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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-10-19
Roskell, Johnston, Tobias
Runaway in Jail.

TAKEN up by MIR. JOHN Vance. in Bath co..
IL a NEGRO MAN, supposed to be a runa-
way. He is about five feet eight or nine inches
hiGh. dark muatto, has the point of the tore hn-
ger Of the right hand, the thumb on the LEFT seems
to have been split. the scar OF which seill remains;
has ON brown velvet cap. black coat and cotton
oantaoons; calls himself Jas Harrison says he
was liberated by Mr.. Whealy OF Louisville
Kentucky, and came to this State with horses
Should any one recognize the above as his slave,
NE can have the same by proving property and
paying charges. DANIEL MCe IL M,
Oct D lSj3.-3t. JalOr VI pam cOuhty
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-10-19
STAUNT0N SPECTATOR.
BY j. A. & l.. X. wADDELL.
TERMS.

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Larger advertisements inserted IN The same proper
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tise by the year.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-10-19

TELEGRApH TO EUaoPE-We learn from a
well informed source that, at last. there is an al.
most certain prospect ofconnecting New York and
Liverpool by Submarine Telegraph. A European
and American Submarine and Stbteffanean Tele.
graph Company is in course Of Organization, and
most of its stock subscribed fur by men Of means
and enterprise, well known on both sides of the
Atlantic.
Hitherto; the great impedment to forming tele'
graphic communication between America and Eu.
rope was that there was not to be found in the tel
egraph wire, under any known process of prepara
tion CT in any battery as at present constricted,o
sufficient capacity to carry steady and continuous
electric current through SO great distance as e.
ven the shortest route between the two ContinentI
must necessarily traverse. II is how stated tha
a gentleman In Massachusetts has. after years o
experiment, made discoveries which will entirel.
remove these difficulties, and the new compati,
having purchased the Improvements, anticipat
complete success in their enterprise.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-10-19
wEw SHENANDOAH COMPANY.

vI,HE Annual General Meeting of this Company
L will be held at Port Republic, on the lst
Saturday of November next; but as some OF the
officers of the Company (whose presence Will be
necessary to the transaction OF the business OF the
General Meeting) may be prevented by oiher en-
gapements from being present at that time' ar
engagements have beea made to continue the meet
ing by adjournment to the 2nd Saturday I NoVen-
Der l2th.) at which time the shareholders are re-
spectfully requested 10 attend.
S. II. LEWIS, Treas. n. S. Co.
October 5 lS53.-lm.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-10-19
Tai Oaks from little ACorns grow
NEW JEWELRY STORE.

wv B. COX having moved to Staunton where
w he intends conducting the aySNs94
WaTCH. CLOCK aud JEIG- ss2SGSAA>
ELRY business in all lis branch Staz=-'>f f-s'A&.
es. begs leave to ask the citizens OF Staunton and
surrounding countless to call and examine his stock
of Watches aud Jewelry. Watches made oy
ssoskell, Johnston, Tobias,
and other improved makers, sold at small profits
and warranted.
Fine lot of Mantle and Yankee Clocks breaS,,
n;ns Ear.rinos, Bracelets. Clasps. Medallions,a all
sizes.-Buckles. Chains.-Fob, Vest and Chat;e-
lains. Pencils. Gold Pens, Spectacles. ThimbieS,
and the usual amount Of all kinds of Jewelry.-,
Silver Spoons. Aibatta Ware, Butter Knives, and
Sugar longs. Fancy Ware of all kinds, which
will be sold for the smallest advance.
w. b. COX.
Against the new Post Office, under WoOdward's
Hotel.
Stauntou. Oct. 5, lS53.-tf.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-10-19
oyster Saloon and Eating House.

UYSser odlO0i dhu bdtlh6 nVu99'
vJyIE subscribers will open by the 10Th OF DC
IL tober, in the building opposite the Virginia
Hotel. an Oyster Saloon and Eating House. They
will furnish eatabes OF all kinds, including Oys-
tiers, Turtle Soup, Crabbs. Tomato Soup, Lob
sters. Sc, &c. to families or Individuals Cen
tlemen aud ladies from the cmHtry are respectful
iy invited to call and obtain Their dinner, which
will be served in superior style at moderate prices
Thu past experience ofthe acting partner IS
guarantee that satisfaction will be given to the
public. JOHN NJ PfIMAN,
WM. r. SMITH.
Staunton, Oct. 5. tS53-tf
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-10-19

ARIsrocRAcY.-There is no society, however
free and democratic, where wealth will MT create
on aristooracy. Take raging democrat from
bank digglngs. where he iadalgesia sweeping. de-
.nunciations Of arlstosracy. and make him heir to
fortune of halfa million. and in less than two
weeks he will turn up his nose at overalls and
brogans, as if he had never seen one Of them be-
Sre in his life. It's human nature and can't 30
helped.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-10-19

APHENoMENoN.-During the rain on Wednes
Jay evening. quite number Of little shells meas-
urinr from half an inch to an inch and over, fell
in this place and vicinity. Handsful were picked
up in some places by the curious. To what ex-
tent they fell is not known. but they have been
found half mile apart There was terrible
storm on Lake Erie, the day before. Could these
shells have been taken up into the air from the
shores the lake and brought hither? The wind
was from tina, direction. Winchester Republican
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-10-19

A SHARP FIrr.-The water from the Congress
Spring at Saratoga has been imported into France
The TfS Question has been raised why it was called
Congress on % water The obvious answer, of course
did did, not W escape the wits;-"Because it contained
so much gas!"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-10-19

No In his lecture lately at Boston, DR.. Boyn
ton, wishing to explain to alittle gill; the manner
in which the lobster casts ta shell when it has
outprown it, said "what do you do when you
have ou,grown Your clothes? Throw them aside
don't you 7" "Oh, no." replied the ittle one,
ss,ce let ont the tucka!n THE DR.. confessed she
had the advantage Of him.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-10-19

A MoTHER.-Your excuse is a. common one,
but it is your business to know that he is out
Respecting the demand Of your youngest son fol
cigar money and latch key, We think you per
ectIy justified in refusing either until he is eight
wears Old. And though we consider all coercion
as objectionable, we cannot blame you for fastening
the street door topboIt, which is above his reach
to prevent his going alone TO Vauxhal at halfpa
eleven at night. But beware of severity, and tall
to him of the beauty of Virtue, and the socia
advantages of urdination.-Pnch.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-10-19

"Mosr KYowiNIsr pom DE- ScRIPrURE."Zln
these days of Degrees" an article On This sub
ject, even from an humble source, will doubtless
meet with favor, especially as both the prncipleon
which the degree should be conferred and the
manner Of doing it, have so much to commend
them.
In one ofthe Southern States there lisa colored
preacher of considerable note, whose eloquenee 10
generally acknowledged, and who has more infiu-
ence on colored audience than any other man-he
is generally called Or. Jordan. lie did not re-
ceive this from any university or college, Eun.
pean or American. but at o meeting Of eolOred
class leaders. Their white pastor. while meeting
evening with the Leaders, observed bs that in
ouently of"ds Doctor" and inquired Of whom
they spoke One ofthe company replied: GIVES
,cl1ded beins how Brudder Jordan is de Oldest
man 'mong0t US, and de most knowinist 'pon do
Scripturss to fer on him de Doctor; so We calla
him do Doctor Jordan" Let this be printed in
large capitals and sent to the colleges of our coun.
try, as guide to the bestowment Of such degrees.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-10-19

A shilling, or its equivalent as above, is to be paid
l1r each child per month, between the ages of six
and sixteen years; if Mr.. Nobbs' assistant attend
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-10-19

LAW IN UrAH.-Brigham Young, the Mormon
Governor of Utah, has been lecturing his people,
and in the course of his lecture lays down the tot
lowing, which, it must be acknowledged isa little
more than can eye for an eye and tooth tor
TOOTH" -, -,
..If you want to know what to do with thlei
that you may find stealing, say 6!H nm on Me
spot, and never suffer him to commit another IN
iquity. This is what | expect shall do, though
never, in all the days of my fie, have hurt
man with the palm OF my hand. never have
hurt any person in any other way, except with
this unruly member, my tongue. Notwlthstand
ING this, if caught man stealing on my preml,
ses, should be very apt to send hin straight
home, and that is what wish every man to do.to
put stop to this abomlnable practice in the midst
of this people"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-10-19

THAsKseIvING DAy.-Mrs. Sarah Jane Hale
who has been urging, for several years, the adop'
tion of fixed day by all the States OF the Union
as day Of Thanksgiving, in a recent letter on the
subject says
There are so many good reasons, religious, po-
itical, moral and social, for holding THANKSGIVING
day simultaneously in every State OF our I Mon
that feel sure no serious objection would be rrg'
ed The last Thursday in November being once
adopted and publicly acknowledged as the day
custom would sooI fix its observance as the dis
.tinctive privilege Of a free Christian people
Wherever an American was located, this feasl
would be introduced. God wonld be recognised
as Our Lord and benefactor. and brotherhood In
happiness as the great aim Of our institutions.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-10-19
]. NJ. CONRAD,
ceneral Commission Merchant,

G6n6IdI -OUHIWlooIVH OHO1IoHVj
Cary Street, 2nd door abore lS, Richmond, fo.'
I>OES n Commission business exclusively in the sale
~ of Country Produce aud purchase oioods to Order
the satisfaction which he can hope to render by dill
cut and faithful attention - such Interests as may be
eonided to him. Liberal advances Will be made on pro
duce in hand when desired.
Richmond. Sent. ., IS03 -Iy.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-10-19

ONE HAPPY HRARr-Have you made one
happy heart to-day? Envied privilege! How
calmly you can seek your pillow; how sweetly
seep In all this world there is nothing so sweet
as giving comfort to the distressed as getting a
sun ray into gloomy heart. Children of sorrow
meet us wherever we turn; there is no moment
that tears are not shed, and sighs uttered. Yet
how many of those tears, those sighs, are caused
bv our own thoughtlessness2 How many daugh
ter wrings the very soul of a fond mother by acts
ofunkindness and ingratitude. How many hus-
bands, by one little word, make whole day Of
sad hours and unkind thoughts2 How, many
wives, by recriminations, estrange and embitter
loving hearts! How many brothers and sisters
meet but to vex and injure each other, making
wounds that no human art can heal! All! itseach
one worked upon this maxim day by day-strive
to make some heart happy, Jealousy. revenge,
madness, hate, with their kindred evil associates,
would forever leave the earth.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-10-19

ROMANCE IN MARRIED LTFE.-A married cou-
Pile, says the Paris Gazette des Tdbunaux, after
living together on bad terms for some time, re-
solved few days ago, to separate: They sold off
all their furniture; but, finding that the sum It
realized was not very important, they proposed to
commit suicide, and they went to the Canal Saint
Martin to execute the design. The husband leap
ed in first, but after awhile, being acapital swim
mer. he raised his head above water, and percelv-
ing his wife standing quietly on the bank watching
him. he began abusing her, and said that according
to their conventions, she ought to drown herself
Instead. however, ofcomplying. she accused him
of intending to let herdrown whilst he saved him.
self by swimming. He called on her 10 plunge
in at once, without any more talk but she refused
Thereupon he got out of the water and gave her
tremendous thrashing. Some persons, who came
up, went to seek the GUARD, and the loving pair
were arrested. On being questioned they maze
the facts known.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-10-19
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
CLOTHING HOUSE IN STAUNT ON.
GOODMAN & CO,

A DJOINING Messrs Bare s Serrett, Virgin
N ia Hotel building, respectfully iutorm their
customers and the public generally that they have
lust returned from the North, aud ar. now in re-
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-10-19

05- Junius says-'After long experience ofthe
world, affirm before God never knew rogue
who was not unhappy
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-10-19
NOTICE.

DEING desirous of hurrying the affairs of the
ID late firm of PERRIN s RrDGwty to speedy
close Thereby notify all persons indebted TO come
forward and settle, and those having claims against
the firm to present them:
w. A. PERRIN. Surviving Partner
Staunton Sent 2S lS53.-tt.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-10-19

e5- You may depend upon it that he is a good
man whose intimate friends are good and whose
enemies are Of a character decidedly bad.
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-05-18

Law school OF Cumberland University, at Lebanon.
Tennessee.
FACULTY, Hon Abraham CaruheIs, late Of the circuit
judges 81 Tennessee,
Hon Nathan Green Of Judges the supreme
0 Tennessee.
Hon. Bronhed L. Ridley tho State
Judges Cauthss ana Green des their whole time exclusively
10 the school.
Plan Of int,lcfonl Daily OF class
books No regular explanations VI The
daily lessons IA the of The examinations.
2. Weekly OF law la which
dents Of facts proIes
all the
practice The framed prepare
Some OF taken BY appeal
court which held monthly IN the class and IN
public the end o Tho students act clerks hef
f jurors, circuit and canceo and in other official
paeities connected with their suits
0nSIhe third Monday
ends third Thursday in February. The second
succeeding Monday in February aud ends second
Thursday IN July.
Expenses PEI ssssionTuion $50, adyaneei contingent
50 boarding $780, students furnish their books
which be had Ia the Lebanon bookstores.
complete the unless the
No previous study required for ad
regular Students
time during the collegiate year.
Theirs is moot legislature connected with the school
Number OF students the last collegiate eighiysl
ROBERT l.. CARUTHERS,
Feb li-eoly President Board OF Trustees
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pension and Bounty Land Laws. with the opin-
aens Of he Departments 70 execution Of hose laws from 'o 70
Ferdinand Mouton counsellor al law washington Pnee So
The haueng supees under which this work presented The
preparation press judgmen, experience
which large portion
claiming pensions and bounty lands have been subjected by The par
numbers by The late OF Pensions srauhed The
needed Whereby every claimant NAV be Informed Of he
which the laws, opinions,
and decisions en,e them well as The ons and regulations by
on appeal when they apprehend that injustice has
il persons
OF number Of dormant claims that have been
than which claimant. Justly entitled,
dieioas poseeuon OF them BY running parallel
o an a nd s Of M SIMILAR
TO be found 10 This work The parties emitted might recover nslr
be discovered by careful pesal Of the introduction
10 The work oslg and hay bs g me sa as
recognised CLAIMS pensions and bounty lands, by nadyer
rendered By spun'sss ii adian Mexican wars
a, page the noduc,on Adjuant
erals eee And in respect 70 claims -
funding $780, 81 TO ~ and Al A. where the
gentlemen the
public will be found pressd to the Vou"e embracing the oo"
M aia'G ID 'i H. Stuart, q H. 1 con1ad,
viii. A. Graham, N. x. Han.
Members Of the Washinston Bar
Richid Coke J.. NJ. Carlisle,
III. Bradley, Walter Lenox
p. Il. Fendal, Rch'd Walach
Chninae Of Pension Committees Of Senate and House Of Repre-
sentdffves, &c.
w. Jones-Chaman of Committee Pensions, Senate
J. G. Has--Chairnau invalid Pensions House Of Repre-
sentaives
of Revolutionary Claims House
Representatives.
Force-Edi,or the American Papers,
fF3 enclosing 90 50 copy
will immediately supplied by mai by Adamss Express post
und freight IrepGd TO of the United States
MAYO q MOULTON.
l4-eodlms
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Pro psssI. Erection. OF the Louisvin Custom
TREASURY DrrARrassr, March %. ls'

TREASURY DEfAkrAEsrs March %. 1885
TINE proposals constructing the Louisville
the advertisement Dseanbsr
Of m ereeuoa exceeding
remaining has decided
proposals, but suhset
hereby that
until IL O'Clock 2
May (Which be separate for each Kind u work
axeeAb notifications Of the original plan specinca
prepared the experimenting architect will the
Tor me whole building within The
The right
the aggregate amount exceed that II
No contract will awarded except
thereof without
will forfeiture
the done and materials furnished
(e quantities
by the experimenting atehee Will be paid from e
proceeds, aud fifteen the
building completed aud delivered the united
Every proposal be accompanied by
gned responsible eerhed be
United States district Judge for the said dc thai the
bidder will when required his proposal be accepted into
bond wild, and sufficient securities, the penalty
$4,000 the whole (und several
for The faithful performance of said contract.
plans specifications working building
loucnug proposed work
be Obtained application to the experimenting archeet
Louisville, Kentucky
proposals addressed the
Secretary Treasury (endosed Proposals Louisville
house ~ and will be opened O'clock the day
hGed receiving the e bidders
shall be present
JAMES GUTHRIE
Mar 2O-2awthay25 Secretary of the Treasury,
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an H. Long OF Louisville, Kentucky,
extension Of patent gsnd 10 him ON The seventh
an Noyenbs le39 in the wooden framed
Dom the expiI~uor Of said patent
the seventh ID day Of NOVEMBER eighteen
hundred and my three, (c55l-
IL the said petition be heard at The Faant Once
September next Al ~ O'Clock, m, and
persons nond and show caaen any hsy have
VIII .aidp petition ought not 70 be granted
opposing the extension required 10 ne IN e faen
oeeuons specially set forth IN whiting al least TWEEN
day. the day hearing All MED BY either
said hearing be taken and transmitted In &C
pieauon.
Ordered Also be published IN the National inei
seucer Republic and Union Journal
the Louisville Kentucky the Gazette and the Auas Gin
Ohio, three weeks previous 10
the MN ~ day Of September next the day Of hearing
II, G. WEIGuTMAN,
Acting Commissioner OF Patents.
sEo o. the above papers will please and send their
bills the Patent Once with paper containing this NOTICE.
Ap 2i-aw3w
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VALUABLE and improved Farm I'm the yicinity OF
Washington SaleTbe offers for wood
stock the farm which she resides, certainly OF the
valuable aud highly improved Ia the vicinity Washington
District Columbia miles
road, Of the best leading the city,
Jenkins Gibson, and The hospital IL
and land hundred
cultivation, and residue heavily
cleared land well enclosed divided hcid
which neyerlng springs quantities
me ashes stable and have been
effect within the last three years, all
produce There
land well timothy nifty In and about
ia wheat The OF
comfortable dwelling dairy and poultry houses
houses,
sary purposes the Possession OF
buildings will be Immediately long credit will be given
q the purchase
For further particulars apply John Carroll Brent
7h James @. Mcclure,
10Th where plot Of the property
the premises TO .9H
Feb iQ-2awu ELIZABETH BRENT.
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REt known to all whom II may concern, that the
undersigned ui according the rules of Land
city, apply said Office for
scrip lieu following land othcs military
plcAie Nos 2s2 800 3,o7l, 5012 1885,
3a aso5 42os 324 1884 and 4 The originals OF which
the revolution and belonged
Reynolds neither
patented but casually Loot destroyed.
WIN. REYNOLDS TRENT,
For and Reynolds,
RICHMOND, April 10, 1858.
Ap 2l-law3m
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pRoFEssoR MoRsEs lNyICoRATING ELIXIR. OK coz
ns ELIXIR and cordial introduced into medical y sss
chemist and usselsr Dr. NJ Morse has io ~ Pss
~ sasi smasai aiiosoa.r The n.s o. as region
ans as, Il ss sss ss
somemss smoke On Ii. rsum 10 Eaioes long residence
ia ss Past Professor More commenced m 1os. is he in
vsoanns elixir which has been endorsed y @ ealsnt iss e
cuaE OF DISEASES.
No language can convey idea o. the immediate and
and Whether broken down BY ex
WEAK p L AZ ebraee, bull,
The nenA and pn The s,oopns Trembling vie,i Of de-
PRECISION debility becomes nsw man lie stands erect. he
l an amost doae apathy bright ouoyant
and be 20 s ii. .Ss oesapsloa No. The eject
% e rel . n ns ss - o.
nal condition. Wen the preparation be called the
MEDICINAL WONDER
Of the nineteenth century. is Old
that Of medicine heretofore supposed
have existence
srIxuLAsr
IL force never expended Is Is as case with opium ssoSGs
may them, the Of
sa he II ns s "a M
influence The The mind and The entire Organize
Ss aaS Ri a na
hyseria moaomania vague smors paptauon
.sny Ne Sc lo ~adsyeI Iss
mony absolutely lnfallble.
mental physe long soagh, for and
nS ss'Hs In eases
IN che and NE c anS
viii a e for s o.
business loss Of memory confusion giddness blood 20 the head
Thoughts nsani Sc Il win
and the appetite strengthen The The health
equanmiy ofapirita, and proloDg life.
pale consampiye habits restored by
he use q bottle or two TO bloom and ysoI changing e skin
Ths Of those who have used this
" had heard hsh spGssn o but WAS one Of The
purpose tdneen, saaparias) without deriving
ss sT@s
satisfied the half dozen bottles took will
Another says: distinguished physicians.
some this thing
but found no relief until some OF your cordial must
aa hear OF a would hsve avd s
expense besides years of mental and physical sufsns
EFT
and distinguished Dr. Wood Masa
ehusetis, says OF IL:
sn while in Boston some Of your cordial which be
already looks like who short time since looked
scarcely possible regain strength
n.. % m De but we're In
patient had procured some Of your cordial which
shall warmly whenever opportunity
eas my pays
I M sG n ps e Of ss
rIy convinced TO the contrary.
H.A. WOOD, Nj. D.
DIR. MoRsESi Some requested opinion Of
cordial prepared
prescribed for the months,
decided anything the kind
with which acquaned both Its medical and
pleased
profession auxiliary diseases Of the
and valuable medicine.
BENJAMIN WEEKS, M. D.
BRooKLNr, N. Y, Nov. 81 1919.
up, highly concentrated, in pint bottles, with the
bown glass; and
SOLD Ar ss PER BOTTLES FOR sa-sai per DOZEN.
NJ. NJ. by Charles II. Ring,
1872 Broadway New York. to whom all orders must
be addressed.
Agent city, T. D. Gilman in Baltimore g.
q. Baltimore
ard and Baltimore Bennett Beers Richmond Virginia
lily