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The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1845-09-22
From the n. Y. Morning News.
John b. COUGH.

Tn city is still much excited in relation Ia
this yung man, and il is to he regretted that the
mysteIous aud alarming statements first made
shuult have remained so lony sanctioned and per-
severd in by his friends. The story about the
druggd suda water was too palpable device to
Ieceie men of the world it was ton fimsy
fabrciion for a soher man. and hence, nuw that
therelas been lime for reflection. it only elcis
cunterpluons sneers. His friends ought not to
fear tn The good cause in which they are engag-
I'd cansuffer 10y John B Gugh's frailties. The
acis al this case only show how necessary it s To
guard veil the first step towards danger. Let
linn thai thlnkrth he slandeth take heed lest he
tall, is sacred injunction. and this lamentabe
tall of 80 eloquent an advocate of the temperance
cause may yet be made instrumental of good TO
many whose stability may have been endangered
John b. Cough. in abandoning sprituous liquors,
became an opium eater thus simply changing the
means by which his appetites were administered
tn; and under its intoxicating Influence he reapsed
from virtue. if, is runured, he has not hereto
FIRE been guilty of indugences which were in
consistent with his professions. Nor is he alone
in this in the ranks of the temperance advocates,
fur too many substitute the dealy narcotic for the
spirituous bowl, and thus they become - living
lie" befure the world The cause of temperance,
however, is gnod one, Notwithstanding these
untoward circumstances. and we trust its friends
The plain. npen, undlsguised truth. in this case,
would relieve the public mind from fearful APP
prehensiun of horrd crimes, and serve To show
the absolute necessity of total abstinence from
alcoholic drinks and all other unnatural and hurt
iu substitutes. We trust, too. the friends of
temperance will learn frum This to be charitable
Ia thnse who may nut at once embrace The terms
of their compact Dennnciations are too frequent
ly heard from the temperance roslrum of those
who STAND al'of from temperance sncirtes, and
they are not unfreqnenily uttered by men who are
rxcIed by unnatural causes. Argument and
moral snason are the weapons with which their
hattie shuud he fought, and il would be crafty
Ing to see John b Cough dls"wn the fabrication
With which he seeks To screen himself from cen
sure, tell the story of his own wrong doing, and
exhurt all who may hear him To avoid The dan
gers by which he made " shipwreck of faith and
and good Conscience" We hear that he has
not yet recovered from the effects of his drunken
and unchase troc, and besides the effects of his
excessive intemperance he suffers from a aense of
shame which his exposure has uccasoned.
The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1845-09-22

HE SALT MANUFACTURE.--They have dis
covered at Syracuse, New York, an i'm proyemen,
IN The manufacture OF salt. The process is so
SIMPLE ihat all wonder why it has been thought
cations of the principle, and as the majority of onr
readers may not have noticed it, we briefly state
that the brine OF saline springs contains from 70
to ipO per cent. OF salt. but less than the necssa
~ quanlIty.for saturing it. The plan is to add 80
per cent, OF salt 10 1t. when the impurities. con-
sIstng ct some 3OP"r cent, float upon the surface
and the lOO per cent, including Of course. the
81 per cent. added, sinks to the bottom, and is
drawn off and The water evaporaied. As there
are now about 20.000,O00 of bushels of sal maJe
at the SaIina springs, the amount will probably
De more than doubled by this process, since
ahnu' one third more is made by il than by the
old process.
The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1845-09-22
FRIEND HORACE GREELEY.

With a versatility Of genius, much sound sense,
pure philanthropy, but not the right kind Of philo-
sophy, Greeley of the New York Tribune, dips into
every thing that comes along. His waywa ,dues- !,
and IN many cases honest bluntness. and love of
truth, brings whigeery into awkward positions :;
hut we only intended to notice the fact that he
has taken hand at the sacred desk. and dispensed
the crumbs of grace TO congregation in New
York. The Richmond Times thus comments Nd
on II, and evidently shows that he would rather
have him in the pulpt than at the editors table.
8" AN EDITOR IN THE PULPIT.-Hnrace Gree
ly. the intelligent but anatlca editor Of the n Y
Tribune, IL seems, has becpme parsrn He late
Nv Off lated in the Church Of the Christian Union
of which w II. Charming, brother zpalut is
pastor, going through the usual routine of making
prayer, reading out the psalms, and delivering
a discourse. We wish for the good Of the coun
try, his influence could be confined to one congre
fral iun -
The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1845-09-22
PRETTY SEVERE

We know not which Is the most severe on the
New Workers, the following paragraph Of Mrs.
TfOIlope, or the introduction Of the Tribnne-nei-
ther are very complimentary to the honesty Of
that renowned city.
., We perceive by the following extract that Mrs
llf"llope has become the leading Editor of the
raf's journal. lie Globe. We are only sorprisee
NAV she should have been enabled Juriag her
a a.. stay IN this country to have acquired so ac
o",@It an idea of our instructions:
hos;,.,op Psafs 'ha'lhe people Of New York do not
,',ss,,,oaS p"n"unce the recent terrible fire that
incsoJ;.,s 4u1sef Of that city 70 be- the work Of
'"es nave Of late become extreme.
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A WORD ABOUT OURSELVES.

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mistake we Womb m, ,ako tho ,ronblo =, dacaod
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The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1845-09-22

grace, though. in truth. seldom does an OCCASION
for the exercise of this law occur The people
are all as one family the youngest paying inn
pllct obedience to the more advanced. Lewd-
ness Of speech or action is every where discounte-
nanced. lnsomuch that native holds il tn be do
grading to he guilty of either What picture is
here presented Ia the civilized world Well
may we blush when we compare our manners and
customs with these untntoied children Of nature
we may look on and admre-we may initiate in
sume measure, nut never with our host of vices,
can we arrive near perfection.
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THE PEARL OF THE PACIFIC

A correspondent Of the Newark Advertiser do.
scuhlng number Of the islands of the pao,Eo
aludes to one called Nauyoo. IN pr,h,,,, -,
the Pearl of the Pacific 1t is said T., no 90 w.
lated sPot' some thirty or forty miles IN c;,,,,,,
distant three or four degrees from any o,ba, -
containing from one thousand Ia fCtean h,.I -;
inhabitants. There is every variety If sceno.,,
hills dales and valleys. delightfully."- in,srsna,,
covered with vrrdant trees, and abonndin,, -
all kinds of tropical fruit; sslubrions cI,,re,a
which Is SD warm that clothing can he eas;Iv ~.
Pensed with, consequently no mure is vv,,n a..
a proper respect for decency rsqnires 'Tbs 80
ives themselves seem to be inctured Win -.
nnldness, and everything moving IN its a,mas
phere possesses unusual duciity. Emnbafic,Ii,,
II IS the abode ct innocence and peace. IL is ona
erned by king and governor, who have 60,
plete control over all the affairs Of The inbab,sn,s
The king enacis laws, puts them in E,rc. soa.
them carried out, purchases and sells for 500
Individual. when trading with stranysrs !, ~
public mart, th'se VITO wish can dlso,,eo ,,c III
own at their option. Their laws are ye,v s,.'',
aud are chiefly confined to the usual doiios e'e'
rents 10 children, The suppression of vjce 80 pa
culcaton OF VIrtue-of which honesty. bnsn;,.,'..
and chastity are the most cardinal, and u,o ha,!Iy
the delinquent: His punishment is spsed,, 80 @
we're. Disturbance and want Of respect in Se
to parents are most severely punished no o'.',,'
lion, laceratlng the back Of the ofFends, -
conspicuous place as an ndelsbIe marx Of 5;s
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HON. SIMON CAMERON.

The author of the communication signed
" Keystone'' having written to us under his own
proper signature we can have objection 10 Civ
ing his article Ia our readers, as we have not, as
we said hefore, any rnkind feeling towards Sena-
tor Cameron. hut rather the contrary. We adj
United the communication of - H." true Penn
sylvanian. because evident disposition
in some quarters, to buckle what prejudice. if any
existed in the public mind, in consequence of The
manner of Mr.. Camernn's election, upon Mr.
Buchanan. than whom we do believe there is not
consistent or pure democrat living, and
through him to injure the Administrations We
are rather tuo far from the area Of Pennsylvania
mans, our readers. for us To do battle upon
the ground occupied by our correspondents. Mr.
Buchanan never went into any public station
without receiving the vote of the whole demo
cratic party and although it may, at times, he
eXpedient To break duwn the grinding tyranny of
King Caucus, still it ought TO be done with our
own force, not by calling in the aid Of our enemy.
&c. O. the Baltimore CunveniOn) The Federal
party know well how TO practice on the - prnci-
pie of divide and conquer" We fear the favors
of the Greeks--and shall watch all democrats on
whom they bestow their favor. It is true they
frequently catch Tartar, and we shall be reuic-
ed to find they have got one in Mr. Cameron
The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1845-09-22

An ILLINOIS COLONEL, The editor of the
Chicago Democrat. having been made Colo-
mel, delivers an inaugural speech. Here is the
cUnclusion:--
For the present, fellow citizens, one and all
rest secured In your families for I have un-
shea'hed my sword and il never shall he sheath
20 again until yonr last enemy shall be tram
p'ed u"der my ieet! Bot may die with it in
my hands. and if so. shall die az ,ro,dIv ,od 90
bravely as a Crockett and, in thai event I n,sv
you take care Of nay horse. and doapIe Captaia
Hunter steal my pistols.
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rm. hscarcely worthy Of notice for in Pennsyl-
vanialhe tact Is Notorious, of that Bank never
havln suffered losses by pairing heavy loans
intosie blbated Golfers of the spectators. Its
capita has been carefully hushanded, and princi-
psly aned to young mechanics ''s'artng in life.
who's, small IS notes. would have been rejected
with corn by the directors of the chartered mo-
nop,ls, that Gin their estimati"n) were instilu-
ted ssrly for the purpose of pastering over fic,i
tons wealth. when worn threadbare by repeated
lussesn speculation. X.
The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1845-09-22

WALNUT Trees AND THEIR EFFEcTs.-
Among the items noticed at the sitting of the
Paris Academy of Sciences. IN The Ith uIt, was
the following The Baroh d'Hombres Hirmas. a
corresponding member of The Academy informs il
that he has made experiments to ascertain the
truth or falsehoud of the reported prejudicial ef
Ieci of The proximity of The walnut lree to man
and vegetation. He states that if man remains
long near this tree. he becomes affected with
headach and nausea and that if curn be sown
near IL, it hecnmes much less productive than il
would be if equally close to a tree of any other
KIND. tie Attributes this 10 a peculiar emanaion
from the walnut tree
These are singular facts if true, but az we ave
nVPo all summer within fifteen feet Of walnut
'Iee' and never experienced the headach once in
mat time, from it or any other cause. and have
n's,des' seen corn and cabbage grow ing very fine
~ directly by its side, and fine bearing crane
vine running MP its trunk we are little skeoti-
cal IN regard to The effects above stated Led.
per '"
The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1845-09-22
THE DRUNRARD'S DREAM

saw, with seemly waking eyes.
And strange and strong Teality
My wife in her dying agonies.
ono mend with face leplete with glee
bending over her wasted frame.
Calling her mocking By her name.
Anon he spoke" Oh, oh" said he
husband drunk as drunk can be
Bite at the bosom, starvcling young:
ny iatner 10 drunk. thy mother is dead:
Live to be doomed, live 10 be hung
A paupcr, felon, but die in no bed"
l saw my eldest born in rags,
quiet, silent boy was he
But his was not the soul that drags
Days tainted by LIES leprosy.
Proud in his youth we'll spent,
Sad IN his hopes to tatters rent,
a bosom burning with ahame's dismav.
Blasted the bud of his promising May
saw, and how my soul shook then,
Wy daughter (my joy, my pride.
re hau turned 20 pcstiiential den
MY home and its Preside y
J saw her, my fair and delicate child
IS, once she was delicate and fair,
Iicgk ana lo!wly, gentle and mild,
ana ever with softcst speech to spare;
= saw her front brazcn and bold,
blOa.ed and broken ere she was old s:
ana looks saw from her once chaste eves
And words ] heard from her lips once pure
Telling abroad her infamy,
And shricked with pain beyond endure,
And then saw younger frame;
My fair baird Alfred, he was there
I remember the time when he ni0bt1v ..,,
To my feet, and murmured bis litttc nrs,ns,
And d ION, WIN % ms iaGe Of innocent rnirih,
And VIII, who liz up our evening be.Sfb
with his flashes Of infant Utility:
A M george, smiling and gentle boy,
who liyed in quiet gush Of joy:
A And tney we're gaol-birds, with ssdden'd faces.
4 ray Of thought in ali their trace
Trembling woke,
And trembling spoke
THANK Cod Z was bot \ nrnrka,1,s ~.
The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1845-09-22
HUNTER HILL

II was rumored here on Saturday, that Hill,
the murderer of Major Smith, had been taken
This is not the fact. Gentlemen from Nahse-
mund arrived here on that day, and took passage
In 'he Baltimore huat for New York, they having
learned that Hill had taken passage in New
York packet, from Washington, n. G. If such
be the case, there can he no doubt thar he will be
very shortly apprehenled.
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AN lMpOSSIBIL.ITY.

quaint old Methodist Minister, who has liv
ed through mare than une generation. attending
REVIVAL lately, said that it was almost an i'm
possibility for the Sword of The Spirit TO pene-
ira,e the hearts of modern ladies', through
such heavy corsage as they wore. and while
they kept such hustle" about them
The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1845-09-22
OUR FLAG!
VISIT FROM THE SECRETARY OF
THE NAVY

1t was expected that the boat of yesterday
morning would have brought down the Hon. Mr..
Bancroft. We understand by private letter to
us, tha, public business prevented him; but he
may he shortly expected, and it is probable other
distinguished gentlemen may accompany him.
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sD~ The following anecdoto of Washington

may not be generally known
I" When the General and Mrs Washington
were living in Franklin square. New York. not
far from what is now the music store of Messrs
Firth 81 Hall, they were accustomed frequently
Ia ride out together in small open carriage As
they were about setting firth one day, Washing
Ton discovered grlnp of mschevous boys gath
cred about puor washerw0man, who was seated
npon the steps of dwelling. and annoying her
with petty tricks and aunting expreSsiuns-
Washington stepped from his carriage, approached
them. and win Impressive dignity reproved them
Tor their wanton conduct. He inquired the resi-
dence ut the poor woman, assisted her into his
own carriage, giving her a seat by his side, and
himself drove her To her humble habtaiion. which
CHANGED 10 be in the direction whittier he and
Mrs. w ashington were going
The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1845-09-22

AMERICAN Recommendation once in
while, If not of,ener. we are compelled TO remark
some unseemly Innovations upon The pure Nor
man SAIGON which we may fairly set dawn az
Amrrlcanlsm. They cnrne upon us like wet
blanket, or a shower bath of cold November
morning. We have msapplcation of The word
g on" which has come guod deal into use sncs
the Introduction OF railroads in this country.
Even editors, who should he men of taste. use it
freely for the word :" in" or the phrase on
board Of" He came on the railway" is we'll
enough But such phrases as He came on the
cars on the boat on the steamboat''-
g on the schooner" on the sloop''-" on the
ship" are intulerahe. II is. we presume, unne-
cessary 'osay that. in all these examples, the
word g on" is misplaced, and the word in. :"
or the phrase ' on board" should be substituted
The shorness of these new applications dues not
atone Tor the awkwardness or inaccuracy The
substitution 10 not only disagreesble To The refn-
ed ear. but it is absolutely an objectionable inno-
walton. "An' thou lowest me, Hal, no more of
that. daily Globe.
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GEN. GAINES AND HIS WIFE MYRA.

We never hear of an military transaction,
whether being hemmed in by the Indians, and
starved out by Gen. Scntt, or ordering out the
militia of the Southwest, hut it is Immediately
followed by some civic movement Of himself, and
his wife. Myra. In accordance with usage we
find the following travelling the rounds of the
press -
A SWEEPING CLA1M.-The Red River (Lou-
isiana) Republican states that Gen. Gaines ard
his wife, Mrs Myra Gaines, have laid claim. un
der the succession of the late Daniel Clarke To
large and valuable tract of land IN Bayou Brouff
comprising front of at least 90 miles ON said
bayon, all Of the most chuce land, in high cult
walton. The claim covers thirty of The best plan
tatuns ON the State. BY the lax list, the lands
it includes are assessed at S452 935. On the
lands there are 1867 slaves, aud about 5000
bales of cotton raised annually. All the present
pnssessnrs have been notified of the institution of
the suit for the recovery of The lands they occu
py.
The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1845-09-22

INDECENT HAsrE.-Chief Justice Story died
on "Wednesday. On Saturday, before he was
cold in his grave, some friends of Marcus Morton
held public meeting at Lowell, Massachusetts.
and recommended him for the vacancy that death
had lately created To this indecent
scrambling after office ia sickening.
Oar friend, of the Puisburg Ariel, is little
too hasty in his cenSure of the democracy of
Lowell. 1t was not To Gil the vacancy occasion
ed by the death of Judge Story, that the meeting
in Lowell was called, hut TO supply the vacancy
by his resignation Of the Judgeshp month
previous.
The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1845-09-22
A GIANT AT LAST.

In eXhnming of late the remains 0f so many
wonderfully large animals unknown to the pres
ent age, 1t has been supposed that the ancient
race OF men must have been correspnndingly as
large. AT length we have something To sustain
the doctrine. The Madison Banner states on the
most reliable authority, that person in Frank.
lin county, Tennessee, while digging well. a
few weeks since. found a human skeleton, at the
depth ut httv feet. which measures eighteen feet
IN length. The Immense frame was entire with
an nnlmmr,ant exception in one of the extrem-
ties. 1t has been visited by several Of the prn-
cipa members Of the medical faculty in Nashville,
and pronounced unequivocally, by ALL the skele-
ton huge man. The bone of the thigh measur-
ed i've feet and il was computed that the height
ot. the living man, making the proper allowance
tor muscles, must have been at leas, twenty feet
The finder had been offered eight thousand dol
lars tor II. but had determined not to sell it nt
aey price until first exhibiting i, for twelve
months. He is now having the different parts
wired together for this purpose. These unwrit-
ten records of The men and animals Of other ages,
that are from time tn time dug out of the bowels
ct the earth. put conjecture To confusion, and al
most snrpass imagination itself History informs
that The Emperor Maximus was feet 6 inches
IN height. In the reign of Claudus man was
brought from Arabia feet 9 inches tall. John
Middleton, of Lancashire, England, was 9 feet
8 inches, and Cutter, the Irish Giant, feet
inches. But our American skeleton, if we nave
really found such one. will throw all other
Giants in The shade.-.N. Y SIM.
Ypsilanti sentinel. [volume] (Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Mich.) 1843-1900, 1845-06-25
YPsILANTI (MCH) a5 1915

when Jacques an old supernumerary Of the house
hold, suddenly burst open the door and deploying
an immense OK hide exclaimed mile dables some
body has killed our old brindle! ?
Dives drodped knife and fork. and stood with
his eyes fixed on the well known hide, a mOnu.
ment of grief and wonder. Twas even so he
had dealt the death blow to his favorte old brinde
he had hid his hide, be had even proposed "hang-
ing It on the fence" such crninahty seemed too
much for even prestly dissolution.
AS he sat IN moody silence, in the afternoon he
heard the light step and merry laugh of Monsieur
his neighbor in the hall. His first impulse was to
seize his cane and commence aagselIating pro,
cess, but Monsieur's luugh was so like innocence
tibet he could not help thinking he had stolen brin-
die by mistake, and he resolved never to tell his
grief. But Monsieur's idea had not yet become
exhausted, for before he left he modesty insinua.
ted, on the score Of old friendship of course, thai
bread was not bad accompaniment for beef, and
a few words in the ear of Dives soon sent Jacquis
with the pony and sled 10 monsieurs dwelling with
several bushels Of grain. Then butter was a
good accompaniment for bread, aud in this case
was procured by the same process. Thus in
comparative comfort, Monsieur Mrs. Monsieur
and the little Mansieurs lived through the winter
Monsieur faithfully keeps the secret except when
he meets distant friend, and from one Of these
we have learned the story. TATTLER,
Ypsilanti sentinel. [volume] (Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Mich.) 1843-1900, 1845-06-25
TO THE PEOPLE OF THE u. s

Having memorialIzed our last Congress for a
grant of the Public Domain to construct railroad
from Lake Michigan to the Pacific Ocean, action
thereon (except a short report by the Committee
on Rail Roads and Canals, recommending its i'm
portance to the PeopIe) having been prevented by
the hurry of business or the shorness Of time, n.
duces me to come before you with declaration
and explanation of the plan by which / propose
through you TO carry into effect this great work.
In the first place il is my desire to call your aen-
ton particularly to the Memorial here annexed,
aud also to the Report of the Committee on Roads
and Canals, you therefore see that ask for 60
miles wide of land from the Lake the Pacific O.
cean. You will also see explained some of the
great results to be produced from the work. You
will see that 1t will change the whole world. and
you, that each one and all of you have the power
without cost or price, to do more than all man.
kind before you have done. The lands which
ask are yours all ask is yours and yours to
give. ask it not for myself bu, | ask ii for you,
that you may by your SIMPLE assent do that which
shall be handed down the remotest period of
time, as the greatest, the most magnificent work
all ages and of all time. A work which will
bring the vast world together as nation, one FAM
lily; a work which shall allow US to traverse the
vast globe in 30 days, a work which must CIVIL
ize and christanize ali mankind work which
must place us in the centre of The vast world -
Europe on the one side and Asia and Africa on the
other side. compelling all Europe TO pass though
US to Asia and Africa influencing all mankind,
bringing all under our glorious and happy inhu.
ence of freedom and independence. ask il for
you, for your children, and for the world. | ask
it that our destiny as nation may be accomplish
ed. For myself, tender my efforts and all my
life, and ask to be make your instrument in the