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To LIGHT A DARK ROOM.

The London Buildeg. recommends a
plan for lighting dark room in which
the darkness is caused by It's being stu
ated on a narrow street or lane. The
Builder says if the glass Of window in
such room is placed several inches
within the outer face of the wall, as is the
general custom in building houses, it
will admit very little light, that which
it gets being only the reflection from the
walls of the opposite houses. If, how
ever, for the window be substituted an
other in which all the panes of glass are
roughly ground on the outside, and Hush
with the outer wall, the light from the
whole Of the visible sky and from the
remotest parts of the opposite wall will
be introduced into the apartment, re-
Elected from the innumerable faces or
facets which the rough grinding OF the
glass has produced. The whole window
will appear as if the sky we're beyond it,
and from every point of this luminous
surface light will radiate into all parts
of the room
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N EpicAL.
Something New Under the Sun.
A New Era in Medicine.

r Ell THE SUFFERING AND DISEASED
IL read the following:
Let all who have been given Up by Doctors,
and spoken of as incurable, read the following:
Let all who can believe facts. and can have
faith in evidence. read the following:
Kno,cs all Men bv these Presents, That on this
LORD one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six.
personally came Joseph Haydock to mo, known
as such. and being duly sworn. deposea as fol-
lows: That he Is the sole general agent for the
United state sas .as5esi az
PILLS and SALVE, and that the following
certificates are yerbatum copies to the best Of
H. ST ST JAMES SMEfTRE, Notary Public,
Wall Street, New York.
DR.. MAGaIRL: take my pen to write you of
my great relief, and that the awful pain in my
SIDE has left me at last-thanksto your medicine.
Oh, doctor, how thankful l am that can get
some sleep. ! can. never write 1t enough. /
thank you again and again. and am sure you
ore really the friend of all sufferers. l could
not help writing to you. and \, hope you will not
take it amiss. JAMES M AYERS,
June /, 1866. ZIG Avenue d.
This is to certify that was discharged from
the army with Chronic Diarrhoea. and have
been cured be DR.. MSWgg fHeSsP Pill n.apvpv
New York, April z. 1855. u Pitt Street.
The following is an interesting case of a man
employed in an Iron Foundry, who, in pouring
melted iron into flask that was damp and wet
caused an explosion. The melted iron was
| thrown around and on him in perfect Shower.
and be was burnt dreadfully. The. following
certificate was given to me by him about eight
weeks after the accident;
("1T NEW YoRK, Jan. ii, 1865.
Ny name is Jacob Hardy; am an iron foun-
der; was badly burnt by hot iron in November
INST; my burns healed but / had running sore
.ou my leg that would not heal; l tried Maggiel's
Saiye, and II cured me in q few weeks. This is
n ii true. and any body can now see me ct Jack
,o MS Iron Works, Second Avenue.
GA j. HARDY.
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THE rnPEAcHmENT.

A Washington telegram says the House
Judiciary Committee have decided to
invite Mr.. ASHLEY to appear before them
and state his grounds for preferring
charges of impeachment against the
President. The pressure against the i'm
parchment project is very greet, and re-
monstrances are pouring in from all
quarters by mail and telegraph. The veto
Of yesterday is by no means regarded as
indicative that the House will support
the charges made; on the contrary the
belief is quite the other way. Several
Republicans who voted to send the
project to the Judiciary Comnittee have
since stated that they did so as the surest
and quickest way of getting rid Of it.
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HOW NEAR.

How near we are % death is illustrated
by an incident stated by the St Louis
Republican: ION New Years eve, Miss
KATE HoFMEIsrER, daughter of a widow
lady residing in Boonville, Mo, died sud
denly at party given by the Turner's
Society, at the Thespian Hall at that
place. About II o'clock at night, and
while on the floor waltzing, she suddenly
threw up her hands and fell, but was
caught before striking the floor. AT first
it was thought, amid the confusion that
ensued, that she had only tainted. Re-
storatives we're at once applied, but
before she could be taken ZONE she was
discovered to be dead.
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was IT NOT A MrsrAKEi

The invitation to the South to ratify
the Constitutional Amendment, is enc OF
the strangest events of the time. Com.
ing from an equal, it would be an insult;
coming from superior, it is destitute OF
every semblance of magnanimity, and
is, therefore, disgraceful What is the
South asked to do2 1t is asked to dis
franchise itself--to sanction the applica-
tion of a seal of dishonor to its brow-to
renounce those under whose lead ats
worth and valor struggled and died
YES. died in the very arms of victory
II is asked to render the achievements
at Chickamauga, Manassas, Chancellors-
yille, Fredericksburg, and other feids
where Southern courage overeame North
ern endurance, infamous. 1t IS asked
TO proscribe LEE, JOHNSTON, BEAuRE-
GARD, PRICE. FORREST, and every Con-
federate leader, while the privates and
inferior officers who followed them may
be admitted to the ballot, or at least es-
cape a prosecution for treason The
status of the South is this: It's popula-
ton are prisoners of war. Constructive
", they are in military custody-under
duress. Held thus, they are denied the
privilege of free agency. They may IN
deed. consent to that which they have
no power to refuse effectively. The
criminal may consent to the verdict that
pronounees him guilty; but his denial
of the business of it, and an attempt to
avoid it, would be fruitless.
How the Southern States allowed them
selves to entertain proposition to rat
ify in their present unrepresented con-
dition. is a marvel to many II occurs to
calm reason that they should have ig-
pored the subject altogether, or, if
thought best, plead duress. They might
have said. Admit our representatives,,
recognize us as States, and then we will
consider the subject. If the success OF
the amendment depends upon our ratit.
cation, give us the full benefit Of the re.
sni.s Of our aclion. When you tell US ii
We refuse, you will drop US from the list
of States and count only the loyal States,
Won trife with US. You insult those over
whom circumstances have given you pow
er You torture your prisoners. 1t is
unbrotherly, ssyyss, unmanly, TODD so. We
close our mouths, fold onr hands, COM
NIT our destiny to heaven, and say, do
your worst The very air we breathe
is vocal with threats. Every breeze that
comes from Washington is loaded with
messages Of wrath Denunciation con-
stitutes the eloquence Of Congress. 1t IS
caught up ia the North, East and West
and hurled in reverberation across the
seas to every people on earth. Industry,
chat fain would redeem the fallen for
tunes Of the South, ir met with disdain-
full repulse, while enterprise and energy
shrink back from the shadow Of impend-
ing calamity. tgf 1854 NatG
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STEVENS AND CAMERON.

THAp. STEVENS is overheard ~ Is
strange, but true. The Radical caucus
of the Pennsylvania legislature nomina,
ted SIMON CAxERos for United States
Senator, which amounts TO an election
STEVENS obtained only seven votes. i.
is said that he worked desperately for
the post, and thereis no doubt that his
late scandalous speech was made TO
affect an election by stirring the resent
ments Of the late war. He is said TO
have posted off to Harrisburg immed'-
ately after its delivery, But Tor the
known procliyities Of CAMERos for POI
litical jugglery, it might be taken that
the Pennsy lvaniaus are disguised with
the course Of that bad man, and mean to
switch him of the track In Congress
he is the undoubted leader. But his
State has thought him unfit for the Sem
ate of the United States CAMEReS is
better man, if that term can be iitly
applied to either. Once a Democrat
he opposed the abolition party, and was,
next to BUCHANAN, the most prominent
man of his State. 1t is hardly to be
expected that any good will come Of
him, MS he would moi fsprssea. his State
If he did not proceed the whole length of
the Jacobin rope. We do not believe
that he is a vicious man. He is posi-
bly worse. He is coldly polite.
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CONGRESSIONAL ELECTION.

We are, it is said, to have an election
in this State, probably ia February, for
members of Congress. The first session
Of the next Congress will commence on
the fourth of March next, IL the bill now
pending for making the change shall
pass. OF that, there is little doubt. An
election viii be ordered within a couple
Of weeks. and those of the people who
have squeezed through the registration.
and those who got through without any
squeezing, will vote for Congressman.
Already aspirants are on the alert,
Frightening the day and Illuminating the
night With the splendor Of their smiles.
Who the competitors of LEFrwIcH are to
be is not yet developed. That he will
not be allowed to run alone is pretty GER
tain. The Radicals will hardly fail to
bring out candidate, with what chance
Of success, we shall sec.
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Is cRrNoLINE DOOMED.

The New York writer's upon fashion
are felicitating themselves upon the i'm
preston that the collapse Of erinoline is
coming, because the promenades in that
city show that the circumference Of
ladies' skirts is contracting, and neat,
trim dresses are taking the place Of the
immense expansion that not long ago
threatened to drive male passengers from
the sidewalks into the cartways. New
York, however, is always prOphesying
and this may DO one of its many false
predictions; for cripoline has been
doomed" according to report, quite
often during the past few years. Ex-
pand OF contract as the skirts may,
the ladies in this matter are the
masters. and they will most probably
cling fondly to crinoIine, as an old friend
that has long stood by them. Thus saith
the Philadelphia Ledger.
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LEGAL DECISION.

A meeting of lawyers has recently
been held in Paris, to decide the impor-
tant question. /" Is it incompatible with
the dignity of barrister practising at
the bar to be at the same time member
of the Jockey Club?9 After mature
deliberation, and an amount of argu-
ment naturally to be expected from an
assemblage Of men who make argument
their chief business, it was decided that
such membership was incompatible.
Hereafter no law student is to be called
to the bar in Paris if it can be proved
that he is a member of the Jockey Club.
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i THRILLING ADVENTURE.
!. Young Girl Attacked by a
Maniac.

The Louisville Courier of late date
says young lady, whose name we are
requested to withhold, being out visiting,
happened to pass the residence of Mrs.
NJ. G. Crockett, on First street, near
College street, when Mrs. c., seeing her
pass, called her and invited her into her
residence. The young lady having been
acquainted with her almost frominfaney,
accepted her invitation and went in. It
would be well for us to state here that
Mrs. Crockett, siace her husband death,
has lived secluded, occupying her resi-
dsnee by herself, and has become victim
to "a monomania, in which she thinks
that everybody is seeking her life, and
that her noighbors, especially, have
threatened to kill her. 81.
After the young lady had entered the
house and had taken seat, Mrs. c., APP
parently perfectly sane and right, got
down the Bible and requested her to read
few chapters She did so; but after
reading for nearly an hour, expressed
that che gas tired, and prepared TO go
home. At this time the old lady became
excited and attacked the girl As the
old lady had locked the door, there was
no way of escape but by the window. aRd
toward this she ran, SCREAMING Mrs. G.
followed and oyettaok her, and choked
her pretty badly. The girl, however,
managed to struggle loose, and again
attempted to escape, but the old woman
picked up the poker and ran after her,
striking at her with it The girl then
commenced crying murder" in which
the old woman ioiAed Justify, the latter,
however, still using the poker When
the peighbors went TO the rescue the g''rl
was almost frightened 20 death and .yadly
beaten and torn up The old lady hat
also hurt herself badly with the poker.
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HOW TO GET CERTIFICATES IN TIE
OPERA HOUSE DRAWING THE LAST

DAYS.
For the information Of many inquiriBg
friends in the country, we will state that
the arrangements of the managers OF the
Crosby Opera House Art Association
are to sell at the Chicago Office only du-
ring the last week, so as to have all the
unsold certificates at their command.
Parties who wish to buy may forward
their orders direct to the Office there,
US Opera House, and if too late, the
money will be returned by the following
mail in registered letters, unless direc-
tons are given to return by express.
Or, parties can send money and orders
to either of the committee, who will pur-
chase for them or return funds, as they
may direct, if too late.
Certificates may also be procured
through the purchasing agents of the ex-
pPess companies.
The caution of the managers not to
send currency in letters Without regis
tering them should not be neglected. 1t
is easy to get postofice order, or send
funds by draft or express, and be on the
safe side.
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ceasion ordinances, or Confederate au-
thority, or actual war, relieved from The
duty and tho right Of electing Senators
and Representatives. We believe i will
decide against the folly Ct undertaking
to convert enc of the original thirteen
States into a territory, and will vindicate
the indestructability Of State as surely
as that of the Congress, the Executive,
~, che Conrt ifselfii
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BY TELEGRAPH.
THE NOON DISPATCHES
COTTON AND GOLD QUOTATIONS

New York, January ll.-tCotton, firm
aud unchanged gold, 1872.
SAN FRAScIsso, January 10. - The
Golden City sailed to-day with sl,477,
800 treasure, of which one million is des
tined for New York in
LrvERPooL, January ll.--Cotton dull,
and closed at l4sd, with sales Of 1000
bales. ti. IaI
New YORK, Jan. ll.-At a meeting
in Manhattan Fenian Circles satisfac-
tory report was read from James Ste
phens. Roberts men say they have
gained vastly by Stephens failure, and
that every thing is moving in the right
direction. krr qaHteGVrt
Salt Lake papers report the massacre
of nine miners by the Navsjoes, near
Cullvile, on the Colorado river.
The Board of C ouncilmen had astormy
session to-day. Councilman Long threw
an inkstand at President Brinkman's
head, and others called Brinkman liar
aud perjurer Pistols we're exhibited and
Brinkman was arrested. 1t is believed
that the municipal business will remain
locked until Brinkman resigns % y = E
Mexican correspondence from Vera
Cruz, December 29th, says all the French
troops are concentrating at the capital,
preparatory for leaving the country.
The French transport Rhone is at Vera
Cruz, ready to take the French whose
time have expired. The Austrian steam
yacht Elizabeth, from Trieste, had ar
rived, it is supposed to carry Macmillan
home. 8aa hef
BERLIN, January l0.-Count Bismark
in circular to the European Govern
ments declares that peace must he main
tanned and that he will devote himself to
the consolidation of Germany. I'd
PARIS, January l0.-Seven more trans
ports sailed for Mexico. 1t IS believed
that the French troops will be ready to
embark by the 10th prox.
CoSsTANrIYoPLE, Jan. l0.-The Porte
has issued circular calling the serious
attention of the European powers to the
affairs between Turkey and Greece, and
says if there are no favorable results
from his efforts for peace, he will pre-
pare to defend the honor and integrity Of
his Empire. gs IN
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s..gus .es gs. s e.. e.

The Supreme Court Of the United
States is making havoc among the Ja-
eobins. In recent case from Missis-
aippi. the Jackson Clarion informs us,
that tribunal held that wnen 4 judgment
is concluded by court in one State It is
equally concluded as to every other
State, and 60 remains until set aside by
a superior court or by court OF chan
Gerry, on the basis Of section first, article
four of the Constitution; that full force
and credit shall be given in each State to
the public acts, records and Judicial pro-
eeedings Of every other State. Here is
a clear recognition of the fact, says. the
Philadelphia Age, that Mississippi is a
State in accordance with the provisions
Of the Constitution of the United States.
and that the action of her courts is con-
elusive in every other State in the Union
until set aside by a superior court This
decision will put the Bay State lawyers
Ia a rather awkward fix. In Congress
they are maintaining the proposition that
Mississippi is no longer State; that her
State existence has ceased, and she IL
a mere territory, division Of country
10 be governed as Congress may d.
rect Bot, suppose Judgment obtained
against party in a Mississippi
soOcrt is semitic one Of these lawyers fol
collection, what position will he ther
assumes The Supreme Court says tina
a Judgment concluded in Mississippi j
co1claded in Massachusetts,, on ihe basi
of section frst. article four. Of the Con
stitution, and that ground must be oecr
pied. or the claim viii be lost If 1t b
taken, The status Of the STATE is conceded
and a full acknowledgment made that 4
DENYING the existence Of the States The
are aying in the face Of the Consultation
and acting as partisans who are villinI
TO peril the very existeHee Of free inst
buttons in this nation in order . con
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p0- It is stated that of nine daily
newspapers published in Boston in lS43,
but three are now in existence and that
out of twsniy-sight magazines then pub
lished. but three, the Missionary Herald,
the Christian Examiner and North
American Rerielc, are now published.
But twelve out OF thirtY.GFe weekly pa
pers published at that time are printed
at present
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AN EXPECTED DECISION.

The N:..:c==s lI:.::selligeneer, in refer
ence to what the Supreme Court will
probably decide. says " Il will, in our
judgmsnt decide that no State can so
get out Of the Union as, under the Con-
stitutiOn, to be relieved Of The obligation
or deprived Of the right Of representa-
tiop in the Congress Of the United
States We fesl snrs that Il viii decide
that the citizens Of tia STATE Of Yir-
ginia have never been, either BY Sc
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MAKING MOUTHS.
The Goodman (Miss.) Star say

The Goodman Miss.) Star says
"Old BEN. WADE, one of the sixty wise
men,. while the train was halted at Good
man. became greatly annoyed, in conse
quence of some of our boys making
mouths at him and his friends. This
thing had gone on for some minutes,
when forbearance ceasing to be a virtue,
old Ben. ventured to the car door and
urged the boys to desist--stating that the
men in the car are all nice gentlemen.
Making mouths at BEY. WADE Are
those naughty boys aware of the trouble
they have brought on the country How
dare they arouse the loyal North by such
conduct? Dispense, ye mouth making
raLels
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na The London Morning Star denies

r@.. The London Morning Star denies
the report that the various delegations
from the Canadian Provinces now in
England have agreed upon a plan Of
confederation, and prepared bill TO be
submitted to and passed by Parliament
The Star says no scheme has been
agreed upon, and the whole subject is
vet under discussion, and is likely to
continue so for some time,
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HARD HIT.

The hardest editorial hitter is Brick "
PoMERoY. OfButler he says: ave learn
from the following extract that this dis
tinguished gentleman and New England
child Of the church is in Chicago" " A
coffin containing the body of young
woman was washed ashore last week
near Chicago. The plate had been
wrenched off by some silver thief
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p~ The following is not quite equal
10 our friend sNIrH's spelling Of ARcEI-
BALD AsKIS: A Virginia teacher asked
BoB SMITH to spell and define admit
lance" BoB stood up, and with the most
selfconfdent air, commenced; AID,
ad, nit nit, admit, lance, admit
.s=es f:.5 cents, lAH ;'a sFa4 s'Ts=:=
halfprice. ,.
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sD FOR the week ending on December
18th, the English cattle plague return
shows that six animals we're attacked, as
compared With fourteen for the previous
week. Eleven healthy animals were
slaughtered to prevent the spread of the
disease, and thus far the plague has at
tackled 253,79l cattle, and caused the
slaughter of 80, 496 healthy animals.
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tiuus political power in the hands Of a
sectional faction. III State is in q con-
dition 10 claim the protection OF one por-
ton Of the Constitution, certainly itern,
not in justice or fairness be deprived OF
other rights guaranteed by that insrn'
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nA.A recent visitor to Boston, writing
to journal in New York State, gives
his opinion of the New England ne
tropolis in the following felicitous style :
+" Boston is chiefly distinguished for its
Yankee enterprise, magnificent harbor,
crooked streets, spacious Common, big
organ, dilapidated State House and the
Atlantic Monthly
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s65- The cotton mills Of Massachusetts
are turning out Of employment a great
many hands. May all the New England
mills turn out well. .s.,------i
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steel cannon from the celebrated works
of the Messrs. KRvrH at Essen. They
are to be paid $4,000 for each. Bavaria,
too, is arminE, having ordered s6 rihed
cannon from Bohemian f5hndry-
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+ sa- An exchange says ]. DAVIS and
Il. L. LEE are the greatest men living.
Il can hardly be said that they are living.
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IA General EARLY had printed, at
his own expense, an edition Of one
thousand copies Of his book. They sre
not for sale, but for distribution among
his friends The General desires its
publication in the South for the benefit
Of the Memorial Association, AID ar
engagements to that end are now being
made.
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D3- Hon. CHARLES II. SAITH" Bill
Arp, so-called has been elected Mayor
of Rome. Georgia.
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s9- Old Ben WADE is Tartar, and
MAYNARD is a tartar-emetiel i
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B0 The European governments are
still armine France expects 70 have
so, 600 needle guns ready Cor uss By Nay
next, and hussia has ordered 100 cast
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courage no,wild dreams Of insurrection.
II there be any who think otherwise, the
speech Of Gen. Eeauregard is calculated
10 lead them to better thoughts.
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