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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1860-02-21
GREAT SOUTHERN CLOTHING HOUSE
ESTABLiSHE 1888.
KEEN. BALDWIN g. WILLIAMS

KEEN, BALDWIN & WILLIAMS
HAVE now In Store and ready for exhibition the
IL largest, best selected aud cheapest stock of
Spring Clothing ever seen in the South. They
have taken great pains in the manufacture of this
stock and offer unusual inducements In both styles
and workmanship.
Our Mr.. KEEN has been Europe for several
months, and from our increased advantages in
the purchase of goods, extensive operations and
long experience in the manufacture and sale of CLIO
THING, we fatter ourselves that we Can offer as
great inducement as those of any house in any
ket in this country. Purchasers will consult their
own interests by examination of our Stock, styles
and prices before buying elsewhere.
KEEN, BALDWIN & WILLIAMS.
Richmond, Feb. 81, 1860. 8i ~
OAKLAND FEMALE ACADEMY.-The
~ examination exercises of the first five months of
Oakland Female Academy located at Old Providence,
Augusta CO., Va will take place on Friday, the Path
inst The public, and especially parents and guardl-
ans are invited to attend.
Nearly all the branches usually taught in our best
Academies are taught in this school, The school is
taught by Miss Purple, with competent assistants
TERMS Per session of five months =
Primary Department.. .................... $500
Second ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1000
Painting and Drawing, Extra.
Board, including light and washing: can be had in
respectable families the school at $500 per
month. Persons wishing to send should apply soon.
B No deduction for absence except in cases of
protracted sickness, &c. JOHN HARRIS,
A.MOOR,
Feb 81, IS60-3t. J. III. CALLISON.
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The total emigration from all foreign countries
into the United States for the year ending De-
cember 81, 1859, was 100000, being about ten
per cent. gain on 1853.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1860-02-21

Feb 81, 1s6o.-st. j. H. CALLIsON.

EOR SALE.-The well known Carriage Fac
il tory and Dwelling, formerly occupied by
VIM F. Rhodes, situated on College St, SALEM, Va,
is now for sale.
This is valuable property, especially for the bus
sness for which it is designed. The buildings are
extensive and we'll arranged and in good repair 1t
is the best establishment of the kind in this section
of the State, and possessing many advantages &C.
count of location. Any person wishing to engage in
the Carriage Making business, has now rare oppor-
tunity of securing one OF the best In Western Virgin
la.
Terms moderate, and payments made very accom-
modating.
Shirley & HOLLAND,
Fob 81 1S6O-4W Salem, Roanoke CO., Va.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1860-02-21

WIRE GOODS.-Clover Cookie and Meal
w Sleeves, Wove Wire, Nursery Tenders, Rat
and Mouse Traps just received by
Stannton Eah 81 WOODS & GILKESON.
T1RESH COW.-A good Mich Cow with or with
out her calf will be sold in front Of the Sheriffs
Office, for Cash, on Monday. the 27th inst.
Ell 1T TURK Il CUSHING.
Oh BUSHELS of Hungarian Honey Blade GRASS
III SEED on hand and for sale by
Slauuton, Feb 81. TAYLOR & HOGE.
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NARM FOR RENT.-I wish to Rent for one
II wear, the Farm my father, c. Echard, dec d., for
mery lived upon; within 2 miles OF Midway, Angus
ia comfy There are 200 Acres of land, good Dwell
linss Meadows and Fruit of all kinds.
TERMs-Accommodating. 20 Apply soon if you
want to rent.
address me at Moffetts Greek, or come and see me
at Newport, Augusta. j. G. ECHARD Conn.,
Feb 2l-3t.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1860-02-21

A TTENTION ARTILLERY There lxn
~ will be meeting of the COMPANY this 4NV0
evening, at 81 clock, to make arrangements -
for parade tomorrow the 22nd. BY order
of the Captain, e. w. IMBODEN, D. s.
Staunton, Feb 81, 1860.
ITO ALL WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN
i Our accounts now drawn off to the LIST OF jan
uary last and we hope those knowing themselves in
debted will come forward and pay up at once
Staunton, Feb 81. TAYLOR u HOGE.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-12-08

THE VALUE AND MODE OF KEEPING FER
RETs.-A farmer, who knows their value,
thus recommends these useful animals: "My
ferret-house is about three feet square, aud
two and half feet high, with double pitch
roof glass front for winter, and wire front
for summer. The interior is divided by
low partition, about six inches high, one de-
partment forming their sleeping-room, and
the other for their use when nature may re-
uuire. The floor of the latter should have a
liberal supply of sawdust as an absorbing
medium, as the ferret has great repugnance
TO lying'in any filth. Their food may con-
sist of milk and bread; and scraps of meat
if fed sometimes raw, will make them keen
for animal food, and stimulate them against
their old enemy, the rat. They should be
fed regularly three times day, unless it is
desired to run them. In that case they
must receive no food for at least twelve hour'
previous.
0Allow them plenty of exereiselby indulg
ing them in their faVorite service OF hunting
rats, and you will greatly promote thei
health, as well as cause them to be NOR,
efficient. They are very prolific breeders
having sometimes twelve or thirteen younl
at a litter, are easily raised, quite hardy, AM
require but little attention. By gentl.
handling them at intervals, they soon be
| come quite gentle, and may be used as pet
among children without fear of injury
They can accommodate themselves to tn
size of almost any rat-hole. The price Q
ferrets ranges from Sc to $40 per pair"
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-12-08

THE MANAGEMENT OF MUCK.-Of all meth
ods of using muck, says the american Agri-
cuLt,lTiSt, we are best pleased with 1T as an
article for bedding cattle. This we think
the best and most rapid way of manufactur-
ing it into manure. In addition TO the liquid
manure and portion of the solid which it
receives, it has the heat of the animal while
lying down, and this, with well fed cattle,
is a large part of the time. 1t has all the
qualities of good bed, dryness, softness,
cleanliness, until it becomes saturated with
urine, when it is time to throw it out, and
put in a new charge. An allowance of q
half cord to the animal, will become satur-
ated in about two weeks, if the stall be oe-
cupied all the while.
A correspondent asks If the muck should
be taken from the stable to the compost heap,
or to the field for plowing in? Either is a
safe practice. We are governed entirely by
circumstances, in the disposition of the muck
after it leaves the stable. In the spring,
during the planting season, we fork it over,
make it as fine as possible, and plow it in.-
Nothing is lost by this method. If not
wanted for immediate use, we remove it
with the solid droppings of the compost
heap, where we mix it with two or three
times its bulk of muck or peat. 1t under
goes fermentation, and becomes more
valuable manure, we have no doubt than
that taken directly from the stables. The
ammonia is more equally distributed through
the mass, there is more of it, and it is in g
much finer condition. But the labor o
| handling is considerable. Whichever course
| is pursued, we always think money is mad,
| about as fast as farmer can expect, wheI
| he is handling muck. We are confident tn
man who follows it up ten years, will com
| to the same conclusion.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-12-08
womau Disaracing HcrseIf-An Actress
Cowhides her would-be Lover.

OOwhides her Would-be Lover.
When women attempt to cowhide any of
the opposite sex, they usually disgrace
themselves, and forfeit whatever sympathy
and respect they might before have had from
gentlemep. Such, q eourses too, generally
perils- their reputation, and prompts the
wortdto believe any Of the naughty things
fhatymay have been said of them. An affair
,of5tbis sortrecently occurred at Richmond,
Va, between young man and an actress,
whom we pity more than we do hercowhided
lover. A local paper gives this account of
the infatuation of the youth and the cruel
denouement .-----.--
The young man who figures most promi-
nently and unenviably in the affair, is re-
Gently from Baltimore, and ,-as he himself
says, for the want of something else to do,
wended his way.tof. tlre'theater on Tuesday
night last. Strange 10 say; although the
circumstance is not wholly without prece-
dent this young psR, soon became enamored
of young jady who made her appearance
on the stage, and although he had never be
fore seen her, he was.at once convinced that
<hfs hearts had been captured-that he was 3
victim TO love at firstsight, Losing sight Of
| the fact that we are not all alike susceptible
| and that in5love affhirs especially there must
| be two of 4he same way of thinking to rem
der success certain, he dispatches a note and
| portrait of himself, on Wednesday, to the
lady who of all others had SO filed his sou
| with the tender passion.
The note went on to declare his passion ir
! theimost emphatic and unambiguous terms
] that be would attend the tbeater Wednesday
I hight; that he would occupy seat in thl
epafuuet. near the footlights; that he woulC
be altired in q black frockcoat and blacl
l pants, and that over all would appeara larg
gray shawl; that picture would ACCOMPANY
the note, and from it she could, beyond mis-
take establish the identity of her admirer
that as soon as the performance was over, h
! would be at the private entrance ofthe green
room, and that it would be the happiest &C
of his life to accompany her home.
Unfortunately for the young man, tn
young lady he so much admired has sister
and that sister has husband. They wer
consulted, and armed the young lady thu
insulted with keen cowhide. The SchoC
for Scandal, the play for the evening, wa
over, and the trio emerged from the buildin
to enter a carriage. Faithful to his promise
there stood the young man, and as he wa
in the act of extending helping hand to he
who seemed to him more angelic than huma1
the lady met his advances with keen COW
hide, and proceeded to apply it with all th
vigor she possessed across the shoulders
the impetuous youth. Becoming exhausted
the scourge was transferred to the mol
muscular arms of her brother-in-law, wh
who used it with such a vim that scuff
F ensued, loud cries succeeded, and brace
Watchmen came up and transferred the be
ligerents to the watch-house, the ladies
the meantime proceeding home.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-12-08

PROPER CONSTRUCTION OF CIDER. FILTERS
The Scientific American says; "Take a
square or round wooden box, made of inch
pine plank, three feet in diameter and one
foot four inches deep. Make it with bot
tom perforated with numerous one-quarter-
inch auger holes, over which should be laid
coarse hemp bagging Now fill in the box
for eight inches, with pieces of charcoal
(animal charcoal is the best, but it is ex-
pensive,) about nut size, and on the top Of
this place four-inch layer of clean washed
sand, and cover all with a coarse hemp bag
ging, and you have a cheap and good filter.
Any number of such filters may be used, ac-
cording to the quantity of cider to be
operated upon, and the tow cloth can be fire.
quently washed, without disturbing the sand
and charcoal. Before any cider is filtered
through, pass a stream of clear water into
the filter for fifteen minutes, so as to remove
any fine, loose particle of charcoal that other
wise would be mixed with the cider"
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-12-08

HAYpoN, THE ARTIST, AND THE WEALTHY
NoBLEMAN'-Poor Hayden Che that killed
himseIf) tells in his diary of a visit TO Lord
Grey, to pray my lord to encourage art and
how strangely the contrast between them
struck him when he quilted the house and
reflected on the interview; how calm and
cool Lord Grey was, how comfortably the
FIRE glowed in the CRATE, and how snug the
library looked; the walls full Of books, the
floor Softly earpeted, the windows closed and
protected by thick curtains while he
trudged home, his brain all on fire, his
nerves tangled, the winter S wind howhng
through the streets, a London fog enYelop'
ing him.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-12-08
Important nrom Texas.

New ORLEANS, December 7.--Mr. Stewart,
member Of the Texas Legislature from Con
zales, has issued a circular, in accordance
with the resolutions of the public meetings
held in that place. inviting the members OF
the Legislature 10 be in Austin on the third
Monday of December, TO hold an extra ses-
sion to call State Convention.
Governor Houston promises to resign II
the people demand the convoking of the
Legislature. g|i
Hoisting the Lone-star flag in the towns
throughout Texas continues and the people
have united in resistance to Lincoln's Ad'
ministratiOn
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-12-08

sion, there would probably have been
other similar requests from Southern mem
bers.
Mr.. Dandas, the Second-Assistant Post
master General has been i'll for two months
past. and IL still at bone, in critical con-
diton. H.
Commercial houses of New York and
other cities have already ordered Of the
Postofice Department, in advance of their
distribution a11ong the Postofices, over
one million of tho new ruled letter envel-
opes about to be Issued, probably on Monday,
with one-cent stamps attached.
This has been done with view of taking
advantage ofthe prestige of tie new inven-
tion and the general curiosity respecting it,
by inclosing their circulars addressed to the
trade in these envelopes.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-12-08

The HIiserIes of an ActOr's Life The Vex-
aIions and Profits of a Benefit in Paris.
The Paris correspondent of the New Or
leans Picaysne says of an actor and his
benefit:
Poor beneficiary Overwhelmed with re-
proaches tired to death, heels over head
nervous, sick, depressed disheartened, he
asks the treasurer of the theater for his ac-
count. A legend of supplementary expenses,
which no imagination could have conceived,
makes its appearance in formidable figures
extra fees to the machnists, extra fees to the
musicians, extra fees to the chorus, fine for
ending the performance after midnight,
drayage for scenery, copying music, pour
boire to hack-drivers, and so on, on, on, on.
The bills are settled, and then the bene-
fciary says to himself wiping his forehead +:
'Thank Heaven, all is over now. | have run
from one end of Paris to the other; have
lost fortnight, in the course of which have
been able neither to play nor to rehearse;
| have caught rheumatism, which will keep
me in bed for at least three weeks have
worked like galley-slave; l have discon'
| tented the public, and put all my comrades
ousnEith me; I have lost nothing by the
benefit, for after all expenses are paid have
twenty francs profit coming to me-. Gads
there's no room to complain after all, for il
might have been deuced sight worse"
The beneficiary has scarcely these words
out of his mouth Just as he is about leaving
the theater, a "Please Sir" greets his ear
-He turns and discovers a bouquet with half
a-dozen fellows behind it. "Hallop ex
claims he, suspecting there is snake Turk
ing beneath those flowers, ''and what may
that be 2" SIT is bouquet, Sir, we have tn,
honor to present to you: Don't forget tn
call-boys please STRIP "You are very kind
vastly kind, my lads, and ] am mightil,
obliged to you, pom my word am1here'
twenty francs for your bouquet, it's all
made by my benefit"
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-12-08

The Pence of n Connubial Pair Destroyed
by WeaIth-strilEIng Instance Of the Dis
ADVANTAGE Of an Inheritance.
A happy couple in Paris recently inher-
tied a fortune from an.old uncle, and imme-
diately began to make a figure in society.
A correspondent adds
They bought q handsome mansion in one
of the most aristocratic quarters Of Paris,
and O valuable estate in the country. Ad-
verse as the last season has been, they were
among a very few who spent it at fashion,
able German Spa, and it has only been since
the 1st of September they have taken up
abode at their chateau.
A few, their most intimate friends, were
invited to spend the autumn with them, the
recent death of their uncle forbdding them
in the name Of decency, from entertaining
large company. But short as is this period
of time, it has proved sufficient under the
operation of wealth to produce complete
change in both of them. II has bahished
gaiety from them. II has darnped their
sprightliness. Il has paralysed their con-
versatiop.
SHE has become full, with marked ten
/ dency to obesity; she talks of nothing but
millinery, mantua- making and public secu-
rites; she (who used to be q model of deli
cate taste and simplicity dresses in the most
4 ff&lEhNdBdul dlu ON6IlOdub h0A9Oll
| with Jewels and diamonds and she changes
her attire three times day.
He used to be rosy, healthy-looking iel-
] low, full of flesh and Yigor-he is lean, pale
| melancholy He has become afraid of dY-
ing since he has grown rich, and spends
most of his time over medical books or in
conference with some doctor or other, for ht
has three or four physicians in fee. ThC
other day a child of one of his gardeners fel
sick of the smallpox, he had himself vac
cinated instantly, and wished to force oil
his friends to follow his example.
Although he has been master Of the estatl
only q few months, he is already for sellin,
it, a poetical brook winds through the park
about a hundred yards from the house, AMI
he has taken it into his head it is unhealthy
that it breeds rheumatism and chills. Thi
whim has disguised him with his country
house, and nothing will do now but it mus
be sold. These people who were so happl
in their mediocrity of wealth have becom
miserable. Every fall of funds, every piee
of political news drives sleep from the wife
eyes; she looks forward to the ruin of he
estate as some thing imminent. Ever
change of wind, every variation Of the the
mometer, throws the husband into a fit
irrecoverable dependency. Wealth has d,
stroyed their happiness.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-12-08

Dress THE Exponent OF WoMEN.-Wo
are more like flowers than we think. In
their dress and adornment they express their
natures as the flowers in their petals and
oolors. Some women are like the modest
daisies and violets; they never look or feel
better than when dressed in morning
wrapper. Others are not themselves unless
they can flame out in gorgeous dyes, like
the tulip OF blushrose. Who has not seen
women just like white lilies2 We know
several double marigolds and poppies. There
are women fit only for velvets, like the
dahlias; Others are graceful and airy, like
the azaieas. Now and then you see holly
hooks and sunflowers. When women are
free to dress as they like, uncontrolled by
others, and not limited by their circum-
stances, they do not fail to express their true
Characters, ar dress becomes a form of ex-
preston very genuine and useful
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-12-08
WHEELER 4 WILSON'S
SEWING MACHINEl
PRINCIPAL oFFIOH.
NO. ~ w. FOURTH-sTRREF,
EkHE'B OPERA HOUSES
CINCINNATI.
PRINCIPAL orF1on.

WYE OFFER TO THE PUBLIC FEE
w Wheeler Wilson Sewing Machine, with im<
portant movements, and to meet the demand for q
good priced Family Machine, have introduces .
NEW STYLE, working upon the same principle, are
making tho same stitch, though not 30 highly ans
ighed, Of FIFTY-FIVE DOLLARS.
The elegance speed, noiselessness and smplIcityot
the Machine the beauty aud strength Of stitch BE-
ing ALIKE on BOTH sIDxs, impossible 10 ravel ane
leaving no chain or ridge on the under side, the
economy Of thread and adaptability to the thekega
or thinnest fabrics, has rendered this the most
oessfuI and popular Family Sewing Machine nov
made.
At our various oi1ces we sell at New York pricssy
and give instructions free Of charge, to enable pure
ohasers 10 sew ordinary beams, hem, fell quila,
gather, bind and tuck all the same machins, ank
warrant it for three years.
Send or call for circular containing fullpartisH
lars, prices, testimonials etc. ~.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-12-08
suspeusiou of a New Jersey Bank.

New YoRK, December THE Cataract
City Bank of Paterson, N. j., closed its
doors Monday. The loss on bills will be in
considerable, If any thing.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-12-08
Wna. Sumner & Co.
ljal7-ayl
SINGER's SEWING
COMMERCIAL BUILDING,
Corner of Fourth and ISace-sts..
CINCINNATI, OHIO.

How is 1t Singers Sewing machines are univerS-
ally used for manufacturing purposesi The plaln
reason why, is: Because they better, dura-
bic, more reliable, capable Of doing much greater
variety fwork, and earning more money than any
other Machine. Hrs u.
The public respectfully invited to call and ex-
anime Singers new Transverse shuttle Machine, fer
family use. .H
PRICE $780,
This Machine is highly ornamented, easy to oper-
ate, and is the very best and cheapest Machine in
the market. JAMES SKABDON,
Western Agent for Singers Sewing machine.
Tnol4l
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-12-08
A WILD GIRL IN A CoNvENT.-A Pari

letter-writer observes:
Among the pupils of the well-known Con-
vent de Sacre Ceur, here, is young girl
who was discovered, some years ago, in a
grotto of the Drome Mounts, France She
had never known any asylum but the woods;
she was clad in miserable rags, fed on roots
and acorns, could climb trees as actively as a
sonirrel. and literally run as fast as deer.
She could not speak, and fed man as if he
was the most dangerous beast. A lady saw
her and educated her. She still looks as
wild as a gypsy. ..H
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-12-08
A PARisIAN JEST by MERRY MIsTREssEs.-
A Paris corresDondent saws:

n uII5 NU4IVoIVIIV"II0 0''J .
A gay young fellow here has ended his
wild career by marriage. When his old
mistresses (there were four of them) heard
of this they had printed and distributed
among the many companions of their sup
pers this parody of a French funeral ticket;
i'Mesdames Amelia de st. Ange, Gertrude
Rochechouart, Juana de Fix, Marguerite AL
bano have the regret of announcing to you
the cruel bereavement they have just met in
the loss of Viscount de -, married al
the age of seven and twenty. Pray FOL
him.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-12-08

TEN BROCK TO ESTABLISH HnsELF IN EN-
GLAKD.-Ten Brock, it seems, intends q
permanent establishment on the English
turf. We learn from BslFs LIFE that he has
hired house and stabling at Lambourne,
with the intention Of training there during
the summer, and at Newmarket during the
winter.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-12-08

ST. LOUIS, December THE Electoral
College Of this State met at Jefferson City
n Wednesday, ard cast theyote Of Missouri
fcI Douglas and Jobnson.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-12-08
MUSICAL.
C,oLD-pIFDAL PIANOS THE BEST

CNOLD-nIEDAL PIANOS THB BEST
NT IN A M L h / @ A.-Steck
Grupe's Nof New York Hsnsen's, n
of New York, and Britting Bros,
of Cincinnati-celebrated hrst-clabs VI Y ~ " v
Double Grand Action, Square Grand
and Concert Pianos, pronounced By Listzy fhal-
berg and other great living artists the best IN en-
istence. Every Piano warranted Tor ten years ana
kept in tune for three years. Old Pianos taken IN
exchange Pianos to let, from IS TO S5 per quarter
at haif-price Pianos, Melodeons and other mu-
steal Instruments tuned and repaired thoroughly.
Piano or Melodeon until yeu have called and e1-
amined the above. BRITTlHG bhO.t
Piano and Meiodeon Makers and Dealers and I'M
porters Of Musical Instruments, 225 West FIFTH
St., south side, near Plum. moo
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-12-08

PATRIOT, IND, December 1.-THE dwelling
house of DR.. w. NJ. Watt, formerly the Jack
son Collegiate Institute, was burned down
this morning. Loss $4,000. No insurance.