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The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-07-02
pRoPosALs FOR STATIONERY.
rnsAsrnr DraanaSr, june 8, 1858,

TRsAsrRY DEPARTMENT June 3, 1883,
AD PROPOSAL for furnishing the stationery required by ths
department during the fiscal So 1859 viii be
eeVed un IL O'Clock, the 3ot day june inst Those u
accompanied by satisfactory testimonials ability fulfil the
tract Mh not be considered and contracts viii only be awarded TO
established manufacturers OF dealers Ia ARTICLES.
All te articles must be o. tho quality their Kind and
sapls as hereinafter specified accompany each bid The
samples OF the whom the awarded viii be
PAID FOR BY tho department The others will be returned 10 the
spcctve bidders. rf Ht
No BID cdl d considered atiies aoompaaygI efus
ue,y Bet qualify and suited 10 the cunts fthe department.
Each proposal be by tho individual making
snd must specify price and but price, or each and ar
Gle contained Ia the schedule. ss7t .tast a4l
Al The articles furnished viii be required be Ike the samples
snemiied which viii be retained for comparison
vered without delay satisfaction the head Of
the ONCE for which they required. } FGtf
Inc department reserves the right Of ordering
quantity Of each and every Tor pubic service
may require. 10Y y
supplying inferior article any deemed ufncieut
forthwith annul the contract RI
Bonds, With approved security be given tho
ing and Of failure supply the required
tractor aud surctes shall DO liable specified such
bond as ltquidaled damages ttat fa. 'ifa
The subloined st specifics nearly be DONE
amount quality and description Of each Of the kinds OF article
CURED. y ''
The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-07-02

For all the articles IN class suitable anu convenient samples mus
be submitted price attached to each; and the price all
must TIE hy Of The articles OF NE department.
June a-1awt 30thJune Intel
Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1858-11-20
The Cup Of oblivion.

#f sa BY CHARLES MACKAY.
High to my fps held Obl7vion's cup; 1fa
cdr ink, - said Despair, 'this liquor. Dreaming up
And so forget all pain tn at Fate has cast
All grief, all pleasure of the dreadful Past"
raised the cup, peered within it's deeps;
And whispered to myself, "Here, Sorrow sleeps,
Never to waken; never, never more
To plague me with the memories of yore.''
ssWhat :" said little voice, remembered well,
That on my spiri t, rich as sunlight, fell. llsii
"Wouldst thou forget me Father? All, not SOP
looked upon the cup and far below M
Saw that angelic face and golden hair es
tsNever, oh never, even in despair, sossfsss.
However frdnti c, reaso Mess and wild,
Will forget thee, oh thou heavenly child -
And then another and most winning voice
That oft before had bid my heart rejoice,
Came sparkling from the bottom of the bowl e
And shot electric throbbings through my soul,
A nd the dark eyes, Gods windows from G cd
heav'n, Ssf - H
Blazed Love upon me: s'By thy thought forgiven
But wilt thou, canst thou do thy soul such wrong
AS to forget me, and my love, death strong %
| turned away my lips, threw down the cup,
With its dark liquor, Dreaming ever up:
ssI will not taste it, let my Sorrow live, ii. s..
Linked with the joy that Heaven youehsafes to give
Twill notlose tie memory Of these twain,
For all Oblivion's wealth! Let Grief remain,
And will hallow all the forms it takes,
And love dear Memory for their dearer sakesv
Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1858-11-20
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.

n j. HOPE, Dealer in Groceries and Flour
II. Opposite the Passenger Depot, and near the
American Hotel, Staunton, Va.
baylor BAYLOR, Attorneys at Law, Office
ID opposite County Clerks Office. M
ID POINTS, Dealer in Stoves, Tin and Cop
ID. per Ware, one door above Union Hall.
~ DOOLEY, Fashionable Tailor, opposite old
lie Post Office, Main St., Staunton, Va
II T. ALBERTSON, Attorney at Law and No.
IL. tary Public, WayEesborough, Va.
~ f. FLICK, Saddle, Harness, and Trunk ma
NJ. ker, under Vindcator Office.
HENRY HUGHES, manufacturer and dealer in
Ii Boots & Shoes, one door west of Marble ard
nARMAN & BELL, attorneys at Lac, Office OPP
IL posite the Court House. ss .~s
IF NJ. BELL, Notary Public and Commissioner
11.~to settle Accounts, opposite Court House.
r O'REAR, Merchant Tailor, under the vindi
81 Gator Office.
r B. EVANS, Dealer in Tobacco and Segars,
y. Main St., Stanton. Va. gst lfs
T B. ANTONI, dealer in Confectionery Fruits
y. Main St., Staunton, Va
r b. SCHERER, Confectioner, Grocer, and Ba-
u ker, corner of Court House Alley.
JACOB POLLITZ, Wholesale and Retail dealer
y in ReadyMade Clothing, corner of Va. Hotel
nj X. TROUT, Attorney at Law, Office on Court
IN. House Row.
ID N. P0wELL& CO., Family Grocers 4 Flour
i Merchants, under Union Hall.
va Country Produce bought and sold.
T,URK CUSHING, Auctioneers and General
Il Agents, under Union Hall.
VA. FEMALE INSTITUTE, Staunton, Va
Rev. r. H. Phillips, Principal.
TTT BARKMAN, Wholesale and Retail dealer IN
w Tobacco and Segars, opposite Va. Hotel
CHARTER OAK Life Insurance Co. H. W.
~ Shelley Agent: opposite old Central Bank.
w P. JOHNSON 4 BRO. Cabinet makers and
w Undertakers, Gospel Hill-South side.
TAMES NJ. SEIG, Attorney at Law, Monterey
u Highlard county, Va.
ID J. GLENDY, dealer in Tobacco, Snuff and
II. Segars New Street, G. T. Cochran, Agent.
Yv J.BURKE & co. Livery and Sale Stables
i Enquire at the Virginia Hotel.
TAYLOR HOGE, Successors to Brandebure
i & Co.,) Dealers in Dry Goods and Groceries
opposite Va Hotel.
GTODDARD & ENGLEMAN, Fashionable TAT
y Tors, two doors above Crawford & Cochran's
Store.
Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1858-11-20

SIR ISAAC NEwToN's TASTE FOR FARMING.
When Newton had reached his fifteenth
year, he was called from the school of Grant
ham to take charge of his mothers farm
He was thus frequently sent to Grantham
market, says limbs, to dispose of grain and
other agricultural produce, which however,
he generally left to an old farm servant why
accompanied him, and Newton made his way
to the garnet Of the house in which he had
lived, to amuse himself with parcel of old
books left there and afterwards he would
entrench himself on the wayside between
Woolsthorpe and Grantham, devouring some
favorite author till his companions return
from market. And when his mother sent
him into the fields to watch the sheep and
cattle he would perch himself under tree
with book in his hand, or shape models
with his knife, or wath the movements of an
understood water-vheel. One Of Che earliest
scientific experiments which Newton made
was in 1858, on the day of the great storm
when Cromwell died, and when he himself
had just entered his sixteenth year New
toms mother was now convinced that her
son was not destined to be farmer; and
this with his uncle finding him under hedge
occupied in the solution Of a mathematical
problem, led to his being again sent to Gran
than School, and then to Trinity College,.
Cambridge, which thence became the real
birthplace Of Newton's genius. p; Ttat'f
Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1858-11-20

The MILKY WAY.-This we'll known phe-
nomenon is great luminous band which
stretches across the sky At one part it
sends out kind of branch which again
unites with the main body after remaining
distant for about fifty one degrees. This
remarkable belt has, from the earliest ages
Of which We have any record, maintained
the same place among the stars; and when
examined through powerful telescope, it is
found to be composed Of myriads Of glitter
ing stars, scattered in groups of millions,
like glistening dust, on the black ground Of
the general heavens. Sir William Herschel
has divided it into number Of nebnlous svs-
TENS, or separate clusters Of stars, and has
described their appearance and shapes; but,
as yet it is to us but the shadowy ontline of
another branch of astronomical research
which will require more powerful instru-
ments and more human genius than is now
at command for it's exploration. The same
authority above referred to thinks that the
phenomenon Of the milky way agrees with
the supposition that the stars of our frma-
ment. instead Of being scattered in all direc-
tions indiAerently through space form stra-
.tum, Of which the thickness is small in COM
parison with its lenght and breadth, and in
which the earth occupies a place somewhere
about the middle Of it's thickness. ...
Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1858-11-20

Why, to kill shame, or hope, or nobleness
in his soul, should you in addition drive
him into an atmosphere heavy with the
stencil of all the infamies? You make fresh
pollution when continually stirring the pol
buttons. Let the pollutiops alone, unless,
like Hercules, you can turn riverin upon
them to carry them away. CHANGING back
for hundred and fifty years, THAcKERAY
could see nothing but four detestable kings.
CHANGING around, he can see nothing but
Palmers that murder, Robsons that swim
die, and universal snobbery. | dare say
all the while THAcKERAY, 'as prosperous
author, and prosperous lecturer, contrives,
in the midst Of this foul and horrible world,
to make himself very comfortable. Your
misanthropist q pretended misanthropist,
loves at iloast tHy man we'll. Quarresling
with THAcKERAY's cynicisms, do likewise
quarrel with his style ? Not as style, for
few styles can be better. ! object 70 it
that it is an elaborate imitation Of English
style, in the Addisouian period Critic.
Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1858-11-20
NUMBER AZ:
Curing Hams:

As killing time is near at hand. the fol-
lowing receipt for curing hams, which we cut
from the scientific Amser{cusi, will not be
out of place. The Ameritan says:
cas- the time is at hand for preparing
these useful stores Of rich and savory food,
a few words will not be out of place in re-
gard to them. The legs of hogs, short in
the hook, are the best for hams, and should
be chosen in preference to langy hogs
Taey may be sailed by immersion in clean
pickle. containing little sugar and saltpe~
tire dissolved, or they may be salted by rub
bling ground solar evaporated salt over them
turning every day, and giving them good
rubbing. A little sugar and ground black
pepper added to the salt will much improve
the flavor of the meat. 1t requires about q
month to salt hams by the wet process, and
three weeks by the cry system At the end
of this period they should be hung up for
few daye to drip. and then they are ready
for smoking. Much depends on the kind of
material used for smoking, so as to secure
sweet flavor Whatever fuel is used for this
purpose, one condition should never be over
looked it should be perfectly dry, or else
it will be liable to impart bitter taste to
the meat. Dry corn cobs and some dry
sweet hay are superior to all other agents
that we have seen employed for smoking
beef and hams. Mutton hams may be pre-
pared in the same manner as those Of pork;
and they are exceedingly palpatable when
the meat is good, and care. exercised to smoke
them slowly"
Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1858-11-20

How TO TAKE LIFE-Take life like a
man. Take it just as though it was, as it
is, an earnest, vital essential affair. Take
it just as though, you personally were born
to the task Of performing merry part in it
as though the world had waited for your
coming. Take it as though it was grand
opportunity 70 doand achieve, to carry for
ward great and good schemes; to help and
cheer suffering, it may be brokenhearted
brother. The fact is, life is under valued
BY great majority Of mankind 1t is not
made half as much of as should be the case
Where is the man or woman who accom-
plishes one 1.-THE Of what might be done p
Who cannot look back upon opportunities
lost, plans unachieved, thoughts crushed,
aspirations unfulilled, and all caused from
the lack Of the necessary and possible effort?
Ii we knew better how to take and make
the most Of life, it would be far greater than
it is Now and then man stands aside
from the crowd, labors earnestly, steadfastly
confidently, and straightway becomes famous
for wisdom, intellect, skill, greatness of some
sort. The world wonders, admires, idolizes,
and yet it only illustrates what each may do
if he takes hold oflife with purpose, Ifa
man but say he will, follows it up, there is
nothing in reason he may not expect to ac-
complish. There is no magic, no miracle
no secret to him who is brave in heart and
determined in spirit.
Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1858-11-20

MAN WITH PErR1F1Ep W1FE.-A few
days since (says the Cincinnati Enquirer of
Oct. 3Oth,) a gentleman residing in Rising
Sun, Indiana, who had married a second
time, wished to remove the body Of his wife
to a new cemetery. Preparations were
made to that effect, and laborers opened the
grave in the usual manner; but when they
reached the coffin they could not lift it, so
great was the weight. After obtaining
considerable assistance, however, the men
succeeded in raising the coffiu and learning
the reason for it's Unusual weight, and found
instead Of the remains Of corpse, stone
figure, the exact counterpart of woman
who had died. This strange story soon
spread, and hundreds and thousands Of per-
sons were present to see the strange spec
tacle. The husband took the body of his
departed spouse home and has it there now.
where it is visited by hundreds Of the Gu
rious and scientific. The body seems to
have been 'petriGed, and to have become a
perfect stone woman. The probability is
that the body has become adipocere and will
before long melt and crrmble.
Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1858-11-20
ntislella,lfons.
Dick ems and ThaCkerav.

It is the geniality more than the genius
which attracts in the works of DICKENS.
They warm and widen our bosom, even if
we have discovered thousand faults; for
faults abound. DICKENS is neither faith
full, forcible painter, nor a consummate
artist. He is caricaturist; he is man
nerist. In general the incidents are impos-
I sible, the plot clumsily constructed, and the
characters wooden What should be robust
and healthy feeling is too often simpering,
twaddling sentinentality. The style Of
DICKENS, though in the main monotonous,
is an honest Saxon style. His books have
gained marvellous reputation, but they
will not have lasting fame; for geniality
is notvitaity. He is essentially an original
writer, and he has founded school. He
and his school, however, have sacrificed too
much to the temporary first, in the deter
mination to amuse, let the cost be what it
might and, secondly, in the attempt to play
the reformer. A true literary artist would
strive to- realize his own ideal of beauty
without thinking Of the plaudits or the
pence; and he would leave to the prophet
the work which the prophet can perform SO
much better than he I am indebted, how
ever, to DICKENS for many a happy hour,
and have never risen from his pages
without more living and lavish love to-
wards all mankind. Unlike Dickens,
THAcKERAY has more genius than geniali-
ty. Where there is genius of the highest
kind, the geniality will be always in proper
ton, as we see in the illustrious instance
of SHAKESPEARE. But in genius of high
kind, though not Of the highest, geniality,
as in the case Of DANTE, may be altogether
wanting. Without genius Of the highest
kind, TnAcKERAY is as destitute Of geniali-
ty as it is possible for man Of genius to
be. Even more important than faith in God
is faith in human nature. This faith
THAcKERAY does his utmost to destroy
He paints he seldom caricatures but he
seems to delight in painting only such life
as can be seen in London clubs and in Paris
bells. Every man has ugly leprous spots
in his own nature, which the avenging del
ties continually thrust before his eyes
Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1858-11-20

ORGANIZATION OF DEcoTAn TERRITORY.
The people Of Decotah have at last effected
an independent temporary organization of
their Territory. State officers have been
appointed, a Legislature convened, laws
passed. &C., and the Minnesota code adopt
ed. A letter from Sioux Falls, where the
first Legislature assembled on the 18th Of
October, speaking Of the members, says:
Before they convened in their hall, the
stars and stripes were unfurled from flag
staff in front Of the building used as a capt
tol, and saluted by Is volleys, fired by the
Decotah Rifles, and cheer upon cheer by
those who had assembled to witness the in
auguration Of their territory"
Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1858-11-20

A SINGULAR PHENOMENON. In the recent
address Of Hon. T. L. Clingman, before the
North Carolina State Fair, he mentions in
connection with the manufacture of wine and
the difficulty on the Atlantic slope Of the
United States Of preventing its acetous fer
mentation, remarkable fact concerning a
locality Of the western part Of that State. -
In district Of a few miles in extent on the
Tyron mountain, neither dew nor frost is
ever known. The same district is remark
able for the variety and excellence Of its ma
tive grapes, and they are often found in fine
condition in the open air as late as Decem-
Der; The dryness Of the atmosphere in the
ocallty mentioned and It's equability oftem-
perature are most remarkable, and we should
like to know more concerning it.
Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1858-11-20

It may surprise our readeas to learn that
all the earths-clay, flint, chalk, &c., are
nothing more than the rust of metal that
one time, during the age Of this .world, they
were all shining brilliant metals. Geolo-
gists speak Of the earth as being hundreds
Of thousands of years old. All their philo-
sophy is based upon mechanical science the
formation of strata, the upheaving Of noun
Itains, the burying Of forests, have been
attributed to some ''great convulsion'-
that is, to some shaking ofthe earth's crust.
Whether this great age Of the world be true
or not, it is very certain that before any Of
those events could have taken place, the
formation of the earth of earths must have
been the work of ages otherwise the metals
Of which their base consists, could not have
been SO completely rusted as to assume an
earthly texture. To understand this, we
must leave the mechanical, that is, the
geological theory. It cannot be disputed
that the first changes Of the earth's surface
were Of purely chemical notuse. Combi-
nations took place then as now, the metal
lie bases by mere contact with the atmos-
phere or water, passed into oxyds, as the
chemists call them, or earths, as expressed
in daily conversation. Chemists thus re-
cognize something like forty kinds Of these
oxyds or earthly bodies, some being very
scarce, and others as plentiful. By the
merest touch Of air, some Of the metallic
bases Of these earths instantly pass into the
rusty or earthly state; some by contact
with water, are so energetic that they burst
into fame.
By this process Of reasoning, we come to
the conclusion that the world is one mass
or globe of mixed metals, of which the
mere crust has become rusted, or of earthly
form the outer rind, as it we're, preventing
any rapid fcombination taking place with
the metallic surface, five or six miles below
the face Of the dry land. Eruptions from
volcanoes are probably produced by the sea
getting down to the metallic surface,
through some fssure in the earth's crust;
decomposition Of the water takes place
FIRE, fame and steam causing an eruption
It would be an instructive lesson to man to
quarry into the earth's crust to the depth
Of ten or twelve miles. -Scientifc Anaeri-
can.
Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1858-11-20

'.PAss HIM AROUND" The Abingdon
papers caution the printing and hotel fra
ternity against fellow calling himself S.
L. Black, who is travelling through the
country protesting to teach short method
of calculating interest. Wherever he has
stepped he has left without footing his bills,
and as he will doubtless make for Lynch
burg IN his tramp, we call attention to his
person, so that none Of our citizens may be
taken IN BY him. He is represented as
some five feet ten inches in height, heavy
set, has black hair, low forehead, and a
hang -dog countenance. He also wears
suit Of black clothes. All who study their
own interest properly, will look out for
him.
Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1858-11-20

A midshipman asked priest to tell the
difference between a priest and jackass. -
The priest gave it up. One wears cross
on his back, and the other on his breast"
said the midshipman. e'Now," said tho
priest, tell me the difference between q
midshipman and jackass" The midship-
man gave itup, and asked what it was. The
priest said he did not know of any. e .A'
Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1858-11-20

Three gentlemen smoking in railway
carriage guard puts in his head, and To-
quitur ''There are two things not allowed
on this line, gentlemen smoking and the
servants Of the company receiving money"
The result q metallic pass from gentlemen
to guard. Punch.
Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1858-11-20

"NEake you a coat, sir Oh! yes, sir,
with the greatest pleasure. There. just
stand in that position please and look right
upon that while I take your measure. p
The sign happened to read Terms cash.
Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1858-11-20
Exhibition Living Mans
Heart Open to Inspection Excitement
at the Medical C0llegs.

The New York papers announce won
derful curiosity in the case Of living man
with deficiency in the breast bone which en-
ables the several movements of the heart to
be seen. It has excited intense intetests
for several years past throughout the cities
of Europe and Britain. The subject of the
defect is very intelligent gentleman, NJ.
Groux, native of Hamburg, twenty-eight,
years Of age, somewhat under the average
height, and rather pale, though he appears
to be in health He was introduced as the
clinic Of DR.. Mott, who thought that the
substance which occupied the place of the
sternum might be cartilage. M Groux
then showed the peculiar conformity of his
chest, and gave an excellent lecture on the
hearts action, demonstrating his remarks
with colored plates, an artificial heart, and
his own body. The collar bones are not
connected, (nefther are the ribs to their OPP
posites, but there is groove where the
sternum should be; the skin is natural. In
it's natural state this groove is about an inch
and half wide, but it can be distelded to
three inches. On looking at the groove a
pulsatile swelling is observable opposite the
third and fourth ribs; if respiration be sus-
pended, it rapidly rises to an enormous ex-
tent, and remains full and tense until the
breathing is restored, when it soon subsidies.
This is the heart Between the clavicles
there is another pulsatile swelling, easily
felt, which is the aorta, the great artery from
the heart. The dilatation and contraction
Of the lung is also seen. In coughing the
right lung suddenly protrudes from the chest
through the groove, and ascends consider
able distance above the right clavicle into
the neck. 4s
Somebody's desire that there might be a
window in the breast Of all men, or Charles
Lambs equivalent, pain in the stomach, is
nearly realized in this case. a..st-..f.
At the close Of his lecture. DR.. Mott pro-
posed collection in Mr.. Groux's behalf,
though his regular fee had been paid BY the
faculty. Scarcely had he said the word when
the silver began to fly into arena from the
seats Of the vast amphitheatre. Nearly all
the three hundred students were present,
and the shower of quarters greatly leopard
ed the lecturer (Mr. MOTIF and his attend
ants.