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Claremont, N. H.,
Dec. %, 1870.
Having been for some time afflicted withpain
in the chest, and general debility of the system,
assuming consumptive symptoms arising,
doubtless from an impure state of the blood,
one bottle of DIR. Flagg's Inhaling Balm, gave
me almost immediate relief, and think has
X. r. COTTON.
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Claremont, N. II. I
Dec. %. 1870. (

This is to certify, that have been troubled
with catarrh for a number Of years-have tried
a number of the physicians, botI in this coun-
try and in Europe, and have tried all the best
advertised remedies without any effect, and
given up allhopes-but at last tried DR.. Flagg 5
fnhaling Balm, and TO my great joy, it helped
mo Immediately and after using it two months,
was entirely cured.
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WILKINSON,
Veterinary 81

BD~DR. FLAGG will visit Woodstock
VT, every month, and will be at the
Eagle Hotel, Woodstock, Tuesday,
July 25th, from 9 a. m. to A P. IN.
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CERTIFICATES.

70 Green st. Boston, Mass.
Dec. s. 1870.
DR.. A. ]. Flagg,-Dear Sir: Your Inhaling
Balm has worked wonders with my bronchial
affection. am nearly well-my cough much
easier, and that aggravating and annoying
rattle in my breathing apparatus entirely gone.
Yours faithfully, RUSS b. WALKER.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-04-27

CAPTAIN HALLS ARCTIC EXPEDITION
Captain Hall, whose expedition to the
North Pole was fostered by the last Con-
gress, is now engaged in fitting out his
ship called the Peirwinkle at Washing
ton. He expects to sail during next
month. There are at present about $50
workmen engaged on the vessel, which
is on the ways, and they are doing the
work in the most substantial manner.
The vessel is about 400 tons, 1873 feet in
length, % in breadth and Is in depth of
hold, and will be rugged as topsail
schooner. There are two thicknesses of
3-inch white-oak planking on her, so ar
ranged as to secure the greatest amount
of strength. The frame is solid about
four feet below the load line. The bows
will be sheathed with iron distance of
forty feet as further protection against
the ice, and she has hosting propel-
Ter for use in working through floating
ice, it was originally intended to line with
cork, but this plan was abandoned. Her
engines are building in the strongest pos
sible manner for the CROUCH service she is
intended to undergo. DaFo 8a'aoit
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-04-27
NUMBER 48.

BoRGIA COME AeAIN.-The London
Medical Press and Circular has the fol-
lowing:
IA very startling communication has
been made toxus by gentleman occupy
ing most prominent post in this coun.
try, of the existence of most deadly
poison, by the inhalation of which, simply
through the medium of letter sent bv
post in the ordinary way, the reader will
suddenly drop down dead, with all the
symptoms of asphyxia. The position
and requirement of our informant should
place his evidence beyond suspicion:
nevertheless, before giving entire ere.
dence to such startling report, we are
anxious to obtain conirmatory evidence
from any Of our readers, in whose minds
suspicion foul play have arisen when
investigating cases of sudden DEATH and
what such symptoms were Certainly
the following clipping from a Canadian
paper, relative to the recent sudden death
OF person of note, looks very mysterisus:
"He received an anonymous letter, and
while reading it he fell down nsensible.
and shortly after expired 1t is said the
letter contained some poisonous sub
sance." 1@t
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-04-27

The ORIGIN OF OYSTER EATING. The
following legend will do for story, and
a true one, as it is quite probable: ga
man, walking one day, picked up one of
these savory bivalves as it was in the act
Of gaping. Observing the extreme smooth.
ness of the inside of the shells, he insin.
uated his finger between them, that he
might feel their shining surface, when,
suddenly, they closed upon the exploring
digit with q sensation less pleasurable
than he anticipated. The prompt with
drawal of his finger was scarcely a more
natural movement than its transfer to his
mouth the result was most fortunate.
The owner of the finger tasted oyster
jvice for the first time, as the Chinaman
IN Elias essay, having burnt his finger,
first tasted cracklin. The SAVIOR was de-
1icious; he had made a great discov-
cry; 50 he picked up the oyster, forced
open the shells, banqueted upon the con-
tents, and soon brought oyster eating in
to fashion. And unlike most fashions, it
has never gone, and is never likely to go,
out" s
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A Curious CALcULATIoN.-Th Aus.
trian or German press nave been going
into very curious calculation in regard
to the war indemnity of 5,000,000,00 OF
francs which the French have to paw the
Prussians.
The following is the calculation:
Five milliards 000,000,00G) of francs
in gold Napoleons weighs 32,258 cwts,
weight Loaded in wagons carrying each
five tons gross its transport would require
train of 322 such wagons.
The same sum in silver five franc pieces
represents a weight of 100000 cwts. A
smalt specie clerk can count 10000 francs
in five franc pieces in an hour. Admit
ing such clerk had commenced his count
at the age of twenty one and had counted
eight hours day every day, and 800 days
each year he would have reached the age
of seventy three before he had terminated
the job. - saa t..a@.. ....s
IF these 5,OOO,0O0,O00 offrancs had been
iii single franc pieces ranged flat in
line they would extend distance of 115,-
900 kilometres miles equivalent to
nearly one-third of the distance from the
earth to the moon. fn
A like sum in chain of 4 gold coins of
twenty francs each, would extend a dis.
lance of exactly 700 German miles, 2,73O
English miles. s4s,as .aif
Finally, if we consider that less than a
mill1ard of minutes have elapsed since
the commencement of the Christian era,
and admitting that a series of men had
thrown into a heap five franc piece, or a
dollar, every minute by day and night,
throughout the whole 1870 years, they
would not have exhausted the amount of
the war indemnity which France has to
pay to Prussia. r m
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lul act, which such first named person or
persons, by reasonable diligence, could
have prevented, and such damages NAV
be recovered in an action on the case in
IN the proper Circuit Court OF the United
States, and any number of persons guilty
OF such wrongful neglect or refusal may
be joined as defendants in such action,
provided that such action shall be com
menced within one year after such cause
of action shall have ACQUIRED and If the
death Of any person shall be caused BIZ
any such wrongful act or neglect, the lie
gal representative of such deceased person
shall have action therefor, and may re-
cover not exceeding $4,000 dam.
ages therein for the benefit of the widow
Of such deceased person, if any there be,
or If there be no widow, for the benefit of
She next of kin of such deceased person.
SEC. Z. That nothing herein contained
shall be construed to supersede or repeal
any former act except SO far as the same
may be repugnant thereto; and any of.
fences heretofore committed against the
tenor of any former act shall be prosecut-
ed, and any proceeding already commenc-
ed for the prosecution thereof, shall be
continued and completed the same as ifI
this act had not been passed, except as
lar as the provisions of this act NAV 90 to
sustain and validate such proceeding
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An old negro made application at one
of the public buildings in Washington, a
short time since, for something to cat,
and claimed that he had q right to come
there for vlctuals. The head of the de-
partment was called in, who asked of the
darkey upon what right he based his
claims. "Why," said the sable repre-
sentative of the Fifteenth Amendment,
81 understan' dar's provisions in de Con-
stitution for the colored folks, and I
haoent had de fust crupa6."
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THE MISSISSIPPI CREvAssES.-A New
Orleans dispatch to New York on the Roth,
says the whole city is filled with rumors
of creyasses, and probable inupdations.
Careful inquiry and personal inYestiga-
ton reduce the number of crevasses from
which imminent danger is anticipated to
four-at Poverty Point, Wallace Planta-
ton and Bonnet Carre above the city,
and Mararo Plantation below. Tonight
three of these are reported under control,
leaving the break at Bonnet Care alone
to be combatted q ssub 8Hs Ila m
Here the danger is great and imminent
The waters of the great river are rushing
through an opening seven hundred feet In
width with a roaring sound audible for
miles, blowing channel fifty feet deep
far into the vacant land, while the levee
rapidly crumbles into its boiling waters.
Piles four feet through, driven twenty feet
into the ground and packed with sand
bags, are swept away like reeds.
No efforts can now close the crevasse,
and as soon as the flood has cut its way
into the lake the latter will overflow tie
whole rear portion of the City Of New
Orleans. as ST. s t a a
The latest news is that the Bonnet
Care creVasse is still extending, and that
twelve miles of the jackson railway is
washed away. Two other crevasses, one
at Point. Manerr, west of Baton Rouge,
and one of the Mcdonald estate, below
the city, are reported TB sd h @aga
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THE FAMOUS ARC DE TRIoMPHE.--A
dispatch, which was at first received with
incredulity, but which has been confirm
ed, announced the destruction of the IA
nous Arc de Triomphe, in Paris, but
whether battered down by the shells
from the Versailles guns in Fort Mont
Valcrien or blown up by orders Of the
Commune is uncertain, It was through
this arch, erected to commemorate French
triumphs, that the German troops recent
ly triumpbantly marched. 1t was this
arch that was so careful ", boarded up
to protect its sculptures from German
shells, and now Frenchmen themselves
have destroyed it. Paris has already suf.
fered more from the fire of French guns
than from the whole German lombard
ment. The civilized world was requested
to note with shuddering horrorthe bar
barism of the Germans in menacing the
destruction of the metropolis of civil
zation and refinement" but there is no
Invitation to shudder at she wanton and
remorseIess destruction perpetrating by
the highly refined Frenchmen in and
around the city. @ s
8g MN HM
g DIR. FRANKLIE's ToAsT.--Dr. Franklin
once dlned with the English and French
ambassadors, when the following toasts
were drunk: aa 500 a aaaod Boa
3 The British ambassador said-I'Eng-
land-the sun whose brightest beams en-
Eighteen and fertiliz. the remotest corners
OF the EARTH" asikk1 81 aMose 91 a&H
8 The French ambassador, glowing with
national pride, but too polite to dispute
the previous toast, drank: "France-the
moon whose mlld,. steady and cheering
rays are the delight of all nations, con-
selling them in darkness, and making
their dreariness beautiful"
DR., Franklin then rose, and, with, his
usual dignifed simplicity, said: George
the Joshua who command
ed the sun and moon to stand still, and
they obeyed him." & n ~, 8.
Several years ago the late Hon. sZadoc
Pratt employed sculptor to carve his y
profile, on colossal scale, on the face Of Z
a hill overlooking Prattsville. ~
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The other night flock of wild geese
became bewildered az the lights as they
passed over the town ofNew Bloomfield
Pa, and circulated around several times.
flying SO low that the noise of their.wings
could be heard. A portion of the flock
afterwards alighted in the hollow back
of William McKee's." If McKee's back
is as hollow as that, he must be as full
breasted as drum.major. asmgg1
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Several years ago the late Hon. Zadoc
Pratt employed sculptor to. carve his y
profile, on colossal scale, on the face off,
a hill overlooking Prattsville -
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y Divorces in Rhode Island are to mar
'lages as fourteen is to one. tHoat1a
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Gold yesterday. s1.1O55.. So lee .hv
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CONGRESSIONAL.

WASHINGTON, March 15.-H0tlse.- -
On motion of Mr.. Wood, il was re
solved that the Committee on Foreign
Affairs, when appointed, be requested
70 examine into, and report at the
next session Of Congress, whether the
Territory Of Lower California would
bet desirable acquisition to the United
States, and, If so, make such recon-.
mendatiOns looking TO that object as
may seem Just and eXpedient.
A bill, granting permission to the
Morse Monument Association to erect
a monument to Prof Morse at the in.
tersectiOn of Pennsylvania avenue
and Seventh street, provided il in
vOlve no expense to the Government
passed.
The Democrats. steadily insisted on
an adjournment, or theappOrtiOnment
OF standing committees.
Mr.. Beck said. the rule under which
we are now proceeding allows every
member to be first on committees
first from Maine, and then from the
other New England States. The
original lay before the House,
and a call Of the previous question on
any bill he may see fit. 1t gives these
men absolute control Of the business
of the House. ] will never consent to
that. IL we must 90 on and cannot
adjourn, then ] will oppose the busi-
ness until it comes, after due cOnsid-
Grafton, nom a committee of the
House regularly appointed.
Butler, OF Massachusetts announced
his determination to Obiaof 10 ov.ary-
thing but the KU-Klux bill,
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lNUNDATION.
The Overflow Of the Danube at Vienna
5000 Persons Homeless.

The Vienna correspondent of the
London lines writes: About noon,
on Sunday, all at once the rumOr
/ spread that the ice had started and
was coming down. Thousands of
people tlOcked to the hanks OF the
canal, which had been quite free from
ice in the morning, but where already
heavy masses of ice were driving
down. These were only, as it were,
the advanced guard Of the large ice
fields which were descending. Mes.
4 seBgers from the police and the Gov
erGment Commission ran about the
threatened districts to order the eel
lars TO be cleared, and to look for the
boatmen and the carpenters, who were
to put together the stages, which were
ready prepared; but scarcely more
than an hours time was left for all
this, for already, st 2 pm, the water
had not only filed the cellars, but, in
the lower part, had already penetrated
into the houses themselves, driving
out the inmates of the ground floor.
In several streets the water rose
four or five feet, and boats had to be
got to rescue the inmates of houses.
While this was going on on the banks
of the Danube canal the descending
masses Of ice and water got slowed
lower down, and, penetrating into
the old canal, which runs through
the Prater, soon converted the largest
part OF this into a field of water and
ice, advancing to the great embank-
ment of the Staat Jahu, and threat
ening TO break through it. Several
persons had, in spite of warnings,
walked to the spot, and had sat down
to take their coffee, but before they
could finish It they were cut of, and
had to be fetched away in boats.
So little had any danger been APP
pretended, that, in the Carl Theater
and in several other localities, there
were to have been the usual amuse-
ments. Ia the Carl Theater, where
a new piece was to be given, the gal
leries were crowded, in spite of the
circumstances that one hundred wards
lower down the Prater Strasse was al
ready flooded. Half an hour before
the representation was to begin, il
was announced that there would be
none. In some of the ball localities
the first guests had likewise arrived,
but finding the dancing floor already
flooded over, had made a hasty re-
treat.
Thus it went on till nine o'clock.
when the largest portion. not only OF
the LeOpOldstadt on the left bank Of
the canal, but likewise districts Of the
Landstrasse, and the portion Of the
inner town, near the old arsenal,
which was in ancient times the port
Of Vienna, and is, therefore, lying
very low, were several feet under
water.
In all about three thousand persons
have been driven out of their houses,
OF these a portion have found refuge
in various public establishments.
while the rest were accommodated
in the upper floors of the houses.
These are now in a sort Of quarantine.
and have to be provided with the
means OF subsistence by boats. This
is not very easy, for the boats have to
break through the ice.
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RIVER TELEGRAMS.

NICKsBURG, March I5.-DOWn
Katie, II O'Clock last night; Arkan.
sas, 8 lam; p. w. Strader, 10 am.
ii. M. Shreve, 2 o'clock last night.
Up: Wauanita, O'Clock last night.
Weather warm and cloudy. River
rising slowly.
LOUISVILLE, March 15.-The river
at this point is falling, with six feet
seven inches Ia the chute, eight feet
seven inches in the canal and five feet
seven inches on the rocks. Raining
tonight. Arrived Glencoe, from
New Orleans; Alice Dean, from
Memphis; Illinois, Robert Mitchell
and AbeOna, from Cincinnati. De
parted: AbeOna and Illinois, for St.
Louis; Alice Dean, for Cincinnati.
The steamer Palestine, from Hender-
son, after several abOrtive attempts to
get over the falls, was backing down,
when her ehimneys were caught and
were torn down by a tree. One OF
them wss badly broken.
CINCINNATI. March 15.-River
stationary, with twenty-five feet In
the canal. Arrived: John H. Groes-
beck, from New Orleans. Departed :
Robert Burns, for Memphis, Valid.
for st. Louis; Liberty No. 4, for New
Orleans. Business moderately active.
Weather cloudy and very warm.
PITTsBURG, March 1j.-The Mo
nOngahela is falling, with seven feet
nine inches ia the channel. Weather
cloudy, with every appearance Of
rain.
NASHVILLE, March 1.-THE river
at this point is falling, with eight feet
on Harpeth shoals. Weather warm
and cloudy. Departed: Spray, for
Cincinnati; John Lumsden, Tor Cairo.
NEW ORLEANS, March 1j.-De-
parted: Mary Houston, for Louis
vile; Henry Ames, for st. Louis.
Weather cloudy and windy.
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PAeIFICATIoN AND REcoGNITIo

PAGIFICATION AND RECOGNITION.
PARIS, March ia new projected
law, framed by the government IOl
the reorganization and control of the
army, has been made public. Under
its provisions all Frenchmen are to
serve compUlsOrily for three years in
the regulars, and subsequently q
similar length Of time in the reserves
The law has yet to receive the sane
tion of the National Assembly.
The situation at Montmartre with.
out, is Of a threatening aspect. The
authorities, however, are determined
to enforce obedience to their require.
ments; consequently there Will be q
crisis tomorrow, which is the last
day allowed the indictments to return
to their duty.
Arrangements are being made foT
French representation in the eXhibi-
tiOns OF 1871 at London and Florence.
Prince Metternich has presented his
credentials to Thiers as AMBASSADOR
from Austria to the new Government
of France.
The Portuguese Minister waited
upon the Chief Executive and pre-
sented his credentials.
The Governments OF Denmark and
Sweden have recognized the French
Republic.
a cabinet council was held to-day,
presided over by ThieEs.
DissensiOns prevail among the
Montmartre Insurgents. The Journals
continue to spur the Government up
to the work of crushing the insurrec-
ton.
BISMARCK IN TROUBLE.
PARIS, March IA Worlds spe-
cial says that Count Bismarck has in
formed Thiers that he is embarrassed
in organizing, politically and com
mercially, the ceded provinces, owing
to the determined resistance Of the in
habitants.
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TABLTSHED 1910.

] cred a "high offense against the in
| terests of the public" and we infer
will be regarded as sufficient cause for
/ removal. He says also: take this
/ occasion to further notify all officers
collecting taxes for the State thatthey
shall be held to serious account in al
cases where they shall have been
proved to make their settlements in
any other funds than precisely those
which they shall have received from
the taxpayers"
From the Jackson Pilot, Radical
REFUGEES FROM MERIDIAN.
A number of refugees from Meridian
came in on Saturday and some on
Sunday. They report everything
comparatively quiet there since the
outrages of last week. The wife and
family Of j. Aaron Moore arrived in
safety. They We're lncumbered with
very little OF this world goods, hav
ing saved literally nothing from the
flames which consumed their dwell
ling on last Monday night. Moore and
his wife characterize the report made
public by the people of Meridian that
they had removed all their household
furniture, as a falsehOOd. They had
only recently moved into the house,
and when the premises were fOrcibly
entered by the mob all the furniture
they had was within. Mrs. Moore
had gone i'm but q short time before
and secured her husbands most valu-
able papers. and she locked the door
when She came out. The young
school teacher, Miss Belle Aiken (cOl-
Ored), from Tennessee, regarding
whom some uneasineSs was felt, came
safely away with MOOre's family.
She has no present intention of re-
turning to teach Meridian's "yOuDg
ideas how to shoot, not having fancy
in for the kind of shooting" INDUCED
by tn echildren Of larger growth max /
ing their homes in that town. Gran
vile Richard, a policeman, late on
duty at Meridian, has also reached
the city and was at the Capitol yes
terday, He confirms the reported
death Of Henry Johnson, Marion
White and Isaac Lee. The latter was
hauled up to a tree and shot because
he was brave enough TO ask skulkers
near his premises ''tO come on and
not hide away in the dark The
regulators tore off the palings Of
Granville Richards 3 fence, broke down
his gate, shot his dog aud bravely fac
ing his wife told her that they were
surely coming on Wednesday night to
kill Richard himself. Richard was
at that time in the woods He got
back on Thursday morning, and hear
ing that the people had promised TO
kill him-8nd indeed had come ac-
cOTdiDg to previous agreement the
night before to make an end of him
he thought best not to remain in the
any longer. Hence heI
took the train for Jackson. There
are a number of men who will leave,
as they have been duly noticed.