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Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1853-07-25
THE DISCREPANCIES.

Who theys A. w. yenable, of the Fourth District
who announced himself for Congress the day he arrived ia
Granville from Washington without waiting consult the
Democrats Of the District and who declared in advance
that he not 10 be controlled by bobtaed lawyers
broken down consabes, and beerhouse debaters" The
failure 10 hold Convention in this District is owing more
TO his opposition to it, both public and private than to all
other causes combined
Who theye Walter +. Leak of the Third District
who Is out for Congress in favor of BENEFITS bill and who
nor who opposed to it, Mr. Leak only takes N ound
against Democratic principle, but be has the assurance
the arrogance to declare that he will support man for
Governor who does not agree with him!
Who are theyg The Democratic Free Press, so-caled
of Wilmington, which supports Mr. Leak in this conduct
and also Aessrs Latham aud Loltn their opposition
Mr.. Ruhn.
Who theys Messrs. Latham and Ioftin of the
second District, who opposing Mr.. Ruln, the regular
nominee-the former disappointed Office
and the latter in full favor with his party in Lenor
but powerles there and destined defeat and final
retirement
Who they? A little kno. OF disappointed office.
seekers in the First District who oppose Dr. Shaw aud
are thus contributing to the election Of Mr. OUTLAW.
Here, then the d!sorganZers in North Carona-al
else is bright and cheering We upon the Democratic
party TO in it, and rid itself il must of its I'M
sound members No party exist without adhcrng
its principles or without organization What Is done
will tell for good evil Summer. We have the
State-th0 people with US aud cannot maintain
position if yield to disorganizers favor those
who from selfish considerations from any considerations
abandon principle.
Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1853-07-25

Bank wiScnrurR independent hank has
gone ibt1 operation. with the follosng officers v
c,nrsd President Robert 49, Wolfe, Cashier; aud God.
Trey y MILLER Teller The notes very pretty aud
will, We hope, be always valuable u cy look Our
delinquent subscribers will fid them this Office.
tYigrLfsfey VirgiaiaU
Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1853-07-25

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Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1853-07-25

sB The Enquirer, quotes portion OF our article Civ
ing the Brigadiers opinion Of the Virginia Grumblers-
We predict that if the Brgader sees he endorse
every word and says it expresses his sentiments.
Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1853-07-25
STATE AFFAIRS.

HoRricuLrvRAL PRopucrs.-The industrious aud Gu
tsrpfisiog Arket farmers In the vicinity Of No<ok
nue 10 reap golden harves SO green peas asparagus
potatoes strawberries and cherries have succeeded the
later case. Of fruits and vegetables Of which they are
now shipping immense quantities by the Bal
tnore. PhiAdelpha aad New York. We had the curos.
y TO obtain list Of the number Of packages comprising
the last shipment by the jamestown Wednesday, for
New York, contents consisting chiefly Of apples
melons peaches, plums, tomatoes, &c.-whch was as
Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1853-07-25

ienee at lIarrods creek Kentucky, the It'll inst
"a Arthur Middleton, of So. Ga, died recently at Ma
pies, where he has been residing with his family for
years lie was formerly Secretary OF legation at Madrid
lie leaves two chidrenand widow, Who descended from
iustrious Boognese family from whom, she inherited
the title of Countess Of Benivoglio.
Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1853-07-25

GoDEY AND GRAHAM July, is5j, price Is Ct. each,
Just received and Tor sale ~ 4. NORRIS,
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AtJ w. RaadoipNs Book Store, l2l Main Street.
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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-10-12

Coon TEMPER is GoLD-If people generally
knew what an advantage to them it was to be
cheerful, there would be fewer sour faces in the
world, and infinitely less ill temper. Aman new
er gains anything by exhibiting his annoyance in
his face, much less by bursting into passion
AS it is neither manly nor wise to yield, like
child, pettshly to every cross, so it is alike fool
ish and absurd to allow feelings of anger to de-
prive us of selt-control There never was man
in any controversy who lost his temper that did
not come near losing his cause in consequence
If ever person plays the game of his enemies, it
is when he is in passion. Acquaintance shun
men of proverbial ill-temper; friends drop away
from them even wives and children generally
learn to fear them more than to love. Thousands
of men owe their want of success in life to neg
lecting the control of their temper. Nor have
they the excuse that it is an infrmity which can
not be restrained; for Washington, though natu-
rally of most passionate disposition, disciplined
himself until he passed for person utterly I'M
passive. No man who neglects his temper can be
happy, any more than he can make those happy
around Good temper is gold, is health, is every
thing. Bad temper is curse to the possessor and
to society.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-10-12

Coop AND BAD LUcK.-There are men who
supposng Providence to have an implicable spite
against them, bemoan, in the poverty of a wretch
ed old age, the misfortunes of their lives. Luck
for ever ran against them, and for others. One,
with good profession, lost his luck in river,
where he idled away his time fishing, when he
should have been in his office. Another, with
good trade, perpetually burnt up his luck by his
hot temper, which provoked his employers tc
leave him. Another, with lucrative business
lost his luck by amazing diligence at everything
but his business. Another, who steadily followed
his trade as steadily followed his bottle. Another
who was honest and constant to his work, erred
by perpetual misjudgments-he lacked discretion
Hundreds lose their luck by endorsing, by san
guine speculatons, by trusting fraudulent men
and by dishonest gains. A man never has gooc
luck who has bad wife. never knew an ear
Uprising, hard working, prudent man, careful o
his earnings, and strictly honest, who complained
of bad luck. A good character, good habits, ant
iron industry, is impregnable to the assaults CT al
the i'll luck that fool ever dreamt Of.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-10-12
The Unguarded Moment.

Yes. my lips tonight have spoken
Words | said they should not speak;
And would could recall them
Would had not been 50 weak.
Oh that one unguarded momensi
Were it mine to live again,
All the strength Of its temptation
Would appeal to me in vain.
True, my liTs have only uttered
What is ever in my heart;
am happy when beside him,
Wretehed when we are apart.
Though listen to his praises
Always longer than should;
Yet my heart can never hear them
Half 50 open as 1t would.
Aud would not, could not, pain him,
Would not for the world offend
| would have him know like him
As brother, as friend;
But meant to keep one secret
In my bosom always hid,
For | never meant to tell him
That loved him-but | did.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-10-12

MrLLER1rEs-Fools are not dead-a fact prov
e1 bv the call for convention of Milertes at Con
cord. IN. H. on the 18th. This sect, brain
cracked about prophetical mysteries, was brought
to a dead halt in 1874 or lS47 because the world
would not come to an end as they had predicted.
Since that time they have been in chronic state
of conspiracy against the globe we live on, and
would now give worlds to be able to burn up this
Philadelphia Register.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-10-12

WHAT HE DIED oF.-We overheard the fol-
lowing dialogue between an alderman and the wife
of an Irish shoplifter:
"What's gone of your husband. woman %
whats gone of him, yer honor? Faith and
he's gone dead"
"Ah! Pray, what did he die OFF,"
''Die of, yer honor? he died of a Friday"
81 don't mean what day of the week, but what
complaint ?"
"Oh. what complaint, yer honor faith and it's
himself that did not get time to complain"
''Oh. oh ah-he died suddenly ?''
"Rather that way, yer homer"
''Did he fall in fit 2"
No answer
"He fell in fit, perhaps p',
"a fit, yer honor? why, no, not exactly that.
lie fell out of window, or through celler door
i don't know what they call it."
"Ay, ay, he broke his neck !"
No. not quite that, yer worship"
"What then ~
.'Ihere was a bit of string or cord, or that like,
and it throttled poor Mike''
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-10-12

SrSeuLAR.-Mrs. Leland, of Nora, ILL.,, has
piven birth to a son which had attached to the
middle Joint of each little finger by its proper
stem, a perfect tomato. The mother had bestow-
ed unusual care upon her tomatoes in the garden,
and hoped to have them ripe before her confne-
ment. The specimens brought hy her son were
about the size and stage of maturity of those in
the garden, and could not be distinguished from
them by the closest scrutiny.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-10-12

PERPETUAL THIRsr.-Some years ago we gave
detailed account of the condition and appearance
Of man who then was supposed to be the great
est drinker among men in American, if not on the
globe. He is yet livingin excellent health at the
age of So years,and still remains in state of per
petual thirst The individual alluded to, is Mr..
James Webb, of Fairhaven, Mass. Under every
aspect in which the case may be examined, it is
remarkable, and perhaps unparalleled in the an
mails of physiology. In early infancy, the quanti-
ty of water he consumed was so large as to aston
ish those who witnessed it. A development in
size and weight Of body required a corresponding
increase in the quantity Of his aquatic potatons.
Under ordinary circumstances three gallons of wa
Ter is rather a short daily allowance for him, and
it would be impossible, it seems, for him to live
through night with less than paiful. With
this immense amount of cold water daily poured
into the stomach, Mr. Webb has been in good
health and spirits. We leave the statement of
these curious facts, unembarrassed by comment
and simply ask of learned editorial friends the
probable cause Of this uhsatisfied thirst.-Boston
Medical s. Surgical School.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-10-12

og. Happy the man who finds in Duty the gov
erninp princi pie, and depends upon well-regula-
ted heart for happiness Happy the statesman
and the soldier ali whose ends are "his Country's,
his Gods, and Truths. Againsta soul built upon
the rock of conscious rectitude, the storms of time
and change beat in vain-those storms which,
with few fierce blasts overtun all proud edifices
reared upon the shifting sands of the worlds ap-
nlause
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-10-12

IMPORTANCE OF TRIFLEs.-One of the earlier
founders of the cotton trade in England purchased
an estate in neghborng county, from peer. for
several thousand pounds. The house with its fur
nlture was to remain precisely as it stood. When
the purchaser took possession, he missed small
cabinet from the hall, worth some three or four
pounds. He applied to the late owner about it.
"Wel," said the noble lord, IL certainly did
order it to be removed. 1t is an old family cab-
net, worth more from its associations than any
thing else. hardly thought yon would have
cared anything about so trifing a matter in 50
large purchase"
'.My lord" was the characteristic answer, ''fl
had not all my life attended to tri1es, should
not have been able to purchase this estate; and,
excuse me for saying so, perhaps if your lordship
had cared more about triAes, you might not have
had to sell it,"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-10-12
STAUNTON SPECTATOR.
BY j. A. & l.. IL. WADDELL.
TERMS,

e,- The 'SPECTaTOR'' is published Oncea
"sek, at Too Dollars year, If paid IN adrance,
or Tco Dollars and Fifty Ceats i delayed beyond
The erpiration ef the gear. No subscription ,cit
be discontinued but at de option Of the Editors,
sntil all arrearages are paid.
o. .AtI communications 10 The Editors By NAL
must be post paid or they ,cW mol be attended to.
o. ADVERTISEMENTS Of thirteen lines
Cor less inserted three times for one dollar, and
twenty-five centsf for each subsequent continuance.
Larger advertisements inserted Ia the SAME proper
tion A liberal discount made TO those lcho Gdcer-
tise by the gear.
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? Oct RY .
The Common Lot.

Oace in the flight of ages past,
There lived a man-and who was he f?
Mortal howe'er thy lot be cast,
That man resembled thee.
Unknown the region of his birth,
The land in which he died unknown,
His name hath perished from the earth,
This truth survives alone
That joy aud grief, and hope and fear,
Alternate triumph in his breast,
This bliss and woe, a smile tear
Oblivion hides the rest.
The bounding pulse, the lauguid limb,
The changing spirits rise and tall,
We know that these were felt by him,
For these are felt by all.
He suffered-but his paugs are DER;
E.nioyed-but his delights are fled;
Had friends-hs friends are now no more;
Aud foes-his foes are dead.
He loved-but whom he loved, the grave
Hath lost in its unconscious womb;
o she was fair but naught could save
Her beauty from the tomb.
The rolling seasons, day and night,
Sun, moon and stars, the earth and main,
Erewhile his portion. life and light,
To him exist-iu vain.
He saw whatever thou hast seen,
Encountered all that troubles thee,
He was-whatever thou hast been,
He iS-what thou shalt be
The clouds and sunbesms Ger his eye.
That Cnce their shade and glory threw,
Have left in yonder silent sky
No vestige where they flew !
The annals Of the human race,
Their ruin since the world began,
OF fhim afford no other trace
Ehan thiS-THERE LIVED MN.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-10-12

SUBLIME PoRrE.-The word .Porte" is de-
rived from version given by Italian interpreters
to an oriental phrase. 1t was an ancient custom
Of eastern soyereigns, in administering justice or
exercising other functions of their office, to ST. as
the scrptural expression runs, at the gate OF their
palaces. Gate became thus synonymous with
called, by excellence the exalted or lofty gate.-
The phrase in the litora transactions Of the Drago-
mans. who were mostly Italians, became La Por-
ia Sublime. whence the title of the Sublime Por-
te To the same source we owe the term
"Grand Segnior,' ,''as applied to the Ottoman EN-
pire.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-10-12

0s- "Hiram, my boy" said tender father to
his son, ''you must be more careful of YOURSELF
You have not the constitution of some"
"Don't you believe it; I've got the constitution
of horse. Dang it, if / don't believe I've got
the Constitution of the United States"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-10-12

DIVISION OF LABoUR.-A certain preacher was
holding forth to a somewhat wearied cong,r1ega-
ton, when he lifted up his eyes to the gallery,
and beheld youngster pelting the people below
with chestnuts.-Dominie was about TO admins
ter er ca!hedra sharp and stringent reprimand
for this fragrant act of impiety and disresPect, but
the youth, anticipating him, bawled out at the top
Of his voice -,
..You mind your preaching, daddy, and Pll
keep 'em awake"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-10-12
Titles.

In letter addressed by General Charles Lee.
of the revolutionary army, to Patrick Henry, he
says:
"There is barbarism crept in among us, that
shocks me extremely. | mean those tlnsel cpl
thets with which we are bespattered; his excel
lency and his honor; the honorable president o
some honorable convention. This fulsome nause-
ating cant may be well enough adapted to barbar-
GUS monarchies, ur to crafty the unadulterated
pride of the magnifdian pompous arstocracies
but, in great, free, manly commonwealth, it is
quite abominable For my own part, would as
lief chew bitter aloes as be crammed with your
excellency with which am daily pestered. How
much more true dignity was there in the simpI-
city of address among the Romans Marcus Tullius
Cicero, Decimo Bruto Inspiratori, or Caio Marcel
10 Consult, than in his Excellency Major General
Noodle, or the Hon. John Doodle. My objec-
tions are perhaps trivial and whimsical, but can
not help stating them. Therefore, should Tsome-
times address you without tacking on your excel.
lency, you must not esteem it a mark of personal
or official disrespect, but the reverse"
General Lee would find in the present age a.
bundant materials for his satirical pen. We seem
to have more than made up for the loss of noble
titles by the abundance of others within the reach
of republican invention: We have not given up
the title of Excelency, and as for Honorable"
we are all honorable men," The next step will
be to confer the title ofExcellency and Honorable
on the wives of Presidents and Judges for, why
should the fair sex be excluded from the benefits
of an ambitious aristocracy?
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-10-12

DISCIPLINE IS CHLDHooD-Young people
who have been habtually gratifed in all their de-
sires will mot only indulge more in caprlcious de-
sires, but will infallby take it more amiss, when
the feelings or happiness of others require that
they should be thwarted, than those who have
been practically trained to the habit of subduing
and training them, and consequently will, in gen.
eral notsacrce the happinessof others to their own
selfish indulgence. TO what else is selfshness of
princes and other great people TO be attributed p
1t is in vain to think Of cultivating principles of
generosity and benefcence by mere exhortation
and reasoning. Nothing but the practical habit o
overcoming our own selfshness, and of faniliary
entertaining prvatons and discomfort on account
of others, ever enables us to do it when required.
And therefore am firmly persuaded that ndul-
gence nfallibly produces selfshness and hardness
Of heartand nothing but pretty severe discipline
and control can lay the foundation of magnimous
character.-Lord jeffrey.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-10-12

e5- sDe congregashum will please sing the Won
thousand two'th psalm" said Dutch parson. as
he gave out the morning hymn--."There are not
so many in the book, responded the chorister.--
"Vel den plesh to sing SO many as tare be-"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-10-12

FAT MEN-Mr Bruce in his Classic and His
toric Portraits, speaks of the dangers of becoming
too fat in SPARTA
"The ancient Spartans paid as much attention
to the rearing of men as the cattle breeders in
modern England do to the breeding of cattle -
They took charge of the frmness and looseness of
mems flesh. and regulated the degree OF fatness
to which it was lawful in free State for any cit
izen to extend his body. Those who dared to
grow too fat soft for the military exercise or the
service of Sparta, were soundly whipped. In one
lybus, the offender was brought before the Epho-
ri, and meeting of the whole people of Sparta at
which his unlawful fatness was publicly exposed,
and he was threatened with perpetual banishment
if he did not bring his body within the regular
Spartan compass, and give up his culpable mode
of living, which was declared to be more worthy
of an Ionian than of a son of Lacedemon."
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-10-12

LOVING AND LrK1NG-Ofthe French language,
Canning is reported to have said in dispute,
"What on earth, sir, can be expected of Ian
guage that has but one word for liking and loving,
and puts fine woman and leg of mutton on a
par, as 'J'ame Julie > Jaime un gigot!; Our
American women. however, are open to the bril-
liant Englishmans sarcasm, confounding as they
do, the words to such an extent that their dis
tinction is practically annihlated. To 'Ike,' as
a cotemporary observes, is altogether too tame an
expression for lady's choice. She loves every
thing for which she has any affection, penchant,
appetite or fancy. 'Oh. dearly love turnips =
exclaimed lady the other day at the table, says
the Post, who merely meant to say that she liked
the vegetable in question. The ID you do,
exclaimed an ascetc old bachelor of her acquaint-
ance, who sat opposite. .What more could you
say of your husband, or that beautiful child Of
yours, or even of your Reedeemer, madam g.
Love turnips! hope you may yet find some
thing more worthy of your affections"