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AND GENERAL VERTISER.
Vo1 **»»•___STAUNTON, Vlltl.; \n. TiniKSDAY. IBimUABA 26, I s ir». No. I I.
UVaunton spectator.
BY KBNTON HABPBB.
T E H M Si.
0CP The **SPECTATOR” it published tnrt'stWA,
'•t »\eo Dollars u year, if paid in adbant*,or ’IXob Dot
'lore and Fifty Cent• {/'delayed beyond the exfnration y/
•the year. JVo subscription ibill be discontinued, but at
‘the option of It it Editor, Until all arrearages are paid.
Iff- All communications 16 the Editor by mail must be
■post-paid, dr they will not be httended-to.
'(O- Ap VER TlS&MEX’t'Syfthirteen lines (or less,)
inserted three times for one dollar, nnd tteenty-five cents
•for each stibsequAit continuance Larger advertir. merits
in the same proportion. A Uberal discount made to ad
vertisers by the year.
Mr. V. B. Pxi.ttfcft, American Newspaper and Ad
Vrrtiiin* Agent in the cities Of Baltimore, Philadelphia,
Near York, and Boston, has keen appointed Agent.for
‘receiving and forwarding subscriptions and advertise
ments for this paper, at his offices in thoscCrtic's respec
tively. vir.:
** Baltimore, Southeast corner ofBal. — re and Cal
vert Streets.
. Philadelphia, No. 59 Pine Street.
„ NevV Yobk, No. 30 Ann Street.
Bestk:*-, No. 14 State Street.
EAGLE HOTEL,
STAUNTON, VA.
f|>HE subscriber having purchased this old es
■* tablished House, lately kept by his father,
lisa taken charge of the same, and is prepared to
accommodate the public. He begs leave to in
form citizens ot the county and travellers that
he is making preparations for an enlargement -of
his dining room, and other improvements in the
interior arrangements of llto Hotel, and an exten
sion of his slaiiling.
Ho promises constant attention to the comfort
of his guests, and respectfully solicits a continu
ance of that patronage which has been so long
wxtended to his father.
JAMES A. M’CLUNG.
November 6, 18 15.
NEW GOODS.
M. V U S H I N <1
•I> KSPROTFULLY informs bis friends and
the public, that he has just received a large
oupply of
FRESH FRUITS,
■and all other articles in his line—consisting in
part of the following articles:
Fresh Bunch Jlairins, in quarter, half and
whole boxes, Figs, Prunes, Citron, Cur
rants and Sultana Raisins.
Also, Almonds, Palm nuts, Filberts, English
Walnuts, Peacon awl Peanuts, Preserv
ed and Ground Ginger, Ground
Pepper, Alspice and Mustard,
Sardines, Scotch Herring,
and Pickled Oysters.
Also, Loaf and Brown Sugar, Tea, Coffee,
and Cheese, Cigars, C/icu'ing and Smok
ing Tobacco, Pipes and Stems.
Also, a general assortment of TOYS, CAKES,
CANDIES, ALBANY ALE and CIDER, &c.
die., all of which will be sold low for cash or
■on short credit to punctual customers.
N. II. I have made arrangements by which I
•xpect to keep a regular supply of F It E S H
OY8TE11S.
Staunton, Dec. 18, 1815.
G. W. FULLER
IJ ESPECTFULLY informs the public that
in connection with his Watch ami Clock
business he is prepared to execute all work in the
DENTISTRY LINE,
s»ch as extracting, cleansing,
V/H ft q. U ‘'plugging, separating and set
ting TEETH, on plate or pi
vot, and warrants all to bo done in the best and
neatest manner.
•of all descriptions carefully repaired, and all good
nes vv arranted to perform well for twelve months.
His shop is one door cast of A. D. Wren’s Apo
thecary Store on Main street, and nearly opposite
B. Crawford & Co’s Dry Good Store.
Nov. G, 1845.—Gm.
NEW ESTABLISHMENT.
(ESSillP EKS)2B (SilSSfo
THE subscriber lias just returned from the
North with a large stock of
Staple ami Fancy Dry Goods,
which were laid in on the most reasonable terms
by an experienced merchant, and he would parti
cularly invite the citizens of Staunton and its vi
cinity to call and examine before purchasingelsc
wherc, as he is determined to sell low for cash—
comprising in part t!io following articles, viz:
Fancy Prints from 6 1-4 to 37 cents
Rip Cashmeres and Cashmere dc Coxs
Alpacas, plain and figured
Mou.din ue Laincs, Neck Ties
Linen Cambric ami Fancy Iluudkerchicfi
Cashmere, damask, worsted and cotton Shnv.-lx
Book, Swiss mid Mull Muslins
Thule Lace, Edgings
Jaconets, Cambrics, Irish Linens, Uro. Holland
Corded Skirts, Ascension Robes
Kid Gloves, Hosiery, Scarfs and Stocks
Cloths, Cassimeres, Cas.inets, Tweed Cassinicres
Satin, Velvet, Silk, and Cashmere Vestings
Flannels,Ticking, and Domestics
Cloth, Ole Hull, Seal, and Net Caps
Besides a fine assortment of HOOTS, SHOES
HA RD WrA R E, q UEEXS IVA R E, Gil O CERIES,
TOBACCO, and many other articles too numerous to
mention.
VV M. J. SHUMATE,
Next door to Hugh .1. Crawford’s.
Staunton, Out. 30, 1845.
VALUABLE ALBEMARLE LAND
FOR SALS.
A N\ person wishing to purchase a valuable
TRACT OF 7 AND, - r,,u uotinty
of Albemarto, containing about 180 or 200 Acres
A.A of Land, located in a good neighborhood,
jlffnn with a good DWELLING HOUSE,&c.,
4S*l*-a Meadow and good water, can he ac
commodated by applying to the Editor of this
paper.
There arc few, if any, belter situations in the
county of Albemarle for a Blacksmith.
ITT” Possession given immediately.
Dec. 18, 1815.—-if.
LAW NOTICE.
THE undersigned may be found at his office,
where he will attend to such business as may
be confided to bis care.
HUGH W. SHEFFEY.
Staunton, Feb. 12, 181G.—3t
FRESH GARDEN SEED.
¥ANDRETH\S GARDEN SEEDS, warrant
ed fre9h and genuine, just received and for
by K. BERKELEY.
Slaunfon, Feb. 12, 1846.
ANCHOR
BOLTING-CLOTHS,
QF Superior Quality, just received and for
^ sale by B. CRAWFORD & CO.
Staunton, Aug. 20.
USESfiL*"* CAP PAPER, and BLANK
HOOKS just received and for sale by
Deo. 18, 1815. ROBERT COWAN.
ip ® m © m *2r«
BIT CHILDHOOD'S HOME.
By mbs. u. \v. worthem.
My childhood's home—can I forget
It* closely woven ties,
When memory’s tide that murmurs thence
Is fraught with melodies ?
Can i forget those early friends.
That mother hind and true,
As o’er my young and tender mia
A soft restraint she threw ?
Can I forget \vherc first I learned
To lisqp our Father’s prayer
At balmy eve, when it atose
Like incense on the air ?
Can I forget the kindly smile*.
That ever welcomed ine,
When oft from school I bounded home
So gaily, gladly free ?
Can I forget that sparkling brock
That e’er went dancing by,
fVhere oft I’ve watched the mirrored tints
Of evening’s gorgeous sky ?
Can I forget the early haunts
Of my life’s joyous spring.
When hope was glad within my heart,
As tl»’ young bird on its wing?
Ah no! I never can forget $
Though far from it Fvc strayed,
For time Can ne’er efface the sccucs
By memory’s pen engraved ;
Back, hack, through time I’m borne,
On memory’s magic wing.
To when I wreathed the sweet wild flowers,
Fanned by the breath of spring.
Oh ! halcyon days of innocence,
Too quickly have ye lied.
Those happy hours no more return—
Their charm’s forever fled ;
lint still in memory’s sweet commune,
I’ll hail them when afar,
As nature’s untaught worshippers
Would hail a distant star.
SO B (D OB ItalCd& SS -tP »
TEE “FAKIR OP AVA.”
We have heard of Dr. Fuustus, and of o-!
liter gentlemen who have by some means or
other acquired the reputation of having an in- |
linmte acquaintance with “the gentleman in
black;” but after the performances which
took place in the Pittsburgh Market, we came
to the conclusion that the “Fakir of Ava” was
ahead of all of them.
On Friday evening we visited the Market
to lay in, as usual, our stock of “provender,”
as Duguld Dalgc'.ty says. While looking
around at the piles of good things with which
our friends from the country delight to supply *
us suiokc-dricd citizens, provided we have the i
! ready cash to pay them, our attention was ex-'
cited by an unusual movement to and from n
particular point. Expecting to pick up a sub-1
ject fora paragraph, we,as faithful chroniclers ]
of events, hastened to the spot, and enquired
of a friend the cause of ull this commotion.!
He replied that he believed “the Devil must
be in the box of eggs,” pointing to a large
box which stood close by, “for,” says lie, “a
gentleman was just making some inquiries as
to their soundness, when of a sudden the
eggs seemed to be endowed with life, and
commenced chirping like a thousand crickets,
and then, as if veritible chickens were strug
gling to get out of them, the eggs commenced
capering and dancing about ill the strangest
manner. This lias caused the owner a fright,
as well as the hy-sianders, all of whom are
wondering at the cause of the strange phe
nomenon.”
On inquiring after the person who hail pri
ced the eggs, a stout gentleman in a cloth
cloak wqs pointed out, in whom we at once
recognized the “Genuine Fakir.” There he
stood looking as unconcerned ns you please;
but we observed a smile playing about the
corners of his mouth, which told us to look
out for sport. We were not mistaken. He
walked up very sedately to an Irish woman,
the possessor of a basket of plucked poultry,
and took up a large turkey, (a very old gobler
by the by.)
“Good woman,” says he very demurely,
“as I am no very great judge of poultry, '.ell
me, is this a young turkey ?”
The w ornan eyed him for a moment, as if to
ascertain if lie was quizzing her.
“Yes, sir, it’s only a yearling,” she said, at
the same time turning her head to answer an
other customer.
“Jt is very heavy,” continued the Fakir,
“pray, what’s the price of it ?”
“One dollar,” replied the lady of the poul
try.
“I’m afraid it’s too heavy to be young,”
says the Fakir. , ,
••ron rne konslienre,” says she, “its only
a year and a quarter ould. If ye’re a judge,
the cratur will speak for itself.”
At the instant she pronounced these words,
the turkey raised its head, somewhat after the
fashion of a snake, and with open mouth said,
or seemed to soy, “you lie, you jade; I’m five
years old past.” To this, all the poultry in
the basket responded by an unusual cackling,
crowing and gobbling.
'Fhe poultry woman turned tip her eves,
clasped her fiands over her head, and ejacula
ting, “Holy Mother!” bolted up Diamond
alley as if the gentleman with the “cloven
foot” was after her, never slopping to look
behind until she was fairly in Wood street.
'File Fakir walked on, and slopped to make
! room for a countryman who was in the act of
! cutting off a calf’s head. “lia-a-a,” went the
head. “Oh,” says the countryman, looking
over his shoulder, thinking that some one had
been tricking him. He was evidently sur
prised. At this moment the Fakir addressed
him with, “what will you take for that veal’s
bead ?” The countryman applied the knife.
“Ba-a-a!—ba-a-a! Help! help!” cried the
head. A hog’s carcase hanging close by gave
one of those alio grunts, accompanied by a
squeal on G sharp, so loud, so long, so pier
cing, that we can only compare it to the stearn
whistle of a locomotive. The countryman
dropped his knife,ami with,“Lord bless us!”
tOnred Around nrtd made tracks ns fast as his
legs could carry him. In his course he upset
a woman with a basket full nf golden pippins,
which, by the by, were soon hidden in the
pockets of some dozen Urchins, who Were
standing about iu eager waiting. To make
amends to the poor woman for this accident,
the Fakir purchased a quarter’s worth of the
apples, an j on opening the lirst one with his
knile, out dropped a gold piece. A second
apple produced another gold piece—a third
the same. “These are real golden pippins,
old lady,” said the Fakir; “how much for
the lot ?” “I sells no more,” replied she nf
the pippins, at the same time snatching up
the basket and making oil'in the wake of him
of the call’s head. Shortly after, the pippin
lady was observed, hastily engaged iu cut
ting up the remainder of her stock. Things
by this time had got a little quiet. In about
fifteen minutes we observed the Fakir talking
with 'me of our efficient p<dice officers, Sir.
Turnc*, and expecting some more sport, we
drew near. In this we were disappointed;
but, as .Mr. Turner left him, we observed the
Fakir's eye attentively fixed on a large cab
bage. He walked up to the Dutchman who
was attending the basket, and addressed him
with, “how do you 6el\ cabbage by the
dozen, my old friend ?”
“That size fifty cents, ’cause got hard heart
—this si2e thirty Cents, 'cause got soft heart.”
“Why do you make the difference ?”
“That’s good for crout and got hard heart.”
* “Let me see,” says the Fakir, taking up
the large cabbage. Alter examining very at
tentively he said, “you allow your chickens
to run amongst your cabbage ?”
“No,” said the Dutchman.
“Yah,” said the Fakir, “and I can prove it.
1 hear a nest of chickens in the cabbage
now,” and an audible chirruping was easily
distinguished.
“Give me your knife,” says the Fakir; and
on opening the cabbage, out popped a good
sized licit and several chickens, apparently a
week old.
We can easily account for the imitations
of the sounds produced by the calf’s head,
the eggs and the turkey. The gold pieces in
the apples were of Course placed there by ail
ingenious slight-of-hand. The Fakir per
formed similar experiments during his pub
lic lectures. But bow the hen and chickens
got into the cabbage is a conundrum to us.
We are rather of opinion that our eyes must
have deceived us, and that they were not
there at all, but must have been stored away
someu here in the folds of the Fakir's ample
cloak, until lie saw fit to release them, appa-r
rcntly from the Dutchman’s cabbage.—Pills
lurg Chronicle.
THE UNWASHED OTHELLO.
I One night Major V-II-, Colonel
j C——, ot G-, with one or two others,
who were supping at the Bugle lint, at New
i port, agreed to amuse themselves in this man
ncr. A scene from *01110110’ was fixed upon,
l—Othello, hv the Colonel, who in order to
look the character, blackened his face all over
with a burnt cork belonging to one of the
empty champagne bottles, that stood under the
; side hoard.
'I'lte night was far spent, when Lady
|B-’s coachman, who waited to drive the
i the Colonel home, and who had made seve
; ral attempts to get the Colonel away, sent up
word that‘lie could’nt keep his horses out any
! longer, and if the Colonel didn’t come imme
; (lialelv, he must drive direct to S-without
j him.’ The latter not wishing to compromise
• an old and valued servant, instantly complied,
! and dismissed the carriage at the lodge, walk
I ed up to the house, let himself in with a latch
i key, ami went straight to bed, quite forgetting
■ that his fare had been blackened all over.
j • In the morning Mrs. C-awoke and turn
ing round, discovered a hind: man snoring la/
lirr side ! Too much frightened to scream
she jumped nut of bed, ram.' the bell furious
ly. and wound herself in the bed curtains.
In rushed the lady’s maid and housekeeper.
‘Oh ma'am what’s the matter, ma’am ?’
cried both in a breath.
I ‘Nothing happened lo the Colonel, I hope,
ma’am ?’ said the butler at the door,
•Hope master ain’t took with a fit, ma’am ?’
pursued the footman, peering over the butler’s
shoulder.
‘Oh! take it away!—take it a Way !’ cried
Mrs. C-, speaking with great difficulty,
and giving herself another twist in the bed
curtains.
‘What is it, ma’am—what is it?’ said the
femme dc chnmhre, frightened out of her wits.
•Is it in bed, ma’am?’ inquired the house
keeper waddling up to it.
‘Kna-a-wa!’ snored the still slumbering
i Othello.
•Thieves! Murder!’ screamed the women,
‘Thieves’ Murder!’ echoed Mrs. x^
j applying herself to the bell da capo.
t ‘Don’t be alarmed, ma’am? said the 'butler
; hunting in, followed by the footman ami gs-oom
j armed with what weapons they could lay
' their hands on, ‘we’ll soon secure the rascal.
: Lads mind your heads!’—and with this he
: gallantly flourished the Colonel’s sabre, which
I lie had appropriated ; and supported by the
rest of the party, approached the bed.
‘Hallo!’ roared the Colonel, starting on his
‘head’s antipodes,’ for he Imd been awakened
: by the hubbub.
•The devil, by gum.’ cried the groom, over
j turning his compatriots in his eagerness lo
j escape.
‘Help! murder!’ vociferated Mrs. C_,
stamping and jerking down the bell-pull.
‘Help! murder!’ reiterated the footman,
scrambling out of the room on all fours, as if
j he were arting a stag-hound in some mytho
logical charade.
‘Here, Tom ! Dick ! Come bark yon ras
cals!’ cried the bewildered Colonel, throwing
his night-cap after them. ‘John! you old
fool you, get up! where is your mistress?
J If you don’t get np this instant and tell me
J the meaning of all this, and who keeps
j screaming behind ihc the curtain here, I’ll
• fling the bolster at you, l will you old villain !
' Are yon all mad ?’
‘Bless me! is it you sir?’ said die butler,
rising and rubbing the small of his back.
‘La ! my dear J is it you V cried Mrs. C-,
peeping.
‘Me! to be sure it is! Who the plaguev
should it be? What are you both laughing
at? 'N hat were you utl so frightened for?
Did you take me for the tlevil ?
‘We did indeed, sir,’ said the butler) as soon
as lie could speak.
j ‘And no wonder!’cried Mrs. 0~-, laugh
ing heartily. ‘What in the world have you
done to your face, my dear?’
‘Face! what is the matter with my face?1
i inquired the Colonel) who had forgotten all
•about the nievious night’s theatricals.
! ‘Nay, you best know,’ rejoined his belter
I hall.—‘John, bring the Colonel that glass.’
‘Kh ! Oh ! I recollect now,’ said die Colonel,
i looking at himself. ‘Ha! ha !—Capital, glo
| rious! No woitd.cr you took me for the
j devil, lla' 7 ha ! ha 7 Ho •' ho / ho! Now
! H--and the rest of’em will laugh v. hen
I dtey heur this. John you may go.” Ami
; when the servant hud left the room the Colo
. nel explained the matter.
A BEAUTIFUL INCIDENT.
On a fine summer’s day, a clergyman waft
called to pteach in a town in Indiana, to a young
Episcopal congregation. At die close of his dis
course, he addressed l.is young hearers in some
such words ns these :
“Learn that the present life is a preparation
for, and has a tendency to, eternity. The pre
sent is linked to the (uture throughout creation,
in the vigetable, in the animal, and the moral
world. As is the seed, so is the fruit; as is the
egg, so is the fowl; as is the hoy, so is the man;
and as is the rational being in this world, so will
he be in the next; Dives estranged from God
liere, is Dives estranged from God there; and
Enoch walking with God here, is Enoch walk
ing with God in a calmer and better world. I
beseech you then, live fur a blessed i ternily. Go i
to the worm that you tread upon, and learn a h*s- !
son of wisdom. Tim very caterpillar seeks tiro
loud that lusters it lor another ami similar state ; '
and, more wisely than man, builds its own se-!
pulchre, from whence in time, by a kind of re- i
surreciion, it comes forth a new creature in almost j
an angelic form. And now, that which was hide- i
ous «s beautiful, and that which crawled Hies,
and that which fed on comparatively gras3 food,
sips the dews and revels in ilm rich pastures, an
emblem ol that Paradise where flows the river of
life, and grows the tree of life. Could ilm cater
pillar have been diverted from its proper element
and mode of life, if it had never attained the
butterfly's splendid form and hue, it had perished
a vvorthltss worm. Consider her ways and be
wise. Let it not be said that ye are more negli
gent than worms, and your reason is less availa
ble than their instinct. As often as ilm butterfly
flits across your path remember that it whispers
in its flight—‘Live for the Future.’ ”
V\ ill. this the preacher closed his discourse;
but to deepen the impression, a butterfly directed
by the hand which guides alike the Sun and an
alum in its course fluttered through the church as
it commissioned by Heaven to repeat the exhorta
tion. I bore was neither speech nor language,
but its voice was heard saying to the goring au
dience——‘‘Live for the Future.-—Albany Spectator.
DISTRESSING EVENT.
The Racine (Wisconsin Territory) Advocate
of the 17tli ult. lias the following account of a
most digressing occurrence which happened in
that village on that day :
“One of the most heart rending and afflictive
j calamities that ever belel our community, occur
red in this village before dawn Ibis (Tuesday)
morning. The dwelling of tho Honorable Mar
shall M. Strong, now absent at Madison, as one
of the Councillors in the Legislature from this
County, Was consumed by fire—and Mrs. Strong,
with her son and daughter, perished in the Haines!
; Our whole community is hoirur-siricken at this
, awful Providence. The pall o! death seems to
I have been spread over every house in our place—
' grief and mourning arc depicted in every counte
nance, and sorrow and alarm agitate our entire
population.
1 lie servant girl, with the little hoy, were sleep
ing up stairs in the hack part of the building,
and Mrs. Mrong, with the little girl, were in her
bed-rooturva the second story ol the front part.
And lroni the incoherent relation of the servant
; girl—\\ hose agitation and distraction of mind
i prevent her from recollecting any thing very dis
tinctly that occurred at that awful moment—it
| appears that when Mrs. tS'rong and the servant
j girl were first awakened from their slumbers by
j the smoko or the cracking of the flames, they
j both involuntarily rushed out of doors in llieir
j night clothes.
Mrs, Strong, at the instant she turned and was
! made sensible, ol the danger around her, ur<'cd
j by a mother’s all-pervading affection for her off
j spring and following the holy impulses of wo
man’s nature, heroically rushed into the midst of
the smoke and Humes, with the frantic hope of
saving her children.
Devoted woman! She and her darling ofl
spring met a common fate! Ladders were pro
. cured, windows hurst in, and every ellort was
• us* d by those first on the ground, to penetrate
the mass of fire and smoke, wiih the hope of sav
ing tho victims from fo awful a fate.—But cer
tain death awaited Ifvm who might have made
the daring attempt to enter.
The remains of M,s- •-,»u>ny u..,, ... ----- „t,||.
dren were. *— * he rn,ns «» *•'»
“IW morning; their bodies were so nearly con
! sumed, that it is utterly imnossiblo to recognize
i them-—other than the crisp d and charr’d bones
j and remains of human beings. How agonizing,
! a,*d how appalling, to evm the manly feelings ol
j the honored husband and father I
A gentleman started for Madison at 4 o’clock
this morning, to carry the afllictive intelligence
| to Mr. Strong.
| A Beautiful Thought, with a Beautiful
; Response,*— A lady had written on a card, and
j placed in her garden-house, on the top of an
j hour-glass, a beautiful simple stanza from one
I of the fugitive pieces of John Clare, the rural
1 poet—it was at the season of the year when
the flowers were in their highest beauty ;
To ihink of 3tlrnrrtc*i*» yet to Coinc,
That I am not to see,
To think a wctil i* vet to bloom,
From dust that 1 .shall bo j
i The next morning she found pencilled on
the back of the same card !
To think, when Mo avert itn«1 earth arc tied,
And time* anil season* o’er,
When all that ran die nhall be dead,
Thnt I mint die no more !
Ah ! where Will then my portion be ?
How r.hall 1 spend Eternity ?
• --_
John ft os?, chief of the Cherokee Nation
j has beell elected an Honorary member of ih<
Pennsylvania Historical Society.
, A LEARNED SHOEMAKER.
Tlio Rochester American gives tlio following
* account of tlio acquirements of a journeyman
, shoemaker, in Leroy, Gcnessee cob lily, N. Yoik.
, | It contains a valuable lesson to mechanics, and
1 illustrates the power of the human mind in over
coming temptation. This journeyman shoema
ker may some day figure in the halls of Congress,
or occupy tlio chair of the National Institute:
Mr. Allies is a journeyman shoemaker. About
five years since—then two nly four years o!>! — h*>
: conceived the idea of making himself a> quuinted
with common arithmetic—the extent of his know
! ledge at that time was very limited, lie bud a
( little know ledge of geography, and could read
i ai'd write very well ; but his knowledge of figures
I did not extend much beyond the fundamentnrrules
■ of arithmetic. Ilo succeeded so well with arith
metic, that he ditcrmind to pursue the higher
j branches ol mathematics. Accordingly he too!;
| Bourdon's algebra—alter making himself tho
; roughly acquainted w ith this work, he studied
j geometry, trigonometry and Farrar’s i A;hatiics.
Ot tjiese he lias a good knowledge, j^k
Mr. Ames then luuioJ i to the
study of English grammar, and sfier^^roming
familiar with its principles, lie cointJrncr :l the
Latin grammar. As lie had no time to study
until alter his day’s work was done, at night lie
i "’as accustomed to write down tile conjugation of
; the verbs, and such passages in the grammar as
it was necessary to have perfectly commit led, and
: place them where lie could occasionally get a
! glance at them during the day. Every day, w hen
j his meals, lie was learning the conjug.i
, lion ol some Hawn verb. His prog n s's in irons-:
j luting was at first extremely slow. Not having
j tlio benefit of a teacher, it took a long time for
j him to become satisfied that he had rendered a
sentence correctly. But he persevered until he
read six books of \ irgil, .Sallust, three liool \S ol
j Tacitus, and a portion of the odes of Horace. Ho
j then commenced Greek, and can read and trans
| late it with considerable facility, lie has a*so
learned the French language.— lie has read Tc
lemachus, Guizot’s History of civilization and
several other French works. This language lie
' reads with great fluency.
During the live years Mr. Ames lias been pttr
j suing these studies, ho has found time to make
himself familiar with the historical works of Jo
sephus, Koltiri, Gibbon and Hancrufl. lie has
just commenced studying the German language,
! " ilh a full determination to persevere. Though
j ho has pursued his studies without a teacher, lie
j pronounces the dilli-reut languages ho has learn
ed w ith a good degree of accuracy.
“THE BAREFOOTED PRINTER BOY.”
Tiie Pittsburg Morning Ariel, under this
caption, gives a short history of a distinguish
ed citizen of Pennsylvania, as follows :
‘•Thirty years ago, said lie, a barefooted [
boy floated down the Susquehanna river, on
an humble rail, and arrived at Harrisburg,
i Pennsylvania, lie came from the North,and
j belonged to a large family, with all his world
ly goods lied in a little pocket liandkcrcliu I;
he sought and obtained employment in a
5 printing oflice as an apprentice. Prom an
apprentice to a journeyman, Irom a jonrnev
j man to a reporter, then editor, trie barefooted
; printer boy worked his way against obstacles
winch the struggling poor only know. The
persevering follower in Franklin's footsteps i
began to realize the fruits of his patient toil
and privation. The young aspirant became
printer to the State, and by frugal manage
| mem was soon enabled to accompli, h tlm
object dearest to Ins heart—the establish
ment of his mother in a home above want
—in the possession of every comfort she
I could desire. His brothers next were his
j care, and like Napoleon, lie had a strong
j arm with which to aid thorn—an indomitable
persevereitce that nothing could successfully
obstruct. Ilia few years, they, too, with his
sisters, were independent of the world—the
once barefooted printer boy was in the pos
session of affluence, surrounded by a young
land affectionate family.
| lie did not stop here. He was the hii.iul
ol the friendless, the patmn of merit, the cn
j couragcr ol industry. He rose in honor and
| in oflice, until the poor barefooted printer boy
| who entered a printing oflice at Harrishmg.
| hungry and weary, laid down his bundle on
ja pile of wet paper, and asked to become a
! printer’s apprentice, was elected Senator to
Congress! Thai name is Simon Cameron,
of Penns’, l van in.”
One at a time.— A constable that had lately
been inducted into office, was in attendance cm
; the Court, ami was ordered by the Judge io cull
I John Bell and Elizabeth Bell. Ilo immediately
. began at the lop of his lungs—
“John Bell nml Elizabeth Bell.”
“Call one at a time,” said the Judge
“One at a time—one at a time—one at a time!”
shouted the constable.
“Now you’ve done it,” exclaimed the Judgr
out of patience.
“Now you’ve done it—twin ynu'ce done it—
NOW you’ve HONE it!” yelled the constable. There
was no standing this; the court, bar, and bystand
ers broke into a hearty laugh to the perfect sur
prise and dismay of the astonished constable.
The fire on Siilnr.l.i v on the corner of
i •• :-^'y and Pelt street, destroyed a >.!ij/,|jn,r
■ which has connected with it many extraordinary,
• ; il riot romantic, incidents. Among them, we may
! mention, it was in this cottage the ill-fated Cu.ut
, lottR Tempi.i: breathed her last. She was turn*
I ed out. ot doors Irom the old Walton llcttso in
Pearl street, and took refuge in tlita cottage,
which was at that time, “out of town,” and there
! her sufferings were terminated by death. For
many years this building Ivas been kept up by
props, and now wc presume it will give way to
1 something more modernized_A. Y. Courier.
CURIOUS DISCOVERY.
Wo learn from a foreign journal dial the Wev.
‘ I C. Poster has recently discovered a key to the
I | ancient language of Arabia, the long-lost “tongue
i of Painyar ’—the language <>f the Patriarch Job !
I There is a deep interest attached to this <li«covc
I ry, }'s by its means those. ancient inscriptions
: which abound on the coast of Arabia, and whoso
! interpretation lias hitherto baffled the efforts of
j the most learned oriental linguists, may now be
dccyphered with great fidelity, thus bringing us,
' as it were, into immediate Connection with the
ancient inhabitants of “the land of Uz”—in
1 scriptlons carved by rl people who flourished
j long before tile time of Moses, compared v\it!i
; whom the antiquity or 0 recce and Koine is mo*
j derti history.
Good.—The following toast wnS drank at a
fecent celebfttlion ;tl Cleveland Ohio. By a Lady:
’I “7he (Icnlinicn—Our heart's choice. They
’ ! have our cordial thanks for pastfavors, and are re
1 spcctfully requested to continue their patronage.”
BEAUTIES OF BEDINGER.
Elegant extract® from a speech delivered ia
the House of Representatives on the 15th Janua
ry 1816, by Mr. Bedinger of Virginia.
1. Specimen of wise and masterly statesman
ship.
. “Am I to he answered in tlio words of the hd
j noruble gentleman from Indiana, (\lr. Kennedy,)
that this would bo “stealing tho country;” that
it would1' bo “creeping and crawling into tho
| country, and acting in bad faith ?” No such
tiling, sir. All ihPfflhotild be done in the broad
, face of heaven and the world. Wo hare said Id
j Great Britain, “Oregon is ours;” and, we should
‘ add, “we mean to maintain our rights to eve>y
j portion of it; we do not choose to fight for it at
this moment, hut wo are getting ready, and \Vo
mean to get ready.” Would this bo actirtg Id
bad faith!
! -. Eloquence and invective. A splendid spcfcN
i men.
| “A great deal has been said in this House ai
i gainst the character of Great Britain, and gentle
men have Seemed to vie with each other in tha
1 nso of opprobrious epithets against her. 1 do
not desire to he behind-hand, even in this matter,
iir; and 1 have therefore selected from a very
Immoroiis leiter-WTiter to the N'ow York Herald,
certain expressions admirably suited to tlib occa
sion. That writer declares that Great Britain is
a “damned, incorrigible, insatiable, Unappeasa
ble, uiisatisliable, unrelenting, never-yielding, al
w a y s-grasp i ng, never- need i ng, a I way s-encroach
ing, unconscionable bloody pirate!’’ Not hav
ing skill sufficient to find words of iny 6\Vn
wlieiownii to express my indignation against
Great Britain, 1 have been compelled to borrow
them; and if any gentleman can hud stronger, or
more appropriate, 1 should like to hear them-.”
3. A magnificent and never-to-be < quailed dd1
Berfp?ion ot that remarkable bird, tlio American
rf'gl.^, a;fccen by Mr. Bedinger himself at Hat*
[?tr’s Ferry, in his own district.
“I witnessed there, upon ono occasion, sir, &
scene which i wish 1 had the skill or ability to
depict to this committee, (or it was very beauti
ful. There was a black, lowering, and porten
tous clumi in the west, charged with thundet;
over its dark bosom the red lightning gleamed
and danced, and the voice of the thunder cauib
forth in tones which shook tlio hills. An oaglo
came swooping on from the east, directly in the
face of the cloud itself. Onward lie came with
the rapidity of an arrow, seeming resolved td
penetrate the dark banier, and make his onward
way in spite of all resistance. Now lie plunged
into the dark bosom of tho cloud as if determin
ed to snatch the lightnings of heaven; anon ho
wheeled aloft as it resolved to scale its suummU;
and his shriek came forth in fu rcu defiance of
the angry thunder. But, suddenly, he made one
majestic swoop—not backward, cir; no retreat
in his nature—but directly along tho very verge
of the cloud, skirting the Blue Ridge, and perch
ed himself upon one of the loftiest peaks, lid
paused one moment, with bowed wings and
glancing eyes ; tho cloud blew over without evert
tho smallest pattering of rain ; the sun caino out
again front tlio cloudless heaven; tlio eaglo
sprang from his pearch and pursued his course
far in the dim regions of tlio trackless west.”
Charlottesville .-1'Jvocatei
Freni the New York Evening Gazette.
EFFECTS OF WAR.
As so many inexperienced warm-hearted yound
patriots are so hot lor war, it would be as wet}
to inform these* gentlemen ‘experientia doeet,’
that the same causes produce similar t fleets, ahd
that a third war with England woltld produce ihb
sanle « fleets as tlie-jp^ol 1^12. AlAI now.let
tissue w hat some ol I l^reer fleets will probably bd;
1st. The seizure of our merchant vessels in all
quarters of the world, and imprisonment of the
officers and cretvs. Consequence—the failure of
our merchants hy scores, as in 1813, and the de
struction of all foreign trade.
2nd. The suspension ol'spc cie payments at all
tho Kinks. Consequence—inflation of the cur
rency at a time when laborers are out of employ;
ibus imp. verisliing liie lower and middle classes;
and driving them, nolens volens, inlo tho Army
or Navy /or bread.
3d. TS»« blockade of our ports as in 1813 and
1M1. ('onsequtnee—no outlet fur our produce;
\v!;'.c!t " til remain in the bands of our Farmers,
or be disposed ol at starving prices for worthless
paper mom y.
‘1th. Suspension of all commerce. Conse
quence—cartmen, riggi rs, stevedores, porters and
clerks hy hundreds, out at tho dhows, and in ex
treme poverty, in common with all who lived on
the profits ol commerce.
5th. It will break up the occupation of thou
sands, convert many industrious mechanics into
soldiers, others into loafers and drunkards, and
send hundreds of grieving wives to an early
grave; to soy nothing of the thousands of wi
dows ami orphans; made so by war, and driven
to poverty.
dth. Thousands now at school receiving a ino
ral education, must he suddenly deprived of in
struction, and be ever after alilicted with the evils
that the want of early cultivation of the mind al
ways entails.
7;h. Thousand* who lock for long life may
j suddenly find their graves far from home; and
thousands wounded may hobble throwdi lifo
without the sympathy and possibly the respect of
| those hy whom they are surrounded, and for
[whom, they have sacrifice d their limbs, fcniclt
■ things have been and may he again.
’ Six years’ war may result in a general liank
I rupiey ; a breaking up of families; plunging in
the deepest povcity those-who have always been
enjoying the comforts ahd luxuries of life, and
consequently least prepared Ij endure misfortune
with patience.
II these things occur—which God forbid—we
: shall lock hack with astonishment that we have
incurred all these evils lor the sake of possessing
j a lew acres of the worst land in a country four
, thousand miles di.tlniit, that could in no event
have been of the v«l<i»* of one cent to one man in
live hundred who will havo suffered by the en*
foreement of the claim.
Koine and Greece fell by the extension of teG
rilory, and England, sooner or lnler, must expert
i nee the same ‘ate, but it is !o he Imped that
America will profit by tho experience of the pnst;
and avoid the only false policy which is sure id
ruin her, as it lias other nations, if she is weak
enotiglf to adopt it.
*aU)My,.VIlo.N.
I be New "V ork Journal of Commerce sat!
that the $15,000 subscription for the purchase of
territory in Liberia is completed, and would have
been much coot.r-r, had not the terms of it requir
ed that the whole amount should be given by fi(~
teen individuals. An add-tionai subscription of
$5000 fi r the same object, hr.3 been made in
smaller sums. \\ ith this $20,000 it is proposed
to purchase the whole remaining territory froui
Gape Mount to Cape Palmas, and thus forever
banish from 300 miles of coast the accursed slavd
trade.
A WELL GUARDED SAFE:
The ftolhchilds of France havo invented a won
derful piece of mechanism to prevent any retno
val or their deposhes. If a person attempts the
lock, or tampers w ill, u in the slightest dcgrbK ah
tror, hand and arm is thrust out frr,,n 4 door,
clenches the offender and holds him motiohlesfl
:u its iron embrace, while at the same Instant A
■ >* !i is struck in a morn over head, occupied hy a
watchman, giving him notice that his presence<4
required in the room below.—Should this iVfatch
inan not Cf'» down to the assistance and release of
(mi wretch held by the iron arm in 15 min bled
lime, then a blunderbuss is discharged itilb tho
body of the trespasser. Tims he is mercifully
allowed L, rmlnutcsgrace to reflect upon the cfmS
mity of his offence. It is told that a few fcar/t
since a man was caught by tho Iron nippers ahd
the watchman came to his release only two rniff.
Utos nr fore the blunderbuss v.onld havebech rjlU