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NO. 304. NO. 3O4.
FINE CONFECTIONERY.
"AVING ERECTED A BAKE OVEN AND
n Bake-House on my own premises, I have
commenced the manufacture Of all kinds Of Cake in
Philadelphia styles by Philadelphia workman;
something new which The public are respectfully in
vited 10 cal End try Aud from this time forth all my
customers will BE- supplied fresh Cake daily, and al
a. low rates be purchased in this city, and all
made Of the best materials.
Parties Of all kinds pbhed with all kinds of Fancy
Cake, Lady Cake, Pyramids, Ice Cream, and Water
Ices plain in mouds, and sent 10 all parts Of the
city All ask is, give me a fair trial
U. II. RIDENOUR.
Penn. ave-, between 9th and 10th streets
N. b. have privse Ice Cream Saloon up stairs
for Ladies' I.
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JUDGE CRAWFORD,
Presiding.
COUNCIL FOR THE DEFENCE.

PHILIP BARTON KEY, ESQ, U. $. D. A.
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The lady whose sleep was broken has had it
mended
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FIRE IE SURANCE.


FHNHE MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY
n Of the District Of Columbia offers to the prom
erty Of the District the cheapest and as safe
means Of insurance against loss by fire as any other
company, as viii appear by an examination Of its
principles,
The fact that all Of the Insurance Companies Of the
District declaring large dividends their stock
holders at once shows the great profit their pre-
mums and the consequent saving 70 persons insur-
ing with this company
The actual cost of insurance in this company the
past year has been but nine cents each $l60 for
hrstclass property and other property in proper
ton.
ULYSSES WARD, President
CHARLES WILSON, Secretary.
MATHEW G. EMERY, Treasurer
MANAGERS.
Ulysses Ward, Mathew G. Emery,
John Dickson j. C. McKelden,
T. J. Magruder, John Costsan,
John Van Riswick
ohsce adjoining (north) the Bank Of Washington
an l2-lm
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THE TRIAL
WASHINGTON
ELECTION RIOTERS.
IRON sUTToN's REPORT. /

TUESDAY,, July.7, 1857.
CRIMINAL COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF
WASHINGTON
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COUNCIL FOR THE DEFENCE.
JOSEPH H. BRADLEY, SR., ESQ.
RoBERr E.sSCorr, ESQ.
VEsPAsIAN ELLIS, ESQ.
JOHN LINTON, ESQ.
WILLIAM j. MARTIN, ESQ.
JOSEPH H. BRADLEY, JR., ESQ.
WILLIAM J. SroNE, JR., ESQ.
DANIEL RATcLIFFE, ESQ.
EDWARD CARRISGTos, ESQ
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SAGAoITY OF THE OX.-The follow
ing instance of sagacity in the OK was
related to me by an old farmer, who as
sured me of it's truth, although as he ex-
pressed it, i" he was SO young when it
happened that he would not be willing
to qualify TO it now"
d. It vas on the farm next to my faith
er's own in Hampsher State. The
farmer had an OK that was the unruliest
critter my two eyes ever beheld. There
warn't no fences could stop him. If he
couldn't jump over, he'd get under or fall
on it and break it down; he was con-
stantly in some mishief or other eating
up folks garden sauce and destroying
their crops. His owner put boards over
his eyes, put yokes Of all kinds on him,
but all to no purpose. So finally he
took and shut him up in his barnyard.-
But the tarnal critter would undo the
button on the barn door and open the
grain boxes and get into the haymow,
and commit all sorts of devastation. He
tried all manner of ways to iasten his
barn door but the OK would circumveni
him.
Atlast he made a large button Of {
I piece Of hard wood scantlin, got ladder
and fixed the button right over the tor
of the barn door. So he walked into
the house and told bis folks what he hai
done, "and now," says he, "I guess old
Brin won't get into the barn again in {
hurry.
His words were scarcely out Of hi
mouth when he heard a dreadful poun
din out in the barnyard. lie run = th,
winder and what do you s'pose he saw
/ Why! the OK had seen him fix the but
ton, and knowing he couldn't never reacI
t it, he had tuck up a two year old bul
| that was runin' in the yard, and held hin
f up and actually made that innocent crit
) ter turn the button for him."
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RE1Ies OF FEupAL DAxs.---rhe
custom Of uneoycring the head and
taking Off the hat, or even simply touch
ing It, IS a relic Of the old disarmiug-
the removing Of the helmet to indicate
that the party thus exposed himself to
the mercy Of an enemy. To take otf the
glove was in Ike manner 10 ungauntlct
the hand, the mere removal constituting
an offer Of friendship. Even now il is
considered uueiyH to shake hands with
the glove on. Shaking Of hands was
formerly q token of truce, in which the
parties took hold each OF the others
weapon hand, 10 make sure againsi
treachery. Itwas alsoa token Of good will
a Frenchman, q prisoner in England
once made a most ingenious use of this
custom. Having been "put up" against
a negro boxer, and knowing nothing oI
boxing, he availed himself Of the shak.
ing of hands before the encounter e
crush the negro's hand in his iron grip
It Is said that a few years since a bruta
fellow in Connecticut crushed friend.
hands in Ike manner, though he did II il
sport. The bow, it is said, which is nov
a mark of politeness, is but an offer Q
the adversary, while the courtesy Pecu
liar to the ladies is the form of going o
the knees to sue for that mercy which, j
earlier ages, was daIieul. TO get. Th
hair-pins worn BY ladies are reduce
poignards. In some parts of Sicily thes
are still worn of such a size as to be cor
vertible into weapons. The earring
were anciently badges of slavery. an
were soldered so that they could not b
removed from the ear. Their form II
dicated the owner Of the slave.
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Az UNrxrEcTED ArrLIcATloN.-
When preaching in a chapel near Lon
don, on one occasion, tie Rev. Thomas
Binney remarked upon the inattention
in allowing persons TO stand in a place of
worship, where there was room near at
hand in the pews lie would cite, ho
said, an instance from his own expert
once. lie was preaching ia a chapel
not over crowded, and in one Of the
aisIes Of the chapel stood n young wo-
man apparently not too strong or robust,
leaning upon pew in which were only
two young mcn--and would you believe
il! said the preacher, there they sat,
and never opened the pew door for Sat
young woman; there was no occasion
for them to yacate their seats, although
that might not have been too much in u
crowded chapel, had they been gentle
men, and had she been a servant girl
mo- mol there they sat. How strange
the coincidence, continued the preacher;
It was just such chapel as this--the
aisle was just Ike yonder aisle-aye, it
was just this day Of the week too-just
ibis day Of the month--yes, and the
very year-and in this very place-this
very night and there IS the place
there the aisle--ihere the pew
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A DRuNKARD's BRAINs.-The start
ling doctrines taught in Youman's Sci
entific Basis of Prohibition are fully
oorroborated by the following passage
from a late number of the Boston "Me-
dical Journal" What a trade Of guilt
and horror is that, whose legitimate ef-
fects upon the heart and brain of its pa
irons are so unnatural and monstrous
"Hyrti, by far the greatest anatomist
of the age, used TO say that he could dis
tinguish in the darkest room, by one
stroke of the scalpel, the brain Of the
inebriate from that Of the person who
had lived soberly. Now and then he
would congratulate his class upon The
! possession of q drunkard's brain, admira-
ibly fitted from its hardness and more
complete preservation for the purpose Of
demonstration.
When the anatomist wishes to preserve
a human brain for any length of time.
he effects his object by keeping that or
gan in vessel of alcohol. From a soft
pulpy substance, it then became compa-
ratively hard, But the inebriate, anti
cipating the anatomist, begins the undu-
rating process before dea.h-begins j
while the brain remains the coneretatel
temple OF the soul; while its delicate an(
gossamer tissues still throb with the pulse
of heaven-born life. Strange infatuation
thus to desecrate the God-like! Terri
bic enchantment, that dries up all III
fountains of generous feeling, petrifie
all the tender humanities and sweet char
l ties of life, leaving only brain Of lea
: and heart of stone"
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t. Lying is held in all Christian
countries to be one Of the lowest and
most degrading of vices; but there is
now and then a man who, by constant
practice in some particular line Of men
dacity, becomes so expert as rather to
excite tie admiration Of his acquaintance
for his ingenuity and address. OF this
stamp is a parsonage well known to the
people about the head of Lake Cham
plain, and to all travellers who ever had
occasion TO 20 over the old stage route
from Whitehall to Saratoga. lie was
for many years the agent for that most
exeeraRle line of stages, and had every
quality for his Office. He was industri-
Gus, wike-awake, and faithful to the in
terests Of his employers, with no other
vice but that Of lying-a useful gift on
that route-which, by high cultivation,
he had made one of "the fine arts
Every traveller who ever saw him will
remember him and his broken promises
It chanced some three or four years ago
that the conversation which engrosseC
the tongues of knot of gentlemen il
the barroom Of the St. Charles Hotel
New Orleans, was about liars. At lengtl
a gentleman from Northern New Yorl
said he would wager q the drinks al
round" that he could name the most un
blushing and ingenious liar in America
Done" exclaimed a SoGtherner. "Wbt
do you name| s. name A. r. stag
agent Of Whitehall, New York, said III.
Norlherner. ats no bet, cried the ms
tonished Southerner, "you've got N!
man '''
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The CAMEL.-It often happens that
in ascending an acclivity or muddy road
the camel falls on his knees-his fore
feet slipping-he does then try to rise,
but goes on in that position, nor does he
try TO right himself until he is out Of the
bad road. He easily slips on clay soil,
especially after a rain. lie must then
be brought to halt as he is liable to
break bis legs, particularly the hinder
ones. There is not the same amount Of
danger on ground, although the Arabs
in the latter case cover the cameP5 feet
with a sort Of moccasin or shoe Of bull
locks hide, to protect them from being
cut when they slip. The camel is The
most gentle animal in existence, and the
most submissive. II IS stubborn, il Is
true, but not 50 much 50 as tie mule, and
it IS easily and quickly corrected. il !.
50 patient, that it win proceed with f.
load until totally exhausted, and then i
falls never to rise again. During a mill
! lary expedition Of the French ID Algeria
in the month Of April, 1874, il was as.
tonishing to their camels, although re
duced to skeletons, making such forces
marches with their loads. Mulee, iu theii
condition, could not have carried eyef
their aaddlez
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q CONSCIENTIOUS noe

My father had a dog Of the spaniel
breed and whose name was Ponto.--
Now, Ponio, though decidedly waggish
in one point, had given evidence OF be-
coming more religious than many of bis
canine neighbors. True, he would never
turn the other cheek, and consequently
while Id had good character with tho
peace society, he was secuted by the non
resisianis. Bot Ponto was always rcgu-
lar at church. lie always walked into
church with the family, though he iuya-
riably took bis seat on the lower stairs Of
sle sacred desk, and none bat the Oldest
in the congregation remembered when
I his scat was vacant.
/ ought 10 have remarked sooner that
Ponto had but one enemy in tho wide
world, who was the Deacon of the
Church, and cur next neighbor. for
get the canse, perhaps some slander
against Ponto in the days of his puppy
hood, when, i must be confessed, he was
too much addicted to fun 10 comporl with
a deaconish idea Of proprioty. Certain
it is Poato growled at no one bat Dea-
con Drury, aud the Deacon threw u
stone at nothing so fniously rs at Ponio.
If either ezcmpliaed the golden rule to-
ward the other, it was Ponto.
So things stood for a certain time when
the good pastor was called away for a
long journey. But parson or no parson,
: the family all went TO church on The fol-
$ lowing Sabbath, and none with longer
] face or more gracious step than Ponto.--
Ills accustomed seat was taken; and
when the congregation rose for the early
morning prayer, Ponto rose with the rest,
as he had always done, and stood with
closed eyes and open ears, waiting for the
d first word Of supplication. To the utter
IS astonishment of no one but Ponto, the
II word came in the voice Of his old enemy
/ the pious Deacon. If the big Bible had
o fallen on Ponto's tail, he could moi have
e looked for the cause with a more rapis
Is glance than he cast upwards at the pul
e pit He fixed his eyes on the face o
/ the Deacon, as if 10 be sure of the sac
ID rilege, and then, with look Of piou
'e horror shall never forget, and a step a
as fast as the place would allow, ha passe
81 out Of the house and took bye pat
J across the fields. From that day forth
Il 50 long as Ponto lived, he could never b
u iattered or exhored TO enter the churc
oi doors again; and whenever, from necel
'h sity, be passed it on week days, it wa
D. with a look that said, "If Deacon Drur
- prays, the church may count Pont
I'll among the backsliders. "-Eechange.
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CHINESE SUIcIDEs.-According to
the Able Hue, the Chinese suicide en-
joys a great advantage over his fellow
unfortunates in other countries. That
traveller says:
at is almost impossible to imagine,
the readiness with which the Chinese
commit suicide. The merest trile, or a
word, induces them to hang or drown
themselves, tho fayorite modes Of suicide.
In other countries, if a man wishes to
revenge himself on his enemy, he kills
him in China lie kills himself The
reasons for this are manifold first, the
Chinese legislation holds him responsible
for the suicide who has been the cause or
occasion of it. In killing himself. there
fore, man throws bis enemy into the
hands Of the executive, who torture him
ruin bin and his family, and perhaps
take his life; and lhe family Of the sui
eide ordinarily obtains large damages
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c. BE cautious Of that young lady
Who runs from the wasll-tub to change
her dress at your approaehi you win
want a long pnrse % support her. Also
beware Of her With half dozen Of rings
on her fingers, and who sils in church
wilh her gloves OF tllat ~ she has Of
any value about her may be seen to adj
vantage.
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80 An Irishman addicted to telling
strange stories, said he saw man be-
headed, with his hands tied behind him,
who directly picked up his head and put
it On his shoulders, in the right place"
Ha, ha, ha," said a bysiander, how
could he pick up his head when his hands
were tied behind him
And sure what periy fool ye are p
said Pat, aud eouIdn't him pick it up
with bis ieeth7 70 old nick wid yer both
Grafton.
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VALrAHLE fiHsT LoYE-What more
precious Offering can be laid upon the al
tar of a mans heart than tie FIRST love
u a pure, earnest, AID aiieeiionaie girl,
wiih an undivided interest b eight cor
neF lo,s, nnd fourteen three slory hou-
aesf
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CT A choristqr wishing 70 fn.proB.

c. A ehorister wishing 70 Improve
on the lines
90 may our hearts IN tune b found
Lake Dasias hmp of solemn soulad,
submitted to bis minister ihe following
40 may our hearts Be tuned wiihins
Like Dayids sacred violin"
when the clergyman, a!ill more 70 ns9dsr-
aiss fhe text, suggested, Ia fi4.eale, the
following elimax
20 may oar hearta 20 DIupLE pIppLE
Like Unele Davlls sacred eddie.
Ii last improvement 80 excelled lhai
Il It's ei.oFatef, = q isduee AiH. y Is
content aisloal further fssilasasa w.fl
IS II tezt
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g. a Quaker once hearing = person
telling Los much as fels lar another, Who
wa suffering and aeodel liz assistance,
aFylg k1d him, girnd, ha1s ihoa felt
is uhY pocket .sf hIH
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BenevOlenCe.

Wedo not think Oerson oan eyince n mora In
nevolent trait of character than being moved M tho
distress and suffering Of others, anxious 10 do a in
thelr power to alleviate by every possible means bu
man suffering. In this view of the case. we do not
know how the humane and benevolent can do m
action more in accordance with their philanthronic
views than by calling the attention of their aliptY
cd friends and aoquantances to the fact, that Dr
Seth Hance, of l0S Baltimore street, Baltimore No
ryland, has discovered preparation, which Is mt
up the form of a pill, that has o specific action
lor curing Epilepsy, or falling fits, spasms eranns
ana all forms of nervous diseases Among thdso
who have been permantly cured we might mention
a number of the family of James II. Beadle. Hpnts-
VILE, Alabama Mr.. NJ. p Sledge. Cabin point
sSurry county, Va, aud Mr. W. p Ligon. Grenada
Mississippi. We might 60 on enumeTatine 4 nnm,
Der OF others, until we had entirely filed mn this
column OF our paper but we thiuk we have said
suihheht to satisfy every person that tho subject
under consideration is 0ne Of vital Importance 10
'very one, Reader! if you are d well man or wo.
nan, and have no need of remedy perhaps You
snow some person who Is not equally blessed a.
fourself II so, cut out this notice, and send n N
llm rher. II will cost you but little trouble and
'rohably II will mako you Instrumental in enring
ome poor, afflicted mortal Of that dreadful vis;ta
ion, Epilepsy, or falling sickness.
Dr, Hance sends his pills by mail, free of most. |
sc, tesail parts of the world, on the recent az
emttaace. His prices are: one box, SO; two, IS. /
wolve, VA, We have given his Adde'S above
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From New York.
New York. Nav

NEW loRK, May 10.
The Daily Times says that Charles Nc.
lIvanine, nephew of Bishop McIlvanine,
goes to Kansas as Private Secretary Of
Gov Walker, also. that the War De-
Parlment has assigned Major Dais,
Lieuts' Carr and Walker, his military
aids. The Times also says that Judge
Drummond is now in Washington, and
will be rendered the Governorsbip OF
Utah should Major McCuloch decline.
The Times Utah correspondent details
the outrage at Salt Lake City, where a
band OF armed bandits entered the United
states Court room, while the Court was
In session, and by threats and personal
violence compelled Judge Stiles to adjourn
the Court sine die.
The Jud ge appealed to Brigham Young
Tor protection. That functionary replied
that he would not interfere, but let the
boys have their own way, for the Couat
had already given too much trouble.
The greatest excitement existed. as the
Mormons are we'll armed, and threatened
Tie most dIsgraceful personal violence
upon the Gentiles, and especially the Uni
States Surveyor General.
The ship Charles, of Baltimore, from
New Orleans, bound to Africa, arrived at
st. Thomas on the Goth ult, leaking
badly.
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Pontiff of Rome. In the. 6rst.case w
would not be conscience bound, but i,
subject to Plus ninth, his holy structures
like innumerable ligaments would but
weigh us down to earth, and the utmost
reach of soul, or the highest flight of fam
cy could never aidus beyond St. Peters
chair.
But these are not our only reasons fop
opposing the pretensions of Catholicism.
Arrogant in her dealings with her supe-
rlors, claiming as her own, the omuipo-
tence of the Almighty; ever endeavoring
to eface from the soul of man, the i'm.
age o., his Creator, and to stamp thereon
the likeness of the arch enemy of the hui.
man race, and placing her own abomina-
tons above all that is called God. She
needs but to be known, to be universally
despiSedCas the o%adversary of humanity.
A. M
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ScIoro & IIocKING VALLEY RALRoAp
The Stockholders of this Corporation
met last Wednesday, and elected f. A,
SPENCER W.. ]. RlcHARr, FLAvIUs CASE,
j X. WILLp ?. PIcKERILL, ]. w. LAIRD,
}. T. TERRY. GEo, A. WALLER, and
GEORGE Johnson Directors. At meet
ing OF the Directors, Il. A SPENCER was
chosen President, Terry Vice. President,
COLLINS Secretary, and WALLER Treas.
urer. Nothing has been done on the
ROAD during the past year, though the
President thinks he has made arrange
ments which will insure a pretty big work
during the next twelve months. We
hope that hemay not be mistaken .-.Spirlt
Of The Times.
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SHERIFF'S SALE

Notice is hereby given that the under.
signed, Sheriff of the count, Of Jackson
VIII, by virtue of an execution issued bv
the Court of Common Pleas Of said eonn.
ty' IN favor Of Armpstead ScurlocA and
against James Hale, jr., William HALE
Joseph Hale and Joseph Shank, and to
MN directed at | O'Clock. A. Nj. on the
Sih day of June A. D. 1857, at tthe bouee
OF Wm. Hale in Bloomfield Township. in
saId county, offer Tor sale at public auc.
nowing goods and chattels, 10.
One bay horse and one brown horse
laken on I,,.al. said execution as the properly
BANlsTER BROWN, Sheriff J..C
May 21, 1857. Gid
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IN u
Fer the benefit of the invalid portion Of our cam,
munity we extract the following from the Alma
nae of pa 0, Nj. JACKSON, proprietoref Hooaabd,
uerman Bitters hopcing it may inducoa d trial q
them:
J'c' NILES says: Sheffield, Ill., march is. 1855.
u expect to sell great quantities of your Bttters
tais year. many Of my customers speak very highly
excellent Fever and ague preventative n grast ~
rher OF the blood and the very best thing on record
70 ald digestion and create good natural appetite
In Short am sure it is one Of the verv best meSi
cines known for family use, being safe and nIoss-
ant for any ono to take" r''''S
y. Ia ID. CRooKwELL says:
Anamosa, Iowa, May /, IS54-"Thc Bitters r;vo
unbounded satisfaction to all that have uscd tben,
ana do and can always recommend them To aII
Geat ~ are afflicted. They have cured many cases of
dyspepsia some OF them where hundreds of dollars
have been spent for remedies which Afforded no ras
iet ana were considered ncurablo until they used
tho Blttcrs," See advertisement. 6-2w
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Later from Utah.
ST I,nIr1a NJ,

ST. Louis, May 18.
BY the overland Utah mail, dates to
April "a have been received. The ter
Ttory was quiet. Preparations were
being made to send large number of
Mormons to all parts of the world. The
accounts of the movements of Brigham
oung do not accord with those Via Cal
ifornia.
lie seemed to possess the entire conf
dence OF the people. He was planning an
exploration and pleasure excursion to the
Mormon settlements at Salmon River, for
an unknown cause.