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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1866-08-14

Colonel John B, Baldaeia, ,Staamton, To-.
My Dear Sir,-Your letter of the 23rd in
stant has just been handed to me by my uncle,
Frederick Pinkneys ESQ.,, of this city.
In 1T you say in recent publication against
me by John NJ. Bolts, he uses the following
language =: BY the way, in letter now be-
fore me from a gentleman in the Valley, he
says Baldwin ought to remember that this is
not the first time his recollection has been ques-
toned. Major Kyle and Campbell Pinkney are
both willing to testify against him on another
matter. And you request an explanation as
far as am concerned @ !
What this other matter is [ don't know
This do know, and you may make what use
you please of the information, that have moth
ing to testify against your character as man
OF honor and gentleman, but a great deal to
say, it there were any necessity for it, in your
favor in these respects. In regard to your po-
litical opinions | have nothing to say, and moth
ing to do with them / do not intend that Mr.
Bolts or his anonymous correspondent ''in the
Valley shall draw me into the filthy vortex of
the party controversies of the day.
Very truly and sincerely
Your obedient servant,
CAMPBELL W. PINKNEY,
2sl North Charles street,
.Iuty %, 1868, Baltimore. Nd
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NUMBER VIII.
A Minister Murdered.

A minister Of the Methodist Church South,
the Rev. Samuel b. Headlee, was murdered on
IKE 2Sth ut, in Webster Co. Mo. by Radical
emlssarles, under circumstances peculiarly afro
cious. 1t appears that the reverend gentleman
Jwhose ofense, probably, consisted in not hav-
ing taken the Radical test oath) had an APP
polntment to organize a church in Webster
County on the 2Sth and 29th of July, Threats
were made that if he preached there he would
never preach again. The 28th day of July
came, and MIR. Headlee, in ful6lment of his
a large congregation being present to hear him.
In the assemblage appeared, also, l2O ARMED
men, drawn there for the purposes of murder.
These men Were headed by "a member of the
Northern Methodist Church, and threatened
violence in case Mr.. Headlee preached Final
ly, IN order to give no shadow of excuse to
these villains in their bloody designs, Mr.. Head
lee asked if they would disturb the meeting if
he and his friends should go away from the
chosen locality and hold service on his own
land, which lay near by. What followed is
told by one who reports the affair." 1t isa'very
simple narrative, but it Is at the same time,
graphic picture of crime and lawlessness:
They said they would not modest him. The
preacher and those that went to hear him then
started off. When they had gone about half
mile, some of the armed men came gaIloping
up One Of them drewsa reyolverand shot the
preacher three times. Two Of the balls entered
his body, the other his arm. He lived until 10
O'Clock that night. Then, after giving his wife
and friends his dying COUNSEL and, like Ste
phen, praying for his murderers, he calmly fell
asleep.
The above is simply reflex of events that
occur too often in Missouri The question is,
how long will they last 2-M y Ne,os saiql,
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The Radical Conspiracy--The Coming Civil
War. -i} 1t.f-..i

The Washington National RepuJltcan of
Wednesday. August LIST, has the following
startling announcement: 1t will be recolect-
ed By our readers who have kept the run of
this paper, that We lntimated a~suspicion seve-
RAJ months ago that the Radical members of
Congress had entered into conspiracy against
the Constitution to shut out the electoral vote
III 1868 Of certain Southern States, and that
about a month ago we stated more clearly what
1t was AS no. Senator, Representative, or
Radlcal newspaper has presumed to deny the
allegation, We take it to have been true. Ex-
cept so far as it has since been modified BY the
ratification of the proposed amendments to the
Constitution, we understand the Radicals to be
workngrup to that programme still
The present anxiety about the President of
the Senate, to succeed MIR. Foster, grows out of
the plan to have man In the Vice President S
chair, lii February 1869, who will have coufage
enough to refuse to open the electoral returns
from all the States then unrepresented in Con-
gress The letter-wrters say that Senator
Wade is the candidate who i, thought to pos
sess the most courage for such performance
1t is unlmportant who the Senator that shall
undertake that outrage may be, except so far
as it may concern his own personal safety, for
1t is plot that cannot be carried out with i'm
punity. We do not believe it can be consunl-
mated without bloodShed At all events, if the
eieclOfal votes OF the OtateS thus unlaWfuly cX-
cluded wilLelect a candidate for President who
shall not he elected without them, the people
will find way to have them counted, by put
ting the proper Pre- ident elect into the Execu-
tive office and maintaining him there, by force
ii necessary. 9t's aa'e srr -
If we had any hope that anything we ght
say would cause the Radicals to deSist from this
revolutionary work we should beseceh them,
by their love of country and its Constitution, by
their regard for the success of the experiment
OF free government, and by the dangers of light
ing anew the flames of civil war in our country,
to pause before they.go any further 1t is
most fearful Undertaking. The exclusion of
ten States from repre- entation in Congress goes
to the utmost verge of forbearance No further
outrage can in our opinion, be superadded to
it without breaking the public peace and expo
sing the country to the horrors Of another civil
war, in which he people ofthe excluded States
would have the sympathy of the civilized world
1t will be the first duty of the National
Union Convention to denounce this foul con-
spiracy in proper words to the whole American
people, to the end that the people may do some
thing towards averting the catastrophe which
is certain to enSue from its consummation, at
the autumnal elections We cannot think it
possible that the people at large are so far de
morazed as to send back to Congress many of
these consplrators against the Constitution if
they can be made to understand the nature and
enOrnty of the plot -
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A Paper in a Family.

IL -. Il
We never saw a newspaper that was not
worth greatly more than it's cost in family
1t is to great extent true of every collection of
written matter, book or. newspaper, but more
especially of the latter, for it covers much
greater variety of subjects, and is necessarily
more condensed. 1t is we'll known fact that
there is no royal road to learning The brain,
full OF knowledge whose activity sends light
over our daily pathway has been acquired by
hard and constant study. Every book and
newspaper which the careful or careless reader
picks upis filed with results of laborious inves-
tlgation. Take the single issue Of weekly
paper, the SPECTATOR for instance, and see
in It's editorials its financial articles, its reviews,
its mere drudgery of daily facts, its quips and
quiddlties, its philosophy and fun, how much
care and labor must have been bestowed to fur
nish 1t all with the regularity of one meal 1t
makes no pretensions. 1t is furnished to every
man for fraction of what his ice or any one of
the simple luxuries of his household costs him,
and yet it is teeming with thoughts which are
constantly Influencing his actions, and forming
the opinions Ofhis children to govern their after
lives. Into the columns of the newspaper come
the matured opinions of the greatest thinkers
and statesmen of the old world and the new,
and at cost, compared with the value of the
information acquired, utterly. Insignificant in
amount. No man, no head ofa family espec-
tally who would properly qualify his children to
pass respectfully, proftably and with satisfac-
ton to themselves through the world. should
ever deny to them the advantages of daily, or
at least, a weekly newspaper. isG ti
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JOHN b. BALDWIN.
BALTIMORE. July 26, 1866

, baLI II'IUIst1: y Iiy 70, 1OOO.
Colonel j. B. Ba1d,oia, .Stounton, Va. a
Dear Sir.--My attention has been called to
the following passage in letter from John NJ.
Bolts published in the Baltimore american of
July 13, 1866:
By the way, in letter now before me from a
gentleman in the Valley, he says Baldwin
ought to remember that this is not the first
time his recollection has been questioned. Ma
jor Kyle and Campbell Pinkney are both
willing to testify against him on another mat
ter" .sel 81 e.e u3
deem it proper to say that this state.
ment So far as am concerned is aohoUy matrue
and that | know of nothing that L could say te
as man of integrity and gentleman.
Very truly, yours,
GEORGE II. KYLE. p
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SPEAK GENTLY, MOTHER !!

Gently, mother, gently, 500 Aithi''
Chide thy little one, .l,tsu
'Tis toilsome journey gf m
~. 1t hath just begun; ..a-
Many a vale of sorrow, -
." Many q rugged steep T. y
Lieth in its pathway. fga' Etla
1 And full oft twill weep -,;s-q
z "a oh ! then, gently-gently.
Kindly, mother, kindly, ,a.i- eE
~ Speak in tender tone; atl hir-
That dear child, remember, r, s..,
Echoes back thine own; -.
Teach in gentle accents,
Teach in words Of love;
Let the softest breezes, -; 7'df Us
et8 Its young heart-stringi move;
~, kindly-mother
Would st thou have the setting
,3- Of a gem most fair ~ elit.t
n, In crown of beauty,
1t were thine to wear?
Mother! train with caution
That dear little one
Guide, reprove, and ever s.. -
Let the work be done ..
Gently-mother-kindly.
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I'D URDETT'S PIIOTOGRAPH
ABs htgE &sss L GALLERY,
Over Roane d Alby's clothing store, opposite
Virginia Hotel. -.

am now prepared to enlarge, and color in oil,
water or Indian ink, pictures ofevery description
Those who have lost friends, can have pictures Of
them copied from lockets, ambrotypes, daguerre-
types, &c, and made life or "A size
have now secured the valuable services our
Staunton artist, Mr. t. B. Coleman who has just
graduated in the art of Painting in the city of
New York Specimens can be seen now in my
gallery. [ am permanently located in Staunton,
and will spare no pains or expense to make my
gallery equal in every respect to any city gallery.
l am already prepared to make any style of pic
lures now in use. IS
in the Reception Room
may 1-tf j. n BURDETT .
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IN her, grave-stone these words were carved
ifted Higher" - Rural Neao Yorker.
. When the sunlight fell with radiant glor
4i .5fet~ Over her little bed, ,i' nj ifs-e1t, {
And the wind, with. gentle fingers, move
The tresses on her head.
With fainter voice she whispered, while
jaf The angel wings drew higher, e
And loving ones had hushed their sobs-
b fce3 'oh, Father, lift me higher."}'T .
But her dim sight looked vet further
sE..geH Than our weeping eyes. could see,
Far beyond the land of sunsets, .s,,,..
Into Immortality.
She needed not the crimson mist =
Fl ias-si That crowned.the bills with fire,
* But only breathed, in gentle tones, -
ssat t. Dear Father, lift me higher" 81
Y ct while she spoke the color died 4
From out the evening sky I.ef .
And twilight, clad in ashy robes, H.. NJ
+ Passed slow and silent by;
And Death had shut the door Of Life,
atf. Smitten the golden Tyre, 4rotlk
4 And ans swered the sweet childish wish,,.
5fea9 But to be lifted higher ~.
Father, we thank Thee |. for the child
T. j, Treads now the eternal alihills--g
Her footsteps falter not beside
The ever-fowing rills.
Lifted above all grief and care, 'ff'if
~ eaf From trials borne away s.'tcf
She has exchanged the twilight gloom
For neyer-ending day. ~
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To MiLLerS.
. NCHOR BOLTTNG CIoTHS

N have just received direct from the Importer
lot of the celebrated "Het Anker BOLfING G
CLOTHS, of various numbers, and warranted
genuine. These Celebrated Cloths have no equal
in the qualities of evenness. smoothness, uniform
ity durability and freeness in boiling. Their su-
perority, established by time and trial is recog-
nized by the best City Milers, by whom they
are used almost exclusively
Millers and Millwrights are requested to call
and examine them. GEO. f. PRICE.
July fifty and V copy
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"TWe Spice Of Life."

= LOOK SHARP!!-
1t is unnecessary for the undersigned to make
many remarks about their always well selected
stock Of notions and fancy articles, as they would
find some difficulty in an attempt to mention any
article in that line which they haven't got. The
particular attention of the community is called
to our splendid stock of shoes, parasols and show
eretts, hats, linen and paper window shades, hoop
skirts, trunks, floor and table oil cloths, and a
great many other articles too numerous to mem
ton, whlch we have just received and are able
to sell as cheap if not less than any firm in this
community. Call and examine.
June 6-3m HIRSH & LOEB
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1t has been decided by the commissioners of
internal revenue that if person loses sum of
rity for another or indorsed the note of fanother,
the amount lost cannot be deducted from income
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A Curious Sentence.

The following curious sentence, s'}Sator arepo
teret opera rotas, . is not frst-class Latin, but
may be freely translated-''I cease from my
work the sower will wear away his wheels
1t is, in fact, something like a nonsense verse.
but has these particularties IL. 1t spells back
ward and forward all the same. 9 Then the
first letter of each word spells the first word
3. Then all the second letters of each word spell
the second word. a. Then all the third and
so on through the fourth and fifth s. Then
commencing with the last letter of each word
spells the first word. 6. Then the next to the
last of each, word, and so ON through.
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Professional DirectO7.a,.

TOHN C. SNEED,
~ PHYSICIAN g. SURGEON,
Respectfully tenders his professional services to
the citizens of Spring Hill and surrounding coun-
try. He avails himself of the privilege of refer
ring to the medical faculties of the following In
sttutions: University of Va, University of New
York, Medical College of Va, (Rchmond,) and
the University of Louisiana, New Orleans.)
iuy8I-3nx
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{ 1VAFE-GIJARD AGAINST

~ ktAFE-GUAND AGAINST
y ACCIDENTS
The undersigned are Agents for the manufacture
and sale of
FITZHUGHS INVENTION
for stopping the progress of Reaping and Moving
Machines, in the absence of the driver from his
seat. ta
1t is well known that there is not neighbor-
hood, where reepers and mowers are used, that
some terrible accident does not occur every har-
vest to the driver OF the machine while engaged
in removing some obstruction in front of the
sickle-bar, in fixing something about the gear
ing or from being thrown from the machine
This valuable invention which is self-acting is
claimed to be a perfect and reliable security
against such accidents.
1t is simple in its construction and can be east
ly adapted to any machine having two driving
wheels. No reaper or mower should be without
it. +"
Farmers are invited to call and examine this
machine at the Augusta Foundry and Machine
Shop, Staunton. Va
Price for making and attaching Safeguard
ten dollars. ssssEt.s
may 22-tf ROBERTS, NELSON s. Go.
gss- Rock. Register and Lexington Gazette
nj RI
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Debtors & Creditors.

OOTICE.-The Bonds and Accounts of DR.
~ 7. Rennolds, decd, are in my hands for
settlement and collection. All persons knowing
themselves to be indebted are requested to come
forward ct once as longer indulgence cannot be
given. w NJ. b. kA 4SER,
Sept 26-tf Attorney for the Admir-
NOTICE.-Our books having been destroyed
~ by fire, at Greenwood, during Gen. Sheri-
dams raid, we respectfully ask all persons know
ing themselves indebted to to come forward
and report the amount near as they can and
close the same by Note. We may be found at
the store of Hoge & Mason.
Sep 19-tf Vim copy. TAYLOR & HOGE.
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Castings and MGchi3ae1'y.
IRON WORKS.

6TAUNT0N, A.
ATTENTION, FARMERS!
will keep constantly on hand the repairs for
Buck Eye and Hubbard Mowers and Reapers
and will furnish repairs for Union, Mccormick
I also have the patterns for Pitts Improved
Horse Power and Separator which will be fitted
up for old machines at the shortest notice and on
reasonable terms. Give me call.
Inl,-2-tf w RITRKE
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Messrs. Baldwin and Bolts,

To the Editors of the Richmond Dispatch,
Il Please publish the following letters, which
speak for themselves. d, III; aa4 rrE
I- a JOHN b. BALDWIN.
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AgricnlturaI Implements.
RRICES REDUCED. .,..A

That celebrated Livingston Plow" of all sizes
rom one to four-horse right md left-hand and
all parts Of the same, manufactured at Brad ,ey s
old establishment from the iginal patterns and
WARRANTED TO FIT 9itI s.
are now for sale at all the Of stands at greatly
reduced prices Old cast me al taken in BAY.
HUGH F. LYLE & co.
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" How TO SUCCEED. If you want to do bust
ness, advertise. sTHt4 ID l.F9 jG'.y
If you want to sell out your business, adver-
tise. ...... = - ,.,.,1 -...,i..e .,,fJ
If you want to borrow money, advertise.
fyou want to lend money, advertise.
In short, if you wish to do anything, or to be
anything, or to get anything, or to get rid of any
thing, advertise literally and extensively.
about you or your business, but draw your head
in and go to sleep like a snail in his shell, and
the people are certain to care as little for you
as you do for them; and you might sleep till
doomsday before they would attempt to rouse
you with an offer to trade, M
These are infallible rules suffice to explain
nine tenths of the great failures and the great
successes in the business world. d.-Lynch. Rep.
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A CAMPAIGN THAT is NOT TO BE BLOOD
LEss.-ln strong article upon Speaker Colfax,
and his late letter to his constituents the Ma
tioaal Republican of W ashington city, says:
As it is known that Stevens has all along de-
sired to produce a rupture between Congress
and the President, and as Mr. Colfax seems to
be acting according to his wishes, we are left to
infer that he is in for the whole of the pro-
gramme to deny the remaining ten States any
representation in Congress whatever until after
the next Presidential election aoith the intention
of disregarding their electoral ooice at that time.
If he has enlisted with Stevens for that, aoliich
aosU not be q bloodtess campaign, We presume
we ought not to be astonished at any excuse he
offers to his constituents for carrying out that
nefarlous purpose. tl....-. ,r..-.
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IA The undersigned agents for H. NJ. Smith
& Co., Manufacturers, at Richmond, can furnish
at short notice, any of the following named arti-
cles, at manufacturers prices. Reapers & Now
Threshing Machines, Horse Rakes, new article
recently patented; corn shelters, cutting boxes,
churns, scales, hay presses, betting of all kinds,
plough castings. cider mills, &c. ~
mayl-tf MCCLURE Sc BUMGARDNER.
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WHEAT DRTLLs.--I will again offer to

w the farmers OF Augusta and adjoining coun-
ties the celebrated -elfn Faast -af, .N-sI5, !
BlCKFORD 81 HUFFMAN DRILL,
with the Guano and Grass Seed Sewers attached
An experience of eight years has demonstrated
this to be the best drill in use its superiority as
compost sower is incontestable. -asatges't
PERSONS wishing to purchase should hand in
their orders early, as large demand is exp xpected
READ THE FOLLOWING CERTIFICATES:
1 with pleasure state that for six years past 1
have used one of Bickford & Hufman's Drills,
and that 1t has given me entire satisfaction.
had previously used other drills, and have since
seen various other patterns IN use, and have no
hesitation in stating my belief that it is decidedly
the best drill in all respects, and especially as
Guano and Compost Sower have ever. seen.
We the undersigned fully endorse all that Mr..
Nelson says above in favor of the Bickford and
Huffman Drill. .,....,.s
| WM. BELL CRAWFORD, WILLIAM F. SMITH,
| THOMAS T. EsKRIDGE, DAVID 5. BELL
JOHN N. OPIE f. WIN. r. DUNLAP,
! WIN. d. ANDERSON JOHN CHRISTIAN.
| ALEX. H. TAYLOR. A. A. SPRoUL.
| We the undersigned have had in use for several
years the Bickford s. Huffman Drill with Guano
| and Grass Seed attachments. We have no hesi-
tatlon, from our experience in recommending it as
| a first class machine 1t has given US IN all re-
| spects and especially as a compost sower, entire
satisfaction. es-.x .r.ss a-s-.
| We know of no particular in which it could be
amended, as it performs its work well
JOHN A HARMAN, JAMES HENDERSON,
THos. P. WILSON, c. c. FRANCISCO,
JOHN RAMSEY w. S. MCCHEsNEY.
r. H. DUDLEY, 1st G. NJ COCHRAN
HUGH w. SHEFFEY r. T. WALLACE.
BAXTER CRAWFORD. JAMES WALKER.
| l have sold many of these Drills to persons in
this county; they are to be found in every neigh
borhood, to whom persons are referred
Sample drill can be seen at my store
GEO. +. PRICE,
iulv 3-ff StaJOtOn Va
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ID DEMOVED.-Mrs. NJ. E. Fagan begs leave
III to inform her former patrons and friends
that she can now be found at her new Store, one
door east of Dr. Arthur's ana Immediately oppo-
site the valley Virginian' Office. She has just
returned from the city of Baltimore, and is now
opening, for inspection, her large and tastefully
selected stock of Millinery, for the Spring and
GUNNER fashions NAV l5-tf
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Fashionable millinery.
MRS. M. Il. FAGAN

KS. Nh. Il. II FAUEAN
Nl Respectfully informs the Ladies, and her
friends generally, that she has just returned from
Baltimore the second time, with large supply
of French and Straw Millinery, which she will
offer at very small profit Her stock consists Of
Straw and Neapolitan BONNETS of all kinds
and prices; also HATS Of all sizes and styles as
follows: Ironclsd Norma, half-Sundowns, Sun
downs Derbies, Queen-Gipsies, Dew-drops, &c,
together with NOTIONS of every description
SEs- She will pledge herself to give entire sat-
isfaction. Particular attention paid to orders
from the country may Oft
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What is that which every man can divide,
but no one can see where it has heen divided ?
Water.
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ADVERTISING RATES

ADVERTISEMENTS will be inserted at the rate
ef One Dollar per Square of Ten Lines or less
for every insertion. Unless the number of inser-
lions be NAKED upon the manuscript it will be
published until forbid and charged accordingly
~ Obituaries, announcements Of Candidates
for Office, Communications calling upon. Aduoca-
ting or Opposing Candidates, and all Commune
sations Notices of a Personal or Private char
setter, or intended or calculated to promote oay
Priuate Enterprise Interest ,ciU be charged for
a. advertisements.
" SPECIAL NOTICES will be inserted at double
the advertising rates
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