«—i■Baaaii-jg' -"■ STAO,NTON SPECTATOR. L 8T X.- & J A WADDE1L. ^ TER M s7 Q9> The “SPECTATOR” is published once a week, mi TYo® Dollars a year, if paid in advance, or 7\eo Dollars and Fifty Cents if delayed beyond the expira tion of the year. No subscription tvillbe discontinued, hat at the option qf the Editor shuntil all arrearages are Q9* All communications to Die Editors by mail must hapost-paid, or they willnot be attended to. 09* ADVERTISEMENTS of thirteen lines (or less,) inserted three limes for one dollar, and Iwenty fioe cent* for each subsequentcontinuance Larger ad oerlisements in the same proportion. A liberal discount '■ made to advertisers by the year. JVete Establishment. COACH JAANYSrACTORY. | fPHE undersigned having bought the interest of James Marstklmch, in the concern of Har t>T 8l Marstri.i.kr, beg leave to inform the pub lic, that they have increased their St<»ck, and will 'continue to manufacture all kinds of work in their Qine—such as Chariotees, Rock a ways, Phaetons, and Buggies, Min the most fashionable style, of the best materials, and on terms to suit the purchaser. Especial at tention given to all kinds of repairing. From the specimens of work sent from our shop, we flatter ourselves to have given satisfaction, and with a de termination to merit a continuance of the liberal patronage heretofore bestowed, the undersigned pledge themselves to renewed efforts to please.— Shop near the Hank. HARDY & BROTHERS. May JG, 1849. THRESHING MACHINES. -UK — 1^0R the construction of all kinds of Machinery, ■*- we have a Shop near to our Carriage Manu factory, where we are prepared to build THRESHING MACHINES and to do all other work appertaining to Machinists. HARDY & BROTHERS. Staunton, May 1G, 1849.—tf. LADIES AN IT G E NT L EMEN’S Fashionable Boot, Shoe and Gaiter Manufactory. -Br A. M. S1HP£0.\ U ETURNS his thanks to his friends and the ■*-*' public generally far the liberal patronage here tofore receiveJ, and respectfully informs them that he still continues to manufacture at his Store, oppo site the Post Office, Gentlemen’s BOOTS J1.IYD SHOES, of all kinds; Ladies’, Misses’ and Chil •dren’8 SHOES and GAI TERS in the neateststyle and of the best materials and workmanship, and at the shortest notice ; Ladies’ Kid and Morocco Slip E»rs; Ladies’ Leather and Walking Shoes; Ladies’ lack and Colored Gaiters, various patterns Misses’ and Children’s Gaiters and Slippers, &c. Em broidered work made to order in the most fashiona ble style. Having on hand a good supply of Materials for the season, his work will be warranted. HT* Ladies’ White Kid Shoes made to order, for Weddings and Parties, at a short notice. Staunton, Jan. 17, 1849. GROCER, FORWARDING AND COMMISSION MER CHANT, SCOTTSVILLE, ALBEMARLE COUNTY, VA. ■^U"ILL give strict personal attention to Receiv ™ * ing and Forwarding Goods, Merchandize and Produce, and to the sales of Produce generally con signed to his care. A large stock of Groceries, of every description, always on hand. Scott8ville, Dec. 27, 1848.—ly. JAMES H SKINNER, STAUNTON, VIRGINIA. TJRACTISES in the Superior and Inferior Courts -*• of Augusta, the Superior Courts of Rocking ham, Rockbridge, and Albemarle, and in the U. S. District Court for Western Virginia. OFFICE, next door to the Court House, in the Brick Row. May 2, 1849. _ l&BRDBQ&OX ML. B£tX, ATTORNEY AT X.AW, STAUNTON, VIRGINIA. 1)RACTiSES in the various Courts of Augusta, ^ Rockbridge, Bath and Highland. Prompt at tention will be given to all business entrusted to bia care. Office in the white building opposite the Court House, next door to John N. Hendren—where he may always he found during business h jurs, except when professionally absent. May 2, 1849.—if. E THOMAS ALBERTSON, ATTORNEY AT LAW, WAYNESBORO’, VA., PRACTICES in the Courts of Augusta, Albe marle and Nelson. Office in the room lately occupied by Col. George Baylor, where he may be found at all times, unless when absent on pro fessional business. Nov. 29, 1848. H. H. ROBERTSON, Attorney a\ Law, STAUNTON, VA. ORACTICES in theSftpcriorand Inferior Courts of Augusta,and inthe Superior Courts of Rock bridge, Rockingham and Albemarle. Office in the old white building West of the Court House, two doors above the “Vindica tnr” office. [Jan. 31, 1849. ^071(13, [AR. FISHER, lias removed his residence to _ House one door above Morris &. Goode’s ptore, Mam Street. OCh His Office is over the Store of Wren Sc Fish JH Staunton, May 9, 1849. JFIlRl Cool Drink, Again CARBONATED MEAD, can be had , regularly during the Season, by callings my Confectionary, opposite the Spectator Office. Come W£ try »»• . B. F. EVANS. _ 5»t$ui}lon, June 20, 1849. l.To Painters and VVhitewashers. SUPERIOR Paint, White Wash, and Shoe ALSO-—White Load, Lamp Oil, Copal, Japan •no Varnish, received and for sale very cheap, ,y. E. BERKELEY. to mi0i% NEI VOL. XXVI._STAUNTON, QTA.') YVKUNV&SUAY, AUGUST %%, \849. NO. XL HARDWARE AND CUTLERY. Cowne A’ Strootse, “ ftrerkcnrittge's Ohl Slant!,” HAVE in store a general assortment of HARD WARE AND CUTLERY, which they purpose keeping always as complete as the market will justify,'com prising most articles for the use of Fai mere and Mechanics. Waldron’scelebraled Grain and Mowing Scythes, Short and Long Handle Spades and Shovels, Hay and Manure Forks. Weeding Hoes, Hand-Saws. Braces and Bills. Mortising, Firmer and Socket Chisels, l Bright Angers, all sizes. Plane Bins, a variety, Moulding Planes, handsome styles. Hatchets. Iron Squares, Steel Compasses, &.C., Large assortment Wond-Serews, all sizes, ^ do. do. Stock, Pad and Rim laicks, Front Door Locks, Drop and Thumb Latches, Window Batisand Bolts, Patent Gate-Hinges, j Door and Table Butts. * rOR HOUSE-REEFERS. A variety of Knives, Forks, Spoons, &o., beau- ; tiful assortment of painted and common Waiters, 1 &c., Sic. All of which they are pjepared to sell on the most accommodating terms. They have also made recent arrangements with their agent in Bal- | timore, by which they can furnish at the shortest , notice any article or articles which will lie warrant er! to please or no sale. Bill* expressly ordered will , lie furnished at a very small advance. The ad vantages of our recent arrangement will enable us to supply our customers at much lower rates than heretofore offered. Staunton. July 4, 1849. | Tobacco, Segavs* See., See. i OAfj BOXES Manufactured Tobacco, embra cing every variety of quality and price, ! viz: I II*., 4 lb., 5 8. 8s. and 12$. 50,000 Half Spanish Segars. 50.000 Yellow and Brown Spanish do. 25.000 Superior Prineipee Segars. 20.000 Fine La N orma do. 30.000 Large and Small Regalia do. 5,(M)0 Havana Chiroois do. 30,000 Havana Imported do. 20 Bids. Fine Virginia Smoking Tobacco. 200 Uoz. Fine Cut Tobacco. 10 Boxes Assorted Pipes. 2 Bbls. Pipe Heads. 100 Doz. fine Snuff Boxes, assorted, 150 Reams VVrapping Paper. Letter and VVriling do. 5 Gross Bonnet Boards. 5 Boxes Mob. Ink. Rappee, Macabau and Scoteli Snuff. Merchants and others will find in this stock great inducements to purchase, as we are determined to sell on the lowest terms. C. T. COCHRAN & CO. Staunton, April 18, 1819. LOOKAT THIS! New Spv'ing Sc Sumvwev Goo As •Ml •JtWcMioieelVs Corner, NEAR THE POST OFFICE, STAUNTON, VA. JVW ORRIS & GOODE have received their new stock of Spring and Summer Goods, compris ing the most extensive assortment they have ever offered in the market; all of which they will sell at I most reduced prices. They respectfully ask a call from purchasers both in Town and Country. Their I assortment is new and complete, and as cheap as eould be desired. At all times they are in the mar ket for such produce as the country affords, and will allow the highest pricks Staunton, May 16, 1849. DON’T ALL SPEAK AT ONCE! House and Sign Painting, Paper Hanging, fyc. rIMIF, subscriber would announce to his friends and the public that he is now out upon his own hook, and will take great pleasure in wailing upon his friends in this and (ho adjoining Counties. Me flatters himself that from his long experience in the above business bis work will compete with any done in this Country. All work entrusted to him will be done with neatness, durability and de i spatch. Give me a call before engacdmr your woik. GEORGE A. A RMENTROUT. Staunton, May 9, 1849.—6m. NOTICE i AS the undersigned will discontinue the sale of Liquor, they will in order to close off at once , their stock on hand, offer it by the Barrel, at great ! ly reduced prices. Their stock consists of Whis key, Rum, French, Apple and Peach Brand es, 1 Malaga, and Maderia V\ ines. Purchasers will do : well to avail themselves of this opportunity to sc i cure the great bargains offered them. BROWN &, FULKS, Opposite Morris &. Goode’s. Staunton, May 16, 1849.—if. KRKEN* RRf.SS ROOKS. i REEN & CO., have just received a supply of very handsome GREEN BA RAGES, and MOUSELA1NS—also French Worked Capes, Black Silk Mitts, common and superior Black Silk, Col’d. Kid Gloves, to whicft they invite the atten i tion of Ladies. | Staunton, May 30, 1849. M'resii fwroceries Tf ST received and for sale low by the snbscri |* l*‘f. a lot of GROCERIES, consisting of Loaf, Brown and Crushed Sugars, Rio arid Java Coffee, Tea, Molasses, Salt, and a superior article of English Cheese. Call at M. CUSHING’S. . Staunton, May 23, 1849. SO.NIVVVIUXU COOl7\ I - rpiIE subscriber would say to all who want a good glass of Soda, Lemonade, Ale, nr Ci der, that they can be accommodated by living him a call. M. CUSHING. Staunton, May 23, 1849. r cdiFejo JUST to hand, a supply ofEtbrrial Oil. of very superior finality.—Also, Bedford Mineral Wa ! f«r, from tho Bedford Springs. I e WREN 8c FISHER. Staunton, Aug, 1, 1849. O TONS Bar-Iron, well assorted, for pale by . , WHITE & CO. June 13, 1849. ANN SMITH ACADEMY,| Lexington, Virginia. rPHE next session of this School will commence on Monday, September 3rd. The location of this Academy is one of the finest ! in this region. The arrangements of the School, r.re on the most select and liberal plan, embracing a course of instiuction thorough, systematic and prac lieal. Kveiy branch of useful, and ornamental ed ucation is under the supervision ol the Principal, assisted by the most competent teachers. The re ligious, as well as moral and intellectual instruc tion of the pupils is strictly attended to. Prof. Armstrong of Washington College, lectures on Chemistry, and Prof. Dabney has charge of the Classical department. The Session commences on the 1st September, and persons are respectfully solicited to attend to the entrance of pupils at that time, as delay in this respect, is seriously injurious to the progress of the n>il. Terms lor Board and Tuition very moderate. 1 Vo deduction made for absence, except in cases of ' protracted illness. A report is made to Guardians and Parents each | fi ve months, shewing the standing of each pupil in ! Scholarship and deportment. Pupils admitted at any time during the session and charged accordingly. K. NOTTINGHAM, Principal. July 18, 1849.—2m. THE PLACE FOR BARGAINS! The Baltimore Clothing Store. ! rIM4E undersigned take pleasure in informing nil j who are in want of cheap and good Clothing, j that they have opened in the town of Staunton, a large and well assorted stock of ICcaily-mailc Clothing, consisting in part, of Fine Cloth Frock, Dress and Business Coats of all colors; Silk, Cotton, Tweed, Summer Cloth and Jeans Coats; Black Cloth and I* ancy Casssimere Pants, a great variety of Sum mer Pants; Black and Fancy Satin, Silk and Plaid Vest, and every article fur Gentlemen’s underwear. Without individually opposing anybody, vveoffer our Goods cheaper than ever sold in tho town of Staunton, and comparing in prices with any other establishment in the Slate. Our connections in Baltimore and steady receipts throughout the sea son, enable us to have our stock well assorted ; we therefore most earnestly solicit the patronage of the citizens of Staunton and County of Augusta, and beg leave to inform then) that they would do well to call and examine our stock before purchasing elsewhere. OCJ* Store Room in the Basement of the Virginia Hotel, next door to the Law Office of Baylor &. Coiner. VVALDEAUR & POLLITZ. Staunton, May 2, 1849.—tf. Watches, Jewelry, &c. r|MIR undersigned is opening in Staunton, an en tirely new and beautiful slock of WATCHES, JEWELRY, 8cO., consisting in part, of Fine Gold and Silver Le ver, Anchor, L’F.epine and Plain Watches, (of Jos. Johnson, M. 1. Tobias and other celebrated makers,) Breast-pins, Finger Kings, Bracelets, | Pencils, Guards, F.ar Rings, Clasps, Diamond Biinted Gold Pens, Spectacles, Thimbles, Shields, utter Knives and an assortment of Silver-ware. Having purchased in Philadelphia for Cash, he is enabled anil determined IospII at prices that will not fail to please. By permanently locating, and by strict attention to business, he hopes to receive a share of public patronage. Gc?* Clocks, Watches and Jewelry carefully re paired and warranted. GEO. B. WRIGHT, South Corner, Virginia Hotel. Staunton, July 25, 1849. WASHINGTON COLLEGE, JLcxingfoii' I Vi. ! rpME next Session opens September 1st. The | 1 buildings are undergoing a thorough repair,and [ will he put in good order. TERMS.—Tuition for year, $30; Room rent, $1; Deposit, $8 ; Matriculation. $2—$14 paid in advance. Boarding (in private houses) from $5 to $8 50 per month, and in tho country, within three miles of the Collpge, hoarding, lodging, fuel, liuht and washing for $7 per month. For farther par ticulars enquire of ihe Faculty. August I, 1819.—4t. FRESH GROCERIES. IMHO. Porto Rico Stmar, I hhd. N.O. do. 1 hhd. Superior White Sugar, 1 Box double Refined Loaf Sugar, I Box 2d quality. Loaf Sugar, I Band Pulverized do. do. I Tierce Sugar House Molasses, 12 Bags Lagoira, Green. Rio & Capo Coffee, Adamantine and Mould Candles, Rifle Powder and Bar Lead, 1 lalf Chest of Superior Black Tea, Nutmegs, (’loves. Camphor, Ground and Grain Pepper, Cinnamon. &o. Just received and for sale low by A. J. DKAKINS, Old stand of Cowne Sc Deakins, up. P. (). Staunton, Aug. I, 1849. MORE NEW HOOKS! rIMIR Genius of Italy, by Turnbull; Rural Let ■ ter*. bv N. P. Willis; The Adirondack, or Life in the Woods, by J. T. Headley ; Ravanagh, by Longfellow ; Picciola ; another supply of Macau lay’s History of England, Butler’s Edition, &c., See., just received and for salp by ROBT. COWAN. Staunton, Aug. 1, 1849. OfWUt LBS. Smith &. Lewis's Purest No. I, White Lend, just received and for sale by ESKRIDGE St KINNEY, Next door to B. Ciaw ford’s. Staunton, Aug. 1, 1849. R BOXES Adamantine and Sperm Candles, just ^ received and for sale by ESKRIDGE & KINNEY, Next door to B. Crawford*8. Stauntan, Aug 1, 1849. O TIERCES of 7e*y Superior I^indon Brown Stout Porter,al*a , a cask of fine Port, and for sale by WREN FISHER. Stauoten, May 9,1649. ■WOLLED Iron and Carryall Tire, just to haod and for sale low by •Tone 27, 1849. WHITE Sc CO. JWF.ST CIDER VINEGAR —ThrecT Bar rols -■ 9 prime Vinegar, for sale hv June 13, 1819. WHITE S CO. POETRY. GOOD NIGillT. Dark is the night ! ^ O Hiirs are glimmering through the cope of heaven ; I he uir sigh* softly through the whispering trees : And innocence unstained by evil leaven, All bright within —the outward gloom can please ; With the sweet influence of the calm hour filled. In its clear bosom carrying its own heaven ! To all who have their day’s work well fulfilled— To them—good night! Still is the night! All day’s loud noises wane ! Weary and tearful eyelid* own the calm; Am! slct'p ii lu'ling in her soft domain The throbbing h art with heaven’s own soothing balm, To you for whom her shades descend in vaiu, \\homi care keeps watching—peace your cares disarm! Soothed be the couch of sorrow and of pain ! To such—good night! Rich is the night! Cun man hope, here, for more When the dark night of trouble veil* him round, T ban in bright dreams to see hrav’nope its store, And each warm wish at last by fancy crown’d ? To you for whom hope smiles by day no more, May her soft whispers in your sleep be found ! To you—good night! Faith springs by night! When all the fond heart hailed I lave long beneath the lonely hillock slept— W lien they—the dearly loved—thu deeply wailed—■ Fate’s bitter flood from thy fond arms hath swept— Think, amid all the trials that assuiled. One eye, above the stars, it* watch hath kept— And watches still—good night ! M ISO EL LAN Y. 5Scenekv in Louisiana.—A correspondent of the Boston Post, writing from New Orleans, gives a sketch of scenery that forms the back ground to the panorama of the crescpiu city. It is painted, the reader will perceive, in the darkest colours the palette can supply ; exhibiting a scene more gloomy than (he gloomiest that ever came from the pencil even of Salvator Rosa. He says: In the lowlands of the Mississippi are innumera ble openings from the river, called buy am. These sluggish waters often extend back for hundreds of miles, and lie covered w*th a greenish slime, until they are evaporated back to the clouds by the heat ' of the sun. Occasionally they find an outlet into a j lake, and thus ifford a natural and convenient canal for the transportation of the inland products to the great thorough-faro. Nothing in reality or imagination can exceed the terrific scenes to which these dead waters open._ A filthy stenrh rises incessantly to fill the air with pestilence. Huge uncouth alligators lazily float up on the surface or bask in the sun upon the borders ; unclean fish tamely lie in the depths; enormous mud turtles dispute passage with the canoe; mottled snakes dart over the floating vegetating green ;_ mammoth bull frogs utter their unearthly croakings from the fallen trees. Where the soil rises with sufficient adhesion, the funereal cypress rears its death associating trunk, and hangs its (toughs with the sombre weeds of crapy moss; unknown vegeta tion starts up from mud and atmosphere, and in creases to a rankness that tells of disease and disso lution. Approach the simre, and the moccasjn snake lies coiled at your feel, with his upper jaw thrown back ready for your reception ;—swarii^gpif mos quitoes—not the puny tribe of our climate^ hut as large as house flies, and with bills like snipes_ blacken the air and fix upon you ; spiders, with bo dies as big as walnuts, red, yellow and green, draw their cords from tree to tree. There are no birds—stop, it is the retreat of the turkey buzzards; here they come to digest the offal they have gathered from afar. A death like still ness reigns, to lie broken only by such noises as one hears with a distempered brain. The scene mioht be with truth more highly coloured—but spare'us the task. Our nerves are unequal to continue long er upon it. Talk of the waters of the fabled Styx! Old Charon’s craft was a pleasure boat, and his passengers were favored with excursions of cool summer sailing, in comparison with what is expe rienced here. There is but unn tiling out of place ; that is a large white flower, like the lilies of our ponds, only the size of a hat crown. I is stems grow from the bottom, often times fifieen or twenty feet, and spread their broad leaves and open their pure white petals upon the water’s surface. If there arc parts of the earth yet unfitted for the residence of man, but in a state of gradual transformation, these places are among them. The Schoolmaster Abroad.—A writer of graphic Sketches of Modern Reform and Reformers, in the National Era, understood to he Henry B. Stanton, Esq.,in a sketch of Lord Brougham, gives the origin of this popular phrase : “No orator of our lime is more successful in cm . balming phrases, full of meaning, in the popular memory. 'The well known talismanic sentiment, j The Schoolmaster is abroad, is an instance. In a* speech on the elevation of Wellington, a mere‘mil itary chieftain,’ to the premeirship, after the death i of Canning, laird Brougham said—‘Field .Marshal 1 the Duke of Wellington may take the army_he may take the navy—he may take the mitre. I make him a present of them all. Let him come on with his whole force, sword in hand, against the constitution, and the English people u ilf not only heat him back, but laugh at his assaults. In other times the country may have heard with dismay that ‘the soldier was abroad.’ It is not so no\t\ Let the ! soldier bo abroad if lie will ; he can do nothing in , 1 this age. There is another personage abroad-_a 1 person less imposing—in the eyes of some, perhaps ! insignificant. The schoolmaster is abroad ; and I trust to him, armed with h'.s primer, against the sol- j dier in full military array.” | American Lack of Continuity.—The Keene i i Sentinel has the following remarks on the uneasy, I ! shitting, changing disposition of the Americans._ I | W ho has not seen fine talents and pros|>ect8 marred 1 by this very fault?— “ loo many, in these daysofenterprise and spec- | illation, are unstable in the pursuit of their ends.— , I hey keep shifting from one object to another.— They finish nothing. They work hard and areal ways I scheming, hut are apt to abandon a project, or fur- i j sake an object, as soon as they become familiar with i ! tt, I'licir fancy is caught by another whim which a ' I crafty schemer may present to tin ir minds. They ' arc here to day, tailoring earnestly nt what would ) certainly succeed, if they would hot persevere. To- \ ! morrow, however, the difficulties of their enterprise ! i appear formidable. They have heard of something , j that will make them rich, ot lead them to distinc j ; tion tnnch faster, and with less tod and perplex- ! I ity. Giving up past labor and expenditure, they j forthwith embatk in some new project.and so go on ' from project to project, till their best days are past, their spirits exhausted, and their means fir making j eft’irt* too far gone to warrant any new undertak 1 H-fi __ The latest way to pop the question is to ask the I fair lady “if you shall have the pleasure of seeing • her at the minister’s.” The letters now weekly passing thro’ the Gene* ' , ra! Post OflVo jn Lmdun, amount, to 7,f>00,000. 1 Ihe Marriage Ai.tar.—Judge Carlton, in a recent eloquent address before Hie Young Men’s Library Association at Augusta, Georgia, thus sketches the marriage scene : 1 have drawn f.r you many pictures of death ; lei me now sketch for you a brief, but bright scene of beautiful life. It is the marriage altar,"a lovely fe male clothed in all the freshness of youth and sur passing heauty, leans upon ihe arm of him, to whom she has just given up herself forever. Look in her eyes, ye gloomy philosophers, and tell me if you dare, that there is no happiness on earth. See the trusting, the heroic devotion, which impels her to leave country, parents, for a comparative stranger. *■'**e '*as launched her frail bark upon a wide and stormy sea ; she lias Itanded over her happiness and doom for this world, to another’s keeping; but she has done it fearlessly, lor love whispers that her chosen guardian and protector bears a noble heart. Oli, wo to him that deceives her! Oh, wo to him that forgets his oath and his manhood I Her win* shall the eagle flap, OVr the false hearted, Hh life-blood the wolf shall lap, Ere his life be parted ; Shame and dishonor sit On his grave ever; Blessings shall hallow it, Neve! Oli, never! V\ e have all read the story of the husband who, in a moment of hasty wrath said to her who but a few months before had united her fate to his_“If you are not satisfied with my conduct go, return to your friends and your happiness.” “And will you give inn back that which I brought to you ?” asked the despairing wife. “Yes,”he replied.“all your wealth shall go with you—I covet it not.”_ Alas! she answered, “I ihnughl not of my wealth — I spoke ofmy maiden affections—of my buoyant hope—ofmy devoted love; can you give these back tome?” “No!” said the man, throwing himself at her feet—“No ! I cannot restore these ; but I will j do more—I will keep them unsullied and unstained. I will cherish them through my life, and in mv ' death, and never again will I forget that I have sworn to protect and cheer her who gave up to me all she held most dear.” Did I not tel! you that ■ •here was poetry in a woman’s look—a woman’s j word ? See it here! tlm mild and gentle reproof of love, winning from its harshness and rudeness, the stern and unyielding temper of an angry man. Ah, if creation’s fairer sex only knew their strongest weapons, how many of wedlock’s fierce battles 1 would be unfbnght—how much of unhappiness and 1 coldness would be avoided !” Tiif. first m arriage.—Marriage is of date pri- j or to sin itself,—lire only relic of a paradise that is ' left us—one smile that God let fall on the world’s 1 innocence, lingering and playing still upon its sa- ! cred visage. The first marriage, was celebrated be- 1 lore God himself, who filled, in Disown person,the office of Guest , Witness and Priest. There stood the two god-like forms of innocence, fresh in the beauty of their unstained nature. Tire hallowed shades of the garden, and the green carpeted earth smiled to look upon so divine a pair. Tiie or/sial waters flowed by, pure and transparent 33 they._ 1 lie unblemished flowers breaihed incense 011 the sacred air. an answering to the upright love. An artless round of joy from all the vocal natures, was the hymn, a spontaneous nuptial harmony, such as I a world in tune might yield, ere discord was invent j ed. Religion blessed her two children thus, and led them forth into life, to begin her wondroto his tory. 1 Ire first religious scene they knew was their own marriage belbre the Lord God. They learned to love him as the interpreter and sealer of their love to each other; and if they had continued in their uprightness, li«e would have been a form of wedded worship—a sacred mystery of spiritual one ness and communication. They did not continue. Curiosity triumphed over innocence. They tasted sin, and knew it in their fall. Man is changed ; man s heart and woman’s heart are no longer what tire first hearts were. Jleauty is blemished. Love is debased. Sorrow and tears are in the world’s cop. Sin has swept away ail paradisean matter, and the world is bowed under its curse. Still one thing remains as it was. God mercifully spared one token of the innocent world ; and that the dear est, to Im a symbol forever of the primal love. And this is marriage. This one flower of Paradise is bhroming yet in the desert of sin.— Ilev. Dr. Bush, ucll. Jhk Dving Dock.—YVbat can be more solemn than those moments of silent and indescribable anx iety, wl.cn the bear of the heart has become too languid to be felt at the extremities of the frame; whan the limb lies si iff and motionless; when the eye is fixed, and the ear turns no more towards the voice of consoling kindness; when the breath, be fore laborious and oppressive, becomes feebler and feebler till it slowly dies away—and in the listen ing ear there is no sound amid the breathless silence nor to the arrested eye, that watches to the uniiiovincr look of thrilling solicitude for the last symptom of re maining life, its motion tin longer perceptible ; when surrounding friends continue to speak in whispers ami step through tire chamber on lip toe of cautious ness, as if still fearful of disttnbing him whom the noise id a thousand thunders could not startle; who has fallen into tiie last sleep. Iron, which nothin^ shall rouse him but ‘the voice of the archangel and the trump of God.’ I k'jf. Genius.—Nicholas Frerot, the admirer of Rayie. ami a most distinguished writer of his time 111 France,was often remarkably original m his views as well as style of expression. 1 Te observed that, “like sparks striking often upon inflamable substances before ignition takes place, so fine tho’13 flash upon many minds before one can give them the enduring shape of expression. A true genius is always innsing, though he cannot he always writing, and the brightest rays of his intellect will often sparkle when he is in ihe least mood nr con venience of recording his thoughts. Our best tlio’ts are seldom recorded'; they are like stars that flash and fade!” L1el de I’Europe, that being the consular residence at present, and united with j him and his family in partaking of a plain but sub i stantial dinner. The star-spangled banner floated from the centre flag staff of that magnificent hotel during the day ; national flags were also arranged in ' the dining room, and a hand of music gave zest to | the occasion by performing the principal national ; airs of the Americans. Messrs. Gridley from New ' ^ ork. Sell err from Philadelphia, and Mason and ( Hill trom Boston, patriotic young Americans tem porarily sojourning in Hamburg,had a banner of their country made, and flung it to the breeze from their residence during the day. Captains Sherman, Hawkins and Clark also demonstrated their patriot ism by a suitable display of the colors of tiieir coun try. The proceedings were marked with much spirit and enthusiasm. The Consul read the De claration of Independence. The ladies participated in the celebration. Mrs. White made a neat little address, and Mrs. Macomber give the following sentiment: “The United States of America—this day finds ns in a far-off country, but with hearts j lriie to our own free and happy land—that bright J spot upon the earth—the place of our birth, the ; home of our childhood.” Atrocities of War.—A small town, which recently gave succor to the Hungarians, has, by ihe order of Gen. Hay nan, been burnt to ashes, as a de liberate punishment of the inhabitants. At Vienna a young soldier has been shot for circulating unau I t Ionized news from the army, and for speaking slightly of the rewards distributed to the military, whereby, it was inferred, he wished to incite his comrades to desert. A political missionary, who was striving to excite the population of a small I town in favor of Kossuth was arrested by the mag i islrate, and his tongue cut out. Some estimate of the heartless and barbarous char j neter of Austrian warfare may he formed from tho j single fact that ten capital cities have been bomdar (led by Austrian Gsnerals,since March,1848. These I Milan. Venice, Pesth. Prague. Cracow, Arad, ! Brescia. Lemberg. Anennia,and Vienna. Nomode I of warfare can he regarded as more execrable and barbarous than the bombardment of cities. It is ono J in which n m-bclligerants suffer m ire, often, than those actively engaged. The aged, the sick, and the helpless perish from ihe missiles nr the fiimc* kindled by their explosion. Thousands more of tho | innocent and unoffending are doomed to poverty. ami perhaps a death as certain, though more slow* i if consequence. In Pesth alone, the amount of pri j vatc property destroyed was more than five millions j of dollars! i he \ oi.atii.e Parisians.—When Bonapnrto j put the Duke d’Enghien to death, all Paris foil m, much horror at the event that the throne of the ty rant trembled under him. A counter-revolution was expected.and would.most probably .have taken plarn had not Bonaparte ordered a new ballet to he brought out, with tho utmost splendor; at the Opera. The subject lie pitched upon wns“ Osstun, nr tlw Bards." j It is still recollected tn Paris, as perhaps the orand es? spectacle that had ever been exhibited there._ The consequence was, that the murder of the Duke d Lngbien was totally forgotten, and nothing but ; the new build was talked of. I IIUNUARU:. Women.— A late traveler says that tlif* IItiogftfiati women have no fading rmMinlirrht. countenances, blenched by privation and sorrow— no weary cheeks, lit up with the paroxysms of do s; tvr—no polished mnrblo.with il9cold repulsive in ! difference—no figure of the drawing room tortured inioshape by some healhen milliner. There is a vvi’rl, daring, piercing beauty abunt these women, sprung fj*«>fn the Caucasian mountains, by IIm side o! "hich your soft, I due eyed, fl.iXen-liaired Saxojv maid looks like a faint lithograph by the side of Cor i reggio rl incarnation. The President of the French Republic is a!unit to take op his residence for Rome time at theCaRtfe of Vincennes, for the purpose, it is said, of witness ing the practice and experiments to be made by the artillery in the Polygon. A Paris correspondent, however intimates that the apartments in this for truss are preparing for his reception, that lie may he surrounded by a military force, whilst decisive stejis are taken, by his friends, tn place him in the same position his great uncle held. A dreadful occurrence took place at Yorkville. Michigan, on the 7th ins*. Mr. Ashbel Kellogg, *' respectable gentleman of that place, had a son whig© reckless habits had almost turned Ss father's brain. On the day above mentioned the son demanded mon , ey fr-.m his fade r. and endeavored to enf >rce Iris de , tnand by the exhibition of a pistol. This no incens ed Mr. Kellogg that b< sabred ar .ire and killed th# young rrsn instantly.