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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1855-05-30
q M COCHRAN, JR.,

-vrOpNEV AT LAW Stanton, Va, will practise
A III the Courts holden in Augusta, and IN the Sa
..r;or Courts Of Rockingham and Highland. ohle' in
N. rear the Court house. formerly ooeaped oy ae'rs
Mchie & Robertson.
jssur.,cs, sept. 10, lSss
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1855-05-30
MARSHALL K. FULTZ.

ATToRNEY AT Law. Stanton, Va, will practise
ill he given to all business entrusted to hun.
; Ne may be loupd, at present, in the Office Of his
father, David Fultz;
NoT Is l55i.-h
Kansas weekly herald., 1855-08-25
Pwbyie .Meetieer.

AT a large and respectable meeting ol
the cilizens of the 9th District, Kansas Ter
ritory, held at Fort Scott, on Saturday the
4th inst-for the purpose of appointing
Delegates to attend convention, to nomi-
nate Delegate for Congress.
Mr.. II. T. Wilson being called to the
Chair and DIR. F. Demint appointed Secre.
tary. The following resolutions were pas
sed and unanimously adopted:
Whereas, We the citizens of the 6tt
District Of Kansas Territory, have met al
Fort Scott on this day for the purpose o.
appointing delegates to attend conven-
ton, to nominate Delegate for Congress
1st. Resolved That seven Delegates, by
the President of this meeting, be appointed
to attend said Convention. To wit
The Hon. VIM. Barbee, Sam'l. A. Viii.
liams, Joseph C. Anderson, R. P. Roberts,
Thos. B. Amett, A. Hornback, VIM
Barnes.
I'd, That as ]. w. Whitfield, has in the
last Congress of the .. S. represented as
we believe the Interest of this Territory
fully, fairly and honestly, our delegates are
hereby instructed to vote for him, first, last
and all the time.
Sd. That if all our delegates should moi
attend, that any member attending may
cast the vote of the District, and if none at
tend, then the President of said convention
shall and is hereby authorized to cast the
vote of the District, for Gen'l. J. w. Whit.
field.
4th. That the President and Secretary
of this meeting be requested to sign the
same, and copy be sent the Kansas Her
aid, for publication.
H. T. WILSON, President.
F. DEM1Nr, Secretary.
Kansas weekly herald., 1855-08-25
The .Wassoaxa.s Rtrer.

We make the following extract of a let.
ter from a Washingtonian, now in the
West, to friend, dated Karmichiga Bend,
June 25, as it will, we think, be interesting
to many of our readers:
"The Missouri River is novel stream
We are now rounding bend which is va
riously estimated at from twenty to forty
miles by land, and one hundred and seven
ty-two by water. The current is very
strong, and not one in twenty persons who
get overheard escapes drowning. Yester-
day at / o'clock one of our men fell over
board and all efforts to save him proved OF
no avail.
On Friday last we stopped at the Upper
Yancton village, ard had an interview with
the Indians. After making few presents,
we had some speeches from the Indian
chiefs present. was very fearful from
some demonstrations made. that they were
about to honor US with dog feast No
staple so peculiar to this region, but must
confess I prefer roast beef or venison.
It would have done your heart good to
have seen the Indians walk into the meat
and bread given them on board the boat.
They have considerable abdominal protu-
berances, caused, it is said, by eating cat
fish.
The shrill whistle of the boat when about
leaving, made the. natives-the banks of
the river being pretty well covered with
them, big and little-take to the neighbor-
ing bushes and squat like quail.
A number of warriors were on the boat,
many of them nearly naked. L was par
ticularly struck with landyfied old fellow,
who carried an old saber, (probably as old
as himself) in grand military style.-Na-
tional Intelligencer.
Kansas weekly herald., 1855-08-25

GEN. Qu1rMAN's platform Gen.
Quitman. of Mississippi, in accepting the
Democratic nomination for Congress, lays
down the following as his ''platform:"
81 believe that the institution of slavery is
not only right and proper, but the natural
and inferior races, when in contract. That
as the chief element Of our country's pros
perity, it constitutes great interest. which
is entitled, like other grea, interests. to the
fostering care and protection of the federal
government, within the sphere of its powers.
That Legislation or action, directly or indi-
rectly, hostile to this interest, is at war with
our compact of Union, and should be resis-
ted by the States and the people affected
by it at all hazards. That the pfeserva-
ton of the institution of slavery in Cuba,
which can only be effected by her indie
pendence and separation from the malign
influence of European governments, is es-
sential to the safety and preservation of our
own system"
Kansas weekly herald., 1855-08-25

Observation-Disclosures is on it's
last legs in Alabama, or rather with the
legs knocked from under, and crawling Oh
its belly. 1t would seem as if south Of
Mason and Dixon's line, this noneseripa
with its kindred transcendentalisms liquor
prohibitionism, foreigner and Catholic pro-
hibitionism, abolitionism, &c., including
within its large circle every thing that is
anti-common senseism, finds no favor. 1t
is about being sent back to the North, the
place of its nativity, where the devil, EMU
lour of the fame of the great dramatist
when he mixed the various ingredients Of
the witches cauldron, fused together the
elements of this internal organization,
without any consistency except the 6rery
consistency of abolitionism.-H. Louis
Mirror.
Kansas weekly herald., 1855-08-25
VOLUME I---NUMBER SO.

&
FINAL EXPLOSION OF THE WITcHETAw
GoLD FEvER-SPRINarIELD Mo-, July
80. Your letter has just come to hand, and
in answer to your inquiries about the gold
mines, said to have been found in the
Witchetaw Mountains, in the Creek Ma
ton, it is all icind. It is true that there
was $50 men went out in the first company
from Southwest Missouri, and others have
since followed, say from one hundred and
fifty to two hundred men. The first COM
pany have all returned, and found no gold,
nor did they see any appearances of the
precious metal.
There were some two dozen young men
from this vicinity left in the first train.
They have all landed safely back-the last
part of the crowd reached home on!the 2Sth
inst, safe and sound, but entirely cured of
the gold fever. They say they. are will
lig to stay at home with their parents until
they learn better sense than to be carried
off by every excitement.
The last trains that left here (poor fell
lows, are following on the trail of the fir
company, and will continue to do so until
they land safely at home. The boys who
left home wear rather long faces-their an
ticipation reached altogether too high, and
the reverse is almost too grevious to be
borne.
Tell your friends, and everybody else
you see, they had better stay at home; for
I am confident that there is no gold in the
plain where it is said to be.-.no., Repub
lican.
Kansas weekly herald., 1855-08-25

Ia A lady entered one of our fashion,
able hat and cap stores, few days since,
and asked to be shown some of the latest
styles of caps. After examining quite a
number, and not liking the eolers, she very
innocently inquired if they had any of a
ssubdued mouse colors The clerk was
somewhat taken ahack, but manged to
stammer out. mo. but we have some Of an
eursged rat color, The lady left quickly
Kansas weekly herald., 1855-08-25

OCCUPATION, AGE AND FORMER RESI-
DENcE, OF MEMBERS OF CouNcIL-Wm.
Barbee, occupation, Farmer, age. %, where
born, KY, married.
A. M. Coffee, occupation, Farmer, age
81, where born, KY, married.
Edward Chapman, occupation, Lawyer,
age 81, where born La, married.
John Donaldson, occupation, Merchant,
age 80, where born, KY, single.
L. j. Eastin, occupation, Edition, age
40, where born, KY, married.
John w. Foreman, occupation, Merch-
ant, age 36, where born, KY, married.
Daniel Grover, occupation, Lawyer, age
26, where born, KY, Single.
Thomas Johnson, occupation, Minister.
age So, where born, Va, married.
David Lykins, occupation, Minister, age
35, where born, Indiana, married.
Andrew McArnold, occupation, Lawyer,
age "a, where born, Pa, married.
Richard R. Rees, occupation, Lawyer,
age 43, where born, Ohio, married.
William P. Richardson, occupation, Far
mer, age So, where born, KY, married.
Hiram ]. Stricken, occupation, Survey
or and Civil Engineer, age "a, where born,
Kansas weekly herald., 1855-08-25

E%Our 'sdeuiF' woke up the other
morning, and was astonished to see bed
bug setting on the back of chair, pulling
pins from his coat, and innocently picking
his teeth. s ~ s
Kansas weekly herald., 1855-08-25

H A western writer thinks. that if
the proper way Of spelling tho is sheugh,'
and ate eight and bo beau. the pFopes
way of spelling, potatoes Is poughteigh,s
eaux.' -s-..a.
Kansas weekly herald., 1855-08-25

FssSonny, what did you find in your
stocking this morning {" inquireq father
of his wes boy, one Christmas day. "a
big hole. replied the young hopeful.
Kansas weekly herald., 1855-08-25

The grasshoppers are devastating
portions of California. Gen. Sutter at
Hoch9arm is suffering from them terribly.
On the bank of the American river they
seemed like q dense cloud, and abeve Nor
ris' farm every blade Of grrss and green
herb-even the bark of the trees had been
dcyoured by them. The entire Sacramen-
to valley, it is feared, viii be swept by
them; s'the plague" indeed, seems to be-
general all over California,
Kansas weekly herald., 1855-08-25
HINTS TO MARRIED MEN.-Scattergras

HINTS TO MARRIED DMEN-Scattergras
says that if he stays out late at night and
wishes to avoid scolding or ''curtain lee
ture" from Mrs. S. he generally waits un-
til the'wee sma' hour ayont the twal," when
the anger of his better half subsidies into
fears for his personal safety. He goes out
''on business with a promise to be home
at nine. Half-past nine Mrs. S. uneasy; ten,
aggravated; half-past ten, positively enraged,
and rehearses to herself an address for
Scattergrss's especial ediication, filed with
cutting reproaches; eleven, vauge uneasi-
ness accompanied by an indefinite fear
"that something must have happened" at
half-past eleven, nervous apprehensions-
tears take the place Of witherine elanees,
twelve, unendurable suspense-f She only
knew the worst; one o'clock, completely
worked up, and about to go in search Of him,
when Seattle rgrass arrives. She throws her
self ESQ he says) into his arms, overfoyed
to see HIM, as she was $50 afraid that some
accident must have happened to him.
Kansas weekly herald., 1855-08-25

B% We clip the follwing significant
paragraph from the Louisville Courier of
yesterday:
LEAVING THE C1rY.-We don't like to
publish anything against the advancement
of our city, but the fact is that great num-
Der of citizens, perhaps not all native born,
took up their goods and ehattels, and depar-
ted yesterday for other quarters. The
wharf was lined with movers going to the
mail boat, also on the Tennessee, Belle,
Quaker City and Fany Bullitt, all fleeing
from homo to seek homes elsewhere.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1855-10-20

An IMPORTANT lWrRovEMENT.-Thc Ex-
press train from the East, which arrived at
Rochester on Wednesday afternoon. attrac-
ted considerable attention at the depot, in
consequence Of the wheels and connections Of
the cars being entirely concealed from view.
Boards are placed on the sides Of the cars al
most as low as the rails, and canvas extends
from one platform to another, covering all
the connections. This arrangement is de-
signed to keep down the dust which can only
escape at the end Of the last car in the train.
1t will also prevent accidents. avoiding loss
of life and limb. No passenger or other per-
son can get from the ears under the wheels
without removing the covering. There is no
such thing as falling between the wheels and
the platform, Tor the space between the cars
is covered with canvas capable Of sustain
ing the weight of two men.
This plan of protecting passengers in cars
from dust and accident is patented. we under
stand, and has always been introduced else
where with success. We are informed that
the inventor designs to make further i'm
provement with II view to carrying the smoke
and cinder from the locomotive under the
cars also to the rear of the train. II he does
this he may be regarded as benefIctor.-
We hope the Central Company will Introduce
this improvement upon all their passenger
trains.-RocheSter Union.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1855-10-20
OLD SERIES, VOL. l6. NO. 4.
NEW PLAN roR A PACIFIC RAILROAD.

The American Railroad Journal publishes
communication from A. p. Robinson, n
Railroad Engineer, to Hon. j. NJ. Wood
member of Congress from Maine, proposing
an entirely original plan for the construction
of the great Atlantic and Pacific Railway
by this plan the hopes to accomplish the fol-
lowing results, viz:
"The easy attainment Of n speed OF one
hundred miles per hour; increased safety,
even almost to the extent of absolute immu-
nlty from accidents arising from unseen i'm
perfection i'll the track or the breaking Of
aXlcs; and increased accommodations and
convenienceS, even to the extent Of sleeping,
eating, and sitting rooms, with all the COM
forts had upon our steamers"
The plan is briefly this: lie proposes TO
lay four parallel rails Of the ordinary pattern
and weight, forming two distinct tracks, each
OF gnage Of p to feet, and having an in
termediate space Of five to six feet. He
would lay these tracks upon DISTINCT and Sc
parate sleepers, having ditch or trench be-
tween them, but SO connected rs to preserve
uniform guage. The car body would rest
upon -four tracks, and be sustained by a sim
gle bearing at the centre of each. With this
arrangement the cars would be constructed
OF a width of twenty feet, and carry at least
double load, which would be divided between
the four rails. The locomotives would be
constructed double, with two distinct sets OF
driving wheels and Two cy!enders on each
side, leaving room between for boiler of five
feet in diameter. The axies of the driving
wheels not extending across the space occu-
pied by the boiler, it matters not how large
the drivers are. These are the prominent
features of the proposed plan, models OF
which are now on exhibition in New York
1t will be seen that any failure of single rail
or an axle could not prevent the running OF
the train or throw it off the track, as it would
run on three tracks. The plan is novel one
and worthy Of consideration.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1855-10-20

HERoIsN or Doc IN THE CRMEA.-The
following account of the exploits OF dog in
the Crimea is translated from the Gazette of
Trieste, and surpaSseS every thing heretofore
recorded OF the devotion and bravery of this
noble animal
a great sensation has been caused in the
camp Of the Allies by the heroic deeds Of Il
dog belonging TO Col. Metmann, of the 73d
Regiment Of the Line. On the 10th OF
August, during the battle Of the Tchernaya,
the quadrnped broke his chain, fought in The
ranks Of the army, saved the life of SER
geant and soldier, and took three Russian
prisoners. a bali struck his foot, bat the
wound only embittered the animal the more.
lie threw himself upon a Russian officer
flung him to the ground, and dragged him
prisoner by his coat collar to the French.
\ physician has bound up the wound, and
the lour-iooted hero is convaleScing. lie
will probably receive some mark Of honor, as
another dog in the English army has been
rewarded with a medal for his devotion to his
master"
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1855-10-20
a RESTLESS WOMAN

Madame George Sand, or Dudevant, in
the last teHiietOH of her life in La IresSe,
giving an amusing account of her deceased
mother, who had II hatred Of repose
"She would buy for instance Il bonnet, be-
cause she thought it charming. The evening
of the day she bought it size would find il
hidcous-take of the ribbons, and then the
fowers--take ont the lacc--and change the
arrangement with readiness and taste. Her
bonnet would please her all the next day.
But the day after there must be another rad-
cal rct0rm-and so ON, for some eight DAYS,
until the unlucky bonnet, always in state
of metamUrphOSis, became totally Indifferent
To her. Then she would wear it with the
utmost, disdain, protesting that she did not
care what she put on--till the fancy should
seize her to buy another new bonnet Her
black hair was still very fine. She got tired
of being a brunette, and put on q blonde
wig; yet by doing so she could not manage
TO disfgure herself. She took fancy for
herself as a blond for while, then she
abused herself for being tiaXen. and chose to
be bright chesnut. Presently she returned
to ashy pale lOckS-then went back 30 her
own mellow black hair-and thsto such pur-
pose that | saw her with different hair for
every day in week. This childish friyolity
did not exclude lnbOriouS occupations and
very minute domestic cares. She had her
own delights of Imagination and would read
the romauces of NJ. d'Arlincourt with posi-
tive frenZy-iar into the uight-but that did
not hinder her from being nstir at six in the
morning, to begin anew her toilettes, her
excursions. her needlework, her merriment,
her despair, and her fls OF passion"
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1855-10-20

SCuoLARs.-No one can be made a schol.
ar, almost all persons can make thems selves
scholars. LabOr-saviug machines do not ap.
ply TO the mental world in the same sense as
to the physical. 1t is not among vast libra.
rIes, surrounded by numerous teachers and
professors, that prodigies Of learning are pro.
duced The person who in youth learns to
exercise his own powers of mind, is sure to
turn ont scholar and useful practical man,
ii he lives to the middle period of life. If he
does not learn to think ior himself, as well US
to read books and receive facts from others
he Will never become really learned.
Who ever heard of scholar made by lee
lures or by teachers i'll any form? Has not
every scholar who has yet appeared in the
world become such by his own etiorts-by
personal application--b the patient and the
persevering use of the machinery within him?
Who ever heard of hereditary learning. or of
IDEAS manufactured like cotton cloth--by
steam or water power?
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1855-10-20

lSGENIous THEFTs FROM LErTERs.--Rob-
berries OF bank notes and securities contained
IN letters have long been frequent in the post
Office of Prussia, but it was always easy to
see, by the state Of the seal, or by rents in
the paper, that the letters had been opened.
Recently, however, several merchants of
Berlin received letters which had contained
treasury bills, but which bills had been ex-
tracted with such skill as TO leave not the
slightest trace on the letters capable Of being
detected by the most practised eye. The
police having made Investigations, arrested n
few days ago lettcr-carrier to whom sus-
plcIon pointed, and they found on him large
sum IN treasury bills, for the possession of
which he could not account. lie at last con-
essed that he had taken them from letters
but for II long time he would not say how he
had coutriyed to do so without leaving the
slightest trace behind. At length he stated
that he had done il by mcans of Il lVngnecdlc
which he introduced into the letter, and stuck
into the folds of the thin paper inside. lie
then turned the needle round and round, car
rying the paper with it, until he had brought
the whole into the form Of Il small roll, aud
then he had no great difficulty in extrcating
the paper from the letter on the needle. He
has been committed for trial.--Gdhgnani
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1855-10-20

SICKNESS IN INDIANA.-The indianapolis
Journal OF the Sd inst, says: awe have no
doubt there is more sickness in Indiana this
fall than before. Not of 4 fatal character, il
is true, hut distressing and expensive The
chills have come, like locuSts in Utah, devOur-
ing the accumulated health of many summers
Those who have boosted themselves ball.
proof have shaken like coward entering u
battle, aud many Il robust constitution has
lis c!ammy coldness overspreading them like
a November drizzle. From every quarter OF
the State we hear the grunting Of backracked
patients, and the combined fever of all the
afflicted would make heat sufficient to sci
up young volcano"
The entire West is afflicted with sickness
to an extent unparalleled in the history OF
the country. 1t is not confined TO particular
localities, but appears to be general, on the
hills as well as in the valleys, in towns as
well us the country.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1855-10-20
y 0 e t + y.
AN OLD STORY.

Once upon q time. maiden
Sat beneath hawthorn tree,
And her lover, close beside her,
Murmured vows of constancy.
Fairer, sweeter than the blossom
Hanging over her, was she;
And her heart within her bosom
Throbbed and glowed tumultuously.
Both were young, and fond, and foolish,
Neither rich, the story goes.
Ma was proud and Pa was mulish,
Great their love and great their woes.
So they kissed. and wept, and parted,
Swearing ever to be true,
Died the maiden broken hearted
Was the lover faithful too?
Pshaw she wed wealthy banker,
(Rumor whispered she was sold,)
And no city danes outrank her,
With her pockets full Of gold;
Queen asevery ball and party,
Decked with lace and jewels rare,
Looking fresh and very hearty
Reigns the victim of despair.
Ue-conGound the little fellow
Took II widow, twice his years,
Fat and forty, ripe and mellow,
With a brace Of little dears
Big plantation, servants plenty,
Splendid mansion, pomp and ease
Cured the boyish love Of twenty
That incurable disease!
Learn from this-ye doting lovers
In your anguish, not to break
Anything Of greater value
Than the promises you make.
. Breasts were made to put in motion
Blood that otherwise would cool;
Pleasure, profit aud promotion,
Graduate at Cupids school.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1855-10-20
selett 4oetrp.
THE BEST ESTATE.
BY CHARLES SWAIN.

BY CHARLES SWAIN.
The heart il hath its own estate,
The mind ii hath its wealth untold;
1t needs not fortune TO be great
While there's n coin surprising geld.
No matter which way fortune leans,
Wealth makes not happiness secure;
A little mind hath little means,
a narrow heart is always poor.
Stern fate the greatest still enthrals,
And misery hath its high compeers
For sorrow enters palace halls,
And queens are not exempt from tears.
The princely robe and beggars coat,
The scythe and sword, the plume and
plow
Are in the grave Of equal note,
Men live but in the eternal Now y
Still disappointment tracks the proud,
The bravest meath defeat may fall
The high, the rich, the courtly crowd
Find there's calamity for all.
'Tis not the house that honor makes
True honor is a thing divine
1t is the mind precedence takes
1t is the spirit makes the shrine
So keep thou yet generous heart,
\ steadfast and contented mind,
And not till death consent to part,
With that, which friend to friend doth
bind.
What's uttered from the life within,
Is heard not by the life without
There's always something TO begin
Twixt life in faith aud life in doubt!
But grasp the trnth,-.though bleak appears
The rugged paths her steps have trod
Shell be thy friend in other spheres,-
Companion in the world of God.
Thus dwelling with the wise and good
The rich in thought. the great in soul, -
Mans mission may be understood
And part prove equal to the whole
We know not half We may possess.
Nor what awaits, nor what attends
We're richer far than we may guess,
Rich us eternity extends;
The heart it hath its own estate,
The mind it hath its wealth untold;
1t needs not fortune to be great,
W hiie there's coin surprising gold!