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Debtors and Creditors.

NOTICE.-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-.
NOTICE.-Ou books having been destroyed
dams raid, we respectfully ask all persons know
ing themselves indebted to us to come forward
and report the amount near as they can and
close the same by Note We may be found at
Sep. 19-tf Vim copy. TAYLOR s. HOGE.
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THE IMPRISONED NIGHTINGALE.-Ape peasant
one day went to the mansion of distinguished
man. There he heard bird sing, in a gilded
cage. He drew nearer to it, and beheld it was
nightingale With a feeling of sadness he
leaned upon his staff and listened.
Presently the servants of the rich man came
to him, and said, cat what dost thou wonder,
and wherefore standest thou here musing
thus?''
II WONDER" answered the peasant s'that
your master can bear to hear that sad complaint
Of the imprisoned bird in its splendid habita-
tion."
'Thou fool! p replied one of the servants,
''does the song of the nightingale seem sad to
thee in thy fields and groves?'
'Not so,' answered the peasant, "there, on
the contrary, it fills my soul with joy and ad-
miration.
''And are its notes different here ?' asked
the man with smile of mockery.
Certainly replied the peasant ''Our
nightingales, amid branches covered with leaves
and blossoms, proclaim the praises of reviving
nature they sing beneath the azure sky the
song of liberty, and over their brooding mates
the notes of love-"
At these words the servants laughed scorn-
fully, and called the peasant a simple clown.
But the peasant held his peace, and returned
to his cottage and his fields.
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THE BETTER HoPE.-Nothing makes the
freside SO cheerful as blessed hope beyond it.
Even when you sit most lovingly there-though
the daily task is completely done and the infant
in the cradle is fast asleep-though this is Sat
urday, and tomorrow is day of rest-though
the embers are bright, and from it's fat and pop
pling fountain in your coal the jet of gas flames
up like silver scimetar, and though within your
little chamber all is peace, and warmth, and
snug repose, the roaring gusts and rattling drops
remind you that it still is winter in the world.
And when that withering leaf tapped and fut-
tered on the window, mother, why was it that
your cheek grew pale, and something glistened
in your eye? You thought it perhaps might
come from the church-yard sycamore, and it
sounded like messenger from little Helen's
grave. 1t said, father and mother, think of
me"
Yes, dreary were the homes of earth, were it
not for the home in Heaven. But see to it that
yourselves be the Saviour followers, and then
to you he says, ''Let not your heart be trou-
bled In my fathers house there are many
mansions; go to prepare place for you
And when you come to love that Saviour right
ly, you will love one another better, more truly
and more tenderly. And, trusting to meet
again in that world where they neither marry
nor are given in marriage. purifying hops and
lofty ambition will hallow your union on earth.
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The WFE.-Woman's love, like the rose
blossoming in the desert, spreads its rays over
the barren plain Of the human heart, and while
all around it is desolate, it rises more strength
ened from the absence of every other charm
In no situation does the love of woman appear
more beautiful than in that of wife parents,
brethren and friends have claims upon our affec-
tions but the love of wife is of distinct and
different nature. A daughter may yield her
life to the preservation of parent, sister may
devote herself to her suffering brother but the
feelings which induce her to this conduct are
not such as those which lead a wife to follow
the husband of her choice through every pain
and peril that can befall him; to watch over
him in danger, to cheer him in adversely, and
ever remain unalterablc at his side in the depth
Of ignominy and shame. It is an heroic devo-
ton which woman displays in her adherance
to the fortunes of hapless husband; when we
behold her in her domestic scenes a mere pas
sive creature Of enjoyment; an intellectual joy,
Frightening the family circle with her endear-
ments and loved for the extreme joy which that
presence and those endearments are calculated
to impart, we can scarcely credit that the fragile
being who seems to hold her existence by a
thread, is capable of supporting the extreme of
human suffering: nay, when the heart of man
sinks beneath the weight of agony, that she
should maintain her pristine powers of delight
and by her words of comfort and patience, lead
the distracted murmurer to peace and resigna-
tion.
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TIN and Copper Ware.
A UGUST A. GRUBERT. Manufac
b. 4.

A UGUST A. GRUBERT. Manufacturer
n of Stills and all kinds of Tin and Copper
Ware, STAUNToN, VA, very respectfully informs
ha his 6a old raS ana ne p4 a M e nnt
Greenville to Staunton, and occupies the room
opposite the Bar-room of the Va. Hotel, known
as the Stable Office. Being determined to keep q
constant supply of Copper, Tin and Sheet-iron on
with dispatch, and at prices to suit the times.
Roofing, Guttering and ,Spouting Houses,
either in Copper or Tin, will be done in sub
stantal manner and at fair prices. [sep26-1y
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Saddles & Harness.
SADDLES AND HARNEs

CADDLES AND HAKNESS.-The sub
- scriber has on hand 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 a continuance of the same. His shop is
on on BE beverly or Main street, Staunton, next door
to DR.. Chapman's Office
Jan l6, 1866-6m GEO F. ELICK.
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EIRE AND LITE INSURANCE.-Th(
PHOtOGrNDHS.
nHOTOGRAPH GALLERY,

The subscribers have opened permanently
aPHOTOGRAPH GALLERY in Staunton, ov-
the store of Roane & Abby, opposite the Virgin
ia Hotel wherePictures ofevery style can be had.
accommodation of all who may favor them with
a call. They are thankful for past patronage and
hope, by close attention to business, to merit as
much more in future.
Mas- One of Steifs celebrated Pianos will be
found in the reception room for the amusement
of friends and patrons
Sept 12- j. ii. BURDETT & co.
CPLENDTDLY EXECUTED PHOTO
- GRAPHS, Qarge size), of Leading South
ern Generals, &C., at less than the frames can be
purchased at anywhere else. Only $1,75 each,
Frame and ALL Also, Carte de visites of the same,
at only Is cents each, Or eight for One Dollar
Call at the Post Office.
Nov. 28-tf JEWELL.
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Baltimore Advertisements.

DIANOS, PIANOS.-JOEL ETTINGER,
Il Staunton, Va, Sole Agent for Stieff7s Pre-
MUM Pianos, Factory "a and Sc Camden street,
near Howard, and 45 and Al Perry St, Baltimore,
Md. Warerooms No I, 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 now pro-
nounced by all the leading professors and anna
teurs the best Pianos manufactured. These in
struments have all the latest improvements and
are warranted for five years with the privilege of
factory to the purchaser. Second hand Pianos
always on hand from $50 to $500. Melodeons
and Parlor Organs from the best makers.
REFERENCEs.-Gen r. f. Lee, Washington
College, Lexington, Va; Rev. r. FL. Phillips,
Va. Female Institute; Miss Mary Baldwin, Fe-
male Institute; J. G. Covell, Principal, and Pro-
fessor Graham, of Virginia Institute for the Deaf,
er, of Staunton. A call is solicited. Terms lib
eral. [Sept 10, 1865-1y Vim copy
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Fire G3ad Life Insurance.
VIRGINIA INSURANCE COMPANY

Nv Il
The business of this company will be COM
rnenced on the 1st day of May, proximo.
Subscribers to its capital stock are hereby called
upon to settle for their several subscriptions with
the undersigned, on or before that day, to the ex-
tent of twenty per cent. of same in cash, more
if they desire it.
Books of subscription are opened for an addi-
tion of $780, 900 to its capital stock upon the same
terms as the original subscribers.
By order of the Board of Directors.
March 26-tM1. WIN. H. TAMS,
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TO .BZOcES22aitHS.

I'd BELLOWS. BELLOWS.-Cooke cele-
I'D brated Bellows, the best in use, and made of
the best material and in the best order, with dou-
Bile valves, warranted to be No. l. For sale by
ISAAC PAUL & CO., Agents.
March 21-tf StauntOn Va.
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Garden and -FVoscer Seeds.

GARDEN SEEDS.-Landreth' celebrated
W Garden and Flower seeds Just received and
for sale at p. II. TROUTS
! Feb 20, 1906. Drug Store.
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Death Of Free Government.

1t is a melancholy spectacle to behold a free
government die. The world, it is true, is filled
with the evidence of decay. All nature speaks
the voice of dissolution and the highway of his
tory and of life is strewn with the wrecks which
time, the great despoiler, has made. But hope
of the future, bright visions of reviving glory
are no where denied to the heart of man save
as he gazes upon the downfall of legal liberty.
He listens sorrowfully to the autumn winds as
they sigh through dismantled forests, but he
knows that their breath will be soft and vernal
in the Spring, and that the dead flowers and
the withered foliage will blossom and bloom
again. He sees the sky overcast with the an
cry frown of the tempest, but he knows that
the sun will reappear, and the stars the bright
emblazonry OF God, cannot perish. Man HIM
self, this connecting link between dust and De-
ity, totters wearily onward under the weight Of
years and pain toward the gaping tomb, but
how briefly his mind fingers around that dismal
spot 1t is filed with tears and grief, and the
willow and the cypress gather around it with
their loving but mournful embrace And is
this all Not so. IF a man die, shall he not
live again? Beyond the grave, in the distant
Alden, hope provides an elysium of the soul
where the mortal assumes Immortality and lite
becomes an endless splendor.
But where, in all the dreary regions of the
past, filed with convulsions, wars, and crimes,
INV
commonwealth on which the angel of resurrec-
ton has ever descended or from whose mouth
the stone of despotism has ever been rolled
| away? Where, In what age and in what cline,
have the ruins of constitutional freedom renew
ed their youth and regained their lost estate2
By whose strong grip has the dead corpse Of a
Republic once fallen ever been raised? The
merciful Master who walked upon the waters
and bade the winds be still, left no ordained
apostles with power to wrench apart the jaws of
national death and release the victims of despo-
tism. The wall of the heart broken over the
dead is not so sad to me as the realization of
this fact But all history, with loud unbro-
ken voice. proclaims it, and the evidence of
what the past has been is conclusive to my mind
of what the future will be. Wherever in the
wide domain of human conduct people once
possessed of liberty, with all powerin their own
hands, have surrendered these great gifts of
God, at the command of the usurper, they have
never afterwards proven themselves worthy to
regain their forfeited treasure.-Da,esel ".
Voorhees,
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Licery Stables.

VERY STABLE.-The undersigned
- keep constantly for hire at the American
Hotel Stables, SADDLE HORSES, BUGGIEs AND
HACKS. Horses fed also, and well groomed
NOV. l4-tf CRAWFORD 81 co.
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JEFFERSON AND KNox.-Mr. Jefferson 8
great height and slender figure exposed him to
much ridicule from his opponents; his sobriquet
with them was Long Tom Nothing could
present more striking or more singular con-
trast than the figures of Mr. Jefferson and Gen.
Knox; the one very short-the other lank and
lean, and unusually tall. They happened to
meet one morning on the steps at Gen. Wash
ington's lodgings. The two gentlemen ap-
preached from opposite directions, and arriving
at the same moment, contest in etiquette took
place between them. The General at the head
Of an army, and full of it's chivalric politeness.
could not think of passing in before the coequaI
head OF the Department Of State; while the ci-
vii officer of the Government was equally averse
to take precedence of the military; and they
stood for some moments, each drawing back
and waving the other forward In the midst
OF this somewhat entertaining scene, the notori-
GUS Judge Peters, the greatest wit of his day,
came up directly in front. Perceiving how mat
ters stood, and casting sly glance from one
side to the other, he pushed boldly between
them, exclaiming as he passed, Pardon me,
gentlemen, if in my haste dash through thick
and thin'
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POSTPONED Payments,

P0stp0neu Pay1nenIs.
IF not paid in advance additions to the above
charges will be made as follows If payments
be DELAYED for three months, an addition OF 121
Der cent will be charged if for months 25 per
cent and if for II months, 80 per cent.
arS- The rates in currency will be changed
from me to time as the price of specie may rise
or fall.
m- Subscriptions will not be discontinued,
except at the option of the Editor, till all arrear-
ages be paid.
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MedicOZ.

nYSPEPSIA.-Wha everybody says must
H. be true. We have heard Dr. Strickland S
Tonic spoken of so frequently by those who have
been benefited by it, that at last we are compel-
ed to make it known to the public that we really
believe it effects cure in every case; therefore,
we say to those who are suffering with Dyspepsia
or Nervous Debility, to go to their druggists and
get bottle of DIR. Strickland's Tonic.
For sale by Dr. Fl: S. Eichelberger, and P. II.
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Y Books and Subscriptions to the Capitol Stock
House of w. H. Tams & Co., and at the offices Of
the two Banks in Staunton. The attention of
Capitalists is called to the merits of this Stock
which is recommended to them as probably the
most ren,uneratice Investment of money now Of
fering BY Order of the
Jan 9-tf COMMISSIONERS.
1CIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE.-The
II undersigned, representing the Maryland
Life" and the Merchants and Mechanics Fire.
Insurance Companies, of Baltimore Nd, 1.-TWO of
the most reliable companies in the U. s. is pre-
pared to issue Policies, for any amount desired,
against loss of life or property 0. SMITH.
las- Office in rear of Spectator" building,
Nov 14-tf Staunton Va
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ADVERTISING RATES.

ADVERTISEMENTS will be inserted at the rate
of One Dollar per Square of Ten Lines or less,
for every insertion. Unless the number of inser-
tions be naked upon the manuscript it will be
published until forbid and charged accordingly.
ag. Obituaries, Announcen.ents Of Candidates
ting or Opposing Candidates. and all Consna,uai-
cations Notices of Personal or Private char
dcter, or intended or calculated to promote any
Prirate Enterprise or Interest, a0U be charged for
as advertisements.
SPECIAL NOTICES will be inserted at double
the advertising rates.
@s- Address 'Staunton Spectator" Staunton,
Augusta County, Va.
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TWO BAD CASES OF Plies CURED

Il by DR.. Strickland,s PILE Remedy.-Mr.
Glass, of Janesville, Wisconsin, writes for the
benefit of all who suffer with the Piles, that he
has been troubled for eight years with an aggra-
waited case of Piles, and his brother was discharg-
ed from the army as incurable The being quite
paralyzed with the Piles.] Both these distressing
cases were cured with one bottle of DR.. Strick-
lands Pile Remedy. The recommendation of
these gentlemen, beside the daily testimonials re-
ceived by DR.. Strickland, ought to convince those
suffering that the most aggravated chronic cases
of Piles are cured by Dr. Stricklands Pile Rem
edy. For sale by Dr. II. S. Eichelberger and P.
H. Trout, and by druggists everywhere.
A SUPERIOR REMEDY.-Wec can con-
N scientiously recommend to those suffering
from distressing cough, Dr. Stricklands Mel
lfous Cough Balsam is one of the best prepara-
tions in use, and is all that its proprietor claims
for it. We have tried it during the past week,
and found relief from most distressing cough.
1t is prepared by DR.. Strickland, No. 139 Syca-
more St, Cincinnati, Ohio and for sale by DIR.
II. S. Eichelberger, and P. II. Trout, and by
druggists everywhere. March 49, '66-1y
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II. BARTHOLOW a. CO..
Os No. 25 King ST. bet'n Water & Union sts
AI.EX A NnRIA NIPGINIA

ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA,
Manufacturers and wholesale and retail dealers
IN Agricultural Implements and Machinery
seeds and fertilizers, plows and plow castings of
all kinds, harrows, cutivators corn-shellers, hay,
straw, and fodder cutters &C., and full stock of
all agricultural Implements, clover and timothy
seed, orchard and herd grass, Usage, orange, mil
ls let, hungarian grass, &c Peruvian guano, Bar
Mexican guano, Goes super phosphate, ground
plaster, &c. Garden Seeds, embracing the largest
variety ever offered in this market Our Ameri-
can seeds are selected and grown for our sales,
and seeds which are better Of foreign growth we
import directly from Europe. We are just in re-
ceipt of a large and extensive variety of seeds
grown in England and the south of France, i'm
ported by us this season, comprising the finest va
riety of each kind grown, aoarraaated fresh and
genuine: Peas, beans, onion sets, cabbage and
seed corn.
gs~ Agricultural Implements and Machinery
repaired at short notice. ~
Extras and Repairs furnished at short notice
j. P. BARTHOLOW g. CO.,
Alexandria, Va,
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The BACHELOR.-In the vast fowerfeld of
human affection, says a cotemporary, the old
bachelor is the very scarecrow ofhappiness, who
drives away the little birds of love that come to
steal away the hemlock seeds of loneliness and
despair. Where is there more pitiable object
on earth than he who has no amiable woman in
terested in his welfare? How dismal does his
desolate room appear, when he comes home at
night, wet and hunger, and cold hearth,
barren table, and lonely pillow, which looks
like the white urn of every earthly enjoyment!
See the sick old bachelor in the dark afternoon
of life, when his heart is sinking to its sunder-
ance! Not solitary star of memory CLEANS
over his opening grave! No weeping wife to
bend like an angel over his dying bed No
fond daughter to draw his chilly hand into the
soft pressure of hers, and warm his icy blood
with the revivifying fires of unavailing affec-
ton! No manly boy to link his breaking name
with the golden chain Of honorable society, and
bind his history in the vast volume of the world
he is leaving forever!
He has eaten and drank, and drank and died,
and earth is glad she's got rid of him for he
has done little else than cram his soul into the
circumference of a sixpence and no human be-
ing save his washerwoman will breathe sight
at his funeral
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Higher.

Higher is a word of noble mcaning-the in
splration of all good deeds-the sympathetic
chain that leads, link by link, the impassioned
soul to the zenith of its glory, and still holds its
mysterious objects standing and glittering
among the stars.
Higher! lsps the infant that clasps its moth
er' s knees, and makes It's feeble effort to raise
from the foor-it is the first inspiration of chill
dren, to burst the narrow confines of the cradle,
in which the sweetest moments have passed for
ever.
Higher laughs the proud school boy, as he
swings or as he climbs the tallest trees of the
forest, that he may look down on his less ad-
venturous companions with flush of exulta-
ton, and abroad over the fields and meadows,
and his own native village. He never saw SO
extended prospect before.
Higher earnestly breathes the student of
philosophy and nature; he has host of rivals,
but he must eclipse them ALL The midnight
oil burns dim, but he finds light and knowledge
in the lamps of heaven, and his soul is never
weary when the last of them is hid behind the
curtain of the morning.
And higher his voice thunders forth when
the dignity of manhood has invested his form,
and the multitude is listening with delight at
his oraces burning with eloquence, and ringing
like true steel in the cause of freedom and the
right. And when time has changed his locks
to silver, and worldwide is his renown, when
the maiden gathering flowers by the roadside,
and the boy in the field, bow to him in rever
ence as he passes, and peasants look to him
with honor, can he breathe forth from his heart
the fond wish of the past.
Higher yet! He has reached the apex of
earthly honor; yet his spirit burns warm as in
youth. though with paler and steadier light;
it would even borrow wings and soarup to heav-
en-, leaving its tefement to moulder among the
laurels he has wound it in, for the never-ended
glory to be reached only in the presence Of the
Most High.
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ID OLIVAR CHRTSTTAN.

I'D ATTORNEY AT LAW,
STAUNToN, VA,
Attends the Courts Of Augusta and adjoining
Counties.
Attention given to the interests of residents in
this country in lands in Missouri Iowa, and other
Western States Oct 2Etf
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