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Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1854-04-27
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TOMS RIVER, n. j., April le.

TOMS RivrR, n. j., April l9.
arrived a, Long Beach al s A. NJ.
to-day, and found the wreck TO be Inc
ship Powhattan, of BalImore, capt
Myers, rom Havre for New York.
She Is a total loss, and every soul
that was on board perished. She went
on on Saturday night, aud broke up at
p. NJ, on Sunday.
About rs or 80 packages Of passen-
gers baggage are in charge oi MIR. Jen'
nings, wreck master.
The bodies Of twenty seven passen-
gers and two seamen have come ashore;
and from the fragments OF passengers
luggage, | estmat, there were TWO
HUNDRED AND FIFTY on board.
About 40 ieet Of the starboard side,
amidshps, and 80 feet Of the larboard
side, amidships, and 30 OF the larboard
side aft, are high and dry, 90 feet
apart. Not veslse of any thing ind'-
eating what her cargo consisted Of.
The schooner Manhattan, Of Bangor,
from Pm ladelphia; for Bangor ID to-
tai wreck, one and half miles below
the Powhattan, AID Is miles South Of
Barnagat. All hands lost except one
seaman named George Grllliths.
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THINGS THAT MANY TuiNK, BUT FEW
UTrsa. These are numberless How
often, in reading the works ol pleasant I
writer, tne reader says to himself, I've
thought Of that u thousand times, but
never thought oil saying il = Dickens
has the art OF making these utterances
ei commonplace lhinkings. Hence n
large portion OF his popular y as
n skelcher from nature. Hograth paint
ed that way. He would jol down upon
his thumb nail a commonly occurring
conceit, and reproduce it in one Of hi,
inimilabie pictures, and so make the
tie beholder say, now true F.! We once
heard The author Of 'Pickwick' confess
70 this secret. He had been reporter
and had acquired the faculty OF picking
up unconsldercd trhes,' and they all
worked into his lull.lengths when he
came to depict them. 1t is pecu-
liar faculty. See his deIlneailon
Of the detective Bucket" Tor
an example. Tha. eloquent thumb oi
his And we might cite a fol 10 ol such
instances.
Once l., while we see thing OF this
KIND ID our exchanges. Here is obe:-
''Half an editors time-sometin,es his
whole day, throwing over his proper
work into tie n,ght-is given up to re-
ceiving The calls listening To the stories,
and ob.ying the requests OF one good
natured friend after another, who drops
in 10 try his chance OF getting ten times
as valuable an advertisement out OF him
Tor nothing, as he would be likely TO
get out OF The publisher by regular pay
isg. II he fails he loses nothing, for he
has plenty Of brass LETT il he succeeds
he has used his time 10 decided aIvan.
iage. And thus is clvility abused-thus
is good feeling imposed upon.
Now, we have thought OF saying this
same thing Thousand times But we
never have. Perhaps we have been too
good.natured. BE that as il NAV, we
have iound somebody 10 say it for US.
aud now 10 him we say Amen with
all our hearts.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1854-04-27

Charles Dickens, IN Il late number Of
his Household Words, after enumerat.
ing the striking facts Of cotton, says
Let any social or physical convulsion
visit the United States, and England
would feel the shock from Lands End
TO John O'Groal's. The lives of nearly
two millions Of our counirymen are de.
pendent upon the cotton crops OF
America their destiny may be said,
wi,hou, any sor, Of byperboIe, 10 hang
upon a thread.
Should any dire calamity beiall the
land oi cotton, a thousand Of our mef-
chant ships would rot badly in dock ten
thousand mills must stop their busy
looms, and two million mouths would
s'srve for lsck OF food 10 Iced ,bsa."
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1854-04-27

HARRIET BEEcHER SrowE.-A lew
days since, at a meeting OF 'the Massa
chusctts stale council Of colored Ameri.
cans the following resoIul ms were
adopted -
'Resoired That when Mrs. Stowe
Promised the colored people OF this coun-
tro large donation from the funds coll
lected from her friends and ours ~ Eu.
rope for the establishment OF school
adapted to our wants, we rejoced IN The
hope OF great and lasting good TO our
race from that noble enterprise.
RESOLVED, That her late refusal to make
that contribution in aid ofour elevation
has filled Us with unCe.gned regret and
modification, and compelled US TO b.
iieye that she has been acted upon by
other Influences than the dictates OF her
own good heart.
This needs no comment.
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NEW PUBLICATIONS.

TnE ART.STuDENr IN MuSlcH. BY
Anna Mary Hewitt. Boston
Ticknor, Reed and Fields. 1854.
Ths Is a choice and very readable
book from The pen Of an accomplished
woman. II is the result OF the authors
sojourn ia Munich Tor the purpose Of
artistic study she says, in her Preface,
speaking OF the pages, -"ihey record
the beautiful and hnppy experiences
belonging to poculiaiiy poetic chap
ter in the lie OF IA woman studying
Art" She gives descriptions Of the
studios OF various artists, and the crea.
tons oil genius which she there saw
also exquisite works OF Art in churches,
&c. She speaks undersiandingly OF
her subject. and with an apparent ian-
ness and honesty of criucism which
make her opinions both interesting and
valuable. Aside from the merit OF the
criticisms Oh Art, The volume is ve7y
pleasing ns Il record OF travel, il we may
use the expression, through that wonder
ful city Of the old world there is ust
enough OF PERSONAL narrative intcrwo-
ven with the critcrsms,to give the book
the charm Of variety. The fair author.
ess is the eldest daughter OF William
and Mary Hewitt, whose reputation is
almost worldwide /; she is a very ac-
compIished young lady, and is the wor-
thy scion o! a noble stock. The book
has heen greatly praised by the London
press. 1t will be extensively read and
fully appreciated by persons oI rclinei
taste. The publishers have issued it in
their usual attractive style; they ever
brlng out book in bad dress.
For sale by w. II. Peek and Z L.
Hamme,t, Jr.
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W As the Empire State was passing
up to Fall River, Friday morning,
when between Gould Island and the
South end of Prudence, Capt. Sheffield
Briggs, Of Fall River, jumped overheard
and was drowned. AS ,oon as It was
ascertaIned 'ha, he had jumped over.
board, the boat was stopped and every
exerIion made by Captain Brayton and
his officers to rescue the mnn, but moth
ing could be seen of him; it is supposed
that b, was derangcd.
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COMING IT Rather TOO SrRoso.--
The Concord PATRIOT, in an article upon
Gen. Pierce's piety and humility. speaks
Of his department in church as follows
Now every one who knows the
President knows this is not artificial
and ior The occasion only. II is from
the Promplings Of the heart, and no
more than what was seen IN him when
IRON year To ear in The same quiet and
unostrntailous way he was seen taking
his seat in tho South Church in this
city, aud often at the conference and
the monthly concert in the dim and
humble room beneath"
The idea oi Gen. Pierce in confer.
eoce meeiingis extremely rich.
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TIE PRESERVATION OF HEALTH with
remarks on Constipation, old age,
use OF Alcohol IN the Preparation of
Medicines. By John c. Warren,
Nj. d. Boston Ticknor Reed and
Fields. 1854.
This is an invuluah'e little work from
the pen oiihe venerable and distinguish
ed DR.. Warren, OF Boston. From a
careful perusaI Of its pnges, we are
confident that if the advice given was
followed, there would be lar less sick
ness in the community and far less husi-
ness for physicians. The book is writ
ten in n PLAIN and comprehensive style,
So that every one can fully understand
what The author recommends them TO
do. Every family should have Il copy,
and be grateful Tor il.
For sale by w. IL. Peek and G.. L.
Hammett Jr.
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AN AsToNIsHED LAD.--A few days
since, small boy in Wankesha, Wis.
c0nsin, was engaged in fishing in Fox
River, at that place, and perceiving
that his hook was attached to some.
thing rather heavier than usual, began
to hau. in what he supposed 10 be. ten
pound pickereI; but which turned out 10
bean infant, which had been in the
water apparently bot few days. The
CONSERVATION Of the little fellow was OF
course very great, and his ideas OF the
wonders OF the deep were considerably
qulckened.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1854-04-27

PoLlTlcAL WANDERINos.-Theh history
OF the world exhibits many curious
phases OF human inconsistency. Gibbon.
in his Decline aud Fall OF the Ron.an
Empire, says Philip Augustus and
Richard !. are the only kings of France
and England who have fought under
the same banners This was during
the crusades against the iniidels, NJ arly
seven hundred years ago. And now
the two countries are again united, but
this time against christian nation in
behalf d the very inidels whom they
once cndeavored SO earnestly TO ex,ir.
pate
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1854-04-27

HENRY Y. CRANsToN We notice
that Henry Y. Cracston run the highest
Oh the Assembly ticket in Newport Of
any oi The candidates not on two tickets
Considering the long time tha, Mr..
Cransion has been IN Political lie, and
The many severe contests that he has
gone through, contes,s m which persor.
al bitterness was added to partisan ex-
element, this is no empty com pliment.
II shows that Mr.. Cranston has qua aIities
that commend hlm 10 bis fellow Citizens,
beyond tie limits Of parry discipline.
Aud no he has he is a good nsighbor
aud kind friend, and has given more
advice gratis, and has surrendered
more lees b. urging the settlement oil
cases which the parties were anx ous 10
litigate, than would make a mo,e est
competency. Prer, Journal.
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A.SMALL School Houss IN A GREAT

A.SMALL School Houss IN A GREAT
LoCATloN.-There is small school
house so situated that it corners on the
towns OF Rindge and New Ipswich, this
State, and Wnchcndon and Ashburn.
ham, Mass. also upon the counties Of
Hillsboro' and Cheshire. this State, and
Worcester, Macs, - situated in iour
towns, three counties and TWO States
What gives the school house no less
distinction than the fact that It is ulder
seven distinct governments, is the other
iact, that in that school house Rev.
Ephraim X. Avery was preaching IL,
the time he was arrested for the murder
OF Sarah Maria Cornell. AT Fail Rivsr.
Manchester Mirror.
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TOMATO CuLruRg.-Very few gar
deners understand The proper mode Of
cullivating this delicious and whole.
some vegetable. Let the seed be sown
IN a box IN the middle OF the winter
let the plants grow ~ your bedroom, for
II is wholesome they will suck in the
carbonic scid which is generated by the
stove and your breathing, while they
will drive of oxygen, the lile-giviDg
principle Tor man and animals. Remove
them in the spring, when danger from
frost ~ over, and set them AT regular
distance oi tour leet apart. When they
are two feet high >puI stakes 10 them,
fresh cut young shoots from the woods,
with boughs, on which you can train
the branches, and keep The vines from
the ground, eiiher by treIlIs work or by
strings in,erIiping. or by placing the
branches on the boughs oi the shoois.--
After the plants have been in the
ground about three weeks, hoe up the
ground around, destroy every weed and
manure the roots. BY this means you
will secure a supply oi rich tomatoes
constantly.
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of the latter States would have the hem
eft OF these migratory fish. II these flsh
depart from our waters, OF Hers will take
their place. have followed this bus'-
ness about forty years, and have been a
close observer OF this matter and the
varieties Of fish have changed very
much in this time. think have said
enough to satisfy every reasonable man
that no such law should be enacted, as
some of the people Of Newport are en-
deavoring TO procure, because il would
be oppressive and unjust to many, and
would not benefit single individual;
Portsmouth, April, 1854.
BENJAMIN TALLMAN.
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TEMPenAscE G,N.- The ~Providence
Journal tells very good snecdoie Tor
snct temperance paper. The Town
Of Exeter, Rhode fsi1nd, had a very
close election tor selectmen, &c, an
winch lenPnrance was The moving ques.
uon. aud just before the ose ol The
polls, live vnlers oi the anii.Alainc Law
sripe arrised IA "A wagon, afd as they
proved ilIe balance VI poger, desperate
means had 10 be resorteJ 10. Canse-
qurolly Ii,e leader oi the Temperance
parry stepped forth aud oilercd two gal.
Ions II giD 10 the squa i u they would
vote has ucLeL fne UHer was accepted.
and the tw1 gallons oi gIn elected
ten npersnc. board OF town officers.
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HoLLowAY's Pulls A CERTAIN CURE
FOR INDIGESTION FLATULENoY, Liver
AND Bowel CONFERENCE.-The. J. Bill
ling, of Newton. Devon, IN a letter TO
professor Holloway, dated December
4lb, 1852, siales that he was afflicted for
three years with alarming attacks of
Indigestion, which produced hatuency, Y,
and diseased liver ; and that lis bowels
were at times SO violently affected, as to
cause serious apprehensions for lie. lie
had medical advise without avail. A
length, being advised to try HoIloway'st
Pills, he did so, and in very short time
they removed all symptoms OF disease
and restored him 10 perfect health.
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Congress.
WAsHINGfoN, April "a.

SENATE --Senator Foote. OF Vermont.
presented n memorial against the pas
sage OF the Nebraska bill
Senator Seward, oil New York, pre-
senled a memorial of similar nature,
signed by George Cornell, Albert Gal
latin, and others.
Senator Fish of New York, submit
ted memorial, among the provisions OF
which is one IN iavur al the education
Of boys for the duties OF seamen.
A number OF other memorials, relat-
ing however 10 matters OF no general
interest, were presented, and approprl-
ately disposed OF.
The JOINT resolution appror-iating
$l00, ZOO 10 enable the Presden, to ex-
press public gratitude 10 The rescuers OF
the passengers on the san francisco,
was debated several senators warmly
advocating It's passage.
lloUsR.-Aiier the usual opening
business, hlessrs. Andrews, Ellison and
Alfred +, Edgerton presented certain
rrsO u,,one passed by he Legislature of
Ohio in lavor OF Il division of that
state Ia two Judicial districts.
MIR. N. =. Banks introduced bill
having Tor its object the reiunding to
that state OF the balance due TO her for
disbursements during The late war.
lie proceeded TO address the House
upon the subject.
On motion OF Mr.. Faulkner the Presi.
dent was requested to communicate 10
The House, The Instructions referred to
by President Munro in his annual mes.
sage Dec. 1923, and transmit 10 the U.
States diplomatic agents abroad on the
subject Of issuing commissions TO pii-
vale armed vessels, together with tho
responses from other governments.
The House then went into committee
of,he whole. OIL the Deficiency bill.
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TIE DEATH OF AN INFANT.

Dmk infdelity turn pale and die,
Beneath this stone an infants ashes lie,
Say, is he saved or lost ?
II death came by SIN, he sinned because he here,
II heaven by works, in heaven he can't appear.
All reason! how depraved! peruse the sacred page
The knots united.
lie died Tor Adams sin, he lives, for Jesus d ed.
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THssE RIPE, RlcB, RED STRAwBEl

These RIPE RiCB, RED STRAwBER-
RiEs.- We have tie pleasure 10 aknowl-
edge receiving from our good friend
above the city, delicious supply OF the
rudy and luscious fruit o! which we
have before had such tempting speci.
mems. What lovely climate Is ours,
when the fruits that are raised with dill
fcuIty in The midsummer months in
other parts OF the land, grow al,nos,
spo ilaneously in the open air oil our
early spring IN. o. Pic, oh.
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o. Parson Brownlow, of Tennessee,
made brief speech at the CommerciaI
Convention at Charleston, which he end
ed thus-"I therefore conclude my re-.
marks, by Resolving, firstly, That the
island oi Cuba is the Lords and the
iulness thereof; Resolved, secondly,
That he intends il lor the saints Of the
Soulh and, Resolved, thirdly, Tha, we
are the saints"
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lloetieal.
tFor the News.l
TIE SPIRIT OF BEAUTY.

tFor the News.1
TIE SPIRIT OF BEAUTY.
Uh am a wayward sprite,
Hiding meath the drifted leaves,
Where her stars Of purest white
The Arbutos interweav0
Sometimes through the field you pass,
Aud my iavorite haunt is-where
Brush aside the yielding grass
Look,-,ou'll find Inc II am there.
Not alone upon the breast
Oi the meek-eyed violet,
But within the tiny nest,
Mil the tanghng bushes set.
Whittier, whence from day to day
Love incitcs the ready nigh,,-
Here l.nger, well may,
lowering like guar dian spri,e.
Thousand hues love to fling.
Brilliant as the sunsets dye,
On the light, expanded wing
Or the soaring butterfly;
Bending o'er a rosebud wreath,
With the clingi"g vine at play,
On the hill, o'er vale and heath,
You may find me all the day.
Down upon the sandy waste,
ALI ycu know its windings we'll,
OF my pencil touch you've traced
In the rosy tinted shell;
And when Ocean from her caves
All her wealth Of waves unlocks,
Linger l, to kiss those waves,
As they bound upon the rocks.
Tim upon the shore, but nOw
Laughing mid some raven tress.
Flinging o'er The cheek and brow
Richer hues oi lovelinsss;
Frightening the paid cheek,
Flingiug roses on it's snow,
All +! full many wayward freak
Is my mission as ! 90.
But when summer days are past.
Think ye not my race is run;
Fairy gifts love to cast
Round the fast-recciins. sun.
Scarce could summer hues excel,
Those which fash from icy spray,
Crested rock, ennammelled dell
Lit by Beauty's magic ray.
Over all the spreading land
Over all the track less sea,
To their hounds, Gracious Hand
On my mission guideih the.
Search the wastes, no desert spot
Lacks a guardia as watchful care;
Wides. glen, or deepest grot,
Look you'll find me, am there.
EFFlE.
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A gentleman who had lately arrived
nj Concord, N. H., inquired OF "a citizen
Of the place, il New Hampshire could
not have furnished better man Tor
Pr sden, than Frank Pierce. Good
Heavens yes but we had only twen-
ty four hours notice. They will give
us better notice next time
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1854-04-27

o. 1t Is stated that Miss Cummings.
the author OF the Lampligh,er, receives
but 10 cents on each copy sold. Thirty
thousand copiesshave been disposed of,
making her income from 1t $4,000.
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Gas AT NAsrucKEr.-The New Bed.
ford Standard says,-"wc consider IL a
most conclusive evidence that old
things are passing away and all things
becoming new, when Nantucket thr
home Of the whale6shery, repudi les
oil and employs gas. Let evefy vl4l,
who has tears to shed, prepare 10 sli.b.
Der |!
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C. Godey's Lady's Book for May
contains the usual number of onprn-
wings, patterns, &C., together with in.
teresting articles IN prose and verse.
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NEWPORT ELECrioN.-The muni cipal
election in Newport resulted IN the com.
plete success OF the Wings. Mr.. Coz
zens was elected Mayor without OPP
position, receiving Col votes out Of 6s2
All the Aldermen are Wings, and all
the Councllmen, except in the fifth
ward, where there Vas no choice, and in
the second ward, where one iOdepen-
dent candidate was chosen. Newport
is now itself again. With the Whig
majority at the State election and the
Wing success al the municipal election,
we look to IT once more as the sure bul.
walk oil Whig principles.-Pror. Jour-
nal.
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A CHANCE FOR THE PoE1s.-The
Crystal Palace Assoc alton, (Mr. Bar.
num)in New York, offers two prizes, of
500 each, for the two best odes in
honor Of Art and Industry, TO be sung
at the re opening ol the Palace IN May
the same to be- loI wardcJ by the 25ih
inst
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EcLlPsE.-ltis is officially announced
that there will be an extraordinary
eclipse of the sun on Friday, the Goth
Of May. 1t will be annuIar, and con-
tinue about two hours and fifteen min
utes, and will obscure about eleven,
twellihs oil the sun.
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IL Nine whalers and one mel chant
man arrived at New Bedford on Thurs.
day, with 1850 bbls. sperm and 1900
bills. OF whale oil.
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D-S The Rev. Mr.. Adam, OF theI
First Baptist Church, in this city, bap-
tizes 9 persons on Sunday Last we
learn iha, he will bap,ize large number
on Sunday next. t.
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Wha, Presiden, Pierce has done.-A
Washington paper says, that at 1 social
meeting at the house Of a Democratic
Senator last week, some OF The compa.
ny were speaking ra'hcr contemptuous-
y Of President Pierce Senator Sew
ard, who was present. remarked
You are wrong, gentlemen, 10 speak
jisparagngIy Of President Pierce; he
has done one thing which none Of you
could have accomplished.
What j. that 2 was asked by all.
why replied Seward, he has gwen
dignity to the administration OF John
Tyler by the contrast Of his own
A VERMONT ToAsT.-The sons and
daughters OF Vermont, resident in Low
ell, held a grand festival in the Spindle
City, on Wednesday evening, at which
about thousand persons were present.
Among the sentir ents offered was the
following. sent by SAKE, the poet,a born
Vermonter
Vermont.-Famous Tor the production
OF tour great staples, namely men, 100.
men, m iple sugar and horses.
The first are strong-the last are feet,
The second and third are exceedingly sweet;
And all are uncommonly "hard to beat !"
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An ARrlcLE LixELy 70 re IN De-
sAsp.-A steamer has arrived at Con.
staatinopIc ifOm England with 700
wooden lrgs.
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UIt appears that three hundyed and
eleven lives were lost by the wreck Of
the ship Powhatian. The officers and
crew belonged chiefly in Maryland aud
New York, Up to Thursday noon, one
hundred and thirty bodies had been
washed ashore at Absecomb, Bngan-
tine, and Long beaches.
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hrTho London Times predicts iha,
the preseni Eastern war will continue
Tor a quarter of century