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The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1856-10-10

556scsples, and leave political black
guardism to those who are at home in It's
indulgence. nr s'''
The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1856-10-10

At McGregor, Iowa, on Monday morning
6, w. l.. PETERsoy, aged about So. 81 b.
The deceased was stranger among US, !
only been here few weeks. We have i
but little In relation TO his history, but an
munication from his friends, addressed tf
Miller, Esq, of McGregor, will be respop
He had worked at the Carpenter and Join
ness until a fen days before his death his
being very Agief. He was kind, inof
we'll informed honest man, and uniycrs
spected by those who had uadsIais acqu
1t is supposed he has a son near st. Charl
Republican aid Intelligence please CO
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co NJ N E r C | A l..
M Gregor Markets.
Times Office, Oct. 10,

. Our time has been too much oc
ahis week 70 give the attention
aubJect its Importance demands
give only a few quotations..
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1856-10-29

Bile salts. II is an alkaline base, and is ex-
tracted principally from the Strychnos nur
vomica. The tree from which it is obtained
is Of moderate size. and grows in several
parts of the East Indies and the island of
Ccylon. Its fruit are large orange olore,l
berries. the pulp of which is the favorite of
many birds. The seeds contain the deadly
poison. They are fiat and round, about an
inch in diameter, and grey in color. These
seeds were used as a medicine, and as a poi.
son, by the iIndoos, long before they were
known in Europe. Many Of the natives of
Hindostan often use it as people use opium.
They commence with taking the eighth of a
nut day, and gradually increase their allow
ance to an entire nut, which would be about
twenty grains. II they eat it directly before
or after food, no unpleasant effects are pro.
duced; but il they neglect this precaution,
spasms are the result.
The bark Of the tree is also poisonous, and
from its resemblance to AugustaTa or Gus.
paria bark, a tonic medicine imported from
South America. caused great deal of alarm
and excitement in Germany, in the early
part of this century, by being mixed with that
bark. No sure antidotc has been discovered
for this poison, but some chemists have at
tanned to great skill in detecting it, when adj.
ininistered as poison. The following is DR..
Thompson's method Of detecting the one-thou-
sandth part Of grain:
Having placed drop of strong sulphuric
acid on piece of glass, add to it small
quantity Of the suspected substance, and stir
the whole together, SO as to favor solution; then
sprinkle over the mixture a little powdered
bichromate ofpotash, and gently move glass
rod through the fluid. II fstrychnia be pres
Ient, violet color Of considerable beauty will
be almost Immediately produced, which, after
a few minutes, will fade into reddish yellow,
but may be renewed by the addition of more
bichromate, so long as any strychnine remains
undestroyed in the mixture. In this way the
tlousandth part of grain of that alkaloid
may be made to yield very decisive indica-
tioa. The points to be noticed are that
sulphuric acid alone produces no apparentef-
feet, and that the action begins at once round
each particle Of the bichromate, so that if
the glass be held in a vertical position.
streams of violet coofed fluid may be seen
to flow from each particle and fiat this time
The whole be slowly stirred, the entire bulk
Of the fluid will speedily assume the same
Characteristic tint.
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Tur POISON sTRycuNINE.

This drug, which has lately become so no.
torious for destroying the lives or human
beings, Is Il most deadly organic poison. A
dug has been killed with The sixth part Of a
grain Of il, and human being with less.
When introduced into the stomach il acts
with fearful energy, causing lock- jaw imme.
diatcly, yinlcnt spasms and death in a few
minutes. Il is odprless, but 50 intensely
bitter as to be perecptiblc to the taste when
one part Is diluted in million parts Of water.
The composition Of strychnine is carbon ~,
hydrogen 81 .oSygen4, uitrcgcn2 equivalents.
~ \. .'-ta.t.Ea s.st r4a#ts .If..kts : 4
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SIMEON AND WESLEY.


SIMEON AND WESLEY.
The following occurrence is narrated by
Dobbin, in reference to an interview between
Simeon and John Wesley:
Three or four years alter Simeon, whose
name has since become sacred in the annals
Of the Church Of Christ, was ordained, this
young minister had an opportunity OF con-
yersing with the founder Of Armnian Meth
odism; wishing to improve the opportunity
to the utmost, he began to question him
thus:
Sir, understand you are called an Ar
minan NOW am sometimes called Gals
whist, and therefore, suppose, we are 70 draw
daggers. But, before we begin 10 combat,
with yeur permission, will ask you few
questions, not from impertinent curiosity,
but for real instruction. Pray, sir, do you
feel yourself deprayed creature-so de-
PRAYED that you would never have thought
uf turning unto God il God had not putitin-
TO your heart !"
" Yes" said the veteran, I" do, indeed"
"..And do you utterly despairo recommen-
ding yourself to God by anything list you
cau do, and look for salvation solely 'irough
the blood and righteousness Of Christf
Yes, solely through Christ"
I" But, sir, surprising you were FIRST saved
by Christ, are YOU not some how or other TO
save yourself afterwards, by your good works:
mo; must be saved by Chrlst from first
tolast"
Allowing, then, that you were first turned
by the grace of God, are you not in some
way or other, to keep yourself BY your own
4 noVypr -
"Nn."
What, then, are you TO be upheld every
hour and every moment by God, as much as
an infant in its mothers arms:"
1 Yes altogether"
And i al your hope in the grace anil
mercy of God 70 preserve you unto his hca.
yeny kingdom y
/ Yes; have no hope but in him."
" Then, sir. with your leave, | will put up
il my dagger again Tor this is my Calyinism;
this is my election, ms Justification, my f.
nal perseverance. Its, in substance, what
] | hold, and as hold il aud therefore. II yOa
please. instead ut searching out terms and
i phrases II be grouatl II contention between
u.. We will cordially unite ID those things
wherein We agree"
A SENSIBLE MaS.-rhe lion. John VI.
/ Bolts, in declining toaecept challenge from
4. A. Pryor, Esq, to tight duel, makes the
following sensible remarksa
Your life could not b. tle value ofapip's
point % me, aud am sure | should derive
~ comfort from making ,onr,Sile widow Or
I your children lltherless --ticrcsDrs | have
no desire to take It; whilst NV own life is
] not only Of value TO me, but indispensable 10
j the support aud happiness or nv family.
anI hope 60 be useful to iny country
j therefore am not disposed 1, place itat your
disposal" BIii,ao,s Sm.
A I,rrSns AyEraN DUELrisr.--ln the city
uf Busn0s Aytrs. u. Dgcio MaariiIa. mem-
ber of one uf the first aud weaithiest families,
aud nephew Of the ExDictatOr Rosa, recently
challenged st. Marmal, another " iirst Ilmi.
j "" man, TO fight duel. For this crime be
has been sentenced TO three years bdnishs
ment from the province, aud al the end Of that
period will unly be allowed 10 return upon
giving bonds 81 100000 current money not
IT, renew w. challenge. Duellisls don't lind'
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w A N T E d I,

"A GENTLEMAN and Lady. Of Classical attain.
= menls, 10 take charge VI Red Mountain Female
Aeademy, al its next session, to commence abon, the
10th Of January.
All communications addressed to the subscriber will
be promptly attended TO-.
GEO. w. JONES, Sec'y.
Red Mountain, Augu.t %, 1856. 54-3m
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REAPIxs MACHINES vs.. HAND LAB,R.-The
English .9g. Gdseffe calculates that il mann.
iacturers could only distribute 10000 reapers
belore another harvest, il would be equiya.
lent to more than letting loose all England's
standing arms on The grain fields ol Great
Britain. And it further remarks" Had
we such means at our command this year. we
should not now have had TO complain OF one.
half our crop being five days IN the rain.
Surprising these machines to have been .
week at work, 5On,000 acres would have
yielded 100000 quarters of grain, worth
more both IN mnncy aud as food, by much
more than the value ur the machine, than il
now will prove to be. And the ground would
have been cleared fortnight earlier than il
will for autumn cultivation and the sources
Of employment which energetic agriculture
furnishes"
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ten, when they looked at their child after
wards, the parents gave thanks to God.
1t was he who made the mother dream and
awake just at the right minute, and made the
tiger hold the baby by the clothes so as not
to hurt it, and the man fire so as to shoot the
tiger and not the child. But now goodnight
my dear lite girls ; and before you go to bed,
pray to God to keep you safe, as my friend
did that night in the tent.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1856-10-29
From the St. Louis Republican.
DISSOLVE THE UNION |!

Dissolve the Union! Who would part
The chain that binds us heart to heartl
Each link was forged by sainted sires
Amid the Revolutions fires;
And cooled-oh, where so rich food,
In Warren's and in Snmter's blood.
Dissolve the Union! De like France
When "Terror' reared her bloody lance,
And Man became distractions child,
And woman, in her passions wild,
Danced in the liie-blood of her Queen,
Beside the dreadful guillotine
Dissolve the Union Roll away
The Spangled Flag Of Glory's day;
Blot out the history Of the brave,
And desecrate each Patriots grave;
And then, above the wreck Of years
Quaf an eternity Of tears.
Dissolve the Union! Can il be
That they who speak such words are free
Great God! Did any die to save
Such sordid wretches from the grave
When breast TO breast, and brand to brand,
Our patriot fathers freed the land
Dissolve the Union! Ho! Forbear!
The sword Of Damocles is there;
Cut but the hair and earth shall know,
A daker, deadlier tale of wo,
Than Hst'y's crimson page has told,
Since Nero's car in bleod e'er rolled,
Dissolve the. Union Speak, ye hills,
Ye everlasting mountains cry:
Shrek out, ye streams and minglng rills,
Aud ocean roar in agony:
Dead Heroes leap. from Glory's sol
And shield the manor ofyour God
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From The Boston CuItivator.
PROTECTION OF SHEEP.

The increase in the growth Of sheep, and
their aptitude to iatten, when fed in sht j
in an open yard, is extraordinary and yet
the principle is one which we all acknowl-
edge, namely, every thing that eats, if il has
plenty Of food, warm shelter, and nothing 10
do, must increase: but | have discovered,
by repeated experiments, that such animals
not only increase more rapidly in their con.
dition and weight, than those exposed to the
open air, but also that they consume much
smaller quantity OF food, less by at least one
third, while. their increase is third greater
in weight.
Al the beginning Of the season for fatting
built shed TO contain eighty Lambs, cover.
ing the floor with few plank sthinkins thi,
better than to give them straw 10 lie on, fol
when wet, this Is apt to give them The
foot rot. brought in my sheep at Christ
mas, and found that before the end Of twl
days they did not eat so much as when they
were in the field, By the proportion Of tire,
to five, for while abroad, they cat fifty basket.
full Of turnips, but, confined to the yard
they ate only thirty baskets day. therefor,
I their Improvement was in the inverse rati.
Of their cost in food !; vet such great progres
did they make, that one would have though
they were eating fifty baskets day Will,
shut up, and thirty while in the field. CAV,
them small quantity Of oil cake with thei
turnips, and the size which they attainet
was so great. that at thitieen' months old,
sold them for dollars aud 50 cents apiece
without their wool. calculate that turnips
pulled and brought 70 the sheep in the sheds
will 20 twice as far as when consumed b,
them in the field. s. w. CHlLDERS.
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CARRIERS SPANISH MIXTURE.
The Great Purifier Of the Blood
THE REST AFTER ATIyE KNOWN ~

M -.
Inc ureat Further OF the Blood
THE BEST AFTER ATIyE KNOWNti
Nof n part;,ie ~ Mere,ry :; /,
An nfaIIibe remedy far Seconds K;no's ~, Rhe,u,a
,sm. Obstinate Moons Ernnons pnols. :, pos'
tules on The Face. Blotcbes. Rolls Agre anil "a.
YER. Chronic Sore Eves R;nowo,m >, Ts,.r
scald.heaJ Enla,gemen, mi ain of ,hs
Bones and Joints. SAN Rheum Sinh.
born Ulcers. syphili,ie Disorders
and ali diseases arisino roman
in;uJr;o,s n.e r. Me,.u,v
Imorudence n III or
impurity Of Blood
This great alternative Medicine and Purifier of r,s
Blood Is now used by Thousands of grateful na,sn,s
from all pars Of tbe Jnied s,aes ,bo ,es,if ds;i -
the remarkable cures performed BY The greaest all
medicines, "CARTER's SPANISH MIxTUREn
Neuralgia, Rheumatism, scrofula, Erupiions on the
SKIN Liver Disease Feyers, Ulcers, Old Sores, Affection
o. the Kidneys Diseases Of the Throat, Female Com
painls Pains and Aching o. the Bones and Joints, are
speedily put to flight by using this inesmabe remedy.
FOR all diseases Of the Blood nothing has yet been
found 10 compare with It, Il cleanses the system Of all
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1856-10-29

Obtaining such unlocked for success with
the Chinese sugar-cane, ! concluded to try
our common corn. From "new ground,
planted byS one stalk to hill, a week
beyond the roasting-ear stage. selected 80
stalks:
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1856-10-29
10 the Farmers Of Orange, Alamance,
Chatham and Wake.


VvHE undersigned havu formed copartnership for
= the purpose Of buying WHEAT. They will al
ways give the highest Norfolk and Petersburg prices
deduciing freight and other expenses They viii pay
the cash on delivery Of the Wheat at the Railroad
To carry out efectually their purpose one OF the
firm will be athe warehouse Of each Of The following
named places. every week. on the days specified:
MorrisviIle, on Friday,
Durham's, on Wednesday,
Hillsborough, on Tuesday,
Mebane's, on "Wednesday,
Graham, on Thursday.
BY this arrangement the farmers will receive al home
what their wheat would them In market, without
the risk and trouble Of transportation.
The undersigned also offer their services as CON.
MISSION MERCHANTS 10 buy Groceries. They
have made arrangements by which they win be enabled
20 furnish their customers with Groceries a an advsnce
of only three per cent wholesale prices They have
conlnodicus warehouse Al Chapel Hi for the conye-
neuce Of The afmers Of the neghbOring country where
some one will be 10 attendance oil times. All COM
munieslions should be addressed 10 us at Chape Hi
T.. MALLETT,
w. l.. SAUNDERS.
May 5. 35-6m
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LONG & CAIN

LONG & CAIN
HAVE jnst received. and offer for sale, large vari
Al ely Of Perfumery. &c, Of the best quality, among
which the following:
Cologne, Toilet Vinegar, Lavendar Water, Vefbena,
Gersnsum and Bay Water.
Fine Extracts, Bazin & Iar. Balaamic Eau De BOtoi,
nson, fine Tooth Wash,
Chlorine Tooth Wash. Paste fcr the Teeth,
Eau Luslfaie very 6ne ar Lyons Kaiharion.
iiele Tor the Hair, Hillief's Excelsior furni.
Lip Salsc. tore Polish,
Fancy Soaps, TriPoi Polish,
shaving soaps, PhIoccmes.
Cold Cream, Pomade Divine,
Egyptian Hair Dye.
Fsncy Letter 4 Note Paper, Pocket Inkstands,
Envelopes, Steel Pens,
Letter aud Fool4cap Paper Ink.
Backgammon Boards, Work Boxes,
Writing Desks, Cahas,
Pon Monies, Baskets, &e. &c.
November 90. 62-
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Rates per acre Of sirup, 46s gallons.
FORREST Eighth Of an Acre.
Yield Of juice from $3.50 canes, l79 gals.
srup from l79 gals. juice, 43t
Rate per acre of sirup, 3i6
Wight of 80 selected canes, 495 lbs
juice pressed out, 25a
crushed cane, 23
Loss in crushing, 2
Weight Of crushed cane dried in sun, 81
Obtaining such unlocked for success with
the Chinese sugar-cane, | concluded to try
our common corn. From "new ground
planted 5 by 8, one stalk to hill, a week
beyond the roasting-ear stage, selected 80
stalks:
Weight of 30 stalks, 35a lbs.
juice, ISL
crushed stalks, l93
loss in crushing, lb.
Yield Of sirup, ii pts.
The sirup was Of peculiar disagreeable
taste. entirely unfit for table use.
The following tests were made at the mill
BY DIR. Robt. Battey, of Rome, (Ga.) grad
uate OF the Philadelphia College of Phar.
macy:
Specific gravity ofjuice, LOSS
sirup, 1855
New Orleans srup 1921
Thermometer applied 10 sirup re
juice, 7Oo
Saccharomeier, 25!o
The juice should be placed in the boilers
Immediately on being pressed out, and then
boiled slowly until the green scum ceases to
rise ;sthen stir in a teaspoon full of air. slack
ed lime to five gallons of juice; continue
skiaming and boiling until the sirup thick
ems and hangs down in fakes on the rim of
the dipper. have made the clearest sirup
by simply boiling and skimming, without
lime or other CHARTERS but the lime is re-
quisite to neutralize portion Of the acid in
the juice. The true proportion must be de-
termined by wel-conducted experiments.
The cost of making the srup in upper
Georgia, in my opinion, will not exceed ten
to fifteen cents per gallon This | shall be
able TO test another season BY planting and
working up fifty acres Of the cane.
am satisfied that this plant will enable
every farmer and planter in the Southern
States to make at home all The sirup required
for family use, and believe that our che
ms;s will soon teach US how to convert the
sirup into sugar for export, as one of the
staples of our favored rlime.
RICHARD PETERS.
Atlanta, Ga, September &c, 1856.
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Baf Eigaih ef an Acre.

Weld of iur. n 3als canes $50 gallons.
yicldclsuns from gsS,. ',-so '.cc5si :tllcas.
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Ynlnnble pronerly for Snle.

rE,IE subscriber offers fof sale the which
Il nc now resides. Il l. desirable situation. one
mile from south Lowell Aeademy, Is healthy any in
Orange. The Land is IL good state of cultivation,
well adopted to Corn, Wheat and Tobacco. On The
Land Is good Gtanery and Tobacco Barns besides
every other out house necessary with large and con.
venicnt Dwelling. we'll arranged ior boardeis. II has on
Il also valuable Apple Orchard Persons wishing
20 purchase will DO well 10 call on the Subscriber aud
view the premises The terms will be made aceommods.
ting.
February 26. af--
Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1856-10-18

Address o. j. WOOD co, S16 Broadway, N. Y,
and liza Market street, 81. Louis Me-
For sale in Washington, by CHARLES ST0TT 4
CO., and by all Druggists. ian s-f
Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1856-10-18
STOVES, CRATES, &c.
"HE subscriber begs leave to inform

il his numerous patrons and the public general
ly OF Washington, Georgetown, and surrounding
stock OF STOVES, CRATES, RANGES, and HOT
AIR FURNACES ever before offered in this market,
to which we ask examination, feeling assured that
for durability of castings, economy in consumption
of fuel beauty of design, and simplicity of construc-
ton, they not equalled. ~
Having personally selected this stock from the
most celebrated Northern and Eastern foundres
with single eye to the USE, not the SALE of the ar
hce, customers can rely upon fair dealings and fair
prices in all cases.
name in part ..@
Chilson's Hot-Air and Ventilatng Furnace.
HAYWARD Bartlett & Co Is Portable Pot Furnace.
A. 8. Motifs "Invincible' Tubular Oven Range.
M. Ponds Union Double Oven Range.
Beebe's Range.
Improved Latrobe, Feinour, Hot-Air Parlor, and
GasBurner Stove, for heating the room in which 10
is set and the room above, very beautiful ornament
for the parlor, taking up room, and consuming no
more fuel than common radiator.
"Invincible" Cooking Stove, Tubular Oven, for
coal or wood; which for durability of castings, econ
omy in consumption of fuel and the superior manner
in which it performs its duties is the very best cook
ing stove extant. ask examination of my list
of references and letters of recommendation,
bering five hundred residents of this city, who have
this unsurpassed stove in use.
|. New World Cook, pretty pattern and excellent
operator.
Blue Ridge, heavy article and good baker.
Victor Cook, fat top, for coal wood, beautiful
pattern, and heavy; new cook, manufactured in
Troy, New York, just received.
Morning Star, for coal wood, with summer ar
rangement in hearth, and roaster behind
Light street Complete STAR for coal or wood, with
out summer arrangement in hearth, very heavy.
Victor Complete Cook Cooks Favorite, Kitchen
Companion, Planter, Emporium, Fanny Forester,
and number Of other patterns Of cook stoves
Parlor, cook, and dining room stoves.
Chamber stoves, open and close fronts, in thirty
different styles.
Hall and Office Cannons, oil sizes and qualities.
Russia Sheet and Cast-iron Radiators, &c. for par
lors, all patterns.
Parlor and Chamber Crates, from the very best
manufacturers in New York. Builders will do we'll
to examine this department.
Together with general assortment of all requi-
sites for the kitchen and dining room.
All goods delivered free of charge to any part of
the District at my risk.
Tin and sheet-iron work made to order by compe-
tent workmen.
Old accounts will be settled before opening new
ones. -
Terms positively cash, unless otherwise agreed
upon at the time Of sale.
Ny store will be kept open until ten o'clock, p. NJ
for the special accommodation of those who cannot
make it convenient to call during the day. where the
same assiduous attention will be paid in giving all
information required.
JAMES SKIRVING,
Washington Stove Depot
No. 267, 8. e. corner Penn. av and 18th sts
sep l7--1m