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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1855-10-24
STAUNrON SPECTATOR,
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PECTATOR" is published once a 'oeck,
r. Dollars gear If paid in apance, or Iico Dot
la,. snd Fty Cents If delayed beyond the ergat'on q
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a. I'M communications TO the Editors 6y mail must
4. gort-p maid or theu tvill not be attended TO.
1DYER IT'S EIENT'S of thirteen lines Cor Iess')
ssurgeois tyOe, ten lines lor less no" type' 'n
esrted three times for one dollar ana
T,r ,ach s,Lseguent continuance. Larger aduertsse-
sasnts inserted IN Me same proportion
liberal discount made TO those cho adcert''e oy e
y<r.
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Irish Enigration.

The Roman Catholic Church in Ireland through
the voice Of her clergy and in the columns Of the
press devoted TO her interest, is just now strain
ing every nerve tn stay the tide of emigration to
the United States. The Tuam Herald is in
slructed to announce progressive increase in the
counter-current Of home emigration, and alleges
that not week passes without Witnessing the re-
turn Of some few of the Celtic population. The
numbers no doubt are small, but the great stress
is laid on the influence they exert over the minds
of their friends by the dismal accounts they are
said to furnish of che state of social and religious
life in the United States. The writer proceeds
ln this strain:
"Before many years elapse, unless the tone Of
American society becomes essentially altered, l.
rshmen who set any value upon domestic peace
or upon their salvation will fly from the contact
with its once boasted free soil with as much hor-
ror as they would shun the fiery pavement Of the
region of the damned. This is strong language,
but not stronger than We have heard not many
days ago from the lips ofone of those returned en-
igraBts. Liberty in the United States has de-
generated into tho most profigats licentousness.
Thousands Of our exed fellow countrymen have
fallen, and are daily falling, victims to the seduc
tive allurements of this licentious freedon from
moral restraints. There was a strange fascina-
ton attracting poor lrishmen to America; il was
the boasted land of freedom and Of plenty.
"Withn the last few months we have made
closer and more accurate inquiry about the physi-
icaI advantages to be derived from residence in the
States. All the returned emigrants to whom We
have spoken concur in estifying that even those are
exaggerated. The strongest frames and the most
robust constitutions sink rapidly under the heavy
and inccssant toll and The unhealthy climate Of
America. A hale old man is rcrely met with.-
Walk over the tombs in any of the cemeteries,
and the ages recorded upon the headstones tell the
mournful tale premature death in 80 per cent.
of the sad records of the dead. Several Of the EN-
grants who have come home have told US that
with l0d. or Is. day in Ireland man can sup
port his family better and with more comfort than
with the almighty dollar day in Amerca.--
This he explained by entering into detailed ac-
count of the style and expenses Of social life in
the States. Even in the respect Of mere physical
comforts it is generally considered that at present
an Irish laborer, farmer, or cotier live well
at home, taking all things into account. as in A
merica. Matters ale fast coming to a level on
both sides of the Atlantic"
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DrurS and 1lnflicimes.

A VERY general assortment of Drugs and Medicines
"A of the most approved quality. Perfumery, some
wery NICE and everything usually to be found In Drug
store il this part Of the eOsatry
JAS. G. LAIRD, Druggist
sstauntoR, Aug l. 1856. Staunton, va
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33S. For second best collt ction Of poultry
exhibited by any one person,

Lemarks and Special Rules for Branch ~.
If competitor claims anything on the score of
the breed or purity of blood Of an animal, he must
submit the pedigree or other statement, in writing.
Awards Of superiority of animals should be Civ
en- for their superior utility or profit for farm pur
poses, stated use in the offers Of the premiums
Neither unusually large and useless size, nor ex-
cessive fatness OF animals, (un.ess faltened tor
slaughter. and exhibited as such, will be deemed
points OF value or merit. No Improbable animal
will be proper subject to receive premium.
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Notice.

I1NHE notes and accounts Of ID. w. T. Sianker up 10
the lst inst, are in my hands for collection. All
persons indebted requested to come forward mme
diately and make payment as very desirable TO set
ale the business without delay. N. K. FULFZ.
SAannton, July IS, 1856.
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To Painters,

KEEP constantly on hand full supply Of Linseed
Oil, aud all the paints aud Varnishes belonging To
your business. good asssrtmeat of PANT, s9rpSA'
n ad Sash Brushes. JAS U. LAIRD
Aug. |, 1856.
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WoN'T WoRK BOTH WAYs.-Stranger-- Have
you rot any newspapers
Edltor-CertaluIy.
Strauger-You will give me one, suppose. sir.
Editor-Oh. yes. sir, (hauGing him paper
Those are 6ne chickens in your basket; have you
any more of them AZ holnef
Stranger-Rght smart chance more OF them at
home.
Editor-That's ane one you will give me
that, suppose. sir; will you not
Stranger-l brought these TO market to sell
should like to ssll you dozen at Is cents.
PrOblem-lf one paper costs 81 cents and chick
ems cost rs cents a dozen, who lost in the above
bargain2
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TIDN1P SEED-

A FRESH supply of Early Dutch TGrnip, Esrly
N Bloomsdalc, Large Globe ditto, Large White Flat
Tdrnip Just received from d. Landreth s Son. Call
early aud get supply at
JAS. G. LAIRD'S Drug Store.
Stanton, July %, lS55.-Town papers copy.
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A GooD OsE.-A very good widow lady, who
was looked up to by the congregation to which
she belonged as an example of pety, contrlved to
bring her conscience to terms for one little indul
gencs. She loved porter and one day just as she
received half dozen bottles from the man who
usually brought her TIE comforting beverage she
70 horror saw two of the grave elders OF the
church approaching her door. She ran the man
out of the back way and put the bottles under the
bed The weather was hot, and while sonver-
sing with her sage friends roP went one OF the
corks.
''Dear me-" exclaimed the good lady, "thero
goes that bed cord; it snapped yesterday Just the
same way. mus, have 4 new rope provided"
In few moments, POP went another. followed
by the peculiar hiss of escaping liquor. The rope
wouldn't do again, but the good lady was not at
loss.
Dear me-" says she, 'that black cat Of mine
must bo at some mischief. Scat"
Anotier bottle popped off, and the porter came
stealing out from under the bad curtains.
80, dear me-" said she, Il had forgot. it's the
yeast! Here Prudence! come take these bottles
Of ysastm-.N 0. Picayne.
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Agricultural Fair.

The following are the premiums in which our
farmers are most interested, offered by the Agri-
cultural Svciety:
DDlNru TIT
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An Irishman called into store, and priced
pair Of gloves. He was told they came to ten
shilngs.
Och, by my sOwl. thin,' says he, I'd sooner
my hands d 60 barefoot, than pay that price for
,emt
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TuE YASKEE AND THE MoNKs.-As one OF
the divisions OF our armv under Scott was proceed
inu ON toward the city Of Mexico. filling up the
..nationa road" for many miles with serpenilne
train, number of monks. residing in monaste-
nv, situated on neighhnrlng emlnence, 10 pictu-
resuue procession descended to the road side,
chanting hymns. the leader bearing before hlm d
silver box. on the top nf which was lamp bur
ning before cross, and an aperture to receive
contributions from the charitahly disposed. As
our soldiers passed along, many Of "toreign birth
contributed of their pay" and received blessing
from the awaiting monks. Finally, tall Yankee
belonging to one Of the New England regiments,
upon whose clothes still rested the fragrant per-
tume of the ArOostuok pine, stopped before the
contribution box, dropped his musket to the ground
and commenced searching his packets. IL was
evident that he would give somethlng. Having
completed his explorations, he unhItched short
stemmed tobacco pipe from the string that served
as band to his soached hat, and filling the bowl
with tobacco that he had taken 50 long to mud.
quietly lighted il at the holy fire; then, perfectly
unconcious of having committed an improper,
much less a sacrlegious deed, he wended his way
onward toward the fabled halls of tho Montezu
mas. The eyes OF the old friars, who witnessed
this proclamation, ruled in their sockets with
surprise and horror, and they felt an additional
dread of the ba.barOus North Americans, VINO
were, according to their estimation, not only gl-
ants in strength, and eagles in courage, but also
heathens and heretcS of the most formidable de-
GREE, and the most lrreclaimable klnd.-Har-
per's .Nagazine.
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SALT.
l00 SACKS fine Salt; so do. G. Alum do, IN hne
lUU order. ]. BRANDEBURG & co.
Stauntoa, oc.. 10, 1885.
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A Spanish proverb, "What the fool does in th
end, the wise man does in the beginning"
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! As easily expect oaks from a mushroom bed. as
great and durable products from small and hasty
efforts.
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Converse not with liar or swearer, or man
of obscene or wanton language; for either he will
corrupt you, or at least it will hazard your repu
tation to be one Of the like making and if il doth
neither, yet 1t will fill your memory with such
discourses that it will be troublesome TO you in
atter-tme; and the returns Of the remembrance
Of the passages which you have long since heard
of this nature will haunt you when your thoughts
should be better employed. Sir .uatfheu HaLe.
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A GEM-One of the sweetest gems Of poesy
over written is the following, from the pen Of
Frances Ann Butler:
"Better trust all, and be deceived,
And weep that trust, and that deceiving,
Than doubt one heart, that il believed
Had blessed ones life with true believing.
"0h, in this mocking world too fast
The doubling fend o'ertakes youth
Better be cheated to the last,
Than lose the blessed hope Of truth
In the early time Of youth we trust all and arc
deceived 10 the reaction we doubt all, and final
ly discover that man is = mixed being, mono
whslly evil, none so good as to be free from alloy.
Out of this knowledge grows charity. and expect
ing less from poor fral human nature, we are
more easily satisfied with its modicum Of good.
and less indignant at its huge preponderance Of g.
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Take pinch ofsnud, Pompeyp mo masss,
tank you, nose not hungry dis time"
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AT 4, SP.

TTaHAT GOLD LEAF TOBACCO you have all been
i waiting for 50 loas has arrived. Send in your Or
Ssr,, and oblige yours, respectfully, ,,
Stauutou, Aug l. 1853 q, i. COCHkAN'
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A French provsrb, "The noise of the world
] browns the thunder Of God"
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AYERS Cherry Pectoral s. Pills.
yCHESE are deservedly pspuar Medicines for Cosgs''
CoIds Bilious Complaints, Dropsy, Heartburn, Se.'
= JAS. C LAaDs DSos Store.
Ann /, 1855.
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SuDeriOr Tobacco.

SNpta AUa aVHIiENLr :, r,L,r
IUSF to hand and for sale supply oil N9tHro' Cne"
u ING Tobacco of superior quality. >c,,,n,y
Stanton, June 20, 1850. u l. SOUnNN
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.SofIdle HOrses.


l26. For the best stallion for the saddle, Sol
1877. For the second best stallion for the .,
saddle, M or
1923, For the best brood mare for the saddle, ~
l2o For the second best brood mare Tor the .
saddle,
lS0 For the best saddle horse, mare or r
l9l. For the best year old colt or FLY, 10
1872 For the best year old colt or MY ,0 io
1873. For the best | year old colt or hiiy' ~
lS4. For the best sucking coat,
MULES AND JcKs. .-o
1876. For the best jack, soO so0
1856. For the 2nd best jack, 90
1877. For the best jennet, ~ ~
1873. For the 2nd best jennet, ~
l39. For the best pair of mues,'o DC own
ed and worked | year preceding their e1hlOi- on
ton,
l40. For the best team of mules, a or more,
to be owned and worked year preceding ~
their exhibition, - ~
l4l. For the best mule colt 3 years sld' ~
foaled in Virginia, - ~
I42. For the best mule colt 2 years old, -
foaled in Virginia, :, 10
l43. For the best mule colt year old, 80
foaled in Virginia, -, ~
l44. For the best mule colt, sucking. foal- =,
ed in Virginia, .
Polynesian., 1855-03-18
Awards at the Crystal PALACE.

The long-delayed awards of the Juries at the
Crystal Palace at Inst announced to the public
through our columns this morning. We give COM
plete list of the silver and the bronze medals, with
the names of the exhibitors on whom they are con-
ferred, and of the articles awarded by them. The
whole number of silver medals is lis, which Indi-
Gates that the Juries have bestowed them with con-
siderable liberality. OF bronze medals there are
llS6, while ,2l0 Exhibitors Tor articesl receive
the more simple distinction of an honorable men
ton. The greatest number of silver medr!s falls
to the lot of the United States. The next ountry
in rank is France, which has l5 while Great Br-
tain has 3, Germany 5, and Switzerland, Australia
and Italy one EACH OF the bronze medals, the
United States has sos, Great Britain AS, France
l53, Germany LOG, Prussia 30, Belgium 10, Swift
zerand %, Holland u, Austria Is, Italy and Sar-
dinla Al, British Possessions 26, &c. These fg-
ures may not be exact; as many names of coun-
tries were omitted in the list
On examining the awards we are struck by the
variety of motives governing the different luries.
This was perhaps not to be avoided, by the estab-
lishment of rigid rule of judgment for them all.
A great deal ofliberty must be left to them, and
although the Association laid down certain general
principles for their guidance we 6nd one Jury CIV
ing medals for one set of reasons, and another oT
another. Thus for instance, IN the department of
the Fine Arts, silver medals given for original
ity genius and practical skill alone in the depart
ment of Machinery on the other hand silver medal
is given to a steam engine from Alabama, with no
originality whatever except that it is finished with
great deal of ornament, and seemed to the Jury
to be worthy of encouragement coming from
region where the introduction of industry must
prove especially beneficial; and in the department
of Clothing a silver medal is given to the Shirt
Sewers Union for good work and as mark of
sympathy W tn the efforts of that Association
Sucl WIDE variations in the principles on which
awards have been given. would seem to justify the
course pursued at London, where the awards Of all
the Juries were revised by council composed of
the chairmen of them all.
But we have no desire to question the Justice of
these awards. That they will naturally provoke
good deal of discussion and some feeling among
the disappointed competitors is matter of course.
To avoid all reason for complaint in such long
series of awards would be impossible. No Jury
can be infalIible, and mistakes cannot be helped.
But we presume that the premiums at the Crystal
Palace have generally been conferred with justice
and that whatever errors may have been committed
il individual cases, the tenor of the whole will be
confirmed and approved by the public. In one par
tcular we are sure that this will be case. We al
lude to the award of a silver medal to Catstensen
and Gildemeister, the architects who designed the
Crystal Palace Itself-the most beautiful and novel
piece of architecture in the United States Iri
6une.
Polynesian., 1855-03-18

CENSUS OF GREAT BRITAIN.--It appears from
the census returns in England for 1850, that the
male population Of Great Britain and islands in the
British seas IS l0,lS4,65 females, 1924, ,844
Total, 20,9l9,53 as follows: England and Wales
S,754,554 males, and 9,l5l ,277 females total H.
9O5,62l. Scotland l,363, ,622 males, ,507 l62 fe-
males; total, 2,6707S4- Islands in the British.
seas, 66, ,5ll males and 76 406 females tota 142
9I6.
The population of London is males, l,I04 ,356,
females, ,25S,76
The inhabited houses in Great Britain and the
islands number 3,675, ,451 the unnhabited los, ,6O3
Building, %, 100. In London the inhabited houses
number 307,722, the uninhabited l6,so9, and;
4,Sl7 building WashingtOn Republic.
Polynesian., 1855-03-18

ship William Norris is nearly finished, and will be
launched in fortnight. This Is the vessel built
on a model which has not been tried on the ocean,
and which it is predicted will make the voyage
across the Atlantic in from five to six days. Her
model resembles that of the North River boats
being very long and very sharp, with fiat bottom
and drawing comparatively very light draft of
water. In pleasant weather and smooth sea such
vessel would undoubtedly prove a veritabe.
''Skimmer of the Seas" but in rough and tempes-
tuous weather her success would be more than
doubtful. The William Norris, it is SAID, will be
an uncommonly strong boat-uo expense being
spared in the material of the fastenngs. If her
success meets the expectation of her designers, a.
new era in Atlantic ocean steam navigation viii be
commenced.
Polynesian., 1855-03-18

PoLTeAMT-THE Turks TAKEN TO TAsK.-The
Saints have come to look upon Polygamy as the
sheet anchor of their hopes. The Nelcs, COM
menting upon the statement made by a Christian
writer that the Turks are gradually abandoning
the demoralizing practice of Polygamy, says: " IE
Polygamy Is on the wane, as the editor AYERS, we
venture to infer that this circumstance is man
ifest Of the present imbecility of the Turkish
government. When any people begin to change
their ordinance and transgress the Abrahamic laws
of marriagee, that moment sexual corruptions and
vices like the evils of Pandora's box are difuseds
abroad, to the weakening and undoing of any ma
tion."
Polynesian., 1855-03-18

SIGNIFIcANT. = The London Tines in an
able and congratulatory article the return of Lord
Palmerston to the office of Secretary of State
for the Home Department, uses the following
very significant language. Speaking Of Palmers-
tons's mastery diplomacy and great political ex-
perience, and the loss to the country and the coun
cils OF the nation, by his withdrawal from the min
istry account of political differences, it says -
90 Is This empire, at the moment lrhen IL is about
to stake its honor aud IT'S po,cer on the hazards
Of fIUar, and reluctantly TO take up arms, for the
first time these forty years, against one of the
greatest states of Europe, 10 exhibit TO mankind
the reak and Pifia6te spectacle Of a eommon-
IceGlh diUided and lveGkened at its rery heart g'
In another place, in the of the same article
occurs the following sentence 81 zoe are about
to enter a state Of IcGr, Of ,rhich this genera
tion has knolcn the pressure, tce must pre-
pare for The sae' iiees it imposes alike on high
and loU." If all this has no meaning. then the
press must take some other method of expression
besides the Of plain English, to make itself un-
derstood. The political horizon in Europe looks
threatening for a general war, and if England and
France, undertake parts in it, we shall hear of
something else besides clouds and smoke. There
will be tOtterng among the thrones and rotten
empires OF the Old World but whether the result
will be ultimately favorable to liberty or not is un-
certain. We hoPe.-N. Y. Atlas.
Polynesian., 1855-03-18

vanity. A far grander object, of more easy and
more honorable acquisition, lies before England
and the United States, and all other countries own
ing our origin and speaking our language. Let
them agree not in alliance offensive and defensive
but simply never go to war with one another. Let
them permit one another to develope as Providence
seems to suggest and the British race will gradu-
ally and quietly attain to pre-eminence beyond the
reach of mere policy and arms. The vast and
even increasing interchange of commodities be-
tween the several members of this great family,
the almost daily communication now opened across
not one but several oceans, the perpetual discovery
of new means of locomoton, in which steam itself
now bids fair to be supplanted by an equally pow
ful but cheaper and more convenient agency-all
promise to unite the whole British race throughout
the world in social and commercial unity
more mutually beneficial than any contrivances Of
politics. Already, what does Austria gain from
Hungary, France from Algeria, Russia from ST.
IBERIA, or any absolute monarchy from its abject
population, or what town from its rural suburbs,
that England does not derive in a much greater de-
gree from the United States, and the United States
from England What commercial partnership,
what industrious household exhibit so direct an ex-
change of service? All that is wanted is that we
should recognize this fact; and give it all the assis
lance in our power. We cannot be independent
of one another. The attempt is more than unso-
cial; it is suicidal. Could either dispense with
the labor of the other, it would Immediately lose
the reward of its own industry. Whether national
jealously, the thirst for warlike enterprise or
the grosser appetite of mercantile monopoly at
tempt the separation, the result and the crime are
the same. We arc made helps meet for one
another. Heaven has Joined all who speak the
British language, and what Heaven has joined let
no man think to put asunder.
Polynesian., 1855-03-18

CONDITIONAL REcOScILIATIOS.-"M Ny dear
Mrs. Jones' said Mrs. Brown, 4" come near to my
bedside I'm dying, and Wish to say few words
to you" "Yes, Marm," sighed Mrs. Jones'
F" Well, Mrs. Jones'" calculated Mrs. Brown, ''yoo
and | have had good many tiffs in our day, and
now | part with you in peace can you forgive
me:" "Yes, Marm," sobbed Mrs. Jones, '' in
deed can'' sam forgiven?" calculated Mrs.
Brown. ayes, Marm," responded Mrs. Jones,
with difficulty, in consequence of the intensity Of
her anguish; and then she attempted to weep her
way out of the dying wOman's room. Stop
moment, my dear Mrs Jones" said the expiring
Brown, " I've another word or two to say. wish
to have it understood that if get well, everything
goes back, and we stand on the same ground"