The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1843-11-11

General Washington a YouM.-rhe
following beautiful tribute to Washington, we
extract from the Z h vol, Of "Bancrott's
United States"
"After long years Of strife, Of repose,
and Of 5 renewed, England and France
soIemnly ags d to be es peace.
"The tire les of AK Ia Chapelle had
been negotiate Nv the ablest Statesman o.
Europe, in the ID forms of nonarchial
diplomacy. The, believed themselves The
arbi,ers Of mankind, the paclficators of the
world, demonstrating the colonial system
on basis which should endure for ages,
confirming the peace Of Europe by .he nice
adjustments Of martial forces.
"At the very time ofthe Congress of AK
Ia Chapele, the woods Of Virginia sheltered
the youthful George Washington, the son of
widow. Born by the side Of the Potomac,
beneath the rouf of a Westmoreland farmer,
almos, from infancy, his lot had been that of
an orphan.
No Academy had welcomed him to lis
shades, no College crowned him with its
honors. To read, to write, to cipher-ihese
had been his degrees in knowledge. And
now, ut sixteen years Of age, in quest OF an
homes, maintenance, encnuntering into'era-
bic toll; cheered onward by being able TO
write to school boy friend, Dear Richard,
douboon is my constant gain every day
and sometimes six pistols; "himself his own
cock, having no spit but Il fnlkad- stick. ne
plate but large chips" roaming over spurs
ofihe Aleghanies, and along the banks O
the Shenandoah; alive TO nature, and some
times depending the best OF the day IN ad.
,n;rinu HE frees and richness of the land;;''
among skin-clad savages, with their scalps
and ,rattles, or uncouth emgran's, "tha
would never speak English" rarely sleep
ing in bed; holding bearskin splend't
couch; glad Of resting place for the nigh
upon little hay, straw, or fodder, and ofte'
camping in the forest, where the piat'
nearest the fire was happy luxury; thl
.stripling surveyor in The woods, With n
companion but his unlettered associates, an
no implements Of science but his compass
and chain, contrasted strangely with The In
porial magniicence Of the Congress Of Al
q la Chapelle.
sand yet God had selected, not Kaunit
nor Newcastle, not a monarch Of the hous
Of Hansburg, nor Of Hanover, but the VIZ
GINA stripping to give an impulse TO huma
affairs, and as far as events can depend 9
h an individual, had placed the rights. and de-
TIMES Of countless millions in the keepir
Of the Widows Son.
q CupA.-It has been said, upon VIII
grounds we do mol know, that England
etiIl casting a longing eye towards Cub
A and that she has been taking measures
wrest this magnificent Island from the fe
4 BILE grasp Of spain; and ina, il is with Il
view, that she has taken SO active part
Spanish affairs, and has involved the 6
!. eminent in pecuniary obligations which
8 has no means Of discharging, except by s.
rendering The brightest jewel in the Spa
d ish crown. Cuba is unquestionably
ID greatest prize that offers itself to the cup
.ity Of territorial ambition. It's position
the mouth Of the Gulf Of Mexico, which
almost closes, leaving narrow passage
each side, gives il commercial and pol
cal Importance Of incalcolable value,
would render its possession by any OF
great maritime powers an object OF '
founded jealousy to the United States.
boundless fertility, its magnificent harb'
and The almost impregnable Notifications
its capital, render it almost a kingdom
.Ss itself; and although its resources have ne
W been fully developed, il yieldsa revenue
H. 81 1000, 900, under Inc loose and corr
system which has always marked
Spanish custom house. With a rigor'