Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1837-06-01


lo.med for person of the stature of ter
or eleven feet. The suiures of the heae
have not closed up at the apex. Th.
child is an idiot, aud indicates no sense
except of pain when touched, and hun.
ger, when the time of eating arrives.
For THE SPECTATOR.
MEssRs. EDIToRs-In your paper oil
the 18th ult. | noticed a communication
Purporting to be an emanation from zone
Of the present Deputy Sheriff. of the
County of Augusta.-That communica-
ton seemingly bears upon its face i re-
iutation OF rumors aud charges which
were contained in q piece signed "Op-
Posers TO Oppression" and which APP
peared III your paper Of the 2ist OF A
pril last. 1t turned out upon enquiry,
that VIM. Poage was selected as the per
son who was 10 stand as the father of the
hhhy ban'ling, signed lone Of the pre-
sent Deputy SheriHs." That VIM. Poage
ever supplied or suggested any thing in
said piece, no one believes but that he
was made the mere au;omaton of some
individual, who was itching for an op-
portunity to give vent to feelings Of
revengeful character, is universally be-
lieved. Poage is to be pitied and be-
lieviDg as do, that he was used by the
writer, for the purpose of Joab revenge,
| cannot get the consent of my mind TO
hold him solely responsible for what is
contained IN his bantling. With this
conviction. l would direct my attention
to those parts of Poage's piece which
deserve any notice from me. Ia the first
place would state, that "when he saws,
Nov whether horsewhip, cow skin or
"shillelah had any agency in bringing "a
"bout this (my) voluntary retraction, is
"ior the public to decide" intimating
that was Influenced in my course by Mr.
MoCue holding over me in terror cow
skin, horsewhip or shillelah, promo 6tses
the whole base, malicious iasehood
aud the statements OF Messrs. Niche and
Harper, which are appended to this
piece, stamp il with the seal Of false
hood. would have suffered death be.
fore l would have compounded my hon
or and character as a man. What | did,
was done iearlessly. know there are
some Lurking assdssins," who seek op-
portunities 10 stab my character. To such
would say. 'doif your visors." But
to the writer of Poage's piece it appears
have been guilty of great crime. Ali!
what is it? cannot say, palsed be my
hand should 1t attempt to record so foul
so enormous crime as Poage's amanu-
ensis supposes am guilty of. Crime
did / say Yes, with some it IS con
sidered so, and especially so by Poage's
writer. And what is it am a Me-
chanic !! !! l glory in the name and
should any act of mine ever bring dis
grace upon that worthy class of the COM
munity, by denying my profession. or
otherwise. then | shall deserve the exc
crations of my fellow men.-But an al
lusion to my garb, pour!rays fully the
character of the writer. He must be
dead to all the finer feelings of man, else
he never would have made such an al
fusion. 'Let the sun hide his face, let
the stars lose their lustre, and the moon
be clothed in sackcloth," when so bru-
tai feeling prevails.-That have err
ed, / am free to admit; to err is human
1t is the common lot Of man. But that
have be en- guilty of taking any undue
advantages of my fellow man, deny, and
challenge an investigation into all my
transactions, both public and private.
My books are open TO any gentlemen
and the lottery transaction with Mr.
Thomas Elliott can be seen, and defy
the world to say, after rigid, careful
examination, that my dealings with said
Elliott were other than honorable. |
have always considered Mr.. Elliott an
honorable, worthy man. and am sorry to
think that he would suffer himself to do
an act which ne must know, does great
injustice to mel have noticed in
Poage's piece what considered neces
sary: to have noticed all would have
been stoop that | never could make
mechanic as | am Poage's writer
stands high in that character be is truly
the lion of the day. 1t would be pre-.
sumption in me to attempt to measure
quilts with him. He Yields powerful
pen. Billingsgate. in its most ugly fea.
lures, he has at perfect command. He
seems to be more conversant in that cod.
than any other. give up, yield the
point for | never could attain that un.
enviable distinction
JOSEPH POINTS, Jun.