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Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1856-07-19

The Alexandria Seminal of the 18th has the
following synopsis Of remarks made BY Hon
Henry A. Edmundson, OF Virginia, previous 10
the taking Of the vote on the expulsion 81 Mr..
Brooks.
The Session of The House of representatives
ON Yesterday was one oil The most excited and
absorbing, we have ever Witnessed. At all
early horr the previous Question was ordered
on the resolutions TO expel Mr. Brooks and con-
sure Messrs. Kelt and EdmundsDn, for lheil
course in the Sumner ahar.--Mr. Edmundson
having Obtained leave, proceeded 10 make a
personal explanation. He warmly complained
Of the course which The COMMITTEES OF Enquiry
of the House had pursued towards him in ma
king their Investigations. He DIR. f. had
been summoned before them TO give testimony
touching Mr.. BIooks's conduct. The questions
put 10 him had been directed to that point
His answers had been responsive 10 the ques
tons. He had never received the sliehes, in
timation that his own conduct was passing an.
der review He had never been asked TO en-
plain that conduct in single instance. With
gu, aay warning, without any opportunity to
| vindicate himself, without any question Fut to
him BY the Committee TO draw out the explana-
tions aud vindica,ion Of his course which he
| had ever been prepared TO make, the Commit
tee had vet recommended resolution TO this
House, which was TO disgrace him. lie iei'
tia, he had been deeply wronged, and wrong
ed bv men with whom he had been on terms Of
pleasant and friendly intercourse. The very
. evening after he had given his testimony, was
stent with one of the COMMITTEES, (Mr. PEN
nirst J at his request. Yet not warning Of
\ a n intimaticn had he until he received It iron
a pews reporter, that the Committee had pre-
Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1856-07-19
"0n the wings Of love we ny
From 0socere to oroeeri.n

Happy Mr.. Schmit--who we take to be
full hesed foleigner-to be blessed With
such sublime inspiration. Thrice happy
thou "purest jewels," Messrs. Fillmore
and Stuart" to be thus handed down to
posteri,y in imperishabe verse from the
inspired zen Of such bard
Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1856-07-19
Arrival of the orizaba-From Nioaraxua

with over 400 passengers aud So, 900 IN spec 10
arrived here this evening from San Juan.
An election for Presldont OF Nicaragua took
place on !hs 24,h Of y-ne. The Official ietufas
were not Completed, but there was no doubt 81
Walkers being elected by au overwhelming
majority Tbs army was receiving strong 70
fl,iorcemenis, numbering SONS 800 meh. in
GLIDING taoaItlllery companies with five field
pieces
Rvas. accompanied BY his Secretary al Stale
Secretary Of War, and Minister Of Paohc
Credit. had fled from Leon 10 Chinandos = 4,
where they took an opposing attitude to lhs
| Walker party. The FL Nlcaraguensr .i,tibairs
the movement. OF Rivas to The fear OF exle,usi
ENEMIES OF the Stale and the approaching eiee.
ton. Walker had issued decree appointing
Don FeTrer Provisional President until the re-
suit of the cleo ion should be- ascerlained, de-
Glazing all the acts Of Riy,s, after his desertoa,
void, aud captioning the ctizens 10 refuse soe.
| dence, as all such would be considered ma.
tors to the country.
| Al the latest accounts Rvas and his eabinr,
were al Leon ali he American tioops Eavias
| el the place. He is charged with having in
yled tie enemies OF the country 10 Invade Nj
caragua.
The latest Nicaragua papers are to the esih
FROM THE isTUMUs.
| The dates from Panama are 10 me 4th in
stanl. The government al Bogota had go
through with The evidences touching the Para
ma riot, aud had coma TO the conclusion tha {
ths authorities al Panama were "guily." fa-
breeo, the Governor OF Panama, was 10 bs. sas
pended. lie would BIZ sent to Bos5la 10 be I'll
ed, together with the other railies imp'ica,sd
in the affair.
Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1856-07-19

u It haying been stated that Goa. Jacksoa,
towards the close Of hiH life, said that che had
no confidence in Mr.. Buchanan" his son, An
drew jackson, by adoption, who Inherited his
property, and still lives at The old "Hetmi.age. !"
publishes letter in the Nashville paprts, do.
nyins The statement Although taking 40 AZ,
in the politics Of the day. he feels il a duty to
state, that cup TO tse close OF his life. Gene,al
jackson entertained for President Palk, and
Hon. James Buchanan the highest estesm ond
affection. Iu many conversations du,iag h.s
declining years, when in The full freedom OF h,e
side ease, he spoke freely Of tAeir eminent ser
viees and moral uortk--on no occasion did 30
ever intimate 10 his family, that h.seot fl, nee
in them hal aba,ed, or his k'udly feelings e.
wards them had undergone any Change S
that base coin il nailed 10 tho cunn,er
O.. Flour is Oh the deciineis the Ner'',
ern markets
Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1856-07-19
Poetre, Poetfi.

The folio wing beautiful lines, full Of
pathos and sublime sentiment, were pro.
posed as a toast, at the Shenandoah celebra-
ton Of the 4th, by John G.Schmitt. Cas-
Italia devotee, as well as the interesting
twain of his theme, have alike been immor-
!aIized in this harry elimination funcuyb-
ed genius. "Angcis and ministers Of
grace must have lowered around with
inexpress IDLE soiciude, at the incubation,
and now tina, it has been perfected, mortal
men raise their eyes in holy devotion be-
fore the cannonizeG "FIlmore and Stu
art "a
ftFiilmore and Stuart,
Of American birth
The purest Of jewels,
OF inestimable worth,
American people,
Look well to the men;
Those you trusted before,
May be safely trusted again"
We can call to mind at this writing but d
single couple, Of equal poelical merit and
euphony ofiingle.
=
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1856-05-03

BARSUMs MAsTERPIECE.-Rar has per-
formed many wonders, but the greatest Of
all is the following 1t consists IN nothing
less than passing down the Niagara cataract
in a vessel constructed tor this purpose
The vessel is a ball of gutta percha, thirty
feet in diameter, supported in its enterior 10y
hoops, rings of steel, and wood. Strings of
cutta percha, coming from four points CT the
rings. meet in the centre of the sphere,
where they are fixed to a coat of mail OF the
same material. This is so fitted that man
in it hangs, supported by the four strings.
safe in the middle of the ball. At the lower
end of the ball, where the lower part of the
mail is directed, some lead is put, so that
swimming on the water the head side will be
turned upwards. On this upper part there
is hole which may be opened or shut by
the person in the interior. The ball is SO
strong as to sustain, without danger, the
shock of the fall. On account of its size it
cannot sink, nor can the person buchled in
the coat of mai! suffer any harm by the vio-
lence OF the fall As soon as the ball, after
Is fall. has found its centre of gravity, its
inhabitaut uubuckleS himself, opens the
hap. and ces out Of the hole, waving the
United Sat co ors under the applause OF
81, 900 or 100, 600 spectators. whom Barnum
intends to assemble, one dollar each, upon
the occasion Of his first performance. From
every such performance, gam OF *2o,ool
/ or $50, coo is to be counted on, Since iron
| all parts of the Union spectators will flock tc
the cataracts of Niagara. Barnum is about
to make the first experiment with dog. l.
that animal arrives all right below, niggei
| or an Irishman will be engaged FOR the next
! experiment If this one arrives equally
| safe. the Yankee undertakes the first seriou:
passage himself-Atldntic Studies.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1856-05-03

The North British Rerieao, for February,
contains a curious article on color blindness,
a defect in the vision which is well known to
opticians and to painters, but the knowledge
ot which, and the theories by which men
nave ehdeavored to explain it, have not,
lmat we Know Of, been popuarised till now.
ihcre are artlSts-the fact is familiar to their
brethren-who have painted their whole
lives long, and thought themselves very good
coiorists, who have yet never been able to
distinguish properly between certain colors.
This particularly is said to be by no means
rare, and it probably exists in different per-
sons, some laboring under a total inability to
distinguish certain ;ints from each other,
and other discriminating imperfecty This
latter IS doubtless the case with all cUlorists
in printing. Sir David Brewster ru ,li>hel,
in 1929, in the EIinburgh Journal Of Sci
e5lce, an account Of two rcmai kable cases Of
tins kind, and in 1914 gave his "Observa-
iions OH Color Blindness" in n parate
work. The same year Professor Wartmann,
Of Louisiana, published a IcInCir on Dali
t1nism, naming the intirInity from an Eng
lish physician, DR.. Dalton, who had the pc
cuiarity in remarkable degree. We havo
now a work, recently published at Edin-
hurgh, by DR.. Wilson, a laborious scienti-
H. -EOtCIAiiidH, emu Gu IN-StaICleS IN SOlCT-
Blindness. The following passage from the
Review gives an idea OF the extent to which
this defect prevails, which will be new to
IN IS: Of our readers :-"Iill within these few
wears this affection Of the eve was supposed
to be confined to a small number Of indivi-
dua!S, but It appears from the calculations
Of various authors, that one person out Of
every fifteen is color-blind. According to
the experiments of DR.. Wilson upon 1,154
persons at Edinburgh in 1923, one person
in every eighteen had this imperfection. l
in 80 conGound red with green l in 6Jicon-
found br0eH with green; in 46 confound
jLue with green. Hence, one in every 179
persons is coior-blind. 1t is curious fact,
and one now placed beyond doubt, that
color blindness is hereditary, and runs in "a
miles. In some cases fire and in others fiE
teen indiviluals of the same family have been
color o.-blinl, and in so far as experiments
have been made, the imperfectiOn is more
common in males than in females" There
is one important practical application vhich
Dr. y ilson makes OF the facts collected by
his researches. He draws the Conclusion
that the use Of coiored signals on railways
is exceedingly dangerous. Discs, painted
white, red and green, are used for signals by
dav. and white, red and green lamps by
night. The use of signals which are of CO.
lors which very many persois are not able
to distinguish from each other, is maniestly
absurd and dangerous. The use of culorcd
signals 10y sea is subject to the same objec-
t!Ou.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1856-05-03
Picco is now giving concerts in London.

ANN OLDFIFLD REDIvIvrS.-Mrs. - was
a pretty widow Of twenty-cight left rich hy
her husband. a respectable and wealthy
farmer Of $, in the country of Oakland,
who. iudiciously died about the age of fifty
B, a signing swain of twenty, fell IN
love with this charming widow during a
school vacation, and was thereby distracted
from study and nearly frantic. His father,
who designed him for the ministry, had a
peculiar horror of the sweet widow whom
Inc regarded as little better than one oi the
wicked. Her black eyes, her h. aving bosom,
and her elastic tread, were to INN only the
symbols OF old Nick. He was in despair,
and in his despair he visited the widow. and
besougit of her, if she had particle OF
mercy, not 10 ruin his son. In vain the WI
dow protested that she had used no arts
had only seen the youth few tins s, and
was entirely indifferent to hm-the father
still insisted and the pretty widow promised
that If the bov came again to see her, IL
should be his last visit Not many days
passed, when the cnamored youth made his
his arrangements for a visit, OF winch INC
widow had notice. The few previous inter
views between them had taken pla c under
| circumstances peculiarly favorable to ro
nance and sentiment, upon moonllt walks
/ or parlor tetc-a-tetes. This time the tlmc
/ youth was told upon his arrival, that Mrs
/ - was at the barn; whittier he went ano
/ found his beau-idcal, with skirts knee hish
dressed in a mans boots, and covered VIII
/ a mans hat, a PIPE in her mouth, mug
cider in her hand, experimenting her mei
KILLING ToGS--he never came again.
was TOO kiiting Detroit Adrerttser.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1856-05-03

4 CrEE FOR EPILEPSY.-Wc do not know
in what paper the following originally ap-
pearcd, but we translate it from the Courier
des Etlts Lais Of this city, which has eyi-
dentlv copied it from som> other journal
without credit:
Some years a-o person was crossing one
Of the public squares ia the city Of Oporto,
when suddenly attacked with epilepsy. lm-
mediatCly some one in the crowd cried ont,
Cover her face with black handkerchief"
Another witness of the acciuent united his
back cravat and threw II over the face OF
the SuffeIer whose cOuvu's.Ons all at once
ceased as if By magic. The restoration Was
30 perfect that in Il few minutes she was able
10 get up alone, thank those who had re
lieyed her, and walk away without assist
ancc.
The eyewitness who related to US the
above. was sometime Afterwards director OF
house of Industry in Oporto. Last year
one of the pupils in this establishment,
named Vidal, nineteen years, and subject to
this disease, had a severe attack Of it almost
under the eve Of his teacher. In one of the
interyals of his suffering he suddenly rccol-
'ectei tie cure that had been wrought by
( the black cravat. at is merely an isolated
. case said ne to the physician in the estab-
+ ii>hnent; Il have no great faith Of the re-
medy, bat it is 50 simple that we can at
! least try it." y black cravat was thereupcn
f thrown over young Nidal's head, whose
~pasmS immediately ceased, his system re-
gained its normal state Of repOse Is If by
. enchantmcnt. Twenty times in succession
/ young Vidal was cured o! similar attacks al
+ most in tantaneousiy. and his parents took
4 care to have I black handkerchief Of some
( description always a. hand. The patient
( was not cured, but at all events he was re-
/ licved, not only of pain, but from all the
! dire results that usually attend the progress
/ of this strange disease. The cravat used in
the above instance was silk one. l. it the
silk that produces the result: Is it the CO.
Tor. or is it both these causes acting toge-
ther? II is an easy subject for experiment,
and one that ought not to be neglected.
Ns,c York EreniHg Post.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1856-05-03

\ STRANGE CAsE.-The city marshal and
and deputy marshals Fuller and Schollick
Yesterday arrested 4 man for crime which
j. really novel in this section of the Union.
The name of prisoner is Joseph Gomez-a
ba, Der by trade. At his residence within
the vicinity of Eslava street, his wife (white
wolnan) was found chained by the ankle
The chain was some twelve or fourteen fcet
long-just sufficient to allow her TO perform
her household duties, without freedom 10 90
far into the street. 1t gave her range
enough to clean up the TO ms OF the dohiic'i
and do the cooking. The prisoner confessed
that he had adopted this means OF marital
discipline, and that he intended to keep his
wife so feitered for only three or four weeks,
in order to bring her to rational sense OF
her obligations as the head Of household.
The woman was carried to the guard house in
order that the ietters might be broken from
her ankle.
What is the most singular fact of the bu'
siness is that when she was released she was
quietly performing her domestic duties, and
when she heard of her husbands arrest she
begged that he might not be punished.-Ao
bile Tribune
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1856-05-03

ILLINOIS STATE FAIR uKvUSD>.-Dn Satur-
day last, DIR. ii. c. Johns, the able PreSi-
dent of the Illinois State Agricultural Soce
ty, in company with committee of our citi-
cens. visited the different localities around
our city, which had been mentioned as suit
able places for holding the next annual State
Fair, and after a careful examination of each
tract, and duly weighing the advantages Of
each, the decision was finally made in favor
of the ground known as part of the Hop
kins tract, Immediately north of and adjoin-
ing the northern boundary Of the city, and
Just one mile back of the river. The piece
selected comprises about thirty acres,
twelve acres of which are entirely clear of
timber, the balance being fine open grove,
with firm blue grass sod, and in point Of ma
tural beauty far surpasses, SO we are inform
ed by DR.. Johns, any piece of ground he
has ever examined with the same view.
j. \. Miller, Esq, Architect, of this ci-
ty, has been employed to lay out the
grounds in handsome style, and to draw
plans for the necessary buildings, to be sub
mitted to the Executive Committee of tho
Society for its approval Mr.. Ml!er's ac
knowledgcd skill and taste are guarantees
that in the laying out Of the grounds and the
erection of the buildings there will be much
to admire and approve.
The supply of water will be abundant,
and excellent in quality. Fine roads (pank
and pike lead directly to the grounds
| They can be rcachsd or foot from the steam
| boat landiag, the hotels and the business
part Of the city, in an easy walk Of ttteeD
/ manifestation C0urisr.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1856-05-03

STARTLING PHENoMENoN.-Mr. John PI.
ker and son were attending some fish lines OF
the river about three miles above here,
when they were surprised 10y continuous,
unusual roaring toward the middle OF the
stream. The night was without wind. Ow-
ing to the darkness, no effort was made to
ascertain the cause of this strange noise until
DAYLIGHT. when it was seen THAI whirlpool
of large extent was in active operation some
two hundred yards from the Missouri shore,
which still continues in operation, drawing
in great body of water; SO much, indeed,
that the volume of the river below is sensi-
by lessened. Dri(twood and large floating
logs go in and disappear totally. Many hun
dreds went up yesterday to see this strange
sight. Unless this immense chasm soon fills
up with water, the effect upon navigation
will be caamitous indeed, for it would seem
the bottom of the river had really fallen out.
-Squatter 1SorereigR, (Atchison, h. ~
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1856-05-03
Non.Suiting a Creditor.

There was lawyer on Cape Cod, long
time ago, the only one in those 'diggins"
then, and fer anght know, at present
He was a man we'll to do IN the world, and
what was somewhat surprising in limb of
the law, averse to incur litigation. One day
a client came to him in violent rage:
Look here, Squire" said he, "blasted
shoemaker down to Figeon Gryve has gone
and sued me for the money tor pair Of
boots owed him"
'Did the boots suit your
"Oh, yes"
"Well, then, you owe him the money ho-
nestly"
Course"
''Well, why don't you pay him."
'Why, cause the blasted snob went and
sued me, and want to keep him out OF lis
money if kin"
1T VIII cost you something"
81 don't care that. How much 90 you
want 10 20 on with 2"
"Oh, ten dollars will do"
"Is that all. Well, heres an X, 50 60
ahead" and the client went off very Wei
satisfied with tie beginning.
Our lawyer next called on the shoemaker
and asked him what he meant by instituIin4
lcsal proceedings against VI.
"Why," said hc, 81 knc" be was able tc
pay, and was d. ter mined 10 make him.
That's the long and snort Of it
Well" said tie lawyer, "he's Away
been good customer to you; think you
acted too hastily. There's triie to pay or
account OF your proceedings, bat think
you had better take those tive dollars and
call il square.
Certain, Squire, if you say 50, and glad
to get IT," was the answer.
So the lawyer forked oye- the :. and kept
tn. other In a few days his client came
along and asked him bow he got on with hi:
case
Rapidly" cried the lawyer; "we've non
suit, d him, He'll never trouble you"
Jerusalem that's great, Id rather gir
fifty dollars than had him git the money foI
them boots
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1856-05-03
One of those remarkable fluctuations. ior

One Of those remarkable fluctuations, ior
which the New York Cattle Market is ncteo,
occurred at the yards in Forty fourth street
yesterday. The average advance in prices
was equal to one and half cents pouhd
for the beef in the quarters. The regular
price of cattle of good quality OF beef lot
market retailing, was twelve cents pouhu.
The advance was not occaSioned by any
combination or management to raise prices
but simply on account of short supply
This was occasioned, in part at least, oy al
unexpected advance in the Boston market,
that sent nearly 80 per cent of the stock oe'
signed for this city from Albany eastward.
Ii this demand continues, we see no heip ior
it but that we shall be compelled to pay the
present high prices for beef all the spr'ns'
since we are dependent upon the West ,"r
our supply, and the number that can oe
brought forward weekly is limited by the
carrying activity of the railroads. The ad'
vance yesterday upon the prices of the pre-
yous week was equal to Sl5, ,O0O-probao'y
much more. We estimate the average price
| of ,GS4 bulocks sold at $s5, making si4a,
l4O for one days sale of beef cattle IN Ne"
York, and that, too, day of short supply
! ". Y Irsbune, Apr. "a.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1856-05-03

OUARREILISG NEIGHBoRs.-The physical
appearance of man sometimes changes the
current of events A case in point occurred
recently. The children of two nc'gboorihS
families had their quarvels and fights, wh'ch
resulted occasionally in bruised faces ana
torn garments. The father of one iainiiy be-
lieyinr his children to rave been sadly NAL
treated. and being a verv passionate man,
concluded that the surest way to settle the
difference between their households perma-
an,,v would be to chastise the head Of tho
other family, although, as yet, he had never
seen him. He thereupon procured raw
hide, and abruptly entering his neighbor's te-
nement, inquired in threatening tone for
the Imam of the house."
81 am here, sir" said a parsonage up,
wards of six feet, and weighing some 22o
pounds, as he approached to learn the bust
ness of his neighbor.
"Did understand you that you arc the
gentleman of the house?"
"Yes, SIR"
"Weil, I-Ijust dropped in, sir, to see u
this was your raw hide.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1856-05-03

BORROWED DREssES.-Ne have lately come
in possession of iact-an undiSputable
fact-that will solve a mystery that has long
nuzzled some of the observers and writers
mon female dresses. The puzzle has been
that women of sane mind should trail eX-
pensive silk, or other costly stuff dresses
through the dirty streets Of New York; or
that they SHOULD even have such a garment
made three or four inches too long for the
statue of the wearer. The fact that we have
learned explains all this seeming wonder
away. These dresses are not SO made for
the wearers-they were originally made for
taller women, and are borrowed. \ person
wei, skilled in such matters has aScertained
beyond the possibility of dispute, that most
of the women seen in Broadway, with cost
Iv dresses sweeping the pavement at their
| heels. have either borrowed or bought the
article second hand at an old clothes shop,
where they let out such things by the montG,
week day, or for a single promenade. AS
sum;ny as a fact no woman, vino trails a
costly dress through the street, Is the owner
Of the garment, it would be worth the while
of some lover of statistics to count the long
and short skirts, to ascertain what proper
ton of the Broadway promenaders of a
pleasant spring day are out IN borrowed
clothes.-N. Y. Tribune.