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The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1855-12-13

p@- We are informed that Mr.. Bar
nnm has sold the American Museum to
two Of his late employees in that estab-
lishment, Msssrs. Greenwood & Butler,
and that he is about to spread" him
self into more expansive concern in
the city. He has bought 10. in Broad
way above Bleeksr street, and is going
to erect an immense Dramatic and
Equestrian Establishment.
The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1855-12-13

Massasoit Saire should be kept on
the shelf, ready for use. Let families
keep it, let the mechanic keep it, let
tho merchant keep it, let every enc keep
it! 1t costs but a triHe, and may ale
viate much suffering. 1t may be had at
retail of the Agentat % cents per box.
All orders should be addressed to
j. p. SULLIVAN, Proprietor,
100 Washington street, Boston, Mass.
AcENTs--PoTTER & CHAMPLIN,
Westerly; G. F. NICHOLS, Kingston,
and Druggists through the States.
The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1855-12-13

MvsIcAL.-Our readers will psresiy,
BY reference to another column, that
the Pswcatuek Musical Institute pro-
pose giving their Second Public r Rshsar-
sal iu Westerly, .: vose Hall On Tues
day evening, 18th instant. Judging
from their 8rst effort some months ago,
We can promise all lovers Of music who
intend to favsr them with . call, the
finest musical exhibition ever in Wes-
tsrly. This Institute has bad for its
object, the selection and practice Of
Melodies Of the most popular and
beautiful character, of the highest order
Of poetry, and visit to their Rehearsal
cannot fail to please and benefit all who
attend. Let every person "who ha.
music in his SOUL" 60 and hear.
The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1855-12-13

1~ The P. o. Department notifies
the public that from tie 6rst day Of JAN
uary next all letters (n"t free) must be
prepaid by stamps, and Postmasters are
required to have stamps on hand 80 tha,
all who desire may obtain them. The
evidence of prepayment Of postagS will
then b. the stamp only, and When not
affixed by the parties sending letters, the
postmaster must put them on.
The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1855-12-13

~ Ffty-six ballotings had been bad
for Speaker in the House Of Representa-
tives, up to Thursday night, without a
choice. In tho Senate, the Standing
Committee, and Chaplain have been
announced.
The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1855-12-13
Life-What is iti

In our reckless career after happiness,
in the numerous phases in which tine in
tangible vision presents itself to our i'm
aginations, wo do well, perhaps, to pause
and seriously ask ourselves--What is
Life And tho answer, how varied
az much so, almost, as the individuals
Who reply. And yet how fsw--how
very few--seem to realise what it is.
To most people, human existence is a
problem which to them always remains
uusolved. The more general idea 10,
that the end Of Life is the happiness OF
the individual, and yet the vast majority
Of the human family pass through this
sublunary sphere but to demonstrate
that
"Man never is, but always TO be blest."
Perhaps one great mistak.Ehich We
make in answering this question prac!i
'cally IS, that W. are too apt to consider
Life as our ows-as given US to be
devoted to our own purely selfish graf
ificatien; and in this pervcrsion of
the blessed boon given US We lose
sight Of the very object which we SO ca
gerly pursue. Let US but for moment
calmly and nationally consider how brief
our stay here must be, and how vast the
work to which We might devote our en-
ergiss. 1t matters little where we live,
what We eat or drink, or " wherewithal
we are clothed" or what riches We have,
unless We can bring ourselves to feel
that what We have is not our own, that
We but hold them in trust to be devoted
to the we'll being of those around U.S.
Whenever We can bring ourselves to
devote what We have-be that wealth,
learning or power--to the welfare Of
others, then and then only have we dis
covered the great secret Of Life. Then
do we begin to receive those rewards
and satisfactions which attest that we
are making proper use Of the Life
which has been SO bsni6cisntly best0w-
cd upon US.
1t is almost astonishing when We look
around upon tho world Of mankind, and
behold their general absorption in the
reckless race after riches. For, after
all this striving, there is scarcely an t.
dividual, however wealthy hs may bs,
who cannot, and who will not, in his
serious moments, heartily endorse tho
biblical sentiment, that mans life con-
sisteth not in the abupdanc of things
which he possesseth. Tho disappoint-
ment, however, which is almost inyaria-
bly, the lot of those who become rich,
does not seem t. deter others from the
headlong pursuit of the same gilded
phantcm, while the few who enjoy real
happiness are almost invariably found
among those who are content with q
moderate share of this worlds goods,
and who can sincerely adopt the ssnti-
ment of Agur's prayer" Give me
neither poverty nor riches"
There are very few people but that
profess to believe in the Immortality of
life, and yet the number is extremely
small who do net act As though that be-
lief was a nero formality, that it was a
separate thing altogether from the every
day actualities Of life. We sacrifice
ease, csmfert, health, to the sccumula-
tion Of property and ws night almost
The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1855-12-13

D~ Mrs. Naples, who With her child
were recently beaten nearly to death BY
the brutal hu.baud AID father at Pres
ton, is much better, and some hope. are
entertained that she and her Child will
recover.
The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1855-12-13

NJ The $4,000 lost by tho Amer
ican Express Co, while in transit be-
tween Dubuque. Iowa, and New York,
has been found It turned up as mys-
teriously as it disappeared.
The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1855-12-13

ssy, happy is be who only sacrifices
these, for in the attaining Of that prop
srty w eften sseri6ss also, morals, and
the mind itself. And yet in all this, We
do mo- ,e.u to reflect, that BY this cause
ws put ourselves in position in which
We cannot receive the benefits of our &C.
oumulations. When the cultivation Of
the nObler qualities of the soul has been
neglected for years, it is impossible to
revive those qualities. And though we
may have received the fruition of our
hopes and labors in worldly wealth, We
are not in condition to enjoy it; the
nObler faculties Of the mind having died
from neglect, We must continue to grovsl
in the low and degrading position which
We have chosen.
The rich are generally envied BY the
poor, and yet, 10 there really more
unsnviabls object in existence than that
man who retires from the busy wsrld,
after he has amassed fortune, to enjoy
his possessions : He finds he has net
remaining single qualification which
will afford him rational happiness in bis
retirement. His mind has so long been
burdened With cares, that an exemption
from those cares is but state Of unhap-
piness. Aud frequently such again seek
the busy scenes Of life as their only re-
sort to get rid Of themselves.
The missries of . life spent in the
pursuit of wealth, simply as the end
are almost untold but a. means oI
usefulness practically carried out, wealth
like any other blessing, should be ra'
tionally sought after, thankfully receiv.
cd, and literally dispersed During
life, the greatest acquisitions of fortune
can produce but feeble satisfaction, il
held simply for itself; but if that wealth
has been properly used, the assurance
that it gives that we have not lived in
vain is not to be placed in comparison
with the ignoble satisfaction s1psrienc.
ed BY the miser.
The great majority Of people seem ia
think that every person is designed ia
promote bis own individual happiness
This is . mistake that causes much oi
the misery of this world. Until the
opposite Of this is understood, and each
shall consider that he is bound to pro-
mote the happiness of all tho rest, &c
far as he is able, human life can but bs
a source of disappointment. Isolated
interests and individual absorption must
give way to the good Of all, and when
such is the case--when each will spoa-
tansously administer to the necessities
of those about him and endeavor to pre-
mote their good, our world will present
a bright and beautiful aspect, while hu.
man Life will have a much deeper sig
ni6cancs than it now possesses. E
The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1855-12-13

s@- A young California tOido,o, re-
sidiug in Cincinnati, few days since re-
ccived . draft Of fvo hundred dollars
from her huspaud . digger in the mines,
a.d b.fors night she had spent the major
part Of the sum is new and gaudy
dresses.
The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1855-12-13

~ The New Workers are talking Of
\ monument to Washington 600 feet
high on the Battery, surmounted by his
statue--the whole to be Of iron, and 10
Be finished in ten years! The commit
tee of the board Of aldermen, it is said, ,
have determined to report in favor oft.
The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1855-12-13

D6c One Of the Mormon apostles, q
man named Williams, has lately declar-
ed that when Utah comes into the Un-
ion, she will come in as Slave State.
Brigham Young and many others Of the
Apostles already swn slaves.
The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1855-12-13

~ The East Greenwich Pendulum
says I'VE wish to caution those who
hold bills Of R. I. Central Bank against
disposing of them at discount. The
Bank, We are informed, is perfectly
sound, and few days will restore its
credit.
The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1855-12-13
Che mfstsrlp @fbc,
t AND
Pawc atuok Advertiser,


The Law 81 Newspapers.
!. Subscribers who do not give express no.
tice to the contrary, are coSZ6d6red % Wishing
to continue their subscriptions
2. lfthe subscribers order the discontinuancs
Of their papers, the publisher can continue 70
send them until all slrearages are paid. y
3. II subscribers neglect or refuse to take
their papers from the Office to which they are
directed, they are held responsible till they
settle their bill, and order the papers discon-
tinued.
4. If any subscribers remove to another
place without informing the publisher, and the
paper Is sent to the formse dissection, they sre
held responsible.
8. The courts have decided thar refusing to
take newspaper from the ofies or removing
and leaving II uncalled for, Il prma facie avi.
denee Of intentional fraud.
The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1855-12-13

~ The Norwich Examiner, q relig-
ious and Man Law paper of decided
ability, has been discontinued for want
of support, and so has the C0nnecti-
cut Valley Farmer" for the same cause.
The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1855-12-13

n@-A numerous young man was dri-
wing horse which was in the habit of
stopping at eevry house on the roadside.
Passing a country tavern where were
collected together some eounrymcn, the
beast, as usual, ran opposite the door, and
then stopped, in spite OF the young man,
who applied his whip with all his might
to drive the beast on.
Tho men on the porch commenced a
hearty laugh, and some inquired if he
would sell the horse.
"Yes," replied the young man, "but
I cannot recommend him, as be once be-
iougsd to butcher, and stops whenever
be hears the calves bleat"
The crowd returned to the bar in 81
lense.
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h~Xencphon tells us Of an Egypt
ian whs, when sent by his wife to pur-
chase perfumes, brought her q jar Of
fresh water.
The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1855-12-13
A Card.

The members Of Engine No. 2, tender
their thanks to Mrs. MARY A. VosE, and
Mr.. 60 S. COY, for some excellent coffee
furnished them at the fire ON Thursday
evening. goth ult wM. P. COY,
Dec, 3, 1855. Clerk protein.
The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1855-12-13

b~ Several papers in Texas are urg-
ing the legislature to instruct Senator
Houston to resign, on account Of his
snti-southsrn sentiments.
The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1855-12-13

~ The legislature of Virginia on
the Sth instant, elected James M. Ma
son, Senator Of the United States.
The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1855-12-13
WANTED

AT THIS OFFICE, Immediately, n smart
intelligent boy, to learn the Printing busi-
ness.
The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1855-12-13

- The United States are omposed
n thirty-two States and nine Teritories.
The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1855-12-13

~ Washington, d. G, by a recent
census, contains 60, 900 inhabitants.
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FOu N d..

IN Saturday Dec. LIST, at the Charlestown
~ and Hopkinton Depot,a
Watch.
which the owner can have by calling at
the Echo Office, proving property and pay
ing expenses. JOHN A. CHAMPLIN.
Westerly, Dec. 8, 1855. 'St-A4
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1855-11-28

o. Dom Piatt, Of Cincinnati, late
Secretary of Legation in Paris, sup.
posing the article in the New York
Times, about q member Of the aiplo-
matte corps leaving one Of tho Euro
pean capitals with several thousand
dollars in debts unpaid. (which We
copied in the Picayune on Tuesday
morning.) alluded to him, has publish
ed the follwipg card in the Cincinnati
Commercial:
Permit mo to say that this is incor.
rect in every particular. l left Paris,
with no engagements that I am aware
Of, unful6lled. I gave notice Of my
resignation on the Goth Of June, last
aud after nearly two years close appli.
cation to tho bureau. took advantage Of
a leave Of absence to return home
under the late law could not do other.
wise. My resignation and return to
the United Stetes have been known 10
Paris for the last four months.
When it is rccollected that for half
year filled the place Of Charge,
Affairs on a salary Of $4,000 year,
for which services the Ministers receive
for the first year $4,000. and the
secoud $1,000, that I decline the kind
offer made by Judge Mason to pay me
from his own salary, it seems strange
that my debts. which do not amount
to one-eigth the sum stated, and are
altogether private affair, should be
raked up and exaggerated in this man.
ncr.
/ understand this very we'll. A
few so called Americans. whose crea.
ture | refused to become whilst holding
an official position, have taken advan.
tage of my absence to SANDER one they
could not control. Their sensitive.
ness to American honor just at this
moment is novel.-Pic.
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Gbe 9ailg Gonlet.
BATON ROUGE,::"::::::NOv. 20, 1855.

PHGNIxrANA or Sketches and Bur-
lesqucs by John Phonir.-Decidedly
the book of the season, is that bearing
tho title above. and now going through
the press o: Messrs. Appleton & Co..
NY. We know John Phoenix"
well.--Havc nearly as intimate &C
quaintance with him, as with that
learned patriot and statesman, Jones.
(B. g.
PhUnix, is man Of psrts, nearly as
many rs old Sir Jack, himself though
no is as lean in his personel as "my
Cousin Slender "Phenix" has ia
ken his sketches I" from life" in that
great furctifying region Of Uncle Sans
domains, bounded on the West, by the
Pacific and our celestial ivory cousins
in the antipodes where the bottoms
Of the rivers, are paved with tho baser
metals and tho mountains made Of gold.
A fig for your Fern Leaves" by the
side of the book Of John Phoenix with
its motto. "In the name Of the Prophet
Figs"
John PhWnix, besides, being a satir.
ist, is philosopher. His satire flows
naturally, and as gently. as" Sweet
Afton.' cutting off week knee'd hui
manity at the sockets, and washing all
down, into:the great ocean ofjoviality
which is tho matters so often spoken
Of where politicians and priests. law
ycrs and loafers. gentlemen Of the
peace society, and gentlemen Of tho
war department, who have snuffed
the odor Of battle sfar of, meet on .
perfect platform Of equality, to laugh
ut the several follies and receptions
they have each practiced upon a
credulous world, in the great masqu-
ade of humanity.
But to get back to Phoenix, and his
book Mccormick 4 Co., should have
Mt least 500 copies Of that work on
their counter.
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% On Monday next, an election is to
people again, on the subject of grogshops
The trainers Of this law, were well aware
Of one fact at least; that the sense Of the
people is as variable as the wirds; for
this reason, temperance fanatics, can cal
culate on an equal division of time, where
by they may find a time to rejoice, over
the fact that the sale Of liquor is entirely
interdicted, excep. in large quantities,
whilst an equal time is allowed by popu-
Dur vote, for the largest license. This
suits the whim and caprice Of the times,
whilst the cause Of temperance suffers alike
by either extreme.
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EY-The Portland, Me-, Argus re-
lates that Capt. X, a shrewd steam
boat captain from the State of Maine,
caught a Jeremy Diddler' on board
his boat one day, as he was making
from Boston to down east" and pin
ned him up in good style 1t seems
the fellow laid a traverse to get clear
of paying his fare, and insisted to the
clerk that he had paid, but lost his
ticket
i" Whom did you pay ~ asked the
clerk.
lie rather guessed it was the cap
tain so *. was summoned to the con-
ference.
ooh, yes, yes said Captain K,
" it appears to me | do recollect Let
me see you gave me five dollar BILL
"Yess says the diddler, 81 did"
And l gave you your change in
half dollars didn't % (The fare was
only half a dollar-competition was
high)
i" Yes" says Jeremy, "that's it, l
recollect it perfectly"
Very WE'LL" says Captain X, II
won't dispute your word for anything
but, if you please, 1 should like to see
the halyes.
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FRoX our REG ULAR CORRESPONDENT
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 10Th, IS.

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 10th, '55.
The excitement which prevailed
during the first part of last week, resulting
from some ludcrous mistakes on the part
Of the London Times, has subsidized. In or
der TO raise this hullabaloo" to the high
est pitch, it was tclegraphed from New
York that the dispatches brought from
London, per Pacific, were Of such an i'm
bearer of dispatches was ordered by the
American Minister TO telegraph them as
soon as he reached New York to the Cab
met at Washington A pretty idea, to be
sure, to telegraph United States dispatches.
The cutting remarks of the Times concern
ing our arrogance, &c, are all very true,
not the least exaggerated, yet we must con.
fcss that IL vas very "small " in so great a
paper to make such errors. It is true that
we have no nect-no army, and all that,
yet il an army were TO land upon our coast,
they would do but little toward invading
U.S. Though they may burn our large CT
ties, they cannot conquer us. "The Amer
lean are brave people, capable of cndur-
ing much hardship, but they lack disci-
pline," says the Times, in its article on
American fillbuste ring
This city Is remarkably quiet at present,
and we will be obliged to confne ourselves
to what few items of intelligence it has
been our chance to meet with. Mile Ra-
cheI appears this evening in the character
OF Camilla in Les HoracesO at the Wal
nut street Theatre, in this city. She will
no doubt be received enthusiastically by the
IS Snobs" from the vicinity Of Broad and
and Walnut's .trcets. With little o, no
pufery, &c. Mr.. Felix ex-
poets to fill this large theatre with prices
of seats at from 81 to 50 apiece. Who will
pay So TO see Rachel7 We intend going
once or twice if We can afford it, but we
will not pay SO. Some Of the press have
an idea that they will get in on "tick,"
but won't they be bit' The consequence
will be that the great French Actress will
be a failure here as in Boston. In taking a
stroll on Chestnut street on Saturday, we
saw large crowd Of citizens collected in |
front of the Girard House, with band of
music, awaiting the arrival of the Hon. j.
J. Crittcnden; after standing in the rain
for a considerable length of time, a teIe-
graphic despatch was received stating that
that gentleman would not arrive until to-
day. We heard some one say that it was
a "rcal humbug" All Quakcrdom was
thrown into a great excitement the other
day by the accidental liberation of fero-
cious "ma'e cow" number of "snobsn |
shot pistols at the "howid creatnreD but |
with little effect, he fell finally like Julius
Caesar, covered with wounds, having re-
ceived his death wound from a Byutus of a !
policeman.
There is nothing new to note in Boston
Dr. N. Y. +. w. Strong of the latter city
intends publishing an American Punch, to
DC called "Young America; or Yankee
Doodle" No more at present from
Yours, &c. "OBsERvEK.
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FALL FASHIONS FOR 1855.

T AM now receiving my assortment of
i Mems Boys and Youths HATS, particu-
lar attention 10 invited to the quality and
style ofmy GOODS. There is no circum-
stance that gives % much evidence Of the
popularity ola GENTS, FURNISHING
ESTABLISHMENT, a. the fact that al-
most every gentleman you meet Is either
clad in elegant garments purchased at the
CLOTHING EMPORIUM, or on bis way
to that fashionable esta blishment to proure
them. w. D. PHILLIPS.
nov 9. Church street opposite the Haney
House.
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STATE OF LOUISIANA-Sixth Judi.

STATE OF LOUISIANA-Sixth Judi
cal District Comt-Parish of East Ba.
ton Rouge-ln the Succession Of PETER
SwEARER, and ELISA SwEARER, his
wife both decd. No. 1888 Probate
WHEREAS MANUEL MORENO, late
w Clerk OF the Sixth Judicial District
Court, for the Parish of East Baton Rouge,
State of Louisiana has filed in the office of
the undersigned Clerk Of said court, the
account of his administration Of this Es-
tate.
Notice is hereby given to all persons
interested to show cause within ten days
from the first publication of this notice
why the said account should not be approv-
ed, homologatcd and made the Judgement
of said Court. B. +. BRYAN
nov.27. Clerk.
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Horse Palace 4 Virginia Stable,

ROBERT BEAL, PROPRIETOR.
The former on Convention, beascsen Third 4
Main Streefs. The latter on Third, betueem
Church and Laxre! Streets.
TAKES this method Of informing the pub.
l lie, that he has now on hand splen-
did stock Of horses, about Forty in num-
Der, Carriages and Buggies in proportion
also, an Omnibus, all Of the best. Always
on hand when called tor.
RATES ACCORDING TO THE DISTANCE.
Single Horse Feed, IS cts.
Saddle Horses at Livery, SIS per mo.
Carriage or Buggy Horses, $50 90
Any damage done to either Horse, Bug.
gy or Harness, to be paid for by the one
hiring the same.
RULES OF Both STABLE, CASH
oct30.tf.