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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-01-24

AMERICAN DEBUTs AND DEBtTANrrs.--Nov
York Is city Of emotions and the latest of
them is passion which has seized some of its
aristocratc ladies to appear on the stage We
seem likely, just about this time to he delured
with dtJuts and inundated with dtI'arafes. We
do not object to this If we can find merit any
where either In the highest or the lowest circles
we shall be happy always to give it its due need
of praise. The relations Of these aspiring anna
teurs to the press sometimes give rise 10 anus
ing complications. Take the case of Madame
Mcmahon. She has been persevernply written
down by nearly all the newspapers, but she re.
fuses to stay down, and filings her gauntlet before
all the critics in the following sharp letter TO
us -
FsDAY, January %, 1897.
Mr. REsNErI
DrsR sD-Psrdou me, but really wish that you
would be present at my rendition Of Banoa 70 night
In order that you may Judge for yourself whether the
criticisms have been just with regard 70 mo The au
otnoes all appear 10 be much pleased have heard no
one express themselves othereise. have been called
out before the curtain every night, and am Determined
that the press shsl not crush Let toern say what
not depen dent upon them for livelihood am no, the
nrst that has been abused Charlotte Cusbmsn suffered
much 81 the hands OF the press and was not until she
visited England that she was appreciated such has been
the case With many others only greatness that can
surmount difficulties THANKS for your article n 70 dsys
PAPER. Yours, With esteem, Mrs. MCMAHON
We publish this letter with the remark that we
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-01-24

The CHEvAIIER WKOFF's Book IN ENGLAND.
According to the accounts received by last
English mail the recent brochure put forth by the
Chevalier Wikoff had created the greatest ex-
element among the diplomats and journalists;
extracts were published in all the principal jour
nails, and the book was commented upon as one
of the most extraordinary revelations of the CEN
fury. As we predicted the work has created
much greater sensation in England than it caused
here
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-01-24

The Meeting OF the American state Council
ALBANY, Jan. %, 1857.
The annual meeting OF the American STATE Council
takes place Troy on Tuesday, Feb. "a and no, Feb 1o
a. heretofore announced.
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ADJUSTMENTS THIS EvENING,

BROAnvAy rBEa-RE Brosdwsy-pKyu IN PARn -
SsyoS hoS--An OBJEcr IsrEEIsT
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1857-02-27
WARNING TO YOUNG LADIES.

To keep the skin in healthy state, in
cold and variable climates, we must pre-
yentsudden chills by warm and dry cloth
ing at all times, but especially at that age
which is particularly obnoxious to the at
tacks of consumption and scrofula-that
period in the females life which compri-
ses the development of womanhood.-
During the earlier years of life-child-
hood and girlhood-care has probably
been taken that the clothing shall have
been sufficiently dry and warm; and,
with respect to the feet, good warm
stockings have, in all probability, or
ought to have, maintained a proper tenn
perature while the neck and chest have
been protected from the vicissitudes of
the weather by high clothing-thus pre-
venting outward chillness and inward
congestion-but when the fair girl is en-
tering into polished society, or coming
out, as it is called, the father-sin, pride,
causes an alteration in all these matters,
substitutes thin stockings for the comtor-
table and substantial wooden ones hither-
to worn and, to add to the mischief, a
tight dress and low corsage are adopted,
as changeful fashion may order. The
delicate being is further exposed to mis-
chief from great and sudden changes Of
temperature, passing, as she often must
do, from the air of the heated ballroom
at once to the cold wind of hall or street.
If parents thus sow the seeds of disease
in their offspring, can we wonder that
they reap the only fitting return-dan-
ger and death DR. James.
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BOTTOMLESS PIT.

The Bottomless Pit in the Mammoth
Cave in Kentucky is suspected by many
to run through the whole diameter Of the
earth. The branch terminates in If. and
the explorer suddenly finds himself
brought upon It's brink, standing upon a
projecting platform, surrounded on three
sides by darkness and terror, a gulf on
the right and gulf on the left, and be-
fore him what seems an interminabIe
world. He looks aloft; but no eye has
yet reached the overreaching dome
nothing Is there seen but flashing of the
bright blue water dropping from above,
smiling as it shoots by in the unwonted
CLEAN OF the lamp. He looks below, and
nothing meets his glance save darkness
as thick as lampblack, but he hears wild
mourntul melody of water, the wailino
Of the brook for the green and the sunny
channel left in the upper world never
more to be revisited. Down goes a
rock, tumbled over the cliff by the guide,
who Is of the opinion that folks come
here to see and hear, not to muse and he
melancholy. There it goes-crash! il
has reached the bottom. No-hark i
strikes again; once more and again, still
falling. Wilt never stop? Ones han
begins to bristle as he hears the SOUND
repeated, growing less, until the ear car
; follow it no longer. Certainly if the Pi
OF Frederick shall be eleven THOUSAND
feet deep, the Bottomless Pit of the Nam.
moth Cave must be its equal.
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ARTIFICIAL ICE.

Mr.. E. Merriam has furnished the
New York Commercial Adrertiser with
the following description of machine for
producing intense cold:
BANKS OF THE CUYAHoGA, o.
October 81. P. NJ, 1856.
This afternoon l have been engaged
in examining a machine made here for
producing intense cold by artificial means.
The machine, after having worked for an
hour, brought down the mercury in the
thermometer to the line of twenty-four
degrees below zero, which was the lowest
degree marked on the scale. cut an
apple and placed it on the outside of one
of the metal pipes in which a current of
ether was made to pass through vacu-
UNI, and in a few minutes it was frozen.
This machine has been two years in be-
ing broughtto its present state of great
forwarduess-it is worked by steam. 1t
freezes water, forming blocks of ice
twelve inches by six-that being the
size of the metal cells in which the re-
frigeration takes place. Each cell is
separated from the others by what may
be called a fue. A large number o
these cells are placed in what may b.
called square cistern, and of sufieien
number to produce ton of ice at one op
GRAFTON. Clothing of persons coming t,
quarantine in vessels can be frozen b,
this machine, and thus Invested of tn,
germs of pestilence. 1t can be made t
frost the entire inside of ship in a few
hours, and thus purify its hold and it
other apartments, and is capable of re
ducing the temperature of stone ware
houses so low as to free the goods store
in the refrigerated apartments from ever
thing that can engender the disease {
yellow fever.
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miscellaneous Artttles.
THE UNDER-CURRENT OF
PRINCIPLE.

The Independent draws certain valua-
bic moral lessons from stirringincident
related in Kane's Arctic Expedition.
In critical moment this experience
of the Commander saved the vessel and
her gallant crew. The foes were drift
ing nightly to the South, dragging the
entangled vessel with them. Huge
masses of ice threatened to engulf her.
Suddenly berg came driving up from
the South and as it moved majestically
through the drift, the brig was made fast
10 its huge bulk by well-ftted anchors.
On moved this strange ship of the Arc
tic, plungiug up the burrows of that icy
sea, till it came to anchor in an open
pool beside a'lOfty cape, having borne the
brig against the running ice, full ten
miles towards the Pole. There it be-
came a shelter from the storm it had
faced, and when at length the fierce gale
swept against the vessel food twenty
feet in thickness, the smooth slope of the
iceberg served as an inclined plane up
which the brig was driven, 'as if some
great steam screw-power had forced hel
into a dry-dock." When the pulse O
ice and storm subsidized, the vessel lay il
the gigantic embrace Of the berg tina
had buckled her to its side, and had born,
her on her Poleward course against wind
ice, and wave.
Even so it is in the voyage Of lif
Pole--ward, Heaven--ward. Oft-time
amid the darkness and the storm, GU
frail bark encounters the drifting foes c
worldly schemes that would drag hope
lessly from heaven. Outlines it is well
nigh borne down by the accumulated pacl
Of worldly tempters and worldly foe:
that rueh unanimously upon it. Blu
graphing to some huge berg of Princi
pie, that feels the deeper currents OF tn
sea, and catches the winds of the uppe
ether, it is borne along secure and trium
phsnt and towards the pole Of its Faith
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1857-02-27

The OLD WooD FIRE.-People who
have seen an old fashioned wood fire,
will recognize the truth of the descrip-
ton of "Peter Farley" as follows:
'The fuel was supplied from the wood
lot--sweet scented hickory, swapping
chestnut, odoriferous oak, and "reeking,
fzzling ash" 1t was a goodly sight to
see these stalwart products of the forest
lain in large piles, all alive with sap, on
the tall, gaunt andirons. You might
have thought you heard John Rogers and
his family at the stake, by their plaintive
simmerings. The building of fire was
a real architectural achievement favor
ed by the wide yawning Fireplace, and
was always begun at day break. There
was first backlog from fifteen to four
and twenty inches in diameter, and five
feet long, embedded in the ashes then
came a top log, then a fore stick, then a
middle stick, then heap of kindlings
reaching from the bowels down to the
bottom. And top of all was heap O
smaller fragments, artfully adjusted with
spaces for the blaze. Friction matche:
had not been sent from the regions Of
birthstone, to enable any boy or beggal
to carry a confagration in their pocket"
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From the Waverly Magazine.
THE STORM.
BIZ HENRY KENPTvILLE.

Black clouds were sweeping Ger the sky,
While, ever and anon,
The round full moon cleaned lightly through
An instant-and was gone!
Far IN the distance, growing low
Like lion in his lair,
Was heard the thunders rumoling wheels,
Roll roughly through the air.
While dark and darker grew the clouds,
And nearer now was seen,
Apparralled in her misty robes
The evenings gentle queen.
sull closer still the thunder stole,
With mOmentary fash,
Til in the inky zenith broke
One loud and fearful crash!
garth's mighty centre seemed to shake,
As down the thunder sped,
While from the clouds and mountains tops
A thousand echoes fed
i seemed as if they ne'er would find,
Around the quivering sphere,
\ place on which they dared to rest,
Upon their wild career!
Now lighted by sheet Of fame,
That spread from earth to sky,
The mighty mountains blazed and CLEANED,
As if Hel's burning eye
Was momentarily oped and closed,
Revealing TO the gaze
The frey and unfathomed food,
That in its bosom playsl
o twas a glorious sight to see
These mountains clad i'll flannel
To hear ten thousand thunders shout
Jehovall's awful name
To know, that that wild shout would spread
Upon electric ear,
Throughout creations boundless span,
Beyond the fartherest star.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1857-02-27
MORALITY OF DIVORCES.

Speaking one day of the early Ro-
mans, Mr.. Webster said he could almost
believe every thing related by historians
of their extraordinary virtues, public and
domestic, when he dwelt upon the fact
that, though their laws authorized dl-
vorce, yet for the first five hundred years
no individual ever availed himself OF
such a license! SIT was the domestic
training" he said, sit was the mother
who made a PubEcola, Camillus and
Coriolanus. Women, protected by the
inviolability of the nuptial bond, were
invested with dignity that gave author
ity to instruction, and made the domestic
hearth the nursery of heroes. Public
virtue" he said, "feIl with private mo-
rality. Under imperial Rome divorces
were sought for and obtained upon the
most frivolous pretext, and all domestic
confidence was destroyed. The inevita-
bic consequence was the loss of all pub
lie morality. Men who had been false
to their private obligations would not be
true to their public duties. Cesar d.
vorced his wife, and betrayed his country.
The sanctity of the nuptial bond is, il
my opinion, one of the principal if not
the chief cause of the superior refine.
ment, freedom, and prosperity enjoyed
at the present time by all the Christian
nations.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1857-02-27

And when the gale is fierce and foes
crowd hard upon it, our bark but makes
its pilot-prineiple the harbor of its re-
fuge, the rock of its defence. Principle
moves ever forward with unchanging
majesty, though all around with noisy
rage, the world is hurrying and drifting
away"
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1857-02-27

Sc There is much virtue which is
like the juice of the grape, which has to
be squeezed before you get it; not like
the generous drop of the honey-comb,
distilling willingly and freely.
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1OortitaI Selections.
THE SLEEPING DEAD.
BY H. W. LoxeFELLow.

When the hours Of day are numbered,
And the voices Of the night
Wake the better soul that slumbered,
Toa holy, calm delight:
Ere the evening lamps are lighted,
And, ike phantoms grim and tall,
Shadows from the fitful freight
Dance upon the parlor wall;
Then the forms Of the departed
Enter at the open door
The beloved, the true-hearted,
Come to visit me once more.
He, the young and strong, who cherished
Noble longings for the strife,
By the roadside fell and persisted,
Weary with the march oflife!
They, the holy ones and weakly,
Who the cross Of suffering bore,
Folded their pale hands SO meekly,
Suake with Us on earth no more!
And with them, the being beauteous,
Who unto my youth was given,
More thon all things else to love me,
And is now a saint in heaven.
With a slow and noisless step,
Comes the messenger divine
Takes the vacant chair beside me-
Lays her gentle hand in mine.
And she sits and gazes at me,
With those deep and tender eyes,
Like the stars so still and saint-like,
Looking downward from the skies.
Uttered not, yet comPrehended,
l. the spirits voiceles prayeri
Soft rebukes, in blessings ended
Breathing from her lips Of air.
Oh though Oft depressed and lonely,
All my fears are laid aside
III but remember only
Such as these have lived and died
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RUSSIAN INFANTRY.-The baby son
of the Grand Duke Nicholas has been
named by the Emperor Alexander as
the colonel Of a regiment, to be called
henceforth, in honor of their commander
the Topsandbottonmsofskys Punch.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1857-02-27

q Jamshid was the first person who
wore rings on his fingers, and these he
wore only on his left hand. When
asked why he did not ornament the
right hand, which is the superior, he an
swered, Sufficient for the right is the
ornament of being right"
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Bibles !! Bibles !!

CHRISTIAN reader-have you family Bible?
- Secure without delay this precious gift for
your wife and children. Sears celebrated picto-
rial SIX DOLLAR Bible, with about one thou
sand engravings for FIVE dollars! and the Phil
adeldha Quarto Bible at still greater reduction
from the publishers city prices. Large, coarse
print Quarto Bibles with plates, and Connor's
marginal notes and references, an index, an al
phabetical table of all the Scripture names, with
their Specifications; tables of weights, measures,
coins, &c, and beautiful engraved Family rec
ord, plain leather binding, marble edge, for the
low price of 81 so, and Harding's Royal Quar.o
edition with Apocrypha, Concordance and Psalms
in metre added, on fine white paper, bold clear
type, heavy embossed calf binding, marble edge
and gilt sides, containing about eighteen hundred
same edition, gilt edge "a fine pulpit edition. for
$780, extra gilt side $3.50. This edition is pub
lished for $1,000 and sold in the cities and many
parts of the country at the same price. For sale
by CHESTER BROWN.
Craftsbury, Feo.6, 1857.
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"a The editor of the Bloomington
(Illinois) Times, says that he "Iately
looked upon a magnificent flock of grouse
and thought of u.s." There is no &C
counting for association of ideas. We
shall be on hand about June.
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81 DR.. Adam says, that one reason
why the world is not reformed is because
every man is bent on reforming others,
and never thinks of his own ways as in
need of mending.
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80 Hannah More said to Horace
Walpole &" If wanted to punish an
enemy it should be by fastening on him
the trouble of contantly hating some
body"
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TO DRUGGISTS AND OTHER m
ACARn.

For the convenience of Druggist d,
uals now using this Medicine ID Ia h.
mont, constant supply will be ker h
of our State Agent, FRED. E. SIM
applications or orders viii be pronr,
the same terms as irben G9drssseabu
P. V. R. COVENTRY &CO P-,
81 Genesee St, ACbv7
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1857-02-27

"a The late eccentric DR.. Abernethy
sllenced lOquaeious woman by the fol-
loving expedient:-" Put your tongue
out madam" The lady complied. Snow
keep it there till I get done talking"
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1857-02-27

Il Diogenes being asked of what
beast the bite was most dangerous, an
swered,-".Of wild beasts, that of a
slanderer; or tame, that of fiatterer."
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1857-02-27

g A sailor, looking serious in a
chapel in Boston, was asked by minis
ter If he felt any change P" Not a
cent" said Jack.
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A NEW BOOK.
nAIE an THE S0IITH 1

z
TsoITNDED on Facts, and entitled " The Curse
h Fntailed.n by Mrs. 81. H. Bigelow, q sister OF
Bishop Hamiine of the Methodist Church. She
saws in her preface She corscientiousiy believes
the book was written under the same pressure
that ST. Paul felt when he exclaimed =" for neces-
sitv is laid upon me yea, woe is me if preach
moi the gospelr' Feeling that God demanded 1t,
and humanity required it, she has simply done
her duty! and of which the Boston Liberator
saws. ait is the greatest work yet published from
Uncle Tom" to bred, and book which
everybody ought to read. Oh, We ministers read
it and see your responsibility! Oh, We pro-slaye-
~ church members, read it ard tremblc Oh
We office holders and office seekers, read It anC
blushi Oh, We mothers with your darling habe'
in your arms. read it and think that they may b.
Kidnapped and torn from your embrace and sol(
into perpetual bondage, and then you VIII see GU
it, and learn to hate slavery with perfect hatred
oh, everybody read it, for it is designed to caus
a great sensation! one large u mo, price q y
for sale by CHES Eli bho"N'
Craftsbury, Nov. 20, 1S56-49f
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R0OK BINDING

/ continue to Bind Music 80 = ~. 2
&C.. in every style Of Binding O
the lowest rates. ~ fdzs. /.
/ would return THANKS Y y y bersis
public for the liberal Paire21.s mT -
ded. and will only add ma Ti.ssss-b
heretofore be as Cheap as tae ~ vi .
chasers are invited to eHap.. l n si5s'
All orders by Mail, EzPFss47, sr Z g.
receive prompt attention, ,r'fL 8.
livery. ? "a Pp-r,Iioe.ossl
No. lac Ehurcl SAfSS-s -
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Is Historical query. What evidence
is there that Yespucius was a jovial
scamp? His contemporaries have hand
ed him down to us A-merri-cus.
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BACR'S
American Com,.

vw~uc NNA OUNNhs,,
fkNHE subscribers womb
n attention OF tie paS - resPpes;ls,
claims Of s'p'eo q Ys5t
As one Of the best prsps,.,,.0Aa
Tor the reliefand cure oftbe so1 Was
Bronchitis, Ministers g.
omsl, Nursing and N Tl
Mouths, Sore Nlpplss.S.,.~S
Feeer Sores, ScrOf,,iT ~
The Lungs and &omo.to ~
Complaints, Female E.,S 9
Irregularities, Fluor Ar ,,.''''
Coughs arising from lsl
Throat, Piles, Rsal a. =
fact, an any case of
WEAKNESS, fNFLAhfN,T,o,.
BLOOD, USE THIS p y; olA
In the city of Auburn. WIN, Ahlilaall
prepared, and the Proprietor.,,0 IN I9s Z
of the most reliable and resn, ..s,!' 1,
efficacy have been furnished 't =
voluntary promptings eff tbo.a I " V Y
lieved and cured of long stsn of vac h
aggravated affections Of ths nte
from q grateful desire to snrss as'l' r
and promote the good Of other n Y :
! ilarly afflicted. '' VIC :
Its influence has been pecpB.y-,
cases of Bronchial and Tlra,,sa y p
slight to Chronic kfammatior, n ~ /.
| Also in some very marked cas-. ~ y. (,
ness and Irregularities, ard n..l
| plants enumerated above. --! G
/ We have also some strong ca,...,.
ter in our own State, in which I \ &
with iconderfal success, where Il, y I
| many other remedies have faila5 F.
Its ingredients, among which / y
| fluid extract of '&
"BEECH Drops OR uCayr,,.
and composition are such as IA 49,.
| " safe and harmless, reouiripc ~ ~
special care in regard to the ba5s' T
vidual, beyond that ordinarily ps.ss..
Il From a personal knowledge If a..-
not hesitate to say to all who ara h Y
flicted with Bodily Weakness, 6s5S
nation, Impure or Sluggish Blooj n
BACH'S AMERICAN CONE
is recommended in the strors,t !.
Relief and Care.
FRED. E. SMITH u,,,
Wholesale Agent for the Stat9 N
To whom all orders should he ,8i,
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JOY TO THE WORLD,
IMPORTANT DISCOVERY!
TO ALL MANKIND.

I. 4 G. H. DWINELL are now mauufac-
q turing and dealing in all kinds of Mahogany
ana an painted Furniture, cane and wood seatehairs
hoeKlng chairs, settees, mattresses, &c, &c;
c0FFiNS always on hand. an kinds Of 49,
work done with pTomptness.
Glover. Jan. j, Is56-1tf
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Notice to Everybody.

KATHAN can and aciU sell goods
l at wholesale or retail cheaper than the cheap
est.
Just imported from the best manufacturers in
England, fifty two pieces all wool cloths, consist
ing of Devonshire cloths, water proof Beavers,
Claret, Rifle, Fancy and gold mixed Devonshires,
Doeskins, fancy Plaided, bordered and black, do.
A large assortment Of Alpaccas, Verona sur
ges, Lama plaids, French all wool Thibets, Mo-
Tine skirtings, regattas, gnghams, fine family
linnens, superior sheetings, damasks, huckaback,
buttons linnen thread, ribbons, edgings, ladies'
gauntlets, linen haEdkerchiefs, cravats, horse
blankets, &c.
With the advantages of importing we can and
will sell the above goods at Boston or Montreal
prices.
ALSO ON HAND
10 hhds EIaIson's best high wines,
1" MartelPs best brandy,
g pale,
2 :" DeKaaypen's Gin,
hhds wine, Port, Sherry, and Madeira,
l 6 Scotch whiskey,
2 =" Monongahela,
I" Jamaica spirits,
1900 cod fish, tierces Hudson Bay salmon,
5 bbls white fish, 2 do No. mackerel.
A large assortment of teas, tobaccos, sugar:
and spices, ready made clothing boots and shoes
buffalo robes, otter caps, ladies' furs furniture
crockery, hardware, iron and steel.
All orders addressed Derby Line, VT, will re
ceive prompt attention.
Mammoth Store, Rock Island, Dec. 16, '56-52