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The Trinity times., 1855-04-07

SIR BULwER LYTros.- The Liverpool
Journal, in an account Of the debate on the
foreign enlistment bill. gives the following
account of this distinguished man:
"I think Sir Buwer LyttOn IL the most Ri
dcuous looking man, with his horse nose,
and his blue saucer eyes, in Her Majesty's
dominions: and his bow wowy voice drives
one into hys,ercs Of idgetness; and his ges.
tdres oh! his gestures! conceive Cassandra
being dopmatc in state Of dcllrium tremens.
The impression for the first five minutes Of
his Orai0ry is awful; you gee members dust
ing their faces with their handkerchief.
screwing their persons TO their benches. and
keeping their eyes off the door that looks 80
tempting an escape from the tremendous bur-
Onet.
''But genius asserts itself, and one forgets
the tremendous baronet in the man whose
very grotesqueness but proves his his grand
original ty and forgetting the manner in the
rnatter-when it is good as on Tuesday--the
house cheers. Sir Edward sat down, on that
night, with parliamentary success, having
achieved that. (he is celebrated for his peril.
nacity J which be has lie n twenty years stri-
NJ for: and as ! watched him passing along
the lobby - dinner, amid unreserved con-
protulations, | came 10 the conclusion tina.
was The hapri-tt moment Of career which.
though leafy with laureIs, has, perhaps, besa
q very melancholy life
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The Old Clock on the Stairs.
BY LONGFELLOW.

Somewhat back from the village street
Stands the old-fashioned country seat,
Across the antique portico
Tall poplar trees their shadows throw,
And from its station in the hall
An ancient time piece says to all
Fore 1er--never!
Never-torever
Halfway up the stairs it stands,
And points and beckous with its hands,
From its case OF massive oak,
Like monk, who under his cloak
Crosses himself, and sighs, alas
With sorrowiul voice TO all who pass
'Forever--nevtr!
Never-forever
BY day its voice is low and light,
But in the silent dead Of night,
Distinct rs a passing footsteps fall,
1t echoes along the vacant hall
Along the ceiling, along the floor,
And seems to say at each chamber door,
'Eorever--never!
Never-forever!
In that mansion used to be
Free hearted Hospitality;
His great fires up the chimney roared,
The stranger ieasted at his board;
But like the skeleton at the feast,
That warning time-pece never ceased,-
'Forever--never
Never-torever
There groups Of merry children played.
There youths and maldens dreaming strayed
Oh, precious hours q, golden prime
And atfluence Of love aud time
Even as "a miser counts his gold,
Those hours the ancient time piece told,
'FOrever--never
Never--furev y
From the chamber, clothed in white,
The bride came forth on her wedding night
There, in that silent room below,
The dead lay in his shroud Of snow;
And in the hush that followed the prayer,
W as heard the old clock on the stair
'FoIever--never
Never--forever
All are scattered now and fled,
Some are married, some are dead;
And when ask, with throbs of pain,
'Ah when shall they all meet again
AS in the days long since gone byP
The ancient tme-pec makes reply
'Forever--never!
Never-forever!
Never here-forever there,
Where all parting, pain and care,
And death and time shall disappear
Forever there, but never here!
The horologe of eternity
Sayeth this incessantly-
'Forever-never
Never--forever y
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then peered round the trunk, as if asking how
he realized the salutatiou, while the squirrel
scampered along the fence, whiskjng his tail
over his head by way Of a hulza
Here reigned the golden mean extolled by
poets, in which no gold was TO be found, and
very little silver. The inhabitants OF the
Hollow were Of the primitive stock, and had
intermarried and bred in and in, from the
earliest time of the province, never swarmng
far from the parent hive, but dividing and
sub dividing their paternal acres as they
swarmed.
Here were small farms, each having its lit
tie portion of meadow and corn field its or.
chard of gnarled and sprawling apple-trees
It's garden, in which the rose, the marigold
and hollyhock, grow socially with the cab
bage, the pea, and the pumpkins; each had its
w-eaved mansion redundant with white
headed children, with an old hat nailed
against the wall for the house se-keepng wren;
the coop on the grass plot, where the moth
erly hen clucked round with her vagrant
brood-each had its stone well, with a mosS
covered bucket suspended to the long bal
anclng pole, according to antedeuvan hy-
draulics-while within doors resounded the
eternal hum of the spinning wheel.
Many were the great historical facts which
the worthy Diedrch collected in these lowly
mansions, and patiently would he sit by the
old Dutch housewives, with a child on his
knee, or purring grimalkn on his lap, list.
lng to endless ghost stories, spun forth to tho
hummlng accompaniment of the wheel.
The delighted historian pursued his explo-
ratons far into the foldings of the hills where
the "ocantico winds lis wizard stream among
the mazes Of its old Indian huts- sometimes
running darkly in pieces OF woodland beneath
balancing sprays of beech aud chestnut
som tm,s sparkling between grassy borders
in fresh green nlervals--here aud there re-
ceiving the trbut, OF silver ris which came
whimperng doNn the hill sides from their
parent SPRINGS
We have "a few brief hints--too brief, in
deed, and quite unsatisfactory, about the pre-
sent condition of the Roost
Reader, the Roost still exists. Time.
which changes all things, is slow in its opera.
tons on Du,chman's dwelling. The stout
Jacob Van Tassel, it is true, sleeps with his
fathers, and his great goose gun with him
yet his stronghold still bears the impress of
its Dutch origin. Odd rumors have gathered
about it, as they are apt to do about old man
slons, like moss and weather stains Tho
shade of Wolrort Acber still walks his unquet
rounds at night, in the orchard-and "A white
figure has now and then been seen seated ut
a window, and gazing at the moon from u
room in which "a young lady is said to have
died of love and green apples.
MeInentoes Of the sojourn Of Diedrich
Knickerbocker are still cherished at the
Roost. His elb W chair, and antique writing
desk, maintain Their place in the room he oc-
cupied, and his old cooked hat still hangs Oh
peg against the wall"
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a Michigan DECISION The Detroit i'd
UHtiser relates the following good story of u
Western Court:
Judge B, plain, and withal very
worthy man, but no lawyer, was once Coun-
ty Judge Of Oakland, under the old system.
a cause came on for trial before him on one
occasion, in which the action was founded in
tort, and the plea Of the defendant which
was special, was such as to give him the af-
Grmalive OF the issue, upon the strength Of
which he claimed the right to open and close
the case. This point was denied by the coun-
sci for the plaintiff, "who never in the whole
course Of his practice had heard of such an
enormiiy as the defendants presuming to
open case" Authorities were brought and
cited. however, and the Judge, after mature
deliberaton, determined that such was tho
defendants right, and so pronounced his de-
csion. After a short pause, during which
the plaintiff was grumbling his dissatisfae-
tion, the Court ordered defendants lawyer
to goon
"Your Honor" said he, rising, 81 am not
quite ready to open this case--when | get
ready wiH let The --side-know,"--
This opened, If not the case, at least tho
eyes and IN, nth of the "other side who
sprang to his feet and beloved forth an aw-
ful denuncation upon the profound stupidity
Of the Judge, whose absurd decision had
placed him in such dilemma. "You see
your honor what you have done-you have
actually placed my case in the hands Of :he
defendant. lie took possession of our oxen,
and when we brought an action to recover
them, he took posSsssi,n Of that also"
81 can't help it, sir" said the lesrn ID
Judge with great sternness, "the decision is
made, and it IL too late to alter it; the law
must take its course. You must withdraw
you action and sue again" "lf he does
your Honor" said the defendants counsel,
81 shall plead the dependence of this action
in bar and beat him" "Then," said tho
Judge, 81 see no other way for you but to sit
down quietly and wait till the defendant gets
ready 10 try this cause. The plaintiff took
the Judges advice, but the time appointed
has never elapsed, and he is waiting yet.
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A TIARA FoR Pro NoNo -Queen Isabella
Of Spain has sent magnificent golden tiara
as a personal present to the Pope The tia
ra is encrustcd with no fewer than eighteen
thousand brlliants, so set as to throw of rays
Mt all points, and 10 form around the holy
fathers head halo Of light Ike the "glory''
Of saint. Ii is fortunate that the Spanish
treasury is in condition to afford so yalua
bic gift The Pope's next hest tiara is
one that was presented to Plus VII, by Napo-
leon |.
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OFFICE SECRETARY OF STATE,
Civ of Sacramento, California.

| certify that the foregoing is true and
correct copy Of the original Act now on HE
in this Office.
In testimony whereof ! hereunto subscribe
nv name and affix the Great Seal OF the
State of California, at Office, in the City OF
Sacramento, this twenty first day Of Maj ch,
A. d., 1879.
j. W. DENVER,
Secretary Of State.
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A wealthy farmer in Kentucky says:-"I
would rather he taxed for the education OF
the boy than the ignorance Of the man.
For one or the other AIN compelled to be )"
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The New Eden.

P0o4 before the Berkshire Horticultural So
etety, at Stockbridge, Sept. l3, 1854.
BY OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES.
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An Act

TO create Board of Supervisors in the
Counties of this State, aud to define their
duties and poscers. Passed March %,
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Scarce could the parting ocean close,
Scanned by the Mayiower's cleavng bow,
When DER the rugged ocean rose
The waves that tracked the Pilgrims
plough,
Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1855-07-28

Of 74to IS. 1t thus appears that a large
majority of the Illinois Know Nothings
have followed in the footsteps Of their
brethren in Connecticut, Pennsy lvania end
some other Northern. States, by emphati-
,caIly repudiAaing the Philadelpbia plat.
form and declaring themselves in favor Of
mad and reckless scheme Of anti-slavery
agitation.
Of coursa, the idea of cooperation be-
tween the American party Of the South and
that of the North, so long as the latter in-
s,sts upon setting up such platform as
that Of the Illinois Convention, is wholly
impossible, and rrepostrous. Neither in
the next Presidential election nor in any
,othr. struggle can the Northern and South
ern Know Nothings affiliate with such a
breach as tins bet~e eii them, and the re-
pudiators Of the Philadrirhia platform
virtually proclaim the dissolution Of the
American party as National Organiza-
.ion when they demand that the repeal of
the Nebraska law shall BE- made: a part Of
',hr Know Nothing creed.-.Lynch6u'g Vir-
:siaian. ~e+s
Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1855-07-28
NELMBokp's HIGHLY CONCENTRATED.
COMPOUND FLUID EXTRA CT
SARSAHARILLA.

For Purifying the Rood. remoriay aU diseases asi
sing from excess Of Mercury. stp9snre aud impru-
dence life, chronic coastitu;iona di.eae, arising
from impnre state Of tAe B9Yd aud the only reti
able aud efectaa slso,rm remedy for the Of Sero
fada Salt eheHm, SeaId Head, Ulcsraticys Of the
Throat and Legs, Pains and Sreings Of the Bones,
letter, P@ple. Q" tAs Fass, and all sea'S Efapti9Hs
Of the SKIN
This article is now prescribed by of the most
distinguished physieia2ss ia the country, and has
proved efficient in practice than any prepara-
ton of Sarsaparila yet offered to Wy PYblic.-
Several cases of secondary Syphilis, Mer and
Scrolulous diseases have entirely rec6yersa in the
incurabIe wards Of our PnbHe Insttstions wsch had
for many years resisted every mode II treatment
examples of the salutary effects OF this medicine
arrestng Of the most nveterate diseases, after
the glands were destroyed, and the bones isready
affected H.
Noucg.--Lettcrs from responsible Physicisns
and Professors of several Medical Colleges and GER
tiicaes of from patients will be found accom-
pauying both Preparations.
PnIcrs Fluid Extract of Buchu, 81 per bottle, or
| bottles for S. IN
equal in strength to gallon of Syrup of Sarsapar-
| lila.
Prepared and sold by H. T. HEIMBOLD, Chem
ist o63 Chestnut Street, noar the Girard House,
Philadelphia.
To be had of and
of Druggists and Dealers everywhere.
letters direeedt to Proprietor aysns
mediate attention.
JSly II, ls55.-1y.
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TAR. <. D. ARTHUR, Dentist, will be absent til
~ the latter rart of August
Stadntoh,' July %, 1855.
BLACK ROCK SPRINGS.

vIVHIS hcalthful and agreeable Watering place
will be open for the reception Of visitors on the
l2th OF july II is situated in the county of Angus
Ia, Is miles north east Of Waynesboro', 20 miles
from Staunton and miles from weyers Cave
Hacks and Buggies can BE READILY obtained at Staun-
ton or Wayneshoro' ] deem'it altogether unnec-
essary to enter into elaborate description Of these
Springs suffice 1t to say that their waters have been
analvSed BY Prot Rogers and pronounced the
strongest and purest Chalybeate ID The country
They are eficacious in the Of Dyspepsia Liver
Complaint, Disease of the Kidneys and all diseases
arising from general debility. But they are more
especially adapted to the Of the various fEMAE
diseases. These Springs are admirably suited to
persons from Eastern Virginia, hose health would
lie promoted by the tonic properties Of these waters
together with the healthy inyigorating and pleasant
mountain breexes Of the surrounding country. In
deed the region of country in which the Springs
situated has been long noted for the salubrty of its
climate. Possessing as they do so many adyanta-
ges both for health and pleasure they are desra.
Bile retreat for few months during the summer and
give them more than ordinary claims to public ia
vor. Those whoa fond of sport can amuse them.
selves npursuft of game, in which tho neighborhood
abounds.' large and excellent bali room for those
who are disposed to engage in TIE meanderings OF
the merry dance. TO these gro may favor l him
with CALL the proprietor would assure them that
he will spare no pains to make their stay pleasant
and agreeable. The rates of board per week, Sc
Children and Servants, half price. =
l.. 7. ID. FAULCONER, Proprietor.
July Il, 1855. :"
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PUBLIC SALE OF LAND.

IN pursuance of decree Of tlle Cireut Court Of
i Augusta county at its last. term, WILL on Satur-
day the LIST day OF September next, on the premises
proceed to self at public auction 70 the highest bid
W. YALUABLE TRACK or LAND,
belonging 10 the estate Of James r. Lamb dec con-
tanning about ONE HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN
ACR Is staatad upon the heat waters Of the North
lsnds OF SaMaa4 Whiiniore, ohm Hail. and. others.
The land is of excellent qdatyswell Watched, with a
fine meadow and orchard, and is well timbered. =
The buildings consist Of very comfortable DWELL
Barn. ~ - - - ass
TERMS A credit of six, eighteen, thirty two
and fifty four mouths in equal instamcnts the pur-
chaser giving bonds with sufficient personal security,
and the title retained ultimate security. For fur
ther particulars enquire of the undersigned.
JACOB SCHRECKHISE, Comm.
July "a, 1s55.ARock. Register copy 80 days and
send account to this Office for collection.
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Letter from Hon. John Minor Bohs, Of Virgin;a
il u........~ =, -.

compcil@ to insert among their ADVERTISEMENTS,
statements which they can neither sanction or be-
lieve. "'! tar ~
pleasant exception q tlris dsagrecablo necessity
Pectora and Pills, which will pc found in our col
umns. We have published for him before, and al
ways with the feeling that p doing We limo wise
ena ourselves to deceive or miscad The public for
strictly true, with abundant reason to believe that
his medicincs will do ~ they ard all that
can be reasonably expected from any Medicine. Iii,
to need any commendation from us, and his Pills we
credibly informed not inferior TO his Pecso
rail- Precedence Mirror, II. L. "a. 3si''
Jnly II, lS55,&4t 2"
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Reduced oates apJ; Increa sed Expedition
By the Mail Lines Of Wm p farish &c Co.
Ecnp, fl,A virUipNiN Suasi ., a.

Reduced oates and Increas ed Expedition
By the Nail Linescf Nm. =. fari4h &c Co.
For the Virginia Springs!
Tn connection with the Central Railroad, through
i from Richmond Petersburg. Baltimore, Wash
lngton City, Aleyandria, and intermediate points,
to all the Virginia Spripgs.a "s
Passengers are informed that by leaving Richmond
in the rnrhilis train Of the Cent? IL Raroad that
they will find at tbeir service, the
WIZ FINE LiNEOF CtbACIIES
of VIM. T. Parish Co., ready. as they have al
ways been TO afford ihe most extended facilities to
all the Virginia SPRINGS, and Westward to the Ohio
River. Plcdging themlelYes that their Coaches,
Teams, Drivers, &C., as we'll as rates OF Fare Com
fort and Expedition, shall meet the wants and ex-
pectations of their old friends and patrons, and all
disposed u patronze them. - =
Through Tickets issued at the Office Of the Central
Railroad in Richmond, as well as by the Agents Of
the Company, who may always be- found at the De-
pots in Richmond, prior to the departure OF the
Trains, q! the following .. rates of Fare; .a.o
ESa ffsse g ya ss s sSpast Springs $
From R sda & Healing i s. p 'sEs; 800
FROM Richmond to Hot Springs, IT'S
From Richmond to Warm Springs, I 90
From Richmond TO Bath Alum Springs, rs
Er3H kicRmsRs IA Rockbridge A AIN Springs, 70
From, Ricfimoha TO LeSingfaE,. ~" $50
No charge fsr' any Tessohatle an punt Of extra
i. AZ liz & s 9s sssps s sSs W. SSsg4
daily on the arrival of,thc Carl with rates Of
to suit the times and wishes of the Travelling Pub
lie.
Extra Coaches furnished at all Poiats on Reason
Bile Terms. = .WM. 4. fAKISlt W.
July IA, lsS5. -. -.
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NOTICE.

IN pursuance Of decree of the Circuit Court OF
i Highland county, entered on the 9Th. day If De-
tober 1854 in suit therein pending, in the style Of
Jacob Heyener, jr., vs.. Michael Doyle and others,
cree will proceed to sell Monday the 27th bf Au-
gust, 1855, the premises, to the highest bidder,
thc three several tracks Of land mentioned in said
deed to wit One track 29S acres one of 81 acres,
an one Of 81 acres, lying in said county of Highland
IN the waters of Jackson's River, adjoining each
other, and the lands Of Wm Hiner and Robert Dix
on's estate; or as many much Of the aforesaid
ceeds thereof defray the expenses of sale, and to
nav and satisfy certain claims of BENZ. b. Campbell
surviving member of the late firm of. B. Campbell
& Co., and the plaintiff, Jacob Hevener, jr., hsn-
tkoroA IN said decree. 49, l.
TERM:-A credit Of six, twelve and eighteen
months will be given, the purchaser to give bond
with approved security, and tho legal title retained
I ~ '' -. '"..W. STEPHENSON, Comm.
~, 1Shk -
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June 80, lss5-tds Printer. fee 50.
Trust Sale Of Real Property

DY yrtueof deed of trust, executed va me March
ID "a, ls49, by Peter Layman, and Fanny his wife,
and of record in the Clerks office of the county OF
Augusta, for the purposes mentioned III said deed,
shall, in pursuance OF said decd sell for cash,
the premises, on Tuesday; tle 5ash day Of August
Layman, lying in the county Of Augusta, and fully
described in two deeds to said Iayman, oBs from
Sam'l Hunter, and Sarah L. his vito, bearing date
the day of January, fs4T; the other from David
s. Bell and Nancy G. his wife, bearing date the LIST
day Of March, ls4S. lbf IS acres sold by said Lays
man to Abr''n Shaver, ttep from the l%o trasas
the deed Of Trust is not offered with the two tracts.
Persons wishing topprchasc the PROPERTY will ex
anime it for themselves. The title is believed to be
free from al! doubt, but selling y trustee shall con-
juno 0, Issa.A JOHN RKo0Ks, Trustee.
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Bslumcre, On the 26th, Flour was offering at
$685. bat buyers we're unwilling to purchase at
over 50. Tbe.psfxet was dun, and no activity
Wheat market Was hctite--2s, 900 bushels having
arrived on this date. The market closed, for first
rate wheat for family foar at 81 s2al s5-Red ST.
ala. Inferior lots ofwhchf; '{ba 80, owing to
idampness, smut &c. Corn, in demand, and selling
at lo2al04 for white-yeilbw at 9scts. Oats, new.
were selling At b0a5lcts per bushel. Rye at l.lOa
lis Glover seed at $3.50 per bushel. Ilmbthy at
l.25. Piaxseed, at $50. az II l.
In Philadelphia, on the 2dih, extra lots OF -four
we're held at S9.50aSl0. y
In Hew FORK, best quality of wheat was selling at
S2.30 per bushel. beef, at IS per 100 lbs net
Alexandria, ON the 26ll, sup. -four, to the city
ira &C., was selling at $685. Wheat, l.70al.75.-
Corn, i0aal05. Oats, 6Oa55.
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TRUSTEES. SALE LAND.

DY virtue Of a trust decd executed to me, and dn-
ID " recorded by r. I'll. and Rebeecs Kinney, Of
fer. for sale part of the .sTINkLfNG aSPRiNG
FARN," containing about ONE HUNDRED AND THin-
rY-OSE ACRES. 1t is about miles east of Staunton
and mile FROM Fishersyille Depot, in Augusta
county There Is about fourteen acres OF first rate
Meadow on .sGoose Creek" which runs through the
land; about thirty acres of fine timber land. The
residue all in grass, there being no crop on the
land.
There are several never failing Springs the land
and so located rs to make the land exceedingly con-
4ohient for stock. Hhis is very desirable little
Farm, and tpany- one. wishing to invest money in
land, it offers great Inducements ANY one wishing
70 look at the land can call Mr.. d. W. Koiner,
VI. Samuai Patterson, either Of whom will show it.
They reside in the neighborhood.
shall offer the land FIR sale privately until Friday
the 10th of August next and that day. ii not sold,
shall offer It, the premises, at public auction to
TEnSs.-One- third III hand the balance in Q, II,
and ls months. The little is-gOod.
CHESLEY KINNEY, Trustee.