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EARLY RECOLLECTIONS.
Y LD
The dreamy shadows of the past
Come flitting o’er my hrain,
In hues too heautitul to last,
Entwined by ""::7" chain,
Bach fond-remembered, well-known face
Seems smiling as of yore,
And midnight dreams eall up each place
I"hat 1 shall see no more,
How ofy, as evening’s mantle gray
Has shrouded hill's afar,
I've grzed uron each fading ray,
And on each glittering star.
And then has bu-i-‘fncy wrought
Associations wild,
Which mirrowed forth each early thought,
When I was but a child,
My early home—can I forget’
o beautiful and wild ;
1 see your mountain scenery yet,
As when | was a child,
The same bright, silver brook still glides
In ripples soft ahd clear ;
Along its sunny, laughing sides,
The well known flowers appear.
And heetling rocks that used to frown
Crowned with the bright green brake,
Seemed calmly, coldly gazing down
Upon the placid lake,
A doting mother seems to bend
Around my couch again,
And fairy visions onee more blend,
But oh ! how show their reign !
I wake and each fond, melting note
She used to sing is stull,
Or else in gentle echoes float
Like night-winds on the hill.
Pather of light, grant bat this prayer,
That T may be forgiven
And meet, at last, my mother there,
At thy right hand—in heaven.
From an English Paper,
IN PRAISE o THE GODD OLD PLOUGH.
Let them sing who may of the battle fray,
And the deeds that have long since past ;
Let them chant in praise of the tar whose days
Are spent on the ocean vast ;
I would render to these all the worship you please,
I would honor them even now,
But I’d give far more from my heart’s full store,
To the cause of the Good Oid Plugh.
Let them land the notes, that in music floats
Through their bright and their glittering halls ;
While the amorous twitl of the hair's bright curl
Round the shoulder of Beauty falls ;
But dearer to me is the song from the tree,
And the rich and the blossoming hough ;
Oh ! these arc the sweets which the rustic greets
As be follows the Good Old Plough.
Then how jocund the song as it comes along
From the Ploughman’s lusty throat ;
Did the hunter’s shout ever give out
To the brown woods a merrier note ?
Tho’ he follows no hound, yet his day is crowned
With a triumph as good, 1 trow,
As though antlered head at his feet lay dead,
Instead of the Good Md Plough.
Full many there be thai we daily see
With a selfish and hollow rndr,
Whom the ploughman’s lot, in his humble cot,
With a scorniul look deride ;
Yet [°d rather take, aye a hearty shake
From his hand, than to wealth I’d how ;
For the honest grasp of that hand’s rough clasp
Hath stood by the Good Old Plough.
All honor be then to these gray old men,
Whan at fast they are bowed with toil ;
Their warfare then o’er, why they battle no more
For they've conquered the stubborn soil.
And the chaplet each wears are his silver hairs,
And ne’er shall the vietor’s hrow
With a laarelled crown to the grave go down,
Like these sons of the Good Old Plough.
Miscellany.
A TEXAN RANGER.
AN EXCITING ADVENTURE.
T'he life of a Texan Ranger, Dan Hennig,
presents several pictures of startling interest.
From an article in a recent number of the
Democratic Review we take the following.
Heurie, in company with a scouting party,
in searching for some Indians, had separated
from his companious, and was on his return
to the camping ground, when the narrative
commences:
Following the vivulet, he reached the West
Braoch, and turned up this with a brisker move
ment, spurred Qg the cheerful hope of soon
rejoining his comrades und guiding them safe.
In an hour he was i sight of the ground, and
put hiis horse into a swift gallop, in his eager
ness 1o pass over the interval quickly. On
coming up he saw instead of his comrades, the
body of an ludiwn warrior lying across the
very ashes of their camp fire, all gashed and
hewed with bowie knife cuts. Allaround, the
earth was decply brokea up, with evidences of
@ desperate and hand to haud struggle. The
breech of a rifle, which Lie recoguized, wnd
a number of arrows, with a broken lance and
shield, werescatteredaround. He felta chok
ing sensation, and his blood ran cold at this
sight. His comrades had been surprised, no
doubt, by the same party which had pursued
him! but with what result it was impossible
for him to tell certainly, though he had litile
choice but to believe and feel the worse.
Amid the multitude of the tracks of unshod
horses he could distinguish the few tracks of
their shod horses. T'here was no trace of
their bodies in the husty survey he had time
to make, and it seemed very stravge that this
dead warrior should be left behind, so coutrary
to their well-known custom! He f(ollowed the
trail for some time, with great caution, but
could make no discovery, except a great deal
of blood oo the ground, uotil about noon,
when rising the comb of asteep ridge, he look
ed down into the plain below upon « largebody
of ludians, encamped about a mife distant,—
This was a startling sight, and they perceived
him at the same moment. Now he felt he
would have indeed to run for his life. Oue
glance, us Lie wheeled, wae sufficient to show
him warriors mouuting the horses of his
friends! He did not dread a race with the
horses of the Indians so much, because his
horse was more than a match for the best of
theirs; but the horses of his comrades were
as swilt aud in every sense as good as lus. now
they were turned against him! He cursed
the rashiness that hind induced him to follow
their trail, but this was no time to pause for
regrets—he was off, down the hill, at the best
speed Lis horse, although somewhat flagged,
would raise. All depended upon getting back
to the timberand losing themn! He could hear
their pursuing yells, distinetly, for a moment,
and this was no syren's music to draw him
back! He had a good mile the start, but
this was no great matter, if as he supposed,
their horses were fresher than his own ' He
had uot time now 10 feel avy alarm but only
that there was hot work before and he had it
to attend to! His object was to get out of
sight as soon as pessible, for he gained a great
deal by compelling them to run on his trail,
He strained his horse tremendously and suc
ceeded, for when the sudden burst of their
voices came to him, proving that they had
reached the comb of the ridge, he looked back
and could not see it or them. e felt a little
less tight about the heart now, and had time
to think something of his best course. It
seemed a forlorn chance for an escape—he
was over six miles from timber. [le suddenly
remembered that he had observed, for several
days past,a heavy smoke off towards the south,
and looking now in that direction, saw it fill
ing the whole horizon with gloomy masses,
which seemed to be rising but a few miles off,
observing that it was not very high. It in
*tantly nccurred to him in his extremity—fyr
he lelt sure from the action of his horse that
he would not last much longer in the run be
fore them—that the safest course for him
would be the most desperate, and this was 1o
make directly for the approaching line of fire,
and take his chances of being able to force his
way through it alive. Wi, such a barrier
betw'een himself and Ihe Indian, he was safe !
Acting upon this stern and stringe alternative,
he urged his horse steadily towards the fire.
It was not long before be met the dark advance
guard of the sioke, as it tolled along the grass,
and rode beneath iy stifling shelier, (he fire
h;«;g yet a mile off,
@ was now securely enough out of s
of the lndiuns, and springing ?vum his h:)'r':‘:.
proceeded to prepare himslf (or atrial of the
Mr‘ sea. He cut his blanket into pieces,
with one of which le blindfolded hisg horse ;
another he tied in a loose | 1€ sbout the lower
part of its head, enveloping the mouth and
vostrile. He then enveloped his own face in
& loose vigor of the same material. "I'he
blanket was course and let in aiv enourh to
barely sustain life for a short tume, while it
kept out the smoke. e could hearthe yells
of his pursuers seemingly close at hand. ~ He
wasnow inutter darkness, and mouating quick
ly again, he headed his horse directly (or the
fire On ke weat, not knowing where; the
reins were tightened, and the lash and spur
apphied with the coergy of desperation. Hot
ter and hotter the aw Lecame, but oa he ca
recred, blind and headlong. The fire las
struck him with a roucing surge! Hes har
flames crisply, and the fesh of his body scems
to beburuing! The frantic and pating ’lf"'l"
attempis to shy, but ne, the ferceness of the
agony Liae twrned that ridoe's arm and will u:
iron! 1t cannot shy—the poor horse! On'
on! scorehing through the siling blaze !
a few bounds more aud the terrific surges are
past! The fresh aiv has met him* e tore
the envelope from his fuce and leaped (rom the
stuggering horse upon the charred hat ground.
The blasket is toen away (com its mouth and
the animal begins to revive quicky, though it
shivers and can scarcely stand for the terror !
He s safe! He his necomphisked an wopar
alleledfeat ! Hehears ity übove the erack
ling and voar of the retiving flames a how! of
triumph from his pursuers, whe imagie they
have driven him into the fire, and that he is
burnt, horse and all. ide makes a feeble at
tempt to suswer them defiantly, buteanscarce-
Iy hear his own voice. Stunned and gasping
torecover the use of their simost stified lungs,
he and his horse stand, side by side. upon
that blackening plaia without weoviug a step
[or more than an hour. But the pecils of the
day were by no means passed. Befoee himas
far as the eye could reach, there was ouly one
charred, levelled smouldering waste, which
had to be crossed before he could reach wi
ter, for which, beth himself and horse were
now almost perishing. He started an at last,
taking his course at random, for one secmed
to lus bewildered sense about as gooad «s an
other. He did not ride at firse, but mercilully
led his poer horse, wuti the keatof the ground
and the still smouldering stubs of grass be
came iwsufferable to his feet, and thea he
turned to wmount. He now for the first tme,
looked at the animal carefully, and 1o his hor
ror, saw that every hair upon its bady was gone,
and nothing but the bare skin left, and that so
badly scorched in places, that it came off 1o
the slightest touch. "V'lus was dreadful
enough, but—water ! water! water ! he must
have that, or they would both die. e sprang
into the saddle and urged the wretched creat
ure along with the lust eneegies of his sinking
e, Tu an hour he Liad begun to grow diz.
2y, and the Wackened earth swam round and
round, and tossed him to and fro! Now a
strunge uoise was about him, and us the lifi
ing waves of the earth would almost scem
to leap up into kis tace, e woul I catch glimp
ses of Luge wolves careering on them, who
Would tuen up their firey eves to his, und
howl at him with red hot open mouths and
lolling tongues!
Suddenly his horse rushed down a steep
bank, and there wis a great splashinz. Wa
ter! Blescel God, water! He tumbled from
s saddle into the cold delicious fluid. Inan
iustant his senses had returned, and he saw
himsell surrounded by thirty or forty prairie
wolves, some of whont were swiniming 1o the
water after lam, while others sat upon the
bank of the small like, s hie had now discov
ered it (o be, and howled fiercely at him. He
struck those who were noarest” with his gun
barrel and beat them off, while be had time
to draw his heavy knife. Ouve of ihem had
seized his passive horse, who while it was en
deavoring to pull it down, stood still and drank
—thelong eagerdraughts. He sphtthe woil's
head with lis kuife, and soon sent the rest
back out of the water, velling with their
wouuds. Butthuse upon the buuk only howl
ed the louder, and they wereanswered near at
band xod from afar by hundreds of others, who
were swiltly gathering in ar the well known
‘call of the banquet. e now remembercd
that these wary aud infernal brutes alwavs
collect in large numbers, tofollowin the wake
of a great prairie fire to tear the circasses of
these animals that are killed, or band togeth
cer, to chase and drag down his pour Dorse,
’ They become very savage. with blood, impu
vity and numbers, and very few creatures
which have escaped from the hungry flames
can escape from their yet more FAVENOUS jaws.
The creature, at other times, is utterly con
temptible for its cowardice, but he shuddered
when he called to mind the dreadful stories
he bad heard of their deadly fierceness at such
‘times as this. *My God " he moaned aloud
~='wasn’t it bad enough for mn to pass that hell
of lames back youder? and have | only es
caped that to meet a tate a thousand times
more hideous " He looked at his horse ;
the animal was now, (o, refreshed, and be
g4n to be conscious of the new danger as it
guzed around with staring eyeballs upon the
cager and swiftly gathering erawd that hewled
along the shore. He snorted in affright and
litted his head with a wildly mournful neigh,
that seemed to poor Dan the most piteons
sound that ever rung upon his cur before.—
There was somne comfort though—the horse
r had life enough left in him to make ongmore
run for safety. He monnted, and after hay
ing fired his rifle, with deliberate aim, into the
thickest of them, charged right through
full speed. They leaped gt bis feet, and at
tempted to seize his horse's legs; but the an
’imul was too mortally frightened for them to
impede his way for an instant. Through he
trampled, and away acgoss the prairie he flies,
snorting with terror, and moving with as great
speed as if fresh, and away, too, in pursuit,
|owept the yelling berd of wolves. They were
‘more than a hundred now, and seemed in
‘creasing in numbers at every jump, for as Dun
glanced his frightened eyes around, he would
see thein straightening out with speed and
their mouths wide open, coming to join the
terrible route from every direction over the
praitie. He looks behind—they were close
upon his heels—the great part of them, pars
ticularly those infront, and who seemed most
ficwce and ravenous, were scorched nearly nak.
ed, aud with the white (oum flying, their long
red tongues, their fiery glaring eyes, they pre
sented the most hideous picture of unearthly
terror that ever mortal lived to be chased by
before, unless by the horrible vhantasmagora
of madness! {lc fired his pistols back at
them, but it made no difference, they «uly
yelled the louder, and came on the more
ficrcely, while five joined their long train for
every oune he had hilled. If his horse should
fall or give out, they would both be torn to
fragments in an ivstant! This appalling con
viction caused hin to give all of eyeand nervo
that were left him in the wortal frightto steady
ing and guiding his horse, for the only hope
now lay in him. llesoon perceived, however,
that he was leaving the pack far behind, for
there is little comparison between the speed
of a horse and that of a prairie wolf,
He now began 1o feel something of hope,
and as the frantic speed of his horse placed yet
A greater distance between tkem, the unimag
inable dread seemed 1o be lifting from his life.
Now he could not hear their yells, and could
barely distinguish far in the rear the long
suake-like train yet moving on through in the
relentless chase over the undultations of the
bare plain. He sees timber ahead, and shouts
in an eestacy of joyful relief, for then he him
sell at least is safe ! He can climb a tree—
and io the delight of that thought, he has no
time for thioking that his poor horse cannot
climb trees! The horse sees, and is inspired
two—for to all creatures on the prairies there
seetis o be a vague feeling of safety in the
“eht of the woods ! But alas ! poor horse !
Tbey have reached the timber, but scarcely o
hundred rods have been passed over, when the
poor horse gives out, and aflter a few ineffect
aal efforts sl 1o obey the urging spur, can
only lean against the trunk of a tree and pant
aod groan with exhaustion. Dan ascends the
tree, tying the lariat of bis horse 1o ons of the
lower limbs, he then loaded lis arms, in the
forlorn hope of defending his horse il they
came up. Al was still as death, but the loud
panting of the poor horse. Heascended high
er to look out for the approach of the wolves,
for he had a tuint hope that they had given up
the chase. But alas! his heart sinks again!
There they come, the long yellowish looking
irain, and several large white wolves have
Joined them now. He kunows well the tame
lessand pitiless (erocity of these red-eyed mon
sters, and feels that hus true, bhis noble hiorse,
must go! Nowhecan hear theirery ! T'liey
are in the woods. The poor horse shiveis—
looks back, and utters that wild and wailing
neigh, as they rush upon himin a body. Dan
fires down among them, but what avail is it !
In a twinkling, his faithful horse is down, and
has been torn to atoms ! The halter of the
laviat hangs cmpty beside the tree. Now they
lie panting around the foot of the tree, with
their ficry eyes turned wistifully up at hitne—
for the horse had only beena mouthful apiece.
Whenever lie makes a movement, they rise
with eager yells, aud leap up towards him as
Cil to meet his fall. - Dan says, that in the ut
ter and dreadfully hopeless desperation of Lis
position now, a grotesque sort of humor pos
sessed hun of a sudden, and he commenced l
deliberately firing down at the red glaring eye
balls of the white wolves, und would roar with
laughter, and fairly dance upon his livkllsh’
perchwith glee,when hesaw the creaturestume
ble over with a shrill death-cry, and then the
whole pack rush on it and tear it into shreds
in an instant, with gnashing eries. He says
he amused himself i this way tor an hour, and
made them tear 1o pieces in this way, one
alter another, every white woll that had joined
in the chase. "T'his sport delighted him so
much that he became careless and commenced
falling. He only saved himsell by dropping
his gun, which they seized and almost tore its
stock to pieces befure they discovered it was
not eatable. 1 saw the denis of thew teeth in
the barrel afierwards. Darkness was coming
on, and they seemed not in the least disposed
to go, and he felt that he must tumible o
from the faintness of hunger and fatigue, i l
he was compelled 1o spend another hour
that tree without food. He had become en
tirely reckless now, and loaded up his pistols,
Jetermined, if he must fall, to bring death
with him for some more of them. Suddenly
he heard a distant yelling on the prairie, like
that which had seunded so deeadfully behind
his flight. The wolves sprung to their feel
ina body, and with pricked ears listened. He
looked out towards the prairvie, and could fair
ly discover a large buflalo bull plunging along
over the plain, surrounded by a great herd of
wolves, who were tearing him at every jump,
He could even hear the low bellowing of the
creature’'s agony—another vietim ! Aund his
thirsty guardins started to Join the chase.—
One afier one they went, while those who
staid bebind would turn their heads and lick
their dry chaps. When the chase came in
in sight, though, off they started in a body
with savage yells. He fired his pistols after
them in farewell, and killed one of the hind
most dead, while the other with a broken
shoulder, kept on velling with the pack. He
knew Lie would besafe now if he could get afire
kindled before they returned if they did so at all,
Before they were out of sight he had reached
the ground, and with trembling eagerness
proceeded to light a fire with the help of his
tinder box, which every ravger ciries. e
soon had a great fire blazing, and then cutting
a piece from the last woll he had killed, pro
ceeded to roastitfor food. When he had eat-
en hefelt so much refreshed that he could now
norke provisions for the night's rest. 1o gath
cred a great deal of dried wood, and built a
large fire in a circle about the spot he had se
lected to sleep upon. The wolves came back
i about an hour afier he had finished his ar
rangements for the night: but he now felh
perlectly secure, for though he could see their
their hungry eyes shining «ll around the oui
side of the circle, and they kept up a contin
ned howling all night long, he il himsel(
down and sleptsoundly untilmorning, When
he waked up the wolves were all gone but one
or two, craunching at the bones of yesterday's
teast, e shot one of them with his pistol,
and made a breakfast off of it. He picked up
his gun, and found that though very much
toro, it could enill be used. He now took his
course, and started to foot it into the settle
ments, After a week of almost incredible
suflering, he got in safe, and saw nothing more
of th» wolves or of his comrades, who are
thought to have been carried off prisoners, and
afterwards murdered by the Indians on their
attempting to eseape. Dan was sick of a fe
ver-for several weeks at Corpus Chnsti afler
he got in, and raved incessantly about wolves '
' Tue Luscs axp rue Foob.—Licbig says
L an adult mao receives into his system fromthe
1 atmosphere by respiration daily, thirty-two
and a half ounces of oxygen. "T'he weight of
the whole mass of the blood is twenty four
pounds. Respiration in four days and a half
will convert the whole of the carbon and hy
diogen of the blood into earhonic acid and wa
jh-r. and it is necessary that these elements
should be restored again in the form of food.
Mt the respirations are increased by exercise or
work, a greater quantity of oxygen is inhaled
and a greater supply of fuod is needed. In
winter more oxygen is received by respiration
than in summer, because the air is denser,
and more at the ioot of a mountain than at
its top, for the same reason. The mutual ac
tion between the element of the food and the
oxygen conveyed by the circulation of the
blood to all parts of the body, is the source of
animal heat. T'he tood is the fuel, and witl,
the propersupply of oxygen we obtin the heat
given out during its oxidation or combustion.
I'he cooling of the body increases the amount
of food wnecessary. A'starving m.n is soon
frozeu to death. ‘T'he first eficet of starvation
1s the disappearance of fat, given off through
the skin and lungs as oxidized products : af
terwards such solids as are capable of being
dissolved. Death is produced by the chemi
cal action of the atmosphere.
- DerivaTioN or CarivorNia —=The first
discoverers of Culifornia were the Jesuits, and
the name is said to be a compound of the L ate
in words, cadia and fornar, [a hot oven orfur
nace,] while others give its derivation from the
Spamish words cal [time] homo, or ferno [afur
nace or oven.] Others again contend that
Mendozy, Alarcon the Jesuit, and others, in
their letters from the missions, wrote it Cali
fornia—a compound of two Greek words, Kule
wod Phormia—meaning rich or beautiful net
fishing. T'he letters of the carly missionaries
eive glowing acconnts of the abundance of
fish and pearls, both fresh and salt, of Califor
nia. Even as late as 1763, the savans of the
world regarded California as a peniosula or is
land.
’ A capital stage riding anecdote is related of
Lamb. He was one day)returning from a din
ner party in the suburbs of London. (We
believe Mr. Irving was with him, and has the
credit of unporting this story when it was new.)
It was rainy, and the stage of consequence
crowded, when a gentleman attempted an
entry, but paused and asked somewhat doubr
fully, ‘Are you full inside? I dont know
how itis with the dther gentlemen,’ said Liamb,
in his own quiet way, *‘but | must say that last
piece of oyster-pie did the business for me !
Journal of Commerce.
[ heard the following anecdote related a few
days since : A n avaricious landlotd threaten
ed to turn 4 poor widow out into the street
for non=payment of rent. After besecching
him not to expose herself and “fatherless
children® to the peltings of the pitiless storm,
and finding that her supplications had no ef
fect 1o move his stony heart, she ejaculit d:
‘Have you no bowels of compassion? * No,
ma’am," Le replied, ‘not a bowel.'— Knicker
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Nerves, Nervous or Bick Headache, Nervous Tremors,
Neuralgiec Affsetions, General Debility, Deficiency of Ner
vous and Physical Energy, and all Nervous Disorders, in
cluding the most dreadfu’ of all diseases that ever ailect
the huinan race—
EPILEPTIC FITS,
Or Falling Sickness, Hystericul Fits, Convalsions, Bpasms,
&co Doctor Hart would impress it upon the minds of the
alllicted, that the Vegetable Extract is the only remedy
ever discovered that can be rehied on for the permanent
cure of this most dreadful of all diseases. As its tendency
Is to nsanity, madness and death, the most
SKILLFUL PHYSICIANS
of Enrope, as well as those of our own country, have pro
nounced Epilepsy incurable. And it has been so consid
cred by many, until this most important of all diseoveries
was made by Doctor 8, Hart, nearly sixteen years since,
during which time it hasbeen performing o - eof the most
REMARKABLE CURES
upon record, and has acquired a reputation which time
alone can Ml’uco. Physicians of undoubted skill and ex
perience, Ministers of various denominations, as well as
hindreds of our eminent eitizens, all unite in recommend
g the use of this truly valuable medicine totheir patients,
churge, nnd friends, who are atllicted, as the only remedy.
WE QUOTE THE LANGUAGE
Used by thuse who have been cured by this valuable med
e, One says, “I have suffered beyond my power of
description, but now I rejoice in heing fully restored to
health and bappiness.” Another says, “I thank God |
feel that T ama well man. | also feel it iy duty to pro
“lata it tothe ends of the earth, thatthose sunilarly afficted
may find relief. Aunother, (who is an
EMINEN) LAWYER.
mnmd well known in this city,) says, “’\ly #on has been
vilcted for years with Epilcnsy, bat is now enjoying good
henlth ‘rom the Vegetable Lxtract, Its fame,” says llt"
should und ought to be sonnded to the ends of the earth.’
Another sauys, “Imnguuue s entirely inadequate to express
"y '.-mmmiv to Dr. Hart, for having been the means, un
ter the blessing of God, of restoring me to the enjoyment
of good health, after having been affieted with Epilepey
s worst forms for more than twenty-three years, and
my moruing and evening obiation of praise and thanksgiv.
g =hall continue to ascend to that God who has aflicted
hut to make me whole,”
Mr, Stephien E. Pratt, corner of Sixth Avenne and T'wen
ty-Siath street, New York, states that Mr. Chas. 11. Bough
ton, o member of his family has been so severely afllicted
with Epileptic Fits for many y -ars, that he was obliged to
relinquish his business. Hav'ng used Dr. Hart’s Vegeta
ble Extract (says Mr. Pratt,) he was soon restored to per
fect honlth, and left this city for the State of Ohio to resume
his business,
Rev. Mr. Smith, Rector of St, Peter’s Clhiureh, ®potswood,
New Jersey, who has been athicted with Epileptie Fits for
more than forty years, states that he has mmt Dr. Hurt’s
Vegetable Extract, and hix health has been so much im
proved that he hopes by Divine blessing, to have no more
its,
EPTLEPTIC FITS,
t For twenty-seven ‘{onn and six months, cured by the
use of this truly wonderful medicine,
- Read the l’ultuw'ml remarkable case of the son of Wm.
Secore, Esq., of Philadelphia, atthicted with Epleptic Fits
twenty seven years and six monthe, After travelling
throngh England, Scotland, Germany and France, consult
g the most eminent physicians, and expending for medi
cine, medical treatment and advice three thousand dollars,
returned with his son to this country in November Jast,
without recetving any benelit whatever, nnd was enred by
using S
HART'S VEGETABLE EXTRACT.
I have spent over three thousand dollars for medicine
and medic il attendance, I was advised to take a tour to
Lurope wi b him which Idid, [ first visited England, 1
consulted Lie most eminent physicians there in respect to
his coace s “hey examined him and preseribed aceordingly.
I remamed there three months without perceiving any
change £ r the Letter, which cost me about two hundred
and nfty dollars, pocketed by the physicians, and the most
I received was their oginton that my son’s case was hope
less, and
K POSITIVELY INCURARLE.
I accordingly left England travelled through Scotland
Gerimany and France, and returned home in the montlh ni’
November last, with my son as tar from being cured as
when Lleft. I'saw your advertisement in one of the New
York papers, and coneluded to try Hart's Vegetable Ex
teact, seeing your statements and certificates of so many
cures. some of twenty and thirty years standing, and [ cun
assire you Fam not sorry Tdid s', as by the use of Hari's
Vegetable Extract alone he was restored to
5 PERFECT HEALTII.
His reason, which was #o far gone #s to unfit him for
buiness is entirely restored, with the prospect now hefore
him of Life, health and usefulness. eis now 28 years of
age, and 27 years 6 months of this time has heen afllicted
with this most dreadful of diseases, but thank God is now
enjoying good health,
Now, siry faith without works I don’t believe in. To
say 1 ~hall be ever gratefunl to yon is one thing, and as I
here enclose you eme hundred dollars, I have no doubt but
you will think this another and quite a diflerent thing.
The debt of gratitude 1 still owe you ; but please accept
this amonut as interest on the debt in advance.
Yours, very respectfully,
(Signed) WILLIAM SECORE.
THE TIME 18 NOT FAR DISTANT
~ When thousands who are now trembiing under the hand
of this dreadful disease, and fearing that every attack may
prove fatal, will find permanent relict and be restored to
new life, by using this celebrated medicine,
OVER ONE THOUSAND CERTIFICATES
Have heen rea@ived in testimony of the heneficial results
produced by the use of Dr. Hart’s Vegetable Extract,
Prepared by 8, HART, M. D., New York.
Price, one package, $3OO
Do four packages, 10 00
Do eight ’lmrkn'u, 20 00
Itis carefully packed up in boxes for transportation, and
sent to any part of the United States, Texas, Mexico and -
West Indies,
THOMAS & MILES, 169 Main street, Cincinnati, Ohio,
General Agents for the United States, to whom all commu
nications must be addressed roct aid.
A B & D, SANDS, 100 Fulton st, Agent for New York.
ABEL TOMPKINS, 38 Cornhill, Agent for Roston,
CHARLES DYER, Jr, 10 and 42 Westminster st, Agent
for Providence.
And for sale by most of tlnxflmipal Druggists and Mer
chants throughout the Unite States, Canada and West
Indies. ~sw&k weow. nd
COMPOUND SYRUP OF DOCKROOT, DAN
DELION AND SARSAPARILLA.
WI-I. the undersigned, having made use of the Compound
Syrup of Dockroot, Dandelion and Sarsaparilla, (pre
pared by Amh:ose Morse, No, 142 Westminster street, cor
ner of é’ddy,)wrselvu or in our families, we have no hes
itation in saying that it is in our opinion one of the hest,
safest, and most effectual medicines, for the diseases fuor
which it is recommended, that we have ever used or been
nequainted with—
JOUN GLAVDING, 20 Arnold street.
JAMES BIOYCE, 21 Carpeuter street.
W. K. ADAMS, 154 South Main street,
Mr. AMurosy Morse, having made known to me the
process by which he prepares his Cumrnund Syrup of Doch
Root, Dandelion and Sarsaparilla, I therefore say that the
rrmmn I 8 in strict accordance with well known chemical
aws, and that the preparation must contain all the valua .
hle medi;inul pmponm of the ingredients of which it is
compused,
And I hesitate not to say, after a good deal of experience
of its use in my practice, for more than a yur‘}mol. that [
know it to be a valuable medicine for all those disenses for
which it is recommended ; likewise the best medicine to
take to sea for preventing Scurvy, Costiveness and Ship
Fever. CALQB BELCHER, M. D,
Providence, Jan. 11, 1848, Jy»m
. MOR
- SKE'S§ COMPOUND SYRUP
()I" YELLOW DOCK ROOT, for purifying the blood,
&c. This Compound will remove and cause a perma
nont cure of all diseases arising from an impure state of
the blood, such as Serofula, which presents itselt in a va
riety of forms ; Salt Rheum ; King’s Evil. Pimples on the
Face ; Blotches ; Ulcers ; Erysipelas ; Ilnr Worm ; Costive
ness ; Nnrponuonof the Glands ; Mercurial Diseases ; Dys
‘u-p*hl i Jaundice; Liver Com‘rldntl; Dropsy ; General
Jebility ; Colds ; bo.llu; Gid lluq' and remove every
taint, from whatever canse it may arise, and completely
renovate the system. Taking into consideration the salu
tary effect nfl‘iu medicine, together with the quantity sold
for the price, it renders it J«Medl the cheapest prepar
ton in use, As far as this article ‘a- been used it has su
perseded all other preparations everoffered to the public for
the apove complaints,
k’{"l‘lm medicine is put up in quart bottles, with the
words—“ Morse’s Celebrated Syrup, Prov. R. 1,” blown in
Jie glass, and <old for one dollar per bottle, or six bottles
for five dollars.
Prepared and sold wholesale and retail, by the ‘}mvwmm,
. MORSE, Jr., Druggist and Apothecary, 167 (formedy
*4 Daad waeet, Merwidon a, R. J. ad)
PROPOSALSFORCARRYINGTHE MAILS.
l Extract from tho act of Comgress af 34 March, 1845, section 18,
S And he it further enacted, That it shall be the duty ot
the Postmaster Geoseral, in l‘l future lettings of contracts
for the transportation of the mail, to let the same, in every
case, to thy lowest bidder tendering sutlicient gnarantees
for faithful performance, without other reference to the
mode of such trunsportation than mny be necess ry to pro
vide for the due celenity eerta nty, nod security of such
tranapottation s nor shall any new contractor hereafter he
required Lo pure ase on', or take nt a valuation, the stock
or veaicles ol any previous contractor fur the sae route,”
O Bidders will be eareful to read the forms and inst ne
tons appendod to this advertisement. They are reqnested
o state, in their proposals, the modo by which they intend
to convey the mail. Whe e the size nnd weight of the
s, or the speed called for in the schedwlos, shill equil e
ity the contracts will be made for cone i, steamboat, or rail
road conveyance, as the cnse may be ; and, consequently,
sueh routes will be let to bids proposing such mode of con
veyance. Inall other cases, the routes will be assigned to
bids proposing the cheapest mod s of L-ansporiation,
& Railroad ¢ mpanies are specially notitied that theis
regular bids are to be understood as ineluding the supply
of each uffice ou the line of their respective r nds, not over
n'ammer of a mile from a depot. Searate proposals for
oflices more than aquarterof a mile off, will be considered.
PROPOS.\LII for carvying the mails of the
United States from thie Istday ul.lul{, 1819, to the 30th
of June, 1853, inclusive, in Rhode Island, will be received
at the contract office of the Post Otlice Depa tment, in Jhe
city of Washington, until 9 a. m., of the 4th April, 1849,
(to bo decided by the 24th day of April, 1819,) on the routes
and in the manner and time herein apecified, viz:
RHODE ISLAND,
601 From Providence at 9a, m., ev 1y day, except Sunday,
By Vue de I’Bau, Barrington,” Warren, Bristol, and
Postsmouth
To Newport, by 3 p. i, 20 miles
And back between 10a m wd 14 run with six ad
~ditional weekly tips to Bristol 8 months of he
year,
692, From Providence at 61 p m every day, except Sunday
By East Greenwich, Kingston, Shamrock Mills,
Dorrville, and Westerly '
To Stomington, by 9 pm, 48} mil s
And bacs between 2! a 4 m and 5 a m,
603, From Providence at 3) p m th'?! dav, except Sunday
ll{' Pawtuxet, Warwick, and Enst Greenwich
To Wickford, by 8 p mn, 22 miles
And back between Ga m and 10 a m,
604 Frovidence at 4 p.m, Monday, Wedaesday, and Friday
By Knlgmnvme.Nr\m-k,tfc-lnrowllo,lfuven"ry.We-l
Greenwich, Pive Hill, Brand’s tron Works, Hop
kinton, North Stonington, (Conn.,) Mystie, Centre
Groton, and Groton
To New London, by 5 p m next days, 57 miles
And back between 7 am, Monday, Wednesday,and
Friday, and 10 a m next days ; with three add)-
tonal weekly teips to Coventry, 14 miles,
605, l"tc";l l:lmvulonco at 12, Monday, Wednesday, and
“riday
By Simmonsville, SBouth Scitnate, Mount Vernon
Rice City, Quondoe, and Moosup, (Coan.)
To Ceatral Village, by 5 p i, 30 miles
And back between 7 a m and 1 p m, next daya,
606, From Providence at 55 a m, Monday, Wednesday,
and F iday B
By North Scituate, South Fo'ter, and South Killing-
Iy, (Conin) to Wes. Killingly, by 11 a m, 26 miles
And back bet veen 2 pm and 75 p m, next days,
697, From Pr vigence at 55 a wy, Tuesd Iy, Thursday, and
Saturday
By Nor hscituate, Poster,and East Killingly,(Conn )
To Killingly, ty 10} w m, 26 miles
And back between 24 p o and 7§ pm, Monday,
Wednesday, and Friday
608, From Providence at 3 p. m, Monday, Wednesday, and
Saturday
ll{ Lippitt,
To Fiskville, by 7 p in, 12:miles
And back ‘n-twu-u Gamand 10 a m same days,
Froposals for six-timesa-week service will be considered,
609, From Providence at 3 p m every day, exeopt Sunday
By Fruit 11, Greenville, and Chepachet
To Pascoag, by 7 pn, 19 miles
And back hetwe niam and 10 a m; Frait Hill to
be omitted b three of the trips, each way,
610, From Providence at 7 a m every day, except Sunday
By Pawwiecker, Valley Falls, Lonsdale, Lime Rock,
Albion, Camberland Hill, Woonsocket Falls, Wa
terford, (Mass.,) Blackstone, Slatersville, Millville,
Uxbridge, Whitinsville, Northbridge, Farnums
ville, Wilkinsonville, and Millbury
To Worcester, by 94 a m, 44 miles
And back between 75 am and 10} a m ; with an ad
ditional six times-y week mail between 3} pm
and G pm eing, and 31 p m and 6§ pm r tarning,
611 From South Scituate at 6 pm, Tuesday, Thursday,
and Satarday
By Clayville
T'o Foster Centre, by 8 pm, 61 miles
And back between 6 am and 8 a m, Monday, Wed
nesday, and Friday
612, From Chepachet, at 6 p m, Tuesday, Thursday, and
Saturday
To Bureillville, by 7 p m, 3} miles
And back between 6 am and 7 a m, same days,
613, From Newport a 1 6 a m, Tuesday and l"vitw
By Jnmestown, Narregansett, Tower Hill, akefield,
Peveyvitle, and Charleston
To Westerly, by 7 p w, 37 miles
And bock between 6 am and 7 p m, Monday and
Thoarsday,
611 From Newport at 8 a n, Friday
T'o New SEhoreham, by 6 p i, 31 miles
And back between 8w and 6 p i, Thursday.
615, From Wakefiel | at 6} a m overy day, except Sunday
By Peacedale and Kingston
To Railrvad Depot, by Bw, 6 miles
And Lack between 4p m and 6 p ~
616, From Coventry at 8 a m, Saturday
By Noose Neck Hil, West Greenwich Centre, and
Escoheag
To Voluntown, (Conn.) by 4 p m, 26 miles
And back between B a m and 4 p n, Friday,
Gl7. l“ru:a }\'u terly atBam, Monday \"ednudly,lnd
riday
Ny Poter’s Hill
T'o Hopkinton, by 10 a m, 8 miles
And back between 10} a i and 12m, same days,
Form for a bid where no change fro, ad
vertiscmoent v contemplated uy‘no Didaer.
“I (or we, as the case may be) (lere write the name or
names in fullj of [here state the residence or residence /]
hereby propose to carry the mailon No, from to
as often as the advertisement requires, in the time
stated in the schedules, nud by the following mode of con
veyance to wit : [Here state how it is to be conveyed, | fur
the annual sum of § o
Form ofna guarantee to nccompany each bid.
“The undersigned [here insert the name of the guaran
tor or guur:mlurul_ guaranties that, [here insert name of
bidder or names of bidders, as the cnse may be, ] if his (or
their) bid for carrying the mail from to be ne
cepted by the Postmaster General, shall enter into an obli.
gation prior to the first day of July wext, with good and
sufficient sureties to perform the service pru‘umocf."
Form of Certificate.
The undersigned. postmaster of certifies that
the gnarantors above named are suflicient um‘nble to make
good the r guaranty,
Instructions.
1. Heven minutes are allowed for opening and closing
the mails at all offices where no particular time ‘s specified ;
but on railrond and steamboat routes there is to be no more
deluythan is necessary to deliver and receive the bags.
2. The mail is to be conveyel in preference to passen
gers, and to thair entire exelusion, if its weight and bulk
require it.
3. Post office blanks, mail bags, and thespecial agents of
the dopartment, on the exhibition of their credentials, are
to be conveyed without further change, on mail lines ad
mitting of such conveyanre,
4. hfuil agents are to be conveyed withont charge on the
principal railroad and steamboat lin s, where the size of
the mails and the number of the oth es will require their
empleyment by the department ; and in that case, a sepa
rate apartment for the assorting and safe-keeping of the
mail is to be provided by the contractor, under the direc
tion of the department.
5. In all enses thers is to be a forfeiture of the pay of the
| trip when the trip is not run ; a forfeiture of at least one
fourth part of it when the running or arrival is so far be
hind time asto luse the connexion with a dz2pending mail ;
and a forfeiture of a due proportion of it when a grade of
service is rendered inferior to that in the contract. These
forfeiturcs may be increased into penalties ofhigheramount,
according to the nature or frequency of the fallure and the
importance of the mal,
Jf' Fines will be imposed, unless the delinquency be sat
isfactorily explained in due time, for failing totake from, or
deliver at, a post office, the mail, or any pat of it ; for suf
fering it to be wet, injured, lost, or destroyed ; for convey
ingitina plice or mannerthat exposes it todepredation loss,
orinjury ; for refusing after demand to convey a mail by
any coach, railrond ¢ v, or steamboat, which the contrac
tor regnlarly runs on the route beyond the specified nun
ber of trips in the contract, and for not arriving at the time
set ; and for setting up or ranmng an express to transmit
commercial intelligence in advance of the mail, a penalty
will be exacted equal to a quarter’s pay.
7. The Postmaster General may annul the contract for
repeated failures ; fur violating the post office laws ; for dis
obeying the instructions of the department 3 for re{ullng to
discharge a carrier when required by the department ; for
assigning the contract without 'he consent ul‘lho Postmas
lcr‘;lemflrnl, or for setting up or runing an express as afore
sad.
8. The Postmaster General may alter the contra“t, and
alter the schedule, he allowing a pro rata increase of com
pensation, within the restrictions imposed by law, for the
additional service required, or for the increased speed, if
the employment of additional stock or ¢ rriers is rendered
necessary ; but the contractor mnr. insuch case, relinquish
the contract, on timely notice, if he prefers it to the change.
The Postmaster General may annul the contract or curtail
the service, and pay when he wishes to dispense with the
service, in whole or in part, or place a higher or different
grade of service on the route, he allowing one nionth’s ex
tra pay on the amount dispensed with,
9. 'the payments will be made through drafts on post
offices or otherwise, after the expiration of each quarter—
sav in Febraary, May, Augnst, and No-ember.
10. T'he distances are given aceording to the best infor
mation ; but no increased pnz will be allowed, shonld they
prove to be ureate than is advertised, if the placesare cor
rectly named,
11. The Postmaster General is prohibited by law from
knowingly ifking a contract for the transportation of the
mail with any person who shall have entered into any com
bination, or proposed to enter hmunr combination, to pre
vent the making of any bid for a mail contract by any other
person or persons, or who shall have made any Agreement,
or shall have given «r performed, or promised to give or
perform, any consideration to do, or not to do any thing
whatever to induce any other person not to an for a mail
contract. Particular attention is ealled to the 28th section
of the act of 1836, prohibiting combination to prevent bid
ding.
lg. A bid received after time, to wit: the 4th April next,
at 9 a. m, or without the gnaranty required by law, or that
combines several routes in one sum of ompensation, can
not be considered in competition with the regular pProposal
not adjndged to be extravagant,
EL A bidder may offer, where the transportation called
for in the advertisement Is diffienlt or impracticable at cer.
tain seasons, to substitute an inferior mode of conveyance,
or to intermit servi e a specified number of days, woeks,
or months, He may propose to omit an office that is inac
cessible, or is not on the stage road, the ruilway, or at a
steamboat lundm". as the case may be; or he may offer to
substitute an inferior mode of supply in suchcases. He
may propose diffsrent days and hours of departure and ar
rival, provided no more ranning time is ask dyand it is
obvions that no mail connexion or other publle accommo
dation is prejudi ed. He may ask for more running time
to the trip, during a specified numbor of da %, at certain
seasons nfrommvly bad roads ; but b-_wmdtrnu changes,
a proposal for service different from the ndvertisement will
ronm Its being eonsidered in competition with a regninr
i not et aside for extravagance ; and where & bid con
tains any of the above alterations, th i disadvantages wil
be estimated in comparing it with other proposals,
14 There shoukd be bt ono route bid ke in a proposul
15, The route, the service,the yearly pay, the bid. ®r's
name and residence, and the name of utt.uuwhr of the
firm, where a company offers, should be distinetly stated
nlso the medo of conveyance, it a higher moda than on
horsebnek i 3 intended,
16, “T'he bid should be sent under seal, nddressed to the
Firat Assistant Postmaster General, with *Mail Proposals
I the Btate of e, written on the face of the letier
and should be despatehed in time W bo received by or be
fore the th Aprid nest, at 9 wiolock, a.m. 1t shonid be
tmmmuod. and the safliciency of the guaranturs . hould
e dul{ cortified. (®ee torms,)
"‘I'L ; ‘h.e Contracts are to be executed by or Lefore the Is¢
[Taly next,
[ 1M Postimasters at offices situnted upon or near rnilronds,
bt more than eighty rods feom a depot, will, immediately
nfter the 20th Apeil next, report that fact to the department
stating their exact distanee from the railroad de i, um‘
how otlorwise -uprlml WiLh the mail, 1o en ble tkn Post.
naster General to direct the proper supp y 1o be made from
tae rallrond by marl messe gers, from und after the st
July next.
19 Under the act of 3d March, 1845, the route is to be
‘et to toe lowest bidder, teadering sutficient guaranties for
fuithfu) pertormance, without uther reference to the mode
ol transportation than may be necessary to provide for the
due celenity, certainty, and security of sich Lransportation,
When the lowest bid proposesa imode of couveyance that
is inadequate for the route in respect to the certainty, se
curity, and celerity of the mails, aside from any accommo
dation for travel, t will not e cutitled t) the route,
20, When the bid does not e a mode uf conveyance,
It will be taken and nnderstood to be for the lowest mode
ol conveyunce, it will be taken and understood to be for
the lowest mode of conveyance, to wit: on horseback,
When it proposes to carry according to the udvertisement,
and no mode of conveyance is stated for the route in the
advertisement, it will be cousidered as otfering only for
horseback conv yance.
¢l Bince the passage of the act of March 3, 1845, a new
deseription of bid has been received. It =, cifies no mode
of conveyance, Litengages to carry the matl with ¢ ertainty
celerity, and security, using the terms of the law, These
bids are called, from the munner m which they are desig
nated on the books of the department. “star bids.” It has
been decided, after mature consideration, that a bid pro=-
posing a specific mode of conveynnce of as hih a grade ns
two horse conch transportation is to be prefer ed to the star
bid. I'he exparience of the department enables it to lay
down the followin « riles, viz:
When the mail on the route is not #o large as to require
two-horse conch conveyanee, a star bid, if the lowest, will
he preferred to the specific bud,
22 When the mails are of such size and weight as to
render it necessary orexpedient,in refgrence to thei alone,
to provide two horse coach convey u“o. the spec.fie bid,
though the highest, will be preferred to the star bid, t the
extent of a moderate ditference in the compensation, in
case the difference 15 not such as to interfere with the pol
ey of the new law, which looks w 0 a reduction in the cost
of transportation, ereplmm, howeve , may be alluwed
where the star bid is made by the present owner of the
stock on the route, and it is manifest that the reasous for
preferring the specific bid do not exist in his ense,
23, On rontes of the highest elass, wh refonr horse conch
or steambont transportation is required by the size and im
portance of the mails, the preference for the specific bid
Will be, if necessary, earried, to a greater extent of differ
ence than on the inferior coach routes ; subject, however,
to the exceptions ahove stated,
2L A modification of a bid, in any of its essential terms,
I 8 tantamount to a new bid, and cannot he received, go as
to interfore with regular competition, after the last hour
set for receiving bids,
~ . JOHNSON, Postmnster General,
Post Orrice Derarruest, Doc, 18, 1848,
d3o—law 12w
S ar
The Asthma can be Cured !
THE ONLY REMEDY !
D R. PETER 1. LEE has discovered a remedy that will
certainly and effectually eure the Spasmodic Asthmn,
as hias been demonstrated in handreds of instances beyond
b doubt, He asks the attention of the ailicted to the fol
lowing letter from Rev. L. D. Williamson, who s well
known throughout the United States ;
Editor of the Star—lt is known to some of your readers
and many of my friends, that I have recently Tound a cure
for Asthmia, with which I have suffered severely fur many
years, During iny recent visit to the East, many anxious
mquiries were made as to the moeans of a cure which ap
pears astonishing,
T'o save turther inquiries, and also to put others in the
way of procuring a like reiief, allow me to say, that | pro
cured a prescription from Dr. Peter 11, Lee, to which alone
Lattribute a cure 1 have every reason to believe perfect
and radical. 1 have indeed no symptom orfeeliig ol Asth
ma left,
Through a long period of fifteen years I have suffered
much—tried various medicines, and been acquainted with
hundreds of cuses and [ am well satistied that Dr. Lee’s is
the only prescription that can be relied upon. Gratitude
to him fogthe immeasurable relief he has bronght we, and
i desire 10 serve the sutfering, have alone induced me to
mike this public statement, which I do in the utmost con
fidence that those who fullow my advice will not be disap
pointed, L. D. WILLIAMSON.
Cincinnati, Oet. 10, 1817,
Inaletter sent Rev, My, Drew, of Augusta, Me., he says :
*lhave not taken a half bottle, and am well, and have
no fears of A<thma again, inasmuch as [ have for the last
two months been exposed to all sorts of weather, and amn
froe from that complaint which has made me a sutferer
through ioyg dreary years.”
Dr. Lee beheves, fromhis knowledge of the medicine and
its eflects, that the five cazes will be permanently cured,
i the use of it i# continued.
Now let the reader examine the impartial statement of
Rev. Wm. A, Drew, editor of the Gospel Banner,of Augus
ta, Maine, and he will bo in possession of wctual experi
ments, e snys 1—
“The editor of the Banner is no friend of humhnvely 3
and would not consent to receive any of this medicine on
sile until he had, by means of several bottles furwarded
throngh him ascertatued to his own satisfaction, that it is,
on the whole, a good medicine, He did not require that it
should cure every body, for such a pretension would he
humbuaggery ; no medicine will cure in Qvery cuse ; butaf
he should ascertain that it accomplished the vhjeetin a
mijority of cases, he meant to consider the fact as enough
to establish for it a ‘nm«l claim to genern) confidence. He
nas ascertained that in fifteen out of seventeen cn<es it has
given relief; that in ten of that number it appenrs to have
effected n cure ; and that, in the other two cases, no eflects
’oml or bad have been perceived from its use. Justice,
lowever, requires ns to s.y, that these cases were quite
hopeless ones, which it was not really expected any medi
cine could reach.”
To this might be added hundreds of similar testimonies 3
but the fullowing from the editor of the Star in the West,
Whao is personally acquainted with Dr., Lee, and knows of
the sucesss of his medicine, is worthy of notice 1—
Tue Astusma Mepvicisg.—Persons frequently write us
letters of inquiry about this medicine, to know if itis really
wWhat it claims to be. We canonly say that the certificates
in the Star are GesviNg—to which might be added many
more of a similar character, Our own opinion 15, that it
will pcnmnu-nll,v cure at least eight out uf every ten who
are troubled with the spasmodic asthma. It is certainly a
very remarkable medicine, although we know nothing of
the ingredients of which it is composed, It is the 5:»!
medicine, we believe, ever made known that will cure
the spasmodic asthma of long standing. A physician of
this city snid to the maker of the medicine a few days ago
“Tell me what the medicine is made of and 1 will give
you a hundred dollars ! 1t has cured an old gentleman, a
patient of mine, who has had the asthma these twenty
years!” e will only add some
l.\ll'ul('l‘A.\"F CONSIDERATIONS,
Unlikequack medicines, it elaims to cure but one discase ;
and there can be no deception when a case of asthma is
cured. The complaint is of that nature, us all know who
have it that it cannot be charmed away by faith or other
wise. A man with a cough may suppose he has the con
sumption, take medicine, and get well Perhaps he would
have recovered without it—but the medicine gets the cred
it The same is true of patent pills and other nostrums
which claim to cure almost all diseases, Not 0 with the
asthma. It generally follows a man all his life—and if he
therefore gets well after taking a certnin medicine, he
knows that cured him. He cannot be deceived, and no
remedy has ever been discovered except Dr. Lee’s that
will cure it,
To prevent imposition and connterfeits he designs to
confine the sale of it to a few responsible agents. He pre
fers that it shall become known more by its success, (gun
by extensive advertising.
All orders forthe medicine, wholesale,should be directed
to JOHUN A. GURLEY, Clueinnaty, Ohio, who can send it
hy express to almost any principal to.wvn in the United
States ; it may alw&!n be found at his bookstore on 4th st.,
five doors west of Walnut street. Price 83,
Jason Gurley, of Cincinnnti, Ohio, is the exclusive gen
eral agent for the medicine throughout the United States,
The medicine may be had of the Messrs, ROW E, No. 25
Market u&unm. Providence ; of J. M. Twce, No. 9 Bowery,
New York, and Win. A, Drew, Augusta, Me Jy2
GREAT BLESSING OF THE AGE.
NIU&HB’H L‘umr;uud Syrup of Yellow Doeck Root—The
demand for this celebrated article is daily increasing.
We are continually receiving orders from all parts of the
country for it. Our agent says in a letter we received
from Lim this morning that he had orders on hnmgur 76
dozen bottles. It is the greatest preventive of disea¥e ever
Known ; persons who take this will not be attacked with
stummer complaints ; it is a great article to have in a family
to give to children to keep them well, l’rflmrvd 1~nI! by
the proprietor, at 167 Broad st. C. MORSE, Jr.
ACCOUNT BOOKS, PA PER,
A ND STATIONARY~—The subscriber invi es atten jon
to his extensive and well selected stock of Account
Books, Paper, Stationery, &e.
Account Books, ruled to all the patterns in general tse }
al:o mannfactured to order to any pattern and sty le re
quired, and warranted to give satisfaction.
Writing Papers, of every deseription, including blue,
white Inid and wove Letter aud Cap I'a wers, of English
and American manufacture ; Maying (an«L.
Note l'ywr and Envelopes, plain aud fancy,
Inks—English and American writing, copying, blue and
red Inks,
Soaling Wax and Wafers—Jones?, Vietoria, Harp and
Dutch Crown Sealing Wax ; Royal, Scarlet and Red Wa
fers, assorted sizes.
Steel Pens, of Gillott’s, Windle's, Hertz's, Perry’s and
Leman’s manufacture.
Gold Pens, from the different manufacturers,
Quills—A full as lortment, of all sizes,
Whatman's Deawing Papers— A full assortment.
Blates—Hard wood frame School and Log Slates ; proce
lain Slates and Tablets,
Cutlery—Pen and Pocket Knives, Eracors, &¢,
GEO, 11. WHITNEY,
f 7 successor to C. Burnett, Jr, 3 Westminster st,
} WESTMINSTER LIBRARY,
‘VH have established a circulating Library, with the
ahove name, in connexion with our booxstore, at 140
Westminster st, and shall be happy to receive the calls of
the reading commmunity in town and country. We have
nearly one thousand volumes to offer at the start, compris
ing the most valuable in every doFulmoul of Literature,
mo'n'rluy, lli-tor{. Voyages and T'ravels, Domestic Econ
omy, Poetry, all the best novels and the latest works on
the ancient and modern sciences. Additions will be made
from day to day of new works, as soon ns they are issued
from ""'.l'""' Rich, rare and racy Antiquarian Works
will be added oceasionally, We shall endeavor to aceom.-
modate the wants of the public and we solicit a share of
public patronage. WINSOR & PERRIN.
PAPER IHANGINGS,
FREN(‘II and American Paper Hangings—Hesny Cosn
& Co, 116 Westminster et, have just rec’d from France
AN assortment of elegant gilt and other I’u&er Hangings
and Borders, Landscape Views and Fire Board Land
veapes ; also, a handsome supply of American Papers of all
prices and a great variety of elegant printed Window Cur
tains, Those in want of the above articles are invited to
eall and examine them, as it is presumed that their assort.
ment is as complete and will be sold as reasonable as enn
he found in the city, mi
FLOOKING GLASSES,
2“0 DOZ common Looking flh«u.&om rec’d and fur
sale unusually Yow at 51 and 53 North Main st
f THOMAZ WHITAKER& SON.
SADDLE, HARNESS AND TRUNIK MANU .
| e FACTORY.
| SAMUEL WESSON,
NO. 4 NORTH MAIN STREET,
“'Ot'l.ll ifoim his friends and the public that he is
stifl to be found at his old stand, No. 4 Nerth Main
strect, where he w uld be happy to furnish them with all
descriptions of articles in his 'mo of buiygness,
Now on hand and for sale on the most favorable fterme,
a comrlete ussortinent of ®addles, Harnesses, common and
travel n: Trunks, Valizes, Carpet Bags, Portmonteaus,
Whips, Fly Nets, Collars, and a great variety of other arti
cles too numerous to mention, je24—f
ECONOMY IN KINDLING FIRES.
(PATENT RIGHT SECUHED&
The attention of Housekeepers, Ship Masters, Grocers, Man~
Wacturers, Tin Smiths, &e, s invited to n Patent
Composition, called
| CHEEVER'S FIRE KINDLING, .
| ‘vlll()ll is the best, most sufe and economical article
| ever used for Kindling fires. Many testin oniuls as
' Lo its utility might be offered, but a trial will convince the
inost incredulons, Fifty cents will supply one fire exery
~day for six months. 1t will dispense with the use of shuy
ings and paper, and thus remove a very great risk frem
many houses. Each package ccntains 24 cakes, each cake
10 inch squares, one of which, instantaneously tuking fire,
will burn with sufficient hientand blaze toignite bitunin us
conl; and by the addition of a few small pl¢ce| of wocd or
charcoal will Kindle the anthra-ite, or hy using a littlo
lfn"er Quantty no other kindling is required,
0 every shipmaster it will be of great utility and con
venience, as it is not aflected by water or elimate.
Dinkcrions—After placivg one or wore of the small
squares, (as the kind of fuel requires) in the hottom of the
grate or stuve, put on the fuel, then apply a lighted match
to the kindhing underneath. Cne of the inch squar s will
give astrsng and intence blaze from !5 to 20 minutes.
Manufactured exclusively for GRAY, WOLCOTT &
GREENE, Industrial and General Agents, 3 Spruce street,
New Yk,
M. RORINSEON, general agent for Providence and vicin
ity, Howard’s Llock, Museumn Avenue, of whom it con he
had wholesale and retail on favorable terms Retail gro
cers and others disposed to sell the abuve article are invited
to call and see its operntion, aw dl6
WILDERV'S PATENT SALAMANDER IRON
SAFES,
MANUFACTURED BY
SILABC HERRING, New York.,
\ TRIAL was mnade before a Committee of « minent Mer
-4R chants at the foot of Wall strect, New-York, for the
purpose of testing the fire-proof qualities of Wilder’s Putent
Sulamanderr Sote, as n-m;mn‘:‘ with “those claimed for
Jesse Delano’s, ¢, J, Gayler’s Patent Double, and Scott’s
Patent Asbesios Safe. ‘The subjoined extract from the
Committee’s Report, with the nanies of the gentlemen w hio
rendered that decisive verdict attached, presents clearly and
coucisely the result of the experiment.
- EXTRACT,
The ahove was n fair trinl, and was tous a convincing
proof of the superiority of the Ealamander Cafe over all oth
“rsjand considering that it wus expored to an intense heat
1o a period of eight hours, while each of the others were
destroyed by the same Leat in less than two hours, We
have no hesitation in saying, that we consider Wilder's
Salamander Safe really fire-proof, and affordin perfect se«
curity to books and papers ‘n case of fire. V‘l'o therefore
take much pleasure in making this statement to the publie,
and in recommending to them Wilder’s Patent Sulamander
Sate, as fully cntitled to their confidence,
WA ll.“\;lgk'l'll & SMITH,
BALDW & CO, -
MINTURN & €O, Committee.
CHARLES H. MARSHALL,
Fubsequent aceidental trinls have been equally satisfac
1y as can be shown by numercus certificates and testi
monials, and also l-{ the Mafe, which was tested in the
curning of the building occupicd by Mossrs, Btone & W en
very in this eity, last December, aud which can be secn at
the store of BROWN, BARKER & CO., No. 53 Market
ctreet; and have an assortment of the Gennine Balamondey
afes, for snle at manufacturer’s prices, 17
CAUTION,
\H my Spanish Lustral and Medicated Hair Preservative
LA has acquired a high reputation, and is almost universal
:)' used for promoting the growth and preserving and beauti
’ ying the hair, another article has been brought before the
public under the same name, hut entirely dulerent in it
composition and cifect, and I herchy eaution the public not
to be taken in by it, ‘ml always to mquire for “Camm’s
Spanish Lusiral” and use no vther, it they wish to be se
cure from deception. The ingredients, and a portion of
them can only be obtained from the Spanish markets, and
the manner of compounding the Lustral are known only to
myself, the seeret having been communicated to me 12
vears since by a distingu shed surgeon in Ed nburgh, Scote
land, and was by we introduced to the public for the first
time. My Spani=h Lustral may be known by its bright gold
en color, being free from all coloring matter which s al
ways injnnuus to the hair, and I would cantion the public
not to use any article of red color for the hair, as it must
tend to injure it very umu-rhnll'y. and above all to purchase
no article beaving the name of Bpanish Lustral unless my
name is attached to ity as all others are vile imitations, eal
culated o deceive those who are unacquainted with the
genuine and highly approved Camm’s Spanish Lustral,.—
For sale by the proprietor,
T. W. CAMM, 60§ Westminster st,
And also by CHARLES DYER, Jr., 40 and 42 Westmin
ster st sole agent for the Spanish Lustral, auletf
LELAND'S MUMICSTORE.
, Musical mstruments and Musien) Mer
chandise, can be chtnined at this cstub
} lishwent, of every description, and of
the very best quality, e usisting of supe
\ rior Guitars, plain and ormimental, at prices frem $5 to
§25; Flutes of every description, from $1 to $: 55 Clari
nets, Flagelets and Fifes, of various Kinds ol wood and
Minish ; Violins at every price fiom §1 50 to 835 ; rass in
struments ef every Hm‘ 3 Bamjos 5 Tambores ; Tuning
Porks ; Pipes ; Hammers ; Reedys i Bridges ; Strings ; Resin 3
Pegs 5 Bow Hair; Violin Bows, and \fmlm Trimowangs ot
allkinds 5 also, Scraphines ; Melodeons ; Accordeons ; Mu.
sic Boxes ; Music Kacks, and Folios, &e,
Glee and Music Instruction Books for every instiument
THE SHEET MUSNC—Consists of an extensive stock
of old and new music, The publicat'ons of every store in
the country can bo obtained at this store. Purchasers will
find all the newest and mwost favorite Fongs and Pieces
continually for sale. Pinno Fortes to let, at prices from §5
to 812 per quart r; also, second hand Pianos for sale,
l'lAK:) FORTES tuned and warranted togive satisfne
tion,
REPAIRING of every kind of Musical Instruments
with neatness and in the most expeditions manner.
The price of Music, Instruments and Merchandise as
gold at this establ shment, ns low yifnoteheaper than New
York or Boston. Orders will be attended to withthe great
esteare by A, M. LELAND, 135 Westminster st. mylo
PIANO FORTES,
ll.\l.l‘l'Z'l"l‘t DAVIS & CO,, Boston, re
spectfully imiforin tlmruhiir that they have
appointed Mr. 8, T THURBLR, sole agent
for the sale of their Piano Fortes in the
State of Rhode T<land, They take this opportunity to ex
press their thanks for the very Liberal patronage they have
received from this city and v winity, and would call the at
tention of purchiasers and others to the reeent improvements
they have made in their mstruments, rendering the tone
mu? action unsurpassed if equalled by any other make,—
The numercus medals and diplomas which they have re
ceived from the different fairs at l'hilmlvlphln' New York
and Boston, is suthicient proof of the high estimation in which
they are held abrond as well as at home. Mr. Thurber will
be always supplied with a lnrge assortnent of Piano Fortes
of the first class, which can be obtained of him as low as ut
the mannfactory, and w hich will be warranted in all respects
petfect instrmments,
S, T, "Churber bas just received a large supply of Piano
Fortes from the above makers; which he offers for sale at
his ware-rooms, 33 and 35 Westminster st, 021
PIANO FORTE,
A large assortment of Rosewood, Black
walnut, and 'Mnlwcuuy Piano Fortes
made by Hallett, Davis & Co. Boston,
and warranted equal to any nmnir in this
country, for sale very low at
m 7 THURRBER’S, 33 and 35 Westminster st.
New, and seceond hand Piano Fortes to let,
PIANO FORTES,
J UST received at TIPURBER'S Piano Forte rooms, 137
Westminster st, Howard’s building, a fine assortment
of Piano Fortes from the manufas tory of Hallett, Cumston
& Allen, Boston, warranted of thé vo?' best quality, and
or sale atthe mannfacturers’ lowest prices. my2o
SHEET MUSIC AT 3 CTS. PER PAGE !
TIIB subscriber wishing to reduce his stock of sheet mu -
sie, will sell it at 3 cents per page. New and popular
music receivod weekly from New York and Poston, w hich
will be sold at the same reduced price. Instiuction Books,
and all Musieal publications, for sale at much Jess than
former rices at THURBER’S, 157 Westminster st.
CHURCH BOOKS.
lIOR.\'B’G Works, 2 v.ils ; Horne on Psalms ; Jackson’s
Remaing ; Stanford’s aged Christian’s (Jumpamon }
Hawkstone, 2 vols ; Churc iman Armed ; Christian’s Man
ual; Mant’s Hore Liturgical ; Bickersteth on the L.ord's
Supper ; Mrs, Fry's Memoirs ; l'nrfl'l Sermons ; Colridpe’s
Aids to Refleetion ; Mant’s Happiness of the Blessed | gln
ter thy Chinreh 5 I'nornton’s Family Prayers ;: Margaret or
the Pearl; Ludy Mary ; Palmer’s Church History ; Hobert's
Aprlo’y i State of Departed ; Companion to the Altar ;
What is Christianity ; Verrien’s Pravers ; Simeon on Holy
Spirit ; Father Clement ; Christ’s Warning to Chnre hes ;
Religion as see v throngh Christ; Reeanta jon ; Cecil and
his Dog; Cousin Bertha ; Alwnys Happy ;5 Eteps to the
Altar; Vast Amoy : Jones on Trinity ; Chapin on the Puri
tans ; Stuntey on the Parables ; Spencer s Reformation
Hymns on Catechism ; Baera Privata ; Lord’s 0 wer ; De
vout Churchiman’s Companion; Law’s Serfous Call;
Sword’s Pocket Almanac, for 1849, a fresh mmfl{,jmt
rec’d, for sale by GEO. H. WHITNEY,
fid siuecessor to C. Burnett, Jr, 3 Westminster st.
RUBBERS! RUBBERS!! RUBBERS 111
(‘ HILDREN'S imported Rubbers, 37 et ; misses’ manm -
Z factured do 50 ; ladies do do 625 gent’s Over ¥hoes,
leather soles, §1 25 ; lndies’ Rubber Buskins, 62¢ts ; gent's
imported Ru‘nhern, 75; misses” Rubber Busking, 50 ; lodjes’
imported Rubbers, 62; gent’s manufactured Over Fhoes. &7,
Jl:l A‘.LHN J. BROWN, 111 Broad st.
IVvony.
c; CASESR ""6’ handled Knives and Forks, Knives with
-2 out Forks, Guard and Gume Carvers, Beef Blicers, Nut
Picks, &e ol‘ American manufacture, just rec’d and for
sale very fow at 51 and 53 North Main st,
06 THOMAS WHITAKER & SON.
DINING WARE.
lanWING mulberry, flowing blue, and white iron stone
Dining Ware, a full Assortment, rec’d and for sale very
low at 51 and 53 North Main st.
fe THOMAE WHITAKER & BON.
LETTER PAPERS,
A N invoice of Cap and Letter P ra, from the celebratea
manufactory of D, Carson & ‘:\m, Justrec’d and for
#ale low, a nice article for retailing,
al3 WINSOR & PERRIN, 140 Westminster s,
LETTER, CAP AND DRAWING PAPERS,
I“RU.\C the celebrated manufactory of D. Carson & Rons,
for =ale by the quantity, ream or single quire, at very
low prices for cash I
7 \\‘l.\'m)‘ & PERRIN, 140 Westminster st.
SECOND HAND BOOKS,
OI" Al Kinds, bought and sold at 140 Westminster ¢t by
fi WINSOR & FERRIN.