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THE CAMDEN JOURNAL.
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THOMAS J. WARREN.
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NEW CASH-STORE.
AFTER returning my thanks to my friends, acquainces
and the public generally, for their former liberal
patronage, I offer to them a variety of
Groceries, Wry-Goods, Crockery and
Hardware,
At wholesale and retail, consisting in part as follows ;
GROCERIES.
SUGARS? Muscovado, New Orleans, St. Croix, Loaf,
Crushed aud Powdered
COFFEES?Java and Rio
MOLASSES?N. Orleans, Muscovado and West India
SALT?^Constantly on hand
TOBACCO?Yellow Rank, Ellis, and a variety of
common, at prices from 12 to 75c. per pound
TEA ??Gunpowder, Green, Hyson and Elack
SEGAItS?Rio Hondo. Gold Leaf, Sylva, Palmetto,
and a variety of common, prices from U to $40 peril.
CANDLES?Sperm. Adamantine and Tallow
CHEESE?Goshen and English
BACON? Sides, Shoulders and Hams
LARD?Constantly on hand
FISH? Salmon, Herring and nil numbers of Muck are 1 |
FRUITS?Figs, Raisins, Almonds, Currants, English
Walnuts, Jtc.
SPICES?Allspice, Nutmegs, Cloves, Cinnamon, Ginger,
Mustard and Pepper
PICKLES?English and American, a variety
KETCHUPS?Mushroon, Walnut and Tcmato
PRESERVES?Citron, Orange, Lemon. Pino Applo
and Ginger
BRAND T-FRUITS?Peaches, Cherries and Limes
JELLIES and, JAMS?A variety
L OBSTERS and SARDINES?Hermetically Scaled
CANDIES?OiaU kinds
CBACKEHS?Pic Xic, Soda, Baiter, Wine, Waternnd
Sugar
CROCKERY Assorted,
SADDLES-orJKidhg and Wagon
WHIf$-c- ainage, Buggy, Driver's and Wagon
% CAJfflS?Cotton and Wool
POWDER and SHOT
ALSO
A new and complete stock of DRY-GOODS, consis
in part as follows:
200 pieces Prints, at prices from 5 to 15c. per pard
75 do Long Cloths front C to 18c.
300 do Brown Homespun, from 5 to 12c.
250 pair Xegro Blankets from $1.50 to $2 25 pcrpair
100 pieces Kerseys, from 12 to 18c.
OznaburgB?DeKalb always on hand
ALSO?A VARIETY OF
Muslins, Alpaecas. Irish Linens, Tickings, Apron
Checks, Shirtings, Drillings, Ginghams, Linseys, Flannels,
Salicia, Serge, Cashmeres, Pocket Handkerchiefs,
Cravats, Suspenders, Hosiery, of all kinds; Gloves of
all kinds; Linen Shirts^ Merino Shirts, Cloths, Cassimeres,
Satinets, Tweeds, 4c. Together with a largo
assortment ot ,
Rcstdy-Hadc C!otHsi!?g.
ALSO
Violins, Double barrel Shot Guns, from $11 to $15,
Rifles, flint and Percussion locks $9 to $12
And a great variety of articles, both in GROCERIES
and DRY-GOODS, too tedious to mention.
will attend to the Receiving and Forwarding i
Business as heretofore, and I am prepared to make liber
al advances on Cotton shipped to Messrs Chambers,
Jeffers & Co., Charleston.
I intend selling exclusively for Cash, and most respectfully
invite any who wish Bargains, to give me a
call, and they will find the cash system decidedly preferable.
/YM Qfonrl rtn tlio ncrnflr.
VAUi at iiu viu wuum vi* ?uv v....
B. W. CHAMBERS.
Camden, Oct. 5. 80 tf
17RESH Solar Oil?Received yesterday by
: / Nov. 2. T. J. WORKMAN.
SPERM and Lard Oil ?For sale by
Nov. 2. T. J. WORKMAN.
O/'tA LBS. of the handsomest Candies ever offered
tMyv/ in this market. W. C MOORE.
Mexican Mustang Liniment,
IN Bottles at Fifty Cents and Odo Dollar. For sale
at Z. J. DeIIAY'S.
Mexican Mustang Liniment,
IN bottles at 25, 50c. and $100. Received to day by
Nov. 2. T. J. WORKMAN,
t v1tiifr 1WB SHOE FIltDltG
.1 J Of every kind, vir
Best Hemlock Sole; best Baltimore Oak Sole
" Harness and Band?extra
" French and American CalfSkins
" Lining and Binding Skins
" Sadler's Calf and Pad Skins
Shoe Knives, Pincers, Rasps, Files, Hammers, Awl
Blades, Shoe Nails, Tacks, Thread, Sand Stones, Heel
Balls, Blacking, and Shoemaker's Tools of every de*
scription, and of tho very best quality. Just received
and for sale by WORKMAN & BOONE.
LEATHER! LEATHER!!
\ LDEN & MURRAY have now on hand, a choice
A lot of BAND, HARNESS and UDDER LEATHER,
of their own tanning, which will oc sold low.
ALSO
A superior lot of NEQRO SHOES, of their own
manufacture, very heavy and warranted good, at prices
from 50c. to $1.
ALSO?
Expected in a few days a choice lot of FINE SH OES,
of every description, comprising many new and beau
tiful styles. Sept. 28.
Woollen Goods.
An assortment of
ALL-WOOL DLAINS
KERSEYS, LINSEYS
SATTINETTS, TWEEDS
JEANS, Ac. Ac. Ac. Ac.
For the Plantation and House Servants. Purchasers
will please call, as they will be sold cheap, by
Oct. 21. W. ANDERSON.
SONG OP THE MOUNTAIN BOY.
[from the german of uhland.] i
Tlie shepherd's mountain boy, ye know 1
O'erlooking castles tar below,? i
The early sunbeams first I see 1
Their lingering rays remain with me, I
J am the mountain boy.
The liver's native home is here, '
From springs I drink its waters clear. i
See! from the precipice it roars, <
My arms receive it, as it pours. I
1 am the mountain boy.
Tim mnimtaiii tnr>?5 arJ all I OWN.
I hear the storms around mc moan,
From north to south I hear them yell
And high above my song thpy swill;
I am the mountain boy. 1
I
Though I the tempest 'neath me view, ,
Yet here 1 stand 'mid air so blue.j
I know their, well and bid them not ;
Disturb my lather's humble cot,
I am the mountain boy.
Thp tower bell once may toll below, 1
And watch-fires on these hills may glow,
Then I'll descend the rangs among, J
Brandish my sword and sing my song.
I am the mountain boy.
" i
New Way of Curing an old Complaint.?
In a small village, at no remote distance from
Preston, resides a worthy itinerant vendor of tea
and coffee, whose better half hnsbcen six months
in so very a precarious a state of health, that her
husband, as well as the doctors, well nigh despaired
of her convalescence. At length, howev
er, after all other sanative means had failed, the
good man thought lie would try what lie could
do either by way of killing'or curing. He arrived
at home one evening, after his day's journey in
the country, and drawing his chair to the fire, '
c!o>e -to his wife's accosted her as follows:? j ;
titlllVTj IV*'; <11 til uuj uvuvi . j,
''No, William, I dinnn think I am."
"Well, Jane, il's loikely aar timets short i* this
world together."
"Ave, William, I think t' same." *
"Well, Jane, I never did deceive thee, and I'll
not una. I met wi a woman to-day, i' brother
ton, just loike thee, and I towd her tha was loikely
to dec, and hoo wood just suit me, and hoo s
said as soon as tha deed I mon let her know, and :1
hoo lia' me." '
Jane was roused by this announcement, and '
starting from her seat declared "She'd never
dee to suit him nor her."
From that time she has continued to improve "
in health and strength daily.
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Poor Deliver v.?A waggish fellow, some- 1
wh.:i i.uuliicd wlili a.i liiq.edtcnt in hi? sj?occh7"
whose quibs and quibbles have been heard and j,
relished by many of us, while one day sitting at a t
public table, had occasion to use a pepper box. After
shaking it with all due vehemence, and turn- ^
itig in various ways he found that the crushed ^
peppercorns were iu nowise inclined to come
forth.
" ' ? i _ __ ii i _ 1..2 _i *
"l-t-tlMMS p-pc-pepper-uox, nc excuuuieu <(
with a facetious grin, is so-:x>mc-soincthing li-like
myself." c
"Why so?" interrogated a neighbor.
"P-poo poor deliver}-," was the reply.
Studying Gastronomy.?As a worthy alder c
man was gazing one evening at the gas-lights in t
front of the Mansion House, an old acquaintance (
came up to him and said? ?
"Well. Sir William are vou studying astrono- i,,
ray ?"
"No, sir," replied the alderman,*"I am studying
yastronomy.
llis friend looked amazed, and the alderman
said:
"Do you doubt ray veracity ?"
"No, Sir William."
He found it True.?"Which is the best house
in ?" said a gentleman on a steamer, addressing
a person who, he had been informed,
resided at the place indicated.
'The House, was the decided response.
"That's the house where all the biy buys
stop."
Discovering, after a night of unrest, that his
informant was the keeper of the house alluded
to, he desired him to send his baggage to some
house where the buys were not so biy.
1*T T fTL - XT v..-1.
YY ELL INFORMED. 1I1K WKW 1 Ul h. uunuuy
Times says that one of the "upper teu" or codfish '
aristocracy and a gentleman in "fair and regular s
standing" in the congregation of one of our city E
churches, entered Tolmnn's music store a day or 1
two since, and stated his wishes in this wise :
"Have you Solomon's Song ? I Yvant to get a
copy" t
"No, no," said the salesman, not being able to t
recollect at the moment any lithographed sheet j
with that title, "No, I am afraid not." ;
"Ah," said the amateur, drawing on his kids, ?
"perhaps it isn't out yet. Our pastor spoke of it i
! "*' no n nwirl nnf mi) /if ifrnof /Vntlilia Oll/l
IitSL UUUUrtJ do ?4 |?i \sv* uviwn vi ^ivm inuo |
beauty, and I want my daughter to learn it. j
The shopman, with what gravity ho could com- |
maud, regretted that lie had no copies in yet, <
and the customer left just in time to save the <
vest buttons of the book-keeper at the desk. j
-mi (
To Keep Youno.?No surer destroyer of <
Youth, of youth's privileges, and powers and de- <
lights, than yielding the spirit to the empire of I
ill-temper and selfishness. Wo should all be i
cautious, as we advance in life, of allowing occasional
sorrowful experience to overshadow our j
perception of the preponderance of good. Faith I
in good is at once its own rectitude nnd reward. ]
To believe good, and to do good, truly and trust* i
! fully, is the healthiest of humanity's conditions. |
To take events cheerfully, and promote the happiness
of others, is tho way to ensure the enduring
spring of existence. Content and kindness ,
I are the soft vernal showers and fostering sunny
i warmth that keeps a man's nature and being
Fresh and green. "Lord keep my existence fresh
und green," would be no less a wise prayer than
the one so beautifully recorded respecting man's
memory. If we would leave a gracious memory
behind us, there is-no?way better to secure it,
than by living graciously. A cheerful and benign
temper, thai buds forth pleasant blossoms,
md bears sweet fruit, for those who live within
its influence, is sure to produce an undyinggrowlh
jf green remembrances that shall flourish immortally
after the present stock is decayed and gone.
?Mrs. Cowden Clarke.
To Manage a Hearing Horse.?In preference
to the dangerous experiment of pulling a
rearing horse backward, I recommend the adop- .
tion of the following method : Whenever vou |
perceive a horse's inclination to rear, separate |
rour reins and prepare for him. The instant he ,
s about to rise, slacken one hand, and bend or ,
:wist his head with the other, keeping your hands |
ow. This bending compels him to move a hind i
eg, and of necessity brings his fore feet down, j
Instantly twist him completely round two or j
:hree times, which will confuse him very much,!
md completely throw him off his guard. The |
noraent you have finished twisting him round,
dace his head in the direction in which you wish
lim to proceed, apply the spurs, and he will not
ail to go forward; if the situation be convenient,
)ress into a gallop, and apply the whip and.spurs
wo or three times severely. The horse will not, !
K-rhaps, be quite satisfied with the first defeat, 1
nit may feel again disposed to try for the inas- 1
erv. Should this be the case, you have only to 1
wist him, ?tc. as before, and you will find that
n the second struggle he will be much more easiy
subdued than on the former occasion; in fact *
,-ou will perceive him quail under the operation. '
't rarely happens that a rearing horse, after hav- (
ng been treated in the manner described, will 1
esort to his trick a third time.? The Sportsman. '
Hum Bottles Outlawed.?The following case 1
ried in the Quarter Sessions of Berks county, 1
'a., is thus reported by the Reading Gazette: '
"A wife indicted her husband for assault and |
lattery, committed under the following circuin- 1
tances : They were returning home together in 1
. wagon, from market?the husband provided '
nth a 'pocket pistol,' well loaded, from which
ic took sundry 'swings,' until lie became 'shot.' '
die wife remonstrated earnestly against such 1
ouduct, which aroused the anger of her lord,
twl lin oittninnnnoH iKlfuilirr ln?r * U')iOI*AMtmn wlw-? (
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eizcd the rum bottle, and threw it out into the
uad. For this her brute of a husband beat
icr. Judge Jones charged the jury that the
Mcr (if l>ro:>l-inrr tli,. buttle iliVI lint juttUV
he husband in striking her ; that although a wife
lad no right to destroy the goods and chatties
if a husband u rum bottle was an exception ; that
, wife was perfectly justifiable in seizing lierhus and's
rum bottle wherever she could lay hands
hi it and destroying it; and that in this instance
he defendant did no more than what a sensible
I'omau ought to have done. The jury rendered
? - - -i ?il l. j
veruici in accoruauce win uussuuiiu opinion,
turn bottles may, therefore, from this date, be '
onsidrn d without the palo of tlio law's pro- *
ection." I
Tub Future of Canada.?Pnpinean, in a rcent
address to the electors of the Montreal Dis- <
rict, has the following views upon the destiny of J
'annda in connection with the United States: <
Our social condition is very analagous to that '
f the American, but very different from that of
ingland. Our interests are much greater and >
norc numerous in America than in England.?
Colonial inferiority cannot ami should not last '
orever. The separation is a question of time.? '
t has its indiscriminate time, but it is as inevit- 1
ible and certain as death to all men. And '
vlicn we ask ourselves what is better for our de- >
cendants?the struggle and the rivalries of dif- <
erent nationalities, or their aggregation in this '
teuutiful confederation?there can be no hesita- 1
ion in the presence of the spectacle which Amercan
power gives us, who is already the second ;
imong the civilized nations of the earth, and
vho, if she continues to progress during the next <
ifty years to come, as she has doac during the
ast half century, will become the most numerous I
md powerful nation of the civilized race. What '
tigniies would our children be near such colossal i
tatues ? Must we allow them to be exposed to
he danger of an unequal and an unfavorable 1
:ontcst' Is it not better to associate them to a |
uturc as glorious us that which will prevail in a
tatc so vast that many young men of the preicnt
day will see it peopled with 50,000,000 of
irosperous and enlightened inhabitants."
TiufMPii of Intellect.?Like the immortali,y,
of the soul, it will survive long after the gold
if the miser has become dross. It is as lasting
ls eternity itself. Ages after ages may roll away
ind yet intellect will exist in all her beauty and
ijilendor, moving on in unparalleled swiftness,
n that upward flight, until it has conquered the
nystcrious and unthought of things of earth; in
ts ascent towards perfection. And what is in:ellcet,
that it should thus thrive and prosper,
:oming off victorious in the encounter of energy,
min-lit i- u-i<ulnm ? It
IIIlll'lllLj, ruining- iivoi tu .
s the mind of man. And what has mind accomplished,
what is it yet to accomplish ? It
was mind that caused ltogor Sherman to throw
i .1.- t ?i iinntmap fcv tlio non and
IOWI1 11115 U'lM ami uaiuiiivi .v. .? x ?
book, and exchange the bench for one of the loftiest
seats among the champions of freedom. It
ivas the intellect of Hastings that gave to America
her conspicuous stand among the nations of
the earth. It was the wisdom of Jefftrson that
penned for the Republic the most lucid document
on rcco'rd. America would never have
[won discovered, but for the stupendous mind of
Christopher Columbus.
Thus it is, we might enumerate incidents with
out number, where triumphant intellect has held
her sway, where the mind of man has accomplished
things that have been of that benefit to mor
tal man, which language cannot express, nor mind
hardly realize.
Language is inadequate to delineate it iu all
its beauty and sublimity. Behold with what falicity
the learned advocate expounds the law of |
the land, and by rapid flashes of eloquence, re- j
stores to the captive his liberty.
God speed tbe man of talent, that his course
may be onward and upward, dazzling, piercing,
be his intellect, tor by it lie can evidence his high
origin and glorify the image of his maker.
Wobum Journal.
I
I
Pork Packing ia tlie West.
The Cincintiatti Gazelle says the pork packing
season has now tairly commenced, though it is
evident that packers generally regard present
prices as sufficiently high to induce very cautious
movements. The advance in products in the
Eastern and Southern markets has, however, imparted
more confidence to the trade; although at
the same time it is believed that current rates
for old products are not calculated to affect materially
the future price foi ucw; and we call the
advance in the price of hogs during the week
fully 25 cents per 100 lbs. In addition to this,
the rates of premium paid by slaughterers have
advanced, and we understand that 35 cents per
head is now obtainable.- Hogs, therefore, net
holders $5,00 a 5,70 per 100 lbs. We find that
prices in this market are as usual, considerably
above those paid at other points in the West,
and this will doubtless have the effect to divert
hogs iu this direction that were originally inten
tied tor other points. i
Our correspondent at St. Louis writes that
packers there are very fearful, and in consequence <
uf tlieir refusal to accede to the demands of sel- <
Icrs, it is probable the number packed in that <
city will not exceed 50,000 head. It follows '
from this that there will be an increased business !
done at points in the interior; and this, so far as 1
we can judge from present indications, will be s
the case throughout the entire West. As re- I
marked on a former occasion, the business ofcon- <
1 . I 1 *.J i A J
trading nas mis season ueen carriea 10 a greai i
jxtrcme, not only by packers, but by parties who <
ire neither hog raisers or pork packers-; and some
>f this class of operators cannot get out with less <
than ?G, in this market, and rather than submit s
to a loss at once, they will be likely to pack on I
heir own account, aud rely upon a future im- |
irevement. I
Although the market may be regarded as 1
>pened at $5 37 a 5 50, it is not by any means i
n a settled condition ; but on the contrary it is <
n that peculiar state which renders italmostim- 1
possible to say whether the next move will be up i
.ious, and they have good reason to be so. The
Movements of last season demonstrated very j
dearly that high prices cause a great falling off I
n consumption, and a? the average value of pro- 1
lucts, in order to pay for hogs at present prices !
nust rule high throughout the entire season,
ve may expect to e i comparatively light homo i
lonsumjition, and a very limited export demand; <
md in addition to this, there will be as is general- t
y supposed, an increase of equal to fifteen or I
wcnty per cent in the number of hogs as com- i
?ared with last year. t
A Lamentable Mistake in administering 4
Chloroform.?In the Massachusetts general '
Hospital a fatal mistake has occurred in the ad- 1
ninistration of Chloroform, which is thus noticed '
n the Boston Traveller:
It appears that chloric or sulphuric ether is '
lsed in the hospital, in preference to chloroform,
l'hree operations were performed on Saturday,
October 30th. The first was for a contracted
liand, and the patient was etherised with what
1 l? tim imwmtinn
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was performed, and the patient escaped without
iny other inconvenience than a slight soreness of
die throat. The second case was a tumor on the 1
right side of the face During the operation the
patient came very near dying, hut was saved,
flm third case, which proved fatal, was that of a
young man about twenty years old, a native of
Ireland, who had his arm entangled in the machinery
of a bark mill about live days before. 1
lie refused to have it amputated until mortification
had taken place. On Saturday the operation
was performedi?Etherisation was carefully
made, and the operation accomplished in about
two minutes. Just as it was finished it was perceived
that his pulse was rapidly failing.?Every
effort was made to save him, but the patieut
i i l:, i..?? ..,:<l.an ap nnn vulsion.
UlX'tllllUU IIID liwt ntiuv/uv uu vuv? v v. w-- ?
Dr. Warren adds?
'On the following1 morning an examination of
the body was proposed, but his friends arriving,
objected; and although we urged the importance
of ascertaining the immediate cause of his death,
tliey continued to object decidedly.
'Immediately after the occurrence of alarming
symptoms in this case it was discovered that the
substance which had been used was not chloric
ether, but chloroform, and not till then did we
understand the extraordinary phenomena which
presented themselves in this and the preceding
This o.-itient died with the usual phe
nomcna of chloroform poison.'
Seven' Fools.?The angry man,?who sets
his own house on fire in order that he may burn
that of his neighbor. The. envious man?who
cannot enjoy life because others do The robber,
who for the consideration of a few pounds gives
this world liberty to hang him. The hypochondriac,
whose highest happiness consists in
rendering himself miserable. The jealous man,
who poisons his banquet and eats of it.?The
m'mer, who starves himself to death in order that
his heir may feast. The slanderer, who tells
tales for the sake of giving his enemy an opportunity
of proving hira a liar.
? >
We should give as we would receive, cheerfully,
quickly, and without hesitation ; for there is
no grace in a benefit that sticks to the fingers.
ftcncca.
From the Philadelphia Ledbjer.
Discoveries of the last Klalf Centary.
There has been no period since the commencement
of the world in which so many important
discoveries, teuding to the benefit of mankind,'
were made as in the last half century. Some o:
the most wonderful results of human intellect
have beeu witnessed in the last fifty years.?*"
SrtlllO of rtpnn/lrtff) ' " *
? planum, tuijcepiiuus oi genius nave'
been perfected. It is remarkable how the mind
of the world has run into scientific investigation, .
aiul what achievements it has effected in that
short period. Before the year 1800 there was
not a single steamboat in existence, and the application
of steam to machinery was "unknown.
Fulton launched the first steamboat in 1807.?*
Now there are three thousand steamboats traversing
the waters of America, and the time sared
in travel is equal to 7 per cent*. The riverar
of every country in the world nearly, are traversed
by steamboats. lit 1800 there was not a single
railroad in the world. In the United States
alone there is now 8,797 miles of railroad, costing
$236,000,000 to build, and about 22,000'
miles of railroad in England and America. The"
locomotive will now travel in as many hours, a
?vV,;ni. ;? 1 ^ J
-.. ?'vv, -U.V.. in iuuu required as many days
to accomplish. In 1800 it took weeks to convey
intelligence between Philadelphia and New Orleans
; now it can be accomplished * in minutes
through the electric telegraph, which only badits
beginning in 1843. Voltaism was discovered
in March, 1800; the electro-magnet in 1821.?
Electrotyping was discovered only a few years
sgo.
Hoe's printing press, capable of printing 10,D00
copies an hour, is a very recent discovery.?
Gras light was unknown in 1800; now nearly evury
city and town of any pretence are lighted
with it, and we have the announcement of a still
greater discovery, by which light, heat, and molive
power may be produced from water, with
>carcely any cost. Daguerre communieated to
ihe world his beautiful invention in 1839. Gutf
:otton and chloroform are discoveries but of a
few years old. Astronomy has added a number
)f new planets to the solar system. Agricultural
chemistry has enlarged the domain of knowledge
in that important branch of seientihc research,
and mechanics have increased the facili:ies
for production, and! the means of accomplishing
an amount of labor which far transcends
ihe ability of united effort to accomplish. What
?,:n *i... ?-?- Trr
win me iicau iiiui century accompusn ! >ve
may look for still greater discoveries; for the in:ellect
of man is awake, exploring every mine of
tnowledge and searching for useful information
n every department of art and industry.
Ci'da and St. Doxtingo.?The N. O. Picayune
disbelieves that there is any expedition fit,ing
out in this country, except that connected
(villi the scheme for colonization iu St, Dominto.
The Picayune says:
Out of the suspicion that this project covers
i secret organization against Cuba, and that it is
lesigned to rendezvous only in St. Domingo with
,hc intention to make the attack from that quar
,er, has probably arisen the report that there is
il?o a Cuban enterprise organized. We suspect
.here is but one, an 1 that the St. Domingo is the
>n'y one on fout. One of these exigence of that
.here is no room to doubt. Vessels are loading
md clearing in several Atlantic ports for the
jorts in St. Domingo, and the late arriyals from
:hc island report that tbey are making extensive
oreperations there for the reception of several
jundred men from the United States.
There is no doubt such an arrangements has
been made.
What Whiskey is Good Fob.?The Lynchburg
Fxpress states that two sous of the late
Hezekiah Fuqua, of Bedford, (near Liberty, in
Virginia,) together with a little negro, a few days
since, were severely bitten by a snake. The lads
went out hunting, and having started a rabbit,
ran him into a hollow log, when one of the boys
put his hand in to haul htm out. Very soon ne
felt something bite, or as he thought the scratch
of the hare. His brother tried it with a like
sensation, so he declined repeating the operation.
Then little Cuff (brave as Caesar) tries it with
like sucocss. In a few moments the hands" of
the parties commenced swelling at an alarming
rate, when medical aid was immediately procured.
The physician dosed them with liquor, until the
patients became thoroughly intoxicated, and af
ter recovering from the effects of the medicine,
the swelliug subsided, and we are happy to hear
the trio are now convalescent. The log was split.
open, and to the surprise of all, a large copper- head
snake exhibited himself in all his native ferocity.
The use of whiskey as a cure for the bite of a
snake, we understand, was practically tested in.
this county a few weeks since. A negro man,
halonmnnr to ('Ink David Gih?on. of this viol nitv.
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was bitten by a copper snake, and in the course
of half an hour drank about a quart of whiskey,,
and was relieved from the effects resulting from,
the bite.?Romney (Va.) Intelligencer.
The Case Appealed.?It will be seen that
the case of Mr. Lemmon has been appealed to the
Supreme Court of New York, which is to meet
in this city on the 19th of December next. If
Jud'Te Paine's decision should be reversed, it is
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not at all probaoio mature slaves win uu wiiuiu
reach; nor do we understand that Mr_ Lemmon
would have any objection to relinquish all claim
to them after receiving the indemnity money
which is in process of collection, were it not that
such formal relinquishment at this time, would
render it impossible to test the importaut legal
question involved, by prosecuting the case in tho
higher Court*.?Journal of Commerce.
Speaking of the goods, of life, Sir William
Temple says?" The greatest pleasure of life is
love; the greatest treasure is contentment; the
greatest possession is health ; the greatest ease is
jl eep, and the greatest medicine is a true friend,