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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1858-09-30
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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1858-09-30
Written 'Or the Winchester Home journal.
BLACK EYES.
BY FINLEY JOHNSON.

About nc thou hast cast spell,
Which fingers round NE yet
Proceeding from thy bcauteOus eyes,
As black, as black as jet;
And had rather win the smile
That | see lurking there,
Than own the richest, puIc,t gem
4 monirCh's crown may wear.
know that truth and fiithfuluess
Dwell in the eyes OF blue;
That hazel ones have in their depths
Affection fond and true,
But give to inc the eye which is
Wth.iHtelleci full set;
Such eyes as these are my delight,
Is black, as black as jet.
Town that eyes Of blue are meek,
Anl wear a holy lOoh;
That they can read the secrets from
Loves ever open book;
Iut give to ne flashing eye,-
10 such strike my lyrei
Aucyc which beams like thine my love,
With intellectual fire.
LTINouE, Mn.
Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1858-08-07

Tunnel Under the lps-The mail per
America bring accounts of the commence
ment, some months ago, of the Alpine Tun-
mel connecting Modena and Bardoniche on
opposite sides Of the Alps, which there tow
or to the height Of $500 English feet,
nearly mile high. It's length will be
nearly s. English miles. From the height
Of the mountains it can only be worked
from the ends. By the ordinary means
hitherto employed thirty-six years would
be required to complete it. By the use Of
perforators or drilling machines, operated
by compressed air, the work, it is estimated,
will be complete in six years.
Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1858-08-07
Sc The Spectator acknowledges that i

Sc The Spectator acknowledges that its
game was "the Democratic party general
ly," but reminds us that it IS on record that
Mr.. Tupman brought one plump partridge
to the earth, and encouraged by this one
exception to the general rule of his proto-
types failures, he lays the 'dattering unc-
ton to his soul" that one Of his many at
tacks upon the Democracy may prove sue
cessful. We would remind our deludcd
neighbor that while success crowned the
blind efforts Of his prototype once, the re-
bound invariably caused an unpleasant SEN
sation. Our contemporary triumphantly sup
poses that his efforts have had their effec,
on the Democratic party. We readily be-
lieve it, as we have been taught that the
falling Of sparrow to the ground jars the
whole earth to some extent and that there
is nothing done or said which has not its
effect,
Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1858-08-07

Questionable Courage The Petersburg
Express says: Two youths we're discussing
the virtues of the Sulphur on the Rich
mond and Petersburg Railroad, yesterday
afternoon, when, for change of subject.
one Of them offered to bet the 9th er dol
lar that he could let the train then approach
ing pass over him without sustaining any
injury. The wagerswas accepted by the
other more for the purpose Of discovering the
ruse than believing the experiment would
be tried, when the proposing yparty co oily
ensconced himself in the cow pit some steps
distant, just as the train came clearing"
around the curve. The last car had no
sooner passed over than the ''pitted" youth
scrambled out and commenced breakdown
dance that would have done credit to Jim
Grow, accompanied with screeching yell
that Kickapoo would have envied for its
adaptability to the green corn festival It
seems that the locomotive, in passing over
the cow-pit had accidentally dropped
some Of it's surplus cinders from the
ask pan, which fell red hot over the head
and shoulders Of the ambitious adventurer,
and a few big sparks finding their way
dc wn his back, produced the antics and
yells so enthusiastically enacted after releas-
ing himself. That be Justly lost the wager
is very evident, Notwithstanding the reluc-
lance with which he "forked over" It has
no doubt, given him dash Of which his
characteristic wildness and impudenee will
require a long time to eface.
Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1858-08-07
THE NIAGARA AND THE AGA
MEMNON THEN AND NOW.

The London Times, while the Atlantic
Telegraph cable was being shipped on board
the Niagara and Agamemnon, ridiculed
with some aeperity, the shape and sailing
qualities Of the Niagara. The storm they
both met in mid-Atlantic, which the Mar
ara rode out SO easily and the Agamemnon
with SO much difficulty and danger, settled
the question of their respective merits
In reviewing the results of the recent expe-
dition, the Times makes suggestion, adj
vanced also in the Evening Post few
days since, that the Great Eastern be used
in the next attempt to lay the Telegraph ca
BILE, and makes the following amende hon.
oroble for its unjust depreciation Of the Nj
agara:
CON the whole, we are Of opinion that
there never will be a fair trial till it is
made with ship as carefully adapted to the
purpose as the cable itself. It is mere
child's play to use such ships as the Aga
memnon, and we feel it somewhat deroga-
tory to the national credit that we should
have permitted the Americans, out of their
small navy, to contribute a vessel 1900
tons larger than ours, and evidently much
better fitted for the work If our sugges-
tion Of the Great Eastern be not thought
worth notice or if the proprietors of that
ship are not ready to lend it for that object,
let a ship be built for that purpose at once.
Whether it succeeds or not at the first trial,
it will find sufficient occupation in either
renewing the attempt or laying down add
tional cables hereafter.
Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1858-08-07
Yello0 Fsper.-A New York paper, of
Friday. saws:

Tello,o Fsuer-A New York paper, of
Friday, says:
Forty-one vessels, of various descrip-
tons, arriving from ports characterized as
infected with yellow fever, are now lying at
the Lover Bay Of this city, and nearly the
same number are undergoing quarantine at
the upper anchorage. The ship COMPETE
ton, from Havana, Key West, came into
port on the 26th in ballast, having no sick
ness on board. Two days after her arrival,
three Of her crew were taken down with
yellow fever, and were conveyed to the Ma
rine Hospital. These cases must have a.
risen from infection on board the vessel, in
asnluch as fever became developed at pc
Rod very remote from the date when the
ship left the infected port. Admitted that
stevedores employed in the discharging of
vessels that arrive without sickness on board
are undoubtedly taken sick with fever, pro-
wing that miasmatic poison may and does
occasionally exist in concealed form in the
cargo, becoming evident and active when
the goods are disturbed in the act of un-
loading.
Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1858-08-07

Diplomatic Discomtesies.-A curious
correspondence passed between the United
States Consul at BueDes Ayres, Mr.. w.
III. Hudson, and her Britaninc Maiesty's
plenipotentiary near the Argentine Confed
Grafton. Itappears that the United States
Consul paid an official visit of courtesy to
the representative of her Br ia nc Majesty,
Mr.. w. D. Christie. and that parsonage
VS. not Disposed to accept either the
visit Of the American official or the honor
Of his acquaintance, and he told him SO in
very uncivil and ungentlemanly manner
the more so as the affair took place under
his own roof. Mr.. Hudson's demand for
an explanation anl..apology was received by
the British Diplomatic with an afectation
Of fear Of personal violence, and appealed
to the government Of Buenos Ayres for pro-
lection.
Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1858-08-07
Shocking Accident.

A shocking accident Lapl ened Mr. smeltz,
near this place, on Monday last Mr.. S.
was engaged in feeding Threshing Ma
chine on the farm Of Mr.. A. Lushbaugh
when by some accident the cylinder bursted
driving one of the spikes through his left
jaw, the spike entering the chin and rang
lag upwards carrying away the lower front
teeth, and SCATTERING tie Jaw in a terrible
manner. Another spike was deeply buried in
the shoulder Of the unfortunate man and
could not be extracted without endangerine
life. The wounds were skiifully dressed
NJ Doctors Waddell and Baldwin and eve.
~ attention paid to the sufferer that his sit
alton required. Mr.. S was still living
when last heard from, though but fein,
hopes were entertained of his recovery.
Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1858-08-07
The Slave Trade.

The efforts of combined world have pro-
we'd insufficient to exterminate this ''horrid
traffic" as the aboltionists and philanthro-
pists Of the world love to term it, All the
powers Of efoquence and the eloquen5 have
denounced 1.-THE voice Of religion has pla-
eed its interdict upon it and stigmatized it
as inhuman--the official commands of all
the most powerful nations of the earth have
forbidden it, and great fleets and multitudes
of soldiers have been employed to carry
these commands into effect-still, the 'hor-
rid traffic." intrenched behind the great
principle of mans self-intarest and aggran
dizement, stands, defying all philanthropy.
all religion-still, in spite of all the efforts
of the combined fleets of England and A
merica, 80, 600 negroes are annually landed
in the Island of Cuba, and sold by the ira
ders at an enormous profit. The question
is, how is. this traffic to be stopped We
have seen all the plans and power which the
world has heretofore employed against the
slave trade fail-we have seen much money
and many valuable lives lost to no purpose
we have seen fleets and sailors wanted at
home employed in distant seas and having
no other effect than to increase the number
Of traders by enhancing the value of the ar
ticle of trade. tbs. then, obvious, that
sonae other than the schemes heretofore pur-
sued, must be determined upon, and the one
which to our mind appears the most expo
dent and effectual is. to break up the mar
ket to which the article of trade is carried.
So soon as this is done, the motive power
which propels the machine will cease to ex-
ist--for no article can bear shy intrinsic
value which has no market. But bow is
this to be done I? Never 50 long as the Is
land of Cuba remains in possession Of the
weak and corrupt monarchy of Spain-for
its corruption forbids US to hope that its in
clination will ever lead her to join the
worlds crusade against the slave trade, and
its weakness excludes the idea of it's ability to
break up the market, were It's intention
ever SO good. The call Of justice, humani-
ty and religion, unite with the voice Of self
interest and self-defence, in demanding the
purchase or conquest Of Cuba by the United
States; and surely force would be justified
in the accomplishment of an object 50 i'm
portant But we have no idea force will
be required-only let England and the
Eorth, heretofore so excessively jealous in
the cause Of philanthropy and humanity,
Join with the South in its humane and Chris
tan cxertions to put an end to ''the most
horrid of traffic" only let them cooperate
with the South in it's pious endeavor to cast
Cuba into the arms Of the United States, and
We have the warrant of reason and probabili-
~ that the slave trade will cease forever
Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1858-08-07
CUBA THE CHAMPIONSHIPS
COOLIES.

The Rev. DR.. Leyburn, of Philadelphia
who has recently visited Cuba has writer
series of letters to the Presbyterian,
descriptive Of the island, enough to make .
fillibuster's mouth water The Rev. gen
tleman says he is himself no fllibuster, but
he remarks, "Cuba is worthy Of bette,
destiny than the wretched despotism which
now expresses it." Most persons, after
reading his graphic account Of the resource.
and attractions Of the gem of the Antilles
will fully agree with that proposition. He
says the fertility Of the soil is almost bound
less, the labor required in raising crops is
comparatively nothing, and the remunera-
ton is well nigh fabulous. He was told
'that some planters, who have such estates,
have an income Of eight hundred thousand
or million Of dollars annually. On new
ground, sugar which requires to be planted
in Louisiana once in three years, will pro-
duce its annual crop for nine or ten years,
so that the planter has nothing to do but to
reap the harvest every year. Compared
with such agricultural mines California pla-
GERS are small affairs But notwithstanding
these tempting proffers to mans love Of
money, by far the larger portion of the is
land is yet wilderness A published state
ment gives only one-twentieth part Of it as
under cultivation. Some part Of this, it is
true, is mountainous and untillable; but a
very considerable portion is as fertile as
that which yields SO enormous revenue.
At the eastern extremity of the island there
are two ports with harbors equal to that Of
HAVANA though for all available purpo-
ses to the Cubans, they might as well be in
Africa.
'sln addition to the sources of agricultu-
raj wealth, there are other abundant mate
rails wherewith an enterprising people
would enrich themselves. Copper mines
are already partially and productivity
worked, su abundance Of coal lies buried in
these mountains, ready to supply the fleets
Of steamers which rendezvous or call here,
whenever any one shall dig it out and bring
it to market whist the forest abounds with
mahogany, cedar, and other such woods as
are used for furniture and the most costly
fabrics The Cuban cedar, the material Of
which segar boxes are made, grows 70 q
much greater size than our tree Of the same
name, the trunk sometimes reaching a di-
ameter Of three feet or upwards. With its
varied products and resources, and its posi-
ton, the wealth of the Island, great as it
now is, might be multiplied ten-fold."
Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1858-08-07

AL About a Tenaan.--At Portsmouth,
Ohio, they have had an amusing law suit.
Three ladies were passing store, before
which several gentlemen we're Standing
The storekeeper said one Of the ladies', whose
face he had not noticed, was not Mrs. Fl.
One Of the party said it was another said it
wasn't. The merchant said he would give
him sack Of coffee if he would go and see.
He went, saw, returned, and said the lady
was Mrs. II. ola verify. In the morning
he claimed the sack of coffee, sending over a
horse and cart, when little sack holding an
ounce or two, prepared for the purpose, was
laid on the cart and duly delivered by the
cartman to the astonished Holmes. Holmes
repaired to the store, and claimed regular
sack Of coffee !; it was refused. He brought
suit, jury was empanneled and rendered a
judgment against Hyatt, ordering him to
deliver to Holmes fifty pound sack Of Java
coffee, worth Is cents per pound
Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1858-08-07
Singular Metah0rpkosis and CufIJHs
Results.

About tour years since. says Califor.
MA paper, man from the eastern States
came to this country to engage in mining.
lie went up to Tuolnmne, and commenced
laborlng in claim on Woods creek In .
orttlme his hair (Which was Of q hight
brown or auburn color) commenced falling
on, and soon there was not solitary hail
to be discovered on any part of his body
Lie was as guiltless of hmsute covering as {
marble statute. Singular to relate, the
mans general health was good during the
time OF this peeling. But what is more re.
markable, the general physical appearance
OF the man began to change rapidly. HI
was originally "long. lank, and lean J" bu1
now he began to assume FalstafFian proper.
tons. Although large boned person,
when he came to this country he only
weighed about l60 pounds, but in sever
months after his arrival at the mines his
weight was upwards Of 800 pounds. All
things must have an end, and 50 did our
hero's increase in size come to stop Then
1t was that his hair began to grow. But
now, strange to say his hirsute appendages,
instead of auburn color was coal black. In
stead of sandy whiskers, he had whiskers az
black as jet, and so on.
Our readers will naturally think the in
dividual, after undergoing all these trans
formations, had grown out Of the recollection
of his friends. And 50 he had as the &C.
quel will show. Now the hero of this trans
formation, when he left his house, left Z
wife whom he loved as the apple of his eye.
After residing here about three years he
sent for her. She came full Of love and az
lection to meet her long absent lord. When
the steamer arrived. a very large man, with
very black hair and whiskers, met her and
claimed her as his wife. She repudiated
him. He demonstrated aad explained. -
She would not hear to him, for she had
heard Of the wickedness Of this country. and
she was cautious She endeayored two
months to find her husband who had left
her, then gave him up for dead, and re-
turned to her home sorrowful and broken.
hearted The metamorphosed husband is
still here, and bitterly dcss he curse the
change in his fortunes which 40 altered the
complexion Of his personal affairs that even
his own wife cannot recognise him. At
present there is not the least PROJECT Of
losing his superabundant aesb or Of bis hair
changing color.
Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1858-08-07
WELCOME INTELLIGENCE

Our readers will remember that some
seven months ago train Of emigrants to
California was attacked By Indians at Sweet
Water in Utah, and nearly every person in
the company was slaughtered Subsequent
ly Mr.. D. G. Mitchell, ofArkansas, Motif
ed the Commissioner Of Indian Affairs tina,
there were several children with the train te
whom ne was related, and he requested tina,
inquiries be instituted az to whether thew
were among the murdered. The Commits
sioner promptly responded to this call By
directing the superintendent Of Indian AT.
fairs In California and Utah to investigate
the matter thoroughly. The California su-
perintendent reported some weeks since
that his search was unsuccessful.
The Commissioner has recently received
the answer Of the Utah Superintendent Dr..
Forney, dated at Salt Lake City, June %,
IN which he states that Mr.. Hamlin, liv-
ing near the scene of the massacre, has a
child belonging to some Of the murdered
emlgrants, and that fourteen children. al.o
belonging to the unfortunate train, are in
the care Of whites 10 his immediate neigh
borhood, having been ransonea and other
wise recovered from the Indians, after the
latter retained possession Of them several
days.
DR.. s, also reports that within 20 DAYS
previous to the time of his writing, four
Germans were murdered about so miles
South Of Salt Lake City, BY Indians, it is
supposed The Indians On ths Southern
route to California are said to be trouble
some, and DR.. F. has been importuned to
visit them. It is 400 miles from Salt Lake
City to the farthest Indian settlement On
that route, and 800 miles to where the chill
dren are. But DR.. T. will make the visit,
and on his return bring the children to his
snperintendency. He intends starting in
about four weeks. Dr. i. has not vet vis-
tied all the tribes in his superintendent,
but his reports are encouraging as to the
maintenance of pacific relations amongst
them, and between them and the Govern
ment.- Wash. Stur.
Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1858-08-07
FIuVaRHa Female Institute,

we had the pleasure, during our visit to
Eastern Virginia, of attending the annual
commencement Of this fourishing School. It
is situated in delightful neighborhood, in
the county Of Fluvanna, four miles from the
James River Canal, and is very accessible
by means of several roads which converge
at this point from all portions Of the country.
The order Of exercises was as follows:
At II o'clock the Young Ladies formed
procession and marched into the chapel
large and commodious room belonging to
the Institute. Here, after prayer by the
Rev. DR.. Francis, and few remarks BY
the Principal, the Rev. p S. Henson, they
were presented with certificates Of distinc-
ton to which they were entitled for ses-
sion spent in labor and anxiety. They were
then addressed by the Rev. J. A. Broadus,
Of Charlottesville. His subject was the
character of Queen Elizabeth, and we must
say that this was the happiest of his many
happy efforts. The Principal then read the
essay of Miss Bette Elsom This was fol-
lowed by a Valedictory Essay by Miss Tay-
l,r, read by N. A. Sturdivant, Esq. Both
Of these Young Ladies were graduates Of
the School and were then presented with
taeir diplomas. The Principal then ad-
dressed them in a few parting words, and
after receiving Bible presented by the two
graduates, the audience was dismissed for
dinner. At 4 o'clock in the evening, N.
A. Sturdivant, Esq, Of Richmond, deliv-
cred an address before the Tenolian Society.
We had not the pleasure Of hearing this, but
doubt not that he sustained himself with his
usual ability. The exercises of the day
were then closed. At 8 o'clock there was
a Concert by the pupils in which they &C
Quilted themselves with great credit both
to themselves and their faithful iustructress,
Miss Letitia LeTellier. This, with the pre-
sentation of a service Of silver plate to the
Principal by the pupils closed the exercises
Of the day.
How it swells the heart with gratitude to
behold this the fairest of the Creators crea-
ton, who but a few centuries past were con-
sidered fit only to be the servants of men,
thus raised by intellectual culture to a level
with him and assuming that rank and posi-
ton in society, to which they are entitled
as the future matrons Of our free and happy
land, and the mothers Of those who, after
the present generation has passed away, are
to ASSUME the reins Of government Of this
the proudeit, the noblest, the freest of all
the governments Of the earth Success to
thee, noble man, WHO has thus devoted the
talent which God has given you, to SO wise,
so useful, but at the same time SO iaborious
a purpose. Be assured, that in the day of
final reckoning, you will be enabled to re-
turn it to the Giver increased hundred,
nav thousand fold.
Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1858-08-07

Future Queen Of England. The English
papers have discovered that the Prince of
Wales poor soul has, in all this wide
world only seven ladies among whom lie
must TAX. his choice Of partner for life,
and also that Of this seven the most eligible
will be the Princes Alexandria of Denmark
whose father, Prince Christian is heir pre-
|sumptive to the crown The Prince of
Wales was born Nov. 9th, 1841, and the
Princess Alexandria on Dec I, 1871
She will thus be IS when the prince attains
his majority.