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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1853-05-03
TRICKS OF pTELIsTs.

AT a recent grand demonstration Of the
Friends of Peace at Manchester, England, John
Bright, NJ. p, made the following disclosure !;
He said, g [ was, notvery long ago, id the shop
Of a gunsnlith in London. and heard there what
I had not the least reason to doubt, that it is
the cornmonest thing in the world nov, if there
is to be a duel, that some friend Of the parties
procured pistols, and takes very goo5icare to be
supplied with balls from the same place, which
are made Of material which Signor Blitzs 1
believe, has occasionally used in his exhibitions
They are something Ike balls in appearances; ;
but when they ,rre put in the pistol, and the
ramrod goes down, they all go to dust Now,
that is what duelling has come to; but it was
only a few years Eince dtaelling was believed to
Be as indispensable for the settlement Of pm
yate quarrals as wars are now believed to be M
dispensabls between communities and nations s-
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1853-05-03
GOLD BRICKS.

Through the politeness of Mr. J. H. Sawyer agent
of Adams & Co.'S Express, we yesterday had op-
portunity of inspecting two samples the bars Of
gold recently authorized by act Of Congress. Each
in the form ofa brick The larger one was about
two thirds the size ofa common brick, and contained
22O and "a hundredths of the precious metal which
was pasted paper label stating the intrinsic value
of the ngot to be 81 5O4 9T' and that the deduction
of half per cent for moltng, refining, and stamping,
81 4s2 Is the price which would be paid for it in
gold coins ut the mint The smaller or miniature
brick, having similar marks contained II ounces and
42 hundredths, and was worth 273 II from which
deduct the half per cent leaves 1922 54 the price
which will be paid in coin for it at the mint
We fancy there is here and there stout individual
who of this kind of bricks would not object for
short time to carry brick in his hat" and hume
Others, robust and feeble who would like very
well to have their strong boxes walled the inside
with them E2pDuhEjr
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1fr Shaw, a member Of The Kew York Legisln-
ture, in the course Of recent sessi eaTe the fol-
loving amusing sketch Of his political eateer HIS
coursa has, 10 be sure been devious, but
he seems neTetteles to have hsen directed through
out BY principle; and, aaiteF IN rFties may have
changed more than he, and his plea Of consistency
be mot so absurd as ths GlaughtetR addieated.
Mr. Shaw said that in politie he bad been every
thing BE had been member qf ever party he had
ever heard oE [I.aughter.l Be was Rt this time q
member of the Democratic paTty-Of that faction
known ss gHunkerpLa moderate One-&Father softly
Before TIN time of Andrew Jackson he lad been De
rnoetat But when he vas talked of aS . candidate
for the Presidency and Crawford was mentioned too
he ar. 81 became q Clay man He remained Clay
man during the whole Of that S1espotio Democratic
rule and the one that followed Slung fast to 1lE.
Clay as long as there Vas any hope Of placing him in
the Presidential chair and was present st the Harris
burg CONVENTION TINT messed his llr. Cs1 politi-
calde6td And sorry death & uls. toe. After that
he Lett the party and again sailed uHiler the Demo-
cratic bSnner He had been Democrat and left them
when Opposition to the old United States Bank was
made dstesf 0f the party. BE hR5been q DehoCTat
WHEN, on the other hiild thP leia iVottt Of
1S1i =
tui \ ~ - !, y h
sisientf Lon sfsl lil hld llfIisl = 81 = slS-
long 70 an ftlE M ttft lie WIS s6o{s Q De-
Inocrat but ae9 long he shoI a tamai was quite
uncertain. It depended on tie course pdrsaed6
Mr. Pierce man who had been elected President
lately. [Langhter.l
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1853-05-03
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One Of the. .editofs Of the New York spress EEls-
t1s BrooEs Et IS at present on e visit % the Island
Of Cuba ii fetter from Havana under date Of the
18th inst, be WRITES:
Every day while here and In the neighbOrfiOod,
see some new evidence Of the extended md
coIinexion of tte United States with Cuba.
The c0mneEee Of the Island IS not only largely
American hut much Of its production e American
hands Planters coin money here WIN visit their e.
&ates but once or twice year At present noyseFet
ted at an Theexport Of i've hundred ousand hogs
heads OF one million i've hundred thousand boxes
of sna per annFun, could easily be r1ultp tour
or fire fold and vnnld be- n the counfry belonged to
The slaEe trade and Slave births .do not begin to
meet the demand of labor, ave has ac-
Eapeed enormously here within shor time The
ted lnnnC ronl tsentg to tair-
Is fhous nd from Africa Geltlane hare tn
yeiIel di over Island the past winter, TIL siHb
Slaves have yel y tfeflj eflli port from
Atrie hns ~ constant % ir .anqrs
Tho shins Inr6I ffiior ~ 2 i2o p q MGR asla
- lAlsle a.
The in5olense and m g tbe = hiie lalq5e
enduring heaf but the natives Of Tie Island. These
Isea beneath the broiing suns OF Havana anoin the
fields around the city except Two hours az ulld-
day. Those who advocate anneXRttou must reI1er1-
ber that Cuba can be ours only as slave Country
No body of whites could labor IN the sugar fields and
no body of free blacks would labor with regularity
there. As It IS, Iouslana produces almost tlree-
hs as many hogsheads Of sugar as the entire Island
of Cuba and finds for the bulk Of its production
home market while here the market wholly foreign.
The production must hereafter increase rapidly to
meet the demands of our augmenting population
There arc here about fifteen hundred sugar estates,
giving employment to $4,000 persons, The capacity
Of this island, however, hardly be estimated Its
greatest length following thecurve about eight hum
dred miles and the width from 25 to 100 miles It's
principal ports are Havana. Santiago, Puerto del
Principe Matanzas Trinidad, BaTacoa and Cienfnegos
butthere are twelveGties many towns and some two
hundred villages and hamletsOn the island. AN this
would undoubtedly make noble American State, if
the people and institutions were congenias and there
were no other practical objections. But these are
subjects to be considered uponmore mature judgment
and more careful inquiry. Even to possess country
where coffee sugnr and tobacco grow Us 1uxurantly
rs they do here and where the tropical fruits spring
up almost spontaneously where all the year round
your tableisspread with pines and oranges plantains
yams melons and sweet potato, with other and .un-
numbered fruits fair to the eve and pleasant to the
taste does not compensate for receiving with all
population SO unused to and so untitled for free gov
ernment like ours. The more of Cuba, as it is
the more reasons LIND to oppose fibustering, and
all the present schemes of annexation
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1853-05-03
FIEEcTNG THE yERDANT.

Two countrymen from the western part of New
York were relieved in Brooklyn, day or two SINCE
of $500, in the following manner:
They arrived in New York on Monday for
the purpose of engaging passage to California
While looking atone OF the steamships on the
North River, loading for San Francisco, they
were accosted by two other men, who induced
them to relinuuish the idea of going in that
vessel, and persuaded them to come to Brook
Ivn to examine ship which was to sail next
day, and on which they could secure passage
at a much cheaper rate. Believing the story,
they accompanied their new-made friends to
Fort Greene, from the top of which they were
promised a splendid view of the craft. Before
reachingthe top ofthe hill they set down to rest
when one of the New Workers pulled small
aud apparently solid ivory ball from his pocket
and proposed to bet that it was hollow and con-
tanned a piece ofwhite paper. The country
men, catching at the bait, bet SS0o-one sta
king two hundred, and the other one hundred
and placed the money in the hands OF New
Yorker No. 2, who appearing perfectly honest,
rave them check on the Greenwich Bank for
81 900 as security. Holding the money rath-
er loosely in his hand, New Yorker n o. /, grab
he'd It and ran of, the other following as fast
az he could. and both were soon ont of sight,
and the eountrymen minus Their cash. 1hey
subsequently related their mistortunes ct the
Office of the chief of police, but were SO much
mortified that they had allowed themselves to
Be sWindled in such manner that they refused
10 leave their names
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1853-05-03
THE RIVAL ATTRACTIONS.

It is expected, says the New York Journal
Of Commerce, that Franconi's great hippo
drome will 90 into operation about the lst of
May next-the first thing of the kind that has
ever been introduced into the United States.-
Two hundred and fifty horses will be daily en-
ployed, and there will be about an equal num-
Der of artists and employees. The steam ship
Washington to leave Southampton on the 3Oth
ult, will bring seventy-four persons connected
with the hippodrome among whom are Fran
conf, and Mons. and Mad Cherenie, who are
distinguished in their line of business, at Lon
don and Paris.
The celebrated ''Car ofRoses,n ors'Bacchus,"
will also soon arrive by the ship Sea Duck, from
Havre. Thirteen artists are on board the pack
ct ship Northumberland, with ostriches and ele
phants, and are daily expected to arrive at this
port
The ehippodromeis located on the 5th Avenue,
New York, at its junction with Broadway, on
the west side of Madison square, and between
23d and oath Streets. The ground has for
many years been occupied by the American
Institute, at the time of the annual Fair for the
cattle show; and the Madison Cottage, Zone of
the old land marks) is being demolished, to
clear the ground. The hippodrome is in the
form of large amphitheatre, $50 by 200 feet,
and will seat from 10000 to $4,000 persons.
The surrounding wall and the seats are nearly
completed. The interior will be laid out, in
tho centre as garden, in four sections, with
fountains, flowers andshrubbery, and be cover
cd by decorated tent. The buildings are said
to be more complete, capacious and better ar
ranged, than any of the kind yet constructed.
The style of entertainment will be entirely
new in this country-quite different thing
from the circus. The Roman car will figure con-
spicuously, with races by female characters,
steeple c6ases, "flat races" by female jockeys;
oatriches rode at the rate of twenty miles an
hour; Arabs in the desert, chased by Go
naves; ostriches hunted by Bedouins, stag hunts,
dc, &c.
The HippodrOrne and Crystal Palace will be
rival attractions
On the 9th inst, the grand canopy of the
Hippodrome was raised. The I'd May is set
down for the day of opening. The saloons be
longing to the Hippodrome were rented last
week for four thousand dollars the season
which fact alone will give some idea ofthe null
titude it is expected will visit it.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1853-05-03


We fhe foLlc We
know not i1s tTii ifiiii n & ted but
tbtE i good %.
4esa 81 tdi hisspoek-
eiz :so sues
ge5ts
And as wen tohei came
noent lay many people
stood around or he was
dead. But up IA pered in the.
eaf of t eofEse tedl. nd lot he
that was dead afos went INTO loT md
ate his bnea lie tlope before
And wen and came even
unto the street inch "a He'd Bow u, and lol
q Yankse az. dead fore me and ma people
stood around, weeping and waihng, But /
went unto him, and whispered IN his .ear cot-
to1 And he that was dead arose, and went
INTO BIS counting house, and drove a brisk busi-
ness as before.
And came onto the street which is called
Chatham, and Isaw q fsenchmah lying on the
HiaeWal and man people staod around bif
yssltlEtahtle = thtlt he was dead. I-cdlflitgE
went to linn, and whispered In his ear, szitons.
e,ateils az Ia 1aat9ie:2 And the Frenchmdn arose
and whistled the MarseiIlaise, and looked
around at the ladies, and went on his way re-
joicing. e
sand 1 went yet. further, and came unto the
street which is called William, and there lay
dead German. But by him stood nobody
And thought and reflected for long time
whether on the whole it were not better for him,
as a German, to be dead than alive But at
last stepped up and whispered in his ear ga
ger JcerP And 10! he that was dead arose,
in double-quick time, and went into a German
tavern, and drank lager beer as he had done
before"
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1853-05-03
RApELEgs IS a LOWING HEARr.

Sunny eyes may lose their brightness;
&imble feet forget their Iightness;
Pearly teeth may know decay;
Raven tresses turn to grayj
Cheeks be pale, and eyes be dim;
Faint the voice, and weak the limb;
But though youth and strength depart,
Fadeless is loving heart
Like the little mountain flower,
Peeping forth in wint'ry hour,
When the summers breath is fed,
And the gaudier fow'rets dead;
So when outward charms are gone,
Brighter still doth blossom on,
Despite Times destroying dart,
The gentle, kindly, loving heart.
Wealth and talents will avail
When on lifes rough sea we sail
Yet the wealth may melt like snow,
And the wit no longer glow;
But more smooth wen find tile sea,
And our course the fairer lie,
If our pilot, when we start,
Be kindly loving heart
Vein worldly wisdom Old
Ye who bow the knee to gold,
Doth this earth as lovely seem
As it did in lite's young dream,
Ere the world had crusted DER
Feelings good and pure before
Ere we sold at Mammonis mart
The best yearnings of the heart?
Grant me, Heaven, my earnest prayer
Whether life of ease or care
Be the one to me assigned,
That each coming year may find
Loving thoughts and gentle words
Twained within my Posom's chords,
And that age may but impart
Ripper freshness TO eacli heart.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1853-05-03
TITLES.

What a great people we are, TO be sure!-
we hate everything aristocratic -loathe all aP-
proximation to prerogatiye or exclusiveness-
declare ourselves the only free and equat nation
on, the globe and yet praetice what we con-
denim! Let Us look little closer into this 1lat-
Ter, The Night Watchmen Of our cities are
now led by Captains and Leutenants; our ho-i
tells or taverns are kept by Generals and Colo.
nels; our Legislative halls are fills with Cap
iaiins, Majors Colenels and Generals, and Con-
nress is composed wholly Of 7og.Ora5les. The
title Of Professor, which formerly dsome-
thing literary or scientific, may now mean a
dancing master, hair dresser or barber. Corn
and tooth xtractors dub themselves Doctors,
aad have their CLAIMS acknowledg BY an adj
mining public Thus we are emphatically q
titled nation. We profess an awful distaste
so the bare mention Of titles and deIisIvelyf
Ian po.Ii at the Dukes. BaTons and ostlsof mo-
narsiics Europe, while at the sine time we
s,iftifs foreign chaFla to gnllslis thigh-
a6tfiidng and esteem no man worthy
a af "a the General ssInbly 10 has not
scdiiired tl le of Captainl Cut lpen Tie
pifole 81 561e AZ q plain
10 hing lng llan
s6 imple o noniiit e
S4i6i r a man e
set n lcu,p snt the eQi u @ eholn
"a has Der
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1853-05-03
APPOINTMENTS TO oFF1UE.

Some of the Journals hostile TO the administration
and to the selected by il for high and important
public trusts being unable to find any other tanlt,
either in the announced policy the executive hc-
ton of the President have engaged in the fabEicn
tion and circulation of rumors to the effect that
several such appointments have not only been
urged upon the gentlemen selected for them, but
that they have been profered and accepted uOn
conditions prescribed to the appointing power. To
say that every such insinuation is in all its parts
without the least shadow OffoundatiOn either in fact
or in appearance, is only to affirm what every man
of sense be he Democrat or Whig understanding any
thing of the character either of the President of his
cabinet well knows to be true But the point in tho
case is that all such imputations would be- If true,
and in so far they might have any the slightest
foundation In fact utterly iscrediable to the admin
istraton. All this the authors of such fabreaGOns
that the avowed concealed enemies of the Presi
dent-and they ony-resort to this most transparent
and contemplate trick
Fortunately, neither the President nor the admin
istraton require any other shield from all such nsd
attacks than that which is furnished by their own
position and character. The executive government
of the United States in the hands Of President called
from private life to his high station almost by the ac
clamation of the American people is not likely to DO
reduced to the necessity of enteaty secure the
vices Of men amply qualified TO perform all public
duties Nor is the Befnoerntic party Of the country
poor in ability accomplishment public spirit
as to make the selection of willing competent men
for all Of Its offices task difficult to require tho
administration to accept from any man conditions
upon which Office is 10 be taken or held. And even
if fany such exigency could be Imagined to exist in
any department of the public service President Pierce
stands before the country well approved by all his
antecedents of all the last to yield to any such
dictation Of enforcement Unquestionnbly the dis
tingushed gentlemen selected by the President fos
high and responsible public trusts command fully ts
confidence and esteem; and it is for this reason that
they are selected by him to execute under his
direction and upon his responsibility the policy of
his administration, and Of the great Democratic
party by which his administration has been placed
in power. Such men, we may be well assured,
would be the last to claim or TO permit othesa TO-
claim that by their selection teSifying the eonf+
denee reposed in their ability discretion cad uSg
triOti5m, the Prssident has abdiCAted the UQEs4niI
or transferred the responsibility whicl under The
constitution, belong to the Presidency Is the direo-
ton of public aifairs.-Union
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1853-05-03

.l
We find the followig paragraphs in the Utica
Herald They have aIlhe elements Of romance, but
are related real incnts in the Life of an unhappy
man:
Major Hicks, a ksper of the toll gate, on
the plank road betwEn Richland lstation and
Pulaski, was found cad in his bed on Thurs
day morning last. i probably died Of apo
plexy. He was marable old bachelor, and
for years rented his hpse and lived in his barn,
in Pulaski. He livealone, separate fromsym-
pathy, and leaving nPlace desolate in the so
cial circle.
We knew the old 1ajor well. 1t was only
week before last we hw him standing in the
door of his den as Etpassed by. He looked
the very embodimentf hard times and desc
lation. He was a singular creature. He mar
ried when quite young and after living with
his wife short time, 1t her and suddenly dis
appeared, no one knewwhere. His wife, after
living alone numbers years, supposing him
dead, solaced her grie at his absence in Sc
cond marriage. She lad lived with her second
husband but a short ime, when suddenly one
day our Major "turnd up and claimed his
spouse. The wife eluig to her new lord; the
interloper was in despEir; the Major was inexo-
rable. After maintaining an attitude Of siege
for some time, he proposed that if the second
husband would fork over $4,000, he would
leave them unmolest4l. This was granted, and
the Major vanished asecond time After squan-
dering this sum-wIich it took him but short
time to do-he returned and renewed hostili-
ties. He insisted Oh another $4,000 as a con-
dition of perpetual pon.intervention. This was
also finally granted. Having received this, the
Major repented him of his former evil course,
joined the temperance society, and retired to
spend the remainderof his daysin solitary gran
deur. He has managed to live on the interest
of this last So, 900 past4ffteen or twenty
years. We remember when the Major looked
sleek and trim and 1vaa 1ae,Aala4 l..;A-
oracle among school-bOys and village idlers.-
But owing to one or two demonstrations of a
rather savage nature he had fallen into dis
grace, and been rather stunned, if not feared,
for some years.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1853-05-03
!I.gaclE e. lI1llE % akYR.

There's the secret wing woman At the
head OF q family is the "a best savings bank
ever vet estab blished bat receives deposits
daily and hourly, viii ldsostly machinery to
manage It. The idis aying IS pleasant
one, and If the wont uld fnbibe It once,
they would cultivat a4eFe to it; and thus
many, when they gsele hoawafe of It, would
be laying the foundat q competence, Sc
curity In stormy time ma shelter in q rainy
day. The woman VI to her own house
has large field to slF g. nd the best way to
mike her comprehend or her to Keep an
account eaffent Sof sls. Probably not
one wife "a. ten has idelof how much ara
the expenai 81 Al family. Where
from one 70 nor "a lars are expend7
ed annua cttce 70 nls le some
thing 4 ie np made Iet the
shousese take hs idea-a6t upon and
'stgiV dyer l-andshe V save MANY liars
speI bundled -Fhe before She hougit
It inipo THIS g.l-n9t d rronpts
in 81 I obi r1u thrI ras
srpen nI'--. - # N-- tae
sugei dun are sorry e. aaF ses
IS seEtl TED vary ltl even alnQlg t1qse Boz
preach ae them eSs
amples ia mo IS Teach lie omen
to save,n is a good to be insert
ed In the next aeditie Of Poor Richards AL
mauac"
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1853-05-03
C1RcUMsrANTTAL EVIDENCE.

a STRANGE SToRY-Two men are incarcerated in
the Morris county, (N j. Jail, who were indicted
for the murder ofa man named ROdOlph Kendig, and
are to be tried in Morristown next week. The body
of man was found in Morris CO., whichwas SO much
decomposed as TO be past recognition; soon the
story became current that the murdered
Suspicion turned towards the two individuals who
are nowin prison. AInemorandum book, which Ens
known to belong to Kendig, found IN the pockets
of one of them. The two men asserted their inno-
cence, but admitted that they had beer in company
with Kendig; had gone with him to New York
Immediately after their imprisonment some philan-
thropic Individuals wrote statement of the facts to
one of the Chicago Journals, which fell under the
eye ofthe supposed murdered man, who Immediately
set about making arrangements to return. He was
poor, and had not the means to deray his expenses
at command, and Furthermore found it difficult from
the improbability of his story elicit sufficient char
ity to enable him to accomplish hispdrpose. By per
severance however he Succeeded and we learn he Is
now on his way to New York, and viii appear upon
the stand in ProriG persona as witness IN favor Of
the two men who are charged with the murder.
Ncl0 York Herald
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AGENCY

q ME ,ndeYsigued, Agent for INSURANCE COM
y PAEY OF THE VALLEY OF VIRGINIA, at
Winchester, and HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE
SQMPAHY of Hartford, Connecticut, viii receive ap
ationS and regnlsfe Premiums on all risks in the
!SIEaer CompaRys aud lhsnre Property and deliver
teaey q the property insured as soon as premiums
y Z Iald in fhe latter company.
z = RSeRIFEl0&S received for the following News
lerl asd Periodicals.:
li-Neekly asd weekly ational lnteihgencer.
Ia do. do, Baltimore American.
9sekiy Episcopal Recorder.
pqq Lttells' Living Age.
'lSSathly Boys and GiEls Magazine.
& ~ Yo1ths' Cabinet and Mentor.
b w. HERBERT. Hi
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