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The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1857-11-19

ray" The latest dispatches from Kan
sas are of the highest interest. A dis
patch from St. Louis, on the l4th inst.
says that a Lecompton correspondent
of the Republican states that the Kansas
Constitutional Convention adjourned on
the 9TH inst. The convention framed
a constitution, and only one clause of it
the slavery clausc-will be submitted
to the people. Every vote cast must
be for the constitution, and if the slave
article is defeated theConstitution stands
silent on the subject OF slavery. Ac-
cording to the decision Of the Supreme
Court of the United States, slavery
already exists there, and Kansas will be
slave State if this constitution goes
into effect The Convention also made
a Provisional Government, with Gen
Calhoun as Governor. He orders elec.
tions for State Officers and legislature
and convenes that body. He appoints
all judges of election, receives returns
counts the votes, and decides who i.
elected.
a later telegraphic dispatch states
that the Constitution was adopted by ;
vote of IS in favor of it, to about
dozen against it. The whole number o
delegates to the Convention was 60
consequently the Constitution was a
dopted by minority convention.
The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1857-11-19

gD~ The revival of religion at the
Christian Church, in this village, which
we spoke of some two or three weeks
since, is still in progress About twenty
converts have been baptized, and it is
expected that several more will receive
this ordinance on Sunday next. Rev.
S. b. Hayward, who laborcd with much
zeal and great success, at the COM
mcncemcnt of the meetings, was called
wife, much to the regret of those who
attended these meetings. Rev. Mr.
Damon, is now preaching nightly tc
large congregations.
The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1857-11-19

Ds1" Two young men, named Elisha
Partlow and Jared Comstock, of East
Lyme, CT, were out on a hunting ex-
cur~ion on Monday of last week, when
Comstock's gun was accidentally dis
charged, and the charge passed through
the heart Of young Partlow, killing him
instantly. The deceased was the sou
Ezra Partlow.
The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1857-11-19

sa5" The contract for the statue to be
erected in NewOrleans to the memory OF
Henry Clay, is signed, and the work is
to be commenced forthwith. 1t is to be
bronze statue, twelve feet six inches
high, aud is TO be delivered on or before
the first of January, 1860. The Mon
umcnt Association agree to pay $4,000
for it.
The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1857-11-19

SJ~ On Thursday evening of last
week, Hon. Neal Dow was publicly re.
ccived by the friends of temperance, at
Lancaster Hall, Portland, Maine, he
having recently returned from Europe.
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nay" The Board of New York Police

sny~ The Board of New York Police
Commissioners is once more in working
order. Mr.. Pelattah Pcrit, in his note
Of acceptance, expresses purpose to
devote himself with fidelity to the dis
charge Of the duties of the Office. He
is man in whom all parties seem tC
have confidence.
The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1857-11-19
List of

ID EMAlNING in the Post Office at Wcs-
IL tcrly, Nov. l5, 1857.
Anthony John HallFS
Austin Abby + Holland Geo A
Barrows Martha Hall Mrs Matt Ida +
Brady Joshua III Hull James S
Brady Cornelius Jahagan Mathew
Barber Charles a Johnson Susan
Barker Martha Kuired Martin
Barber Miss G Z Kane James
Bowen Samuel Kinner Mrs ELIAS
Brewer Rcbecca s Larkin Miss Maria
Babcock Hezikiah MinsrCH
Barber Mary L Moon Phebe NJ
Borrouah Frank Nethcrwood Joseph NJ
Brown Catherine Pillen Isaac
Burns Patrick Prosser Mrs John
Bailey jeremiah Painter Nois
Burdick A III Peckham Christopher
Champlin Elizabeth Reynolds VIM Esq
Carroll Ann Reynolds Peter 2
Coleman Eliza Reane James
Curren Mary Sweet Caleb
Clark William n 2 Sanderf Thomas
Carroll Thomas M Smith Ann p
Cushing Friedrich Sullivan Samuel
Clark Mrs Eunice Summers Frances
Clark Isaac Seagreave S T
Cook Nathaniel II Sullivan Mrs
Donnelly James Tingley George 9
Durham Miss Alice Thomas Mrs Mary
French Wales Watkins MIR Ira
Fardiner William Wells Alfred
Gallaher Hanna william Mrs Dimaris
Guile Samuel A York William 2
Hill Nathaniel u
GEORGE BROWN. p. M.
The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1857-11-19
III. III. FARMMAM,
DENTIST.

Would say to his friends and the public,
that he is prepared to attend to all profes-
sional calls in his Dental Office as hereto
fore, with safety and dispatch. He has good
assistance in his labratory and can execute
plate work at short notice.
The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1857-11-19

s0r On Friday last, a gentleman in
River Point, X. l., having seen on sew
eral occasions number of snakes, TWEEN.
ty seven of which we're taken alive, the
largest one measuring seven and hall
feet in length
The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1857-11-19

ssy~ We have again been favored
with some Of those fine apples from Col.
Bradford, and he has more of the same
sort left. lfyou want apples that are
extra nice, call on the Colonel.
The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1857-11-19

Cay" The news that the Mormons had
attacked and plundered the government
trains on their way to Utah, is confirmed.
The teamstcrs offered no resistance, and
the Mormons gave them one wagon to
return with and burnt the rest.
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DIED.

In this town, on Monday last, Case Chap
man, aged s5 years.
In this town, on Friday morning, last, Eli
sha Saunders, aged 55 years.
The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1857-11-19

esS- The Directors of Washington
County Bank, have declared dividend
Of four per cent. payable on the Goth
inst
The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1857-11-19

geD~ a Teachers Institute is being
held in Bristol, this week. The ex.
ercises commenced on Monday evening
and will continue to Friday evening.
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Washington County Bank

"A Dividend of 4pcr cent. will be payable
to the Stockholders of this Eank, on and
after the goth Of the present month.
}, n. BABCOCK, Cashier.
Carolina Mills Nov. 18th 1857. Sw326
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ss5" 1t may seem strange, but it is a
fact, that men generally are much more
afraid Of women than women are afraid
of men and fearing to break the ice"
is fruitful cause OF old bachclorism.
The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1857-11-19
Picked Up.

.nN Tuesday, the both inst, between
" Mystic and Mason's Island, SkG,
about ten feet long, three feet and three
inches wide, painted blue, and one pair of
oars. Apply to EDWARD NJ, CLARK.
Westerly, scpt.3l, 1857. 232-3t'1t
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-09-09

small inconvc h eHnsceaspa III as Jp9Hgrsgationa
of petty pleasures; and we arc well or i'll
at case, as the main stream of life glides
on smoothly, or is ruffled by small obsta-
cles and frequent interruption.
The true state Of every nation is the
state of common life. The manners of a
people are not to be found in the schools
of learning, or the places of greatness,
where the national character is obscure or
obliterated by travel or instruction, by
philosophy or vanity, nor is public happi-
ness to be estimated by the assemblies of
the gay or the banquets Of therich. The
great mass of nations is neither rich nor
gay; they whose aggregate constitutes
the people, are found in the streets and
the villages, in the shops and the farms;
and from them collectively considered,
must the measure of general prosperity be
taken. AS they approach to delicacy, a
nation is refined; as their conveniences
are multiplied a nation, at least a com
mercial nation, must be denominated
wealthy.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-09-09
THOUGHT.

Like the wind through the aisles Of a
cathedral, sweeps the steam of thought
through tho chambers of the brain. 1t
may linger a while, playinga melancholy
music, but it is not thine, thou knoweth
not whence it cometh. 1t flashes on like
the lightning from heaven, when You
least expect it, and all that is thine is to
recognise its presence. As the flute in
the hands of the master renders won-
dorfill harmony, so it is with men. Tho
mysterious fabric of tho brain with its
organization of exquisite fineness, is but
flute or bugle, and the breath of the
master is the living God. Reader, what
is memory but shadow of the past?-
When events have lost the fullness of the
present reality, they yet leave an uncer-
tain image IN their rear, On some it
falls like sunbeams on the mountain sum-
mits, lighting them up with glory; like
deepest shades Of midnight around the
mountains base it falls upon others. The
saddest reoolleotions of some men, are but
as the shadow of butterfly on a garden
at noontide--they cover but an atom Of
the soul, and that but for moment
those of others arc like the image of the
earth cast upon the face of heaven, that
reaches to eclipse the farthest star.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-09-09

it will prevent many of the scenes of mis-
cry we so often witness and hear Of
There is scarcely a family, especially if it
be large one, where there is not some
individual whose whole life has been
rendered dreary by unfortunate love af-
fairs. We do not hesitate to say, that in
the majority of cases this misery might
have been prevented, perhaps in every
case, except where the hand Of death has
stolen the hearts joy from this world.
Then it is wrong to murmur, for a Divine
power has caused the suffering, and it is
our duty to submit.
awe commend these remarks to the
consideration of our young friends, and
if they should in any instance be benef-
cial, our object will be attained, and we
shall have done something, however trivi-
al, towards making the world happier
than we found it."
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-09-09
A VISIT TO LEIGH HUNT.

The following is taken from recent
letter of Bayard Taylor to the New York
Tribune
buchanan Read, who has just come
hither from Rome to fulfill some painters
engagements, took me, the other evening,
to visit Leigh Hunt-the sole surviving
star of that constellation which dawned
upon the literature of England with the
present century. The old poet lives in
neat little cottage in Hammersmith, quite
alone, since the recent death of his wife.
That dainty grace, which is the chief
charm of his poetry, yet lives in his per-
son and manners. He is seventy-three
wears old, but the effects of age are only
physical; they have not touched that
buoyant, joyous nature, which survives
in spite of sorrow and misfortune. His
deep-set eyes still beam with a soft cheer
full, earnest light: his voice is gentle and
musical; and his hair, although almost
silver white, falls in fine, silky locks on
both sides ofhis face.
at was grateful to me to press the
same palm which Keats and Shelley had
so often clasped in friendly warmth, and
to hear him, who knew them well, speak
of them as long lost companions. He has
curious collection of locks of the hair Of
poets, from Milton to Browning. That
thin tuft or brown, silky fbres, could it
really have beon shown from Miltons
head? asked myself. "Touch it, said
Leigh Hunt, "and then you will have
touched Millions SELF" ''There is life
in hair, though it be Dead" said /, as
[ did So repeating line from Hunts
own sonnet on this lock. Shelley's was
golden and very soft; Keats's a bright
brown, curling in large Bacchic rings; DR..
Johnson's gray, with harsh and wiry
feel: Dean Swift's both brown and gray,
but finer, denoting a more sensitive Or
ganization; and Charles Lambs reddish
brown, short and strong. / was delight
ed to hear Hunt speak Of poems which he
still designed to write, as if the age of
verso should never cease with one in
whom the faculty is born"
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THY WILL BE DONE ON
EARTH AS TT Is IN
HEAVEE NJ

II shall never be happy again. quiv-
! cred the pale lips; "earth and sky are
alike dark to me, since they laid my
! only one in the dust"
"Does religion then, afford you no con-
solation?" asked the white haired pas
tor solemnly. "Docs not the thought
that you shall go to him, lift the veil
from your spirit q
s.No, no-I know nothing--think Of
nothing but that | have lost him-lost
him. All is dead blank; my heart IS
like stone. l would give worlds to lose
this awful weight---worlds worlds"
"And if I should say that this terrible
weight may be cast off-this cold heart
made warm again"
90! tell me how for I am in despair
she cried.
''In one year, dear MADAM" said the
white haired man, "my only son grown
to manhood was drowned; my wife laid
in her grave; my daughter taken from me
By death, and my own health Frustrated
so that l could no longer minister in ho-
ly things to my people,.
GLOW sad," cried the young widow
casping her hands, while her eyes filed
allow did you-how could You bear
itp'
"By looking up to my father and say
ing; THY will be done on earth as IN
heaven Is the prayer new to youe'
O., mop murmursd the disconsolate.
one, her pale face bowed upon her hands,
II say it every day,-but 1 have aessF
felt IT."
The sabbath came round, and the young
widow, for the first time since her hus-
bands death, went to the House of God
On her way she met the white haired
man, and with gentle but subdued
smile she said, 81 can bear it now"
A light from heaven beamed on his
aged face. Then you found his strength
sufficient
eyes" she answered; ''It was strug-
gle, but as soon as I felt it was right, the
load fell off,"
And the white haired pastor, as he
stood up to talk to his people, took for
his text the words-''Thy will be done.'
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POEMS FROM ETEETPTT.

The truth is, awfully matter-of-fact peo-
pie are always sneering at something.
They will receive with doubt and cachin-
nation the heading of this paragraph,
failing to understand what three or four
modern poems have to do with the land
of Lilliput. Now, to us it is perfectly
plain. When a poet wishes to produce a
poem "as round and perfect as STAR
to say everything that can be said, and
suggest everything that can be suggested,
in a matter of twelve lines-he must
crowd himself into little dreamland
about the size of your hand-a poetsca1
Lilliput, if you will. From this diminu-
tive Already come those gold-edged, dia-
mond-pointed little epics which you read
and never forget-which you road for
their beauty and brevity, and which you
never forget because of their intense COM
pleteness. Such a poem is Shelly's
emusic, Memory and Love-" addressed,
"To-,"
Music, when sweet voices die,
Vibrates in the memory:
Odors, achen quick uiolets sickcn,
Live within they sense the quicken:
Rose leaves. when the rose is dead,
Are heaped for the beloveds bed;
Ind so Thy thoughts when thou art gone,
Love itself shall sl,mJer orr
1t is the honey of words, tho perfection of
finish. Very unlike Shelley's ethereal
verses, yet possessing the same degree of
completeness, are these stanzas by young
New England lady, with whose name
our readers are pleasantly familiar, unless,
indeed, they have forgotten "Elsie," and
1.-The Beautiful Gate"
Together in the dark we sit:
Together in the dark we weep.
The morning Will not waken yet,
And one ! love is still asleep,
"a few short hours the chilly tears
Have fallen from thine eyes, o Night
But mine have dropped throug h weary years;
The cold grave hides her from my sight.
"The world is too unkind for her
The world is full of wrongs and snarcs:
SO let her sleep; l acould not STIR
TIN. foldiaags Of the shrosd she ~oar$!'
AS companion-piece, we add three
verses, entitled cat the Coffin" from
the pen of William Winter, young
Cambridge man who, if we mistake not,
will make his mark, some of these fine
days
Here she lieth, white and chill:
Put your hand upon her brow:
For her heart is very still,
And she does not know you now.
oh, the graces a q,tid bed!
She shall sleep pleasant sleep.
And the tears that you may shed,
Will not wake her--therefore weep!
weep for you have wrought her woe
Mourn-she mourned and died for you.
Ah! too late ace como to k7aoW
What is false and whot is true.
Home Journal.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-09-09

~ | have subdued the nations of
the earth; is there no other world for me
to conquer-Aleronder the Great.
1 have fought good fight, I have fin
ished my course, l have kept the faith
henceforth there is laid up for me crown
of righteousness.-,S. Paul.
Ny life is the scar and yellow leaf;
The fruits and flowers of love are gone;
The worm, the canker, and the grief,
Are mine alone.
The fire that in my bosom burns
Is lone as some volcanic isle,
No torch is lighted at its blaze
A funeral pile
LORD Byron-Writton the year he
died.
Although the fig tree shall not blossom
neither shall fruit be in the vine, the Ia
Dor of the olive shall fail, and the fields
shall yield no meat, the flock shall be cut
off from the fold, and there shall be no
herd in the stalls; yet viii l rejoice in the
lord, will JOY in the God ofmy saliva
ton abakkuk.
am taking leap into the dark
Hobbs. when dying.
Though | walk through tho valley OF
death, will fear no Dapid
O! God--if there be a God-have
mercy On met. Paine,when dying,
For know that my rcdeemer liveth,
and that he shall stand at the latter day
upon the earth and though aftor my skin,
worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh
shall see God, ---Job, in view of death
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MISCEILANY
FICTION AND MATTER OF
FACT.
By LEIGH HUNT.

Horatio,
Than are dreamt of in your philosophy"
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psTEs OF ADVERTISING:
JOB PRINTING.

me Journal Office is furnished with an en-
;relv new and complete assortment of job
|spe. Material, and Stock; and is prepared to
xecute Book. Pamphlet, Card. Circular. Bill
bal. Handful. Label, and all other kinds of
hin and fancy Letter Press Printing in as
opd stvIe and at as reasonable rates as any
ice in the Northwest.
Orders, from a distance. for printing, &C
ampanied by cash, will be promptly attended
], and work Immediately sent by express or
lail a. desired.
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GOOD NEWS!
TOYS
Yankee Notions, &C., &c.
J. M. MCKEE,

A T the PRESCOTT BOOK d VARIETY
IN Store, is now receiving and viii keep
constantly on hand good supply of School
and Miscellaneous Books. Stationery Musical
instruments, Toys. Yankee Notions, DC,
which he now offers at prices that cannot fail
to give satisfaction to those who favor him VITA
a call aa
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-09-09

'Tis now some dozen years, my boys,
Though scarcely does it seem,
IA twelve-month since in youthful glee
We played upon the green,
And many changes have been wrought
And many hopes and fears.
Have been falflled-perhaps dispelled-
Within that dozen years.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-09-09

A POLITE young lady recently asserted
that she lived near a barn-yard, and it
was impossible for her to sleep in the
morning on account of the growing of 3
ageutleman hem
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POETRY.
IT'S NOW A DOZEN YEARS.
By WILLIAM HUNTSVILLE,


It's now some dozen years, my boys
Though scarcely does it seem,
A twelve-month since in youthful glee
n man changes have been wrou,bt-
And many bones and fears
Have been NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. disnelled-
Within that aoze, years
Remembcr We tie trare old tree.
Il s:r,- ser where -rc played.
WE -sr arr : have i7iuad ths game,
1 Grov ~.u ave ri ca.-s forget.
Tie IarcL aua yoe.a5.i .ssrs-
As ,-l,aesl Of. ~eyel--.f-ss Iong ago
.-.-,cs. 4..-.2 as.
= WI .'>,.-e Tue 'a'n'iy cfe'S'
-. ore - 'i'S's'i@''''',
- -'.-' '.-s 80 '-'''.S''s Oh ''l9 '''i'N'
" watched lie t.out beneath the bank
lie s3o~9s our tiny spears.
Tan -vs No. bovs-how time has fled
i Amos . dozen years.
---.' u..- b. t. '"''!5'. 'iie fiieSu'
-7''' e..-' is ial:esI I'oNer5'
'.z9-.,'i = lie 1ifehen rod
8 We saw tire re,lureast build her nest,
And raotaca hey jealous fears
IN vavwara oo-s-sbe has been gone,
8 Alaust dozen years.
j
liz. 0'--.- . III our '',SSs 0illeafneo
~ '-' '.''. to,l '8.u''
- u ." S''s i'llo 70 ASA
q 10 each the othsr lent his aid
Forgot the playground ieers-
Then all were frieads-but since that lime.
It's near a dozen Years,
~" AD''''nL Oio''S'l' iier fruitful Stores
anu 'nre" thefn at her ieet'
men you and l. and School6oys all,
When winter donned his robe of snow,
And Plnched our tingling ears.
- P,o VI, nnseiS IN MS lace
Where are We now. NV Youthful mates
Ye laughing troop If bovs
Who once made all tho ecboes RING
With mirth-ipspirinp noise ?
n. l' iiuS u niii' . '''''
,Pi'e sister tears
e. 10 tiotngS mas sne heafu
u ""'' " uo=ei''years
another wandered far away,
To Athabasca's shore
His boat was frail-a storm arose
He ne'er was heard of more.
CHia l.ra .p'eu-ah lovea MN well
{Bas slort go ""I iouu anu 'iep
AIn,d.t a' inc waving grass
''' oozen oil years.
another sweetlv want 70 roo.
=,
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But he has filled a drunkard's grave,
Near half dozen years.

But he has filled drunkards grave,
Near half dozen years.
And one explored Tahati's strand.
Glad tidings on his tongue
Its coral rocks compose his tomb,
The winds. his requiem sung.
And one in fight victim fell,
To wild Camanche spears,
The prairie mould has pressed his breast,
Almost dozen years.
And some, perhaps, the wiscst, best,
Now dwell where once they played
The children take the parents place,
Beneath the naples shade.
They're scattered all, the laughing group,
And many are the tears, -
And great the change We have brought forth
Ye swiftly passing years,