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sick bed, have sufficient clearness of intellect
left to adjust entangled affairs, provide for
the contingencies If trade, or even direct
wisely the distribution of their estates. =
Death usually comes rapidly in the shape Of
q short disease, leaving time for nothing but
hopeless struggle with the enemy. Or it
comes SO insi.liously as to beguile the vic
tim and his friends, up to the last hour,
with the hope of recovery, or at least Of
months Of prolonged life. Me,i dread sud-
den death, and pray to lie delivered from ID.
forgetting that, to most Of us, death is al
ways sudden, coming, rs the Scripture truly
says, "l;ke thief in the night" 1t is not
for its physical pain that lnen should fear
death, but lest it should ovcrtake them ere
they have "set their house in order" To
be leaving family unprovided for, or 10
have put off arrangements for settling up
ones atfnirs. is the real pang of the dying
hour.--Fhilddtlphia Ledger.
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many Of them devoted no little share Of tliei,
time to that purpose. They found him
ready, willing and studious. He lost not a
moment Of his precious time, but applied
himself diligently, pcrseveringly to his stu.
dies. and soon became an equal if not su.
perior to some OF his instructors.
His advancement was very rapid so great
was 1t that numbers were unable 10 reccp-
nice in the gifted and talented young man,
the once poor and needy boot black
About this time there was great chanoe
IN the religion of England. There arose a
sect, which from the peculiar habits of lis
members, their strict observance of the Sab.
bath, their faithful reading of Gods word,
and their frequent and stated engagements
in prayer, was called Methodists. With
this party George Immediately connected
himself, and soon became one of its ablest
and most consistent members. The youths
who once sought his company, now treated
him with sneering contempt.
Those who once considered him Young
man Of extraordinary abilities, then consid.
cred him a reckless fanatic, and avoided his
society as they would have a worthless
drunkard. All this did not move him. He
was rs firm as rock. Nothing could
change him. Like Moses, he preferred
little OF Christian consistency TO the enjoy.
mcnt of SIN for a season. Ills unchaptyinp
conduct won for him many warm and ar.
Ient admirers, and numbers who formerly
branded him rs fanatic, became his best
friends. ] have not time, children TO say
much more concerning the character of this
interesting young man. 1t will be sufficient
to add, that he soon became one Of the
most pious and talented preachers in Eng.
land, and such numbers hocked to hear him
that the largest house in London could not
contain them.
He preached in the open fields to thous-
ands upon thousands, and the great amount
Of good which he did, eternity shall tell
Dear boys, do not mind the sneers Of your
companions. Do your duty, let the conse.
quences be what they may. BE industrious,
energetic. Don't mind difficulties. They
only make your arm stronger, and your
heart braver. If this poor boy could arise
from the lowly position of a boot black to
that of one of the most pious and eloquent
preachers England ever produced, cannot
/, Oil 60 aud do likewisei' You have no
idea what you can do ill you try. Energy
combined with earnest prayer will accom-
pliJh the most difficult task e
Boys would you like 10 know the name
Of the boy who blacked the boots of the
students at Oxford University II j.
GEORGE WnITFIELD.
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Hiisfrllaufaus Rraaiug.
Ihs 8ooi 3 Iack.
M PHILLIP BARRETT.

Amour hundred years ago, there lived
IN the city Of Oxford, England, boy whose
name was George. He was very poor, so
much thst he was compelled to clean the
boots Of The students at the University to
obtain money with which TO buy The neces-
sasies Of Life. His countenance was one of
no ordinasy appearance. HE eye was keen
and piercing bic forehead noble aad lofty !;
and every feature Of his face was perfectly
developed. BY his easy and polite manners,
his obliging disposition, and his warm and
generous nature, he soon won the confidence
and estsena Of many Of those upon whom he
waited. Th3 poverty Of his clothing served
him better 70 show the richness Of mind
which only needed cultivation TO make Il
ons Il he brightest In the whole country.
The students o. the University seeing sach
nob)s qualities IN their lowly and humble
bod BACK, determined to educate bin, and
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PhysicaI Pain Of Death.

A paragraph is going the rounds the pa.
pers giving the opinion of Lord Bacon and
others, that the pain Of hanging is inconsid.
cradle. Ii is asserted, for example, that af.
Ter II momentary feeling Of suiIocation, bright
colnss dance before the eyes and suetch n
way into iistas VI inlcscribab!e loyeliness.
There is no reason to doubt the truth of this
declaration, because numerous instances
have occurred Of persons being cut down be
fore life was extinct and it was on the au-
thority Of well authenticated examples cf
this character that Lord Bacon and others
founded their opinion. Moreover, hanging,
ia its effect to the human organism, prodn-
ces results very similar to those produced by
some natural diseases, so that this also af.
fords criterion for judging. In cases of
drowning likewise, the testimony is univer-
sal that The physical pain, up 10 the moment
"f CONSEQUENCES oeing lost, 10 quite incon.
siderable. The same phenomena Of inotes,
stais and beautiful lights dancing before the
eyes, has often been mentioned by individu,
als restored after apparent death by drown
ing.
1t is nearly certain-indeed, rs certain as
anything chiefly speculative can be-tliat in
all deaths the physical suffering is small
Even wheie invalids experience the most
excruciatiug agony during the progress Of
the disease, nature comes to their relief at
the last hour, ard life goes out gently, like
candle in its socket. Those who have
witnessed death beds most frequently, espe
cially IL they have been intelligent persons
and therefore capable Of judging, agree gen
orally In considering the physical pain ol
death ms inconsiderable. They say that the
convuIsise motions, which frequently attend
the parting breath, are not evidences of suf
fering, for that tho invalid is insensible.--
They say, also, that, when the senses are ie
tanned, there Is usually no such spasm. A
leading medical authority states that scarce
| ly one person in fly is sensible at the point
Of death and some physicians assert tha
they have never seen n death-bed in which
the patient was sensible. As life fails, ma
ture, il would seem, benefciently interposes
deadening the sensiblity Of the nerves, ant
otherwise preparing the individual for Oh,
greet and inevitable change.
/ These facts should teach all men, Will
| yet in health, aio put their houses in order
Many father, by neglecting 70 make
will, or keep bic business always arranged
mas left his family sn inkeritancc cf litiga
1 Iton, or entailed on them the soserest iesses
Few are those, comparatively, who, on !
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5elrrtra 15uetry.
Nigaf Musings.
pr U. SINCLAIR bird.

My heart Is strangely sad to night;
Tears How into my eyes;
The thoughts that struggle into light
Turn into heavy sighs.
feel asthough my heart would speak
With some heart still in death,
And there comes warm upon my cheek
Some de ones dying breath.
The last! last words that over came
Through the lips cold and white
A snatch Of song Ia prayer---a name
Come to my car tonight.
Trembling with awe silent tread
The hours all dark with death,
And sobLing lean upon the bed,
And .wnicl, the failing breath.
Gu this sweet spot ] drop tear:
Svft voices cheer the gloom:
Two loving brothers sluInber here
Two brothers in one tomb
Their whole life like an open book
The heart sits down and reads;
The lsngnage is the laugh--the look:
IL siglls, it weeps, il bleeds!.
II needs not words: it scorns the word (:
It looks on life tlrough death:
Al
The holy air must not be stirred =
No! not cen by breath!
Leaves rustic sohiy on my ear:
see the branches wave:
A lovely ribbon tree grows here,
And beauties this grave.
Il sprang from death that once was lie. :
Thou ait SACRED tree!
For the dear dust ofa young wife
W And mother nourished thee:
I look, the mothers bosom heayes
With sorrow for her dead:
The star lie dew upon thy leaves
Seem tears that mother shed.
And dust a. precious ard as fair
Now sleep benes,h thy shade:
A father and his son sleep here
Here sweet babe was laid.
Deaths shadow darkens every door;
And even now hear
The death wing sweep across some floor
I shake with sudden fear!
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The Ifaitof obef.
By WASHINGTON IRVING.

During the siege of Damascus, De
rar was appointed to patrol round the
city and the camp with two thousand
horse. AS q party of these was one
night going the rounds near tho walls,
they heard the distant neighing of a
horse, and. looking narrowly around,
deserted a horsernan coming stealthily
from the gate Keisaa. Hating in a
shadowy place, they waited until he
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Mrs. PaftingtcR on Sur
prise Parties.

"THEY'RE all very WELL surprise parties
are" said Mrs. Darlington, laying her knit
Ting work in her lap and putting her specs
up on the Ioof Of her cap, where they stood
like two lutheran windows with southern
prosp.ct. They've all very well where
folks are prepared for 'em-wherc they have
the sandwiches and cold ham all cut and
dried, with the lemonade in the goblins, and
the coffee in the tureen all ready to be turn
ed out but where they come like an army,
hungry rs bears and hypotheneusos and
ready 10 eat one up, with no provisions
made or cooked for 'en, heaven help us it
&c &c irving. People may smile as much rs
they may and say they are dreadful glad to
see 'em and all that, but my opinion is that
they would be glad to zee 'em good way
off at the time. But when they carry things
with 'em, as they do 10 ministers, and sur
prise 'em with donations of doughnots and
silver plates, that Is a different natter
When our minister lost monev in railroad
shears that cut him of short, his parish gin
hin surprise party, aud helped him along
surprisingly. They are good when they're
managed like that" She stopped as beam
Of reelected sunshine came into her eyes
with binding force, filing her will, surprise
as the sun lay BY the west, but could she
have seen the SLY look which Ike bore, on
the opposite corner, as lie thrust piece Of
looking. glass into his pocket, she would
have no longer wondered. That boy was
evidently a party to her surprise.
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A BEAUTIFUL superstition prevails among
tho Seneca tribe Of IGdians. When an In
dian maiden dies, they imprison young
bird until it first begins TO try its powers Of
song. and then loading it with kisses and
caresses, they loose It's bonds over the grave,
in the belief that il will not fold Its wings
nor close its eyes until Il has flown TO the
spirit land and delivered its precious burden
10 the loved and lost. 1t is not unfrequent
TO see twenty or thirty birds let loose over
one grave.
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@ Few are so wise as to prefer
useful rerroof to treacl erous pr,tisc.
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@. o. OOTlGAN,

I'm %. xyGODaiAN. WHOLESALE DRUGGIST,
TO Jarvis oodaan corner 81 Common md
Magazine Streets New oreas Importer and Dealer in choice
DRUGS SELECTED MEDICINES, PURE CHEMICALS,
OILS Medicinal Extracts Fine Perfnnery and
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MEETs, DRUGGISTS, GLASSWARE BRUSHES, French
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Druggists Physcians Country Merchants and Planters who
purchase Medicines Of best quality may rey upon being suited
Orders promptly attended to. 4sss al -,iE
~ DIRECT IMPORTATION FROM EUROPE.
Receiving drectfro England France and Ger
many large assortment Of DIR UGs CHEMICALS, GLASS.
WARE, PERFUMERY, BRUSHES. etc. Among which are
- 1900 boxes French Window. Glass assorted Sizes
100 lbs Conrad's Hydriodate Potash. "a
1900 ounces Pelletier Fl. Quinipe ~
$50 lbs Mauders English Blue Mass
100 lba Mander's English Calomel.
80 jars Carbonate Ammonia.
cases Carb. Magnesa. 55&&r $50
10 Calcned Masnese !" g9EaE
FROM THE BEST AMERICAN MANUFACTURERS. /,
1000 ounces of Qninne, Power L Weigbtman.
80 ounces sulphae Of Morphine.
e7 10 ounces Acetate Morphine 't Il
30 ounces Strychnine
100 lbs Am. II. s. Calonel, | bot
200 lbs Am. II. s. Calomel, in Is lb boxes.
30 kegs ref. Salt Petre.
l. rs dozen Chloride Soda. ar 1&" 'a
100 lbs Nitric Acid.
10 demiohns Aqua Ammonia. -
~ deinjohns Sweet Spirits Nitre5
10 bsp pure Nitrate Silver sticks
lbs pure Nitrate Silver, crystals. ~,
10 bbs Alum 81 a.
bbS Ground Alum N@.
POWDERED DRUGS ..-s. ~
warrant all POWDERED DRUGS sold by me az stric
having been selected personally their crude state
and powdered for my sales. Among which are
200 lbs Powdered Ipecac. I%-
$50 lbs Powdered India Rhubarb
150 lbs Powdered Cantharides
800 lbs best Powdered Bird Cayenne
/ $50 lbs Powdered Gum Arabic
1000 lbs Powdered Cream Tartar n.
200 lbs Powdered Tartaric Acid u
20 lbs Powdered Extract Colocynth. MJ=
PAINTS, OILS AND WINDOW GLASS.
10000 lbs Pure White Lead.
10000 lbs MOL White Zinc Paint Am ,S1=.s ."
200 lbs French Snow White Zinc '."-
90 casks French Yellow Ocfre W"
bbls Copal Varnis1. .g"r.. 49,.
bbls White Dnnar Varrsh, Vs.. H&
,IN bbls Japan Varnish. ..... rs
bbls Coach yarnsh. ... N"#. IL
600 gallons Spirits Turpenine ..-..
50a gallons English Lnseed Oil. .. .... .@
30 casks English Venetian Red ~
GO bbls Lamp Black
100 boxes American Window Glass assorted sizes from
Shy 10to24by3o. N'@
Gao 100 kegs Yellow Ochre, In oil, 1890
100 kegs Venetian Red, in oil. +. .a=,%.
AL OF which viii be sold at the lowest market rates.
o. o. WO0DNAN, New Orleans, La. and
ie12 5mdaW O. o. WooDMAN CO., yicksburg, Miss,
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nR. BILLINGS CARM1NATIVE AND AS
- TR1EGENT SYRUP-An InfaElble Remedy for CHOL-
ERA INFAETUMOR SUMNER COMPLAINT OF Chill
DREN, CHOLERA MoRBUs, DIARRHEA, or ANY IR.
IRREGULARITIES OF THE BOWELS-The long and sue
cessfn experience the Of this remedy the inventor
in the treatment Of all the diseases for which it is
mended together with the highly respectable testimony which
numbers bear to its efficacy in the of the Bowel affect
tons of Children Darrhea Cholera Morbus and Dysentey
ente it to higher confidence than if
of the ordinary hbng medicines of the day which pro-
fess perform miracles all life. charac
has been fully established in the physicians the
highest character the following letter gentleman now
are5denr Of Lockhar Texas. will show:
"DELTA, Coahoma Coy Miss, May 81 lS47.
o. o. Woodman, Esq Dear S-There but very few of
the nostrums offered to the public to which would be will
ling to lend the sanction of pame however humble IT may
be- either in the world Of letters Of medicine Observation
and experience however have forced upon the conviction
that Billings Carmnatiye and Astringent Syrup is very
valuable compound prepared upon scientific prncpes-pe
feey in harmony with the laws Of organic e-and therefore,
deserves although its ingredients kept secret rank higher
in the scale of remedial agents than It
pleasure be able without the fear OF successful contradict
tion add testimony in favor of its efficiency
pleasant remedy in all the forms bowel complaints which
it recommended have used myself in several very
eres.ng chronic of Dirhea and Dysenery
mend It in many others and every instance where such
preparation indicated, ii proved successful.
Respectfully yours --. 10
DIM. PORTER, NJ. D.
For sale, wholesale and retail by
o. O. wooDMAN,
corner Common and Magazine streets,
jel2 5md&W New Orleans. La.
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THE GREAT COUGH REMEDY-CHERRY
EXPECT0RANT-Thc following original letter hand
ed to publication Aremedy which elicit such
Galveston, Texas, April Is, 1856.
DR.. o. O. Woodman New Orleans:
My Dear SiI justice you and adnty owe TO suffering
and may say world Of coughing people, state what your
invaluable Cough Remedy-your Cherry Expectorant
done for me- when all other remedies had failed give any
relief In the fall of 1877 living in st. Louis where have re-
sided most of the time for the last axteen years. took
cold which settled my lungs and confined my bed
and dosed and bsterd doctors for several weeks but finally
got legs again. By not cured of my hard coughing and
rafting and tickling my throat which continued necessarily
for than six months always the worst in the winter My
friends insisted had coughe enough to kill dozen
and that must be in the last stages of consumption
made up my mind Unjust cough my life away. left ST. Louis
in December last to travel and spend the winter in the South
When Tcalled at your in yicksburg You will recoect
coughing hard could not talk to make my business
known You said you would cough AS you gave
bottle of your Cherry Expecoran thought would not
slight you aud your medicine SO much as not to try and in
thanlness shall remember the day did So In but
few days began aay and diminish cough and all
ling in my throat and before had used than three
fnrhs Of the contents of that bottle was entirely cured and
for weeks did raise cough though exposed day
night in all weathers in travelling. However, in March, while
travelling in North Carolina took cold and my cough
Ing commenced again. and also the tickling my throat
tervas and before arrival in New Orleans the 18th nst
on some nights coughing would commence and continue
an hour two procured another bottle YOU and
in less than days1 entirely relieved again am now
determined to always keep bottle on hand and in the
mencng Of cough very few small doses will relieve
lirely. fully satisfied is the best Cough Remedy
now known to the world and duty cough
ing afflicted part of the human family put so valuable
remedy within the reach of ALL Its praise will upon the
tongues of tens of thousands of joyful and coughess happy
souls So great remedy your Expecorant should brought
before the public.
am, dear sir, respectfully yonrs
RI. WOODWARD,
iei2 5md&W of St. Louis Mo-
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zeal NOTICES.

STATE or LOUISIANA. "a ut
FIFTH DISTRICT coUET As KEoNE -. MS cREpI
oTfGE St' IL hereby given to fias credi-
nsoyenf and other persons herein interes
ted to show case within days from the first publication
hereof why presented tle syndc Of the
dors Of said nsoYe should not 10 approved and pni1o
gated funds distributed accordingly and said syndic dis
charged from a further rst md liabilities in the premises.
BY order Of Court this 4tl day Of September, 1856.
S5s5 Az 58y ~ W. # ~ Deputy Clerk.
& #e Fiat DE LA LOUISIANA.
CfSauiENE CoUR DIsTRTcr THOMAS KRONE We. III s
de Ia Nouyele. Orleans. $CREAECIERSsf Mo- 1G,456
VI A Wis est par ces presentes ADnne aux cream
In du ssd usovhble ct tontes antrcs personnes que
celia peut concerner davo dednire dix os dater
de premiere publication d present avis les rnisons pour
quees compile final preene e syndc des ceanclers %
susd insolyabe ser aroye ct honologue Les
entire mains repats cooement dit COMPETE ct e dit
j. o.7CHALoN,.
Sd a- .,..s- nepuie Grefier.
SUGGESTIONS FJOI1 NWALFkER-ALLPE PER
" having claims against said succession are requested 70
present the same and those indebted 10 said deceased are re-
quested to make payment 70 the undersigned: .l-
- e CATHERINE .. WALKER,
au2l 3tin20d Administrative 40 Where street.
SUCCESSION DE JOHN EVALKEH-TO s
~ les ud succession sont prize de presenter leur
complies ct ous cenx m doivent decide John Walker
r' CATHERINE L. WALKER,
ANIL 3in20d Villere No. 40
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EXPORTS.

SISA-Bnrk Forence-S2S2 sacks born 80 ties lard 5000
lumber.
B0STON-Bark Delphos-345 bales cotton, 1890 bbls Hour
3l2 do rosin 5000 saves.
BRAZOs sANTIAGo-Schr Mnna sch1er-435 hbls -four
IA bbs m 40 bales tobacco 10 boxes sugar. 900 specie S
pkgs mdse.
TAMPA BAY-Schr Jane Elizabetl-209 bbs -four, 10 do
whisky 1000 sacks OATS 600 do corn 1888 pkgs sundre
PENSACOLA-Schr Damond-20 casks bacon, do rice, S
hds 70 bbs moasses $50 sacks 80 oats ~ bales
oakum, 50 hbls flour, 30 do pork, 10 do whisky.
HUNTS MILLS-Schr West Florda-1OOO Ore Bricks 200
sacks corn, 80 bbls four 30 do pork. 10 bags coffee
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137ooDMAN's EXTRACT OF JAMAICA

SITOODNlAN'S EXTRACT OF JAMAICA
GINGER-such is the intimate connection between the
stomach and the SYSTEM that the health of one depends
very much upon the the other and medicine which ia
grateful and beneficial the stomach has the effect restoring
the system its natural tone and vgor owing
these circumstances the EXTRACT OF GINGER will be
found excellent remedy for Nervous and Sick Headache for
Sea Sickness Nausea etc. etc. The great advantage of the
Fluid Extract Essence of Jamaica Ginger is that in
concentrated form, contains all the active principles without
any Of the matter which makes it much agreeable
to the stomach
Dyspepc who troubled with nausea distress Of
the stomach after eag owing the weakness of the dges
tive organs will find this preparation invaluable it usually
affords immediate relief and far eicacous than brandy
the stomach producing permanent relief, without tho
injurious consequences which result from alcoholic stimuan
During The prevalence Of the choler8 it found of the
benefit for preventing weakness and relaxation the
bowels, which produce diarrhea
drops umbler of water, with sugar syrup form
heahu and delightful beverage this Extract couneractng
the bad effects of the cold water.
WOODLANDS EXTRACT OF JAMAICA GINGER
is deliberately prepared from carefully selected articles the
best quality.
CAuTIosPersons desiring article that be relied upon
prepared solely from PURE JAMAICA GINGER should be par
cuar ask for Woodmans Extract of Jamaica Gngern
which is warranted to be exactly what is represented.
O. O. WOODMAN corner Of Magazine and Common Streets
Wholesale Agent, New Orleans. jel2 5md&W