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Freeman's champion., 1858-06-17

LIBERTY OR DEATH"
PRAIRIE CITY, X, r., JUNE II, 1858
The Rain.

Did you ever watch the rain drops
falling in the summer time and try
to analyze the thoughts and dreams
that thronged in the minds? We
have been doing it for the last hour,
scanning the rhythmic lines which
the rain spirit is writing all over the
green and blcssoming earth. Hark |!
at its music; listen to its low MUIR
INJURED song, or loudly rushing storm
chant. Patterl patter ! the rain
drops beat against the window panes.
With what a peculiar musical ca
dence it falls on the roof, and splash
splash |! we hear it on the sodden
ground outside. Music breathes in
every drop and melody flows con-
stantly in the summer shower. 1t
exercises a weird, dreamy influence
on us, casting us in the stray land Of
misty shadows that the soul knows
but family and words cannot de-
scribe, where we seem treading that
verge of Time and Eternity, where
the clouds of the one and the over
powering glory of the other mingle
and blend in one hazy glow, which is
forever peopled with an infinite vari'
ETY. Of embodied fancies; or making
us wander back with Memory for at
tendant to the love.pcopled Past
where sweet faces, full of joy or sad
ness, are met on every hand.
The summer rain-we remember
when we lay beneath the green
branches Of a distant woodland scene
and listened to the murmurs Of q
swiftly running brooklet swollen by
the tears Of the storm. Happy
thoughts are thronging upon us, as
sweet eyes are looking down into our
own, and the precious hopes then
treasured fill all the sky with ame-
thystins glow. Tears were falling,
gentle as that summer shower, re-
freshing in their flow. A parting
scene was that; and many q time
since have the wilder storms OF stern
and battling manhood shrouded us in
gloom, only we hope to make the sun
shine more glorious,
Murmuring falls the rain, and with
closed eyes we listen To its utterings.
Dark overhead are tho clouds and
gloomy underneath the earth, yet the
distant west is tinged with amber and
purple, the prairies are glistening in
the iamond,gemmed robe which the
rain has spread over them, and the
trees stand like shadowy spirits wrap
ped up in amist-veil, enveloping them
from the fading storm. Brighter will
smile the earth tomorrow and all Ma
turs laugh out its Thanksgiving Of
beauty for the rain and storm. So
with the human heart and life. The
flowers will be more radiant and the
verdure more green, joy will bo ho-
lier and love more glorious, for the
storms and shadows which oftimes
rest about rs.
Let us learn from the song Of the
summer rain, ever chanting out It's
! melody and singing Its lesson Of faith
to tho hearts that arc waiting for the
truth Listen to its music
Freeman's champion., 1858-06-17

ET- A punster says: "My namc
is Somerset; / am miserable old
bachelor | cannot marry for how
could | hope TO prevail on any young
lady possessed Of the slightest notions
Of delicacy, to tarn a Somcrssts"
Freeman's champion., 1858-06-17

For the Freemen's Champion.]
Through all disorder that wildly RACES,
One eternal harmony pervades the ages;
Ever Love Omnipo,ent does reign,
Mid sorrow, turmoil, toll and pain
All heaven on ourselves depend,
The threads of Fate with our volition
blend. PAUL POTTER.
Freeman's champion., 1858-06-17
: In Sonora Mexico great dis

--- In Sonora Mexico J great DIS
order prevails. 1t is said that Capt.
Stone, who made a contract with
ComOnfon for surveying Sonora,
will be in danger of losing his life II
he undertakes to fulfill his contract.
Tho Sonorians are bitterly hostile to
any American survey Of their Terri
tory. There is SO much disorder and
civil war that's q large number Of fam
lies were preparing at tho latest dates
to como TO California. 'ff
tAs. ------~-------------------,- m
Freeman's champion., 1858-06-17

A1- Red cheeks are only oxygen
in another shape. Girls anxious to
wear a pair will find them whore the
roses do---out Of doors.
Freeman's champion., 1858-06-17

Phillip James Baily, the au-
thor Of "Eostus." has publishsda \
new poem, which 10 to DO rs.pmducsd
immediately by 1'icknor a Fields Of
Boston. 1851 ee
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1858-04-17

boy, Who was shooting sparrOwS. hred 50
near 10 the horses head that he took
fr- hl and dashed off al furious gallop,
nor stopped uniIl we were upset into a
ditch. We were compelled TO give up
our days excursion, and leave the groom
10 take care of the bruised horse; my
friend and walked smarIy home by a
short cot, and entering the house, after
conducting my friend into the drawing
room, nssened up stairs TO relate our
disaster to Agnes. When as | again pas
scd Tie dressing-room, the door was again
bolled,and distinctly heard my wife say,
with laItering voice, ale is returned;
We are discovered - The scales fell from
my eyes, had no longer any doubt, my
worst fears were realized
On, the agony Of that moment! lstag-
gpred back few PAGES, my head reaIed.
my heart felt bursting, ,and had well nigh
fallen 10 the ground, VIXEN frenzy OF
despair and rage seized me. | made a
rush at the door,and roaTed for admitlance.
Agnes opened the door, and stood trem-
bling before me; her attendant flew 10 the
furthesl end of the apartment. | dashed
my wife aside, shouting, "lhis moment
quit my house," and darling across the
room, seized my rival by the throat, thun-
dered forth, "Confess all, or this instant
you die"
There was moments pause: oh, the
agony Of that moment!
Pale as a corpse, Agnes stood transfx-
ed with horror, gazing breathlessly upon
the lableau before her, whilst with suho-
eating accents, my 7iclim sobbed out,"Oh!
SIT! Sir as shure as the life is in my
poor body, have nothing TO confess bat
that Iras plucking Om MISTRESS $
greg hairs ~
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Things to think of for the Future.

Ii TO accumulate wealth be an object, re-
member ''lime is money"--and it TO ac-
quire gold--lhere is no surer way than TO
save il.
Never use harsh words towards either
friend or foe, Tor as the Arabian proverb
says, Curses, like your chickens, como
home 10 roOst.
OF all the evils in the world there is
none more ruin0us and mischievous than
foolish pride. 1t turns traitor 10 itself and
is the execulioner of It's own follles.
Strict watch should be KEEP, upon il, or it
will creep even into holy places, ,deceiving
others with linseled show.
Young ladies' should not wear hundred
dollar silk dresses, five hundred dollar
shaws, and fifty dollar handkerchiefs,
when their fathers are paying two per
cent month for borrowed money, and
the dread Of bankruptcy haunts them day
and night. Wives will do well to think
Of these things with reference 10 their
husbands.
Young gentlemen, who from extrava-
gance in living, or other imprudencies.
neglec. paying their laiIor's bills, should
have pride enough not 10 be pensioners
upon those whom they consider but the
"nInlh parlof man"
To sum up the whole range OF econo-
my and prudence, SO far as temporary
things are concerned, with regard TO good
dental living, remember Franklin's whis-
lle--never waste your substance in that
which is not wanted or cannot be turned
to good account, however cheap i! msy
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BIGCB.G1GL GUUJo
LIVING TOO ST.
BY ELLEN ASHTON.

when | marry, | shal! live like Mrs.
Maberry," said Mary Johnston, to some
companions Of her own age, who was a
bout seventeen. "There's Helen Bowl
by, far preller girl, threw herself away
when she married The stingy Mr.. Thorn
ton. The Maberry's are always riding
out, give two or three parties each winter,
and have an uneXceplonable establish
ment. But that Thornton never drives
his wife cut at all, says he is too poor TO
give parties, and as for their house ii is
only fl for day laborer. How | do de-
test meanness ~
The fair speaker raised her voice in her
earnesiness forgetting that her father was
reading the paper at the other end Of the
room. He now looked up, and said :
Before you abuse MIR. Thornton for
meanness. Mary, you should be certain
you know his income. If he cannot al
ford The luxuries YOU speak Of, he is on
" practlclng economy, In refusing TO in
dulge in them. Many man who ends
by cheating his creditors, begins by living
TOO fast ; and in fact, the former is sure TO
follow the latter"
Mr.. Johnston had the reputation Of be-
ing plain, unosleniateous man, who had
acquired competency by prudence and
economy. His daughter, however, who
knew less Of the value of money, regard
ing him as too old fashioned in his man
ners, and often sighed when he denied
her what she thought necessarles but be
considered foolish superhulies, she an-
Swered, therefore, unconvinced.
"But | know il is slinginess in Mr..
Thornton, and not &c, nom>, for he is in
business for himself, while Mr.. Mayberry
is only clerk in a bank. He is vulgar
close fisted old money hawk"
"My child" said the father, "such
language is not lady like where did you
learn 1t! Besides, ii is exceedingly pre-
sumpiuous in young person like you, to
speak so positively, especially when you
speak TO the injury of another"
He spoke severely, and Mary, for
moment, was abashed. She was NORTH
ed To be reproVeu oelore her young COM
panions, and pouted her pretty lip accor-
dinghy. But, in few moments, she re-
turned to the conversation.
"l'm sure" said she, addressing her
father, "that | don't mean 10 be unjust 10
MI. Thornton. But Helen has always
been used to carriage, large rooms, and
a good deal Of company"
"Yes, Mr. Bowlby is rich."
"Well then, pa" cried Mary, brighten
ing up, severe things have become neces.
sary 10 her, it is cruel in her husband 10
deprive her of them. Everybody notices
how she has lost her color. And it all
comes, they say, Of her sedenlary life in
the close rooms Of that little box OF a
house where her husband has buried her.
81 have no doub, that Helen would en-
joy better health if she could live like she
did in her fathers house," quietly said
Mr.. Johnson, much to his daughters
surprise. "Bnl if her husband cannot
afford 10 live in that costly style, il wonld
be criminal in him 10 do il To put roses in
hls w!!e's checks. Helen When she mar
ned hlm, kneW LOW lie Intended 10 live,
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GI01G8 s208yIn5.L5. Z
For the Register.

For the Register.
When hot Septembeg's suItEy days
With agues made me shiver,
One evening as | wandered forth
Along Potomac river:
met mald whose furrowed brow
Seemed forty years to give her,
Her face was eloquent Of grief
But one thing could relieve her.
Young mani pray, where wanderest thou
Began the doieiul dane -
Does manhood vigor send thee forth
Some maiden heart to tame !
Or, taply, pressed with strong desire
TO WIN Yourself wife .
Too soon | say YOU can't begin
TO lead double life.
The sun whose parting beams now gid
And make this stream so bri ght
Upon whose banks ! oft was wooed
Full manya moonlight night -
I've seen this same Hymenial sun
Twice twenty times return:
And each return has made me still,
This single life TO mourn.
Oh woman in thy youthful days
How prodigal OF hearts !
How OF your only study is
The coqueue's flirting arts
From honest men in youth you love
With pride and scorn TO turn -
Now that in vain you seek man
Shows maids were made TO mourn.
Look not alone on youthful prime
When youth and grace conspire,
She then may firl an honest man
And have some TO admire
But see her at that lucklesS age
Dread lhirty's fearful Turn
Then want Of charms, and want Of beans
Prove-maids were made 10 mourn.
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life for several days, and on the morning
of lhe occurrence The latter had been re.
moved 70 another cell.
Downie is Scolchman by birth.
twenty-five or six years of age, and has re-.
sided in tins town for abont two years.
lie is painter by trade. good mechan-
ir, aud, in all reSpccs. intelligent and
competent. All are charitable enough TO
believe that The fault of which he is SO
conscious is his greatest one.
p. S. Since writing The above. we
learn that Downe is quite peni!enI, and
has concluded not 10 kill himself.
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Forensic ElOanenCe.

Gentlemen Of the Jury, The scriplurs
saiih-'Thou shalt not kill Now, IS
you hang my client, you lrsnsgress the
command as slick as grease, and as plump
as goose egg in a loaler's face. Gen.
Illemen, murder is murder, whether CON-
milled by twelve Jurymen or by an hum
be individual like my client. Gentlemen,
| DO not deny the fact Of my client having
killed man No such Thing. gentle
men; you may bring ihe prisoner in gull
iy,the hangman may do his duty; but viii
that exonerare you No such thing,
in that case you will he murderers. Who
among you is prepared for the brand Of
Cain to be stamped upon his brow 10.
day Who ireemeD-w who in this land Of
liberty and light Gentlemen, will
pledge my word, not one Of you has a
bowie knife. No, gentlemen, your pock.
cts are odof(erous with the fumes Of ci-
gar cases aud tobacco.
You can smoke the tobacco OF recii.
tude IN the pipe oI peaceful conscience;
but hang my unfortunate client, and tho
scaly aIigaInrs Of rrmorse viii gallop
through the lniernai principles OF the AM
NAL vscera, until the spinal verIebrT of
your anatomlcal construction 10 turned MO
railroad for lhc grim and CORY gobIlns of
despair. Gentlemen. be~ are al commit.
ting murder Beware. ssy."f meddling
with the eternal prcrugulIve Gentle
men | adlure on by ,he msnumIIIed ghost
Of temp perance ssnctIiy, 10 do no murder.
adjure you, by the name OF woman. the
handspring of the ticking time-piece Of
lines theoretical transmigraton, 10 DO no
murder! | adjure you by The American
Eagle that whipped The universal game
cock Of creation, and now is rooslDg on
the magnetic telegraph Of times illusiti-
Gus lransmigrslion, 10 DO TO murder. And
lastly, il you expect TO wear store-made
coats, If you ever expect free dogs not 10
bark al you; # ever YOU expect 10 wear
boots made Of lbe free hide Of The Rocky
Mountain Buffalo, and, TO sum up all. If
you expect TO be anything but a snesking.
loa6ng, rascslly, braided small ends Of hu-
manly, wbiuled down into the indisiinct-
ibility, acqUit my client and save your
country.
The prisoner was acquitted Of course.
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An old topper was induced 10 sign The
temperance pledge, which he kept relig-
iously for some weeks. Al last, he got
decidedly bsImy, and one Of his friends
demonstrated wilh bin for his fsi'ble,s-
ness to his oblIgsiions. He answered,
"To be sure signed the pledge, but |
was tremendously dry. AMI all siga' fail IN
dry time"
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boy, whats become Of that hole !
saw in your pants tie other csyf Young
America, carefully examining his unmen-
lionsbles,) lis WON out sir
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A man came into printing Office 10
beg psper-"Because," said he, I'VE
like TO read newspapers very noch. bui
oar neighbOrs are all 100 sliDgy 70 laks
one."
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7 ARD, Whale, Flaxseed and Eiher;al
Lois, for sale by Ren!ch j. Go.
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OACON and Lard for sale by
- Baker g. BWmysr.
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TLOUR, Corn Meal, Oats and Corn.
L constantly kept on hand and for sale.
April 25 Rentch &. Co.
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GALT.-2OO sacks Ground Alum and
y Fine Salt, for sale. Terms Cash.
Sept 6 Rentch &, SfoneJraker.
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y AGS.-lO,OOO pounds of Rags wan-
IU ted IN exchange for goods or cash.
April25 Rentch &. Co.
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HONCENTRATED Lye, warran,ed to
" make soap without the use of ashes,
for sale by Rentch 6. Co.
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poper-ruoo gntsnt a0ucrsine Guerotur A aeuu

SHEPHERDSTOWN JEFFERSON COUNTY, VA, SATURDAY M0RNIN
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XlLOUR and Buckwheat Meal, for sale
X by Baker g. Biiimyer.
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MEw Crop Orleans Sugar, for sale by
Al Jan l6 Baker g. BiNmyer.
The Shasta courier., 1858-08-28

A HAPPY HIr.-On the evening following the
delivery of Douglas great Chicago speech, his
Republican opponent for the United States Sem
ate, Mr.. Lincoln, replied to it from the same
stand. A correspondent of the Boston Journal
thus relates one of the good hits which he made
at the expense of Douglas, and which, notwith-
standing our love for the Little Giant" we
cannot refrain from copying:
When commenting upon this supposed CO.
alition, Mr.. Douglas remarked that he should act
towards it as the Russians acted towards the
allied army. They did not pause to consider,
when aiming a breadside, whether it hit a
Frenchman, an Englshman or Furk, but they
applied the match, and hurled descruction in
discriminatory. Thus should he (ir. Douglas)
do, and he should utter denunciations without
looking around to see whether they struck Re-
publcans or their allies. Mr.. Lincoln, in reply,
begged to suggest to Mr. Douglas, as he had
placed himself in Russian position the pro-
priety of remembering that Notwithstanding
indiscriminate broadsdes, the Ailies took SeJas-
topoi This clever hit was greeted with deafen-
ing cheers, and prolonged laughter.
The Shasta courier., 1858-08-28

DOUGLAS on NEGROES AND CHisEsE.-f assert
the right Of each State to decide for itself all
these questions, and do not subscribe to the
doctrine of my friend, Mr.. Lincoln, that unifor-
nifty is either desirable or possible. l don't ac-
knowledge that the States must all be free OF
must all be slave.
| do not acknowledge that the negro must
have civil and political rights everywhere or no.
where. do not acknowledge that the Chinese
must have the same rights in California that we
would confer upon him here | do not acknow-
ledge that the coolies imported into this coun-
try must necessarily be put upon an equality
with the white race. do not acknowledge any
of these doctrines of uniformity in the local and
domestic regulations in the different states
Bravo and cheers. .)-Douglas's Chicago Speech.
The Shasta courier., 1858-08-28

THE DouGLAs FIGHT IN ILLIsoIs-The Wash
iugton correspondent of the New York Journal
Of Commerce (Demecrat) says:
The Southern Democratic Union press deep
ly deplore this feud and its consequences, and,
sustaining Mr.. Douglas views as to the preser-
vation of party organization have demanded
that the war against Douglas and his Democrat
ic supporters in Illinois should cease, and that
the boilers convention which Douglas de-
nounced, be discountenanced.
The election of n United States
Senator in the place of Douglas is the smallest
Presidential election in 1860, and so it is consd-
cred by many judicious men of the Democratic
party 1t is true that the nominee of the Demo-
cratic National Convention may be elected, with
out Illinois, but if Illinois go off, what guaran-
tee is there that some other Democratic State
will not. 1t is true that the loss of Illinois
would, in 1860, endanger the integrity of the
Union, as it would have done in 1856, but it
will destroy the prestige which the Union Dem
ocratic party has gained by two successive vic
tories Northern sectionalism.
If the two Democratic organizations are to
be maintained in Illinois, they will send two
sets of delegates to the Charleston Convention.
This may be SO with other States. The result
OF u uinlcuilg ol LUIS hlni Wouiu not De Ia'Ora-
BILE to the nomination of a moderate and con-
servative Southern man, but of some extreme
man, who would be unacceptable to the North.
The general condition of the country is po-
litically very sound. There is less of sectional
feeling than has been witnessed since 1850. The
Illinois feud, therefore, comes upon US like a
thunder cloud in clear sky, and is of evil i'm
port.
These are the views of an Administration
Democrat" He thinks the election or defeat of
Douglas to the United States Senate, I" involves
the Presidential election of 1860" And yet
there are men in California, protesting to be
Democrats, who openly express the hope that
Lincoln, a Black Republican, will defeat Senator
Douglas. The Abolition ranks are full of just
such Democrats
The Shasta courier., 1858-08-28

man who sings at his work Be his occupation
what it may, he is equal to any of those who
follow the same pursuit in silent sullenness. He
will do more in the same time-he will do it
better-he will persevere longer. One is scarce
ly sensible of fatigue while he marches to mu-
sic. The very stars are said to make harmony
as they revolre in their spheres. Wondrous is
the strength of heerfuiness-altogether past
calculation its powers of endurance. Efforts to
be permanently useful, must be uniformly joyous,
spirit all sunshine-graceful from very glad
ness-beautiful because bright.