Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1856-01-04
The total number of acres embraced in the
warrants issued under all the Acts, is as fol

4ctof l847 13,050, 500 I
Acts of 1850.and 1852 13, S12,6sO I
Act of 1855 i, O9s,S8fi +
Total acres 1885, 4l9
Amount in scrip in lieu of land, $2s4, s75.
Number of convictions during the year for
raud 9.
Number of prosecutions still pending. O.
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CARRIERS ADDRESS.
Avhitsrebsd priestsss stands,
A sacriacs demands:
Before eloud-draprd altar gt5ss
She Waiieth for the seasons
To lay their offerings down.
And sFRrse, that beauteous maiden,
whoss brow Of dazzling white
First bursts upon her sight;
glstening string Of dew drops
Around her neck Is strung,
.Lss And DER her form Of uShtusss ~ I
roseleafed mantle dung.
She eomets,, heavy laden
With flowers she loYeth best,
And bows before the altar,
BY fragrance sweet oppressed:
Then as The prtestess hesses
The airy footed fay,
She sinks upon her bosom
AMI breati'es her life awayl
Next suNNER, genial SUMNER, 1
Comes, radiant the fnlness
OLeouseiods might and pride:
3. 80 = Upon her cheek the sunset
Has stampede It's roseaie hue,
And on her brow the rainbow
Has brought Its tnts to view.
4sIi E.;Ss Il 81 Il he s9 s.ss bloom,
80 : * Aud, trembling, waits her doom z So
s From mansions In the sky,
Look down through starry windows
To learn u she must die 50 e
And as the holy rrlestess
ID, Accepts this offering,
Back from the tomb comes gliding
The spirit of the 'EFRISe:
With phantom hand upIifted,
SPRING beckOns her RpaCe,
And SUMNER. faint and weary,
Expires III her embrace!
Then AUTUMN, dreamy AUTUMN,
:. With BheaTes of golden grain
Bound round with bands Of sunshine,
And gemned with spRrkInS rain-
- Her spacious lap oeriowing sE
go With rich, delicious fruit,
.slg PourEd from the horn. Of plenty
Stands At the altar, mute.
And from this store the priestess
Selects the fruitful vine,
Whose berries quickly yieldch
A stream OF crimson wine;
= This, sweetened with tile fragrance
From summer flowers distilled,
She elupties from her chalice
Till tulips cup is filled.
The sacrifice, thus favored, ~
At length Is offered up: --.-'
pTteSteSs takes the c1p:-
And with her eyes upfted,
She holds It toward the sun,
Them as she sips the nectar,
Cries. "Autunu's race Is rum"
NextwISrka, stern, cold WINTER,
te1- AScends with measured pace
Ills icy breath cOngealing
The tear drops on his face;
POr old and lone, and w.ary,
His heart Is filed with grief,
Nor summer, Spring pOr Autumn
Ghdes back to his $elief
And thus before thesaltnr
Ills shrunken fora bows low,
While from his aru4 come sweeping
Wild storms Of 4sl and snow;
And, smiIiag still, sthe prtestcss
Accepts AIS oNsttng,
For although Irus.n0 blossoms
Us all he has 20 bring
IT'S donel the Seasons tOught their liberal store,
Then found grave with all that's gone before.
Lift ups triumphant Gel19s Of the Pasti
The veil before thy countless trophies cast, -
That We q last adleu my bid to all
That rests beneath thy Universal pail.
saadoWy nlrong, theYcroTd thy silent halls,
All that delighted once,sbu nov appalls.
As slowly moves the din obllvfous veil,
I see their forms and Ear their plaiutIve vail
An radiant VfSionS-diaamS of bliss untold
All forms Of light and Nye, mute and cold
An glorious forms, dead idols Of the heart
= see you again q being start;
- And lstl hear a voie4 SO low and sweet,
- 81. It alaAt be tteirs upeA the trembling air
5lsreach my arms thOsssforms again to greet,
But ali the spell is heoke-tiey not there! =
ltfsurely was. some III YlesS spirit fair.
osdd 1t bring rs notAng but despair?
So fades That shadowys fhrong -where'er We dwell,
Bright betng5 Of the Passt, farewell, FAREWELL
The scene anged bursts wildly on the sight
myriad hostsSRu arufd for mortal fight;
And blow for b1eY, aud blood for blood, their law,
They They shake thsgaEd pr hold that world in awe.
VIA shrieEs- thefa1Siet roll the warning drums,
Port P9rte 1a ere tisssaElel conflict comes;--.
Ger land and oceans fell the war-notes clear,
Ten thousand squadrol shnw together close,
And gun to gun and .slEestp steel oppose;
shake with the thalalc52of .bssdrssdfa ciarse!
The air reels sick wtfErodks. and dark with balls
That rain leHllen ha15 'Ganst9ulnan walls;
And when those walls 70 rent, til warehouse then
Dark hang the clouds save whose the FED flames glare
And hiss like ieuds tlIat lap the bloody air!
The s@,ose-.he shEisklbs yell
Blood on tic sorl-bl4se, blood is eSerSgasFsi 8,
Draw, kind oblivion, dssw shy hiding ven ~
Ger scenes IKE these, ting make the world grow pale.
Aud let the good, for such, Ger lead the van. q
Imperial EuEandI can my holy sears al
New luStre gain from aiRht but holy wars
o, Gallo legfOns, shades eof Austerltz,
i may be that such ds5ls your fame bsltsi
With but faint hope 70 looth wars dire alarms,
It may be now your u ought cause Is just
But which Of ali, in tlilE dread. struggle, can
Declare you fight for fs ed6nt and for mani
A New Year dawns: All in its calm digit bstnss
To us both peace and f,euty, its wings. 81
Let kings and sefEs the ~ Of conquest wage;
Let as In nobler causes stilI engage.
What though all PARTED fnoW arc so much linked"
We cannot tell how splle things will be Is fixed'
What though to them scarcely able
Without employing all ne tongues Of Babel-
Our USIoS still in might and beauty stands,
beacon and hope g other iauds; i
Still! in its native heaven our banner waves
Oh by our fathers BIQpI and by their graves,
Let us this holy Union stu maintain,
And curst be him who'd Fsndits bonds In tWRins
Per you, kind patrons, whom I've tored to please,
In darker days and harder times than these,
Sly prayer is this: long may -yoa I've In blss-
To own you've better world than this
While gently, sWeetly. glide your lives away,
And bring new joys with every Holiday,
May long live your grLitftu4Is 10 tel;
Good morning, friends, good morning and farewell.
II CARRIER.
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