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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1864-05-31

HAVING taken the old stand of McCorkle i Lus (
II at the Point, for the purposeo OF conducting the
Commission And Forwarding Business,
solicit the custom of the old and public gen.
orally Their Lumber House is large and well adap.
ted to produce intended for shipment being situated
Immediately on the Canal, where boats Csn come up
ito the very door, viii also run in connection with
itfris ssouse two regular BOATS with careful and
responsible Captains, making transportation Of goods
and produce as safe and quick as any otherline
They are also fitting up a store room, which will
soon be ready when they will keep as good a stock
as the times viii admit of, and will sell them too
as reasonable terms they be bought elsewhere.
Goods &C., must necessarily De high during the war
but will adopt the old motto, and endeavor TO
ry it out viz :-t'Quick sales and small profits
We will also trade for all kinds of prAduce.
Freight to be shipped by Packet Boats must be de-
lvered here.
Persons bringing produce to house will pass the
toll bridge free of toll.
All persons indebtedo the old concern of McCorkle
d Lusk will please come forward and settle their
counts. CALVIN McCORKLE,
A. NJ. LUSK,
May I9-f JOHN GIBSON.
sB Staunton Spectator ana Lynchburg Virginian
please copy, and send their bills to this OfceLsI.
Gazette.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1864-05-31

M'CORKLE, LUSK &c CO.,
JORDAPS POINT,
Lexington, Va.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1864-05-31
m1OO KEWARD.-Strayed or stolen from
%LWy SbeEfey's farm,

Q100 kEWARD.-strayed or stolen nom
DlUU Shefey's farm,
ONE SMALL CHESTNUT SORREL HORSE,
four years DID, about Is hands high, saddle hurt on
his withers a snail knot also wound near the sta
He Joint 4he said horse left Thursday, May 18TH,
1854 and belongs to Lieut.. VIM. J. Smith, Chap
mans Rattery, Echols' Brigade. ] viii give the
above reward for his delivery either to myself or to
Capt. z. Turk. ,v,. ,.,,ru
May 24-4ts* VIM. :, omlAu.
COMMISSIONER'S N0TICE:-The creditors ID fs,,,q OF
LONG, decd, are notified to produce their claims
with the evidences thereof. before me at my otce
or before Friday, the 27th Inst Ihey VIII nnd ~ 70
their interests to do promptly:
May 17th, 2ts. ). N. HENDhON OonF.
N1rO REWARD FOR DAVY HE is
1lOU about 16 years old and well grown,
black skn with small scar, think about ms lace
he badson when he left slouch hat and blue YAM
kee coat He was hired to Major d. ID. Bell QUAR-
termaster at Staunton. -
May 10-.f s.L. IAnnnNA3AA'
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1864-05-31

G o o ID NJ A II c III e s.
NJ have removed my Friction AatcA Maasufac-
tory, to the corner known as "Bickles Corner" on
Augusta street. opposite the dry goods store of Mr..
Owen O. Morris, where shall be prepared to fur
nlsh Matches by the Gross Box. These Matches
are extensively used in Staunton and Richmond and
thought to De fully equal to any sold in scis
ket l shall always have supply hand, as the
manufactory is kept constantly in operation.
Jan 26-lyr D. r. BLACKBURN
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p PEMOVAL.-.DR. ARTHUR has removed his
Lii Office diagonally opposite his former place of
business, one door east of Whites Old Corner.
Oct 6, l863-tf
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DIR. ARTHUR

DIR. ARTHUR
FAS returned to Staunton PERMANENTLY Fog
IL eight years liberal patronage he
reviews with much gratitude and ac- &Fssff75ss
knewledged thankfulness. Rejoicing QEvV =
that he isstillable TO serve his old tried 1LIP
friends with more experience and improved Skill dill
igence and faithfulness
Oct. Is, 1861.-tf.
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COMPREHENSIVE NOTICE.

;. B. HoeE.
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REWARD.

MAY a4as*
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-10-01

sion Of the civil by the military law II
States not in insurrection; the arbitrary
military arrest, imprisonment, trial and
sentence of American citizens in States
where civil law exists in full force; the
suppression Of freedom Of speech and q
the press; the denial Of the right OF asy.
lnm; the open and avowed disregard Of
State rights; the employment Of unusual
test oaths; and the interference with and
denial of the right of the people to bear
arms in their defense, il calculated TO pre-
vent q restoration of the Union and the
perpetuation OF government deriving its
just powers from the consent Of the gov
erned.
S. That the shameful disregard by the ad-
ministration Of it's duty, in Prospect 10 our
fellow-citizens who are now, and longhave
been, prisoners of war in . suffering con-
dition, deserves the severest reprobation on
the score alike OF public policy and COM
mon humanity. laeA A
6. That the sympathy OF the Democratic
party is heartily and earnestly extended to
the soldiefy Of our army. who are, and
have been, In the field under the flag of
their country; and, in the event of its at
tanning power, they will receive all the,
care, projection and regard that the brave
soldiers Of the Republic haye so nobly
earned.
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ARMIsTICE AND DIsgN1oN.-An ARMS
tice with the Government Of Jefferson Da-
Wis would recognize and confirm its author
ity of all the States which are claimed as in
the Confederacy. It would give them up
to his power, and would shut ont the way
Of peace to them except through his per-
mission and his terms. 1t would be a REC
ognition OF the Confederate Government
over State Rights. Ii would bar the door
against the return Of the States TO the Un-
ion separately, as they pretended to go ont
Of the Union. It would recognize the right
Of the States to secede separately, and OF
the Confederate Government to hold them
collectively, and prevent their restoration.
1t would confirm the Confederate conscrip-
ton, which enslaves men and drags them
to the field TO b slaughtered in lighting
against their Government, On the pretense
Of liberty and self-government. It would
recognizable military government. It would
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-10-01

/ A MODEL PRAYER.-As an instance o,
EleFvent piety ~ we'll ~ of sound theology
among the freedmen, Rev. Mr.. Hatfield 81
New York, writing nom the army Of the
Potomac, quotes the following sentence
from q prayer which he recently heard
from one Of them TO Lord, pears to us
we are on de edge Of ruin. We looks dis
way and. dat way, to de front and to de
rare and, less you help us, wemust be de-
stroyed. Please. Lord, to swve u.s. We
knows dat we are poor and bad bat we
neber thought you blessed us cause we
was wise and good, but just cause you
love u.s. s'4sa@s
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A letter recently captured, written by an
officer in Early's army to his wife, and now
in the possession Of the Government, says
in reply to her statement sent him:
81 knew before your letter reached me,
that every male citizen able to carry q gun
was in the army. and know how itmust
be for You to get along, when il il inepossi-
be for you to hire q man anychere to help
ou on The place."
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New YoHk, Sept. N.-Gold closed in
'exchage 1884.
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+ face OF a Peace man at Zanesville. when he
heard Ben Wade say historically: later
| a year and ahalf OF battles. Mcclellan.
and all his staff, and all their horses. came
out as sleek, as fat and fair as they went ia.
Not one had blood drawn on him: And he
was the young Napoleon 70 $500
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A soldier, Who was reading inscriptions
on the transptrencies in . Democratic pro-
cession in Trenton, and discovered not E;ag
inscribed thereon but abuse Of the Presi-
own Government, turnen to a companion
and exclaimed: 81. say, Jim, this. Is the
first rebel raid we've se0n since welen Vir-
GINA v'A ~ - $500 II
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recognize the military dee
holds the property. liberty {
southern people subject to !.

recognize the military dee
nolds the property, liberty
southern people subject to I.
1 gang to traitors. It would
loyal people Of trsitors.5 ItGws
the loyal people Of the South t.
geance, and property to rebel cor
Inc manure Of an armistiC0 begIss
ILLUSTRATED now when the State auth
ties OF Georgia are deliberating the opepine.
OF negotiations for the resembling Of their
act Of secession, and the restoration oftheir
relations in the Union. Our dispatches
mond gang at this. And we may b as
sured that the Richmond journals would
not have made m admission so den1orali-
ring to the cause ID the North and in Eu-
rope. if the danger were not already alarm
The detaching Of Georgia from the Con-
federacy would seal it, fate. Other states
rio, b0ilt like the throne Of Dahomey upon
the skulls Of human victims, would dis
solve ipto thin air. An armistice would
stop this only way to peace, and would re-
mand Georgia TO the tender mercies OF the
Confederate criminals at Richmond: An
armistice with Jefferson Davis would give
him supreme authority to negotiate for All
Of the State right to return to the Union.
The Confederate Government il not the
thing to negotiate with for peace. Its in
terests are against Union; the interests OF
the State are in the Union. The States pre-
tended to secede separately; We should ne
gotiate with and receive them back sepa-
rately. The Democratic plot Of an armis-
tice with Mr.. jefferson Davis IL to stop the
way to peace through . return Of the sepa-
rate States to the Union, and to confirm
and establish power over them that will
allow no peace except BY separation. It H.
the platform Of war without any termina-
ton save in disunion.-Cin. Gag. 45
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-10-01

ADVERTISING Oc1TUARY.-DieS1, On tho
Ilth instant, at his shop, No. 20 Greenwich
street, Mr.. Edward Jones, much respected
by all who knew and dealt with him. A
a man he was amiable; as halter, upright
and moderate. His virtues were beyond
all price, and his beaver hats were only
three dollars each. He has left q widow .
sold cheap for the benefit or his family.
He was snatched TO the other world in the
prime Of life, just as he had concluded an
extensive purchase Of felt, which he rot 80
cheap that the widow can supply hats at a
more reasonable rate than any house In the
city. His disconsolate family will carry
on business with punctuality..
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curity and happiness as people, and as q
Give to the welfare and prosperity Of all the
States, both northern and southern.
q That this Convention does explicitly
declare, as the sense Of the American peo-
pie, that after four years Of failure to re-
store the Union by the experiment Of war,
during which, under the pretense Of q mill
the CouStitutipn, the Constitution itself has
liberty and private right alike trodden
country essentially impaired, Justice, hui
manity, liberty, and the public welfare de-
mand that immediate efforts be made for
cessation Of hostilities, with view to an
ultimate Convention Of the States, or other
peaceahle means, to, The end that 1t the
earliest practicable moment, peace may be
restored on the basis Of the Federal Union
of the States. x
s. That the direct interference of the
military authorities of the United States In
the recent elections held in Kentucky, Ma
ryland, Missouri and Delaware, was q
shameful violation of the Constitution.
and q repetition of such acts In the ap-
proaching election will be held as revolu-
tionary, and resisted with all the means
and power under our control. n
4. That the aim and object Of the Demo-
cratic party are to preserve the Federal
Union and the rights Of the States unim.
paired; and they hereby declare that they
consider the administrative usurpation Of
and dangerous powers not
granted by the constitution-the subvex-
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my vsoSH StAse, 70. upon o0t own D0!l
10 the presence ofrour own citi1enss b
awarded superiority ~ any department o.
IN any articIe, We snail hope 70 profit By
i teet with increased zeal and IN unfalterine
/, determination to finally succeed. s,e
~ / further most earnestly invite the ladiee
70 ioin with us IN our earnest efforts 70 oiye
Beauty and attractiyeness to our halls, and
complete the SUCCESS we AL 20 much desire
? We have had their active cooperation il
an ourpsevioss exhibition, and l am surs
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est gifts and appropriations nom the State
and National governments for the support
OF such institutions - are necessary for
their education, and to secure success in
their several purAuits. None do more to
support tie government and none have
enT,es. Not only %, but while asking they
should also give If necessary, literally and
unhesitatinely Of their means-and exert
fheir most active influence TO prepare
grounds. buildings and all needed conven-
fences for the proper and snccessful hold
iu4 n III Fairs, County, State and National
Such Fairs are more emphatically theirs,
than the lawyers, the merchants the doc
tors or the spectators. And they ought
entefpriese and thus compel others to help
in n1aintaiuihg them, because their more
immedia1e friends literally, freely and
cheerfuliy do their duty.
Butto return from this seeming digreslon.
I have spoken Of our duty 70 labor Tor the
benefit od .sach other and oil those attend
ing our Fair, and ofthe necessity OF having
high aims and purposes N an our NV work:
upon ell, and especially upon those acting
officially, the duty Of remembering thar
high and dignified trust devOlves upon Us.
Weought to enter upon its discharge as dis
Greet, cautious, thinking, rejecting men.
This il not an arena for gaming OF any
description. This is not the place for p0-
Itical jugglery or partisan favoritism. 1t
il not the occasion FOR indulging in person
al pfejudices, nor the time to accommodate
friends 1t the expense Of right and the
work before us. Neither il il the time ior
sport-sp0rting scenes and hilarity alone.
We may legftimately turn attention &C.
casionally to the fast horse and the excite.
4euts Of the circle; bat let us - oareiul
that suoh scenes do not win % too much
nom the many other departments and ar
ticles having the highest claims upon oux
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1864-10-20
DIED.

Suddenly at Camp Lla:b (Sen0r ReserVos) on Sd 7r-
day, the 9Th 81 mr.. WI KtIFB, CIiz2n OF kGistC-
DstTlc., New Hanover county, agrd abCI 4 Yeass.
Sr. Keith worthy and good Cltizsl; nod
and unObruslV6 ald benevolent he leaves many rien.8
and Known enemies
In this town, the 18th inst, Of brain fever DENIM
LlDDY, native of county Clare, Ireland, aged 81 years
RequteScdt ln pace.
charleston papers please copy.
At Hamilton, Bermuda, the 9th of September, l,4,
IN the 53d year Of his age, Capt JOHN ". ALLUWAI,
Senior OF the Coast Guard.
Imp es5ed early In no present with the belief that
MS country needed all the stancC her could
DER and Warmly eSpCu3ag the O. Southern udcpeu
dence, Capt. Galloway WOud allow The consideration
elmer mat he had large family or that ne was already
the meridian deter him IRON
the service of his country Accordingly il the month
J0ly 1861, he sought and obtained authority
Company for the defence Of tie coast Of North Carolina
and ordered to post duty below Fort Gaswe VIII
has done good service. He displayed great vZaucy
ergy and efficiency Ia the dschlrge Of has dues wuuLg
conf 1ence and esteem OF superior officers and
wing to hi' long and thorough acquaintance with the
COAT, he was temporarily detached from bis cor
Iast august and detailed 10 sail board the s. Mary
Ceest4 TO take her outside bar way BImI-
da, and to bring her into port her While
there.
He most exemplary husband and father, ever
pointing his family, both by example and precept, 10
and virtue With bis friends he sincere aud soc
DE, and generous almost TO fault aDd lie Ea1 and
afable to all he met
He had been, several years. member of the
Episcopal Church, and endeaVortd CONFORM himself 10
the standard OF Christian gen. lemau his suerngs were
borne with calm Equation, and he saUk queuy ana peace
fully to rest, no DOUBT 10 the hope OF blessed mmorta
~.
In his death his family have sustained iIeplrabe loss
society has lost an upright h0uora0e, VTtuUus mem'e
,rlhcing patriot. {.
Oct. l2th, 1864.
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Miss shdslrs MarriaRe-A Curious French matri-
noniai ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS of her Intended
Husband. the Rebel Banker,
Paris (sept 81 Correspondence OF the Liverpool Journal
TIE marriage of MIR. Eranger, the banker to Miss
Slidell is causing no small sensation.
M. Erlanger being just divorced from Mile Odeile
Leftte (Oharles Lefttes dtughter and the divorced
lady being about to enter the bonds OF matrnony With
the of the divorce makes the event of the
order of picturesque interest. One of those curious cir
cumstances which can never happen but n France is
recorded of the incident which led to the divorce.
The guilty party being pursued by the offended hus
band was of course struck with terror hut philosophy
and contempt bad done much to mitigate the prisoners
wrath, and 3d. instead of" chastsing the insoence"
corning to the fashion observed 10 novels, he q1ety
placed his pocket book into the tnds of the ngieive
exclamiug, Ah NAL heureur You have only taken
ten Thousand francs, and you are going to R me -
Knowing your fair companion well, 1 can safely say
that such paltry sum as that will be devoued before
you get to Marseilles There is double the sum- This
will enable you to 60 further Onto Naples perhaps
and shall be the gamer, for you will be forced to re-
main there. And with this consolatory speech the in
iured party cody turned upon his heel al walked off,
So goes the legend, at least.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1864-10-20
HOKRIRLE VnLAItY

The New York Herald of the 9Th has been received
in this city. In it is letter from Grant to Sherra
in which he directs him to burn every hOuae in the Va
ley to XIII every horse, COW, hog, sheer, other
NAL TO destroy every mill to set fire to every barn,
wheat or bay stack to cut dowa every ornamental
and carry off every negro. He says that if this war
continues twelve months longer, be desires to convert
the whole Valley into a bowling wilderness There is
nothing in modern history etrocous as this order
1t is the act of with sm1n brains aQd great
ity who has been beaten and ball ID until his s-nsc9
have fed completely. 1t the outpouring Of beaten
and wounded spirit. He cannot whip Lee, but he eau
starve the women and children. We turn bin Over %
General Lee.
This order was issued while Sheridan -gas, az he
thought, carrying everything before him. II had not
time 10 be published b-toye he was flying down the
Valley with his raebootus and Enrly il pursuit. l.
there man belonging to the Valley who say away
from his c)ors under such crcum stances If there j.
he must be dead to ali the impus that eano0y MAJ.
Never vengeance more loudly called for.
RlchmOud DEgriCi.
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retires very quietly before midnight. The illumination
then disappears from the south side of the palace bt
the bail goes on unnterruptedy till about day break
The Emperor usually remains longer But the Longer
the ball lasts, the more guests fDd their way TO tho
PaVilian de Marsan where play rooms are. and OH
many an old general goes poting til near six in the
morning. The direct expens' OF such a court bail
OF which four are given annually, are said to isurc in
The civil list at 24O coo francs but the indirect
pe1see OF the guests invited, and especially the diea
may easily exceed ten times that amount. Hence the
imperial court balls are most welcome to the nhpfIs
silk MERGERS, and jewelers..
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UNITED STATES NEWr.

Richmond Oct. l4th, 1854.
The Whi8 has received the New York Herald Of The Ith
instant.
Sherman teleRraphs Halleck from Altoona the 9th
that h. reached Ken9saW the 6th jlit in time
at distance, the attack Altoona. He Anticipated
the attack and ordered corps from Rome reinfl.cc
merits The attack met REFUSED, the enemy ge-
ing two hundred in killed and thousand wounded and
prisoners. Cur (Federa loss ZOO IL tie aggregate
The enemy captuS2d small rison Biz Ehlny End at
Acworth and burned mica of alroad. &c says
has abundance of provisions at Altoona Atlanta
Hood had moved back TO Dallas. Yanwort was watching
him in he tries to reach ri gs.3a an Rome Anuta
is perfectly securo.
sherid IN s at Woodstock he has destroy ell eycyirg
in he way of provisions.
Grant has returned 10 Washir gtor.
LATER-aTAFE ELECTIONS, &C.
EICHM ND, Oct. I4tb, 1864.
Northern papers to the 18th inst have lee re cevcd co.
night.
Pennsylvania, Indiana and Ohio have gos Republican
by largo Dsjorities.
Sheridan at Fisher Hi.
The Governor Of Nova Scotia will visit Grant
Nothing later from Sherman.
The fight not resumed to-day en- tho NORTH Jc O.
james river expected.
Affairs below Richmond all quiet.
No at the War Department fr snyt q srtcr.
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MEETING CT THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF TIL

PRESS ASSOCIATION.
The board Of directors of the Press Association having
adjourned from Columbus to Augusta, nat hsre to day
quorum being present, kilograms received from ah
sent directors Giving their OF operation in the
action IF the beard.
resolution adopted, directing the President cor
respond with the President of the Southern Telegraph Com
pany, with the view to arrange fair and equitable con-
mutation for tbs payment Of tolls for PEGS reports a1
resolution directing the President to send circular e.
the members Of the Association, explaining matters con
sidered at The present meeting apprisag them The pro-
posed action Of the Telegraph Company and embarrass
ment to the that may result therefrom same
time assuring them of the entire conf epcs OF hs board
the usefulness and permaneuce Of the present organ
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NAVY lTEMs.-The Caroline, new and very fast
side wheel steamer, of four hundred and seventy tons
register designed for running the blockade OF Southern
ports, was spoken eff Cape Race on Sunday last, on
Der first trip out from Glasgow. She was bound for
Wilmington, n. O., via Halifax, and had a cargo OF
machinery. The officers of the Caroline reported that
her sister ship, the Colonel Lamb would pass Cape
Race to-day tor the same destination. There was twelve
blockade runners lying in the harbor OF Halifax Fri.
day last. Ooe them chased in on the previous
day by Of gunboats The United States steam
Florida anchored b1low Halifax Sunday, and may,
perhaps long, short the OF some of the
vessels of this fe.t So says the Herald, OF the 4th
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The Presidential fight, says the Mobile Advertiser
and Register, hot aud bitter at the North The
New York Tribune, in the interest of Lincoln charges
and promises the documents to prove that Mcclellan is
coward and took refuge in iron clad gunboat while
bis army was desperately engaged at Malvern Hill
This is sufficiently disgusting We think the Lincoln
ties overshot the mark This of warfare helps the
in tended victim.