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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-03-20
ROUND HILL
WATER CURE IND HOTEL,

A Northampton, Mass, continues to be
~ favorts resort Of nvads and Of families and 9th.
srs seeking relaxation and pleasure It IL derhtfuIy
situated amid the mountain scenery and partially sr
from the extended versnAahs are worth Journey Ia ss
The succe1VPd HALsTBD, n d the proprietor ana
prfncfpai physcian, In the Of diseasee In
well Known. For the successful treatment of vsrious
seut gratis
This nnch true Dr. Hasted has ere eat suce,, IN h,s
and Bee 49,.
H!s success in the treatment Of disease ID undspus.d
noufp HnI--We freely aud with the unanimous, a.
SAINT OF All Who ever visited charming spot commend
Il ~ delightful place Of sujourn The scenery i Of
rtvaled beanty-vAey hill and river, give insxhaus
BILE vsrfety. which have been embeish "a ~ tseteful
cultivation. Thsrs numerous deiirhtul 8r;v,s IN
the vicinity, and the hotel Il well kept containing eve
~ accommodati9n for guests, veil r their comfort
y amusement P,cayune
TO PHYSICIANS AND LADIEg.
DR.. HALSrxp in the course Of thirty ys.r, pr,etc.
has bsen enabled to discover the ad~ptson Of esrts
shencsl sgenfs which set 10 harmcry with the natural
fopctons Of special orsaus, rsmeyipg toeir dseeeed
conditions. and notorpathlosily nssd vitalising thsn
nto healthy and vigorous action; thereby rsaoy1ns
Hsrfbty curing pvsdPsss sesi end other functousl -
rAnseaents With ssss aad etaiAty and without usps
appliances Of The day. TAh Notospeshic trss,rs.9
rssorss the whole system TO sssns health and yior
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suits e!resiAs eeAt es On sDplksAos, svise ins.r.
nation Of TIL syeea, snd Of the furkish G6euis ana
other bet1 IN - there, z psrtisslarly csanss6sd 10
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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-03-20

There is to be grand Circular Fox chase
in Davis county next Friday. See Guard
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-03-20

THF xens to give Keokuk boost ahead Just now
sppoini And it will tell immensely for good or evil OF
respect the future, whether We retain thousand eu
luton passsA1ts this spring, or drive them away t.
iDg on Sattek homes elsewhere.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-03-20

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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1867-06-25
CUDJOE.
The Races.

In recent lecture delivered by Prof. Agas-
siz, that gentleman took the following position
in regard to the white and black races:
II have pointed out over hundred specific
differences between the bonal and nervous sys-
TENS of the white man and negro Indeed, their
frames are alike in no particular. There is not
bone in the negro's body which is relatively
the same shape, size, articulation, or chemically
Of the same composition as that of the white
man. Even the negro's blood is chemically a
very different fluid from that which courses in
the veins Of the white man. The whole physi-
cal organism of the negro differs quite as much
from the man as it does from that of the CHM
panzee-that is, in his bones, muscles, nerves
and fbres, the chimpanzee has not much fur
ther to progress to become negro, than ne
gro has to become white man. This fact
science inexorably demonstrates *
Climate has no more to do with the differ
ence between the white man and negro than it
has between that of the negro and the chimpan-
zee, or than it has between the horse and ass,
or the eagle and the OWL Each is distinct
and separate creation. The negro and the
white man were created as specifically different
as the owl and the eagle. They were designed
to fill different places in the system of nature.
The negro is no more negro by accident Or
misfortune than the owl is the kind of bird it is
by accident or misfortune. The negro is no
more the white man brother than the owl is
the sister of the eagle, or than the ass is the
brother of the horse. How stupendous and
how simply, is the doctrine that the Almighty
Maker of the Universe has created inherent
species of the lower animals, to fill different
places and offices in the grand economy of ma
ture!'
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1867-06-25
Moral and Religious.
Going to Church.

The Pail Mall Gazette offers some suggestive
remarks on the present condition of religious
sentiment in England, in the following which it
declares is very far from being a sarcastic ac-
count of the reasons why the gentry go to church
on Sunday" and in which, it will be seen,
almost every influence except a deyout spirit is
recognized
''The really interesting thing would be to
know. not why working men do not go to church,
but why so many gentlemen do go there. If
you could walk into one ofthe churches In Ty-
BURMA some Sunday morning, and impound all
or any considerable part of the well-dressed
males between thirty and sixty to be found there,
and extract from them, by home questions
which must be supposed to be honestly answer
ed, their real reasons for coming to church, some
very curious results would be probably obtained.
large proportion would no doubt answer that
they came simply from the force of habit-not
few would be obliged to admit that they did
it to please their wives. This would be con-
siderably qualified in others by an impression
that 1t was necessary part of the education OF
their children, and almost every one would be
more or less influenced by the consideration of
the general responsibility ofthe institutions and
the propriety of supporting it on the ground Of
its respectability and social utility So strong
is this motive that squires who, when in
London, never by any accident, see the inside
OF church, will constantly go in the most reg
ular manner, at least to morning service, In the
country, by way, as they say, of setting an ex-
ample. 1t may not be good or required for
themselves, but they have an impression that
it is good for their interiors. 1t must also be
observed that to abstain altogether from going
to church would be rather marked and singular
thing In gentleman, and there is nothing on
which people so much hate to be singular as
matters of that kind. 1t would be unjust to
represent these motives as the only ones which
take the gentry of London and other great cities
to church, though we have no doubt that if
they were all to cease to operate at once con-
gregations would be strangely thinned. Most
men probably have sufficient degree of true
some form ofreligious worship, and the strength
off the Church of England, regarded as a religious
body, no doubt lies in the fact that its liturgy
is singularly well suited as whole to the tastes
of educated men,"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1867-06-25
The Old Canoe.

Where the rocks are gray and the shore is steep,
And the waters below look dark and deep:
Where the rugged pine in its lonely pride
Leans gloomily over the murky tide;
Where the reeds and rushes are tall and rank,
And the weeds grow thick on the winding bank,
Where the shadow is heavy the whole day thro'
Lies at its moorings the old canoe
The useless paddles are idly dropped, $50
Like sea-birds wings that the storm has Topped,
And crossed on the railing, one Ger one,
Like folded hands when the work is done;
While busily back and forth between,
The spider stretches his silvery screen,
And the solemn owl, with his dull '.too-hoo,"
Nestles down on the side of the old canoe
The stern, half sunk in the shiny wave
Rots slowly away in its living grave,
And the green moss creeps 'er its dull decay,
Hiding the moldering dust away,
Like the hand that plants O er the tomb flower,
Or the ivy that mantles fallen tower;
While many blossom of liveliest hue
Springs up o er the stern of the old canoe.
The currentess waters are dead and still
But the light winds play with the boat at will,
And lazily in and out again
1t floats the length of its rusty chain,
Like the weary march of the hands of time,
That meet and part at the noontide chime;
And the shore is kissed at each turn anew
By the dripping bow of the old canoe.
Oh, many time with careless hand,
have pushed it away from the pebbly strand,
And padded it down where the stream ran quick,
Where the whirls were wild and the storm was
thick;
And laughed as leaned DER the rocking side,
And looked below in the broken tide,
To see that the faces and boats were two
That were mirrored back from the old canoe
But now, as I lean o. er the crumbling side,
And look below in the sluggish tide
The face that see is graver grown,
And the laugh heard has sober tone,
And the hands that lent to the light skiff wings
Have grown familiar with sterner things;
But love to think of the hours that flew,
AS 1 rocked where the whirls their wild spray
threW;
Ere the blossoms moved or the green grass grew
O'er the moldering stern Of the old canoe.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1867-06-25
Evils of Gossip.

I have known a country society which wither-
ed aWay all to nothing under the dry rot of gos-
sin only. Friendship once as firm as granite,
dissolved to jelly, and then ran away to water,
all on account of this; love- that promised a
future as enduring as heaven and as stable as
truth, evaporated into morning mist that turn
ed to days long tears, only because of this
a father and a son were set foot to foot with the
fery breath of anger that would never cool again
between them, only because of this and hus-
band and his young wife, each straining at the
heated leash which, in the beginning, had been
the golden bondage OF God blessed love, sat
mournfully by the side of the grave where all
their love and all their JOY lay buried, and only
because of this | have seen faith transformed
to mean doubt, hope give place to grim despair,
and charity take on itself the features of black
maleyolence, all because Of the spoil words OF
scandal and the magic mutterings Of gossip.
Great crimes work great wrongs, and the deeper
tragedies of human life spring from its larger
PASSIONS: but woeful and most mournful are the
uncatalogued tragedies that issue from gossip
and detraction; most mournful the shipwreck
often made of noble natures and lovely lives by
the hitter winds and dead salt waters of SANDER.
So easy to say, yet so hard to disprove-throw-
inc on the innocent all the burden and the strain
of demonstrating their innocence, and punish
;nc them as guilty if unable to pluck out the
st;nos thew never see, and to silence words they
never hear-gossip and SANDER are the deadliest
and cruelest weapons man has ever forged fo1
his brothers hurt.
Widows are the great game of fortnne-hun-
4or, oJ1,eo,
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1867-06-25
lFor the Sneetatar.

Mr. EnroR.-I send you part of a spirited
paper, the ''West and South published in
Cincinnati, Ohio, and a strong advocate of the
rights of the State. We cannot expect, even
an approach to liberty or to our condition as it
was under our Constitution thirty years ago,
until the doctrine of States rights is fully recog
nized and acted upon in conducting the affairs
of Government. | send an article from the pen
of Agassiz, the celebrated savan, in which he
demonstrates that the negro, moao our superior,
as our rulers construe the principles Of our gov
ernment and carry them out, is as distinct in
his bones, blood, de-, from us as that which
exists between the horse and the ass-or eagle
and the owl. Who can study this subject and
doubt for one moment that the Maker of us all
did not intend the race to be subseyvient too and
the slave Of the white man? Yet this is only
subject to amuse ourselves with now. .]ocho
has changed places aoih has master, the organ
grinder.
CUDJOE.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1867-06-25
CIGARS, SNUFFS,
Pipes, Stationery, Notions, &c.
SPRING TRADE.
ARMENTROUT g. SON,

ARMENTR OUT & SON,
Corner of Main and Augusta streets,
invite the attention of purchasers to their large
stock of goods just selected and received direct
from the importers:
The largest and best assorted stock of Station
cry in the market;
The largest stock and greatest variety of Pipes,
from the ordinary Clay up to the finest Nicer
schaum Wechsel Cherry, Italian, India Rub
Der, Reed, Root, and other Stems good assort-
ment Walking Canes; fine stock Toilet and Fan
cy Soaps; Hair, Tooth, and N all Brushes; Pock.
ct and Dressing Combs-new style: splendid
stock of Pocket Knives, Pocket Ink Stands,
Match Boxes-new style; Pocket Books-some-
thing new; Blank Books, and Diaries for 1867
Backing and Backing Brushes; Tobacco Bags
and great many other useful Notions; Macca-
boy, Rappee, and Scotch Snufs; Levi Garret
& Sons Scotch Snuff put up in bottles the M best
in use also large stock of CHEWING TO
BACCOS-all the favorite brands ~
100000 CIGARS of oar oqon Manufacture, ana
all aoGrranted as represented; none but the best
Tobaccos used.
&a- Dealers are invited to call and examine
stock before purchasing elsewhere, as we are de-
termined to Sell as low, if not lower, than any
other house in the country. If not able to come
send orders which will receive prompt attention
and with every advantage which they would have
were the parties present in person.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1867-06-25
The Poor.
vuvO the FARMERS of the VALLEY.

FENO the FARM ERS OIL the VALLE .
1.-The undersigned appeals in behalf of the
starving people of South Carolina-hls native
State-to the farmers and all other persons hav-
ing corn for sale in the Valley and the adjacent
country, to sell and deliver to him their surplus
corn at the earliest practicable moment 1t is I'M
peritively necessary that corn should be gotten
to these people at in order that they may be
saved from actual starvation, as they failed al
most entirely in corr crop themselves and sup
plies from other sources are cut off by the almost
unprecedented condition of the country roads and
the interruption of Railroad communication by
the washing away of bridges, &c; o,ooo
This appeal is not for contributions i l propose
cry Of the corn, and will hope that q humane
people will not horde up the necessaries of life
from their famishing countrymen, Much good
may be done by the immediate delivery OF 5s
bushels by each farmer, fhe cannot deliver more.
ap2-V&V copy If W. NJ. POOLE.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1867-06-25

~ 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 contained in the whole
list of either of the other papers.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1867-06-25

A MECHANICAL WONDER The Scientific
American in speaking of the Wilcox & Gibbs
Sewing Machine, says: Zone cannot but ad-
mire the beauty and accuracy of it's movements,
and the entire absence of all noise, even when
running at the rate of 1900 stitches and up
wards per minute; this alone must prove a
great recommendation to it. Another merit is
the good workmanship. The parts are made
interchangeable, SO that in the event ofaccident
trifing cost. 1t is, indeed, mechanical avon-
der-a household necessitlL - -
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1867-06-25
Aaxctio7a Dc Commission House.
GENERAL AUCTION
COMMISSION BUSINESS

COMMISSION BUSINESS.
The undersigned under the firm and style OF
PECK 81 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 epur-
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. T. q IEGh,
ian 1st 1867. h. M. CUOHING.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1867-06-25
NUMBER LII.
No God.

4sO 0O0s
s'No Godl No God The simplest flower
That on the wild is found,
Shrinks as it drinks its cup of dew,
And trembles at the sound:
'tNo God r'-astonished Echo cries
From out her cavern hoar,
And every wondering bird that flies
Reproves the Atheists lore.
The solemn forest lifts its head,
The Almighty to proclaim,
The brooklet, on it's crystal urn,
Doth leap to grave his name
How swells the deep and vengeful sea,
Along his billowy track,
The red Vesuvius opes his mouth
To hurl the falsehood back.
The palm tree, with its princely crest,
The cocoa's leafy shade,
The bread-fruit bending to its load,
In yon fair island glade;
The winged seeds that, borne by winds,
The rowing sparrow feed,
The melon on the desert sands,
Confute the scorners creed.
"No Godp' With indignation light
The fervent Sun is is stirred,
And the pale Moon turns paler still,
AT such an impious word;
And from their burning thrones, the Stars
Look down with angry eye,
That thus worm of dust should mock
Eternal Majesty.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1867-06-25

There is no death! The stars go down
To rise upon some fairer shore,
And bright in Heavens jeweled crown
They shine fOrevermore.
There is no death An angel form
Walks o. 'er the earth with silent tread
He bears our best loved things away,
And then we call them dead"
Born into that undying life,
They leave us but to come again;
With joy we welcome them at rest
The same except in pain.
And ever near us though unseen,
: The dear immortal spirits tread;
For all the boundless Universe
Is hfe-there are no dead.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1867-06-25
POetrY.
The River.

Be still, ever flowing, never quiet river,
Cease to upbraid me as you hurry along;
Taunt me no longer with Joys gone forever,
Hush, hush thy sorrowful and mournful song.
But ever receding and never needing,
The cruel river with my hopes is feeting.
Away Awayl with memories of the past,
Divide n me e. no longer with fears that have fed,
Hide, D! hide the hopes and desires that are
dead.
But ever and on the river is flowing, ~
Needless of all my agony, is going.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1867-06-25
Dialogue on Newspapers.

How does it happen, neighbor B., that your
children have made so much greater progress In
their learning, and knowledge of the world, than
mine They all attend the same school, and
for aught | know, enjoy equal advantages -
do you take the newspapers, neghbor A. "
"No, sir, do not take them myself but
now and then borroao one, just to read. Pray,
sir, what have newspapers to do with the educa-
ton of children?"
"Why, sir, they have a vast deal to do with
it, assure you. | should as soon think of keep
ing them away from school, as to withhold from
them the newspapers, it is little school of itself
Being new every week, it attracts their attention
and they are sure to peruse it. Thus, while
they are storing their minds with useful knowl
edge, they are at the same time acquiring the
art of reading, &c. [ have often been surprised
that man of understanding should overlook
the Importance of newspaper in family"
''In truth, neighbor B., I frequently think ]
should like to take them, but cannot well afforct
the expense.
Can afford the expense? What let meask
is the value of the five or six dollars a wear. il
comparison with the pleasure of q well conduct
ed newspaper? As poor as am, would no
for fifty dollars a year deprive myself of the
happiness l enjoy in reading and hearing my
children read and talk about what they have
read in the papers. And then the reflection
that they are growing up intelligent and usefu
members OF society Oh, don't mention the
expense pay for it in advance every year, anc
you will think no more of it. :"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1867-06-25
Tobacco, Snuff and Cigars

I'D M. GUY,
ID. Successor to c. T. Cochran e. Co.,
has just returned from market with very supe-
rior lot of CHEWING g. SMOKING TOBACCO
which he offers at very low figures to the old pat
rons and friends of the late firm. The attention
of merchants from the country is specially called
to his brands of Chewing Tobacco, consisting of
"Peyton Graveley,,' Golden Leaf,
Crumpton, Cresus, DC,
Tobaeco by the box at go cents.
Also by the plug 25 cents.
SMOKING TOBACCO:
Fruits and Flowers-very nice;
Virginia Choice,
lone Jack,
and other brands, by the barrel to retailers.
Garrett s. Simpsons Scotch Snuff.
Havana Cigars-and other brands.
&a- Genuine Meerschaums, Imitation, and
general variety of Pipes.
Give him a call.
may 1T
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1867-06-25
P0y Your Honest Debts.
n1y MUCH BELOVED BRETHREN

MY MUCH BELOVED BRETHREN
N AND SISTERNS.
From this day and until the 10Th of this month,
I will hold meeting in my counting room, when
will hold forth from the text
Give unto Cesar aUhat IS Due Cesar.
Now is the time to come up, for verify if you
don't hearken to my CALL Judgment Day, (Tom
Marshall) will be at your door before you are a.
ware. A hint to the wise is sufficient.
jan S-tf S. III. HlLB.
YTNO THE PUBLIC.-Our accounts will all
4 be drawn off by the first of January, 1861,
and we hope that all who are indebted to us will
come forward promptly and SETTLE as we cannot
carry on our business successfully if they fail to
do So After that date 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 & MASON.
Vim copy
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1867-06-25

Dr. Johnson being once asked whether he
was in the habit of saying nee-ther or ni-ther,
very laconicay replied, NAY ther. -
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1867-06-25

RELIGIoN.-That is bad religion which
makes US hate the religion Of other people,
That is bad sect of Christians which encour
ages Its members to think contemptuously of
all other sects of Christians.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1867-06-25

RANCID BUTTER. cut from an exchange
the following recipe; ITO pint of water add
thirty drops (about half teaspoonfuI ofliquor
Of chloride of lime. Wash in this two and a
half pounds of rancid butter. When every par
water let it stand an hour or two; then wash
the butter we'll again in pure water The but
ter is then left without any odor. and has the
sweetness of fresh butter. These preparations
of lime have nothing injurious in them"
The same paper says: "We forthwith OBJ
tanned some of the most rancid butter, and it
was bad enough for any stomach that had more
sensibility than wagon wheel We doctored
it as per recipe, and when placed it on the table
along with new, good butter, very able judges
could not distinguish which was the new butter.
Here is fact worth years subscription to a
paper.''
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1867-06-25

''Mark Twain says that to ''see lovely girl
Of seventeen, with her saddle on her head, and
her muzsle On behind, and her veil covering
the end of her nose, come tripping along in her
hoopless, red -buttoned dress, ike churn on
fire, is enough to set man Wild"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1867-06-25

B. ARTHUR, D. d. S., (office one door
N. from corner of Beverly and New streets,
STAUNToN, VA.
Artificial Teeth mounted on Gold, I
Silver Platina, and Vulcanite. The EzsA,
greatest improvement yet introduced Yt%XS
into Dental Science is conceded to be ~$AAl-'
the Vulcanite process it being four times lighter
than gold, and much cheaper, embracing superb
or cleanliness, nicer adaptation, and many. other
advantages. All the various operations of Den
tai Surgery performed with strict reference to
permanency. March 20-tf
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1867-06-25

Why is love like the letter r? Because i
makes many Mary marry.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1867-06-25

Fresh Garden Seeds.
NRESH GARDEN SEEDS & ONION
II SETS, just received and for sale at
DR.. E1CHELBERGERS
mar 19-tf Drug Store.