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Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1862-05-10
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RICHMOND AND DIEVILLg RAILROAD.
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~ ana amer IDAY, April 18Th, the Passenger Trains viii
v i'- - GOING SOUTH
Val rain Leave, Richmond dGiy At A n, and arrive at
- BsEsy, il connects With trains the souh Side Rail-
road COR the Wes.
AZ Glover Il ItJpI go minus for dinner.
COMING EAST
The Train leaves Dsnvis GsJ, at NJ and arrives In
Riosuond at $40 P. n.
Al Burkesye It connects With the Trains the eoah Eide
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RICHMOND AND DARyILLE RAILROAD.
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S and after Sunday March S Passenger Trains viii ruH
GOING WET
haR Train leaves Richmond daily at and arrives In
Il FuIE.ie L connects With the trains the South SIDE
laiiroAd for the West
CoaING EAST.
Mail Train kA7es Danyile daily a; and arrives In
Rchmc nd Of n m. a.
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avg General ickat A ent.
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The Age Of Our Earth.

We extract the following from
Agassiz's article on - Methods of Study
in Natural History in the May number
of the Atlantic Monthly:
Among the astounding discoveries of
modern sciences is that of the immense
periods which have passed in the gradu-
al formation of our earth. So vast
were the cycles of time proceeding even
the appearance of man on the surface of
our globe, that our own period seems as
yesterday when compared with the epochs
that have gone before it. lIad we only
the evidence of the deposits of rock
heaped above each other in regular strata
by the slow accumulation of materials,
they alone would convince us of the long
and slow maturing Of Gods work on the
earth, but when we add to these the
successive populations of whose life this
world has been The theatre, and whose
remains are hidden in the rocks into
which the mud, or sand, or soil of what
ever kind on which they lived has hard
ened in the course of time-or the enor-
nous chains of mountains whose up
heaval divided these periods of quiet
accumulation by great convulsions-or
the changes of different nature in the
confguration of our globe, and the sink
ing of lands beneath our ocean, or the
gradual rising of continents and island
above it-or the wearing of great river
beds, or the filling of extensive water
basins, till marshes first and then dry
land succeeded to island seas-or the
slow growth of coral reefs these wonder
full sea-walls raised by the little ocean
architects whose own bodies furnish both
the building stones and the cement that
binds them together, and who have work.
ed so busily during the long centuries,
that there are extensive countries, noun
tain chains, islands, and long lines of
coast consisting solely Of their remains
or the countless forests that must have
grown up, hourished, died and deeayed.
to fill the storehouses of coal that feed
the fires of the human race to day-if
we consider all these records of the past,
the intellect fails to grasp a chronology
for which our experience furnishes no
data, and the time that lies behind US
seems as much an eternity to our eoncep-
tion as the future that stretches indefi-
nitely before us,
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The last Days of Queen Elizabeth.

Queen Elizabeth dies, and dies of
grief. It has been the fashion to attrib-
ute to her-I know not why-remorse
for Essex's death and the foolish
and false tale about Lady Nottingham
and the ring has been accepted as history.
The facts seem TO be that she never held
up her head after Burleigh's death. She
could not speak of him without tears
forbade his name 10 be mentioned in the
| council. No wonder; never had a mis-
tress a better servant. For nearly half
century have these two noble souls
loved each other, trusted each other;
and Gods blessing has been on their
deeds and now the faithful God fearing
man has gone to his reward, and she
growing old and knows that the ancient
fire is dying out within her; and who
will be to her what he was? Buckhurst
is good man, and one of her old pupils,
and she makes him Lord Treasurer in
Bureigh's place; but beyond that, all
is dark. 81 am a miserable, forlorn
woman; there is none about me that /
can trust"
She sees through false Cecil thro'
false Henry Howard. Essex has prov
ed himself worthless, and pays the pen
atty of his sin. The last ten years Of
her reign are years of decadence, profit
gacy, falsehood; and she cannot but see
it. Tyronne's rebellion is the last drop
that fills the cup. After fifty years of
war; after the drain of money nearly
fabulous, expended on keeping Ireland
quiet, the volcano burst forth again, just
as it seemed extinguished, more fercely
than ever, and the whole work had to be
done over again, when there is neither
time nor man to do it. And ahead
what hope is.there for England? Who
will be her successor? Who knows in
her heart that it will be James? but she
cannot bring herself to name him.
To bequeath the fruit of her labors to
tyrant, a liar, a coward (for she knows
the man but too welD it is too hideous to
be faced. This is the end, then 90,
that were milk Made, with pale up
on my armw But it cannot be. 1t
never could have been and she must
endure to the end. Therefore, l hated
life; yes, | hated all my labor which l
had taken under the sun, because /
should leave it to the man that shall
come after me. And who knows whether
he shall be a wise man or a fool? Yet
shall he rule over all my labor wherein
have showed myself wise in wisdom,
and knowledge and equity. Vanity of
vaEites and vexation OF spirit!" And
so, with the whole book of Ecclesiastes
written on that mighty heat, the old
lioness coils herself up in her liar, refuses
lood and dies. We know few passages
in the worlds history so tragical as that
death.-KinSLeyS Miscellany.
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merry laugh, that rang loud and long
through the hall.
My dear fellow he began, you are
the victim of little ruse. My sister
in-law has had mortal fear of falling a
prey to some fortVne-hunter; and when
you, on your arrival, m:stook her for the
governess, she could not resist the tempt
alton to carry out the imposture. In the
bit of confab we bad with her on the
verandah, she begged us not to unde-
ceive you. and we humored her whim.
She coaxed the cdsin who was staying
with US, to act the bart of heiress, and as
she had taught the children during the
absuuUc Of their Frehch governess, they
were not likely to betNy the secret
Bla nche Marguerite Dupont, come here
and confess p
Dear Richard, l know ] can trust
you
Blanche is now my wife and peeping
over my shoulder at my manuscript, she
bids me tell the world she las never re-
pented the stratagem that won my love.
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AMERICAN GENTILITY.-In Euro
pean countries the aim at anything like
gentility implies keeping one or more do
mestics to perform household labOrs; but
in our free states every family aims at
gentility, while not one in five keeps a
domestic. The aim is not foolish one,
though follies may accompany it,--for
the average ambition of our people in
cludes a certain amount of refined culti-
walton 1T is only that the process is
exhausting. Every woman must have a
best parlor with haircloth furniture and a
photograph book; she must have piano,
or some cheaper substitute; her little
girls must have embroidered skirts and
much mathematical knowledge: her hus-
band must have two or even three hot
meals every day of his life; and yet her
house must be in perfect order early in
the afternoon, and she prepared to 60
out and pay calls, with black silk dress
and a card case. In the evening she will
90 TO a concert or a lecture, and then, at
the end of all, she will very possibly sit
up after midnight with her sewing ma
chine. doing extra shop-work to pay for
little Elias music lessons. All this every
capable" New England woman will do,
or die. She does it, and dies; and then
we are astonished that her vital energy
gives out sooner than that of an Irish
woman in a shanty, with no ambition on
earth but to supply her young Patricks
with adequate potatoes.-E ". Higgin-
SON
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VOLUME 7---NUMBER 26.
Lines on q Skeleton.

Behold this ruin! Twas a skull
Once of ethereal spirit full.
This narrow cell was life's retreat,
This space was Thoughts mysterious seat.
What beauteous visions filed this spot,
What dreams of pleasure, long forgot,
Nor Hope, nor Love, nor Joy, nor Fear,
Have left one trace of record here.
Beneath this mouldering canopy
Once shone the bright and busy eye;
But start not at the dismal void
If social love that eye employed;
If with no Iawless fire it CLEANED,
But through the dews of kindness beamed,
That eye shall be forever bright
When stars and suns are sunk in night.
Within this hollow cavern hung
The ready, swift, and tuneful tongue.
If Falsehoods honey is disdained,
and where it could not praise was chained +;
If bold in virtues cause it spoke,
Yet gentle concord never broke
This silent tongue shall plead for thee
When Time unveils Eternity.
Say did these fingers delve the mine
Or with It enyied rubies shinei
To hew the rock or wear the gem,
Can little now avail to them.
But if the page of Truth they sought,
Or comfort to the mourner brought,
These hands a richer need shall claim
Than all that wait on Wealth or Fame.
Ayails it whether bare or shod
These feet the paths of duty trod?
If from the bowers Of Ease they fed,
To seek Affections humble shed
If Grandeur's guilty bride they spurned,
And home to virtues cot returned
These feet with Angels wings shall vie,
And tread the palace Of the sky.
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The Face at the Window.

1t was a woman'S face saw as / drew
rein at Cuthbert Hall-a pale, calm,
almost proud face, with large creole eyes,
and coal black hair looped away from
the cheek in heavy, shining folds.
had seen many more beautiful faces
during my winters in New York and
Washington-my summers at Cape May,
Newport and Nahant, and besides. was
expecting to meet at the Hall certain
belle and hairess, sister.in-law of the
friend who had invited me to his house,
So | only gave passing glance to the
pale stranger, and dismounting, rang the
bell. A slave answered the summons,
and conducting me into the library, went
to call his master. In a few moments
the door opened, and the lady whom l
had seen at the window came in, with
two curly headed children clingng about
her. She bade me good morning, in a
voice sweet as the trill of lutte string,
and said with some embarrassment
Il am sorry that Mr.. and Mrs. Cuth-
bert are both out riding.
All so am L. was the answer, 'but
Isuppose they will not be long, for though
they did not expect me to-day, l wrote
them that | should probably be here this
week
Then you are Mr.. Vincent
Richard Vincent, at your service,
and now introduce YOURSELF
I'LL am'-she paused, wound one
of the little girls ringlets about her fin
ger in her confusion, and began again,
l am'-once more she hesitated, and ]
resumed:
Il have guessed it-yOu are the gov
erness
She smiled, but the color rose to her
very temples.
Poor and proud l soliloquized, 'how
that blush became her ?
At this moment we heard the tramp of
horses feet, and saw Cuthbert and his
beautiful wife dashing up the broad ave-
nue. leading to the mansion. The gov
erness hastily left me, and shortly after
saw her talking TO my friends in the
verandah. Their brief conference over,
my host and hostess entered, and gave
me the cordial welcome which is char
acteristic of the South. When the greet
ings had been interchanged, turned to
Cuthbert and said:
pray, where is Miss Dupont, the
charming sister-in-law of whom you
spoke?' He and his wife exchanged
significant glances, and I continued-'I
am impatient to see this paIagon-don't
keep me in suspenseP
Il will not-you will meet her at din
ner.'
The next morning the dressing bell
rang, and the host led the way to the
guest chamber, there he left me to make
my toilet. In those days l was not in
different to my personal appearance, and
with the aid Of an attentive slave array
edmyself in the most elegant suit my
wardrobe afforded.
L wonder if l shall suit the heiress ?
querried mentally, as | took the last
survey in the mirror and descended to
the dining hall. There near :he table
sat Cuthbert and his wife, the face ! bad
seen at the window, and not far from the
soverness a young lady with fair COM
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CT Tom,' said girl to her sweet
heart, "you have been paying your dis
tresses to me long enough. 1t is time
you made known your contention, so as
not to keep me in expense any longer"
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1862-02-14

The above figures will supply food for re-
Election for some time and perhaps that re-
Fiction will rIpen into action. 1t will be
noticed that Castine raises : so per scholar,
a very liberal sum, yet the PER cent accord
ing to valuation places her a long ways be-
hind some other towns. The fact that this
town is wealthy, and that it has some lead
ing citizens who have taken an active and
lively interest in this public matter, will ac-
count for the excellence, and justly ce!e-
brated character of its public schools. Its
compactness is another feature in its favor.
But still we find other towns, contributing
more freely according to valuation, for this
object Evca Ellsworth ranges ahead OF
Castine or Bucksport, when this item is
taken in the account, while each Of these
towns rank ahead in attendance.
We may at some future time recur again
to this valuable Report and give our readers
the benefit Of some of its suggestions &e.
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following count of the expedition up the
rennessee river:
After the Capture of Fort Henry the Lex
ingtou, Conestoga. and Tyler gave chase to
the rebel steamer Dunbar. Reaching the
Memphis and Louisville railroad bridge, our
toats set fire to a portion Of it, and took a
quantity of stores, &c, and passed on in
chase of the Dunbar, but did not overt.ke
her. 1t is supposed she escaped by running
up some creek during the night.
The gunbaats went to Florence, Ala, at
the head of navigation. $50 miles from Pa
ducah. Everywhere along the river they
were received with astonishing welcome by
numerous Union families, in Southern Ten
nessce and North Carolina, and at towns
along the river. Onr dag was looked upon
as a redeemer, and hailed with shouts Of JOY.
Capt. Grogun of the gunboat Tyler, accept
ed 80 men for service on his gunboat, and
says he can get men enough to man his whole
fleet
The people of Florence were so delighted
at finding the stars and stripes once more
their pootecti0n, that they prepared to give
a ball to the officers but they could not re-
main. Wherever our boats landed. and the
people were assured that we did not come to
destroy but to save, they seemed to have no
means too extrayanant to express their de-
light and joy.
Our boats captured four steamers, includ-
ing an unfinished gunboat, and burned seven.
They captured large quantity of stores and
$50 stand OF arms. One boat goes up this
morning The weather is improving and
the roads drying.
The Commercial says oGr army in Central
Kentucky is in motion. Gen. Nelson's di
vision is marching along the Glasgow turn
pike Gen. AitchelI's division crossed Green
river Monday morning, taking the advance
Of the main column to Bowling Green.
WASHINGTON, l2th.
The following is the official report of Lieut..
Phillips to Fllg-Ofiicer Foote
Railroad CrosSing, Gunboat Coacstcga
FL l0h. Sir We have returned to this
point from an entirely successful expedition
to Florcace, AZ the foot OF Muscle Shoals,
Alabama.
The rebels We're forced to burn six steam
ers, and We captured two others, besides the
half completed gunboat PASSPORT. The
steamers burnt were freighted with rebel
military stores. The EastpoLt has about
80 coo feet Of lumber on board
We.captured 200 stand of arms, a guam
tity of clothing and stores, and destroyed the
encampment of Col. Crews. We found the
Union sentiment strong.
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Coon PLucK.-YAxKrrs STILL IN rAvor

Coon PLuoK,-YANKEEs STILL IN FAVOR
OF :" UNCLE SAM. the English
steamer Australasian landed her troops
at st. John, there were three Yankee
sailors on board who were determined to
desert from the English service and take
refuge under the hag of their country
At that time it seemed quite probable to
them that we might soon be involved in
war with England. During the passage,
they were, as they fancicd, subjected to
unnecessary taunts and insults by the
English soldiers and scamen. Our Yam
kee brothers did not like this, and much
less did they fancy being marshalled
against their brothers in war for pur-
pose which did not accord with their ideas
Of justice. As the steamer lay in the
stream these noble men made their es-
cape by swimming half mile to the
shore, where they dried their clothing by
wringing it and beating it against the
trees, remaining naked in the cold winter
air. They then proceeded on their way
determined to make their escape into
Federal soil at the earliest possible mo-
ment. They had got but short distance
when they were arrested at hotel at
which they stopped over night. From
the hotel they made their escape by
jumping from a second story window in
the night, after which they continued their
travels until they reached Passport in this
State. Being in want of money, they
worked their passage from Passport to
this city in a small schooner After ar
irving here they Immediately enlisted in
the T. 5. Navy Service, and are now on
board the gunboat kearsarge which will
endeavor to find the ubiquitous Sumter
that Algerine pirate which seems to battle
the skill and watchfulness of everything
which has yet attempted capture
With such men as these three Yankees on
board, it is to be hoped that the mad ca
rcer of the Sumter will be brought to a
sudden close Let it be remembered that
these men are natives of Maine, and re-
SIDE in Bueksport.-P2rtla'ad Courier.
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eth Congress-lst Session.

WASHINGTON. Feb. II.
HcusE-Mr Blake Of Ohio offered a res
olution instraetng the War Committee to
inquire a to the alleged abuses at
Aexan4. ing Offending soldiers in
il slave Pc and exposed receptacle
in which soldier WAS frozen to death Fri
day night. A single objection was made
Which was sufficient to lay the resolution
over under the rules.
Mr.. Loycioy oflIinois reported bill to
establish an agricultural department.
Mr.. f. a. Conkling Of New York, offered
the following, which was adopted
Whereas. 1t Is ascertained on authority
worthy oil the notice Of this House that the
army countersign was in possession Of the
rebel piekets on the west side of the Poto-
mac before it had been communicated to our
own on the day the Pensacola ran the gaunt-
let If tie river batteries, and whereas it is
alsi asserted that information of the move
mcnts the army and fleets is frequently COM
INUNDATED in advance to the enemy under
circumstances which justify the suspicion Of
treIchcry on the part or persons in civil or
military service, therefore,
Resolred, That tie joint committee on the
conduct Of the war be requested to inylsti.
gate aul report such action in the premises
as circumstances shall warrant.
SENATE.-Mr king presented a resolution
Of the Chamber Of Commerce of New York
in favor of the immediate passage of the
Treasury N5te Bill-pledslng the support of
the mcrcha IS Of New York to the dJycra-
mcnt.
Mr.. Wilson presented petition signed by
=, 3l5 persons, in favor OF homeopathy in
the army. Referred
Mr. Lane Of Indiana reported joint reso
luton explaining the act iudemnifyins the
State expenses of the war to mean expenses
before and alter the passage ot the act.
Mr.. johnson, after prescntinga petition
OF Philadelphia, for the approp. late obsery-
ance % the pa of February. offered a joint
resolution that the Houses assemble in the
House of Representatives, on the 22i. and
that the President. Cabinet, Foreign Repre-
scntatyeS, and Officers of the Army, be in
vitei, and Washington Farewell Address
be read
Mr.. Hale thought it would be much bet
ter to hang some public rob5er or shoot some
cavalry officer. The resolution WAS adopted.
Mr. Sumner offered series of resolutions
declaratory to the relations Of the United
States with certain States Llld ON the ia
bic, 2l against -.
A bill WAS introduced to authorize the
banks in the district to issue notes less than
five dollars. Referred.
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The Battle of Fort Henry.

The officers Of the fleet engaged in the re-
duction OF Fort Henry were as follows:
Flag Officer, Andrew II. Foote U. s. N.
Fleet Captain. Commander A. NJ. Penuock,
L. 5. n Ordnance Officer, Lieutenant j.
=. SANFORD, L. S. n. ; Ordnance Lieutenant
Byron Wilson Flag Lieutenant, James NJ.
Pickett.
The St. Louis, IL guns, was commanded
by Lieutenant Leonard Paulding the Es-
sex, 9 guns, by Commander II. ID. Porter
and the Cincinnati, Is guns, by Commander
K. y Stembel. The boats are thus dcscrib-
Oh in the y. Y. Canm erciai
"The guns on these boats are none less
than 32pounders some ~ FOUNDERS, and
some Gipannders. One gun on the Essex
throws a she'll weighing ono hundred and
twcnty-eight pounds. In addition to these,
each boat carries riiled Dahlgrecn IL
FOUNDER boat h1wtzer on the upper deck.
Several OF the larger guns on each boat are
rincd.
The boats are built very wide in proper
ton to their length, giving them almost tho
same stcadlness in action that stationary
land battery would possess. They are con-
structed on the same principle as the famous
iron battery at Charleston, the sides sloping
upward aad downward from the water line.
ut an angle Of iortyfye degrees. The bow
battery on each boat consists of solid oak
timber twcnty-six inches in thickness. plat
on the exterior surface with iron two and a
half inches thick.
The side aud stern batteries are somewhat
thinner. but have the same thickness Of iron
over that portion covering the machinery
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TnE BIBLE.-Dr. Hall, in his Journal Of
Health, sp-ak.ng of the importance of in
habiting houses in their structure and situa-
ton favorable to health, refers as follows 10
the Bible
g There is more sound, practical hygiene,
on the subject of healthy houses. in the llth
chapter OF Leyiticus, from verse thlrty-iOur.
than in all the skulls of the health commits.
sloners and common councils Of all the cities
Of Christcndom. Pity it is that We do not
read our Bible more, that great b1ok which
contains the leading principles Of what is in
dlsputably good and useful and true. 10 all
that really pertains to human happiness and
what pity it is that the Sunday newspaper.
and the trashy weekly, and the entieing story
books, for childhood and hoary age, on sub
Jects pertaining to the world aud party
preaching, and infdsl peripa,etic lectures,
with new-iangled crudties, for human anne
lloratlon, and their theories for eleyatinc the
masses; pity it is, we say, that all these
things 20 attract attention. The Bible, the
best OF all. the wicost in all its theories, and
IN all Its practices safe, has become sealed
book to the many and any other volume on
the centre or side table would be opened
sooner than il.