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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1866-03-29
CONNECTIONS Westward.

The MORNING TRAIN from New York
connects at MANUNKA CHUNK with the
train leaving PhiadeIphia (Kensington De-
poO at 30 a. M. and Great Bend with the
through Mail Train On the Erie Railway.
with sleeping car attached. stopping at all
the principal stations on that road, and arri-
wing at Buffalo at 6 10 a. m.
The Esening Tram from New York con.
meets at Manunka Chunk with the train lea
wing Philadelphia (Kcnsins DepoD at 3 30
p. m; arrives at Scranton al ii 10, where II
remains till 10 % next morning. when ii
leaves. arriving al Great Bend AT 2 30 p. nI.,
connecting wnh the day Express on the
Erie Railway.
Eastward.
The Morning Train from Great Bend con-
necls there with The C;ncrnuatI Express Oh
the Erie Railway from he " est at Aanun
ka Chunk with train for Philade;dhia and
intermediate stations. arriving IN Phlodci
phA at $50 p. m; and OF New Hampton
~Iih train for El>inn, Bethlehem, Allen.
town. Reading and Harrisburg, arriving al
Harrisburg AT 40 r. ~.
The f enIug Train from Grea, Bend con,
necls lherr with the New York Exnress OF,
the Erie Railway from the WesI at Alanun
ka Chuuk wlIh Train " hIch ruGs 10 BelyI-
derr, where ii lies over until o'clock lhe
next morning and al New Hampton with an
Express Train for Easiou, Bethlehem, Al
enInwn, Reading aud Harrisburg.
AT Scranton, connections are made with
ir1luS on The L,ckawanna aud B!pomsbura
Railroad tn and irnm PlllSton, Kingston.
Wilkesbarre. Berwick. Bloousburg, DanvIle
Northumb rlaud, HlrrIsburg and interme-
daIe stations, and with trains on The ID, Ia
ware aud Hudson Railroad to and from Car
Uondale and intermediate ,Iailnns.
WATTS COOKE. Superintendent
X. A. HENRY, Generai Ticket Agent.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1866-10-16
The Object of the War.

The day following the battle of Bull Run,
July, 1861, the following resolution was passed
by Congress, with only three dissenting votes
'Resozrcd, That this war is not waged on oul
part in any spirit Of oppression, or for any pur-
pose OF conquest Or subjugation, or purpose OF
overturning or interfering with the rights Of
established institutions of those (Southern)
States, but to defend and maintain the supre-
macy of the Constitution and preserve the T.
Mon with all the dignity, equality and rights Of
the several States unimpaired and as soon as
these objects are attained the war ought to
cease.
We have had occasion often to refer to this
resolution, which was offered in the House Of
Representatives by John j. Crittenden and in
the Senate by Andrew johnson. Here, in the
most solemn manner Congress declared that
the war was designed simply and solely to re-
store the Union with ''the dignity equality and
rights of the several States unimpaired. -
''The rights Of established institutions were
not to be ''interfered with even. But, what
are the facts in the case? Established institu-
tons have been overturned, illegally as we
quently ratified the action of Congress in
which they had no representation. They had
right to believe, when they laid down their
arms, that Congress would preserve the faith
Of the nation which they had pledged, and give
the Southern States all that had been promis-
ed.
Now, however, that the States have concur
red in the abolition Of slavery; repudiated the
Confederate war debt; given to the negroes all
their civil rights, and manifested a sincere de-
sire to enter once more into their old relations
as members OF the Union, new tests tests that
were never dreamed of, or avowed, during the
war, are submitted to and acquiescenced in
when demanded
The President, for adhering to the pledge of
Congress, is denounced as traitor and threat
ened with impeachment. Now, who are the
real traitors the men who refuse to redeem
their pledges to the country, or he who stands
squarely up to them as the President is trying
to do? In this war between the Radicals and
the President the Press should keep these reso-
lutions before the people. .-L9mchbug Nrgi1s-
a0H
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1866-10-16
By the President of the United States-A
Proclamation.

Almighty God, our Heavenly Father, has
been pleased to vouchsafe to us as a people
another year of that national life which is an
indispensable condition Of peace, security, and
progress. That year has, moreover, been
crowned with many peculiar blessings The
civil war that so recently closed among us has
not been anywhere re-opened. Foreign inter
vention has ceased to excite alarm or apprehen-
sion intrusive pestilence has been benignly
mitigated domestic tranquility has improved /;
sentiments Of Cancellation have largely pre-
have been widely revived our fields have
yielded quite abundantly; our mining industry
has been richly rewarded; and we have been
allowed to extend our railroad system far into
the interior recesses of the country, while our
commerce has resumed its customary activity in
foreign seas. These great national blessings
demand a national acknowledgment.
+ Now, therefore, I. Andrew johnson, President
of the United States, do hereby recommend that
Thursday the 29th day of November next be
set apart, and be observed everywhere in the
several States and Territories Of the United
States by the people thereof as day of thanks
giving and praise to Almighty God, with due
remembrance that in His temple doth every
man speak of His honor"
recommend, also, that on the same solemn
occasion they do humbly and honestly implore
Him to grant to our National Councils, and to
our whole people, that Divine wisdom which
alone can lead any nation into the ways Of all
good.
In offering these national thanksgivings,
praises, and supplications, we have the divine
assurance that the Lord remaineth King for
ever. Them that are meek shall He guide in
judgment, and such as are gentle shall He learn
His way. The Lord shall give strength to his
people and the Lord shall give to His people
the blessing Of peace. -
Il. S. In witness whereof have hereunto
set my hand, and caused the seal of the United
States to be affixed.
day of October, IN the year Of our Lord 1866,
and of the independence Of the United States
the ninety-frst. ANDREW JOHNSON
By the President:
William N ,SeaCard Secretary of State
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1866-10-16

AN HONEST LIFE.-The poor pittance Of
seventy years is not worth being a villain for.
What matter ify your neighbor lies in splendid
tomb? Sleep you with innocence. Look behind
you through the track of time. A vast desert
lies open in retrospect; weary with years and
sorrow, they sink from the walks of man. You
are to leave them where they fall and you must
go little further, and you will find eternal rest
Whatever you may have to encounter between
the cradle and the grave, every moment, big
with events, which come not in succession, but
bursting forcibly from revealing and unknown
cause, fly over this orb with diversified infu-
ence. y
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1866-10-16
An Elegant Extract,

The sea is his and he made it. Its majes-
ty is of God. What is there more sublime than
the trackless desert, all surrounding, unfathom-
able sea? What is there more terribly sublime
than the angry, dashing, foaming sea? Power
resistless overwhelming power in the careless,
conscious power Of it's deep rest, or the wild tu-
mutt of its excited wrath. 1t is awful where
its crested waves rise up to make compact
with the black clouds, and the bowling winds
and the thunderbolt, and they sweep on in the
Joy of their dread alliance, to do the Almighty S
bidding. And it is awful, too, when it stretches
it's broad level out to meet in quiet union the
bended sky, and show in the line ofmeetlng the
vast rotundity Of the world. There is majesty
in it's wide expanse, separating and enclosing
the great continent of the earth, occupying two
thirds of the whole surface Of the globe, pene-
trating the land with it's bays, and secondary
seas, and receiving the constantly pouring trib-
ute of every river, of every shore. There is
majesty in its integrity, for its. whole vast sur
face is uniform in it's local unity, for there is
but one ocean, and the inhabitants of any one
meridian spot may visit the inhabitants of any
other in the wide world. Its depth is sublime
who can sound it? Its strength is sublime
what fabric Of man can resist it? Its voice is
sublime, whether in the prolonged song or its
ripple, or the stern music Of Its roar ; whether
III utuCTS It's uODON tolACo
labyrinth Of wave-Wo1n caves or thunders at
the base of some huge promontory; or beats
against some toiling vessels side, lulling the
voyager to rest with it's wild monotony or dies
away with the calm and dying twilight, in gen
tie murmur on some sheltered shore. What is
there more magnificent, than the quiet or the
stormy sea? What music is there, however
artful which can be compared with the natural
and unchanged melodies of the resounding sea
Its beauty is of God 1t possesses it in rich
ness of its own; ii borrows it from earth, and
air. and heaven. The clouds lend it the various
dies of the wardrobe, and throw down upon it
the broad masses of their shadows as they go
sailing and sweeping by. The rainbow laves in
it its many colored feet. The sun loves to visit
it and the moon and the glitterng brother
hood of planets and stars; for they delight
themselves in its beauty. The sunbeams return
from it, in showers or diamonds and gances Of
fire; the moonbeams find in it pathway of
silver, when they dance to and fro with the
breeze and the waves through the live-long
night 1t has light, too, of It's own, soft and
streaming behind a milky way of dim and un-
certain lustre like that which is shining very
dimly above 1t harmonizes in its own forms
and sounds both with the night and day. It
cheerfully neglects the light, and unites soem-
nifty with the darkness. 1t imparts sweetness
to the music of men, and grandeur to the thun-
der of heaven. Greeawoods Mystery and
Poetry Of the Sea.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1866-10-16
SMITH,
Educational.
HIGH SCHOOL.

The next session of this School will commence
on Wednesday, the 12th of September.
It is our determined purpose to establish first
rate Classical and Mathematical School, in which
boys can be thoroughly drilled and prepared for
advanced classes in Washington College or the
University of Virginia.
The school is located in a community noted for
the intelligence, morality and sobriety of its cti-
zens, and favored with daily mails churches,
stores, &c.
TERMS-IN ADVANCE.
Tuition and Board per half session, $40 in specie
Tuition in languages s. mathematics, 20 g
intermediate English, ................... Is
Primary ............. 10 g
German and French, (extra) ). 750 g
Board can be had in the family of the principal
and in good families in the neighborhood
For further particulars, address,
JOHN G. STOVER,
H. L. HOOVER,
Churchville, Augusta CO., Va.
July 10-tf Vindicator COPY.
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POETRY.
81 For the Spectator.
The Land Of MY Birth.


81 For the Spectator.
The Land Of my Birth.
O, talk not to me
Of fair Italy's skies,
Her fruits and her flowers,
Her mountains that rise,
And pierce the big clouds
With their feet on the earth
IT'S nothing, o nothing!
To the land of my birth.
We have our sweet flowers,
Our sweet flowing streams,
Our fields rich in verdure,
Z Far sweeter than dreams:
Our rivers they sparkle
With life and with mirth,
And smile as the, Gow,
In the land of my birth
And then in the morning,
When nature is gay
Upon the green hills
You can wander away;
So rich is the air
There's none sweeter on earth,
All ladened with fragrance, .-
In the land of my birth.
0 sweet is the scene
When the sun he does gid,
The far Western sky
AS he sinks meath the hill;
The sweet silver moon
Seems to smile on its worth
Looks down with delight
On the land of my birth.
O, fair are the minstrels III
That fly in the air
r. No birds Of Arabia
. Can with them compare;
Their songs are sweet music,
Enlivened with mirth,
They sing mid the trees
In the land of my birth.
But sweeter, far sweeter,
Than flowers Of my land,
Does the nymphs of those mountains
Such praises demand,
And like some sweet angels,
Descended to earth,
They smile and they sing,
In the land of my birth.
JOE A. FIELDS.
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TO IrGUeJIers.


I duced fare and new arrangements for excur-
sion parties to the
Rock bridge Baths and Natural Bridge.
Stages leave Staunton daily except Mondays
at 6 O clock A. NJ. Arrive at Baths and Lexing-
ton same day and at Natural Bridge next morn
ing to breakfast.
Parties of five or more will be taken from Staun-
ton to Baths and return at $3.50 each. 70 Nat
ural Bridge and return $500. This arrangement
soues lraueters, aoho make up parties, half tht
etsataI fare. Excursion parties or others can
leave Staunton for the Baths direct every We'd
nesday and Saturday, arriving same day, and re-
turn Thursdays and Mondays.
Parties to the Bridge can leave Staunton every
day except Mondays, reaching the Bridge mex
morning, and can return every day.
HARMAN & co.
august 1T Proprietors.
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INJI0ri7sg.

P. B. GRAVES. JOHN W. SPRINKLE.
VI FASHIONABLE TAILORS,
New street, 2 doors North of Main,
STAUNToN, VA,
have associated with them Mr.. II. M. SToDDARD,
State They are now prepared to execute all
work entrusted to them in the very best and most
workmanike manner, and in the latest and most
fashionable style, as they constantly in receipt
of the latest fashion plates.
Persons wishing well-made clothes and good
fit, should give them trial, as they guarantee
satisfaction.
Renovating and Repairing will be done on short
notice and in the best manner.
sep 25-5ts GRAVES & SPRINKLE.
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TIN and COpper Ware.
vHUN, COPPER. AND sHEET-sROl

vEIN, COPPER. AND SHEET-ERON
Il WARE.-JOHN C. GROVE,
New street. above B. Crawford old stand
will manufacture all kinds of WARE and will do
Roofing, Spoutimg and Gmttering -
with the best material and as low as can be made
IN Staunton. All work warranted. | would ask
merchants to give me call, as l think can
make it to their interest to do so.
Produce taken in exchange for work.
july 10-6m JOHN c. GROVE.
A UGUST A. GRUBERT. Manufacturer
n of Stills and all kinds of Tin and Copper
Ware, STAUNToN, VA, very respectfully informs
his old customers and the public generally, that
he has removed his Copper and Tin Shop from
Greenville to Staunton, and occupies the room
opposite the Bar-room of the Va. Hotel, known
as the Stable office. Being determined to keep a
constant supply of Copper, Tin and Sheet-iron on
hand he will at all times, be preparedt to do work
with dispatch, and at prices to suit the times.
.Roofng, Gutteraag and .Spouting Houses,
either in Copper or Tin, will be done in a sub
stantial manner and at fair prices Tsep26--1v
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Judge Advocate Holt has written to the N.
Y. Herald, denouncing as ''forgeries' the let
ters lately copied in this paper from the Herald,
and purporting to have been addressed to Holt by
S. Conoyer The Herald replies by offering to
sence of a microscopic test" it pronounees to
be written in the same hand with Holts letter
to the Herald
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1866-10-16
Fallen ROiI2'OOd.
Ia - II:
-EvO THE PEOPLE OF THE VALLEY

OFFICE OF THE VALLEY RAILROAD,
Staunton, April 25th 1866.
We wish at once to push forward the Line OF
Railroad which is to connect the Potomac with
the Virginia and Tennessee Road To do this,
we need to have stock taken in the Valley to the
extent Of
ONE MILLION OF DOLLARS.
This we propose to have done on the following
terms Two per cent of the amount subscribed,
cent additional, to be paid within the next three
years; the remaining eighty-fve per cent, to be
paid within the next ten years.
If this amount of Stock be promptly taken on
these easy terms we can effect negotiations which
will enable us to have its remainder taken abroad,
and which will enable us at the same time, to
raise the money for the Stock taken at home up
on the Bonds of the company payable in ten
years.
1t is unnecessary to say anything in regard to
the vital Importance of this great work. Every
property holder within reach of the Road appre-
ciates it.
1t may be proper to state, however, that cir
cumstances are more favorable now to the con-
struction Of this work than ever before, or prob
ably than they will be hereafter. We have al
COMPETENT CORPS OF ENGINEERS
to locate the Road from Harrsonburg to Salem.
They will commence operations early in May
Let our people aid, Ia earnest and we can prom
se them the speedy completion of an improve
ment which will do more than any other in con-
temptation for the advancement of our interests
The commissioners in each county will open
books of subscription at once, and are earnestly
desired to have the stock subscribed promptly.
M. G. HARTMAN, President,
may 8-tf of the Valley Railroad.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1866-10-16

] Drugs, Met16ciases, &c.

NEW DRUG STORE I
II soe DIR. J. L. BROWN Is
announces to the citizens of Staunton, and its vi
cinity, that he has fitted up room under the Vir-
GINA Hotel bqdng IN Which N II he has opened an
FANCY GOODS, to which he invites their atten-
ton. E} if a1 51a@ 1888
AS he will give especial care to the compound
ing of prescriptions he respectfully soicits from
Physicians, a share of their patronage.
Oct 2-tf ta
z OOK TO YOUR ENTEREST.-THE E
IA subscribers are receiving daily, fresh and
pure Drugs, Medicines, Paints, Oils, Dye-Stuffs
Perfumery, Fancy Articles Hair Brushes,
Combs, a No l Article of Kerosene
Oil and Lamps and Spices
of all kinds and in
FL fact everything usually kept in ~ e
s FIRST CLASS DRUG STORE,
which q they fy will sell cheaper than the cheapest
DR.. YOUNG, who has had long experience as
Physician and Druggist will give his careful
and undivided attention to the compounding of
Physicians Prescriptions. Give us call at DR..
sep26-3m YEAKLE s. YOUNG.
DITTER WINE IRON, Tablets of Chic
I'D rate of Potash for sore throat dptheria, &C.,
Superior Flayoring Extracts
Chevalier's life for the Hair,
Littles White Oil,
Creole Hair Gloss,
ii Strother's Aromatic Dentaline for Teeth,
DR.. " WAYr ~ y Z BRO, Druggists,
sep19-tf Near Town Clock
URsTNG BOTTLES,
N Gutta Percha Breast Pumps,
Infant Combs,
Excelsior Hair Tonic, a beautiful
article for the Toilet and restoring the color o:
the hair. For sale low
lust received a large supply of COAL OIL
81 AMPS, with improved Burners. i.
No. l Coal Oil-S0 cents per gallon
For sale by DR.. WAYT 81 BRO,
sep18-tf Druggists near Town Clock
W Sweet Oil,
Harness Oil, Lubricating Oil,
for sale, low, by YEAkLE & YOUNG.
July 17-tf
VEAKLE 4 YOUNG arc constantly re-
FRESH s. PURE DRUGss fsIN5Rg CHEMICALS &c.
guaranteed pure and genuine July 17-tf
DAENTS, OIL, GLASS, PUTTY AND
IL DYE-STU FFS, will be sold low, for cash by
YEAKLE s. YOUNG. +
July 17-tf
EARUGS, MEDICINES. kC.-HAVING
ED established myself in my new Drug Store,
one door West Of my former stand, am now
prepared to supply customers with
DRUGS, MEDICINES, PAINTS, OILS +
Dye Stufs Coal Oil, Lamps, Fancy Ar
ticles, &C.; Window Glass, all sizes;
Trusses and Supporters, in great variety; Surgi-
cal instruments, &C.,
Which l am determined to sell at a very small
advance above cost for Cash.
Special attention given to filing orders of the
purest Medicines, for Physicians, and at city re-
tail prices.
Physicians Prescriptions accurately dispensed
at all hours. This department receives my par
ticular attention. P. III. TROUT. j
Staunton, April Sd, 1866.
EUST RECEIVED an extensive assortment
81 of KEROSENE LAMPS, also No. l arti-
Gle of KEROSENE OIL, which will sell at old
prices for Cash.
Oct 17-tf p. II. TROUT.
MACHINE OLE from l5O to So. so per gall
I'VE lon at ?. FL. TROUI9S Drug Store.
Oct II
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Debtors G Creators.

AIOTICE.-The Bonds and Accounts of DR..
~ T. Rennolds, decd, are in my hands for
settlement and collection. All persons knowing
themselves to be indebted are requested to come
forward at once, as longer indulgence cannot be
given VIM. B. KAYSER,
Sept 26-tf Attorney for the Admir-
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TO MILIerS.


A NCHOR BOLTING CLOTES.-I
IA have just received direct from the Importer
a lot of the celebrated "Het Anker,, BOILING
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-
periority, established by time and trial is recog-
nized by the best City Millers by whom they
are used almost exclusively.
Millers and Millwrights are requested to call
and examine them. GEO. e. PRICE.
July 17-tf-V and V copy
nOLTING CLOTHS.-Persons in need of
n hor noes cfH AN get OF
July 17-f BAKER BROS.
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BOoEs and Stationery.
DOOKS, BOOKS, &c,

DOOKs, BOOKS, &C..
I'D SOLD FOR CASH ONLY
The Prison Life of Jefferson Davis -Four Years
in the Saddle, by Harry Gilmor; Bill Arp-"so-
caJled;" Life Of Jefferson Davis and ''StonewalP'
Jackson Photograph Albums, Photographs
English, French, Latin and Greek School Books
The Doctrines and Discipline of the Methodist
Episcopal Church., South, Methodist Hymn
Books, South.
A good assortment of Letter and other paper
Envelopes, Blank Books, Copy Books, States,
Lead Pencils, Muclage, Liquid Glue, Visiting
Cards, Bristol Boards, Bonnet Boards, Tissue Pa
per- Tracing Paper Drawing Paper, Steel Pens,
Ink, &c.
sen lift RORT CONAN
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BaGtche2'i2aO !!

ERESH MEATS.-R. M AYREs HAS
II commenced business again and will be pleas
ed to furnish his old customers and consumers
generally , sep l8-5t
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ErtpOO2'di2aG7sy.

dFM 600 A YEAR made by any one
DSsUUU with $15-The Presidents Cash
iers and Treasurers of 8 Banks endorse the cir
cular. Sent free with samples Address the
American Stencil Tool Works. Springfield, Yer
mont. , r july51-3m
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1866-10-16

TRIALs.-An hour in our life will surely come
when we shall be enabled to say that we have
not had one trial too much, not one that could
have been spared and the heart will become
burdened with the sense of an awful reality, a
perception ofthat wonderful fact that the events
of life are in themselves nothing that they are
but the body destined to decay yet that each,
however trihing, bears within it the seed that
yield ourselves passively to any circumstances,
whether happy or unhappy; neither wearying
ourselves with regrets for the past, nor burden
ing ourselves with cares for the future; SO only
that the present moment might add its grain of
faith and holiness to the treasure garnered in the
hand of God against the great day of account.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1866-10-16

If we are loved by those around us we can
bear the hostility of all the rest of the world;
just as if we were before warm fire we need
not care for all the ice in the Polar regions
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1866-10-16

Some workmen engaged in excavating in
Wheeling last week, for the purpose Of laying
the foundation of the new buildings to be erect
ed there, came across a skeleton. The bones
were of an unusual size, and are supposed to be
the remains of one Of the Indian Chiefs who
used to figure conspicuously in that neighbor-
hood about century ago. sag
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EDXPER a NVELOPES.--A good as
d sortment of white, buff, canary, and corn
colored envelopes also cap, letter, and CONNER
cial note paper.
Four Years in the Saddle, by Harry Gimor /;
Bill Arp, so-called; afew new novels, memoran-
dunn books, visiting cards, &c.
+ July 31-tf ROBT. COWAN. I