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New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-03-19

MORE OF THE RAT POISosISG AFFAIR IN WASH
IyGTos.-Tke Nerark Daily Advertsser Of the 18th
INST. says:
Several persons from Newark, while at WRhng
ton recently partook of the at the National Ho-
tel which bad been poi<Oned by the rate, and were
made very sick thereby one lady so badly that her lite
has been dee paired Of One two deaths have already
occurred and It is truly proydentia that all were not
killed from is Effects.
AWuhng.on correspondent of Tie Hudson County
Democrat Of March IL says:
"The President regret to say is in Ill health He
has upon him the remains OF stterbls du=ase which
be contracted while stopping at the National Hotel IN
this CITY, produced distressing diarIhea ana !nst
Is followed by great dstenson of the bowels putting
the patie ut in great pain. More than two hundred per
IONS have been attacked by it, and several have died.
In fact eating drinking or sleeping IN the mouse
generally enough TO bring on the dseesei ana yet Tue
proprietor continues 10 receive guests daily and az often
A. they come the succeeding day finds them stricken
With the disease and on the high road TO the narrow
house
The Daily Jaclsonian Ct Newark says that
Among the individuals suffering from sojoun at
the National Hotel Washington, Is our f-oT citizen,
Col, Hamilton, EDITOR CT The Susser Herald. de
came on with US from Trenton Friday f,genoon, on
hls way home He has lost flesh wonderfully, and u
s,l suffering from deranged bowels, producing nces.
ssut dsuhes that it seems impossible to check, and
that w akebs and emscates him very much. He says
of forty that psrtook Of specI banquet at the Ma
tional every one was taken down, ssd are still suf-
fering.'
son Guardian states that the Hon. John Huyer, Mem.
Der of Congress fr the INtn District also partook OF
the rat poisoned water while IN Washnston and mas
teen suffering quite severely iheIe'fon lie Is al pres
ent at bon hsckenssck, recovering from tne acc''
dent. MI ID. Bsrkelow of Paterson County RI 'ee;u-
Tor of the PIess for Passac is suffering somewhat from
The effects OF the poison mbibed in coffee while at the
National.
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able 70 oar ,elH r. to hss~ list IL DOES rnooss
nssses" sf krrpe epjy s-ss.er security fr NE .aa
2rOp@y and cheaper gov. rnnrne u IN tie .overseS
Of thu happy Isld II, &C Sydney Smith s'ys, NC
nissiop Of the Eogish rsce on earth % 70 eel e>ic>e
~ Is be Understood .hs. our mission and Erde eo1
privilege ie 70 i've w,thou. work; 10 psy 'AIes aod
sssss,Dtpi, for the b-rtf, Of Office hol3es q hons
AID 70 buy Engl,h French siks and ealcoes, Aod
psy for ther-in paper.
EEi Columbia
karcA t. 1857 AN ARKANSAS roOIHpICK
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-03-19
= 7HE OsHEGO CANAL a PROFITABLE
INVESTMENT FOR The SrATEi

TIE opponents Of The measure now beiore lie
l~sn).turs for the equalization OF tolls on The
E.,,h Of this Safe, have claimed that Of al the
Atsrsl CaDis tributary n the Ere, the O.~ego
has been the moss profitable Cana nves 'm.nt he
nssse has ever cs3e the tolls pas ns q more rsnu-
l<rsire PER een.age upon its cast than any Other
sste property; andtkey insst that by the proposed
nessure the tolls will be reduced and that fhe
property which now passes through that Cana Will
- pas through the Ere, but will be diverted to
SaAsr routes.
Tie following paragraph which we cut from "a
srtcle Id q recent number Of Tho Eueniag Post,
sys:
''some thirty years sgo II seemed good to 'eg's
)sfssp 10 unite the waters Of the Atlantic and the Ge.t
IAkes BY canal, for the purpose If ncres,iDg he
means Of transport snd enIa Rlog the New YORK. MAJ
BET for Western produce The canal ~ss baiIt fro
Albany TO Buffalo, and was found ~ aus~er It's pur-
V~te II gave q new impulse 70 the industry OF TIE
Crest West, and added immensely TO the c1mneree OF
Eev.York
"In Il course of time II found that by increas
be similar facilities, commerce and productive iaoue
Try might also be increased, and sccofo Dgy numoer
Of ether esnsls were consructed-eome tiodtsry 70
NE Ere Canal, end come not AmOog inc io'nicI
Wa ,he Osssgo Csoal which rurs from ossego' on
IAle Ontario 70 Syracuse, distance Oh iory MUGS
TAts Aos ,rored to be the most pr0fabIe od"n tnee-
meal The State has erer ma1e, .hs tos PIy"8 mG,e
yenuse, are per cetage upon rs cost than any 0ter
AtGte property -.
Frm the annual report of the Auditor Of the
Canal Department made TO the Legis AZURE, January
3, 1857, and also the repor: made to the Cshs
Beard Feb 20, in pursuance Of the resolution Of
The sena,e, We have compiled the following tables
and sbtsned The results stated below
eTArrsgSr showing the Co'f Lrss-et and U4inte"anee o.
As O.psoo Canal during IL, Tl dps t'oGI yedr' Dtt
Of income reeeired du't me same PERIOD 0Ha
ii, affect On dice, t;ao trade from abe Ere Canal
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-03-19
CITY ITEMS.
Sir VIM. Boy d lecture, at Clinton Hall this evening

BENEFIT OF w. A. MOORE Mr.. Moore, fH years
the stage manager Of Nibo's Toes or takes bsnet.
tomorrow evening" on which oocas q number 81 tho
ablished musical and theatrical favori,es 10 the
city vii appear. Although the stage msnsg'r OF
tbeater seldom appears before the sudience, 70 Es
diligence, and his careful supervision Of details, thS
u plays owe in great ssure their attract seress.
and this fact should not be forgotten by the public
The full particulars of the programme will BE- found 10
the advertising columns.
The NusicaI Soiree last evening Of Grammsr School
No (Seyept. enth Ware WIS crowded ADD every WY
,uccesrful Where commoo school children are manly
the nertonpers the moot brilliant musical execu.ioo
no, TO be expected but the singing spirited and
the audience Opposed to enjoy it. The patriotic Ne
tiopaI s.nss which engrsssed the former hslf Of ne
eyeDirg vas original words by VIM o. Bourne, ps1c
by Geo. II. Curis) ard was very good, and the cor
cludir duet "When a little farm ve keep" sSN'
miraby given Ths entertainment viii bear repeating
FLCsHISG RAiLmAD.-About q fortnight ego
meeting Of bondholders Of thi, Rood vas called 10
fereIce 10 their interests in tbs Ro,d, with the pro-
fesstd object Of devi,ing oms plan for relieving me
Company from their present embsra%mthsi pe'
matters were plsoed in very different hgst, W
ssmuch as il was at once mtns'ed tha' a ieS OF tss
influential holders of the first mortgage boods sere 10
favor Of foreelotng the mortgage without any frfnef
ceremony and each b,odhoIder pledsips hios'h y
take stock in the Road to The smoaut Of hs BORIS
after the ssle-with the understanding thn the BIDS
for she entire property, which it was believed teey
couo control should Dot exceed the amout tor ~hen
il vss row mortg.gsd. Some Of the boOdSoldsra "no
had rot been fully pos.ed up in the msttsr, were a
oourse, taken by surpnse with the proposnn referred
TO- ard were neither prepared nor wiling to scqaese'
N The measure which vas 90 strepaously urged upoa
,h,m. vhereupon the meeting WA s1jour.ed uaai
Nn,5.x las, vher another meeting YES held, aad
which resulted in pss. measure IS the former ose
had do,stbe same oppostien 70 the sale Of the Ros1
a, ,rono..d being sg.in manifested A Com@ftsse
wac appointed, however, TO sttesd 10 The ntsfe@'
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THE FOURTH AVENUE RAILROAD.

The Committee of the Board a Adefmsa on Rsl-
roads resumed their inves igston 81 the alleged abuses
of the -Four b avenue Rsilroad Company.
Ger eral SArDroRD spoke In tehsn of the Company
in seine very 2 neral arguments He stated hat Toy
could not pu, down the groove rail a. it would b lon
proc icable and too expensive, but the T. rail can
be laid 20 thar il Can cause No more inoonvenence
to vebics than the other patterns b. setting The new
Belgian psv.u en- flush With the all
MIR. NJ G.. LAsE comp aioed of the running Of
freight cars at night he thought would be better TO
have all the freight delivered at twenty sevesth
street better for the Company and adv
who did not give his n,me, detailed the horrors Of
life in the hous. opp cite ue depot with . hae of
hacks before. He himself had made compIsiot
TO the police and succeeded only in making them
on round and round In q rotary fuoer,l procession.
The Committee adjourned until Monosy next q
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NOTICE TO TRAVELLERS.
T.. ,xa Fyy - 60
e. - y. ..iys..:iSs. 49,. ;.;;is5
Chicago Iowa l. Nebraska II. II.
OPEN TO DEWITT.

On and after Monday, Juue I'D. and until further no
tlce. passenger trains viii run as foess:
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The Belfast Mercury gives the follow
ing in relation TO the printer:
From high to low they are the same,
careless, clever, well-informed, reck es
fellows, know how to act better than they
do-nothing at times--everything if oc-
casion requires it, or the fit takes them.
No sooner are they comfortable in one
town than they make tracks for another,
even if they travel on hair space means
And to what will they not turn their
hands, ave have seen,' says the Ameri-
can editors, "one, and the same individu-
al Of the craft, minister in California,
a lawyer in Missouri, sheriff in Ohio, a
boatman on western canal, sailing a
privateer, and pressman in large prin-
ting Office. Nor are the characters con-
fined to any one eountry-thcy are eve
nv where the same. We have met them
a. lecturers, actors, travelling preachers;
in fact everything. We have met them
on tramp in this country, members Of
this rowing profession, from all parts Of
the clobe-Frenchmen, Spaniards, Por-
tuoese. Germans and swceds, and all ap-
narently feel as much at home here as in
their own country Ardent lovers Of lib
erty, king, craft and priest, find but lite
favor in their eyes. They are always
With the people. When the Char,ist *.
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When a flea is made to appear as large
a. an elephant, We can see all the wonder
full parts of its formation, and are aston
ishcd that it has coat Of armor more
complete than ever warrior wore, and
composed of strong polished plates fitting
over each other, each plate covered ike
a tortoise shell; and where they meet,
hundreds Of strong quilts project like
those on the back Of porcupine or hedg-
hog. There arc the arched neck, the
bright eyes, the transparent ears, pier
GERS to puncture the skin, sucker to
draw away the blood; six long joint legs,
four Of which are folded Oh the breast.
ready at any moment to be thrown out
with imaeEce force for that jump which
bothers one when We wish to catch him,
and at thcend Of each leg, hooked claws 10
enable him to cling tight to whsteyer he
lights upon. \ flea can leap hundred
times it, own length, which l. the same
as if 4 maa jumped to the hight Of seven
hundred feet; and be can draw Z load 20o
times his own weight.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1857-10-17

One feet connected wiah the loss Of
the Central America will strike the pub
lie mind forcibly, tina, with over six hun
dred persons on board, the steamer had
six boats, capable of holding fifty persons
each, or only enough for 800 persons, SO
that ii it had been necessary, after the
storm had lulled, to take to the boats,
only half the number ON board could have
been saved BY these means. Should our
steamships be- allowed to carry more pass
engers than they can accommodate with
means Of salty in the event Of an accident,
Yet these California steamers have been
known to crowd thousand persons on
board at a single trip.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1857-10-17

element was aging in England, the most
eloquent and spirited leaders in the msve-
ment were printers. When barricades
were raised in lars 5, the compositors east
their types into bullets and fred them at
royalist troops. When the Americans
were a, war with Mexico, one Of General
Taylors regiments was composed almost
entirely of printers, and they were the
bravest Of his troops.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1857-10-17

kg- A good story is told Of grave d.
vine on cape Cod, not long since, who
awoke from a comfortable nap in his
chair, and discovered his amiable help
mate in the performance of an act for
which Gov. Marcy once made charge OF
fifty cents to the State-or in other words
mending his pantaloons. Inspired with
love Of fun which seldom afflicted him,
he enquired, "why are you my dear, like
the evil adversary spoken of in the scrip
turese' OF course she was unable to see
any resemblance. because said he,
"~hile the husband-man slept YOU seved
the tares.'
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Advertising.

The silly man, as times grow 'hard,
business dull and money market tight, in
commencing to curtailing his expenses,
is apt frst to stop his advertising in
newspapers and by hand bill, cards, &c.
The shrewd man, wh.s just as strongly
intent on cuftailing all unnecessary ex-
penditures, only adyertises more Wig
orously than ever, and endeayors by all
means in hi. power to resist the outside
pressure Of dallness and keep his bust
ness at its average
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1857-10-17

DAYTON, Oct. lit is reported that
a Cincinnati banker wen, into the Branch
Bank at Piqua to dag with a carpet bag
Of bank notes to demand specie. \ mob
Of citizens not connected with the bank
followed him and requested him to leave
town Immediately or take lynching.
The broker accordingly left without ac-
complishing his object. His name was
not ascertained.
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'HREsHING MACHINES Of 1, 2 and .
Il Horse Power ""u
200 Rail Road Barrows
Ames shosels raho4t strap.
Buckwheat Tnrnip Seed.
ror sale at the Farmers Store corner a,pa.L
Island and Front SIS Davenport. bv v ''sA
-'h'' JOHN II. SoURsE.
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Connecting wrh all through trains for Chicago on
the Dixon Air Line Of the Gaieua and Chicago MON
Railroad, at Dewitt with stages for Davenport Maauo.
ke,a, Upton, Toronto Meehanesviile, Lisbon, Noun,
Vernon and Cedar Rapids.
The shortest, quickest and most expeditions route
from Central Iowa Chicago any point as, or west
m agent will be- ri the depot in Fulton tu receive
baggage fer Clinton the road which will lie conyey.d
free OF charge. freisn I rains leave daily.
NJ SMITH, Eng. and Superintendent.
Clinton June 20, 1-5.. n37
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HORRIBLY BARBARoUs--S Some of
the East Indian insurgents, when they
capture an European man or woman slit
the skin around the throat OF their victims,
and pull off mask, scalp hair face and all.
1t would be hard to 'imagine anything
more cruel and inhuman than these wan
ton operations.
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A Virginia editor tells of prodigious
calf he saw at the Springs" The edit
or was probably drinking from one Of the
spring swhen he discovered the prodigy.
Lon. Jlurnnl
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FLOUR, FLOUR

A FIRST RATE article Of Family Flour can
Il always be had at the Upton CRY Mills,
at p cents per hundred less than it can b.
bought e,ses here. All orders left at the Mil
will be promptly disposed Of. and the -four de
lisered in any part OF Upton We have also on
hand Buckshea -four. Corn Meal and ali sorts
Of feed. We also do custom W, rk: Wheat
ground for everv eighth bushsl and Corn for 10
cent? pr bnshel III RI. STOUT 4 SHEARER
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Sulalp1E lRsll lAflNlS
O II. A r E r S

CORNER or ROCK ISLAND 4 FRONT SITS.
NOERSE 4 NIELE, Propr's
HAvE for ale, FARMING TOOLS Of all kinds.
IL such a.
FLOWS, CrLTIyATOns, WHEAT AND CORN
Drills, Seed Sewers
HAND CORN pLASTEEs K CORN SHELTERS,
Single and Double.
HAY. STRAW Il Dung FORKS HOES. HAND
and Horse kakes etc.
THE STAR CORN AND COB MILL
The Best Patented.
PEAsE'~ EXCELSIOR FARM NILT-foF Grind
ing Wheat. Corr, ete~. iufo FloaT--w arrantea
10 do A. good work as any Mill patented, aud
at less cost.
THgESHING AACHISES-Piits Patent Eight
Horse Power.
PEasE's Ia HORSE RAILROAD ENDLESS
Chain Power.
FARM BOILERS. PORTABLE SAW MILLS, e.
CLOVER, TIMOTHY. Blue GRASS, RED Tor.
Orchard Grass Aiiiet, IL.
/ GARDEN Il FIELD SEEDS, imported and from
the East.
NOuR>E Il EIELE are the exclusive agents for
Scott and Cedar Counties for
H.sSr's cFLEERkTEp coaBfsEp REFER Avn
MowFK.-Fariners desiring the above should
send their orders early. many having het n dis
appointed last year in obtaining them In cen
sequence II icing too late with their orders.
WHEEL RARRoHs ( ROAD scRApETsS alway'
on hani. Hancles far forks, hoes. axes, spades
etc Usage Orange Seed. by the pound OF
/ bu-aci. |. I'm. DAVENPORT. Iowa.
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TIE RECENT CAUSE.-THE British ship
Lord Ashburton, from Toulon, for st. Johns,
n. H., totally lost 18th inst, on Grand
Menan, Bay Of Funiy. The officers were
all lost, and only eight men, out Of twenty.
uine. wcrc saved, and they were badly
irozen.-rhc Ship Mlnlius, from Newcastle,
England, for st. Johns, N. g., was also to-
tally lost on Grand Mcnln. The crew were
saved, after being more than a week in the
boat, and in the wo,dJ.
The steamer Black Warrior arrived at
New York, Jan. %. She left New Orleans
llth, and Havana 18th inst. On the 18th
she encountered Il terrific gale, lost fore and
mainmast,and all rigging attached. The gale
lasted 80 hours, during which the fuel
gave out. and the boat drilted to the south
ward. When the gale abatcd, she attempt
ed to reach Norfolk, using cabins and fur
niture for fuel. She arrived ut Hampton
Roads 2lst, but could not reach Norfolk On
account Of ice. Procured fuel at Old Point
Comfort, and proceeded thence 9th.
The New York Courier says Of the Persia
''lhis steamer bears un.listlkabla evidence
Of having had II rough passage. Ice in thin
sheets in some places, and in huge lantas-
tically formed masses in others, covers her
hall from stem to stern. The Warehouses; are
lost to sight. and the iigure-hcad can hardly
be traced through the GIitteting folds of the
icy mantle that envelopes it. From The
spectacle she presents, one may form some
. l.. IL Al nil. ,a1 4. N III. 4 -. ..