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Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1851-12-05
Worcester Mutual Fire Insurance Com
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A I the Annual Meeting OF the WORCESTER NIL
IN TUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY. held
Decemb Der IL, 1850, the following officers were elected:
PRESIDENT TREASURES,
FRED. WILLIAM PAINE,
DIRECTORS.
EBENEZER TORREY Fitchburg.
PAUL WHITING, Northbridge.
JOHN w. LINCOLN, Worcester.
AMORY HOLMAN Bolton.
ALANSON HAMILTON, West Brookfeld.
JAMES 5. WOODWORTH, Worcester.
WILLIAM 7. MERRIFIELD, Worcester.
DAVID LEE, Barre
The following abstract of the reports made 10 the
meeting ordered TO he published:
The amount at risk Dec |, 1850, was S10,462, 1873.
The number OF polces now outstanding is O,442 The
company sustained the last year eleven partial and
fifteen total losses amounting $ll 234 Is which have
all been amicaby adjusted and paid The dividends
have ranged du ing the year. from 70 to 81 per cent
averaging more than eighty cents the dollars paid as
premium refunded to the holder of expired policies
The net cash funds of the Company, Dec l. 1850,
amounted to Sl26,963,60, which is invested in Bank
Stock and Mortgages on Real Estate.
The Directors congratulate themselves and the pubc
on the above statement, which they are enabled to
make at the close of another years successful opera
tons OF the OM Worcester Mutual Fire lnyiranoe
Company. Notwithstanding the Company have cam
celed policies, and refused 10 renew where they had
expired, during the year. on account of the extra haz
ardous character of the risks, the amount of more
than half million of dollars, they have insured much
larger amount of property, than in any former year
Will be seen by this report that the cash funds of the
Company amount toneary $4,000, and that the diyi-
dends have averaged more than 80 per on expired
policies.
The Directors are not disposed to interfere with
otheroces or dictate to people where they shall insure
their property. This Office takes none but the safest
risks-is confined to the County of Worcester in its
ope atons and publishes at the close of each year an
account of its standing and condition.
FRED. VIM. PAINE, Pres
ANTHONY. CHASE, Sec'y.
Worcester, Dec 1850 dec24
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Providence and Worcester Railroad.
La l -: rrEs:
WINTER ARRANGEMENT-on and after NJ.
day December lst
TRAINS

WINE AhhAN6EMENT-On and after Hon
day December LIST.
TRAINS
Leave Providence at 7.30 and ll.30 am and 345 n m
Leave Worcester at and Ii am and d n m ~ ~
TRAINS CONNECT at Woonsocket with coach.v
ioi Milford and Mendon At Milvle with coaches foT
slatersvle; AT Whitns with coaches for Fast non
glas and Whtu sville; at Farnums with coaches for
Graton Ger re, N. Village and Upton; at Worces.
Ter with trains icI Western R. ROAD and Norwich and
w X K, and Worcester and Nashua R. r.: Al Water
lord with trains of Norfolk County Railroad for and
-Een Boston, Dedham &C.
The 7.30 train from Providence connects at Worce.
ter with the Express train for New York and the Ar
commoIation train for Albany, which leaves Wurces
ter 9.30A. NJ,
The II 80 train from Providence connects at Wor.
ceste with the Express Train for New York which
leaves Worcester at p. M.
Passengers by the 3.45 P. NJ train from Providence
can arrive at Springfield, Hartford or Northamnton
the same evening This lran also connects at Worces
ter with the New York steamboat train via Norwich
The IL AM train fromWorcester connects Al Provi.
denCs with trains for Boston, Taunton Fan River n
Bedford.-Also, with Steamboats, for Fall River and
Newport. w
The P M, train from Worcester connects at Provi
dence with the Boston and n Y. Steamboat train for
New York, "
DTAe 7.SO and II AM. trains do not stop at Ham.
let.
GFThe 345 and P. NJ trains dc not ston at Ashton
Hamlet. ISAAC II SOUTHWICK Sun,
Providence, Oct. l. 1851. o6dIgtf
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latest designs, and superior workmanship Centre Ia
bles and Side Tables, with or without Marble tons
harbe Pier Slabs and Brackets, French Mirrors, in
rich gilt bames and every other article apperaning to
a well furnished Drawing room. Painted Chamber
Sets +; French Bedsteads Marble Top Dressing Blu
reans Marble Top Washstands; Sinks Card Tables
What-Nots Hat Stands Antique and Fancy Chairs
Portable Desks Book Cases; together with large
assortment of medium and w-prced Furniture MAZE
in thorough and substantial manner Painted Window
Shades and Fixtures Palm Leaf and Hnsk Mattresses;
Looking Glasses Looking Glass Plate and every ar
tce usually found in the most extensive Furniture Ware
Rooms Best Hair Mattresses, OF our manufacture
always on hand Upholstery Goods on hand, and Uphcl.
stery work done orrepaired Furniture repaired Pul
pit Furniture and Pew Cushions furnished to order
Office and Counting Room Desks, Show Cases Book
Cases and all kinds and descriptions of Furniture made
TO order of good MATERIAL and warranted to give sat
islaction Mahogany Board and Yeneers always on
hand and for sale. In short is intention TO make
this establishment all that the city or vicinity DESIRE
in order to urn sh their dwellings in fashionable and
suitable manner, and at reasonable prices.
n. B.-llavng purchased the exclusive right ofHink
leys Patent Elastic Bottomed Bedseadsior the County
OF Worcester and having tested by the sale of upwards
OF 1000 the past year. confidently recommend il as
the best Bedsead in nse and only need to be seen
or tried TO be universally adopted.
mar24d TABER d LAWRENCE.
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GyApplications for Assurance may be made at the
Office Of the Company, SO MAIN STREET, in WoRcEs-
TER, and to the Agents in the and sections of
New England, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania
and Ohio.
CLARENDON HARRIS, Secretary
Worcester, Feb. 5, 1851. apr23-wtf
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Butchering Establishment for Sale.

DuCcneTlug ESCaDllSnmenC Tor sale.
" HE subscriber wishes TO sell his place where he
Il now lives, in Of the Tavern yard of VIM b.
Hatch, in Leicester, together with his business and all
the appurtnances belonging thereto. do business
OF from fifteen TO twenty thousand dollars year The
buildings are in good repair, and convenient for the
business There Is on the premises good house, cacl-
lated for two families A barn, 62 by 3d. one emil Ct
which is occupiedfora Slaughter House-a good Cellar
under the whole barn for making manure. A building
80 by As, occupied for Boot shop building 81 BY
10, occupied for Paint Shop
part of the purchase money can remain on mort
gage ifdesired. WIN. BOND
Leicester, June "A. 1851 ie25-dwtf
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MEDICINES, &C.

Many years of trial. instead of imparing the pnblic
confidence in this medicine, has for it apprecia
ton and nooriety by far exceeding the most sanguine
expectations of its friends Nothng but its intrinsic
virtues and the unms akabe benefit conferred thou
sands of sufferers could originate and maintain the rep
utaton it enjoys. While many inferior remedies thrust
upon the community have failed and been discarded this
has gained friends by every trial. ned benefits
the afflicted they never forget, and produced
toonnmerous and too remarkable to be forgotten.
While it is fraud on the public pretend that any
one medicine will infalliby curestll there is abundant
proof tina the CHERRY PECroRAL does not only as a
general thing, but almost invariably cure the maadies
for which it is employed
As time makes these facts wider and better known
this medicine has gradually become The best reliance of
the afflicted from the log cabin of the American peas
AM, TO the palaces OF European Kings. Throughout
this entire country, in every State city, and indeed al
most every hamlet it contains, CHERRY PEcroRA Al is
known the best remedy eXtant for diseases of the
Throat and Lungs, and in many foreign countries it is
coming To be extensively used by their intelligent
Physicians. In Great Britain, France and Germany,
where the medical sciences have reached their highest
per'ecloh CHERRY PEcToRAL Is introduced, and in
slant use in the Armies, Hospitals Aims Houses Pub
lie Institutions, and in domestic practice, the sureS
remedy their attending PLY sclans employ for the
more dangerous fcIionS Of the lungs. Also in milder
cases, and or children it safe, pleasant and eiectual
10 cure In fact, of the fattering testimo-
mails we receive have been from parents who have
found eicacOus in cases particularly incidental
childhood.
The Cherry PEcrdRAL is manufactured by practi-
cal Chemist, and every of il under his own eve
with inyariabe accuracy and care. 1t is sealed and
protected by law from commercials consequently can
be relied On as genuine without adueration.
We have endeaYored here fur lsh the community
with medicine OF such intrinsic SUI erioItv and worth
as should commend itself TO their Condolences remedy
at once safe speedy and eectua which thus has by
pc ted aud countless trials proved sefto be and trust
by great care i'll preparing it with chemical accuracy
uniform strength to afford Physicians a new agent ON
which they can rely for the best results, and the afct
ed with remedy that will do for them all that medi
cine can do.
Prepared and sold by JAMES c. AVER, Practical
and Analytical Chemist, Lowell, Mass.
For sale by James Green d. Scott, Lewis T. Lazel,
Worcester. Otis f. Winton. Wesiboro John Cudy
Blackstone, and by Druggists everywhere
nov d endenyv " Mpn,p Srn
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Peoples Mutual Fire Insurance
MPANY,-WOrcester, Mass.
With Cash Capital of Over....S $780, 900
And Available Capital Of.......... 100000
INSURE Buildings, Merchandise, and Personal Prop
1erty generally, both on the
Stock and Mutual Plan,
On as favorable Terms as any sound and well conduc.
ted Stock or Mutual Company.
The first class Of Dwelling Houses, and their at
tach-mens. Farm Buildings, aGd their contents may be
insured Tor five years. upon the Stock principle
at the same rate charged in the Mutual department
Applcaio, for Insurance may be made at the Com
pany's Office in Harrngton's Block, cornerof Front
and Main streets. or TO any of its Agents.
o. HARRINGTON......... .Secretary
DIRECTORS.
L. II Hemenway, A. A. Williams,
Henry Chaplin, Jonathan Luther.
Joseph Pratt, Putnam w Taft,
Horato n. Tower, E. l.. Brigham
Joseph Boyden, Edward Earle,
James IL. Wall, Jonathan Warren Grafton
Edwin Eaton, Henry A. Denny, Leicester.
Charles P. Bancroft
Worcester, October l. 1851 oct 1wtf
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UVtl MY, . per cent advance on the above will
be charged. 81 so in addition TO the above will be
charged as-Admission Fee the first year.
OFFICERS.
DIRECToRs,-20,G00 Members.
R. CROssET, President, A M. GALPIN " Pres't
II H. DARLING, Secretary. N. r. LILLE Treasurer
FINANCE COMMITTEE.
A. NJ. GALPIN, C. WOODRUFF, REV. r. II. CoNKLIN
w 5. GOODWIN. E. w. DIcKINsoN
RefereRceS-Ex Gov. Slade, of Vermont; Hon j.
R Giddings, NJ c.; Hon. Edward Little, Marshfield;
Rev, ID N. Merritt, Housatonic Mass Seth Rogers
NJ. D., Worcester, Mass; Hon. Alpheus Fech, U. S.
Senator; Hon. Seth NJ Gates, NJ. c., N Y C. Iynde,
Esq, Johnson, VT; Hon. Eliab Ward, Mddleboro
Mass. Prof F, Palmer, Philadelphia, Penn; C.. NJ.
Neal Esq, Phila, Pa.
Springfetd-Rev. 5. osgood, D. D.; Rufus Elmer;
E. D. Beach, Esq.i }. I. Rockwood; Homer Foot, Esq.
OFFlCE-No SO Main street. Worcester.
jel8-d3mGOODWIN& q BARSTOW, General Agents
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State Mutual Life Assurance Co.
WORCESTER.

Guarantee Capital 100000.
Hon. JOHN DAVIS, President.
Hon. ISAAC DAVIS,
Hon. STEPHEN SALISBURY, SF1ceFreS1dentS.
Hon. A. D. Foster, Hon. E. Washburn.
lchabod Washburn, Hon. Alex. Dewitt,
John Milton Earle, Hon. John Brooks
John Green, Nj. ID. Charles w. Wilder,
Benz F. Haywood, M. d. Hon. H. w. Cushman.
Charles Washburn, Esq. Hon. Henry Chapin
II. N. Bigelow, Freeman Upham Esq.
Joseph Sargent, NJ. D.. Elisha p. Fearing, Esq
VIM Dickinson, Esq. Joseph A. Denny, Esq.
Clarendon Harris, C.. l.. Putnam.
F. w. Gale,
WILLIAM DICKINSON, Treasurer
FENHlS Company commenced issuing Policies of Ass.
ur nee on the first of June 1915, and in five years
have ssued2 220 Policies and received $751; $50 in Pre-
iums.
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A NED GAS T'Gb Ee OIL.
CyTIeereNas EY6sSP e2lE.


FEHE only recipe in America for Incorporating Rose
i mary and Castor OIL by eaborae and intricate
process, is iii possession OF Mr. s. great credit is due
him for his untring furnish these ngred
ens in liquid form, free from all injurious properties
such as ALcHoHoL SPIRITS.
For Beauttying, Improving Colnring Restoring Curl
ing and lnvgorating, the HAIR there is no preparation
superior or equal this combination of Rosemary and
Castor OIL the virtues of these being too well known to
require further enconium. II is invariably warranted
lst-To curl the hair beautifully
2d,-ro remove dandTuff effectually
3d.-To restore the hair to bald heads
4th.-To give all light hair a rich dark color
5th-TopTevsnt the hair ION eing oily or greasy
9th To give TO whiskers beautif appearance
Uh.-To rave no injurious effects on he hair.
Sth.-TO prevent The hair from fall ing off
9th.-TO cure disease of the scalp.
lOih-To cure the worst headaches
1t can be used on the heads of Children with perfect
safety and The happiest results
u Only Seventy five Gents fora largo Bottle each in
lancy box without extra chBrge. The box will acco-
modate an Oil Brush ana Comb.
CAUTION.-Imitations of this article have made
their appearance Be and get it of the proprietor
or of is regular agents. and see that the proprelors
name IS on each bottle or box.
Sold, Wholesale and Retail, by the Manufacturer and
Proprietor RUSSELL SPALDING, No. % fremont
Row, Opposite the Boston Museum Boston, Mass
U S.A.
sold by Agents everywhere.
Country Merchants invited to call as Agents are
wished in every town, city and village.
Wholesale and Retail Agents foI Worcester
NJ B. GREEN, 2Ib Main Street.
And JAMES GREEN, III Main Street.
Merchants anil dealers IN the vicinity supplied at
manu- acturers prices and added to this as Agents
o2O- dlamweow ly
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EXPRESSES. &C.
WHITCOMB'S

Worcester & Fitchburg Express.
1 EANES Worcester for Sterling I eominstar srd
u Fltohhurg, three times day An business usnaI
done by Express, is respectfully solicited and
Will be promptly attended to- W
f. L. BRIGHAM, Agent Office lsn Nfatn
Worcester, j an. 20, 1851 ianoo AZ
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NEW DRUG sT0RE

VIE subscriber would inform the public that for The
u accommodation OF his fellow citizens, in the South
and South Easterly part of the CITY he bas oneneJ
Drug store az The corner of Park and Trumbu streets
and supplied II with entire new stock OF The hest
M Drugs, Medicines, and Chemicals,
together with large assortment Of FANCY GOODS
be at oil times ready supply any oders in his line n
business. :" ' ii'o VI
particular personal attention paid TO the compourl
nigh, II G. BATES NJ \, n'nr,oo o." ,Ig,e "
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MEDICINES, &C.
Formerly located al cor. Of Lvnde + Cambridge SIS,
Boston, Mass,

Boston, Mass,
VETOULD inform her old PATIENTS and such others
w As may desire Try her medicines, that having
lately returned from Europe, (where they
have been since the deceae of Mrs. Mott they have
established themselves at No 259 Green street, New
York and now purpose visiting Worcester and several
other towns in which MRS MOTT gave such general
satisfaction and had extensive practice, furnish
those medicines and to be consult on their in all
complaints incident 30 the human Frame except those
arising lrCm immortality.
MRS. DRAKE wishes to impress upon the minds
of thos- whom it interest, that she carefully
educated by her Mother Che late Mrs. Mot) for the
profession, and that She for Years previous her
deGeaSe, praCtsed in conjunction with her This fact
II be readily remembered by all patients under their
care in Boston ana vicinity.
MRS. DRAKE would assure tlvse persons calling on
her for vice, c.. that will be her aim to pursue the
upright and candid manner TO all, for which
Mrs Mott was celebrated and universally respected.
DIR. DRAKE (Nrs. Motifs son n-law) has Tor
era years devoted himself to Mrs. Motifs system of
medicines and method of curing Diseases and has also
travelled with her several seasons, well known by
all her old patients. This is mentioned to assure in
vads that it is proposed to introduces stem
but praCticed by Mrs Mott many years, giving
universal satisfaction and proving blessing to thous-
ands when Others had failed. To those unacquainted
with the nature and ystem of medicines it may be
proper to state that mercury other mineral pre-
paratons used, hot medicines, or cold water;
but Preparations OF
Herbs, Roots, Flowers, Vegetable & Es-
sential Oils Gums, BaIsams 81 Simples,
Medica and tho Herbal Medca therefore called Veset-
able.
To those invlids residing at distance and those who
are unable to call in person. would that by he
ing informed by letter. or through friend, the
symptoms attendant upon mode of attack and the
natural tate OF the patient, prescribe the neces-
remedies be used in their plants and forward
the sane with full directions, by express from New
York.
DR.. DRAKE and MRS. DRAKE will be at MR.. p
w. WATTS TEMPERANCE EXCHANGE, (nearly
opposite the new Court Honse Worcester, Mass, dur
ing their next visits, the 10th and nth of december
where they will be prepared 10 receive patients and
furnish Mrs. Motifs celebrated Medicines. ADVICE
GRATIS III all cases and moderate charges for med
cines as formerly.
DR. DRAKE attends TO male PATIENTS and MRS
DRAKE TO females and children outdoor cases
TAKEN All communications should be addressed post
paid, to our city residence, 259 Green street, New
Yole, where they will receive prompt attention Foi
further particulars future advertisements Dr. anC
Mrs. ID. visit Northampton, Springfield and Wes
Brooked the six days previous to their visit Wor
cester, in each month. sepI0 w l3t
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FASHIONABLE
FURNITURE WAREROOMS.

TIL E subscribers, having enlarged their
Rooms, No. $50 MaiA street. on.
posile the Central Exchange, Cup stairs)
have stocked them with rich and elegant
assortment OF Furniture ofthe latest STYLES
Drawing rooms furnished in Rose Wood.
Black Walnut or Mahogany, upholstered
ia plush namask mr. Ho;r iInth r. -
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Worcester and Nashua Railroad.

Ia % ..:s q 60
Winter arrangement.
On and after Monday Dec LIST, TRAINS will run al
EM follows:
Leave Arrive at Groton Nashua AMI
Worcester at junction at Lowell at
$50 al 10 90 AIM
HOO IL 80 pm. LIS pm,
40 pm. 5 30 pm. $50 PM
Leave Arrive at Groton
Nashua and Lowell junction Worcester
730 am. 20 am. 3. Dam. 30 am,
1l30 am. 1I3O am H. 80 pm. 200 m
AS pm. 4.4j pm. 5.35 PIN. 100 D m
- eFITCHBURG AND WORCESTER TRAINS
run in connection with Worcester and Nashua Trains
Leave Worcester at $50 and II a. and A. Is p. m.
Leave Fitchburg at 500 a. m, and 1890 and 5.45 I'm
Passengers by the Middle Trains will connect at Gro.
ton Junction with Downward Train Boston. No
Toward Trains the Fitchburg road passes Groton
Junction till O'Clock p. M.
FREIGHT TRAINS run daily each way between
Worcester, Groton Junction, Nashua, Lowell and Fitch
burg.
Steamboat train from New York via Mountaineering
train Worcester connects with the train
New York. ~
~ For connections with the other road at Worcester,
Groton Junctian and Nashua, Snow d. Wilder's
Pathfnd r and Railway Guide.
M Through Tickets issued at Worcester for Bur
lington Montpelier, Wells River aud White River juno
tiOn the fare by each of the different via
Nashua and Fitchburg J. w. STOWELL, Supt
Worcester, April 2, 1851 apr5,dwIf
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c. Newton, NJ. D., & F. H. Kelley. MD.
Medicine and Surgery,

ANlNG eHected co-partnership in business, will
IL rom this date, prosecute the practice of
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MECHANICS
MUTUAL BENEFIT ASSOCIATION.
Once Nos. 9s 10, Foct's Batiding, Springfield Ms
HNilS Association was organized October Isl, ls49
A and was the first of the kind organized in the
United states, and is the only purely Mutual Health
Association now in operation. 1t is managed by its
members, and has now
An accumulated Cash Capital of $685. coo
Guaranty Capital OF $4,000
Rates OF annual deDosts for members under fifty
wears of age -
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FAYETTEVILLE TENN, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1851

ton of the baker, would have branded
him for life.
The honest baker shook him by
the hand, and pressed upon his ac-
ceptance, under the name of a loan,
a small sum of money for his present
urgent necessities.
Four weeks later, the baker pur-
chased for his. daughter, a pretty
cottage in the neighborhood Of Lon
don, and the same day that the young
Scotchman entered upon his duties
as one of the masters Of the Royal
Academy, witnessed their union
The widow fingered some months
longer, her latter days cheered by
the unhoped-for prosperity Of her
son, and tenderly cherished by the
gentle Margaret, who layished upon
her the love which would have been
her mothers.
In the course offtime the worthy
baker saw himself surrounded by a
troop of rosy grandchildren, who knew
no treat so great as that of going to
visit grandfather i b his pleasant re-
tirement in one of the suburbs OF
the mighty metropp pis.
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Hogs Driven South.

CUMBERLAND Gar, Tenn, Nov. 7.
SIR:-Yours of the 30th ult, rel
alive to the number Of hogs passing
this way, came to hand. In reply, l
would say that before the receipt Of
yours, there passed II droves, which
would average about 53o head each
say 660O. Since-that is yester-
day and to-day 37GS; total to this
date, 1865. This estimate viii not
vary materially from the true num-
Der. | have no means at hand by
which to ascertain the number to
same date last year. BY recollec-
tion is that the driving commenced
some ten days earlier than this year;
and by about this date last year, the
last had gone. The number varied
but little from 10000
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America in England 1.-The London
Shipping and Mercantile Gazette, in
a late number, has this paragraph, in
the course of an article upon the fu-
ture of America:
We have no desire at present to
enter upon any question Of disputed
policy; but we wish to record our
opinion that the empire Of The seas
must before long be cedsd to Amerlca-
The persevering enterprise, its great
commerce, and its accruing wealth,
are certain to secure this prize, nor
will England be in situation to dis
pute it with her. Without this
cfowning capital to its power, the on
ward march Of the United States to
what we believe will be overwhelming
greatness, might not be so speedily
accomplished; but America, as mis-
tress of the ocean, must overstride
the civilized world.
Forty years ago" says cotem-
porary, "JEurope sat in astonis shment
and terror under the Shadow Of Ma
poleon's gigantic empire. at that
time, in a debate in the British Par
lament, something was said Of the
American navy, when a member re-
marked that ''the American navy con-
sisted of sjr pessels," whereupon, says
the newspaper account, the House
burst into fit Of laughter. It
would be interesting to know how ma
ny of those laughing Legislators are
now living. The gigantic empire of
Napoleon has q crumbled to dust, and
the despised nation Of six vessels has
now within her grasp the empire Of
the seas and tile dominic Of the civ
ilized world.