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The Literary echo, and Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1851-1854, 1853-01-06

rg- There Is something which we
wish to mention again, aud that is the
propensity some people appear to have,
of hitching their teams upon that narrow
path which in the highly wrought i'm
aginations of some, are supposed to te
sidewalk. To be sure it is not much
of walk, as the old woman said of he,
husbands head, BIT it is better thar
none at all, and to be compelled to wade
in the mud, that horse may have the
pleasure of standing upon solid ground,
is too much. Why il was only few
days ago, when our streets were so muddy
as to be almost impossible, We noticed
wagon across the only dry walk in the
street, where there was plenty of room
for it upon either side, and then as if
that was not enough, the horse was
unhitched and fastened to the back end
Of the wagon so that, in order to pass, a
person must make a circuit of some
twenty feet. Now such things as these
are an outrage upon the community, and
should not be tolerated. For PHYS
sake spare us all the dry walking VIC
can get.
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HI~ We have received the following

A@ We have received the following
rich love-letter from one of the parties
concerned, even Julia" herself We
wonder if all love-letters are in that
style; if SO, they must be very interest
ing, very. We copy from the original,
" batim for batim," as the old lady
said -
PROVIDENCE CONFERENCE SEMINARY,
EAST GREENWICH, Sept. 20, 80.
My Dear Julia-If may so call you
for you are Dear to me l am we'll as
common and hope that these few words
will find you we'll
Now my Dear if 1 may not be permitted
to your sweet company and to have the
happinss of speaking with you sweet
person beg. the favor of you t., accept
of this my secret mind and thoughts
which hath so long lodged in my breast
which if you do not accept believe will
break my heart
For indeed my Dear I love you above
all others l ever saw in my life
l hope these few lines will meet your
appreciation True we have had little
acquaintance and perhaps Engage
ments are otherwise inclined or directed,
But as | have before stated and from
the feelings of my heart 1 present these
few lines for your consideration Asking
pardon if l have DEPRESSED on your
Person
A Bosome Companion in this life if
agreeable to Each other Is one of the
most delightful blessings the Earth
affords And my heart Burns with the
most delightful thought OF Enjoying
your Company In Prosperity or adyer-
sity Sickness or health through Life.
After a serious Considerations of the
above Please give me an Immediate
answer to my Requests
Yours in Love
WINTHROP SINCLAIR. 81
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bO- The Providence Weekly Miro,
has changed its form and appearance
with the commencement of its third
volume. We have lost sight of this
paper for several months, and even now
We are indebted to Mr.. Barnes for a
copy. 1t appears very well in its new
dress.
The Literary echo, and Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1851-1854, 1853-01-06

sSr During the storm last Tuesday
vessel put into Stonington harbor,
having on board three hundred casks Of
liquor destined for Providence. This
shows the sudden increase of rumselling
as soon as the law was decided TO have
constitutional objections, and il also
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shows the strength Of the law in sup
pressing it. But we trust it will not
be all sold before we have a Ian viii ch
will put more sudden check upon it
than even our previous one did.
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0be Gitrrarp Gfbo,
AND
aGIok AGvorGis or.
Westerly. January @, 1859.

=" The Senior Is again at his post after somewhat
tedious and severe illness. He would embrace thi,
to return his sincere thanks to his nu.
merous friends who have kindly afforded aid and
comfort during his sickness hoping that it may be
long time before he shall have occasion to confer
like favor.
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nS- The lecture last evening, by Mr..
Cough, was very fully attended, and was
splendid effort of the speaker. We
have not room for an extended notice,
as We could have wished, but suffice il
to say that it was to the entire satisfac-
ton Of all concerned.
The Literary echo, and Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1851-1854, 1853-01-06

HARpER's MAGAZINE, for June, is
received. This number is splendidly
illustrated in the usual style Of this pub
LEGATION, and contains matter to suit all
tastes. Barnes is the agent for this
place.
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HAVING recently received q new assort-
IL ment Of Stock, the subscriber would in.
form his friends that every thing in his line
may be found at his store, as cheap as the
cheapest. Among his assortment may be
found Calf, Double Kipp. Single Kipp, and
thick Cowhide Boots, Gents over Rubbsrs,
Fishermen's Boots, Ladies Buskn and over
Rubbers, Ladies CATERS, Buskins, Ties of
every description.
Shoe-Makers Findings.
Such as Awlcs, Pegs, Shoe thread, Sc, &C.,
Groceries,
Of all kinds, which are usually kept in any
grocery store, and are Of the best quality
and very cheap.
Flour and Corn.
on hand and for sale in any quantity TO suit
customers. Give him a call and see for
yourselves. Store on Maine-st., first door
north Of VIM. u. Wells Tan Yard.
9S GEO. G. WELLS
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b3~ Many thanks for that New Years
turkey. We are glad there is some one
to care for the printer. May Heavens
richest blessings rest on the donor, and
may he always enjoy the fat of the land.
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lor' The Tribune says that process
has been invented for the manufacture
of linen from unrotted hemp as cheap
as cotton goods Of equal fneness and
weight, affording good lined at IL l-2
cts. yard.
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MI A IL IL lie ID .

In this village, Jan. 8, by Rev. F. Dcni-
son, Mr. NATHANIEL c. X. PIERCE, Of Hop
kinton, and Miss SARAH REYNOLDS, Of this
town.
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Building Lots.
An HOUSE LOTS, for sale by
4U 90 BW & A PIERCE.
Found.

Found.
DICKED up on Watch Hill Beach, Dec. %,
L 1852, a BALE of COTTON, marked M
s G. as near as can be sscertained. The ow-
ner can have it by proving property and
paying charges. For further information
call on WINSLOW L. NASH.
Westerly, Jan. 8 It.
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Westerly High School.

AUGUSTUS J. FOSTER, PRINCIPAL.
THE Winter Term, Of this institution viii
l. commence on Monday, Jan. 2, and con
tinue 49, weeks. 80
The course of instruction will be such M
is usually pursued in schools of this class :,
instruction in the Latin and Greek lam.
guagcs will be given. There will be daily
Exercises in the rudiments, and practice Of
Vocal Music.
Parents and friends of Education, are re-
quested to visit the School.
JONA. STILLMAN, \
FSGSa FSGSa JlaEFs. , fHESSss1OS' 5.5 Trustees
Westerly, Dec 20, 1852. 92w3
Walnut OIL Shaving Soap.
T>O which was awarded the premium by th
i merican Ins stitute. For sale BY
- c. H. DENISOE
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bI- We have several COMMUNICATIONS
on hand which we are obliged to defer.
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List Of Letters.

d EMAINING in the Post Office at wes-
LII terly, X. l., Dec. 81, 1852.
Alexander, Thos. Is. Kenyon, Rowland
Ames, phebe A. 90 Elixabefb
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DWSell nos virtue To purchase wealth
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1853-08-18

The Present Condition ofthe United State, -
We have presented our readers with many i'm.
portant statistics selected from the great mass
OF facts, furnished BY the official report of the
Superintendent of the Census, Just published un.
der the sanction of Congress. The facts which
this document contains, enable us 10 form some
estimate of the social condition of the people Of
the United States We give below few stat
isiics on the three interesting subjects Of Edu.
cation, Pauperism and Crime.
Education. The census returns state that
about four million of the youth of the country
were receiving instruction in the various educa-
tiona institutions in the different States of the
union,--at the period when the census was
taken. The number OF schools and colleges In
the United States number about one hundred
thousand and the number of teachers is more
than one hundred and fifteen thousand. 1t will
be seen that the number OF pupils in the schools
of the country is about the ratio Of one in eve.
ry five free persons.
Pauperism Every state in the Union has le
gal provisions for the protection and support OF
the INDECENT population In many OF them
they receive care and attention which places
them IN an enviable position, with some Of the
laboring class of other countries. The whole
number Of individuals who received relief from
the public funds of the different States, for the
benett Of INDECENT per$ons, during the last year,
of which we have the official returns, was 1884,
s7l. OF this number there were &c, !536 of for
elgn birth, and 66,43 Americans. These pro-
portions seem remarkable, when we consider
that but ! CO per cent. of the whole free pop
ulation of the country are persons Of foreign
birth. The public charge for the support of the
poor during the year. amounted to Sg,95i, SOC.
OF this sum the State of New York paid the
largest amount, viz Ssl7,33O; and Massachu-
sets the next largest, viz; S392,7l5.
Cr,me. From the returns it appears that the
whole number of persons convicted Of crime in
the United States for the year ending June Both,
1850, was about q 600. OF THESE, IL, 900 were
native, aud l4,C00 foreign born. The whole
number in prison June LIST, ls50,w about GOO,
Of whom 1890 were native, and 2460 foreign
The colored conycts are included in the enume-
ration Of natives. The criminal statistics which
the census will reveal, when fully analysed and
understood will present many subjects for reflec-
ton, and open wide and interesting field for
the study of the Christian, Morallst and States.
man.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1853-08-18

.Sagdciiu of a Gaader-One day las, week a
gander was on duty" near the Canal BASIN, in
keeping guard over flock Of goslins which led
10 a rencontre between his gandersbip and roos-
ter. The contest, however was Of short dura-
ton for the gander seized the cock by the neck
and straighiway few into the canal, whore he
thrust his antagonist under water and there held
him until he was dead.
A Curious Book.-Mr. Jefferson made an or.
iginul book out of the New Testament, an ac-
count of which is given by him in letter q
John Adams, dated October 18th, lel3 when
Mr. !. was seventy years old. lie took two COP
les OF the New Testament and cut out the say
ngs of the Savior, rejecting every verse which
was not evidently his these he pasted in book.
and his compilation Is described as covering
forty. six pages. lie wrote old John Adams that
this arrangement had placed before him, "the
most sublime and benevolent code of morals
ever offered to man"
Bloome Spunk.-A young lady OF the Bloom
or order was married in Syracuse last week and
some rowdes thought II would be good Joke to
annoy her with mock serenade. She fred
gun over their heads and they ran of, bat find
ing that no one was hurt, they returned the next
night and she answered their impertinence with
a charge of shot, whish was no more than they
deserved We hope the lady's husband was not
alarmed al the row. We lind no mention Of him
~ the account.
The Woonsucke Patriot editor makes merry
over the mistake o. an old Shanghai hen Of his,
that has been setting ior five weeks upon--ipo
rolaid stones and pisee Of briek! Tier anxiety
quoth he IS no greater than ours to know what
she will hatch. II It proves brick yard--ihat
hen is not for sale
Resiiution.-- Washington County N. Y.
Post saws chap IN certain village, with whom
he is acquainted, having had sanded sugar sold
to hin, inserted in the weekly paper the follow
| ing:
| NorIcE.-l purchased from grocer in this
village quantity Of Sugar from which Obtain
ed ONE POUND OF SAND. Ii the rascal
who cheated Inc will send to my address seven
pound Of good Sugar, scripture measure Of res
,itutoD,l will be satisfied, If not, shall expose
him.
| On the following day aiae seren pound packag
Is Of sugar were left at his residence from as
many diserent dealers, each suPPosipg himself
intended.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1853-08-18
VOL XLvIT NO. S9....wHoLE NO 2444

bused you, tell the Lord all about il, and
ten TO one, he will induce you to forgive il;
aud your forgiveness will shame your neigh.
Dor into repentance for the wrong he has
done you. Genuine repentance always
makes restitution, 80 far as restitution is
possible If whole neighborhood would
practice this, u would be prosperous and
happy one.-----There are three kinds Of
men in the worlda-the "wils," the
" Won,s.' aud heb Canis. The former
effect everything, and the Issier fail in eve.
~ thing 81 will'' builds on, railroad.
aud steamboats,. al wong don't "bevisye
In experiments aud nonsense" - while 81
oan't grows weeds for wheat, All COM
monty ends his DAYS in the slow digestion
of a Court Of Bankruptcy arc
two great divisions Of matter, organic aud
inorganic. The first division comprises all
plants and animals. The LATER includes
all unorganized substances, or substances
OF things destitute of life. - Each DAY
comes laden with its own cares, duties and
labors. The labors of to-day cannot be
performed tomorrow. Oar life is not a but
terhy existence. II is one Of thought, care,
labor, duty. Life, is IN a great meas
ure, what we please to make il miserable
or useful. We must sow, if VIC would
reap, aud as We SOW 50 shall we reap. Our
harvest is as our labor and our seed, wheth-
er II be the fruits of the earth or the mind,
the heart aud the life Let US SOW the good
seed in all. and reap the sure reward. -
To the industrious and frugal laborer at
the close of The day. how sweet to meet The
welcome of bis better half:
"fhe hsathi. swepg-the Gre ). bright
The kettle siags Tor tea
Tie cloth s spread. the lamp mht
The mullins smoke in napkins white.
And nov wait iog ,hoe."
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1853-08-18

LosiNG OF the Gun. Old Brindlo
has lost her cud, said John johnson to has
father. She has - : | saw jim catch her
by the throat, below the cud, aud she jlnip-
ed like all possessed, she did, aud threg
ont her eHd picked II up. aud it was
made Of champed hay!' All hands ran for
dear life to see the COW without a cua
when, 10 aud behold, Old Brindle had
brought up another portion of ohomp'd hay
and was as deliberately chewing her cud as
any two legged ebeaer his gud Of tobac-
CO Cows lose their ead jus, as sick PEG.
pie loose their appetite, aud regain II when
health returns The idea of Illuminating
animals loosIug their cud is all fsllacy.
He who made ttem has wisely given them
the power to raise portions of undigesled
food from the stomach, aud remasica,e il
more perlcctly-and this, Illuminating AMI
mails do at their leisure. The cud manu-
featuring business from Goldfish aud hay,
once prevalent among farmers. had better
be given Up, aud restored to the original
proprietors, the cattle upon a thousand
hills"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1853-08-18

hdHrodd TO The Pacifc.-Col Benton furnish
es letter to the National lntellgencer from Sn-
penntendent Beale, on his way to his superin-
tendency in California, which shows that he had
made half the distance in twenty DAYS from
ths frontier Of Miss 'uri, ard that himself
ana party were ready 10 enter upon the other
hali, (the untried part, by the by) with their an
ilnals refreshed and themselves in good heart. -
lie took three days, while his mules were lux
uriating IN that former paradise of wila horses.
III Yale de San Luis, to ride three hundred
miles, gong and coming, to put letters in the
Sante re post office for his family and friends.
and TO IND guide in place Of Leroux. who had
Oeen let sick at a post on the Arkansas.
Dir Benton alludes to the rapid settlement of
the region in the following strain:
" nat an idea II gives Of the expansion of
our people, communicating even to the auescent
heNlcahs, that there Is now a settlement of
some hundreds OF families and an Am rican ;ort
IN sight OF the mountain in which Fremont was
overwhelmed, and IN the very valley i'm which
some OF his men persisted aud others eat their
dead bodies places then felt TO be the abode of
desolaiion, now within the pale of cultjyation
and civilization"
MI b-aie mentions curious pillar seen by
his party near the Huerfano river Upon the
future use Of this object Mr. Benton becomes poe
teal, and exclaims, But that HuernEo Pillar
solid rock, three hundred feet high. sugar-lo,f
form, visible twelve miles that column buit
by the hands Of Nature to receive the statue of
Columbus pointing TO the west and SAVING 10 the
magic car as 1t flies along "That is the road TO
India"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1853-08-18
BY E. P. WALTON & SON.
ll)ottbman s. State Journal.
published EVERY THURSDAY MORNING

TERMs.-sl so cash ~ advance $500 II payment s
made In advance interest always chaged IRON the end
tho year
Annexed lis, Of agents receive subscriptions,
,ssmsns and and pay foi
tho same. . -
Bakersf.id, ]. n. POMEROY,
Brookheld :. n. SMITH,
Cabot. G. {. BROWN
Danvile. CHARLIE :. DANA,
Elmoie, :. @ SCOTT.
Hydepafk EDWARD u. SAWYER
Johnsan. &. W. SCnr1,
Nar.hfeld, T. u. ~ IMAM,
Worthwhile, J. &. MOVES,
MiIdesex, JESSE JOHNSON, Jr.
Northheld, p. SMITH,
Orange, CARLOS CARPENTER,
Painfold, A. r. BANCROFT,
South II ifdwick, &. ~ilfPMAN
stowe, JOSEPH a.. RAYMOND,
suRfosd, WILLIAM ROLLINS
South SifrfIord, d ANtEL vs.. Judd,
Tunbtidre, AARON KING,
Wakefield and Fnysion. ORANGE SMITH,
Warren, FRANKLIN A. WRIGHT,
Waterbury aud Durbufy, Rs SMITH,
Wiiliamstown d ARtUS Pride,
Worcester, JONAS ABHsqr.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1853-08-18

ITEMS ron FARMERS -- The Jag--Ii Is
a singular ulensil. Its interior Is all
darkness, and # Ne lnJge of It's qu,Il,les. as
we do Of the heart OF man, by VIVA, comes
out Of IL, 1t Is an unclean thing, aud full
of deddly prison. - A Massachusetts
paper tells as that Vermonier, who, from
his birth. has been deprived of The use oil
hIs lower limbs, csne down to the Cam.
bridge Market, with d car load Of cattle,
sold them well, pockeied his cash, aud
returned home IA triumph TO purchase ior
another visit to the market We saw a
similar Vermonler, IL not the same one,
drawing himself into Court, the las, season,
TO defend law suit Such men show what
energy of character can do. - Resenlng
injuries sometimes materially Injuries those
who attempt it. Instead of going in an an
cry mood 10 tell nsighbcr hos he hiss a
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1853-08-18
An Arrangement" for State
Purposes"

Some very unfortunate locofoco office seek.
or, whose nervous system is evidently a little
shattered Just at the present time, glares furi
ously at the pap-spoon OF Major Eastman Of ihe
Patriot, aud roars out lusty,th he the .Nqior)
,Ocs Free Sler in 1912"
The Major don't happen to like this kind of
talk just now, and so smooths pussy after this
fashion:
ain 1919, VIC in common with ninctv-rine in
every hundred Of the Caes men, in Vermont,
supported what is known in this State as the
'coalition,' an arrangement, like the one entered
into in Connecticut isconsin and Mass.amonp
the opponent OF the ruling state parry. This
coalition was entered into for state purposes
merely, aud the Patriot never abandoned or lost
It's distinctive character as .Ndiionnl Demo
ratio paper having all the while freesoil or
gan as competitor, and nobody ever doubted
what course 1t would take on national matters"
/ An arrangement for State purposes, "-ex-
actly so Only another way Of describing the
resi charact0r of the coalition. Truck and
Dicker," - bargain and sale - Locofoco dupli-
clty,'-might have been more appropriate terms,
but scarcely less expressive after all, than the
language above quoted.
4 II was asserted once, in the time of the Goa
liton, that the pretentions OF the Patriot and its
coalutors with reference to the principles pro-
fessed by the Free Sellers, were hollow, heart.
less and knavish we made the assertion at least
hundred times. That the arrangement be-
tween them was devoid of every particle of prin-
cipe or moral honesty and was entered into
only for the accomplishment of nercenary ends
was said and believed by every wing IN the State
And yet, 1t will be remembered that the coali
tionists OF every stripe most sturdlly and indig-
nanty denied the charge.
Times have changed.
The irhost of the Coali,ion has vanished
The MAJOR has got fat cfice-Old Hun
kerism Is above par there is no longer any ne
cesslty of keeping up the ruse and this Sir Ora
Gle OF hungry squad Of unprincipled political
adventures for political party they never
were,l now admits, in good plain Saxon, what
he has SO often and 50 stoutly denied namely,
that IN lo49 he, together with all others Of
"kth and Kidney" was only PLAYING possutn, 8"
that was all.
MAJOR, you can take our hai-yerg, nues. err.
moRteF
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1853-08-18

Remarkable EUents 1853. Harvard College
founded at Cambridge.
1853 First Printing Press in American Colo
MES.
loy3. Rice first cultivated in South Carolina
I'o4. The first American Newspaper pub
lshed.
l7IO. First Post Office in America. al New
York.
l7l9. First Philadelphia Newspaper publish.
ed.
lI2O. Tea first used in New England.
II25. First New York Newspaper published
1903 FIRST Freemason Lodge in America
l'ol. First Medical School in American Col
unics.
lII4. Boston streets FIRST lighted with lamps.
lIol. FIRST American bank was instituted.
i.s2. First American ~ gun ship built.
i.e!. First Bishop in the U. S. consecrated
iIol' First American voyage to China.
l'9O. First Catholic Bishop in o. S. conse.
Grated.
l19l. u. S. Mint established in Philadel.
phia.
lgy6. First Turnpike Corporation II Mass.
loo4. Middlesex, first large canal compile
ted.
loO1. STEAMBOATS, first used on the Hudson.
ieoe' First Theological Seminary in U. S.
lell. First Steamboat on the Mississippi
1916. First Electric Telegraph for convey
ing news.