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VOLUME V. >. CIIARLEfeTO Wjj, VIRGINIA,
pirt of Jefferson.
IIY JAMES W. HELLER.
OS M.MS ST., CoRXER ROOM OLD "VALI.LV
ntrrr.L" chaiilestowx.
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ay Morning, at ?2IX) in advance?50 if j>aid
l the year?or ?3 IK) if not paid until after the
ion of the year.
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e frciit to one office for TE.N' DOLLARS in ad
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a hixtv-six f.KNt.s per copy?making it the
lPE?T PAPER IN VIRGINIA.
No paper discontinued, except at the of?jon of
>li?her, until arrearages are paid. .Subscriptions
itliau a year, must in all cases be paid in advance.
Advertisements will be inserted at the rate
?U per square for the firdt three insertions, and
6 lor each continuance. Those not mark?*d on
nmcript for a specified time, will be inserted
>r!?id, -tnd charged ACCoitniNGi,v. A liberal
it in tile to those who advertise by the year.
agents.
following gentlemen have kindlyconsentcd toact
us f??r our pa{?er,,aud will forward money for sub
ms, &c., or recrfvdTiwy'additional names tovour
t can be procured. The present is a favorable
advancing our enterprise,aud w'e hope thofte who
el an interest in its success, will give ijb llieiraid.
J. Stephens, Harpers-Ferry;
? i. Wll.SON, do
UM.V Sr.it.KV, Sliepherdstown;
or Jamk.i BtjtiR, Klk ISraitch;
i'ook. Zion Churt-h ;
Roxemol'8 or Adam Link, Sen., Union School
toK K. Moore. Old Furnace;
If. Smitii or W.J. Huuwki.i,, Smithfield;
in* A Keii.v, Sutmuii Point;
?nix Drew or S. 11EFl.Eiio WER, Kabletown;
. J. Janmcv ??r Leon \ ki? Jones, WadeV? Depot;
n Isi.er or Tnos. W. Uevnolds, Herryville;
A. IJasti.EMAX, Snicker's Ferry ;
TiMUK.ai.AKE or J. O. Covlb, lirucetown, Fred- ,
uunty ;
rv F. I5\kkr, Winchester ;
Wm. Hah . on or Wm. ti. Catlett, Hath,
i county ;
II I.ikkns, M.irtinshurg;
n.K W. l?it a i?Ki ki.i?, Siiickersville ;
Mk?;katii, I'liih'iu nit, Louiloun county;
A SrinMfKN'sox. I'pperville, Fauquier county;
ISijiikitt. Hillsborough. l?oudoun county;
f.K I? 11.iihut. Uomiiey, Hampshire county;
:i i: i. Joan\x or W. IIeae. Luray, Page county;
Andrew Kevser, Hop.* Mills., do
:Peter Prick, Springfield, do
ii a t.t. <Shaves, Alarke^ville, do
r. Wood, (Vdar Point, <lo
it Kite, lloneyville. do i
It Sriioi.K. (Jro\e Hill, do
[jan Joiivso.n, Nincvah, Warren county;
Jno. S. C'ai.vert. New-Market. Shenandoah co.;
f II. P. Stone, Waterford. I^oiidoun county;
in W. Massev, White Post, Clarke county;
R. W. Turner, Front Royal, Warren county.
|lli, Berkeley Springs, Virginia.
<2* <B=X>3?a
IMV1LION HOTi:r.
IS celebrated Batliing and Watering place,
s now ready lor the reception of company,
fuu-aiis of accommodating guests lias been
y increased, l?y which they will be enabled
tide amply for I i<L> persons in the most corn- |
e style.
Idition totlicir well known Hoarding House
ave leased the PAVILION HOTEL, oc
for the last few years by Col. Strotiikk,
n as the {Justin property,) wliich has been
tied and in which many valuable itnprove
I have biBii made. The location of those
|liildin<?s, anil the easy access from them to
lilies' as well as the Gentlemen's Baths ren
ese decidedly preferable to any other es
imetit in the town, and more especially for
as, each house opening into Bath Square, j
ithin tilty to one hundred feet of the main
?g Spring and Baths.
' juiblic may rest assured that the comfort
v -u will receive our never-tiring etr?rts,
II tl??, w|10 are acquainted with us, will we
be sutt?|enj g?arai,tec to receive a continu
/: tn^ir pii'-Qu^frp,
John's Run,.,, Baltimore and Ohio Bail
is the stopping piint for this place?distance
wo miles, over a Il?\vly graded road.
'have engaged the services ot a tirst-rate
it Coaches, with careful drivers and good
s, who will carry then over the road with
lid safety.
ford Water, fresh from the Springs, for the
niodation of their Bonders.
?nd o! good Music is engaged for the season. .
IcoinmunU w t? i|,e subscribers will be |
11v attended to.
6, 1848?301.
UAKiVOXDALE SI'KIMGS.
[IS favorite resort, for the invalid as well as
le pleasure-seeking votary, is now open for
ception of the public. To the citizens of
gion, nothing is needed in commendation
ittractiveness of the location?the beauty of
ied and picturesque scenery?or the medi
irtues of the waters.
! most ample preparations have been made
:ommodate all who may patronize these
S'CJS the present season, in a manner equal
of any other -ivnlci-iii;; place in Vir- j
The Proprietor returns his acknowledg
to those who so liberally patronized him .
1st season, and hopes they may seek out |
l.\.\U.\DALE as a resort for the present,
t Notice will be given hereafter as to the
bf holding the public Balls.
J The proprietor will run a fino Coach to and
?lie Springs to Charlestown, every day on the
lil oftho cars from Baltimore and Winches
IvnD.??9 first week, ?8 second, or S30 per
l>. JOHN J. ABELL.
lie 6, 1848?3m.
GALVANIC BATTEKIES.
:1E subscriber, by purchase of the Patentee,
tas become the owner of the right to the sale
ISC in the State ot Virginia, of Ouad'o intent
ived GRADUATKD GALVANIC BAT
Y, and INSULATED POLES, for medical
tlier purposes. i
me thirty or forty counties and cities have
disposed of to practitioners and others?
lie remaining territory is now offered for sale
ghts of such extent as may suit purchasers,
ysfcians or others, wishing to engage in the
if these Rights, either on commission, or for
own account, should make immediate ap
ion. Practitioners, family or county Right,
e had as well as others, with the instrument
i Patentee's price. Any one engaging in the
mse and sale of Rights will be afforded op
nities of realizing desirable profits.
dress, post-paid, with References
WM. CLARKE.
inchester, May 9,1848.
CASII JPOXt NEGROES.
IE subscriber is anxious topurchase alarge
number of Negroes, of both sexes,sound and
. Persons having Negroes to dispose of,
nd it to their interest to give him a call be
elling, as he will pay the very kigheslcath
can be seen at the Berkeley Courts,at Mir
irg, on the second Monday,and at Berryville
i fourth Monday in each month,and usual
his residence in Charlestown.
letters addressed to him will be promptly
idedto. WILLIAM CROW,
?arlestown, Dec. |, 1847?tf.
SERVANT WANTED.
WISH to hire a Servant Woman, accustomed
to house-work. ..
ROBERT G. McPIIERSON.
OPJEQl/OX WOOLJ.IiS FAt rOUl .
THE undiraigned respectfully informs the
citizens of Berkeley, Jefferson and Frederick
counties, anil the public generally, thifl he intends
carrying on the above establishment in all its va
rious branches, and is now ready fo? receiving
work, such as Carding Wool into RollsaJid Urct.-i
ing Cloths to order, which he pledges himself
shall be dono in the very best manner-.
He will receive Wool to manul&cturc into
Broad or Narrow Cloths, Fulled and i'laid Lin
setjs, Tweed*, Cassinclts, Ulanketing; Counter
panes and Carpeting; or will exchange the
above articles for Wool on the most arxomojodat
ing terms.
Having employed an experienced irorkman to
conduct the concern, he feels) confident of giving
full satisfaction to all who may favor him with
their custom.
For the convenience of persons at ^'distance,
Wool will be received and returned tvben Carded,
(the weather permitting,) at the follow ing places:
At Ahlridgo'8(Cameron's)Dcpot, Glfi-rL H. Heck
with'a Store, Smithlield. and at Leeioitnnn Tues
day ; and at Boyd's Store, Bunker's .Mill, (-apt.
Seaman's Store, and at Wysong's Sfot'e in Darlis
ville, on Friday of each week.
JAMES C. WritTEHIM..
Opeqnon Mills, April 2-5, 1818?3m.
1'. S. I will at all time1) pay the holiest mar
ket price for all kinds of Grain. y. c. w.
KEJIOVAl.
HE undersigned has removed hi* Tailoring
JL Establishment to the Room rei'f'Mly occu
pied by Mr. John Donavin as a Hat'Store, two
iloors West of Capt. Sappington's IFn'el, where
lie will, as heretofore,carry on the TAILORING
BUSINESS in all its branches. He lias always
an hand a variety of
Clollis, Cassiincrcii aud Vi'viiiiss,
which he is determined to sell on tl;? most.ac
commodating terms, for cash, or to punctual ??us
loiners on short credit.
It needs no npology to say that heretofore there
lias been too little cash and too much .-credit. 1
nm determined that no man shall cum;*!;!ill of my
prices when the cash is otlored?therO'orc if you
want to save money, call at James ([i.otiiikr's
T;iil?>rii:(( :?i??l Clolliiuff C^jaltli^Ii
moil, and you shall not lie disappoint- d.
1 would most respectfully return niy sincere
thanks to the citizens of Charlestown aiid the .sur
rounding country, for the very liberal oncourage
inent extended to me, and earnestly scjlicit a con
tinuance, assuring all, that if promptness and at
tention to business, and a desire to please, shall
merit any thing. I am determined not to lie lack
ing in uiy ellbrls to give general saiislnf tion.
JAMES CLOTHIER.
Charlestown, April 25, 1818. :
SAi'I>lN?TO?'S HOTE;fi.
FROM the liberal encouragement extended to
the proprietor, he has been induckvJ to add to
lis establishment Ten new and very commodious
Moms; he is therefore prepared to entertain ii: a
k'ery comfortable manner many more visiters and
hoarders than heretofore,?and while ho continues
.o keep his'house in the same styfe hopes to
nerit and receive the same generous share ofpub
ic patronage.
He further promises, that his Table ifHull be sup
jlicd as usual, with all the delicacies "f our va
inns seasons, and his Bar shall always be sup
died with the best Wines, Brandies, (foreign and
Domestic) and other Liquors of superior quality.
He has also erected additional stalls to liia sta
jlo, where an abundant supply of Hay, Oats and
Uorn may always be found.
O* Hacks, Carriages, Buggies and V-areful Dri
vers, always ready for the accommodation of visit
?r?. November *15*. 1847
makbm; vabed.
WILT JAM ANDERSON returns ^acknow
ledgments to the citizens of (J'harleelown
and of t!ic County generally, for the liEoral patron
age extended towards liim, since !h<i opening of
hia Establishment in this place. Fo? the future,
the most active exertions will be usstl to render
entire satisfaction to all who may dfisire as me
mentoes for their friends, either
MoiiKiucutM, Tombs, ;isi<1
FOOT STORES, i
or any other article pertaining lo thte line. The
quality and price shall not be surpassed by any
other establishment in this section of the country.
All articles will be delivered without cost to the
purchaser, and at the risk of the Manufacturer.
A continuance of the public's patrJn ige is rc
. PDOCtfully solicited.
O'oiiuf. i\fain street, adjoining;llic Cabinet
Factory ol the Messrs. Starry, and i'liposito the
Post Office. 3
Charlestown, April 11, 1848?Gini
i* e w ji VK oiva iti; siohi;.
TI1E undersigned would rospectfnily inform
their friends of Jellerson and Shy adjoining
counties, and all who may call oiv them, that
they are now prepared to offer Lo\f an Entire
New Stock of Hardware, which has'-heen select
ed with the greatest care, from the European and
American Manufacturers. '?
Their Stock, in part, cortfprises tiie following
articles, viz:
Knives, Scissors,Needles, RazorslSaws, Axes,
Files, Locks, Hinges, Bolts, Scrcw*, Guns, Cur
tain Bands, Tea Trays, Fire Irons,: Cast Pots,
Ovens, Kettles, Spades, Shovels, Sejtlies, Rakes,
Forks, Chains, Nails, Iron, Steel,Tin, Wire,Cop
per, Zinc, Lead, Lead I'ipe, Pumps, Hydraulic
Ruins, &.c.; Stoves, Grates, Anvils,: Vices, Bel
lows, Harness and Saddlery .Mountings; Eliptic
Springs and Axles, warranted; Pai'jnt Leather,
Painted Cloth, Coach Lace, Lamps, Hubs, Bows,
Hub-bands, Mailable Castings, an?.l all Goods
usually kept in Hardware Stores, wBich we offer
wholesale and retail at our new Granite front
Ware-houses, sign of the Gilt l'lane, tit the South
east cornerof Bridge and High street*. Entrance,
firat door from the corner in either street.
MUNCASTER CSilfODOE.
Georgetown, D. C., March 7, 1843?ly.
REMOVAL.
THE undersigned has removed ;his Confec
tionary and tirocery Establialijment to the
house recently occupied by Mr. Johlj Brook as a
Saddler's Shop, one door cast of Carter's Hotel.
He has just received a fresh supply ^f
Groceries and Coufcctfimary,
which he \ylU sell at very low ratefej for cash.
He respectfully solicits a call frorp the public,
assuring them that he will sell as lo>9 as any oth
er house in the county. JOSHUA. RILEY.
N. B.?Four or five genteel Boarders can be
accommodated on good term's. : J. R
Feb. 22, 1848.?tf. ? _____
J AMIES ITIcSHEBRV, ' ,
Harpers-Ferry, Jefferson CotJ?iy, Virqifia,
PRACTISES in the County ??d Superior
Courts of Jefferson, Berkeley^ Morgan and
Frederick Counties. Feb. 8j 1848?tf.
GEORGE W. BAKSOS,
. Attorney at Law, jf
HAS removed his Office to the bufldingrecent
ly occupied b? John R. Flaggj&s a Sheriffs
Office, two doors East of the Bank., j: ;
He will attend the various CotirUioC Jefferson,
Berkeley, Frederick and Morgan Counties.
April 4 1848.?tf.
Capping Instruments.
AVERY complete sfet oT Roinhar^t's make just
received and for sale by *5 . N
Jnlv II T. M. FLINT,; Dmpgisl.
p o c t i c a I.
A POitTIC CONTRIBUTION.
The following letter was written by IIiram
1'^llts, ivsfj., lVesident of the Shenandoah Man*
ufacturir<g GVnpany, near Harpers Ferry in this
County, to hi'-* little daughter who resides at
Mauaytink, l'r. A friend, who was struck with
tlieir beautiful simplicity, and the forcible ex
pression of I he author's design, as connected
willi his parental struggle, has procured us a
copy for publication. If we are at all a judge
in the matter, we think the letter most cred
itable to tlic- writer and that its publication
will prove interesting to our readers :
ItARPEIlS-FEUKY.
My lively- Jewel?Lucy Dear,
I know yoijj iliiuk it very queer.
That your ?apa sliould go away,
Froru home fc'o oft, and long should May.
Out pleas*-., iny girl, 'tis no romance,
The w.-ather's hot as South of France?
The hills nr?- high, the trees are small,
Plenty of rviis?grass none at all.
The waters breaking through the mountains.
How from a vast ami distant fountain ;
Then? Sh?-na?rdoah cornea to embrace
Sister l'utuntar at this place.
C1IAKLESTOWN.
II<-r?. is t'c- place where Justice reigns,
Just mount dome and view the plains ;
Lawyer* and Doctors here do thrive,
Two i'j inter* also keep alive,
I!r Vftl'ioys fair the mounts between,
Are shocked with grain or clothed in green?
The jlu>ba!'?2fiieii with well tilled Holds,
Iunji.y what bounteous nature yields.
TKi-rfi's Hindi of health and blissful ease?
Profii:i??n evny heart to please,
Sun. nine n?vd shade which all admire,
And Woodland for a Winters fire.
Then men and maids, and children too,
Are -tattered all the Valley through;
Anil ? v-ry win-ni as blithe and merry,
As the.good folks at Harpers-Ferry.
SHENANDOAH CITY.
Thene. Ho?;h? and Hills, they are so fine,
?\ pHiiof th'Mji 1 won Id have mine?
The iiiver too. I'd make it yield
More than ilw prod nets of the field?
I'd lni?* its banks with various Mills,
And make turn their water wheels.
Intend of. murmuring over the rocks,
Would make it ?aw the marble blocks ;
Should forge the Iron from the mine,
And cl-othe Jho gills in dresses fine?
Make housed Id Roods, and farmer's wear,
And grind the grain the fields do bear.
Then boon--, and libraries and news,
And post ar.-l cap for dailey use;
Taper as w&ite as driven snow,
On which t&e purest thoughts may How,
Should be tuade here at river side,
15y force t?f Shenandoah's tide.
And more *han these the Valley people,
More proud ??f Ilivers than a Steeple,
Would down.its rivers make, it carry,
Their < ountr-y; produce to the Ferry ;
And My their: boats both to and fro,
On which tb? traveller might go.
My Daughter, dear, these are the reasons,
Why 1 do *t|?iy away whole seasons;
Hut hope (liar you will join me here,
liefore the. close of the present year?
And now I hope Mama and you.
Will think t'l'i still both kind and true,
And thus I bul you brief adieu?
Your Father.
4 ..n~.rvI..ltr K. IftlQ
miscellaneous.
THE WANT OX1 TIIE TIMES.
!!V D0CT01I C1IASNIS0.
' But tho worst sign is, the chaining down of
almost all the minds of a community to low per
ishable interests. It is a sad thought that the
infinite energies of the soul have no higher end
than U> cover the hack, and lill the belly, and
keep the caste in society. A few nerves, hardly
visible on the surface of the tongue, create most
of the endless stir around us. Undoubted!}', eat
ing anil drinking, dressing, house building, and
caste-keeping, are matters not to be despised:
most of them are essential. But surely life has
a higher use lhan to adorn this body which is so
soon to be wuipt in grave-clothes, than to keep
warm mid flowing the blood which is soon to be
cold end stag-bant in the tomb. 1 rejoico in the
boundless activity ol the age, and I expect much
of it lo be given to our outward wants. But
over all this activity there should preside the
great idea of that, which is atone ourselves, of
the thinking immortal soul, of our supreme good,
our chief end, which is to bring out, cultivate,
and perfect our highest powers, to become wise,
holy, disinterested, noble beings ; to unite our
selves to Got? by love and adoration, and to revere
his image in: his children. Tho vast activity of
this ago of 'which I have spoken, is too much
confined to I ho sensual and material, to gain
pleasure ami r.liow. Could this activity be sway
ed and purified by a noble aim, not a single coin
fort of life Would be retrenched, whilst its beau
ty ami grace and interest would be unspeakably
increased.
There is another dark feature of this age. It
is tho spirit of collision, contention, discord,
which break* forth in religion, in politics, in bus
iness, in private affairs; a result and necessary
issue of the selfishness which prompt? the endico^
activity of life. The mighty forces, which arc
this moment.acting in society, are not and can
not l.o >11 ha'rmony, for they are not governed
by love. They jar; they are discordant. l,ire
now has little music in it. It is not only in the
field of battle that men fight. They ff^ht on
the exchange. Business is war, a conflict of
skill, management,and too often fraud; to snatch
tho prov from our neighbor is tho end of all this
stir. Religion is waj-; Christians, forsaking their
one I.oid, gather under various standards, to gain
victory lor (Ikrir sects. Politics are war, breaking
the Whole peupjeinto fierco and unscrupulous par
ties, which forget their country in conflicts for of
ficeand power. The age needsnothing more than
peace-uiaketa, men of serene, commanding virtue,
lo preach iii life and word the gospel of human
brotherhoodjto allay the fire3 of jealousy and hate.
MAXIM OF MONEY.
The art of living easily as lo money, is to pilch
yourscaloof iiving one degree below your means.
Comfort and enjoyment are more dependent up
on easiness in the detail of expenditure than up
on-one deg/ee'a difference in the.scale. Guard
against falie associations of pleasure with ex
penditure?khe notion that, because pleasure can
bo purchased, with money, therefore money can
not he spdni' without enjoyment. What a thing
costs a tnnin is no true measure of what it is
worth to htm ; and yet how often is the appre
ciation governed by no oilier standard; as if there
were a pleasure in mere expenditure itself. Let
yourself feel a want before you provide' against
it. . You aro moro assured that it is real want;
and it is worth while to feel it a little, in order
to fee 1 the relief from it. When you are unde
cided as to ivliich of two courses ypu would like
the best, choose the cheapest. This rule will
not only sayo money, but save also a good deal
of trifling indecision. Too much leisure leads to
expense .' because when 'a. man is in want of ob-'
jecta it occjJtTs.i'o' him that .theyart to Ira had Tor
money ; anUhe invents expenditures in order to
pass tlie time.
A Reason fob Disapfeabahce.?The.Mr. E.
A.'.C'oOkj whose late sudden disappearance from
Boston, witb a large sum of money, as has been
noticed by tiie papers is, we learn, a probable ab
sconder* to parts unknown, with the snm bffrom
$3P,r>no icv$5o,ono.
\m\gwm
?s.whfch ?i}|
ipiness"?|
S?l1, . ? --
. >fhc .maP>s
.rGretna,*
thos"0:iio'
?JobVnal/'-j
fhutf foils"
A happy nn<l lasting honeymoon to the witty
bridegroom ! lie's a lieen chap, and must pros
per
NEVER TREAT RELIGION LIGHTLY*
Impress your mind with a reverencc for nil
tliat is sacred. Let-no wantonness of youthful!
spirits, no compliance with the intemperate mirth
of others, ever betray you into profane sallies.
Besides the guilt thereby incurred, nothing gives)
a more odious appearance of petn!ance to yo itlij
than the refection of treating religion with levi
ty. Instead oi" being on evidence of superior un
derstanding, it discovers a pert and shallow mind,
which, vain of the first smatterings of knowl
edge, presumes to make light of what the rest of
mankind revere. At the same lime you arc notj
to imagine that when exhorted to bo religious,
yon are called upon to be more formal and solemn
in your manners than others of the same years,
or to erect yourselves into supercilious reprovers
of those around. The spirit of trno religion
breathes gentleness and kindness. It is social,
kind, cheerful?far removed from the gloom and
illiberal superstition which clouds the brow,
sharpens the temper,dejects the spirit, and teach
es men to fii- themselves for another world, by
neglecting the concerns of this. Let yotir reli
gion, on the contrary, connect preparation for
Ileaven with an honorable discharge of the du
ties of aotivj^itfoS Of such religion, discover on
eVery proper^oflc&ion that you are not ashamed ;
but avoid ma^ig^iny.pecessary ostentation of it
before the worgT..,
WOULD V$3
We have seen raft
genuity of ardent 39
overcome the obsta^!
riving at "perfect
hy, not laid" down
?o bo somewhere
following story, fron
beats our reckoning
the talc in the ?-Joutil?l. ; / . '
"A young chap, of Shis cftjttity, wh
up his mind to take ajwife, Applied n
since to the Clerk of We Court'jrf Cqrtlj)
lor a license to perpetfato matri
niinor, and the appliciUiqh bcifl*
ed by his mother, wh^is his .
rent, the Clerk was constrain?
necessary document,.J^N.otyggj|j
the youngster set himsufutvwo^i ^
ways and means, ^cuag'd jji^.^ervi
cos of a promising u>!io lias
an inkling of the triclS'of ?" keen* legal prac
tice, and who holds it^no damning sin to come
over tlio big wig.*, he immediately made his ap
pearance in company witli a friend', in open court,
and by his counsel demanded the privilege to
choose a guardian, according to law in such case
made and provided.
This, as theio was 110 one to oppose, was gran
ted, of course, and choice was made of the Iriend'
in attendance. No sooner were the proper cere
monies (or the induction of the guardian itllo
office complete, than the first net of the function
ary was performed, by issuing an order to the
Clerk of tl.c Court to have liavj that license
forth coming, iiistantcr. As tl o legal obstacle
was removed, this was done without hesitation ;
and in a few moments the loving candidate for
nuptial joys was speeding 011 the wings of love,
and on the back of a got*l horse, to the arms of
his best beloved."
irbRTII OP WIDOWS.
"Rich u'iddcrs are about yet," said Nicky Nol
lekins tohiB friendiJonkers, "though they appear
snapped up ho fast, "rllicli widdcrs, Bill, are spe
cial providence, sent here like rafts, to pick up
Jeserving chaps when they can't swim any long
er. When you've bin down twy'st Billy,and are
iist oir again, then comes the widdcr floatin'
nlong. Why splatterdocks is nothintoit; and
a widder is the best ol all life-piercer vera when a
man is a'moat swamped and siuliin,' like you and
me."
"Well I'm not partic'lar, not I, (replied Billy.)
nor never was. I'd lake a widder for my parr,
if she's got the ding-bats, and never ask no ques
tion, I'm not proud?r.over was harrystocratic?
I drinks with anybody, and don't care a d d
who it is, and smokes all the cigars they give
me, from toby up to harvanar. What's the use
of bein' stuck up stiff? It's my principle that
other folks are neatly as good as me, if they're
not constables nor aldermen : I can't stand them
6ort."
"No, Billy," said Nollekins, with an encourag
ing smile, "no Billy,such indiwidooals as them,
don't know human natur."
Do Snakes Hiss??This important questior,
which agitated the newspaper world lastsummer,
is satisfactorily solwd in the following snake sto
ry, which we copy from the Boston Journal:
Wo yesterday reported the killing of a large
snake at Milton, and we are now called upon to
record the killing of a monster. On the <ltli inst.,
Lyman Whitman, (who resides at No. 28 Nashua
street) in company with a friend, was gunning in
the town of Dunstable, N. II. near the somewhat
celebrated springs, and discovered a largo black
snake slowly crawling along with its.head eleva
ted some distance above the ground. 61r. Whit
man fired, wounding the reptile, who, hissing,
started furiously towards him, when a Eecond shot
from his friend brought him to, but it was not
until a third and fourth charge had been given,
that he s;:ccumbcd to his assailants. Upon mea
suring him, lie waalouCd to be nine feci and sec
en inches in length.
Facts about Digestion.?Wheat is the most
nutritious of substances except oil, containing
ninety-five parts of nutriment to five of waste
mailer. Dry peas, nuts and hailcy ?s nutritious
as wheat. Uurden vegitables eland lowest on
the list', inasmuch as they contain, when fresh, a
large portion of water. The quantity of waste
matter is more than nipe-tenths of the whole.?
Veal is the most nutritious, tlion fowls, then beof,
last pork. T'?e most nutritious fruits are {Turns,
grapes, npricots, peaches, gooseberries and mel
on's. Of all the articles of food, boiled rice is di
gested in the shortest.time?an hour. As it also
contains eight-tenths o( nutritious inaticr, it is a
valuable substance of diet. Tripe and pig's feet
are digested almost as rapidly. Apples, if sweet
and ripe are next in order. Roasted potatoes arc
digested in half the time requiicd by the same ve
getable boiled, which occupy throe hours and a
half?more thaafceef or mutton. Bread occupies
three and a half?an hour more than is required
by the same article raw. Turkey and goose aro
converted in two hours and a half-?an hour and
a half sooner than chicken. Roasted real and
pork, and sailed beef, occupy five hours aud a half
?the longest of all articles of food.
Marriages.?The publishers of the Lowell Of
fering slates ih the number (or this month that
in onetnill, during the past eighteen years, eighty
two of the ''boys," and four hundred and five
"girls," employed there have married; and from
another mill one hundred and eighty^seven ofthe
girls have been married during five years; and
from a single room in another corporation, twen
ty-eight were married in one year.
Suhday School Union.?The Rev. Mr. Ham
per, urent of tho A. S. S. Union, presented on the
last Sabbath, to the congregation of the German
Reformed Church in Frederick, the claim of said
institution. .. ... . -
' Lettbrs.^?'There1are said tn be some twenty
thousand letters in the New York Post-Office
which cam$ from the interior to go to Europe, and
which will.i)6t be transmitted because the retalia
tory, cliargo of 34 cents on each" "has not been
pai3.
^MtEtrARMSK! AJiSTHE POUTICUS.
jiko "Old
?gkchr' .. .. ^ ,, ? ..
fa sjr, aft a ni lita. y cotr. minder,
? ?""? Well ol him, and. doscrvos la be honored
by liis country, but I have doubts aWiift the pro
priety ;of'electing him President of thtf United
if.?'Way yon are a Whig; are y<8i not.?
F ?lefiave heretofore beep an ardentjsnpport
gr party, .bjj.t-fgr two Or ihrecSears pan I
liaKoliceri lewjaoUvetn the cause (nSn-forilicrly,
rtrid ^'h'avc miirc iip my inind'to vote'lbr Cass arid
?Uuller at tlio lifStcleolipM. jh :--S -
|Hi&-pT}ion vcft^ro gpMjg fg turn ^igMjoat and
Ms*:mr .1^'
I'\-?fl|q sir, my ?prtm-ipfas arc the same now
;tliaf tfiejrlifrvK ?itt'ajti? ^tfriiand Safer my coat
(by which, f p?eSutft?S.y<<u>inr^o ?e party that 1
;imvca<ii,e<lwitM;jt i??> <&rnpU^elj fcorpjout that;
F ^m-^rtynpp^eil i to get H,JUeW one.^ Or to fpeak
ijTatiilyv {(? has been t'lie rfiji'erniDg principle with
me, to cast mi vpto for Hie party that?ttfeuTd ad
minister the government ill siicli a manner as
would secure io the country the greatest amount
of good. And iipan a- more close investigation of
! the policy of the respective parties, 1 find that I
[ was deceived in supposing that the Whig party
is the party of my country, and 1 have therefore
been acting against my | rinciples by supporting
it; and so far as I can do so, I am going to repair
the injury that 1 have done my country, by voting
the Democratic ticket in future.
!'.?Why sir. 1 am surprised that you should
be seduced into the support of l.ocofocoisuv^om
posed as it is of a set of low demagogues whose
policy is destructive, und if it eucceeds must be
ruinous to the laboring class of our people. Vote
the Whig ticket, and elect honest old Zarhary
Taylor President of the United States, and then,
sir, you will fco the government administered
'?on lite true principles aflhc Constitution."
I'1.?1 have heard the cry of Locofoco demago
gues, ruin and destruction, long enough to have
become familiar with it. It has no terrors for me
any longer. 1 have listened to it too long already.
Heretofore, I have let other men think for inc. and
I have voted for them, but in future, I will think
for myself and vote for my country. The Demo
cratic party has had the control ot the National
Government for the last forty-eight years, with
the exception of the four years ot J. Q. Adam's
administration, and a part of the Harrison and
Tyler administration of 1641. During that time,
every one of their measures was opposed by the
Federalists, National Republicans, Anti-JUafons,
Native Americans, Abolitionists, Conservatives,
Barnburners and Whigs. Out they have pursued
a straight forward course all the time, regardless
of tlio opposing factions. They have published
their principles tothe world on all occasions, and
carried them into practice whenever they had the
power. Instead of being ruined by their policy,
the country has grown great and powerful under
its influence. At home, we possess all the bless
ings of a free and enlightened Government. Vi
cious and criminal conductare promptly punished,
and virtue and merit receive their just reward.
Among the civilized nations of the World,
we are tlie Grand Republic, the admiration and
tlio pattern of all the friends of liberty and equali
ty. With these facts starring me in the face I
nin going to bo the slave of party no longer, to
wrgc war against a policy that has resulted in so
much good.
P.?We certainly have great reason to feel
proud of the honorable position which our country
nnniintno nmnnrr tlio natinnK of tll?> Parlll. but YOU
are in error when you attribute our happy condi
tion to tlie micccss of Locofocofem. IVaturc has
supplied us so abundantly with the necessaries
and comforts of life, and our citizens are so full of
spirit and energy that we have grown groat in
defiance of the misrule of a mercenary party ?
The policy of tint parly has been the worst that
could have heen adopted, but we have prospered
notwithstanding.
The Whigs have never had an opportunity to
lost their measures, !Vnd if you will only try them
now, the country will soon be in a much greater
state of prosperity than it is at present. You si oul J
not condemn them though, without a fair tett of
their principles.
F.?It isa initlerofindifference to me, whether
you call it Locot'ocoism,or whethcryou designate
it by any other decisive appellation. Names do
not change the substance of the things they rep
resent. If they did, it would be as hard to recog
nize the present Whig part3', as it is for a patriot
to support them after lie has discovered their prin
ciples. They have as many aliases as the most
notorious out-law, and I have no doubt they will
soon adopt another to avoid the odium of their op
position t6 the tale war. But it is to the great
principles of Democratic sovereignty and equality
by which the party in power has brcn governed,
that I ascribe our success. This too is the dis
tinguishing mark by which the Federalists and
Democrats may be known from the lime of Jefler
son rlown to the present. And besides, I think
the Federal policy has been well tried. It has
been " weighed in the balance and has been found
wanting," and therefore we should abandon it.
I".?You cannot hold the Whigs responsible
for Tyler's administration, nor can you with fair
ness consider that a test of their principles. Yon
know he defeated all their measures, and assisted
the other parly to elect l'olk in 1844,
F.?I do hold them responsible. First, for the
deception they practiced by fleeting a roan with
out knowing whi*t he was, and secondly, for the
failure of the measure which they did pass.?
Every part of the great American system, to
which they professed so much attachment, has
been tried and repudiated, with every other mea
sure of llteir party. .
The alien law, and the sedition law, were pass
ed under the administration of the elder Adams,
and repealed by the Democratic party after the
election of Jefferson.
The Bank of the United States, was thedarjing
measure of the Federal party. They stood by it
at its birth, watchcd over in Its infancy, rejoiced
at its precocious manhood, gloried in the great
ness of iU riper years, wept when it expired, and
are still mourning over its grave. They mourn,
" not as those who are Without hope" though, for
they look confidently for a resurrection in which
the dead carcass will re-appear, clothed perhaps,
in a new garb, and with a new name written on
its fore-bend. The country has pronoun'ted it a
failure, however, and it has been declared " an ob
solete itfea" by Mr. Webster.
So llio Distribution of the Public Lands?the
Bankrupt law. The Assumption of the State j
Debts?the mutilation of the Constitution ?>y de
stroying the veto power, and last of all the high
protective tariff of ?have all been swept
away, condemned add discarded.
03"The Fall River Weekly News, in enume
rating llie different candidates for the Presidency,
says?
" First we have Gen. IjCwia Cass, an orator,
& stntesman, and an honest man?one tfcho never
tires?was never beaten, and one never destined
to be beat. He is the candidate of the people?
the rank and file?and will walk into the white
house just as e-d-s-y as the boy knew hia father."
The News then mentions Taylor, Hale, Smith
and Van Duren, and concludes thus:?
" Here's ft political fricasse, from which the
people are to help themselves at the great feast in
November next. Fall to, then, gentlemen, but no
quarrelling. We shall help dUrselves to Cass
bountifully, and the Butler will be there to see
that We lack none of the requisite condiments.?
Those who go fbrrherwill probably fare worse."
An exchange paper saucily and unjustifiably
says that cucumbers can be made into pickles
while growing, iryou got a cross old maid to look
over the fence at the vines three time* & week.
Tt r houhl bafrppald ? rross ?d bacheJOK
political.
BACKING OUT FROM TAYLOR.
Wo find in-tlio Now Orleans papers the two
following evidences of defectionin the Taj lor
ranks:
To the A~ew> Orleans Delta.:
Having taken acons| i:uou? part in the meet
ing of the iudepeudout Taylor, men in tlio Com
mercial Exchangeron-tlie 24 li ultimo, and under
standingthat Mr. UArker,with others of that party,
arc about to publish ttieir creed to the wor)J,that
I may not tie understood as any longer partaking
with tliem iii political sentiments, i ask that the
ft Mowing be published:
CAUI>.
Believing tlio statement of Messrs. Peyton,'
IIiititooai.il Bull it i, reailatilie Whig raliticatiorv
meeting liHdtti this city gn the 24th ultimo, u? bii
true, 1 consider Geu. Taylor bjmud tn rttlmiliisior'
tfie government according to tlieir political vie ws.
I have such confidence in the gooAsence,integrity
and patriotism of Gen. Taylor,-Jiat 1 believe, i?_
untrammelled, and left to his own sound judg
ment, he would not dfctutb tlie policy of the De
mocratic party, but recommend to <'engross a
continuance of the measures. Being of this opin
ion, I declared myself in favor of him at the meet
ing of his friends in this city, convened for the
purpose of choosing delegates to the State con
vention to appoint Taylor electors for Louisiana.
At the meeting of the independent Taylor party,
held in the Commercial Exchangq on the 24th
nit., 1 was one of those who professed to support
Gen. Taylor, irrespective of party considerations.
1 then believed Gen. Taylor did not approve the
course of Mr. Saunders in the Philadelphia Con
vention. Next morning, however, the card of
Col. i'eyton and others informed me that 1 was in
error.
Gen. Taylor having abandoned his independent
position, and suflbred himself to be the chosen
leader of the Whig parly, I cannot but view him
a3 the exponent of their political faith. In 1840
1 voted lor General Harrison, and in 1844 for Mr.
Clay. Upon mature reflection, 1 believe the U.
States Bank, or any other tisr.al agent except <he
sub-treasury, to be unconstitutional,and no tarifii
but one for revenue only, to be politic or
constitutional. 1 voted "?in the Legislature of
A1 tbatna to instruct her senators and request her
representatives to vote for the annexation of Tex
as. 1 was in favor of, the war with Mexico, and
of obtaining territory from her by way of indem
nity. Believing that General Casj wi l uot dis
turb the sub-treasury, nor recommend a change of
the principles upon which the present tariff is
based, and fearing that the Whigs, if Gen. Taylor
be elected, will repeal the former,and pass a pro
tective tariffin place of the latter, I shall support
Gen. Cass for the next Presidency.
W. B. II. HOWARD.
New Onr.EANs, Inly 1, 1848.
The Courieralso states that Col.Nicholas, who
is one of the electors on the Taylor tickct, adopt
ed in Louisiana in February last, has declined at
tending a meeting called in favor of the Gen., and
expresses an intention of withdrawing from the
ticket. It is probable that he will make public the
reasons for the course which lie is about to take.
Col. Nicholas was one ot the original Taylormen
in Louisiana, and endeavored to procure tlio nomi- ,
nation for Gen. Taylor by the Legislature, of which
he was a member, in the session of 1817.
GEN. CASS AM} THE SOUTH.
The Flag and Advertiser, printed at Montgom
ery, Alabama, Bays that there is not a single De
mocratic paper in that State, which is'not warm
in sustaining Cass and J)utler. Us editor
strongly contenda.that the South can entertain
no reasonable ground of inipe that any man, whom
the Whigs promise to support, will regard the in
terests of that portion of the Union. lie also
gives a number of articles from papers in other
Southern States sustaining the same views, and
calling upon the whole South to stand by the nomi
nees of the Baltimore Convention. This paper
has the following sentiments from Gen. Cass'
Speeches an J Letters, at the head of its columns:
We have neither the right nor the power to
touch slavery where it exists.?Gen. Cass.
Congress has no right to say, that there shall
be slavery in New l'ork or thaLtherc shall be no
slavery in Georgia; nor is there any human pow
er but the people ofthose States.? Gen. Cass.
The principles involved in the Wilmot Proviso
should be kept outof the National Legislature and
left to the people of the confederacy in their re
spective local Governments.? Gen. Cass.
Let the people regnlate their internal concerns
in their own way.?Gen. Cass.
Leave to the people, who will be affected by
this question, to adjust it upon their own respon
sibility, and in their own manner.?Gen. Cass.
I am opposed to exercise of any jurisdiction by
Congress over the subject of slavery.?Gen. Cass.
I do not see in the Constitution any grant of
such a power to Congress.? Gen. Cass.
There is another which he might have given,
that would only have added strength to the fore
going:?
If wc are not struck with judicious blindness,
wc shall cling to this Constitution as the mariner
clings to the last plank, when night and the tem
pest close around him.?Lewis ('ass.
The "War Mas."?Every -Whig orator and
Whig press in endeavoring (o diminish Gen. Cass's
popularity by denouncing him as a "war man !"
And from what docs this term arise, that they
thus throw in reproach upon the "old chief?"?
simply because, in all his pul*lfc life, he has had
his couutry's honor and his country's rights per
petually before him, and with equally efficient
sword or pen has been ever ready to defend them.
When his country was engaged in war, his voice
was her's to counsel, and his sword was Iter's to
retrieve aird vindicate or avenge. When liis
country's rights upon the seas were endangered,
his pen was instrumental in saving that country
from ignominious cringing to a rival power; anJ
because he is ever thus found on the sido of his
country, where those that" denounce him have
been found among llie " missing"?because he is
thus ready, always ready, and jealous of her hon
or, he is held up as thd " war man" <"id efio peo
ple are warnetlajftinst voting for liim. We have
much mistaken the American character if this
does not prove a strong, perhaps the strongest, ar
gument in his favor?his indomir.aule patriotism j
should endear him to the hearts of all lovers of'
tfieir country, and of all who rightfully regard Iter
interests ami her glory.?Boston I'ost.
Cassics M. Clay is reasoning in the N. York ]
Tribune with "dear grceley" to show htm why
and w herefore he should go for Taylor. I le says:
"The pledges made never again to vote for a
slaveholder, 1 regard as short'sighted. Why
trammel ourselves that the enemy may conquer
us?"
Prolific.?The editor of the Marlbro' Gazette,
has .been presented with 553 grains of wheat, the j
product of a single grain sown on the farm of
Capt. Brooks, at Monnt Calvert. It was taken
trom tbe middle of the field; and it is thought that
other stalks could have been found with a still
larger yield.
The same editor, who appears to be the recipi
ent of numberless favors, has been presented by
Dr. Ilayne, with several apricots measuring GJ
inches in circumference!
The name of Cass is synonymous with war. lie
has been looked upon for many years as a war
partizan?Boston Journal
Taylor, on the other hand, is a distinguished
civilian, who has filled the archieves of the conn
try with proofs of his profound knowledge as a
statesman and diplomatst.?Boston Post.
We have nothing to say, and being out of hat-,
have nothing to offer.
From tfce Washington Onion.
The two Parties, and the " Question ftr
y.?
? m unioi?of: iii&eMt!t.ifot the take of the
Union!" should bfc in the pn?ent crisis of put "
sfliirs, the rallying word, wot only of the
cralic party, but 91 till the patriotism of the land.
For the first tioio, ia aby considerable measure,
since the adoption of the Missouri Compromise in
1820, the cry of soch'6tt*l Wtlation
of slavery has gone forth, ana anexieneive pan*
organization, under the sanction of names which
havo been great in our politics, is openly in p?v
gross and in action, planting itself exclusively
upon a sectional baste.and'appoaling solely for
its sunporfcfo section*! prejudices. .This aggres
sive u^veiient ai the nttrtft w met by a ainyTarly
iihra t^sfaent^at ibe^oo - ? - ' ~
H wfiijTh, having alreaJy
l platiurin," is now ?l
tempting in i
s direc ly <11 in? j
Anenoy ofour Union.
How has it been met by the Whig party, and
the Democratic party,respectively, in their organi
zation for the presidential election ? The Waigs
of the north aire almost as one man fully commit
ted to the doctrine of the Wiltaot Proviso. The
Whigs of the Sonth-i-clearfy a small minorifyof
their party?arc as one man as fully committed
against it. The party has nominated as its cain
didate a southern slaveholder, whose interest ind
associations all point him out as a resolute pro
tector and defender of the rights of the southern
States. .But, in order lo gain a nomination?ex
torted reluctantly enough, at best, from the north
ern Whigs?he has consented to pledge himself
to a virtual abolition of the veto power?that is,
of the only power he can constitutionally wield
for the protection of southern interests. About
the extent of this pledge, as contained in the
"Signal" and "Allison letters, thero is perhaps
some vagueness and doubt; but, beyond all ques
tion, at the north at least the pledge is understood
to he, in relation to the doctrine involved in the
Wilmot Proviso, absolute and sweeping " I'dar
nothing," say the northern Taylor men, " from
Gen. Taylor's opposition to yonr ttnti-flftv^rj'
views ; if elected, he comes into tlio prgsidenry
solemnly pledged not lo role the Wilmot Proviso
if it shall pass in Congress. Elect good anti
slavery Whigs for your representatives, and with
Millard Fillmore (known as almost an abolition
ist) presiding over the Ser.aie, the complete tri
umph of the anti slavery principle in relation.to
the new Territories is by Gen. Taylor's election
ascertained and manifest!" To all this tho
Whigs of the South reply, with what confidencc
they can : " No matter what pledges Gen. Taylor
has given, or seems to have given ; he is aBouth.
ern man, and will never be recreant to southern
interests!"
Now, without attempting to decide which of
the tw6 sections of the Whig party is right fn lliis
matter?and, without touching the farther and
most obvious dovbl, whether Gen. Taylor himself
uninformed and inexperienced as he avows him
self to be in political affairs, lias even made vp
his oirn mind as to his future action on this great
question?is it not altogether manifest and unde
niable that his is precisely the position best fitted
to invoke and to producc, in tho event of his elec
tion, a tremendous sectional agitation in Congress
and out of Congress on the question of slavery 7
Both sections, and the ultra men of both sections,
will have plausible ground lo hope, if Gen. Tay
lor be President, that the Presidents* with thein.
t)ne standing on his pledges as a car.didate, and
the other on his position as a southern man, both
vujl, of necessity, hope much frofphat confusion'
oTideas and that manifest inlermtfy of purpose in
which tbe Geii. giving one response to one com
mittee, and quite another response to another com
mittee, touching his acceptance of the Philadel
phia nomination, ban also given, in direct opposi
tion to his own interests ind ftssocialiOns, restat
ed pledges on the slavery question, in the very
teeth of his most solemn and reiterated pledges
and promises not to pledge himself at all! Add
to all this, that the Whigs, in their National Con
vention , have avowed tlieim-clves afraid to take,
as a national party, any position w l.atever on the
subject of slaver}-, and havo tbra left everything
in relation to it at loose ends and at the mercy of
future contingencies, and who can fail to see that
if Gen. Taylor be elected, his administration
must, ofnccossity, become the chcssnnnd favorite
battle-Hold of an intense and widespread anti-sla
very agitation ? Is the patriotism of the Soiitii?
ay, or the patriotism of the North, even with its
majority in (he IlOuse, and f's cdsting vote in the
Senate, (if Fillmore be Vice President,) ready for
such a result? Is the Unionitself safe in such a
concussion' of the political elements, w hen all the
winds of political tempests shall be let loose iff
every quarter of the lieavena,
??? Vna.Ki|ro-?, (Nolnrque
fit Aiisur creber prucrllis
and rush forth in sectional conflict from tlic heav
ing besom of a great people, in which, as in a
cavc of yEolus, wise and prudent Democratic
statesmanship has heretofore kept them rbnflned ?
Let the spirit or ihe conflict which would then en
sue be inferred from the single fact that an or
ganized, faction at the North, composed from both
political parties, and.prolesning not to be Aboli
tionists. havfe even now raised the fierce cry of
" repealill jview of the possible settlement of Iho
.slavery question in the Territories s t the present
session of Congress on the basis of the Missouri
i Compromise:
Such will be the position of the fl-ivery ques
tion before the counlry, ami such the confequen
ces of that position, in the event of Whig ascen
dency by the election of Gen. Taylor. Contrast
? with this the course of events which must flow
from the lriiupph.pt the Democracy in the election
of Gen. Cass. The vexed question will then bo
at rest, for tlie people will then have given their
solemn sanetioki to the great doctrine of federal
noi^inlerjerence ' If the question sh?Ii reach art
adjustment at this session, that adjustment will
remain for the platform of the Democracy; and
the avowed opinions of its candidate are alike op
posed to a renewal of the agitation in the hails oL
Congrcto.,' rnhcaj
cherish a patriots fove' lor his cotonfVy, to cast his
vote;in-Javo rof puljidg-thia perilous question at
rest? J0*a any mah, doubt that upon this ques
tion the demofcracy-^the party of movement, of
reform, and of progress?ha* yet been wise enough
and brave enough to despise the skulking timidity
of their opponents, and to plant themselves openly
and in the face of the people npon the only Iruo
position of conservatism ? Is it not time, then, in.
view of snch facte, for every patriot in the land
to side with the party that confronts the crisis,
rather than with the party that shrinks away be
fore it, and so to join in the great rallying battle
word??" The Union of the democracy, for the take
of the Union !"
Cowardly.?During tlie great fight in ?afis,
the insurgents in the Fauburgs dn Temp'e and
StAntonie wSnt to the infant schools,wliere muhy
parents had sent their children for safety, took the
little ones, and placed them bound so that they
could not run away, as barricades, to prevent tbo
National Guards from .returning their tire, which
the insurgents continued most murderously from
behind and between the children I
Going Teh Times itouKD tRe World.?Tho
Portsmouth Journal chronicles the death of Mr.
John Mendum, aged 68, for many years in th?
etflploy of the Eastern etage cornpanyas driver
from Portsmouth U> Boston. The . JounurfBaya,
?" probably no other man in New England has dri
ven so many miles." He passed more than six
"thousand miles to" and from Portsmonili and Bos
ton, equal in distance to gbing teft times round
tbp world.