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the STAUNTON SPECTATOR. I
BY L. iV J. A. WADDELL.
TERMS. \
The “ S PE CTATOR” w published once a ?
Week, at Two DoUnis a year, if>«*' ■»»
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the expiration of the year. JVo *>*"1*?*"
he discontinued hat at the option of the Lditois. L
till paid* k
[v*. 3// communications to the FAitors by mail
mtiAbr post paid, or they will not he attended to. \
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tforless,) inserted three times for one dollar, and €
twenty Jive cents for each subsequent continuance. A
Larger advertisements inserted m the same proper- t
tio/u .3 lih.ral discount made to those who adver
ise by the year. ‘
Insurance Company I
OF THE
VALLEY OF VIRGINIA,
CHARTERED MARCH 17, 1852.
r$ >0,000, u>M power to increase the
P same to **<>«,OOO.
trpHlS Company, having been duly organized,
A is now ready to receive Applications and is 1
sue Policies, and offers to the citizens ot \ irgin-a
the inducements of a home Com|>an,r for the sale
Insurance of all kinds ot Property, iierchandize,
&c., at fair and equitable ratos. The directors as j
sure the public that this Company will be con
ducted with a view to permanency, and on the ,
strictest principles of equity, justice, and a dose
regard to ecouomv and the safety o, the Insured.
JOS. S. CARSON, President. (
C. S. FUNK, Secretary, (
O. F. BRESEE, Actuary.
Directors.—Joseph S. Carson. James P. Rieley, ,
Lloyd Logan, Win. L. Clark, James H. Burgess,
N. \V. Richardson, John Kerr. .
Gch Oifi-e on Piccadilla Street, near the \ alley
Bank, Winchester.
The attention of Farmers and persons owning
country property, is particularly called to this op
portunity of securing themselves irom loss by fire,
at a very small cost.
fir*- Au-nt tor Staunton and Augusta (. ounty
and vicinity, _ GEO. L. PRICE.
Staunton, Aug. 11, 1852.—ly.
BEAAETT X BEERS,
WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS,
No- 1&, Mam Street, Richmond, Virginia.
■wvrE aro now receiving by Packets from New
▼ ▼ York and Boston, our full supply of
GOODS for the fuM trade, purchased directly from
the Imp>rters and mostly tor cash.
We respectfully invite the Merchants of V trgm
\a, visiting our market to give our stock an exam
ination, with the assurance that we will sell our
gwds as low and make our terms as Itoeral as any
house in the country. Among others we offer
20 bbls and 500 d<« 5000 lbs best Madder ,
CastorOil 1500“ *“^8?
29 “ Spirits Turpentine 1(H) kegs S. C. > 0<>*
2000 -rails. 1 Aiweed Oil 100 doz Brand’th s Pills
10.000 lbs White Lead 100 “ Hair Brushes
dry and oil 150 “ Vermifuges asst
150 boxes Chewing 20 bbls Burning * luid
Tobacco 20 “ Epe- Salts
100.000 Cigars part 20 “ Alum
very superior 2500 lbs Ext. Logwood.
Together with all the articles, popular Medicines,'
new Chemicals and preparations, fancy Gc:
and an endless variety of everything usually sold ' 1
drug houses. ,>
Country Merchants, and the public, are invited
to call and examine ,-ur stock and prices.
BENNETT 6x BEERS, Druggists.
Richmond, Sept. 8, 1852.
WATCHES, CLOCKS AND JEWELRY
- /$*-»■
> |)$YH> «. BEAR,
IS now receiving from Philadelphia and Balti
more, the largest and best selected stock ot
Jewelry,
ever brought to this market, consisting in part of
Extra fine (.» >ld and Silver Watches, tr>»ni
to to $20i> ; fine Marble and other Clocks,
Fob and Vest Chains, Ladies and Gents’ Breast
Pins. Finger Riugs.Gold and Silver Pencil Cases,
Gold and Silver Spe-tacles.G->hl and Silver 1 him
hies Port Monies, Silver Table and lea Spoons,
Plated do., do., fine Gold Pens, G rondoles. I as
tow. Fruit Bask'ts, Flutes. Spy Glasses. Pen am
Pocket Kuiv.-s. Revolvers. Pistols, Rill s, .Shot
Gms. Card Cases. Extra Percussion Caps Cull
Pins. Butter Knives. Silver L-ulles, and all other
articles kept in the best Jewelry Stores
1 foj- Watches, Clocks and all kinds ot repairing
done at short notice, and in the best manner, an.I
warranted.
Staunton, May 19, L
NEW BOOT AND SilO? STORE.
T'lE subscribers would respectfully inform the
public that they are u*>w prepared fa* •
room formerly occupi-nl by Mssrs. Jones &
one door East of Mr. J^ Deakins Store’) •
^ manufacture ami sell BOO l S> AN!
fll SHOES of every description, man
Y vhLin the neatest style and of the best
materials. „ . ,
They have also on hand a large and well select
ed stock of Northern work which they will sell
They would particularly call the attention ol
the public to their own work, as they have pro
cured from the North a large supply ol the best
materials. They hope by strict attention to bust
ness to receive a'share of public patronage.
H. ox J. r si > 1,
$ One door East of A. J- Deakins’ Store.
Staunton, June 3->, 1852.
SCARCE GOODS
At White & Co's.
WE are now opening and offer on the rims’ ob
liging terras tlie Mowing Scarce (Jowls:
Bleached Drillings and Satin Jeans, 2 (pieces;
Bleached Shirtings and Sheeting, trout Id to * HI;
Irish Linens, 'l’able Linens. Whale Bones. U'.L
Imiis, Fall styles Mous D’Laines, Cashmeres,
Persian Cloth* ns* .rii-,1 c .1 rs. at 25c per yard,
for Sacks and Mantillas; Blankets, Linseys.
Kerseys. Mourning Ging’t -ms and Calicoes,
Real Manchester Gingham», Plain and l rmted
Cashmeres, Black and Figured Silks, V\ lute
ami Colored Flannels, and many other Goods
SCirKO TO THK TUADK.
Staunton, Sept. 22, 1852.—Mess. copy.
LARGE ASSORTMENT
or E I7R A ITV RE.
I HAVE on hand at this time one of the largest
asortments of furniture l have ever offered in
this place, such as Sofas at 25 35 and
t dollars. Bureaux from $15 to $50, wood- JV_
seat Chairs $5 to $8 per set, cane-seat
Chairs $10 to $1-8 jn-r set, Rocking C hairs $1 -id
to $15, and a large lot of other turmturo which i
will sell at reduced prices.
Call next door East of the Post Office. Mam St.,
on A. D. CHANDLER.
Staunton. Sept. 8, 1852.
E. U. EVERETT,
attorney at law,
STAUNTON, VA,
W11L PR VCTISE in the County and Su
perior Courts of Vugusta, U-K-kinghaui and
Rockbridge. Between the li-.urs ot t> A. M. and
4 P. M. he may lie ibiind at his on Au^us
ta St., two doors South of Mr. Win. G. Sterrett’s
Store, and at all other hours, at his re-stdeuce, on
Christian’s Creek, Augusta Co.
June 10.1852.—ly.
wwr \NTED to hire for the liul.iiice ot the yea
v v a 1Uwi-ro mail, a good farm hand.
p 3 WM. B. JOHNSON.
Staunton. Aug. 4, 1552. tt.
Clothing Emporium in Staunton.
jacobToLlitz,
BEGS leave to announce to his friends and cus
tomers that he has just returned from the
Sorth with a large assortment of
Fall and W inter Clothing,
selected by himself, with a due regard to the re
tirements of this market. His slock comprises a
arger assortment than heretofore kept in this mar
ket, and while he can warrant the workmanship to
je equal if not better than any other, the pub
lic will find his prices to !>e exceedingly low, al
lowing hi elf to be outs d by no one; purchas
ers will be benefited by purchasing ai small prufits
which 1 trust will be made up by the extent of
the sales.
I respectfully invite attention to a part of my
stock enumerated below:
Coats.
Frock and Dress Coats, all colors,Business Frock
and Sack do., fancy Cassimere Business and
Frock Coats, Beaver and Pilot Overcoats, Buf
falo dn.,Kossuth do., a beautiful article. Lamb’s
Wool do.. Blue Blanket do., Drab, Felt and
Beaver do.. Togas of Oil Cloth and Beaver,
Black and Brown Cloth and Beaver Overcoats.
Pants,
Fine Black Doeskin Cassimere.Union Cassimere.
Fancy do., Black and Blue Cassinett, Fancy
do.. Corduroy, Tweed, &.c.,
Vests,
Black and Fancy Satin, Black and Fancy Silk
Blue Cloth and Cloth and Cassimere Vests in
large quantities.
ALSO, a large assortment of Hats.Cape. Pock
et and Neck Handkerchiefs, Silk, Woolen and
Cotton Undershirts and Draws.a large assortment
of fine white Linen Bosoms. Shirts, Trunks and
various other article-: usually kept in Clothing
Stor
I respectfully ask a call from my friends to ex
amine my stock of goods, knowing that by so du
ing they will see the advantage arising to them
by buying at the Clothing Emporium adjoining
the Stage Office, Basement of the Virginia Hotel. I
$3-The Fall and Winter supply is now open
ing.
Staunton, Sep. 22, 18->2.
ECONOMY' IS WEALTH!
A. M. SIMPSON
■ \ ESI ROUS of showing his gratitude to his
■ * friends and customers, lately went to the
Northern cities and selected a full assortment of
Hoot* and Shoes
of every description, expressly for them. Ilf is
now opening agreat variety of LADIES N4 LAE,
viz: Taylor Lace and Polka Boots, Promenade
buskins, full and half Gaiters, Shoes and Shuetees,
Ties and Slippers.
FOR GENTLEMEN—He has a choice se
lection of Summer, Fall and N\ inter Boots.
Gaiters. Monterey and Congress shoes o'MBl
several varietics.NapoleonTies.and a beau-’
tiful variety of business and parlor Slippers. He
has a large assurin' .t of work, se'ected with gTeat
care by himself, expressly tor male and female
laborers, and for servants.
The public are invited to examine, in due seas
on ; his beautiful assortment of Gitm Elastic
Shoes, Buskins and Jenny Lind Slippers.
In addition to this he has laid in an extensive
assortment of sele ted LEATHER, for custom
er work, which he will “get up” at the shortest
notice, in the best style and warranted,every stitch
of it.
0O Call at the newly fitted store, two doors a
bove the Post Office, and one below the Union
Hall building, and examine. “Quick sales and
slu rt profits” is his motto,and rest assured he will
“stick to it.”
Staunton, Aug. 18. 1852.
C0N8R£SS HALL.
Third and Chcsmit Streets.
Philadelphia, July 1, 1852.
THE suljscribers take pleasure in informing their
friends and the traveling c-a in unity general
ly.that they have this day tak ^session of that
well established and favorably kn i hotel COS- i
ii L1SS 58 * LL, Third and Chesnut Streets
They have had the house thoroughly re paired.and .
all the modern improvements int uced.and turn- i
ishod in a styleof elegance which will atouce ren
der it unsurpassed for comfort and convenience.
This is decidedly the best located house in
the city, being in iiie immediate vicinity of busi
ness, the Exchange, Custom House,and many oth
er public buildings.
Lines of O.unibusses leave for every part iff the
city every few minutes, tk ir head quarters being
within one square o'’ the house.
The sobseriliors are determined to spare no pains
in making this a convenient and comfortable home
to the .aveler.
NORRIS & JACKSON,
Late of Virginia,
July 14. 1852.—ly. Proprietors.
James E. Norris, who is well known to many
,,f the business men visiting the city, lately in the
: lard wire house of James J. Duncan Sc Co.,Twitt.
Brother, Sc Co., and formerly proprietor of the
Virginia Hotel, St. Louis, will have the manage
ment of the House, assisted by polite and compe
tent persons.
To the Interest of the People!
i „Voir is the time to avail yrnirselvc* if the advantage
if a skillful Silversmith unit Watch-maker.
GSc M. HIRSH having employed a superior
• workman in repairing Watches, Clocks,
Jewelry, &c., &c., are now prepared to have
w vrk done in that line of business at lower rates
than ever before done in this section of country.
All work warranted for 12 months.
They keep on hand a large s*ock of Watches at
small profits, and warranted fir one year. They
also offer for sale Jewelry o every description.and
other articles pertaining to a Jewelry and Variety
Store. Remember the place.
G. & M. HIRSH,
at the Post Ofiice Corner.
Staunton, Aug. 4, 1852.
MCINTOSH’S
HOWARD BIOISE,
(late wheatfiei.d hotel.)
Corner of ftaltimorc amt Howard Street.
'■’HIS HOTEL has lately been enlarged and
■ improved in every department, rendering it
decidedly one of the most comfortable Hotels in the
City, and the Proprietor, ever ready to accommo
date, pledges himself to spare no pains to render
every one comfortable that may favor him with a
call. To the patrons of the old House, he returns
his sincere acknowledgments for their very liberal
patronage, soliciting a continuance of their favor
and the travelling public generally.
JOHN McINTOSH, proprietor.
Baltimore. July 7, 1852.—5m.
Staunton Sky Light
Dagucirean Gallery.
r I’HE subscriber has just opened his new Dag
*■ uerrean Gallery, opposite the Spectator Of
fice. av here he will be happy to see all who are at
all interested in the beautiful art of Photography.
Having a fine sky and side lights and every oth
er facility, he is prepared to produce the finest re
sults of which the art is capable. The very great
advantage of sky light is known to all who have
given any attention to the subject. Entire satis
faction given in all eases, or no charge.
Pictures taken in all kinds of weather. Dark
dressing greatly preferable. J. KEAGY.
Staunton, July 28. 1852.
Wantfd.
OAflA POUNDS of CLEAN BEEFTAL
iJVl/V/ LOW,for which the market price will
be given. SCHERER & FINSTER.
i Staunton, Sep. 29, 1852.—3t.
’ POETRY.
The Workman’s Song.
BY CHARLES MACKAY.
Who lags for dread of daily work,
And his appointed task would shirk,
Commits a folly and a crime;
A soulless slave—
A paltry knave
A clog upon the wheels of time.
With work to do, and store of health,
The man’s unworthy to be free,
Who will not give,
That we may live,
His daily toil for daily fee.
No! Let us work ! We only ask
Reward proportioned to our task;
We have no quarrel with the great;
No feud with rank—
With mill, or bank—
No env}’ of a lord’s estate.
If we can earn sufficient store
To satisfy our daily need,
And can retain.
For age and pain,
A fraction, we are rich indeed.
No dread of toil have we or ours;
We know our worth, and weigh our powers
The more we work, the more we win:
Success to trade!
Success to spade!
And to the corn that’s coming in!
And joy to him who o’er his task
Remembers toil is Nature’s plan;
Who, working, thinks—
And never sinks
His in ependanceas a man.
Who only asks for humblest wealth,
Enough for competence and health ;
And leisure when his work is done,
To read his book,
By chimney nook.
Or stroll at setting of the sun.
Who toils as every man should toil
For fair reward and free:
These are men—
The best of men—
These are the men we mean to be!
MISCELLANY.
'I lie Selioolmasier.
BY WHITTIER.
Jeremiah Paul was a short round person
age, with a quick 1 had almost said spite
ful little grey eye, a bald head in front.and
a short stiff cue behind. He was a won
derful man to look at, and his history was
no less than his perso t. At one period he
was the village schoolmaster, a rare peda
gogue and learned ; it is said not only fa
miliar with Dilworth’s Spelling Book and
the Psaultier, but also with such ditlicult
mathematical problems as are comprehend
ed in the abridgment of Perkin’s Arithmetic.
It may be readily supposed that such a rare
and ripe scholar would not be suffered to
remain long in obscuiity. His talents were
not of an order to blush unseen, and ac
cordingly in his fortieth year, he was hon
ored with an office, and enriched with the
emoluments appertaining to no less a dig
nity than a Justice of *he Peace.
But we are getting ahead of our story,
and with the reader’s permission, we will
go back a few years and introduce him to
the wife of Mr. Paul. She too, was an
uncommon character, a great good-natured
: handsome romp, who used to attend school
00 purpo>e, to use her own expression,
t ‘rlague Master Jerry. * And verily she
was a plague. She used to bounce in and
out whenever she pleased—she pinched
the boys, inked the faces of the girls, and
finally to such a pitch did her audacity ar
rive, that she even presumed to lay hands
on the nicely adjusted cue of dominie him
self.
Jeremiah was leaning over his desk in a
musing attitude,engaged in nrofound math
ematical calculations, respecting the prob
able value of the tenant of the pig-sty,when
this outrage took plnee. He had already
placed the subject in a half-dozen attitudes
before bis rn nd’s eye, and was just on the
point of committing his lucubrations to the
fragment of a slate, upon which his elbows
were resting, when a vigorous jerk at the
hairy appendage of his peicranium, started
bolt* upright in a minute, and drew from
him a cry not unlike that of the very ani
mal which was the subject ofhis scientific
cogitations.
Jeremiah did not swear, for he was an
exemplary, and church-going pedagogue;
but his countenace actually blackened with
rage and anguish, as he gazed earnestly
and hurriedly around him • and the ill
t-uppres^pd laughter of his disciples, added
not a little to his chagrin.
•‘Who. who, who. I say.” He could ar
ticulate no more. He was already nearly
choked with passion.
“That great ugly girl,there, who pinch
es me so,” said a little ragged urchin, with
a dirty face.
Jeremiah confronted the fail delinquent,
but it was plain from his manner that he
would rather have undertaken the correc
tion of the whole school than that of the
incorrigible offender in question. His inter
rogating glance was met by a look in which
it would have been diffin 1 to say whether
o-ood nature or impertinence predominated.
° “Did you meddle with my cue ?” said
the dominie; but hi- voice trembled, his
situation was peculiarly awkward.
“I_I—what do you suppose I want of
your cue?” and a queer smile played along
her mouth, for a pretty one she had, and
what was worse the dominie thought so too.
Jeremiah seeing that he was about to lose
his authority, a-hemed twice, shook his
head at such of the rogues a* were laughing
immoderately at their master’s perplexity,
and reaching his hand to his ferule, said,
“Give me you hand, Miss.”
The fair white hand was instantly prof
fered, and as gently too, as that of a mod
ern belle at a cotillion party. Jeremiah
took it. it was a pretty hand ; and then her
I face, there was a something in its expres
sion which seldom failed to disarm the ped
agogue’s anger. He looked first at her
hand, and then at her face, expressive of
a roguish confidence, then at his ferule, a
heavy instrument of torture, entirely un
fit to hold companionship with the soft
1 white hand held in durance before him.—
Never, in all the annals ofhis birchen au
thority, had Jeremiah Paul experienced
such perplexity. He lifted up his right
hand two or three times, and as often with
drew it.
“You will not strike me?” said the girl.
There was an artless confidence in these
words, aud the tone in which they were
f uttered, that went to the heart of the ped
agogue. Like Mark Anthony before the
beautiful Cleopatra, or the fierce leader of
the Volstci before his own Virginia, the
dominie relented.
“If I pardon you for this offence, you
will conduct yourself more prudently in
future ?”
“I hope I shall,” said the prudent young
lady, and the master evinceJ his affection
ate solicitude for the welfare of his pupil
by pressing the hand he had imprisoned,
and the fair owner expressed her gratitude
for such condescension by returning the
pressure.
They were married just six months after
wards. So much for lenity in school disci
pline.
The Duke of Wellington.
His Income, Habits, &c.—-The late
Duke of Wellington held an immense in
come during life. As Commander-in-Chief
the Duke was entitled to draw something
over eighty dollars a day, or about $30,000
annually; and as Colonel of the Grenadier
Guards, he was entitled to nearly $6000 a
year more. He drew a pension of nearly
$20,000 annually, and was in possession of
property given him by the British nation,to
the amount of £700,000, or nearly $3,500,
000. The pension will continue to be paid
to the Duke’s two next male heirs, who al
so inherit his large estates and his titles;
but most of his offices and emoluments are
to be scrambled for by the nobility and oth
ers ; and rich prizes they will be for the
disposal of the ministry.
The new Duke,at the time of his father’s
death, was at Frankfort, whence he was
immediately summoned. He has hitherto
borne the title of Marquis of Douro, and
until the last election he enjoyed a seat in
the House of Commons as member of Nor
wich. He is 45 years of age, and bears a
considerable, although not a striking, re
semblance to his father. He has nev
er taken any prominent part in public af
fairs, nor is he likely to do so. The Duke’s
second son, Lord Charles Wellesley, was
with him at the time of his death. He is
44 years ofage and has a seat in the House *
of Commons as member for South Hamp
shire.
The late Dukt’s personal habits were ex
tremely temperate, if not abstemious. He
slept little, and, whether from old military
associations or for health’s sake, used a
hard mattress and camp bed. He appeared
to avoid display in his dress,equaipage and '
attendants, preferring horse exercise to the
state and luxury of a carriage, and even
when increasing weakness rendered it a
task of some difficulty to sit erect upon
horseback, day after day he was still to be
seen ambling slowly down to the House of
Lords, touching his hat to the crowds as
sembled round the entrance to catch a
glimpse of the veteran warrior. His house
hold was said to be a model of good order
and good management. He incurred no
debts; punctual and precise in all his deal
ings, he was always just, and frequently,
though privately, generous. His Waterloo
banquets, which for many years drew a
round him his surviving companions :n
arms in his last glorious field, were the on
ly exceptions to Ins usual indifference to
display. On these occasions only, the mas
sive services of plate and priceless china,
pictures, statues and all the other favors,
lionors and presents which had been con
ferred upon him by the sovereign of Eu
rope, were not inappropriately displayed.
The word “home’’ has a cordial ety
mology,which seems to show how great is, i
or should be,the innocence of the thing on I
this English-speaking race of ours. It
comes from the French homme, itself deriv
ed from the Latin for man. In the barba
rous, low jargon of the middle ages, the
dwelling and its appurtenances were distin
guished into “maison homme,”(or “mai.-on
home,”) “maison beest,”&.c.; that is “man
house” and “beast house.” In process of
time, the word “maison’’ was dropped in
common parlance, and the dwelling was
called simply, home. Home, then, comes
from man, and man goes instinctively to
home, or should go, for every good reason
of nature and etymology.
Internal Improvement Liabilities of
Virginia.—The liabilities of the Stale of
Virginia for works of internal improvement
now in progress are as follows: Manassas
Gap Railroad, $205,450; Richmond and
Danville Road, $1,200,000 ; South Side
Road, $723,200 ; Virginia Central Road,
$992,200: Virginia and Tennessee Road
$2,000,000 : Orange and Alexandria Road,
$600,000; Blue Ridge Tunnel and Road,
$900,000 : James River and Kanawha Ca
nal, $7,560,126. Total $14,180,996. The
annual interest is $851,095.
The Chinese tailors do not take meas
like the Europeans, though they can make
clothes exact enough to a pattern. An
American captain at Canton wishing to
have a new coat, sent the proper quantity
of cloth, with an old coat as a pattern, to
a tradesman of the place. It unluckily
happened that the old coat had a large patch
at one of the elbows, and this defect was
carefully copied by the Chinese, to the no
small mortification of his employer.
It is of no consequence where these
sentences were lound; they are worth treas
uring up. A preacher once said—“If you
know anything that will make a brother’s
heart glad, run quick and tell it; but if it is
something that will only cause a sigh, bot
tle it up, bottle it up." “We never get good
bread for ourselves till we begin to ask foi
our brethren." ___
ft* “Whiskerettes” is the name of the
“little john cow catchers” that the ladies
wear on their cheeks in the place “where
the whiskers ought to grow.” They are
formed by drawing down a little tuft of hair
from the' temple, and curling it up in the
shape of a ram’s horn, or a little pig’s tail
with an extra kink in it.
The difficulty of applying rules to
the pronunciation of the language may be
illustrated in two lines, where the combina
tion of the letters ough is pronounced in
no less than seven different ways, namely,
as O, UF, OF, UP, ow, OO, OUGH.
“Though the tough cough and hiccough (dough me throb
O’er the dark lough my course I shall pursue.”
While thousands fall by clashing
swords,ten thousands fall by corset-boards;
vet giddy females, thoughtless train !—for
sake°of fashion yield to pain.— Tight Boots.
ff=*John’s wife and John were tete-a-te
te : She witty was, industrious he ; Says
John “I’ve earned the bread we’ev ate.”
i And I, says she, “urn’d the tea.”
r Origin of onr National Flag.
An enquiry made in "Notes and Quer
ies,” (a London periodical intended as a
medium of intercommunication between lit
erary men, artists, antiquarians, and oth
ers,) as to the origin of our National flag,
has been answered by Mr. T. Waistcott, of
Philadelphia. He says . .
"Jarltzburg wishes to know the origin ot
the stars and stripes in the American flag.
His query might be answered briefly by
stating that the American Congress, on the
14th of June, 1777, ‘Resolved that the flag
of the thirteen United States be thirteen
stripes, alternately red and white ; that the
Union be thirteen stars, white in a blue
field, representing a new constellation.
But your correspondent wishes to know the
origin of the combination, and who first
suggested the idea. Some have supposed
thaf it might have been derived from the
arms of General Washington, which con
tains three stars in the upper portion, and
three bars running across the escutcheon.
There is no means of knowing at this day,
whether the conjecture is correct, but the
coincidence is rather striking. Jhere wc£e
several flags used before the striped flag by
the Americans. In March, 1775, ‘a union
flag with a red field’ was hoisted at New
York upon the liberty pole, bearing the in
scription ‘George Rex, and the liberties of
America,’ and upon the reverse ‘No po
pery.’ On the 18th of July, 1778, Gen.
Putman raised, on Prospect Hill, a flag
bearing on one side,the Massachusetts mot
to, ‘ Qui transtulil suslinei,’on the other ‘An
appeal to Heaven.’ In October the same
year the floating batteries at Boston had a
flag with the latter motto, the field white
with a pine tree upon it. This was the
Massachusetts emblem. Another flag, us
ed during 1775 in some of the colonies,had
upon it a rattlesnake coiled as if about to
strike, with the motto. ‘Don’t tread on
me.’ The grand union flag of thirteen
stripes was raised on the heights near Bos
ton, January 2, 1776. Letters from there
say that the regulars in Boston did not un- 1
derstand it; and as the king’s speech had
just been sent to the Americans, they ]
thought the new flag was a token of sub- i
mission. The British Annual Register of j
1776 says: ‘They burnt the king’s speech i
and changed their colors from a plain red i
ground, which they had hitherto used, to a I
flag with thirteen stripes, as a symbol of <
the number and union of the colonies.. A i
letter from Boston about the same time,
published in the Pennsylvania Gazette for
January, 1776, says: ‘The grand union flag <
was raised on the 2d, in compliment to the
united colonies.’ The idea of making each
stripe for a State, was adopted from the '<
first; and the fact goes far to negative the j
suppositition that the private arms of Gen- I
eral Washington had anything to do with
the subject. The pinetree, rattle-snake, '
and striped flag were used indiscriminately j
until July, 1777, when the blue union, with
the stars, was added to the stripes, and the
flag established by law. Formerly a new
stripe was added for each new State admit
ted to the Union, until the flag became too
large, when, by act of Congress,the stripe*
were reduced to the old thirteen , and now
a star is added to the Union at the success
of each new State.”
Cuba.—The New York Tribune has the
following statement:
"We have reason to believe that the or
ganization which contemplates the libera
tion of Cuba by means chiefly of military
aid from this country, is in a much more
forward state than is generally supposed.
Enlistments have taken place in most, if
not all the large towns from New York to
Cincinnati; and St. Louis in the West,and
to Charleston and New Orleans in the
South. Moving with secrecy, and guard
ing the features of the scheme, as far as
possible from publicity, this conspiracy
promises itself to avoid the errors and fail
ure of its predecessors. With all the need
ful funds it is supplied from Cuba itself,
and from the contributions of sympathisers
here. At the same time, the leaders mean
to hazard nothing by hasty and immature
action, unless unexpected circumstances
should expedite the crisis.”
The Cincinnati Commercial is re
sponsible for the following lather tough sto
ry : "Last Sunday, in one of our churches,
an old gentleman, a worthy member of the
Christian persuasion, fell asleep and began
dreaming he was on a hunting excursion.
All of a sudden,and to the astonishmeut of
every body, he hollowed out: ‘Fetch him,
Dash! A glorious shot—three woodcocks
with one barrel; hurrah for me!’ and lie
rose up from his seat and cheered lustily.
He woke himself by his hallooing, and im
mediately seized his hat and walked out,
blushing like a red-pepper.” This is the
danger of sleeping in church.
ff*The celebrated Sheridan was one day
much annoyed by a fellow-member of the
House of Commons, who kept crying out
every few minutes, "Hear! hear! ’ Du
ring the debate he took occasion to describe
a political contemporary that wisf ed to play
the rogue,but had only sense enough to act
I the fool. "Where,”* exclaimed he, with
great emphasis, "where shall we find a
more foolish knave or a more knavish fool
than this ?” "Hear ! hear !" w as shouted
by the troublesome member. Sheridan
turned round, and, thanking him for the
prompt reply,sat down amid a general roar
of laughter.
The Organ.—We find in an antique
chionicle that the organ w’as invented about
951, the first being erected in Westchester
Cathedral. It was described by a monk in
Latin verse, thus translated:
Twelve pair of bellows, ranged in stately row,
Are joined above, and fourteen more below;
Those the full force of seventy men require,
Who ceaseless toil and plenteously perspire;
Each aiding each, till all the wind be pressed
In the close confines of the incumbent chest,
On which four hundred pipes in order rise,
To bellow forth the blast that chest supplies.
The official biography of General
Pierce devotes much space to his military
exploits. One of these was at the battle
! of Molino del Rey, and is thus described :
j "Though the battle had been decided be
fore it (the brigade) reched the field, yet
General Pierce brought his command under
fire in such fine order as to win praise from
the older officers.”
Prodigious! _
Some Satisfaction.—An elderly lady
writes to a friend: "A widower with ten
chi'dren has proposed, and I have accept
ed him. This is about the number I should
have been entitled to, if I had been marri
ed at the proper time,instead of being cheat
ed into a nonentity!” Sensible to the end.
The Empire in France.
The indications of the speedy restoration
of the Empire in France are becoming dai
ly more and more demonstrative and defi
nite. Throughout the President’s tour in
Southern France the cry of vive V Empire
ur salutes him from assembled crowds—
The manifestations of entSiusiasrn which
greet him at every step seem3 to have real
ly the aspect of sincerity. The mayors anJ
prefects in their addresses to him use the
term, “His Highness,” or “His Imperial
Highness.”
The tone of the newspapers is equally
decided and earnest—although this might
be accounted for by the fact that no journ
als except those in the interest of the Pres
ident are allowed to be published. “We
may proclaim it openly,” says the Pairie,
“the Empire is now made in the midst of
all men; it needs but a word to be made in
reality; but it belongs alone to the wisdom
of Louis Napoleon to pronounce this word.”
At Lyons, on the occasion of the inaugura
tion of the statue of Napoleon, the Prince
President confirmed the language he had
used at Nevers. He said :
“At all points of my route the unanimous
cry is raised of Vive V Ernperur 1 But this
cry moves much more as a souvenir to my
heart than as a promise to my pride. Piu
dence and patriotism demand that at mo
ments like this, the nation should meditate
well beiore fixing its destinies; and it is
still difficult for me to know under what
name I can render the greatest services.— |
If the modest title of President could facil
itate the mission which has been entrusted
to me, and from which I had not shrunk
back, it is not 1, who, for personal interest,
would desire to exchange this title for that
of Emperor.”
The comments of the Moniteur, the offi
cial journal, give no doubt the accurate
meaning of these remarks—since otherwise
it wouid not have been permitted to give
any. That journal intimates that nations
have instincts which must not be disregard
ed, for that they generally accord with
their true interest; that it is their own pros
perity which they wish to guarantee by es
tablishing the authority of their chief; and
that “France,already so proud of seeing at
its head the heir of the most glorious of
names, desires to assure itself ot a long fu
ture of greatness and peace, by giving a
durable power to the Prince who has served
it.”—Balt. American.
An Editor in the Blues.—The editor j
of the Saratoga (N. Y.) Republican pours 1
forth his lamentations: •
“Having made precisely money enough
at the printing business, the subscriber is (
satisfied to give up and retire to the poor- *
house. Under these circumstances he is <
induced to offer the printing establishment 1
of the Saratoga Republican for sale. The
paper has a circulation of about one thou- !
sand, one-fourth of which may be called ■
paying, and the other three-fourths non- '
paying patrons. The office has a good va
riety of job type, and a fair run of work of
this description, provided the work is done
at the reduced New York prices, and the
printer will take ‘cats and dogs’ for pay.—
This village is one of the prettiest places in
the world for a newspaper publisher. Ev
ery body will find fault, do the best you
can, and the editor who pleases himself will
stand but a slim chance of pleasing any
body else. The subscription list and good
will of the office will be thrown in if the
purchaser will take the type, presses, and
materials for what they are worth, and pay
for them, so that there will be no probabil
ity of the present proprietor being obliged
to take the establishment back and return
to the business.”
Manufacturing Shoe-Strings.—Me
chanical ingenuity finds nothing too insig
nificant to improve upon, if it supplies a
want of humanity in a better or cheaper ;
manner. Among*the enterprises in George- j
town, Mass., is that of manufacturing shoe-!
strings. The process is simple, yet requir- j
ing quite a number of workmen to meet the ;
demand for the article. The strings are I
made from calf-skin and sole leather, the j
former costing $20 per thousand, and the
latter $10 per thousand—the quality of
stock ranging the prices. They arc made
for the Southern and Western market, and
used with brogan shoes, which are so ex
tensively manufactured throughout New
England, in exchange for the breadstuff's in
the'South and West. The proprietor has
acquired quite a competency within a few
years from his enterprise.
Norton Peters, of Missouri, recently
made a handsome speculation by driving
sheep overland to California. He started
with 2,500 sheep, and at Salt Lake he shear
ed them and sold the wool for $2,500. On
reaching California with 2,000 of them in
good condition, he was offered eighteen dol
lars a head for the lot, which he refused,
being sure of a higher price.
A Speculation.—A letter from Califor
nia says: “A man from Illinois had just ar
rived from Independence, having driven
the entire distance two thousand Turkeys,
all hale and hearty. They cost him about
fifty cents apiece in the State, and the cost
of feeding them on the way was nothing,
they fed themselves. He has been offered
eight dollars a piece.”
\ Genuine Alchemist.—The Bey of
Algiers, understanding that the Bey ot Tu
nis, who had been dethroned, possessed
the art of converting the base: metals into
gold, restored him to his throne on condi
tion that he revealed his secret. The Bey
sent him with much pomp and ceremony,a
plow! __
A inanT praising porter, said it was
so excellent a beverage, that it always made
him fat. “I have seen the time,” said an
other, “when it always made you lean. -
“When, I should like to know?’ said the
eulogist. “Why, no longer ago than last
night—against a wall.”__
No man ever knows when, where,
or whom he’ll marry. It’s all nonsense
planning and speculating about it. You
mi<rht as well look out for a spot to fall in
a steeple-chase. You come smash down
in the very middle of your speculations.
Dead Letters at Washington.—Du
nne the last quarter the Post Office De
partment announce that they have opened
one million and a quarter dead letters, from
which the Department obtained over eleven
thousand dollars._
Political Economy .-Punch says it has
, been proposed to tax stays, but it was ob
. jected to on the ground that it would di
, minisli consumption.
Women of Naples.
Mr. Headley, in his letters from Italy,
says—“You have heard of the bright eyes
and raven tresses, and music-like language
of the Neapolitans; but I can assure you
there is nothing like it here—that is to say,
among the lower classes The only differ
ence that I can detect between them and
the American Indians is, that the latter are
the more beautiful of the two. The colour
is the same, the hair very like indeed, and,
as to the “soft bastard Latin” they speak,it
is one of the most abominable dialects I ev
er heard. I know this is rather shocking
to one's ideas of an Italian women. I am
sure I was prepared to view them in a fa
vorable—nay, in a poetical light; but,
•amid r.Il the charms and excitements of this
| romantic land, I cannot see otherwise. The
! old women are hags, and the young wo
j men are dirty, slip-shod slatterns. Talk
• about “bright-eyed Italian maids !" Among
our lower ciaoses there are five beauties to
one good-looking women here. It is non
sense to expect a beautv among a popula
tion that live in filth,and eat the vilest sub
stances to escape the horrors of starvation.
[ But it is otherwise as to form. In form the
| Italians excel us. Larger, fuller—they na
turally acquire a finer gait and bearing. It
is astonishing that our ladies should per
sist in that ridiculou* notion, that a small
waist ia, and, per neeessila, must be beau
tiful. Why, many an Italian woman would
cry for vexation if she possessed such a
waist as some of our ladies acquire, only
by the longest, pain fullest process. I have
sought the reason of this difference, and can
see no other than that the Italians have
their glorious statuary continually before
them as models; and hence endeavour to
assimilate themselves to them ; whereas
our fashionables have no modles except
those French stc.fted figures in the windows
of the milliners’ shops. Why, if an artist
should presume to make a statue with the
shape that seems to be icgarded with us as
the perfection of harmonious proportion, he
would be laughed out of the city. It is a
standing objection against the taste of our
women the world over, that they would
practically assert, that a French milliner
understands how they should be made bet
ter than Nature herself.”
Tile Common Fly.
A correspondent of the National Intelli
gencer says : “Having observed that the
common fly, which used to crowd into
houses and stores, and blacken our ceilings,
from time immemorial, at this season oftna
pear, has, for two or three years past,made
its exit during the month of September, or
earlier—a phenomenon which has appear
ed to me rather mysterious—perhaps some
af your numerous readers may give us some
reasons for their disappearance.”
The appearance and disappearance of the
common fly are regulated by the weather.
For some years past we have had late springs
and early falls. During the present sea: on
there have been several white frosts,which
have caused the flies to disappear, or to di
minish very much in number. On the ap
proach of cold weather the fly goes into a
dormant state, collecting together behind
window blinds, shutters, Sec., where they
remain ir. a lifeless condition until they re
vive in the ensuing summer, when millions
of them appear to spring suddenly into ex
istence. Besides thos3 which remain du
ring the winter, others must be hatched
from the egg; but if so they must come
forth the matured fly, as we have no re
collection of having seen an infant fly. It
may be that their first appearance is in the
shape of a worm, or minute animalcule.—
We know not, but we believe it certain that
flies, like snakes, can remain through win
ter in a lifeless state and be revived by the
warmth of spring. The experiment can be
easily tried, and, if it succeeds, may not the
same result be produced on the frozen hu
man body by the application of heat or e
lectricity ? May not life be only suspend
ed in the man as well as in the fly or rep
tile? We have heretofore referred to the
; fact that frozen fish will revive if exposed
I to the action of the sun; and there is noth
ing inconsistent with philosophy in suppos
ing that a frozen individual can be reani
mated by a similar process.-Baltimore Clip
per.
The Power op Religion Illustrated.
—A husband and wife,in New York, who
have lived in harmony and uninterrupted
confidence for nearly a quarter of a centu
ry, have recently had a misunderstanding,
which grew out of some trivial family cir
cumstance. The wife took deep umbrage
at some chiding remark of her husband,and
left him and abandoned her family of chil
dren. Her absence occasioned great dis
tress, and efforts were made to bring her
home ; but she had resolved never again
to live with her husband. Her friends ex
postulated, her son entreated,and the neigh
bors who had noticed her long years of joy
urged her to return to her family. The in
terference of these parties only heightened
her anger and intensified her hate, and she
finally wandered oft‘ from the scenes of
home. She went to Cincinnati; was pur
sued by her friends, and hearing of their
approach, left. The next that was hear#
ot her, she had arrived in this city. Her
husband and son arrived here on Saturday,
morning, sought an interview with her,
which, after much hesitation, she granted ;
but only to give positive denial to their en
treaties. The husband, bowed down with
heavy grief finally asked a clergyman to
visit her. The priest complied and the
result of his conference wras, deep contri
tion in the mother and wife, and a desire
again to see her husband and son, and a
consent to cheerfully return with them to
New York. Here was accomplished,through
the agency of religion, a blessing that could
never have been consummated by law or
physical force, And this is always the
case wherever there i3 faith in God, and a
true reverence for His commands.—Boston
Courier.
An Item for Cigar Makers.—It is
well known that journeymen cigar-makers
have justly complained that their trade has
been ruined by the foreign cigar-makers.—
Strange as it may seem, the tobacco is ta
ken to Europe, made into cigars by “pau
per labor,” returned and sold ir; this coun
try lower than they can be produced by A
merican well-paid labor. Under the pres
ent Locofoco Tariff, the American duty on
imported cigars is eight cents per pound.—
England,in return, puts the duty on Amer
ican cigars imported into her country at
two dollars per pound ! This is the kind
i of reciprocity which has made England the
• richest manufacturing people in the world,
• while it has given a death blow to the in
dustrial interests of this country
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