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Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1854-01-05
Early Colleee Punishments.

Among the Pnnishments early inflicted in
Colleges, were school exercises fines arbi-
trarily imposed, denying the offenders the priv
ilege OF sending freshmen on errands, admo-
milton and dismisson. Ringing the bell with
out permission, was punished by converting
the culprit into the buffers waiter and ma
king him bell ringer in earnest. Absence
from prayer was fined one penny being too
late at prayers, halfpenny; absence from pub
lie worship, four-pence; picking open lock.
first offence, halfpenny playing cards and in
Producing liquor into the college, 2s Cd; jum-
ping out Of the window, one shilling, so.
The social distinctions of those days were
entered in the catalogues according to the
standing of their parents, as magistrates, cler-
gymen, &c. A shoemaker's son being asked
what his fathers occupation was, said he was
on the bench. Sometimes delinquent was
punished by placing his name lower than it
otherwise would have been placed on the regis
ter. Boxing and cnfing on the ears were not un-
common modes Of. of.punishmeht, The mode Of
administering the penalty was, for the often
der to 60 to the Presidents room, and, with
his head hung down, submit to the penalty be-
fore the faculty. One student while submit
ting to the punishment, lodged and fed; he
was apprehended by the beadle, brought into
the hall, admonished and suspended. But, on
confessing, and taking the original prescrip-
tion more meekly, re-instated. A young man
at Harvard, about this time, was publicly
whipped for blasphemOus words.
The servitude of freshmen was a most hu-
initiating part ofcollege discipline. Any senior
could call one or all the class to his room to
admonish and instruct them, and the system of
tagging, Of which we hear SO much in the
English Universities, was in full force in our
colonial times, when we borrowed more even
than we do now, from the mother country
Pres. Woiscy.
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The Rat and the Weasel.

My informant states that farmer In the
State Of Maine Of his acquaintance, had noticed
at different times for the period of two weeks,
combats between large rat and weasel in
his barn from which encounters the latter in
variably came off second best. One day, be-
ing at work near his harm, his attention was
attracted TO the weasel very busily engaged in
digging hole in dung heap. He watched
the weasel until he had lunnelled' the heap
and made hole oi considerable size at the en-
trance and about half way through the heap
the rest Of the hole was tapered off, SO that at
the place of egress it was Of barely sufficient
size for the slim little body Of the weasel TO
pass through. When the plOtter had finished
his hole, he went into the barn and engaged
his antagonist ratship. Beaten, Of course,
again In the encounter, the weasel ran, Pur-
sued by the rat, into the hole Of the dung-hill.
the grain-eater little suspicious Of the snare
laid for him. Like many unfortunate human
beings, the poor rat Was stuck and halted
sadly between the two extremes while his
cunning little foe emerged from the small eud,
and whipping round brisky 10 the larger en-
trance, brought up the rear and that was
soon dead rat. Here now was a regular plan
laid, shrewd design carried gut successfully
on the part Of the weasel for destroying foe
which was too much for him in fair fight
It showed forethOught and contrivance, and
these are very strong symptoms Of something
more than mere instinct, ,--reason.- Valley Far
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and again, new ones were as constantly formed,
until at last, the French people, if not their
Emperor, were completely worn out. The
battle of Waterloo, which was the climax to
this tremendous struggle, was also an illustra-
tion of the sustained energy, the superiot win
of the British. In that awful struggle,
French impetuosity proved too weak for Eng
lish resolution. We will see who can pound
the longest, said Wellington, and as the Brit
ish did, they won the battle.
But it is not only in military chieftains that
a strong will is "a jewel of great price Ma
tions and individuals will, and this alike in
large undertakings and in small Il was the
determined will of our forefathers to which we
we are principally indebted for our freedom.
For the first few years after the Declaration
OF independence, we lost most Of the battles
that were fought; New York and Philadelphia
were successively captured by the foe; South
Carolina fell New Jersey was practically re-
annexed to England; almost everything went
against US. Had the American people been
feeble and hesitating, all would have been lost.
But they resolved to conquer or die. Though
their cities were taken their fields ravished, and
their captured soldiers incarcerated in hideous
prison-ships, they still maintained the struggle,
making the pilgrimage Of freedom, if we may
speak in metaphor, literally with naked feet,
which bled at every step. Had our fathers
been incapable of Valley Forge, had they
shrunk from the storm beaten march on Tren-
ton, we should never have been an indepen-
dent nation. There are people in the Old
World to-day, full Of genius as we'll as Of en-
thusiasm for liberty, who yet cannot achieve
freedom, principally, perhaps, because they
want the indomitable will to walk the bloody
pilgrimage.
To the individual strong will is as neces-
sary as to the nation. Even intellect is sec
ondary in importance to will. A vacillating
man, no matter what his abilities, is invaria-
bly, pushed aside, in the race of life, by the
man of determination. 1t is he who resolves
to succeed, who begins resolutely again at
every fresh rebuff, that reaches the goal. The
shores of fortune are covered with the stran-
ded wrecks Of brilliant men, who have wanted
energy, and therefore courage and faith, and
have perished in sight of moro resolute, but
less capable adventurers, who succeeded in
making port. In fact. talent without will is
like steam dissipating itself in the atmosphere,
while abilities controlled by energy are the
same steam brought under subsection as mo-
tive power. Or will is the rudder that steers
the ship, which, whether fast-sailing clip
per or a slow aver-barge, is worthless without
it. Talent, again, is but the sail-wil is what
drives it. The man without will is the pup
pet and bubble Of others by turns. The man
with a will is the one that pulls the strings
and catches the dupes. Young man starting
out in life, have will of your own! If you
do not, you will be ruined. If you do, you
succeed, even though your abilities be mod
erate.-PhiLadeIphia Ledger.
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What the Will can do,

1t was one the characteristics of Napoleon
to regard nothing as impossible. His aston
ishing successes are to be attributed to his in
domitable will, scarcely less than to his vast
military genius. Wellington was distin-
guished for similar peculiarity. The entire
PeninsuIar campaign was, indeed, but one
long display Of an iron will, resolute to con-
quer difficulties by wearing them out. Alex
ander the Great was quite as striking as an ex-
ample of what powerful will can effect. His
stubborn determination to subdue the Per-
SLAMS; his perseverance in the crisis of battle,
and the emulation to which he thus stimulated
his officers and men, did more for his wonder
fal career of victory, than even his great
strategic abilities,
In the life and death struggle between Eng
land and France, during the first fifteen years
of this century, it was the stubborn will of the
former which carried the day; for though Ma
pOleon defeated the British coalitions again
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Give us this day our Daily Bread.

Where in fiction is there anything more
strange than this fact, related in the Musical
World, by r. Storrs Willis.
The following strange incident happened
while was living in Germany. In the neigh
borhood of Vienna there dwelt young peas
ant woman, who supported herself by the cul-
tivation of vegetables, which she disposed of
in the Vienna market She inhabited a
small house, attached to which was her veget.
able garden. Young as she was, she had been
married; but her husband had died, leaving
her little girl, who was now just old enough
to run about and play with the other children
in the neighborhood. The mother was still
handsome, and desirous Of second marriage.
About this time, indeed, there was visiting
her young man for whom she had conceived
an affection, and whose proposition of marriage
she was now beginning impatiently to await,
But no proposal was made. A dark thought
finally crossed the young woman's mind that
there must be some obstacle in the way, and
that this obstacle was, in all probability, the
child. An unnatural struggle Of jealousy took
place, which resulted in fearful determine
tion-she would make away with the child !!
Beneath her house was deep cellar, where
she occasionally stored her vegetables.
Taking her child by the hand one day, she
led it down stairs, and, thrusting it inside,
closed the door, locked it, and hurried up
stairs. The same evening her lover came !;
they sat chatting together, but no mention was
made of the little absentee. The next day,
after desertion of twenty-four hours, the
mother went softly down and listened at the
door, The quick ear Of the child caught her
mothers step, and she implored her to take
her out Of that dark place-she was 50 cold
and very hungry. No answer was returned,
and the mother crept quietly up stairs. In the
evening the lover came again, They took
supper together, and passed social evening.
After the second twenty -four hours had PISSED,
the mother made another visit to the child
Again the little sufferer heard her, and with
feeble voice begged for crust Of bread-only
one crust of bread. This pulled little upon
the mothers heart, but, her purpose was fixed.
Another day passed. The mother went quiz
city down stairs and listened. All was silent.
She opened softly the dOor-the child lay
dead. Taking swiftly the body up stairs, she
laid it upon bed, and Immediately making a
great outcry, called the neighbors together,
telling them that her child had suddenly died.
And SO it seemed. The child was lying in its
coffin bestrewn with flowers, brought by the
little playmates in the neighborhood, who had
come to attend theNfuneral Of their lost favor
ite. The procession moved towards the quiet
Gottes-ucker, Gods acre,) where was to be
planted this little seed of an immortal flower.
A clergyman was in attendance. The mother
stood looking down upon the grave, over which
the holy man was repeating, with solemn
voice, Our father, who art in Heaven, hal
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1854-01-05
The Sensation of Dying.

The following 10 from a forthcoming work,
eMti,led The Art of Prolonging Life;
MANY fear death much less than the OPer"
ation Of dying. People here form the most
singular conception Of the last struggle, the
separation Of The soul from the body, and the
like. But this is all void Of foundation. Ne
man certainly ever felt what death isi and as
insensibly as we enter into life, equally insen-
sihly do we leave it, The beginning and lhe
end are here united. My proofs are as fol-
lows First, man can have no sensation OF dy-
ing for 10 die, means nothing more than TO
lose the vital power and il is the vital power
By which the soul communicates sensation TO
the body. In proportion as the vital power
decreases we lose the power Of sensation, ana
nf CONSTITUENCIES, and we cannotlose life, with
out al the came time, or rather before, losing
our vital sensation, which requires the asslS-
tance of the tenderest organs.
We are taught also by experience, that all
those who ever passed through the first stage
Of death, and were again brought to life, unAn-
imously asserted that they felt nothing Of dying,
but sunk al once into state Of lnsenslblilIy.-
Let US not be led into mistake by the convul-
sive throbs, the railing in the throat, and the
apparent pangs of death, which are observed 10
many persons when in dying state These.
symptoms are painful only to the spectators
aud not to the dying, who are not sensible et
them. The case here is the same as IT O0os
from the dreadful contortions Of person In ."
epileptic fit, should form conclusion respect
ing his internal feelings. From what sfSeosA
us 80 much, he suffers nothing
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1854-01-05

An American statesman who was recently
crossing the Calf of Finland, mel Baron ,
the Swedish representative At the court Of
Some discussion respecting the Kos
TIA affair led to the avowal of the fact that the
European courts, alarmed al the extent Of emf
Rraticn to America, and ut the reflex influence
Of that emigration, are about to combine, on the
principle, that no subject Of u monarchy can be
na.uralzed in another country without the con-
sent Of his government Baron - in
quired as TO the effect Of such principle in
America. The American assured him, that
there would be but one voice in the republic in
resistance of such an outrage that in the war
which would grow out Of such claim in Eu-
roPs, we sh0nld send no invading armies, for
the people Of Europe would Egh. for America
against their own governments and that in
the attempt 10 establish snch doctrine, the
several governments would deny their own his
toric antecedents. Your own king. sir said
he, traces his claim to the throne Of Sweden
to his connection with Bernadutte, French
general, who was naturalixed not only without
the consent, but against The temonstrances Of
France And Thus, with fact and argument,
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1854-01-05

An old trader among the Northern Indians,
who had established himself on the WisYerya,
tells good story, with moral worth SscClv
iec'fng, about The first trials with his red cas-
toners. The Indians; who evidently wanted
me goods, and had both money (which they
eaiied shane ah) and furs, focked about his
s'ore' and examined his goods, but for SONS
time bonght nothing. Finally, their chief,
with large body Of his followers. visited him,
and accOSted him with. How DO, Thomas,
show me gOolR Itake four yard calico. thres
cOOn-skins y AFa, pay you by m hy--.o-mor-
row = receive his goods and left. Next dav,
he returned With his whole band, his blankets
stuffed with coon skins. American man,
pay now with this he began counting Out the
skins, until he had handed him over IwelVe.--
Then after moments pause, he offered the
trader one more, remarking az he did it,
: That's IT, 81 handed il back, said the tra-
der, telling him he owed me but twelve, and
would not cheat him. We continued to pass
il back and forth, each one asserting that il be-
lOnged to the other. AT last he appeared 10
be satisfied, gave me scrntiniziHg hook, placed
the skin in the folds Of his blanket, stepped 10
the door and gave yell, and cried in loud
voice: Come, come and trade with the pale
face. he no cheat Indian, his heart big He
thea turned 10 me and said 'You take that
skin, Iell Indian no trade with you---drive you
off like dog but now you Indians friend,
and we yours Befure sundown was waist
deep in furs, and loaded down with each. So
] lost nothing by my honesty. Western Paper.
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Our dear little boy who delights !" the
mysteries Of straight lines, Pot-hcoka ana
hapOers,' has been in the habit Of attending
Methodist meetings, where the preacher wor7
thily practices Lawrie Todd's theory oi extern
pure sermons, with no other guide before him
bu, The open scriptures. Jimmy was induced
bv friend, 10 attend church Of another de-
nomination, where the carefully written sermon.
was read 70 the congregation. On his return
after much thought, he broke out Ma hat
Mr.. B don't preach out Of the Bible |"
Not out of the Bible, my childp No, ma,
he breaches out of tOriting- book !'--kaicker-
booker.
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AT an infant Sabbath school 10 the care OF
which was promoted few years slnce' !
gave a Bible story-the 'Prodigal Son.
When came to the place where the poor rag
ved son reached his former home, and his ta'
,her saw him great way off, | inquired what
The father probably did. One Oh 'ne slnAneS'
bovs with his l;uls fist clenched, said J
doDro bu, des he set de dog on him"-
KnickerbOcker.
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A GREAT CARGO oF Great SHIP
Among other articles engaged BY the Great
Republic for Liverpool are the following, vlz
About 5000 bbls -four &C, 900 to 10000 BUSH
els of corn and wheat 1000 bales Of cotton
5000 barrels Of rosin 1000 tierces OF beefn
&C., &c. Having taken as much freight as
she can cross the bar at Sandy Hook with'
she will, it is said, haul out into the stream on
Thursday or Friday next.-N. \, Herald
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lowed b thy name; thy kingdom come thy
will be done on earth AZ il is in heaven. GiUs
US this day onr daily brrod--.' A piercing
shrek, and the mother fell with groan 70
the earth. Looking wildly around her, she
then, ID gibbering accents, related to the shud-
dering throng At the grave the very deed her
own hands had committed. She lived not
long after. Crazed and smitten by the hand
Of God, she miseIably dled-a signal instance
of retribution, and startling lesson upon the
words, Gire us this day oar daily bread
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The WAY IN WHICH Ice IS FORMED AT SEA
Capt. Scoresby, in his account of the Arctic
Regions, says, while describing the formation
of ice in the opening sea, that he has literally
seen it grop to consistence capable Of stop
ping the way Of ship, with brisk wind
and this even when exposed to the full force
of the waves of the Atlantic. The surface is
first covered by peculiar substance called
'sludge, resembling snow which has been
cast into water too cold to dissolve it. This
smoothes the surface Of the sea as if oil had
been poured upon it. tits composed Of small
detached crystals, which gradually unite, but
are broken by the motion of the waves into
pieces about three inches in diameter. These
pieces becoming thicker and stouter, again
unite, constituting what is called pancake ice.
These pancakes come together in their turn,
and form cakes perhaps foot in thickness and
many yards in circumference. When the sea
is perfectly smooth, the freezing process pro-
ceeds much more rapidly, SO that in forty
ty-eight hours the ice will have become capa-
bic of sustaining mans weight.
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1854-01-05

CHEsNUr TREEs. On poor land or a rocky
soil, the chesnut is one of the most profitable
fruit trees that can be cultivated Its growth
is very rapid, the timber is always in good de-
mand, and the fruit is of considerable value
Some cultivate this tree for its fruit alone.
We have often wondered that it is not more
regarded as an ornamental tree. None grow
larger, and few more symmetrically its blos-
SONS are handsome and unique, and SO are its
golden burs and rich nuts. Parks and pleas
ure grounds should always be supplied with
chesnut trees; also with tine black walnut, and
best varieties of the hickory nut. Strange
that these splendid fruit trees should be al
most ostracised from ornamental grounds; it
is mere caprice that has done this in the Unit
ed States; in other countries they are highly
priced and carefully ultivated.-Am9ican
Agriculturist.
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the Baron was made to feel that SEINE ether
process must b. resOrted % for staying the tide
Of emigration from Europe 10 America, ihan
the denial Of The last and only right Of eroan-
ingt starving milliOns--lhe right 10 20 where
there is bread for the body and the soul.--
American Messenger. y
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MILITARY.


JOHN CHAPMAN, Major Of Battalion.
CHAS. H. GILMAN, Captain Of Battalion.
JOHN McKIBBER, First Lieutenant.
TIMOTHY CROCKER, Second Lieutenant
SAMUEL rutland, Third Lieutenant.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-11-09
STATE ELECTIONS.
NE W. o X X
THE CITY.

We bsve condensed into the following tables
all the reliable returns compiet-d By the Ia.pect.
ors and signed, up to yesterday evening. There
are about Is of the l2S Election Districts to hsa,
from; and they are as likely to 20 Que way as
another. The results and political complexion
of the canvass are referred to elsewhere.
A. OAKET HALL is probably elected DistrictAt
torney, beatiog Chouncey ShoEer about 900 votes
James ~ Smitd. Jr. Hard, but on both the Hard
and Soft tickets IL pretty certainly chosen Recorder
We think Nat Gooderson sofi) is the ne~ Com
missioner Of Streets and Lamps.
Daniel F. Temann (Soft aud City Reform and
Joseph S. Taylor know n othingJ are the he Gov
errors Of the Aims House.
We rejoice to learn that RICHARD NJ. BLArcaroRD
lie elected to the Assesibly from the XVIII Ward by
25 majority over Fuller KDow-Eothng.
Darid OKeee Soft is elected to the Assembly
from the Ist and lid Wards.
1t is now pretty certain that Fernando Wood is
chosen Mayor.
Report says r b. COLEMAN, and not Quackenbos,
ia chosen to tho Assembly from the lid and With
Wards.
Fernando Wood Is said to be elected Mayor by
1900 majority. This is street talk. The Know
NotDgs still insist that Barker is the man. We cant
say.
MARCUS P. FERRIS Wing is Assemblyman from
the XIIIth Ward.
We adhere to the opinion that HorofiO Seymour is
elected Governor, though the returns continue to ex
obit surprising 4" Know Nothing" strength in many
quarters.
We think the Lieutenant-G Governor elect is the
Hor orable ERAsTUs ADoLPHus ScRoGcs Of Buffalo,
Know-No,hiDg He does not run ahead Of CIlnann,
but Ludlow is at least 900 votes behind Seymour,
which I'VE think elects Scroggs or Rsymond-probs-
bly, Scroggs.
We DON'T know about Canal Commissioner, but
guess henry FITzHUcH Wing has good look.
We have no guess about Prison Inspector.
The Hon. AMOS p. GRAsGER's election to Congress
from Onondaga is especially gratifying. Our State
will have come noble and true men in the next House,
though not 20 many Of them as she should have.
ASSEMBLY.
Edwin J.. Smith soft Know. Eothing is elected in
the With Ward.
We think John d. DIXON CSofi) is elected from the
With Ward.
JAMES J. BEvIss Wing is elected from the XIIth,
XIXth and XXIId Wards.
HORACE v. sroLER WING temperance is said to be
elected from the XIIIfh Ward.
DR.. JoHs s Cocks Ind. Maine Law is said to be
elected from the XvIIIth and XXIst Wards.
ALDERMEN.
CHARLES Fox tcalled Wing, but KnowNothing is
elected Alderman from the With.
We believe GEO. w. VABIAs tHard Soft, is elected
in the XXlst.
Henry r. Ho6mire Hard beats Abraham NJ. Bin
niger (Whig) for Alderman Of the With Ward by 81
votes.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-11-09

Know. NoTHINGIsN IN THE INTERIOR One OF the
order received tecgraphic dispatch yesterday from
Central Ncw-York assuring him that in many Of the
country districts, whore councils were established
lust before the election, Ulmanns vote will astonlsh
his own friends.
We know that money and missionaries have bean
sent out from this City, to get up new lodges wher-
ever they could be established, and we presume all
the green members voted the straight ticket as they
were commanded by orders from headquarters, which
were signed even by the unknown Daniel himself.
In this City, every district poll was carefully
watched TO see that none of the little fishes escaped
from the meshes Of the Know-NOtbng net In almost
every election board where the Know-Nothings had
any possible strength, there was one or more Know
Nothings upon the election-ground to "spot" every
"brother {" that ventured to scratch ticket. The
organization was perfect and honesty below par
liberty and private judgment nowhere.