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Newbern weekly progress., 1860-06-05

READING IN THE UNITED STATES.-The editor
of the Edenburg WitAeSs, the well known Mr..
Bayne, in article on country, among some
things not very palatable. says
The Americans educated, religious,
temperate people. If this article has not extend
ed to too great a length already, should have
liked to have said something about one two
other of their national characteristics. For exam
pie, they are eminently reading people Books
not, here, the luxuries of the few, but the
necessary food Of the many "Aready," says Mr..
m. Chambers, in his lately published work.
Things as they are In America one OF the most
interesting and valuable which has recently issued
from the press already Ger ain English pub
lishing houses are turning attention to the great
and overwhelming field of enterprise in the Uni
ted States, where BOOKS as i'll the of Newspa-
pers, are not luxury of the rich but necessary
part Of the household furniture Of those depend
ing for subsistence daily labor" Certainly in
every way remarkable fact. But may after
wards have opportunity of referring to this and
other matters. Meantime. may say that in all
that has heen advanced above, we have never
been unminllful for nloment of the fact that
there is another side of the picture. But
plaint is that it is only the other side of the pic
ture that is generally looked at and it seems to
of very considerable Importance in these days
that the real greatness of the American nation
should be more fully appreciated
Newbern weekly progress., 1860-06-05

POLITICAL AFFAIRs.-The Jersey city Stand
ard has seen recent letter from Ex-President
Fillmore, In which that gentleman says:
If 1t was i'll my power l would at once have
elected Messrs Bell and Everett. than whom bet
ter nomination s-could not have been made"
Senator Seward is out in a letter urging his
friends to support Lincoln and Hanlln MIR. s.
says the presentation Of his name to the
Chicago convention was done not by any act
Of his, but by his friends. and that the dlsappolnt-
nent therefore, is theirs not his.
AbranH-incoln is man of fifty years of age,
whe III early life in humble circumstances,
and got part of his living by splitting rails. 1t Is
said that during 1880 Mr.. L and another man
split 5000 rails. "Old Abe, the Illinois rail split
ter is W hat they call him ont West, and the
rails which he split are now i'll a fence on farm
near Chicago, and will be taken down to add fuel
to the political fire which it is hoped by the re-
pubcans will make enough to take him to w ash
mgton. One of these rails have already been ia
ken to Ohio. and it is said that Tom Corwln will
stump the State carrying the all on his shoulder.
letter from Illinois says:
The old fence at Decatur is being bought up
at ten dollars per rail, and forwarded by express
to all parts of the country. The lucky owner OF
the timber has turned hsApssession to account
rather more sharply than Vas fitting the occasion.
but nothing Illustrate the irrepressible desire
for - those rails" Major Eggleston, president of
the Cincinnati board OF trade, paid his twenty
dollars for a pair Of them
N item of interest, politically, Is the hoist
ing of the ' Lincoln and Hamlin flag" by the
New York q" independently a religious journal Of
strong anti slavery tendencies, and to which Rev
H. Ward Beechtr Mrs Beecher Stowe, Rev. Dr..
Cheever and other writers of that school are con-
Lributors.
A letter from Washington says:
Letters have been received from Mr.. Everett,
soliciting the opinion OF his friends here to his
acceptance of the Baltimore nomination, and ex-
hlbiting signs of reluctance. They have
generally advised that he ought accept, because
he convention adjourned without making pro-
vision for such contingency, and if he was dis
inclined that decision should have been annouced
promptly, to have allowed another selection. Be-
sides, it is contended that a withdrawal would n-
vulve him in embarrassments not easily relieved.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-12-05

as she had found clergyman to join her 10
him forever, she appeared as herself, the priest
accompanying her. they lived for the space
OF four years in fondness almost ideal to the
present age of corruption, and that could only
he interrupted by her declining health, the
fatigue she had undergone, and the poison not
properly expelled which she had imbibed from
his wound undermining her constitution. The
knowledge he had Of it, and piercing regret at
having been the occasion, affecting him still
more sensiby, he died with broken heart
soon after, at Johns Town, in New York.
She lived to return and implore forgiveness
OF her family, whom she had distressed so long
by their ignorance of her destiny. She died,
in consequence of her grief and affection, at
the aye of twen!y-siX.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-12-05

LOVE ToTHE LAsT.-Died at Hammersmith,
in England, Mrs. Ross, celebrated for her
beauty and conSiancy. Having met with OPP
position to her engagement with Capt Charles
Ross, she followed him in mems clothes to
America, where, after such a research and
fatigue as scarce any of her sex could have
undergone, she found him in the woods living
for de d, after a skirmisll with the Indians,
and with poisoned wound. Having pre-
viously studied surgery in England, she, with
an ardor and vigilance which only such
passion could inspire, saved his life by sucking
hi, wound, the only expedient that could have
effected it at the crisis he was in, aud nursing
him with scarce n covering from the sky for
the space of six weeks. During this time she
remained unsupported by him, having dyed
her skin with lime and bark, and keeping to a
mans habit still supported by the transport
OF hearing his unceasing aspirations of love
and regret for that dear though The then
thought) distant object of his soul, being
charged by him with transmission to her (had
the captain ded) of his remains, and dying
reservations OF constancy and gratitude for
the unparalleled care and tenderness OF his
nurse, the bearer of them; but, recovering,
they removed to Philadelphia, where, as soon
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-12-05

AS the hair is a very conspicuous object and
susceptible of much graceful adornment, its
arrangement has always been one of the most
important duties of the toilet. In scarcely any.
thing has the caprice Of fashion been more
strikingIy displayed than in the various forms
which the tastes of different nations and ages
have prescribed for disposing this natural GOV.
ering of the head. The ancient Greeks allow.
ed their hair to grow to a great length, and
their natural iondness for this attribute of
beauty has been perpetuated by their poets
and sculptors alike. The Egyptians, again,
who were proverbial for their habits of cleanli.
ness, removed the hair as an membranes All
classes of the people, including foreign slaves,
were required to submit to this custom, and in
place of natures covering they made use of
wigs, the reticulatcd texture of the ground
work on which the hair was fastened, allowing
free ventilation, while the hair effectually pro-
tected the head from the sun. Old ladies and
gentlemen, who desire to ook young may con
sole themselves that they, at least have pre-
a cedent, rather ancient, for wearing wigs. The
Hebrews, on the other hand esteemed fine
hair as great beauty, and particularly depre-
ciatcd badness Though among the males it
was usually kept short the women gloried in
their luxuriant tresses plating them and adj
ornng their heads with ornaments of gold and
silver and precious stones. Isaiah iii The
misfortune of Absaom shows that men some
times INDUCED in the effeminacy of long hair :;
and Josephus relates that Solomon's horse
guards daily strewed their heads with gold
dust, which gittered in the sun Artificial
hair was used not only by the Egyptians. but
also by the Greeks, the Carthaeenans and
especially by the Romans; among whom the
sale of human hair, particularly the blonde
hair of Germany, was an ordinary species of
traffic. Dyeing the hair, too, was much prac.
ticed by the Romans. and kind of gold dust
was used by the ladies'. who did not adopt
borrowed locks. The Roman ,adies (as info
rior in this respect to the Greeks as in ALI mat.
tiers of tastel delighted TO nile nm the hair
tower like on ton Of the head while tbev had
several chris ARRANGED formally ronnI tia
sides and sometimes pendant eurls in addi
ton. Fashion also regulated the stvIe of yvoor
ing the hair among men in the later fines of
Rome. A bows hair. for instance was ont
for the first time at seven years Of ace and
again at fourteen. On the introduction of
Christianity. the Apostles and Fathers of the
Church launched severe inyec,iyes against the
vanity and extrayapance disnlaved in dressing
of the hair. upon which all the resources of in.
penuity and art were exhausted TO set il off to
advantage and load if with the most dazzling
fn.ry. From the great value attached TO q
fine head of hair there arose a variety of su
perstitious and mathematical obseryances such
as shaving parts of the head or cropning il in
a particu lar form. parents dedicating The hair
of infants to the gods young women theirs IN
their marriage. warriors after n successful
"
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TERMS OF ADyEvTIx,xa

ADVERTISEMENTS published in the DAILY Or 81.
a4uafe for three insertions and 20 for each sub
'eluent Insertion Tea lines or less) constitute a
square Advertisements ordered inside mr. in an,
r.'eht place. as also those largely displayed, viii
extra rates Contracts by the year may be
made on liberal terms
sequent insertion Is cents d per square each sub
,yr. an ytaaIsleht Advertisements must be maid IN
to make quarterly payment. 7e'9 VII De required
~ No gratHifoas Advertisements w r.oor. -o.o
Iutions or proceeding Of any corporato, pccic. ~.
association, and no communication desined =, u
ton to any matter of limited individual gtsrt
be inserted unless paid for Advertisement Ca"
~ The Publishers will not hold themselves rssnon
eole Tor any errors that may occur beyond the anpD
charged for the Advertisement
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10lOrtester @ailg spp.
Telling the Rees."

Ieulng the Hees.H
BY JOHN G. WHITTIER
Here is the place; right over the hill
Runs the path took;
II GU can see the gap in the old wall still,
And the stepping stones in the shallow brook.
There is the house, with the gate red-barred,
And the pOplars tall;
And the barns brown length, and the cattle-yard,
And the white horns tossing above the wall
There are the bee-hiyes ranged in the sun;
And down by the brink
or the brook are her poor flowers. weed o'errun
Pansy and dafodii, rose and pink.
year has gone, as the tortoise goes.
Heavy and slow;
And the same rose blows, and the same sun CLOVIS,
And the same brook sings Oft year ago.
There's the same sweet clover smell in the breeze
And the June sun warm
Iangles his wings of fire in the trees,
Setting, as them over Eernsde farm
mind me how with lovers care
From my Sunday coat
brushed off the burs, and smoothed my hair,
And cooled at the brook-side my brow and throat
Since parted, month had passed
10 love- wear;
Down through the beeches looked ct last
On the little red gate and the well-sweep near.
can it all now-the slantwise rain
OF light through the leaves,
The sundowns blaze on her window-pane,
The bloom of her roses under the caves.
just the same a month before
The house and the trees,
The barns brown gable, the vine by the door
Nothing changed but the hives of bees.
Before them, under the garden wall
Forward and back,
Went drearily singing the chore girl small
Draplng each hive with shred of black.
Trembling, listened the summer sun
Had the chill of snow;
For knew she was telling the bees of one
Gone on the journey we all must go!
Then l said to myself "My Mary weeps
For the dead to-day:
HAPPY her blind old grandsire sleeps
The fret and the pain Of his age away
But her dog whined low; on the doorway SILL
With his cane to his chin,
The old man sat; and the chore girl still
Sung to the bees stealing out and in.
And the song she singing ever since
In my ear sounds
stay at home, pretty bees, fly not hence!
Mistress Mary is dead and gOne!'
"A remarkable custom, brought from the ole
country, formerly prevailed in the rural districts
New England. On tile death of a member OF the
family, the bees were at Informed of the event
and their hives dressed in mourning This ceremo
NAL was supposed to be necessary 10 prevent tho
swarms from leaving their hives and seeking a new
home
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-12-05

LYING IN BED.-It is often question,
amongst people who are unacquainted with
the anatomy and physiology of man, whether
lying with the head exalted or level with the
body was most wholesome. Most, consulting
their own case on this point argue in favor OF
that which they prefer Now, although many
delight in bolstering up their heads at night,
and sleep soundIy without injury, yet we de-
clare it to BE- dangerous habit. The vessels
through which the blood passes from the heart
to the head are always essened in their cavi.
ties when the head is resting in bed higher
than the body therefore, in all diseases at
tended with fever, the head should be pretty
nearly ON a level with the body; and people
ought to accustom themselves to sleep thus,
and avoid danger-4Hedicd Journal.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-12-05

TIE CENCG PALACE.-A representative of
the Cenci family in Rome hopes in the good
time coming in that city, to recover, through
the courts, the property known as the Villa
Borghese, which belonged to his ancestors and
was contiscated at the time Mile Cenc lost her
life by the execution for alleged parental assas-
sinaton. 1t was in this villa that Pauline Bo-
naparte played so many mad pranks. In it at
present is the beautiful statue of her by Cano
va, near the villa is Canova's pavilion, and oh
the stories they tell about these gifted people,
how she was his model, and wasn't cold, "il
await du teu dams la cheminec
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-12-05
Zeal estate.

~ COTTAGE HOUSE FOR SALE
saiL N MlLLBURY-A very pleasant and convenient
cottage House, situated Maple street The lot
oontans about half an of land on which is choice
rHetv Vi Fruit Trees, in bearing condition This place
WIN he sold very low and favorable terms on annIica
ton t" the subscriber, the premises NPf''O~
Ntut,-.- ALDEN RICE.
D, ans
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00Qlants.

ROARDERS WANTED.-A few GEN
~ temen be accommodated with Board and
pleasant rooms at MRS. EARLE'S "a Thomas street
a.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-12-05

REVOLUTIONARY ANECDoTE.-Ino one of the
last chapters of Thackeray's story of "'rhe
Virgirians," he mentions the spy hung in the
Highlands by order of Gov. Clinton, as hav-
occurred by his meeting "some mem in red
coats" The true history is this Some of
our cruisers had captured an enemy's trans.
port laden with British uniforms, which were
used in clothing in our own soldiers. In gen.
eral, they were dyed blue before distribution
but a few had been served out in their original
color to troops encamped in the Highlands,
commanded by Gen. George Clinton. The
Highland forts were taken on the 9th of Octo-
Der, 1775 by Sir Henry Clinton and on the
9th he despatched a letter, dated at Fort Mont
gomery, to Gen. Burgoyne, announcing its
capture. The bearer OF this letter, on the
next day, tell in with picket guard Of George
ClintOn's forces, clothed in red coats, and be.
ing deceived by their uniforms, approached
and asked the name of their commander.
The answer was-"Gen Clinton" Thinking
that the British general had shifted his quar-
tiers, he asked to be conducted to him and
upon discovering his mistake he Immediately
swallowed the silver ball which contained the
dispatch. He was discovered in the act; and
by the administration of emetics was forced
TO disgorge the concealed document. He was
hung within sight Of the smoking ruins of ESQ
pus.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-12-05

BURNED To DEATH WHILE AT PRAYER.-
The Lafayette Qndianal Courier says: Mrs
Catharine Gray, a widow lady, eighty years
of age, residing in the southern part of the
town, was burned to death last week, under
circumstances of a peculiarly distressing
character. On Thursday evening she invited
a little boy in tile neighborhood to keep her
company for the night, and, after tucking him
warmly under the covers, kneeed down at
the bedside to say her prayers. While in this
position, her dress took fire from the candle
and in an instant she was enveoped in flames.
The fire communicated to the curtains OF the
bed, and, intent upon the preservation OF the
child and foreetfuI of herself, she fought the
flames until her hands were burned to a blister,
and succeeded in dragging the little fellow into
the middle of the room. The affrighted boy
broke from her embrace and ran to the nearest
neighbors The alarm was promptly given,
but before aid could be procured the poor
woman had been burned past recovery.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-12-05


k4iu slraOe and egiby located gcnteel residence With
A.~nearly an acre OF land for sale. Hon Chas Thur
per having taken up his residence in BROOKLYN y Y
mas favored me with instructions to offer private sale
ms beautiful mansion In Worcester Mass Said house is
thoroughly built in the modern and approved style
IS epiete with every convenience for comfort and nt
iy containing spacious entrance hall with fourteen
large rooms warmed BY superior furnace lighted with
gas Egyptian marble NANTES, setmarbe basins in cham
oetS supplied with warm ana cold water spacious bath
me ana laundry privileges, spacious Kitchen with
abundance Of domestic ccnvenenccS gas fixtures for
cooking, Nc, large conservatory, water els
terms good well, large cellar with floor laid in ce
hcllt am many other advantages not enumerated This
mouse Is IN neighborhO0d of the highest repctabilitv
upon an elevated lawn covered with fine growth or
hametal trees, shrubbery, &c with extensive 'front.'
age ncosed with massive iron fence granite foun-
datlon. There is also paved carriage way from the
street TO acommodOus barn and carriage house the
rear, built of stone in the most substantial manner
the rear land Is tasteully laid out with garden an
fruit orchard of choice trees bearing condition ona
mented with hedges shrdbbery. &c. For and
TIER Information, inquire Of Hon. CITAS THURBER,
the Mansion House, brooklyn, N y or of the subscib
er, II w VAIII
No. tlaggs Building, Main street, Worcester, Mass
JN3 DIFF
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-12-18

B. JACKSON, SILK. ANE
- (, WO0LBN DfE No III Pearl street. We
Side Oflce No 70 Btnk street, Herrll' hloczs AFa
doora north Of ST. Clair street.
shswis Of every variety cleaned OF alel. 1al1a
Garmeufs cleaned or dyed without Nfla8 .aAsl
apart Odics open trom s'ciocA A. ~ 81 . r. n
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-12-18
AurographIc Barometer.


A recent sale Of autographs IN New 1ork5
where "B. Franklin went for dollar or
two, reminds Us Of similar sales on former oc-
casions. and suggests the thought that the
price ofaatOgraphs may sometimes serve as
sort Of barometer to fame Some time ago,
the s.hand-of.write2 treasures Of q lady Of
Boston were offered for sale, with the prices
affixed.
Ina recent Boston exchange we find tie
autograph treasures Of a widow lady offered
for sale, with the prices affixed, whence we
derive o curious fact or two.
The letters Of nearly all the poets except
Tennyson, Rogers, Scott and Moore, are 'igo-
ing at one dollar" Mary Hewitt, Mrs. Sig
Quincy, Mary Shelley and Longfellow are
snly ono dollar; while Lowell goes for three
fouTths Of a Longfellow, being worth pre-
cisely six York shdlings. Scott and Dick
ems equal one Tom Moore, the latter being
labeled at three dollars; Garrick goes for four
dollars while one immaculate castor would
cost exactly three WehsteTs.
Old Israel Putnam would bring the boun-
" Of one wolf and LafayeJfe is worth pair
Of stout boots; Cotton Mather is set down at
the price Of an Opera ticket, and Rev. J. EI-
lott Is as good as twelve Melaucthons at two
dollars piece.
Ate former sale in New York, It was dis.
covered that fixing the price Of a dinner a
/ ffty cents, It would take two Robert Wal
poles to buy its the fame Of Sackvills, VIII
wrote the, great allegorical poem that prece,
ded Speneeta 1Fairy QueeR,' and one Q
the statesmen Of George the Thirds time
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-12-18
FonT No1ITaTE. December II, 1860.


uDEAR -: feel indignant. can hardly
stand the way in which this weak little gar
rison Is trested by the heads Of the govern
ment Troops and proper accommodations
are positively refused and yet the commander
has orders to hold and defend the fort. Was
ever such a sacrifice AN Intentional one) known'
The Secretary has sentseveral Oficersat differ
,ent times to inspect here, as if that helped. it
isamere sham. 70 make believe he will do some
thing. In the meantime crisis is very near.
lam to 20 70 Charleston the first Of the week.
I will not 20 farther if can help it.
aWithin few days we hear-and from so
many sources that we cannot doubt it-that
the Chsrlestonians are erecting two batteries,
one inst opposite us, at a village, Mount
Pleasant, and another on the end Ofthis Is
land; and they dare the Commander to inter
fere while they are getting ready to fight iiT-
tv men. In this weak little fort ] suppose Pres
ident Buchanan and Secretary Floyd intend
the southern confederaey to be cemented with
the blood of this brave little garrison.
tThese names should be handed down to the
end oftime.
itWhen the last man is shot down, presume
they will think ofseuding troops, The soldiers
here deserve great oredit-though they know
what an unequal number is coming to mas
sacre them, yet they are in good spirits and
will fight desperately. Our commander says
he never saw such a brave little band. / feel
desperate myself Our only hOpeis in God.
aYour alfectionate SISTER,
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-12-18

say Thurlow-Wonld Just make the change.
Southampton, Treasurer 81 Charles the Sec
ond, whose father gave Shakespeare thous-
and pounds, and who knew and loved " rare
Ben Jonson,n would precisely pay for
Fourth Of July dinner and one Henry the
VIII, 'blnfi King bal D Is worth the price Of
an opera ticket
Benjamin franklin e worth precisely n
bakers dozen ol Longfellows, and is dollar
better than George Washington.
Sc, from the catalogue, We learn that poe
try ranges from zero to three; military fame
from two to fifteen, and theology from Eve
70 twenty-five. a.
The longer q man has been dead, the more
valuable his autograph, and genuine "Abel'
would be sought with greater eagerness than
an unquestonabie "Cain," not because he
was better man, but because be was a man
q long time ago"
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-12-18

HAYING TOOLS.-SYTHBS,
snaths, Rakes- sythe-stonea, &C., for sale By
a. <: RAYN0LDs,
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-12-18

Ths Ooistsaied NsW zRgland Rslsd7 ior
HABIIUAL cONRTLPA FION
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SOOTHING SYR U P
EoR CHILDREN TEETHING.
REIfEF AND HEALTH 10 TOURINTANTs.

8 Depend upon IT, mothers, viii give rest to you
selyes and
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Jaundlce, FsFer and Agus, General DEBILITY,
and al Diseases l1i1Ing i1orn DlI-
ordered Stomach, Liver