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Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1856-12-01
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A CAR D TO THE LADIES'
DR.. DUP0NC0s GOLDEN MONTHLY PILLS FOR
FEMALES.

The combination ofirgredisnts in DOCTOR DUFON-
cos g O q en- pills. are perfectly harm
less. They have been used in the private practice
OF Old Dr. Duponco for over 80 years. and thousands of
ladies' can testify their great and neverng success
in almost every in correcting usrs reev
ing painful and distressing menEtruaou particularly at
the change Of life. From five to ten Pills will cure that
common yet dreadful disease, the Whites Nearly every
lady in the land suffers from that complaint The above
PHI has permanently cured thousands and Will cure you
ifyou use them. They cannotharm youon the contrary
they remove all oh ru0ns restore its Droaer
Oh MEL and invigorate the whole system Ladies whose
health will not permit an increase OF family, will find
these Pills sure preventative, For particulars d-
rections the box Ptce Sl-and viii he sent to ladies
c7r eutiay by neil by enclosing 81 t, either oc The
following agents JAMES GREEN Druggist M Main
street GEO r. s'CER, POI Main street, or DAVID
SCOTT % Main street. Vorcestsrw is general Agent
for this city and who w also supply dealers at proprie.
et.r's prices. TUP0NCD Proprietor Few York.
For salebyC Cranlnal & Son, Danielslnyie. Conn;
Ro1ert Geer, Norwch Weeks IL Potter, Boston.
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1856-01-23
"MoRE WITHDRAW AIS We extract the
following from the Yazoo City Banner. of the

more WITHDRAWALS. we eAlfaCt 1iie
following from the Yazoo City Banner. of the
goth ult.:
Permitus through the columns of your jour-
nal to renounce our allegiance to the order OF
the ..sag nichts,'' council of which exists IN
your city, and Of which we have heretofore
been members and of good standing. There are
various reasons that prompt us to this course,
and we are actuated by none other than the
motives of patriotism and devotion to the coun-
try of our adoption; our conclusions having
been the result of deliberate and impartial IN
vestigatlon.
With one exception, the undersigned are for
eigners; many years ago we left the land OF
our nativity to seek our fortunes and home
in the western hemisphere. Since then we
have won character and name Having
earned our right of suffrage, we have enjoyed
all the privileges and immunities of native born
citizens, and have lived happy and contented
until this spirit Of prescription first manifested
itself throughout our country.
We are told that the so-styled american
party'' was pernicious in its tendencies, that
aiming at our ruin, it would deprive us of our
rights as citizens, and eventually expel us
from American soil. Wewere persuaded, with
many others, to form ourselves into an organi
cation, for mutual defense and protection-to
stay the course of this demon Of fanaticism,
who with bloody and ruthless hands was thus
striving tear down the affairs Of our faith and
religion, and carry sorrow and desolation to
our very hearth stones
Well, we joined this benevolent { p order Of
''sag NIGHTS" and what was the result? A
few weeks sufficed to open our eyes and make
US tremblingly alive to the deception and de-
graduation to which we were about to be sub
jected.
But the veil ofcupidity and duplicity was too
glazing and transparent, to conceal the hideous
features of this ghastly stMokanna."
The same spirit of prescription Of foreign
ers'' by know nothingism, we found here dis
played to an equal extent, and we saw to our
shame and modification, that we were destin-
ed to become, if possible, the willing dupes and
plant tools ofthe leaders of the order, to furth-
er their ambitious political schemes, and money
loving self ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
We promise the gentlemen of the order that
our oaths shall be preserved inyiolate, unless
we are compelled to refute the probable attacks
of the order, to yindicate our own honor
While, as foreigners, we are bitterly opposed
to "Amercanism, yet on the other hand we
cannot and will not stoop SO low as to lend
ourselves to the furtherance of the ambitious
views and grovelng designs of few old, bro
ken down political party hacks. Would to
heaven that all our fellow countrymen would
consult their interests, and give this momen-
tous sub ject that consideration which its i'm
portance requires; it would elevate them both
socially and politically, and save them many
art-burnings, frutless discussions, and
moral and political degradation.
Very respectfully,
S. P. HE1N1cKE, Z. L. SMITH,
FERD. MAYER, H. MAILER
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1856-01-23

w Those of our town subscribers who do
not receive their papers regularly, will please
send word to the Office. .
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1856-01-23

The river continues to recede, although there
is sufficient water for medium sized boats. Up
per Red Riverand all its tributaries are frozen.
The ice being thick enough toalow wagons to
cross over it. The steamers Lone Star, III. M.
Wright, Financier No. 2. R. w. Powell, Fanny
Fern, Victoria, B. E. Clark, and Linda have
arrived from N. Orleans; and the Bayou Belle,
Amanda r. me- Jones and Aida from the falls,
The Lone Star proceeded to Jefferson.
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1856-01-23

The weather moderated somewha. Saturday,
commenced raining, and finally took to snow
ing briskly. Sunday night was one of the
coolest Of the season.
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1856-01-23

A meeting has been held in Philadelphia
for the purpose Of taking into consideration
the propriety Of erecting a suitable monument
over the remains Of commodore Barry, now
deposited in the ST. Mary's burying ground in
that eitr- Com. Barry was the first captain
commissioned BY gen. Washington. A COM
mittee was appointed to receive subscriptions
and quite large amount was received at the
meeting.
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1856-01-23

The Washington Star announces that the
president has pardoned VIM. 7. Sterling, late
postmaster at SterHngville, Wis.,, who was con-
yicted of embezzement, and has been some
time in the state prison. Whata pity the coun
try went to the trouble and expense Of trying
and conyicting him.
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1856-01-23

Colonel Braxton Bragg, of "a little more
grape" renown, has resigned his commission
in the army. and retired to his plantation in
Louisiana.
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1856-01-23

New YoRK-At the last accounts, the New
York legislature was in session, and the house
OF representatives, like the United States house,
was striving to elect speaker. The demo-
cratic wire workers were endeavoring to effect
a coalition between the hards and softs, but
with very little prospect of success. The feud
between those two sections of the party seems
to be as bitter as ever. Referring to an attack
in the Albany Argus upon the hon. Dan. S.
Dickinson, the New York News, the organ of
the hards, says:
Nofriend of Mr.. Dickinson-no national dem
ocrat in the legislature out of it. will, after
this attack oflhe Argus. consider for moment
s'any proposition of union" with the softs and
freesoiers. If he does, he is gone from US
abandons us at the last moment and forever
We cannot afford TO stop to regret deserters
and recreants now, now that we are upon the
the high road of triumph. . sa=
The Cherokee nation have agreed to admit
white man to the rights of citizenship among
them, upon his making application TO one Of
the clerks of their district courts for license
to marry, and his taking an oath of allegiance
to support the constitution and laws ofthe Cher
okee nation, and not to seek legal address out
Of the nation.
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A bill has been introduced in the legislature
of Texas to add one million of dollars to the
school fund. A most noble move Also, a bill
to loan five thousand dollars to each mile of
railroad that may be built in the State by COM
panies, after they have finished fifty miles. We
doubt the wisdom Of the latter movement, but
its friends appear confident Of the passage Of
| the law
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1856-01-23

The postmaster general, in his annual report,
deprecates the denunciation by the people of
his department for mistakes, carelessness Or
neglect, instead of advising it of the wrong
committed and leaving it to apply the remedy
He appears to think it sacrilege for the people
70 find fault with Pierce's Office holders and
we suppose now wants congress to pass an
act making it penal offence to find fault with
postmasters. The people must in silence ner-
NIT themselves to be robbed by official under
strappers. During the last few months laroe
number of valuable letters have been lost in the
mail between New Orleans and this place, and
although the facts have been duly reported to
khe postmaster general, he has made use of no
exertons TO recover the letters or to discover
The mail robbers. The only satisfaction he has
afforded the sufferers, was to inform them that
The department is not responsible for money or
#aluables put in the mail; and now he tells us
indirectly that We ought not to be allowed the
privilege of deprecating the conduct and thiev-
Inc propensities Of some Of his official agents.
6$#
The cold weather has killed large numbers
Of cattle ID the lower parishes.
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1856-01-23

DISTRESSING James g. Cox for many
years citizen Of this parish, set out with his
negroes some time il December, for Western
Texas, where he had determined to locate
We learned that while crossing prairie forty
miles wide, the cold nerthers attacked his party
and eight of his negroes freze todeath, and two
of his wagons were cut up and burned as fuel
to save the lives Of himself and the balance of
his negroes Mr.. Cox was himself seriously
il. Caddo Gazette.
We are informed that the above is incorrect
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1856-01-23

HONOR OF CoMpos1roRs-Th National In
telligencer of Wednesday, in copying a state
ment from the Washington correspondent of
the North American, that the president was
having the message set up in the white house,
for fear of its getting out prematurely, says:
1.-The telegraphic correspondent of the Amer
lean is unquestionably not one of the craft.
We do the printers the justice to say that we
have never known, in our long experience, an
instance in which they have violated the con-
fdence of their vocation in regard to official or
other documents. 1t is a point of honor with
them to guard their trust; and we believe that,
so far as investigation has been made into the
delinquencies of the kind, it has been satisfac-
torily shown that other parties than the printers
have been accountable for the occasional pre-
mature disclosures that have been made of the
message and other documents. We would en-
trust them to our compositors at any time,
with an assurance that they would not be i'm
properly diyulged."
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1856-01-23

The Ohio river, on the 10th inst. was closed
by ice at Pittsburg, Cincinnati, and below Lou
isyille. AT the latter place the thermometer
stood fully six degrees below zero.
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1856-01-23

Thanks to the clerk of the splendid steamer
H. NJ. Wright, to Mr.. Shipman, of the Bayou
Belle, Mr.. Grieve, of the Financier No. 9, Mr..
Thos. Jacobs, of the Fanny Fern Mr. Murdoch,
of the Linda, and the clerks of the Victoria, B.
Z. Clark, and Amanda for files of city papers.
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1856-01-23

We have received the first number Of the
Sugar Planter, new paper published in West
Baton Rouge. 1t takes the place Of the Visa
Wis, and presents handsome appearance.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1856-07-30
I DON'T DANCE,

A plain unlettered maR, came from The
back country in the State of Alabama,
10 Tuscaloosa, and on the sabbath went
carly to church. He had been accustom-
ed TO attend meetings in school houses
and private dwellings where each one
appropriated 10 himself the first seat he
found unoccupied, he selected there a
convenient slip, and waited patiently the
assembling of the congregation. The
services commenced. Presently the mu-
sic of a full toned organ burst upon his
ear; be had never heard one before
At thesame time the gentleman who held
the slip came down the aisle with his
lady o n his arm. As he approached the
door OF the slip, he motioned for the
cOuntryman TO come out in order to give
place to the lady. This movement the
countryman did not comprehend; and
from the situation of the gentleman and
lady, associated as ii was in his mind
with The music, he Immediately conclud
ed that a cotillon, or French contra
dance, WAS intended. Rushing partly
from his seat, he said to the gentleman
who was reckoning to him: Excuse me
sir-excuse me, if you please-I don't
daaoe!r'
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1856-07-30
TAKING TOLL.

1t is summer now, but it was winter
clear and cold, and the snow was finely
packed, when DR.. Meadows was one O
a sleighing party. which he describes.
so far as be and the young Widow
Lambkin were concerned, in the words
following
The lively Widow Lambkin sat il
the same sleigh, under the same buffalo
robe with me.
"'Oh, oh 4! don't, don'tr she ex.
claimed, as we came to the first bridge.
at the same time catching me by The
arm, and turning her yelled face toward
me, while her little eyes twinkled through
the moonlight.
"'Don't what . 1 asked. I'm no.
doing any thing
"'Well but 1 thought you were go.
ing to take TOLL replied Mrs. Lambkin
"t7oH,' | rejoined; what's hat %
"'Well, l declare! cried the Widow,
her clear laugh ringing out above the
music Of the bells, you pretend you
don't know what toll isp
"'IndeedI don't, then,' 1 said, laugh
ing; pray explain, if you please
"'You never heard, then,' said the
Widow. most prOvokingly-'yOu never
heard that when We are on a sleigh-ride
The gentlemen always-thatis, sometimes
when they cross a bridge, claim a kiss,
and call it toll. But l never pay it,
81 said hat he'd never heard of it
before ; but when we came to the next
bridge l claimed toll, and the Widows
struggles TO hold the veil oyer her face
were not enough to tear it. AT last the
veil was removed, her round, rosy face
was turned directly toward mine, and in
the clear light of a frosty moon the toll
was taken, for the first time in his life,
by DR.. Meadows. Soon we came to a
long bridge, with several arches the
Widow said it was 10 use to resist a
man who would have his own way, SO
she paid the toll without a murmur.
q "'But you won't take toll for every
arch, UiH you, Doctor p the Widow said
so archly, that l could not fail TO exact
all my dues, and that was the begin
ming" But never mind The rest. The
Lambkin had the Meadows all to herself
in the spring.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1856-07-30
" UNDER o v

The latter part of the present month is
the appropriate season for turning under
most fields of clover, designed to enrich
the soil for the next wheat or rye crop.
Let no short-sighted policy tempt any
one to lessen the supply of manure by
grazing down such fields "just a little"
Let the clover attain its full growth, and
as soon as the blossoms are fairly set,
put in the plow. We have plOwed I'M
der hundreds of acres of clover, always
''fnding our money in it."
Our practice has been 10 pass a roller
sometimes a harrow bottom side up
over the grass ahead ofthe pillow, taking
care to bend down the stalks in the d.
rection in which the pillow is to rum
This tends greatly to prevent clogging
under the beam.
Our clcyered wheat fields have never
been plowed a second time. There is
no danger of turning the clover under
too deeply. As it is plowed in when
green and succulent, it will rot, no mat
ter how deep it may be, and the further
il is from the surface, the less danger
there is from any loss from evaporation.
The clover being all placed neatly and
evenly below the surface, the ground
lies at rest until a crop of weeds appear
upon the surface, when they are harrow.
ed down. When sowing time comes on,
a thorough narrowing is given, care be.
ing taken not TO disturb the underlying
clover. As soon as the surface is well
pulverized, the seed may be applied by
drill or broadcast. There is enough
clover in the earth just below the SUI
face to give the wheat plants a start,
and the roots, gradually extending
downwards, find a successive supply Of
nourishment.-N. Y. Times.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1856-07-30
for tbe farmer.
ROADS N ROAD MAKING

Lewis Bollmsn, who has charge of the
agricultural department of the Indiana
State Journal, writes some good sugges-
lions about Roads. This suggestion is
especially interesting to all farmers, and
much more ought 10 be said about it.
Let us have the Road question stirred
up before the Supervisors make their
mex annual call. Mr.. B. says:
Our Stale Board of Agriculture has
discussed this subject pretty thoroughly,
and our Legislatures have had it under
consideration every session, but yet our
roads get no better. although in every
county there are from ten to fifteen
" bodies corporate" with full powers 10
make new roads, and work old ones.
All our legislation seems TO have this
one object in view-to determine how
few days work will keep a road barely
passable. This has long since been de-
termined 10 be two days in n year
Able bodied men are duly warned once
in this annual period, "to be and ap-
pear" etc., and q large number appear
by deputy. that is, by a boy fifteen
years old, EARNED and equipped with
a hoe. Half the day is idled away, and
much of the little work done is a decided
injury.
The fact is, that government is an IN
fit agent to dc any thing. Everything
it attempts to do is either an entire fail
ure, or the cost is enormously dispropor
tionate to the good accomplished. The
State is a bird TO be plucked, or a fool
that is to be cheated.
Yet every neighborhood has an in
terest in the roads passing through it.
Why then should they not be put and
kept, the entire year, in good condition ?
Why will not each neighborhood elect
an efficient Supervisor?
Having elected such a one, let US set
him 10 work. Our roads are too wide.
No road can be kept in good condition
unless it is thrown up in the middle
From the center the water should run
off at once to the bitches. 1t ought not
to be allowed to run in the wagon rut,
cutting it into a gutter. We have never
seen n of these wide roads so thrown
up. 1t ought. therefore, to be made
just wide enough for two wagons to pass
each other.
One of the best ways 10 carry the dirt
10 the centre is, to take off the shovel
from a shovel plow, and fasten to the
pillow a heavy oak board, one foot wide
and two or two and a half feet long, bey-
eled at the lowest edge, which will be
if ironed. With this implement
and a horse, the work can be rapidly
done. No stumps should be left in the
road.
Having made it, the great difficulty is,
10 keep Il in order. This would be no
difficulty, however, if the Supervisor
would closely watch when the water is
beginning to wash a gully, or to run in
the wagon track, and Immediately call
out a hand to prevent it. A road, in this
way, might always be kept good, so far
as it is possible to do so. In wet wealth
er, in a clay soil, roads will get deep, no
WITHDRAWING viii prevent it. 1t is the
ruts and stumps which make u roads
so bad; and the course indicated would
prevent the one and eradicate the other.
And such a course would, in the end,
save a thousand per cent. of the labor
now given n our roads, Ohio Farmer,
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1856-07-30

At Belfast, Maine, or at a place not
very far distant, as a clever writer in
those parts informs US, there was recent
ly held a meeting Of the church, when
one of the members VINO had spoken for
many years OF such occasions, now rose,
and to the surprise of all, went on to say
that he was moved to confess himself a
very great sinner, and SO great did his
sins appear that he very much feared
the brethren would not be willing to
forgive him.: but be hoped they would,
and he would try and lead a better life
in time to come. Whereupon one of his
neighbors rose and said he felt it 10 be
his duty and privilege to testify 10 all Mr..
Simmons had said about being a great
sinner: SEVER since l have known him
he has been the biggest scoundrel in this
town, and l will just relate one of his
acts, and you may judge of all the ret
by that n e My sheep got into his lot
the other day, and he cornered them all
up. cut the gambril of one hind-leg and
stuck the other through it, of every one
of the whole flock. and now you may do
as you please about forgiVing such a
man, but tell you 1 never will"
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1856-07-30

NOVEL SEED PLANrER.-By Geo. A.
Meachem, of New York City.-This is
a seed planting continuance which is at
tached to the heel of ones boot, and is
so arranged, that by the act Of walking,
the grain is dropped and planted in the
ground. The seed is contained in a belt
worn around the waist. a flexible tube
conducts the seed down 10 the planting
apparatus. Farmers may hencefOrtl
dispense with their cumbersome plant.
ing machinery. To plant their crops
they will only need to slip on a pair Of
Gese magic boots, and leisurely stalE
over the soil. Horses feet may be sup
piled with shoes of the. same sort, and
tue animals become thus converted into
four-legged, self-moVing, seed planters
Verify, the march of Improvement is on.
ward = Scientific AHaeric0R.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1856-07-30
EVIDENCE OF MERIT.
- T-fou r. D.,

May 2. 1853
Ma J. A. RHoDEs-Dear Sir: The box Of medicine
you sent me was duly received on the Ilth Of April.
and 7 hand you herewith. receipt for the same
l have sold about one half of it, and so far the peopla
who have used it are satisfied that ii has cured tnem.--
Il has certainly stopped the Ague in every one who has
pssd il and SIR Of the eases were Of long standing
Nv sister, who has had it for five or ak years BACK anil
could never get it stopped, except by ouinine, ana tnat
nnIv a. long as she would take il, is now, i think, en-
tirely cured by your remedy
n Il nus continues to keep OF the Ague, as L think
it will, you may expect from 'e large orders
am, sir, yours, very truly.
c. X. McGINLT.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1856-07-30
DHODES' FEVER & AGUE CURE.

IL RNATURE'S I~NFALLIBLE SPECIFIC. Fer
the Prevention and cure Of Intermittent and Remittent
Fevers, Fever and Ague, Chills and Fever, Dumb Ague,
General Debility, Night Sweats, and all. other forms Of
disease which have a common origin in Malaria or Mi
asma.
This Is a NATURAL ANTIDo=E which viii entirely pro-
tcctan resident or traveller even in the most sicKly
or sWanpy localities, from any Ague. or Bilious di-
sease whatever, or any injury from constantly inhail-
ing Malaria or Miasma.
1t wininstaRtly check the Ague in persons who have
suffered for any length Of time, from one day to twenty
years, so that they need never have another chill, BY
continuing its use according to directions. The pa
tient at once tegiss torccOver appetite and strength,
and continues until a permanent and radical cure Is
effected. -
some NAY require more.
Dire,tiJDs printed in German French and Spanish,
accompany each bottle.
Price one dollar. Liberal discounts made 10 the
trade --
JAS. A. HOB Proprietor,
PrsVidence. R J..
Administrations, J. D. Park; Columbus, G Ro-
berts; Warren, o.. Z. A. Smith & Co. For sale BY
Medicine dealers generally.