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The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1855-08-02
Dog For Sale.

A NEWFOUNDLAND DOG PUP, three
II months old-genuine breed. Price S6.
Inquire at this Office. 4t 226
Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1855-02-03

''SEND FOR THE DOCToR."-The poor doctor
is called from his bed a stormy night with the
stirring summons
Doctor, want you to come right straight off
to Banks. His child's dead"
"Then why do you Gomez"
Giles pizened. They give him laud'nm FOR
parigoricky.'
How much have they given him?'
"Do'no. A great deal. Think he won't get
over it," .
The doctor pushed or through the storm,
meets with divers mishaps by the way, and at
length arrives at the house of his poisoned pa
tent He finds all closed not light to he seen
knocks at the door. and at last a night cap ap-
peared from the chamber window, and wo-
mans voice squeakeG out
'Whos there?'
"The doctor, to he sure you sent for him
What he dogs is the natter.
ooh it's no mater, doctor. Ephraim is better.
We got little skeered kind o Gin him laud-'
mum, aud he slept kind o sound, but he's woke
up now"
How much laudanum did he swallow"
Only two drops faint hurt him none.
Wonderful bad storm to night."
The doctor turnes away. buttoning up his over,
coat under his throat to seek bis home again, and
tries to whistle away modification and anger
when the voice calls
doctor, DOCTOR"
"What do YOU want?"
'You won't charge nothing for this visit,
will your"
Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1855-02-03
The Press.


When Ger the moral world, the pail II
That told Religion Dead was flung, s
And Superstition's chilling. thrall,
On Gods deserted affairs hung
Then, in the fullness ofthe time, -
There famed above the fallen earth
That glorious star, whose light sublime
Proclaimed the promised Savior's birth.
4 thousand years had waned away q
The world in mental midnight rolled
The age of Darkness and Decay
From memory crushed the age Of Gold,
When, from the void of ignorance,
Flashed out the lightning'of the Press
A heaven created radiance-
To warm, to comfort, and to bless.
And, as from land to land it few,
The longing people blessed the light;
For with it, Freedom DER them threw
The magic shield of human Right;
1t showed the Tyrant's rocking sword;
ItEgHed mp the Bigot's den;
Hurled down the Kings whom fools adogs
- : And raised the mass from Slaves to meh
Hail to the Pressl Forever on,
Its mind illuming march will be,
Till it shall bring to every son
Of Adam, light and liberty,
Wrought by the tireless arm of Steam,
The Lightnings to its service given,
So may it speak as shallbe seem
The mightiest power under Heaven.
Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1855-02-03
ALONG al the ,Euhrnmnnf-

There is no escape alone or in the crowd at
the judgment. 1t is not multitude amid
which we may hide ourselves and escape notice.
At that solemn tribunal, each man will be as
apparent before the searching eve fthe Son OF
God, as if that man and Jesus were the only
twain in the whole universe; such will be the
intense light of that day, that one reason why
the lost will call out for the hills to cover them
and the mountains to overshadOw them, will be,
that they cannot bear the intensity Of that
searching and unutterable splendor; and such
will be the dread silence of that moment, that
each man will hear the very puIsations Of his
own heart, and if that heart he unregenerate.
each pulse will sound death,knell to his hopes
and prospects forever. There is no-escape in
the crowd; there is no escape by wealth; there
is no escape by talent; there is no escape any
way; for chow if we neglect so great saliva
ton, says the apostle, as satisfied that there is
no escape whatever, SHALL we escaPe?7- Dr.
Cumming.
Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1855-02-03
Lord Raglan.


All accounts agree that this officers ineompe-
tent for his post, and has sacrificed the fiuest
army England ever sen: 10 the field. Nothiag
but the splendid intrepidity of the English
troops at Inkermann saved the whole command
from total destruction. RAGLAN will IN all
probability soon be superseded by man of
efficiency. If Sir Colin CAMPBELL has head
I, equal TO his hand, he would be the very man
;9r the post. But no courage and skill can
now accomplish much against Seijastopol.-
The N. \. Herald says that, from the best in
formation it can obtain, it appears that the
south east side, or city of Scbastopol was never
in.so strongs condition as at present. The al
lied batteries have doBe it no harm. aud the
Russian garrison has wrought night and day
at the detences. The array of artillery that
has been nOuntedOn The inner Russian batter
les is immense, the garrison strong. the lead
ers confident. Well, suppose an assault is
| made in spite of these Obstasles Thememeft
the assault begins, LIPRANDI, who with his army
is completing the investment of Balaklava on
the North, attacks the allies on that side drives
in the Turks, aud fakes the assaulting troops IN
| flank, Meanwhile, the mines which underlie
/ all the Russian works are sprung, hundreds of
pieces of artillery never eeasing the while to
rain Shot and shell on the stormers. Suppose
they succeed, however; lose some ten thousand
men, burst~into the town, and engage. in a
thand to hand confict,vith forces at least equal
| in numbers. Suppose victory sill remains with
them, and the courage snd siren 9Th which serv,.
| ed them so well at Inkermann enable them to
/ drive e'Russiaus fFon battery to battery, from
street to street. Tbssgarrisons1 flies saeEesssthe
! xiyepy iesrhng Ataa1 n e5i0G and raIis. =
z01rthes north fDrr-%the sirha, zaSt
! ID the Tripea 20 4eust ire .on The city; and IN
4 the,midst OF the crashing mines and blazing
! houses, the allies, weakened by their lossees
and overcome by fatigne, are exposed to a
fercer fire than thew have yet encountered
LIPRANDI all the While pressing on the rear
+ Who can say whether the issue of such a vieto-
~ as this would not he for more disastrous than
any defeat? Moscow would be a slight reverse
in comparison. Yet it is of all things the most
natural and lbely to occur
Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1855-02-03
Enn Here. EvcrXhnflv Z

We have been requested to call the attention
of our. up country friends 'and the rest of man
kind" to the fact that corn is now selling here
at ONE DoLRAR bushel, oats at SIXTY CENTS,
and other things in proportion. Let those
who have grain to sell, and wish a high price
for it, rush it along at once 1t will be down
In the spring. Athens Waterman.
Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1855-02-03

The imports Ct Sperm oil into the United
States during 1854 amounted to 76,O6l barrels,
and of Whale oil to 32l 1913 barrels The i'm.
ports of Whaebone during the same period
reached 1858, 700 pounds. This shows a fall
ing off Of abopt $1,000 barrels of Sperm oil and
an increase of 81, 400 barrels Whale oil, as com.
pared with 1853 In Whalebone there was a
decrease of over 100000 pounds Two hun
dred an twelve ships and barques, and forty
schooners and briggs were engaged in the wha-
ling business during the year.
Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1855-02-03

---QUEER MATRIMONIAL FREAK.-A letter from
a citizen ofLivingston county, KY, to the Dan
vile Tribune, relates the following bit Of fami-
1y history in that neighborhood:
IA widow lady took an orphan boy to raise,
quite small, and when he arrived at the age OF
eighteen she married him, she then. being in
her iftieth year. They lived many years to
gether, happy as any couple. Ten ytars ago
they took an orphan girl to raise. This fall
the old lady died, being 90 years of age, and in
seven weeks after, the old man married the girl
they had raised, he being IS years old and she
Is"
Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1855-02-03

The DIsBAYDED CONFERENCE.-THE compa-
mics composed of foreigners that have disband>
ed in accordance with the suggestion of the
Governor of Massachusetts, are:
The Columbia Artillery, Capt. CAss; Webster
Artillery, Capt. McKtNNEY; Shields Artillery;
Capt. You've, and Sarshfeld Guards, Capt Ho-
GAN of Boston; jackson Musketeers, Capt.
PRocroR,' of Lowell; Union Guards, Capt
LINEHAM, of Lawrence; Jackson Guards, Capt.
DRIseoLL, of Worcester.
Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1855-02-03

BRGsroL.-The rapid advance Of this new
town, the wester n terminus of the Va. & Tenn
Railroad, IS, says the Abingdon Democrat, one
of the marvels of the age. Buildings are going
up rapidly, and sixty five lots have been sold
on the South side of the town aloue.
Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1855-02-03

CGUyTEREEITS.-W e were shown Yesterday a
one dollar on the Bank of Chattanooga, chang.
ed in to a fire, by, pasting over the figure ones
on the bill, the figure ) and tearing off the one
on the corner. BY holding them to the light.
the fraud can be easily detected-besijes the
engravings which are peculiar to each demon
inatiOn issued, will prevent imposition Will! or
binary care. Roguery and hard times Chat.
Advertiser.
Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1855-02-03

Among the items of the Washington gossip
is that of the -arobabIe appointment Of Mr..
MARCY to succeed Mr. Mason as Minister to
France. Elk Governor SEYMOUR, whose name
has been mentioned in connection with this
post, it is said prefers for the present to retire to
private life The democratic Senators, have
again met in secret conclave to pronounce
judgement upon Know Nothingism-but it is
limited that the jury is not unanimous, and no
verdict, therefore may be rendered.
Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1855-02-03

eszy- Qneen I.A8Er'a. or Spain, has sent
Iua ruiticept gold en- tiara. as personal pres
ert 10 ihe Pope. The tiara is eacrnsted with
N fyir hau 81 steen III ,l;anl 6rilliaat3 50 set,
as 10 throw off rays ut all points.
Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1855-02-03

BABAkIsM.-The Czar's decree, announcing
death as the punishment of numbering wounded
soldiers on a field of battle, does not look like
the production of barbarian. viii the Allies
show equal civilization, by visiting the same
penalty upon men who treat women with bru
tatily
Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1855-02-03

SECRETARY GUTHRIE.-The Washington I'm
ion denies positively that Secretary GUTHRIE
has any intention Of resigning his seat in the
Cabinet, and adds:
"Such an idea was never entertained for one
moment either bv the President or Secretary,
and we may as well add that the rumors which
have gained circulation within the last eighteen
months with regard to the contemplated chang
es in the Cabinet: and all rumors Of discussions
between its different members. or between any
one of them and the President, are each aud
all absolutely and entirely gronndlsss.'
Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1855-02-03

eE9g~ \ resolution has been introduced in the
WISCONSIN Legislature, instruc'iag the mem
bcrs in Congress to oppose any change in the
naturalization laws.
Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1855-02-03

GAS IN ENTHUSIASTICALLY Gas Company OF
Winchester, Va, have resolved to proceed, with
out further delay, in the erection of buildings
to supply that town with gas-light
Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1855-02-03

4 "RrAL B,EssIyG To MorHEEs" -Coudn't
somebody invent soap which would enable
mammas to get their dan -hters off their hands?
Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1855-02-03

R@g~ CLNToy WEIGH, lawyer of Lewis
hurg. Union 20. Penn, walked overheard at
Chesnut-wiarf, Philadelphia. recently, and was
drowned. His body was not recovered, bat his
name was ascerlained frcm his hat
Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1855-02-03

Somebody says very bcautifully-"As small
planets are nearest the sun SO are Iiitle chill
,dren nearest to God.
Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1855-02-03

The A6iny don Yirgiuiun announces Hon. r.
AicNuHen as candidate for re election to Con
crasS
Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1855-02-03

Labor Is a school of benerolepee as,sell' as
justice Next to virtue, let children be trained
to industry. ---
Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1855-02-03

Advces from different parts of Canada ex-
press strong fears that the unusual mldness of
the season and the absence of snow will have
an injurious effect upon the autumn sown grain.
al St. GATHERINGS business was very dull and
robberies quite frequent
Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1855-02-03

The New York papers say that the difficulty
Of getting something to drink in town on
Sunday, drove all the thirsty classes over tc
Hnboken, where an unuSuly brisk business
was done by the hotels and groggeries."
Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1855-02-03

ng~ Thomas -Jeffersons grand daughter is
teaching school in Washington City.
Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1855-02-03

eSy- The landady of public house in Fps
wich, England has just bestowed upon her in
fant the sonorous and spirit stirring name of
"Alma Sebastopol"
Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1855-02-03

EGy~ A locomotive on the Fall river (Mass)
rail road.on recently, became detached from
the cars, and the engineer went twelve miles
before he discovered the fact. He was afraid to
run back, for fear of collision; and the pas,
seneers had to be pushed forward by a latter
train
Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1855-02-03

A woma,.'s heart is like fiddle. 1t requires
a beau 10 play on il.
Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1855-02-03

= There is man in New-York 50 opposed to
g IN ,lici3n that he wont travel on cross
roads. He is the same man that wont eat beef
for fear thatit might be'a portion of the Pope's
last Bull.
Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1855-02-03

There was received at the port of Galveston
in the year 1850. 26,255 bales Of cotton, and
in the year 1851 74.l75 bales. This shons a
rapid increase in the prodacion of cotton in
Texas
Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1855-02-03

Pste stys that ke-ccip 8 ein ssJssok ainit right
when 1t safs that ''two pints make one quart"
He says <hat daddg. sells two or three quarts ont
Of only one pint6f pure iiquc Pete's daddy
must be Son of Temperance, or he wouldn't
use quite so much water:
Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1855-02-03
LOUDON:

SATURDAY, ::::-:::::::: FEBRUARY,
Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1855-02-03
PUBLISHED. WEEKLY BY
JNO. w. & ShM'L B. 0'BRIEN.

Office on Cedar Street, East Of tie Public SqUc
Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1855-05-15


her with gentle words, approaching him
self for having invited her to share bis
bitter existence, and reposing in ths GER.
tainty that he did not leave her without
supporters and ficnds. He spoke ofhis
little governor Of the poor OF the vii
lagc, that they would pray for him oil
a nuptial present he had arranged for
some young girls whose marriages he had
arranged AMI which he was to give them.
His pains, however, became more and
more violent. Suddenly he rose up in n
state Of inexpressblo exaltation. "No,
a cloul in tho heavens. Do YOU sec
that immense luminary Behold Got,
yes, God himself. All | feel terribl,
pains in my head. Ny bowels ar. tear.
ing themselves. Being of beings" He
took some steps. What happened then
here is reason to believe the pistol fin.
shed what poison hal begun. Had he
forgotten his beautiful letter against gu.
'cide Or did he juIge himself to be ia
ono Of those exceptional situations in
which man receives from suffering the
righ, to command his life? Theresa alone
was present; and she might have denied
the suicide, tha, they might no, mpu.e
the fatality to him. What is certain is
lha; when they FASTENED lhiiher, alarmed
10y her cries, thef found Jean.Jacques
fallen on the floor. There was deeT
hole in his heal, and Theresa Was GOV
cred with the blood which had spoutct
from the forehead Of her husband. They
raised him up; at ten in the morning
he was dead.
On the 4lh Of July, his mortal re
mains travcrscl the Isle Of Poplars q
midnight. Some friends and strangers
followed in silence. The air was calm
tho moon lit up the collin.
This Isle Of Poplars is melancholy
and abscurc retreat. Low hills environ
it and conceal the small lake whicI
surrounds it, an unknown lake, who's,
sullace the wind never tofments. Thcr'
afe in the isle but turl, poplars an'
roses. And there Jean.Jacques wa
Iai ! beyond the reach OF human asi,a
tons, anl in the midst of the flower
tha, he loved there he reposcI witt
his face towards the rising sun.
Thus were these two great torches ex
tinguishcd a, an interval Of mo nth; Vol
ta;ro AMI Jean.Jacqucs. Their double
death is one Of the most imposing o
historical dates for it determines tn
moment in which thought became man
in which two riva! doctrines became tw
revolutions.
Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1855-05-15
P A U L J o N E s
THE SCOURGE OF TIE OCEAN.

The subject Of this sketch, John Paul
Jones, occupies position in the history
of the American marine shared by few
others. His exploits were always mar.
ked by daring confidence in his ulli.
mate success, and he achieved ends in
many cases with remarkably made.
quate means.
He was born July 174s, at Arbrig.
land, in the parish of kirkbcan, Scot.
land. His fathers name was John Paul.
The name of Jones was assumed in addi.
ton at a late date. His father was
gardener, and during his life, in the en-.
pIoy of Nc. Craik, Of Arbrigland.
The early education Of Paul Jones
was limited but thorough as lsr as it went.
At the early ago Of twelve he was resu.
larly apprenticed 10 follow the sea. His
master was Mr.. Younger, mercha mt
in the American trade. His first voyage
was 10 America. On arriving a. his
destination he found his brother Will.
liam, who had been a resident here for
number Of years. With his brother
he remained during the time he was in
port. Jones manifested great aptness
for tho profession, and made at this pc.
riod several very successful voyages.
In 1907, while returning to Scotland
in the John, as passenger. the master
and mate died Of yellow fcver, and Jones
assumed the direction OF the vessel,
which he carried safely into port. He
received the command Of the vessel he
had rescued as his reward. Thus we
find Jones, q. the age Of twenty, or al
most twenty.one, in full command of a
merchant vessel, an instance of promo.
ton, which, with the obscure and unpa,.
ronized, never occurs without the ex.
istence OF great merit. In tho employ
oil the owners Of this vessel, Jones sailed
two years, at the end OF which time the
firm dissolved. From this date, up to
his departure for America, he followed
the sea in various capacities, going twice
to the coast Of Africa, on slaving ex.
petitions.
In 1878 his brother William died in
Virginia, leaving him heir to his estate
Ia order 10 attend to his perry hs
came to America. and it was shortly af
ter his arrival that he assumed the nam,
Of Jones. The reasons for the adoption
Of this name have never been definitely
given.
Jonss's connection with tho American
navy commenced sometime in Dscem
ber, l775. He was ordered TO the Al
fred twsn.y,four guns, as frsi lieu,enaui
On board ,Nti vessel. at Philadelphia
on The l0th of spscsmber, l770, hs hois
ted, for tho Asss Gmss the adopted deg Q
!. tho United Oolonies. This 9sS Dor
/. The representation Of q pine trss and
I rattlssnske, with this motto Don
Tread Oh Me-" s'A s' y '
{ While attached 70 the Alfred he cam
l 6rss under fire In On engagement 4 Nit
the Glasgow. twenty -four guns a Nsv
Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1855-05-15
$40 8 ;. / ? 4 Y.
Voltaire and Jean-Jacques ROSseau.

Those acquainted with the great wri
ters Of the 18th century, are familiar
with Voltairs and Rosseau. Their doc.
trines are often confounded, but they
differed widely in their tendencies.
. Each sought renovation Of ideas,
and a reform in the institutions OF soci-
ETY.. The revolution produced by Vol.
tsirc, was in ideas, while that of Ros.
seau was in government and institu.
tions one bloodess in its character,
the other.,he mos, terrific and sanguinary.
Lamartine compares the two men, in
his history of the Girandists. or Ros,
seau he says, that she had studied poll.
tics, not in laws, but in nature. His
free but oppressed and suffering mind,
the palpitation Of his noble heart, had
made every heart beat that had been
liberated by the odious inequality of so.
cial conditions responsive to his own.-
1t was the revolt Of the ideal agains,
the real. He had been the tribune OF
nature, the Gracious of Philosophy.
He had not produced the history Of nsti.
tu,ions, only its >ision-but that vision
descended from heaven and returned
thi,her. Rosseau was the ideal of pol.
itics, as Fenelon was the ideal CT Chris.
tianity."
The ssme writer says of Voltaire,
that "he had the genius of criticism
that power Of raillery that withers
all it overthrows. He had made hu.
man nature laugh at itself. had feled i.
low in order to raise it, had laid bare
before It all errors, prejudices, iniquities,
: and crimes Of ignorance; he had urged
tito rebellion against consecrated IDEAS,
not by the ideal, but by sheer contempt
Destiny gave him eighty -four Years of ex
istence, and when he fell, he was the
conqueror. His disciples filled courts
academies, and saloons; those OF Rossear I
grow spIonetic and visionary amongs
tie lower orders Of society. The on,
la | been the fortunate and elegant ad
vocate Of the aristocrocy. The othe
was the secret consoler, the believe,
avenger Of the democracy. His bool
was the book Of all oppressed and ten
der souls. Unhappy and devoted him
sell, he had placed Gnd by the side Q
the people; his doctrines sanctiied tn
mind, whilst they led the heart to rebel
lion. SThere was vengeance in bis yer
accent, but there was pity also. Vol
taireB followers would have overturne
Sltafs, those Of Rosssau would hav
raised ,hem. Tho one could have don
without virtues, and made arrangemen,
with thrones; the other had sbsolu,
need Of . God and could only hay
founded RepdbIics." g 'NiA
We make the following extract ftol
.Lours BIAxc's history Of the Frenc