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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-05-11

DEATH FROM WANT OF SLEEp.-How long
can one live without sleep? This question has
never been answered. But an authentic commu-
nication has been made to British society, whose
field operations are in Asia, descriptive of pun
ishment which is peculiar to the original code of
China. 1t appears from this communication, that
a Chinese merchant had been convicted OF mur-
dering his wife, and was sentenced to die by be-
ing totally deprived of the privilege Of going to
sleep. This singular and painful mode of quitting
an earthly existence was carried into execution at
Annoy under the following circumstances:
The condemned was placed in prison under the
care of three of the police guard, who relieved
each other every alternate hour, and who prevent
ed the prisoner from falling asleep for single mo-
ment, night or day. He thus lived for nineteen
days without enjoying any sleep. At the CON-
mencement of the eighth day his suiierings were
so severe that he implored the authorities to grant
him the blessed opportunity of being strangulated
garroted, guillotned, burned to death, drowned,
quartered, shot, blown up with gunpowder, or put
to death in any conceivable way which their hu-
manity or ferocity could invent. This will give
us some idea of the horror of dying because you
90 to cannot sleep.-Erchange paper.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-05-11

05, A writer in Putnam remarks that nearly
half the people in New York dine out every day
in the week but Sunday-the gentlemen down
town, and the ladies and children at some fashion
able Broadway saloon. A gentleman who was
in New Nork, last week, says he counted one
hundred and seventy-fve ladies dining at one time
in one of the fashionable Broadway saloons.-
There was any quantity of livery carriages stand
ing in front of the door Our New York friends
are getting almos; as bad as the French in desert
inp their homes.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-05-11

AsDEAp ASA HrRR1NG.-The herring is a
delicate fish, and is killed by very small degree
of violence. Whenever II is taken out Of the
water even though it seems to have received no
hurt. it gives squeak, and instantly expires; and
tboupb it be Immediately thrown back into the
water, it never RECEIVERS. Hence arises the pre-
verb "Dead as herring"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-05-11
DRS. LAIRD & TRIMBLE.

vINHE firm of DR.. A. t. Laird & Co. being dis
Il solved, we, the undersigned, propose to carry
on the Drug Business, at the old stand, Virginia
Hotel Street,
WHOLESALE ND RETAIL,
under the style and firm of Drs. LAIRD s TRIM
Bile,
Dr.. Trimble, the junior and active partner,
flatters himself that by diligence and unceasing
attention to the APOTHECARY, he will be a
bic TO give entire satisfaction to each and every
patron Of the establishment.
All orders promptly executed, and packages for
warded to any point on Stage Line.
At. LAIRD,
G. b. TRIMBLE,
:Stanntoa, April 6, 1858.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-05-11
Ch. Eng'r Gown and Ohio r. X. 20.
Richmond. April 26, 1853.

TRoupLEs IN CrNcINNATI.-Religious troubles
appear 10 be rife in Cincinnati. Lately they had
most exciting contest for school directors, III
which the Catholic candidates were all defeated.
A few days ago, David L. Shelbaker, the Mayor
of the city forbid Protestant street preacher from
holding forth on the Sabbath on the plea that his
sermon against the Catholics had a tendency OF
melting to riot. This preacher, however. dlsre-
garded the warning, and the very Sunday on
which he was forbidden to speak he mounted up
on the head of barrel in the midst of the market
space, and was speaking to crowd OF about
hundred persons, when the Mayer, attended by
the regular police and large body Of special Off
GERS appeared upon the ground and obliged him 10
desist. This was in the morning. In the after
noon of the same day great Catholic procession,
numbering from five to ten thousand men, with
badges, flags, banners, and large number OF
bands of music marched through the streets to lay
the corner stone Of Catholic church. The Cath
olic church bells were rung during the whole
time, the brass bands, comprehending nearly all
in the city were playing and the procession march
ed through half the town, blocking up the streets,
making an stentatious parade, which created
great deal If excitement sufficient to render some
Of the streets impossible to church going people,
and to disturb the Stiffness of the Sabbath The
Mayor had out large police force 10 protect the
procession. The circumstances led TO the holding
Of large public meeting. which denounced the
conduct Of the Mayor, and led to the appointments
of a committee of hundred citizens to wait upon
him, and request his immediate resignation. The
object of the Mayor appears to have been to pre-
vent riot on the occasion of the Catholic process
sion, but, in doing SO, he has thoroughly aroused
the Protestant population, and added fuel TO re-
ricious excitement which was already very deep
and bitter.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-05-11

AsUp AND Down REPLY. During the exam
nation of witness, as to the locality Of stairs in
house, the counsel asked him-"Which way
the stairs run 2' The witness, who, by the way,
was noted wag, replied, that zone way they ran
nm stairs. but that the other way they ran down
stairs The learned counsel winked both eyes,
and then took a look at the ceiling.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-05-11

POPULAR EDUCATION IN ENGLAND-A SAD
PIcrURE.-Mr. Dickens, in late number of
"Household Words" gives sad picture of the
popular mind in England and Wales. He says
in the two countries there is no less than six mil
lions of persons-or about one-third of the entire
population can neither read nor write, This
aggregate includes infants, ofcouIse but ofal the
children between five and fourteen, more than one
half attend no place Of public instruction. These
statements, he adds, would be hard to believe, if
we had not to encounter in every day life, cases
of illiteracy which would be startling, if we were
not thoroughly used to them. He continues:
'Wherever we turn, ignorance, not always
allied to poverty, stares us in the face. If
we look in the Gazette, at the list of partnerships
dissolved, not month passes but some unhappy
man, rolling perhaps in wealth, but wallowing in
ignorance, is put to the erperiment,m, c1icis of
'his mark The number Of petty jurors-in rural
districts especially-who can only sign with a
cross, is enormous 1t is not unusual to see parish
documents OF great local Importance defaced with
the same humliating symbol by persons whose
office shows them to be not only 'men of mark,
but men of substance. We have printed already
specimens of the partial ignorance which passes
under the ken of the Post Office authorities, and
we may venture to assert, that such specimens of
penmanship and orthography are not to be match
ed in any other country in Europe. A housewife
in humble life need only to turn to the file of her
husbands bills to discover hyeroglyphics which
render them 50 many arithmetical puzzles In
short the practical evidences Of the low ebb to
which the plainest rudiments of education in This
country has fallen, are too common to bear repetl-
ton. We cannot pass through the streets, we
cannot enter place Of public assembly or ramble
in the fields. without the gloomy shadow OF lgno-
rance sweeping over us. The rural population is
indeed in worse plight than the other classes.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-05-11
NEW SPRING GOODS
APRIL, 1863.
JOHN C. KYLE & BROTHER,

JOHN Z. KYLE q BRUTdhn'
AT WILLIAM KYLE'S OLD STAND,
Beverly Street, Staunton, Va,
ARE now in full receipt OF their large and at
IN tractive Spring stock OF
Foreign and Domestic Dry Goods &C., %e''
20 which they respectfully lnY'e the attention VI
their friends and the public generally
April 20, 1853.
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h5- The human voice has been heard across the
Straits of Gibraltar, distance of more than ten
miles This only happens in peculiar states OF
the weather. The sound of military band has
been heard at distance OF seventy miles on clear
frosty morning.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-05-11

eo- Here is brickbat lately thrown by poit-
ical editor in Kentucky :--"Weare informed that
in several parts of this Congressional District,
Colonel Sam Pike, of the Flag, and formerly, OF
this city, has been favorably spoken of for Con-
gress. Pixies qualifications and patriotism are
highly commended in some places. Our personal
regard for him is extensive; as to his legislative
qualifications we know nothing-but for his pat
r.iotisn,, when we last saw him, he knec no North.
no South, no East, no West! We kindly ex-
tended him out arm and led him up an alley"
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o. A young lady refused to go into the Wa
tervile Arsenal, the other day, because she heard
that some of the mtiskets were without breeches
There's delicacy for you.
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n,. The Philadelphia Mint has issued already
1850 1000 worth of new silver coin in quarters,
dimes and half dimes Small change,at this rate,
will soon become plentiful
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0G- Fast horses soon tire, and fast young men
are good deal like them. The youth that "coes
it strong' at ''twenty" will find himself at forty
five with tombstone growing out of his head.
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o. One pair of pigs will increase in six years
to one hundred and nineteen thousand one hun
dred and sixty-nine, taking the increase at Ia
times per annum. A pair Of sheep in the same
time would he only Ga,
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-05-11

0G- 1t is stated that ExsRresident Van Buren
has taken passage for Ed6spe in the steamer of
the 30th instant. HeFw1l be accompanied by his
son Martin.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-05-11

0o- tom, whom did you say our friend B.
married ""He married forty thousand Dollars
| forget her other namel" was the answer.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-05-11

o. Why are country girls cheeks like well
printed cotton Because they are warranted 10
wash and keep their colors."
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-05-11

A CURE FOR SCRATCHES ON HoRsns.-rake
white or red lead, mix it with oil, and rub it a
few times on the part diseased, and cure will te
effected. The scurf should be washed eff clean
every day with warm soap suds, and the lead
thoroughly rubbed in. A couple of sPoOnlaIs OF
sulphur given TO the horse twice week, VIII DO
of service to him. | have found this to cure when
everything else failed. So says w. n. Chailer-
ton, of Beekmantown, N. Y, in the Genesee Far
tnfr
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-05-11

FAsHIoNABLE FoLLY.-The dresses of nine
enths of the ladies who promenade our streets, or
call at onr fashionable shops, sweep the flag stones
of the walks and the crossings at every step. Ell
egant silks, costly brocades, beautiful dress pat
terms Of every shade and hue, are kicked along
the side walks by pretty feet, or are dragged after
them as useless and unpeasng appendages. Un-
necessarily long as ladies dresses were during the
past season, an extra tuck seems to have been let
out this spring. Amy one walking up Washing
ton street on pleasant afternoon, will meet crowds
of fashionable dressed women with the extra Or
nament of "a couple of inches of dust and dirt a
round the bottom of their dresses. -Four founces
Of silk, and one of street dust and ashes, may be
fashionable, but the latter is anything but orna-
mental or in accordance with good taste.-Boston
Journal
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-05-11
How they treat the Queen.
A writer giving an account Of Queen Victoria.

A writer giving an account Of Queen Vctoria's
late ACCOMPLISHMENT, says:
D. Formerly, owing to the dread OF fictitious off
sprinq. the custom was to have great many
witnesses in the lying in chamber, during the birth
of the child. 1t was imputed 10 James 1.-THE
infant afterward known as ''The Pretender"-
having been introduced into the Queens bed in
warming pan, and passed off as royal child
All through the reign of George H., the ndelicae
practice of filling the royal bed chamber with
male witnesses was maintained. Queen Victoria
turned them out, and they now collect in an ada
cent chamber, the door of communication being
slightly open. Prince Albert, the accoucheur (Dr.
Locock J and the monthly nurse, are now the only
persons actually about the royal person during par
2urition. In the next room were the Queens
mother and her lady, two medical men, the Prime
Minister, Lord Chancellor, and eight more noble
men, members OF the Government. Queen Vic
torla, who will enter heI Both year the 24th of
May, was married February TO-. 1910, and has
now eight children-four boys and four girls
The last child, to whom the Duke of Wellington
was god father, was born May lst, 1850. lmme-
diatey after the birth the new Prince (the same
night) in Parliament, lords and commons sever
ally voted addresses of congratulation to the Queen
on the addition to her family. This is all in or
der, very regular, very loyal. But the public
the middle classes and eworking classes -grum-
BILE over each new appearance of infant royalty
The people count the cost. This infant, coming
of healthy parents and from proverbially long
lived family, is likely to live to the ripe age of
threescore and ten. AT the age of 81, a message
from the crown will demand life income for him.
and Parliament Gift dowhat has been done before)
will settle an annuity ofsome 100000 on him
He will also have regiment or fleet, as general
or admiral bringing in some $4,000 per annum
extra Here, then, if he survive, (and annuitants
always do,) will be the gross sum of S., SOC, 600
paid to the child, literally for doing nothing
And, if this be calculated at compound interest,
the capitalized sum would increase to very start
ling amount. So, the people, who pay, grumble
at "royal paupers," even in loyal and happy Eng
land.
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TYLER s. DAVIS,
Receiving and Forwarding Merchants,

AND DEALERS IN ALL KINDS OF PRODUCE,
SCOTTSTA.LE, "a,
U3ETURN thanks to their friends for the pa
N tronage with which they have heretofore
favored them, and beg leave to remind them that
they still keep constantly on hand large and
well selected stock OF
DRY GOODS AND GROCERIES,
suted 10 their trade, and solicit the continuance
of former patronage, assuring them that al Goods
and Produce entrusted to their care Will be Tor
wardcd with all possible dispatch.
= ScottsyiIle, April Is, lS55.-u-
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-05-11

THE DESTRUCTION OF PoMpEn.-Pompeii was
not completely buried by single eruption
Eight successive layers have been traced above
its ruins. In the intervals, the inhabitants must
have returned to secure their more valuable proper
ty.
Sir William Cell mentions that skeleton OF a
Pompeian was found, "who apparently for the
sake of sixty coins, a small plate, and saucepan
Of silver, had remained in his house, until the
street was already half filled with volcanic mat
ter" The position of the skeleton Indicated that
he had perished, apparently ia the act of escaping
from the window.
Other instances of like character are no less
striking The skeleton of Roman sentries were
found, in more than one instance, at their posts,
furnishing remarkable proof of the stern military
discipline of imperial Rome. The skeleton of
priest was found in one Of the rooms of the Tenn
ple of Isis. Near his remains lay an axe, with
which he had been trying to break through the
door.-Passm0e Ed,cd'us
SpR,sG.-We don't know who is the author of
the following little bit Of music. 1t is ratherPr
ty. however, and quaiat enough to have been
written before the days Of GOOD Queen Bess":
Spring is coming! Hear the drumming of the
pheasant all SO pleasant, mid the budding of the
trees. and the singing of the bees in the distant,
quiet wildwood, where the steps ofchildhood seek,
in summers's saltry hours, cooling shades beneath
the bowers formed in arches wild and grand by
the God Of natures hand; where the tiny and the
sturdy (if my muse be not too wordy) both unite
on one acclaim, singing on in natures name, and
fulfilling each their mission, live, but only in ira
diton. Spring is coming-coming, coming. On
every side, scattering wide, see the farmer cast
the grain; for he knows as he throws the seed
upon the ground so well prepared around that,
with sunshine and with rain, the harvest will ap
pear as in each former year.
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co- If you would enjoy your meals be good ma
tured. An angry man can't tell whether lie is
ca ting cabbage OF stewed umbrellas.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-05-11

A HUNTER OF KENrUcxY.-Th correspondent
of the Evansville Journal writes as follows about
Kentucky hunter:
'Wat Eckmah-it would do you good to see
the year 1881. Since that period he says he has
killed SO bears, 9S4 wolves, 3847 coons, 900 fox
es, 96l wild geese, ,2O40 pheasants, A ground
hogs, 80 wildcats, IA polecats, 209 minks, beside
squirrel, quail, and other small game beyond his
power to calculate. The sum he has realized
from his game, skins, &c., falls but little short Of
twelve thousand dollars"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-05-11

THE FoLLIEs OF GREAT MEE.-Tycho Bra
he, the astronomer, changed colour, ard his legs
shook under him, at the sight of a fox or hare.
Dr. johnson would never enter room with his
left feet foremost. If, by mistake, it did get in
first, he would step back, and place his right foot
foremost. Julius Caesar was almost conyulscd by
the sound of thunder, and always wanted to get
in cellar, or under ground, to escape the dread
fal noise. To Queen Elizabeth, the simple
word "death" was full of horrors. Even Talley-
rand trembed and changed colour, on hearing the
word pronounced. Marshal Saxe, who met and
overthrow opposing armies, fed and screamed in
terror at the sight of cat. Peter the Great could
never be persuaded to cross bridge; and though
he tried to master the terror, he failed to do So
Whenever he set foot.on one, he would shrek
out in distress and agony byron would never
helped to any himself. lfany Of the article hap
pened to be spilled on the table, he would jump
up, and leave his meal unfinished
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-05-11

The PoLKA-A late article in Blackwood on
'Club aud Cubbists" gives the. Polka severe
rub in the following philosophical episode;
''View it philosophicaly, and you find it to be
neither more nor less than the nuptal dance oil
Bacchus and Ariadne. Our mothers or grandma
theirs were staggered, and some ofthem shocked, at
the introduction Of the ballet in the opera houses.
What would they say now, could they see one OF
their female descendants absolutely in the embrace
of some hairy auimal-fronting him-lnked to
him-diawn to him-her head reclining on his
shoulder, and he perusing her charms-eXecutlng
the most ungraceiul of all possible movements, at
the will of notorious Tommoddy? No doubt
everything is innocent, and the whole dance IS
conducted-on one side at east-wi;h perfect pu-
rity of idea. But somehow or other, these Crap
plngs, squeezings and approximations, look rath-
er odd in the eyes of the unprejudced spectator
and we, who have seen the feats OF Egyptian
Aims almost surpassed in British bathrooms. may
be pardoned for expressing our conviction, that
little-uay. good deal-more Of feminine reserve
than is presently practiced, would be vastly ad
vautageous to the young ladies who resort to those
haunts which they have been taught to consider
as the matrimonial bazaar"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-05-11

or Very few people are truly wise, but grea
many, an immense majority, are otherwise.
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THIS valuable medicine is composed principally of
herbs by whose stimulating and penetrating proper
ties, it is when applied instananeousy dused through
the whole system; aiaying the most intense pain in
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would allow himselfto be without this
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