American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1868-01-11
From the Richmond whig.l
NEW ENQLAND'S NEMEaIs

II lutS grind SLOWLY,
grind surely, about to grind out re-,
trloutlon for those whose intidelity
10 the original conditions of the
hatlohal compact, whose intolerance.
pharlSalsm, meddlesomeness and pro'
pogandlsm have been the cause. di.
rectly or Indirectly, of all the i'll. feel.
ing and bloodshed we have had We
cannot say but We do believe firmly
IN what Fronde says is the only les.
son that history repeats with dis
tlnctness "That the world is built
somehow on moral foundations: in
the long run it is well with the good:
IN the long run it is ill with the wick.
ed; that justice and truth alone can
endure and live; that injustice and
talsehood may be long lived. but
doomsday comes at last to them. in
French revolutions and other terrible
ways"
is doomsday darkening over New
England! The Boston Post has a
lugubrlous article on the declensicn
OF the trade OF that city, as sicnally
illustrated in the withdrawal of the
great Cunard line of steamers, that
for twenty odd years have been visit |
ing Its port regularly and the Com.
mefctal Buttetin, of the same city. in
the article which follows, shows that
the blight which has fallen on Boston
covers the whole of New England.
1t says:
In no part of the country is indus.
try at so low an ebb, capital so unre.
muneratlVe III its investments, and
their joint products so poorly paid
1o1, as here i'll New England. The
speclaltles of our skilled labor. which
were once a source of wealth to the
capitalists and of profitable employ
hlent 10 the laborerS, are now drug
III the market, and refuse to 90 into
consumption at any price They are y
relatively much cheal er than the ag n
rlcultural products of the West and
South, or the raw material of the "
Middle States. Not only are our tr
manufactures closed or running on
snort time, and our mechanics and Ell
la0Orlng men by thousands thrown ST
out OF employment, but our CONNER
clal classes are suffering immense
losses from the Stagnation of trade -
ana shrlnkage OF merchandise values, mn
The latter are obliged to "carry" not ry
only the products Of New England SIC
commerce and industry, but also. TO Inc
great extent, those of every other E Va
section OF the country. Hence, upon p
helr shoulders the depreciation in clio
,rlces principally falls. And the foil
with us is rendered still
more severe and trying, from the :
act that our foreign commerce and :
Is dependent interests continue in a /
oppressed and crippled condition. ot
n tact, the noble race of shippino 81
M importing merchants, once the 10
rlde and boast of our New Euoland IL
exports, whose ships ploughed the 6 =
atefS OF every sea and poured into ~
lr markets the wealth of every Nv
lme, are now, alas! falling into com so
tfatlNe decay. Our mercantile ma. IT
he-Swept from the ocean during Oct,
e late war, involving loss of mil.
ms OF capital not shared by any WI
her section of our cOuntrv-shows -,
signs OF recovery from the blow D "3a
he nigh cost of labor and the nm. for
emily policy of the government in Adj
posing a tax on tonnage, and dis.
minatlug against shipbuilding ma. Dec
laiS, nave prevented any attempt
repair that heavy loss. Our shin.
rdS, all along the coast, once re-.
lant with the chorus of the ave
Il hammer, are now silent and soIi. ~
y as graveyards. The Canadian
'lpfocltY treaty, which once brouoht
large and profitable trade TO orr . ri
BOARD Understanding cheap a v
nner for shipbuilding-has been 'rss,,
cidaily abrogated, and the raw in the
ducts OF canada and the maritime ART'C
Flhces, which We're sent here to ''A'' -" "
mango for our West Indian Goods u
nome manufactures, now pass And vi
Us to other markets. etSrIs 81
MS IS faint picture of the East. and hes
! no, - nov W" EIlg- Best Sn
H"' occh CdIlcu 10 suffer on ac- Best CT
MO the war and its consequences.
Ian Is made marveIouslv. Who per s.y
ager TO investigate the cnriOus to
less the wonderful works of ON,
'tent Wisdom, let him not wandnr Mai
vide world round to seek Them J. Il
examine himself. "The proper Han
y OF mankind is man." A J
he average weight of the brain of J Io!E
aus male is three pounds and Adore.
|. ounces; of female two pounds ~, &c
-FOUR ounces. The nerves are all 10y :
ected with it, directly or by sni. CAT
narrow. These nerves, together
thelr branches and minute ram.
ions, probably exceed 10, 900, 900
Imbcr, forming a .sbodv guard"
by far the greatest
ever marshaled.
heart is six inches in Iengtb-
four inches in diameter. and n
seventy times per minute. 1900
per hour, 10O,SOO times per 40
%, I72,O0O times per year, 2,!5f5.. A[N
W times IN three score and ten IN
~ each beat two and a half
s OF blood are thrown out of if, THE IN
hundred and seventv.fve same ,R a'..i,
: per minute, six hundred and sale of cal
< pounds per hour. seven and makes MAKE and AID
fourth tons per day. All the and Comp,
IN the body passes through the septl
IN three minutes. This little -
by its ceaseless industry. 0NE NJ
In the allotted span
The Psilnist gave h man
he pnnPnnlG uoioht volt 4