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Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1855-04-25
ALFRED TENNYSON TO HIS
RR0THER

ON READING HIS LII Z AND LETTERS
You might have won the Poets name.
If such be worth the winning now,
And gained laurel for your brow
Of sounder leaf than 1 can claim;
But you have made the wiser choice,
life that moves to gracious ends
Through troops ofunrecording friends,
A deedful life, a silent voice;
And you have missed the irreverent doom
OF those that wear the Poets crown;
Hereafter neither knave nor clown
Shall hold their orgies at your tomb.
For now the Poet cannot die.
Nor leave his music as Of old,
But round him, ere he scarce be cold,
Begins the scandal and the cry;
'Proelaim the faults he would not show;
Break lock and seal betray the trust;
Keep nothing sacred; tits but just
The many headed beast should know
All, shameless for he did but sing
A song that pleased US from its worth
No public life was his on earth,
No blazoned statesman he, nor king.
BE gave the people of his best;
His worst he kept, his best he gave,
My Shakespere's curse on clown and knave,
Who viii not let his ashes resi-
Who make it seem more sweet to be
The little life of bank and hriar,
The birds that pipe his lone desire
And dies unheard within his tree,
Than he that warbles long and loud
And drops at GlOry's temple-gates,
For whom the earrion vulture waits
To tear his heart before the crowd
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1855-04-25
WARDEN OF THE CINQUE PORTS.
Il. W. LoEGFELLov

Il. W. LoEGFELJow-
A mist was driving down the British channel,
The day had just begun,
And dthrough the window panes on floor and panel
Streamed the red autumnal SUM-
Ii glanced on flowing flag and ripping pennOn,
And the white sails of ships.
And from the frowning rampant the black cannon
Hailed it with feyeris lips.
sandwish and ROmney, Hastings, Hythe and Dover,
We're all alert that day,
To see the French war steamers speeding over,
wh=n the fog cleared away
sullen and silent and like couchant lions,
Their cannon, through the night,
Holding their breath, had watched in grim defiance
The sea-cOast opposite
And now they roared drumbeat from their stations
Each answering elch with morning salutaLiOn
That all was we'll.
And down the coast, all taking up the burden,
Replied the distant forts,
As il TO summon from this sleep the Warden
And Lord of the Cinque Ports
Him shall no sunshine from the field of azure,
No drum-beat from the wall,
No morning gun from the black forts embrazure,
Awaken with their call
No more surveying with an eye impartial
The long line of the coast,
Shall the gaunt figure of the old Field Marshal
Be seen upon his post.
For in the night, unseen, single warrior,
In sombre harness mailed,
Dreaded of man, and surnamed the Destroyer,
The rampant wall has scaled.
That dark and silent room,
And as he entered, darker grew and deeper
The silence and the gloom
He did not pause to parley or dissemble,
But smote the Warden hoar.
All, what blow that made all England tremble
And groan from shore to shore
Meanwhile, without, the surly cannon waited,
The sun rose bright Ger head.
Nothing in Natures aspect intimated
Tha. a great man was dead.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1855-04-25


The FIRsT WEDDING.-We like short
courtships, and in this, Adam acted like a
sensible mamie fell asleep bachelor,
and awoke to fiad himselfa married man.
He appears to have popped the question
almost Immediately af,er meeting Mdle
Eve, an she, without any Irritation or
shyness, gave him kiss and herself OF
that first wedding in this world we have
had however, our own thoughts, and
sometimes in a pOetical mood, have
wished we were the man "wOt did it.
But the deed is done-the chance was
Adams, and he improved it.
We like the notion oI getting married
in garden. 1t is in good taste. We like
a private wedding; Adams was private.
No envious beaux were there no croakIng
old maids; cha:tering aunts and grum-
bling grandmo:hers. The birds of heav-
en- were the minstrels, and the glad
sky flung its light upon the scene.
One thing about the first wedding
brings queer things to US, in in spite Of
scriptural truth. Adam and wife were
rather young to be married-some two
or three days oil, according to the sageit
speculations of theollsians-mere babies
larger but net older without expert
ence, without a pot or kettle, nothing but
love and Edeni-Noqks Messenger
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1855-04-25
sPIRITUALISTs BEAT ALLHOLL0W.

Splrltuallsm has nothing tomarvel over,
near SO wonderful as the mechanical facts
mentioned by writer in the North Brit
ish Review, who says
condition of trance eanbe induced
by suppressing the respiration and fixing
the mind; and we cannot convey better
idea oft than by giving, after DR.. Cheyns
OF Dublin, the following account of the
case of Col. Townsend, of Bath, gentle
man of high Christian character /;
Col. Townsend could die or expire when
hepleased-and yet by an effort or some
how, he could come to life again. He
insisted so much upon our seeing the trial
made, that We were at last forced to COM
ply. We all three felt his pulse frst-
Itwas clear and distinct, though small
and thready; and his heart had its usual
beating. He composed himself upon his
back, and lay in still position for some
time; while I held his right hand, DR..
Baynard laid his head on his heart, and
Mr.. Skrine held sclean glass to his mouth.
found his pulse sink gradually, until
at last, l could not feel any by the most
exact and nice touch. DR. Baynard could
not feel the least motion in the heart,
nor Mr. Skrine perceive the least sign Of
breath on the mirror he held to his mouth.
Then each of US by turns examined his
arm, heart and breath, but could not by
the incest scrutiny discover the least
symptoms of life in him. We reasoned .
long time about this odd appearance, as
well as we could; and finding he still
continued in that condition, we began TO
conclude that he had, indeed, carried the
experiment too far; and at last, we were
satisfied that he was actually dead, and
we we're just ready to leave him. This
continued about half an hour. By nine
o'clock in the morning in autumn, as we
were going away, we observed some mo-
ton about the body, and upon examina-
ton, found his pulse and the motion Of
hisheart gradually returning; hebeg anto
breathe heavily andspeak softly. We were
all astonished in the last degree at his
unexpected change, and after some fur
ther conversation with him and ourselves.
we went away fully satisfied as to all the
particulars of his fact, but confounded
and puzzled, and not able to form any
rational scheme that might account for it.
In repeating this remarkable experiment
on subsequent occasion, Col. Townsend
actually expired.
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pottrp,
APRIL.

There's joy in the valley,
And joy on the hills,
A gushing of torrents,
A laughter of rills,
An echo of gladness,
From many a dell,
For Springs happy spirit
Has broken the spell.
There's joy in the forest,
A musical din,
For frolicking breezes
Are stealing wbhin
And birds on their pinions
Their roundelay sing,
While beauty seems dwelling
In every thing.
The dew-drop that nestle
In each fiow'rets cup,
The glad sunshine seeth,
And drinketh them upl
The buds are as gently
Unfolding their leaves,
As the fall Of those blessings
Our spirit receives.
The clouds that are floating
So lightly and free,
Appear to our vision
Like ships on the sea,
And glitters each rain drop,
Like some sea-Eashed gem,
On fiow'ret expanding,
On bud and on STEM
We hail thee, sweet April,
Best month in the year;
Thy coming brings gladness,
The lonely to cheer;
In holiday Testments
The earth is now seen,
And rich is her carpet
OF beautiful Creep.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1855-04-25

SEEING THE Observation-Disclosures
who travel by the New York and New
Haven cars have a grand chance of'-see-
ing the elephant > Going from New York,
the cars pass the farm of P. T. Barnum,
a mile or so before reaching Bridgeport,
CT. On that farm, and in plain view
from the Railroad, an elephant may be
seen every pleasant day, attached to u
large pillow, and doing up the 'sub soiling'
in first rate style, at the rate of about
three distinct double horse teams. The
animal is perfectly tractable. His attend.
ant rides him, while colored man guides
the plow. The elephant is also used for
caring large loads of gravel in cart ar
ranged purposely for him, and in drawing
stone on stone boat or drag, in piliug up
wood, timber, &c, and 10 making himself
generally useful.
SoFT words soflpp cur own soul.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1855-04-25

KIND words do not cost much, they
help ones own good nature,
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1855-04-25

THE LONDON PUNCH ON GENBER--The
sun is called masculine from his support
ing and sustaining the moon, and finding
her the wherewithal to shine away as she
does of a night and from his being
obliged to keep such family of stars be-
sides. The moon is feminine, because
she is constantly changing, Just as ship
is blown about by every wind. The
church is feminine, because she is mar
ried to the State, aud time is masculine,
because Ire is triaed with by the ladies.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1855-04-25

A COOP REASON" "Why are you
forever humming that air." asked Foote
of man without sense of tune in him
Because it haunts me-" ''No wonder"
said Foote, you are forever aurderiRg
II -
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1855-04-25
WHOLE NO. 2O12.

ion of the ladies is generally more or less
winey, and where the hair-dresser does
up the head every morning, not to be
touched or recoiffed until the next day,
before evening-it is not uncommon to
see their heads powdered with dust, and
the glossiness of the hair produced by po-
matum not unfrequently frowy and dirty.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1855-04-25

SOFT words snflep cur own soul.
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The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-05-05

Washington nee Of any charge Coz carriage "a q
The teth % SsYsun bar nstL
Esos article sassi % ~ sAs ss 4ssi s4alsiy, a~ls
asheAe q called Jer 80
TIE nkht expressly reserved IN sssc slal Nc
order SWING reasonable A0tees additional eaAa
ali df said aiiice be required Tor The
drFiUg ne gatfFy i0ufln ~s
sufficient ~greni@n o. each article efeqosr~ Coz of pp -
quire. eat " enstip. - accspasy the proposal AZ
M8ked eith the ~ the ard the
The whole % zach article seteasd "a thc iottsAs =.
aacnsd ctx and tue Offering 10 urn.
price tauaiiy coasidesos will receive connar
same, pa executing bond, with survives
tAe Secretary ~ the SeaAtc, aes tho perform
forfeiture OF twice The prsec q afc ws
l. % Office 81 the Secretary Within ia a. %
sne proposals have n1ca accepted '~
II any coauseied nor should noi - Delivered ~nl
stipulated should - ineiios In oay respect lie -
me bono ~ yhe contractor Will be Pst IN sust -
Proposals b. endorsed efepesas co. siaorssr =
senats be directed as Secretary % tao ~
Proposals and specimens must be- delivered aae 4
charge.
Apfl a4--lawsw
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Motto Of the disront,"uSnce II the United states
land Offices at Jeffsreonv lie, vincennes and Wim-
amaze, Indiana.
gress approved $780, which hat
quantity public lands remaining unsod land
shall be the duty Of the Secretary of tho Treasury
discontinue the la office for such dsrct and land
shall unod the dc0nnuanco
Of land Office shall subject sale Of the
existing Offices to the district which the
which the
The Treasury shall give ~ Dasmuch the M section
18th September lo4 authorizes
the Treasury continue land district in which is situated the
Of the Staes Notwithstanding
quantity in such district
ded when his opinion such
in such convenient point under the provisions Of the
subject H. 1870, inach the
derolpsd
BY he establish the Home Department. ID March,
Ie49:
NOTICE accordingly hereby gwen that report.
land said districts reduced
thousand the Secretary the Interior nth
Of the President has directed thar land Offices
VroENkRs and WNAMAc in STATE III Indiana
be DISCONTINUED lands unsold OF
be made subject sale the land Office md
the of government of said State.
remaining unappropiatcd subject
private entry within limits Of the districts DISCONTINUED
will subject heretofore hase Offices
the date Of the receipt OF this the
thereof and the land officers will public
day they prepared applca-
JOHN WILSON,
Commissioners Of the General Land Office.
IS, 1855. /.
27--2aw6w IStarl
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Notice Of Restoration and Withdrawal OF cer-
tain Lands In the Cairo and Fulton Railroad
Grant in Missouri.

NOTICE hereby gwen, consequence Representa-
N Of Mis-
material change IA The supposed ~ the Cso and
Fulton railroad said state, heretofore asaed
lands from market or The said road their request
certain o. lands should be substituted
conofmaDy said which Direct
aud considerably south of The Odd President BY
his h-srpG date The h February directed tha se
situated the townships hecate which
BY his order 18th May 1898, and
eoDtnned BY pubic bearing date
Esd January 1884, oF The Cairo and Fulton railroad grant IN hs
Missouri, shall restored 90 certain other
situated townships named below nciuds portion OF the
old original resesaton1 situated within probable limits oi The
according shA be subsi
ut reserved cm sale entry eloims not "a
ceped) Therefore, all subject
cKsos, MISSOURI which subject private entry
the date withdrawal and which
empied following townships, viii subject private
enify and after tbe nnsteafh day Of March asxi,
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VIM. M. Merrick,
Court OF Claims. sc.

CHARLES LEE JONES, In addition his ordinary practice in
tbs of the District
Supreme Cont of the United States
OF claims tinted stnfe- In
the management Of eases before the
ccaton OF claims before tbs newly
father General Waiter Jones. though
rraefics, will unite with him. and DE-
Of clients, by written aad arguments
needfn and
Match p-9awImu
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!
Office or the establishment 81 AN additional land
y efnce In The State OF Wisconsin
the Conge~-
entitled "An establish additional lard
Of Wlsconsn embracing ali
RIvsR the ouy and
lin~ be called
dis,c. u hereby declared AID made known
located
ths a said
Of Washington. dsy
April, A. d. 1855 JOHN WILSON,
Commissioners ~ the General Lane Once
April 29-Iaw6w lint and Star.
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o. aad gfssr Teesday, Nseeas6ef Z, 1854,
Q'hE Alexandria daily as cudoasyls saa 49,.
date stations "a a'clccks a. the arrival II
tsem Washington gsias ample tnir iar erakt>ss ~
Meeting MAaRs-ss Junction ~nSsears III
Junction with nj Nsusnon and sate,s
With he tho Virginia Central railroad cs ehaasa ~
lauasyiie, aud Siannson.
The Gosdonsvis daily los ,assfs.s
before 10 O'Clock, the 9sya ii
the Virginia Gea,fai railroad ffem kichnond Shafos n
staanton.
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Lavs ..s,oos az Cumberland unaversaty, LsssasA
TeMmessse.
FACULTY. Hon. Abraham cnruhrrs, late one Of tue arH
L Judges OF Tennessee.
Hon Nathan Green Of tho Judges Of the
az Tennessee.
Hon. Bromdrid Ridley, tho
Judges Csruther Grecn dew time exclusive
q school,
Plan Of insusoai. Daily examinations Of eash class
BOOTS No regular ~ ccaps but explanations @
isiy lsssons the progress VI the combinations
Weekly law and e4Wlty, whisb
statement OF facts by this
prosecute through nil The KNOWN
praclice The nvrst
deeds records ail ol Documents be- read
some are taken by appeal vi
prene court which ~ hrld monthly IN the ras' nsa
public the end session Tbs students aci -
Jurors circuit Judges and chancenrs, and In other Official
saciEas connected with their suits.
The first commences tins third Monday ~
auher third Thursday in February The secoude
succeeding Monday 10 February, and ends sso
Thursday IN July.
Erpeses per fer $780, advance, ennhnes
fee AZ boarding $50 students FURNISH
which can be Ind a LebaHon BOOKSTORES.
required cunpete the
tents class. No previous study eHr-das
regular classes students ssg cBaa
my time during the collegiate year
There = n legislature connccied with the school
Number The ast collegiate year eighty
ROBERT &. CARbTHEHH,
Feb LIE Pve~ldens Board Of Trusas
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S. osk and hardwood timber lumber.
o.-whis pine, spruce, Juniper, add cypress iuin
s-cemeal
s,--cockle shells
il.-l,oo, iron spike. and nails.
ls-Rarasd ros.
IS Paints. oils, glass.
TO- ship ehAndis,y.
i7-ha'dwme
ID stationery
la-rus 'sooa.
2i-hay.
a--Prosende
22-charcoal.
a4--Copper composition nails,
20 Machinery, nc,
schedule within which articles and
uaea periods stated for deliveries must be copied
places including drayage and carng
the where used within me navy yards, respectively lor
officer all other things being equal preference win be
exp period specified schedules
peon Deliveries unless specially authorized by Inc depart
his. provided and be distinctly under
headed nsc-laneous specified the
n sa1 which %ay be ,assa :, ws as q n d ae or
he said ted Articles and in saea gnant and al
hd OF The quantities stated land re
% se @ es a % and whether
be less than those specified the prices
of the best quality, de-
H. Of az and % ss.s o he
said aud BE- 30 ali respects
thereof Bidders referred the yard for plans pecca
noas aud further description o. the articles Con
headed lsccianeous, who do reside
the articles be delivered, will be
quied 70 10 their proposals an agent the ely or pnsipa
the delivery be called deliver
articles witAou delay when they shall BIZ required.
Approved the full Of the contract will be
qsed additional security deducted from
until shah have been completed
ceed otherwise authorized by ihs department On casss
headed miscellaneous be delivered required during the IFS
retained the discretion
paid the first OF January April
when satisfactory tn,
balance eighty cent will be paid by the respective navy agents
thirty after OF bills, In picate, du,
i vouched and approved.
part per paid until all rejected
the shn have been removed from tbs
| yard, specially authorized by the department.
stipulated II deiault shall be made
by parties If first delivering all Of the articles
vded The rnld parties will forfeit
the United qudated damages, OF equal
price for articles Of the actual delivery thereof
which hqudaied damages be recovered from time 10 time a.
they accrue
Inc sign responsibility
a district Attorney other
person satisfactorily known 10 the bureau
provided that the bureau shall have the
without loss damage to the
Congress sha made sufficient
tho completion of the H
have the power quantities
the classes headed Miscellaneous In the schedule Is
cent
Persons whose notified
oce which shall be considered sufficient
they for the supplies specifics
within fifteen days from the OF notice from the bureau OF IN
of their bid will be- made with 0tno
hr Of such defauung bidder
be held responsible for MI dsiinqucncies.
All offers made In strict ontorny with this advertisement
will, option the bureau, be rejected.
Those only whose off We accepted will be notified,
will be ready execution thereafter may
practicable.
n Nav 2-law4w
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ghoposALs Coz carrying the ais ~ United States from
1T aAy SEPTEMBER, LET of Jaly, lc5e,
OREGON and NEW MEXICO, viii be received
Contract Pol oncs Department, The
i5s day Of June 1855, be de-
ID b. day,) Ia the herein speei
nn1-N VIZ.
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!, No. $780,
Notice Of Restoration and Withdrawal of Lands
in Railroad Grants in the state or Arkansas.

s r. Of s mai * h. Sds
hereinafter enumerated which heretofore
emp,nns lying within probable gran.
aad Fulton railroad the suite
and
townships within probable limits Of gran,
LEGISLATURE shall be added heretofore rerved from
ssle envy claims excepted ant further orders
Offices which subject private
and III
In the district ofIands subject to sale HKL.NA;
NorA sAe base line and sass Of the h principal meridan
T Tswa:sp J. q e 1snsss IA 'nds
Township Q, Of raase7
South oftAe base line and east Of the h principal cr,dian
Townships ~ ., and 4 ofrangss }, 2, 3, and :.
Townships ], q and B. Of range s.
The MA principal meridian.
Townships D. and }, Of range ..
In district Of laAds subject LITTLE Rock
North the Of the A principal n,eridian
Townships 3 and 4, Of range IA.
South line and Of the ffh principal meridian
Townships and 3, Of ranges and 4.
Township S, of range 3D.
In the district lands subject BArRsvLLR:
Of Inns and Of the th principal meridian
T To,u.Sip 4 4 Of e ranges ,,Uss anda.
Township IA, Of range 5.
In the district subject sale wAsnIsoTos:
South Of Of the fA principal
Township 9, or range TO-
Township 3, Of range 60
Townships 5 and 9, Of range ~.
Township s, of range 2a
Tswasn,p. . g, and J q . sl, g. 2.
Township: b. s1 g r. range g.
Townships 10 and %, OF range 81
Township 30, Of range 70.
district Of lands subject sale at CLARKsvrLLxs
North Of base line and Of the ah principal merdan.
Townships J, 2, 3, and 10, OF range ls.
T Tow":s. 3; 3 and 81 10 ;. 2, range 70
Township 3, Of range a.
Towa:Sp: a%sss asa
Townships S and 6, ii ranges 70 and 30
Township s, Of rnsges 81 and g.
That oil The lands situated in the State in the following
not above estnre will be reserved from safe excepng
orders. 'p'' '''p''' ''''A''' '''' ''''''
In district subject sale at BArssvrLLss
NORTH Of Me base line aud Of the nm principal meridian
Township 10, Of range
NortA Of the base line and west Of the h principal
Township ., OF range ~
n district subject a LrrTLx Rock.
North the 6tfh principal snriaan
Township 2, Of range H.
South the base line and Of dh principe, ,asriaian
Township o, Of range IS.
Township 10, of range H.
In the district suffice, sale at wAsu,ssros
Of Of mn principal meridian.
Township II, OF range a..
Township II, Of range ~.
Townships 10 and a. OF range 30.
In di.,rict OF subject sale CuAxrAasoLsi
South Of The base line ard rest Of e fA principal meridian
Township II, OF ranges is and 10.
Township ~, OF range 20.
Pre- claimants entitled Of
restored Monday 18th
already made which
give csms proofs
he land oce before day appointed Tor
apds their Claims from entry
hat day and much dcny and delays claimants
March, 1884 file proofs
payment before the day Of the viii be forfeited
ven under d, the General Land Ohce, the
ashns'or ,t- sn,e,h day April, Doin
sight baoas~d and fity
s. ny osdsr OF the President:
JOHN WILSON
and Como Toner
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NO b3I
NOTICE, or the temporary continuance of the land
In Office at Vincennes Ind
Congress, approved February ID,
shat
DO Indiana until after final report shall
have commissioners the Of Goa
approved July eighteen hundred and fifty
and adjust the titles
Indiana that the
January 1855, directing the
Land Offices fhnna suspended in application
the office Vncennts until the required BY the aore
July 1854 shall
fully rmedD of which due notice will be given.
Given my hand, city of Washington, this nth
February 1855.
JOHN WILSON,
Commissioner the General Land Once.
Feb I6--iaw6w Tint. Il Star
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A. ANTHONY. No. JOS broadway, New York, ass.
III, Of dngnerreotype apparats natInss, pes'
caes, and importer OF plass, chemicals fancy francs
caoypr and chemicals for pictures, aad %
Tiais u every description.
supplied with materials for manufacturing
Haisons celebrated also, Voig,iandcr sos
always hand.
3os Rrnadsvay, June III lS5i
June 10 diyenrt