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A PRACTICAL APPLICATION. While our
Intelligent friend John Ridge, or Ska-tle-
le-loh-skee, as he is called in his native d.
alect, was reading Col. Haynes speech, at
our elbow, day or two since, on coming to
the following passage, he made practical
commentary, which struck US very forcibly,
and we commend it to the attention of Col.
Hayne himself. The passage of Col. H. to
which we refer, is this:
"FIelds abandoned the hosptahle man
slons of our fathers deserted agriculture
dropping; our slaves, like their masters,
working harder and faring worse; the
planter striving, with unavailing efforts, to
avert the ruin which is before him. 1t has
often been my lot, Sir, to see the once thriv-
ing planter reduced to despair, cursng his
hard fate' gathering up the small remnants
OF ms broken tortune-and, with his wife
and his little ones, tearing himself from the
scenes of his childhood, and the bones of
his ancestors, to seek, in the wilderness.
that reward for his industry, of which your
fatal policy has deprived him."
Now, said Mr.. Ridge, this is figurative
with the South Carolinians, but with us it is
reality. 1t is terrible thing, even in the
imagination of Col. Hayne, for his people to
be compelled to emigrate, "wth their wives
and their little ones, tearing themselves
from the scenes of their childhood, and the
bones of their ancestors, to seek in the will
derness the reward of their industry, of
which the fatal policy of the government, as
he says, has deprived them" But as it re-
CARDS the poor Cherokees, Col. Hayne
thinks it all right enough. With tears in
his eyes, lest some Carolinian should be
compelled to move into a new country, at
some time or other, he hesitates not to vote
for all the measures intended to drive a
whole people from their own fields, and
their fathers bones. When we were war
riors and hunters, we could move about
much easier. But at your invitation, we
have thrown aside our weapons we have
thrown aside our weapons we have relin-
pushed the chase; we have cleared our
feldss we cultivate the earth, and draw
our sustenance from her bosom. And vet
it is all right with Col. Hayne that we
should be torn up. and rooted out and driv-
en- into the wilderness again, to commence
the work of civilization anew, or in des-
pondency, sink into the savage state again.
" York Commercial .4dper!iSer
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LOOKING GLASSES.

FENHE subscribers, having purchased of Mr.
ID WIswELL his stock of Looking Glasses
and Fools, inform the public that the business
formerly conductedby him will be continued by
them. 1t is their intention to manufacture
Looking Glasses in every variety, and as ox-
tensively as the patronage of the public will
justify. A Workman will be employed, by
whom work usually executed By a Glider, will
be done promptly and in the best manner
Looking Glasses made to any pattern. PLATES
Sc: where they have been broken out. FRAMES
re gilt; and PORTRAIT and PICTURE FRAMES
furnished to order T. q w. KEITH.
Worcester Feb 8
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SCHOOL BOOKS.
DORR g. ROWLAND

HEAYE made arrangements for their supply
II u of School Books this season which are
more extensive than ever before. Olney's &C.
ography and Atlas, Adams's New Arithmetic,
Ponds Murray's Grammar, large and small,
Second Glass Book, Improved Reader, Franklin
Primer, Cummings's Spelling Book, Blake's
Philosophy, Conversations OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Books being more used in this County than any
other, we have laid in double our usual supply,
that we may be ready at all times to supply any
orders. Also, all other kinds of School Books
in use in this County, are constantly on hand
All orders supplied at the io,0cst market prices,
and as lo,o for cash, as at any regular Book
Store in this State-none excepted. By devot-
ing our time more particularly to this branch,
we hope to make our Store the SCHOOL
BOOK DEPOSITORY for Worcester Coun.
ty; where may be found every thing necessary
to be used in Schools.
% Merchants, Teachers, and School Com
mittees, are invited to call. ANY Books wanted
for examination will be furnished.
Worcester, Nov. 9. 6teo
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MAoNASIMous LEGATEE. Some time ago,
grocer by the name Of Higgins died, and left
considerable sum TO gentleman>in London,
saying to him at the time that he made his will,
Z" do not know that have any relations, but
should you ever, by accident, hear of such, give
them some relief" The gentleman, though
thus left in full and undisputed possession Of
large fortune, on which no person could have
any legal claim, advertised for the next of kin
to the deceased, and after some months were
spent in inquiries, he at length discovered few
distant relatives Last week he called them to-.
gether to dine with him, and after distributing
the whole fthe money, according to the differ.
ent degrees Of consanguinity, paid the expens-
es of advertising out Of his own pocket.
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POETRY. keeper of wax works in one Of
our large cities on Christmas day, while he
was explaining his works to company of spec.
tators, on coming to the group of Burr shooting
Hamilton, exclaimed, "This, gentleman, is
Aaron Burr, Vice President of the U. States,
in deadly conflict with the immortal Hamilton
and then lifting to the ceiling an eye teeminp
with the inspiration of bards Of the olden time,
he said,
Oh, Burr! Burr what hast thou donef
Thou hast shooted dead the great Hamilton!i
You got right behind bunch of thistles,
And shooted him dead with pair o. boss pistols
A mill was carried away by freshet, and a
miller rowing after it, wrote on the door,
Here goes my old mill down the water.
darnd sight furder than it ought to
New Hacen Republican.
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Extract from letter to the Editor of the Provi-
dence Journal dated


dence Journal, dated
WASHINGTON, Feb. /, 1881
Mr. Davis, to whom l have before referred, is
another member from Massachusetts,. To his Iner-
its, his friends at home have never done full JUS
tice. 1t would not be doing him more than Justice
to say, there is not an ADLER or more ready de-
batter on the floor of Congress. His judgment is
unerring his satire keen rapid, and caustic; his
argument close, connected and conclusive. When
the cause of the Tariff was beginning. TO look a
little uncertain, "he plucked it drowning by the
locks and achieved after long and talented de-
bate, the most decided victory which has been
gained during the session. We have never seen
him rise to speak when the House did not attend
to him; and the House generally sanctions the
cause which he defends. great a'onal inter-
est could not be confided to safer hands if at
tackled on the one side by ingenious theorists, his
lucid mind, which is as clear as the brooks that
spring among the granite hills of New England
quickly exposes the falacous sephistry of his sub.
tie antagonists and if on the ether side, any one
ventures upon assailing him with sarcasm, he new
er remains moment in debt but with the ut
most gravity of manner, retorts with promptness
and severity which bring forth apology, and save
him from any further attack, till his wossted ae-
yersary has time to recover of his wounds
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LAW COMPREHENSIVE.

FESHE connection formerly subssting be-
z tween Messrs. DAVIS & ALLEN, hav-
ing been some time since dissolved by them !;
the subscribers have formed Copartnership,
as Coanseifers and attorneys at Laao, and have
taken the Office formerly occupied by Messrs.
Davis q Allen, opposite the Centre School
House in Worcester
JOHN DAVIS.
EMORY WASHBURN.
FL
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METHUsELAH NOT AS OLD AS HE MIGHT HAVE
BEEN. The London Atlas tells us that, accord
ing to the Jewish authorities, Methuselah did
not live so long as he might have done had No
attended to good advice; for it is written, that
as he was sleeping on the ground when well
stricken in years, an angel came to him and
told him that if he would rise up and build him
years longer. Methuselah made reply that it
was not worth while to build a house for so
short term! And so he died before he was
a thousand years old.
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Families WANTED.

NK7 ANTED, at the Cotton Factory of V.
Wv S. KiMBALL & Co., Holden, five or
six Families, that can come we'll recommended
to whom liberal wages will be paid monthly.
Apply at the Mill, or to G, A TRUMBULL,
Worcester
% SATlNETT WARPS, of the best quail
ity, for sale by V. S. K. IL Co. wv Feb. Is
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"we are acquainted with curious con-
versation between Gen. Jackson and Judge
White of Florida, in which the "Lion roar
ed" against Mr.. Calhoun to the tune of de-
nouncing him as "the greatest villain" in
Christendom-with sundry oaths and cpl
thets which it beseemeth" us not TO repeat,
all however perfectly characteristic and in
accordance with the known style Of the
"greatest and best. "-.qlerdndria Gazette.
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Enct0ru Helm W1nted.

TENWO or three Families, we'll acquainted
y with working IN Cotton Factory, may
find employment about the first of March next,
by applying to the subscribers, in New England
Village, Grafton.
CHASE, LUTHER, Il co.
To-, OS &c
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WANTED,

WPY the subscribers at their Factory, in
HD Dudley, Mass the first of April next, l
Overseer of Carding Room, do. Spinning
ROOM do. Weaving Room, Dresser Ten
der, 9 Mule Spinners, a Warp Spinners, IL
Weavers, and 2 Families, with OF Children
each, to whom good encouragement will be
given. GOODELL & ALBEE.
Dudley Jan a 3m
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WANTED.

a GOOD MULE PIECER is wanted at
IN the Holden Cotton Mills A BOY or
GIRL, from ~ 10 Is years OF age, will find
good encouragement by applying soon.
Holden. Any. Il tf
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Flour, Sugar, Tea, Oil, &c.

Flour, Sugar, Tea, Oil, &c.
FHVHE WORCESTER Boat COMPANY, at the
III Brick Stores on the Canal, offer for sale
on favorable TERMS the following articles:
$50 Bills Genesee Flour,
I60 do. Baltimore Howard. street do.
IS Half Bbls. do. do. do.
: 1853 Bbls. Georgetown Flour,
so do Philadelphia do.
80 do. Baltimore Fine do.
10000 Pounds N Orleans and Havana Sugars,
80 Tierces and Bbls, n Orleans Molasses,
26 Boxes and Bills. Phlad Refined Sugar,
10 Chests Souchong Tea, roll,
90 Tierces and Bbls. Fall Strained Sperm
10 do. do. do. Winter do do
80 Sacks Butter Salt,
10 Kegs ground Ginger,
Bags Allspce and Pepper,
10 Boxes Bunch Raisins,
5000 Feet Baltimore Glass assorted sizes,
$50 Reams Wrapping Paper,
500 pounds Flax.
SUMNER SMITH, Agent
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CARPE1TNGS.

ENOR SALE, by the subscriber, large as.
-H' sortment Of Carpetings, new and elegant
patterns !; HEARTH RUGS, Painted
FLOOR CLOTHS, and FLOOR MATS
Also, variety of RICH SILKS, at low pri-
ces. VIM HENRY SWAN
Worcester Feb IL
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FRESH
TEAS, COFFEE, sc.
BENZ. BUTMAN & co.

EHAVE for sale on favorable terms
IL 10 chests superior Hyson, Young Hyson
Hyson Skin, Pecco, and Tonkay Teas,
25 do do. Souchong do.
| 10 bags Old Java Coffee,
10 do. W. do.
pipes " woodhouse" Sicily Wine,
9 do. Lisbon do.
do Old Port do.
100 bbls. Baltimore and Genesee White Wheat
Flour,
5 casks prime Rice,
s hhds. St Croix and New Orleans Sugar,
10 boxes Philadelphia Loaf and Lump do.
10 do. White and Brown Havana do.
l2 drums superior Figs,
5 boxes Prunes,
8 htds Retailing Molasses,
1000 lbs. prime Butter,
1000 do. New Milk and Four Meal Cheese,
5000 do. Dried Apple,
20 bbls No. Mackerel,
40 half-bbls do do.
25 bags Fine Salt,
100 bush. c. F. do.
so casks Nails and Spikes,
% qaintals Cod Fish,
A few quintals Old Dun Fish,
Picked Salmon, &c. &c.
Worcester, Jan. IS. IF
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FoNDNEss FOR CHILDREN denotes not only
kind heart, but guileless one. knave al
ways detests children-ther innocent looks and
open brow, speak daggers TO his heart He
sees his own vainy reflected from their coun-
tenance as It were from mirror. Always
mark that man or woman who avoids children.
The great and good have always been remark
able for their fondness of children. Agesilaus,
king OF Sparta, was the most generous of Mon
archs. and the most tender of fathers Divert
ing himself one day with riding on stick with
his children, and being surprised by friend in
the action, he desired him not to mention it till
he was father. Henry the Nv of France,
taught his children to call him papa, or father,
and lot sire, (the new fashion introduced by
Catherine de Medicis) One day, going on all
tours, with the Dauphin on his back, an Am
bassador suddenly entered, when Henry, look.
ing up, Monsieur rAmbassador have you any
children' eyes, sire," replied he. "Very
well, then will finish my race round the cham.
ber.'-BOstOn Statesman.
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WANTED,

% ORA first rate JOURNE lyman TAI
- LORS. Such may obtain good wages, by
applying to CALVIN HATCH:
Worcester, Feb. Is tt
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poor mans wants may be satisfied when
he hath obtained what he wants; but the COW
etous man labors of an incurable want, because
he wants that which he hath, as well as that
which he hath not Tiuotson.
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A bill has passed the Maine House OF Rep
resentatives by vote of 90 to o. offering a
bounty of So each for the destruction OF wolves,
81 each for bears. and 81 each for wild cats.
1t was stated by member IN tho debate on this
bill, that these animals had within the last year
destroyed property OF more than $40 OVo yalnc,
and no presumed the annual loss to the State
from the voraciousness of these animals was
equal to $4,000,
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SINGULAR HuMAsITY. The following was
posted up in the cousty of Kent, in the year
1921; g Notice is hereby given, that the Mar.
qus OF Camden (on account Of the backward
ness OF the harvest) will not shoot HIMSELF nor
any OF his tenants, till the l4th of September"
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WANTED.
WANTED,

0TRAW BRAID, of all kinds, in exchange
~ for Dry Goods, Groceries, Crockery and
Glass Ware. THAYER g. DANIELS,
No Goddards' Row.
Worcester Feb Is. If
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NOTICE.

NNHE subscribers have formed a connection
III in business, under the firm of HOWE &
THAXTER, and have taken the stere formerly
occupied by HOWE, JACKSON, & Co., at the
head of the Canal, Central street, where they
intend to continue the LUMBER BUSINESS,
and also to keep general assortment of WEST
INDIA GOODS, FLOUR, CORN, RYE, &C.,
which they will sell for Cash or Northern Lum-
Der. HAMMOND HOWE.
FRANCIS THAXTER.
Worcester Feb g. 1879
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From the National Intelligencer.

A correspondent desires us to bring be-
fore our readers the subjoined extracts from
a speech delivered by Mr.. VAN buren,, in
the Senate of the United States, on the sub
ject of the Colonial Trade, on the Oath Feb
Tuary, 1897. He desires this, because he
says that by this Speech the Ex-Secretary
is, in reference to his instructions to Mr..
McLANE, literally condemned cut of his oaUn
mouth. The force of this remark every one
will recognize after reading what follows:
Extract from speech delivered By Mr. Fan
Buren, IN the Senate Of the United States,
24th February, 1897:
IF we direct our attention to the ground
which Mr.. Canning has assumed, there can
be, on this side of the Atlantic, no difference
of opinion. 1t is indefensibe in its princi-
pie. and unjust in its application
In government like ours, founded on
freedom of thought and action, imposing no
unnecessary restraints and calling into exer-
else the highest energies of the mind occa-
slonal differences of opinion are not only to
be expected, but to be desired. But this
conflict of opinion should be confined to
subjects which concern ourselves. In the
collision which may arise between the Uni
ted States and foreign power, 1t is our d.
ty to present an unbroken 'front.' Domestic
differences, if they tend to give encourage
ment to unjust pretensions, should be extin-
gulshed or deferred and the cause of our
government must be considered as the cause
of our country''
1.-The Illuminating spectacle of foreign
government specializing for the advantag &c
which it may derive from our dissensions
will, l trust, never again be. the reproaeh Of
the American people.-Reg. Of Debates
Vol. III, page 478.
The WORKING MEN's PARTY" Great
efforts have been made to get up party by
the above name in many places Throughout
the United States. AS yet, these efforts
nave met with little suecess-owing, prob
ably, to the fact that most of those who
nave endeavored to create an excitement
among the working class of tho commune
| ty land in this community there can hardly
be said to be any other Glass; are the least
ioitling TO ioork The working men are the
bone and sinew of the land they are the
firmest standards of the body polite; in
them is conferred the only rightful source OF
political power. But still, this is no reason
why they should abuse their power by
+ clamorous exclusion and prescription.
rational use of power has nothing to DO with
the new tangled schemes which occasion.
ally spring up, TO excite the passions and
prejudlces of the people, and TO furnish hob,
bles Tor demagogues to sport BRIEF ana
reckless hour upon the stage.
LoioeH Journal
A bill has passed the Maine House OF Rep
| n IN Ill InfV n
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MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. 1t is mentioned in the
Encyclopedia Americana, as a characteristic of
the Mississippi, belonging to very few of the
long and large rivers, that it rises in very cold
regions, and runs towards the equator By
thus flowing through almost every variety Of
climate, it is the channel of conveyance 10 a
corresponding variety of products, and must
become the scene of the most active internal
commerce on the globe, in which the products
of the extreme north will be exchanged against
those of the almost tropical regions in which it
disembogues. "If' says the article quoted,
1--WE except the Amazon, probably no other val
ley on the globe will compare in size with that
of the Mississippi and it probably SURPRISES all
others in richness and variety of the soil, and its
general adaptation to the support and comfort
of civilized men. In extent, it is like eonti-
nent in beauty and fertility, it is like the most
perfect garden of nature" 1t embraces twenty
degrees of latitude, and thirty of longitude,
which we may observe to be equal to the dis
lance between Gibraltar and Edinburg, and to
that which, in the same attitudes in Europe,
comPrehends Portugal, Spain, and Italy, and
the Mediterranean Enclosed between them and
the western coast of Greece. From Oleanne
point on the Allegheny, to the highest point of
boat navigation on the Missouri, is 5000 miles,
by water, of course. What a picture is this
OF magnitude and prospective wealth. But
how is the conception of it enlarged by the re-
lection, that 1T is the demesne of people whose
institutions give the greatest spur to industry,
and make life in such region best worth hay-
ing !-BaksUore finer
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MOLASSES
HAY For SALE.

A QUANTITY of middIng Hay will be
IA sold al low price. Apply at this Office
Worcester, Feb. Is.
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THEY NOW OFFER FOR SALE,
8 hhds. Porto Rico Sugar,
5 boxes Havana do
2 do. Philadelphia Loaf do.
60 casks Dexter Rock Lime.
20 do. Harris do. do.
100 tons Plaster Paris,
SO bbls. Philadelphia Starch,
$4,000 Eastern Lumber,
$4,000 common Boards,
ITO M Northern Shingles,
30 do. Eastern do. I
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BUTTER,

Mn kegs and lump for sale, by
MI WHEELER e. THAXTER.
Worcester, Fob. Is,
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the lease made under It, and the lease OF October
18th, 1873 This is only the commencement of
the exposures that will be made.-N, Y. Advertiser.
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NOTICE,

WNHE High School at Barre, will commence
III on MONDAY, the 18th of March neat, under
the instruction of Mr.. ALoNzo ANDREWS.
Barre Feb, Is
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HELP WANTED.

A T the Central Cotton Factory, Grafton, one
IA FAMILY, Immediately, and two or three
Families by the first of April. Apply to S
WOOD, Esq, at the Post Office, or to o. w
POTTERS, at the Mill. Feb. Is.
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TempIeton High School.
FWNHE Spring Term of this School will COM
Ill mence on THURSDAY, Feb. 90, under the
instruction of Mr.. BATcHELDER.
c. TOWNSLEY, for the Committee.
Templeton Feb Is
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MACHINISTS WANTED.
WN ANTED, by the subscriber, at The Phe-
w mi1 Shop, in North Adams, (Berkshire)
TEN NJ EN-, who are acquainted with Iron
work; to whom good encouragement will be
given GILES TINKER.
Dec. d. 3m
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Nor so BAD. The following ADVERTISE
ment appears in the Broome Republican,
If the Adve rtiser is as honest in his deal
ings as in his professions, he will regain a
reputation which he more than intimates
has been in rather a scabby way:
temperance Tailoring. John B. McIn-
tosh informs his former friends and the pub
lie generally, that having returned from
ireland, he has recommended the tailoring
business, at his dwelling house, at the west
end of the bridge. Having entirely relin-
pushed the use Of Irish, as well as Yankee
whiskey, joined the temperance society and
become temperate in his habits, he assures
his friends he will also be temperate in his
charges, and take as little cabbage as any
other tailor in the village. He will also cut
clothes gratis for those who are unable to
pay, provided they belong to the temperate
class of the community"
An OpD FAMILY. There is family in
the rear of the Post Office, that has for the
last few days attracted much attention. 1t
is composed Of SOW and litter of pigs,
together with two fine pointer puppies;
who in Consequence of the inclemency of
the season, and the comfortable appearance
of the pigs. have been induced to leave their
own mother, and turn in costly with them.
The sow seems perfectly reconciled to the
new corners; and there is some doubt
whether she is able to distinguish pig from
puppy. Be that as it may, they are on the
best terms, except at meal times, when
they invariably have regular set to. The
pigs no sooner commence sucking, than the
puppies seize them by the ears, biting and
tugging until they are forced to quit their
stations, which they do with squealng re-
luctance. The pups are in their turn root
ed away by the pigs, and the same scene is
acted over and over again, until both par
ties are full fed.-CatskiH Recorder.