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Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1848-07-20
Bargains Bargains! BargainsI
The HarpersFcrry Cash
STORE.

-
THERE is the Store for Bargains, as sell for
Il Cash, and cash only. Goods can be sold
much cheaper for cash. and cash dealers would
do well 10 give me a call, as intend to wait on
customers with the greatest attention, and give
full satisfaction to dealers also invite the ar
tention Of my old customers, the citizens Of HaT-
pers- Ferry and surrounding country, 10 give me
call. Come, come, citizens and countrymen,
one and ALL My Stock is well selected and
large, and at full view viii endeavor to emu
merate part of the articles, such as follow
Prints Of various quality; mouslanes, shalleys
and ginghams, which lean be sold low large
lot OF brown and bleached Cottcns, together with
large stock of Hosiery and silk and cotton
Gloves and Mits, all colors and cheap q large
stock of silk, worsted and cotton Shawls, and
dress Handkerchiefs; genllemen's silk and oil
dressed Handkerchiefs -together with a large
stock of Groceries, Sugars, Coffee, Molasses,
Teas Loafand Lump Sugar cheap-@also, large
and full stock Of ConfeclionAries, Candies Rai-
sins, Figs, Prunes, Oranges, Lemons. Almonds,
Filbcrts, English Walnuis and Cocoa Nuts.
Cheese, Brackets. Cakes, and French Beiona
Sausages- Also. Large stock Of Tin-ware,
cheaper than ever, Qneensware and Earthen-
ware verY cheap-togeiher with large lot Of
JeweIry-Gold Silver and common, Gold and
Silver Watches, Gold and Silver Pencils, Gold
Rings, 0enilemenss and Ladies Gold Breast Pins,
a very handsome lot Of common Jewelry, cheap
and very handsome, fancy Wurk-boxes, large.
lot Of Peffumery, Fancy Soaps, large lot La
dies and GentleInen's Combs, assorted, very good
to common, and in short various qualities Of
Musical instruments Silk. Cotton, and Buck-skin
Purses, Watch and Guard Chains, Clocks, Look
ing Glasses, Tea Walters, Buckets, Baskets,
Brooms, Segars, Snuff, Soap Candies, Shad,
Mackerel, Herring, Bacon, Lard, Flour, Corn
Meal, Cucumber Pickles In jars, Pepper Catsup,
Touiafodo, and every other article Of hundred,
too tedious 10 enumerate All Is atful view
Come and see for yourselves. Also, Country
Produce will be taken In exchange for goods
This store can be found down on Hotel Square,,
near the Potomac Bridge No pains shall be
spared. but bargains giFen.
JACOB NISSWANNER.
Harpefs Ferry, May Is, I6l6-n
Also 0n M5nddy ~ IA day Of 1iay, 1913,
Il 7 early candls.lighr lfon day % day, Twill
n sell at auction. about $500 70 81 600 worth
81 fine and common Goods, for what they may
bring, all Of very fine and handsome quality Of
Dry Goods. well assorted. Mouslines, Ging-
hams. Lawns, Cambrieks, Ehawls and Dress
Hdkfs., Hosiery, SILK and Coton Hdkfs, some
Shoes, striped goods, and many other articles
here too tedious to ehumefnte. Goods that had
on hand before s0t my new stock On hand, de-
preciated III value, b1l good, fine and handsome
Among which are various kinds and qualities
On sums Of $40 thirty days Of 80 sixty
days. and under 10 de cash Notes with secul-
Irity. No goods to Be removed until settled Tot.
HarperSFery, Nay e.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1848-07-20
John Baker Tapscott,

ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Rpnn9, Hanpsfins ceunfy. Va,
NJ ILL practice bis Profession il the County
tVsof Hampshire. and the adjoining Cusln-
lies, and attend promptly 10 al claims placed il
his hands for collection.
April 81, lsf3-6u,.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1848-07-20
NEW READY-MADE CLOTHlNG

Of every descnptidn--such as firstrafe Goals,
Pants, Vests, SC, together with Hats, Caps,
Boots, Shoes &c. He is also supplied with
Leather Trunks, Carpet Bags, Umbrellas,
Gloves, Stocks, Scarfs, Cravats, Shirts, Bosouis,
Collars, Drawers, Handkerchiefs, Comforts, &c.
Connected with an establishment ii Baln-
be is enabled to compete with, and UNDER
SELL, any other establ ishment come from what
quarter ii may and would assure the people Of
Jefferson that greater BARGAINS were never
told OF inthis day and generation, than are to be
met with afhis establishment
His stock OF SUMMER CLOTHING will
Be sold at prices to surprise So wake up"
ia the very neatest manner for very friiing
sum. LOUIS Lewiston.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1848-07-20

II Albany, the blacksmiths carpet their
shops, and have arm-chairs for the horses
20 Sit IN while having their shoes fitted.
This Is great age, and agracious only
knows" where il val bring up.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1848-07-20

TIME subscriber IS anxious % purchase large
n number q Negroes. ofboih sexes sound and
likely. Persons having Negroes 70 dispose ct
VIII End i d their Interest % give him call BE-
fore selling. Is he VII pay Ne ssz2 figk<si easi
Sc can Il seen al'tks Berkeley cour,s. Al Mar
tinsbnrf. "a he - Nonday. and q Beryville %
he llh Monday in e1eh month, and usually a.
his residence IN chzFIEsIoNn.
AlllelieIs addressed % him win be pro,np,lr
1ItzrIed % -. WM. CHOW. =
FTt1R q on. foF sale 81
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1848-07-20

my son, how Ear IS It from here to Mr.,
Smitkis - swell, I dent know exactly,
but L suppose it's about As far a It's FROM
Mr. Smiths 70 here
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1848-07-20

Is - WinehesteE Extra, Superfne
All Of which viii Be sold At lowest price, for
cash, and delivered any where in lDNn.
June l5 j. j. MINER
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1848-07-20
The Cheapest Clothing Store

IN TIE fALLEY or VIRGLNIA.
THE undersigned has purchased the entire
i interest Of Ash & Co, in the Clothing Es-
adjustment in Charlestown, and is now prepar-
offered 10 the people Of this or the neighboring
counties.
Having the sole ccntrolzand consequent re-
ductiun in expenses--he viii be enabled to offer
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1848-07-20

luDIius Il3tfUUtIL4l
"A VERY complete SCI Of Reinhaniiis make,
II Just received and lqr sale By
DH0s Il. FLINT Druggist.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1848-07-20
Fresh Fruit & Confectionery.

Alexandria, May 5, 1918.
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-05-06
ChiIsren,. .ee,e,v

The society Of young children is, in a
high degree, softening and refining to tie
mind. You seldom see nurse maids with
vulgar, rough manners. They acquire kind
OF sisier.of-charity expression from the con-
slant atmosphere Of tenderness and simpli-
city in which they live. The French have
a right name for them, as they have Cor most
things. they call her Ga bonae." We
can't help thinking, too, that in most cases
she is FAR better companion to the child in
its first years than even its own mother.
Her absence Of intellect is more on a par
with the child's dawn Of il. She is not 40
Perpelually probing for the young idea, to
see whether it be shooting. She has kind
of passive patience and dumb fidelity, on
which the child's nature can more easily
repose. A child may actually learn but
little from its nurse, though the reverse is
often the case, but with her it il always the
child. Even an unprincipled woman will
be innoxious towards the children commit
ted to her charge. She may be robbing the
parents. but she viii respect the child
There is something in the very tenor Of her
charge which brings out the tender maternal
feeling dormant in every woman's breast,
and the purer here Tor being unmixed with
any oil the vulgar cares Of life. They are
bona fde her children, without any Of the
drawbacks Of anxiety for their future ptovi.
sion, or labor for their present wants. She
lives in luxury with only the duties of a
mother. Every own mother has many
more.--Ffassr's Magazine,
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-05-06
Mechanic Arts.

1t is through the mechanics arts alone,
that We can become truly independent Of
foreign nations, and establish an interchange
between the producer, the manufacturer, and
the consumer, which will increase the wealth
and tighten the burthens OF each, by re-
tanning among ourselves the net profit OF
labor, and thus avoiding the drain Of the
precious metals for supplies. The mechan-
ic arts are worthy Of patronage from their
progressive character, and the promise they
hold out to us Of acquiring a complete mas
terry over inanimate nature. The progress
of agriculture, within the last half century,
though great in itself and full Of future pro-
mise, has been but tardy movement, in
comparison with the swift advancement Of
the mechanic arts. The steamboat, the
locomotive, the power-loom, and the power.
press, have all been brought into use since
the beginning Of the present century, and
what revolution have they wrought upon
the face Of the globel How have they
brought together and linked different States
and Countries What millions have they
clothed. and what millions enlightened
suppose we were at once deprived Of these
great gifts Of mechanic art, and suddenly
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-05-06

cut of ilem the cheap and abundant supDlv
os>5e means OF knowledge, Our necesSsrv
eiob''-.> doubled in cost. and our produce.
reduced 'o>>lf their valre lor want Of sDssdv
aud economlcafl->ans OF transport 70 mai
.eL our intelligence bon The seat OF -
naent, from our distant iliends, and from ~, !.
old world. as well as COR personal Comm ~
nication with other parts Of our country :.
tarded and delayed for wan; of our &C. ~ !.
stoned means Of transport and locomo,;o-
what value should We not attach 10 ,SS'-
now, almost unnoticsd blessings. and ~
efforts and sacrifices should we not b. r~. .l'
to encountsr to regain them? Yet az No..
well Judge Of the future from the pasr a-1
The progress OF natural KNOWLEDGE ~
which all mechanical arr is founded ant
izes ms 10 expect that the remaining hale -
the nineteenth century will be as iert;. =
Improvements as the portion Of il Wb;cL Ia
alIeaaly elapsed The mechanic Arr, -
eminently democratic in their ,endena,
They PoPularize knowledge, they Chez,
and dIfiuse the comforts and eIeganc~I :.
well Us the necesSaries Of life, they DEM
and deSelOPe intelligence in those who naS
sue them, they are at once the most n,of,.
Bile customers Of the agricullUrist and n.
most muniheent patrons Of the inyestig,,a.
OF natures laws.-Hon. George p. NaTs5
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-05-06

TOO horizontab halness Of lustre arises, FOR
The light passes more easily through the crys-
tal ia The direction Of its poles than Trans
versely through its linlna; il is therefore in
thin brilliant less reflected. Experience
has found that the discovery Of larger dia-
monds bears fixed proportion to that Of
smaller, so that the price is regulated, ac-
cOrdingly--lhe rule of calculation being
that as the square Of the weights 50 must be
the value. ~
So Jealous are the Indians OF the size Of
their diamonds, that when they work them
they make the facets follow the form in
which the stone is found. be it perfect or
imperfect crystal; but rather than this small
loss, they frequently are content with them
unwrought. Stones Of extraordinary size
are claimed as the property Of the Prince,
and transmitted as heir-loons, through gen
erations, small dot being made in some
part of the stone by each posseSsor--The
finest collection Of gems in the world is in
the possession OF the Shah Of Persia. obtain
ed by the plumber of Delhi about two CEN
turtles ago. Cardinal Mszasip, in the, Ieign
Of Louis XIV, was the first who wore a
brilliant. This truly scientific arrangement
is, therefore, but Of modern invention. Elk
traordinary value attaches to some diamonds.
The largest diamond in the world is in the
possession Of the Great Mogul. in form and
size equal to half hens egg, weighing
about 700 carats; supposing it TO be worked
and fine, giving e8 as the value Of a single
carat stone, and applying the rule Of geo
metrical progression, the result is enormous
The next in size is the Brazilian diamond,
in the possession OF the King Of Portugal,
weighing 2l5 carats. The third is an orr
entail diamond, bought by Catherine, En-
press of Russia for 100000, and an annuity
of f4.000. The fourth is the Pit OF Re
gent diamond, bought by the Duke OF Or
leans for 100000 now in the crown o
France. To those Of merely material con
ceptons such values may be indications O
folly; bpt TO those who regard gems as sym
bols of IDEAS, as without doubt they have
been, and even now are held, money seem.
but a poor parallel. The supplies Of Eu
rope are chiefly drawn from Brazil. Th,
famed mines Of Golconda are no longe
worked, and bat limited quantity, in value
about fa00. 900 per year, is still sent from
Allahabad in Hindoostan. The great in
hux OF diamonds which followed their dis
covery IN South America alarmed the hold
ers about the year 1875, lest diamonds shout,
become as plentiful as pebble stones. They
fell greatly in value. but have since regain
ed their worth, and have for years maintain
ed a value rather increasing than diminishing
with the growing wealth Of the world.-Hs
: tory and Object of Jewellery.
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-05-06
Chl.ar-.'- Crying.

There is an immense deal TO be learnt,
too, in the varieties Of ehildrens crying.
Not only in the Judgment Of the child's in
dividual character, but Tor sound instruction
in the arts Of passion and Pathos. There
is good, earnest, open roar, quickly raised
and quickly spent, which is Of excellent
promise--the explosion OF good heart,
which clears the ali without muddying the
ground And there is patient, monoton-
Gus, wearing-out SWIVEL, with no exPendl-
ture Of strength or voice, which augurs
weak Intellect, and one OF those amiable
dispositions which provokes you more than
decidedly bad one. Each Of these is an
excellent slndy-the one TO intimidate, and
the other TO tire--rarely falling OF their end
on any stage, but neither succeed in touch
ing the heart. For this, however children
are natchless as examples. There is a
depth OF helpless, PROSTATE affection; sobs.
and signs, now hemmed in, now breaking
forth again, with sobbing kind Of back
water stroke; which one could imagine the
Babes Of the Wood TO have uttered at the
very moment they laid down and died, that
mo heart that breathes with human breath"
could ever resist. And then again there is
pale, hopeless look, with quiet, tickling
tears, as if the little heart were driven to the
last refuge of selfpity, or had caught the
iirst glimmering Of the meaning Of despair,
which is ten times worse:
What is 80 shrill as silent tears1
Most children cry, and it is safe and
and desirable sign. Some cry to please
themselves. and some to please their moth
ers. There are only two sorts who abstain,
as different as light and darkness, though
often COMPOUNDED. The one is the naughty
spirit, the other the sullen temper. The
first with gentle usage and implicit trust,
you need never despair Of the latter. alas
will lire out the fondest phySician.-Efa-
ser's Magazine.
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-05-06
The Nnrsery.

The nursery is wonderful Gorld, and
all that therein is, but baby is the greatest
wonder OF all. That little separate thing
in the world-uncommunicating with 9th
ers. aforementioned by itselE-that mysteri-
Gus state Of being before the deluge OF men,
DRY sets in, lying there, like a hermit in its
cell, as il gathering strength in passive con-
temptation for the worlds encounter. Who
says that baby does not think or feel?
Have they never seen that strange smile
breaking Through clouds Of infant flesh, "
and then passing away, as if it caught for a
moment the hamonies of heavenl Or have
they never heard that stranger sigh-the
first spontaneous language Of one who is
"boIn TO Sorrows If it heard from alar
the growing jar Of this eaIth--incognizant,
to our spprehensions, as it lies passively
there, either Of this world or that, yet stamp
ed by that very smile and sigh. as the be-
ing who stands mysleriously between both?
But the noise and uproar have been too
much! The round lustrous eyes are wide
open, which like the eyes of the divine child
in the Sistine Madonna, seem to look at
nothing, in gazing beyond all things, and
baby is seated on nurses knee. There it sits,
the little stranger, who dwelleth so calmly
amongst US, without speech or movement.
though brothers and sisters are screaming
and running around it, looking so serenely
content as lift knew how little either could
weigh in the balance with its own deep re-
pose.
There is no model like a lovely baby lor
true queenly dlgnity-the wide open gaze,
the hands slow movement, the proud draw
ing up if the usual etiquette be tTansgressed
reminding us Of the beautiful lines in the
Lyra hnOcentiam:
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-05-06
Reward. OF r..,.rn,.re.

Stowe, the famous historian, devoted his
life and exhausted his patrimony in the study
of English antiquities; he travelled oil foot
throughout the kingdom. inspecting all the
monuments Of antiquity, and rescuing what
he could from the dispersed libraries Of the
monasteries. His stupendous collections, in
his own handwriting, still exist to provoke
the feeble industry Of literary loiterers. He
felt through life the enthusiasm Of study,
and seated in his monkish library, living
with the dead more than with the living, he
was still student Of taste; for Spenser, the
poet, visited the library Of Stowe, and the
first good edition Of Chaucer was made so
chiefly by the labors Of our author. Late
in life, worn out by study and the cares Of
poverty, neglected by that proud metropolis
of which he had been the historian, yet his
good humor did not desert him; for being
afflicted with sharp pains in his aged feet, he
observed that chs affection lay in that part
formerly he made so much Of" Many a
mile had he wandered, many n pound had
he yielded for those treasures Of antiquities
which had exhausted his fortune, and with
which he had formed works Of great public
utility. 1t was in his eightieih year thai
Stowe at length received public acknowI.
edgnent Of his services, which will appear
to US Of very extraordinary nature. He
was so reduced in his circumstance, that he
petitionsd James |. for license 10 colleci
aims for himself, cas- a recompense for hi:
labor and travel Of forty fre gears in set
ting forth the chronicles Of England, anC
eight gears taken up in the survey of the
cities Of London and Westminster. towards
his relief, now in his old age, having left hi:
former means Of living, and only employed
himself for the service and good OF his
country" Letters patent under the greal
seal were granted. After penmious com
mendalion Of Stoves labors, he is permit
ted 'to gather the benevolence Of welldis
posed people within this realm Of England;
to ask, gather, and take the aims of all oul
loving subjects" These letters patent were
to be published by the clergy from their pull
pits; they produced so little, that they were
renewed for another hvelyemOnih; one en-
tine parish in the city contributed seven shil
lings and sixpence! Such, then, was the pa
tronage received by Stowe, TO be licensed
beggar throughout the kingdom for twelve
month! Such was the public remuneration
Of man who had been useful to his nation
but not TO himself!-Hogg's Weekly In
strsctOr. s - .e-.....
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-05-06
cnIuare-,. Pi.,,a,,-.

As regards the manufacture Of playtb;n.,
expressly for children, it does seem mn
these circumstances. something like ,eod;n,
Goals TO Newcastle. SILL llley are 80
lent devices lOr saving furniture, which -
doubtless the origin Of their invenroo
There is delicate art, however + r.
adaptation, which is too often negIac,sJ
Children are real poets in feeling. An tbsv
want is have their ideas suggested. snDnI,
them too fully, and they stop. Playtbp...
will often destroy play. They are 10 cbI
dTen what words are To muse; the frs, COO.
dition is, that they should not express To-
much. There is something whitening 10 ,
ehbds fancy in an elaborate toy, which
leaves nothing for him TO make believe
An Over-dleSsed doll. OF an over-stock,5
dolls house, are never the objects Of nurt
real play, OF not I'LL the child has dismsu.
tied and destroyed them to such depr-, .,
10 clear away some space lOT his Own Goa.
trivance.-FraseT's Magaziae.
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-05-06
National Isrsj.asoe-.

From the moment in which the exercise
Of certain expressions Of good will is ex-
clusively directed to The body, the class, or
nation to which we belong, and is denied to
c'thers-irom the moment in which they
break out into words and deeds Of ntpathy;
from the moment in which the fact that
fellow-man speaks a different language, or
lives under a different government, consti-
tutes him an object of contempt, abhor-
renee, or misdoings-from that moment it is
malehcent. A toast for example, in Amer
ca has been given, "Our country, right or
wrong! which is in itself a proclamation
Of indifference; and if brought into opera
ton, might lead to crimes and follies ON the
widest conceivable feld-to plumber, mur-
der, and all the consequences of unjust
wars. Not less blameworthy was The ,lecla-
ration of prime minister Of this country,
THAT England-nothing but England
formed any portion Of his care or concern"
An enlarged philanthropy indeed might
have given to both expressions deontologi.
cal meaning, since the true interests Of ma
tons, as the true interests of individuals, are
equally those of prudence and benevolence;
but the phrases were employed solely to JUS
hiy wrong, If that wrong were perpetraied
by the land or government which we call
our own. Suppose man were TO give as
a toast. in serious earnest, "Myself, right or
wrong" Yet the above assumptions Of
false patriotism, both in America and Eng
land, are founded on no better principle
Begtiapa.
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-05-06
LITERARY EXAMINER.
uaPFy afent.

4HFFT 3teHt-
am only happy when sIene;
Then can think Of thee,
And hear no harsh discordant tone
To break my revery.
They tel me that my heart Is cold
Unsocial, too, and strange;
But could they see It's Utmost fold,
How soon their thoughts would change.
Now thou art absent, every hour
Seems doubled with Despair,
Whose stern supremacy Of power
Crushes the bright and fair.
/ weary Of the shortest day,
Am grateful when It's flown,
For when night comes, / steal away
To think Of thee alone.
Hook upon the starry skies,
And worship each small gem;
Because, think, perhaps thine eyes
Are gazing, too, on them.
And then / wonder il thy love
Be constant as my own,
And II whilst viewing them above,
Thou think'st Of me alone.
mix not with the Joyous thrOng.
Where glad hearts aptly meet;
| never sing thy fay'rite song
The one you call 50 sweet
] keep il, cherish IL, for thee;
call that song my own,
And never is IL sung by me
Save when l am alone.
My thoughts all tending 10 one source,
Are habited in gloom;
Apparent Joy | cannot force
never could assume.
To think OF thee, morn, noon, and night,
My heart IL ever prone,
And all ask 10 feel delight
IL but 10 be alone.
Oh! when wilt thou reiarn again
To change the hue Of thingsf
Time seems 10 move alone in pain
On dark and sOmbre wings.
Oh. when wilt thou return 10 cheer
The heart that = all thine own,
That IL may be less sad and drear-
Less happy wien alonef
Fraser's Magazine.