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Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1850-10-24

The following rules, fiom the papers of
DR.. West, were according 10 his mernoran-
dun, thrown together as general way mark
ers in the journey Of life.
Never to ridicule sacred things, or what
others may esteem as such, however absurd
uiey may appear TO be.
Never 10 show levity when people are
ProIessedty engaged in worship.
u resent supposed injury, till
Ano" 'he views and motives Of the author
oi u. MOI on any occasion to reraliate.
Always TO take the part of an absent ner-
son who is censureJ in company. so far ~
Truth and propriety will allow.
Never TO think Tie worse of ape,her IN
account of his differing from me in political
or religious opinions.
Not TO dispute with man more than sew.
enry years Of age, nor with n woman, nor an
enthusiast.
Not to affect 10 be witty or to jest so as to
wound the feelings Of another.
To say as little as possible Of myself and
oil those who are near 10 me.
To aim at cheeriullness without leyity.
Not to obtrude my advice nnasked.
Never 10 court the favor Of the rich by
fiattering either their vanilies or their vices.
To speak with camness and deliberation
on all occasions; especially in circumstances
which tend to irrilaie.
Frequently to review my conduct and note
my feelings. ..
On all occasions to have in prospect the
end OF lie and u future state.
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1850-10-24
But not we'll; i'll, very ill, I think. )

'Oh! as the world goes says Bob, who
had never been sick day, had suffered moth
ing, and knew no more of Ned's condition,
state of body, frame of mind, than butterfly
does of the United States Constitution, = as
the world goes, said he, Ned Pond is strong
man,-he does an immensity of work
TOO much work. suggested John; killing
himself, Mr. Strong
'Oh, trust me for that, replied Bob I'm his
friend He'll be nabob yet. I've put him in
the way of fortune. know he feels grateful,
and works hard; he's right; never you mind
his health, Mr.. Strawbridge.
With this, Bob cooked on his hat, lighted a
cigar, and intimated wishto walk down town.
and SO the narrow-minded Englshman found
himself nonplused.
John Strawbridge went to his store almost
too angry to care for Ned or anybody; but
when the pale, clear-eyed young man came by,
and stopped to speak first TO one and then to
another, and at last to himself saying to each
somehow, the very pleasantest thing possible,
Johns fog rose, and he was the same sunny
soul as ever. Then he determined to talk to
Ned himself, and urge him to quit his close,
killing confinement. So he sent over his boy
to ask Mr.. Pond to spend half an hour with
him after dinner. Ned, wondering, went to
the rival counting-reom, anticipating some busi-
ness perplexlty, some misunderstanding, or
trouble of one kind or another How aston
ished was he 10 learn the object of his inter-
view; to find this heavy-browed neighbor of
his anxious that he should earn an indepen-
dence on easier terms, and even ready, if it
could be done without violating contracts-John
would not have violated contract to pay the
national debt of Great Brtain-to give Ned
berth himself, which would insure him a COM
petence, and time enough to preserve the life
that yet throbbed in his veins But he was
bound to Mr.. Strong for ten years, six years
only had passed. True, but he had made Mr.
SIS profits fourfold ought he not to receive a
portion with which to hire aid aid which
was required, because he had so increased the
business, and with ii the profts1 Ned scarce
liked TO open the matter TO one who had be-
friended him in time of need had enabled him
to marry; TO buy house give his sick wife
all she wanted who has done everything for
him. He would consult his wife, however, he
said; and this, Mr. Strawbridge, who always
consulted his, when she was awake, could not
object and so thus came about Edward eve
ming home, and Johns faces in the unoffending
fire.
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1850-10-24

AN ACT 10 authorize the Secretary OF the
Treasury TO permit vessels from the British
North American Provinces to lade and un-
lade at such places in any collection district
of The United States as he may designate.
BE it enacted &c, That the Secretary of
The Treasury, with the appreciation Of the
President of the United States, provided the
latter shall be satisfied that similar privileges
are extended to vessels of the United States
in the colonies hereafter mentioned, is here
by authorised, under such regulations as he
may prescribe, TO protect the revenue from
fraud TO permit vessels laden with the pro-
ducts Of Canada, New Brunswick, Nova
Scotia, Newfoundland and Prince Edwards
Island, or either of them, 10 lade or unlade,
at any port or place within any collection
district of the United States which he may
designate and if any such vessel entering
port or place sodesgnate,l, TO .ade or unade
shall neglect or refuse to comply with the
regulations SO prescribed by the Secretary Of
the Treasury, such vessel and the owners
and the master thereof, shall be subject TO
the same penalties as il no authority under
this act had it been granted 10 lude or unlaGe
in such port or place.
Approved September 26, 1850.
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Approved September 26, 1850.

Some of the followers of Benton think that
when he dies, there will he complete dis.
solution of all nature. As to the Union Of
the States, which we had vainly supposed
rested upon the virtue and intelligence of the
people, and which has survived the death of
Washington, Jefferson, Madison. Lowndes
and Other illustrious names, standing vet
firm as adamant, upon the death of Tom
Benton, il mus, be smashed into total moth
ingness.
Benton says it is fear of him, that keeps
the nullifiers from cutting up terrible du&
1t is fear of him that spreads terror among
the disunionis;s and 10 doubt he thinks it
is for his benefit alone, that nature has given
to us the seasons, that rains moisien the
earth and the fields yearly TEEN with har.
vests If the people Of Missouri had sis-
tanned him in this last act Of his treachery,
his vanity would have swelled him to omnip-
oteuce, and affecting a vast superiority over
divine power, he would cast an Indifferent
glance at the orb of light and exclaim-'soli-
ta.y and alone put that ball in notion
Dem. Banner.
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1850-10-24
VOL. V.

that has Just flown between them, and vet
opens to him her whole soul, as the star which
is but point to the most powerful telescope
seems often to reveal to US the soul of the in
finite. 'And if she has the place. continues
Ned, 'and the girls have the money that father
left us in the bank-and if we are to be mar
ried, Nelly, must take Bobs .Strong's offer,
mustn't IL
What thoughts go on under that close drawn
bonnet! How she tries to solve the problem.
Ought l not to refuse to be married, if it's to
drive him to town, to a store, to drudgery, to
sickness, and perhaps to death I, And as she
imagines, all her hopes, and wishes, and plans
and fears and thoughts at an end. she shrnks
so close to him that in the ghostly moonlight
under the dripping trees, she seems to vanish
as well she might, for what is she, poor orphan,
but hopes, and wishes, and fears and thoughts
Yes she is something else; for the soul of her
soul is Faith, and more mighty within her,
than fear or hope, wishes or plans, is the pow
er of prayer and as she rises to the only sure
Helper she becomes conscious that her union
on earth with him she loves so deeply is not
the one thing needful, and so turns to the prob
lem again with new eyes, and new powers of
solution.
Perhaps, Ned, she says very firmly, but
very family, perhaps we had better not be
married quite yet Ned drops her arm, steps
back alarmed, he does not understand her.
How should he, great strong boy, understand
her. whose whole life has been one of suffering
struggling sacrifice. The deep bonnet is
turned down, he cannot see her face, but he
hears her beating heart; she magnetically feels
his heart answer throb for throb she lifts her
face, the moon steals instantly in and he sees
her dark eyes smiling through tears; he takes
her arm again, and the dialogue ends without
a word the whole affair is setted-they are to
be married next week, and he is to see Bob
Strong tomorrow.
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This is great country! Only think Of il
two years ago California was an unk nown
almost desolate region, without even a gov-
eminent, without society. A iootStep of
civilization could scarcely be detected; and
over her broad plaius the lawless Indian
roamed. To day she is The wonder of the
world--a land OF industry, land of order,
land Of free Iom-the thirty first State of the
American Union! So sudden and vet SO
complete has been the metamorphose, that
the mind can scarce realize the reality. A
desert has become peopled-civilization has
replaced savagery-nn empire has sprung in-
10 existence! BY what magic has this won-
drous change been effected? Can il be at
trbuted TO the discovery of her golden treas
ures, or vi any new or extraordinary proper
ties in her soil and sky? No, none of these.
Fairer Ia nds there are in abundance-lapds
more fertile by far, and blessed with SUMMER
heavens; while we know that mines of gold,
of silver, or OF precious stones have never
hitherto, 10 the worlds history, proven to
be sources of real wealth, happiness or inde-
pendence TO the countries which contained
them. Would we discover the secret Of the
rise and progress OF California we must con-
suit the Constitution Of the United States.
Calitornia has risen because she has felt
ihe influence, inspiring and invigoIating, Of
our free institutions; she has progressed, be-
cause she felt herself 10 be, not the subject
province Of IA naughty Empire, but destined
to rank as an equal amongst the sovereign
States Of this free coniederated Republic
In the council halls Of the nation, her Sena-
tors and Representatives, sit side by side
with the Senators and Representatives of the
oldest States in the Union; and American
Republicnnism looks abroad over the calm
waters Of the Pacific, as for seventy years it
has shone out over the stormy waves of the
Atlantic Ocean. Contemplating this NIGH
~ fact, with what pride aud JOY should we
MOI cling 10 our glorious Uniou-with what
veneraton should we not regard that starry
flag which never ye, has been unfurled over
any land, except as the harbinger Of peace,
Of happiness, aud independence!
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CHAPTER X.

Look at this scene. Bob has been suddenly
wakened from his afternoon nap by slamming
doors. He starts up with look of singular
anxiety. He has been dreaming, what he Of
ten dreams lately, that Ellen, pale as spirit,
had been to beseech him to save her husband
He had heard the doctor say three months ago
that Ned could not live if he did not stop work
ing so He chooses to do it,, said Bob to his
conscience. Conscience entered into no dis
cussion, but intimated that he was not telling
the truth, and Bob turned away. But in his
dreams conscience plays the tyrant he is haun-
ted before his time. A year has passed away
since he sent that cruel note to his sick wife,
and day by day he has seen the husband fail
and speak no word. He begins to tremble -
he questions whether he has been as generous
as he deemed himself; be is resolved to re-
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HUsK BEDS. Now Ghe husking season. is

HUsK BEDS. Now 0he husking season) is
the time to secure the best and most durable
of under-beds. All the inner husks of the
corn should be saved for this purpose
True, il takes great many TO make he'd /;
but when once the sack is filled, il is bed
for lite and is the lightesr and softest thing
of the kind that one could desire. The
husks curl Up as they dry, and never maj
down afIerward. Moreover, no insects ever
lodge in them, as vermin do in straw. They
are perfectly clean, and being Of strong
and tough texture, they will not wear out
for years. We regard good husk bed as
cheap at FIVE dollars. A young married
couple, 10 the end oftheir life, live they ever
so long, will have no occasion TO fill new
uVer-bed, if they once have their sacks fll'
ed with good, soft, well>dried corn husks.-
We had all of ours filed fifteen years ago.
and they are this day as good as new
Gospel Banner.
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Once more we look into the chamber of the
invalid. The little saucepan is silent, the
voice of time, as instant after instant is told Off
alone breaks the stiffness. Who sits by the
bedside! 1t is the little beetle-browed English
man; calm and mournful. Is he watching bv
the sick. No, but by the dead And where is
Ellen loo ill to be here, No, she is here,
and never did her plain features seem so beau
rful; but the eye is closed yes, closed in
death. The blow was too much for one 50
weak. Side by side they Law there o no. not
they, but their decaying and corruptible frames.
Ihey at least are free; the family circle is
again formed; the parents and the children
have met together.
A knock in heard at the door, a step in the
entry the silent hinges turn Robert Strong
enters the room. He has been requested to
watch there with John Strawbridge, and he
does not refuse. How the night fingers. Not
word; not motion, unless when the air
from the half opened window s,irs the bed cur.
tains, and the shadows dance and whisper and
then sleep again. Hour after the watch ticks,
and the pulses of the living beat and their
breath comes and goes, and memory and con-
science have all the conversation themselves
1t is terrible nightto Robert but it is only ter
rible! Does no clearer insight into life and du-
ty come to him. No comprehension that i'm
pulse is Gods voice! and that no kindly selfish
ness will take the place Of true, thoughtful, en-
during, selfdenying kindness, Let us trust that
he is learning in these silent hours that there
is an aid which is no aid, a generosity which
is a robbery, a KINDNESS THAT KILLS
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1850-10-24

Je,,nv Linds Charaies.-The money receiv-
ed by Jenny Lind at her charity concert has
been disposed of as follows; Boston Port Soci
ety $1,000; Association for Aged and INDECENT
Females 1000: Musical Fund Society 1000;
Boston childrens' Friend Society 500, Farm
School for INDECENT Boys 500; Charitable Or
thopedic Association 500; Boston Female Asv-
Ium 500; Howard Benevolent Society 500 ;
Young Mems Benevolent Society 500; Society
for the prevention Of Pauperism 500; Parent
Washington Total Abstinence Society 500
miscellaneous objects of charity 445. Total
$7255. The persons who are duly authorized
may receive the above at As Milk street.
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Let us turn the tube again. 1t is the old
store, with the old sign, but so improved in
wardly, so stocked and methodised, that the
grandfather's ghost must have long since de.
serted it. The picayune look has given place
to complexion of golden eagles. Business
has quadrupled under Ned's hands, for he can
talk to every farmer of his crops, to every dame
of her poultry, to the village bell of the last
novel, to the lawyer of the latest news from
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lease his partner from the old bond that has en-
slaved him now these seven years. He starts
up as we say, with strange look of anxiety
rnbs his eyes; resolves he'll do it Tomorrow.
and lay this ghost that pursues him. Claimed
by his good resolution, he tries to sleep again,
when the door opens, his elder girl rushes in,
and forgetting all in her grief for Ned, whom
she loved dearly, throws herself at her fathers
knees, and sobs out, Oh, papa. papa he's
dead! Who! what, when' Brother Ned
papa, died at the store! died at his work -
Died at his work How will you lay the ghost
now, selfshly generous man
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A DIFFICULTY SoLvED-A merchant exam
ning hogshead of hardware, on comparingit
with the invoice, found all right except one
hammer.
sOh, don't be troubled, my honey said the
Irish porter sure the nagur took it out to open
the hogshead with
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CHAPTER VI,

Tread softly, speak low; or rather speak
not at all, but look and listen. 1t is sick
room; that's plain. The easy chair, the vials,
the half drawn curtain, the little messes on the
hearth, the solemn old skin and bones in pet
ticoat,-that is gliding about,-tell us so much.
1t is the room too, / guess, of one whose life is
sickness, not of fever patient, or sudden suf
ferer of any kind. The air has the subdued
character of hospital air the doors turn on
their hinges as though they had not slammed
for years; the windows are listed at every
crack; the saucepan by the embers huns as
though it had hummed there from childhood
the night-lamp, the worn bible, the wrapper,
the watch-pocket hanging to the mantle, every
thing bears the mark of the constant sufferer,
the habitual invalid. The nurse draws the cur
tain little, to look into the mysteries hid in
the little humming saucepan, and now you
catch glance of the sick woman. You are
right, it is, you guessed, Ellen timer, paler,
with an eye that lets the soul forth even more
than formerly, but still the same as when she
stumbled over the beehive. Is it almost sew
EN- she says. How the voice goes through
you, like voice from beyond the grave. The
old atomy fumbles for the watch, then fumbles
over it, rubs her eyes, rubs the watch, and
while she still hesitates between the hands, and
is not quite sure whether it is just past seven
or half past twelve, an outer door opens, feet
are heard on the mat, on the floor CLOTH the
silent hinges of the sick room revove, and Ned
is bending over the thankful face, and has
kissed away the tears of joy that rose
from those dark, fathomless soul fountains
. / shall be at home this evening, Ellen
What good newsl but why does he call her
Ellen 1t is only when very serious, that
Ned and Nelly turn into Edward and Ellen
She asks him with her hollow eyes. He
smiles, and says he has to talk to her of busi-
ness, of new plans, of an offer that may give
him leisure, and perhaps with leisure, renewed
health. And now the nurse arranges the little
table by the bed side, where the childless
couple eat together. Childless yes, so men
say, not so they feel; two infants have been born
into this world, under this roof, and, (shal we
say, 'alasl) have been also born there Of this
world into higher Their dust lies where
that of the mother at least, must soon mingle
with it. While they talk of common things
until the curions old woman goes to her own
domains, let us take look into another house.
hold.
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i say Pete, does you know how dey keep
oysters from smellin in de hottest OBJ wedder!'
4 doesn't think does, Sam-how'd dey do
'em1'
why, dey fuss cut dar noses of, and den dey
can't smell muffin. Oh yah! yah! what an
unpenumtratum nigga you is
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Look again! A little boy, about Ned S age,
sits knocking his heels, upon the counter of a
country store. His father and grandfather,
good, sensible, steady, rising people, measure
out calico and cloth to the clodhoppers who
swarm in, this fine fall afternoon. Women,
with children and without. come and GO ; jean
coats enter and exeunt; the flies buzz with the
prosy tone of autumnal old age; and Bob kicks
his heels. MY boy, says the grandfather,
who has nerves, please stop your noise Il
wont, says Bob Robert, my sonr empha-
sizes the immediate parent. Bob kicks on
The young democracy conquers. Bob, pleads
the nerve torturing grandsire, here's a ftp;
save all your fps and you'll be rich" Bob
understands the bribe indirect as well as the
bribe direct, and gives his ancestor a wink that
implies, sold fellow make the young one pay
up too, and I'll quit,'' and kicks on. "Rob-
ert," says the defaulter after a moment, ssif l
give you ftp will you go home to mammal
Just you try answers Bob with watering
mouth. The experiment is tried, and sue
ceeds; but as the yonth hears frequently the
moral lesson that I'VE must gather as we 90,
he reaches home with such an accumulation OF
candy on his face and feelers, that it is well
Mrs. Ponds unhoused bees are not by at the
time, or they would surely suck him up BY
mistake.
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CHAPTER Ill.

Turn the kaleidoscope. Moonlight falls
through the trees; silent, silvery mists, full
of beauty and poison, steal inch by inch from
the river, Are these twain, walking here now
that the drops gather on the leaves, strangers
to Ohio, No, they are Buckeyes. Then they
are either crazy, or charmed, or full of the
magic might of calomel. Neither; they are
merely lovers, and think and care not for mists,
man, misery, ague, or any thing, 1t is strange
too! for the girl looks hollow checked in the
moonbeams, and her shawl is thin, and her
shoes nothing but slippers. And now that we
see her face, is it not Ellen. she that was saw
ed by the -four barrel, And Ned too the
rosy apple stealer, rosy and plump as ever
Hold your breath, and listen to them for mo-
ment.
Mother must have the old place. SAYS Ned;
teome what will to us, Nelly, she must have
that This his voice roundly asserts, but his
arm some how makes note of interrogation
on Ellen's side and she answers with pres
sure that hardly roughens the wing of the moth
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Washington, and yet all the time can measure
and count, and write memoranda-as though
every finger had mind and mouth. Never
was so popular salesman, so accurate an ac-
countant, so tasteful purchaser of stock, so
accommodating and clever fellow known in
the town of Huntville Let MS step in and
have chat with him. Which is he, That
pale, thin faced, hollow eyed man. Why,
Ned was health itself in human form, when
we saw him last; and that man is marked for
the grave. Very true, sad as it is; but to
rise at daylight, bend over the counter till dark
and write till midnight, are things that might
turn health itself to a skeleton, especially if
health had lived till twenty-five in the open
air, and gone to bed with the BIRDS But
why, you ask. does he not desert for the fields
again, throw his yard stick at the head of the
first person that opposes him, and save his ebb-
ing life, while it is not yet too late! To an
swer this to your mind we must look elsewhere
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MISCELLANY Nj Y.


This act being one in which great many
persons are interested. we insert copy of
it below, together with the circular of the
Secretary of the Interior, explaining its pro-
YisinnS &c
The Evansville daily journal., 1850-04-27
Receipts.

ST. FRANCIS, Lafayette bbls peaches do
pork, SKIS corn, do beans 3 bxs mdz, p bbls
-four Taylor g. Harvey; IA bbls potatoes, 2 bxs
plants, ORiley g. Mitchell; % bbls flour, Har
rington Crane g. Co.
GEN Benz, Wabash-1775 SKIS corn, - do OATS
O'Riley g. Mitchell; ~ bbls flour, Isaac Mass;
3 bbls and l6 kegs lard, Bement g. Vielc; 100sks
corn, Taylor g. Harvey; 20 bbls -four, 173 SKIS
potatoes, II coops chickens, owners on board;
Dbl eggs, 4 kegs lard, Sam1 Orr 4 bales skins,
w. Hubbell; II bbls castor oil, Harrington,
Crane g. Co.; 50 passengers.
BELLE KEY, N. O-5 hhds sugar, 10 bales gun
mics, bale twine, 100 kegs nails O'Riley g.
MITCHELL 1 ok IN DE, Dbl do, 1 SIX SALT Taylor
& Harvey.
BROOKLYN, Cincinnati-8 bxs clocks Ado
weights, tbl saleratus Taylor & Harvey
DlADEM, Pittsburg-7 bxs mdz, O'Riley g.
Mitchell.