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Finish Thy Work.
riuUh thy worlc, the time is short;
The snn is in the west;
The night is coming down?till then
Think not of rest
Yes finish all thy work, then rest;
Till then, rest never ;
The rest prepared for thee by God
Is rest for ever,
Finish thy work, then wipe thy brow,
Ungird thee from thy toil;
Take breath, and from each weary limb
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Finish thy work, then sit thee down
On some celestial hill.
And of its strength reviving air
Take thou thy filL
Finish thy work, then go in peace :
life's battle fought and won ;
Hear from the throne the Master's voice,
Well done, well done! "
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Finish thy work, then take thy harp,
Give praise to God above ;
King a new song of mighty joy
And endless love.
Give thanks to Him who held thee up
In til thy path below,
Who made thee faithful unto death,
And crowns thee now.
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[From Our Special Correspondent].
LETTER FROM NEW ENGLAND.
Bostox, Mass., November 3il, 1803.
The enterprising editor and proprietor of The j
Xf.w South, in view of the large New England
representation in the army of the Department of
the South, has made arrangements for a letter
from this section each week, which it will be my
effort to make interesting. With the limited
space which The New South affords, I shall not
attempt even a synopsis of all the news, but will
endeavor to give in a compact form an outline of
the most stirring events here, and such gossip as
I think will entertain New England soldiers.
New England soldiers! God bless them! They
are honored everywhere with well deserved praise.
All eyes are now directed towards the Department
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each mail as anxiously as we look for our private
letters.
The state election is going on to-(lay, more
quietly than ever before within my recollection.
There is no contest against the present State adt
ministration anywhere. All the State officers will
l>e re-elected by largely increased majorities, and
the Senate, House, and Council will be overw helmingly
Republican. Governor Andrew will have
a majority of votes in Boston, this year, where
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This is a necessary result of the Copperhead tendencies
of some leading Democrats, who could
not be content with their own political ruin, but
must sink their party with tlieni.
The new City Hall of Ih ston is to be one of the !
finest public buildings in New England- It is
now up to its third story, but work on the exteri- j
or will soon be suspended for the winter. It will
take some fifteen months * ft to complete it, and
in the meantime the different city offices will!
continue to be located in Niles Block and Chauncey
street
I suppose there are few Bostonians in the Department
of the South who have not heard of Mrs. ,
Sarah Lane, better knounus "Geneve "Webster."
under which name she cP.s for many years the
proprietress of a notorious house in Sudbury
street. She was for seventeen or eighteen years
the mistress of a Jim Doyle, a prominent sporting
man, by whom she has two children. A year
or two since Doyle becamp a victim to the charms
of one Anna Goodenoug\ who has already ruined
the domestic peace of many happy families, and i
Geneve having, by this time, like some of the
females whom Cicero informs us were among
Catiline's associates, lost the possession of those
charms which procured her a livelihood, she was
rudely cast aside. Geneve vowed revenge, and
has since several times assailed her rival in the
streets, and a few days sinco Miss Anna complained
of her in Court. She was ordered to give
bonds to keep the pc.'-c#, appealed, and tho
case will be further investigated in the Superior
Criminal Court.
On next Friday there is to be an execution at
Lenox, of a negro who is guilty of a most heinous
crime. In my next letter I shall give some ac
count of the hanging.
"While a batch of nearly three hundred New
Hampshire conscripts were being escorted through
here last week, James Burns, a substitute, attempted
to escape when the procession had
reached that classic locality, the corner of Blackstone
and North street. A member of the oth N.
H., in the guard, shot him through the back of
the head, so it is doubtful if he will live. Had he
been a conscript he might have got a little sympathy,
but as it is he gets none?the general verdict
is, "served him right"'One or two other copperhead
conscripts and substitutes from New
Hampshire have been snot by somiers wno nave
shed their blood for their country and cannot
stand copperheadism in any form. The copperhead
insurrection at Jackson, N. H., has been
summarily squelched. As soon as^i corporal's
guard of invalid soldiers appeared in town the
rioters became as peaceable as kittens. You need
have no fear of any more copperhead rioters here
?there are hardly enough for a minority in any
Northern State.
There are now about three thousand people
employed in the Charlestown Navy Yard, and
about eighteen hundred in the Kittery (Me.)
yard. Business is very lively in all the Government
and private yards on the whole Northern
coast
The "Worcester Railroad have just fitted up two
elegant hospital cars to run between New York
and here for the benefit of wounded and invalid
soldiers. They are fitted up in elegant style, and'
with every comfort for the sick and wounded
heroes who may occupy them.
Befcre I close I must give you one gratifying
Boston item. This city has long been infected
with a gang of panel thieves, three of the most
notorious of whom are Ezra Waitt, Charles Sylvester
and the wife of the latter, Nellie Sylvester.
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The latter recently inveigled a Mr. Nathaniel
Bowen, a respectable citizen of East Boston, into
her honse, and then sent Waitt, acting in the assumed
capacity of a lawyer, to accuse him of the
crime of adultery and attempt the extortion of
$200 hush money from him. The East Bostonian
was too smart, and Waitt and Mrs. Sylvester are
now languishing in jail awaiting trial on a charge
of attempting to extort money.
Governor Spraguo of Rhode Island, who has
the "spondulics" andean afford 6neh an expenditure,
has recently bought the celebrated trotting
mare " California Damsel," as a present for *his
betrothed, Miss Kate Chase.
The following are condensed New England
items:?
The whole number of drafted men in the Portland
District was 5,688. 30 went, 50G furnished
substitutes, 148 paid commutation, 442 have not
reported, and the rest were exempted. There
are 9000 deficit in Maine on the last call for
troops. Ten buildings at North Anson village,
Me., were recently destroyed by fire, including
eight stores. $lo,000 worth of wool belonging to
Mr. Churchill was consumed.? Only 29 conscripts
and substitutes out of 579 drafted in Lowell havo
gone to the war. John Goodwin of Sudbury,
t Mass., the last Massachusetts revolutionary pensioner,
is dead. There were but 12 surviving
I ones in the loyal States in March last. Hon.
Moses Wingate, of Haverhill, is 94 years old, and
i is hearty and well.* Rev. Charles Beecher of
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1 Georgetown, late ormouox, uus cume out unitarian,
but the Society refuse to dismiss him.
Violet Brook, Arostook county, Me., has sent 16
to the war, nearly all the able-bodied men.
There are 133,000 guns in the Springfield armory,
and 2800 men are employed there. The Colonels
of the Third, Seventh and Fifth X. IL ReI
giments are at home on furloughs.
OBSERVER.
Donald M'Kay to Build an Iron-Clad.?Donald
McKay, the famous shipbuilder, has received
a contract from the Navy Department to build an
iron-clad vessel of war, and we understand he has
commenced operations already. She is to be
I called the Xahaiit. She will be two hundred and
; twenty-five feet long, forty feet wide and nine feet
depth of hold The armament of two heavy gun%
will be stationed in the turret. The hull of the
vessel is divided so that in fact there are two distinct
hulls, but fastened together so as to leave on
opening of two feet between each hulL This
space is used as a water tank, which, in action,
will be filled with water, and add doubly to secure
the vessel against torpedoes and infernal
machines. The armor will be in plates four
inches in thickness placed against a backing four
feet thick. The wooden deck is to be fifteen
, inches thick, over which is put an armor two
. inches in thickness. She will bo tastefully fitted
up inside for the officers and men. The vessel it
jto be furnished with two engines which work two
propellers. Her speed is calculated at about
[ nine knots.?Herald 31st.
Mason and the Weed.?A private letter from
| Paris thus refers to the "plantation manners" of
j the distinguished representative of Virginian gentlemen
in Franco:
" The rebels Morehead and Mason are daily to
be seen at the new grand Hotel. A few minutes
ago I saw the latter there, rolling his quid, as a
; New England boy chews spruce gum, and expec:
torating all about him in the court of the hotel as
j no well bred gentlemen would.
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