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ing tonnage of 34,9s6. These several YES
sells are manned by about II ,770 officers and
crew, and have carried during the year ending
July LIST, 1851, 33,342,s46 passengers, as fol.
lows - .Fr-- "
On Long Island Sound 3O2 1897 passengers
Hudson River 995, 100; between N. York and
Philadelphia by steamers 74O, 900 on the Po-
tomac and James rivers, and Chesapeake Bay
422, 100: on the Gulf of Mexico 1863, ,2O9; on
the Pacific coast 81 ,2O9.
The inland steam marine is thus given =
The northern frontier mas l64 steamers; ton
mage, GO, 1865; crew, 1855 passengers. 1,5l3,,
800. The Ohio Basin has 348 steamers ton
mage, 7,lOI; crews, 1888; passengers, g.
404,967. The Mississippi river has 353 steam
ers; tonnage, 97,967; crews, 6,4l4; passen-
gers, 8s2, ,593. r.l s.
Making the grand total of inland steam ma
rine, TO consist of 765 steamers, with 204 .6l3
tonnage, manned by l7,6O7 officers and crew
which carried during the year ending July lst.
1851, fire millions eight hundred and sirty
thousand eight hundred and fifty passengers.
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1852-02-26
Sagacity of the Elephant.

In the course of my early morning rides
about the vicinity of Colombo, l frequently
refined in my steed to watch the quiet labors of
a couple of elephants in the service of the gov
ernment. These huge animals were generally
employed in the commssariat timber yard. or
the civil engineers department. either in re-
moving or slowing logs and planks, or in roll
ing about heavy masses of stone for building
purposes. | could not but admire the preci.
sion with which they performed their allotted
task, nnaided, save by their own saeacity.-
They were one morning hard at work ,houe eh
slowly, piling up quantity of heavy pieces OF
ebony. The lower row of the pile had been
already laid down, with mathematical preci.
sion, six logs side by side. These they had
first rolled in from the adjoining wharf and
when rode up, they were engaged in bring
ing forward the next six for the second row ir
the pile. 1t was curious 10 observe those un.
couth animals seize one Of the heavy loos a,
each end, by means of their trunk, lift it up ar
the logs already placed, and then arrange il
crosswise upon them with the most perfec
skill. Iwaited whilst they thus placed the
third row, feeling curiosity to know how they
would proceed when the timber had to he lift
ed TO a greater height. Some of the log,
weighed nearly twenty hundred weight
There was short pause before the fourii
row was touched; but the difficulty was ns
sooner perceived than it was overcome. Tht
sagacious animals selected two straight piece.
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1852-02-26
Our Dream.

We seldom dreHm-men who work hard
nll cay and sometimes all night as printers
do, are TOO weary TO dream when they 70 10
bed-but when we get dreaming we 20 is
strong, and night before last we dreamed thar
the tair day had come. We heard steamer
after steamer come laundering up our heau-
t,tul river, with their decks covered with iiv-
ing freight, we saw the people from the
country, old men and young men, ancient
mnden ladies and young ladies', beautiful as
the flowers OF Spring. Al last we saw a
large party coming in regular order they
were all well dressed and well looking, and
they came up our streets in magnificent
style, and with the looks Of men bent upon
something desperate. When they got aLou,
opposite our Office, the leading man cried
halt
Fellow patriots. here we are, and now I
nsk you aie You sill determined 10 do llIag
thing.
A thousand voices replied, I'VE are, we
are we are =!
Then GO il in the name OF Crockett cried
the leader, and befoie we could say Jack
Robinson, they came rushing into our Office
like 40 nnauv Pawnees. We concluded that
our time had come. when we saw the savage
rolls of their eyes, and we tried 10 remember
If we had ever cheated any one or did any
thing very mean TO repent Of before we went
out oil time.
'All ready?' cried the leader.
Morning else, responded the crowd.
'Then draw, and each man drew out-noy
pistol, hn pocket-hook, and with one
VOICE, and in torres that sounded like music
OF the better land, they shouted, we come
to pay the Printer" The announcement
was such a shock to orr nerves thai we awoke
md found alas, that like many other things,
ii was only dream.
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1852-02-26
Hungary.

DR.. Baird has recently addressed the Free
Scotch Assembly a, Edinburgh, when he said
Of Hungary :- 4l -o----..a7.. sai-.. ,e
Il, is enough to break ones heart, to soc the
state of things there ); the grinding and over
whelming oppressiuu interfering even with
daily avoca,ions. One is not allowed to 90 five
miles to market without passport. Yet. the
church of Christ is not destroyed. There are
three and half millions that belong to the
Protesient churches. And there are two thous'
and eigh, hundred and three Protestant chur'
ches that are selGsustained and schools are
attached 70 each church. Truth is looking ul
In Hungary. The number Of faithful minis.
tiers is greater now than it was twenty years
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1852-02-26

Mr.. Buchanan, in short, sensible, md
sound letter. remnrks thar Mnd'sons report
and JefftI sons Kentucky resolutions are the
safest aud suresi guides TO CONDUCT demo-
cratic administration, aud that the rue ms
sion of democracy is Il resist centralsm.-
He says
Had the principles ! have enumerated
been observed by the federal government and
BY the people OF the several states. we should
have avoided the alarming questions which
have arisen our of the institutions Of dOnes.
tic slavery. The people of each state would
then, TO employ hornely but expressive
phrnse, have attended to their own business
and not have nierisred in the domestic con,
Germs OF their sister s,ates.'
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1852-02-26
Precocious Republicanism.

Get out of the way, you young rascals y
This address was made by gentleman, with an
imperious air, and something naval-officer-like
in his costume and manners, who was seated
in handsome open carriage, with fashiona-
bly, dressed lady by his side. The 'young ras-
Gals, whom he thus honored with his notice,
were two boys, ten or twelve years old, deal
ers in shingle- shavings, an article very much
used III this city for kindiog coal fires. The
lads were wheeling six or eight bundles of
their commodity in hand-cart, and they hap
pened 10 meet the gentleman in his carriage in
a part ofthe street which was Obstructed by a
large pile of firewood, which made it impossi-
BILE for two vehicles to pass each other, unless
one of the drivers should have the complais-
ance to draw back Get out of the way, you
young rascsls, said the gentleman in the car
riage. The young shngle-shaving merchants
looked at the speaker with undisguised aston
ishment, and he was obliged to repeat the Or
der before they seemed 10 realize the fact that
they were the party spoken to. At last one of
the young gentlemen made answer. Get out
of The way yourself, and be blamed to YOU
1t was now the turn of the man in the carriage
to be astonshed. Pale with rage, he ex-
claimed, DO yon know who | am you vii
lans1' No we DON'T answered one of the
boys: some Englishman, l guess. Do you
know who ,cc are!' The gentleman was
obliged TO confess his ignorance, and he did it
in tone of supreme contempt. 'We are
American citizens said the young shingle
merchant, with great dignity. is that any
reason why You should block up the streetsr
said the imperious gentleman, very excitedly.
To be sure it is replied The juvenile; who
has better right TO the street! We are the
maiority-,wo to one, guess-and the major
ity carries every thing in this country The
aristocratic gentleman seemed disposed to be
very violent, but observing, probably, that the
bystanders, who were now numerous, sympa-
thized with the republican party, he swallowed
his wrath, and sat silently for several minutes,
as If rejecting what course to pursue in these
perplexing circumstances. The lady who sat
by his side now spoke for the first time. and in
sweet and gentle voice, she said to the hoys !:
will you not oblige me by allowing us to
pass1' Certainly, madam said the sturdy
young republican, we'll do any thing for la
dy, or for man who knows how to behave
like gentleman; but as to giving way 10 a
stuck-up rowdy like him, blamed if wouldn't
rather stay here till next Fourth Of July
They then drew back and allowed the carriage
to pass without further hndrance -Pennsyl-
uanian. - ,iai'-. --
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Steam Vessels of the q. S.

A document of much interest has recently
been submitted TO congress. 1t is an accurate
report of the steam marine of The U. S., both
external and internal From this it appears
that there are now on the Atlantic coast, be-
tween Passamaquoddy Bay and the Rio Grande,
So ocean steamers, 81 propellers, 80 ferry
boats, having an aggregate tonnage of l77,-
5l4 tons. On the Pacific coast there are 81
ocean steamers, and l3 ordinary steamers, hav-
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1852-02-26
Broken-Down Merchants.

Read the Docu1nents.-We have often tried,
in our feeble way. 10 make the people of this
city understand The benefits to be derived
from giving publicity 10 their business,
through the medium Of the Press. Ii will
cure more broken-down, weak, sickly, bust
ness men-save more lives Than were ever
saved by all the medicines ever soId-taking 9
the certificates of doctors and druge isis for
true; bur read The documents ~. Yorker.
Hear the Testimony In the year 1910, |
started business III the citv Ui Bu>,on with a
cash capital of $4,000, and good far cred
it. | hired me good Store at a mod. ra c
rent. and applied myself u,dn>rriuus'y 10 my
business. In 1912 took an acroun OF stuck k
and found that was $4,000 worse off than
when began more flan half of ny car ital
had been sunk in expenses aud bad debts. =
This rather discouraged me, bur rs i; was
The first year of my business, and was bu.
little known, thought would try it another
year. My creditors and friends recommend
ed that join church or an engine compa-
ny-bo,I, of which did !; AID 10 lS43 again
took IN account of my affairs, and found that
II could stop all my expenses, and sell my
stock OUT at the marked prices, ! should lack
just $l500 OF having money enough 10 pay
my debts. | had nOie against one oil the
brolhers IN the church for 5000, which some
said was good-this would reduce my in.
debleGness thut anouni-but he never paid
il.
To make a long story short, failed -
burst np-went 10 smash-all my creditors
aud friends pronounced me \ ruined man,
and 10 make 1t sure. they turned me out OF
the church. In 1915 conirived to get a l,tlle
money, with whirh bought few goods
got some small bulls and cards printed, and
>enl Them 10 every body could think Of
the consequence was, they began to come in
and trade with me little. coniinl,ed 10
push The cards and bills, and also to adver,
Use in The newspapers, and customers came
in from ali parts OF the country. soon had
to enlarge my store, and now do bigger
business than any man on the stIeot--l keeE
up my advertising. and my business keeps
increasing. e.aa.. ~. -G 4a =s
1have 90, Sis, 900 invested in good stocks
II own the house | live in, aud il IL wor til
S7,500--,ny goods are all paid for. as buy
| for cash and sell for casll--and ] have paid
all my old debts of l643. This ! atIribale to
your invaluable remedy 10 an unhealthy
business, Of letting the public know what
YOU are doing, and what you want to do
through the press. II this certificate viii
be the means Of saving one poor man, situat
ed as was seven years ago, my object is nc
complished.
@7s (signed,l c. SHARP, JH.
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1852-02-26

CoFrEE.-The history Of coffee is perhaps
no, known, or rather remembered by every
one. A writer in Hunts Merchants Maya
zine snys that in the sixteenth century nm OF
toman Ambassador, Solomon Aga, presented
some seeds to king Of France, as pleas
aut beverage produced in Arabia; in 1854
an Armenian, named Pssquel, opened the
first shop tor the sale of coffee ian infusion
Of it) IN Paris. 1t is now of general use all
over The world; and nearly all the coffee
drank is The produce Of the new continent,
where about one century ago il was not cul-
tiyaled at all. The people of The East in placs
Of raising Ii themselves, borrow il from the
Americans.
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1852-02-26

New GoLp CONS. The Washington cor
respondent of the PhiIadelphia Ledger, says {:
u have just seen the new gold dollar piece,
sent down from The Philadelphia Mint to The
Hon. George s. Houston, chairman of The
Committee Of Ways and Means. The coin
consists Of fat ring. on which there is su-
pererInion, hui no head, as The piuct Tor put.
ting head is cut out. The only ohjeciion
to this kind of coin is The delrition to which.
il seems to me, il must he very liable. On
the orhsr band, the coin may he carried on a
string-a most convenient and safe way OF
carrying money. Halt-doIlnr gold pieces.
not yet called for by any law, have been sent
down, and look very pretty. Thtse half
dollar gold pieces would be more convenient
still Than The dollar pieces, and may he car
ried in tho same way.
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1852-02-26

To Ice CAKE. Dredge that side Of tho
cake which rested upon The lin while baking,
with sifted -four, in order 10 remove wlatevet
grease may be there; then wipe off the flour
very carefully. put quantity Of icrng in the
centre, aud with broad-blnded knife spread
it equally over the top and over The other
sides oi the cakes, dipping your knife oeta-
sionally III cold water as YOU proceed then
put lIre cake in warm oven, that the icing
may harden, but not allowing it to remain id
the oven long enough TO discolor the icing:
II you wish 10 ornament this icing, trail icing
upon it in whatever forms you CHOOSE,
through Tin or paper iuhe y; or adorn u
it with sugar plums, or other confectionery,
before you harden il in the oveR.
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1852-02-26
A correspondent, of the Boston Traveller

A correspondents, of the Boston Traveller
furnishes the following
CAUTION To PARENTS. We have Just wit.
messed the death oil child in our neighbOr-
hood by convulson caused by eating raisins.
This is no uncommon occurrence. Devices
in his work on the Physical and medical
treatment oi children. IA book which parents
should own,) mentions the death of three
th' dren from the same cause, and remarks
that 'lhere is no sromach-unless it be that
of the ostrich that can master he skins uf
raisns.' Irecollect some time since the
death Of child IN commissions, caused BY
eating bits OF bnrk aud shreds of wool. which,
II had picked up in creeping around the
room on the carpet. Dried fruit, bark, cor +,
or wool from the carpet or blanket, or indi-
gestibIe substances, in small quantities, cause
much suffrring-and in considerable quanti-
Ties is almost certain, by obs!ructtng The pas
sage of the bowels, to produce convulsion
and death.
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Effe cts Of Lightning at Sea.

As is well known in the annals of our naval
history, Commodore Jones. while in COM
rnnnd Of The sloop of war Wasp after short
bun hard-fnught action, captured the British
sIoop Frolic, his superior force, as acknowl-
edged by the enemy themselves. Shortly
after the action both vessels were captured by
the severity four Polcliers, Comnodore Jones
being unable 10 escape in consequence Of in
juries sustained in his IaIe encounter. The
Wasp and Frnllc were both taken as prizes
to Bermuda, from which place the Ameri-
can officers were all sent home aud ex-
changed.
The Wasp was repaired ard fitted ont as a
British cruiser, and attached To the squadron
al that time engaged IN The blockade of New
Yolk iIarbor; of which the Poictiers was The
flag slip. While attending TO these new du.
ties the ship and crew met with an awful
| fate. In The midsl of violent thunder storm
at night. the crew Of ship few miles dis
tant were startled by a tremendous explosion.
immedIa,ey y succeeding hurst OF thunder
and lightning, when The whole heavens were
illuminated 10 the direction of The Wasp for
few moments, unIil night again spread l,sr
mantle over the troubled waters. The i'll
lated ship was never ngain seen and not un-
Ill the deep shall yield up its treasures will all
the secrets of that fatal night be revealed -
The ocean was dotted win fragments, but
not single soul survived 10 tell The awful
tale.
Commodore Jones, in relating this nnec.
dote to me, suggested n reason for the caras.
trophe. While IN command Of the Wasp he
was careful that conductors were rgged 10
every mast for he considered the ship in
especial danger from The effects Of lightning
as the mizzenmasr stepped through tie mag.
azine. In his engagement with the F.olic,
his spars and rigging were much cut 10 pie
ces, and in her subsequent repairs nI Bermu-
,la by her cnptors. doubtless the same pre-
cautions were not observed. The holt thai
struck The mast must have communicated
immediately to the magazine, aud destroyed
at once the crew aud ship.-National Intel,
Hgcncer.
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1852-02-26

A FACT ABOUT WINTERs.-1t is a curious fact
that, whenever the winter is unusually severe
on this side Of the Atlantic, the season is un-
commonly mild in Europe. The warmest win.
ter we remember was coincident with one in
the old world so severe that it has almost
passed into a proverb. The present season.
which has been here SO intensely cold, has
proved so genial in Paris that apoplexy. caused
by the high temperature, has become, as it
were, and epidemic.
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1852-02-26

LOVE AND Law 4 Young lawyer VINO
had long paid his court 20 lady, wl'hou'
much advancing his suit. accused ner one
day Of being insensble TO- love. does
not follow she arcIly replied, THAT am 20
because am not to be won oy the po'0er ef
attornep.' Forgive me- replied the suitor,
,but you should remember that all The vola-
ries Of cupid are solieisoss.
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1852-02-26

Nire ounces, says the Scientific American,
Of pure, fresh lime. dissolved in forty salIoos
of water, will purify FIVE hundred and sixty
gallons Of hard wafer; The precipitate is
chalk. Ii takes sixteen hours for The wafer
10 settle. and all the impurities 10 fall 10 ihe
bottom of the vessel which contains the wa
ter. THIS IL useful fact in chemistry, and
is uoI very extensively known.
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1852-02-26

FLEAs-A fox will relieve himself OF fena
in the following sacacious manner He
holds !enther in his mouth, and gradually,
though slowly enough, backs into the water.
first legs and tail, then body, shoulders and
head 10 The nose, and thus compelling the
fleas 10 psrape from the drowning element.
to pass over the nose 10 the bridge Of the
feather, which is then committed to the
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1852-02-26

A GENERAL INVITATION dawneast mil
tia captain, on recsiving note from ladys
requesting the "pleasure Of his company" pm
derstood il as ! compliment to those under ms
command, and marched the whole Of then y
The lsdy's house
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1852-02-26

A cheerful face is nearly ms good for an
invalid us healthy weather. To make a sick
man think he's dying, all that is necessary is
to Iook half dead yourself.
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1852-02-26

Experience. says Coleridee, dis like
the siern-fshts Of n ship, revealing dangers
only after we have passed through them.
and shining on bars and breakers after W.
have become imperilled among them
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1852-02-26

Be not affron,ed at Jest. fone throws
salt al thee, thou wilt receive no harm, un-
less thou hast sore places. o9
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ago. Five hundred missionaries, besides the
pastors, are employed in spreading the truth.
Within the last twenty months, twenty-five
thousand Bibles have been distributed there,
and four thousand Of them among the Jews
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1852-02-26

Seventy five years ago. it cost Eve dollars
to have pound Of cotton spun into yarn; it
is now thirty cents,
The primitive Republican. (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-1852, 1852-04-08
The South and the Presidency.

We are truly gratifod to perceive from an
article copied from the Charleston Standard,
frat the chivalrous and republican State of
South Carolina will, in all probability, be
found shoulder to shoulder with her demo-
cratic sisters in the approaching campaign.
When the incorruptible democracy of Vir-
ciuia leads, the noble and gallant frccmcn of
South Carolina may safely follow. We are
accustomed to associate them in all that is
prolific in genius, heroic in resolution, de-
voted in patriotism, and united in destiny !;
and violence would be done our most cher
:s..-.; conceptions vyr. they divided in coun-
oil upon the eve Of so important a contest.
That croaking philosophy which advises the
surrender Of all Southern interest in the
administration Of the government finds a
mtrited rebuke in the article referred to-
as long as this Union continues, self-interest
as we'll as self-rcspect, requires from every
State TIE exercise Of its legitimate influence
10 the direction of the government, the poll
oy Of isolated inaction, and growing irreso
luton, involving confession of impotence
and imheeility which no State can make anC
vet honorably remain in the Union. An,
snoh spiteful return for imagined injurie
become childrcn-not States The latte
should demand their rights from the govern
ment, and not temporise for them with par
ty. The question to be decided in the prosi
dental canvass is simply ono of government
al policy, and whenever any Sta.e either sui
renders her interest in it from mere spite
or misconstrucs it into means Of diploma
cy for her reserved rights, she will receive
as she deserves, nothing bat contempt
This is just what the Union party propose
to do.