davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1858-06-26

Home Pafers---stiok, thc2 yo aturlF.
yeomanry end tillers Of the soil, to your III
newspapers; No matter, if you arc .poor ::
remember there are none so poor as She ig-
norant, cozcept it be the dcpraved and they
too otten so together. Stick to your own r
LocaI PIPER though it may not be so largo
or imposing as the New York Weekly buS
remember that il is The advertiser of yoaar
nelghborhood and daily business and tells
you what is going on around you instead of
thousand miles away. IF it is not on
nice paper and as good as you wish to have
1t, pay up your subscriptions we'll and get
your Ecighbors to do the same, and rely
upon IT the natural pride Of the publisher
will prompt him to improve it as fast as
possible. - Wisconsin Farmer.
Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1858-06-26

Tie Atlantic ge1egruph.-We are glad
to see, says the Philadelphia Argus, that
Governor Biglcr has made a motion to re-
scind the regulation by which our Govern
ment was to pay $4,000 per annum for
its share Of very questionable partnership
in the Atlantic Telegraph with CID Eng
land. She has outwittea US in every bar
gain we made with her. The recent de-
vclopments which have been made with ref
erence to this enterprise leave 10 doubt that
this Tclegraphic Company has changed its
charter, and virtually transferred the whole
concern to the British Government. Both
ends Of the line resting on British terrific
ry, it would, Of course, be for the sole adj
vantage of England in case Of war with
this country These movements having
been made without any consultation with
our Government, or With TIE sanction of
the United States, the resolution offered by
Governor Bigler, very properly recon-
mends that this appropriation be with
drawn.-I'iNs. Union.
Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1858-06-26

to contain quantities sufficient "
world. From this lake, mile north, 49,
sulphur bank, covering over thirty acres
and thirty feet thick sufficiently pure for
all purposes. The Importance Of these two
latter discoveries may be inferred from the
fact that the annual expectation of brim
stone from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic
States amounts to 20, 200, 600 pounds,
worth $500, 000; end of borax 50, 900
pounds, worth S154,00O. Sixteen miles
from Napa City is collection of sulphur
springs, which are much rcsortod to for
medical purposes Cochineal, similar to
that found in Mexico and Brazil, has re-
Gently been found in large quantities. and
immense beds of volcanic glass have beer
discovered in the vicinity Of Clear Lake and
other parts Of the county In addition to
all these advantages, the soil Of the valley
of Napa River is of remarkable fertility,
and the climate is almost perfect, rendering
the county one of the Eden spots of Cali
fornia >.
Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1858-06-26

4 man by thc name Of Gray had sued q
ncighbor for killing his dog. The evidence
was clear, and the lawyer of the plaintiff
submitted the case in few words The
counsel for the defence then rose and spread
himself for speech He was just launch
ing Into the merits of the case after the usu-
al cxordiam, .'May it please the Court, VIC
are proud to live in land where justice is
administered to the king on the throne and
the: s'eggar on his dunghill-" when the
Squire, who had heard enough, interrupted
him, and said,
MIR. Hurd, you may go ahead with your
speech, but the case are decided"
The lawyer very wisely reasoned that
there was no use in expendmg his eloquence
Under such discoaraging circumstances, and
wound UP with q few preliminary remarks.
Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1858-06-26

Etachberry Jam.-Gathor the fruit II
dry weather; allow half pound of sugar
to every pound Of fruit; boil the whole to-
gctlor gently FOR an hour or until the black
berries are soft, stirring and smashing them
'weH Preserve it like any other jam, and
it will be found to be very useful in fam-
lies, particularly for children regulating
iilelr bowels, and enabling you to dispense
with cathartics. 1t may be spread on bread
o. on buildings, instead Of butter and even
when the blaekbcrries are bought it is cheap
or Chan butter
Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1858-06-26

Even Yankee shrewdncss is not always
equal to the exigencies of Kansas fife. A
New Yorker says that journcying in Kan
sas short time since, he encountered q
band Of naraudcrs. They asked his poll
tics. "Frcc- state" was the prompt reply
They took his horse and traps FROM him -
Again he renewed his journey with new
" purchased animal 4 portion of the
same band met him, This time lie was
''pro-slavery." Away went bis horse again
and he was left On foot to rursusc his jour
ncy. Nobody cared about his politics after
he had no "spoils" to give.
Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1858-06-26
The Flood Cad

4 correspondent of
gives the following accoS
Cairo :: =
| I arrived in this place at
NJ, and found everything il
confusion 1t has raincd ally
for the past three months
crs out of their banks, car!
in their pathway. Thousaf
sands of acres Of land, above
have been laid waste, and mill
lars worth Of property lost
morning distinct shock of an caFSl
was felt here, and at o'clock in the &
ing the ''cross- lcvec" broke, when the
ter, which was twelve Or fifteen feet al
the level Of the town outside, came dash
foaming, and scething inside. The Bro
was so unexpected, that the inhabitants
were taken by surprise, and many of them
only had time to escape, with their families
to the levcc, before the torrent swept away
their homes. In many instances boats and
RATS had to be rcsortcd to for the means of
escape. To-day every person is busily en-
gagged in rescuing what property they safely
can from the floating houses.
Breakfast was served to the guests ofthe
Taylor House in the second story, knee
deep in water, the culinary department be-
ing carried to the third! A few families,
who resided in two story houses, remained
in them until noon to-day. They now have
to get out Of their upstairs windows into
boats-thc water being almost on level
with them, and rising at the rate of four in
ches an hour.
The Ohio levcc is the only place of ref
ugc left, it being only some seventy-Gvc
feet wide, and thrce-fourths of mile in
length and here a mixed sight is present.
ed to the bcholder-evcry animate and in
animate thing saved from the destroying ell
ement is scen-"the beggar in rags, crino-
line and broadcloth 4; Dutch, Irish, negroes
and the Anglo-Saxon pigs, calves, mules
and horses turkies, chickens and geese;
boxes, barrels and bales bedding, cooking
utensils and baggage-togethcr with many
other articles not necessary to describe.
At one o'clock p. m. nearly onc-half of
the new (unfnished) hotel on the lcvoc fell
IN with dcafcning crash, preceded by a
report equal to six-poundcr. The build
ing was Of brick, five stories high, with at
tic rooms, iron door and window frames
cost nearly 500, 900. The remaining por-
lion was considerably swayed. Total loss
Gov. Matteson's new bank building, five
stories hieii, Ass u sl:a leveo, shows signs
Of falling II II an pntinisLod building,
and cost afgasBt Il T7 s4s}7
The 'ssrfingield block, adsoning the
bank, stu Stands lsuis kut will probably
come dora with u eraah eaon, as the water
is softcning tlc gaoaAa at the foundation
Nine tcnclnents are witnia ibis bnilliug,
all occupied. The post oilico,i5 oa.e Of then.
Cost some 100000 or $500 900. p,
Among very few amusing incidents
was the appearance of Col. Hacker on a
raft, floating around for fun. Also, Lieut.
taxon and Ed Willett on another, bare
legged, holcing around She wrecks of hou-
'es, and making an Intellectual attempt to
sing the ''Boatman's Song" |
A further rise Of two or three feet will
sweep silently over the site where Cairo
once stood, but where it will novc, stand
again, .forccerl
Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1858-06-26
BALTIMORE LOCK HOSPITAL.
DR.. JOHN STON

FTxHE founder Of this Celebrated Institution, the
L only regularly Educated Physician adverti-
sing offers the most certain. speedy and only eff
fectual remedy in the world for
SECRET DISEASES:
Gonorrhna elects, Structures, Seminal Weakness,
Pains in the Lons, Affections of the Kidneys and
Bladder, Loss of Organic Power, Nervous lrrita-
bility. Disease ofthe Head, Throat, Nose or Skin,
and oil those Peculiar Disorders arising from
Certain Secret Habit of Y outh. which If not CURED
produces Constitutional Debility, renders mar
rage Impossible, and in the end destroys both
boDi and MIND. Those secret and solitary
practices more fatal to their victims than the
song OF the Syrens to the mariners of Ulysses,
blightlng their most brilliant hopes anticpa-
tiOns, rendering marriage dc. impossible.
YOUNG MEN
Especially, who have become the victims of So1to-
~ Wee, that dreadful and destructive habit which
annually sweeps to an untimely grave thousands of
Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1858-06-26

Cure for Buan--Thc French Gazette
Nctlico1e states that by an accident char
coal has been discovered to be cure for
burns. By laying piece Of cold charcoal
upon the burn, the pain subsidies inmedi-
ately. BY leaving thc charcoal on one hour,
the wound is healed, as has been demon
stratcd Oh several occasions The remedy
is cheap and simple, and certainly deserves
trial
Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1858-06-26
AMERICAN HOTEL,
STAUNTON, VA.
MRS. MARY A. BROWN

VTNlil new and elegant Hotel is now open for the
i reception and accommodation of visitors.
The Proprietrcss assures the public thateTery eff
fort will be made to please her guests.
TheS tages Of HARMAN, BROWN d co.. ar
rive aud depart from this otel, where their OILY
office is to be found. [Jan. "a, lS51-tf.
. TlERCES of best Cider Vinegar, just received
- Mt TAYLOR IIOGES.
Ian o. 1888
Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1858-06-26

A Mr.. Pea has been indicted for whip
ping his wife and children. No doubt he
thinks it a hard case that man can't be
allowed to thrash his own Peas.
Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1858-06-26

A negro being caught stealing from a
hen-roost, excused himself by saying, "Dat
he only came dar to sec if de chickens sleep
wid dar eyes open"
Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1858-06-26

An oetrertising for less time than three months,
uM be charged for at the n@"ai roics-Sl 90 per
square for the FIRST three insertions, Gn0 t,ccaty oe
cents for each smbseqnent tissue. 80
TEc nbore rates m;H be strictly odheredt to. The
circulation of the VINDICA TOR, * one cfthe lar
gest sn the State, and hence Of the best adcertis
spg Mediums. ~:
nss- JOB WORK, Of I'LL descriptions promptly
uHepded to.
Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1858-06-26
al. FL. ROBERTSON

ATTORNEY AT LAW CCTINGTON. VA.
tNtLL practice in the Count wand CrcaitCourts
w of Bath Allegheny, Pocafcl1tas, highland
aud Augusta.
70 his old clientsn Augusta, he would say tina
lie viii always be in attendance upon Tho CcUNf 7
and UN,rEbSrATEs COURTS HOLDEN AT S,T4 UMToE.
May 3, ls56-Town papers copy
PLASTER.
7 AN now receiving a large stock Of LUMP
} PLASTER, which will be sold at the markc;
prices, for cash only. Also supply of that fine
Alexandria GROUND PLASTER. Call at The
Freight Depot. W. A. BURKE.
Stanton, Jan. 2, 1857.
The Placer herald., 1858-12-25
Boston on the 18th Of September.

Boston keeps her birth days. And she
has reason. 1t would be well perhaps if all
persons and communities would make their an
niversaries occasions of recollection, thought,
comparison, forecast. But few histories are
more suggestive, in all these aspects, than
that of Boston. Just two hundred and
twenty-eight years ago, i. e., on the 18th Of
September, 1880, the name of Boston was
given to "the Trmountaine" on which the
noble city now stands, with little expectation
of its future greatness. Shortly after, one
of the chronicles of the time speaks of 'the
town of Boston as well and advantageously
situated, the neck Tor breadth of land be-
tween the marshes) in the rear being only
half a quarter Of a mile wide, achereJy 1t IS
easily dGnded from the apolres" One en-
actmont OF the Colonial Council in those
early times was "to cut roa some ten miles
westward into the wilderness, 1t being not
likely that there Would be occasion to penetrate
any 1urther." And there is that westward
road, gradually produced through the last
two centuries, till, in one form or other, it has
reached the Pacific; and here is Boston, with
its vast population, its high culture its enor-
nous opuIence--in every respect, one of the
great cities of the world! No wonder that
it keeps the anniversaries which mark the
periods of such history-the stadia Of such
a deyeopment
The Placer herald., 1858-12-25
Spiritualism-- Practical Manifestation in
Pulaski County.

Our sprightly contemporary, the Pulaski
Times, whose attention has been drawn to
spirituaism, gives the following remarkable
manifestation in that county, the narration
of which was overheard by one of the edi-
tors from the lips of a venerable and truth
fu negro claiming to be a 'mejum." 1t is
the first spiritual manifestation we have ever
read about, which promises to be of much
use and it is a pity it should have been
spoiled in the process of development, by the
somewhat 'rreverent curiosity" of the "ne-
jum" aforesaid. We will premise our clip
ping from the story by stating that the vene-
rable narrator and "mGum" was out on a
'possum hunt, and had freed his game on an
immense black gum tree, too big, in his
Judgment, for his own cutting-and he there
upon betook himself to the spirits for aid:
50 goes up to de tree an stuck my axe,
as hard as could, an lef it dar an step off
from de tree an sed: II dare IS de spirit
here Of any black man dat is dead, achat was
eber bin possuns huntin rid me, / ecW Tank
him to let me hnow II By cutting dorm dis
tree. | say de same ting ober tree time, and
den see de axe comm out oh de tree, an
afore | could snuff my torch, away it was
gwine cuttn like blazes, Jest like sum body;
but | swar afcre God, Josh, dar was not a
soul dar hut me an de dog. Oh course |
knowed for troof it was a spirit; my dog
raise he beissels and growl-I make him lie
down and hush he mout. Bime by, arter
de axe had cut big keerf, it stop an set
down on de groun, .jes like when you stop to
blow, and rake De chips outen de place dats
cut, wild your hand you know, and de chips
fall outen' de place, but couldn't see no Land
nor muffin.
Well. | want skeered a Bit | stood dare
an de axe stood dare, just leanin up against
Muffin. Thinks | dat must be Bill Chizzum,
what use to 90 wild me possum huntin afore
he died. seq |, is dat You Bill Chizzum, an
when say dat, down fall de axe on de groun
and all de suadn could do, it nebber cut
anoder bit. Den l,nowed it was Bill, an
he tink | gwine to axe him for de quarter
dollar he owed me when he die, an he cut
out for true. tell YOU, Josh, didn't cotch
dat possuu; no Stree bod-dis chile take he
axe and cut for home, sartin.
Macon TeleWoph.
The Placer herald., 1858-12-25
NUMBER is.
Salt as a Manure.

The fact is not generally known among
farmers, says the Sacramento Union, that
salt is an excellent article to promote the
early maturity of a crop and protect it from
insects. A man named John Johnston, in
Seneca county, New York, who has one of
the best cultivated and most profitable farms
in that locality, is in the habit of using 2sO
pounds to the acre. With equal treatment
and under the same natural conditions of
soil, the land on which salt is put far ex-
ceeds, in its wheat crops that upon which
none is used. Johnston has tried, it occa-
sionally on his wheat for twenty years and
always found it to promote the growth and
early coming forward of the crop. 1t is his
practice to SOW the salt at the ime of seed
ing, and thinks it preferable to sow it on
the fallows at the earliest p'owing, so as to
have it thoroughly incorporated in the soil.
Among other advantages of this manure it
may be said that it operates as preventa-
tive to the exhaustion of the soil by repeat
ed cultivation
The Placer herald., 1858-12-25
Tom CorWin's Last.

At a trial recently held at Yellow Springs
(Ohio,) growing out of difficulty between
some Of the students and the faculty of An
tioch, the "OId Wagon Boy" who represent
ed the faculty, was exhibiting to the jury a
foil, or cane belonging to one Of the students,
which was probably used in the moee.-
Tom was in his usually happy mood, and
brought down the house frequently by his
witty illustrations Of the noble science of
fencing; now parrying imaginary thrusts
and anon throwing himself fercey upon the
attack. At last, having exhausted his full
store of pleasantries, with one fell thrust he
made fent to strike one Of the students,
Mr.. Fisher. who sat near by, and with look
Of unfathomable gloom and the voice Of a
stenator, he :hundered out: "And what would
you do, sir being unarmed, if | should at
tempt to pierce you through?' Imagine the
roar Of laughter which greeted this last elo-
quent effort of the "old stumper," when the
half frightened student, collecting again his
Wits sprang to his feet, and successfully
mimicing Corwins most bombastic style, ex-
claimed: "Id acelconae yo@, sir, aoih bloody
handS TO q hospitaJle graOe." Ohio Press.
The Placer herald., 1858-12-25
Thin Skins.

The London Times, in one of its most pu-
gent and racy articles, lidicules our Northern
friends for their "thin skins" and the facility
with which they pass from such enthusias
tic gloriication of Great Britain, as was
manifested in the telegraph celebration to
a testy and wrathful mood, at the slightest
suspicion Of disrespect or wrong from the
other side of the water. The keen and
somewhat bitter sarcasm of the Times may
be pardoned, if it only lashes our country
men into pride cnd self respect, and makes
them less sensitive to the praise or ceasure
of foreign nations. The beseting national
sin of America is vanty-a frequent foible
of youth, but which is to be hoped she will
cast off as she grows older and wiser. She
has reason for lofty and generous pride in
her past, her present and her future; and if
she valued them as she ought, the batteries
and the frowns Of Europe would be alike Il
matter of Indifference to her people. The
time Is coming when, instead Of being anx-
ious to stand well in the good graces of
other people, she will cultivate that genuine
self-respect which, in nations as we'll as inli-
vduals commands without seeking, the res
pect of others. Richmond Dispatch.
The Placer herald., 1858-12-25
Lord Bury's British Pacific Railroad
S. eech

Lord Bury in a recent speech at Toronto,
Canada, alluding to the proposed confedera
ton Of the British American colonies, spoke
as follows:
While in England, | was one of q deputa
ton upon the subject to the Chancellor of the
Exchequer and Colonial Minister, and they
both expressed themselves, warmly in its
favor as official reserve would allow Of But
before giving any final answer, they waited
until some definite action should be given to
the Crown. Gentlemen, it is my business
here to get that definite action, and if you
accept the terms, you will in short time
see railroad through British territory from
here to the Pacific. (Cheers) 1t is impos-
sible not to see that Canada must eventually
become the great carrying way Of the world
(Cheers) With your noble river-so well
canaled-your splendid chain Of lakes-and
your rivers running from those lakes into
Lake Winnepeg, and almost to the foot Of
the Rocky Mpuntains-you have magnificent
natural advantages-and we cannot look on
those natural features without seeing that
over these plains of the Saskatchewan must
lie your Pacific Railroad; and that through
the gap near its head waters must pass that
great railroad to the west. (Cheers) feel,
gentlemen, that it is no visionary project to
say that before long ship canal, railway,
and telegraph will be constructed between
the Atlantic and the Pacific. (Cheers.) |
am, gentlemen, also interested in the con
structon of Pacific Railway. (Cheers)
The Placer herald., 1858-12-25
Barnum in England.

Barnum has been lecturing in Manchester
on the shortest way of making fortune
he discovered the shortest way of losing one
some time since. His lecture attracted an
audience Of fifteen hundred persons, and he
is reported to have said that the greatest and
wisest men Of all ages, from Abraham, the
first merchant on record, down to the pres
ent day, were almost invariably distinguished
for their knowledge and their slillfu practice
of making and keeping of their money As
a striking instance of this fact, he referred
to Shakespeare, whom he described as being,
par excellence, clever and thrifty Snowman,
whose highest aim was to hit the popular
taste, and so as to put money in his purse
a description Of the immortal bard which
seemed to take the audience somewhat by
surprise, and find but little favor in their
sight Besides Shakespeare, Chaucer and
Scott, on this side of the Atlantic, and Pres
colt, Bancroft and Irving on the other, were
examples of men eminent at once in litera-
ture and in the most useful arts. Mari
borough and Wellington were almost as re-
markable for their thrift and economy as for
their military genius; and had Washington
not been the greatest of patriot soldiers, he
might have ranked high as a merchant or
millionaire Mr.. Barnum concluded his ad
dress amid loud applause, and on retiring
was called back to receive the hearty appro
baton Of the audience, voted him by accla-
maton-a compliment which he acknowl-
edged in humorous and appropriate speech.
The Placer herald., 1858-12-25
Pay for your NeWspaper.

The editor Of the IF0in Adpertiser ia wag
that can't be kept quiet,) says that Mrs j.,
the widow of a late subscriber to the Adoer-
fser in an adjoining town, was recently
awakened from a sound sleep at night, when
she distinctly heard an appaliton advancing
towards her, until it finally reached her bed.
A sense Of sufi'ocation deprived her Of all
power to scream aloud. She describes her
blood as retreating with icy chlness to her
heart from every vein. She looked strain
ing|y toward the body, when she recognized
in it the intruding spirit of her deceased
husband The countenance Of her beloved
in life wore not its once benevolent aspect
the eyes that once beamed with affection
upon her, were now fixed in stern regard
upon the trembling woman. Aroused to
desperation, she adjured him: "Chares, why
do you haunt me? why do you come again!"
Jessie" said he, slowly waving in his hand
small roll of payer, "Jessie, pay tie account
/ oWed 10 the ADVERTISER, and LET ME REST
IN PEACE" Mrs. j. has fulfilled his desire,
and is now not fearful Of any future visits
from the shadowy land.
The Placer herald., 1858-12-25

The following is the experience of a wheat
specuator, as related by the Chicago Journal.
Read it farmers:
That to buy at 'eighty-fve' and sci! at
'fitty-five' will not pay unless man does a
very large business. That wheat, when it
once begins to fall is devilish long while
in reaching bottom. That when it once be-
gins to heat it very soon becomes too hot to
hold. That, after all, the surest way to make
money in wheat is to SOW it in good SOIL
And, lastly that a man going into the wheat
market, with even small capital, if he is
industrious and perseveres may very soon
succeed in owing more than it is probable be
will ever be worth"