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POOLEY, NICHOL & Co., ae =,
Successors to John Hunt,1 ls1tb 9&
Florida Yellow Pine Lumber Yard,

Corner of Cedar and Julia streets--New Bas1n,
New ORLEANS.
GUPERIOR Dressed, Tongued and Grooved Floor
- ing and Ceiling, Laths, Shingles, Deck Plank,
and d general assortment of Building Lumber, well
seasoned and always on hand.
All orders from the country carefully and promptly
filed - 48sF ans-Iy*
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WATER COLORS.

" AL E1k SVLOkkSs
NeWman's, &z@F Aekeman's.
Reeves Il Sons, .E,@ Osk0rRe's.
lust received large stock fabove CoLoRs, cakes
q and in mahogany and rosewood boxes. with lock
and key. Also, German C0lors, in cakes and boxes,
fine assortment. . ~
Oil coIors in tnbs---English and American;
Canyases for Portraits in frames of SKI 0to42x56
Canvas in rolls, from 36 to &c inches wide;
Strechers for canvases, of all sizes; .-r.-,.
400 doz fine sable and camel hair pencils;
I60 g paint and varnish brushes, all sizes;
80 packages gold and silver leaf; i z#E q
100 bundles of duck meta--white and yellow;
Tin foil in sheets and books; "a -ge 7. ~ sm-.5..a
Tnsel of all the usual colors. y... 0.... a..
IL French and American PAPER HANGINGs.
Doors Window Sash and Blinds Of all sizes and des-
cription, for sale cheap.
......WINDOW GLASS, &e...... -r+#- p
5000 bxs American Window Glass, all sizes; ~
700 do English and French from Sxl0 to 33x65
300 lights fine Plate Glass; e %y9l@#m
100 bxs double thick American, from 8x10 to 20x30
1000 lights coored glass; s;f....ss,> e.. ....-,
100 sGlazer Diamonds; Tz -.
500 bundles glazier tins; t
10 tons White Lead in 25 to 700 fb kegs; s#
5000 canisters and kegs colored paints, in OF to
@ ~ 100 fb packages; @s4ssg. ss#
$500 lbs fine French Green, dry and ground in oil;
1000 bbls Whiting and Paris White, of my own man
#ufacture, fire dried. s's ~
Paint Mills of all sizes and every article usually kept
in general Paint, Oil and Color Store, will found at
g =&r4 s..as5s R. CLANNON's, nt,
nov 2, 1853 46 Canal street, New Orleans @
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House Furnishing Goods,
Wholesale and Retail
Nos. 73 q rs CAMP STREET, New ORLEANS
"a DETERMINED to reduce our stock of Goods. c1~
I'd we will hereafter sell at Lever Prices MA
- than has ever before been offered in this ~
city Those in want of the following articles will do
well to call: t"
Queensware, Glass and China Ware; @
Bohemian Ware; aE~ss A s.f-3;a.. .n-
Birmingham Ware; ..., ,-....f. ...:
Rich China Vases and '.r
Fine Silver-Plated Ware.
Parlor and Hall Lamps and Girondoes;
Rich Tea Trays and Walters, in sets single;
Fine Table Cutlery, and 46=5 Ee d.
Housekeeping Hardware; s-..a.
Enameled and Hollow-Ware; .
Britannia, Planished Tin and Japanned Ware;
Wooden and Willow Ware;
Feather busters, Brushes, of all kinds;
Paper Hangings and Borders; il.
Door Mats; -,a..- ......
Window Cornishes, Cords and Tassels
Curtain Bands and Curtain Pins etc. agrega .ery..
HEATH g. MILLER,
Successors to Miller, Harris & Waldo.
N Orleans Nov g. 1854
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! B. BROWER g. Co.
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7 -@9E#| -|1# B. TBRUWER d Go. "1#s- @## law
House Furnishing Store,
No. II CAMP STREET, New Orleans.
Established 1922 q
80 CHINA, GLASS AND DEARTHWAREF x
~ SILVER PLATED, BRITANNIA: N ~
Tin, Wooden, Japanned and Iron ware. cutlery,
Lamps, Brushes, Tenders, Andirons, Coal scut-
ties, Shovels and Tongs, etc, etc !. etc.s s
including every article required to furnish house
Except cabinet ware and dry goods.) s=ssI II 4Est
ALso-The celebrated Republic Cooking Stoves.
nov g 1853 8a fSe#aE9aa4 5fTsa555t e45
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C. FLINT & JONES,

&c. FLINT & JONES,
"a Wholesale and retail dealers in 1zsss "a.
NJ ,lg fashionable cabinet
IN RNIT u K T. -
Chairs feathers and hair mattresses eured hair
hair cloth varnish etc., Nos. 46 and 4S Royal street,
New Orleans nov9 1854
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The Missouri Legislature had under consid-
GRAFTON severe law against free negroes
The principal features are AS follows:-First,
no slave hereafter to be emancipated in that
State. Second no free negro hereafter to come
into, or settle in that State for more than thirty
days. Third, felony for free negroes to come
into that State in violation of this law. Fourth
no negro or mulatto to be hereafter capable of
holding real estate in that State by pure pur-
chase, gift, grant, descent or lease-exception
as to free negroes now in the State All con-
tracts made with any free negro or mulatto,
who is in the State in violation of law, null and
void. 1t is believed this law VIII keep free ne
sroes out of the State.
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m, lard, and linseed oils, for
MILLER's Drug Store.
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Among the many methods of turning an
honest penny in New York, there is, perhaps.
none so curious as the trade in secondhand
coffins. Don't shudder; those who deal in
them are neither ghosts, nor demons, nor re-
surrectionists, but kindly men with hearts as
tender as may be found in the breasts of any
coffin dealer. The dealers in these articles
very cunningly take advantage of the desire Of
the friends of the deceased to make a good
show with little expense. For a consideration
they furnish very handsome coffin in which
the corpse is carried to the place of burial it is
then placed in one of coarser material, while
the elegantly vanished one in which it was
borne to the grave, returns to serve as the
temporary and gaudy resting place of some
one who was blessed while living with poor re-
ations. =
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The National Intel1igencer, in noticing the
mission of Mr.. Browne, of the patent office, to
Europe, for the purpose of obtaining informa-
ton upon agricultural subjects, says: @
Among the places of peculiar interest visited
by Mr.. Browne was the celebrated lake of Har-
lem, an object Of deep interest to every one in
terested in the recovery Of submerged or
marshy lands We learn that It'll the purpose:
of Mr.. Browne to write an elaborate paperupon
this subject, giving an account of the extent Of
the region reclaimed, "a description of the modes
of drainage pursued, historical review of the
influence of this improvement upon country
of such limited extent as Holland, and remarks
upon the application of the knowledge to the
everglades of Florida and other regions of our
country, in which millions of acres of most fer
tile lands may be brougb under culture to even
greater advantage, than invites to the subduing
Of the forests that exclude us from the soil Of
apparently more favored regions.
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E. N. RUSHA,
IMPORTER OF 4 ~ -.
Foreign Wines q Liquors,
And dealer in Domestic Spirits,
Nos 54 AND Sc BRooaE STREET, (late Girod street,
%zs4 NEW ORLEANS. sa ss58asNI 58ssF ss5
II EEPs constantly onlhand general assortment
IN rof French Brandies, Wines, Fruits in Liquor; as
sorted cordials, btters, peppermint Cnraeo,
anisette, etc, ETC., ETC. 5sss \ snoy14, 1853
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CHAS. v. JONTE, 5a 4g4 5.4
SECOND Justice Of the Peace for the Parish of
- Orleans commissioner to take testimony, and
for the States Of Mississippi and Arka-
s,s. Mo- 65 Common street, Opposite the City Ho'el,)
Nav Orleans. pegss d29-lyN 7.
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VOL. ~.
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-. w. w ILLIAM OTINISII I@-T
A TTORNEY AT LAW, No. 80 ST. Charles street
y New Orleans. Practices in the Supreme Gonf'
Of Louisana and the United States Circuit and i'-
,Eict Courts. =,
w. C. is Commissioner for various States, and will
Ike dfpositions. etc. IL- .-
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1856-04-08
For the Spy.
III ia wa ha.

The author of this poem, for its foundation, if
not fer its superstructure, has been accused of
plagiarzing one of the Icelandic Eddas ANY
person at all acquainted with the history of the
North American Indians, cannot be ignorant that
this history abounds in Evolutionary legends and
myths differing somewhat in their details among
the different tribes, yet still all having striking
similarity .-....-rs
OF cOurse,if Mr.. Lopgfeilox wished to construct
poey..si,.e syfng such myths he was not all
necesststed to go abroad for his material since it
existed in plenty nearer at hand And Hiawatha
bears prima facie evidence that it is only collecr
ton of such myths, from several tribes, and a
striuging them together Gf may be allowed the
expression) as if all were in some way connected
with his hero, Hiawatha.
1t would not be at all strange should there ex,
list striking likeness between Icelandic and In
dian myths nor if this should manifest itself in
leelandic or Indian Eddas; having for their sub
jects such myths. So that however much he
might have initiated the style of some 1celandic
writer, it does not appear probable that he pla-
CARRIED the matter of this poem, from him. And
suppose Mr.. Longfellow had good right as
any lcelandic author, to arrange his poem in
Trachaie Tetrameters, if he chose, since this is
neither the invention nor exclusive property of
any individual. Still, in adopting this style for
his poem, l think Mr.. Longfellow made an artis-
tic failure; since to me it seems that no Indian
would have done so, had he composed the Edda;
because it seems unsuited, both to Indian charac-
ter ana the genius OF their language. And to
make Hiawatha efectuGI, it should seem more
like translation from Indian author, by Mr..
L., than like production of his own. This par
tcular style seems much better adapted to the old
Northern or Indian tongue.
Taken as whole, 1 think Hiawatha possesses
far less merit than Bvangelne; nor do l think
the former alone would ever immortalize the name
of its author.
Perhaps no other would have done as well with
the same subject, as has Mr.. L. There was a soul
to those myths, which none but an Indian could
understand or realize; of course, no other could
express it, and without this they seem tame. A
mythical edda, composed by one who could not
appreciate the interior meaning of the myths,
would be like describing man, by giving the col
or of his hair, eyes, and complexion his hight,
form, and features, &C., without speaking at all
of the inner, the real man. So that, for any but
an Indian to attempt to use such material with
hopes of success, is, to say the least rather haz-
ardous Probably Mr.. L has succeeded as weIl,if
not better, than any other person. Hiawatha
well pays for the reading. F. NJ
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1856-04-08

MOZART SOCIETY Fast night. will bring us
another of those delightful Concerts of the Mo-
Fart Society. These entertainments have been
received with great satisfaction, heretofore, and
such has been the diligence in practice, and such
the thoroughness of drill and discipline Of the
members Of this association, it is not too much to
anticipate finer and more satisfying performance
than has ever been given in Worcester. I am of
those who esteem the art and practice of music
worthy of all commendalion, not only as an
agreeable pleasure, but as a highly eleyating and
refining exercise for the better sentiments. Music
cannot give rise to any but the purest joys-and
when we can subject ourselves, ear and heart, to
the lofty strains of Handel there il the strongest
assurance of most profitable and delightful i'm
pressions.
1t is not Of much use to ask the miscellaneous
public to attend concert, and give their quarter,
merely because considerations of the general
good make it sort of duty so to do but it is
quite safe to expect them to do that which they
will, beyond doubt, have the highest satisfaction
in doing. Feeling assured that every one will
get more than his moneys worth of pleasure, ]
would take the liberty to urge the aforesaid mis-
cellaneous public, to go to the concert, in the
most multitudnous manner. W.
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LOCAL NEWS.
Beard Of Mayor and Aldermen.


MONDAY EVENING, April z.
Petition of A. H. Bullock, for curb stones on
Elm Street, was referred to Committee on Side
walks.
Petition of A. R. Black, in relation to his con-
/ tract, was referred to Committee.
! Petition of S. F. Ripley, for license as Inn.
keeper, was referred to Committee
| Notice was received in regard to guardianship
of Levi Lincoln, I'd, and referred to Special Com
| mittee.
A communication was received from the City
Solicitor, in regard to employing Judge Allen as
counsel on the DR.. Green matter Laid on the
table.
Petition of L. & S. P Harrington and others,
for laying out of Chandler Street, from yelling.
ton Street to Newton Street. was laid on the table
Petition of Jonas Hartshorn and others, for
laying out of May Street. The usual order of
notice was issued, for meeting on the 2lst.
Both Boards then went into Convention for the
choice of Chief Engineer and Assistant Engi-
neers of the Fire Department, and the following
were elected:
CHIEF ENGINERR-L. w. Sturtevant.
ASSISTANT ENGtNEERs-Samuel A Porter,
Albert H. Foster A g. Goes, james ]. E F.ss.ey.
Lyman Howe, Elbridge 6 Watkins y atkins.
ne .: sassEy.6i Chief Engineer was fixed at $780,
! III etition of Rufus Briggs, asking to be dis
charged from guardianship, was referred to the
Mayor. to act on his own judgmenton the matter.
Petition of Reuben Randall and others, for
flag stones on Washington Square, was referred
to Committee on Sidewalks.
| Petition of Pleasant Street Church, for use of
City Hall, during repairs of their church, was
granted.
Aldermen Wall presented transcript of re-
records of surveys Of the city, which referred
to City Clerk to certify as to correctness thereof
Alderman Lincoln, from Committee on Water,
presented report, with an accompanying order,
that sum not less than $1,000 be expended, un-
der charge of Committee and competent en-
gineer to examine all sources for pure water
Report accepted, and order read twice, under sus-
pension of rules.
Alderman Stone, from the Committee cele-
brating the 4th of July, made a report, which
was adopted, that a sum not exceeding $500,
be appropriated for that object.
cepted and order adopted.
Petition of H. j. Holmes, that the Hay Scales at
Committed on Public Buildings.
Petition of Felix Mccain, for usual building
privileges, OH Mechanics Street. Granted.
The report of the Committee on Shade Trees
and Public Grounds, in regard to setting trees
around school houses, came from the other
Board, and was accepted.
N. R. Hapgood was elected Measurer OF Lum-
ber Clapboards, &c.
ACommttee of Conference was appointed on
the matter of choosing Water Commissioners.
The reports of NJ. B. Green, James Green, and
P. B. Mignault, as liquor agents, were read and
referred to Committee, consisting of Aldermen
Wall, Prentiss, and Stone.
The bonds of VIM. Bush, as liquor agent, were
approved.
The Quarterly Report of The City Marshall
was read.
A report made and accompanying order
adopted, fixing prices for hearse hire at SI25 per
mile, &c.
Both Boards adjourned for ore week.
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HE FRENCH SUCCEssIoN.-A treaty, that
has never been abrogated, binds the chief pow
ers OF Europe to exclude the family of Bona
parte forever from the throne of France. The
representatives of these powers are now in the
French capital, arranging the conditions of a
new peace, under the auspices of the nephew
and successor of Bonaparte. The exclusion
of the treaty is practically a dead letter.
Another treaty exists, by which Russia, Aus
tria, and Prussia, agreed as folio ws;-
"H Prince Louis Bonaparte, now Presi-
dent of tie French Republic, should be nam
ed Emperor for life. by the voice Of universal
suffrage, the powers will only recognize this
new form of the elective empire, after having
from Prince Louis Bonaparte explanations OF
the Specification of this new title, and after
having drawn from him the pledge, first, that he
will respect existing treaties second, that he
will not seek any increase OF the territory !;
and third, that he Will forbear any pretensions
to found dynasty.
In case Prince Louis Bonaparte should de-
clare himself hereditary Emperor, the powers
will not recognize the new Emperor; but will
send to the French and all the other govern
ments, protestation, grounded upon the prin-
ciples Of public right, and the literal interpre-
tation of treaties They will then, according
to circumstances, consult upon new measures.
In case that rising of the people or army
shall overthrow the government Of Prince
Louis Bonaparte, or in case he should die, the
powers pledge themselves to favor the restora-
ton Of the heir Of the legitimate throne by all
means in their power, aud to recognize in flu
ture no dynasty by that Of the Bourbons."
This treaty was signed at Warsaw, in
March, 1852, and the text, which we have not
before seen, is published in the New York
Post. We fancy thar the birth of the King
Of Algiers has disposed of this treaty also.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1856-04-08

FRAMINGHAM DEPOT BURNED.-Early on
Monday morning, the depot of the Boston
and Worcester Railroad, at South Framing
ham, was discovered to be on fire, and altho'
every effort was made to subdue the flames, it
was entirely consumed. The fire was first
discovered in the blacksmith shop connecting
with the new machine shop, and it spread al
most Immediately to the depot, and to the
wood-sheds adjoining, in which were about
six hundred cords of wood. The loss is esti'
mated at from eight to ten thousand dollars
and is partially covered by insurance of $4,000
in Boston offices.
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The BosroN JoURNAL.-The proprietor Of
this sterling newspaper. has just added to the
facilities Of his establishment for giving the lat
est news, one of Hoes's six cylinder fast presses,
capable OF giving fifteen thousand impressions an
hour. The rapid increase Of the circulation Of
the Journal, has rendered this expenditure nee
essary, in order to supply the demand for paper
which is read every where, and by every body,
and which enjoys circulation throughout New
England, much larger THAI any Of the papers of
it's class. Such enterprise deserves the most
abundant success, and we are glad to know the
Journal receives wha, il so well deserves.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1856-04-08

Ii is True.-The old saying, that "What every
body says must be true is verified in this general
preston used by those who have given Taylors Premium
Starch Polish far trial, They all say the hing
eve like it very much - 1t is liked because It gives
good smooth glossy appearance to linen, prevents the
iron from sticking and causes the linen to retain it's
Stiffness in damp weather Another great advantage
when this is used, clothing will third longer
D. TAYLOR, Jr., Proprietor, 10 Broad Street, Bos-
ton.
Sold in Worcester, by W. 0. SWEET & CO., General
Agents. APPS dot
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THE WISCONSIN FRAUDs.-W We think that
there have never before been such frauds as
have been exposed in the Wisconsin case
Things as bad have doubtless been done on q
small scale by the lower agents of party, Of
ten employed and purchased by their betters,
but not acknowledged. But here has been a
deliberate attempt to secure an election by
Justification of the records, after the returns
have been made. Forged supplemental re-
turns have been added to several counties, all
in the same hand writing and on the same
kind of paper, and in the case oftwo ofthem,
forged returns from counties hundred and
twenty miles apart, it was found that the two
half sheets on which the forgeries were writ
ten had been torn from each other, and the
edges matched exactly. The signatures had
been painted over, and although ingeniously
executed, close examination with a magni-
flying glass, readily detected the fraud. Re.
turns of considerable number of votes with
large mtjorities for the Democratic candidates
were rendered from towns, that were unset
tied, or only settled by three or four Norweg.
ian families, and where no polls were opened.
All these frauds were perpetrated after the
election had been held and the result ascer-
tanned. This is far graver and more dang
erous offence than fraud committed at the
polls, bad as that is. 1t must have been com :
mitted, too, with the connivance of high off
GERS of the State, and it indicates a very COR
rupt state of political morality.
After resisting at every step, and by every
technical qubbe, the investigation made by
the Supreme Court, the usurping Governor,
who held the Executive Chamber only by
these frauds, resigned, and never was there a
palmer case of that 'suicide" which is soon
tession." We do not learn what measures
have been taken to bring to justice the Of
tenders in this remarkable and outrageous
case.
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SPECIAL NOTICES

Cement Drain Pfpes.--S0METHING NEW
The subscriber has resumed the manufacture of CE,
NEWT PIPES for Cistern, Sink, Cellar, and Garden
Drains, from three TO six inches in diameter, which he
is prepared to furnish and put down short notice.
or durability and economy these pipes are superior
to anything of the kind in use thew are unafe st.
by moisture. and if properly laid will last forever
rsons who wish to drain their premises efecually
and at nderate cost will do well to call on the sub
scrber 10 the basement of the Mechanics HALL entrance
on waldo street. where full assortment of all the various
sizes may be found at Lathrop Ames' % Mechanic
Street JAMES O. PECK
Worcester, March u, 1856. dtf
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BOSTON MARKET. ADr;, :.

FL0UR-The market is quite dull. Sales Of Western
svper6ne at 81 so 62s; fancy rs at s7t extra
II per hbl.
GSAIN-The receipts of Corn have been very large
ami prices are tendigg dovnwards. Sales of yellow at
Toe; white 62lc bushel Oats are in moderate de-
q5' per hushe
PROFESSIONALISM Is firm with = fair demand Sales
of prime at 10 Is 51 II 20 49, clear 10 10 so
per hbl cash and mos Reef is dull. Small sales of
Western mess At 10 so "a so; extra IA 80 a Is;
Eastern Is 13 so per hh cash and mos. Lard is in
steady demand at 10i lose in bills and II III in kegs
cash and ms. Hams selling at 104 lie per h.,
cash mos.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1856-04-08

REV HIRAM WILSON, who has been laboring
in Canada for twenty years, as missionary to the
refugees from American slavery is now in this
city. promoting the interests of his mission, and
disposing of anti slavery and other literature,
with the object of raising funds for the support
and comfort of his family. In his truly philan-
thropic and Christian enterprise, we bid him a
hearty God speed, and trust his appeals foI as
sistsnce will be cordially responded to by our citi
gang
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1856-04-08

LYcEUM LBoTURE.-T The closing lecture before
the Lyceum and Library Association, at the City
Hall this evening, will be given by Rev. Theodore
Parker, of Boston. Subject" The condition,
character, and prospects Of the American peopls."
The philosophical manner in which Mr.. Parker
treas all subjects, and the depth of thought with
which he investigates them, is guarantee that a
rich treat will be afforded this evening.
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Police Court.

MONDAY April 7th
being drunk, was fined 50 and costs.
and COSTS
Nathaniel Elder, for being common drunk
ard, was sent to the House Of Correction for two
months.
Patrick Harrington, for vagrancy was sent to
the House of Correction for 80 days.