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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1854-01-18

SIsrERLY AFFEcTIoN.-At a"protracted
meeting" recently held at Ballston Spa.
an ancient sister in the church arose and
relieved herselfIn the following manner -
Il see young ladies here that think more Of
gew-gaws, turbelows, ribbons and laces,
than they do Of their Creator. / loved
them once,and adorned my hat with French
artificial flowers, bright-colored ribbons,and
sky-blue trimmings but found they were
dragging me down 10 destruction so TOOK
them off, and gave them to my sister P'
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1854-01-18

WEALTH OF THE STATEs.-The popula'
tion of the United States is set down at TO-:
TAG, 900, and the aggregate of personal an and
real property is estimated at $8,294, ,56O,-
900. New York is the richest State, her
property being ST., ,112, 900, 900 Pennsylva-
MIA, $3.50, 100000 then OHIO, $74O,OO0,.
600 then Virginia, $5Os, 600, 900. The re.
mainder of the States rank as follows
Indiana, S3S4,OOO, 900; Tennessee, $780,
O,OOo Kentucky, $4,000, 600; Masta-
chusetts, $34O, 100000; Georgia, 1920.
600 600: North Carolina, $3O6, ,O00, 600 lie
linois, 1894. 100000; Alabama, S276, ,oO0,-
900; Mississippi, $256, 600, 900; South Car
olina, s242,OOO, 900 Missouri, $24o, ,ooo.-
600; Maine, $240,OOO,OOO; Maryland,
S193, 100000; Louisiana, S1sS, ,ooo, 600 /;
New Jersey, $166,O0O,O0O; Michigan,
S14s, 900, 900; Connecticut. S132, 600. 900 ;
Vermont S12O, 900; New Hampshire,
$12O, 100000; Arkansas, S6o,OOO' 'O0o |;
Texas, $4,000. 900; Iowa, $4,000, 0Oo; /;
Rhode Island, $52,OOO,O0o; Wisconsin,
s96, 900, 900; Delaware, S32, 600, 600; Flor.
ida, $50, 100000; District of Columbia,
S18, 600, 900; Oregon, $8,O0O,0O0.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1854-01-18

@% When you heara man insisting upon
points of etiquette and fashion wondering,
for instance, how people can eat with steel
forks and survive it, or what charms exIs-
tence has for those who dine at three, with
out soup and fish, be sure that that individ-
ual is snob.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1854-01-18

g Let some of our young men who oc-
casionally indulge in "spree," and at times
make night hldeous, remember that these
are but the beginnings of a course of life
which makes a wreck Of the future.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1854-01-18


UNCLE TOBY AND THE FLY.-My uncle
Toby had scarce heart to retallate upon
a fly.
Go-says he, one day at dinner, to an o.
vergrown one which had buzzed about his
nose, and tormented him cruelty all dinner
time, and which, after infinite attempts, he
had caught at last as it flew by him-Ill
not hurt thee, says my uncle Toby, rising
from his char and going across the room
with the fly in his hand-I'll not hurt
hair of thy head. Go, says he, lifting up
the sash, and opening his hand as he spoke,
to let it escape go, poor devil, get thou gone,
why should hurt thee? This world sure
ly is wide enou .h to hold both thee and me.
1 was DuI ten years old when this nap
pened but whether it was that the action
itself was more in unison to my nerves in
that age of pity, which instantly set my
whole frame INTO one vibration Of most
pleasurable sensation-or how far the man.
ner and expression of it might go towards
it; or in what degree, or by what secret
magic.-a tone of voice and harmony OF
movements, attuned by mercy, might find
a passage to my heart, know not; this
know, that the lesson Of good then taught
and imprinted by my uncle Toby has never
since been worn out of mind and though
would not deprecate what study of the it,
are humanoires, at the university, have done
for me in that respect, or discredit the 9TH
er helps of an expensive education bestow-
ed upon me, both at home and abroad since ;
yet often think that owe one half of
my philanthropy to that one accidental i'm
preston -Sterne.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1854-01-18

~ Who can tell us the age of an"elde,
Berry,"-or the number of pages in the
"volume of nature, ,"-or even the width ne
marrow escape y
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1854-01-18
A London Fog.

December this year has been one week
long fog in London, fog OF almost unPie-
cedente1 density and duration. The Daily
News says: -.
During this week the smallest mischief
that has happened from the fog has been
the interruption of engagements OF business
and pleasure for some days among upwards
of two millions of PERSONS Dinners nave
been cooked and nobody has come TO eal
them; and Lighted drawirg-rooms nave
been left empty. This is the small eho OF
the mischief. Places of public amusement
have been unattended, and the losses to the
propruetors must have been considerable
Children have been kept from school, OF
have gone and returned in no little peril
Heads eff households have been puzzled,
once out, to get home, and children anu
servants have suffered panic by the log.
Public meetings for important objects have
failed. Traffic in the streets and on the rlv-
er has been almost entirely suspended du,
ring great part of three days. Worst OF
all several lives have been lost in the streets
or on the water, few as were the people a.
broad. Such keeping at home as there
was on Wednesday night IS strange Cir
cumstance even in the city of London.
Except in time of seige or ofsome plague
that walketh in darkness nothing like II
can happen. 1t was a remarkable exPerl.
ence to be abroad that night and observe
the mufled city-its noises hushed' Its
pavements almost empty, its lights reduced
to glow-worm sparks, except where the link.
boys torches and lanterns were making red
circles in the yelowish air. No carts bu'
those of the baker, or the laundress, or the
carrier giving up the job,' and peerlng ou'
of the way home with torch at the horse
head. No carriages but those of medical
men or some rash pleasure-seekers, who
were frightened at their mistake in coming
out. In one place woman killed, IN oth'
ers broken limbs or other injuries from falls
or collisions. Here person iumbled abou'
in the roadway and unable to get back te
the pavement, there horse on the pave
ment taking the area railing for that OF the
park. Such was the state of things abroad
and otherwise every family IN London wa:
in its own home-a thing which happen:
at no other time. We shall all agree tha
this is a domestic institution, which We
could well spare-this home-compellint
fog"
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S'TAUNTON SPECTATOR
BY J.AA. q L, II. WADDEAL.
TER MS.

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,on Em a li6srd discount made to these uho adeer>
sise By The year.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1854-01-18

~ Father, what does printer live
onF' "Why, child'" Because you SAID
you hadn't paid him for three years, and
still take the paper" "Wife, spank that
child"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1854-01-18

VAsTNESs OF THE UNIvERsE.--Prof
Hitchcock, in one of his popular scientific
works. has aptly illustrated the vastness OF
the universe. Light, although apparently
visible instantaneously, really requires an
apYreclable time to travel. A fash oflight-
nlng occurring on earth would no: be visl-
ble on the moon till a second and quarter
afterwards on the sun till eight minutes ::
at theplanet Jupiter, when at its greatest
distanse from US, till fif,y-two minutes; on
UranustiIl two hours on Neptune till four
hours aid a quarter; on the star Of Vega, of
the first Magnitude, till one hundred and
eighty yeas; and stars of the twelfth mag
nltude, tilltour thousand years-and stars
Of this magnitude are visible through tele-
scopes nor Ean we doubt that, with better
instruments, stars of far less magnitude
might be seem so that we may confidently
say that this ilah of lightning would not
reach the remntst heavenly body till more
than six THOUSAND years-a period equal to
that which has eNpsed since mans crea-
ton. Here Is vaSuess beyond the capacl-
ty of the mind Y contemplate,-BoslOn
Journal.
~ Commend us . lazy fellow; he al
ways finds out the shrtest AM. best way Of
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1854-01-18

~ Commend us . lazy fellow; he al
ways finds out the shgtest anu best way Of
doing everything.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1854-01-18

"Did you 60 back ?"
"Wal, no didn't go back"
Did you apply for another school p
oval, mol didn't apply for another
school," said the gentleman from Swamp.
vile. 81 rather judged my appearance
was against me-"
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1854-01-30
The Song of January.

He sgone-the year so IL am free
10 revel again in my majesty.
At the bloom of his birth | fastened forth
From my crystal halls in the geld north;
And the sun looksd pale at each frozen gem
On my own imperial diadem:
For he hath small power with me!
And pranked it rare, for chilled the skies,
And the crowded hearths of the human styes,
And bistered with kibes both the scholar and sage
And stopped the thin blood in the veins of age;
And pinched the Queen in the chair of state,
And perished fhiser by empty CRATE,
So hungry for riches was he
And whipt thro their rags to the couch of the poor
While they dreamed they were spurned from their
own wretched door,
And silenced the voice of the choristers all,
The ingle-side cricket and the dog in the hall:
For none shall compete with the glee
Of the double-faced wizard who deigns to appear,
And swaddle the limbs of the infant year.
He is gone-the year he is dead {! is dead
TO the tomb of the past ages gathered;
will pile him carin of drifted snow,
And chain up the waterfalls headlong flow,
While the north hings a thousand rockets up,
And the wassailers drain the deep cordial cup,
And replenish it merrily. .t
Then revel again; will bite the toes
Of the pulpitted priest, and twealx his nose
will blister and cash his hearers lips,
And bury sharp pangs in the laborer's hips;
The brooks will charm and harden the field,
Till the plough-share bright may not burrow con-
ceaId,
Though SO valiant knight is he!
will burn your yule clogs and with light arabesque
All your windows will furnish and figures grotesque
will hang on your caves; and your boards shall be
burdened
With all that is choicest then shall be guerdoned
For, who half so Jolly can be, 4-
AS the double-faced wizard who deigns to appear,
And swaddle the limbs of the infant year?
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SIGNS FOR MARR1AeEABLE LAp1Es.-"If

SIGNS FOR MARRIAGEABLE. LADIES.-"lf a
man wipes his feet on the door-mat before
cominS into the room, you may be sure he
will make good domestic husband. If a
man, in snuffing the candles, snuffs them
out, you may be sure he will make stupid
husband. If a man puts his handkerchief
on his knees whilst taking his tea, you may
be sure he will be a prudent husband. In
the same way, always mistrust the man who
will not take the last piece Of toast of Sally
Lunn, but prefers waiting for the next warm
batch 1t is not unlikely he will make a
greedy, selfish husband, with whom yon will
enjoy no brown at dinner, no crust at tea,
no peace whatever at home. The man, my
dears, who wears gooshes, and is careful
about wrapping himself up we'll before
venturing into the night air, not unfrequent-
ly stops at home, and is easily comforted
with slops. The man who watches the ket-
tie and prevents it boiling over will not fail,
my dears, in the married state, In exercising
the same care in always keeping the pot
boiling. The man who doesn't take tea,
ill-treats the cat, takes snuff, and stands
with his back to the fire, is a brute whom
would not advise you, my dears, to marry up
on any consideration, either for love or
money. but decidedly not for love. But the
man who, when the tea is over, is discover
ed to have had none, is sure to make the
best husband. Patience like his, deserves
being rewarded with the best of wives, and
the best Of mothers-in- law. My dears, when
you meet with such man, do your utmost
to marry him. In the severest winter he
would not mind going to bed 1irst.-Punch
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A BEAUTIFUL PIcTuRE-The man who
stands upon his own soil, who feels that by
the laws of the land in which he lives-by
the law of civilized nutions--he is the right
1ul and exclusive owner Of the land he tills,
is by the constitution of our nature under a
wholesome influence not easily imbibed
from any other source. He feels-other
things being equal-more strongly than an
other, the character of man as the lord of
an inanimate world. OF this great and
wonderful sphere which, fashioned by the
hand of God, and upheld by his power, is
rolling through the heavens, part is his
his from the centre to the sky. 1t is the
space on which the generation before moved
in its round of duties, and he feels himself
connected by link with those who follow
him, and to whom he is to transmit home
Perhaps his farm has come down to him
from his forefathers.
They have gone to their last home but
lie can trace their footsteps over the scenes
OF his daily labors. The roof which shelters
him was reared by those to whom he owes
his being. Some interesting domestic tradi-
ton is connected with every enclosure
The favorite fruit tree was planted by his
fathers hand. He sported in boyhood beside
the brook which still winds through the
meadow. Through the field lies the path to
the village school of earlier days. He still
hears from the window the voice of the Sab
bath bell which called his father to the
house Of God and near at hand is the spot
where his parents laid down to rest, and
where. when his time has come, he shall be
laid BY his children. These are the feelings
of the owner of the soil. Words cannot
paint them they flow out Of the deepest
fountains of the heart, they are the life-spring
of fresh, healthy and generous national
Character Edward Everett.
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$1.50 In ADVANCE
BURG, WOOD COUNTY, OHIO, MONDAY, JANUARY 80, 1854
NO. Al.
Sue, Dumas, Lamartine.


We have been looking at the portraits of
these celebrated French authors, as painted
by My. Powell, and exhibited with his large
picture of DE Soto, at the academy rooms.
Lamartine is-yes, young ladies', positive
ly prlm young man, with long face, short
grey hair, slender figure, and suit of black
Put pen behind his ear and he would look
like confidential clerk. Give his face more
character and he would remind you of Hen
ry Clay. He has fine head, phrenologically
speaking-large and round at the top, with
a spacious forehead, and a scant allotment of
cheek. Prim is the word, though. There is
nothing in his appearance which is ever 80
remotely suggestive of the romantic He is
not even pale, and as for rolling shirt col
lar or Byronic tie, he is evidently not the
man to think of such things. Romance, in
fact, is the article he lives by, and like other
men ne chooses to " sink the shop,'' at least
when he sits for his portrait. ,--. ..
Dumas, on the contrary, is burly fellow.
His large, red, round cheeks stand out till
they seem 10 stretch the very skin that COW
ers them, and it looks as smooth as polish
ed apple. His black, crisped hair is piled
high above his forehead, and stands divided
into two unequal masses, one inclining to
the right and the other to the left. His eyes
are dark and his mouth sensuous, but not to
the degree of vulgarity. His person is large,
and his flowing mantle red He is the gen
tleman to lay bare the throat, and look ro-
mantle; not Byronically so, but practically.
Yet he looks good humored and like man
whose capacity for physical enjoyment Of all
kinds is boundless. His negro blood is evil
dent enough to one who knows he has it;
but it would not be detected by one who
knew it not. 1t appears in the peculiar ro-
tundity of the man and all his parts. 1t
crisped and heaped his hair; it made him
dress up in flowing red to have his picture
taken. But his complexion is only IA shade
darker than the average. The portrait re-
minds us for moment of the late Thomas
Hamblin, the actor. ..sal no II
Eugene Sue is neither prim nor burly. He
is man of large frame, over which loose
black coat is carelessly buttoned. Complex
ion light, eyes blue; hair once black, now
pepper and salt; whiskers voluminous eye
brows black and thick /; good forehead, and
the lower face ample. This conveyed no
better idea of the mans appearance than the
description in a French passport. But the
truth is Sues countenance and figure have
none of those peculiarilies which make de-
scription possible He looks, in his portrait,
like comfortable, careless, elderly gentle
man, taking his ease in an easy chair and an
easy coat. He does not look like an author.
Authors seldom do. His air is rather that
of a prosperous citizen. Sue is only As years
old, but he has lived fast, and looks So. Lam
artine is 63, and would pass easily for SO.
Dumas is so, and could get credit for 39.--
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ing to the Herald, were compelled to " shin"
down the posts of the building.
THE WoRLD HATES PAErENcE. NOT PlEry.

The WORLD HATES PAETENcE, NOT PIETY.
1T is not true, as this bad writer DR..
Styles is perpetually saying, that the world
hates piety. The modest and unobtrusive
piety which fills the heart with all human
charities, and makes a man gentle to others
and severe to himself, is an object of univer-
sal love and veneration. But mankind ha te
the lust of power, when it is veiled under
the garb of piety; they hate canting and hy-
pocrisy they hate advertisers and quacks in
piety they do not choose to be insulted;
they love to tear folly and impudence from
the altar, which should only be sanctuary
for the wretched and the good.-[Sydney
Smith.
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FATAL DUFL.-We learn that duel, at
tended with fatal results, was fought near
Pickensville, in this State, a few days ago,
between two gentlemen from Mississippi
-Drs. FAINT and Irby. DR.. Irby was shot
through the heart at the first fire. The mis-
unders landing leading to this deplorable,
affair, is understood to have originated in
the late canvass for seats in the Mississippi
Legislature, from Noxubee county, where
these two gentlemen were rival candidates.
DR.. Irby was the member elect Mobile
Reg, 10th.
The Columbus Argus says The weapons
were duelling pistols, and the distance l3A
PAGES. DR.. lrby, who was killed, was most
estimabe gentleman, q member elect of the
present, Legislature, and the difficulty arose
out of some misunderstanding in the late
canvass between himself and his antagonist,
who was candidate for the same station.
Both gentlemen were democrats and men-
bers of the church. gt
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One of the city papers gives the following
condensed description Of fashionable New
York party:
Soirees have their established program
me- and all our readers will recognize it
instanler. Printed cards, two weeks in
advance, for large parties, written notes for
medium. and verbal invites for small. at in
trrvaIs of from one TO five days motto :;
carriage at eight o'clock front room, second
story for gentlemen-baCk room for ladies
Chat the latter have not to pass the former,
which DW be kept open, and aUW smell Of
brandy and cigars y ladies fuming over pin
cushions and tight sllppers-gentemen ago
niziDg with a stiff hair brush and intract
ble gloves, meetings at head of stairs, and
entering room together; no bowing to most
Intimate friends until hostess is approached
and devotion paid; chairs and comfort for
wall-flowers; dancing and small talk for
light heels; old tops in the basement, al
cards; matrons under the windows, com
pairing daughters; gable. gable, hop, hop.
music and lemonade for three hours slight
odor of fried oysters, and tuning for prom
cnade; grand march Of victims in party
colored costumes, like the actors in a Span
ish dmto-da-te; rush Of gentlemen for plates
and forks screams of ladies' about dresses ::
oysters, salad and sandwiches, followed by
champagne, icc-crsam and jelly; smashing
of plates and subdued swearing of walters;
destruction of white kids; alarming volley
of small-talk; incipient dyspepsia, relieved
by adjournment TO dancing rooms for exer-
else ; confusion la champagne old tops
high; matrons low with fright bellies and
beauxs getting on famously; host yawns !
carriages driving up; shawIs and overshoqs;
empty rooms; smell of stale food; two
hundred noddinJ night caps. FiniS.
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The principal intelligence from Cuba, is
the fact of the liberation, by the new captain
general, of the negroes generally known as
emancipadoea This is probably only the be-
ginning of "A movement, having for its object
the prospective emancipation of the entire
slave population. .E aA"o'e ."..s
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A GooD JoKE.-The city authorities of Ma
rysville, California recently passed an ord-
nance for the removal of outside stairs in
that city. While the council was in session
few days subsequently,, the stairs leading
to the council chamber were removed, and
the dignifed members Of that body, accord
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There are now wintering in Cleveland, O.,
GO vessels, of which 4 are steamers, l6 pro-
pellers, and the others sail vessels. ,.- t5-,.-
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Murray's Handbook for South Italy" il

Murray's Handbook for South Italy" is
just published, and contains some curious
stories respecting Fra Rocco, the celebrated
Dominican preacher and the spiritual Joe
Miller of Naples. On one occasion, it is
related, he preached on the mole a peniten-
tial sermon, and introduced SO many illus
trations of terror that he soon brought his
hearers to their knees. While they were
thus showing every sign of contrition, he
cried out, Now all of you who sincerely
repent of your sins hold up yonr hands, -
Every man in the vast multitude immedi-
ately stretched out both his hands. "Holy
Archangel Michael, - exclaimed Rocco, ''thou
who with thine odamantne sword standest
at the right of the judgment seat of God,
hew me off every hand which has been rails
led hypocritically.' In an instant every
hand dropped and Rocco, of course, poured
forth fresh torrent of eloquent invective
against their sins and their deceit. He had
a great dislike to tobacco, and when once
preaching to crowd of Spanish sailors, he
astounded them by telling them that there
were no Spanish saints in heaven. A few,
he said, had been admitted, but they smoked
so many cigars that they made the holy
Virgin sick, and St. Peter set his wits to
work to get them out. At length he pro-
claimed that bull-fght was to be held
outside the gate of paradise. Thereupon
every Spanish saint, without exception, ran
off to see the fight and st. Peter immediate
ly closed the gate, and took care never TO
admit another Spaniard.