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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1853-05-24
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To Fag PEopIk or viReis IA "a Is q an reiecg
ton VIII Be held throughoat the Stat9 .of
Virginia aenlthe 2GtR inst, the Board. Of Ma
nagers of ilVashington National Monua
ment Society have i'las 1'.itsiitsi iss.ssss1
teesoksea, That an appeal be made to the yo-
terson that occasion with a request that a con-
hlbution be taken mp in each election District
IN the State. in aid of the great n adonal Monu-
ment now beng erected in the City of Wash
lnggtcn lg IN honor of the Father Of his Country.
q In complying with the resolution. i feel,
that would be entirely superfiueus 10 add any
thing to stimulate the patriotism or to attempt,
70 increase the Yeneration and love Of those TO-
whom the memory of Washington, must ever,
be cherished and held sacred They cannot
but feel peculiar pride IN doing .honoBto one
who by. his birth and illustrious life has shed
impershable glory on Their, native State. To,
manifest their respects, love and Yeneration for
him who was and ought ever 10 be q First in
the hearts of his CountrymeR. |. anefher. opDer-
tlnity will be afforded at the ensuing election
of contributing to the great Monument now in
course of erection in his honor. For this pur-
pose, the Commissioners of election, Sheriffs. or
any other patriotic citizen who feels an interest
IN the accomplishment of this noble object, are
respectfully requested to put up the boxes at,
the respective places when the election will be !,
held, to receive such contributions as may be
made by the voters and Others so disposed.
and to transmit the several amounts thus con-
tributed to the Hon, Elisha Whittlesev. Gene
raj Agent Of the Society. This favor is ,respec-
tiyely solicited BY the Board as an act of pa
triotism and in honor of the illustrious Father
Of his Country, and especially as no agents can
be appointed to perform this noble
and gratifying duty.
GEORGE WATTERSTON.
Scc'y of ". n. Monument Society.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1853-05-24
CHARI ESTOW.N,
r.. MisI1p.5el elIanel51TllIIss.. TlIs - l''sl4's
GOOD sENs1RIR TALKL

The world is full s6f life full ? Of action
And yet here ,areS those, who 1oiiteril r. ON the
great race. of life. They apass along and leave
no recordEof deeds to live after them: No
laudable ambition seems to stir their sluggish
souls No. soaring aspiration seems to throb
In their hearts. They bask in the sunshine and
shun the conflicts whore mind grapples with
nlnd living brief day, and living in unbro-
ken light ,srs -, ,.t y ,','a =. =;
Our young menido not appreciate the privil
leges of this day They do not make GOOD use
of the advantages that surround them. There
are many of them who are nobly struggling to
do so,p but hosts of others seems to have no am
bition. No impulse stirs them. The world in
its progress brings its resources to, their very
doors, but they have not sufficient energy of
character to reach and grasp them. -
we see much to regret in society. The
young hearts, where lie the hopes of our coun7
try, are too inglorously idle, or frittering away
their usefulness and influence. Let a person
pass through the country and lningle with the
gatherings Of our young men, aud they will
look with sorrow on the frivolous character pre-
sented. Why SO much ill-breeding? Why
SO much vulgarity and profanity? Why so
rude and rePulsive disregard of all the little
courtesies OF life? Why.is their conversation
SO grossly coarse? a9
We miss the heart-born of politeness that
should characterize the conduct of the true
gentlemen. I'VE even sec those claiming gen
tiity and responsibility treating strangersgiiay.
women---with marked diScourtesy and insult.
And where is the fault. 30 81,
There are some " good. old ways" which
ought not to be departed from --counsels which
should not be forgotten. We depreciate AFRO
giant, selfish and repulsiye manners which, so
generally, mark the character of young people.
There is no truer mark of a gentleman than
courtesy in the treatment of Others Stale
slang is no accomplishment is stain.-
The ill-bred retort degenerates into deliberate
insult. The young man who thinks he is not
a blood young man. until he can show how
little he cares for the unpretending, but shining
qualities of modesty and home simplicity. com.
mits sad mistake A man may swagger and
sneer at all these sacred influences at
his own mother, and talk boldly about the
foolish old woman" but we would shun him
as we would a ruffian
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1853-05-24
THOUGHTS AND SENTIMENTS.

-. Reputation is like polished steel-it
may be tarnished by breath.
...Unsophisticated manners are the genu-
inc ornaments of virtuous mind.
49,. City people usually appear to know
more than they do; country people less.
-. When men try to get more good than
comes from well-doing, they always get less.
-. .Remorse very often barbs the arrow of
afliiction.
1t is sure method of obliging in con-
versatlon to show pleasure in giving attention
80. Is It not better that your friend tells your
faults privately than that your enemies talk of
them publicly!
-. The best right of man-the right to
write what is right. The best right of woman
the marriage rite.
1t is not the place, says Cicero, that
maketh the person, but the person that maketh
the place honorable.
$50. We once heard sensible man say of a
very refined circle, that their silence was as in
structive to him as their conversation.
Alas! are not the blessings of the world
like the enchanted bullets That which pierccs
our heart IS united with the gift which our
heart desired.
-. Nothing but real love-(how rare it is!
has one human heart in million ever known
itG-nothing but real love canrcpay us for the
| loss offreedom-the cares and fears of poverty
the cold pity of world that we both despise
and respect
Flowers are the alphabet of angels
whereby they write on hills and fields myste,
| rious truths.
-. woman is a good deal like piece Of
ivy. The more you are ruined the closer she
clings to you. A wife's love don't begin tc
show itselftill sheriff is after you. III
- The saying so often quoted, "Tht
schoolmaster is abroad, originated with Lore
Brougham. In one of his speeches it is thu,
introduced: "Iet the soldier be abroad if hc
will: he can do nothing in this age. There i.
another parsonage abroad-a person less i'm
| Il. -. :
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1853-05-24
DON'T BE ma HURRY

It's no sort of use. We never knew fellow
who was always in hurry, that wasn't always
behind hand. They are proverbial all over the
world for bringing nothing at all to pass
Hurry, skurry, blIster, splatter-what does it
all amount to3 Not straw. If you want to,
accomplish any thing as it should be done, YOU
must go about it coolly, moderately, firmly,
faithfully, heartily. Hurrying, fretting, fuming,
spluttering, will do no good-not in the least.
Are great works of great men made in hurry?
Not at all. They are the produce of time, pa
tience-the result of slow, solid development.
Nothing can be nothing ought to be. 1t is
contrary, to nature, reason, revelation, right,
justice, common sense. Your man of hurry is
no sort of character at all. Always in confu-
sion, loose at every point, unhinged and un-
Jointed, blowing, and putting here and there, ra-
cling, rantingg, staying- all ending in smoke.
The RACE FOR R1cHEs.-It is short-sichted
policy to shut up religion in churches and pray
er-meetings or even in households. Religion
is intended for the world the world has need
of it. Your weary, weary clanking machinery
ever going, never resting-how much viii
you give for this, and what wages viii you work
for-the hard edges of that huge, complex
money making machine are saving into your
flesh and bone. If the name and spirit of Christ
were poured upon Your. business Ii would NOT
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1853-05-24
DECLrgATIoN.
From the clarksbnrr Rsriste

From the Clarksburg Register.
Mr. EDITOR You will please withdraw nv name
from the list of candidates for Commissioner of tbe
Board of Public Works. II asF l7-IS7- -
The gentlemen recently assembled at Winchester
having nominated for that Office, Mr.. Armstrong of
Taylor, q gentleman whom have long known and
whose honesty and integrity have great confidence
cheerfully acquiesce in that nomination q III ,
take this occasion, however, to say that had any
one oeen nominated by that conye1tion, who was in
any way connected with the effort made at Richmond
10 foresta public opinion in relation to that Office
should have teltit duty weltomyselfa as my party
to have continued q candidate and to have taken
some pains to make an exposure of the system trick
ing too frequently resorted to in these modern conven
tons where the effort is not to concentrate public
opinion, but TO manufacture it But in this instance
rs regard the nominations udicious one and know
ing that 1t was conferred Mr.. Armstrong without
any effort on his part to procure it. or even desire to
receive 1T can cordially recommend him TO- and hope
he will receive, the support Of the district.
@ Respectfully,
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1853-05-24
STUBBORN FACTS.

The Washington Union offers the following facts
for the consideration Of Mrs. Stowe aud her tribe
1t is great mistake to imagine that cotton
furnishes the only agricultural pursuit in which
slave labor is profitable. A large extent of the
Southern States is devoted to the production
of rice, sugar, tobacco, hemp, stock and grain
In all these slave labor is proftably employed.
Upon the eastern Atlantic coast large amount
OF slave labor is devoted to the taking of shell
and other fish, to cutting wood, cultivating We
gcabes, and to their transportation to the north
ern markets.
Let us offer few facts to show the extent to
which the slave States are engaged in manu-
featuring and producing staple provisions
They have about twenty-five thousand opera
tives employed, and perhaps some fifteen mil
lions of dollars invested in the manufacture of
cotton, iron and wool. They produce nearly
one-fourth part of the wool grown in the Uni
ted States. Their corn crop amounts to about
247,000O00 bushels, or about half the whole
corn product. The value of live stock is more
than two hundred and fifty millions, or nearly
half the product. rs-
The values of manufactures, and of the pro-
vision product, is only intended to show the ex-
tent to which the Southern States have extend
ed investment and production in those depart
ments of industry. This will counteract the
impression that all slavery grows upon one
neck, to cut off which is to terminate It
1t is moreover to be remembered that this
comparison of provision products is made against
the great provision States of the Northwest; !;
that much of this production seeks its outlet and
consumption in the South and that the South
is straining every nerve to increase its commerce
with this section
1t is by means of agitation in the New Eng
land States that the Reverend Mrs. SrowE is
endeavoring to produce the "Iay down de shub-
bel and de hoe" millennium in the South.
If the provision productions of the South are
compared with those ofthe New England States,
it will be seen that there is an immense dispari-
ty. Either Tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri, or
Virginia produces ten-fold the breadstuffs and
live stock of the New England States. -
Two or three Southern States make as many
bushels of ground peas as the New England
States do of corn; whilst the thirty millions
bushels of sweet potatoes produced and con-
sumed principally by the slaves, equal almost
any provision staple made by New England.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1853-05-24
LOSS OF LIE.

Within the last three weeks we have receiv-
ed intelligence of no less than four catastrophes
OF steamers and four of railways The Indepen-
dence, the Albatross, the Ocean Wave, the S.
S. Lewis are the steamers; and the Pililadel-
Phia and New York, the Erie, the New York
and New Haven, and the Chicago are the rail-
roads. By the loss of the Independence one
hundred and forty persons were slain; by the
TRleago M collision tWenty:four BY the Ocean
massacre forty -four were numbered and tb;rtEN
seven wounded. This gives us a total loss; IN
little more than fortnight, by corporate and
individual carelessness, Of. two hundred and
thirty-six human ivees.-B Bait american. s = =
ae -r45 z--------=- lssza Be-.
=. The human voicehas been heard across
the. Straits of Gibraltar, OF more than
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1853-05-24
HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COM
PANY.

HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.
Incorporated ISIO.--Chartcr Perpetual.
Capital SI5O,0O0, with power of increasing
it to S25O,OOO.
DUBLIC Buildings, Manufactures, Mills, Machine
ry, Dwelling Houses, Stores, Merchandise, House.
hold Furniture, Vessels the stocks while in port
6c, will be insured at rates low the risk will
admit.
Applications for Insurance may be made of
B. w. HERBERT,
N B. On all Church Buildings and CIergymen's
personal property the Agent will present his commits
sIons in reducing the amount of premiums the risks
thus arising.
july l3, 1S53-ly
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1853-05-24

John p. Wiley has. been appointed
Marshal, and John McGregor, ATTORNEY for the
Eastern District of YiirgiHia.- Harious Papers.
Few persons, perhaps, wonld be able to re-
cognize in. the above the names of two of our
ex-Lieutenant-G GoyernoTs- John T. Wileyrand
John NJ. Gregory. Tie types play most hntas
tic tricks sometimes - 1919 2 p 2 ss5ss
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1853-05-24

The FISHING SEAsoS.-The Fishing season on the
Potomac river for 1853 has been mostly remuncra-
ing however the YIELD though fair In quantity has
evidently dwindled in quality, especially the Sind,
from what they have been heretofore. We think the
ties of Maryland and Virginia to be tre policy and
calculated to give chance to the oVer-hunted fish
to recover from the destructive Onslaughts of their
numerous foes. We of the District have as much in
terest in the fisheries any other people any where
- National fafeLigeneey
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1853-05-24
NARROW ESCAPE.

A man by the name of Charles johnson was
some time since tried in Monmouth county, New
Jersey, for murder, and the jury brought in a
verdict of guilty, but failed to pronounce the
degree of guilt Some few hours after, the
court becoming aware of the error, the jury
were recalled, and pronounced it murder in the
first tdegree-punishment death. The counsel
for the prisoner took exceptions to this proceed
ing, and asked for new trial, which was grant
ed After most thorough trial, lasting ten
days, in which the most profound legal ability
was displayed on both Sides and an able charge
from Judge Haines, bearing heavily against the
prisoner, the jury returned verdict Of not guii-
ty. The facts of the case, taken together, af.
ford curious commentary upon trial by iurv.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1853-05-24
A lady in the West has been Kind

- n lauy III ne west mas Dcen KIND
enough to send us copy of Andrew Jackson's
Epitaph on his wife. 1t is known to have been
his own composition, yet although it has been
read by hundreds on her tomb in Tennessee. IT
has never appeared in print before. This sin
gular inscription reads thus:
Here lie the remains of Mrs. Rachel Jack
SON, wife of President Jackson, who died on the
22d of December, 1928, aged 61. Her face
was fair, her person pleasing, her temper amia-
bic, and her heart kind. She delighted in re-
GeSing the wants of her fellow creatures, and
cultivated that divine pleasure, by the most libe-
raj and unpretending methods. To the poor
she wasa benefactress to the rich she was an
example; to the wretched comforter; to the
prosperous an ornament; her pity went hand
in hand with her beneyolence; and she thank
ed her Creator for being permitted to do good.
/ A b5hg so gentle, and yet SO virtuods, slander
might wonnd but could not dishonor-eyen
death when he tore her from the arms of her
husband, could but transplant herto the bosom
of her God"
Few persons will read this noble epitaph
without emotion. 1t appears to us the very
best specimen of such composition We have ever
seen-at least for the tomb of a private person
and woman. It is perfectly simple, perfectly
sincere, and yet Is full of elegance and energy.
n " 81 Richmond EIaSainer
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1853-05-24

A LITTLE FABLE on Po11c4.-TYise men
say nothing IN dangerous s tir1les.s The lion cal
ledthe sheep,sto ask her iif his, breath smelt:
she said Ayr and he bit off her head for al
fool BE called the vol, and asked him, he,
q NJ L
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1853-05-24
lEIls. HoWAR0, OF rlFoIEoE EoToa1r.I.Y.

The following of a letter ffrorn a Bal
tiialoFe Ecoif17esp spondent Of fthe Nov oheans OFes
cent, gives some interesting particulars Of tins
celebrated woman -s7s4.t sSf-islao
The late marriage Of the Emperor Of France;
and the putting away of lIlsa HowaTS, as She IS
called his former mistress has d peculiar inter-.
est here. This Ms. Howard IS the daughter of
q distinguished family of this city, but has long
oeen considered by them as dead. When
youngs she was Distinguished for her beauty
and Wit, as well as her extraordinary amorons
propensitieS. Size went 10 England. was intro
daced INTO tie highest society there by the
daughter ofq Maryland family who is now one
OF the brightest ornaments of the British mo-
bility. There she was married to q titled pen.
aenan, ana after committing a Numbered of M :
discreaons and giving her friends an iinffnite
degree trouble and anxiety finally irret4iiey:a6
bly, sdisgfaeed herself BY clipping with a fpayy0
young officer After, being in succession the
mistress of several noblemen. she attached her.
sef'to Louis Napoleon, with whom She has re-
MANNED a number of years. Il real affection
is SAID to have existed between them, several
children having been the fruit of their connex-
ion. Her Punishment to England and her ru-
msEed abstraction of important secret papers
from the Emperors private apartment is the
last phase In her eventfnl life. After her fall.
hiding sFer reclamation impossible, her friends
here announced tller dead. and even went
through the ceremony of interring her supposed
remainsin Greenmount Cemetery, and to them
she is, to all intents, morally, if not physically,
dead. f-5a .rz F6-s z.,4
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1853-05-24
PATRIcK NENRY.

"A man stands the floor of the House. of Delegates
of Virginia He turns eye of fire around him--he
trembles with some mighty emotions. That emotion
reader the first breath of newborn libCrtyl She
started into life at thisnspratOn and the days ofty-
ranny were numberedl
The granduer of that scene cannot he compassed in
one glance. Hestood amid grave and prudent body
ofnen conscious indeed ofhe wrongs of their country
but relying upon modest petition for redress They
had never let their mRginatcnS ramble into visions
OF upright and chainlCsS Independence. a thousand
things forbade the idea Their habits Thought and
action their pitiable weakness as a country their
disgust for war on account Of recent md exhausng
conflicts all tended to fndispose them for freedom-
They besides legsating beneath the jealouseyes
of royal deputies who would not fail 10 call treason
by its right name. They sat as it were, under the
glimmerings of the diGdem. s 49,. o.. .s----.i,
Who would dare, if so inclined, stalk forth from
their midst, and throw down the gauntlet 10 tho
highest Empire of the wOrd-tO principles as old as
the great globe ITSELF interviewer with every page Of
past history sanctioned by venerable ages and pToud
and awful as the heavens? Who would dare 10 leap
on the moss grown and frowning ramparts of rnohar-
chy, and pluck its blood red lag2 Who would rush
out from the security Of submission and Sampson
like, grasp the lion by his mane2 1t the grand
est moment Oftime-but God had reared up one to fill
it. That man was Patrick Henry. fs1
BE opened his lips. His heart big with the desnics
OF the world, struggled for moment with doubt-but
no longer The electric appeal shot forh-driftcd on
flashing ferccr and brighter and growing in over
whelmng majesty till the last words Give me Lib
erty, or give me Deathp-iilled up its measure Of
terrible might and the last link Of the chain that
had entirely bound the form of freedom riren-.
Hehad finished his sublime task. The revolution was
afoot. sa- H.-A G--. '# e-f ~
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1853-05-24

LAST MOMENTS OF VICE PREs1DESr KISG.-Tbe
Southern Republic has received from Mr. r. K Reck
"a kinsman Of the Vice-Prcsident-a brief account
of the last moments of Mr. King II says:s' he was
quiet and resigned TO the fate which he had seen for
some time awaited him. Shortly before six o'clock
on Monday evening, while few friends were sitting
around his bedside, the only that he would al
low in his room, he suddenly remarked that he was
dying. The watchers arose to their feet under some
excitement when the Colonel said-"Be still-rnalIe
no noise-lct me die quietly" He refused to have
the balance of his household notified ofhid ying ccr
dition Ills physician came in and examined him.
The colonel said to himI"Doctor am dying. II
am dying very hard. Take the pillows from under
my head" The pillows were accordingly taken from
turned him from his back his side, when he died
in moment - 80 q
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1853-05-24
THE CHARMs OF LIFE.

There are thousand things in this world to
afTlict and saddcn-but, oh! how many that
are beautiful and good! The world teens with
beauty-with objects which gladden. the eye
and warm the heart We-might be happy if
we would. There are ills that we cannot es-
cape-the approach of disease andndeath, of
misfortune, the sunderi:Ig OF earthly ties, and
the cancer worm of grief-but a vast majority
OF the evils that beset US might be avoided.L
The curse of intemperance, interviewer as it is
with all the Egaments of society, is one which
never strikes but to destroy. There is not one
bright page upon the record of its progress
nothing to shield it from the hcartiest cxecra-
ton OF the human race. 1t should not exist =
it ought not. Do away with all this-let wars
come to an end, and kindness mark the inter-
course between man and man. We are too
selfish, as if,the world was made for us alone.
How much happier would we be were we to
labor more earnestly to promote each others
good. God has blessed us with home which
is not dark. There is sunshine everywhere-
in the sky, upon the earth-there would be in
most hearts, If we would look around U.S. The
storms die away, and bright sun shines out.
Summer drops her tinged curtain upon the
earth, which is very beautiful, even when au-
tumn breathes her changing breath upon it
God reigns in Heaven. Murmur not at a
Being SO bountiful; and we can live happier
than we do
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1853-05-24
AGENCY.

TTNHE undersigned, Agent for INSURANCE CON-
PANY OF THE VALLEY OF VIRGINIA, at
: A-lSinchester, and HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE
CONfFSY, of Hartford Connecticut will receive ap-
plcations ard regulate Premiums ON all risks in the
former Company and Insure Property and deliver
Policy the property Ipsured as soon as premiums
are paid in the latter confRany.
SUBSCRIPTIONS received tor the following News
papers and Periodicals:
Daily tri-weekly and weekly Nati6Eal Intellgencer
Do do. do. Baltimore American.
Weekly Episcopal Recorder.
Do. Lttells' Living Age.
Monthly BOYS and Girls Magazine.
Do. Youths Cabinet and Mentor.
b. w. HERBERT.