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Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-01-15
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SElOND stock Of New Winter Good..r-Ihe
receiving their second Sock OF Fail
and Inter consisting pa o fine silk Robrs. striped
Chine silks omhrc Striped Dolanos, Satin striped
do very ficl Solid do, Stella Shawla Cashmoro do lno
black DO Inseys &c Ae which they invite their enomers
To examine. JAS. A, hTlGlEk 10
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-01-15

uYuNRE LIAS.-Just received u i"' oi O"-
I brellas including some extra large ones cp.p,rpv
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inseod oil Whit Zine White Lead Colors OF all KINDS
Varnishcs brushes and every article pertaining to the RANT
ing business ON hand and for sale by
lots STROTilER n WHITEHEAD
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should reA ct that mind and body are the most nr
To promote connubia happiness Indeed win
@ tho iouru,y through life becomes weary pNer,h
age the prospect hory darkens TO the We y.." me m"bov "
SIaIo, ed Win despair and filled with the
election that the happiness of another becomes WIN
Sr R,I,jy.rs
oFFICF NO SOUTH FREDERICK 81 hai,"f"'e' iiN
An SuRGIc4L OPERATIONS PtffokMfpf -,
NpIot mo false noiesty prevent you but apply nihe
diaeIy either personally or by letter :, c,,,rn
' SKIN DISEASES SPEEDILY CURED
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Take Particular Notice.
DR. po,,,iston,s Bnvi igOraiin@ hchfuy LOT VI S""'
Weak

Nv this great important remedy weakness %, , u
ans seediIy cnrcd ard full vsor restored hoosids
nt the mos, nervous dchiated who had lost All nope
b,r nncdiotcIy relieved. All Impedhents L" Marriage
pvsira or Mental Disqualification, Nervous f'pllty
Trimlngs and Weakness, or exhaustion Of ulc inoe' ~
Eind speedily cured by Doctor Johnston
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-01-15
'UlY OR NAuSEOUS DhopS 'Si'''

Member Of the Royal College OF Surgeons ionon Graunae
r ono of the INC Il eminent Colleges OF the United stats
mud te greater psu life has been spent in the hrSt
Hospitals OF Lond, Pans Philadelphia and elsewhere mas
eeed some Of The astonishing cures That We're eVe
know many with ringing in the head ana ears
nsen pa ne, vousne-s hng alarmed st sudden '"uhos
aud baslulness with frequent blushng attedc; s'"et"es
a oil mi ID ore cnrod ilnmehatoIy
Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1857-02-07

The EARTH's INrER1oR.-In he eours
of a paper read before the Scientific Con.
gress at Albany, by Dr.. Winslow, he Oh.
served that the more geological sud.n,
contemplated the sedimentary strata The
more he must become convinced thai lh
solid crust of the planet is a yielding en-.
velope of no great thickness, overlyingi
globe Of fluid, subject to dynamical IN.
fuences of such vast power, tina. mOu.
tains and continents undulaie upon itH
fields of ice follow the tidal action ofhs
sea. The causes and forces Of these ua
phenomena were considered 10 be he ten
sion and dynamical agency Of the molten
and fluid matter in state Of motion under
meath. Some think this motion core..
ponds with the tides, and French savan
attributes it to the action Of the moos.
DR.. Winslow attributed j, to The action Of
the sun. and supported bis theory on The
ground that these phenomena occur more
when that body is nearest IAs
earth as in Winter, at which time more
volcanic eruptions occur than al any other
season.
Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1857-02-07
Losses OF INsuRAxcp c
In the Money article of the Pam, '<s'--
wp find tho Gill;. syASaQlan

" INSURANCE CoxpAs,.
In the Money article of the psp.s aa,s':-
we find the following: ''sa''a
1.-The }. las, eighteen month, h,u.
exceedingly prolific in Marine , asS' been
has occasionsd but little ,nrnr; 'ossea' and
s,al of the New York Marine Ia ,,'a' ss'.
Companies have s been forced C, INSURANCE sn n,
liquidation. The Offices in this e;, 80 Into
suffered very largely. and We b hey have IA
one OF the Boston offices has. dur a' ' ,s
year, paid losses to the amour, If The
its capital, yet is still enabled to d.. u'a0l'
dividend. These losses, however 1s. .'a
no means confined 10 this side Of 4. ~ y
lantlc. As an evidence of the s,, ~. A.
nary losses occurring, it is stated /. y
London Insurance Monireur, that g. 40
turn has been printed of the wrs.l s.
casualties on or near the coas, of II. r sno
ted Kingdom in 1855. The result, !. ~. J.
.plorable. The total number of m1 w.
and casualties We're ll4l, of 1854 ' ~
Of the vessels, s63 were British, II II s cSs'
NAL, and 1l6 foreign; of which nnu sS'''
were totally wrecked 272, strand. J'' .s,
recovered 246, stranded (but whe,b., ' y
tai or partial loss not reported) Isl, ,a,1 n.
lost in collision SIS. seriously dam,s.d i;!
collision l7s. slightly damaged in eo ill.,.
Il, leaky and foundered 40, leaky and i, ~,
back to discharge and repair Al. des,,,,.; ~
by fire IA, found derelict 10, dism,:.,
and otherwise damaged 40, abandoned ~
capsized and sunk 9. seriously d.m,,.5,
by spontaneous combustion Of e,,oo .
Of these $40 occurred on the East so,.,
251 on the West coast, and III On ~
South coast of Great Britain; 1871 A.
Irish coast; 10 off the Sicily island. =
off the Channel Islands ; "a Of The Nonh
ern Islands-viz: Orkneys, Shetland ,M
Hebrides l3 off the Isle Of Man, and
off Lundy Island. In 1855 the total num-
Der Of lives lost was ago ; in 1854 lAa
in 1853 $50; in 1852 92O. The nunb,,
of collisions reported is greatly on b. IN.
crease, being 247 against "a registered
in 1854. 70 in 1853, and 81 in 1852
This increase is, perhaps attributable, in
part at any rate. TO the same cause uhu
of the number of wrecks above mentioned
Total amount paid to life.boats during lie
year, esq IS. 3d.; total amount in IT,
wards for saving life f655 S."
Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1857-02-07
The RR1rrsH REv1Ews.-Messrs. L.

The BRITISH REv1Ews.-Messrs. l..
Scott g. Co., No. As Gold street, New
York, publishers of the American editions
of Blackwood's Magazine and the British
Reviews, offer great inducements to the
reading public in their prospectus for 81
which see in another column.
1--WE have in these Reviews Quarterly
Cyclopaedia, brought up to the latest m'n-
ute, various, general, and comprehensive,
but neither scholastic, abstruce, nor weak
ened with details strong without coarse
ness; instructive without pedantry; prac-
teal without meanness. We know no
means of uniting the practice Of labori-
Gus profession with the maintenance OF
general information. without the steady
use of these Reviews. Nor do we be.
lieve any profounder habits of scholarship
put any literary man beyond the need OF
them considering the practiced skill in
information, the critical acu.
men, and the fine concentrations of the
foreign Reviews as at present conducted.
The difference between the man of com.
prehensive views, due perspective, wide
and elegant tastes, and his
opposite, is often made by nothing else
than the thorough use or complete disuse
Of this series of Reviews"
Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1857-02-07

SMOKING OF ARsEN1c.-M. Montiguy,
French consul in China, in reference to
the use of arsenic by the northern Chinese,
says they mingIe it with their smoking TO-.
bacco. According to missionaries who
had lived long time there, tobacco free
faom arsenic is not sold. The same wit.
nesses assured the consul that the arsenic
smokers were stout fellows. with IS lungs
like klacksmith's bellows, and as rosy as
cherubs.' The publication of Montigny's
statement has called out letter from DR..
Londe, who announces that some years
ago, in the course Of discussion at the
Academy of Medicine, on the agents to be
employed to cure tubercular consumption,
he told the assembled doctors that he had
found but one successful means OF chmbat.
ing this dreadful disease that means was
the smoking of arsenic. The doctor re.
affirms his commentator of this remedy.
1881 journal of Commerce.
Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1857-02-07

FROZEN TO DEATH IN BED.-h
Petersburg Eva. Intelligencer relates 'h'
following instance Of death from cod DUR
ing the recent severe weather:
Mr.. John H. Brown, the only son ,ld
child Of the late Mordecai Brown, Of lbH
city, died on Sunday night al the Boiling
brook Hotel, from the effects ofcold. he
had returned at late hour to bis room
and went to bed chilled through from On
exposure to the storm. He compliance
several times during the night Of beneua.
able to get warm, but his companies
thinking that nothing serious was the ~
ter, threw additional covering upon as'
aud at last, thinking that he bad i,sl
asleep, they sunk in slumbers also. u
next morning, when they got up w
found Mr.. Brown dead in his bed.
Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1857-02-07

INCREASE OF WEALTH IN OHIo.-In
the year 1850. before the completion ofits
railway system, the State Of Ohio had an
aggregate amount Of taxable property rated
1t 9439, SIC, $40. and in the year 1850,
after the completion Of the system, the
value Of the same description Of property
is set down at Ss69. 81, 1854, very nearly
double. Nothing can more forcibly illus.
trate tho wonderful effects Of railway i'm
provements upon the prosperity Of State.
Ohio has entered moro largely than any
other member Of the Confederacy upon tho
developement Of the system Of railways.
Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1857-02-07

MIS-. HENrz's WoRKs.-T. B. Peter
son, 102 Chestnut street, Philadelphia is.
sued on the LIST inst. volume entitled
Love after Marriage; and thirteen other
choice Nouyelletts Of the Heart" by Mrs.
Caroline Lee Hentz. It is complete in
one large volume in cloth for 1925, or in
two volumes in paper for 81, postage free.
Mrs. Hentz was ono of our most sue
cessful writer's. Indeed there is not .
woman in America whose tales have been
more steadily and uniformly popular. All
her works are written with much power
and have classic beauty Of diction and
grace Of style which cannot fail 10 give
them all high place in the literature Of
our land. A delay in receiving Nj. Pc.
,erson's circular, prevented an earlier no.
lice Of this work.
Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1857-02-07
SEND THEN A BIBLE Tho inaugura

SEND THEM A BIBLE Tho inaugural
ceremonies attendant upon the opening Of
the Missouri Legislature, the other day,
were delayed because no bible could be
found upon which to administer the neces-
sary oath to the Governor! A committee
was sent TO look up copy-but they do
say, that after an hours hunt, not one
could be found ia the capitol. Gentlemen
Of the home Missionary Society-at your
next meeting. we move an appropriation
for Jefferson City. 4s...
Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1857-02-07

e. Yesterday we dropped in at Roses
carriage shop, and were surprised as well
as pleased to see the amount andexce!lence
Of the work he is turning out. The most
striking object in the establishment is a
carriage just completed for Mr.. r. E.
Butler. 1t has been transformed from an
unsightly affair into thing Of beauty.
Mr.. c. Guion. the painter. deserves par
ticular credit for the style in which he has
acquitted himself on,this job.
Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1857-02-07

SINGULAR BOTTLE SToRIEs.-Captain
Beecher, editor of the English Nautical
Magazine, has compiled within the last ten
years the following curious voyages Of bot.
ties thrown into the sea by unfortunate
navigators:
A good many bottles thrown into the sea
next to the African coast found their way
to Europe. The bottle seems to have an.
ticipated the Austral Panama route, hav.
ing travelled from the Panama Isthmus to
the Irish coast.
Another crossed the Atlantic from the
Canaries TO Nova Scotia. Three or tour
bottles thrown into the sea by Greenland
mariners on the Davis Strait landed on the
northwest coast Of Ireland. Another one
made very curious trip-it swan from
the South Atlantic ocean to the west coast
of Africa, passed GibraIter, went along
the Portuguese coast to France, passed
Bresr, and was finally picked up on Jersey
Island. The direct line touches at least
all these places and makes it more than
probable that it took this route.
One bottle was only found after sixteen
years. swimming, one after fourteen, and
two after ten. A few only travelled more
than one year, and one only five days.
This last was sent off by the captain Of
the Race Horse, on the 18th of April, in
the Caribbean Sea, and was found on the
22d. after having gone through three de-
grees Of longitude in westwardly direc.
ton. Capt. Mcclure, of the Investigator,
we'll known since his discovery Of the
Northwest Strait, threw bottle into the
sea in 1850, on his way to Behring Straits.
1t swan 5000 miles in 2O6 days, and was
picked up on the Honduras coast.
Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1857-02-07

o. 1t is now understood that Congress
will not, at this session, take any action
upon the subject of the laws of Kansas,
or Of the admission of the Territory as a
State. The subject will be left to the
Territorial Legislature, which will proba-
bly, revise their laws and pass an act au-
,horizing a convention for the formation Of
State Constitution.
Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1857-02-07

Mr. TENBRoEck's HORSE, IN ESeIIs''
We are ISSUED, on competent autner.'
that the accounts of some OF NJ. -.
Broeck's horses. now in England Oe'ns
amiss, and not likely to be in order 2 !, I.a'
in July, are entirely erroneous. N0'a, !
had happened to either ofthem, al - -. =
liable advices from Newmarket SDsi
they are located, and nothing has oceu h,
to lessen their owners confidence y,
they will be in condition, when Inc q.
comes to vindicate the credit !"
American turf-N. o. Picayune
Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1857-02-07

~ We have been favored with week
Of as lovely weather as God ever bestow-
ed on his foots:col. The soil is in an ex-
celent condition for working, and vegeta-
ton has commenced putting forth. Every
thing indicates most prosperous future.
Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1857-02-07

The WASHINGTON UNION. - In the
Union, Of the 18th, we find an announce.
rnent that after the 4th of March next, the
editor of that paper will retire, when the
Hon. John Appleton, Of Maine, will be-
come sole editor and proprietor.
Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1857-02-07

o. Hon. ]. E. L. Dugas has our thanks
for a copy Of the fifth annual report of the
Institution for the Deaf and Dumb and the
Blinds, for the State of Louisiana. The
Institution now contains 46 pupils-17
males, and 90 females, four of whom are
from Terrebonne.
Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1857-02-07

CONSTITUENCIES OF A On
the 2lst uIt., in Baltimore, DR.. A. B. Ar
mold furnished the following prescription
for child suffering from a slight fever: 5
grains Of calomel and 5 grains Of pulver-
lied rhubarb. This was to be taken in a
powder. and three hours after, the follow
ing mixture scruples chlorate of potass.,
4 diachms each honey Of squills and syrup
of lemon, IL ounces distilled anniseed
water. The druggist accidentally mixed
cyanide Of potass., a deadly poison, in the
preparation, and the first dose killed the
child in ten minutes. The physician was
Immediately called, and to show that death
had not been caused by the medicine, he
swallowed a 'teaspooniul of it, and soon
feeling the symptoms Of poison. ran to the
drug store aud took powerful emetic.
The father of the child entered the store
and charged the druggist with causing its
death, who, confident that the prescription
was harmless and correctly compounded,
swallowed some Of it himself and was
dead man twenty minutes afterwards.
Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1857-02-07

RIO GRANDE SUGAR.-The Browns
vile Flag states that Mr.. John Young,
Of that place, from his farm on the Rio
Grands has already, this year, made 20
hogsheads Of sugar, besides quantity Of
molasses, rum, ETC., and it is said he will
make as much more from the cane on
hand. Mr.. Young has done this with the
native laborers, who receive as wages
about six dollars per month, with ration
Of an /" oalmude . or peck Of corn per
week. 80
Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1857-02-07

A Puzzle FOR CARPENTERs.-AS''
lowing problem has been COMMUNE
by a carpenter to the Clevelsno
dealer
Having an aperture in the moor a
inches square to cover, and his w'! ~,
means limited to board 9 BY 10 -
in size, he wishes to know DO" g. ~
can be accomplished by once co'u .s,. '
board in two? Its solution may se'
beguile a winter evening hour.
Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1857-02-07

The use of belladonna is now un-
blushingly advertised TO "givs briliancy,
vivacity, and the power of fascination to
the eye" \ young lady in Macon, Ga,
used il and became blind.
Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1857-02-07
ISrEMpERANCE AND IPECAC.-A wri.
er in the London Lancet says:

would recommend ipecacuanha as a
remedy for drunkenness, take in half
drachm doses as an emetic. Ipecacuanha
has the extraordinary property Of stimu-
lating the whole system. equalizing the
calculations, promoting the various secre.
tons, and indeed assisting each organ of
the body to perform its junction, and re-
store it to its normal state. Ipecacuanha
can be taken with perfect safety as an
emetic !; on that account it is preferable to
tartar emetic. l believe the administra.
ton OF half a drachm of ipecacuanha, as
an emetic, to be cure for periodical
drunkenness. 1t is observed that in the
intervals between the periods of these at
tacks, the person is quite sober, and otlen
remains so for two, three or four months,
or for longer.time. When the mania
comes on, the intense desire for alcoholic
stimulus is so strong as to render the sui
terer subject to no control. and, from the
sensation of depression and sinking. he
can look upon alcoholic stimnlants as his
only remedy. When person ia in this
stale, it will be always found that his
slomace is at fault, and the unnatural appe-
tito arises from that cause alone If half a
drachm of the powder of ipecacuanha be
taken so as to produce full vomiting, the
the desire for intoxicating stimulus is i'm
mediately removed.
From the experience have had of the
effects Of ipecacuanha, am of opinion, #
a patient can be persuaded to follow up
the emctic plan for few times, when the
periodical! attack comes on, that he will
be perfectly cured, and the habit, (for such
| look upon it, will be broken.
Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1857-02-07
RAILROADS BUILD UP Townsville
following from the New Orleans Bulletin

RAILROADS BUILD UP 1OWNs.- ne
following from the New Orleans Bulletin
we commend to some of our people who
think Rail Roads break down small towns {:
They will do it as well in Louisiana or
Mississippi as in Massachusetts or any
other State. Thrifty towns are already
springing up on the Jackson Railroad,
where previously not a building of any
kind existed These in time will become
important adjnncts to New Orleans, sup
plying our markets with the products of
the farm, the dairy, the garden and the
poultry yard. and receiving in return from
US such goods as they will require. The
Holmesville Miss Independent speaking
of Magnolia, recently sprung into exist
ence, says:
This beautiful and healthy town, on
the Jackson railroad, in this county. now
presents thrifty and enterprising appear.
ance. 1t is situated on beautiful place,
we'll watered by an unfailing stream, and
number Of business men have located
there. and are doing quite fair business.
A fine hotel is in progress of erection, and
number of other buildings progressing
towards completion. The visitor is at once
struck with the beauty Of its location, and
with the enterprise already evinced by the
business portion of its inhabitants. The
sound of the saw and hammer salutes the
ear on every hand, and busy men may be
seen moving to and fro in the eager pur-
suit of business position and its attendent
blessings. The right kind of a population
is filling up the place, and presenting for
it the healthy air of thrift, industry and
enterprise. 1t is destined soon to be one
of the most charming towns on the railroad.
Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1857-02-07

G There will be divine service at the
Court House, in this place, tomorrow
morning at IL o'clock. Rev. Mr.. Trader,
rector of St. Johns (Episcopa) Church,
Thibodaux, will officiate.
Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1857-02-07

DEATH OF Mr.. BRooKs.-A Washing
ton despatch, Of the 9th ult., says:
The announcement Of The death of Mr..
Brooks. member of Congress from South
Carolina, drew an immense crowd to the
Capitol to-day. The melancholy fact was
formally notified to the Senate, in terms
Of appropriate eulogy of the dead, by Mr..
Hunter, who was followed by Mr.. Toombs.
In the House, Mr.. keitt made the formal
announcement, and was followed by
Messrs. Campbell, Clingman and Savage.
The funeral takes place to-day. <ses "a.
Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1857-02-07

Gr At the municipal election held in
Raleigh, N. c., on the 18th ult. VIM.
Dallas Haywood, ESQ.,, was reelected
Mayor.
Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1857-02-07

OF The Union is laboring under a
mistake about that I" natne." We used
the word printer, not editor.
Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1857-02-07

SHER1FF's SALEs.-Attention is called
10 a number of sales advertised to take
place at the Court House this day.
Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1857-02-07

g. The Louisville Journal sa's. y
the village Of Meigsville, on as. n, ~
tally consumed by FIRE on the 2s' -"
Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1857-02-07

THE TARIFF ON SUGAR.-"J. c." the
able correspondent of the Louisiana Cou-
rier, writing from Washington on the 18th
inst. says: s=7 e..
The prospects of the sugar planters
have strengthened greatly during the last
ten days. and it is pretty certain that no
measure which proposes greater reduc-
ton than twenty per cent on that article,
will pass the Senate, even should it sue.
coed in the House. Should Mr.. Letcher's
amendment prevail, thec duty will be TWEEN.
ty-four per cent. But it may be safely
assumed from present indications, that no
reduction Of the sugar duty will be made
unless it is accompanied by correspon.
ding one on other articles Of equal con-
sumption, and therein consists the security
OF the planters. es asras a --fl e .#f