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SINS AND SHADOWS

The Rev. Mr.. Everett, of the Laobt S,,es,
church, during discourse yesterday. gave nj.
lersnce to tho following beautiful sentiment.
lie said that as our shadows in the early morn;pa
seemed long and dark, stretching far sway. but
as the sun gained The zenith they become rarr.
ed and scarcely percepiible, and again increased
IN breadth and gloom as the orb of dsy descsndsd
TO his rest So to the mental vision, our inioni.
ties, IN the morning Of existence, seemed to roe,
win . broad and deep shade upon the brightness
OF the soul, and to the young heart the gloom If
sin was painfully perceptble, yet. in the noon IF
me- these same shadows apparently grew sbor,sI
aho Tess OBSCURE until the consciousness of the
slain seemed nearly obliterated But, said he
when once more near the horizon, the declin;ng
sun OF vitality shall shed aslant his feeble r,vs
and the depressing darkness Of the uniried fn,1rs
tails upon ouT weak and falling vision, then AGAIN
90 nose shadows most fearfully lengthen and ex'
Pand' ana IN trembling aniicipations Of common
Iel1Duuoh lot unatoned and uprepented crimes.
we view WIN fearful forebodings the breadth,
our sins.--.N Y. Morning N.ps.
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CONGRESS.

The Senate were engaged on Wednesday pr i'm
c'pally in Perecting their Committees, which,
however, they had not completed. before adjourn
ment. No Printer is yet elected to the Senate.
MIR. Lewis gave notice of his intention to ask
leave, morrow, to introduce bill for the ad-.
mission of Texas into the Union Mr.. Turney
expressed his anxiety that The bill should be intro
duced with as little delay possible. as there was
necessity for immediate action Mr. Lewis had
no objection to the Introduction of the bill to day;
he would prefer il, should there be no objection.
There were many vessels now waiting for ttle
Texas market, and the goods could not be carrie
there without the passage of the BILL unless being
subjected to heavy duties. There being no otje c.
ton, the bill was introduced, read first and
second time, and referred to the Committee OF, the
Judiciary. 1t is as follows, viz:
A BILL for the admission of the State of Texas into
the Union.
Whereas the people of Texas have, through
lhelr deputies IN convention assembled agreed TO
the terms and conditions of the uint resouto ms of
Congress, approved March |, 1915, providin for
anDexlng Texas TO the United States and " here
rs the said people of Texas have ALSO by their
said deputies in convention, adopted repub lican
form of government, by forming constitution, A.
greeable to the requirements of said joint res oIu-
lions; and whereas the same, together with the
conditions Of annexation. have been ratified by
said people of Texas by their vote at the polls
BE IL therefore enacted By The Senate and
House of Representatives. Of The United States
an Congress assembled, That the republic Of
Texas be, and the same is hereby, admitted as
State into the Union on an equal footing with the
original United States, in all respects whatsoever;
and that, from and after the passage Of this act,
The civil and military jurisdiction of the United
States government be extended over the said State
Of Texas
A similar document was also received in the
House, offered by Mr. Douglass. There is no
doubt Texas will be speedily admitted into the
Union.
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AN " NJ. c." TOP HEAVY

a most unusual and ridiculous spectacle pre-
sented itself on the (Pennsylyania) Avenus to
day IN the person Of notable member of Coo,
gress deeply intoxicated and with dis6oured f,ce
and d'sheveled hair. being supported on each side
and led from the Capitol to his quarters, bv
Two persons in like predicament. As reform IL
the order of the day both in State and individual
affairs, inform such gentlemen as NAV be local
ed here during Congress, and who profess TO he
4" high in the confidence of the people" thai
there are several temperance. reform associatnns
IN this city in excellent standing and full blast
and which will not charge as much per year as
the bar bill for week. "a word to the wise 10
sufficient" Sum Correspondsnf '' 80
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VALUE OF A NEWSPAPER

Or John Herschell says, Of all the smusemen,s
when can possibly be imagined for hard work.
ing man alter his daily tolls, or in it's intervals
there Is nothing like reading an enIer,ainin,,
newspaper. II calls for no bodily exer,ions. 1e
when no has had enough or two much. +, 70
iieves MS home Of it's dullness and samene.,
when w nine cases out Of ten. is what drives b;,
out TO the ale house, to his ruin and his f,ro;ly's
1t transports him into lovelier, and oaver. ,od
more diversified and interesting scene-and wbiIs
ne enjoys himself there, he may forget the evil
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CURING PORK

Az we are now in the midst of the season fl,
curing Pork, and as the high price at which thu,
article Is selling renders it important tina, the has,
Sh ,h Pinserslng II should be adopted. we pub
iiSh 'ne following as one of the best. if no, b.
very nest plan Tor curing that article. Il has hesu
FURNISHED US by friend, who has tried j, ,y;,h
great success for many years-ana who rec,u,
mends 1t as the best he ever heard Of The pnrL
10 De put away, should be sailed in water ,;',h,
casks Use about half the qnan,iry of sal, 60 "'
sary 10 preserve 1t in the first place. and then 10,
II Stand or days Then add brine that win
near an egg; (about lhs. of sugar added 70 ~"
pushed OF salt will greatly improve its fiavoy.1
4 me prime completely cover the Pork. In or
weeks 1t Will be sufficiently sailed, when !,
may be smoked. After it is smoked .nonah
make mixture of bran and ashes, e parts bran IN
one OF ashes,) and pack it away in boxes y, M,
refs, covering it well with this mixture, and i, will
weep any length OF time; vermin. indeed those
PS's OF society. rats and mice, will not toueh h,.
Don so cured. ''u''' "a
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HON. WILLIAM SMITH. OF FAUoUIER

This gentleman was elected Governor, on
Wednesday last, by majority of2S over all op
position, as we learn by the arrival of the Jewess
last evening. Than MIR. Smith, there is not a
more energetic, deserving, capable man in the
State, for the station TO which he has been elect
ed. and no man in our party is more worthy of
the honor conferred our preferences were, how
ever, for another gentleman. equally worthy,
equally deserving. but we rejoice tina, Virginia
has many sons in the democratic ranks, who would
do honor to the State. We had hoped that other
provision, more important in pecuninry point OF
view should have been made for the noble Spar
tan, Smith, who deserves so much of his party
but as that could not be, we acquiesce in tho dec
sion made.
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ring the winter. when he hints he shall ask leave

ring the winter, when he hints he shall ask leave
l" present some suggestions the reorganiza-
ZION OF the Bureaus and The Department" The
Secretary dwells but slightly the subject of the
naval apprentice sys,em-he has no doubt seen
The gross injustice which was entailed upon one
portion Of the American youth. by the aristocratic
system, which has properly gone into disuse 1t
was IN effect building up two classes of Amer.
cans, one to command, and one to obev. We
wished, and would have put one of our own sons
as an apprentice" if i, had not been to condemn
HIM TO perpetual bondage and degradation. IF
the stream had been kept pure, and young scoun-
dres, who would have been sent to the Peni,ep :
tlary, if they had no, slipped in here, had bee
kept out, and an equal prospect had been held
out for advancement and promotion to the highest
grades, Tor all who proved themselves worthy
aud capable, it would have met the favor of in
American people, hu. we hope The Secretary will
never recommend the continuance Of the system
as it was first commenced.
AS to the style the report. some Ct our friends
find fault with it, because it is not polished = nd
full of turned periods, TO catch the fancy, and
tickle the mental palate, as "whpt syllabub -
does the physical. Every body knows that the
Secretary is scholar and fine writer, and we are
glad to see that he has not thought worth while
to cover the sterling gold of his report with ,inse
God said, "Let there be light, and there was
light, was his model
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THE REPORT OF THE SECRETARY
OF THE NAVY

In looking over the Presidents Annual Mes
sage, and the Reports from the Heads of the diff
ferent Departments, there is none but must be
struck with the freshness, vgor, and determine
ton that marks the whole, and when bound topeth
er, they will furnish unique volume, unsur passed
In the political annals of any country Taking
cast from the Presidents straightforward, master
ly manner. the Reports of the Secretaries of State
Treasury and Navy, such papers as must
make every American heart beat with pleasure.
and stamp on our national character abroad, the
proud impress Of "INDEPENDENcE" The Sec
rotary Of the Nays Report, which we gave in
our two last papers, is peculiarly happy. With
out one solitary sentence, line or word of useless
display, he strikes in the very first line at the
business before him. His history of the opera
tions Of our Navy are brief and comprehensive :;
his recommendations are such as must strike
Congress with great force, and which we know
meets the appreciation Of the great body of the
people, who look for an efficient Navy without
extravaganee his proposition to promote men to
rank in the Navy, according to merit instead of
the ridiculous plan Of putting " old fogies" in
double swabs. who have nothing to recommend
them but stupidity, old age, and the govt, is adj
mlrable. We are glad to see that the splendid
Humbug, the pet and progeny Of Harry Bluf,
and other spectators the Memphis Navy Yard,
has received quiet slap from the Secretary, and
his recommendation that Rope Walk be estab.
lished there, will hope be attended to in order
that our American Hemp may have fair chance.
The quaint bumor with which he alludes to the
stationary force Of the Marine Corps, and the
modest request Of breUei Gen. Henderson, with
his twenty eight men, is enough to touch the
risibles Of Heracilns. We could have wished
that he had call on the President to have con.
formed to the law in relation to the appointment
Of proper persons in the Bureaus in his depart.
uent but we suppose he intends to do that dn
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From the Columbian Msgazin
THE PRAIRIE ON FIRE.

Sf GEORGE p. NORRIS.
me shades OF evening closed around
ne oounoiess prairies of the West.
rs, grouped IN sadness on the ground,
Upon the tangled weeds were laid
The mother and her younrestborn
who slept, while others watched and n,.ved
And thus the night went on.
I6Ick darkness shrouded earth. and skv.
,r, I men on the whispering winds there came
The Teton's shrill and thrilling CIV
hn1 heaven was pierced with skeft If fam. "
ne sun seemed rising through the haze.
- but with an aspect dread and direl
j ne very arr appeared te blaze -
On God the prairie was on fire.!
Around the centre of tho nI,in
belt Of flame retreat denied
And ike furnace glowed the train
That walled them in on every side,
And onward rolled the torrep, wildI
Wreaths OF dense smoke obscurcd the .Lvi
The mother knelt and kissed her cbitd
And all, save one, sbrieked out " We die ~.
Not So" ne cried" help-clcar IN. s.dO.
Strip bare circle to the land"
That done, he FASTENED 20 its odoe
And grssped a rifle in his hand
Dried weeds he held before the mar
Which kindlcd, at fash, the ,n,ss,
" Now fire fight fire :" he said. AZ rsn
The forked flames among the grass ,,
On three sides now the tor,.o, a.,
But on the fourth no moro n rsvs1
And large and broadltTc circle o,cS'
And thus the pilgrim ba nd were saved
The flames recedcd far and wiis
The mother had not prayed in vain
SOD had tne Aeton'e arts dehedi
His scytns OF nre had swept the plain
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FRENCH OPINION ON PoLK'S MES
SAGE.

The following remarks on Mr.. Folks Msssaos
are translated from the Courier des Etats Inns
a French journal published in New York.
Let US simply state, then, that it (the Message)
will dissppoint the expectation of those who sx,
pected to find in the language Of the Democratic
President an eccentric or licentious rpdenes,
such as might help to give food to the passions Of
parry, and be the proVocatlon and signal for in =.
ternailonsl struggles. We do not mean TO saw
that the message is not stamped, in all the onss.
lions upon which it touches, with frankness and
with vigor which give to it a powerful interest.
and eoen terrible importance. One NAV al
most hear in reading it The growing Of the Ibun
der. which has been threatened for 50 lpng
time to burst over the peace Of the world. Not
wiihs'sDding all this, Mr.. Polk has had the skill
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A RELUCTANT STOOP-FEDERAL
IDEA

The Albany Georgia. Courier, wing, has a
vituPeraIive column directed against the wings
who voted down Judge Berrien in the " Mlledge-
vile caucurse." The resignation Of the Jignsted
great man is highly commended, and the editor
gives ut'erance to the following pure wing seDti-
ment =" Men ofhis high order Of talent should
reluctantly 'toop to take the lotliest gift aTHANK-
LESS PoPULAcE can besiow" Mr.. Berrien being
reelected few days afterwards, and having ks
sed and made up with those who " insuted and
betrayed" him, it must be admitted that the Geor
gia wings have played very pretty farce.
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SONS OF TEMpERANCE

This order Is rapidly increasing in every sec
lion ct the country. and we learn by The New
York Organ that there is in Pennsylvania, lO7
Divisions; New York, l02; New Jersey, 20
Connecticut, Il Massachusetts,, 20 Maryland,
IL; Virginia. l2; Ohio, 90 Distric, of Colum-
bia, 10; Maine, 10; Delaware. a; Kentucky,
z; North Carolina, q; Illinois. / !; Missouri, /
Tennessee, Georgia, l; total. 1854.
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NATIVISM GOING AHEAD, BACK
WARDS

ELEcTIoEIN BosToN.-The election for Nav
or took place in Boston on Monday. 1t resulted
in the success Of the Whigs,as the following vote
will show-Quincy, (Wbig,) 1891 Damrell,
(NaIive,) 1888 Heard, (Dem.) 1851 Scatter
ing (moslly Wbig) l83-Total, 3067. Wing
majority over all, 1864. Just one year ago, Mr..
Quincy was beaen by some two thousand ma.
jority by the Native candidate. The Wings have
elected eight Aldermen, which changes tina, board
from Native to Wing. In the Common Council,
the Wings have elected twenty seven, the Dem
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NEW BOOKS,

On our editorial table, by Hodges s. Co., from
the press of the Harpers:
The Sufferings of Christ. By Layman."
Ths,a as its title imports, is an analysis of the
Sufferings and Passion of our Saviour, with ap
pcations Of its necessity and power to the saliva
ton of Man. 1t sets out in the preface with the
astonishing sentiment, at least astonishing To US,
that those suffcrngs extended to the Godhead. as
well as manhood of Christ. We know not what
sectarisn banner the writer would wish to be
classed under, but there is one argument at PIP
g. &c. which goes far to uphold the necessity and
truth Of the Catholic Church He condemns the
use Of reason, yet his reason to lay down his
theory 1t is a work that. no doubt, will be read
with interest if with profit 10 many we canno,
say.
No. A, of the illuminated and new Pictorial
Bible.
No. 5. of the Superbly illustrated Wandering
Jew. AS we read this work, as these numbers
come out, which we have not done previously, we
are as'onished at the depth and scope of the au-
thor's mind. and admire him for the favor with
which he has treated the mechanical and laboring
classes. His labors appear to be directed to show
how a secret powerful institution, Itself unseen,
like the Jesuits. may shape the fate and fortunes
of men. Well may they tremble for their power,
when such writer's have the means Of exposing
them. By the course which the Jesuiis have
pu rsued, in effecting the accommodation ol
Mons Sue, from the Catholic Church, and that
church inierdicting the reading of the work, they
have set the seal Of truth upou his statements,
which they would not otherwise have borne 1t
is, so far 'ss we have read, the most wonderful
production of modern times
No 66, of the Library of Select Novels, con
tains 1.-The Foster Brother. A Tale of the war
Of Chiozza. BY Leigh Hunt" We have not
yet examined it.
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NAVAL COURT MARTIAL.

Naval General Cour, Martial for the trial of
Passed Midshipman Bissel and such others as may
be brought before it, convened yesterday on board
the U. S. ship Pennsylvania. The following
officers compose the Court Commanders Strb
ling. Armstrong, Farragut and Rudd, and Lieuts.
UPshur, Manning and Bushrod Hunter Lieut..
A. PennOck, Judge Advocate
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u 'he present moment, fully as much a in.
ever 80 drunk, with the great advantage of 6nd;I
h'"'se'' The next day with his money in hi. n,si"g
VI a. least land ooi In real necesssries and '
s"'s 'or himself and bis family, and wi,ho",
headache. Nay. il accompanies him 10 Ri. .
Gays work, and if the paper he has been ,e,d Az
oe anything above the very idles, and Inh,'g
I" gives him something to thing Of bes;d.. ,,
"echan'eai drudgery Of his every day oecnns, "s
rsome'hfng he can enjoy while absent, and To- ~
'o'"a'a with pleasure TO return TO-.
In every large city along the sea- board ,h..
hoa''ns class OF idle, place hunting iasaro.,:e
VINO are $" Halle afraid of hard labor for liv;"'
'"a' 'hey would Inc down along side Of II s,.s,
year ana day, provided somebody woold e.
mem. This they want governments 4. d.. '.ra
not oeing able To accomplish this end in anv a"o
way 'han by getting the ms ONT in order TIA, ,
may ge' In, they SOW the seeds Of diss,dsr ~
'umnit among The party, and set :be ws sud
country IN confusion. In addition 10 th;. ,ns
'eans OF departments arc annoyed with ,h.;.
'neir operation, ihan the qualification Of an wv
'ig,oie and mercenary fus, Of Office" '''-
=, Inc above Is from correspondents Of IN. NJ.
fc,K Herald writing from Washington. A''"
ihe'e is so much truth in the extinct H.,
nave COPIED II for The purpose Of exhib,;ng 70 ,L"
members OF our own party the picture thus d,.,ns
w us oy locker on. Ii iS seen that thu air. 80
oo)ec' oI so many among US is merely To oh,,;n Inv
place-that the most INSCRIPTIONS w.rf,,. ).
waged by men protesting To be democrats ,a.,,..
!he,r oroIher democrats, how can we er nee. ..ss
20 flourish as party? Is it no, true thu, , haue'
divided against itself must fall2 And won,d :.
not look more consistent if men p,ofes.inu 10 :.
democrats would canfine their attacks and onn,.i
non 10 'helr political opponents. A word ~ ,b.
wise, &c.-INor,cich (Ct.( Neo,,. ~ VIC
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GEN. THOMAS

We regret to learn, says The Sun, that General
James Thomas, formerly Governor of Maryland,
is very dangerously i'll at his residence in ST.
Mary's county, and that but very faint hopes of
his recovery were entertained a, the las. accounts
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ETIQUETTE Prince Albert was !,
Scotland. his Royal Higbness was nouiting tina
height ct some of the different mountains and he
was informed by the Equeuy. that Ben Lomond
held his head particularly high, and often wors =
cap OF snow. g Benjamin, who did you saw ?'
was the Princes reply. I" Ben Lomond," an
S"ered me Equerry-" Oh! Benjamin I.omopd ~
mildly responded his Hghness, laying a slight
word Benjamin. v" '"'
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ocra's four, the Natives none. There are seven
Ieen vacancies, all Of which will, probably, be
filled with Whios.-LeJper.
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INSANITY

we were panied last evening to lear. tb,,
,somAs hAcKLIFFE, printer n the Reporrer
o .ha s1oue"iy stopped work. fixed his ewes on
'no wall, as II maturing something in his mind
then deliberately taking his hat and ao,, sa a No
room and went 10 carpenters shop, where bs
PICKED up an axe in his left hand, and comme,o"S
choPP,"g his RICH arm above the elbow. and con
unued The blows. having made several cash.
WIN the axe, until he struck on the wrist ;o;n,
which nearly cut the hand off. He then. ,nrnsS
the hand over and gave another blow. which on.
.lIeiy severed the hand from the ARA. He was
laken immediately to the Hospital where eyery
attendance is paid him. '''''
Mr. n. Is quite comfortable to-day, and appears
,a'"nai upon every other subject than that Of re-
lIgon.-!St. Louis American. '"' " 'e-
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Coal WANTED AT Porrsy,LnE MI.
ners Journal of Saturday has the following sngu-
lar parsgraph:- '"s'-
SCARCITY OF CoAL.-We noticed last week.
inc iacs that 1t was exceedingly difficult for the
inhabitants of our borough to get coal. Since the
snow feil' coal is still more scarce, and many
families who would buy it, if il were to he nro.
cured, cannot obtain supply.
Mr., NJ, if you'll get NV pants dons
oy Saturday night, shall be forever indebted to
you" '''''' "
II that's your game, tbey'l no. DO done,
sure" said the tailor N''