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Desolation of Palestine.

In Palestine you are nearly as much
in the wilderness as when iE Arabia for
as to inhabitants, they are precisely the
things which do not exist, for all you can
tell, except in the towns and villages you
pass through. You ride on day after
day, and you rise over each hill, and you
sink into each valley, and except an occa-
sional traveller, with his servants and llis
muleteer, or Turkish official with his
party rarely does moving object appear
upon the landscape. No cattle are on the
land, and no passengers on the high
ways.
How lonely it is and this loneliness
strikes you more like that Of the desert,
for it seems unnatural, because here and
there should be.life, and there is none
Sometimes you may make out distance
on the hill side single figure, a man up
on donkey. 1t is the only moving thing
your eye can detect all round. And 50
you go on through this desolate land.
From Jerusalem to Beyrout you scarce
ly light upon one single scene Of rural
industry--hot one single scene Of life thai
can be compared with those on the Arab
pastures from the top Of Jabel el Sufar to
the wells of q Mileth. There IN places,
the country was full Of people and chill
dren, and focks and herds--a rejoicing
picture Of PASTORAL existence, in all its
abounding wealth. while here, in the
country of tillage, and towns and villages
the whole land seemed to lie under q
spell.
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TRUE COURTESY.

Rev. Henry Giles, one of the most
eloquent Of our lecturers, gives birth to
these sentiments, respecting true court.
esy:
This is real courtesy, that which has
reverence for womanhood in sex, the
courtesy which has respect for others
than the rich, than the young; it is dis
tinct from this courtesy which blooms on
ly in the smiles of love and beauty, and
md withers aud eools down the atmos-
phere Of poverty, age and toll. Show
noe the man who can quit the brilliant
society Of the young TO listen to the voice
of age, who can eheerlully converse
whom years has deprived of charms
show me the man who is willing to help
any one who stands in need Of help show
me the man who would no more look
rudely at the poor girl in the village, than
at the elegant and well dressed lady in
the saloon, show me the man who treats
unprotected maidenhood as he would an
heiress surrounded by powerful pro-
lection Of raak, riches and family; show
me the man who abhors the libertine's
gibe who shuns blasphemer, the tradu-
Ger Of his mothers sex; who scorns as
he would the coward, the ridiculer Of
womauly foibles, or The ezposer of wo-
manly reputation; show me the man
who never forgets for moment the del
icacy that is due to woman, and woman
IN any condition or class show me such
a man and you show me gentleman
nav, YOU show me true Christian gen.
lleman. There are some who think that
persons lose 10 manners as they gain in
liberty. One grace belongs to the spirit
oi liberty, which is most active where
this grace prevails most-wiih this grace
is respect for woman-not for her rank
or elegance, bot !or WOMAN. And when
this sentiment becomes enlarged, when it
is staple, a social structure may be raised
upon il more glorious than mankind has
ever seen"
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1857-01-23
A BRIEF HISTORY OF CHINA.

China Is the msst pOpuious and an
cient empire in the world it is 1890
miles long, and l ,03O wide. Population
from 30O,0OO,0OO to 86O.O0O.OOO. The
capitol is Pekin, with 1OO,00O,0Oo in
habitants; next Nankin, IOO,O0O,00O and
Canton lOO,O00,OOO. China produces
tea, 50000,O00 lbs, of which are annual
ly exported from Canton, the only place
which foreigners are allowed to visit.
Silk, cotton, rice, gold, silver, and all the
necesSaries of life, are found in China.
The arts and manufactures in many
branches are in high perfection, but
stationary, as Improvements are now pro-
hi5ited. The Government is despotic
monarchy. Revenue S200000,000; army
100000 men. The religion is similar to
Bhudism, the chief god being Fob. The
Chinese inculcate the morality Of Con-
fucius, their great philosopher, who was
horn $50 B. G. The great wall and ca
nal of China are among the mightiest
works ever achieved by man. The
foreign commerce of China amounts to
S35,OOO,O0O or S4OOO0,O00 annually.
the whole of which is transacted with APP
pointed agents, called Hong merchants .
Foreigners are allowed 10 live at certain
stations, or factories" below Canton.
The chief trade is with England. The
first American ship reached China in
1884 now the annual average of United
States ships visiting Cantonis is thirty-two.
The revenue derived from foreign COM
merce by the Emperor varies from
S4,OOO,O0O to 100000. According to
Mr.. Dunn, the opium smuggler into Chi
ma, to the injury of the people amounted
to S2O0,OO0,O0O annually for several
years much of which was paid in specie
which found its way to London. The
Chinese language has nearly 10000
characters or letters.
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Errors about the Honey Zee.

The following remarks from the Al
bany Culiivator" may correct some or.
roneous notions about the modHs eps-
randi of the industrious bee:
Many suppose that the bee culls
honey from the nectar of flowers, and
simply carries j, to his cell in the hive.
This Is not correct. The nectar he col
lects from the flower is a portion of its
food or drink the money he deposits in
It's cell Is a secretion from It's melific, or
honey seereting glands Analogous 10
the milk-secreiing glands of the COW
and other animals. If they were mere
collectors and transponers of honey from
the flowers to the honeycomh, then we
should have the comb frequently filed
with molaSses, whenever the bees have
fed at a mola~ses hogshead. The honey
bag in the bee performs the same fuHc-
tions as the COWS bag or udler-merely
receives The honey from the secreting
glands, and retains it till proper oppor-
tnniiy presents for its being deposited in
appropriate sore-houscs, the honeyeomb.
Another error is that the bee collects
pollen from the flowers accidently while
it is in search of honey. Quite the con-
trary is the fact The bee, when in
search Of nectar, or honey as it is improp-
erly called, does not collect pollen. It
goes in search Of pollen, specially, and
also for nectar. When the pollen of the
flower IS. ripe and fit for the use of the
bee there is no nectar in the flower. It
l. generally supposed, also, that the bee
constructs wax from which il constructs
lis comb from such vegetable substances.
This is also an error. The wax is Sc
eretion from its body, as the honey is
and II makes Its appearance in small scales
or flakes under the rings of the belly,
and is taken thence by other bees, rem
dered plastic by mixture of the saliva of
the bees mouth, and laid on the walls of
the cell with the tongue, very much in
the way plasterer uses his trowel."
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LYCURGUs.-Lycurgus the law giver
of the Spartan republic so long fourished,
had an eye beat out in sedition which
was raised against him on account of the
severity of his laws. When the tumult
was appeased, the man who had given
him the bow, was brought TO him a
prisoner, in order that ne might infici
upon him some such punishment as he
should think proper. But Lycurgus, in
s:ead of doing the fellow the least injury
took him into his family, and made him
one of his disciples in the rules Of virtue
and good morality. Having kept him
thus for about a year, he brought him
publicly into the assembly Of the people,
and exhibited him for an example of as
much virtue then, as he had been before
of every vice. This, sayshe, is the man
that came under my care. proud, outra-
geous, and dissipated /; behold | restore
him again to the community, humblei
gentle, regular, and altogether fit 10 do
the public service"
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he painted slander so black, that the sun
seemed dark at monday, when compared
to such an accursed monster-and then
fixed both portraits on the burning brow
of Hopkins, and nailed them there for
ever. The agitation of the audience
nearly amounted to madness.
All at once the speaker descended
from his perilous height. His voice wall
ed out for the murdered dead and des-
cribed the SORROWS of the widowed living
--the beautiful Mary, more beautiful
every moment, as the tears flowed faster
till men wept and lovely women sob
bed like children.
He closed by strange exhortation to
the jury, and through them to the by
ISLANDERS. He entreated the panel, after
they should bring in their verdict to the
plaintiff, not to offer violence to the de-
fendent, however richly he might deserve
it in other words, not to lynch the vil-
lain, Hopkins, but TO leave his punish
ment to COD. This was the most artful
trick of all, and the best calculated to in
sure vengeance.
The jury returned a verdict of fifty
thousand do lars; and the night after
wards, Hopkins was taken out OF bed by
lynchers and beaten almost TO death.
As the court adjourned, the stranger
made known his name, and called the at
tention of the people with the announce
ment-"John Taylor will preach here
til, evening at early candle light"
The crowd, of course, all turned out,
and Taylor's sermon equalIed, if it did
not surpass, the splendor of his forensic
efforts.
This is no exaggeration. / have lis
tened to Clay, Webster, and Calhoun, to
Dewey, Ting and Bascom, but havenever
heard anything in the form of sublime
words, even remotely approximating the
eloquence of John Taylor-massive as a
mountain, and wildly rushing as catar-
act of fire. And this is the opinion of all
who have heard the marvellous man.
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e~ It seems to me that the most de-
lieious portion Of intellectual existence is
the brief period in which, one by one, the
great minds Of old are admitted, with all
their time-mellowed worth, to the affec-
lions. With what delight read for the
drsi time the "Kind hearted plays Of
Beaumont aud Fletcher How ] dotted
on Burton What treasures 10 me were
the Fairy Queens" and the Lyrics Of
Milton.-N y. Hlliis.
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-S'tSh thCA Z tSAtFu CdbodtuS--
abused ordinances-misimproved time
encouraged temptations, there they stood
with no excuse, no extenuation. There
was one very long class I remember well
-"Idls Hsrds" then the passage
flashed like lightning across my mind =
For every idle word that men shall
peak, they shall give an account there
of in the day of judgment, Ny super
natural vi>itant here addressed me
."DoSt thou observe how small a proper
tions thy sins of Omission bear to those
of Commission ?" As he spoke, he point
ed to me instances like the following-"I
was hungry and We gave me no meat :"
Il was thirsty and We gave me no drink. 7"
Il was sick and ye did not visit me-"
| was conscience stricken. In another
part of the record, l read the title
Duties performed" Alas how small
was their number Humble as / had
been accustomed to think the estimate of
my good works, l was greatly disappoint-
ed TO perceive that many performances
on which ! had looked back with pride,
were omitted, ''because," my visitor iu-
formed me, ''the motice was impure" 1t
was, however, with feelings of affecting
qualification read beneath this record,
small as it was, "Inasmuch as We have
done it unto the least of my brethren We
have done it unto me-" "Whosoever
shall give cup OF cold water only in the
name of disciple, he shall in nowise
lose his reward"
Whilst l gazed on many other similar
records, such was the intense feeling
which seemed to be awakened within me,
that my brain grew dizzy-my eyes be-
came dim. l was awakened from this
state by the touch of my supernatural In
structor, who pointed me to the volume
in which had read my own terrible his.
tory, now closed, and bearing seal, on
which, with sickening heart read the in
eription-"Reserved until the day oi
Judgment"
And now said the agnel, " my CON-
mission is completed. Thou hast been
permitted what was never granted to MAI
before. What think est thou of the rec
ord +? Dost thou not justly tremble? How
many line is here, (which dying yor
would wish to blot see you already
shuddering at the thought of the disclo
sure of this volume at the day of iudg
ment, when an assembled world sha
listen to its contents. But if such be the
record of one year, what must be the
guilt of your t0hoIe life ?-Seek then, al
interest in the blood OF Christ, justified
by which, you shall indeed hear the repe
jition, but not TO condemnatisE Pray
that when the other books are opened
your name may be found in the book o
life. And see the volume prepared fol
the history of another year yet its pag,
is unsullied-time is before thee-seek tt
fimprovei it. Privileges are before thee
prepare to meet thy God" He turned
to depart-and as / seemed to hear th,
rustling which announced his fight,
awoke. Was il all a dream?
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e. Those thai admonisb their friends,
says Plaiarcla, should observe this rule,
not 70 leave them with sharp expressions.
Ill language destroys the force Of repre-
hensio1, which should Be always given
With prBdsnee and ciFeBmspsetiou.
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e. The sweet light Of friendship, Ike
the light of phosphorus, is seen plainly
when all around IS dark.
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G. Applause is the spur Of able
minds, the end and aim Of weak ones
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Are blessings in disguise"
Another catalogue was there-it was
the enumeration of transgressiOns. Ny
hand trembIes as / remember them
What an immense variety Of classes
Indifference-thoughtlessness--formality
Observation-Disclosures against the
world-against the Chureh---agaiust the
Father-against the SaSoiir and against
the Sanclifier-stood at the head of their
battalIions, as iffor the purpose Of driy-
ing me to despair. Not one sin was for
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1857-03-04

On seeing tie Flag lOcered at the Capitol on the aJer
noon OF .fune the 4tt, lS49.
- 'ridentem deere verum
Quid vetat?"-H0race, Sat. lst.
'Yet may not truth in laughing guise be drest?'-
Francis Horace.
o say can you see, by this bright summer light,
What SO proudly we haild while spring tide was beam
ing,
Whose stripes and bright stars through many tight
On the Capitol roof were so gallantly streaming?
That flag staff so bare-the Cholera in tn air,
MAY lead us 10 doubt if our flag be still there
o. say, does that star-spangled banner still wave
Der the seats of the Wise and the Hall ofthe Brace!
And where are the brave, who IN SAFETY proclaimed
They'd oppose to the death the Wilmot Proviso?
So ready to fight, as they loudly exclaimed,
They meant fight in arors of which no one e'er desO
But champion so true, as the Cholera blue,
Against them its lance too alarmingy threw!
And that star-spangled banner no longer can wave
Der the seats that were filled with the Wise and the
Brdre!
And where is that band, which so vauntngly swore
Mid Rumor's alarm and the citys confusion,
For their homes and the country to leave us no more
Till the new Code had banished all legal pollution?
No assurance we gave, our Solons could save,
From the fear of disease aud the dread of the grave
And the star-spangled banner no longer doth wave
Der the seats of the se and the Hall of the Brace
o thus be it ever, when Panic appears,
And blows to the winds all the Patriots devotion:
Cle a man be deliberate, tortured with fears
And threatened with colick? how idle the notion!
Then scamper they they stay,they will'6ust
| II. -, ,II,, C,I e i.,,st
And the star-spangled banner no longer must wave
Der the seats of the se and the Hall of the Bdue
"Sic Se,eper Iy7UHRis' was Virginias proud boast
But K0leray'S' tyrant that may not be sneezed at
The blows that IL strikes make you give up the ghost
In manner too hasty for one to be pleased at.
Now these great men quick have all cut their stcS
'Tis the Tyrant that's strong-and Virginia that stc-
And the star-spanged banner no longer may wave
Since cleared out have T6em arise and 'ganaosf them
| 6yare!! JOCK
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MISCARRIAGE OF MAIL MATTER.-The resolu-
ton of inquiry proposed by Mr.. Fish, and adop'
ted by the Senate on Monday, is understood to
have originated in some very gross abuses, to
which the Post Office Department will no doubt
apply the remedy promptly, if the source of the
evil can be ascertained. 1t has been stated for
instance, that out of forty documents mailed by
members to some of the Southern States not
more than three have been received at their des-
tnation and OF seeds sent from the Patent OF
fee under frank, most of them have been lost
or distracted Complaints have been made by
the publisher of an illustrated work that his
copies have been so often lost as to require him
to send his embellished numbers by express,
whilst plain works never fail to be transmitted
safely. The evil is evidently the result ola want
of fidelity on the part OF subordinate agents
comawhere -Nnt Int
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A WICKED TowN.-The City of Tiffin," vii
lage of five thousand Inhabitants in Ohio, ap-
pears to have been given over to the Evil One
A young man named Coffman, burned his
fathers barn, valued at 81 200 and then stole
S130 dollars of money from the old man; anoth-
er youth cf the name of Frazer, robbed his faith
er OF 5000; the body of an unknown man was
found in the streets, on Wednesday morning of
last week, who had been murdered the night
previously; the cholera is dominating the
hogs; series of riots, fights, &C., had occurred
within week, and the Postmaster at Melmore,
(near enough to Ttfin to be within the evil in
tuence) had recently robbed the mail Of monied
letters, but escaped before the officers of the
Commonwealth could catch him.
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LEGAL TENDER-A writer in one of the New
York papers furnishes the following statement
derived from the law regulating the payment of
debts with coin:
l. AL gold coins at their respective values, for
debts of any amount.
2. The half dollar, quarter dollar, dime and
half dime at their respective values for debts OF
amounts under five dollars
8. Three cent pieces for debts of any amount
under thirty cents; and
4. By the law just passed, we may add, one
cent pieces for debts of amounts under ten cents.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1857-03-04

A NOVEL, BUT RATHER PERILoUs ExPED1ENr,
Voc resorted Mt Bordentown the other night to
nreyent qI the railroad bridge from being carried
pu, awav bv the pressure of the ice. Five locomo-
tive: a we're run upon the bridge to keep it in its
noce rae1 Il is thought that if it had not been for
this Ili great weight it would have been lifted by
tho . ioa ond carried off. Had the pressure of ice
been @ too great for this weight, the loss of prop
or,v ond fife would have been great, as many
Of of the employees of the road were on the bridge
in in attendance on the engines,-N. Brunswicker.
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staunton Spettator ,
by J. A. 4 L. WADDELL, Jr.
TERMS

~ The "SPECTAT0R" is published once ,reet
at 7co Dollars gear, paid IN adyGaee, T'co DOL
lars and fy Cents If delayed beyond the expiration Of
he year. No subscription ieU Be discontinued bit at
the option Of The Edtors until G Qrredrages are paid
ADVERTXSEHEITSo Of ten lines (Or leSs,) inserted
three times for dollar and tSeatyce cents for eaed
subsequent continuance. Larger inserted
in the same proportion.
liberal discount made to those aC6o adcerss By the
gear.
Professional Cards. not erceeing seren lines aciN be
inserted for one gear for s. O0-6 months for SO 90.
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POETRY.
For tie Spectator.

For the Spectator.
Editors Spectator Enclosed are some lines
find among divers scraps of poetry, that VIII
anuse-most of your readers doubtless remem-
berinr the circumstances that called them forth
the stampede of the Legislature TO Warrenton
Springs. NJ
Lines
On seeing tie Flag loeered at the Capitol on tie Gfter
noon Of .fune the 4th, lS49.
- 'ridentem deere verum
-
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1857-03-04

Ladies should remember that of all habits, the
habit of walking is the cheapest. 1t is also one
of the best.
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LINGUISTIC IA few 2Olb boxes of the erqu5 site
L. brand of TOBACCO, to which | wish to call the
attention of those iu want ofa PRIME ARTICLE
X. J, GLENDY,
Staunton Oct. Is, 1856. Per G. T. COCHRAN.
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CORN SHELLERS.-Ih have now in store sup
~ ply of Peunoeks celebrated Double Shelters, be-
lieved to be the best in use also Single Shelters for
sale low. GEO. +. PRICE.
Staunton Nov 49, 1856.
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- Lynchburg Smoking Tobacco just received and for
sale. kO ": Gl-aNbf,
Stannton June Is, 1856. Per C.. 4. CocHRAN.
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NALL SOON.-A few setts of nice FURS-chear
~ for cash. ...,,,., .o
Deerield Oct 20 1856.
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HONEY SHUCK.-A SUPERIOR Article of very
i L mild Tobacco, just received and for sale by
ROBT. j. GLENDY,
StauntOn Feb 90 1856. Per C. Il. COCHRAN.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1857-03-04

NJATCHES.-A few gross of Pollock's German
vi Matches-a superior article for family use for
sale. II. j. GLENDl,
Staunton July l6 1856 Per- G.. L. Cochran
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1857-03-04

CtALT.-2OO sacks Ashton and 200 sacks Morshall
y SALr, direct from New York, in store at low pri-
ces. J. BRANDEBURG & co.
Staunton, Oct 90 1856.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1857-03-04

NOR SALE.-FIRST RATE SODA FOUNTAIN,
l. with all the necessary apparatus; which will sell
low for cash. JAS. u LAIRD,
Staunton, March o., 1856. Druggist Chemist.
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COFFEES.-6O bags prime Rio, Laguyra, Old Ja-
7 ] va, and Maricabo Cofees, in prime order, by
]. BRANDEBURG Il co.
Staunton, Oct %, 1856.
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: TONS ASSORTED ID. FORRER IRON,
y warranted good, in store: o
Stounfnn Nov < 1C56
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DIANO FOR SALE.-A new and excellent in-
L strument. Apply to JAMES A. McCLUNG, at
the Virginia Hotel
StauntOn. Sept II 1856
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BOOTS AND SHOES.-lO Cases and Trunks,
ID embracing all the sorts in use; also 80 Sides
SOLE LEATHER, just TO hand and for sale easaS
WHITE Il PATTON
Staunton October l, 1855
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TOR SALE, ON REASONABLE TERMS,
IL well assorted STOCK OF GOODS, in one OF
the best sections of the county. Enquire ut this Of
flee. Nov. ), 1886.
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C,UGARS.-iO bbls Crushed, Pulveriztd, c. Vel
low, and New Orleans Sugars in store at lowest
prices j. BRANDEBURG Il co.
Stanton Oct 90. 1856.
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DOOTS AND SHOES.-3O cases warranted
Boots and Shoes from the best factories, o.
coming AT j. BRANDEBURG i cos.
Stnflnton Oct 90 1856.