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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1851-03-18
NOTICE.

TENIIE Stockholders in the Shenandoah Steam
T. boa, Company will meet at CasiIeman's
Ferry, on the Ssh day Of April next, for the pnr,
pose of clecting a President and Directors OF said
Company, that being tie day FOR Inc annual
meeting. jas. CAS- lt-hAAN.
MAfrh 4 ISSI-il
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1851-03-18

NEGRO GKEsL WANTED.
TEVHE Advertiser wishes to buy for his Own
a use, young and hearty Negro Woman,
for which liberal price will be pad Apply TO
March I-3t TATE u l!DOEF.
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Cherry Plank for sale.
n HAVE a Lot Of Cherry Plank and ScantliDg
- r. S. BLACKBURN.
March q, l85l.-st.
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PORTER'S

TSElIE undersigned having purchased TIE OK
a. elusive right of the counties OF Jefferson
and Clarke, for the manufacture Of TNEEkE S
fbr t1;cksmitk's FORCES, which, wherever they
have bacn tried, have proved themselves superior
ID any thing oFthe kind ever before Invented II
las advantages which no other Twyere pos
sk'sscs;
Ist. The blast can be regulated cGlectual!y so
ais 70 salt any kind of work.
Cd The blast can be kept clear at all times
Il titout the use Of poker, or without breaking
and sinking the fire, thus enabling the Smith to
III Ike clean clear Leaf.
Srd BY actual experiment it saves one third
oI Tie Fuel, willie the work can he done one
fourth faster.
4lh The blast is removed eight or nine inches
froa: Tic back, which is a great advantage TO
Tie Smith, doing crooked or difficult work
5ih II is not liable to get out of order and will
'pS' "'a''' GEO. F. S. ZIMMERMAN.
Chagiestown, March l8, 1861.
The. following among other certificates will
shosg that il has given complete satisfaction:
U. S. ARMoRY, Harpers, Ferry, Va.
Mr.. ROBERT d. PoRTEE-Dear Sir: The
F,vyercs placed by you in two OF the Forging
Fires in this establishment about three years
4jnce are still in constant uses and have no
DOUBT M#ill last three or Tour years longer as
Tl,cv appear to be but slightly impaired. con
alder them superior to Gny have ever seen 10
Use; for economy, durability, and their peculiar
adaptation to any kind of work. find, by refer
ling TO he coal accounts kept against each lre'
dial vr,;r Twyeres save at least twenty-five per
lens.; besides, the facilities afforded for keeping
In n good fire aids materially to increase the
f'''SE Yours, respecrIy Al. WRIGHT,
Foreman Of Forging Shop
Tchnerfullv endorse the facts set forth in the
4bove certificate. ]. H. BURTON,
Acting Master 4rmorer.
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Tbiz is 10 certify that have had two of Mr.
Pobt. ID. Porter's Patent Twyeres in constant
hsegS in my Coach Smith Shop, for three years.
kndsI am Convinced they are great saving OIL
EoaiaDa FIRE in taking heat.
Dur:ng the three years, mine have been IN nse,
.Ibefe ia been no occasion for repairs Ibelieve
~ VII hast for 90 years or more without re.
s;5 WELLS j. HAWKS,
pau Coach Maker.
Chaelestown, March s, 1851.
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TUsT received Osn. burg Co'toas
% Do do 4-4 do oo3
I TVilled O.nahuTg Cotton for servants pEuls ,
Penitentiary plaid dos
Knitting CottODs, all eolo5s
I Bcow5 COttOns BleaehPd dos
March II. TATE & HooFF'
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ERlS RENE.

EO a X AIIS n
REY OFFICE, on Main street, in Charles
I7A town. Possession given immediately
March ]. l25I-3t. q +. MASNN.
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VEylTL. BE- sold, at the residence Of Mary
w Lewis, decd, ON the Shenandoah river, OF
WEDNESDA Y. the l9fh instant, if fair, il not
Ii. g, IL. l,n Al the
The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent. (Port Gibson, Claiborne Co., Miss.) 1848-18??, 1851-04-04
ReaIities Of Theatrical Banditti.

A correspondent of the Paris journal des De-
bats, writing from Rome, gives the details of
very bold robbery committed on the 25th of jan
nary last by troupe Of Italian banditti, at For
liniPopoli. an interior town containing about
4.OO0 inhabitants. and situated three miles from
the larger city of Forli. Forlni-P0poli is sur
rounded by high wall, having only two gates
for entrance and exit.
ATS o'clock on the night of the 18th, the the
atre Of Forini Popoli was crowded to its utmost
capacity. The tragedy OF the death OF Julius
Cesar was to be played At that hour the
streets of Italian cities are nearly entirely de-
serted: the shops are closed; and the inhabitants
are either snugly settled at home or enjoying
themselves in the cafes. The desertion OF the
streets is much more observable in small interior
towns than in the large cities. On the night o.
theatrical representation it may be supposed
that the streets are quite empty, else it would be
difficult 10 account for whattook place at Forlini
Popo!i.
The first act of the play was over and the cur
tain had fallen. 1t was, however, in few min
utes again raised, and the astonished spectators
in pit, parquette, boxes and galleries beheld, II
MACE of the actors, ten bandits stretched 10 sin
ole file across the stage and leveng at them al
many carhines and escopetts. instantaneous.
with this dramatic tableau, thirty other bandits
armed 10 the teeth, appeared in various parts Q
| the house, guarding the doors and menacing tn
| spectators.
Alter the first moment of surprise-no on
daring to stir--the bandit chief came leisurel
down 10 the footlights, put himself into an atti
tude, held up the keys Of the town gates, an
composedly and politely informed bis audenc
thar he had them completely in his power, bt
was disposed TO treat them with all due courtesy
He would take the liberty of calling them OF
by name, they would Immediately leave the tb'
atre, in this regular manner; go home, one
one-each accompanied by one OF two bandit
who would obigingly aid them in bringing bac
10 the theatre all their money and other lit
valuahles.
i The orator then unroled paper, and bega
The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent. (Port Gibson, Claiborne Co., Miss.) 1848-18??, 1851-04-04

| reading off long list Of the names of the prin-
cipa inhabitants. There was no means of re-
sistance. The only soldiers in the place, twelve
Austrian carabineers,' were surprised and bound
ere they had time TO ascertain their danger. 5
The first person who, escorted by two bandits,
left the theatre on this money gathering errand.
was the g0nfai0nier, or mayor of the town him-
self. Others followed. The scene in the the
atre, the feelings of the audience-hee in silent
suspense until half-past II o'clock at night
may be imagined
At length the bandits became impatient, and
two OF them, going from one spectator to another,
gathered in handkerchIefs their watches, purses,
rings, chains, &c. They even took the umbJel-
las. When all the booty was collected on the
stage rapid division took place before the very
eyes of the unfortunate propretors; the chief
politely thanked them for their obliging welcome
of himself and friends, bid them au reroir, the
curtain fell, and the bandits disappeared as sud.
denly as they had come, carrying Of, however,
much more than they came with. They had
completely sacked the town.
The next morning a strong detachment Of
Austrian troops wentin pursuit Of these acetious
gentlemen, but the birds had flown. None of
them were caught, and what was worse, none
Of the booty was ever ionnd BY this neat lit
tie operation the bandits made 10000 francs in
specie, and double than in jewelry, specimens
of art, clothing, &c.
Italian bandits would make very respectable
Northern stock jobbers. They might not get off
as easily there though as they did at Forini-
Popoli.
The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent. (Port Gibson, Claiborne Co., Miss.) 1848-18??, 1851-04-04
A GEM M,

The N. Y. Knickerbocker copies the follow
ing beautiful lines, and asks for the name O
their author. They have been attributed tc
Bulwer, but whether justly or not, we canno
say:
Into my heart careless look
Flashed from thy careless eyes,
And what before was shadow, took
The light of summer skies.
The first born love was in that look;
The Venus rose from out the deep
OF those inspiring eyes.
My life, like some lone solemn spot
A spirit passes o'er,
Grew instinct with glory not
In earth or heaven before:
Sweet trouble stirred the haunted spot,
And shook the leaves of every thought
Thy presence wandered DER.
My being yearned and crept to thine,
AS if in times of yore,
Thy soul had been part of mine
Which claimed it back once more;
Thy very self no longer thine,
But merged in that delicious life
Which made US of yorel
There moved beside thee forms as fair,
There murmured tones as sweet,
But round thee breathed the enchanted air
Twas life and death TO meet;
And henceforth thou alone vert fair,
And though the stars had sung for JOY,
Thy whisper only. sweet.
The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent. (Port Gibson, Claiborne Co., Miss.) 1848-18??, 1851-04-04

A MODEL PATRIoT.-Langdon, of the Mobile
Advertiser, thus describes Elwood Fisher, the
editor OF the Southern Press: s9a
sit is perhaps unfair to hold the present editor
of the Southern Press responsible for the doc.
trines of that paper. The manner in which the
paper was established is familiar to the country.
Ii was established by the Southern disunionists,
and the present editor was employed to edit it,
He therefore is hired to write disunion editorials
at round salary. He breaches disunon !or
paw, for a consideration was introduced to
him, soon after my arrival here, by an old friend
formerly of Mobile, and as the subject of politics
was soon mentioned, 'O,' says nv friend, Fisher
don't believe a word he writes-he gets good
paw. Says Fisher the least said about it the
better-Iefs take drink There's many Sc
rious truth uttered as joke. The principles Of
Mr.. Elwood Fisher are evidently a tradeabe
commodity. always 10 market and for sale to the
highest bidder. OF course paper thus conduc-
ted is calculated to exert UaSt influence on the
public mind II is such paper that sneers at
Northern men who edit Southern papers.
atwood Fisher is evidently what the world
would call a good fellow agreeable, amiable
and kind From the acquaintance have form
ed with him here, like him He is certainly a
good writer and a man Of talents. But whence
yer you see man wearing drab coat, copperas
pants and a white hat in the winter, set it down
as "a fixed fact that there is "a screw loose
somewhere"
The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent. (Port Gibson, Claiborne Co., Miss.) 1848-18??, 1851-04-04
P @ E Z r Y
The Sleeping Child,

BY LEIGH HUNT.
A brook went dancing on its way,
From bank to valley leaping,
And by its sunny margin lay,
A lovely infant sleeping.
The murmur of the purlng stream
Broke not the spell which bound him;
Like music breathing in his dream
A lullaby around HIM.
1t is lovely sight to view
Within this world of sorrow,
One spot which still retains the hue
That earth from heaven may borrow;
And such was this-a scene so fair,
Arrayed in summer brightness,
And one pure being resting there
One soul of radiant whiteness.
What happy dreams, fair child, are given,
To cast their sunshine DER thee!
What chord unites that soul TO heaven,
Whose visions glide before thee!
For wandering smiles of cloudless mirth
Ger thy glad features beaming,
Say not a thought form of earth
Alloys thine hour of dreaming!
Mayhap, afar on unseen wings,
Thy silent spirit soaring,
Now hears the burst from golden strings,
Where angels are adoring,
And with the pure and holy throng,
Around their Maker praisng,
Thy joyous heart may join the song
Ten thousand tongues are raisingi
The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent. (Port Gibson, Claiborne Co., Miss.) 1848-18??, 1851-04-04
TO COUNTRY MERCHANTS.
NEW ARRANGEMENTS.

TENHE subscribers will, in addition to their
Il present Commission Business, conduct a
General Grocery Business, at Wholesale only,
and on and after the lst November next they
will keep large and well selected stock Of ev-
cry description of Groceries. Their arrange
ments in the Northern markets are such, that
they avail themselves of all the bargains offering
there, and are able to purchase at the lowest
market prices. They have now on the way
large invoices of fresh goods, and will have the
fresh new Cranberries, Buckwheat. Figs, Raj
sins, Currants, &c, which are received in New
Orleans. Their terms will be made liberal and
satisfactory, but in order to be successful and
sell at their usual low prices, they cannot sell
without good City acceptances. Merchants
wishing to purchase goods at the North. (Dry
Goods, Groceries, Boots and Shoes, &C., can
have their orders filled by Messrs. Child 4 Cush.
ing, General Commission Merchants, No. 80
India St, Boston, by ordering through us All
goods purchased by our friends in Boston, viii
be forwarded by us free Of all commissions.
WI CUSHING & co.
OctlO 55 Common st. New Orleans.
The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent. (Port Gibson, Claiborne Co., Miss.) 1848-18??, 1851-04-04

MAGNIFIcENT INDUcEMENT!-To any
who will procure US three hundred and
eighteen subscribers, we will give one copy
gratis, our thanks, and corporation street
lantern. For nine hundred and fifty-seV-
en- subscribers, we will give two copies
gratis, with an admission ticket to the last
circus, and a pint Of chinkapins, or ife
membership in the Young Mems Literary
Society, and our bat.
OF course all others are completely set
at defiance; and aIlother inducements must
fail to elicit attention when this novel pro-
position is considered.
The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent. (Port Gibson, Claiborne Co., Miss.) 1848-18??, 1851-04-04

THE WORLDS FATR.-Interesting Facts.--
We gather the following items with reference to
the Great Exhibition of 1851, from foreign
files:
ST. Helena will contribute to the Crystal Pail
ace three samples Of native produce, namely: one
OF rock salt, one of raw cotton, and one of Ca
ria
MIR. Mitchell, an Edinburgh engraver, intends
sending to the Exhibition piece of gold so small
that an ordinary pins head will cover it--yet it
contains the whole Of the Lords prayer.
A Birmingham paper states that William
Laugher, a nail maker at Broomsgrove, has re-
ceived orders to make 1000 gold, 1000 silver,
and 1000 iron stacks" for the Great Exhibition.
The whole three thousand are not to weigh more
than three grains, and they will be the smallest
nails ever produced.
It's stated, that to make merely the circnit Of
the tables, the visitors will make journey OF no
less than twenty miles.
Il is estimated that the visitors to the Exhibi.
tion will be-Foregn and colonial. 1000 900;
English, Welch, Highlanders and Irish, 5,000,-
600. Total 100000.
They must be rated as separate passengers
for each line over which they pass, by which the
aggregate of the year will be nominally in-
creased 10 about E4.700. 900.
The police force is TO be increased by 1000
men, but the only increaseto the military strength
of London will be. removing the battalion from
/ Chichester TO the vicinity o. The metropolis.
Among the extra accommodations for visitors,
| is one for the working class, to be called the
mechanics Hpme,n situated al Pimlico. Beds
for one thousand persons viii be provided, al Is
| Sd. per night, and every suitable comfort and
convenience will be furnished. Dinners, n re
uuired, 3d.; breakfast, 3D.; cleaning shoes, Id
| A reading room will be provided, and surgeor
also would BE- engaged. The fares of the omn
buses TO the Exhibition III be I'd, and the fares
By the steamboats, to London bridge, I'd.
The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent. (Port Gibson, Claiborne Co., Miss.) 1848-18??, 1851-04-04
M MISCELLANEOUS

FIRST IDEA OF THE ELECTRIC TELE-
GRPH.-Since the success of the magnetic
telegraph, various claimants have come for
ward to contest the honor of the discovery
of the original idea. BY paragraph in
the London Philosophical Journal, transla-
ted from German work by Schwenter,
and published in 1886, it will appear that
the crude idea of the electric telegraph
was entertained previous even to that date,
for Schwenter himself quotes from pre-
vious author:
"How two people might communicate
with each other at distance by means Of
magnetic needle: If Claudius were al
Paris and Johannes at Rome, and one
wished to carry some information to the
other, each must be provided with mag
netic needle, so strongly touched with the
magnet that it may be able to move the
other, from Rome to Paris.
Now, suppose that Johannes and Clau.
dius have each compass divided into an
.alphabet according to the number of letters,
and always communicated with each other
at 6 o'clock in the evening: then after the
needle turned3a times from the sign which
Clsudius had gwen to Johannes if Clau.
dius wished to say to Johannes, 'Come tc
me- he might make his needle stand still
or move till it come to c, then to o, then tc
III, and so forth. If, now, the needle o.
Johannes compass moved at the same time
TO the same letters, he could easily write
down the words of Claudius, and under
stand his meaning.
This is a pretty invention, but I do no
believe that a magnet of such power coult
be found in the world"
The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent. (Port Gibson, Claiborne Co., Miss.) 1848-18??, 1851-04-04
The Family that Never Read a News
paDer,

The second night after left your city, put
up at the large brick tavern, known as the -
House. The proprietor in answer to some in
terrogatories informed me that he owned 400
acres of land, had raised the present season 900
bushels of wheat $50 bushels of oats, and ex-
pected to harvest 1900 bushels of corn-that he
owed no man a dollar and never took a news
paper in his life.
had a great curiosity to learn how family
kept up with the current news of the day when
deprived of the only means of obtaining it.
Soon after entered, the family circle consisted
of the parents and six children, and daughter
on the shady side of twenty-five. The Mother
commenced with.
sinister, do you know whether that great Mr..
Webster IS hanged yet!'
"Yes Madame"
AVAIL said the daughter, 81 allow he'll not
make any more of them are spelling books"
! 81 suppose not"
| "Ive lived Sc long in the world" said the
mother with deep sigh, "and never seed any
BODY hanged yet. always thot I'D like to see
one hanged, but it never happened TO come right,
and I'm getting so old now, don't expect ever
will. Pveseed the sarcus and caravan and such
kind Of shows"
"Stranger," said the daughter, s'theres going
| to be an animal show to.morro down here bout
| six miles. may be you'd like to lay over and go
| down. Brother Jeems says, they've got two
snakes there, the same kind as that can swaller
an elephant but I don't believe there ever was
any sich snake-do you!"
"No, Miss
"Wa. then the iography lies" replied Jeems.
youth Of some fwenty-twoyears.
I'll allow il does,'' said the mother, "why
shouldn't them lie just like other foks?"
"Mother," said Jeems, ''you don't know no.
thing what you're talking about. Don't the I'M
tied States make all the jogrophies! What's
the use of putting lies into 'em. They make
'em every ten years; they're going to make ano-
ther in a few days. They send out men all over
the country and find out everything; that's what
that chap was here for 'tother day, asking SO
many questions about. Stranger your supper's
ready aa
The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent. (Port Gibson, Claiborne Co., Miss.) 1848-18??, 1851-04-04
n. YOE g. Co.
,t.boiesGle - Retail Grocery,
/" Produce and Commission
WERCH.AV'IS,

AObAN A uAAOIs
nroULD respectfully inform the public,
II and the planters in particular, that
~, |" have this day opened a Wholesale
'as .Di Retail Grocery, Produce and Commits
~ ~ House, in Rodney, in the old stand
t,sr h.merIy occupied by Yoe & Stewart
,rl Tsas will furnish all kinds of Plantation
S'nalies upon the most reasonable terms,
III. .;I.r for cash or drafts on New Orleans.
s, rssIiug very thankful to their friends for
asst .s fsvors, they hope the new firm will
p'.sive liberal share of their patronage.
rSss rssy have a large Cotton Shed close to
:. III hank Of the river, where the Cotton
'nI WI not have to be rolled more than a few
r,rds ~ before it is upon the boat. They will
sas;re. store and ship Cotton on as good
vi ri r.asonable terms as it can be done in
d. padusy. They are in constant receipt Of
'.gs M supplies of Groceries and Provisions
t',9 f',@9the North and West, where they re.
.s ..;esd their present stock. For a list of
,s.ir - stock on hand they refer you to the
'1H .Jretlsement below. Aug l8 If
The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent. (Port Gibson, Claiborne Co., Miss.) 1848-18??, 1851-04-04
THE PORT GIBSON HERALD, and
CORRESPONDENT,
~. H. HJAC0BS, Editor and Proprietor J
is PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY MORNING. BY
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each subsequent Insertion. Twelve lines, or
less, in Long Primer, or nine in Brewer, const-
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or fraction of the same, an additional square.
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In no instance will a yearly advertiser be al
lowed to insert any notice not connected with
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FEES FOR ANNOUNCING CANDIDATES.
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The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent. (Port Gibson, Claiborne Co., Miss.) 1848-18??, 1851-04-04

WE have landing from Ships Two Noun
w tain, Carnetra, and Bark Rainbow.
MACKEREL-828 packages, No. /, d 8.
in b6Is, half, quarter and kits.
LNDIGO-45O lbs. superior.
CLOVES-5OO lbs. Cayane,
CITRON-l59 boxes new,
RAISINS-l60O packages, boxes, halves and
quarters, of Kneslers brand.
MACE-25O pounds,
LOBSTERS-40 boxes Of fresh, put up in
I Id. cans.
S4T,M0N--db howe &c f~~~i, ..--' - y
The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent. (Port Gibson, Claiborne Co., Miss.) 1848-18??, 1851-04-04

A T1T Brr FROM BERKsHIRE.-Harry
Briggs, our late excelIency's "fairest prom
ise, is something of wag. Talking, the
other day, with some chums. in reference
to the political changes in our state, ne re-
marked he didn't scare copper about the
defeat Of the Wings, only dad scas under
fhe load.
The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent. (Port Gibson, Claiborne Co., Miss.) 1848-18??, 1851-04-04
,TVSt Received.

n H. YOE & Co. have on hand and
u. for sale
100 bbls Mess Pork,
80 Prime do.
40 New Wheat Flour,
lOOpieces Bagging,
100 coils Rope,
1909 pair best Negro Russets,
10 boxes Negro Bootsi
1000 yards Negro Winter Jeans.
leans, Linseys, Coffee, Sugar, Candles,
Soap, MoIasses, Salt, &C., &c.
Aug l8 02-tt