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Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1858-05-29

for the cats upon the Hand to turn i loose
among them. che ogner was very mach
worried until his negrS man suggested that
they should try the ~ erinaent BY putting
a tame cat into the can
The idea MAS the gey thing. A cat was
procured and introduced into the cage. In
about two minutes it Ws torn into shreds
and utterly deyoured. OF course it would
have been madness to Earn the beast loose
on the islaad sc the lea was abandoned,
and it has been kept efer since as small
menager;e attached to hegentleman's house
with the exception cia peTiedioss VISIT to
the Agricultural Fair b Baltimore, when
it is placed among thepou ltry, and causes
the hearts Of the ch;9ens to die within
them. This is shorthistory Of the black
cat scheme and the sui arising from it
Whether there is lefa1abiiity in the State
sufficient to settle tie latter is mere than I
am able to say.
Annapolis. Nd, May 5. 1858.
Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1858-05-29
THE ROMANCE OLLIE.

Thirty years ago man named Wood sail
ed from New Bedford as mate of a Ehaler-
leaving at home young wife and an infant
child The ship in which he sailed was
cast away in the South Sea Islands, and he
was reckoned among the bst. Six years
ago the child, now grown to manhood, re-
moved from New Bedford to Cincinnati,
taking his mother with hin. One morning
recently a stranger, gray.headed and care
worn, called at his residence and enquired
for his mother. She was called into the
room, and after gazing Vt the stranger
moment, enquired his buiness. ''Do you
not know me, Martha y he asked, and as
the sound Of his voice, Ike the memory Of
an olden melody, met her ear she gave
vent to hysterical cry, aid tainted in the
arms which were opened Il receive her
The long lost husband, after numberless
reverses and incredible haidships, had re-
turned to find her whom he had left young
and blooming bride 3, far advanced in the
evening Of life, while the infant, upon whose
lips when last he saw him he had imprin-
ted a fathers kiss, and whs could then
scarcely lisp his name, was now a stalwart
man, and the head Of family How
many hopes and fears must have agitated
the old mariner as he again set foot, after
his long pilgrimage from his native soil.
Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1858-05-29
AMERIC HOTEL,
MRS. MARY A. BROWN
BALTIMORE LOCK HOSPITAL.
DR.JOHN STON

THE founder of this Celebrated Institution, the
L only regularly Educatea Physician adverti-
sing offers the most certain, speedy and only eff
fectual remedy in the worLd for
SECRET DISEASES:
Gonorrhea, elects, Structures, Seminal Weakness,
Pains in the Loins, Affections of the Kidneys and
Bladder. Loss of Organic Power, Nervous lrrlta-
biiity, Disease ofthe Head, Throat, Nose or Skin,
and oil those Peculiar Disorders arising from
Certain Secret Habit of Youth. WAieh if not CURED
produces Constitutional Debility. renders mar
rage impossible, and in the END destroys both
bODl and MIND. Those secret and solitary
practices more fatal to their VICTIMS than the
song OF the Syrens to the marineis Of Ulysses,
bllghting their most brilliant hopes or anticipa-
lions, rendering marriage, &C., impossible.
YOUNG MEN
Especially. who have bec6 me the victims Of So'itn
ry Tica- that dreadful and destructive habit which
annually sweeps to an nntimely grave tholaands o.
&. # s.t., y.
Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1858-05-29
The GMf Srsans. Lieut.. Maury thus
forcibly describes the Gulf Stream:

s'There is a river in the ocean. In the
severest droughts il never fails, and in the
mightiest foods it never overfows. Its
banks and its bottom are Of cold water,
while its current is warm. The Gulf OF
Mexico is It's fountain, and its mouth is the
Artic Seas. It is the Gulf Stream. There
is in the world no other majestic flow of wa
ter. Its current is more rapid than the Mis-
sissippi or the Amazon, and its volume more
shan 4 thousand times greater. Its waters,
as fur out from tie Gulf as the Carolina
coasts, are Of an indigo blue. They are 50
diStin, lily u'asAed, sha& the line Of junction
x.ith tile comnon sea water may be traced
by the cya. Ofteu one half Of the vessel
s14y u perc iyed floating in Gulf st cam
wafer. while the o;hcr half is the common
water Of the sea, SO sharp is the line and
the Saat Of affinity between these waters
and suca, too, tie reluctance, so to speak,
on the part Of those of the Gulf Stream to
nlingie with the common waters of the sea.
Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1858-05-29

The Population Of the United Slides
The RailrQad Record has an able article
on the physical development of the United
States and the laws Of population, in which
the views Of Mr.. Darby are intelligently
considered. According to what the Record
considers the 'actual law Of population,
the African race in this country will a.
mount in 1860, to 4, $40, 900. and in sew
enty years the negroes will number 20,
900, 0O0. The probable results Of the gen
eral increase Of the total inhabitants OF the
United States are thus calculated -
Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1858-05-29

Is this result impossible, or even lnlpFoh-
able The number Of square mites IN TIC
United States is near three m3itoms.-
With six hundred and forty millions Of pco-
pie, the density Of population would be a
bout 214 per square mile. The density of
Belgium, Holland and England is greater
than that The density of Great Britain
and Ireland is about 225 per square mile,
which is about the fair ratio for country in
high civilization, and with diversified soil,
Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1858-05-29

4 Ne,g Reyalatioa.- BY an amendment
of the rules and regulations, well behaved
white persons (other than those exempted
by law, etc } viii be permitted to VISIT the
interior Of the Penitentiary, at Richmond,
Va, by paying at the gate, twenty cents
each for adults, and ten cents for chlldrels
Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1858-05-29
Great Destruction OF Lager Deer.

Mr.. felix Coste has cave IN st. Louis,
Mo-, for the deposit Of the beer made at his
establishment, il which was stored away
about 5000 barrels Of lager beer. It is
situated in the immediate neighbo.hood Of
the House Of Refuge. There, it seems, an
immense body Of water had accumulated
from the recent heavy raina. and the city
authorities attempted to find an outlet for
it. In doing this, the whole body Of water
was nraei;nitatad into Mr. Castles cave
The barrels Of lager beer commenced float
ing about-the bungs, never driven very
firmly in, were forced out, and the contents
Of the whole 5000 barrels were lost. The
water escaped through the natural channel
and Wednesday morning the cave was free
from water and beer. The loss is thirty
thousand dollars-and 1t is presumed that a
lawsuit will have to determine whether the
city is not liable for the unskillfrlress Gifts
officers.
Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1858-05-29
A DEyOUT MOURNER ARRESTED

A DEVOUT MOURNER ARRESTED !:
The Boston 1raueler gives sorry ac-
count Of the fate Of devout noarner, re-
Gently arrived in that city from New York,
and who seems to Be gotten up much upon
the same plan Of an occasional general wit
ness who turns up down East to swear in
every case which may GENE before the
honorable court, Of course looking out for
an ''honest penny" in the operation. The
Traue1er says:
A New York pickpocket named Hatfield
has done an extensive business by attend
ing funerals where it is the custom to press
to the side Of the coffin and mingle his tears
with those Of the bereaved friends of the
departed. While thus lavishirg his sym
pathies upon the mourners, he contrived
generally to relieve number Of them Of
the valuables in their pockets So many
tears has he shed, and 50 many pockets has
he picked at funerals, that he obtained the
sobriquet OF the s'Chief Mourner," among
the police and his own circle Of acquaint-
ances. He has been arrested.
Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1858-05-29

in that port are watched and interfcred
with, and have to request that you viii
bring 3he matter to the attention Of the
Earl Of Malmesbary, with view to the
correction Of the evil"
Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1858-05-29

Longevity Winnie, colored woman
who was emancipated some years since,
from the Ashby estate, died at Ne6sville,
near Winchester, Va, on Sunday morning
last, at the advanced age Of one hundred
and seven years
Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1858-05-29
TIE VINDICATOR.
nv NICHE g. ALFRED.

yERNs:-The eVINDICATOR" Is pss6lished
svery Saturday no,,ssng on Mac" St, oo doors 2s.c
~ Cents rhich mag be discharged By the payment Of
DTERTlSEMENTSo of ten liaes, (or lese,) m
serted three times DOLLAR, end treaty cents
for each subsequent continuance larger @Goerssss-
msnts inherited in the same proportion :.
liberal discount nssGs tc those wno "@Se''Sse W
the gear. ,. ,:n. ,:u
Professional Cards mot eeecsssg segen sses w aa
IL ;ns.te far an year for Sc O06 rtns or S5JO
Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1858-05-29

The President has transmitted to Tho
Senate, in response to q resolution Of that
body, several official papers, relating to .
subject that is now engrossing attention
throughout the country. The report ofthe
Secretary Of State t. tire President is as
Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1858-05-29

All adusrt;siny for ess time than shree months NO
.p:U bs charged for at the usual rotes-sluo a,er
square for tie frst three Insertions, Gsa treaty 7e
cent? fer each Subsequent issue ;, -,
TIe alore rates ,eaR be strictly adAeredt to. The
s;reuyation of the VINDICA TOR, is one Of the lar
rest in the State and hence one2f the best aarertss-
90" ~ JOB WORK. Of I'll descriptions promptly
Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1858-05-29
Vessels Searched,

fGSSCES CCGk CNCNs
The following is said to be lis. Of the
vessels visited BY the British ships-of-war
within the last three weeks in the neighbor-
hood of Cuba:
sieip,Iropic Bird fred into, boarded and
searched.
Barque Clara Windsor, fred into board
ed, and searched
Barque Glen burn, oTerhauled at sea.
Daaue W. H. Chandler, boarded and
searched while lying at anchor in the port
Of Sagua Ia Grande.
Twelve ether vessels also boarded and
searched in the hasbor Sagua Ia Grande.
Brig Robert Wing. fred into, boarded,
and searched,
Schooner WingoId, fred into, boarded
Schooner Cortez, seized, and now detain-
ed at Inagua.
Schooner n b Borden, fred into, board
ed, and searched.
Schooner Mobile, fred into, boarded, and
searched
FM ola Church Touey and Testry. On
| Thursday last, about one o'clock, while the
workmen we're engaged il excavating the
earth for the enlargement Of the Episcopal
Church in this town. tie foundation on
which the vestry and bell-tower rested gave
way and precipitated them into the street.
In the neighborhood the conclusion was 50
great as to induce many persons to believe
that an earthquake had taken place. Proyi-
dentially, no person was injured. The YES
try room had been occupied every day for
some time past, religious services being
held in the church three times day, and
the assistant minister, Rev. Mr., Butler,
had vacated the yestry room but short
time previous to its fail. The bell, although
thrown across the street, was pninjpred.
/ c AarlottesrsNe J.6erso1tan.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-01-09
AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY

The stated meeting OF the Managers was held a the
Bible House, A-or place, on Thursday the 7th inst,
at y O'Clock 2. m, the Hon. LUTHrR BRADr.n IN the
chair assisted by Vim. b. Crosby Benjamin L. Swan
and Francis Hall, esqs.
six new Societies were recognized Of which Two
are III Iowa and one in each Of th. States Of Maine,
Ohio, Mir,0Uri and Wisconsin.
Communications were presented Of an eDco raging
character in relation 20 the work at lm" especially
III regard 10 the progress Of the work 81 re-uppy in
the States and Territories from the Rev V. ID. Col
Inns, the SOcetys agent at Buenos Ayres, and from
Mr.. Nesb the agent Of the Soiety az Para and also
from Mr.. Nesbt with encouraging statements 70
the openings for the spread OF the Bible in thu.
region.
Grants made of Bibles for the State Prisons at
Sing Sing and Clinton, N Y; Ojibway Testaments 10
the Missionary Society Of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, and Bibles aud T-stanents 10 the Missionary
Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church; Hawaiian
Te-taments for Honolulu; DANISH Bibles 10 the Rev
j. G. OBcken for distribution among sailors al Ham
amount. and two volumes for the blind.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-01-09

lock ard motion, and give weight TO the a'y
nothings Of the tongue. Cultivate, above a"'
strict impar.iaIity Of manner-'he same smle iO' '
and a. little distinction o. possible between the
and ,te had Al the same time let there be the lu'h
eft d,eernnent OF an advantageous pqrt' or de7'"
BE acquaintance; let the hook be always Kept oa'ei
for either bat let be hidden beneath an ornanena'
Av Tie result of all this will be style, 80 iar as Is
st,ainable by prescription; and when you have a.
tanned IT, my friends open the door very wie' ana ue
sire Il 10 walk out and to enter the nearest thea7r ior
Il is much too fine for any surroundings save the ioo'
lights aud paying public. ~,
Such is style not peculiar, as my far irshd' 'ninh'
TO New.York It may be found there IN greater pre-
dominance, but It il largely present in other places
Poston has it. Philadelphia Baltimore, Charleston
Mobile. New Orleans, and a; Washington in WINTER,
or at Newport IN Summer, the student OF nature VIII
see curious agglomerae of styles from all points Oh
tl. compass, IN which the true NewYork article mas
no rredomnauce, save possibly, the accidental one oil
number.
But have escaped from style, and its H"eff0'
frtnjght since returned to dear old dowdy Boston
and fund the children on the Common rs usual, the
srpe-women at the corners, the ladies quareng over
Mr.. MAINS Cook Book and the Anti-Slavery people
getting ready for the Ant-Slavery Fair OF which more
anon. Addio, TRIBUNE
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-01-09

have deen receiving smaIlsr prices, with constant
diminu,ion Of quantity, resulting as viii be shown,
from the constant expectation Of the elements Of when
-four and cotton are composed. e ~.
We are told, however that IN The case Q, Co.,Sn,
decline Of price il the necessary consequence OF
orou,b in The supply exceeding the wants OF me
world; and therefore it is that the planters noid
meetings for the purpose Of devi.ing measures en,
;nc 10 the limitation o, the quantity to BE- grown. Ia
So doing. however they are only repeating tle 70
ION nerormed at an earlier period in Virginia III re-
t,rf.. IN tobacco and thus il i that Ike cause
rrnduCe Ike effects The real difficulty hI, IT,,
ger, Is now. as it then was 10 be found in the t3tai
absence of dieersficaton OF cmpoymen,s-pr2'usc
inc necessity for increasing waste OF labor ana un-
-" . %; .,bau:,ion of the soi accompanied by a
destruction of the value of the land and Of the man
bv whom it is cultivated. That such Is certainly INC
case Mr. President propose to furnish iurther eN''
dence in another letter: remaining msanW ,pry
Very respectfully. yours, HENRI = Nfn'E''
Z. 49,. 4
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-01-09

r...., o,.hsnce. or in the notes Of good Eastern
hsnLs While the Illinois Banks were. nominaliy
nsyrc specir. and those Of Sew-York were sus-
pps11dsa-broken, az Mr. Buchanan would have it
The notes Of those distant, broken banks were worn
several per cent. more than their face IN bile oil
Illinois specie paying ~ Banks at the very doors oil
the latter. Yet The Chicago Press Of ths morning
amusngly says:
A. most If our readers have Lad occasion to feel,
since September the price has been rJinOusly high
but such has been the determination Of oar mercantile
community 10 maintain ther honor UDiarni-hed' 'hh'
enormOus sacrifices have been cheeriuly made 10
meet maturing Obligations. Ten per cent has been
the highest price charged by the regular bankers but
for many days during the last three months thry nave
had none to sell even al these fIure' Twelve ana
even fifteen per cent has been PAID hy par'le' 70 me
brokers for email amounts rather than have notes
protested.
Thee crorInous prices paid for exchange have
cot city an immense amount 81 money Out ~
whole there can be no dOuht that il has been great
and o.itive advantage to our trade to do H. IL wa.
cau,ed Ly the iinIos-ibty of c"nvertng me Dill l
The Illinois and iscOn-n bank into CON- 4he OIL
were .. cnrrd by State stocks and bonds ana a. tle
uecple had unmi'eG confidence in the ultimate sound
ne-s If ihefe sccliri;e-, they wisely concluded '"
take these bills and pass them from mama 10 manu- lo1
goods, and II the payment 0l dcb't ra'neL 'ah "ihu
up the banks, and thereby en'ctually DOCK the chl
nels Of trade, Sc. Sc.
OF course we understand on the seaboard thar,
when Exchange on London rules high AT New YORK,
if is because New-YOrk is in debt to London Il
greater extent than il il convenient forthwith To
liqudste; and We pay the current rate without
making any merit Of so doing. 80 Exchange on the
sraboaId has of late ruled high throughout the
West, for the precise reason that the West vas
largely indebted to the East, and wss beng required
10 pay faster than was convenient. Breaking the
Banks would not have mcndcd the matter; FOR II
was not the Banks but IL" People who o"ed this
heavy debt to the East. The fiye ten or ltteen per
cent exchange was simply mark which told by
how much the mercantile indebtedness of the West
10 the seab0lrd exceeded the present ability to meet
il. But the West as a whole lost nothing by these
cx0rbitant rates. on the contrary, every bushel OF
grain every pound Of meat sold or 10 be sold IN the
Chicago market commands a nominal price higher
than It's actual cash value by just so much rs the
premium charged on Eastern Exchange. That 1t
would have been better for Chicago and the West,
in the long run, to have kept down the rate OF ex-
change to one per cent, and the prices of Produce
accordingly, rather than have received and made
payment at ninety to ninety cents on In" dollar,
| fully believe. ~. a..
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-01-09
TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES.
LETTER Wiz.

Turning now southwark Mr.. President w. may
lcok 10 our other great staple Cotton. with view to
see if the cour-e of operation has been the same.
That il has been 20. YOU may readily BE- sat ,tied
The crop II 1914 was estimated at 10OVo,OW OF
pound. Of which more than 5000 600 were converted
n,o cloth in the country within thirty miles OF ProVi-
deuc,-ihe total domestic consumption having
amounted ~ 90 600 bales, or nearly 1Wo,'N" of
pounds In the seven wears following, the crop rose
l25OC0 GEO. III .Oo0.OO0 and In 600; but the
home manufacture rs steadily neutrality-suspicious., a
constantly increasing necessity for pressing upon the
fcr.ien market with results such a. are here eA-
hibted:
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-01-09
AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION

The monthly meeting Of the Executive Comm:tee
was held Tuesday last at No. Il5 Nassau NJ - the
Rev. FK SrENs in the Chair. The Secretary repor ed
that large number of letters had been received from
The West containing applications for help, male aud e.
inar IL will be seen by reference TO the Instruct Ors 10
ageBtstlat the Association is labor pmpany
he annual subscription Of employers and comm -son
el1wed by the railroad companies on passage tckes
ioim prt MUM. In sending ort 1901 persons the lo-s
las been about twenty per cent which il sough. % lie
soleled by sinking fund derived from voluntary
'rii u"ns Of CITIZEN. The lcsp fupd a ed a: &c
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-01-09

DrcINu.-The leading houses OF Montreal have
Just advertised that they will, from and after the trst
instant adopt the decimal system Of weights a. web
as currency 4 movement toward the same object
has been ma DE IN Qdebec.
Ire Common Council OF Lowell !. composed Of nine
Republicans Yud nine Opposition and eanno; organize.
Alter halloiipe lJ6 times Monday end Tuesday for
C,e!k rtey ndjo~ medic Try L again.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-01-09

III. foIowins paragraph ron speech Of dl'.s s''-hed
e,i.n Of aabsus exhibits thu siion OF the system
St,ie hat bur forty wears since had no eNstehoe: 1900
can show with in the older por on- Of A.baus
and in NV rsyr county O Madon the sad n.Hoao OF tn ar
- aud rAha.iiug culture II cotton. Our small PLANTER
after s.rg the Oh their ands' unable % r-s1rr trH
nv rs uauure Otherwise going further West aud
south in Il other yirzin lands whch thy nay and I'll
,,t. and iupy rsh IN ike Our estnlsr pntsrs
18th ~ u.ans and 10 kill ar b. ylDg o Their ofr
extending th-ir plantations, AID adding 90 thr slave
nv y ho 81 smaller prt-,
,ud 20 live b.te fields ret thus pushing N ts
many hu ney ind Icud,Lt OF thr twenty nrL- 9l doi'
I.i s1uAy rallied from tn 'aes Il e cou c p 81 AsbAnA
u.ary 81 eNI-nced N supporting the rrs y fehvsi
aud II. iBised almost pGT pass IN .eErfsl counts %
oar STATE IL ia Madison County cast about o1 '"ts Dow
i ut cas-; ,xce-iug SO In Isins That county ore
will finh houses oce the abode OF industrious
sd N fs.fsn oup~d b. slaVesor tenanihss,
ees.red and CLAP, ste h VIII observe heid once fertile now
opf nd abudsd coveted with those M aThin.rs, fox
-, sd hro b. will he on The mould
linz walls fhhy villages aud viii fud one ouly master
.th. hole domain that furnished happy hon-- Tor
a. zen 1h,e ian.. ldesd . country Ia ~ mianry where.
try Year, seo fs tree had BEN led By ID. axe %
th p.,. sir siy e,hihi tk psufl sign' of uiy arf
i.rsy lpyer,ri il VrSDis SO re ''-cirss'-' g Clay
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-01-09

The launch of the screw steamer Montgomery from
the Westerye shipyard, foot of Houston street. VIII
take place on Saturday at Il P. nj.
APLEAsANT VOYAGE.
The schooner Matches, Clark arrived yesterday
from Alvarado Mexico, which port she lett sd De-
cember. having on her outward voyage from New
london touched at Wilmington, F. c. Jacksonville
F,o.. Matapzas, Cuba, and at Vera Cruz. The time
occupi,d in the round voyage was lo5 days, during
which Il was not necessary 10 reef a sail.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-01-09
Marine AFFiIRS.I

yT-SFIS To ARRIVE.

VESSELS To airline
The number of arrivals from foreign ports lot tue
INST thirty days have been unusually small. Inc
steamers Niagara at Halifax, and Atlantic at New
n this port. each report having experienced tremend-
Gus heavy weastery wheather, which may Hceoun ior
The long passage of some of our absent packets An
easterIy wind will dOub; bring in fleet OF Euro
n. an ships. Among those now due and overdue are