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NOTICE.
Tut subscriber finding it necessary to
•devote more ol his time and attention to
I>is mills, has sold out his interest in the I
roucern ot J. Harrison A Co. to Mr.
Andrew K. Sam ti, of Loudoun. The
business will he continued at the same
house by Air. A. S. Rhodes, (his late
partner,) and Mi. Smith, under the firm j
of Rhodes A. Smith.
He would take this apportunity of re
turning his thanks to his friends for the ,
very liberal encouragement which the
late firm have tuet with, and respectfully
solicits a continuance of it to his succes
sors, who, he takes pleasure in recom
mending to the public as gentlemen well
qualified for the business.
ISAAC llARIUSON. j
All persons having claims against the
late firm will present them to Messrs.
Rhodes & Smith for payment, and those
indebted to them, will please make pay
ment to the same.
I. HARRISON, &. Co.
ggfa&ifcs cV temifJa
1' he subscribers having associated
themselves in the FORWARDING &,
COMMISSION BUSINESS, underthc |
firm ot K.kills & Smith, are now pre
pared to attend to any business commit- l
ted to their cure. They will keep con-j
st.uitly on hand a general assortment of!
GROCERIES, SALT, PLASTER,;
Ar e., w hick they will sell on a small ad- j
vsnre on the Northern prices. They :
tolicit a continuance of the favors so lib
erally extended to the I ,to firm of I.
Harrison A Co., pledging themselves to
use every exeriion togi\-( satisfaction to j
t»!l v ho may commit business to their care. !
Flits now have two spacious Ware
houses, udiI are prepared to receive on j
storage, or for forwarding any quantify
of Fiour, Grain, <!yc. that may be sent
to them, and \\ ill purchase at the high
est cash price, ?liuost every thing the
farmer may have to srii.
ABRAHAM S. RHODES,
ANDREW K. SMITH.
Depot, Winchester, Sept. I, IS-Jf).—fit
HARDWARE.
—■-oftf—
1 HO MAS A. CO. (late Thomas A
Gr: urge.) continue the impoitation of !
Hardware. Brass-ware, Cullen/
and Saddlery,
to all their varieties, at the old stand. !
H-3 Baltimore street, Baltimore. They !
have also on hand a general assortiuent
of American ir.unufucSured articles in the
Hard ware line.
13y the late arrivals from Liverpool
they have received extensive and
n’el! Stock of fresit Goods, whii h
renders their assortment complete.
€OMN MILLS.
T1I0MAS Sc CO. (lute Thomas &. j
Oeorge,) have received bv liter lecent |
arrivals, a large assortment ot tin: above j
article. Also, Cotton Hoi.s, Urioht j
iHACiis, tiAi.rKR Chains, $$e , which!
they offer tor sale on their usual terms.
Vi HOI NI a.
At Rules held in the Oh tk s Office of j
ilK Circuit Superior Court ot I. uv and :
Chancery for Augusta counfv, Sep- !
temher the 5th,
John Barger, and Jacob, Willi am, Jane
Ann, Dorcas, Washington, Janie-, Ira, j
and Thomas Barger, infants under the
age of 21 years, by James J. Cullen, !
their next friend, plaintiff's—against
John Deal, Executor of John Huffmire, 1
deceased, Anna Margaret Vockeradt,
Maria Elizabeth Winder. John God- i
field Winder, Yorick Hu.lmire, E
.izabelh Barger, Nancv Barger, and
John Barger, sen. defendant!).
”2 he defendants Anna Margaret Yock
♦:radt, Maria Elizabeth Winder, and
\ oriek Huffmire, not having entered
their appearance and given security ac
cording to the act of Assembly, and the
Tiiilcs ot this Court, and it appearing by
satisfactory evidence that they are not
inhabitants of this Commonwealth : It
is ordered, that the said defendants do
appear here on the first day of the next
Vrm, (10th of Nov.) and answer the
bill of the plaintiffs; and that a copy of
this order be forthwith inserted in the
Staunton Spectator for two months suc
cessively, and posted at the front door
of tiiQ Ceurt-hoose of Augusta county.
A copv—Teste,
42] MICH'S C. KINNEY, c. c.
WASTED.
A nnW rate CHAIR MAKER,
will find constant employment, and the
highest wages, upon application to the
subscribers.—They also wish to pur
, chase from or.e to two thousand feet of
INCH POPLAR. and one or two loads
of good Hickory Sf Maple, suitable lor
chair stuffs.
ARMISTEAD &. HOLMES.
Staunton, Sept. 15, 1836.—3t
POETRY.
from the franklin /lepository.
“ " lio is (General Harrison?” The ques
tion of his enemies— referred to Johnson.
Lytle, anil all unprejudiced witnesses.
*• Truth guariU Ihr pen, and •auelifie* the lint."
A ’i , “irho in hr /” w list hath lie done
“ llis country ’s highest meed to gainr
“A p! ize llial should he Olily won
"Hy heails and hands without a stain.”
'1 hue do thes/ures of party feign
Fv ’n ignorance thc*ir hnte to mask;
And patriots answer with disdain
What no American should ask.
” " ho is lie.'” let the dead awake!
Did Shelby’s lips the truth disguise?
Hath Davies vainly fought and spake?
Doth falsehood blast their meuiciies 3
Did Fri»-’s gallant chief arise!
" hove kindred feelings warmly gave
" hat noble spirits dearest pi i/.e,
I'he unsought tribute ol the brave!
” " In) is her” du they ask again?
( all then the shade ol .Madison !
And ask I lion if lie won in vain
The confidence of Jefferson r
Did " ayne and Snyder Jahcly own
The trust anil honor to him due?—
These/iron/.s have heen.nnd still ore known,
And others, all as proudly true.
” " ho is her” llnik ! a comrade speak. !
A living witness ot his fame—
" iiat!—hear ye with unblushing cheeks
i he ci ho of your Johnson’s name?
" ho to the glorious contest ‘‘came,
“ The brave and prtident to obey.”—
And honoring him ye now defame,
Min red in his toils, and own’d hissway !
“Who is her”—onco, when envious foes
Dared to impeach his virtue tried,
That friend in his defence arose,
And .landei meanly shrank aside;
" hen not « voice the truth denied
That he “above suspicion” stood,
" ith ail who felt an honest pride
To vindicate the brave and good.
“" ho is he;” let the rescued West
In tones of gratitude reply !
I he man whose valour stands confess’d,
“ Through all our strife for Liberty !
“By whom, from savage butchery
“Del eas’d a thousand bosoms glow’d;
“From whom tlie conquered enemy
“Felt nought but aid humane bestow’d.”
“ " ho is he r’ one, whose mind and sword
"’ere still victorious to the last ;
One, who, when peace her joys restor’d,
Sought not for honors to the past.
But, like the Homan, when he cist
Aside the helmet for the plough,
In honest toil hi-days have pass’d,
Arid honest blessings crown his brow.
“ " ho Is he?” Sound (lie answer far!
id** ns ilia envious taunt is thrown !
i he man “illustrious still in war,
“In pence belov’d wherever known;”
l rue to his country’s good alone —
That country will a-srrl Ids fame;
And by )>er brightest honor, ow n
i k#;7ts::l i* A ft HI SON may claim!
August 2-Uh, 1S3G. if.
MISCELLANY.
Preaching to tiii: Insane—The
j deeply interesting experiment.of preach
ing tiii- Gospel to the Insane, has been
lairly tried in the Lunatic Asylum attach'
l«J to tin: Edinburgh Charity Work
; house. The result is detailed in a re
port recently submitted to the Managers
j by the Chaplain, from which we make
j the following extracts. In general from
| 10 to 50 patients attend Divine service.
Their conduct in the chapel might afford
' a salutary lesson to many in possession o!
| all their (acuities. After attending the
I morning service, the duties in which
j they bail been engaged usually form
ed the subject of conversation tor the re
mainder ol the day, and sermons beard
in their better days are remembered and
j compared with what they hear from
their chaplain. On one occasion, in the
! middle of the service, it is slated that a
i man subject to epilepsy sunk to the
'ground in frightful convulsions. Two of
1 hiseompanions, botli generally restless &,
' troublesome, voluntarily went to the as
sistance of the superintendent, and re
j moved the unhappy man : and when the
j door was closed, the rest prepared to lis
! ten with Unshaken composure. Atan
! other time, the boys belonging to the
Charity Workhouse, who led the sing
ing, stopped short in the first line of the
hynm, when one of the most hopeless of
the patients immediately raised the tune,
discharging, in the most becoming man
ner, the duties of Precentor, much to the
satisfaction of the congregation. It ap
peared that the man had, in early life,
been a Precentor. Patients who, du
ring the week, never remained in the
same position, or quiet for five minutes
at a time, when their llibles are placed
in their hands, will join from morning
; till evening, in the services of the Sab
; bath, with a steadiness and reverence
, which would become the most rational
j persons. Mr. Johnson, shortly after the
. introduction of Divine service, having
i repeatedly been present at worship on
j the Sunday, in order to ascertain how
• far it w a* possible to secure the attention
j of the insane to a lengthened address,
: privately desired a very restless patient
■ to write ph account of the next sermon,
i He did so. and on receiving the paper,
i tlx* Chaplain was not u little surprised
, to find that tu» material part of his di—
| course hud escaped the notice of his
i watchful auditor. Many other instances
i are related equally striking, to show the
! good effects produced by admitting these
unhappy persons to partake of that wor
ship ot God, to which they had been
; accustomed in their better days.
From the Sothern Hose.
To \ ouxg .M i:x.—There is no moral
object so beautiful to me as a conscientious
young man. i watch him as ! do « slur in
■ the heavens ; clouds may bebvloie him, but
wc know that his light is behind them, and
. will beam again ; the blaze of others’ popu
larity may outshine him, but we know that
though itnseen lie illumines his own .true
sphere. I le resists temptation not without a
struggle, for that is net \ irtue ; but lie does
resist anil conquer ; he hears the sarcasms of
11lie profligate, and it slings him, for that is
the tri.il of virtue, but heals the wound with
1 his own ;>ixe touch. 1 It: heeds not the watch
word of fashion, if it leads to sin ; the athe
ist. who says not only mi his heart, but with
his lips, “there is no Got! !’’ controls him
not ; lie sees the hand of a creating God,
and rejoices in it.
Woman is sheltered by find arms and lov
ing counsel; old age is protected by its ex
perience, and manhood by its strength ; but
j the young man stands amid the temptations
I of the world, like a self balanced lower : —
happy be who seeks and gains the propane!
shelter • f morality.
Onward, then, conscientious youth ! raise
ihv standard and nerve ihysclf for goodness.
I f God has given thee intellectual power, a- |
waken it in that cause ; never let it be said
of thee, lie helped to swell the tide of sin, bv
pouring his influence into its channels. If
thou art feeble in mental strength, throw not
that drop into a polluted cui lent. Awake,
arise, } oung man ! assume the beautiful gai h
of virtue! It is fearfully easy to sin ; it is
difficult to be pure and holy. Put on ihv
strength, then ! let thy chivalry be aroused
against error ! let Truth be the lady of thy
love—defend her.
Deieware is not only the smallest stale
in the Union, but I venture to say, lias
the smallest house of worship and con
gregation. At Cantwell’s Uridge, a pret
tj little village on the main peninsular
road, about ten miles this side of Smyrna,
is a f riends’ meeting house, built ol
brick, only about twelve feet square.
. Small as it is, it has all '.he appearance
outside and in, usually found in those of!
larger domensions. The congregation
consists of one man. He is a respects*
; hie farmer, living four miles distant, but
attends regularly twice every week, and
| si Is out the usual lime alone. I under
| stand he is a bachelor : unless lie takes
! to himself a wife, he, therefore, need
not fear any of those unhappy divisions
that so frequently distuib the peace of
religious societies, and so recently des
troyed tiiat to which iie belongs. 1
; looked in upon him a few Sabbaths since,
but so intent was lie upon his devotional
, meditations, that he did not observe ine
; until the Meeting was broken up, and
S then I found him quite a social, though
'a solitary being. — Fhil. Nact.
? Flouting Farm Yard—The following
sketch rvf a family floating down tlx* Ohio on
n ralt, is at once highly graphic and churac*
te»i-uic of our inland emigration.
“ J’o day we have passed two large rafts,
‘•’•shed together, l»y which simple convey
ante several families from New England
were transporting themselves and their pro
perly to the land of promise in the western
i woods. Each rati was eighty or ninety feet
, long, with a small house erected on it, and
on each was a stack ol hay, round which se
veral horses and cows were feeding, while
(he paraphernalia of a farm yard, (he ploughs,
wagons, pigs, children, and poultry, carless
ly distributed, gave to the whole more the
appearance of a permanent residence, than of
n caravan of adventurers seeking a home.
A respectable looking old lady, with specta
cles on her nose, was sealed on a chair at the
door of one of the cabins, employed in knit*
ting ; another female was at the wash-tub,
the men were chew ing their tobacco w ith as
much complaicency >is if they had been in
Ihe land of steady habits ; and the various
avocations seemed to go on with the steadi
ness of ‘clock work.’ In this manner our
western emigrants travel at slight expense.
They carry w ith them their own provisions;
their raft floats with the current,and honest
Jonathan, surrounded with his scolding,
squalling, grunting, lowing, and neighing
dependants, floats to the point proposed,
without leaving his ow n fireside ; and on his
arrival there, may go on shore with his
household, and commence business, with as
little ceremony as a grave personage, who,
on his marriage with a rich widow, said he
had “nothing to do hut walk in and hang up
his hat.”
The Geneva Gazette says that Graham,
(he sawdust cater, is lecturing in Albany,
i VVe would advise him to get a class of
■ printers. Vo body of men. on an aver
age, hnve more need of acquiring the
art of living upon light substances than
those w ho are engaged in the "preserva
j live art.” — Compiler.
A Hard Case.— A woman, whose
husband was in the petiitentinry, enu
merating his .sufferings, said, “He is al
lowed no visiters on Sunday, and irorsc
than that, he is obliged to go to church,
. which the poor fellow ha9 never been
accustomed to.”
In the house of correction at Boston,
there are ‘200 women in one room, who
[ w ork industriously and nercr talk '
I fciN N’S\ L\ A N I A. — One of the works
of internal improvement, completed by Penn -
sylvania, though less generally known than
sumo other*, is amongst tfie most stupendous,
l)c> ill in magnitude and in the cost of const ruc
tion, on record. A traveller, referring to it,
says :
Hannibal s passage over the Alps and
Napoleon s road over the Simplon, I cannot
but esteem trilles, in compniis m with this
victory obtained by the peaceful State of
Pennsylvania over 'the Alleglianics. The
entire length of the routo is three hundred
am! ninety-four and 1-4 miles. You leave
Philadelphia by the Columbia Rail road,
whiih extends 8-1 3 1 miles ; (hen puss 171
J--1 miles upon the second division of the
Pennsylvania ('anal, along the Su-quehan
n,i!i nod.I uniat a ; them cross the summit of
the Alleghany by the Purtngo Rail road, |
30 3-4 miles ; and complete your course !>y ;
the W cstern Division of the Pennsylvania
Canal, 104 miles in length. And this work,!
gigantic as it is, is but little more than half
vv hat the State lias achieved, as such, in her
purpose of internal improvement, and is le«s
tliao a third of all that has been donejiu the
State, by public authority nod by stock com
panies. W ill it be believed that this single 1
state has more than 1200 miles of canals and j
rail roads, and that she is still projecting, I
and will no doubt, soon execute more! She
is not satisfied with having expended from
the State Treasury twenty-five millions of!
dollars. \\ hat n noble example of energy
in extending the trade and developing the'
physical resources of a state!—Would that a
hundredth pai t of the zeal h id been shown !
by this, or any other State, in the develops
meat of her moral and intellectual resour
ces.”
Gap!. Ku.ss thus points out how the inha
bitants of tho Polar regions discriminate
night and day : ‘‘You tvill, perhaps, wonder ;
how we could make each day when the to '
tal absence of the sun had placed us in per-!
petual night. The « hole lace of nature vv as j
indeed completely changed to us ; but it was
lar Irom being gloomy ns you would iiim
trine. A considerable twilight about noon
denoted the return ol day ; and in clear wen- ,
liter h beautiful arch of red light overspread -
the horizon to the south for an hour < r two)
before and after imon. Great care was ta- j
ken, all the while the sun was under the*
horrizon, to keep regular hours fornur meals: j
and as the day shortened very gradually, vve !
did not feel the approach ol the shortest day,1
though we were not sorry when it passed.” j
1 irtuous Poverty. — If men did but ;
know what felicity dwells in the cottage!
of a virtuous poor man—how quiet his i
rest—how composed his mind , how free
from care ; how easy his provision ; how
healthful his morning ; how joyful his
heart—they would never admire the
noise, the diseases, the throng of pas
sions, and the violence of unnatural ap
petites, which fill the houses of the lux
j urious, and the hearts of the ambitious. 1
; Population.— ‘How is it, Patrick,” j
said the Doctor, whose wife had just
! presented him with two additional “lit
; tie responsibilities” — “how is it that
since so many children are born in this
! city, our population does not increase
j‘‘Sure and I'll tell you, doehtor—when
I you help ’em bringing a child into the
j world, you contrive to send the mother
■ out—but my old woman will be a match
j for y on.”
i Calumny finds facts and distorts them,
searching hiuI probing a slight blemish,
until it appear to become an incurable
wouu.1. Tlie calumniator, always awake
and never wearied, like the personage
described in holy wiit, may be seen
walking to and fro, selecting the fairer-t
fruits of human excellence, with a hard
hand, and voracious appetite, to pluck
down and devour.
A jocose couple.—An accepted suitor
one day walking w ith the object of his
I nflections hanging on his arm, dcscrib*
ling the ardency of his affection, said,
"how transported 1 am to have you
arm!” "Upon inj
i word,” said the lady, "you make us out
! to be a very respectable couple, when
! one is transported, and the other hang*
ling*”
Before proposing to marry a young
'.lady, consider if she lias qualities yon
i would esteem it*, an intimate friend. Il
she has not, never dream your love will
last, though she is ns beautiful as an hou
ri. Beauty is a fascinating object, but
who ever selected a friend for bn* or her
; beauty ?—Mrs Hale.
V* hence is il that a mau is seldom n
j ble to relinquish his animosity against
I those whom lie has injured? Is not this
j factitious resentment a kind of compro*
i mise with the uneasiness of his seusa
i tions? An effort to persuade his injus
• tice that tlie victim is the aggressor!
An attorney brought an immense biil
to a lady for some business he had done
for her. The lady, to whom he land
once paid his addresses, murmured at
tin; charge. "Madam." replied the limb
of he law, "I had a mind to convince
you that my profession is lucrative, and
that I should not have been a had
match.”
" In our countryexclaimed an Italian,
“in our country, sir, wo have the ever
burning Vesuvius.”
" Have yoo, indeed,” replied a son ofA
mei:ca, "and in our country we have (be
Tails of Niagara, which would put it out in
five minutes ’’
, Moacwf, jrjxxtamrrs.i —cat iux..jy.wr>
SPECTATOR.
FUU THE Sl’CCTATOR.
The /Jdon is editor of I He misnamed “Jo!
i fersonian Republican” published at Char
| l.ittesville, thus notices the passing of Gen.
I Harrison through that place:
j INTERESTING TO BLUE LIGHTS •
i “ I he “ Hero nf \orth /Send and J'urmi r
"f 'J ippecanoe” passed through town yester
dav. W o believo n tew of ihe old feds wait
ed upon him, which is more than tlivv did
for Judge \N Lite. If they offered him a din
ner, we are sorry he bid not accept it, as n
public; dinner to the advocate of the Alien j
nnd Sedition Law, in the county of Thomas
Jefferson would have hud a good effect. If
it was offered nnd refused, he has inoru tact '
than his friends, and a nicer sense of propri
ety than his countenance would seem to in
ditalc*. I he old feds looked crest-fallen, at
his appearance. Wo wish he would travelj
through the L nited States.”
Had any one whom nature and a life of '
hardship conspired to render ns ugly as him- !
self, thus criticised the General's “ app**;r
ance he might have borne it patiently—|
Rut for that editor, gifted w itli such s\ mine- !
trj ol form nnd feature, whose honest, iij! ;•*
and intelligent countenance, make him an
object of admiration to all-for him to find I
fault with the “ appearance” nnd “counte
nance of his neighbours, is too mortifying
to the unhappy \ ictims of his criticism.
IM i. B. should remember, however, that
the friends of Gen. Harrison have never laid
mud. stress on his personal pulchritude—nnd
for lus countenance, i)tni could not but lia\e
f.ilien, before such a presence ; thu’ it had
stood the shock ol an hundred battles. His
hair, his eyes, boast not the lily hue of those
of the Jeffersonian Republican. Rut with ■
nil these defects, he has one accomplishment
too homely to be coveted by so pretty a fo!
low as the Jeffersonian,nnd yet dear to those'
who were once styled "Jeffersonian Repub.
lienni hut who, of late, have had tlieii “good
name”filched from them, by the Blue Lights.
He is honest.—Can the “Jeffersonian” say
as much for himself, with his chaige against
Gen. Harrison of being “the advocate of the i
Alien and Sedition Law,” staring ;fl (|lo
tace.' Did he not know that charge to be'
false, when lie published it? If he did notj
bis patrons arc much to be pitied, for having!
placed themselves under Ihe guidance of such
blind such w ilful ignorance.— No man who!
sets himself up for a Political leader, is e\ !
disable for ignorance of the history of bl
own country, in his own times. That hislo*
ry shows Gen. Harrison to have been a c. n
sislent Repudicnn, till the “ Northern
Lights” instituted their bed ol Procrustes on
which to measure Republicanism. That
history shows that he was ns decided an op
ponent of the Alien and Sedition Laws as
Mr. Jefferson himself. V
I
From the ( hurlvllaiUh h’rura'c
Harrison passed through this phic;
on I uesday 1 »sf, on liis way to \ isit his
daughter in ilichmond lie icmaiti<-d in
Charlottesv ille nr.ly sufficiently 1 mg h>r the
mail to lie opened niul Iodine." He was cal
' led upon by n number of friends, w j;huut
distinction of patty — and was pter-ed tout )-.
**nd i isit Alonliullo and the [‘riiveru'tv
He expressed much anxiety (o do so, tint
| wn« compelled to decline mi account nf tin
I necessity of an cm ly return to Ohio, to re.
i sumo (he duties • f ? ?5 office there. Those
who h id the pleasure of waiting upon him,
• »«rc highly pleased with his plain and um.sl
! Ientatiou9 manners and conversation, which
were cliarsctci islie of the Old Virginia re
publican gentleman. He appeared in good
health and has a much younger appearance
than we anticipated.
A Sign. The Dangor (Me.) Whig has
hoisted the Harrison banner in place of
the M ebstcr. 'i his is tlio course for New
t.ngland, fur in nothing is the interest of Mr.
Webster so much involved, and his rej-uta
iion advanced, as in coining out ir.agnnni
mc • 1 % fur !!;•• People’s CBndidele
A X }- V C GLl.KNT /.Ml .1 I l))l lOt S
1.1 ovj:mc.vr.—The friends ol White and
Harrison i.'i the slnfos of Illinois, |\Ji
ifi’.l Aiknnsos, are to unite on the ‘ame e»
; lectornl tic kef.
/a this true!— I he Washington JMirrnr
states that a mechanic cannot obtain empDv
iriont on any of the public buildings, it lie
is known at any time to leave expressed an
opinion again>( the present administration.
It this is true, we would ask if there is a
more complete despotism in Turkey than »
these 1 nited Slates, so far as the influence of
! (he government ran be brougl ' to 1 car upon
public opinion? It is another illustration »•
the truth, which is every day forcing itreli
more and more upon public" attention, lliat
the farms of free government are no* at .dl
incompatible with (ho existence ■ !he 'bos!
: grinding tyranny.
Why arc not the Van Purer ites as fearful
of an elect ion .•( Vice President bv the Satiate
, *s they are of an election of President by
the House of Kcpre.'tcnlativcs:' f.’y refining
to support Col. Johnson in this State, anri
1 putting on their Ticket the name of a TPTn
I who will not he run any where »lse, fh»v
1 may throw the election into the Senat". Du
j they not <«-:*r “ corruption'* in 'bat body 1
! May not “bargin n,.d in1: louts’ defeat the
I " !1 people f.'u-re as well as in the
House? May not n ‘mi-.onty cumfiduto” be
j elected 1 i;:u I' "evident, and in certain contin
gencies, President, by thi« cuur«e? it tb«»v
! reallif tear an election by the House why
have they wilfuliy, and with unearthly rca
; son so acted as to increase tnv* chances of
I devolving the election of Vice {'resident on
; 11"* .Senate; I.,11her their ft-nrs are feigncd, or
tbev deserve ;«> hj rebuked for courting the
'cry perils against w; .'eh they w.*rn thepco
pie.—jlynchb. / irg.
CXJ'Il used to be a maxim that we should
judge Ji man by the company that bo keeps.
It Col. Johnson i< *v> iirm .rai »r*d corrupt
for the people of Virginia to vote for him as
'» it.*, i'ii'-:: lent, what are iui to think of Mr
\ an ifnren, by " ’’osc intrigues Johnson was
nominated in cooj i>' with himself, in
stead uf W m. C. k
: he Cincinnati Evening Post states that
Mar rison’s majority in Ohio will not be less
Ilian 20,000.
I'he verier. ’ * and laler.fed editor of
fire Norfolk lfuraiti, rele.. ** g to the
abuse heaped upon Gen. Harrison, by
those, who, during the war, when vic
tory followed his footsteps, were his lot:
Jes*. eulogists, makes these severe hut
just tounrks: “We, too, were in the
field in to..; J. ’ 'h’medfn with The
Enquirer, though in humbler ,. y ,
and we r an say, i:i 111c sincerity of our
hearts, that even now, ilWe wee ever
so much opposed fo the elevation ox Gen.
Harrison to the Presidency,— :,ay, ii ,, g
were \ an Huron to the buck-bone.—we
would not mar the honest work of our
own hands and give ourselves the lie
in order to depreciate Iiis claims to the
; on:.: and confidence of hi- '* "j\v citi
zens." II the Enquirer wince not under
this castigation, his kirk must be, like
the terrapin’s, insensible to every thing
less severe than lire.— Lynchburg i>rg.
.M. .iMoru-BTT, oj Washington
city, is the Commissioner, appointed by the
President, to gather information respecting
• be present state and prospects of Texas,
iiwas, by tbo Inst advices, at 13ruzoria.
We have never seen his appointment an
nounced in any of the Washiru'tcn miners
Cf5“ It is not generally known, that a strong
ilelnclirneiil of t; nited relates troops is now
encanijied in (lie Texian territory, at Na
cogdoches. y\ci) hundred Deserters from
Gen. G a inks’ army wcrcul the Head Quar
ters of the Texian forces. The Texian tin -
thorities, with professions ofn w illingness
not to prevent their apprehension by the U
S. forces, had refused to deliver them up
Harlem Hail Hand y’nnncl.—This stu
pendous under l;di ing, it is expected, will bo
completed in about six weeks, '{'fin tunnel:
is already through the mountain four hundred
nod seventy-five feet on the north side,and
sixty on the south, and about sixty lent more
i cumin I t ho cut before the workmen meet.
This tunnel, when completed, will be tha
i’ti ge-t, though uni tin: longest in tlu world,
and cul through rock of as hard and firm a
texlme as can any where be found, 'i’he
open tn' on cither side of the tunnel i« M
terr'fie *n gaze at fr--m i!. • edge of thei
sill.,.mi. i ■ . ru ii:-ugh £ ,1 i.i jock,
and that on t<i«r north side ii liar five feet
deep. Tin! work i« prosecute i under the di
rection of Mr. Hotter, tl.u ublo and skilful
superintendent, i.ight ii-dd.ty. Wlien com
pleted, connected with t'.*■ adjoining ece
i nerv, i! will term one of t*.« grandest and
must romantic sights to be found on the l.’.te
t.f the Globe. — -Yt;c iurl; Hrncs.
Philip Duval, Esq. of Ynioo, Mi*.;;.'
sippi, (formerly of this Staff, nnd some
years ago one r>l the editors of I lit* Jtich
moiul Compiler,) f. ’! in a duel v ith Itlr.
Cunning!: n-*t r4' Yazoo, on the lilli ulf.
being shot through • head the first
fire. Mr. (Btnningham made a narrotv
escape, the hail of his antagonist graz
ing his clothes.
On Wednesday morning, in New
i v'rk, Eel«*t Uaeot, Esq , late Cashier of
the Erttnch T.r.m!i t.i 'h;* l' .States ft
i 'ii.iilestOM, eomrniilcu suicide bv .-hoot
ing himself, in his room ,.i the l.’ily Ho
tel. He had i.-diarged a pistol into hi :
moutii, while silting ir: :• •• 't•*.ir ; nud must
have made hi- preparations very
rately ”r a bu m was platted »:? Ii is feet
locaTh the Lii u.’, w bob was-nenrly full
when theroom w.v nt-zitd. He iiaJ,
however, fallen fi-un .. • otvf, t::d was
f >«j:tlying on the floor, i'.o cu'JiS has
b.’CH a.v-igm d tor fne art.
Three brutes were accused at* New
Yoik on Tuesday of ben lino their wive.*.
In two of the ease* tr. wives reeTi*. J,
, interceded and r"t their w otst h: ires <>{],
without punishment. In the oilier cast:
file wife, like a sensible woman, consent -
i ed lo part with her lord and master for
; -. - months, in full pcr.-tmsion tlin* it
little pi..; ;j g . i.gc. ’ertng stone, wi'l'1
destroy h;« fondness for h-.ruit .xg uer.
— *5^j> -
Weeding at Ihe. A'osc. — Iileedini* at
the nose, il it !■ • ever s<» violent or t»ro
traefed, may ho p-iina*'Ctilly topped I v
the individual ■-ome railed dried
beef, w liich hrs L-; eii grated fine with
a nutmeg or otiier graUr. in the same
W *V !!; ;li h.C CUllll lake Slllli’f ; two of
three pinches are said to be sufficient td
( vtop anv fit of ideeding.