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CATHoLis NhTioNhL CoUseIL.-On the 9th ds =
OF May next the National Council will ss,rmblc
~ the ,athedral IN Baltimore, and will be com
posed Of thirty two bishops, (sis of then, s,ch
bishops MOst Rev. Archbishop Kendrick viu
preside. Each bishop will be attended by a cIerov.
man as theologian, making tho council 10 consist Of
bity two members. Several hundred ccclesiaatics
will be in attendance, as well ss large concourse
OF rerscns, 20 witness tbese interesting ceremonies
rnony Of which will be pUbic This is the last &c.
neral council TO assemble in Baltimore for ten
years though there will be provincial councils in
all the arehbishopricks every two years
I"Nrcuy' Of baltimore SIM
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Senator PEaRcE, of Maryland, we are happy
to learn, has resumed his seat in the Senate.
from which he had been detained for some days
by severe indspostion.
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rate-the movement for agricultural advance
ment that has already taken powerful hold
upon the intelligence of the nation.
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FATAL AcoIDEHT.--An accident occurred on the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Weverton on
Friday night last, by the bursting Of the boiler of
the locomotive, which resulted in the immcdiste
death of Benjamin McMskin, n supervisor; and
William VIM, the engineer, bad bis head 20 in
Jurcd that his recovery Is considered doubtful.
The fireman, Philip Lowe, wac slightly scalded.
[Narttnsbug Va ) Gazetfe
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AsrRIcAs ARTISTS At RoMK.-A correspondent
Of the New York Commercial Aduertiser, writing
lately from Rome, Gays:
| CATER an uncommonly disa greeable winter, the
| spring has at length come upon in all its at
fractions. American visitors pournR in for the
season Of Easter. Very few Of them, regret 10
say, have given orders this winter to our artists
which fact, of course, is felt by them great die
couragement
Crawford is getting on apace with his colossal
| statues Tor the Washington Monument at Rich.
Inond, Virginia. Patrick Henry and Jefferson are
ready Tor casting in bronze. The Jefferson is ex.
Ceedingly good. Among all the drapcd status.
here, none, except n statue Of Minerva at the vau-
can, impresses me 50 much this for iis dignity.
Freeman is preparing to visit the United States
"iih two large pictures-ono, the Marys at the Sc
pulchrtj tue other n rustic piece; both executed
with great power. In the sacred piece nc has de-
sgnedly departed from the standard rules Of such
compositions; but whether not he has made a
conquest in direction Of art remains TO be
seen. No one, however ] think, will deny him the
evidences Of geniu 10 this attempt
Terry, who D. rsmarkaby Tree from faults
goce on improving. and bids fair to reach high
point Of excelencu. His large piece of Columbus
before Ferdinand and Islbela, Is finished and will
be cent home this spring. IL goes to Boston
'Mozier has statue in clay Of Pocabontas, for
which nc has already received two orders at 81 900
each. The piece Is exceedingly praised 6y the
correspondent Of the London Timer.
lives has statue in plaster of Spring, highly
esteemed by the artists He asks but 8 l 500 Tor
= o"h III Oiuti i"t ~ yet 10 appreciate the
Spring OF Ives. one must know something OF gene
raj arS but every one can read in the Pocshontas
an impressive story. The accessories of the cross,
and the tame deer with the familiar history OF the
daughter Of oubatan, will give this work, ! doubt
not, great popularity in the United Statcs Ii Ivcs
would give his fine talent 10 some thoroughly
American and instructive subject like THE his for
tune would soon be made.
bartholomew, young sculptor from Hart.
ford, has been remarkably successful in getting
orders this winter. Although but beginner, and
making only bas- relieis he has obtained high
prices Tor his few pieces. The reason is that his
subjects are touching He makes his art tributary
% noble sentiment, and therefore deserves peculiar
Encouragement Happily, Mr.. r. has decided Ia.
lent in his profession. The artists do not begrudge
him his extraordinary good fortune
Rogers is cutting out modest and beautiful
Ruth with her shcsfi work which, If finished for
the proposed great exhibition in New York, would
give him most desirable kind # fame There
are some other sculptOrs here at work upon per
fectly nude figures, to which they give sacred and
classic names, but which trust will never be any
thing more in the eyes Of Amc rican amateurs than
vulgar posurcs Of tho female form. Happily they
have not sufficient artistic fame 10 give them fame
and bad influence"
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Tvs Fmr ANsrmLAros.-Tbo New York Jour.

THE Far ANsfHiLAroR.--The New York Jour.
nal of Commerce ofthe 2lst inst. says:
"Scvoral experiments were made with Phillips's
fire annihilator, near Newark, on Saturday last
Nsrnsh, shavings, and other innammable mate
rials, were repeatedly set on FIRE, and the flames
successfully eEtinguished; but final experiment
being made within a house, the fire unfortunately
made too great headway--a frcsh wind was blow
ing at the tirne-ond the whole was burned to the
ground The Newark Adpcrfis0 says: -Four or
i've aunihlators thrown in at the windows
and IN the opinion Of many checked the flames
though they did not succeed in REFRESHING them. 4"
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POgrAoK

POgrAoE
Mr.. OLDs asked the unanimous consent of ia,
House 10 discharge the Committee Of the Whole OF
the state OF the Union from the further considera
ton OF the bill amcndstory Of the "Act to modify
and reduce the rates of postage and for other pur
poses He said that the bill merely affected news
paper postage, and that IL was desira bic ii should
go into operation on the fret Of July next.
Objection was made.
coSTEsTED rLEcTioS.
Mr.. ASHE, from the Committee Of Elections
made report in the case Of VI. b. Wright, con
testing the seat Of Henry NJ. Fuller, ne Representa-.
tive from the State Of Ponnsylvanis, accompanied
by the following resolution, viz:
Resoired, That the election at Danville precinct
county OF Montour, eleventh Congressional dis
trict OF Pennsylvania, was illegally and irregular
" conducted, and the seat Of the member is va
cant and that the Speaker inform the Governor
OF that State Of the decision Of the House that a
new election may he ordered.
The report and resolution were ordered TO be
printed, and the subject was passed over infor
mally.
SCHOOL LArps
Mr.. FREEMAN, from the Committee on Public
Lands, reported bill authorizing the Legislature
o. mississippi to cell the lands heretofore sppro
priated for schools in that State and TO ratiiv as
afeedy made. The bill was passed.
PRE.EsrTIoS Rfsgrs
Mr.. FREEMAN, from the same committee, also
reported bill TO protect actual settlers upon the
lands on the line Of the Chicago and Mobile rail.
~ kianuhB mem pre.emptiOn rights, md
asked that II be put on ts passage In explanation
nc SAID That a railroad has already been chartered
RON Mobile, Alabama, TO Chicago, Illinois There
mas been reserved from sale along the line of public
lands for fifteen miles on each eide of the rood:
ans along the line Of THE road the hardy pioneers
OF the forest have acquired by settlement a large
number Of presumption claims.
The object Of the bill was TO permit those men
who have gone thither and erected improvements on
TIC pubic lands, TO complete their titles This was
amply and substantially the object Of the bill He
was cure no man would have TIE hardibood to rise
and move to cOnsign II TO the Committee Of the
hole on the state OF the Union where IL would sleep
the sleep Of death for the remainder Of the session
lie appealed to the House. in behalfofthc hardy pio-
neefs Of the forest-those log cabin men, whose
Ploughs hrst turned up the virgin eanh-to give
the previous question.
Mr.. HUNTER asked what was the necessity for
passing a pre- emption Law for the protection of
thcsc mem
Mr., FREEMAN replied, because tho lands have
been kept out Of market.
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,

The House passed the bill, reported yesterday,
releasing from reservation certain lands in Arkan.
sas and restoring them to the Of public lands.
ihey were heretofore Get apart TO safely bountes
on account Oi military services rendered in the
OF 1917, and have remained unsettled for many
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"'San Francisco, August IL, 1882"

SOURCES OF THE THAMES.-After long
ascent you come to some solitary grassy
hills; on the top Of these, under the shade OF
two or three alders, is little group of
plashy springs, which tnckle away, form
ing, as far as the eye can follow them, an
insignificant brook. Such is the modest
infancy of the proud Thames. felt tide
of poetry come over my mind, as thought
how, but few miles hence, had seen
these same waters covered with thousand
vessels; but this glorious stream in its short
course bears on its bosom more ships, more
treasures, and more human being than any
of its colossal brethren; how the capital of
the world lies on its banks, and by its om-
nipotent commerce may be almost said to
rule the four quarters of the globe. With
reverential admiration | looked down ton
the gushing drops, and compared them, first,
to Napoleon, who, obscurely born in Ajac.
clio, in few years made all the thrones Of
the earth tremble: then with the avalanche
which, loosened from its bed under the foot
of sparrow, in five minutes buries viii
lage then with Rothschild, whose faith
er sold ribbons, and without whose assis-
tance no power in Europe seems now able
TO carry on war.-Iour of a Foreigner.
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THE PRAYER OF PATRIoTISN.-The fol-
lowing glorious prayer, with which Daniel
Webster closed one of the e"'noblcst speeches
ever written by man, was fully realized by
the great statesman. We can imagine h!s
soul in the hour of death recurring to this
grand inv vocation:
"When my eye shall be turned to behold,
for the last time. the sun in Heaven, may
not see him shining Oh the broken and
dishonest fragments of once glorious Un-
ion-on States discovered, discordant, bel
ligerant !-on land rent with civil feuds,
or drenched, it may be, in fraternal blood [!
Let their last feeble and lingering glance
rather behold the gorgeous ensign of the
Republic, now known and honored through
out the earth still full high advanced. ITS
arms and trophies streaming in all their O.
riginal lustre, mot stripe erased nor pollut-
ed, not single star obscured, bearing for
its motto everywhere, spread all over in
characters Of living light, blazing on all ITS
ample folds, as they foa. over the sea and
over the land, and in every wind under the
whole heavens, that sentiment dear to ev-
cry American heart,-'Liberty and Union,
now and forever, one and inseparable.'
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Woman,s Rights i'm California.

A letter from San Francisco says: ''The
reader may not be aware of the extent to
which we have carried 'woman's rights,
and all that sort of thing, in California. BE
it know to them, therefore, that we have
law which enables women to carry on bu,
siness in their own names, indepently OF
their husbands, or Of their husbands cred
itors. The enclosed advertisement, which
take from the San Francisco Herald, gives
all the information necessary to an under
standing on the subject;
"'NoTIcE.-Whereas Mrs. Eunice Smith,
wife of Jasper F. Smith, of the city of San
Francisco, has this day made and recorded,
according to statute, her declaration that
she intends to carry on business in her own
name, and on her own account, to wit, the
Real Estate and Auction business; Now,
therefore, she gives notice that from thus
date, she shall be Individually responsible
in her own name for all debts contracted by
her on account of her said business; and
she intends to avail herself of all the pro-
visions of an act entitled AN act to author
ize married women 10 transact business IN
their own name as sole traders.
EUNIcE SMITH.
"'San Francisco, August IL, 1882"
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BRIrIsH AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY.
From the report just printed, we learn that
the receipts in full during the year have a.
mounted to 9lOS, ,449 0s 10d., being an in
crease, as compared with last year, of 95,-
118 18s I'd. The sum applicable to the
general purposes Of the society is 956,6s2
IS Id. The receipts for bibles and testa-
ments have amounted to 951, ,765 lbs 3d.,
being an increase of ga,230 lis lid. The
most striking feature in the actual receipts
is the item of free contributions from auxil.
iary societies, &C., which have reached
934, 100 19s. It should be borne in mind
that this is the more important, as it best
proves the hold the society possesses on
the public mind. The expenditure of the
year has amounted 70 g103, 800 9s TO-, be.
ing 9386 l9s. more than in the preceding
year. The donations have amounted 10
g6, 764 It's 10d. The issues of the year
have amounted to 1,154, ,642 copies, show
ing an increase of II, 10S copies over the
preceding year. The total issues have now
amounted to 25, 400, 800. The engagements
Of the society amount to 952, BAL Is. Id
English Paper.
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NORRIS s JACKSON,
JafA of NiruiNia.
WATCHES, CLOCKS AND JEWELRV
.-4sIeE
DAVHH .. BEAR,

rs now receiving from Philadelphia and Balti-
IL more. the largest and best selected stock OF
Jewciry,
aver broarht to this market, consisting in part Of
Extra fine Gold and Silver Watches, from (sSa
As to 5000; fine Marble and other Clocks, ,sS.A
Fob and Vest Chains. Ladies and Gents Breast
Pins, Finger Rings, Gold and Silver Pencil Cases,
Gold and Silver Spectacles, Gold and Silver Thin
bles, Port Monies, Silver Table and Tea Spoons,
Plated do, do, fine Gold Pens, Grondoles, Cas-
trs, Fruit Baskets, Flutes, Spy Glasses, Pen and
Pocket Knives, Revolvers. Pistols, Rifles, Shot
Guns, Gard Cases, Extra Percussion Caps, Cuff
Pins. Batter Knives, Silver Ladies, and all other
articles kept in the best Jewelry Stores.
D- Watches. Clocks and all kinds of repairing
done at short notice, and in the best manner, and
warranted.
Staunton, May 10, 1852.
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Many shall Rum To and Fro.

The time would appear to have arrived
when this portion of the prophet Daniel S
vision was to be fulfilled. 'Many shall run
to and fro and knowledge shall be increas-
ed." Late intelligence announces that Eu-
ropcans are leaving at the rate of more
than one thousand per day for the shores
of America. English papers are beginning
seriously to speak of the EXODUS OF the
Celtic race from Ireland. The waters Of
the Atlantic are not alone ploughed by the
emigrant and passenger ships those OF the
Pacific are disturbed for similar purpose.
To-day august 2d) the Lalla Rookh is an
chored in our harbor with one hundred pas
sengers, bound from Sydney 10 California,
while only few days ago another vessel
touched here with passengers bound from
California to Sydney. Vessels are con-
stantly passing and repassing on the same
errand. Only three days ago the "Thetis"
arrived with one hundred Chinese laborers,
from Annoy, while thousands upon thou
sands are leaving China for the western
coast of North and South America. Width.
er teEds this general movement among all
nations Never before were the ends oil
the earth brought so near together. To cir
cumnavigate the globe is now no more
thought of than journey of hundred
miles was a few years ago, or trip across
the British channel.-Honolulu Friend.
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BENNETT & BEERS,
WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS,
", 1l5 Main Street. Richmond, Virginia.

No. Id, main StrcGl, hiCnihohu, hh5ihiu'
WE are now receiving by Packets from New
w York and Boston, our FULL SUPPLY OF
GOODS for the fall trade, purchased directly from
the Importers and mostly for cash.
We respectfully invite the Merchants OF Virgin
ia. visiting our market to give our stock an exam
in,tion. with the assurance that we will sell our
goods as low and make our terms as uoeraa as any
house in the country. Among OtnerS We Uu1i
20 bbls and 500 dOz oOoO los pest piauuei
Castor OIL l9Oo i"e91
90 " Spirits Turpentine iOO Kegs D y. S HouS Nm.
2OOO gals. Linseed Oil iOO doh brand IN ms
10000 lbs White Lead iUO tian HsuS"es Saes,,
,sn hnyoS Chcwiuc 20 bbls Burning Fluid
Toh,cco 20 Fps. Salts
100000 Cigars part ~ " Alum .,
very superior ZoooloS r-A'; ~ LoG "oou .ol
Together with all the articles. popular Medicines
new Chemicals and preparations, Fancy "0oas'
and an endless variety of everything usually sold IN
drug houses. IL ;,,;,0d
Country Merchants, and the public, are invited
10 call and examine our stock and prices.
BENNETT s BEERS, Druggists
Richmond. Sept. 8, 1852.
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POETRY.
For the Sta,Hnton Spectator.
Exile.

For the Sta,uaton Spectator.
Exile.
Alone-t'we,e hard to live alone,
If all we loved OH earth were gone,
Their dear existence o'er,-
But ah far more to be bereft,-
To know that all we priced is left,
But. to be sect no ffiofe.
Give me, he cried, stately home,
E.mbowered all in forests fair,
Where Ger hill and dale may roam;
And be the lord of all that's there.
Let fl elds and meadows spread around,
Teeming with harvests, rich in green;
Where labor's blthesome notes resound;
And pasturng flocks and herds are seen!
One lovely partner grace my side,
With all sweet woman's gentle leaven;
To temper toll, to chasten pride,
And make of home an earthly heaven:
To bless the lot so kindly cast,
With noble sons and daughters fair,
Our hope while health and vigor last,
Our help when age requires their care.
Bright scons of an honored race,
To flourish round the parent stem,
And long my cherished name to grace,
When resign its charge to them.
But not enough-my heart has still
Some vacant spots, room, room for more
Give troops of friends the void to fill,
And add to Loves from Friendships store.
Not vet content-I'd honoured be,
As well as loved then give me fame,
Not high renown, enough for me
Is private worth's substantial name.
Grant me Esteem-~my neighbor's praise,
Of fellow men tie fair report
The poor to wish me length of days,
Tho Good to seek, the Rich to court.
Now full, the heart; but then the mind
Must have its store, choice supply;
Books, pictures, music, games combined,
To make the joyous hours 60 by;
Exchange of thought, ideas, views;
The inter course of kindred minds;
All that the soul of man pursues-
All that in social compact binds.
Still there are senses left to please;
must have gardens, fruits and flowers,
love to stroll through lofty trees,
To rest at tines in fragrant bowers.
Let me have lawns, all smooth and green,
A shaded grove, cool retreat;
All that can make of rural scene
And rural life, the charm complete
Nay, more; there's pride must see around
Much that proclaims lofty state;
Let then her ornaments abound,
And Pve no more to ask of Fate.
They're thine-she gave them all to thee
They're there, as thou hast asked them, now
All thy proud heart would have them be,
But, s;Lord of all !" where, where art thol
E1LEYpALE. VA. w. B. B.
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AMBASSADOR FROM fIrcAIRN's ISLAND.
Among the passengers by the Orlnoco
steamer which arrived at Southampton,
Eng, on the 9Th October, from the East
Indies, was an inhabitant of Pitcairn's ISL
land, celebrated as the residence of the de-
scendants of the mutineers of the Bounty.
He was the bearer of dispatches from Ad.
miral Moresby in the Pacific Ocean, and
his object in coming to England is to obtain
some assistance for the religious education
of the people of Pi.cairn's Island, and to in.
duce the government to allow English ships
of war to visit the island oftener than they
now do. The individual alluded to is about
60 years of uge, and about % years ago
visited Pitcairn, and was allowed to remain
on the island as religious teacher and to
practice medicine. He is almost the only
stranger ever allowed to remain ,at Pitcairn,
and 10 be considered as one Of the commu-
nifty. The inhabitants of the island in ques.
tor, numbered, when he left, Sc females
and 99 males, who are nearly all descend
ed of the Bounty mutineers, and three Ia
Titan women. They are still remarkable
for their moral and religious character,
chiefly through the teaching and example
of Adams, the chief mutineer.
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THE STAUNT0N SPECTATOR.
--~~~~~~~@-~~->~~~~>~~~~~~~
BY Il. Il j. A. WADDELL.
TERMS.

n- The "SPECTATOR" is published once a
wesS. at T,,o Dollars a gear, If paid IN adranee,
or Too Dollars and Fifty Cents # deleged. beyond
ths erpnaiion Of The gear. No subscription a''tl
be discontinued bit at the option Of the Editors,
,.nta all a,renages are paid.
@se .9H communications to the Editors By mail
,,,,d be postpaid, or they ,riH not be attended to-
@s- .ADVER RTTSE.NE.NTS Of thirteen lines
Tor less, inserted three times for one dollar, and
f,ceatlr,fre cents tor each subsequent continuance
Larger advertisements inserted IN the same proper
zion. A liberal discount made to those 'cho adre'-
isc By The year.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1852-11-10
VIM. CosBErr's EXPERIENCE AS A W.

WM. CosBErT's EXPERIENCE AS A Wa
TER-DRINKER.-Cobbett thus describes his
own experience; sin the midst of society
where wine or spirits are considered as Of
little more value than water, have lived
two years without either; and with no 9TH
er drink bat water, except when I found it
convenient to obtain milk; not an hours Ill.
ness not headache for an hour; not the
smallest ailment; not restless night not
drowsy morning have / known during
these two famous years of my life, The
sun never raises before me; | have always
to wait for him to come and give me light
to write by while my mind is in full vigor,
and while nothing has come to cloud its
clearness."
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Fall and Winter Clothing,

ed from the North their STOCK Oh
Fall and Winter Clothing,
which has been made upexpressy or the Staunton
Market. Theirs is the headquarters of Fashion
able Clothing. 1t comprises larger assortment
than ever before kept in this market The work
II aship of our goods will be equally as good, or
perhaps better than any other, and in regard to our
prices we have only to say, that we are certainly
able to sell better bargains, as we manufacture our
clothing ourselves, than those who buy them from
others, and have consequently to pay some profit.
Our stock is larger than we have room for; we
are, therefore, determined to sell through thisseas
on at such astonShingly low prices, that the pub
lie will soon confess that the best and cheapest
stock of Clothing is to be had at our house. We
give below list of part ofour stock:
Coats.
French and English Dress and Frock Goats. blk
French Cloth Sack Goats, blue, brown and greer,
fine Cashmere, Coats, of every color, black and
fancy Cassinets, Beaver and Pilot Overcoats,
Blue Blanket and Blue Felt Goats, Drab Felt
and Beaver do, Black, Brown, and Blue Cloth
and Beaver Overcoats, French Cloth loose Loop
Goats and beautiful article in Cloaks.
Pants.
Black and blue Cloth Pants, Black and Fancy
Cashmere do. black blue and fancy Satinets,
Corduroy and Tweed do,
Vests.
Black and fancy Satin Vests, fancy Silk do, Me
rino do. blue, black, brown and every color of
Cashmere do, German and Blood do.
ALSO
White Linen, Nett and Flannel Shirts and Draw
ers. Neck and Pocket Handkerchieis, Pistols,
Trunks. Umbrellas, Suspenders. Boots and every
thing usually found in Clothing Stores.
Thankful for the patronage received hitherto,
we would earnestly ask a continuance as our very
large stock deserves great patronage and all
must know the advantage of dealing at the Whole
sale Establishment adjoining Messrs Bare s. Ster-
ret, Va. Hotel Buildings.
GOODMAN s. co.
C..,.u.o, Cav 90 1870