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TRUNKS, BOOTS AND SHOES.

HAVE JUST RECEIVED A NEW SUP
Il ply of Gents fine French Caif Skin Dress >Rn
Boots and Caters, Patent Leather and NJ
Cloth Gaiters, Calf skin. Patent leather. 0y
aud LastlnE Shoes Also, 6n exhaustive -
stock of Bo - and ChidreE's ladies' and Misses
seedlngly low prices. J. ROSENTHAls.
$40 Seven. street.
ma IS 60 foOrs above ID street.
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MARSHAL' 8 SALE.-In virtue of writ of ieri
1vl faclas, issued from the Clerks ofioe of the
Circuit Court of the District of Columbia, for the
expose to puhlic sale, cash. in front of the court
house door Of said county, on SATURDAY, the
18th day oil July next, 1876 At IL O'Clock m the fol-
wing property, to wit: All defendants right title,
m, and interest In and to q certain dive Ilir z
house on Lot and the south mir eteen
numbered three hundfe ed and seventy seven. (S77J
In the cits t. o. Wa.hInsson D. seized and le, led
sold to satisfy yudioials. % $40 to October term
la57, in favor of Jonathan T. Walker.
J. d, HOOVER,
Late U. 8. Marshal for District Columbia.
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Us; Marshal for the District Of Coiumbis.

NARSHAL'S SSALE.-In virtue II vrIts OF & en-
lFI facias Issued from the Clerks Office of me Cir
cult Court OF the District OF Columbia, for the
county OF w ashlnston, and To me directed. 1 will
expose to public ssle, for cash front of The court
house door OF said county, on MONDAY: the stn
day OF August nsxt 1867, ct IL O'Clock IN all fsDd-
ants Tlght,u ci.ln and interest " and To Lot No
Is, IN square No 49, In the city of Washing H..
c., tOE ether with all au Singular the imp Vements
thereon, seized and levied upon the property of
Chas; Vaa Patten snd will be sold to satisfy Ju-
dIoIals Nos 70 AID 79, to October term 1850 n favor
OF John w. Thompson and Il. ID Gilman
w SELDEN.
jy 1S-dts U. 8. Marshal for District of Columbs
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THE UNION FEMALE ACADEMY,
NEW ARRANGEMENT.
This well-known and popular Seminary, which
has been so successful under the entire care of Mrs
II. Richards for more than years will be epened
on the tlrst Monday In September next, under the
united supervision and instruction of Mr., and Mrs
u. RICHARDS, in the well arranged and delig ht-
fully located Union Academy Building For partic-
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RooTs AND sRoEs ,Ias TO SUR THB

We now manufacturing al kinds Of BOOTS
sSpy snS snd msa aof q sTsy
scrPtlOr, made expressly TO order, and will "
be sold at a much owsr price than has BEEN -
heretofore charged in this city for muoh inferior
articles.
Psrsons in wsnt of Boots and Shoes Of eastern or
city made work, will always find good assortment
In store snd al the lowest prices Give us Q osll.
GRIFFIN BRO,
6-F Ala
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pRoPOsALs FOR COAL AND WOOD

OFFICE SECRETARY OF THE SENATE u. So
July IL, 1850.
SEALED PROPOSALS will be received az this once
I'll IL O'Clock m ON Monday, the Srh in tant for
tons best White Ash Furnace Goa ami fifty cords
best straig ght Pine Wood. The whole to be pao led
Will he shown application TO the Engineer in the
service of the Sehate and n be delivered by the
18th September next Bonds for the faithful exc
cution OF the contract will be req uired.
BlGs for the Coal and the Wood will be oon
sIdersd separately, and satisfactory arrangements s
must be made for the correct IN sasurement of both
ASBURY DICKINS,
~ L-dtS0th Secretary of the senate
NEW STYLES OF RICH JEWELRY-H 0s
HOOD has just opaned . large stoek which
ne vill ofer At very low rates Therefore those
that are wishing 70 carry home anything in line
40 presents, win do well 20 call and sxamlne his
stock ~ xse "a. avenue je2
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SOUTHERN TRUNK MANUI5AGToEY,

- l99 TTH STEHrT,
Opposite Odd FsIlotcs' Hail. Waskiastoa, %. c.
TraveeTs will study their Irter rests o, EXAMINING
nay TRUNKS, NABlCES &c before pur-GV0
chasing esewere As none but theS[f9R
best material the mark ct affords and employ &A1to
the best wOrknen, can confidently recommend ny
work TO he superior in SfreHglh and Durability 70
Trunks that are made IN other cities and sold here.
/ keep constantly on hand, sno make 70 ord top
LRATHER, IRON FRAME FRENcH DRESS
aad ToQR BOX TR gNKS5 hSHL4Np asd
NESS; SADDL ES; WHIPS, &C., fe.
Trunks, 6o Repaired and Covered, In q work
manlike manner, af short notice,
Trunks delivered in any part Of the city, George
town, or Alexandria
Aiso~6Eent for Hove's celebrated FAMILY
de iS-Iy JAMES 3. TOPHAM.
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wi PHiA DRAUGHTA AIE.NWs are co1.ts5tI, tomp5t
receiving fresh supplies fthe above deiig htful bey
eyaEe, and invite al persons who want 9 pure un-
adulterated Ale. to give il 8 trial.
Army & SHINN, Agents,
feD 81 Green ST. GeorSetOvn.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1860-04-03

AN ENORMOUS L1E.-Judge NJ, late OF
Mississippi, who has been noticed in Harper
heretofore as a gentleman remarkable for pro-
cliyity to exaggerate and tell hard stories Jon one
occasion was seated in front OF the principal ho-
tel ia Clinton, amusing group of gentlemen
with his peculiar narratives, when he delivered
himself as follows sa
ssGentlemen, in East Tennessee, where was
raised, knew man who had the most aston
ishing strength in his jaws and teeth of any man
that ever lived / saw him once standing on
the sunny side of barn, with bis old wool hat
under his arm, filed with black walnuts, and he
just put them in his mouth and cracked them as
easily as one of you could crack chestnut"
The auditors exchanged looks of incredulity.
A Quizical and facetious blade known as Ken
tuck Sachelford, was present, and heard the
Judges story, and remarked:
mo doubt, Judge of the truth of all you have
said Some men are remarkably strong Now
in South Carolina, where l lived, one of my
neighbors was noted for the extraordinary mus
cular strength of his arm. remember to have
seen him take hard pine knot, place it in the
hollow of his arlr at the elbow, and by sudden
ly bringing his forearm upward, he split the
knot into splinters and pressed out all the tur-
pentine in a stream" !"
The narrative of Kentuck was received with
peals of laughter. Judge NJ - became in
dignant, and springing to his feet with clench-
ed fist and flaming eyes, exclaimed:
"RentucE, that's an enormous Lle ~
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POETRY.
Not Lost Forever.

- Not Lost Forever.
Not lost forever, though on earth we've parted
Not lost forever, though we meet no more
They do not wander lone and broken hearted,
Who see Heavens radiance on the further shore.
Not lost forever! every gentle token
That memory wins me from the far away, ID
Shall fill my soul, though all our ties are broken,
With tender grace, that never can decay.
Not lost forever while around me springing,
The yiolets weep, the roses blush and bloom
And summer birds, in summer woodland singing,
Flood with soft music all the tranquil gloom.
There will be meaning in the stars, the flowers,
The grand and solemn voices of the sea-
Telling of happy dreams and happy hours,
When life was sunshine, which it caught from thee
Not lost forever! thou shalt still be near me,
Through every fortune and in every CLINE;
When cares oppress, or gentle memories cheer me,
g Thou shalt be with me, dearest, all the time!
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1860-04-03

A GENIUS OF A BUTOHER.-In one of the
market houses of Philadelphia is a genius of a
butcher. Beneath his sleeves and apron he
wears the costliest broadcloth-none of the in
ferior grades, but the finest production of French
LOOMS His linen is as faultless as his exterior
garments, while the glisteniug surface of his
marble counters is no less striking than the gloss
mess of his hat and boots In the centre of his
shirt bosom sparkles single diamonds stone
of six carats weight, and of the first water
Upon the little finger of bis left hand glitters
circlet Of diamonds six in number, whose aggre-
gate value is considerably more than that of the
garniture of his shirt bosom. His complexion
is clear red and white-just that style of COM
lplexion which Partisan ladies produce by dainty
comlnixture of carmine and bisinuth. He is a
man of fine physique, and has an avoirdupois
of about two hundred pounds. His address is
polished, and bis manners courtly and suave.-
He commenced life without dollar, and is now
taxed for some $50, 900 in real estate, yet is as
polite and deferential to his customers as on the
day he first embarked in the business of con-
verting quarters of beef into chops and srloins.
A benevolent lady of large fortune first noticed
him, and placed at his disposal fund upon
which he has raised the superstructure of his
present fortune. He is now rapidly advancing
in wealth, and will probably retire upon the
eighth of million. And all through the inhu
ence of that specific against adversity-Polite-
ness.
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queer old miser who has just died is much talked
of at Vienna. He cut off all his nearest rela-
tves, and made very distant one, an extreme
ly handsome young girl, sole heiress of his con-
siderable property. So far there is nothing ex-
traordinary; but there is a condition added to it.
The testator was hunchback, and had club
foot, which defects probably had obstrncted
many attempts of his to marry. He has made
it, therefore, condition, SINE qua non, that the
heiress is to get the property only when she
marries man shaped as be was. She is, be-
sides, to live in convent three months in each
year to pray for his soul. The heirs-at-law
have attacked this odd last will, on the plea that
when it was made the testator must evidently
have been mad. As there is, however, no
equity of jurisdiction in Austria, they may find
their task not an easy one.
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would you thrive most prosperously
Yourself must every corner see."


RULES FOR GoING TO SLEEP.-1. Fix your
thoughts on some one thing If you can't dc
that fix them on two things. Fla 'em! You
can easily untix after you once get to sleep.
2. Don't 60 to bed with your head against
the foot-board or your feet dangling on the floor
1t disturbs the electric currents. y
3. A writer recommends to suspend bass
drum over your head within reach, and pound
on it with your fist 1t will induce sound sleep.
4. Rolling the eyeballs is good except for
blind people, it may do permanent injury to their
sight. Rolling out of bed may be substituted in
such cases.
5: The danger of falling asleep lies principally
IN the distance you fall Those who are subject
to such falls should have rope ladder conve-
nient to climb back again on.
o. Dining late is poor way of anodyning.-
In order to fall asleep each night with dispatch
don't eat anything the day previous -Sandusky
Register.
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For the Spectator.

We have been attentive observers of the Judi
cial canvass and have seen with regret the
friends of Mr.. Fultz depart from the track
marked out for them with so much skill by theil
leader. In a late number of the Spectator we
see communication signed "Quid," which, il
followed up, is likely to loose Us our only chance
for ousting Judge Thompson. Therefore it is
that we lament the abandonment of "the cry OF
persecution" and the assumption by "Quid" OF
defiant attitude, an attitude in which we can
not stand moment. Take away from us the
cry of "the lawyers are trying to rule the people,
and our project of beating Judge Thompson is
at an end. What else have we to eectioneer
upon? Is Mr.. Fultz's character, private or pub
lie, better than Judge Thompson9 Is he a bet
ter lawyer or an abler man2 Has he had the
same practical experience? We are obliged to
answer "No" to all these queries, and we are
then reduced to the only remaining argument
for Mr.. Fultz, that he is year younger than
the Judge, and therefore more capable of per-
forming the arduous duties pertaining to the
station. This argument is certainly tower Of
strength to its possessors; but even with it, /
doubt the policy and wisdom of throwing away
persecution" which, if the youth of Mr.. Fultz
is the sword, is certainly the shield of our war
fare. "Qnd's'' communication shows the dan
ger of allowing the rank and file to do anything
but vote, and if he persists in writing, there can
be but one result, and it will not take the eye of
la prophet to descry defeat for Mr.. Fultz. No,
such zeal as his must be taken charge of by the
friends of our cause and not allowed an outlet
but at the ballot-box. We cannot suffer head
long warmth like this to smother our plans
rather loose "Quid's" vote.
The tue plan, (and we think Mr.. Fultz's mas
tery card justifies US in proposing it) is, to ell
low no one to write for the newspapers unless
after consultation with him; and we would
add, allowing him three or four days for mature
delberation: thus we would carry on the war
with an unbroken front, touching elbows as it
were, and ready to advance or retreat as our
leader directs. If such discipline as this be OBJ
served, success awaits US, never cause failed yet
with such arguments as ours well handled The
weapons lay at our feet, let US use them and let
US at the same time beware how we trust them
to unskillful hands, 2G&& $50 BATH.
P. S. | was about to mail this when the last
Spectator came to hand, and find our friends
"Junius"- and "a Countryman" have forestalled
my advice by their communications but for
fear their rebuke may be too delicate to produce
the desired effect upon some of our well-mean-
ing friends, judging from their writings, think
it better to send this.
March 23d, 1860.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1860-04-03

WEALTH OF OLD RoMANs.-According te
Cicero the debts of A. Milo amounted to above
$28,OOO,OOO, Julius Cesar, when setting out fol
Spain, is reported to have said himself, that he
was SO, 100000 worse than nothing. When
he first entered Rome, after crossing the Rubi
con, he took from the public treasury $780,
600, but at the end of the civil War put over
$24,O 900, 900 in it. He purchased the friendship
of Curio with a bribe of oyer $2,5O0,000, and Of
the Consul L. Paulus, with half that sum. Cras
sus was worth in real estate, over $4,000, 900
and about as much in money, furniture and
slaves Seneca was worth over $2O,O0O,O O,O0O.-
Leurulus, the augur, over Sl6,O0O,O0O. Angus
tus raised by the testaments of his friends nearly
|$161, 100000. Tiberius left at his death nearly
$1O9, 100000, which Oalgula spent in less than
one year; and Vespasian at his succession, said
that he required for the support of the State O.
yer 81, ,614, 1000, 900. Nevertheless, though great
ly enriched by her conquests, imperial Rome
never came into the full Inheritance of the chie
wealth of the East, and the larger quantity Of
the precious metals must have remained exclu-
ded from the calculations of ancient historians.
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3 AN ASSASSIN HosT.-In the village of Celles,
in France, situated upon the banks of the Loire,
is small inn entirely isolated from any other
habitation, and good quarter of mile from the
town. The proprietor of the inn and of the field
which extends before it, after having made use
less attempts to prevent the laying of rail-
way near the house, offered at last to under
take himself at his own expense the necessary
work of digging up the earth and making the
embankments upon his ground. The reasons tor
his persistent efforts although not at first under
stood, were, however brought to light. No
sooner was the spade put in the earth than the
workman discovered first one dead body, then a
second, third, and finally one at the foot of ev-
cry tree growing in the field. This startling dis
covery that revealed at once so many crimes,
raised the public voice and provoked an investi-
CATION; the inn-keeper, upon whom rested old
suspicious and old stories of travellers having
suddenly disappeared, feigned great indignation,
and at once denounced his accusers. But his
daughter, who had hung herself few months
before without any apparent cause the strange
rapidity of his fortune; the many efforts to pre-
vent the construction of the road through the
field; the condition of the bodies discovered,
some evidently quite recently buried, and bear
ing upon them proofs of the crimes committed !;
all these circumstances combined to lead to the
Immediate arrest OF the inn-keeper and his fam
lily. 1t appears that for more than thirty years
the more common sort of travellers, and espe-
cially pedlars, were in the habit of stopping at
this inn, attracted to it by the cheapness of the
price; and they had then, it would seem. been
Iassassinated in the night and despoiled of their
stock or money.
1t is truly an atrocous discovery, and one
which has excited the greatest horror and fear
throughout the neghborhood.- Translated from
IL'Eco d'ItaliG.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1860-04-03

DEATH OF ENGLISH KINGS AND QUEENS.-Wil-
liam the .Conqueror died from enormous fat,
from drink and from violence of his passion
William Rufus died the death of the poor stays
that he hunted. Henry the First died of glnt-
tony. Henry the Second died of broken heart,
occasioned by the bad conduct of his children.
Richard CGur de Leon died by an arrow from
an archer. John died, nobody knows how, but
it is said of chagrin, which is another term for
dose OF hellebore. Henry the Third Is said to
have died a natural death. Edward the First is
likewise said to have died Of a natural sickness
"a sickness which would puzzle all the college
of physicians to demonstrate Edward the Sc
cond was most barbarously and indecently MUIR
dered by ruffians employed by his own mother
and paramour. Edward the Third died OF do.
tage; and Richard the Second of Starvation
Henry the Fourth is is said to have died of fits
caused by "uneasiness," and uneasiness in those
times was q very common complaint. Henry
the Fifth is said to have died of painful af1iction
prematurely. This is country phrase for get
ting rid of King. Henry the Sixth died in
prison by means known only to the jailor. Ed
ward Fifth was stranged in the tower by his
uncle Richard the Third. Richard the Third
was killed in battle. Henry the Seventh wasted
away as miser ought to do; and Henry the
Eighth died of carbuncles, fat and forty; while
Edward the Ninth died OF decline. queen Mary
is said to have died Of 'broken heart" Old
Queen Bess is said to have died of melancholy,
from having sacrificed Essex to her enemies -
James the First died Of drinking. He died Of
vice. Charles the first died on the scafold, and
Charles the Second died suddenly it is said of
appoplexy. James the second died Of old age
and sorrow. William the Third died Of con
sumptive habits Of body, and the effects Of vii
lainy. Queen Ann died from her attachments
to ssstrong water" or in other words, from
drunkenness, which her physicians politely call
ed an appoplectic tit: George the Second died
Of rupture OF the hetrt. George the Third
he was 1t least a consistent monarch George
the Fourth died of gluttony and drunkenness.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1860-04-03
GREAT EXCITEMENT AT THE
CLOTHING HOUSE OF
II COR POI,T,TTZ

(BRANDEBURG's OLD STAND.
T,HOUGH the Great Eastern has met with serious
i accident, yet my large and well selected stock Of
FALL AND WINTER CLOTHING will abundantly
show that my cargo of Goods did arrive safely ane
includes the greatest variety of CLIO
THING ever brought to this market
My present stand, at Brandeburg's old Corner
and Opposite the Va. Hotel, gives suficiency
of room to show to my customers as nice a stocl
of Clothing can be exhibited this side of Baltimore
and which will sell at Baltimore City Prices
The public invited to examine my stock, befor,
purchasing elsewhere at least all those who consid
er that "a penny saved is penny made"
JACOB POLITE,
Brandeburgs old stand, Opp'te Va. HOTEL
StauntOn, Oct. IL. 1859.
TNANNERY-Ih have this day associated my son
l. VIM. B. Gallaher with ME in the Tanning busi
in the town of Waynesboro and the business will
hereafter be conducted in the name of H. l.. GALA
HER SON.
Persons indebted to my Tannery are hereby notife
TO come forward and settle, aud those having claim
against it requested to present the for pay
ment. My son, VIM. B. Gallaher will always be foun
at the Tannery and is authorized settle for me.
Public patronage solicited for the new concern.
sB The highest Cash price will be paid for hides
skins and bark at all times. H. L. GALLAHkR.
WavnashOro' Oct a lS5Q-1vx
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The Magic Box.

A housekeeper's affairs had for long time
been becoming very much entangled, and the
poor woman knew not what to do to get out oi
her difficulties. s m 8aa I ~ 9
After time she bethought herself of wise
old hermit, who lived in the neighborhood, and
to him she repaired for advice. She related to
him all her troubles, saying: al
"Things 90 on badly enough; nothing propo-
pers in doors or out; pray sir, can you not devise
some remedy for my misfortune?" 9is 10
The hermit-a shrewd, rosy old man-begged
her to wait, and retiring to an inner chamber OF
his cell, after short time he brought out Curl
GUS looking box carefully tied up. il %
sTake this, said be, 'sand keep it for one
year; but you must three times day aud three
times night, carry it into the Kitchen the cell
lar and the stable and set it down in each corn
er. I answer for il, that shortly you will find
things improve. But be sure at the end of the
year to bring back the box Now, farewell"
The good woman received the box with many
thanks and bore it carefully home. The next
day, as she was carrying it into the cellar she
met a servant who had been secretly drawing a
pitcher of beer. AS she went a little later into
the kitchen, she found a maid takinga a supper of
omlets. In the stable she discovered deep in
mire, the best COW standing, and the horse un-
curried, had bay instead of oats. So every day
she discovered and corrected some new faults.
AT the end of the year, she, faithful to her
promise, carried the magic box back to the her
NIT, and besought him to allow her to keep it,
as it had most wonderful effect.
'Only let me keep it one year longer, and l
am sure all will be remedied''
The hermit smiled and replied, II cannot allow
you to keep the box, but the secret that is hid
den within you shall have.''
He opened the box, and 10 ! it contained moth
ing but slip of paper, on which was written
couplet
would you thrive most prosperously
Yourself must every corner see."