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T@0P sGIF-A COUNTRY RESIDENCE, con.

s.i,inv three and half sores situated on the south SIDE
- s.s,-n Island IL adons the lands Of Wn H. Aspnwsh
az se, and we'll shaded lawn, with stable Cosch
bon and producing abundance OF vegetables and
fine u, Of the gurchs.e money ernsn on oSd sse
Pesriss or TO JAMES RIDGWAY, No 10 Wism-st' rooms
No. and "a.
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Builoins ffldterials.

NHIMNEY-TOPS, Garnkirk and American Stone
~ ware Glazed Pipes, Ws,er and Sewer Pipes vtr6ed
eqvJ 70 imported L. l. Pottery. depot No 90 Nassau st. NJ
ENCAUSTIC TILES-For Vestbulcs, Halls,
H Hearhs DiHns. rooms Conseryatories &c GARNKlRK
SHIMNEY-TOPS DRAIN-PIPES, &c For sale by
MILLER 4 COATES, No. 279 Peah-st., N Y.
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MARINERS SAVINGS INSTITUTION, "a
ia sy corner 9th ST. open daily from W IN,
90 WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY from 8 to p IN. Ines
allowed deposits. THoS. b. SFILLAAN Pyesidess
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ALBERT II. NIcoLAY. Auc:ioneeE
NO RITZ DING LOTS and HOUSE and LOT
fnaHki.

nIVIDEND.-Tbe Board Of Directors Of the
- HOWARD INSURANCE COMPANY have this day de
cared dividend TEN DOLLARS per share payable and
after Wednesday June 8, lsS7.New York May y, 1851
HENRY A. OAKLEY, Secretary.
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NETWORK CENTRAL RAILROAD SEVEN
PR CENT BONDS-The undersigned offer for sale the
SEVEN PER CENT COUPON BONDS Of .hi. Company
Gate i.sue having s~sn ss e Run nss a psysOs
'ne DUNCAN. SHERMAN L CO.
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DEFINED LARD OIL, for Burning and Ma

w II | I 2 L EAD,
ay and IN OIL Importers and Cu.hers Of Lnseed ON Pure
White Zine Paint prepared from the best French Oxide and
ground in refined Lsetd Oil Red Lead and Lhase Of
hpe quality. The trade and supplied the most
tberAl teTms By ROBERT COLGATE 4 Co.,
General Agents Of the Company,
No. 2S7 Pearst. NewYork.
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NOR SALE-One of the most desirable PLACES
ON the Ea., River, at Upper Ravenswood Inquire on J.
r vANDTRHOOF. No. ~ Williain.st
T1ARM oG 1O6 acres, in SOMERSET, \. D., Tor
III sALEIt ia within two miles of somcTylle the Coa.y
=, handsome and noursing village of 1000 inhsbantsi
hiu one mile Of the manufacturing vllago OF Rartan ana y
% s,ered fenced aud cultivated Inquire Of p WfChOFF
~ Es Trinity Building
Weekly Delaware State journal, statesman and blue hen's chicken. (Wilmington, Del.) 1855-18??, 1857-08-28
FOUR DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.

Arrival Of the ARglo-Sdzon at Quebse-fdporaofe
News from the Atlantic Telegraph Fleet
The Canadian screw steamship Anglo Saxon
arrived at Quebec on Sunday morning. She left
Liverpool at about o'clock, P. NJ, on wednes-
day, the 18th inst.
The route Of the Anglo Saxon was too far North
of the line selected for the Atlantic CABLE to lead
to any expectation Of her falling ia with the
Telegraph Cable feet Her officers report much
thick weather, and constant head winds through
the whole passage
Owing to an accident on shore, connected with
tie landing of the cable, the Telegraph Expedi-
ton did not finally sail from Valencia, ireland,
until the evening Of Friday, the 7th inst. The
latest report from Valencia is dated August 10Th,
A o'clock, P. NJ, as follows;
"The work Of laying down the Atlantic cable
is going on as satisfactorily as the best friends
Of the great enterprise could desire Up to the
present time about three hundred miles Of the
cable have been laid. The depth Of the water
into which it is now being submerged is nearly
two miles. The laying Of the cable from thu
shallow to the deep water, was effected withou
difficulty. The signals from on board the steam
er Niagara are everything that au electrician cou
desire. The steamers are heading West, with I
moderately fair breeze, aud the cable is being ru
y out from on board the Niagara, at the rate {
about five miles per hour, and messages are bein
constantly received on shore. The following
" the latest flash from on board the Niagara
"All we'll on board Moderate westerly win
. All more and more trustful Of complete success
Weekly Delaware State journal, statesman and blue hen's chicken. (Wilmington, Del.) 1855-18??, 1857-08-28

WHEAT TURNING TO CHESS. Some months ago
to settle a controversy on this subject, BENJAMIN
HODGE of Buffalo, offered premium Of one hun
dred dollars to any enc who would demonstrate
that wheat would turn to chess-to be awarded
under the supervision Of the New York State
Agricultural Society, and under such rules as a
Committee appointed by the Society should pre-
scribe. This premium was lately claimed by
SAMUEL DAVIDSON, of Greece, Monroe Co., N. Y,
who had in his possession, as he believed, the
evidence Of transmutation. A committee ap-
pointed by the Society, consisting Of Prof. Dewey
and L. b. LANGwoRTHY, of Rochester, and ]. j.
THohAm, of Union Springs, with Col. JOHNSON,
Sec. Of the Society, met at Rochester recently to
examine the evidence.
The experiment to prove transmutation was
the following "A quantity Of earth was passed
through fine seiye, to separate all chess seeds.
II was placed in q pan, and several heads Of
wheat planted in it. When the wheat came up,
1t waB subjected to all the hard treatment that
usually produces winter-killing, viz, flooding
with water and alternately freezing and thawing
for several times. Late in the Spring, the whole
contents Of the pan were removed and SET out in
spen ground. When the plants of wheat threw
out their heads, there appeared chess heads also.
This mas of wheat and chess plants was brought
in and placed before the Committee. Stalks of
chess were shown, the roots of which were found
" pIoCttu ulTtolJ Afpui tut phuttu utuuS OF
wheat, which yet remained entire, and in some
instances they were found to issue from the half
deeayed grains Of wheat themselves. This was
looked upon as conclusive.
The roots were taken by the Committee and
first soaked in water, and afterwards gently
washed, by moving them backwards and for
wards slowly through it, They were then care
fully examined by microscopes. The roots of
the chess were now perceived to issue, not from
near the end Of the grain of wheat, as is usual
in sprouting, but from the side, and in fact from
almost any part. Further examination showed
that they merely passed through creyices in the
deeayed wheat grains, and were separated from
the grains without tearing, being merely in con-
tact, without any adhesion or connection. Some
Of the more minute chess fibres were observed
by an achromatic microscope to extend over the
inner surface OF the bran, where they had gone
in search Of the nourishment, (which is known
to abound just within the bran,) in the same way
that grape roots have been observed to spread
over the surface Of a rich decaying bone But
they easily separated, and had no connection
with the grain. TWAS satisfactorily proved that
the chess plant could not have come from these
graint; by the fact that the same single stalk of
chess was thusconnected with five or SIX different
grains,-which could no more have originated it,
than Eve or six cows could have one calf. This
Weekly Delaware State journal, statesman and blue hen's chicken. (Wilmington, Del.) 1855-18??, 1857-08-28

PHILADELPHIA, August, 10, 1857.
M.ssRs. EDIroRs
Although you have an able
correspondent from McDonough, who from time
to time gives you the current items and news of
the neghborhood, yet | would respectfully So
licit little space in your valuable Journal for
this epistle, and for the encroachment would
most humbly and sincerely beg your pardon. I
have been spending about two weeks in the
neighborhood, and tits to return my sincere and
heartfelt thanks to the many kind friends around
about McDonough for their hospitable friend
ship and kindness which they so readily layishel
upon me during my sojourn with them, that in
part prompts me to write. In the future when
memory shall revisit the scenes that have so
quickly passed, and wander amidst the moments
spent with those noble hearted people she will
love to garland them with gems Of remembrance
and muse oh them MS golden hours that have
forever Hed. | will mention no names as il
would be folly in the extreme for me to do so,
but would simply say to those whose lot may
not be cast with the people of MeDonough and
vicinity that they are an Industrious sociable
aud knd-hearted people, as indeed verify be-
lieve might say Of the whole Diamond State,
and may they las know they willy be ever pros
pered and blcst. Tho country around McDonough
is in very high state of cultivation at this time
and yields to the farmer abundant crops Of
huchtt will sutot NCs Luz CUTn
as far as | was able to judge, was very fine this
season. The fruit, however, did not appear to
be very abundant which | believe is the case
in most neighborhoods throughout the State.
attended whils there the Camp Meeting near
Red Lion. There was great many people from
different parts Of the country assembled there.
| believe that it was not considered as large as
on some previous years. The folks from about
McDonough pretty generally attend Camp AMI
Il hesitate not to say their happy faces lend
no small degree of enchantment 10 the scene. In
speaking of McDonough, do not think it would
be foreign to my subject to remark that ! wal
very sorry to see that they have again COM
menced the sale of intoxicating liquors there
| had hoped that the fatal cup might never agaiI
be permitted to spread its influence around "tha
dearest spot on earth to me-" but alas, an
afraid that many, very many of the joyou
throng whose faces are now wrcathed in smiles
will eventually be made through its agency t.
feel keenly the sorrow and shame, and be com
PEELED to drink deeply of the dregs Of bitterness
which must and will forever linger where it,
benign influence is felt. But still | hope TO
the best, and God grant that my surmises b
false in regard to it, is and will ever be tn
constant wish of PINDAR.
Weekly Delaware State journal, statesman and blue hen's chicken. (Wilmington, Del.) 1855-18??, 1857-08-28

II is with emotions of deep regret that we ah-
nounce the death Of ALEXIS l. DUPONT, from the
injuries received at the explosion on last satur-
day. He died ct about Ave o'clock on Sunday
evening, lingering twenty-four hours after the
lamentable occurrence.
Mr.. Dupont was q most estimablet exemplary,
benevolent and useful man, and his sudden loss
will be deeply-deeply felt indeed; not only by
his own friends and relatives, but by the Church
Of which he was valued member, and by Il
entire community.
We cannot, in view Of our feelings, say
more of this excellent man at the present time
but will leave his obituary to be written by those
who know him more intimately, and are mort
familiar with his many social and Christian
virtues.
His remains will be inferred in the famil.
burial ground on the Brandywiue, this Afternoon
at four o'clock.
Weekly Delaware State journal, statesman and blue hen's chicken. (Wilmington, Del.) 1855-18??, 1857-08-28

Ford Napier has accepted an invitation to be
present at the United States Agricultural So
eiety's Fair at Louisville, Kentucky, September
l, which promises to be on even more mag
pihcent scale than the one at Philadelphia last
year. Mr. Leonard Wray expects to be there
with the new sugar plants, sorghum and imphee,
to make sugar and syrup each day Of the Fair.
The awards Of the Syracuse Reaper trial will be
announced; and the great national trial of plows,
cultivators, threshing machines, steam plows,
and all other agricultural implements will be
made. The citizens Of Louisville have gauran.
teed $4,000 to cover all expenses, and our Ken.
lucky exchanges anticipate grand time. The
occasion is an important one, and will call to.
gethsr an immense crowd, beyond doubt.
Weekly Delaware State journal, statesman and blue hen's chicken. (Wilmington, Del.) 1855-18??, 1857-08-28

The committee to report the names Of suitable
persons TO be voted for as candidates for the
several city offices, announced the following to
the meeting last evening at Central Ha liz
For Mayor-Samuel Barr; George W. Sparks.
Alderman-ssephen Boldly John Downing ;
John 7. Robinson.
Treasurer-George D. Armstrong John Fhnni
H. H. ]. Naif.
Assessor-stephen s. Pierce; John L. Thomp-
son; Robt Galbreath; VIM. Bannar; William
johnson.
From this list of names an excellent ticket eau
be presented to the free and intelligent voters oil
Wilmington. Either of the gentlemen named fol
Mayor possesses character both public aud pri
yste-far above reprorach or even suspicioa, aud
no matter which is placed in nomination, he yil
command heavy poll aud a certain victory.
Weekly Delaware State journal, statesman and blue hen's chicken. (Wilmington, Del.) 1855-18??, 1857-08-28

SrocKToE's PBnloDIcAL NEW TRsTANEsT.--No.
l, Sept. T. Price so cents--post free. Mat
thew, with index, introduction and plates.
.Thy word is truth" Philadelphia. T. H..
Storkton.--1867.
This is very neat little volume, IS no. pub
lished by Rev. Thomas II. Stockton, of Phila-
delphia. 1t is designed to simplify the Holy
Scriptures, and while it retains chapters, para
graphs and verses, it also presents the whole
subject in m unbrOken chain, SO that the reader
may not be embarrassed in the understanding
Of the text as he proceeds. The work is printed
on tine paper, is bound in cloth handsomely gilt,
and forms very pretty volume for convenient
reading or reference. number Of plates ac-
company each monthly number.
James L. Roche, Chief Clerk of the Post Of
doe in this city is the agent for taeir sale in this
place go I.
Weekly Delaware State journal, statesman and blue hen's chicken. (Wilmington, Del.) 1855-18??, 1857-08-28

THE COLLISION ON THE SoUHD-THR NAME OF
THE LADr sRgs FLOATING WITH A CHILD IN HER
ARMs.-The New York Times learns that the
name of the lady seen floatingi in the water mme-
diatsly nfter the sinking Of the propeller ]. W.
Harris, on Saturday. morning. with an infant in
her arms, and who so nobly refused to relinquish
her hold Of her child to save her own life, was
Mrs. Mary Ann wilkins, Of New London, Conn,
whittier she was returning from visit to her
widowed mother in South Brooklyn, near Green
wood. Her husband, who had also been in
Brooklyn on visit with her, returned home q
few days previous, leaving her to return alone
on Friday, II was suggested to her that she
should return home by way of the railroad; but
she declined, preferring, as she said, to 60 by
the propeller, that she might have good night $
rest, and arrive in New London about o'clock
on Saturday morning.
Mrs. wilkins was about % years of age, and
had been married only two years. The infant
in her arms was her only child, eight months old
and girl.
Weekly Delaware State journal, statesman and blue hen's chicken. (Wilmington, Del.) 1855-18??, 1857-08-28

As no reply has been received to my query In
regard to the American Flag, amused myself
on the last Fourth of July, in observing and
noting the various designs of the union in the
numerous American Flags as displayed on the
vessels in the harbor and river and on the hotels
and public buildings of New York
All the flags had the thirteen stripes, alternate
red and white, Tor, in some instances, from ig-
norauce, white and red,) but the variation in the
display Of the thirty-one white stars on the blue
dexter canton, Tor, 'unon" as it is locally term
cd, in imitation of the English " union,") was
not unfrequent. The majority of the ships had
the stars arranged in horizontal rows of 6 stars
each, (inaking only 30 stars.) Most of the TO-
reign vessels, among which were the Cunard
steamers at Jersey City, had them arranged in
the manner, which in heraldy is termed semee,
and as the number of stars is changeable, this
mode of displaying them on the blue field seems
to me the most judicious and preferable. Some
had one larger star, formed of 81 small stars,
aud this seemed tn be the average taste of the
owners of the places Of the public amusement
and hotel-keepers in New York and Jersey City.
Other vessels had them in q lozenge, diamond
or a circle. 0ne large vessel in the stream had
one large star composed of small ones within
border of the latter Another carried the thirty
one stars in the form of an anchor, and yet an
other had this anchor embellished with circle
of small stars
Here were nine specimens of the same flag
similar, Il is true, in the thirteen stripes, but all
varying in the design of the union, and yet all
were called American Flags" This dssml-
arity, which is so frequently observed, led the
Dutch government, twenty years ago, to inquire,
What Is the American Flag ?'-to which query
no definite answer could be returned.
have called the attention of some nautical
men, ship owners and captains to this variation
and all agree with me that Congress ought to
pass resolution in the matter, and order by
law the form in which the white stars are to be
arranged in the blue field, or rather amend the
resolution Of April 4, 1918, by which the flag,
as it now appears, was adopted. And would
suggest, should you be of the same opinion, that
this matter be brought to the notice of the yari-
Gus historical societies, and that they be invited
to unite in a memorial to Congress, and propose
the adoption Of a uniform mode of emblazoning
the American Flag.
JERsrY CRY, July ID. s. ALoFsEN.
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fering great degree Of pain GU the right side
Of his nose, near the corner of his eye, on the
opposite side to where he received the wound,
and considerable swelling appearing, he went
eased part, found the point Of the blade pro-
truding 1t had actually traversed through the
bones of the head, and after fourteen years.
made its appearance in the above locality. Such
y its position, plain to the eye witness. DR..
Smith, we understand, proposes, in a short
time, to operate for its expulsion. We have
often heard of pins and needless being swallow
ed, and in after years making their appearance
in different parts of the body, but that the blade
of dirk, between three and four inches in
length, should thus travel, and through bones
at that, forms an interesting subject for the sur
gon as well as for the common mind.-Bdh. Pa.
tri0i, Aug Is.
Weekly Delaware State journal, statesman and blue hen's chicken. (Wilmington, Del.) 1855-18??, 1857-08-28

EXTRAORDINARY SURGICAL CAsE.-A Dirk
IFdreliing Fourteen Tears through a Mans ScuH.
We met with the most interesting case this morn
ing which has occurred in our experience for
long time. We were introduced to a gentleman
who gave us a practical exempfcation of the
wonderful Fourteen or fifteen years ago he
states thath was passing down Baltimore street,
late at night, during heavy snow storm, when
he met near Frederick street, three men and a
woman. lie gave them the way, but being vio-
lently jostled by one Of them, he upbraided them
somewhat sharply when they attacked him. Be-
ing powerful man, standing about six feet in
his shoes, he soon laid two of them hors du com
bat and chased the other to the opposite side of
the street. where he felled him to the ground
and where leaning over him, he received blow
in the left temple, which staggered as we'll as
bewildered him for few minutes. Upon re-
covering himself his assailants had fed, aud
feeling the blood flowing pretty freely from the
wound, proceeded to a physician who soon found
that he had been stabbed, the instrument enter
ing about half way between the eye and ear, and
breaking off short, leaving considerable length
Of blade in his head All efforts to extract it
proved futile.
Strange to say, he felt very little pain or in
convenience from his condition. The wound
soon healed, and he attended to his regular nv
ocations as if nothing had happened, Three
years after, the wound again opening, he con-
suited a surgeon, who, feeling the ragged edge
of the blade, made several efforts to draw it out,
aud, after considerable labor, drew from the
wound portion of the base of the broken dirk,
which measured within fraction of two inches
in length. This part of it gave an idea of the
amount remaining, which was supposed to be
piece of about the same size taken away.
For eleyen years longer did it continue in this
edition, when, about two weeks since, after suf
Weekly Delaware State journal, statesman and blue hen's chicken. (Wilmington, Del.) 1855-18??, 1857-08-28

The most extensive brick making establish
ment on this continent is located in North Cam
bridge, Mass. When in full operation it manu-
factufes, on an average, one hundred and eighty
seven thousand brick per day, or about twenty
four millions during the season. The wood used
in burning this immense quantity is the Nova
Scotia, and amormts to over three thousand cords.
The clay is ta'ken from a pit which is about
forty feet deep 1t is raised in a car on an in
clined plane 'py steam power, when it is taken
on railroad track to the several pits, where il
is made into bricks. The clay is all worked by
steam pow er, which requires second steam en-.
CINE, and shafting which reaches about quarter
of mile
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The Execution Of McKim.

Attempted Suicide The Coademned-Speech Under
the Galiops-No Confession Excitement at
HOHidaysJurg
Hollidaysburg, August 21.-This Is the day
set apart by the Executive for the execution Of
David Stringer McKim, convicted In May last,
of the murder of Samuel I. Norcross. Last
night people from q distance came into the town,
and so great was the rush that beds could not
be procured at the hotels, and many were COM
PEELED to lie upon floors, tables and chairs.
This morning stream Of humanity commenced
pouring into the town at very early hour, and
nothing was talked about or thought Of but the
condemned and his approaching end. Business
is almost entirely suspened here.
The Sheriff wss beset yesterday and this morn
ing by persons who were anxious to get within
the prison walls to witness the last dread scene;
but very few out OF the immense throng were
gratifed in their wish to be allowed to enter the
enclosure and the disappointed multitude had to
rest contented with gazing at the prison walls or
in picking up such scraps of information from
within doors as were retailed outside.
All sorts of rumors were in circulation during
the morning, and those who went out Of the
prison doors during the forenoon were eagerly
questioned by the crowd to know what the con-
demned was saying and doing and above all to
ascertain whether he had made any confession.
McKim slept soundly during the greater part
Of last night. At six o'clock this morning he
attempted to commit suicide by opening vein
in his wrist with piece Of glass. The blood
flowed freely for while, but ii was discovered
in time to prevent serious results, and the wound
was Immediately bound up. A close watch was
then set over the condemned wretch to prevent
a second attempt OF the same kind.
Neither the awful position Of the condemned,
his attempted suicide, his being foiled in the
attempt to destroy himself. affected his appetite,
for he ate hearty breakfast.
Great calculations were made on the manu-
script statement which the condemned had pre-
pared for the purpose of reading under the gal
lows, and many thought that in 1t would be
found an admission Of his guilt, but this expect
alton was disappointed this morning, when 1t
WAS announced that McKim had destroyed the
paper he had prepared. II seems that in fit Of
rage he tore the ''siatement' to pieces.
The report of the attempted suicide of the
murderer, and Of hia having torn the much talked