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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1866-09-07
So asgsssoas advertisements
Tic eEae People Of siae Valley
Ofr1cr or TUE VALLEY RAILROAD,
Staanton. April 18th. J 868 J

IFESo eEae People Of gfAe valley. 80
Cef1cr or rHa VALLEY RAILROAD,
staanton, ApfiI25th, 1868
We wish at once 10 push forward the Line Of
Railroad which is to,connect the Potomac with
the Virginia and Tennessee Road. 70 do this,
We need to hare stock taken III the valley to The
extent Of 20
MILLION oFDollsHs
This we propose to have done on the following
terms; Two pqr cent. Of tke amount subscribed,
to be paid il 50 soon rs called for thirteen per
cent. additional 70 be paid within the next three
years. the remaining eighty-fre pcr cent. to be
paid Nitlinlthe next Ten Years.
If this amount Of Stock BE promptly taken on
these easy terms. VIC can effect negotiations hich
viii enable us TO bavcits remainder taken abroad
and which viii enable us at the same time to raise
the moneg FOR livestock taken at home upon the
Bonds Of the company payable in ten years. 81
It IS unnecessary 70 say anything in regard to
the vital Importance Of this great work. Every
property holder within reach Of tic Road appre-
ciates ii
Il may be proper to state, however, that cir
cumstances are more favorable now to the con-
structon Of this worn than ever before or pEol}a-
bly, than they will be hereafter. Ne iiaNa already
secured q
COMPETENT CORPS or ENGINEERS
TO locate the Road from Harrisonburg to Salem.
They viii commence operations early in May
Let our peopiea;d, IN cqr}3est, and We can prom
ise them the speedy completion Of IN improve
nent which will domorq than any Other in con-
temptation for the advancement Of our interests.
The commissioners III each county viii open books
Of transcription at once, and are earnestly desired
to have The stock subscribed promptly.
N. G. HARTMAN, President :
may lift Of the Valley Railroad.
"a xxA;-.r
GREAT INDUCEMENTS.
The subscribers are now recei7lng 81 very large
stock of Staple and Fancy Dry Goods, embracing
in part the following kinds, viz;
Dress Goods, suited to the season. Black Silks,
Fancy do, Mollair, MelQnge; a new article
Silk, Checked Poplin Oriental Lustre
Travelling Dress Goods, Alapaccas,
Delaines, Shepherds Plaid Black
Goods, " hte Goods French
afu8ins Pulled 1Iuslins, l.
IRISH Linens, 10-4 Shooting,
Sd Table Damask,
Blcached Cotton,
Calicoes
Ginghams, Pin
GALE White and
Red Flannes, Linz .tt-<-
en- Cambria IIandker-
chiefs, Laces ana Edgings, @
Betting, Real Lace Collars,
Trimming Ribbons Veil Bereges,
Love Wells, Coventry Rufling. lid
Gloves Hosiery, Combs and Brushes
Empress Trail Hoop Skirts, Travelling
Bags Brown A. cotton, Black Cloths and
Cassimers Mixed Tweeds, Satinets, Cassimercs,
Brown Drilling, Canton FlanneIs, Tickings, &c
The above comprises only few Of the kinds Of
goods we have just received and we may safely
sayno that our stock is one Of tRe best in the
Valley, and we promise to all who may give US q
call great inducements, in the way Of prices.
AUG I'm PIPER & FUNKHOUSER
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ne regret to state that an alteration took place
On Tuesday 28th alt, near WaYnesboro between
Franklin Bush, son of David Bush, decd and q
negro man named John Cooper Bush died on
Monday last, from The effects Of blows receiYca.
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NEW II Es--ghe subscriber having
In permanently located il Stanton. VIII
take pleasure ii supplying the wants Of the COM
nlunity With any thing IN his l}aeof business.
HIS STOCK CONSISTS or
Dry Goods Of all descriptions, from Dosaestics to
Black and Fancy Dress Subs, Hoop Skirts, Hosie-
~ and Fancy Goods, Hats, Fine and Coarse,
Shoes OF different Styles (loeeasWare, sdlassAgaGe
and Stoneware.
GROCERIES.
Brown Sugars Rio Coffee Aiolasses, several kinds
Maoherel, Shad and Herrings and IN fact q gem
eral assortment Of Groceries At moderate prices.
lIARDWAR
Nails, Rope Irvine, Wooden Ware, &C.
Customers will find my stock varied and prices
moderate. Call at Brandeburg Old Stand, OPP
posife Virginia Hotel and see for sourselves..4
No froab}e to shoe Goods s
ns~ Goods exchanged for 1staaac until further
notice.
gzs~ All kinds of saleable Country Produce ta-
ken in exchange for goods.
Aug 3-3mo n B. HENDRY
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HE Lexington Presbytery viii assemble at
Bethel Church near Green7iilo, in this COUNTY on
Wednesday, the 10th Sept.
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yT7HE Valley saAGElfNt.- Reduce

r u EEEGY STA G Z III e eduocd
I fare and new arrangements for excursion par
ties to the
.ROCKBRIDCE BATHS & NATURAL BRIDGE.
Stages leave Stanton daily, except Mondays,
at cIocis A. NJ, arriving 1T. Bathssand Lex
ington same day and Natural I3gidge next morn
ing 10 breakfast,
Parties oe6re or more viii be zen from staul-
ton to Baths and return at $3.50 each. To Nat
uraI Bridge and return S.. 30. aa{s arraaeemnt
saees ayaee7ers apAomahe ~ pa43iea, Aal4 c gsssal
fare Excursion parties or tiers leave Stann-
ton for the Baths direct every Wednesday, and
Saturday, arriving same day, and return Thurs
days and Mondays.
Parties to the Bridge.can leave Stanton every
day except Mondays, reaching the Bridge next
morning, and can return every day
Harlan & CO.,
Aug loft PropIietcrs.
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is connected with the Hotel,
POINTS. OF INTEREST NEAR STANTON.

POINTS OF INTEREST NIEllE STAJNION.
staunton is So miles from Lexington, which
contains Washington College, Virginia Military
Institute, the Grave Of 6toneWall Jackson, and
the home Of Ice. The celebrated SPRINGS Of this
County are l. miles from Stanton, and the Nat
ural Chinneys, III; Weyer1s Cave, the second ii
extent on the Continent l7 and z from theQave
are the battle-felds Of Port Republic, and on the
road to the Cave the battlefield of Piedmont
The great charities Of the State the i9anatic Asy
Inn and the Institution for the Deaf, Dunb and
Blind, are In Stanton. It IS the geographical
centre Of the Old Dominion, and the Raiiro.aand
Stage Lines radiating from this point make it.a
point for travellers on. business or seeking health
or pleasure in the Mountains Of Virginia.
July l3--tf
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n ssE'zGE4.--The sale the property Of Rell-
~ ben D.zI4ill advertisedin the Andicatorand
Rockingham Register is postponed until 5eptem-
Der 18th. The Land isnow for rent and The first
applicant e2bae or c05ogea, if ofthe proper cllarac-
ter, will be ae5tenaed to.
Aug 24--tds REL BEN D. HILL,
~ Register and Spectator please copy Above
and dispense with former advertisementf.ge
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we return our thanks to our kind lady friend,
Mrs. VIM. H. Peyton, for q nice present Of very
large Tomatoes the largest of which weighed two
pounds. It viii be remembered that Mrs. p,
TWO years since, sentus the remarkable cluster Of
pounds, and 50 compact as to present the appear
e:nce Of single tomato. Her garden is an excel
len. one, just such as she deserves for II enjoying
her vegetables, she always remembers the printer
May her garden be ever productive: may her pigs
wax very fat: may her COWS give the richest Of
cream, and may her days lie prolonged to.enjoy
them and divide, as she always Gees, with tho
poor.
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$50. d. BA4sLET lfas been appointed Postalas-
Ter at Shenando, Augusta, v;cc ~ Manly resigned.
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A NGsE0R soG4EAStE &a4GerGEs.

have iust received direct from tx. Importer a
lot or he celebrated 'ldet Ankcr'a BORING
CLOTHS, Of various numbers, and yarrdntcd
aenujf6. These celebrated Cloths have no equal
10 Tire ,faiti esof eHenness, spo othness, upgoHn-
itY, durability ana frecnossin bolting. THEN SUI
periotf1v established by 1iine and Trial is rccog-
nized BY The best City Miliers by whom they are
asaa almost exclusively
Millels and Nllwrghts are requested to call
and examine them.
July 2Q--tf tF1O. Z, PRICE.
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E1Inatated CONGREGATIONS Of Union Royal\ q /
a Arch Chapter No. q are held at the NJ
Masonic Hall ia the town of Saun Ton, on the z---
SgcoAp and FouEfH Tuesday Of each month, be-
tween the LIST day Of October and the list day Of
April; ana on the SEcoND Tuesday ofeaeh month
between the lst day Of 4 prii and the Isl day Of
October.
ternally invited TO attend r
BY Order Of the NJ Z. High Priest q,
JAMES 7. PATTERSON, Sec ~.
SnntcnihnI s lSfiS--if
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We wish at once 10 push forward. The Line Of
Railroad which is toconnect the Potomac with
the Virginia and Tennessee Road. 70 do this,
We need to have took taken III the F.lIe5to The
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EH9GEsAssssE sAL0oN,
On augusta S. nearly opposite Court House,
S41 I -TrAr1,l " UP HTNTA

The undersigned, (late Of me firm Of Beck s.
Beard respeetll,llv Informs his friends and the
public generally that having purchased The above
named Saloon from the former Proprietor, Mr..
Cline, and leased the building fora term Of years,
viii continue the business at the Old Stand under
his personal supervision,
The Bar is supplied With a superior quality
of-LiqUors both offoreign and domestic manUfac-
ture embracing all the different varieties, and
will be mixed to suit the tastes Of al who may ia
vor him With 2 call and last bat not least at
prices TO suit hestrineeney, OF thetimes -
THANKFUL to his friends for the liberal pa
tronage extended him whilst member Of the firm
Of Becb-& Beard, he respectfully solicits q call
trom thom al bis new quarters
JNO. It. BEARD.
He has also ii connection with this establish
ment.a FEED STABLE attended to by that pop
uiar Hostler, tom BETHEL, where horses can he
supplied with single feed or boarded by the Gay,
week or month. JElE Iii
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w IL Fe e r g
Richmond Quotations.

REPORTED WEEKLY BY JonN G. EFENGER WITH
JOKES & HEWITT.
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T. OgagE ITEMS.

In our last issue we called the attention Of our
neghbor of the Spectator to an error he had com
mitted in claiming all the creditor the sale Of
Baugh's Raw Bone Phosphate here, when we
were publishing MISUNDERSTANDING also. We said
our charity led US to believe that our Deighbor
did not know that thesartiele was introduced to
the community through the columns Of the Vim
dicator," and that we were still publishing The
advertisement. In reply, this week, our neigh
Dor says he was not aware, when he preferred his
claim, thatswe also were publishing the adyer-
tisement, thereby acknowledging that be had
claimed more than he was entitled 10. Ourneigh-
Dor also says that he 'swould not pluck PIN
feather from our plumage.' we can scarcely
credit this, reverting as we do to our experience
in the past, and noticing that it is coupled with
lshls flings Of which journalist, claiming for bis
paper the standing be does, should not be guilty
and which, feeble as they are, we do not desire to
notice.
We will say, however, that we have grown to
our present proportions under thesscoWl and slur
of the Spectator and do not dread, but rather Ike
them, for we long since concluded, with reason;
hatthey aided, certainly never damaged US.
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BF. wEGB, Superintendent
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rgvHE OLD AND RELIABLE ROUTE
{ TO THE WEST, NORTHWEST s SOlIA &
w EST is via the
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Illustrative of the War.

The New Orleans Crescent gives an incident
Illustrating feature of Southern society since
the war. A relic of the past is seen in a man,
bearing upon his face and body the impress of
many years. This man walks the streets daily,
bearing the marks of misfortune, amid the
friends he had known in better days, but with
an appearance so changed, one can hardly re-
cognize in him the Mercutio of the Crescent
City, the gay, witty and elegant gentleman, who
was at one tine the very leader of fashion,
Seedy habiliments, a bent body and wrinkled
face have nearly obliterated all in him that was
familiar in the past. Inheriting great fortune,
he increased it largely by marriage and from
his profession at the bar had an income of forty
or fifty thousand a year, and received single
fee of 500, 900 upon claim on real estate in the
lower part fthe city. This wealth he scattered
with princely generosity and royal profhsion.
He was a Lucullus at home and his hospitali-
ties asplred to all the magnifcence of the an
cient Roman nobleman. In 1887 he gave sin
gle soiree that cost $26 900, and which exceeded
in splendor anything ever before known here
The very floors over which the dancers moved
were covered with scenic paintings, the work of
the most accomplished artist then in New Or
leans and in the saloon where gaming tables
were arranged stood two baskets-one flledwith
bank notes and the other with gold, for the use
of those guests who were unfortunate with the
tickle goddess. The dispenser tFthis gorgeous
hospitality is now dependent upon his relatives.
He takes his losses with christian resignation,
and does not fly from the world or rail against
it, like Timen Of Athens, but moves through
the world with pleasant and urbane manner,
as if he had still the princely fortune at COM
mand Such cases as this are common since
the war, and in the ''Reic of the past" the
Crescent writer has been happy in bringing out
one ofthe best features of the Southern people.
TT IS not a rare sioht here to see n fhreadhara
man passing by his own fine house in possession
Of the military, casting one sad glance toward it,
and then moving on as cheerful and resigned as
if he had just come from the familiar doors. In
every Southern city can be seen the same noble
men, ruined by the war, yet content in the
thought that the sacrifice was made for con-
science sake. at
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[From the Parkersburg Democrat
The Return.

We come again to our sunny home
That smiled meath a Southern sky,
We have left behind us the screaming bomb,
And the dying warrior cry;
We have furled our banner of white and red,
We have laid our hopes in graves,
Where sleep their last sleep our martyred dead
And we now return as slaves
We come with the shackes of bondage bound,
To the spot where our Zig trees shade,
And the vines far shadow fell 0 er the door,
Where in childhood's hour we played,
And where, in our ripper, manlier, hours,
w hen freedom was petled on the air.
We bucled the ''armor of warfare on,
With hearts witting to do and dare.
We comel but alas! no more will the vine
Chamber close to the door as Of old;
No more will the fig tree with foliage of green
In a shadow the homestead enfold lhand
For the spoiler has passed with the torch in his
And gone is our childnood's home
With the waving trees, the clustering vines;
10 ruins, alas! we come.
The chambers that rung with mirth and song
And the tinkle of laughter sweet,
The halls that school to manly tread,
And the patter Of childish feet
Are gone! are gone! and we look in vain
Through our falling blending tears,
For the scenes endeared to our aching hearts
BY blissful but by-gone years.
And never, should we rear meath these Southern
A home more stately and fair, [skies
CouId we gaze on II with PRIDE lit eye
18th a heart untouched by care.
Would not the old house where we first knew life,
Where we played in our childhood glee
Where we loved and hoped and prepared for strife
Ever rise in our memory?
Would the new home echo with song and glee
Ah, mol for the lips are cold
That poured on the air their mstrelsy,
Silent beneath the mould!
Two singers lie dumb on the battle plain;
One sleeps in the churchyard nigh;
Near the James dark waters her love was slain
All! what could she do but die?
Ye preach forgiveness for deeds like these!
How can we forgive and forget slaves,
When we are homeless, houseless, and shacIled
And ye have your liberty yet?
And your fair, fair homes, and your scenes of old;
How can we forget and forgive"
W hen our LOVE ones are lying beneath the mould
And the dear of your hearts still live?
REBECCA
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Baltimore Advertisements.

DEANGS, PEANOS.-JOEL ETTINGER,
u Staunton, Va, Sole Agent for Stietf7s Pre-
MUM Pianos, Factory "a and Sc Camden street,
near Howard, and As and AZ Perry ST., Baltimore,
Md. ,Warerooms No. 4 North Liberty street,
near Baltimore
These instruments have been before the public
for the last thirty years in competition with the
best makers of the country, and are pro-
nounced by all the leading professors and anna
teurs the best Pianos manufactured. These in
struments have all the latest improvements and
warranted for five years, with the privilege of
exchange within II months if not entirely salts
factory to the purchaser. Second hand Pianos
always on hand from $50 to $780, Melodeons
and Parlor Organs from the best makers.
REFERENCES. Es.-Gen. r. e. Lee, Washington
College, Lexington Va. Rev. r. H. Phillips,
Va Female Institute; Miss Mary Baldwin, Fe-
male Institute; j. G. Covell, Principal, and Pro
fessor Graham, of Virginia Institute for the Deaf,
Dumb and Blind j. w. Ably and A. ]. Turn
er, of Staunton. A call is solicited. Terms lib
eral TSept 49, 1Sj5-1y Vim copy
& vgOODvVAEsD, No 96,
Ee, S. Charles street. Baltimore, Md.
Tobacco and Produce Commission Merchants.
Special attention paid to selling Leaf and Man
ufactured Tobacco, Grain, Flour, Bacon, &c.
Orders for Groceries, Guanos, Agricultural I'M
plements, Seeds, etc.
Consig ignments and Orders solicited,
September II, 1865-1y
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tS0ddIeS G Harness.

cADDLEs AND FHARNESS.-The sub
= scriber has on hand a good supply of Saddles
and Harness Of his own Manufacture, which he
will sell very low for cash, or in exchange for
produce He returns his thanks to the public for
their past generous patronage and would respect
fully ask continuance Of the same. His shop is
on Beverly or Main street, Staunton, next door
TO DR.. Chaplnans Office.
Jan l6 1S66-6nl GEO. F. ELICK-
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Home and Mother.

Home, where father and mother, brothers
and sisters, have O unity of interest, sympathy
and affection, becomes in mature life the most
sacred picture b
''That hangs on memory's wall.'
In after years, when the destroying angel has
crossed the household and silenced its familiar
voices in their death when the hand Of chang
ing time has torn down the woodbines that
climbed above It's portals and its windows and
when its paths echo only to the tread of stran-
gers feet, how often does remembrance lead US
back to its sacred precincts, and make us realize
that the home of childhood is the brightest spot,
the farest oasis on the desert of life. 1t is du-
ring these moments of retrospection that the re-
ligious instructions of youth flow back upon the
soul. 1t is then that we kneel again by the side
Of her,
Whose breast with gentle billows,
Rocks to rest our infant woes"
and list O er the prayers she taught us Poetry
has enclrcled the name of mother with haloes
of beauty, but its language will never be ade-
quate to measure her influence To her the
first years Of our lives belong, and it is then in
her power to plant seeds of virtue that will bud
and blossom in the soul when age has plowed its
deep burrows In our pale cheeks, or covered our
locks with its SHOWS. The prayers of pious
mother are like a precious legacy They are
like the dews of heaven which first ascend from
the earth to the skies, and then descend again
to bless and revive the unfolding plant Inf
deity may array itself against the Bible and its
clamOrs may be loud among the assemblies of
men, but it has not the courage to enter the
sanctuary of religious home, and there listen
to the earnest prayers of holy mother as she
points her children to the throne of God.
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POetry o..
For the Spectator.
Thou wilt never Meet me more.

= AoU w 44t ACtCA XACCt AAC 0AOAOs
.la}i TO MoLLfE
Thou art gone, but am keeping
In my heart, thy treasured name;
If I'm smiling, if I'm weeping,
Thou art with me all the same.
! es, the link at last is riven!
All our pleasant dreams are DER,
And, unless we meet in Heaven,
Thou wilt never meet me more
Once the summer sun alighted
On the petals of a rose.
And although her leaves he blighted,
Still he fingered till life close
Thus the heart can sometimes cherish,
thoughts that wear away the soul,
Giving pleasure while we perish,
Meath their strange, but sweet control.
Thou art gone, but love hath bound thee,
Thou may st struggle to forget,
In the heartless crowd around thee
All in vain-thou'r 1T captive yet
All forgive the pain Tve given
And thy own deep wrongs Of yore,
For unless we meet in heaven,
Thou wilt never meet me more.
j. A. CAMDEN.
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ADVERTISING RATES.

ADVERTISEMENTS will be inserted at the rate
for every insertion. Unless the number Of inser-
tions be naked upon the manuscript it will be
published until forbid and charged accordingly.
lsS- Obituaries, announcements Of Candidates
fer Office, Communications calling opo1s, Adroca-
ting or Opposing Candidates, and all C0'f5naupi-
cations or Notices cf q Personal or Pri0ate char
aeter, or intended OF, calculated to promote any
Private Enterprise or Interest, a0iH be charged for
as Advertisements ur.l aam
SPECIAL. NOTICES viii be inserted at double
che advertising rates. eaf,f
Ga- Address" "staunton Spectator Staunton,
Augusta County, Va.
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Debtors amt Cl.efEifo,.s.

TOTICE.-The Bonds and Accounts of DR..
~ L. 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. WIN. B. KAYSER
Sept 26-tf Attorney for the Admir-
NJ OTECE.-Our books having been destroyed
~ by ire, at Greenwood, during Gen. Sheri-
ing themselves indebted to us to come forward
and report the amount as near 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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TIN and Copper Hare.

UGUsT a. GRUBEgT, Manufacturer
u 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 TN Sh0sp 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 prepared to do work
with Dispatch and at prices to suit the times.
RoQfng, GuttegIns and Sporting Houses,
either in Copper or Tin, will be done in a sub
stantial manner and at fair prices. [sen26-1v