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Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1849-04-09
A BEAUTIFUL EXTRACT.


This country is in one respect blessed above all
others deserving Blessing There are no poor
Il say there are none, there need he none-4none
need lift up the despairing voice of helpless want
towards that Heaven which hears when men will
not! no father here need work away his body's
health and his spirits strength in unavailing la
Dor, from day to day and from year to year, bowed
down to the cruel curse his fellows Law upon him
no mother need wish in bitterness Of her heat.
the children Of her breast had died before they ex
hausted the nourishment which was the only one
her misery could feel assured would not fail ii EN-
mono need be born to vice, for none are Condemned
to abject poverty. Oh it makes the heart sick
to think Of all the horrible anguish that has been
suffered by those degraded, wretched creatures
whose wants beget host of moral evils fearful to
contemplate, whose existence begins in poySertv.
struggles through care and toll, and heart-orind
ing burthens and ends in restitution and sickness
alas! too often in. Crime and infamy Thrice bless.
ed is this country, for no such crying evil exists
in its b~som, no such moral reproach. no snch
political rottenness. Not only is the eve never
offended with such piteous sights of human suf.
terlpg which makes ones heart bleed. and whose
number appals one ,silnagination in the thfonged
thoroughfares of the European cities but The mind
reposes with delightin the certainty that not one
Immortal soul s-thrown into jeopardy by the con-
tlnued temptations Of its own misery and the heart
less selfishness of those who pass it by without
holding out SO much as finger to save it. If we
have any faith in The excellence of mercy and be-
nevolence, we must believe that this alone will
secure the blessings of Providence on this country
Fanny Kemble Buffers Journal
Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1849-04-09

sons to him secretly, and gave to each a ring,
and after little while was gathered to his ia
theirs. Now, when their father was dead, each
son produced a ring, claiming to be the heir of
all but as there was no way Of proving which
ofthe three was the original one, the question
could not be decided, and is even yet pending.
And thus reply to you, my lord, in regard to
the question you proposed to me, concerning the
three laws giyen'to three nations by God the
Father. Let each one conform to his own law,
to the religion Of his fathers, and obey the com
mandments they Observe to which belongs the
superiority, as with the rings, the question is yet
undecided!n
The sultan was delighted with the ingenious
reasoning by which the Jew had avoided the
snare laid for him and openly told him of what
he stood in need, and with What intention he
had sent to have him brought before him; and
Melchisedech, on his part, amply provided Sal
adm with the money he required, for which he
received full security and gifts; and during ma
ny succeeding years he remained about the sui
tans court, Who ever held him in great honor
and treated him as a friend
Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1849-04-09
TO BOYS AND GIRLS.

Never tell whole lie, or half lie, or quarter
of lie; or any part Of a lie. Many boys, who
know well enough what a sneaking, dirty thing
it is to tell lie, viii yet twist the truth, Or de-
ceive a little bit. This is about as bad-and
good deal more cowardly than plump false
hood. If a boy does something wrong, either
through ignorance, carelessness, or accident
and then tells one half truth, and one half lie
about the might almost as well have told the
whole untrutn, that he didn't do it at all. Now
see how the spirited, manly true hearted, clear
tongued boy will do, after error he resolutely
determines to acknowledge it without beingafiaid
OF anybody's anger-to tell it just as it was. l
never in my life knew any one to be injured by
telling the truth i'll this way; but l have seen
many boy and man too, who was looked upon
with contempt and thought poorly of, because he
would tell sneaking lies, or half lies, or quarter
lies. The worst sort OF untruths-those which
are deliberately made up--stories about people
or little stories lnagnified into big ones-prove
the teller ofthem to be a most worthless, impure,
and mean person. The liar is indeed despicabe
both to God and man, On the other hand, moth
ing is more beautiful than strictly truth telling
young person-one who never varies from the
truth, who is open, candid, and above deceit :
TO become so, a boy should strive hard--should
determine to become so--and he will BECOME SO
Besides, it is so easy to speak the truth--and Sc
very hard to arrange plausible falsehood-which
even then will in all likelihood be found out
nineteen times out of twenty.
Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1849-04-09
YOU WILL BE w ANTED.


Take courage, young man. What if you are
but an humble and obscure apprentice-a poor neg
lected orphan-a scott and a by-word to the
thoughtless and the gay, who despise virtue in
rags because Of its tatters. Have you an nteli-
gent mind all untutored though it be-? Have
you virtuous aim, pure desire, an honest heart
Depend upon it one Of these days you ,ciN be
,cantcd.
The time may be long deferred You NAV
grow 10 manhood, and you may even reach your
prime, e'er the call is made, but virtuous aims.
pure desires and honest hearts are too few and
sacred not to be apprecieated-not to be wanted
four virtues shall not always be hdden-your
poverty shall not always wrap you about as with
misunderstanding shall not always veil you
from the multitude. Be chivalric in your combat
with circumstances. Be even active, however
small may be your sphere of action Ii will sure
ly enlarge with every movement, and your influ-
ence will have double Indictment.
"In the worlds broad field of battle.
in the bivouac Of life, On"
Be not like dumb driven cattle,
BE hero in the strife"
Work on, for surely yon will be wanted, and
then comes your reward. Lean upon the sacred
verify, 81 have never seen the righteous forsaken.
nor his seed begging bread" Never despair, for
the lives Of good men abundantly show that often
when the clouds are BLACKLIST, and the tempest is
fiercest and hope is faintest, "stll small voce''
will be heard saying, ''come hither-you are
wanted,' and all your powers will find employ
ment. Therefore take heart young man, for ere
long, "you will be wanted"
Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1849-04-09
THE END OF GREAT sIEN.
Happening to cast nv ewes upon printed

HapPeN4g to cast my eyes upon printed page
of miniature portraits, perceived that the four
personages who occupied the most conspicuous
places, Were ALEXANDER, HANNIBAL, Caesar &
BoNAPARTE. had seen the same unnpmbered
times before, but never did the same Sensations a.
rise u r. my bosom, as my mind hastily glanced
over Their several histories. '''
Alexander after having climbed the dizzy heights
OF his ambition, and with his temples bound with
chaplets dipped in the blood of countless nations,
looked down upon conquered world, and wept
that there was not another world for him to con-
quer-set city on fire, and died in scene Of
debauch.
Hannibal, after having, to the establishment
and CONSERVATION of Rome, passed the Alus-after
having pa to eight the armies of this ssMistress
o. the world and stripped three bushels of gold
rings from The fingers Of their slaughtered knights
and made hervery foundation quake-Aed from
his country being hated by those who once exult-
ingly united his name to that of their god, and
called him Hannibal, and died, at last by poison
administered by his own hands, unlalnented and
| unwept in foreign land.
Caesar, after having conquered eight hundred
cities, and dyed his garments in the blood of a
million OF his toes-after having pursued to death
the only rival he had on earth-was miserably
assassnated by those he considered his best friends
and In that very place the attainment of which
had been his greatest ambition.
Bonaparte, whose mandate kings and princes
obeyed, after having filed the earth with terror
OF his name-closed his days in lonely Danish.
ment, almost literally egiIed from the world, We,
where he could see the country's banner waving
DER the deep, but which would not, or could not
bring him aid! Thus those four men who from
the peculiar situations Of their portraits, seemed
to stand as the representatives Of all those tn.
world calls great-1,hose four who each IN turn
made the earth tremble to its very centre by thei
simple tread, severally died-ons by ntoxcation
or as some suppose by poison mingled in his win
one suicide-one murdered by his friends
and one in Lonely exile! "How'are the might,
| fallen I"
Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1849-04-09
The ground upon which Cincinnati stands is a

The ground upon which Cincinnati stands is a
perfect curiosity shop, and in digging down lit,
tie all sorts Of things tprn up now and then to re-
mind folks of times gone by. Bows and arrows.
tomahawks and arrow-heads, skeletons and curl
ously carved pil es occasionally come to light, te
put the population in a state Of wondernsent and
speculation, and call out anew the narratives Of
s.the oldest inhabitant.o The workmien who are
plying the pick axe and spade under our window
to shape ont the foundation Of new building, re-
Gently came across the whole section Of garden
fence, standing upright severalfeet below the sur
face Of the ground. It was mbedded in the soil,
and appeared considerably worse from the teeth Of
time and the worms. It had been probably built
LONG time ago" by some pioneer to keep The tru-
ant boys away from his cabbages. and had remain
ed as protection to his domici, until the Ohio
in one gifts high water freaks had covered it up,
with his cabbages. his cabin and all. The cabin
itself has not come to light yet Gin. Cos.
Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1849-04-09
ORGANS OF THE pRoTEcr1oN1srs.

II is Interesting to notice upon what different
grounds the friends Of high duties in this country
and England, base their opposition to the triumph
ant march Of liberal laws Here, the allegation
Is that low duties destroy the manufacturers, while
in Great Britain it is contended that they destroy
the farmers Here the advocates of extravagant
tariffs also insist that low duties and liberal laws
parayze, not only the manufacturers, but the agri-
cultufaliss. 1t is only a few months ago since
the .rso,th american and other federal papers
laughed at the'idea 6f American breadstuffs Sc
curing steady foreign market s'Loc6focoism ~
said these organs of The capitalists, '.irst break
down our manufacturers, and in SO doing, DESTROY
the home market for our farmers-offering instead
the illusion Of foreign market which is only kept
up by state of famine. Rivalled by the products
OF the Baltic.and the Black Sea, our products can
not hope to maintain a lasting hold in the British
market How familiar these arguments. now
no longer heard, became to all newspaper readers
They constituted, indeed, the burden of public
opinion, manufactured against the Tariff of 1886,
and camorous for its repeal. But we have already
seen the abrogation of the British Corn Laws in
favor of the Introduction of our Indian Command
the fact that our products have secured perma-
doubted. To show how the American farmer is
regarded as the competitor Of the British producer
we give the following from the London Herald Of
February 90, 1885,
''The suffering that prevails is acute, and must
e.terminate the sufferers, if it be not speedily
stopped. Notin part ofthe country, but in almost
every agricultural distric: in the kingdom, the
laboring man is degenerated into the pauper, and
the tenant farmer is passing rapidly down to the
same condition. Protection to native industry, so
far from having proved mere landlords question
turns cut to lie a question altogether irrespective
of the landlord, who might give his land to his
tenants, and yet be under the painful necessity of
seeing ths ahJecls Of his bounty, starving mendi-
cants, The sacrifice ,rhich the farmer is called
upo't TO nuke III order to bring las produce into
the same market acith the foreigner, is gigantic
enough to- forbid payment for anything echatcuer
NO amount Of human energy--no expenditure Of
capitsl-no scientific appliance can help him on.
When he has done his utmost, he is still miles be-
hind. The foreigner, lightly faced at home, and
aveH fauored abroad, deposites his produce in the
English market drires has broken-hearted con,pet-
isoT from the field, and dismisscs him from the
market place to an abode Of acreteledness and dis
content"
When the American protectionist asks for the
repeal Of the Tariff of 1916, let him remember
that he can no longer deceive the American far
mersby his mis- statements. He must ask fDrspe-
clal legislation on the true ground-that it is me-
cessary to promote his own personal interests.
/ Pennsylranian.
Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1849-04-09
A WILD WOMAN.

We know not but our reputation for veracty
may suffer by the following statement, but as we
have been laying off for the last two years to give
1t, we think there is no use Of waiting sny longer.
II VIII require some creduty to believe the story;
but we can assure the reader that what we shall
state could be established by the testimony of
some OF the oldest and most respectable citizens of
our neighboring county of Jackson.
For the last ten years there has lived and in
habited the thickets of the Navidad bottoms. in
jackson county, an animal universally believed
to be woman, and though diligent search has
frequently been made, not living soul has ever
been sble to see it; though on one OCCASION seve
raj years ago, party driving cows through the
bottom came so close upon It's camp or den, as to
compel it to drop kind of basket or trunk (which.
upon examination, was found to ba perfect Gu
riosity, containing most astonishing variety OF
little trnkets, such as pins needles, knives, brush
es, and several other articles whose uses were en-
tlrely unknown, and all Of the most ingenious and
exquisite workmanship, and also pocket Bible,
with New York" written in ii iu small beaui
full handwriting, together with two guns, one of
Which it had stocked-having stolen an old gun
barrel from the settlements.
The principal reason for believing it to be a
woman, arises from its track, which has often been
seen, and which resembles exactly that of small
and delicate female. 1t frequently visits the
neighboring houses of night, for the purpose of
picking up such articles as it can lay its hands on
clothing particularly, of which ii is supposed,
from the quantity missing from time to time, it
has enough to set up a respectable millinery shop
and clothing store. About year ago, it went to
the house Of Samuel A. Rogers, when he was abb
sent, opened his medicine chest, took portion OF
all the medicines in it, carefully putting back the
shoppers, and committing no other damage beside
that of taking several articles of clothing, which
after going to the edge ofthe bottom, it appears tt
have sorted out, and left such articles hanging up
on stick as it did not seem to require 1t ais,
came to Mr.. Rogers's place recently, and brough
back wooden bowl taken about year since ,ant
trace chain that had been missing Tor oieh
years. These are but 1.-THE OF the many eccen
trlcltles OF the man, woman or ANIMAL but the,
serve as specimen. So sure are the people o.
the Navidad that it is wild human being, tina
we understand a reward of forty COWS ard calvs
has been offered to any one who would captd,,
it. 1t is supposed BY some that there was once
man and woman, and that the man had died -
How true this conjecture is we cannot say bu
there can hardly be a doubt bur wild man or wo
man has inhabited the Navdad Mustang bottom
for many years. 1t cannot be negro, male or rs
male, because the track torbds the conclusion, =.
We moline 10 think it Mexican woman.-Yic
toria (1eras) .4duccate = 80 :
Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1849-04-09
POETRY.
From the N. Y. Washingtonian.
THE WANDERERS RETURN.


The day was gone, and the night was dark,
And the bowling winds went by,
Aud the binding sleet fell thick and fast
From stern and stormy sky,
When mournlul wall, through the rushing gale,
Was heard at a cottage door
% carry me back-O carry me hack
TO my mothers home once more
Twas youth who had left his mountain ,llcn,e,
lie had wandered far and long:
lie had drained the goblel's fiery tide,
At the festal, midnight throng
But dream of home came DER his heart,
AS he crept to the cottage door,
q carry me back-O carry me back
To my mothers home once MORE
have left the hall of the tempser's power,
And the revei wild and high
they cared not in their reckless mirth
If wandered alone to die.
Doth the fire still burn on the household hearth
By the elm tree old and boar?
o! carry me back-O! carry me back
10 my mothers home once more.
Like the weary bird that hath wandered long,
will seek my mountain nest,
And lay this aching head once more
On my gentle mother breast
Once more will seek the household hearth,
BY the elm tree old and hoar-
0 carry me back--O carry me bac,,
To my mothers home once more
Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1849-04-09

WHAT GOLD WILL Do.-The finding of the
gold treasures of California is of more importance
than any previous event for three hundred years
The prosperity of Queen Elizabeth's' reign was
mainly owing to the stimulus given to commerce
by the precious metals. But the field now to be
acted upon is at least fifty times greater than du
ring that period. Within five years there will be
railroad from the Atlantic Ocean, across the
great American continent, through the gold re-
gons, to the Bay Of San francisco, said to be the
nnest ha!bor in the world The people of New
fork and San Francisco will then communicate
by telegraph in few minutes, and the mails will
he taken to Canton on the one side in fourteen
days, and to London on the other in nine days
SO that Intelligence may be conveyed from one end
to the other in the short period of twenty-three
days. This will be witnessed under five years.
Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1849-04-09

A CURIOUS CALeuLAr1oG.-Wha is a,bllion ?
The reply is very simple, a million times a
million. This is quickly written, and quicker
still pronounced ); but no man is able to count it
You may count 100 Or ITO in a minute; but lei
us even suppose that you 60 as. far as 200, then
an hour will produce $4,000, "a day .2so,ooo
and a year, of 365 days, 1875, 100000. Let us
suppose gov that Adam, at the beginning of his
do SO, and was counting still !; he could not even
now, according to the usually supposed age oil
our globe, have counted near enough, For to
count billion he would require 9,5l2 years, "a
days, hours and 80 minutes.
Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1849-04-09

SIcKLY PLUM TREEs.-The Pennsylvania Gull
tivator says that salt, freely applied to the sur
face OF the ground around the tree, over an area
as wide as the extent of branches-strong brine
applied as wash to the trunk and limbs and
pulverized salt introduced in the trunk of the
tree by boring into its centre, and then plugging
it up-all or either of them are said to be Ger
tain means Of restoring, plum trees that are in a
slckly or enfeebled state-trees that are troubled
with the curculio bug-or trees that have evil
dence of a diseased sap black warts-into a
healthy and luxuriant condition The plum is
naturally marine tree, and it is surprising how
much salt it will assimuate and thrive upon.
Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1849-04-09
CALIFORNIA--A.GQOD "SPECY

We believe except it be Mr. Stephens, of Geor-
ga, and few other inipracicables, that all fneo
pie now agree that in the Purchase of Calitofnia.
our Government made what Yankee would cali
'pnrty considerable Of a spec Of it," So. 1t least.
It seems. thinks the London Morning Chronicle
In all article on the subject of California, on the
7th ult, the Chronicle says:
'sBrother Jonathan, it must be admitted. never
made more successful deal than when he bought.
for ready cash, the vast block of unpromising
land, through remote corner of which rolled over
Its glltterlng sands the undiscovered Pactolas of
the West. He has right to chucke over his
purchase, like the treasure-fnder, who, turning
over the soil Of his new purchased acres, throws
up crock of gold. A twenty years. lease of the
patch ofground which comprises the valleys wa
tered by the San Joaquin and Sacramento, would
fetcf, In George Robins auction-room, more than
enough to reimburse the price paid for the fee
simple OF the whole tractfoi Which il forms so
magnificent part 81 e
'.The Yankee buyer little knew. when he clos
ed his bargain, that he was Purchasing an inheri-
lance which might enable him 10 cheaper the cir
culating medium in the markets Of the world, and
perhaps to beat out OF the trade the imperial gold
merchant OF the East, whose article, extracted
with greater labor, yieldsa less ample profit on
the cost Of production. The Mexcars, on thei,
sldes must feel some modification at discovering
too late, the valne ola province which they bar
l tered tor the blessings of peace and ronnd sun
Of American dollars.
But Ter them we feel no compassion. TIL,
source OF profit was patent and obvious them as il
the days when Drake picked up handful of earth
and noted as it erumbled in his fingers, the shi
ming PARTICLES which betrayed the riches of the
soil. The couutrymen Of Cortez-more lazy and
aPathetic than their Indian subjecrs-would moi
give themselves the trouble to pick up the gold in
quest (which their ancestors roamed the Ameri-
can continent from sea to sea, and perpetrated ev
cry crime that can disgrace humanity 1t was
reserved for the sinewy arms, and stirring, bust
ling spirit ofthe Anglo-Saxon race to turn to &C
count The wealth which its former owners Were
too careless to secure. Scraplng, scoopng, ra
king, digging, washing, sitting f'ering, the yam
KEGS Will have turned the whole country inside
out in less time than it took then, to makeit thejl
own.'' 1923 j.
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From the New Bedford Mercury-a Wing Journ

From the New Bedford Nle5cnry-a Wing Journal,
AN ANTI SLAVERY MAN IN THE CAB1NET.-The
good sense and liberal views Of the President was
never more strikingly displayed than in the ap-
pointment of Mr.. Colsamer of Vermont to the vast
ly important Office of Postmaster General. Tho
Post Office Department controls greater amount
Of patronage than any other in the gift Of the Presi
dent-and the person at the head Of it is supposed
to possess great sway over public opinion, and
grea. facilities for disseminating particular doc
trnes. Still Gen. Taylor was not moved by such
considerations, and elevated to the most resposi-
BILE and powerful position Of Postmaster General 4
man who had bpt a. few, days before voted for the
preamble and resolution offered BY Mr.. Gott Of N.
York. We think that four of the seven Of Cen
Taylor's cabinet may be reckoned as in favor of the
Wilmot Proviso-and Messrs. Ewing and Cola
mey are we'll known as jealous opponents of the
institn,ion of slavery. 1t is enough that one 10
am Ohio wing, and the other is a Vermont whig,
to settle the question Of their bias on the slavery
quession--m6re faithful and devoted advocates Of
free soil are not to be found -