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Washington telegraph., 1853-01-05
Regulations for Steamboat Navi-
CATION,

Ii viii be recoilected, that the last session
Of Congress passed a law providing for the
appointment Of Beard Of inspectors wiz
general supervisory powers over ali vessels
propelled BY steam, throughout the United
States This Board recently met in Wash
ington for the purposes of organization and
distribution Of the respective duties Of the
members.
The Fourth District, embracing al the
Gulf Coast, from Cape Sable. 10 thc Rio
Grande, the Mississippi as high up a. Baton
Rouge, including also California and Ore
gon, is assigned 70 p IT, Skipwith, Of New
Orleans. Inspector.
The Board adopted number Of rules to
be observed BY pilots Of steamers navigating
seas, CULTS, lakes, bays, or rivers, Except
rivers emptying into the Gulf Of Mexico Or
their tributaries,) when meeting or passing
each other
As these rules have 10 application to the
navigation Of our rivers, we shall omit them:
barely remarking that it is made incumbent
upon the pilot Of a descending vessel 70
check her engine when in narrow river Or
channel, and when no signal il given,
each shall pass to the right, or on the lar
board side Of the other; provisions are also
made for each vessel signalizing the other,
when about coming in contact When a
vessel is running in iog. i shall be the dr.
ty OF the pilot to cause tue bell 70 be struck.
or the steam-whistle to be sounded every two
minutes. This rule shall be observed bv all
pilots, IN al seas, guigs, lakes. bays, and r;v-
ers
The Board expressed it, confidence in
the protective provisions of che law, beliey-
ing that it will prove amply sufficient % pre-
vent almost, ii not entirely, the recurrence
Of the dreadful disasters by steamboats,,
with which We have been heretofore shock
ed
III ~ the determination VI tie Board 10
carry out the law strictly and faithfully. vrt
without any intention o. imposing unnecs y
sary or unreasonable burthens upon th.
owners and officers Of steam vessels. a.
there are several preparations, equipments
and various provisions required ~ The laI,
such az life-DOats, ITe-presgrvcrs. et... ctc-
il would be well that all concerned should
make themselves acquainted with Al tie
acquisitions " tbs Inv without deiar.
The Board stands adjourned to meet III
the city Of New York, on sha Sih of De-
cember next, tor the purpose of determine-
ting tie number vi deck passengers 4 beat
will be allowed carry.
M q. Corl. B4lkcfin.
Washington telegraph., 1853-01-05
scraps.

Scratch the green rind IF sapling or
only twist II il the syil, ana q $carred and
crooked clk viii tell of thee for centuries to
come. How forcibly does this beautiful f.
IRE teach The lesson Of giving right instead
of wrong tendencies to the mind
Burton says Of sickness, that it- j. the
mother of modestv, AZ il puts us IN mind
Of our mortality, and while We drive on
heclless'y IN fun career of worldly pomp and
iollity, kindly pulls u by the ear and brii .
~ IN 2 sense nj our duty.
Dr. Smith says The tale bearer aud
The tale hearer should both be hanged up
back 70 back only the ono by the tongue and
the other by the car.
Court and encourage serious conversa-
lion with those who are truly serions and
convertible and % not 20 into valuable
company without endeavoring TO improve
by the intercourse permitted to you. Moth
ing l. more unbecoming, when one part of
company i engaged in profitable converse
ton, than that another part should be tri-
fling. giggling and talking comparatively
nonsense tO each other.
Washington telegraph., 1853-01-05
THaf viii do.

That viii DO" Is phrase of modern in
vention. The ancients knew Of no such ex-
pressions, or the Egyptians would never
have raised the pyramids. nor the Greeks
and Romans displayed that love of the beau
tiiul which LED them - impari poetic grace
even to the nearest utensils for household
use, The remains Of P0mpeii fully testify
THAT will dn, Al the eEeHse cf mediocrity.
unable to soar t. better things. That viii
dO," i tie selE-dispensltion given by the
lazy painter, who CLOSES over the want Of
anatomiea. correctness hy snowy ccloring.
That VIII a." l. tie be>e.t,ng sin Of archi-
tects who laJ their shortcomings to the want
of q favorable si.e. VT am Italian climate
That Will do, i the precept held in vene-
ration BY most servants. That viii DO"
makes your slOrrn and your slattern. A
man VINO adopts this motto with regard to
dress does not miRd being seen with dirty
shirt, and beard ot two days growth
while the same fatal saying allows woman
to go about Chs honie IN curl-papers, and slip
shod. That viii 10" applied 70 household
matters, IL equally lad, ana more annoying
to the friends, than when applied 10 dress
you may expect ill-oOLed dinners in any
house where the heads adopt this maxim, to
say nothing of shabby carpets, faded paint.
dirty muslin curtains &c. That will do,'
has conjured UP 2 host of inefficient teachers.
and a still larger proportion Of imperfect
scholars. That viii d1, 4" has sunk many
ship-cau@ed the downfall of scafroldinr
holding hundreds d human bc;ngs-occa-
siyns at least half the fire, that occur, and
Il nj the bottom Uf most railway disasters
That will ~, i the enemy to all excel
lence, and would Sap tie conscience Z: the
most virtuous man alive, if lie hardened to
III dictates. The only persons to whom we
recommend 4 re drlnkards, gamblers, and
sPeudthFiits, ThD may very properly ex-
claim, "Th-. win dU,,n All should bear in
mind, that nothing will do" but the very
bsst il pcins Of excellence.
Washington telegraph., 1853-01-05

Here is a sweet paragraph which we de-
sire to place before our readers. 1t appears
in tie Albany Knickerbocker and (says the
Buffalo Express) perhaps is original in that
paper;
Nearer to glory they stand than we, in
this world and the next 1t was gentle
and not unholy fancy that made the Portu-
guese artist, Liquiern, in one OF his sweet
pictures, form of millions of infant faces
the floor of heaven dividing it thus from
the fiery vault beneath, with its group of
the damned and lost For how many wo-
men has this image been realized How
many have been saved from despair or sin
by the voice or smile of the unconscious lit
tie ones. The woman who is mother
dwells in the immediate presence of guard
ian angels She will bear on for her chill
dren's sake She Will toll for them.-die
for them-live FOR them-which is sometimes
harder still. The neglected miserable, NAL
treated wife, has still one bright spot in her
home; in that darkness watch light burns;
she has her children's love-she will strive
for them. The woman tempted by passion
has still one safeguard stronger than all
with which you would surround her; she
will not leave her children The angry and
outraged woman sees in those tiny features
pleading more eloquent than words her
wrath againts her husband melts in the sun
shine of her eyes Idiots are they who in
family quarrels, seek to punish mother by
parting her from her offspring; for in that
hlasphemy against nature they do violence
to Gods own decrees and lift away from
her heart that consecrateG instrument Of
His power The fact that there are care
less and unnatural mothers does not destroy
the argument So there are men who are
monsters. Nature makes exceptions to all
her great answering rules they will re-
main until the end of time, among them
none more general more mighty, more un-
failing, than the love Of mother for her
child
Washington telegraph., 1853-01-05

Runs OF AZ ANCIENT AND MAGNrFI-
CENT Cry Ar TrNIAN ISLAND, IN THE
NoEru PAcIFIc.-Capt. Alfred H. Fisher.
Of this town, informs us that when On his l.st
whaling voyage, il tie ship America, "
New Bedford. (Which was about eight wears
aro,) he had occasion 10 visit the Island of
Tinian tone Of the Ladrone Islands, to land
some sick men. He stopped there some
davs. One cf l.s men, in Ills walks about
the Island. came io the entrance of q splendid
city n ruins Capt Fisher. Cd being in-
formed of the fact, entered the city by .he
principal street, which j. about three miles
in length. The buildings we're All stone, of
dark color, and q the most splendid de-
scription.
In about the middle oc the main street he
found II solid Stone columns, six on each
side Of the street; they were - u 81 feet IL
height, surmounted by cap-stones w immense
weight The columns were I0 feet in diam
eter at the base, and three feet at the tor.
Capt. I. thinks the columns would weigh
about 80 ur 90 tons. One Ot THE columns
had fallen, and he had n fna ounartrnitv to
AiEM ~. i4LtJIAsNll@ lilE 1lEaiAtefAkAa1----
From Tie principal street Z large num5cr Wy
other streets divergod They we're all straight
and the buildings made Of stone The whole
city has been entirely overgrown with cocoa
nut trees that were sixty anl seventy feet
high In the main street common earthen
ware was found
The Island has been in tie possession of
the Spaniards for q long time. Six " seven
Spaniards resided on the Island when Capt.
+. was there. They informed him that the
Island had been ID the possession Of the Span
iards about sixty years, that they took the
Island from the Knackas, vino were entirely
ignorant of the builders Of the city: their on
II answer was-"there must have been
powerful race here long time ago"
Capt. T. also saw ON the Island immense
ledges Of stone, from which the buildings
and columns had evidently been erected
Some portions y them exhibited signs Of
having been worked Here is food for spec
ulation. Who were the founders of that
once magnificent city in the North Pacific
and what has become of the descendants
Whatever the answer nay be, they were
evidently race of marked superiority.
Washington telegraph., 1853-01-05
Flexible Powder.

TIE japanese do uOt bury their dead in
ClfiRz bit place f.t=4. III d, tub ESQ feet ~
O half in diameter at the top, and two feet
az the bottom The fezibility Of the usual
~ rigid dead body i produced by putting a
powder, called Dusia, into the ears, mouth
and nostrils of the corpse. The following
" related IVY an eyewitness:
An experiment took place in the month
Of October 1893 when tine caid was very
severe. a young Dutchman having died
IN our factory At Desime, | directed the
physician to cause The boly to bc washed,
and left all night exposed to the air, On
table placed near an open window. il order
tha. II light become completely stiff Next
morning several Jaranese. some of the fac
tory aud myself went 70 examine the curpse
which, was ~ hard as 4 piece of wood
One of tile inceptors, named Zcnbv, drew
from his bosom S1nt0l., or rockct-book.
and took out AZ ob!ong raPer- filed with
coarse powder resembling sand This yas
tile famous D2si1 powder. lie put pinch
into che ears. another pinch into the Elostrils.
and third into the mouth. and I6resently,
whether from the effect W this drtig. Ut some
trick which / could not dcttrt the arms.
which lad before been crossed o+ef the breas;
dropped u themselves. and III les than
tECnty minutes hy tie watch, tie bgly re-
covered III H. Hczibiiity
Washington telegraph., 1853-01-05

SATURDAY EvENING.-Reader do not let
this season pass without some profitable re-
fection. Carefully review the week sum
up every blessing you have received from
Father whose provident care has kept you
in life, in health, in comfort, while others,
every way your equals, and perhaps superb
ors, have been prematurely cut off, or spar
ed to live in misery Think OF this, think
of it with gratitude, Calmly and carefully
review the transactions of the week Have
you habitually controlled your temper and
your tongue? Have you thought of the
poor and infrm, and, to the extent of your
ability, relieved them? Have you labored
to make your home pleasant and attractive!
Have you acquired or impaired any useful
knowledge? Have you answered any OF
the great and important ends of your exist
ence? Look these questions in the face
answer them honestly and without evasion
and your sleep tonight will be more quiet,
and your future life better than the past
Washington telegraph., 1853-01-05

Pray, Mr.. Mulroony' said a lawyer the
other day to witness, will you oblige me
by stating what poteen is?'' 'Arrah" re-
turned Pete, slyly casting his etes on the
questioner, Eas if We didn't know!' The at
torney turned to the bench and gesticulated
vehemently. What he said could not be
heard amid the storm of laughter Silence,
yelled the sheriff Witness, said the dig
nifed judge, this cannot be allowed, sir
What is the reason you evade a direct re-
ply to the question? Answer him. or I'll
commit you for contempt. 'Trosh, sir, III
do that thing; the raison, sure, supposed
it was making fun Of me, he was and so is
your 'onor.' why should you suppose
that? asked Blackstone, fercely 'Bekase
as | looked at your Veshuvius iv a nose, [
thought you must be well acquainted with
the crater. And sure meself and the Judge
in the pulpit took a couple of drinks of old
whiskey, at Macs, in honor of our dime
cratic victory.
Washington telegraph., 1853-01-05
Say Not Human Love is Wasted.

Say not human love is wasted,
In selfish world like ours,
Would you check the dew that falleth
On earth's dropping flowers?
Know you not; love unrequiteG
Still may live, to bless
Many weary pilgrim, toiling
Through life's wilderness.
Generous love is never wasted!
Like tho gentle rain.
Itrefreshes earth's waste places,
Bids them bloom again;
All! despise not thou loves mission,
Much of suffering to endure,
What is there on earth so holy
As affection pure?
Washington telegraph., 1853-01-05

In Austria floating churches are coming
into fashion At the Tadourk, in Siberia
the Greek and Russian missionaries have
built church on the river Don, which stops
at the different villages, to afford the inhab-
itants of the districts the privilege of attend
ing divine worship In the space of eight
months. more than 1,500 heathens had been
baptized by the missionaries in this floating
church.
Washington telegraph., 1853-01-05

MAIL ROUTE TO SANTA FE.-Postmas
ter-General Hubbard has ordered an impor-
tant improvement to the mail service be-
tween San Antonio, Texas, and Santa Fe,
New Mexico, distance of l,030 miles hav-
ing directed that route be run monthly.
each way, in four-horse coaches, leaving
each Of those places about the 10th of the
month. Letters or passengers leaving New
York or Baltimore on the first of the month,
and going via New Orleans and Port La
vacca. will, hereafter, owing to this arrange
ment, reach Santa Fe (the capital of New
Mexico) in about six weeks. Capt, Skill
man, who has charge of the route, is gen.
tleman of unbounded energy. and BY the
liberal terms of the arrangement now made
with him, will be enabled to take with his
coaches Il sufficient guard to protect his
mails aud passengers from any Of the cop
per-skins that may chance to cross his track.
Washington telegraph., 1853-01-05

The great law of nature is. Ito eat and
be eaten" The alderman that dimes on
turtle today will in less than one century
be converted into manure for the purpose
OF giving sus;enance to cauliaowers and
greater breadth to broccoli
Washington telegraph., 1853-01-05

Of the vast and really reciprocal benefits
which accrue from well-directed enterprises
Of this nature.
Washington telegraph., 1853-01-05

"A youth, wishing to commit suicide,
purchased percussion CAP, placed, il upon
his head, struck il with an idea, and it ex-
ploded and blew tie unfortunate youngsters
brains into an indigo bag
Washington telegraph., 1853-01-05

Without chap had a chance once in a
while to squeeze the waist of pretty bunch
Of calico, the world wouldn't be of the value
of squeezed lemon to him. He wouldn't
have any buttons on his shirt. and partner in
the auadrille. Suicide and broken brecches
would come in fashion, and mankind would
turn hcrmits and 90 fishing for eels.
Washington telegraph., 1853-01-05

Efforts are making to raise the cannon
belonging to two ships attached to the Span
ish Armada, wrecked on the west coast of
ireland, near Portadown, nearly three hun
dred years ago. At very low tides the
wrecks are visible.
Washington telegraph., 1853-01-05

DECIDEDLY MoRAL-When man ut
ters an oath at Great Salt Lake City, the
police take him before magistrate, who
inficts fine of $25.
Washington telegraph., 1853-01-05

The man who hung himself with chord
Of music. has been cut down with sharp
east wind
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SpIritualisnl vs.. Common se.,se.

!.
The Spiritual HarbGnger, one of the
sublimely ridiculous advocates of spirit
ualism and rappingism has the following
sublimation of nonsense
" In the twelfth hour, the glory of God
the life of God, the Lord ofGod, the Ho.,
ly Procedure, shall crown the Triune Gre
ator with the perfect disclosive illumina-
ton. Then shall the Creator, in eful-
gence above the divine scraphimal, arise
into the dome of the disclosure in one
comprehensive revolving galaxy of su-
preme beatitudes."
The Cayuga Chief thus aptly responds:
"Thcn shall blockheads in the iackass-
assical dome of disclosive procedure,
above the ALFRED great leather fungus
Peter Nip-ninnygo, the Gooseberry Grin
der, rise into the dome of this disclosure
until co-equal and co-extensive and con-
glomerated lumuxes, in one comprehen-
slve mux, shall assimilate into nothing,
and revolve like bobtailed pussy-cat af-
ter the place where the tail was.'
One is quite as Ineligible as the 9TH
er; indeed, the response, if anything, has
the most spirit.
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GEO. D. PHELPS, President.
Delaware, LachaWanna & Western
Railroad.

/ have now the pleasure to announce to the
citizens of Monroe county, that this Road is
to be built That in accordance with prom
ise made to many of the friends of the enter
prise, whenever it was fully ascertained that
the work was to proceed, | would give due
notice, that all should have the opportunity
to subscribe to the stock, and become friends
of the Road
Under this promise, JAMES H. STROUD,
FRANKLIN STARBIRD, STOGDELL STOKES, and
WILLIAM S. REEs, Esq'rs, either of whom
are authorised to receive subscriptions to the
capital stock until the 9th day of June next
Interest is to be paid on the stock from the
time of payment until the road is done.
| would say to the friends who generously
ceded their lands for the road, that it greatly
assisted US in getting the means to proceed,
and as a compensation they will have the
pleasure to say that they made the sacrifice
to aid an enterprise in their day and genera
tion, that will prove lasting benefit to the
inhabitants of Monroe county, until time is
no more.
J. |. BLAIR,
In behalf the Stockholders
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Horse Hair Snakes.

Concerning sinuous and attenuated en-
tites, DR.. Gideon B. Smith addresses the
following communication to the Baltimore
Patriot:
"I would suggest to the citizens of Bal
timore very simple plan for straining
all their hydrant water, which, at this
season of the year, is matter of some
Importance to delicate palates. Take "a
bout quarter of yard of good, fine
flannel, and tie it firmly over the mouth
eff the hydrant spout, leaveing small
sack or bag, of the size of a goose egg, in
the centre of the flannel The writer fix
ed his hydrant in this way, and it proved
perfectly efectual At this time the little
horse hair snake, or eel, is We ry abundant
in all streams and pools of water, and fire.
'quently makes its appearance in the by
drant water, and the above plan will GER
tainly catch it. This little reptile is sup
posed to be perfectly harmless. 1t is
generally supposed to be produced from
a horse hair that has fallen into the wa
ter. This is of course a ridiculous COM
mon error 1t is like all other organized
beings, animal or vegetable, regular or
ganized animal, propagated by its own
kind. Its scientific name is GOrdGuS H
qlaat5cas. At the present time, and for
few weeks to come, it appears nearly white
or like thread of gloss or white horse
hair, only little longer. The above
plan will efectually prevent their being
swallowed. All pools and streams of wa
ter in the middle and Southern States
are equally inhabited by them"
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rPOISONING-Q)

Thousands of Parents who use Vermifuge
composed of Castor Oil, Calomel, &C., are
not aware, that while they appear to benefit
the patient, they are actually laying the foun-
pations for series of diseases, such as saliva
tion. loss of sight, weakness, of limbs, DC.
In another column will be found the adver-
tisement of Hobensack's Medicines, to which
we ask the attention of all directly interested
in their own as well as their Children's
health. In Liver Complaints and all dsordes
arising from those ofa bilious type, should make
use fthe only genuine medicine, HoOensack s
Liver Pills.
0C-"Be not deceived" but ask for Hoben'
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REMOVAL!!
SGH OGH'S
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
Boot all0 Shoe
NJ AN u FACTO w!

gsaa The subscriber respectfully informs
YSsf his customers and friends that he has
S@a~ removed his Boot and Shoe Manufac-
i0ry to the store room formerly occupied by
Joseph Sigman. in Northampton street. one
door above Hamilton street, and between
Mrs. E. II. Harmony's Millinery and Peter
Pomp's Drug Store.
He has Just received large assortment
of Boots and Shoes, among which are Calf
Congress Boots, EHameled Congress Boots,
Calf Napoleon Boots, Patent Morocco Ma
poIeon Boots, Brogans, &c. for Getlemen
and Boys.
Also on hand a large assortment Of Shoes
for Ladies and Misses. Women's fashion,
bIe Caters of every variety, made TO order
at short notice. A large assortment Of Chill
drens Shoes always on hand. GUM Shoes
ofa all descriptions and kinds, which he is
selling
CHEAP FOR CASH.
The goods are manufactured of the best
materials and in the neatest and most fash
iOnable manner He employs none but the
best workmen about his establishment.
Thankful for the liberal patronage hereto-
fore received, every effort will be made 10
merit a continuance OF the same:
THADDEUS SCHOCH.
EastOn, September l6, 1852