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n sign Of the BIO ANVIL.
QUILDkKs' hardware, locks, isschss, bolts,
- loose and fast butts, ~. A fan assortsaens
jsn3d
II ELfIN0-kumbeiso oak tanned, patent stretch
- cd Leather Betting, warranted not TO stretch
sud ~ suit the purchaser. Boston Gum Betting.
Gam ssd Hemp fasting; large escorts: en-. fos
RkAss Cocks, oil oaps,irOn asd lead piPs. every
- thing pertaining 10 . saw mill or steam en-
CINE, for sale low At the sign Of the
jase3d BIG ANVIL.
DLANEs-Grenaeid Tool Co.'S, fresh stock u
i these superior Tools just received at the sign
VI the Uunssdl BIG ANVIL.
nO0Rand gate spriass, Gray > Brothers patent,
- the best sprias ever iI I've ass s sale b.
(NHAlN-Ox, ooil. binding, trace. halter, dog,
~ saA Jack chains, .. the sisn Of the
fansSd BIO ANVIL.
UICkS-Soiid box. and Parkw's bench, Iron and
janssd CAbY, JONES PECK's.
DUMPS. water ralns, eaivsaissd veil chain and
A1sarss,f for saAs iow u sAs ~. q s.s ,,
june3d BIG ANVIL.
SHovELs, Amss ,keslae4s pis1s, Aas,eeks.
jnnesd cAl1 y0MM . Mok4
WAEEL- 1xxx6NB, 0Is-S1ss, sESl1 1iIls,
w Stone lnDnssS, Ssr ssis . ~ ~ So {
juns3d saBI0 ANvR
CCYTARS, S1aiAs, CradIss, aa2 harvsstiag Doll
~ In great ve6lstys 81 . small alvapes, b IL
junsSd &c. CADY. JONES 60Gk.
II AY. Das91nA manure forks, for - - Il
IL sign Of the Ljssdl BIG ANVIL.
N addition 70 our extsnsive stock of building
i housekeeping, machinists' and cabinet makers
hardware, carpsntsss' and blAcksmiths' tools, VI
have jsst added . complete stock II Carriage snd
Wagon Hardware, consulting In part - follow:
Hsbs, fslloss, shafts, spokes, bows,
Mads from best eastern timber, and we'll seasoned
Enamslsa and Dash Leather,
Carriage oil cloth.
Plain and figured black muslin, drilling dack
Carriage iacs, tufts, Ac., apron hooks and rings;
Ivory knobs, seat sticks, whip socket,
Back lights, shaft fips s6ilseT ylAtsd ael
Brass Bsnds-Boston, Phiiadslphia and
Reflector patterns. Top Prop,
Name plates, lining nails; ease hardened
Axles-long and short arm, patent = hAlf-patsnt
| Railway 6pSings-plsin and French ears;
! Carriage bolts and axle clips.
juns3d CADY, JONES PECK.
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WArCM kst
II. W. JONES,

Dealerin Clocks, watches 4 JeWslYy
ON SECOND STREET,
NEXT door to G. ParsOns' Baking Hoass
EOh a.
glyHE subscriber has just received . large r
l and beautiful stock Of gold and silver n
Watches, gold jewciry, tc., combining &hs
latest styles Of ladies breast pins. caring hagsr
rings, cut pins, gold guard and fob chains, keys
gold pens. with or without holders, gold pencils,
pens and pencils.
VANCE REPAIRING.
The subscriber being practical Matchmaker
delicate work that may be entrusted to his care.
All work warranted to give satiSfaction.
coARBCr TINE.
The public may rest assured thst the correct time
~ N .nd :s.. Sss n,ll kept By Nv JONES.
1857. SPRING TRADE. 1867.
E. JACCARD 4 CO.,
wnoLRsALR AND ssrAiL
jewelers. Ana silver ware
AAHUvACTUnxnS,
Marble Building, rs Rourth-st..........ST. LOUIS
uAVE consaantiyon hand . lssgs aad w. q
and Americas Gold and Silver Chrononstes, r
Dsplcx, Lever, and Lepine Watches. Of their owI
importation.
Plated Tea Sets, Uns. Baskets, Pitchers, Com
.nnio. Services, Caps. doblets, Spoons, Perks, %
Pine Gold Jswslry, Of all styles and patterns
chains seals, keys, thimbies, spectscles, 1e.
Diamond JcwslYy, Of all kinds, On hand and
msde to order Fancy Goods, IN every variety.
French Marble Mantle Clocks, Pspier MAche and
Iniaid. We are also prepared 10 manufacture OF
the premises hns silver sets, pitches cups COB
lets, spoons, and svsry variety Of Silver Wass.
Particular attention given 70 the manufaeesrs d
PH1nIu1s Toa STATE AND COUNTY SARs,
And all ware warranted purecoin and ~ Low - -!
Eastern house.
All kinds Of atchmAkess' Tools asd AstsriaJa
Regulators, &c., always on hand, ord supplied y
the trade on liberal terms.
~ Watches and Jewelry repaired on shor
notice.
n. D.-Aiways ON nana . supply Of those esie
brated Railroad Time Keepers, lor Conductors, I'm
ginesrs, &c. E.JAcCARD D CO.,
Marble Building, " Foarth-st., BIT. Louis
March II, '57-dly
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T1yHR Ladies. Densveleat essiety ntsis every Eat
j uraay Aftstnoon q e'eloek, over Harry Fab
tssss elothing store from a street. Per-
so0s having Nst ~ elslAing ~ hasd ere ss4sssted
e send sssh aTtaslss = tksy nay fed willing t.
givs, 70 The soeiety room.
Ladies interested In lshaH Of NJ poor are In
viosd 70 attsnd.
gsoksk, Fewa, ysb. 4, nd
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nAVIs' New Patent Parallel vises, for sale By
II TTLLIN8HAST, LANE 1 BUIL,
meh2Sd No. l3S Main-st.
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1855. 11T6, ExR6 = TURS. 1850.
~ 0A8Ao HATS sssstvsd frsm The Maa-fA
UUafaetory, Of all styles, qualities a11
prices. for sale cheap 81 Wholesale and retail
HsFshants will 20 we'll ~ call ard szAmise NJ
stock, - ! - boInd mot 70 b undsrsold By any
house in ~ West, either st 81. Louis CinciAnsti
Call and examine prices and god q
BMELDONH,
septlod ea ~ Main street.
500 D0z. Nsa's PIasA CsPs, ~ slyIss I'd al
qualities, for sale ehsspat 6NkLDONS
ssptlOd - Aain street.
I ADIfS.-Now q tHs lns lor ysa a . csos
Land secure yOuSo1vse one q those Dlss16ASstt1
Of Furs. havs jsSt received ny winter stock u
them, and will sell then - shsap - y0a sAA bsy
the following
STONE MARTIN,
AMERICAN SABLE,
RUSSIAN FITCH,
MOUNTAIN MARTIN,
ROCK MARTIN,
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7 n TONS Berea Grind-s stones for saie by
IL TILLINGHAST, LANE 4 BOEL,
mche3d Sign of the Broadaxe,
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gos oale ~ 0sos ~ = DAEUaan,
gNHR Ksoksk City NillA. II sold. te1ns go
j Str eash, and die balance In I, :, ) and I
years. Ala, - fsss On lsh street, hetwssn 1iDea
aad Dsmotne.
FOR pasticalars inquire st the City Mills Store.
fsb3e ". h. AUSTIN CO.
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WE beg leave 70 ipfssn the good eitisens Of
w Ksoksk snd vieinisy that Ne have get =
gYindlng again, and are prepared t. furnish then
ell With tks Asst - Flsur. ths most Ssasessbis
terms. We warrant esr rlcHI 10 b. GAssrpssse1 b
any that IL brought 70 the market, and to give sat-
isfaetien, or ~ money sslsDaed.
Also On hand, plenty II bras, shorts, shipstsG.
10. Any orders, accompanied With the each, left -
the City Mills 6ssss viii - promptly attended 20.
Flour and 0roosries dslivsrsd 70 any part Of he
city free Of charge.
febll- W. H. AUSTIN co.
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Written for the Smyrna Times.
Stray Leaves from Typo.

Smyrna, Del.
" Birthplace OF the bra
NV own glorious home. i" ~ = z

DlttnpldceO OF tne brave, esa
My own glorious home. ~
They say that nome is where the heart is"
and this is proven almost every day of our lives
for where are our hearts amid all the wild wan
derIngs and meanderings Of life but wiki the
sold folks at home " :, Those who go not be-
yond the sight Of the curling Of their own
chimney's smoke, never know what home is
remember once, aud that not many years ago.
when in foreign land. toiling manfully to earn
the wherewith to return to the place of nv
birth, how that one day, accidentally standing
on the wharf, saw ship come gaily up the
stream, with that flag at her gaff,' that waves
over the "land of the Free" 1t was a precious
sight to me,--for / had not seen the like for
many months; and a person who stood by,
knowing whence came and my strong attach
ment 10 my native land, slapped me on the
shoulder and asked, "what flag is that!"
turned, and there Heating proudly, was the
"star-spangled banner, THE banner thatteld
me of my own bright, happy hone-that told
me of a home where the honest might find a
liVing-a home where patriots live. Twas the
same flag ahat tthes Lionof England had twice
trie TO repd into sbreds; but which, both
times, sent him bowling to his sea.grt island
dan; -and now that flag was coming proudly
up the stream over which England claimed de.
minion, and as it came it ioated vauntingly
forth as if to defy the hosts by which it was
+surrounded. Oh, what thoughts crowded my
mind at that sight!-how longed once more
10 stand on The shores of my own native land.
and 70 see the standard of liberty there And,
may that flag, that has SO long and SO nobly
stood the test--that has never amid the war of
political partizans and fsnaticisms, lost single
star,---may il still continue to wave, and give
Joy to all the oppressed through coming ages!
But of home: Who has not q home some
sweet spot where inl brighter days they have
played with their little brothers and visitors,
some cf whom are now with their :. Father 10
Heaven and where, day after day, they have
been accustomed to gather at The family board,
and many of them, to hear their dear father
offer up othat God whom he served, thanks for
the meal spread before them,r-and where at
night they have been accustomed to kDeel al
their mothers knee as she sat III the old arm
chair" and taught them to lisp their infant
prayer? Who that has had such home bui
does not feel lingering after it,--a desire once
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more to return to the hallowed spot, to wander
through the village where in youth he had
spent SO many happy days? Yes, though he be
on outcast in strange land--though he be
forsaken by all friends--though no one is by to
speak kind word--or if he be rocked to sleep
at night by the angry surges of old oceans
wave-or though he should be more fortunate,
and roll in splendor and wealth, with all to
make happy-with honors surrounding him
he will still turn with fond remembrance to
" Home, HON sweet Home"
Whining ton, DEL, July ID, 1857.
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WHOLE NO., $50.
Written for the Smyrna Times.
Biblical Acrostical Enigma.

am composed of thrty-two letters:
My l, IL, Is, 16. "a, was the wife of one oftbe
sons of Jacob;
2, IL, 5, 5, IL, %, one of the prophets:
3, %, IL, 90, one of the sons of Judah:
a, "a, country spoken of in Genesis;
D, y, %, Ia, 26, 81, &c, book of the Old
Testament;
o. IA, lO, u, place-its location unknown;
T. g. ~ 81, %, l6, 2G, g. an attribute of the
g. 20, 81, one of the high priests of the
Jews;
y, ii, 4, II, one of the Kings of Israel;
IO, IA, ii, 30, one of the wives of Jacob;
ii, 81, 3, 9, one of the prophets;
:" IL, 3, 4, II, 80, the time to seek the Lord:
l3, Is, "a, "a, 80, an ingredient used in in
cense; ..
ii, 30, %. 26, 80, IL, one of the prophets;
10, 8, IL, "a, 90, 49, %, 5, the condition of
God towards man; :
IL, is, 80, ii, 4, 90, village northwest of
Jerusaem .
Il, 10. %, 4, 9, one of the apostles;
Is, 2S, Il, 10, that faculty of the soul that
elevates man;
10, 70, ii, 81, IL, 7, one of the prophets;
20, u, ii, "a, character that God hates;
u, l9. 5, 30, II, a type OF Christ;
-, IL, 4, "a, IA, ii, a country lying beyond
Jordan;
%, IL, "a, 9, 4, 90, a town in Asia Minor;
"a, A, IL, 80, book of the Old Testament
%, 9, a. "a, IL, system God forbids;
26, 3, 4, 30 something which has neither
body nor parts;
p, "a, a, II, 7, principle which must pre-
vail;
2e'. 9, Z, 13, IL, 16, 81, one OF the sons of
Abraham;
29. III, 49, %, a town south of Mount Tabor;
4" 30, Ia. 24, Is, 8, 90, "a mountain in the Holy
Land;
81, l3, 81, 3, "a, II, IL, 20, what man is In
part;
81, l9, "a, %, ii, 13, prophecies
My whole is passage of Scripture express
ing strong confidence in God.
Smyrna, Del. w. McF.
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nently converted to Christianity before the mind
has been fitted for the reception of the truth BY
the sottening, refining power of Education!-
We shall find that the heart whose dark and
benighted chambers have not been ilumined by
the divine and vivifyng rays of the golden sun
of Education. or felt the pruning hand of wis.
dom s teachings, will be overgrown by the rank
weeds of superstition, irreIigion and vice And
yet who appreciates the teachers situation =
who thinks of the trials and perpexities to
whichhe issHbjected! Who is willing to allow
him the errors common TO humanity! But are
not his tailings aud shortcomings made the
theme of cOnversation,-pointed out to others
who are ever ready TO enlarge and comment
upon them 10 the teachers disadvantage? The
children are also injured by an unfsvorable re-
port OF the school. and not unTI esuently receive
bias that tells with fearful consequences
Dislike OF study is cotemporaneous with disrust
of schuol, and the child count enanced, and per.
haps encouraged. in an inirActOn of the teachers
requirements, soon learned to love other pre-
aepts more than those of mental discipline,
which are rarely congena to the young mind
overlooking with an exuberance of mirth and
light heartedness. Then, in absence of health
ful employment, the disrelish tor books and
study leads to the conVivia club, from the coarse
jest TO high-sounding and profane words. Thus,
step by step, the victim is alured till he finds
the terminus of existence in criminals DOOM
VI the l69 persons hanged in the United States
IN 1854, but could read or write. What
sermon upon the value Of Education! Ask the
criminal in prison condemned to wear out his
life in misery aud disgrace, " what has thus
brought him to his sad doom !"-the murderer,
upon the gallows, soon to try the realities of an
unendlng eternity, what first started him on
the downward road to perditon both alike
will answer, "a misspent youth and vicious as
-oclates." See many persons of both sexes,
endowed by nature with talents more than or
binary, dragging out q miserable eXis ence,
merely for the lack of education TO bring out
their latent mental energies. For, as the mar
Dle in its primitive state, is a rough, unsighlly
mass, till the polishing chsel OF the sculptor
has brought out its beauties in the statue, so
he powers Of the intellect cannot be called
INTO use except by the discipline of education
Then, is it not the duty of every parent and
guardian to give those under their care, all the
advantages of an education! Will they not
10 ii Will they not second the endeavors of
he teacher! Will they not encourage him by
every means in their power! -endeavoring 10
impress upon the young mind the Importance OF
he subject. Then, in after life, the children
will rejoice to honor their memory, and CRATE.
ul world place them among her true benefac-
tors.
Smyrna, Del. r>sis4. ..ss .r.
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0~T 1t must be confessed they sometimes
meet with rare specimens of human nature in
some of the courts of North Carolina. Almost
everybody remembets the celebrated "Cousin
Sally Dillard' case, and here is one recently
reported in the Ashville SpectGtOr-not far be-
hind it. The writer gives it under the head of
Legal Proceedings"
Action for work and labor done in cutting
ditch on defendant land Plea-Payment, and
set off, in bacon and corn meal.
Plaintiffs son on the stand. Recollects the
dltching perfectly, but seems to forget all about
the bacon.
"You say your daddy did all this ditching
Do you know what he got in pay for 7" inquired
Col. c. for defendant.
g" He never got nothing, as ever heard on,
that's what he never got," answered the wit
ness.
didn't your daddy get corn and bacon from
defendant in pay for that dtchlng!"
"Never heard of his geltn' no corn or ba-
con-"
"What did your daddy and his family live on
last summer?"
"Vntles, mostly"
"What sort of victuals o.
."Well, meat and bread, and some whiskey."
"Where did he get that meat and bread !"
Well fust from one and tust from the 9TH
er"
Didn't he get some of it from defendant"
He mought."
81 know he mought, but did he! that's the
question:"
"WelI, he mought, and then again you know
he moughtn't."
(With considerable excitement and tones of
thunder,)
Answer the question, sir, and no more of this
trIfIng with your oath. Did your dady, or did
he not, get corn and bacon from the defendant
from dtching!'
"Well now he mought; it don't occur ad-
zaetly, you know"
Here his honor nterferes, and with a stern
individual frown, addresses witness thus:
"Wrness, you must answer the question or
the court will be compelled to deal with you.
Can't you say yes or no =
81 reckin."
"Wel then answer yes or no. Did, or did
not your daddy get corn and bacon from the de-
tendant at the time referred to! inquired the
court"
(Now fully aroused and csnsciou of his dam
ger.) Well Judge. | can't adzactly renem-
Der, you know, seem as how IFS all dun, bin
gone and eat up; but" (planting himself firmly
as undetermined TO OFT with H,) TO the best
ot my reckerlecpon, If my memory serves me
rl ght, he mought aud then again he moughtn't."
The plaintiff saved his bacon. Verdict ac-
cordlngly.
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Not Alone, When Alone.
by MARTHA HAINEs purr.

Alone say not am alone Do you not see
that little sunbeam dancing SO gracefully 1t
peeps ever and anon over my shoulder, and now
shrnks back as if blushing to see itself the sub.
ject Of euogism. Welcome, bright sunbeam (!
for thou hast come from world far brighter
than this; tits thou who gildest the angels
crown, and throwest a halo Of light where'er
thou dwelleat. The ocean welcomes thee, and
ceases for awhile its heaying; for to it's bosom
a sacred guest is clasped. The sea-nymphs
WOO thy gaze; the untold wealth of the sea
thou beholdest, while man cannot give one
glance al the many mysteries and beauties con-
eealed beneath its profound depths. Thou hast
come to bring good tidings to the weary, and
thou whisperest, There is rest in Heaven -
And thou hast visited the lonely cell, too, where
the poor criminal is ncarcerated in chaths
thou art kind, indeed, tothiak of him to wan
der from so bright a home to cheer the unfor-
tunate. ii3 feEA ss,sslsl
Alcne,-- no. A boquet of early SPRING
flowers greets my sight; how love to read
their language; how | love to iihale their itch
perfume; inyriads Of smiles rest upon the btow
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EVERY MAN HAS HIS PRICE. Sir Robert
Walpole the Grand Corruptrr, Us he was called
in the llbels of his time, is said TO have thought
all mankind rogues, and TO have remarked that
every one had his price. Pope refers TO this:
" Would he oblige the, let me Olly find
He does not think me what he thinks mankind" :"
Or, as he at first printed it:
lie thinks one poet ofno venal kind"
That Walpole SAID something very much like
the saying attributed to him is what even his
son does not deny; but there is reason to be-
lieve that he SAID 1t with qualifcation--"a all
those men have their price," not +" all men have
their price,"
The saying, as recorded by Richardson, the
painter, who had ample means of being We in
formed, was in these words: There was not
one, how patriot soever he might seem, of whom
he did not know the price," DR.. King, whose
means of information were az good as Richard
SON records remark made duringa debate in
Parliament by Walpole TO MrW. LeVesun, the
brother of the Jacobnite Lord Cover. You
see,' said Sir RObert, " with what zeal and We
hemence these gentlemen oppose; and yet
know the price of every man in this house ex
cept three and your brother is one of them. y
DR.. King adds that Sir Robert lived long en-
oughto know that my Lord Cover had his price
as Well as Tue rest his soH nouIhes 1he suy-
ing "Some are corrupt" Sir Robert said but
1 will tell you of one who is not--Shippen is
not" And at another time. Horace, speaking
of his father, observed to Pinkeron :: d" Sir Rob-
ert Walpole used to say that it was fortunate so
few men could be prime ministers, as it was
best that few should thoroughly know the shock
ing wickedness of mankind. Inever heard him
say that all men had their prices, and believe
no such expression ever came from his mouth"
= CurioSitieS Of History. "
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C!b.o !,:b l,.'t ttt I Z ~. NJ. {.
MoRNIN II NJ s u M nj Err.
n}l By MRS. SARAH Is. socw ELL p

f'b' By MRS. SARAH s. socwELt.l . +.
Morning in summer All nature is ringing
Wlthsweel gushing music to greet the young
day;
Ia the green orchard the robin is singing IA
10 gladness and glee his clear merry lay.
10 the soft light which the morning is pouring
Over the woodland. the mountain, and plain,
Far towacd the blue sky the gay lark is soaring,
While on the light breeze floats back his glad
strain. a{l&t ->it,.I |I
Now riags the chorus from dim forest bowers,
Swelling out loud on the wings of the breeze,
As it steals gently onward, awaking the flowers,
Aud shaking the clear sparkling dew from
the trees. .e... ''.'..
LO all the sky 10 the eastward is beaming,
Glowing with radiance gorgeous and bright /;
Banners of crimson and purple are streaming.
When morn opes the portals of splendor and
light.
Now the sun gilds the dark brow of the noun
tain, s
Gracefully float the light mist -wreaths away
Now his beams flash DER the musical fountain,
Now DER the plain pOurs the brlliauce of day.
Through the deep forest the bright rays are
strea ming, ,.,
Swiftly dispelling the darkness of night;
Millions of dew-drops are flashing and cleaning,
so'er the young leaves glows the fair morn
ing light.
Let US go forth in the freshness of morning,
Let its glad lOveliness Danish all care,
Gaze on the beauty the landscape adorning,
Inhals health and strength from the cool
baimy air.
La PRAIRIE CENTRE, Marshall Co., ILL., +
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ADVANTAGE IN Being fHIN--People ofspare
flesh are generally the most lucky individuals
in the world. In q crowded omnlbus--thuugh
ever full-room can always be made for a thin
spareboned individual. In a shpwreck. the
spare man always stands the best Chance for
escape. 1.-THE ferry boat has just left the Sip,
the hin man by slight spring is sure to land
upon the deck of the boat. Whereas the fat
individual leaps into the river II the stage
coach npsets, the man of rotundity breaks a leg
or,bruses his hand, while spare-bones escapes
totally uniniured. If iostled in a crowd, the
former becomes vexed and irritsted, but the lat
ter creeps through the Sigh est fssure, and
hurries on his way Ifa balloon ascension with
GODDARD is contemplated, the heavy man whin-
pers at the expense, while the other pays a COM
paratively reasonable fare, and takes his seat
without murmer
The above was provoked by the announce
ment that individuals are entitled to make
balloon ascension with Professor Goddard, at the
rate OFFS cents for every pound OF weight
This is most assuredly an imposition upon the
rights OF people Of considerable rotundity and
ponderosiis. Because man has been blessed
with good health, because he has more rapidly
Increased in bulk and size shun other men, he
is obliged to pay for his pleasure at the rate OF
% cents per pound. Surely, GODDARD cannot be
in his right senses, or he never would have
given countenance to such an imposltion,--
PhiladeLphia journal. a sstss4,s.l. tas
Or The very latest novelty in dress IN
Paris,is crinoline sleeves