Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1851-01-01

Cosr OF THE MEXICAN WAR.-Tbe Seoro,.,,, 80 a.
Treasury, in his late report. siaps thai "we have =. y
Fppndirnrrs and llabIs, cliarseable directly ,o sad r
and the acquisitions i ffrury Consequent ,oap ~,
peace, The sun S?l7l755f3el. Tits ds nur incl,J,
many cIans presented and 10 be presented arising indiec
" from The war; their gral variety iorhdng even an an.
! Proclamation either number or aHDnnt
Yet, because addIlina revenue WIFI De necessary IA
meet The Interest of these e;rnous expenses. the crv m
Extravaganza slobe raised against The Wing adminsra.
ton.
Ave look upon The Of this in dollars and cents
greai as II Is AS snail in comparison with The dangers {"
fIsunlon which II has brought upon the country. Isf
dangers have imminent thai il has reqnirpd ti,p uni
ted energies ut the grsa and e,od men 81. all ,ariis
place the Union ina position OF comparative safety and dni-
In Consequence OF this Mexican war; the n,y structure
of tree government upon the face n the earth has narrow
" escaped total and all the bloody horrors Of fraIeruaI
strife Can The people orhe United States ever prret bat
if Wing culnrs had been followed the expenses of Thai
and lis zirdrus results 10 the unity and peace of ,t
Republic would all have hepn avoided And ought moi
even the Democracy refrain from abusing that hq ad
ADMINISTRATION which is striving pay the expenses of war
which they had hand in bringing about and which has
successfully averted that calamity of dsunlon. against
which the Wings warned The country. and which, If their
cunspls had been uluwed would have lis umin-
ons shadows over The pa'rio's heart ?-Rtch Repub.
WHAT CONSTITUTES GENTLEMAN "A discourse aie-
y :
eburg is much appauded, and especially the following
extract from H.
"Manners alone make not gentlemen. They may be-
and are VI the evdences of gentleman because of
their connecon with good principles aud g0od feelings
As ASSOCIATED from sterling pncpesand benevolent feel
ings. they are worth nnlhIng. BY gentleman
him who through oness Of principle In do what
is unjust. dishonest dshDnuatp; who deceves
the unwary. imposes upon The unsuspecng, de
frauds the ignorant, betrays the innocent who has
III.
That sesbiy of principle that chastity Of honor which feels
stain like wound. We mean him Who. the dizziness
of vlrne adds the genilrnrss and rhrarance of gene
and magnann0us chlvalry; VIM shields and PROTECTS
the person and character Of The hunbps and fendIpss
female because she The firm and has r weakness If
wonan WIN 10 his enemies is frbparing though he has
the power to nufr who 10 the p"r is understanding and
kind. Though they have M powerio repay who To the
rich and great, and distinguished. is respectful without
being obsquiuIs, civil without being seyile who 10 the
humility, genIenpss and charity ofthe Christian. adds
that rnnpss, dignity, and self respect necessary for The
vndcarun of his honor when impeached for the pes
ervaun Of his character when assallpd."
The AssSRfas DISCOVERIES. antiquities at MIN
evan are placed at late accounts at a mnden epoch
than that fixed by Mr. T.ayard Major Rawns,n thinks
they do ascend beyond twelve or thirteen hundred
years henre the Christian because. in the earliest in
scrp,n The walls, re-rencrs made TO Tyre, Sid"n
and other cities. which funded tiln fifteen
Assyria, The cradle of human civilization. 1t canno We
dubed that The Assyan partake largely " the
Egyptian type and asp that the ups' paces in AS
syria are of mnre modern date than the pyramids but
this dnes appear to be at all conclusive in favr Of Maj
Rawlinsons view. May both Assyra and Egypl, as
at present known h. the children " an earlier civil
zalon every vesage Of which has disappeared, except
what see in lis PR geny2 The prints Of resemblance
between the Enphraian and the Nlnc monuments favor
this by p"hess. rather than the ordinary idea the is
but copy frum The oiher. We believe in word. thai
there WAS mne than cycle of civilization in Nesnpura
mia bpfra that whose fossil relics LayarJ has dsenomb
ed-PhiLdclphia Bulletin.
The CUB,N ExpEpirIoN.-'rte lead participants in
the Cuba EXPEDITION We're arraignrd belie the United
States Circnil Court al New Orleans. on the l6h The
following appeared in I" their :-Genera
Narclsso Lupez Col Theodore O'Iara Colonel john Pick
el. Major Thnnas J. Hawkins. C"onaI w II Bell, Cap
tain a. J. Lewis Col Rubert Wheat. General John
Henderson. J.. j. >ignr Esq and General D. Augnsan
Thuse who did not appear. were G'nuyles. Governor
Qniinan John O'Suvan, Major Bunch. Peter Smith and
n. ID. Haden
Gen LI~z plead in ab,ienon' iothe Indictment, ON the
ground hat the General Jury had bern illegally drawn and
lnpanneI!eh as dsd AISi NAsSrs August ian.
'TbP others PM in The plea of moi guilty.
Cen Henderson requested immediate trial but
Judge McCaleh postponed III" consideration Of that paint rs
well of the pleas in abatement. until The day. when
the, could he argued md he wou determine whether he
Hunt fr The Defendants
The CENTg Al RAiLRoAD.-The extension of the Cen.
raj Railroad Ricmnnd is an imroran link in the
neciinn Of the mclruruis with ne West The traveller
may leave Richmond after six u'clork the
ming arrive Charlottesville one aud reach Sauntpn The
same night. The facilities whrh thIS a rded TO the
agricultural community The line through which The nnd
passes obvious. he bneiiS ihprpre Rich n,rd
will he speedily felt. Upon the road between CharniPs
will and ie
ere lng line record The extension n the road Sraun
,o with The exception a" The tunnel heavy work which
will reG re years. Bni. with thai gap. travel
ers will sm be able In reach Siaunln al four O'Clock IN
the same day o which they leave Robin nd-a great
stride in railroad progress Rich. Republican.
W,Nr.TREApIYc IN THE SoUru OF FasNcE.-Very
venerable and decidedly picturesque as is me process OF
wine TRADING. il is unqnesionaDiy rahera nhy nnP ana
the spcace of great brnwn hnry fPe moi whit lo clean,
Smashing and spawlng in the bubbng juice c"nVeys at
frs, sigh aualmy species ofpeing which however. seems
only To be entertained by hse To whom the sight IL new
was everywhere assured that all eff IRIS had failed t. con-
sirucl wine press capable of performing the work WIN Inc
perfection of the human fj1. M mechanical sqnreZng.
was inmed would 50 nicely express ha, peculiar pop'r-
tiun Of The whole moisture If The grape which forms the
highest favored wine The manner in whic' The run
fused about painted nui To me-. and was asked
To observe that the grapes were, it wrrH sIreznd IN
every possible fashion aud n every possible side worked
and churned and mashed hher and hr by the ever
VIM tues and muscles of The fmt. As lar any mpnrly
went the argument was, that the fermentation flung as
scum The surface every atom Of foreign mailer held IN
SUSPENSION in the wine and that the liquid ultimately oh
tanned was exquisiiey pne if human flesh had never
touched Correspondence fhe Morning Chronicle.
SMALL BUsrxEss-'rhc Democracy Of the Virginia Leg
islanre are sguaizng themselves by mixing up party pl'
iIrs with every subject. They cn"nred ny turning 'u'
falling 10 eecr. as had The prefis rr"e'' nh
clerks of committees happened to brl"ng to me " n's
party; and infer from dehale sprnging on ""
print he memorial of the Directors of the Eastern LIMA
tic Asylum, that they design change the made of eect7s
The Directors of these institutions for the purpose packing
this object suppose the unfortunate of these institutions
will I've carried through regular Of reaimeni" on
the Resolutions Of 98 and so, and. when rubbed dowr
with NTadsons Report, will be discharged cured PET
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