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THE DAYS OF QUEEN MARY.-The
following description of the idea aud
manners of the age of Queen May Of
England, we take from Blackwood.
Read it, aud say, if you eau, that the
world has not advanced in morals and
Intelligence: .. .'n sa ~.
To give only one or two instances Of
the manners and ideas Of the age in
which Queen Mary's lot was cast. 1t is
generally known that Henry VIII. put
seventy-two thousand persons Of all re-
Iigious persuasions, to death on the scat
fold, during his single reign; but it is
equally we'll known that his daughter
Elizabeth had an array Of three hundred
heads of persons, convicted of high trca--
son, placed on London Bridge, including
those of her cousin aud friend Norfolk,
and her favorite romantic lover Essex
and SO far from being shocked at tho
5hostly array, she took the foreign am
bassador to see it, in order to show
how we serve traitors in England
Protestant historians have rccounted
With just Indignation that the bloody
Mary cast two hundred and forty men ).
women and children into the 1ames Dur.
ing her brief and atrocious reign; but
ihey have not equally pros ncntly
brought forward, that greater nunber
of Catholic priests and partisans were,
by her Protestant successor, secretely
rackcd to the utmost limits which the
human form can endure, in that awful
scene of human agony, the Tower Of
London.
After the massacre of Saint Bartho-
lsmew, the ladies of the Court of Paris
went out to examine long rows Of the
bodies of the Huguenot cavaliers, who
had been slain during the tumult, and
curiously turning them over, when half
stripped of their garments, said to each
other This must have been charm
ing lover that was not worth looking
at
And when the fantastic assassin Raw
illaic was brought out into the Square
Of the Louvre, to undergo during four
hours the mot frightful tortsres which
human ingenuity or malignity could de-
wise, or humanity could endure, tho
whole ladies of the Court Of Paris assem-
bled to witness the spectacle, aud as
high prices were given for the best
places on the street leading TO St. Psul's
as on the occasion when the Fret aud
noblest of Britain attended her greatest
hero to his last resting place.
1t is, perhaps, the most difficult thidg,
in surveying the annals of the pest, to
bring ourselves to conceive how br-ian
beings could, in any age, under eny cir
cumstances, have been brought 20 lond
themselves to such barbarities. But
nothing is more certain than .bst tho
greatest and best dii SO; they !eemed
that they were doing Gods service shsn
so engaged. Wituess Sir Thorsss More
flogging prisoner With his Own hands
in his garden, to convert him rem her
esy. If We are wise aud jsst, De will
Judge Of those who lived in these sssagc
{ times, according TO the measure OF the
; ideas With which they we're surrounded,
. and not our ewn and reflect With deep
er thankfulness on our happier lot, when
Q subjects are not called to undergo such
sacrifices in their duty to their sov' rsigr,
G and the Queen on the throne can ca
Ibibit the spirit Of her Plantagenet fore
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TIE HARP.

Let not the harp neglected lie,
Awake the silent strings,
And spirits from its depths will fly,
With music on their wings.
There is not thought the heart can own,
But finds a sister hcre
For JOY there breathes kinder tone
There's music for the tear.
And there are voices loved of old,
Which slumber in its cells,
Where richer far than pearl or gold,
Tho soul of music anrls.
Oh lightly touch the silent chords,
Awake some eally strain,
And oldcn song, with glowing words,
Will breathe for us again.
Here freedom wakes her mountain songs
Her victory retains,
And midst the sounding wire prolongs
Her war.cry on the plains;
Here pity tolls her tale of grief,
JOY here delighted sings
The cypress and the ,rtle leaf
Are twined among the strings.
Begin, my harp, nobler theme, .,
Sing no, for earth alone,
To God who lives and rules supreme,
Awake thy sweetest tones ....
Let ali thy founts with song divine,
Before his altars flow,
And be, o Lord that music thine,
Which thou hast left below.
.' I.'.... yl..
Thus will thy joyful notes ascend, ..
Like melodies above,
Where harp and voice forever blend
With music and with love.
And every tone of thine will be
With sacred thought allied,
As if some heart had giv'n to thee
It's feelings ere it died.
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| will pay for though what you say
is false, should not like to be ever &C
cuscd of stealing note.
He drew his check on the spot for
twenty one hundred dollars, asd after
begging me not to mention the affair,
which be thought might iDjure his repu-
tation, he sncaked off.
| cashed the check, and fastened to
Wallace's house The reader may
Judge with what satisfaction he received
it, aud how rcjoicod was Annie and her
lover. Wallace insisted that should
take the hundred dollars for my services;
but | was magnanimous enough to take
only twenty Wallace kept his promise,
and ever after was a temperate man.
lie died a few years ago, leaving hand
some property to Chandler and bis wife.
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him troublesome at home ..
No, sir, but people take advantage o
him.
What has happened
He had money all ready to pay the
mortgage on the house in which We live
but it is all gone now. ."
Gone! ......tt.......
Yes, gone. ..r. ....-.. ....
Has he lo,ti it
l don't know, I suppose so. Las
week he drew out the two thousand dol
lars f ON The bank, and leDt it TO Mr.
Bryce FIR ten days.
Who is Mir Bryce
He is broker, Ny father got ac
quainted with him through George
Chandler, who boards with ua, and VIII,
is Mr.. Bryce's clerk. ..
The poor girl FLUSHED when she men
toned the clerks name, and it did mo-
require a great deal Of penet alton fol
me to discover that he was her lover.
Does Mr.. Bryce refuse 10 pay it 81
He has paid it. s. " = ei a r.
What is the trouble, then ,....I 4.
Father says he has not paid it.
Iudccd but the no'c viii be evidcnc
that he has not paid it. OF course yo'
have the note -...
No, Mr.. Bryce has it. ..
Then of course he has paid it, or h
could not have had the note. Wha
does your father say
Io is positive he never received tn
money. The mortgage must be paid to
mo row.
Very singular. Was your father
| hcsitated to use that unplcasan
word which must have grated harshly o
the car of the devoted girl.
Mr.. Bryce says my father was no
Just right when he paid him, though no
very bad.
will SEQ your father.
He is coming here in few moments
| thought would see you and tell yor
the facts before he came.
| do not see how Mr. Bryce coulC
have obtained the note unless be paic
the money.
Nor |.
Where did your father keep it
He gave it to me, and | put it in th'
secretary in the front room.
Did you give it to your father again.
No.
Who were in the room when you pu
| it in the secretary
Mr.. Bryce, George Chandler, my ia
ther and myself
Have you seen the note since it wa
placed there
No.
Has your father 2
He says he has not.
Very remarkable.
1t is indeed; | know my father woul
not tell lie about it. But he may ha,
taken it out when he did not know VIII
he was about.
| Very likely but if he was in cond
ton to take it out at all, he could Ut
derstand what he was about. Wha
kind of man is Mr.. Bryce
don't know George-that is Georg
Chandler-likes him pretty well, onl
he says he is pretty close.
The conversation was here interruptc
by the entrance of Wallace. He locke
pale and haggard, as much from th
effects of anxiety as of the debauch fror
which he was just recovering.
She has told you about it, l suppose
said he in a very sad tone.
She has.
] piticd him, poor fellow for the tv
thousand dollars was a large sum for hi
to accumulate in his little business ri
loss of It would make the future loo
like desert 10 him. 1t would bc
misfortune that one must undergo bcfol
he can appreciate it. Besides, Wallat
was an honest man, and person of vel
fine feelings. e.| -.
Liquor only made him more free al
more generous it only seemed to il
tcnsify the peculiarities of his natur
IDeQniucey says that men are not di
, guised by liquor; on the contrary, mo
men are disguised by sobriety and it
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+ In a few minutes he returned wit
the young man. Chandler in the con
versation / had with him, manifested
very lively interest in the solution Of tn
mystery, and professed himself ready tC
do anything to forward my views.
What time did you return to the
house on TUESDAY nirht : asked, with
The Intention of sounding him little.
About twelve.
Twelve, said Annie. 1t was not more
than ten. | heard you
The clock struck as I turned the cor
ner of the street, replied Chandler posi-
tivoly. '.
certainly heard some one in tn,
front room at that time, a lded Annie
looking with astonsihment at the grour
around her.
We are getting at something, re.
marked laughing How lid you get in
Mr.. Chandler
The young man smiled as he looked
at Annie,
did not tell you about it, he said
for | was afraid it would make you ner-
vous, and perhaps get an honest man
into trouble. L lost my night key.
Eh F .. .....
Go on, sir.
began to be deeply il terestcd.
A watchnan happening along, | told
him my situation. He knew me, and
taking Ladder from an unfinished house
opposite house, he placed it against one
of the second story windows, and | en-
tered in that way
Good, and now what was it you hcart
at ten o'clock
Wallace looked at Annie, and Annie
looked at her lover.
Who was it
1t was Bryce, I replied, you may dc
pend upon it.
The villain, exclaimed Wallace, tax
ing is for granted.
He is mean enough to do such thing
added Chandler.
When you lost your night key h,
found it. Where did you keep it, Mr.
Chandler
In the pocket of my outside coat.
Exactly 50.
wrote lawyers letter, demand
against you, &c which | immediatel )
sent to Bryce. Cautioning the partie.
not to speak of the affair, dismissed
them.
Bryce came.
Well, sir, what have you against me
A claim on the part of John Wallac,
for two thousand dollars, | replied, pok
ing over my papers, and appearing su
premcly Indifferent
i Paid it, said he, short as pie crust.
! Have you aud looked him in th
! eye as sharply as could bring my OF
tics to bear upon him.
The rascal quailed, and | saw he wa
, villain.
e | have.
{ Nevertheless, if, within one hour yo'
do not pay me one thousand dollars 10
the trouble and anxiety you have cause
my client, pledge you my word an
honor that, at the end of the next hou
you shall be lodged in Jail to answer t
a criminal charge.
He turned pale and his lips quivcred
What do you mean, sir
! mean what say. Pay, or els'
take the consequences.
1t was bod charge, and II he ha'
looked like an honest man | should no
have dared made it.
have paid the note, | tell you
whincd be.
t No words, if you please.
But listen to reason
, | will listen to nothing
c have the note.
Where did you get it
Why, of course, when paid it
When you feloniously entered tn
house Of John Wallace on the night
= Tuesday, February 20, at ten OF tt
clock, and took the said note from th
c secretary. .
You have no proof, stsmmered /
}. grasping a chair for support
/. That is my look out. have no tin
to waste will you pay, or 90 to Jail.
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u. a. r. NOyes:

Dry Goods-Prints, ,Muslins Canbrics, De
Lanes, Brown and Bleached Sheetings,
Broadoloths C Cassimeres, ,Satinetts.
observation-disclosures, White and Brown Su.
gars, Teas, pure Coffee, Spices, &c.
Agents for the sale Of valuable Medicines
Store enextto Pawcatuck Rank. ~
1874 p = PAWCATUCK, CT,
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Francis sheffield. .

George q. Wells,
Dealer in Boots and Shoes Of all descrip
tions. Gentlemen's fine Calf Boots,
Caters of all descriptions, Rubbers
and bier Boots. Thick Boots,
Brogans, Shoes, sc.
adies' Caters, Walking Shoes Slippers, &c
Main Street, Westerly II. |. 134tf
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.- Samuel "A. Coy,
Paper II nger.
Paper Hangings of the latest and most de-
sirable styles furnished when desired.
Agent for z. q. Dodge's Dye House, of Prov
idence Orders left at Messrs. 5.
& ID. Smiths Store willre-
ceivepromPtattention. 1851
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N. MarstOn,

Makes to order, Walking Shoes, Caters,
Slippers, and every description of La
dies work; also, Gentlemen's Boots,
Gaiters, &C., of a superiorqual-
ity and workmanship.
Constantly ON hand, u large Stock ofGoods
in the Boot and Shoe line.
r store on Main st. 1871
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Manufacturers Of
Tim & Shoot Iron Ware 9
A full supply Of Stoves, of the most ap-
proved patterns, always on and.
Tin and Sheet Iron Ware for sale, or made
to order, at short notice.
shop on High street. i31tf
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Il. M. Dunn,

Keeps constantly on hand large stock Of
Gentlemen and Boys Clothing, adapt
ed to the season, such as, Hats,
Caps,Coats, Vests, Pants, Shirts,
Undershirts, Draws, Boots
and Shoes, &C., &c.
Fancy articles and Ready Made Clothing
..,...s atlow prices. 1877
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G. w. MarstOn,
HALTER AND DEALER IN FURS,
Keeps constantly on hand large stock Of
Gentlemen's and Boys Hats of the latest
fashions. Furs of the bestquality,
and of the newest sty les cheap.
Buckskin Gloves, Mittens Of every variety
Spring Styles just received.
Store under G. Leonard's Hotel. 137tf
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Business Gar0s.
Ladies Fancy Goods store
NEAR THE RAILROAD STATION.

NEAR THE RAILROAD STATION.
81 ID. w. HAS1 MOND. ..
Constantly on hand and for sale at fair
prices, an assortment Of
FANCY GooDs, Books, SrsTIoNERY. PER-
FUMERY, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
FRUIr, PATENT MEDICINES, &c.
Also receiving fresh supplies of Stuart's
Superior Steam Refined Confectionery,
Councilman's Broadway do, Stuart
& Co., do, with a large assort-
ment Of Refined Broken Candy, SC. 80
New-York daily tribune., 1856-09-02
FROM WASHINGTON.

VAsHINGTON, Sept. l, 1856.
TIE InteHigencer of this morning publ hes an ex
tract from Commodore Mervns report in regard to the
newly discovered guano island in the Pacific. The
Commodore Gays the slaI is covered with luxur
vegetation which IL Indicative of heavy raius and the
consequent wortheesness OF the gusno thereon "A
large deposit of bird lme.wss found on the island but
it was in a state of decomposition.
The amount of estimates or appropriations lying
over in the Quarter.masterGenerals Department, in
consequence of the delay in passing the Army bill,
been drawn and will be forthwith transmitted. Orders
have be en- Issued from the Ordnance Department for
the resumption Of work in the Armories and Arsenal,
where il was suspended.
Manv meu bers Of Congress left here this evening,
ard thee aIe cow very few remaining 1he e''y Is
full.
The fnteil,ceactr CT uno """s Pu'"'"' I'D 70
trf ct from Commodore Mervins report IN regs r' ~
the newly discovered guano Island in the Pacinc An'
Commodore Gays:
Intense interest appeared to pervade all minds,
fore and aft the ship neared the promised I'll Dora-
do Of the mercantile and agricultural Interests OF our
country. The 6euson, h0 @ever, was but ira 1stoy;
q nearer view revealed to our astOLlshed VISION the
whole island, covered with q deep green mantle OF
luxuriant vegetation, indicative csrIsinly ol ,he
strength of the so and hesvy rains common in this
locality. a. also Of the wortbesness of the deposit
thereon "a an article of commerce.
"The value of guano il, / believe, determined by
the amount of ammonia which it conteins, which is
generated by successive deposits of birdime 10 ram
less districts. That there Is large deposit OF bird
lime on the island in state of decomposition the vsg.
citation and great number of birds lowering over It
abundantly attest"
New-York daily tribune., 1856-09-02

a crime, Let u thank Got M thencs, mat Te uv'
In the nineteenth century. or s the woloe's OF 81
cent snd modern sr-st8tzes ard psintings' sno :,
els and manuscrpts-the somitst on aac zoe oe9gn. ~
sges-tbere was nothing which l beboio WIN uloe. nor.
as sctionate awe than that poor rough TUBE are" oo
in length the work OF HE own hsnds-that very op
tic csss'-through which the Tuscan Artist viewed
the moon,
:. At eyenirz from the top Of Fesoie
Or IN yaldarro, 20 dsscry nsw lands
River, o. ID mountains, in Der 'Totty Globe
that poor little spy glass flor it is scarcely more
tbrough which the human eye frs. distinctly 0eheld
the surfaoe Of the moop-frt discovered the phases
of Venus the satellites OF Jupiter, and the seeming
hsndles Of Ssarn-ffst penetrated the dusky depth,
of the heayens-frst pierced the clouds Of visual
error which from the creation OF the world involved
the system of the Universe
Mr.. Eyerett's nerves are shocked while cOntem.
plating the bsrbarous sgs that doomed Calico to
imprisonment for asserting great truth. and he
piously lifts up his eyes and hands and exclsims:
"Let US thank God my friends, that ,ce live in the
nineteenth century" Yet small thanks need be
given to Gcd for such q nineteenth century as this
same Mr.. Everett has been laboring to make. He
1t was that in Congress, in March, lo26, declared
American Slavery to be an institution sanctioned
by the laws of morality and religion AID blessed IN
the light of the In6nte-an institution which,
sooner than Any other, "he would buckle on his
"knapssck aud shoulder bis musket" to maintain;
and he it is who is now doing his best to keep In
power the party who design to spread over vast
Territory yet fr5e the blessings of this dlvlne!y-
sanctioned institution; to bring the yet free North
under the influence of benign code Of laws, snn'-
hilatpg the liberty of the press, the rostrum the
pulpit ard the Post. Office, impdsoning women for
teaching little children to resd, and hanging men
for EXPIRE ssing the sentiments OF Washington and
franklin and Jefferson Oh, enlightened nine
teenth century illumined by rays from minds OF
the Edward Everett order! much cause have you
to plume yourself in comparison Of your dolng'
with those of former times
New-York daily tribune., 1856-09-02
TO CORREsPONDYNTTS.
WM. WooD-W hat r. q and State
&. c. Bsooks, Athens What State
FIFTH WARD REPLRLICANS.

TIE regular ME, ting Of tbs Republican: Of the Fifth
Ward was held last tv,nirg, at No ee White street.
The me etng was tie largest that has been he'd IN the
Wsrd during the campaign. JoHS A. KESNrpr pre.
sided. ". J. A. FULLER, esq, made an abe and
eoquen; speech which he examined tie question of
Slavery exits rsior in its various sspets and showed
that all the facts pointed to the success Of Fremont
and Dayton, and TIE Republican party as the reli-
aEce Of Conservatism ana Freedom. lie was followed
nv HoRAcr GRSEtIY, who examined at some length
the irdufial ssfect Ct the prsseIt contest and the
beuings of slavery upon the free labor Of the South
Af,sr como remarks by DIR. vALEsIisr, the cele.
brs.sd hppaerist, the meeting edjcWVsd,
New-York daily tribune., 1856-09-02
NewTlmk Daau @tibinta
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER ., 1856

We have Kansas adyices BY way OF ~ ho"'' "
the 9th nit. Gov. Shannon had on the 26ta pro
claimed the Territory ir state ofin'uTecton' but
the precise bearing Of this movement Is not ,e' Yer
tain 1t seems to be aimed st tne free o'a'e inen
Jut it may be intended to get rid 'oi the armed
Missourians who have rushed into the Territory 10
,ocb force. The fact that no farther collision had
occnrred down TO the 27ti leads us to hope that
General conflict may yet be avertsd' or at least
STAYED of. The Free State men must gam strength
bv DELAY. and a month in camp, even without fight
;rc wiIl be sure to thin the ranks Of the Border
Ruffians. Every day, therefore, that passes with
ont colli,ion is day gained to the Free St.te
cause. Two months more brings us TO tAe elec-
ton, which we trust will terminate the reign Of
Ruffanism over Kansas.
New-York daily tribune., 1856-09-02

The XXXlVth Congress will long live in the
Nations memory. If it has not as yet achieved
much positive good, it has at hast stood firm
against much formidable evil. W,h the inevitable
prepondeIance of negative, second rate and CON-
moDplace men on its rolls-and the Senate had not
for thirty years contained go large proportion OF!
these as it low does-it has developed much talent,
energy, and resolution hitherto unknown to our
National Councils. Unless We are greatly de-
ceivsd, there are new Mcubers who are destined
20 fl the public eye and secure the rewards of
eminent ard protracted service.
The prospect, at the opening Of the Session last
December, was most forbdding. The President
and bis Cabinet were notolious,y anl bitterly hos
tile to the Free.State men Of Kan.ps and to the
general cau'e Of Slavery Restriction The Senate
was inmoVably Pro. Slavery by nearly three to one
There remained but the Hsuse, in which no party
had majority, while each party might hope on
some questions for dubious and transient ascend.
tncy. Its most obvious division was into Reoub.
icaus, Democrats and Know-Notaugs, (includinc
half dozen who had previously bsen Wings, and
the three parties were nearly equal In numbers
consittiDg Of about 10 Sienbers each leaving If
6 Cc.:en of vc-y doubtful prp,,sessions. Bu.
some of the earuest Republicans had bean ia-
veelod into Know Noinot hedges ard were rel, C..
tant to break up the assOciiiioas there formed;
others had been elected osteSslc5 as Republic aus
who were secretly Know Notbinee. ala N f'ct Re-
pubcars cnly in profession; While seveial' who had
been elected as Anti-Nebraska Americans, proved
true to Free Territory as The needie r. the pole.
Practically, then, the s,tsition Of events, OF ac-
ton, soon reduced the parties substantially to two.
or ut the uest two aud a bali; tas "Noryh
New-York daily tribune., 1856-09-02
We shall recur to the general subject.

What is left OF Boston Whiggery-.O Use a
Cromweian phrase, the rMmp of the Old Wing
party-had a meeting there the other night ia
small upper chamber called Chapman Hall. The
object was to appoint delegates n convention for
tie nomination of State officers. The mos: obser-
vahle thing that was said in the speeches which
enlvened the occasion was uttered b. Mr.. George
S Illlard, when be said that, though he should 90
for Fillmore still b. hoped "no man would be
read ont of tie Whg party merely because
he should vote for Fremont or Buchanan :"
We have heard great deal about the
RomsIism of Col. Fremont; but surely, were
ho member of the Propaganda itself, he
could no. pretend TO vie with the CathOlcity
Of Mr. Hllard. II is certainly no reason why a
man should be read oat of the Wig party for vo'
tirg for Col Frenont because the principles he
represents, SO Or as they regard the extension Of
Slavery, are precisely and identcaly those OF the
Wbe psIty wntn II had something more than =
name TO live. But the idea Of Wing remaining a
Wing ctd 7oiilg for Buchanan is parhsFs the most
distinctly and unequivocsly original one that has
appeared since Homer invented the Had. Or
cDure this was mere ieeler to try AM see
whether out Of he wreck of the party could still b.
made raft sufficient to keep Mr.. Choste's head
sboye wster, old those Of the qaondam Wings that
msaE to go with him
As a large proportion Of the Wings Of the brand
Of this Mr.. HilhTd I'VE know nothing Of his own
course in the p,enssD were Devised BY Mr. Web