The daily union., 1854-12-20


Molly STARK Council
No. 40, III ---.
This card is carried in the pocket book and admits
Der into any council in the State.
INCREASE OF THE NAVY.
Ma EDITOR It is cheering sign 10 discover that the
recommendations of that most efficient and jealous public
officer the Hon j. O. Dobbin Secretary of the Navy, are
receiving the press (he faithful index OF public opn-
on( the highest eomnendation The Secretary says in
his luminous aud considered report that the mum
ber Of ships n the navy including the SIX steamigates in
nroeess of construction and all others worth repairing
falls somewhat short of fy in ALL He draws striking
COMPARISON between the of the United States
and that Of Great Britain placing on footing at least
of equality with that colossal commercial power bat show
ing our weakness and nferoriy in naval strength to
degree which fails command respect If 1t does not invite
aggression upon rights and dignity as nation That
an immediate increase of the navy indspensably neces
sary all will agree but the extent to which this
should be carried by the present Congress is matter of
interesting inquiry The class OF vessels most needed at
present are lghtdaugh seam-propeler soops 10 mount
the heaviest ordnance and constructed as 70 admt oil
easy access southern s-ports, including New Or
eans Charleston, and Savannah Twelve OF these ana
eight clipper sailing soops OF approved modern con
struction would make formidable and economical add-
ton to our little navy The frames for all or most OF these
vessels are hand in several navyyards Their cost
would be trhing compared with the heavy frgates
building They be built in half the time manned in
half the time sailed at half the expense and can penetrate
into bays harbors and estuares in pursuit of enemy
and in working overwhelming force which would provea
barrier the heavier and unwieldy rigate While
such vessels would by of their immense guns be
formidable 10 enemy, they would be invaluable as de-
patch vessels from their superior speed and the facility
with which they could be fitted out and sent to With
this addition Of twelve and eight sailing soops the
American navy would then consist of less than serenity
ships Is there man. either in OF of Congress who
will say that this force is too great We think not
CAUTION
r. SThe English naval force in commission corrected
up TO October 26, 1854 amounts to 254 ships mounting
from 100 guns each This immense force fitted out
and incredibly short time showing the
astonishing resources of this great naval power,
From the New Hampshire Patriot,
TIE INITIATION.
We have nothing to cope with the annexed among
the literary productions of this remarkably productive age
foreigner whom few old fogy book-worms know as
William Shakespeare attempted describe similar scene
which occurred in presence of excellent individual
named Macbeth but the operators in his being mere
old women who ought TO have been burned as witches,
Shakspeares bunglng attempt describe their
nies must fall before the abors of genius which is excited
by the sublime spectacle of initiation conducted in i'm
pressve and manly style by and We bor-
row the poem from the Nashua On. H. Gazette:
soEsE Interior ef Lodge ef hnoe-no,h"gs Time, Md
siy-Grapd Master ia rs Clair Candidate supported by
u.hers Tin shariagpo boitag sirit lamp,
'els, teside narrorboae aud clearer.
CEREMONIES, aIsrse,
Brothers! 'tis the mystic hour
For the exercise OF power
Lo the sacred fire Is bot
Bos the sacred shaving pot,
As within its brim fling
Every native Offering:
Bunch Of wool from Afrc skull
Feather from a full hedged gull
Down new plucked from calow- goose
Emblem fit for az to
Double, denble, toll and trouble
In the tin pot squeak and bubble
ossss soiemaly
MASTER
If | read the clear,
Happy auspices are here.
Let the candidate appear.
The candidate :, brought foreard)
stranger ere you obedience
We mnst know antecedents.
CANDIDATE
lifts politics you mean,
Everything BY turns I've been
have been locofoco,
But found that that GO
Wooly bead and silver gray,
Putty head in small way,
Wildcat, Pizzarinctnm, too,
And Fee-soler.
- That will do.
Brother renegade, greet you-
Joyed | am * such to meet you.
Now mark nv words and their intent,
And bow your head If you assent
Can you questioner put by?
And can you occasion lie?
(Coadidasc bocs,)
Can you all orders bndy follow
Aud have you capacious swallow
Don't you believe that years hence
Popes will appoint our Presidents?
Don't YOU believe the Jesuits thrive
Because in they contrive2
You hate cDnfeSeionas s---I
You do--but you'll confess to
Don't you believe the Romish priests
Are sworp to slaughter us like beasts
That all the Irish are hiding
IN all the shanies they abide in
That all the Irish girls combine
To purchase arsenic and strychnine ?
That in know -nvthngs lies our hope
To tight the Devil and the Pope?
(The candidate botrs rspeatedly)
Now lift the bone and cleaver high in air
And full Obedience 10 our order swear.
i(Candiaote c5eys.)
The ordeaps past--and you here proclaim
know nothing in intellect and name.
Around YOU band of brothers
zone of these honest men know more than you.
From different parties they have fallen away,
Md now 20 in for plumber and for prey
Lake you, they're bound our lead to bndy follow
Like you, they have most capacious swallow:
they bolt whatever prodigy
y gate OF suseml, IL Is all the
nonoFs We'll make equal e
" here each expects To be a congressman
" not governor Our signs are few
And easy TO be learned-even by YOU
nne grip this--y0ull get IL in a minute
lhen YOU must shake your headthere's nothing in u
Nests wise look-iof vsdom's profession
good stuffed owl viii aid you in expression
Mnefrss bird and ours-no soaring lark
put one that goes mopsng in the dark
But oi the night IL vcrcing into dav-
rreeborr Americans! lets sneak
kat and vvollc cu.a and