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VOL. XXXVIII.
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CARm _^
Western Virginia &
MARBLE WORKS, & i
AT STAUNTON Jjyi II
. g HARRISONBURG. fjpTffliJ
■ HABDL'IS & KELLEY. ___%
Staunton, April 7, 1858.
TAYLOR & HOGE,
DEALERS IN
. DRY GOODS, GROCERIES,
QUEENSWARE, HATS, CAPS,
BOOTS AND SHOciS,
STAUNTON, VIRGINIA,
HAVE just received a v.rv large and handsome
..tock of FALL AND WINTER GOODS, to
which they invite tbe attention of purchasers.
StaiiDi.n. Oct «, IH6O
R* JA-UtiS JOHNSTON, SURGICAL &
MECHANICAL DENTIST, having been located
permanently in Staunton for the last four years, would
respectfully inform his friends and the public gene
rally, that he still continues to practice Dentistry in all
its various branches, with the strictest regard to du
rability and usefulness.
' Office on the south-side of Main Street opposite the
T old Spectator Office.
Staunton, Nov. 29, 1854.
* tt. €. YEAKXE,
JL WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEWEL-TO
EJjL RY, SILVER AND tgl
OPPOSri'E VA. HOTEL, STAUNTON, VA.
Staunton, July 17. iB6O.
POWELL HARRISON
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
STAUNTON, VIRGINIA,
WILL practice in tbe Courts of Augusta and the
adjoining counties.
J__?~ Otfice removed to corner room of the New
Law Building. East ot the Court-house.
Staunton, Oct. _8, 1860.
J. M. HANGEK
ATTORNEY &.T LAW, STAUNTON, VA.,
i*7"ILL practice in all the Courts held in Staunton,
VY and in the Circuit Courts of Albemarle aud
Rookmjfbatn. Office in the brick-row, in the rear of
(he Court-house.
Stannton, Dec. 30, 1857.
- JOHxVW7MEREDITIL
DEALER IN
JEWELRF, CLOCKS, WITCHES, &€.,
Main-St., Staunton, Va.
l_f~ Watcher and Jewelry Repaired.
Staunton, Jan. 17.
OCTOR JAMES JJ. GILKESON-Having
iocated in Staunton, tenders his profess.oiialser
vices to the public. He may be found, when not pro
essionally engaged, at the room over the Saddle and
Harness establishment of Mr. G. H. Elick, nearly op
posite the Post Office.
Staunton Feb. «. Hs9—tf.
A. D. CHANDLER,
UNDERTAKER,
Staunton, i a.,
WrW?B METALIC CASES of all sizes, at Staun
IV ton and tfillborough Depot, at City Prices.
Staunton, July 19, 1.59.
ROBERTI). LILLEY,
Practical Surveyor,
WILL attend promptly to Surveying, Platting,
Calculating and Dividing L,aud, and Locating
Roads.
Staunton, June 26, iB6O.
R. L. DOYLE,
Attorney at Law, Staunton, Va.,
WILL practice in the Courts of Augusta, Rock
bridge, Bath and Highland.
July 29, 1857.
U~ ENTAL NOTICE—Wm. Chapman has re
moved his office to the old Bell Tavern, near the
Virginia Hotel, and opposite Brandeburg's Corner,
and adjoining Rankin's Daguerrean Gallery, where he
will be pleased to see his friends and costomers.
Staunton, Jan. 31, 1860.
JOEL ETTINGER
HAVINO located in Staunton is prepared to take
a few more oupils for instruction on Piano and
Guitar. Orders lett with J. W. Alby.
Staunton, Oct. 3u, 1.-.6.—tf— Vm. copy.
&lAA AAA IN CAsHFOH NJfc
©IUVjUUU GROES !-I will pay the Jf*
highest market prices for sound and healthy *Bt
NEGROES. My long experience in the busi- JP
ness, and my facilities lor selling will enable -OL.
me to pay the vbby highicst phicks.
I wish io employ »ome good AGENTS to buy Ne
groes. 1 want business men of good moral habits.
Persons wishing to sell will find it to their interest
to call on me by letter or otherwise, at Waynesboro'
Augusta county, Virginia. JOHN B. SMITH.
August 14. I_rto — ..mo.*
_. I>LASTER.— The Staunton Steam Mill having
JL been repaired and put in working order, farmers
can now get supplies ot GROUND PLASTER in any
desired quant ities. E. T. ALBERTSON, Sup't.
Staunton. June 5, l^6<*
IOOK HERE I—The1 —The undersigned have receiv-
ed a Urge lot of MILLER'S CASSIMERES
which will be sold at a reasonable rate.
MOj_BY, MAYLOR A FULTZ.
Stannton. Sept. -25, l? 60.
M~~ILL 'IRONS, MACHINERY AND ALL
Kinds of Castings made to order at the Stannton
J-ojindry, b 7 A. J. GARBER A CO.
_J->ep. 13, 1859.
STATION ERY.—I am now receiving a superior
stock of Stationery, which for quality and cheap
ness cannot be surpassed in Staunton.
Staunton, Oct. 23, 1860. L. B. WALLER.
PICTURES FRAMED !-A variety of Mould
logs for picture Frames on band, and picture*
framed to nrd«_r. L. WADDELL, Jr.,
Union Hall.
RAZORS. —We have on hand a very superior ra
zor, made expressly for Barbers.
a . WOODS & GILKESON.
_ htaunton, iß6o—Vin copy all.
COMING I—Handsome Cottage Setts, What nots,
ilat Rucks, Card Tables, Ac, Ac.
_ n L. WADDELL Jr
Staunton, Dec. 4, 1860. Union Hall.
HOOFLAND'S GERMAITBITTERS, and
all kinds of Pateni Medicines, for sale by
„_ _ . ~ DX - H. S. EICHELBERGER-
Staunton, April 3, 1860.
| BOS RAILING—A variely of patterns, for
J Yards, Cen.et / r.ta, Ac, made to order at the
Btaunton Foundry. A. J. GARBER A CO.
**«"it 13 i«r>.
LEATHER.— 30 Sides best Sole Leather.
TAYLOR A HOGE.
♦stuinton, <»r.t. M I5<;0
OPODELDOC SOUP-for sale at
P. H. TROUT'S.
Staunton, Nov. 1860.
SA LTP Refined Key atone Sal
tre, tor wale by p.' _. TROUT.
Stannton. Nov. 13, iB6O.
I INSEY-— 30 pieces Linsev,
*_ , _ TAYLOR A HOGE-
Mannton, Oct. 9, 1860.
SK IRTS, 6 doz. Hoop Skirts, latest style, io«*
received by TAYLOR A HOGE.
Staunton, Oct. 9, 1860.
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c PERRY DAVES'
VEGETABLE :
f?c L bL / miLef
We ask the attention of the public to this
long- tested and unrivalled
Family JHedicine.
It has been favorably known for more
than twenty years, during which time we
have received t/iausajiAA of testimonials,
showing- this JAedicine to be an almost
never-failing remedy for diseases caused by
or attendant upon —
Sudden Colds, Coughs, Fever and figue,
Headache, gilious Fever, (Pains in the
Side, gack, and Loins, as well as in the
Joints and Limbs; / J^ejifala ; Lc. curd.
SSUijciunjaiisL f&aLnA. in any part of
the system, toothache and (pains in the
Head and Face.
jfis a tjUjtptL -ptut-LfU*- and jZJanic
for the _ft£jnuajJt, it seldom fails to cure
(Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Liver Complaint,
jlcid Stomach, Heartburn, Kidney Com
plaints, _fui/z JfteadciclLe., (Piles, fisth
ma or (Phthisic, Bingworrns, Ijoils, Felons,
Whit-lows, Old Sores, Swelled Joints, and
o}eLLLLtl£. of the _Tt£B±£jrL.
It is also a prompt and sure Femedy for
Cramp and (Pain in the Stomach, (Painters'
Colic, (3>La.Wr'ijD£CL, (Dysentery, gfum.-
mef- Cholera Jfiorbus, Chol
era Infantum, Scalds, gums, Sprains,
praises, Frost _,ites, Chilblains, as well
as the Stings of Insects, Scorpions, Cen
tipedes, and the F>ites of (Poisonous Insects
and Venomous Ifeptiles.
See Directions accompanying each, bottle.
It has been tested in every variety of
climate, and by almost njaiuxn.
ferioLUM. to Americans. It is the almost
constant companion, and inestimable friend
cf the n—SSLarLafg and the tfiauejlef-,
— on sea and land, — and no one should
travel on our lakes or rivers without it.
Prices, 14 cts., 25 cts, 50 cts., and $1.00 ptf Mb
PERRY DAVIS & SON,
MANUFACTURERS AND
PROVIDENCE, -ft. L
Sold by dealers every wheroi
Sept. 11, 1860.
PLAIN AND ORNAMENTAL.
JOB PRINTING,
OF EVERY VARIETY,
EXECUTED WITH NEATNESS St DESPATCH
AT THE
"SPECTATOR"
JOB PRIMING ESTABLISHMENT,
Stone Building, Augusta St.,
STAUNTON. VA.
I i
LARGE STOCK OF JOB TYPE!
GBBAT VAEIETY OF NEW & FANCY TYPE!
BRONZE &, COLORED PRINTING I
will be done in a style equal to the best City Wort.
f TTAVIXG made a large addition to the "Spbctator
i~l Job Officii," it is now oue of the best in the
_Uate, and ail varieties of Job Work can be done in
the very best and most satisfactory manner on very
short notice.
l_f It is furnished with a great variety of new and
Fancy Type.
' ISF" We are now prepared to execute all kinds of
Priming, sucb as
Posters, Sale Bills, Blanks, Circulars,
School Reports, Cards, Checks,
Notes, Letter Heads,
Bill Heads
Labels,
Pamphlets,
Programmes, Visiting
Cards, Wedding Carols, Invitations <&a,
in tbe very best style, on moderate terms.
BLANKS.—CIerks, Sheriff's, Lawyets, Consta
bles, Merchants, and business men generally, are re
spectfully informed that every kinci of Blank they
may need can be bad, at the shortest notice, at the
Spectator office.
|__F°Send in your orders and they will be promptly
I attended to.
GROVER & BAKER'S
N Oil*i__.l__-_;:■>:■. FAMILt
SE W i xN GMACHINE.
THE undersigned Clergymen of various denomina
tions, having purchased and used in our families
"GROVER A BaKER'S CELEBRATED FAMILY
SEWING MACHINE," take pleasure in recommend
ing it as an instrument fully combining the essentials
ot a good machine. Its beautiful simplicity, ease of
management, and the strength and elasticity of its
stitch, unite to render it a machine unsurpassed by
any in the market, aud one which we feel confident
witl give satisfaction to all who purchase and use it:
Rev. W. H. LANEY, Baltimore, Md.,
Rev. O. H. TIFFANY, D. D., "
Rev. C.J. BO WEN, "
Rev. JONA CROSS,
Rev. JOHN McCRON, D. D.,
Rev. W T. D. CLEMM, "
Rev. W. H. CHAPMAN, "
Rev. F. S. EVANS,
Rev. R. C. GALBRATH, Govanstown Md.,
Rev. J. McK. REILEY, Frederick, Md.,
Rev. T. E. LOCKE, Westmoreland co., Va.,
Rev. W. A. CROCKER, Norfolk, Va.,
Rev. JOHN PARIS,
Rev. J. F bANNEAU, Salem, Va.
Rev. C. HANKEL, D., 0., Charleston, S. C.
Rev. C. A. LOYAL, "
Rev. A. A. PORTER, Selma, Ala.
Rev. J. J TWISE, Speedwell, S. C.
Rev. B. B. ROSS, Mobile, Ala.
Rev. J. L. MICHAUX, Enfield, N. C.
Rev. A. C. HARRIS, Hendersin, N. C.
Rev. C. F. HARRIS, •
Office of Exhibition and Sale
181 BALTIMORE ST., BALTIMORE.
|_gT SEND FOR A CIRCULAR. ._£_!
May t>, iß6o.—iy.
mus rcXtTsToiiE;
MAIN STREET. CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA.
FREY A ROBINSON '
HAVE opened a Store ou Main St., (old Post Of
fice, i where they will keep for sale, PIANOS,
FLUIES', VIOLINS, GUITARS, BANJOS, SHEET
MUSIC, STATIONERY, ENQRA VINGS, &c, &c,
and respectfully solicit the patronage of their friends
and the public generally.
PI AUTOS.— Our stock of Pianos is selected princi
pally from the well known and most reliable factory
of NUNS & CLARK, New York, whose instruments
have never been surpassed in tone and durability
since their establishment commenced operations
(thi_ ty-five years ago.) We havemad arrangements
with otber Factories for supplying us with Pianos, oc
casionally retaining the;"y.ivilege, however, of return
ing them" if found unworthy our recommendation. —
Persons purcbasiug from us, therefore, will uever run
any risk, as we have determined to sell only good in
struments, on most reasonable terms.
SHEET MUSIC. -A great variety ofthe latest
publications constantly on hand. Insti uction books
for all instruments The usual deduction made in sup
plying Schools and Music Teachers. Arthur's Pat- i
ent Elastic Music Portfolios. Music sent by mail. j
Orders from the country, promptly attended to.
C. t. FREY, Prof, of Music.
J. ROBINSON.
July 26, 1559.—tf.
Ayer's Ague Cure.
ARiMhiTONG & CO.
DRY UOOUi fIERUHANTS,
75. 77, 79, 81, 83 and 85 Dunne Street,
i.EW YORK.
Would notify the Trade that they are opening
weekly, "in new and beautiful patterns, the
Wamsutfa Prints, also *h. Amoxkmg, a New Print,
wl-icti excel.* eveiy Print in the Couutrj for perfec
tion of . x.ontii.n aud d.Mgu in full Madder Colors.
Our Prints are cheaper than any in market, and meet
ing with extensive sale. Orders promptly attended
to.
Jan. 31, 18P0—ly
LOOKING GLASS PLATES of all sizes for sale
by P. H. TROUT,
Staunton, Nov. IS. Druggtst.
STAUNTON, VIRGINIA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 8, 186f.
J^OETKY.
Old King Cotton.
BT GBORGK P. MORRIS.
Old Cotton is king, boys—aha 1
With his locks so fleecy and white!
He shines among kings like a star!
And his is the sceptre of right,
Boys, of right,
And his is the sceptre of right.
Old Cotton, the king, has no care,
No queen and no heir to his throne,
No courtiers, his triumphs to share,
He rules his dominions alone.
Boys, alone!
He rules his dominions alone !
Old Cotton, the merry old boy!—
Like smoke from the pipe in his mouth,
His years glide away in their joy,
At home in the warm sunny south,
Bors» (he south,
At home in the warm sun ny south!
Old Cotton will pleasantly reign
When other kings painfully fall,
And ever and ever remain
Tbe mightiest monarch of all!
Boys of all,
The mightiest monarch of all!
Then here's to old Cotton, the kiag!
His true loyal subjects are we;
We'll laugh and we'll quaff and we'll sing,
A jolly old fellow is he,
Boys, is he,
A jolly old fellow is he!
MISCELLANY.
THE MISSING BRACELET.
"No, Walter, there can be no doubt about, her
guilt. lam positive that I laid the bracelet with
my other jewels on my dressing table ; none ot
the servants came into my room except Ruth,
and the bracelet ia gone."
"Well, it does look suspicious, I confess, An
nette ; but the girl has as honest a face, as I ever
saw, and she is devoted to yon ; I don't like to
believe that she could do such a thing."
"You can't think I am willing to believe it if
lam forced to. You kuow I shall miss Ruth
sadly, but I think I know my duty to myself and
other servants too well to allow a thief to re
main in the house."
"Well, I can only say, don't do anything
rashly. It would be a serious thing to send a
young girl out into tbe world witb such a taint
upon her character. Good morning, my dear !"
Mrs. Mabury stood by her dressing-table med
itating several minutes after her husband had
left her; and then, with mouth and eyes settled
to a cold sternness, she rang the beil, and seated
herself lo await the answer to her summons. —
Mrs. Mabury was not bard-hearted, bnt like too
many, surrounded by the refinements and safe
guards of a happy and elegant home, she had no
sympathy for those wbo, exposed to so many
and great temptations, sometimes are overcome;
and she had little of that charity "which think
etb no evil.' 1 Ruth soon made her appearance,
and stood waiting her mistress' commands.
"Did you ring for me, ma'am ?"
"Yes, I rang for you," and her cold eyes were
fixed in a searching gaze upon the girl's face.—
Sbe returned in au instant, wonderingly, aud
then her eyes tell, and a faint flush mounted to
her forehead. "1 see you cannot bear my scru
tiny. Guilt is ever cowardly."
"Guilt 1 what can jou mean, Mrs. Mabury V
exclaimed Ruth, iv a startled tone.
"Your downcast look told too plainly that
you know what I mean. You will do well to
my aside all hypocrisy now, for it will not avail."
"Ob, what have I done? indeed you are mis
taken. lam innocent;" and Ruth passed ber
hand wildly over her eves, as if to rouse herself
from a paiutul dream. Something like pity and
misgiving stole into Mrs. Mabury's heart.—
Might she uot be mistaken, after all, and Ruth
be innocent ? No, there were the circumstances,
and they were all against her. "Ruth, can you
account for the sudden disappearance Of a brace
let from my dressing-table, without hands? I
return late trom a party, asd leave my dress
aud jewels, as usual, for yon to put iv their places
iv the morning. As usual, no ooe enters my
room except yourself, and so far as I know, all
is right. In the atteruoon you tell me tbat your
mother is worse, your brother has come tor you,
and I give you leave to go to her. Iv the eve
ning I open my drawer, the key of which I have
had in my possession since you went out, look
for the bracelet, and lo! it is gone!" Sue paus
ed and Ruth stood pa c, trembling and tearless.
She almost believed bersell guilty, the evidence
was so strong, and only ejaculated hopelessly, "1
did not take it.'
"Ruth, I am sorry for you, and if you will
returu the bracelet, 1 will keep you on trial as a
lower servant. Of course, I could not trust you
as I have done. Will you do it ?"
"1 cauuot," she gasped ; "I have not got it—
I never had it —I did not see it with the other
things."
"Mrs. Mxbury'e face grew cold and hard a
gain. "Well, tben, you must go, aud I must
think of you, whom I have trusted and befriend
ed, as hardened and ungrateful. Here is the
money that is due you, aud 1 hope you will not
go from bad to worse. Good-bye."
Ruth's hand opened aud closed on the money,
and she turned and left the room without a word.
Mechanically she went up stairs and gathered
her scanty wardrobe, tied on her rusty black
bonnet, wrapped her thin shawl about her, and
stood on the side-walk, all without any real con
sciousness ot what she was doing. Tbe cold,
damp air, sent a chill through ber frame, and
tben tbe question came, where should she go ?—
Not home to ber mother; O, no, uot to her sick
mother, with such a burden of misery and dis
grace. She would believe in her innocence, but
the pain would kill her. Bot what could she,
do? She sat down on a step—not of the house
she had left, but of one near by —to recover her
.tunned senses, and to consider. Mrs. Chapman
—she had beeu very kind to Ruth's mother, and
always had a kind word for Ruth, when she saw
her at Mis. Mabury's. She must do something
—she would go to Mrs. Chapman ; perhaps she
would believe her innocent. She got up from
her seat and made her way to street, and
rang the bell at a handsome tour utory, brown
front house, aud soon stood in tbe presence of
Mrs. Chapman.
"Why, Ruth, what ia the matter ? you look as
if you could not stand. Sit down, child, and
tell me your errand. Is Mrs. Mabury ill ?"
"1 have left there—bave been sent away,"
Ruth said, with difficulty.
. "You have beeu sent awaj\ Ruth, fir what,
pray ! It mu>t be sometuiug very serious that
would make Mrs. Mabury part with you."
And then slowly, and amid sobs and tears,
which burst, tonb for the first time, Ruth told
ber story. Mr.-. Chapman listened, in wonder
„and pity, moved almost to teats by the poor
girl's distress, and moved almost to say, "Ruth,
1 believe you are innocent. I will give you a
home." But that would not do. Mrs. Mabury
was a lady whose friendsuip uhe prized too
highly, to rsk losing it by taking under ber
wing one whom -die had pronounced uuworthy,
ami wbo, atier all, might be really guilty. So
her kindurs* aud sympathy spent themselves iv
wqkis, and Ruth went toith iDto the ftieet
more utterly desolate than ever, but still shrink
ing Irom tbe idea of going home to pain ber
mother witb her tale of woe; though she longed
to hide herself and her sham, from all but tbat
same loving, gentle mother. She must make
one more effort to "find a place," and there waa
but one resort, the "Intelligencer" office. Wnh
Inhering step aud burning cheek she joined tbe
raotlj group who were sitting and standing near
the det-k. "What sort of work are you seek
iug ?" said a sweet voice, and Ruth looked up
to find herself addressed by a kind looking lady
with a little girl by ber side.
"I should be glad of anything, ma'am," Ruth
answered.
"Oan you take care of children ?"
u Oh yes, I think I can; lam very fond of
them."
'•You look as if you would be kind and gentle
with them," said the lady. "I suppose you bave
references from your last place?"
Poor Ruth, how her heart sank within her,
and how she grew almost faint with dread.
"No ma'am, I have none."
"How is that ?" asked the lady, looking at
Ruth with surprise, a3 she noted the quickened
breath, and tbe color come and go. "Did yen
leave of your own choice ?
"No ma'am."
"You were sent away ?"
"Yes."
"Where did you live ?"
"At Mrs. Mabury's, No. — street,"
answered Ruth, with a choking voice, feeling
much as if she were signing her own death war
rant."
"Ah, I know Mrs. Mabnry slightly. It is I
strange," she said, "with such a face. What
can have been tbe trouble ? lam sorry you
have no reference; I think I should like you,
but I ought not to take any one for the children
who is not well recommended," and she turned
away.
Ruth turned, too, and as quickly as her trem
bling limb*, would allow, lett the office.
"Oh, mother, mother," was the cry of her torn
heart, and without a thought of making any
farther effort, she bent her steps towards home.
A very lowly borne it was, a single room in a
tenement house; but it contained Ruth's moth
er and little brother, her only earthly friends.—
Her mother had a Heavenly Friend, whose grace
was sufficient for her utmost need, and it wa9
great. She had lost her husband, a comfortable,
though humble home, and had suffered lroui
sickness and want. But her faith had not fail
ed ; and she believed that her Friend would, in
His own time and way, lead her child, her
earthly support, to trust in his care as she did.
Was it thu?, through such a fiery trial, that her
prayers were to be answered, she thought, as
Ruth, having told her griefs, liy sobbing by her
mother's 6ide. "Only give her strength, and let
her love the Giver, and then, Thy will be done."
"It is well we cannot see
What the end shall be."
Ruth'a mother had reason to bless the loving
hand which drew a veil between her and the
sad fotnre. She had prayed with heart-felt
trust, "Thy will be done," while that "will" was
hidden trom her view, and was led gently ou,
step by step, till ''the end" came, and found ber
still able to breathe those woids of submission.
Through long days and night* the mother her
self ill, kept her anxious watch by the bedside
of her child, as she tossed with fever and pain,
and raved wildly of guilt, disgrace, and all the
events ot that terrible day. At last the fever
spent itself, and then came days of quiet con
sciousness, when Roth could listen to the soft
tones of her mother's voioe, aa she told her, in
simple language, of a Saviour's love, of his will
ingness to receive her in her utter weakness,
when she could do nothing but commit herself
to Lira. With childlike faith she rested upon
him and peacefully fell asleep, where no suspi
cion ot guilt conld assail her pure spirit, and no
sadness mingle witb the joyous strains of her
ever-swelling song.
"By the way, Mis. Mabury," Mrs. Ohapman
said to her dear friend, during a morning call,
"did yon ever tiud out anything about the brace
let whioh Ruth —which you thought Ruth
stole ?"
S "Oh, she did not steal it, my dear. I never
was so sorry lor anything iv my lite, as that I
sent her away. The very next time I wore my
Magenta moire antique— _ ou know I wore that
to Mrs. Clark's soiree—l found the bracelet iv
the pocket! I remembered nothing about it,
but I suppose it became unci .sped in a danoe,
and I hurriedly took it off."
"The poor girl came to my house after she
left here, and begged me to take her into my
employ."
"Did she tell you why she left ?" asked Mrs.
Mabury quickly.
"Yes she told me the whole story; but of
course I could not take her uuder the circum
stances. Is she with you now ?"
"No; the fact is, I had been so positive as to
her guilt, while Walter believed her innocent,
tbat I could not acknowledge I was so much in
the wrong. In truth, I have not told htm yet that
I found the bracelet; I suppose I shall some day,
but I may as well give tiim time to forget how
earnestly he pleaded the poor thing's cause.—
Don't you think so, my dear?'' she asked with
a forced lniii.li.
"Oli, yes," Mrs. Obapraan answered absently,
rising to take her leave. With sincere regret
for her selti.ihnes- and indifference, and deter
mined to make all the reparation in her power,
Mr.* Ohapman went at once to what had been
Ruth's home, lief feelings may be better im
agined than "described, when she found—not
Ruth in need of her tardy kindness—but a
mourning mother and brother. She listened
with.an aching heart to the account ot Ruth's
sickness and death, and beheld with something
like awe, the holy resignation so apparent iv the
stricken mother's looks and words, as she talked
of her child. Humbly asking permission to vis
it her again, and to supply her with comforts
while she was sick, once more Mrs. Ohapman
drove to Mrs. Mabury's house; and interrupting
her friend's lively expressions of surprise at see
ing her again so soon, and regardless of Mr. Ma
bury's presence, she said, 'T have been to see
Rath, but I was too late—she is dead I"
"Oh, no! you cannot mean it;" and Mrs. Ma
bury Bank pale, and nearly faiutiug, into the
chair.
"When did the poor girl die?" asked Mr. Ma
bury, and Mrs. Chapman described iv a few words
her visit to Ruth's mother.
"Walter, I want to speak to you—you will de
spise me, hut I must tell you all;" and Mrs. Ma
bury, ie faltering tones, and with many ■ tear ;
told of her harshness, her concealment, and her
crnel neglect to repair the wrong she had done.
At first her husband felt only fierce displeasures,
and his wife's anguish was too great for him to
add to it, by one word of blame, though he
could say nothing to alleviate it. Mrs. Chap
man had quietly withdrawn, aod we nejed only
add that the two friends never forgot the severe
lesson taught them by the illness and death of
the unoffending Ruth.
First Babied —A somewhat extended obser
vation, and a solitary experience, have convinced
us that first babies have a hard time. Parents
must bave two or three children before they
know what a baby is—know how to treat it
properly. The poor little fellows that have the
tnisfortuue to come along first, ha»re to educate
pareuts to their task, and in the process they
get spanked, aud shaken- and abused. After a
man has three or four children, he learus tbat
whipping or striking a child less than two years
of Bge is barbarism. We knew ooe "patei nal
head" who struck his first child when ouly six
weeks old, he actually believing that the child
knew better than to cry, and that he stopped
crying at that particular time because he struck
him. We carry certain notions of children and
of family government into married life, aod the
first child is the victim of these Dotions. And
not alone of these, for the parents have not
learoed self-control, and a baby is whipped
quite as often because the parent is impatient or
angry, as because it is vicious or intractable.—
We inflict on our first children the floggings we
ought to have tor our own impatience or fret
fulness. This pounding children before they
become in God's eye morally lesponsible beings
is a very strange business. Patience, good peo
ple, unwearying patience 1 Don't wait to learn
it ootil one of your little ones Bhall be hidden
under the daisies.
An eastern editor says he had a pair of boots
so tight that thoy came very near making him a
Universalis —because he teceived his punish
ment as he went along.
Every household has its pet names. Mr.
Jones enchauts hi* helpmate by calling her his
"idol." Jones, however, privately spells it
i-d-l-e.
The Scott Legion.
BT HOrrKAK.
We were not many—we who stood
Before the iron sleet that day.
Yet many a gallant spirit woul d
Give half his years, if he but could
Have been with us at Monterey.
Now here, now there, the shot ia hailed
In deadly driftg of fiery spray,
Yet not a single soldier quailed
When wounded comrades round them wailed
Their dying shouts at Monterey.
And on, it'll on, our column kept,
Through walls of flame its withering way;
Where fell the dead, the living stept.
Still charging on the guns which swept
The slippery streets of Monterey.
The foe himself recoiled aghast,
When, striking where the strongest lay,
We swooped its flanking batteries past,
And braving full their murderous blast,
Stormed home the towers of Monterey.
Our banners on the turrets wave,
And there the evening bugles play,
Where orange boughs above their grave
Keep green the memory of the brave
Who fought and fell at Monterey.
We are not many—we who press'd
Beside the brave who tell that day;
But who of us has not confessed
He'd rather share their warrior rest.
Than not have been at Monterey.
Me. Yancey on the Slate Trade.—Mr.
Yancey ppoke as follows in the Southern Com
mercial Convention assembled at Montgomery,
Alabama, in the mouth of May, 1858:
"1 insist that there should be no more dis
crimination by law against the slave trade than
against the nutmeg trade. Let it be governed
by the law ot supply and demand alone. If we
do not want the negroes, then do not have
them ; if we do want them, why then we can
get them. I think this ought to be governed
by that rnle.
"But I disagree with my friend from Virginia
(Mr. Pryor,) as to what would be the effect of
any class of persons engaging in this trade. I
do uot propose to re establish or re-open tbe
slave trade, but I propose to leave our people
free to do just as they please upon this question,
and not restrict them by any national law. It
any class of capitalists in the South, io New
England, or elsewhere, choose to bring a cargo
of slaves into a Southern port, that is a right
which they ought to be allowed to exercise.—
Whether they shall sell them or not will de
pend upon the wants ot the community. If we
of the South want these negroes, give us the
privilege of buying them, whether in Africa,
Cuba, or Brazil. If we do not want them, then
we wiil not bay them.
"Will this trade depreciate the present value
ofthe slaves? I think that is a mistaken idea.
It seems to me that the gentleman trom Vir
ginia utterly misunderstands tbe wants of the
Southern planter when he seems to think that
it was his desire for high prices for slaves.—
That is a purely Virgintaidea. We of Alabam
a want slaves to be cheap; we want to buy
them, not to sell tbem. It is a Virginia idea
that slaves ought to be high. So tbe African
chief would like to bave his barracoon of slaves
appraised at $2,000 each. But we who want to
go tiiere and buy them would like to get tbem
a; $50 each. Virginia wants $1,500 eaoh for
her negroes; we want to get them cheaper.—
My triend from Virginia does not understand
the wants of the Southern cotton planter. He
wants labor cheap, because be wants the pro
duce of ttie labor to sell, not the labor itself. It
is tbe value of tbe produce that is of interest to
bim, aud not the value of tbe labor that makes
tbat produce. While every one who wants to
sell negroes desires a high price lor them, tbe
great mass of the planters wbo buy them are
not interested in the high price of slaves, bot
are ra her interested in getting them cheap."
It these things are done in the green tree
what, says the National Intelligencer, will be
done in the dry ? If such language is held in
the/ present Confederacy, what might we ezpeot
in a Confederacy founded, to use tbe language
of Mr. Keitt iv the South Carolina Convention,
ou "the oeutral idea of slavery ?" And tbat
such an agitation, tending to the subversion ol
the existing social system'of the South, by the
intrusion of a barbarian element into its very
bosom, i 9 held in reserve tor the nascent South
em Confederacy cannot be doubted by an intel
ligent observer, as ii might have been foreseen
from the begiuniug by any who paused to con
aider the connection between the logic of events
and their counterparts in the logic of ideas.
What Senatob Chittenden bays.—After
the serenade to {Senator Pugh io Washington,
ud Saturday night, Senator Crittenden waa call
ed out tor a speech, tie said:
"I have now, as I have ever had from my natal
hoar, a love aud admiration tor my country. I
love it for the blessings it has showered upon
as, and I want to preserve it. It is not too
large for me. I want to travel North and South,
East and West until 1 am tired, and still be upon
my own country's soil, and off.rmy hand to m>
own couiitiyiueu. [L>ud cheers.] I don't
kuovv why we cannot. We have lived in peace
together, we have fought battles together, and
slept together on the batth fields ; we have seen
battles fought by men of the North and South,
side by side; and now fellow-citizens, we want
them to be so again. As tar as there is any
power in me I shall exert it to this end, aud
heartily welcome those who are with me now,
whether he be from the North, South, East or
West. Let us stand for the Union of onr coun
try.
"This very city, the seat, of government, es
tablished by Washington, is dear to my heart,
and mingled in my heart as a part of it are its
memories, and he whose name it bears I vener
ate still. lam a Keiunck an, aod am prond of
it. More than that lam a citizen of the United
States; jou are my fellow-citizens, and I invito
you to lend your voices for the preservation of
the Unioc Here is this country political liber
ty has thirty millions of people that worship
her. Here she stands in our great mansion,
and I want to keep her there in possession of
this great mausion. [Excessive cheering.] I
should be ashamed to show my face at home it
I could not say that I was a citizen of the
United States. We are born to that flag, and
we will not desert it. Cling to it as yoar eoun
try's honor or government calls, and let your
heart swell with that great point, 'kuow little of
disunion —the breaking of it up lightly into
fragments.' If you do, you are not worthy the
existence which you have."
Mothee.—O, word of undying beauty 1 Thine
echoes sound along the walls of time until they
Grumble at the breath of the Eternal. Ia all the
world there is not a habitable spot where the
music of that holiest word is not sounded. Ay
by the golden flower of the river, by the chrys
tal margin ot tne forest tree, in the but built of
bamboo cane, io the mud and thatched cottage,
by the peaks of the kissing mountains, in the
whispered valley, in the blue ocean, in the chang
less deserts, where the angel oame down to give
the parched lips the sweet water of the wilder
ness; under the white teutof the Arab, and in
tbe covered wigwam ofthe Indian hunter, where
ever the pulses of tbe human heart beat quick
and wi rin, or float feebly along the current of
failing lite, there is that sweet word spoken, like
universal prayer—"Mother."
The Alamo (Texas) Express publishes an elo
quent appeal to the South, in behalf of the North,
by Charles Anderson, Esq., formerly of Cincio'
nati. This appeal is more noticeable from the
fact that Mr. Anderson is a youuger brother of
Mhj. Anderson, now in command of Fort Sump
ter, and was for several years a special favorite
of the lamented statesman, Henry Clay.
At a recent festive meeting, a married man,
who ought to have known better, proposed
"The Ladies," as the beings who divide our sor
rows, doable oar joys, and treble oar expenses."
Sketch of Major Anderson.
Major Robert Anderson, whose name has now
become familiar as a household word in connec
tion with the defences of Charleston, was born
in Kentucky, in September, 1805, and is there
fore now in the 56th year. In personal appear
ance he is about five feet nine inches in height;
his figure is well set and soldierly; his hair is
thin and turning to iron gray; his complexion
swarthy; his eye dark and intelligent; bis nose
prominent and well formed.
A stranger wonld read in his air and appear
ance determination and an exaction of what
was due to him. In intercourse he is very
courteous, and his rich voice and abundant ges
ticulation go well together. He is always a
greeable and gentlemanly, firm and dignified.—
On tbe Ist day of July, 1821, he entered the
Military Academy at West Point, whence he
graduated July 1,1825, taking a high position in
a large class, composed of such men as Alexan
der Dallas Bache, Col. Benjamin Huger, Colonel
Francis Taylor, 001. Charles F. Smith, and oth
ers, who have been distinguished as well in civ
il life as in the line of their profession.
July 7, 1838, he became Assistant Adjutant
General, with the rank of Captain, which he re
linquished subsequently to being promoted to a
Captaincy in his regiment, October, 1841. In
March, 1847, he was with the 3rd regiment ot
Artillery in the army of General Scott, and took
part in the sieg<» of Vera Cruz—being one of the
officers to whom was entrusted, by General
Batikhead, the command of the batteries.
Tbe duty be performed with signal skill and
gallantry, and he continued with the army until
its triumphant entry into tbe city of Mexico, in
September following. During the operations in
the valley of Mexico, he was attached to tbe
brigade of Geneial Garland, wbicb formed a
part of General Worth's division. In the at
tack on El Molino del Rey, on the Bth of Sep
tember, where he was wounded very severely,
his condaot was tbe theme of especial praise on
the part of his superior officers.
His first commission was that of brevet Sec
ond Lieutenant of the Second Artillery, July 1,
1825, and he was subsequently promoted Second
Lieutenant iv the 3rd Regiment dating from the
same day. From May to October, 1832, he was
acting Inspector General of the Illinois Volun
teers in tbe Biaek Hawk war; and it is here
worthy of note that our President, Mr. Lincoln,
was one ofthe captains of those troops.
In June, 1833, he was promoted Ist Lieu ten
ant, and between 1835 and 1837 was Assistant
Instructor and Inspector of the United States-
Military Academy, aud in 1838 he became Aid
de-Carap to General Scott, and in the following
year published "Instructions for Field Artillery,
Horse and Foot, arranged for the Service of tht
United States," which has been highly approved
of. For gallantry aud successful conduct in the
war against the Florida Indians, he received tbe
brevet of Captain, bearing date April 2d, 1838.
Capt. Burke, his immediate commander, ii
his despatch ot Sept. 9, says:—" Capt. Rober:
Anderson (acting field officer) behaved with
great heroism on this occasion. Even after re
ceiving a painful wound, he continued at the
bead of the column, regardless of pain and self
preservation, and setting a handsome example to
his men of coolness, energy and courage."
General Garland speaks of him as being, witb
"some few others, the very first to enter the
strong position ot £1 Molino," and adds that
"Brevet Major Buchanan, Fourth Infantry,
Capt. Anderson, Third Artillery, and Lieut.
Sedgwick, Second Artillery, appear to have
been particularly distinguished tor their gallant
defence of tbe captured works."
In addition to this testimony to his bearing
on tbat occasion we have that of General
Worth, who particularly directed tbe attention
of tbe Oommander-in chief to the part he bad
taken in the action. "For gallant and meritori
ous conduct in the battle ot Molino del Rey" be
was promoted to the brevet rank of Major da
ting trom September Btb, 1847. Ootober sth,
1857, he was promoted to the position of Ma
jor of the First Artillery, which he now holds.
This is certainly a good record for a soldier,
and proves that a judicious selection was made
of the commander who is to defend the govern
ment forts and property at Charleston. The
last services ot Major Anderson, previous to his
taking command of Fort Moultrie, was a mem
ber of tbe commission ordered last summer by
Congress to incfuire into the manner of instruc
tion at the West Point Military Academy. Tht
labors of that commission have already been
laid before Congress.
Western Virginia.—A correspondent of the
Alexandria Gazette, writing from the county ol
Marion, under date ot December the 22nd says:
"Western Virginia ia becoming aroused on
the great question of disunion. Groaning under
a burden of uu.qu.tl taxation, the people are
wide awake to their interest. The forum of tbe
Legislature at Richmond this winter will pre
sent an interesting scene for demanding and
conceding rights, long withheld, to the* west,
and long cherished by oar eastern brethren in
their enjoyment. The west is uncompromising
ly in favor of the Union, not merely for the
sake of the Union, but for the sacred and ines
timable rights it guarantees to the people.
"If a State Convention is called, the first
question to be settled is the basis of representa
tion. The west will accept of nothing but the
white basis as now represented in the lower
Souse.
"The Convention, when called, must have
power to amend the Constitution of the State,
at least in that part which exempts a large por
tion of the slave property from taxation.
"If delegates are to be appointed to a South
ern Convention, those delegates mast be ap
pointed by districts, arranged on the basis of the
white population of the State.
"The obvious justice of these demands must
commend them to the approval of all just think
ing men. If our eastern brethren withhold
these rights from the west at this juncture it
will take one hundred thousand bayonets from
a Southern Confederacy to force western Vir
ginia into a union with the Cotton States. We
want all these questions settled before we join
co-partners with Sooth Carolina."
A Valuable Table. —Few readers can be a
ware, until they have had occasion to test the
fact, how ranch labor or research is often saved
by such a table as the following:
1607—Virginia settled by the English.
1614—New York settled by the Dutch.
1620—Massachusetts settled by the Puritans.
1624—New Jersey settled by the Dutch.
1628—Delaware settled by Swedes aod Fins.
1635—Maryland settled by Irish Catholics.
1636—Rhode Island settled by Roger Williams.
1639—North Carolina settled by the English.
1670—South Carolina settled by the Hugue
nots.
1682—Pennsylvania settled by William PenD.
1732—Georgia settled by OglethorD.
1791—Vermoot admitted ioto the Union.
1792— Kentucky admitted into the Union.
1796— Teooessee admitted ioto the Uoion.
1802—Ohio admitted ioto the Uoioo.
1811—Louisiana admitted into the Union.
1816—Indiana admitted into the Union.
1816—Mississippi admitted into the Union.
1818—Illinois admitted into the Union.
1819—Alabama admitted into the Union.
1820 — Maine admitted into the Union.
1821—Missouri admitted ioto. the Uoion.
1836—Michigan admitted into the Union.
1836—Arkansas admitted into tbe Union.
1845—Florida admitted into the Union.
1845—Texas admitted iuto the Union.
1846 —lowa admitted into the Union.
1848 —Wisconsin admitted into the Uoion.
1850—California admitted into the Union.
1858—Oregon admitted into the Union.
1858—Minnesota admitted into the Union.
Here is a very good domestic toast: "May
your coffee and slanders against yoo be ever a
like—without grounds."
Yes.—Yes is the lover's pass word to the king
dom of heaven, into which it permits him to en
ter and find tbe Angel his heart has sought for.
Tbe praises of others may be of nse in teach
ing as, not what we are, but what we ought to
be.
Boys qut'at Night.—l have been an observ
er, as I am a sympathizing lover of boys. I
like to see them happy, cheerful, gleesome. In
deed I can hardly understand how a'high-tooed
man oan be the ripened fruit of a boy wbo had
not enjoyed a full share of the glad privileges
due to youth. But while I watch with a very
jealous eye all rights and customs which en
trench upon the proper rights of boys, I am
equally apprehensive lest parente who are for
getful and who have not habituated themselves
to close observation upon this subject, permit
their sons indulgences which are almost certain
to result in their demoralization, if not in their
total ruin; and among the habits which I have
observed tending most surely to ruin, I know of
none more prominent than that of parents per
mitting their sons to be in the streets after
night fall.
It is ruinous to their morals iv all instances.—
Tbey acquire, under the cover of night, an
unhealthy state of mind—bad, vulgar, immoral,
and profane language, obscene practices, crimi
nal sentiments, a lawless and riotous bearing.—
Indeed, it is in the street after nighttali that the
boys principally acquire the education of the
bad, and capacity for becoming rowdy, disso
lute, criminal men. Parents should in this par
ticular, have a rigid and inflexible rule, that
will not permit a son, under any circumstances
whatever to go in the streets after night-fall
with a view of engaging in out-of-door sports, or
meet wi.h other boys for social chance oc
cupation. Aright rule of this kind, ibv.,Tia
oly adhered to, will soon deaden the desire for
snob dangerous practices.
Boys should be taught to have pleasures a
round the family centre table, in conversation
and quiet amusements. Boys ate seen in the
streets after nightfall, behaving in a manner en
tirely destructive of all good morals.
Fathers and Mothers, keep your children home
at night, see that you take pains to make your
homes pleasant, attractive, and profitable to
them : and, above all, with a view ot their se
curity from destruction, let them not become,
while forming their character for life, so accus
tomed to disregard the moral sense of shame as
to openly violate tbe Sabbath-day in street
pastimes during its day or evening hours.
Union ofthb States.—Ou this, says the Joor
nal of Commerce, our great national character
depends. It is this which gives us importance
•ibroad and security at home. It is through this
only that we are, or can be nationally known io
he world. It is the fiag of the United States
which renders our ships and commerce safe ou
the seas, or is a foreign port. All our treaties,
whether of reliance, peace, or commerce, are
formed under the sovereignty of tbe United
States; and Europe knows us by no otber name
or title.
The division of the empire into States is for
>urown convenience; but abroad this distinction
ceases. The affairs of each State are local; and
were the whole worth of any one of them ex
pended in revenue, it would uot be sufficient to
support sovereignty against a powerful foreign
toe. In short, we have no other national sover
eignty than as United States. It would be fatal
tor us if we had—too expensive to be maintain
ed, aud impossible to be supported. Individuals
or individual States, may call themselves what
.hey please; but tho world, and especially the
world of enemies, is not to be held in awe by
the whistling of a name. Sovereignty must
bave power to protect all the parts tbat compose
and constitute it. As the United States we are
equal to the importance of the title, but other
wise we are not. Our Union, well and wisely
regulated and cemented, is the cheapest way of
being great, the easiest way ot being powerful,
and the happiest invention in government, because
it collects from each State, that which, by being
inadequate, can be of no use to it, bat forms an
aggregate that serves for all.
It is with confederated States as with indi'. ■'.-
uals in society ; somethiug must be yields
make tbe whole S3care. In this view o* tl- ia*
we gain by what we g ; "-. aud draw an u_. •!
interest greater '..ar t'u. a, pita!. Onr ~it./
ship in the United b _»Le_.-aonr n_,,._oo__ c!
ter; our citizenship i any i artioula. 3tat > i_: only
our local distinctly.* Dy .tie ..'".- c arek-'-wn
at home, by the fo. m. , to the w.-r 1 1. Our great
title is Americans; our ink \._ one varies with
the place.
How He Lost His Vote.—By gar I 'avo loss
ma vote ! I work ver hard tree four months for
Meeaer Leencon, ze honest man vot spleetze rail
to mak free ze countree of tarn neeger. I join
ze wide open eye companee, I bear ze gran'
torchfire of libertee, I care not for ze rain or za
mud, I all z. time gif tree cheer for Leenoon and
ze otre man Hameieen. I lose ma time, I gif
ma monee, I stay oat all ze night to bear ze
torchfire and go in ze morning home wiz ze big
breek in ma hat, ma wife give me feets for dat.
By gar I get ver wet, ver muddee, spill ze tarn
tire oil on ma olotbes, smell all like poly cat,
gif tree cheer for Leencon, don't care for noting
or any otre man, I go za big pig for ze republi
can ticket, tree cheer for Leencon, or any otre
man, by gar! and zen, ma gracious! I after all
loss ma vote! Igoto ze poll, take ma place iv
ze line, wait tree four hour for ma turn to get to
ze poll, offer ma ticket, ze man io ze poll ask ma
name, Jacques Flam, he look ver sharp on hees
paper, zen he ask me vot street—l tell heem
Small street, numero ten, he say dare ia no such
street, I teli heem dere be Small street near zo
poleece station numero tree, he say zat is Leetle
street, by gar, I 'am made ze meestake, I find in
ze yankee hook small is leetle leetle is small all
ze sam or any otre man. I shall oompren ze
language ala yankee doodel, nevare! Ze man
in ze poll look on ze paper and tell me ze name
is not dere, lam not regeester! I say, 'o w is
zis? Ma name must be on ze papere, you find
him all right in ze detector, zen ze crowd push
on me, keek me behind ma back, tell me to clear
out, dry op, leaf de poll, tree cheer for Douglas,
tare ma coat, jam ma hat over ma face, tro me
out io de street, I sware ze poleece oo zem or
any otre man, and run queek up de street like
every ting wiz ze large breek flying on ma shoul
der to safe ma life, all for ze tarn regeester which
'aye not ma name io bim.
Seasonable and Sensible Advice.—lt is very
clear, from the signs of the times, that as a na
tion, we have got to cconomizo t'lia winter.—
Tbe poor, who are being-thrown oot of employ
ment in unusual numbers, will learn the rnle9 of
ecooomy from a stern necessity. To such per
sons the New"-York Sunday Times givea this ad
vice:
Economize wisely, but with carefnl thought
and study so to do it as to make it pinch least
those who are poorer. Don't buy anything you
don't really want, of course ; bnt do buy as near
the same amount from small dealers as yoo bave
been in the habit of doing. There is not half
the charity in giving to people oot of work as
keeping people in work, and enable them to
make a little for themselves. Also, if yon must
eeooomize, gentlemen, and we admit you most,
do it on luxuries—on extra cigars, private drinks,
useless little fopperies of dress, and such things;
but give your tailor, hatter, bootmaker, &c, as
fair a "living show" as you desire others to do
to yoo io tight times. Aod you, ladies, retrench
on the balls, parties, jewelry and expensive plea
sures, bat remember that your dressmaker lives
by her needle, aod have a womaoly sympathy
fof her aod her sister industrials. In short, let
everybody, whilst they economize, as an act of
justice to themselves, do it, if possible, so that it
may be as little as possible an aot of injustice to
others.
A letter from Hon. Wm. W. Boyce, of South
Carolina, to a friend in Massachusetts, says the
Boston Transcript of Thursday, asserts that the
Government is going to pieces, and that he re
grets the destruction of tbe Union for the sake
of the negro, wbo is better off in bis present
condition. Mr. Boyce says tbe territorial ques
tion is a humbug, and that in all the new Ter
ritories the Wilmot Proviso has been passed by
nature. The Sooth will dissolve the Union, ac
cording to Mr. Boyce, because the philosophy of
tbe Republican party is emancipation, although
tbe Republican leaders disclaim euoh an idea.
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A legal wag calls his marriage certificate "a
writ of attain'd her."
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