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Washington telegraph., 1850-11-06

RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PHYSICIANS
Many will remember the circumstances
of the capture of Captain Bourne, by
the Pata gonians, at Eastern Straits OF
Magellan, last year; of his detennon
among :he savages ninety-Eve days, and
his final Miraculous escape. He relates,
we learn, many Interesting incidents OF
his captivity-among others the follow
ing:
One dav he presented his watch to Abe
chief and explained its use; that physi-
clans in the States employed it in count
mo the pulse of the sick, to determine
their state of health To his surprise he
was Immediately taken up as doctor
Though disavowing any knowledge OF
medical practice, he was sent by the
chief to visit an old squaw who was sick
He carried his watch, examined rhe pulse,
looked crave, and ordered her to be
throuehy scrubbed with soap aud sand.
The prescription was highly efilcaclous
and patients rapidly multiplied. Follow
inc the example of the renowned San
GRADE. the same remedy was ordered 10
all subsequent cases. But the captain
soon learned, accidentally: that the phy-
sician was held responsible tor the pa
tents recovery, and i'll case OF satal re-
suit, the doctor would lose his lite- lie
promptly dsowned the profession, ana
obstinatelv refused any further practice
resolving to make himself OF no iurthef
nse 70 them. if his services might be thus
rruellv rewarded.
Washington telegraph., 1850-11-06

INTELLEcTUAL CAPAcITY.-A common
council-man's lady, paying her daughter
a visit at school, and inquiring wha. pro-
gress she had made in her education, the
governess answered:
Pretty good, madam; miss is very at
tentive, If she wants anything, it is ca
pacity; but for that deficiency you know
we must not blame her
mo madam replied the mother; "but
| blame you for not having mentioned it
before. Her father, thank heaven, can
afford his daughters capacity, and L beg
she may have one Immediately, cost
what it may
Washington telegraph., 1850-11-06

A people that have, i'll fifty years, re-
claimed a wilderness greater in extent
than Europe, that have made grahary
capable of supplying theil own wants
and filling the mouths of millions ABROAD
that have covered their grea. rivers win
a commerce that has astonlShed the worid
that have, in cotton, given the Ple0t1Fe"S
ot commerce and manufacturers to haE tRe
civilized world-this people, that WORK
with such energy, that fight with such
valor, that legislate with sucn Pruoenoo
and that marca on with such fap'oi'y'
are, bv some, considered s'aco"epete/S1 W
twist and weave cotton and wool.
Louisville Journal.
Washington telegraph., 1850-11-06

A monster steamer is about being built
at Louisville, to run between that city
and New Orleans. She is to be 500 feet
long, 8 boilers, SO inch cylinders, and
II feet stroke--to throw a water wheel
so feet in diameter and is designed TO
make the trip between the two cities in
four days.
Washington telegraph., 1850-11-06

1HE SULTAN AND TIE DERvTsE. .-"An
incident, which occurred soon after the
accession OF the present Sultan, shows
that, IN some respects at least, he is aot
lndlSpoSed to follow E2 tie strong tradi
tons df his race. At the l;eg;nuinu Of
his reign, the Ulema, was resolved. if
possible to prevent the new Sultan from
carrying on those reforms which had
ever been SO distaseful to the Turks.
grating at once against their relipions
ASSOCIATIONS and their pride of race, and
which recent events had certainly pro-
we'd not to be productive of those good
results anticipated by Sultan Mahmoud.
10 attain this object, the muftis adopted
tie expedient of working on the religious
fears OF the youthful prince. One day
as he was praying, according to his cns-
tom, at his fathers tomb, he heard a
voice from beneath reiterating in a stihed
tone the words, L bufn. The next time
that he prayed there the same words as
sailed his ears. 4 burn was repeated
again and again, and no word besides.
He applied to the chief of the Inaus to
know'wha: this prodigy a;ght mean, and
was informed in reply that his father,
though great man, had also been, un-
fortunately, great retormer and that as
such 1t was bat too much to be feared
that he had terrible penance to UNDERGO
III the other world. The Sultan sent hi
brother-ln-law TO pray at the same place,
and afterwards several others of his
housed; old; aud Oh each occasion the same
porteAtlous words were heard. One dav
he announced his intention Of going in
state to his fathers tomb, aud was at.
.ended tbliber by splendid retinue, in
ciudinS the chei doctors of the Mahome-
tan law. Again. during his deyo,ions,
were heard the words, i burn aud all
except the Sultan trembled. Rising from
hls prayer-carpet, ke called in his guards,
and commanded them to dig up the pave
nent and remove the tomb II was in
VAIN that the muftis lnterposed, reprobat-
ing so great pro!anation. and uteriny
dfeadtu. warnings is 10 jlo Consequences
The Sultan persisted. The foundations
Of the tomb were laid bare, and a cavity
Skiliully left among them was fouud-not
burning Sul:au, but q dervise. The
| young nloparck regarded him fot a time
hXedly and in silence, and then said,
without amy further remark, or the slight
est expression of anger, You burn! We
must cool you in the Bospherous' In "a
few minutes more the Gervise was in a
bag, and the bag, immediately after, was
! ln the BoSpherouS; while the Sultan rode
back to his palace, accompanied by his
household aud ministers, who ceased not
all the way 10 calculate, Mashallah.-
Allah is great; there is no God but God,
and MahQmet is his prophet"
DE Vere, Sketches.
Washington telegraph., 1850-11-06

Do all in your power to teach your
children self-governnent. 1t child is
passionate, teach him, by gentle and pa
tent means to curb his temper. If it is
greedy, cultivate lberalisy in him. Ii
he is selfish promote generosity. If he
is sulky, charm him out OF it, by encour-
aging frank good humor. If he is in
dSleut. accustom him to exertion and
train so as TO perform even onerous duties
with alacrity. If pride comes in 10 make
lis obedience reluctant, subdue him,
either by counsel or discipline. In short
give your children the habit OF overcom-
ing their besetting sins.
Washington telegraph., 1850-11-06

Negro Di0l0gue-"I say, Baz, whar
do dat comet rise at!
at rises i'll the 46th meridian oh de
frigid zodiac, as laid down in the comic
almanac"
"Well, whar do it set Bazn'
'Set. you black fool, lit don't set no
whar-when it gets tired of shinin' it
goes III its hole"
Washington telegraph., 1850-11-06

WoRKMEN SHOULD SrUDY-T respect
fully counsel those whom [ address Nhe
workmen OF America,) / counsel you to
labor for a clear understanding of the
subjects which agiate the community to
make them your study instead Of vast
ing your leisure III vague, passionate talk
about them. The time thrown away by
the mass of the people on the runors Of
the day, might, if better spent, save them
good acquaintance with the constitu-
ton, laws, history, aud interests of their
country, aud thus establish them on those
great principles by which particular
measures are determined. In proportion
as the people thus improve themselves,
they will cease to be tools of designing
politicians. Their Intelligence, not their
passions aud jealousies. will be addressed
by those who seek their votes. They
will exercise not nominal but real in
huence III the government and destiny of
the country, and at the same time will
forward their own growth and virtue.
Dr.. Ckanns1g.
Washington telegraph., 1850-11-06

The Hugging and Kissing Society
have just decided that no lady who takes
snuff, can by any possibility be admitted ef
a member.
Washington telegraph., 1850-11-06
NEAR THEE.
ny cHARLEs SWAIN.

| would be with thee-near thee, ever near thee
Watching thee ever, as the angels are ~H
Still seeking with my spirit power TO cheer thee,
And thou TO some bright star,
knowing me not, but yet oft times perceiving
That when thou gazest still brighter grow,
Beaming and trembling-like some bosom heaving
With all it knows,yet would not have thee know
would be with thee-fond, yet silent ever,
Nor break the spell in which my soul is bound;
Mirror'd within thee, within river;
flower upon thy breast and thou the ground!
III at, when died and unto earth return'd,
Our nature never more might parted be;
Within thy being al! mine own inurp'd-
Lie, bloom and beauty, all absoIbe in thee!
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Love of The BeantihH and True

The love ofthe beautiful and true, like
the dew-drops in the heart Of the crys-
tai, remains forever clear and liquid in
the inmost shrine OF mans being, though
all the rest be turned to stone by sorrow
and degradation. The,angeI, who has once
come down into the soul, will not be
criven thence by any sin or baseness e.
ven, much less by any undeserved OPP
preston or wrong. At the souls gate
sits she silently, with folded hands and
downcast eyes but, at the least touch
Of nobleness, those patient orbs are seS
renely upliited, and the whole spirit is
lightened with their prayerful luotre.
Over all life broods Poesy, like the
calm blue sky with its motherly rebuk-
ing face.-She is the true preacher of
the Word, and when. in time Of danger
and trouble, the established shepherds
have cast down their crooks and fled;
she tenderly careth for the flock. On
her calm and fearless heart rests weary
freedom, when all the world have driven
her from the door with SCOTS and mock
ings. From her white breasts flows the
strong milk which nurses our heroes and
martyrs and she blunts the sharp tooth
of the fire, makes the axe edgeless, and
dignifes the pillory or the gallows.-She
is the great reformer, and where the love
Of her is strong and healthy, wickedness
and wrong cannot long prevail. The
more this love is cultivated and refined,
the more do men strive TO make their
outward lives rhythmical and harmonious
that they may accord with that inward
and dominant rhy thin by whose key the
composition Of all noble and worthy
deeds is guided To make one object,
in outward or inward nature, more holy
to a single heart is reward enough for d
life. X. Lo,ceH
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A HoosIER IN BosroN.-This story
is told of an illinois man stopping III
Boston. After dinner he bought ciS
oar and sauntered out for walk. Soon
a policeman tapped him on the shoulder
and notified him that he had incurred
fine Of 80 for smoking in the street. The
stranger broke V and paid the penalty.
Shortly after a child who wanted ." a
penny to buy loaf of bread, and hadn't
had no breakfast or dinner" moved his
western generosity, and he bestowed a
remnant of gingerbread upon the huns
CRY one. Thereupon a second oificet
approached aud informed him that he
had violated another ordinance Of the
city with 50 fine The Hoosiet handed
out the SO bill.-The officer presented
him the change. lie shook lis head
"keep the whole.-1 shall want TO whistle
presently"
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S3,66l,il0 ~

sJ,OOl, ,il0 -
The Company have on hand, not laid in
the main track, COO tons of Rails, valued at
S2S,000.
1t is important that the policy to be pur-
sued in making provision for your floating
debt be soon determined. Temporary expe-
dients, although useful and necessary for the
moment must be condemned as costly and
unreliable. The system of renewals subjects
you to the constant fluctuations Of the men,
ey market, and in the present greatly de-
pressed state of Railroad securities, to rates
runcus alike to your property and credit.
Various modes 10 dispose of this floating
debt might be suggested. The one which
appears most feasible and proper is to issue
a sufficient amount of capital stock at par,
guaranteeing semi-annual dividend for a
limited period, of seven or eight per cent,
to be offered TO stockholders exclusively, and
if not taken by them, to be offered to others.
The Board are convinced that longer
period for the redemption of your bond debt
woul1 be desirable, and it is proposed that
an application be made to the Legislature,
at their approaching session in October, for
liberty to issue new bonds. payable in ten to
fifteen years, with three and half per cent.
semi'annual interest, and secured by mort
gage of tho corporate property to take the
place, as far as necessary of bonds already
issued, and not TO exceed in amount the sum
of 81 100000.
You will not fail to notice that the Road
is fully furnished with cars and engines.
New Roads have seldom been so largely G.
quipped, and very little addition will be re-
quired until the business is greatly increased.
1 here is also included in the item of land
and land damage, very valuable property
in real estate, not required for the purposes
of the Corporation More tnan sixty acres
upon the shore of the Lake, and connected
with its navigation, at Burlington, is of this
character, and will command price greatly
above its cost, whenever the Company shall
determine 10 Offer it for sale Nearly il moi
the entire amount Of your land damage, may
in few years be expected to he covered by
the sale of such portion Of this property a.
can be conveniently spared.
II should also be stated that there is yei
to be issued to contractors as estimated, 4ss
shares Of capital stock at par this sum when
added 10 your present issue increases the
capital stock account 10 SLIPS, 800.
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To BRING THE Drowned TO LIFE
The few days OF warm weather, tempting
persons to bathe in the streams and lakes,
have produced so large number OF cas-
ualties in the way Of drowning, that il
has seemed well to US to republish the
following directions by DR.. Mott, for the
resuscitation Of drowned persons =
Immediately as the body is removed
f.pm the water, press the chest suddenly
ak. forcibly downward and backwardi
and instantly discontinue tie pressure:
Repeat this ;iolent interruption, until a
pair of-bellows cun be procured. When
obtained, introduce the muzzle well uP-
on the base Of the tongue. Surround
the mouth with towel or handkerchief,
and close it, Direct a bystander to
press firmly upon the projecting part OF
the neck, adams apple, and use the
bellows actively. Then press the chest
TO expel the air from the lungs. to imi>
tate the natural breathing. Continue
this a; least an hour, or until signs of
natural breathing come on. Wrap the
body in blankets, place it neat FIRE,
and do everything TO preserve the hatu'
raj warmth. as well as to impatt natuS
raj heat, if possible Every thing. how
ever, is secondary to initiating the lungs:
Send for a medical man Immediately.
Avoid all frictions until a respiration
hall be in some degree restored"
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Summer.

by EDWARD G. ABBOTT.
Through the open window,
AS welcome ccmer,
Brcathes upon my forehead
The warm breath of summer.
The old forest murmer
In the fragrant air
Elm leaves are telling
Their sweet lovc-talcs there.
And the rivulets ramble
Through the meadow grass,
To the bathing flowers
Singing as they pass.
In the fairy concert,
With sweet uotes and high,
Gentle birds are trlling
Music in the sky.
Through the opening burrows
Cleans the rushing share,
While the ploughboy whistles,
To the listening air.
All is love and labor,
All merry song
May the days that follow
Swell the chorus long
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1t is possible that the income or earn
ings Of tie road may fall below the expecta-
tions of some. We would ask sicl to con-
slider and remember that the line was OPEN
cd in the dead of winter, a season of the
year when business in the country, both in
freight and travel is proverLially dull, soon
followed by the spring, which has been un-
usually cold, backward and wet The busi-
ness of the country could not be expected,
upon the moment, to leave its old and accus-
toned channels. This new avenue led 10
comparatively nev market, with which many
OF our business men were 10 make them
selves first acc 1uainted; and there is natur-
al and well-defned reluctance 10 venture up
on new and untred field for trade and
traffic The products of Western Vermont
have heretofore found their principal mar
ket at New York, and at other cities or the
| Hudson and the few months we have been
running our road, and the unpropitious sea
son Of the year since we commenced, can
| furnish no reliable data Of the extent of our
business when these temporary difficulties
arc removed. The steady and rapid increase
since the opening both in freight and pas
sengers, give the assurance that your invest
ment in this road will yield, at an carly day.
a good dividend upon the par value of your
stock
There is due to stockholders for interest
upon assessments up 10 January /, 1850, the
sum of S90,i0o 90. 1t becomes an impor-
tant question for you to determine in rhat
manner and when this interest shall be paid.
The amount cannot be paid in cash from any
means at present in ;he treasury nor can 1t
be paid in cash without Obtaining loan for
this purpose, thereby increasing to an equal
amount the debt you already owe. The re-
suit CT such an operation would be to with
draw an equal amount Of capital on which
your creditors have a right to rely, and ap-
propriate the same by an interest dividend
to your own use. The wisdom of such a pro-
ceeding has never been discovered Itlikens
itself to the practice with which some cor
poraiions have been charged borrowing
money at exorbitant rates to pay to share
holders dividend Of earnings How then
shall this interest debt be paid In reply.
the Board unhestatingly recommend an is
sue of the capital stock of the company a;
its par value, bearing date January /, 1850.
This recommendation, if adopted, furnishes
a substantial fulfillment of our obligation in
this particular, and at the same time relieves
the treasury from burden from which it
cannot otherwise easily relieve itself.
The Treasurer's Account shows that the
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By Mail, or at the Office, per annum, 81 80
II not paid within the year,............ IS
BY Carrier. .................... 200
IF not paid within the year, .......... 1926
% No paper discontinued until arrearages
are paid.
To- All communications must be Post Paid.
tr5- v. b. Palmer is our agent in Boston
and New York
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NUMBER t3.

Gentlemen, this great Interest, in which
you and the public are so deeply concerned;
you have now TO cherish and protect. The
personal exertions of each individual are of
value atid rewarded is these exertions are
sure to be, we shall not appeal in vain to this
source Of protection and success.
BY otdef of the Board of Directors.
T. FOLLETT President
Superintendent Report, June /; 1850.
Passenger earnings, taay, 5,sIsao
March,5 Ss2 30
April, 6555 6i
MAY, 5,75i d2-2s,023 A
Ffeigi, cHrngs, Jan. ard
March, 4,iss 60
T." april SosS ss g g 6i;,o-c
Mails-Feb'y, March pril and May 3,ias 50
Exprcsses-January to May 81, 600 O0--570G &c
Current expenses, viz:
Paw Roll, Jan. Feb, Mar, Apr. e.
Repairs of Engines, ISIS II
Passenger Cars, 76I ~
Freight " e67 76
Sundry Depot expenses, 1879 -
Stationery, 2}4 Os
Miscellaneous expenses, 252 su
Oil. Waste &c, 1859 ~
Wood--l,500 cords at $50, $3.50 90 o. 70I 65
Net earnings, p'd into the Treasury and out.
standing, S3i,3J5 II
Whole number Of miles run by Passenger
Trains. Jan'y to MAY 81, inclusive, 3O.eid
" hole number of Passengers. say way II ,392
to Other roads, 3.5ls
from 2Ill-2J6Jl
L. BIGELOW, Superintendent
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