Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1854-04-12

COMPLIMENTARY.

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! Our readers are aware that we have not beeR
in the habit of publishing oommendatory notices
of the Spectator, We have, however, from time
to time heen favored by our brethren Of the press
with highly fattering omplimen,s,a few of which
We may be permitted to republish at this juncture,
when we are told that some dissatisfaction is
manifested in certain quarters with the editorial
management Of our paper. Some Of the notices
which we quote, were written when Mr.. L.Wad-
dell, sen, was contributor TO the editorial columns
of the Spectator, but most of them when it
was principally conducted by the present editors,
and all of them since their connection with the
paper We publish them as tolerably fair
offset to the opinion of few "men about town: :"
STAuNToN SpEcTAToR.-This sterling old
Wing pa per comes to us this week greatly enlarged
and otherwise improved. We have long known
the 'Specator" and have ever regarded it as one
of the best papers of the State, both on account
of its mechanical execution and the elevated and
dirnifed manner in which its editorial manage
men, has been conducted. We rejoice at the
evidence its enlargement affords of the growing
prosperity fits worthy propretors. We know
them well, and We know of none more deserving
in every respect, and we cannot wish them and
their sheet better luck (and we are sure, they will
ever merit it) than always to have patrons such
as now sustain them.--Fa,raville Republican. s.
| II is one of the most welcome journals on our
exchange list, from the ability, moderation. judg-
ment and good taste which mark bothias editorials
and seletected mat,er.-Rieh'd Repubn ~
We witness with great pleasure this evidence
of the increasing prosperity ofhis sterling journal
The SPECTAToRis among our choioeand fsvorte
newspapers. We read itwith greatpleasure, not
only because it comes as il were from the neigh
borhood of home, and relieves the ,monotony Of
our landscape with a refreshing recollection of
glorious mountains. bracing Withstand rushing
streams, but for the intellectual entertainment
which is afforded in its ably sustained editorial
columns, bearing as they uniformly do, the marks
of dispassionate reflection, maturedsscholarsh
and enlarged patriotism. sold Federal Augusta"
has reason to be proud ofan organ which reflects
50 much credit upon her taste and intelligence and
should cherish it as the apple of her eye.-Rtch-
hlond Republicans. ~ : o..
sSrAuNroN SpEcTATeR.-The last number Of
this sterling Wing journal comes to hand greatly
| improved in size and appearance-no improve
ment in ihe,character Of contents, nor is there
room for that particular. Ofall our weekly visit
ers none is more welcome, than the able and wide
awake SPECTATOR Parkersb,rg Gazette.
The Spectator is ably conducted and deserves
liberal encouragement from the good citizens OF
Augusta and the adjacent counties7-Wnchester
Republican.
Many of our exchanges have spoken. encourag-
ingly of our proposed semi-weeky paper. We
clip the following from the Lewsburg Chronicle,
and tender to its editor our Acknowledgements for
the flattering manner in which he speaks Of our
paper:
The SrAUNToN SPECTATOR SEMI-WEEKLY.-
We learn from the last Staunton Spectator, that
the editors propose to publish the paper semi
weekly. The Spectator has been and is: one of
the best ,oeekly papers in Virginia, and we doubt
not it will sustain an equally enviable reputation
among the semi-,ceeklies of. the State. Old Au-
gusta will find it to her interest to encourage and
sustain the new enterprise, and we hope she will
do it. The price of the semi-weekly will be So
per annum.
In addition to the above, we may state that we
have more substantial evidence still OF the general
appreciation of the public in, the fact of our large
circulation. Our list of snbscrihes is now larger
than it has ever been heretofore and the increase
snot owing to any effort on our part in drumming
up" but to the unsolicited request of individuals
to have the paper.sent TO them.