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W ADVERTISER. " THfi LIFE OF AGRICULTURE, TRADE, AND ' COMMERCE, IS-A GOOD ADVERTISING MEDIUM."

VOL. II.-NO. 47- ANDOVER, MASS., SATURDAY, JANUARY 6, 1855. PRICE, TWO CENTS.

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"WEEDS IN DOOR YARDS—One prolific source of spurious vegetation on our farms, is the neglect of which too many of our agricultural friends are guilty, to destroy, at the proper season, the weeds which befoul their door yards, and unoccu- pied places by the road side.

As the soil in such places is almost invariably affluent in the principles of veg- etable nutrition, those weeds which are in- digenous, ordinarily flourish with great luxuriance, and if not eradicated with a timely hand, produce an abundant crop of seeds, a very considerable proportion of which find their way, in time, and by a variety of ways, to the fields and cultivated grounds, where they radicate, and rffnrrer the labor of cultivation perplexing and unprofitable. Never suffer a weed to mature on your premises; cut down, .root up and annihilate all. This is the true policy. Thistles, white-weed, mullen, bur- dock, chickory, and a host of other indige- nous and exhausting productions, which are of little o*»no value, are ever ready to spring up, and abridge the profits of the farm, and require no idle hand to hold them in check. All weeds are gross feed- ers, and sap the soil more than cultivated plants of equal size and weight.—N. E. Farmer.

THE ONE ACRE FARM. A CUKE FOR HARD TIMES.

" How much land have you gOt here in your lot, Mr. Briggs ?"

" I have one acre." " One' acre ! and here you are taking

four agricultural papers; and all because you have one acre of ground! How many such papers would you have to take if you had a hundred acres ? "

"I should n't probably .need any more than I take now; you know, Mr. Chap- man, one can " go through.all the motions" on one acre as well as a hundred."

" A man can throw away money without any if he has a mind to. For all the good you get from such periodicals, you might as well, probably, throw the money they cost into the fire; they are nothing but humbugs."

" I pay in all only eight dollars." " Eight dollars! enough to buy a " tip

top" barrel of flour, and a leg of bacon ; and then if you read these periodicals, there is twice the amount of the money spent in time, reading them."

" I do usually read or hear read almost every word there' is in them; my boys and I take turns in reading, and one reads a-

«Joud while the rest work." " Complete nonsense! no wonder your

shop do n't turn out any more boots in a day than it does!"

"Perhaps we do n't do as great day's works, some days, as some of our neighbors ; but I guess that in the course of the year, we turn out as many according to the hands at work, as most do."

" I suppose it is out of these publications you get your foolish notions about so many kinds of fruit trees. One of my boys came home awhile ago and said Mr. Briggs had got lots and lots of fruit trees and such things, that cost, I do n't know how much, and wanted me to buy some grape vines, pear trees, and so on. I told him it was all foolishness, and not to let me hear him say anything about spending money so foolishly. You have, I dare say, laid out ten or fifteen dollars, this spring."

"Yes,nearly as much again; I have laid out twenty-five dollars for trees and garden fruit."

" Twenty-five dollars! I wonder you are not on the town, or in jail at least, before now."

" I'm not afraid of either; I'll bet you the twenty-five dollars, I'll sell you* that amount of fruit from those things for which I paid the twenty-fire dollars, in five years."

" Done ! I'll stand you;. so your trees W'U cost you fifty dollars sure, in money, besides the time thrown away m setting them out, and taking care of them." ,

" As for the time spent in setting them. out, or taking care of thlm, it isVs

In time, every inch of that acre of ground was " brought under the spade," and almost every " bbst" variety of fruit had a place there, and the father and sons found pleasure and profit in the garden after being cooped up in the shop till the " stent" was done, ani the exercise was far more profitable thai the spasmodic violent exercise taken in games.

Mr. Chapman, the other neighbor, was a man of" common etense." He looked upon every thing new or uncommon as " folly" and " nonsense," and was ready to sneer at every one who stepped aside from the common track. It looked simply silly to him to see a man stay at home, from " muster," or " training" or " shows" and. spend his time cultivating gardens; or instead of loitering away the evening at the store, smoking, or hearing or telling a deal of nothing or worse, to tpend the evening at home, reading such " nonsense" as the Farmer and Horticultur«fcords.

Years, pass, and Mr. flip's " one acre farm" shows that he anfln boys have not read " the papers" in vain. They have learned how to " set out" a tree, and how to " take care" of it after it is set out. Everything showed it received the right kind of food and care, and straightway began to bring forth fruit meet for good cultivation. In a short time the wants of the family were more than sapplied and the surplus found a ready, market with the neibhbors at good prices.

rly apples, so rich and tempt- " other apples were so green

then such pears; they as. the sun and house jauld

itfbsee; fouufVnd five™nts Then such rich, ripe grapes—too

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ing, and went ripen apiece. tempting for the coldest to pass without a watwlng mouth. Mr. Chapman's family were among the best customers for the tempting fruit-^rtt having learned their excellence by thelibeTaTity of Mr. Briggs, who never railed to seid a specimen of his best to his neighbor.

The fifth season cane. It wsafk fruitful year. Apple pear,peach, pear, plum, and all other trees, wen loaded with fruit. Keeping in min#hiJkDnversation with Mr. Chapman, MP» -SHp had directed, his family to set downsjery cent's worth of fruit Bold to Mr. Gbsflhan or his family. This year, aJMt happened, was a year of "extreme hard timest" The boot business was at its worst ebb; little work and very low wages—and yet the price of every kind of provision was up to the "highest notch," and money extremely "•ght." • » i

But there was one family that did not seem to be in the least affected by the bard times, low prices of labor, high prices

"What! you don't pretend to say we have bad twenty-five dollars worth of stuff from your garden ? "

" More than that from that very twenty- five dollars worth of trees and other things ! Here is an account of everything you have bought and paid for; of course, it don't include what I bave sent you gratis."

" And you have certainly not been stin- gy. Why, this bill amounts to thirty-seven dollars ! It is not possible !-"

" It is just so; you have had over twenty I ushels of apples, and three bushels of pears, and those alone came to twenty- five dollars."

" I own up the " corn;" draw the note for seventy-five."

" No, I guess we will let that twenty- five go. I only mention it to show -yon that there may be good sense in new things sometimes. Now I will bet the twenty- five dollars over again that my store bill has not been, the past season, half as large as yours, though I have* had one more in my family."

" If I had not been so badly taken in before, I would stand you; but I guess it won't be safe."

" We„ have raised our ovarn potatoes, corn, peas, beans, and all other garden vegetables. Our eggs ace always fresh

'and abundant from the tnRj and for more than two years we have not been without ripe, fresh fruit."

" How can that be ? " Well, I declare that is something I

never thought of; but it takes so much time and bother to get these things started —then it is an everlasting job to take care of them."

" It needs no more time and money than you throw away on things that amount to nothing at all, and with abundance" of fruit, you save the expense of a heavy meat bill, which is not healthy in hot weather. No doctor has been called to step foot within my door for over four years past I* Fresh, ripe fruits are sure remedies for all ailments, and they are not hard to take." *

Mr. Chapman put the " fifty" into his " weasel skin" and left with a " flea in his ear."—If. E. Farmer.

SAM HYDE was a tame Indian, and a most notorious liar. > On one occasion, he sold a man a deer he had shot and left on the spot where he had killed him—the purchaser to be at the trouble of sending for him. Sam described the locality where the deer was to be found—"in a certain field, near the creek, and under a big elm tree." The messenger returned withoui bringing the deer! There was none there 9 When Sam, whqJiad been paid in advatttv: j was overhauled tor his fraud, he answlRay;

"You found the field?" "Yes." "You found the creek ? " "£Tes." " You found the-big elm tree?" "Yes.' no deer?". "No!" «W< three lies is pretty good foi

VERMOMI.—The Rutland (Vt.) Jlerald makes the following assertions with regard to the State in which it was published:

* There is but one city in the State, and oh'e soldier. We have no theatres or mobs. We have no police, and not a murder hat kencomnxittedwithin this State for the lout tenSyea:

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exercise as playing ball, wicket, or anything else. While we were setting them out, one of your boys came to •gefcmy boys to go over to Mr. Moody's, where he said. there was to be a great time playing ball; and I have no doubt that your boys spend just as much time playing, as mine do with our trees and so forth; and then something is done, but in playing, the strength is all laid out for nothing."

" Well, it do n't cost anything to play ball, but trees cost money."

Tb* foregojng conversation occurred in the 8hoj»hetween two neighbors, both boot- makers in, a town not more than thirty miles from Boston. jjfa. Briggs, in whose shop the conver-

m took p\»ce/ftfts a aaan of more than ■rrWeUigence for one of his advan-

THd circumstances in life. He had hqen a prior boy, andjbv industry, observa- tioa^and economy, jHt worked his way in life and reared and well educated a family of children, who, like himself, were industrious and steady. For t{nfcw years past, he had become interojtSP horticul- ture, andboth for exercise and amusement, had turned his attentioajMfc cultivating his " one acre farm." His mention was first «lled to'this, by means of a 9 back num-

r of the New England Farmer" which was put round some things bought at the

Mr. Briggs found this so interest- store. We liav»j. no museums, opera \ ing, that he purchased another at the pe- ■—stal palaces; but we have j riodical depot, and then he became a " reg-

the centre of the world to \ ular subscriber." His sons soon became r'whieh the father works,\ interested in the same direction, and the

; where the mother con- interest of the father and sons increased labors and loves; where . to the pitch indicated in the foregoing con-

en, scholars and patriots." ' versation. .

THE PRUfTER. The night grows late—the streets are

hushed—the moon-beams fleck the desert- ed pavement—and sleep strews its slum- berous poppies over the inhabitants of the silent city. All are at rest save the printer, busy a* hie care.

Dreams, lovely as the winged cherubs, hover about the repose of man and maiden • visions pure as first lilies, and beautiful as the sunset of .early summer, huunt the

of provisions, or the Scarcity of money ; I couches of the matron and the child—but Mr. Briggs and his two oldest sons, all of to the printer all is reality, toil, and weari- (hem had a little "spans change" to let on | ness short time " with interest" to their needy neighbors.

One'day Mr. Chapman, who was short, (note of time"—as if the duties that were applied1 to Mr. Briggs for a " half" for u "quarter," meaning fifty dollars for three months.

" Yes," said Mr. Briggs, " I have a " half or a whole, just as you like."

" What, a hundred dollars by you these times! I do n't see bom it comes. You and y oar boys do n't woV any harder than I and my boys do, and w» can hardly get along: we are as saving and pinching as we can be, too; times are so dreadful bard, and everything a family has to buy is so dreadful high, and wages so low; potatoes, a dollar a bushel, beef^ fifteen cents a pound, pork, sixteen cents, eggs, twenty- five cents a dozen, and flour, ten or twelve dollars^ barrel. How can a man live ? "

" It won't be hardly fair for me to ask you for that twenty-five dollars now, will it?" • •

"Twenty-five dollars! What do you mean ? I 6Wt understand you 1"

" Don't you recollect we have a bet between us about the price of some fruit-trees I bought five years ago next spring?" - ' Ah! I do remember something a-

bout it. You were to give me' twenty-five dollars if you didn't gel-your twenty-five dollars back from me for the products of those trees and things! It will come'very handy just now."

" Don't be too fast, neighbor. I am afraid it won't come very handy just now. That was what I was dunning you for, that twenty-five dollars 1"

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How nimbly and cheerfully does he adjust the faithful types, as if he took " no

wearing out his life were more a diver- sion than a laborious avocation. But amid their monotonous discharge, believe us, the printer thinks of home, and sweet rest, and sighs within himself for the better lot of which others are possessed. And yet there, is no repose for him—though the night tramps on, and the jocund dawn will soon appear.

Why do his motions grow less rapid— why move his fingers in so deliberate and mechanical a way ? Whence is the smile that lingers on his lip, like the first sunbeam of early morning ? There is a gentle presence at his side—an eye, blue as violets, glfpcing into his own—an accent, sweet as music, entrancing his ear, and reaching his heart. It is bnt a moment— it is only a reverie—it did not even win him from his occupation—it only caused his hand to falter, not to cease—the printer awakens to busy toil again.

Ye who receive our sunrise favor, and wander, perhaps, listlessly ever its pages, remember that it is the fruit of toil, which was active and untiring, while you were quietly sleeping—that life is imprinted in its columns—that your convenience and comfort is bought with the price of weari- ness.

There is an electric " chord" which, being charged with sympathy, will carry the gentle burden even unto distant hearts. We bespeak its agency in behalf of the faithful printer.—Buffalo Express.

"THE WORLD OWES ME A LIVING."

BY HORACE GREELEY.

" The world owes me a living and 111 have it," says some blackleg, as he finishes a luxuriOns repast: " here, landlord, another bottle of prime Madeira!" '

Half-a-dozen empty-headed fops, who sit gazing on him by stealth in silent ad- miration, bail the sentiment with raptur- ous applause.

" That's it; the world owes us a living, and we'll have it! Landlord, more wine* here ! we won't go home till morning I Let's, go it while we are young. Who cares for expense!"

The consequence of this is, the pilfer- ing of money drawers, the ignominious loss of employment, genteel loafers, etc., etc., etc., until one enterprising gentleman's eager pursuit of the " good living" the world owes him, puts the wrong man's name to the check, or In some way gets a ticket to the marble palace at Sing Sing, where the ^State provides a " living" for those if considers deserving, but not such a one as comports with their own estimate of their exalted merits. M

■ The error in this case is in the original maxim. It is false, and detestable. The world owes you a living! How owes ? Have you earnqd it by good service*? If you have, whether on. the anvil, or in the pulpit, or as a teacher, you acquire a just livelihood. But if you have earned nothing, or worse still, douaJiffle or no good, the world owes you nothing.

You may be worth millions, and able to enjoy every luxury without care or effort; bus if you have done nothing to increase the sum of human comforts, instead of the world owing you^anything, as fools have babbled, you are ^morally a bankrupt and a beggar.

Mankind are just awakening to the -consciousness of the duty resting on every man to be active and useful in every day and sphere. All are not called to dig, or hew, or plough, or plane, but every man' has a sphere of usefulness alloted to bimi by Providence, and "is unfaithful to his trust if he deserts it for pomp or needless luxury.

One may be fitted by nature and incli- nation for an artisan, another for a sailor, but no one ever born is fitted for an idler or a drone. Those who become so are the victims of perverse circumstances, and a deplorably false education. .

But has not the rich man a right to enjoy his wealth ? Most certainly. We would be the last to deprive him of it. He has a legal right to possess it and enjoy it in any manner not injurious to otb- ' ers; but he has no moral right to be use- less, because be has superior means of being useful. Let him surround himself with all the true comforts and luxuries of life: let the master pieces of art smile upon him in his galleries, and the mighty minds of all ages speak to him from his library.

Let plenty deck his board, and the face* of those he loves gather joyously around. Let him possess in abundance the means of satisfying every pure and just desire of his nature, and become" wiser, nobler, larger in soul than bis less fortunate neighbor. But let him never forget, and if he is properly trained he never can, that it is a solemn duty to be useful to bis fellow- creatures, especially to the depressed suffering—to labor for their benefit, suffer, if need be, for their elevation.

The servile idolatry with which ignorance and vulgarity have looked to power and wealth and the hosannas which the trampled millions have sung before the ears of conquerors and other scourges of the earth, are fading, flitting, forever. In

: the twilight which succeeds this groat | darkness, there comes a season of moral i anarchy'when men, having lost their faith ! in the juggles which once blinded and : bound them, resolve to believe nothing—. I to descry and prostrate all that rises above its lowest level. .

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The Nashua Oasis says:—" BeeUebob has been voted for as a candidate for Con- gress, lira caucus convention In Virginia. Our distinct impressjon is,that be had been elected years ago for the "long term," and has taken a leading partis Congressional proceedings, especially in the lower i&ust.

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ANDOVER ADVERTISER.

SATURDAY, JAN. 6, 1865.

SINCE the issue of our lost number, the year 1854 has departed this life, and 1855 has been ushered into existence. It is an appropriate period to pause and reflect. A retrospective view furnishes lessons of wisdom, and exerts a correc- tive influence upon our lives. While we sec much to deplore in our past history, wo may well resolve on future amendment. Experience is a good schoolmaster although sometimes the rod is applied with severity. Ties of the tenderest affection are often sundered without regard to the sorrow of saddened and bleeding hearts. The short space of a single year ,has crowded into it, considerations of momentous import. Changes are wrought which deeply affect the weal or woe of individuals and nations. Hopes arc indulged which only disappoint these who entertain them. Votaries of pleasure place the tempting chalice to their lips to taste the bitterness of .self-deception. Wo look in vuln for the dear ones who have shared our warmest affections, but they have gone and wo should the more tenderly love those,that remain. If unfortunate in the loss of property, wo may very properly enumerate the mercies still enjoyed which call for our gratitnde. With regard to the futuie, " wc know not what n day may bring forth.'' A consciousness of our frailty should over produce in our hearts, sentiments of reverence and submission to the dispen- sations of a wise providence. That our numerous patrons and readers may enjoy a happy new year is our sincere wash, and that we and they may become more commensurate with the increase of our years, is our heartfelt desire.

E ANDOVER ADVERTISER, SATURDAY, JANUARY 6,1855.

D3^" We learn that the Marland Manufacturing Co.aro at sj^eent running their machinery but three-fourths of the time', also that the Bay State Mills at Lawrence, have already, or arc about to discharge half their operatives. Those who depend entirely upon their daily labor for the support of themselves and. their families will severe- ly feel the pressure of the times. Many are not only thrown out of employment at this cold and inclement season of the year, bat also at a time when prices for all the neoessaries of life range exceedingly high, and money is very scarce. It is evident that such a state of things as now exist has not been known since 1837, and the remit of it all, is beyond the ken of the most sagacious and far-seeing. While it is not well to indulge In croaking and a distrust of that kind Provi- dence which ever provide* for human wants, it becomes all of limited means to institute a judicious if not rigid economy in the management of their affairs, and in the regulation of their ex- penditures. Those who have the best means of

" judging, anticipate speedy relief and an early return of activity throughout the various departments of industry.

In the meanwhile, what are the people doing who have an abundance, towards relieving the wants of the needy and suffering 1 Who visits the abodes of poverty and destitution and devises liberal things to meet the pressing exigences I— Where are the qpen hands to gladden disconso- late hearts, and satisfy the hunger of the famish- ing ? There are many benevolent individuals in community who no doubt do much in tho way of private charity; but an efficient and general or- ganisation for charitable purposes, seems to be a desideratum amongst us. The different religious societies no doubt accomplish mnch in taking care of those within their several spheres, but there are many without their pale, and they will only be reached by a more enlarged system of benevolence. "Love thy neighbor as thyself," should be something more than an abstract principle, it has a practical claim upon us. " It is more blessed to give than to receive," is known only by those whose feet run on errands of mercy, and impart of their substance to such at are less favored than. themselves with regard to this world's goods. < ■ i

THB second lecture before the Andover Ly- ceum was delivered by Prof. Barrows, on Wed- nesday evening of last week. Subject, "The History of Modern* Science, with Reference to the Useful Arts.".

The character of the lecture was practical,— referring to the history of gunpowder, printing, mariner's compass, astronomy, optics, power of steam, magnetic, telegraph, labor-saving machines, chemistry, geology, and the daguerreotype. Not- withstanding the triteness of these several subjects, much valuable information was imparted, and ample material furnished for future thought and profit. r 1 i m I ' —

A NEW CHITRCH. AT BALLABD VALB. — A council of churches convened at the house of Bev. H. S. Greene, on Sunday evening last, and organized the "Ballard Vale Union Church." The public exercises at the Hall consisted of Prayer by Bev. J. L. Taylor, Fellowship of the Churches by Bev. W. T. Briggs, and an Address bj Bev. Dr. Clark, of Boston- 1 ■ i

FATAL ACCIDBNT.—Thursday afternoon, Mr. James Welsh, of Lawrence, a carpenter, who was at work on the new Catholic church in that city, fell from the roof to the ground and,was instant- ly killed, lie was a native of Ireland.

[For the Advertiser.]

MESSRS. EDITORS:—AS it is very possible that tho subject of dividing the town may be renewed, it may not be amiss at this time to give to it some thought. The reasons in favor or it are very ob- vious; owing to this, there may be danger flint they may receive moro than their dne weight.— There [is a tendency among us to fly at once to an extreme remedy against any evil that we may think wo suffer. Do wo enough reflect that by great changes we may get rid of ills, of which we know tho numbers and extent, and may get others in their places far worse and moro numerous ? So here, the general argument is, that tho affairs of the town, as it now is, in former years have been badly managed. But will it be any easier to manage the business of two towns than of one? Or, will there be better men to be found fur officers when the town is divided, than can ho found in it now? It seems to me that if any complaint is to be made on this scorc,twe may remove it by selecting and choosing tho best men, and by keeping them in office as long as they do well. It is true, that some voters must reside at a distance from the place of meeting ; hut if a separation should take place, those same persons would, in general, have several miles to travel to reach tho town-meeting. The difference in the time spent will not perhaps be insisted upon. -^

It has been proposed to lay out the old railroad track as a highway. This improvement would tend greatly to concentrate the town, and obviate any call for its division. The numbers who assemble arc by no means too large for the proper transaction of business, if meetings could be held in a suitable place, and under a qualified moderator. An assembly of fifty men may as effectually hinder business by their own disorder, as one of five hundred. I conclude that the government of the town is in its own hands ; it may be governed evell or ill, just as the peopje choose, and I do not sec that dividing the same'peop'c into two separata corporations by r/ecessity changes their dis^sition to govern themsclvef woll. Passion and prejudice, and especially the indulgence of these as to individuals, are great hindrances to tho exercise of that reason and judgment, which alone should prevail when transacting town business

make tho health a subject of thought, securing thus a degree of cure and prudence that would not otherwise be obtained. The beard worn with such a design, or with such a belief, may be useful, but not otherwise than a split stick worn on the end of the nose would be to the same persons.

A notion prevails somewhat largely, that hair worn under the chin, [s a security against colds in tho throat. But such an appendage increases the warmth in warm weather, just as much as it repels the approach of cold, in cold weather.

The beard is worn by men in the East, as the symbol of woman's subjection to the man. Tho race of " strong-minded women" must become extinct in this country, before such a standard can bo raised with impunity. JABL.

AN INHABITANT.


MBS.'jOHNSON'S LECTURES.

LADIES wishing to become better acquainted with themselves, in the more material sense (which, by the way, bears no slight relation to the true and ennobling sense, In which this sentiment is more popularly used), can be most instructively assisted to do so, if they will attend the Lectures now in course of delivery by Mrs. M. A. W. Johnson. I

Having attended only the introductory one, I am not prepared to speak fully of their respective excellence. But as far as ability, delicacy, and refinement ,ure concerned, it seemed to bespeak, for what was* to follow, commendation from the most fastidious.

It was a beautiful effort, adapted to win our most profound respect; and I doubt not, as she shall proceed to unfold her knowledge of the the- ories which she laid before an attentive audience, in the application of the same, all who are privi- leged to attend shall come to feel that she is most truly a benefactor to her sex,—to the world.

The moderate terms, the attractive style, added to moro substantial motives, should induce all to avail themselvesjof tiis ("Woman's Bights") opportunity. ■ M.

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]For the Advertiser.]

MESSRS. EriiTons.—Neither the arguments of Dr. Sanborn, nor the authority of the' Professors referred to by him, will ever convince me that men ought to wear beards. If they do not shave, much time must be spent in keeping the beard clean and decent This is the case even when the dress consists of a loose tunic and robe, which may be drawn over, so as to protect it from the dust and heat; but especially must this be necessary when it is worn,"«s here, over a collar, cravat and vest, by which it is thrown out so as to form aright angle with the face.

It seems that precious ointments were used upon such, beards as arc commended to imitation among us; nor is it hardly credible that some, which actually flourish here, are.jjot tampered with at the expense of as much time and as many materials, as would be requisite to keep them'cut off.

Tho deterioration of the race may as well be attributed to cutting tho hair and the nails; for it is quite plain that the surest way of shorten- ing a subject is to clip jt at both ends. These excrescences^ may be designed to develop the growth and vigor, and their accession may affect the system in the same manner as a tree or plant would be affected by cutting the forth-coming leaves and buds.

Then as to benefit to health; whatever is so connected in the mind with this subject as to call the attention to it frequently, or periodically, will be good for the health. Half the benefit of Patent Medicines, and much perhaps of most others, is owing to the fact, tuatJheyservjIJjJ scarcely space to writo

NEW YOBK CORRESPONDENCE.

Nev York, January 1, 1855.

MESSRS. EDITORS.:—Never did thelmn rise on a more lovely day than it did on this, the first day of tho new year. Winter seemed to have thrown aside its chilly habiliments, and to have given place to tho sweet breath of Spring. To-day was indeed a wedding-day,—blustering January espoused sweet Spring 1 Everything has conspised to make this a happy New Year day, indeed 1 *

It has—perhaps you are awaro of it—been the custom, from time immemorial, to celebrate this annual festal day; for the ladies to receive at their domicils all tbeir masculine acquaintances who may honor them by their presence. It is a pleasant custom, sanded down to ns by our Dutch nncestd^Hfed has always been celebrated ia the old Diia^Hrwns, from the timo of the Vantassels and^vmralkenbergs. But in no others has the day Seen so religiously kept as in New York and Brooklyn. The mansions of the richer and poorer are thrown open, and within the spacious dreving-rooms, or infne cozy parlors, are the ladlei adorned and bedecked in such costumes as their Station requires and admits of, ready to receive their friends; for, alas 1 we havo rank and station here,—aye, even aristocracy, as well as at the courts of Europe.

This is tho day for the lavish display of silks and of satins.. This is cmphaticaUslMjLday of all the days in tiie yean for disDlay/jE Bg both sexes. The gentlemen whiskuitojaj ^Keption rooflf bow, speak % word to the hosteaB>nerally about the " charming weather," and occasionally hazard a remark about Sevastopol! drink a glass of wino perhaps, a bow and a smile, anejathen whisk out again. And so they go, through all the list of their acquaintances, in and out,—as busy as bees, and as marry as butterflies.

Some of your unsophisticated readers will ex- claim, " Well, there can't bejauch hospitality in that. Wty don't tl»y stay v while with their hostess,—sit down and make themselves at home 1" If they did this, I would answer, how would they ever goMlirough their 150, 200 or 300 calls that hajSot to be made between 11 o'clock in the moflH and 11 at night? To.be sure, the ladies dofl derive mucA benefit from their interesting cmfersation, buwyet their very presence tells them that they are not forgotten, and that one idea is a comfort to every heart.

Indeed, this is the great object of the long- continued custom. Many a lady does^iot see certain gentlemen friends from one New Year's day to the nettt. And this is the only way to keep up the acquaintance with the husbands, by these yearly calls, that they renew with the wives in a more neighborly way. Thousands of men are so engrossed in their business that they cannot really find time to visifall of even their female friends, during the whole year. Or, if they could find time, Ihey are much too tired and care-worn, of an evening, to play the agreeable. Therefore, willingly and cheerfully they set ■part this, the first day of "each new year, to perform this kind yet tedious duty. I say tedious, for who wouldn't be tired, going round all day, and I might say all night, repeating the same story at every house, and yet receiving the same " Happy New Year " Jrom laany a " rosy lip!"

Nevertheless, MV live the custom,-say we; and many may he the happy returns of this bright New Year day, which is, even now while I write, still lighted up by the bright morn and the starry skies, as mild and as cloudless as are the heavens in June. Not again this year will men go to their beds with as clear consciences; not again will fair dames seek their pillows with as happy hearts. Never this year will all New York sink so calm and peaceful into sweet repose as on this the first bright night of the new year. And I may remark in conclusion, that never was the day celebrated more generally or moro happily, and never was there less of rowdyism and boisterous merriment; never war there less ine- briety and genteel intoxication I than was thore on this the first day of 1855.

The mouths of hundreds of cannon, as is the custom here, ushered out old 1854 witVaU the honors due its venerable and distinguished self; and ushered in the new year with every wish for its success.

1855 in New York has begun nobly. May its termination be as joyous and as delightful as was its commencement.

I have but little news to write, and have what little there is. We

have been so engrossed with holidays of late, that news is dull and uninteresting. The Atlan- tic, which arrived, after n very stormy passage of 14 days, on Saturday afternoon, brings no news of importance from the seat of war. The armies are about going into winter quarters, and all hopes of the capture of Sebastopol this year (1854} are given up; which little circumstance shows up well the fruitlessncss of John Bull's braggadocio 1 'For according to the London Tiracs^f three months ago, this day wonld be the festival of British soldiers celebrating theip victo- ries in St. Petersburg 1

By the way, speaking of the Atlantic steamship and the war, there is a rumor here that the Col- lins steamers have already been sold to the Czar, for the round sum of SI,500,000 1 But this is only a rumor, and is by many disbelieved. Com- modore Vanderbilt is already building a fleet of steamships to ply between this port and Liver- pool, which are said will surpass even the Collins line in spied and magnificence; so that if we are really to lose the ships that have won ns so much honor, by the stinginess of Congress in refusing a decent stipend for the prompt and rapid delivery of tho mail, we shall still have the steamers of tho' world-renowned Commodore, who has cash enough to go on his own hook.

Yours truly, HVJMILITAS.

MASSACHUSETTS LEGISLATURE. WEDNESDAY, Jan. 3,1855. *

SENATE. The Senate was called to order at 11 o'clock, by Mr. Libliey of Suffolk, who made a brief speech, in which he stated that the whole United States were looking, to-day, upon the Senate of Massachusetts, and he hoped that the doings of the body would be "impartial and magnificent."

His Excellency, Gov. Washburn, then came in, accompanied by Lieut Governor Plunkett and the Council, and the constitutional oath was taken by the Senators elected for the current year.

The Senate having subscribed to the necessary oath of qualification, the Governer and Council retired.

Mf. Libbey resumed the chair, and on motion of Mr. Barker, of Suffolk, a committee of three were appointed to receive, sort and count the votes for President of the Senate.

Tho Senate having voted, the committee reported that the whole number of ballots was 36, of which Hon. H. W. Benchley, of Worcester, had .the wuole number, and was unanimously elected,

The President in taking tho chair made a very sensible speech, which we have not room to give.

A committee was then chosen to receive and count the votes for Clerk of tho Senate. .The Senate having voted, the committee're-

ported that the whole number of ballots thrown was 37. Peter L. Cox had 37, and was declared unanimously elected.

The usual oath was then administered to the Clerk.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. ■ The House, which was full, was called to order at 11 o'clock by Allen Presbrey of Taunton, tho senior member, who'said that this season was to be a sort of trial trip, and asked that all who were in favor of making it a short and pleasant one should say "aye;" to which there was a unanimous re sponse.

On motion, Messrs. Hood of Somerset, Coburn of Drocut, and Warner of Northampton, were appointed to inform the Secretary of State that the House had been called to order.

On motion, Messrs. Munroo of Boston, Cooley of Granvillc, Tower of Cohesset, Ames of Con- way, and Jenkins of Andover, were appointed a committee to receive the credentials of members, and ascertain if a quorum was present; and re-

i ported that such was the case. i Gov. Washburn, Lieut. Gov. Plunkett, the (Conncil, 4c-> shortly appeared and proceeded to

qualify tha-membcrs elect of the House. This [ beffig done,, tho members subscribed the oaths of 1 office, and the Governor and his retinuo with- I drew.

On motion of Mr. Williams, of Boston, a committee was appointed to receive, sort and count the votes for Speaker of the House.

They attended to their dnty, and reported the following tjesnlt:

Whole number of votes, Necessary for a choice,

> D. C. Eddy, of Lowell, had J. Q. A. Griffin, of Charlestown, Wm. B. King, of Roxbury, Scattering,

and Rev, D. C. Eddy, of Lowell, was, elected. A committee of five were appointed to receive,

i sort and count votes for Clerk of the House, who I attended to that'duty and reported:

Whole number of votes, 313 Necessary for a choice, 167

! Henry A. Marsh, of Pittsficld.tiad 262 Wm. Stowe, of Springfield, 50

I Richard Frothingham, of Charlestown, 1

COMPLIMENTARY.—On the 1st hut. Messrs sK E. Woods and William Crooks, conductors upon the Boston & Maine Railroad, were each the re- cipients of a New Year's Present of a beautiful piece of gold, worked into the shape of a conductor's badge. The article was appropriately in. scribed, and indicated that it was a token of the approbation and friendship of Somerville passengers towards these gentlemen; and surely the compliment was most worthily bestowed.

The important case of Nehemiuh H. Stone, vs. the Boston cV Maine Railroad was closed on Tuesday evening, and rcsnlted in a verdict for the road. The plaintiff claimed heavy damages for injuries sustained by him two years since, at the time of the well remembered unfortunate accident, near the Alms House in this town, when tho son of President Pierce was killed., Tho ablest counsel was engaged on both sides; and during the protracted trial much evidence was elicited in reference to tho management of railroads, and it was abundantly shown that the ut- most vigilance in all respects was observed by this favorite roadfto ensure as far as practicable, the safety of its passengers. ■ p. .-—-•

OFFICERS of the Reading Agricultural and Mechanic Association, chosen at the Anuual Meeting, Jan. 1,1855: —

President, Thomas Swcctser; Vice President, Stephen Foster; Secretary, John BatcMldw-, ' Treasurer, Jonathan Frost; Directors, Loca Pur- kcr, Sylvester Harnden, S. E. Parker, H. G. Richardson.

LYCEUM LECTURES. A Course of ton Scientific and Miscellaneous

Lectures will be given in the Baptist Church, on Wednesday evenings. Tickets can be obtained at the stores ef J. J. Brown, W. F. Draper, and at the Post Office, at 25 cts. each for the course- The fourth lecture will be delivered by Rev. Antoinette L. Brown, of Western New York, on Wednesday evening next, at 7 1-2 o'clock. Sub- ject, " The Old and New." Tickets to be shown at the door.

George Foster, Eastman Sanborn, Varnum Lincoln, W. II. Foster, H. N. Barnum, Commit- tee of arrangements.

Andover, Dec. 16, 1854.

LIST OF LETTERS REMAINING. IN THE POST OFFICE, ANDOVER, DEC. 31,1854.

Johnson, F.zekiel Jones, Ambrose Jameson, Mariah Miss Johnson, Benj. C. N.

Kimball, John F. Kimball, Abel C- Kerwiu, Thomas Knapp, George B. Kendall, James

Leitch, William

326 163

273 29 17

C

Abbott, Mary Miss Artey, Mary A. Mrs. Abbott, Amos Mr. Andrews, J. Watson Amos, Lorenzo S.

Bacon, M. S. Brown, Charles Bailey, Eliza Miss Buckley, Mary Jane Barber, Jacob Mr. Bailey, Timothy Brown & Carter, McssrsXovejoy, Agustut Bailey, Rhoderick Mr. Barnard, Oliver O. Mnson, Frederick Berry, Nathaniel Minahan, Ellen Boutwell, George McKone, Thomas Brown, Henry W. Mclitasb, Charles Batchclder, E. W. Mrs. Miller, Jnne Miss Bourne, Henry J. Barker, William Burley, Messrs. & Co. Bartlett, William Becker, Mr. or Bates, Bachelder, Eva Miss Bean, Mary Miss

Clements, J Cutler, Ralph H. Conners, Bridget Chase, John Curtis, Edwin A. Chapman, F. D. Clark, John Robert

Davis, Eliza B. Donagan, A. Mr. Drury, Albert Dane, John 0. Durant, Mary W. Dodge, S. Davis, ]■'.. It. Downing, Samuel DeCastro, William Durgin, George

Eastman, Hall

THE MendehjBBun Qujgtette Club will com mence their Concerts at tfie Baptist Church, on Monday evening next, Jan. 8th, at 7 1-3 o'clock.

Wo learn that the Club having ascertained that there is a deficienoaun tho requisite funds for furnishing the new ajRrding-house connected with the Abbott Female Academy, have generously proposed to appropriate all tho proceeds of the conetar**—above 300 tickets—to that object. A dittlBgaished vocalist will accompany the club each evening. . , tilt is h6pcd thtsjjfce people of this town will

respond to tho aooVe proposition, and fill tl house. The papers in Boston have lavishi praise upon this troupe of musicians.

Field, Thomas B. Mr. Farmer, Elmore Foster, Anna L. Miss Foster, C. L, Miss

George, Eunico Mrs. Gray, Margaret Grimley, James Gowin, A. Mr. Gardner, J. J.

Holt, S.B.Mrs, kildreth, William Mr. Howard, A polios Jr.

TJa*y, Sarah H. Mrs. UatarJK. HMrVlr. Holt, S: A. Mr. Hurlburt, John Jr.

Maher, Dennis

Ncwholl, George L. Noyes, Aaron

O'Brine, Catharine Miss Osborn, Hartwell

Pillsbury, Stephen Perrin, William Palmer, James R. Parker, Washington! Peirce, W.S. Miss* * Parker, T. C. Peet, E. W. Parker, Solon H. Persons, Lucinda Mrs. Perkins Sophia H. Mrs.

Reed, Lydia Reed, Rebecca T. Richardton, Joseph Rodgers, Bridget Miss Rea, Daniel Russell, William Richardson, Luther

Sewall. William Stevens, Daniel Strong, John A. Stearns, John Ls Smiley, J. V.

Thompson, M. H.

Vail, M.Mr.. ■

Wright. Bark W. Wait, E. P. Walker, D. P. Woodbury, Wm. H.

• Williams, Thos. P. Willard, John Willis, J. H. Wol, H. T. Wheeler, C.B.'

.

17c. 25.

HOBART CLARK, P. M. Persons JM^ring for letters, wjll please say

"AdvcrtiseqV- HPDFFICE HOURS.

From 7 1-4^TM. to 10 minutes before 1 P. M. From ♦1-4, to 7 1-2 P. M.

List of Letters remaining in the Post Office at North Andover, January 1,1854.

. \£y- SEE advertisement, in another column, of the Children's Exhibition. To those who have attended the past Exhibitions of this school, we need not say a word; but to those who have not, we can assure them an agreeable and profitable. entertainment, if they will he present on the evening mentioned.

Barton, Charles Broadbent, C. B. 2 Eaton, Warren Erwin, James Fames, Benj. Fletcher, James Farnham, Sarah Foster, James Johnson,Nancy Linn, Walt. Lord, John F.

Lord, John Maurs, Salome Maulden, John lioon, Joseph

JTetcrs, MaryjE. Sproul.JkW. ,. Stone, Ol M. Sterling, William White, A*>& Wild, J|ttn *

J. P. FOSTBK, P M.

ANDOVER ADVERTISER, SATURDAY, JANUARY 6, 1855.

mAUXt.lA<43f-:s.

At Boston, 2d lust., by Rev. George M. Randall. Mr Benjamin Franklin Grinnell, of New York, to MUB Martha Puncliftrd, daughter of John Derby, Esq., of

' Cavendish, Vt.

BKATECS.

Iii this towo, 28ih ult, of consumption, Mrs. Nancy. wife of Tiinot|iv Fiirnhain,.V.) year*.

In llnllaid Vale, 31st ult , of typhoid fover, James Ing- ham,25

In Brighton :i:»i. nit., Haiti-A Wilson, 16. She was a member of the Abbot Female Acndonty in this town, and died in full assurance of a htoised resurrection.

In I'lizwiiii-tin, N.JI , 15th ult, Mr Jame* W Stone, a graduate of the Theological Seminary, Andovcr, Muss., 40.

In Albany, Me., Kith u lt.t Mr. Jacob Dresser, 63,—for- mally of Boxford, Mass.

PUBLIC NOTICE. 1>HE attention of the public is called to the fol-

lowing By-Lows of the Town of ANDOeVEK, which are to be in force from and after January 1st, 1893:

BY-LAWS. 1. No person shall be allowed to slide or coast

upon a.»|e<l or sleds, or any other like vehicle, In or upon any public street, highway, or thorough- fare, within' the town of Andovcr, under a penal- ty of ONK DOLLAR for every such offence.

2. All penalties recovered under these By« Laws, shall be paid, one-half to the complainant anil one-half to the Commonwealth.

3. Complaints for violation of thes* By-Laws may be made by any person to any Justice of the Peace within and for the county of Essex.

4. It shall be the special duty of the Constables and Police Officers of said town to enforce these By-Laws, and to prosecute by complaint for every violation thereof that shall come to their knowledge.

5. These By-Laws shall be in force from and after January 1st, 1853, and until said town shall repeal the same.

A trne copy of the By-Laws presented to the town of Andover, at the adjournment of the An- nual Town Meeting in tho month of March, A.D. 1852, and accepted by said town.

Attest: SAMUEL JOHNSON, Town Clerk of the Town of Andover.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. ESSEX, SS.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, • December Term, 1852.

December 2Mh. Approved. EDWARD MELLEN, J. C. C. P.

Attest: A. HDNTINOTON, Clerk. A true copy. Attest: A. HITHTINGTON, Clerk.

COME AND SEE I COME AND SEE!I

Lectures to Ladies. M1 R8. M. A. W. JOHNSON will.give the

last two Lectures of her course, on Physiol- ogy and the Laws of Health, on Saturday and Monday. January 6th and 8th, in the Vestry of the South Church, at 3 o'clock, P.M.

The subjects will be the Diseases of Women, Maternity, and Transmission of Parental qualities. Admission to single Lecture, 25 cents.

Jan. 6.—It.*

Children's Exhibition. THE Sabbath School connected with the Uni-

versalist 8ociety will hold their Fourth Annual Exhibition at the UNIVEBSALIST C II I: KG II, on next

THURSDAY EVENING, JAN. 11TH,

Commencing at 6 1-2 o'clock.

It will consist of a variety of Recitations, Dialogues, Songs, etc.; among which will be a Drama of TJnolo Tom's Oabln,

representing the principal characters of that work. Admittance, 12 1-2 cents. Tickets to be had at J. J. Brown's and at Sands's. The proceeds go to replenish the Library.

rry- .If it should be stormy on tho above evening, the Exhibition will be postponed to the first fair evening. It.—Jan 5.

Great Annual Sale.

THE

MENDELSSOHN Q.UINUTETTE CLUB Consisting of the following Artists :—

AUGUST FRIES, . . . First Violin. CARL MEISEL,'. .. . Second Violin. GUSTAV KREBS, . . Viola and Flute. THOMAS RYAN, . Viola and Clarinette. WULF FRIES, ...... Violincello.

Respectfully announce to the Citizens of An- dover and its vicinity, that during this, their Sixth Season, they intend giving a Series of four

Chamber Concerts, When will bo presented some of the finest Com- positions from tho best Masters, viz:— Hayden, Mozart, Beethoven, Onslow, Mendels- sohn, Spohr, Gade, Schumann, Weber, Schubert,

Rossini, Meyerbeer, Donizetti, etc., Consisting of QUIMTETTIS. QUARTETTES,

TRIOS, DUOS. SOLOS, etc. During the past Season all endeavors have bein made to render their Library complete, and no effort will be spared to render their Concerts worthy the support and patronage of all lovers of music.

Set of Tickets for the Series, one dollar each. Subscribers may use their tickets at pleasure.

A Vocalist will be engaged for each Concert, provided a sufficient number of tickets are taken.

The first Concert will take place on Monday 1 evening, Jan. 8, 1855. I Dec, 23.

$150,000. DASHALL ft CO'S NATIONAL

UPWARDS OF

WORTH OF $150,000 Winter Clothing,

l T the"following low prices:

ft! 1 ^ TO 9 Good Pants, of various fabrics.

Auction CJoods, Direct from New York and*biladelphia,

mmfetll ^Wottier'a, NO. 10 APPLETON BLOCK.

Essex Street, Lawrence.

1-2.

$2 34.

Cnssimcrc, Doeskin, and Broadcloth Pants, at this low ptlco, for a few days, to reduce stock.

Custom Made Doeskin Pants, Canvas Bot- toms, and made of as good materials as the Pants for which you usually pay $5. Clos- ing nit of Winter Clothing.

<lfe3 TO ;ti Fancy Case., Doeskin, and Cloth Pants, of *JpO t u (j. vpry dDSirab|e patterns, being at least 25

percent- less than the same are usually

A nice AlTair for a Gentleman. Over Gruments, custom made, usually sold fur much more.

T.-1 1 9 A flne Custom Made Overcoat or Sack, 1U J — made from lirab, Blue, and Black Pilot

Cloth, Broadcloth, and Beaver Cloths, for thin low price. Will guaranty that the same garments are sold at from $18 to $30.

Tn 1 fi Taln.as. An entirely New Style of Over gi 1U-LU- Garment, combining gentility with ease ™

1-2.

.

M. less?

ficcst

WE would say to the Ladies of Lawrence and the adjoining towns, that we have just re-

ceived an Immense Stock of FALL AND WINTER GOODS,

Which are cheaper and»bctter than were ever shown in Lawrence. Ladies, if you call at our store, we will show yon 1.000 yds. beautiful Plaid Silk, at 50c. worth *1 500 * " Rept. " " 60c. " II. 2 000 •" " Stripe " " 42c. " 75c. 2000 " l: " " " 50c. " 87c. Rich Black Silk for $5,00 per pattern.

•' " " soft finish, $7,50. " " " of better qualities, very low. " » Brocado Silks, of all qualities.

FXftlclflS, Plaids. 1,00Q yds. splendid all woql Plaids, $4,00 a

Iiattcra. 1,000 yds. do. of best qualities. One ot beautiful silk and wool Plaids, very cheap.

Haw Silk Plaids, about half price.

LYONESE, COBURGS, THIBETS. 500 yds. Lyonese Cloth, for $1,25 a pattern.

500 yds. do. for $1.50 a pattern. 1,000 yds. do. best qualities. 1,000 yds. all wool Thibets, of all colors and qualities.

DELAINES, DELAINES.

For an office or Business Coat, to close out tho stock.

4bft Tn 1 9 Dm1* aml Frock Cowls, from Superfine vO *u +mt Broadcloth and Doeskins, made up in

good style and in a faithful mannor. All will be sold at these low prices, to close out stock.

4b 1 TI/I 1 1 9 Vests, of tho latest fashion, for these SflS 1 TO X 1-Z. i„Wprice..

dfcO fn 9 1 9 For a nice Fancy Satin Vesl. Also «£.£ i<J£> J.-A Black or Fancy SUkdo.jnade up In

the latest styles. Gentlemen's Dressing Gowns, very lowest prices.

tcotch DcLaincs, at 10c, aheap at s. Manchester do. at 12 1-2, worth

GENTLEMEN'S

Furnishing Goods. 37} to 150 cts. ASSORTED LOT OF SIIIHTS AKD

DRAWERS. 50 " 200 " FINE SHIRTS, LINEN BOSOMS &

COLLARS. FINE LINEN BOSOMS.

" " COLLARS. SOCKS. STOCKS A«D CRAVATS. SILK POCKET HANDKERCHIEFS. SUSPENDERS. UMBRELLAS. TOOTH BRUSHES. HAIR BRUSHES. TRAVELLING SHAWLS.

Together with a great variety of Fancy Goods, to be closed up cheap.

BOYS' DEPAHTMEIiT.

isv " 50 5 " 17 17 " IS 25 " 160 25 " HK) 10 " N 37 » 200 6 " 17 6 " 100

$5.

2.000 y< These DeLaines are only half price.

V. M.

1,000 yds 17c. as.

PRINTS AND DOMESTIC GOODS

In any quantity, which must be sold in 60 days, at some price." 500 yds. Scotch Diaper, all Linen, at 6 1-4 cts. 200 yds. White Linen, 12 1-2 cts. Also better qualities, very low. 200 Table Covers, at 25c. worth 50c. m

SHAWLS,! SHAWLS 11

Cashmere, Brocha, Bay State Long and Square Shawls, of every style.

LADIES* BROADCLOTHS,

Of choice colors and qualities. Don't buy till you look at them and learn oar of all kinds, ready mode, and short notice.

The very best assortment of BSBroidenes in Lawrence, can be'fonnd at Kimball & Brother's. Don't fail to look at them before buying.

Cashmere and Plush Lined Gloves, Hosiery and Fancy Goods, Cloak and Dress Trimmings, Dress Buttons, etc. ' Best Paris Kid Gloves, only 75c-, same as sold for 87 1-2.

tt?" Every article will be sold precisely as advertised, until each of a kind is sold. Oar goods must and will be sold in 60 days. Many of them will be sold less than they cost to import, and in no case shall we refuse to sell goods at cost. Come and see for yourselves.

KIMBALL $ BROTHER, 10 Appleton Block, Essex St.,

Nov. 25. . Lawrence, Mats

s. Don t

if fflsroroi

CLOAKS order at

$2 to $5 OVER SACKS. ii " $4 JACKETS-

SI! " $2 SUIT JACKET AND PANTS). *l' " $3 CASSIMERE, CLOTH, AND DOE-

SKIN PANTS. 50 cts. " $2 VESTS. Very truly, the above are low prices! Purchasers,

however, are requested to bring this advertisement with them, and they will then acknowledge the fact, as we are determined to close up the

stock of Winter Clothing.

A copy of the New Book, " Oak Hall notarial," gratis, to every purchaser.

ONE PRICE, ""CASH SYSTEM.

OAK HALL,, 34* North Street, Boston.

Dec. 30.—3mos.

SHEEP LOST. STRAYED from the Subscriber, a short time

since, six or seven sheep. Whoever will rj- tnrn them, or igive information of their whore- oboats, shall be suitably rewarded bv the owner,^

Dec! 23. S.G.VALPEY.^

BANK STOCK. PERSONS wishing to purchase Shares in the

Andover Bank will be supplied on application to F- COGSWELL, Cashier.

Dec. 16.—tf

AT COST FOR EIGHTEEN DAYS.

MACY'S ORIGINALMVERHILL

CHEAP STORE, HAVERHILL, MASS.

Owing to the lateness of the season, the present stringency of the 'money

market, and the desire to close out my

STOCK OF GOODS, which is about

$18,000, I have fully determined to reduce it to one

quarter of that amount, and shall commence

This Monday Morning to close every article in my

Store at the actual cost. My stock, as is well known, comprises the

LARGEST AM) BEST ASSORTMENT

FRENCfl,QEN6LISH, AND *

DRY GOODS in this town; and as I have often asserted that

I buy my goods full 10 per cent, less than any other dealer in tows, and as this

is to be a real bom fide

CLOSING OUT COST SALE, I think my customers will be fully satisfied that

my assertions are correct This sale will commence

December 18th, AND CONTINUE THROUGH

December, 1854, iintil the 1st of February, 1855.

During this whole sale only ONE PRICE will be named on any article, and that shall be the ACTUAL COST FROM THE INVOICE BOOK, as ever/ article in tho store is numbered and invoiced. Every one in this community is well aware that my stock consists of a very large assortment of Thibets, Lyonese, Woollen Plaids, Silk Plaids, Cloak Goods, Cashmere Long and Square Shawls, Bay State SkawK all kinds of Linen Goods, any quantity of Cottons, Prints, Flannels and Domestics, a Use stock of fancy dress and black Silks, Hosiery, vloves, Embroid- eries, Ribbons, and Fancy Goods of every description, white Goods, &c.

Most of my Stock was bought In JOB LOTS, at very low prices, and my customers may anticipate Dry Goods during the sale at much lower prices than they ever saw them,

B.H.MACY. Haverhill, December 23. 3t

Boot and Shoe Store. HBMOVAL.

JTtJ DARNARD respectfully notifies • YV s D his customers and patrons, that

be has removed to the Store formerly occupied by Jonathan Swift, No. 8. Main Street, and that his facilities and conveniences for transacting business are greatly increased. He will keep constantly onliand a New and Fashionable as-

sortment of Gentlemen's and Ladies'

BOOTS & SHOES, or will manufacture them to order promptly, and in the best style. Also a good supply of RUB- BER BOOTS and SHOES for Ladies or Gen-

, tleraen, together with TRUNKS, VALISES, I BLACKING, BRUSHES, *c 4c

Dee. 18.

Consummation Certain. 70,000 Tickets already sold. Only 80,000 to be disposed of.

DISTRIBUTION of Gifts to come off, without fail, March 10", 1855,—or sooner, if the

tickets are all sold. Dashall & Co. beg to assure their friends, that

under no circumstances, will the distribution be postponed beyond the above-mentioned date; and they hope, by energy and the co-operation of their patrons, to bring the enterprise to a conclusion at an earlier period, in which case, due notice will be given. . OFFICE, 486 BROADWAY, NEW YORK.

150,000 Presents to be given to the purchasers of the large and elegant engraving of the " In- auguration of George Washington, President of the United States," from the celebrated painting of David Paul Laurens. Price of engraving, SI.00; which includes a gift ticket, entitling the holder to a chance in the following list of magnificent Gifts.

The value of the presents, as appraised by a Committee chosen for the purpose, is $146,000, as follows: — A splendid Farm on tho Hudson River, com-

pletely stocked, houses, etc., - - $20,000 Stone Iront Dwelling-house and Lot on

Fifth Avenue, NoV York, - - 13,000 A magnificent gold Tea Service, prop-

erty of the late G. Van Demon, - - 4,000 Silver Wine Service, .... 1,000 The Race Horse " White Raven," - - 8,000 Coach, Harness, and Horses, (a mag-

nificent establishment), - - - 3,500 30 shares Central Railroad stock, - 3,000 200 fine Watches, $100 each, - - -20,000 10,000 Gold Seals and Charms, - - 10,000, 10,000 Gold Pens and Silver Holders, - 5,000 100 boxes best Cigars, ... 500 100 Gold Guard Chains, - - - 1,500 A splendid Buggy, .... 190

" Phaeton, .... 1,000 A Horse, Harness, and Buggy, (splen- .

did affair), - 500 An elegant Dog, St. Bernard, - - 100 Splendid' Tost sailing Yaeht, " Spirit of

the Wave,'' 4,000 The fast and trim Pleasure-yacht,

''Evening Bird," .... A Loan for 25 years, -

Great Sale' — OF —

DRY GOODS, FROM DEC. 12th, TO* JANTJABY lit

Jry Goods at No. 4, Will be sold at

THE immence stock of Dr City Block, Essex Street, Will be sold at a

great discount until Jan. 1st, at a change in business is contemplated.

The Sale will be very advantageous to par- chasers, as many articles will be marked at cost, and less than cost, in order to close off the entire Winter Stock by the above date. Don't fail to

call and examine. At the Old Stand of KEYES & BENTHALL",

No. 4 City Bltck, Essex St. Dec. 16. Lawrence.

NICHOI/S PATENT PARAGON SAFETY CAN.

PATENTED SEPT. 20, 185S.

1,000 8,000 5,000 1.000

This Safety Can is universally acknowledged to be the best ever devised to protect consumers of Burning Fluid, and Camphene against accidents resulting from the use of the same. This Can is trebly protective, it protects against the possibility of explosion, against spilling the fluid, and against loss bv eraporation. No consumers of burning fluid should use any other Can.

In filling it. turn slowly through the tunnel. The cork or screw should not .be removed from the vessel, only when it is replenished by the dealer.

Manufactured and for sale Wholesale and Re- tail by W«. G. REED, sole *wner of the Patent Right for Andover. Also constantly on hand and for sale, Dr. Nichol's Mctalic Lined Glass Paragon Lamps for Fluid.

Andovcr, Oct. 14,1854. tf

(All without interest.) 1 Rosewood Piano, ... 800 3 Mahogany Pianos, .... 1,500 A Farm in Ohio, .... 4,000

" Kentucky, .... 3,000 " Pennsylvania, - - - 6,000 " Massachusetts, - - ' - 10,000

25,000 vols. Poems, - 11,000 Statue of " Cigar Girl," by Reeves, - 1,000

Also, over 100,000 Paintings, Statues, Medals, Charts, Albums, Valuable Books, and Portfolios of Engravings; making in all 150,000 Gifts, which will be distributed by a Committee appointed by the Shareholders, and forwarded, free of charge, by the Public's obedient servants,

. DASHALL & CO., 486 Broadway, New York.

Orders for Engravings and Tickets in this great Enterprise are daily arriving from all ports of the United States and Canada, which warrant as in promising a very early day for the distribution. Applications should be made immediately, as only a certain number of tickets can be sold. Letters, with the money enclosed, to be pre-paid, and the Engraving and Ticket will be forwarded free.

DASHALL & CO., Dec. 9—tf. 486 Broadway, New York.

Twenty-Five Thousand Already Sold.

NO ONE WHO ENJOYS

AN EXQUISITELY TOLD STORY, Still less any Anti-Slavery man or woman,

will neglect the opportunity to read

IDA MAY. i

The relation »f Master and Slave, as sanctioned by law, and the

PRACTICAL WORKINGS OF THE 8TSTEI nnder the control of those who would be humane, if circumstances and the laws permitted, are most graphically depicted in this (look.

As the reader proceeds, it becomes evident that the authoress knows of what she affirms, and

' Testifies of that the hai wen.'

C it,. ^Hcjlril HAVING removed to the Store formerly occu-

pied by CARLTON #• DERBY, has on hand and is constantly rccleving a very large and

well selected stock of Dry Goods and Groce- ries. Also a great variety of

Parmlng Tools, consistipg of Ploughs, Har-

rows, Cultivators, Manure and , I lay Forks, Hay and Gar-

den Rakes, Spades, Shovols, Hpcs,

Scrapers, Saws and Axes. AlsotGrass and Garden

> Seeds of all kinds,; all of which will be sold at Boston prices for

CASH. May U.

THIS DAY .A.. W. Stoarna «*> Oo.

commence to offer their

WHOLE STOCK OF ,

MEDIUM AND RICH GOODS at such prices as will tempt all who like

to buy Goods CHEAP.

CO., PHILLIPS, SAMPSON & PUBLISHERS.

For sale by all Booksellers. In one volume, 12mo. Price Sl,25 Boston, Dec. 30.—3t

IN Consequent of an anticipated change ill our business arrangements, and the scarcity of

money, we have concluded to give onr customers a benefit, by the way of LOW PRICES. A

great many goods for a little money.

Our assortment of

RICH PLATO, STRIPED and BROCADE SILKS, ALL WOOL PLAIDS, THI-

BETS, CASHMERES, LYON- ESE CLOTHS, all kinds of

DUESS GOODS, CLOAK CLOTHS, and TRIMMINGS to

match, will be offered for

TWO THIRDS our former prices.

LADIES' AND GENTS'

a very large assortment. PRINTED CARPETH discount. Many of the Goods much less than the cost, of Importation. OUR FURS EQUALLY CHEAP. Our assortment is more extensive and varied, much larger, and more complete, in nearly every department than any in this or neighbor- ing cities, to which we invito the early attention of purchasers.

I * 2 Stcarns's Block, Essex St., Lawrence. Dec.».

WOOLLEN and ftc. at the same

TO'NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS. FOR SALE, at this office, a font of Brevier

type of about 500 lbs. used for stereotyping. For an impression of the face of the type, the purchaser is referred to Littell's Living Age.— This type will answer a very good purpose for a newspaper, and will be sold on very reasonable terms by applving immediately at this office, or to Phelps ft Daltou, 52 Washington street, Bos- ton. •' ■

Dec. 30. •

DR. ELLIO.TT, X> H3 3ST T X4E* T,

OFFICE, AFPLITOK BLOCK',

Over Ordway ft Wadleigh, next door to i ft Co., Lawrence.

Nov. 11. tf.

COAL AND TEAMING. THE Subscriber baa made such arrange-

ments as'will enable him to supply the people of Andover and vicinity with all kinds of coal. Orders promptly executed at me lowest cash price. Having purchased a team he is prepared to truck goods and perform teaming work at all times, on reasonable terms.

Sept-JN tf THOMAS I. MATBBKRY

"

JOSEPH F. CLARK, Attoruoy «.t XasVCSSTf

20 Count STREET, BOSTOX. Nov. 4—tf.

VO VLXXtX I ■*- A ttg"?™" secreted under the hoase of the issTsiriber, containing several books, which theowner can hare by proving property •^J^^XGHAM.

opposite Scotland School House. Dec 16.—St

8. H. PARKER . ^^KBY gives notice that he I* desirous of

settling up all his demands as soon as possible ; and therefore requests all persons with whom be has notes or accounts, to call and

ttle. North Andover, Nov. 11, ISM. si.

Hsls^H

M, »' m.lqlllj •?mm "i


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Where the following solemn affair came from is more than vre can tell, but it evidently had reference to some Music Hall:

A crowd was a poring in onto a Mnsicle Hall, And I follered. A emense crowd was there, A listentn to a feller as was a playin on a mu-

sicte Cupboard, which gave forth ductick sounds ; I lingered. It was Strakor.se. He went in on Tropicle fruitss generally, not to mention lemons. Then come the Assoluts and her sister, and sung " Vedrai fjarino," or tho Canine Vidder—a fe

male Dog as had lost her husband, and then an in- Termission, which was the best performance to Look at the wimmen in. The dresses of The Assolutas was a surprisiit site, in Consequence of their dresses not coming up long Enough on tho s'holders. Old Bull with Better close on than he ever bad before, Came out and plade. His hair was combed

good, And his music was Concorde. (That's French

for "Do It gain,'') and ho done it. Then tire short-waist-

ed Dresses on top sung agin—and then a large col-

' lar With Strakorst; inside of it, attacked the cup-

board And tried to brake the stopples on the bottom Of it with his fut—and then old Bull Cum out and done the Kanal of Venice—with* Out tho drivers, which was the end of the performance, and the awjince retired, wanting ■ To get their dollars hack agin.

/ PUNCTUALITY.

Wo have on record many examples of punctuality in illustrious men, who owed to this habit much of their success in life. It is said that George III, was never known to be a minute behind any of his appointments; and when was England more flourishing, or a people more happy than under the influence of his mild and beneficent government ?

Lord Nelson acknowledged that he owed all his success in life, to being ready for every appointment a quarter of an hour beforehand.

Punctuality was a distinguishing trait in the character of the Rev. Samuel Brewer.— When a youth in college, he was never known to he a minute too late in attending the lectures or prayers. One morning the students were collected; the clock struck seven, and all rose for prayer: but the tutor observing that Mr. Brewer was not present, paused awhile. Seeing him enter the room, lie thus addressed him:—" Sir, the clock has struck, and we wero ready to begin, but as you were absent, we supposed the clock was _ too fast, and therefore waited." The clock teat «ome minutes too fast.

The importance of being punctual, cannot be too fully appreciated, and yet how many well meaning and well educated people are faulty in this respect.

Perhaps there is no habit so prevalent, where the evil consequences are so little appreciated as tardiness. Ethelred, the Saxon King, was surnamed the Unready, on account of his dilatory habits; and probably thousands of others since his day may have been

equally deserving of tho same unenviable ap- pellation.

The tardiness of one often subjects others

to great inconvenience. When a member of the family is habitually late at meals, all order is destroyed, and labor is unnecessarily aug- mented.

Much precious time is lost in this way. A speaker little realizes that when he makes an

audience of six hundred wait one minute, he robs them, in '.he aggregate, of ten hours.

Prompt persons are often subjected to great mortification by falling into the company of the tardy. A stranger unacquainted with the habits of the people among whom she was visiting, went at tho appointed hour, to attend

a prayer meeting, and found the door of the house locked, and no sound was heard from within save the low murmer of the wind through the crevices of the walls. In the course of half an hour, the good deacon made his appearance, honestly expressing his regret that the people would be so late to the " meutin'—for his part he could not get ready before." After a while the pastor

made his entrance. He seemed to wait leisurely, till one after another strolled in.— Quo hour after the appointed time had now

expired, Our friend, supposing the meeting would be closed at that time, had made an engagement, and consequently left just as the assembly rose to offer their first prayer.— How often instances similar to this occur, and how soon they might be remedied if prompt-

ness were universally observed. i ■ i ,

■ssFThe Albany Knickerbocker says:—

" There was a • i-Mi' made on the gingerbread man of Troy on Saturday. Up to 2 o'clock he had redeemed two crullers and a dough- nut. In consequence of the stamina exhibited, consols advanced an inch and a half."

To FAHMERS.—We commend to the con-

sideration of our farmers the following sensi-

ble remarks from the Haverhill Gazette. We

believe that the soil in this town is capable of

producing grain in sufficient quantities to

supply the whole population, if proper culti-

vation should be applied to it.

The great remedy for a scarcity of bread can not be resorted to at once; it lies in a resort to our own soil, and will require the revolution of a year to give an opportunity to apply it effectually.

We allow ourselves to be much too depend- ant on distant states for our supply of grain. The soil of Massachusetts is capable of sus- taining its own inhabitants, and a much larger proportion of our industry should be applied to agriculture. If fewer shoes and fewer yards of cloth were made, they would both have better prices, and better pay the labor- ers. If more oxen were kept to plough and manure the soil, and fewer horses to eat up the grain and take up the time and money of the young men, wealth would accumulate faster, and bread stuffs would be plentier in every bouse.

Wheat can be raised by our farmers to advantage, whenever it arrives within twenty- five per cent of its prosent prices. Good land, well ploughed and manured, will produce wheat here in old Massachusetts; it has been many times tested and has always proved sufficient, whenever the price of wheat and labor will justify the expense. A cask of lime, costing a dollar, is all that is wanted to fit any acre of good land, well manured, to bear a crop of wheat. Let it be done whenever flour is over six dollars a barrel.

—

'» 9

| THE ECHO.—A little boy, whose name was

George, as yet knew nothing of the echo. On one occasion, when left alone in the meadow, he cried out loudly, 010! when he was directly answered from the hill close by, O! O! Surprised to hear a voice without seeing any person, he cried out louder, " Who are you ? " The voice replied, " Who are you ? " He then screamed' out, " You are a silly fellow," " and silly fellow " was answered from the hill.

This only made*. George more angry, and he went on calling the person, wiipm he thought he heard, nicknames, which were all repeated exactly as he uttered them. He then went to look for the boy in order to strike him, but he could find no one.

So he ran home and told his mother an im- pudent fellow had hid himself behind the trees on the hill, and called him nicknames. Having explained to his mother what had taken place, she said to him:— .

" George, my boy, you have deceived yourself. You have heard nothing but the echo of your own words: if you had called out a civil word towards the hill, a civil word would have been given back in return.

" So it is," said the mother, " in life," with boys and girls, men and women. A good word generally produces a good word, or as the wise man said, " a soft answer turneth away wrath." If we smile on the world the world will smile on us; if we give frowns, we shall have frowns in return. If we aro un- civil or unkind to others, we cannot expect anything better from them in payment.—Ohio

Farmer.

" Doubtless," replied a friend, " if you get much practice."

THE CRIMEA.

The Crimea is a peninsula of about 8000 square miles, possessing a greater variety of natural resources than perhaps any territory of equal extent in Europe. Three sides of it are washed by tho Black Sea, and the north- east side by the Sea of Azov. It forms part of the Russian government of Taurida; and its present condition, as a country neglected, depressed, and debased, is a standing testi- mony to the evil influence of Russian rule. So far from keeping pace with the progress of the age, the Crimea has sadly retrograded.— Her products are shipped off in considerable quantities to Russia, much of them extorted from her in return for the czar's protection.— The fertility of some parts of the Crimea is so great, that several of the most valuable of .the fruits of the earth can be cultivated, with but slight labor, in the greatest perfection, and to an astonishing extent of increase. This was known to the ancient Greeks, and was taken advantage of by Greece under her system of colonization. Six centuries before the Chris- tian era, they had begun to form colonies on the northern shores of Asia Minor; and we learn from Strabo, and other writers of an- tiquity, that they preferred this peninsula, from its containing so many inducements to industrial enterprise, particularly in the rich- ness of its sod, which, it is affirmed, was found to yield a return of fifty times the seed. At one time, indeed, it was considered the grana- ry of Greece, especially of Athens, whose territory, being of small extent, and of indiffer- ent fertility, was unable to maintain its large population by its own produce. There is a deep classical interest in this subject De- mosthenes has, more than once, had his eloquence excited by it - Besides breadstuff's, it still exports hides, Morocco, and other fine leathers, silk stuffs of Eastern fabric and pattern, camel's hair, wool, skins, dried fruit, wines, and an endless variety of other products, for which the Crimea, with its appurtenances, has comparatively inexhaustible resources. The population has become a very mixed one, and on this account is only the more likely to sustain an advanced civilization and industrial progress. The largest proportion, no doubt, consists of* Moguls and Turks, united under the common designation of Tartars; but there are Greeks and Russians, and even Germans, in considerable numbers among them, and these latter have for some time past, it is said, been rapidly increasing. —Journal of Commerce.

How MEN " BURST UP."—Men with un- assuming wives never fail. It is the husbands of such women as Mrs. Dash and Lady Bril- liant, who find themselves face to face with the Sheriff,-and certain mysterious documents, adorned with red tape and wafers big enough for target exercise.

The desire of a New York feminine, is to outshine her neighbors—not in mental ac- quirements, but in gingerbread ornaments and gold-edged coal scuttles. If MrsV Dash gets up a game supper—woodcock stuffed with gold dust—Lady Brilliant takes the wind out of her sails by getting up another, in which the prevailing dish will be birds of paradise swimming in a gravy made of melted pearls. —It is this rivalry, and not " dabbling in railroad stock," that brings ruination to the fast men of Wall street The " ill-fortune " of which they complain, is no more nor less than a brainless wife. If they would come back to happiness, thay should direct their attention, not to the .fluctuations of the stock market, but the ruinous absurdities of their own fireside. Thousand dollar repasts don't pay, while the merchant who purchases hundred dollar handkerchiefs for " a duck of a wife," should not wonder if the time eventual- ly comes when " a goose of a husband " lack- ed shirts, and was ill supplied with pants.

fyl expect," said a yonng physician on bis way to Now York, on hearing exagger- ated rumors of the cholera, " to witness a great many death-bed scenes this summer.'*''mud, but the firm rock is selected for the

" A ROLLING STONE GATHERS NO MOSS."

—Well, what of that ? Who wants to be a mossy old stone, away in some damp corner of a pasture where sunshine and fresh air never come, for the cows to rub themselves against, for snails and bugs to crawl over, and for toads to squat under among the poisonous weeds ? It is far better to be a smooth and polished stone, rolling along in the brawling stream of life, wearing off tho rough corners, bringing out the firm crystalline, structure of the granite, or the delicate veins of the agate or chalcedony. It is this perpetual chafing and rubbing in the whirling current that shows what sort of grit a man is made of and what use he is good for. The sandstone and soapstone are ground down to sand and

THE HOME OF TASTE.—How easy it is to be heat! to be clean 1 How easy it is to arrange the rooms with the most graceful propriety I How easy it is to invest our houses with the truest elegance! Elegance resides not with the upholsterer orthe draper; it is not put up with the hangings and curtains; it is not in the mosaics, the carpeting, the rosewood, the mahogany, candelabras, or the marble ornaments ; it exists in the spirits presid- ing over the chambers of the dwelling. Con- tentment must always be most graceful; it sheds serenity over the scene of abode; it transforms a waste into a garden. The home lightened by these imitations of a nobler and brighter life, may be wanting in much which the discontented desire, but to its inhabitants it will be a place far out-vying the oriental in brilliancy and glory.

towering fortress, and the diamond is cut and polished for the monarch's orown.

POLITE.—" I do not wish to say anything against thjMndividutl in question," said a polite and accomplished gentleman upon a certain occasion, " but I would merely remark in in the language of a poet, that to him,' truth is stranger than fiction.'"

FIFTY-FOUR YEARS AGO.—We copy the following from »n old " memo, book," kept in Salem from 1760 to 1806 :

Dec. 24,1800—No frost in the ground, and farmers plough their land.—Salem Observer.

A SELL.—The Barre Patriot confesses a sell, in the report that the Unitarian meeting house in Petersham was blown over. The •wind blew over it, but did not blow it over. It remains firm in its place. ■ -

tit Tliero is no danger of hard times among the shoemakers, because every shoe is soled before it can be got ready for the market.

US' One of the. prisoners at the house of correction, in Ipswich, broke out, last week. He had the small pox.

IB" Why was the first day of Adam's life the longest ever known 1 Because it had no

'Eve.

q q*-q ^ $ q q q q q q NEWBAKERT.fi THOMAS M. RICHARDS

WOULD respectfully inform tho inhabitants of Andover, and vicinity, that he has

commenced BAKINQ, at the old Bakery on Sa- lem street: and is now prepared to supply the

public with ris good

BREAD, CAKES, PIES and CRACKERS as can be had from any other establish-

ment, and at as reduced prices. U^ He is also prepared to bake all kinds of

wedding and fancy cake, to order, at the shortest possible notice.

N. B. He will bake Beans, puddings &c, on Saturday nights, for all those who wili

favor him with a call. Fresh Yeast every day.

Tuos. M. RICHARDS.

Andover. June 17, 1854.

Fall Clothing. JJDANIEL LOGUE, TAILOR,"

Under Baptist Church, IS now selling at prices which oll'ar unusual in-

ducements to Purchasers. Those in want, will find tho greatest

YIAIITT Of UtilUITt UNSURPASSED

In the style of Manufacture and qnality of Materials,

FROM WHICH

SELECTIONS MAY BE MADE TO SUIT ALL CLASSES OF CUSTOMERS.

Oct. 28. tf

DRY GOODS AND GROCERIES. HILL STOH.33.

ALBERT ABBOTT ITAS in store, and is constantly receiving Goods 11 in great variety, carefully selected to meet the wants of his customers. A liberal share of patronage is solicited from those who have occasion to purchase

BROADCLOTHS, CASS1MERES, VESTINGS,

. READY-MADE CLOTHING, FANCY AND STAPLE DRY GOODS,

GROCERIES. HAUDWARE, CROCKERY, GLASS WARE, PURE SPERM & SOLAR

OIL, EXTRA LARD OIL. POR- TER'S BURNING FLUID,

EXTRA FAMILY AND

GRAHAM FLOUR, CRACKED WHEAT, BUCKWHEAT, CORN & MEAL,

All of which, with a great variety of other Goods, are offered at tho lowest prices.

Feb. 19. tf

WILLIAM G. REED, •Tin Plato, Sheet Iron,

WORKER, COPPERSMITH AND PLUMBER,

at the old Stand on Main Street, HAS onehand a variety of the best patterns of

Ranges, Cooking and Parlor Stoves. ALSO—Oven, Ash, and Boiler Mouths, Cop-

per Boilers, Pumps, Lead Pipe, Zinc, Coal Hods, Shovels, Sifters, Sad Irons, Ventilators, etc., with a general assortment of TIN AND JAPAN- NED WARE, all of which will he sold at satisfactory prices. Also-Dr.Nicbol's Paragon Lamps and Can for fluid.

W. G. R. Still continues to give his personal attention to fitting up HOT Alii FURNACES for heating Dwellings, &c. which will be warranted to give satisfaction.

Tin Roofing—Job Work and Repairing in the above fine.

April 15. tf

RAILROADS.

JAMES H. COCHRANE,

BLACK.SMITH, AND GENERAL JOBBER IN

I R<0 N , Universalist Court, Main Street, near the Uni-

vcrsalisWChurch. ■ tf • Feb 19.

H1NKLETS PATENT BEDSTEADS.

This Bedstead is used at the best Public Houses in Boston, and stands unrivalled as a firm, easy, cleanly and cheap bedstead. Sold only at

:t3£tx>xx«ax><a.'s.

12,»,.,2, 3, 5 »<(,(

BOSTON AND MAIM.; RAIL

ROAD. _ WINTER AEEANQt MENT, December 4, 1854. aA"u*-.

For Portland aril Baco, at 730 AM and 3 PH. For Great Falls, Dover, and Exeter, at 7 30 AM la

M ,3 anil 5 I'M. '7 For Concord and Upper Railroads, at 7 30. AM 19 li

and 5, PH. ' '"•' ForHaveihill,at7 30, and 1080 All, 13, 3 and 5 PM ' For Lawrence, (S. Bide), at 7, 7 30. and 1030, AM If

M., 3, 3, 5, and 6, PM. (North Side), at 7Y 10 30, AM, 18, A ,2, 5, and 6, PM. '

For Andover, at 7,1020, AM PM.

For Reading, at 7, 1020, and II 30, AM,12, M. a in 3,4 40, 6,6,715 and 9 15* PM. ' '

From Portland, at 8311 AM, and 3 PM. From Great Fully, at S and 10 20 AM, and 3 30 Cl

4 40{PM. '~ From Haverhill, at 7 35, 8 45, AM, 12 05, and 1 is

5 05 and 6 05{ PM. ' From Lawrence, (North Side), at 7, 7 45 and 9 05 AM

13, M., 2, and 530, PM. (S. Side), 7 02, 7 111 „'l 907, AM., 12 05,1280, 2 03, 533, and 6 IS, fu The 12 20 and 015 .trains do not atop betweei I Andover anil Boston.

From Andover, at 7 08, 755, and 910 AM., 1210 1915 * 2 10, 540 and C25, PM. The 1225 and C Mm,";

do not stop between Andover and Boston. From Reading, at (I 20, 730, 815, and 935 AM I5»

145, 3 30, 415,580, 6, and 8 liPM.t' ' * On Thursdays leave at 11, and on Saturdays it 10. t On Thuradaya an hoar and SO minutes later,ind on

Saturdays 10 minutes later. I' Expross train. Dec. 9. If T. S. WILLIAMS, Supormtentut

FOR LOWELL. Passengers, by taking the 755 o'clock train rrnaAi-

dnvor, will arrive at Wilmlngnn Junction in seaioi to take the 8 train to Lowell, with but little Sciential.— By Inking the 335 PM train, they will mei-tthe 4 lOtrila to Lowell, llhia train from Lawrence connect! at Lnw- ell with ilain In Groton, Fitchburg. Worcester, and New York.—Trnins leave Lowell tor Lawronce at 7 loud 10 AM, anil 245 and 1.30 PM.

Passengers by the 7 05 train from Lowell, can take III* SAM l nun from Ijiwrence to Andover; and Inure In the 10 AM train will tako the 121' train. In the afternoon, passengers in the 630 train will reach Andover by the 7 train from Lawrence.

FOR NKWBUBYPORT. Passengers will tako the 1 o'clock train from Andover,

and inert the 1 45 train at Bradford, for Newburjuurt; I also, by taking the 4 train from Aridcver,ttiey 'will be ' convoyed to New bury hurt by the 5 traiu from Briu ford.

FOR s A I.EM.

Passengers will tako the 905 AM, down trahiaid meet the 9 train from Lowell to Salem at \\ ill Ingltin Junction. Returning they will take the 530 train to Lowell, and meet the 6 train from Boston. Or, by WIT of Lawrence, they may take the 7 AM, upward trill, and meet tho 9 train for Suluin. Returning, theycu lake (he 11 AM train from l»alem, and slop at ^ult.ii'i Mills, Nnrrh Andover, for the 13 M train from I'urtllM, and 445 train from Salem, stop at Suiion's Mills for tin 530 train fiom lluverhill to Andover. ,

FROM ANDOVER TO BOSTON. '

Trains! avo at 715, 755, 905, AM. Afternoon train leave at 121U, 1880, 210,435,0, and840.

Ballard Vale. ALFRED KITTREDGE, having repaired

several Houses in Billiard Vale, Andover, offers to lease the same on favorable terms. For particulars and examination of tenements, inquire of WALTER ORDWAY,

Ballard Vale House.

/

He also offers to lease the Ballard Tale Machine Shop for a tenai of years, or to sstlMlfc same.

For particulars, inquire of ALFRED KITTREDGE,

October 17,1854. tf. Haverhill, Mass.

DR. J. H. KIDDER, Surgeon Brntist,

No. 5 €ttB Block,

8. a. VALPEY'S IVEEa^T STORE,

In the basement of the large Brick Building, nearly ojymite the Bank Building,

where mav be found

THE BEST QUALITY OF MEATS, OF ALL KINDS,

AT THE LOWEST PRICES. gT[£?~ Please give Us a call. ,

Purchases delivered at any part of the town. Feb. 19. tf

Jan. 14. LAWRENCE, MASS.

tf

3?APKB. aacAarGrisrGS AND

WINDOW CURTAINS & FIXTURES, May be found at

BARNARD'S FURNITURE STORE.

MATTRESSES. A fresh supply of the best quality, at the

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STITCH, STITCH, STITCH.

Who has not wept over the " Song of the Shirt?" Who has not sympathized •aMr-ttra tenant of the garret,

In poverty, hunirer, anil dirt, S'wi'i^ at once with a tluahle thread, A stmmd an wrll all a shirt! *

until the very name " needle-work" and " nedd'e-women " become associated with (Kjor half-starved creatures, doomed by their employers to sit in foul atmospheres, chained to their seam by the constantly- plied needle and thread, like galley-slaves to the oar ? And yet this continual ringing the changes on

Seam and £ii*spt and hand, Band and gusset and seam,

is not such a scare-crow to all,—is not always so fatal in its consequences. And though it may bo the exception that proves the rule, in an instance we are about to mention, this stitch, stitch, stitch, was preferred—nay, as nb.-orbingly as a passion for music or a love of painting.

Annie Lin ton was the best sewer in Mrs. Boy's school, and her mistress declared, on inspecting the first shirt she male for her father, '• that the Duke of Huccleuh might wear it!" 'This was high praise for little Annie, who was only eleven years of age; and she never forgot it. Her work was the neatest and clean- est ever seen. Then she did it so quickly, her mother could not keep pace with her dally demand for " something to Hew."

" I wish Annie would take to her book," aid Mrs. Linton to her husband. Uut it

was quite clear thai Annie never would " take to her book." She had little reading, and less spelling ; and yet she could "mark" (with cotton) all the letters of the al phabet, as if she was a very miracle of learning. .

" Something to sew!" eagerly demanded Annie.

" Will any mowing come out of this ving ? " asked her father^lB| a very tiinil attempt at punning. 1 , " Those who do not sew shall hot reap,"

said little Annie, cleverly taking up her father's meaning and her work-bag at the same time, as she whisked past him in fear of being too late for school.

" Annie's learning to be a scholar," said Mrs. Linton, three weeks after; " no more demands for sewing."

That afternoon, Annie came bounding 'Wo the house from school, sat upon her

ither's knee, opened her work-bag, which ing over her arm, and putting a screwed p paper in his baud, said, " There's the

mowing." #

Her father undid the paper, and found four half-crowns. "Annie," questioned her father, " where did this come from?"

" From sewing," answered Annie, laughing delightedly at his surprise, as she es- caped from, his knee, and ran out of the room, to delay a little longer the solution of the riddle. , '

""Wife," said John Linton," it is impos- sible that Annie could earn all this by the sort of child's play girls call work; and whom did she earn it from ? I'm afraid there's something wrong." And to tell the truth, Annie Linton was practising a little disguise ;* nor had she given her father all the money she had earned. The sum originally was twelve shillings. This was all designed for her father, but a pri- or claim bad come in the way. It was cold winter weather, and the children of the school brought the forms, in a sort of square, round Mrs. Roy's fire. Annie, who was a favorite of the mistress, always occupied a warm corner close to her own big chair On the day in question, Mrs. Boy happening to be out of the room—

" I'll change seats with you, Jessie Wil- son, if you are cold," said Annie, addressing a little girl, a very book-worm, who, clothed in a thread-bare printed gown, sat shivering over her lesson.

Jessie, thus invited, came nearer. " You should put on a woollen frock like

mine, and warm yourself well at your mother's fire before you come to school these winter days," said Annie, scrutini- zing the poverty-struck appearance of the girl.

"Mother says," replied Jessie, "that she'd rather do without fire than my school- ing, and she can't pay for both."

" Has your mother no fire at home this cold weather ?" asked Annie in amaze- ment.

" No," said Jessie; " I wish I dared bring her with me here—it's warmer than at home. And I know mother is ill, though she wont tell me."

" Sit there," said Annie, placing Jessie in her warm corner; " and don't go out of the school without me."

That afternoon the two girls went band in hand to Jessie's door. ».

" Have you plenty to eat, if you've no fire?" asked Annie.

" This is the first day mother has beep forced to send me to school without any breakfast," said Jessie, hanging down her head, as if ashamed of her confession.

" Here," said Annie, after a slight pause, untwisting the paper in which were deposited her first earnings: "I.wont go in with you, for your mother might not like to take from a little girl like me; but" —and she put two shillings, into Jessie's hand—" that is to buy.' something to eat, and a fire; and if your mother can sew as well as I can," said Annie, with a pardona- ble vanity, " I can tell her how to, get plenty of money to pay for botl." «

No wonder Annie's riches increased, her first investment was a good one. Nev- ertheless, the concealing idKumher parents she knew to be wronj tbey would disapprove; and adU Bher little prayer at night, after the uMPend- ing of" God bless father a_^rTOtfier— and forgive me for keepinff secret that I helped Jessie Wilson." Could the Ee- cording Angel carry up a purer prayer to Heaven?

Of course, Mr. and Mrs. Linton very soon discovered that Mr. Seamwell, of the Beady-made Linen Warehouse, was the grand source of Annie's wealth. He said there was no one whocould work like her, and that he would give her eighteen pence each for the finest description of shirt making. " This was no very great payment for Annie's exquisite stitching— and, thirty years ago, it would have brought her three und sixpence*a shirt. But Annie is of the present, not of the past; and as she could complete a shirt a day, tier fingers flying swifter than a wea- ver's shuttle, she earned nine shillings a week.

" Good wife," said Mr. Linton, " we are not so poor but that we can maintain our daughter till she's twenty, and by that time, at the present rate of her earnings, she will have a little fortune in the bank." But this little fortune amassed but slowly,

| for Annie seldom had nine shillings to put

by at the end of the week—there were other "Jessie Wilson's" who required food and fire.

Had Annie been a poet, she would as- suredly have written lot the song, but a song of the shirt; for once When she was questioned as to the dull monotomy of her work; " Dull I delightful!" said Annie, in advocacy of her calling. " Why, with this rare linen and She thread, my stitches seem like stringing little pearls along the wristbands and collar!" What an anti- song of the shirt might not Annie have written?

Annie's eighteenth birthday was celebrated by a tea party to all tht seamstress- es of Mr. Seamwell's establishment where, she was now forewoman, besides being a cheerful, kindhearted little creature, beloved by everybody, it was a compliment, Mr. Seamwell said, she well deserved— her admirable superintendence of the department allotted her, having increased his business tenfold.

Some time after, there was a greater day of rejoicing in the firm of Seamwell & Co. The father had taken his son as a partner, and the son took a partner for life—the indefatigable little seamstress, Annie Linton, There never was a blither bridal, Annie—herself having risen from the' ranks—had a present for every work- woman. Indeed, it was a day of presents, for on that very morning, and in time to be worn at the wedding, a shawl arrived for Annie, all the .way from India—an In- dian shawl that a duchess would have en- vied ! Upon it was pinned a paper, en which was written:—

" Wear this for the sake of one who is now rich and happy, but who never can forget the service you rendered to the poor school girl—-Jessie Wilson."

"Annie," said young Seamwell after the marriage, "I fell in love with yon when you were a chili, and came to our shop for your first sewing. I also happened to be passing when jou gave a part of your earnings to Jessie Wilson ; I was a boy then, but I said to myself, " [f I were a man I'd marry Annie Linton; not because she is so prettj,"—here Annie blushed most becominglr—" not because she's industrious, but because she's so kind-hr——■' "'

"DOESTICKS" o»T RHODE ISLAND.— Doeaticks, of the Detroit Daily Adver- tiser, thus describes a brief excursion which be made into the Providence Plan- tations : —

Got tired of Ne# York, although it is a town of considerable consequence. Wanted to see the world; so started for the 7 by 9 State of Baode Island, where they shingle the houses all over, outside and in, and put the windows in the roof; where they make their rail-fences out of cobble-stones; where the ducks roost on the fences, and hatch then* young odes in the tops of cherry trees; and where the men look so much alike; tklr wives often kiss the wrong individual^my friend says it's a way women have the world ever).

Went to the city of Providence, where all 'the men make jewelry, andall 'the women believe in "spirit rapfrmgs;" where they've got a bridge wider than it is long, and Macadamized on both sides; where all the plaster busts of great men have gray wigs on ; where they light the gas in the middle of the afternoon; where they drive five horses tandem; where the apples grow as big as wash-tubs, and the oysters obtain the enormous size of three cent pieces.

Went into the woods after chestnuts; couldn't find any, but discovered a magnificent tree in the distance; rejoiced exceedingly thereat; started for it—three- quarters of a mile away; went ahead, over stones, ditches, fences, snakes, briers, and stone walls, until at last I reached it, and found it was an elm,—no chestnuts on it Got very mad; walked round the State a couple of tunes, and took the first train for home.'

" GENTX EMEN :—You have given me all your Votes, and I give you all my thanks. I accept the office and wish you to accept the thanks."

It is understood that boos parties were satisfied, and noboby yanbed over the speech.

How TO IIKAK THE GOSPEL.—Bow- land Hill paid a visit to an old friend, a few years before his death, who said to him: —

" Mr. Hill, it is just 65 years since I first heard you preach, and I remember your text and a part of your sermon. You told us that some people were very squeamish about the delivery of different ministers who preached-the same Gospel. You said: ' Supposing you were attending to hear a, will read, where you expected a legacy to be left you, would you employ the time when it was reading in criticising the manner in which the lawyer read it ? No, you would not; you would be giving all ear to bear, if anything was left you, and how much it was. That is' the way I would advise you to hear the Gospel.'"

This was excellent advice, and well worth remembering 65 years. ' -. i _ i ..

BEAUTIES OF THE LAW.—A case was decided in the Common Pleas at Cam- bridge the other day, which happily illus- trates the " glorious uncertainty of the law" and the very leisurely manner in which ■ our courts render satisfaction to litigants :<— * , In the spring of 1849, Tut tie, of Acton, sold a cow to Brown of Concord, for fifty dollars; soon after the purchase ■ Brown * discovered that the cow had one dry teat. He then .requested Tuttle to allow him a discount of $1250 on the bill, and stated that he was ready to pay the balance. Tuttle refused to make itny allowance for the dry teat, and sued eBiown for the whole bill. The case was decided in his favor, but was carried tip on appeal, again returned, to the Common fleas, where it has remained on the docket, until last Tuesday, when it was decided in favor of Brown. The cosnS have amounted to . $800.—Fitchburg Revettte.

SPEECH OF ZACHABIAH SPICEB.

On the question, " Which enjoys the greatest amount of happiness, the bachelor or the married man ?

Mr. President and Gentlemen: —I rise to advocate the cause of the married man. And why should I not ? Let him accompany me home. Let me confront him with my wife and seventeen children, and decide. 4Qt

High as the Rocky Mountains tower above the Mississippi Valley, does the character of the married man tower above that of the bachelor. What is a bachelor ? What was Adairn before he got acquainted with Eve ? What but a poor, shiftless, helpless, insignificant creature ?—no more to be compared with his after-self, than a mill-dam to the great roaring cataract of Niagara. • . ■

Gentlemen, there was a time—I blush to say it—when I too was a bachelor; and a more miserable creature you would hardly expect to find. Every day I toiled hard, and at night I came home to my comfortless garret,—no carpet, no fire, no nothing. Everything was in a clutter, and in the words oi the poet,—

Confusion was monarch of all he surveyed. •

Here lay a pair of pants, there a dinty pair of boots ; there a'play bill, and here a pile of dirty clothes. What wonder that I took refuge at the gaming-table and bar- room. I found it would never do, gentlemen ; and in a lucky moment I vowed to reform. Scarcely bad the promise passed my lips, when a knock was heard at the dior, and in came Susan Simpkins after my dirty clotbjs.

" Mr. Spicer* said she, " I've washed for you six months, an (LI havu't seen first red cent in payment' Now 1' to know what you are going/to di

I felt in my pocket-book. There was nothing in it, and I knew it well enough.

"Miss Simpkins," said I, "it's no use in denying it,—I havn't got the pewter. I wish for y«-r sake I had,"

"There/lâid-she promptly^-I don't wash another rag for you."

"Stop," said I. "Susan, I will do what I can tor you. - Silver and gold have I none; but if thy heart and hand will do,' they are at your service."

" Are you in earnest ? " said she, looking a little suspicious. (

" Never, more so," said L " Then," said she, " as there seems to

be no prospect of getting my pay any other way, I guess I'll take up with your offer."

Enough said. We were married in a week; and* what's more, we havn't re- pented it No more an jigs for me, gentlemen. I live in a gooSkouse, and have somebody to mend my clothes. When I WHS a poor, miserable bachelor, gentlemen, I used to be as thin as a weasel. Now I tun as plump as a porker.

In conclusion, gentlemen, if you want to be poor and ragged, without a coat to your back, or a shoe to your foot,—if you want to grow old before your time, and as uncomfortable, generally, as a " hedge- hog rolled., up the wrong way,"—I advise you to remain a bachelor. But if you want to live decently and •espectably, get married. I've got ten daughters, gentlemen, and you may have your pick. [Over- whelming applause.]

Mr. Spicer sat down amid long-continued plaudits. The generous proposal with which he concluded, secured him fire sons- in-law. • •

■ -—sj ■ i —' NEWBDRTPORT LIOHTS. The Light

House Board have announced that, in consequence of recent changes in the channel WOmanly duty, and spend her time gelling '"IT the bar leading to Newburyport har- ] ti,e becju and nods of idle simpletons in

', the two lights cannot be relied upon pantaloons, rather than dinner or supper, at present as a safe range. The tweig,,^ up yon,, mind that she was either lights will be exhibited as heretofore, to born wrong, or has grown up no. Pass her serve as a distinction to the stranger ap- Dy „„ the other side. She won't do. proaching the harbor, and to aid pilots in i entering at .night The lights will be | NEW FASHION—There is no end to moved at the earliest practicable day, so the vagaries of fashion, t is now said

Gov. WASHBPRN AND . THE NEW HOUSE.—The usuul impressive ceremony of administering the oath of office to the House of Representatives wax performed last week by Governor Wuahburii, in that dignified manner - which so peculiarly characterizes all the official acts of His Excellency. The oath was by all taken :

ansV subscribed, and the Executive then ' declared "that at fpr at taking the oath vat concerned, the House was competent to do its business." We presun.e His Ex- cellency had been •witness'to the doings of the august body previous" to the performance of the ceremony, and had formed bis opinion accordingly. He should have spared them, however, the remark. The members make no pretensions to understanding.— Chronicle.

CHRISTIAN TREASURY or PERSONAL DCTT. " Know thyself." «• Reverence thyself." " Deny thyself." " Govern thyself." " Abhor' and flee fapm " the ap- peoranee of evil." Guard the senses. Avoid all occationt of impurity .in heart Kat and drink "to tlieglory of Cod." Eat to-live, rather than live to eat Be careful of health. Avoid repletion.—Ruietfor Holy Living.

FROM the Unitarian Register for 1855, we learn that there are in the United States 531 Unitarian ministers, of whom 67 use. without a settled ministry. There are 252 Unitarian congregations, of which 164 are in Massachusetts, 15 in Maine, 15 in New Hampshire, 18 in New York, 9 in Illinois, 5 in Connecticut, 4 in Ohio, 4 in Rhode Island, 8 in Pennsylvania, and 8 in Vermont

WHEN you find a lady who had rather promenade the streets than the path of

that they will full_wbserve all the pur- that the next style will be to wear boor poses for which tbey were originally de- on the head!—The ladies will scarcely fat) signed, of whichûe notice will be given. reoogn_»d by their intimate friends.

OLD bachelors—leafless trunks in a gar- BRAINS.—People go according to their den of roses. Each dwelling is to them a brains—If these lay in their head, they suggestion—each bird's nest a standing study; if in the stomach, they eat; if in admonition. i the heels, they dance.

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ANDOVER ADVERTISE!!, SATURDAY,

ANDOVER ADVEJiflSElj. 3ATU11DAV, JAN. 13, 1866.

THE lecture before tho Lyceum on Friday . evening of last week, by Wondcll Phillips, E»u>,

was 0110 of tho most interesting and brilliant efforts ever inado boforo an audience in this, town. The subject of the "Lost Arts" is of itself of peculiar interest; bu:, the ripe scholar-

ship, profound research, and singularly retentive memory, evinced by the eloquent speaker, were remarkable throughout, and fully sustained the eminent reputation he has acquired as being one of the most finished orators of tho country.

The spacious church was filled with an intelligent audience, who listened with the closest attention for^noarly un hour and a half,—and would have been glid to remain as much longer.

The facts elicited, In tho discussion of the subject, proved conclusively that the ancients possessed most of tho arts in greater perfection than they exist at the present age, notwithstanding the solf-latrrlutlon of the nineteenth century for its astonishing discoveries. % . .

It would be difficult to report the lecture ac- curately, or to approximate to anything like justice, in a description of it. Mr. Phillips, if he had entered the political arena, could not Imve filled of distinction. Bu. he has chosen to tnko a different course; having engaged most zeal- ously in some of the radical questions of 'ho day. It remains to be seen what his future position moy be; und.it wonld not be strange if ho should yet rise to important posts of honor and influence.

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SKDDEX DEATH—Mr. 1). 1). Nicholson was found dead in bed at the house of Dr. James Ilowarth, in this townv on Saturday morning last. A Jury of Inquest was held upon the body, consisting of Joseph Rice (Coroner), fjhtorgt Foster, William Chickering. Thomas C. Foster, Joseph Richardson, Nuthnpicl Swift, and Nathan F. Abbott. After a careful investigation of the case, tile jury returned the following verdict: —

That the said I). I). Nicholson here lying dead, punio to bis death sometime between 10 o'clock on the evening of January 5th. utid 7 o'clock in tho morning of January 6th. 1855, from some cause or causes to the jury unknown, but supposed to hate, been liy an apoplectic (it.*

The deceased was blin 1, and supposed to be 24 years of age, ijc has relatives in Michigan, and is thought to be a native of New York,— having been educated in the Blind Asylum of the latter State. For th% past two years or more, ho had been connected with the Society of Shakers at Cutitc.-hnry, N. H.; and although he left them a few weeks since, ho testified to their uniform kind treatment; and having left them against their wishes, and being without home and friends in this part of the country, he Had concluded to follow the advice of those who felt a solicitude for his welfare, and return to them aguiu. Ono of the venerable elders of that Soci- ety was present at the funeral on Monday, and expressed his interest in the departed, and mi tioned many good qualities which bo possess1

Nicholson called on Dr. Ilowarth without intending to remain, but by invitation tarried a wee);. lie was expecting, to lenvc town the morning on which he was found dead.

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OjVERNOB GARDNRR8 INAUGURAL ADDRESS.

The Inaagural Address of His ■Excellency Henry 1. Gardner, the Governor, to the two branches of tho Legislature, was delivered at 12 o'clock on Tuesday last. It commences with a vindication of tho American party, nnd furnishes the following statistics respecting the influx of alien, otten pauper immigrants:—

The most prominent subject before our State and naiion. at the present moment, and that which most naturally commends itself io-day, and in this place, to our attention, concerns our foreign population.—ihe duties of republicanism towards them, its dangers from them. The, im- migration to this country was,

Fwot 1790 to 1 SI 0 120.000 •' 1810 to 1820 114,000 '• 1H20 to 1810 20-'J.»79 " 18 tO to 1840 779.500 " 1840 to IS50 1,542,850

And statistics show, that during the present de- cade from 1850 to I860, in regularly increasing ratio, nearly 4,000,000 of aliens will probably be poured in upon us.

With this ntiirmieflPn>cennial ratio of increase,—with the astonishing statistical facts that nearly fonr-lifihs of the beggary, two-thirds

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''S\vi^r HOME."

What a lonely wort(, Home, i To v sweetly it | vibrates through every, tlbr. ,.!' the soul What i magic in that little monosyllable. What a host j of joyous associations cluster around it. Who: that has ever left it dies not cist longing, and 1 lingering looks towards it 1 Who don not value! home above every other place ! Home is a-littie I emblem of H >aven below. It is rm oasis in this J desert, a bright spot in.this dark and sinful world of ours. Who does not lovo homes? Whodoest

not long after it if absent from it. as for hid treasures? There are two kinds of hone ; the one a place of peace, comfort, and earthly bliss ; the other, a place where its occupants stay, without peace, and witboat comfort; they do not live. In the proper seme of the word ; they simply exist there; their home is not a place which they love. They may iiare a splendid house, may have it richly famished; they may hive servants to run .ill their bidding, and they may have a great many other thingsiwiich are pleasant in themselves, but ihasajdo not constitute the happiness of the inmates. It requires something more

of the pauperism, and-more than three-fifths of than these, to make a hap iy home It requires the crimes.spring from om foreign population,— benevolence,and not selfishness; supreme love that more than half the public charities, more ,, , „ ', , , ,. ' ', ,. , than half the prisons and alms houses, more than , *> nM Ueavculv Father, and love to oar f.-llow hat the police mid the cost of administering I men, Bat I dM not intend to doscri- e the un-

THE first of a series ortfcur Vocal nnd Instru- mental Concerts by the Mendelssohn Quintette Club, assisted by the favorite vocalist, Mrs. E. A. Wentworth. was given last Monday evening. The distinguished artists met the most sanguine expectations of tho large assembly, comprising the elite of the town.

The solo for flute, by Gustav Krebs, and the solo for violinceilo, by Wulf Fries, were rap- turously applauded. The Alpine Melody, by the exceedingly graceful and sweet-voiced song- stress, received the warmest demonstrations of gratification, and was.enthusiastically encored. She repeated its closing sentence,

" Sweet Echo, sweet Echo, With thco let me die ! "

with thrilling effect. The lost piece, entitled the Drinking Cb»roa, was performed by the Club with exquisite skill, and elicited long-continued applause. Tho second Concert will bo given in two weeks. 1 ■ i

MASS. SKNATE.—H. W. Benchlcy, of Wor- cester. President, is a mechanic, and has been a member of tho House two years- Peter L. Cox, of Lynn, Clerk, is editor of tho Lynn Reporter, and has had no legislative experience. Rev Lyin in Whiting, of Reading. Chaplain, was the Whig and Know Nothing nominee for Congress,

' hut declined. Mr. Whiting is a tulented and in- dependent Orthodox clergyman.

HOUSE.—Rev. D. C. Eddy, of Lowell, Speaker, is a popular preacher of tho Baptist denomina- tion. H. A. Marsh, of Pittsfiotd, Clerk, is one of the editors of'the Pitts irld tingle. 'Stephen M. liittbrd. of Duxhtrry. Assistant Clerk. Rev. J. H. Twomhly, of Roxbury. Chaplain, is a M ithodist minister. Benjamin Stevens is re- elected Sergonnt-at-Arms, an office which he has tilled for SO your* to very great acceptance.

All the above parsons are supposed to have boon Will,*, with the exception of Mr. Bench- ley, who was a Frfe Suiter.

criminal justice, are for foreigners,—1 he people dwrianii of their statesmen, and wise statesman- ship suggests, that naiiouul and Slate legislation should interfcro to direct, ameliorate, and control these elements, so far as it may bo done within the limits of the Constitution.

The Governor makes nine recommendations on this subject, the pith of which may bo gathered from the following pnssago: —

We wish our army Americanized, our navy nationalised. We wish the restriction ns to birth, now applicable to the office of President, extended lo members of the Cabinet and of Con grcss, to the Judges of the Supreme Court, arul to all our diplomatic representatives abroad. Vv"e desire a vital Amendment of the naturaliza- tion laws, and an uniform requirement of 21 veal's' residence in the United States, before the elective franchise is conferred upon aliens Wo wish stringent national laws regarding immigra- tion, the imposition of an uniform and sufficient capitation tax. and tho universal deportation of criminals and paupers shipped to our shores.

The Governor also suggests the exemption of aliens from military duty, and the dishandincut of those companies in which they are at present embodied. The question of Temperance is rec- ommended to deliberate consideration; and it is sugges'cd that those, lections of the Anti-Liquor

■ ■Jaw which have bee^presumed unconstitutional sboulcnfc) longer remain on the statute book.

Tho repeal of the Missouri Comprimise is re- gretfully referred to, and tho duty of the North is stated to be, to mnnf dly demand the restoration of this broken compact.

The financial condition of the Commonwealth is not represented as a flattering one, there being a dulicit of 8201.718, nnd a hope is expressed that the cltiini of Massachusetts again-l the Gen- eral Government, amounting to $227,176, for services performed "in repelling jpvnsion during the war of 1812, the validity of wBich was ad- mitted by the Secretary of State twenty years ago, may ndw be liquidated.

The Governor- hopes that the session will have the special merit of being a short ami working one. Ho recommends to the favorable judgment of the two Houses the amendments to the Con- stitution initiated by the last Legislature.

He recommends the repeal of the Usury Laws, so far as thoy apply to n gotiable paper having not less than eight mouths to mature ; and suggests the abolition cflpiprisoninc m for debt, ex-

mlu'lei

happy, but tb* happv ho na. th • home where tranquillity reigns, where "each fulfils Iris part, with sympathizing heart, in nil the cares of life and love;" where, from the domestic altar as- cends 'sweet incense," wafted to heaven on each morning and evening breeze ; where kindness and affection are breathed forth, and where each, and all, strive to in ike each and all happy. In this world, all have their trials and perplexities ; tho clouds of adversity are often dark and porten- tous ; the waves of trouble roll and dash around us; friends often prove false and desert us, and the world wears a frowning aspect: bat all these troubles and trials can bo borne and surmounted, if we can but find quiet and comfort in our peaceful home. Who that has such a home, will not bo grateful to the giver of all good ? Who that has such n home, will not prize it above all earthly treasures? Who will not hasten to such a home after a tomporary absence, rather than loiter by the vmy.

" Those earthly homes, O Lord, we love, But there's a nobler homo above;"

B. Vale, Dec. 25,1854. AVON.

cepl t erty.

n cases of fraud cut concealment of prop-

Also, that in cases of insolvency, the preferred claims for wages for labor should be raised above the present rate of $25. and the time with which the wages must be earned, now limited to 65 days before the insolvency, should also be extended.

Whatever views may be entertained with regard to Governor Gardner, we believe all will admit that he is unambiguous nnd out-spukeu on all questions. Thewaddrcss throughout is frank and decided. To conclude, we add the following paragraph on banking: —

It is not probable the present wants of the community demand additional hanking capital, and it Is to lie hoped tbut no more charter., will be granted. 1 m I

IT is well known that cases df the small pox have existed for the last two months in North Andovcr. New cases have occurred within the past few days, in different parts of the town ; and it becomes all, both old and youn '., to attend to vaccination without delay. This will disarm the disease of its virulcncy, and essentially check its progress. It is a duty which we may not neglect without exposing ourselves to danger, and hazarding others.

JANUARY

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13, U56. j

V! COR!!r>TONl>KN'T:.

New York. January 8, 1*3*

Msssns. F.mriHis:— I'o a':y.oi nan f-ieml , i;» Is for ih" t'l; a ik ■ of '

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(For the Advertiser.]

The Ladies of the South Parish who have been attending Mrs. Johnson's Course of Lec- tures on Physiology-Mil tho Laws of Life and Health, take this public manner of expressing their high apprcciiuios of,the value of those Lec- tures, and cordially recommend this lady to the. public, as ono eminently qualified to give instruction on these subjects. ,

The topics which have been hrofight before ns e those most intimately connected with our

•I ysical well-being. «nd hive been presented in a manner so clear. A) chaste, so beautiful, that while #e have been eaptrrated by the stv+c of the speaker, our hearts have received unfRrcnsurcd up tho truth thus communicated.

The close connection between tho physical and the intellectual and moral families, has been so clearly pointed out, that we have felt that to be intellectually and morally shvny, we must be phvsicallv sound.

VVc are more thsn ever convinced that one fruitful source of disease is ignorance ; and the chief reason why we Hid families suffering from hereditary or oilier diseases, is because mothers arc so little acquainted with the laws that govern the human system. • (

The above* was adopted at the close of the Lectures, and voted fin- uliertion in tho Andover Advertiser.

Andover. Jan. 8. 1855. I m I

INTKRKSTISO—A friend has furnished us with the tax lawk of AkSoiith Parish of this town, for the year 1806. The following are supposed to be all the persons now living who puid taxes at that time, viz: Job Abbot,, Joshua Ballard, Samuel Eairar, Isaac goldsmith, Samuel A. GoldsmlriPAmos Gray, Amos Holt, Ifeekiel Hardy, Jewett Jones, Orlando Lovejoy, Samuel O-good. Joel Russell,'and Moses Wood.

Cnpt Jcduthay Abbott, who was a Depu'y Sheriff, collected the tuxes at this time. The following persons pad th highest taxes, viz: Samuel Abbott, Esq., $158.33; Etra Abbott, $21,55; Isaac Blunt, 828.62; John Coniish, $32,78; Samuel Cammings, $24.95; William Foster. $24.62 j Henry Holt, $25.54 ; Maj. Ben- jamin Jenkins, 835.91 ; Mrs. Phcbe Phillips, $46.23 ; David Wood, Esq., $29,92. Deacon Mark Newman was Preceptor of Phillips Acad- emy, and therefore exempted from taxation. ' The Selectmen that year were Joshua Chan- dler, Jr., Stephen "Barker, Jr, John Kneeland, John Ingalls, Jr., and Jonathan Abbott 3d.

WE would call the attention of our readers to an advertisement, in another column, of the Andover Baking Establishment. The proprie' tor is well known :o the public as having been connected with this business for some years, and deserves a liberal share of patronage. He has every facility for doing an extensive business.

—, 17* ■ ity, if we were ever troubled in that direction ; WE are indebted to Wiiiiam White, State but being fortunately divested of all such infirm- Printer, for a copy'of Governor Gardner's lusug- itios, the effect will not be serious. oral Address. a

Otta acknowledgement are duo President Pierce for a copy of his «$cto Message on the River and Harbor Bill of the last session of the present Congress. Receiving a document under the frank of the President, might excite our ran-

w'io intMi I visiiin.: ihe in 'tr tune, either un utoa.'-s or tor ing tho lions,", if they wish to become acquainted with th-M-i.'lative twstness of this Empire City. I would advise them to take an lion of their time wa tie hero, on -,-n ■ p'e.tiont u.t! i:l«.ir d tv. I ascend the ipire ol I' i lity :' i tr '-. an I f om th h-sight of 'Hi fe-t or uitr-;. ove-lo >'« the grei ra iss of tto.t-.' t-i I b'i-k tin! itret.'h iso'T on »n side as far as the eve .;ati reach, and on tin, o.ber till it is lost in the groat ocean ! • ! ■ If your friend is not a-io lir'ied.—nay, if be is ! not tutoHttdtd at the vision, he can look on ijrnn- I dutf with a cold an 1 tin eelin,' eye I know of, no other poj*A in tho country, that presents ,o :

sublime a view as do -s the littl s windoWi in the I spire of Trinity Church. The view from the ; dome of the capitol at Boiton cannot. 1 think, compare to it No eminence in Philadelphia j alfirds one-ha'f the awe that this inspires. Not even tho proud do ae of the Ctpitof at Wash- i ington,*lookiur down'in it tlojs upon the rc- no-vned Pennsylvania, Avenue, can to my mind begin to equl it in point of in i^nitkeuce an I sicjidor. *

Tue eye is at first attracted to the hn.;e mass of brick and stoao Gradu illy, however, as it r -gains its composure, this mass (iudi Symmetry and elegance. The first thing that then attracts the eye is the long, proud avenue of Brmdimt/.— stretching oa with ul uost an unending length, as straight us an arrow. In it all is bustle and activity. Though so im nentoly broad, it is filled witli4 moving lines of vehicles; and as far as vision penetrates, so far does the " endless cara- van " seem moving on. Agiiu. looking directly in front, one sees the little, crooked street ■■* hose fauii has penetrated to the,farthest backwoods of our country, and whoso nrtme is Known to millions all over the world, lure crowded with men hurrying to mid fro.—tho very mart and centre of the coin nerco of our country; here stretching from Broalway down till it terminates itself in the " briny deep." when-c goes forth its influence to the world,—this is'Wall Street.

Beyond, we see another winding and busy cross-street, formerly the chief street in tho city, but long since succeeded by Broadway,—full of carts and wagons, boxes and bales ; this is Pearl Street.

Still further down, upon tho wharfs of the East River, is South Street, from whence arise '; great forests of masts,1' which, if all else were wanting, would speak a loud tale for the wealth and importance of Now York.

Looking north again, we b.diold the proud avenues, built up of granite an I marble, where dwell tho 'upper tendom" of the city. Far- ther on. tho nohle Hudson stretches on its course till it is lost to tho eye. among tho " bon- nie Highlands" Westward, lie the fertile plains and the thriving cities of New Jersey. To the solttb, the bay lies stretched out like a mirror beneath our feet, studded with little islands, grim with lorts and cannon. Looking to the cast again, and across the narrow line which dissevers it from New York, wo behold the vast and magnificent city of Brooklyn ; which, since its consolidation with its sister city of Williams- burg, iias become the third in population in the Union 1 Brooklyn deserves more than this passing notice; and I intend some time to note down some of its " lions " for you, when I shall write of the " environs of the metropolis "

Thus very.briefr* and scantily have I given yon a bird's-eye view M>m Trinity's lofty soire. The limits of a letter forbid any comment,—forbid me even to tell half the view. I can only say, as I descend again to earth, that tho ascent of the 350 and odd stairs, and the trilling fee of a shilling. Is well worth the time, expense, nnd strength. To iiniwhp have enjoyed-the view from thctasust|Mpikcr "'" Monument, 1 need onlv tell them where they may get as good a view of New York, as they can get there of Bos-

ton. There is no news 'if importance, which lias

occurred since I hist wrote you; so I have none to chronicle. Were you not probably snrfeited with holiday items, I might tell you that to-day was partially celebrated here as the anniversary of tho battle of New Orleans. But the only demonstrations I know of. are the fl igs which are flying from tho hotels nnd public buildings, and a few •' Jackson Guards'' who are out in regimentals, to day, and a few extra built announced for the evening.

Though Ihe Aurd times here havo caused many a poor man to wince beneath its pressure, and many a cry of wretchedness and destitution has arisen oir*tw account, still I think in the end it will prove rather a blessing for tho poorer class: for the reason, that every effort that can lie put in operation, is going forward now for the allevi- ation of their distress. Balls and concerts are gotten up for their benefit. Theatres and museums throw tho proceeds of their treasuries into their hands. Merchants give a large per eentage of their profits. Chariti subscriptions are given freely and generously, an and the destitute of our

Tomorrow ttlght. Madame Cris; ,-n.I St, M.nio.-ieu eon'ert. tl« pro-r I.e. t , 'he po< I Ae t ,n Prioi,* i cnb y. ., ,. ball is !-■ nk" pin-' i' 1,'ic "Acii'l ■.!■' <■)' Mu

ekpfvwy for :h, ir l„ uMlr. Tha- air we caii for ourselves dear consciences as l-'-nie. smfs good name' abroad. The n?wspaj»ers rinn wflt tppeals and resjwiiises; and tbon vh ous eer- ■h mis and our basin -s m u are he '■ ... ,;

e>r tucti'.'v lo supply their .,'.V'| •<■■■;;• :;-.- :-,,-. i niro curtailed to'p:*oii}e for ill' nn-p ,ii . i| others There ■< hirtfu in hltio.oi bttjittv d'ter all, than humanity generally gvi ■ vr< >tit an-.

Vour- nil,. 111".:.: 1 ; AS.

MASSACHUSETTS I.I QISLA rmiV.1

On M unlay last, in convention of ihe two branches, lion E. M. Wright was iv clcrtftl Secretary of State, and ibe folh.wine ge'eib n.sii were chosen Conn ilhu's : Htiij.oiiin -sAYisi.uf Boston; CD Hunkins.ol' Hnvcrhill; Ally rt H. Ncl on. of VVo'mrn ; Elmer Driejitin. of UVt boio'; Horace l.ynian. of Greenfield; John IV Foster, of lliimfiebl; Cbandbr It. Ransom, u( Roxbury ; John .Kenrick, of Orltans; nnd tfstld Davis, of Kdgartown.

The House portion of the Joint Comniiiiet were appointed We give mo of iheni. Wjitti will prove of interval to our readers: —

litttvts and Brid /<?s—Messrs. Tnf'i id' UpUUL Vose of Boston, liolbrook of Wcyiuoulh, J,n- kilts of Andover.

Totviix—Messrs. Fisher of Cambridge. Bt'lrhrf of Randolph, Brown of Kitcbbiirg. Rol>ill-oli of Newburyport. Stetson of South Scituaie

Mr. Kiimes. of Maiden, offered an order in- structing the Committee on the Judiciary to con-ider the expeeVicuei of so amending the '"on- stitutiorl ol ibis State, that the elective Iranrkisi shall be restricted to such citizens as can nnd and write ihe English language.

Mr. Colib. of Wesifield. introduced an order, that in furni«tliiig stationery for the members, the Clerk should procure nolle but articles of Anii-r- icati manufacture.

Mr. Warren, of Suffolk, introdu ed a similar order into the Senate.

lUetiiU-rs of the legislature have vo:ed themselves three papers per dinn each.

Letters have been received f.om Hon. E. M. Wright and Benjamin Stevens, lv-q. aeiepiing the offices of Secretary of State mid Scrgcaiitat- Arms ; so Hint all dmiU on that score is removed, and the Legislature will not be under tfie ucces- ily of urju'ity others to take their places.

"HUMANITY IN THE CITY "—We have received from the publishers. Messrs. Dc Wilt 4 Davenport, another of their handsome volumes, bearing the above title. It is from the pen of Rev. E. H. Chapin, nnd contains a tine steel in- graving of the talented author. The coiiicms of tlie book are : The 1-aissons of the t*treei, Man and Machinery. The Strife for lVoei'deliee, The Symhals or the Rt public', The Sptings bf So»( Life. Tho Allies of ihe Temper, The Cbiblr n of •he.Poor, The Help of Religion.

These topics are treated iu a most tilde nnd satisfactory manner; untl for brilliancy of description anil chasteiicss of language, the volume stands pre-eminent. It is peculiarli ndnpioil in these '• hard limes," both in the cily anil ihe

country. ^^

SHOCKING ACCIDENT—A few dins nine, as a train from Salem was sinning liom (lie Soii;h Reading depot, over the Koslon ji. Maim- ior.il. the fireman. Charles F Elliot, of Pepper. II. in attempting from the ground lo put down the damper of ibe locomotive furnace, or to oil tlio works, became entangled in#the machinery, anil before the train could be stopped, loss both a.ms and ono leg; one arm being liiendly lorn foau the ody at llic shoulder. Surgical aid wrs immediately procured, but the loss of blood nnd Ike severe shock which tho system had experienced was so great, that death ensued in a few hours.

By WILL " 11." who some weeks since B-kd for an exegesis of Dent 22 ; 6, 7,;t#etSe" to ex- plain tho 5th verse of .thai .Hmptci. which rend-'- "The woman shall not wear I hat which pertain- cth unt« a man ; neither shall a man put on » woman's gnrnient.—for all that do so are an abomination unto the Lord I by God." S.

BAM.ARO VALE ITEMS— A section of Rd lard Vale wiM of the meeiiim-housc has ¥rm much affected with sickiiess.n-suining the ton" of ivpboid rever. li is confined IO an exinu"1

not more that, 100 vnrils square ; nnd in this spine there is hartllv a bou*e In which some have not been sick, tine death onlv has occurred, ihiuicri some are in a critical corditioii. It is hoped the , worst has been passed.

Mr. Samuel S Burr, tt long tune resale!" here, and in the employ of the Boston & Mann! Railroad, at Boston, on Saturday hist, hat « grievous cancer uikcu liom ibe lower pan of In' face. The dotation was performed ai ibe Hos- pital ill Befl| bv ibe skiifal surgeons there wllh their uJoWucccss. Mr. Burr i- doing «>•> •

Our wortlfv Representative to the (jimi-si Court, Mr Jenkins, made his " maiden spec « . in the House, last Sniurda , upon ibe qucsium of referring the " newspaper question ' to « < «'": miltee. ' He received the marked attention ol his fellows, and as u-ual carried his point »"■ Jenkins will alwnvs l>e he(trd when he speaks.

Rev. James B. Miles was ordained as pasior over the First Church and Society, in Char li* town, on the 2d. All the exercise*.were rf» highest order, and ihe prospects of ibe row ni cumbentnre auspicious. The numerous fil i« »

— ilnit la '* ml d«

perous, and

subscriptions are given cuinhent are auspicious. I lie tiumcrui

il tho crv of the needv of Mr- W** in ,lli''to*"' wi" T,"'" ' .1 the tryot me neeay | .^ rf iw|u, ew, cily is attended to with . J.jre „ xU% his, way niHV |K. mwh p,or-l>* , sire -j —

a readiness ihat reflects much honor upon the j tnat he may have good success. wealthier class of our citizens.

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ANUUVEl! ADVERTISER, SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 1856.

».. — A 'H ill I'lilHH H:\IHIWII), w'm Slill , :;i . i.'i;n r fr»v!\ n Ivw ilia- 4n«t\

i-ii in- til tin- timls'iit ftnllrtnl Vnlr. ■• Vtils.' #•• in- «rti<l Htwl not ijîiiilie

. .<,»■< r*'<< J»u-. It« '■' hi UN i( Ul"On 'III' ire. Win >unl iinni. r-'-'l him iii tin wnfi-r.

;- 'i : til )l l-Iv ID * Ut'tl «IMl U|>Otl I'p.ltll- r.M fihm It-- hV-fe Iii- Hscih-rs \<y Efte Itontf, miiiitf 'All rijlif. b«rs. nil ri-jlu.1' Ms ■ MI ■■ see the jrii'K1 wis fuUv Httîsflcd.

in (i.i!".li;n':!, J!

FLINT.

Nov. Mid, Charles li ulutte !). Flint. 20

y ui'» 'ilii- MI ji'ct of this ohituury notice was a

•i tjiber "f Knox Collc-re.' in GiiTc*-liur^. He i i \n-\ « ntdivd «ui hi- la«t yw, and w*i lonk-

iiia f<irw)tr>l with lii-ili hoped t»» it"* rlos«, when : c would |iro uhiv liiivo îjulirtted with the rep* iu« i m y( on« iif tin- 1ii>t M-hoiurs in his i-lnss.

Ilr L;nl liy tits own txmioii!>. with aoma iri- liim iv.i-t in"i- from tri.mls. nearly acômplishc-l ili. tl*>if* of His luiirt. wlitii hu wa> suddenly r.ill.'.l to clnM hit* iMi'tMy carver, und leave btt wevp.rffc parents and an only brother to mourn hit f.uly till. In the death of this helovcd son, hipl. hout**> have IHTII Muted, and the loudest expert.K.eM dis tppointrd.-

Hut tlie>« atllieted parents and frienda mourn not wii'unit hope lie limit, early professed his laiiii in hi-Redeemer, MiitKitvineed his Mtieeriijr l.y a humtile and cousistent life

' It w.t.< his ardent flemru to tit himself for use- fu iv,. in the wu.ld Bui Ins lleuvenly Father luix swti rit to remove h'nn from this earthly -iiiu-re. \ve.trti*t to that bright and glorious home Where itie pure and the holy are employed in giving praise to Hint who doeth all things well.

COM.

Faking Establishment. MOODY O. RUSSELL,

nAVING taken the Machinery and Fixtures of the Putnam tstuMishinnit. and estub*

ii In d hi in *eIf in the commodtuus Bitkuy formerly oriupied by Win. Baldwin, informs his frieinls and the puhlie generally, that he will supply tin-in. wliole>ale or retail, with every variety o Kiu;ui. CAKE, CKACKKKS, 4C, at the most reiisoiialdi- prices.

fX?" Parties supplied at the shortest notice. Andover, Jan. 13. l> >■> 3m.

WILLIAM LEMON, ,- BJLXSIJLXbJXt.,

ANDOVER, MASS,

IS prepared to execute Binding in various styles, at satisfactory prices. Old Books,

Magazines, Periodicals, &c . rebound in the various styles of Faucv Rinding.-

H7" W. L. will'bind in uniform style for gentlemen's libraries*. Jan 13—-tf-

THIS DAY A. W. StoariiadJ Oo.

commence to ofl'er their

WHOLE STOCK OF *

MEDIUM AND RICH GOODS at men price's as will tern/it all who like

to buy Goods CHEAP.

PUBLIC NOTICE. THE attention of the public is called to the fob I lowing By Laws of the Town of ANDOVER,

which an 1st, 1853

$150,000. DASHALL & C0'8 NATIONAL

Consummation Certain. 70,000 Tickets already •old. Only 80,000 to be disposed of.

DISTRIBUTION of Gifts to como off, without Ml, March 10,1855,—or sooner, if the

tickets are all sold. Dasball & Co. beg to assure their friends, that

under no circamstunca, will the distribution be postponed beyond the above-mentioned date; and they hope, by energy and the co-operation of their patrons, to bring the enterprise to a con-

which are to' be in force from and after January | «•'•»«<>» J» "> £««* P«riod.in wbic0 »» dM

' notice will bo given.

BY-LAWS. 1. No person shall be allowed to slide or coast

upon a sled or sleds, or anv other liko vehicle, in or upon auv public street, highway, or thorough- fare, within the town of Andover, under a penal- ty of 0>TK DOLLAR for every such offence.

2. All ponalties recovered under these By- Laws, shall be paid, one-half to tho complainant and one-half to tho Commonwealth.

3. Complaints for violation of these By-Laws may bo made bv anv pernon to any Justice of the

IN Consequence of an anticipated change in ^ within ^ for t)Meottfty 0f Essex. 1 our business arrangements,.and the seamy of 4 ft shaU ^ th(J 8pecj(1, duty of ,ho Constables

WB have received lite first number of Jos- selui's l.inn Daily, published every evening, at S5.uo | or year. It is a good-ateed paper, evinces n ittoos mill tu'slo in its mechanical execution, nice discrimination in the selections, and ability ami sprtglulinotw in its editorial department

The cil.tir, Lewis Josselyn, has filled many peliticul olHces, and formerly wielded the pen edilorial. Tho frati-ritity will welcome back to her ranks one so admirably adapted to sustain with credit tho responsibilities of the position.

IIABT'S WHOLE WORLO, Vof. I. No. 1, is before us. It is an " lllustrate(LJd>rual,'for the amusement, instruction, mid benefit of mankind." Published weekly, ill New York city, at S2.00 per annum. Its columns alidund with humor and wit, but not of a low character. *——♦,-» ■

THE sexton of tho West Parish informs us that there has been but one death by fever in that part of this town during the past year. The preceding year there was not a single death there from that disease.

money, we have concluded to give our customers a Ixn'rjit. by the wuy of LO W PRICES. A

•greut many goods for a little money.

Our assortment of

RICH PLAID, STRIPED and BROCADE SILKS, ALL WOOL PLAIDS, THI-

BETS, CASHMERES, LYON- ESE CLOTHS, all kinds of

DRESS GOODS, CLOAK CLOTHS, and TRIMMINGS to.

match, will be offered for


LADIES' AND GENTS' BBAsWOifj}

a vcrv large assortment. PRINTED CAly'ETINGS

To ConRESroNDEXTS.—" Esculnpius," "The 4'wiu.s Circle." auil .J-JChe Now Domesiie," are received, and will las inserted in our next issue Also, •'•Holidays in St. Louis," by a new and v lined correspondent

JuROns—Jcdedlah Bnrtl has been drawn Grand Juror for the year, and Dean Holt and Daniel Stevens as Petit Jurors to the Criminal Court, January term, to he holden at Salem.

WE bine rcro.vi.il from an Andover emigrant in Australia another copy of the Melbourne Argus, lor which, we tender our thanks.

DOXATIOX.—A generous individual in Boston bus presented to the new chart h in Billiard Vale a communion service, valued at S.H.

WOOLLEN and &c. at the same

discount. Manv of the Goods »mcA las than the cml of Imitation. OUR FURS EQUALLY CHEAP. Our assortment it More extensive, and I'ttried. much, /urr/er, and 'more complete, in nearly every department than any in this or neighbor- ing cities, to which we invite the early attention ot purchasers.

I & 2 Stearns's Block, Essex St, Lawrence. • Dec. 9. '

Selling Off! fUmtmll A Brother

ARE SKLL1NO

T>rjr Oroods AT LOWER PRICES THAK EVER BEFORE !

NO reasonable offer will be refused. The reason, hard times and scarcity of money.

We have marked down our Goods, so thut a Little Money will buy a Good Many Goods.

9.-1.00 will buy a boautiful All-Wool Plaid Dress. S2.75 " " Raw Silk " $6.00 " " Plaid or Stripe Silk.

Who will not buy a dress at these prices 1

and Police Officers of said town to enforco these 1 By-Laws, and to prosecute by complaint for ? every violation thereof that shall come to their 1 knowledge

5. These By-Laws shall bo in force from and I after January 1st, 1853, and until said town shall ' repeal the same.

A true copy of tho By-Laws presented to tho town of Andover, at tho adjournment of the An- nual Town Meeting in the month of March, A.D. 1852, and accepted by said town.

Attest: SAMUEL JOHNSON. 7"ou»i Clerk of the Toon of Andover.


COURT OF COMMON PLEAB, December Term, 1852.

Dccombcr 27th. Approved. KDWARD MELLEN, J. C. C. P Attest: A. HUNTISGTOX, Clerk.

A true copy. Attest: A. HUSTIXGTON, Clerk.

AT COST FQR EIGHTEEN DAYS.

XKEAGY'S ORIGINALHAVERHILL CHEAPSTORE,

HAVKRIULL, MASS. Owing to the lateness of the season, the

present stringency of the money market, and the desire

to close eut my

STOCK OF GOODS, which is about

$18,000, All of our Immense Stock will bo sold at the j j haye fuji detePmjneB to reduce it to one

T£.iSl^ Trimming,, But- | quarter of thatatnount, and shall commence

OFFICEt m BROADWAY, NEW YORK. 150,000 Present* to be given to the purchasers

of the large and elegant engraving of the " In- auguration of George Washington, President of the United States," from the celebrated painting of David Paul Lanrens, Price of engraving, Sl.00; which includes a gift ticket, entitling tho holder to a chance in the following list of magnificent Gifts.

The value of tho presents, as appraised by a Committee chosen for the purpose, is 8146,000, as follows: — . jffA A splendid Farm on tlWBudson River, com-

pletely stocked, houses, etc., - $20,000 Stone front Dwelling-house and Lot on

Fifth Avenue, New York, - - - 13,000 A magnificent gold Tea Service, prop-

erty of tho lato G. Van Denton, - - 4,000 Silver Wino Service .... 1,000 Tho Race Horse " White Raven," - - 8,000 Coach, Harness, add Horses, (a mag-

nificent establishment), - - - 3.500 SO shares Central Railroad stock, - 3,000 200 fine Watches, $100 each, - - - 20,000 10,000 Gold Seals and Charms, - - 10,000 10,000 Gold Pens and Silver Holders, - 5,000 100 boxes best Cigars, ... 500 100 Gold Guard Chains, -. - - 1,500 A splendid Buggy, - - - 190

Phajton, .... 1,000 A Horse, Harness, and Buggy, (splen-

did affair), 600 An elegant Dog, St. Bernard, • Splendid fast sailing Yacht, " Spirit of

the Wave," - 4,000 Tho fast and trim Pleasure-yacht,

'• Evening Bird," .... A Loan for 25 vears, •

Great Sale — Of—

DRY GOODS, FROM DEC. ltth, TO JANUARY I 1'HE immence stock of Dry Goods at ATe. 4,

Citf Bock, Essex Street, Will be sold at a great discount until Jan. 1st, as a change in business is contemplated-

The Salo will he very advantageous to purchasers, as many articles'will he marki-d at cost, and leas than co'st. In order to close off tho entira Winter 8iock by the above date. Don't fail to

call and examine. At the Obi Stand of KEYES & BENTHAIL,

No. 4 Citg Block, Eut* Si. Dec 16. ioterencf.

BANK STOCK. PERSONS wishing to purchase Shares in the

Andover Bank will lie supplied on application to F. COGSWELL, OisJ.sV.

Dec. 16—ff

Boot and Shoe Store.

JW UABNABD respectfully notifies. ■ 111 D his customers and patrons, that

he has romovod to the Store formerly occupied by Jonathan Swift, No. 8. Main Street, and that his facilities and conveniences for transacting business are greatly increased. He*wl!l keep constantly on hand a New and Fashionable as-

sortment of Gentlemen's and Ladles'

BOOTS & SHOES, or will manufacture them to. order promptly, and in the best style. Also a good supply of RUB- BER BOOTS and SHOES for Ladies or Gen- tlemen, together with TRUNKS, VALISES, BLACKING, BRUSHES, Sc. 4c.

Dec. 16.

1,000 8,000 5,000 1,000

(£?■ Go and see the Panaroma of " Pilgrim s Progress" at till Baptist Church, next Thdrsduy.

ii7" There wa* a deacon in a town in New- lliuiiji-hiri- by tho name of Day—by trade a woper. One'Snbliiith morning ha heard a number of boys playing In front of bis house, and he went out' to stop their Sabbath breaking. As- suming a grave countenance, he said to them— " Boys, do von know what day this is '< " " Yes, sir,"'immediately replied one of the boys, "Dea- con Da v, the cooper"

UstoTt SABBATH SCHOOL CONCERT—The Quarterly Meeting of (his Body will l>c held in the Clinpcl of the Methodist Episcopal Society in Uallnnl Vale, on Sabbath evenirig, January 14th. The exercises will commence at 6 1-2 o'c'Ock. The public generally are invited to

JUtte^ WM. PIERCE, Sec'y.

LYCEUM LECTURES. The Fifth Lecture of tho Course will bo dcliv

cred by Rev. LVMAN WHITING, of Reading on Wednesday evening next, at 7 1-2 o'clock. Sub- ject, " The Two Homes of Man." Tickets furnished and to be shown at mo door.

Gcorj^) Foster, Eastman Sanhorn, Varnum Lincoln, W. H. Foster, H. N. Bamuni, Commit- tee of arrangements.

Andover. 1855. ^

tons, Embroideries, and Fancy Goods Ladies of Andover anil vicinity, if yon want a

piece of Drv Goods, call at Kimball & Brother's, , No. 10 App'leton Block, Essex St., Lawrence.

Q3»" All we ask, is for you to call and exam- ng our Goods for yourselves.

KIMBALL If BROTHER,

10 Appleton Block, Essex St., \ Jan. 13. Lawrenet, Mat*. I

lUAXiD&l-iMwBS.

ll, Bo-h.il, 1.1 ina , »y R«v. Al.fl"". J(J thatlM Swift, fu.ni.rly of Ihls town, to Mis. Carrie Wil«.a, of B _^——

At Point Lovt Height*. BroustUoii, Pansifs, at his rJlUcs, M all.. I ol Wilt!.,., 11.11. f» >l "««£« m Aa.lover, MUM., ia 17C5, sad ia 1788 lie went to Quebec. .

JOSEPH F. CLARK, Attorney —.* X^mrw,

20 COURT STRBKT, BOSTON.

NOT. 4—tf.

HAVING removed to tho Store formerly occupied by CARLTON d- D««BV.has on

hand and is constantly rccicving a very large and well selected stock of Dry Goods and Groce-

ries. Also a great vari. ty of

Fairxxxlxi* Tools, consisting of Ploughs, Bor-

rows, Cultivators, Manpre and Hay Forks, Hay and Gar-

den Rakes, Spades, Shovels, Hoes,

Scrapers, Saws and Axes. Also Grass and Garden Seeds of all kinds.; all of which

will be sold at Boston prices for CASH.

May IS. •

NICHOL'S PATENT PARAGON SAFETY CAN.

PATENTED SEPT. SO, 1858.

This Safety Can is universally acknowledged to tie the best over devised to protect consumers of Burniu" Fluid, and Camphenu against aoci- dents resulting from ttte use of the same. This Can is treblv prop etive, it protects against the

-possibilitv of explosion, against •i»7/injj the fluid, and against lost bv evaporation. No consumers oT burning fluid should use any other Can.

In tilling it. turn slowly through the tnnnel. The cork or screw should not he removed from the vessel, only when it is replenished by the tiviilor

Manufactured and for sale Wholesale and He- rail bv WM. G REETJ. sole owner of the Patent Ritht for Andover. Abo constantly on hand and Tor sale, Dr. NirholM Metalie Lined Glass Paragon Lamps for Fluid.

Andover, Oct. 14,1854. tf


Store at the actual cost My stock, as is well known, comprises the

LARGEST AND BEST ASSORTMENT

FRENCH, ENGLISH, AND

DRY WoDS j In this town; and as I ha»e often asserted that

I buy my goods full 10 per cent, less than Ian} other dealer in town l and as this

is to be a real Immjide

(All without interest.) 1 Bosewood Piano, ... - 800 3 Mahoganv Pianos, r 1,300 A Farm in Ohio, - - - • 4,000

Kentucky, .... 3,000 " Pennsylvania, ... 6,000 " Massachusetts, - - - 10,000

25,000 vols. 1'oeros, ... - U.000 Statue of " Cigar Girl," by Beeves, - 1,000

Also, over 100,000 Paintings, Statues, Medals, Charts, Albums, Valuable Books, and Portfolios of Engravings ; making in all 150,000 Gifts, which will be distributed by a Committee appointed by the Shareholders, and forwarded, free, of charge! by the Public's obedient servants,

DASHALL ft CO., 486 Broadway, New York.

Orders for Engravings and Tickets in this great Enterprise are daily arriving from all parts of the United States and" Canada, which warrant us in promising a very early day for the distribution. Applications should be made immediately, as only a certain number of tickets can be sold. Letters, with the money enclosed, to be ore-paid, and the Engraving and Ticket will be forwarded free.

DASHALL & CO., Dec. 9—tf. 486 Broadway, New York.

Twenty-Five Thousand Already Sold.

NO ONE WHO ENJOYS

AN EXQUISITELY TOLD STORY, Still less any Anti-Slavery man or woman,

wilt neglect the'opportunity to read

IDA MAY. The relation of Master and Slave, as sanctioned

by law, and tho

PRACTICAL V0RI1NG8 OF THE SYSTEM under the control of those who would be humane, if circumstances and the laws permitted, are most graphically depicted in this book. ,

As the reader proceeds, it becomes evident that the authoress knows of what she affirms, and

Great Annual Sale. UPWARDS OP

$150,000 WORTH OF Winter Clothing,

1 T the following low prices:

A-t 10 xo 2 aooi r*1"1'of y"%8|L""*'"•

$2 1-2,

$2 34

Cwtiraore, Doeskin, ■mTBromdcloth Pant*, ot tail low price, fur a few day«, to reduce itock.

Cuitom Made pne*k(n Pantu, Cnnvai Bot- tom*, and made of ai good material* a* Uta Pant* for winch you uaui Hy jwy $5. t.'lo*- tog aale of Winter Clotltiiig,

AQ ,., r Fancy Cau., Poeakln, mid Cloth Pantatof •90 1U O. very de*tmbl* pnttern*, twing at l«a*t fln

par cant law than th« MUM are uaually

$8.

par cant aold.

A nice Affair for a Gentleman. Orar Gajments. custom made, u-ually aold fur much more.

dS 1 n TI\ 10 A Ane Cu*tom Madf> Overcoat or Sack, eJXU IUJ..6. made fmm nr.ib.llluc, and Blm-k l*ili<t

Lit4I1. Bmadchith and Heaver I .nth*, tor th * low price. Will luiuatit) tliat thu auwa garment* are aold at from Bid to f90.

|Q TQ1C Tain a*. An entirely New Style of Orar 9*JO 1V'- Gnrment, combining geiilillty with uaae

and comfurl.

aftQ 1 O For an office or Buainaaa Coal, to cloae out e5>0 l-*6. the ..lock

dbQ Tn I O Drew and Finck Goal*, fiom ftuiwrDae •JrO »*'!-. iinrt.,1,1,,11, lini| iiotwkin*. ntaale up In

good ft> if and in a faithfttl man«t*>r AH will be aold at iho.c Iww piicit*, to cloae out atock.

dbl Tn1 19 Ve*u. of tho lateat raihkm, for the** iJSl TO 1 1-^. |qwmiCcgi

AIM made up in

Jftt) ,rft Q 1 O For a nica Fanry Hatln Veit e>w * O O y-&. mnrk or Fancy *ilk do , mad

lli« Intent rtylea. Getitli mrn'i l>io*«lng Gowna, very lowaot plkrtrt.

CLOSING OUT COST SALE, I think my customers will be fully satisfied that

my assertions are correct. This sale will commence

warns aa Dismay w ©assasra. December 18th,

AND CONTINUE THROUGH December, 1854, until the 1st

of February, 1855. Durii*; this wholo sale only ONE PRICE

will be named on any article, and that sha I be the ACTUAL COST FROM THE INYtMCL BOOK, as every article in the store is numbered and invoiced. Every one in this community is well aware that mv stock consists of a very large assortment of Thlbets. Lyoncse. Woollen Plaids., Silk Plaids, Cloak Goods, Cashmere Long and Square Shawls, Bay State Shawls', all kinds of Linen Goods, any quantity of Cottons, Prints, Flannels and Domestics, a large stock of rancy dress and black Silk-. H sierv, Gloves. Embroid- eries, Ribbons, and Fancy Goods of every description, white Goods, *c.

Most of my Slock was bought in JOB LO IS, at vcrv low prices, and my customers maw anticipate Drv Goods during ihe sale at much lower prices than they ever saw them-.

. • , B.HMACY. Haverhill, December M. St

4

•Tettifiei tf that she hit KM.'

CO., PHILLIPS, SAMPSON & PUBLISHERS.

For sale by all Booksellers. In one volume, Urao. Price 91,13, Boston, Dec. 30.—at

TO NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS. FOR SALE, at this ofBce, a font of Brevier

type of about SOO lbs. used for stereotyping. For an impression of the face of the type, the purchaser is referred to Littell's Living Age.— This type will answer a very good purpose for a newspaper, and will be sold on very reasonable terms. by applving immediately at this office, or to Wielps & D'alton, 32 Washington street, Bos- ton.

Dee. 30.

GENTLEMEN'S

Furnishing Goods. 37, to 130 cts AsKimnii LOT or SIUIITS AND

DUAWKRS. 50 " 200 " FIXE NIUKTS, IIIUMI Boeoua ft

Cou-Aua. fa," 50 " FINE LINKS Bosom.

5 " 17 " " " COLLARS. 17 • 25 " SOCKS. 25 " 150 " STOCKS AND CRAVATS. 25 » 100 '• SILK POCKET HANDKERCHIEFS. 10 •• 50 " SL'SPENIIKKa- 37 " 200 " t'MIIRKI.I.Aa. e" 17 » TOOTH UausHaa, 8 " 100 " HAIR HRI.SIIES.

83. 1 KAVELLIHG SHAWU. Together with a great variety of Fanry Goods,

to be closed up cheap.

COAL AND TEAMING. THE Subacriber haa made ancb arrange-

ments as will-enable him «o supply the people of Andover and vicinity -with all kinds of coal. Orders promptly executed at the |owest cash price. Having purchased a team he is prepared to truck goods and perform teaming work at all times, on reasonable terms.

Sept. 2. tf TH0MA8 E. MAYBEBBY.

BOYS' DEPARTMENT. 92 to 85 OVER SACKE. 911 " 94 .JACKETS 911 " 92 SUIT JACKET ANDPAHTS 91 " 93 CASSIHERK, CLOTH, AXD Doi-

SKIN PANTS.

50 cts. " 92 V KBTS. Very truly, the above are low prices! Purchasers,

however, are requested to bring this advertisement with them, and they wUI then acknowledge the fact, as we are deternsMed to close up the

atock of Winter Clothing.

A copy of the New Book, • Oak Hall Pit tarial." gratis, to every purchaser.

ONE FBlCi. ""CASH SYSTEM.

OAK HALL, 34 North Street, Boston.

Dec. 30.—linos.

■BBaaaaaaaaaaaaaBi pajpajpaj

=**=!= ANDOVER ADVERTISER, SATURDAY,

•smser ■' "iKl tees JANUARY 13, 1855.

Pfl8H COMSii. A DOLLAR OR TWO.

With cautious nop, a* we tread ear way through This intricate world as other folk* do, May we still, on oar journey, be »ble le view The beucvoleut face of a dollar or two;

For ah excellent thinjj I* a dollar or two; No friend it to true

.y As a dollar or two. •v^ Through country or town.

As we pan up and down, No prospect so good As a dollar or two.

Would you read yourself out of the bachelor crew, A'ld the hand of a pretty youns female me, You must always lie ready the handsome to do, Although it will cost you a dollar or two.

Love's arrows are tipped )u^ With a dollar or two. And affection* are trained With a dollar or two; The hest aid you can meet, In advancing'your suit, Is the <-loi|nen't chink Of a dollar or two.

Would wish vnnr existence with faith to imbue. And enroll in the ranks of the sanctified few,— To enjoy a ua»id name.—a well cushioned pew,— You must freelv down with a dollar or two.

The Gospel is preached For a dollar Or two. And salvation is reached

. By a'dollar or two ; You may sin sometimes, But the worst of all crimes Is to find yourself short Of a dollar or two.

BEAR HUNTING.

The following singular means of capturing or killing the. bear, is said to bo frequently practised by Russian peasants, who cannot easily procure tire arms. As is well known, the bear has a fondness for honey, and will trace his w$y from a great distance to where the wild bees have filled some hollow tree. Their ating cannot hurt him, and they and their stores are entirely at his mercy.

In a forest known to contain bears, the hunters examine all the hollow trees till Ihey discover a wild, bee-hive. A branch of the tree is then tmsson, directly atiove the hole ; if there t is no such branch, a stout peg is driven into the trunk. To the peg a strong cord is fastened, and to the cord a heavy atone or cannon-ball is suspended, at about half a foot from the ground. The bear in bis researches comes upon the treasure of honey. The ponderous barrier obstructs anil incommodes him a good deal. He is an irritable brute; in such cases, one of the most irritable, as well as" stupid, in the forest.

He begins by shoving the stone or weight aside ; but it presses against his head, and he gives it a slight knock, to free himself from the inconvenience. It recoils a moment ami he receives a smart tap on the ear. His tamper is roused, aud he again pushes off the hinl and heavy mass, but more violently; and he gets rather a severe blow on the side of his skull, on its return. lie becomes furious, ami with a powerful jerk, semis the rock •winging away. The pendulum cannot la- the first to tire of this game ; and it is a game in which the blows are felt onjone side exclu- sively.

The bear alone suiters ; an 1 the point is, . tint he suffers as much by the strokes he gives, as by those ho Ms. lie takes double punishment His vary retaliations are all against li'intelf; and for every furious push which mikes his skull ache, he receives an immediate equivalent, which makes it echo again.

At I ist his rage is unbounded. lie hugs the bio k; he strikes it; he bites it. Hut whenever he would thrust his head into the hive, Ink on his ear falls the obstruction, a»titnt w'ticli neither his terrible hug nor the blows o( his paws are of any avail.

The brute is maddened. He faces his ■traiie nil jiert in icio is tormentor, and once more makes it rebound from his skull; but back it swings like a curse, which returns upon the head from w'ii h it started. The betr falls exhausted u t ler these reiterated blow.<,— lie more violent than another; ami if lie be not d.- ul. the hunters, who have witched th- singular con cut from their hiding-place, soon despatch bim.

DEFALCATION.—The Worcester Spy says thtt Rev. David Higghw, editor ami publisher of the Worcester Journal and Agitator (Tem- porance and Know-Nothing papers), has "absquatulated," under defalcation to the Riilroad Corporation (he was station-master at Oikdale), and to • large number of persons who have accommodated him with funds, in sums ranging from 810 to $500 each. His partner loses $i 100. Higgina was last heard from in New York, on bis way to Kan- sas. \t

EXTRAVAGANCE OF THE FASH- IONS.

A walk up and down Che-tnut Street, on

Wiii;x the mariner sees in the distance the cold, black reefs, pointed with death, and the white foam curling over their tops, and

a fine day, afbrds a practical commentaryj knows that their cavern floors are covered on the time*. Between the splendid dress: ^lii th* tones "* P°°r cast-away sailors,— fabrics exhibited in the shop windows and **» ue «»,k bttult »n(* »y. w>* » >"Kh ' " •''» the costly costumes displayed on the lair no use to do anything now!" Never. He pedestrians, one is quite persuaded that the »P"»ir» to the helm, and shouts his < rders iu popular cry about the scarcity of money is altogether a delusion.

Never, indeed, did the ladies dress more extravagantly. Not only is biocade considered absolutely necessary, by many a dame,

a voice of thunder. The night may be coming, and the wind of a rising tempest piping through the shrouds,—and the passengers, timorous and trembling, may gather on tl e deck, and fling their arms upward in wild

on her daughter, who was formorly contented ( despair; but the more trouble crowds or with plain silk; but almost the price qf a | dangers threaten, the more like a giant does respectable glace is consumed in the velvet ue U9e n'9 sinewy arms, and throw out his trimmings alone. Nor does the fashionable [ g™*' v°'ce- A"d if the roar of the leaping thirst alter expense stop here. Lace under- j ,u,f sounds nearer, yet more and more he sleeves and laco chemisettes exhaust the Puts t0 n'3 strength, till when the moon

breaks out through the rifted cloud, his aim j»t superhuman efforts are rewarded with success, and he sees afar off the low line of the breakers,—and his ship safely speeding on another course.

Learn you not a lesson from this ? Up, then ; fight with discouragement, and God and the right on your side, you must sooner or later come off conqueror.

N. V. People's Organ.

purses of husbands. And lest they should fail to engulf sums sufficiently large, lace trimmings fringe the petticoat, to dabble in the mud of the sidewalk. An observer in Chestnut Street might be pardoned for con- cluding that every fatkffewas a millionaire, and every fair pedestrianan heiress.

If these pet fashions were conducive to health, there might be some reason for such extravagance. But the very laces which cost so much are really traps for consumption. To parade a'public avenue, on a bleak COAXING THE BEAR—" My love," said November day, with a chest defended only Mrs. Foozle to ber husband, " oblige me with by a half-transparent veil of lace, or with a five-pound note, today, to purchase a new arms comparatively bare to the elbows, is the j dress." height of folly ; but to abandon close sleeves and high corsages for this cough-giving cos- tume, is madness itself. It is true that the fashionable lady insists on a set of expensive furs, as a proj or accompaniment to this sum-1 mer-like attire. She dresses unseasonably, at twice the cost it would take to dress properly ; and then makes this a plea for basing a new style Victorine.

" Shan't do any such thing. Agnes, you called me a bear, yesterday ! "

•' Lor, love, that was nothing. 1 meant by it that you were fond of hugging."

, " You little , I have no five, but here's a ten."

irop- ijQa » THE question has been asked, why it is

If she is considered impolite for gentlemen to go into wealthy, she wears a point lace or Honiton, j ll»» presence of ladies, in their shirt sleeves, and furs of ermine or Russian sable. If she j whilst it is considered in every way correct is less able to indulge in the luxuries of fash-; 'or the ladies themselves to appear before ion, she adheres, nevertheless, to its absurdi- gentlemen without any slec es at all I

As Englishman, named Robert Stereos, was killed in Lenox*, a few days since, by being crushed in the machinery of the engine which he was working. His body was corn-

ties ; sporting her cheaper embroideries, even if she cannot afford furs at all,—content to shiver, if she can only shine.

A eontcm|K>rary has pro|>oumled the question, " Where is the money r" and we answer, In the fine dresses of our wives and daughters. It is idlo to say that the extravagance we speak of is confined to what is called " the upper ten." The female attire, in all conditions of life, is criminally expensive ; at least, twice as much so as it was five years ago,—and it threatens to increase. The clerk's wife imitates the wife of the merchant; the poor milliner, the fine lady ; Mrs. Dinah, Mrs. Potiphar. The ruinous example extends ami widens, ramifying into every social circle, and ex'iaisrinr an a^gregite sum annually which would frighten the most thoughtless, if it could be presented in fig- ures. Most of these extravagant fabrics, moreover, come from abroad, and have, in seasons like the present, when exports are deficient, to be paid for in gold. It is to the tax which our luxury lays on us,—to the expensive fashions we praise iu our wives and daughters,—that we owe not a little of the present scarcity of money. We may thank Paris, in this way, for our panic.

We do not deny that the men arc also to blame. If wives squander money on the fashions, husbands spend it, sometimes, on fast horses. Between the two. it is no wonder that notes are selling at 2 per cent,—that stocks are down ; gold in going out of the country. The prices obtained for fashionable bonnets, and the prices paid for discounting business paper, have a closer connection than a cursory observer might think. They are, in fact, cause and consequence.

• Phil. Leilger. 1 ■ i

• WATTY MORRISON was a Scotch clergyman, of great wit and humor. On one occasion, he entreated an officer at Fort George to pardon a poor fellow who was sent to the halberds. The officer offered to grant his request, if he would in return grant him the first favor he woult) ask. Mr. Morrison azreed to this, and the officer immediately demanded that the ceremony of baptism be performed upon a puppy. The clergyman agreed to it; and a party of many gentlemen assembled to witness the novel baptism.

Mr. Morrison desired the officer to hold up the dog. as was customary in the baptism of children, and said: —

■ As I am a minister of the Church of Scotland, I must proceed according to the ceremonies of the church."

" Certainly," said the major, " I expect all the ceremony."

" Well, then, major, T begin by the usual question: You acknowledge yourself the lather of this puppy ? "

A roar of laughter burst from the crowd, and the officer threw the candidate for baptism away.

THE Bee says the gentlemen of Waltham are enjoying the luxuries of St female barber.

pletcly crushed by tbemachinery. the driving She is young, pretty, smart, and of eourse wheel of which W*J broken to piece*. ' hat a keen way of doing business.

NOTHING was so much dreaded, in our school-boy days, as to be punished by sitting between two girls. Ah! the force of education. Now-a-days, we would submit without; shedding a tear, and regard it as capital pun* ishineut.

JUMP out of bed the moment you hear the knock at the door. The man who hesi- tates when called, is loet. The mind should be in ile up in a minute, for early rising is one of those subjects that admit of uo turning over.

" I 'LL trouble you with a line," as the sheriff remarked to the culprit on the gal- lows.

" I'll take a drop with it," was the cool reply of the prisoner.

IT has lieen remarked, with great truth, that " the United States export more of the red necessaries of life, and import more of the unnecessary articles, than any other nation in the world."

THAT nun who is afraid to make an enemy, or is afraid of his enemies when they come ready made,—as come they will,— is not made of quite the metal to cut his way through this world.

A CASK of absence of mind occurred the last rainy night, when Mr. P came home. He put his umbrella in bed with his wife, aud stood himself up in the corner of the room.

" PA, what do potatoes have eyes for ? " " So they can see to grow." " Beans don't luWaeyes, and they grow." " Yes, but tbey oaflBrong end up."

Wit AT is the difference between a maiden lady of sixteen and one of thirty years ? The former is wondering who she shall have, and the latter who will have her.

A COFFKE-HOUSK in Cincinnati has a sign of an inverted boot, as a delicate bint to Ms delinquent customers to foot up.

THE very last curiosity we have seen spoken of, is a wheel that came off a dog's tail when it was a wagin'.

THE preacher'who lost sight of bis subject has ordered a telescope, with double glasses, to hunt it. ^ *

THE principal study pursued by a school of whales is supposed to bo elocution,' as they are often caught spouting.

RKMKMUKR, in making the way through the world, a spoonful of oil will go farther than a quart of vinegar.

WHY is a nail driven into**-' white oak post, like an old man ? Because both are in ftrm.9

WHY are the Russians like, players at ten- pins ? Because tbey are rolling balls on the alleys (Allies).

iNEW BAKERY!! THOMAS M. IUCHARD8

WOULD respectfully inform the inhabitants of Andover, and vicinity, that he has

commenced UAKISO, at the old Bakery on Sa- lem street: and is now prepared to supply the

puhlic with as good BllEAO, CAKES, PIES and CRACKERS

as can he had from any other establishment, and at as reduced prices.

Sy Ho is also prepared to hake all kinds of wedding and fancy cake, to order, at the shortest possible notice.

N. B. Ho will bake Beans, puddings &c. on Saturday nights, for all those who will

favor him with n call. Fresh Yeast every day.

Titos. M. RICHARDS.

Andover..June 17, 1854.

KTe-TO-

Fall Clothing. JJ.DANIEL LOGUE, TAILOR,

Under Baptist Church, iS now selling at prices which offer unusual in-

ducements to Purchasers. Those in want, will find the greatest

fJAf&YT (if w&Mim UNSURPASSED

In the style of Manufacture and quality of Materials,

FROM WHICH

SELECTIONS MAY BE MADE TO SUIT ALL CLA8SK8 OF CUSTOMERS.

Oct. 28. tf

DRY GOODS AND GROCERIES. IIXXIIJ 8TOHB.

ALBERT ABBOTT | IAS in store,arid is constantly receiving Goorjs 11 in great variety, carefully selected to meet he wants of his customers A liberal share of

»attouage is solicited from those who have occasion to purchase

BROADCLOTHS.. CASSIMERES, VESTINGS,

R E A D Y - ... A D E C L 0 T H IN G. ' FANCY AND STAPLE DRY GOODS. GROCERIES, HARDWARE, CROCKERY, GLASS WARE, PURE SPERM & SOLAR

OIL. EXTRA LARD OIL, POR- TERS BURNING FLUID,

EXTRA FAMILY AND

GRAHAM FLOUR. CRACKED WHEAT, BUCKWHEAT CORN & MEAL,

All of which, with a great variety of other Goods, are offered at the lowest prices.

Feb. 19. tf

WILLIAM G. KBED, Tin £*l*ttop Sbeet Iron,

WORKER, • , COPPERSMITH AMD PLUMBER,

at the old Stand on Main Street, nA8 on hand a variety of the best pattern?*!

Rauires, Cookintr and Parlor Stoves. ALSO—Oven, Ash, and Boiler Mouths, Cop-

per Boilers, Pumps Lead Pipe, Zinc, Coal Hods, Shovels, Sifters, Sad Irons. Ventilators, etr^with a general assortment of TIN AND JAPAN- NED WARE, all of which will IK: sold at satisfactory prices. Also Dr. Nichol's Paragon Lamps and Can for fluid.

W. G. R Siill continues to give his Pfr»?<"» attontion to tilting up HOT AIR HJHNAChS for heating I <welling». &c.. which will be warranted to (rive satisfaction «

Tin Hoofing—Joh Work and Repairing in the above line.

, April 15. tf

JAMES II. COCiiRANK,

BIiAOKSMITH, AND GENERAL JOBBER IN

IRON, Uni ersslist Court, Main Street, near the U»i-

versalist Church. If Feb19

HINKLEFS •

PATENT BEDSTEADS. *-

This Bedstead is used at the best Public Houses in Boston, and stands unrivalled as a firm, easy, cleanly and cheap bedstead. Sold only at

* IB a»,jrxxa.v<%*m. "DR. J. H. ODDER,

Surgeon Brntist, No. 5 <£itn Block,

LAWRENCE, MASS. Jan. 14. tf

AUD

WINDOW OURTAIN% Iu PIXTBBB8. Mnv be found at

BARNARD'S "FURNITURE STORE

RAILROADS. BOfcTON AND MAIM. HtH

For Portland si d Saco, ul 73U AJ. ni.u :i |'J

'"ttJzfrSr"'*" ■**•■»7i°A*.i». For i.'onc.id and Upper Railroads, at 7 311, Alt 12 M

and 5, I'M. ' ' > For lilivi.iliill.nl 7311, .'lint I'irJtl A»l.|o Vim' - ly, For Lawrenca, (8 Bido;, al 7, 7 30 aiidluve '*1 »

it- si, 3, 5, and 0, p.\l (.\„ri|, >ldl.. ' ?',\J?

For Aniliiver, al7,lUSU, Atl, is, li.,j a j

For Heading, at 7. Ill 90, anil and 6,

. IIatl. AW,IS, |s. o 24ii •3. 4 40,6,11,7 IS ..i„i « 15' IU. >"<»'--f,S«,

Frnni I'oril.inil. uiHwi AS , and 3 P.M K'0,4 4oV'i"l.*'""''"' 6 ""' 10 SU A!u.»"° 3 30. „,a Froni llavernlll, at 73S, 8 45, AM, J2 05, and 1 S?

5 05 aodoOSj PM . ' ' ,s> From Lawience, (Ninth Bide) at 7, 7 45 and 9 nil AH

It, M., 2, and 530, HIM. I» A d.,}, >7« VB "S 8H7, AM., 12 05.128(1, 2 03, 5 3; and'OH ll' The »« and 015 ./.In. . But X b,,'",™ Andover nil' linsimi

From Andover. at 708, 755, and 810 AM 12 10. 1225 210, 54J and 625. I'M. 1 he ».I"ia««»£a5 do nolslopbelweenAndovpianrillosli.il '"

From Reading, al0 2U. 7 311, 8 15. and 8 35 AM low 145, 330,415,620, 0, ami 810 PM f nJI'J2»,

• On Thursriay. lenve at II, anil of Haturdnw at i„ t tin 1 hHMriuys an lion, and 20 nilnoie. IrnSsi

Paturday. Ill minutes later. '™"" t Express train. Dec 8. If T. 8. WILLIAMS, fliperlnlend. at

FOB LOWBLL. Passengers, bi takini the 755uVlort train ft.m As-

dovcr, will arrive at 111 „,, Jimelu.,, „, ,„„,,,. take the Straini to Lowell, will, hut !,„ ,, "H,.,-

°"tmin.tl,ej will me, i.l,,. 4'in'nalB Iron, Lawreiiee ronmelsnl 1.1.*. 1. fitilibuip VV01ce.l11.and N,w Lowell loj Lawremial i 15aBd

By taking ll»i335 PM train, tbey will me, I liieYliihY. to Lowell. This train from Law'r«i,„> 7J.!".,,",!"H eli wilh Iraln to Groton. *" York.—Trillin leave L 10 AM, anil 245and 63

rassengers by the 7 05 train fiom Lowell,, an lake ill. 8 AW train I'roni Lawrence in And, let anil In,... ! lb. 10 AM train will take the 121 .,.„'.' ", , noon paMenper. In the (iai train will reach A,,d.,v,, b» the 7 tiain from Laur, nee. '

FOB HEWIIIIBYI'ORT. Passenger, will tak.lbe I „'cl„, a ltaj„f,, „, Ai ,I,.,,I

and meet the I 45tia,n Hi L,aiH..,,i. .,„ hev ,",',,',','' also, by lakmg Uie4 train from And, ver. 11,., „, ,.' conveyed lo A.v.buijb.,.1 l,j ll,c oira.i, |„,u, bra, n ,„

FOR SALIiH.

,Jl'ia,nto'," W>'i U,k°""' ""5 AM' <•"»■' "•'''"'I"' ?,,„■„«''." f""" Lo»<l111" "»'-"• SI Kiln mm.., Juuu, ,n. Relgriiiiia Ik* will take- the :.30 iraln I, Lowell, and meet Ihe I, Han. from Bo.lon. Ur. lit nai of Lawrence, Ihey mayi'ake tl,„ 7 AW, npwa., .,„ , K.e Urn ! .'A"/. "a'n f"' ••,"""" «""•'■"«« • < " a»

. i-j'V. A,"dov1fa'"' ll'« 18 »' nnm U..11. ii.iiiniiii, ;ndH4S train fin... Salem, .top ai Suuon'a „ll|8 r , , .^JOtraii. .„„„ lii^ru,,, !>. ,V1;,,,JV, r. ""■"":' "'""

FBOM ANVOVKB TO HOSTOH. 1 Train"' »veat715,756, 906, AW. ifternoon limn- leave »t IS 10,1220, 910,426,H and 8 40. rn lo,"""n

DR7~il,LloTT, I> 3E3 3XT**C 1ST,

OFFICK, AI'1'I.KT...N BLOCK,

Over Ordway & Wadl.Uih, next door 10 "Stratus & Co., Lawrenca

Nov. 11. tf

8. H. PARK I if HEREBY (fives notice that he is ilaairon- ol

seltJinu; up all his demands na soon a»iw,—

MATTRESSE8.

A fresh supply of the best quality, at DEPOT '#.

Vurulture fHstor'ss.

the

sifile; and theiefore icquests all persons wilh whom he has notes or accounts, to ealrund settle.

North Andover, NOT. 11,1854. tf

B. O. ViLPEI'

3MCE!-a.T STORE /» Me buttment of the large Brick /iu«rtfjnj

nearly opposite the Hunk building,

©jtsi mmass su'iaUittai ti's, where may be found

THE BEST QUALITY OF MEA'U OF ALL KINDS.

AT THE LOWEST PRICES. i K?" Please givo us a cull.

Purchases delivered at any port of the town. Feb. 19. tf

Washing Machines. -THE Subscriber has bought the right to

M nuuiuf'.uMuri; anil sell

^ MUDGE'S PATENT WASHING MACHINES in this town. It^ls an article which stands unrivalled for the cose with which it is worked, thor- oughness in c eanine:, and the amount of articles which it will tnrn oft'in a triven tin.e. There nrc two sixes: one sells for S8, the other .for $10. For further information persons can call at my shop and examine for themselves, or impure of Alanson Flint. Thomas Clark. Sctli Shrtniun, Mrs M.A. Punehnrd. Joshua Moar. Willhim P. Milieu. Mrs. N. M Oriffin. Mrs \V. Marland, Charles Farbcr. A. P Cheney, He'rmon P. (han- dler, Charles French, James A M(iwe.onnry, John Foster, Mrs. f. Farley and Mrs. B. B. Ed " wards", who have the Machines.

Jan. 7. tf MARK NEWMAN, 2D.

PUTJUST* and other SPRIJTO BED1;

may b« found at Barnard's, rx^-OpposiTB N. .SWIIT'8 BUILUIKS.,£0 Andover, Sspt. 10th 1853.

Is your Life Assured ? THE Subscriber has been appointed by the

.So.fr Mutual Atfsuruuce Company t Wwrces- tcr, its A(,-int for this town and vicinilv. The henefits which this Institution confers upon those who become members, are very c/reat. PanMihlets containing the Charier, By-Laws and mu, n valuable information with respect to its principles and plan upon which it is established, practical observations &c. furnished gr tuilonslv on application to *f GEORGE FOSTER.

Andover, June 24.

MANUFACTORY, OLD DKPOT nniLniso', MAIM STUKKT.

THE Subscribers respectfully inform the fraternity of Primers, that ihei. facilities for

Ihe manufacture of PRINTERS' INK have recently been greatly increased, and .tbev are now ready to answer all orders with despatch.

bait «it all «Va*mi«a and of all CalO'S, made 10 order, and warranted to give entire sat- sfaction. *

SAMUEL MORHIT.L. WILLIAM C. DONALD,

fab 1> It* GEORGE 11. MORR1LL.

H.

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[Written for the Advertiser.]

THE NEW DOMESTIC-

" Nance! have you swept the kitchen \ll up alums? . —T.~

"Yes, marm." " Have you swept the upper and lower

ntries ? " " Yes, marm." " And dusted both parlors ? " " Yes, marm." " Well, then, don't stand there, like a

iunce. Now go into the cellar and bring ne the lard. It stands in a stone pot, on he table at the right of the door as you p in."

Nance was gone some time. Presently he bawled out,i|f An'sure, marm, there's lothing here but g+ase."

"How stupid-!'" ejaculated Mrs. Mor- o. " Don't you know, Nance, that

:ase and lard are the same ? Bring it t quickly, for I am in a great hurry. here, now, run up into the back parlor,

,nd see if the coal-fire burns well in the ite." Nance disappeared. In a few moments

he shouted at the top of the stairs, " It on't burn great at all, marm; there's only leetle in one corner." " Oh dear !" sighed Mrs. Morton ; " I

light just aa.well do all my work myself, s to have such a stupid bore."

Hastily wiping her hands, she ran up airs to attend to the fire. » There stood ancc, poking the fire with a vengeance; d the more site poked, the taore it ouldn't burn. "Hun down stairs, Nance, and see to e children, and I will take cue of this •e." It required much effort to keep down

er temper. Poor Mrs. Morton '■ Nance ad made such havoc with the coal, that le was obliged to take it all out and re- lild the fire. When she went down airs, Nance was standing idle in the limney corner. ^ V " Now, Nancy, saw Mrs. Morton, " I

ant you to fill all the lamps, and do it iry neatly. You will find the oil"— « An' sure, marm," interrupted Nance,

I'm just after filling; them all, and not a ap did I spill." " Filled them! what with ? Where did ".find the oil?" "Och, I filled them with 'lasses." "Oh dear!" again sighed Mrs. Mor-

; " what in the world possessed you to t molasses into the lamps ? " "Och, didn't I see something yallar in

lamps, an' sure I thought it was

' Don't you know what ail is ? "

». •

"No, marm." " What did they burn where you came

from?" " Tallar, marm." "And no oil?" " No marm; I never seed any ile ye

talk of." W " Well, you've spoiled not only what oil

there was in the lamps, but all the molasses you've put in." . a, , i.

" An''sure, 111 not be doin' it agin. I hope ye'll forgive mo this oncet," said NHM*, sobbing.

" Come, come; crying will not mend the matter. You must now undo what you have done. Go to the door and empty all the lamps into the slop-pail; and then put some soap into each one, anil with a little hot water wash them all thoroughly. Now mind, Nance, what I tell you. Don't empty them into the ash-pail or any tub, but into the slop-pail, which stands near the door-step."

Nance was very careful to do the work according to Mrs. Morton's orders. She made but one mistake, by filling each lamp MI full of soft soap, that Mrs. Morton was once more obliged to go to her assistance.

Mr. Morton had found Nancy Hibbard at the intelligence office in Boston. She had been over from ould Ireland only one week. But Mr. Morton, notwithstanding her unintelligible looks, took her home to his wife, and declared that with a little patience and perseverance, something might be made of her. Therefore, Mrs. Morton—although she sighed " Oh dear!" many times a day—determined to perse- vere, and try with all her abilities to make something of her; for, notwithstanding all her blunders, Mr. Morton (like all husbands) declared she was quite a capable looking girl, for a green Irish girl.

One day, after Nance had been domes- ticated in Mrs. Morton's family about a week, some neighbors sent word that if it was agreeable, they would come that afternoon and take tea with Mrs. Morton; so she sent Nance out to invite a few more neighbors, strictly enjoining her not to be gone over half an hour.

Nance did not return until the bell was ringing for dinner. Mrs. Morton was beginning to lose all patience.

" Oh, Edward," said she to her husband, "how can I get along with such help. Nance does try my patience so much!"

" Well, well/' said the husband, " you cannot expect much yet. She's very green, I know; but time and patience will work wonders. Only have a little patience, Emily, and she'll make the best of help."

Poor Emily! had she not had her patience tried for one whole week, almost beyond endurance ?

That afternoon Mrs. Morton took Nance aside. " Mow," said she," I am to have company to tea this afternoon, and I want you to see how well you can do your work; you hate learned to set the table very well—but to night I shall want you to stand behind my chair ft the .table, so as to render me any assistance I may need."

« Yes marm." " One thing more, Nance, you must not

speak unless I speak to you." Nance faithfully promised to pbey; and

she really worked so handily the rest of the day, that Mrs. Morton began to think she might make something, after all. xea hour came, and Nance Hibbard was duly installed behind Mrs. Morton's chair. The topic of conversation turned upon a pair of beautiful silver tea pots, winch Mrs. Morton's uncle had lately presented to Emily as a New Year's " gift."

'" I think," said Mrs. Fisk, " they would be much more valuable if the nose was directly opposite the handle; I never saw one before with thenoseon the side."

" Nor I," said Mrs. Morton, " I've wish- er} the nose off a hundred times since I hud them ; it spoils their looks, anAthey are very unhandy* to use." . *" I

Nancy^Njr^sia^SrKled; she had an idee in her head note, if it was the 'first time, and she Would not have lisped it for the world; Mrs. M would be so pleased. While Mrs. Morton was passing the cake to Mrs. Sullivan, in attempting to break of! a piece, a large slice slid upon her. plate. Of course she let it remain.

, ' 1? "Sure," whispered Nance to Emily,

j loud enough to be heard by all parties, " sure and I guess she's jist after coming

| without a bit of dinner.'' It did not escape the ears of Mrs. Sulli-

van, who blushed deeply, but the cake remained untouched.

After tea Nancy cleared up the dishes in so short a time, that Mrs. Morton told her husband that Nance was.really im- proving ; but soon,after, hearing a great noise in the cellar, Mrs..Morton begged to be excused. Oh! horrors 1 there stood Nance, hatchet in hand, chopping away upon the noses of her beautiful silver tea pots; she had succeeded in getting one off, but the other proved irresistible. Poor Emily! this was beyond endurance; and she burst into a passionate flood of tears.

" An' sure, marm, was n't I jist after hearing ye say ye wished they were off? Indeed marm, I was after rendering ye good service. But sure I'll not do the like agio, I'll warrant ye."

"You've done enough now, I think," sobbed poor Emily. Just then Mr. Mor- ton came in and he soon pacified his wife by promising to send to Liverpool and purchase another pair of tea pots precisely like those; altho' he could not help laughing heartily at Nancy's simplicity.

A few days after the tea party, Julia, the eldest daughter, asked Nance to run up stairs and bring clown her music book, which laid on the piano.

" What has Nance got now. I should think by the noise, that she was bringing down the piano and all the appurtenances."

Thump, thump, thump, went something on every stair. " Do open the door. Julia."

There was Nance with Mr. Morton's large mahogany writing desk, pulling, and tugging with all her strength, to bring it over the stairs.

"Why NtAce, didn't ypu know any better—"

" And what did ye ask me to do; arn't I bringing the like of wlat ye wanted ? There's no other box there, and sure I thought there might "be music in it ? "

There was the ink dribping all over each stair, but it happened not to come in

i contact with the parlor carpet. Mr Mor- I, ton roared with laughter, which is in most .cases catching, and was soon followed by (all the rest I. The following Sunday Nance asked leave to go to church, as a catholic priest was to preach at the town haH, a short distance from Mr. Morton's. Emily gave permission, provided she would get home

i. by half past eleven. Nance went. The ; forenoon passed slowly away. The clock ! struck eleven—twelve—it struck one. \Where can she be! Presently a horse [ and chaise drove to the door; Nance jumped out aloae.

1 said i "I'mjust after getting married : Nance. v "Married! to whom?" j ' " Patrick."

" Patrick who ? " Och, I was n't after " Where did you get acqVKfcd ? " " Och, and did n't HI overtake me going

|to church? And did n't he tolled me he Moved me,? So we went to the town clock land got married." j 'iBut where are you going to live?" (said Mrs. Morton.

" Oh, we ain't going to live no where—

acqlHled i

Patrick says we'll board." Saying this, Nance packed up her little

wardrobe) jumped into the chaise, and drove off; but Mr. Morton" still asserts that bad she staid longer, something might

U>e male of her. j North Andover.

ELLA.

IFor the Advertiser.] ,

THE BEARD QUESTION. There appeared in a recent number of

the Advertiser a revised edition of Dr. Sanborn on the Beard, purporting toe have been copied from the Boston Medical and Surgical Journal; and the respectability of the company into which it has been ad- mitted, entitles it to a respectful consideration. With him, the subject has assumed an important aspect; and from the enthu- siasm with whioli he treats it, he really seems to believe what he writes.

According to his .views, shaving Is the prolific cause of nearly all the ills that flesh is heir tc; and wearing the beard, the grand panacea that is to restore mankind to their original physical perfection.

There may be some advantages experienced in wearing the beard; but there are disadvantages that fully offset the account. Custom has hitherto allowed a certain class in our community to adorn the upper lip with this natural ornament; and the only effect has been, to attract attention to those heads most deficient in brains.

Should the practice of shaving be abol- ished, there might be some saving in soap and razors ; but an unobstructed communication with the mouth-would be paramount to the saving. For, to eat and drink through a strainer, can be no very agreeable process. If one were content to feed on parched corn and pea-nuts, he might get along tolerably well with a full beard ; but we should tremble for him, if he attempted to meddle with puddings, soups, and liquids. As to the protection it affords, a fur collar would be quite as warm, and less trouble, as it could be easily removed when it was not needed.

The Dr. says: " If the beard had not been deemed, necessary to the formation of the perfect man, it would not have been created."

If this be true, might we not with equal propriety say, that if man had not been formed to go naked, he would have been created with clothing for his body, like the beasts; but history tells us that clothing was one of the early inventions of man, and the fashion has never been discontinued.

It may be that there are some things to be put off, as well as put on, in order to constitute a " perfect man." On the same principle, he who lops off a branch from a fruit tree, 6r prunes a vine, is guilty, of a violation of nature's laws. But the principle has long sine* been established, that judicious pruning not only adds to the beauty of the tree, but to the perfection of the fruit. Why should we interfere with nature in such cases? Is man, or nature, in fault?

But the Dr. does not tell us by what mysterious process the beard exercises its recuperative powers,—whether the system is exhausted by this clipping process, or that the beard acts as a conductor of health and vigor to the system. If the former, why prune the tree ? and if the latter, the process is contrary, to nature. For the tre,e does not enrich the soil it stands upon; it is the soil that gives vigor to the tree. Therefore, there must be much natural strength in the human system, to sustain a heavy growth of hair and beard, according to nature's laws; and the Dr. will admit, that we should

1 " Look through Nature, np to Nature's God."' The descendants of Abraham are ad-

duced as a nste free from " intemperance, pauperism, premature physical debility, and hereditary disease;" and this is im- puted to their anti-shaving habits. If this be true, we have a substitute for Maine Liquor Laws and temperance societies; for ak that is necessary, is to confine the inebrmte till his beard is grown, and he will have lost all relish for the intoxicating draught.

The Jews may be as he represents them; but are there not other causes that operate physically to their advantage? They aspire to wealth, and are expert in the means of getting it Intemperate men do not generally succeed in getting rich ; therefore, the Jew is temperate.

| PASS THAT HOUSE.—When you see a J young lady disposed to shuffle all the house- ' work upon her mother's shoulders, for the 1 purpose of sitting down and "having a ; talk," or going into the neighbor's, just I make up your mind that she isn't much of ; ah establishment any way. Young men . who have a passion for calico, should pass

i *"* h0U8e- , ,A ' „■«*» . jgSACEM AM> LolflLL RAILBpAD.— Wiectors—Stephen C. Phillips, (Presi- dent,) J. Willard Peele. of Salem, Wil- Their avaricious habits never lead them liam Livingston, Sidney Spaulding, Josiah B. French, of Lowell, Caleb Livingston, of Tewksbury.lCharles F. Flint, of North Reading.

into excess or luxury ; therefore they escape disease. Having enough of this world's goods to exclude anxiety, their minds are at ease; and by eschewing

•wine's flesh, they keep the body in health, —all of which tends to longevity. Bnt deprive the Jew of bis money, and feed him as modern Christians feed,—we doubt whether, even with his long beard, ha would be able to ward off the physical effects of pork and poverty; and the consciousness of being " as rich as a Jew " would in most case* tend to lengthen life, and to offset many of the evils attributed to shaving.

The aboriginal inhabitants of our soil are next produced, as proof of his' theory, and are represented as vanishing away, in consequence of eradicating the beard. They may be considered as the unsophisticated sons of nature; and the uprooting of the beard was probably an impulse of nature, for thefe were none to set them the example. And may not their decline be justly attributed to their contact with civilization? For they have contracted the vices, without imitating the virtues of refinement; and being •deprived of their hunting-grounds* have sunk down in indolence and vice,—feeble representatives of what they would have been, had not their courage been crippled by remorse, and their bodies enfeebled by vicious indolence.

The Indian in his native forests, un- molested by civilization, to which he has a natural aversion, is now no mean repre- . sentative of strength, courage, and agility.

His form is erect, symmetrical, and mus- cular. He can see farther, hear qu eker, and run faster, than any Jew or Gentile; and lie has more reason to mourn over the abridgement of hi* liberty, than the loss of his beard.

The Chinese are introduced as an example of the shaving down process, who, he says "have but little more than a nomi- nal existence;" but a nation that numbers three hundred and sixty millions, is, to say the least, a considerable remove from ex- tinction ; and if they now rank below other nations in the arts of civilized life, it may in part be accounted for in their pertina- cious refusal to cultivate a free commercial intercourse with other nations; and have not other custema than that of shaving, served to lower WXa in intellect and enterprise ? They are a nation of opium eaters, tea drinkers, and foot squeezers. Tbey destroy their intellects with opium. their nerves with tea, and drive the blood from their extremities to their heads, by compressing thi.-ir feet; and had tbey not hit upon the expeaiient of shaving their heads, to keep them cool, they might have fared still worse.

The Dr. says that Alexander compelled bis arm v to cut off their beards," that they might thereby obtain a bloodier conquest*

This only proves two things; first, that the soldiers wore their beards; probably from want of the convenience of the toilet while performing camp duty; and second, that in order to gain a victory, they were obliged to cut them off. The question seemed to be, shall we keep our beards and lose the battle, or gain the victory and lose our Beards ?

Alexander chose the least of two evils, and succeeded, as he generally did. If their strength lay in the beard, as the Dr. would have us think it did, such an operation would have qualified them to become an easy prey to the enemy.

But the Dr. produces himself as a living proof of his theory. We are heartily glad to see him looking and feeling so well; and if by any philosophy that we can understand, he can satisfactorily prove that bis restoration is the result of laying aside the razor, we shall always look upon bit « grizzly beard" as be is pleased to call it, with delight. But can he not trace bis escape to some other cause ? Did ha wot consult the most eminent physicians, and follow their, prescriptions ? Did he not relax bis laborious duties, and give nature an opportunity to rally; and did he not adopt a more rigid hygiene when he found nature willing to perform its part?

But we are not disposed to argue this point, and shall take bis word for the truth of his statements, till the contrary it showed. But should the beard growers go on increasing in health and strength as-they have begun, may we not expect that when their beards are fully developed, we shall be able to look upon a race of Sampsons, who wil] shake (he pillars of our temples, and carry away the posts of our gates?

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ANDOVER ADVERTISER.

SATURDAY, JAN. BO. 1866.

In the Senate, on Wednesday, orders of notice made by the appropriate Committee on the

petitions of Amos Abbott and others,.and Hora- tio Dennett and others.

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MUCH dissatisfaction exists in our community on account of the refusal of Bev. Lyman Whiting, of Beading, to lecture before the Andovcr Ly- ceum, because a woman had delivered one in the course. There is a very general feeling that something more from him, in explanation, is due the Committee and 800 ticket-holders, -who hare been disappointed at a late moment before the specified time for his lecture.

Some four weeks since, one of the Committee called on Mr. Whiting, and engaged him for the evening of January 17th. The subject of the lecture was given, price stipulated, and all the preliminaries settled. After this was done, Rev. Miss Brown arrived in town on a visit to her friends. It soon became known that she was delivering lyceum lectures in Dover, Beverly, Providence, Taunton, East Greenwich, Wick- ford; and indeed applications of this kind became more numerous than she could supply,— refusing some offers of 8100 from a distance, and in no case giving a lecture for .less than s?2.r>. The Committee were beset on every bond to secure a lecture from her for the Lyceum here. After the Committee li ml nil been consulted, as a committee they engaged her; not because any of their number believes Jn, or advocates, Woman's Bights, technically so called.

After Miss Brown was announced to lecturo, somebody, who must have thought of magnifying " a mole-hill into a mountain,'' began to move,

eemd misrepresentations wero retailed out from house to house, without chnage.

The evening arrived, and at least 750 people assembled to listen to the "woman," notwithstanding all the efforts which were made to keep them away. The next laudable act on the part of somebody, was to prevent persons who had engaged lo lecture, from doing so.

It was not supposed that a man of Mr. Whiting's independence of character could be influenced in such a matter. The appointment for his lecture, with tho subject, was given before the Lyceum the week before, and was published

> in the Advertiser of Saturday, a copy of which was sent to him ; and on Monday evening, a letter was sent, informing him that a carriage and accommodations had been provided for him, when he should arrive in town. Late on Mon- day evening, a letter was received from Mr. Whiting, in a round-about way, stating that he could not lecturo here, because a woman had done so. Of course, at such a late hour, the Committee were placed in an unpleasant position. They however succeeded in procuring Bev. Mr. Kellogg, of Boston, to supply the place. When told that Mr. Whiting refused to lecture because a woman had preceded him, Mr. K, very naturally remarked, "What is that to him!"

Now we wish to do no party injustice; and if there is one iota in this article which is not correct, it can be denied through the same medium. The general feeling is that there is something wrong somewhere. It is not generally under- atood that each lecturer, in a weekly course ex- tending through an entire winter, Is responsible for what the other utters. Indeed, it is a common practice to procure persons of different views to lectttre. As people differing widely in sentiment are always gathered on such occasions, it is not intended to make them of a parti- san or sectarian character; nor is it expected that the Committee, or any who attend, are responsible for the peculiar views of any speaker who appears before them.

TUB Fourth Lyceum Lecture was delivered last week, by Bev. A. L. Brown. She is apparently about 25 years of age, medium stature, round features, and rather prepossessing-in her appearance. Her theme, " The Old and New,'1

proved to be a fruitful topic, and furnished ample scope for discussion.

The pertinacity with which some people cling to old notions,—the rashness with which others embrace whatever is new,—the sacrcdness some attach to old things,—the suspicion of others with regard to everything new,—unwillingness to acknowledge a change of views,—the rights and, privileges of woman to which she is entitled, of which in. some respects she is denied,—were lint ft few of the points dwelt upon.

The lecture exhibited ability, and was delivered with much ease, and fluency. Criticism is to be expected, and all will have their say about the propriety, manner, and matter.

Our Simon dropped remarks on this subject, the other day, which are not without their force. He says: " I don't see why persons need to be disaffected' because things in all tho minutiae do not snit them. Tor my part, I have no idea of running intb hysteric*, because something occurs a little out of the ordinary course of things. It is about as well to let matters jog on ; unless an occurrence is really of a serious nature, it isn't best to lose sleep about it. I do not suppose that passing over a road the next day after even a real crrorist, is very likely^ to contaminate me. If a single woman is to uproot and upset the present state of society, it is not established on so firm a basis as I had supposed. Whilo I don't wish to encourage radicalism, I am entirely willing people should have their say upon all subjects, pro and con, especially since I cannot help myself, if I would^"

We do not think there is any virtue in forced submission, however satisfactory it may bo to Simon.

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UNION SABBATH SCHOOL CONCERT.—The Quarterly Meeting of the Sabbath Schools of this town was holden at the Methodist Episcopal Chapel, Ballard Vale, on Sabbath evening last. Bev. Mr. Warren presided. The reports from the Schools exhibited the following result of numbers, etc.: —

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Tin LEGISLATURE is drawing its slow length along, and seems likely, from present appear- ances, to spin itself out to as grsat an extent as* any of its predecessors. Caucussing seems to occupy a considerable share of its attention, and the battle waxes warmer and warmer.

In two of the parties only is there unanimity. Mr. Brown, of Tolland, assembles for caucusing, almost daily, in the green room, as the embodi- ment of the Democratic party; and wo do not learn that ho has been divided on n single question. Mr. Phclps, of Lenox, the Whig party, is sly, and evidently has his plans and designs. He may yet outwit the wholo of them. In the dominant party these labor; and what is likely to he brought forth, remains to be seen. But judging from present indications, it may be nothing.

Tho question of United States Senator is to come up before tho House on Tuesday next, and we shall see what we shall see. Tho impression among the discerning ones is, that (he principal reason why Gen. Wilson lias thus far carried a majority of the House is, that he has had no formidable rival presented.

Bumor has it that Gov. Boutwell may yet enter the lists, as it is understood that he has recently joined the Order. It is devoutly desired

4hat this Senatorial subject be disposed of, and business be entered upon. But little legislation is called for, and a constant tampering and tin- kering of the lawsjs undesirable. Before election, a short session is always talked about, but is never consummated. We never are, but always to be, blest in this respect.

Tux Fifth Lyceum Lecture was delivered on Wednesday evening, by Bev. Elijah Kellogg, of Harpswcll, Me. Subject," The Democratic Ele- ment in the Carthaginian Government." Much valuable historical information was given npon ancient polity, and the discussion of its principles evinced much ability on the part of the speaker.

Our own country was then referred to as an illustration of the dignity of labor, and a demon- stration of true democracy; and the lecturer closed with an exhibition of what constitutes rest Christian duty and equality.

Some quaint and pertinent hits were made, in course of the lecture, which produced a lively interest. 1 m I

THE DISBANDED MILITARY COMPA- . NIES.

The Governor and Council have disbanded all the military companies in the State composed of persons of foreign birth:—

COMMON-WEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.

Executive Department, 1- Council Chamber, Jan. 12,1855. J

The Committee on the Military, to whom was referred, by His Excellency the Commander-in- Chief, the report mode to him by the Adjutant General, in regard to tho composition of certain military companies mentioned in said report, havo considered the matter referred to them, and report:

That from the evidence furnished them, they believe that the several companies named in the report of the Adjutant General, are composed of persons of foreign birth or of foreign extraction; that His excellency, as Commander-in-Chief, has the legal and constitutional power to disband any military company, with the advice and consent of the Council; and that for the reasons so strongly set forth in the Inaugural Address of His excellency, it is expedient that all of tho said companies -be disbanded. The Committee therefore recommend the Honorable Council to advise His Excellency, as Commander-in-Chief, to disl and all of the said military companies, and to issue his orders accordingly.

(Signed) ALBERT H.NELSON, Chairman of Committee.

Council Chamber, Boston, Jan. 12, 1855. Bead and accepted ; and the Commander-in-

Chief is advised accordingly. E. M. WRIOHT, Sec'y.

SABBATH SCHOOLI. Larg. No Small. No. Av. Old South, 175 ' 116 157 Free Church, 185 113 IliU Rev. Mr. Briggs'i, North Parish, 141

" Williams'!, " 86 n

(no report) " Smith'n, Sutton'i Mills, (no report) " Fierce'*, Weal Parish, 191 Ml

Fire Village-, 87 Union Society, Dal lard Vale, 12(1

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Methodist Episcopal, " 51 26 4o

Appropriate addresses were made by Messrs. Foster, l'eter and John Smith, and others. A very interesting letter was read, from Bev. W. Cundall, relating to Sabbath Schools at the West.

Bev. Mr. Warren was appointed to preach the Annual Sermon, in April next; but declining the service, Bev. Mr. Pierce was elected.

THROUOH the politeness of a friend, we have received from the Mendelssohn Quintette Club a programme of their second grand Vocal and Instrumental Concert, on Monday evening next. The troupe is composed of the same artists as on the first of the series, and they present an attractive bill.

Tho favorite vocalist, Mrs. E. A. Wentworth, is to sing an air from the Messiah, " Come unto Him," an English ballad, " Cherry Bipc," and a Scotch ballad. We notice also a duet from "Linda," etc.

It is understood that all tho receipts hereafter arc to be appropriated to the boarding-house of the Female Academy.

THE Exhibition of the children connected with the Sabbath School of the Universalist Society, last week, was entirely successful,—' more than S30 having been received for admis- sions. The singing, addresses, and dialogues of the juvoniles, were well performed, considering the age and inexperience of the participants,— some of them never having spoken in presence of a public audienco before. The proceeds are to bq appropriated to the replenisflng of a library.

IF any doubt has existed hitherto with regard to the wisdom of the Legislature, it should be dispelled at once. Wo have received orders from the Sergeant-at-arms to furnish some of tho memhers with the Andover Advertiser^ Un- questionably, the influence of our papcrls felt at head-quarters; and although not tho organ of the Stato Administration, in its weekly visits to the Senate and House, it may havo an important bearing on the future action of tho Stato Govern- ment, i

MEHITKD.—Wo learn that persons connected with the Old South Society have by subscription presented Miss Margaret Blum-hard with a splendid gold watch. She has been organist of the church for fire or six years; and such a testi- monial of appreciation of her faithful and valuable services in that capacity, must be very grat- ifying to the recipient. -

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.

Headquarters, Boston, Jan. 12,1855. General O'tder No. 2.

The Comm»ndet-in-Chief, having approved the above advice of Council, orders:

That Companies B, F, and H, of the 5th Bcgi- ment o/ Artillery, Company C of 3d Battalion of Light Infantry, Company A of the 5th Regi- ment of Light Infantry, Company G of the 7th Regiment of Light Infantry, and Company D of the 8th Regiment of Light Infaltry, be, and the same are hereby, disbanded; and that the com- missioned officers of these companies, by reason of such disbanding, be honorably discharged, after the return of such arms, equipments, or other property in their possession as belongs to the Commonwealth, to the- Adjutant General, or such officer as he shall authorize lo receive the same.

Major Generals William Sutton, George Hobos, and B. ¥. Edmands, are charged with tho execution of this order, so far as it relates to companies under their respective commands.

By command of His Excellency, HENRY J. GARDNER,

Governor and Commander-in-Chief. (Signed) EBENEZER W. STONE,

Adjutant General.

The companies thus disbanded are the Colum- bian Asfcillery, Capt. Thomas Cass, of Boston; the Bay State Artillery, Capt. McKenney, of Boston; The Shields Artillery, Capt. Edward Young, of Boston, (of Col. Bobert Cowdin's 5th Regiment). The Sarsfield Guards, Capt. Den- nis, S. Hogan, of Boston, (of Major Bobert I. Bnrbank's 3d Battalion). The JaSicson Mus- keteers, Capt Patrick 8. Proctor, of Lowell, (of Col. B. F. Butlers 5th Eegiment). The Union Guards, Capt Jeremiah Lfnehan, of Lawrence, (of Col. NjtColburn's 7th Regiment). The Jackson Guards, (lapt. Michael O. Driscoll, of Worccster^Hp. Albert H. Foster's 8th Regi- ment. r

The surrender of their chartor by the Colum- bion Artillery was not accepted by the Governor and Council, on the ground of informality.^

It is said that Col. Butler, of Lowell, refuses to comply with the order of the Governor; denying his constitutional authority to issue such order. If we rocolleM aright, GOT. Everett disbanded three military companies for disobedience of orders. # ,

The Shields Artillery, Capt. Edward Young, havo also refusod to disband; intending to test tho legality of the order in our Courts. ,And it is said that Col. John C. Boyd, Division Inspec- tor in Gen. Edmands' staff, has resigned his commission.

WE are very much obliged to friend Brown, of the Bailroad Mercury, published at Groton Junction, Mass., for his favorable notico of our paper. It will be our aim to make ifcan " excellent family paper," and the timely visits of the Mercury will aid us much in the accomplishment of this object.

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THESE are tmdergnund operations !• Hampshire. Bev, John Moore, a Universal minister of Concord, has been nominated for Governor by the Know Nothings. It is thought by those who are posted up in such matters, that the result of the election in tan State will be a tight thing.

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NEW YORK CORRESPONDENCE.

New York, January 15,1855.

MESSRS. EDITORS :—The past week has been one of unusual interest in and about New York, and I have therefore quite a quantity of news to send you.

The arrival of the Baltic, since my last letter, has given us a week's later advices'from Europe. The news from the seat of war is' npt materially changed since the advices received by the Atlan- tic. The most important item is the speech of tho French Emperor at the opening of the French Parliament; the tono of which is decidedly Arm in regard to the continuance of the war,—the idea of any peace being apparently unthought of. That the war will be carried on in the East until the supremacy of the Czar or of the Allies, is fully decided, there can no longer ho any doubt; and we have before us many months of carnage and bloodshed, the e*hd of which no man can determine.

On Monday last, the large and handsome Presbyterian Church of the ReV. Dr. Bnrchard, on 13th Street, was totally destroyed by fire, which originated, it is supposed, from a defect in the,furnace,—a cause which is very often productive of most disastrous conflagrations. A little enro in putting a furnace into a building, is all that is necessary to secure 1t from all such accidents; and until people learn to exercise more prudence and forethought in such matters, they must expect to be in constant danger from the devouring element. The church on 13th Street was a comparatively new one, and its destruction will prove a great loss to the assembly worshipping there, as well as to the Chris- tian community at large.

But I have a still more sad event to chronicle, which originated from a house taking fire from the same cause. Etrly last Saturday morning, the large and splendid mansion of Mr. John A. Haven, a wealthy New York merchant, situated on the Hudson, about 10 miles from the city, caught fire from a defect in the furnace. Mr. Haven was first awakened by a choking sensa- tion, and perceived his room full of smoke. He immediately gave tho Alarm, and succeeded in getting his family all out, of the house. The servants all succeeded in making good their escape; but one of his daughters, a courageous girl of about twenty years of ago, entered the house unseen by her father, in hopes of saving some of the plate. Her sisters all followed her, three in number, supposing there could be no danger, as the flames had not as yet broken out in that part of the house. But, alas! the lives of three of them proved a forfeit to their courage. One only was rescued, and she so badly burned, that even yet her life remains in a critical condition. The others were stifled by the dense smoke, and per- ished ere they conld be rescued from tho burning mansion. They are represented as being highly beautiful and intelligent girls, aged respectively 20, 25, and 18.

Their bereaved parents and remaining sisters are nearly frantic with their loss, and all receive tho most heart-felt sympathy from the whole community. Not for a long time has there been a more shocking and heart-rending accident in our midst, or one which casts Buch a general gloom over the whole city. A father in a single night is deprived of the companionship of three lovely daughters, in the full bloom of health,—a comfort and a joy In his declining years.

Ah, what is the loss of MB splendid mansion to him, since the same cruel flames swept away those darling mansions of his paternal love! And what grief must harass tho bosom of the mother, and of-her throe remaining duughters,— tnei'r sisters,—at this stroke of death! In a single hour, an unbroken household is hurried from quiet and gentle slumber, to the agony of that separation which the last day only can rc-unitc.

But I have no space to dwt-11 further on the particulars of this sad accident. Tho papers this morning are fulfbf it, and I suppose you will have read telegraphic accounts of it, ere this shall reach you.

The past week has been one of an unusual number of conflagrations. Two of the largest hotels—the Prescott and the Howard Houses— came near being destroyed by a fire breaking out beneath them. They wore saved, however, by the ^fforts of the firemen, and are now in full operation again.

The night telegraph operator reports that during the year 1854, in the night alone, there were 343 fires in the city 1 This, added to the conflagrafffihs that have taken place during the daylight, swells the losses by fire to an enormous bulk. And most of these fires originated from carelessness somewhere. I If everybody would take more precaution against this subtle yet dangerous enemy, the number of such outbreaks would be wonderfully diminished. But I have spent so much time and space upon this-subject, that I am compelled to lejjnanjr interesting andtimportiint items, of intelligence lay .over. tilT

-main Yours trnly, HUMILITAS.


NEURALGIA.

This word is often, hat improperly, pro- nounced neurahjy. It iff composed of two Greek words, which signify a nerve and jwin, of which many individuals in these degenerate days of debilitated constitutions and carious teeth have a most feeling and abiding conviction.

It is to such, and all who are familiar with its tortures (and their name is legionj, who have through almost sleepless weeks, of unmitigated suffering, exhausted every popular remedy and device of medical skill, that I would respectfully advise the subjection of their whole dental organ- ism to the most careful and critical examination of their family dentist; premising him to be well informed and experienced in such matters. Probably in some part tho least suspected, will be found the seat of tho disease, to which an effectual remedy may be immediately applied.

Seemingly sound and healthy teeth, which havo never given intimations of defection, often contain in some secret recess a carious opening, through which external agents insidiously enter and at first gradually wounding and irritating the delicate fibres, inflame ultimately the whole nervous system, and arouse those peculiarly ex- cruciating flashes and paroxysms of agony which none but the victim of neuralgia can adequately' describe. It accords with my experience and observation through many years of practice in dentistry, to believe that in a great majority of cases, neuralgic pains originate in the dental nerves, and arc extended symptomatically to the remoter parts of the physical structure.

Andover, Jan. 17,1855. E. SANBOKN.

fFor the Advertiser.]

MESSRS. EDITORS : — Having attended tho Lyceum Lecture on Wednesday evening last, I wish in this manner to express the great pleasure with which not only myself, but every one whom I have met, listened to the lectnre then delivered. It being somewhat stormy, and the gontlcrcan who was annoiuiecil as the lecturer having declined leetujjny,for some reason or other, vvc were not prepared to see so large un audience, or to bo so richli| entertained. We would advise all Lyceum CoMhittecs, who have not all their lec- turers cngagefff if they wish to secure an instructive and cntaMpning lecture, to send immediately for Mr. Kellogg; who. we understand, can be secured by addressing him, in the care of Messrs. J. P. Jewett & Co., Boston, and we will promise that no one of the audience will go away dissatisfied. 11.

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would inform your readers what is the state of the numerous projects that have been' discussed affecting the geography of the town.

It has been proposed,—1. To incorporate the West Parish into a town. 2. To incorporate the West and South Parishes into one town, and the North Parish into another. 3. To annex the district of Sutton's Mills to Lawrence. 4. To annex the whole of the North Parish to Law- rence. 5. To set off a portion of the north-west part of the town to Tewksbury.

Some other divisions have been spoken of, but not perhaps so much as to demund notice.

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So thought the hungry hawk, when, havinp, fattened for months upon the nice young rabbis, birds, etc., in His selfish ferocity for a squirrel, mistook a weazel, which in his airy ascent fonnil his way to the dovourer's throat and brought him to the ground.

Whoever thinks to prey upon the happiness of others, solely for self-gratification, may seek in vain for sympathy when preyed upon in return

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03*" AT a social gathering in this town, i few evenings since, which was enlivened will wit and beauty, a gentleman with some ladie passed into a room where a turkey TJSS roastini by the fire. Among other things, remarks wen made upon Miss'Luey Stone. A lady observe that the turkeys would not be so well roastei hereafter, if tho ladies took to preaching; to which the gentleman replied, "No; we sh: then be obliged to put up with a goose '. "

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COCHICKEWICK MARKET.—We learn that A. P. Carleton has opened a Meat Market in the. brick block near tho North Parish meeting- house. This will be a very great convenience to the people in that vicinity.

" NON DB PLUME."—A kind of literary chap arral or ambuscade for poison-arrowed, lorn bowed, cowardly, guerrillas. Birth-place of lil erary foundlings, who never know their parent agotill well to do in the world. In fine, a habiu tion of t*ry doubtful characters.

RET. ELIAS CHAPMAN has removed from * town to Lebanon Centie, Me., and taken charg of the Congregational Church in that place- was formerly settled orcr a church in Limenei Me., but left on account of ill health. We « glad he has so far recovered as to resume effe tivo pastoral labor, but regret to lose from oi town one who exerted such a salutary influenu : 1 mil

W« are indebted to Messrs. Geo. H. Irene and Josiah Orosby, two of tho Trustees of « Essex Agricultural Society, for copies of ' transactions of the Society for 1854.

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BENTLET, In a noto on the 4th book of " Para- dise Lost," is surprised that Milton, in his description of Adam, should omit hit beard. New- ton imagines it was beeause the painters never represented onr first parent with one. Bat neither the critic nor the good bishop were aware of the ignominy which the beard of man lies nnder.

Helmont gravely asserts that "Adam was created an handsome young man, without a beard ; bat that his face was afterwards degraded with hair, like the beast, for his disobedience; and Eve, being less guilty* was permitted to retain her smooth face." The fantastic philosopher also adds this extraordinary remark: that "if an angel appears with a heard, you may depend npon it that he is an evil one; for no good angel ever wore a beard."—The Ariel, 1828.

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to bay Goods CHEAP,

ACCIDENT.—One evening last week, Mrs. G. W. Gould, Mrs. A. Hcrvey, and Miss Eliza Johnson, of North Andover, were returning

' home from a Sewing Society, when in consequence of the darkness they got out of the road, upset the sleigh, were thrown out, and the horse ran a distance of nearly two miles. The accident occurred on the Haverhill road, near the Great Pond. Mrs. Hervey had two teeth knocked out, and" all were more or less' injured.

THE Catholic Almanac for 1855 gives the following. statistics sf the Roman Catholic Church in the United States:—

There are' 7 Archbishops, 33 Bishops, 2 Vicars Apostolic, 1,704 Priests, and 1,824 Churches; showing the increase of the past year to have been 2 Bishops, 129 Priests, and 112 Churches. There are' also 698 Missionary Stations, 28 Col- leges, 117 Female Academies, and 37 Theologi- cal Seminaries, in which there are nearly 700 young men.

IMPOHTANT.—The Kingston (N. Y.) Journal says: —

Let it be borne in mind, that from Junnary lst, no letters can be sent through the mails without being pro-paid. All letters deposited in any post-office with the postage unpaid, will remain in the .office where deposited All should note this fact.

IN Consequence of an anticipated change in our business arrangements, and the scarcity of

monev, we have concluded to give our customers a benefit, by the way of LOW PRICES. A

great many goods for a little money.

Our assortment of

RICH PLAID, STBIPED and BROCADE

SILKS, ALL WOOL PLAIDS, THI-

BETS, CASHMERES, LTON-

ESE CLOTHS, all kinds of DRESS GOODS,

CLOAK CLOTHS, and TRIMMINGS to match, will be offered for


LADIES' AND GENTS'

a very large assortment. WOOLLEN and PRINTED CAKPETINGS, &c. at the same discount. ' Many of the Goods much less than the cost of Importation. OUR FURS EQUALLY CHEAP. Our assortment is more extensive and varied, much larger, and more complete, in nearly every department than any in this or neighbor- ing cities, to which we invite the early attention of purchasers.

1 & 2 Stcarns's Block, Essex St., Lawrence. Dec. 9.

WILLIAM LEMON, 'EEL- BINDER, ANDOVER, MASS.,

• a S prepared to execute Binding in various

_ styles, at satisfactory prices. Old Books, Magazines, Periodicals, 4e., rebound in the various styles of Fancy Binding.

f£^" W. L. will bind in uniform style for gentlemen's libraries. Jan. 13—tf.

HEROISM.—It is said that Lord Forth, at the battle of Alma, threw himself upon the ground and screamed, " I'm frightened I 1 cannot fight I" At Inkerman he again behaved as cowardly; and two officers were therefore sent by the General- in-Chief to cast away his epaulettes, break his sword, and kick him out of the tamp.

—_ 1 m i '

On Tuesday night of last week, a rabid dog belonging to Augustus Fish, of North Andover, was killed by the owner. The animal had made several attempts to bite persons during the day, and the whole neighborhood was alarmed, but fortunately no one was injured by him, 1 m I

\ SOMEBODY is supplying us with Northern Vermont and Canada newspapers. A neighbor pf ours.is travelling in that region, on a business lour'and wo strongly suspect thai he is impli- cated in the matter. We have known him to be guilty of such things before. I m I

WB have received for oar collection of curios- ities the rod with which the pupil of the eye was chastise^, for " stealing a glance.'' .

— 1 ss i—s

REV. H. F. HARRINGTON has been re-elected Superintendent of Schools in Lawrence.

Selling Off! HunlhiU & Brother

ARE 9ELUXO

I>ry aoods AT LOWER PRICES TIIAK EVER BEFORE !

NO reasonable offer will be refused. The reason, hard times and scarcity of money.

We have marked down our Goods, BO that a Little Money will buy a Good Many Goods.

$3,00 will buy a beautiful All-Wool Plaid Dress. $2,75 " " Raw Silk " •' 86,00 " " Plaid or Stripe Silk.

Who will not buy a dress at these prices t

All of our Immense Stock will be sold at the same ration*— Very, Very Low 1

A large assortment of Dress Trimmings, But- tons, Embroideries, and Fancy Goods.

PUBLIC NOTICE. THE attention of the public is called to the fol-

lowing By-Laws of the Town of ANDOVER, which are to be' in force from and after January 1st, 1853:

BY-LAWS. 1. No perron shall be allowed to slide or coast

upon a sled or sleds, or any other like vehicle, in or upon any public street, highway, or thorough- fare, within the town of Andover, under a penal- ty of ONE DOLLAR for every such offence.

2. All penalties recovered under these By- Laws, shall be paid, one-half to the complainant and one-half to the Commonwealth.

3. Complaints for violation of these By-Laws may bo made by any person to any Justice of the Peace within and for the county of Essex.

4. It shall be the special duty of the Constables and Police Officers of said town to enforce these By-Laws, and to prosecute by complaint for

I every violation thereof that shall come to their ■ knowledge.

5. These By-Laws shall be in force from and : after January 1st, 1853, and until said town shall ' repeal the same.

A true copy of the By-Laws presented to the town of Andover, at the adjournment of the An- nual Town Meeting in the month of March, A.D. 1852, and accepted by said town.

Attest: SAMUEL JOHNSON. Town Clerk of the Town o/JMover.


COURT or COMMON- PLEAS, December Term, 1852.

December 27th. Approved. EDWARD MELLEN, J. C. C. P Attest: A. HUXTINQTON, Clerk.

A true copy. Attest: A. HUNTINGTON, Clerk.

Baking Establishment. MOODY O. RUSSELL,

HAVING taken the Machinery and Fixtures of the Putnam establishment, and estab-

lished himself in the commodious Bakery formerly occupied by Win. Baldwin, informs his friends and the public generally, that he will supply them, wholesale or retail, with every variety of BREAD, CAKE, CRACKERS, &C, at the most reasonable prices. '

UP- Parties supplied at the shortest'notice, Andover, Jan. 13,1855. 3m.

THE citizens of North Andover opposed to the division of the town, are requested to meet at the Parish Hall, on Monday next, Jan.22d, at 2 o'clock, P. M. 1 m I •

THE Engineers of the Fire Department will meet at the Engine-house of the Shawshin Com- pany, on Friday evening, Jan. 26th, at 7 1-2 o'clock. A pnnctaal attendance is requested.

-GRO. W. GOULD, Clerk.

LYCEUM LECTURES. The Sixth Lecture of the Course will be deliv-

ered by Prof. C. E. STOWE, on Wednesday evening next, at 7 1-2 o'clopk. Subject, " The British Aristocracy and the British Cabinet of 1854." Tickets furnished and to be shown at the door.

George Foster, Eastman Sanborn, Varnum Lincoln, W. H. Foster, H. N. Barnum, Commit- tee of aarangements.

MAXmiAGrES.

Ladies of Andover and vicinity, if you want a pleee «* Dry Goods, call at Kimball & Brother's, No. 10 Appleton Block, Essex St., Lawrence.

CE7- All we ask, is for you to call and exam- ing our Goods for yourselves.

KIMBALL $ BROTHER,

10 Appleton Block, Essex St.,

Jan. 13. Lawrence, Matt.

Auction. WILL be sold at Public Auction, on Tues-

day, January 23d, at 10 o'clock, A. M., the

■WTood tuad TlxrLtoox-

standing on about 18 acres of land, situated on the road leading from Andover to Salem, a few rods south of William Woodbridge's Grist-mill. -:

Said Wood will be sold all together, or in lots . to suit purchasers. Conditions liberal, and made I •known at the time and place of sale.

If the weather should bo stormy, the sale will j be on the next fair day. i

T. C. FOSTER, Auct'r. j January 20,1855. It.

Now is Tour Time.


HE ACT'S ORIGINALHAVERHILL

CHEAP STORE, . HAVEBHILL, MASS.

Owing to the lateness of the season, the present stringttcy of the money

market, and the desire to close out my

\ STOCK OF GOODS, 1 which is about

j $18000. f I have fully determined to reduce it to one { quarter of that amount, and ' shall commence

$160,000. DASHALL ft COT3 NATIONAL

GrJLMmV JiUM -x-jmrm-sr-JTSI TWTl


DISTRIBUTION of Gifts to come off, without tail, March 10,1855,—or sooner, if the

tickets are all sold. Dashall ft Co. beg to assure their friends, that

under no circumstances, will the distribution be postponed beyond.the above-mentioned date; and they hope, by energy and the co-operation of their patrons, to bring the enterprise to a conclusion at an earlier period, tn which case, due notice will be given.

OFFICE, 486 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. 150,000 Presents to be given-to the purchasers

of the large and elegant engraving of the " In- auguration of George Washington, President of the United States," from the celebrated painting of David Paul Laurens. Price of engraving, 8l,0(>; which includes n gift ticket, entitling the holder to a chance in the following list of mag- liificent<;il'ts.

The value of the presents, as appraised by a Committee chosen for the purpose, is $146,000, as follows: — A splendid Farm on the Hudson River, com-

pletely stocked, houses, etc., - - (20,000 Stone front Dwelling-house and Lot on

Fifth Avenue, New York, • - 13,000 A magnificent gold Tea Service, prop-

erty of the late G. Van Demon, - - 4,000 Silver Wine Service, .... 1,000 The Race Horse " White Raven." - - 8,000 Coach, Harness, and Horses, (a mag-

nificent establishment), - - - 3,500 30 shares Central Railroad stock, - 3,000' 200 fine Watches, $100 each, - - -20,000 10,000 Gold Seals and Charms, - - 10,000 10,000 Gold Pens and Silver Holders, - 5,000 100 boxes best Cigars, - - - 500 100 Gold Guard Chains, ■ - - 1,500 A splendid Buggy, 190

" Phajton, - - - -1,000 A Horse, Harness, and Buggy, (splen-

did affair), «00 An elegant Dog, St. Bernard, - - 100 Splendid fast sailing Yacht, " Spirit of

the Wave," 4,000 Tho fast and trim Pleasure-yacht,

" Evening Bird," - A Loan for 25 years, - - -

Great Bale' DRY. GOODS,

FROM DEC. 12th, TO JANUABY lit

THE immenco stock ofDryGoodiat Ao. 4, City Block, Essex Street, Will be sold at a

great discount until Jan. l st, as a change in business is contemplated.

The Sale will bo very advantageous to purchasers, as many articles will be marked at cost, and less than cost, in order to close off the entire Winter Stock by the above date. Don's tail to

call and examine. At the Old Stand of KEYBS & BENTHALL,

No.i City Block, Essex St.

Dec. 16.

BANK STOCK. 1)ERSON8 wishing to purchase Shares In tho

Andover Bank will be supplied on application to F. COGSWELL, CasMsr.

Dec. 18.—tf


JTsT DARNABD respectfully notifies t TV » JD his customers and patrons, that

he has removed to the Store formerly occupied by Jonathan Swift, No. 8. Main Street, and that his facilities and conveniences for transacting business are greatly increased. He will keep constantly on hand a New and Fashionable as-


BOOTS & SHOES, or will manufacture them to order promptly, and in the best style. Also a good supply of RUB- BER BOOTS and SHOES for Ladies or Gen- tlemen, together with TRUNKS, VALISES, BLACKING, BRU8HES, fcc. 4c.

Dec. 16. *

mgi e slmf

v chap I, long I of lil parent habii"

S.

om a cbarf

ce. H imeri'' Wear icenesj om <"i fluencs]

In this town, nth ineC, by Rev. Mi. Mills, of North Bridgewater, Geo. H. Mills, of Dover, N. J , to Mb. Mary B.,dau|ht«r of Dee PeterSroilh,of this town.

In Botford, nth"inst., by Rev. Mr. Park, Mr. William R. Colo, of Boiford, to Miss Mary H. Reynolds, of this

In New York city, 11th lust, by Rev. A. E. Campbell, D.D., N. Parker, Esq., of Worcester, Mass., to Mrs. Hannah F. Evans, formerly of mis town.

I)KATH«.

In this town. 17th inst, Mr. Benjamin Moore, aged 84. At Ballaid Vale, 17th inst., Margaret Mnrdock, 15 |

18th Inst. (her birthday), of typhoid fever, Hannah Ing-

At'Middleton, 9th inst, Mr. Ell Richardaon, 64 In East Boston. 15th inst., of consumption, Helen G.,

wife of Jesse Curtis, of Stoneham, 30. At Ban Francisco, Cal., (where he hnd gone for bis

health), 28th ult.,'of consumption, Mr. James H. Holt, formerly of this town, 45.

If you want your, DAGUERREOTYPE in something that is pretty,

HALL, fTO close off his stock purchased for die Holi-

:This Monday Morning to close every article in my


LARGEST AND BEST ASSORTMENT

FBENCBTENGLISH, AND

! DRFmOODS I in this town; and as I have often asserted that ' I buy my goods full 10 per cent, leu than

any other dealer in town .and as this is to be a real'

1,000 8,000 5,000

<i " ...'.". 1,000 (All without fntorest.)

1 Rosewood Fiano, .... 800 3 Mahogany Pianos, - • , - - 1,500 A Farm in Ohio, .... 4,000

" Kentucky, • - - - 3,000 « Pennsylvania, - - - 6,000 " Massachusetts, - - • 10,000

25,000 vols. Poems, .... 11,000 Statue of " Cigar Girl," by Reeves, - 1,000

Also, over 100,000 Paintings, Statues, Medals, Charts, Albums, Valuable Books, and Portfolios of Engravings ; making in all 150,000 Gifts, which will be distributed by a Committee appointed by the Shareholders, and forwarded, free of charge, by the Public's obedient servants,

DASHALL & CO., 486 Broadway, New York.

Orders for Engravings and Tickets in this great Enterprise are daily arriving from all parts of the United States and Canada, which warrant us in promising a very early day for the distribution. Applications should be made immediately, as only a certain number of tickets can be sold. Letters, with the money enclosed, to be prepaid, and the Engraving and Ticket will be forwarded free.

DASHALL & CO., Dec 9—tf. 486 Broadway, New York.

Great Annual Sale. UPWARDS OF ,

$150,000 WORTH OF Winter Clothing*

A T the following low prices:

4.1 1 .) Tl) O <.oou Tents, of various nuirlcs.

dbl) -I 9 CiMlmero, Doeskin, and Broadcloth Pants, 5J<i X-£i. at this low price, for a few days, to reduce

suck.

dl! 9 9 A Custom Made Doeskin Pants, Canvas Bet- •J-1 O-t. tom,i ,na nude of as good materials at the

Pants for which you usually pay ft. Clos- ing sale of Winter Clothing.

*o .„ r. Fancy Case., Doeskin, sad Cloth Pants, of eJO "» U. ytrJ desirable patterns, being at least 8ft

percent. IMS than the saas. an usually

•i A nice Affair for a Penile wan. Over nauseate, custom made, usually sold for much note.

all I II 'i<n 19 A line Custom Made O.rcoat or Sack, 910 TO i.&. mad, ,yom urab, Blae, and Black Pilot

Cloth, Broadcloth, and Beaver Cloths, for this low price. Will guaranty that the same garments are sold at from $18 to (SO.

dttQ .nil! Tasssaa. An entirely New. Style of Ovar eJO ro 10. Garment, eombuing gesUlily with ease

and comfort.

$3 1-2.

day trade, is selling all kinds of

FANCY CASES, GOLD LOCKETS, AND

BREASTPINS '- CLOSraG QDT COST SALE At greatly reduced prices. Call whtlcjbo assort- ! ■ h' ' Tj . ment is good, and we will give yoSPTi bargain, j I think my customers will be fully^satisfied that All pictures warranted to give satisfaction

tj^" Remember the Number. ^H

No. 8 City Block, Lawrence, Mais.

Jan. 20.

NICHOLAS PATENT PARAGON SAFETY CAN.

PATENTED SEPT. 20, 1853.

my assertions are correct, will comrhenco

Iiools. Horo X THE subscriber has Dry Walnut, Oak, and

Pine Wood, which he will sell and deliver to any person in town, in large or Bmall quantities, for cash. J. PRESCOTT FOSTER.

North Andover, Jan. 20, 1855.

JOSEPH F. CLARK, A.ttorrloy ea,t HJ«.T^»

20 COCBT STRBBT, BOSTON.

Nov. 4—tf.

This Safety Can is universally acknowledged to be the best ever devised to protect consumers of Burning Fluid, and Campheno against acci-

This sale will cosaihence

December 18th, AND CONTINTJl THROUGH

December, 1864, until the 1st

of February, 1855. During this whole sale only ONE FRICE

.will be named on any article, and that shall be 1 the ACTUAL COST FROM THE INVOICE 1 BOOK, as every article in the store is numbered

and invoiced. Every one in this community is

TO NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS. FOR SALE, at this office, a font of Brevier

type of about 500 lbs. used for stereotyping. For an impression of the face of the type, the purchaser is referred to Littell's Living Age.— This type will answer a very good purpose for a newspaper, and will be sold on very reasonable terms by applying immediately at this office, or to Phelps S Dalton, 52 Washington street, Bos- ton. ,

Dec. 30.

burning fluid should use any other Can, In Ailing it, turn slowly through the tunnel.

The cork or screw should not be removed from the vessel, only when it is replenished by the dealer. '

Manufactured and for snlo Wholesale and Re- tail by WM. G. RUED, solo owner of tho Patent Right for Andover. Also constantly on hand and for sale, Dr. Nichol's Metalic Lined Glass Paragon Lamps tor Fluid.

Andover, Oct. 14,1854. tf

Linen Goods, any quantity „ Flannels and Domestics, a large stock of fancy dress and black Silks, Hosiery, Gloves, Embroid- eries, Ribbons, and Fancy Goods of every description, white Goods, &c.;

Most of my Stock was bought in JOB LOlh, at very low prices, and my customers m»y?m* ipate Dry Goods during the sale at ntash tower prices than) they ever saw them. V , R.H.MACY.

Haverhill, December 23. 3t

COAL AND TEAMING. riTHE Subscriber has made such arrangc- 1 ments as will enable him to. supply the peo-

ple of Andover and vicinity with all kinds of coal. Orders promptly executed at the lowest cash price. Having purchased a team he is prepared to truck goods and perform teaming work at all times, on reasonable terms.

Sept. 2. tf THOMAS B. MAYBERRY.

e. <E. .fttc&efl HAVING removed to the Store formerly occu-

pied by CARLTON (r DERBY, has on hand and is constantly recieving a very large and

well selected stock of Dry Goods and Groce- ries. Also a great vsricty of

Farmlrtg Tools, consisting of Ploughs, Har- ,

rows. Cultivators, Manure and Hay Forks, Hay and Gar-

— den Rakes, Spades, Shovels, Hoes,

Scrapers, Saws and Axes. Also Grass and Garden Seeds of all kinds,; all of which

will he sold at Boston prices for CASH.

May II.

For an omce or Business Coat, to close out tile stock.

dkQ TI, 1 9 Drees and Frock Costs, from superfine sjO TO 1 &, Rroujciou, „nd Doeskins, made up la

good style and in a iMtbful manner. All will be sold at these low prices, to close out Block.

4 1 -„1 1 O Vosts, of the latest fashion, for theae li TO x X-&. low price..

«49 Tr, 910 For a nice Fancy Satin Vest. Alas 94 TOO X-it. Black or Fancy Bilk do., made up In

the latest styles. Gentlemen's Dressing Gowns, very lowest prteee.

GENTLEMEN'S

Furnishing Goods. 37, to 150 cts. ASSORTED LOT or SHIETS AND

DBAWBKS. 50 " 200 " Fine SHIETS, Lim BOSOMS A

COLLAXS. 12," 50 " FINK LINES' BOSOMS.

5 « 17 " " " COLLASS. 17 " 25 " SOCKS. 85" 150 " STOCKS A»D CXAVATS. 25 " 100 " SILK POCKET HAKDKMCBilsrs. 10" 50 " ScsriKDUU. 37 " 200 " UMBRELLAS.

6 " 17 " TOOTH Bxcsmts. g " 100 " HAIK BBCSHES.

»5. TKAVBLUKO SHAWLS.


BOYS' DEPARTMEHt. •2 to $5 OVER BACKS. til « 14 JACKETS. "r»*""«] $11 " %'l SUIT JACKET AND PANTS. •I '" $3 CASSIMEHE, CLOTH, AND DOB- |

SKIN FASTI. 50cts." 92 VESTS.

Very truly, 1ms tsbove are low prices! PBTLIISSSSBSVJ however, are requested to brag this advertisement with them, and they w/ll then acknowledge | the fact, as we are determined to close up the


A copy of the New Book," Oak Hall Pictorial," gratis, to every purchaser.

ONBSPBICE, CASH 8YM

OAK HALL, 34 North Streety Boston.

pec 30.—imos.

HH| I H ■■ r* ■' HH *■* I ■HHHHH ■ * '-• ■v

AliUU V rj tv Ali V ERTISER, SATURDAY, JANUARY 20, 1855.

I For the Advertise/.]

THE 8EWING CIRCLE.

Winter is passing fust away, Yet still we've many a wintry day, Of cold, and wind,mid chilling storm, Hofore*tlio spring comes, bland and. warm. Bat somehow, all these months so bleak POM off, with something every week To hasten old Time in its speed, And give some zest, in time of need; For instance, when we meet to sew, And to the place appointed go. More pleasant times we could not risk,— Oar labor then is not a tusk.

The day is fine, the sleighing good, Each lady dons her shawl and hood, And very soon you'll see her bound To "Sewing Circle," where are found All ladies who would like to be Members of this society. In pleasant parlors, nicely heated, Ton soon will see them duly seated. The social circle is the place Wboro tongues and fingers run a race; And now begins the work, and chat,— Borne sow on this, or knit on that, And all the Angers are quite nimble With needles, scissors, thread, and thimble, While making garments, great and ♦mull, A perfect Jit to short or toll.

Now, if you'd like to hear the talk, I motion that you take a walk Just round the room; here by my side, I dpnbt not you'd be edtned. You'd smile, I know, to hear that set Of little misses, who have met To talk about their fav'rite books, Express opinions by their looks, While they tell stories, strange and rare, Which make the elder matrons stare. We'll now go up to those young girls, Who now and then show all their " pearls," As they get off some bright idea, Which, I know, you'd like to hear. One asks her friend, " Did you go down To hear tho Rev. A. L. Brown ?" The answer gives you apprehensions That all these " women's rights " inventions Don't meet approval everywhere, And some good souls they really scare. Orations, concerts, and their clan, Are criticised ; while every man Who's preached or lectured here at all, Is doomed to have a rise or fall, According as he pleased the fair Who chanced to hear him, anywhere.

There, yonder, seems to be a ring Intent on their own gossiping.

apfow hark I " Qness who I went to see, The other night, just after tea 1 And what d'ye think she was about 1 I'll tell yon, as the news will out:' A hemming towels, coarse and fine, And table-cloths on which to dine, While piles of shirts lay round in dozens, Enough for uncles, aunts, and cousins."

The hostess enters, and says she: " Ladies, will you walk out to tea 7 " We go i and find rich coffee too, While scores of nice things come to view, Which do most temptingly invite Those most in need of appetite.

• Bat now the minister comes in,— Each thinks of her besetting sin, And how his sermons have a slur Which was intended sure for her; And then resolves to try and prove More worthy of his watchful love. When evening comes, with shadows dim, All join to sing the parting hymn. Then the dear pastor leads in prayer, While all unite, with watchful care To guard against each waad'ring thought, Anxious to gain the blessing sought.

When bonneted and shawled again, Each seeks her home, on hill or plain, Hoping, when next they meet to sow, All other friends will try to go. Ami you who wish to paironitc, Come on, and let us take your size Tor stockings, shirts, and collars,— We'd Wee your work, and then—your dollars.

Jkaaeraary Hill, Jan., 1885.

A KNOTTT POINT SETTLED.—A cavil- ler in our vicinity, the other day, tried to put down hii opponent with this question : — -

" If Noah did send out a dove that never returned, where did it go to ? "

"Why," retorted his unyielding antago- nist, " J suppose somebody shot it 1"

THE beat capital for a young,man is a capital young wife. So a young gent fe-

at, who has just entered the matrimo- nial dominiona, — , A WESTEMT ejjjtor, in speaking of a concert ringer, says her voice is delicious,—pure H moonlight, and as tender at a three sailing shirt I

[For the Andover Advertiser.]

THE HOLIDAYS IN ST. LOUIS.

Christmas and New Year's days, in this city, with the exception of Fourth of July, are the noisiest and most dissipating of any in' the year. They are ushered in, beginning with sundown the day before (and this irre- spective of the Sabbath), with India Crackers, guns, pistols, and bonfires. The streets are alive with people,—especially with beys, loafers, and drinkers,—till late at night, and to some extent through the night, and all of the next day and evening. Tar-barrels and other combustible materials are gathered, wherever they may be found, and conveyed to the place of burning, which is usually at the street * crossings, and here set on fire. The yards and all the nooks and corners are searched, to. obtain the materials necessary to sustain the conflagration ; and around the blazing fires troops of boys congregate, and fire their crackers, and utter their loud laughs, and yells that would not dishonor a band of savages.

The police, indeed, are on the alert,—the mayor, it may be, is a spectator,—the people pass and re-pass,—but the boys have it all pretty much their own way, and " no man forbids." In every section of the city, and in every street, and lane, and alley, the reports of these annoying, and sometimes dangerous small-arms, are heard. A girl of thirteen was, on Christmas day, unintentionally shot through the head and killed, by a boy not much older than herself. But, these things are customary, and so they are toler- ated ; and no one seems to desire a reform.

Amidst all this racket and confusion, the Catholic and Episcopal churches—the former during the evening and all the night before Christinas, aud both during tho morning of the day—are open for divine service. The Catholic churches are crowded, and tho Epis- copal are generally well attended.

The distinctive characteristic of New Year's day is, that the ladies all stay* at home, to receive calls, and the gentlemen all leave home, to make calls. A well-dressed lady, especially a. young one, is rarely seen in the streets for 24 hours. They are " at home," without the notice of cards, such as are usual to apprise guests of so important a fact The caller, whatever the motive of his visit, will be quite sure of getting an interview with the ladies, and of seeing them in their best silks, and in their sweetest smiles. Their beauty is all on, even though some of it be the prod- uct of rouge, more or less skilfully applied.

The entertainment, however, lo many of the gentlemen, is something more substantial than beauty and pleasant- conversation and smiles can furnish to them, at least. To say nothing of the kindlings of the tender passion, which we may presume occur to some extent, the cake-basket is found well replenished, and the sparkling wihe is on hand; and in addition, in many a dwelling; something much more potent, " to steal away the brains," and make men fools. In some cases, a rich repast is furnished, and men can em- brute themselves, if they choose, by meats as well as by drinks.

Some can pass through this exhilarating scene of calls without touching the " fire- water ;" but the number of these is probably small. It is common to indulge a little on such occasions. Some, no doubt, make these calls from the best of motives. It is with feelings of kindness and courtesy. Some make the calls of this day answer for the year. Business is universally suspended; and therefore the day, for business, is not lost. No man can do business, if he would. Some multiply their calls, unquestionably, because they love " the good creature," which they everywhere, almost, find at their service; and which, in the case of too many, compels them to take a carriage to get home safely, and without observation.

Evidently, the drinking part of these social Entertainments might better be dispensed with. The ladies would better evince their wisdom and regard to the interests of society, if they would let their drinking visitors go to the drinking saloons, which abound here. Very many do spend the holidays, and many other days and nights too, in these demoral- izing dens, in preference to spending them with the ladies; and it is not beyond the reach of credulity to suppose that some of them took their first lesson, and began to form their taste for the intoxicating cup, in the parlors of some of these ladies, and under the fascinating influence of their beauty, and smiles, and cordial greetings.

How few can resist a lady's solicitations, when she spreads her temptations, under such bewitching circumstances! The low- bred and vulgar come not under the power of her charms; but does she not sometimes help the sterner sex to begin the coarse which ends in degradation and ruin ? Nay, does she not sometimes initiate them into the habits of inebriation, thoughtlessly indeed, and with no evil intention at all; and then as thoughtlessly marry them, to reap in a miserable wedded life the legitimate fruits, in no small degree, of their own doings ?

St. Louu, Jan. 3, 1855. Q. P. »•

DISCONTENTED MORTALS. — How universal it is 1 'We never knew a man, says a contemporary, who would say, "I an content." Go where you will, among tho rich or the poor,—the man of competence, or the man who earns his bread by the daily sweat of his brow,—you hear the sound of murmur- ing and the voice of complaint.

The other day, we stood by a cooper as he was playing a tune with an adze' round a cask. " Ah," sighed he, " mine is a hard lot; forever trotting round like a dog, driving away at a hoop."

" Heigho," sighed a blacksmith, in one of the hot days, as he wiped the drops of per- spiration from his brow, while the red-hot iron glowed on his anvil; " this is life with a vengeance,—melting and frying one's self over the fire."

" Oh, that I were a carpenter," ejaculated a shoemaker, as he bent over his lap-stone ; " here I am, day after day, working my soul away in making soles for others, cooped up in this little 7 by 9 room."

" I am sick of this out-door work," ex- claimed the carpenter; " boiling and swelter- ing in the sun, or exposed to the inclemencies of the weather. If I were only a tailor."

" This is too bad," perpetually cries the tailor, " to be compelled to sit up here plying the-needle alt the while. Would that mine were a more active life."

" Last day of grace,—the banks won't discount,—customers won't pay; what shall I do ?" murmurs the merchant " I had rather be a truck-horse, a dog,—anything !"

" Happy fellows !" groans the lawyer, as he scratches his head over some perplexing case, or pores over some dry record. " Hap- py fellows! I had rather hammer stone, than cudgel my brain on a tedious, vexatious question." ^

And through all the ramifications of society, all are complaining of their condition,— finding fault with their particular calling. " If I were only this, or that, or the other, I should be content," is the universal cry,—"anything but what I am." So wags the world, so it has wagged, and so it will wag.

HARD TIMES SDPPER.—The Hartford Times gives an account of a Hard Times Supper lately served at New Britain. The following was the bill of fare : —

Bin or FAKE, DEC, 1854.

Soup. Pea Nuts.

Roasts. Pea Nuts. Com, a la Indian.

Boiled. Pea Nuts. White Cora.

Side Dishes. Pea Nuts, garnished with Pop-Corn. Pea Nuts, with Pop-Corn Salad. Pop-Corn, garnished with Pea Nuts.

-Fifth Course. • Pea Nuts. Pop-Corn. Ice Water.

Dessert. Pea Nuts—roasted. Tucket Corn—popped. Water—with ice.

Liquors. Water. Ice Water. Cold Water, with Pea Nuts.

Finale. Tepid Water,—with Pea Nat Shuck Toast.

WHAT THE INDIAN DID.—-" John, what do you do for a living ? "

" Oh! me preach." " Preach ? and do you get paid for it ? " " Sometimes me get a shilling, sometimes

two shilling." " And isn't that mighty poor pay ? " " Oh, yes ; but it's mighty poor preach-

ing!" *

" How is your husband, dear ? " asked one lady of another.

" Oh, he's in a very bad state," was the reply. -

" And pray what kind of state is he in ? " persisted the other.

" In the State Prison."

" JACK, did you carry that umbrella home that I borrowed yesterday ? "

" No, father. You have often told me to • lay up something for a rainy day,' and as I thought it would rain before long, I have laid the umbrella up."

"DADDY, I want to ask you a question. Why is neighbor Smith's liquor-shop like a counterfeit dollar ? "

" Because you can't pail it," said the ur- chin. Exit the toper.

A STRIKING instance of the pursuits of pleasure under difficulty is seen when a bachelor joins a family party to Bunker hill, and volunteers to tote a fat baby to the top of the monument

t> AMONG the articles lately shipped from

England to the Crimea, to help cany on the war, was a cargo of plum puddings, for Christmas.

NEW BAKERY!! THOMAS M. RICHARDS


commenced BAKING, at the old Bakery on Sa- lem street: and is now prepared to supply the

public with as good BREAD, CAKES, PIES and CRACKERS

as can be had from any other establishment, and at as reduced prices.

tt^ He is also prepared to bake all kinds of wedding and fancy cake, to order, at the shortest possible, notice.

N. B. He will hake Beans, puddings &c, on Saturday nights, for all those who will

favor him with a call. Fresh Yeast every day.

Tnos. M. RichHRDS. Andoner.June 17, 1854.

Fall Clothing. j^ DANIEL LOGUE, TAILOR,

Under Baptist Church,, IS now selling at prices which otter unusual in-

ducements to Purchasers. Those in want, will find the greatest .

IAE2HTT OF EARiKIHTS' UNSURPASSED

In the style of Manufacture aud quality of Materials,

FROM WHICH

SELECTIONS MAY BE MADE TO SUIT ALL CLAS8KJS OF CUSTOMERS.

Oct. 28. tf

DRY GOODS AND GROCERIES. HILL STORE.

ALBERT ABBOTT HAS in store, and is-constuntly receiving Goods

in great variety, carefully selected to meet the wants of his customers. A liberal share of patronage is solicited from those who have occasion to purchusc

BROADCLOTHS, 'CASSIMERES, VESTINGS,

READY-MADE CLOTHING, FANCY AND STAPLE DRY GOODS,

GROCERIES, HARDWARE, CROCKERY, GLASS WARE, PURE SPERM & SOLAR

OIL, EXTRA LARD OIL. POR- TER'S BURNING FLUID,

EXTRA FAMILY AND

GRAHAM FLOUR, CRACKED WHEAT, BUCKWHEAT, CORN &MEAL.

All of which, with a great variety of other Goods, are offered at the lowest prices.

Feb. 19. tf

WILLIAM G. REED, Tin Plato, 01a.ee* lion,


at the old Stand on Ma'n Street, HAS on hand a variety of the best patterns of


per Boilers, Pumps, Lead Pipe, Zinc, Coal Hods, Shovels, Sifters, Sad Irons, Ventilators, etc., with a general assortment of TIN AND JApAN- NEO WARE, all of which will he sold at satisfactory prices. Also Dr. Nichol's Paragon Lamps and Can for fluid.

W. G. K. Still continues to give his personal attention to fitting up HOT AIR FURNA CES for heating Dwellings, &c. which will be wasrant- ed to give satisfaction.

Tin Rooting—Job Work and Repairing in the above line. ,

April 15. tf

JAMES H. COCHRANE,

BLACKSMITH, AND GENERAL JOBBER IN

IRON, Universalist Court, Main Street, near the Uni-

vcrsatist Church. If Fob 19.

HWKLETS

PATENT BEDSTEADS.

This Bedstead is used at the best Public Houses in Boston, and stands unrivalled ns a firm, easy, cleanly and cheap bedstead. Sold only at

B«a.x>xx.a.x»<a.,iB. DR. J. H. KIDDER,

Surfiton ©entlst, m. 5 Ctu Slock,

LAWRENCE, MASS. Jan. 14. tf

~PAPasaa. ^AKfeiarGrS AND

WINDOW CURTAINS & FIXTURES, May.be found at


RAILROADS. Eta^-ffiaMCBOSTOJI AND MAIM.: HAIL B&M~fmt ;<>AU. - WINTER AKRANUK-

ME.NT, December 4,1854 Far Portland aid Saco, at 140 AM and 3 PM. For Great Foils, Dover, and Exeter, at 7 30 AM 19

M, 3 and 5 PM. "».«, For Concord and Upper Railroads, at 7 30, AM, IS, M , ——

and 5, I'M. ' Tf For Havoibill,at7 30, and 10 90 AM, 12, 3 and 5 PM For Lawrence, (S. 8Ide)„al 7, 7 30, and 10SO, AM, IS

M., 2, 3, 5, and 6, PMr (North Bide), at 7 30 10 SO, AM, 13, II ,2,5, and 6, Pat. . '

For Andover, at 7,10 SO, AM, I2.li,.,2, 3, 5 and 6

For Reading, at 7, 1020,and 11 30, AM,12, M. 2 2 40 3,«40,6,6,7I5and915»rM. ' ' ' '

From Portland, at830 AM, and 3 PM\ From Gienl Fall>, at » and 10 20 AM, and 3 30, and

4 40J PM. From Haverhlll, at 735, 8 45, AM, IS 05, and 1 45

5 05 and 6 05J PM. ' >«"'", From Luwrenco, (North 8lde), at 7, 7 45 and 9 05, AM

12, M, 3, and 5 30, PM. (8. Sid.,), 71.2, 7 60, and 9(17, AM., 12 05,1220, 3 03, 533, and 6 15, PM Tlio 12 20 and 615 trains do not stop between Andover ane Boston.

From Andover, at 708, 755, and 910 AM 1° 10 loo* 2 10, 540 and 625, PM. The 1325 and 6 26 trains do not stop oetwoen Andover and fiuslon

From Reading, BI0 20, 7 30, 8 15, and 935 AM 1230 1 45. 230, 4 15, 520, 6, and 810 PM.f • '

* On Thursdays lenve at 11, and oa Saturdays at 10 t On Thursdays an hour and 20 minutes later, and on

Saturday* 10 minutes later. ; Express train. / Dec9. If T. S. WILLIAMS, Bunerintendcat

FOR IOVIU. . . . „. , Passengers, by taking the 7 55 o'clock train from An-

dover, will arrive at Wilm'ingnn Junction in season to take the 8 train to Lowell, with but little detection — llytnkinutlie 335 PM train, they will meitthe 4 10 train to Lowell. This train from Lawronce connects at Low- ell with nain to Groton, Fltchhiirg, Worcester, and New York.—Trains lonve Lowell lor Lawrence at 7 15 and 10 AM, and 245 and 630 PM.

Passengers by the 7 05 train from Lowell SAM train from Lawrence to Andover: , the 10 AM train will tak/j the 12 1 irnirt.

enn take the Hid those in In the after-

noon, passengers in the 630 train will reach Andover bv the 7 train from Lawrence i Lawrence

■ FOR NEWBLRYPORT. Passengers will lake tho 1 o'clock train from Andover

and meet the 1 45 tiain at Hradfurd, lor Newbarynorl ■ also, by taking the 4 train from Andover, they w iff be' conveyed to Wewliurybort by the 5 train from Bradford.

FOR SALKM. Passengers will take the 905 AM, down train and

meet the 9 train fiom Lowell to fcSnlein at Wiln ington Junction. Returning they will take the 530 train lo Lowell, and meet the 0 train from Boston. Or, by way of Lawrence, they may take the 7 AM, upward train, and meet tho 9 train fur Salem. Saturnine, they call take the II AM,train from s-alom, and stop at Button's Mills, North Andover, for the 12 M train from Poitland, and 4 45 train from Salem, slop at Button's Mills for the 530 train fiom Haverhlll tu Andover.

FROM AHDOVER TO BOSTON. Trains1. ave at 7 08, 7 55, 910, AM. Afternoon traiaa

leave at 13 10, 1335, 310, 640, and 6 85.

DR. ELLIOTT, DEHTTIS T,

OFFICE, APFLETON BLOCK,

Over Ordway.& Wadleigh, next door to Stearns & Co., Lawrence.

Nov. 11. ,f.

S. H. PARKER HEREBY gives notice that he is desirous of

settling up all his demands as soon a* possible; and therefore requests all persons with whom he has notes or accounts, to call and settle.

North Andovor, Nov. 11,1854. tf.

8. O. VALPEY'S

MEAT STOH.DE, In the bastment,qfthe large Brick Building,

nearly opjmsite the Bank Building, ©ASS liSL&HIS, SIPI&SKS'ii'i,

where may be found THE BEST QUALITY OF MEATS,

OF ALL KINDS, AT THE LOWEST PRICES.

£ K?" Plcnso give us a call.'"-' Purchases delivered at any part of the town. Feb. 19. tf

MATTBESflM.—— A fresh supply of the best quality, at the

DEPOT jH^turxxl-txire Store

PUTNAM'S and other SPRING BED*

may bo found at H3£tZTXjXCtl7d'<3(, tty OPPOSITE N. 8WIFT'» BUILDIXO. _£TJ Andover, Sept. 10th 1853.

Washing Machines. THE Subscriber has bought the right to


MUDGE'S PATENT WASHING MACHINES • in this town. It is an article which stands unrivalled for the ease with which it is worked, thor- oughness in cleaning, and the amount of articles which it will turn off in a given time. There are two sizes: one sells for $8, the other for $10. For further information persons can call at my shop and examine for themselves, or inquire of Alanson Flint, Thomas Clark, Seth Sherman, Mrs M. A. Punchard, Joshua Moar. William P. Millett, Mrs. N. M Griffin, Mrs. W. Marland, Charles Furber. A. P. Cheney, Ilermon P. Chan- dler,' Charles French, James A. Montgomery, John Foster, Mrs. I. Farley and Mrs. B. B.Ed wards, who have the Machines.

Jan. 7. tf MARK NEWMAN, 2D.

Is your Life Assured ? THE Subscriber has been appointed by tho

State Mutual Assurance Company nt Worces- ter, its Aajant for this town and vicinity. The benefits which this Institution confers upon those who become members, are very great. Pamphlets containing the Charter, By-Laws and much valuable information with respect to its principles and plan upon which it is established, practical observations &c. furnished gratuitously on application to GEORGE FOSTER-

MANUFACTORY, OLD DF.POT HUILDJKG, MAIN STREET.

THE Subscribers respectfully inform tho fraternity of Printers, that.their facilities for

tho manufacture of PRINTERS' INK have recently been- greatly increased, and *hey are now ready to answer nil orders with despatch.

Ink of all ftnalUtea ««* of sdl Color*, made to order, and warranted to give antirc sat- sfactioH. i •«•»*

SAMUEL MORRILL. WILLIAM C. DONALD,

FebU tf GEORGE H. MORRUJ..

gsa

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VOL. II.-NO. 50. ANDOVER, MASS., SATURDAY, JANUARY 27, 1855. PRICE, TWO CENTS.

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" Chicken Little told me." | " Chicken Little, how do you know it?" I " How can I help knowing it ? I saw it !

with my eyes; I heard it with my ears, j and part of it fell on my tail."

" Oh, let us run," said Turkey Lurkey. And away they all went, till they came to Fox Lot.

" Oh, Fox Lox," said Turkey Lurkey, " the sky is Ming ! "

"How do you know H, Turkey Lur- key?" a?At!o"Y6x Lox.

"Goose Loose told me," said Turkey Lurkey.

"And how do you know it, Goose Loose?"

• Duck Luck told me." " How do you know it, Duck Luck ?"

. « Hen Pen told me." " Hen Pen, Bow do you know it? " " Chicken Little told me." " Chicken Little, how do you know it ? " " I saw it with my eyes; I heard it with

my ears, and part of it fell on my tail." " Make haste," said Fox Lox, " and all

come into my den." So he opened the door, and in went

Turkey Lurkey. Fox Lox *bit off her head and threw it one way, and her body the other. And in this manner he served them all, till he came to Chicken Little, when he caught hold of her and ate her up, and then finished his supper with the others. And all this was from the foolish fright of Chicken Little. ANNA.

I Written for the Advertiser.]

A STORY FOE THE TIMES.

We, U»va thought that by publishing the following nursery tale, we might not only amuse many of our young readers, but also give theru a lesson that might in ater life prove useful to themselves and others.—EDS. ,

Did you never hear the wonderful story of Chicken Little, a id how she disturbed a whole neighborhood by her foolish alarm ?

Well, Chicken Little was running about in a gentleman's garden, where she had no business to be; she ran under a rose- bush, and a leaf fell on her tail. She was dreadfully frightened, and ran away to Hen Pen.

" Oh 1 Hen Pen," said Chicken Little, " the sky is falling ! "

« Why," said Hen Pen, " how do you know it, Chicken Little ? "

" I saw it with my eyes; I heard it with my ears, and part of it fell on my tail."

*• Oh! let us run," said Hen Pen. And away*.lhey went till they came to Duck Luck.

" Oh 1 Duck Luck," said Hen Pen, " the sky is falling !"

" Why, Hen Pen," said Duck Luck, * how do you know it ? "

" Chicken Little told me." " How do you know it, Chicken Little ? " " I saw it with my eyes; I heard it

with my ears, and part of it fell on my tail."

" Come, let us run," said Duck Luck. And away they went till they came to Goose Loose.

" Oh! Goose Loose," said Duck Luck, " the sky is falling!"

" How do you know it, Duck Luck ? " asked Goose Loose.

" Hen Pen told me," said Duck Luck. " Hen Pen, how do you know it?". " Chicken Little told me." " Chicken Little, how do you know it ? " " I saw it with my eyes; I heard it with

my ears, and part of it fell on my tail." " Oh, come," |»id Goose Loose, " let us

run as fast as *e cau." And away they went, till they came to Turkey Lurkey.

"Oh! Turkey Lurkey," said Goose Loose, " the sky is falling! "a

" Why, Goose Loose, how do you know it?" asked Turkey Lurkey.

"Duck Luck told me," said Goose Loose. (j

" How do you know it, Duck Luck ? | "Hen Pen told me?" "Hen Pen, how do you know it?"

FEELING FOE A SUNBEAM.

The sun has just burst through the clouds, and a heavy golden beam comes in at our window. How bright and cheerful ! It comes in so silently, yet it speaks to" the heart. Thank kind God for sunshine ! Ages on ages it has illuminated and gladdened a world ; yet we hardly think of the great fount of light and bosutty.

Writing of sunshine, brings to mind a touching Incident which came under our observation as we were travelling in the cars. Opposite us was seated a family of four, consisting of a man and his wife', and two children,—a boy and girl,—twins, and totally-blind. The family was from the South. A southern sun had given each cheek a rich olive complexion, relieved by a beautiful bloom upon the children's countenances. The boy was lightly built, had fine chiselled features, and hair ef a dark brown, clustering in curls around his neck. The girl was yet more slender, and fragile as a leaf, and of the most spir- itualized beauty. Her habit was dark; her hair was black as night,—its heavy glossy tresses confined by a golden band, which glittered brightly upon the dark, black ground. They both seemed happy, conversing with an intelligence beyond their years.

The train stopped for a moment upon the route. The windows were all raised, and the children leaned out, as if to see. The little girl heaved a long sigh, and then leaned back in her seat, exclaiming,

"O, mother, I cannot see anything." A tear trembled in her eye, and her

voice was so sad and low, that it went to the heart of every passenger who heard the beautiful but unfortunate creature.

" Neither can I see, Bell; but I know everything is beautiful," said her brother, as the light.winds lifted the thin locks upon his cheek. " You are beautiful, are you not, Bell?"

' Just then a flood of sunshine gushed from the white clouds in the west, like a flash, and fell full and warm upon the cheek of the sad girl, and upon the tears in her eye. Quick as thought she put up her hand, and attempted to grasp the golden pencils that were playing through her thick braids upon hen neck and cheek. Eagerly she shut her band upon vacancy, and a shadow fell upon her countenance, as she failed to touch tbe sunshine.

" Mother, I cannot feel it; has it fled out of the window ? " -

"What, Bell?" said her brother. "The sunshine, Marion. It touched

my cheek, but I cannot touch that." The mother's eyasswam in tears, as did

those of nearly alrTfn the car. A blind girl feeling for a sunbeam on her cheek I That beam was radiant with beauty; but she could not behold it. It gleamed upon a world; but all was night to her. Its

silver bursting1 ia the east, or its golden fading in the wet, followed as day followed day ; but it burst not on her vision, nor faded at decline of day. It glowed in the sky,—upon forest, and field, and lake, and river;.but not in the blue orbs of the sightless girl.

By a singular coincidence, the boy tried to feel the breezes that came cool upon the cheek, as the cars sped swiftly on. The breeze swept over the yellow fields, and meadows, and still waters, and co- quetted with the locks of tbe blind boy; but its footsteps were unseen by him.

We involuntarily thanked God that we could look upon the beautiful he has made, and dropped a tear for the children who must grope their way to the grave through a long night But the light of bliss will burst upon them.

Long shall we remember the two blind children.

< aw i

SOMETHING ABOUT SCHOOLS.

We know a man who last summer hired four colts pastured on a farm some five miles distant. At least once in two weeks he got into his wagon and drove over to see how his juvenile horses fared. He made minute inquiries of the keeper as to their health, their daily watering, etc.; he himself examined the condition of the pasture; and. when a dry season came on, lie made special arrangements to have a daily allowance of meal, and be was careful to know that this was regularly supplied.

The man had four children attending a district school, kept in a small building erected at the cross roads. Around this building, on three sides, is a space of land six feet wide—the fourth is on a line with the street. There ia not an out house or a shade tree in sight of the building. Of the interior of the school house we need not speak. The single room is, like too many others, with all its apparatus arrang- «d osi ILM» awmt ctppArtsjd pljsn fnr producing curved spinets compressed lungs, ill- health, etc.

We wi-h to state one fact only: Tbe owner of those colts, the father of those children, bas never been into that school house to inquire as to tbe comfort, health, or mental food dealt out to his offspring. The latter part of the summer we chanced to ask him, " who teaches your school? " and the reply was, " 1 do not know, I believe her name is Parker; but 1 have no time to look ofltr tchool molten ! "

NO PLEASING EVERYBODY.

Some persons live under the delusion that it is possible to please everybody. Accordingly they never venture to express an opinion of their own, till they learn what those of their new acquaintance may be. When they discern this, they praise those whom they dislike; censure the friends who have stood by them for years; go into raptures over things which they secretly detest; and abuse without slim, habits, ideas and matters of taste which they have been accustomed to worship. Like the' chamelion, they take their hue from their company, and change appear- ances as often as they change acquaintances.

Such persons sacrifice self respect, tbe convictions of conscience, anything and everything to the temporary purpose of the hour. To be popular for a moment, even with people whom they really cannot esteem, they are willing to play the harle- quin, or the fool, if not worse. And what do they gain by it? Merely the gratification of a miserable vanity, which is as un- womanly in one sex as it is unmanly in the other; which might be pardoned in children, but can never even be palliated in adults; and which, feeding itself, spreads canccAike till the whole moral system is infected, and the victims become a torment to themselves, and the laughing- stock of all who know them.

Far be it from us to assert that people ought to be' churlish. On the contrary, politeness is not only due to every one we meet, but it is of vast advantage in push- ing one's fortune in life. A gracious smile thaws the most bearish, while a curt reply offends even the most charitable. The famous Duke of Marlborough notori- ously owed his greatness quite as much to his amenity of manner, as to his skill in diplomacy, his wisdom in parliament, or his generalship at the head of his armies. Hut tin, ,l«r«rn»i,>«ai/Mi to b*> nrfstllle mnet not be confounded with the desire to please everybody. True politeness is not mean subservience. The one is the conventional way of expressing good feeling, the other is the base practice of simulating false opinions. The one gives to others what our common humanity dictates as their due, the other takes from ourselves what we cannot part with without disgrace. The one is decorous for tbe most independ- ent soul, the other involves a degr. dation unworthy of any but a slave. To be affa- ble to all is as healthy to one's own nature as it is agreeable to those whom we meet. But to attempt to please everybody only offends all at last, as well as infinitely be- littles ourselves. Tbe one elevates, tbe other lowers. The one makes friends, tbe other alienates them.

We have said the attempt to please everybody ends in offending all. Few .things irritate people more than to find that they have been duped. It is impossi- ble for one of your social chameleons, no matter how adroitly they endeavor to con- ceal their hypocrisy, to carry on the game of deception without being discovered at last. Acquaintances will begin to compare notes; will find that each has been abused in turn; and will unite to visit with thejr vengeance the poor fool who lias thought to cajole them. It is far better, even as a matter of policy, to be frank and firm rather than subservient and sneaking. True politeness is not necessarily incompatible with opposition to a friend or acquaintance. It is said of that renowned duke, to whom we have already referred, that he could refuse a man more graciously than others even granted requests. His example proves that affabili- ty of mannc can be successfully united with independence of thought and behavior.

Philadelphia Ledger.

HAVE CHARrKT FOE THE POOI Rich rnenatad rich ladies, whom God hat inercifulbjrolqssed with the good things of this world, have mercy on the poor, for they are your fellow beings. They toil and •tflttgle in the tough battle of life. They toilIbhgand struggle hard to gain a scanty supplyTaf food for themselves and their little ones. They are rough-looking but kind-hearted one toward another. They have symflkhatic hearts like our own, with this difference, that we, so far placed above and beyond tbem by the voice of Fashion, do not so readily give from our abundance as they do to their comrades from me dry crusts which they have begged at our gates. Have charity, then—have compassion upon tbe poor who are about you t Who knows how soon the wheel of fortune may turn round and crush us in its ceaseless motion ? As high as we stand today, we may be brought low and suffering tomorrow; therefore TO- DAY, have charity for the poor!—Fireside Journal.

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EXCUSKD.—A young man at a social party was urged to sing a song, lie replied that be would first tell a story, and then if they persisted in their demands, he would execute a song.

When a boy, said he, I took lea- sons in singing, and on Sunday morning I went into my father's attic lo practise

• by myself. When in full play, I was suddenly sent for by my father.

jiThis is pretty conduct," said my father, "pretty employment for the son of pious parents, to be sawing boards on Sunday morning, loud enough to be heard by tbe neighbors! Sit down and take your book." •

The young man was excused from singing the proposed song.

ENJOYMENT OF LIFE.—Two wealthy gentlemen were lately conversing in regard to the period when they had best enjoyed themselves: —

I will tell you," said One, "when I most enjoyed life: Soon after I was twenty-one, I worked for Mr. , laying stone wall at 20 cents per day! "

"Well," replied the other, "that does not differ much from my experience. When 1 was twenty, I hired myself out at $7,00 per month. I have never enjoyed myself better since ! "

The experience of these two individuals teaches,—first, that one's happiness does not depend on the ^ amount of his gains, or the station be occupies; second, that very small beginnings, with -fWustry and prudence, may secure wealth.

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steal them heggs at all," said a thief, who had been caught in the act of stealing eggs.

" Did n't steal 'em ? " ejaculated the thief- taker.

« No, I did n't steal 'em." " Why I saw you with my own eyes, and

I can bring a half dozen witnesses who will swear they saw yousfiteat 'em."

" Well, I can bring two dozen witnesses that did n't tee me steal 'em." i i i —

A FUNNY story is told of a man who stole a five dollar bill out in Indiana. His counsel tried to prove that tbe note was not worth five dollars, it being at a discount, in order to lessen the crime. The prosecutor said that he knew the prisoner was the meanest man in the State, but he did not think be was so all-fired mean as not to t| willing to steal Indiana money at par. ' .

INDOLENCE and indecision of mind,— "at the recent sitting at the Court at San there is a man in Ohio who only kills half though not in themselves vices, frequently Antonio, thirteen gentlemen were consigned a pig at a time. ' prepare the way to mueh exquisite misery, places in the penitentiary."

"INFIRMITIES OF GOOD MEN.*~If we saw not map's infirmities in God's elect, we" which »r» •» w«ak emd fall so oft, should utterly despair, and think that God had clean forsaken us. It Is therefore, a sure and undoubted conclusion, whether we be holy or unholy, we are all sinners. But the difference is, God's sinners eon- . sent not to their sin. Tbey consent unto the law that is both holy and. righteous, and mourn • to have their sin taken away. But the devil's shiners consent to their sin, and would have the law and hell taken ' away, and are enemies unto the righteous- ness of God.—Tyndale. .—s , 4

TBE Boston Courier gives a specimen of the style of announcing marriages, from the Boston Evening Post, in 1764 >—

" Last Monday evening was married here, Mr. Samuel Allyne Otis, Merchant, sou of the Hon. James Otis, Esq., of Barn - stable, to Miss Elizabeth Gray, only daughter of tbe Hon. Harrison Gray, Esq., Treasurer of the province; a you tig Lady of great Merit, possessed of valuable Ac- complishments conducive to the Happiness of the Maniage State."

HINTS TO YOUNG MEW.I. Always bare a book within your reach, which you may catch up at odd minutes. Resolve to edge in a little reading every dav, if it be but a single septence. If you can give fifteen minutes a day, it will be felt at the end of tbe year. A man ia thinking even while at work; and why not be thinking of something* that is useful? Revolve in your mind what you have last been reading.

CALIFORNIA.—California is tbe living wonder of tbe world. Governor Bigler says, that during the past season, Califor- nia has produced the astonishing yield, in one instance, at least, of 82 1-2 buthtls of wheat to the acre.

A MAN'S first care -should be to avoid tbe reproaches of his own Heart—bis next to escape censure of the world. If the last interfere with the former, it ought to be entirely neglected—but otherwise it cannot be a greater satisfaction to an hon-

than to see those approbations

SAYS Mr. Pin, in a rage to hi* wife, Mrs. Needle, " I only wish you'd a head on your shoulders." Says Mrs. Needle in a passion, " Don't talk to me; if .you had only an eye about you, a* I bare 1"

THE rascal who forged a draft on the Newfoundland sand bank, tried to commit suicide after hif arrest by slicking himself

Somewhat, that est mind, „ which it gives itself, seconded by the ap- with the point or a joke plause of the public 1mna-

ONE of the Texas papers remarks that,

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ANDOVER ADVERTISER, SATURDAY, JANUARY -27, 1855.

AINDOVER ADVERTISER.

SATURDAY, JAN. 87, 1855.

DIVISION OF THE TOWN.

It will be recollected that a communication of "Another Inhabitant'' appeared in our last issue, which embraced five distinct queries respecting the dirision of the town. As the object of the writer, in proposing those intcrrog- atorias, ia unquestionably to elicit information on the important subject at this particular juncture, —and lest no one else should readily respond to his call,—we thought it might bo well to refer to it in the present number.

Two only of the projects mentioned have ns- Bnmed a tangible shape, or been acted upon; therefore it will not be necessary tojMsider the other three, which, if agitated at nl!%iust have been confined within narrow limits. For the purpose of presenting thewholo matter in a connected form, the official action of the town on the subject is hero introduced.

At the Annual Town Meeting, held. March 6, 1854, the following articles were inserted in the warrant, viz: —

18th. To see what action the town will tako with reference to the petition to the Legislature, signed by Horatio Dennett and others, praying ti at the Merriniac School District in this towu may be set off and annexed to the city of Law- rence.

19th. To see if the inhabitants will vote to divide the town according to the boundary line between the North nnd South Parishes, or thereabouts, and take all the steps necessary to secure such division, on petition of Jonas Holt and others.

After choosing Moderator and Town Clerk, all other business was passed over, and the 19th article taken up for consideration. The question was presented to the town as follows: —

Is it expedient to divide the town according to the boundary line between the North and South Parishes, or thereabouts '

The vote was taken by ballot, and resulted— yeas 408, nays 102. Tho 18th article was then acted, upon: —' ,

Voted, on motion of William Pierce, that the citizens of Andovcr in Town Meeting now assembled, remonstrate and object to the setting off and annexation to the city of Lawrence, of that part of tha town embraced in the Merriniac School District, so called, according to the petition to the Legislature of Horatio Dennett and others.

Voted, on motion of William Pierce, that — —— be a Committee, whose duty it shall be to carry out the sentiments of the town upon this subject as now expressed; and that said Committee be empowered to adopt such measures as they shall deem expedient to effect the object.

Voted, on motion of John Harding, that —— —— be a Committee to appear before the Committee of the Legislature having under consideration the subject of dividing the town of Andover, and in behalf of the town, to urge the necessity for such division agreeably to the petition of Amos Abbott and others; and also to use their endeavors to procure a section in an Act for such division, providing for a Board of Commissioners, who shall have power to make a just and equitable division of all the property of the town of Andover, both real and personal, not otherwise provided for, nnd to adjust all dif- ferences arising from the division of said town; making a decision of said Bqard final and binding on all parties interested. And the said Com- mittee is hereby further empowered to do any and all matters and things necessary on the part of the town, to bring the matter to a speedy and favorable issue.

It was then voted to choose a Committee of seven, to carry out the wishes of the town as thus expressed, and the following gentlemen were constituted the Committee, viz: Samuel C. Jack- son, William Chickermg, Marcus Morton, Jr., Solomon Holt, John Aiken, Benjamin F. Jen- kins, and Daniel Carleton.

At a Town Meeting held April 3, 1854, this Committee made a report, which was published at the time; stating, in substance, that .the lateness in the session of the Legislature prevented the accomplishment of their duty, and the whole subject was postponed to a subsequent time. It is understood that the Committee continue to possess all the power delegated to them by the town, and that their duties arc not at an end until the work is completed for which they wore chosen.

As the two petitions have been taken from the filet by the present Legislative Committee on Towns, it is reasonable to infer that the Com- mittee of the town are progressing in the discharge of their commission. An order of notice will be found in our advertising columns, and an opportunity will be presented for our citizens to pass npon the question.

It is assumed by some, that tho previous deci- sive vote was obtained in consequence of the peculiarly excited state of feeling which pre- vailed at that time, and was not an' expression of the cool and deliberate sense of the town; and that many who favored division then, are opposed to it now. As a whole year has nearly elapsed since action was taken in the premises, then has been ample opportunity for considering the matter, in nil its;, bearings; so that it cannot be said that any course the town may now take is precipitate, or that the people have not had sufficient time for consideration.

Upon a question of such vital importance, it is not a little surprising that only 610 votes were

cost; nnd if it is again brought before tho town, as it undoubtedly will be, such apathy ought not to exist, i The whole matter should be looked at, and discussed in all its aspects, and such results arrived at as will be prodo.ctive.6f the greatest good of the greatest number. There are advantages in large towns; and the tendency at the present time is to consolidate, rather than* divide. No doubt conveniences are found, by multiply- ing small towns; but it is of great importance to consider well whether the evils resulting from such a course may not more than outweigh the benefits which may accrue.

One alms-house and farm is sufficient for the whole town. Would it not bo required for a part of it 1 And so with regard to the officers of the town. The effect of division would be to multiply them, which certainly would not dimin- ish, but enhance such expenses. The great distance some are obliged to travel to Town Meet- ing, is mentioned as an argument for division. It is not improbable that at a future period the population may increase so that the required pumber of 12,000 will entitle us to become a pity, and then vote in wards.

Notwithstanding all these considerations, if there is no common interest pervading the whole town, and local jealousy and sectional strife is predominant, and a compromise cannot be effected, why then tho " union must bo dis- solved." In this time of danger, the conserva- tive element must bo brought into requisition i and in a multitude of councillors there is wisdom.

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THE Sixth Lecture before tho Lyceum was delivered on Wednesday evening, by Prof. Stowe, on tho " British Aristocracy and the British Cabinet of 1854." Before introducing the speaker, it was intended to correct an erro- neous report of the declination of another gentleman to lecture; but a slight " deviation from copy" brought it in rather late,—and the exceedingly good humor into which the audience was thrown, would almost justify a recurrence.

On appearing before the large assembly, the learned Professor was greeted by loud and long- continued applause,—evincing the warm esteem in which he is held in our community, where his name and fame are so well known and appreciated.

It will be recollected that Prof. Stowe made a visit to Europe, a year or two since, and while there, bad a peculiarly favorable opportunity to become acquainted with the British nobility. The results of his observations during the tour, together with tho facts gathered, were Wrought into the lecture in a most felicitous manner. The same amount of information in such a con- denapil foray aswM not oo prapiin>n< frnm any ether source.

He referred to the common people, law of primogeniture, facilities for education ; then spoke of the House of Lords, consisting of 450 members, a majority of whom wore originally of the common people. Every young man can become a nobleman; and after becoming such, he continues so as long as he lives. A greater proportion of the common people reach this distinction, than become Governors or Presidents in our own country. Tho Duke of Wellington lived to be 80 years of age, and although originated in obscurity, attained a high distinction, and lived to a good old age, notwithstanding the responsibilities of his station.

The House of Commons consists of 600 members. There are 23 dukes, 135 marquises, 28 viscounts, and 216 barons. Reference was then made to the mode of conducting business in Par- liament ; and various incidents of peculiar interest were also related with regard to the members.

The intensely interesting lecture was closed with brief portraits of tho three most prominent men of Great Britain. The Earl of Aberdeen is a good, sensible man, very much resembling a New England deacon; was an ambassador re Vienna, and familiar witli Metternich; is a Pres- byterian, attends prayer meetings, and,engages in the exercises of social and religious meetings, —but yet is an aristocrat. Lord Palmcrston appears like a nobleman, has a particular aspect in his dress, is cool and collected, is an aristocrat and tory, a very powerful speaker, but the opponent of Lord Brougham. The latter is sarcas- tic, but Palmcrston is perfectly cool and smooth; but at the same time, ere you are aware of it, hit opponent will think there are forty hornets about him, and his whole body will be thrust with stings.

Palmertton has not a friend in the whole kingdom, nor a party to sustain him; and yet he is the most adroit and skilful man in the realm. He is now 70 years old, and is a Constitutional Monarchist. It was once proposed, at the preva

The lecture, from the introduction to the end, was exceedingly instructive and entertaining; and those who attend these exercises will bo am- ply repaid. : 1 m i


THE NEW CHURCH AT BALLARD VALE.

In the Advertiser of January 6th, a brief notice was given of the organization of a new church at Ballard Vale. The circumstances of the case deserve a more extended account of the proceedings.

An Ecclesiastical Council convened at the house of the Rev. H. S. Green, on Sabbath evening, December 31st, consisting of Rev. Mr. Brlggs and delegate from North Andover, Rev. Mr. Brown and delegate from the Free Church, Rev. Prof. Barrows and delegate from the Chapel Church, Theol. Seminary, Rev. 'Mr. Pierce and delegate from the West Parish, Rev. J. L. Taylor from the Theol. Seminary, and Deacons Amos Abbott and A. J. Gould, from the Old Sonth Church.

The Rev. Mr. Wnrron of the Methodist Church, and Rev. Mr. Beard, being present, it was voted that they sit with the Council. The Rev. Dr. Clark, Secretary of the Am. Home Mis- sionary Society, was chosen Moderator, and Rev. Mr. Pierce, Scribe.

After prayer by the Moderator, the Articles of Faith of the church about to be formed, were pretty fully discussed, and finally accepted by the Council. They then repaired to the ;' School Hall," the place of worship of the Ballard Vale Union Society, which was well filled with a waiting assembly; having been agreeably entertained until 8 o'clock with excellent music from a full choir.

Eleven persons, with letters of dismission and recommendations from sister churches, were then organized into a church, which organization was called the "Ballard Vale Union Church." A fervent prayer was then offered by the Rev. J. L. Taylor. The fellowship of the Churches was given by Rev. Mr. Briggs. This address of Mr. Briggs was of rare excellence; some portions of it were of surpassing beauty. It was rich in thought, sublime in sentiment, and admirably adapted to the place and the circumstances.

The Rev. Dr. Clark Made some excellent remarks, well suited to the occasion.

The next Sabbath (Jan. 7th), 29 persons wcro added to this infant church,—16 by profession and 13 by letter; making the whole number 40. Of this number, 10 are male and 30 are female members. They then assembled around tho table of their common Saviour, to commemorate his dying love. It was .truly a solemn and inter- rClill^DtttlC. ' if

The church and society are enjoying the stated ministrations of the Rev. Henry S. Green, who has been faithfully laboring with this people for the last five years. May the Great Head of the Church.sustain and nourish this branch of His Zion. May Divine grace descend in copious showers, and greatly refresh it. May all its members so walk, that others may take knowledge of them, thnt they have learned of Christ. •May they be united to the Saviour, as the branch is united to the vine. Thus may this church increase in holiness, in strength, nnd in beauty, and be a shining light in this " vale."

Before closing, it is proper to say that M. J. P. Bradlee, Esq., Agent of the Ballard Vale Company, has presented the church with a beautiful communion service, for which the generous donor has the thanks of all the members.

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quence of it. The noble Lord remarked that that filth should first he removed from the streets, as prayer would hardly have a fair chance until that was done.

Lord John Russell has the smallest body for a man, the lecturer ever taw; but his head and limbs are proportionably larger. He is an illustration of a shrewd Yankee, of great courage and determination. He is a Reformer, bnt not a Republican. He goes for the elevation of the common people, but is • Monarchist. ■&-'">

ers with, the love of liberty, and a desire to imi- tate the example of the liberty-loving patriots.

Happy is that country in which no such jeal- ousies are entertained; whose citizens prize liberty so highly, as to prevent its abuse, and en- conrage the human race to prefer death to slavery.

A few of the useful arts may vegetate in any situation ; yet they will flourish best in a land where freedom is enjoyed.

In tho absence of more laudable employment, tyrants introduce luxury into their courts, and try to cover with displays of magnificence the fetters in which their subjects are held. All the decorative arts Which have a tendency to ener- vatc the minds of the people, are cultivated and patronized. In the meantime, insipidity infests every part of erudition; and the gloom whi h hangs over the court, extends itself to the schools of learning. .There the instruction to be derived from the study of history is rendered futile, by tho partial statement of facts, and the want of freedom and justice in the observations which accompany them.

There eloquence, having no animating objects on which to exert its force, and studious only of flattery, degenerates into noisy declamation; and moral philosophy, instead of remaining unbounded, is crowded into the narrowest limits, and prevented from employing itself in interesting inquiries.

Even the tamest pursuits of literature, which have not the least connection with the study and expression of political maxims or opinions, suffer greatly from the influence of tyranny.

The fine orators, poets, and historians of the Augustan age, are often adduced to counter- balance these alleged injurious effects. But no one conversant with that period of history, will allow the examples of these men to be coqtriv dictory to what has been here asserted. Virgil, Horace, Cicero, Ovid. Sullust. and Livy, whose writings arc the flowers of Romnn learning, were children of tho Republic. Many of their works were completed before any man had dared to take to himself tho title of* Emperor. They wore matured in the bosom of liberty, and knew not till in mature age what it was ta breathe the dense nir of an absolute monarchy. Indeed, some of them were incited to exert their talents by the encouragement which Julius and Augus- tus Cresar, with Mccccnas and other persons of influence about them, afforded to literature and learned men. "

Like the nightingale whon in confinement, they have given us a specimen of what they were able to perform ; but it |s a subject of regret, that they had it not in their power to display all that beautiful force and variety which they would have more freely done in their native forests.

RICHARD HINCHCI-IFFE. Andover, Jan. 23. 1855.

|For the Advertiser.]

OPPRESSION AND LITERATURE.

A diligent cultivation of the arts and sciences, or what it synonymous,—an attachment to fine letters, conduces to the advancement of the human race. The effects produced by it are an expansion of the reasoning powers, and an en- largement of the understanding. . ,

Extensive views and more correct ideas of everything that is an object of the senses or of tho intellect, are natural consequences of this increase in varied knowledge. When individuals are thus generally enlightened, the national character partakes of the improvement. If intercourse wi;h other natibns be frequent, the sources of information from contrast, or imitative example, will be multiplied, and the opportunities of improvement in mental culture will be increased Excellence in others will be readily appreciated and adopted.

Those are some of the self-evident maxims/ urged by philosophers, when reasoning on personal proficiepcy and general civilization. Wherever the baneful gf nius of despotism shows itself, it causes the works of learning to disap- pear. The will of n tyrant being the only rule of action, the works of all scientific and literary characters come under his absolute direction,. control, and disposal. Watchful of his assumed

lence of an epidemic, to appoint a fast in conse- prerogatives, whatever bears any allusion to them is stifled in its rise. The scientific mind it not indulged In its native bent, nor in the unfet- tered exercise of its powers. Only to particular departments of the useful and literary arts can encouragement be given..' "*

The painter who should attempt to portray the exploits of the patriotic Tell, or tho statuary wishful of carving in long-enduring marble the death of the tyrannical Caesar by the hand of Brutus, would soon receive the command of their despot to refrain from the completion of their designs. If they fulfilled their intentions, they would be debarred from exhibiting their productions, lest they should inspire the behold-

SAIIIIATII AFTERNOON AT BALLARD VALE. Both of the religious bodies of Ballard Valo mot at the Chapel of the Methodist Episcopal Soci- ety, last Sabbath afternoon, to engage in services commemorative of Misses Hannah Inghnm and Margaret Murdock, who had died during the previous week.

After prayer by Rev. Mr. Green, Rev. Mr. Warren discoursed from the words in Jer. 9: 21, " Death hath come up into our windows;" and Matt. 24; 44. " Bo ye also ready " The speaker had the entire sympathy of his large audience; and the moistened eye and expressed emotion on every side, indicated alike the effect of his touching utterances, and the regard in which the deceased was held in the community. The singing was appropriate and well sustained.

These young roersons were worthy of this memorial. Miss Murdock was born in Carlisle, England, nnd had not long resided here; but, was already highly esteemed for her modesty and gentleness. Consumption early marked her for its own; and sho failed rapidly, after the disease became seated. But tho closing days of life were marked by resignation nnd happiness. Her last distinguishable words were, " llnllelu jah I Glory to my Saviour 1" And thus exclaiming, she

" Passed through Glory's morning gates, And walks in Paradise."

Miss Ingham was born at Bradford, England, but came to this country when quite young, and from very childhood was always loved. She grew up a beautiful girl, and still retained her guilelessness and discretion. None know her hut to praise and esteem her; but inexorable Death, who " loves a shining mark," claimed his chosen victim, and on her 18th birth-day she passed away ; a bright and beautiful flower. " but the wind passed over it, and it is gene." She too was sustained in her last hours by the consolations and hopes of the Gospel. She was much in prayer and praise. Almost her lost attempt at speech was on effort to sing,—

There is a happy land, far, far away. Where saints in glory stand, bright,bright as day.

With her this is now a blessed reality, and her voico joins clear and sweet in the songs of heaven. P.

AT a meeting of the citizens of tho North Parish opposed to a division of this town, held in the Parish Hall, on Monday last, Bailey Loring was chosen Chairman, and James Ste- vens, Esq., Secretary. Remarks were made by the Chairman, Secretary, Hon Geo. Hodges, 8*. K. Johnson, Josinh Crosby, William Johnson, Jr., Esq., and Isaac Wilson.

The following persons were chosen to appear before the Legislative Committee and to oppose the division of the town, viz : Hon. George Hodges, Goo. L." Davis, Otis Bailey, Bailey Loring, and W. Johnson, Jr., Esq. A Com- mittee was also chosen to circulate, a subscription paper, to meet such necessary expense! as may be incurred in the prosecution of the objects of the meeting. . ■»

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DETENTioN.-»The np train, on Monday last, leaving Boston at 12, M., together with several others, were detained about a mile north of Bal- lard Vale, until about 4 o'clock, P. M. The almost unprecedented rain, and the inadequacy of a culvert, occasioned an overflow, and consequent undermining of the track. Although one oar was thrown off, no one was injured.

NEW TORK CORRESPONDENCE. New York, January 22,1855.

MESSM. EDITORS :— Andover was scarcely more quiet, yesterday, than was New York under the administration of our new Mavor. You cau have no idea what a difference it makts < t to have all the rum-shops closed. They were— nearly all of them—shut up, yesterday, and a little card tacked on tho door, with ' Closed by order of tho Mayor," tacked upon them. Mavor Wood seems to have taken the matter in hand to make this a model city; and if he remains Arm in the course he has thus far pursued, he is on the straight road to accomplish it.

What, with clean streets, nnbarricaded side- walks, and watchful policemen, is there not yet a chance that we may redeem our name for noise, dirt, nnd disorder? This one thing- Sunday tippling—has been perhaps one of the most fruitful causes of disorder in our streets ■ and if this is stopped,—and I see no reason why it can't and won't be,—the greatest evils with which we are infested will be nipped in the bod.

Nor alone in Now York. The Mayor of the city of Brooklyn, a world-renowned Temperance man, has also taken the cue from our worthy magistrate, and in person inspects all the ruiy holes on the Sabbath, and personally takes cog- nizance of the violations of the Sunday Liqnor Law.

There has as yet been no disturbance caused by these active measures to snppress drinking on the Sabbath. Whether this argues anything for the closing of the grog-shops on week days or not, your readers can determine. What with rainy, cloudy, misty weather, and with the olmost total suppression of liquor-selling, yesterday was a quiet, nlmost dull day for New York.

The great question which is promulgated now in tho city, is the same which is agitating the political circles of Boston and vicinity, viz: Who is to he Senator 1 In the New York Leg- islature, Gov. Sc.ward has decidedly tho best chance, although his enemies are working strongly to defeat him

So farns I understand it, Gen. Wilson is in a fair way to succeed in "his political bargain with yonr Know Nothing legislators. . You know it was the story "in the papers," that at the eleventh hour he resigned his Gubernatorial aspirations, in order to gain the votes of the Know Nothings for Senator. If that report was true,—and it seems to have all tamed out exactly so,—the renowned political as well as military General seems very likely to conquer.

Bui that has nothing to do with New York — so I must return. These political intrigues puz- zle much wiser heads, and more philosophical brains, than are possessed by your huuibroNee vant, Jivgh-MiUer-tas.

New York Know Nothings are very much tickled with the resignation of Pierre Sonic, as Minister to the Court of Spain. It is, indeed, I think, a good move. We ought not to be represented at foreign courts by any but American ministers; besides, Mr. Soule has kicked up quite fuss enough with foreign sovereigns, and it is quite time he should return to rest for a while in peace and retirement, in the bosom of his Louisiana home.

Mr. Brekenbridge, wno has been appointed to succeed Mr. Sonic, is a young and promising Kentucky lawyer, haling from the district of Henry Clay, whose very name should inspire him with ail that is noble, eloquent, and wise. Mr. B. distinguished himself in the last Con- gress, by his sham duel with Mr. Cutting of New York, and by his unwavering support of tht Nebraska Bill. For the latter service, I suppose he has received this lucrative office frnm an ap- proving administration. Truly, not always are republics ungrateful I

Tho lawyers of this city held a meeting litre last week, to pass resolutions of respect and sympathy toward three of their brethren, who were lost in the Arctic. They have delayed, till they could delay no longer, in hopes that tiding) might arrive of their safety,—it being known that two of them were in the boats that put off from tho steamer just before sho sunk. But now thnt all hope is over, they gathered together to bewail their loss. A more solemn and affecting meeting seldom is witnessed. Several speeches, eulo- gizing tho deceased, wero delivered by the most distinguished members of tho bar, and the resolutions unanimously passed were full of con- dolence and sympathy.

Tho times arc growing easier, and money is more plenty. Once more the Empire City is beginning to be " herself again," and unless some important failure should occur hereafter, the money market will continue to grow more bony- ant, at the times advance.

You havo of course heard of the failure of Page, Bacon & Co., the great bankers. The failure excites much sympathy here, as it is supposed to havo been occasioned by some foul play on the part of a firm of rival bankers. Their friends will make every effort for them, and it is possible that they will yet arise from this sudden calamity. Page, Bacon & Co. have houses all over the United States, and wero doing a tremendous business, though chiefly in the Western States.

There seems to be an effort on the part of tome men here to break down Western institutions and Western credit, to that they may ro-

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Win (hat great country under their own thumb. What a wise old gentleman Virgil was. when he asked the question,, years ago, " What will not money make a man do 1"

Yours truly, HUMILITAS. I —, i

o ONE of our citizens visited Lawrence, a few days since, and called on our old friend, Isaac Carlcton. In the course of conversation, Mr. C. remarked in his naturally jocose manner, " Did you know I had got into office, under our new City Government?"

" No," was the reply; " what is it ! " * Why, I am City Hat-dresser!" It is not known what the emoluments of the

position arc, but we hope, for the sake of the recipient, that' the office is not much inferior, to that of mayor, either in honor or profit.

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THE Church and Society in Newark, N. J., over which Rev. Charles Beecher was formerly settled, has extended a call to Rev. W. B. Brown, of this town. It would Iw a source of universal regret, to lose from our midst one so much re- spected and beloved.

fiy SEVERAL communications have been received, which for want of room are necessarily " laid over." '

SOCIETY OF INQUIRY.—There will be a Pub- lic Meeting of this Society on Monday Evening, Jan 29th, at 7 o'clock. An Oration will be delivered by Mr. Smith of the Senior Class; and there will lie a Debate on the question.—" Ought Missionary Colonies to bo Established?" Dis- putants, Messrs. Hill and Saftord.

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LYCEUM LECTURES.

The Seventh Lecture of the Courso will be delivered by RET. D. C EDDY, of Lowell, on Wednesday evening 'next, at 7 .1-2 o'clock. Subject, " The Practical Man." Tickots furnished and to be shown at the door.

George Foster, Eastman Snnliorn, Varnum Lincoln, W. II. Foster. H. N. Barnuin, Commit- tee of arrangements. .

Selling Off I fUmtoall & iJrottirr

NO reasonable offer will be refused, so

WILLIAM JxEMON,

MAB-XtlAtMBS.

In Boston, by Rev. Mr Harriniton, nf I.awr*nce, Mr Henry D Wllmauh to Mntilda E , lUug.it.M of Hiephen Reynold*, !>q., of BoxfOrd ; rv resident of Honolulu, Oa.hu, Hawaiian Islands.

DEATECS.

In this town. 23d inst, of consumption, Mary 11. dang liter of Do* Jacob [Uscotnb, .33. 96th mat, of typhoid fever, Mnry, daughter of Henry H- Smith, 16

In Lawrence, 91st inst,, of fever, Simeon Stevens, 83. ■■■■.*aaR«MB»*iaR*RR*»«*as*ssEResR»R*RRSSR«Rsassss*»*»a»*saw

ITALIAN BLACK SILKS. VjBW more piece* of those real Italian

"Tl Black Silks opening, Full Boiled, and warranted superior to any other silk to be found. A very rich and lustrous black, and will not break or tumble in wearing.

A. W. STEARNS & CO.

Onalunere Sliawl». Just received, new and beautiful patterns of

Cashmere Long and Square Shawls, which we are offering at reduced prices.

A. W. STEARNS & CO.

Auotion Barcalnai. A few cases of Rich Plaid and Striped Silks

will be offered at decidedly low prices, for a short time. A. W. STEARNS & CO.

ASS SELLING

Dry G-oods AT LOWER PRICES THAN EVER BEFORE 1

The reason, hard times and scarcity of money.

We have marked down onr Goods, so that a Little Money will buy a Good Many Goods.

$3.00 will buy a beautiful All-Wool IMaid Dress. $2,75 " " Raw Silk " •' $6,00 " " Plaid or Stripe Silk.

Who will not buy a dress at these prices 1

All of our Immense Stock will be sold at the same ration,—Very, Veru Low!

S. large assortment of Dress Trimmings, But- tons, Embroideries, and Fancy Goods.

Ladies of Andover and vicinity, if you want a piece of Dry Goods, call at Kimhall & Brother's, No. 10 Appleton Block, Essex St., Lawrence.

|jy All we ask, is for you to call and exam- ing our Goods for yourselves.

K1MBALL $ BROTHER,

10 Appleton Block, Essex St.,

Jan. 13. Lawrence, Mats.

SOCIAL FESTIVAL i

rPHE Ladies connected with the Universalist 1 Society will hold their Annual Social Festi-

val on THURSDAY EVENING, FEB. 1ST, at the

BANK HALL,

Besides the usual Festive and Social Enter- tainments, such as Music, Singing, Speaking, &c, which accompany such occasions, there wili be the Antiquarian Room, where the " Old Folks" will lie happy to show those who give them a call, how our "fathers and mothers lived and toiled, an hundred years ago.

Admittance, 25 cents ; Children under 12, half-price.

Oy Refreshments Included. «£TJ

Tickets to lie had at Brown's and at Sands's; also at the door. .

ay If it should be stormy on the evening named, the Festival will bo postponed to the lirst fair evening. Jan. 27—It

'pO the Honorable Senate and House of Repre- 1 sentatims of the Commonicealth of Massachu-

setts, m General Court assembled: —

Your petitioners, legal voters in the town of Andover, respectfully represent, that the convenience of the inhabitants of said town requires I a division of the same, by a line now dividing the North and South Parishes, or thereabouts ; the North Parish to be set off as a town, to be called North Andocer. and the South and West Parishes as a town, to bo called Andover. Some of the reasons for thus naming them, are the following: The institutions and corporations are so entitled, that a different division and naming would create confusion. In the South Parish are the Post office, Savings Bank, Insurance Office, Theological Seminary, Bank. Academy, Female Seminary, and Railroad Station, all known and designated as now belonging to Andover; while those in the North Parish are such as to correspond with the name of North Andover. The West Parish has no institutions or corporations that would be affected by such division; and your petitioners pray that an Act may be passed by your honorable body, dividing the town of Andover as aforesaid.

AMOS ABBOTT, and others.

ANDOVER, MASS.,

IS prepared to execute Binding in various styles, at satisfactory prices. Old Books,

Magazines, Periodicals, &c, rebound in the various styles of Fancy Binding.

07* W. L. will bind in uniform style for gentlemen's libraries. Jan. 13—tf.

Now is Tour Time. If yon want your DAGUERREOTYPE in some-

thing that, is pretty,

s A x* x*. TO close off his stock purchased for the Holt-

day trade, is selling all kinds of

FANCY CASES, GOLD LOCKETS, AND BREAST PINS,

At greatly reduced prices. Call while the assortment is good, and we will give vou a bargain. All pictures warranted to give satisfaction.

Cry Remember the Number. ^Tj

No. 8 City Block, Lawrence, Mass. Jan. 20.

Baking Establishment. MOODY O. RUSSELL,

HAVING taken the Machinery and Fixture! of the Putnam establishment, and estab-

lished himself in the commodious Bakery formerly occupied by Wm. Baldwin, informs his friends and the public generally, that he will supply them, wholesale or retail, with every variety ol BREAD, CAKE, CRACKERS, &C, at the most reasonable prices.

Qy Parties supplied at the shortest notice. Andover, Jan. IS, 1855. 3m.

NICHOLAS PATENT PARAGON SAFETY CAN.

PATENTED SEPT. 20, 1858.

This Safety Can is universally acknowledged to be the best ever devised to protect consumers of Burning Fluid, and Campheno against accidents resulting from the use of the same. This Can is trebly protective, it protects against the possibility of explosion, against spilling the fluid, and against loss by evaporation. No consumers of burning fluid should use any other Can.

In filling it, turn slowly through the tunnel. The cork or screw should not be removed from the vessel, only when it is replenished by the dealer.

Manufactured and for sale Wholesale and Re- tail by WM. U. HERD, solo owner of the Patent Right for Andover. Also constantly on hand and for sale, Dr. Nichol's Metalic Lined Glass Paragon Lamps for Fluid. w Andover, Oct. 14,1854. tf

♦150,000. DASHALL & COS NATIONAL

T7*»i>. We have a full s^ock of Tickings, Flannels,

Cottons. F rniturcs, and Linen Goods, of every description, adapted to the various wants of house-keepers, which we are prepared to show our customers, on the most favorable Terms.

A. W. STEARNS & CO.

To X*uroliaaerti OF SILVER WARE.

We have received a few more sets of Silver, aiailc from old Spanish Dollars, and warranted as good as coin.

Also, the latest style of Gold Jewelry, Rich Pins, Ear Ornaments, Finger Rings, Gold Thim- bles, Lockets, &c., which we warrant to be of superior qualify^ Our motto is, "The Best Goods at the Lowest Possible Prices : One Price Onlv." A W. STEARNS & CO.

XSTO-VCT- Oarpota. This week received, new styles of Carpelings,

which wo promise you we will sell so cheap, that you can all afford to have a new one.

A. W. STEARNS & CO.

Fine To gentlemen who wish to be shaved easy,

we would say, we have a few Razors that will do it, with a very little Boft soap.

A. W. STEARNS & CO.

Tlu'oitd TjaooB. Fine and beautiful patterns of Real Thread

Laces, just tho thing for Collars, may be found at . A. W. STEARNS & GO'S,

1 & 2 Stearns's Block, Essex St, Lawrence. Jan. 27. ' "

THE subscriber has Dry Walnut, Oak, and Pine Wood, which he will sell and deliver

to any person in town, in large or small quantities, for cash, J. PRESCOTT FOSTER.

North Andover, Jan. 20, 1855.

e part of n instim- y may re-

JOSEPH F. CLARK, Attorney «vt lastncr,

80 COURT STREET, BOSTON. „ Nor. 4—tf.

COMMONWEALTH or MASSACHUSETTS.

In Senate, January 17, 1855. On the Petition aforesaid,—

Ordered, That the Petitioners cause an attested copy of their Petition, with this Order thereon, to be served on the Clerk of the town of Ando- ver, and published twice in the Andover Adver- tiser, said service and first publication to be fourteen days ut least before the nineteenth day of Fehruary; that all persons interested may then appear, and show cause, if any they have, why the Prayer of said Petition should not be granted.

Sent down for concurrence. P. L. Cox, Clerk.

In the House of Representatives, Jan. 18.1855. Concurred. II. A. MARSH, Clerk.

A true copy,—Attest, *■ P. L. Cox, Clerk of the Senate.

Jan. 27—2t. ,

rpO the Honorable Senate and House of Repre- 1 sentatwes of the Commonwealth of Massachu-

setts:— The undersigned, inhabitants and owners of

real estate in that part of the town of Andover comprised within the limits of the Merrimac School District, respectfully request that said territory may be set off from said town of Ando- ver, and annexed to the city of Lawrence.

HORATIO DENNETT, and others.

COHJtONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.

In Senate, January 17, 1855.' On the Petition aforesaid-

Ordered. That the Petitioners cause an Atested copy of their Petition, with this Order thereon, to be served on the Town Clerk of Andover and the City Clerk of Lawrence, and published twice in the Lawrence Courier, printed in Lawrence, and the Andover Advertiser, printed in Andover, said service and first publication in each of said papers to be fourteen days at least before the nineteenth day of February; that all persons interested may then appear, and show cause, if any they have, why the Prayer of said Petition should not be granted. -

Sent down for concurrence. P. L. Cox, Clerk.

In the House of Representatives, Jan. 18,1855. Concurred. H. A. MARSH, Clerk.

A true cepv,—Attest, P. L. Cox, Clerk of tho Senate.

A true copy,—Attest, M. BRIDGES, Deputy Sheriff.

Jan. 27—2t,


MACYS ORIGINALHAVERHILL CHEAP STORE,

UAVERHILL, MASS. Owing to the lateness of the season, the

present stringency of the money market, and the desire

to close oat my

STOCK OF GOODS, which is About

$18,000, I have fully determined to reduce it to one

quarter of that amount, and shall commence



LARGEST AND BEST


DISTRIBUTION of Gifts to come off, with- our fail. March 10,1855,—or sooner; if the

ticket* an all sold. Dashall & Co. beg to assure their friends, that

under ae circvuutanca, will the distribution be postponed beyond the above-mentioned date: and they hope, by energy and the co-operation of their patrons, to bring the enterprise to a conclusion at an earlier period, in which case, due notice will be given.

OFFICE, 486 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. 150,000 Presents to be given to the purchasers

of the large and elegant engraving of the "In- auguration of George Washington, President of the United States," from the celebrated painting of David Paul Laurens. Price of engraving, 81,00; which include* a gift ticket, entitling the holder to a chance in the following list of magnificent Gifts.

The value of the present*, a* appraised by a Committee chosen for the purpose, is 8146,000, as follows: — A splendid Farm on tho Hudson River, com-

pletely stocked, houses, etc., - - 820,000 Stone front Dwelling-house and Lot on

Fifth Avenue, New York, A magnificent gold Tea Service, prop-

erty of the late G. Van Denton, - Silver Wine Service, .... The Race Horse " White Raven," - Coach, Harness, and Horses,, (a mag-

nificent establishment), 30 shares Central Railroad stock, 200 fine Watches, 8100 each, • 10,000 Gold Seals and Charms, • 10,000 Gold Pens and Silver Holders, 100 boxes best Cigars, 100 Gold Guard Chains, A splendid Buggy, -

" Phaston, A Horse, Harness, and Buggy, (splen-

did affair), - ' - - An elegant Dog, St. Bernard, Splendid fast sailing Yacht, " Spirit of

the Wave," - - • . - The fast and trim Pleasure-yacht,

"Evening Bird," .... A Loan for 15 years,

13,000

4,000 1,000 8,000

3.500 3,000

20,000 10,000

5,000 500

- 1,500 180

1,000

Great Salel — OF —

DRY GOODS. FROM DEC. 12th, TO ! JANUABY lit

THE immenee stock of Drv Good* at No. 4, Gt* Block; Essex Stress, Will be sold at a

great discount until Jan. 1st, as a change in business is contemplated.

The Sale will be very advantageous to purchasers, as many articles will be marked at east, and less than cost, in order to close off the entire Winter Stock by the above date. Don't foil to

call and examine. At the Old Stand of KEYES & BENTHALL",

No. 4 City Blotk, Essex SU Dee. 16. Lawrence.

BANK STOCK. PERSONS wishing to purchase Shan* in the

Andover Bank will be supplied on application to F. COGSWELL, CbsAMr.

Dec. 16.—tf


JTir DASNARD respectfelly notifie* . ft • 1) hit customers and patront, that

he has removed to the Store formerly occupied by Jonathan Swift, No. 8. Main Street, and that hi* facilities and conveniences for transacting bnsiness are greatly increased. He will keep constantly on hand a New and ftuhionablo as-


BOOTS & SHOES, or will manufacture them to order promptly, and in the best style. Abo a good supply of RUB- BER BOOT8 and 8HOE8 for Ladies or Ge# tlemen. together with TRUNK*. VALISES, BLACKING, BRUSHES, *c *e t

Dec. 16.

500 100

4,000

1,000 8,000

W3' FRENCH, ENGLISH,

AND

DRY GOODS in this town; and as I have often asserted that

I buy my goods full 10 per cent, less than any other dealerjn town, and as this

is to be t^tl bonajide

CLOSING OUT CbST SALE, I think my customers will be folly satisfied that

my assertions are correct, This sale will commence

siaas Ba®sss)4i^r ssiBiRs&iisy®,. December 18th,

AND CONTINUE THROUGH

December, 1854, until the 1st of February, 1,855.

During this whole sale only ONE PRICE will be named on any article, and that shall be the ACTUAL COST FROM THE INVOICE BOOK, as every article in tho More is numbered and invoiced. Every one in this community is well aware that my stock consists of a very large assortment of Thibets. Lyonese, Woollen Plaids, Silk Plaids, Cloak Goods, Cashmere Long and Square Shawls, Bay State Shawls, all kinds of Linen Goods, any quantity of Cottons, Prints, Flannels and Domestics, a large stock of fancy dress and black Silks. Hosiery, Gloves, Embroid- eries, Ribbons, and Fancy Goods of every description, white Goods, &c.

Most of my Stock was bought in JOB LOTS, at very low prices, and my customers may anticipate Dry Goods during the sale at much lower prices than they ever saw them.

B. H. MACY. Haverhill, December 23. 3t

» « ..... 1,000 (All without interest.)

1 Rosewood Piano, .... 800 3 Mahogany Pianos, .... 1,500 A Farm in Ohio, - ■ - - - 4,000

" Kentucky, - 3,000 " Pennsylvania, • • • 6,000 " Massachusetts, • • - 10,000

25,000 vols. Poems, - ' - • 11,000 Statue of " Cigar Girl," by Reeves, - 1,000

Also, over 100,000 Paintings, Statues, Medals, Charts, Albums, .Valuable Books, and Portfolios of Engravings; making in,all 150,000 Gifts, which will be distributed by a Committee appointed by the Shareholders, and forwarded, free of charge, by the Public's obedient servants

DASHALL & CO., 486 Broadway, New York.

Orders for Engravings and Tickets in this great Enterprise are dairy arriving from all parts of the United State* and Canada, which warrant ns in promising a very early day for the distribution. Applications should be made immediately, a* only a certain number of tickets can be sold. Letters, with the money enclosed, to be prepaid, and the Engraving and Ticket will be forwarded free.

DASHALL A CO., Dec 8—tf. 486 Broadway, New York.

"TONEWSPAPE rTPUBLISHERS]" FIR SALE, at this office, a font of Brevier

type of about 500 lbs. used for stereotyping. For an impression of the face of the type, the purchaser is referred to Littell's Living Age.— This type will answer a very good purpose for a newspaper, and will he sold on very reasonable terms by applying immediately at this office, or to Phelps & D'alton, 52 Washington street, Bos- ton.

Dec. 30. __/ .

Great Annual Sale.) UPWARDS OF

$150,000 WORTH OF V inter Clothing,

1 T the following low price*:

ftl 1-2 TO 2 0o°* r""u' °* "artou* rabrtes.

d>o -I O CsHim.ro, Dnokln, and BraMkloth Ptnu, w** *--•■ at this low ptlc, for a f.w days, to n*ae*

stock.

ao o A Custom Had. DoMkla Pants, Canvas Bat- *B4 o-t. Utm,i ,nj mlaa „f „ goat murieii as tk.

. Paau for which yon utuallr pay 84. OHM- IS* >al. of Wl.ui Ctaiaiai.

40 m r. Faaej Can., Doukla, sad Cloth Psala, at SJ3 TO O. T<fT a~ir.nl. BUtem., Ma* M laMt 8b

. p*ro>nt. Ins than lb. urne an uaaally *oM.

18. A nice Affair for a Geittltiman. 0«r cuttom mada, usually sold for vnth mote.

COAL AND TEAMING. THE Subscriber lias made such arrange-

ments a* will enable him to supply the people of Andover and vicinity with all kinds of coal. Order* promptly executed at the lowest cash price. Having purchased a team he is prepared to track goods and perform teaming work at all time*, on reasonable terms.

Sept. 2. tf THOMAS E. MAYBERRY.

*lfl Tnl9 A an. Custom afad. OvMtoaterlaek. 9.HI TOlA mid. from llr.b, BtM, ud Rack Mb*

Cloth, Broadcloth, and Saw Cloths,** tbis low price. Will guaranty th.t th. Hat. garmeou ar. Mid at from $16 lo $90.

saQ ivilft Talnas. An entirely New Style of Ov.r JJSO mill. Onni, comblnln* i.ndllry with .as.

and comfort.

d.Q 1 O For >n oAce or BushMM Coat, •>eta*.oat 90 *■•&• Ik* stock.

OB ft Tn 1 9 DroM sad Frock Coals, from Superfine ©O TO J._. Bro.rte,oth .„d Domain,,ui, ap fa good etyle and la a faithful mana.r. All will b. sold at tins, low price., to clot, oat •lack.

*$1 T0l 1-2. Vyj^lat-oa^tetl-J.

dlQ <rn 4 1 9 For a nice Fancy (Ma Veet. Aleo 5W TOO 1-^. BI>ckorF.Dcyf)ilkdo.,B).d.apla

to. IstMt awl... O.atl.m.e's Drunnf Oowas, v.ry Insist prk...

GENTLEMEN'S

Furnishing Goods- .17} to 150 ct*. ASSORTED LOT OF SHIST* Am

DBAWKRS. 50 " 200 " Fin SHIBTS, LIMIT Boson* 4

COLLARS. is; " 50 " Fisti LIVBX BOSOMS.

3 " 17 " u " COIXAB*. ' tf ■« S3 " SOCKS. *5 " 150 " STOCK* AWD CRAVAT*. SS " 100 " SILK POCKBI HASDRERCWIIFS. 10" 50 " Sosrca-BCU. S7 " 200 " UMBRELLA*.

6 " 17 " TOOTH BRUSHES. 6 " 100 " HAIR BRUSHES.

15. TRAVELLIRO SHAWLS.


e. «J. JrHcJLell HAVING removed to the Store formerly occu-

pied by CARLTON t DERBY;ha* on hand and U constantly retrieving a very large and

well telected stock of Dry Goods and Groce- ries. Also a great vari-ty of

Tools, FM consisting of Ploughs, Har-

rows, Cultivators, Manure and Hay Forks, Hay and Gar- .

den Rakes, Spades, Shovels, Hoe*,

Scraper*, Saw* and Axes. Also Grass and Garden Seeds of all kinds,; all of which

will be *old at Boston price* for CASH.

May IS.

BOYS' DEPARTMENT. $2 to $5 OVER 8ACK*. til " $4 JACKET*. SI, " IS SUIT JACKET ARD PARTI. tl " S3 CABSIHERE, CLOTH, AKD DOE-

■KIV PAST*. 50 ct*." SS V ESTS. Very truly, the ahooe art ha prices I Purehaaers,

however, are requested to bring this advertisement with them, and they "ill wen acknowledge the foot, a* we are detsrmined to cleat ap the


A copy of the New Book, " Oak Hell Pictorial," gratis, lo every purchaser.

ONE PBICK, CASH SYSTEM.

OAK IIALL, 34 North Street, Boston.

Dec. 30.—Tmos.


f

H

MACHINE POETRY.

WSb knocks at your door, • And demands, with a roar, Why you have not been o'er And settled your score ?

Hard Times. <

Who empties your purse,— And what is still worse, Gives you a curse, And threatens a liearse !

Hard Times. • Who sticks to you tight. From moraine;*till night; Whose presence is blight, And who. robs you of might '.

Hard Times.

1 Who can, with a frown, In a moment crush down The hopes you have sown, And the credit you own 1

Hard Times. 4

Who jammed down your hat On your cocoa-nut flat, Till you looked like a Pat Who is out on a bat 1

Hard Time*.

Who let out a tack In the tail of your sack, And ripped up the back. While the padding hung slack?

,IIard Times.

Who conxed out your toes, Right under your nose. When three of them froze 1 I'll tell you who. knows,—

Hard Times.

A STORY OF A FAITHFUL DOG.

The following story is sail), by the Ports- mouth Chronicle, to be derived, as to all. its facts, from a most respectable Quaker family, whose veracity cannot be doubted : —

About fifty years ago, in the western part of the State of New York, lived a lonely widow, named Mozher. Her husband had been dead many years, and her only daughter was grown up and married, living at the distance of a mile or two from the family mansion. And thus the old lady lived alone in her house day and night. Yet in her con- scious innocence and trust in Providence, she felt safo and cheerful,—did her work quietly during the daylight, and at eventide slept sweetly.

One morning, however, she awoke with an extraordinary and unwonted gloom upon her mind, which was impressed with the appre- hension that something strange was to happen to her or hers. So full was she of this thought, that she could not stay at home that day, but must go abroad to give vent to it, by unbosoming herself to her friends, especially to her daughter. With her she spent the greater part of the' day, and to her she several times repeated the recital of her apprehensions. The daughter as often repeated the assurances that the good mother had never done injury to any person, and added, " I cannot think any one would hurt you, for you have not an enemy in the whole world."

As the day was declining, Mrs. Mozher sought her home, but experienced the same feelings as when she left her daughter's house.

On her way home, she called on a neighbor who lived in the last house before she reached her own. Here she again made known her continued apprehensions, which had nearly ripened into fear; and from the lady of the mansion she received answers similar to those of her daughter.

" You have harmed no one in your whole lifetime; surely no one will molest you. Go home in quiet, and Rover shall go with you. Here, Rover," said she to a stout watch-dog that lay on the floor; " here, Rover, go home with Mrs. Mozher, and take care of her."

Rover did as he was told. The widow went home, milked her cows, took care of everything out of doors, and went to bed as usual. Rover had not left her for an instant.

When she was fairly in bed, ho laid himself down upon the outside of tho bed; and as the widow relied on his fidelity, and perhaps chid herself for needless fear, she fell asleep. Sometime in the night she awoke, being startled probably by a slight noise outside the house. It was so slight, however, that she was not aware of being startled at all; but heard, as soon as she awoke, a sound like the rising of a window near her bed, which was in a room on the ground floor.

The dog neither barked.nor moved. Next there was another sound, as if some one was in the room stepping cautiously on the floor. The woman saw nothing; but now for the first time she felt the dog move, as he made a violent spring from the bed, and at the same moment something fell on the floor, sounding like a heavy log. Then followed other noises, like the pawing of a dog's feet; but soon all was still again, and the dog re- j sumed his place on the bed, without having barked or growled at all.

This time the widow did not go,to sleep | immediately, but lay awake, wondering, yet I not deeming it best to get up. Bat at last she dropped asleep, and when she awoke the

sun was shining. She hastily stepped out of bed, and there lay tie body of a man extended on the floor, dead, with a large knife in his hand, which was even now extended. The dog bad seized him by the throat with a grasp of death, and neither man nor dog could utter a sound till all was over.

This man was the widow's son-in-law, the husband of her only daughter. He coveted her little store of wealth, her house, her cat- tle, and her laud; and instigated by this sor- did impatience, he could hot wait for the decay of Nature, to give her property up to him and hers, as the only heirs apparent, but made this stealthy visit to do a deed of darkness in the gloom of the night.

A fearful retribution' awaited him. The widows apprehensions, communicated to her mind and impressed upon her nerves by what unseen power we know not,—the sympathy of the woman who loaned the dog,—the silent but certain watch of the dog himself,— formed a chain of events which brought the murderer's blood upon bis own head; and which are' difficult to be explained, without reference to that Providence or over-ruling Power which numbers the hairs of our heads, watches the sparrow's fall, and

" Shapes our ends, Rough hew them as we will."

AT the Annual Meeting of the New Eng- land Society for the Promotion of Manufac- tures and the Mechanic Arts, of which Sam- uel Lawrence is President, the following Resolutions were passed: —

Resolved, That this Society earnestly recommends to tho American people to encourage, by all honorable means, the industrial and productive energies of our own land, to stimulate the industry of our own country- men, and thus aid in the natural and healthy development of the unparalleled resources and capacities of our favored country.

Resolved, That a state of national isolation would not be desirable if possible, nor possible if desirable ; and while for many articles, both of necessity and luxury, we must ever be indebted to foreign countries, more, largely endowed with natural and created advantages for producing them, that competition would be most unwise,-—yet, in those cases where a branch of home industry requires only patience and self-denial, to be developed, to a state of healthy activity, we hold that the producers of our country have a right to exact this sacrifice at the hands of the consumers, and that both would be benefited thereby.

Resolved, That each country has, by the ordinance of God and the course of events, special facilities for certain forms of produc- tion ; and it is well Ibat all mankind should have tho benefit of these facilities. We are proud to acknowledge our obligations to the Old World in things material, as well as in things intellectual. In many kinds, of pro- duction, especially in the arts that decorate and embellish life, and minister to the sense of beauty^ we recognize the superiority of older and more mature communities; but we deprecate and regret the growing fondness for foreign luxuries, by which tho country is not only constantly drained of its specie, and thus exposed to periodical commercial embarrassments, but frivolous and unmanly tastes are created and fostered, unfavorable alike to virtue and to happiness.

Resolved, That we earnestly desire that our people should keep up those habits of plain living and high acting, in which the foundations of Now England society were laid.

KEEP YOUE TEMPKR.—"I never can keep anything," cried Emma, almost stamp- ing with vexation. " Somebody always takes my things and loses them." She had mislaid some of her sowing implements. *

" There is one thing," remarked her mother, " that I think you might keep, if you would try." •

" I should like to keep even one thing," answered Emma.

" Well, then, my dear," resumed her mother, -'keep your temper. If you will only do that, perhaps you would find it easy to keep other things. I dare say, now, if you had employed your time in searching for the missing articles, you might have found them before this time; but you have not even looked for them. You have only got into a passion,—a bad way of spending time, —and you have accused somebody, and very unjustly too, of taking your things and losing them. Keep your temper, my dear ; when you have mislaid any article, keep your temper and search for it. You had better keep your temper, if you lose all the Stde property you possess. Getting into a passion never brings anything to light, except a distorted face ; and by losing your temper, you become guilty of two sins,—you get into a passion, and accuse somebody of being the cause. So, my dear; I repeat,—keep your temper."

Emma subdued her ill humor, searched for the articles she had lost, and found them in her work-bag.

r • -,- " • = [ INTERESTING DECISION.—Tho following |s from the Pennsylvania!!: —-

We think we are serving the public in calling attention to a decision of the Court of Common Pleas, in Baltimore, October, 18S4. The case was one of more than usual importance, especially to all who use platform scales,—as the decision of the Court established the fact, that in all matters of dispute, as to weight, the scales manufactured by Messrs. E. & T. Fairbanks & Co., of St. Johnsbuiy, Vt., are the standard.

The suit arose from a discrepancy of weight between one of Fairbanks' scales in use by the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Com- pany, and one of another manufacturer. The case occupied the Court for two days. Jndge Marshall, in delivering his decision, stated as the result of the evidence, that the accuracy of Fairbanks' scales was established beyond all question.

« —i i

HAD HIM THERE.—While aSiumber of lawyers and gentlemen were dining at Wis- casset, a jolly son of the Emerald Isle appeared, and called for some dinner. The landlord told him he should dine when the gentlemen had done eating.

" Let him in among us, and we shall have some fun with him," whispered one of the " limbs of tho law." Accordingly tho Irish- man took his seat at the table.

" You were not born in this country, my friend?"

" No, sir; I was born in Ireland." " Is your father living ? " " No_; be is dead." " What was his occupation ? " " Trading horses." " Did your father over cheat any one while

he was here ? " " I suppose he did." " Where do you suppose he went to V " " To heaven, sir." " Has he cheated any one there ? " " He has cheated one, I believe." " Why did they not prosecute him ? " " Because they searched the whoje king-

dom of heaven, and couldn't find a lawyer 1"

HARD TO PLEASE.—A lafly went into a grocery, lately, and asked for some self- raising flour. The clerk for the moment was a green Irishman, who, opening a barrel, showed her some of the ordinary superfine.

" Thafs not what I want," said the lady, with some pique; " I want self-raising flour."

"Oh," said Pat, with promptness, "a bitI will you find fault with its not rising; ther

whole barrel went up this morning from $9 to $11,—and if that don't suit, you're hard to plase intirely."

A FRENCH paper thus traces the sensa- tion of a reader of advertisements, —

The first advertisement,—he don't see it. The second insertion,—he sees it, but

don't read it. The third,—he reads it. The fourth,—he looks at the price. The fifth,—he speaks of it to his wife. • The sixth,—she is willing to buy. The seventh,—he purchases.

A PLAIN-SPOKEN woman recently visited a married woman, and said to her: —

" How do you contrive to amuse yourself?''

" Amuse !" said the other, starting; " do you know that I have my house-work to do ? "

" Yes," was the answer; " I see you have it to do, but as it is never dona, 1 conclude you must have some other wsflT of passing your time."

» 4. . UP AND DOWN REPLY.—During the ex-

amination of a witness, as to the locality of stairs in a house, the counsel asked him: —

" Which way did the stairs run ? " The witness, wfco by the. way was a noted

wag, replied: t " One way they ran Jown stairs, but the

other way they ran upSFairs." The learned counsel winked both eyes,

and then took a look at the ceiling.

" BOY," said a visitor at the house of a friend, to his little son, " step over the way and see how Old Mrs. Brown is."

The boy did the errand, and on his return reported that Mrs. Brown did not know how old she was.

MR. BURKE,, author of the " Sublime and Beautiful," going to a book-store, and finding it locked, said: —

" This is ' Locke on the Human Under- standing.' "* *

■ I CAN marry any girl I please," said a young fellow, boastingly.

" Very true," replied his waggish compan- ion ; " for yon can't please any."

A FELLOW in the jail wishes he had the small pox, so he could " break out" He has tried everything else, but he can't come out

TURKEYS of the wild breed of Illinois have been raised in Rowley, Mass* weighing 34 pounds.

NEW BAKERY!! THOMAS M. RICHARDS


commenced HAKI.NO, at the old Bakery on Sa- lem street: and is now prepared to supply tho

public with as good BREAD, CAKES, PIES and CRACKERS

as can be had from any other establishment, and at as reduced prices.

ITT- He is also prepared to bake all kinds of wedding and fancy cake, to order, at the shortest possible notice.

N. 15. He will bake Beans, puddings &c, on Saturday nights, for all those who will

favor him with a cull. Fresh Yeast every day.

Titos. M. RICHARDS.

Andover, June 17, 1854.

New

Fall Clothing. JJDANIEL LOGUE, TAILOR,

Under Baptist Church, IS now selling at prices which offer unusual in-

ducements to Purchasers. Those in want, will find the greatest

VJAlIfT Bf fitlftlVft UNSURPASSED

In the style of Manufacture and quality of Materials,

FKOH WHICH

SELECTIONS MAY BE MADE TO SUIT ALL CLA88KS OF CUSTOMERS.

Oct. 28. tf

DRY GOODS AND GROCERIES.

HIIiIi STOH.E3. ALBERT ABBOTT

HAS in store, and is constantly recoiving Goods in great variety, carefully selected to meet

tho wants of his customers. A liberal share of patronago is solicited from those who have occasion to purchase

BROADCLOTHS, . CASSIMERES, VESTINGS,

READY-MADE CLOTHING, FANCY AND STAPLE DRY GOODS.

GROCERIES, HARDWARE, CROCKERY, •GLASS WARE, PURE SPERM & SOLAR

OIL. EXTRA LARD OIL, POR- TER'S BURNING FLUID,

EXTRA FAMILY AND

GRAHAM FLOUR, CRACKED WHEAT, BUCKWHEAT. CORN & MEAL,

AH of which, with a great variety'of other Goods, are offered at the lowest prices.

Feb. 19. . " tf

, WILLIAM G. REED, Tin X*lA,tef Sbeet Iron,


at the old Stand on Main Street, HAS on hand a variety of the best patterns of


per Boilers, Pumps, Lead Pipe, Zinc, Coal Hods, Shovels, Sifters, Sad Irons, ventilators, etc., with a general assortment of TIN AND JAPAN- NED WARE, all of which will he sold at satisfactory prices. Also Dr. Niehol's Paragon Lamps and Can for fluid.

W. G. R. Still continues to give his personal attention to fitting up HOT AIR FURNACES for heating Dwellings, &c.. which will be warranted to give satisfaction

Tin Rooting—Job Work and Repairing in the above line.

April 15. tf

RAILROADS.

JAMES H. COCHRANE,

AND GENERAL JOBBER IN

IRON, Universalist Court, Moin Street, near the Uni-

vcrsalist Church. tf Fob 19.

HINKLETS

PATENT BEDSTEADS. This Bedstead is used at the best Public Houses

in Boston, and stands unrivalled ns a Arm, easy, cleanly and cheap bedstead. Sold only at

Barnard'B. ~DR. J. H. KIDDER,

illffifOU Briltt it, No. 5 flits Block,

LAWRENCE, MASS. Jan. 14. "? tf' "

~~3PAPBB. KAHTCHOTGS AND

WINDOW CURTAINS & FIXTURES, May be found at


MATTRESSES. A fresh supply of the best qualify, at the

DEPOT

BOSTON AND HAInK HAIL ROAD. 1- WINTER AUBAKGE: WENT, December 4,1654

for Portland in d Sico, at 730 AM anil 3 Pit. For Groat Falls, Dover, and Extlor, at 7 30 AM. 12

M, 3 and 6 PM. * For Concord and Upper Railroads, at 7 30, AM, IS, M.

and 5, I'M. ' For Haveitjlll,at7 30,and 10 20 AM, la, 3 and 5 PM. For Lawrence, (8. ISideJ, at 7, 7 30, and 10 20, AM 19

Jl., 2, 3, 5, and ii, PM. (North Hide), at 7 30 10 30, AM, 18, 1 ,8,5, and 0, I'M.

For Andover, nt7,1020, AM, 12, .V, 2, 3, 5 and 6,

For Banding,at 7, 1090, and 11 30, AM,12, M., 2,2 40. 3,440,6,0,715andai5«PM.

From Portlund,al830 AM, and 3 PM. From Uieal Falls, ol tl and 10 20 AM, and 3 30, and

4 40{PM. ' From Ilaverlilll, at 735, 8 45, AM, 12 05, and 1 45.

5 05 and6 05{ PM. . ' From Lnwienca, (North Side), at 7,7 45 and 9 05, AM

12, M., 2. and 530, I'M. (8. side), 7 02, 7 5(1, and 9 07, AM., 19 05,1290, 2 03, 5 33, and'0 15, PM. The 12 20 and 015 trains no no! slop Iretweea Andover am Boston. .

From Andover, nt 7 08, 7 55, and 910 AM., 19 10, 1225 910, 540 and 625, PM. The 1225 and C26 trains do no!atop belween Andover and Boston.

From Reading, 010 20, 7 30, 8 15, and 935 AM.12 30 145, 230, 415, 590, 0, and 810 PM.f

* On Thursdays lenve at II, nnd on Saturdays at 10 t On Tbnradays an hour and 20 mlnulea later, and on

Saturday. 10 mlnulea laler. I Exproaa Irain. Dec 9. If T. 8. WILLIAMS, Superintendent

FOB LOWELL. Passengers, by taking the 7 55 o'clock train from An-

dover, will arrive si Wllmlngou Janction in season t* take the 8 train to Lowell, with tin! little detention — By taking lire 335 PM train, Ibey will meetthe 4 10 train to Lowell. This train from Lawrence connects at Low- ell with train lo Grolon, Fitchbtirg, Worcester, and New York.—Trains lonve Lowell for Lawrence at 7 15 and 10 AM, anil 945 and 630 PM.

Passengers hy the 7 05 tram from Lowell,can take the SAM train from Lawrence to Andover; and those la the 10 AM train will lake the 12 1' Irain. In the arter- noon, passenger, in the 630 Irain will reach Andover by tiro 7 Irain from Lawrence.

TOE NKWBLJtTI'Oai. Passongera will take the 1 o'clock irain from Andover,

and meet Hie 1 46 train at Bradford, for No« bur) iron : also, by taking lire 4 train from Andover, llrey will be conveyed lo Newburyborl by the 5 Irain from Braaford.

FOB SALEM. Paasengers will lake tho 905 A.11, down Irain and

meet the 9 train from Lowell lo Saleui.nl Wlln Inglun Junction. Returning they will leke the 630 Irain to Lowell, and meotthe 6 train from Boston. Or, by way ol Law-rerue, llrey may lake Ilia 7 AM, upward train, and meet the 9 train for Salem. Reluming. Ihej ran take the II AM train from Salem, nnd stop ai Pirit..ir's Mills, North Andover, lor the 19 M train from 'Portland, and 445 Irani from Salem, slop at Sullott'a Mills for the 530train from llaierlnll to Andover.

FllOM ANDOVER TO BOSTON. Trainsl ave at 708, 755, 910, AM. Afternoon trains

leave at 1210, 1925, 210,640, and 6 25.

jnjjrxiJ.txure

PUTKAM'S and

itore.

other SPRING BEDS

may be found at ±J£\,Tmt\T?cl,lEt, Q^OPPOSITE N. SWIFT'S BUILDIKO. ^TJ

Andover, Sept. 10th 185.1.

DR. ELLIOTT, DENTIS T,

OFFICE, APPLETUN BLOCK,

Over Ordwoy & Wadleigh, next door to Stearns & Co., Lawrence.

Nov. 11. tf.

S. H. PARKER-

HEREBY gives notice that ha is deairou of settling up all bis demands us soon as pov

sible; and therefore requests all persons with whom be has notes or accounts, to call and settle.

North Andover, NOT. 11,1854. If.

S. O. VALPEY'S

MEAT STORE, In tie basement of the large Brick Building,

nearly oa/xisite the bank Building,

©-sir iM&ssr s'sssajaifo . where muv be found

THE BEST QUALITY OF MEATS, OF ALL KINDS.

AT THE LOWEST PRICES. f0yPlease give us a call.

Purchases delivered at any part of the town. Feb. ID. tf

Washing Machines. THE Subscriber has bought the right to


MUDGE'S PATENT WISHING MACHINES in this town. It is,nn article which stands unrivalled for the ease with which it is worked, thor- oughness in cleaning, and the amount of articles which it will turn off in a given time. There art two sizes: one sells for Sfl, the other for $10. For further information persons can call at mv shop and examine for themselves, or Inquire of Alanson Flint, Thomas Clark. 8eth Kherninn, Mr* M. A. Pnnchard. Joshua Mosr, William P. Milieu. Mrs. X. M. Griffin, Mrs W. Mariano!, Charles Furber, A. P. Cheney, Hermon P. Chan- dler, Charles French. James A. Monlgomery. John Foster, Mrs. I. Farley and Mrs. B. B- Ed wards, who have the Machines.

Jan. 7.. tf MARK. NEWMAN, SD.

Is your Life Assured ? THE Subscriber has been appointed by the

State Mutual Assurance Vonijsing t WorecS*- ter, its Agent for this town and vicinity. The benefits which this Institution confers upon those who become members, arc very great. Pamphlets containing the Charter, By-Laws and much valuable information with respect to its principles and plan upon which it is established, practical observations &c. furnished gratuitously on application to GEORGE FOSTER.

Andover, June 24.

}jit*iir*Si<K ism MANUFACTORY,*

OLD DF.POT B0ILDIKO, SIAIir STREET. THE Subscribers respectfully inform the

fraternity of Printers, that their facilities for the manufacture of PRINTERS' INK have recently been greatly increased, and they are now ready to answer all orders with despatch.

Ink of allleaallUsi and of a\ll Colons, made to order, and warranted to give entire sat- sfaction. ___„ T SAMUEL MOBFIT.L.

WILLIAM C.DONALD. Feb 19 tf GEORGE H. MORRILL.

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