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ssstiasss Observation-Disclosures Water.-It was
mentioned Yesterday that successful trial
Of gas, nsanufaetursd from water, too place
at WlmlngtSns Deg., on Saturday evening.
A number ofaSentffc men, and several per
sons eonnectsda with the Philadelphia gas
wotks, were present. According to the
Nsfta American, the experiment was so sue
cessful-the new gas so much more brilliant
than that made from coal--that the North
ern Liberties Gas Company has determined
20 Substitute this new process for the )oae it
has been hitherto using. The cost of this
'newsgas,ait it stated,wiit bezfrom IS 80 to SOC.
per thousand fest,aad Yill save pine tenths Of
the labor and expense Of erecting coal gas
,werks Tie Theory Off the process is said to
be as follows: .1.ea;sssz%
fS1W alter, as steam,sis decompos4d byBb Being
Passed over red hots cbareoal, and ,therresalt-
3,nS gases ~ Oregon, carbonie ,exides and
Ign carpa u hydrogeh are chemically
of lightgivihgsg gas, by the ,decoiap osition Of
resin. Or coal vaEor, simultaneously with;and
~ the pEesenGs ,athe decomposition of the
yapor Of water. At the. Wilmington, Gas
works are now three water-gas retorts. ao-
gfegating only one atwenty Seventh Rofs ~
cubicad area off, their coaiIaaso feeortsst Yet
moEes productive than theswhpis OF their sSFe
sent ,coal7ggas apparatus, making one thous
sand two hundred 70 one. thousand eight
hundred feet per hour. The gas manutsc
tured is superior in col or and strength OF
flame to that produced from COAL, 'Rosin
is used as che carbonizfng element, feqHuiring,
from twenty=ive ito iiorty pouhas5 for every
:thousandteet of gas, which is free from sui
phur OF nitrogen, and has an order rather
agreeable than otherwise W III Tri'i1 's@
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Practical Machinist..

We have received the first num5er-of tho
Practical Mactisist,l a new Weekly, pub.
lished by I. q, LeaVitt & Co, 81 Park Row,
New York. This journals devoted to the
encouragement Of inventive genius, and ne
chanioai skill, is neatly sgottsnup iquarto,
filled with much valuable original and judi
ciously selected matter, and especially re-.
commands, itself to mechanical and 'inyen-
tive classes Of the coUntry.A az ~ la.lL :
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NoaNs ARK ,and TIE Greet .Easters.--

NoaRs Arr and TIE Great .Eastera.---
The Great Eastern is 1873 feet longer
than was thsssarssand about thyees fe stsdeep4
etAPut MOTTO bsohd within eishs fed al;
snn@Nlustratipn q the change in ideasEos ma
igftsn WITCH t8e building of f6a Great
EsastsEn il salcdlsted to prodpcs, vi wild
sqhote AtheVkoll9s3ng paragraph ffom al,
elaborate article Issued some thirteen years
since, in the Church of England and Quar-
tsrly, on the Deluge, and re-pubished in
L4ittelps Lying ,4gs: ~ .dIty{i
'"Now, as it's clearly Impossible that YES
sci Of the length and .breadthsaofs ztheaArk.
could be otherwise than floating vessel, de-
signed entirely fof perfectly st4il waters, we
have supposed it. to be fat-bottomed and
stfeightasfded, BOTH as to making It more
buoyant and as givipg TO it the greatest ca
Pacity. 1t was deyeid Of sailing proper
ties; had neither rigging nor .rtdaer;S Its
build was simply tbatsof a huge float, TO all
outward appearace wholly at the mercy of
the winds and the waves, liable, 10 be drifted
or driven about according as currents Cor
winds for the time prevailed; but as " shall
show, the Ark could, not for, q moment have
been subjected to the influence of stfther
minus VI tlues' " fHeeesFooTuan0rg length OF
the Ark proves. at. once, the. miraculous
power that was, at every moment, in eyer
else for its preservation, since nd vessel iof
the Ark's proportions seould naturally live
in disturbed wateTsi the very first wave that
rose would inevitably break its back and
rend it entirely asundsr; norwith' all eur ex-
perience in ship building would it be spsssi-
Bile to construct vessel of the Ark's proper
lions and navigateit from Dover to Calais
/ in rough weather-the least swell of the
ocean, by raising one end and depressing
the other, would break it in the middle. and
causeit' to- founder, nor could any posi-
Bile contriyance or ingenuity of construction
prevent this consequence. And if the very
peculiar construction of the ARR IfIad snot
made such conclusion irresistible, the5pur-
posefor which it was built would have PROV
ed that such was thefact; for, had the Ark
pitched in the beast from the swell of the
waves, or rolled at all from side to side un-
der the influence of the wind, which, from
It's great length and little width, 1t must most
distressingly have done, the whole ,world,of
animals: therein contained could hot have
kept'their footing; Of very necessity, there
fore,s dead calm must have prevailed
around the Ark during the whole Of the one
hundred and fifty days that it. was floating
on the waters" a -, ~
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Tomato Honey.-A. J. Gunell, of Rock
Island county Ill. sends the following recipe,
which he says is a very good substistute for
honey: Gut sound, ripe tomatoes in slices
| and press the juice through cloth. To each
pint OF the liquid add one pint of sugar, and
boil the whole until Of. the consistency Of
honey, removing the scum as it rises, 1t
may be favored with lemons orotherlex-
tract, to suit the taste. :.
.AChampion Beh.--A belt of solid silver
weighing twenty ounces, has been manu-
featured in New York for a boat club, I'd be
given as prize to him who shall prove him
self the champion of American waters, The
belt is finely embellished with the, coat of
arms Of the United States, and on each side
IS an engraving representing a. rowing and
yachting match. The race comes off on the
10th of October.
4irorce' IN Rhode Is,aad.AThe divorce
docket of the Supreme Court now in session
in Providence, r. L., contains eighty-three
petitions for release from matrimony. The
Court appears determined to keep up with
the bus mess, and in a single hour removed
the yoke from the necks Of twelve discon-
tented couples.
The Case of Mcdonald at Ne,g York.
The case of Mcdonald, indicted for the muir
der OF Virginia Stewart, came up in Court
Tuesday. A motion was asked and granted,
that the proceedings be stayed to enable the
defence to produce testimony. The trial was
postponed till the first Monday in December
The prisoner was in court, looking pale and
somewhat careworn, and having peculiar
CLASSY appearance about the eyes. He was
represented by James Brady and ex Judge
Grundy of'New Jersey. h3f
MailAgeats Dispensed ,oith. instructions
have been issued by the Postmaster General,
to dispense with the services of the through
mail agents, running to CiIcinnati.. The
baggage masters on the, several trains will
be sworn in, and hereafter have charge Of
the through mails. =
Violent Blow. "A gust of wind which tore
down chimneys, unroofed houses, and dam
aged property to the extent of about $I0,-
900; passed over st Louis, Mo-, on IF riday.
Part Of the Lucas market was also blown
DIVA , @l3 10 ! 80
Heavy Dam ages.-About year ago the
wife oil man named Corey, was thrown
from wagon in Detroit, Michigan, in
consequence of a sewer having been left
open. Mr. G. sued the city for damages, and
asst week recovered $40, 900.
Mr., David W. Catliu of the house of Cat
lin, Levitt Co.. New FORK, died at New.
port, R. l., on Monday. y
boy in ST. Louis, named John Durk
committed suicide by hanging on Fri
da y Gaass1his parents woald,nt lst him
S-ai."-t 4t.r.,,.r5 :rs r.
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j. W. BURROW &c CO., ."
DRUGGISTS AND GHEMLS rs,

> 90 Cff UIkOtN 7SAINEA1Lly 1fVH F5UHE,I
Dealers in Extra Pure Medicines, Drugs,
Chemicals, Perfumery, Tooth, Hair and Shaw
ing Brushes, Toilet Articles, Choice ,Pomades,
Patent Medicines, Fine ColOgnes, Havana Se-
gars, Medicinal Wines and Brandies, Lubin's,
Maugenet and Coudray's, and other celebrated
Extracts for the Handkerchief, Buffalo Combs
Porte Monnaies, and every other artieie.in our
Teas. a'''''-' F-"A l'Af.ss AZ
. Physiciaws Prescriptions carefsaly and &C.
carstely prepared s0ith EGtra Pare Medicines,
at gerry moderate charges, ard at al hoursl Of
ths aayand aisAt. I =, :: ;y ~ iy'l2 :
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The California Mail Contract

only two of the three ste amers advertised
81 L. D. ?, / T f!
to sail for California from NY ork onWed-
nesday left that port the Baltic and North
ern Light. Mr., D. H.Johuson, the contrac-
tor to carry the California mailsb the Mic
araguaroute, having 90 tilted the Postmaster
General about aopn, that owing to- circum-
stances, be could notfalA his contract, the
provisional contract for nine months tocarry
the mails via Panama was comp leted with
Mr.. Vanderbilt, and all t1s mails went by
the Northern I,ight %at ). ~ 3 - T-,.t.f
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ErrrN
!, TIE y. S. Minister gone ia 'Pskin.-By
the following extract from d private: letter
written by W. L. G. Smith, Consul l 7 at
Shanghai it appears that Me- Ward, the
American Minister, hasproceeded to Pekin.
The letter is of date later than ANY. ness-
paper accounts. After giving anqaceountl of
the battle between the English and Chinese,
Mr.. Smith says: :-.a.F "a .'sSssi
sin the meantime the American Minister
and suite were aboard the Pow fatan, and on
the 26th received intelligence that a high
Mandarin, especially deputed by the Empe-
ror, was waiting to receive him few miles
off, to escort him to Pekin. Mr.. Ward, of
course, availed himself of this civility of the
Chinese Government, and on July 5th pro.
ceeded, under an escort of Tartar Cavalry,
to Pekin, whereI presume he now is, and
has ere this exchanged notifications of the
new treaty in the Imperial capital The Rus.
sian Minister has been in Pekin some DAYS,
and the Secretary Of the Gov-General Of
Siberia, (Russian) also reached here on the
9th inst, with letter for me from the Gov
General, saying that their treaty had been
ratified. - = --
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Theodore Parker says that ga grain of
barn door fowl in the country would agree
with him. Z ~: - 81 ~ T.. 81
''What is in name % One OF the candi
dates for county o Ulcers in La Sale county,
Illinois, is named Wait, and another w ait,
more. y n G..t-... ; sslas Sea- Va -
Hon, James Knox, late member of Congress-
from Illinois, having become blind, has sailed
for Europe, there to have an operation perform
ed on his eyes.
Sir James Stephens, Professor of Modern
History at Cambridge, England, and formerly
Under Secretary of the Colonies, is dead.
Rev. A w :Claffin, pastor of the Baptist
church at Davenport, Mass, has Become in
sane
On the 18th of Septembe the Bank Of Eng
land had In circulation notes to the amount OF
$2l .060, 800. 5..,..,.. ,4r, .s
A SAD CAsE.-The widow of the late Mr..
Harris, who was killed by the locomotive ex-
plosion at Cameron, says the Wheeling Intelli-
gencer, has not touched food or slept since the
unfortunate death of her husband. Her friends
fear that she may eventually lose her reason.
SMALL PArTERN.--Miss Dollie button, the
smallest girl in the world OF her age, being 9
years old and rs inches high, and weighing
only 10 pounds, is giving levees n Providence,
Ri.
Three fatal cases of lockjaw have recently
occurredi in Gettysburg, Pa. viz: son of Saml
Herbst, son OF Mr.. A A Prior, and lastly. Mr.,
Michael Meals, died on Friday. ''7'
New Cleveland Herald has
introduced Anew feature in its Matrimonial no.
tees. II gives the names OF bridesmaids tsnd
sbride-men. t7F ,a'S's n 80
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An Elopement.-A Philadelphia exchange

an h1openseNt.-A PhlIadelphla exchange
says: ......+
"A day or two ago John Miller came to- this
city from New York, in search of his wife,
who had eloped with a young Pole, and took
bank bills and other property, as was .alleg-
ed, to the amount of five hundred and fifty
dollars. The Pole was found and locked up.
He discovered to the husband the where
about OF the lady, who upon being asked for
It returned the money she had taken. A re-
Cancellation was the consequence. The Pole
was Liberated aad all three went back in
company to New York, as lively as if nothing
had happened. 20
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e y Young Adventures - Two boy ;each about
thirteen years ofage; arrived.in Fredericks
burg last night and stopped at Mr. King
nearthe depot, without either'money bag
gage. They are from Wheeling, and state
that they left home about three. weeks ago.
They first went to Baltimore, and after stop
ping there awhile, worked their passage on
the Pocahontas to Richmond city. They left
Richmond last night in the Central cars, and
got OFT a t the junction, " here they took, the
Fredericksburg train. They seemed in very
gpod, spirits. considering they were four hun
dred miles from home, in strange place,
without either money or change OF clothes.
Fred Ya.) Herald.
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New YORK Money: Market.

Inc NewsfpH money market Is hrm.-
The brokers are borrowing at 7, accord
ing to the nature Of their securities, and
their arrangements with lenders; in Open
market the rate is nearer7 than 6, Though on
federal or State securities money can be
had easily at the latter rate. At the dis
count houses, rather more paper is offering,
in consequence Of the prudent policy spar-
sued by many Of. the banksj rates do not
vary. Very prime short paper still goes, at
6E I; first class, endorsed, four a six
months, 7 8, the latter figure being nearer
the rate than the former; single names, first
class, 8 a 10; names less generally known,
and paper over six. months, 10. The
market still fails'to present the usual indica-
lions Of permanent advance in rates; the
amount OF money seeking employment Is
still in excess of the amount of paper seek
Jag discount
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Papers Of No qse.TThe following letter
is said to have been written to a, Rural New
Yorker:
"Mf. 3Editur, j have something to say
about your paper. Nosdoubt butsit,is'A good
won bat papers amt no use, land il eaybody
spens much time in reeden them they
cant urn thare livin and so don't reed EN-,
andto Save time and expensiy you sea; itswood
cum to too dollars year, and that, weed by
think foxes doarnt ort to sspen thare munne
on papers, my father never did an evry body
sed he was the smartest man in the countre,
and got the intelllgenest family of buoys
that ever dugg taturs. Think foxes or to
kno enuf to no corn and pix stun without
reading the Rurel and other farming papers,
and if eVrybody wus ov my mind, thare wood
be no such thing as a paper in our united
Estates.s% 80! ;.gts 1 10 sss's1 y y
!. The abovepiece Of composition is ''proof
positive that newspapers, are no use, and
that they should at once be Suppressed
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be- % Hon. Edward Everett has accepted an
invitation TO deliver an address at the Georgia
State Fair, to De held in Atlanta from the gath
t, tae 25ta of october.
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The Safety Of the Missing Ballooatsts.-
II was briefly mentioned yesterday that Il
Mountain and Haddock, the missing bal
l6bnistss were safs 9at Getaway, in Qaaaada
havinglanded about one hundred ,shd fifty
miles north .of ottaway, in the great Cana
dian WILDERNESS, ala point about fifty mile
West ofyLakAst. Jbhn, the head Of tbe sa
guenay river, and about midway between TIT
st. Lawrence river and James bay TIL,
n. Y. Tribune says:
north q th Rsss th eSn S h haf
had northerly current. This disproves tn,
STORY Of the balloon having been seen fifty
miles southeast of Waterton, , oyer ST. Law
renee, unless the current suddenly changed
La Mountain telegraphs that they have los
everything They wereo four dat withou
food ,, and without the means OF making a
fire. They. were fortunately discovered by
Mir. Cameron, who was looking for timber
probably along the headwatefs of the Ca
tineau river Indian guides were found, yht
brought them down to Ottaway in bark ca
noes. They were less than FIVE hours in the
air, and must have landed about ten O'Clock
at night, having travelled at the rate of 8
mile a minute, the balleontbefng from four tc
five miles from the, earth. This extraofdi
nary voyage due north strikes a .haro
blow at the favorite theory of steady
easterly current in the upper strata Of dhe
atmosphere. Ten hours further travel in
their direction would have brought then
to the spot where Sir John franklin is, sup
posed to- have. perished. - - 'aAf3
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Alleged Outrage upon Fen,ale.--A wo.
man named Mari Cassidy was found in an
insensible condition at the foot of Twelfth
street, New York, on Monday morning., by
policeman Bulman, of the Ninth precinct.
Upon being taken to the station house and
restored to consciousness, she stated that a
party of rowdies had compelled her to drink
brandy until she was intoxicated, and while
she was in that condition the rascas violated
quently conveyed to Bellevue Hospital,
where she now lies in dangerous condition.
None Of the rowdies have yet been arrested,
but, as usual, the police are sanguine Of
being able to effect their capture at an early
day.
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NORFOLK BUILDING FUND
S,it q I5d03

The regular monthly meeting viii Be held at
a a1h at Hsn 9a SATURDAY evening, the
at or before that time @'Fif9 'Iols7'3 e07,r5
(. a full attendance Shareholdersi is desirable.
+ oc 6.3t y. ~ ~. ~ SECRETARY,
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DATAPSCO Family and Extra Flour--A
4 supply 'ofthe above chotcs brand Of Flour,
lust received direct from the mill, for sale at
,s' fI ~. ia DAVIS 4 woMBLE,
DC 5Campbell's wharf
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~ 4OSGOODS CHOIfAGOG UE,91
T. 80. FOR FEVER AND AGUE.s 'sf,g.
fWIsTAR's Balsam wild Cherry, Ayers
~ Cherry Peetoral, sHamptons ,Tincthre,
Killer, Woods Hair kestorator, Mrs. Aliens
Hair Restorer English Mustard, Olive Oil &c,
&c, just received and for sale by,k .s.lG ~ e.
H'si -; a,. Fol u w BURROW g. co, &
Druggists and Chemists, Church street.
Physicians Prescr iptaoas Scarefullu and Qccu-
rately prepared qcith Extra Pure Medicines, at
rery moderate ehdrges, ana dtu HosrS o. the day
and night. - 81 iTtfI ~ 6 ti7ls9 a ID d :,
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Mrs. WINSTON, an experienced nurse and
female physician, has Soothing Syrup for
children te9hing, which greatly facilitates the
ducing all inaammation--wiH allay all pain
and is sure to regulate the bowels. Depend
upon 1t, mothers, will give rest to Yourselves.
and relief and health to- our infants. Perfect
another column. mvos Nv.
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AsYk OCSPATAP RUOLFs g

OCSPATAP RUOLF.. VI
/ pEFINED SUQARbnlS O Gents, patsnts Gu +
II Loaf Sugar l2F dehtS, Good Coffee I2X cts.
Orange County Blu tier IS, ess andsleH CTS. also
psapsc6 Family Flour in X Id. 4 bags, fnsw
CIDER choice 0hs Apple Brandy only 81 so,
oholtsd yea 1plten SyTups IN ew. Orleans M 0.
lasses, No. Mackerel, new Hams onlyfI9k Ma
nene cheapest Cash Grocery t1l athe4 c,tF No.
s.Lhurch3street.eTts rist3 @ ii hGa lljss ,l1's
N 90 rs Ea islaGxae.9 NtliradtI REDNInMnz
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90 Circulation greater than the SD allies
70 OF both citiss co,nptI,ed al, 40 -,
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: - = IHEMOVAL.i--IJ ~ on
STEWART 9. STEEVER Commissioner and
~ forwarding Merchants, have removed to
the Ware house en- Roanoke Dock recently &C.
cupied by T Boekover ESQ.,, where they will
&c pleased to see heir,friepds and customers
I lhe office yaca ted by them on Newton's wharf
Y tor rent! Apply to Messfs. Rogers s. Langley,
/. S'oc e-tfstian = STEWART l. srEEurn1
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Notice ot foreclosure.

WIFE E,S, Abraham 'i'arrcn of otis. in the
t1unty Of Hancock on the 18th day of Septem-
Der, 4 b. lsj2, by his mortgage deed of that
date. conveyed to one John VI. kendell of Maria
Vile ia said County, one undivided fifth part Of
certain lot reel of land in said Otis, bounded
and described as follows, viz: Beginning at
birch tree on the Western line of land bought of
Andrew Peters by Little 4 Hale, thence running
south one degree West four hundred and one rods
to a birch tree marked b. thence North eighty
nine degrees West four hundred and forty-six
rods 10 a hemlock tree marked b; thence North
one de gree Est four hundred and one rods to a
dar tree marked Il, near some large rocks; thence
south eghty-nine degree. East :our hundred and
infty six rud acros. Floods Pond, called, to
the place of beginning, containing nineteen hum
bred acres more or less. Also one fifth part of
certain other lot of land, described as follows:
being part of lot No - in said Oti. and all on the
North side of the road leading from widow oung's
lot, called, to the Mariaville line Also, a
small piece Of land, the south side of the road
being part of said lot No. ~, beginning at the
North enl Of the Bridge and running East twelve
degrees south ten rods 10 rock, thence North
forty degrees Ept niue rods to the road, contain
ing ia all about four acres, which deed is record
I'd ia Hancock Registry Book 90, Page $685. and
whereas ssid mort gage, premises and debt there
by secured transferred and ASST gned 10 US the
undersi sncl NOV. rs, isi2, and the conditions OF
said mort gage having been broken, we hereby
claim 10 iprcros" the same agrecably 10 tue STAT
utes ia such made aud prov idcj,
NArhI. A. JOY.
EBEN HARDEN,
by their Atty, 4. + pRisKssrrR.
Ellsw orth, Dee -. lsjs. 3ss9
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Tug llousg COMMITTEES a-hington
correspondent OF the Now York Courier 4
Enquirer says that the II 'u-e Committees
are made up by the Speaker for this session
with something more than the accustomed
partitlity and uhf.irness. The sectional
procliv,ies Of NJ. Orr have been 50 often ex-
hibited that it creates little suppressed indig-
nation, that he has given the Chairmanship
of fourteen important Committees to the
South, and but tour 10 the North; that on
nearly every Committee hich has any actual
participation in legislation. he has placed
i've southern TO four Northern members,
though the Free States have more than
three-ffths Of the House; that on the same
Committees he has allowed the Opposition
but two or three members out Of nine, and
that he has appointed southern men to fiil
all the vacancies caused ny death or the r
tirement Of former Chairmen.