The Messenger. [volume] (Georgetown, Del.) 1858-18??, 1859-11-17

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/ Hair grew perfectly natural on both
!. scalps, but the second head was en-
tirsly wanting in features; there
were few small irregularities, where
the face Or features should have
A been, appearing as if nature had at
temped to form features, but without
success. The health Of the child
seemed good, and il grew wen until
THE I9th Of October, when the UNI
natural head was successfully am
putated atathe neck by Dr.. J.. @.
Manson, of Pitts6eld; a dissection
3of this showed the skull to, be. com
D posei of home and -eartilage,ralso,
what should have been bono in the
meek proved to be cartilage. The
head contained d substance almost
perfectly resembling brain, but Of
less density. II has now been five
days since the operation, and the
child is fast recovering. -,
'HoLLowAY's OINTMENT AND P1ILs.
Be on your guard,-Po preclude
the possibility Of deception. il is as
well to examine the books Of direc-
tons used as envelopes to the med
icines. If uponsevery leafthe words.
NHolloway; New York and London, g
appear as water-mark, the prepa-
ration Isl genuine; but not other40ise.
Vast benefits derived from tho use
of the Ointment in asthma, bronchi-
tic, quinsy, tightness ofthe chest,
andapleurisys The lipart effected
should be fomehted with flannels
dipped lin warm water, and the
Ointmen,arubbed briskly IN We
have seenlimmediatensml lasting re.
lief afferledlin this way. The Pills
are powerful -auxiliaries ia reducing
the febrile symptoms. yi7s1in is'l
A CpRtous BLOCK or MARrLE.--
Among the recent contributions to
the Washington Monument is a
block Of carved marble, in which is
inserted q curiously carved head,
with this inscription beneath: .This
head vas carved between two. and
three thousand years ago by the an
Gent Egyptians; for their temple,
erected'in honoy OF Augustus, on the
banks Of the Nile. Brought. from
there by J. +. Lehman. - 5
saTnE "0LD DonrN1oH."-yir-
ginia, during the usurpation Of
Cromwell, declared herself indepen-
dent of his authority, when the
uurper7 threatened 20 send aeet
to reduce tho Colony. Fearing to
Withstand such a force, the colo
pists dispatched a messenger 10
Charles H-then aneoxile in FIan.
/, defs. '--;nviting tho royal outcast to
be their King. He accepted the
invitation, and On the very eve of
embarking for his throne in Ameri-
ca, was recalled to the crown of En-
gland. In gratitude fer Virginia
loyalty, he -quartered her coat of
arms with those of England, Scot
land, and Ireland, as an indepen-
dent member ofthe British empire.
The coin establish these facts.
Hence the origin Of the phrase
sold Dominion"
A Tennessee paper states that the
cencus Of 1850 reported upwards of
thousand native white
persons in the State, who had &C
knowledged to the census takers
that hey were unable to read, which
Is about one fourth Of the real num-
ber.t The influence of free schools
cannot be very great in that part of
the world.
Hunter, the son of the Attorney
General.who is managing the trials
at Charlestown, Va, testified that
he was one of several who rushed
into the inns at Harper's Ferry and
seized, dragged out and shot one
Thompson, who was confined there
IS prisoner. He states that Miss
Fulke, the sister of the innkeeper,
n her compassion for the prisoner,
threw herself between him and the
nuzzles of their guns, and holding
him fast in her arm, continually
naoe her own head his shield against
heir loaded rifles. She had never |
een the man before; but, like the !
rue woman, protected the unfortu-
late. He was torn from her by t
oree, thrown down stairs and shot ;
trough the head. inpqan +.