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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1868-02-04
For the Spectator.
Conservative ORGANIZATION.

"CHIEFs OF Fifty appointed by COL Har-
per, decd, late Superintendent of Organiza-
ton in the 7th mt. Sidney District will
please report their names to me as soon as pos.
sible, as [ am anxious to retain his appoint-
ments as nearly as practicable.
THOS. J. BURKE,
Supt Organization 7th District.
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Rev. j. B. Taylor, D. d. of Richmond, Va,
will preach at Laurel Hill Church on next Sab
bath FEB 9TH at eleven o'clock, and at New
Hone in the afternoon.
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We have received the January No. of " Mer-
rvs Museum" an illustrated magazine for boys
and girls published monthly by Horace B. Full
Ter, 245, Washington street, Boston. Subscrp-
ton price $3.50 per annum; single copies 10
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Map of Stanton.
Map of Stanton.
nnly one Chance for Business Men
~ TO SECURE A
PERMANENT ADVERTISEMENT
For only Ten Dollarsl
The Map Of StauntOn!
Circnlatad free from

AhC NA<hR Va SSst1AMdOnS
Circulated free from
The Potomac to Lynchburg and from
Manassas to Lewisburg.
Business men will see that this is an opportu-
nifty not to be lost. Secure position for your
Card-it a0iH be there for gears; let the oppOrtu-
nifty pass, 1T can neuer be recalled.
A limited number of Cards received This
map is to be circulated gratuitously from Har-
pers Ferry to Lynchburg, and from Manassas
junction to Lewisburg which will contain the
cards of a large number of our business men
This map will be Autographed and gotten up in
the most accurate and best style, showing every
street, alley and house in the town. This map IS
to be posted at every public house in the region
of country mentioned above Cards will be in
serted on this map for the sum of ten dollars
Persons who believe in advertising will avail
themselves of this and eticleIt means of
bringing their business before the public.
Citizens of Staunton, and others, can secure
views of their residences, &c, by making early
application to
jan 2S-f GEO. NJ. BAKER & co,
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Read the interesting and well-written letter OF
our Richmond Correspondent.
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Kayser s. Young are advertising New Goods.
See advertisement
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Soc advertisement of Peck & Cushing Auc'
tioneers
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ETpress.

TsONY EXPRESS!
WITH
United States Mail Lime,
Connecting with the Passenger, Express, and
Mail Trains, on the Virginia Central Railroad,
will convey passengers. and deliver all packages
at any point betaUeen Coviagton and Lea0isburg,
with care and despatch. Address goods to care
of T. L. FEAMSTER,
Covington, Va
Agency for Lewisburg, at Sydenstricker g.
Cameron's Drug Store.
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A TION!!-our entire Stock
CLOtHinU.

CLOtIting.
Dun ANNUAL CLOSING OUT Sale
FALL AND WINTER CLOTHING
at Cost Prices!
Fine Beaver OVER COATS for less than cost.
Fine Black Cloth Over Coats for less than their
original cost
Over Goats of every description for either men
or boys must be sold now.
Those in want of Cheap Goods call early before
the cherished opportunity passes beyond your
grasp.
Also a fine assortment of BUSINESS SUITS
which will be sold for less than cost. Also good
assortment of Common Clothing.
These goods must be sold in order to make
room for the extensive stock of Spring and Sum-
naer Clothing, now being manufactured at our
Baltimore house.
BOOTS & SHOES
at reduced rates Six cases of those fine heavy
kip boots only, remain unsold. Call soon or loose
bargain.
Also an endless variety of Mems and Boys
HATS, at greatly reduced prices
&aa- Hoping the citizens of Augusta will avail
themselves of this opportunity to get
FIRST CLASS GOODS
at low prices, will call early and secure bargain
at S. MANDELBAUM'S
Emporium of Fashion,
Under the Virginia Hotel.
;anOQtf
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Fertilizers.
A ttentiOn Farmers and Planters

A ttentiOn Farmers and Planters J!
BAUeH's COMMERCIAL BONE MANuREs,
Baltimore Agency, Nos. 81 & los Smiths Wharf.
These valuable manures can be had at regular
| market rates, freight added, at all accessible
| points.
PRICES IN BALTIMORE:
Baughs Raw Bone Phosphate, ........$56 per ton.
Baughs Chicago Bone Fertizer,.... 46 "
Baughs Chicago Blood Manure, ..... so g. &c
L have also on hand. manufactured expressly
for my trade the celebrated
MARYLAND POWDER OF BONE,
isfaction Price in Baltimore S46 per tom
Also the various grades of Mexican Guano by
the cargo or single ton at lowest rates
VA Send for Samples and Circulars.
You will find these manures adapted to every
soil and crop. They are used in every part of
the country and have given entire satisfaction
See full Particulars IN Circulars
For sale by GEO. DUGDALE
Manufacturers Agent,
Nos. 81 and 1O5 Smiths Wharf Baltimore, Md
GEO. E. PRICE, Staunton; and VIM. WITH
ROW, JR., Waynesboro.
jan28-3m
TEVO FARMERS AND PLANTERS.-
z The subscribers offer for sale, in lots to
1000 Tons of Double Refined Poudrette
of the Lodi Manufacturing Co.. made from the
night soil, blood otfal and dead animals of New
York City, for which tie Co. have exclusive con-
tract. Price only
TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS PER Ton
Freight and Charges from New York added
Warranted by the Co. to be equal aoeight for
aoeight to any high priced superphoSphate in
market. The results on Corn, Cotton, Tobacco
and Grain have been astonishing the past season.
1t natures the crop from 10 days to two weeks
earlier, and doubles the crop. Pamphlets with
certificates of hundreds of well known planters
and farmers, and every information sent free to
q n no 10 " OF Oth TO
HOOP & WEDDERBURN. Alexandria. Va.
ALLISON s. ADDISON, Richmond. Va.
or to The Lodi Manufacturing company, N Y.
jan 24-2m
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Dry Goods.

Dry GOODS.
CARPETS d OIL CAOTH-soo yards
y just received and for sale at very low PRICES.
jan2l-tf NJ j. ACKERMAN.
U GOODS AT COST
L offer my entire stock of Dry Goods Grocer
les, -Crockery and Glassware at COST
My Stock of Dress Goods, Trimmings, Notions
SC, is large and complete and will compare ia
vorably with any in the Valley, all of which l
am now selling off at COST, to make room for a
large Stock in the Spring. Purchasers can be
supplied with good GOODS and at lower prices
than the same can be purchased for elsewhere
Call and examine.
jan 2l-tf MI. ACKERMAN.
vHVHE FIRM OF s. n. Giles e. Co. was
4 dissolved ON the LIST day of january, 1868,
by the purchase of the entire interest of the
Germ, by S. N. Giles and Henry Forrer The
business will hereafter be conducted under the
style and firm of
GILES F0RRER.
We feel thankful to our friends for past favors
and solicit continuation of their patronage,
promising, on our part to do all we can to render
satisfaction. We hare reduced the prices on all
goods except staples.
jan 21-tf GILES & FORRER.
III AYSER & YOUNG are still receiving
kA NEW GOODS. They have received a
lal ge lot within a few days to which they invite
the attention of their friends,
nov 26
TENT ON!!-Our entire Stock of
FALL AND WINTER GOODS
is open and being sold off.
We have received, in addition, large lot of
city mode Ladies' Shoes, of all styles, and
cf the best quality.
Also another lot of latest style CLOAKS and
WRAPPINGS.
We will keep up full line of desirable goods
as we receive goods almost daily.
octS-tf KAYSFR e. YOUNG
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WO THE PUBLIC.

Having transferred to
my son the sole management and control of that
portion of my business hitherto carried on by me
in the town of Staunton and State of Virginia, l
beg leave to inform the public that hereafter the
store will be conducted in the name of S. Man
delbaum. am grateful for the liberal patron
age when the people of Augusta have extended
me and hope that the same favor may be bestow-
ed upon my son, who will be supplied with goods
of my own manufacture Having done business
In the Valley for the last twenty five years,
know what the people need My goods will be
the best and cheapest ever offered in any market.
Respectfully,
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Legal Notices.

DOAD NOTICE Yin obedience to an or
IL der of the County Court of Augusta, May
2o1h 1867, to re-allot hands to work public Roads
following times and places, viz
Churchvile, February 10th, 1863
West View g 81 "
Spring Hill, "a !"
Centervlle, :" q {"
Mt. Scion, %
IParnassus, March g
Sangersville, 3 Z"
Surveyors are requested to attend at the above
places and times, at 10 o'clock, A NJ, and to
bring their old lists with them.
jan 28-1m& T. s. HOGSHEAD,
Road Commissioner
VEVO all whom it may COncern.LThis
n is to certify that | employed w. H. WOLFE
as my true and lawful agent to carry on the
Mercantile Business for me at the Red Mills.
Augusta county, Va.
jan 27-3ts& j. +. WOLFE
NJ OTICE.-All persons having claims against
~ the estate of VIM. Ocheltree, deceased will
present them Immediately, properly authentica-
ted for settlement Those knowing themselves
indebted are required to pay up without further
delay. SAMUEL PAUL,
Sheriff of Augusta county, and as such admin
strator of VIM. Ocheltree, decd
jan14-4t*
U AW NOTICE.-Having obtained a copy
4 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 Coufts-I will now undertake to procure
1ecrees of Discharges in Bankruptcy from pecu-
mary EN- barassment for all who may desire such
relief j. B. WATTS.
july 30-6m Attorney at Law
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Groceries and Produce.


dealers in all kinds of
Groceries, Produce, Flour, Grain, &C.,
corner of Augusta street and Spring Lane,
will give their undivided attention to the pur-
chase and sale of Flour, GRAIN Seeds, and coun-
try Propuce generally. -. .F
ian2S-3m ea
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NXTESTLAAE'S LANTERNS for burn
w ing Coal Oil, Fish Oil or Candles, at
WAYT & BROS.
AQ6A LEWIS PURE LEAD, just re-
4UO ceived and for sale by
WAYT & BRO.
ERRORS OF YOUTH.-A gentleman
IL who suffered for years from Nervous Debil-
ity, Premature Decay and all the effects ofyouth-
full indiscretion, WILL for the sake of suffering hui
manity, send free to all who need it, the recipe
and directions for making the simple remedy by
which he was cured. Sufferers wishing to profit
by the advertisers experience, can do so by ad-
dressing, in perfect confidence
may7-1y JOHN B. OGDEN,
AZ Cedar street. New York.
NEANlLEAKY LDTEON-a very efficient
I'VE remedy for sore and in1amed nipples.
feb 26-tf DR.. WAYT s. BRO
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BALTIMORE, JAN l, 1867.
Having Associated myself in business
with s. Mandelbaum l " i'll be pleased to see my
friends and the public generally.
ian I'm i w NEWTON
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An important Change in the Proprietorship of
the Warm Springs in Bath County.
This ancient and celebrated watering place has
now changed hands and will hereafter be con-
Quoted by SMITH DARNELL, Esq, who, from his
enterprise, liberality and polteness will at once
restore it to the high position and enviable rep
utation it so long enjoyed in the past We pre-
dict for him an unrivalled success,
n, 10-1vx
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Those in want of Cheap Goods call early before
the cherished opportunity passes beyond your
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1868-02-04

H AYSER & YOUNG are still receiving
Ia NEW GOODS. They have received a
lal ge lot within a few days to which they invite
the attention of their friends
nov 2h
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1868-02-04

Herman Students lamps. and a fine
VI assortment of stand and hand lamps
For sale by WAYT & BRO,
nov 5 Druopists
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-11-03
In Love.

I've been in love some fifty times perhaps with sixty minxes-from ladies like mermaids, to ladies like sphinxes
 And some of them had soft blue eyes which turned my head with wonder, whilst others were so piercing black they rent my heart asunder. Some were as fair as lilies white, some red as plump tomatoes, some were as soft as July shade some, too, like sweet po- tatoes; some lisped and spoke of "days gone by," love-letters without number ---some sighed and in my arms they fell-but it was not to slumber. Some had cheeks like new washed sheets, and some as rcd as roses luscious lips, like cherries ripe, and some had cherry noses! Some had fine forms from Venus mold, and some turned from tub to barrel; some softly squeezed my either hand, whilst others tried to quarrel. But I have cast them all away, and would as many more, and scatter them on either side, like sea- weed on the shore. For they have of ten made me think of pistols, rivers, halters! And I have thought to kill myself for mems confounded daugh- ters! And still am bachelor, now living snug and quiet, except when with my cats and dogs I have thun- dering riot; I think no more of tender sighs, nor make myself look thinner, but all my love and sentiment lavish on my dinner.
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-11-03
Surprise Parties.

What are now called surprise parties became quite fashionable in England about the year 1900, when they were called "pic-nic suppers." The bill of fare was prepared, each dish being numbered, and the subscribers to the entertainment drew lots, and each re- quired to furnish the dish marked against the number he drew. This may be useful as hint to persons getting up surprise parties, which, by the way, are the most sensible species of enter tainment now in vogue, because the entertainer is required to furnish only the parlors, and is put to no trouble to prepare for the guests, while the visit ors furnish their own supper and mu- sic, and thus equalize expenses. In that way the people who live in a pleasant house, but who cannot afford to prepare an entertainment entirely at their own cost, may still receive their friends occasionally and enjoy social and festal evening.
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-11-03
Good Advice to Young Men.

Keep good company or none. New CT be idle. If your hands cannot be usefully employed attend to the culti- vation of your mind. Always speak the truth. Make few promises.-- Keep your own secrets if you nave any. When you speak to person, look him in the face. Good company and con versation are the very sinews of virtue. Good character is above all things else. Your character cannot be essentially injured except by your own acts. If any one speaks evil of you, let your life be 90 that none will believe him. Drink no kind of intoxicating liquors. Ever live (misfortune excepted) within your income. When you retire to bed, think over what you have been doing during the day. Make no haste to be rich, if you would prosper. Small and steady gains give competency, with tranquility of mind. Never play at any game of chance. Avoid temptation through fear you may withstand it. Earn money before you spend it. New CT run in debt unless you see chance to get out again. Never borrow if you can possibly avoid it. Do not marry until you are able to support wife. Never speak evil of any one. Be just before you are generous. Keep your self innocent if you would be happy. Earn money while you are young to spend when you are old. Never go where you are not wanted. Read over the above at least once week.
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-11-03

WHO WOULDN'T RE AN EDITOR !-- Editing paper, says the Church Un- ion, is pleasant business.
 Ii it contains too much reading mat ter people won't take it.
 If the type is too large, it don't con- tain enough reading matter.
 If the type is too small the people won't read it.
 If we publish telcgraphic reports, people say they are all lies.
 If we omit them, people say we have no enterprise, or suppress them for political effect.
 If we have few jokes, the people say we are rattIe-head.
 Ii we omit them, they say we are old fossils
 If we publish original matter, they condemn us for not giving selections.
 If we publish selections, they say we are lazy for not writing more, and giv- ing them what they have read in some other paper.
 live give a man a complimentary notice, they censure us for being partial.
 If we remain in the office and attend to business, folks say we are too proud to mingle with our fellows.
 If we do not they say we never at- tend to business.
 If we publish poetry, we affect sen- timentalism.
 If we do not, we have no literary polish or taste.
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-11-03

AN UNsPoTTEp CHARACTER.-Money is good thing, especially in these hard times, but there is something a thousand times more valuable. It is a characteristic consciousness of pure and honorable life. This should be a mans first aim to preserve at any cost. In times of commercial distress, while some are proved and found wanting, others come forth tried as by fire. Here one comes out of the furnace far more of man than before. Amid the wreck of his fortune he stands erect noble specimen of true manhood. We have occasionally witnessed an ex- ample of courage in such crisis, of moral intrepidity that deserved all honor.
 Let it be the aim of every business man, above all things else, to keep this purity sustained. This is the best pos session-this is the capital which can never be taken from him-this is the inheritance which he can leave his chil- dren.
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-11-03
Best Radical speech.

Governor Oglesby, of Illinois, made a characteristic speech at Jerseyville a few days since. It is the most radical, and therefore the best radical speech yet made in the canvass. We give . simple extract. He said:
 "There was not a decent man in the Democratic party. That not one Demo- crat in three hundred paid his tax to the government. That Democrats are all rebels and the Union soldiers now working with the Democratic party are as much rebels as were the Con federate soldiers. That Democrats were more ignorant than negroes. That he and the radical party were in favor of taxing everything, "from a donkey down to Democrat" That he was opposed to taxing bonds, and in favor of paying them in gold. That he was in favor of negro suffrage evey- where, and in favor of the most com. plete equality of races. That the war ended too soon; that it should have continued until negro equality was established beyond any question. That he was in favor of moro war, if necessary to establish the great princi- pies of the republican party. That the Democrats never should again have any control of the government. That the laboring man paid comparatively no taxes; that the poor, miserable, stinking scabs of society were making great fuss about heavy taxes, when they didn't know when they were we'll off. That it was the republican party that put down the rebellion; and that, if Democrats did not cease finding fault with the taxes and bond-holders, they would be quieted at the point of the bayonet."
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-11-03
What Breaks Down Young Men.

It is a commonly received notion that hard study is the unhealthy ele- ment of college life. But from tables of the mortality of Havard University collected by Professor Pierce from the last triennial catalogue, it is clearly demonstrated that the excess of deaths for the first ten years after graduation is found in that portion of each class inferior in scholarship. Every one who has seen the curriculum knows that where lEschylus and political economy injures one, late hours and rum punches use up dozen and that the two little fingers are heavier than the Joins of Euclid. Dissipation is a swift and sure destroyer, and every young man who follows 1t is, as the early flower, exposed to untimely frost. Those who have been inveigled in the path of vice are named Legion" for they are many-enough to convince every novitiate that he has no security that he shall escape a similar fate. A lew uou 5 ci slccP cdSu Ill he III iS u h' : ing, and plenty of "smashes," make war upon every function of the human body. The brains, the heart, the lungs, the liver, the spine, the limbs, the bones, the flesh, every part and faculty, are ovcr-tasked, worn and weakened, by the terrific energy of passion loosed from restraint, until, like dilapidated mansion, the earthly house of this tabernacle" falls into ruinous decay Fast young man right about!
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-11-03
TIE FAMILY Nsws.Arss.-Dr. Frank

TIE FAMILY NIwsPAPsa.-Dr. Frank liu remarks that . man as often gets two dollars for the one he spends in informing his mind, as he does for . dollar he lays out in any other wsy. A man eats pound of sugar and it is gone, and the pleasure he has enjoyed is ended, but the information he gets from newspaper is treasured up to be enjoyed anew, and to be used whenev- CT occasion or inclination cali for 1t. A newspaper is not the wisdom ofone man or two men; it .is the wisdom of the age, and of past ages too. A fami- ly without newspaper is slways . year behind the times in general in- formation; besides they can never think much nor Ind much to talk about. And then there arc the little ones growing up without any. taste for reading. Who, then, would bo with out newspaper-and who would read one regularly without paying for its
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-11-03
Josh Billins's Lexicon.
aw- A sword in its scabbard.

LAW A sWOru ln lte 9caODar0. Flattery--Hoiding . man by the button hold with one hand, and pin ming placard to his coat tail with tho other.
 Promises-Eggs with thin shell on purpiss tow be bust.
 Conscience-Heaven.s right ov way through the soul ov man.
 Innocence-The pet lamb that stray ed away oph, years ago, from the rest ov the flock, and haiut bin heard ov since.
 Philosophy-The religion ov the brains.
 Pedigree-There iz jist az hutch vir- tew in pedigree az thare is in handing down, from father to son, 10 thousand dollars in Continental money.
 Death-A square deal.
 Boarding houscs-Asylums for sour bread, vagrsnt hash and homeless cock reaches.
 Money-The root ov all evil to those who spend their lives roofing for it.
 Toper-A poor unfortunate devil with only one throat.
 Superfuity-A kat with six tails tew watch.
 Resolution-The gang plank off suc- cess.
 Despair-The anchor of phools.
 Lies-The devils ointment with which he greases the snakes belly.
 Locality-Memory's pincushion.
 Chastity-A chrystal pallass with queen in it.
 Nose--The snubbing post of the boddy.
 Infants-Angcls' visits, not always few nor far between.
 Dispepsy-Nitemare in the stum- muck. 3. Beauty-A blank cartridge.
 Oaths--Sin in italicks.
 Old Maids-Embcrs from which the sparks have fled.
 Equivocation Dancing on tite rope between two lies in presence of truth.
 Error-The crook in pig's tail, hard tew git out.
 Honor-A sight draft on integrity. Lcgacy--A charity dated ahead.