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can Army with Banners"

AS you are whirled along the Hudson
river Railroad at the rate Of forty nile'
an hour, you catch glimpse, every min
ute or two, Of man waving something
like white pocket handkerchief on the
end Of stick with satisfactory sort OF
expression Of countenance. fyou take
tho trouble 10 count, you will hnd
that it happens some 200 times between
East Albany and thirty. First. street. 1t
looks like ra ther useles ceremony, at
first glance, but it is pretty important
one nevertheless.
There are $50 Of those "Aag men" sta.
toned al intervalcs along the whole line.
Just before a train is to pass, each one
walks over his "bait," and looks 10 see
that every track and tie, every tunnel,
switch, rail, clamp and rivet, Is in good
order and free from obstruction. II 50
he takes his stand with a white fag
and waves it at the approaching train
as signal to "come on'---and come II
does, at full speed. If there is anything
wrong, he waves rcd flag, or at night q
red lamp, and the engineer on seeing il
promptly shuts off the steam. and sound.
the whistle 10 "put down the brakers.' .
Every inch ofthe road is carefully exam
ined after the passage Of each train es
pionagc is hardly more strict. With
such an effective police, accidents from
obstruction upon the track become al
most impossible unless ther is gross neg
Iligence on the part Of the watchman.
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A PASSING 1'hought.

Rothschild is forced TO content himself
with the same sky as the poor newsps.
per writer, and the great banker canno,
order private sunset, OF add one ray to
the magni6cence Of night. Ths same
air sweils all lungs. Each one posses.
ses, really, only his own thoughts and
senses, soul and body-these are the on.
ly property which a man owns. All
that is vaIusble is 10 be had for nothing
in this world. Genius. beauty and love
are not bought and sold. You may buy
a rich bracelet, but not we'll turned
arm to wear it--a pearl necklace, but
not pretty neck which il shall yie.-
The richest man on earth would vainly
Offer a fortune to be able 10 write a.ssrse
like Byron. One enters the world M.
ked and goes out naked;s The differences
lin tho Lnsness Of . Bit Of linen .for !,
shroud is not much. Man 10 handful
of.eliy, and turns quickly back % dust
Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1853-06-07

make mad," was never quoted with
more reasonable application than Il!
can bs With regard 10 the nationality Of
Mexico. By careful inspection Of the
signs Of the times there are many things
to induce US 10 look upon the transpi'
ring events as some have termed them,
ns "manifest destiny" fe
The annexation Of any portion OF
Mexican territory TO the United States
could not be desired by any ono abstract.
ly considered, yet If o foreign power
should attempt controlling influence
there, annexation will as inevitably be
the result, as that the MONDAY sun will
drive out the last vestige Of midnigh,
dark ness. A result too, that every one
will be compelled to acknowledge as
source OF fcongratulation to the lovers Of
the greatest amount Of rational liberty.
We Cannot say that we desire it. The
trouble and vexa,ion that would annoy
our present peaceful state Of society are
not desirable, yet contemplating our
duty as members Of the great family Of
Republicans, we are constrained cheer.
to acquiesce, in every enlargement ol
the arca Of liberty; and our hopes for
the amelioration of the condition ol
man, knows no bounds save those ol
time and space.
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Work! Work!

Yes, young man work. Work earn
estly. determinedly, bravcly. 1t is the
only way Of getting along in this rough
and tumble world. Who in it that gets
station, emoluments-who occupies the
high and golden place in ever; commu'
nity? The worker Of course. 1t couldn't
be otherwise from the nature Of things.
That man don't work! Who is he!
Almost tho shadow Of nothing-less
than q mere bond stone on the neck oi
humanity
Men of sense shun him. Women OF
brains cut him. Society-the vital and
solid part Of it, gives him ITS hardest
kicks, and prnperly too: tho man that
would not work has no right to ask
the good will or worl Of any one. not a
bit Of fit-not due.
Where would have been your Frank
lins, your Washingtons, and your Full
tons, your Whi,neys, your Bacons and
Newtons, Humbolts and Morses! Where
host Of kindrad worthless, whose names
are enrolled on the impsrishaple col
umn Of fame, if they had net toiled ant
worked! Never one should wehave hal
They worked s,urdily, manfully hope
fully, courageously; and to-day science
government, philosophy shed on tn
world light and warmth as genial a
wonderful. ;. S,
4 Young man, who knows but you ma.
do as much! Every one has unlimite
capacities planted within him. Worl
, will bring them out. Who knows bu
a franklin lives in your brains? TT
and see. Work. dig, struggle, rae
+ and push it. You can dot. willy YOU
Yes, then work. c
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THE MECHANIC.

Sparks We are, artisans OF Earth, flom
the great anvil that six thousand years
ago rang with the giaut strokes Of Tubal
Cain.
Sparks that will transmit their light
through all time, and CLEAN heavenward
from the shore Of eternity.
The ants and bees build their little
homes themselves-toil and labor in
their portion, and what little creature is
there Of the insect world that bears q
better name among the ease'loving sons
Of earth than they.
Mankind is prone to praise that in
others which they do not possess, they
praise not others but their own humble
selves, and so it is in regard to labor.
they like to see others work and toll for
their daily bread, but do not like 10 do
it them mselves, or even have the praise OF
working for living. These are the
drone-,he dust that floats upon the air
of labor, shifted by their worthlessness
from one place to another until their
qaudy glitter, borrowed from the rellec
ton Of their own wealth, becomes the
means whereby they are hurled from ex'
istence-from memory itself.
And the artizan does he live for the
present or for the future! 49,.
Or does Death. when he grasps him
pail him forever from the Recollection o.
the living, and leave but blank place
in the freside circle for sorrow to occu
py until filled by another?
The answer is plain. The mechanic
leaves his imprin, upon the age in wbicl
he lives, and Time marks his histor,
as guide for the future. A palace il
drawn upon paper, pencil sketch. |
has passed to the mechanic. Weeks
months, perhaps years, roll by. and th
pencil structure Of the brain becomes
reality, lifting its marble walls and loft.
towers to the sky, and from its dome
the partizan looks down and then passe
a filmy thought, vaugo, indisti"ct, ye
massive in its conception, and what is il
That when those for whom it is buill
those who live, love and pass from lf
TO death within its halls, shall have bee
forgotten, he will be rem cmbcred, 70
his name is carved upon its tablet.
Yes, he will be remembered, and th
time will come, when labor, and labc
alone, will be the guarantee Of honesty
virtue and greatness labor, whethe
with the pen, plough, or at the smok;n
. forge is all the samc.-Cinci''naH CIT
I zen. .......... 81. .. ..
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A Swedish peasant spoke contemp.
tuously Of the King-saying, | don't care
a fig for Bernadotte. The peasant was
arrested and under an ancient law Of
the kingdom, condemned to suffer death.
The King Immediately pardoned the
peasant, and ordered the law repealed.
But; said the King to the judge l do not
like to be insulted, and therefore cannot
let this man pass on witheut some pun.
ishment, you will therefore, 60 to his
house and say to him, in my name, since
you dou't care fig for Bernadotte, Bar.
nadotte doesn't care fig for you,
The saying, 80 often quoted, the school
master is abroad, originate with Lord
Brougham. In one Of his speeches il j.
thus introduced: Let the solnier be abro
I al il he will, hs can do nothing 10 thi.
age. There 10 another pesonage abroad
"a person less imposing in the eye
Of some. perhaps, Insignificant. Th'
hoolmastsr is abroad; and 1 trust Z
him, armed with his primer. against th
soldier in full military array. 'p i
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DAxAHHs.
TIL. Hartford Times. .lladins 10 III

The Hartford Times. slludins 10 the
Norwalk Tragedy says:
Under the New York statute. the dam.
ages recovered against the New York
and New Haven Company, for those
who we're killed at Norwalk, (provided
they are liable at sll.) would amount 70
4265, 900 and the damages for injsfies
10 persons and destruction Of property.
10 Csc, 900 or 10000 more. Under The
statue Of Connecticut, the damage for
the dead, might run I'd 70 Sa0o, 200
or A600. 600. We ays informed that one
suit has alssedy bSsn csmmenc Cd By tke
aurviyins reis1iveS 6f an eminsit do
ce 80 phYsiefvn. fof o2s, 200. snd "a
other " The friends Of ans df The aeeeAd
ed Roston passenssfs l6s loo '0oo. { i,
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Watch the Children.

A child died lately in New York.
from the poison Of lucifcr matches,
which it had eaten. The coroner held
an inquest over the body, when the
mother testified 10 her child having been
discovered sick on the night Of the 18th
instant. She servant girl noticed that
her lips had a fiary appearance in the
dark, and told Mrs Thompson fhel ILL.,
ness. The mother Of the deceased ad.
ministered caste, oil, but this had no
good eject, and the girl continued to be
sick. On Sunday Dr.. Arnold was sent
for, and administered some medicine,
but he was brought too late to check the
poison, and pronouced here as fatal
The servant girl testified to having dis.
coversd the child to be sick, and to he,
stange appearance. She also found
three matches in the hand Of the dcaceas'
cd, and ascertained that she had beer
eating them. DR.. Blumen,hal ther
made post mo,tem examination, ant
found The stomach Of the deceased YER,
much inaamed; and this, in his opiaion
had boen produced by phosphorus. 4
verdict Of ''dca.h by phosphorus from
eating wax matches" was accordingl.
| rendered. +.-
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MEMBER sa...
Xexs llelIla. .

ProteStaxe5 a''d I Ro,SSH 4 CasAoltt
Chuychss tie Uniteds States, S~d Aei4
Capaeiiy.-T'hs census. OF 1850 shown
the following a. the humber and espae.
i.y Of the churches in tho Uniisd Safes
Methodist, churches l2.4o7, worship.
pers. ,ts- rzIr ~ 4,20o,33s
Bsptist churches s7e). wo.sllippers.
Presbyterian and the four related
churches, viz: Dutch Reformed. 11.T
Congregational, Lutheran and Ger.
man Reformed, churches SIP, wor.
shipper" ,G oEf@ s.'oS..ii
Episcopalians, Churches 1922. wor.
shippers. 62S,9lo
Total Protestant churches 30,4s2,
worshippers. n,0'o.6ss
Roman Catholic churhss lile,wor'
shippers. 6lo,65o
Excess Of Protestant Churches 29.3sO
Excees Of Protestant worshipper.
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sing the weed that Satan brought
To comfort Father Adam, =
That time from Paradise he 1ed
With Eve, that erring madam!
The Devil wished to be, through time,
Remembered by the ladies,
And SO he gave TO man the plant
Whose root is deep in Hades!
Said Adsm then to Eve, whoye mind
Was fairly on the rack;O
"My dear we'll surely Lethe find
In Satan's own Tabocco;
GAS for this grief that swells our hearts,
We've tried IN vain TO choke il,
The better plan, I'm sure, will be
To fill our pipes and smoke itr'
But Eve, who had not yet forgot
Her recent sore temptation,
Cast on the "partner Of her joys"
A glance of indignation.
'T'm shocked, my dear, to think that you
Should he so mcekly civil
To that rcmorseless, swindling, sly,
lnsinuating devil!
"As for his wild Tobacco plant,
I'll smoke nor chew no title r.
Then, seeing Adams clouded brow,
She said, "Fll shulI little"
Thus did the FIRST misguided pair,
Regardless of their stations,
Entail wretcbed double curse
On after generations.
The Devil conned the matter we'll,
And snufling, smoking, chewing,
lie knew, in course of time. must prove
The means Of our undoing.
He laughs when first the youth begins
To puff the tempting "Spanish,"
And counts the wees, one by one,
That come as virtues vanish.
sing the weed, the mighty weed,
That decimates the nation;
That bcggars, blghts, enslaves the half
OF Gods divine creation.
sing the weed that governs man
As could no god-like human;
That mars the peace and breaks the heart
Ofhelpless, yielding woman!
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uishVay Robbery and Thief

Two men, whose names we did not
learn. stopped Mr.. M. Kline near Hang
ing Rock. on Saturday. and, presenting
q pistol, demanded ''his money or MS
lie Considering the latter little
more valuable than the former. he suf.
fired them to take his purse. containing
four dollars. The rufiians stole askta
aad aoated aown % Sciotovills. whsr.
they sold il lor, i've dollafs, They ~sre
followed 70 this city and arrested on
Sunday. tisJusties MT Coy ssht them /.
jail, y.stsraay. where they will tshair
pasll sslfsd lekby shs sf6sstl q Law
l'SsHsfs l'SsHsfs |E% sEH%pH'yk HTyk ilsias .vsnM tas rfsiil
"a ~ sss5l sssssfq 1cd 40 s7nia efai, mods
p
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When is iron liks bank notss--
When its forged. When 10 ifon like
q stone shrown into The airf When liz
cast. When is |. like q public houssj
When rs bar. When would Il do d
make saussges Of! When MS pig iroa.
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Taking the cube yard Of gold at e.,
900 900. all the gold in the world, at
this estimate, might, if melted into ing
OTIS, be contained in a cellar twenty four
feet square and sixteen feet high. All the
boasted wealth obtained from Australia,
and Califofnia, would 80 into an iron
safe nine feet square and nine feet high.
4; To pronounce q man happy merely
because he 10 sich, is Just ~ absurd ~
10 cali : man healthy because has got
enough 70 eat. sM s,ipsa,.A daM
sAsnaa, asnsd Allard has sscoyese oi. oss
ldsssaa&s IN ths sSpreme' Court Of Masaachu'
satta. ftoms sAnuo1he uaned Pclkine, for Sunnani
Siild q ~ sslss ,,,'g s'ssp u, srsi. 81
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RsrIs % ApvERrsiyn:-One or more squares Of
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A liberal discount will bs made 10 these who adver-
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Cshces Of five lines or lcss, requiring hut one In
serilon, will be published for twenty five cents
each. .'I .it AfiH s-iH.
Han HiRs, Ca,ds, Ciseniav, &C., Printed ON the
shortest ns,ics. and In ilfs most approved style.
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Excess Of Protestant Churches 20. $40
Excees Of Protestant worshippers.
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III sa5sl sssssfq7cd 10 s7nia seai, hens
.saaaisD esE 9. .g,oYa
The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1853-02-25
The Monroe Doctrine.

i As this celebrated doctrine has recently
Ibeen the theme of much discussion, in and
out of Congress, and as Senators Cass and
Mason, both high priests Of Democracy,
have exponnded it to mean very different
things. it may not be improper to lay it be-
fore our readers. as delivered by President
Monroe in his annual Message in 1898. We
therefore subioin it for the information of all
those who feel any interest tn the question:
I'm the wars of the European powers in
matters relating to themselves, we have
never taken any part, nor does it comport
with our policy SO to do. It's only when
Jour rights are invaded or seriously MANAGED,
that we resent injuries or make preparation
for defence. With the movements in this
hemisphere we are of necessity more I'M
mediately concerned, and byeauses which
must be obvious to all enlightened and inn
partial observers. The political system of
the allied powers is essentially difernt in
this respect from that Of America. This
diferencesproceeds from that which exists
in their respective governments; and to the
defence of our own, which has been achieY-
ed by the loss of SO much blood and ttea-
sure, and matured by the wisdom of their
most enlightened citizens, and undsy which
we have enjoyed unexampled felicity, this
whole nationi is devoted. Weoweit. therefore,
to candor, and the amicable relations exist
inc between the United States and those
powers, to declare, that we should consider
any attempt on their part to extend their
system to any portionof this hemisphere as
dangerous TO our peace and safety. With
the existing colonies or dependencies Of any
European power we have not interfered, and
shall not interfere. But with the govern
ments who have declared then ihdepen-
dence, and maintained it. and whose inde-
pendence we have, on great consideration.
and on Just prih1 Pies, acknowledge, We
could not view any interpositiOn fot the Pur-
pose Of depressing them, or controlling II
any other manner their destiny, by any
European power. in any other light than as
the manifestation Of an unfriendly DISPOSE
ton towards the United States "a the war
between those new governments and Spain,
We declared our neutrality at the Time Of
their recognition. and to this we have ad-
hered, and shall continue to adhere. providA
ed no change shall occur which. in the judg
ment Of the competent authorities Of this
government, shall make corresponding
The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1853-02-25
ST.. CHARLES EXCHANGE,

SHzHE st Charles is now thoroughly fin.
Il ed and reopened in style far supe-
rior IN every respect TO any other establish
ment n Mississippi. or probably in the whole
Southern country.
1t comprises an area of d by one hun
dred feet, and contains Bnkard Saloon,
two bowling Alleys, Restaurant and other
convenient and necessary fixtures. Especial
care will be observed in furnishing the bar
inYaribly with the choicest wines, liquors,
&C., and the restaurat with all the luxuries
the market affords.
The secluded location, capacious arrange
ment, and combined advantages of this estab-
lishment, render it eminently adesireable and
pleasant resort.
The business will be conducted by the
most competent and gentlemanly men, and
no exertion viii be omitted calculated to
merit general patronage.
Yazoo city, February 4. 1853. Soft.
The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1853-02-25
HARDWA ARE.

NAILS, CASTINGS, IRON, ETC.
I'D RICHARDS, No. II, Chartres street,
- Importer and Wholesale Dealer in For
eign and Domestic Hardware, is constantly re-
ceiYing large additions to his already extensive
stock, which country merchants would do well
to examine before purchasing elsewhere. The
following comprises a part of his stock:
zoo tons Swedish bar Iron;
200 do hoop, band and sheet Iron:
300 do Savory & cos castings;
$50 casks Ok, Log and Trace chains;
200 do Hoes assorted;
5000 kegs Nails, assorted, best brands;
1000 dozen Axes, Collins g co.'s, Hunts and
others make;
200 dozen Shovels and Spades, assorted, Ames,
Rowlandss, etcl
Mill Stones, all sizes; Mill Ifonsj Boiling Cloths;
Sperm, Whale, Lard and Iinseed Oils) window
Glass, Putty, Paints, ETC.; with an Extensive as
soTtment of Shelf Hardware.
New Orleans, nov. &c, 1852. 20-6m.
The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1853-02-25
YAzoo CRY, ,lD FRIDAY, FEBRUARY s5 1853
Vol. II, No. So Whole No. s73.

their par value, and authorized the treasure
to disburse it for the daily expenses Of III
State. f the bonds we're to remain unpaid
il was the height Of dishonesty to spend tn
very money Of the bond sholdefs, at the tim
1.-THE State was refusing to pay the bonds 70
which that money was paid in. But tn,
Esinking fundWas seized upon-and it hai
now been spent Not dollar gemains ii
Treasury. The amount which the High
Court so lately decided, should be paid ou
of that fund towards the interest on those
bonds, has not been paid. The warrants 81
the State are for the first time for six seven
years, below par. Ninety per cent. OF
thereabout, is the offer made for them in the
money market; and there can be no amend.
ment Of her financial condition until after
April or May. Then the taxes will be
eomming in, and back warrants will be
paid.
But before the close of 1853, the demands
Upon the State Treasury will have again ex.
hausted it, and the Legislature must then
be called upon to invent some new panacea
wherewith to cure the evils that reckless,
unwise and dishonorable Legislation has tn
duced.
Perhaps the contemplation Of these mel
ancholy facts may induce our fellow-citizens
to reflect, whether they have not paid. dear
" paid for the whistle, in consigning to the
care Of democratic Legislators, as they have
for a few years back, the honor and interests
Of the State. It was but a few days since,
hat the Mississippian stated that cit was
he mission Of the democracy to hold the
,ower of the State, to develop its resources;
md to put in motion all necessary reforms
demanded by the wants Of the people, as
hey have done heretofore" OF course the
dississippian presents the history Of the
'ast. as the only promise the party makes
or the future. Judged BY this light, the
mission of the democracy has neen most
rossly abused, and the in erests, honor and
redit Of the State been outraged in the
ands of its leaders. Do the facts of a
quandered revenue, an empty treasury, a Ia
epudiated debt, PROSTATE credit, and a e
onfscation of trust funds, plead loudly for Is
le continuance in power Of such leaders? Y
10 they not rather call upon the people to a
Ike their own affairs into their own keep h
g, instead of confding them again TO I'M 9
Use and unjust stewards? a