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PREPARED roRl,TME NORTHERN T Rl Bt? BE. ’
STEAMBOATS.
Leave Bath for Boston (directi every Monday, Tues
day, Thursday and Friday at ti o’clock P M. Returning
leave Boston every Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and
Saturday at 7 P M. Via Portland and Lowell, every
Monday, Wednesday tn I Friday at 11 o’clock A Al.—
Returning leave Boston rvrry Tuesday, Thursday and
Saturday nt 7 o’clock A M.and Portland at 12 o’clock
M, arriving at Bath al 4 P Al.
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every Tuesday at 4 P M, Wednesday nt 5 A M, Thurs
day and Saturday at 5 A M and I P Al, and Sunday nt
5 A AL Returning leave Hullowcll on Monday al 8.4 A
Al and 24 P Al, Tuesday at 2.1 P M, Wednesday at 8J A
Al, Thursday at 2’ P Al, Friday at 8.4 A Al and 24 P Al,
touching .it Gardiner and Richmond.
Leave Brunswick for Portland every Monday,
Wednesday and Friday at 10 A M. Returning leaves
Portland every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at J\
P Al.
STAGES
Leave Bathfor Brunswick, Portland and intermedi
ate places, at 7 P. Al. every day Saturday excepted, and
at 7 A. Al. daily Sunday excepted. Returning at 4
A. M. daily, Alondav excepted, and at 7 P. M daily
Sunday e xcepted. These Stages connect at Brunswick
with the Portland and Augiistallne ol Stages.
Leave Bath for Wiscasset ,l)aniariscotta,VValdoboro’,
Camden, Thomaston, Holiest, Bangor and intermediate
,places,III B A. M daily. Returning at B P M. daily
Louve Belli for Brunswick, Tnpshnm. Wiscasset,
Damuriscoltn, See. on the arrival of the Steam boats from
Boston.
MAILS.
The Western Mail irrivesdiiilv at 5 A. M., .Mondays
excepted. Closes al 44 P. Al., and leaves at 7 P. M,
Saturdays excepted.
The Eastern .Mail arrives daily at C l’. Al , Closes at
8PM, and leaves at B A. Al. *
Thj Phipslmrg Mail arrives daily at 94 to 10 A. M-,
and den arts daily at 114 to!2 Al.
The G.'orgetown .Mail arrives Tuesdays and Fridays
at 104 A. M., and departs same days at 12 Al.
Post Office open on Sunday mornings from 74 to 9
o’clock, and one hour immediately after divine service
in the afternoon.
EXPRESSES.
Child Ac Co.’s Portland and Boston Express, and con
nected with other Expresses to all parts of tile United
States, the Canadas and Europe, leaves Portland for the
South, daily at 74 A. M. and 3 I’. Al. Returning twice
■daily. Office 30 Exchange St,, Portland.
Loilgley Ac Co.’s Great Southern Express leaves Port
iland dally at 74 A. M.and 3 P. Al. Returning wice
daily. Office,78 Exchange St.,Portland.
BANKS.
LINCOLN HANK— Mil Corporation—Jcma Ilyile,
President; Jonathan Hyde, l.evi Houghton, Joshua
iPage, Henry Hyde, Directors. Hank hours,from 9 to
12 A.M.
LINCOLN BANK—New Corporation.—Oeo F. Pat
ten, President; Gen.F. Patton, Will M.lingers, Tlios.
H irward, Clias. Davenport, L. W. Houghton, G. W.
Kendall, J. H. M’Lallan, Directors; John Show,Cashier.
11 ink hours, from 9 to 12 A.M. Discount days.Tuesday.
COMMKRC1AL BANK.—Will D Bewail, President:
Win. D. Bewail. Jacoh Robinson,GilhertTrufiuit, Thos.
M It-eii, Win. Patten, Directors; Thos. Agry, Cashier.
Bank hours; trom 9 to 12 A. M. Discount days.Thurs
' SV\(IADA1IOCK B ANK.—Thos. D. Robinson, Presi
dent- T. D. Robinson, Joseph Bewail, John Smith
Win.’ M. Itecd, Lewis Blnckmer, Win. Purrington'
Win! V. Moses, Directors; D. F. Baker, Cnshier. Bank’
hours,trom 9 to 12 A. M. Discount day, Monday.
ANDROSCOGGIN IIANK.Topsham.—Clias.Thomp
son President; Charles Thompson, John Barron, Da
vid Scribner, Nahum Perkins, Woodbury 15. Piirinton,
Directors; John Coburn, Cashier. Discount days,
Tuesday of each week. Bank open from 9 to 1 in
summer; into 1 in winter.
BRUNSWICK II ANK, Hhuxswick.—Richard r. Dun
lap President; Richard T. Dunlap, Allred J. Stone,
John C. Humphreys, Joseph Badger, Win. Barron, Di
rectors; A. C. Robbins, Cashier. Discount day,1 liurs
dav. Bank hours as above.
\| MU N II R'S it ANK, W i sc % ssbt ,—Ilcnry Clark, Pres
iilrni; Henry Clark, Wilinot Weod, Kdniund Dana
Samuel Aliev, James M’Carty, Directors; S. P. Baker,
'Cashier. Bank open from 9 to I in summer; 10 to 1 in
winter. Discount day, Tuesday.
MF.DOMAK BANK, WtimoBORo’.—James Hovey,
r-esident; James Hovey,George D Smouse, John Bul
i ach, Jos Clark, Alexander Palmer, Directors ; George
A "en. Cashier._
Scotch anil Cotton mick.
CONSTANTLY on hand and furnished to order by
MAflOUN k CLAPP.
Bath, April B, 1818. _ *
Notice.
CARPENTER k CO.’S EXPRESS will leave Rath
for Boston every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday
and Kiid ty by Steamers Kennebec and Charter Onk.|
KENDALL, RICHARDSON k CO.
Bath, April B, 1848.
13usings Dircctori).
[ ”~david holmes”
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
No 4, Haley’s Block, Front Street, Bam, Me.
WILLIAM TORREY,
NOTARY PUBLIC,
Office, City Hull Building, Bath, Me.
d I48w98*
Z. HYDE A CO.,
Dealers in Ship Chandlery, Hard Ware, Bolt and
Sheathing Copper,
Iy25 Corner of Front and Broad Sts., Bath, Me.
KENDALL, RICHARDSON & CO.,
Ship Chandlers anti Hardware Dealers,
dl27w34 Frost Street, Bath, Me.
JOHN H. KIMBALL,
Attorney Counsellor at Law,
wBltf TOPSHAM, Mr
Particular attention given to tile collodion of de
mands and conveyancing. All busmens coutided to
bis rare will be attended to promptly and faithfully.
.1. O. DUNN,
Dealer in Groceries, West India Goods, Provis
ions and Country Produce.
- Bath, M e .
Particular attention paid to putting^np states for ves
sels* use
PF.LEG WADSWORTH,
Agent for the Mammoth, Monmouth Thomaston,
Maiue (Gorham), Hallow ell, Holyoke, Bow
ditch and Atlantic Mutual Fire InsmanceCompanies
dtiDwIo Residence on Green Street, Bath, Me.
M. F. GANNETT,
Dealer in
FRUITS, FAMILY I* SHIP GROCERIES,
Iyd48wll Front Street, Rath.
MARINE BIBLE.SOCIETY
DEPOSITORY,
AT M. F. GANNETT’S. Front Street,
lyiUSwII BATH.
LINCOLN COUNTY BIBLE SOCIETY
DEPOSITORY,
AT M. F. GANNF.TTS Front Street,
lyiMBwl I KATII.
WILLARD WALKER,
Dealer in Stoves, Ships' Cabooses, Fire- Frames,
Lead Pipe, Tin, Copper and Hollow Ware,
(1134 Broad Street Bath,Me;
SAND FORD ik STETSON,
Sailmakcrs,
Samckl SANDt-ORo, RICHMOND, MAINE.
Bknj. r. Sutison.
Refurto T.J. Southard, Esq. Richmond Village;
and Messrs /ilia llyde and Co., Bath.
HOtt VTIO EAGLE,
KE W a BLEAKS MOBILE
Shipping Agent & Commission
Merchant,
83 South street, New York.
N. B.—Coal Freights procured lor ports east of Pt.
Judith,
JOHN EL WELL $ CO.,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
ivly40 No.57. South Street, New York.
D. KELL Y,
Dealer In Woolen unci Painted Carpets,
llouelli Rug,, Paper Hanging*. Ac.,
No.7 FronlSlreet,nearly upposilethe Elm House,
cii<ssw35if Bath, Me.
THOMAS BOWLES * CO.,
Grocer, and Confectioners,
And Wholesale Dealers in Fruits, Nuts and Oysters,
No. 3 Hatch’s Brick Block, Front St.,B.th, Me.
J. S. DONNELL,
Dealer In Went India Goods, Groceries,
Provisions, Ac.,
No.5 4- G King’s Building, Bath,Me.
N. II. ParticularuUeii’ion paid to putting upstores
for vessels’ use d!7Bt
DAVID OWEN, JK.,
Commission Merchant e$ Auctioneer,
Front Street,Bath,Mb.
miikkk to
Mi, ana /.I N4 II VDD t ia Cll. | I h..;
Col. T.ll. Kubinhon, i
jNo.U.Osoooo.Esq., j BetUttm illy 145
J a».C. I allMaN, bsq., , 3
N. It. Particular attention paid to out door9a)?£.
CHARLES W. HOLMES,
Coinmitfttlon Mct'cltaiit&> Auctioneer,
d 127w24 Fuont Stubkt. Bath, Ml .
MAGOUK & CLAPP,
Commission .Herclkiuits &> Auctioneers,
No. 1,2 Sc. 3, Hodgkins’ Wham ,
<1125 _ HATH, Mb._
J. W. C, MOllRISON,
Daguerrian Uallery ,
Front Street, ItirK, Mr.
Four Door a North of the Elliot House. .1134_
B.T.CUUB1ER.
DENTAL SURGEON,
Office on Centre St., Opposite City llall, Bath.
T. II. fir. MARSTON,
Dealer in Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Silver
Spoons, Spectacles, Cutlery, Combs and.
Fancy (foods,
• Second DoorNorthof the Elliot House,
dl34 Hath. Mr
JOHN HAYDEN,
Dealer in
Chionometers, Watches, Jewelry .Nauti
cal Iiistrumentsm.d Charts,
dl44w27 FrontStieet, Bath, Mb.
Fine Watchrepairing by a superior workman
From the Christian Mirror.
MR. PALMER’S SKETCHES.
No. XIII.
Approach to Home—enthusiasm—the Campagna
Sites of the ancient and f die modern city—
the Tiber—objects of interest—fret view of Old
Home—the Forum and adjacent buildiiifis—
Coliseum—Pantheon—Capitoline IIHI— Muse•
urns—the Sabbath—St. Peter’s—u'orshippers
and music.
(concluded.)
The next day was line and we diligently
improved it. With an intelligent guide who
spoke tolerable English, we sullied out at an
early hour. Our first visit was at the Pan
theon, which is one of the finest of Roman
edifices. It was built by Agrippa, the friend
and son-in-law of Agustus, in the Campus
Martius; so that it is now some distance with
in the limits of the Modern city. The portico,
with its sixteen finely proportioned granite
columns, is in very perfect pre-ervation. The
interior, which is a most impressive rotunda,
was originally occupied w ith the finest statues
of all the deities of the popular theology ;
but the edifice having been consecrated to the
Virgin Mary by Boniface IV, it now presents
an array of altars, crucifixes and the usual
pageantry of the Romish service. It is light
ed from above by a circular opening in the
stone roof. The floor is of porphyry. From
the Pantheon we ascended to the top of the
Capitoline hill. No vestige of the edifice
that crowned it anciently remains. The sum
mit is now occupied by the capitol or Senate
House, and two palaces appropriated to the
preservation of works of art both ancient
and modern. From a lofty tower we obtain
ed a fine panoramic view of both old and
new Rome at the same time ; and were thus
enabled to fix definitely in our own minds the
relative position of objects, especially of the
seven hills. We could also see from thence
to the sites of Tuscuium, Alba Longa, and
other places of interest without the city, and
observe the course of the Tiber and the gen
eral aspect of the Campagna. On descending
we entered the palace of the Conservatori,
which contains a beautiful collection of mod
ern statuary, add the museum which is one of
the richest collections of antiquities in Rome.
Here, among the celebrated pieces, is the dy
ing gladiator. Here too, as Byron says,
—“ Stands the statue that enchants the world ”—
the Venus of the Capitol. This statue sur
passed so immeasurably all the copies ot it
which I had ever seen, that I sat and looked
at it long in silent wonder. It has sw eetness
and dignity about it. which all the models
seem to want entirely. Here also is the bronze
wolf, believed to be the same to which Cicero
refers, that having been struck with lightning,
thus exhibited an apparently molten leg. In
the open space between the palaces, stand the
fine statutes of Castor and Pollux besides
their horses, and the equestrian statue of
Aurelius in bronze, which Michael Angelo
pronounced the finest in the world* \S hen
we had spent some hours on the summit ot
the Capitol, we descended the long flight of
steps, an 1 passing around the base of the trill,
found our way to the western extremity,
where surrounded by buildings and difficult
of access, we saw w hat can now be seen of
the Tarpeian Rock. It still presents in one
place a precipice of some seventy-five feet in
height, and almost exactly perpendicular.—
With this we w ere satisfied to close the labors
of this day.
The next day being tne iNioinun, we went
in the morning at the the hour of service to
the “ Church, of the Holy Apostles.’ lhis
is a tine church, and the audience, or rather
the number of persons coming and going—
was large and respectable in appearance. Put
alter listening a while to the music, which
was not remarkably good, I grew tired of what
to me savored so little of the simplicity and
spirituality of Christian worship, and return
ed to my room, happy that even in the midst
of papal superstitions, I might obey the pre
cept, Enter into thy closet and shut the door,
and pray to thy Father who seeth in secret,—
and claim the promised blessing. Towards
evening I walked over to St. l’eter's alone,
and spent a couple oi hours in seeing and
hearing. This vust edifice surpasses all that
one can imagine before seeing it and in an
equal degree all power of description alter
wurd. It must, I think, be ranked, in respect
to grandeur and magnificence, as the greatest
of human efforts in the line ot architecture ;
and deserves a high place on the list of the
“seven wonders of the world.” The propor
tions ure so harmonious that it requiries no
little time to apprehend the immensity of the
structure ; and with all its vastness as a whole,
each particular part astonishes by the periec
tion and finish of its minutes details. Every
successive survey discovers some fresh wonder
and each, repeated entrance into the lofty nave
deepens the impressions of admiration and
awe. And yet considered as a Christian
Church, a place of religious worship, St.
Feter’s is only a magnificent absurdity. Asa
mausoleum of the l’opes, it is appropriate
enough.
On entering I saw worshippers of all sorts,
and in almost every dress and attitude. Ton
der beneath the lofty dome is the tomb of St.
Peter and St. Paul, surrounded by a low rail
ing, within which and down a flight of steps,
are lamps dimly burning. Around this kneel
in silence many persons, bowing their heads in
a reverential attitude. There at a little dis
tance, sits an ugly looking bronze statute, on a
pedestal which raises the foot of the figure
some five feet from the floor. That is St. Pe
ter himself. There is a genteel looking lady
just kissing his toe, which she first wiped with
her nice white handkerchief; for the person
who proceeded her a moment before, had a
vagabond look, and w as any thing but tidy a
bout the mouth. What with constant wiping
and kissing, this effigy of the Pope Peter will
soon be minus a great toe entirely, as that
member is more than half worn off already, and
is as bright as a ploughshare fresh from the fur
row ! One group which I noticed touched ine,
and I wished the power to sketch it. It was
of a young looking mother, with two boys and
a little girl kneeling together on the pavement
by themselves, all dressed in deep mourning,
the family servant also kneeling near them.—
It was a family—of which the dark attire and
sorrowful looks told the sad story of bereave
ment. The husband and the father had been
taken, and these were left in need of that grace
which they came to seek. It was a most sug
gestive sight.
After a while I heard the tones of an organ
and of voices singing, comming from a distance,
and reverberating down the nave. Following
the direction of the sound, I came to the chap
el of St. Niekolas in which from a hundred
and fifty to two hundred singers, men and
boys, were “discoursingmost excellent music."
I stood half an hour and listened. Solos, duets
quartette, and choruses followed each other in
one rich and impressive flow, interspersed with
marchings, bowings, kneelings and waving of
censers. No pains are spared in getting up
these things in the most perfect manner. In
the evening I walked slowly back, picturing to
myself the widely differaut scenes which will
here be witnessed, when the follies of Man of
Sin shall give place to a pure and spiritual
Christianity.
TRUE NOBILITY:
O R
The Blacksmiili’s Daughter.
BY MRS. EMMA C. EMBl'RY.
“ This is the prettiest low-born lass that e’er
Han on the greensward.”
Well, well, mon ami, I w ill not argue the
point with you ; as an American you are right
in holding such a belief; but you must still
allow me to think that is something not to
despised in ancient and honorable descent. I
cannot hut believe that the descendants of
those who for generations have been ennobled
by lofty deeds of high emprise, will be more
likely to perform magnanimous actions than
the son of humble plebeian.”
“ You agree with me precisely, Henri ; but
we differ in terms. I assert that the children
of a family which can look back with honest
pride to deeds of integrity and uprightness, of
virtue and heroism, are the true scions of no
bility; for their patent bears the signet of an
Almighty hand."
“ Then the son of an honest blacksmith
ought to be as proud of his birth as the heir of
a Montmercnei or a Conde; is that your opin
ion ?"
“Something very like it, 1 confess Henri:
what was the origin of the nobles of the world ?
ltapine and violence gave them their herituge
of broad lands, while servile submission to a
monarch, or perhaps treachery to his enemy
was often the price paid for their sounding ti
tles. Had they been ennobled for their virtues,
Henri, and had they transmitted these, togeth
er with their proud names, through succeed
ing generations, then well might their descen
dants have gloried in their birth ; but surely
you need not be reminded of the black cata
logue of crime which might he appended to
every genealogical chart in ‘nieirie England,
no less* than in your 'grande nation?”
“ I won't quarrel with yougabout it, Frank ;
but I shall never become a convert to your
doctrine ; perhaps I am to deeply infected with
such prejudices, but they were a part of my
lawful heritage.”
“ I know it, Henri, the blood of one of the
noblest families of Fiance runs in your veins,
and the only wonder is, that under such cir
cumstances you should posess such true no
bility.”
“ What do you mean !”
“ I am surprised that you did not follow the
example of most branches ol a noble stock,
and make the fame of your ancestors a license
for your own worthlessness.”
“ Frank, you are incorrigible," said Henri,
laughing ; according to jour creed I ought to
rank you, who possess so many estimable qual
ities, among the lowest of the low.
“ Place me in w hat station you choose, Hen
ri, so long as you find no cause for despising
me. But you mistake me; I do not think no
bility of soul incompatible with nobility of