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OUR EUROPEAN CORRESPONDENT,
Resident in London, keeps us supplied with the earliest issues and materials for enriching our departments with choice Literature and Variety, and giving to Emigrants, as well as others, a correct and connected account of what happens of interest, either at home or abroad. THE MARKETS.
Particular care is taken to procure the earliest advices in reference to the prices of all kinds of Grain, Provisions, Produce, &c., the state of Stocks, Banks, Money, and Lands; and our extensive arrangements will. hereafter render our Prices Current of inestimable value to the Tops, Hearths, qc. of every description can be had from foreign or do- Traveller, Farmer, and all Business Classes whatever.
ADVERTISEMENTS.
W. D. JOPLIN, AUCTIONEER; NEARLY OPPOSITE THE MONUMENT, DANVERS.
Intelligence Office.
L'y The subscriber respectfully informs the public, that he has opened an INTELLIGENCE OFFICE. for the Town of Danvers, at the Print- ing Office of the " Danvers Eagle." All those who have houses to- let, or who wish to hire, or who wish to find employment in any branch of busi- ness done in this town, OR ANY THING OF THE KIND, will do well to call at said office. S. T. DAMON.
OF WANTED IMMEDIATELY-Permanent beard, near the Post Office, by a gentleman and lady, in a private family .: Apply at this office.
SAMUEL T. DAMON,
Book, Job, Card, & Fancy Printer,
No. 1 Allen's Building, (next door to Post Office,) DANVERS, -(SOUTH PARISH.)
CARD PRINTING,
Of every variety, done in a manner, which, for cheap- ness and elegance, will defy competition. Blanks, Handbills, Labels, and Job Printing of every description, done at short notice. HP Specimens of Printing may be seen at the office. BOOKS BOUND AND RE-BOUND TO ORDER. HP A share of Advertising is respectfully solicited.
EDWARD WILSON, DRAPER & TAILOR, No. 2, Allen's Building, Main street, Danvers. Vestings and Trimmings of every description. . Garments Cut Danvers,] and Made to order and warranted to Fit. $ 4 tf2
ORLANDO E. POPE'S
FASHIONABLE' HAIR-CUTTING & DRESSING-ROOM, South Danvers. Main street, (opposite Nichols' Lane, near the Square, ) Aug 28
W. D. JOPLIN, TAILOR, & WOOLLEN DRAPER, Danvers .- Nearly opposite the Monument. Broadcloths, Cassimeres, Vestings, and Trimmings, for sale. Danvers, August 28
Furniture Manufactory !!
CHARLES H. MANNING,
Grateful for the patronage so Liberally bestowed by his friends and the public, would inform them that he continues at his shop, on MAIN STREET, near the SIGN OF THE LAMB, where he will attend to the GABI NET BUSINESS, in its various bratches ; - and hopes that hy strict attention to business, to merit the patro- nage he respectfully solicits.
N. B. Furniture Repaired and Varnished, on the most reasonable terms. CURRIER'S TABLES made to order, cheap. Wanted immediately, a JOURNEYMAN in the a- hove business. Apply ag above.
South Danvers, Aug. 28.
TAILORING ESTABLISHMENT.
. The subscriber has taken the building, corner of Main and Wallis sts., (formerly known as the Whig News Room,) where he intends carying on the above business in all its various branches. He would inform the eiti- zens of the place, and vicinity, that he has had great experience in the . CUTTING and FINISHING DEPARTMENTS,
having worked in many of the principal cities in the Urited States and British North America. Having always been very successful in FITTING his customers, he feels fully justified in promising as good a COAT as can he had in Boston or elsewhere. Z. THOMPSON,
South Danvers, Aug 28 tf 1
DRAPER & TAILOR.
FASHIONABLE TAILORING ESTABLISHMENT. M. TELYEA,
Would inform the inhabitants of South Danvers and its vicinity, that he has taken a shop on Main street, in Mr Townsend's Building, where he intends to carry on the TAILORING BUSINESS in all its branches .-- Garments cut and made in a manner not to be surpassed; und he hopes by strict attention to his business, to be favored with a share of public patronage.
Scarce a number is issued without one or more instruc- tive and explanatory engraving or copy of some gem of garments ofall descriptions, and they may depend on having their work the old masters, with a descriptive Tale, Essay or Sketch. TO FARMERS, GARDENERS, &c.
The public are invited to call and try his skill in cutting ond making done at the time promised, and he warrants all garments. made by him to fit, or he will either pay them the money for their cloth or'exchange it for them. He intends to do his work so that those who have been in the hab- it of having their work done abroad, may have it done at home. Give him a call, and see if he does not do the thing right.
N. B. Cutting done for others to make up, and done all O. K. South Danvers; Aug. 28. if1
JAMES M. MARTIN, COLLAR, SADDLE, & HARNESS MAKER, IN REAR OF NO. 272 ESSEX STREET, SALEM. LADIES' RIDING SADDLES,
MADE TO ORDER All orders for anything in the above line will be thank- fully received, and promptly attended to.
Salem, August 28, 1844.
NATHANIEL JACKSON, Stone Cutter, No. 11 St. Peter Street, Salem.
Marble Monuments, Tomb Stones, Grave Stones, Tah.es and Counte mestic Marble. at the shortest notice and the lowest cash prices. Salein, August 28, 1844. . tf1
BYRON'S CITY LUNCH, No. 2, MARKET COURT, SALEM.
The above Establishment is now in fine order for the reception of the public. MEATS, POULTRY, GAME, FISH, etc., served up at all times, on the plan of Modern Eating Houses. L' Friends of Temperance, visiting this establishment, will not be an- noyed by the fumes of Alcohol. Salem, Ang 28
E. L. LITTLEFIELD'S LIVERY STABLE;
WASHINGTON STREET,-(OPPOSITE CITY HALL, ) SALEM. Horses and Carriages to Let. Stabiling for Horses:
Salem, Aug. 28.
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A person who neglects to read the Advertisements, is no lover of business.
DANVERS
EAGLE.
" STRETCH FORTH THY WINGS, AND PROTECT OUR COUNTRY'S LIBERTIES FROM EVERY FOE !"
Vol. 1.
DANVERS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1844.
No. 6.
PJBLIJED EVERY WEDNESDAY MORN'G, BY SAMUEL T. DAMON. .
Ofice, No. 1, Allen's Billing, Danvers, Mass.
TERMS : - ONE DOLLAR PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE.
X3 All Letters, Communications, &c. for the " EAGLE," must be di erected to the Publisher, POST PAID.
US A ivertivements inserted on reasonable terme.
ORIGINAL POETRY.
Written for the Danvers Eagle.
I've often said that men might find In nature, emblems of themselves; And if they searched with curious inind, Might see how oft she aped mankind, With anties of her little elves.
My friend said No. And so one day He [lacked a 1. af, and gave it me; And said, " now, Jemy, tell me, pray, Or now, or at some future day, Why this green leaf resembles me "
I took the leal; and laid it by, Forgot it. and m mths rolled away; Till one day, musing carelessly, I thought of my old legacy, And hunted for the leaf straightway.
I found it, and my friend likewise; (Jaundice and time had changed the fellow, ) Who took the leaf, with great surprise, And said, " Why, Jemy, darn my eyes!
The leaf and I are both turned yellow!" s. F.
TO.
Come, fancy, fold thy glossy wings, .I need not now thine aid;
A gentler being tunes the strings, Which thou so oft hast swayed; And bids my heart in rapture turn, To such a theme as thou would'st spurn.
Lift not the veil of future years, My roving thoughts be still; Hope with her cheering smile appears, Why should I dream of ill; Away, ye phantoms from my breast. And let love's dark forebodings rest.
My only darling child to thee, A tribute I would pay;
Thy brow from gathering clouds is free, So is thy natal day ; Thy heart is full of love and joy, No deeds of sin thy thoughts employ.
'Tho' thou art not so very fair As I would have thee be, Still in thy little infant heart The precious gems I see ;- .Of truth, and sympathy, and love, Such as the Angels know above.
And thou art very dear to me; ! love thy joyous smile,
I love to toin thy infant glee, My sadness to beguile ;
Whene'er a thought of friends once dear, Brings to mine eye a rebel tear.
Come, fancy, fold thy glossy wings, I need not now thine aid;
A gentler being tunes the strings, Which thou so oft hast swayed; And bids my heart in rapture turn, To such a theme as thou w uld'st spurn. Danvers, Sept. 30. A. P. 'S. P.
SONG OF THE REVOLUTION. We meet but to part, love, we part but to meet, When our toes shall be trodden like dust at our feet. No fetters, no tyrants our souls shall enslave, While the ocean shall rell. or the harvest shall wave. We go, to return when the strife shall be done, When the field shall be fought, and the battle be won; When the sceptre is sinitten, and broken the chain, We come back in freedom, or come not again.
Yon red-robed battallions are plumed for the fray, And their banpers dance high o'er their martial array; To-morrow still reader in blood shall they lie, On the spot where they stand we will conquer or die .. Few, faith ul and fearless, we bend to the fight, And England's be-t legions shall quail at our might; The rush of our foremen unshaken we stem- As the rock meets the ocean-wave, so meet we them.
Ours are no hirelings trained to fight. With cymbal and clarion all glittering and bright; No pranciug chargers, no martial display,
No> war-trump is heard from our silent array, O'er the proud heads of FREEMEN our star-banner waves: Men firm as their mouniains and still as their graves, To-morrow shall pour out their life blood like rain- We come back in triumph, or come not again.
No fearing, no doubting, thy soldier shall know, When here stands his country and youder his foe; One look at the bright.sun, one prayer to the sky, One glance where our banner floats glori ous on high- Then on, as the young lion bounds on his prey ; Let the sword flash on high, fling the scabbard away; Roll on like the thunderbolt over the plain- We come back in glory, or come not again.
Sweep them off as the storm sweeps the chaff on its breath, When bows the red harvest whose reaper is Death! Be strong as the carthquake, and swift as the wind; Carry vengeance before us, and freedom behind; We shed not vain tears when the warrior is low, Be his soul to his God, so his breast's to the foe; Our tears are the red drops, the life-blood that drain. When we come back with vengeance or come not again!
THE CHRISTIAN MAIDEN. BY MARY V. SPENCER.
" Away with her-she blasphemes the gods -let her be cast to the lions."
It was a bright day in Carthage. The sun shone with unclouded splendor on the white palaces that glittered a- long the beautiful bay of the Numidian city. The streets were thronged with the populace in gala dresses, for it was a festival in honor of the goods. Towards the great hall of justice a crowd poured continually, through the av- enues leading to it were blocked up; but the rumor had gone abroad that a Nazarene maiden was that day to be tried. and the public curiosity was alive to behold her de- meanor or hear her fate.
Within the hall there was scarcely room to stir. A dense mass of spectators filled it to suffocation, and it was with difficulty that the officers could keep the crowd from encroaching on the space reserved for the judges. The most intense excitement pervaded the apartment. The audience as if impatient of control, heaved to and fro, and more than once an ineffectual attempt was made to rush on the prisoner, while ever and anon the shout would rise from the crowd.
"Away with her -- she blasphemes the gods-let her be cast to the lions."
The object of this angry cry was a girl, scarcely yet in | might spit upon the prisoner; and now and then lashing her eighteenth summer, and beautiful. She stood at the bar with clasped hands and upli ted eyes, her lips moving as if in prayer, apparently regardless alike of the howls of the mob, and the angry locks of the uidges
" Wilt thou sacrifice? . Again, I ask thee, wilt thou sac- rifice? " said the praetor sternly: " remember-to refuse is death-the emperor is inex ral le."
secretly favorable to the new religion, and others pitied the accused on account of her youth and beauty, but at least hali of the audience were bigoted Pagans and thirs- ted for her death. These being the most brutal, had the ascendency, as in every popular tumult. But all kept si- lence now, awed by the feelings of suspense which ever, attends the crisis of another's fate or our own.
To the maiden those few moments of silence were crow. ded with recollections. The events of her whole life rush ed past her. She saw once more the pleasant valley where she had spend her childhood. She heard its cool waters, the rustle of its palm trees, the tinkle of its sheep bells on the distant hill. The other associations rose up before her. She saw hersel attacked by an angry wild beast, and saved only by the ayelin of a chance traveller, a young Numidian hunter.
The gratitude, deepening into love, which ensued; the mutual pledge of fidelity till death; their separation in consequence of his entering into the army, and being or- dered to the German frontier with his cohort, moved be- | fore her like scenes in a magic phantasmnagoria, Then came her conversion to christianity, her secret baptism in an upper chamber where the persecuted sect met, her ar- rest and imprisonment, and now this scene! . She felt that she stood alone, with no friend nor relative to advise; an orphan, poor, and of a despised religion. Oh! if her brave soldier had been there. she knew she would have one bosom to lean on in this terrible crisis. But no pity- ing eye looked on her from the crowd, and seas rolled be- twixt her and her bold lover. . Yet though thus deserted, her faith did not desert her. In earnest prayer she sought strength from heaven, and he who stood by Poly + cary among the lions, heard her cry. The momentary weakness brought on by her recollections of how many dear ties yet bound her to earth disappeared, and she look- ed fimly at the edge, her form, erect, and her eye like that of Stephen when he confronted his murderers.
" Wilt thou sacrifice? I ask for the third and last time," demanded the prætor, " Cast incense on the altar of Jupiter and thou shalt be saved. Refuse and thou diest ere high noon ! "
The spectators bent eagerly forward and held their breaths to catch the maiden's answer.
" I am a believer in Christ," she said calmly; " Him who ye call the Nazarene, I cannot sacrifice to false gods. Do with me as ye will."
There was something so meek, yet dignified and coura- geous in these words, that the mob's fury was for a mo- ment checked in admiration. But their heathen pre udi- ces and thirst for blood soon attained the ascendency of better feeling. A low sullen murmur ran through the crowd like the half stifled growl of a famished wild beast, which gradually deepened into a shout; and then came execrations and cries for vengeance.
" Away with her-she blasphemes the gods-let her be cast to the lions !" roared the angry multitude.
" Thou hast chosen thy fate," said the judge rising .-- " Away with her to the lions."
The maiden turned deadly pale, but, though only a weak woman, she evinced no other sign of horror or fear .- When the soldiers approached to seize her, she shudder- ed for an instant, as if she already felt the fangs of the lion; but immediately this trace of emotion vanished, and she signed for them to lead on. Yet there was still left one mortal ferling in her bosom. As she : stepped
from the bar she shrouded her face in her veil to conceal it from the gaze of the crowd.
" To the lions with her! Let her be cast to them at once. Ho! for the amphitheatre!" shouted the crowd, rushing tumultuously after the condemned maiden, strug- gling and fighting with each other to get near that they themselves into a fury so great that it was with difficulty the soldiers could keep the mob from tearing her limb from limb. The slight frame of the maiden now shook percep- til ly with terror, for though she had nerved herself to face the l'ons, her virgin delicacy shrunk Troin being made the victim of a coarse and brutish rabtle.
In this manner her conductors struggled through the The maiden convulsively wrung her hands, and a large strects until in sight of the amphitheatre. Here at the N > less than twenty-tw.) camp meetings of the Miller- tear-drop started in her eye. A breathless silence ensu- corner of ere of the ways, they were met ly a vast crowd Fits are noticed to take place in various parts of the coun- ed. Notwithstanding the crics for Lled, the spectators composed of the k west inch of the city, who hearing of were agitated by many and various omotions. Some were the condemnation of a Nazarene, Lad gathered together
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ripe for mischief. Led on by some of the vilest of their things. The tide of opinion turned. And the mob, find- too many instances, a depraved, ravenous, and grab-all- demagogues, they had resolved to assault the officers in ing their ascendency over, sullenly submitted, like wild! you-can-get nature. We would not by any means apply charge of the prisoner, that they might sacrifice her more beasts confined to.the limits of their cage and rostrained this to all who are " swimming in gold," for there are summarily than by the lions in the arena.
"Stand back! " said the captain of the guard, unshea- thing his sword, as he saw the threatening aspect of the crowd.
." Down with him! " cried one of the rabble, hurling a missile at his head. "Give us the prisoner, or you die with her."
"'Close in, men, close in! " shouted the officer undaunt- edly. You pay with your lives for the safety of the pris- oner."
The little band gathered in a compact circle round the maiden, and prepared to maintain the unequal contest. " Down with them all," shouted one of the most promi- nent of the rioters, " soldiers and prisoners-they are all secretly Nazarenes. Down with them."
With these words he heard a rush of the crowd, that bore back the scanty band of the soldiery like feathers that are swept by the gale." Stones and bricks, meanwhile, filled the air, and though the soldiers were defended by shields, several were wounded. The prisoner, in this on- set, would have fallen a victim to the missiles of the mob, but for two of the more humane ofthe soldiery, who cov- ered her with their bucklers. Thus pushed back by the rabble, the guards retreated against the wall of a neigh- boring house, and being now covered in the rear, essayed with more hopes of success to make good their stand until succor should arrive from the city legionaries.
But the futility of this hope was soon apparent. The mob swelled rapidly, extending far down the thoroughfares on either hand. The whole city seemed up. There were doubtless among the crowd many who were secretly fa- vorable to the prisoner, and still a greater number who the more violent, if not most numerous, had attained the temporary ascendency, and the others, uncertain of their power, were afraid to move in her behalf.
More than half of the guard had now fallen; the others ling single copies, as a general thing, for the reason that were worn out and wounded. The soldiers began to mur- mur.
" Why should we die to protect for an hour or two the life of a Nazarene? " cried one of them. " Comrades, let us surrender her to the people."
" A sullen murmur of assent ran along the scanty ranks, and the mob, hearing the mutinous words, desisted, and broke into huzzas. The maiden saw that her hour had come, and sank shuddering to his feet, lifting her agoniz- ed eyes to heaven in a last appeal.
Suddenly, over the deep roar of the huzzas, rose the trumpet of cavalry, and the pavement seemed to the knee- ling girl to rock beneath her, under the tramp of many horsemen. She started to her feet with sudden hope .- The shouts of the populace had ceased simultaneously, and now we heard, close at hand, the clatter of hoops and the shrill sound of the trumpet. Like a flock of sheep a- waiting the approach of wolves, stood the late riotous mob; now silent, with black faces, and standing agape at the sudden apparition of the horsemen. Down they came, the solid earth shaking under them; while far in the van, on a barbed horse, rose their leader.
"Disperse ye knaves! " he cried, in a tone used to command, as he rose haughtily in his stirrups. " "Dis- perse, or we ride you down." And turning to his troops, he waved his sword and shouted, " Change!"
The word struck terror into the populace. For one in- stant they hesitated, but for one instant only. Up the long avenue, to where it turned to the left, they beheld the glittering lines of cavalry advancing at a gallop, each file wheeling around continuously as if countless numbers yet The mechanics of Old Lynn, are beginning to throw off the arristocratic chains that have so long bound them remained behind, and at sight, the stoutest hearts gave way. The cry " fly for your lives," rose on every hand, and, darting into the bye-streets, or rushing headlong down, and seem to realize that they are men, and not down the main thoroughfare, the mob dispersed with the rapidity of magic. By the time the leader of the cavalry had come up, the street was empty.
Throwing his proud steed back on his haunches as he addressed his brother officer.
" We were just in time, I see. I heard, on landing, that there was riot in the city, and the cause, and I gal- loped at once thither. We are to-day come from Italy; and I bring important news. Diocletian is dead, and the persecutions against the Christians are to be stopped. It is well we came up as we did-
He would have spoken further, but at .this instant the attention was arrested by a shriek from the prisoner and the mention of his own name. He turned quickly around, the working class for those means which he was continu- and for the first time his eyes fell on the maiden. Quick ally coming in possession of.
as lightning he leaped from his horse, flinging the bridle to the nearest by-stander, and rushed towards her.
from harm.
The young officer himself soon became a Christian, his many honorable exceptions, men to whom the community, conversion to that faith being doubtless attributable to the the country, feel grateful for the assistance rendered example and arguments of Julia.
On the pleasant shores of the Numidian bay stand the ruins of a once splendid palace. Tradician says that there lived the Christian maiden and her puissant husband, the dependent nation .. hero and heroine of our story.
them. If such men, and such only, had the sway of the country, we need not fear for the safety of a free and in-
IF The REV. J. M. AUSTIN, delivered his farewell discourse on last Sabbath afternoon, before the 2d Univer- salist Society in this town, and a most able and affecting discourse it was. Notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather, the congregation was large, and we trust all will receive good from his parting words.
to spread After the services, the children of the Sabbath School the truth abroad !!! assembled, and Miss Laura Newhall, in behalf of said School, presented Mr. Austin with a splendid gold pencil, accompanied with an address, which was delivered in a manner that won the admiration of all who had the pleas- ure of listening.
Mr. Austin has been settled in this town nearly ten years, and has won the esteem of every citizen.
Since his first settlement here, he has preached one thousand one hundred and eleven sermons, married one hundred and nine couples, and attended one hundred and twenty-five funerals. The Sabbath School under his charge has increased in numbers from eighty, to one hun- Pred and forty. The Library has increased from one hun- dred and fifty, to over six hundred volumes.
By parting with Mr. A., we part with a useful man, a good man, and a Christian. The services he has render- ed the town as one of the School Committee, and in vari- ous ways, will not soon be forgotten.
We take pleasure in announcing to our friends, that there is an opportunity offered them to purchase their dry goods, cheap, at Danvers Plains. See advertisement.
The Salem Gazette of yesterday, published the Re- port of the Committee on Swine, of the Essex Agricultu- ral Society. It is a masterly report, and deserves the pe- rusal of every individual who has the welfare of the pres- ent hoggish generation at heart.
OP We are extremely sorry that so many mistakes escaped our notice in last weeks paper, particularly in the article headed " Beauty."
MAN. And what is man? A creature placed on this earth for what purpose? He is called the Lord of Crea- tion, and yet he has not power to govern himself. He boasts of his knowledge, and yet he cannot tell why his pulse beats. You will hear him boast of his love to his fellow-man, and in the next breath sentence him to be de- stroyed. Such a mass of inconsistency is man.
Abner Kneeland, the great apostle of " chance " and "guess work,". died at his residence in Salubria, Iowa, on the 27th of last August.
Our barber shaved us the other morning with the an honor! Hem!
Br/ If the Sextons of the several burying-grounds in Such a spirit as now characterises the good people of Lynn, is worthy of imitation by every working man, who this town will have the goodness to hand in to this office a feels that " all men are born free and equal."
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