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Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1854-01-23

fellowing has the sparkle Of, originality, an
IS some good advice. IT is from tho pen
ARAH I. BoLTQN, of indianapolis:
Voyager upon lifos sea,
To yourself be true,
And where'er your lot may be,
Paddle yoirr own canoe.
Never, though the winds may rave,
Falter nor look back,
But upon the-dakcst wave,
Leave 4 sainig track.
Nobly dare the widest storm,
Stem the hardest gale,
Brave of heart and strong Of arm,
You VIII never fail.
When the world IS cold and dark,
Keep an aim in view,
And toward the beacon mark,
Paddle your own canoe.
Every wave that bears you on
To the silent shore,
From its sunny source has gone,
10 return 10 dore, .
Then let not an.aour's delay
Cheat you Of four due; -
. Dut, FufIe7>a---- -1-1s--.I 4, "a -
Paddle your own canoe,
if your birth denied you wealth,
Lofty state and power,
Honest fame and hardy health
Are better dover.
But if these viii not suffice,
Golden gain pursue,
And to win The glittering prize,
Paddle your own canoe.
Would you wrest the wreath Of fame
From the hand of fate;
Would you write deathleSs name,
With the good and great;
Would you bless your fellow-men,
Heart and soul imbue
With the holy task, and then
Paddle your own canoe.
Would you crush the tyrant wrong,
In the worlds free fight,
With a spirit brave aud strong,
Battle for the right;
And to break the chains that bind
The many to the few
To enfranchise slavish mind
Paddle your own canoe,
Nothing great is lightly won,
Nothing won is lost;
Every good deed, nobly done,
VIII repay the cost.
Leave to heaven, in humble trust.
All you viii 10 do;
But, if you succeed, you must
Paddle your own canoe,
Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1854-01-23

Beautiful TAougAt-Epictetus, one of the an
cient stoics, must have been inspired when he
gave utterance to the following noble sentiment;
1.-THE sun does not stay to be implored to i'm
part his heat and light. By his example, do
all the good thou canst without staying till it be
asked Of thee"
Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1854-01-23

When you hear speaker using long-waisted
words, and four-story hifaluting generally, make
up your mind that nature forgot to put any
brains under his hat Steep words are geqer-
ally piled up to cover the lack of sense in him
who utters them. Short, sharp, crisp words, and
good sense,go in the same company,as naturally
as girls snonsense, beaux, ,and another new bonnet.
Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1854-01-23

Industry may be regarded as the concomit-
o,t IF all that is good in human character, and
;nJoIence the associate of all that is vicious.
Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1854-01-23

Why is four cent sugar like man that never eve
surrended? Because it's "clear grit ana HULL
mo else.
Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1854-01-23

Never be afraid of catching cold from a
shower of curls.
Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1854-01-23

A modern general has said that the best
troops would be an lrishman half drunk, a
Scotchman half starved, and an Englishman
with his belly full.
Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1854-01-23
WomaHs Rights Assertea-The Stanford
contains the following spirited adver-

tisement:
ward H. Jones, has falsly advertised that have
left his bed and board and that he will pay no
debts of my contracting, ETC., this is to inform
the public that the aforesaid Edward II. Jones
had neither bed nor board for me to leave; he
having been living at the expense of my father;
and further under pretence of procuring money
to pay his way to Bennington, Connecticut, he
borrowed dollar of my father, and with that
paid his lying advertisement against me; and
even after this dastardly act, he took all the
money had and borrowed every cent in my
mothers possession, and left the town. For the
past three months he has been kept from
nakedness and starvation by the exertions Of
myself and relatives; he squandered in dissipa-
ton all the money his inoorn lazness would
allow him to earn. The scamp need not have
advertised that he would not pay debts of my
contracting, for the public well knows that he
would not even pay his own. He is a lazy un-
grateful, loafng scoundrel; not content with
living at the expense of my relatives and borrow
ing their money he publishes an outrageous
lie. His bed and board, indeed! If left to
himself his bed would be nothing but a board,
and l should not be much surprised if the bed
he dies on were made of boards with a strong
crossbeam overhead. SARAH a. JONES.
Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1854-01-23

9 gEgss gsSsg5B3ls Bg33aBa 33aa9 IS Effg767 probable that
que que. tbe coming session Of the Pennsylvania
qTr.H mgrisiature. law viii be enacted, imposing
tax Der cq11jtt upon all individuals who pass
THROUGH the State of Pennsylvania by the Lake
shore Railroad This road extends from But
falo westward, and passes through Erie County,
Pa The travel is already immense-about a
thousand dav-and is rapidly Increasing.
Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1854-01-23

Quite a Fortune Hector Jennings, OF San
dusky, Ohio has been notified by his attorney
IN London, that he is undisputed heir to one
half the Jennings estate in England-about
SGO.0OO.OOO.
Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1854-01-23

The height of mockery has been defined by
Diooenes to be a barreLorgan opposite your
window playing-Let us be happy together"
Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1854-01-23
YOUTHFUL "REMINISCENCES.

YOUTHFUL "REMINISCENCES
Oh. dearest mother, | remember
How you used to walloP me,
Der a part so wonderous tender,
Faith! you used to serollOp me.
And yet, I'm forced to own the corn,
well TqesddeesS dessSrTffah With nEfflaPPS6 aRbB9biP6&r Pp6r
And dirty, after careful scrubbing.
Yankee Blade.
Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1854-01-23

The Boston Bee of Saturday, has the follow
lnS poIiVe liUufoe'-- ''nNoann Smith is requested
not to commence snoaring tomorrow -
sermon is begun, as some persons in the neigh
borhood of his pew would like to hear the tert
Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1854-01-23

Arrearages Due Dead S0Idier.-Under =
late decision here,it is ruled that arrearages due
deceased soldier may be paid, without admin
istration, to widow, children, brothers, sisters,
father and mother, in their order, but not to
more remote heirs; and payment as aforesaid
is considered valid discharge of the claim by
the Government, and no subsequent application
by an administrator, in behalf of creditors, will
be repar ded
Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1854-01-23

PalpH Zeal.-No man was ever scolded out
of his sins The heart corrupt as tits, and be-
cause it so, grows angry if it be not treated
with some management and good manners, and
scolds back again. A surely mastiff will bear
perhaps to be stroked, though he will groT
even under the operation, but if you touch him
roughly he will bite. There is no grace that
the spirit of self can counterfeit with more sue
cess than a religious zeal. A man think he is
fighting for Christ, and he is fighting for his
own notions He thinks he is skillful searching
the hearts of others, when he is only gratifying
the malignity of his own and charitably sup
poses his hearers destitute Of all grace, that he
may shine the more in his own eyes even by
comparison.
When he has formed this notable task, he
wonders, that they are not converted; he has
giyen it to them soundly, and if they do not
fremble and confess that God is in him OF a
truth, he gives them up as reprobates, incor-
rigible and lost for ever. But man that loves
me, if he sees me in error, will pity me and
endeavor calmly to convince me of 1t, and per
sued me to forsake it. If he has great and
good news to tell me, he will not do 1t angryly,
and in much heart and discomposure ofspirit.
1t is not therefore easy to conceive on what
ground minister can justify conduct which
proves that he does not understand his errand.
The absurdity Of it would certainly strike him,
ifhe were not himself daluded.- Cowper.
Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1854-01-23
PADDLE YOUR OWN CANOE.

Lae fellowing has the sparkle OF, originality, and
elzlsanS some good advice. To is from tho pen OF
4trs. Sarah I. BoLToy, of Indianapolis
Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1854-01-15

nG- It is with much pain that we announce
the death of Lieutenant John A. Davis, of the
United States navy. Last Tuesday evening he
was thrown from vehicle, as We have already
mentioned ; and although it was not thought
that he would survive many hours, he fingered,
in the full possession of his senses-bearing his
suferings with mistaken frmness-until yes.
terday morning then he became unconscious,
and died about four o'clock in the evening. All
that medical skill and kind and unremitting
attention could do was done for him but from
the first there was no hope
Lieutenant Davis was we'll known to the citi-
zens of Washington, and he was much esteemed
for his many fine qualities. His sudden and
violent death cannot fail to cast gloom over
awide circle offriends, as he always had kind
word for all-was frank in his bearing, and
earnest in his attachments. Before his death,
and whilst in the full possession of his faculties,
he received the last consultations Of the Catholic
church, of which he was member. Peace be
to his ashes.
Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1854-01-15
HON. S. A. GLAs-ToNNAGE d.
TIES.

We would invite the particular attention of
our readers to the able letter, in another column
of the Sentinel which Judge Douglas. has just
addressed to the governor of the State Of Hi
nois, urging the Importance Of tonnage duties
for improvement purposes.
But recently we have expressed our views at
some length .on this subject; yet even had we
been thus far silent with regard to it, the
crowded state of our columns would forbid US
to call attention to the prominent considerations
which Judge Douglas presents with so much
force. We shall, however, return to this i'm
portant matter at an early day, for we regard it
of vast importance to the country,
Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1854-01-15

or suspicion that may be cast upon me by the
mysterious disappearance of the paper.
AS to the forgery case, it must be apparent
that 1t must stand or fall with the main case
now on trial. If the prosecution succeed in
the present case, could feel but little interest
IN the other; and if the prosecution fail in this
case, there can be no doubt that it would tail
IN the other, for both are intimately blended.
But to guard against this contingency, / have
to call attention to an important fact. When
my counsel informed me that this document
was lost, Immediately authorized them to adj
NIT any authentic copy or tracing that the
prosecution might possess ; and it was my i'm
preston, and that of my counsel, that, on the
former trial, we had seen, in the possession Of
the prosecution, traced copy or .tac-simile Of
the whole document. But, to my great sur
prise and annazement, it now turns out that
the prosecution, instead Of having a full and
complete copy preserved, hare only retained a
copy OF the FIRST leaf of this document, whereby
they may prove the seal and signature of the
Governor of San Luis to be forgeries, but have,
unfortunately for me, omitted to preserve any
copy or fac-simile Of the rest Of the document,
or o. ats authorizations thus preserving what
will answer their purpose for the forgery case,
and retaining no evidence of the authentica-
" ooNeTuOF VI new lIeou uuu Tue
United States Consul, by which could prove
the document to be genuine. That am not
benefited by the loss of these papers is selfevi.
dent, for the prosecution has adduced all its
proof on the subject or retained just enough
OF the document to suit any emergency, whilst
am precluded, by the loss of the paper, from
presenting any proof whatever
Its loss also places me in a very doubtful
and suspicious light before the public and the
jury. It is for these reasons that solemnly
aver that the loss of this paper is Of the great
est possible injury to my cause, and the great
est misfortune that could have befalen me;
whilst its disappearance, as at present advised,
believe will be the only obstacle to my ex.
posing the false and malicious foundations Of
this prosecution.
GEORGE A. GARDINER. /
JANUARY II, 1854.
Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1854-01-15
WASHINGTON AQUEDUCT.

Whatever relates to the improvement Of the
national metropolis naturally exctes a consid-
cradle degree of interest in the minds of the
people. AT present many public works of mag
nitude are in state of progress, and many
more are proposed, involving an expenditure
Of many millions Of the public treasure. Of the
works already partly provided for, the most i'm.
portant is that for supplying the city of Wash.
ington and Georgetown with pure water That
this should be done at the earliest day-upon
some plan ascertained to he reliable and com.
mensurate with the present and prospective
wants Of these cities, having, at the same time
due regard for true cconomy-appears to be
universally admitted
To persons conversant with this subject
however, the field of inquiry extends far beyont
the mere narrative of the act of the last Con
gress, authorizing the work, or of the prepare
rations recently made for its commencement
The plan proposed, which, with its estimates
we understand, is now under consideration be-
fore committee of the House Of Representa-.
tives is based upon scale of stupendous mag.
nifcence. 1t is, we are informed, of the char.
acter of the aqueducts Of ancient Rome, built
more than two thousand years ago--and on
the gravitation principle--the valleys and ra-
vines to be filled up with costly masonry, and the
hills tunneled to the line Of grade to receive the
conduit. It is on q scale, too, which is, we
apprehend, far beyond even the prospective
wants Of the national metropolis nine
feet condust-being, we understand, comneten,
to supply profusely apopulation Of t,co millions!
1t is not our purpose to enter into a review
of the aqueducts of the ancients, although VIC
are among the warmest admirers Of works q
antiquity. Our only object is to elicit publ,
attention to a work which may involve millions
not no,c anticipated, before its completion, 0
before Sits beneficial results can be realized
Besides, strict economy IN the public expenditure
is considered one of the cardinal principles O
the democratic party; and one that we fee
satisfied will be faithfully acted upon by tn
present erecaaiee and Legislative representative
of our party.
New York has erected an aqueduct which
will compare fayorably with many Of thos,
built by the ancients and to those who are &C
quainted with all its features, results, and i'm
mense cost, it should furnish sufficient exam
pie and warning; more especially as the pro
posed Metropolitan Aqueduct' is to be con
structed on a still larger and more magnificent
scale than the "Croton works" of New York
1t is the opinion Of several experienced engi
neers' that the project Of bringing water from
the Great Falls Of the Potomac is of more than
Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1854-01-15

glS The WASHINGTON UNION of the 18th
announces the appointment of William Crosby
of Ohio, as consul Of the United States for the
port of Talicahuano, in Chill
This was the consulship rendered to, and de
clined by Col. Samuel c. Stambaugh, of Penn
vania-a gentleman whose abilities, and whose
uAlaable and consistent services to the Demo
cratic party are such as to entitle him to high
public position.
Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1854-01-15

No. James II. Young, esq.,, United States
consulto the Dutch West India Islands, who has
been in the city for some weeks, having received
his instructions, will leave tomorrow for his
post. We understand that number Of his Der.
sonal friends rendered him the compliment of a
public entertainment before his departure, which
he declined
Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1854-01-15

Ea~ We have received from the governors
of several of the States, copies, in pamphlet
form, Of their annual messages; but such have
been our engagements, and the pressure on
our columns, that we have not found it conve-
nient to bestow on them the attention they
merit #a ~"
Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1854-01-15

Day- Not that there is any honor in it, but
simply as a matter of news, we extract from
the New York Herald the following account
of the intermarriages between American ladies
and the nobility of England. It is the boast
Of Americans that every man here is a SOW
ereign; but the ladies have not manifested any
Indifference to titles. Indeed this love Of IL
ties, of high sounding appellations, is growing
upon us. We should sedulously guard against
departing from the noble simplicity of our an
cestors:
Republican America has furnished her fair
proportion of brides to the noble gentlemen of
Europe. Not long ago, the Spanish prime
minister, a duke of the blood royal, was grand.
son of old Governor Mexican, Of Pennsyl-
vania; and since the Revolution, English,
French Russian, and other ambassadors have
married in this country By the last steamer
we learn that the Marchioness of Wellesley
died on the 18th December, at Hampton Court.
She was daughter Of Richard Cation, of Balti.
more, and granddaughter Of Charles Carroll,
of Carrolton, one of the signers of the Decla.
ration of Independence. Her memoirs would
constitute one of the most romantic narratives
that could be written. In the first Towering
Of womanly beauty, she attracted the attention
of Sir Arthur Wellesley, afterwards the Duke
of Wellington, who followed her over half the
continent and by his ungarded devotion incur
red not little scandal Miss Cation (then
Mrs. Robert Pattison) was recalled by her fam
lily, and her admirer for many months wrote
minute diary of what occurred in the gay world
abroad, which he transmitted in letters per
every packet for the United States. When She
became widow she revisited London but the
future hero of Waterloo was now himself mar
red, and therefore unable to offer her his hand;
he, however, introduced his elder brother, who
soon after became her husband and the duke
continued to the close Of his life, to be one of
the warmest of her friends and admirers. She
resided in her old age at Hampton Court, sort
OF royal and noble house of refuge. Two Of
her sisters were married to noblemen--the elder
to the Duke Of Leeds, and the younger, we be-
lieve, to an Irish peer. A third sister, Mrs.
McTavish, is now living in Baltimore, and is
one of the most distinguished and respected
ladies Of the old school of that metropolis Of
beauty and of good society.
Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1854-01-15
"ExTREMEs.-A CONCENTRATIONS
AL THEATRE.

" y We.
Among the many excellent pieces that have
been brought out at the National Theatre this
season, we were particularly well pleased with
the comedy entitled Extremes" Of its lite
rary merits we cannot undertake to speak cri-
tically, as we have never read it; but we are
inclined to Judge it most favoraby, from its il
Illustrations on the stage. It certainly has
some happy hits at abolitonists, and extremists
Of all sorts.
|. 1t represents speculative amalgamationist,
whose enthusiasm is intense. He gets up a
long petition to Congress, with numerous sig
natures, invoking its aid in the grand work OF
amalgamation. But when practical illustra-
ton Of his doctrines is proposed in his own
family-when buck negro visits his parlor,
assumes equality, and proposes to marry his
pretty daughter, he is filed with loathing and
disgust. He shrinks from the test, and recants
his opinions.
A bachelor, who processes to hate women
and abominate politics, also Ainches and
fails when exposed to the entertainments and
destinations Of Q pretty widow, who not only
entraps him into Congress but matrimony,
This is good comedy, and it is admirably
performed at the National. The different cha
racters were personated BY Mr.. Chapman, Mr..
ABecket Mr. Winning, Mr.. B. Young, Mr.. H.
A. Perry, Mr.. Hale, Mr.. Langdon, Mr. McKeon,
Mrs. Dufield, Mrs. Mann, Mrs. Hale, and Mrs.
Ada King. All Of these performers are perfect
in their parts. AS coxcomb Mr.. Perry is
inimitable. Mr.. Chapman as the woman hater,
and Mrs. Dufield as the "man trap cannot
be surpassed. Mr.. Hale, as the demagogue,
and Mrs. Hale as the alms.house orphan, also
acted their parts admirably. Mr.. Young rep
resented to perfection, the character of Cash
Gaskins,a negro servant. Mr.. Vining, as Patrick
Leary, did himself great credit. Mr. Langdon,
as the sentimental lover, also performed his
part most creditably. .4
These we're the principal characters, but all
deserve commentator. When we name some
we do not mean to disparage others.
Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1854-01-15

u The Legislature Of New Jersey has been
organized by the election of the Hon. William
G. Alexander, President the Senate, and Hon.
John W. Fcnnimore, Speaker Of the House The
clerks and other officers were..all elected.
Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1854-01-15
happy pair, in smart array,

A happy pair, in smart array,
BY holy church united,
From London town, in open shay,
Set of, by love melted.
The day was dull as dull could be,
So dreaming Of no pun)
Qpoth John, hope, my dear, that we
May have little sHn."
10 which his bride, with simple heart,
Replied ctwas nature taught her)
Well confess--for my own part,
I'D rather have daughter y
Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1854-01-15
THE MISSING PAPERS IN THE GARD
INER CASE.

We do not altogether approve of the practice
ofpublishing the evidence in criminal prosecu-
tons pending the trial; and we think it highly
unjust and improper to spread mere abstracts
Of such evidence before the public, because
facts and circumstances which appear to be
trivial and unimportant in the first stages of a
cause, very frequently prove, in the end, to be
of the most vital Importance. For these rea-
sons we have not presented sketch Of the pro-
ceedings before the criminal court of the Dis
trict in the Gardiner case; but the sudden loss
Of certain papers of importance has been men
toned by the journals of the city, and by the
Sentinel amongst the rest. We therefore
publish the following communication, which
DR.. Gardiner has addressed to us, in which
he defends himself from the suspicious which
have been cast upon him with reference TO the
lost papers.
Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1854-01-15

ReJ- Communications must dlicdys lie ac-
companied By the names Of the authors. We
cannot hold onrselpes responsible for The return
Of such as zee decline to publish.
Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1854-01-15

Gay- Mr.. George Z. FRENCH, Bookseller, King
street, Alexandra, is authorized agent 10 re-
ceive advertisements and subscriptions. Single
numbers can be procured at his counter every
morning
Eas- Mr.. E. X. LuNDY, bookseller, Bridge street
Georgetown, will act as agent for the Sentinel in
receiving subscriptions and advertisements.
10 GEORGE w. MEARsoN Is our authorized
agent TO receive subscriptions and advertisements
IN Washington, Georgetown and Alexandra.
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ID Leather, for sale at
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