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UNICORN MILLS. .t...
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MAMIE AGTskRK.

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THE subscribers would respectfully inform
their friends and the public. that they are now
manufacturing, on larger scale than usual,
every variety of their well known CAssIMEREs,
embracing beautiful fine Wave and other Cas-
simeres, equal to any manufactured in this
country together with all kinds heretofore manu-
factured by them. Possessing the advantages
of superior water-power, the latest improve
ments in machinery, and the personal attention
of those brought up in the best manufactures
of England, enables them to offer better and
cheaper article than can be obtained elsewhere.
Also, Flannels in variety, Stocking Yarn, Roll
Carding, &c. -
$4,000 pounds of WOOL WANTED, for
which the highest market price will be allowed.
Wool left at any of the Stores in Smyrna,
either for exchanging or Carding into Rolls
will be taken, carded and returned in week oI
ten days. - .,,,,o ...,,
'55a MALLALIEU g. BROTHER, 80
Unicorn Mills, @. Anne's CO., near Milllngton
may21-5m. Md:
N. B.-The above firm has no connection
with any other establishment in the, country.
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Peruvian GuanO.

LNXPERIENCE has taught the Farmer that the only
II reliable Fertilizer Is the Peruvian Government,
GuanO. >. tt'i
TINHE subscriber, Sole Agent in Philadelphia for
L. the sale Of Peruvian Guano, has now on hand a
large stock Of Pure PERUVIAN GUANO. which he
will sell at the lowest Cash price, IN lots 10 suit either
sales or farmers ~ !
.....: s. ]. CHRISTIAN, q
:, Sole Agent Tor Philadelphia.
No. 4s North Wharses, and 81 North Wafer street.
ug20-3m. ~
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= gI.sags,LyAMSoN,

~ IIAYDOCK & FlDLER. No. IL South Second
va. II street. Philadelphia. Dealers IN Watches @
sNss,A Jewery and Silverware, have on hand Sqoooo
,yorth Of the very best nss oo
Gold Levers iull iesyelled, l8 carat cases. $25OO
Gold Hunting Case, full jewelled levers @ SO W
Gold Lepne Watches. ..t.s %oo0 o00
Silver Levers, full jewelled, :OOo
Silver Hunting Case, full jeweled, lo'U
Silver Lepine Watches, , eOo
And some sill cheaper than the above, and large
assortment OF Jewery of every description hne ailo
cbean and as good assortment o Silver and silver
nIaIad ware as can be found in Philadelphia, all o
which we will sell low. Persons wishing TO purchase
anv article in our line will do we'll To give lls call
and examine 0u5 stock before purchasLg elsewhere
rs ou1 motto Is "a sell quick aud cheap" n. B-RC
membef. No - South Second street, Philadelphia
nov 7, '5J-l ' -.
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GIRO LAR.
MOUNT YER NJ o NJ
No. 90 North Second Street,
PHILADELPHIA.

u" NO, yO NOrLn DtCUHU OIItttY
.- PlilEAUELPdlA.
49,. THE undersigned having leased the anove
fFiI L we'll known House, which has been
kHiiI Renovated and Re modelled throughout, pre-
-xxN senlng beautiful Iron Front, highly orna,
tnantaI aud la line Architectural taste not surpassed
by any in tho City, is now open for The reception o
VIsilsTs. - -, -. .:.L
The Furniture is all new and has been selected win
care from Kenkle's we'll known establishment IN
Chestnut street. and is of the latest and most tashona
blC style, - 49,. -,
Having had many years experience. we ilarter our
selves that by strict alienien to business anu 10 t'
comfsrts Of guests to merit and receive share
of public patronage
The location for Merchants and others coming to th'
Civ is convenient, being in the centre OF business
The reader is respectfully solicited to favor US VIII
acall on his next visit to the City.
|. l.. BARRETT, Proprietor.
June. 6, l855-IV
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,a0-r JOB PRINTING of every description,
neatly executed at this Office. s8Iassx9 glIasa
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i" ANNA HOPE"
NT- 4 Young lady of reSprctable co

Ey- \ young lady Of respectable con
nrxions in Philadelphia, who had probably
been reading some of the late flaming
novels of Southern life, became determined
very suddenly, a few weeks ago, to leave
the narrow limits of the city and satisfy
herself on the slave state of the South, at
the same time enjoy herself among its
pleasant towns and villages. She clothed
herself in mans attire, in fashionable suit
OF broadcloth, took some change in her
pocket, and i'll a very quiet manner eloped.
She arrived in the city one day last week,
to all appearance n lad Of some fifteen or
sixteen summers, stopped day or two, and
in the meantime fell i'll with some cxtrava-
giant young travellers; passed chamDagne
with them, took snacks ut the Bower"
and flew around in quite handsome style.
Yesterday afternoon she was on the point
of leaving in the Southern cars, when lrr
father, who having fortunately guessed her
c'nrse, was in pursuit of her, and had Just
arrived by the Richmond train, found her
seated in the smoking car OF the Weldon
train, putting away on a prime Havana,
with her tiny feet cooked up against tile
stove, and withal quite ut home. On the
atfectionate parent beholding his gentle
manly daughter thus nfetamorphosed, he
was.a loss to express himself, but finally
managed to exclaim, !" Is that you, Louisa Z"
TO which the gallant runaway responded,
"This is me, father. Oh! I'm so sorry /
left you," and she burst into tears. For the
fair wonderer's sake, we suppress names.
1t is needless to say they returned together.
-Petersbur1 Express. -
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BY DAVIS s. HOLLINGSWORTH.

appointed at the various (?) Courts of Mad
rid. Every barrel Of flour imported from IL
foreign country, pays duty Of ten dollars !
and they arc not allowed to grow wheat on
their own land Think Of little island
like Cuba, supporting standing army Of
forty thousand soldiers, who fattcn and revcl
on the substance of this oppressed people !!
The wealthicst planter in Cuba is not per.
mitted to go ten miles from home without
"pcrmit" from Spanish officer.
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Something to be Borne in Mind.-Nci-
ti,er lovers nor husbands should ever un-
dertake to entertain their sweethearts or
wives BY extolling the beauty and accom-
plishments Of other maids or matrons and
neither sweethearts nor wives should over
strive to render their lovers or husbands
more affectionate by going into ecstasies
about the elegance and generosity of other
men. Well, why nots Because, until the
laws of nature cbange," all such Under
takings and strivings will always prove
most decidedly unsuccessful, tI
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E How do you. like tile character of
St. Paul 2" asked parson Of his landlady,
during conversations about the old saints
and the apostles. All, lie was a good,
clever old soul, knew, for he once q said
you know, that wo must eat what is set be
fore us, and ask no questions for, conscienoe
sake. always thought should like him
for boarder!"
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GV A witness in liquor case at Manches-
ter, N. S. the other day. gave tho following
testimony: "Salsoda is ice and water, and
some stuff squirted into it from a concern.
Dan't know whether it is Intoxicating or
mott makes. one feel good--feet lift
easierrp
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F"'"idg IN Ttrds.-small Turning is A.
good business in Texas. The Houston Star
says that agentleman some years ago bought.
a small farm in that vicinity, on credit.
ife was then over fifty years of age md
i'll bad health, and had family of some
half dozen children to support; TldsF
gentleman has paid for his farm ana ndl' now NJ
makes annually over 81 900, With No. .othearS;, 1,
aid than that afforded by bis own fainily;,.s
Those who expect "to 5dos.likewiee," how
ever, must calculate upon hard work and
strict economy @@,
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Curious McchanicaL Duck.-Thc autom-
atom peacock of Gen. Degennes, a Frcncl,
officer of the 18th "n;ury, probably sug-
ycstcd to Fancauson the idea of constructive
his celebrated duck, whicl, was perhaps the
most wonderful piece of mechanism ever
made. This duck exactly yescmbed n liv-
ing one in size and appearance. 1t exccu-
ted accurately all its movements and ges-
lures, it ate and drank with avidity, per-
formed all the quick motions of the head
and throat peculiar to the living animal,
and like it ,nuddIcd the water with its bill.
1t produced the sound Of quacking in the
most natural manner. Every bone in the
natural duck had its representative in the
automaton. and it's wings were automically
exact. When corn was thrown down be-
fore it. it reached out its neck to pick it up.
1t swallowed it, digested it, and discharged
it. The digestion was accomplished by a
chemical solution, after which it was con.
veyed away by tubes. kekman, who saw
it long after, informs us that its ribs were
made of wire. and that the motion was
communicated through the feet by means
of cylinder and fine chains, like those of
watch.-English paper.
w Always think of your own imper.
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E- You bachelors ought to be taxed"
said lady to resolute cvader of the moose
matrimonial. IL agree with you perfectly,
ma'am," was the reply, bachelorfsm Ger
tainly is a luxury"
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EY- The man who "held An Office" got
tired, and let go for the purpose Of resting
himself short time, when the office got
away, and has not been heard from siiloe.
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GS- If you wish to attract attention, 20
into church, some Sunday, after the scrvi-
ccs have begun, in a pair Of new, squeaking
boots, and parade up the broad aisle.
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EV Why is man making love to a
married woman, like n sheriff levying OH
the wrong mans goods? Because hes the
victim Of ga misplaced attachment"
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Il Lantern to Give Light Under IFuicr.
The lantern must be made Of leather,
which will resist the waves better than any
other substance, and must bc furnished with
two tubes, having a communication with
the air above. One of these tubes to ad-
nit fresh air for maintaining the combustion
of the candle, and the other to serve as a
chimney, by affording passage to the
smoke, both must rise above the surface Of
the water. The tube Which serves to admit
fresh air must communicate with the lam
tern ut the bottom, and that which serves
rs chimney must be connected with it at
the top. Any number of holes may lie
made in the leather of which the lantern is
constructed, into whcl, glasses arc fitted :;
10y these means the light will be dtfuscd on
all sides. In tho last place, the lantern
must be suspended from piece of cork,
that it may rise and fall with the waves
This ingenious though simple mode of con-
struction, answers the purpose admirably.
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re- Kyoang lawyer. 'tpiyyHhg IL Establish
himself in business, is in one respect like 4
young physician-he needs 7,atien,aess.. ie,as.E'.F qs'
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E1-"The proper, study Of mankind is
man." says Pope-but tho popular study is
how to make money out Of him. oar. ..
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IF,A man eeases to be a"gooa sfsl.owp
the moment he refuses 70 do ppecisslyswhss
other people wish him to do.
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salfs for St"6lfs.-.If a compound .6f
gypsum and sulDhate Of ,hagnesia be. used )
cn the floors of stablea;it w:iil absorb ,bsa,ss
moisture and ammonia, and keeptlre stable
dry and free from, offensive slfiell Th4. 4
COMPOUND salt, a9er ithas. atsoibt ga B
moisture possible, ia removed toa II -
manure. and .fresb ID Jts Si;i,I j j
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G"'''sn Fruit Trccs.-If you have any
fruit trees in your garden whose bark il
filled with moss, or become ,nossy, scfapS
them aid give the body of cacl, free n
printing with mixture comprised in Tie
PROPORTION Of IA gallon of soft soap, l Iii.
OF flour Of sulphur, and quart of salt, TO
he well mixed together and applied with Il
whi:cwash brGsh. Next spring early. die.
in a"ard each tree, 2 inches deep, as far
out as the limbs extend, a dressing OF wefi
ro';td manure, gallon or more Of bone
dust, l-2 Il gallon of asl.cs, quart Of sale
and quart of plaster. The effect of this
treatment will be TO greatly improve tie
health aud appearance Of tile trees, improve
the quality of the fruit, as well as increuso
the productive capacity of tie trees. The
hone dust, ashes, salt and plaster should is
rakcd in.
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rt7- For the benefit Of the marrying
young people Of both sexes, wc su,j"in what
liannah More says about "Womcn and
Pictures :"
If, indeed, woman were mere outside,
form and face only, and if mind made up
no part of her composition. it would follow
that ball room was quite us appropriate a
place for choosing a wife, as IN exhibition
room for choosing picture. But, mas
much as women are not mere portraits,
their value not being determined 10y a
glance OF the eye, it follows that different
mode Of approaching their value, and a diff.
tercnt place Of viewing them, an,ccc,lenl to
their being individually Selected is dcsira-
b!c. The two Gases differ, also, in this, that
if man select picture for himself from
among all its exhibited competitors, and
bring it to his own house, the picture being
passive, he is able to fix it there; while til.
wife, picked up at a public place, and ac-
cuS'on'c'l to incsssant display, will not, it is
probable, when brought home, stick so oui
city TO the spot where he fixes her, but will,
escape to the exhibition room again, and
c"ntinu" to be displayed at every public ex-
h'hition, lst rs if she were not become
private property. and had never been def
intel disposed Of.
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Ag- T lie wife Of an &mor;c,,. .or;.n,,

~ The wife of an American acricul-
tnrist has been experimenting in soaps, and
finds that the addition Of three-qnarters of
a pound of borax to a pound Of soap, mel
ted without boiling, makes q saving of one
halfin the cost Of soap, and of three. .four,hs
of the labor of washing, improves the wbve-
ness ofsthe fabrics, ,bpsfdes the usual cads,ic
effect. is thus removed and the hands are
leftdwitha peculiar soft aud eiliy feeling,
leaving nothing mafe TO lie desired Ivy the
most ambitious wssherwon,ar,.gI 2
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B"n:' Vote E~yruriny.-In the cngrav-
ing Of bank note plates, Il flat piece of
steel. Of the requisite dimensions, is first
prepared, and on it the cngraver cuts II
vignctte, dcnominalional figure, or the
general lettering. Each Of these parts is
engraved on separate piece, called il bed
piece, and an impression i; taken upon IL
roll, first softcned for that purpose, and
subsequently hardened. These scvcr:! hard
cned dies are afterwards transferred in their
appropriate places on the place to be used
for printing the notes. The ground work
about the numerical fyurc is produced by
Il machine c.,llcd .eon. .trical lathe. A
plan suggested to render countcrfciting al
most impossible, is to dispense with dies,
and have the entire face of the bill en-
gravcd on the plate as unit that is, to
have the design made up of one connected
figure or view, with the words and dcnomi-
national figures so interviewer and repeated
that no imitation could l,e made with u
sufficient degree of cxattncss.
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PAYABLE IN ADVANCES.
Green Manurinp.

Vegetable substances, III their green and
succuIent state, arc powerful fertilizers wheD
thoroughly incorporated with the soil. TlN Z
most pertinent explanation of this fact i
furnished by the consideration that they
supply the Identical clements that future
crops require; in tie same manner, that
"ut OF the materials of one house, another
may hc elaborated, and it is true: that man,
OF those materials exist in such union and
;lli.'it!r, rs renders them especially adapted
lor tie nutrition of the future crop, for it il
recognized truth in physiology, tha, both
animals and plants take up an assimi-
late from their food portion of tlicir bulk
i'll the precise form in wl.ic! it exists in
that food. Z.
Tie practice Of growing crops for tli5
special purpose OF pIowiny in us a manure
for succeeding crops, is not justified by this
consideration merely. 1t would seem to lie
waste Of time and material, To coivcrt
the elements of vegetable growth into living
forms twice hcfr:c they are made profitable
! Why grow IL lul line or clover plant ono
se;.son, to tc hurried in order that from is
remains, a cabl'age or il tr,ri, may be pro-
'!uccd : Why, if yon build Il house do
YOU not fetch the materials direct from tho
, quay? These questions would be answcra-
be, did plants obtain all their food front
the soil. Bu, such i, not the case, great
portion of the bulk OF green crops is Oh
tainrl from atmospheric sources; and after
green crop is r!owc,i in, the soil nccess,-
r:ly contains more of the organic clements
essential to vegetable nutrition, than It H:a
before the crop WAS grown; it is richer, ii!
f'c', l'y the Carbon oxygen, hydrogen, aud
nitrogen Which Tie green crop has obtained
from sources independent of the SOIL Iii
like manner, the crop grown aflc, the t,rccH
crop hns been r!owcd in, has the advantage
OF a ready supply of mineral clements,
Which have ''rrn worked up hy the roots
of the teIli'izing crop from the soil and
>u'-s"il, and whic!, in many instances; o@-
Ing to their sparing solubii;ly, are with diff
Guilty "Liaincd under ordinary circunlstan-
ccs.-I'roJycsSir Formn.
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I"cis -ibout .NUM.--Crcam cannot ris6
through great depth of milk. If, there:
fore, milk is desired to retain its cream for
time. it should lie put into deep, mar
row dish and ii it Lc desired to free it
most completely Of cream it should Lo
poured iu,o Il broad, flat dish, not much
exceeding one inch in depth. The evolu-
ton "f cream is facilitated by ,ise, and
retarded 10y depression of tcmpera;urc..
III the usual temperature Of tile dary-50
degrees Of Fahrcnhcit-al the cream will
probably rise in !hirtys;x hours; Lut at 70
degrees it will perhaps rise in half that
time; and when tie milk is kept near the
freezing point, the cream will rise very
slowly because it becomes soi,lifed.
In wet and cold weather the m?lsG: is less
rich than in dry and warm, and on tl,is ac-
count mare cheese is obtained in cold than
III warm, though not in tlundcry weather:
The season has its effects. The milk ia!
spring is supposed to be the best for drink
Ing; hence it would he the best for calves;
III summer it is best suited for cheese; and
in autumn the batter keeping is better than
that OF sunmcr-thc COWS less frequently
MIXED, give richer milk and consequently;
more butter The mornings milk is richer
than the evenings. The last drawn milk
OF each milking, ut all times and seasons, is
richer tIlan The first drawn, which is the
poorest lFrSt:rn Ayricaitu,ist.
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! Ez Cultiyatsl heart arightas well
ss Jour farm; and remember. 9: wl,atso-
ever a man soweth TINT shall he reap B u 3
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A Cure for Aboliticnism.

Not many years since, in one of the
Platte counties" lived a wealthy and
hospitablc gentleman. His house being
on one of the public highways. he fire.
1nently had to entertain travellers. One
evening, just as the sun was setting, II
young, well dressed traveller, mounted on
IL fine horse, rode up, and in II rather i'm
portant manner, informed "the Major that
he wanted to stay all night. He was
courteously invited to alight, and negro
man was called to attend to his horse.
From the peculiar accent he gave the
word "down," when ordering the man to
be careful and have his horse well rubbed
droun, the Major" knew he was from IN
infected district. At supper, the disease
began to develop itself and the d>oun east
gent commenced regular lecture upon
the sin Of slavcry-tl,at negroes were the
equals of the white man, and should he
treated as such-tltt the Major should in
justice set his free and recognize them as
equals. The Major humo,c.l the matter
by discussing it with his dcoun east guest
till bedtime, when, upon being desired to
show him his bed, quietly called Jack, his
negro man, and ordered him to take the
gentleman to the kitchen and give him
part of his bed. Perfectly thunlcrstrnck,
the abolition gent finally found breath to
ask what the Major meant. 81 mean," said
the Major, raising his tall, portly form to
its full height. and looking >tcrnly at the
Yankee, to make you reduce your theory
to practice" The abolitinniSt impl.,r~I,
but the Major was incxoralc, ana off .Jacl,
took him to his own bed, knowing from
his masters eye that he mus: he oheyeI
to the letter. After some two hours
elapsed, the Major went out and called to
his now crcs:-f,!cn guest to get up, and
he might sleep the rest of the night in the
"hou>e." Earlv in the morning the Yam
kce called him up, an! after apologizing
f'r his ru'lcncss in preaching his abolition
doctrines the night before, informed the
MAJOR that upon testing his principles, he
found they would not work satisfactory.
and that he WAS no longe, IN aboli.ionist.
-SYunticr .Sor"reiqn.
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Admission of New States.

How much tolerance does the South, the
parent of the new States, exhibit, in per-
hitting them to enter the Union with con
s1itutions prohibiting slavery! They ask
to participate in all the principles Of The old
thirteen, saying, ut the same time, "We are
holicr than you;" "The blot Of slavery is
not on our csrutchron." To the present
slave States, they, in effect, say, You, it is
true, have given to the Union, or have been
chiefly instrumental in acquiring for the
Union. I'LL her territories; but you are /,
wicked, degraded race, and must not con
talninate us with your vile institution of
slavery" II the new State were within the
FIiGid Zone, where the negro would be at
ail times useless. it would only add wanton-
hess to the insult, for the prohibition would
bc unnecessary. The prohibition of slavery
is always either Il wanton insult, or Il gross
wrong to the South. The Federal Govern
mcnt, as the agent of the States, may or
may not admit new States into the Union,
To do equal justice to the North and to the
South. 1t does pcrm:tratr gross aud palpa-
blc injustice To the South, when it permits
Il forward child to be rcmil,rd to the rights
of manhood, when its very petition is ac-
conlanicd with insult and wrong to one Of
its parents.
Ii we of the South admit that slavery is
immoral or incxmdcnt in new States, we
rannot maintain that it is right anywhere.
We thereby yield the great principle for
which abolition contends. and furnish it Il
lever and fulcrnm with which to upset our
domestic institutions. Hereafter, in admit
ting any Northern State prohibiting slavery,
1t should he with an Understanding on the
part of the South, that "it submits to such
;riih's>:on, not rs Il matter Of right, but for
the sake of peace, and because it will not
quarrel about Il Useless abstraction" With
on some suc!, procedure on the part of the
south. the admission Of any State excluding
slavery. is the assertion that slavery is NOR
ally wrong and incypr'licnt.
Whenever the South takes the distinct
ground, that her Institutions are righteous,
honorable ANA cxpr.lic,lt, rs those of the
North, she will iial her defence easy. Tn
til she does this until she asserts her equal
ily in morality, as well as in right, she
invites, may, she ju>tifis, the attacks of
III, Il