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fer Sent.
For Rent.

A VERY DESIRABLE BRICK
n Dwelling House, with seven or eight
rooms on the River side Of Main street, Isl
Wand. Possession given Immediately.
myO l. IRWIN.
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druggists.
White Lead.

A ECHOR, CONTINENTAL. STAR, AR
~ row, kranInitX and CtncinuAM Brands,
for sale At low figures by
BUSHEIELD. WALLACE 3 co,
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NAnR.AN...

PLASTER PARIS,
kO BBLs. OALCD PLASTER, FRESH
,y9s ' &c. Hu.DRErH q BRO
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For Rent.

For Rent.
TINE STORE ROOMS OCCUPIED BY
Geo. +: Taylor q Co., and J. Clemens &
20, on Main street; also basement rooms
finished. Good offices in second story, and
good rooms for other purposes in second and
thlrd story in good order. Possession given
70 some rooms Immediately, Others April lst.
Many building lots and dwelling houses fOI
sale in the Sixth Ward, on reasonable terms.
THOS. HORSBROOK.
Office, No. llSls Main street, above Mon
roe, up stairs. febS-tf
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Broom Wire.
A ssoRTED SIZES ON HAND AND
CHAS. n. BERRY,
apr18 No. Is & 10 Water st.
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Unconstitutional Convention.

Monday, Dec. e.-Underwood called the
body to order; prayer was offered by the
chaplain, and the Journal was read. Only two
corrections had to, be made in it.
DISTINGUISHED VISITORS.
The President said it afforded him much
pleasure to announce that the convention would
be honored by the presence of some distinguish
ed visitors Governors and their ladies'
He proposed that the convention should receive
them standing, and should also rise when they
took their departure.
After short delay the party made their ap-
pearance at the door of the hall, and were an
nounced by the Sergeant nt-at-Arms-Governor
Smith, of New Hampshire, and Governor Peir-
point, of Virginia. accompanied by ladies'. The
convention generally rose.
PAY OF MEMBERS AND SALARIES OF OFFICERS.
Mr.. Thomas, of Henry, Chairman of the
Finance Committee, made the subjoined report,
embracing the following ordinance, fixing the
pay of members and the salaries of officers:
The people of Virginia, by their delegates in
convention assembled, at Richmond, do ordain:
That the compensation Of the members and
officers of the convention shall be as follows:
The members of the convention shall each
receive the sum of eight dollars for every day 3
attendance upon the convention, and the same
mileage now allowed by law to members of the
General Assembly the secretary Of the con-
vention the sum of fourteen dollars per day, out
of which amount he shall pay his assistants
the sergeant alarms the sum of six dollars per
day and the same compensation allowed by law
to the sergeant-at arms of the General Assem-
bly, for making arrests ordered by the conven-
ton, for keeping in custody, and mileage OF
himself and messenger and to each door-keeper
the sum of five dollars per day. Which said
sums shall be paid out of the treasury of the
State of Virginia upon the certificate OF the
secretary of the convention.
The ordinance shall bein force from its passage.
After considerable discussion, in which the
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[For the Spectator
Pictures.

y, painter, paint me picture!
Not studies of morn or eve,
But bid the dumb canvas utter
The story my lips shall weave
Your brush shall be truth, your colors
The varied hues life wears,
And artists to moisten your tears.
First, paint on the magic canvas
A meadow of freshest green,
With here and there daisy
Peeping the rock between.
Rocks ragged and sharp, and bloodstained,
Where tender young feet have gone
From the dead mothers icy bosom
To Chamber the rocks alone.
Then, paint me weary desert,
Oerhung with leaden sky,
Where never bird would carol:
And never a breeze sweep by.
Dip your brush In the waters of March,
And paint desOlation there:
A buried hope and the grave of love,
And the visage of fierce despair.
Then, next, paint fervid summer,
A gorgeous tropical scene
With bursting fruit and bleeding vines,
And the foliage rank and green:
With rosy clouds and golden
O Qerhanging the scene above,
With my soul for your palette, artist,
Paint me this scene of love.
Then, fill up your canvas, painter,
With clouds of misty gray:
Tomorrow is yet in cloudland,
Our picture is done to-day;
I'll hang it where all shall honor
A talent so bold and free,
But the name of the picture, artist,
Is known but to her and me.
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CO-POrt7aerShiD.

NOTECE.-The partnership of Roberts, N ell
~ son s. Co. was dissolved on the 1st day OF
May, 1867, by the sale of the interest of St F. q.
Roberts to the other partners. All persons in
debted to the old firm are notified that prompt
settlement is required.
The business will hereafter be conducted in the
name of Parkins. Nelson & Co., and the propri-
etors hope, by dihgent attention to business to
merit the patronage of the public.
They have placed their whole establishment
under the superintendent Of an experienced t:
satisfaction in euery department, both in new and
repair work.
They manufacture the cheapest and best plows
in the State of Virginia. They also facture
the unrivalled Planter Cooking Stoves at Balti-
more prices.
They have lately erected Corn and Plaster
Mill and will endeavor to keep constantly on
hand supply of Ground Plaster.
To suit the convenience of purchasers they will
take, in exchange for their manufactures, Pro-
duce of all kinds at market prices.
PARKINS, NELSON q co.
june lift
Rockingham Register copy
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g;,sSg9
POETRY.

For the Spectator.
The following lines by Col. B. 81. JONES, o
West Virginia written in prison at Johnson
Island, Ohio, in the winter of 1866 were occa
stoned by Confederate officers remark: "Tha
the South had best gioe up the struggle, ss sh
stood no chance" In many respects they seen
to have been dictated by the spirit of prophecy
GIVE UF.
Give up; and then whine "'twas the fat Of fate
That the blood which now reddens your veins
Should curdle and creep and clog meath th'
weight
And corr osion of Tyranny's chainsl
Give up; from your home to be driven away;
The home where your mother hath prayed;
The home of your wife and your chlldre to-day
The home where in boyhood you played!
Give up, that fugitive over the earth,
I ou may wander like brow-marked Cain;
With curses invoked on the day of your birth;
With prayers for the death-stroke in vainl
Give up, and become the mean slave of you1
serf;
A bond man to your bond man madei
And rattle your chains O er the hallowed turf,
Where the bones of your dead ones sre laidl
Give up-that the bgoted Puritan race,
May point the slow finger of scorn,
And hiss, as it were to your chIldren's disgrace
See! the youag Of rebel 6ornP
Give up, to be secuted and dsfranchised;
Have all rights whatsoever denied;
To be scoffed at, spit on, snubbed and despised
By those you have ever defed
Give up, that your daughter so tender and fair
And your wife SO fond and so true;
May be stormed at, while lolls in her soft cush-
ioned chair,
Their mistress-a Puritan shrew!
Give up, that your State may be struck from the
roll,
Where long she in glory hath shone;
And taxmen, exacting of 1.-THE and of toll,
May reap where they never have sown!
Give up that the acres you now call your own,
May be portioned 'twixt n orthman and slaves
And that 'shamed to have sired so bastard a son,
Your father may turn in his gravel
Give up, and then feel that your manhood is
gone;
Your pride once high now humbled and tame
To your children, instead of Liberty won
Transmit vile burthen of shame
Give up of their husbands and brothers bereft,
Bending in grief yet nerved by despair;
Our women, so long as one only is left,
The wrath of the Northman shall dare!
Give up! Not while remaineth to one poor child,
Strength to mould to bullets our lead
IT'LL our fruitful land is desert wild,
And the last Of our race is dead
Give up Not till the last true Southron shall
fall
In the face of the Northman's advance:
On the soil of the South shall not crouch thrall
To quail at the conquerors glance!
Give up No, never! Rather welcome the whole
Of the curses and scourges Of Heaven;
While above US the waves of the ocean roll,
By the wrath of Jehovah divine!
Give up All Trust not their promises rare,
Of Mercy-their Friendship-their Love!
Such mercy the eagle extends to the hare
Such love, hath the hawk for the dove!
"No chance!' There is always chance for the
brave,
Who valiantly stand to the fight;
And triumph shall light cen the gloom of the
grave,
For the hero that dies for the Right!
Johnsom's Island, january 9th, 1866.
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LegOL Notices.

U AW N0TECE.-Having obtained a copy
Il IA of the Rules and Forms of Proceedings in
Bankruptcy made out by the Judges of the Su-
preme Court of the United States, and entered
upon the Record of Minutes of that Court with
directions to be conformed to by all the Federal
District Courts-I will nov undertake to procure
lecrees of Discharges in Bankruptcy from pecu-
mary embarrassment for all who may desire such
relief. j. B. WATTS,
july 30-6m Attorney at Law
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YWE CHILDREN'S HOUR.
A Magazine for the Little Ones.
EDITED BY T. S. ARTHUR.

EDITED BY T. S. ARTHUR.
Its pages are filed with articles by the most
gifted writer's for children. Its appearance is as
beautiful as the finest Typography and the best
artists in the country can make it.
Holiday Number.-The January number
of THE Childreas's Hour" will be the most ele-
CANT and attractive number of juvenile maga-
zine ever published 1t will be ready by the lst
of December.
TERMs:-$I.25 Is year. Five copies, SIS. Ten
COPIES and one to getter-up of Club, $40. Chill
dren's Hour and Lady's Book, $3.50. Specimen
numbers, 10 cents.
Va Agents wanted in all parts of the country,
with whom very liberal terms will be made.
Both Magazines for So. so gear.
Address I. S. ARTHUR & SON,
800 and 81 Chestnut street. Philadelphia
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Marriage Guide.
,n~,. e.renf genealogical werk.

NOUng's Great PnysI0IOsISal WOFH'
or every one his own Doctor-being Prl-
vate Instructor for Married Persons, or those
about to Marry, both Male and Female, in ev-
erything concerning the Physiology and Bella
tions of our Sexual System, and the Production
or Prevention of Offspring, including all the new
guage, by WM YoUNG NJ. D. This is really a
Valuable % and interesting work. 1t is written in
plain language for the general reader, and is il
fustrated with upwards of one hundred engra-
wings. All young married people, or those con-
templating marriage, and having the least i'm
pedfment to married life should read this book.
It discioses secrets that every one should be &C
quainted with. Still it IS book that must be
Kept locked up, and not lie about the house =, 1t
Gents. Address DR.. WIN. YOUNG
No. 416 Spruce Street, above Fourth.
iuly9-1y Phlladelphla.
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Auctjoe & Commission Houses
GENERAL AUCTION

~ AND
COMMISSION BUSINESS.
The undersigned, under the firm and style of
PECK s. CUSHING
having taken the large and commodious store
room Of Mrs. B. Bolen, at the corner of Augusta
street and Spring Alley in Staunton, for the pur-
pose of conducting
General Auction and Commission Business,
solicit consignments of all kinds of Goods and
Produce, to be sold either at auction or private
sale at reasonable charges.
Sales Of all kinds of property attended either
in town or county. III. b. PECK,
jan 1st, 1867. E. M. CUSHING.
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Coal Crates.

VEvO CONSUMERS OF COAL.-Persons
Il intending to use COAL can be supplied
short notice and at low prices, by leaving their
orders at my office, where specimens can be seen.
w. A. BURKE,
Burke's Iron Works, Staunton, Va.
nov 26-1m
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Literature.
TWO MAGAZINES FOR $3.50.
ONE FOR YOURSELF AND ONE FOR
YOUR CHILDREN.
Arfhur's Home

Arthur's Home Magazine
OF elegant Literature, Art and Fashion; design
ed for Family Reading. and two we'll known to
the public to require special description. In the
January number, Miss VIRGINIA +. TOWNSEND
will begin a new serial story, and the author Of
'sTEN NIGHTS IN A BAR-RooM," new series of
TEMPERANCE TALES.
TERMS Two dollars year. Three copies,
S. Four copies, Sc. Eight copies and one to
getter-up of club $l2: Fifteen copies, and one
to getter-up of Club $40. Home Magazine and
Ladys Book, $4. Splendid Premiums.
Mss~ Sample copies Is cents
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Honey WN7sted.


AOTzCE.-Our accounts are now ready and
~ we would be greatly oblidged to our friends
to remember that required topay our bills
promptly at 80 and 80 days, We will expect all
to give the matter their Immediate attention.
july23- KAYSER Il YOUNG.
NNY MUCH BELOVED BEETN BEN
NH AND SISTERNS.
From this day and until the 10Th of this month,
will hold forth from the text
GiUe unto Cesar a0hat IS Due Cesar.
Now is the time to come up, for verify if you
don't hearken to my call, Jud gment Day. (Tom
Marshal) will be at your door before you are a.
ware. hint to the wise is sufficient.
ian 8-tf S. II. HILB.
THVO THE PUEsElC.-Our accounts will all
4 be drawn off by the first of January, 1867,
and we hope that all who are indebted to US will
come forward promptly and settle, as we cannot
carry our business successfully if they fail to
do so. After that date we propose to do
STRICTLY A CASH BUSINESS,
and hope that our friends will not ask US to de-
part from this rule.
dec 25-tf HOGE q MASON.
Vim copy
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Cash for Cram.
TTENTION FARMERS ,

N w e WISH 10 guy
FLOUR, RYE, WHEAT, CORN and OATS,
for which we will pay the highest market price
in Cash.
Farmers would do we'll to call on us before sell
ling their produce.
We keep on hand a la1 ge assortment of GRO
CERIES. which we will sell low for Cash.
HOGE & MASON.
Staunton Sept 3-tf
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ADVERTISING RATES

ADVERTISEMENTS will be inserted at the rate
of One Dollar per Square of Eight Lines or less,
for the first and so cents for each subsequent IN
sertion. Unless the number of insertions be
naked upon the manuscript it will be publish
ed until forbid and charged accordingly.
Gas- Obituaries, Apanouaaceneeets OF Candidates
for Office Communications calling upon, Adroca-
ting or Opposing Candidates. and all Commune
cnf?ons o.. Notices of Personal or PriUGte char
acter. or intended or calculated to promote any
Priuate Enterprise or Interest," a0iH be chargcdJor
as advertisements.
SPECIAL NOTICES will be inserted at douple
the advertising rates.
m9- Address -"staunton Spectator" Staunton,
Augusta County, Va.
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FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC LIQUORS,
Real Estate AQencay.

JOHN ECHOLS, Fl. NJ, BELL, R. II. CATLETT,
JED HOTCHKISS.
NCHOLS, BELL, CATLETT f CO.,
Real Estate Agents,
S. E. Corner of Court House Square,
STAUNTON, VIRGINIA.
We are now selling. and have . constant de-
mand for Farming, Grazing, Timber and Miner
al Lands of all descriptions llius, &C., and we
invite parties having such property for sale, ss-
pecally in the county of Augusta, and the Val
ley of Virginia, to put the same in hands, be-
ieving that we possess superior advantages from
our central location. and thorough knowledge of
the county and our extensive business relations,
for securing purchasers.
We make no charge for advertising or showing
property, but when we find purchaser for it we
charge commission of five per cent, to be paid
out of the first payment made by the purchaser
November 18th 1867
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For Rent or Lease.
HOTEL.

The subscriber having leased the Greenbrier
lease of the Virginia Hotel at Staunton, to some
one who can give his personal attention to the
management Of that well and favorsbly known
Hotel. He wishes also to sell to the person leas-
ing, the New and Valuable Furniture with which
the Hotel is now handsomely furnished. About
$1,000 have recently been expended upon this
valuable property in remodeling repairing, pa
pering, painting, &c.
GEO. L. PEYTON.
may 28-tf-town papers copy I'm
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Boots and Shoes.

Boot and Shoe Manufacturer,
MAIN ST., STAUNTON,
Keeps constantly on hand large stock Of the
very best Leather and Shoe Findings, which he
is prepared to make up IN the neatest and mos most
He will give special attention to the manufsc
ture of Ladies BALMoRALs and POLISH Doors,
from the best French Kid and Boot Morocco, and
will spare pains to keep up with all the latest
styles, and guarantees to give entire satisfaction
to all who may bestow their patronage upon him.
He will also put up MEMS WATERPROOF
Doors, CATERS, Shoes &C., in all the various
styles and in the very best and most substantial
manner
He purchases his materials in large quantities,
at the lowest figures, which enables him to give
his customers the best Boots and Shoes, at very
low prices.
He guarantees to please both as to the price and
finish of his work. Give him trial, at the old
stand of Pagan g. Simpson.
nOv1Q-tf
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Fn222aj3a0 I1aa,Ee2ae7ats.

A TTENTION FARMERS
"a BURKE's IRON WORKS,
STAUNToN, VA, Feb. II, 1867.
I am still putting up the best
LIVINGSTON PLOWS
(Nos. A. s, and 6; also, No. Hill side Plows) ev-
er put up in this Valley.
lz9s- warrant all my Plows. -aN
Call and examine before purchasing.
feb 19-tf W. A. BURKE.
NORN SHELTERS
& and STRAW CUTTERS
some new patents just received by
feb 26-tf WOODS d GlLkESON.
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Removals..
vEvae Old Liquor House Removed.

HOPE & BURKE have leased for a term of
years the large and spacious business House for
merly occupied by Powell & Blackley, next door
to B. F. Points under the Masonic Hall, where
they will be found with large and we'll selected
stock of
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC LIQUORS.,
FINE GROCERIES, AEs0 TEAS. SC, SC.
Thankful for past favors from their friends and
the public generally, by strict attention to bust
ness we hope to merit a continuance of the same,
at the new stand of the old firm of
sep 24-tf HOPE & BURKE.
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Professional Directory.
R- ENGLAND. Id. Id. S..

TT R. ENGLAND, Id. I'D. s..
% Will practice Dentistry in its various b bran n
ches, with all the latest improvements Ieeth
inserted on Gold, Silver, Platina, Corollte' hup-
Der, and Cleopastic.
He will be at Waynesboro from the lst to tn, the
18th of November, and from the 10th to the ooth
of November, at Greenvile.
ltomno+oIy oct29-3m
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Leather.

EATH ER.-HARNESS, SKIRTING, I,
IL Spanish Sole, Hemlock Sole, Upper Leath-
er, Philadelphia Calf Skins and Innings, just re-
ceived and for sale by
If A. M. BRUCE.
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Cement.

rn Barrels Fresh Ground James
on RIVER HYDRAULIC CEMENT,
received this day and for sale low for cash by
july-16 A. M. BRUCE.
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FnII and Winter MiIIineryl

Fail and Winter Millinery!
MRS. r. E. HUDSON has on hand and is
constantly receiving large stock of Fell and
Winter Millinery Goods of the latest and most
fashionable styles, which she is prepared to fur
nish to her patrons on the most liberal and ac-
commodating terms.
Her stock consists of Bonnets, Hats, Ribbons
Flowers, and everything in the millinery line, of
the most exquisite and fashionable styles. Give
her call at her store-room, opposite Cowsn's
book store, UP stairs. oct22-tf
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Fertilizers /!


ENRESA GROUND FEASA En.-W -
have erected mill on the Nursery grounds
Of Tannehill s. Wheat, just outside the corporate
limits of Staunton, for the purpose of grinding
plaster, and are now prepared to furnish pure
plaster, ground at our mill at $500 per ton OF
Oo pounds Or we will grind lump plaster at
quantity, but by charging IoW price to keep the
mill in continuous operation.
When it is inconvenient for parties to furnish
bags, we will furnish barrels charging cost for
same. We will deliver the plaster at the K; Il;
Depot, when desired, charging simply actual
cost of drayage.
We are compelled to pay cash for plaster and
will require cash on delivery or will take IN ex-
change, corn, oats or -four, at the market price.
Persons at distance, desiring ground plaster
can address us at Staunton, and will be notified
by return mail at what time it will be ready,
thereby preventing disappointment
A. BOWLING, JR., 81 CO,
anril 16-tf Staunton, Va.
00 TONS PURE GROUND PLAS-
NSE TER in Store and for sale low for Cash
aH16tf HOGE & MASON.
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Boston, Dec. 9-The municipal election to-
day resulted in the election of Democrat for
Mayor. This is the first triumph Of the Dem
ocrats in Boston since the days Of Andrew Jack
son.
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TGIJO7'I31g.
yHvAELORTNG! TAELORTNG.,---

VHvAELORTNG TAILORING !---The
4 co-partngship heretofore existing between
Graves & Sprinkle has been mutually dissolved
and the business will hereafter be conducted by
P B. Graves alone.
He has reduced his prices for cash, and will do
all kinds of work pertaining to the tailoring bust
ness, in the very best manner and at figures so
low that no one will fail to be satisfied. He has
removed his shop to the room formerly occupied
by DR.. B. B. Donaghe as an Office and invites
all his friends and the public generally to give
him a CALL ,-
july 80. Z. B. GRAVES.