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Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-01-14

EXTENSIVE HoUsR ROBBERY IN South Bos.
ToN-Tuesday evening. says the Boston Trav-
sAer. the splendid residence of Harrison o.
Briggs, the well known ship builder, situated on
Dorchester street, atthe head of Fifth, in South
Boston, was found to be in the direst confusion,
burglars having entered it and thoroughly ran.
sacked the premises. A few weeks since, Messrs.
Edward and H. o. Briggs. with their wives, left
Boston on visit to Washington City, where
they still remain, leaving their residences in
charge Of younger brother. For the last few
days the brother did not exercise his accustomed
vigilance over the dwellings, and on his visit to
one Of them on Tuesday evening, he found its
sondition as above described. Rich silk dresses,
valuable furs, costly China and porcelain ware,
parl0r ornaments,&c., had all disappeared. In
the securing of their booty, the thieves had over.
tarned tables, upset chairs and demolished
srockery, and from appearances the house had
been the scene Of plumber for several days. No
estimate can be made Of the amount Of property
stolen, al present, the Messrs, Briggs have not
yet arrived, but il is presumed to be large.
Luckily, however, before Mr.. Briggs left the city
he deposited all his silver ware in safe keeping
elsewhere.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-01-14
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THTRsDAY. JANUARY IA. 1855.
The Administration.

The Adm inistratteu.
- The-sdsniulstrztion Of James Buchanan seems
doomed to more perfect wreck than was that Of
his predecessor Coming into power with clear
majority OF twenty-five over both branches Of the
opposition inthe House and Of twelve in the Sen
ate. he nov ends himself scarcely able to carry a
party nomination through the Senate, while in
the House Il is more than likely that clear ma
iori,y would be found against the administration
on any test question in which support OF its Kan
zas policy is involved.
That fayorite pet measure Of the administra-
tion, the Lecompton constitution, it is now clear
is doomed Gov. Brown Of Mississippi, one Of
the chief Of Mr.. Buchsnsn's supporters in the
Senate formally abando1ed its advocacy on
Tussdly, and the politics Of the country will NOT
probably be much longer troubled @ithsis Even
Gov.Wiss Of Virginia is out savage upon it. and
has given it its last death kick, by coming up 10
: support OF Douglas, Walker, &c, on the mat
ter oays Gov Wise in his letter to the late
TAmmany Hall meeting in New York city:
"Whst tell as that an instrument OF this dig
nifty, that Republican government itself, was not
to be submitted in its form and plan proposed, to
the only lawful soveTeigns-the organized peo-
pinot mere mass Of persons, but the bona
governed for their election, to adopt or reject it
De jare, say it ought TO have been so submitted
Pure and undefled RepubhcaniSm, conservative
Democracy, required that it should be so sub.
mitted. There is no mobocracy in that idea It
is even, just, steady, organized, free, Republican
action the law of popular liberty defined BY cit.
iEenship and the rule Of election and is the true
example of essential sovereignty in the people
Instead of so Submitting this proposed consttu-
tiOn by the mere agent, the convention, deferen.
italy to the principals, the organized sovereign
people, there was an usurpation, Withholding
from them fair, free, full, and equal election, to
choose not TO choose their own constitution Of
self-government. 1t was e1 parte--it was all on
one sids-~it vas in gambling phrase, the foul
heads win and tails you lose'-the constitution
was obliged to be adopted, with the clause or
without the cause.-the vote was bound to be for
the csnstitufion-itw was all pro and no cou-and
we that was no submission to an election at
all. Election is choice Of alternatives. to adopt
or to reject-to reject as well as Adopt-to adopt
we'll as reject"
These sentiments, coming from man Of that
stamp, ought to cause. the blush of shame to
mantle the cheek Of Northern supporters Of the
administration in its Lecompton swindle But
the supporters OF MIR, Buchanan in this regard, in
the free States, confined principally to office
holders and Office xpectants, and are not num-
erous enough to be the source OF much hope or
consolation to the President. With nearly the
whole North against him. and the South not unit
ed for him, in his policy. his administration is
destined to certain wreck.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-01-14

AUDIToR's REPoRT.-The report states the
resources of the State at the close of the past
year, to be 81, 1896, 40 69.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1858-09-24
Family L'i:,ycr.

John Howard, the philanthrupist, is said
never to have neglected. family prayer, even
though there was but one, and that one his
domestic, to join in it, always d d,clarins that
where ha had Il tent, God shoull have am
altar This was the case not only in Eng md,
but in every part Of Erppe which they visit
ed together; it being his invlrable manner
70 tell Thpmasspn to come to him at cert lin
hour and we'll knowing what the direction
meant, the LATTER would b, sure to lnl his
master in his room, the doors Of which he
would order him to flstcn. Let who would
conc, nobody was admitted till devotional
exercises were over.
\ father once received from his child. MT
four years old one af the most severe rcpra5ls
toeyer met with. Having neglected the duty
II family prayer one morning, when taa
Gtth2r came home, the little reproycr climbed
on his knee and said,
Father, you did not pray with us to-
day"
"No, my dear, did not
But father, You oGyht, ought you not !?
1ptY dil You not %
The idther had not word to reply, and
the child's rebuk9 happily proved Il las ting
blessing
\ series Of papers on "Tho Phenomena of
Criminll Lis in the l. isure Ho4r, contains
the aHtpbinsraphy of a thief, who discr5,s
how he WAS once stopped by hearing sounds
to which he had been at one tim. used ::
Three Of us (thieves,) one winter afternoon
were marking the premises of a mln who we
had heard, had something worth taking, in
tending after midnight to do the JOB. As
we approached, however, we heard SIN sins,
and then the master Of the house PRAYING
for his family, the ne5hb,rheod, and all
mankind, that sinners might be converted
and turned from the evil oil their way, aud
made to know the Savior, in whom alone
peace and salvation were b. bs found. &c.--
saw chat my companions were somewhat
startled, but they tried to tura it of. As
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sl,5O A YEAR IN ADVANCE

tiful valleys known, and those who pco-
piled it were peaceful, happy and indus
trious, and surrounded with all the COM
forts that make life more desirable.
Before he left Cambridge, Arnold had
been furnished by Washington with cop
les of a proclamation to the inhabitants
of this valley in French language, which
he was directed to scatter among them
very freely. This paper only set forth
the origin Of the present war with Eng
land, and expressed the wish that the
people addressed would at once join
themselves to the cause of America and
Freedom. 1t was written in good taste,
and calculated to produce the desired ef-
feet. Arnold circulated copies of this
paper with great judiciousncss, and
found that it gained him friends wherever
1t went. No man ever went away from
a place leaving so many and such strong
admirers behind him. He paid prompt
ly for all he took, and received the ready
and willing cooperation Of the popula-
ton in return.
Taken all together, this is cne of the
most romantic and remarkable expedi-
tons on record. For thrty-two days
the men were in a trackless Wilderness,
with no guides, ard meeting no face OF
human settlers along the whole of that
weary route. Yet there was no murmur-
ing. They pushed on with persistent
courage and energy. Troops made Of
stuff like this, it was impossible to van
quish anywhere. There were women,
too, following in the train Of the army,
who bore up as stoutly against disaster
as any of the rest. They all alike were
obliged to wade through the mud and
the water. the ice ON the surface of the
latter being sometimes so thick that the
soldiers had to break it with the butts
Of their guns.
OF those who accompanied Colonel
Arnold on this desperate expedition,
there were not few who afterwards be-
came celebrated in the history of our
revolutionary struggle, and earned the
lasting gratitude of their countrymen.
Among these may be named Morgan,
Dearborn, Greene, Febigyr, Meigs. and
Burr. Aaron Burr was then an amable
and accomplished young man of but
twenty years, and held the rank Of ca
Diet. This was excellent discipline for
them all, and such as they would be like
ly to carry into the service whenever
they were called out into action
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$ u 02n 4 c2 inn.
HUSH,

al cpn scarcely hear she murmurod,
"fpr my he;trt beats lou AMI fast,
Iiut surely, in the far, far distance,
l can hctr a sound at last"
at is ouly the rclpers singing,
As they carry hom, their sheaves:
Aud the evening breeze has risen,
And rutl the dying lcaves.'
"Ii.fan there arc voices talFing,"
Cllmly still she strove to speak,
Yet, her y5ise grew faint anlt~cmbling,
Aal the red flushed in her eAcek
"lt is only the ehiIlren playing
B Beow, now their work is tlonc,
And thoy laugh that their eye. are dazzlol
BY the rays of the setting sun"
Fainter grew her voice, aol weaker,
As vita anxious eyes, She cried,
''nown the avenue Of cAes.nuts,
cla hear IL hog,umau ride
~; is only the deer that were feeding
In herd on the clover grass,
They ware startled and Ael to the thckct
As they saw the rca?or3 pass"
Now the night arose in silence,
Birys lay in their lc1fy nest,
And the deer couchod in tho forest,
And the children wcro at rest
There was only a sound of weeping
From Watchers around cd,
Eut Rest to the weary spirit,
Peace to the quiet dead
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1858-09-24

JOY IN SoRRow.-A British officer in India
mentioned, at a missionary meeting, the
following case, as one among many illustra-
tions of the result of missionary labor
ga converted Brahmin, named Bondaba,
had, on his baptism, lost his houses, his
fields, his wells his wife, and his children
Although a Mahratta, he spoke sufficient
Hindoostani to understand me when | asked
how he bore his sorrows, and if he were
supported under them. Aye he said, Il
am often asked that; but am never asked
how | bear my joys, for have joys within,
with which stranger intermcddlcs not
The Lord Jesus, he added, sought me out,
and found me, a poor stray sheep, in the
jungles; and he brought me to his fold, and
he will never leave me. To whom else should
90 if | We're to leave him 2 -
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1858-09-24

Victory TO JESUS CHRIST AS Il missiona-
ry was once preaching in chapel to a crowd
of llindoos, a strong native aimed blow at
him from behind the desk, intending to
knock him down. Happily, it fell ON his
shoulder. and did him little injury The
hearers, however, enragcd at the offender,
seized him and secured his person. sNow,
what shall do with him ?' asked the mis-
ionary. "Giyc him a good boating?' said
some ''send him to the judge!' cried
others, "and he will receive two years hard
labor on the roads 81 can't follow YOUR
advice he replied. Then addressing the
culprit, he he said, 81 forgive you from my
heart but never forget that you owe your
escape from punishment to that Jesus whom
you prosecuted in me-" The effect on the
llindoos was most impressive. They saw it
and marvcllcd, and unable to keep silence,
shouted aloud, 'victory to jesus Christ,
victory to Jesus Christ"
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1858-09-24

PRocRAsTiNArloS.-Nea the close OF his
life, Patrick Henry laid his hand on the BIZ
bic, and said to friend, Here is book
worth moro than all others yet it is my
misfortune never to have read it with proper
attention until lately William Pitt, when
he came to die, said 81 fear that have
like many others, neglected my religious du-
ties too much to have any ground to hope
that they can be clIicacious on my death bed =
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4 itnltLIral. !.
Black E4ns,is

Any thing that will tend to throw light
upon the cause of the vtxatious black knot
on plum and cherry trees, is valuable to cul-
| tivators.
| y writer i'll the Boston Cultivator says,
that IL Ilum tree growing near his kitchen
door, which had always been healthy and
productive, became diseased with black knot,
in consequence of a change in the course of
the sink drain which brought the slops of all
kinds around its roots. We have known
plum trees saved from the ravagcs of the
cuiculio in consequence of having the sink
drain passing by their roots. Perhaps in
the instance referred to the supply was too
abundant, and perhaps the quality of the
wash was deletcrious.
The Editor of the Berkshire Culturist in
commenting on the fact mentioned in the
Boston Cultivator, says it reminded him of q
conversation he had with a very successful
cultvator Of the plum, who stated that when-
ever he has slit the bark of the trunk and
main branches Of his trees thoroughly in tho
early spring, he has had no trouble with
black-knots, but if he negccts this prccau-
ton the cxcrescences appear He tells us,
farther, that by passing his knife through an
excrescence when it first shows itself he stops
its progress at once. Docs this thro any
light Was the knot in the Boston Guilt
vator man s tree, caused by hi. high manur-
ing for soap suds is a strong, and VIC
suppose a most excellent Misunderstanding
an exnbcrant flow of sap to the tree, to such
an extent as to cause its sap vessels to burst,
when free longitudinal incisious would have
given relief and saved the tree. The bark OF
the cherry and plum are fclt-likc, cross-
fibered, and seem to yield with difficulty
If there is a remedy for the black knot in
Sitting, or a cause for it in high stimulus
applied in q form to be Immediately and
powerfully active, the most formidable obst;t-
Gle in the way of raising plums can be re-
moved with comparative ease.
To the hints given by the Editor of tho
Culturist, we should add that the disease in
question is comparatively of recent date
Forty years ago very little, if any ything, Of
the kind WAS known 1t cannot be wholly
owing to overs-timulus of the tree by high
manuring, for We sometimes Sec it on wild
cherries in the woods and fields. If, how
ever, it can be relieved by so simple Il rcmc-
dy as Sitting Or cutting the bark, it should
be generally known, and the remedy applied
generously. .-[Me. Farmer
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Care ana Culture OF Fruif Trees.

Mr.. MINER Il propose to give few
thoughts on the management of fruit trees.
Young orchards should be kept under tho
hoe till the trees acquire a strong, healthy
growth, and begin to bear considerably,
when the ground may be sowed with grain
and grass. In manuring for corn and other
hoed crcrs, manure also the trees, and hoo
and dress them out as carefully us you would
the corn plants. The bark of fruit trees
should be cleaned, and the midd days of April
will answer for this purpose. Apple and
pear trees are frequently infested with bark
larva of several varieties They are found
not Only upon the trunks and larger limbs,
but upon the twigs, nicely glued on around
the buds, rea y to take advantage of the
first appearance Of the tender leaves. After
the foliage has started, it is difficult to re-
move them without injurlns or destroying
many of the buds and leaves. Now it can
be done without danger to the buds. In the
case of young trees, it is necessary to their
thrift that the bark should be cleaned of
these ROBBERS. They should be followed up
with brush and strong soap-suds, at least
thrice II year, while there is one to be found.
Fine fruit can only be had by close watch
ing, and a continual war upon insects. Ap-
ply the scrubbing brush now.
Trimming or pruning may be attended to
also in April, and what cannot be attended
to now, sh ould be adjourned over to June.-
Remove all dead limbs from the orchard.-
Young apple trees should have the super
abundant wood thinned out. Limbs tina
cross each other should be removed. The
head or top of a tree may be trained to al
most any desirable shape hy carly attention.
! A low head, formed in the shape Of an ex-
p@uded umbrella, is, on the whole, the best
to give the growing fruit the most air and
sunlight. FLEMING j. SuRLs.
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for myself, could not shake off the impress
ion. | knew too much to be easy The
instructions had received, and the prayers
in which had once joined, all rushed to my
mind, and made me very miserable. said
"Let us 90; we have seen enough
"But," said one, ave havn been to the
back of the house, and have seen nothing
Don't you intend to come tonight p
l said sullenly, "No; this is no place for
u.s. and as was the leading man, they
sad no more. o, that had not stiacd the
conviction of that moment
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1858-09-24

Onions. perceive that Senator Hale OBJ
Jects to onions ON account OF the unpleasant
oder which they communicate to tho breath.
If he will swallow little vinegar after eat
ing, it will remove the cause Vf his objection.
D. e.
" hat is much better in this case. is q fow
kernels of burnt coffee, taken immediately
after eating. 1t will eifeetaaily remedy the
eyeil complained o..-T Granite State Farmer.
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45ortrll. t +
THE. NIGHT BEFORE THE MOVING.

THE NIGHT BEFORE THE MOVING
All shimmoring in tho morning shine,
And diamonded with dew,
And quivering with the scented wind
That thrills its green heart through
The little field, the smiling field
With all its flowers ALLOWING,
How happy looks the golden field
The day before the moving.
And still meath tho departing light,
Twilight-though void of stars,
Save where, low wcstoring, Venus sinks
From the red eye of Mars;
How peaceful sleeps the silent fold,
With all its beauties glowing
Half stirring--likca child in dreams
The night before tho moving.
Sharp steel, inevitable hand.
Cut kecn-cut kind. Our field
We know full well must be laid low
Before it 'ragr nee yield.
Plenty, and mil tn, and honest gain
Its blamelcss death bcstowing-
And yet We weep, and yet we weep,
The night before the mo wing.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1858-09-24

RECEIPT TO Pickle RIPE CueuMBERs.-7 lbs
of sliced cucumbers sliced lensthways about
half an inch thick---half lb. of sugar.
table spoonful ofcloves-a handful of cnn,.-
mon-1 tea-spoonful of salt-3 pints of vine,
gar and spices together, then put in the
cucumbers and boil them until you can
pierce them easily with fork. Boil them in
Il brass kettle covered with cloth. a fine
article.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1858-09-24

y pert young L1wyer once hoastcd to an
old member % the bar, that he had received
two hundred dollars for speaking in Ger
tain eanse. 81 received double that sunl for
holding my tongue was the reply.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1858-09-24

Grandpa said IA precocious three year
old, whats that man doing on the ladder up
against that post p
Hes trimming the lamp, Bobby
NO he ain't-he's cutting up shines
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1858-09-24

stores, he found that he had provisions
for twenty-five days whereas he calculat-
ed that he could reach the Chandler
River and the Struggling French settle
mcnts along its course in ten davs, at the
fartherest. The first stretch, from the
Great Carrying Place to the Dead River.
was distance across the country of ff-
teen miles. Three ponds broke the land
travel, the first of which was some three
miles from the Kcnncbcc. The road was
craggy and very difficult They were
obliged to procure oxen to drag the bat
teaux across the land, which was done
by the patient animals only with the
greatest labor. The men strapped their
baggage to their own backs, and likewise
loaded themselves with provisions and
stores.
This picture of an army trampins
through the Wilderness, was Il wild and
most exciting one. 1t was passage
quite as heroic as the more flm ID retreat
of the Ten Thousand described by the
Greek writer. Ncnophou. 1t was in the
Fall time,and and all the splcndors OF the
season We're at their highest The wealth
cr was superb. The leaves in the forest
were changing rapidly, furnishing the
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rufilcd, and in tie placid bosom OF each
the spacious dome ofthc ky was perfcc-
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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1858-09-24

ADyERrIsING.-The Philadelphia Evening
Bulletin, noting the falling off in advertising
which had accompanied the hard times,
says
"Dscontinuing to advertise is like taking
down ones sign. 1t is sort OF ntimaton
Of retirement from business, and the public
treat it as such. Or they may regard it as
evidence that something hls zone WRONG in
the business which requires privacy for III
ycstigttion. Whatever construction may
be put upon it, the result is dislstrous.-
Now, we advise all our readers who may
have fallen into the common error of the
season, to come out of their holes, to put up
their signs once more, and to advertise as
! much and IN as many papers as they did in
the best times. While business creates adj
ycrtiSing, it is "epaly true that advertising
creates business. 1t creates talk anla str
in business circles and reminds people That
they have no ri 5ht to be leading droncs
lives. even though the times be dull And
even in the worst of times advertising always
pays well, and tho more OF it re is, the
greater will be the circulation of money, and
the sooner will be restored condition of
prosperity"
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1858-09-24

Precious TRuTu.-Christ did not count
his converts by thousands, nor yet by tens :;
but he counted them by units, say ing
There is more joy in the presence of the
angels ofGod over one sinner that rcpenteth, y
&c. He valued individuals and yet at last
shall he welcome his redeemed us an innum-
cradle multitude, whom no man can number