Danvers Town (part 2 of 12)

Never had Edward Burnet's cheek paled so before the enemy as when he raised Ids wound¬ ed wife to his arms, and turning to Kilpatrick, he said - ' General, the mystery is solved. - 'I'his is the doy captain who warned me of the approaching rebel force.' |

' And the boycaptain has won for you a colo- j nelcy, and for herself lasting fame, and the thanks of all the true-hearted Unionists,' re¬ plied the General. And being as gallant as be is brave, it is said, though I will not vouch for the truth, that he gave the fair lady at parting a,kiss on either cheek in token of his just ap¬ preciation of her courage.

Lucy was placed in an ambulance, and with the soldier she had saved from death, borne to the camp, where both, with care and good, nursing, soon became convalescent.

Edward Burnet is still in the service of his country. Step by step he is ascending the lad¬ der of fame, winping for .himself laurels which shall never wither or decay.

Grass Widows

" Smith, of this habitat, has a wife who believes in him. Smith, in her opinion, can do everything. If the Chinese language were mentioned, Mrs. Smith would put in a claim to her husband's knowledge of the article.

Ulric Dahlgbbit

" ' Not quite, my dear,' said Mrs. Smith, with a benignant smile. ' Not quite. It wps The grass withereth, and is cut down. But, (this was spoken triumphantly) t'ou did rome pretty near the general sense, didn't he ? it was about grass, sure enough !'

" Well, all flesh is grass, and grass, ' it is to be presumed,' always feels ' cut up ' at the prospect of being cut down, whether said grass occur in the foim of' widders' or herbage. Which brings os exactly to a lyric, which Knick is assured ' sings first-rate,' and -ivhich, like a Texas duel, may be accomplished ' with or without a second " in forming a junction with Gen. Kilpatrick, and while pushing through King and Queen County, towards Gloucester Point, was killed on the night of Wednesday, March 2, near Walkerton. It is also known that his body was brought to Richmond, but what disposition was made of it by the Confederate authorities was kept a mystery at the time, and the facts, even to this day, have never been published. - We purpose to give therri to the public for the first time, vouching for their entire authen¬ ticity.

When intelligence was received in Richmond of the death of Colonel Dahlgren, messengers were dispatched to bring it to the city for iden¬ tification. It reached the city on Monday, March 7, by the Y'^ork River Railroad, where it was examined by large numbers of persons. His death had been caused by a gun-shot wound in the head. TKe little finger of one hand had been cut off on the field -where he fell by some one anxious to secure, with the least trouble, a valuable (Jiamond ring. That night the body was carried to General Elzey's office, in Belvin's block, and the next day, h'avmg been placed in a common pine coffin, of the kind then used for the burial of sol¬ diers, which in turn was placed in a box, occasion was a four mule street wagon, and the attendants consisted of a Confederate ofli-. cer of inferior rank, and two soldiers. Ar¬ riving at Oakwood, which vias the burial place of all soldiers who died at Chimborazo, How¬ ard's Grove, and other hospitals in the eastern portion of the city and suburbs, the negro grave-diggers and other attendants about the cemetery were driven off and ordered to absent themselves until notified that they might re¬ turn. One of the negroes, now living in the city, having his curiosity excited, secreted himself in the woods near by, determined to see what was to be done. The two soldiers dug a grave, placed the box in it, and covered it up. They then shouted to recall the atten¬ dants of the cemetery, and getting into the wagon, returned to the city. 'Iffie only cir¬ cumstance in the proceedings that struck the negro as unusual was the mystery observed and the circumstance of the box, no corpse ever having been brought there before except in a pine coffin; but there having been a great deal of talk as to -what was to be'done with the body of Col. Dahlgren, he at once decided i that this could be no other than the corpse of

O pshaw I she'd be glad to go ride on a hearse, i officer. He, however, kept hi« opinion to \Vith a six-foot bie-whiskered chan for her himself at that time.

Stanton, in fear and -wonder, obeyed ; and when he led forth thehigh-mettled steed, Lucy appeared in a regular military suit of her hus¬ band -w'ith her curls so nicely stowed a-way be¬ neath the close-fitting cap, that the man in could scarcely believe the boyish look¬ ing soldier before him was no other than the captain's -wife.

Lucy did not wait for him to finish the sen¬ tence, but putting spurs to her steed, took the route her husband had taken, and was, after an hour's fatiguing ride, in full view of the battle. She paused but a moment and looked back. The enemy were advancing rapidly. - She looked before her at the contending ar¬ mies. Shells shrieked past, and the force of artillery caused the very ground to tremble be¬ neath her feet. Her steed curved his proud neck and pawed the ground impatient to pro¬ ceed. She gave him the rein, for she saw the dense volume of smoke was slowly rising, the form of Edward. At all events it was a dkvalry company, and she dashed boldly forward.

Nearly deafened by the roar of artillery and stifled by the smoke, she stUl kept on, until ha-ving reached Kilpatrick's division, she was dismounted by the stumbling of her horse.

' The enemy are coming in large force from the west. .Make haste, and they may be taken in the gorge: tarry till they reach the brow of the hiH and the day is lost to you.'

Her voice must have been strangely altered, for her husband did not recognize it- He left Ms company in charge of his first lieutenant, sought Kilpatrick, and in a few minutes, trith his own company and a reserved corps, -wa* soon galloping off in the direction pointed out fay his own brave little wife.

A Stolen Rebuke. - A timid tyro of the profession, in an attempt to pick the pocket of an invalid whom years of'illness had made de¬ jected and hopeless, abstracted, not a bank bill, but a part of a manuscript, which the thief was afterward seen reading, deeply absorbed in thought; and fas^becoining pale and agitated. Suddenly he was startled by approaching foot¬ steps, and, dropping the mutilated manuscript, he stealthily and fearfully fled from sight.-r- On*one side of the leaf dropped from the man¬ uscript was written the following:

He's rather a slim pattern, of course, for a beau, But anything's better than nothing, you know; I wonder if flirting w'ith him would be right," Said the pretty grass widow -who lives on our flight.

Sad Reflections

" Time flies, and with its flight all things change or cease, and ourselves perish ; and, in the end. it matters little whether we have had much of sorrow or of joy, praise or censure< friends or foes. We pass, away and are known no more only in.fhe fading memories of some few, who, like us, waste away, and like the as¬ cending smoke or vapia;, pass we know not where. -Such is life; we struggle for success, our efforts are unavailing ; 'we are defeated in what 'we most desire. We die in sorrow, and the eves dimmed with tears for us will scarcely dry 'ere they also close in death !"

On the other side of the page, and probably the last read by tbe pickpocket, were the fol¬ lowing passages; - " Woe uiittf the wicked : it shall be ill with him ; the reward of his hands shall be given him. Let hSm flee from the wrath to come; for on his forehead is set the seal of hell !" " The footsteps of the dread messenger who conveyed thy guilty compan¬ ions down to endless perdition now approach tn take thee there! Flee, flee from the wrath to come, before the telentlesi hand oi this Sery fiend shall grasp thee! "

I've ordered the loveliest thing for my hair, And my Baltimore pet will be sure to be there, Why, of course I must live" so she jumped up and dressed.

nearly fo'ur hundred thousand people, thus making this metropolitan district of Boston one of the greatest centres of population on this continent. The valuatioa of Boston and suburbs will nearly reach five hundr^ mil¬ lions of dollars (the city alone having $379,- 000,000). This vast sum -will place Boston as the richest city, per capita, probably in the sunk in the river, etc. A city paper of that day announced, with a solemn and knowing air, that it would never be fo'jnd until the trump of doom should sound. A number of Union men of the city, believing it possible that it might he recovered, were anxious to I secure and preserve it for the family of the I deceased. Prominent among them was Mr. F. I W. E: Lehman, a grocer, doing business near i the New Market. Mr. Lehman at once begun

I eiery. Tbe heavens were hung wit ' deepest black ; no object ten feet distar j be distinguished, and no sounds bro I the lonelinsBS of the place save the hov j the winds and the chopping of tbe r I tionist's spade. Once the mule, snul i taintetf'air of the city of the dead, at : to break away, but was quickly quiet j firm band,

I In twenty minutes from the time the began thtir work, they approached tl j bearing between them the coffin, wbicl I badly made, fell to pieces as they resti

I the ground. It was then discovered 1 body had not decompoi^d in any pen degree. Mr. Lohmaa satisfied himseii ; identity of the cor|»e by passing bis ba I it. 'ITie little finger, torn off to seci : jewel it bore, and the leg lost in bati ! missing. He paid the negro, with w I had contracted, fifteen hundrtd doBa I placing the body in the cart, the party Ion their return. The mule, alarmed ; 1 mais frequKitly are "when drawing a dei I for the first time, became difficult of n I raent, and with the darkness of the i made the first part of tbe expedition en I little peril. More than one hour was i I reaching the gas lights of the city on i Hill. It was part of the plan to coii i body to the house of Wm. S. Rowlett, a j man, living on Chelsea Hill, a half mile j east of the city, there to remain until a I lie case could be procured for it. Fr6m i Hill, 3Ir. Lohman drove down Broad s I Seventeenth street, thence up Sevei ; street to its northern terminus, and th< I the hill to Mr. Rowlett's, reaching t I place at 2 o'clock on the morning of thi I April. Here the body was wrapped in I ket, and Mr. Lohman came to tbe I search of a coffin, which he obtained i aid of Mr. Lipscomb. On bis -way i j city from Rowlett's, Lohman notified a : j of persons of Union sentiments, amonj j were several ladies, where the body hi I placed, and they hurried out to see it.

I of these persons had seen Col. Dablgrei he was exposed at the Y'ork River B j depot, and immediately recognized th j as his. The metallic coffin having be I cured, and the body placed in it, t I Lohmans, at noon of tbe 7 th, set out I concealed in a wagon loaded "with joui I trees, for the farm of Robert Orricks, s I man, living in Henrico, two miles fron

I At 4 o'clock that evening, they read j rick's, and buried the body under ai i tree, in a field, avoiding the grave-yi I fear of exciting inquiry, might j discovery.

I The rest of this story may be told i I words. Orricks, some months after tbe burial of Col. Dahlgren, succeeded in through the Confederate linesk and seel interview with Commodore Dahlgren, ir him of what had been done to secure ll I of his son. The corpse of the soldier i this its second grave until the evaco : Richmond, when an order having bei I for it by the War Department, it wai I disinterred by tbe two Lohmana and 1 Washington.

I It has been our object to lift the veil j tery from an obscure and interesting - In doing so, we have confined ourselves I strictly relative to the secret fate of : Dahlgren's body from the time of its in Richmond, -which, until after the \ of the city, remained, to all except I individuals named by us in the cours 1 narrative, one of the most impenetral I teries of the war. Many Confederate knew that the body had- been depot I Oakwood, but they were ignorant to I that it had ever been removed. It has a I found its last earthly resting place.

then state of popular feeling, it was necessary to conduct with great caution-determined, at whatever cost and risk, to ascertain its fate. - After nearly a month's patient and untiring inquiry, he, with the assistance of Mr. Martin Meredith LijMcomb, whose business it was to attend the interment of all the Union prison¬ ers who died at this post, made the acquain-

Oakwood, pursuing his regular business. - When first approached on the sub^l, the ne¬ gro was very much alarmed, and protested he would have nothiog to do with tbe matter.-^ But after repeated assurance by Mr. Lipscomb, he knew well, that he might rely upon Lohman and that no harm should befall bun, he consented, on Mr. Lohman's giving him m

Discharges. - ^Wbile many of the soldiers after being paid wad up their discharges ; and stuff them away carelesdy in their pock- ets, cairylug them until they are dirty and ( worn out, othm more thou^lttftil ate having them framed so as to preserve them, A sol¬ dier's discharge is something fo be ^oud of - sbmething to be handed down to the children - end rfjonld be kepi "with me^ than ordinary care. Those who axe careless alout them now, , in after years will begin to appreciate their faU Taine, when, perhapf, it -will be too late.

Maine has but $100,000,000 valuation or onefourth part of this city. The eleventh ward of Boston has nearly tbe same population and valuation as Portland, Me., and is almost a city itself, being in many respects a distinct quarter. Since 1850 this ward has ahuosc sprung into existence.

A Goon Idea. - At the railway stations in Prance thgy have introduced a new plan which might be copied to advantage in this conntiy, Where the train stops but a abort time, travelstood at a distance. He was afraid to employ any ckher method lest he might excite the suspicion of the niperintendent of tbe cemetery or- some of the aUendauts, The grave lay among thousands of those of Confederate sol¬ diers. Subtequentiy. after a great deal of persuason ami the pstmiae of a liberal reward, the negro agreed to meet Mr. Ixihman at the cemetery cki the night of tbe 6tlt of April, at ten o'clock* and exbume the body.

lers are inlonaed by pkntifiil advertisements Mr. lipscomb, Maned for the cemetery in a that if they wish either to Iweakfast or dine cart drawn by a mule. Tbe night was dark they will find hot meals in baslteta at tbe buf¬ fet. The meals are eompoaed of three dishes, half a bottle of wine, bread and deweit. The pafleengera leave tbe empty basket aaddiahea half an honr later at the next ttalion, and pay two franca, fifty et^Umei, or about fifty ceats in American cart«ae|-, for their iciaarely and comfortabk repast.

and stormy, and well soited to conceal their movemeEtt. The party left the city at 9 o'¬ clock, and reached their daridnaiioii abont 10, aod there found waiting for them the grave¬ digger and two assistants. The negroes being asinted that ril was right, began their work of exhumation, the three white men temalnixig with tfcc cart cutaide tl^e eneWure of tie cem-

Ix AXCIEXT STORY, a Strange i romance hovers in legendary obscu the Pillars of Hercules, vdling tl beyondr from tbe eyroof man, and ima^nation to fashion realzas oi abodes of bliss amid tbe waters of tl ocean. 'This grand gateway, open the far sunsetting, was also inve* recent times w*ith a hardly 1^ romance and unknown tenw, as by which the burning sons of tfo as their native deserts, and rapid ai bore down upon the terrified pt West, spreading panic as much by wisdom as by tbtir flashing ecimeta fleet steeds. Adding to tbe feari this mysterious gateway to the fs was the grand and impregnable 1 by Nature - the huge rock of Taril demanded tribute of every daring i ventured tbe passage. Century fo tury, vet the stone of Tarif remain power upen the earth, a defence b| armaments and armies were unr stood Uibraltar (the rock of Tar c long ages, a banier defying all s« it has bequeathed to all tubseque name of that grand bulwark strength, that secure fortrero behin industry of a people riieltm itsel enemies, and defies ail foragn tariff!

In oldes times, when a nation regarded as a baud of subject*, t strumenta by which the sovmlgi ctr.ce wii supported and his glory the army was his deience against hb shield agaimt tbe aggtmeor own day, when the officials of a are only the servants of the p«^ our glory from our induitry, and &Gm our wealth, and line our hot ''vith armed men and forts, but with casfom-hooaes. A tariff is tl ern defence for a seaboard, and ] domestic indmlry, th« surest me quiriEg and praerviog the wealth and msintrining Ife gfoty among tl

At the eloie of the eoUation the a»- aembly eere etUed to order by the Pretidenl of the day. Mr. S. P. Commiogj* nho celled on ibe band for the Star Spangled Banner," which they fdayed in fine atyle; '-he# he ataied briefly to the aodience the porpoae for which they had met. It WM for i»ci*l re-union and for -ocial iotereourae among tbt»e who had aerred their country in the «ar. Such re-antona are proper, and we propane to bold them each year until the laat of our number sball be laid by kind, friendly Kandi in the laat rcaling-place of aoldieta and eitutena alike.

Responded to by John D. Philbrick, Eaq., of Boalon, who remarked that our iuccea# was largely due to the edatattd maaaea of ibe North. HU remarks were tri the point, and were frequently ap¬ plauded.

The Chairman then introduced one of the -'greaay mechanics" of Danvers, Mr. Samuel Moores, who demonstrated that labor waa compatible with the high¬ est intelligence. Mr. M. has been es¬ pecially active in behalf of the soldiers, and they are always glad to hear him- »*To oor fallen comrades" was the next sentiment. Dirge by the band, when a sentiment was given complimen¬ tary to our disabled soldiers. Respond¬ ed to by postmaster Hood, who lost a leg at the explosion of the mine at Pe¬ tersburg, and has received the appoint¬ ment -of postmaster as a proper reward for hia services to, and loss in his coun¬ try's behalf.

At the close of Mr. Hood's response the Chairman thanked the audience in behalf of the Committee, for their close attention to the speakers, and announced that, after a sentiment to the band, the Managers would arrange for the dancing and other amusements. Taking it alto¬ gether, the weather, the music, speaking and order that prevailed, it was a com¬ plete succees.; and our soldiers may well congratulate themselves that nothing oc¬ curred -to render it " a drunken soldiers' frolic," as some one said it would be. Such re-unions are most proper, and let them be perpetuated.

Our thanks are due to those citizens who contributed refreshments, and es¬ pecially to the ladies, who are always our Our thanks are due to Mr. E. 6. Berry, Esq., who entertained the band at his house until the procession formed. The committee of ladies were indefatigaHe in their efforts and were eminently auccessful.

If space would permit, we would like to give the names of all who by their -fforta contributed to our success, but they may knnw^bat they have a soldier's

Pxiiow SolWEBS op Baetbks, - As when the loTcr of Nature ascends some lofty emm- «nce upon which he may awhile to ta e inat a^ance allthe scenery-ef the landscape befsre hiro/ao have we to-day reached a point in >onT history at wMA we may pause and survey the past and hopefully-gare into the fu-

That I may »et before you mare vividly what the town has done in this great conflievnow *0 sloriously ended. I will give you a few sta¬ tistics which are substantially correct. Upon the first call f« men in 1861 , 37 three months' p,en enlisted, of whom after the expiration of the first term of service 19 enlisted or t e war, two for one year, and three for nine months. In 1862 MXteen Danvers men belonginft to the " Salem Cadets " enlisted for seven month*' duty at Fort Warren. In 1861 until

AugiiM 1S62. three hundred »«d sixty-nine men enlisted for the war. In 1863 fifty-nine men enlixted for nine Tnontha, of whom s eve n re-enlitted for the war and three fiir eivB yeaF* aervfee.^ In aaate jmr fiveeitixem of D«rv«« enlisted and were credited other tovra*. Wn 1S8S fifty-five men enlisted for the war, Xa ISfil aeveatr ewh^ed for one year, ten for the wta and twenty-atven for one hundred day^ 4u«f, The one hsndred days' men were not credited npent the quota of the town. Thirty entered the navy, about half of whom enlisted for the war, and the rest for two year'e *erriee. Exelwiveof re-eotwrtweot* we find the whole number of individual* to be 429 3 year'* men, ro 1 rear'* men, 49 niiic month*' - 13 three month*' mrn, 20 lOO day*' men and 30 in the navy, making a trratid total of fifil different Dir.rer* men who have wrred in the war, while the re-enlistroentt swell* the nnraber tg nearly 80S men. credited upon the Danver* quota - a number Urge enough to coortiiute a very rtrfeelable regiment.

I now come to Ibe naddeat part of the »t*ti*- tica. Of the 6 S 1 different individual* the fall of two i* unknowQ, while 72 of them have either been killed or have died from wound* or diseaie. and S have died of starvation in the vile prirOR-pens of SaUsburv, Hillen and Andmoovi.'e, 81 in ail. lliu* it wii! be arm that about one to sever, of the Danvers soldiers have given op ibrir prwfous Ufr-bfood for the toaintenanre of the gorerumetit md the »erortty of our fitrude y * 5 *.

Fellow soldier* - these sU'Utic* *peak for thctoaelve*. To do Jjostice to the heroic deed* oi oor aoldava require an ang«;'« pen ar.d an an¬ gel'* tocfue, therefore a great pa.n of the hulory of this war. though it n.at be irea*ured in human beam*, wUl forever remain unwrit¬ ten.

X wilt not tpcak to you of the results of this conflict; of the bUny a net u> lately held in eruel bondage: of the power and rmourees developed, of the rtapeci we hare wrueg frxw fomgn eourints; of the patience wnought in the individual and natkmal character hy the test*; of the iodepetident thoughts which guide men in the pisec of the opirtw-os of others, merelr Leeaum lh*y were sometudr's else opink-n*. I will wcarr you by a reforeoce lo these grand rrvuiu, though liwy arc worthy of our time *r d thought.

While I sp-vk ihere ri»e* hrfore me a pic¬ ture of one tf Ibe rever t hwitlca in which I fancy some of the Dar.vrr* roidiers were en¬ gaged. It i* dawr-. The sky U cloodloa*, and the bird* are singing a* sweetly as in the m^'re peaceful days of the R-rputlic. The *uc, just coming fitwo hi* eastern dwelling, bebf Id* our forctw marshalled, oor line of battle Ai they stand the-re so manfully, they forget not that the Sabbath ha* come, but it has not brought with i: the charm of Sabbath bell* cr the quiet tcenes of h-me. Tbev are rTaudtng in silence, and aie tlnr.king bow many home* on that day will bare ihc-.r light* pul out for¬ ever. What though fear i* teen depicted up¬ on their countenance*, it i* a sign that they know their danger, and knowing it, dare to face it. Fathers aie there thinking of dear ones at home. Brother* are there, lovers are there, fondly hoping they may be sparred to re¬ turn to perform their iulemn t.*w*. Sons are there praying they may be fpared to meet again a mr.tber's smiles, to experience again a mother's devotion, .4.11 are waiting - the sig¬ nal is giver. - the fight begin*.

A hundred tfomiund men are face to face. - Death flies with every *h.ot. The hill* echo with the tramp of tteed*. the noise of moving loldterj, and the bugle call.

Now there is a roomcniarj pause, as if to re¬ view what has been done, when ibe wounded are carried to the rear, and the dead left to be trampled upon.

Again the cannon send* forth the columns of smoke, which sweep along the field, or wind¬ ing gracefully, float cloud-like in the air. - The orders of the commanders are not heard amidst the clashing of swords, the rattle of musketry, the rumble of artillery, and the roar of cannon. The troops are charging, the tem¬ pest of iron is sweeping on, and O, what a mass of horses and men lie heaped upon the ground 1

Thus the battle rages with an occasional pause, till the shade* of evening appear. - What a frightful scene now presents itself. The mangled forms of the fallen, and the bod¬ ies of hundreds of wounded are left upon the cold ground.

Here lies one faint with loss of blood, and paleness gathering upon his brow so soon to be cold in death. Another is grasping the cold ground, imploringly looking for assistance, but he, with hundreds of others, may make that bloody field the unattended bed of his last sufferings, for no sister is there to weep over him - no mother's gentle band to close the dying eye, and some are with not a friend even to send a last message to their distant homes.

Thus war, that throws its mantle of sorrow over every class and pursuit, is peculiarly fatal to domestic happiness. In proof of this, witness the numberless fire-sides that to-day are draped in memory of the keenrat griefs. In almost every home is one vacant chair, unoccupied by a father, a son or brother, whose gravra may not be watered by the tears of friendship, but whose memories are held sacred in saddened hearts. Thus have some of our Danvers he¬ roes died, yet let ns hope that, as the crushed flloWer gives forth us sweet and most delight¬ ful fragrances, our republic sharpened by the sad expressions of the conflict, may become highly distinguished in reli^on, in literature and science and in all noble pursuits.

Could we go back to the time when war was the all-engrossing pursuit of men, we should behold realities which the wildest fancy could not exceed, but which are palliated by the fact that Christian sentiment had not gained suffi¬ cient sway to estrange man's desire for war.

I know not how it is, that notwithstanding a wide-spread Christian intellectual and moral influence, the lessons of more than fifty centu¬ ries of blood have not yet had the effect of beating our spears into pruning hooks j yes, as ^ve read of the battles of the world, we feel that some magic spell spreads over them some brothers, bnl we are not all here. We are like the fioMly gathered round their annual festive table:, wbo fe«4 a subdued joy as tbey look up¬ on the vacant ebait* of the absent ones* So to-day nmr exultatioa and pride over victory w snbdaed as to-dar we meet around tbeae table*

The Watbe Questtoit

We were snenewhat surprised to find that some of our citizens t«nk exception to a casual remark in oor paper last week* and aetumed tbnt it waus intended ** a slur upon the action of the toarn in^ relation to the Spring Pond

It was the third day of August. IS65, that J street, when we closed our last. We wish it to we left home for a camp retidence of a week or \ ^ distinctly impressed upon our readers that so, tm Plum Island. Our first stage was the we don't 3 profess anything like a perfect history, horse cats to Salem, from thence, the 8 o'clock \ » desultory sketch of incidents touehaaid softly breiObe the names of the precious j water. We iatesded no such thing, amd our I ^ RowJey, where we found a plea.sant f localities and time of which we write, j

Yes - in the implration of this hour we will «ot forget the *- tinretoming Inve" of onr member*. They fill a soldier's grave. Ke*t, foved, bnnortrd dead I - blessed in your live* - thrice blessed in ymir death. Rert - your work all done - sc done !

How much cevses crowding ir.to <Mir mind* for utterance ' - too much to find a fitting expT«#ioR to-day. But we can let the ntemory of this oceafton. at a time in our country'# his¬ tory when it i* so gk>ri'.u* to live, incite with¬ in OS wbo survive, whatever others may do, the purpose of living to rair-e hnmauity to a higher and nobler poaition.

words w3l not jastifv foch a t&arge. In tbe exercise of oar right of private judsnent we are willinf to avow our lelirf that tbe town hi.* r.o right, in its m irjjripvl capacity, to take tr.oKfrV irCJU the tceasujy in anlimited amount# tn sriend in litigaticn in this controversy. In thi* we may be taiftsken, still it is our present belief, which we d»r* be likely to retain until convinced ta the contrary.

looking, iuriting little craft in the shape of a pleasure boat, waiting for us. Having put on board our baggage, provisions and evarything necCTsaiy for a good time, we set rail with a head wind, which obliged u* to keep tacking, (as the sailors say), and in our case, tacking meant manoeuvring, so as to sail two miles for every one we advanced ; making 14 miles sail for us - as the distance from Hnwley to the Island is cnly 7. IVe soon reached the end of what seemed to be a river similar to onr own, which g'ves by the name of " Waters River

The time is fast spproaching^ when the electors of oor aUle will be called upon lo select their public officer?. T'ne R=- publican and Dcroocratic parlies t.ave both cniled their #uie conveniiocs. - The aeotimen!* exprewed by Gov An¬ drew in his lost xnnusl message to the Legiilaturc. together wish his probsbie acceptance of the presidency of Antioch college, ren jkst it certain that he will not again be a candidate. Tbe name of .Alexander H. Bullook bn* been saffgested in some quarters as hi* successor, - Much at «e admire the abilities cf ibis gentleman, yet when the devoted patriot ioffi and nnerring judgemer.!. so severely questioned by some, of an abler son and distinguished general of Mxisachu-et!* have left an enduring impri-#? on every loyal heart, we do not think it would be wise or just, at least at this time, for tbe convention to auegest the name of Mr. Bullock.

As lo the democratic party, it is very uncertain who will be their gubernatcrial caiididare, or what will be their plat¬ form. They are evidently contiderably puzxled os to what shall be their tactics. They know they can do nothing, either in Masonchaseils or any other loyal state, without some now issue. Their old platform is eaaentially effete ; many of their ablest men have abandoned their parly and left the old organixers to look after the torm of the party, now that the sul^tance is lost.

Tbey have made an attempt to seduce President Johnson from his constiluen:?. but they have aignally failed in this, if ail account* are true. The only contin¬ gency upon which an alliance between tbe President and the democratic I'arty could be made possible has not yet hap¬ pened, and unless vre altogether uruit-rrate tbe political sagacity of the leaders of the republican party, it never will happen. That contingency is the with¬ drawal of the party from the support of the administration, in regard to the reconslructionfpolicy adopted by the Pres¬ ident. Undoubtedly this policy is dis¬ tasteful to a considerable number, and perhaps to nearly all of the party in New England. In the central and western j states it is probably otherwise, i There is yet no reason for cutting ! loose from the President on this ground,

; and we hope it will not be done. The 1 most important thing to be kepi in mind i is the maintenance of the decree of emanirai intfve** tbit it is the part of wi--d!.m to k »1 it joit *5 it :# and not os we would ) like to have ft. think those who heard the j chatter and law* of the Aqueduct Corporation j read at llwe towa raeruns were surprised, as j wee : ;«s we were, at the extent of the pow- I er* erarted- The p: wets are great, and tie liir.i'ati r* few. If i: should prove that the : c- rp' iaikm emi ieeai'.y d. all tr.ey claim, and ! ti »; they are dett:rri.ir.ed to doit, we apere- | r.ei.d that the oitir ritcedy :o our injursd in- i tere-t* would he either to> obtain from the Leg- i'ls'.-.zs some »ea«;,i.irle liifitatir r.*. or to test ihr c^ rAtitutiotadiir i-f tbe exL-tire laws in the courU. e are aot versed in the law, but we thi k it could be made to appear that such legulatfoa a* will divert a stream which nature bo* caused to fi. w in it* po pev eounse, austaining important iriuafaetures which aree#4er.:jtl to a lorite and z.''»wiag population, is a dangerou* power, and . -e'fcit to be reristed.

Perhapt, after ail. we may have ort^'-estimated ll,e dsmaie iik^ to ensue {T*;m keeping baca the water iy the wew dam. It is a-*erted and Mr. Baldwia'e report support# the asserticn, 'hat new fpring* may be developed -nd the *!ippiy » f water increased. There will aUo always bt #» *«{q>ly from percolation through and undar khe dam, and from springs mad other m urces below it.

It i# preliT well aoadcTstood that this innvemtnt of the Aquedart Company originat'^d in the atti. n of >alemi to supply herself with water from Wenhmw Bond. If that prr.j.-ct sticc-eed '.t wmsld amount to annihila¬ tion of the .kqu'edaa* Company. The latter deiermir.et not to be out-fianked. and hence iheir f-reseni effn* to ofibrd a full supply of water for the city, rendering it insane for that municipaHty to ereet new water works. TTie ! qumtieu i* well wmttb considering, whether ; we sball be m wril a^pplied with water for our d<'rr.f-t:e uses from 'Wer.ham a< from t'pring P-ind. We suppose the new dam is erected as weL to gain head or pressure as to get a more ' amp'.e supply of water. As we have the first use 'f it we have it ia more force than they ; have it in f'a'.em. Should we have it from Wer.ham would the onpply be as sure and the forc e ns great ? Admitting that it would, must not the cost be great'v enhanced to enable our i stater corpcrwiiun to pay the interest on her ; enermou# water debt?

We throw out theoe few sng 2 esti.''n« just to ; op.-n ihe way to give the subject suitable ven¬ tilation if any of our readers are disposed to do it. i which bad the appearance of a harbor. There was considerable to inter #t us in our passage dawn the river. To the north were many little spots of land, almoft islands in themselves, which presented a barren appearance.

But Essex County, and Boston in part, de¬ pend on these, and similar spots, for all the salt hay they use; the securing of which is quite a novelty, considering the inventive ge¬ nius of the age. In passing we fell in with a ' gondola of five or six toi:s, which was prtqiell- : ed by men and boys by means of ropes, hook^, poles,

; on the banks, while those who held the poles j waded almost w aist deep in the water. - all of j them tugging and pushing in a very laborious ! manner to get the heavy mass along.

I TTiis toilsome, difficult, and we should say somewhat dangerous mode of getting it, an¬ swers the oft-repeated, question ; Why is salt hay so near in price to that of Engli-h? lust the product of onr own imperfect memory, i We designed nothing, and expected nothing at j the commencement, only innocently to indulge | ourselves in a retrospection of the past as com¬ ing under our own experience, hoping at the same time and by the same process to afford j some slight pleasure to tlK»e readers of tbe | Wizard who might be conversant with the 1 events thus passing before our own imperfect ; vision. Mr, Wyman's little slaughter-house, j the brook, the well, and the shooting matches j at Thanksgiving tim e, w i'l be remembered by I many now living. As Mr. IV. still lives at a | good old d^e, (at Sior.eham,) and as eulogy belongs only to the dead, we shall pass this locality by with only these crminents.

sands of events in our imagination cluster ; j around this spot, as what place on all God's ; I footstool is ro sacred or so interesting as the ; - location - "the native village, and the little \ j cot where ourselves w ere born i" The old i ; Marshall bakehouse, located fifty or sixty years j ! ago in tbe w estern end of the house now occu- '

The oldest male person in town is M Cr-wsy, whose age is 90 years, 10 montl oldest female, Mrs. Elizabeth Wright Alms House, age 93 years, 10 months.

, hy some now living. We do not remember j Boardman, about 60 years of age, resi I when baking was carritd on there, but do re- i Xo. 59 IVall street, and beating him i member well er.oueh the baker's oven and I ahn.it rRo >.a.,ri i.,,. ...nini, v..

member well enough the baker's oven and other appurtenances to a bake-house. The eastern end of this building, po long ago as we remember, w as occupied by an old lady by the name of Cloutman.'» Capt. John Reith after¬ wards resided here, and his widow lived here about the head, ior which he was fir and costs, and this he at once paid a discharged from custody. When Mr. ( the cashier of the Court, called for Boi to receive his witness fee he found hii plaining of feeling sick and unable tost! Supposing his sickness to be only tempo was advi.sed to lie down on a settee for time, but as he seemed to get worse, a c and humane care for the sick and the afflicted I was sent to take him home. Before very seldom earned by frail human beings.! his son arrived, and a physician being; Their daughter, the wife of Mr. Nowell, still j Boardman was taken home, but died i right royally, as one having authority. Our captain stopped of course, at such a demonstra¬ tion, and jumping into a little boat rowed -to the shore, and toesed the darkey a letter; with ey«.« wide open, and teeth glistening expressive of joy. he caught it, wheeled and ran for home while at every step his heels flew to an un- f graceful height, which as he was barefoot we | &-.u!<i not help noticing. We approached the landing amid the wiaving of hats and handker¬ chiefs and w'ere heartily welcomed by those on shore, as well we niight be. For speaking about it the other day, a lady of correct judg¬ ment said tn us, -- Since the May Flow er land¬ ed the Pilgrim Fathers on Plymouth Rock I do not think, that any water craft ever held such a precious set as the boat that conveyed your party from Rowley to Pfum I-Iand. You were the best part of the young aristocracy of South Danvers and human praise ean go no farther. Boston it is said is the Kub of the universe, but South Danvers is a universe in itself; the people are not like other people, extortioners, unjust, etc , no. tbey are right¬ eous in all their ways, and holy in all their works. '1 hev fast - w ell, I do not know how

M'e remember when the company from Dan¬ vers (during the war with England of 1812, on an ever-to-be-remembered night of alarums, or alarms,) marched to Salem by this locality to meet the British (whose barges tbe alarm¬ ists, w ho raced up just before, said filled Salem harbor.) "We remember one thing very-dis¬ tinctly, that the company marched much quick¬ er and more full o; fervor, patriotism and valor, back from the tcene of action, than toward it. We heard no such expressions on the way back as " Hear them now, general! Do you think we shall beat them ?" ete^ etc.: and the music was loud and lively and maHv exclammations of patriotism were heard. IVe design no treason, Mr. Editor, in this innocent di¬ gression ; nor do we wish to expose you to ani~ madtersion or pecuniary disadvantage on ac¬ count of it, for the war is over and military necessity is dead.

riH .rd to partiranship. If not, as the court is torstiruted. a hen there comes a change in the | adiuin'stration in this State there *ill be great danger that the incumbents will be got rid of fay afaolLriiir.g the court and establishing a new | one. as the judges cf the Court of Common ; Pleas were disposed of a few years since. - StatesMmm.

Has the "learned gentleman" who "edited" | the above paragraph forgotten that the Su- | preme Judicial Court stands upon an entirely i different basis from that of the old Court of ) Common Pleas ? The latter was made by the ] Leeidature and was abolished fay the Legisla- j ture; the former was established by the Con- j E'itation and can only be abolished by thang- \ ing the Consdtntion. Our government consists !

effects up the steep ascent; but with the aid of | a wheelbarrow, and each of us taking his turn, | verily, by the sweat of our brows we got them | up, and having selected a spot, with military j despatch we pitched our tents - one for the girls and the other for tbe boys - and by the j time we had finished we had a good appetite ; tion, together with tHe doings of his father, who died on the same .«pot'some tw enty-five years ago, and who for many long years car¬ ried on harness-making on the spot now' oc¬ cupied as a bakery and dw'eliing house by Mr. Leonard Pratt, and kept a livery-stable next west from Spiiler's store, and also on the same spot where his son's is now situated. The present owner has an establishment there for supplying horses and carriages scarcely excelled in the region round about; and any one who wishe.s to procure a first-rate team will find there all his heart can wish in that line, and a ationa should tend. This end cannot be Executive, aad the Judicial; it is a new accomplished except by the influence of j idea that one ci them can abolish the other!

the united republican parly. The ae- j knowledged leader of the party is of i course the President. So long as he is j true to emancipation, he should be sup- ; ported, even though he should differ from ; a large and influential portion of the par- 1 tv in regard to the best means of pre- I serving and enforcing this great measure of reform. So we say, and hope to be able to say for four years longer, - Stand by tbe President!

"We happened to have occasion upon two conECcutive day of last weeks to ride from Lynn to South Danvers, in the 6 o'clock P. M. coach, and we were greatly surprised to see the im¬ mense travel over that route between that city and South Danvers. At that hour 4 coaches, all heavily loaded, having in the aggregate, at least a hundred passengers, left the Central Depot! And this, we are told, was the o- di¬ nary travel of that town. Most of the passen¬ gers came to Rockville.

inquiries were repeatedly made why the Horse Railroad was not in process of construc¬ tion, agreeably to the wishes of the public and the implied agreement of the corporators who procured and pocketed a charter for that pur¬ pose. Ol course we were as ignorant as others of the reasons why the road is not built. We fear that unless it is built soon, or that there is some assurance that there is a bona fide in¬ tention to build it soon, many of our citizens, who now work in Lynn will move thither rather than be troubled as they now are for transportation. Probably one hundred of our citizens work in Lynn and reside in South Danvers. The best way to counteract the con¬ stant temptation they must be under to move to Lynn is to give them such cheap and con¬ venient means of transportation a& a horse railroad only can supply. We are of those who think that it is for the interest of our town to so manage our affairs as to induce people to live with us instead of moving from us. So we say let us have the horse railroad. If the present holders of the charter don't want to build it, why should they not step aside and leave the work for others to pefform who ate willing to ?

Besides, is not the implication that the judges of the Court of Common Plea* were " got rid of" on account of partiality or partizanship, altogeiber mroneous as well as unjust? We at the time heard of several different reasons but nev« of mther of these. At to partizanship it was well known tb^t all political parties were represented on that bench. ^

We hope and trust that when the present va¬ cancy in the Supreme Court is to be filled, the executive will apfpoint the best man without reference to hk partizan antecedents or con¬ nections.

or down South, such a specimen of sign paint¬ ing as the following would hardly arrest the attention of the most critical passer-by ; but to see it in the principal street of the good old town of Beverly, where learning has ever been reckoned as one of the cardinal virtues, strikes the eye queerly to say the least.

Will the Beverly Citizen ask the School Committee to order the State Constable to abate the aforesaid sign as a nuisance ? Bad spelling on sign boards tends to corrupt the orthography of the public. We knew a man who always spelled the Christian name, Philip with tw'o U's because he was accustomed to see it so spelled on the sign of one of his neigh¬ bors.

-we were providing just such a habitation for them, a# served for Abraham of old, and as far a# we know, he took his meals from a cloth spread on the ground just as we did the first day.

our mov^ents. accompanied us to the Island and assisted in getting things to rights, but left for home as soon as he saw us in a fair way for a comfortable settlement. The rest of the day was spent in fixing up, and getting ready to begin house keeping.

Mb. Editor, - Will you allow me to inquire through your paper whether the horse railroad from South Danvers to Boston is to be built this season or not ? There are about sixty men in this village who work on shoes in Lynn and have to depend on the coaches and private car¬ riages to convey them there mornings and back nights. If there was horse railroad commu¬ nication, there are many people in Lynn who would move out of the city where rents are so dear and tenements so scarce and locate them¬ selves on the road between South Danvers and Lynn. If you will answer this inquiry you will greatly oblige many a Cordwaikbr.

AcciDEifT. - In Danvers, on last Satuai'day afternoon, while Mr. J. F. Ely was riding with his wife and child, his carriage came in contact with an omni¬ bus. The carriage was thrown over, and the horse becoming frightened, ran some distance but was finally stopped by Mr. Simeon Putnam. No injury done.

New Sociext. - There will be a meet¬ ing at Town Hall, Danvers, on Thursday evening next, of aU those who are favor¬ able to the formation of a Unitarian So¬ ciety.

A CuEious PiiAKT. - Our neighbor, Jeremiah Putnam, Esq., has growing upon his grounds a peculiar nondescript in the vegetable line, which is quite a curiosity to the people hereabouts. It evidently belongs to the Squash family, although it hears scarcely any resem¬ blance to the ordinary varieties. In color it ia a beautiful purple, is about nine inches in circumference, measures eight feet seven inches in length, and is still growing. Mr. Putnam has propped it up so that it stands upon one end, and is already beginning to peep in. at the chamber windows. Some few years since Mr. Andrew Porter had a plant evidently of this species in his garden, w'hich was visited by many distinguished horticulturalists. There is, however, some slight difference between the two plants. Mr. Putnam's plant is, so far as can be dis¬ covered, perfectly dry and contains no fluid of any kind. Mr. Porter's was very juicy and exuded, at times, a thin yellowish liquid, very pleasant to the taste.

Next we^t on the same side stands the estate owned in our young days by Capt. M'm. Silver - next west a dwelling house, then owned by his brother Capt. James Silver. Between thij, and the Annable estate used in our youth to be situated the dwelling-place of an old Mrs. Peters, - it stood back from the street. This is where Lyman Holman'.® estate is now located. This locality used to be called the "

We stand nowin front of that sacred receptacle for the dead, where man goes to his last restingplace. Riches and honors make no distinction here. It matters not here whether a man dies w'orth one or one million dollars - whether he lived king or serf - the poor man and the rich man - the high and the low are on a per¬ fect level.

Mr. Benjamin Annable, who for many years owned the estate next west from Mr. Holman's, was one of those men whom we ever delight to remember as an honest, industrious, generous, and honorable man, and his kind and benevo¬ lent consort never refusing her good offices to the unfortunate, comes up before us as one be¬ longing to us all - a mother and friend to all the unfortunate Their worthy son now oc¬ cupies for a blacksmith's shop the same spot where his father carried on the same business for many, many long years, of whom Mr. Geo. Peabody said, as we understand, on his visit to his home a few years ago, that " he did his work well." The son has now a very neat dwelling place next east from his shop on the same spot on which a school house was situated for many years, and where many of cur cit¬ izens received the first rudiments of their edu¬ cation.

We see the horse-cars coining and we jump on and ride up to the Square. 'Way we go, and on our passage we have nothing to do but to reflect upon the great changes which have been going on for the last fifty years on the line of our short ride. What would our fathers have said to have seen such a grand and comfortable conveyance as the horse cars affords, with such gentlemanly conductors and drivers? We know not what others may say, but we have reason to state that this horse railroad is a great convenience, calculated and designed for the accommodation of the public, and that nothing disadvantageous is connected with it other than what is necessarily connect- all great public improvements. M'e fully believe its abandonment would prove an ac¬ knowledged public misfortune.

We have now got to the Square, and here W'e will stop until another paper, as the loca¬ tion is of too extended importance to touch upon, as your room, Mr. Editor, w'ill not afford us space to treat upon it to-day to an extent it requires. h. d. j.

executed fac-similes of the IT. S. $50 notes are in circulation. The face of Hamilton on the bill is coarse. The paper is heavier than the genuine bill.

Finding that he would probably t police was set to work to find Burdett was found he had left the city on gettin from the court room, and officer Josepl ren, of the first Station, took a train for dence, where he succeeded in arresting ] and bringing him to Boston. - Boston Ht Boardman is well known in South D where he used to formerly reside.

We are informed that a short time daughter of Mr. Boardman with her h were both found dead in their room, a residence in Andover, caused it was sup from the effects of coal gas escaping ir ehamber. - Obs.

A. C. Goodell, Esq., was chosen Presi Mr. Goodell accepts the Presidency, derstand, with the determination that tl shall be run with the utmost econom that the stockholders shall if .possible re fair dividend in January. Of this resul is a good prospect. The daily expenses establishment have been greatly reduc the fall in the prices of hay and grai arrangements are making to secure the sary supplies for the coming -winter rates. The travel on the road is very h The cars are constantly full, and have 1 throughout the season, so that the ds ceipts are in excess of the daily expend Since April the Company has done t business, and there is every rea.®on to that a dividend will be made in Januar; - Obs.

New Church Bell. - A new bell, wei 2,119 pounds, with a tongue weighi; pounds, was placed in the tower of th( Baptist Church on Friday last. It bet inscription, " Cast by Henry N. Hooper Boston, 1866. First Baptist Society, ! Mass." The bell is a fine sounding one lar in tone to that on the South Church, Danvers, and unlike any other in Salei new' clock with dials w'ill soon be placed First Baptist Church. The bell was si fully raised to its position under tlie direction of Mr. Charles H. Berry, an rienced rigger. - Beg.

Harper's Magazine. - The Septembei her is received, as fresh and interesting a; The contents are as follo-H'S: Septemb Trip to Eodie Bluff and the Dead Sea West; Love in a Hospital; Miss Pink i Season; Niagara in Spring ; Seiches of Life in China ; Tom Mallory's Rev Anaesthesia: The Pond House; Milfort madale; The Helmsman; Street Educ! Margaret Bronson ; Hannah Fanthorn's £ heart; Our Mutual Friend; Recolleeti an Old Fogy; Monthly Record; Editor's Chair; Editor's Drawer. For Sale by Waitt.

Godet's LAbT'.s Book, for September, ceived. It contains an engraving illust! "The Spirit of-'76 a double extension ed fashion plate cf six figures in Godey' style; a crochet lounging cap; an org suit, ro'oe dress, and Zouave rube, from St & Co,; embroidery and braiding from C Ton's Philadelphia establishment; and a vi of other novelties. Marion Harland and favorite contributors furnish tbe literary tributions, and the editorial and domesti partments are w'ell and usefully filled.

" A Pereect BRicK."-T-By reference t advertising columns, it would appear the force of this similar figure had been real A brick machine has just been invented, v promises great excellence of quality with derful rapidity of production. We comi the invention to the notice of our brick-ma readers.

^mans was different from the accepted litera- Hefrigerators, Bureaus, Wardrobes, &c., re of that day. Our Agent has other busi- Uqs. 1 and 2 Holmes's Block, Haymarket Square i TT ATE on hand a full Stock of BLANKETS _ Medicine.*. Chemicals. Gnmk, Arid*, SpongeS: ' V H and FLANNELS, which they offer at Herbi. lJye-=t»ff*-

White Linens

- - , n . douhle-giazed Stone Ware mpe, witotonavs un- uiuKjjjoney in Europe while we are unable to sup- jng-vrater-tight pipe to conduct pure water free troui ply the demand for these celebrated Bitters

K eeps constantly on hand a good assortment of Bhbad, Cakks,' PiKS, etc. Also Tea, Coffee, Su¬ gar, Spices, Essences, Confectionery, etc., etc. Danvers, Jan 4.

Rarer Hahoxhos

cliniate, 30 miic.s soutii Ot irDiiaaei|»Lia vy itiinuitu. Rich .soil, prodni-ingiarge crops, which can now be seen growing. Ten, twenty, and fifty acre tract.*, at from S2.5 to ®3.5 per acre, payable w tt.in four year.s. Good business op>ening.s fur iiumutactorics and others. - Olinrclles, schools, and good societj-. It is now tlie

A large as-sortment of Piotnre Frame.? and Pictnres. i will find tsjs. with the great variety M neap Also, Stuffed Fnmitnre and a good a.ssortment of styles, will be of much advantage t tnem.

Bepairing and Varnishing done in the best manner. Carpet and Curtain Paper,, ot the oe*. qoai Opposite Village Bank, ! Curtain Fixtures, &C.

inzreased facilities for. the in-trnetiou .and bo.ard of qqjjj pjjjj^^elphia to the point of its delive:y. boys de-iriug to ent-r college, or to be fitted for biisi- __

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Also, a large assortment of Patent Medicines, Confectionery, Clocks, Fancy Goods, and Cut¬ lery, Toljacco and Cigars, Books and Station- j ary. Daily and Weekly Papers, Magazines of all kinds; Beadle's, Munroe'.s and Dowley's j ten cent Publications ; Selee's Hair Life, the ! best thing for the Hair. | any one who i.s not -able to lio licavy ivork. Is no humbug, and p.ij's the largo: t profit of anythingof the kind. Samphs with circiilar.s .sent free, by lu-il, for

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I T will bake, boil, roast, liroil, stew, Ly, heat flat irons, ana do all tbe cooking for any tamtly, wit.i notiingbiU petroleum for fuel It makes no dust, ashes, smoke, soot', or ur-piea.sant smell, it is \cr\ simple, aud the cheapest heating apparat ;s extant. Every family should have one.

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Blooij, Chronic Uiskasfs. that have baffled the bett medical skill, often yieid to the ssbtle influence . f this remarkable medicine. It is tbe n o.-t powerful Vitalizing Age.nt ano Bestorative known. Its j AjOWJ Lava and Florentine Brooches, 4 j 2,00*1 Corai. Opal and Emerald Brooches, 4 I 2 .OCOMosaic. Jet. Lava, and F'lorentiae j Ear Drops, 4

' 7,S4XS Set? l.ndies' Jewelry-^Jet and Gold, 5 ; S,*.W Sets Lwiie* Jf-»elry - Cameo. Pearl, 4 ! 3,000 Gold Faar. SCvcr Extefition-Hojdeu and Pencils, 4

; 6 OfXlGc-'d Pen* and Gold-31octHed Holders, 3 i S.ffik) Goid Pea* and ExtenSion-Hi.Iikra, 6 i S.'.CO Silver Gollri* and Drinking Cnni, !.5 ! l.bU) Silver Caotorc, 35

A battalion of the King's Guard con¬ sists of four hundred women, chosen ; among the handsomest and most robust girls in the country. They receive ex¬ cellent pay and their dii*c»pJine is per¬ fect. They am admitted to serve at the age of thirteen, tod are placed in the ar- | my of leserTC at tarenty-five. From tiiat period they no longer serve about the ' king's person, but aa-e employed to guard j the royal palaces and crown lands. On j entering the army they make a vow of ' chastity, from which there is no exemp- j tion unless any of them should attract the king's attention and be admitted j among his legitimate wives. The kingV choice seldom falls on the most beauti- j ful, but on the roost skilled in military exercise.

The hope of such reward animates them with extraordinary zeal for military instruction, and Europeans are astonish¬ ed at the martial appearance of that bat¬ talion, as well as its skill in maeoeuvering, and its excellent discipline. The costume the women wear is very rich. - Their full dress is composed of a w hite woolen robe, embroidered with gold. - j The cloth is extremely 6 ne, and descends j as far as the knee ; it is covered with a light coat of mail and a gilt cuirass. - The arras are free, and the head is cov- | ered with a gilt casque. When wearing j this dress on state occasions, their only i weapon is a lance, which they handle ' with wonderful dexterity. With their ; undress they are armed with a musket

The battalion is composed of four com- panics, and each companj^of one hun- | dred women, commanded by a captain of | their sex. Should the captain die, the ! company is drilled for three days by the | king, who appoints one of the most com- j patent to succeed to the command. j

The battalion has been commanded j for the last five years by a woman who j saved the king's life at a tiger hunt by i her courage and skill. She possesses | great influence at court, and is much re- 1 spected by those under her command. - | She has the same establishment as a ! member of the royal family, and ten ele- | phants are placed^at her service. The king never undertakes an expedition without being accompanied by his fe¬ male guard, who are devotedly attached to his person. Each individual has five negresses attached to her service, and j having thus no domestic occupation, she can devote herself exclusively to the du- | ties of her profession. There is a pa- j rade-ground near the city, where one j company is stationed lor two days every j week to exercise themselves in the use i

The king attends once a ihonth at those exercises,, accompanied by his brother, who shares in some degree the - sovereign power, and distributes prizes to the most deserving. These rewards consist of bracelets and other valuable jewelry, to which the girls and their fam¬ ilies attach great importance. Those so honored fill the offices of sergeant and corporal. Punishment is very rare in this corps, and when it i^inflicted it con¬ sists of a suspension from service for a period not exceeding three months. - But duels are much more frequent. - They must be sanctioned, however, by the female captain, and be fought with swords in the presence of the entire ^com¬ pany. When the death of one of the parties ensues, the deceased receives a magnificent funeral, and the high priest pronounces a panegyric declaring that the deceased by her valor has merited eternal rest in the abode of the blest. - The survivor receives the congratulations , of her companions ; but, as a measure of discipline, she.is sentenced to pass two months away from her company in fast¬ ing and prayer. The military organiza¬ tion of this battalion is so perfect that the entire army endeavors to imitate it.

The Obeat Snsush Reugdtj

In an cases of Nervous and Spinal AffecUons, pain in the Back Mid Limbs, Fatigue bn slight exertion. Palpitation of the Heart, Hysterics, and Whites, these pills "Will effect a cure, when aii other means have fail¬ ed ; and', althongh a powecful remedy, do not cohtahi iron,'calomel, antimony, or anything hurtful to the constitution.

The celebrated, DB. DOW continues to devote hia entire time to the treatment of all diseases incident to the female system. An experience of twenty-three years enables him to guarantee speedy and permanent relief in the WOBSJ casxs of Suppkession and ail OTHER MENSTBBAL DERAN aEMINTS, from WHATOVEB CADSE. AH letters for advice must contain $1, OfBce, No. 9 Bndicott street, Boston.

Rush'S Cathartic Pills

Consultations and examination* of the long*, as practiced in the best medical institutions of Europe, pbbs of cu-xbob. Officb Hoasa, 14 to 5 P. M.

Eign Remedy For All Kidney And

This surpasses all other like preparation*, as much as does Rush's Sabs.afarilla asd Iros, and for the same reasAtns. IT 18 S. SOVER¬ EIGN REMEDY FOR ALL KIDNEY AND URINARY C0.\iPLAINTS. attended with debility, pain in the back, disordered liver and stomach, unnatural secretion and other urinary symptoms. The combination with IRON is found to promote its curative powers in a hi^h degree. Price, $l per larae boitle. It may be procured in the same way a* Rush's Sarsapa¬ rilla and Iron, and at 50 SCHOOL ST.. BOS¬ TON. Read the article on Rush's Sarsaparilla and Iron, where the reasons are given why the combinution with Iron is especially valualile in all cases of debility.

Street, Boston

Numerous certificates and letters relating cures effected by this medicine, from persons of high character and standing, may be seen by calling at the principal office of Rush's In¬ firmary and Rush's Medicines, at 50 SCHOOL STREET, BOSTON.

Rush'S Sarsaparilla And Iron

7 here can be no evt au-l healthy b'.oo<l fona^ with¬ out it. .All i}!*eas &5 o? uebiuti depend upon s lack of lanx in the ryAtem. !?Aas.iPASiiiA. also, is not less admitted to hare the property of vcBirrixa tha bleed of all corrupt humors.

Bess's SixsAPARiLLA ANDTbox tea chesnicol com¬ pound of the best imported Samporilia, with the most delicate and aenre prepatation of Iron known to modem ecience. It was d.-st prepared by the cele¬ brated Dr. Rush, who used it for the cure of ceariy ail chronic ducases It has since been impTcved and perfected by PrQres.«or Flanders, wiio now prepares it. it is pleusant to luke. and agree.* with the most deli¬ cate stomacta. 't purifies, and gfres new life to the blood, in the sliortcst possible ti.ne; brings new rosea to the cheeks of the pale and languid; makos the coniplexioD clear and beautiful; and gives stresgth and anlmatiou to the entire system.

The nauseous ami bitter taste of coxcexteatoi SA as-LPAEiLL.L i.s wholly arci-led iu this chejucal coinHHJSD, which never causes headache and other dLstiirbances, such as ii r. other preparations cf Iron are liable to do.

Each botde cf Resn's ^.aesapakilla axd Ikox con¬ tains 130 dot-es; it is tiiereforn the cheapest Sarsapar¬ illa in the market, as other kinds only contain about « 60 doses. O.xB BoirtE. ix uabt cvees, i* EyocGU to ctTEE. If your druggist or merchant doeu not keep it, arfc him to Eend and get it for you; or enclose the PEtosSl, by mail to A. II. Flaxdebs, M. D , Lowell, Mass., when it will be sent to you paid by express.

The prinripai disorders, and states of the system for which this chemical prep;iration is curative and vnluable. are as follows : - scrofula, in all its forms ; Dis¬ eases AXD EbCPTIOXS op THE Sxix ; AxjmLA oa THIX-

KESS and potertt of tub Blood: Wsaisess axd Dzbu.. mr : Dtspt>sia ; Boils and Toxoas ; Feralb Cox- PLAIICTS ; Kheum.ltism : Jauxdice axd Live3 Uou- PLAiST ; Stpuilis ; Flatulexcb asd Bloatuig.

The principal signs of Scbofula, for which this medicine is specially adapted, are - Ilumoi*; Salt Rheum; Tetter ; Erysipelas ; Ring-Worm ; Swelled and Sore Glands ; Pimples ; Blotches ; Sore Eyes ; Inflamed Kyclida ; Broken or Early Decayed and Foul Teeth ; Deformed, and 51isshaped Body or Limbs ; Pearly 'Whiteness of the Eyes ; Pale Bloated Face, or very fiiir transparently white skin ; Flabby Flesh and Muscles ; Circle round the Eyes. The principal signs of DvspstesiA are : - Sick Headache, Dizziness and coufu.sion of head : face pale or yellowbh ; had taste in the mouth: want of appetite; sickness at the stomach; bitter belchinga and vomitings'; heart¬ burn ; sour stomach ; flatulence ; fullness at the pit of the stomach; tight teeling of the clothes at the waist; cramps and pains in the stomach ; red urine, with brick-dust sediment; sleep restless and unrefieshing ; Constipation and Piles.

You request me lo siate wdiac is now the condition ofTnyheuith, and if I am so disposed, -what it was when you were here. I will do so very choerfuBy: 'and hope that others will profit by my example. At the time yon wa* Professor in the Jlcdieal College here, which 1 think was about l&i 6,1 had been very bad sicfofiila for nearly four'years.had the iHunor fzpin a chtlA. Inherited .from m.v mother, and had spent a great deal of money for meflicino and doctors, but grew worse rather than better. I had Bweiled and ulcerated glauQs in ray neck, and on my limbs, sometimes an itching and burning tetter, oniny bands and arms, and soinotimcs on my face, and in my hair. 1 could cure it, or dry it up, in one place, and then It.would break out iu another. Tlie doctors said if I did euro it ou the outside, it would only strike In, and turn into CoiLsaniption i so I despaired of being better, till one day I was at the College and you told me to take old Dr. Rush's Sarsaparilla and Iron. I lind always used his Pills, and liked tlicm, and so deter¬ mined to do as .you said. In two months I took two bottles, and was very nearly cured. The third quite cured me, and I wa-* so when yon went to Is'cw York. Three years ago I h.sd the gISiuds again swell in my neck, and took one more bottle, and have been quite well ever since. Y-ou ask if 1 know of any others Unit have been cured as I liiive. I know of three others that have been cured by the Sarsaparilla and Iron. They were sick some as I was; one ot them was worse.

I taibw of two that has been cured ot Cohsuraption by the Luug Balm. They Were very bad and the doctors said it was consumption. I ctm get their names and residences for i'ou, and should like to. you was so good tome. I shall never forget your kindness. ,

Julia Fenton

Nemv W, Broiro, of LoweD, applied to the Inllr y about a year since. At that time he had arun- BinfS sore ou his leg which had been discharging a great Seal of scrofulous matter, fur nearly a year; ho also b^ bores In his neck, which broke out oiie after aether* and was subject to humors and pimples, and blotehfis'all over bis body, rocomraenaed him to take Rush's Sarsaparilla and Ivon, which entirely cured him la about three inontbs. Tlie lmproyemcnt began vary soon after he commenced taking it Whp he beSn taking it he weighed only 1 0 poana>. ami now wwghs over ISO pounds. It should also be stated that he bad a bad cough wd reasonably feared that it seb

Furnishing Undertaker

M .4KING this onr exclusive 'onsiness, we are ready at aU times and a: tke shortest notice t« furnish tirave Crothes of vatiou- styles, ss as C tffinsaad Caskets of the fine.-d finish Personal attecsio: given an^ delsvered extra charge to any of the ueighhoriDgto'wn*. .Ail order^ by express Dr ^therwif (- wiL receive t-rompi attention.

F-Ituitt. Epile

fUSANTIT AND < Many are aware cf the esn* win confess. The record* ot melancholy deaths by consuiu the truth of the assertion. The Constitution, ooee aJ requires the aid of medtciac 1 the system, which HELMGOL IsTsriably does. Atrl^willi

Hard Ware And Crockery

Drs. C. & H. are pre-eniinc-nflT snccessfal |n the treatment of the above most diffi'enit and perplexing of .all dl-eases, this complaint being the resnlt of a sesret haitit in youth: if neglected or improperly treated, it proves one of the greatest eviis that can befall a human being. Dr. H. has given partU-nlar attenliou to the abi.ve disease for ytar^, and so thortmghly has he become acquainted with the pa- j thology and treatment, thit he will warrant a perfect cure under f.-rfeiture cf in fact, lie will, iu the i cure cf this complaint, acknowledge no superior in | this country, or even in the world. Come, then, all i yon who are afflicted, come to the Old Stan<l, where | you will in a short time be made to rejoice in perfect j health. I

The primary or first symptoms of disease, whether j a simple rnr.nlng. or saiaii pistules, cancers, or ulcers, * are cured in a very few days, if immediate application j is made to Drs.C. 3c H. !

Lxdies troubled with irregularity, weakness, whites, and other complaints p cuiiar to the feiuam system, | will find a speedy t ure by calling as above. No mer¬ cury nsed, an i no chargeTor aivice. The afflicted are ! invited to give us a call. '

I corruption that acciimulaf!® In I coverfes that have'Dcen made ^ equal In effect HEUtcoup's Co 3 sap vLiixA. It cleanses c-cd rci the vigor of health into the sy humors which make disease, functioae of the body, and expt and rankle in the blood. Such relied oa hag long been sought time tbe public have one on whi spacehere does not rjlmlt of c-orl but the trial of a single bottle tt has its virtues Burpusaing anyth Two tablespoonsful cf the Ext to a pint of water is equal to th I one bottle is fully equal to a gai I parlUa, or the decoctiou as nsoa

Extract

F' *E FOUBTEFN YEARS tfe B-'Se nary 1 as 1 eli a high ranic a* pure, nniform and re¬ liable. I: is Warranted. Ist, To baauiity fhe hair. 2d. To enri the hair elcranriy. 3d. Toremore dan-Ira ff effectualiy. 4lh. To re-t-ire hair to laid heal*. 5th, To force the beard -ind whi-kers to grow. 6 th, To prevent the hair from falling off. 7th. To cure ail j'iiC'ise* of the scalp. Fth. To prevent the hair tnrnicz rrey. idh. To enre hcaiAclie, Ithh. To kill hai' ra*e'-i. S.li c-verywhere. P.-epsred by EDW. M SKINNES, Chemls'U -7 Tremont SC. opposite the HuSenm, Bos;on, Mass. Jan 4 - 8 m

Line of Omulbufe* wU''^eaTe the Lynn andBosto* Omnibus Office, Warren Bank Building. Sonih Dan¬ vers passing djar. Main.-'treet.'ihrough Washington btrcfto Lynn, -ii-ly - Sauiiat * inciudeii- Leiv.- Danvers at 7 50 o'clock, A. M.. 1-2 50 and 4 50 P. M

Hi-r.te Car* leaving the <*ffice at 14 Brattle Street, ^ i5 A M,. I 15 and 5 lo P. M , will meet the Omni¬ buses a; Lynn, at the above named honrs, to take passenger* lo Bnnth Danvers.

Jesse Smith William Blaney

O N and xfter Monday, Nov -2. in addition to the old route, aa Omnibus will leave South Danver* for -o, with l.-ie slesni and horse cars, 3 daily. Sands; t eirepted. - running tbroueu

Plain Pangy

G.4hSv% ELL 6 t HUN I EB lo en.-e an v diseases, of a private nature in a shorter of t.me and for a .smalier amount of money than any ocher doctors in this country, and they a so treat ad ifeniale eomfilaints with perfect succes-, ana on the most satisfactory terms. Patients f-irn shed with board if d>-sired. Please give us a call at oar office. No. ,3 Endicott St,, Boston, Mass.

Commission Merchants Express Business

These coaches connect at Salem with the cars for Boston and Low-11, and with the first train going E. -Also at Danvers with the Georgetown Railroad.

The 11.40 A. M. oni 5 p, M. Coaches from Danvers connect with the train.* from HaverhUI for Salem, and the 2 o clock coach from Salem connects with Bie same road for HaverfaiQ.

Aaron T. Lowe Just Published

a new edition of Dr. Cnivervell's Celebrated Essay on the ladicalcure (.-without medicine) of Spermator- RHtEA, or .Seminal "Weakness, Involnntarv Seminal Los.-es, IMPOTESCY. Mental aud Physical Incapacity, Impediments to Marriage, etc ; also COSSCMPTIOX, EP3I.EPSV, and FITS, induced by self-indulgeuce or sexnal extravagan-e.

Tbe celebrated author in this admirable e.ssav clear¬ ly deiT onstrateSj from a thirty years' successful practice, that the alarmingconseqaen;e.s of self-abii-ie may be radically cured without the daugerous use of internal medicine or the application of the knife - pointing out a mode of cure at once siujple. certain and effeotnal, by m^iis of which every sufferer, no matter what his condition may be, may cure himself cheaply, pri¬ vately, and radically.

Beneath hi,s treatment, ail the horrors of venereal j and impure blood, Impetency, Scrofuia, Gonorrhoea, I Ulcer*, ]iain and distress in the regions of procre a ' tion. Inflammation of the Bladder and Kidneys, Hy, | drocele, Abceeses, Humors, frightful Swellings, and i the long train of horrible symptoms attending this I class of disease, are made to become as harmiess as i i thesimpiest ailir.gs of a child. ;

Seminal -Weakness

Dr. D. devotes a great part of his time to the treat ment of those cases caused by a secret and solitary habit, which rains the body and mind, unfitting the nufortun Ate individual for business or society. Some of the sad and melancholy effects produced by early habits of youth, are Weakness of the Back and limb.*. Dizziness of the head. Dimness of sight, Pal¬ pitation of the heart, Dyspepsia, Nervousness, De¬ rangement of the digestive functions. Symptoms of ! Consumption, Ac. The fearful effects on the mind ! are much to be dreaded; loss of memory, confusion i of ideas, depression of .spirits, evil 'forebodings, j aversion of society, self-distru.st, timidity, See., are i among tbe eviis prodneed. Sneh persons'shonld, be- I fore contemplating matrimony, consult a physician of !

Patients who wish to remain under Dr. Dow's treat- i ment a tew days or weeks, will be furni.shed with I pleasant roor. s, and charges for board moderate i

-HEUMBOUD'S B An excellent lotion for disea® dissipation, used In connection ' and Sarsaparilla, in such disease dence of the most responsible at accompar^ the medicines. Ala use, Kff.4 hundreds of Woiisaad* of unsoliciteil certi tory letters, many of which are i Including eminent Physicians, Cl The Proprietor has never resort* the newspapers; ite does not do 1 articles r.ank as Standard Prepar to be propped up by certifleates.

H. F. Skerry

Freight Office, 25 Merchants' Eow. Particular attention paid to remo-ying Fur niture, collecting Bills, Notes, Drafts, &c. Sm^est favors thankfully received.

E IJGGLES' Job Engine Press. Prints a bill 13 by 19 inches. Can be run by one man at the rate of 800 per hour. Is in good condition. It will sold at a very low price, as tbe o-wner has no use for it. It i* a big bargain; Apply at this office.

Mazes The

street, Boston, is eonsnited daily for all* diseases inr-i dent to the female system. Prolapsus Uteri er ^ Albus, Suppression, and other m^sUurderfS meats, are all treated on new pathological priSes ardspeedy relief guaranteed in a veryfexv aiys So invariably certain is this new mode of trSent Complaints yield under it, and ^^Dr^owtf, *'®j"ices iu perfect health,

Dr. Dow, since 1845, having confined his whole atrontion to an office practice, for the enre of Private Di.seasesahd Female Complaints, aeknowiedues no superior m the United States. .

Ask Fok Helm

And ranks highest on account of the elasticity, permanence, Beauty, and general desirableness of the stitching when done, and the wide range of its application.

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Source changes here: from Danvers, Massachusetts, by Moynahan, Frank E, published 1899; 80,202 words in this source stream.

Danvers Town

Boston & Maine system, with frequent trains, intersecting each other at right angles, in the main village, whence, also, electric cars, at short intervals, radiate into various sections of the town, some of them running to Salem, Peabody and Beverly, and there continuing their course or connecting with others for more distant l)laces. There are not less than nine local railroad stations, and as many as five post-offices; and there are electric street lights, excellent water works, an efficient fire department, scores of literary, benevolent, patriotic and trade organizations or societies, handsome gr.immar school buildings, in the several most convenient and ajjpropriate localities, and a well graded system of instruction in the town as a whole, with ancient landmarks, and monu nents in honor of departed worthies that are rich with historic interest and full of impressive lessons for all.

It is intended here to present only an outline of the history of this enterprising and prosperous old town. Vet we can but remark that it is quite time that a more extended and comjilete history of it than has yet appeared should be written. Abundant material for such a work exists and is easily accessible. It may be found in the archives of the State and of Salem, and, of course, the town itself ; and in such publications as [. B. Felt's " Annals of Salem," 1S42, 1845 ; Rev. J. W. Hanson's " History of Danvers," 1847; " Danvers Centennial Celebration," embracing an Historical address by John \V. Proctor, Esq., and an Ode by Dr. Andrew Nichols, 1852; one or more subsequent books relating to (leorge Peabody and the two Institutes which he established in Peal)ody and Danvers ; Hon. Charles W. I'pham's " History of Witchcraft and Salem Village," 1867 ; Rev. Dr. C. P.. Rice's " History of the First Parish," 1874; Hon. A. i*. White's "Danvers," as included in the " History of Essex County," 1888; with pamphlets like Dr. Ceorge Osgood's " Danvers Plains," 1855 ; Judge .v. A. Putnam's "Putnam Guards," 18S7 ; Mr. Ezra D. Hines' "Historic Danvers" (illustrated), 1894, a'ld hi-; "Browne's Hill," 1897; and the "Military and Naval Annals" or "Soldiers' Record " of 1) mvers, prepared by Mr. Eben Putnam and others for the town, 1895; together with numerous printed commemorative or occasional discourses, biographical sketches of distinguished men, and genealogies of old families, all of local interest or belongings ; annual town and school committee reports, and articles by Dea. Samuel P. Fowler and many others in the " Essex Institute Collections," and in the Danvers, Peabody and Salem papers, whose files are replete with kindred matter of great value.

In glancing somewhat hurriedly at the principal events or occurrences of the more than two hundred years of the annals of " Salem Village" and Danvers, free use will be made of the authorities above mentioned, and some use, also, if the writer may refer to them, of numerous letters of local history, which he contributed to the Danvers Mirror, largely from 1876 to 1886, and in which, he can but think, there are important matters connected with the past of the town, that had been overlooked or slighted by previous chroniclers, though much of it all, he is glad to see, has since passed into books or other public itions of later date. Such are the part which Danvers took in connection with the first colonization of the great North- West at Marietta, O., the service of her soldiers in suppressing Shay's Rebellion and in other military campaigns, the rise of Universalism and of the shoe manufacturing industry in School District No. 3, the early and remarkable developments of aboliiionism at New Mills and at other places in the vicinity, the names of distinguished, but forgotten citizens in the history of the town, not to make mention of things beside, which seemed to deserve more notice or emphasis.

But Danvers has a history which antedates the seventeenth century, and concerning which a few words should be said. '1 hey relate to the natural features of her territory, her geological formations, her hills and valleys, plains and river:-, rocks and soils, flora and vegetation. Prof. John H. Sears, cu-ator of geology and mineralogy in the I'e.ibody Academy of Science, at Salem, has kindly furnished us.

by request, a most valuable account of these things, of which only a brief resume, with a few supplementary details, can be given here. Born in Putnamville, June iS, 1843, he has visited, more than any other has ever done, every part of his native town, as well as of the whole county, and familiarized himself with all the facts and marvels she had in reserve for so patient and earnest a seeker. His many published scientific papers and his beautifully colored geological map of Essex County - the work of several or more years of careful study - are a monument of his well-directed labors. As to I )anvers. he refers particularly to the more hilly and picturesque region of the central and northern parts of the town, in which three brooks have their sources, flowing through three valleys which form an important feature of the landscape. One of these is Nichols' Brook, which has its rise in or near " Bishop's Meadow," towards the north, meanders in a north-westerly direction and empties into the Ipswich River in Topsfield. Another is Mile Brook, which has its rise in '- Blindhole Swamp," still farther north, pursues its course at the east towards the south, and as it still continues its way thither through Putnamville, takes the name of Frost-fish Brook, and then Porter's River. And vet another.

Porter'S River

Beaver Brook, has its origin south of " Bishop's Meadow," runs somewhat parallel with Frost-fish Brook and west of it, is augmented by a stream that proceeds from the Centre, becomes Crane River, passes on along the Plains to the Port, and finally mingles its waters with the tide of Porter's River at the extreme south-eastern section of the town, where, nearer the sea, they are soon joined bv P>ndicott or Waters River, which constitutes a part of the boundary line between Danvers and Peabody. Beaver Brook forms the drainage system of central Danvers, and the three brooks or rivers have, by a many-centuried process ot erosion, so cut down their banks as very much to broaden their valleys, while the long-continued subsidence of the land has been such as to allow the tide water to enter the lower depressions and swell the flood. All this has added greatly to the attractiveness and prosperity of the town. Without the subsidence, which. Professor Sears says, " amounts to about iS inches ill one hundred years, and has been going on for 1,200 years, as proven by actual measurements," these " estuaries " or *' long reaches of navigable waters" wotdd be only small streams or brooks still wandering seaward as from the hills.

Glacial history, he adds, may be read in all partsof the town, as in the scratched, grooved and polished surfaces of all the out-cropping ledges. Putnam's, Dale's, Lindall's, Hathorne's, Whipple's, and Browne's Hill are debris left by the work of the ice age. The sand and gravel of what we call ridges, when cut into, show that they were laid down by running water in the last ages of the glacial period. Here and there are large numbers of boulders and pebbles which were deposited by the ice when it became thin and which bear the marks of their grinding against ledges as they were incorporated into it ages before. The sand plains and clay beds were deposited in comparatively still water, as the ice receded to the north. Icebergs of vast size became stranded in hollows and were covered over with sand and gravel, so that when they finally melted large lakes were formed which have since been filled with ingrowing vegetation and are now known as peat swamps, as in the case of " Blindhole Swamp" and " Bishop's Meadow." The out-cropping ledges (or bed rock referred to) are Cambrian slate and limestone, seen for instance in excavating a < ellar or well in Tapleyville or Danvers Centre. Diorite and hornblende granite are very abundant. The former (a heavy blue rock) occurs, as elsewhere, in Putnamville and on the hill of the Endicott

" Orchard Farm," and the latter on the South banks of Frost-fish Brook and m East Dan vers. Granite gneiss may be found in Danvers Centre, near the house of Mr. Daniel P. Pope.

Among the minerals of the town are pyrites, often seen in the diorite ledges. Limonite, or bog iron, occurs in most of the meadows or streams ; calcite, or limestone, in crystals and cleavage pieces ; and small (luartz and vein quartz crystals, in, or in contact with, other forms or substances. The flora of the town is much the same as in Essex County generally. There are several varieties found in Danvers that are not known to the surrounding region. (See Botanical lists Ijy S. P. Prowler and Dr. George Osgood in Hanson's History, pp. 10-12.)

Such, for the most part, was the territory once roamed from immemorial time by the untutored Indian, until two or three hundred years ago, but which then became the heritage of the white man. There was no settlement by the latter on the shores of what is properly regarded as Massachusetts Bay, previous to that of Roger Conant and his associates, at Cape Ann, in 1624, or shortly after. His fishing and trading plantation, which was under the general direction or patronage of Rev. John White and certain merchants and others in the west of England, was unsuccessful, and accordingly with some of his party he removed, in the autumn of 1626, to Naumkeag, or Salem, as a more promising place. These were afterwards known as the " Old Planters," and Conant was still their Governor, while such men as John Woodbury, John Balch, and Peter Palfrey, were of their number. Soon a company of London gentlemen became interested in their jjlans, proposed to " erect a new Colony upon the old foundation," raised a large fund for the purijose, and on the iQth of March, 1628, obtained from the " Council for New England," a grant of land, extending in breadth from a line running three miles north of the Merrimac to a line three miles south of the Charles, and in length from the Atlantic to the " South Sea," or Western Ocean. The company appointed, as Governor of the " New Colony,"

John Endicott, who was one of the patentees, and who was " a worthy gentleman " and " well known to divers persons of note." Sailing from Weymouth, June 20, 162S, in the ship Abigail, with his wife, and with Richard Brackenbury, Richard Davenport, Charles Gott, William Trask and other emigrants, he reached his destination at Naumkeag, Sept. 6, 1628. The " Old Planters" very naturally disputed at first the claims of the new comers, but the controversy was speedily adjusted, with Endicott as the acknowledged Governor instead of Conant ; and in token of the general harmony that thus prevailed, the place was given its present name, Salem, the Hebrew word for peace, or peaceful. The Colony now numbered some fifty or sixty persons, and on the 4th of March, 1629, the above grant of territory was confirmed to them by a royal Charter, making them a body corporate and politic, under the name of the " Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay in New England ;" and the principles and provisions contained in this Charter were destined vitally to mould the future Constitution, and influence the longconiinued rule and legislation of the Commonwealth. Other ships arrived during the year and brought fresh and welcome accessions to the plantation, as harbingers of the Greater immigrations that were soon to be. It was a Colony of Puritans or "Nonconformists," in contradistinction to that of the Pilgrim " Separatists" at Plymouth. The former were, nominally at least, adherents to the Church of England, but were stoutly opposed to its corruptions and superstitions, and refused to observe its prescribed forms of worship. The latter cut loose entirely from the T^stablishment, disowning all allegiance to it, and renouncing its practices as well as its authority. Hence their name. But both were still essentially one in faith or creed, and both, driven from their native land by the iron hand of oppression and cruelty, were inspired by the same strong and passionate love of civil and religious liberty. Once beyond the reach of persecution, Non-conformists in most cases quickly became Separatists, and Emigration was made to mean more thorough

Endicott ruled affairs at Salem with rare strength and wisdom, promoted peace and maintained order as often as troubles arose, and held just and friendly relations with the Naumkeags, or the Indian tribe who inhabited the region round about and to whom Danvers and its adjacent towns of today were once familiar ground. Numerous and powerful long before, they had now become greatly reduced by war and disease as the English came ; and they were still a dwindling race, appealing to the white man for protection from their fierce enemies, the Tarrantines, far away at the north-east. The settlers bought of them whatever land they wished to own and occupy, and gave them generally a fair compensation for it ; and when, in 1686, King James II proposed to wrest it from its new proprietors, the fast disappearing natives of the soil gave them a deed of it as their last will and testament. Ere long the tribe was extinct.