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DOMESTIC PORTS.

kShASs
v, GAL We 18th, barque Mamie Bell,
MoBlLE-Cld 10th, brig Lewis Clark, Smith, for
sAVANNAH-Ar 10Th, barque Elliott Richie.
Hutchinson, Boston.
Ar Goth, sch Carrie Bell, Seavey, Baltimore.
CD 10th, sch Georgia b Mcfarland, Mcfarland,
GEORGETOWN. sc-Cld 10th, sch E Woodbury.
CHARLESTON-Ar 10th, sch Waterine, Kelley,
Ar 2Otn, sch Jas Bliss Hatch, Boston.
Sid 18th, schs Carrie Bonnel Harris, for Bahamas;
Walter Palmer, Cole. Baltimore.
PORT ROYAL. SC-Ar 10Th, sch r Brown,
/ N0RFoLK-Ar 18th, sch Nathan Cleaves, Atwood,
Portland.
,BALTTMoRE-Ar 2Oth sch Sarah B Putnam, Low
Also ar goth, sch Almeda Wiley, Wiley. from Port
Royal. sc.
Ar 2lst, barque W Holbrook, Mitchell, Matanzas.
| PHlLADELPHIA-Ar goth. ship Martha Cobb.
Green9ank I'm Liverpool via Key West; schs Nellie
Eastport via Boston; W May, Davis, Kennebec.
Delaware Breakwster--Ar Goth. sch Nellie Scott,
Hurlbqt. Cardenas for Philadelphia.
| NEW YORk-Ar Goth, barque Benefactor, HAY
den, Annoy; schs Emma Arey, Hall, Port Royal SC;
| Fleetwing Harris, Richmond for Providence: l. A
snow, Gregory. Baltimore for do; William Mason,
CID 10th. ship Ivanhoe. Herman, Sydney. Nsw;
moa,9ug;s An'l2en hem1ngWay. AnJler for orders
Harper. Demarara achs Nellie Shaw, Gates, Caiba-
| ren; Wilmer. Nash, Ponce.
L
| does; sch Nellie Sawyer. Bunker, Cardenas.
Passed through He'll Gate goth. brig II Jennings,
| Nell, nom New York for st Michae,s; schs Palos,
Mitchell. do for Demarara: Lily B Breueh. French,
do tor Boston; Caroline Knight. Dyer, do for do;
l Haynes, Mazrell, do for Lynn; Clarence Hawes,
NEW HAVEN AR 10th, sch Hattis N Cove,
Bearse, Baltimore
NEW LONDON-Ar 18th, sch Addie Fuller, Jor.
genson. from Savannah for Providence.
| PROVIDENCE-Ar goth, sch Ella Pressey, Pres
l DITCH ISTAND HAPROp- ootb sob Fary,
Baker, Calais for New York.
aid. Boston for Baltimore.
| soMERsET-sld 10th. sch Clio Chiilcott. Fuller
NEW BEoFoRD-sld goth. sch Thomas Potter.
| VINEYARD-HAyEN-Ar 10Th. schs Iu,u. snow.
Baltimore for Boston; w Freeman, Gilchrist New
York for Salem; Brigadier Norton. Port johnson for
portland INC Chase, Harding. Norfolk for do; tsee
BOSTON-Ar goth, schs Lulu, Snow Baltimore;
N Morales from BuckspoIt for Port au Prince.
Cid goth. brig Rabboni, Coombs. st Thomas: sch
Colin Baker, Crowell, Horse Island, to load for
Ar 2lst, baroue W W Thomas, Boyd. Calcutta via
vineyard Haven; schs g Bird, Crosby, Hoboken
CID 2lst, sch ] Anger, Dayton. Harmon's Har-
BELFAsT-sld 18th, sch Florida, Bagley. Jack
RoOKLAND-sld 18th, sch Addie e Snow, Ha j.
kell. Barraquila, n G; Ruth Hodgdon, Torrey, for
Sid 18th, scbs Lucy Ames Richards, and Mary
Langdon, Mullen, New York; Trade Wind, Gray,
Sid 18th. barque viii W Chase. (uew) Dermott. for
Bristol TO load for Liverpool; schs Oregon, Melvin
and olive Avery, Tnpper, New York.
AR nth, sch M Wiley, Wiley. st John, NIB.
Sid. schs ID Ingraham, Remission. Richmond.
| Sid 18th, schs Laconia, Crockett, New York; j C
Crafts. Greeley, do.
Also sid 18th, sch NJ Wiley, Wiley. Havana.
Sid 18th. sehs Nile, Spear, New London; Telegraph,
Stevens. Rockport, to load Tor New YORK.
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WASHINGTO>
The Deuu-F;ela Cou,es,.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21.-House Committee
on Elections today by vote of 6 TO 5, agreed
that Benjamin Deau (Democrat) was duly elect
ed from the Third Massachusetts, district ever
Field (Republicap.) La favor Of Dean were
Harris, Springer, Tnraey, Cobb, Williams and
ThorDburgh, Price and Hiscock (raps) The
case will. be called in the House Wednesday,
when minority report will be presented by
Mr. Eondlor fdan, -
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FRIDAY MORNING., FEB. E2.
by TELEGRAPH.
FROM AUGUSTA.

EInaI Adjournment of the Legislature.
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METEsbgUs.s;sssCax

INDICATIONS FOB THE MKT rwENrz. zout
HOURS.
WAR Dept, OFFICE CHIEF SIGNAL
OFFICER, Washington, DC,
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fFRoM MERCHANTS EXCHANGED

% ar at havre 18th inst barque Marv Reed, Geyer,
Orleans. '- -'S"
Ar az Liverpool goth inst, ship Pei des Chase. sa
aquid. ~ ~
AZ At do 10Th inst, ship Jas Wright Spear, from
\, Snip Oracle, of Bath Capt Humphreys, which left
bales cotton. -
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Buffers "OmciaI rt,ser y,

The House Judiciary Committee today had
under consideration bill recently introduced
by Mr.. Bntle-, providing for the issue by gov.
eminent of paper to be known as The Off
cial Advertiser" in which all official uotices OF
executive departments shall be published. The
proposition to abolish the printing offices now
attache d to various departments was discussed
No action taken.
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Senate Postal Committee decided to repor,
favorabiy upon the long pending nomiration OF
David u. Potts as Postmaster for Petersburg,
Va. -
A mol pros has been ordered In case of ex.
Congressman William S. King, indicted for per
jury for swearing falsely before committee of
the House in this Pacific Mail investigation in
1875
Commissioner Mccormick has obtained an
additional concession Of 100 feet tquare for tie
American exhibit at Paris
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California Mining stock,

CALIFORNIA; Mining Stocks.
SAN FRANCISCO, February 2l-The following are
the closing official prices of mining stocks TODAY
compared with those of yesterday:
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FOREHGN PORTS.

Ar at Yokohama prev to 10Th inst, ship Lodoga,
Pierce. New York.
Sid FIN Chitagong Jan 0, barque B Bolster, CHS
Sid I'm Calcutta sth inst, ship j W MARI Morse,
San Francisco.
Sid I'm Naples Feb barque Aberdeen, Salvage,
"San Francisco"
Ar at Vera Cruz 18th Inst, barque Sarah Frazer,
Durgin, Liverpool
Ar at Vera Cruz 10th inst, sch Cumberland, Web
Der. English Channel.
Ar at Aleppy Jan G, barque Chattanooga Freeman
Bombay
Ar at Bahia Jan 10, brig Callao Phelan, I'm Phila-
delphia.
Ar at Liverpool 18th inst, ship St John Smith Wat
Mobile.
Sid 10Th, ship Lucy A Nichols, Nichols. New York
az az hull 18th inst, ship Ivy, Lowell, San Fran
SD fn Buenos Ayres Jan 8, barque Carrie Tyler.
Sid fm St Thomas Goth inst, sch Cumberland, Web.
Der. North of Hatteras
Sid I'm Nassau. mp, 9Th inst, sch Nellie Star, Po-
land. (trom st Marco for Delaware Breakwater nav.
--latest by European steamers.1
Sid fm Liverpool 18th inst, ship Bertha. Hill, for
cortland; Prussia, McLoon, and Genevie Strickland,
Strickland, New Orleans.
CD 9Th. Florence, Kelley, Tybee.
III. IN Hiolyhead 9Th, Joseph Spinney Jordan, San
Arat Cardiff sth Leventer. yesper. Bristol.
Cid 18th. Chas Lewis, Race, Havana
AT at Dublin sth inst, L Sargent, Leighton, from
Baltimore.
= Sia I'm Genoa 9th inst, David Bugbee, Showers, for
SPOKEN.
Dec 20 lat 81 4s s. Ion 81 80 E, ship Swallow. Howe,
from Manila tor New York.
DEC ~, lat 55 5, Ion w, ship Abner Benyon,
Watts. from San Francisco for Liverpool
c,aso O. at A. lon a. ship Lake Erie, Scater, from
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The Republicans of Windham are requested TO
meet at the Town House on TUESDAY, the 18th
inst, at O'Clock pm. Per Order
Town Committee.
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pThMnV ED. B. ROBINSON, Myrtle st., has
/ lnNUD the celebrated Weber Planes, and
AND other makers at extremely low prices.
(lpnANQ Orders for Tuning attended 10 as usual.
UuuaNpl ja23dsnly
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The Republicans Of Standish are requested TO meet
at the Town House on SATURDAY, the 23d day Of
February, 1878, at p. m, to nominate candidates
for town officers for the ensuing year.
Per Order Rep. Committee.
Feb. 10, 1878. d&w
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-05-23

Bottineau was engaged, some years
since, in guiding two gentlemen from
Pembina to Georgetown during the
month of February. The country was
an unbroken wilderness, and the snow
lay very deep upon the plains. The
party travelled on snCw-shoes, and to
carry their provisions used tobOgans, or
hand-sleds-mere slips of board turned
up at one end. Shortly after midday,
toward the close of the journey, when
all of the party were walking close to-
gether, a blizzard came up. The tim
Der skirting a small stream lay before
them at the distance of not more than a
quarter of a mile. 1t had been intense
ly cold before, and the wind bearing
the storm on its wings, now made 1t
terrible to face. They at once started
at a run in order to gain the shelter of
the forest before being ov%ertaken by
the storm. Accustomed to travel from
infancy, and an expert in the use Of
snow-shoes, Bottineau passed his com
panions in the race, never thinking for
a moment but that they could find their
way with the timber full in view be-
fore them. Notwithstanding the hard
est running, however, he was unable to
gain the skirts of the wood before storm
was upon him. 1t was of the most ter
rible description; no man could face it;
nothing could be distinguished at the
distance of a yard. From long expert
ence in plain travel Bottineau knew it
was a fight for life-every man for him
self. Lying down upon the snow he
crept upon hands and knees toward the
wood. After infinite toll and difficulty
he reached its friendly shelter, and took
refuge under the lee of a fallen log.
Hoping bis companions might have
reached a place of safety, but not daring
to 90 in search of them, he lay SILVER
ing for an hour. BY that time the
storm had abated somewhat, and Bot
tineau started to the rescue. Aboutfive
rods from the edge of the timber, upon
the open plain, he found one Of the I'M
fortunate gentlemen wrapped In a wind
ing-sheet of snow and drift, and sleep
ing the sleep that knows no waking;
frozen stiff while crawling on hands
and knees to shelter. A more extended
search revealed the other unfortunate
man wandering through the timber,
with hands, feet and the greater partof
his face frozen stiff. A man Of quick
conclusion and ready resource, the old
guide knew his patient could tramp no
more So he made him u bark hut in
the forest, supplied him plentifully
with wood, placed the provisions near
him, then fastened to the nearest mill
tary post for a conveyance and the post
surgeon. He was gone three days.
He returned only to find that the poor
victim In some sudden craze had torn
the bandages from his frozen limbs,
cast off his clothing, and wandered out
in the snow to freeze to death.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-05-23

The Advertisement of Drs. Starkey & Palen,
which will be found in this number Of our pa
per, ID one that presents unusual claims to all
who are suffering from chronic ailments Of
any kind. The introduction Of this new RENE
agent which has come into their hands,
marks, assuredly, the beginning of a new era
in the healing art. Already it has given back
health and comfort to hundreds Of suffering
men and women, who have vainly sought for
relief in all the means Of cure heretofore within
their reach. Among these is Hon. VIM. d.
Kelley, who, in a letter TO DR.. Starkey, says.
"My experience under your treatment has
convinced me that no future dispensary will be
complete that does not embrace the admins
tration of your agent, or its equivalent, to
those who, from their vocation or other cause,
are, as l was, unable to assimilate enough Of
some vital element to maintain their systems
in healthful vigor. Thanking you for renewed
health, strength, ami the hope Of years Of
comfortable life, l remain your grateful
friend"
Send for a copy of their Treatise on Com
pound Oxygen, a little book of over 200 pages,
in which you will find the mode of action and
results Of this new remedy clearly set forth.
1t also contains a large number Of testimonials
to most remarkable cures. 1t will be mailed
FREE, on addressing Drs. Starkey & Palen,
1112 Girard street, Philadelphia.
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letters In there are to be forwarded as
soon as convenient. This is u shabby
old suit Of clothes to be hung In, but
it's all / had, and | couldn't 60 around
borrowing. Have you got the rope and
the barrel readyf"
Eyes, everything is all ready" re-
piled voice.
CHATS right" said Joe. "Now,
then, form in procession, give me a con-
spicuous place, and Wen march along"
The nan wasn't smiling. His face
was pale, his eyes had an anxious look,
and 1t was plain that he realized the
grimness of his last hour on earth, The
procession was formed, and Joe march
ed away for the tree as steadily as a
soldier on parade. His hands and feet
were free, and as he halted beside the
old barrel, with the moose dangling
above his head he said:
"Boys, tie my hands behind my back,
and after you lift me up tie my feet to-
gether. Ifyou make a bungle of this
you'll get a bad name all through the
diggings."
When Joe stood on the barrel, the
moose around his neck, the men fell
back a little. He looked from man TO
nan with steady eye, looked up at the
limb, and then looked Over the heads
of the men ont upon the green prairie
The sinking sun had filled the grass
with millions of sparkling jewels. A
score of antelope were trOtting along
about a mile away; great birds were
sailing toward the Rockies with lazy
wing; the flowers never seemed so
thick and beautiful as then.
For a moment we all looked south
ward, and there was something in the
vision that softened every heart.
When we looked up at Joe again ve
hardly knew him. All the hard lines
had melted out Of his face, his eyes
were full of tears, and there was a sob
in his throat, as he turned and whis-
pered:
"Don't blame me, boys-it is my last
look on earth Now, do your duty ~
Not a maj moved-not a man could
move.
Taking aswift glance overt the prairie
and another up the mountain side, Joe
softly said "God forgive me that was
not a better man"
He fell forward off the barrel, his
own executioner, and no man dared
look up, until the body hung limp and
lifeless.
Joe had weakened, and those who had
bet on his game" lost. Yet, when we
talked it over in low voices at the camp
fire we agreed that brave Joc's bravest
act of a lifetime was shown when the
tenderness was allowed to creep into
his heart and his eyes to fill with tears
when he proved to us that he had a
soul.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-05-23
A Medical View of Cats.


The well known English medical
paper, the Lancet, speaks thus unkindly
of the domestic cat: "Apart from the
mischief these creatures may do by
lying upon your young children for
warmth, and %suffocating them, they are
by no means to be despised as enemies.
When excited or stirred to anger it is
more easy to defend the body from the
direct attack of a dog than to repel the
sly and sudden onslaught of a cat. 1t
is, moreover, a mistake to suppose that
there is no danger in the bite or the
scratch of one of these animals. There
have been abundant and melancholy
proofs of the peril of contracting hydro
phobia from cats. The danger is
scarcely less than that which attends
an injury inflicted by a dog. This
should be borne in mind, and if the
consideration should have the effect of
diminishing the number of cats main
tanned, or rather kept without any
adequate provision for their support,
the population will be gamers"
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ALTERNATELY shaken and searched

BY the pAroXysms Of chllls and fever, the
wretched sufferer for whom quinine has been
prescribed essays IN vain 10 eXterminAte the
dreadful disease with that huTtful palliative,
which at best only mitigAtes the violence Of
the its, and eventually proves highly injurious
10 the system. In order 10 effeet q thorough
cure OF mAlarial fever, whether intermittent
or remittent, or 10 render the system impreg-
nAble 10 it, attacks, HostetteTs Stomach Bit
tiers should DO used daily. TnAt this medicine
Is a searching eradicant Of disease generated
by mlasma, and a reliable safeguard against
them is q fact 30 widely recognized in tins and
other countries that TO adduce evidence IN sup
port Of il is unnecessary; but we're It either
essential or desirable TO do 80, it may well be
supposed that from the testimony corobora-
tive Of its claims. which has been accumula-
tingdunng the last twenty-five years and over,
sufficient proofs might be gathered TO con-
vince the most inyeterate skeptic.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-05-23

The Vienna police have just been
made the victims of a trick as neat in
execution as it is simple yet effective in
conception. Some weeks ago a Polish
gentleman of good standing, though
poor, informed the Chief of the Detec-
tive Bureau that OVertures had been
made to him for the purchase of coun-
terfeit money. The cOunterfeiters were
countrymen of his own, who were stop
ping in Vienna In the guise of small
merchants.
They offered him three hundred
guilders in magnificiently counterfeited
notes for one hundred guilders good
money. He had seen one of the notes,
and was positively unable TO distinguish
it from q good note. The imitation,
they informed him, had been made by
one of the most expert counterfeiters in
AmericaN
AT the solicitation of the authorities,
the Polish gentlemen consented to
carry on negotiations with his country
men in the interest of the police. He
was accordingly provided with a hun
dred guilders and sent off to lure the
counterfeiters to their doom.
The negotiations took place In a little
suburban tavern, where the scamps
were stopping, and the detectives were
on the watch outside to make the ar
rests as soon as the trap was sprung.
Now q brilliant idea seems to have
suggested itself to the gentleman detec-
tive-nothing less than to sell the police
as we'll as the counterfeiters. Iu pur
q of this scheme, after considerable
higgling, he bought three packages of
the counterfeit notes, n hundred
guilders in each, for thirty guilders, in
stead of one hundred, good money.
Then, with his seventy guilders profit
in his pocket, he handed his victims
over to the law.
Here another phase of the swindle
was brought to light. The packages of
bank notes were found to be such only
in name. for they consisted Of neatly ar
ranged sheets OF blank paper, with a gem
uine note on the top and bottom-in
short, a "sawdust game" well known
on this side of Che Atlantic. AS the
sellers could not be prosecuted for coun-
terfeiting, they were arralgned for OBJ
tanning money under false pretences.
Their trial revealed the little game
of the ingenious Polish gentleman, who
was consequently arrested for swind-
ling the authorities Of the sum Of seven
ty guilders, and sent to keep his victims
company in Jail.
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Why Is TT

The truths OF science and progressive thought
have always been compelled to batter down the
bulwarks Of prejudice and disbelief, or re-
main forever unknown. Why is it that people
are 30 reluctant to receive facts that relate d-
rectly TO the phenomena Of their W exist
ence 2 Astronomers, upon discovering a star,
assign IT a place at once, and 1t is forever
fixed. The rule by which q mathematical
problem ia once solved becomes forever an
axiom; but no matter how clearly the princi-
pies which govern health and sickness be
demonstrated, some refuse to believe, DR..
Pierce's Family Medicines, which are now 30
generally used, and deservedly popular, were,
Ia their early days, very reluctantly received
by the people. To-day DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery has outrivaled the old-time
sarsaparillas,, his Pellets are in general use In
place Of the coarse, huge, drastic pills formerly
30 muck employed, while the sales OF his DIR.
Sage's Catarrh Remedy and his Fayorite Pre-
s~cription are enormous. Where the skin is
sallow and covered with blotches and pimples,
or where there are scrofulous Bwellings and
affections, q few bottles OF his Golden Medical
Discovery will effect an entire cure. III you
feel dull, drowsy, debilitated, have sallow color
OF skin, or yellowish- brown spots on face or
body, frequent headache or dizziness, bad
taste in mouth, internal heat or chills alter
mated with hot Pushes, low spirits and gloomy
forebodings, irregular appetite, and tongue
couted, you are suffering from Torpid Liver,
or 'Biliousness." In many cases Of Liver
Complaint" only part OF these symptoms are
experienced. AZ a remedy for oil such cases.,
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery has no
equal, "a IL effects perfect cures, leaving the
liver strengthened and healthy. Debilitated
females who ha o undergone all the TEXTURES
Of cSustiC and the knife, and yet suffer with
those peculiar dragging-down sensations and
weaknesses, can have guaranteed TO them
prompt and positive relief by using DR.. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription; while constipation aud
torpid liver, or 'biliousness," are promptly
relieved by the Pleasant Purgatiyo Pellets.
Sold by all Druggists.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-05-23

AS a rose after a shower, bent down
by %teardrops, waits for a passing breeze
or a kindly hand to shake It's branches,
that, l%ightened, 1t may stand once more
upon It's stem-sO one who Is bowed
down with afiiction longs for a friend
to lift him out Of his sOnow, and bid
him once more rejoice. Happy Is the
nan who has that in his soul which acts
upon the detected like April airs upon
violet roots,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-05-23

Dangers of Hardened GlasS.-There
have been several stories told about
hardened glass going to pieces suddenly
and without apparent occasion. The
most startling of these has been recent
ly told by Professor Ricard, of Bohemia.
He had bought a child's drinking-cup,
at the town of Santz. The cup had hard
usage for about six months, but seemed
worthy of Its reputation as hardened
glass. One evening after ordinary use,
It was left with a spoon in it., on a table
and the room was shut. Shortly after
ward a noise as of a pistol-shot alarmed
the whole household. On entering the
room it was found to be Uttered in every
part with shreds of glass, and that was
all that ever was found of the drinking
cup. 1t is evident that liability to such
an explosive performance may make
the hardened glass a dangerous article
in household use. The material is
known to be in a state of tension, like
a Prince Rupert drop, and the exact
conditions under which 1t may fly into
fragments are, as yet, unknown.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-05-23
The Great Spring Medicine

is Hoofland's German Bitters. 1t tones the
stomach and assists Digestion. 1t areuses the
Liver TO healthy action, and regulates the
bowels. 1t puriies the Blood. and gives yigor
and strength to the whole system, dispellIng
all Dyspeptic symptoms, with its loss OF appe-
tite, Sick Headache, languor and depression.
1t infuses new life and energy into the whole
being. All suffering from deranged digestion
at this time should take Hoohand's German
Bitters. They are sold by all Druggists.
DbiIadalnbia