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Washington telegraph., 1846-04-01
NEW YEARS NIGHT THOUGHTS.
FROM JEAN PAUL RrcnrnR.


The new year unfolds its portals. Des.
tiny stands between the glowing clouds
of the rising sun. and the funeral pyre Of
the departed year. For wha, wishesi thou,
NataIiel
Mot for JOY. Alasl nothing but its
black lhorns have ever remained within
my heart, for the rose-leaves soon eide,
and their odour was exhaled. The bright
est sun but hcralded the widest tempest.
and the light which seemed TO glitter on
my path wa but the reflection of the SWORD
which the ccning day was to plunge into
my bosom.s NO, ask not fos JOY, it makes
tie desiring heart 50 empty. Sorrow alone
can fill il.
Destiny is portioning out lliurity. What
dost thou demand. Natalie!
''Not love. Oh, we press TO our heart
the lhorny white rose OF love till It b!eeds,
and the warm joy-Iears which lail from its
cup first become cold, and then dry up
for eyeri Is not love, in the morning OF
our life, bright and glowing as the aurora
o. heaven! But approacAnot that radian,
atmosphere, il is formed out of clouds and
tears. No, no; wish not for love. Let
me die of noDler agony-ict me Sail be-
meath a loAier prison-tree than the myrtle.
Thou art kneeling before destiny Natalie.
FoE what prayest lho4l
''Not for friendship. No. We all staud
side by side upon hollow but unseen graves;
and though our hands be twined together
with the sulerings Of many years, YET lhe
slight yaulted roof will fall in. The pale
one sinks down; and | stand alone IN a
cold solitary life, beside filed up gave
No, no; but if the heart be indeed I'M
mortal when fricad meets friend in the
eternal world, then may the pulse ihrob
with an undying love. Immortal eye be.
cone dimmed with tears of JOY, and the
lps that can never move grow pale, muir
mur-Now | am thine, beloved one
Now Jet US love, for we can never more be
parted"
Oh, thou loisaken Natalie, for what pray
est thou then, upon the EARTH
"For patience and the grave nothing
more. But deny me not that, thou silent
Destiny. Dry the eye and then close It.
Sill the heart, and then break il! But
when the spirit wings its fight to a fair
heaven: when tho vaar -aa~..a IN a.
purer worId-when all again meet and
love, then | will speak my wishes. Yet
40, for then | shall be happy"
Washington telegraph., 1846-04-01

T'uE VOICE or CREATIoN.-GO on, be
meath the arched Heavens in nights pro-
Sound gloom, and say, if you Gun, "Ihere
IS no G0di' Pronounce that dreadful
asphcmy, and each star above you vii
rcproach your unhroken darkness OF intel
lect; every voice that floats upon the nigh,
winds, will bewai! your utter hope!essness
aud despairl l. there no Godl Who,
then, unrolled the blue scroll, and threw
upon It's high iroutespicse the legible
g.eamings sofimmoria!iiyl Who fashioned
the green earth, with its perpetual rolling
waters, and its wide expanse OF islands
and Of main! who settled the foundations
ui the mountainsl Who.paved the heavens
"a .,h clouds, and attuncd, amid the clamor
OF storms, the voice Of thunders, and un-
chained lighinings that linger, and lurk,
and flash in their glooml Who gave 10
The eagle safe eyrie where the tempests
dwell and beat the strongest, and to The
dove a tranquil abode amid The forests, and
echo 10 the minstrelsy Of her moanl
Who made thee. o mani with thy per
f,cted elegance Of intellect and form'--
Who made the light pleasant to thee. and
the darkness a covering. and herald 10
The FIRST beautiful flashes OF the morniBgi
Who gave thee that ma,chless sinew Of
symmetry and lipl That regular flowing
passion Of ambition and oi loyel No G0di
And yet the thunder OF heaven. and the
waters Of the earth are calm! Is there no
ligh ming, thai heaven is not avenged
Are there no floods, that man is not swept
under a delugel
Washington telegraph., 1846-04-01

went the Stove in the rush after bogh of us;
| chased him round two squares--in the
snow, at that, then headed him of. and
chased him back TO the hotel agin, where
be landed in fne sirea', begged for bis life,
and said-he'd gire up The property Well.
| wish may be shot if he wasn't feler
that they were otIerin' 3 reward Tor, in
Buffalo, made him dress himsels-cured
OF rheumatiz-run it right out of him; de-
livered him up, pocketed the reward. and
established The science, by thunderl''
Recea7c
Washington telegraph., 1846-04-01

As an evidence of the -vast extent to
which county may attain in agricultural
purposes. one instance is cited, that of Ma
rion county, Ohio, which is the smallest in
the State in point OF territory, and it IS only
twenty-five years since the first acre of
land was sold by the government. During
the past year, there were exporied-of
wheat, fax seed, grass seeds, butter, wool,
and pot and pearl ashes, they put the weigh,
in lbs. ai l., 1865, 600. Eighteen thousand
hogs and eight thousand cattle, besides
horses and mules are annually driven oil.
There are thirty hour and girls mills, forty
seven saw mills, and twenty. four caFding
machines, fulling and oil mills, and besides
all these, 10000 bushels Of corn and
oats are raised, which are not exported to
much extent, because of the distance and
cost OF transportation.
Washington telegraph., 1846-04-01

OVERPowERING ELoQUENcE-A ETr.
Parsons has been lecturing al 81. Louis on
the Glory aad shame Of ne American Re-
public. The Revei.le says that Ihe the Ca
zeiie reporter describes the lecturers voice
a. 'lhe deep toned bass Of harmony. re-
minding one NJ the all- peryading volume III
the subdued nier-reFerberatf0nlf All
thc Rcvcille. deaf We fear, to -.the solemn.
majestic. yet suf anl sublual volume or
his voice, which '.rnse VI irresistably over
large and most respectable audience as
Ihe morning dawns over ihe E0lI FURNISHED
East" gives the annexed specimen of tlc
lecturers vigorous poetry about a Tia
Grn," and " Biz Z" cutting sarcasm upon
tyranny and cold colaioAs"
''lndeed. ] year before this, the bold
ioundcls Of American empire had made a
cold COLLATION. TO tyranny. They gave a
Tea-Party to British oppressors. The ta-
bles were spread on the high seas, and Bss-
ton Harbor was used as the mighty tea. urn.
The fleets Of Britain swan in the saa.green
fluid, while Bunker, calm, lone, and uncon.
scious, overlooked The feie. entirels m
knowing that so soon the ihunders cf baul-
should roll up his blood stained steeos. and
cap his summit with the wreathina volumes
Of smoke and flannel And high over lie
Tea Urn, amidst the soft. feecy clouds that
lay on the deep blue Of The sprial
BOSOM sailed lhe wild eagle Nj the Amer
lean woods, quite as unconscious that his
proud and unccnquarabe E9Fm should ba
adopted a. thc symbol Of national power"
Washington telegraph., 1846-04-01

&END or THE WoRLD.-The disappear
ance of stars from the Planetary World is
suited to awaken deep and solemn refec-
tions in the human mind. They indicate
that The period is coming when this earth
also will disappear. and the heavens be
rolled together as a scroll. and the grand
catastrophe At the end Of the world will
come To pass.
During the last two or three centuries,
upwards of thirteen fixed stars have dis
appeared. One of them, situated in the
northern hemisphere, presented peculiar
brilliancy, and was so bright as to be seen
by the naked eye at midday. 1t seemed
sbe on fire, appearing at irsi OF dazzling
white, then Of a reddisIlwe low, and lastly
of an ashy pale color. ~ Place supposes
that it was burned up. as il has never been
seen since. The confagraiion was visible
about sixteen months. How dreadful a
whole system on fire, the great central
lumnary and its planets, with their plains,
mountains. forests, villages, cities, and in
haoiants, all in flames, consumed And
here we have presumplive proof of the
truth, and a solemn illustration Of singu-
lar passage in the Bible-"The heavens
will pass away with great noise, the
elements shall melt with iervent heat the
world also and the works that are therein,
shall be burned up.'
Washington telegraph., 1846-04-01

A story is told in lhe Cincinnati Enquirer
Of Scoichman who was dining Dit for
the first time. and was consequently little
uneasy in his boots. During the first
course he succeeded in dropping his napkin,
bread and fork upon the floor, and as he
made dive for them, his coat collar cap
sized his soup plate, which gave him
warm shower-baih While in this agree.
able siiuation.. his hosi called out: ''Mr.
Campbell, where is Mr.. Campbelll" A
half smothered voice issuing from under
the table, replied. 81 wish he was in HILL"
Washington telegraph., 1846-04-01

TRAGIc RoGAScE IL REAL LrFE.-A
young woman named Hoover, arrived III
our town, BY the cars, a few days ago. and
fi0m her aeedy circumstances. claimed and
received the aid fscme benevolent citizens.
with her, was an elderly lady, her friend.
who accompanied her from Lafayette. Ohio.
On their way from Wheeling 70 Cumber
land, the stage in which they were, was
upset in crossing creek, and n smal.
basket, containing some clolhing and all
the money they had, was swept down Tie
stream. The morning after her arrival
the young lady hurried on to Cedar Creek,
in this county, anxious 70 see her parents,
who had leit her seven years arn id the
family of friend, being compelled Them
selves I'M sickness to leave Ohio and re-
!uFa to Virginia IN pursuit or hcat.. Her
disappointment may ha conceived, VIXEN
shc found, un reaching hr home, fhat hcr
father anxious about her return, having
collected Ill liitIe dles aHd sold some Ut
hi property had iust started 70 ihe Wcsil
Bui deeper grief awaits hcr still. A letter
received by uur Postmaster communicates
the sad tidinEs that her aftctionate parent
OF his return home, On foot, was shot BY a
man named Martin, who threw himself
into his company under The guise Of friend
ship and murdered him for his little money.
The letter enclosed a part Of The old man 5
shroud. The murderer was arrested
Imagination could hardly weave 4 more
tragic tale.-4liHchcs'er VHeiniqa.
Washington telegraph., 1846-04-01

THE REIGN OF TERROR IL FRANcE.-
AIacauay, in his Review IF the Memoirs
Of BasEerc," draws the following brief but
strikis picture ofthat period Of The French
Revoiu.ion called the -'Rcign Of Terror"
when the chief power was IN the hands III
the misrreants RobesPierre, 81. JUST, Cou-
lhon, Coloi, Bilaud and Barrere.
Then came those days when the most
harbaroas Of all codes was administered
by the most barbarCus Of all tribunals;
when ~ man could greet his neighbor, or
say his prayers. or dress his hair, without
danger = committing capital crime; when
spies lr-ked in every corner; when the
gil.iloihe was lorg and hard az work every
morai., when the Iails were filed as close
as the hold OF slave ship; when the gut.
tiers ran flaming with blood into the Seine;
when il was death to be great niece of
captain oFtRe Royal Guards, or half.broih-
er oE doctor of the Sorbournc. 10 EXPRESS
. doubt whether assignats would moi fan.
TO hint that the English had been victorious
in the action on the first Of June, 10 have
copy Of one of Burlle's pamphlets locked
up IN desk, 10 laugh at Jaclbin fit ta-
king the name of Cassius of TimO.uon, or
to call the Fifth sanscull0tiiic by iis old
suPerstiiious name os II. Mathews dav.
While the daily wagon loads of victims
were carried 10 their doom through ihe
streets Of Paris, the pFoconsuls whom Ihe
sovereign committee had sent forth to lhe
departments, reyelled III an e7iravarance of
cruelty unknown even al the capital. The
kite Of the deadly machine rose and fell too
slow for their work Ot' slaughter. Long
rows Of captives were moved down with
grape shot. Holes were made in The bot
tom Of crowd d barges. Lions were tur
ned into desert. At Arras even the cruel
mercy Of a speedy death was denied to
the prisoners. Al down the Loire from
Samur 10 the sea, great flocks Of crows
and kites feasied on naked corpscs, twined
together in hideou5 embraces. No mercy
was shown TO age or sex. The number Of
young lads and girls Of seventeen who were
murdered by tha, execrable government. Is
to be reckoned by hundreds. Babies torn
from the breast We're tossed from pike ID
pike along the Jacobin ranks. One cham.
pion Of liberty had hi pockets well stuffed
with cars. Another staggered about with
the finger Of child in lii bat. X f,w
months had suifced to degrade France be-
low the level Of New Zani-ai' NJ
Washington telegraph., 1846-04-01

add you take the note, and did You see Mr..
Jones, Jack7i YES, sur" s'And how was her
..Why he looked pretty well, bit he's very blind"
"Dlindi what d. You neanlr "Why, while I
wor IN the room be azed me whar my hat wor,
and ii wor on my head At The whiIe'
Washington telegraph., 1846-04-01

A laurhable incident is told Of a nervous man,
who imagined himself very sick. Reports were
in the neighborhood that he was given over BY the
doctor. He was observed, early in the day,
making rapid strides through tie streets Ills
alarmed heighbor met him:
sIIow are you, friendf
sick, very sick.'
sWhere nowr
after some one TO III Up with me tonight.
an so plagued for tratehrrs, hrt Liere is ng
one eau depend uPon''
Washington telegraph., 1846-04-01

BRoILED MACKEREL.-5omebai whl
signs himself 'Ohio," tells tie following
about a Congressman formerly of thai
state;
The venerable Gen. II was for
several consecutive years returned 10 Con-
grcss, and as the hotels and b0arding.h houses
al Washington city in those days were al
pretty much on a par, the members were
IN the habit Of occupying, year aficr year,
the saue rooms. The table Of Gen. rs
boarding house (Which was kept by wild.
ow lady who had two daughters) was regu.
larly furnished with siereoiyped dinners,
and al one end of the breakfast table there
always appeared u broiled m1ckcrri. Gen.
H., whose seat was near the fish. had gazei
50 frequently upon i, for it never was
touched except by the c0Ok)i that he knew
i! all by heart
Now, if the distinguished Representa-
tive had any one peculiar virtue, i wa
an adeciionate desire ID make every per-
son and every creature around him happy.
Well, in the couKe Of time Congress
adjourned, and Gen. III. paid his hi'to Ihc
widow and got ready 10 start fur home
The stage stood at the door. and then ihe
old gentleman showed the goodness of biz
heart. He took the widow hy the hand
and pressing it bade her farewell, then kis-
sing the daughters, said he would like 10
see them in Chic and furnish them with
good husbands, Ssc.; but even this was not
all. The black boys, who stood along the
wall, were not forgotten, and grianed as be
handed each n silver dollar; and as he
passed around the breakfast table, which
was not yet cleaned off, he saw his Old
friend the ni1ckerel. The tears came into
his eyes, and raising ii up BY The tail with
his thumb and finger, parted with i saying
'IEeH, good bye, my Old boy, gooi bgei
y0u and I hare serUed long campaign TO-
geiser, bHi (Hipmg his eyes) I suppose are
shall meet again neat lriHtcr.- good byei"
The old gentleman rapidly left the house,
and jumping into the stage, ratlled Oil and
fortunate for his ears, tie widow never saw
him again.
Washington telegraph., 1846-04-01
r- -aal-H-Hr~H -f,a-r Hrnf-la. a-f-Ha- -amm-r

Time w. I'M Raats thon can'st not II recall;
Time i4, th1- cast sr-ni1r ttv portion srnaIl-
4 iHna Iuture is nDti nll may EuTer bei
Time present IN, tha olig time lOr tkee-
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WONDERFUL ESCAPE.

During the late storm. Capt. David w. C..
Cook. of the schooner King, from Taunton. ha d
most wonderful escape in an open skif. When
OF Egg Harbor the schr upset. unshppinq her
main boom, which struck the skiff, knocked out
the stern, stove in about third of her bow and
broke her lu0se from the schooner The captain
leapng lnlo her, dragging the cook after him,
when the storm separated him from the schooner,
leaving two men on board whn went down with the
vessel. The skiff upset during the night. and the
cook was druwned. Captain Cook, who was
lashed TO the boat, succeeded in getting Loose and
chung to the bottom of the bnat Drifiino before
The waves he, on the following day, made Cape
May but when within half a male of the beach.
the wind veered round and he was driven out to
again.
During the following night the storm RACED still
more turIously and his boat rolled over several
times; still he chung to il and in the morning at
ahnut O'Clock landed safely about miles sonth
"t HenloPen. where the breakers were runnng
mountains Highland where. the pilots saw. il is
perlous to land with the lightest breeze from the
East
1t is trnly astonishing, when the winds and
waves were dashing TO pieces briggs. schooners
and other strong, well made vessels that SD shat
tered boat should have lived in such a sea and
carried IN safety human being at least rs miles
IN straight direction, and of course much farther
IN her clrcultous route. Surely old Neptune him
self could not have managed the storm with better
success
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OPINION OF THE PRESS

WIsTAR's BALsAM OF WILD Wherever
this medicine Is introduced, it once attains tina
can stop its sale, when on every hand can be wit
messed its wonderful cures? The worst cases of
ASn'mG recent but dangerous Coughs, (and also
those that arc of long standing,) Bronchitis and
Consumption, Gin its carly stages always cured
by this remarkable medicine Cincinnati Inquirer
DR. WlsTAR's BALsAM WILD CHERRY
coidlng to a number of recommendations in orr
possession, from doctors and other individuals and
from knowledge of the benefits derived from the
use oil ~ by some OF our ncghboGs we respectfully
recommend 1T to families. We have made use of
the Balsam ourselves, and found that it produced
such effects as recommended.-N Berlin Union
Star. ~
BE careful and get the genuine DR.. WISTAR'S
BALSAM OF WILD CHERRY. None genuine
unless signed by j. BUTTS. Address all orders to
SETH w. FOWLE, Boston, Mass.
% For particulars sec Dr. Wistar's treat,se on
consumption, TO be had of tho agent.
Agents-Portsmouth, G.. III HEINZ TSH, Agent
generally in this Stale ee-
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WING DEFINITIONS OF HOME IN
q.r mn DUSTRY

II imam works in factory, it is industry. II
ne WORKS IN coal, iron. or salt mine. it is indus
try IL ne works on sugar plantation. it is in.
dusry. But IL he works elsewhere, in the corn
field, or tobacco field. or cotton plantation. il is
not industry. Or if II he, ii is not home. but
foreign industry! Great and marvellous is the
magic of wing logic Mr. Webster once gave
forth the soundest doctrine in reference To the
subject Of home and foreign labor. II was in
1924 befnre the interests of Massachusetts made
it his interest To change the views of poIitical
economy. These are his words, listen to them
wings, you never heard trner!
Some have spoken of the price paid for every
foreign manufacturers as so much given for the
encouragement of foreign labor But is no, everv
such article the product Of our own labor as
much as IT we had manufactured il ourselves7-
Our labor has earned it. and paid the p,ce for il
Every word true. Whatever we get in OK
change for our industry, we get it by our indus
try, wherever we purchase These words in
deed hut announce truisms but they are axioms
that every protective tariff would be argument de
MES in every line of its strange lissue.--Ban.
Republican.
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IMPORTANT DISCOVERY

= The Rev. ~ S. Smith. of the city of New
, toK' has discovered method of raising excel
lent potatoes from the seeds of the bali of tho
plant. About four years ago he planted the seeds
OF an ordinary plant and obtained potatoes about
the SIZE Of pea. These he planted the next
year, with the seeds from their plants. and both
yielded potatoes of an increased size. Again, the
'hIId year. planted the second years potatoes and
'her seeds. and had the pleasure of gathering po-
A'oes large enough for the table, Of The finest fla
v ,T and texture; and entirely free from the ROT.
although planted alongside Of those having the
disease. lie finds that the potato raised from the
SEEDS instead OF the roots, is as hard and good in
ue spring as when dug from the drill. This fact
!" worth millions OF dollars to the world as it
may be The means Of saving valuable esculsnt
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AND ROANOKE
Rail-, ROAD

'INHE subscriber having made arrangements to
continue operations the Sea. BOARD, date
fortsmouth) and Roanoke Rail Road to enable him
more eectually TO do this. he has associated with
nm IN The business transactions of the Road. MIR
samuel IL. Ferguson Superintendent of Work
SHOPS. and MIR. James s Richardson, Superintcnd.
cnt oil Road Repairs, gentlemen OF experience and
tuly able to conduct successfully all business com
ing under the head of their respective branches
800 JAMES G. WHITE.
The Cars OF the Sea Board and Roanoke Rail
Road Company, will h reafter leave the Depot j.,
Portsmouth, at half past o'clock, on the morning
OF Mondays Weclnesdays and Fridays, for Suffolk
Carsville, Franklin. Newsom's aud Boykin's De.
pots and return to Portsmouth on TUESDAYS Thurs
days and Saturdays, about O'Clock, p. NJ
Passengers and Freights for those points will be
II Is the design Of the Company forthwith to re-
pair, and put the Road in such condition -. tn GO
community. JAMES C. W6ITE g. 20
Office Sea Board and II. r. r. Co.. ,
Portsmouth, Sept. II. '46. : Sep I7-4t
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0J-If the Science of Astronomy. by devcloning
the lnmensity OF the Univcrae, leads thu mind to
wonder at and adore the limitless power and wis.
don oil the Divinity. a contemplation of the minu.
ti@ of the great design creates no less asonishen
at the perfection of its details. On this earth it.
sell speck, nay in the mranest plant which vegc.
tates on It's bosom, we cannot fail continually to
note the faultlcss economy of Nature under tbn
government of Gods Interchangeable laws Even
so ragged and rneagre looking root as Sarsaparlla
Is of priceless value in the ha nds of the chemist
Witness the countless cures of scrofula rheuIr a. .
hsm, dyspepsia, liver complaint and various cuta
neous diseases, which have been wrought by its
cnncentratcd juices in the form of Sands Sarsa
rita, preparation that, with the Divine BLESSING
is never vainly administered in such cases
for further particulars and conclusive evidence
which may be obtained of agents gratis
Prepared and sold wholesale and retail bv A r.
New York. Sold also by CHARLES H. HEINITSH'
Agent, Portsmouth, and M A. Santos Norfolk
Price s per bottle 6 bottles for ca
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From the Richmond Enquirer.
WHLGGERY In THE EAST

How VIII Southern Wings relish the follow
ing sentiments of their Wing brethren of Boston 2
AT Wing meeting in fremont Temple, the
President of the Boston Common Council decIar-
ed that " he considered the annexation of 'revas
as dlssoving the Union in a moral point of view !.
but that. tor expedency's sake. it was preferable
to remain in the Union" The people of the
South VIII be truly grateful to this gentleman of
expectancy, for suppressing his moral %
emotions and conserving little longer IN en;,y
the =" preferable % blessings of the Union!
on Inc same occasion, Mr.. Charles Sumner,
the great Peace orator. said that opposi,ion to
slavery and condemnation of The {" unjust and
unnghteous war" against Mexico, are the essence
OF Wing principles. Mr.. Sumner also compl
men'ed his friend" Mr. Abbott Lawrence, as
having spoken pretty well upon the material
interests OF the community" but his. Mr.. Sum
nets business was with the " moral" or rnma-
terlal " Interests which are at siake.''
The ethics of these Boston Wing leaders will
scarcely suit the Wings of this region.