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'' -',l -' > I t sfl|62? HMSOBBWH IHKbnhLJ . ,' - - ? .? Njwy NHHP' <?fc A REj^EX OF POPULAR EVENTS. - ^ waitiTt.ajMia H>? ipaa&TSj, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. 'OET'ZBBZ fl 50, payable in advance ; $2 if delayed. ,CLUB9 of FIVE and upwards $1, the money \?in every instance to acooiupauy the order. AMflRfcltTISKMENTS inserted conspicuously at the nytas of 76 conta per square vf & linos, and 85 'cents for each subsequent insertion. Con*j# tracts for yearly advertising made reasonable. .0 LruBusnco bt t. t. prick.] ^fltrttb ^oetnj. Sbsepce, DT CAMPDELL. Tis not the loss of love's assurance, ?. jt It is not doubting what thou art, "But 'tis the too, too long endurance * ^ Of absence, that afflicts my heart, '? " ?JL- a , The fondest thoughts two liearts can cherish, When each is lonely doomVl to weep, Are fruits 011 desert isles that perish, Or riches buried in the deep. What though untouch'd by jealous madness, Our bosom's peace may fall to wreck ; Tho' undoplit ing heart that breaks with saduoss, Is but mot4ft?low1y doom'd to break. Absence 1 is not tho soul torn by it From more than light, or life, or breath! Tis Lethe's gloom, but not its quietly t The pain without the peace of death. iirn ;ciu ^uuuiu $'iuuj. [Fom the Knickerbocker for July] Cofjf 8qft)t|d Sntfjj qi}0 Coi-nplqqftf, A LEGEND OF TlUt A LLEQ1I ANY RIVER. M?ny of the wild legends of border strife rniui Indian barbarity that havo been enacted along th#bhoics of the Alleghany and Ohio have never been rescued from tho dim and fading remembrances of a past age. Hut occasional! 7 R'Story of thrilling interest' is snatched from tho lingering records of tho -red man. The story I am jibout to relate I received from an old Indian pilot of tho Alleghany. It was many yoara,*go, when that stefn old ^ chief, (Ami planter, (whoso remains now repose in silence add loneliness on the banks of that beauteous rivei lie loved so well,) was '"in his glory. His tribe roamed ovor the dense and unbroken forest along its banks, fearless, unmolested and free. _ Ilis pcoplo were hostile to tho whites, and never lost any opportunity to lio in ambush and seize the lonely voyager as he descended tho river, and consign him to tho stake "and the torture. But tho watchful, shrewd and deadly foe of Coriudantcr and., the whole ' twany race' was tho indomitable nnd fearlens Captain Samuel Brady. This yetran pioneer and Indian hunter was ono of those noble specimens of the hardy foresters who plunged fearlessly into the interminable forests that then overspread so large a portion of the Western States. Lilke Danel Boon, Lewis Wetzel, Simon Kenton, and others, who made Indian hunting a pas* time, his deadly hate of tho Indians, aud bis burning passion for hunting them down, amounted to a monomania.? This hatred was in consequence of tho wrongs they had inflicted upon his family?his father, Captain John Brady, and his brother having fallenviclims to the tomahawk and scalping knife. Tdie scene o# tlio present story is at a place known to boatmen and raftmen as ' Brady's Bend,' and where now tho noise ami bustle of a new manufactoring town called the 4 Great Western' resounds along the shores that then echoed only to the whoop of tho savage or tho panther's scream. It!* a bend in the river of nine miles in length, and is sometimes called tlio 1 Mine inile liendtf and is scarcely Italf a milo acCross UiaJtibck. Here in this bend, Oorn'?^BgraVm/T.cd fro|n somo gucce98fui jn. ** roads uptrn $0 whites, had secured several priwimin, vj m i?jj "ioui iv ns umuv new, irbilo hjp swarthy and hideously-painted followers wore busy in making preparations for tbo faggot ami the torture. The stake was erected and tbo faggofcj prepared with all the coolness nnd retine, v raont of Indian barbarity. It was a beautiful evening; tbo sun was just sinking bo,^'JWM tlmlofty hill upon the opposite sbr^o. -Galmufss bad Uj^>wn its^oily 'wand upon BHMBI ' mmm / - . i jBjpnv^ -jBBB i n???? PW MHwTBBr ^S2x tBC^ >Wffy ^f-I' "b? y." '' ' :? >. .. ^?Hrr->/^--.kJ GKEI ^^j^?T.>*lS^%y?wG*p5?TO^ * and led forth to the place of torture. At tlii* moment, a voice, high up among the frowning rocks that loomed out from the thick hemlocks that crowned the hill opposite, hailed Cornnlanter in the Iud:an tongue, informing him tliat4 ho an Indian warrior, just returned from the war-path' with a j goodly number of prisoners.' ^ * lie desired that the ceremoni^LpC^JufTbrturo might he suspended until ho^puld ford the river and joia^iein, when 4kcy would celebrate the occasion with unusual demonstrations of savage rejoicings. To tlili Corn- < planter consented. The flames that had been kindled were extinguished, and the prisoners again bound to the trees. In the meantime, Brady, for it was he who hud deceived the wild Indian, with a body of men moved silently up the river to a place known as 4 Truby's liipplo,' and there fording tho river, drew his men up across the nock of tho bend, and moved noiselessly down upon the savages. So cautious was his approach that the Indians were completely cut off from retreat beforo they became alarmed. * Brady's men hemmed them in from boI i 1 V ft - il- . ? l? l 11 "1 ?_ * uiiiu, wniie me /vnegnany rouoa in iront. The first intimation to the savages of his approach was communicated by a deadly discharge from his unerring ritlos. The Indians fought with desperat'on, but were overpowered ; all were killed or taken prisoners save the chief, Complantor, who, finding himself alone, plunged into the river, and swain for the shore. Being a good swimmer, lie remained several minutes under water, but as ho rose for breath, he wns greeted with a shower of bullets. In this way, alternately swiming under tho water as long as he could held his breath, and then rising to the surface, he escaped?uuhurt, and reaching tho other shore in safety, secreted himself behind a Urge standing rock. Tho prisoners were of course unbound, and all joined in the jollification and joy at the timely and unlooked for release. Tho rock that shielded Cornplanter from Brady's bullets was pointed out to mo by the old In-, dian, in a recent trip down this river. It fs 1 - * n ? ? * - Known ii? - v^ornpianiera Koctc.' l iie old Indian gave me the story with n sad and dejected countenance, in broken English. Alas! what a changol Where tlien the sheeny tide of the beauteous Alleghany parted only to tho'swift-skimming birchen canoe and echoed to tho wild voices that catno out of tho deiiso dark forest, now is heard the shrill whittle of tho steam-pipe and the rushing of t\e steamer. Where tho tawny savage then reclined upon the shady banks from his pursuit of the deer, tho panther and tho bear, or rested from the war-path, is now tho scene of life and activity. The tall old forest has receded from bofore tho advance of civilization, and given placo to farms, beautiful villas and bustling towns. The Indian, too* has passed awav ; but a few, and, and thoy but miserable decaying relics of what they once wero, aro now occasionally seen, tho defendants of tho proud race that once could call those hills, and groves, and rivers all their own. Alas! in tho language of the pcet: ' Cheiftnin* aud their tribes have perished, Like the thickets where they grew.' J he kitchen We give to intellect, to immortality, to religion, ond to all tho virtues, tho honor that belongs to them. And still it may be boldly affirmed, that economy, taste, skill, and neatness, in the kitcben, have a great deal to do in making life happy and pros pel uus, Nor is it indispensably necessary that a house should bo tilled with Injuries. Ail the qualifications for good houso keeping can be displayed as well on a small scale as on a large one. A small I10U60 can be moro easily kept clean than a palace. Economy is most needed in the absccnce of abundanco. Taste is a well sdisplayed in placing the dishes on a pine table, as in arranging the folds of a damask curtain. And skillful cooking is as readily discovered in a nice baked p >tatue, or in a respectable johnyenke as in a nutbrown sirloin, or n brace of canvass decks The charm of good housekeeping is in j tho order, economy, and taste displayed in attention to little things. And these little things have a wonderful influence. A dirty kitchen and bad cooking have driven mpov a one from home, to seek for comfort happiness somewhere else. Domestic economy is a Science?a theory of lift, which all scnsiblo wouien ought to &ti|dy, and prn<gice. None of Our excelled girls are tit to bo married, until thoy are thoroughly educated in the deep and profound mysteries of tho kitchen. See to it, all ye who are mothers, that youf dnughtcis arc all accomplished by an cxperimciro! knowledge of good ho use keeping.? Ohio Farmer. A you.no lady at an examination in grammar, wua asked why the noun "bachelor" was singular ? She replied immediately, and with much "Because It is very singular they get married?" r .1 v ^fife ' ^ ? *w^j iNl'ILLL i. C.: ilill ? -?y. - - ?. J|. JHisctllnntmis 3Renitfl|. S flohi^nccof Sobch)i<J> The following poet icincidcnt U bold of a vjnng painter, who was ono of the money m? adventures known in Park as Bosnians : /* > [ This hero had remained inm* hotel at Naples, livingoo&^wy coat, the j next on a pair of pantaloons, sold to a i Jew. Ono mining the landlord, who saw that i the whole wardrobe must, at ibj* rate, very 1 soon vanish, appeared before his guest, and said to him? Jbjg ' Here are a hundred francs J go back to Franco: yon can remit me tho money when you get to Paris.' i mi _n *. ? - - 1 j. no young uooeminn, who was a pain-j tor, would not accept the money so tH*bral-, ly ottered to hint, till ho . had legitimately earned it.* The landlord had a wifo and two daughters ; the Bohemian immortalized the whole family on canvas, and included "a aculliAn Into the bargain. This accomplished, ho took his way to the steamboat accompanied by the landlord,! now loth to loose him. Happy youth ? the { charm that it spreads around is so great that it melts the hearts of Neapolitan landlords. i On the packet, our Bohemian mctn hatrdsoino young woman, to whom lie did not dare to speak, she appeared so much of a lady, suelr- a noble creature! Nevertheless he picked up courago gradually, and introduced himself to the tproud beauty, as a young gentleman travelling for instruction,but who had unfortunately left his tutor in tho crater of Vesuvius. The bait took, and the passage to Marseilles was delightful. But bad lucl/ would' havo it, tho horrible custom-house officers began to examine the luggage. Our Bohemian Uiud to steal off; but he* was.kept-back, his keys were forced fidtin him, aud his box opened. U contained three paving stones ! General petrifiction of the passengers! The truuk of the bcatiful traveller was next opened. O, happinCSS l it Contained nothinrr hut ? " "O v*"" oranges. Tho great laity is herself nothing but a Bohemian ! *Duliciqps mistake ! Exquisite discovery 1^. ? They started together for Paris and lived i there happily, for an eternity of fifteen days. ft UI e 3 f o ir 5I c i n gWhat a blessed thing is aloe p. Were J arc sound rules for sound and healthy sleep. 1. The place whore you sleep must- bo' quiet and secure, with oh littlo as possible to ; impress tho senses, therefore you see how | improper is tho customs of having a candle burning all night in your bed-ffcom. ' r: 2. As we pass a'great part of our lives in our bed chamber, it should be* high and roomy and contain puro wholesome air. 3. One should catj little, and only cold food for nipper. 4. When abed, one should lie almost I - * - ^ - uonzoniaiiv, wiin me uead poly very little raised. 5. All the cares and burd<ms of the day should be laid asido with We a clothes.? The mind should be quiet, not exyited on going to bed and tue habit of reading or studying in bed till you full asleep, is in all respects a bad one. fl. Bo sure to sleep your six or seven hours nt tho right time, ^wo hours sound sleep before midnight are worth more than four in tho day ; therefore retire early. 7. Have a good conscience, and nightly commit yourself, body and soul, the care of your Father in heaven. SobeNtoeof 6en.jni3 loHiog. ts Endeavoring to take the pen^is for tho (rovcminont, tho Marshals occasionally meet' with such difficulties as woH nigh to deprive them of their own senses. The fallowing colloquy is said to hnvr- taken place?" 0$nel' street: "Whofe the bend of this family!"? "That depends upon circumstances. If bofore 11 o'clock it? m? husband?if nftber 11 it's mcself." "Why this division f' "liecause afthcr (bat hour he's dhrunk as n piper, and unable to take care of liitmeir, let alone his family." "What is his ngolw-j "Coming next Michaelmas' he will lack a month of t>?iug as owld as Finnegan. You know Finnewan ?n "No, I don't know Finncgan ; and if I did it would"'tjflflp majors. Is your husband an alien 1" ^UcUe, tmn he's ailing intiroly. *JHe has rhwnatic* worse nor owld Donnelly, who was u?d^J?ip blo with tliern." IIow manv malo raem^bri have you in (ho family I" Ivir a one.^? I "What, no boys at all i" "lioys is it? Ah, murther, go home. Wq hare boys ?nortgh to whip four loaves for brcaki.isl." "When wore you married P. "Tho day Pat Dotf e left Tippcrary for Ainuriky. Ah, well 1 illind it. A sunshinier dayjiiver giided the sky o' owld Ireland." "What was the cou ' if* ^ )AY. MOMING,*J DL\ dilion of your husband before marriage !"? "Pivil a man more miserable, lie said if I did not ?ivo him a promise yrithm two weeks he'd blow his brains out with a crow bar." "What was he at the time of your marriage, a widower or a bachelor!" "A which F A widower, did you say ? Ah, now go 'way wid ycur nonsense. It's the like of me that would take up with a sccondbuul husband ? Do I look like the wife of a widower! A poafcudivilall legs and consumption, like a sick turney. A widower! May I nivfer be blessed if I'd not rather live nn ntv M mnlil an/1 VvrSisfw nn ? nti I to.rmilk and .p'raties." Ilore . tlie dialouge finished up, the Marshal coming to the conclusion that he could "make more next door." Whether he did wo will probably know tomorrow. "Who lives hero?" "Yaw." "What's your name ?" "Sharmany, on der Rhine." "What's your father's name?" "Nix for stay." "When did you arrive in this city?" "Mit a steamboats." Got any children ? ? "Yaw, two barrels mit krout." "How long have you resided in this houso ?" "Two. rooms-and der basements." "Who owns the building?'' "I pays not'ing. Hans pays der same twice a month." "Where did vou live last year ?" "Across der red store as you come up mit der market in your right hand, perhind der pump vliui pelongs to'der blacksmid shops." The Marshal having entered all this, made up his mind that he would push ahead and examine IlansJ who lives up-stairs "mit der banisters." We shall j riotc his success at an early day. ? >! i Q P 6 I'. Lronx and soft as fleecy snow, it protects ii.r. n.m.tU.... 1 ?u? r.?._ , f_. I ground, the finer will be particles on the soil j Ti injures land for corn but leaves it in fine I order for potatoes, and i? the best crop to kill out bushes, wild grass aud^uollow green sward. To fit the land for the next succeeding crop, in rotation, plow in a crop ofbuckwheat in blossom. As a food for man, except in small quantities, we could not recommend it, as cakes made from it, though light when hoi, are heavy as liver when cold. A constant use of it lias a tendency, also, to produce etlgif; ncous diseases but boilod with potatoes, pies or pumpkins is first rate for hogs. v\V'.ln>ii ground, it it excellent for milch cow* Fed raw, or left etanding in the field, it is great for shanghaes. (they being allowed to liar'veat for themselves-) The blossoms afford material for Ums best honey, and at a fstton Of the year when other flowers are ' # SHpWmld never be given in any fori jnones, it bloats them, rnihor tWfch'fattens ; and what appeals to bo fat, put oil a bor^e by lnickwiio.it in a week, diaappearsby bard work In a daft IIIC IIIJV-ll* \,UC?VIJ> | JIIWVU IIIUJ IIIU IUI lit III.*! roller, it becomes hard as metal; and turned in a lathe, is used as an instrument for maniifacttftf ng paper itself. It is a package for the most common wares, and a thin slip of it pays for au estate or a cargo of the richest j "merchandize. It now constitutes tho chief; nionA^pf tho world. The bulk of all coin-1 mcrceis earned on by its means. All the j wealth of the most opulent classes consists of bits of paj>cr. Preserving in impression* of| priceless skill, jealously guarded in portfo-j lios, or surrounded with rich frames, it is among thfemost valued possessions <>f the man of genius; at the same time it is proverbially tho cheapest of all material-1.? Playing card*, trays of all kinds, drinking vessels, IjtKvCs, mouldings, and cornices for rooms, panels for apartments, and bulkheads for ships, are all made of paper. It coven our walls. Hoards for binding books, frames I for pictures, toys for children, ornaments for bonders, arc amongst a few of the countless uses %aj which ingenuity has applied old rags. Perhaps the most singular part of the whole is, that is made from articles which have no value except as mateiials for its manufticture. Tho vilest refuse?our cast-oft" garments, the beggar's rags, the waste of cotton, worn out ropes, all of which we should be troubled to dispose of?is converted by the paper-maker into an article indispensable to civilized inan. Such MbCQi. Few crops can bo turned to a better ac- j count on a poor, light, gravelly soil, than buckwheat. It possesses a chemical action on the Boil, by which tho coarser articles aro disintegrated, or rendered finer, and tho soil is thereby improved. Pure, inorganic earth, that is, earth mixed witu animator vegetable matter, is produced by the disintegration, or pulverizing of rocks. Silex, or sand, is the cxido, or rust of silicum ; or to mako it more familiar, it is pulverised quartz. Clay is produced by tho decomposition of folds par. WW, alt Uio quartz and feldspar in the world, while existing in tho form of a rock, will not produce a blade of grass; it is only when decomposed, or pulverized ; and the finer the particles, the better the soil. If n soil is coarse, the subject of the farmer should be to pulverise it, which con only bo done by pome chemical Application, or tho growing of somo crop which has that chemical power. Buckwheat, by a process yet undiscovered, has that power and the longer it is cultivated, dd a given piece of' * ? a i* . x ^fw 47 ' rs no Al ' 20, 1855. i q c ^ SpiccK Among ilio Americans wl?o attended the : [ate hall given at the Hotel do Ville, Paris, j was J aclc Spicer, of Kentucky. J nek i Ubliod the dress somewhat strong, and wore epaulettes on liis shoulders large enough to start four Major Generals in business. Jaek was the observed of all observers, and got mixed up with a party that his friends- could not account for. "Wherever the Marshals of France went there went Jack; and when the Marshals sat down. Jack did tlio snme, always taking the post of honor. The day ' after the ball. Jack called on his old ac-} quaintance, Mr. Mason, our Minister to, trance, who started up a little conversation in L the following manner: "I hear, Jack, that you were at the hall last night." "I was, sir, and had a high old time." "For which von | are indebted, I suppose, to the high o!<] company you got mixed up with. I3y the way. how came vou associated with the Marshals?" "itow ? by virtue cf my office? ; they were Marshals of Franco, while I ain 1 nothing else than a Marshal ofthc Republic.! I showed my commission, and took my post i accordingly." "By right of your office ? j what do' you mean!" "Read that and see."'; Here Jack presented Mr. Mason with a win ty-brown paper, with a seal big enough for a four i>omid weight. "What in the name I of heaven is this?" "My commission of| Marsha! ? I received it in 1850, when I nssia-1 ted in taking the census of Frankfort."? "Vou don't mean to say you travel ontliisi" | "I don't mean anything else. That made ine a marshal of the Republic, and I intend to have the otfice duly honored." Mr. Mason thought that Jack was doing a large hnsiiiCoAon a very small capital. Wo should ; not wonder if the reader did the same. A census Marshal of Frankfort mixing in with the Marshals of France, is certainly rushing matters in a manner that requires as much brass as ephulelte*. Jack, we are happy to say, is equal to the requirements. - - ..4. ? SoQif) of ?iTrs. Bo dJUltt Giittfofl. Mrs. Cathrino J. Clinton, widow "of De j Witt Clinton, died yesterday morning at Pililrfltl-w>nain nf l'?? ?.f I..,.. 1 r? -I ~ "V tor, Mrs. David S. Jones. She was in the 73d year of her age. It will be re in cm bored that Mrs. Clinton received severe injuries some months ngo, whi oin New York, by the runing away of the horses attached J to her carriage. A writer in the Express says of her: 1 This lady was onco one of the most distinguished of the New York helles, and ligured largely in the days of the Whites and ( tho Bayards and Lc ltoys, K!ie had a com-1 man ding appearance, aulT" was almost hand-, sonic. As ilic wife of 3.)o Witt Clinton, one of the greatest of our public men, and certainly the most distinguished of our our governors, she was conciliatory, attractive and influential. Her repartees aud her ton mots were much admired, and she was a terror to all who fuclicioualjt opposed tho policy or disputed the ability of her husband. She made friends for hint every where, and gave to his frank and often brusque manner such a turn as to make it harmless. Governor j Clinton bad that fault, but it was his only one. In the administration of her domestic qffAirs, Mrs. Clinton was admirable, and exercised a grace not beyond but within the reach of refined arts, and for a lour? tima tho executive mansion was the scat of elegant hospitality and the most refined observances. On the memorable occasion of the Governor's sudden death, Mrs. Clinton was i at an evening party at Mr. Win. Duer's, and the shock of its announcement almost destroyed her. Tho writer happened to be in Albany at the time, and was on his way to tho Governor's mansion, by special invitation, when the catastrophe took place. Mrs. Clinton was brought homo in a condition l>ordering on in insanity. It is <luc to her memory to say that slie never in after life forgot what belonged to his great and exalted worth, nor to herself, as his trusted and most valued friend, llor maiden name was Jones, and as Miss Kitty Jones she was ' celebrated and admired.' Tub following good story is told of a member of Congress from Ohio. We recommend it to the especial attention of economical boarding-house keepers: Tho venerable General II was for several consecutive years returned to Congress ; and us the hotels and boarding-houses in Washington Citv in LhoM rlavo. all ah a par, or rather below par, the member* were in alio habit of occupying, year after year, tho same foouti. The table of Genoral II.'s boarding-house (which was kept by a widow lady and her two daughters) was regularly furnished with storotyped dinners, and at ono end of the table always appeared a broiled mackerel. Gen. II., whose sent was it. (for it never ,wa? touched except ; hy the cook,) that be knew it all 4 by heart,' flow if the distinguished KcpresciJtafjvc had any ono peculiar virtue, it wa* an nf-, foctionatc desire to make every person and overy creature around him heppy. In the course of time Oongrcfs adjoprned, npd Gen. II. paid hiu bill to tho widow, ami g t( ready,, to start for home. Tho tfngo aUxk! jit the door ", and tho old geutlotnan, show ilig the ipludue*? of bis heart,' took the wid-' - V' S. - ^ . NO. 10. o\v by tlie hand, and pressing it, bade her farewell; then kissiug the daughters, said ho would like to soo thein in Ohio, and furnish them with good husbands. ?kc ; but even this was not nil. The black boys, who stood along the walls, were not forgotten, ami grinned as he handed each a silver dollar. As he passed around the. breakfast table, which was not yet 1 cleared off,' he saw his old friend, the inaekernl. The Tears came into his eyes, and raising it by the tail, with his thumb mid finger, parted with it, saying; ' Well, good bye, good bye, my old boy ;? you and T have served a long campaign together; but (wiping his eyes) I suppose wo shall meet again next winter. Good tee.' The bid gentleman rapidly lefttho htSie, and pimping into the stage, rattled off, and fortiinnti-Iv I'nr lii? mk ilm ...? ?uv luwn never saw him again. Tick Bourdons.?Tlio Paris correspondent of the Doily jVWrs writes :?It is positively stated in legitimist Cliques that the Count <lc Paris is at this moment at Frolisdorflf, whither he lias gene <5f his own accord to negotiate the 'fusion' with his cousin. Some sav that he has taken this step in spite of the Duchess of .Orleans, and represent him as having in fact eloped from the maternal roof. I am moro inclined to think (assuming the news to be true) that the Burbons are merely playing out a family comedy which has been arranged beforehand, In answer to all the overtures made by the heads of the legitimist party to obtain from the Oilcans branch the acknowledgment of the Count do Chambord as the solo head of the house, the Dutchess of Oileaus has in recent times made but one answer: 'I cannot take upon myself to prejudice the l ights of my son : wlien he comes of ago bo shall decide for himself.' The Count do Paris, who was born in 1837, attained the nge of 18?that is to say, his majority as a royal prince?but a few days ago; and it is very probable that lie may have decided to merge his individual pretentions in the bono of strengthening the influence of his family Such an event, although not of thrilling interest for the moment, would not be unimportant in cci tain contingencies. Chloriform in Surgery. vi.^t. e ?t.i- . - - ?.1V- Iiu;n>rw<i|t-V HI UUS Jlgent 111 SnrglCftL " practice is daily becoming more apparent in our city, us elsewhere?experience haying demonstrated tho fact, that surgical operations can be more successfully perfotmed under its operation, tlian befoto its introduction. We are informed that Prof. R. SNcwton was tlie first surgeon wlio tested itsmerits in practice, in this city, over six years, ago. lie is now using it almost daily, and considers it perfectly safe when in judipou*hands. tin Friday last, bo was enabled, under its influence, to perform a very debacle and painful operation on a child only fourteen months old, a son of Mr. Jlenrv llaggeman, of Wnynesville, Ohio, viz : This removal of a malignant tumor which extended from the eye to the lower part of the mouth, on tho right side of the face, involving the nose in , its whole length, and which complelly dis! ilgnicd the child. After the child was placed tinder tho influence of chloroform, tho tumor was entirely removed in the ihort space of seventeen minutes, without any suffering on the part ' of the lltlle natient This v/as one of those operations which the Doctor is of the opinion cannot be performed successfully without its use, it beingrequisite that the most perfect quietude should obtain. The medical profession should no longer hesitate about the use of this agent, in conequcnce of its supposed dangerous cQ'ects. ^ Remarkable Ophthalmic Operation.? Mr. Andrew Haymaker, of Charleston, who has been blind in one eye for fifty-four years, in consequence of a film growing over it, was suddenly restored to sight a short tiino since, in the following manner: He was standing on the steps of tho court houso iu that village while a number of men and boys, were playing ball. The ball projected with great force struck him in the blind eye, completely removing the film and restoring sight. Considerable inflammation followed, but it is now getting better, and tho sight U good.? Chirp OO Jturmrl. i IOI [ Tiie American Tarty in c'ossecncct. ?The Stata Convention, on Thursday, endorsed the action of the delegates to tho Philadelphia Convention, phased iuild resolutions on the subject of foreigners' privileges and others aginst slavery, adopted tho namo of Americans,absolved all its members from the pledge of secrecy, and ifivited all who agreed wfih it to act with it. Tit* Converts.?The Horn an Catholic nnnpors phblisli a list of prominent 'convei l* to Humanism in England' during tho last six years. The catalogue contains tho names of one duchess, one marchioness, two countesses twelve ' right honorable' ladies, ten ' right honorable'gentlemen, nnd ?n large number of the gentry, those titles are simply ' JioporaMe,' sir,' or Jady.' Tho clerical list has the names of two archdeacons and i eighty clergy men of the Church of England. I The Kcv. Edward Heard I the only 4 dh>1 seating ministcAiu the long array