Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1839-09-19

Was. ahd yet how The woTl. rolled on
from year TO year. alike careless aud in.
different, and no man seeking TO remedy
or redress II; when he thought of all thus.
and selected from the mass The one slight
case on which bis thoughts were bent, he
ieit indeed that there was little ground
Tor hope, and little cause or reason WHY
IL should not form an atom in the gre Al
aggregate Of distress and so.row, and add
Que small and unimpoitanl uni, TO swell
the great amount"
STEAM-lf The Mid tribes of Lake
Huron were even at this moment To be
told. tia, the white mans recipe for con-
quering the waves OF the great lakes be-
lore them, was, TO take UP a very small
portion OF Al and boil it-if. sixty wears
ago. De- Johnson h,d been told, "a. ex-
hausied by bard days literary labor. he
sat Eliminating al his fireside. waiting for
has iasorite bsyera2e) shat the tiny vo.
lume OF white smoke he was hs;lessly
gazing at, as it issued from the spout OF
his black iron tea-ketlle, was a power
competent To rebuke the waves, and set
even the hurricane At defance-the led
children OF nature would listen To the
intelligence with no greater a.tonishment
than our venerable photographer would
have received 10. On
salt waller as well as fresh-reeking and
tuning under tie line. as we'll as freezing
IN Canada-on crowded rivers, a. well as
on those whose shores are desnlate. on
large streams as we'll As on small ones
IN bays. hAioors, eS.uariss. and channels
ON the small lakes OF Ireland, Scotland
ADD SwitzeTland-on the large ones in
America-on the Red Sea-on the Black
Sea-on the Mediterranean anon the BAL
tic-in fair weather, in foul wealher-in
calm as well as in a hurricane-uith
the current. or against it-ihis power.
when tested. has most successfully answer
ed the great purpose for which II vas be.
nliicenily created and il is impossible to
reflect on the thousands of human beings
who are at this moment being transported
by IL; 1t is impossible TO summon before
the Imagination the various steamers.
large and small. which in all directions.
IN spite Of wind and weather, are going
straight az arrows TO their targets, without
feeling most deeply shat, after all. there
is nothing new IN the discovery, that
the spirit OF God moves upon the face OF
The waier'."-QaarteTiy Rsrier.
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"THEY."-A great many excellent
people have had their worldly prospects
entirely destroyed, and hundreds, nav.
thousands, have had their hearts wtuny
with anguish IN consequence of the Sian.
ders OF The family of They" liza mar
repeats SANDER in The street, and he is
asked who told him so. his answer is
" They said So" They" oughito be boot
ed out OF society; for "7Asy" have done
more mischief Ia the domestic and social
circles than any other family under hea.
ven. How easy it is fer SANDER 10 be
Propaga,ed, which, perhaps. may ruin
young mans prospects forever. and il
must be borne IN mind that " THsy" ave
always implicitly believed. An example
by way Of illustration: A friend meets an.
other 10 the street. aud asks if he has seen
MT. Z. that morning. His answer is no:
that be heard that he had been gambling
all night. The response is-It isImpossi-
BILE. Tor be drank tea with me last evening.
and did not leave until 10 o'clock; Who
told you So; "TAsy' told me so. Is the
answer; and. IS be desired = favor Of me
to-day. ! shall not grant ii until know
the truth Of The business. tor don't intend
to assist gamblers. So poor Mr.. o. who
bad always borne . good charseier-who
drank tea With his ns .-hbor. and u ho. on
his reiufn TO his residence, retired 20 rest
and. Withai. never saw a gaining table
ia bis life, is branded with the title Of
gambler, because They said so. A Sian.
der Is like dust IL finds its way into the
mot remote Teeesses, and spreads like
the clouds. over the whole lace Of the
heavens We close this little essay By
advising our readers TO place very little
or no confidence IN any story v hose
propagation - "TAsg."
Ihsy' should never be believed in re-.
liKion. morals. politics, or ~ any matter
pertaining 10 soeIsl life Southern .9rgus
d
a late Number ~ The National Inicliisencer
conialns notice Of KerchsvaI's History of the
Valley of Virginia, and speaking Of ,he lee
Mountain IA Hampshire county. 10 thar STATE.
o SAYS
The Table Zee Mountain, Mr. Refchrvai
thinks 'ihe most extraordinary and wonderful
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