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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-07-18
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JuY l'-Ihe Arct'e Fire Insurance Company Of TIE CWy
Of NeD Tork rs John s. Hict Motion granted BY de-
Tsul, that he defendant DO committed 10 the casody Of
the Sheriff, TIA, the panis have leave 10 prosecute
the bond taken In this case.
IN ne Mater If John @. Girauf, Supposed Lwnatic-
Injunction confirmed, and order granted appointing
committee.
ORDER OF ARREST FOR EsBEZZr EMEvr.
Jonathan PEEL, PRINCIPAL Scrsorg Of Nate for ne Var
Depdraent II Great Britain jams lSton Etttott-
Tbs vas civil suit brought BY her Britannia Majesty
Secretary OF State against the defendant ia which 40 or
der for arrest granted Mr. Elliott The suit " for
$40 500 alleged 70 have been embezzled BY The do
fendsnt
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FEARFUL MoRrALtTY.-Died, 10 Abingdon coun-
ty Va, Of diarrhDa the 22d ult, Susan T., aged
years: on the 26th, Campbell j. aged H. on the
2sth, Lydia F., aged g. and Levi G., aged 2; and on
the 9Th instant, Nancy c.. aged l0-all children Of
Gaspar Feenor ON the 10th ult., Mrs Mary Flee
nor died at an advanced ace; on the 5th instant
Mr.. Her r'ecnor, acc 1hcnt 10 year.; anl OF the
Sd, William L., scr VI .. lcsrcr, aged ycas'
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LAND FOR SALE.


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I, prepared directly according 10 tho
talcs II pharmacy aud chemistry, With th,
trra,cs, accuracy and chemical knowlr,lgt
nnd var, devoted III It. combination. See
professor Devices valuable works on tht
practice u pl,ysic, and most VI the lale
standard works u mr,lIrine.
The weekly Panola star., 1858-04-21
NEW LIVERY STABLE
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Y>IlE undersigned have sysnsa . Iiv.
err Stable at the ps lola Depot, on
the Nississirr, and Tennessee Railroad.
ssd have llsvses and Buxxies to hire.
We are prepared to sod resssns interior
10 any rsint desired. and travellers gong
TO Msmrhis can hsve their ksrscs sskpa
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Collecting Agency.

COileCtlng Agency.
F0Nig undersigned has opened an uses
IN The town of rapala for the ccllcc.
tiuu " debts in the County ~ rannla.
Mississippi. H. will recsive and collce,
ell claims iutrus,ed 10 his care. at the
ftlltving rates!
rcr collecting all sums Under <lOo. 5
PER cent.
For collectisg all sums over sloo. 9 10
Ntg cent.
far closing open accounts. by takinx
invites, al the above RATES.
JANEs X. WILSON,
Panals, Nis~wiPpi
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q. '. Vance. Memrh.. Thcs. y. Clarke,
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March J. ISIS. 6lm
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hA RAMSEY, NJ d., ALBtos. Mosnor
Co., Iowa, writes, Septic, 1855. "purng
my practice Of many Years | have found
nothing cqual 10 your Culssy pEcroRlL
for giving ease and relief to consumpti,c
patients, or curing such rs are caFable."
W. might add volumes Of evidence. but
the most convincing proof Of 'hc virtues
ol this remedy Is found In Is effects upon
trial.
The weekly Panola star., 1858-04-21
ssh@s or rh,h,.,s, s.s s,.@,aan.

Wru MAs,nprra, Pa, Fob. 4, 1850,
Stm Your taEanY prcfoa,l j. pnfgrs
Ink marvellous cures IN this serilon. II
has relieved several from alarming symp.
toms oi consumption. and u now curing
man who has laborcd under nm affection
oi the lungs for the last forty years.
The hydraulic press. (North San Juan, Nev. Co., Cal.) 1858-18??, 1858-10-09

the postman's back turned, than she
confessed that the proceeding had
been concerted between her brother
and herself; that the letter was
empty-that certain signs on the di-
rection conveyed to her all that she
wanted ia know and that as neither
of them could afford to pay the enor-
nous postage charged, they had de-
vised this method Of ranking the in
telligence desired. The traveller pur-
sued his journey, and as he plodded
over the Cumberland Fells, he unused
upon the badness of system which
drove people to such straits for means
of correspondence, and defeated its
own objects all the time. With most
men, such musings would have ended
before the close of an hour; but this
man was Rowland Hill; and it was
from this little incident, and the re-
Elections, that the whole scheme of
penny postage was derived.-Ex.
The hydraulic press. (North San Juan, Nev. Co., Cal.) 1858-18??, 1858-10-09
ORIGIN OF ENGLISH PENNY Posi-

ORIGIN OF ENGLISH PENNY Posi-
AGE.-A traveller sauntering through
the lake districts of England some
years ago, arrived at a small public
house just as the postman stopped to
deliver a letter. A young woman
came out to receive it; she took it
into her hand, turned it over and over,
and asked the change. It was a
large sumo less than a shilling.
Signing heavily, she observed that it
came from her brother, but that she
was too poor to take it in, and she
accordingly returned it to the post
man. The traveller was man of
kindness, as well as observation /; he
offered to pay the postage himself,
and in spite of more reluctance on
the girls part than he could well ac-
count for, he did pay it, and gave her
the letter. No sooner, however, was
The hydraulic press. (North San Juan, Nev. Co., Cal.) 1858-18??, 1858-10-09
UNIFORM REMEDY
Eraa the fulInmiHa.

This certificate sent us by agents At Patter-
Vol, N. V which is also certified to by several Of tho
heghbors Of Mr. Ballard
Messrs A. b. Il D. SANDS: Gentlemen,-It gives
me pleasure to send you the following statement in
regard to my He took severe cold and AFTER
eight weeks OF suffering the disease settled in
his left leg and foot which swelled TO the utmost
The swelling was lanced by his physician, and dis
charged most profusey after that less than eleven
had five different physicians but none relieved him
much; and the last winter found him so emacated
and low that he unable to leave bis bed suffering
the most excruciating pain. During this time the
bone had become so much affected that piece after
piece came out of which he has than twenty
1--WE preserved in BOTTLE varying from onehsf 20
and half inches in length We had given up all
hopes OF his recovery; but at this time were in
duced to try your Sarsapaflla and with its his
health and appetite began Immediately TO improve,
and SO rapid the change that less than a dozen
bottles effected perfect cure.
With gratitude remain truly yours,
DARIUS BALLARD.
Prepared ard sold by A. b. &, ID. SANDS,
Wholesale Druggists 100 Fulton-street corner Of
William, New York.
For sale by DEWITT, KITTLE & Co., H. JOHN
SON & Co., and REDINGTON & Co., San francisco;
RICE Il COFFIN, Marysville; r. H. MCDONALD
& Co. Sacramento; and by Druggists generally.
For sale by B.P AVERY.
The hydraulic press. (North San Juan, Nev. Co., Cal.) 1858-18??, 1858-10-09

The new postmaster at Oswego,
N. Y, has introduced female clerks
into his Office, apparently with great
success. Men call for letters twice
day now whore they formerly called
but once.-Erchange.
It is the females they are after and
not the mails; the only letters they
care for are 6elle-letters.
The hydraulic press. (North San Juan, Nev. Co., Cal.) 1858-18??, 1858-10-09

POLISH BEAUTIES Bayard Taylor
thus speaks of Polish feminine lowell
ness as he saw it at the Warsaw
horse-races where forty or fifty thou
sand people we're assembled:
"What more interested me than the speed
of the horses was the beauty of the Polish
women of the better class During two years
in Europe, have not seen 80 great number
of handsome faces as saw in an hour yes
terday. 1t would be difficult to furnish q
larger proportion from the acknowledged
loyeliness of Philadelphia, Baltimore or
Louisville. I heard of an American marry
ing Polish lady at Dresden the other day,
and must commend his taste. These maids
of Warsaw are not only radiant blondes,
whose eyes and hair remind you ofcorn fl w-
ers among ripe grain, but also dark-eyed
beauties, with faces of full Southern oval,
lips round and delicate as those of an Amo-
rette, and pure golden transparency of
complexion. The connoisseur) Of womau's
beauty can nowhere better compare these
two rival styles, nor have so great difficult
ty in deciding between them"
The hydraulic press. (North San Juan, Nev. Co., Cal.) 1858-18??, 1858-10-09

MOQefn Gall6ntrys
In comparing modern with ancient
manners, we are pleased to compli-
ment ourselves on the point Of gal-
lantry; a certain obsequiousness, or
deferential respect, which We are
supposed to pay to females, as fe-
males.
I shall believe that this principle
actuates our conduct, when 1 can
forget, that in the nineteenth century
of the era from which we date our
civility, ne are but just beginning to
leave of the very frequent practice
Of whipping females in public, IN
common with the coarsest male Of
tenders.
l shall believe it to be influential,
when | can shut my eyes to the fact,
that in England women are still occa
sionally-hanged.
L shall believe it, when actresses
are no longer subject to be Kissed off
the stage by gentlemen.
| shall believe it, when Dormant
hands fish.wife across the kennel !;
or assists the apple>woman to pick up
her wandering fruit, which some un-
lucky dray has just dissipated.
shall believe in it, when the Dor
INFANTS in humble life, who would be
thought in their way notable adopts
in this refinement, shall act upon it
in places where they are not known,
or think themselves not Observed
when [ shall see the traveller for some
rich tradesman part with his admired
box>coat, to-spread it over the de-
fenceless shoulders of the poor woman
who is passing to her parish on the
roof of the same stage coach with
him, drenched in the rain-when I
shall 10 longer see woman standing
up in the pit of London theater, till
she is sick and faint with the exer-
ton, with men about her, seated at
their ease, and jeering at her dis
tress; till one, that seems to have
more manners or conscience than the
rest, significantly declares that " she
should be welcome to his seat, if she
were a little younger and handsomer."
Place this dapper warehouseman, or
that rider in circle of their own fe-
male acquaintance, and you shall
confess you have not seen potter
bred man in Lothbury.
Lastly, I shall begin to believe that
there is some such principle inAuen-
cling our conduct, when more than
one~half of the drudgery and coarse
servitude of the world shall cease to
be performed by women.
Until that day comes, I shall never
believe this boosted point to be any
thing more than a conventional fc-
ton a pageant got up betwixt the
sexes, in a certain rank, and at a
certain period Of life, in which both
find their account equally.
| shall be even disposed to rank it
amoung the salutary fictions Of life,
when in polite circles I shall see the
same attentions paid. to age as to
youth, to homely features as to hand
some, to coarse compilations as to
clear-to the woman, as she is a wo-
man, not as she is beauty, a fortune
or a title.
I shall believe it to be something
more than name, whom a well-dres-
sed gentleman, in well-dressed COM
pany, can advert to the topic of fe>
male old age without exciting, and
intending to excite, a sheer: when
the phrases antiquated virginity,"
and such one has overstood her
Market" pronounced in good compa-
ny, shall raise immediate offence in
man, or woman, that shall hear them
spoken.-Charles Lamb.
The hydraulic press. (North San Juan, Nev. Co., Cal.) 1858-18??, 1858-10-09

A TRUE BENEFACToR CONE
George Comb, the famous Phrenolo.
gist, and author of"The Constitution
Of Man," recently died at the age of
20. The London Times, which
chronicles his demise, has the following
in relation to "The Constitution of
Man." work which has been profit
ably read by so many thousands of
Americans, and which can be found
IN almost every collection of books,
large or small, throughout our coun>
try:
In 1928, he published "The Constitution of
Man, Considered in Relation to External OBJ
jects." This attracted great attention, and
q Mr.. Henderson thought so highly Of it that
he subsequently, bequeathed sum of money
to be expended in the production of . very
cheap edition of the book. The novelty of
the circumstance drew to the subject an ad-
!ditional amount of attention; the cheap edi-
ton was q very cheap edition; it sold; caught
the ear Of the people; edition after edition
was exhausted, until at length it has been
questioned whether any modern volume, af-
ter "Uncle Toms Cabin . has obtained lar
ger circulation; 90, 800 copies Of it have been
printed in Great Britain, besides large sales
In the United States; translations have also
been made into German, French and Swedish.
Mr.. Combe was an unwearied laborer, up to
almost the last day of his life, in the promo
ton of education,
The hydraulic press. (North San Juan, Nev. Co., Cal.) 1858-18??, 1858-10-09

REVOLUTIONARY RELIcs.-John
P. Putnam, Of White Greek, Wash
ington county, N. Y, a grandson of
Israel Putnam, has in his possession
the. very pistols which Maj. Pitcairn
presented at the Lexington patriots
when he cried out to them, "Throw
down your arms, ye rebels, and dis.
perse !" In the subsequent. retreat
Of the red-coats,. Pitcairn's horse was,
shot under him. and left on the road,
the saddle and pistols falling into the
hands Of the ssrebels," who carried
them to. General Putnam, then in
command Of the American forces, BY
whom they were used during the.
Wal.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1858-07-09
REPUBLICAN CAUCUs

AT a Caucus of the Republican party Of
the town of Burlington, held pursuant to
public notice, on the Ord day of July 1858,
Hon. DANIEL ROBERTS was appointed
Chairman and Wm. G. SHAW ESQ, Secretary.
Hon. 6. W. Benedict moved that Com
mittoc five be appointed by the Chair to
nominate fourteen delegates to represent
this town at the Republican County Conven-
ton to be held at Essex Junction on the 9th
inst, which motion passed and the chair APP
pointed as such Committee
Geo. W. Benedict. james A. Shodd.
D. w. c. Clarke, John. X. Gray,
VIM. G. Shaw.
The Committee nominated and the caucus
appointed the following gentlemen as such
delegates.
George W. Benedict John Van Sicklin,
Henry Looms, John X. Gray,
Salmon Wires. Daniel Roberts,
ID. W. C.. Clarke, J. II. Bostwick,
James a Shcdd jeremiah French,
Torrey E. Wales, Z. j. Fav,
Samuel Huntington, Henry Rolfe.
The following gentlemen were appointed
Substitutes to FIJI any vacancies that might
occur in the delegation, in the following or
der, viz:
lst. VIM. W. Walker, 81 L. G. Bigelow,
3rd. Paul L. Sweet, 4th W Brinsma;d.
James A. Shedd, Gardner s. Blodgctt
and Samuel Huntington, We're appointed
Town Committee for the ensuing year
On motion adjourned
Attest, VIM. G. SHAW, Sec'y.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1858-07-09

THAT CODA letter writer to the Boston
Traveller under date of June 81, tells a large
story about valuable gold diggings and gold
washings being found between Waterbury
and Stowe, Vt One man has done SO well in
gathering gold that he does not see fit to dis
close how much he has got-and last year
returned Californian found such good pros
poets in certain brook there that he bought
all the lands adjoining the said brook and
worked for gold at his leisure. 1t is said too
that last year he took out enough to make a
massive gold watch chain, worth several hun
dred dollars but being a forehanded young
farmer he reserves his digging for future ope-
rations. We are glad he is so wise. We
have no doubt that a strict attention to his
farm, will bring him the gold as long as he
lives.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1858-07-09
MI IS c Ell l. 4 n Y.

WITHoLDTNG CoRN.-Betwecn eighty and
ninety years ago, there lived in Connecticut
River Valley two farmers, one of whom was
nam I'd Hunt, the other Clark. The former,
in early life, had been man of strong will
and somewhat hasty and violent temper.
Sometimes he had been seen beating his oxen
over their heads with the handle of his whip
in way to excite the pity of the by-standers,
and when expostulated with, he excused
himself by saying that he had the most frac-
tious team in town. By and by an alteration
took place in the temper of farmer Hunt. He
became mild and forbeorng, and, what was
most remarkable, his oxen seemed to improve
in disposition at an equal pace with himself
Farmer Hunt joined the church and was
an exemplary man. His ncighbors saw the
change both in himself and team. 1t was IL
marvel to the whole town. One of his towns
men asked for an explanation. Farmer Hunt
said 81 have found out secret about my
cattle. Formerly they were unmanageable.
The more whipped and dubbed them, the
worse they acted. But now, when they are
contrary, go behind my load, sit down and
sing Old Hundred, and, strange as it may
appear, no sooner have | ended than the oxen
90 along as quietly as | could wish. don't
know how it is, but they really seem to like
singing"
In the course of few years the two FARM
ers were chosen deacons of the church, and
they both adorned their profession. About
the time OF their election, grievous famine
prevailed in the valley, and the farmers gen.
orally were laying up their corn to plant the
ensuing season. a poor man livingi in town.
went to Deacon Hunt and said I" | have
come to buy bushc of corn. Here is the
money; it is about all ] can gather. The
deacon told him he could not spare a bushel
for love or money. He was keeping double
the usual quantity for seed corn the next
year, and had to stint his own family. The
man urged his suit in vain. At last hesad :
Deacon, if you do not let me have the
corn, shall curse you"
'Curse me! - replied the Deacon, how
dare you do 50?
" Because" said the man, ''thc Bible says
So"
Nonsense :" exclaimed the Deacon ;
- there is no such thing in the Bible"
Yes there is replied the poor man.
Well,' said the Deacon, "if you can
find any such text, I'll give you bushel of
corn
They went to the house, when the poor
man went to the old family Bible, turned to
Proverbs II, %, and read. " lie that with
holdeth corn, the people shall curse HIM, but
blessings shall be upon the head of him that
selleth it,
The Deacon was fairly caught. Come
along" said he, " and will be as good as
my word.'
He took him to the corn house, measured
out q full bushel of corn and helped the man
to put it on his shoulder, and just before his
departure, being somewhat of wag, he said
with n twinkle of his eve
g l say neighbor, after you have carried
this corn home, go up to Deacon Clark, and
curse him out of bushel."