Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1860-09-04

SENATOR DOUGLAS ON JULEPs.-In his speech
at Petersburg, Va, Tuesday night, Senator
Douglas gave the following historical account Of
the discovery of juleps:
About the year 1776, a man by the name Of
George Rogers CLARK, applied to the Governor
OF Virginia, and suggested to him that as peace
might at any time be declared between Great
Britain and the colonies, it would be well for us
to be IN possession of the Northwest territory
that which is now Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Mich
igan and Wlsconsn-so that when tire Commits
sioners came to negotiate the treaty of peace, we
might act on the well-known principle of utl
posssdetas, each party holding all they had in
possession. He suggested to the Governor that
he should permit him to 90 out to the North.
west, conquer the country, and hold it until the
treaty OF peace, when we would become pos
sessed of it. The Governor consented, and sent
him across the Mountains to Pttsburg. From
there he and bis company foated down the Ohio
river on rats to the falls where Louisville now
stands, and after remaining there short time,
they again took to their rats, and f1oated down
to the Salines, just below Shawneetown, in III
nols. Here they took up their march across the
country to Kaskaskia, where there were num-
Der ri French who had formed q settlement
there, and by means of guide they reached the
Oquaw River, and encamped near Peter Me-
rands house, some little distance from the town.
You see en- well acquainted with the local
ity daughter and applause.) They reached
there at night, and early the next morning,
Clarke got his little army of ragamuffins to-
gether, (for they had no army wagons with sup
plies, no sutler, and no stores and by this time
began to look ragged and wretched enough,) and
took up his line OF march for the little French
town OF Kaskaskia. 1t was summer, and very
hot day, and as he entered the town, he saw the
Frenchmen belonging to it sitting quietly Oh the
little verandahs in front of their houses, sucking
their juleps through a straw, and he rushed on
them, crying, Surrender, you suckers, you p
[Great laughter.] The Frenchmen surrendered,
and from that day to this, Illinoisans have been
known as 'ssuckers.'' Renewed laughter.]
That was the origin of our scognomen, and
when Geo. Rogers Clarke returned to Virginia,
he introduced the sjuleps here. Laughter.
Now, want to give Virginisns fair notice that
when they claim the honor of Jefferson, of q
Madison, of Marshall, of Wythe, of a George
Mason, and of as many other distinguished sa-
ges and patriots as the world ever saw, we yield
when you claim the glory you achieved on the
field Of battle, we yield when you claim credit
for the cession of the Northwest Territory, that
out of it sovereign States might be created, we
yield; when you claim the glory of never hav-
ing polled vote against the Democratic party,
we yield; but when you claim the glory Of the
mint julep, hands off! Illinois wants, that
[Shouts of laughter and applause.l s ..aeda 4
AFFAIRS AT Damascus Rev. Mr.. Rob
son, an English missionary, writing from Da.
mascus, Syria, on the 10th of July, says:
II have seen reason to give up the hope of
security which for few days | ventured to
cherish. | intend to leave this place as soon as
! know what Mr. g. will do, as soon as get the
miserable remnants of our people disposed Of
We are crushed and tramp1ed into the dust
We breathe the air of heaven only from hour to
boar at the will of the murderers of our breth-
rem. The government has not shown any vigor
| yet, and our new Commander-in- Chief, instead
of Fastening with his troops to protect US, is in
the Bukaa waiting for Faud Pasha, SO that
Faud's entrance may be with sufficient eclati
The dogs are eating the pnburied dead. Rob
bers still ransack the ruins, women, girls and
children are still slaves in the power of the ruff
fans who spoiled their homes, murdered their
protectors and brutally carried them off.
The past is like horrible and incredible
dream. The future is darkness, terror apd de.
spair. In the morning we say Would God it
were evening" and in the evening we say Would
God it were morning."
Many letters of a similar nature are received
by every post, giving more or less of the shock
ing details of the massacre, too horrible to re-
late