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The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1849-01-27


GT@"Po,omae,n of tho Baltimore PATRIOT,
in his Washington letter, in speaking Of tho
late Southern caucus, says:
MIR Foote put an inIerrogaIory TO MIR.
Morehsnd. "lfihe Wilmot Proviso should
DO enaetedr would not the gentleman then be
for ,lisunion?n
MIR Morehend.--"N Eo'hcip me God, new
err. viii never ruisc the pnrricidaI urn, n
gninst this glorious Uraon for my such cnuse!r
--GeFERS"R- az -oHte.--releeFaPl,ie ae-
counts from Columbus, Ohio, state that the
join. cati,niiiee have reported tim, Ford
(Whie) WIS elected by three hundred major
ily. Tho House adopted The report. of the
coIpmi,tee on eleclions, giving Rockwell,
WING, iromportuge fcoumy, the contested
scat, and yachting the Clinton county seat,
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1849-01-27

GS~1Tell your father" said John Randolph
to young friend, "tha, recommend nbsii-
nenco from novel reading s. whskey punch.
Depend upon il, sir, tlisy are both equally IN
inTintIH to tie hfnin.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1849-01-27

JoNA LAWRENCE, So pro TON
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1849-12-25
Forgiveness.

What peaceful blessed abode might
even this world become were we heartily
to imbibe and practice the truly Christian
sentiments and spirit so impressively ex-
hbited in the following extract:
Let each one begin with himself, and
then the world will be reformed:
There is no virtue in the human heart
which so much adorn as the life and char,
acter of an individual, nor the duty more
enjoined upon the Christian than that Of
forgiveness. For proof of this, look at
the examples of Christ, who, while suffer
ing on the cross by the hand of his enc
mics, exclaims in the anguish of his soul:
" Father forgive them, for they know not
what they do"
How noble the sentiment! How pure
its author! And shall man " created but
little lower than the angels" fail to i'm
itate the example of him in whom there
was no guile. Orshall he so debaso him
self towards his brother man. So prone
are we all to stray from the path of rect-
tuGc and duty, that we find ourselves often
called upon to forgive the faults and errors
of those who, in an unguarded moment,
do us an injury, and unless we do this,
hatred and revenge will reign triumphant
in every heart, and sin hold unbounded
sway.
But on the other hand, if we forgive
those who trespass against US, we shall,
by so doing, obey the injunction of Christ,
and contribute to the enjoyment of those
who offend us, and advance our own hap
piness. We should see less of the spirit
of retaliation which now reigns in our
midst, and like the destroying pestilence,
spreading desolation wherever it goes. If
the poisonous darts of SANDER are hurled
to crush our hopes, and to darken our
prospects, we should remember that 10 err
is human, and freely forgive the offender.
1t will only increase the amount OF guilt,
by cherishing ill.wilI towards our fellow
men, however great the offence may be.
But, oh, It's blessed 10 forgive To do
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1849-12-25
Counsel 10 Boys.

Be brisk. energetic and prompt The
world is full of boys and men too, who
drawl through life, and decide on nothing
for themselves, but just draggIe one leg
after the other, and let things take their
own way. Such people are the dull stuff
of the earth. They hardly deserve as
much credit as the wooden trees. for the
trees do all they can, in merely growing,
and bearing only leaves and seeds. But
these poor, drawing, dragging boys do
not turn their capacities to profit half as
far as they might be turned; they are UNI
profitable, like rainy day in harvest
time.
Now the brisk, energetic boy will be
continually awake, not merely with his
bodily eyes, but with his mind and atten-
ton during the hours Of business. After
he learns what he has to Go, he will take
a pride in doinr it punctuaally and well,
and would be ashamed to be told what he
ought TO DO without telling. The drawl-
inc boy loses in five minutes the most I'M
portant advice; the prompt, wide awake
boy never has to be taught twice, but
strains hard to bring himself up 10 the
mark. as far as possible, out of his own
energies. Third-rate boys are always de-
pending on others but irst-rate boys de-
pend upon themselves, and after a little
teaching, Just enough to know what is to
be done. they ask no further iavors Of
anvbody. Resides. If is a glorious thing
for boy to get this noble way of self
reliance, activity and energy. Such an
enc is worth a hundred of the poor, drag
cling creatures who can hardly wash their
own hands without being told each time
how it is to be done. Give me the
boy who will do his own work promptly
and well, without asking, except once for
all, at the beginning, any question; the
boy who has his wits about him, is never
behind hand, and don't let the grass grow
under his heels.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1849-12-25

to the love of Christ. An eye that has
once beheld and trembled with ecstacy in
his presence; heart that has loved with
all its energy and with the eager consent
of every passion, has said, "Whom have
| in he aven but Thee, and there is none
upon earth that l desire beside Thee )"
that looking inward, sees every noble as
piration, every sweet affection, every spir-
itual relish, every hope and JOY to be most
directly and personally of Christ; a soul
that looking forward, sees death to be but
a valley of flowers, and all beyond it JOY
unspeakable and full of glory; and that
has come to be so ravished with these
sweet scenes beyond the flood, that daily
life and the natural world are scarcely
more real than are these things; a soul that
has in this realm of glory, still steautasuy
felt that in it all and over it all, beyond,
and above all comparison, Christ is first
and chielest-will such a soul ask or ac-
cept partnership with sectarIanism? So
possessed, each minister is a flame. A
band of ministers, like glowing stars,
sweep darkness out of night. A church,
a denomination so animated, and persist
inc therein, will reveal to the world a
power that will make all past reviyals
seem but as the ashy twilight of the earll-
est morning, in comparison with the mid
day CLEAN and glow.
As for ourselves, in all this tumuH OF
men running up and down throughout lhe
vast and misty realms of ecclesiasticism,
we will none of it. There is a taircr
realm. There are brighter skies, dlstlll-
ing selecter influences. We are well salts
fed that the world will nevr behold any
earthly force so great as the heart at man
irradiated by the fire Of Christ, and turned
in all It's warmth upon men. Therefore
our prayer for our brethren shall not be for
esprit du corps, but for esprit de CHRIST.
But how can human language pronounce
another prayer so sweet, so noble, so sub
lime as that Of the Apostles!
For this end | bow my knees unto the
Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Of whom
the Uh0le family in heaven and on earth
is named, He would grant you, accord
ing to the riches of his glory, to be
strengthened with might by His Spirit in
the inner man; that Christ may dwell in
your hearts by faith thatye being rooted
and grounded in love, may be able to COM
prehend with all saints, what is the breadth
and length, and depth and height; and to
know the love of Christ, which passeth
knowledge, that we might be filled with
all the fullness of God"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1849-12-25
American Railroads,

An instance of the ignorance or wiitul
misrepresentation which sometimes char
acterizes the articles in the English papers
in which American matters are discussed,
is afforded by the following extract from
an article in the London Times:
"The fact is, that railroads in the United
States correspond to corduroy roads in
Northern America, and to the old horse
tracks in this country. They are the first
and the rudest kind of road struck out to
connect one point with another. An
American now never thinks of any other
kind of communication. A good public
highway, according to our notions, IS al
most unknown in the States, and, indeed,
the road leading from Baltimore westward
is, we believe, the only specimen of such
constructions. A railway, therefore, in
American phraseology, means less the per-
lection than the establishment Of commu-
nicaton, and it is executed upon a cor
responding scale. The timber from the
clearings supplies the sleepers for the rails
and the fuel for the engines. Even the
rails themselves-that essentially metallic
feature-are~thore mainly composed of
wood, being shod only with an iron rib
bon on the inner edge. This ribbon is
fastened 10 the wood by means Of large
iron spikes, which not unfrcquendy get
loose, and protrude themselves after a
fashion exactly analogous to the famous
'sawyers' Of the Mississippi. Besides
the facilities resulting from such arrange
ments, it must be consinered that Amer.
can lines maintain no patrols Of police, are
rarely ever enclosed by side-railings, and
are constructed for such light work that
even between the most important stations
there are seldom more than two trains in
the day"
There are but few railroads in til Uni
ted States which will answer to this de-
scription, and those which DO exist are not
on the important lines OF travel, but in
sparsely settled districts. To make these
roads model for description of Rail
roads in the United Statest' therefore, IS
coming about as near the truth as il would
be for an American newspaper to adduce
the sale Of wives which sometimes takes
place in certain districts Of England, as an
illustration of the manners and customs of
the English. Most ST the railroads in the
United States are substantial structures,
well calculated for the business which
they are made 10 perform. Some of the
roads, particularly in New England, will
not suffer from comparison with most OF
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1849-12-25
E,-&rctarianiSm.

One of the good signs of the times that
Goes far to atone for many of the bad ones,
is the disposition manifest in distinguish
ed quarters for a closer Christian union
than the world has known since the days
of the Apostles. The following extract
which we make from a letter addressed
to Doctor Thomas II. Skinner by the
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, on the sub
iect of what is called the Denomination
ii Spirit, will strike the rejecting reason
as being OF the highest grade Of Chris
tian cloquence
"The only difference between pious
dcnominatioual spirit and sectaranlsm, Is
the difference between the cub and the full,
grown wolf: while tits yet sucking, it has
no teeth It's brindIed hide is soft. But
shepherd might as well trust the ncorrl-
giblc nature of wolf among his flock, as
a Synod send down the world-old, long
proved. mischiei-loving, "denominatiOnal
spirit" You may baPtize your wolf eve
" wear with what soft names you please,
it j, a wolf still, that will never cease to
make havoc on tn flock.
1t pleased God to move Paul to tell the
secret of his successful open for our IN
, Spcclionvghat it was that gave such nerve
to his confidence. such vigor to his preach
mo, and such fruits 10 his whole life's la
Dor. Let any one read Il first two chap
tiers of his first Donnthan letter, and be-
hold how he sums up all the then known
outward forces by which men build their
enterprises, philosophy, dialecticism, rhe-
torical adroimess, on one side, and Jew
ish organization and "eSprit du cOprS" on
The Other. All these he disdained and
,rampled under foot. His language glows
80 4 double brightness. as he opens up that
inconceiyablv higher instrument by which
he wrought, and by which, peculiarly, the
Gospel was to be propagated. Christ
was his subject, and love the inspiration
A supreme, burning, absorbing love for
Christ, not for an impersonal and vaguely
conceived Being, bat for the living, per-
sonal Christ, ought to the the real moving
power of the Church. 1t needs no auXil-
larry. 1t is enough of itself for every pos
shle end. We might as well blow on the
Wind to strengthen it; or hasten on the
~ ing by fires which we could kiHdle; or
20 torches to the sun to increase It's light,
a- 10 call TO our bosom any helping power
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1849-12-25

the English roads, and any desirable rate
of speed can be attained upon them.
Such palpable misrepresentation as the
one we have quoted from the London
Times are less frequently met with in the
papers of England than in former years :;
and more just appreciation of our insd-
tutions, form Of government, customs, and
manners, is beginning to prevail. We are
not surprised that the London Times,
which has ever been distinguished for lis
hatred of liberal principles and republican
institutions, should continue its sneering
assaults upon a country with the institu-
tons of which it has not the slightest
sympathy. Boston Journal
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1849-12-25
The Young Man.

The Introductory lecture of the season
before the Mercantile Library Association,
was delivered by Horace Mann. 1t is
pronounced by persons who had the good
fortune to be present, most imp 7sslve
address, Astounding in the poetical beauties
and bold, original, startling metaphors Pc
culiar 10 the lecturer. From a report of
il in one of the dailies, we take the fol-
lowing extract;
The young man walks in the midst of
temptation to appetite, the improper ndul-
gence to which is in danger of proving his
ruin. Health, longevity and virtue de-
pend on his resisting these temp,ations.
The Providence Of God is no more re-
sponsible, because a man by improper IN
diligence becomes subject to disease, than
for the picking Of his pockets. For
young man to injure his health, is to waste
his patrimony and destroy lbs capacity for
virtuous deeds. Should man love God,
he will have ten times the strength for the
exercise of it, with a sound body. Not
only the amount, but the quality of
mans labor depends on his health. Not
on1v lying lips, but dyspeptic stomach, is an
abominaton to the Lord. The man who
neglects to control his appeltes, is to HIM
self what a state of barbarism is to socie-
to-the british part predominatcs. He IS
to himself what Nicholas is 10 Hungary.
Men buy pains, and the prrveyor and
market-man bring home disease. Our pous
ancestors used to bury the suicide where
four roads met; yet every gentleman or
lady who LAYS the foundation Of disease
with turtle soup or lobstcr.salad, as really
commits suicide as if they used the rope
or the prtol; and were the old law revived,
how many, who are now hOnOred with
resting place in Mount Auburn, would be
found at the cross roads! Is it not 2maz-
inc that man invited to a rePast worthy Of
the gods, should stop to feed on garbage !
or when called to partake OF the Ci~cean
cup, should stop to guzzle with swine
If young men imagine that the granilca-
ton of appetite is the great source OF en-
iovmeua, they will find this il the highest
degree, with industry and tenPer0oce.-
The epicure, who seeks it in dinner
which cost five dolIas, will find less en-
ioyment of appetite than the laborer who
dimes on a shilling. If the deyotee Of APP
petite desires its highest qualification, he
must not send for Buffalo tongues, but
climb a mountain or swing an axe. With
out health there is no delicacy that can
provoke an appetite. Whoever destroys
his health, turns the most delicious yiands
into ipecac and aloes. The man that is
physically wicked does not live out half
his DAYS, and he is not half alive while he
does live. However gracious God may
be with the heart, he never pardons the
stomach.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1849-12-25
England and America.

In estimating our own position amongst
the nations of the eaath, we are too littIe
in the habit of taking the growing power,
wealth, and influence of America into ac-
count. We think we do enough, when
we measure ourselves against the nations
of Europe, and take steps to maintain our
supremacy amongst them. America Is
too far away to have much influence upon
our political arrangements, and we accord
inglv attach but little consequence to her
in any light. This is a great mistake
America is the only power on earth which
we have to dread. We have not to fear
her politically, for reasons already men
toned we have not to apprehend any
military chastisement at her hands, for in
that respect we know both how TO avenge
and defend ourselves; but we have to
! fear the colossal strides which she is talk
inc in industrial development. We have
less reason to dread the combined arma-
ments of the world, than the silent and
unostentatious operations of nature, and
the progressive achievements OF art on
the continent of America. We begird
Yourselves with fleets, and saturate the
community with military and police, and
think that we have done all that is needed
for the perpetuatiOn of our influence and
the maintenance Of our power. But IN
! all this we mistake the real source of our
power. What is il but our material
wealth Napoleon confessed that it was
the gold more than the arms of England
that humbled him. Our wealth is the re-
suit of our industry. 1t may be humili-
aling to confess it, but it is not by sur
rounding ourselves by all the pomp and
panoply of war that we can maintain our
position, but by the steady promotion and
encouragement of our industry, Let our
industry flag, and our unemployed capital
will find investment elsewhere. Let cap
ital once begin to flow from us and the
stream will soon become so broad and
deep as to drain us, as nation, of our life
blood. Unless our industry is kept up,
America will absorb our capital. 1t is
like the magnetic mountain that extracted
all the nails from the ship. Let US give
! it awiIe berth or if, will serve us in a
similar manner, and leave US to sink with
our cargo. We CAN only do this by-let
me again repeat it--steadily and jealous
lily promoting and encouraging our domes-
tic industry.
have already sufficiently explained the
foundation which America has laid, both
in the magnificent provisions of nature
and the stupendous achievements OF art,
for future material greatness. Her re-
sources in almost every point of view are
infinitely greater than any that we pos
sess. Look at her forests, her fertile val
IIeys, and vast alluvial plains. Look at
the variety of her productions, including
most Of those that are tropical, End all that
are yielded by the temperate zone and
look at her mines teeming with coal, iron,
| lead, copper, and, as has been just discov-
cred, with silver and gold. Look again at
her enormous territory, and at the advan-
taqes she possesses for turning all her re-
sources into account, in her magnificent
systems Of lakes and rivers; IN her extern
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1849-12-25
The CauSe Of Bad Heath.

: DR.. RedfeId says that the principal
cause of bad teeth is the use of hot food
and drinks. He referred to the dislike
which little children showed to taking food
of higher temperature than milk warm,
and of the attempt of nurses to satisfy
them, and said that by habimally taking
food of too high 4 temperature the mouth
becomes inscnsihle of what would scald
an infant. Ii the membrane of the mouth,
which is a comparatively poor conductor
of caloric suffered from this cause, the
teeth suffered much more for they were
excellent conductors, and the heat being
conveyed to the nerves Of the teeth, caused
debility and loss of vitality, and, of course,
rottenness of the teeth. Food that was so
hot as to burn the tongue, was thrust be-
tween the teeth and held there till ii had
parted with its excessive calOrlc, and tins
rendered the destruction Of the teethinevi-
table: and as grinders were most subject
to this influence they were the greatest
sufferers. BY total reform in society, in
respect to this simple law, DR.. RedhcId
believes man would be exempt from the
toothache, and from the necessity OF sub
stituting artificial teeth for natural ones.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1849-12-25
Importance Of Advertising.

It's judiciouslv remarked that "thcye is
nothing that givts a greater impulse to
trade and business than a judlcious sys-
TEN of advertising. This fact is 50 well
understood and appreciated by vendors OF
patent medicines, that some of them eX-
pend hundreds of thousands of dollars an
nuaIIy, to "kccp before the people" their
names, and make them acquainted with
the miraculous virtues of their Panaccas.
PrnceIy fortunes have been accumulated
bv these men, the result mainly OF per-
scvering and liberal system of advertising
They have in this way made their names
and medicines, and their agencies, rs ia
miliar as "household words" to the public
Nothing is more natural than thatindiyidu-
ais, when about to purchase goods, wares
or merchandise, should first seek out the
stores of those with whose business and
names they are most familiar through the
medium of advertisements in the columns
of newspaper taken in the family. II
is also cOnsonant with philosophy and
sound policy; for the fact of their advcr-
Using is an indisputabe evidence that they
are liberal and off handed dealers, and
possess minds expansive enough to com
prchcnd the philosophy of "quick sales
and small profits.
As a general rule, merchants who do
not advertise, are considered close and
in their views. and per
feet type of the greedy impotence Of the
fellow, who, in order to realize a iortur e
by single operation, killed the goose that
laid the golden eggs. This age of the
world is too far advanced for the Shylocks
of the counting room now to kill the geese
that patronize them, but they pluck them
without remorse of feeling; or of con-
science. The same sOrdid contractedness
of intellect which prevents them from see
ing their interest in advertising, is akin 10
that of the farmer who stintcd his land to
half the quantity of seed necessary to
produce a full crop, under the expectation
of saving at seed time, and at the same
time, of gathering in an abundant harvest.
As q general rule, dealers should avoid
trading with merchants who do not adver-
tise; as those who have no pride in Civ
ing the newspaper printed in their own
towns a business and mercantile appear
an,e, and are, at the same time, wanting
in the liberality necessary TO make their
businesses extensively known. will not
hesitate to skin every customer who comes
within their reach.
There is much practical philosophy and
sound common sense to be cleaned from
the above remarks, and we hope that the
merchants of our town viii give them
serious and attentive consideration. Not
from any particular benefit that We might
expect to derive from the operation, do we
urge upon our citizens the necessity and
importance of advertising, but from the
good which would accrue TO the comm
nifty at large.-FGmiy Cas&et.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1849-12-25
POETRY.

Written for the Shepherdstown Register. ]
TO Vs****"
Whilst sitting by thy side, mine own,
My heart too full to speak;
! saw thee to another turn,
And reGder grew thy check.
heard thee speak so kind to him,
While sat silent by,
My eyes with gushing tears were dim,
UuJ.dlen came sigh.
know it was foolish thing,
TO heed thy thoughtless act,
But when saw thee turn to him,
With grief my heart was rack'd.
Such love as mine, is sensitive,
Then do not deem me wild:
And do not blame me that | griey'd
Because on him YOU smild. WILL.
IIarpcr's Ferry, Va, Dee. IA, 1919.