, 1859-11-24
Apples and FKayntaekS.

tFstsn tie n. Esea.as POSI-
@s sded ,hsa Is 1e
'ctn white lncr .nd lire negroes hare thrown
thcm into such c st1tc of prcternatura& excite.
nl.Et that t'.ey III longer scc anything as it
e. Ihr;r i<fi"r cxagg,eratrs the slightest oc-
s:;l1rrnGr.. II tia: roor rid Itisaner only
e.n@h.. in !,Is solitary tell, thcv think it p;>-
In ..rtt :4,.:! ~ 10 anus. y gentleman picks
" ,,'aa Hi,i'1r iU bis orchard, aud instantly tho
..pp's iacrnvcstcd iuo All image Of the terrible
M:u~n. An nPplr has jus. been eut us" says
s;t i:ictmonl E"2ui,.r, "ly ii gentleman OF
Abingdon. 1t rcscu,b;rs human ilead Of the
long kind, such Ii We see III pictures Of 'Old
Brown The face thereon IS remarkable tea'
tufc, with eyes, koman nose, mouth andt!owing
beard strangely marked thereon. What IN
nH full poftcl.t, when the very app!c'tfees sym
pathfse with The 1,arlyr, and impress his tea-
lures upun their ottsprin.. The apple is sig
.i'icnnt fruit: an: has played q great part IN
oveF tempted our lucktess mother. Eve; tho
tb1er golden apples, it may be remembered, de-
fcatcl Atalanta in her inn'ous loot race Win
her ioycr; aud "a apple suggested to Newton
thc theory of universal srnEitation.
but l,avstackY, US vel ~ apples, are playing
their prsnls upon Tue Virginia mind. Some
fellow, 70 nvcngc himself upon his ucighbor,
set1 kay stalk GU Gre. and INSTANTLY the whole
nf JtEerkou county kin1lcs into Il blaze. The
citiz.ns grasp .leir iircloeks; Colonel Dayis
t"ieSraphs 10 Governor MISC; thousand
troops r.lst to the krenc from, alexandria and
s>ichu.oud; the federal government orders
1.-Two thousand pounds Of powder and large
number Of Mimic balls and lowlszcr-shc1la
TO L.. aent from ttle Washington Arsenal 10
l1srpers rcrry;" aud everybody md esery'
thing is in frantic uproar. What on eaFth
let us ask have rii1rns Il, powder and howitze.,
ahcits to do with a burning haystaeks Couidn
the PEOPLE OF the vicinity put 1t out: Or mo =
they sa.n1on tue whole State, together will
fnrccs from Washington, 10 extinGuish 4 lev
bundles oil hay: 1n any rational coidss'ou Q
things u da=eu old women might easily get th'
nnrcrllanl of suvh q contiaErat,on. and tile ttc
1la: the Tirgiuians call together their mtl'taI!
cnmpznies tn lar9c upon the luminous bund!!
a4 uon 4aixo!c charged upon the Windmill
sho-;s that they are not l' rational conoia'oa
let VIC hare SONG .,ity for these deluded peo
,,1c: ,hey are nut exclusively the authors o
1hc,r own nnadnpaa for 4hcy hare been foolish
II goa,lcd and c1cr1cd from without, and thos
newspapers and politicians which have bee
telling tIlLsn stories Of northern Aob9oblsns iii
hu.a,1oos arr responsible for pnrt Of the cruz
Tie nurse who tells TN already terrified chill
ehat The "rgls Eaan is coming to catch him,
is universally seprobated: but those deln'
sexucs who hare lcen inventing portcntot'
faischoods atnut canspi. acics and lnras1ons u
III the sulnc category.
We believe ahal The 1ircintans would By til
time llare recovered from their first fright,
they had been lct aloue-if they had been n
loved TO see for themselves hom inconslderat
the means Of lid Brown were, and how gene
aliy .s plan Was condemned as znlFchlerous II
mistaken; but thrY lave NOT been let alone, n
are consequently kept in puroxSsni Of tcar !
the rIw bead and cross bones which the poll
Claus rattle in their cats.