Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1850-05-15
MISCELL A N Y.
KARL DUNDONAL

yTAT
The nen,cinq attitude towards the state OF 'enezue'
assumed by Earl Dundonad, admiral commanding '"e DIT
sb West India Squadron, aud the no" frequent mention
-. - :, oo,nection with South American atia'IS mas
,,uv attracted a guod deal OF attention towards hl'n'-
n has besn ever daring and hasy rather than
; and his las, despatch to the Venezuelan government
lod here few days since) shows that time anu eNpe
,a,ce have had little effect in tanning the ador OF MS "a
, His life has been one of adventure and vIclSSude
r,esod bv many heroes Of romance; and the Prlnc'-
- ao, Of his history furnishes wonderful example OF
spearipr inflicted on the testimony OF clrcumS'anta'
o;dence which NAV not iuaptly be revived just now
In I91A when he was Lord Cochrane he was mem-
,rho Rri,sh House of Commons. In February OF tha'
rers,n proceeded from Dover to London with great
a,,o,dn news in his route Of the death OF bona
TO- other pretended messengers simultaneously
,od =, the Stock Exchange with the same intelligence
and the natural consequence was an instantaneous ,'o
,o finds those who were in the secret being considerable
ooiners BY selling out stocks at the ad'"oeu la''S
e. was detected. The following June. Lord Coch-
,,ne Hon. Cochrane Johnstone, Random ue Dea"so \"'
essenuer and seven others were Indicted lot co"Sa'y
II WAS proved that stock to the amount OF iou S'els
hJ been sold and but for the ruse employed uoSe VINO
d ronst have been defaulters to the amount oil u"auS
f5o ono and ruined by their Specuatiohs. De'ase''
h MESSENGER was proved to have changed MS ureSS d
cbr,re,s house. and the latter was iound guilty. Se'e"'
od 70 the pilory twelve months imprisonment ana i"e
rre ,honsands pounds lie made several attempts 9e'
,;.I bu all were in vain, aud his expulsion from 'he
house was carried by large majority he being present n
,a,e and declaring his utter ignorance of the conspiracy
O tho 10Th Of the same month (Juy) he was reelected
.;o,,,, G,r Westminster where he had previously de-
f,,ed Sheridan and three days after Lord Casuereag"
rD;,ted the pory portion of the sentence Soon ae nc
,,,s deoraded from the order OF the BATH Inc N"g"'
arms beinq duly authorized proceeded to the famous c"a
81 f Henrv WI removed the insignia OF the ordef o HIS
,orsbins stall and kicked his banner DOWN t"e steps VI
h harel Al the same time he was deprived OF all 'ne
~ bonors he had won by a series Of exploits unSurpasS
i ,bohlv in the records Of chvary. Escaping from p-
IN the e,lowinq March, he proceeded to the House OF
coons n take the oath as member of Parliament, but
tios of the mil dragged him back and he remained
- confinement the full erm taking his seat Just IN time TO
o,, b his spor vote an intended increase OF E0OOO
e, To the present King of Hanover, then Duke OF CumOe
land The fine was raised by penny subscription among
h;s constituents and on the { 900 note he paid was this
endorsement :-"AIy health having suffered by long and
.a confinement and my oppressors being resolved to de-
nrive me of nv property or life, submit to robbery to pre-
serve myself from murder, IN the hope 'ha' "y ye 0
90 bring the deinQuentS to Justice
For more than thirty years that note lay IN the DaN Vi
EroI,nd and was handed back hin yearsago, when
his entire innocence proved and he was restored 10 a
his honors the injustice Of his sentence thus being Puocy
acknowledged In the meantime he had spent the prime
Of his manhood in the South American and Portuguese ser
vices enacug the part of knight OF romance pulling
down thrones and setting up dynas'es like marine War
wick the King -maker.-S Sunday 4tos
NR JsrFxssoS's Ten Rules OF LIFE.-The follow
nr rules for practical life given by Mr. Jefferson In
leerof advice 10 his namesake Thomas Jefferson Smith,
in 1925:
T. Never put off till to morrow what you can do today
3 Never trouble others for what you can do yourself.
g. Never spend your money before you have 1t.
Never buy what you don't because it is cheap
: Pride costs us more than hunger, thirst and cold.
s We never repent at having eaten too little.
7. Nothing is troublesome that we do willingly.
Q How mncb main have those evils us which never
happened. .,,, I'LL.
O Take things always by their smooth handle
~ When angry count ten before you speak-lf very
angry, hundred:
sc. cross Grained. anqua,eI maiden vixen went to
,bvsciaO er advice Madam, said the DOCTOR t seems
10 me that would DO you good to have little sun anu a
Oh, you abominable critter son and heir on ueSr
,;u somebody fan me! shall go off! The outrageous
hr,,e son and heir" The old maid vamosed' anu mas
not since been seen.
- N.s Pornuton is of the opinion that Mount NesuVius
sbond take Townsend's Sarsapalia to cure sei OF e"P
toas The old lady thinks it has been romng SO long
:, . 49, l;.. O1.o ,,nnld stay ON lis stomach.