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Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1856-03-12

IN sr0RE. a5Uo barrels MEXICAN GUANo, T
n ~ 49, 800 bags CHILEAN GUANO.
Imported and for sale IN lois suit purchasers. by
f4a'th3A ft4 Il y. BUiLiNG. H4t taf
a8~-fr No. l0I North front street, Philadelphia
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FILES AND .RASPS.

RECtT and made equal to NEW, al No. 81 NEW
Street, bstween Race and Vine. Philadelphia.
s1, PRICE OF RECRUITING PER DOZEN:
Inches. Fiat Bast'd. Half Rod Inches. Three
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TO Farmers and Dealers il
Grain, Flour and Other
rOhHCa


The undersigned, having purchased the 'arge
and commodious Warehouse Immediately oppo
site the Philadelphia, Wilmington aud Talti-
more Depot, on the corner of Broad and Prime
Sts., Philadelphia, will give the best attention
to Consignments of Grain or other Produce for
warded to him by Railroad, for Sale on COM
mission, or to be stored.
Produce consigned to him will not be subject
to the expense of hauling the Cars necessarily
incurred, when sent to Houses more distant
from the Depot, as the Cars pass Immediately
into the Warehouse. Choice Superine, Extra
and FANNY Flour constantly on hand, and Cor
sale, wholesale and retail.
Orders from the Country promptly attended
TO VIM. Fl. GILPIN,
Commission Merchant,
s. w. Cor. Broad & Prime
and 95 N. Water ST., Phila.
o. Grain Bags on hand and for sale, con-
stantly. mar 5.
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PLOW-CASTINCS,

Basket-Stuff Wanted.
THE subscriber will pay $40 per card for
Young WHITE OAK Timber for making Bas-
kets. Persons having such Timber for sale
will confer a favor by informing him of the
fact personally or by letter.
JOHN f. MOUNT,
feb 1885, Smyrna, Del.
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Truss and Surgical Bandage Manufacturers.
No. 81 North NINTH street, Philada.

NO. % NOFui NlNlH ERECT, InllauQ.
VANIIORN'S Patent CHEST EXPANDER and
SHOULDER BRACE. prevents and cures STOPPING
Of the Shoulders. Contraction and Weakness Of the
Chest, in adults and chIlen of both They are
light and elastic. and do not interfere with any style Of
DRESS and can be worn with both and comfort
Bv wearing the Expender elegance OF figure is OBJ
tanned, and dsea OF pulmonary character prevent
ed For children .%he growing, they invaluable.
The Genilrman's Brace also answers the purpose of
The best constructed suspenders. Measure required
around the chest aud waist. Prce: Adult SO Chill
dren $3.50. Lady IA attendance 10 wait on females
Wv. YANIlORN u co,
Surgical Bundago Manufacturers,
No. 81 North NINTH ST., hilada.
e., w. VANHORN'S Improved Elastic UTERG
ABDOMINAL SUPPORTER, for Pruapsus Uteri or
Failing of the Womb This instrument is light and
Elastic and is made wiIhG at the steel strings, which
objectionable on arcnnt OF their chatting The hips.
Sc, making them very unpleasant 10 They arc
constructed sound sursrnl principles. and arc
hg NV recommended By the Medical Faculty. LADIES'
Rooms, with lady attendants.
c. W. VANHoRN y CO..
81 North NINTH Street. beuw Arch Philadelphia
SUPERIOR FRENCH TRuSSEs, This article,
from its extreme naaiDe,s aud lghiess weiahng oDy
three and tie successful treatment the
difficult oil HERNIA, has Tor il the highest
praise from physicians bth this country and Europe
over the heavy clumsy Truss heretofore worn for Rup.
tTusses State which side Is afflicted, and give size
c.. vANHoRN & CO..
Importers aud Manufacturers Of TruSses,
80 North Ninth street. Philade lphia
or We alro manufacture FRUSSES Of all descrip
ton from inlanl so ndnlt in size Instruments
for Curvature of the Spine, Cluhfuot Weak Ankle.
in children. bow Legs, Suspensury Banagcs. uud aso
tured for diseases that lequs mechanical aid for hei
relief. June g. en-
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p OF Are you Afflicted with the FEVER and
AGUEf 1T so. Use Palcthorp's Certain Cure
6J-No Cure, NO pay.-[r0 IL can be had only
M JAMES r. hOFFECkERS Drug Store,
No. lCommercial Row, Smyrna, Del.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-03-19
Saturday Night.

What blessed things Saturday Nights
are, and what would the world do without
them! Those breathing moments in the
tramping march of life; those little twi-
lights in the broad and garish glaze cf noon,
when yesterdays look beautiful through the
shadows, and faces :" changed Dong ago
smile sweetly again in the hush; when one
remembers q the old folks at home" and
the old fashioned fire, and the old arm chair,
and the little brother that died. and the
little sister that was g translated"
Saturday NIGHTS make peopse baOloa
set their hearts to beating softly, as they
used to do, before the world turned them
into ward-rums, and Jared them to pieces
with tatoos
The ledger closes with a clash; IRON
doored vaults come 10 with bang; up 90
the shutters with will cink goes tie
key in the lock. 1t is Saturday Night,
and business breathes free again. Home
ward no ! The door that has been aiar all
the week gently closes behind him, The
world is shut out Shut in, rather Here
are its treasures after all, and not in the
vault, and not in the-save the record in
the old family Bible book-and not in the
Bank
May be you are bachelor, frosty and
forty. Then, poor fellow! Saturday Night
is nothing to you, just as you are nothing
to anybody. Get wife, b!ue-eyed or
black-eycd, but above all true eyed--get i
little home, no matter how little, and a
little sofa, just to hold two, or two-and-a-
half, and then get the two, or the two-anl-
half in it, of Saturday Night, and then
read this paragraph by the light of y3ur
wife's eyes and thank God and take cour-
age.
The dim aud dusty shops are swept; the
hammer is thrown down, the apron j. dnf-
fed, and Labor hastens with a ligat step
homeward bound
Saturday Night" freely nurmurs the
languishing, as she turns wcarily upon
her couch, and is there another to
GOMEZ
" Saturday Night, at last" whispers
the Weepcr above the dying, and it is
Sunday to-morrow, and-to morrow
Tribune.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-03-19

Macdonough Trident, and with the other
drove her Macomb bayonet deep in the heart
of the enemy. jackson then hurled his
New Orleans thunder upon him, until, on the
cloud, that, at first frowned SO darkly, shone
the rainbow of victory and peace.
To the survivors now present, of these gal
lant men, who, in this last ordeal, suffered,
We, on this auspicious day, yield cur yener-
ation., Warmly should we cherish them,
especially now, that their stars are sinking
in the horizon. The Congress of the United
States has rendered, them partial justice /; the
Legislature of our State. should complete it,
and so grant absolution to a sacred debt.
ln conel1sien, let us eli Profit by thalts-
sons. of this day and our past history
Should another appeal ever be made to the
God of Battles, let our actions be worthy oi
those who have preceded US. A country
such as ours, is eminently entitled to the best
efforts of her sons. Athens had her Par.
thenon, and Rome her Triumphal Arches
but our Arches are the deeds of our sires
and our Parthenon the glorious Union they
have bequeathed us. May that Union exist
till the stars of eternity break through times
last twilight.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-03-19

and was lying insensible upon the pavement)
that poor fellow had just ventured too far,
and is now under the influence of the infec-
ted atmosphere that surrounds this deadly
upas.' The dye is cast, and his life, his
property, his reputation, and his soul will
doubtless pay the forfeit. You may, if you
choose. peep through the window and exam
inc the tree for yourself but you must by no
means enter the threshold, as you would in
hale the air and reap the direful conse-
quenees.'
| tremblingly obeyed, and oh what aspec-
table smote upon my astonished vision =
There were persons in all the stages of in
inebriation from the moderate drinker
slipping his social glass of wine, the brawl-
ing politician presenting the tempting bait
to his unsuspecting victim, the fast young
man, who only indulges in his occasional
gentlemany sprees,' down to the base sot
uttering blasphemous imprecatons against
the very name of his Maker. My young
eyes refused to gaze upon the appalling scene,
and turned away with an exclamation Of
horror.
Well may you shudder, my boy said my
uncle Oscar, it is enough to make the stout
est heart quake and tremble. Yes, Harry
that is the deadly upas to which / alluded
and let me warn you to shun it as youwoulc
the gasping crater of the burning volcano, OF
the fearful vortex of the yawning maelstrom
Elm Cottage, Va.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-03-19

TERRIBLE MIsTAKE.-Dr. VIM. P.
Richardson, of New Kent county, Va,
charges vaccine agent in that State
with having furnished genuine vaccine
matter to him, in consequence of
which eighty persons who had been
vaccinated in that county with it are
\ now sick with the small pox, and some
of the cases very critical. The sub
ect is now before the Legislature.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-03-19

THE GIRL THAT NEVER ToLD LEA
little girl once came into the house and told
her mother something which was very i'm
probable. Those who were sitting in the
room with her mother did not believe her,
for they did not know the character Of the
little girl. But the mother replied at once /:
81 have no doubt that il is true, for never
knew my little daughter to tell lie.'' Is
there not something noble in having such a
character as this? Must not the little girl
have felt happy in the consciousness Of pos
sessing her mothers entire confidence? Oh,
how different must have been her feelings from
those whose word cannot be believed ,and who
is regarded by every one with suspicion
Shame, shame on tAe child who has moi
magnanimity enough to tell the truth.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-03-19

HARD OF HEARING.-A young John
athan once courtcd the daughter cf an old
man who lived down east, and who profess.
ed to be deficient in hearing, but, forscoth,
was more capacious than limited in lis
hearing, as the sequel viii show.
1t was stormy night in the Ides of
March, if mistake not, when lightning
and loud peals of thunder answered thun-
der, and Johnathan sat by the old mans
freside, discussing with the old lady, (bis
intended mother-in-law,) on the expediency
of asking the old mans permission to mar
ry Sal. Johnathan resolved to pop it to the
old man next day. Night passed, and on
the dawn of another day the old man was
found 10 his barn lot feeding his pigs, and
resolved to ask him for Sal
Scarce had minute elapsed, after
Johuathan made his resolution, ere he bid
the old man good morning Now John
athan's heart beat How he scratched his
head, and ever and anon gave birth to
pensive yawn. Johnathan declared that
he would as lief take 'thirty-nine stripes
as to ask the old man but, said he aloud
to himself however, here goes it-a faint
heart never won a fair girl and addressed
the old man thus -
say, old man, [ want to marry your
daughter
would loan it to yeu, Jonathan, but my
son has taken it and gone off to the MILL
Jonathan putting his mouth close to
the old mans ear, and speaking in deaf
ening tone, I've got five hundred pounds
of money
Old man, stepping back, as if greatly
alarmed, aud exclaiming in voice of sur
prise You have got FIVE hundred pounds
Of honey, Johnathan? Why, ii is more
than all the neighborhood has use forl'
Johnathan, not yet the victim Of dcs-
pair, and putting his mouth to the ola
mans ear, bawled out, I've got gold /"
So have /, and il is the worst COLI |
ever had in all my life SO saying, he
sneezed 'wash-up.'
BY this time the old lady came uP, and
Observing JoLnathan's unfortunate luck,
she put her mouth to the old mans ear,
and screamed like wounded va hoo
Daddy, say daddy, you don't under
stand he wants to marry eur daughter
Il told him our calf halter was gone
'Why daddy, you don't understand
he's got gold-he's rich
He's got cold, and the itch, eh !
What he doing here with the itch, ch 2
So saying, the man aimed blow at poo
Jonathan's head with bis cane, but happil,
for Jonathan, he lodged it, nor did tn
rage of the old man stop at this, but will
angry countenance he made after iona
than, who took to his heels. Nor did iona
than's luck stop here. He had not got IA
from the old man, who run him clos
race, before Jonathan stumped his toe an
fell to the ground. Before his pursue
could fetch up, he stumbled over Jonatha
and fell sprawling isto mud hole.
Jonathan sprung to lis feet, and wit
the speed of John Gilpin cleared himsel
; Poor Sal died nun, and never had a hu:
band.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-03-19

ORIGIN OF A CURRENT ADAGE.-Our
readers have all heard the saying that Mine
tailors make man." Possibly, however,
some of them would like to know the origin
Of the saying. Here it is;
'In l742 an orphan beggar-boy applied
for aims at a taior's shop in which nine
iourneymen were employed. His forlorn
but intelligent appearance touched the hearts
Of the benevolent tailors, Who gave him 6
shilling each. With this capital the young
hero purchased fruit, which be retailed at /;
profit. From this beginning, by industr,
and perseverance, he rose to distinction ant
usefulness. When his carriage was built, b.
caused 10 be painted on the panel, min
tailors made me man.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-03-19

A STORY WITH A MoRAL.-Donrb bell rings,
the Rev. Mr. introduced to the family
room, where three children are busily engaged
at play in the corner Of tie room, the mother
diligently engaged in sewing. She rises TO
meet the" minister" and salutes him, while
he with IUrry, cOfui Fyp.tutv 5~s~5
''Good morning Mis-, are you well te-
day" And dignifedly takes seat.
Aftera moments pause, he says, in the same
unbending manner:
Il trust madam, that you have been well
since | saw you last?"
"Thank you, sir, quite Nell.'
A brief pause.
4 hope your family have been in health p
"Well, I thank you, aside from the ordinary
sickness of children
Another pause.
Il trust that you have found consolation
and rejoicing since my last visit" etc.
And thus past away some ten or ffleer
minutes, the children all the while having sns
pended their play, with kind Of indescri q
BILE fear, which children can look, gancine
wonderfully at mother.
Rising to depart, with his unrelaxed digui
ty, the clergyman said: q leave my blessing'
with you and your family, Mis-, ant
will bid you good morning"
Hardly had the door closed when LITTLE
boy of four years ran towards his mother
and cllnging tightly TO her dress, raised hi
eyes inquiringly, and with the simple ear
nestness Of child, said:
Mamma, mamma, was dat Dod?"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-03-19

ROUTE AGENT.-The Postmaster
General has appointed Mr.. Henry c.
Hewlett, of Petersburg, Va, an addi-
tional route agent on the great South
ern mail line between Richmond, Va.
and Weldon, N. c., Salary $1,000 a
year.
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For the Spirit of the Age.
FAMILIAR CHEMICAL LETTERS.

RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED TO MISS LAURA MURPHY.
CONCLUDED.
We now proceed to investigate that more
abundant and well known form of carbon,
charcoal. This substance is obtainedi in abun-
dance by the destructive distilation of va
rious organic products, and its characters
and properties vary with its source. 1t may
be prepared by heating pieces of wood in "a
close vessel or In a crucible covered with
sand to redness, and keeping them in that
state for about an hour or till all volatile mat
ter are expelled. Charcoal is black, insolu-
BILE, inodorous, insipid brittle substance, ac-
cording to Davy, it is translucent when in
thin flaments. 1t is an excellent conductor
Of electricity but bad conductor of heat
Its Sp. CIR. as estimated by Regnault, Du-
long and Petit is OPS. 1t is capable of de-
stroying the smell and taste of variety
Of vegetable and animal substances and OF
abstracting certain substances dissolved in
fluids. The use of charring piles intended
to be driven in the ground of adding it to
port wine, with a view of making it tawny,
depends upon the above properties but its
most important application of this kind is in
the sugar refinery for decolering and clarity
ing the impure syrups obtained from the raw
sugar. Besides having these properties, we
hnd that newly made charcoal has the pro-
perty of absorbing certain quantities of the
different gases, thus volal.,e Of >oharoo~l
absorbs 80 of ammonia, IS of hydrochloric
acid 65 of sui ulphurous acid, and IS Of car
bonic acid, and so on, through number o.
other gases. Besides wood and animal char
COAL we have also coal gas charcoal. This
singular form of charcoal is found in Goa
gas retorts, and in the exit pipes connected
with them resulting from the decomposition
of the first products of the distillaton O
coal. 1t has gray color and is generally o
laminated texture its streak is black ant
it breaks with an earthly fracture; its Sp
CIR. is about l.8. All these forms Of carbon
are conductors Of electricity. Weagain turl
our attention to mineral carbon, and in thi
class we find besides diamonds already no
ticed, pIumbago graphite or black lead, ant
anthracite, mineral charcoal, or glance coal
The first of these substances, plumbago o
graphite, is of an iron gray color metalli
lustre and soft and greasy to the touch, it
Sp. CIR. varies from l9 to 2.3 1t conduct
electricity, is infusible and very difficult c
combustion, and is an excellent ingredien
in cfucibles and melting pots intended
withstand high temperatures. The followin
are the results Of an analysis of a sample {
this mineral by the author. The specime
was obtained from Bustletown in Pennsy
vania:
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-03-19
An Affecting Incident.

An affecting occurrence took place some
time ago in seaboard town in England
Six little children got into boat on the
beach, and mischievous boy showed it
off. The boat drifted away to the sea be-
fore the children were missing. Terrible
was the agony Of the mothers when they
knew it A number of men went off in all
directions every boat was on the lookout
until far in the night. Daylight returned,
and still there were no tidings from the
helpless children the day wore away, and
still nothing was heard from thcm--they
were either lost in the wide expanse of the
ocean, or buried within its unfathomable
depths. A Plymouth fisherman, fishing
early next morning, discovered something
floating in the distance. He bore down to
it, and discovered it to be boat, and in the
bottom six children, all huddled together
like nest of birds, fast asleep-God hav-
ing mercifully given them that blessed So
lace after day of terror and despair He
took them aboard, and feasted them with
bread and cheese, and gladdened their de-
spairing little hearts with the promise OF
IuCu l)ciNeCu llTCo aQO
four in the afternoon, the fisherman was
seen in the of6ng, the boat astern. All
eyes were turned eagerly towards him.
The best spy glass. in the town was rubbed
again and again, and at last they could
fairly see that it was the identical boat
The news flew through the town-the
mothers came frantic to the beach, for there
were no children discerned in the boat
none to be seen in the sloop. Intense
was the agony of suspense, and all alike
shared it with the parents. At last tile
boat came in, and the word went round
They are all safe;' and many stout-heart.
ed men burst into tears, women shriekcd
for joy, and became almost frantic with
their insupportable happiness. 1t was, in
deed, memorable day; and prayer, elo
quent for its rough sincerity, was offered
up to Almighty God, who, in His infinite
mercy, had spared these innocent children
from the perils and terrors of the sea during
that fearful night. Five of these childre1
were under five years of age, and the sixth
but nine years old.
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1000

This analysis cannot be taken as gener-
al one, as we frequently find many plumba-
goes having as much as 20 per cent. of iron
and other appreciable quantities of copper.
Anthracite, this species ofmineral charcoal
very much resembles common coal in ap-
peaIance, but is difficult of combustion and
burns without flame, smell or smoke and
leaves very little ash. It's Sp. CIR. is IA. 1t
is composed almost wholly Of carbon with a
small and variable proportion of iron silica
and alumina. In Pennsylvania, the anthra-
cite coal formation has been traced through
a tract many miles in width and extending
across the two entire counties Of Luscerne and
Scuylkill. At Mauch Chunk, upon the
Lehigh, 800 men were employed so far back
as 1925, in digging this coal, and in that
year, 10000 bushels were dispatched tc
Philadelphia. 1t is worked at these mines
with very little cost or labor being situated
on hills from 800 to GOO above the level o.
the neighboring rivers and canals, and exist
ing in nearly horizontal beds of from Is tt
40 #. in thickness covered by only few fee
of gravelly loan. Such are the principa
varieties of carbon the diamond appears t
be this element in its purest state, for
burns almost entirely away without leavin
residue, and affords scarcely appreciabl
traces Of foreign matter the other forms 9
carbon, on the contrary, contain traces {
oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen and mental 0
their oxides. In article XIV, carbon j
combination with oxygen will be treated 0
TJGNITE
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