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ftjjfgtiuoute (Courier, la PUBLiMIKU EVKBV THl'KtDAT AT OTTUMWA, WAPELLO CO., IOWA, By If. H. W E S invariably in advance. One ccpy per year, $1 80 Four copics 5 CO To 00 Twenty" 24 00 Where payment is net nuulo ia advance, within six month* $2 GO within the year anl $ 3 at the cxpirat'on of th-j year. Ha&toess Cards. liny Wanted. A boy cf induatfLous and nioral habit*, Job Printing. We here added (o our OHic? a large supply of Job Type of the hte«t and neatest sfyl«s, ^jntl are now prepared to print Handbill*. Cir culars, Blanks, end Business Cards, in the neat est style, and most expeditious manner. AUQ' H. HAMILTON. IOW. Oitunm-a, Oct. I2!fc—!y. S T. HAMILTON. A. H. & E. T. HAMILTON, ^ty It N K YS AT LAW, V* Ottumwa, Iowa. "VTrlLL practice their profession Ifl the VV ('ourts of Wapello and adjacent roun tic?. g^"Alro particular attention will be given to uio purchase and aalu of Ikal Estate, pay roentof Taxes, &c. a. N 0 I 3 IS PERMANENTLY LOO VI ED IN A E N Y CI Y 4 ND offers his services to those who MUV X. fed disposed to call on hint. Sept. 21st, 1851.—3m l)r. IS. 11 i 14. CK, WOULDof respectfully announce to the cit 1 Decembei ljth, 1SW. izens Wapello county that he has located in Ottumwa, and having practiced med icine for lite last twelve years, (on Eclectic principles,) giving general satisfaction, tenders ___ bis professional services to the citizens and hopes to share a liberal portion of patron „ge ?Hleiii'y VI. Mi'iKlerwliott, ATTOKNKY AT LAW, ottcjiwa, March lVdi, lb&L*4y JXO. D. OEV1N. JAS. D. Securing and collecting claims, sale of War rants, Entries of land on time, buying and sell ing Real Estate, Settlement of Titles payment of Taxes, &.c. February ltitli 1834. D. F. (inylortl A U I O N E E OTIUMWA, IOWA. May lGth, 1851. J. J.. TAYLon. 'laylor & Williamson, •:)g£- CO-PARTNERS in the practice of Alulicine. Office and Residences on Second Street. Ottumwa, Jan. 5th, '04. rT t\ vak wi:i:iiii:v |IAMFA(H HER & WHOLESALE MIAL-.H 1)J iMportc* Cigars. Tobacco and *uii A", Slg* of the bis In Itan, Ii i/oor? MERCHANTSfrom WILL A Very Pleasant Residence O S A E THE SUBSCRIBER OFFERS FOU 8AL1). i AT V LB Y LOW FIG CUES, US' dwelling House and Lot, on Wit-lin..c'on street, one door from second. The dwelling house has four good rooms and pantry there is tgood smoke house and well, also an inferior plank stable. There is some fruit trees and vines growing on the premises, also a fine lot of young shrubbery. Any person wishing a bar gain will do well to call soon, as 1 am goinj to sell. For further particulers inquire at luskeep Sl Co.'s store. CHAS. LAWRENCE. September 7th, 1854. Chairs nnd Furniture! JUST RECEIVED and for sale cheap a large lot of Chairs, Bedsteads, Stands &c. ®f various patterns and Pr 6. VOL. 1 K I A v.Im) ran read and write well, and who is from 16 0 18 yt ars of ngft, is wanted at this Office, to learn the Printing Business. Apply immediate* |y, if you want a good situation. HOME. Home! fT w that blessed word tlirillt Umear! In it what recollections blend! It tells of childhood's scenes so dear, And speak* of many a cherished friend. O, through the world, wher'er we roatn. Though souls be pure and lips be kim), The heart with fondness turns to home— Still lurus to those it left behind. The bird that soars to yonder skies. Tho!i£h nigh to heaven, still seems unblessed It laevcs them and with rapture flies Downward to its own much loved nest. Tllough beauteous scenes may meet its view, And breezes blow from proves, With winguntired and bosom true, It turns to that dour spot it loves. When Heaven shall bid this soul depart) This form return to kindred earth, May the la.-t throb which swells my hesft, lleave where it started into birth. And should affection shed one tear Should friendship linger round my tomb, Tho tribute will be double dear, When given by P. S. Particular attention given to Chronic exceeded the Indian in cunning—who and Mercurial diseases. [Sept. 14,'54.*] lud more enduring powers of resistance y q" pj |0 itiuuc, and who were as relentless in E* N I S I f'ur"un s s s I o u o i the citizens of town and vicinity. of their .riots. ^11 work warranted. Ladies waited on at their residences if desired. Teeih inserted from one to an entire set, either by means of springs or atmospheric pressure, lie may be found at the Ukion HotjiL, on the 1st Msjnuay in the month. IOWA, WILL attend to business in the Courts the counties in Southern Iowa, and in the Supreme Court ut Iowa C.ty. DEVIM. J. A J. Deviai, A o K N E Y S A A W OTTl.MWA, IOWA. gy WILL practice in th« Courts of Wap ello, Jefferson, v.m Buren. Davis, Appanoose, Monroe Lucas, Marion and Mahaska. Having the advantage of along lesidence in rfie valley they will cive particular attention w 9 60 above the P. O., Main Street, Keokuk- Iowa. the Vallevare request ed to give me a call. Dealers tlnough out the State will be supplied every 3 months, from my wagons, which are CQBStouUy rui ning, at manufactory prices. aug. 31, '5-1. Ashland Seminary. open for the reception of students on Monday, Oct. 16th, 1851. At present the year is divided into three sessions of sixteen weeks each. Pupils will be charged from the time they enter the institution till tliey leave, at fonJ the rate of $9, $12 and $15 to studies pursued provided no student shall i be received for less than half a session, and no deduction except lor sickness. Board can be JTbtaincd in private families at very reasonable ratss. By order of the Hoard. L. DWIGIIT, Principal. Ashland, Oct. 19th, 185-1—Uv. f— those of "home, sweet home." I From ths Columbian and Great West.. a i e o o A LIXLND OF KEMLlKf. BV UK, T. GOODtHIiAI.L. thereof mg Kenluck WM tho home of remarkable men. I hey were men who reil 'OB^, ,!S SU per year, according I irices, by WASHBURN. E. ^fjtttumwa, Aug. 17,1854. Plasterer's Hair. THE undersigned has received and will keep constantly on hand a supply of Plasterer's Hair. CallattheTanyard. A. L. GRAVES. Ottumwa, Aug. 31st, 1&54. BLANK DEEDS, iL'8TICES NOTICES, Constable's Sales, »nj| Blank Notes reatlv printed, for sale at the CVjriir oqe*,, it». ch were ever the :»a*agc red men in pursuit of whi'.o in Pen.o.is wishing to purchase or rent land or tiguee, the dangers and perils of a Rocky town property arc informed that be has the agen cy and umnagement of much good property, both in town and country. There are Indian wigwams now to ward the Kock/ iMountaius, and on the plains sloping from t'ne Sierra Nevada, and thcr-' sre while men who dare wrap OiemfteStes in their blankets and go to real alone in the forest—who are hruve and hardy, nnd who know from severe experience the trials and fu'i^ues of a hunti r'« life, but there are none who uiay be ielected as fair representatives of the hunters of Kentucky. The fa- mountain life, now a days, do not equal I those which soirounded the pioneer from Virginia, in 177ti. Among the tuosl exciting traditions of the limes of trials to the pioneers in the jgreai valley of the West, those belong 1 ing to Kentucky have e eminent iuier jest, iier pioneers had to teach a horde of desperate Indians, not before dislurb cd, that they must retreat lrom the valley or the hill side where the white mau chose to build his cabin. to lJl(|d and brave, stout and determined men alone, were fitted to carry the rille and swing the axe in ihe forests to be felled in 1778, for th« cabiu and die corn 6«ld. Our legend is about such men. Two of them were in the depths of the for est on o certain morning, when, though the early harbiogers of dawn had given S^trtLL attpnd to making sale of personal property or Real Estate, at auction at any time, for a reasonable compensation. He may be place to roseate tints, which glowed upon Holh were daring and experienced hunt found in Oitumwa,utiles*absent on business. hill tops touching lite pastern horizon, it' ers. Fleet Fool wus one of the bravest to relieve it. Ii was not light enough for them to see distinctly, wheu their quick ears delected broadly on the tree lops, and checkered shadows lay all around them on the fall en leaves. Old Martin, after reminding the others that he Imd gone away hom ihe fort at Harrodsburg the day before they lelt, informed them that he had been working about ten miles distant, friends were making a ac'ssister had goue with him as com pany for his wife. Four men were ai work in the woods, when they heard screams at the cabiu. They rushed to wards it. Martha's eon,one of the four, was shot by an Indian, whom old Mar lin saw and attacked, while the others continued toward the cabin. •I put a ball in that red akin who shot Bob,' said old Martin, talking tp Mae and Fleet Foot, 'and then I run for the cabin too. 1 did'nl hear or see any sign of any more Ingins, and when I got to the cabin I found ihe women were gone. 1 swore a awl the «nwi got dark and I was a leetle excited and got a leetie wronjr, 3tid I've been a wan dcrin* and am st beginnin* to get the right bearin, when I saw Fleet Foot a dm win' a sight on me, I was tarnally lucky.' Fleet Foot and his companion had lis tened attentively while Martin related the particulars of the attack, and when he had concluded, Fleei Foot said. 'Did yuu notice what so.t of a var mint that was ou did tho business for?' *1 could'nt just exactly 'ell, but 1 be lieve he was a Black fish,' answered old Martin. 'We can catch 'cm then/ said Fleet Foot, 'I know them varmints. You know what tho old chief told Uoone— ilnt I beat all hi* warriors in a fair rare last summer, and ho was the one who gave me my nick nnme. Ef I could beat his fastest red devils then, and as I and tve will. We've got a lot of ac counts io srttle with 'em and now's the lime. We'd chase 'em ef they had'nl no women but, by powder, wt'll have ihein women ef they hav'nt sculped 'em, and ef they litve there shan't be one old B!ack left in Kuintuck. Now, old man, ou _' right rui straight to the fort and get live or six n.tt rs and seiul em on 'Til it's a liiot,' cried Mac, 'lliey know us and they can jist calculate that we'll stretch u few cd these rascals if we get a chance, or they'll do our business lor us right quick. They got one of iny folks and that's ns many a if we mean to let 'em have—Kale shall be rescued or avenged, anyhow we'll give 'em ten to one lor cutting oil llarr) and Bob* The hunters separated without formal ity old Marlin hastening with all his energy to execute his mission, and Mau and Fleet Fool struck a bee line for ihc cabin. Fit el Font had an interest in the suc cess of the enterprise about which he did not speak, ll was venturesome for two hunters to start from the cabin on the night previous, to follow, they knew not how many Indians, but they only went as spies. It was much more ven turesome-much more desperate/'or Fleet Foot and his companions to undertake what they threatened. They went not only as spies unless the partj of Indians was very large tliey determined lo res cue the women, if they were alive—il not to avenge their massacie terribly,— dark in the wooded valleys that and shrewdest of Kentucky pioneers.— J. Williamson, lh« hunters with difficulty groped their He wus young, but athletic, watchful and way. They had not traveled all ni^hl, I quick &t expedients, besides he possess bul they had gathered up iheir blankets ed extraordinary [let-mess. No Indiau when il was yet an hour before day break, could outrun him* He had had several and were puking their way along very opportunities of testing his powers as slowly knowing thai soon the morning runner in saving his own and others light would break through the thick fo- lives, lie alluded to some of them in liage over ihem. They had been absent his conversation with old Martin. frotr ihe fort, at llarrodshurgh, several On o».e occasion he was chopping day? they nnew that there was anxiety I with his brother and another pioneer, about their fate and they were impatient ubout four nules from the fori, when a a footstep s'ealtlnly approaching. In an and took ihe other chopper prisoner instant each had chosen hie auibush and Fleet Foot dashed through the woo ds at was keenly watchful. ihe ti.p of his speed, with a half dozen •By power, it's old Martin,' ciied one warriors straining every muscle lo over of the hunters, and springing from his lake him. (i was their design to attack ambush he drew his rifle to his shoulder ihe fort. They were eagerly anxious to and leveled it him, who gave a sudden prevent an alarm being given, but the yell, and then, in a rough tone said: young hunter was too Heel lor them all. Put down yer shootiti' iron. I aint He reached ihe lort notioftS, «f thty art in fun «y i.ar'H Mar to pop you ef you had been a they were red skin,' an*weied the individual called loss fur, showing himself. •Well I've got a leetle news for you pariic'lars but may be Fleet Foot '11 take a sort 'o notion io il too. SSit down on this 'ere log till I tell you, for is a leetle serious and I'm kiodcr worked up about ii.' I him. He ran with all his energy toward The three hunters sat together in ear ihe fort, several Indians in full chase af nest conversation until the sun shone i .er him—others tiring at him. He was very large party of Indians led by the rerowned chief Blurktish, suddenly at tacked them—shot Fleei Fool's brother bul poor Hob was in the woods and we The Indians might reach the door before had to look oner hifi). So we went, ii could be securely fastened again.—— •lieaKin and found him dead enough There were not men enough in the fort fight ike large body of Indians in a ami we carried him to the cabin and then held a council. I swore I'd go to the fort and gu a party and foller them fed fkms till we had our women and their scalps ef it took till enow come.— We discussed a while, and the other boya :d to%gei on the Ingins' trail and make sitina, and I started for the fori fort and I'll creep through it.' I» wa« jist about sundown, and anon 1 it did when I had to creep into the fort, he and Mac began to calculate what they when Mac s brother was shot thin sum- »houid do when ihe savages were over mer, Mac and 1 can overtake them now, taken. They conversed a few minutes when Fleet Foot buid: •li's no u?c—wedon'iknow how we'll find 'em. It'll be time to fix how we shall gue it to 'tin wheu we've got a id safely, and the garrison prepared at once to meet the foe. When ihe Indians made the atluck repelled with considerable On another occasion Fleet Foot was shooting at a mark near Ihe fort with a brother of his present companion.— They were suddenly surrounded by In dians. The other marksman was shot. The balls aimed ut Fleet Foot missed within seven paces of the fort when he saw that the door was not open. In an instant the thought 6truck him that ii dare siot be opened for fear of ihe Indi ans who would rush in. He threw him. self flat on the ground between a large stump and the fort. There were numer- where some ous guns aimed at ihe Indians from ihe settlement.— lort, and they dare not come in reach of the balls. They amused themselves by firing at Fleet Foot. There he lay, hu mother looking down upon him and praying that he nrght be saved—his friends urging him lo lie close and not lose courage—while the balls ol the In dians, thirsting for his blood, were strik ing close lo him, often throwing upon him the dirt which they plowed up. It was a most perilous and pninful position. He conversed with his friends about o pening the door of the fort. He said he could rush through it in an instant. They answered him that they d&re not halt lb* hvm til* woaen and childrva. 4f tinilir |"triusfiper ^fbotrlr fa politics, gtfcratttrt, Enteral $tftos, g^ritulfart, (Buration, Ittavlicfs, £-r. OTTUMWA, IOWA, NOVEMBER 23, 1854. to close combat. The balls from the rifle* of the In dians continued to strike around him.— A moment the young warrior was en gaged in deep thought—then he cried: 'For God's sake dig a hole under the Il was \et early in the day when old Mnnin showed a party of five hunters where he had killed the Indian who shot his bf-n Bob. 'I his party immediately followed in pursuit of Fleei Foot and Mac. It was between midday and sundown when Fleet Foot declared that the In li.ms could not be much in advance, and utter us. and we ll go ri^ht oiT to your rious surmises about their late. As they as well as loes aronnd them. With this cabin and afore night we II overtake th.-ra hastened on they frequently conversed io intention he continued his noiseless logins, and ii ay be afore your boys get low tones about their lore-runners tip with us wit'll do the business. I ell Lengthened shadows were sreepinu in 'cm at the fort thai our blood i* up. and the eights on our rifles are itching to be drawn on them Blackti-h.* The huntera did not atand over the body of the dead friend even long en ough for this conversation. Their du ties to the living were too pressing.— They talked cautiously as they proceed ed. Experienced as they were in de lecting Indian "signs," they knew ihal ihe savages tou'd not be fur in advance, and the\ hoped to overtake them before il was dark. While the hunters were hastening in pursuit under this impres sion, th sinai no particular advantages to them u» ca*s of an attack. Indian. »«e Mc,n|.e4 upon a It was late in the afternoon when the female prisouerf, from over fatigue, be gau togrow itrdy in iheir march. Both le 11 behind the main parly of savages women aud this warrior, who, with an 1 ndiuti boy, was, at that moment, all the savages in sight, and supposing this to be the whole parly, with a reckless im pulse rushed lo the attack. Thev saw their error too late. The brawny war rior was severely wounded by a ball from ihe ride of one of ihe hunters, bul no sooner had the report of his gun rung through ihe woods than the hunters were (surrounded. and the other taken prisoner. tlii'-kerung gloom, a::d then whispered Immediately his request was compiled trees Under wiii it snapped and glowed with ard ihe brave hunter reached this A dark form stood between the tire and i curious avenue to safety without injury,' ihe hunters they recognizee the outline and was caught in his mother'sarms and to be thai of an Indian: creeping onward wept over as one rescued who had been 1 given up as lo6t. The baffled Indians rifles closer, and put their left hand upon retin with savage yells. their hunting knives. They were im-I When Fleet Foot and his companion patient to know where the prisoners, reached the cabin they had no ditlieulty were and what was ihe strength of the in finding the "signs" made by ihe hunt- i Indian parly. At length the fire blazed era who had followed the Indians as so brightly lhal it illuminated three foims *pies. They pushed forward on the trail with the speed which ouly ex peri enctd hunters could attain. sight of the varmints.' Again the hunters pushed forward zealously. They had not yel overtaken ouly what strength guarded ihe prison ihts two hunters w ho lelt ihe cabin ihe ers he desired to communicate to them rnghi previous. They began to have ee- the cheering news that the had friends the forest, indicating that soon ll would was nearest him. He whispered her bw impossible for the hunters to keep name. She did not hear him, or if she truce of the signs which had been left heard, conceived the voice to be one her during the day. Fleet Foot observed a i active imagination had conjured. Again {small piece of linen on a bush. He ea Fleet Foot whispered the name which gerly grasped it and showed it to Mzz, was dear to him. and which fell sweetN sa) tng Jtrom his lips. The young woman start •That's a leetleencouragin. It shows ed and looted about her. An Indiau on ihe women arealivo yet any how but it's the watch saw her startled movement and tarnsl strunge we have'nt ketched them other boys 1 b'lteve they've been a leeile careless and the Inginn have got 'eur' He had gone but a few steps after he made these remarks when Fleet Foot cried: 'Jist as I expected. Here's one of 'em an) how. Ttiein Ingins 'il roast the other, by powder, ef we don't gel 'em out of their hand?.' Thai they will,'answered Mac, who looked upon the dead body of ihe hunt er, with whom he had been well acquaint ed, I) ing directly in their path. He had been shot nnd his scalp taken.' 'Last year old Blacklith said he'd roast ihe first hunter he could gel imo his cump, and ef they've got ihe other fel low prisoner, I'll bet they mean to give him a taste of what we give yourg pigs ou Christmas, bul we won't let em, by powder, as )ou say, Fleet Foot.' 'No by powder, we wont,' cried Fleet Foot. 8 and were guarded by a brawny warrior would amount io nearly $15,000,000/— who delighted in tormenting them. The lietlcrn Christian Advocate. spies on their trail came in sight of the One was shot and scalped taken Drisoner While Fleet Foot and hit compan ions were groping their way by ataxlight the Indians were holding a council upon the late of iheir prisoners. The spies had found much difficulty in tracing the path of the Indians, but they left behind ihemsuch signs as indi cated lo their followers the path to be pursued. The savages had pushed for ward with much speed and caution till hey had been attacked when, supposing that all in their pursuit had been remov ed from a watch over iheir movement, they relaxed their speed, and soou en camped, losing the aid of the fore run ners, from the time they fefl the copse, it required the exercise of iheir keenest powers, in order to keep the Indian trail. Twilight was gone, and though the hunters could clearly see the leaves on the tree tops, ii had become quite dark around iheir path. They were about to seek a camping place, and give over the pursuit till another day dawned, when Fleet Foot, stooping forward, looked for ««v«rat momenta ipteoily UuoughT tty io Mac: 'Somebody's makin' a little fire out yonder about a mile, and I'll bet my ammunition it's theru tarnal varmints.' The fire grew brighter, Mac saw ii distinctly. The hunters slowly and stealthily turned their footsteps toward the feeble flame. It became more dis tinct, until at length they could see its smoke curling among the leaves of the with cat like caution, both grasped their: Watchfully and noiselessly he stole through ihe woods, till the Indian coun cil was between him and the fire then he could count the number of Indians in council, but he wus not sa'.istied t»» know i course until he stood within a few feel of :he piisoners. The young woman i which the hunters, wiih great joy, rec- i ognized cs those of the women and the captured spy bul with nil their fln!l and caution the hunters could not ascertain the number of savages. An old Indian came to the fire and lit his pipe another roasted a piece of meat, and both joined a party at sueh a distance from the liie thai Fleet Foot was pnzzlfd to tell how many foes he must fight before the pris-, oners could be rescued. He longed to shoot the 'varmints' who exposed them selves at the lirp, but prudence forbade him. lie instructed Mac to keep his place and watch closely while he recon-1 notified. came near her. The fire shone brightly on him Fleet Font was sorely templed to shoot him, hut the risk was too great. The bold hunter's position was one of great trial. Another word from him might abrm the young woman, and her agitation defeat the whole scheme of rescue. Shielded from the view of the Indians by a large tree. Fleet Foot crept neurer the prisoners. He was rejoiced to see the Ir.dian, whose suspicions had i been excited, return among his compan ions and take his seat in *he council. £to be continued.} Hew Much Sugar do W© Eat! Last year there were consumed in this country about 705.000,0(J0 nounds ofi cane sugar and 27,000,000 pounds of! maple sugar. This gives more than 24 pounds of cane sugar and one pound of" maple 6ugar to every man, woman, and child. This does not include molasses or honey. If this sugar was put into barrels holding tw? hundred pounds and each barrel occupied the space of three square feet only, it would require 336, acres of land for il to stand upon. The i barrels, il placed in a row, would reach 2*20 miles. If this sugar was put in pa- i per packages of five pounds each, it I would require 146.400,000 sheets of wrapping paper and if only a yard of) string was used to each package, there would be required 439.200,000 feet, or I .,, 000 mi «P°' »l"' li .Ourdeo i„ of ri re lh noul 10 g0 u ,, „j How lht orU) every retail clerk sold a hundred pounds ol sugar each day, it would require near ly 25,000 clerks to sell it all in a year.— If the dealers wholesale and retail togthe er, made a profit of only two cents a pound on this sugar, these profits alone to Measure an Acre) Land, 3#| square yards make on* square rod: 40 square rods make one square rood: 4 square roods make an acre: 650 acres make one square mile, 4840 square yards or 160 rods make one acre. In measuring an acre by yards, the usual prac'ice is lo trace off 70 yards in This is may be considered near enough fot practical purposes, but as 70 yards oither way make 4900 square yards, it exceeds one acre by 60 square yards. To determine an acurate acre, il should be measured 70 yards in length, by 69 1 7 yards in width. The same result may be arrived at bv measuring 220 feet in length and 197 feel in width, or by measuring 73£ yards in length by 60 yards in breadth. «A lenSlf,» »n«l yards in width, a rough way bul may be consit "in' i Bolting Lawyers.—The Supreme Court ut New Yoik recently adopted a rule that lawyers should stand while ex amining witnesses. His Hon. Judge Gray, recently attempted to hold a court in Bintihampton, and though there were a hundred cases on the docket, the law yers unanimously agreed "not to be and appeal," and the Judge was obliged to depart with a "huge flea in his ear."— Great lack of justice in those parts.— Wonder if that will be the origin of a new political party in the State of New York. Koom there for plenty more!— Great generation these lawyers! ever knew them to "five m." NO. 44. Octagonal Country-Scat ofO.S. Fow kr, oa tic IJiuhoA. We copy from the Lady's Book an article descriptive of the country resi dencc of O. S. Fowler, on the Hudson. 1 he most important and interesting fea ture about the octagonal dwelling, an en gravingof which accompanies the article, is the material of which ihe walls are built, nineteen-twentieths of which was dug nut of the cellar, shovelled into the mortar bed, thoroughly mixed with lime, and then built op into walls, where it sub* sequently hardened into a solid mass.— These wi.lls, which have stood the lest of several years, are yet as good as ever. The cost, ii is claimed, is "four times cheaper than wood, ar«d six times cheap er than brick.'* Read the article below. It eooUioi suggestions of great ralact '•Devised in 1856, ar.d commenced in, 1848, it is ihe first important application of the octagonal form to domestic archi teciiire, on which he published a work in i 848, entitled "Home for All," and whirh 1 he has just revised. On the m*in floor there are lour large octagonal rooms, namely, parlor, sitting, dining, and amusement rooms, connected together by fo.ding doors nnd lour other side rooms, one adjoining each for dormitory pur poses, with a closet to each. Each of the large rooms incloses about 80 yards square, ihe side rooms 35 a piece: while in the upper stories, which are alike, all the rooms, of which there are 20 per story, are square, ihe angles being cut off for closets. The appearance ie aoble, massive, grand, and imposing, especially as seen from a distance. Its position, on an em inence in the basin of the Hudson formed bv the Highlands, renders it "the ob served of all observers," from all the re gions round about. Its scenery, as view ed from the top of the cupola, is surpass ingly grand, far reaching, and pictu resque. It has piazzas all around at each story, which make delightful prom enades. Its main, or through entry, is in the ground or first story, devoted to work and storage: and its store-way is in the centre, which greatly facilitates ready access from each room to all the others, and 6aves steps, and which is lighted from the cupola, in the centre of which is a glass dome, which also lights its stairway and the right centre rooms. But its gre*tesi curiosity, and ihal which most of nil distinguishes it from all other buildings, is the material out of which its walls are composed, which is simply lime, coirse sand or gravel, and broken stones, large and small, and of all possible shapes and sizes, just as they came lrom the slate stone quarry in dig ging its foundation. Nineteen twentieths of all its material were dug out of its eel lar, shovelled or wheeled right into the mortar bed, mixed with lime, and wheel ed and shovelled directly into the wall, thus costing almost nothing for material or even cart6ge. lis builder claims that its walls nre four limes cheaper lhan wood, and six limes cheaper than brick! If lh is is really so, this plan of building deserves attention especially since its walls are remarkably solid, have now stood petfectly well four seasons, and grow harder with age, besides being re markably free from moisture, and quite warm in winter, and cool in summer.— Its bond principle is the same as in all brick ami stone houses, namely, lime and sand mixed with Btone and, what is most remarkable, is the small quantity ol lime required, which was only some $20 worth lor Iwo upper stories, each of which contains wall material enough for a house twenty by forty, and two stories and a half high—or only about $10 worth of lime lor such a house. These walls ure formed by erecting and bracing standards where the wall is to run—they being placed within the walls, cn which boards are nailed, be tween which this lime, grave', and stone admixture, or coiKreio is shovelled which hardens in a day, when these boards are taken off and nailed on higher for the next tier or working. A better plan, how ever, is to have iwo tiers cf boards, so i that.afier the second is filled, the first is taken ofl and nailed on to form the third. But for details we refer our readers to Mr. Fowler's work, "Home for All," devoted lo the explanation of this style of building, Outside.it is finished with a coal of plaster, and done off to resemble granite. Thus far, this finish does not show the first sign ol peeling, or cracking and looks splendidlv. It is very large, being 32 feet sides, or 256 in circumferencc, and 79 in diame ter, covering 6000 feet of grouud, and contains in all some 60 rooms and 40 closets. Indeed, one of the greatest ex cellences claimed for this octagonal style is its great number of closets and small rooms, the practical value of which every housekeeper will doubtless appreciate. Altogether, it is a real curiosity, worth going quite a journey to see, and as prac ucally useful as unique: and its enter prising founder deserves our good wish es. and even thanks, for selling an ex ample, on so large a scale, of both the gravel wall and octagonal style of build ing.— Lady't Book. 13?A curse is like a stone throws up toward Heaven, and likely to return on the head of him who sent it. BP*Our prayers and God's liha two huckete mercy are in a well—wfetlt- .tbe oaa aseends the other deceade. -.i, y $ ifrs of JUbrrtising. For one square (12 lines) in insertion $1 00 Each additional insertion, 50 One column, per year, 40/K) On^ half column, per yt1** 24 00 Ohe fourth 12 00 Patent medicines, per column, yearly .r0,00 Business and Professional Cards, not more than 8 lines, $5 per year. All ad vertisomcnts, handed in without having the number of insertions marked thereon, will be published till ordered out and charged fir accordingly. (5^* A liberal deduction ma4e to yearly ad yen -ts. Attorneys held responsible toe all iegfft advertisements handed in by them. .. t: PROCLAMATION. In ascordance with sncient custom,! Stephen Hkmpstcad. Governor of tfm Stale of Iowa, do recomend ihe Thirtieth day ol the present month to be observed in said State as a day of Thanksgiving and praise lo Almighty God, lor th# many blessings which he has bestowcNl upon us as a State and a people. Given at Iowa City, this 8th day of November, 1854. Bv the Gnvenor, S HEMPSTEAD. G. W. McCleary, Sec. of State. Medical Use of Salt* fh manv cares of disordered stomach, a tea spoonful of salt is a certain cute.-*. In the violent internal aching, termed eholic, add a tea spoonful of salt to fl pint of cold water, drink it, and go tp bed it is one of ihe speediest remedied known. The same wtil revive a ers oil who seems almost dead from receiving a %ery heavy fall. In an apoplectic $t, no time should he lost in pourtne down salt en 1 water, it sufficient sensibility remain lo allow at swallowing if not, the head must ba sponged with cold water until ihe senea retuin, when salt will completely restore the patient from the lethargy. In case of a bite from a mad dog, wash the part with a strong brine for in hour* and then hind on some salt with a ragi~- In toothache, warm salt and wat#f held to the part, and renewed iwo ff three times, trill relieve in most cases. If the ums be affecied, wash the mourn with brine. If the the teeth be covered tartar, wash them twice a day with sail and water. In swelling neck, wash the part with brine and drink it also twice a day, nntfl cured. Salt will expel Worms, if used in foe# in a moderate degree, and aids digestion! but salt meal is injurious, if used mu elk Scientific American ®*Rev. Mathias Lores, Bishop of lii Diocese of Dubuque, in a letter to Boston Pilot, in reply to some seve^ letters he has received in respect to tMfc Council Blufis mission, gives ihe trao' secret of ihe spread of Catholic influen# in the extract we publish below.^1 "Know-Nothings," and every other se cret organization, may oppose the Cathf' olics bul they cannot do so much to weaken them as the Protestant denomi* nations are now doing to strengthen theaa by their imesiinai divisions, lie saysjr IS "That if on their arrival in Iowa thqjp do not fiud as many churches built ae they may wish, their very presence wilt enable us to erecs many new owes, and thereby induce Protestants to at-Jl iheir properly to Catholics in order to go fuf* ther west, beyond the Missouriiriver, and make, in course of lime, Iowa a Catholic State. Excuse that expression, sir, it an effusion of my heart, and of a moot vehement desire of seeing the true faith spread and rooted in the whole world.'1 A Novel Kind or Cistern-.—There is nothing like a lile in California to brighten the intellect and teach one lo trunevery thing to account. In San Fraa* cisco. a few weeks since, the hulk of am old vessel wns dicovered buried beneath' the surface of one of ihe principal streete, and after some cogitation it wus decided to convert it into a huge cisiern, or re*er voir, tor the reception of water. Th# thought was no sooner conceived lha§ executed, and the fire department turned out in high glee to fill it, from the bay. EST Bamum, after humbugging tho world for two or three years, and deriv* ing opulence thereby to himself, haa come to the conclusion to break tlto charm that has wrapped one half the raef of human kind, by selling out his gran4 menagerie and circus. During the tra?'." eling excursion of this grand affair, the receipts for tiekete have been ahoat 000,000. Singular Acdioent.—While thest dents of the Male Academy, in Par._, Missouri, were playing ball the other day, one of them, Joshua Gore, a son ef Judge Gore, of Hannibal, threw the bail with such force as to break hie arm* about two inches above ihe elbow, ihp like of which we never heard before.-** St. Louis Intel. FaaALB M. D.'s—The Cincinnati Times says that among the are who students the Eclectic Medical College of of that cilp fifteen young ladies. Several have already graduated laJiee at that tution are now nxaciiiUM ffi£tiiciue CincinaaU* insti ia Information Wanted.—The whero abouts of Thomas Bueil, aged about years, 5£ feet high, is desired by hia' wife, Theresa M. BueU, tfrha is now it' Dubuque. OP He who carries the torch hehn|f| him makes a shade for himself aad im' light ior those who follow. BT Contentment consisteth not in ding more fuel, but iq taking away so fire. QP*Moderatioa is the silken string rn% ning through the pearl chain of all vfe tuee. Forget injuries and remember hc|£ eftis if you grant a favor forget it, if rift receive one remember it.