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Canada Stages DAILY REE PRESS RIDAY MORNING DECEMBER 10 that news Commercial Department no3 no30 MKns Porks CandJe no20 VAT" HITE EE A kegs bite Lead in oil JU) 20 bbls V1AE Vials of all vises at wholesale at Hail of karmaay B17 ure and there aree the no 300 lbs 3: 09 6bb0 RICHARD A BRAND: non 4V biting or Mie by no 1 1 LETHEONTthon rraZerf clrarb cH fun may be had at DtoBoym Hall of Pharmacy RICE PEARL BARLEY OAT MEAL for tale by 410 PARKER BRO JACOBS So Woodward Ave Dr John Cicolt Surgeon Dentist would respect fully inform bit former patrons and alf who may desire his pro fessional services that lie haw again resumed hit office and will hold himself in readiness to wait upon those who may see prope to give him a Office hours from 9 toT2 A and frow 2 to 5 a kll nnJ in hor 1 1 IT I lit till I la U1IU Hl UV made a pohlc bow and invited the Twilight deceived ms aireuuy lor it is sometimes said that or mile low by de2 ELDRED'fc MARVIN 123 Jeff Avenue Koi er Keteu Vires if gnt dll ELDRED MARVIN I 4 1 Is3 Jell ave Block i I es repudiated a of whiggery mm rally they will incieed not recei S' AtiCN A Stovirt Botamc Physicians and Druggists 468 Jef ferson avenue Detroit bold themselves in readiness at all hours of the day or night to wait upon calls in their line of profession They also keep for sale every article of medicine used By the Bo tanic and Thompsonian Physicians of first quality Advice at the office gratis All of the works on Medical Reform for sale low tor cash Relief Detroit Market i ree Press Office betroil Dec 10 1647 A drizzling disagreeable rain continued nearly nil of yesterday and with the mud rain and gloomy appearance out doors busi ness as pretty near at a stand still The steamer Mirnigan had not arrived when we weut to press She will probably faring us the news by the steamer expected from England sale bv r' PARKER fc BRO in oil pure extra No drv pure ri QI GARS and Porto Rico Sugars just received and far sale low by the hhd or bbl HOLMES fc BABCOCK Siskawes Isle Royal Ag Boston and Lake buperior Co Ag Medora Mining Co orsyth Copper Co Au Lac La Bede to i BohntnfoD Co "choice lor an oct23 THOMAS OALLAGHER ocli 19 fc 21 cor Griswold and Woodbridge sts A Good Move The organization of Agricultu ral Societies throughout our state will befound of incalculable benefit and interest to the farming com munity While it tends to inculcate a spirit of pride andrivalry in agricultural pursuits1 it at the same time encourages a more intimate interchange of feeling and sociability The citizens of Branch county last Saturday succeeded in organizing a so ciety for that county There have been a number of cases of Small Pox in Cleveland that have terminated fatally sup posed to have been brought into that city by some emigrant There is still a number of cases but it generally assumes the milder form of 1 JACOBS" 85 Woodward avenue NTftW 150 boxes Raisins 10 kegs Currants 2 cases for sale by PARKER BRO pHERUOMETEKS graduated for Distillers atte piCKEEB LOBSTEHb for rale bv 1108 4 PARKER BRO' I SIN HINTON? or RIEND OE by Mira Elleu just received by BATES BURNS 41 Woodward Avenue BLANKE Blanket of every deacritton and qnalitv sizes from 3 feet by 4 feet up to the large 12 4d amilv Blankel weighing pound for sale at 132 JelL avenue 11111 BEECHER TIore Elbow Room The Manifest vhdi was found' seated on a rock Ria Janeiro waiting for ther United States to come along may yet have the pleasure of beholding the'height of his ambition" If the tide pfpmmigrationeicontinues forijfew 'years longer as if has the last pent up can contract our limits How perltctly absurd then is the cry set up by a brawling party of no more a party whose opposition has' been mad against every 'national question that has agitated "our country since the adoption of the ponstitution but in every case' opposition" has been' found in the minority when the people: were called upon to decide the controversy The official returns of the emigration from the old world as made by the collectors at the five principal ports to the Secretary of State by whom they are reported to Congress exhibit the following WATER JLIVU 30 Lbla Water Lime for sale bv KLDRED MARVIN 11021 123 Jeir are A line lot of Winter (Jvuters York Bays at 11021 XT The Ladies of fei Mathew Church take ihii method to re turn their sincere thanks to the public for its liberal patronage during their late fair and also td Mr Cooper for the um of his room and to Mr Gillum Co for their assistance with mu sic in abundance while ehe diatribtttes with prodigal hand (heir blessings "among the hiidreh ot cheer less poverty and itmay be truly said tbt her chil dren ruo up arid call her blessed her husband jalso and he praiseth 'Philil Gilt A NIHIL US of new patterns gilt and silvered from R5 to SH a ett at des PlQl'ET'l E'S My daughter a child seven years of age whose health for two or three years has been excessively feeble and who has been troubled with tits daily to the number of two or three attacks was a source ot great anxiety and care to us I had heard of the re markable effcacy of your celebrated Vermifuge from a neighbor of mine and determined to try it I have accordingly given a bottle to my child and am delighted with the efficacy of it She lias passed eight immense her health seems to be impro ving every and her fits have entirely ceased She passes her nights naw without disturbance as formerly and we have every hope of her entirely recovering her health I would rather give fiftydollars a bottle for it than be without it WM McKENDRAY I tol eor Dequindre and Mullet ata 10 bhia Spirits Turpentine 1U can JACOBS 1 W''olward avenue COP ARTSERNHI The snbseribershave thi day for med a Copartnership under the firm of 1IU BKOWA 4STKOXG or the purpose of conducting a general Storage orwarding and Commission business Particulhr attention yill be paid to the purchase and sale of lour heat and other Produce Cash advances will le made upon produce consigned to us for sale in this or eastern markets Warehouse formerly occupied by Strong Co foot of 1st street on the river Detroit Dec 1147 BROWN NORTON STRONG Ni EW ROOKS just received bv Express at No 4l Woodward Avenue: Washington and bis Generals 2 vol bvJ Naixileon and Ilia Marshal 2 vol by Headley uii ui ruenuung oy rueene sue Cuuntcaa of Rudolstadt by Geo Sand t'onaeulo do The Journeyman Joiner do The Pool The Count of Monte Christo by Alex Dumas 1 he History ol the Pirates and Bucaneers and reebooters of America The Life and Adventures of Jwcph Hare the bold Rob her and Highwavman Life and Adventures of John A Mnrrillthe Great Western Land Pirate ri' Little's Living Age No 185 I Pietoral Brother Jonathan for Christmas and New Year Pictoral Saturday Courier for Christmas Taylor's Bank Note Detector BATES BURNS XT The New York Weekly Tribune Herald and New World and Philadelphia Saturday Courier kept regularly for sale det tlVEHftMTS BEAVER CLOTHS rench English and a very good selection blacks browns and mixtures for Overcoats at A WELLES' i i oc t3 cor Jellerson and Woodward aves orSaiv at Public Auction Si Hlov'k Wi'1 "ext Saturday morat Suit 1 clock 4 De at their Auction Room a House of AaMone and a half stories tugb 30 by 16 feet with an additmn 000 Ntorv li'gh ill the rear Said house is well finsheJ and suitxale a good sixed Itimilv situated north side of ranklin street on the Antoine Beaubien Beau bieu and st Antoine painted drab color BROADCLOTIHA ANV CASSIIIERS Great Bargnms cm now lie had in these goods at the New York Cash Store noM6K 0YHVP A JIOVASSES 30 lihdsaml bbls New Orleans an sugar house Molasses also StuarCi and VV Refined Jyrup for ile by dc9 1" PARKER RxcrusnEi fortiib kbf Press i Ypsilanti Dec o'clock Krx ev are indebted to the gentlemanly operator at Ypsilanti Holman for the following tele graphic despatch as well as for subsequent favors To Editor ree Press: Sir: Capt McReynolds of the 3d dragoons II army arrived in this place last evening from the cu ty of Mexjco by way of Vera Cruz New Orleans and from thence across the'eountry to this place by way of Toledo He left in the city of Mexico under command of 2d Lieut Henry the 2d Lieut Williams to take command 1st Dec or as soon as able He left Lieut Brown at Vera Cruz in company with several other Michigan officers who were expected to come to New Orleans in the Gal veston His wounded arm is improving although he now sufiers from it in consequence of the fatigue ot trav elling Bethinks he shall never have the full use of it again He will be in Detroit to night in the' cars We had the pleasure of shaking the Captain by the hand after the arrival of the cars last evening He informs us that several ofhis command are on their way to this city having returned to New Or leans with him i The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts has just published a Report exnioi ting the condition of the banks in Massachusetts on the 4th of Sept rom this document we learn that the dividends declared by the one hun dred and nine banks in Massachusetts since the 1st of Aoril last amouuted to $1059345 The divi dends of banks in Boston in April last averaged a fraction less than 3 44 100 percent: average divi dends of banks out of Boston in April last a frac tion over 3 32 00 per cent average dividends of all the banks in April last a fraction less than 3 39 100 per cent A Bio The telegraph operator at Cleveland Charley Wheeler has the honor of belonging to the noble fraternity printers which accounts for the courtsey extended by that line to the press He is not only a good printer but one of the most correct operators and has not forgot his old vocation of picking up items Here is an ac count of a dinner party given by Mr Watson of Cross Key Hotel atNew Lisbon thatjLharley received by telegraph and furnished to the Hereof The table was about seventy five feet long and well tilled and was surrounded by the children grand children and great grand children of his mother seventy in number The old lady is about seventy five years oldhale and hearty and with herflock partook of the dinner She is one of the old est residents in Eastern Ohio Her son David now deceased was the first male child born in New Lis bon He was born in a cellar crafled in a sugar trough anil covered with a bear skin Change of bed in the Great Miami Alate freshet his changed the bed of the Great Miama River near its mouth by cutting a channel across a bend some 20 rods wide and three quarters of a mile long The new channel is through rich allu vial land which has for years been cultivated in corn and some 40 or 50 acre were swept away The Cincinnati Atlas says: 1 As this curve was the only part of the Great Mi ami which passed through the State of Indiana this change of channel will have the singular effect of withdrawing the river entirely from the soil of that commonwealth and placing it altogether within the State of Ohio IAK1 Ac OIL LAMPS A large assortment 'just received from 2 to $10 each byle? PIQL'ETTE rronusii iirRHiNCf and mackerel 20 quintals Codfish 40 hexes Herring just received and for sale by oct ti PARKER A BRO 2C0 boxes various qualities Herring for sale bv HILL Xo 9U Odd Hall Teacher to instruct in a priv on Islo or further particulars innui the office ot IV Keith Trenton Wayue Co Mich k2 Neir York Branch Clothing Store Ao 9 Jcffrrsnn Arenue Dttroii SPEKLIYG Merchant Taiiois and Clothiers Clothing ready made for Men YoutJi and Children in every variety uth hinns Stocky Handkerchiefs Drawers andS pemers at hdrsale and retail Cloths Caeimeres nd Vest ings of the most fashionable patterns will be made to ordcrchenn tor can 1 New A ork House of Refreshments 3 COLLINS has opened a new Eating house on Griswold st docis JeiTerson avenue where mav le found every delicacy that the market allurds served up in the iXt A long experience his profession and lis connection with one of the most celebrated establishments in New York ren ders him emmuent that the host satisfaction will Lecivtn toever one who may lavor him with a call XT A few BOARDERS can be accommodated on the mo't rea sonatle terms nov24 i I MARRIED In Coldwater on the Stb by Rev Dr Comstock Mr Mani Mr Ixirane Pierce fud Mr Born and Mis Catharine Ben nett both of Adriaa Tiicrc is a splendid assortment of Vestings and Xi I rend) Cammerc would do well to call at a Store to tee them US Qi OepaHTMft I Ncfftb Wrn Diatrici Qeuoit Mich Dece SEALED PROPOSALS will be received at this offiee until tnc 17th Dec at 12 for supplying this department withuch number four horte wagon i and teanra as may necessa ry io trnaaport the baggage ande amp equipiwge of the regt memo? Michigan uhittiecrsi train Detroit to randu ky or the nearent point on the id River aul Iake Erie Rai road Bids mnv be hubrnitL'd for the trip of each four horse wagon or for transfA'rtg the baggage of each company insm3ncr wagons if mot convenient It is supps'ued that one goal four horse team I sufficient lor fne baggage ot each company Jt must hersLOod mat the land ro te will taken by the volunteers un case un navigation closer hfure the time of their depart ht bus jvilj beendorxed for baggage agonal hrectcd to tne undersigned I REMONT 1 IC 2t i Capt and Master A I 25 pairs 32 34 and 36 inch Bellows000 ins Anviis assorted sizes jtnMJ 401 low I MARTIANS Premium Dagucrrean Gallery ODD HALL 1 now open Ladies and Genil men arc invited to ll and ex mne sircimem (which may ie to the mieieo and nt fora hkenera they choow by wav of experiment Miniature taken at all hour" uf the dav from A to 5 vukcut regard to the weather noj Celebrated The Com pound Extract of Piuk rool and Senna The rapidity with which this preparation has attained its pres ent popularity will not seem surprising when we consider its immense superiority toother anthelmintics Bring pleasant to the taste its administration to children is comparatively easy and in consequence of its purgatice property the necessity of having recourse to a purgative after its administration is obviated Its employment has been proposed by physicians ns a valuable means of facilitating the diagnosis and consequently of determining the treatment of cases presenting die symptoms of verminous irrita tion which are obscure in their character If this medicine hav ing been exhibited worms be not expelled the case may be deter mined to be one simulating a verminous afiection Even in these cases it is highly valuable by its alterative and purgative proper ties The following are a few of the cases in which it has been exhibited with the happiest effect: Thomas razer (civil engineer) purchased a bottle for a little daughter his who hid for some time been troubled with symp toms of its operation was most efficacious many large worms were expelled sooUa after its administration and the child restored to health Dr Dear A child of mine being exceed ingly unwell and suspecting the cause of its ill health to be worms detenpm to try your Compound Extract of Pink Root and Senna of the efficacy of which I had heard much said it succeed ed heyond all exjiectations expelling a number of worms and re ofngihe chMtobeuth JAME MeAMHON 8 j' jon Sawyer Health Depot Pittsburg Dr Your Vermifuge I well liked by tlmse who have given it a fair trial I gave one bottle of it to a child of mine a liout two years and three month old and lie pasted a large num ber of large worm I recommend ybur Vermifuge before all ny vermifuges: although I make IeM on it because I consider it most efficacious 1 Dk OusuttM 1 I bought some time ago a bottle of your celebrated Vermifuge lie compound luid Extract of Ppk Root mid Senna before rea ling home 1 accidentally broke the bottle and lost all but two easpountul this I gave to a daughter of mine a child five years or aue lien she passed seven large worms I had previously given about twelve boules ol ahnestock's) Vermifuge wilhou etlect aulS JACQUES DROUILLARD Dr lleenoyere Having discovered that a child of mine aged 18 months was troubled with worms und in a bad state of health I purcha sed a bottle of your Compound Extract of Rout and which I administered according to directions which proved very efficacious expelling several worms and restoring tlic child to health 5 Detroit Nov 2d '47 Dear Dr Desnoysrs: rLOCAL MArrERS QyThe telegraph from this cify to Ypsilanti is in fine working order and the operator at this end Mr Haviland is a gentleman Vye know ol sev erdl of our citizens who have already received great benefit trom it SVThe posts are up bevond psilanti and the wire on hand and being put up Wehall sooiholJ a conversation with our Ann Arbor friends' and so on to Milwaukee QThe population of Chicago by the late census is shown to be Our beats about 3 or 4000 H'e are growing too (CBv the Cleveland we have the of a few more of the officers who arrived at Orleans on board of the Alabama Theyare given as follows Ms Gens Quitman and Shields Surgeons Lawson and Henry Cols Harney Garland Andrews Mor gan Ramsey Burrett and Moore Majors Smith Wade Long Boreland Bennett and Dykctnan Capts Anderson Wayne Martin Jones McRbynr olds Penrose Kerney Mason Irwyi Clay: Midshipman Rodgers and Kendallof the Picayune and several other officers age One day he wants to kill a Mexican andthe next day had rather run than be guilty of such a deed consistency 4 07? Lt BaoDHBAD arrived at New Orleans on the Alabama bd yeftjmmedialy nqnh LSo say paper TDHAtC 5 boxev ilf boxes qr boxes of Tobacco consisting of the following brands: ryer's extra lb lump honey dew No 1 4 a 8 awtitfr nM Y'AMttfi Ji yt vs Cor iicvr GALLAGHER fill Cor Griswold Woodhrie Sts Increase in favor of last year 82136 Look at this acquisition to our already increased and growing population in a single year! Would you debar this large number of fellow mortals from leaving the homes of their fathers and their native shores from the scenes of their childhood friends arid all that is dear to them to seek a home in the land of the free and the asylum for the oppressed The great majority of this large increase hail from the land of the green Isle of Emerald in the Jordan of existence and from Germany and they doubtless comprise an infinite variety of conditions and character That some are thrown upon us poor and penniless without the necessary means of subsistence and have to be cared for by th hospi table and generous public is a which admits of no denial This is a lamentable fact but one aw Ap '4 that more strongly calls for our sympathies Many of them on the contrary bring with them large amounts of money together with their wives and children and their habits of industry substantial which to our new country in the far west is of far more benefit in developing its productions a id resources and adding to our national prosperi ty tn a ali the large speculators and land monopo lists in existence We are emphatically a progres sive people and this is a progressive 'age Others who have grown in wealth by the gigantic strides of this country and are now surrounded by wealth an lluxury may fold their arms and yawn out No re but we say and believe it would be the response of two thirds of our population Cone along the more the better only bring with you rosy che ks hea th and brawny hands inured to toil with industrious habits In the west become with us the hewers of wood and drawers of water occupy our vacant spots and when we beepme pinched fof elbow room perchance our Manifest friends in other parts of creation will stand to welcome our Poor Old Horse Let him Die We are disappointed and acknowledge the corn We gave it as our opinion before Claws speech ap peared that not a whig journal in the nion would dare take ground against him Time has proved that we wrong for many of the leading ones have openly repudiated him Henry Clay the great embodirr Unless the leaders who support i fail in securing his nomination nine chances in ten that he will mination It does not take a whig long however to change his opinion for only a short time go no one could doubt that Judge McLean would be the Then chances were the next name was on every whig tongue and occasionally a democratic politician who felt agrieved went in for him Now he is not men tioned chances then brightened and until his came out we really thought that nothing but the democratic nominee could But poor old man he has headed himself as effectually as did his to see letter in 1844 Hear the Cleveland Democrat (whig) talk By the way MrDemocrat it would be a great accom modation to us if you would change your name for whenever we write or refer to it we have to put the word whig after it for fear some might think the anti republican and treasonable language you ut ter came from a democratic editor There is two points we consider as already set tled The first is Mr Clay will not he a can didate His late speech has settled that question It would be perfect suicide for the whig party to nominate him Ifhe could hot succeed in much less can he now What is there in his positions that can gain him a single vote he did not get then? Will a Wilmot Proviso Democrat vote Why should he when Mr Clay has strenuously re frained from expressing any opinion upoif that mea sure when hb did not think that great measure worthy even a passing notice a measure that de termined the election in the State of New York and is agitating the people more than! any other question Will a liberty man vote for him? No man will' pretend that such will be the case or ought to vote for him after the expression of such princi ples as he has put forth in his speech hostile to emancipation If the speech of Mr Clay will gain him no' new support in the free States will it gain him any in the slave States? Already theorgan of the Tu ne3ee whiga opposes Mr position He carried I ennessee before by his Alabama letter He cannot carry it again The people of that state and of the other planting states are in furor of the acquisitions of territory and they will support no man who opposes such acquisition 4 (j Now what in the world are our whig friends go ing todo? We pity them for they are in a worse predicament than WebstJr was when he was invi ted to out of the by John they know where to go Corwin cannot make afiy Webster has used himself up and Santa Anna is under arrest for cowardice and stealing go vernment funds The abolitionists take them in and the democrats want only those who are for sustaining the country and belong to the deetipy has been "called the gressive Age and it well merits the distinctive ap peatton" He must be blind indeed who does'not recognize in the features and signs of our times charaett ri dies peculiar to i our age Pitts burgh (whig) Corn Henry last Effort 'is one of the Crockery China Glass Ware IYETMORE is just receivini the last of his all an IVin ter stock ofCrockery and is now prepart to furtK any and every style ot Boods in his line at extrenielv Iok ft his 1lChaS C'er befcre i1lxre'i ill he iouinl A large assortment of common and print arof rhe ss patterns and ty It adapt a ali io the jobh tra Britannia Ware Ol al! ilex ri ptions 10 I ca and oti eus coininon ervire La mix Castors fc 1 force 111:1 small "at reduced prres 4 rolar laird Laiups for stores kr i lirondules I I 1 and 5 lichts silremnl i Ten Thynsand Dollrra jax Lly (All was bustle and confusi6namqmg the fash ionablesjof a quiet little town in one of the western ebuntide in ottr State on' the I ifey preceding the evening of became great pedestrians and were on foot for hours together wfete husbapd4jud fathers were at home waiting in awful suspense for the respective shop keeper bills The shop keepers I morepoiite than usual inasmuch as the gauze lace and ribbons were bought without the irritating question take and not a milliner could complain that niohl of awant of custom anrl a full Dorse Eve ning advanced and the bustle increased Beaux just trom theffiandbox might be seen with a glove on one hand and courage in the other tapping at the doorsotthe wealthy and tippmgvahd jjiowing as it made ot vibratory ipatenal withes much cash in their pockets us brains in their noddles and more brass in their tacc than either One of these mushroom gentry who had the fa culty of talking nonsense had captivated the charm ing Mehitable Clarissa Adel la Bacon third daught er Captain Jacobus Bacon of the invincible vol unteer company of heroes vulgarly called biire who with remarkable valor during the late war made a bloodless (not a mudlessj retreat thro a swamp two mile with the enemy at their heels At the appointed hour and according to promise this sprig of the beau monde alluded to pulled the bell at the door of tne: redoutable captain which was answered bv their female servant who among the rest was preparing for the ball and in her best and tucker 1 young coxcomb in Jnfoptivo vRinil love like wine will make men see double especial ly if they run against a lamp post and he mistook the servant for Miss Mahitable Dotting his hat describing with his body all the figures of Euclid snch as circles squares and triangles he at last completed his bow a la monde and lisped the fact that he had the of being in radineth to es cort her to the assembly am engaged said the kitchen bell exclaimed the youth chopfallen Baeou it is Miss Bacon you wish to see re plied the girl veth I am' mistaken! faith! the deuth! bowing and scraping to a servant girl VVhereth mithtress?" iuto the parlor said the insulted girl will call Reader wouldst thou know who this servant girl might be of whom we have been talking? ell listen and 1'lLtell thee Didst thou ever hear of William 1 once a wealthy shipping mer chant of New York 'who through multiplied losses was called from the dominion of the wealthy and fashionable 'and for" inanj' years Swell obscurely in a country village with the only remnant of a large a charming daughter This was the very child the age often she became an but not conduct sof her father even in poverty had won the esteem of all and thisr last survivor of his accumulated mis fortunes found a home and a friend with a wealth' country gentleman She grew up to Womanhood beautiful and accomplished and beloved' by alt the family as a sister and a child But death claimed the adopted as his and her prospects ehanged The woman who supplied her place afterwards was her antipodes and Amanda steped into the wide world dependant upon physical strength alone for subsistence But the goodiwishes of her adopted family went with her and a situation in the family of Capt: Bacon was secured to her in which place the reader found her: But to resume At an early hour tlie bail room was filled with a assemblage fhere Were red cheeks in profusion some painted by nature otbers by art bright eyes in abundance "some sparkling with in telligence others with nervous excitement and among the rougher sex many with wine Mirth and hilarity bore regal sway until a discovery was made a discovery considered by that assemblage as of equal importance with lunar obser vations The dance was suspended notwithstand ing Satnbo still sawed his catgut and a whisper ran through the crowd 1 he purse proud vinegar faced Mrs had the honor of making the dis covery in which was involved the' reputation of all present It "was nothing less than the'lamentable fact that Amanda A the servant girl of Captain Bacon "had impertinently intruded herself into the company of her actually danced two co tillions wjth them before the degrading truth was known1? you ever see such says one I What a brazen says anotheri Why see how says a third a whispered a fourth never mind vL ''i pot slewer in our company! the chimed in Mrs with that glance of expres sion which characterized her and turning up her nose advised the ladies todeave the room and no longer be insulted by her presence Thjs advice was assented to by the intelligent company and the poor nut infinitely superior girl was left alone abashed confused and almost overcome with emo tion He who invited her thither was the son of her adopted father who united with intelligence a gentlemanly and graceful deportment arid thb com mand of extensive possessions one of the most fartile portions of our State He was absent when the revolution in 'the ball room took place 'but returned as soon as it was evacuated by the la dies Astonished at the change and perceiving Amanda standing with her face suffused with blushes he hastily inquired the cause "A friend drew him aside and communicated the facts as they have been stated The young man was enraged and with an emphasis adequate to just excite ment exclaimed that purse proud fool thaf ignorant parrot of fashion" worth who scorns virtue because it is coupled with poverty 5 5 thousand dollars answered his friend thousand dollars eh? Well Amanda is worth that sum and the heavy fool into the bargain Ten thousand dollars! and that forsooth against respectability Here Amanda my said he taking her hand and bowing respectfully to the gentlemen present us leave this place where haughty pride pampered and fed with the crumbs of wealth exercises an influence superior to the dic tates of good sense when virtue is So saying they left the place and returned home is The morning after the ball poor slighted and abused girl who was denied the boon of mixing in society because she wore the russet gown of poverty received from the indignant yoiing man instrument of writing securing to pds session the full amount of ten thousand dollars The gift and the motives which "prompted it "were soon made known to the haughty Mrs and re painful than disdain took the place of the latter Nor was the cup of bitterness yet full With all the solicitude of a designing mother she laid traps to ensnare the young man in question as a husband1 for her own grey eyed daughter and fondly imagined that his urbanity gave evidence that she baa caugnt nim in nor mesnes luut aias: how soon do the most lowering expectations Ere two months had elapsed the humble Amanda became the wife of the wealthy Edgar Time rolled on its silent course bearing on its bosom' sweet flowers and beaming sunshine tothe youthful pair and those who turned their backs up on Capt Bacon's servant girl became the courtiers and fawning sycaphanta of Mrs who in her new station wasno more of esteem no more beloved by the truly good Twenty sum mers have since scattered their blossoms around her quiet mansion and tho slight (touches' of the frost have gathered upon the temples of' her fond hus band yet love pure and holy still warms the do mestic circle wherein the altar of true benevntonre is reared 'Li 1'2 i What an instructive moral lesson may be glean ed from incidents of this incidents which oc cur almostdaily in the great mass of society The simple tale I have told is not the filagree work ot fancy wrought up from the tinselled ma terial of it is based upon facts 1 How often are such facts exhibited to our to the great discredit of intelligent wealth Virtue beauty intelligeWe1 moral the highest attributes of intelligent creatureslMJbften' forced to bow before the gilded throne of tnammon whos Altars are often built up amid the mouldering njins ofigeniusand whose sacrificial rites consist probation arid detraction of all that rea in natuw all that i 'bright awf beautiftilHfll humanity 3 The good things of life are poured into her lap Ala Cday and Politics How singular is it that the of Air Clay so loud! blazoned forth in former times is never whispered now His protective policy too which has so con stantly been his theme now lies in utter obscurity before the fancied hope of gain from opposition to Did not Air Clay at New Orleans last winter ex press himself distinctly to his friends there in a public manner that the United States ought to maintain their ground and repefthe national in sults that she had received at the hands of the perfi dious Mexicans? But all is not now as it to Now is the president making season Con gress meets in a few days Webster is out Tay lor is coming home for a time must be done! But where is the tariff where is the United States Bank? where is the distribution of the public Echo ausweis Cleveland Plaindea ler The irstVote in AIhxico It does us infinite pleasure to record the fact that theirst vote cast in Mexico was given by Air John A DonsoNa young printer formerly engaged in the Times and Key stone office 4 Air Dodson is an unflinching whole souled Democrat and a brave and gallant soldierWe knew that he would do his duty wherever he was placed whether in the or in the resistless charge driving hack his enemies or whether at the ballot box depositing his ballot for his Phil Times and Keystone i' vidson was the ugliest man in Shrop shire Once at a public ball a beautiful woman who had been several times pressed to dance and hnd refused intimated that she sohuld like to dance with Peter Peter believed she had fallen in love with him nnd in a very earnest wav asked why she had selected him from the rest of the company 1 she said husband desired me to select a partner who could not possibly make him 1 Useful to the of the most im portant of all household duties is to keep the door knobs the lamps the spoons and plate all that sort of brightly polished order tlf instead of water and chalk preparation ladies will use camphine oil and "rotten stone a far brighter more durable and quicker polish can be obtained than in any other way Camphine is the article used for producing the exquisite polish of the daguer reotype plates and nothing has ever been found equal to it Sa tried' Stealino Aleiter from Mexico dated the 20th October and published in the Tampico Sentinel states that Santa Anna has taken up his residence at Tehusea whence he intends to defend hi mself against the charges brought against him It is not onlyrf alleged against him that he abandoned the city on the night of the 13th September last with his army in a most cowardly manner leaving the city without protection but that previous to his leaving' he robbed the Treasury department of all bonds and every other species of available means And to cast off all suspicion from himself he then1 ordered that the prison of Accor dada be opened and its convicts Jet loose upon the community ss The hails of the House ef Representatives were entered by them its chandeliers broken in a thou sand pieces the rich tapastry torn from the win dows andstre wed about the floor and the residue of the 'splendid hall mutilated if not entirely destroyed Phila Intj 1 L' 'T CLOTHS Pl 20 boxes eloth pm of Srro each Ibr rale by felQ PARKER BRO fJAPEH VINEGAR by the bbl and at retail for rale by delO PARKER BRO SPERM OIL 10 eaakaftMtaM" Whale Efinhaat J7 and Sperm Oil for tale by PARKER BRQ a A MAIS suitable for Door or Bugev Mats for nnA TnGMA GALLAGHER nov I Corner Griswold and Woodbridge HO't GALL GMR 19 fc 21 cor Griswold and IVo jlrbl JL' CMEnlollIi received for sale by ft PARKER BRO 5 NfO 1 RAYKEHEL in barrels halves and kits in sto A and tar sale by ROBERT DERMONT noj A National Hotel Buildings Woodward Avenue The fareest and Lest awortincnt AA ol and Silk Worsted and Cotton Hwery Ladies and Kid Bilk Worsted and 1 hrcod Giures now to be found in this city cotnpris ne every variety at quality and for rale at Reduced Prices at the New York Cash Store No 112 Jert'ersou avenue noGis'w Hall Lamp ot new patterns 2 iio22f13ww 1 in 100 J'fNeivedand for sale nrtO ARD HALL loata Now)dd Hall 5000 just rcceivptf and fiffgalelow hjchardh halu NoW Odd Hall uar tor de low by i RICHARD A( A 500U its Sheet Iron from No 14 to 26 702 'finned Copier 14 and 16 oz '20J Uar 'in Sheet Zirtc 5(M Lead 100 assorted sizes Also a general assortment of Ri vets for sals low by ELDRED MAZVIN no24 Jeffi ave Block A LEIIO'iS A tew noses just received nnd 0 PARKER fc BRo 1 pis i prime ordvrforsaleby PARKER Jt BRO A A EWSWOHTH Attorney at Law Master in Chancery Notary Public and Com miwtoner Ae for New York Office in the Law Building on ovlward avenue over Dickinson's hardware store" 1 TAAMAGEO HAVING SOAP One ton damaged A shaving soap at 12c fc Deenoyere' Hall of Pharmacy II in One barrel Porter's Sn Kurnine luid superior article for sale at DenoV ers HaH of Pharmacy noli or nle by no Havana and Principe1 Sugars' kJ highly ilavored for sale by ocU BRO 1 TAllCH boxes Cincinnnn Starch il rneeMa do received and for (oetZr) Viat pARKER RRO The Julia Palmer We have just had placed in our handb a letter and card signed I by passengers on the Julia Palmer in the late gale on Lake Su perior It is addressed to Col Porter Taylor ow ner of the vessel As we have before published an account of Hie peri and trials experienced by thokcon board at the time we must ne cessarily curtail it embracing only that part which sjicaks of the merit due individuals for their behavior on board: cannot too highly commend the seamanship self posses sion untiring zeal and generous devotion of your Captain Moody and his officers partrcularly the Mate Mr Geo Se lly both of whom were unceasingly at their from the time we left Grand Island on Saturday morning at 11 until we arrived at Slate Harbor without sleep and with little refreshment and both severely injured in the performance of their duty jyould we omit of the unlging industry gentlemanly de portment and courage of Mr WM Ash lev Clerk of the Julia Palmer not forgetting tbei passenger from Maine of Col Cush party Mr airbanks who volunteering his assistance at the wheel stood by it until the storm was over although con siderably injured during the time The heroism of Mrs Cashed the cabin nor the extraordinary conduct of Mrs Sarui Livisoston when the dead lights in the steerage were stove in and the struggled in battling Lack the water for a whole night with i 1 mkets ami other appliances single handed and alone telling the tnn their place was on deck In all acted well and in all probability there has never been a lime of iminent ii with a vessel under similar fearful and appaling circumstances riding out a storm ith so many souls on board resigned to their fate and warring so gallantly against the fearful odds of elements arrayed against them nor another vessel in a thousand which could like the have outlived such a storm sir allow us to greet you with our gralulationN and to subscribe ourselves Signed our friends Roberts Agent 3 Mineral Lamin Cushman ot Maine I of Ontonagon Copper Co and Al I gonquin Mining Co I diaries nnuesev oi Will Aspinall ot Boston ulton Cutting of Wm Kennedy or A Alex Sibley bt Detroit Simon Mamk lbaum Ag Jno Senior Merchant agle River" Cash Merchant Ontoiagan River ELDREDGE A ROBERTSOY Attorneys and Counsellors at Law and Solicitors in Chancery at Mt Clemens the county seat of Macomb Co Mich All bugj resw entrusted io the firm promptly attended to ELDREDGE A RuBERTSGN Volunteers for Mexico! Ni Jut rfrlvvj at luS Jeffr on Avenue by Ex 11 prps the nfcnrary Equipment tor the officer ol the Mi Regiment of Volunteers comprising in part the following BELTS PLATES Buttons nceoniing to state regulation Sword Knots Silk Sashes of all prices Cap Bugles Trunk Valices suitable for the campaign: and a general assort meatof Military Goad kept constantly oil hand for ale bv A tec2 CULLEN BROIYN LIVINGSTON A ARGO AXES ICO doz Dairs Co Axes for sale bv le KLDRED MARVIN8 5 Block: TAKEN UP out of the street on Thursdav Nov 25th large liny Poney 5 years old white on the right hind lee itnout shoes white in forehead about as bi a a debar a ivhl spot under the sa ldle a blind bridle on with long l'in when ern Dl 1 at be Tav rr de 2 LAMPS: fHANDEUERS Candelabra Girandoles Ilicli China andBo hrmian Glass VascslVull Lauteriis DIETZ BROTHER CO No 139 Wil liam street New Vork (one door outh of ulton street ar manufacturing and have always on hand a full asNortment of are tic les in their line of the following descriptions which they will sell at wholesale or retail at low prices for cash: i Solar Gilt Bronzed and ingreat variety Suspending Solar Lamps gilt and bronzed Bracket ftf Side 4 Solar Chandeliers "2 3 4 and 6 lights Camphene Suspend'g Lamps Bracket Chandeliers Girandoles Gilt Silvered and Bronzed various patterns Candelabra China Vases and Bohemian Gias? Vases Hal! Lantern a large assortment plain and cut with Stained and Bohemian Glass Lights Limp Wickd Chimneysand Shadesuf all kinds 1 Shade a large assortment uf new patterns and styles I Vs Sperm Whale ami Lard of the best quality Superior Camphene am! Burning luid drclOwtim 1 AR CANDYq also 50 boxes assorted Candy for sale b' de BRO COl 75 bug 4 St Domingo Rio Lnguira and Govt Javr also resh Ground Coffee for family use for bale by BARKER fc BRO QIAiAKS 20000 Havana and Principe Segars of the finest qualities imported lor sale by PARKER fc BRO 40 boxes Pipes for sale by PARKER fc BRO bUs pure Camphine just received bp 'EDMUND DESNOVERS noi7vu I Xo 153 Jefferson arenue A1W A large stock of superior hair brusb AJL for sale t'DesrmyervMiall of Pharmacy jl'nol? 'tw JA IL YL1NE BETV X'' DETROITy BUALO! Ln conn etiop u'ith th 6ntr an tag all RAILROADS Through in two nnd half oju Clock kur (opiKf ircIUirmOf run tlJ that every exrri on 'I'caieh fuu? tta orloeilsure t'pwlatll Con fort he hra' 110 khort st most direct and Cheapen rop'e ivei pain east or west Th entire li ta "1 bridges constructs and abou l'u ew zed Sober and experienced Zh ale approbaHononhe ffistauee alHhosedetays to hich travb rs foue sjuX ne hf Passengers can go from St Catharines direct iioilato a line of omscson th Road to Rochester The above le also ewnSs a tt Daily Line running to Toronto Kingston and As an inducement to taking ihi line was sei ra are inf that they have an opportunity of aiewirg the splendid scene! aii Tj Rnlrs 1 ars I(ra Detroit Daily for the West and North for thp CANADA faop company JOHN EDWARDS' ERRY HOUSE Detroit Canada Mage House Windsor LHIL Wheeler's Niagara alls Office Uiiffaly Extras and Express tarnished at the short Baggage at the risk of owner unless bsoked and lw i for PKoekiEToRs Haines A Staphenson t'v'h kk Brantford: Davis Ilauihoa: HI Sem 'i'J 1 aylor Chatham Carter A Altnv IV'nffior Livingston argo's Express WINTER A Messeng will les iron during the dose of navigation as follows ThuX New York via hanada side Mondays for Chicago and Milwaukee Daily tor Kalamazoo and return i The undersigned give notice that thev will forward goods during the close of nirmii receive and riHk deTis rerds Balls and Private Part ip enabled to furnish Balls or Private th Uie'l1 a on reasonable terms with ant nnmb rnfid? 1 orders left at Mr or receive prompt attention 1 1 Office 1 iu30e2 GIsE books Boston Melodion Ethiopean Glee Book Gems of Songs for two voic Amateurs Song Book dec r'lore OLD MOSOVGEHELA WHISKEY for sale by TIIO GBLIAGHEKn 1 1 nod Cor Griswold Woodbridge rts STIK A large assortment just received by ex press at fcj WATSONS a i A received by Profiler Detroit OO bblsAP vl LLs put up in the lst manner by David Hall Orleans Co' consisting of Russells Spitsenbergs Greenings Newton Pippins Holland Pippins Gillilowers Bel I floweret 4cfccal 11024 VV HUDSON'S 100 boxcsherringjustreceiv S3taSacd and for rale by i v19 fc HILL ICO boxes No 1 Herring for sale bv Al THOMAS GAIAAGHER no3 Nos 19 fc 21 cor Griswold and Woodbridge sts 100 bags Rio Cuba Java and Mocha Coffee for sale by 4 THO'S GALLAGHER Nos IP 21 cor Griswold and IVoodbridea ts riniie Cigar ateam boat brand I 2'1000 Havana choice brands lJ KI Regalia a smerior quality 100J0 Pantillo or sale by xSik ifar i GALLAGHER cor Griswold and Woodbridgc su below pota ihcep arrivals during the year ending Sept 30 1847 as compared with 1846: Arrivals for year ending Sept 30 1H? Do Sept 30 1917 New York 98863 145830 Boston 1 4079 20745 Philadelphia 7237 44763 Baltimore 7337 12018 4 "New Orleans: 22148 i 40442 1 151662 233798 151662.

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