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ny- A man that has nothing to do
generally does wrong. If you would
keep out of devitry, therefore, have a:
little to do with idleness as possible
Give boy holiday, and in less than an
hour a brindle dog will have him by the
corduroys for robbing an apple-tree.
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v. B. PALMER, the American Newspaper
Agent, is the only authorized Agent for this
paper in the cities of Boston, New York and
Philadelphia, and is duly empowered to take
advertisements and subscriptions at the
rates as required by us. His receipts will
be regarded as payments. His Offices are,
BosroN, Scollay's Building; New YORK,
Tribune Buildings; PHILADELPHIA, n. w.
corner Third and Chestnut SITS.
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1)oetrp.
Strike !!

BY REV. RALPH HoYT.
I've liking for this striking
If we only do it well
Firm, defiant, like a giant,
Strike and make the effort tell
One another working brother,
Let US freely now advise;
For reflection and correction
Help to make us great and wise.
Work and wages, say the sages,
Go forever hand in hand
As the motion of an ocean,
The supply and the demand.
My advice is, strike for prices
Nobler far than sordid coin;
Strike with terror, sin and error,
And let man and master join.
Ever failing now prevailing
In the heart, or in the head
Make no clamor---take the hammer
Drive il down--and strike it dead
Much the chopping, looping, propping,
Carpenter, we have to do,
Ere the plummet, from the summit,
Mark our mortal fabric true.
Take the measure of false pleasure;
Try each action by the square;
Strike chalk line for your walk line
Strike ts keep your footsteps there!
The foundstion Of creation
Lies in Truths unerring laws;
Man Of mortar, there's no shorter
Way to base q righteous cause.
Every builder, painter, glider,
Man Of leather, man Of clothes,
Each mechanic in , panic
With the way his labor goes.
Let himrfeasen thus in season;
Strike the reot of all his wrong,
Cease his quarrels, mend his morals,
And be happy. rich, and strong.
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lash their tails with violence, the birds
began to bristle up their feathers and
the assembly also Of demons and genii
to utter horrid cries, so that for fear of
them no person dared be guilty Of false
hood, but confessed their crimes. Such
was the throne Of Solomon the son OF
David"
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p0- An English paper states TIA,
several cases Of bad health had been
traced to papering rooms With green pa
per. The color is formed in part Of
arsenic. In some parts of Germany
thi-kind of paper is forbidden by the
authorities.
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BY REV. RALPH HoYT.
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A Petition to Time.
ny BARRY CORNWALL.

Touch us gently. Time
Let us glide adown thy stream
Gently--as we sometimes glide
Through quiet dream!
Humble voyagers are we,
Husband, wife, and children three
Zone 10 iost--an angel, fled
To the azure overhead y
Toaoh Us gently, Time'
We've not proud nor soaring wings;
Our ambition, our content,
Lies in simple things. l
Humble yoyagers are we,
Der Life's dim, unsounded sea.
seeking only some calm cline;
Touch 10 gently, gentle Time!
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The Belmont chronicle, and farmers, mechanics and manufacturers advocate. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1848-1855, 1853-05-27
PENCILLED PASSAGES.
FIR NJ CLovERNOoK.

How like peal of thunder awaken
ing us from some pleasant dream, when the
dashing of the rain at the window, the howl
ing of the tempest on the hill, and the blank
darkness about us, take the place of the soft
voice that was in our ears, and the smile that
warmed our hearts, leaving us ior moment
startled and bewildered, comes intelligence OF
the death of friend, whom we left lew
weeks, or it may be few days ago, in the en-
joyment of vigorous health
We have need TO be thankful that
when man brought on the primal glory OF his
nature the mildew of sin, God did not cast us
utterly from him, but in the "nsearchable
riches of his mercy struck open the refuge OF
the grave. Ifthere were no fountain where our
sins of scarlet might be washed white as wool,
if the black night of death were not bcrdered
by the golden shadows of the morning OF i'm
mortality, if deep in the darkness were not
hidden the foundations of the white bastlons
of peace, it were yet az inestlmable privilege
to Law aside the burden of life for life becomes,
sooner or later, burden, and an echo among
ruins.
1t seems, sometimes, as five were but
drifted here and there. by blind chances, to
perish, at last, like the flowers; and this es-
pecially seems true, when, after striving ear
nestly but vainly to pierce the darkness which
lies between the farthest stretch of imagna-
tion, and the eternal brightness about God,
our thoughts come back to our poor mortal
being Else it seems that we were predestined
from eternity to fill certain round, from which
there is no escape; and, sick at heart, we turn
from each lofty endeavor. We have too lit
tie of the child's faith-too little of simple
and trustlul reliance on "our Father"
-What crown of beauty, hiding away
from remembrance a thousand weaknesses
and frailties, making bright the saddest eyes,
and sweet the faintest smile, is the love of
woman! What were home without il! what
were life, what the world, or what all we con-
ceive of heaven without it!
They are small things that make up
the sum ofhuman happiness or misery; smile
or kind word, may strengthen us Tor the
tasks and duties of the day, more than the
fresh airs of summer. more than the shelter
of broad roof, or daintest viands, or most
delicious and inspiring wines. A reProach-
ful glance, any untoward event, ruthiul con-
vctlon, falls on the hands like paralysis, on
the heart like mildew; and landscape fades
not so much with the slant rains of autumn
beating cold against it's flowers, as for the
presence of any of these.
Sooner or later we grow weary, and
cnvet for our bleeding feet aud broken hearts
the comfort of the graves for life has no good
unmixed with evil. The laurel twines itself
only about hoggard and aching brows; under
the fame that steams across the centuries lie
the gray ashes of all dearest hopes; the great
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WHOLE NO. Sl5

States. SO long as this state of affairs cx.
lists, we regard it as folly to agitate the ques-
ton OF their annexation to the United States
There is no necessity for it, either commcrci-
al or political.
But another and very different question
arises, when it is proposed to permit France
to seize upon the group, and appropriate it to
French interests. We can consent to its re-
naming neutral, but we cannot consent to
It's passing into either French or English
hands, and if the question comes in this shape,
shall we have dnRcratioH, or permit it to pass
TO either OF these nations, we vote at once
and decidedly for annexation. We hold the
same doctrine as the true course in relation
to Cuba. We do not want, we oppose the
annexation Of that Island to the U. States.
We think such measure, without any other
necessity than that which no,c exists, would
be detrimental to our peace, quiet and well
being. But if the question is presented shall
we possess it, rather than England or France,
we say let us take it, by all means. 1t is in
the line Of our commerce. 1t sort of KEY
to the immense trade of the Gulf. In the
hands Of a rival Or an enemy it might give us
great trouble, and we cannot afford to run the
risk. Our statesmen, with great unanimity,
have, from the first, said to our rivals that we
are willing to permit Cuba to. remain where
it is, but We cannot consent to its transfer to
either Of them. The American people are
united in this, and we think they will be
equally united in regard to the Sandwich Is
lands. We do not need either Of them, if
they are where we can have the benefits of
their position, but we will take them rather
than see them 90 into the hands of our rivals.
Such is our opinion, and such we trust will
be the sentiment of the Government and the
people Of United States.-O. S. Jour.
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ST. GLiIRSVlLLB, ONO, FRIDAY, may g7, 1853

TYPED in his stony face, while he glared de
fance at the foe.
1t seemed that the missile did not overthrow
his adversary, for the next moment he recon
menced his struggles and began a succession
Of those long and quivering screams whose
unearthly anguish curdled the blood Of the re-
hottest listener.
Alice heard them, as she paced with rest
less steps her apartment. The hotel.keep.
er's wife, who had kindly volunteered to stay
with her, shuddered, and placed her fingers in
her ears. Alice threw herself prone upon
the floor. The next instant she started to
her feet. Her quick ear had detected another
sound. She rushed to the window-threw it
up--and looked down. a dark mass, dimly
revealed in the starlight, lay upon the pave
nent, beneath the window OF her brothers
room: two or three heads were thrust from
that window, also looking down, and she heard
exclanations of terror. She turned away and
ran into the hall--down the broad staircase
out the door--and fell with a cry beside
that quivering but Iifeless heap,
She was the first to reach the spot. They
raised her from the dead body Of her brother
and bore her back to her room. She was in
deed faithful to the last. II sisters love
could have redeemed an erring man from ruin,
Parke Madison would not have died the drunk
ards death.
The law refused to aid him in his last ex-
tremity--the last refuge of the lost was de-
MED HMM what should have been the pride
and vigor Of manhood he fell, and was over
come by the Destroyer.
Alice was the only mourner at his funeral.
A grave she gave him in pleasant place, and
a stone to bear his dishonored yet beloved
name.
Poor child her own grave is ready for the
marble now. The sods lie fresh and chill
upon 1.-THE first light snow has covered it
with cold, fair drift. The most tender
heart the most beautiful form, lie fading in
the coffin upon which the mourner's tears are
scarcely dry. The pale and peerless dove has
folded her wings over breast that grew cold
and colder under the pressure of earth's Bit
ter cares; that voice. which was the sweetest
in mortal chors has gained more inspired
sweetness in the land to which she has flown.
The work is not so graphically written as
might be on such subject. The authoress
has, unconscous.y, perhaps, fallen into the
common practice OF novelsts, of making her
characters entirely
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waves of despair beat ever against the citade
OF Joy, until We are glad to fold the darkness
about US, and 20 down to the narrow house
there, at least, to rest. No troubling dream
disturbs the pillow, no necessity TO labor o.
to wait, calls us away from the quiet, TO front
with fainting and failing powers, the terror.
of adverse destiny. The morning goes, ant
comes again, and again, but visits our eyelid.
with no unwelcome light. The sobbing rains
of the spring-time beautify with flowers the
| covering that is over US, the dry leaves Of gu.
turnn drop down, and the white SHOWS Of
winter settle over the grave mound like the
| sheet over the newly dead; but to the pale
sleepers it is all the same, for there is no work,
nor device, nor wisdom nor knowledge in the
grave.
"A thousand times over we may say to
ourselves, Can my weak hands wrest nv des-
tiny from the power Of Omniscience! Can
warp circumstances to my will? Can be
other than am! and so, yield to the sway Of
blind impulse, but voice that condemns us
"a still, small voce-s speaking all the while
in our hearts, and making itself felt above our
senseless defamation. Turn right about from
the tempter, weak ider, and work-work dill
gently and earnestly, doing what your hand
finds to do with your migit-and the wicked
one will flee away. No mere intellectual re-
solyc, though never SO well contriycd, is
strong enough, without work. If you come
to rock that you can neither blast nor break,
nor dig under, nor climb over, turn aside, but
work on, and by little and little you will get
forward, and each step will give new strength
for the next, till at last you will triumph, even
though it be not till that "hoary flower that
crowns extreme old age' shall have bios
somed on your brow.
The world is full of bruised and crush
ed hearts and desolnte spirits; moans of sorrow
creep vein-like through the sunshine, and un-
derline the laughter, however gay and loud;
pillows Of pain, and chambers where the soft
step Of sleep will not tread are all over the
world; since the serpent folds were among
flowers, there is no perpetual bloom; and
since sin furrowed the world with grave
mounds, and the white wings of the angels
darkened away from the curse, there is no rest
and no solace for US any more.
Our feet would be weary on the green
hills Of heaven in the first passionate consci-
BUSINESS Of our desolation, and our lips parch-
ed by the sweet waters of life, ii all that made
an Eden to US here were wanting there.
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MISCELL EO is.
From the National Magazine.
A Text with a Comment.
BY THE EDITOR.

"The present life is sleeping and waking; is good
night on going 10 bed, and good morning on getting
up; it is to wonder what the day will bring forth IL
is sunshine and gloominess il is rain on the window
sits by the fire. it is to walk in the garden
and the flowers open and hear the birds sing; II
is to have the posman bring letters; it is to have
news from East West, North and South; it is to
read old books and new books; it is TO see
pictures and hear music; it is to have Sunday it is
20 pray with family morning and evening; it is to
sit in the twilight and mediate; it is TO have bust
TO do and to do it; it is to have breakfast and
dinner and tea; it is to belong to town, and to
have neighbors, and to be one in circle OF ac-
uanances; il is have friends to love one; it is 10
have sight Of dear old faces; and with some men it
is TO be kissed daily by the same loving lips for fifty
years; and it is to know themselves thought many
times day, in many places, by children, grand
children, and many friends"
So writes Mountford, in his delightful book
"Euthanasy." A pleasant picture Of ordinary
tranquil life is this, and not otuntruthful as far
as it goes. But this is notsall of life. There
is something still better and as common in
our common pilgrimage: it is to suffer, and
to grow strong g. pure by suffering-to con-
quer by sore conflict our formidable selves,
fighting down old prejudices and passions,
breaking away from old and fetter-like habits,
binding ourselves, in spite Of our natural self
ishness, to the altar Of self-sacrifce; it is
forbearing with weakness, forgiving wrongs,
enduring evil, standing indomitable amidst
calamities, and shaving done all, still to stand'
at our post with brave heart and calm brow,
through everything dear lies in wreck around
US. This is life often, and the nobler life
the life that grows in strength and prepares
for eternal life. It may not be "happiness,' u
but it is "blessedness;" and more ordinary in
our average life are these conditions-condi.
tions of self-development and publication
than the pleasant ones in Mountford's peasan,
picture. "Whom the Lord loveth he
chasteneth." Lift up thy head then, o suf.
ferer, though no other sorrow seems like thine
Think not that life is vain because to thee il
is only suffering. The more real, the more
holy, and therefore the more noble will it be
for that suffering, if rightly sustained Press
on then in thy night-jcurney, the morning is
at hand; streaks of the aurora occasionally
cheer thee, and the full day, with its blessed
light on hill and dale, its bland airs, and the
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MEssRs. HOWARD & CONVENT send the
following Enigma, if you like it publish it, il
not burn it.
| am composed Of l9 letters.
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My 2, 5, II, 10, Ia, 8, is Trojan hero.
My A, l3, 10, 7, 5, Is, is free city of Ger.
many.
My 7, IA, 4, l6, 6, 8, is the first settlement
Of Alabama.
My g., ll,Ll4,4 4, 10, IA, is one of the months
My 9, s, IS, 8, is Roman Emperor.
My l2, IA, z, IS, I3, is celebrated aDcien,
poet.
My 9, l6, ls, 8, is river in Africa.
My whole should be in every family in the
county.
Answer next week. |.
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From the Ohio Farmer.
A DASH OF RAIN.

By HELEN L. BosTwIcK.
Oh, I love to read Of the sweet spring showers
In poems and pastoral books,
OF the robes they bring to the wildwood bowers,
And the carpets they spread for the brodering HOW
ers,
On the s,opes of the unclaimed brooks.
When lambs ore out in the meadows at play
And birds are returning, on tree top and spray
To the haunts that they loved Of yore;
But the cold March rains and the April showers
Tint we've had for month and more
THEY'RE death to the lambs and death to the flowers,
And how can we love the April showers,
The cold March rains and the April showers,
That we've had for month or more.
sit at the window with pen and ink,
Or book or needle, in vain,
For who can sew or study or think,
Or write in apowerfu rainl
When cataract enters at every ch!nk,
And the big globe drops that make you wink,
Come rapping upon the pane,
And wish had said behind the stove,
Where the shadows of Egyp! lower,
For then shouldn't have seen the hens
Walking about in the shower;
For of oil the trivial things in life,
10 set ones tlOuSnts Ill uoieiui u"i"i
There's nothing like seeing group OF hens
Standing out in the rain.
For though it is true the sensible things
In Bloomers are always drest,
And may serve IN these scientific times,
For hydropathic test;
Yet nevertheless, were possessed
OF the Intervention power,
There never fowl should walk at large
In IN uguish April shower.
Oh plenty Of water is On excellent thing,
A glorious thing-in Maine!
And we cannot help wishing we had their Law,
And they had some Of our rain;
For the wells arefull, and the springs are full,
And they cannot soon be dry.
And the virtue there is in that notable law
ct is notable time to try.
So we'll fill to its health crystal cup
OF the plentiful April showers.
And we'll vote, and labor, and never give up,
Till Law, like that LaD is ours,
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''-toopure and good

TOT human UdIsy
and we cannot, on that account, view them
as we would wish. Her style of writing in
pleasant, and her ideas on political economy
are presented in very pointed manner. On
the whole the work is readable, and being
got up in faultess style forms very neat vol
ume for library or centre table.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-05-18
Wholesale and Retail Clothing House
|eNeA
Goodman & Co.,

A DJOINING Messrs Bare s. Sterrett, Virginia
IN Hotel building, respectfully inform their
friends, customers and the public in general, that
they have just received the largest, best and
cheapest stock of
Spring and Summer Clothing,
ever brought to this market and which will. be
sold at cheaper prices than good clothing ever was
sold before.
COATS.-Ourstockc onsistsin part offine Blk,
Blue and Brown English and French cloth dress
and Frock Goats, Blue. Brown and Olive French
Cloth and Cassimer Sack Goats, Tweed Cassimer,
Summer Cloth, Silk and Liner Goats, SC.
P.4yNIIS.-Black Cloth and Cassmer, Fancy
Cassimer, Black and Fancy Sattinet, Summer
cloth, Corduroy; Linen and Cotton.
VESTS.-Black and Fancy Satins and Silk,
Silkplush, Summercoth, White and Fancy Mar
sales, Cassimer and German.
In addition to the above, we have on hand
Neck and Pocket Handkerchief, Drawers, Check
and White Linen Shirts, Suspenders, Stocks,
Gloves, Socks, Collars, Pocketbooks, Pistols and
Trunks, and every other article usually found in
Clothing Houses ~
Thankful for the very liberal patronage receiv-
ed hitherto, we would respectfully ask its contin-
uance which we shall try to deserve it by fair and
honorable dealing and strict attention to business
All we ask is fair trial and we are certain to
please you. GOODMAN s. co.
\. B.--A few dozen panama hats very low
Stanton ADri 1859
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-05-18
Groceries a.! Groceries,!

vJNT1E undersigned beg leave to say to their nu-
Il merous customers that they are now in receipt
of very large and fine assortment CT Groceries,
which were bought low, and will be disposed of
at correspondingy low prices.
Their stock of Confectonaries is complete
1t comprises all imaginary sorts of Candies and lit.
tie notions, of which full supply is on hand, well
suited especially for Christmas Gifts.
We respectfully ask call from our friends and
customers.
We keep constantly on hand supply Of fresh
Oysters, which will be sold by the can, half can,
or served up by the plate, as may be desired.
Our Baking Establishment, is in full operation
aud will turn out enough bread to satisfy the de-
mands of the public.
SCHERER s. FINSTER.
Stanton Dec. 1852
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-05-18
vAIUABLE ROCKBRIDGE LAND
At AUCTION.

eSyHE undersigned will offer for sale on the
Il premises, at auction, on Thursday The 2ad
IA. If June next; n Tract of Land contain
;nS Sysl Acres, lying adjoining the plank road,
.Soot two miles above Lexington; also another
maet lying adjoining the same, and the plank road,
containing l04 acres. These tracts are portions
Il the tract which belonged to the late John Bow
YER, dsc'd. and are designated on the plat as lots
Ne. 6 and T..
ara yery well watered, aud lie remarkably well
for farming purposes. There is due proportion
a cleared and timbered lands upon the tracts, a
considerable portion of the timber being remarka-
BY fine.
The terms Of sale Willie, oue-third OF the pur-
chase money to be paid at the time of sale and the
residue in one and two years, the purchaser CIV
mo bond and security for the deferred mstalments
snd lien reserved on the land as further sec0rl
Nv. All persons disposed to purchase are invitet
10 view the premises. For further information
apply to S. Med. Moore in Lexington, or to TN
Subscriber near Amsterdam, Botetourt county.
HENRY M. BONlER.
III OF 1879 fI,
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-05-18
SOUTH RIVER LAND FOR SALE,

ruyHE subscriber. wishing to devote the whole OF
i his attention to his profession, offers for sale
an accommodating terms, his very desirable little
farm, containing 300 Acres, lying on South
River, aud adjoining the lands Of Rev, 5 kenner-
", Jno Patterson, Jr. and others. There are 70
or so acres cleared so of which are m fine clorsr
she balance nicely grubbed new ground. The mn
prnxamants are a small L0G-BODlED HOUSE,
stable Sc. There is an excellent SrsH Of neesr-
faingtcaier near the house and there are two good
nwmiils and manufacturing uiill in q quarter OF
\ mile.
Immediate possession will be given II desired
Any one wishing to buy land %lli do well TO call
on me at the residence Of Dr. John Hanger, or on
my Father who will take pleasure in showing the
land SAMU Ell fkE.NNt46Lf.
April n, lS5S.--3mo
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