E0kE-I am prepared 10 furnish

l'ohE-I am prepared TO furnish Coke
: oi superior quality, and confidently recommend
'''pf,eIabie fuel in most respects TO either wood
H,'si- IL ID peculiarly adapted TO cooking ranges
| stoves and 10 furnaces for heating large buildings
N"a rS reHdy ignition, cleanliness and durability
A''i 1t convenient and agreeable for parlor and eth
arrt-s. ~ ~
f4sm Bunk, will be promptly executed Terms cosh
w IL equivalent.
Its IHn1 ,-rputr -.
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~ TUESDAY, era OCTO- are

h8sa- TUESDAY, 9Th OC T o. &1ss
H5JBER, l815.-FIRST OPENING OF -
TX BONNETS, CAPS AND + A n c Y$s2SA
SGe GOODS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION,.Ss~~SS
IT MRS. SONS, 70 MAIN ST, OPPOSITE ST
'asRLEs HoTEL.-The Ladies of the city and coun-
z are inyited to call and examine the very latest
AL FASHIONS, just received from Paris and
lgadol, of Velvet SILK Straw and every style BON
NTS; CAPS; French Collars; Capes; Sleeves; Bands,
% splendid assortment of RIBBONS and FANCY
GOODS of every description, at the new Millinery
~ Fancy Store of Mrs. son, opposite St Charles
Htel
NB.-CAPS and HEAD DRESSES made to order
the shortrst notice.
70 BOSNETS cleaned equal to new.
dim
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DRINTING OFFICE FOR SALE.-A
i Democratic PAPER, located in fourishing Viz
ginia town. and in of the westhiest and largest
counties in the State, is offered for snlo privately
The paper has an extensive 600 bona
de subscribers, and large and profitable advertising
and job custom, which Is constantly aud rapidly IN
creasng For further particulars address the Editors
of the Dispatch. le-9
7 ARRO0UE'S ELIXIR OF BARK. tcin-
IL chona Cordifolia This excellent preparation =
particularly recommended to persons OF delea.e ns1
and weak stomach. 1t increases the Appetite aeii
tates digestion, and Is well adapted 10 persons
in low narshy countries; persons recovering Ifo.i
hiI;ous fayer ought it freely, to prevent 70
isnse The addition of certain ingredients have so
disguised the render it most paatable cor
dial, without in any way deterioratins Its virtues
oi 'a'' ''' DUAL NORTON. Drugsists,
ocl Is Corner 10th and Main sts.
VETERINARY sUKGEkY.--At the SO,
\ lictation Of numerous friends IN this CITY and
neighborhood the undersigned hes consented TO de-
vote attention to all diseases incident to me
Having several 70 ne 60 the
ment of all complaints 10 which the horse - Sosss
and would therefore, be ps.ssa 70 ns IL. n,afes.
son Please call or address the undersigned Of Ms
Andsrson,s place on ID street, squares north OF
Leigh. r. RozsAN
NJ q. sU1IARs.--3O hide. n. o. sugars
S o. si% n lfs's ana ''i DUs.6P, ;fls MoscuRE CO
nIRECT IyIPORTATION.-LA 8
rect importation of Englsh Goods per .,ip ilslns.-
| ble from Liverpool and landing At cmy ro.n.
consisting in part of Engsh ~ s,s,
| lery of every description cards; hstos o. 9ecIy
kind; Scissors Table Cutlery in large varieties. Jsns.
and Paper Machie Walters in setts; ladies WlMins
Drsk. and msxn,fcent work-hoxes togetker win
large and general assortment Of articles suitable o'
The city and country trade.
On receipt the CONSIGNMENT the foods VIII ns pso %
essh 10 the hghcst bidder, without the less.
ton Merchants wishins e replenisn sne ~ wSse
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] REMOVAL AND SELLING AT

IN CoaT.-HUGH A. WATT has removed his
W STOCK Of Pressed and Cut Glass, Earthen-
IA ware, China and Fancy Goods to No. 1863
leTItes' oIposlte the Exchange Bank, md two
is '' Shove Kent Paine 4 Co.'S, where he will be
t. see hit old friends and the public generally.
bee,.S',o,l, ol hand White. Gold and White, and Richly
N,,I,d -, china Dinner Sets Desert Sets; Toilet
ae' Tambiers &C. which he viii sell at cost
st,s 81 s month Great inducements will be offer
-'N' sHl"s oc 9-2w.
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Trade or RIchmsud.

We are indebted to an Intelligent friend for the
following carefully prepared and interesnr tabIes
of Exports to Foreign Ports during the quarter
ending 30th September, 1855, aud same time h
1854: IEnquirnl
ATroE TOBACCo
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OPENING OF GE
ala FALL NJ l. NEh 0M
AES AZ Mrs. DeneIInans I'm

"a Cheap Millinery and NHcy ct
Man s bstfsn fo9, ;;e Se% %"S 9olR iI,n Mrs f' has
hs'ns 5rs. - sld handsome assortment Of faSllona-
9sa seT snd plain Velvet Bannc's dark and fancy
@ Tp5sy OF 5 R5So9 .ten saG sos of FanSy
s,na ar All =, lyh,ch will be sold at the lowest New
TorE prices M. ,,-n II.tP DRESSES made
,oc,drr Also Bouuets quilted ior LADIES' ana efhl-
e II i sd Pressing done at the shortest no.
tT btehC"i"o oC lI-2iu%
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5 TERMS OF ADVERTISING.

~ Advertisements published until forbid, will bo
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coRREsPo oNDENCE OF THE DIsPATCH

The Petersburg Fair-Fine Cante--FaT Grounds
Trunk Recovered and the Rogues Punished.