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The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1856-10-09
From the Rural New Yorker.
TffE hCHARTER OAK"

Suggested by reading sketch of this celebrated
tree in the Rural of Sept 6.
Say, honored oak, if when our Savior bled,
And suffered mortal pangs upon the cross.
Thy lofty form had sprung from Natures bed,
And stood in grandeur, silvered DER with moss.
What were thy thoughts to see the sun obscured,
And total darkness in the daytime reign
Canst tell the fright and agony endured
By Mother Earth, convulsed with guilt and painr
Or hsdst thou heard before the deafening shout
OF Cmsars daring and ambitious bands,
When they had crossed the Rubicon, en- route
For that great mistress of the Eastern lands
Or did thy branches tremble with the jar
Caused by that cruel earthquakes mighty pow.
Which, whirling swift distinctions bloody ear,
Changed Pompeii 10 ruins in an hourS
Did ocean packets bring to thee line,
When from proud Mecca one Mahommet fed
Didst have despatches from fair Palestine,
Where Europes chivalry so freely bledE
Tell US, If at the sight Of that small fleet,
Which brought Columbus to your rugged shore,
One thrill Of pleasure caused your heart TO beat,
Viewing n race you necr had seen beforer
When from the South were waited on the gale
4, The groans of thousands by Pzarro slain,
Did not your every leaf wi. rage turn plle
That foreign hordes should scourge that lovely
plaint
Which never faltered for two thousand years.
What hadst thou done for him, or his, old tree,
On human records noIght as yet appears.
What cause of enftIity against King JamesH
Why in thy trunk didst keep that charter hid
Which he had rashly sentenced to the flames,
And all its grants and guarantees forhid2
Did not thy blossoms feel a tinge Of shame
=, As Blue Laws governed for time your soil,
When he who on the Sabbath kiss, his dame
Was doomed long years with f'lons vile to toilr
Boast not Ger man that You have stood erect,
While millions OF his lineage passed away
Thour't PROSTATE now. and We from thence reflect
That to evrytning of earth must come decay.
Ave, perish. with no hope Of future life
But slowly mngle with unconscious sand,
While man, from this dull scene of pain and strife,
Is soon transferred to an immortal land
Though centuries to thee b ought no decay,
While countless generations fiiled the tomb,
IA thou hast (a!itn, must toreuer lay;
Man rises again in Paradise To bloom.
North Almond, Sept. 1856. A. II. b.
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1856-10-09

THE EYE AND ALIMpURIrY.-Th eye
is both the inlet and outlet of great deal of
wickedness of this kind--wltness Joseph's
mistress, Simpson and David ; and we read
of eyes full of adultery, that cannot cease.
from sin. We need, therefore, with holy Job,
to make covenant with our eyes a bargain
with them. that they should have The pleas
ure of beholding the light of the sun and the
works of God, provided they would never
faston or dwell on anything that might occa'-
sion impure imaginations or desires. What
have we the covering of the eyes for but to
restrain corrupt G 'ances., and to keep. out de-
fling impressions ? And il looking be lust,
they who dress. and deck, and expose them,
selves, with design 10 be looked at and lrated
after, like J,ztbel, who painted her face,
tired her head and looked GU! ofthe window,
are no less guilty. Men sin, but devils tempt
TO sin.
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1856-10-09

PER, EyERE.-lf seaman should put about
every time he encounters a hoad-wlnd, he
certainly would be a long time in making a
voyage. So he who permits himself to be
baffl ID by adverse circumstances, will never
make headway in the voyage of life. A sal
lor uses every wind to proPel; so should ths
oung man lea, n to trim his sails and guide
his bark, that even the adverse gales should
6ll its Delaying canvass and send it forward
en- its onward course.
Disease has diminished the productive
aess of the silk worms in France, STiSerlsnd
and I'aly.
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1856-10-09

CoNDENsED ED TRUrHs.-It is not what peo"
pie ert, but what they digest, that makes
them strong. is not, what they gain, but
what they save, that makes them rich. 1t is
not what they read, but what they remember,
hat makes them learned. It IS not VIII 1t
they profess, but what they practise that
makes them righteous. These are plain and
important truths, too little needed by glut-
tons, spcndthrifts, bookworms, and hypo-
critics.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-04-22
COMMERCIAL PROSPECTS.

The British journals are congratulatiDg them
selves that the exports of Great Britain, compared
with those of the corresponding period OF last
year, show decided increase, and that the effect
of the war has been, contrary to general expecta-
tion not to diminish, but to increase the amount
of foreign commerce.; and hence they draw augu
ries-upon which some people in this country may
be dis posed 10 act-that, with the restoration OF
peace, great extension and development of the
Briti.h export trade will take place. There is an
obvious fallacy in this sort of reasoning into which,
with all their past experience in such matters, it
is a little surprising that our British neghbors
should fall. They omit TO consider that all the
vast supplies of all Sorts sent out Of the country to
sustain the army in the Crimea and the fleet in the
Baltic, have gone to swell the amount Of the export
trade; but this is sort Of export trade which does
not produce any returns-at least no money re-
turns-and, whatever may be it's results in other
respects, is not likely, in mere commercial point
Of view, to be very profitable.
Whatever impulses the legitimate export trade
may receive from the rcestabishment Of peace, L
may well be doubted whe.he that impulse will
suffice to fill the gap caused by the cessation OF
exports Oh Government account, and whether the
proclamation of peace is TO be Immediately fol
lowed by any such era of commercial prosperity as
is so fondly looked forward to. The close of the
great war in Europe forty years ago was also ex
pected to inausurate an immediate era of plenty
as well ss of peace bur, far from that being the
case, the succeeding fifteen years were years Of
greater commercial enbarras sment aud manufac-
u ring distress than Great Britain had ever before
known-the natural result of the disappearance
from the market Of a wholesale customer, who,
though he went upon tick, or paid only with money
borrowed from the very parties with whom he
traded, had given nevertheless, while his purchases
went on, great activity To trade and production.
We are vel aware that the circumstances Of
Great Britain OF Europe, and of the whole COM
mercial world, are in many important partieu-
lsrs very different from what they were at the
close Of the last preceding great European war,
ard that in most if not in all these particulars, We
OF the present times have decided advantage over
our predecessors of forty years ago. OF course,
We do not expect commercial reaction to follow
the present peace at sll comparable to that which
took place then indeed, it il highly probable that
the operation Of the causes TO which We have re-
ierred as giving Us an advantage over the preced-
irg sge. may 80 neutralize the withdrawal Of the
Coz ernments Of Europe from the market as to
prevent any perceptible reaction at all. But that
the immediate results Of the cessation of the war
viii be less apparently favorable to the interests
Of commerce and industry than many contem-
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-04-22
THE AMERICAN REACTION.

In some recent remarks upon European affairs,
We alluded to the spirit OF conservative reaction
which, during several years past, has become the
Characteristic of European politics, and in which
all the Republican zeal that burst out in the Revc-
luton of l548 has been, as it were, completely
swallowed up. Ii is truth worthy OF pro-
found attention, that this spirit is by no means
limited to Europe, since here in America the
pirt Of ultra cOnseryatiye-or, to speak more
roperly Of slayish reactiOn-may DO seen In
ven more vigorous operation than on the other
ide Of the Atlantic. In Europe it ia not pro-
osed to 10 beyond the precedents Of past times.
Even the new Emperor Of France pretends TO no
1ercise Of despotic power of which abundant in
stances are not to be found in the reign Of my
uncle" As to the old hereditary tyrannies, they
will be amply satisfied in winning back from their
subjects the concessions into which they were
forced during the vigorous progress Of the demo-
cractie revolution. Here in America. on the other
hand, the claimants Of despotic authority and the
services who sustain them seek 10 subject Free
dom to restraints and sacrifices such as within a
very short period were scarcely even dreamed Of
A few days since We congratulated our readers
On the defeAts which the Administration had sus
tsined and the trumphs which the united Oppos
ticn had achieved in New-fIsmpshire, Rhode
bland and Connecticut, and on the fair prospect
II at on the day Of the Presidential election New
England, and indeed the entire North, would pre-
ient united front to the extension Of Slavery.
Considering the evil times upon which We have
fallen, the vast efforts made on the other side, and
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-04-22
BBGGARY-WORK.

We have not the honor of personal acquaint-
aDce with Messrs. Tong Sung, JaDg On, Tu Hong,
Sc Gin, and Others, the Chinese gentlemen who
pdiied and signed the card of warning published in
our Saturdays paper; but we beg any friend more
favored in this respect to convey to those plain
speaking Celestalsthe assurance Of our distinguished
cor sideration. They are undoubtedly quite right
as TO the character of their ex-countrymen who
support paltry and disreputabe existence in this
city BY begging, and as to the futility, improvi.
dence and culpability of pandering to their appe-
tte fer ideness and vicious indulgence. 1t is not
charity to squander loose change on such vags-
bonds, 10 matter Of what color, but weakness,
thoughtlessness, and mischief. 1t is sowing beg
gary, whereof the harvest will be Incidence, use
lessness dissipation lewdness and crime.
To the savage inclination and deyelOpment-and
every great city has its tribes of sayages as be-
nighted and brutal as any to be found in the caons
of the Colorado or the gorges Of the Rocky Noun.
taine-dleness, with the qualification of every
sensual craving is the perfection Of earthly bliss
The savage knows that Winter will fnl him
pinched with hunger and shiveriDg with cold If be
does not improve the milder season in storing up
food and skins; but he says, Let US enjoy day
:" and take our chance for tomorrow: Who ever
saw to morrow and so drsgs through the
wrttched, squslid round Of his ancestors for count
les generations lie: him have food, shelter
and fre.water to-day, and be is content, though
these were bought with the sale of his last buffalo
robe, perhaps his la,t hunting ground, leaving him
nothing wheIewith to battle for existence next
January.
There are, always have been, and, We fear, long
will be, genuine objects OF charity in great city
like this; but very few of these sit begging by the
wsyside or salute the passer with open palm and
.ckIy whine at street crossings, on stairways or
IN counting rooms They are strangers, struck
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-04-22
FROM WASHINGTON.
INTERCEPTED LETTERS. No. VIII

WAsHIyGToS, April 90 le'o'
Dean ): Spring has not stolen timidly upon U.s.
We have seen nothing Of the gentle, Maynard thing
Summer this year plays double part Sitting IN tne
Capitol grounds one almos, hears the budding leaves
burst into being and the velvet grass grow. Inc
hot air is oppressive, and the Winter OF yesterday
il already traditional This rambling, overcharsng'
heterogeneous, incoherent unhappy town OF "ash'ng
ton is at all SEASON. saving and excepting the one
winds and dust, delightful. No other city IN tn''
ron.vcettno land Of ours has such societyno other
city has such breathing spaces, such walks and drives
Thu, and the venerable author Of Peter Scbiem"i
in America. and Modem Pilgrims" in uncut un
read repose, have walked along the shaded avenue,
ard While the birds sang, have
earnedly, and philosophealy dseoursedi and meeting
the youthful Tbayer, have further commented ana
d.coursed. and encounteripg Timothy Smooth, whose
aood talk shameh his dull books, and the aushoteSs o.
Cce Thomas rural residence, and the other authoes'
Of the "pscarded Daughter and the " hsefao''
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DOINGs IN CoNGHRss.

SIsATI. APnl 90 The c"uc-ppndcnce Of Gov.
Stephens Of Washiugtou Territory Nth ue S-crutary
a. Ha yas called for The Jui.,ery Committee
Iortcd against the ball to AHead ,.. Naiar"' ration
~. Mr.. Clay then ccumeDccd ...,h on the
, ana. qu. .,ion. liz rcmArk' Wei o...fy a , OLE
-. ,f,he course of the President Ia c"o. ..n.c
:, .lie health. MI c. did no, hn''h h'' 'Pr''" 81
Hot, AraI &c.. The Ssn"'e' am"ndn'D'' '' TIE
~. e,,.p..y g.. a,r, I'll disposed of aod "a d '"'
lopse saaaud.t Die amendment spp'op'''' :
= oo go for ,,tf.aul- 3d. Wa.h.n@t'n APnrdH'' wa
81 o,us nr,d u.
The storm continued witl great violence al day
,.,..rjsj sloog The AtlAni coast r IN De''"a''
I Ssnr sEd iksossaos tAls and tue Eastern
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-04-22

plate We bavs but little doubt sudden stop viii
be put to great demand Id consumption which.
since the war began, b.'e gore on constantly ID
cres.ng with the iuressi1g extension Of the scale
on which the Allies have conducted their military
operations It viii take some time for the nes
investments Of capital, to which peace may 'ad. :"
SIMPLY the gap thus created.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-04-22

The Unicns, the leading Roman Catholic journal
of France, and, indeed, Of Europe, lays down, on
the Sd of April, the following axons:
Railroads are not progress;
Teleerapbs are an analogous invention;
The freedom Of industry is not progress
The invention of gunpowder is not progress
- Machines derange all agricultural labor;
Industrial discoveries are q sign of abasement ana
not of grandeur
We like these broad statements. There can
surely be no mistake as to their intent, no over
clouding and mystiiying meanings in such sharp
curt axioms. Now the people know what Is or
thodox doctrine as regards human Improvement
1t is the middle ages versus the present, and they
can chooie between the philosophy and achieve
ment Of these two eras.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-04-22

s.,,, We hear Of no serious disasters to shiPpns
-, so, yery probably shall. In TIL" vicinity the
-. Hurricane FROM the nortb-east. and
tho rain poured a delus' all day TWAS com
-..,,,.,, calm during the evening". .hu: the rain
-, ,,,y,xl unul midnight
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-04-22

Tie reading public have generally heard OF one
u,H>, Cl,N, formerly Member and Speaker OF
the House. after having served two irAGmentay
terms in the senate. to which body he r"tnrn'd IN
1871. and Of which b. was the most ilu'trou' ana
eminent Member AT the time of hs death ID june
1852. That public can hardly need a reminder that
a.. rrc.,p, Senator Cav i. quite a different sort
of per.cp.rc-b, uamc Clement. {. ClayJr'' OF Ala
b.n. ver small and bitter rro-Sl'very Demo,
era, wi, ,c.tcrda, made speech IN support OF
,.n nor,,,r RutFan Cause, in communication OF the
no,5rct Of President Pierce wrh regard to Nan
"a IN ,n ic,ti,n Of the South against the
...-..s,or. .nd cncroachmcuts of the North Let
80 or, hereafter be startled at hearing or reading
that Mr.. Cia, addressed tn Senate IN behii OF
.pv despotc or atrOciOu' measure but Dear III
mind that ne Cls, j.. dead, sra that this one was
hroush Hl, h. deadly and implscabie adversary
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-04-22

TIE House Yesterday, in act ng on the amend
/ men,s {, the Deficiency bill reported from tue
! Committee Of the Whoc voted down by = ma
! ,or,ty the appropriation Of S3o',0'O 10 continue
a.. cors,7,cti, a If grand AQucdIct for the sup
Wv Of WA.hmgton and Georgetown with water
/ t-nr, ,h,. Tap. Of the Potomac. The subject was
,,, ,io-orctly discussed in Committee, and there
H., 40 pr, tense that il ia not filly and clearly
,,8.r,tccd. We trs; the Senate will not insist
.,srrtrsc,cd struggle With the House on tins
most on: but We are confident tn" resolution OF
~. lst,,r can in no case be- oyerborne. Boring
ana b,ttcuho'ding have done their worst for this
lob. and s proloussucn OF the contest VIII re'ui'
m increased mslorities against It.
This j. no questi,n as to the Propriety or time
,;,e.. ofiutroducipe water into the Federal Cities
II the, choose 10 tax themselves for generous
.ur,ly of the fluid nobody desires 10 interpose an
shi,ctiop. But to taI Twenty-Five Millions to de-
frsv tie cost Of supplying Fifty thousand with
wafer is not just while the immense residue are
,blie.d 10 provide themselves with the needfdl
liquid without shilling being contributed from
the Treasury 10 assuage their thirst IL the Feb
eral Cities want water introduced at their proper
cost. and will mature feasible plan, we presume
Congress will cooperate in behalf of the Pdoic
Buildings at the Metropolis, and pay fair share
of the expense: but to introduce water into the
streets Of Washington, E'r the Use of ITS lnhabit-
ants AZ the sole cost Of the Government, is not fair
nor lust So SAYS the House; will say the
People.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-04-07
By JAS. C. MCGUIRE, Auctioneer.

By JAS. G. MCGUIRE, Auctioneer
SUPERIOR CABINkT FURNITURE,
India and Saxon China Service, Silver. pin.
ted Ware, Elegant Gilt and Plated Table
and Mantel Ornaments, Choice Old Wines
and Liquors.-On FRIDAY MORNING, Apn
18TH commencing at 10 O'Clock, | shall sell, at
the residence Of the late Russian Minister, A. de
Bodisco, Second street, Georgetown, all his su.
perior Furniture and Household Effects, consist
ing, in part, Of
Handsome silk damask- covered Sofas, Arm, Par
lor and Fancy Chairs
Rosewood Sofa and Chairs, style Of Louis XIV.
Velvet covered Tete-a-Tete, Arm and Reception
Chairs
Pair Of elegant Painted Glass Folding Screens
Large French plate Mirrors, In heavy carved
mahogany frames
Elegant Cabinets BoOkstands, EtagereS
Marble top and 6 lit Centre Tables
Side and Fancy Tables
Morocco ana Damask-covered Divans and Loun-
geS
Splendid Mantel Timepieces, in gilt and bronze
with Cardelabras and Ornaments, &c
Porphyre Vases, Candlesticks, snd other Orna
ments
Magnificent French China Dinner Service, for %
persons
Elegant Dessert Service Of French China, bea--
tfully decorated, each plate containing
view Of some prominent scene in st, Peters,
burgh
Beautifully decorated French, Saxon, and India
China Tea and Dessert Sets
English Plated Dinner and Tea Service
Rlch set OF crystal cct-2laSS ware
Splendid Table Ornaments, in gilt and silver
plate, with plaeaus, &c.
Superior Mahogany mirror front Wardrobes
Mahogany Bookcases, Cabinets, Desks, Writing
ChaiIs, Screens
Large and Elegant Psyche Glass, nheavy carved
frame and Pillars
Mahogany and Walnut BED tsteads
Wardrobes and Bureaus
Washstands and Toilet Sets
Veve Bruss Is and three ply Carpets
Silk and Damask Curtains
Shades, Cornice, &c
Mahogany Arm and Chamber Chairs, Tables, &c
Large lot Of superior Copper Cooking Utensils
Silver plated Carriage Harness
Also, at 4 o'clock
A large variety Of rare and choice Wines and
Liquors. comprising
Madeiras, Sherres, Champagnes, Hook
Old Port, Claret, French Cognac, Brown Stout
Annisette, Curacao, Holland Gin, ac.
Some Of which have been In cellar for thirty
years
Terms: $50 and under cash over that sum
credit Of 90 and 90 days, for satisfactorily en-
dorsed notes bearing interest,".
p. The house will be open for visitors on
the day preceding the sale.
JAS. C.. MCGUIRE,
mar 31-eo&ds Auct.Oneer.