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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1853-04-19
HOW nIURAT MET ms FATE.


From Lnnartnc's History of Restoration Of tbe Mon
$500 orchy in France.
The sentence of the military commission was
read to him with due solelnnitv. He listened
to 1t as he would have listened to the cannon
OF another battle during his military life, equal
" without emotion or bravado. He neither
asked for pardon, for delay, nor for appeal
lie advanced Ofhis own accord toward the door
as if to accelerate the catastrophe. The door
opened on a narrow eSplanade, lyinp between
the towers of the castle and the outer walls
Twelve soldiers, with loaded 1natskets. awaited
him there. The narrow space did not permit
them to stand sufficient distance to deprive
death of a part of its horror. Murat in stem.
ping over the threshold of his chamber. found
himself face to face with them. He refused to
let his eyes be bandaged: and looking at the
soldiers with firm and benevolent smile. my
friends" said he, 4" do not make me suffer by
taking bad aim. The narrow space naturally
compels You almost to rest the muzzles of your
muskets on my breast; do not treinbIe do not
strike me IN the tace-aim at the heart, hero
it is" 7.I-'S
AS he spoke thus, he placed his right hand
upon ms coat to indicate the position of his
heart In his left hand he held small me-
dalion, which contained in one focus of love.
the image of his wife and of his fonr children
as If he wished thus to make them witnesses of
his last hour, or to have their image in his last
look, as in his last thought He fixed his ewes
on this portrait, and received the death blow
without feeling it, absorbed in contemplation
of all he loved upon earthI His body, pieu,.
at so short disfance by twelve balls, fen
the arms open and his face to the earth. A.
still embracing the kingdom which he had oncso
possessed, and which he had come to reconouer
for his tomb. They threw his cloak upon the
body, which was buried in the cathedral Of
Pizzo. Thus died the most chivalrous soldier
of the imperial epoch: not the greatest but the
most heroic figure among the companions of
the new Alexander.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1853-04-19
GOOD MANNERS.


IF yostr ambition Is to be a well-bred lady.
You must carry your good manners everywhere
with you. These ara not things that can be
laid aside and put on at pleasure. True POI.
liteness Is uniform disinterestedness in trifes,
accompanied by theclmm self possession which
belongs TO the nobIesimplicfty Of purpose: and
this must be the effect ola Christian spirit nm
ming through all You thiinlk, say OF do; and nm
less you cultivate and exercise It upon all occa-
sions, and towards al persons, It viii never be-
come a part Of yourself When yon Inv to as
sumo it for some special purpose, It win sit
awkwardly upon Won, and often failyou at your
greatest need. If you are impolite to your
WasherWomars You are m great danger Of be-
ing 50 to the very lady whose rood wishes Won
are trying TO propftiate. Rude manners are 50
irslntlating that they steal upon ron Irrayares
lihout their opposite has become a habit
Thee charm which true Christian politeness sheds
over person, though not easilE described. i
felt BY all hearts, and invariably responded to
by the best feelings Of yollT nature.
Some queer fellow has defined love as
a prodigal desire on the part of a young man
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1853-04-19
CASH FOR NEGROES.

7 AM DESTROYS TO purchase a large number of Ne
Il GR0ES for Che southern markets, men, women,
boys, girls families for which will give the high
est cash prices.
Persons having slaves to sell will please inform
personally, by letter at Winchester, which will
ceive prompt attention; or =. NJ & w. L. Campbell
No. 242, West Pratt street, 81 ltilnore.
ELIJAH MCDOWELL,
Agent of B. NJ. & w. L.. Campbell
Winchester, July 4, IS5l-1y
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1853-04-19

REGISTRATION OF BIRTHs DEATHS AND MARRrAcEs-
registration law has passed the Virginia Legisla
ture requiring the Commissioner of the Revenue to
ascertain the number of births and deaths of eaeh
family in his district amongst the colored as well AS
the white population, during the preceding year en-
clerk ofthe court who is to make an abstract of the
same and record it in his office and send it to the an
ditor of public accounts Marriages to be ascertained
by the cergymen and others authorized to solemnize
marriages, who are required under heavy penalties
to report them to ofthe court who is to make
an abstract of the same and record it in his office
and send copy oftheabsract to the auditor ofpubc
accounts who is to report at each session of the Cen
eral Assembly, synopsis of all births deaths and mar
riages in the Observation-Disclosures aI.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1853-04-19
AGENCY.

AGENCY.
5TNHE undersigned, Agent for INSURANCE COM
Il PANY OF THE VALLEY OF VIRGINIA, at
Winchcster, and HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE
COMPANY, Of Hartford, Connecticut, will receive ap
Gpcations and regulate Premiums all risks in the
former Company, and Insure Property and deliver
Policy on the property Insured premiums
are paid IN the latter company.
SUBSCRIPTIONS received for the following News
papers and Periodicals.:
DAILY, tri-weey and weekly National Intelligenccr.
Do; do do; Baltimore American.
Do. LitteIls' Living Age.
Monthly Boys and Girls Magazine
Do. Youths Cabinet and Mentor.
B. w. HERBERT.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1853-04-19
ELECTRTCIrY.

fsI
CuRloCs AND BEkUTIFUL nfESr-The Phil
adslphia Ledger spealz Of a beautiful and curious
experiment throughthe instrumentality ofeectfict,
which the editors have seen, Rgst gas spi he lip
Of The finger. The Ledger says:
This experiment may Be easily performed.
and has been by Dir. James SWAIN. of tbs CITY.
repeatedly In connection With the. beliinos AZ
the engine and shaftings of the Phifaaeiphia
Ledger press room, and It Il fan more astonisl,-
ing than the spirit rappings, which are setting
so many people crazy. Friiction. & s we'll
known, VIII produce electricity m certain sinh
stances, and the friction Of n .yatta 1,ereba or
common leather worl1ing belt upon the tav
wheel or puIeys of steam-eneine and .sl,aff-
lngs produces It in considerable, ouantities-
Ii a person VIII insulate himself fy standing
upon beard fixed upon glass insulators-eome.
mon porter bottles would answer-arsd hold an
non ban, or number Of. iron spikesin his hand
ne may, by extending the Opposite hand Ia. a
gas burner, light it with the tip of his finger as
easily as with amatch. He VII feel a, sensible
shock pass through him, pricklmg sensation
IN ms finger joints. and see a brilliant sparl,
pass OH with cracking sound 10 the gas burn.
er. The electric fluid VIII pass through several
persons joining hands, the same as with an cleo
tI1c battery, and the last may fire the burner.
We have heard that the same thing NAV Ia
done by rubbing the feet rapidly upon green
baize, 50 as to charge the body with electricity.
but cannot answer for its practcahihty. Tho
experiment with the belts we have. both seen
and performed. Any mandatory in the CITY
where gas is burned, may be lighted by the
worklnen in this manner, and the experiment
Is worth trying as singular and beautiful effect
OF principle which man is destined to mako
yet moro subservient to his uses.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1853-04-19

CAPoN SPRINGS, Walt may be of some-interest
to Baltmoreans and others to know that this eiirht
full and romantic watering place is to be regularly
opened the ensuing season by Messrs Buck & Blake
of such improvements and facilities as viii give II adj
ditfonal attractions-Bdh Sun
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1853-04-19
HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE con
PANY.
HARTFORD, CoNNECTICUT

= HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.
Incorporated 1SI0.--Charter Perpetual
Capital &I5o.OO0, with power OF increasing
it to S25O,O0o.
DUBLIC Buildings, Manufactures, Mills, Machine
z ~, Dwelling Houses, Stores, Merchandise House
hold Furniture, Vessels the stocks while in port
&c, will be insured at rates as low the risk will
Applications for Insurance may be made of
3. w. HERBERT,
Agent for jefferson county, Virginia
In the absence OF the Agent from Charlestown to J.
p. BRoUN, Esq, whO will attend to them promptly
Persons at a distance address through the mail.
~ B. On all Church Buildings and Clergymcn's
personal property the Agent will present his commits
rions in reducing the amount of premiums the risks
July Is, 1S52-1y
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1853-04-19

MARnIAcE CEREMoNY1S Scum CARo1rrA.---
"A case OF bigamy was recently tried IN CEeraw,
county, South Carolina, and discharged. In
the e charge OF his honor, Judge Frcst, to the
jury, he remarked that there was -,,, lo1 y a.,
State 1t South Carolina, prescrif5no To-r;e e.,
ceremonial If Mr. A. and Mss irr.,. -
broom, the former saying 1 take this woman.
to be my welded wife, End the latter ,aLa
this man to be my welded husband and on to
housekeeping, they are legally married, and
have entered into {. bond Of union which can
not be annulled, so long as fhey both do live
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1853-04-19
INC. Is.
NIGBE


e. pulse of the great hes SIN
The echo Of huTry ing feet has long since died
away The maiden dreams of her lover: the
VIE, OF her absent husband; the sick, of health;
the captive of freedom. Softly falls the moon
light on those quiet dwellings: Vet under those
roofs are hearts that are throbbIno and bfeak1
ing with misery too helpless for tears :, forms
bent before their time with crushing sorrow :.
bps that never smile, save when some knocking
dream comes to render the morows waking.
tenfoid more bitter. There, on a mothers faith
iqt breast calm and beautiful, lies the holy
. brow OF infancy. Oil could it but mass away
tisisst ere the bow of promise has ceased to span
MS nut trere that serenest SKY be darkened
Aslth lowering elouds-ere that loving heart
snail feel the death 1ang Of despair.
= 5neFs, too, sits RemoEse, clothed in purple
and 1lne linen, s'the worm that never diefh ~
Ind IN ITS shining folds. There, the weary
watcher by the couch of pain, the dull ticking
81 the 2cleelz striking to the heart nameleSs
terror. It'll straining eve Its hours are coi,tit-
ed with nervous hand, the drought that brine,s
no healing. Is, held to the pallid LIP.
The measured tread Of the wstchnan. ne he
passes his round ;-the distant ra1nble of the
coach; perchanee tie disiointed fragment of n
song from bacchanaIan lips alone breaks the
solemn stiffness. AT such an hour, serious
thoughts, like unbidden guests, rush in. Life
appears like the dream It is. Eternity, the wa
king; and, inyoluntarily, the most careless eve
looks up appealingly to Him by whom the
hairs OF; our head are all numbered.
Blessed night Wrap thy. dark mantle
round these weary earthly pilgrims. Over
them all, the Eye that never slumbereth''
keepeth its ireless watch. Never flutterine
sigh escapes a human breast unheard by that
plying ear. Never an unspoken prayer for
help that finds not It's plying response in the
bosom of Infinite mercy. FANNY FERS.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1853-04-19
UNNATURAL ALLIANcE.

The marriage of old men to Young tyotIien,
are, for the most part, as Objectionable in their
motives as in their results; and the mistake Of
such marriages sgenerally as great as the moral
misfeasance. There is no greater error Of AGO
than to suppose that it can recover the enioy-
ment of youth by possessing itself Of what youth
only can enjoy; and age win never appear SO
unloyey as when it is seen with such am IN
sorted accompaniment
claplet of forced Rowers 81, 'vyi6t.g,s i,,,,,
Seems not lezs inlarTnohious 10 me
Than the untfncly ON the green ienf
For the young women who flake such mar
riages there Is sometimes more to be said fbani
for the old men. When the motives are rey.
cenary, there is nothing to be said for them,.
and but little when the case is one Of weak
consent to the mercenaHy baseness of paroJts.
or when they sacrifice themselves (asthey viii
sometimes allege) in rich alliance for the re-
lief Of large family Of destitute brotllers and
sisters. These are but beggarly considers lions,
and might be eagerly plead IN defence of a lea
disguised prostitution. But a case viii SOME
times occur in which young woman Is daz-
lied by great achievements or renoyfD and
what Is heroical or illustrious may inspire a
feeling which, distinct though Il be from fhat
which youth inspires in youth, IS yet not uninl-
imaginative, and may suffice to ssnctify the
marriage VOW And there Is another case. NOT
certainly to be altogether vindicate ed and vet
not to be visited with much harshnes Of CEN
sure, in which a woman who has Lad her heart
broken, seeks, in this sort Of mar iaee. such an
asylum as, had she been Roman Catholic
she might have found in convent
DEATH FROM WAxT OF SLEEP.-How a,,o.
can one live without sleepl This question 1gSs.
have never seen answered. But an autBenfis.
communication has been made to a British 80
ciety, whose field Of operations are = So A..
scrlPtiye OF punishment which 4 5eeiili5r q,
the original code Of China It apfesrs s,sr.
this communication, that Chinese Aaetebant
had been convicted Of mufdei Is , r., -. ead
was sentenced to die by being tetall.T Iepriresji
OF the privilege Of going to sleep. His sing1,-
lar and painful mofle Of quitting an aaftiI exc
istence was carried into execution AZ Ar1oS- I,t
der the following circumstances p
The condemned was PLACID IN prison Itneey.
the care OF three Of theI ise guard. who relieved
each other aftermath Io1r,and whopreVent-
edit PrsonerIom faliA casleeDf for n mo-
rnent night or day BE thus lived 70 nine
teen days without enjoying any sleep. at the
commencement Of the eighth day his sufferines
were so severe that he implored the atifiiorities
to grant HIM the blessed opportunity Of being
strangulated, garroted, g1iIlotined, burned To-
death, drowned, q1artered, shot, blown up With
gnPowder, or put to death in any conceivable.
way which their humanity or ferocity could IN
vent. This viii give Us some idea Of the horror
OF dying from want Of sleep.
MAnn1AcE CEaENoST IL soUrn CARo1rrA-
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1853-04-19

learn, upon reliable authority, that new and
magnificent first class hotel to be erected in our city
a company, at the head (which is George w Brown
Hopkins and Columbus ODonnell, three of our veal
thles citizens purchased the square of ground on Bal
umore street opposite the museum where they pur-
pose erecting hotel six stories high with basement
to be built out of blue eestone handsomely polished
and ornamented, from the recently discovered quar-
ries near Cheat river, on the Baltimore and Ohio
ground and all, will be from $500, 900 to 100000
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1853-04-19
CORN! CORN!

'TNHE undersigned are prepared to receive CORN,
i both at the several Depots in the County and at
the Old Furnace. They will state invaria-
be rule that Mixed Corn will not be taken at any price
on any terms. It must be either White Yellow.
They will receive Corn and will advance onehalf
of its supposed value and pay the balance when it
reaches markets deductng only the cost of transporta-
ton from the price at which it may sell.
BLACKBURN & CO.
February /, 1s5s-tf i.
AN APPRENTICES WANTED.
WANTED. Immediately, an Apprentice TO learn
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1853-04-19
CASH FOR NEGROES.

NHOSE persons having Negroes for SALE can get the
L highest price by calling on the subscriber at
Charlestown. Application person or by letter will
be promptly attended to. G. G. BRAGG.
July 10. 1851.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1853-04-19

STILL Another MURDER ATTRIBUTED TO SpR1se-
according to the Philadelphia papers, Spring not
unfortunate Rink but is now the suspected murder
or OF VIM Hope ofKingsessing, in Philadelphia coun-
ty3 about 1T twelve years ago Mr. Hope was the pro
phia opposite the store then kept by Spring who he
came intimate with him; and it is said that Hone
who was kind-hearted, honest man, often loaned
money to Spring The latter paid many visits to the
truck farm, and was often seen in company with Mr.
Hope both there and in Philadelphia. One morning
Mr. Hope was found about twenty yards from his own
gate horribly mangled and lacerated with an axe
which was discovered short distance off and which
was clothed with his blood. Spring it is aIledged.
was there the afternoon and the evening previous
but although the murder at the time created intense
excitement, the author was never discovered. Mr.
Hope had large amount of money, which he kept
in stove, and as it not disturbed by the mur-
dere it is suspected that the conversation of Spring
without securing large sum he expected to obtain
by it had reference to this murder. -
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1853-04-19

OFFICE or pfAIS STREET., q OH sFsIl RI, NO.,
The SPIRIT OF JEFFERSON, Is piblisbs, eSe,
Tuesday Morning. al So in advance 50 30 If sia
fexuiraton OF the wear. II eet sts
co. win be inserted al the RAJ.
Of 8 per square, i9r The tirst three insertions and
the for specified time viii be inseTted
until forhids and ca AReEp AccoRpINeLv. -
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1853-04-19

A New SEcRET AssoCIAT1oN.-Duri the late trial
of Archibald Seaman and Walter Burns, n charce Of
burglary in the Lorain county Common Pleas. Ohio,
the existence ola Secret Society was disclosed the
designs and tendency of which one or two extracts
explain. In the first pledge the member binds him
self to secrecy under pledge of his "goods and
Shattes lands and tenenents and his life and body"
Inc preamble rectes that Whereas, all Governments
arc instituted and controlled for the sole purpose to aid
the learned against the unlearned the strong against
the weak &c &c Pledgethe second contains the fol-
lowing clauses pledge further that will disregard
all State OF National Law that has tendency or will
even permit the designing knave to rob the honest or
the unsuspectng and my influence shall be against
the wealth of the arstocra it shall be in favor of
the germ of which thus brought to light in Lo-
rain county, was to have branches in every State of
the Union It is said gentleman who has been
representative in the Ohio legislature at the head
Of the band in this State-Ohio paper
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1853-04-19
Crew DIE AND NONE RESIGNS,

''Few die and none resign" is the remark at
trbuted to Jefferson, in regard to otfice-holders,
tenacious at once of life and of their clutch on
the public treasury. A we'll fixed OK is 10th to
leave the crib at which he has fattened SO long.
And an office-holder upon whom the idea of
living without work has grown and grown, un-
til it has become chronic disease, cares not for
change of administration, cares not for princi-
pie is willing to swear to any platform, only
SO that he might still be within reach of the
treasury spoon and the pap bowl. A cat is
said to have nine lives, and some snakes, before
you can kill them, must be cut up into small
pieces, from the fang to the tip of the tail; but
snake ant! cats will die some time, confirmed
office-holder-nevcr He will die thousand
deaths in the attempt to hold office, and still be
alive and hungry. AS to resigning, there is
no such word in his Dictionary; even if an adj
ministration against which he has cliqued, lied
and voted, resigns him, he is still himself by
no means resigned to his fate. Certainly the
Wandering Jew must have been a confirmed
office-holder; for that individual, if we NAV
believe all traditions about him, could not die
and would not resign-Ndt Dem.
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BAIrINIoRE I.OCk IfoST5T. a :

TTTHERE may be obtained the most spee,,F s,.,.
w for weakness, Loss Of Organic Powers, Pain ~
Head Throat Nose and Skin; ~ se
and all those horrid affections arising from CIV
Secret Habit Youth, which blight their
hopes or antcipations, rendering AIarra,e ;
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1853-04-19

HonR1p MuRDER.- on the 22d ult., the body of Mar
earet Woodward, aged 25 years. found in rayine
in Marion county, Va, ashort distance from her faith
ers residence. She had disappeared the day before,
and as she was derangcd in mind and enfeebled IN her
limbs, so to render her walking from home very
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1853-04-19

New HOTEL IN BA1r1moRE-A Baltimore cores
pondent of the Wheeling Inteligencerhas the follow
ing:
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Warranted or no fgbar.o

You've MES especially who have become ,be ,,;c.
Tins Of Solitary Vice, that dreadful and testfct;ve
Thousands Of young men Of the most exalted tse,ts
and brilliant intellect who might otherwise have en-
trauced listening senatcs with the tunders of elo
With full confidence. . ; --oS O<lA
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1853-04-19

Some queer fellow has defined love as
a .prodigal desire ON the part Of a. yoinor man
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1853-08-23

MELANCHOLY SUIcIDE.-At Elkton on
Thursday week, some time before yligbt,
Mr. Jesse Smith, an agei and highly respec-
atble farmer. shot himself through the heart
with a shot gun. He had been laboring for
some tine past und'r a arrangement Of the
mind on the subject Of religion. His resi-
dence is near Hadensville, but he was on a
visit at the time to the family Of his son-in-
law at or near the vicinity of Elkton.
Smithland Post Boy.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1853-08-23
srOCKHOLDERS

TN the Northern Plank Road Company Will take notice
TIT Al meeting Of the Directors, held on the 10th
i. N va ordered that the stok holders pay the bal
nucc due on their stock - follows;
Five dollars for each share suoscnooo' On OF before
the lash day Of September next.
Five dollars for each share on OF oe'ofe 'ne
drst Monday In October next.
the Isth day OF October next x -, ~, hsso,.
Five dollars for each share subscnoed' ON o'
the asssday OF November next. ,.,o..
piys dollars for each share subscribed. on OF before
,he i5th dsy OF November next;and
FHtsen dollars for each share suosehoso' Oh W
the ARA day VI December next . ,nxvs c
sugi5d3: 'ho' w. 'o4D''
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1853-08-23

CALIFORNIA BEAR.-The largest bear
that has ever been seen in this quarter of the
globe arrived at Philadelphia few days since
in the ship Jacob Bell, from California. He
is of the grizzly species, and is believe to be
400 lbs. in weight. 1t is said that $1,000
have been refused Tor him. The freight to
bring him over was $500. Rather an expen.
sive and ugly passenger. ltwas intended for
the Worlds Fair.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1853-08-23

ANOTHER WING SENATOR Nathaniei w.
Collins, Wing, is elected in the 3sth Senate
rial District, instead Of Reuden May, Demo.
crat, as heretofore announced. The election
of Mr.. May was announced from rumor, when
by the official return to the Secretary's office
Dir. Collins has been certified by the Sheriffs
As the Senator elect. This will make the
parties stand in the Senate twenty-three
Wings and fifteen Democrats.
Lou. Cour.