Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1858-07-31

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ton or will act Ike tic vulgar upstart h
buys armorial bearings at the Herald Col
}lege, and rejects the code of honor Mr.
Dallas pleaded illness on Monday /; perhap.
! he forgot this part Of his address, and 9th
ers did not feel it their business to say
what belonged to him alone let him take
an early opportunity 10 inform the worle
what are tie principles which arc now to e
forth, conqucring and to conquer, all Owe,
the world, and whether they include uni
ycrsal immunity for whatever crimes may
be per- ctra.scd tln1cr tho Stripes ana Stars.
lE We hope the ladies' viii excuse oul
publishing tile following s4sry, as sc only
make the extract to show tbc difference be-
tween the ladies Of Adliaon'3 time, ans
those Of our own. We arc sure, for in
stancc, That # .re Tad a wife she would be
happy to get us out Of town any way in The
world-that is if The town was beseiged
When the Emperor Conraae the third had
bosioged Guelphus, Duke Of Bavaria, in the
city Of Hensberg, the women, finding that
tie town could not possibly hold out long,
potitioned the Emperor that they might de-
part outof it wish so much as each Of them
could carry. The Emperor, knowing that
they could not convey away many of their
effects, granted them their petition when
the women, to his great surprise, came out
Of the place with every one her husband
upon her back. The Emperor was so .nov-
ed at the sight that he burst into tears and
after having very much extolled the women
for their conjugal affection, gave the men to
their wives, and received tie Duke into his
favor.
".I'he ladioa-dtd not lille triumph at
this story, asking US at the same time,
whether in our consciences we believed that
the men in any town Of Great Britain
would, upon the same offer, and at the cen
juncture, have loaded themselves with their
wives; OF rather, whether they would not
have been glad ef s,lch al opportunity to
get rid Of them? To this my very good
friend Tom Dapperwit, who took upon him
to be the mouth Of our sex, replied, that
they would be very much to blame if they
would not do the same good Office for the
women, considering that their strength
would be greater, and their burdens light
er. rs we we're amusing ourselves with
discourses Of this nature il ortlcr TO ross a.
way the evening, which nov begins to grow
tedious, we fell into that laalable and prim-
hive diversion of tucFtions ard commands
[ Was no sooner vested with the regal au-
thority, but onjoincd all the ladies, IN
der pain ofsby displeasuro, to 5cll the COM
pany ingeniously, in case they had been in
the siege above mentioned, and had the
same offers made them as the good women
Of that place, what every ore Of them
would hare brought off with her, anu have
thought most worth the saving? There
were several merry answers made to my
question, which entertained us til bed
time. This filed my mind With such a
buddlo Of IDEAS, that upon my going to
sleep fell into The following dream
Il saw town Of this Island, which shall
&c nameless invested on every side, the in-
habitant3 q it SO straitenod as to CRY for
quarter. The General refused any other
terms than those granted to The above mon
toned Town Of Iensburg, namely that the
married women might comcwith what they
could bring along With them. Immediate
" the city gates flew open, and q female
procession appeared, multitudcs Of the sex
following one another in row, and stag
geriug under their respective burdens. /
took my stand upon an cnlincnce in the en-
emy's camp, which was appointed for the
general rendezvous of these female carriers,
being very DESTROYS to look into their sew
eral ladings The first Of them had huge
sack upon her shoulders, which she set
down with great care upon tie oronipg
Iof it, when expected to have seen her
husband shot out Of it, ] found it was filled
with cEina-Ware The next appeared in a
more decent figure, carrying a Handsome
young fellow upon her back: ! could not
torbear for conmending the young woman
for her eonjugal affection, when, to my
great surprise, | found that she had left
tie good man at home, and brought away
her gallant. I saw thc third, at some dis
lance, with little Hitlerod face peepina
over her shoulder, whom could not suspect
for any but her spuose, tn, upon her set
ting him down. | heard her call hin dear,
and found him TO be her favorite mon
key. a fourth brought huge bale OF
cards along with her: and fifth .. Bologna
| lap-dog; for her husband, t'scoms, being a
burly man, she thought it woald lie less
trouble to bring away little Cupid, The
next was 'tle wife Of q rich usrror, loaded
with bag Ct gold /; she told US that
her spouse was very old and by the course
Of nature could not expect TO live long
and that to- shoW her tender regards
/ FOR him, she had saved that which the pool
4 man loved better than his life. The next
came towards Us with her SCH npon hel
back, who, we were told, was the greatest
rake Il the place, bnt 50 much the mother
darlng. that she left nov husband behind
with large family Of hopeful sons anc
daughters, for the sake Of this gracclcs
youth. "
IT would lie endless to mention the sew
eral persons, with their several loads, tina
appeared to me in this strange vision. :
J All the place about me was covered witt
packs Of ribands, brocaaes, embroidery, ant
ten thousand other materials, sufficient t
have furnished a whole street Of toy-shops
One of the women, having Il husband wh'
was none of the heaviest, was bringing hin
4 off upon her shoulders at the same time TIA
she carried great bundle Of Flanders lace