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ADDRESS
OF THE CARRIEKS OF TRE
REPUBLICAN HERALD,
70 IS PATRONS,
Jan. Ist, 1848,
il:i:h ho! The New Year is come again !
And over the hil! and over the plain,
Ol winter hins thrown his icy chain—
We coming here
The bran New Year
In Creezing tones and with chilling cheer ;
Am{ telling the tale
In mournful wail
Of a thousand hearts all crushad with pain.
Bat never we listen with filling eyes
T'o tales like this when the old year dies ;
For hearts ware not made to mourn alway,
Aund this is our glorious holiday.
8o cheer we up while we glance at the past,
l‘ouomn, the wild and wintry blast—
And Lifting high
Our guze Lo the sky
As ‘twere never again to he o’ercast,
Rig with events the past year hias been to us,
Lml ! what & people we're getting to be !
Large as Creation the slice that belongs to us,
Rich as old Creesus and terrible free !
Twice whipt onr mothar without spurs or mittens on
Once ve've flogged Mexico—did'nt we though ?
Got lots of land for hatehing onr chickens on—
How many acres 1 really don’t know,
Gold by the millisn—=oh, gracions! the gold we've got,
Out where the uatives were sturving to death—
“ Faith, but we're as rich as a fool with his porridge pot,
Happy as clams with salt water for breath.
This of the War the Whigs made such a fuss about ;
Called ot outrageous and murderous too ;
Eprned all indemnity —near wore their lungs all out,
Wiiined abont “Moodshed”’ aud made such ado,
Now don’t they grab at chances for Chagres—
tlagerto get 1o the region of gold ;
Crazy they are as & horse with blind-staggers,
Drunk with the fever on—so I win told,
That ia’nt all we have got by this quarrel—
Bother aud fuss always come in their turn--
W tve got a thrashing, while Whitey and Sorre!
ave got all the eram and kicked over the churn,
Tavior was brave, and we didn't deny it—
“ Never got beat,”” was the charm of his years ;
Tho Whigs thought he'd whip u-—cuncludyml totry it,
Aad didn’t he do it? Just look at our tears.
But Zack is a follow, they say—such as Know him-
A« will not wear a eadéle or take in the bits ;
And the chaiee isguitesmart if the Whigs try to throw him,
ile will prove he's a Tailer by giving them fits,
Lot not the past disterh the present joy,
Each Season has its change—ench bliss alloy,
£2ad 15 the hour when all his summer fields,
To wintry hiasts the sorcowing farmer yiolds ;
e waivinz corn he looks for now in vain,
Sor Famine treads o'er all the blasted plain
The tonoer grass, as the cold whirlwind flies,
ghrivels its hlades, and lowly drooping, dies.
Sad 1s the hour==yet the same gales that east
RBlight from its wings and millew as it past,
Hore to the city Hoalth's reviving glow,
That best, most valued gift to man below,
S 0 tar froi Jisasters sach as we have to'd,
Bless ngs may come as pure us purest gold ;
And warm our hearts ke the bright Summer day
When birds sing sweetly and the young lambs play.
Kind Patrons, from our rhyming tarn and see
What Duty asks—HUMANITY FROM THEE §
Ye opulent and wealthy, who are given
To be the Htewards of indelgent Heaven,
Yours is the generous, blazing fire that wazms,
® And ymu:'u:u— home that shields from wniii:} Storins.
Remember, then, the friendless _qnd the poor,
And Heaven with blessings shall increase your store.
Remember all—the lad who brings to you -,
I'hie year's first welcome, and its last adieu ;
Weekly it 15 his care, with news to cheer
Lach hour, andjevery season of the year.
Reward his lahors, and expeet to find,
Seasons as bounteous us yourselves, and Kind,
Thus endeth our lay, and we pass your door,
Wishing you blessings for evermore ;
Wishing you health a thousand years,
But never the sighs, or sorrows, or tears, )
Of a week, or a day, or an hour mlss ent,
Or a dollar lost, you have gen’rously lent ;
Aud when you have seen the last liappy New Year
And turned to dust,
As turn you must,
May your memory live to bless us here,
Mscellancous.
From the Christian Keepsike, for 1840
THE LAST PENNY.
BY T. 8. ARTHUR.
Thomas Claire, Son ot St, Crispiv, was a
2lever sort of a man, though not very well off
i the world, He was industnious, but as his
abilities were gmall, his reward was prepor
tioned thereto. His ekill weat little beyond
half-soles, heel-taps and patehes. Those who,
willinz to encourage Thomas, ventured to or
der from him a new puair of boots or shoes,
never repeated the order. That wounld have
been carrying their good wishes for his pros
perity too far. =738 .
© As mumated, the income of Thomas Claire
was not large. lodustrious though he was,
the amount earned proved so small that his
frugal wife tound it insufficient for an adequate
supply of the waats of the family, which con
sisted of her husband, hersel, and three chil
dren. It eannot be denicd, however, that if
Thomas cared less about hie pipe and mug of
ale, the supply of bread woull have been more
liberal. But be had to work hard, and must
have some little indulgence. At least so he
very conclusively argued. This self-indul
gence cost from two to three shillings every
week, a sum that would have purchased many
comforts for the needy fanily.
The oldest of Claire's children, a girl of ten
years of age, hud been sickly from birth.—
Shie was a a gentle, loving cinld, the favorite
ol all the house, and more especially of her
father. Liule Lizzy would come up into the
garret whore Claire worked, and sit with him
sometimes for hours, talking in a strain that
caused him to wonder: and semetimes when
she did not feel as well 28 usual, lying upon
the floor and fixing upon him her large bright
oyes for almost as loug a period. Lozzy was
never 8o contented as when she was with her
father: anl never worked so cheerfully as
when near iim,
Gradually, os month alter menth, went by,
Lizzy wasted away with some disease, for
which the doetor could find no remedy. Her
chieelis becamne paler und paler, but her eyes
larger and brighter, and such a weakness fell \
upon her slender limbs that they could wich
difficulty sustain her weight, She was no
longer able to clamber up the steep stairs in
to the garret, or loft, where her futher worked ;
yet she was thers as often as before. Claire
lind made {or lier a little bed, raised a short
epace ¢+ m the tloor and here she lay, talking
to him or looking ot him, as of old. Herare
ly went up or down staias without having Liz
zy in bis arms. Usually her head was lying
upon his ehoulder,
And thus the time went on. Claire, for all
the love he felt for bis sick ehild=for all the
regard be entertained for his family—indulg
tog his beer and tobacco as usual, and thus
consuming, weekly, a portion of their little in
come that would have brought to his children
many a comfort. Noone but himself had any
luxuries. Not even for Lizzy's weak appetite
were daiotios procured. It was as much as
the mother could do, out of the weekly pit.
tance she received, to get enough coarse food
for the table, and cover the nakedness of her
family.
To supply the pipe and mug of Claire, from
two to three shillings o week wern required.
T'his sum he usuvally retained out of his earn
iogs, aud gave the balauce, whether large or
small, to hisfrugal wife. No matter what his
income huppened to be, the amount necessa
1y to ohtain these articles were rigidly deduct
ed. and us certainly expended. Without his
becr, Claire really imagined that he would not
have strength sufficient 10 go through with
Ris weekly toil=how his wife managed to get
along without even her regular cup of good
deu, it had nevor occurred 1o him to ask—and
not to have had a pipe te smoke in the evening,
or alter each meal, would have been a depri
vation beyond his ability 1o endure. So, the
two or three shillings went regalarly in the old
way. Wheu the sixpences asd pennies con
gregrated in good'y numbers in the shoemak.
er's pocket, his visits to the ale house were
otien repeated, and his extra pipe smoked
more frequently. Bu:, as his allowance for
the week diniminished. and it required some
searching in the capacious poekets, where
they hid themselves away, to find the strag
gling coins, Cleire found it necessary 1o put
some check mpou his appetites. And so it
went on, week after week and month after
month.,
The beer drunk, and the pipe smoked as
usual, while the whole family beot under the
weight of poverty that was laid upon them.
Weaker and weakor grew little Lizzy,—
Poctep.
From the coarse food that was daily set before
her, her weak stomach turned, and she hard
ly took sufficient nourishment to keep life in
her attenuated frame, .
‘Poorchild !" said her mother one morning,
‘she cannot live if she doesu’t eat, Butcoarse
bread potatoes and buttermilk go azainst her
weak stomach, Ah me! If we only hada
Littie that the rich waste.'
“T'hiere is a curse in poverty ! replied Claire,
with a bitterness that was unusual to him, as
he turned his eyes upen his child, who had
pushed the food away that had been placed
before her, and was looking at it with an ex
pression of disappointment on her wan face.
‘A curse in poverty ' he repeated. *\Why
should my child die fur want of nourishing
food, while the children of the rich have eve
ry luxury !
In the wind of Claire there was usually a
dead calm. He plodde! on, from day to day,
eating his potatoes and buttermilk, or what
ever came before him, and worked steadily
through the hours allotted to labor, his hopes
or fears in life rarely excited himto an expres
ston of discontent. But he loved Lizzy bet
ter than any earthly thing, and to see her turn
with loathing from her coarse food, the best
hie was able to procure for her, arroused his
slugglish nature into rebellion against his lot.
But he saw no remedy.
‘Can't we get somcthing a little better for
Lizzy 1' he said, ashe pushed his plate aside,
his appetite for once gone before his meal was
halt eaten.
*Not unless you can earn more," replied
the wife. *Cut and carve, and manage as |
will, it's as much as | can do to get common
food.!
Claire pushed himsell back from the table
and without saying a word more, went up to
his shop 1 the garret aud sat down to work.
I'here was a troubled and despondent feeling
about his heart. He dido’t light his pipe as
usual, for he had smoked up the last of his
tobacco on the evening before. But he had
a penay left, and with that, as soon as lLie had
finished mending a pair of boots and taken
them home, he meant to get a new supply of
the fragrant weed, T'he boots had unly half
an hour's work on them. But afew stitches
had been taken by the cobbler, when he
heard the feeble voice of Lizzy calling to him
from the bottom of the stairs. That voice
never came unregarded to his ears. He laid
aside his work, and went down for his patient
child, and as he took her light form in his arms,
and bore her up into his little workshop, he
felt that he pressed against his heart the dear
est thing to him in lite. Aod with this feel
ing came the bitter certainty that she would
soon pass away and be no more seen. Thom
as Claire did not often indulge in external
nranifestations of fecling ; but now as he held
httle Lizzy in his arms, he bent down his
face and kissed her tenderly. A light like a
gleam of sunshine, fell suddenly vpon the
pale countenance of the child, while a faint
but loving smile played about her lips. Her
father Kissed hier again, and then laid her up
on the little bed that was always ready for her,
and once more resumed his work.
Claire’s miod had been awakened from its
nsual leaden quiet. T'he wants of his faling
child aroused it into disturbed activity,—
Thought beat for a while, Jike 4 caged bird,
against the bars of necessity, and theo flutter
ed back into canting imbeciliny.
At last the boots were done, and with his
thoughts now more vccupied with the supply
of tobacco he was to obtain than with any
thing else, Clure started to take them home.
As he walked along he passgd a fruit shop,
and the thought of Lizzy came into his mind.
‘I we could atford her some of these things !’
he suid to hinself. *They would he food and
medicine both to the dear child. But we are
poor,” he added with a sigh="‘we are poor.—
Such dainties are ot fur the children of pov
erty !’
He passed along until he came to the ale
house where he intended to get his penny
worthof tobacco. Fortheflrsttime athought
of sell-denial entered his mind, as hie stood by
the door, with his haod in his pocket, teeling
for his solitary copper.
*This would buy Lizzy an orange,’ he suid
to bhimselt. ‘But then,” was quickly added,
‘I wounld have no tobacco to-day nor to mor
row, for I won't be paid forthese boots hefure
Saturday, when Barton gets his wages.'
Then came a long hesitating pause. There
wis before the mind of Claire the image of
the faint and feeble child with the refreshing
orange to her hps; and there was also theim
age of himse!l uncheered for two long days by
his pipe. But could he for a moment hesi
tate, if he really loved that sick child? is ask
ed. Yes, he could hesitate and yet love the
lictle sufferer. For, to one of his order of
mind, and habits of acting and feeling, a self
indulgence like that of the pipe, or a regular
draught of beer, hecomes so much like a sec
ond nature, that it is as it were a part of the
very life, and to give it up costs more than a
hizht etfort.,
The peony was between his fingers, and he
took a single step towards theale-house door;
hut so vividly came back the image of little
Lizzy, that he stopped suddenly, The con
thet, even though the spending of a single
penny was concerned, now became severe;
love for the child pleaded earnestly, and as
earnestly plead the old habit that seemed as if
it would take no denial.
It was his last penuy that was between the
cobbler's fingers. lad there been two pen
nies in his pocket, all difficulty would have
immediately vanished. [Having thought of
the orange, he would have bought it with one
of them, and supplied his pipe withthe other.
But, as ailiirs now stood, he must utterly de
ny himself, or ¢lse deny his child.
~ For minutes the question was debated.
1 will see as | come back,' said Claire at
last, starting on his errand, and thus for the
‘time making a sort of compromise. As he
walked along, the argument still went on in
his mind. T'he more his thoughts acted in
this new channel, the more light came into
the cobbler's mind, at all times rather dark
and dull. Certain discriminations, never be
fore thought of, were made, and certain con
victions forced themselves upon him,
*What isa pipe of tobaceo to a healthy man,
compared toan orange to a sick child? utter
ed half (loud, marked at last the final conclu
sivn of his mind ; and as this was said, the
pipe which was stlll held in his fingers, was
thrust determinedly into his pocket.
As he returned home, Claire bought thaor
ange and in the act experienced a new pleas
ure. By a kind of necessity he bad worked
“on, daily, tor lus fumily, upon which was ex.
pended nearly all of his earnings; and the
~whole matter came so much as a thing of
'eourle. that it was no subject of conscious
thought, and produced no emnotion of delight
or pain. But, the giving up of his tobacco
for the sake of his little Lizzy, was an act of
self-denial entirely out of the ordinary course
and it brought with itits own sweet reward.
When Claire got back to his home, Lizzy
was lying ot the bottom of the stairs, waiting
for his return. He lifted her, as vsual, in bis
arms, and carried her up to his shop. Afrer
placing her upon the rude couch he had pre
pared for her, he sat down upen his bench,
and ay he looked upon the white, sunken fice
of his dear child, and met the fixed, sad gaze of
her large earnest eye, a more than usual ten
derness canie over his ‘eelings. "T'len, without
a word, hie took the orange from his_ pocker,
and gave it into her hand
Instantly therecame a deep flush of sur
priso and pleasure. A smile trembled around
!ner wan lips, and an unusual hght glittered
in her wan eyes. Kagerly she placed the
fruit to her mouth and drank its refreshing
Juise, while every part of her body seeined
quivering with a sense of delight,
Is it good, dear ' at length asked the fa
ther, who sut looking on with & new fecling
at his heart,
The ehild did not answer in words; but'
words could not have expressed her sense of
pleasure so eloquently-=as the smile that litup
and made beautiful every feature of her face. |
While the orange was yet at the lips of
Lizzy, Mis. Claire came wp into the shoep for
some purpose. '
‘An orange !" she exclaimed with surprise.
‘Where did that come from?' |
SOh, mamma! it is so good ! sail the
child, taking from her lips the portion that
yet rematned, and looking at it with a happy
face.
‘Where in the world did that come from,
Thomas ' asked the mother.
o buugllt it with my last penny,' replied
Claire. *I thought it would taste good 1o
her.’
‘But you had no tobacco.’
~ +l'll do without that uutil to-morrow,’ re
plied Claire.
‘lt was kind in you to deny yourself for
Lizzy's sake.'
This was said in an approvieg voice, and
added another pleasurable emotion to those
he was already feeling. The mother sat
down, and, for a few moments, enjoyed the
sight of hiersick child, as with unabated eager
ness she continued to extract the refreshing
juice from the fruit. When she went down
stairs and resumed her household duties, her
heart beat more lightly in her bosom than it
had beaten for a long time.
Not once through that whole day did Thom.
as Claire feel the want of his pipe, for the
thought of the orange kept his mind in so
pleased a state, that a mere sensual desire like
that of .a will' of tobacco, had no power over
him,
Thinking of the orange, of course, brought
other thoughts ; and before the day closed,
Claira had made a caleulation of how much
his beer und tohaeco money would amount 1e
in a year. The sum astonished him. He
paid rent for the little honse in which he lived,
ten pounds sterling a year, which he always
thought a large sum. But his beer anl to
baceo cost nearly seven pounds! He went
over and over the calenlition a dozen times,
in doubt of the first estimate, but it always
came out the same. Then he began to go
over in his wnind the many comforts seven
pounds per annum would give to his family ;
and particularly how many little luxuries
might be procured {or Lizzy: whose delicate
apoetite turned from the coarse food that was
daily set before her.
But 1o give up the beer and tobaceo it toto,
when it was thought of seriously appeared im
possible. How could he live without them?
*On that evening the customer whose boots
he had taken home i the morning, called in
unexpectedly, and paid for them. Claire re
tained a sixpénce of the money, and gave the
balance to his wife. \Wirth this sixpence in
his pocket he went out for a mug of beer and
some tobaceo to replenish his pipe. He staid
some time—longer than he usually took for
such an errand.
When he came kack he had three oranges
in lis pocket; and in his hands were two fresh
buns, asd a cup of new milk. No beer hal
passed his lips; and lus pipe was yet unsup
plied. He had passed through another long
conflict with his old appetites; but love for
his child came off, as betore the conqueror.
Lizzy, who drooped about all day, lying
down most of her time, never went to sleep
early, She was awake, as usual, when her
father returned. With scarcely less eager
ness than she had eaten the orange in the
morning, did she now drink the noarishing
milk and eat the sweet buns, while her fa
ther sat looking at her, his heart throbbing
with inexpressible delight.
From that day, the pipe and the mug were
thrown aside. 1t cost a prolonged struggle.
But the man eonquered the mere ammal.
And Cliire found himsell’ no worse off in
health, He coull work as many hours, and
with as hittle favigue; in fct betound hunselt
brighter in the moining, and ready to go to
work earlier, by which he was enabled to in
crease at least a shilling or two, his weekly
income. Added to the comfort of his family,
eight or ten pounds a year produced a great
change. But the greatest change was in lit
tle Lizzy. For a few weeks, every penny
saved from the beer and tohacco, the father
regularly expended for his sick child ; and w
soon became apparent, that it was nourishing
food, more than medicine, that Lizzy veeded.
She revived wonderfully ; and no long time
passed before she could sit up for hours.—
Her little tongue, too, became free once more,
and many an hour ot labor Jdid her voice be
guile. Aad the blessing of better food came
also in time to the other children, and te all.
*Sa much to come from the right spending
of asingle penny,’ Claire said to himself, as
he sat and reflected one day. *Who could
have believed t 1
Aud as it was with the poor cobbler, so it
will be with all of us. There are little mat
ters of sell-denial, which, if we had but the
true beaevolence, justice, and resolution to
practice, would be the beginning of wnore im
portant acts of like nature that when perform
ed, would bless not only our families, but oth
ers; and be returned upon us in a reward of
delight incomparably beyond anything that
selfish und sensual indulgence have in their
power to hring.
A Rogser's Straracem.—A Freebooter,
taking an evening walk on a highway in Scot
laud, overtook and robbed a wealthy merchaut
traveller. His purpose was notachieved with
out a severe struggle, in which the thief lost
his bonnet, and wasobliged to escape, leaving
it outhe road. A respectable farmer happen
ed to be the next pisser, and seeing the bon
net, abzlited, ook 1 upand rather imprudent
ly putit onhis own head. At this instant the
robbed man came up with some nsnislnncoi
~and recognised the honnet, charged the farm
er, with having robbed him, and took him in
to custody. There being some likeness be
tween the two parties, the merchant persisted
in the charge. and though the respectability
of the furmer was admited, he was indicted
~and placed at the bar of a Superior Court for
trial. The government witness, the merchant,
swore positively as to the identity of his bon
net, and deposed likewise to the identity of
the farmer. ‘l'he case was made out by this
and other evidence, apparently against the
prisoner. But there was a man in Court who
' well knew both whao did and who did not com
' mit the erime.
T'his was the real robber, who suddenly ad
vauced trom the crowd, and seizing the fatal
honnet, whien lay on the table before the wit
ness, placed it on his own head, and looking
him full in the faee, said to him in a volce of
thunder,
‘Liook at me, sir, and tell me on the oath
you have swornam not | the inan who robbed
you on the highway I’
T'he merchant replied in vety great aston
ishmente
‘By heaven! you are the very man.'
*You see,’ said the robber, *what sort of
memory the gentdeman has—he swears to the
bonnet, whatever features areunder it. If the
Hon. Judge were to put it on his own head, |
dare say he would testify that he robbed him.'
The innoecent prisoner was on this evidence at
once acqmtted, beeanse no relianee could be
placed o such testimony ; and yetit was pos
inive evidence.
A Wonrp 1x Srasox. —Shater, that excel.
lent comedian, was onee in disgrace with his
audience in consequence of irregularities ;
they demanded an apology. Shuter was
8 mewhat tardy, and a lady was going on with
her part, but the audience calied our, ‘Shuter,
Shuter ! the arch comediam peeped from be
hind the eurtain and said -
*Pray do not shoot her. The lady is iono
cent, the fanlt is entirely my own.'
This put the hovee in good humor, and
Shuter was received with applawse.
PROPOSALS FORCAMRYING THE MAILS,
Extract from the actof Congress of 3d March, 1415, seetion 18,
“And he it purther enacted, That it shall be the duty of
the Postmaster General, in all future lettings of contracts
for tho transportation of the mail, to let the same, in every
case, to thy lowest bidder tendering suthcient ganrantees
for ‘mhml perfurmance, without other reference to the
maode of such tmmpomt‘un than may be neeess ry to pro
vide for the due celerity. certa nty, and security of such
transportation ; nor shall any new contractor hereatier be
required to pure 'ase ou'y or take at a valuation, the stock
or vehicles of any previow + contractor for the same route.”
8 Widders will be careful to read the foris nnd lust ue
tions appended to this advertisement. ‘l'hey are requested
o statey in their proposals, the mode by which they jutend
to convey the mail. Whe's the sigo and weight of the
miils or the speed ealled for in the schedules, shall cequire
it, the contracts will be made for coae )y, steatiboat, or rail
road conveyance, as the case may be ; and, cousequendily,
such rontes will he let to bids proposing such mode of con
veyance. In all other cases, ILo routes will be assigned to
hids proposing the cheapest mode of transportation,
¥ Railroad a-.mup\nm are specially notified that their
regular bids are to be undorstood as inclading the supply
of each ffice on the line of their respective ruads, notover
nffl'm"" of a mile from a depot, Separate proposals for
offices more than aquarter of a mile ..n’, willhe considered,
l) ROPOSALS for carrying the mails of the
nited States from the Istday of July, 1519, to the 30th
of June, 1853, inclusive, in Rhode Island, will be received
at the contract office of the Post Oflice Depa tment, in the
city of Washington, until 9 a, m., of the 4th April, 1819,
(to be decided by the 24th day of April, 1849,) on the routes
and in the manner and time herein specitied, viz:
RHODE ISLAND,
601, From Pl’uvidßl'i;;:{al-1..11;.:;'V..-l-_\T L}, excet #unday,
By Vue de I'Eau, Barrington, Warren, ristol, and
Postsmouth
To Newport, by 3 p. m, 29 miles
And back between 10 nwm and 4 r m; with six ad
| ditional weekly teips to Bristol 8 months of the
year,
602. From Providence at 64 p m every day, except Sunday
B/ East Greenwich, Kingston, Shamrock Midls,
Doreville, and Westerly
To Stonington, by 9 p n, 48} mil s
And back between 24 oo and 5 am,
603, From Providence at 3) p m every dav, except Sunday
By Pawtuxet, Warwick, and East Greenwich
To Wickford, by 8 p m, 22 miles
And back between G a m and 10 a m,
604, Froviderce at 4 p.m, Monday, Wednesday, and Priday
By Knightsville, :\fuurk,Ceulrc-vullo,l‘uwu ry, West
Greenwich, Piae 1, Brand’s Tron Works, Hop
kinton, North Stonington, (Conn,,) Mystic, Centre
Groton, and Groton
T'o New London, by 5 p m next days, 57 miles
And back between 7 o m, Monday, Wednesday,and
Priday, and 10 a w next days ; with three addi
tionul weekly trips to Coventry, 14 miles,
605, From I'lm\'nh'lco at 12 m, Monday, Wednesday, and
Fouda
By Nnu’u{n.msville, South Scituate, Mount Vernon,
Rice City, Quondoc, and Moosup, (Coan,)
To Ceatral Village, by 5 p i, 30 miles
And back between 7 a m and | p m, next days,
606, From Providence at 55 a m, Monday, Wednesday,
and ¥ iday
By North #cituate, South Foster, and South Killing
by, (Cona) to V\’es’. Killingly, by Il a m, 25 miles
And bock het veen 2 p mand 75 p in, next days,
607, From Pr vidence at 5; a m, Tuesd .y, Thursday, and
daturday
Ky Nor hSeituate, Poster,and East Killingly,(Conn )
To Killingly, by 104 a m, 26 miles
And back between 24 p m and 7! p m, Monday,
Wednesday, and Friday
608, From Providence atd p. m, Monday, Wednesday, and
Satarday
By Lippitt,
To Viskville, by 7 p m, 12 miles
~ And back between Ga m and 10 a m sune days,
Froposals for six-times a-week service will he considered,
609, From Providence at 3 p m every day, except Sunday
By Fruit Hill, Greenville, and Chepachet
To Pascong, hy 7 pm, 19 miles
And back betwe n Gam and 10 a m; Frait Hill to
Le omitted b/ three of the trips, each way,
610. From Providence at 7 a m every day, except Sunday
By Pawwucker, Valley Falls, Lousdale, Lime Rock,
Albion, Cumberiand Hill; Woonsocket Falls, Wa
terford, (Mass,,) Back<tone, Slatersville, Mallville,
Uxnridge, Whatinsville, Northbridge, Farnums
ville, Wilkinsonvilie, and Millbury
To Worcester, by 9% a m, 44 miles
And back between 7) wm and 10] am ; with an ad
ditional six times-v-week mwl between 3} pm
and 6 pm eing, and 34 p mand 6! pm r-turning.
611 From south Seituate at 6 p m, Tuesday, Thursday,
and Saturday
By Clayville
To Foster Centre, by 8 pm, 6} miles
And back between 6 a m and # a m, Monday, Wed
neay, and Friday
612, From Chepachet, at 6 p m, Tuesday, Thursday, and
Hatarday
To Burnillville, by 7 p m, 3} miles
And back between 6 a m and 7 a m, samn days,
613, From Newport at 6 a m, Tuesday and l"rulany
By Jnmestown,Narragansett, T'ower Hill, Wakefield,
Perryville, and Charleston
To Westerly, by 7 pm, 37 miles
And bock between 6 am and 7 p m, Monday and
Tharsday,
614, From Newport at 8 a n, Friday
To New shoreham, by 6 p o, 3l miles
And back between 8 am and 6 pm, Thasday.
615, From Wakefield at 6! o w every day, except sunday
By Peacedale and Kingston
To Ratroad Depot, by 8 am, 6 miles
And "ack hetween 4 pm and 6 p .
616, Froin Coventry at 8 a i, Saturday
By Noose Neck Hill, West Greenwich Centre, and
Fscoheag
To Voluntown, (Conn,) by 4 p m, 26 miles
And back between 8a m and 4 p on, Frulay,
617, From We terly at 8 a m, Monlay Wednesday, and
Friday
Ity Potter’s Hill
To Hopkinton, by 10 a m, 8 miles
Aud back between 10} a m and 12m, same days.
KForm for a bid where no change from ad«
vertisement is contemplated by the bidder.
O (or we, us the case may he) (here write the name or
names i fullj of [here state the residence or residence 1)
hereby propose to carry the mail on No. from to
43 oflen as the advertisement requires, i the time
stated in the schiedules, and by the following mode of con
veyance to wit ; [Here state how it is to be couveyed,] for
the annual sum ot § o
Form ofa guarantee to accompany cach bid.
“The undersigned [here Isert the name of the guaran
tor or gnarantors| guaranties that, [here insert iune of
bidder or names of bidders, as the case may be, ] if his (or
their) bid for earrying the mail from to be ac
cepted by the Postmaster General, shall enter into an obli
gation prior to the first day of July wext, with good and
sufficient sureties to perform the service proposed.”
Form of Certificate.
The 'mdnnigfi'cx‘l:;;xb—stl;l;tut-e;:)f-_' 3 iad yeertifies that
the guarantors above named are sufficient and able to make
goud their guaranty,
Instructions.
1. Seven minutes are nllowed for ureninn and closing
the mails at all oifices where no particular time s specified
but on railroad and steamboat routes there is to be no more
delay than is necessary to deliver and receive the bags,
2, T'he mail is to be conveyed Inrrefcrenve to prssens
gers, and to their entire exclusion, if its weight aud bulk
require it,
3. Post office blanks, mail bags, and the special agents of
the department, on the exhibition of their credentials, are
to be conveyed without further change, on mauil lines ad
mitting of such conveyance.
4. Mail ngents ure to ba conveyed withont charge on the
principal railroad and steamboat lins, where tie size of
the mails and the number of the offi “es will require their
empleyment by the department ; and in that case, a sepa
rate apartinent for the assorting and safe-keeping of the
mail is to be provided by the contractor, under the direc.-
tion of the department.
5. [n all eases thera is to be a forfeiture of the pay of the
trip when the trip is not run ; a forfeiture of at least one
fourth part of it when the running or arrival is so far be
hind time asto lose the connexion with a d2pending mail ;
and a forfeiture of a due proportion of it when a grade of
service is rendered inferior to that in the contract. ‘l'hese
forfeitures may be increased into penalties of higher amount,
according to the nature or frequency of the failure and the
importance of the mail.
€. Fines will be imposed, unless the delinquency be sat
isfactorily explained in due time, for failing totake from, or
deliver at, a post office, the mail, or any pa t of it ; for suf
fering it to be wet, injured, lost, or destroyed ; for convey
ingitina place or manner that exposes it to depredation loss,
orinjury ; for recusing aiter demand to convey a mail by
any coach, railroad ¢ 1, or steamboat, which the contrac
tor regularly runs on the route beyond the specified num
ber of trips in the contract, and for not arriving at the time
set ; and for setling up or running an express to transmit
commercial intelligence in advance of the mail, a penalty
will be exacted equal to a quarter’s pay.
7. The Postinaster General may annul the contract for
repeated failures ; for violating the postoffice laws j for dis
obeying the instructions of the department ; for refusing to
discharge a carrier when required by the department ; for
assigning the contract without he consent olllhe Postinas
lorduenoml, or for setting up or ruaning an express as afore
sard,
8, The Postmaster General may alter the contra-t, and
alter the xchedule, he allowing a pro rata increase of com
pensation, within the restrictions imposed by law, for the
additional service required, or for the increased speed, if
the employment of additional stock or ¢ rriers is rendered
necessary ; but the contractor mnK. insuchease, relinquish
the contract, on timely notice, if he prefers it to the change.
T'he Postmaster General may annul the contract or curtail
the service, and pay when he wishes to dispense with the
service, in whole or in part, or place a higher or different
grade of service on the route, he allowing one mouth’s ex
tra pay on the amount dispensed with,
9. ’fihe payments will be made through drafts on post
offices or otherwise, after the expiration of each quarter—
sa/ in February, May, August, and No ‘ember.
10, The distances nro‘rwen according to the best infor
“mation ; but no increased pay will be allowed, should they
i prove to be greate: than is advertised, if the places are cor
rectly named.
11. The Postmaster General is prohibited by law from
knowingly making a contract for the transportation of the
mail with any person who shall have entered into any com
bination, or ‘mmond to enter into any combination, to pre
vent the making of any bid for a mail contract by any other
person or persons, or who shall have made any agreement,
or shall have given or performed, or promised to give or
perform, any consideration to do, or not to do, any lhlnu
whatever to induce any other person not to hid for a ma
contract, Particular attention is called to the 25th section
3(‘ the act of 1836, prohibiting combination to prevent bid
ing.
12. A bid received after time, to wit: the 4th April next,
at 9 a. m, or without the guaranty n&niml hy 'aw, or that
combines several routes in one sum of ‘ompensation, can
not he considerad in competition with the regular proposal
not adjndged to be extravagant,
13. A bidder may offer, where the transportation ealled
for in the advertisement s difficult or impracticable at cer
tain seasons, to substitute an inferior mode of conveyance,
or to intermit servi:o a specified number of days, weeks,
or months. He may propose to omit an office that is inae
cessible, or 15 not on the stage road, the railway, orat a
“teamboat landing, as the ease may be ; or he may offer to
substitute an inferior mode of supply in such cascs, He
may propose diff:rent days and hours of departure and ar
rival, provided no more mnning time is askod, nnd it is
ohvions that no mail connexion or other publle aceommo
dation is prejudi ed. He may ask for more ranning thne
to the trip, during a ommed numbor of days, at certaln
foasons of rcnli- roads ; but beyond l‘on rhnuna
a proposal for ser different from the advertisement w
prevent its being dansidered in competition wit a regular
bid not <ot aside for extravagance ; and where a bid con
tiins any of the above ullmmnm.: th'- ir .l'sudvnv.rutn- wil
be owtinated in comparing it with other proposals.
I Thae dmcdmfl tid A In & proposal.
15. The route, the service, the yearly rny, the bidder's
name and residence, and the name of each member of the
firm, where n company offers, should be distinctly stated
also the mode of conveyance, if a ligher mods than on
horseback 14 intended, T
16, ‘L'he bl should be sent under seal, addressed to the
First Assistant Postmaster General, witih *“Muil Proposals
in the State of —e—e " written on the face of the letter;
and should he despitehed in time to be received by or be
fore the 4th Apiil next, at 9 o’clock, a. m. It should be
gunrantied, and the sufficiency of the guarantors should
be duly teitilied, (See turms,)
s 117. ‘l'lve contruets are to be executed by or hefure the Ist
iy noxt,
1%, Postmasters at offices situnted upon or near railronds,
but more than eighty rods from a depot, will, immediately
after the 2ith April next, reportthnt }urt to the department
stuting thewr exact distance from the radroad depot l"‘
how otherwise supplied with the mail, to en ble the Post
master General to Jluc! the proper supp y to be made from
the railroad by mail messe.agers, from and after the Ist
July next,
19. Under the act of 3d March, 1815, the route is to be
let to the lowest bidder, tendering sutlicient guaranties for
faithful performance, withoat other reference to the mode
of transportation than may be necessary to provide for the
due celerity, certainty, and security of such transportation.
When the lowest bid proposesa inode of conveyance that
Is inadequate for the route in respect to the certuinty, se
curity, nnd celerity of the mails, aside from uny «ccommo
datien for travel, t will not ce entitled t) the route,
20, When the bid does not name a mnode of conveyance,
it will be taken and understood to be for the lowest mode
of conveyance, it will be taken and understood Lo be for
the lowest mode of conveyanee, to wit: on horseback,
When it proposes to carry according to the advertisement,
and no mode of conveyunce 1= stated for the route in the
advertisement, it will be considered as otfering only for
horseback conv yance,
¢l Since the passage of the act of March 3, 1815, a new
desceription of bid has been received. It sp-cifies no mode
of conveyance, butengages to carry the mal with certuinty ,
colenty, and security, using the terms of the law, These
hids are called, from the manner in which they are desig
nated on the books of the department, * tar bids.” It has
been decided, afier mature consideration, that a bid pro
posing a specific mode of conveyance of s high a grade as ‘
two horse conch transportaiion is to be prefered to the star
bil, The experience of the department enables it to lay
down the followin® riles, viz: |
When the mail on the route is not v large as to require
two-horse conch conveyance, a star bid, il the Jowest, will
be preferred to the specifie bid,
22 When the mails are of such size and weight as to
render it necessary orespedient, in reference to them alone,
to provide two horse conch conveyance, the specific bid,
though the highest, will be preferred to the star bid, t the
extent of a modernte ditfference i the compensation, in
cave the difference is not such a# to interfere with the pol
1y of the new law, which looks to a reduction in the cost
of transportation. Kxeeptions, howeve', may he allowed
where the star bid is made by the present owner of the
stock on the route, and it is manitest that the reasons for
preforning the #pecific bid do not exist in his cnse,
24, On rontes of the highest class, wh re four horse conch
or steambont transportation is requ‘rml by the size and in
portance of the mails, the preference for the specific bid
will be, if necessary, earried, to a greater extent of differ
ence than on the infertor coach routes ; subject, huowever,
to the exceptions nhove stated.
20 A moditication of a bid, i any of its essential terms,
i tantamount to a new bid, and canunot be received, 8o as
tw interfero with regular competition, after the last hour
set for receiving bide,
C. JOHNSON, Postmaster General,
Post Ovvice Derantvest, Dec. 18, 1818,
do—law 2w
The Asthma can be Cured !
© THE ONLY REMEDY !
l) R. PETER H. LEE has discovered a remedy that will
certainly and effectually eure the Spasmodic Asthma,
as has been demonstrated in hundreds of instances beyond
all doubt, e asks the attention of the ailheted to the tol
lowing lettor from Rev. L. D, William=on, who is well
known throughout the United States : >
Editor of the Htar—lt is known to some of your readers
and many of my triends, that I have recently found a cure
tor Asthina, with which I have suffered severely for many
years, During iy recent visit to the East, many anxious
inquiries were nde as to the means of a cure which ap
pears astonishing,
I'o save turther inquiries, and also to put others in the
way of procuring a like renef, allow me to say, that I pro
cured a prescription from Dr. Peter 11, Lee, to which alone
Lattribute a cure T have every reason to helieve perfect
undlranlu:ul. I have indeed no symptom or fecling of Asth
ma left,
Throngh a long period of fifteen years I have suffered
much—tried various medicines, and been acquainted with
hundreds of cases and I am weh sutisfied that Dr, Lee’s is
the only prescription that can be relied upon. Gratitude
to him for the iimmeasurable reliet he has bronght me, and
A desire to serve the suffering, have alone induced me to
make this public statement, which 1 do in the utinost con
fidence that those who follow my advice will not be disap
pointed, I. D. WILLIAMSON.
Cincinnatiy, Oct, 10, 1847,
In aletter sent Rev, Mr, Drew, of Augusta, Me., he says :
‘[ have not taken a half bottle, and am well, and have
no fears of Azthina again, inasmuch as 1 have for the last
two months been exposed to all sorts of weather, and am
free from that complaint which has made me o sufferer
through long dreary yoars.”
Dr. Lee believes, fromhis knowledge of the imedicine and
its effects, that the five cases will be permanently cured,
if the nse of it is continued.,
Now let the reader examine the impartial statement of
Rev. W, A, Drew, editorof the Gospel Banner, of Augus
ta, Maine, and he will be in possession of actual experi
ments, He says i—
“l'he editor of the Banner is no friend of humbuggery ;
and would not consent to receive any of this medicine on
sale until he had, by means of several bottes forwarded
through him :m-on«fned to his own satiztaction, that it is,
on the whole, a good medicine. He did not require that it
should cure every body, for such a pretension would be
humbuggery ; no medicine will cure in every case ; but if
he should ascertain that it accomplished the objectin a
wajority of cases, he meant to consider the fact as enough
to establi-h for it a good claim to general contidence, He
has ascertained that in fifteen out of seventeen cases ithas
given reliel’; that in ten of that number it appenrs to have
effected a cure ; and that, in the other two cases, noeffects
goud or bad have been perceived from its use. Justice,
however, requires us to s.y, that these cases were quite
hopeless ones, which it was not really expected any medi
cine could reach.”
Tathis might be added hundreds of similar testimonies ;
but the following froimn the editor of the Starin the Waest,
who is personally acquainted with Dr. Lee, and knows of
the sucesss of his medicine, is worthy of notice :
Tue Astuma Meprcing~Persons frequently write us
letters of inquiry about this medicine, to know it itisreally
what it cluims to be. 'We canonly say that the certificates
In the Star ire GENUINE==tO whic*l might be added mlu‘y
more of a similar character. Our own opinion is, that it
will p(‘rlu:uwnll{ cure at least eight out of every ten who
are troubled with the spasmodic asthma, It is cortainly a
very remarkable mcdicfile, ulthough we know uuthinl of
the ingredients of which it is composed. Jt is the first
riedicine, we believe, ever made known that will cure
the spasmodic asthma of long standing. A physician of
this city said to the maker of the medicine a few days ago
“Tell me what the medicine is made of and [ will give
you a hundred dollars ! It has cured an old gentleman, a
patient of mine, who has had the asthima these twenty
years!” He will only add some
l)ll'nlt'l‘.\N'F CONSIDERATIONRS,
[Tnlike quack medicines, it claims to cure but one disease ;
and there can be no deception when a case of asthma is
cured, T'he complaint is of that nature, as ull know who
have it that it cannot be charmed away by faith or other
wise. A man with a cough may suppose he has the con
snmption, take medicine, and get well. Perhaps he would
have recovered without it—but the medicine gets the cred
it The same i 3 true of patent pills and other nostrums
which elaim to cure almost all diseased, Not so with the
asthma, It generally follows a man all his life—and if he
therefore gets well after taking a certain medicine, he
knmes that cured him, He cannot be deceived, and no
remedy has ever been discovered except Dr. Lee’s that
will cure it.
To prevent imposition and counterfeits he designs to
contine the sale of it to a few responsible agents, lle rre
fers that it shall become known more by its success, than
by extensive advertising.
All orders for the medicine, wholesale,should be directed
to JOHN A, GURLEY, Cincinnati, Ohio, who can send it
by express to wlmost any principal tovn in the United
Hates; it may always be found at his bookstore on 4th st.,
five doors west of Walnut street. Price 83.
Jason Gurley, of Cincinnnti, Ohio, is the exclusive gen
eral agent for the medicine thronghout the United States.
The medicine may be had of the Messrs. ROWE, No. 25
Market square, Providence ; of J. M. 'T'wee, N 0.9 Bowery,
New York, and Wm. A. Drew, Augusta, Me Jy2o6
HAIR OIL.
‘Like Maia’s son he stood,
And shook his curls, that heavenly fragrance filled
The circuit wide,”—Paradise Lost,
B(ll{ltl.\'(:’l‘().‘%’fl Hair Oil, for preserving and bolulil?'-
ing the hair, is unrivalled by any article of the kind in
the market. In color and perfume it is equally unsurpass
ed. 'l'he former hath a glow of beauty that scems caught
“From the golden tints of even and of morn,”
while tho latter is redolent of all the edors of Paradise.
Prepared and for sale wholesale and retail at the sign of
the Golden Mortar, 125 lliq‘h st, by
au2i M. Il BURRINGTON), Chemist and Apothecary.
BURRINGTON'S CONSOLIDATED
ESSE.\'«‘E of Indian Balm and Boneset Cough Candy,
in the forin_of Drops, the most potent and mlnmb{e
remedy in use, for the cure of coughs, colds, =ore throat,
whooping congh, bronchivis, phthisic, and all disenses of
the pulmonary organs, Those who are atilicted with conghs
in the night will find great relief by cesorting to these
Drops. For ciearing the voice of public stwnkcrn, vocalists
&c, these Drops are proomlnem:ly celebrated, Prop.nc‘
and for sale at the qu\ of the Golden Mortar, 125 High st,
by H.H BURRINGTON, Chemist and Apothecary.
GREAT BLESSING OF THE AGE.
DI()RHI;'S Componnd Byrup of Yellow Dock Root—The
demand for this celebrated article is daily increasing.
We are continually receiving orders from all parts of the
country for it, Our agent says in a letter we received
from him this morning that he had orders on hand for 76
dozen bottles. Tt is the greatest preventive of disease ever
known ; persons who take this will not be attacked with
summer complaints ; it is a great articleto have ina family
to give to children to keep thep well. l’n-r-m\d only by
the proprietor, at 167 Broad st. C. MORSE, ]r.
WESTMINSTER LIBRARY.
‘VE have established a cireulating Library, with the
above name, in connexion with our booxstore, at 140
Westminster st, and shall be happy to receive the calls of
the reading community in town and country. We have
nearly one thousand volumes to offer at the start, compris
ing the most valuable in every del:rutmvntnf Literature,
Biography, IH-tur{, Voyages and Travels, Domestic Econ
omy, l‘:wtry. all the best novels and the latest works on
tho ancient and modern sciences. Additions will be made
from day to day of new works, as soon as they are issued
from the press, Rich, rare lal racy Antiquagian Works
will be m‘lled occasionally, We shall cmlom&i accom
modate the wants of the public and we solicit™ share of
publie patronage, WINSOR & PERRIN.
PAPER HANGINGS,
l“m-‘.m‘" and American Paper Hangings—Hyxny Cusn
& Co, 116 Westininster st, have justrec’d from France
i assortment of elegant "ni and other Paper Hangin
and Borders, Landscape Views and Fire Board hnz
neapes ; nlso, a handsome “‘T’ of American Papers of all
prices and a great variety of o e::‘m printed Window Cur
tnins, Those in want of the above articles are invited to
eall and examine them, as it is presumed that their assort
ment s as complete and will be sold as reasonable as can
he found in the eity. mi
WEERKLY PAPERS,
WF. receive all the wooil'{ Purn A% 500 N a 8 out, name
ly : Philadelphia Saturday Evening Post and Ameri
ean Courier, Bonnett’s W ekly Herald, Weekly Tribune,
National Police Gazette, O«MI?:| Mercury, Ned Buntline’s
Own, Olive Branch, Rambler, Flag of our Union, London
Punch, Ninstrated fiown, &c.
Also, the Magazines, viz : Colambian, Graham, Rartain’s
Union, Ladies’ .\'ulkm.l.fiu‘“'n Lady’s Book, &e.
& WINSOR & PERRIN, 14) Wostiinaer
WESTERN NEW YTORK
COLLEGE OF HEAL'TIIL.
207 Main street, Buffalo, N, Y.
Dll. G. C. VAUGHN’S Vegetable Lithoutriptic Mixture,
A CELERRATED MEDICINE Which has made
. GREAT CURES IN ALL DISEASES,
is now introdiiced into this section. "'he limits of an ad
‘vertisement will not permit an extended notice of this
umed‘{ ; we have only to say it hns for its Agents in the
Unite States and Canadas n large number of educated
% MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS
in high professional standing, who make a general use of
it in their practice in the following disenses :
| DROPSY, GRAVEL,
and diseases of the veiNauy oraans; Pires, and all dis
enses of the blood ; derangements of the Liver, &e., and
all general diseases of the systemn. It is PARTICULARLY RE-
QuEsTED that all who contemplate the use of this urticle,
or who desire information ro;roclin;il. will
OBTAIN A PAMPHLET
of 32 pages, which Agents whose names are b low will
gladly give away ; this book treats upon the method of cure
~explaing the properties of the article, and the disenses it
has been used for over this count y and Lurope for four
years with such perfect efiect. Ovenr 16 packs of testimo
ny from the highest quarters will be tound, with
NAMES, PLACES AND DATES,
which can be written to by any one inierested, and the
parties will auswer post paid communications.
0 Be panTICULER AND
ASK FOR THE PAMPHLET,
as no other such pamphlet has ever been seen. Thoe evi
dence of the power of this medicine oveER ALL DIsEASES I 8
guarantied by persons of well known stunding in society,
Put up in 30 oz, and 12 oz. bottles, Price $2, 30 oz.; $1
12 oz.; the larger being the cheaper. Lvery bottle hus
G, Co VAUGHINY
written on the directions, &c, See pnmphlet page 25. Pre
pared by G. U, VAUGIHN, and sold at Principal Office,
207 Main Street, Buffulo, N. Y. Otlice devoleJ to sale of
this article EXCLUSIVELY, 132 Nassnu, New-York, and
corner of Essex and Washington, Salem, Mass,, and by
Drungists thronghout this couatry and Canada as Agents,
Agents.—J. Balch & Son, C, Dyer, Jr, Robinson & Pot
tor, Providence ; Uriah B. Crocker, Valley Falls ; [ra Rich
ards & Co, North Attleborough ; James Helme, Woonsock
ot; C. Gunn, Blackstone ; Gardiner Chace, East Douglas ;
Horace Kimball, Chepachet ; E. H. Snith, Greenwille ; O,
Baker, Warwick ;B. W, Vaughn, .\l»pnnnng WM. Manf'g
Co., dueuvillo; J. Brown & Bon, Bast Greenwich; R,
Sweet, Wickford ;T. L. Taylor, Kingston; C. Hazard,
Wiakefield ; H. W. Stillman, Westerly ; James Kelly, Ol
neysville ; W, 8, Ballou, Scituate, 020
FITS! RIS
HART’S VEGETABLE EXTRACT
Is the only remedy that can be rlied on for the perma
neut cure of Spasmodic Contractions, irritation of the
Nerves, Nervous or Sick Headache, Nervous Tremors,
Neuralgic AfFsctions, General Debility, Deficieney of Ner
vous and Physical Energy, and all Nervous Disorders, in
cluding the most dlcudl‘uc of all diseaszes that ever affect
the human roce—
EPILEPTIC FITS,
Or Falling Sickness, Hysterieal Fits, Convulsions, Spasms,
&c. Doctor Hart would impress it upon the minds of the
afflicted, that the Vegetalle Extract is the only remedy
ever discovered that can be relied ¢n for the permanent
cure of this most dreadful of all discases. As its tendency
is to insanity, madness and death, the most
% SKILLFUL PHYSICIANS
of Europe, as well as those of our own country, have pro
nounced I-Spilep-y incurable. And it has been so consid
ered by many, until this wmost important of all discoverics
was made by Doctor 8, Hart, nearly sixteen years since,
during which time it has been rorfimmng s 0 eof the most
REMARKABLE CURES
uron record, and has acquired a reputation which time
alone can ell’uco. Physicians of undoubted skill and ex
rem-nce. Ministers of varions denominalions, as well as
iindreds of our eminent citizens, all unite in recommend
ing the use of this truly valuable medicine to their patients,
charge, and frieml-bwhu are afflicted, as the only remedy.
WE QUOTE THE LANGUAGE
Used by those who have been cnred by this valuable med
icine. One says, “I have sutfered beyond my power of
description, but now I tj{oiu in being fully restored to
health and happiness.” Another tays, “I thank God 1
feel that I am a well man. lalso feelit iny duty to pro
claie it tothe ends of the earth, that those similarly atficted
may find relief. Another, (who is an
EMINEN: LAWYER,
and well known in this city,) says, “*My son has heen
afilicted for yoars with Epilepsy, but is now enjoying good
health romn the Vego!n!ple Extract. Its fame,” says he
“should and onlhc to be sounded to the ends of the earth.”
Another says, ¢ ,anrmgo is entirely inadequate to exp: ess
my gmlilm‘o to Dr. Hart, for having been the means, un
der the blessing of Gud, of restoring me to the enjoyment
of good health, after having been afflicted with ‘lpllcpny
in its worst forms for more than tventy-three years, and
my morning and evening obiation of praise and thanksgiv
ing shall continue to ascend to that God who has atflicted
but to make me whole.**
Mr. Stephen E. Pratt, corner of SBixth Avenuennd Tl'wen
ty-Bixth street, New York, states that Mr. Chas. H. Bough
ton, a member of his family has been so severely afllic.ed
with Epile‘uic Fits for many y-ars, that he was oblhiged to
relinquish his business. Hav ng used Dr, Hart’s Vegeta
ble Extract (says Mr. Pratt,) he was soon restored to per
fect health, and left this city for the State of Ohio to resume
his business,
Rev. Mr. Smith, Rector of St. Peter’s Chureh,Spot<wood,
New Jersey, who has been aflicted with lflulepm Fits for
more than forty years, states that he has used Dr. Hart’s
Vegetable Extract, and his health has been so much in
g«wed that he hopes by Divine blessing, to have no more
its,
EPILEPTIC FITS,
For twenty-seven years and six mounths, eured by the
use of this truliv wonderful medicine,
. Read the following remarkable case of the son of Wm.
Secore, Esq., of Philndeyvhiu, afflicted with Epleptic Fits
twenty-seven years and six months. After travelling
throngh England, Scotland, Germany aud France, consult
ing the most eminent physicians, and expending for medi
cine, medical treatment and advice thiree thousand dollars,
returned with his son to this country in November last,
wiiumul receiving any benefit whatever, and was cured by
using
HART’S VEGETABLE EXTRACT.
I have spent over three housand dollars for medicine
and medic attendance. I was advised to take a tour to
BEurope wi h him which I did, I first visited England, I
consulted he most eminent physicians there in respect to
his case ; Lthey examined him and prescribed accordingly.
I remained there three months without perceiving any
chan"uf r the better, which cost me about two hundred
and fifty dollars, pocketed by the physicians, and the most
|l rocoivzd was their opinion that my sou’s case was hope
ess, an
g POSITIVELY INCURABLE.
I accordingly left England travelled through Scotland
Germany and France, and returned home in the month ol
November last, with my son as far from being enrcd as
when [left. 1 saw your advertisement in one of the New
York papers, and concluded to try Hart’s Vegetahle Ex
tract, seeing |your statements and certificales of o many
cures, some of twenty and thirty years standing, and [ ean
assure {uu I am neg sorry [ did sy, as by the use of Hart’s
Vegetable Extract alone he was restored to
PERFECT HEALTIL.
His reason, which was so far gone as to unfit him for
buiness is endrely restored, with the prospect now before
him of life, health and usefulness. Ie is now 28 yeurs of
age, and o years G months of this time has been afllicted
with this most dreadful of diseases, but thank God is now
on{aying good health.
Now, sir, faith without works I don’t believe in. To
say 1 shall be ever ‘.ruel‘ul to you is one thing, and as I
here enclose you rme hundred dollars, I have no doubt but
you will think this another and quitite a difterent thing,
T'he debt of gratitude I still owe you ; hut please accept
this amount as interest on the debt in advance.
Yours, very respectfully,
(Signed) WILLIAM SBECORE.
THE TIME IS NOT FAR DISTANT
When thousands who are now trembiing under the hand
of this dreadful disease, and fearing that every attack may
prove fatal, will find permanent relief and be restored to
new life hiuainyhiu celebrated medicine.
OVER ONE THOUSAND CERTIFICATES
Have been received in testimony of the heneficiul results
produced by the use of Dr. Hart’s Vegetable Extract,
Prepared by 8. HART, M. D., New York.
Price, one package, £3OO
Do four packages, 10 00
Do eight Fnckngol, 20 00
It is carefully packed up in boxes for transportation, and
sent to any part of the United States, I'exas, Mexico and
West Indies.
THOMAS & MILES, 169 Main street, Cincinnati, Ohio,
Gencral Agonts for the United States, to whom all commu
nications must be addressed ro-t paid.
A.B. & D. SANDS, 100 Fulton st, Agent for New York.
ABEL TOMPKINS, 38 Cornhill, Agent for Boston,
CHARLES DYER, Jr, 40 and 42 Westminster #t, Agent
for Providence.
~ And for sale by most of the grincip«l Druggiats and Mer
chants throughout the United Btates, Canada and West
Indies.—sw&weow. nd
COMPOUND SYRUP OF DOCKROOT, DAN
DELION AND SARSAPARILLA.
WB, the undeulgned, having made nse of'the Compound
Syrup of Dockroot, Dandelion and Sarsaparilla, (pre
pared by Ambrose Morse, No. 142 Westiminster street, cor
ner of &Idy,)mlml\'u or in our families, we have no hes
itation in saying that it is in our opinion une of the best,
safest, and most effectual medicines, for the diseases for
which it is recommended, that we have ever used or been
acquainted with—
JOHN GLAMDING, 20 Arnold street,
JAMES BOYCE, 21 Carpenter s reet.
W. K. ADAMS, 151 Bouth Main street,
Mr. Amonrose Monrse, having made known to me the
meu by which he prepares his Compound Eyrup of Dock
, Dandelion and Sarsaparilla, I therefore #ay that the
| l:'mou is in strict accordance with well known chemical
we, and that the mrnuon must contain all the valua .
ble medicinal properties of the ingredicnts of which it s
composed, >
r,?ml I hesitate not l’: aa¥, aftera good deal of experience
of its use Juny practice, for more than a year that |
know it to B n valuable medicine for all u{uu 5.?5... for
which it is recommended ; likewise the best medicine to
take to sea for preventing BCIII’V{) Costiveness and Ship
Fever. CALEB BELCHER, M. D,
Providence, Jan. 11, 1848, jye
MORSE'S COMPOUND SYRUP
OP YELLOW DOCK ROOT, for purifying the blood,
&e. This Componnd will remove and canse a perma
nent eure of all diseases arising from an impure state of
the blood, such as Scrofula, which presonts itself in a va
‘riety of forms ; Salt Rheum ; King’s Evil . Pimples on the
Face ; Blotches ; Uleers ; Erysipelas ; Ring Worm ; Costive
ness ; Husmenuonofflu- Glands ; Mercurial Disease«; Dys
Rpth; aundice; Liver Comrhim-; Dropey ; General
bility ; Colds ; éu«.lu; Giddiness ; and remove every
mm.‘m whatever canse it may arise, and completely
renovate the system. Taking into consideration the saln
tary effect of t‘i- medicine, together with the quantity sold
for the price, it renders it decidedly the cheapest prepara
tion in use, As far as this article ha« been used it has sn
perseded all other preparations ever oifered to the public for
the above complaints,
fl;:lh medicine is put up in quart hottles, with the
w “Morse’s Celebrated Syrup, Prov. R. 1,” blown in
the ‘hu. and #old for one dellar per bottle, or six hottles
fur five dollars,
Prepared and sold wholesale and retail, by the srnwlotm.
C. MORSE, Jr., Druggist and Apothecary, | (formegy
%) Droad seend, Providence, R. & J
HARNESS AND TRUNK MANU
SADDLE, HA FACTORY.
SAMUEL WESSON,
NO. 4 NORTH MAIN STREET,
W()UI.D infoim his friends and the public that he is
still to be found at his old stand, No. 4 North Main
street, where he wuld be happy to furnish them with all
descriptions of articles in his line of busggness,
Now on hand and for snle on the vm't favorable tering
a complete assortment of £addies, Hatnesses, common am‘
traveling T'ranks, Valises, Carpet Bags, Portmanteaus,
Whips, Fly Nets, Collars, and a great vuxiely of other arti
cles too numerous to mention, jef4—tf
D. L. BEIRGE & Co,,
MERCHANT TAILORS,
No. 87 Westminster Strect, (up stairs,) Pro-
Vl"cnc“' R. l-, and
J. J. BIRGE,
No. 153 Broandway, New York,
‘v()lll,l) respectfully inform the citizens of Providence
that they have nvmml. ut the above place, n neat .m‘
chuice seleciion of FRENCH CLOTHS, CASSIMERES
AND VESTINGE, which they will make npto order, only,
One of the fitm who has been many years in busitess,
and is now establishied i New York, will select from the
latest importations and forvward from week 1o week, the
mm:‘chnlce and select styles, which may appear in that
market.
Theiwr long experience in cutting, acquired in first class
custom business in New Yo'k, and their facilities fur get
ting patterns direct from Paris, witl enable them to gratify
the most fastidious taste, in n wanner and on terms that
challenge competition. But while they hope to be able to
suit those who wish to fullow more strictly the FRENCH
FASHIONS, they have always endeavored to cultivate
the eye of the wts, and to pr duce garments equally
ldll‘ph:d to those of a imore mature age.
Their Cloths will be principally selected from the cele
brated manufactories of Diolly & Sons,—Simonis, &e., €0
well known for t' e beauty of their Lmuc und the un
changeable gloss of their Dyes., nll
LECONOMY IN KINDLING FIRLES,
e (l"A"!'l-‘..\:l' l:ll.'ll__'!‘_Slgg.‘lfltm).‘z
The attention of Housckeepers, Ship Masters, Groeers, Man
wfactvrers, Tin Smiths, §e, 1 invited to n Patent
Composition, ealled
CHEEVER & FIRE KINDLING,
WHIG s the best, most sufe and economicnl article
ever uged for Kindbing fives, Many testi onials ns
to its ntility might be otfered, but a trizl will convince the
most incredulous, Fifty cents will supply one fire every
day for six months, 1t wili dispense with the use of shav
ings and paper, and thus remove a very great risk from
many houses, ‘-:.-u-h package contnins 24 cakes, each cake
10 inch squares, one of which, instantaneously taking fire,
will burn with sutlicient heat and blaze to ignite hituminous
coul 5 and by the addition of a few small piece: of wood or
charcoal will Kindle the anthiracite, or by using a little
Ivger quantity no other kindling is required,
To every shipmaster it will be of great utility and con
venience, as it is not affected by water or elimate.
Dingcrions—After plucing one or wore of the small
squares, (as the kind of fuel requires) in the bottem of the
g'ate or stove, put on the fuel, then apply a lighted match
to the kindling undernenth, Oune of the inch squar s will
give a strsng and intense blaze from !5 to 20 minutes.,
~ Manufactured exciusively for GRAY, WOLCOTT &
GREENE, Industrial and Geneial Agents, 3 Spruce street,
New Yok,
M. ROBINSON, general agent for Providence and vicin
ity, Howard's Biock, Museym Avenue, of whom it can he
had wholesale and retail on favorable terms. Retail gro
cers and others disposed to sell the above aiticle are invited
ty call and see its operntion, 1w dl6
WILDER'S P.\'l‘lZ.\':‘ SALAMAANDER TRON
SAFLES,
MANUFACTURED BY
SILAS ¢ HERRING, New York,
A TRIAL wus made betore s Committee of eminent Mer
chants at the foot of Wall street, New-York, for the
g:rpou- of testing the fire-proof gualities of Wilder’s Patent
lamanderr Safe, os compared with those claimed for
Jesse Delano’s, C, J, Gayler's Patent Double, and Seott’s
Patent Asbestos Safe. The subjoined extraet from the
Committee’s Report, with the veunes of the gentlemen who
rendered that decisive verdict attached, prescuts clearly and
concisely the result of the experiment.
EXTRACT,
The above was a fair trial, and was tons a convincing
proof of the superiority of the Salumander Safe over all oth
ers; and considering that it wiw exposed to an intense heat
for a period of eighit honrs, winle each of the others were
destroyed by the snme heat in less than two hovrs, We
have no hesitation in saying, that we consider Wilder's
Salamander Safe really fire-proof, and affurding perfect se
eurity to books and papers in case of fire. We therefore
take much pleasure in making this statement to the publie,
and in recommending to them Wilder’s Patent Salamander
Sale, as fully entitled to their confidence.
'W ADEWORTH & BMITH, )
JALDWIN & €O, Loy ;
MINTURN & CO. Comuiittee,
CHARLES HLMARSHALL,
Subsequent accident) trials have heen equally satisfac
lary as can be shown by numerons certificates and testi
monials, and also by the tafe, which was testcd i the
burning of the building oecupicd by Messrs, Stone & Wea
ver, i this city, last Docember, and which ean be scen at
the store of BROWN, BARKLRE & CO. No. 53 Market
Street; and have an ao=ortinent of the Gennine Holomander
Fafes, for sale at mannfacturer’s prices. 17
CAUTION.
AS my Spanigh Lustral aud Medieated Hair Prescrvative
has acquired a bigh reputation, and is almost universal
:y used for promoting the growth and preserving and heauti
ying the hLair, another article has been bronght betare the
public under the same name, but entirely different in its
composition aud cfect, and [hereby cantion the public not
to be taken in by it, but always to mguire for “Camm’s
Spanish Lustral’” and w-e no other, if thiey wish to be se
cure from deception. ‘lhe ingredients, and a portion of
them can only be obinined from the Spanish makets, and
the manner of compounding the Lustral are known only to
myself, the secret having been communicated to me 12
i’onru since by a distngu shed surgeon in Bd nhurgh, Scote
and, and was by me introduced to the public fur the first
time. My Spanish Lustral may be known by its bright gold
en color, being free from all coloring matter which i ale
ways injnriolu to the hnir, and 1 would eaution the publie
not to use any article ol red color for the hair, 0z it must
tend to injure it very materially, and above ali to purchase
no artielg hearing the name of Spanizh Lustral unle s m{
name iz attached to ity as all others are vile imitations, eal
culated to deccive those who are unacquainted with the
{enuim- and high!y approved Camm’s Spanish Lustial.—
‘or sale by the proprictor,
I WL CAMM, €o} Westminster st,
And also by CHARLES DYER, Jr., 40 ande2 Westmin
ster st., sole agent for the Spanish Lustral. au 12—arf
LELAND S MUSIC STORE.
- Musieal insttuments and Musical Mer-
P 7B clinndise, ean be obtained ut this estab
; iy Hehment, of every deseription, and of
2 the very best quahity, consisting of supe
rior Guitars, plain and crnamental, at priecs hom €5 to
§25; Flutes of every description, from §lto $25; Clari
nets, Flagelets and Fifes, of various kinds «f wood and
finigh 5 Viohns at every price fiem 1 50 to £35; Nrass in
struments el every Kind; Pavjos; Tamborines; Tuning
Forks; Pipes ; Hammers ; Reeds ; Bridges ; Strings ; Resin 3
Pegs ; Bow Hair; Viclin Bows, and Vielin Trmuings ot
allkinds ; also, Seraphines ; Melodeons ; Accordeons ; Mu
sic Boxes; Musgic Racks, and Folios, & ¢,
Glee and Music Instruet:on books for every instivment
THE SHERT MUSlC—Consists of an extensive stock
of old and new music, ‘l'he publicaticns of every store in
the conntry ean bo obtained at this store. Purchasers will
find all the mewest a ol most favorite &« ngs und PVieces
continually for sale. Piano I'ortes to loty at prices from s£s
to 812 per gquart r ; also, second hagd Piancs for sule,
PIANO FORTEH tuned and warranted to give satisfae
tion,
REPATRING of every kind of Musical Instroments
with neatness and in the most expeditions manner,
The price of Music, Instruments and Merchandise as
Sold at this establ shment, as low, if not cheaperthon New
York or Poston. Orders will be attended to with the great
est care by A, M, LELAND, 135 Westminster st, mylo
PIANOFORTES.,
HALLETT, DAVIS & CO., Boston, re
=% spcctfully imform lhn-lmhlir that they have
appointed Mr, &, T THURBER, sole agent
for the sale of their Piano Fortes in the
State of Rhode Island. ‘I hey take this opportunity to ex
pross their thanks for the very liberal patronage they have
reccived from this city and vicinity, and would eall” the at
tention of purchasers and others to the recent improvements
tm:{ have made in ther instruments, rendering the tone
and action unsurpassed it equalled by any other ninke,—
The numerous medals and diplomas which they have re
ceived from the ditferent fairs at Philadelphin, New York
and Boston, is sufficient proofofthe high estimation in w hich
they arc held abroad as well as at home. Mr. Thurber will
be always supplied with a large assortment of Piano Fortes
of the first elass, which ean be obtained of him as low as at
the manufactory, and which will be warranted in all respects
perfect instroments,
~ B, T, Thurber has Just received n large supply of Piano
Fortes from the ahove makers, which he offers for sale at
his ware-rooms, 33 and 55 Weshininster st. 024
PIANO FORTL,
A large assortment of Rosewood, Black
Y walnut, and Mahogany Piano Fortes,
made by Hallett, Davis & Co., Boston,
' and warranted equal to any made in this
conntry, for sale very low ot
m 7 THURBER'S, 33 and 25 Westuiinster st.
New, and second hand Piano Eortes to let.
PIANO FORTES,
JUHT received at THURRBER'S Piano Forte rooms, 137
Westminster #t, Howard’s building, a fine necortment
of Pinnoe Fortes from the manufa tory of Hallett, Cumston
& Allen, Boston, warranted of thé vcr{ best quality, and
or sale at the manufacturers’ lowest prices, mygo
SHEET MUSIC AT 3CTS. PER PAGE !
T HE subscriber wishing to reduce his stock of sheet mm «
#ic, will sell it at 3 cents per page. New and popular
mnsie received weekly from New York and Noston, which
will be sold at the snme reduced price. Instruction Books,
and all Musical publications, for sale at much less than
former rices. at THURBERS, 157 Westminster st,
RUBBERES! RUBHURS!II RUBRERS 11
(“ HILDRENSE imported Rubbers, 37 cts ; misses’ many
/ factured do 50 ; ladies do do (2; gent’s Over Shoes,
lenther soles, 81 25 : ladies’ Rubber Buskine, (2ts; gent's
imported Rubbers, 75 misses’ Rubber Busking, 50 ; Indies®
im‘runml Rubbers, 62 ; gent’s mannfactured Over Ehoes. L
13 ALLEN J. BROVWN, 111 Broad st.
IVORYy,
‘3 CARES ivory handled Knives and Forks, Knives with-
D out Forks, Guard and Game Carvers, Beef Slicers, Nut
Picks, &e, of American manufacture, just rec’d and for
«nle very fow at 51 and 53 North Main st,
a 6 THOMAS WHITAKER & EON,
LUBIN'S AND GUERLAN'S PERFUMERY,
EMY de Miel, Jenny Lind, Bonwquet de Caroline, West
End, Jockey Cluh, Patehonli, Heliotrope, Verbena,
Jaswmin v‘a Esgngne, for sale at the sign of the Golden Mor
tar, 125 High st, H. Il BURRINGTON.
LETTER PAPERS,
AN invoice of Cap and Letter hm,hmntm celebrated
manufactory (.0‘ D. Carson & y Just ree’d and for
sale low, a nice article for tflu?llu‘.
a 3 WINSUR & PERRIN, 140 Westmineter ot.