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The GERMAN ELrxEsr.-The German, element
is fairly aroused for Fremont, and unless am much
mistaken will make itself felt at tho polls. At an
auction sale on the 4th, largely attended by for
eigners, about FIVE hundred Of whom were present,
vote was proposed and taken for President. The
result indicated four TO one In favor Of Fremont.
Several such votes have been taken on different
occasions, and the result has uniformly been the
same--s general prevalence for Fremont. %
II the above, from the Milwaukee correspond
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gainst the insidious wles Of foreign influence :
oonjure you 70 believe me- fellow citizens the jeal
oisy OF free people ought to be constantly swake;
since history and experience prove that foreign In
fuenoe ID Of the most bsnsfu foes of republican
governmopt"-- WaaAiagton. 'g la7
~ hope We may fnd Some means In future, Of
shielding ourselves from foreign influence, political
commercial or in whatever form il may be attempted
can scarcely withhold myself from je,ning in the
wish of Slss Dean - that there wero an ocean Of fire
between this and ths old world .'"-Ul<f~svn.
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THE Undersigned, t. POTENTINI and
ZTELL, having formed copsrtnershp
RS as Sss q sS ana
under the style of F rs 4
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Beg leave TO cali the attention Of the patrons Of the
old firm and the public generally, to tho increased
fi WsSDSS GSss BALL. aox AND sGffERa Sr
ct the shortest possible notice. with all the decaoes
both in and out of season. r
Rooms furnished for Breakfast Dinner, and Sup
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We have also connected with eur establishment
they can be furnished with
53 GAME AND OYSTERS
OF all kinds served up in every STYLE ut the shortest
notice Ladies' favoring with call can always be
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Ladies and gentlemen can have their Meals sent TO
them at their private rooms by leaving orders.
We will Also pay particular attention to the manu-
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all their branches, and will always keep on hand
select assortment of French CONNECTIONS, Bon Bons,
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ap 14-2m
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HAVING just opened at No. $50, Penn-
4A sylvania avenue near the foot of Capitol Hill,
q new Restaurant am prepared to furnish refresh
ments in the most recherche style. The Bar is sup
piled with the best Liquors; and TO see one of my
juleps is refreshing but to tdsteitdont mention it.
AS to food, Oysters and Game of all kinds in sea-
son will always be hand prepared to suit the tastes
of the most fastidious.
Cigars and Tobacco Of the best brands, as well as
Pipes, 80 exhilerating after julep. m
Heading Room, with the latest papers, will fur
nish the current news. E #
Long experience in the business encourages me to
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who may favor me with call
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ON THE POTOMAC.
UNHE undersigned have opened for the
- season this delightful and fashionable resort
for the accommodation of the public and parties
wishing to visit this most agreeable retreat where
they be furnished the most liberal terms with
all the Injuries of the season. and with the best re-
freshments of all kinds, both at the Pavilion and on
board the boat
Parties having their own caterer can have the rse
of the dining and ball for fifteen dollars for
the occasion.
WIN. COKE Il CO.,
National Eating House,
Cor. 9th steeet and Penn avenue
ap23--3m t4.4prtgg Washington, d. G.
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FFfnRsbUha, Uctober II, 1854.
h ashinetcn pair Of Glasses for the Spectsclss
which used, and found them Of great assistance 70
my decaying vision, and my opinion Of him ia THAI
he s skiltuln the preparation of Glasses for eyes
not too far gone 70 Be benefited BY such aid
r 8}s0 .aIy8 ff.st ~ J. +. MAY. &
See, for mere testimonial, the Evening star.s
Aug 15-1y UQiratta Tst N
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m WILNMer0N, N. u, june 16 1854.
To persons who have have had the sight Of their
eyes 80 impaired as to require the uss OF Gassss
would recommend Mr.. John Tobias as suitable per
son from whom TO obtain such Glasses ~ they may
require as he has suited me with pair Of Spectacles
for far and near sight My sight has been impaired
very much by Service of years in the Post Office
Department which berth required mo to be on dnty
from IL o'clock at night till after day during which
lime used but one light.
w. A. WALKER.
BHooKLYN ORrHoPARDlc INSTITUTION,
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w. EDNONsTON, Dr., Attorney nj
LAv. once on Gay strest, between High and
Oosgrsss srssts, Georeetown, d. O. fab as-dly
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Address O. J. WOOD b co, 818 Broadway, N. Y,
and ia Market street. st. Louis, Mo. nae1
For sale in Warrington, by CHARLES ST0TT \
CO.. and by all Druggists. ~, jan s--h
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WAsHINaroN, August s, 1855.
Having been for yeais under the necessity Of hay-
ing two sets of glasses one for use in the daylight
aid one for lamplight Il procured one set frem Mr..
Tobias, which answered both purposes. i have used
nis for several months, and find them excellent.
EDWARD STUBBS, ~
0fDeparhnent Of State.
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Married Persons, or young mon contemplating
debility. deformities. 10. should mmodstsly oonsut
DR.. j., and be restored to perfect health.
He who places himself under the care Of DR..
Johnson may religiously oonfide in his honor as
gentleman and confidently rely upon his skill as
physician.
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~ All Surgical Operations performed.
n b. Let no false delicacy prevent you, but apply
Immediately, either personally or by letter.
tF Skin Diseases speedily cured. sft
To strangers.
The many thousands cured At this institution with
in the last fifteen years. and the numerous important
Surgical Operations performed by DR.. johnson, wit
messed by the reporters of the papers, and many other
persons, notices Of which have appeared again and
again before the public besd<s Ms a0nding az gen
eon Of character and respo~sibilisy, II sufncient
guarantee TO the afflicted. Nsnsfe rFf frr srfslst
quacks advertising themselves Physicans running
the health of the already aicted that Dr. Johnston
deems II necessary TO say, especially to those unac
auanted with his reputation, that his credentials
diplomas always hang in his Office s..s 81 a5
TAKE NorIcE.-An letters must be post paid and
contain postage stamp for the reply, no answer
viii be sent may 1s-d1y
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ALTIMORE Look Hospital, has dis
- covered the most certain, speedy and sffsctual
remedy in the world for g3 3s haB
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Smirk! Sniik! they all cried, and I
arose, and after complimsnting the row
dies generally, the town, its character, and
so forth, dsclaimed my right either to the
distinguished honor conferred on me, or
to deliver my opinion on the subject. I
WAS a native Of Squealbury, said, and
no meddIer. | would not express my
preference of opinion. had confidence
that the Intelligence Of the Squealburians
would enable them to choose for them
selves, snd with great affected modesty, |
bowed and withdrew, in the midst of the
cheers Of both parties.m
"Tha. was we'll done, farher," said
Sam, admiring'y "and was that the
reason you were elected TO the Legisla-
turc =
fes," said tho senior Smirk, 81
made Il hit. Ny uoblc.mindedncss be-
came pr"vvrhiI Il. ! WAS compared to
Cmcinnatu> and Washington, and put up
for representative, aui elected by both
parties. u" ~ til, Sam, aud YOU will
prosprr---ohm ~
"God bless YOU my dear father what's
the matter T.
Il am going, Sam, shall be off in a
minu,c. Call the ministers and the other
borcS, quick but remember policy. Sam
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IN ADVANCE.
N U NJ B Z R I.

as having something to DO with it, and
says: from the gigantic crater, nine
miles in circumference, such volume OF
electricity is discharged into the ethereal
that human estimate cannot count il up"
These remarks favor the views Of Faradav
respecting electricity being the cause OF
Datursl forces.
On The 18th and 18th ult myriads of
small black bugs fell on The snow at Fair
fax, Va, and covered it ns wiiE mantle
| OF velvet; and many oiher strange things
have also taken place Ia-iag this cold
term, such as the shock Of an earthquake
felt at OglensLurgh, N. ", on the 9th
ult., several shocks in Virginia on the 9th,
and an electric cloud, which sent forth
current of great length, on the 10th. AS
earthquakes have heretofore been attribu.
ted to electricity, the shocks mentioned in
connection with the recent cold term, fur
uish fnrther proof in favor Of Fsraday's
theory SO that it may be positively true,
that the same cause which plates tea
spoon and dispatches telegraph mes
sage, also sends us our cold and hot
| terms.
BY recent accounts from Europe we
learn that the cold has been as intense
there as it has been here. At Odes.
sa, on the Black Sea, the theImome-
ter staod Tor several days 81 deg. below
zero, and many persons had been frozen
to death in their beds. 1t has also been
very cold in England. We have often
heard it asserted that when we had a cold
winter in America, mild weather used to
prevail in Europe, and vice versa bnt
the past aud present winters have been
equally cold in both continents. We
wonder if philosophers lave observed any
popularity in the dip Of the magnetic
noodle during such severely cold seasons
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From tie Scientific american.
EEAT AND COLD PHENOMENA.
THE CAUSE,

We have heard anl read much about
heat and cold, and We are quite sensitive
in our .ttct;ngs Oh the subject. But what
is heat, and what is cold! Many theo-
ries have been advanced respecting heat,
all the authors OF which seem to have com.
mItted the blnndSr OF snpposing they had
demonstrated wha, heat is, by merely de-
scrbing its effects. We have never heard
Of All attempt being made to explain
what cold is, beyond that lucid one, sit is
the absence OF heat" and which is just as
applicable to hca,,-"it is the absence of
cold" Doth heat ana cold produce pecu-
liar effects.
BY heat, substances are made to ex-
p"nd, metals TO assume the form of gas.
and the flnty rock to run like water
Cold, on the other hand, reduces fluids to
solids, but like heat it expands substances.
Strong cannon have been burst to pieces,
AS with gun powler, by filing them with
water and submitting them to severe cold.
isocks are split asunder, and limbs of
trees are burst from their trunks during
intense coil. Ii hoat is a substance, rs is
asserted by some, why may not cold be
substance also The fact is that heat and
cold are just terms in general use for de.
scribing certain effects arising from a
cause, or from causes not yet distinctly
known. We know something respcctinr
the operations OF gravity, but no person
c.n tell what gravity is; and it is the
same with heat and cold. Faradsy has
| come to the conclusion that all the forces
OF nature may be traced to electricity in
different conditions; and heat and cold
being forces of nature would come under
his classification ss clectric.l Fl, s.c:...sa.
The recent "cold term" or cycle. expert
enccd 10 su III m extent of our continent
seems to favor his hypothesis, at least SO
we could conclude from the information
published on the subject by 4. Merriam,
the well known me,erologist. He states
that this cold term lasted thirty days, and
that very intense cold was experienced in
many place which heretofore always en-
joyed mild winters. At Waverly. Mo.
on the Missouri river, the temperature on
the 25th Of December was "a deg. below
zero; and on tho 9th Of this month il f.l,
again to the same point, and had there
been wind prevailing at the time, !, is
believed that all tue live stock in ,hs,
part Of the country would have persisted,
as tie temperature was more ike that Of
the Arctic regions than that Of tho mild
south west Of the United States. Mr..
Merriam says, in relation to the severe
cold, sit must come down from the high
mountains and from the great ethereal
where tee cold holds perpetual dominion.
lie also aIlades to the recent eruption of
the great volcano in tue Saalwic. Islands
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LEAP YEAR.

The recurrence Of leap year has called
out many interesting "reminiscences Of the
privileges Of the ladies. Among other
things Of the kind, it is mentioned that
BY an ancient act of the good old
Scottish Parliament, passed in the reign
of Margaret, about 1898, ii was ''ordont
that during ye reign Of her maist blessit
Majestic, ilka maiden lades Of bath high
and low estait shall haze liberty to speak
ye man she likes; gif he refuses to take
her to be his wife, be shall DO mulet in the
sum Of hnudrity punis or less, as his
estate may be, except and always gif he
can make it appear that he is betrothit to
anithcr woman; then he shall be free "
From the Sieur dc Besuplan's De-
scription Of the Ukraine, including several
provinces of the Kingdom Of Poland"
published at Rouen, iu 1902, it appears
that, at that period, the Cossack dsmsels
also made proposals Of marriage. NJ.
Beauplan says:
Here, then, contrary to the custom Of
all othi countries, may be seen young
girls making love to ySlsag man and IL
superstition vory prevalent among them,
and carefully observed, causcs them
scarcely ever to miss their object, and.
indeed, renders them moro sure Of success
than tho men would be, should the latter
attempt the wooing. They proceed some-
what after the following manner
"The maiden goes to tho house Of the
father OF the young man whom she loves
when she thinks tho family are all to-
gethsr, and says, on entering, Pon,agobog,
which means, God bless YOU She paws
her compliments tc i'm who has made SO
great an impression upon her heart. and
tells him she thinks he will know how to
govern and love his wife. Thy noble
qualities, she continues, have led me to
pray thee very humbiy to accep. me for
thy wife. She then asks the father and
mother 10 consent to the marriages nshe
receives refusal or some excuse, as that
he IS too young and no. ready to marry,
she answers that she will not depss. antil
he has e,pou,ed he. Thus she perse.
veres and persists in remaining until she
has obsained favorable snswer to her
demands. F IA
"After several weeks tho father and
mother are not only constrained to give
their consent but also TO persuade their
son 10 look upon her more favorsbly. At
the ssme time, the yonng man, seeing the
maiden SO determined in her affection 70,
him, beg MS to regard her rs the one VIII,
ndestinsd TO bethe mistress Of his desires.
Finally hs prays his father and mosher to
permit him to espouss her. Thus che ac.
ccinplishes her parfess, anl the entire
family, through fear OF incurrine the
wrath Of God by cxpslIing her ftora their
house, are constrained to give their con. !
scot to the anioa.s
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Misrrllanpuus.
lFrom the ~. y. Day Book.

:
AGRrTR2 PIeN aoMR
Rome aud its Curiosities-- The Colosseum
and the Kissing Cross"-The Ca.s.
,eosnbs-Iho Bath Of Cavacalla-Ths
In'maculste Concsp,ion--Ths oriina-
zion Of Casdinsh and their Saiary-
italian Beauty.
RoNx, Italy. Dec. 20, 1856.
pEAR DAY BOOK:
In my last had bat jus. arrived in this
city, % dear 10 the artists heart, aud to
she antiqqarian 90 pleasing ; bat for those
who cannot see in every old msss Of rub.
hash the ruins Of some ancient and mag.
,ni6esut palace. it 10 not 30 interesting.--
The stories you are told about many places
and shings pointed out 10 you, arc slmo..
too much for Yankee to believe but
still, ~ those are = part Of the enjoyments
hsss, and ior which you have 70 pay, you
nay - well appear to bslievsis all. !
have visited nearly oil the old ruins. and
beard The traditions Of each. The Colo.
sSsu'n, built A. D. "a, is we'll worthy Of
atteatson. lth ole circular form. and
900 sses 10 tisosss~s, is7 Zee. IN height
asd Z = shs snces ,.-::!sse. ..=.s 4 ,.sss..
sssios = ~ - ~ ssei>st rsiss Il and
asoand Kens. = ~ krs ,kss de ,ss
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We are now prepared to execute all kinds
Selett puetrq.

WHEN FIRST I MET NY NARY
Twas In the morning. hail in hand.
When 6rst mot my Mary;
A tidy milking pail shc bore.
And tripped her feet 70 chsry.
o, maiden. why 80 fast! said I,
A moment with me tarry;
For had fancied her the girl
Whom should loyo to marry.
/ She answered not, but in her eyes
read her moaning rightly,
80 down we sat, beside the hedge
The sun was shining brightly
O. maiden, tell me, then ! sighed.
While ssfe beneath this cover,
Am a lad whom thou souldst lovei
Hso. am thy lover.
a rosy blush her check did flush,
Her eyes grew soft and tender;
She leaned no head ~ u my breast
Some shelter thea could lend her;
could no better answer ssk,
80 not 10 vain We tarsied--
For erS the autumn moon come round,
Ny love and ! rot married.
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1t will take me week or ten days yet,
to get through with the sight seeing here
therefore may address you once or twice
more from this place. Il. F.. w.
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Eaton Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1843-1856, 1856-03-27

Read what Mr.. Boyden says: no medicine
ever had certificates from such respectable
as Carriers Span ISL Mixture. Mr.. F.
Boyden, one Of tie original ptoprisloIs OF the
AstoT House, New York, aud for a number OF
yesrs Of the Exchange Hotel, Richmond Viz.
ginia, was cured Of sevare attack az NEURAL
gia. by Carriers Spanish Mixture. The Tspid
and perfect cure effected in his case by This
valuable medicine, arrested bis attention and
oexeited his interest; he recommended II 10
theirs afflicted with a variety OF disease, and
n every Instance q cure was effected. He
has seen II cure Ague and Fever, Rheumatism
Liver Complaint, Dyspepsia, Fevers. Violent
Coughs, ana cases which were said 10 be con.
frmed Consumption, and nearly query Other
disease for which il isused. He remarks il
is difficult 10 know what disease it will mol
re lieve or cure, and as a Blood Purifier, and
Spring end Fall medicine, he has newer seen
its equal. He cheer!uIly recommends it on
all occasions, and believes it the most yalua
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And for sale by Frcd'k Ecksteine Cincinnati
Minshall Il Co.. Eaton, Dean & Surface, Upsher
J. Coblintz. Lewisburg, John Gale. West Aley,
andria, Michael & Co, Winchester, j. Ii. Bonn
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March 81. 2w.
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Ralroaa Ace,dsnt-Ma!l Burnt.
We copy the followi0g from The Buff

We copy the following from The Buffa 10
Commercial Of S%a.urta? ev ening:
awe learn ;ha, on Wednesday evening last
a train of cars on the Lake Shore Railroad ran
off the the track between Hatbor Creek and
North East, and five cars lauen with merchan-
disc, principally silks and dry goods, were bro
ken up and a large amount destroyed or great
" damaged. The accident, it is thought, was
caused BY a broken rail. The engine was
gotupon the track about midnight. Very for
t~unately no person was injured.
'sOn the same night the mail car OF the ex.
press train that left here at eleven O'Clock
was discovered 10 be on fire, in the vicinity OF
Irving, about thirty miles west OF here, and
before The flames could be checked the car
together with the mail, was consumed. The
mails from this city were not large, and the
Cincinnati letter mail was most saved. The
through mails from Boston and Albany, and in
,ermediate points, destined to Cleveland, Gin
cinnati, Columbus and Louisville we're mostly
saved but nearly the whole Of those bound
for Chicago, Milwaukee and Dubuque were
destroyed. The remnants have been Brought
to this city, and every effort will be made to
ascertain what letters have been lost, and those
partially DESTROYED will be forwarded TO theiI
des,ina;ion. Mr.. Diekie, the Postmaster al
ahis place, will give all the information upon
the subject at his command.