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Look out for the Rush-Ons.

The Good Time is come, Dhen you can
buy Ready Made Clothing, at Extremely
Lou prices!!
Consisting of Beaver Over Coats, Dress
and Frock Coats, Black and Fancy Doeskn
Pants, Working Pants. Velvet, Satin and
Working Vests, Talma Cloaks, Gentlemen s
Shawls and Furnishing Goods, and at such
Lou prices as will make you stare.
GS- Now is the time to make money. -Ss&
Call and examine, for they MUST BE
SOLD in ! few days, at Store under
A I'M ri n n III n 81,
eY- Come one and all, and see the Bar
gains. Recollect, they must be sold.
NOW OP N 7&@
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THE FIREMAN,

the most interesting work of fiction from
the press Of 1855. The readers attention is
caught with the FIRST chapter, and g FMS"
stares him in the face before the interest
lessons. The book is like a MOVING PIANO.
RAMA Of ever,varying, always admired
succession Of new and pleasing scenes and
exciting incidents, each chapter being more
teresting than its predecessor. A feature
that adds to its lasting merit is the fact Of
Its high moral tone-nOt a single sentiment
being inculcated that the most fastidioas
moralist could object to.
The FIREMAN will be a large l2mo. vol
ume of over 200 pages, Beautifully iHu,tra-
ted. Price 81, mailed POST FREE, on re-
ceipt of price. Sold by all Booksellers, and
Agents in the cars. ..-
ROSS, JONES & TOUSEY,
No. 103 Nassau, st., N. Y, and No. %
Clark street, Chicago. $50
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WOOLEN MACHINERY.
G L. GODDARD, .heU York,

Z Il. GODDIRD, .NeD YORK,
ONLY manufacturer of the original Steel
" Ring and Tooth Burning Machines and
Feed Rolls, to be attached to First and also
to Second Breakers and Finshers of Wool.
en- Carding Machines, The attachment to
second Breakers. and Finshers is new and
very important, These machines are in
successful operation, on first Breakers, in
most of the principal Woolen Factories in
the United States, Canada and Mexico, and
are deemed by experienced manufacturers
as the most perfect machines used, and in
dispensab(o to the economical and success /.
full manufacture Of wool.
They are in fact the only strong, dura.
BILE and successfully operating machines in
use. No earding machine should run an
hour without them.
The Feed Rolls are strong and durable,
and worthy of attention. Circulars ex-
planning these machines and Rolls, refer p.
ences to mills having them in use, &C.,
may be had by addressing
G.. l.. GODDARD
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Miss III. w. Stillman,

MOULD respectfully announce to the
w citizens Of Westerly that the second
term of her school will commence January
2lst, 1866.
For further particulars inquire OF Mr.
residence on Main Street 3S
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r II Il E RS
pODOPnYLLIN PILLS.

THERE has long existed a public de-
mand for an effective Purgative PHI, which
could be relied on as sure and safe in It's
operation. This has been prepared to-
meet that demand, and an extensive trial
of its virtues has conclusively shown with
what success it accomplishes the purpose
designed The witnesses for the truth or
this can be produced at any time If neces-
sary.
1t is complete substitute for Calomel
or Mercury, possessing the good proper
ties of these powerful Minerals, without
any of its dangerous qualities. :,
The following extracts from Medical
Works will show in what estimation the
Podophy lin is held
The Eiectic Dispensatory says - In
Chronic Hepati, objections Of the Liver)
there is not its superior in the whole range
of Medicine; it being vastly more useful
than Mercural agents, arousing the Liver
to a healthy action, increasing the flow OF
the bile, and keeping up those actions long
er than any other agent with which we are
acquainted
The United States Dispensdtory says
| 1t is an active and certain cathartic-pro-
ducing copior liquid discharges without
much gripeing, or other unpleasant effects.
In some cases it may produce nausea and
even vomiting, but the same result is ooca-
sionally experienced from every active CO.
thartic.'
Hoopcr's Medical Dictionary says OF
this plant 1T is one of the most certain
and efiicacious cathartic vegetables which
have been examined in this country SC.
These Pills are slow but certain, and pow
erful in their operation in full doses. Per-
sons of strong constitution or of costive
habits, can take from 8 to Pills, when a
thorough cathartic is required. Persons
of slender constitution, from ! to 2. Chill
dren from IA to l Pill, according to age
al d circumstances. These Pills are appH.
cable to all Bilious Diseases, Costveness,
and hundreds Of cases in which n physic is
required, but cannot be enumerated here,
but they suggest themselves to the reason
Of every one. 1t is confidently believed
that this Pill will answer better purpose
than any thing which has hitherto been
available to the people.
When their virtues arc once known the
public will no longer doubt what remedy
to employ when in need of thorough ca
thartic Medicine Being sugar coated they
are not disagreeable to take, and being
purely vegetable no harm can arise from
their use when a cathartic is indicated.
For particular directions see Circular
around each box. Prepared by the propri-
etors, Potter q ChamEiin,
PHARMAcEUTIcAL CHEMISTS AND DRUG-
cIsTs, Westerly, r. l.
re- For sale by Druggists and Apothc-
carries generally. 24l
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Elegant Display OF
VALENTINES!

THE STORE of the subscriber will be
opened February lst, 1856, and he respectful.
~ Informs his Friends and Patrons, that there
will be offered for their inspection an assort'
|nent Of Fancy Sentimental and Comic Valen'
tines, Valentine Cards, pretty and unique, En-
Felopes various Patterns. new Floral Writers
bnd others. Children's Valentines, neat de.
bigns, etc, which for styles and prices, will
compare with any in the city. We cordially
invite you to call.
Per D. W. HAMMOND.
Westerly, January 22d, 1855. $50
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THE COURT OF PROBATE for the Dis
trict of Stonington, have limited and appoint
ed six months from this date to the Creditors
TO the Estate oil ELIZA G. STANTON, late Of
Stonington, deceased, to present their several
claims against said Estate to the Executor, or
be debarred q recovery thereof according to
law. ''' PELEG MOVES, Executor.
Dated at Stonington, this lSt day of Janua-
ry lSb6 3t-248
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NOTICE..

|MOTICE is hereby given, that my wife
lN DIANTHA G. SLOCUM, has left my bed
and board, without just cause or provoca-
tion. This is to forbid all persons harbor-
ling or trusting her on my account, MS
will pay no debts of her contracting.
ISAAC P. SLOCUM.
Westerly, January 1s, 1856. +St $50
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New PaperS.

JUST Received and for Sale, The Ladies
Enterprixe-.Ne,o York Ledger The FIN.
TraueIier-N E. Farmer-COmmerci
Reg,ster, and all other Newspapers and Mag
azines, too numerous to mention.
Z. G. BARNRS.
HA- N. B. The price of the WEEKLY TRI-
BuNE, after the First of February next, will be
Two DOLLARS per year. $50
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MBROTYPE AND
DAEWEkRsAM HALL.

TIL Z subscriber having been thoroughly
instructed in the art Of Ambrotyping and
having taken the old stand on
West Broad st., one door west of H g.
F. Shefield's Store, Pawcatuck, CT
is now prepared to take pictures to the en-
tire satisfaction ofall who may favor him
with call. The Glass Pictures, or Am
bro:ypes, is recent discovery, and very
great improvement on Daguerreotypes, be-
ing beautiful in tone, bold and clear in ex
preston, and universally admired where
ever they are exhibited, and are rapidly
taking the place Of Daguerreotypes. They
can also be set in monuments, carried to
sea, or otherwise exposed to the action of
the elements. They will retain their bril-
liancy for ages. The public are invited to
call and examine specimens.
Pictures ,oiH be put up in Gilt or Rose
Wood +, anes ,chen sailed for.
24l GEORGE W. GAVITT.
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New Clothing,
At the Rooms of H, A, BROWN,

THE subscriber having disposed Of his old
stock of Clothing, has re-opened with an entire
new stock of the latest styles and patterns OF
Clothing, for the Fall and Winter trade con-
sisting OF Talmas, Over Coats, Frock an ! Busi-
ness Goats, with Pants of all grades, and Vests
of every variety Also, Gents Furnishing
Goods, such as Shirts, Shirt Collars, Under
Shirts, Drawers Neck Ties, &C., &c.
Mr.. B. continues the Tailoring business in
all its branches as usual.
Particular attention paid to Cutting.
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New Fall De LANES.

NEW and desirable patterns just reed, and
selling at IL l.2 cents, one shilling and 25 cts.
per yard.
ALSO-A new supply Of Prints and Cling
hams for sale cheap by DAVID SMITH.
23s
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A MOTHER NEW NOVEL.-Works of &C.
IN ton are now considered as part and
parcel of all LVTELLIGE.NT HOUSE.
HOLDS, and scarcely family will be
without OUR NEW NOVEL; entitled
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Home Wanted.

A SMART, ACTIVE GIRL, aged about IA
years. wishes home in some respectable fam
ly where she will be brought up and cared
for Enquire of Mrs. LIckLY, Canal street,
Stillmanville. $50
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Valentine Day...Feb. 18th.

The largest and best variety of V.ALE.V.
TLVES, CASES and CARDS, ever offer
cd ID this place, just received, and for sale low
FOR Cash, by [25Ol E. G. BARNES.
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IL RUbbers.

LADIES' Misses and Children's Rubbers
ust reed and for sale by
23s DAVID SMITH.
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TO LET,

HTHE Store on Main Street, now occupi ed
i by Henry Miner. Enquire Of
24S FRANCIS SHEFFIELD.
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TO the LOstieS.
VictOrines, &C.,
Ar g. I'D. DwMM's,
RglICK DJREK

DN lSbA % ~ LIZ SNs
THE subscriber has on hand splendid
display of LADIES Dress FURs, consisting
of SABLE, STO.NE EM.4RTLN, NOUN
TAIN .MaRTLN', FITCH .M.aRTLN, &c.
He has been so fortunate in the purchase
OF his FURS, that he will supply any of
his friends and patrons at less price than
they can find them elsewhere. No person
in want of Furs should fail to examine his
large stock. IL ~.
240 Z. M. DUNN.
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Important Works on Marriage.
"The bloom or blight of all mems happi-
ness" ."-Byron
Ryau's Philosophyof Marriage,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1856-01-05
Franklin's Great Discovery.

In the last number Of the London Quar-
tcr!y Reritw, we find just tribute Of praise
to Franklin. NJ. Arago, in his writings up
on electricity, gives very little credit TO
Franklin for making the experiment. which
proved the identity Of electricity and light
ming. lie says, "the first views of Franklin
on the analogy Of electricity and lightning,
were only simple conjectures. The sole di-
ference between him and Nolet was only re.
duccd to the project Of an experiment"
This sole difference says the Reviewer,
"of which NJ. Arago makes so little &C,
count, was the grand officially to bs over
come. The resemblsnces between lightning
and electricity were too obvious to escape
attention, and the idea, in fact, had occur.
red independently to three or four persons.
If any one, said Nollef, would undertake
10 demonstrate the notion, il would please
me much II was just here where Nollet
broke down. He could neither see what
was the single link wanting to complete the
chain, or how to apply it. Electricity was
the rage Of the day, and not one Of its nu
merous students could hit upon the method
any more than Nollet The sole difference
between Franklin and the rest resolves itself
into ,his--that he did that which nobody
else could do"
This tribute 10 III: great discovery Of
Franklin, contains the kernel Of tho matter
The experiment Of Franklin to prove the
identity Of lightning aud electricity, was the
most sublime ever performed. The old phi.
losopher drawing lightning from the thunder
clouds with a simple kite, well entities him TO
the appella.ion Of the Lightning Tanner
.Seiee!fe american.
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TELLING TRUTHS, WHICH Much BETTER HAD
NEVER BEES TOLD AT ALL-W omen are never
satisfied. If man is jealous, they cry out
against his tyranny; If he is not jealous,
they complain Of his indifference. A man
ceases to be "a good fellow" the moment lie
refuses to do precisely what other people
wish him to do. Tell a woman that she is
frt, and she will laugh that she is ugly,
and she will get angry; but just hint that
she is growing old, and she will never for.
give you Self.love is love with two banda.
ges over its eyes instead OF one. man
marries generally to leave society---a woman
TO enter il. Those who live only for appear.
ances, generally end in making one in tho
insoIvent court Many man talks with
loud complacency absut the charm Of his
iiresidc, and yet let temptation give but the
smallest tap at the door, and he eyinccs tho
most wonderful alacrity in leaving it, Satire
is dangerous acid, which none but tho
most skiful should presume to manipulate
Many clumsy hand at it has been blown to
pieces by the explosion Of his own retor.-
Punch.
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Az ILLINOIS FARM.-wc see it stated that

Az ILLINOIS FARM-W.e see it stated that
Col. JonS WENTWORTH, ex.M. G., and pre-
sent editor and publisher Of the Chicago De-
mocrdt, has q $500 acre farm, about u
miles from Chicago, for which he has been
purchasing, for year or two past, the best
thoroughbred domestic animals of all
kinds, to be procured in the country--.in.
clndng Short.llorn and Devon Cattle
South Down and Merino Sheep-Berkshire
and Suffolk Swine, together, we believe,
with good stock of the fashionable varic.
ties of Poultry. Among his later purchases
were several fine Short Horns and Devons
from Messrs Becan & Morris, and the prizo
ycarling short-horn hefer at the recent Iii,
nois State Fair, for which it is said he paid
$500. The demand for improved stock is
rapidly increasing in Illinois and the west,
and We doubt not tha. Mr.. Wentworth, in
endeavoring to supply it on an extensive
scale, will lind himself abundantly rewarded
for his liberal expenditures, - Country Gen
tlemdn.
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TnR HOOP PErTicoAr. Of tho
Louisville Journal. don't like the hoop pet,
tcoat. Hear wha, he says Of it:
A correspondent asked US to stake off,
the no p petticoat. We cannot take it Oft,
but we heartily wish that some of our fe.
male acquaintanccs would. Certainly fash.
ion never dictated a more ungracefu and
senselcss mode. 1t is a gross libel upon the
taste and judgment Of the SEX. Rebellion
against such fashion is simply fidelity to
womanho0d. OF course We shall offer no
apology for speaking of thing that OBJ
trudes itself upon everybody's convenience.
If il were mere private hideousness the
case might be different, but it is seriously .
public nuisance II there are not ndepen.
d nee and delicacy enough in fashionable
society to abate it, it must be abatcd by tho
strong arm Of rldicula. We are greatly
tempted to republish No l27 of the Specta.
tor, but forbcar for the present II might
be desperate remedy, but it would be .
sure one.
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When TO WEAR TSDiA RrDBrRs. .--Wo
have noticed that many persons in our city
wear India rubber oyershoes in cold dry
weather to keep their feet warm. This is an
injurious and evil practice. India rubber
shoes are very comfortable and valuable for
covering the feet during wet. sloppy wca.
thcr, but they should never be worn on any
other occasion their sole use should be to
keep out water They should therefore bo
put of whenever the wearer enters house,
and be worn as little as possible, because
they are air tight, and both retain and re.
strain the pcrspira,ion Of the feet. The air
cannot be excluded from them, or any other
portion of the body, for any lrugth of time,
without sensibly affecting the health 1t il
our opinion, that no habit tends moro to
good health than clean feet and clean dry
stockings, SO as to allow the free perspira.
tion Of the neither extrcmities. Scientific
dmerican.
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Mhnt Family Goyernment Is.

II is not to watch children W tn q suspi-
cious eye; to frown at their merry out.
bursts Of innocent hilarity to suppress
their joyous laughter. and to mould them
into melancholy little models Of octogenarian
gravity.
And when they have been in fault, it is
not to punish them simply on account Of the
personal injury that you have chanccd to
suffer in consequence OF their fault; while
disobcdiencc, unattended by inconvenience
to yourself, passes without rcbukc.
Nor is it to overwhclm the little culprit
with flood Of angry words, to stun him
with deatening noise; to call him by hard
names, which do not express his misdeeds
to load him with epithcts, which would be
extrnvngant if applied to fault of ten.iold
enormity; or to declare with passionate ve'
hemcnco that he is the worst child in the
village and destined to the gallows.
But it is to watch nnxiously for the first
rising sin, and to repress it (; to countcract
the earliest workings Of aetishncss, to teach
an implicit and unquestonng obedience tC
tae will of the parent, ns the best prepara'
ton for future allegiance to the require.
ments Of u civil magistrate, and to the laws
of Heaven.
1t is to punish q fault; because it is q
fault; because it is sinful and contrary &c
the commands Of God, without reference &c
whether it may or not have been productive
Of immediate injury to the parent.
1t is to reprove with calmness and com
posure, and not with angry irritation in &
few words, fifty chosen, and not with tor
rent of abuse; to punish as often as yo,
threaten, and threaten only when you in
tend and can remember to perform to say
what you mean, and infallbly to do Us you
say.
1t is to govern your family as in the sigh
of Him who gave you your liberty wht
will reward your strict fidelity with sucl
blessings as he has bestowed on Abraham
or punish your neglect.
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DiscoyrRY oT An EMERALD PLAcEH.-A
correspondent of the New York Sun writes
that it is believed at the War Department
that one Of the officers Of the L. 5. Explor.
ing Expedition discovered, some thirteen
miles south OF the line of the Gadsdcn pur.
chase, one Of the Emerald mines which has
remained unknown to the wjrld since the
conquest by Cor,cz, and is now getting up an
expedition for that region, TO prospect for
gold and gems, both Of which are said to
abound in the region indicated The writer
remarks that the Spanish conquerors had no
lea of the value Of the half polished Gems
of brilliant green" which pertained exclu.
sively to the use Of the imperial house of the
Aztccs; ard some Of the finest were lost and
scattered, but enough remained to astonish
the diamond merchants Of Europe, and in.
q ,iry was made as to the locality whence
they were drawn, Like the gold tribute
sent in quills from 4 remote province" and
the golden OPAL Of Mexico, which is so
rare that it is almost deemed a fabulous gem,
the existence Of the emarad mines Of the
Montezumas could never be traced out, and
their existence was almost forgotten.
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CURATIVE POWERS OF THE IMAGlSArIoS.-

CURATIVE POWERS or THE IMAGryArIoy,-
We are told that Sir Humphrey Davy cured
a paralytic man in fortnight by placing
daily under his tongue the bulb Of pocket
thermometer, from which the patient was
led to believe he inhaled gas Of sovereign
virtue. NJ. Hue informs us, in his amusing
Travels in Tartary," that the Lama there
cures all diseases by vegetable pills but "if
he happens not to have any medicine with
him, he is by no means disconnected; he
writes the names Of the remedies upon little
scraps Of paper, moistens the paper with
his saliva, and rolls them up into pills,
which the patient tOsses down with the same
perfect confidence as il they were genuine
mendicaments. To swallow tho name of a
remedy, or the remedy itself comes, say
the Tartars, to precisely the same thing ~
ThowSe-s Journal
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How WIG MAY COVE IN PLAY.-A party
Of Indians having made an incursicn on
settlement of emigrants of all ages and ma.
tons, one Of the elders, Monsieur Perrot,
caught the general spirit Of the afEray, and,
as he afterwards said Of himself, "lought
like a furnished lion! !" when, unluckily, his
pistol snapped in the face of Sioux war
rior, who struck him blow that fclled him
to the earth, Stepping lightly over the form
Of his PROSTATE foe, the savage, graspng a
knife in his right hand, and Selling the
lucklesS Frcnchman's hair with his left, was
about to scalp him, when the knife dropped
from his hand, and he stood for a moment
pctrlied with astonistment and horror.
The whole head Of hair was in his left hand,
and the white man sat grinnng before him
with smooth and shavcn crown. Letting
fall what he believed to be the scalp of some
devil in human shape, the affrightcd Sioux
fled from the spot.-Proirie Bird.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1856-01-05

A HARD CAsr.-Thc Albany Register says
there is in that city young man seventeen
years OF age, possessing voice and face so
strikingly feminine, with some resemblance
in gait and manner to a female. that hc is
often mistaken for n female in male attire.
lie is often molcstcd by rowdics, who mis-.
take him for female, and he has been OBJ
ligcd to obtain certificate as to his sex from
the Chief Of Police to insure himself from
suspicion and arrest. The Register says
that brother Of the young man possesses
the same feminine countcnance and voice,
while his sister has masculine face and
voice. He has frequently assumed female
attire, and feels at ease in that dress-and
indeed ia less liable to attract attention in
that costume than in the enc properly be.
longing to him. If all this is correct, the
beautiful young man must have hard time
Of it.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1856-01-05

The DANGER or LArDANuM.-Col. William
Riddle, for more than twenty years citizen
Of Louisville, Ky, came to his death few
days since under circumstances detailed as
follows by the Democrat ofthat city:
He returned to his residence aftcr tho
close of business hours, and spent the csen.
in cheerCully at home, At the usual hour
ho retired to his bed, but feeling quite un.
well from collie, he arose and took some lau-
danum. This did not alay his pain, and hc
arose second time, and from the second
dose fell aslepp to wake no more. His vito
was disturbed by his unnatural and heavy
breathing, and awoke, but to find him insen.
siblc and beyond the power Of medicine. A
doctor was Immediately sent for, bu. he az.
rived too late