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G. NJ. COCHRAN, JR.,

ATTORNEY AZ LAW, Stauutou, Va, will
IN practice in all the Courts holden in Augusta
and the Superior Courts of Rockingham and
Highland. Office in the rear of the Court house.
formerly occupied by MeSsrs Niche s Robinson
Siaunton, Sept q, lSj3.-tf
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1854-09-13

A LOST ART-The Chinese of the present day
are said to have lost curious secret They knew
formerly how to paint their porcelain with fishes
and other creatures, in such manner that these
figures never appeared to the eye until the vases
were filled with liquor. --a q
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1854-09-13

Domestic PEAcE.-The less of physical force
or menacing language we use-the less, 10 take
an expressive word, we scoId our children, the
more order aud quiet we shall commonly secure.
| have seen family where single word. or
look. even, dallay rising storm. The gen
tie but firm method is the best security for domes-
tic peace.-Rec. A. B. Murray.
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DIR. HENRY J. CHURCHMAN

VlENDERS his professional services to the cit
izenS Of Staauton aud the surrounding coun-
try
gss- Office over the Post Cflice.
SURGICAL instruments oc every description,
SrTMsses, Abdominal Supporters, Braces, Sc.
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Stauaion, May II. 1884.
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J. M. CONRAD,
General Commission Merchant

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Cary Street. 2ad door abocc l3, Richmond F@''
NOES aCommission busncs: exclusively IN the sale
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the satisfaction winch he hope TO rcuder By d
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Richmond, Sept. 2S, lS53.-ly.
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Dir. u. A. RERKELEY.

HWlNG permanently located in Staunton, Of
"a ters his professional services to the public
Office in the second story of the office formerly
occupied by Il. j. Niche, nearly opposite the
Court House.
Stauntou, July 5, 1854
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1854-09-13

The PASSIONATE MAS.-He submits to be
seen through microscope, who suffers himself to
be caught in a fit Of passion.-I Iarater.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1854-09-13

nc,- Since the commencement of the year, no
less than five thousand persons are reported to
have visited the tomb of Washington at Mount
Vernon.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1854-09-13

when they kiss each other! Doing unto others
as they would that men should do unto them.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1854-09-13

eo- Forty one Of the travelling preachers con-
nected with the Nj. F.. Church South, have died
during the past year.
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rARaERs' NOTICE.

CAGL and select real broad brim Drab OF
~ Black Hat. made fnr service and comfort, at
IL. j. s. w. B. CRAWFORD'S.
Staunion, April 10, 1854.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1854-09-13

RrM,RKABLE ANEcpoTE-A correspondent Of
the Petersburg Express, at Charlestown, va.
communicates TO that paper the following series
of Incidents which, if true, are certainly very SIN
gular:
"Washinqton was accustomed to wear two seals
TO his waich-oue OF guld and the other OF silver.
Upon both of them the letters &c. W." were ea-
graved, or rather cut. These seals he wore as
early as l754, and they were about his person on
the terrible day of Braddock's defeat On that
day he lost the silver seal. The gold one remain
ed with the General until the day of his death,
and was then given by him to his nephew, gen
tleman of Virginia, who carefully preserved it un-
I'll about II years ago, when in riding over his
farm. he dropped it, aud could never recover it.
The other day, the gold SEAL lost seventeen years
aoo. was ploughcd mp, recognized from the letters
&c. WI on it and restored TO the son OF The gen
tleman to whom WAsHINGToN had presented II.
At almost the same moment the silver seal lost IN
l754. Just one hundred years ago, was ploughed
up on the site of the battle in which BraddOck
was defeated and in like manner recognized from
the letters "G. W." So that in a very short
time the two companions will be again united
have this whole statement from the most relia-
BILE source rossible-namely, from the gentleman
himself, who has thus had restored to him these
precious mementoes of his great ancestor. The
affair is but one more proof Of an oft-stated max
i'm, that truth beggars fiction in sirangeness.
repeat that there is not the slightest eXaggeratlon
or misstatement in the matter; and no roon tor
mistake In legal phraseoogy, the proof EXCLUDES
every other hypothesis. ;"
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Weary OF the Pen.
What slave of the quill has not had at odd times
some such musings as these fitting through his
routine worn brain
weary of the pen,
And write not of mine own accord;
1t was my slave. and was happy then
lis now my lord.
weary of the themes
Which the gross multitude pursue;
Who writes for bread must bid all higher dreams
His last adeu.
Harness the antelope,
Burden his neck until it bleed
Trample his fiery spirit, and then hope
His former speed.
Life grows stagnant pool.
Green with the drugs of trade and toll
Youths pure ideals OF the beautiful
Are lucre's spoil.
weary of the pen,
And write not OF mine own accord -
1t was my slave, and | was happy then
Alas 'tis now my lord.
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ALIEN. GARRETT Il co.
r-- WHOLESALE md REIAIL
Grocers and Commission Merchants

NO 40 .uaia 81. Richmond, Tirginid,
KEEP constantly ON hand large and well Sc
IA lected stock Of Groceries. Prompt attention
given to sales of all kinds Of country produce,
Live stock, SC.
Nov. II, 1852.
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ID. S. GwIN cn
GWIN Il r "A NJ E L,
Grooers, Commission Merchants
AND
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Forwarding Agents,
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Devote their undivided personal attention TO Tue
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them. Also to Receiving ard Forwarding Goods
Merchandise, SC. Liberal cash advances MADE
on consignments in hand.
ry- A large stock OF groceries constant,
" if1' IN Store. Orders filled with promptness and
despatch.
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P0ETR Y
The Ntaiden,s Prayer.

Vhe Motden's prayer.
BY j. G. WHITTIER.
She rose from her delicious sleep.
And put away her soft brown hair,
And in a tone as low and deep
As love's first whisper, breathed prayer.
Her snow white hands together pressed,
Her blue eyes sheltered in the lid,
The folded liaea on her breast,
Just swelling with the charms 1t hid;
And from her long and flowing dress
Escaped bare and snowy foot,
Whose step upon the earth did press
Like new snow flake, white and mute;
And then from slumbers soft and warm,
Like a young spirit fresh from heaven.
She bowed that slight and matchless form,
And hpmbly prayed to be forgiven.
o, God, if souls unsoiled as these
Need daily mercy from thy throne;
Ifshe upon her bended knees,
Our holiest and purest one
She with face 50 clear auI bright,
We deem her some stray child Of light;
II she with those soft eyes in tears.
Day after day, in her young years,
Must kneel and pray for grace from thee
What far. far deeper need have we!
How hardly, if she win not heaven,
Will our wild errors be forgiven
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olution it needs that he should be, to constitute
himself the jailor of the third OF the globe but he
wants magnanmty the use that he makes oi
his power only too clearly proves this to me-
May God pardon him happily shall never see
him again.
"\Nhat heart would not bleed at the idea OF the
anguish of that unhappy mother2 My God II
such be the destiny thou hast ordained upon eaflh
for The subimest virtue, show to it thy heaven,
open to it the gates thereof before the hour OF
DEATH Imagine what must be the feelings of
this woman when she casts her eyes upon her
children and when, aided by her husband, she
labours to supply the education they need! Ed
ucation it will be poison for those who have no
names, but are marked and numbered like the
beasts of the herd Can the exes deny all their
rccolections, all their habits. i'll order to hide the
misfortune of their position from the innocent VIC
Tins of their love2 Would not the native re-
fnement of their parents inspire these young saw
ages with ideas that they could never realize =
What danger, what mumentary torment ur them,
and what insupportabe constraiat Tor their mother
This mental torture, added to such load ot phys
ical sufferings, haunts me like hideous dream
from which | cannot awake. Since yesterday
morning it has pursued me incessantly, whisper
ing at every moment of the day-What is the
Princess Troubetzkoi now doing ?-what IS she
saying to her chidren?-with what look Is she
watching over them ?-what prayer is she ad-
dressing to God for these beings, damned ere
they were born, by the providence OF the Rus-
slams? This punishment, inflicted upon an lnno-
cent generation disgraces an entire people!
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1854-10-04
sigler and the Honor OF the State

The Governor and his friends are toasting of
his spirited conduct in the case Of McCreary,
the kidnapper.
..Mark how plain tale puts them down"
Rachel Parker, free borne citizen of Penn
sylvania, was kidnapped by certain Baitimoro
slave dealers, hurried Off 10 that city, and
thrust into slave pen. Several citizens Of
the vicinity went 70 Maryland, in pursuit of
the stolen girl, and gave testimony in Balti-
moro to the effect that she was free and had
been kidnapped: Of which one oitheir L Ilnber,
Joseph Miller, respectable citizen of fCnes.er
county, was brutally murdered before he left
MARYLAND. Thomas McCreary, of Baltimore,
a notorious scoundrel, who had for years been
committing depredations on Pennsylvania
soil and escaping into Maryland for safety,
was afterwards indicted by aChester county
Grand Jury; and this true bill was taken to
Governor Bigler, and he called upon to do
his duty and bring the wretch to trial, but that
duty 'cas nere1 discharged. 1t is true he made
the requisition on the Governor of Mary land.
which his duty as public officer compelled
him TO do; but Gov Lowe, in defiance Of our
constitutional rights, refused TO deliver up
the criminal. Thereupon, Gov. Bigler writes
Coy. Lowe q letter, and there the matter drops;
and McCreary walks abroad unpunished for
his crimes. at this open and almost unprecc
slepted insult TO our State, does the Cover
nor show a proper degree of spirit, or does he
rneanly tstruckle to an outside intiuencci'
He taInely pockets the insult, and permits this
Jesuit Governor of Mary land to trample on our
constitutional rights, without another word,
even of remonstrance, on the subject. His
next message after the outrage passes over the
subiect in silence. as unworthy of attention
But he did more than tamely submit As If
to show his subserviency TO slavery. and his
disregard for the rights of the Common
wealth, the very next Legislature, over1owing
with Bigler's friends, passed a resolution, in
viting this same abettor Of crime, this Lowe,
IN vfSis II cfIrU q
the honored guests of the State. The invita-
tion was accepted, and the Maryland slave
holders, who may have thought hard of Penn
syvanians for asking the surrender of man
as criminal, when nc was only kidnapper,
were conciliated at an expense to the tax-pay-
ers OF this State, of something like sir khousdnd
dollars. That is specimen Of the manner in
which Gov. Bigler has maintained the honor
aud dignity of the State. "Shame, where is
thy blush 7''-Tr2epsndsat Uhg
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"a FEW WORDS TO THE THINKING AND
JUDICI0US VOTERS OF PENNSYLVANIA. y

The locofoco leaders of the Campaign have
issued hundred thousand copies of pamph-
let under the above title. containing the false
and contemplate articles, originally publish
ed in the asylraniaa, about the stKnow
Nothings,'' and malicious attacks on Judge
PoLLocK. These documents, franked By the
public officers at Harrisburg, have been secret
~ distributed ali over the State, and our own
county is fairly flooded with them. But their
labor has been in vain, for no man of ordina-
ry intelligence, read it, and give it the least
degree OF credit. 1t is collection of base
SANDERS and malicious lies, that found their
origin in the prolific Imagination of the hired
slanderer who prcsides over the columns of the
drivelling Pennsylraaian.
The only thing they have been able to saw
against Judge Pollock, and which this pamph-
let re-echoes, is that he belongs to the :.Knoyv
Nothings.'' Against his character as man.
citizen, and a statesman, they have nexess
yet been able to say word. He represeHte
ed his District in Congress, during three ex-
citing sessions, and in ali that time there is
not single vote, speech or act with which
they have found fault. They have searched
and re-searched, but in every instance they
found him right upon the record. Unable, then,
to say anything else, they make the foolish
and absurd charge that he is a sSknow Moth
ing.''
This charge is scarcely worth contradiction,
for ii it be true, it is no objection TO Judge
Pollock, or any other man, as we understand
this secret organization from all we have been
able to learn on the subject. If he is men,
I.a,- havxa p1xrf no
good company, and plenty of it. But wheth-
er he is a member or not, if he stands before
the people high minded and honorable man,
capable of discharging the duties of the office,
Of protecting the interests Of the Common
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TO DEMOCRATS.

Democrats remember that Gov. Bigler ap-
pointed JAMES CAMPBELL his Attorney
General, and subsequently used his influence
to have him raised to seat in the Cabinet of
President Pierce, after YOU, by your votes,
had repudiated and rejected him.
Remember that Coy. Bigler was elected as
the great opponant of Banks and monopolies,
and that while he vetoed some bank bills, he
approved others exactly similar in their pro
visions.
Remember that contract was entered into
with Messrs. Bingham {. Dock, by which they
were granted the exclusive privilege Of carry
ing passengers over the Columbia Railroad
while the cars of every other company or in
.dividuai who sought to use that's Public Work =
were driven from the road
Remember that Gov. Bigler in his conduct
and appointments, has truoklcd to the infiu-
ence Of a particular Sect, thus dragging Re-
liAon into Politics, which he processes so
much tosdeprecate. In proof of this we refer
to the appointment of James Campbell, of the
Lazzaretto Physician at Philadclpiia, and of
the Flour Inspector at Pittsburg.
Remember that Gov. Bigler has abused the
pardoning power, and has turned loose felon
after feion, Notwithstanding they had been
convicted after long, arduous, and extended
trials, and were sentenced by the Court, thus
usurping the prerogatives of the Judge and
Jury! In proof of this we point to the pardon
of Aiberti the notorious Kidnapper, to the
Chester County prizs-fghters, to the two fold
pardon of Copenhaver of Huntingdon, to the
Allegheny Conspiritors, to Lachenour of Eas
ton. and host of others, equally notorious.
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JUDGE POLLOCK.

As profound lawyer, reliable statesmen,
eloquent speaker, and accomplished gentle
man, Judge Pollock is without supcr:cr In
Pennsylvania. lie is q strong minded, yigor-
ous, and forcible writer, practical and elo-
qHent speaker, patriotic and true hearted
Pennsylyanian. OF bis unexccptionable pri-
yate character aud moral worth, 10 better cri-
dence can be given than the fact ebat when
candidate for congress, he rcvolutionized his
district three consecutive times. receiving the
almost unanimous vctc of his friends and
neighbors.
During the three sessions he served in con-
gress, the Mexican War was in progress. aad
ether exciting and important topics wera be-
fore that body, yet, though our acversaries
have patiently searched the records time and
again, not 8 single act, vote, or speech can be
pointed to with which the least fault can be
found. He stands right upon the record, and
all their ingenuity and scnhistry has thus far
utterly failed TO place him in an unfair light
on any question uron which be wcs called 10
act during his public life.
Such is the candidate presented to the peo-
pie of Pennsylvania for their sufirages az the
coming election. \ man whom they can ell
support, with the utmost confidence in his in
teSrity, intelligence, and ability to make an
able and efficient Chief Magistrate. rs i. '-
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DIsoRGANIzArIoN IN BERKs.

Let those who think Biger will get his usu-
al majority in Berks, read the article on our
frst page from the ''Bsrks Couaty Press the
regular Democratic Organ "The democracy
are rent and torn-dissension and disafIection
prevail The same thing is true of more
Counties than Berks. The political fate of
Bigler. Campbell, 5, Co., is sealed, and all the
sturnping the Clearfeld Clique can do. wont
save them. No,not even the unparalleled elo-
quence Of the Valiant Captain of thesChincklc-
camoose Rangers the illustrious ssCorporal, -
and the :.learned Judge" They are aa licked
community and as they are not .sKnow--
Nothings' they Eno,r H.
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The eWhia G;nlrTrsp., q.

Bntfew OF our readers have not heard since
the commencement of this campaign and be-
fore it, Native Americanisn, and Known 9TH
ingsnl, denounced as a ssWhig Gull Trap-,,-
This has been the constant cry of ofLocofoco-
ism throughout the whole contest. They
knew that the Whig party was the only great
AMERICAN party of The country, and that con-
sequently, some of its tenets and principles
bore slight resemblance TO the doctr ines
professed by the Natives, and they seized
hold of this hobby for the purpose of securing
the catholic and foreign vote, while they
MAIDEN ative e-americanism and Known Nothing-
ism, in more senses than one, another STEP
ping stone to power.
In proof of this fact, one need only point to
the Locofoco papers, every one of which is
taking especial pains to publish TO the world a
letter, purporting TO be written by the Native
candidate for Governor, declaring that he
will not decline. In addition to this, the Lo-
cofoco leaders are buisily engaged distribU-
ting Bradford tickets in all the disafected
districts in the county! Does this resemble a
ssUhig GaU T'rap.'' And what is their objectl
Why simply to prevent the dissatisfied demo-
Gratis from voting for POLLOCK, and to get
as many Wings as possible to vote for Brad
ford, They we'll know that every democratic
vote for Bradford is one saved to BigIer, and
every Whfg vote thus cast, is one lost to
POLLOCK.
But it is not only a Locofoco ':gnll-trap'' in
this respect. The democrats who have all
along een loudly protesting Nativeisn, are
no,e hsraing f-oftor TO the Hhigs ,ohoa, hey scre
succeeded in dra,ring info ffeir ranks, and are
going back, body and breeches' to Bigler. Just
as we predicted they vculd, from the begin
ming. This is not a mere naked assertion, bat
we can PROVE it, by the most conclusive ev-
idence. and the Locofoco leaders are gloGting
over it on the street corners. Last week, they
received letter from one Of the former Ma
tive American leaders in Bradford township,
who, to prove his allegiance to the Locofoco
party, betrayed his brethren with kiss and
exposed to the wireworkers hero al the pri-
private movements and disigns Of the party
with which he had been acting!
Now will any whig permit himself to be
thus bamboozIed ont of his vote? And what is
TO be thought of party who will stoop TO
the use OF such means to ride into Office With
one hand they are holding out the bait to Cath
elics and foreigners, and with the other dis
tributing Bradford tickets! Any and every
means to accomplish tllcir designs. There is
nothing, however low and contemplate, TO
which they will not stoop for success. VIII
Wings ana true Native Americans permit
thcmsci9s to DO thus iitmbugged. Let them
answer at the ballet box.
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PERsEcUTIoN.

The latest scheme of the Locofoco wire
workers here, is to get UP the cry of 'sPerse-
cutioR" against Gov. Bigler, and for this pur-
pose the greatest misrepresentation have
been made, and the lowest means resorted to,
We have ever known to be used in a political
contest. 1t is alleged that ..throueh the Ia
bors of hired vilifiers, many OF his neighbors
have been led to condemn his conduct, &c''
We don't know exactly what this means, but
if there are any shired vilifers' in the county.
they must be the paid clerks and other rccip-
ients of official favors, who, instead of being
at their posts, have been here conducting this
campaign, and dealing in wholesale SANDERS
against the candidates of the Whig party.
We utterly and entirely deny that one word
has been said, publicly or privately, by a
Wing, as such, against the character of Gov.
Bigler, or any other candidate. On the con-
trary, We have said through our paper, and
the whig speakers lave said in the public
meetings that have been held, that we believe
Gov. Bigler to be gentleman in every re-
spect, and the first word has yet to be said of
MS private character. But, notwithstanding
all this, and the fact that they are daily and
weekly slandering Judge Pollock, these con-
sistent gentlemen, would have the people be-
ieye that Gov. Bigler is svilifed' and perseeu-
ted, as no other man ever was in Pennsylvania
This scheme of exciting .sympathy;' is an
old one with the Locofoco party, and has long
ago been worn threadbare. 1t is, at all events,
a mighty low business to seek to obtain votes
through pity, and all they can get in that way,
we are perfectly willing they shall have, so
long as they do not resort to falsehood and
misrepresentation of individuals who are nei-
thsr candidates nor aspirants,
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lancaster all right.-We have good authori-
~ for saying that BIGLER will have sssir hun
dred' majority in Lancaster County.
Being determined to tell as big lie as possible,
We hit upon the above Democratic Paper''
And, as usual, You succeeded most admira-
bly,. Don't think you can be beat at the game
by anybody in s.the wild cat district'' Guess
you must have been trying the same expert
ment when you alleged that the story was
circulated in this county that Gov. Bigler had
daughter in a nunnery: or: perhaps you were
thinking of the time when your party eircula-
ted the same story about General Scott
You're posey, amt yOu2
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"a BIG LIE"

"We are we'll aware that the most strenuous
efforts have been made. and are still making,
TO strengthen the cause of Whiggery in this
County through the agency of KNOWN othing-
ism.-ss Democratic Paper"
Being determined to tell as big a lie as posi-
ble' you chit upon the above" Go it Daniel,
If you think there is no hope. you hare
nothing to care, and everything to gain Let
her flicker.
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PHILADELPHIA.

We have news from Philadelphia by which
We are assured that PoLLocK, will receive. in
the consolidated city, over ten thousand ma
jority, The attempt to create the impression
that there is any dissatisfaction existing there,
which will affect the State Ticket, is simply
absurd. If the rest Of the State does as we'll
as Philadelphia, PoLLoeK's majority viii be
FIFTY THOUSAND, Mark the prediction.