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EfteF Defeat oCtho xrnpes1asfsts~-1ys1- s1-
e2eTe OF AuAsr Ian FT1nouesn~Fer4ldJ
II lhe Texat4u .Ala2<7-SAPtnre OF \
Valuable Convoy maRaeuoFAs In
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1866-11-20

After falling she appeared to have struggled to
raise herself again, as the prints OF her bleeding
fingers were left upon the wall near which she
was lying.
Hardly day or an hour of our lives passes
without an admonition, in some form or other,
Of the uncertainty of life, but, in the merciful
dispensations of a kind Providence, we are rare
ly called upon to mourn the loss of friend, un-
der circumstances so lamentahle. When we
think of what this poor, Feeble. delicate lady
must have suffered, mentally and bodily, from
the moment when she discovered her garments
to be on fire, till that in which she breathed her
last, our feelings recoil, with horror, from the
contemplation OF agonies so excruciating, and
our pen shrinks from task so painful as would
be an effort to portray them. We cannot con-
sent to follow her, even in imagination, from
room to room, and bed to bed, and recall all her
feeble but futile, efforts to arrest the devouring
flames, till exhausted by sufferings more intense
than can be conceived her garments burnt from
her, and the surface of her body charred and
discolored, she sank sufocated by the dense
and heated smoke with which the apartments
were filed.
Mrs. Preston's feelings received very severe
shock in the death of her husband, the Rev.
David Il. Preston, some years since, and the
many bereavements to which she and her fami-
ly have been subjected, in few years past, had
made the deepest impression upon her mind
Her thoughts were deeply engrossed by the low
ed ones who had gone before, and she had, for
some time past looked forward to speedy re-
union with them in brighter and happier
cline. %
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An Extraordinary Story.

The Parkersburg, West Virginia, Times, pub
fishes a very singular statement from a man
named Robert S. Steinway, who has been ar
rested as the murderer of one A. G. Temple, a
New Yorker, who mysteriously disappeared a
few weeks agoin the vicinity of Burning Springs.
The missing man had been it is stated, in the
company of the accused, travelling through the
oil regions of Ohio and West Virginia, and was
last seen with him on a ramble near Burning
Springs on Sunday, October %. Steinway' S
letter, which is very minute and circumstantial,
is to the effect that the two discovered remark
able cave near the bank of the Kanawha, en-
tered through narrow cleft in the rocks,
which they proceeded to explore. Mr.. Temple
had geologist's hammer and sack for speci-
mems, which he filed as he went through the
cavern. After slow progress through several
subterTanean apartment, the pair came upon a
lake, sixty feet long by twenty wide, which, to
their astonishment and unbounded delight,
they found contained not water but petroleum
Temple attempted to measure the depth of it
with his hammer, when the loose stones on
which he stood gave way and he fell into the
liquid, and, weighed down with the specimens,
never rose again. Steinway, in spite of his
horror was able to find his way out and back
to his hotel and then, being resolved to secure
the benefits of his discovery, said nothing about
the fate of his friend until he could get lease
of the property containing the wonderful Pc
troleum cave. To this lease, made in favor of
the heirs of the missing man, he points to sub
stantiate his story and prove his innocence, and
signs himself "a friendess and grief-stricken
man ~
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or the Spectator.
OH wv
The Difference.


Mr.. EDITOR "A very intelligent lady resi-
ding in one of the small towns in one of the
Western States, where for many years she has
conducted most successfully fourishing female
school, made visit sometime during the past
summer to her native home in Switzerland =
Her long residence among the abolition popu-
lation by whom she was surrounded, and many
of them of the most fanatical sort came orig
inally, the writer regrets to say, from our Val
ley, imperceptibly to her, tinged her intelligent
and discerning mind, with some prejudice
against the people of the South, of whom she
knew but little personally, except of isolated ac-
quaintances casually made in her sojourn In the
village mentioned. These prejudices were made
to give way under circumstances of a peculiar
character. Returning to the United States a
few weeks since, in vessel in which there
were some foufsr FIVE hundred passengers from
the North and South, it barely escaped ship
wreck. A friend writing to an acquaintance
here says, 'sShe acknowledges marked con-
trast of character and conduct during the panic,
when all was thought to be unavailing to save
the ship, the group Of Southern men, women
and children were calm, composed and resigned,
while the Northern fanatic and Puritan was
wild, frantic and terrified land well they might
be, he adds, parsons, scribes and Pharisees. -
1t was certainly striking and remarkable fact,
and am glad Miss g. had her eyes opened at
last, to this striking contrast of character. -
Comment is unnecessary, Il. +
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Access to God.

However early in the morning you seek the
great success. says the Rev. Mr. Hamilton, of
the Scotch Church in London, you find it al
ready open and however deep the midnight
moment when you find yourself in the sudden
arms OF death, the winged prayer can bring an
instant Saviour. And this wherever you are.
1t needs not that you ascend some special Pts
gah or Moriah;. 1t needs not that you should
enter some awful shrine or pull off your shoes
on some holy ground. Could a nlemento be
reared on every spot from which an acceptable
prayer has passed away, and onwhich prompt
answer has come down, we should find .jehouah
shdnenadh, the Lord hath been here, inscribed
on many cottage hearth and many a dungeon
floor. We should find itnot only Jerusalem s
proud temple, and David's cedar galleries, but
IN the hsherman's cottage by the brink of the
Gennesaret and In the upper chamber where
iPentecost began. And whether it be in the field
where Isaac went to mediate, or the rocky knoll
where Jacob lay down to sleep, or the brook
where Israel wrestled, or the den where Daniel
gazed on Him, or the hill sides where the man
OF sorrows prayed all night, we should still dis
Germ the ladder s feet let down from heaven
the landing place Of mercies, because the start
ing place of prayer. And all this whatsoever
you are. 1t needs no saint, no proficient in piety
no adept in eloquent language, no divinity of
earthly rank: 1t needs but a simple Hannah
or hsplng Samuel 1t needs but blind beg
gar OF a loathsome lazar 1t needs but peni-
tent publican or dying thief And it needs
no sharp ordeal. no costly passport, no painful
expiatlon, to bring you to the mercy-seat; or
rather, should say, it needs the costliest ofal
but the blood of the atonement the Saviour's
merit, the name of Jesus, priceless as they are,
cost the sinner nothing They are freely put
at his disposal, and instantly and constantly he
may use them. This access to God in every
place, at every moment, without any personal
merit, is it not privilege?''
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1866-11-20
From Suny of Eagles Nest.
A Feat of Horsemanship in Winchester by
General Ashby,

General Ashby.
In falling back jackson left absolutely moth
ing behind for his adversary Everything was
removed. and the laughing infantry greeted with
tests and cheers an enormous railway engine,
which, drawn by long string of horses, moved
on with the rest. if
jackson remained last, and his critical eyes
peered in every direction to discover whether
anything had been forgotten
81 SIS everything removed, Major?' he said to
his chief quartermaster, Major Harman.
Everything General"
:sNo commissary stores whatever are left p
"None, General.
''And those broken cars at the depot p
s'They cannot be moved.
'Burn them, Major:
II will, at once, Sir.
'sAnd the telegraph wire ?''r
els cut, sir.
''But, is it removed?'
"No, General
Remove, it Major.
Jackson then added: ''Take'your time. 1
am in no hurry to leave Winchester
Soon the broken cars were burning, the wire
was rolled up and placed in wagons and the
work was complete.
ssVery Good, said jackson, when the re-
port was brought to him and he sat down un-
der tree, and folding his hands across his
breast, fell quietly asleep.
He had been up all night, and never was able
to go without sleep.
The steady approach of the firing now indi
Gated that the enemy was pressing Ashby close
" near the suburbs of the town. rode in that
direction, and reaching the rising ground at the
head of Loudoun street, where the remains of
the old fort, built by Major George Washington
about 1756, may still be seen, encountered the
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1866-11-20

BEAUTIFUL EXTRACT When the summer
nightfall Of age, and the shadows Of the past
years grow deeper and deeper, as life wears to
close, it is pleasant to look back through the
vista of time, upon the sorrows and felicities of
our earlier years. IF we have home toshelter
and hearts to rejoice with us, and friends have
been gathering together around our fresides,
then the rough places of our wayfaring will be
worn and smoothed away, in the twilight of life,
while the sunny spots we have passed through
will grow brighter and more beautiful Happy
indeed are they whose intercourse with the
world has not changed the tone of their holier
feelings or broken those musical chords of the
heart, whose vibrations are so melodious, so
tender and touching in the evening of age.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1866-11-20
Beauty of the Virgin Mary.

There is in no my theology, ancient or modern,
a more poetical idea than that of the Virgin
Mary. The women whom poets dream of are
all terrestrial This one has nothing of the
frailties or faults of her SEX Catholics believe
her to have been born without original SIM to
have been mother without ceasing to be a
virgin; and, 10th to believe that body that
had beenthe tabernacle Of God could suffer the
decomposition and decay which is common to
mortal remains, hold as an article of faith, that
instead of dying like others, she ascended bodily
into heaven, borne by the tremulous hands of
angels. She has no fault she shines pure and
spotless, and is believed to exercise great in
fuence upon the destinies other votaries The
painters and poets Represented her as beautiful
She is usually represented standing on a globe
with foot on the serpent, because, as mother
of the Redeemer, she is supposed to be the one
that was to crush the serpent under her heel.
She holds the infant Jesus in her arms, divine
example of the sanctity of matrimony, and
wears long white dress, with q blue cloak, in
dicative of her great faith and supreme in
nOcence sa
ONE GLASS OF WINE The Dukeof Orleans,
the oldest son of King Louis Philippe, was the
inheritor of whatever rights the royal family
could transmit. lie was noble young man
physically and intellectually noble One morn
ing he invited few companions with him, as
he was about to take his departure from Paris
to join his regiment In the conviviality of the
hour he drank too much wine. He did not be-
come intoxicated he was not in any respect a
dissipated man. His character was lofty and
noble But in that joyous hour he drank a
glass too much He lost the balance of his
body and his mind. Bidding adieu to his COM
panions, he entered the carriage. But for that
extra glass he would have kept his seat. He
leaped from the carriage. But for that extra
glass of wine he would have alighted on his feet
His head struck the pavement Senseless,
bleeding, he was taken into beer shop and
died. That extra glass of wine oyerthrew the
Orleans dynasty, confiscated their property Of
one hundred millions of dollars, and sent the
| whole family into exile. -
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For the SPECTATOR
lf--ere -, For the Spectator.I = 80
Extracts from the conclusion Of a Sermon
delivered by Presbyterian Clergyman


delivered by Presbyterian Clergyman
to Unitarian Congregation.
Would you worship my God? Christ Jesus
IS His name. All that there is of God to me is
bound up in that name. A dim and shadowy
efiuence rises from Christ, and thatT am taught
to call the Father. A yet more tenuous and IN
visible film of thought arises, and that is the
Holy Spirit. But neither are to me aught tan
gible, restful, accessible They are to be reveal
ed to my knowledge hereafter, but now only to
my faith. But Christ stands my manifest God.
All that know is of Him and in Him. draw
all my life from Him, | bear Him in my thoughts
hourly, as humbly believe He bears me, and
do truly believe that He loves me. l, speck,
particle, nothing, only mere beginning of
something that is gloriousy yet to be when the
warmth Of Gods bosom shall have been sum-
mer for my growth and He, the Wonderful,
Counsellor, the Mighty God, the Everlasting
Father, the Prince of Peace
And this Redeemer of the world, this Saviour
OF sinners, accept, not only as my Guide, my
Friend, my Deliverer, but as an Atoning God,
who bore my sins upon the cross, and delivered
me from their penalty And since that life is
spared to me by Him, I give to Him that life
again. First, highest, and in measure beyond
all other things, preach Jesus Christ. And
all other topics are but arrows shot out of this
divine bow. If tears could wash away from
your eyes the hindrances, that you might be-
hold Christ as l behold and adore him, 1 would
shed them without reserve
If prayers could bring to you this vision of
glory, beyond sight of philosophy, would for
you besiege the audience chamber of heaven
with an endless procession of prayers, until an
other voice sounding forth from another light
brighter than the MONDAY sun should cast
down other blinded men to be lifted up a.
postles with inspired vision But, since may
not hope SO to prevail 1, at least will carry you
in my heart and will daily speak your name to
the heart of God in earnest prayer, that you
may receive upon your souls the greatest gift of
God-faith In Jesus Christ as the Divine Sa-
viour of the world Lock HAVEN.
November 9. 1866. -
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DURKE,S IRON WORKS,
I'D l STAUNToN, VA.
STOVES! STOVESll STOVESt!l
Boots and Shoes.
IMPORTANT TO THE PUBLIC.

4 EMPOkTANT TO THE PUBLEC.-
4 Desiring to make change in my business, I
propose to sell my stock of Eastern Work, con-
ssting of Gents Boots, Shoes and Congress Cal
ters Youths Boots and Shoes; Ladies, Misses,
and Childrens Shoes and Caters.
Also, a lot of Gents Hats-ditferent styles-all
at COST for Cash or Produce.
Ns4~ will still continue to furnish CUSTOM
WORK at reasonable prices.
All work made here warranted.
Callan see for yourself, two doors east the
1st National Bank.
G. N. WILLIAMS.
July 3-tf Vim and Vir copy.
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ITO MILJerS.
NCHOR BOLTENG CLOTHS.

NCHOR BOLTENG CLOTHS.-I
n have Just received direct from the Importer
a lot of the celebrated ''Het Anker,, BOLTING
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 SUI
periority established by time and trial is recog-
nized by the best City Millers, by whom they
are used almost exclusively.
Milers and Millwrights are requested to call
and examine them. GEO. E. PRICE.
r July 17-tf-V and Y copy.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1866-11-20
TI3eacare, StOces, dc.
EyINWARE, STOVES. &C.,

STOVES. &C..
j. G. GROVE & CO.,
New Street. above Main, Staunton, Va,
have on hand and are constantly receiving full
supply of the above and fancy articles in that
line. Their friends and the public generally are
invited to call and examine their stock, and every
effort will be made to please, both in point of
workmanship and price of goods
nov 12-3m
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1866-11-20
NUMBER XXI.
Moral and Religious.


Deep-rooted in a fruitful vale
Blooms a flower of fragrance rare;
No wintry storm or whitening blight
From MONDAY sun can reach it there.
Know you the flower, from storm and blight,
Secured by ceaseless watch and ward?
That flowers a meek and lowly heart
A heart devoted to the Lord
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1866-11-20
D7.axQS sE Medicines.

~
IN rangement with DR.. j. l. Brown, in the
corner room of the Va. Hotel, / will be pleased
to see my old customers and friends.
We will endeayor to keep an ample stock OF
and will give the most careful attention to the
Prescription Business.
It is our determination to make this No. l
Family Medicine and Prescription Store
nov6-tf FRANK II. LINK.
NICHOLS PURE COD LIVER OIL,
IN Propylamin, the unrivalled remedy
for Rheumatism.
Oxalate of Cerium to allay Vomiting,
For sale by DIR. WAYT & BRO,
oct % If Pharmaceutists, &C.
T ONDON HAIR RESTORER,
liz Heimstreets Hair Coloring,
Venetian Hair Dye,
Creole Hair Gloss,
Chevaliers Life for the Hair. &C.,
oct 2s-tf $40 br. wAYT & BRO.
4 LARGE ASsORTMENT Of pure En-
~ glish and American Drugs for sale by
oct 23-tf Dr. WAYT s. BRO.
n OOK TO YOUR INTEREST.-THE
Ia subscribers are receiving daily, fresh and
pure Drugs, Medicines, Paints, Oils, Dye-Stuffs
Perfumery, Fancy Articles, Hair Brushes,
Combs, a No. 1 Article of Kerosene
Oil and Lamps and Spices
of all kinds, and in
fact everything usually kept in
FIRST GLASS DRUG STORE,
which e they 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 a call at DR..
Young's old stand
sep26-3m YEAKLE & YOUNG.
NURSING BOTTLES,
IN Gutta Percha Breast Pumps,
Excelsior Hair Tonic, a beautiful
article for the Toilet and restoring the color of
July al-tf YEAKLE & YOUNGS
AILS.-Pure Table Oils, a.,
Harness Oil, Lubricating Oil,
Machine Oil, Linseed Oil,
for sale, low, by Y YEAkLE s. YOUNG.
VEAKLE & YOUNG are constantly re-
FRESH & PURE DRUGS, CHEMICALS, &C.,
guaranteed pure and genuine. July l7-tf
PAINTS, OIL, GLASS, PUTTY AND
il DYE-sTUFFs will be $ sold low %IesSh fo5 cash by
July 17-tf 80
nRUGS, MEDICINES, tEC.-HAVING
IL 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-
a4as5o cal Instruments &C.,
Which am determined to sell at a very small
advance above cost for Cash.
Special attention given to filling orders OF the
purest Medicines, for Physicians and at city re-
tail prices.
Physicians Prescriptions accurately dispensed
at all hours. This departmentreceives my par
ticular attention. r. H. TROUT.
Staunton, April 3d. 1866.
lust RECErVED an extensive assortment
eD of fKEROSENEL LAMPS, also No. l arti-
Gle of KEROSENE E OIL, which will sell at old
prices for Cash. -
Oct 17--tf p. IL. TROUT
MACHINE OEL from 150 to So. so per gall
lYl lon at, p. IL. TROUTS Drug Store.
Oct II
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CAstrchv5zle Broom Fuct0s.y.
BROOMs THE undersign

DROOMS! BROOMS 1.-The undersign
Id ed is just now putting in operation an extern
sive Broom Factory at Chu'chviHe, Virginia.
where he will manufacture all kinds and sizes OF
BRUSH BROOMS AND WISPS.
in the best manner, and which he offers to Mer-
chants at less than they be bought for in Nor
tler7a markets. .ss.ss. -.
His machine is of the most approved kind; his
workmen thoroughly skilled, and his broom corn
of the very best quality. 20.
ENCOURAGE HOME MANUFACTURES
and keep the money at home, by sending your or
ders, which will be promptly and satisfactorily
filed, by H. L. HOOVER,
oct 16-6m Churchville, Augusta CO., Va.
Spectator, Vindicator, Rockingham Register
Char. Chronicle, and Lexington Gazette & Ban
ner copy six months and send bill to Valley Vir-
ginian Office.
DROOM CORN.-Farmers who have broom
I'D corn have their attention called to the fact
that am paying the highest CASH price for
that article at the
CHURCHVILLE BROOM FACTORY,
and want all that is for sale in the county.
Those who have good strong bottom land can
not do better than to plant it in Broom Corn,
next Spring, as the crop is less trouble, not so
hard on land, and will pay fifty per cent, better
than corn. / want to engage for next year from
two to three hundred acres, and will give special
inducements to those who are willing to contract
now The best quality of seed furnished to plan
tiers. Bring on your Broom Corn, whether you
want money or the best quality Of Brooms.
: b. L. HOOVER,
oct 16-em Churchvile, Va.