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Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1855-10-03
CREATION OF EVE.

And the evening and the rsoratH, were the six III
.agan day, y,-Gen, l.. Si=.zaI tal ItsiT
TWAS dawn over Bden--yet brightly on hikh II =,
Ihs morning star sh one in the pearl tinted sky;
Twas daiYii over EdeiY, and dim niy. ~ fair So 10
Showed valley and stream in the pure bairny air.
There Silence and Stun spirits recined
Cnwooded by the breath OF the Tower sreAted wini:
so s.irless each leaf within forest and glade
That il seemed like vision BY finey displayed g
B; oh hal YOU gazed in each covert Of grebii' .'a
VI hat wonders OF joy-thriiting life had you soen
Totbe brightest aud least tha; have biF;h in hoWer
Then, gen-,ike in beauty With sos.l.fro5bfng
Eachwarh,e OF Eden had futtefedto rests ir.asti
With golden winged insecisgso brilliant asd fair
They seemed as i Painte4 by angels, IN ai.r4lc .
Iet ssEange the iIIaess sopg loving spr.
Enchanted the echoes round mountain and bel ghti
Why came not the froI:, his palace high. %
io rsksn she blrshes OF day In the sky! lustg ~
Bat "A pale q lery n tremuious ray isHig9 zs-
from boHYeH ia g sh adoNy distsnee away = fo
All, wen knew the angels that favored retreat.
For il imaged the hom es wI the era tbEif meet
There moyeless as DEATH yet all radiant and fair,
A form with whose beauty i,ougIt else ht COM
nliSing yet stilled not by death to reposes Ipare
With check and bosom Ike new-talien SHOWS;
So.,ro73,u 6er brow neeied-her glory was there
In the soft siken tresses Of Sunny hued hairs
No robes of adjoining in loYe pg embrace sH0sGi -
Embodied those limbs hat we're peerless @ IN GRACE ~
Coufa as. angel bu: die-so transcendent her air,
That you- deem lost serapn y9u gazed pom thefe
80 ifeleks, the hands though by foorefs earesseu
60 s;irlsss the feet ;Iato lilies are prest. ai e
But harks calm geiee. yet wi th ajes y rife
7Tis the voice OF her Maker--and instant to life
-3eIeneiy uprising, with soulbeaming eyes,
She woke into rapture aiseath Eden's blnc skies
a moment she stood .is IN s:atued rep6se. '
Ere her check and her iip the hue of the rose
Then slowly adoring she knelt on the,sod, Il III s5-
IL e. - & 1
Then forth looked the like monarch on high,
While the angel Of glory swept silently by;
All Eden neiodious, rel joiced to receive yl III
Prom The hand of Jehovah the beautiful Eve,
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at manhood, and assuming its responsibilities
and duties. Sir. Fireman a man of knowl-
edge, talent, worth and influence. Mart Browa
was yet loafer-a loafer in language, habits
and appearanee-his Influence gone. his per-
son neglected, his property squandered; he
presented sad spectacle of the result of spend
ing his youthful leisure hours ..at the corners:
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liI WASHINGTON .-4He was not despot. He
found ed the political liberty, the same as the
national Independence of hsIcountrv. He used
war only as a means of peace. Raised to the
Supreme power withopt ambition, he. descend
ed from it without regret. soon as the safe
ty of his country permitted. He is the mo-
del for ali dc M oeFaiic chiefs. Nov you have
only TO examine his life, his soul, his acts,
thoughts, his words you will not find a sim
gle mark Of condescension, single nome mt
OF indulgence, for the fayorite ideas, Of demo
cracy. He conatanly struggled even to weai-
mess and sadneSs-against its cxactions. N o
man was ever more profoundly i'm bued with the
spirit of government or itlfrespect for aitllo-
rity.. He never exceeded the rights Of power,
according to the laws of his country but he
confirmed and maintained them in principle as
well as in practice, and as firmly. as loftily, as
he could have done in an old monarchicai or
aristocratical state. al He was one of those who
knew that it is no more possible to govern
from below IN republic thanin a monarchy
in a democratic than in an aristocratic society.
-A4aaa = ,1ofs1i 30 y - 80 GaiSof.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1855-10-03

A DEPopULATED WoRLD---ssI am led to
Think. says schlegel, "that the earth, ifwhol-
" divested of its inhabitants, would present q
more melancholy aspect, should it retain its
fertility and beaury, than if wrapped up in a
pail of darkness. surrounded by dead planets
and extinguished suns. s.'' s'e
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1855-10-03

I THE BASIN OF THE ATLASTic.-Modern sci
many discoveries in relation to the ocean, its
depths, and its beds or basins. According to
Mr.. Charles r.. Weld, who recently made a
tour through the United States aud Canada,
the vast sea-weed medows of the Atlantic,
which cover a space seventifnes as large as
France, teem with life, and deep sea-soundings
which reveal the sea floor of the greatest depths,
show that the bottom of the ocean is frequent
| lv paved with caIcareous and silicious shells.
The Atlantic basin is vast trough. bounded
on one side by America, and on the other side
| by Africa, and rising out OF this trough arc
mountains higher than the loftiest Himsiayaiis,
from peak to peak OF which huge whales hold
their course with the same secretion win
| which eagles pass from crag to cragi and val
leys deeper than any trodden by the foo. OF
| man, within those oozy folds the great waters
lie in perpetual repose. Depths have been
sounded in he Atlantic greater than the ele-
walton of any mountain above its surface.
Another modern writer speaking of this
great basin, says that could its waters be drawn
| off, SO as to expose to view this great chasm,
which separates Continents, auu SAteHuS iiohi
the Arctic to the Antarctic, it would present
scene rugged and grand beyond description.
| The very ribs of the solid earth would be
| brought to light, and we should behold at one
view, in the mighty cradle of the ocean, the
I sad remains of Thousand fearful wrecks, With
| their countless human skulls buried in heaps
! of pearl and ipestimable stones, which lie con-
cealed upon the bottom of the deep. from
the top Of the Chimborazo TO the bottom OF
the Atlantic, at the deepest place yet reached
by the plummet in avertical line, is nine miles.
! The deepest part of the North Atlantic is prob
/ ABLY somewhere between the BermHdas and
j the Grand Banks. The waters of the Gulf OF
4 Mexico are held in basin whose greatest
Edepth is bout mile. g -ass2 8 y = 2s-t't1 p
IL ~
HyA lot of fellows went on a deer hunt the
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1855-10-03

~ [ly-A genius in, New Bedford is fitting up
steamer for the purpose of towing iceoergs 70
Indiss where they sell for six cents 2 p'Vnd-s7
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The f.ar6,s PRAYER

| n irlehu' says one OF our cotehporarles'te teiis
Us an anecdotc OF Booth, the great tragedlan,
which we do not reccoliect having seen IN
PRINT. 1t occurred IN the pa'my days OF MS
tame before 'iie sparNle Oh MS great oiaeA es
tl;i oeen 'iinmed Oy tDat pane OF genius
strong drink;
boo1n ana seFefal ifiends had peen invited
| 10 'tihe with an oid gentleman IN baltlmorc; OF
| OF distinguished kindness, urbanIty, and piety-
| me nest, thouSh dlsappfoVlnS OF theatres ana
/ theatre gong, had heard so much OF Booths
remarkable powers, that curiosity to see the
man lad, in this instance, overcome all his
scruples and prejudices After the entertain
ment was "ver, lamps lighted, and the compa-
ny reseated IN the drawing-room, some one
/ requested Booth, as a particular favor and one
which all present would doubtless appreciate,
to read aloud the Lords prayer. Booth ex-
pressed his willingness to afford them this graft
fication, and all eyes were turned expectantly
upon him Booth rose slowly and 'reverentlyi
Nom his chair. It was wonderful to watch
the play of emotions that convnsed his coun-
tenance. He became deathly pale. and his
ewes. turned trembling upwards, were wet with
tears AS yet he had not spoken. The silence
could be felt 1t became absolutely painful,
until at last the spell was broken as if an eiec-
trio shock, as his rich-toned voice, from white
lips syllabled forth, sour Father who art in
Heaven = &C., with pathos and feTvid1 so-
lemnity that thrilled alb hearts He finished.
The silence continued jNetla voice was heard
or muscl. moved in his wrapt au dience, un-
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1855-10-03

The COMPANY OF WoNAN.-He cannot be an
unhappy man who has the love and smiles 'ofa
woman TO accompany him in every department
of life. The world may look dark and cheer
less without-enemies may gather in his path
but when he returns to the dieside and feels
the tender love Of woman, he forgets his cares
and troubles, and is comparatively happy
man. he is but half prepared for life, who
take. not with him, TO soothe and comfort him,
that friend Sho will forsake him in DO emer-
gency-who viii divide his sorro~s-increa.s
his joys-lift the veil from hi. heart, and throw
sunshine amid the darkest scenes. No; that
man cannot be miser..ble, who has such COM
pAnlon, De he eve- so poor, despised, and trod.
den upon by t'.ae world. sl, ,....-,.s,. 49,,
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1855-10-03

a7s nyA lot of fellows went on a deer hunt the
hosr.. -aptaI~5s avez girls ard q pfosxss s~ e
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1855-10-03

E AID ro> EoRrmx.-The Odd Fellows Lodge
OF this borough (west Chester, Pa.) has con-
triouted to the relief of the Norfolk and Porte
mouth sufferers, the sum of 81 so, and they
a!iave also through committee composed Of
their mem 'oers, collected from othy. citizsas
ei the tow and vicinity for .ne same o'ejse.,l
slos,ae, m aking in al .sas 80. Epiaeo-
ps,, 20, oSussD n q = borough
- ~ Ar sais br'evcx xsnt cau'e...rs'
.f-r.,t S.s
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-03-13
TO NORTHERN KNow-xorHIyGs :.

A series of resolutions, elaborated with care,
that were lately adopted by Know Nothing
Council in the Fifteenth Ward of this City,
have been published in pamphlet form, and
recommended to general adoption as the platform
Of the knowNothings; We presume to en-
body the essential doctrines Of thu. sect. There
ia not, in their terms much to excite anybodys
hostility; bat there is volume of repugnant
meaning hidden therein. Thus, when they
speak Of rebuking all attempts to agitate ques-
tons which affect the general tranquility it is
very plain that they refer to the question Of
Slavery extension, and that their platform on this
subject is that Of scqUiescence in the doctrines
of the Nebraska bil-which scquiescence is
substantially submission 10 the nstonalizing of
Slavery, and the unopposed rule Of the slave
power.
The country is now at crisis on the question
of the limitation OF Slavery. L. has been brought
to it by the repeal Of the restriction imposed
upon its spread by the Missouri Compromise.
This question is upon us, therefore, and must be
settled; are We 10 adopt as national rule Of sc
ton the doctrine ofthe unlimited spread OF Slavery
over all the Territories Of the United States, or
are we to insist upon its restriction TO the States
where it now exists Or, 10 the words OF those
who profess great horror and alarm at the sgta-
ton of this subject, shall We . leave Slavery
"wbere the Constitution leaves :" or shall we
consent to its iga.ion all over the Continent
II we are to resist its spread, then We must have
agitation, for the prevention Involves opposition.
An has itor
Grated to Freedom has been yielded to Slavery
and the question has yet 20 be answered by the
people, OF their representatives, whether we con-
sent to that surrender. Congress yet holds the
settlement Of that question in its own hands.
The Nebraska bill did not perfect the transaction
quiesce or refuse to a:quiesce in the surrender
of Free Territory 70 Slavery, which tha. bill
permitted.
Thus there is something specific to do on the
question of Slavery, in view of the aggression
Of the Nebraska bill. Andi. is one of two things.
The free States must submit, or refuse TO Sub
nit, to that aggression. We need no. cbarae.
terize the two classes OF action, 80 momentum. in
their consequences. We need not go at length
into development Of the results to follow the
one or the other course. 1t involves the fate of
nation, ard the cause of human progress. Our
opinions thereon are well known. We merely
desire here to ask the members Of the Know
Nothing organization in the free States, who are
not pusillanimous, and do not propose to nation.
alize Slavery, and thereby become slaves them.
selxes ubat fhev ara coinp n do in this emar
gency, and what they propose to ask or demand
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-03-13
TIE LESSON OF TIE DAY.

Respectable citizens who are shocked a. the
recent crisis Of ruifanism, and who went to see
ELL PoOles funeral with emotions of horror that
such pageant should disgrace the City, msy not
be likely to take to heart their own responsibility
for these events, but responsible they certainly
are. But for the Indifference and neglect of this
class Of people for their political duties, these
gangs Of professional DULLES could never have
gained the position and power they have been
wont to exercise. Had the comfortable, intelli-
gent and generally conscientious body of electors
been half as careful of the public welfare as of
their individual prosperity; had they regularly
fulfilled their obligations as citizens, aud made
themselves felt in the elections, the trade of
political rufan if it had not remained utterly uu-
known and Impractical, must have been speedily
exercised from the community. But such men
have allowed themselves to stand aoof from the
practical management of political affairs, and as
sObrety, honesty and discretion have Withdrawn
from that sphere, liquor, cheating and brutality
became predominant, until now it is common
remark in connection with the death Of the bully
inferred on Sunday, that this or that man in high
Office owes bis elevation TO the services of that pu
gilstic mercenary
In the fact that fighters, gamblers, aud keep
ers of erog-shops should thus sway the politics
of such City as this there lies fouler ana Bit
terer shame than in hslfa.doze ruffAnly adfays,
or ruf6anly funerals. We are wont 70 be CON-
piacent over the magnitude and magnifcence Of
our commerce, our charities, our public schools,
where itch and poor stand on the same noble
level-our mighty warehouses, our pal.th
avenues, and the abundance and intelligence so
generally dihused among our people; but what
are all these worth if We must patiently submit
to be ruled BY the ignorant and the vicious, and
if the very scum Of society are to sell our places
of public trust and honor And yet such has
been the case simply because the vast majority
of the respectable and intelligent have abandoned
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-03-13

The rowdy murder is continually presenting
new Developments. A seat in the Council Cham
Der was vacant last night Coulcilmso Kerrigan
vss in the Tombs as an accessory. A policeman,
Daniel LiDD Harvey Young, Geo. Burns, Johnny
Lyog, and one Mclaughlin already keep
him company. Others follow The police
especially are implicated TO an almost IN
limited extent in the escape Of Baker. 1t
is sssersed it lie almost certain that ne is q
passenger on the Isabel, Jewe:t to the Caosries.
The Magnolia, new steamer, started at o'clock
last night, in pursuit. BIT the murderer has 500
miles the start. II the Isabella Je yeti makes a
cosstng voy age-stops at Savannah or Charleston
before going to Palmas the authorities ali along
the coast should be we'll warned by telegraph
Meantime, people in Amboy and along the rail-
road, are expecting him to De arrested among
them.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-03-13
MARINE DISASTERS AND LOSsoF LIFE.


The ship ashore at Scituate ia the VIM. A. Cooper,
from Savannah for Boston-Dot the Oriental, a. sup
posed. She went ashore on saturday, AT CLOCK
A. NJ, on & sandy bottom, and heads to the sea-
Capt. Sears MIR. Gore, the third mate, and one sea-
man were drowned attempting to reach the shore
in q boat, having volunteered to try and reach the
land snd procure assistance The remainder OF the
crew were taken off by life boat. The snip holds
together but her main and miZZen masts are gone.
The schooner Anita. Dawson, from Norfolk for
Boston, went ashore at Scituate and Is total loss
Crew and cargo saved.
A dispatch from Plymouth of the 18th ssys: We
had severe gale on Saturday, but the roads are n
passbe from Drift
The bark California, from New-fork for Boston,
with ,4l6 boxes Of sugar, came ashore at Manomet
during the gale. The crew all saved, except
one man. who attempted to land on spar. The yes
sci has bged
A large ship, and smother vessel both unknown
are ashore ten miles further down. The schooner
Benjamin, from New-York for Esstport, with cargo
OF -four and corn is ashore at Warrens Cove and has
bjged. The crew were saved by means of a line
from the shore.
The schooner Smith, Tuttle, from Boston for New
York with cargo OF hemp and corn Is also ashore at
Narren's Cove.
Another dispatch from Plymouth, says the ship
above mentioned i; not ashore, but is anchored, Win
her nissts cut away.
An ARRAY occurred, yesterday morning. among the
crew Of the Lady Suffolk, bound for Mobile One
seaman was killed, ana four men were arrested and
brought back 10 this city.
heavy snow storm visited ths Cape on Friday
night, ana the cars from Boston for BarDstsble on
Saturday afternoon, could proceed no further than
MGcleboro, on account Of the deep snow.
SECOND DISPATCH.
The chip ashore, anchored, OF Plymouth, is sup
posed 10 he the Hudson OF New York from Savannah
for Boston az she was ven miles astern Of the Wm
Cooper, Vhen gale commenced. The steamer X.
Il. Forbes has been sent 10 her assistance.
THIRD DISPATCH.
The supposed dismasted chip, below Plymouth,
turns out 10 be the brig Hayward, from Havana for
Boston. She anchored off the Manonet, Plymouth,
during the gale of Saturday, and cut away her m asia
to keep from going ashore. She taken in tow
this noon by the steamer Acorn, from Sandwich, and
brought heie. The Acorn reports squarerigged
vessels ashore between Plymouth and Sandwich.
The schooners Benjamin, from New York for East
port, and the Snith, futile, from Boston for New
York, are high and dry at low water. Their csrgoes
ere being landed in a damaged state.
The cargo OF the bark California is insured IN New
York.
Arrived, sctr Express from Georges Bank. Yes
teroay. Cape Ann W.N.W. 20 ales, fell in with the
brig Citizen, Chase, from Machlss for New York,
with lumber. She had been capszed, when, her
Dasts breaking, she nghted full OF water. One of
the crew was dfOwnedi the captain and four men
escaped.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-03-13
THE NEW POLICE BILL.

The views of the Lieutenant. Governor on the new
Police Bill, in reply to the recent letter of Mayor
Wood, occupy place in our columns this mora
ing. Mr.. Raymond pleads bis cause cunningly,
but fails, we think, to establish the necessity of
adding a new Board of Commissioners with sala-
ries of two or three thousand dollars apiece aud
all the luxuries of rOom-reDt clerk hire and other
incidentsls, to the burdens Of this over taxed and
officia.ridden City. 1t would no doubt be
very convenient and comfortable arrangement f)r
the ncumbents of the new Off :es, but we have
yet to see good reason for creating them. Our
Municipal administration is already complicated
and unwiedy to aproyerb, and this bill proposes
to add to the complication. 1t already costs too
much in salaries and plunder, and this bill pro.
poses to maksit cost more. As for the organiza
ton and efficiency of the Police, there is no cause
to expect benefit from the change. That great
Improvement has been accomplished by the
present Board OF Commissioners no one eau deny,
and We object to arresting the process they have
SO happily begun, and are so eficscicusly carrying
forward. Besides, there can be no question, we
think, among impartial observers, that it would
be deplorabe error to diminish the power the
Mayor now exercises over the Police as this bill
is designed to do. That power is not whit too
extensive or too absolute, and to curtail it would
be to diminish the means of rendering life and
property secure, just as events are showing the
depth and danger of that slough of rutfianism aud
crime from which the City and its Government
are, we hope, surely, though perhaps slowly
emerging. We trust the Legislature will pause
before it imposes upon this metropolis measure
which TIE people have not asked for and which,
lift were submitted to the electors OF the City,
would be rejected by an overwhelming majority.