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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1867-03-05

The GEORGETOWN ELECTION munich
day, the 25th ult, being the first election that
has occurred in the District of Columbia since
the passage of the District negro suffrage bill.
The polls were opened at O'clock and the
rush of voters, without distinction of color, be-
gun. The Washington papers inform us that
the election passed off without disturbance, and
resulted in the election of Welsh, Radical, as
Mayor, as opposed to Addison, whose name
headed the white man S ticket" by the fol-
lowing vote: Welsh, 1919; Addison, 923.--
On the white mans ticket" Messrs. David
son, Clabaugh, Rohrer and Pickett were elected
Common Council and on the negro suffrage
ticket Messrs. Brown, Radcliffe, Reyburn,
Ramsburg, Davis, Cragin and Shoemaker
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1867-03-05
Southern Publication.
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'WEARING OF THE GRAY"
comprising
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of the
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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1867-03-05

KANSAS AND FEMALE SUFFRAGE fol-
lowing is the joint resolution on the suffrage
question, which passed the Kansas Legislature
ResoZved That the proposition to strike the
word male" from section one of article five of
the constitution of the State is hereby submit
ted to the electors of the State for ratification
or rejection, in compliance with section one of
article fourteen of the constitution
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1867-03-05
The Market Ln1C.
IN COUNCIL FOR THE TOWN OF
Staunton, March end, 1867.

The Committee to whom was referred the Ord
inances concerning the Market, submitted Re
port, which was adopted, in the words following,
to wit:
To the Council for the Tolon Of Stanton
GENTLEMEN-Your Committee, to whom was
referred all Ordinances relating to the regulations
of the Market, beg leave to submit the following
Report:
We have examined the Ordinances regulating
the market, and of the opinion that they need
no alteration amendment, but are ample, Il
properly and rigidIy enforced; we would recon-
mend, that the Ordinances regulating the market
be published in the Staunton Spectator, until the
first day Of April next; and thatthe Market Mas.
day of April 1867. all the Ordinances now in
force regulating Market, and for failure to dc
his duty in whole, or in part, he shall be tined
not less than Ten, nor more than Twenty dollars
for each neglect of duty.
Respectfully submitted.
JNO. B. EVANS,
ROBT G. BICKLE,
H. H. PECK.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1867-03-05
Tuesday, March B, 1867.

va The circulation of the Spectator is about
as great as the combined circulation of both the
other papers published in this place, and has as
many subscribers in this county alone as are con-
tanned in the whole subscription list of either of
the other papers.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1867-03-05
auction Sales.
III PROPERTY FOR SALE.

NE On The 2Ist dag Of february negt, 1 VIII
offer for sale publicly Gf not sold privately be-
fore that time,) the property known as
ALONE MILLS
on North River, 81 miles North of Lexington
This mill is in good repair and in a good grain
growing country. There is Il good two story
Brick House, with four rooms, and other necessa-
ry buildings
Persons wishing to buy such property will
please call and examine for themselves
JOHN CHAPLIN
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1867-03-05

1t seems to be generally conceded that tram.
ping on constitutions, silencing the press, and
imprisoning citizens, are privileges that only
American officials are entitled to enjoy, and that
the southern States constitute the only portion
of this earth that can. consistently with eternal
justice" and the higher law" be held in the
grasp Of military despotism. Baltimore
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1867-03-05

The Lynchburg Republican advises the people
of Virginia to remain perfectly quiet on the sub
ject Of the Military Force bill until they shall
have read the President Veto, should he send
one in, and know what he says, and what he
do before the close of its session.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1867-03-05

The impeachment business it seems is still
going on The Washington Chronicle says :
Some important witnesses arrived here last
night from the South for the purpose Of test.
flying before the Judiciary Committee Of the
House on the impeachment question.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1867-03-05

Emigration from Germany to the United
States according to letters written from Ber-
lin and Munich, will become complete tor
rent as the spring advances. The troubles
and disappointment in Germany, following the
war of last year add greatly to the tide that is
setting toward America.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1867-03-05
Fe3'tiEiSe2'!
,uysHE ROCKBRIDGE MINING COM.

PANY will be prepared on and after the
1st of March, to supply the Farmers of this and
other counties with GROUND BARYTES, at
$12 per ton of 1900 lbs, payable in cash or pro-
ties, at the Buffalo Mills of John r. Guy, which
is located on the main Valley Road, six miles
South of Lexington.
This article is known as one of the best fertili-
zers ever used, its effects being lasting.
The distinguished Chemist Col. VIM. r. GIL
HAM, says of it: THAT he thinks the character
of the Valley soil makes Barytes peculiarly val
liable as fertilizing agent, from the large guam
fact, the valuable element in plaster, but is less
abundant than that in Barytes, and that it ought
to supersede plaster, in the Valley counties"
Ali orders by mail can be addressed to the sub
scriber at Buffalo Forge, Rockbridge CO., Va,
and will be promptly attended to.
mar St d. G. e. BRADY.
Spectator and r. Register copy ct and send ac-
counts to this offce.-Gozette & Banner.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1867-03-05

It is rather cool business for Jack Hamil-
tons party to organize themselves into a quasi
Congress at Washington, and presume to die
tate laws to the National Legislature. These
fellows were first traitors to the Union, and then
to the Confederacy, were a mean set of scape
goats at all times, from the Tennessee clerical
BLACKBOARD" to the Texas negro-seller. Boston
Post
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1867-03-05

HE IHIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS expired Cd
Saturday last, and the Fortieth commenced on
Monday yesterday. This is the first time in
the history Of this Government that there was
no lntermission between the expiration of one
Congress and the commencement of the naxt
In this Congress, sixteen States have no Ron
resentatives. 1t is a mere fragment ola Rumn
the expiring Congress being itself but a
Rump.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1867-03-05

The session Of the Legislature of Virginia ex-
pired by limitation on Saturday last. 1t is now
In extra session called by the Governor in com
piance with the wishes of the members of that
body. The Senate voted unanimously for the
extra session. In the House the vote stood So
to 10. Messrs. Baldwin and Waddell voting in
the negative. 1t is hoped that they will take a
recess of several weeks to give the members an
opportunity to confer with their constituents.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1867-03-05
Groceries.
Settle Up.

OTICE.-The books of the late firm of
~ Peyton s. OFerrall having been placed in
my hands for adjustment persons indebted to
said firm are hereby notified to come forward and
settle, as longer indulgence cannot be given
ed may expect to be proceeded against immedia-
tely at law
mar Sit POWELL HARRISON.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1867-03-05
Then and Now.

In the language of the Petersburg Indec, less
than century ago, an English Monarch endea-
vored to put upon free people the yoke of
despotism, and the forefathers of these very
men who now Cypress the South. REBELLED
against this attempted infringement of their
liberties, and in justification Of their appeal to
the God of battles, published to the world re-
cord Of the tyranny which forced them to RE-
BELLIoN. The Declaration Of Independence
contains that record, and the Lader says that
there is not one count in the indictment of the
colonies against the King, that cannot now be
brought by this people against the United
States Congress. But this people cannot follow
the example Of their ancestors. Their swords
are broken, their bravest sleep upon bloodstain-
ed fields, their banners hang as trophies in the
foeman's halls, their cannon frown upon them
from the victor's strongholds. They are dis
armed, treasureess, impotent There remains
to them only one defence against AFFECT slavery,
and it is the jealous preservation the spirit of
freedom still abiding in their hearts. Southern
limbs may clank Northern letters, and Southern
necks wear Northern yokes but so long as our
people, true to themselves, keep mind and soul
untainted, they can never be degraded, nor the
hope of deliverance be ever extinguished.
That Government which rests not upon the
hearts of its citizens, is built upon the sand
The Union cannot exist half Free half in bond
age. If the enslavement Of three millions of
blacks produced that irrepressible conflict which
resulted in the ruin of the Republic, the casting
into chains of six millions of brave and intelli-
gent whites cannot but bring convulsion.
We boldly say that the hand Of despotism is
upon u.s. We sadly know that we can bring no
force to hurl its minions back But the Eternal
days of God are Freedoms, in which to work
out for the wronged, release and recompense. =
We can wait, and pray, and remember.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1867-03-05
TU31tS :!

w 1000 pounds good Pork,
80 bushels Clover Seed,
70,0O0pounds Bacon
1 will pay CASH or part trade.
feb 26-V&V copy W. NJ POOLE.
DOARDING.-The undersigned can furnish
I'D BOARD to six or eight persons good as
the market will afford for the moderate sum of
eighteen dollars per month.
feb 5-1m# Mrs. j. A. MARTIN,
East side of Augusta street, between Main
and Frederick streets, Staunton, Va.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1867-03-05

The Richmond Times says that, ''there seems
to be a terrible and ferocious determination on
the part of the majority in Congress to make
the South uninhabitable Is the recent legis-
lation part Of the policy by which Southern es-
tates are to be acquired by Northern owners p
Is military occupation and government the first
step towards expatriation and confscation? If
so, the strategic value Of such an approach upon
our unarmed people and their defenceless homes
will be duly appreciated by the world.
When will the representatives of the North
ern States learn, that now, since they have per-
force bound our destinies to theirs, every ma
ignant and injurious act committed against the
South will recoil upon the heads and interests
Of its authors? VIII they not heed the NUT
terines of that tempest of ruin which darkens
the whole commercial and financial horizon p
No, they are deaf, blind, and furiopsly insane !;
to crafty revenge they would wrap the temple. OF
Liberty in flames. and bury Justice under its
ruins -
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1867-03-05

The contest between Virginia and West V;r-
glnla over certain counties is set for the first
Monday in May.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1867-03-05

The Presidents veto of the force bill, known
as the Sherman-Shellabarger BILL was delivered
to Congress on Saturday last It was passed
over the veto by the following votes-in the
House, l45 to 81, and in the Senate, SO to 10
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1867-03-05
Confscati0n.

A Washington letter in the Baltimore Gazette
says that bill has been prepared providing fol
extensive confscations Of southern landed es-
tates The idea that the military bill is the
browning enormity, that it contains the ultima
tum of the Radicals, that it is intended as a
finality, is openly derided by all prominent mem
bers Of the dominant party, adds the same let
ter. They say they have applied the entering
wedge ultimate design is to seize upon
every inch OF southern soil. [ understand that
the confscation bill [ have alluded to was seen
by Mr.. johnson, your Senator, and that this
knowledge of the existence Of such project is
alleged by him in palliation of his vote upon
the military bill
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1867-03-05

Governor Brownlow has issued proclamation
that he will call out the militia to defend tbe
Union men against eyil-dnnrs
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1867-03-05
The True Course---Good Advice

In the present situation of public affairs, we
heartily endorse and recommend the good ad-
vice Of the Richmond Enquirer to the people of
Virginia. That paper says ITO our harass-
ed fellow citizens we recommend pataeace-pa-
thence not despair! We had trusted that the
heroism OF endurance would no longer be test
ed. 1t may prove otherwise; though we still
hope for much from the justice of the Supreme
Court and the humanity of the President. "A
good citizen never despairs Of the Republic. =
But whatever obstacles are thrown in our path
by unfriendly and hostile legislation, let us not
be parayzed in our industrial activities. We
owe duties to those who look to US for living.
We must still SOW and reap. The sun will still
shine and the showers will still fal-thank God
for that Let US address ourselves to business
let US put behind US the cares of state and
the gloom Of poltics-let US, until the present
inscrntable providence be overpast, dismiss from
our thoughts what we cannot control or affect
and let US WOO the earth for her treasures and
her increase, and commerce for its rewards
Let the ring Of the anvil and the song of the
ploughman, and the workman, replace repin-
ings over wrongs which We may not arrest. "
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1867-03-05
POSTPONENENT.


;, me above sale is postponed until Thursday
the It'll day Of March
mar Sit mo CHAPLIN
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1867-03-05

A detail of one hundred and fortv-fvo arp,ed
men were on duty to preserve the peace at the
late Georgetown election.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1867-03-05
Short Notes.

GNORT NOTES.-I still continue to take
y Short Notes, at par in payment for Tobacco.
mar ST A. S. KINNEY.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1867-03-05
The New York Express says:

INC NOW OFK EXpfess says: IH5 reVUIu-
tionists now in power tell us,
''rhe more you oppose, the worse we will
act" Very well, say we-but we shall not the
less oppose. Military despotism is not to be
substituted among us in this country, and over
such States of the old original Thirteen, as Vir-
ginia, the Carolinas and Georgia, without OPP
position. On the way to the Dead Sea of des-
potism we will ever keep on demonstrating.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1867-03-05

e y ~ - VEHS SAHIE.-As adj
N ninlstrat0rs OF the estate of John p NJ Nc
Cutchen decd, we will SELL on Wedneadav 1871
March, at the late residence of the deceased near
Summerdean, all the personal estate of said dece-
dent, consisting of Horses, Cows, Young Cattle.
Kitchen Furniture, Corn, Wheat, Flour, Grass rais
Seeds, and, in short, all the property usually
found on well stocked farm. TERMS: For all
sums of five dollars and under, cash; over that
amount, credit of six months will be given, the
purchaser giving note with approved personal Sc
curity. g. W McCUTCHEN.
mar5-2t JAS FL CAIIISON Adm rs
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1867-03-05
Reudy money.

EaERsONs WISHING 10 GET REA-
Il dy money for unquestionably solvent ante
war bonds or judgments should enquire at this
Office mar5-3t
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1867-03-05

The Alexandria Gazette says that, the wise
counsel given by the Press Of Virginia to the
people of the State, in the present crisis of pub
lie affairs, is. we have no doubt, adopted with
almost entire unanimity. There should be
nothing done in the South through passion, OF
irritation, to ''play into the hands of our OPP
pressors, who would be glad Of an excuse to JUS
tify their course. To bear is {. necessity to
forbear is duty. Patience, endurance pea
ceable department, calm resignation, are what
should characterize the conduct of the South
ern people, in this, the worst hour of their tri-
ais. They can suffer-they can endure, while
they can be true to themselves.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1867-03-05
4 DNEENESTRATOIs,s SALE

"A ministrator of Ephraim Kerr, deceased, and
also Jane Kerr, deceased, l will proceed at their
late residence, on Friday, the 18TH day of March,
1851 to sell all the the property left by the dece-
dents, consisting Of Horses, Cattle, Hogs, Farm
ing Utensils, and Household and Kitchen Fur
niture. Terms made known on day of SALE
DAVID KERR,
rf1- Hnnir
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1867-03-05

The Republican State Convention of Tennes-
see which met in Nashville on the 22d ult.,
nominated, by acclamation, Gov. William G.
Brownlow, for reelection, and unanimously
adopted resolution declaring Gen. George Ell.
Thomas as the choice Of Tennessee for Presi-
dent Under its present rule, Tennessee is a
great State-great!
Mr.. j. D. B. De Bow, editor Of De Bov S
ReUie,0, was born in Charleston, In 1920 He
died at Elizabeth, New Jersey OF the 9th
inst. He had long been in poor health He
was very industrious and able man, with a
peculiar talent and aptitude for statistics.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-03-13

Mayo's patent staveless barrel is thu;
described in the last number of the Ameri
can Artisan:
Mayo's patent staveless barrel was ex
hibited, and the mode of constructing it ex.
planned. 1t was made of thin slips of wood
similar to shavings, and laid up in form o.
cylinders the slips crossing each other at
right angles, and running around q certain
portion Of the circumference of the barrel
in spiral Manner and fastened with glue
and waterproof cement. This barrel was
intended to hold coal oil, kerosene, gaso-
line, alcohol, ETC., and had given proof OF
its efficacy, twelve or fourteen thicknesses
of the thin, shavings-like slips being suissi
Gent for the thickness of an ordinary bar
rel. Hoops were not necessary to hold the
barrel together, but in some cases hoops
were fastened to the inside circumference
to strengthen it, where much rough usage
was anticipated. The inventor stated that
barrel had ben filled with gasoline for
several months, and it had not yet leaked a
drop, there WIS no smell of oil, and it was
almost impossible to tell that it contained
gasoline. The weight of the old style of
barrel is about eighty or ninety pounds, but
this one weighed only about fifty pounds.
They had been subjected to pressure of
five tons across the bung, and a hydraulic
pressure Of thirty-fve pounds to the square
inch, and did not give way. They were in
fact about as strong as steam boiler of
the same size. They could be made for
about 50 80 per barrel. The inventor be-
lieved it to be the first great improvement
in barrels, as no radical change had been
made in thousand years.
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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-03-13

New York Advertisements.
Know Thy Destiny.

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