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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1850-02-27
WRIGHT & KING.

Clothing Rooms, No. ls6, Market ST. above 4th,
Philadelphia.
VXTHERE at all times can be found complete and
w extensive assortment OF
Ready Made Clothing.
They specially invite the Merchants OF the Valley
of Virginia TO give them CALL promising 70 furnish the
best articles their line upon such terms as must COM
mand and secure their patronage. They manufacture
CLOTHING to order upon the shortest notice. and will
be happy respond to all suitable calls from the coun-
try to that effect.
December l9, lS49.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1850-02-27
Hats Caps, Ladies' Rich Fus, Beaver Bonnets. &C.
WILLIAM III. BEEBE & CO.,

1873 CHEsNur ST., PHILADELPHIA
TVAvE on hand large and superior assortment OF
III FINE GOODS, in the greatest variety IN their
line Of trade, aud offer them to Merchants and Dealers
generally at fair and moderate prices. They especial
~ solicit the attention Of the Merchants of the Valley
OF Virginia 10 their splendid Stock and trust that on
their visit to Philadelphia they will not fail to give
them a call. VIM. H. Gardner late of Richmond, Va,
is associated in the firm ofW. II. Bcebe Co. and will
take great pleasure in waiting on his Virginia friends
December l9, 1S49
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1850-02-27
STAUN TON SPECTATOR.
II f. r NJ S .

no The"SPECTATOR''isp publishedonesa tgeek,
es Too Dollars year, If paid in advGnee, or Itco
Dollars asd FYfty Cents delayed beyond the e1irG-
ton the vear No subscription aoillbe Discontinued
6ai tsss option oths Edto until allarrearasesare
paid. ,.,,.,
Ny- Al communications tothe Editors6y m6timuS'
be post -pard, or they 11iilnot be attendedto'
6ry- ADVERTISEMENTS Of thirteen lines (or
less inserted threet for one dollar ana t,0enty
foe cents for each Larger az
Sertisements in The proportion dHosra'eisco""
,rade TO advertiser soy the year.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1850-02-27
VIM. p, wILsTAcH,

No. 2Si North Third Street, Philadelphia,
Wholesale Importer, Manufacturer and Dealer in
Saddlery Hardware, Carriage and Harness Fur
niture, Saddle and Carriage Trimmings, &c,
KEEPS constantly on hand. rich and extensive as,
N sortment of SADDLERY HARDWARE, and
through the medium Of their home Journal invites
the Merchants of the Valley of Virginia to call and see
him before purchasing elsewhere He offers his Goods
at such prices as will not fail to please his
Remem5er. his place of business is No. % l-2 North
Thru Street, Philadelphia.
December l9, lS49-6m.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1850-02-27

eo- Mrs. Partngton, after listening to the reading
of an advertisement for young ladies' harding
school said: "For nay part can't deceive what on
airth eddication is coming to! When was young,
if gall only understood the rules of distraction,
provisions, multiplying, rePenishing, and the COM
mon dominater, and knew all about the rivers and
their obituaries, the covenants and dormtories, the
provinces and the umpres, they had eddication
enough. But now they have 10 study botom,y AL.
gerbay, and have TO demonstrate suppositions about
sycophants Of circuses, tangents and Diogones Of
parallelograms, TO say nothing about the oxhides,
coroslics and abstruce triangles" Thus saying,
the old lady leaned back in her chair, her knittn'
work fell into her lap, and, fur some minutes, she
seemed IN meditation.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1850-02-27

PREsERyAr1oN OF THE PoTAro.-A correspon-
dent Of the Western Farmer. furnishes the annex
ed mode Of treatment Of the potaso to prevent the
rot. The plan is IN old one, and has frequently
been tried in Pennsylvania with very good success.
We republish it for the benefit Of those 70 whom h
is new; s
ri placed my potatoes when taken from file drilis
in small heaps, of say 80 bushels in each, on the
surface and covered them with straw, with a light
layer Of earth 10 keep out the frost. In this sifua
tOa they were left some two weeks, when the
heaps were opened, the potatoes carefully picked
over, large number already attacked by tho dis
ease were thrown out, and the residue conveyed to
the cellar. In placing them ia the cellar, caused
quantity of lime to 5freey sprinkled among them,
50 as to bring it sfar as possible in contact with
every tuber This was induced 10 do by sug-
geston had met with 10 an eastern paper. tried
il merely as an experiment, without any very def
mite idea as TO how or why the lime would act asa
preventive Of the disease. However, have, with
in the last few days, had my potatoes again picked
over, and was gralfied to find that but very
small number were in any way affected-nos more
than is commonly found in large quantity when
picked over. have further found that che pots.
Toes have kept remarkably sweet, receiving no dis
agreeable flavor from the lime. The experiment is
worth trying"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1850-02-27

AMOUNT OF CONVERSATION CALcuLArED.-The
Rev. Mr.. Gannet, Of Boston, reckons that each in
dividua averages 3hours conversation daily at the
rate Of hundred words minute, or twenty pages
Of ar octave volume in an hour. At this rate we
talk volume of 400 pages in week, and fifty.two
volumes in a year. lat t
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1850-02-27
HENDERSON NJ. BELL.
ATTORNEY AT EAW,
,STAUNTON, VIRGINIA.

a1RACTISES in the various Courts Of Augusta
4 Rockbridge, Bath and Highland. Prompt at
<ention viii be given to all business entrusted 10
his care. g..
Office in the white building opposite the Co1r'
House. next door to John n. Hendren-where he
NAV always be found during business hours, exceP'
when professionally absent.
Nav 2, l849.--tP
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1850-02-27
OHEsEnRoUaM, sTEARNS & CO.
SILK GOODS.

81, .Nassau ST., Opposite Post Office, .Ns,o YORK.
Importers and Jobbers Of French India, German and
Italian Silk Goods of every variety.
ISo complete assortment Of British and Amerl-
a can Fancy Goods suited to all sections OF trade IN
the United States and comprising the most Fashiona
bic STYLES to be found in the New York Market.
December 90, lS49.-6m.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1850-02-27

WIN. G. STERRETT, on the corner opposite
w the Post Office, has jus, received a superior
article of Tea, for sale low.
December &c, lS49.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1850-02-27

o. Wine drinking and cigar smoking are bad
habits. They impair The mind and pocket, and
lead to waste Of time. 3
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1850-02-27
PRINTS ONLY.
LEE & REV s II T. Il (,
"a Cedar Street, New York.

"a Cedar Street, New iOrK'
Print Warehouse established in lS43 tor the SAFE
of Printed CalicOes erclorsireti-at lo,o pr'ce'.
II ZEE & BREWSTER cOnfne their attention exclu,
IL siyely 10 the purchase and sale Of American ana
Foreign Prints Their facilities enable them to De 'ne
largest purchasers in the United States ana secures 70
over any other Housc,-and to which the attention Of
Merchants is respectfully solicited.
December 26 lS49.-6m.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1850-02-27

The Suns DISTANCE FROM THE EARrH.-A
gentleman, in this city, who has discovered new
mese distance at which arayaas f bodies sh re-
yoIye around each other, has nx1e the calculation
upon his principles and finds the distance from the
centre Of the earth to the centre Of the sun 10 be
e2,2S5, ,568 miles, (ninety-two millions, two hun.
dred and eighty five thousand flye hund,eo 1s ana
oui,e. but few minutes labor he takes the diam
ete, of the earth at the most commonly received
measurement, m 7, 7,9l2 miles.-.N Y Paper. 10
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1850-02-27
CONGRESS HALL.

Jo S7EWNlDIVAN1F9
No. IS CHEsNur ST., 27 SOUTH THIRD ST.
PHILADELPHIA.
Dec 10, 1949.-6m.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1850-02-27
Or. Robert ". Robertson

VEAyING located on Christians Creek, at the
IN residence Of his BROTHER tenders his profession
al services to the neighborhOod and the public gen.
erally. He may be found at home at all hours ex-
cept when professionally engaged.
September l9, lS49-6n.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1850-02-27
ErHoMAs ALBERTSoN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,

WAYNESBOR0', "a,
PRACTICES in the Courts of Augusta Abe
| marie and Nelson. Office in the room iateiy
occupied by Col. George Baylor, where ne may
he found at all times, unless when absent on pro-
fessional business.
Nov. 90, l84S.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1850-02-27
HI. SKINNER,
A1E1E0lNIAT an ILAW9
STAIJNTON, VIRGINIA.

STAUNTON, VIRGINIA.
DRACTISES in the SuPerorand Inferior courts
Il OF Augusta, the Superior Courts OF hocklns
ham, ROckbridge, and AlOemarle, ana In 'ne u o.
District Court for Western Virginia,
OFFICE, next door to the Court House, in the
Brick Row.
May 2, lS49.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1850-02-27

nv Il is better to accomplish perfectly small
.mont Of work, than 10 half do ten timesas much.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1850-02-27

Mrs FARNHAM AND HER PARry.-Letters were
received in this city yesterday, by the last Caor-
MIA mail, from Capt. Windsor of the ship Ange-
que, in which it is said that Mrs. Farnham left the
ship at Valparaiso, purely Of her own accord. The
following are said 10 be The circumstances under
which she left. The captain says that without his
knowledge she had taken on board Chilian girl,
while at that port, whom she had coaxed away from
one of the hotels. Soon after, it was ascertained
shore that the girl was On board the vessel without
a passport. The captain of the port Immediately
sent message 10 Capt Windsor, desiring him to
put the girl on shore. Capt. Windsor forthwith
informed Mrs. Farnham that the girl must be sent
on shore, 10 which she replied that if the girl was
sent, she Mrs. +. y shodld 'go also. Capt. Wind
sor told her she could act her own pleasure about
that, but that the ship was under way, and he
should go to sea Immediately, and wait for no one.
Mrs. Farnham went on shore, leaving her children
on board, and the Angelique went 10 sea without
her. The passengers, on arriving at San Francis
co, signed and presented to Capt. Windsor card
Of thanks for his honorable and gentlemanIy depor-
ment during the voyage-Boston Daily .4drertiser.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1850-02-27

Temperature OF the hive had been raised 10 about 70
degrees fhe external air being at 40 degrees, tho
bees at midday maintained the temperature stead
lily at 81 degrees by their mode IF ventiiation the
hive continuing all the time 10 be excited.
AeRacuLTURA1 ExBIBIrIoNs..-Honce Greely,
Of tie New York Tribune, in writing from the
State Fair at Syracuse, thus speaks Of the utility
Of such exhibitions -
There cannot be less than two or three hundred
different kinds Of agricultural implements on exhi
bItlon herehorse rakes, cultivaors, sraw-cutters,
subsoll sad other ploughs, new bee-hives, water
wheels, horse power saws, &c., ,So have consd-
cred This slt0gether The most important feature Of
the Fair. great OK may be reared by greater
fool; butno man who ever worked year at farming
can spend a'day among these implements and in
'ventions without being stimulated 70 think. The
great end Of all such exhibitions is an improvement
Of the breed of farmers-of men. Now, the maa
who has been skimming ever a hundred acres ofland
for the last twenty or thirty years. ploughng six
inches deep, manuring with his good wishes, and,
growing fifteen or twenty bushels Of corn to the acre,
cannot spend day in one Of these Fair enclosures
without being startled and ashamed. These sub
soil ploughs, one Of which, properly used, woall
double his product of corn and vegetables, and in
dry seasons treble it-these sraw,cusers, with oue
VI s-~'itcn his scdhty crop oI nay Hsht nave pech
made, with the aid of straw, stalks, &c., TO wikter
his stock bountifuy--,hesecul cultiSators seed.plsnt
ers horserakes, and other labor saving Implements,
must BET him thinking. 80 t-,,.
What sort Of crop do those farmers obtain who
use such implements Who make the most BY
farmiug-the fifteen or The fifty bushel orngrow-
ers2 What sort Of farmers is it who are able u bug
land when any is for sale low forcasil What son
offarming aeaves land in condition to sell sdvan-
tageously2 These questions arise spontaneously ia
the simplest minds, and they can be answered. I
don't believes farmer can attend three successive
Fairs ard not resolve 10 farm better through all his
life afterwards"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1850-02-27

LovE.-So strange and passing strange, is it'that
the relation of the the passion Of love short
should not be taken into deep consideration BY our
teachers and our Legislators. People educate and
legslate as if there were no such thing in the word
but ask the priest, ask the physician let them re-
veal the amount of moral and physical results from
this one cause. :. Must love be ever treated
with profaneness as a mere allusion2 Or with
coarseness as mere impulse2 or with fear as a
mere disease or with shame as mere weakness2
or with levity as a mere accident; whereas it is a
great mystery and great necessity. lying at the
foundation of human existence, morality and happ
ness-mysterious, inevitable, as death. Why
then should love be treated less seriously than death?
1t is serious thing. -. Death must como, and
love must come but the state in which they find
us-whether blinded, astonished, frightened, and
Ignorant or like reasonable creatures, guarded pre-
pared, and fit TO manage our own feelfngs-shade-
pends on ourselves and for want Of such self manage
ment and sefknowedge, look at the evils that en-
sue! Hasty, improvident, unsuitable marriages
repnng, diseased, or vic Gus cellbacy rretrievable
nfamy cureless insanity thedeath that comes ear
y, and the love that comes late, reversing the pri-
NAL laws Of our nature Ihackeray
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1850-02-27
AGRICULTURAL SCIENTIFIC.
THE Beehive IN waH1rn.

Sharpe's .Mogozine has an interesting article on
This subject. Some naturalists have maintained
that bees become torpid in the winter, and others,
that they Aaye the power of sustaining tempera-
ture in the hive Of from 10 10 80 degrees. To SET
tie such questions, course of experiments with the
thermometer has been carried on by Mr. Newsoft.
and he has found that the hive bee, during the
winter, does not becme absolutely torpid but, il
leit entirely undstuTbed it passes into condition n
which its tempera:are ofbody and amount Of qsspi-
latien become very greatly dimmished-a state Oh
deep Sleep IN the combs, from which by beautiful
provision Of nature, 1t is reused by great cold As
soon as the temperature falls considerably, the in
sect shakes off It's topor and commences breathing
with energy, by which an amount Of animal heat 3
produced which exerts its salutary influence on the
air Of the hive. 1t is only at moderate tempers-,
ture that the insects continue torpid, md, when in
this state, 1t is very easy to rouse them from By
gently shaking or tapping the hive. When this is
done in winter the bees wake UP, become excited,
and soon, by the rapdy Of their respirations, raise
fine temPersture ofthe hive to great height.
But the methods which the bees employ to keen
Mr. Newport, 'been amused by Observing them AZ.
ter the hive has been disturbed for short time, a.
though but few minutes before there was not
single bee on the alighting board, come hastily TO-
the entrance ofthe hive, and having arranged them
selves within three quarters of an inch Of the door
way, begin to, fan with their wings most labonous-
ly, to occasion current of cool an through the ia
terror Of the hive" On one occasion when the
Temperature Of the hive had been raised to about 70
degrees, the external air being at 40 degrees, the
bees at midday maintained the temperature stead
lily at 81 degrees by their mode IF ventilation, the
hive continuing all the time 10 be excited.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1850-02-27

o. Never make money at the expense Of your
reputation.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-04-10
49, 80 sss1hS se' ~ ~ -.
Death of Mr.. alhOl,n.

". ."fs5't : ss, WASHINGTON, April 8.
All business is suspended at the Capitol. The
Committee of Arrangements and pail bearers,
Messrs Mangum, Clay, Webster, Cass, Berrien,
King, and mourners, met at the late residence OF
Mr.. Calhoun to remove the corpse. The gale.
ries Of the Senate were crowded. The members
of the House were followed by the Judges OF
the Supreme Court, President, Heads ofDepart-
ment, and Ministers of various countries. At a
quarter past twelve, the coffin with the attend
ence, entered, and the members stood up. The
Rev. MIR. Butler read the Episcopal burial SER
vice, and chaplain from the desk read the pray
err He preached from the SD Psalm, 9Th and
9TH verses, 81 have said Ye are gods; -But we
shall die like men,,
In the House, the Speaker in conformity
with the resolution passed yesterey, stated that
the members will now proceed to the Senate
Chamber and join in the funeral services.
Mr.. Calhoun's work on the Constitution, on
which he has been engaged for four years, was
completed last December. 1t is soon to be pub
lished by his friends. This work develops his
peculiar theory of government.-[G Gal. Gaz
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-04-10
CAPITAL 100000.
ViRCenneS, state Of Indiana,

THIS Company is prepared insure lives, grant
endowment and annutes.
The following among the benefits conferred nv ins,l
ring in this office:
Premiums amounting to $50 and upw Yards PAYABLE one
half in cash, and the balance in II months,
movable, with SIX per cent interest, or the premium may
be paid monthly in advance.
Insurance effected in Office upon the life of the
BAND free from all demands of creditors.
Creditors insure the lives of debtors, and debtors
their own lives for the benefit of creditors.
Naval and Military O1icees, Masters and Mates ofhoats,
vessels and indeed all classes, may this office,
their families against want at the lowest rates of premium
G37Premiums lower than Mutual Companies.
7No responsibility to the Insurers beyond the payment
-No risk of Partnership with all classes of PERSONS
and its serious consequences.
e3NO liability to have the insured reduced or to
make farther contribution in of mortality beyond the
estimated average.
y3-Tle certainty of having every claim paid soon as
substanated whatever extraordinary mortality may take
place.
The semlannual payment of premiums and thirty days
grace allowed the assured on the renewal of premiums.
rms company allow the insured more liberal travelling
privileges and longer residence in the Southern States,
than any similar institution in the country
person insured in this company has the privilege of
rave>ng land, rivers lakes, inland and re
siding in any of the States Territories of this Union or
the British Provinces of North America during the cntirs
year; except from the first day Of August the first dav
not allowed to travc reside south of the northern bo
Diary OF the State of Mississippi, unless permission is pre-
violsy obtained.
The company does not exempt itself from the payment
of policy if tie assured should die by his hand
which Is consideration of great Importance to the credit
or who nsurrS the life of debtor well wife
insllring the life of her husband.
The Injured will be allowed to make n VOYAGE ont and
hOmc to and from any port the continent of Europe
for an extra charge of IL per cent.
Steamboat men engaged in nav eating the western Wa
tiers will he insured at the regular
No one life will be taken by this company for greater
sum than 5000
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-04-10


OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES fell des
troyer, whibh Stays it's thousands and tens Of
thousands annually. How shall we arrest its
fatal progress, before it sezes upon the vitals,
would answer at once; take some suitable medi-
cine to arrest the disease at the very commence
ment. How many we see in the world whose
delicate frames look scarcely able to support a
short reign of existence-but for the timely care
and proper means they make use of will, often
times, far outlive the most athletic and robust
At the head of all remedies and the first in rank,
stands DR.. WlsrARs BALsAm OF WILD CHER
Ry, which, if administered in time, and taken
agreeably to the prescribed rules which accom-
pany the medicine, will nine times out of ten,
check its progress and restore the patient to
health.
Beware of spurious limitations.
To be had of r. MASON,
Druggist, Dubuque, Iowa.
April 10th, 1850
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-04-10
The Esrandreth's Pills

A RE composed wholly of medicinal herbs and do no.
IA contain any mineral or chemical substances are per
ecy harmless the tendr age weakest Francs and
nevertheless sure TO search the of the sickness.
and produce aCuR wlatever be its character, When
taken in time, and in quantities sufficient. .-. ..
PARTICULAR DIRECTIONS.
AS aperent to purge the bowels, from five may
be taken any tmc going to bed however, Is best time
Should the Pills operate easily and freely and be over
by eight or nine O'Clock in the morning, the next night in
crease the dose one two three or moro pills they will
then act easier and will the cure. Some pcops
take Weny and even TO be well pirged. TT IS NOR
ALLY IMPOSSIBLE THEY CAN DO ANY GOOD lJN-
LESS THEY PURGE, and the more POW ERFULLY,
the good they do The Pills require no attentions eat
and drink what you please and have fear of catching
cold the body is better able to stand the effect of cold after
dose than BEFORE because the Pills take away the gross
and corrupt unors which clcgged up the bood and pro-
vented from circulating freely Should thirst he u
ring the day, drink any weak lquor-warn water is the
best but cold will do no harm.
Should the pills occasion any sickness efore operating
DO not mind it; who las any bad effect from
sickness On the contrary is always sautary Besides
this sickness of stomach will be over and give great
relief 1t only happens in the beginning when the stc-
ach IS full of corrupt acrimonious humcrs Immediately
after is you will find yourself we'll and ready for
breakfast. $500 e#.@. 80 Nj N,
The Pills are sold a5 per box with German aud
English directions | WIN. II. ROBBINS, P. Nj.
Is jim .g.a5 alEes#aasE Sole Agent for Dubuque.