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Wall Street.

The following paragraph, which we find in q
late number of the n Y. Tribune, gives rath-
er amusing, and at the same time graphic, idea
of Wall street:
mo other thoroughfare is like it. Its fea-
lures are peculiar No Change Alley is like it /;
no other Bourse-no other Riato. Trinity
Church looks down upon it, like supervisor
but Trinity Church cannot Christianizeit. Like
melon growing next to pumpkin, the church
may have SAVIOUR of its neighbor, but Wall
street will never obtain any flavor from the
church.
The name of Downing street, is irrevocably
associated with diplomacy SO is Wall street
with stock ,jobbing; but as Downing street is
not full of foreign ministers with faces Palmers-
tonward neither is Wall street occupied sole
ly by the members of the bankers board.
Wall street is not long street, though it is
felt long ways. A man, without .corns, can
walk the length of it in five minutes. Another,
if he should keep on, would find himself in the
East River. Itsnot widestreet. Bids have been
made from curb to curb. Wheels get ''ocked"
there daily, especially near the head of it. and q
vast deal of highly ornamented profanity is
done by sweet tempered carmen, who having
wedged themselves in, seem to think that, "like
the poor debtors" they can spsar themselves
out.
1t is not q handsome street; still there is
nothing wooden in it, except, perhaps, the heads
of some stock buyers. White marble, brown
freestone, terracotta and substantial granite be-
speak its wealth. Here is that wonderfully in
tricate building, the Merchants Exchange, as full
of lawyers, insurance and other offices, as q
dog is of Aeas. Near by is the locus in quo of
the brokers' board, where many millions of dol
lars daily 'change hands and cross over" while
the members cheerfully Speaking in metaphor)
"balance to their partners" In the rotunds, Of
the ediice real estate auctioneers are crying as.
siduously, yet without shedding tea over sac
rifices of property To an almost fabulous a.
mount.
On the outer side of Wall, at the corner of
Nassau, and facing Broad street, stands-nay, it
don't stand, but sguats-the Custom House,
where there has been so much hard swearing
over fraudulent invoices and political assess
mentS, that the white marble columns have
turned as gray as the old mans hair, or as
Chelmsford granite, which they much resem-
bic.
On the other side of the street is an illustrious
row of banks and insurance offices, with for
eign insurance agents, land agents, coal agents,
railroad agents, steamship agents, and many
other sorts of agents, (Satan's too perhaps) in
GLIDING some lawyers on the second and higher
floors. The Easements swarm with brokers'
Every nook and Granny in all these buildings
command high rents. Add to this picture innu-
merable groups of earnest-talking, scolding,
chaffering, gestculatlng men, dividing the rapid
currents of merchants, brokers, clerks, foreign
consuls, fnanciers, and commercial editors, who
are continually passing, and you, who have new
or seen the notorious thoroughfare, will have a
tolerably graphic idea of Wall street.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1858-02-24

THIRST WoRsE THAN HUNGER.-That dis
turbauce of the general system which is known
under the name OF raging thirst, is far more ter
rible than that of starvation, and for this rea
son During the abstinence from food the or
ganism can still live upon ito own substance
which furnishes all the necessary material; but
during abstinence from liquid, the organism ha'
no such source of supply within itself. Mel
have been known to endure absolute privatior
of food for some weeks, but three days of abso
lutte privation of drink (unless in moist atmos
phere) is, perhaps, the limit of endurance
Thirst is the most atrocious torture ever inven
ted by Oriental tyrants 1t is that which mos a
effectually tames animals. Mr.. Ashley, when he
had refractory horse, always used thirst as the
most effective power of coercion, giving a little
water as a reward for every act of obedience
The histories of shpwreok paint fearful picture;
the most appalling cases known is the celebra
ted Imprisonment of one hundred and forty-si,3
men in the Black Hole at Calcutta.-Blaek~o0d
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1858-02-24

STAMPEDE IN A CouRr RooM.-Tbe New York
papers say that on Monday last, in the Police
Court at Brooklyn, an Irishman was brought IN
for sentence for some offence of which he had
been convicted. AS he stood there among 9th,
er prisoners awaiting sentence, it was noticed 'sd
that It the smallpox was breaking out on him with
great yirulepce. Immediately general STAN
3 pede took place; the clerk turned ghastly pale,
Ing the building was about to tumble about his
ears, tumbled out the window after the clerk
rz while the deputy sheriff and some other officers
got out of the way of infection by climbing 4
mong the rafters. The Irishmsn was got out OF
doors and was told to scud and never return :.
The extra judicial sentence Pat availed himself 1i
of. with due alacrity. TIE court stood ADJOURN
ed that day, no one venturing back into the
room.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1858-02-24

TopAoco.-There are ffty.si1 manufacturers
of the staple in Richmond, whose united capital
amounts to four or five millions of dollars.
More tobacco is raised in Virginia, and opened,
inspec.ed and sold in this city, than perhaps any
other place in the United States. 1t is here that
the choicest specimens of the weed assume the
shape which commends it to the regard OF devo-
ted chewers everywhere Tobacco Is put up IN
as many different ways almost as snGre are tSe
ers. There is as much difference between .ne
idsas of the Yankee and Southerner on this
onestion of taste as there is on any other mat
ter The former likes his ''pig tail" plentifuly
sweetened w and lquoriced to 8 degree; the latter,
the less sweetening you put in, the better the
tobacco. Buyers congregate he:e, who pur-
chase for all parts of the globe. Foreign gov
eruments are supplied by agents who reside here
S for that that purpose With many citizens the road
to wealth has been via tobacco.-Rieh. South.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1858-02-24

Our LANGUAGE English is some
thing very different not only from common col
looulal English, but even from that OF rdinary
written composition. Instead of about forty
thousand words, there is probably no single au-
thor in the language from whose works, how
ever voluminous, SO many as ten thousand words
could be collected. OF the forty Thousand words
there are certainly many more than one half
that are only employed, if they are ever EN-
ployed at all, on the rarest occasions. We should
any of us be surprised to find, if we counted
Them with how small number of words we
manage to express all that we have to say either
with our lips, or even with the pen. Our COM
mon literary English probably hardly extends to
ten thousand words; our common spoken Eng
|lisb, hardly to five thousand. And the proper
ton of native or homegrown words is undoubt.
edly very much higher in both the five thousand
and the ten thousand than it is in the forty
thousand. Perhaps, of the thirty thousand
words. or thereabouts, standing in the dictiona-
ries, that are very rarely or never used, even IN
writing. between twenty thousand and twenty
five thousand may be of French or Latin extrac-
Ition If we assume twenty-five thousand tve
hundred to be so, that will leave FIVE thousand
Teutonic words in common use and IN our lite-
rary English, taken at ten thousand words, those
that are non. Roman will thus amount to about
one half. Of that half, four thousand words
may be current in our spoken language, which
will therefore be genuine English for four hiths
of its entire extent. 1t will consist OF about four
thousand Gothic and one thousand Roman
words.-Du5lin Unirersity Magazine.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1858-02-24

POETRY.
The Golden Madness

BY CHARLES MACKAY.
By the road side there sat an aged man,
Who all day long, from dawn into the night
Counted with weary fingers heaps of stones
spake him kindly, saying, "Why this toil?"
He made no answer, but went counting on,
Mumbng and muttering slowly to himself
Clinking the stones with melancholy sound.
There came stranger by the way. l asked
If he knew aught of this forloru old man.
"Right WELL" he said; "the creature is insane.
He first went mad for greediness of gold"
"Know you his history ?"-"Perfectly" said he.
"Look how he counts his miserable Bints
And bits of slate. Twelve mortal hours each day
He sits at work, summer and winter both.
Mid storm or sunshine, heat or nipping frost,
He counts and couus and since his limbs were young
Till now that he IL crooked and stifeued old
He hath not missed day. The silly wretch
Believes each stone lump of shining gold
And that he made bargain with the fend
That if he'd count one thousand million coins
OF minted gold, sudibly, one by one,
The gold should be his own the very hour
When he had told the thousand millionth pIsce
Provided always, as such bargains go,
The fend should have his soul in recompense.
''Unskilled in figures, but brimfa of greed,
He chuckled at his bargain, and began;
And for year reckoned with hopeful heart
At last glimpse Of light broke on his sense,
And showed the fool that millions-quickly said
Were not so quickly counted as he thought.
But still he plies his melancholy task
Dreaming of boundless wealth and curbless power
And slavish worship from his fsllow-men.
off he could reckon fifty thousand stones
Daily, and miss no day in all the year,
'Twould take him fve-and-ffty years Of life
To reach the awful millions he desires.
He has been fifty of these years, or more,
Feeding his coward soul with this conceit.
Exposed to every blast, starved, wrstched, old,
Toothless, and clothed with rags and squalidness,
| He eyes his fancied treasure with delight.
"Look at his driveling lips, his boodshot eyes,
His trembling hands, loo Sc skin, and own with me
That this mans madness, though piteous thing,
Deserves no pity, for the avarice
So mean and filthy, that was the cause of it."
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1858-02-24

AN ED1roRs AssEssNENT.-lt does a noa!
good to have his pride hattered once in while
We realise the benefit of it once year, wher
the assessors come round and ask how much
money we have at interest; how much SlGck os We v;
have in the public funds or in banks; ana var,, ,
Gus other questions that are supposed 10 oe on,y
to the "solid men" If there is anybody rounG'
we straighten up slightly, expand our eorporos,' TOE,
ty, and in as heavy chest tone as we eau cTi Iaa
mand. we answer, "About the same as las'
year.n They know well enough what that Is
So do we.
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How THEY Cook AND EAT THEIR ENEM1Es.-

How THEY Cook AND EAT THEIR ENEMIRs.-
The Honolulu Advertiser of a late date says:
Hanaveve Valley, which lies opposite the bay
does not resemble our Hawaiian valleys. 1t is
not gentle slope between two hills, but a ra-
vine with steep Sides apparently split out from
the mountains. 1t is one of the largest, most
beautiful and productive of the many glens OF
Fatuhiva. This valley has recently been the
scene of protracted war between the neigbbor-
ing tribes. One of these contests lasted nine
DAYS, at the close of which the captured dead
were eaten. This cannibal custom prevails
throughout this group.
! They do not have great feast over these
human bodies as is generally supposed to be the
case, but the body is cut to pieces on the battle
| field, AMI each warrior takes his piece-an arm, a
joint, rib according to his merlt-raises it on
This gun over his shoulder and marches home
There he calls his relations together, and they
ldevour the fesh-some cooking it in slices Like
pork, but most eat it raw. The motive which
Induces them to eat the bodies of their enemies
| is revenge they feel that their revenge is not
satisfied until they have tasted of their blood
and flesh. When their hatred, anger and re-
venge are at the highest point, and their enemy
lies dead before them, then it eliminates In the
fepdsh act of eating human flesh, and we imag-
inc hat the quiverirg heart that cringes and
CRATES between their bloody teeth, is the sweet
est mOrsel that heather warrior can taste
! This cannibalism is confined mostly to the old
er natives. The younger people appear to be
ashamed of the practice, and it is probable that
before many years it will be extinct among the
l'Marquesas.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1858-02-24

A JoxR.-A fellow stole saw, and on his tri
al told the Judge that he only took it in joke
"How far did you carry it Z" asked the Judge
1.-TWO miles," answered the prisoner. .-"Ah! !!
that's carrying 8 joke too far" remarked the
Judge, and the prisoner got three months unre
united labor
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1858-02-24

PHoNorYpY IMpRoygp-A lazy fellow, named
Jack Hole, living near Covington, has adopted q
way of spelling his name which throws Pho
notypy clear into the shade. He makes big
~" and then thrusts his pen through the paper
for the MHnan
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1858-02-24

A writer in the New York Commercial, de-
clares that "the number of persons at this time
receiving aims in the city OF New York, smore
than one s-sirth Of the entire population and that
this number is entirely supported by two out OF
the remaining five, the other three barely sup
norting themselves"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1858-02-24

DIALOGUE IN A SCHOOL HoUsE.-Sehoolnaaster
(,Cho is giving lessons in Keightleys Nythot0gy)
Jupiter and Juno were husband and wife, a.
Won all know, my children. But Juno once had
. little boy called Mars, of whom Jupiter could
not claim the paternity Now, my children
why was he called Mars? Don't all speak al
once.
Small boy (qtter some cogitatian)-3ecause he
was none Of pas
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THE GOLDEN RULR.-"Would you like me to
give you shilling9" asked little boy of gen.
tleman in the street. "To be sure, / would"
was the reply. "Very well, them said the
boy "do unto others as you would others should
do unto you.n
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1858-02-24

Public opinion is a stream which digs ITS own
bed. We may occasionally moderate or quicken
its course but is very difficult to alter 1t: AND
yet it sometimes alters AID even reverses l1s own
courss-onss can scarcely tell why or wherefore.
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MISCELLANEOUS.
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SUCCESSORS To TaOS. HOPE & CO.,
or Nj ,utIgt

No. 1872 CHAMBERS STREET, NEW 1ohh'
ca 'abliShed 1S20D
IMPORTERS anu Dealers in all descriptions Oh rare
4 Old Madeira, Sherry and Port Wines, FINEST Ola
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Rum, Old Holland Gin, and every variety OF Fine I'M
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CLARET AND including Chateau
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HOOK WINES--of Johanuesberger, Marcobrunner,
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SEGARS-of all the choicest varieties Elegantes, Re-
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FOREIGN FRUITS-of all kinds, Raisins, Almonds,
Prunes, &c.
HAMS AND T0NGUES-B Burlington, Virginia and
Westphalia Hams, Smoked and Pickled Tongues.
GOSHEN BUTTER-in Firkins, Tubs and Stone
Jars.
FOREIGN PICKLES-Sauces, Catsups, Sardines,
Capers, Olives. &c.
PRESERVES--Ea and West India and Domestic.
And full and general assortment OF every variety OF
FINE GROCERIES,
New York, March 4, 1557.-1yr.
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Providing FOR A RAINY DAY.-"Why have
you not brought back the umbrella you borrow.
ed of me, Sam2" Because father always told
me to lay up something for a rainy day."
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NO. XI.
Bolts Abroad (!

A letter from Rome, dated Dec. 80, 1857, and
published in the New York Evening Post, re-
lates the following of the Hon. John NJ. Bolts,
who is now taking the tour of Europe:
Mr.. Bolts, while here, gave very funny
account of the manner in which he made his
way into the Sistine Chapel during the ceremo-
nies of Christmas Eve. His courier had forgot
ten to tell him he must appear on that occasion,
if at ALL in full dress-gloves, black dress coat
aud all. In his ignorance, therefore, he presen-
ted himself at the chapel "accoutred as he was"
with nothing but his ordinary habiliments-a
great coat over frock-and the Italian guard,
Of course, turned him back. His discontinue,
however, was but momentary. He had made
up bis mind to 90 in, and no time was to be lost
in seeking other apparel. But the invincible
Virginian was master of the situation. Three
things seemed to be required, to be presentable.
First, to throw off his overcoat; second, to get
a pair of gloves; and third, to improvise swal-
low-tailed coat The first be did with q reck-
less prodigalty worthy of the desperate emer-
gency. As for the second, he would willingly
have resorted to the me-honored expedent, 30
often resorted to in such cases by our country
men abroad, of converting his frock into dress
coat by pinning up the skirts but as luck world
have it, he had no pins, and to crown his destitu
tion, he had no gloves Here it was that that
invention which is the offspring Of necessity
came to his aid, and enabled him to overcome
both difficulties at once Tucking under the
ends of his coat tail, be put his hands in bis
pocket, which in this way served the double
purpose of keeping back his skirts and conceal
ing the absence of kids. The want of pins thus
saved him from the consequence of his want Of
kids. He then boldly marched up the aisle,
frustrating the objections of one or two of the
more fastidious guards, who still found fault
with his costume, by the constant repetition of
the only four Italian words with which he was
famiiar-Non eapisco-sono Anaericano"-Cl
don't understand Pm an American.'O There
upon he was allowed to pass. Having secured
a good place, he saw at the door Judge. B., OF
Connecticut, who had been put back for the same
cause as himself, and he once more sailed out to
tho rescue of bis countrymen. 1t took him hf-
teen minutes to arrange the Judges coat and
teach him the magic passwords, after which they
both entered and enjoyed the services. @
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We find beauty Itself a very poor thing unle.

We find beauty Itself very poor thing unless
beauti6ed by sentiment. The reader may take
the confession as he pesses, either as an instance
Of abundance of sentiment on our part, or as an
evidence of want of proper ardor and impartial
ity but we cannot (and that is the plain trutb)
think the most beautiful creature beautiful, or
be at all affected by her. or long to sit next to
her, or to go to the theatre with her, or listen
to concert with her, or walk in field or for
est with her, or call her. by her Christian name,
or ask her if she lkes history, or pin with any
satisfaction her gown for her, or be asked wheth-
er we admire her shoe, or take her arm even in.
to dining-room, or kiss her at Christmas, or
on an April fool day or Msy-day, or dream Of
her, or wake thinking OF her, or feel want in
tho room when she is gone, or pleasure the
moment when she eappears- -unlesss she has heart
as well as a face, and is proper, ,good-tempered,
natural, sincere, honest girl, who has love for
other things, apart from self-reverence and a
wish to be admired. Her face would pail upon
us in the course of a week, or even become dis
agreeable. We should prefer an enamelled tea-
cup we would expect nothing from it.-Leigh
Hunt.
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Don't carry your handkerchief in your breast
pocket. you do, says Punch, you take a soi
per to your bosom.
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TVAVE now on hand aymost Splendid supply OF tar
Ill ian and American Marble, which they are manu-
featuring into Tombs, Monuments, Head and Foot
neatest and most chaste patterns for Cemetery pupo
ses, with Lambs and other designs, carved to lay on
the top Pastery, Paint, and Muller Stones constant
" on hand Having had long experience IN the bus
ter carving with great success they feel assured that
the taste Of the most fasdous be pleased at thei1
work
They have recently opened branch of their estab-
lishment in the town Of Harrisonburg where one Of
the partners is ready and prepared to receive orders
All demands promptly attended to.
Staunton April % 1856
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Stauntun Spectator
JOS. A. WADDELL,
L.. WADDEI,L, Jr.,
RICHARD MADXN,
,PrOprietors.
TERMS.

,zg- The "SPECTATOR" IS published once a eceet
NJ TCo Dollars and fifty Cents gear, a0tieb mGy be
GslGrqed by tic payment Of Iico Dollars at GRy time
9giin he ySar 70 subscription 0iH be discontinued
but at Mo GDtjoa fls Editors, ata aJLGearageS are
pull. ,..,,,,,.,,-.
three times for one doar and eeHtyfge cents for eacd
subsequent continuance Larger
in tie same Df0pOytlOR.
l5Gl discount made to those lVho GdgertiSs By tie
gear. J..
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DR. JAMES JOHNSTON, SURGICAL II
~ MECHANICAL DENTIST, having been located
permanently in Sapton for the last four years, would
respectfuv inform ls friends and thepublic generally
that he still continues to practice Dentistry in all its
various branches with the strctest regard to durab
ty and usefulness.
Office on the sOuhs1 of Main Street, opposite the
old Spectator Office.
StauntOn NOv 90 1854
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~ ARDEN SEED.-Just received large lot .
(T Landreths fresh and genuine Garden Seed.
DR.. Y. II. Il j. c. KINNEY.
Staunton, Jan 90, 1883.
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WTINDOW GLASS.-We have on hand u supe-
w rior article OF French WINDOW GLASS, all
sizes, to which we invite the attention ofpurchasers
Stauuton Jan. Is, 1858. TAYLOR Il H0GE
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ELOUR.-We have on hand and will keep con
stantly. Flour by the wholesale or retail
StauntoG, Jan. 13, 1858. TAYLOR & HoGE
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.
FASHIONABLE HAT IL CAP STORE
4 The subscriber (neal ly opposite the Va Hotel }
IN keeps on hand large assortment of HATS EM
Ed AND CAPS, of all descriptions, from the 1Essl ~
finest to the most common. lie will also
manufacture any kind of Hat TO order. He pledges
himsefto give general satisfaction in regard to quail
ty, STYLE and price. All kinds Of FURS purchased at
the highest market price. WM. SHRG.
StanntOp Oct IL 1857.
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C,TOyES! STOVES !-W. J. POINTS has o
- full assortment of Cooking, ,Paror and Box Stoves,
Coal Crates, Wooden Buckets, Baskets, Brooms, Ash
and Coal Buckets, and Tin Ware of all kinds.
StauIton, Oct. 29, 1886
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VTOUSEKEEPERS who like to have nicely pol
ished Stove eau find the very article at
DR.. Y0UNGS STORE.
Stanton, Nov II, 1857
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DEEDE & MENDENHALL, l. AND AGk WIS,
= will select and enter Government Land with cash
or warrants make investments, loan money, Cat vest
ern rates. pay taxes and transact general Real Is
tate Business throughout the Northwest Address
BEEDE q MENDENHAlL,
MINNEAPOLIS Minnesota.
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CO.-Justreceiyed 50 boxes q! good sound
L medium Tobacco, which l can sell at moderate
price these times. X. ). GLENDl,
S;al,nton Nav 97 1887 Per C. 7. COCHRAN.