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Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1843-04-20
WHOM DO YOU VOTE FOR =!

Mr.. TAYLOR is against National Bank
against Protective Tariff-and against Dstri-
button of the Land Money among the States.-i
See his letter accepting his nomination by the
Convention. What measures ne
is for, however, to remedy the evils Of the times
he does not tell us.
Mn. STUART, on the other hand, is in favour
of a national BANK, as the only sure and we'll
tried means of furnishing sound and uniform
currency to the country.-He is in favour of a
PRoTEcrlvE TARIFF, to give our Farmers HOME
MARKET for their Produce, and keep us from run
ming in debt to Foreigners, and thus render US a
truly INDEPENDENT AND PROSPEROUS PEoPLE.-
He is also in favour Of DIsTRIBuTIoN OF THE
LAND MONEY among the States, in order to les
sen the Taxes of the People-especially as all
experience shows that to leave it with the Nation
al Government. only tends to make II more extrav-
agant-for whether its income be TWENTY or
Forty Millions, it is certain to be expended, and
that too, without any substantial advantage to the
country. In proof Of this we refer triumphantly
to the fact. that when Mr. STUART went into Con-
gress, two years ago, he found the Expenditures
averaging about THIRTy-FIvE MILLIONS Dol
LARS a year, and that now they reduced, by his
aid and cooperation, for the present year, with nc
derintens to any branch of the public service, tc
about SIXTEEN MILLIONS!
What say you then, Voters !-Whom do you
vote for!
Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1843-04-20

Great Britain buys of the United States snnu-
ally about sixty million dollars worth of produce.
twothrds of which is cotton. Massachusetts
buys of the other States forty-two million dollars.
worth annualIy.-Nat. Int,
MIR. Fenner, the "law and order" candidate.
has been elected Governor Of Rhode Island by
majority Of ,746, over Mr.. Carpenter, the Dor-
lite. The Legislature stands Wings 10, Dorr-
ties 26.
The Philadelphia Gazette says that $4,000
U. 5. Government stock sold at seven per cent
advance in that city on Thursday, and remarks
"the truth is money is seeking investment, and
where the security is good, price will be paid
proporlionate to the security"
The President has approved the decision Of the
Court Martial, honorably acquitting Com. Mac
kenzie of all charges against him, for his con-
duct the suppression Of the Somers mutiny.
dsgraceful scene was enacted in the pres
ence Of the Pennsylvania Legislature on the 9Th.
Mr.. McGowan, a member of the House, from
Philadelphia county, stabbed the editor of tho
State Capital Gazette, Mr.. Bratton, in fight,
produced by an article which appeared in his pa
por. They are both Locos.
When man stops his newspaper, on account OF
pecunary forebodngs, (says an exchange paper,)
we consider him about as gone a case as If he
should stop his "daily bread,' for fear he should
come TO poverty. In either case he starves him.
self to live independently,
Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1843-04-20

~ Recent circumstances which our cores
pondent IN. II. j." cannot be aware of, and
which we are sure if he knew, would induce him
to Withdraw his communication, as unnecessary,
if not impolitic, have caused Us to withhold its
publication. In the parlance Of the day, "Ver-
bum Sap
0J"The communication Of "a Plain Old Farmer"
will be inserted in our next paper
Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1843-04-20

| we had hoped 10 see the present Compression.
| al Canvass conducted with the same courtesy,
good feeling, and honorable bearing, which dis
tnguished the two years ago, between Mr..
Stuart and Gov. McDowell-and we felt we'll as.
sured 1t would be, as far as the candidates them
selves were concerned. I. appears, however, tina,
the clique about Harrisonburg who aspire to man.
age our Rockingham neighbors, are not willing to
have it so. Instead Of showing the magnanimity
which sense of their boosted strength in the dis
trict might be expected very naturally to inspire,
they, we are sorry to say, assail Mr.. Stuart with
the malignity and yndctiveness Of the most in
furiated party rancor.-Mean insinuation, misre-
presentation, and the lowest and most contemplate
of the people against him. We give some of the
instances of this for the benefit Of readers in
Augusta-and we must say that we greatly
mistake many of our Democratic fellow-citzens,
who are ttiumphantly held up in their oppos-
ton, as kn0,0ing "who A. III. Fl. Stuart is" if
they do not protest against being made, directly
or indirectly, the endorsers Of such course Of OPP
position to one whom they know and esteem as
genteman-and fair and liberal opponent. But
TO the evidences:
1. Mr.. Stuartis tainted by the Central Com
mitee Of Rockingham with remark made (no
doubt by some Of themselves) that "no honorable
Wing would wish or even consent TO represent this
district" High times, indeed, if the Wings are
to be precluded from all efforts to promote the tri-
umph Of their principles, for fear of the denunca-
ton Of this very honorable committed
3. They assert that Mr.. Stuart "voted'' for the
Assumption Of State debts" by the General Gov
Now, more groundless misrepresen-
'ation could not have been made. So far from
voting for any such measure, he is known, by all |
who know any thing Of his sentiments, to be
strongly and uncompromisngly opposed to it,
3. They assert he "vofed'' for the Bankrupt
Jaw. This too is-a great mistake. He was
lot present, 1--WE believe from sickness or some
ther cause) when the bill passed the House
ut, SO lar as we recoliect, he was opposed TO the
nw from beginning to end, and on every occa-
ion after, voted for its repeal.
4. Again, in the Register it is nsinuated that
G is guilty Of duplicity and conceament in his
5dress--shat be puts his best foot foremost--and
Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1843-04-20

Ihos. oreigh, Jr. (Whig0 opposes Bowyer
Caiweli, Esq. for the House Of Delegates in
Greenbrier.
James b. Watts, Esq, is tho Wing candidate
Tor Congress in the Botetourt district. He runs
against two Locos--Gen. Chapman and Bow.
yer Miller, Esq.
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sAGAcITY AND AFFECTION OF HORSE.

The following incident, narrated to us by
friend who witnessed it, is a striking evidence of
the, value OF that noble animal, the horse. On
Sunday evening last informant, in company
WIN TREND whilst walking short distance from
town on one OF our public roads, had his aiten.
ton arrested by horse which was standinp very
cautiously on three legs, and over the PROSTATE
body OF his rider, who, in fit Of iBtoxicaton, had
fallen from his seat to the ground, and in sncb
a position as to present his breast to the uplfted
,ore loot oil the animal. Approaching cautiously,
ii was perceived that the horses position was
very uncomfortable one. lie was standing with
obvious uneasiness three feet, with the other
carefully raised from the body OF the man, whilst
as if in search Of some rest for IT, he
would gently lower his foot until i. came into |
contact with The body, when he would Immediate I
y raise it again. He stood perfectly still until |
lis master was rescued from his perilous position
when he placed his foot on the ground TO his OBJ
'lous rollef.--(gior1oftesViHe ( IA. } .7dvoeae.
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Jacob ShiPman, Jun, for many years conf
oentiai agent OF the Banks and Brokers Of New
York and Philadelphia, passing daily between
the two cities with large sums Of money, has alb.
seconded with about $3.50 900
Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1843-04-20

Richard 81 Graves, Treasurer of the State Of
Mississippi, is advertised by the Governor. as ha-
wing fled to parts unknown, after appropriating to
his own use large amour, o. the funds entrust-
ed to his keeping.
Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1843-04-20

The report of the escape of Monroe Edwards,
the accomplished forger, from Sing-SiDg prison,
~. " turns out TO be unfounded. He had con-
cealed hImselfin one Of the shops
Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1843-04-20

o. Our Senatorial Candidates were at Lexinp-
ton on Monday, and it was expected, we under
stand. that some arrangement would be made to
get one or more of them off the track.
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DEATH IN THE ARMY.-Major Nelson, Of the
9TH U. 5. Regiment, died at Tampa Bay, Florida,
on the 9th ultimo.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1843-09-08

AHEcDoTE OF CHARLES LAMB.-Charles
Lamb was at one part of his life ordered to the
sea side fer the benefit of bathing, but not DOS!
sessing strength of nerve sufficient 10 throw
himself into the water, he necessarily yielded
his small person up to the discretion o. two men
to "plunge him. On the first morning. having
prepared for immersion, he placed himself. not
without trepdaton, between these two officials,
meaning TO give the previous requisite insiruc-
tons which his particular case required, but.
from the very agitaied state he was in, from ter.
ror Of what he might possibly suffer from "sea
change" his unfortunate impeachment of speech
became greater than usual, and this infrmity
prevented his directions being as prompt as ne
cessary. Standing therefore, with man at
either elbow, ne began, "l-l-Tm TO be di-i-ip.
ped !" The men answered the ready instruc-
tons with a ready, Yes, sir" and in they SOUS
ed him! As soon as he rose, ard could regain
portion of his lost breath, he stammered out
as before, "I-l-I'm to be di-i-ipped!" And an.
other hearty ayes sir" and down he went a
second time. Again he rose and then with a
struggle, TO which the men were too much us
ed on such occasions TO heed, he made an effort
for freedom but, not succeeding, he articulated
as at first. "ll-l'm to be d-i-pped." "Yes;
sir" and to the bottom he went again when
Lamb, rising for the third time to the surfacei
shouted out with desperate energy, "O-o.only
once
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1843-09-08
JOHN RANDOLPH AND A DUTCH.
MAN,

The New Mirror of this week has some
additional recollections of John Randolph,
with the signature of II. from which we ex-
tract the following amusing anecdote. RAN
dolph was in a packet vessel bound for Eng
land, and among the passengers was Dutch
man whose address on one occasion had
somewhat irrilated Randolph and led to a
severe rebuke which silenced the Dutchman
for the time.
A few nights afterwards a whist-pariy was
made up; the captain and Mr.. Randolph
against the Ducliman and one of our York
shire passengers. After the cards had been
dealt and each gentleman had examined his
hand, the Dutchman cried out:
Il bet guinea l get three tricks this
time y
Done, Mr.. - exclaimed Randolph,
instantaneously.
This alarmed his opponent, who had 81
often previously witnessed Randolph's good
luck, and who, moreover, had natural an
,pa,hy to losing his euneas, he, therefore
re-cxamined his hand, and then said, in /;
subdued tone:
.Oh, stop! spoke too fast, as ! did moi
see. LII Wtii VIII oct S"'"S" 'h"s
get two tricksn
Done, Mr.. - exclaimed Randolph
in an excited tone.
'Ah, no What did I say1 Let mo look
again. Oh! made a mistake. But vii
bet on one trick, any how
Done, Mr.. - exclaimed Randolph
for the third time, and now very much exci'
ted his eyes sparkled, his lips were COM
pressed, and he was evidently very angry
The Dutchman, however, either did not OBJ
serve the change in his manner, or, ifhe did
his love of money conquered his fears, and
very composedly looking once more at hi
cards, he said quite coolly:
what are trumpsl Oh! spades, yo'
say That is bad. I forgot I'll won, be
at nll y
BY this time Randolph was in fury, AM
before any of us could inierpose, he ros
from his chair, threw his cards on the table
fixed his eyes on Mr., and said
why, you lubbcrly fellow, do you know
where you are? Is this the first time yo
ever played with gentlemen Are yo
sure that you took cabin passage! (Cap
tain, where's his ,icketO You belong t
the steerage, sir You are ont Of place
sir Three times you have offered 10 boz
and three times have taken il; and no,
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1843-09-08
ALEXANDER AND POURS.

Alexander the Great, having totally de-
fealed the numerous army Of Pours, an IT,.
dian prince of great courage and prudence
desired 10 SEQ him. After much entrcat, /.
Pours consented, and accordingly set for
ward. Alexander, who had been told o,
his coming, moved forward, in order TO re.
ceive him, with some Of his train. Being
come pretty near, Alexander stopped, pur-
posly to take a view of his noble mien, h
being much above the common height
(Son,e historians say he was seven feet and
half in s,aure.) Pours did not seem d..
jecled at his misfortune, but came up witt
resolrte countenance, like valiant war
rior, whose courage in defending his domin
ions, onght TO acquire him the esteem Of ia,
brave prince who had taken him prisonct
Alexander spoke first, and, with an augu>I
and gracious air, asked him, I" How he d..
sired to be trea,ed7" "Like king" re-
piled Pours. But" continued Alexander
"do you ask nothing more?" No." re-
piled Pours; all things are included in thai,
single word" Alexander struck with ,hi}
greatness Of soul, the magnanmity of which.
seemed heightened by distress. did not only
restore him his kingdom, but annexed o,hci
provinces TO it, and treated him with thn
highest testimonials Of honor, esteem, ant
friendship. Pours was faithful to him till
his death. 1t is hard TO say, whether the
victor or the vanquished bes, deserved praise
on this occasion.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1843-09-08

ing his dark eye upon Mr.. -, said, in a
very slow, distinct tones
Mr.. -, | really thought by this time
you had discovered that j. will not do for US
to quarrel, sir
This rebuff had the desired effect, and no
more alterations took place between them
Indeed, they afterwards became more init
mate, TO our no small amusement; for when
the rest of US were reading, or writing, or
sleeping, and Mr.. Randolph was a, loss for
a listener, he would pin poor Mr.. - in a
corner, and keep him for an hour or two lis
tening to his reading of Greek poetry, Of
which Mr.. - did not understand ono
word, but the beauties of which Randolph
pointed out to him This happy state o.
peace and goodwill continued ,hencefor,l
until our arrival in Liverpool, where the bel.
igerents parted never to meet again. Two
more dlssimar characters, having no feelings
whatever in common, rarely come together
IN such close contact. II.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1843-09-08

Dr.. FRANKLLIN's WIFE.-Franklin, in
his sketch of his life and habits, relates the
following anecdotc of his frugal wife. A
woman could scarcely make prettier apol-
ogy for purchasing the first piece of luxury:
at was lucky for me that had one as
muc h disposed to industry and frugalily as
myself She assisted me cheerfnlly in my
business, folding and stitching phamphlets,
tending shop, &c. We kept no idle ser
wants; orr table was plain and simple; our
furniture ofthe cheapest kind. For instance
nv breakfast for long time was bread and
milk, mo tea,) and ate out ola two penny
porringer with wooden spoon; but mark
how luxury will enter families, and make
progress in spite Of principle; being called
one morning TO breakfast, found it in Chi
ma bowl, with a spoon Of silver. They had
been bought for me without my knowledge,
by my wife, and had cost the enormous sun,
of three and twenty shillings, for which ex>
,ravagance, she said she though, her hus-
band deserved y silver spoon as well as her
eighbors.--This first appearance Of plats
or china in our house, which afterwards. 10
the course of years, as onr wealth increased,
augmented gradually TO several handrsi
pounds in value"
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when they retired TO house, this side of the
bridge of Turloughmore, and charged them
with ball cartridge: the people having, it is
said, manifested an intention to persevere in
their violent conduct towards the magistrate
and police, the latter fired, when one man
from this town was severely wounded, and
several others slightly" After this, it is
probable that Turoug gilmore, like the DOOM
ed village of Acascragh, will be blotted from
the map of Ireland.
THE WEATmER-TnE CRops-STATE OF
THE CoUNrRY.-Some alarm had been &C.
casioned by an unfavorable change in the
weather, Just at The most critical moment for
the harvest. Cold rains OF long duration
had been experienced very extensively, and
the ellec, upon the crops was looked 10 with
anxiety.
A letter from Birmingham in the London
Chronicle, gives a sad account Of the destitu-
ton prevailing in that neighborhood. Ths
writer says
With respect to the poor in this district,
their condition is hourly becoming more
alarming. A meeting of the Chamber of
Commerce was held last night, for the pur-
pose of taking into consideration the alarm
ing state of the country, and particularly this
district, The state of the iron and other
trades in the surrounding country Was adver-
ted to and described as being in a ruinous
condition; upon which Mr.. Spooner asked
How are the poor manlained-how do they
liver
Mr.. Downing replied that they could hard
ly be said to live. They were completely
wasting off the earth for want of food they
were daily becoming unable 10 work from,
excessive weakness. The day before he
had occasion to employ some men to re-
move goods, and before they could COM
mence work he was obliged 10 order them
food. Ifhe had not done so, they could moi
have performed the labor. Mr.. Alderman
Muniz said the description just given of the
men was true.
A few days ago poor fellow was iron
mere humanity set to work in his MIR
Muntz's) brothers establishment, but he haC
hardly commenced his labor when he fel
down from entire weakness, and died in two
hours after. The truth was, the poor crea'
lures frame was emaciated and worn out fo
want ofiood, aud it only required moments
! exertion to take him out of the world
Such, he regretted to say, was the condition
of too many of their people.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1843-09-08

THE STOLEN Ktss.-The following anecdote,
related of the highly respectable and talented
clergyman, now preaching in the vicinity OF
Lynn, Mass, is from the Messenger published
in that town.
Travelling into town one night, about dusk,
Parson - had occasion to call at the mansion
OF an esteemed parishoner, who, among other
worldly possessions, had two or three as fno
daughters as ever graced the county of Essex
He had scarcely knocked at the door, when it
was hastily opened by one of the blooming
maidens, who, as quick as thought, threw her
arms around his neck, and-be fore he had time
to say "Oh! don't drought her warm deli.
cate lips to his cheek and gave him as sweet a
kiss as ever heart of swain desired. In utter
establishment, the worthy divine was endeavor.
ing to stalnmer out something, when
oh! mercy mercy. Mr.. - is this you!
the damsel exclaimed why thought it was
my brother Henry
'Pshaw pshaw!' thought the prelate, you
didn't think any such thing
But, taking her hand, lie said in forgving
| tone,
There is no harm done don't give your.
self any uneasiness, though you ought to be n
little more careful
After this gentle reproof he was ushered into
the parlor BY the maiden, who, as she came 10
the light, could not conceal the blush that glow.
ed on her cheek, and the boQuet that was pin.
ed on her bosom (for all this happened in sum.
mer) shook like flower garden in an earth
quake. And when he rose to depart, it some.
how fell to her lot to wait upon him to the door
and, it may be added, in the entry they held
discourse together Tor some minu.es-on wha.
subject it is not for us to say.
AS the warm.hearted pastor ploded home
ward he argued with himself somewhat in this
wise;
1T Miss ---- knew it to be me who knock.
ed at the door (and verify believe she did, else
how should she know me in the dark before
had time to speak land is 1t probable that her
brother would knock before entering y she
must be desperately in - pshaw! pshaw !
But supposing she did think me TO be her broth.
er-wly if she loves brother at that rate, how
much she must love husband for, I never
felt such kiss before in all my life
We have only to add il was not long after this
that Mr.. - had occasion to summon brother
il the ministry to the performance of one of the
most solemn, as well as pleasant, duties attach.
ed to the sacred office and that the lovely
Mss above spoken OF, became Mrs -
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THE DREAM OF A DAY, AND OTHER POEMS by

THE DREAM OF DAY, AND OTHER POEMS ; by
James G. Percval.
This is the title of new volume of poetry
which was issued from the press in New haven
about month ago After an nglorlous sleep
of sixteen years, Percival has shaken off his
slumbers and again come forth into the broad
day light Of the world. And it is only by reason
OF his long Rip.V Wrinkle sleep, that we have
sny tolerable apology for calling attention to
volume from his pen. But as, since his last APP
bearance, new generation has sprung into ex-
istence to whom the reputation Of Perclval, is
not as to ourselves well established and Ia
'aniliar thing, it may be neither improper nor
wholly useless, if we speak briefly of our author
and the book whose title stands at the head OF
this article.
The reputation of James G. Percival as po-
az. has been attained by literary life OF nearly
,,;rtv wears, and has been sfted and csnvassed
bv the prcfessed critics, as well as by the whole
reading public, until there is neither room nor
reason for our entering upon minute ana Ia
bored CRITICS of his works. That he is true
son of song, that his pieces whether grave or
r,v are not like the mmeasurable loads OF
shvr,;rc stuff which throngs our modern perl
odjcals and magazines, that he is iuIl OF thought
and feeling these are things which all are will
ling to acknowledge. Indeed in his own pecu-
liar sphere, Percival has no superior a'no"s
the poets of America. AS an exquisite "'oue.ei
of verse. in all its numerous kinds and FORMS ne
il unriyaled. He seems also to write with
great ease and rapidly. This, not only the flow
of the verse itself would prove, but the quantity
of metrical illusions renders certain
1t is truly relief to the Gated mlnd' IN these
DAYS of shilling re-pubcatons and AMID Inc
trash loads of linked paper which our thousand
presses are emptylng upon us continually 10
find volume, like the one before us, from
native author, and which is worth reading. And
we wish to call the attention OF our readers 10
this volome, and induce those who are unac-
quanted with our poet to procure this Dream
of Dav and other Poems," and feast upon lis
rich contents.
fSTle book has two three pieces which have
been published before, and with which many are
already acquainted. "Genus Waking" "The
FABLE" and Seneca Lake." have for some
time been before the public, and are too highly
esteemed to need any cammendation at our
hands. The remainder of the volume is made
up mostly Of pieces which have not before been
given to the public: and in order that we may
afford a proof of their worth, we shall make
few extracts. In volume which we deem SO
uniformly excellent, however, we hardly know
which parts to choose. The following song
cannot fail, we think, to command the admira
ton OF every one:
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1843-09-08

HoRsr FLIES Flies will not alight for
,oment on anything bathed with pennyroy-
al This simple remedy ought to be In eve,
rwI;very stable, and country inn. 1t would
-, :ate horses and cows great deal Of suffer-