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Pittsburg, Columbus & Cincinnati
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Of the Ohio State Fair, for
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Tickets will be good on Sept. l4th, 18th,
10th, 17th. 18th and 18th only, and can be had
at
Steubenville, Fairyiew, N. Comerstown,
Unionport, New Market, Lafayette,
Miller's Bowersvlle, CoShocton,
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Cadiz Junction, 7. Washington, Frazeesburgh,
And of Conductors at all other STA
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0ATThe most ample and extensive arrange
mcnts have been made at Cincinnati for the ac.
commodation OF all who may desire to attend;
and no efforts have been spared by the mana
gers to make this the most att,acttUe Far eUer
held IN tie State
w. w. BAGLEY, Superintendent.
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General Ticket Agent
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THE OLD STANDARD REMEDY for all
Pulmonary Diseases The, VEGETABLE
PULMoNARY BkLsAni, after an unPrete-
denied sale and popularity Of 80 years,
has conclusiyely shown itself to be the
most reliable remedy for Coughs, Colds,
Consumption, and ALI similar affections,
OF any preparation offered to the public.
frne, me proprsstors prop a, nave Eeoom%eeaations
Clergymen, Professors of Colleges, scienti-
fic and distingui shed public men---in fact
from all classes in the community
which see pamphlets, and wrappers tovbotl
ties. The basis of this medicine W as q, ,pri-
vate recipe of a distinguished physician,
and its continued popula is the best
recommen dation of IT'S merit. Inquire for
it by its whole name, and take no other.
Price, so. and 81 Sold inylWesterly by,
DR.. VIM. T! Thurston. = I.,,. eow2t-291
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MURDER ON LoHG ISLAND. An afro
cious murder was committed on the
turnpike near Jamaica, l.. L., on Mon
day night-oflast week, which has crea-
ted intense excitementtherc The VIC
tim was Benjamin Carman, young far
mer, about thirty years, old, who was
returning home from Brooklyn in an
empty hay wagon. His body was found
in the road about 10 o'clock in the
evening, the head broken with clut
and pockets riAed. His horses had rur
away and stopped at farm house abou
quarter CT a mile distant, and the clui
was in the wagon, partly covered with
blood and hair. No clue has been fount
10 tue muruerer' ,Y.t col 90 .r .Igd
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say- Preston S Brooks, of s. c.,
(tbe assailant of Charles Sumner) died
on Tuesday evening ct Browns Hotel,
in Washington He had been in bed
for day or two, suffering from the eff
fects Of a severe cold. He was telling
bis friends he had passed the crisis Of
his illness and had considerably improv-
ed in health, when he was seized with
violent Group and died in about ten
minutes afterwards. He expired in in
tense pain. The event so sudden, caus-
cd'much surprise and sympathy. F."
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pas 1t is said that the Committee of
Congress to investigate the charges OF
bribery against certain members, have
got hold of facts enough, without ST.
monton's testimony, to make some per-
sons vince badly They were directly
implicated by the testimony Of Mr.. Swc-
uey, an cx assistant door-kceper. 1t is
said, however, that they will be able to
acquit themselves AS Dr.. Welch, oi
Connecticut has causedSwoney to be ar,
rested on charge of perjury, the infer,
ence is, that he is implicated. 1t is
said that Sweeney recently lost his place,
and that a friend of DEW. was appoint
cdin his stead, which suggests motive
for revenge on the part Of sweeney
Whatever the facts they will doubtless
appear. .r,qi1a ..l 1.rl .ln .Z5
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.fag. eI4t urI aG ttli il'L aH" 80 h :"
~ The ,MoTmER's }APPEAL.--In, the
Knickerbockeri for Januayy, We find
the following touching bit OF human ma
ture =. .roilaiIag div. 4.a. yo1N .D,r
In metropolitan criminal court, eight
years ago, poor woman, whose boy had
been sentenced to,a long term at.1thc,
pcnitentiary, for,some not we'll proved
offence, said IT Wont your honor give
him shorter term? H. is a good boy
to me, your honor--he always was. 1--we
lust made him some nice clothes, iyou'
Ihonor-he always was, I've just mad,
him some MEG clothes, your ,honor,vh'c'
.6t him beautiful (and she iooked' a
she. said this, only as q mother can .loo'
at her boy y 6 and il, you give HIM
dlong time to staysin prison the cloths
WON'T fit him when he. comes Quito
hes a growing boy.psu Poor mother
; She had saved much for hcr) from he
5 scant earnings, to clolhe her boy /" lik
r the ueighbor's children" This was to
Q much for the Judge of her SON., IL
a melted. The boy wept-repented-
G was forgiyen-and he is now one of th
y most promising, enterprlsing aud honor
S able young merchants in our city. Eve
}, ry word OF this is true, and known to ,
n so to very many personsJ' Dj ..lh,u
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Bay We learn from the Providence
Journal that an Irishman, named John
O'Brien was found in the tank house in
Bristol, on the morning Of the Gath inst.
badly frozen. He had been through
the night, pumping water for the loco
motive. There was coal stove in the
building, and it is supposed that b,
leaving the cover off he became, partially
suffocated with gas, laid down, and WI
badly frozen. His recovery is doubtful
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nay The, sad case in the Ohio Pepi-
tentiary was even sadder than at
first stated, Tue poor convict was
compelled, against his remonsrances
and his struggles, to, submit to
an operation by which he lost his sight,
first on one eye then on, the other. lhe
previous part of his story is thus related
in the Cincinnati Gazette:o 10, - ..
aThe unfortunate victim OF THIS an
stance of professional and othc'al v'C,
lenee had been sentenced to one year
inn ppisopment, for manslaughter, undel
circumstances somewhat peculiar; lle
had protsctedaa poor emigrant girl. on
steamboat from the insults Of som'
wretch, and was followed to his room b,
the bafiied william, who threatened hi
life, menancing him with drawn knife
till he, in. self defence struck the MAJ
upon the head with bar of iron. an
killed him. He was arrested on th
charge of manslaugh ghter, and throug
the stupidity of bis attorney, induced t
plead guilty; and was, accordingly, sen
fenced to the shortest term-Of imprison
ment for that offence known to the law.
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Notice..

TNHE Subscriber would respectfully in
l. form the citizens of Westerly and vi
cinity, that he has taken rooms in Mr..
Stilman's Pawcatucks Carriage Factory,
where he will keep and make to order
all kinds Of Harness, and such things be-
longing to the trade; at the same, time
can assure those in want of harness, that
can sell you one made of the best materi-
ais, and the best workmanship for thesame
money that you paid for poor article.
All work warranted.
/ '.'t MOSES GATES.
N.B.-Rcpairing done in the best man.
ner, and shortest notice. 2S8
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bD~ The Rev. j. S. Kallock, pastor
of the Baptist Church Of fremont Tenn
pie, Boston, is in serous trouble in con-
sequence of wide spread story that
when he went recently to Cambridge to
deliver lecture, he went in company
with married woman of his congrega-
ton, with whom be was crlmlnally lnti'
mate at the hotel The woman's name
is not given. On Saturday he returned
from Philadelphia, when be learned OF
the stories aAoat He preached the next
day to crowded audiences. His morn
ing text was" Judge me, . Lord, for
| have walked in mine integrity" He
was very severe upon the slanderers, as
he called them. A committee of the
church, it is said, are satisfied of his IN
nonce, and it is said that SANDER suits
will be commenced against those who
circulated the the story of'his fall. =,
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,s,s- The New York Mirror aIg% Of Tue.

day says that "the nightly occurrence
ofrobberies and assinations in the street
with no particular notice taken Of the
outrages on, the part Of the authorities
has led to a brisk business In difks and
revolvers during the past week. There
is not street in the city that is safe af-
ter dark, and we have no squeamish-
ness about advising gentlemen to go
armed. In walking to the Academy OF
Music on Saturday evening, we chauced
to join a couple of friends, one Of them
distinguished government officer, and
We found them both prepared for the
sgaroters.' One had dirk in his sleeve,
and the other six barrel revolver. The
next step will be a Vigilance Commit
tee /; and the first work on hand will be
to hang the authorities who are re
ceivipg million year for protecting
llifo and property and who spend it il
seeking out their own pecuniary advance
smepNl.,sd ID vi As lJ y3Isya gaj 3.l lgt
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i,e,S,,.u NV. CO.. oorurosnondon, fnrn;shos . g,

sey- A correspondent furnishes fact
in regard to the noble conduct Of wom-
an that deserves honorable mention.
The clipper ship Neptune's Carr, Capt.
Jacob Patten sailed from New York for
San francisco about the 29th of July
last. The Captain, on the passage
was attacked with brain fever and fre-
quent blindness; the chief mate having
been deposed from duty during the cap
tain's illness, and the second mate being
Incompetent to navigate the vessel, the
captains wife, who happened provideu.
tally to be on board, and who had been
taught navigation by her husband, took
charge of the ship and brought it safely
into port, .a8I .si.rgf rsts. &. ,...
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ness- The Stonington Railroad tract

n
Das- The Stonington Railroad track
was cleared so as to allow the trains to
get through for the first time since the
storm, on Monday. The snow for some
two miles (near Kingston depot) was
fifteen feet deep, and at several other
places on the road it was eight and ten
feet deep, There was employed on the
road in digging out the snow, some two
hundred persons, many of whom were
somewhat frozen. Mr.. Murton Lewis
a young man of this village, had hi'
feet so badly frozen that he has not beer
able to walk but little since. gr .-,g>
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psy- 1t is stated that the coal extra,

nay- 1t is stated that the coal extrac-
ted from the mines of Pennsylvania the
last year amounted in value to forty mil
liens Of Dollars, a sum nearly equal to
the whole yield of the gold mines Of
California. The sum of the value oil
the coal deposits Of Pennsylvania is be-
yond consumption, but these deposits
are but small portion of this kind Of
mineral wealth that has been discover.
ed in our country. Ina pcOuuiary view
the gold mines Of California sink into
nothingness when compared with the
black diamond deposits Of Pennsylvania
D..
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LIFE IN New YoRK. IA New Yorl
correspondent of the Boston Transcript
writes -
"The asso is now added to the other
savage paraphernalia of Gotham. You
are liable, any time Of night, in the
streets, to have moose thrown over
neck, and, when brought, up Ealf stran-
gled to the pavement, your pockets are
leisrely rihed The instance accumu-
late. Last week a young gentleman
we'll known here in society, was thus
attacked in Broadway, and, making a
brave resistance, he received a blow
which broke his jaw, and was finally
picked up nearly iusensible by a hack
man. The rascals grow bold apace.r--
A lady walking in Madison square, at
the hour of noon, had her costly omufI
and tippet. seized on her person and
borne away by a couple of marauders.
who ran down a by-strcet with their
prize" ... OK ..s.,a els
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s2- MIR, DIV. Hammond, of the
/" Ladies' Fancy Good Store" on High
Street, is again at his store ready to
wait upon customers, after haying been
absent for several weeks, for the pur-
pose of regainipg hisihealth. We call
ed at his store a fow days since, and CD
served that he had good assortment o
Confectionery, ), and other goods. .al ''t
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Bas- A terrible riot occurred at AL.
bion, N. Y, on Saturday evening, be.
tween party Of Americans and Irish
in which knives and other weapons
were freely used two men were killed
and several others severely wounded =
No cause is assigned but whiskey, in
which the Irish laborers on, the Cana
who had collected in large crowds te
receive their pay, had freely INDUCED.
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, DeS~ The Kansas folks must have a.
great passion for dancing. On New
YEARS. evening the US. soldiers sta'
toned at Lecohpton gave a ball out
doors on-the prairie, and Lawrance sent
down number Of guests" ',a o. y, e.,
Only think OF ball on the open
prairie beside the frozen Kaw river
with the supporltable spread in a teat--
of dancing with overshoes and blankets
I-(not s6awrs, but big coarse Mackin!
avs, such as the Indians wear of gen.
Itlemen shipping their hands around thei'
bodies, while dancing to warm their fin,
gers, and ladies running to the camp
: Gre at the end of each eotllion to warn
their noses. They got'tired oft abou
. midnight, however, and all turned in tt
: sleep under the tens. In the morning
: holes were broken in tho ice, aroun,
y which the ladies collected to wash thei
!; faces, and then, having refreshed them
r selves with cup of coffee, the merr,
a dancers set out on their return home. -
q The balls you have in the States ar
a tame, formal affairs, compared with th
dances We get up,in Kansas."ih .i .
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Executors Notice. ,

TH Subscriber having been appointed
Il Executor Of the Last Will and Testa-
ment of Clark Hiscox, late Of Westerly, de-
ceased, having accepted said trust, nd
having qualified himself according to law,
hereby gives notice to all persons n debt
cd to said estate to make imm ediate pay
ment; and all those having claims against
said estate, to present them for settlement.
q: GURDON HISCOX, Executor
Westerly, Jan. l, 1867. o.. 90 '3t-29f
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THE WEsTEhIY ECHO AND PAWCATUCK ADVERTISER
N.Y. r. B. Peterson, of Philadelphia

p0 T. B. Peterson, of Philadelphia
will on Saturday, Jan. 3lst, issue a new
work by Mrs. Caroline Lee 'Hents, the
author many very popular works She
is on the most successful writer's 1ofthe
day, +" All her works arc written with
much power and have classic beauty
Of diction and grace of style which can
not fail to give them all q high place in
the literature of cur land. Mrs. HentE
was pious lady and a professed follow
err, of our Saviour. A high, moral, and and
religious charm peryadcs all the stories
in this volume, imparting a glow ITO the
finest feelings Of our nature, and from
the beginning to the end strength is ad
ded to strength, and beauty to beauty
Her characters are finely drawn, am
/ Mrs Hentz seems to have dipped he
pen in the founlainssof tho human hear
and with :, wizard wahd-iaid bare th
various andcomplica,iug passions of thei
nature. Wherever her works hav
found their way over this Or any othe
continent, she is known with respectft
admiration, and regarded by hundred
with iial or sisterly Affection"
This work is published=in one iarg
duodecimo volume neatly bound in Clot
for one dollar and twenty five cents q
in twovolumes, paper cover, for on
dollar. Either edition Of the work wi
be sent to any part of the United State
free of postage, on remitting the pric
of the edition they may wish, to the pul
Usher, in q letter. Published and ft
sale at the cheap Book aad Publishiu
Establishment off, b. Peterson, N
lO2 Chestnut St., Philadelphia. 30
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W BMPbUILDING IN MAINE.-During
'tbe year, 1885,. tberc were built in the
Bath district f6fty-two ships, FIVE bar
ques, one brig, seven schooners, and
eight boats--total, sixty-three vessels,
with an aggregate of SO, 1856 tons. In
the Bangor district, forty-seven ships,
four barqaes, six brigs, seven schooners,
one steamer and seven boats-total
seyepty,two vessels with ho aggregate Of
$4,000 tons. WI "a
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ssy- The Hartford Times says that
when your pipes are frozen, a spirit
lamp, such as the plumbers use, filled
with clear alcohol, is the best thing to
relieve them. Pass the blaze slowly
along the pipe, aud wherever it is froz-
en-, you will hear cracking noise, al
most the instant the blaze touches the
spot. .,.-. ..y, i.,,,oruoJ
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Its stated that Louis Napoleon make
considerable pretension to being a man
Of science, and is looking to q position
in the academy. But whatever prof
cheney he may make in the sciences, he
will be remem bered chiefly for his arts
especially the art of transmitting a
president into an emperor, which, cou-
,sideriRg the way it was accomplished,
was very" black art" indeed,-Bos-
ton Post. had .t 20 60. .vzh git
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TcacvAclar,,s Attend

4 y adjoupned meeting ofthe' Teach erse
"a Associatio II Of Westerly and vicin-
ity," will be held at the High School Room
ON Monday evening, Feb. "a 1867 at 1-2
o'clock, for the election of officers for 9TH
er busi lAs q gramm atical ex xcrcise,
and difficult sentencesNwills be presented
for analysis. Teachers and others inter-
ested arc invited to attend. IN ,eD
-IoBiAtFG4 IT. III. DAVIS
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etary pro TEN.
Administrators Notice.

THE subscriber having been appointed
IL by the Hon, Court Of Probate of the
town ofHopki nton, administrator on the
estate 0 Benjamin +. Newton late of Hop
kinton, II. l., deceased and having quail
fed n himself accordingly, hereby quests
estate to present them and those indebted
to said estate tomake immediate payment.
THOMAS T. L LARKIN Admi nistrator. q
Hopkinton, Jan. q, 1867 ,sesi1 .3t-292
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s0- The Ohio Farmer estimates the
profit on sheep in this State last year, a
e6D, 900, 900. The number of sheep is
probably Eve millions, and tho wool clip
last year reached 20,l97, 900 lbs, one
6nh of the1entirc wool clip Of tbe union,
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Dividend.

.n. rtI. ~ ~ AsHAwAY BANK, ! '0''
. .E.L..I a, gii35sJan. IL, 1857. w.
!, The Board of Directors of this Bank have
declared semi.annual dividend OF A per
cent on the Capital Stock, payable on and
hitter the first day Of February next, o.. ,g,s
70 ADOBE BY order of the Board, rs q
POI s' j. L. SPENCER, Cashier,
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-nH- The Democrats in Illinois threat
en- to abolish the free schools. They
have done so much better in the parts
of the state where tho people cannot
read and write, that the policy is not
strange. ya u.uesiHDH
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Outrageous Conduct.

~ Outrageous Conduct. 4
We are indebted to Captain Samuel 4
J. Sparrow, of the bark Cambridge, nowii
Yellow this port from Pernambuco, for
he following.aceount OF the treatmentF
IF New Bedford whale, ship. phe
captain that on the klSth of December,
Capt. Barton Ricketson arrived at, Per- !
nambuco 10 Brazilian vessel, with the
officers and crew of Ship Canada, whal-
er Of New Bedford, and reported that
on tho27th November, in the evening, |
his ship struck on a reef nine miles from
shore and about forty or sixty miles
north Of Cape 81. Rogue. Imnediatelyl
got out Hedges and proceeded 70 haul
the vessel out through the channel by !
which she came in ;sgot herSaAoat, by-
lug started the water and bghtened her1
somewhat, and lost only the false
keel. No one from the vessel was
allowed by the Captain to go,ashore, nor
were any signals made for assistance,
none being required. a5~sg - vaF e
On the fourth day Brazilian officer,
with soldiers, came on hoard, ordered
the Captain to stop heaving on the
windlass, (the crew were still engaged
kedgipg the vessel out.) On his reius-
ing to do so, they fixed bayonets and
drove the men from the windass. The
Captain then told the officer he should
abandon the vessel to him, unless he was
allowed to proceed in his Duty and es'
sayed once more to man, the rwludlass,
but was again prevented by the soldiers
He then called all hands aft, and 10 their
presence abandoned the vessel to the
officer, and told him he ,shoul l., hold his
governmentresponsiblc,n The BraEiliaps
having got possession, Stacked away the
hawser. and let the ship run again on.
the rocks, (up to this time she had made
no water to speak of, where she pound
ed all night, and in the MOI ning had five
feet of water in her hold. Capt. Ricket-
son thinking that the officer, having had
an opportunity to sleeps on the matter,
might repent of his rashness of the day
before, again called all hands and in their
presence offered to. take the vessel again
(athough much damaged with five feet
:: of water in her hold provided the sol
dicrs would leave J, but the officer per-
emptorily refused, and Capt. R. then
made his final abandonment, reserving
the private property ofhimselfand crew,
He went on shore, and thence to Per-
, nambuco, laid his case before the Uni.
!; ted States Consul there protesting, &c
c The Canada had on board besides he
IT outfits, 70. barrels sperm oil, taken O
', the Line. .M,J yGG9mo
D. Capt. Sparrow also. reports that Cap
lSeabury of the Commerce, at yPernam
i buco, had spoken bark Essex, Ray, fror
k Boston, Nov. 9th, for Rio tJauerio, q
It day out, lat % ,north,r long. 81 west
Capt. Ray when 3 days from, Boston hat
u taken fromla raft two seaman belonging
Y to the French steamer lie Lyonnais. -
9 The. seamen picked up reported 18th,
r steamer having been run into and 'sunl
: by vessel when three days from New
2 York; sixty were drowned, the res
took to the boats there we're other YES
! sells in sight; the boats were dprobabl,
; picked up M Boston Journal ia III
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nS- A man named Cook was found
dead about half mile above Ashland,
Scituate, on the 10th. The coronor's
jury ieturned verdict that ho came to
bis death by loss Of blood and exposure
to the cold. lie had been engaged 10
some quarrel absut q division feneo. '
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pa- The Aims house establishment
of New Haven-for several years past a
city of more than thirty thousand in
habitants-b has more than supported it.
self so that the citizens of New Haven
have paid nothing for the support Of
public paupers except the interest on
the 6rst cost Of the establishment. r