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A Three Thousand Dollar Shawl.

! We were in the Crystal Palace last week; ant
as we passed one of the glass cases in the south
v est corner of the lower floor, we were attracted
by the earnest exclamation of a lady-apparentl.
an English 0ne-saying to her companion:
.tWhat a love of shawl"
1'o her it was so, no doubt yet we might have
look led at it, or rather toward it, dozen time!
without noticing its beauty. The lady's compan
ior was fine. looking, dark skinned gentleman
with very black mustache and black hair cover
ed with red cap. He was Turkish merchan
from, CGnstantinopIe Our curiosity was awake
now. We had heard of the shawls of Ihlbet
made BIZ wears of patient hand labor, in the iam
lies of Princes or the nobility and that their val
ne was often counted, like gold or diamonds, by
weght and fneness, to the amount OF thousands
of dollars, but we had never seen one OF the arti
ces.
..How, much," said the lady, sis it worth %
The Turk gave an uneasy shrug OF the shoui-
ders and 7ery dissatisfied curl of the lip, before
he answered.,
81 am told. Madam. that thing in this coun-
try has no reg Par commercial value-that 1t is
worth what it viii fetch. cannot tell what this
is worth. | X now its cost.
"How muclP
WO lIlOuS tHu seven HuUuIbu anu z
ven al moderate profit it should bring three
thousand dollars"
1t certainly was 'eve of a shawl. We put on
our spectaces, and tool good lcok at it. Just
then Custom House officer came up and offered
to spread it out for our gaze. lie unlocked the
case, and we actually hantIed shawl more val
liable than some good farms; more costly than
some pretty good country stores well filed with
'.dry goods and groceries"
This shawl is of the finest fabric and needle
work, known as ''Indan Ca;hmere," and was
made in Thibet, by the patient industry of one of
the most celebrated artists Of India. Hadji Nlehem-
med Hassan, for prince of the TCltal blood. A
part of the work in the corners tells lis history in
Turkish characters-that is, the E9me OF the
prince for whom it was designed, and when and
where made. lis size is over one and ! half by
three yards within the border. 1t is very doubt
ful whether this shawl will be sold in New York.
as those ladies who are abundanty able 10 buy it,
do not like 10 part with so much money Tor 4
shawl 1t might find purchaser in some exirav-
agant hand-tO-mouth family, if the times we.e
flush.
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From the Home Journal.


From The Home Journal.
WOman's Love.
Behold that tree--its own leaves gone
Its branches fallen, one by one
Its crown all bare
And yet tits circled round with green,
From base to where its boughs have been,
With verdure rare.
Behold that coldmn-once part
Of some vain trophy, reared by art,
To human pride.
IT'S ruined now-by time defaced;
And yet, with what rich drapery graced,
Its scars to hide!
Behold that abbey-stoled priests,
And organs peal, and solemn foasts,
Chant, anthem, gone
Yet ivy, lichen, moss are there,
As if to deck, with pous care,
The mouldering stone.
Behold that tower, where knights of old,
Were won't chiva!rlc jOuStS to hold,
BY bright eyes best;
Alas no heroes throng its halls,
Yet beauty fingers round It's walls,
In garlands drest.
And you lone man, once robed in power,
Tall tree, proud column, abbey, tower,
Far, far ab0ve--
Behold him now, a scathed thing,
Yet, living tendrils round him cling,
From woman's love.
From love like that which clothes the tree
In life that is but mlmicry,
And yet so fair;
1t seems to spring from hal.owed ground,
And all the forest monarchs round,
But watchers there.
In clasps like those by Nature thrown
Round lretted fre2e and sculplured stone,
All crumbipg down;
And yet, though ruin turks beneath,
Oh, what TO these the civic wreath
The conquerer's crown!
Evergreen power, that shuns display,
As shown of old, in classic lay,
When-PhGbus spurned-
The sweet recusant sought the grove,
And there. to emblem forth such love,
To laurel turned.
ELLENDALE, Va. w. Is. Is.
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HoYoRABLE CoURTsHIp-We heard very
pretty little incident the other day, which we can
not help relating. Ayoung lady from the South
it seems, was weed and won by youthful ply
sican living in California. When the engage
ment was made the doctor was rich, having been
very successful at San francisco. 1t had not ex
listed six months, however, when, by an unfortu-
nate investment, he lost his entire cheap
This event came upon him it should BE added just
as he was about to claim his bride. What does he
do? Why like an honorable and chiyalrous
Young fellow as he is. he sits down and writes
the lady every particular Of the unhappy turn
which has taken place in his fortunes. assuring
her that if the fact produced any change in her
feelings towards him, she is released from every
promise she has made him. And what does the
dear, good gir2 Why, she takes lump Of pure
gold. which her lover had sent her in his prosper
ity as a keepsake, and having it manufactured in
to a ring, forwards it 10 him, with the following
Bible inscription engraved in distinct characters
outside =" "Entreat me not 10 leave thee, or to
return from following after thee; for whittier thou
goest will 90, and whittier thou lodgest will
LODGE thy people will be my people, and thy
God my God where thou dest will die; and
there will he buried the Lord do so to me, and
more also, if aught but death part me and thee"
The lover idolised his sweetheart more than ev
er when he received this precious evidence finer
devotion to him both in storm and sunshine. We
may add. that fortune SOON again smiled upon the
young physician. and that he subsequently re-
turned to the north to wed the sweet girl he low
ed. and who loyed him with such undying allec-
ton. Reader, this is all true. Young ladies
who read the Bible as closely as the heroine OF
this incident seems to have done, are pretty sure
to make good sweethearts, and better wives
liverpool Weekly Journal.
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The PHILOSOPHY OF A DYING KISS" That
I should kiss him" The pathos which belongs
to such mode of final valediction, is dependent
altogether for its effect upon the contrast between
itself and the prevailing tone of manners among
the society where such an incident occurs. In
some parts Of the Continent, there prevailed, du-
ring the last century, a most efiemnate practice
among men Of exchanging kisses as a regular mode
of salutaton, on meeting after any considerable
period of separation. Under such standard Of
manners, the farewell kiss of the dying could have
no special effect of pathos. But in nations SO in
exorably manly as the English, any act, which
for the moment seems to depart from the usual
standard of manlness, becomes exceedingly i'm
pressve, when it recalls the spectators thoughts
to the mighty power which has been able to work
such a revolution-thc power of death in its final
agencies. The brave man has ceased to be, in
any exclusive sense, man: he has become an in
fant in his weakness : he has become woman in
his craving for tenderness and pity. Forced by
agony, he has laid down his sexual character, ard
retains only his generic character of human crea
ture And he that is manifest among the bystand-
ers, is also the readest 10 symPahise with this at-
tectng change. Ludlow, the parliamentary gen
eral of horse, man of iron nerves, and peculiarly
hostile 10 all scenical displays of sentiment, men
tions, nevertheless, in his Memoirs, with sympa-
thizing tenderness. the case of a cousin--that.
when lying mortally wounded on the ground, and
feeling his life to be rapidly yelling away, en-,
treated his relative to dismount ''and kiss him"
Everybody must remember the immortal scene on
board the Victory, al A P. NJ. on October q,
1906, and the farewell kiss ME, Hardy" of the
mighty Admiral. And here again, in the final
valediction of the 5toica Kant, we read another
indication, speaking oracularly from dying lips Of
natures the sternest, that the last necessity-hat
call which survives all others in men Of noble and
impassioned hears-is the necessity Of love, is the
call for some relenting caress, such as may stlm
ulate for a moment some phantom image Of female
tenderness in an hour when the actual presence of
females is impOssible.-Dc QWncey's Essay on
Kant
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WoNDEnFUI. PREsEGvATIoN.-A writer in the
Boston Recorder. as an illustration of Provdential
care, relates the following marvellous incident and
vonches for 1t as authentic: va,.
Elias Boudinot, founder of the American Bible
Society, was returning in his chaise to his home,
late in dark night, from court he had been at
tending many days. lie did not know that re-
cent freshel had carried away all the planks from
the long bridge that lay in his accustomed path.
Therefore he drove right on, as though there were
a bridge there. and reached home safely. His
friends inquired by what road he came. The u
sual road, he replied. Impossible said they,
there are no panks on the BRIDGE He persist
ed aud they, trembling for his veraciiy his san
ity, eagerly went with him next morning to sur
vey When arrived they found the tracks of the
carriage at either end OF the bridge and on the
sleepers and the very foot prints of his horse
central sleeper. There was no more to be said +;
sanity and veracity were both safe. Some power
had presided over the instinct of that horse, had
ordained the correspondence of those wheels with
the sleepers over which they passed. and kept the
man in gnoranceSf his danger Was that pow
er fate or chance.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1854-10-04

WHAT THE FRENCH Know OF Us.-ln the
preface to a French translation of Uncle Toms
Cabin, the writer, NJ. La Redolliere informs
France that: all
..Pursued throughout the entire wor'
penerous coalition of France and Enc I'd by the
has taken refuge in South Ameri" land slavery
pleiely disappeared from the d. 1t has COM
Maine, Massachusetts, NJ states of Indiana,
and Vermont" (What ~ Hampshire, Ohio
abolished in principle a a classification SIT Is
..n Connecticut, II ;" (you see the distinction.
New York, Del .inois, pennsylvania, Michigan,
and New Jers ware. Rhode Island, Columbia
some slaves ey but they tolerate in these States
=, tho time who remained in household servitude
= of emancipatono
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A LITTLE HUsBAND AND LITTLE WIFE
The Sandusky Register is responsible for this
Two little children-a boy and girl, aged four
and three years speciively-were missed by
their families and search made everywhere for
them, but In vain. The day passed, and ccnsid-
erable alarm existed. Persons were out in all d.
rectious. and the beIl-ringer had been sent for,
when, passing thicket of bushes in the garden,
the mother thought she beard low voices near
Pulling away the leaves. there were the truans,
with their night clothes on, locked in one anolh-
er's arms, and very comfortably slowed away for
the night. The precocious lovers were stirred
from their nest, but the boy expressed the utmost
indignation for, said he, 1.-THE hired man had mar
red me and sissy. and that bush house was his'n.
and they were goin to live there till it rained''
The denouement was so eomical that it was con-
cluded to let the babies be married until they had
falling out, which occurred the next day, and
now they live apart-a separate man and wife.
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STICKING TYpE.-The editor of ths Pittsbure

STICKING TYPE.-The editor of ihs Pittsburg
Post has been trying his hand at setting type
The success of his first effort he gives as follows
Perseverance and patience conquer all things. and
the editor will no doubt make ali accomplished
printer, if he only sticks at II long enough
New printer.
This is ouI first elfon at tGeseling. we pro
sumo that it vii show than wa can learn Jast'
we are selt-tan5hl too. Me waut no help we
will have it l5ht without asa ~ sstauce. The proof
will need no coIIeclon' we don't intend To Try
eAery day but vii! LEI tue Priutels HuoM that we
are one o. them
trlY about the arr of drinling 1t is Sus Us
easG as roing oU a log
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A "NYow-N NOTHING" GAME-Greeny, who
lives down east, and should have got his eyes o.
pen earlier saw an advertisement in the Boston
Herald, that any one who would send 81 to j..
Burlmount, should in return be told how to make
lots of money. So Greeny up and did it, and re-
ceived in reply the following:
Bos1oN. Sept. 5, 1874. Dear Sir-Yours of
the 9Ist of August, and pOst-marked the 4th Sep
tember is at hand, and in reply if you will take a
horse and Wagon and peddel seggars you can do
as well as told you made some seven hundred
dollars in month last year yours Truly, j, Bur
MOUNT
Greeny "allows" that he has got his n o,o.
worth in experience. 'o'ey
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Miss MITFoRD.-A Reading paper prints the
following note from Miss Milford II take for
granted that you know my Affections; but God is
very mercilul. He has left unwthered my intel
lect and my affections, and, at this very moment
| am sitting at the open window, nhaling the
sweet summer air ; a jar of beautiful roses en- the
window sill wthinside; a perfect sheai Of fresh
gathered meadow sweet, sending in its almondy
fragrance from without; and. although too much
sunken in the chair to look down on my little
flower beds the blue sky, the green trees, and the
distant harvest fields for prospect There is con-
ISOLATION here-the best consolaion-neXt 10 the
goodness of God, is the beauty of nature"
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o. The wit of Douglas Jerrold is never so keen
as when exercised on juvenile literary presump-
ton. When NJ. Lamarline's merits were being
discussed at club of art SITS and authors, '.Oh )"
said clever young author, 'he and row in the
same boat" Douglas JerroId, who was present,
turned round and said, ''But not with the same
sculls.n
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" An Engishman travelling through the
county 'f Kilkenny, came to ford and hired I
boat to take him across. The water being more
aagi'afed than was agreeable 10 him. he asked the
ooallnah II any one was ever lost in the passage,
aud was answered by Terrence as follows ma,
ver,,naver My brother was drowned here last
week. but we found him again the next day."
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EDWARD DOOLEY,

J1ASIuONABLE TAYLOR, returns his thanks to his
Il friends for tac liberal patronage heretofore c %
tended to him, and would ;,sk ac2Gtnuaacc o. the "a
same He is in receipt Of the Fashions from New sS
York mouthy and can assure those who may pa --'A-
tronizc him that his work shall be done in the best man
ncr and on favorable terms.
~. 2--lf
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JOHN w. MYERS.

A TrORNEY AT LAW, having settledn Monte
II REy, viii practise in the Courts of HIGHLAND,
BATH, PENDLETON AND AUG USTA. He will
be associated with HuGH W. SaEFFEy, Esq, in the
conduct of causes ia the Quarterly and Circuit Courts OF
Highland, and in the business coutded to
his care in Augusta.
N,,. V;,Jt
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vI," w droll story is related of an honest farmer
q 4f;epp pting to drive home bull got sudden
:, Jstetl over the fence. Recovering himself,
% saw the animal on the other side of the rails,
! saving the air with his head and neck, and paw
ing the ground. The good Old man looked stead
lily at him for a moment, and then shaking his fist
at him. exclaimed, Darn your apoogies-you
needn't stand there. you 'tarnal critter, bowin'
aud scrapin'-you did it a purpose, darn your cur
lY plcturelO
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II. III. E'ENE9LET9S,
Commission and Forwarding Merchant,
Corner of Gary and 12th streets,
RICEN2oMD, VA.
REFERENCES

DeakiuS s Merritt, Harper * Brother, Bumbgardne
s NIcClurc, John Larew, DIR. John McChesuey, DR.. W
S. McChcsncy, Augusta; Kinney 6 Brudey, Highland
Kent & Carter, W ythe.
Richmond Inn b lS5I.-lY.
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ns- have no svmpatbv wbatevet w;,b II,

o5- have no sympathy whatever with thoss
who would grudge our workmen and our humble
people the very highest acquisitions which their
taste. or their time, or their inclinations would
lead them to realize; for, next TO the salvation g:
their souls. certainly say that the object of nv
tondest aspirations is the moral and intellectual.
and, as sure consequence Of this, the economical
advancement of the working classes-tbe ne Of.
ject which, OF all Others III the wide range of po.
lltlcal speculation is the one which should be tbe
dearest TO the heart Of every phlanhropist and ev-
cry true patriot Rev. Dr. Chalmers.
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nEETTTSTRv.

A B. ARTHUR Graduate has removed to Bank
H. Square, opposite the Woodward House, where he
respectfully tenders his professional services III the pub
lie. Every description of BLOCK TEETH and sim
gle teeth mounted in the bestmaaer, Particular atten
ton paid TO cleansing and gatug the teeth otchdren,
childhood being period when dental aid is Of vast I'M
p0ftnce All the various operations OF Dental Surgery
performed with strict reference to pernianency
Siaunton, MAY 10, 1854.
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TESTIMONY To THE WORTH OF THE Poor
l'ilaye read books enough. and observed and con-
yersei with enough Of eminent and spendidly cul-
nvatea minds, too, in my time; bat assure you
nave heard higher sentiments from the lips Of
poor nneducaed men and women, when etertina
the spirit OF severe yet gentle heroism, under df-
hcntles and alillcllons, or speaking thei, simple
'houghtS as to circumstances ih the lot of friends
anu neighoors. than ever yet met with out of the
pages of the Bible.-syfr Walter Scott
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g. The path Of duty is the only pc 4 oeh,.:
ness. All the goodness which the vi W. "Ippi-
laid up for them that fear him. is -. nUlu na.i
that path all the flowers which oa NV y" alol,S
ed to gladden. way, grow bes de :; PPoInt,
of living water spring up all al Jng = ""b I WIS s
way OF selfish inclination LEAD IS 6 ropGb ' ,hs ; ri0
derness and solitary way: j. is ,,rreg ,s 'no ,h M
er; owls ho9t by it, and ne wild beast has has 'bS his
lair there.-JOurnal Of .'dtaions. ''N'' "-' "''
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STAUNrON SPECTATOR.
RYJ,A. &L. WADDELL, Sr.
TERMS.

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No. Al communications to the Editors BY ma" must
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The Social ChARAcTER OF INDusTRY.-ln
dustry is essentially social. No man can improve
either himself or his ueghbor without neighborly
help, and to better the world. is to set the world
to work together Every useful invention has
been carried out and perfected by the cooperation
of many minds, or by the successive applications
of varied genius to the same object. age after age
The mechanic must aid the philosopher. or he
must stand still in his demonstrations; and the
philosopher must aid the mechanic, or he will
work and work without wisdom. The asirono
mer needs the telescope, and The chemis: his ma
teral and apparatus. The sciences hang on the
arts. and The arts on the sciences But without
TIE philosophy from heaven, neither art nor sci
ence would look off the earth, and industry would
die 4 natural death and rise no more; for religion
alone is the living spirit of human socalty and
power.
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WN CHAPMAN,

GRADUATE of the Baltimore College OF Dental Sur
VI gerry having rcturucd Augusta, resumes the prac-
tse OF MS profession Persons wishing information as to
his qualifications are respectfully referred to the Faculty
Post Office address, Ciac's Mill or Mt. Sidney
March 5, lS5i ~ (chd Sep. 27.) ly
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G. NJ. COCHRAN, JR..

A TtORNEH AT LAW, Stanton, Va, will practise
II IN all the CoartS holden in Augusta and in the SUI
Pcrior Courts OF Rockingham and Highland. O'fcc in
the rear OF hc Courthouse formerly occupied by Mrssrs
NIchc & Robertson
StallntOn Sept. 2S 1853
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ALEX. GARRETT x GO.


Grocers and Commission Merchants
No 40 Main 81. Richmond, V0gii.ia,
II EEP constantly on hand large and we'll stlectc
N stock Of Groceries Prompt attention gvcn 10 sales
of all kinds Of Country Produce, Live Sock, SC.
M Il. 1872.
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BRISCOE A. STUART,

A TTORNEY At LAW, Stunton, Va, will practise
II in all the Courts holden in Augusta, aal tn Superior
Courts of Roe kin; ;lam and Highland. Oh1c tormerly
occupied by McSsr, limb d,a s AlcCuc.
St1unt)l, sept. -, 1853.
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ATzTT UnnES

FREAKS OF FORTUNE; Katharinc Ashton, by
i Miss Scwei; The Pilgrims Of Walsinghan, by AZ
mes Strickland Leather Stockings and Silk, Story OF
The Valley of Virginia; Ten Nights in Bar Room, a
temperance tale by T. 5. Arthur; Hard Times, by Dck
ems Ticouderoga, by G. p r. James; Sir jasper Ca
rev, by c. Lever; Fashion and Famine, by Mrs Ste,
phenS; Now Days; Chambers Repository CGSnOS'S
Papers for the People Chambers Miscellany; The Sc
iect Writings Of Robert Chambers; Fifty Years in both
Hemisphcres by Vincent Nol;e; Lectures on RomanIsn
By Dr. Cumming; Uncle Jcrrys Letters 10 Ioung Moth
rs This That and the Other; Struggles Tor Life; The
Parish Side; The FcrrvStcyS, BY Dumas; The Barclays
of Boston; The Lamp Lighter; The American Cottage
Builder, by John Bullock Albums; Portfolios tiand-
somciv bound Poetica Works Capt Canot or Twenty
Years of IN African SLAYER, edited by Braatz Mayer;
Journal to Ceara Africa, by Bayard Taylor Virginia
Comedians, or Old DAYS in the Old Dcm:aion; Party
Leaders by Jos Baldwin; SaNc's Poems, just feceiv-
cd and for sale By ROb'I co" An
Staunton Sept. 20, lS5i
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Dr. r.. "a. gSg3gsKEAEY,

HAVING permanently locatod in Staunt1n, offers hi,
IL professional services to the public. Oai,a in the
second story o;hc oiee 1roer occupied by Mr.. Mich
ic, nearly opposite the Coutth5u5c.
Stanton, JUL s. 1854.
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DIR. HENRY ]. CHURCIIMAY

rIENDEPS rs professional services to the citizens Of
i Staunt1n and the surrounding country.
o. Office over the Post OHioc.
Stauutoh, March lj, 1851.
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DUrCH TEMPERAYCE.-Anu old Dutchman vino
had recently joined the temperance society, was
taken SICK and sent Tor doctor to prescribe for
hun. who ordered him TO take an ounce Of brandy
per day. The old chap ovel hauled his arithme-
tic and found in the tables Of Apothecaries weight,
eight drachms make an ounce. mine Got. j." says
the Dulchnian, ''that s the temperance society
ior me; did not take but SIX dralmS before. now
gers eight" The consequence was, that his
complaint went of, aud took him with it,