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CURE FOR CHRONIC RHErMArIsM.-The
London Lancet contains the history OF se-
pies Of cases of this disease treated success
fully by DIR. O. OConuor, one Of the physicians
of the Royal Free Hospital, in number Of
cases under his care, by the use OF sulphur
and flannel bandaging. .-.... ...... ....
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HARDWARE and QUEENsWARE,

Cedarware, Brooms, &c. Also a large assort-
nent of Boots and Shoes suitable for Men Wo-
men and Children. Hats and Caps, Silk Hats,
and all goods usually kept in Country Store.
All the above named stock of goods will be
sold positively at low prices for cash. or in eI-
change for country produce, at the highest
market price.
following Run. Nov. %, la56.--Iy
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COUNTY ORDERS.-County orders taken
~ as cash for goods, and on note or book ae-
count by Ely. BRIGHT SON.
Nov. 80, 1856 -a.
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Mr. Buchanan is to have a summer resi-
dence at SOLDIERS Home" four miles from
Washington.
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Z Aomantit shcttb.
MATRIMONY IN HOOPS.

The following story is sent us by gentle.
man, who AYERS that he pillaged it from his
wfe's portfolio, thus explaining its rather
trans-masculine intimacy with femme dilem-
mas. We shall not give his letter, but pro.
ceed at once to the She-kinah of the story
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Ladies' Esrcss Goods.

Consisting of Black Silks, Merinos, Alpacas,
De LANES, Calicocs, Ginghams, Muslins, Trim
miugs, &c. " =,
Also fresh supply of GROCERIES of oil
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LOCUST MOUNTAIN C0LL1ERY
SUPERIOR WHITE "A 5 IL
CITE COAL,
rom the Mammoth Vein, for furn aces, fssn'
rcs, Steamboats, and family use,
BHl,L, LEWIS & Coz
ar. C,uMxL, NORTHUMBERLAND couNrr, "a
SIZES OF COAL.
LIMP, for Blast Furnaces and CuPolas'
STEAMBOAT, for STEAMBOATS,, IL" -"
Furnaces and Steam.
BRGNEN' BRG For Crates, Stove. and s''a'
STOVE, For Stoves, Steam and burning
NUT, Lime.
PEA, for limeburners and making steam.
Order, received at Mt. Carmel or Northum-
,erlaud Wharf, will receive prompt attention.
NJ. B. BELL,
~. LEWIS,
WILLIAM MUIR.
MAY 3, ls5s.-u
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DILWoRTH BRANsON & co.
Hardware Merchants,

Having removed from No. SO to No. -
Market Street, Philadelphia,
Arc prepared, with greatly increased iac'lluss'
ia GIl orders for HARDWARE Of every variety
ON hest terms, from a full assortment, including
Railroad Shovels, Picks, DC.
Country merchants and others will find It 10
their interest to cal. and examine eur stock be-
fore purchasing elsewhere.
Auril L. lS56.-ly
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VA1ASHINGTON CAMP, No. l9 J. ). OF A
w holds its stated meetings every Ihursday
evening, in the American Hall, Market street.
Sunbury. ,,S
A. A. SnlssLER, r. =.
Sudbury, July 5, ls5G.-tt.
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O. OF u A MI

O. OF u A M
GtUNBURY COUNCIL, No. 80, o. OF U. A.
- NJ. meets every TTEsnAI evening IN the
American Hall, opposite E. Y. Brights store
Market street, Sunbury, Pa. Members oil the
order are respectfully requested to attend,
NJ. l.. SHlNDEl, &.
g. s. HExpRICEs, i. S.
Sunbury, Ian. s, ls57.-oct 90, '55.
Washington telegraph., 1857-12-02
Victoria Empress of India.

Late information informs Us that Queen
Victoria is about to proclaim herself Em-
press OF India. With such step, of
course, would be extinguished all the
claims of the Great MOgul, and his long
line of nominally tributary, but actually
independent princes. The most astoulsh-
ing feature Is, however, that the present
moment should have been chuSes Is an
auspiciuuS one for such movement. In
her India colonies her power has been set
1t defiance, her edicts sneurcd at, aud her
subject nut to death by the must cruel tor
turr. We therefore regard 1t as a rather
unreasonable period for the assumption Of
the title Of Empress.
That the power for the accomplishment
Of this step lies in the province of the
English Parliament. will be seen from
short glance at the history OF India. In
1913. the charter Of the East India Com
pany, confirming it as 4 great muney-uIak-
in- and patrj mage dispensing monopoly,
was renewed bv Parliament for twenty
wears. In 1888 the charter was not re
newed, (as regards giving the company a
monopoly as traders,) but a statute was
passed. bv which all the Territories, pos
sessions, revenues. and merchandise of the
company, Except the island of St. Helena
and the property therein, which was then
vested in the CROWN were continued to
the company, m trust for the Crown of
Great Britain and Ireland, until the year
1854 The territorial revenues were
changed to a payment of ten and a half
per cent per annum on the existing cspi-
tai stock of the company, and provision
was made for the future redemption of this
stock by the Government.
In 1856 Parliament again passed an
act providing for the government Of British
India, and continuing theterritories in the
possession of the company, under the com
pany's government, ~ trust FIR the CTOlrA
until Parliament shall otheTtrise J,Tociols.
The real meaning Of this, that ON the
the actual payment Of goo Cor double Its
nominal, and third less than its actual
value, for every ElO0 of the East Indies
capital stock, Parliament can dispOsseSs
the company forever, and thus make India
part and parcel of the British Empire.
The bargain, therefore, Is amoSt advan-
tageous one on the part Of England, and
I'VE shall not be surprised if to this com
plexion it will come at last. We think,
however, it will be delayed until the Brit
ish sway shall have been fully reinstated,
and the British Lion, when it again rules
India, may do so under an Imperial, in
stead of = Royal, diadem.
Washington telegraph., 1857-12-02
ASIINGTON ARKANSAS WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER g. 1857

AFFECTION AND DIsAFFEcTIoN.-llon
John +. Ward, distinguished mem Der
Of the Democratic party in Georgia, lately
delivered a speech in New York city, 10
which he was reported as having said that
\ lie had stood by tho Union against the
attack Of Northern fanaticism and South
ern treason" This apparent classiica-
ton Of AbOlitionists and Southern Rights
men in the same category, as might be
supposed, gave great offence to Georgia,
and Mr.. Ward has, in letter, undertaken
to state what he did say, which was that
he chad defended the U-iJn against the
attacks Of Northern fanaticism, and would
if necessary, defend it against Southern
disaffec:ion"
Thi. correction helps the matter some
what, and rather relieves Mr.. Ward from
the odium of being one Of those hippant
and inconsiderate brawlers, who, confound
ing the enemies of the Constitution with
its defenders, are wont u talk in the same
breath about Northern abolitiOnists and
Southern extremists. But it j. evident
enough that he labors under strange OBJ
fuscaiion as 10 the Southern quarter from
which danger threatens the Union. 1t is
not from Southern dlsaffcctinn that his pa
t-iotic efforts to save it viii ever be needed.
but from that excessive Southern affection
which holds il paramount to the riaht X
was made u prcservc-thAt idolntrous de-
vuti0n W blind as IN ~ 10 difference be-
tween THE Union uf the Constitution and
that other Union which fanaticism would
erect upon it, ruins.
There never was, and there never will
be, day when the former was in any dan
ger from Southern disafecti0n; but il Is
pcrpctually threatened BY the infatuation
Of Southern affection. Southern dislf-
fcctiou. as it is called, is 30 scrupulously
tender of the Union of our fathers, that
il cannot toler ate the impending Union Of
fauaticism. Southern affection i SO
bliudly coniding that it could hardly see
the difference between the two. and emu
lating the super,titious devotion Of the
poor heathen, who pro-trutes himself be-
fore the car Of Ju-gernaut only TO be
crushed beneath it, pondcrous wheels,
would with it, last breath I'm. hosannahs
III the d" glorious Union. that crushed
out its very hearts b.ocd---.SDirf et' az
NHrnh
Washington telegraph., 1857-12-02

CFJorAia.-A correspondent writes
from Carson valley regarding the Mormon
exodus, ana says:
The Morrnons took their final departure
for Salt Lake City. Numbering nearly two
hundred wagons. have information, from
4 source which will not admit Of doubt,
that tn " took with them nearly eiJht tons
of Jo,r,i,r and lend. also a tan If reUok-
rers. all Of which had been purchased from
time to time in California, and taken qui-
etly over to Carson Valley during the last
six In nths.
From Major Ormsby. who visited their
camp, at Gold Canon, We learn the follow
ing facts in respect to their numbers, es-
timated value Of property, movements. etc
Number Of people, HoJ-3JO men, and
the balance women and children. Mum
Der III stock-horscs, mules and oxen, 7Ol;
wagons. carriages, etc. l4S Estimated
value of property. CincludinG $4,000 in
money in the hands of individuals lSlg3,-
100. The train il apporticncd into three
divisions, cach under the command Of a
captain. and these are subdivided into
companies Of tens. with a captain 70 each.
They will move i'd separate divisions up
the Humboldt until they approach the
head Of the river, wh1re they apprehend
difficulties with tho Shoshone Indians, who
have been 80 troublesome to the immigra-
tion this season Through their country
they will travel in body, prepared to give
them warm reception, should they be at
tackled.
From what we can learn, the movement
Is in obedience to mandate OF Brigham
Young, calling on all his people in this re-
gion to Join him at Salt Lake City, from
whence it is the intention to emigrate to
Salmon river, in Washington Territory,
and there found new colony.
John j. Walker, from Arkansas, arriv-
cd October Sd, at Genoa. He reports
that Abbott and Kerby, members Of his
com pany, were killed by Indians near
Goose Creek: two Abbotts were wounded,
and they lost twenty head Of stock. At
the same time they passed the Mormon
train just going along the Forty Nile De
sert, getting along well
Washington telegraph., 1857-12-02

Important Decision 10 Riuer .NcR.-
Judge Mclean decided in the u. 5. Cir-
cult Court, on the 9th inst, sitting at
Cincinnati, in ease involving the juris-
diction between the State of Ohio and the
Uuited States authorities under the mari
time laws ''that sale under the water
craft of Ohio does not cut off the lien Of
seamen for wages, under the maritime law
of the United States, which declares sea
mans lien first in the list Of claims against
any boat navigating the river" The case
in question arose out of the sale Of the
steamer y. W Thomas under the water
craft law of Ohio, and subsequently she
was libelod by her pilot for wages and re-
sold by the U. $. Marshal.
Washington telegraph., 1857-12-02
NO. Is.

4 LITTLE FABLE FOR GRowN-UP
CHILDREN.-There Is long, dull, hard
season ahead, and every dollar that the
poor nov possess will be worth two by-and-
BY, if they should keep il . long- Every
thing that YOU do not absolutely need N
these times j. der * any price, and touch
in- this. We have fable to relate
Once upon 4 tIme 4 young female SPUR
rcl went IN housekeeping IN 2 hole IN the
crotch Of the biz elm tree which tends off
from our dwelling the assaults Of the sun
during the summer solstice- Ii was late
ID the fall Of the year and winter was close
at hand, and hard and long winter the
older aud more experienced squirrels
knew it was going TO be. They raked and
scrapcd together all the nuts they could
get and slowed them away In their respect
i've tencmentS for future use and still
they thought they had not enough, for
they forsaw short commons in the spring
Some OF the moye crafty, who had stock
of hazlenuis esteemed delicacy by the
squirrel rlcel aud few kernels of corn
which they had imported from our barn
without paying for il, offered them for
sale to their less cousidcrate brethren IN
exchange for butternuts, walnuts and
acorns but ~ more corn could be obtain
el only at the expense of being shot by
the farmers boy. who wa fond of SPUR
rels tUo lsquirrei-steE ?) and the hazel
bushes were bare, these lu1uries ought 70
command, they aid, high prices Howev-
KY, ~ thu times were hard, "they would
~ sid A sacrifice" say one beautiful
hazclnut for dozen common acorns, two
charming kernels Of corn for four ordinary
walnuts, aud other things at the same low
rates. The young squirrel who had just
gone to housekeeping, with tolerable
GOOD supply Of the common necessaries of
life. thought she had never heard of ''bar-
gains" 50 tempting before, and notwith-
standing that her aged mother besought
her 10 save her provisions for future Iced,
she exchanged half Of her winter supply
for 4 handful Of the superfuities. She
had enough. she thought, of everything
now, and prided herself vastly upon her
smart trading Long before spring. how
ever, III her provisions were gone, and
when thl grass was green again shc was
thankful 10 nibble il 70 save herself FROM
Washington telegraph., 1857-12-02

Col. Aaron Finch was a distinguished
Democratic politician in Indiana He
had some thoughts Of emigrating to Ar
kansas. and meeting a gentleman from
that part OF the country asked him what
were the inducements to remove to that
State. Particularly he inquired about the
soil. The gentleman informed him that
the land was good, but in some parts very
sandy Col. Finch then asked about the
politics of Arkansas, and the prospects of
stranger getting ahead
Every good" was the reply. ''The
Democratic party is strongly in the major
ity, but to succeed a man must load him
self down with revolvers and bowie knives,
and fight his way through"
"Oh, well,'' said the Colonel, ''on the
whole, from what you say, think Arkan-
sas would not suit me rather think the
soil is lille too sandy"
Washington telegraph., 1857-12-02

A CROOKED RIvER.-Speaking Of the
River Rio Grande, recent writer snys /:
Imagine one of the croukcdest things III
the world, then imagine four more twice
as crooked, and fancy to yourself a large
river three times as crooked rs all these
put together, and you have a faint idea
of the crooked disposition of this crooked
river. There is no drift wood in it, from
the fact it is so crooked that timber can't
find its way far down enough to lodge two
sticks together; but few snakes because it
is not straight enough to swim in, and the
fish are all in the whirlpools in the bends,
because they cannot fiud their way out
Birds frequently attempt to ay across the
river, and light on the same side they star
ted from, being deceived by the crooks.
Indeed you may be deceived when you
think you see across, and some OF the boys
say it is so twisting that there is but one
side to it.
Washington telegraph., 1857-12-02
Is Slavery Declining in Missouri

The census Of 1856, as compared with
that Of 1851, taken BY State authority.
says the Columbia Is. Cd Times Of the
Ith inst, undoubtedly y warrants an affirm
ative reply. although the actual increase
Of slaves was II, ,4g2; the whites in the
same time having increased 2O5, ,TO3. or
sixteen times as fast. This fact should
admonish the South of The danger which
threatens Il i'll that direction. Who can
doubt that the cause IL 70 he found in the
border troubles, and the almost positive
faiRtr-shn.n INal isaB. ~ destined to be-
come the prey Of the Freesoilers Sur
rounded on three sides BY non-slavehold-
ing communities, can any one in his right
mind expect TO see slavery maintain itself
in Missouri? Under the present Union
the border States must all in short time
be lost to US Were that Union at an
end the South would become at once
unit, and continue such for perhaps a CEN
tury. The terms of new confederation
would secure this The Union NAV be.
and doubtless is, on thousand accounts.
very valuable but let it be understood that
this il one Of the items Of the price that
i paid for it.
II twenty-five counties Of Missouri. the
decrease in slaves in six years reached
i,il2
Increase or free whites III nincty-fye
counties, l>i. $50
Increase VI slaves II ninety-fve coun-
tic. 2.26g
Ratio, 81 to l. III the same counties.
the aggregate white population j. $50. .g21,
and the aggregate slave, 5T,4T1, or II to
/. In the ten counties which adioin 10
wa, the increase of slaves from lS5l to
1886 were %; increase Of flee writes,
3I.cgl
Washington telegraph., 1857-12-02
WAITING.
BY ANNA CHAMBERS BRADFORD.

Waiting for health and strength;
Counting each Pickering pulse, each passing
hour,
And signing when my weary frame at length
Sinks like dropping flower.
Waiting for rest and peace;
Rest from unraveling Life's perplexing woof.
Peace from the doubts that crouch like hidden
foes,
And glare at me aloof.
Waiting for absent eyes
Brighter than sunrise to the lonesome sea
Dearer than Life ere Hope hath met a blight
Aye. dear as Heaven to me.
Though, who didst watch and pray,
Quicken the pulse, bid doubt and sorrow flee /:
Or, if these must abide. still let me cry,
Bring back the loved TO me.
Washington telegraph., 1857-12-02
SINGULAR Errr.oRrscExcE.-That $

SINGULAR EFFLoREsCEScE.-T sin
gular boy at Ithaca, y. Y, who had 4
passion flower to grow out Of the flesh of his
diseased leg, has since produced in the
same way cluster OF orange flowers
DIR. Hawley saw the stem rise at right
angles to the limb to the height of about
three inches, when it soon developed pure
white buds, resembling the buds Of the
orange on being exposed to the light the
buds expanded into flowers, which assum-
ed a beautiful greyish purple color. These
flowers are composed of a fleshy substance,
and are gradually drawn back again be-
meath the skin. While they arc in bios
som the boy is relieved from pain,
Washington telegraph., 1857-12-02

How 70 GET TO CoNGREss.-The fol-
lowing story is told by the Mobile Tribune,
of Judge Hawkins, the present represent
ative to Congress from the State of Florida
"a ma1, by the way, brimful of genuine
wit During the war with the Florida
Indians he commanded a volunteer com
pany. On one occasion, they fell upon a
party of the Indians concealed in swamp.
The Captain sprang upon a log, with
more Ealor than diseretion,} waved his
sword, and cheered his men to the charge.
Just then he was shot down One of his
officers ran to ask if he was much hurt
s. Not very badly" said Hawkins, Just
about enough to send me Congress- The
prediction has now been verified
Washington telegraph., 1857-12-02
Getting up a Bank

The Milwaukee .SeHfiAei ssys the fol-
lowing is letter actually received from
parties in the city Of New York:
New YORK. No.-wal Street, July ., ~.
DEAR SIR Understanding from some
of your friends-uow on a visit to this
city-that you are desirous 10 start bank
under the tree banking law If Wisconsin,
we take this opportunity to offer YOU cur
services 10 forward your views. Having
had great experts nee within the past five
years in .'cettiu~ss.7a -.-',sr ludIana,
sin. under the free banking avs of those
States, we are quite sure your interest
would be served by employingus to get in
operation one for you.
Without wisbin. OF designing to dispar-
age our neighbors, (some OF wlom art en-
gagged in the same business We would say
iln: to make a bank move on successfully
there is much wisdom to be displayed in
its organization, which has not been dis
PLAYED by those we have alluded to; for
out of forty-three they were instrumental
in getting up" Ia Indiana forty-onc
have failed, while Of those VIC lave ..gOt
up" Ctwenty-seven) only fourteen have
failed We have made it our Particular
study to organize ..free bank" and hence
our great success; aud if parties Who wv
sire to "get up" banks will be governed
By the advise we give, (in our priutc cir
culirs.) there is no danger but the projec-
tor Of the bank will make money, aud ii
is to the projectors interest we only look.
1t will, sir. cost you but little to get up
a bank with 100000 capital, secured by
stocks. With the addition Of the retain
ing fee, So 900, as above mentioned. about
So, 900 for the plates and notes, and So
600 placed in our hands as a margin for
the SlUO, 0U0 stocks. we eau manage To- put
it into successful operation.
Yours, respectfully, q. i. T.
Washington telegraph., 1857-12-02
Tur ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS it

THE DIFFER ERENcE.-Sometime it makes
a great deal OF difference, in our judg-
meat uf matters aud things, whether We
are pleased or offended. The Democracy,
for instance, have 4 very high apprecia-
ton o. "our naturalizcd fellow-citizcns. I"
So long a. the aforesaid fe.Dw-citizens
vote the Demiprraiie ti~ket-bai no longer
Thus. at the late election in Iowa, where
the Germans voted with the Free.0lcrF.
the editor Of Democratic Journal thgr.
was 80 much disrus:cd as to write the flu
lowing highly bilious ani indignant para
graph:
"The Rcsuh-There is much to sur
prise in yesterdays contest. lts solution,
however Is easy. Our city is swayed by a
mass Of Red Republican zcalots, whose
soul, having been crushed out by the fed
erzl tyrannies of Europe, come here. aud
deceived by the lies Of spocious dema-
rogucs. and ignorant Of the first princi-
pies Of our constitutional character, vote
for mythical-Liberty."
We call that iolerably strong Know
Nothing talk-and. as it comes from a
Democrat, we trust our Democratic friends
viii be somewhat uOrc prone 10 believe Il
than they profess t. be. when similar SEN
timeuts are expressed by a vile Know
NOthing.-Ly"ehJaEg I'rgniaH.
Washington telegraph., 1857-12-02

IN IfrcfiHg hci 'cat n hc Srgoy
.Mllracrc.-An English officer was stand
ing ID his bungalow. with only his wife
with him, when hc was assailcd BY mu-
tinous regiment; he hal rife and two
rcvolvcrs, each with four barrels, and lai
nine charges in all H. heat off the mu-
tineers A. long AZ he could; lie shot their
leader with lii rifle; hc killed fonr Of
them with bin iir>t revolver; be killed two
more Of them with his second; and then
had two charges left. lie turned round
and looked upon his wifc--and who can
estimate the power Of such look on either
sidey Must she fall into the hands Of
such barbarians. They did not fire, be-
cause they wanted her, and would not risk
her death in shooting him. lie saw it
she saw it He had two charges left. 4
short agonizing groan; he fired one into
her heart and the other into his own head,
and they both fell dead before the muiin-
eers.-Lctfer from indiH.
Washington telegraph., 1857-12-02

Great sorrows ennoble even petty natures
small ones corrupt somewhat the noblest.
The flower that but prieks the foot of a
child emits its sweetest perfume in palpa-
bic gushes under an ox's hoof.
After all, it is the days of trial and suf-
fering that shed the richest beauty over
life. Let one follow up the stream of any
exquisite emotion, aud, thousand to one,
he will find the fountain gushing from
some rude footprint Of Grief.-Pfenfice.
Washington telegraph., 1857-12-02

AlaOst aH lD,ericgR.-A writer in the
Spirit WI He Times, i'll correcting some
errors ana omissions Of Bishop Meade, res
pecting the first families If Virginia,
shows incidentally that the poet Thomas
Campbell, had narrow escape from be-
iug an American. The head Of the Camp
bell family in Virginia was the Rev. Ar
chibald Campbell. from Scotland. related
to the Stuart and Argyle families. He
kept a school in Westmoreland, where
Chief Justice Marshall and the Presidents
Madison and Monroe were taught by him
His brother Alexander resided at Fal-
mouth. but, on the breaking out of the
revolution, he preferred the British side
Of the question, and returned to Scotland,
where, in l1TT7. lie became the father Of
Thomas Campbell, the arthor # 'The
Pleasures IF Hope" and Gertrude of
Wyoming" a brother Of the poet mar
rird daughter Of Patrick Henry.