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\ INDUSTRIOUS, CAPABLE GIRL WISHES A STU
n alton ,hssesrruaid and wsiter and to assist in The
.snr sud ironing viii do general Homework for
small faany. Can be her present employers
~ West I'D 81.
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A LADY WISHES 10 OBTAIN A SITUATION FOR 4
"A wet nurse who aving with her She well
recommended Apply the residence Of her employer y
fae; 18Th 81.
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A SITUATION wANTER-BY 4 RESPECTABLE wO
"A 20 do seccra ho1sework, plain cooking wash
and IRONING Coed city reference Call At So Flushing
" ~ Harrisburg.
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spr~s b~ar.s d. cor.
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plume psssnt h-.pn dgnsr des i-eyns ecriture,
desrera aonEer des ccons partcucres dams lea col
igas spupr.n8 que u.s psu rAngias II peu donncr
bonnes references adrcssar 49, broadway pour
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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-12-17

DIIkINGS POINT.-POR SALE-THE SUBSCRIBER
ID offers his place, situated In the town Of New Winsor
Orange county for sale cheap All the improvements dwell
ing and out buildings are having been built within the
For price and particulars inquire Of JOHN ROMER, I'll
West street. n r., OF DANIEL. BILLINGS, the
misses about mile from Salisbury Mills and miles
from Newhurg.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1857-06-24
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1fIsCELIANEoUs POETRY.

&SS49<AAIA1S4a 4aOO Oo. ( O6 l. III
The moon was shining silver bright,
All bloodless lay the untrodden snow;
When freedom from the. mountain, height
,Exclained, Now, don't be foolishJoe
An hour passed ON, the Turk ,awoke,
a bubble bee went laundering by, -.
To hover in the sulphur smoke, - -.s
And spread its pail upon the sky.
His eshoing axe the settler swung,
He was o lad of high renown; .''',
4ndsdeep the pearly caves among, -.
Giles Seroggins courted Molly Brown
Loud roars. the wild inconstant blast. fF'i
And cloudless sets the sun at even,
When twilight. dews are falling fast, 3 =
land rolls the thunder7drum of heaven
.sstsSs ee5 fsl.sssg yAa-oi saiEsS1 5al3H $
90 ever thus from childheed's hour, g
By torch and trumpet fast arrayed; e..
BeneathGyon ivy-mantledstower i,d afom
The-bull frog creaks his serenade.
O,my love is like q rec, ,sred rose. s
He bought q ring with posey true, ra.s
Sir Barney Bodkin broke his nose,
And, Saxon, I am Roderick Dhu.
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Bets on the Comet.

We ought to have published long ago
the propositions of the Urbana CIlls )Con-
stitution concerning the Comet. The ed
itor, after observing the ''critter" care
fully with the instruments of the Urbana
Brass Band, comes to these conclusions
1st. The Comet will not strike the
earth; but, -1}--l a"6.
I'd. If 1T does strike it will never do
it the second time. s .s. -.f
In case, however, any gentleman holds
OPINIONS. different from the above and is
willing to back his views to limited ex-
tent in order to arrive at the truth in this
momentous matter, we hereby make the
following .~s~s-4G ~ >
g....f. ..e PROPOSITIONS. a~r ..
s. 1st. We will wager $4,000 more or
less, that if the Comet offers to strike we
will dodge before it does it; in other words
that sum that it can't be brought to the
scratch. 4.a.f .
I'd. A like sum that if it does strike,
it will be knocked higher nor kite.
Sd. Twenty FIVE times the above spec
fled amounts that IN case the Comet does
strike, it won't bulge the earth, six inches
by actual measurment.; r s... To-
4th. "A like amount that after the
comet strikes, its tail drops. I'll, ...li %.
5th. An optional sum that the earth
can knock the comet further than the
comet can knock the earth nine times out
of eleven. ' -r.fs -Fl.-- fs..s --e.
9th. That after the comet gets through
striking the earth, it will never want to
strike anybody else. Il. ~ -s.,.s en-
These propositions are intended to COW
er the case of any gentlemen in this globe,
or on the comet or elsewhere.
All wagers to be decided by the Judges
of the Supreme Court.
Money to be deposited IN the Banks Of
| Newfoundland. ........... .. s-
Time of striking and other arrange
ments to be fixed by the parties.
Applicants for bets have a right to Sc
lect any comet they chose
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A Lucid Narrative.

/ Now, den, Mister Fluffy, rs gwiue to
tell you bout all dat are scrape.s Fustly,
axed Becky Mariar Samantha Jane Ere
mont eff she'd become bones of my flesh,
an flesh of my bones. After dreckly she
sed yeth. So we went up to the parsnip's
house, an I tole de parsnip dat 1 wanted
him to tie de kinnuberous knot. Den de
parsnip tole US to STAN up, afore we sot
down. So we stood up, an den he ses to
me:' Will you take dis woman for your
lawful welded wife, for better .or wuss?"
Itold him / guessed I'd sidder about DAT.
At last ses. I guess I'llgo it, Den he
axed Becky Mariar Samantha Jane efshe
would take me fur, better or wuss? She ses,
Yes, sir-e,e!' So I gum de parsnip a hall
adollah, an started home wild my bride
on my arm. af3d q, SIS s1a5seai SIS u a9s5
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A Speech on Scolding Wives.

At. a young mcns' debating society
somewhere up in. Indiana, the question
for discussion was, (Which is the great
est evil, a scolding wife or a smoky CHM
ney." After the appointed disputants had
concluded the debate, a spectator rose,
aud hegged the privilege of making a
few remarks on the OCCASION" Permis-
sion being granted, he delivered himself
in this way: "Mr.. President I've been al
most mad a-listening to the debate of
these ere youngsters. They don't know
nothing at all about the subject. What
do they know about the evils of scolding
wife? Wait till they have had one for
twenty years, and been hammered and
jammed, and Stunned all the. while-wait
till they have been scolded because the
baby cried, because the fire wouldn't burn,
because the oven was too hot, because the
COW kicked over the milk. because it rain
ed, because the sun shined, because the
hens didn't lay, because the butter wouldn't
come, because the old cat had kittens, be-
cause they come too soon for dinner, be-
cause they were ,one minute to late, be-
cause. they tore their trowsers, because
they invited a neighbor woman to call
again, because they got sick, or because
they did anything else (no matter whether
/ they couldn't help it or not, before they
talk about the evils of a scolding wife;
why, Mr.. President, I'd rather hear the
clat.er of hammers and stones, and TWEEN
ty tin pans, and nine brass kettles, thar
the din, din, din, of the tongue of a scold
I ing wife. Yes, stree, I would. To my
mind, Mr.. President, q smoky chimney il
no more to be compared to scolding wife
] than little negro to dark night"
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B"Dad,n said an incilient legisla-
tor to his indulgent parent who had graf
lied him with q visit to the galleries Of
the Capitol, 'say do you see any row go.
ing on? / don't" "No," said the aston
ishei father, "of course not. Why did
you ask?o "Cause the man in the big desk
says--lthe eyes have itt--and just now he
said the nose had it--so / thought there
was some. fus down there som'ers!"sls -
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GAPEs IN CHIoKENs.-The, disease, is oft
en- caught by feeding. too literally with wet
Indian meal, when cooped. Chickens that
are permitted to roam freely through the
fields, are seldom troubled with the disease:
1'he common tucket or pop CORN is bet bet
ter than meal, with which to feed chickens
as scon as they are four weeks old.
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| W Mr.. ohm B. Cough, the well
known Temperance lecturer, in aletter
dated the 23d Of March last, and (Which
is isipubIshed in the English Wsskly Re-
cord, says: 1879 oahi y7'baeo sd 79Ye Il
The canse in this country is in e de.
pressed state; The Maine.law is dead let
ter everywhere more liquor sold than
everiknew before in Massachusetts, and in
the other States II ~ about as bad 'sof
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f9yr IT is no longer proper to say Of
aplady that she 10 dressed in the sheight
Of fashion , The phrase new Isl ''in the
breadth of fashion
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"Old Crele, y of Columbia county, Wis

"Old Crele," of Columbia county, Wis
consin, is, according to the, note of his
baptism on the church records Of Mon
treal, $50 years old, and he distinctly re-
members period of1l7 years. He mar.
ried at New Orleans hundred years ago,
and is now living with q grandchild up.
wards of, sixty years old. He is still hale
and hearty, and does not appear to be
over, 10. 1r1 -.,.-,.e -. :.
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A GARDEN PATCH An indefatigable
cotemporary who dabbles in gardening as
wen as news and politics, reports progress
as follows;-.The snails ate up the cnculn-
bers-the chickens ate up the snails--
the ,neighbor's cats eat up the chickens,
and we are now in search of something to
eat up the cats! o1'1l,.',i ~.'-1'- - : T
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TALENT. To have the name of having
greattaIentiasrsse oaythe littleyou have.
Let clever fellow get drunk every little
while aud make . foo. .of~himself. and he
is the-best doctor, the best lawyer, orswbat
not 'f he would keep sober s'.s..'
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StatenlentsB.

Showing the amount of moneys received and
paid ,out by the Treasurer of Monroe county
Ohio, for afl'purposes, for the year ending June
1st, 1851 Filed June 11th, 1857 :,
Attest: "DASlEL WALroS, Deputy Clerk.
- VI STATE FUNDS. ..'.,'.'''3 = -.5
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Gait and Indication of Character.

~ . 81.
Observing people. move slow = their
heads move alternately from side to side,
while they occasionally stop and turn
round Careful persons lift their feet
high, and place them down fat and. 6rm..
Sometimes they stoop down to pick up,
some little obstruction, and place it quiet
ly by the side. of the way. Calculating
persons generally walk with their hands
in their pockets, and their heads slightly
inclined. Modest persons generally step
softly, for fear of being observed. 'Timid
persons often step off from the sidewalk
on meeting another, and always 60 round
a stone instead Of stepping overit. Wide
awake persons toe out,n and have along
swing, with their arms, while their hands
shake about. miscellaneously.l Careless
persons are forever stubbing their toes.
Lazy persons scrape about Loosely with
| their heels, and are first on one side Of
the walk and then on the other Very
strong minded persons have their toes
directly in front of them and have kind
of stamp movement Unstable persons
walk fast and slowly by turns. Ventur-
Gus persons try allroads, frequently climb
fences, instead Of going through the gate
/ and never let down the bars. One idea
persons are apt to hit their knees together.
Good natured persons snap their thumb
and finger every few steps Fun-loying
persons have kind Of jig movement.
| Absent minded persons often take the
wrong road, and sometimes find them
selves up to their knees in mud puddle,
j although the sidewalks are excellent.
4 Digni6ed men move slow and erect. Fast
!! persons cut across the corner, and kick
every dog they meet, knock downolittle
children, run against the ladies', and hi,
every twelfth mans ribs with their elbows
Very, neat men occasionally stop to whip
the dust from their boots-their hands
hang down by their ides.-Wasconasin
Farmer. 5aI CO -! fgs
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Cleaning Wool for Market.

The following method of preparing
wool for market, was adopted by Messrs.
Perkins & Brown, of Ohio, once extern
sive wool growers, and we insert it at
this time, as being seasonable, and may
prove valuable:
They first wet the wool by immersing
the sheep in water. Then allow the sheep
to stand in the yard until they become
warm. The oil in the wool thus becomes
soapy, and it requires but little labor to
wash them entirely clean. Some writer's
recommend that sheep be washed until
the water runs away from them clear and
clean They should be sheared as soon
as dry, which will be, if the weather is
fine, in about three days from the time
they were washed. So a
1t was formerly customary, and is now
to some extent, for the person who washes
to stand in the water up to his hips until
the whole flock be washed. This is not
necessary and can be avoided by taking a
tight barrel, with one Head out, or a hogs
head sawed off at a proper height and
sinking it into the stream by putting in
rocks or other heavy substances. The
washer can then stand in this and operate
in somewhat dryer condition than when
immersed in water.
A very good method, where one does
not have deep water convenient for him
to plunge his sheep in is to make a flume
or sluice in some stream large enough to
contain sheep. Into this the sheep may
be placed and washed. The water may
be suffered to run of, and the aume again
filed for another sheep, while the opera
tor, standing on the outside, can work
aud keep himself dry at the same time.
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NUMBER, Is. !.

To proportion of show license .s9 sss 20
- -. :. :-.-', $40 SIS = 1
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THE voTE ON NEGRO SUFFRAGE IN Iowa
IL is not little singular that the vote on that
clause of the new constitution Of Iowa which
placed the negroes on an equality, in point OF
political rights, with the whites, should have
been 70 decidedly negstved by the people Of that
State. Iowa is considered republican State;
the republican leaders in this part OF the
world have lately made a practice OF count
ing upon II as a thing certain. Yet 1t seems that
the republicans of Iowa do not carry their repub-
licanizm 40 far az to admit the negroes into
community Of political rights with themselves.
Very few political communities of white men
have been proved willing, in the present day, to
Omit the negro to political or a social equality
with themselves. Northern men are ready
enough to sympathise With the alleged wrongs Of
he colorcd race 10 the South, and TO make
an outcry about The injustice Of the holding Of
one human creature in bondage by another
But when these same Northern men are asked TO
s ut the same table, or To ride In the same cars,
or TO occupy The fame apartment, or TO vote side
by eide with these black human creatures, their
idea Of The analogy becomes materially altered
In such States as Rhode Island tree negro sui
frage may pass muster; but in New YORK anu
lowe, IL seems the prejudice OF color" opera"'
20 debar the colored man from the privilege
We presume that, a. in New York, the people
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now in custody ct the hotel, awaiting the result Of
an investigation by the proprietoss, Messrs Tread
well. Acker & Co. For full account Of the affair,
together with several other ing police cases.
our readers are uArred to another column.
The Secretary Of the Navy had determined 10
shorten the cruises of national vessels from three
years to two years. II Is expected that by this
means more efficient seamen will be induced to en-
ter the naval service.
Two men, named Anderson and Phillips, were ar.
rested in Boston yesterday with quantity of coun
terfet notes on the Lee Bank, of Massac husetts.
Quite number of these bills had been palmed of
shopkeepers during the day. The persons arrest.
ed are doubtless portion of the gang a number of
whom apprehended in this city some days since
for passing similar counterfeits-
Advces from La Paz, Lower California, to the
LIST of June, have been received. 1t is stated that
for some time past American spectators have been
coming into the territory buying lands, houses and
lots "qiien sabe for what reason" says the local
paper An American had established himself In
business at La Psz, and was monopolizing the hide
trade, as he had the price up to So rs when the
native merchants formerly purchased them for so
or rs cents. Several rich mines had been discover
ed, but there was NO capital in the country to work
uIcm. DunS tuC taoe jour viz ~ohii'ViJ -Asu LAW"
eight different Governors, and the last one appointed
had refused to accept party of revoutonists that
had been sentenced to serve in the army in Lower
California rebelied against their officers La Paz was
for short time the scene of fight with them, but
they had succeeded in escaping into the interior
The local authorities were under fear of some fill
buster invasion from California.
The sales Of cotton yesterday were confined 10 about
500 bales Of which IN transitu We quote mid
ding upants q, SXc and madlirg Ne Orleans =, l6's
| Flour dull and irregular, and SONS Inscriptions
closed further decline Of about cents per Dbl Wheat
heavy for common AMI ordinary grades, while
prime unchanged. Among the sales TO day wee
100 bushels Of fair Indiana red, re,e red by
the Erie Railroad and the first OF the season from that
State q 81 As Prime old Illinois winter red sold o. 81 co
rev Southern red 81 b6 81 g., and new white good
10 prime .. o. Is Q 81 81. Corn WIS in good re-
quest with sales OF Western mixed at s5c. So Nc.
Pork closed m, with sales Of mos at SIS TO- Sugars
were without change Of moment Ia prices The sales en-
braced about 600 hhds ana about $50 boxes at prices
given where and a36 bags OF Madagascar sugars I've
believe about the 1rss especially to en- equal extu ever
introduced into this market) were sold at 7sc n six
months The sales Of coee embraced about 900 bags c
Rio ai No There rather doing In freghts,
especially 70 Liverpool and London 10 the sttsr por.
rosn taken ~ d. and coo bbls. spirits turpentins
q, L. 3D. per 80 lbs whukey eaIer, with sales Of
l,coo bbls u &c. and 2shc
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debt on which Judgment could be obtained,
and thus virtually nullify the provision in tne
charter of 1880 which declares that the Common
Council .hali not have POWER to borrow money
on the credit Of the Corporation, except in antici
patton of the revenues Of the year in which the
loan is made, unless authorized to do 60 BY
special act of the Legislature.
But that point was overruled, and the decision,
as we have said, rendered in favor Of Lowber.
The point WIS frivolous in fact and in Law. Not
co. however, with the question now raised, and on
which Lowber's right is contested This is, that
of the whole property for which the city has thus
contracted, Lowber is entitled to not more than
bird, the title to the remainder being really
in the people Of the State. 1t is averred that
Lowber's proprietorship only extends to the tri-
angular piece of ground bet weeu Sixteenth and
Seventeenth streets and avenue C and Tompkins
street; that this Tompkps street is the legal east
ern boundary of the city at that place. and that all
the reclaimed land eastward between it and the
preeent bulkhead ON the East river belongs to the
authorized its alienation, and the Corporation
never having, IN fact undertaken TO ALLEVIATE 1t.
If this be 60, Mr.. Lowber would be selling pro-
perry to which he has no legal right, and would
be receiving for the twenty lots to which his right
is not questioned, the nice little sum of $4,000
II is this question of title on which, if the case be
re- opehed, the courts will have to decide. But
the Board of Aldermen seems determined to take
the decision of the question upon themselves, and
have therefore passed q resolution directing the
| CORPORATION Counsel to take measures to compel
the Comptroller to pay the Judgment. This,
however, is easier said than done, for there are
no funds in the city treasury that can be appro-
prated to the purpose. In the meantime, it is to
be hoped that the expose which this little specula-
ton has given rise to will have the effect of de-
terring others from embarking in similar ente
rprises, to the prejudice Of the city and it
taxpayers
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1sw Work, Saturday. August -. 1857.
the Atlantic Telegraph.


The interest created by the elaborate and accurate his
tory which We pabnshed yesterday OF the Atlantic Tee
the globe having led to much greater demand Tor
than our daily O. iton ooud supply, We are induced to
CRAFTY the requests forwarded TO US on the sub
ject by Publishing 1t in EUROPEAN EDITION OF to-
DAY. and Ia the FAMILY BsrnD of Wednesday rex:
Agents should forward thelr orders csriy.
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will be in some measure defeated; for competi-
tors who, however pure they may be. are no
doubt biased In favor of the views they have
been 80 long carrying out In our national naval
construction, will naturally lean to what they
have been accustomed to deem the best We
have heard 1t said BY experienced shipboilders
and navel men that had the board which lately
sat upon the models Of the steam cutters submit
ted to the Treasury Department been practical
eeamen instead of naval constructors, there is
little doubt that the choice Of model would have
been very different from the one selected IT. too,
the models for the aioop ofwar are to be sub nit
ted to board of naval constructors, it is not i'm
probable that they will select the one that ap-
proaches most nearly to those they have them
eelves designed and built after, as being in their
Judgment the best If, therefore, the desire OF
the department is to awaken friendly spirit or
emulation between the national and the mercan-
tile naval constructors let 1t not place the one 10
sit in judgment upon the other.
For these reasons and many others that might
be adduced it is to be hoped that the Secretary
of the Navy, in constituting the board to examine
the models submitted to him, will follow the same
simple and sensible rules that guide the merchant
in similar case. Let him submit them to
board CT practical seamen. Our navy List teens
with names of officers eminently capsbl- of doing
this duty. 1t would be invidious to particular'zt
parsons, but we have officers who have made thu
subject practical study for many years, ant
who have not only navisated every sea in steam
chips, but have circumnavigated the world il
them, and have seen and competed with, in thei
term of service, the best steamships of other ma
tons We call, therefore, for board of compe
tent naval officers, and not of constructor to 81
in judgment upon the models to be submitted t
the Navy Department by our merchant ship
builders.