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REPRESENTATIVES VS. THE PEOPLE. "Make way, here," said a member of a. certain deputation, ['we are the representa- tives of the people.
"Make way yourself," shouted a sturdy fellow from the throng. "we are the people, themselves!"
J. A. ROBINSON, DENTIST, No. 49 WASHINGTON STREET, SALEM, Salem, Ang 28 (Opposite City Hall.)
FALL & WINTER FASHIONS, FOR 1844 & '45,
Just received by the subscriber, who is now ready to make all kinds of Garments in the Winter style. All Coats are made
by himself. N.B. Wanted, 3 good, steady girls, to M. TELYEA. Danvers, Oct. 2 tf 6
NSPAPER
A WEEKLY PUBLICATIONA DEVOTED TO
AGRICULTURE, TEMPERANCE, EQUAL RIGHTS, HUMANITY, NEWS OF THE DAY, THE ARTS AND SCIENCES, & THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE MECHANIC.
Edited and Published by SAMUEL T. DAMON', at No. 1, Allen's Building, (third Story,) Danvers, ( South Parish.)
At Only $1 00 per Year
The success which this paper has found in this and the neighboring towns, has placed it on a permanent foundation.
Advertisements inserted on reasonable terms.
P .All Letters, Communications, &c., for the paper, must be addressed to the Pub No. 3 Allen's Building, ::::: South Danvers. lisher, post paid.
dy's hook, Knickerbocker, and Gentlemen's Magazine, supplied at the shortest notice.
All Books and Papers will be delivered promptly, and orders for new or old works respectfully solicited. Books hound at the shortest notice, and on the most reasonable terms.
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Orders may be left at J. Shen's, opposite the Monu- 11 12 South Danvers, Nov 14
YLAM CHOWDER, on every Wednesday and Sat- urday. evening, at
J. SHED'S, Opposite the Danvers, Nov, 6
Monument
CHARLES H.MANNING Grateful for the patronage so lib- erally bestowed hy his friends and Athe public, would inform them that he continues athis shop. on MAIN STREET, near the SIGN OF THE LAMB, where he will attend to the CABINET BUSINESS, In its various branches :- and hopes itant hy strict attention to business, MONUMENT DIVISION, No. 5. The regular Meetings of Monument Di- ta ment the patronage he respect fully solicits. N. B. Furniture Repaired and vision, No. 5, will be on Thursday eve-
Varnished, on the most reasonable ternis. CURRIER'S TABLES made to order, cheap. South Danvers, Aug. 23. ifI
ORLANDO E. POPE'S FASHIONABLE HAIR-CUTTING AND DRESSING-ROOM, Main street, (opposite Nichols" Lane, near the Square,)
Aug 2 South Danvers tf
BYRON'S CITY LUNCH, No. 2, MARKET COURT, SALEM. The above Establishinent is now in fine order for th .. eception of the public. MEATS, POULTRY, GAME, ges, for sale as. ahove,
FisH, etc., served up at all times, or tue pian of Mod- ern Eating Houses.
. Friends of Temperance, visiting this establish- ment, wih not be annoyed byt he fumes of Alcohol. -Salem, Aug.28.
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Vol. 1.
DANVERS, SATURDAY, MARCH 1, 1845.
No. 26.
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY, BY SAMUEL T, DAMON.
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR, No. 2, Allen's, Building, Danvers, Mass. AT ONE DOLLAR PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE.
All Letters, Communications, &c. for the " EA GLE," must be directed to the Publisher, POST PAID. The "Eagle " is an INDEPENDENT NEUTRAL PAPER devoted to the cause of humanity, and the wel- are of the merchant, the farmer, the mechanic, and men fn every station of life.
Six copies to one address, five dollars. Advertisements inserted ou reasonable terms.
ORIGINAL POETRY.
For the Eagle.
TO MISS
They tell us indeed of a beautiful land, Where faries rove each with a magical wand;
Where flowers ever flourish in radient bloom,
And waft on the air their sacred perfume; Where whispering myrtles inform us oflove, Where amaranths breathe of a region a- came still more unmanageable, upon which bove;
Where fountains, unceasing, throw upward their spray,
And spirits of light in the sunbeams play ;
Pleased with the boy's manner, and es- Where melodious music floats slow through pecially with his generosity, the Duke now the dells,
Of mounting, in night, o'er the mountain- tops swells;
Oh! Its beauties are matchless, its glories untold!
Dreams cannot paint it, the realm is so fair; The poets blest isles with this ne'er can compare:
As they approached the house, the Duke darted by the boy, and, entering by a pri- Tis the land of fond hearts, 'tis the true vate way, called a servant, and putting a lover's clime, -
This region of beauty, this Eden divine.
Ah, fain, my fair maiden, with thee would I soar
Aloft to this clime, where all sorrows are .lad ?" inquired the Duke. o'er,
And leaving to earth all its ills and alarms, there's harlf o''t t' ye. "
Live on ever blest in the light of thy charms.
But if this you grant not, still my heart is the same;
'Twill cherish thy image, 'twill glow at thy name:
And all it then asks is, that till life shall end,
You'll own me, you'll seem me, a very true with me I'll get you some more money." friend. A. E. S. The boy consented, and back they went. The Duke rang the bell, and ordered all the servants to be assembled.
MISCELLANY.
To THE LADIES .- German method of "" point out to me the person that gave you making flowers grow in the winter. We the shilling. "
saw off such a branch of any shrub as will answer our purpose, and then lay it for an apron," said the boy, pointing to the but- hour or two in a running stream, if we can ler. "You villain ! " said the Duke. find one. The obiect of this is to get the ice from the bark, and soften the buds. It The butler fell upon his knees, and con- fessed the wicked act.
is afterwards carried into our warm rooms and fixed upright in a wooden box or tub contaming water. Fresh burnt lime is then added to the water and allowed to remain in it about twelve hours, when it is re- moved, and water added with which a small longer to be trusted.
"No, " said the Duke, "you are no You have been de- quantity of vitrol is mixed to prevnt its pu- tected in an act of villany, which renders
Etrifying. In the course of some hours the you unfit to serve me. You have lost your
blossoms begin to make their appearance, and afterwards the leaves. If more lime
Go, and henceforth learn that' honesty is "be added, the process is quickened; while the best policy.'
By this time, the boy discovered, to his which prohibits smuggling,; or stealing amazement, his assistant, in the person of money out of the mail, and good citizens the Duke; and the Duke, was so delighted | will regard it.
with the sterling worth and honesty of the the boy, that he ordered him to be sent to
Not Bad .- A Methodist preacher, says an exchange paper, expounding on his own authority, in a country village, remarked him." Next day he received a basket of kidney potatoes from one of rustic disciples, who remarked that "since common taturs did'nt agree with him, he had taken the.lib- erty to present him with some best kidney taters."
LACONICS .- There should be calmor where there is an abuse. The alarm-bell disturbs the inhabitants, but it also save them being burnt in their beds.
Our frail bodies are tottering habitatious, every beat of the heart is a rap at the door,
Men are somewhat like trees-not oniy will they bear transplanting, but they profit by it.
Covetousness, like a candle ill made, smothers the splendor of a happy fortune in its own grease.
No one loves to tell a tale of scandal ex- cept to him who loves to hear it.
Set a value on the smallest morsels of knowledge. Such are the dust of diamons. | netic Telegraph by private enterprise, from
Allow a man to have wit, and he will al- low you to have judgment.
Getting in debt without intending to pay, is an improvement on stealing.
He that shows his passion, tells his enemy where to hit him.
Mind, and not mammon, makes the man. Hope is the prophet of youth.
The Postage Bill. Its main features, says the Journal of Commerce, as engross- ed, .are that-
1. All single letters without regard to distance shall pay the unform rate of post- age of five cents.
2. Every letter weighing less than half from Europe by the Boston packet will be an ounce shall be deemed a single letter, no matter how many pieces it may contain, and if weighing one ounce, shall be deemed double, and so on.
known in New York (220 miles distant, as soon as it is in Boston. And sollike- wise when the line is completed between 3. Members of Congress to receive and send letters free, all the year round. Albany and Buffalo, which we understand is in contemplation. Will not the Tele- 4. No one else to frank, except Ex- Presidents and their widows. graph literally render our people sone family ? for when it is fully extended through- 5 All letters and packets &c., which pass through the mail, and all Government postage to be paid for out of the Treasury. out the Union, our brethren in Louisiana will receive intelligence fr an their brethren in New York and Maine, almost as quick as if they were seated around the same 6. Newspapers to go out of the mail with- board-within the sound of each other's out subjecting the senders or carriers to voices. Perhaps it is not figurative to say Fany penality.
that hundreds of miles will then seem no more than previously as many hundred feet.
All know the wonderful influence rail-
8. All deficiencies between the revenue of the Department and the expenses, (limit- roads have exercied in drawing distant parts ed to four and a half millions) to be paid of the country together, and, in: breaking out of the public Treasury.
The bill is, on the whole, a good one The danger is, that the five, cent postage will not break up private expresses on the principal routes. But it will be seen that, though nominally fiye cents, the postage is not two cents; for three letters can be . put
up the prejudices and asperities of sections. Utica aud Syracuse now almost seemia part of Albany A few years since they were afar off. . The toucharse which has dimir ished the time in travelling, has brought about this, revolution, but still more remarkable isthe Telegraph, Under under cover of half an ounce. Again the its operation New Orleans will be nearer bill imposes heavy penalties for a violation to New York, so far as regards the trans-
shilling, your character, and your situation of the law. After all, it is true that laws mission of intelligence, than Albany are nothing without morals. The law is now.
made for the common benefit, like the law |
It will certainly seem odd, but auch wwwm
|it be not used at all, the process is retarded and the leaves appear before the blossom. -The Floriculturist.
THE UNFAITHFUL SERVANT.
A noble Duke of Scotland, in one of his walks, chanced one day to see a very fine cow. Having ascertained to whom the animal belonged, he went to the owner, and offered him a handsome price for her. For a time:the latter hesitated, but at lengh ac- cepted it and promised to drive the cow the next morning.
Not finding it convenient to go himself, the farmer sent his boy to drive the cow. On approaching the house, the animal ap- peared frightened, and refused to proceed. At this time, the Duke happened to be walking at a short distance, and the boy, not knowing who he was, craved his as- sistance, in his Scotch brogue.
" Heh, mun, come here, an' gie's a. han' wi' this beast. "
The Duke, perceiving the boy's mistake pursued his walk, without appearing to un- derstand it. In the mean time the cow be- to tell us of our danger.
the lad, with a tone of apparant distress, cried out, " Come here, mun, and as sure 's anything, I'll gie ye the hauf o' what I get. "
stepped forward as requested, and lent a helping hand.
think you will get for this job? "
"Oh, I dinnah ken, " said the boy, "but I'm sure o something for the folks up bye at the house are guid to a " bodies
sovereign into his hand, bid him give it to the boy that drove the cow.
The Duke now returned to the avenue, and was soon rejoined by the boy.
" Well, and how much did you get, my
"A shilling, " said the boy, "and
" A shilling!" rejoined the Duke, "only a shilling! you got more. " "No I dinna, " said the boy with great earnestness, " as sure's death, that's a" I get, and d' ye no think it plenty?"
" I do not," said the Duke; "there must be some mistake, and as I am ac- quainted with the Duke, if you'll return
" Now, " said the Duke to the boy,
" It was the chap there, wi' the white
: 7. Private posts for carrying newspapers to be allowed,
THE GOOD MAN .-- What can produce school. and to be provided for at- his own happier reflections than a well spent life? expense. If we have Passed the morning and the noon of our days, and arrived far into the evening of existence, how blissful is the contemplation of a virtuous and active life! No vicious propensities have been gratified; that" commentaters did not agree with no unhallowed deeds have been perpetra-
ted; but all behind is as beautiful to con- template as a glowing landscape in the distance.
A Mammoth Machine .- The London Mechanics" Magazine gives an account of . a mammoth Hydro Electrical, Machine, of extraordinary power, that is being con- structed in England for the United States. It is said that it will be able to produce a spark of thirty-six inches-to coat three thousand five hundred feet of metallic sur- face, in a battery of forty-eight Leyden jars, of two feet high, by ten inches in di- ameter. This shock would kill a thousand men in an instat, if it were passed through such a chain. This machine is called the "Benjamin Franklin, " and will cost about $4500. It will very soon be ready for shipment.
" THE MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH:
:The contemplated extension of the Mag-
New York to Boston, may be hailed as a stride in the march of intelligence of on or- dinary importance. It is one of those tri- umphs of the arts of peace that knit our people in closer relations of union and brotherhood. The Magnetic Telegraph annihilates distance. So complete is this annihilation that the newspapers at Balti- more have made arrangements to report the proceedings of Congress by Telegraph, so as to have the intelligence from the Cap- ital (40 miles distant) as soon even as the Washington papers. A like effect will happen when the line is established be- tween New York and Boston. The news
" Give the boy the sovereign, and im- mediately leave my house, " said the Duke. The butler implored.
And now, "said the Duke, as they Where stones are all diamonds, where sands drove the cow forward, " how much do you are of gold :-
most assuredly be the case, that the result OUR , PROSPECTS. TO OUR PATRONS AND WELL-WISHERS. It is now six months since we first started their farms, and furniture from their ware- famlies, have given up all business, and live . upon their substance, by selling stock from of the election in New Orleans will be I-nown in New York, on the same evening. And thus when it is extended to all our prin- known throughout the Union of the day the votes are cast. This magical transmission of intelligence would relieve the anvieties, the doubts and the labor4 of thousands who now fritter away their time weeks after the ity. So far, our labors have been amply ship, and all persons are cautioned against election in ascertaining the result in (ther rewarded, and the prospect before us ap- dealing with them The 23d of March is States. -
cipal cities, the presidential election will be the Eagle. We commenced its publication, houses. The number is increasing, and than doubly taxed, These things should
The President's Message could also be transmitted from Washington to Maine or Louisiana a few hours after its delivery .- it evident that it is viewed in a favorable It would be an express fa: exceeding in light, and we guarantee to all our patrons comotive.
" It is impossible to enter into a tithe of the results which will flow from the adop- come of it, that is certain. .. While the pat- riot and the American who looks forward to the time when our great confedercny shall streth over the Mississippi and Oregon territories, embracing perhaps sixty States, some of which are separated thousands of miles, will regard this new and mighty agency in interchanging thoughts, setiments and feelings, as one of the indissoluble links of firm and enduring union, and of making us all feel that we are still one nation-with one language-one capital-and more than all, with one heart .- Albany Argus.
DANVERS DAGLE.
I soar, as on Eagle's wings, To spread the truth abroad!
DANVERS, SATURDAY, MARCH 1
DANVERS RAIL ROAD.
We are sorry to learn that the hasty and well-intended remarks in our last paper, in relation to the progress of the hearing be- fore the Committee of the Legislature on this subject, should have been so misappre- hended. And more especially are we sor- ry that any one should for a moment allow themselves to attribute base or corrupt mo- tines to the gentleman who has exerted him- self so much to place this matter before the public and the Committee in its proper light.
We understand from this gentleman, that it was not correct to say, that in his open- ing remarks before the Committee, he of- fered to compromise the prayer of the Pe- titioners in any manner whatever. All he said, or intended to say was, that if the E. R. R. had listened to the voice of the pub- lic, and the advice of intelligent engineers, at the time of building their road, and loca- ted the same so as to pass directly into the City of Boston, free and clear of all ferry passages; and had constructed a conveni- ent Branch Rail Road to Danvers, as they prom sed to do, we should not now be here asking for another ro .d. This was said not in any manner to offer a compromise at the
97 The weather for the last few, days has been mild and suminor-like reminding us of spring. The elasticity of the mud, withall, has been of rather a spring-ish na-
ture, and takes the " shine off" of every s thing it comes in contact with.
For the Eagle.
FELLOW CITIZENS :- On Monday next
That correspondent was well aware of the you are called upon to select your Town
Officers, and to transact the other usual town business for the ensuing year. It is the duty of every tax-payer on this occa- sion, to devote a small part of his time, to
Fellow Citizens: - I have thrown out these reflections for your consideration .- In these important matters let no political or sectarian feeling bias your minds-but let the only questions be-Is he honest ?- Is he faithful? Is he competent? Remem- bering also, that whoever you may elect, should always have for her public function-
aries, men who are faithful, honest and ca-
pable.
may. Your Overseers should be men of benevolent and tender feelings; yet with sufficient firmness to deal with the thousand and one worthless vagrants who now -proul about the Country, taking care of them- selves in the summer, and throwing them selves upon the town in the winter. If the State will not apply the remedy, the people in their primary capacity must.
You have generally been sadly deficient in The selection of your School Committee. Not more than three professional men should be on that committee-the rest should be those citizens in different sections of the town, who are interested in the success of the schools, and good judges of what is ac- complished in them. Such men, by taking hold of this matter, and applying their oom- mon every day sense to matters and things as they are, will do more to raise the stan- dard ofour Schools to what they should be, than all the various theories and specula- ttons of all the professional men in the town put together. But above all, don't select the teachers themselves. to be the judges of their own work. "We envy not that teach- er's modesty, who will under any circum- stances accept the office of committee man, while he is yet a teacher. The gross im- propriety of the thing is so apparent, that it seems impossible that any man of common sense could be found in that ridiculous po- sition.
But there is no department so sadly defi- cient as the Fire Department-the organi- zation is imperfect-the right kind of men are not selected for Fire wards-there is no system about it -- it seems from head to tatt
a conglomeration of imperfections. My
ideas of what the Danvers Fire department should be, are these :- Ist, there should be a chief and six assistant Engineers to be selected from the citizens of the town by a committee Men expressly adapted to the business in any emergency should be selec- ted-men of cool heads, firm nerves, good judgment, and capable of laying out work and carrying It out. 2d, Each Engine Company should elect their own Fireward -these, with the Engineer, to have the whole control of the Fire apparatus and de- partment under such regulations as the town should see fit to adopt.
We are informed that it is the intention of Mr S. A. STURTEVANT, of Salem, to open a School in this town, in which will be taught the Art of Writing and Book-keep- ing. Mr S. meets with great success in Salem, and no doubt should be establish a School here, he will soon be able to have in regard to these departments of the town officers, because I think there should bs I have thrown out these few brief hints more care in the selection of individuals for
a large and respectable class. He, as a penman, stands preeminent among others these offices-there should be more concert
got up in this place."Who will be pioneers in this matter?
EL7- A correspondent in the Salem Ga- zette of last Tuesday, draws us into his communication, as a ship is drawn into a furious whirlpoole, which is bent on its destruction. And why? Merely because we inserted something which we learnt from one of the Committee on the new Rail Road.
source from which those facts came, when he penned that article, and still he meanly and off-handedly brings us so in connection
that we have always advocated the right thus the town involved in many and useless a id expediency of this new Road, and are expenses, besides suffering in its reputa-
tion. Some wise man has remarked that the people are always fairly represented .-
the world will have a right to say, you are fairly represented! Q
FOURTH OF MARCH. The Inauguration
MILLERISM-AGAIN. We had hoped
that this wicked delusion was done away of President Polk will take place next Tues- day: That public spirited corps, the Salem with. But it seems by the Bangor Whig that it is raging to a deplorable extent in Artillery, are to have a grand Military Ball the town of Orrington in that neighborhood. in the evening, in honor of the occasion.
rally the case, and has been demonstrated on more than one occasion, that the rich are not half or quarter taxed for their prop- erty, while the middling classes are more we must confess, with some doubts as to its the Selectmen have given public notice that not be-but such men should be selected, suceess, and our ability to make it accepta- several individuals, who are among the ble to the citizens of Danvers and its vicin- wi.dest, are to be placed under guardian-
pears bright and cheering. A steady in- the time they assign now for the destruc_ crease of subscription to our journal, makes tion of the world.
We saw several flags flying in Sa-
fleetness and certainty the never tiring I- that our utmost efforts shall be put forth to lem and Danvers, Washington's Birth day. increase their confidence and support. In We wish that a more general manifestation the course of a few weeks, we have it in of respect for the Father of his Country, tion of this wonderful agent. Good mayj contemplation to increase the size of our, might be observed in the surrounding towns paper from its present size, and a corres- and cities. The time has been, when streams of joy, music and gunpowder ushered in the day. ponding improvement in matter and con- tents may be expected. having the assur- ance from several intelligent and able wri- ters to aid us in this endeavor. Our flour- ishing town is well able to support a good journal, and such an one it shall be our am- hition to furnish, with the aid, and good wishes of our friends.
P It is stated in the papers, that the Dry Goods Merchants of Buffalo have dis- continued the practice of exposing their Goods outside their doors as SIGNS, and concluded very wisely, that the most profit- able way of showing their Goods to the RECHABITEISM. public, is by ADVERTISING in the news- Among the many isms of the day, that papers. To traders, mechanics, and oth- which caps this article, is growing greatly into favor with the community, and justly too. Wherever the principles enjoined up- on the true Rechabite are known and fully carried out, there will always be an in-
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