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Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-10-22
From the Marlboro Gazette.
AUTUMN.

We mind the time when we loved .AU-
TUMN more than any season of the year.--
When we lived in ''the place where we were
born al'' we hailed the sere and yellow
leaves of Autumn as being indispu,able
symptoms of huge piles Of big brown chest
nuts and illimiable quantities of mellow
pippins- occasionally seasoned with full
mug of brown October. And we loved so
much TO see the fantastic dress auld Nature
puts on-seemng as though she wishes to
play the harlequin little while, as an in
terlude between the comedy Of Summer and
the tragedy of Winter. Yes, we loved much
to see
sThe fading many coor'd wooCs,
Shade deepening shade, the country round
Imbrown a crowded umbrage, dusk, and dun.
Of.very hue, from wan declining green
TO sooty dark
1t may appear quite oulre to most of our
readers, but we may say that we now dread
the approach of what we once though. the
loveliest season of the "varied year," for
the moaning winds herald the approach Of
WINTER and now that we take a wider
view Of the field of nature, the heart will
sadden at the contemplation of the suffer
ing in store for those whose scanty pi,tance
makes them shudder at the thought of the
snow-covered earth and ice-bound stream.
Thus we advance in age, the fancied plea
sures of childhood vanish before the malur-
ed thought.
But this is season full of incidents and
incitements to reflection. That mind must,
indeed, be barren, which cannot elicit, from
4
Nature, material for useful and sober reGec-
ton. The gradual decay Of Natures ephe-
neral products indicates to man but too
truly that he is also an ephemeral product,
and that he too must soon decline into s.lhe
sere and yellow leaf" of life, and then drop
from the stem into the grave. But this
kind Of moralizing is
"Llke twice told tale,
| Vexng the of drowsy man.
aud we will desist.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-10-22

TIE PRoPHETIc Dew DRor.-A deli
cate child, pale and prema'urely wise, was
complaining on hot morning, tha! the poor
dew drops had been too hastily snatched a.
wsv. and not allowed to glitter on The flow
crs like other happier dew drops, that live
the whole nigh, through, and sparkle in the
moonlight, and through the morning on
wards 10 MONDAY. "rhe sum-" said the
child, ''has chased them away with his heat
or swallowed them up in bis wrath" Soon
after came rain and rainbow, whereupon
his father pointed upwards. "See," said he,
"therc stand The dew drops gloriously rese.
"a gli.lering jewcIry-in the heavens; and
the clownish foot tramples on them no more.
By this, my child thou art taught tina! what
wihers on ea,lh blooms again in heaven"
Thus the father spoke, and knew not that
he spoke pre6gurng words; for soon after,
The delicate child, with the morning bright
ness of his early wisdom, was exhaled, like
dew drop into heaven.-J. Paul Richter.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-10-22
SELECTED POE TR Y {.
THOUGHTS.

ON SEEING MISS AT PRAYER.
She rose from her untroubled sleep,
And put aside her soft brown hair,
And in tone as low and deep
AS loves first whisper, breathed a prayer ::
Her SNOW white hands together press'd,
Her blue eyes sheltered on its lid;
The folded linen on her breast
Just swelling with the charms it hid;
And from her long and flowing dress
Escaped bare and slender foot
Whose fall upon the earth press
Like to snowflake soft and mute;
Aid there from slumber soft and warm,
Like young spirit fresh from heaven,
She bowed her light and graceful form
And humbly prayed to be forgiven.
Oh God if souls unsoiled as these
Need daily mercy at thy throne,
If she upon her bended knees,
Our loveliest and our purest one,
She with face so clear and bright,
We deem her some stray child of light,
If she with those soft eyes in tears,
Day after day in her first years
Must kneel and ask for grace from thee
What far, far greater need have we?
How hardly if she win not Heaven
Will our wild errors be forgiven.
N. UiHis.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-10-22
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vertise by the year.
Communications addressed to this office must be
POST PAID.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-10-22

a consoling remembrance in this-that it
was at his own home, in the State whose
annals he had honored, that he went to his
rest. There hearts that had known him
best, were ready to console the bereaved-
and reflections such as these, soothed and
so(tened the last struggle.
And Of the last and keenest blow that has
fallen on the Presidential ranks, what ade-
quate words can be uttered 1t is the COM
mander dying in the midst Of the battle
the man at the wheel shot down when the
struggle is fiercest.
Everywhere the pen Of power and the
voice Of eloquence are speaking TO the full
heart of the people.
The thread Of Destiny seemed woven
into a warp of mystery, by events such as
that which even yet have scarcely lost their
feature Of wonder.
The manner of the death Of President
Taylor is known to all The future has its
own light or shadow.
One only Of those who was elected to
the office of President remans-and with
vigorous health. Long and happy be the
evening of his days. He has passed from
the arena of his competitors. One who has
borne the highest Of carlh's honors may
well rest satisfied.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-10-22

doctor calling upon gentleman who
had been some time aIing, put fee into
PATENTS hand, and took The medicine him
self which he bad prepared for the sick
man; he was not made sensible OF his er-
ror ull he found himself getting i'll, aud the
patient getting better.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-10-22

HUMAN NATURE.-Great disappointment
and exceeding viciousness may talk as they
please about the badness OF human nature.
For my part, | am now IN my sixty filth
wear, and have seen good deal OF the
world, the dark side as well as the light,
and say that human nature Is very kind
" thing, and capable of all sorts OF virtues.
I,eigh Hunt.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-10-22

j, :"Tom, wha, are y GU doing there - "Ve-
nferabe relic. of departed generation, an'
engsged, in imbibing the liquid contained
in Ihs l'genous cylinder" What, sucking
cider out o that ere bar'l - Tom ceases
10 breathe for five minutes.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-10-22

"The Last Dollar" is attracting suen:
ton al the Boston Museum. 1t would be
no curiosity to US !, we have seen II many a
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-10-22

You have no business to have any busl-
ness with other peoples business 5---bu'
mind your own business, that Is business
anouuh
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-10-22

Somebody calls qusck doctors ",he drI-
ycta Of the last siege Of consumption.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-10-22

PoErRY-The music Of Thought con
vcyed to us ~ the music of~Language.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-10-22

The London Punch tells the following
way TO play "All F"urs" :-"Drnk some
bottled stout, two bottles of port, lass
Marashino, d jorum of whiskey punch, and
tumbler of British brandy, aud you will
find, bciore.you get home, how very easy
II Il L, Lax at Ill fnnrsN y
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-10-22

AN Original. PRAYER.-A correspond
ent, in recent letter, tells good story of
a rough sea-captan in storm, who, when
the Terrified passengers persuaded him to
petition heaven for cessation of the tenn
pest, preferred the following brief request :
"Oh Lord haven't been in the habit of
calling upon thee often and if you'll just
shift the wind from SOU east To a lcetle more
sou won't trouble You sg g'In,'
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1850-08-23

Jenny Lind has taken passage for America
in the Atlantic, which leaves Liverpool this
week Wednesday. Mr.. Barnum has receiv-
ed the following letter by the last steamer:
ScHLANGENBAD, Wednesday, July 2f
My dear sir-I have just heard Mile. Jen-
ny Lind, whose voice has acquired-if that
,rere possibie-even additional power and eff
feet, by timely and well chosen repose.-
MIR. Wilson will bring you the programme
for the first concert, which cannot fail to pro-
duce the most thrilling sensation inyour no.
bic metropolis. You may depend on it, that
such thrilling performance as her's-in the
finest pieces OF her reDertOire-must warran l
an unprecedented excitement, ana Justify all
the expectations Mile Lind is very anxious
TO give IA welcome to America in kind OF
national song, which, if can obtain the poe
try of one OF your first rate literary men,
shall set TO music, and which she will sing i'm
addition TO the pieces originally fixed upon.
am, my dear sir. yours very respectfully.
JULES BENEDICT.
Mr.. Barnum gives notice that, IN order to
meet the wishes of Mile. Lind as above
expressed, he will pay one hundred dollars
for such a song. Authors who may wish
to compete Tor this prize, are notified TO
send their com positions to p. T. Barnum Esq,
New York, before the LIST of September next
Ii is liberal in Mr.. Barnum to offer this
money for song, but the New York Post
doubts whether the sum is large enough to
set our '.first-rate literary men" at work,
and says the publishers of the magazines are
in the habit Of giving such men fifty dollars
for whatever they write, be it only few YER
ses. and the music publishers often give one
hundred dollars for words 10 be set TO music.
But as the first appearance of Jenny Lind is
an extraordinary occasion, the premium should
be extraordinary. Who is to decide on the
merits of the poems7
Mr.. Barnum has since raised his offer for
an original American song for Jenny Lind to
5000.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1850-08-23

IsMr Webster being accused of being
the author of the political maxim. stake care
Of the rich, and the rich will take care of
you" was applied to by the editor of the
Buffalo Commercial, to say whether it were
so. Mr.. W., under date of the 2nd answers
in the negative, and expresses the 'trust
that the political labors OF his life show that
his object has been steadily and always TO re-
lieve the poor and laboring portion of the
community from the evils which usually az
feet those classes in other countries, and to
place them in this country ih situation of
comfort and independence. F"
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1850-08-23

10 A little urchin stopped a couple days
ago before our Office, having under his partc-
ular charge a basket containing lump of
ice. Being challenged to a game Of marbles,
he placed his basket on the hot pavement, and
was deeply wrapped in the mysteries of
"knuckle-dow fen lunches" &c. Fin
ishing his game, he picked up his basket In
hurry, when 10! the ice had been cooling
the parched ''wigglety waggletals" in the
gutter, and was gone. The boy commenced
blubbering like good fellow, and was going
to lick companion for stealing his ice! Just
so it is with men. They leave business in
pursuit of pleasure, and on their return find
ing they have met with loss, are for licking
all mankind, for what was the natural con-
sequence Of their own imprudcnce.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1850-08-23
Lynnville Plank Road.

A letter before us from prominent citizen
Of Princeton, informs us that the citizens OF the
southeast portion Of Gibson County and the
northeast of Warrck county, near LynnvIlle,
are agtating the subject of Plank Road
from Lynnville to the Canal. We agree
with the writer in regarding this as an i'm
portant improvement, it giving the farmers OF
that region and the citizens Of Lynnville the
benefit of the Canal, with Evansville and
Lake markets. The distance from Lynnviile
to the Canal in a due West line is but SIX
miles, if we understand it correctly. The
road could be made to strike the Canal near
Mr.. B. II. Crisswell's in Gibson county, at
Lock No. 7. Along the route, which is good
land for the purpose, being level, there is an
abundance of timber, with water power
saw mill on the line, so that those interested
have at least several great advantages. The
hauling of timber would be but trihe, as it
can be cut right on the route. We doubt
whether this road would cost more than half
the ordinary average of Plank Roads, if our
inquiries on the subject have been answered
correctly. 1t will be highly advantageous to
farmers along its route. and especially to the
people OF Lynnvile and immediate vicinity.
A little energy on the part of few, will re-
suit in success, and we are sure those who
engage in the enterprise, if the road be built.
will never regret their action. We are glad
to witness this evidence Of enterprise among
the citizens of that region, and hope it may
be initiated by many other neighborhoods.-
Towns few miles from the Canal, might
find it highly advantageous to connect them
selves with this great work by Plank Roads
and neighboring towns having much road
communication, should take into consideration
the advantages of Plank Roads, with their
ultimate economy and cheapness.
We shall always be pleased to receive
communications OIL this subject from citizens
of towns and neighborhoods agitating the
subject of Plank Roads, and shall take pleas
ure in forwarding any such enterprise or inn
parting what information we possess on the
subject. If>the writer Of the above alluded
to letter does not possess full information in
regard to the construction, cost &C., of Plank
Roads, we shall be pleased to send him a
copy, as present, of Robt. Dale Owens
new work on that subject, on the receipt Of
letter expressing the desire TO obtain
copy.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1850-08-23
The Treasury Secretary.


Tom Corwin, 'the Wagon boy" is crack
ing hi. whip in lively style, as will be seen by
the following extract from letter published
in the Baltimore Clipper We said that this
appointment was one of the best which could
have been made from the wisdom Of the
country, for the benefit of the country. how
ever it may have been considered in party pol
icy. At the head of the Treasury Department
he will affect much needed reformation. As
the State Journal says, every person having
a knowledge o. the manner of doing business
at the Departments at Washington knows
that great reform in that respect is needed,
from Secretaries down to the smallest clerk
ship. The Secretaries most generally put
on airs of great Importance and are not 10 be
seen except by man who may, by accident,
be a member of Congress. As to the Clerks.
they are, with few EXCEPTIONS lazy, loaiIng
set of drones, that spend the hours they pre-
the morning papers, and their time out of Of
fee, in carousals about the city.
That Tom Corwin is setting the House
to rights" will be zen below:
"Another member of the Cabinet of Mr..
Fillmore that is fast acquiring reputation and
popularity is Tom Corwin, the "wagon boy"
oil Ohio. A rule OF the Treasury Depart
ment requires that the clerks shall be at their
desks at eight o'cock in the morning. For a
number ofmornings in succession Mr.. Cor
win was noticed taking the rounds ofthe diff
terent rooms Of his Department al eight o.
clock, at half past eight and at nine, MOTTO
ing the absentees at each of the above three
different hours. The list Of delinquent is
said to be alarmingly great. and unless mis-
take entirely the peculiar look of this indus
trious ''wagon boy" OF Ohio, the way he will
make his reform whip crack about the first
Of next month will be sin TO all delinquent
clerks in his Department He is determined
to rigidly obey the rules OF the Department
himself and expects the same from his sub
ordinates, aud If quite number should be
permitted at the end Of this month to give
place to those who are willing to give their
time to the public service for which they are
lib,rally paid, they must find fault with no
one but themselves"
"Another respect in which Mr.. Corwn has
already won greatly upon the public, is, in
the removal OF all restraint between the Head
ofthe Sreasury Department and those hav-
ing business with him, especially in securing
an interview with the Secretary"
''Mr. CorwIn: upon entering on the dis.
charge of the duties Of his Office at once gave
notice that there were neither bars nor bolts
to the doors of his rooms, and that, as a pub
lie servant, he would always be found access
able to all those having business with the
Department"
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1850-08-23

"Among other articles recovered from
the wreck of the steamer Neptune, which
sunk at the mouth of the Ohio, in the year
1880, is sword, of pure Damascus blade
The scabbard is encrusted with gravel. The
hilt is Of ebony.
Messrs. Nelson & Eads recently took a
large quantity Of pig lead from the wreck, and
shipped it to New Orleans. The wreck is a
valuable one-worth perhaps $4,000 or
$4,000.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1850-08-23

"The Editor of the Paducah Journal
is endeavoring to get up a Reading Room
The price OF subscrition is SO per year, or SO
for firm or family. This price might do
there, but he would get soundIy punished if
he mentioned such a thing here. Men sus-
pected we wished to make splenid specula-
ton, when we endeavored in a spirit of en-
terprise to get up Reading Room here for
the benefit of the public, at 50 a year for
subscribers
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1850-08-23

|We were much pleased to receive a
visit Yesterday from L. J. LANGDoN, Esq,
editor of tie Rockpott Planter, who bears up
well under his years and physical infrmity.
He is now making the preliminary arrange
ments for enlarging his paper and extending
its sphere Of usefulness. We wish him heart
lily, success, for his PERSEVERANCE, and industry
are deserving Of reward.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1850-08-23

Evansville Lodge, No. Ga, A. ". VI.
Meets lst and Sd Monday evenings, in SHANK
Inns Building, corner of Water and Locust sts
w. Hubbell, w. NJ; r. 7. Cosby, S. W.; w.
E. Hollingsworth, J. W.; A. II. Sanders, Sect;
J. c. Heberd. Treas; r. Partridge, S. D.; w.
Brown, j. d.; T. Venneman, T.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1850-08-23

When the tree of Love is budding first.
Ere yet its leaves are green;
Ere yet by shower or sunbeam hurst.
Its infant life has been;
The wild bees slightest touch might wiring
The buds from off the tree,
As the gentle dip of the swallows wing
Breaks the bubbles on the sea.
But when IFS open leaves have found
nome in the free air,
Pluck them, and there remains a wound
That ever wrinkles there.
The blight of hope and happiness
Is felt when fond ones part,
And the bitter tear that follows. is
The life blood of The heart.
when the flame of love is kindlcd first.
lis The fire fy's light at even,
It's dim as the wandering stars that burst.
In the blue of the summer heaven.
A breath can bid it burn no more,
Or If al times its beams
Come on the memory, they pass DER
Like shadows in our dreams.
But when that fame has blazed into
being and power,
And smiled in scorn upon the dew
That fell in its first warm hour.
lis the flame that curls round the mar,vr,sb head
Whose task is to desuro-,
lis the lamp on the affairs of the dead
Whose light is not of joyl
Then crush, even in their hour of birth
The infan: bud of Love,
And tread his growing fire to earth.
Ere It's dark in clouds above;
Cherish no more cypress tree
To shade thy future years,
Nor nurse heart flame that may be
Quenched only with thy tears.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1850-08-23

ENORMOUS WHEAT CRoP.-A correspon-
dent OF the Detroit Daily Tribune, writing
from Rome, Michigan, states that Ira Phil
lips, of Bruce, Macomb county. last week
harvested and thrashed from two acres o!
ground one hundred and twenty-four BUSH
els of wheat. The wheat crop of Mecomb
county, and indeed of all Michigan, will be
unprecedenty large.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1850-08-23

EThe Albany Evening Journal says
t!at for more than twenty years Gen. Taylor
was strict temperance man, in fact tee
totaller. He caused temperance societies, to
be formed among his soldiers AMI distributed
temperance papers among them.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1850-08-23

VERY AFFECTINo.-A young German, in
concluding letter TO his lady love, which he
intended to send by friend, was thus poetic
ally delivered:
Ven Vonke Vantcozen mine goot friend,
Shall come 10 see you we're you lie,
Desc scarlet carriers | zend-
Oh! ty dem on and tnk on me.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1850-08-23

GEN. LAFAYETTE AGRoUND.-The officers
81 the packet Ironton, here from Louisville
yesterday morning, report the steamer Gen.
Lafayette firmly aground at French Island.
A portion Of her cargo was discharged on the
steamer Ironton and brought to this place.
The Lafayette was heavily laden for New
Orleans.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1850-08-23

HThe steamer Lexington arrived at our
wharf yesterday morning from New Orleans,
having left that city on the 18th inst. We
publish New Orleans markets of that date
from papers kindly furnished US by the clerk.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1850-08-23

HMrs. Darlington says that nothing de-
spises her so much as to see people who pro-
fess to expect sallivation, 60 TO church with
out their purses, when recollection is to be
taken.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1850-08-23

NOTICE.
a Lii persons who have erected or placed any
"A wooden building upon any lot within the Fire
limits of the city, in violation of the First Section
OF the finance defining the limits within hich
no frame or wooden building shall be erected. &C."
passed May Isl, 1877. hereby required to re-
move the same by the first day Of October dexr, or
IN default 81 their SO doing, the Council will imme-
diatey thereafter cause suits TO be brought against
them tor the penalties prescribed by sad ordinance
>. by order OF the Common Council OF the City of
Evansville,
aug2l-3t JNO. J. CHANDI Err Clerk