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EFFECTS OF COLD Wg.rHER.-A correspon
dent of the Petersburg Express, writing from
Spenyville, Rappahannock county Va, January
u. says: Every mill stream within forty or fifty
miles is frozen up and has been for consldera-
BILE length of time, 50 that all grinding by water.
power is suspended Speak Of The extremltles of
the poor in the city, but leave you to imagine
how the p-or man suffers here. Many, even in
the golden walks of life, jingle their dollars in
vain for meal, and are constrained to pull theil
corr, from the shocks or cribs, and grind it in cot
fee mills. This is the only resort. Money isn'l
of much use now in these parts. 1t will do to
buy salt with but there is little bread to put it in
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1856-01-30

VoLuNTARY ENsLAvEMEYr.-The number Of
applications to the Virginia Legislature for volua
iary euslavement of free negroes, has become so
numerous, that the Senate has deemed it expedi-
en To pass genera! act. proyiding for voluntary
enslavement 400 4tft 49, Il
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The PRESIDENTS MsssAGE.-iNe publish the
Presidents Message on Kansas affairs rather in
Difference to the custom Of the press to spread
such documents before the public than from any
impression of the Importance or periinency of the
document itself. II presents no new facts in rea-
ton TO the condition Of The Territory, adduces no
arguments that have not before been thoroughly
exhausted, and only suggests that Congress gives
to the people of the Territory authority to take in
cipiept steps towards a state of organization,
course of such obvious necessity that We may pre-
sumo Congress. if ever gets into condition for
the transaction of business. would have adopted il
without the suggestion. Mr. Pierce must be re-
garded as fortunate man that in discharge of his
duty in advising Congress, he is able to issue Coo
uments tina: are 50 captaly fitted to advance his
interests as the Southern candidate before the
Cincinnati Convention. His opponents for that
nomination. condemned 10 silence if not inaction
must feel terribly the advantage he holds over
them 10 this respect-Baltinlore american.
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WIN. D. Tour, oec'y.

Mr.. Parker H. French, in letter TO Secretary
Marcy. takes exception TO the treatment he has
received at the hands Of this Government, regrets
the late authorized arrest of his person In New
York city, and the indignty thereby shown to the
Government he represents and requests that hls
credentials may not be considered as before this
Government for The present. 49,
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TEMPERANCE REvIv,I. Gen Sam'l +. Cary
of Ohio spoke on last Friday and Saturday alter
moons in the public hall The University OF VIZ
cinia at Charlottesville. Since the lst OF Janua-
ry, Id students have joined The University d.
vision Of Sons Of Temperance. ~
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Enrane.n Intelligence.

ne steamer Africa arrived at New York on
the Z5d, with Liverpool dates of the 9Th instant.
IL Is again confidently asserted that Austria will
submit certain peace propositions to the German
Diet, and call on the Diet to support them. 8
Dates from the Crimea to the 25th say that
the Russians had increased their Qualifications over
the tnkermann road, and unmasked new batteries
on the left of the Tchernaya. Gen. Pelissier re-
mains in the Crimea, and Gen. Martimpre will
act as his proxy at the Grand Council Of War al
Paris.
Omer Pacha had arrived at Batoum. His ar
my had suffered much from lack of provisions
before reaching Kutais, and, being unable to pro-
coed, deemed it prudent to return. The fall OF
Kars had rendered DINER Pacha very unpopular
at Constantnople. ,9- !!
A council Of war was being held at CONSTANT
nope, directing all the efforts Of the Turkish army
toward the defence of Erzeroum and Ireoisonde'
The grand war council at ST.. Petersburg was
principally engaged with questions relating to the
tortcaiion of the strategic points OF the Empire
The Qualifications at Kew Will be finished before
the close of the winter.
The railroad from Moscow to St. Petersbnrgh
was to be protected by redoubs placed at lntef,
walls along the line; each redoubt to be occupied
by battalion of militia.
A grand council of the Allied Generals opened
at Paris. m
The Conference of the Danish Sound Dues has
been postponed indefinitely.
Sweden still continues to make active warllke
preparations.
Flour has been in improved demand at an adj
vance Of Cd. Wheat has advanced I'd. per bushel.
LATER.-The steamer Paltlc arrived at New
York on the 24h, bringing Liverpool dates to
tile 18th. ,Fbe news, so far as The probabilities
of peace are cpncerned, is but repetition OF that
brought by the Two previous arrivals. Rumors
of all kinds, and of the most conflicting character,
were prevalent, their only purpose being to show
how strong was The anxiety to learn Russia's de-
cison on the joint proposition of the allies. The
belief that the Gar would neither accept nor re-
ject those propositions, but send counter proposals
was most prevalent The latest rumors were
more favorable to peace. At ST. Petersburg
War Council had beet in sessiun, and some i'm
portant changes in Russian tactics were looked
for as its results. An intention To abandon the
Crimea was indicated. Denmark declines to fol-
low the example of Sweden and remains neutral.
The Emperor Napoleon has new accession OF
the war fever and talks of taking the field in per-
son.
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HO,o To net Rid of Ey;eo

Ho,o to get Rid Of F2ies.-A French
paper, the Courier du Havre, in alludine
to plan lately suggested for driving away
flies, (the use of laurel oily states that
no fly will enter room in which wreath
Of walnut leaves has been hung up. The
Courier de Lion, in referring to tho same
subject, says: ai
at is q curious fact that although the
butchers shops at Geneva are ali open, ,t,,l,d and
an immense number Of fliea may 1 Be seer, On q
the outside wall, not ono comes inside.
This is caused By the inner walls being
rubbed oyer with laurel oil, which is an Il.
tsetual preventive against he intrusion d, 81
these tsoubleesoms insscls. The same III s 5
slsss used With success inpreysntiag ths iI;ss
from spelling the gilt frames voH lsoking.
lalea pictures, etc. # ss.s. Is - -
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ELEVEN COURSES OF SOUP AND GINGER
BREAD,

"Immediately ON entering, tho guests
were desired to seat themselves, the Com
modore, with Captains Buchanan and Ad-
ans, occupying the highest table on tho
right hand, and tho regent and his asso-
c'ates the one opposite on the left. A pair
OF chop-sticks was placed at each corner OF
every table; in the centre was an earthen
pot filled with saki, (the Intoxicating drink
made by the Lew Chewans,) surrounded
with four acorn cups, four large, coarse
China cups, with clumsy spoons Of the
same material, and four tea cups. On each
table were dishes to the number of some
twenty, OF various sizes and shapes, and the
exact basis of some of which no American
knoweth to this day possibly it was pig
Of the dishes, however, Which were familiar
to Western apprehension, there were sliced
boiled eggs, which had been dyed crimson,
fish made into rolls and boiled in fat, pieces
OF cold baked fish, slices Of hogs liver, Sill
gar candy, cucumbcrs, mustard, salted rad
isll tops, and fragments of lean pork, fried.
Cups OF tea were first handed round; these
were followed by very small cups of suAi,
which had the taste of French E1ucur.-
Small bamboo sticks, sharpcned at one end.
and which some Of the guests mistook for
toothpicks, were furnished, to be used as
forks, in taking balls of meat and dourl,
from the soup, which make the first course.
Soup constituted also the next scycn cour-
ses OF the twelve, whereof the rcpast con-
sisted. The other four were gingerbread,
salad made Of bean sprouts and young
onion tops, a basket of what appeared to
be some dark red fruit, but proved to be
balls composed Of thin dough rind cover
ing sugary pulp, and delicious mixture
compounded of beaten eggs and slender
white root with an aromatic taste. Novel
as was this bill of fare, the gentlemen of
the expedition endeavored, with true cour.
tesy, to do honor to the repast, and at the
end of the twelfth course respectfully took
leave, though they were assured there we're
twelve more to come. The number of the
courses indicated desire to do our conn
trymen double share of honor, inasmuch
as twelve is the prescribed number for
royal entertainment" Xuuk's Nara
tivc Of Japan Expedition.
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Typographical Blunders.-The Franklin
Register lately published an address by the
Rev. Mr.. Abbott, and in its next issue noted
the following correction:
"For 'dum swizzle,' please read spromi-
nence.'"
This was bad enough, but tile next week
the same paper had the following:
"In an advertisement which appeared in
our last paper, for 'Bumbleton's storm de-
stroying porringers,' read sHamilton's worm
destroying lozenges.'" . -'-'
Faulkener. who edited the Dublin Jour-
nal, announced in glowing terms Tie arri-
val in that city of a distinguished member
OF the British nobility. On the next day,
his paper contained the following very .Hi-
bernian correction g, i...s ~, 81 aIe
aFor 'Her Grace the Duke, in ~, yester. I., !.
days journal, read His Grace the Du.
chess" p "'sS'
He improved the matter qnite as much
as the good Clergyman in England did, Who, BE-,
without book, was praying, and said !: d iiFFf'F
@Oh, Lord, bless All oiasases 81 s pssooDDtis pssooDDtis.
from the beggarpnlths throne 10 the skinr Il y
on Che .dnnghilt 81 mean 5fsem tbsi, kipS b
on the dunshilf tss = ..... !; --4a.sss:Is =
throne, .HS1&& u 4! t-ss9ts
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tho African race, and care very little rs to
whether it is free in Liberia, starving in
jamaica, or housed and clad and fed in the
Southern States. On very different idea
their sincerity (for they possess that gifD is
based. They perceive that two nations ex-
ist on this bounteous soil Of ours-the
Northern and the Southern. They recog-
Mise the same phenomenon which is the
secret of British poltics-the incompati-
bility of the honest agricultural character
with that of tho moncy-monopolist- the
difference, in word, between Richard Cob
den and the Earl of Derby. They believe,
like the dourycoise of London and Liver.
pool, that every feeling of national honor,
every instinct of real liberty, every manly
principle must be made suservient to the
Price Current; and therefore, as the South
does not share their views, and has not vet
surrendered the good old patriarchal notions
OF the sanctity of he family-of the cLiv-
airy required from individuals, of the su-
periority of intellect to wealth, and the
right of Thought to govern Gold instead
OF Gold becoming the oversecr of Thought
Therefore, we say, they are in earnest in
their unholy crusade against us, and will
prosecute it 10 the bitter end. They desire
to suhjugate us politically, as necessary
preliminary to suLjugating us socially and
commercially. They wish to degrade whites,
not to elevate blacks. They have no other
ambition, no other hope. What is Sambo
to them, or they to sambo? Some dyspep-
tic women amongst them may admire
Sambo. but threc-fourths of their number
despise him and would whip him on the
sly if they had chance. They regard the
struggle, as we view it now, in the light of
war between two separate nationalites-
two people distinct in their habits, opinions
and faith; and herein they are right.
We trust every Southern man will pass
over the clap-traps of the Philanthropists
with contempt, and examine the question
from the point of view which we have
rather hastily uggestcd.-Ncw Orleans
Dc{iu.
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Those members of the Wing party who
have sacrificed their party attachments on
the altar of their country, merit the public
gratitude. They should be remembered in
the day of reward, for they have not for
gotten that country in the hour of its peril.
llonors and distinctions may be by them
unsought, but true policy requires the un-
ion in the public service Of all who by posi-
ton and character can strengthen the con-
scrvativc sentiment of the country. An
attempt to revolutionize the government
has been baff1ed by the united tirrnness of
those who refused to surrender the constitu-
ton to faction. Such men rs ToomLs.
Stevens and benjamin in the South, with
Choate and Curtis in the East, have had
the moral courage to renounce ties which
were incompatible with their constitutional
obligations. Some of them have courage
ously braved the opposition Of the majority
i'll the communities in which they live.
We find parallel to such conduct in
liincs only that try the patriotism of noble
spirits. In the War of 1912 the liberal
federalists of that day cut themselves loose
from party attachments, which would have
placed them in opposition to their country.
The mass of the Eastern Fcderalists, like
the bulk of the Eastern Wings of the pres
ent day, assumed hostile attitude towards
the Government. They would have paral-
yzed its arm. They discouraged all who
would by loan or material aid assist in the
public defence. They were in the commits
sion of moral treason then they are trail
tors to the Constitution now. Then it was
that the Draytons and Pinckneys of the
South refused all political association with
those who construed that instrument to suit
their factious views, as the Choates and
Curtises deny affiiation with those who
would interpret it to in the spirit of social
Jewellers and revolutionists. The parallel
is complete between the Blue Light Feder-
alsts of 1912 and the Aboliti,,nists of
1855, as it is between the patriotic Wings
of that day and tho prcscnt.-C Charleston
Euening Nesos.
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5. Gant Aakiag.-The number of mechani-
cal Processes necessary, 70 complete a gun
locks Ioll;;kf for the barrel, 80 !, for the
6tock,s 10 ;;Ffor2 The ,batt guard plates.
sD. To rfodncs 4 is| IS e Z p .saiire, s tWsso
hundred "a Slns g; Aipss s1si s,1ssind
I1 AaHical pro.
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For the Hiecaps.-Travellins some
time since by railroad from Columbus to
Baltimore, I took my seat Immediately in
front of n gentleman who was suffering un-
der aparoxysm of hiccups to degree that
never before witnessed. In few min
utcs person appeared from the end of the
car and took n seat beside him, when Ia
said: "Sir, can you tell me what is good
for the hiccups I have been afflicted in
the way you SEQ me- since yesterday noon.
and have no rest or relief from any physi-
clan to whom applied for assistance. I
am worn out with suffering" To whom
the person replied Sir, I wni vus.---..
IN less than two minutes by the ws....
Have confidence, for am sure can do it.
Hold up high above your head two fingers
of your hand; lean back in your seat, open
your mouth and throat so as to give a free
passage to your lungs breathe very long
aud softly and look very steadily at your fin
gers" In less than the time specified the:
cure was performed, one hiccup only occur
ring during the trial. The patient could
not express his gratitude, while tho practi--
toner only extracted from him as fee
the promise that he would extend the
knowledge which lie had impaired as free
Iy as he had received it, assuring him that
he would never be disappointed in the re-
suit. We were all struck with the fact.
Since then have often had occasion to
practice upon patients in the same disorder,
and never without the most signal success,
-Water Cure Journal.
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HOW SHIPS ARE NAILED.

war, the following rules have been observed
in naming vessels: All the names Of the
States or rivers, rs the case may be- are nut
Ill wheel, which is turned, and one name
Is drawn out at random, which is tho name
OF the vessel to be launched. Ships-ofthc-
line are named after the States. For in
stance, the Ohio, North Carolina, Pcnnsyl
wanna, DC, all mount seventy-four gums
trigates arc named after American rivers
the Columbia, Raritan, Cumberland, St.
Lawrence, Merrimac, Sabine, Potomac, &C.
When you see the name of river given to
government vessel, it is safe to conclude
that she will not carry more than thirty-six
or forty-four guns. Sloops of war are called
after State capitals and others cities-Capt.
lngraham's St. Louis, the ill-fated Albany,
the Vandalia, the plymouth, the James
town, all belong to this class. Briggs may
be known i'll print by the name of some
noted naval commander who has died in
service - thus, the Decatur, Bainbridge,
Perry, DC. Revenue cutters arc named af-
ter members of the CaLinet-thus, we have
had the Walter Forward, the VIM. NJ. Mer-
edith, the j. S. Dobbin, and probably now
have William l.. Marcy, a James Guthrie,
DC. AS many of the vessels in the navy
were built previous to the adoption of this
bill, there are of course some exceptions to
it. The Collins steamers are named after
waters, and the Cunarders after countries.
Bearing this rule in mind, one can very ca
silly recollect to which line the Baltic, At
Iantic, Adriatic, Asia, Africa, Canada and
America, respectively belong.
->s.se
Tough 1t Through 1T would be we'll il
this spirit were more common among all
classes, old and young. Here is a school
boy with hard lesson don't be discour-
aged, little fellow, slough it through
Here is young clerk in store, he has to
rise early, wait and tend all the day, and
be servant to the whole establishment
never mind, slough it through" be faithful
and diligent and you will soon be in better
circumstances, and have some to open shop
and wait on you. The mechanic often gets
hold of hard job, which he has half
mind to throw. up. But take good advice,
slough it through" )" do it thoroughly and |
faithfully, it will be no loss to. you in the
end. IA man in business often gets into |
spot from which he can see no liubt-no
land ahead, and he is just ready to give up |
to dependency and despair. But we ad- |
wise him "to try and tough it through
Light will appear when yon least expect it
if faithful, and honest and persssesv,ering, YOU YOU
will finally escape the pillows and reach the |
land. 80 '''' ''S''5&s AZ 50 - q
sA.--..-.--------..s ---.s; f-,.., 4, tt,.
Strange announcement q meeting
Of spirifualistsy 10 EowSiI, Haas, las. sHs:II
day, it was announced That; y Nextssns Ga,as 1Ss
morning. sat Abe sssual ,hoarsq ,fl,ranrb III ~.
Andses Jaekson wiIl 1erce. s,, and m i' stbs. ~
smsdiuHa ,I la BtQkaa af.srnoon, q > b ) Siosf I
y MI S1 Would asssnibie IS dSSss1ss - F
ssle sfsthe seexptipa 6fes7 7sns :!S ltudrAs +
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A young man volunteered D
see a young lady home from a
the way he cudgelled his brain +,
esting topic Of conversation to
with I; he could hit upon notbi1
met several cows, when the swa
much simplicity Of manner: 4
Now, Miss Julia, isn't it !
what a ,notherly appearance d
To which the lady replied"
II do not think it strange
that a cow should have a moth
ance to a calf; :.
Tho beau was silent during
the walk. a
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H0MELY WOMEN.
Listen how California editor talks about
" homcly womon ~

Listen how a California editor talks about
"homely womcn:'
We like homely women. We have al
ways liked them. Wo do not carry the
peculiarly far enough to include tile hid
eous or positively ugly, for since beauty
and money are the only capital the world
will recognize in woman, they are moro to
be pitied than admired; but We have a
chivalrc, enthusiastic regard for plain wo-
men. We never saw one who was not
modest, unassuming, and sweet tempered,
and have seldom come across one whe was
not vlrtuous and had not good heart.
Made aware early in life of their want of
beauty by the sighted attentions of the op.
positc sex, vanity and affectation never
take root in their hearts; and in the hope
OF supplying attractions which a capricious
nature has denied, they cultivate tho gra-
ces of the heart instead of the person,
and give to the mind those accomplish
ments which the world SO rarely appreciate
in woman, but which are moro lasting, and
i'll the eyes of men of sense more hirhly
priced, than personal beauty.
See them in the street, at home, or in
the church, and they are always the same.
and the smile which ever lives upon the
face is not forced there to fascinate, but is
the spontaneous sunshine reflected from
kind heart-a flower which takes root in
the soul and blooms upon the lips, inspiring
respect instead of passion, emotions of ad-
m'ration instead of sensual regard.
Plain women make good wives, good
mothers, cheerful homes, and happy hus-
bands, and we never SEQ one but we thank
heaven that it has kindly created women of
sense as we'll as beauty, for it is indeed sell
dom female is found possessing both.
10 homcly women we therefore lift our
"tile" " in respect; the world will extend
the same courtesy to beauty.
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THE Tea 7Sads.-Althopgh
States has but little. over twenty
of Inhabitants, ten millions less Il
and nine millions less than III
zollverin, still in one article Of
Southern Asia, it outdoes these /,
lous countries Of civilized Eurol
year 1851, Englsnd carried 81, ~
Of tea from China TO Europe, n
600 lbs. to India aud Australis
States exported from China $40,
Holland 100000 ibs. and Oil
5000, 900 lbs, while Russia casri,
600 lbs. by land. 9s.s ss;is,i. Z Z