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Se u. SHlVE
ID DESPECTFULLYi invites the attention Of
H Of the Public to his extensive assort.
meni of Cabinet Furniture and Chairs, which
he will warrant made Of good materials and
in workmaulike manner. Al his Establish.
ment, can always be found good asson.
ment OF @s.rt- ssst B
Fashionable Furnitue,
Which is equal in style and finish to that Of
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iow prices. He has Sofas of different slyIe
and prices, from s25 10 $50. Divans, Lonn-
ges, Walnut ard Mahogany Parlor chairs.
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variety of ofupholstered work, with Dressing
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cupboards, sofas, dining and breakfas, la
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chairs, is The largest in this section of the
county. He viii also keep good assort-
ment of looking-glassss with fancy gili and
common frames. He will also furnish spring
maltrasses fitted 10 any sized bedslead, which
are scperior for durability and comfort 10
any bed in use. Az
Bloomsburs, April 9th 1854. II.
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Ne WILLIAM YOUNG, N. d.
Let Eo father be ashamed the present copy
Of the Aesculapius to his child. Itmay save
him from an early grave. I,etnp young man or
woman enter into the secret obligations of mar
risd life without reading the Pocke Aesculap apius
Let no one suffer from Q hacknied Cough. Pain
in the Side restless nights. nervous feelings,
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moment without consulting the AESCULA-
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married any impeachment, read this truly useful
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sands Of unfortunate creatures from the very
jaws of death.
Amy person sending twenty five cents, on.
closed ia letter, will receive one copy ofthis
book, by mall or FIVE copies wiilbe sent for one
dollar. address, Dr.. w. Young No. /52 Spruce
street. Philadelphia Postpaid.
No i5s Spruce ST.. PhiIadeIphia.
Sep st, ls54-ly.
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YOUTH AND MANHOOD
A Vigorous Life or Pre-
IA naaft9e Dah.

KlNKELlN ON SELF-PRESERvATlON.y
Oaty ficenfy.ffye cents, or the vaiue ia post
age stamps, VIII ensuse copy Of this book,
prepaid, per return Of mail.
Persons at distance may address Dr..
KiNKELlN by ieuer, enclosing remittance,
and be cured at home.
Packages of Medicines, with plain disec-
lions, packed secure from damage or curios-
iiy, are forwarded by Mail or Express to any
part of the United States.
REMEMBER,
DR. KiNKELIN'S residences has been for
the last twenty years al The N. w. Corner OF
Third and Union Streets, Philadelphia, Pa.
July Cd, 1s56.--tf.s O. 8. 4. z \.
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HERRING'S
@ a. T m
* AGAIN THE
r.
CHAMPION!!
The only Safe which, In epsry insfaace,
PRESCRIBED The entire contents at
the late Ertensire Fires.

The only Safe ,ohich, In epsry instaace,
preserved The entire contents at
the late Ertensiue Fires.
AT THE BURNING OF THE ARTIZAN
a BUILDINGS, April 10th, and IN the great
fire in Market Street, May 1si, 1856, the gen.
uine HERRIEG SAFE preserved The JsweIry Of
George w. Simms & Bro; Books, Papers &c.
Of Fisher & Bro. and Edward Semans & Co.,
after remaining exposed in the burning ruins
for neatly Forty Hours, and proving conclu-
sively what we have always claimed for
them, ihsir great superiority over ell securi.
lies known.
m these fres, The HERRlNe,S SAFE,
standing side by sids with those advertised
Is Hwarranted 10 stand 10 per cent. more FIRE
than HeHing's, ncame forth The ackno owledg.
cd victor, not only preserving their contents
in excellent order, bnt being themselves in a
condition TO 90 through smother ordeal, while
the bcasted ssSalemandefsu Of other u,skers
were badly used up Ia every instance, and
10 some eases their entire conlsass eompletely
destroyed. 'fh
To The public we would simply saw, that.
during lhe fousseen years Of The Hsrfing's
Sale has been before them, more than two
hundred have passed through accidsntal fires
without the occurrence Of single loss.
We would, therefore, caution purchasers
against the misrepresentation Of intefssied
partIes The Herrins's Patent is The only
Fire-proof Safe made ia this city which is
protected By Patent Right and we will
guaranteed 4 10 resist more than doubie the
amount OF heat Of any other Safe now known
FARRELS & HERRING,
Sole Manufactures in this Stats Of
..Hering's Pefaf Champion safss. y
i - s@x l. $500 s<-EfTF
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M SPENCER THOMAS IMPORTER
lNs Manufacturer, and Dealer il. Drugs,
Medicines, Chemicals, Acids, Dye Stufs,
Paints, Oils, Celers, White Lead,
French. and American White Zinc, Window
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men,s, Ground Spices, Whole Spices, and all
other articles usually KEEP. BY Druggists, in
Guiding ~
Borar, Indigo, Glue. Shslzac, Potash,
Sc. Sc. SC. All orders By mail or otherwise
promptly attended TO. 80. s
COUNTRY MERCHANTS
are invited 10 call and examine our stock be
fore purchasng elsewhere.
q GOODS sent 10 any Of the Whafves OF
Rail Road Stations. Prices low and goods
warranted.
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I'm RL0OS1sBURG.
EPHRAfM ARMSTRONG

HAS taken charge Of new marble works
= = Al the corner Of Main and Market ST.,
Blocmsbuss, phers the public can be served
with
Every kfnd ofMarbIe Work.
sxsen'sd n tho best slyls eftts AT, and Il
The lowest Irving prioes.
ihankful fcf past favors, Mr.. Afmstsong
will exeenle s'l orders that may Be LEFT win
him for 4 - w
Tsnt- -stsnss, Tsnbs, Monuments,
Door and Window Sills, stsps Of marble 81
eandsiens, Mar Elles, o. any hing sise in ths
denaftnlent Of marble nnsscnFy The stock
on hand and engaged consists of ne best
ITALIAN And AMERICAN MARBLE; ;
and LETTERING will he done ia Enel;st 81
German. T.. ARMSTRONG.
Bloomsburg, Feb, 1, 1855. u
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OF LOCKHAvEN, Pa.
insnfes Detached Buildings, Stores, MeI.
chandize, Farm Property, aud other build
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DIRECTORS.
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IT. ABRAMS, Vice Pres.
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REFERENCES.
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TO AGENTS, CANVASSERS, COLPOR-
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Any person obtaining Subscribers for FHry
CoPIEs Of either Of The Two following
AMERICAN NATIONAL WOKKS,
and iemiuing the amount lless large Com.
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FIFTY DOLLARS
worth from the subjoited List of valuable
Works al the foot Of this advertisement.
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! FANCY GOODS, Of every description and
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and philadelphia for sails Il the cheap store
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agents Wanfsd. "A liberal discount allowed.
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ts
THE NATIONAL HISTORY OF THE UNI
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and Constitutional, chiefly from National
Documents. BY j. B. Lossrse and EpwIN
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For Coal, Sand, Ore, Lime, Grain, Gravel,
Gnano, Sumae, Sugar, Salt, Bone, Coffee
Spice, Drugs, Dye Sinffs, &c. Together
with an assortment of q
Bright and Annealed Iron Wire.
All Of the above sold wholesale or retail,
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sUPER-PHOSPHATE OF LIME,

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10000 bushels of same in bulk.
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per barrel, with deduction for large lots.
$4,000 bushels of same in bulk.
1000 barrels Calcined Plaster
1000 Casting s
500 Dentist !"
5000 Hydraulic Cement.
1000 g True Roman
Peruvian GuanO.
This article we offer in confidence 10 our
customers, as equal 10 any imported, and far
superior 10 most in the market.
10000 bags Of this superior Guano, for sale,
ai the lowest market rates. Also, Poudrel,e,
Mexican Gnano, Ground Charcoal, sc. &c.
FRENCH, RICHARDS & co.
AL the Steam Plaster Mills, junction York
Avenue and Callowhin Street, Philaielpha.
February Ia. 1885,
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OR, EVERY ONE HIS OWN PHYSICIAN.
H1HE EIETEITH

Eff IEIIH
Edition, with One
b u n d r Q d Engravings,
showing Diseases and Nal.
formations of the human
System in every shape and
form. To which Is added
a Treatise on the Diseases
Of Females, being Of the
highest Importance 10 mar.
ried people, or those con.
templating marriage. By
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E. T. HUBBELL,
Ticket and Freight Agent,

] ga Ticket and Freight Agent,
| N. w. corner Sixth aud Chestnut SITS.
Ga. NIcoLLs, Superintendent Philadelphia
and Reading Railroad.
| ]. kckIssocK, Superintendent Cattawissa,
Williamsport and Erie Railroad.
HENRY COFFIN, Superintendent Williams.
poTt and Elmira Railroad.
/ July 10, lS55--tf.
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Woods Ornamental Ireu Works,
RIDGE AVENUE. PEiIIADELPATA.
THE attention Of the Inhabitants Of PENN
sylyania are invited TO the extensive Manufac.
tory and Warerooms Of the subscriber, who Is
prepared to furnish at the shortest notice, iron
Railing of every description, fnr Cemeteries,
public and private buildings. also verapdshs,
Fountains, Chairs, Sestees, Lions, Dogs and
other ornamental iron works Of decorative char
scte-. Purchasers mas rely on havina all ar
tieles carefully boxed and skipped to tkeiy aes-
tinaiion. A boob Of desieas will be fusnished
70 those uishing to make selections.
{ ROBERT WOOD,
Ridge Aeenus, telop Spring Gardsa 81.
PHILADELPf1iA.
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p Agents wishing 10 engage in the good
work oi circulating these important Publica-
lions, will Please address line 10 The Pub
Usher, EDWARD WALKER, ia Fulton ST.,
and they will receive Immediate attention
with full paniculars of Commission, sc.
Address EDWARD. WALKER,
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IRON STEEL, and every kind Of Hard
McKELSY, NEAL { Co.
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0EING AN 0HIGI-
n MAI. and popular
I'featise on MAN and
WOMAN: iheir Phys
ioiogy, Functions and
Ssxusi Disorders Of
every kind, with new
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4 AZ Hon. DAVID TAGoART will deliver an
address on Thursday, October 23d, at p. M.
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SALAMANDER
SAFES:
EVANS 4 WATSON.

No. 26 South FouFlh S.,
3 PHILADELPHIA,
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PURDON's DIGEST.
A NY Justice OF the Peace wishing to pur-
f1chase a copy Of Purdon's Digest, can be
accommodated by applying. It he this
ofsee
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The EergsMixerd'S DCAaEA.

Wha, spectacle is this! What lesson
does il teach The destruction Of mans cor
poral frame, is not pleasant under any cir
cumstances. The taking down of his frail
"clay tubernacle," even when he hopes to
enter a "bnilding not made with hands," in
the upper skies, has something melancholy
in it. But when We see mortal stretched
upon his dying couch, whose life has beer,
spent in debaucheryt reveliRg, what ia
there connected with him or his, either past,
present or future, that does not present the
most horrible and forbidding aspect! Life
is gone-property wasted-churacter blast
ed--wife and children beggard-there he
lies upon his bed Of straw with parched lips,
boatcd countcna1ce and blood shot eyes.
the very personification of ruin. Tossing
upon his hard and comfortess couch painting
for breath, and calling for help, but all in
vain. Death marks him for his victim; and
now, if for q while he is relieved from
frghtfLl ghosts and demons which have
hitherto haunted his disordercd imagination;
conscience, the sleepless monitor, with
redoubed vigor assaiIs his still conscious
soul, and brings up before him every act
of his worthless life, to blast all hope-to
plunge him in deeper agony, and to hurry
his atfrighted spirit into the presence OF his
God. How loudly and bitterly does he
complain Of himself-of life of friends-
of God. He prays, but it is the angry inn
precation of doomed spirit, demanding OF
his Maker spccdier discharge. The wild
glare of his scorehed eyes--his restless
tossing--hie retching hiccough, and his deep
hollow eroan, tells US how hard it is for a
drunkard to die. The very presence of Q
once loved wife and children, kindle in his
bosom, in advance, the fires Of he'll, The
soothing voice of mercy and the plaintve
prayer Of the man of God, kneeling by his
bedside, but added fael to the already rag.
ing fame. He calls for water water
water now, ere he takes up his habitation
where zone drop" will not be allowed him;
but oh !! the cool draught only adds force 10
the devouring fire. 3 sag ca. ta4
Friends gather around to take q, s last fare.
well, and as his tremulous hand is extended
to bid them adieu. Thoughts Of the past and
of the future send whitening arrows barbed
with the poison Of death % his bursting
heart, and with one strong, pgonizing, con-
vulsive struggle, his ruined soul staggers
into the spirit-lands to Eeceiev is sentence,
'ns s5gi7ias fasala9 as5a hsai II ,Qit1
q ssaokaaoa hns essts9 Rdl rt asij VI III
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the thought that bis remains will rest uphon-
ored above the ground, unsheltered by the
repose Of a grave. .er..f.rar4 -- d.
This was but human, after all. lie be-
lieved his soul would not die. He did not
wish the aged clay which enshrined that soul
to be the object of contempt or insult after
bis death.
Now look-while the Qraker grasps his
hand, the dying man looks in his face.
"Will theyr' he murmurs in a husky
whisper, twill they give me grave"
The Quaker turns his head away. lie can.
not answer. Sill Paine clutches that hand
still repeats the question. At last, with
tears ir his eyes, with choking uttcrurce,
the Quaker gasps syllable,
"No! friend Paine-no! have been 10
them ALTO all the Christian churches
all! And all--yea, all these followers Of
Jesus--whO forgaye the thiefon the cross
all refuse thy bones gravel"
That.was crushing blow TO poor Tom
Paine. That was the last drop in the full
cup of his woe; The last lick Of bigoty
against the skull of a dying man.
He never spoke again.
AS il this last scorn Of those infdel Chris
tianS had gathered his heart ard crushed it
like vice, then the old man silently releas-
ed his hand from the grasp of the Quaker, si.
lentIy folded his arms aver his breast, droop.
ed his head slowly down, and was--DEAD!
Now look yonder, as the soul Of that oil
man goes to judgment! Look there as the
before that face OF Infinite Mercy, ard an.
swcr me:
Who would not sooner be Thomas Paine,
here, before the bar of Jesus, with all his
virtues and errors about him, than one of
the misguided bigo;s who refused his bones
a grave? ''
Think CT the charity which Jesus preach
ed be fore yen answer. ..-
And as we quote the terrible truth OF those
words. which | found written in an old vol.
ume, in the dim cloistcrs of the Franklin
Library: :r. a.s. .. Er. -...
ale has no.name. The country for which
he labored and suffered knows him net. His
ashes rest in foreign land. A Trough, grass
grown mound, from which the bones have
been purloined, is all that remains on the
Continent Of America, to tell of the Hero,
the Stutesman, the Friend of Mani"
| say, as we quote the terrible truth Of
these words, let US go yonder to that. desert
ed spot, near New Rochelle. Let us bend
over that deserted mound, covered with rank
grass, read the inscription on that rough
stone, and then, while the unbeliever is with
his God, into whose awful councils no bigot-
ry or hate can enter--let US remember that
this simple monument is the only memorial
on the Continent of America, Of that Author
Hero, who first stood out os the prophet of
our rights, the compatriot of Jefferson, the
friend of Washington, the author of "Com-
mon Sense" poor Tom Paine! ..s as
Remember, then, that tho hand which
moudered to dust beneath this stone, was
the first to write these words: arsc
"THE FREE AND INDEPENDENT STATES OF
AMERICA"
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St(istttlantolrs,
g'Ele Author of the Star SpanglCd
B.lNMcP.

Robert Carter g. Brothers, of New York,
have just published neat edition of the po-
ems Of Francis S. Key, Esq, the gifted au-
thor of the Star Spangled Banner. Most of
jovmcnt of them has been hitherto cenined d
to the narrow circle of his family and survi-
wing personal friends. They are preceded
by letter from Chief Justice Taney, who
is brother,n law of Mr.. Key, detailing he
circumstances originating and attending the
composition Of the most famous of his pieces,
the Star, Spanged Banner. The letter we
give at length:
A@ WASHINGTON, 1856.
nv Dear Sir:-I promised some time age
70 give you an account of. the incidents in
the lie of Mr. F. S. Key, which led him to
write the "StarSpurgled Banner" and Of
the circumstances under which il was writ.
ten. The song has become national one,
und will, think, from its great merit, con.
tinue to be 50, especially in Maryland; and
everything that conccrs its author must be a
matter of interest to his children and de
scendants. And | proceed to fulfil my
promise with the more pleasure, because
while the song shows his genius and taste
us poet, the incidents connected with it,
and circumstances under which it was writ.
ten, will show his character and worth as q
man. The scene he describes, and the warm
spirit of patriotism which breathes in the
song, were not the offspring Of mere fancy
or poetic imagination. He describes what
he actually saw. And he tells us what he
felt while witnessing the conflict, and what
he felt when the battle was over, and the
victory won by his countrymen. Every
word came warm from his heart, and fol
that reason, even more than his poetica
merit, It never fails to find response in thu
hearts Of those who listen to it.
You will remember that in 1914, wher
the song was written, resided in Frederick
and Mr.. Key in Georgetown, d. G. Yol
will also recollect that soon after the Brit
ish troops retired from, from Washington,
squadron Of the enemy's ships made thei
way up the Potomac, and appeared befor'
Alexandra, which was compelled to capitu
late, and the squadron remained there SOM
days, plundering the town Of tobacco, an