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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1865-11-25
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1865-11-25

ROBBERY JARrEsOS. 1ho' ~ 4 1'sS -
The undersigned have opened an office In
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transaction Of q GENERAL INSURANCE.
business. - ~
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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1865-12-08
A Singular Case Of Insanity.

On Monday we witnessed singular case
of insanity, and the remarkable power that
some persons have to control insane persons.
AS the morning accommodation train from
New Haven to this city stopped at Southport
Conn, an insane woman, apparently about
IS years of age, was forcibly brought on
board the cars by her friends, to be taken to
the Insane Retreat at Bloomingdale. She
was perfectly wild with excitement, and her
hands were firmly tied at her wrists to keep
her from tearing off her clothes. AS she was
forced down into her seat, and held there by
her attendants, an entire stranger approached
her, and, addressing few kind words to her,
inquired after her health, asked to see her
tongue, felt her pulse, smoothed her forehead
gently with his hand, and in few moments
entirely Quoted her. Her illusion was that
she had lost her head and feet. The stranger
told her she was partly right and partly
wrong in her impressions that it was true
she had temporarily lost her feet, but that
her head was all right, as was proved by her
showing her tongue. He conversed with
her nearly all the way to the city got her
finally to admit that her head was right, and
told her that when she got to Twenty seventh
street she would find her feet On reaching
there the stranger requested that he might
take her out of the cars and place her in a
carriage. The friends were incfedulous, but
consented. The stranger then said. well,
I told you you would find your feet when
you got here, and sure enough you have
Come with me 2 This was said mildly, but
with firm voice of assurance and authority,
and to the astonishment Of all present she
cot up, followed her stranger friend out of
the cars, and allowed him. to conduct her to
carriage and placed her in it. He then
kindly bid her good bye, and disappeared in
the crowd, without waiting to receive the
shower of thanks from her friends
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1865-12-08

sions: be seemed to have stolen natures long
hidden secret of attraction. But his great
est triumph was to come.
His eyes began to glance at the assassin
HOPKINS, as his lean, taper fingers assumed
the same direction. He hemmed the wretch
with a wall of strong evidence and impreg-
nable argument, cutting off all hope Of es-
cape He dug beneath the murderer feet,
bitches of dilemma, and held the slanderer
up to the scorn and contempt Of the popu-
lace. Having thus GRIT him about with a
circle Of fire, II stripped himself for the massa-
Gre.
Oh. then it was vision both glorious and
dreadful to behold the orator. His actions
became as impetuous as the motion of an oak
in a hurricane. His voice became trum-
pet, filled with wild whirlpools, deafening
the ear with crashes Of power, and yet inter-
mingled all the while vith sweet under
song of the softest cadepso His forehead
elowed like a heated furnace, his counte
nance was haggard,, like that Of maniac,
and ever and anon he flung his long, bony
arms on high, as if grasping after thunder
bolts.
He drew a picture of murder in such ap-
pailing colors, that in comp arson hell itself
might be considered beautiful; he painted
the slanderer so black that the sun seemed
dark at noon day, when shining on such an
accursed monster: and then fixing both por-
traits on the shrinking HOPKINS, fastened
them there forever. The agitation of the
audience nearly amounted to madness.
All at once the speaker descended from
the perilous. height. His voice walled out for
the murdered dead and living--the beautiful
MARY, more beautiful every moment as her
tears flowed faster-tll men wept and sobbed
like children.
He closed by strange exhortation to the
Jury, and through them to the bystanders !;
he advised the PANEL, after they should
bring in verdict for the plaintiff, not to Of
fer violence to the defendant, how ever rich
| " he may deserve it.: in other words, +" not
to lynch the villain, but leave his punish
ment to God" This was the most artful
trick of all, and best calculated to insure vio-
lence.
The Jury returned verdict Of fifty thous-
and dollars; and the night afterwards Hop
k1Ns was taken out Of bed by lynchers, and
beaten almost to death. AS the court adj
journed the stranger said, "JouN TAYLOR
will preach here this evening, at early can
die light lie did preach-and the house
was crowded I have listened to CLAY,
WEBSTER, and CaLuouN--to DWIGHT, BAs-
COMB, and BEEcnER- but never heard any
thing, ii the form Of sublime words, even
remotely approximating to the eloquence Of
JOHN TAyLoR-massive as a mountain, and
wildly rushing as cataract Of fire.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1865-12-08
A Moment If Horror.

For twenty-three years, old Jake Willard
has cultivated the soil in Baldwin county, and
drawn therefrom support for himself and
wife He is childless. Not long ago Jake
left the house III search of missing COW
His route led him through an old worn out
patch of clay land, Of about SIX acres IN ex-
tent, in the centre of which was we'll
twenty-five or thirty feet deep, that at some
time, probably, had furnished the inmates Of
dilapidated house near by with water. In
passing by this spot an i'll wind drifted Jake's
: tile from his head, and waited it to the
edge of the well, and in it tumbled.
Now, Jake had always practiced the viz
tue Of economy, and he Immediately set
about recovering his lost hat He ran to the
well, and finding it was dry at the bottom,
he unrolled the rope which he had brought
for the purpose of capturing the truant COW,
and, after several attempts to catch the hat
with moose, he concluded to save time by
going down into the well himself. 10 ac-
complish this he made fast one end Of the
rope to a stump hard BY and was soon on
his way down the well.
It is fact of which Jake was no less OBJ
livious than the reader hereof, that Ned
Welles was in the dilapidated building afore
said, and that an old blind horse, with a bell
on his neck, who had been turned out to die,
was lazily grazing within a short distance Of
the well.
The devil himself, or some other wicked
spirit, put it into Ned's Uranium to have a
little fun; so he quietly slipped up to the
horse, unbuclkled the strap, and approach
ed with slow and measured 9 tlng-a-llng,'
to the edge Of the we'll.
Dang that old blind boss? said Jake,
/" he is a comm this way sure, and amt got
no more sense nor to fall in here. Whoa,
Ball p
But the continued approach of the " ting
a-ling," said, just as plainly as words, that
old Ball wouldn't & whoa" Besides, Jake
was at the bottom, resting before trying to
" Shin it up the rope.
Great Jerusalum = said he, g the old
cuss will be atop O me fore | can say Jack
Robinson. Whoa! dang you, whoa Y
Just then, Ned drew up to the edge Of the
well, and with his foot kicked a little dirt in
to it.
ooh, Lord exclaimed Jake, falling on
his knees at the bottom Of the WE'LL e I'm
gone now Whoa Now [ lay me down to
sleep-whoa, Ball pray my soul the Lord
to-whoa, now-Oh, Lord, have mercy on
me p
Ned could hold in no longer, and fearful
that Jake might suffer from his fright, he
revealed himself.
Probably Ned didn't make tracks with his
heels from that we'll Maybe Jake wasn't
up to the top Of it in short order. Maybe
mott don't know. But do know if Jake
finds out who sent you this, it will be the
last squib you'll get from me.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1865-12-08
4 Negro Conspiracy Discovered and bro
ken I'D in M;SSisSinni.

CAIRO, November pa well-known
citizen Of Mississippi, in whose statements we
place the utmost confidence, informs us that
some time since the citizens of Ripley, Mis-
sissippi, were led to believe from certain
movements Of the negroes in that vicinity,
that something unusual was going on. Ne
groes were discovered making mysterious Wis
its to LaGrange, and returning frequently.
This aroused suspicion, and the citizens de-
torlIincd to ferret out the designs Of the ne
srocs. They accordingly held a meeting,
and appointed two Of the number detectives.
The citizens, to whom the duty Of discover
ing the plans of the negroes had been intrust-
ed, performed their duty well, and obtained
the information they desired. They dressed
themselves in Federal uniforms, ingratiated
themselves into the confidence Of the negroes
who appeared to be the leaders in the myste-
rious movement, ascertained that . conspira-
cy had been organized among the blacks, ex
tending from the Mississippi river to South
Carolina, and that All insurreciion was con-
templated about Christmas
The plans Of the negroes were being rap
idly consumated, and had they not been dis
covered, would undoubtedly have resulted in
the horrors of San Domingo and Jamaica in
the Southern States. -Four Of the ringlead
ers have been arrested, two Of whom have
made confession, and divulged information
which led to the capture Of the arms and am
unition Of the conspirators Great excite
ment prevailed for a time. A feeling of Sc
curity has been created by the fact that
prompt measures have been taken to nip in
the bud any future attempts OF the lnsurrec-
tlunlotS
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1865-12-08
The Way of the World.

There goes yirtuous and honest man -
Who cares I? Nobody looks at HIM or cares q
fig how he looks or dresses -
Here passes a man of wealth. The Old
ladies run to the window Who 2 Where
How does he dressY He is great OBJECT
of attraction. How in the world did he
make SO much 2 He dosen't look as IT ne
was worth penny
This is the way Of the world. Everybody
gazes with admiration upon the rich, while
they turn away from virtuous poverty, Let
a man make ten thousand dollars, and he IS 3
gentleman, every inch of him. Everybody
has kind word and smile for him.
BE poor and honest, and no one knows
you. Men and women have heard ofsuch
name as yours, and you may live at their cl-
bow, but they are not certain about it,
Possess fortune and live at the mile post,
and your neighbors and friends will line the
heart of the city. All would know where
you lived and point a stranger to the very
dsor.
We repeat-such is the world. Golden
vice is caressed, while humble virtue Is IN
observed.
VIII the time never nerer come when men
shall be honored for their virtues and desplsed
for their vices, rather than be caressed Tor
their riches and condemned for their poverty:
Everybody in words, censures the idea OF
honoring the rich because they are rich, and
vet such are the regulations Of society that
everybody does humble in his manners and
feelings in the presence of the upper ten
thousand As long as the ladies will asso-
ciate with the voluptuous rich and shun the
virtuous poor, so long will vice be considered
no disgrace, and wealth will pay for the sac
rihce of virtue.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1865-12-08
p O E T r Y
From the Springfield Republican.
"NOV ILAY ME- DOWN TO SLEEP"

In the quiet nursery chambers,
Snowy pillows vet Impressed,
See the forms of little children
Kneeling white-robed for their rest.
All in quiet nursery chambers,
While the dusky shadows creep,
Hear the voices of the children
F'Now lay me down to sleep,
In the meadow ard the mountain,
Calmly shine the winter stars,
But across the glistening lowlands
Slant the moonlight's silver bars.
In the silence and the darkness,
Darkness growing still more Deep
Listen to the little children,
Praying God their souls to keep.
sIfw die, SO pray the children,
And the mothers head drops low,
Zone from out her fold is sleeping
Deep beneath this winters snow.)
s'Take our souls )" and past the easement
Fits CLEAN of crystal light
Like the trailing of bis garments
Walking evermore in white
Little souls, that stand expectant
Listening at the gates of life,
Hearing far away, the murmur
OF the tumult and the strife
We, who fight beneath those banners,
Meeting ranks of foemen there,
Find deeper, broader meaning
In your simple vesper prayer.
When your hands shall grasp this standard,
Which to day YOU watch from far,
When your deeds shall shape the conflict
In this universal war,
PRAY to Him. the God of battles,
Whose strong eye can never sleep,
In the warning Of temptation
Firm and true your souls 10 keep.
When the combat ends and slowly
Clears the smoke from out the Skies
When far down the purple distance.
All the noise of battle dies,
When the last nights solemn shadows
Settle down on you and me,
NAV the love that never faileth,
Take our souls eternally.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1865-12-08

"NorH1NG so MUCH THE SPIRITS CALM AS
RUM AND TRUE RELIGION Poets, it is said,
are akin to Prophets which (when the Or
biography of the word is scrupulously pre-
served, may be true. Perhaps coming
events (do) cast their shadows BEFORE" in
view of which possibility, we may venture
to believe that BYRON, when he dashed off
the audacious line we have quoted saw in
his minds eye'' an announcement that the
barque Thomas Pope would clear out of
the port of New York, bound for Monrovia
freie hted with ''seven missionaries and
twenty thousand 9,0O0) gallons of
rum" With these potent agents Of the white
mans civilization, duly under way for Mon
rovia, we may expect to hear of sensible i'm
proyemcnts i'll the manners, habits and GUS
toms Of the fortunate people to whom the
rum and the missionaries have been invoiced.
-Norfolh Trginaaa.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1865-12-08

No USE FOR TRoUsERs On the the morn
ing Of the meteoric shower, in 1882, old Pey
ton Roberts, who intended making an early
start to his work, got up in the midst OF the
display On going to his door, he saw with
a1nazement the sky lit up with the falling
meteors, and he concluded at once that the
world was on fire and the day of Judgment
had come. He stood for moment gazing
in speeches. terror at the scene, and then
with veil of horror sprang out of the door
right in the midst Of the falling stars, and
there in his effort to dodge them, he COM
menced series of ground tumbling that
would have done honor to a rope dancer
His wife. being awakened in the meantime,
seeing Peyton jumping and skipping about
the yard bawled out to him to know "what in
the name of common sense he was doin, out
thar dancin' around without his clothes on
But Peyton heard not The judgment had
long back accounts he would have to settle,
made him needless of all terrestrial things.
and his wife by this time becoming alarmed
by his behavior, sprang out of bed and run
ming to the door, shricked at the top of her
lungs:
"Peyton, I say Peyton, what do you
mean jumping about thar? Come in and put
your trousers on. .-t
Trousers what the DIS the use of
trousers when the worlds on fire p
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1865-12-08

ABOUT ADVERTISING. Somebody gets off
very correct sensible remarks about the VII"
tues of advertising, in the following article.
We commend them to the business men OF
the county:
You see goods are like gals-they must
90 when they are in fashion and good look
ing or else yoke of oxen wouldn't draw
them aftcrward The man that adyertlses
most, does the most business, because he does
not make one stock last a lifetime. know
a merchant in this district who has imported
three different patches of goods, within year,
from Europe, and now he's nearly sold out
again. How does he and his partner get rid
of so many goods? They advertise more than
all the rest put togethor-that how | VIII
prove it, If you want to borrow money!
you want to lend money-if you want to
rent farm-if you have one to sell-adver-
tise If your horse, COW, pig, colt, sheep or
oxen 90 astray, advertise them right OF and
not run a chance of loseing them altogether.
or having to pay as much as they are worth
in charges, for keeping If you keep . no.
tel. make it known When people see
man advertise they know he is business
man. The world is full of folks who want.
Some want to SELL some want to buy, and
the only way to meet these wants, and make
money is TO advertise Advertising is like
money--it followed up. Merchants think
nothing Of paying forty pollars for one sign
with their names on it. Well, what do You
think Of having eight thousand signs week
in newspaper In it you show your whole
establishment to the country every week.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1865-12-08

THE Hoe TRADE IN INpIANA.--A letter
from New Albany, Indiana, says that prep
arations are making for the hog Strengthening
season, but ruling prices and the fall of rates
at Cincinnati are likely to delay the process
The season, the writer says, will open
about the 1st of December, by which time
it is anticipated prices will rule from So to
$3.50 per GENITAL. gross. The extraordinary
heavy corn crop will have the effect to pro-
tract the season, az the farmers will feed their
hogs until their surplus Of corn is exhausted
The result of this will be that hogs the pres
eut season will average much heavier than
last, and will probably make M in we'g|'t
what may b. lost in~numbcr.'
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1865-12-08

A DWARF ENG1NE.-One Of the most
curious articles of the Wakefield, England
exhibition is, perhaps, steam engine and
boiler in miniature, and described as the
smallest steam engine in the world" 1t
stands scarcely two inches in height and is
covered with a glass shade. The fly wheel
is made of gold, with steel arms, and makes
1000 revolutions per minute The whole
engine and boiler are fastened together with
80 screws and bolts, the whole weighing
fourteen grains or less than quarter Of an
ounce. The manufacturer says Of it that the
evaporation Of six drops of water will drive
the engine eight minutes. This piece OF
mechanism is designed and made by a clock
maker At finrstorth-
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1865-12-08
ADVERTISING RATES.
FOR LESS THAN THREE MONTHS.

Advertisements will be inserted at the rate O..
One Dollar per square of Ten Lines or less, for ev-
er0 ;nsertion Unless the number Of insertions be
marked upon tho manuscript it will be published
xn,il forbid and charged accordingly.
Obituaries, Announcements OF Candidates Tor
efice, COMMUNICATIONS calling upon, advocating
or opposing Candidates, and all Communications
er Notices Of a personal OF private character, or
iatoniea or calculated to promote any private en-
tcrprise or interest, will be charged for as adver-
tissrnsats. :,
ass- Special Notices 20 cents per line for every
insertion.
asss> Marriage and Obituary Notices, not ex-
seeding five lines, One Dollar each, the money 10
accompany the notices
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1865-12-08

CHOLERA CuRED.--A story is published
in Paris confirming the fact of the immense
influence of the nerves in cholera, as Illus
trated in the year 1862 by Professor Reca-
mier.-He was summoned to bedside,
where he found a dying man, the features
rigid, cramps all over the body, the voice
changed-ln fact, all the most fatal symp-
toms strongly characterized. After an at
tentiye diagnosis, the sagacious doctor
snatched off the bed clothes and commenced
hogging the patient with all the strength he
possessed. The spectators, for an instant
electrified, were naturally enraged. The
dying man, by one expiring effort, started
from his bed, threw himself on the doctor
who ran off hotly pursued along passages and
corridors by the cholera patient, till both
reached the top of the hospital stairs. when
the breathless professor stopped, and looking
at the ghastly pursuer, coolly asked, And
how do YOU feel 2 Feel :" said the aston
ished patient-'' Feel indeed why''-(af
ter pausc.) II have no more cramps
II believe You but after this fine race YOU
require rest Some cups Of tisanne and the
pseudo Iunrilnn1 was saYc'|