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The Human Frame.

A contemplation of perfect human
frame, or Of classic statue, (Which,
of course is fac smile of the former, }
will demonstrate the exquisite harmo-
ny of proportion which the Creative
Power has observed in the formation.
There is an undertaking scale through
ont, any violation of which c Constitutes
ugliness or deformity. Thus. the en-
tire human figure is exactly six times
the length Of the foot the face, from
the commencement of the hair above
the forehead to the end of the chin, is
one-tenth; the hand (measuring from
wrist to tip of middle fnger) is the
same. The chest is forth, and from
the top of the chest to the highest
point of the forehead is seventh, Let
the length of the face, from the roots
Of the hair to the chin, be divided into
three equal parts, the flrst will deter
mine where the eyebrows meet, and
the second the proper place of the nos
trils. OF the human body, the naval
is the central part, and if man were
to lie upon his back, with his arms ex-
tended, the periphery of the circle
which might be described around him
would touch the extremities of his
hands and feet. The height from the
feet to the top of the head is precisely
the same distance when the arms are
extended. We have here been able
to give few items relative to the har-
mony Of proportion visible in the hu-
man body. In its more minute de-
tails, both inwardly and outwardly,
we perceive signs of the divine hand
which fashioned it, and the divine spi-
rit that breathed soul into his NOS
trils--all eorroboratiYe of the Psalm
lists words and Of the no less inspired
exclamation of Hamlet:
"In form, how like an ANGEL
In comprehension how like . god
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Sensational Elopement.

A day or two since beautiful and
accomplished young lady, one of the
reigning bellies of Louisville, KY, and
a member there of the beau monde,
appeared here at the Spencer House
with a middle-aged gentleman of Ger
man extraction, q well-known music
teacher in that city. They were ira
Yelling companions, it was evident, but
the extreme affection they manifested
for each other indicated closer rela-
tionship than the disparity of their
circumstances seemed to admit.
The only daughter and heiress of
druggist in Louisville, worth at least
half q million. she was possessed of
youth, beauty, culture, accomplish
ment, and the grace, refinement and
elegan, e of mind and manner that rem
der position brilliant and circumstance
poetical.
He was a very good natured and
amiable person, but without fortune, a
professor of music, by which honora-
bic though not lucrative calling he had
supported himself comfortably in the
city of his adoption. Without appa.
rent personal attractions, and in his
fortieth year, it was hardly to be sup
posed he could so captivate the fancy
or intoxicate the senses of young and
romantic girl as to induce her to see
in him the ideal hero of which femi-
nine hearts at eighteen, usually dream,
until fact and reason arouse them to
the practical inexorabilities of life.
But SO it was.
One morning at early dawn, the fair
girl was missing, and note informed
her parents Of the step she had taken.
They we're mortified and grieved, of
course; but they had no remedy. The
bird had flown; they could not call her
back without her mate, and they wish
ed her mateless, or not tall.
The elopement created sensation
in Louisville, and caused as much sur
prise as indignation among many of
the young gallants there who had as
pired to her love | But the agony
must soon suhside; the twain, united
as closely as law and priest could make
them, are now en- route to Europe.
To Juno and the destinies that preside
over connubial fortune we commit
them, with the best wishes that union
thus unwisely perfected may result not
unhappily to those who trusted Hy-
men more than nature, and followed
the flaming torch that leads so often
through loyeless Lybias and Ssharas
Of spiritual desolation.-Ci,a. Press.
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The Child's PRAYER.

About twenty-four years ago a lit
tie girl of nine years, the daughter of
skeptic and q drnnkard, was con-
nected with one of the classes of nv
Sabbath School The teacher was a
most devoted and faithful laborer. The
department of this little girl was such
as to win the affection and kindest
care of the teacher, who on one occa-
sion presented her with a beautiful
copy Of the Scriptures. The little girl
conld hardly contain her joy. She
fastened home with the treasure, with
glowing, throbbing heart. As soon
as she entered the house, she rushed to
her father exclaiming, 80, see what
my teacher has given to me ~ holding
up beautiful Bible. The father was
sitting by the stove at the time, and
was under the influence of liquor. In
anger he seized the book and crammed
it into the FIRE. The child stood in
ama2ement for an instant, unable to
say word. Then she dropped upon
her knees, and with tears gushing from
her eyes implored God to have mercy
on her father.
That prayer, offered in the limo.
cence of childhood, and gushing right
out from that dear little heart, was
heard. The mother began to weep,
the others were overcome, and that
fathers heart was pierced by the arrow
of conviction. From that hour to this
the result of the child's prayer has
been gathering and increasing for the
glory of God. The father now lives,
and four-and-twenty years has been
q consistent COMMUNICATE in the
church. The mother also is in the
church, aud every member of the FAM
lily has been converted to God.
The little girl now lives as mother,
and is training her offspring for the
Lord, and is throwing her good infu
ence around large family for the
honor of her Master This is only one
of hundreds of instances where the
Sabbath School has blessed the pa
rents as we'll as the children.
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LINcoLN's CABINET. - The Nstg
York Herald, regarding the election
of Mr.. Lincoln as probably unavoida.
BILE, is already suggesting q cabinet
It recommends that Mr.. Seward be
rendered the Secretaryship Of State
or, declining that, be sent to England,
and that Mr.. Horace Greeley be made
Postmaster General. We like the last
suggestion. at any rate. Horace would
probably stop 0 good mary leaks and
stealings there, and very certainly
would decapitate all the postmaSters in
the South who undertake to stop the
Tribune from circulating. and in fact to
dictate what FREQ white people shall
read. Put him in by ell means. We
go for Horace for Postmaster General
any how. He viii pay no heed to Ca
leb Cushing's opinion that every igno-
rant postmaster is the proper censor
for bis neighborhood.
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indeed been true. In the midst of the
battle. with her lover by her side, and
the barb still in her bosom, the heroine
dies.
Her name, her sex, and her noble
devotion, soon became known through
ont the corps. There was a fearful
group around her graye-there wasn't
one Of those hardy warriors who did
not hedew her grave with tears.
They bnried her near the river San.
tee, in green shady nook, that looked
as if had been stolen out of paradise.
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them as they came up with their torch
es flashing thro' the woods; they were
jackson and his men. He had been
in our camp only the day before, and
told us he had q sheep farm in this
neighborhood. Quick, this way"
| shouted-'th wolves the wolves I"
He answered me. How blessed a
thing was the sound of human voice
in our necessity. They came under
the trees we were in.
" Hullow there! where are You !?
where are the wolves 2" he shouted in
a stentorian voice.
Dare's de sheep I'm bin huntin'
all dis Dressed night" exclaimed a
negro who accompanied Jackson on
his search.
I looked around, and there was
Jackson's big flock Of sheep, staring
blandly at Us up in the tree, and at
their master by turns 1t had been
their eyes we had seen in the dark
ness.
And there was Jackson, see-sawing
on fallen tree-hiccoughing and
laughing, and crying by turns-and
there were the negroes and they called
TO the sheep, Hol no no wolves,
oh, laws massey y
Poke slid down the tree he was in,
picked up his coat tail, that had been
torn off by broken limb in his hur-
ried ascent, signing
sob that I had the wings OF a dove !"
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goet's s0ppk,
The Naughty Young Ladies.

We received the following the other
day, by a correspondent, which we
publish simply to show how naughty
young ladies used to be in /" times
gone by OF course we do not mean
to insinuate that it would apply to any
ladies of the present day
That tall young fellows here to day.
wonder what's his name?
His eyes are fixed upon our pew
Do look at Sallie Dame.
Who is that lady dressed in green
1t can't be hrs Leach
There's Mrs. Jones with Deacon Giles!
wonder if he'll preach
Lend me your fan, it is so warm,
We both will sit to prayers
Mourning becomes the widow Ames-
How Mary's bonnet fares.
Do look at Nancy sloper's veil
It's full breadth too wide,
wonder if Susannah Ayres
Appears to-day as bride?
Lord! what g voice Jane Rice has got
Oh, how tsat organ roars
I'm glad we've left the singers seats
How hard Miss johnson shores.
What ugly shawls are those in front?
Did you observe Ann Wild?
Her new straw bonnets trimmed with black,
guess she's lost child
Tn half asleep--that's Mr.. Jones
His sermons are so long;
This afternoon wen stay at home,
And practice that new song.
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How TO FRITTEN 'EM.---When (said
an old darkey preacher Ican't 'swads
'em, frittens 'ern--dat IS great art,
and tho white preacher don't always
understand de nature OBJ colored folks.
Vow, Pompey, dere is one nature OBJ
nigger and one nature Of Masss Buck.
ra. You can't scare our people By
telling 'em dey'll go to berry hot place
if dey is sinners. for no place is too hot
for dem dat sleep on piller Of hot roast.
ed sand in dc boilin' heat Of de day,
wild dere faces turned up to it Ike
sun-fower. | scare dem BY cold. ]
talk of frozen ribbers dat dey must
walk on barefoot; and Of snow-drifs,
and OBJ carrying great chunks Of ice on
dere bare heads foreber and cher, like
dischargin' cargoes Of Yankee ice from
Boston vessels, which kills more Of
dem dan yaller fever. ! cant talk
book larnin, cause can't pronounce
'em. But | fritten dem to death al.
most, so dey call me old Scare Grow.
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"The path was steep and rugged,
The wolves they howled and whined,
But he ran like whirlwind up the pass,
And left the wolves behind. ''--lNacamIay.
"Mike, what kind of night would
this be for fre-s shooting p said the
Doctor to that meditative Nimrod,
who was busy sewing up his moccasin
by the light of the camp fire after q
week of travel.
$50, So" replied Mike without
looking up.
81 am going think"
No answer. Mike put on the men,
ded moccasin and drew off the other.
edo you think we can kill any
thing?"
"S'pose," replied Mike.
"Come, Charlie, let us try it for
little while"
This was all a ruse on the part of
Poke, in order to make Mike think
our great hunt was an unprecedented
affair, and thereby increase the glory
Of killing so much game. 1t had been
arranged between us during the day
that we should try fire hunting that
night. 1t promised to be q cloudy
night, which was of great advantage,
as it prevented the game from seeing
anything of the hunters, and at the
same time rendered their eyes more
reflective when exposed to the torch
light. We had even gone so far as to
make our pitch pine torches, and the
whole preparation was complete. 1t
was party of two-the Doctor and
myself. There would be rather more
interest in getting the game alone ;
and beside that, Mixes opinion of fire
shooting was well known, and we knew
he would not go with us-so constant
a hunter scorned so primitive snare
as the one we proposed. The negroes
we did not want, for the fewer the
party the better. So, one Of us taking
gun, aud the other carrying q torch,
we left camp.
The boys were chuekling together
as they watched US go, the dogs howl
ed because they could not go with us,
! and Mike gave one of his expressive
coughs that said as plainly as words,
"Now for it. ~
a We were soon outside the glare OF
the camp fire, the little creek was
crossed, and our torch flashed brightly
on the taper trunks of the pine trees,
the climbing vines, and the broad
leafed plants that grew by the pools
of water. There was no wind and
walking in the pine woods, there was
no sound. Once in long while, a
sand hill crane, disturbed in his wan
derings, would be seen stalking away
with his red head high in the air, like
sentry on duty, or the sudden motion
of the underbrush would tell us that
some one of the many little harlequins
of the wood, that gambol most when
men do sleep, had fed from the unusu'
al spectacle of a moving light. But
no deer rewarded our search no beal
showed US his heavy coat.
"Faith,n said the doctor, "thiI
romantic promenade is getting some
what long. !"
"Think of the deer; one buck viii
well pay u.s.
Fudge if there was no one to
laugh at rs would have turned back
long ago. Give me the gun and you
take the light.
Accordingly we changed positions
Il going ahead, carrying the torch
before me in such q manner as TO
throw the light ahead as far as posi-
bic. and none on orr person, and the
doctor received the gun and took my
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A little girl about two and q half
years old seeing the elephant attached
to the circus pass By the house. asked
her mother, who was standing BY,
"what that great India rubber thing
was. that wss walking Ii the street
With two tailan
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He is the least unhappy. who makes
least account of happiness ia this
world puts himself in Gods way to
do il, patiently visits for il, and can
see smile on the face az death.
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" In form, how Ike an angel
In comprehension how like . god"

"What is that n asked q teacher
of a little girl, poipting to the letter
x. why, that's papa's name I've
seen him wrise It over 20 msny timea"
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THERE il no knowledge 70 thorough
as that which i gained e last. sfsss
ysars Of wondering lnQnity.
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919Eyistellauyg.
The Dangers of Fire Hunting.

[From the Camp Fires of the Everglades.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1860-04-20

Euaa W. sHEFFEI. / aAs. BUMeAkDsRH, IN
LAW NOTICE.
fTvHE undersigned have formed psrtnershlp IN
i the Practice of Law, in the various GO urts
held in .Stau-ton. They will attend promptly 20
ali business confident to their Especial at
sention paid to the Collection of Claims.
Husn W. SHEFFEY will practice in the. Courts
ct Highland, Bath and Roekbridge; and in the
JAS. BUMGARDNER, JE.
Auusen Jan Is, 1859.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1860-04-20

A FIeHriNa CouNTRY.;-A citizen of Mem,
phis, Tennessee. has lust returned from
trip to Arkansas, aud tells the following.
witch viii convey an idea of how they do
up matters in that State
Having occasion TO stop az a small town
on the river, he was compelled to remain
over Sunday. After the usual cogitations
incident to Sabbath morning. he strolled
through the only street in the place, and
halted ut the grocery" around which
crowd os a dozen people were congregated.
He remained there three hours. and in that
time Que man was SHOT and fatally wounded
and two others seriously stabbed, in three
separate fights.
From fighting country himself, our
friends equanimity was not seriously dis
turbed, but be was rather surprised that
sitter the ARRAYS were over, the perret 'ators
of the shooting and stabbing should resume
their previous occupation with seeming un-
concern. Turning TO an acquaintance, he
inquired: Don't you arrest anybody herss@,
..0h, no I" was the answer, F''ws amt 'H-
so,peratsa yssf'
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1860-04-20

M Hon. Roger 4. Pryor, ii late
speech in the House Of Representatives, ex-
pressed the following views:
"Be that as it may, protest against the
assumption that an opinion on Territorial
power shall BE made test Of political fideli-
|ty. can understand how the enemies of
Democracy may employ and aggrayate the
issue as wedge to rend assunder the unity
of our party; but cannot comprehend how
any Democrat can assist in the suicide ope-
ration. 81
In all political organizations these must
be some open questions. It is impossible to
enforce an exact conformity of opinion upon
every subject Of speculation. Thepolicy Of
the Democratic party has been to tolerate a
difference of opinion in this matter Of Ter
ritorial power
BETTER Nor HAD 4 NEW TRIAL-A man
by the name of Levi Ostrander, formerly Of
Mechanicsville, Saratoga county, N. Y,
was sentenced to be hung, at St. Louis on
the goth inst. Ostrander was tried and con-
vieted Of manslaghter; his counsel appealed
and obtained a new trial, and on this be was
convicted Of murder. An appeal, on the
ground that he could not be convicted of
murder, when on a former trial he was con-
victed of lesser offense, had been overru-
led. We think this case is withouta parallel
in the history of criminal trials
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1860-04-20

|of political institutions In our own expe-
lrience, Mormonisln has exemplifed the evils
of the system by the bitter fruits of scdition
and crime. If, then, vFe would avert the
scorn Of Christendom, and protect our coun-
try from the blight of the most consuming
curse that can fall upon a nation, let US not
hesitate, because Of any seruple Of legal
technicality, ID employ the NEST efficacious
cxpedient for the Suppression of polygaray
within the limits of the Republic.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1860-04-20

THE CLAIM OF VIRGINIA ON THE UNITED
SrArEs.-We clip the following paragraph
from the Enquirer of the 9M, which will,
no doubt, afford great qualification to the
tax payers of Virginia
pointed by the Legislature, that there is
fair PROSPECT Of the large claim of about
al, 100, 600 being realized by the State
The Virginia delegation in both branches of
Congress, are taking, it is said, an active
interest ii the matter; and, as the State only
asks to be placed on the same footing with
MARYLAND. Alabama, and other States, which
have secured large sums ssecehtly by acts of
Congress, we cannot doubt tnas the same
measure of Justice will be extended to- gr-
ginia: and at this time it is matter of great
imnortance q her It may, however, be
defeated by non-action. Our agents, Messls
Thomas Green and John A. Parker, are
using every effort to secure success.
SAKE ON john BRowN, What have
YOU there ~ inquired our friend SAFE of Che
news boy in the Rutland depot a few days
since .:The Life Of John Brown, responded
the boy. "Ah you little rascal" replied
SAGE, sit can't be SO, his life vas taken
down in Virginia few months ago" W.
examined John Browns picture OH the cover
Of the book, and remarked that he was not
we'll executed mot we'll executed" says
SAKE, ''the people Of Charleston have very
different impression. p Rut'and Courier.
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BrofessionaI Caros.

i . xlSFHaor P. B. GRAVES
AfARKWOOD & GRAVES
FaEhionab1e TAi1ors,
Opposite tire Marble Yard,
Main ST., staunton, Va.
ITToULD inform their friends and the public
p w generally that they are now prepared to
execute work entrusted to them in the neatest and
ID ost Fashionable STYLES, and they hope by prompt
atten ton to business and desire to please ell who
Esay f.yor them with their custom. to merit i5e-
ral share OF patronage.
Stanton, Sep. 3, 1851.
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BasfoN March 10, 1860.

AN INDIAN BRAvE.-The Austin (Texas)
[ntelligencer gives description Of the gun,
bow and arrows, trappings. &c., of an In
dian recently killed in Burnet county-a
wild Camanche- adds: Mr.. Hunter,
of Burnet, describes his conduct and death
as being brave in the highest degree. A
party Of about ten had pursued and oVerta-
ken the Indians, about the same number.
and at last intercepted them. The Indiars
took to the timber. The Whites attempted
to pursue, when this Indian turned on foot
an / faced the whole party. With his gun
to his shoulder he rushed at one and anoth-
err, although fired at all the time with six
shooters, and succeeded in keeping them at
bay. He. did not fire, and at last, when
shot several times, Mr.. Hunter says he got
down On his knees as quietly as a man go
ing to prayer. and making an effort to draw
his bow, fell dead, pierced with a dozen bull
lets. The party join in the belief tbas he
met his death to enable the balance ct his
band to escape Only one Of the others was
killed. He was not tall, but was model
of symmetry, and displayed great power of
muscle.
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ET' What a fine head your boy has,"
said an adnliring friend. YES, said the
fond father, he's a chip Ct tbs old block,
amt you, sonny?'' II guess So, daddy,
cause teacher said yesterday T was d Young
blockhead"
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EE Said George, "since / have been g.
broad I have eaten 50 much pork, that an,
to look pig in the face
II pose, sir, them, said wag Who was
present, you shave without glass