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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-12-29
YOUNG MEN.

Who have injured themselves by, q Ger
tain practice, INDUCED in, 3 habit ire
quently learned from evil companions or at
even when asleep, and if not cured, renders
marriage impossible, and destroys both minc
and body. should apply Immediately.
What pity that 3 young man, the hope ot
his country, the prido Of his parents should De
snatchod from all prospects and onjoyment3 OF
life by the consequence Of devi&ting from tho
psth of nature and indulging in q certain Sc
cret habit. Such persons must, before conteIn-
plating
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-12-29
ORGANIC WEAKNESS
DIR. JOHNSON,

Member Of the Royal College OF Surts'ns,
London, Graduate of one of tue most sniA@Ai
Colleges in the United States, and the EreAt1s
ais of London, Paris, Philadelphia, and else
where, has effected some Of the most A.toni ~,
ing cures that were ever known, many troubles
with ringing in the head and ears when asleep
great nervousness, being alarmed at sudden
tended sometimes with derangement OF Wind
Wnra cured immediately.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-12-29
NOAL A N d w 90 ID.
REMOVAL.

The subscriber has removed his WOOD and
COAL YARD from Prince street to Nos. 80
and 90, south Royal street. where he has leased
the entire yard. he will keep constantly on N
hand supply of PINE, OAK and H1CkOK4
WOOD and LORBEHRY and LYKEN s
VALLEY RED and WHITE ASH COAL.
Lehigh and Locust Mountain White Ash,
stove and egg size, to arrive per schr Mary
Priscilla for sale from the vessel cheap for cash.
auo 13 A. S. PERPENER,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-12-29
ALEXANDRIA, GAZETTE
AND VIRGINIA ADVERTISER
PUBLISHED DAILY BY
Ed Ar SNOW En-.
ORice--G Gazette BltiLdinc. No. 10, Prince ST.

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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-12-29

bALIIlOIETii IhD'l
Left hand side going from Baltimore street
few doors from tho corner. Fail not TO oDseTY'
name and number.
azgS- No letters received unless post PAID an
Persons writing should state ago, and send pot
ton ~ Of alvcrtiscmcnt describing symptoms.
The Doctor DIPLOMA hangs in his office
INDORSEMENr OF THE PRESS,
Thu many thousands cured at this establish
,,,aTt yithin the last twenty years, and the nu-
,nerous important Surgical Operations perform
nd by DR.. johnson, witnesse1 by the reporters
Of The Sun and many other papers, notices -
which hsvo appeared again and agIiR bsior
the public, besides his standing as q ssntI.sn-Ae
Of character and responsibility, iss u sutHcieh' Z
guarantee TO the afflicted.
SKIN DISEASES SPEEDILY CURED
Baltimore, jan 7-ly
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1868-11-03
How to Keen up our Roads.

Yesterday we quoted copiouSly from the
Stanton Spectator in regard to the vital i'm
portanee of keeping up county roads, and
showed that in Augusta our cotemporary placed
a value equal to 25 per cent Of that of the real
estate of the county on the establishment of
satisfactory highways.
Now, having thought over this grave and
important matter, we beg to make suggestion
in this connection to our Courts and Council
The plan is briefly stated 1t is this Instead
of combining a, B and G, white and black con-
victs, for thirty Or more days in the town or
county Jail, put them in gangs and make them
work for the community BY this means their
health will be the better preserved, the present
enormous tax on the community will be les
sened, and above all the very necessary labor
for Gus roads supplied The Importance of this
plan cannot be overrated, and we respectfully
submit it to our authorities as the easy means
Of saving expense, Increasing the value of
lands near Norfolk, stimulating production, Civ
ing a greater circulation of money among US
in short. as the cheap, humane and reasonable
means of making the conpicts contribute to the
common good and their own at the same time
by little honest labor under the supervision OF
competent guards, and with the addition if
necessary Of ball and chain Norfok F.r-
glp2dn
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1868-11-03
Don't Believe in Advertising.

The man who doesn't believe in advertis-
ing is all the while doing what he deprecates
He hangs coats outside of his door, or puts dry
goods in his windows-that's adUetising. =
He has printed cards lying On his counter
that's ddUertising He sends out drammers
through the country, or puts his name on his
wagon-that's advertising. He labels his arti-
cles or hi manufactures-thdt's advertising-
If he has lost his cow, he puts written notice
at the postofice, or tells his sister in law-and
that's advertising too. He has his name put
up in gilt letters over his door-what is that but
aavertisiug? He paints his shop green or red
or if tailor, he wears the latest styles if a
doctor, he has his boy to call him out of church
in haste if an auctioneer, he bellows to attract
the attention fpassers by ifa heavy merchant,
he keeps large pile of boxes on his side walk
in front of his store and oil for adrertising
A man can't do business without Advertising,
and the question whether to call to his aid
the engine of the world-the printing press,
with its thousands of messengers working night
and day, the steam engines adding to its re
peated capacity untold power and miraculous
speed or, rejecting all these, to go back to the
days when newspapers, telegraphs and railroads
were unknown.
But advertising costs money - So does
everything that is worth having IF advertis-
ing costs nothing, all the second, third and
fourth class petty shops would stand an equal
chance with the most responsible houses. If
you want to prove to the world that yours is
first class establishment, advertise.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1868-11-03

the debt permanent burden upon the produc-
tive industry of the people or whether the con-
stitution, with each and all of its guarantees,
shall be sacredly Observation-Disclosures now, as
in 1889 and 1916, provision all be made tor
the payment Of our obligations at as early a
period as practicable, that the fruits of their
labors may be enjoyed by our citizens, rather
than used to build up and sustain a moneyed
monopoly at home and abroad.
The contest is not merely who shall occupy
the principal offices in the peoples gift, but
whether the high behests of the federal con-
stitution shall be observed and maintained, in
order that our liberties may be preserved; the
union of the States restored that our federal
system may be unimpaired fraternal feeling
re-establishei that our national strength may
be renewed the expenditures diminished, that
taxation may be lightened and the public debt
once more extinguiShed, that We may not in
iuriously affect the life and energy, the pros
perity and morals of the nation
Believing that for the redress Of the great
wrongs and the correction Of the many abuses
under which the country is now labo. ing, we
must look to the American people, and that in
them is our hope.
| | am very truly, your friend,
| ANDREW JOHNSON.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1868-11-03
National Humiliation.

1t is lamertable to see great nation placed
In position in which it is absolutely at the
mercy OF any person Or any party, even though
that person were as pure as Washington, or
that party everything which the radical party
Is not.
IF the people are really sovereign here, it
would be we'll for them to adopt the maxim
which wise and prudent monarchs have ALWAYS
practiced, never to let favorite usurp the pow
er of his prince We are told of a court lester
who for the Caliph's amusement, was invested
for one day with the power and insignia of
royalty The first order which he issued was
that the real Caliph should be bowstrung--and
the mutes acknowledging no authority but that
OF the occupant of the throne instantly execut-
ed the order
In the fate of this imprudent and unluckv
monarch: the sovereign people of America may
read their own.
That is but sham liberty which exists BY
sufferance. True liberty is thing which can
not be given to any people. It is thing which
must be won and maintained by the people
themselves. A nation to be free must be dan
gerous to all that threatens it's freedom Re-
publlcs have been charged with ingratitude. -
Perhaps they have found it necessary for their
existence to be SO, and it is wiser to incur the
charge OF ingrattude for ostracising the men
whose influence has made them dangerous to a
country liberty, rather than to betray the in
dependence of whole people by covering the
ambition or usurpation of any party or header,
with the mantle of gratitude. -Ptersbury In
dex.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1868-11-03
The Pacific Railroad.

Never in the history of the world has as
much energy In the construction Of any work of
internal improvement, as has been and is be-
ing displayed in pushing through the Pacific
Railroad. The work is carried on as ifby mag
&c. Thousands of laborers are at work on each
end, and it is being pushed to completion with
the greatest possible rapidity. Pat at one end
and John Chinaman at the other, are vieiug
with each other in their exertions. Byth end
OF the year 1869 it will almost certainly be fin
ished, and the two oceans will be connected by
rail through the centre Of the continent.
What good will it do us, trodden down by
Federal despotism, and threatened with negro
rule! We answer, great deal !; for we are
right on the shortest line from the Pacific to
the Atlantic Complete the Chesapeake and
Ohio Railroad and you bring all this traffic by
your own doors, aud cause it to reach the sea
at a Virginia seaport The history of Tyre,
Carthage and Venice will be repeated in the
history of Norfolk and her tributaries, of which
Richmond vii be the principal one. Instead of
Virginia being poor, she will be rich instead
OF being tributary to the great States of the
North, she will be herself centre arovnd which
the States of the Continent will cluster, and to
which they will look. Material power will
bring political influence, as it always has done,
and with the revival of commerce and manufac
lures, she will regain the proud position of
leader in this great confederacy of States, which
she has we'll nigh lost by her continued neglect
Agriculture too, will revive lands will in
crease in value, and with abundance of labor
having the white man, the negro and the COO
les, to choose from; the waste places of the
State will be made glad, and production will
De increased an hundred fold We should help
our great line, for it will certainly pay Char
ottesri1e Chronicle.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1868-11-03

We are very poor-poorer than we think
and when the tax now due is paid by land own
ers, we shall understand this melancholy fact
far better than we do now
bear in mind-let us take it and be thankful. -
The fact of which we speak is this, that power
ty is the parent of simplicity.
Let us think more about paying our taxes
than complying with the fashions Let us re-
turn to the simplicity of dignifed poverty. Let
US remember that this same poverty of which
we speak can be dignifed and adorned Let
us above all remember the virtues of our an
cestors anu accept our necessities as means of
preserving them among ourselves and for our
descendants, so that our children may be able
to say that, the eyes of adversely are sweet for
States as we'll as individuals --NoJoM Nrgin-
IAN.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1868-11-03
Immigration.
Westward the star Of Empire takes
w ITS WAY!
Secure a Home i'm the Golden State !!

The Immigrant Homestead Association
OF CALIFoRNIA-lncorpora under the laws of
the State, November 30th 1853, for the purpose
of providing HOMES FOR IT'S MEMBERS,
and Promoting Immigration
Capltai stock ....::...,..:...$1 81, D0Q,ODO
DIVIDED into 2O0,O 600 shares, at SIS each payable
IN U. S. CURRENCY. "
Certificates of Stock issued to subscribers imme-
diately upon receipt of the money.
No person atloWed to hold more than 1iue shares.
A circular containing full description of the
propefty to to be distributed the
stamps to cover return postage.
Information as to price of land in any portion
OF the State, or upon any other subject of inter-
est to parties proposing to immigrate cheerfully
furnished upon receipt of stamps for postage
All letters should be addressed
Secretary Immigrant Homestead Association,
Post Office box No. IS,
au25-2m San Francisco, California
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1868-11-03
We make he following extract from an article
in the Petersburg Express

we make ne following extract from an article
in the Petersburg Express:
Uncheering and unexpected as the election
returns seem to be, it is not the part of any
southern journalist to say aaght that can add to
the depression which weighs upon the hearts of
the people OF our section 1t should rather be
perpetual purpose with him to rouse them
from dependency and give life to their aims in
improving the future, so that no element of
thrift success shall be neglected by the apathy
which so often makes itself the travelling com
panion of misfortune. We are not a sanenine
or mercurial people, easily elated by good for
tune OR subdued by failure of our hopes.
Let there be, then, no inlpatience with our
destiny, whatever may be the developments of
the future. Rash or violent speeches have no
proper place In such crisis as the present.
Whatever may befal our harried land it still
remains our native soil. However wild or
strange, or unwise may be its political control,
it Is still great country. Should it fall into a
monarchy Or an empire it will still be great
one. Republic, monarchy or empire, it will
never be thing Insignificant. and no one will
see reason to be ashamed of his flag Our gov
ernment has ever been regarded among Euro
peans as but the great experiment of the model
republic, Republcanism has, at all times,
been the idol Of the South. Many imagine
that if they lose the republic they lose their
country. They are like the poet who tells
that
Hope for a season babe the world farewell,
And freedom shreked when Koseusko fell.
Though republicanism should take eternal
leave of American shores, neither the death of
man or nation will make material difference
in the hold which a love of liberty has upon the
human heart. Its excellence is an intrinsic
thing as evident as that of the sun above us.
and as we'll may a blind man deny the glory of
the 'beauteons eye Of day as for any cause to
argue that a love Of liberty is extingushed a
mong mankind.
In short, the lesson for us to learn is this
that it makes but little difference to the indi-
vidual what may be the political rule of the
land he lives in. 1t occasionally costs ID states
man his head, Or a politician the ruin of his
career. A private man who pursues the even
tenor Of his way can be happy in the dominions
of the Sublime Porte and make fortune in
Russia
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1868-11-03

y TANNEHTLL 6 WHEAT, Proprietors.
We will have ready for sale this FALL a large
stock of desirable fruit trees of the popular vari-
cites, consisting of Apple, Pear. Peach, Cherry,
Apricot &c. Our apple are years old from the
graft, and our peach year from the bud-each
$50 per hundred.
We would suggest to those intending to pur-
chase not to delay sending on their orders, but to
send them in at once, and have the trees reserv-
ed as they will then be sure of obtaining the
kind they desire
N. B.-Send for a Descriptive Catalogue, con-
july IA
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1868-11-03
VHShe Va. Nursery & Wine Company.
4 HERMITAGE NURSERIES,

offer their usually large and we'll assorted stock
of Apple, Pear, Peach, Plum. Cherry, Apricot,
and other Fruit Trees, embracing all the leading
varieties. Also very large assortment Of
Grape Vines. including the heaviest stock of
Norton, Concord Ives and Delaware ever offer
ed in the State. A full supply of Strawberries,
Raspberries, BIackberries, Currants. and other
small fruits, constantly on hand, with fine col
lection of Evergreens and Deciduous Ornamen-
tai Trees, Shrubs, &C. =
Catalogues furnished and correspondence in
vited. Address, ALLAN s. JOHNSON,
General Agents, P. o. box 438.
septS-ta$1O ~
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1868-11-03

Institute, Office and Ware-rooms-No. I North
STIEFF's PIANOS have all the latest improve.
ments, including the -Agraffe Treble, Ivory
Fronts and the improved French Action-fully
warranted for five years. with the privilege Of
exchange within twelve months, if not entirely
satisfactory to purchasers.
Second hand Pianos and Parlor Organs always
on hand from $50 to $780,
REFEREEs-who have our Pianos in USE
Gen. r. E. LEE, Va; Gen. Robt. Ransom.
Wilmington, N. c.. John w. Abby, VIM II.
Tams, NJ. g. Hartman, B. B. Donaghe, A. M.
Bruce Deaf and Dumb and Blind, and Insane
Institutions, Rev. r. III. Phillips Va Female
Institute, Miss Mary Baldwin, Augusta Female
Seminary, StaMaton. apr2l-tfeb25
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1868-11-03
TNjJO7S3aQ.
TAILORING! TAIL1

vVNAALOKING! TAILORING lathe
Il co-partnership heretofore existing between
Graves y Sprinkle has been mutually dissolved
and the business will hereafter be conducted by
+. h. Graves alone.
he has reduced his prices for cash, and will do
all kinds of work pertaining to the tailoring BUSH
ness IN the very best manner and at figures so
low that no one will fail to be satisfied. He has
remover 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 CALL
july 80. P. B. GRAVES
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1868-11-03
Important Action Of the General Episcopal
Convention

On Friday last the fifteenth day of its ses-
sion, this august body assembled in New York,
and after fixing on Tuesday next as the day of
adjournment proceeded to dispatch the grave
business before it. Among the most important
OF the topics presented were the Provincial and
Federate systems of church action within the
States. In order that our readers may under
stand the merits of the systems we have men
toned we present the following reports.
The first, offered by DR.. Howes, on the For
nation of Federate Councils, runs as follows
1t is hereby declared lawful for the dioceses
now existing, or hereafter to exist, within the
limits OF any State or Commonwealth to estab-
lsh tor themselves federate convention or
council, representing such dioceses, which may
deliberate and decide upon the common inter-
ests OF the church within that State, and exer
else any delegated powers not inconsistent with
the constitution and canons Of this Church !;
but before any determinate action of said con-
posed to be exercised thereby shall be submits
ted to the General Convention for its approval.
Nothing In this Canon shall be construed as
torblddlng any federate- convention or council
from taking such action as they may deem nee
essary to secure such legislative enactmeEts as
the common interests of the church in the
State may require
The second, advancing the Provincial Syss
tenn, was presented by Dr. Mulohahey, and is
here given: =
Whenever the several dioceses in any State
or Commonwealth shall have established for
themselves a federate convention, the said State
or Commonwealth shall constitute an ecclesias-
tical province. and the said convention shall be
known as the provincial synod of the Church
| therein. IL
2. The provisional synod shall consist of two
coordinate houses of the upper, including all
the bishops within the limits aforesaid, and the
lower, being composed Of clergy and laity from
each diocese within the same.
8. Each diocese shall be entitled to send one
clerical and one lay deputy to the synod, and
besides these one additional clerical deputy for
every ten cergymen having parochial charge
| in the diocese, and an equal number of lay dep
uties.
4. The exclusive power of making and alter
| ing constitutions and canons, subject to those
| of the General Convention, shall be vested in
| the provincial synod, except that the conven-
ton or convocaton of each diocese may enact
such rules and regulations as pertain merely to
the local interests of the same.
| 5. The bishops of the provinces, when they
are not less than three In number acting under
such rules and with such assessors as the sy-
nod may enact, shall be court Of final resort
| to hear and decide appeals in all matters eccle-
siastical brought before them from any diocese
within the province.
A test vote, to lay on the table, was ordered
and it was rejected by the unanimous voice OF
the convention and the report in favor of the
Federate plan was adopted as it came from the
hands of the committee and in the form above
p ented i7.-A
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1868-11-03
Drugs G Medicines.

NOR THE LADIES,-Perry's Moth and
IL Freckle Lotion. for removing Moth Patch.
es Freckles and Discolorations Of the Skin.
Hunts Bloom of Roses for the Complexion can
be had at LINKS Drug and
sep29 Prescription Store.
4 MOTHER LOT of choice Louisa Smoking
IA and Chewing Tobacco. just received by
sep29--tf III. KER & BRO.
YAMARINDS, Sc, at LINKS
l. Drug Store.
DAHNTERS and all wishing Lead, OIL Var
Il nish and Paints of every kind can be sup
piled at the lowest cash prices by calling at
DIR. EICHELRERGER'S
mar24- Drug Store.
NON-E Explosive Coal Oil can always be
IN had at DR.. Eichelbergers Drug Store. AL
so Harness and Machine Oil.
nOUBLE AND SINGLE TRUSNEN.
~ to fit all sizes can be had at
DIR. EICHELBERGER'S
mar "A Drug Store.
NJ EATSFOOT OIL.-The best OH for bar-
~ ness and all kinds of leather. for sale at
T. H. TROUT g. cos.
10 " Drug Store.
OMBS. Hair Brushes, Flesh Brushes. White
~ wash Brushes. Shoe Brushes. &C., at
DIR. YOUNG s. KINNEY'S
Drug Store
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1868-11-03
NATILLHAMSON a. HARDEN.
w Wholesale GrOcers
and Commission Nnrahan
atNW VOz1 Nn1SSHOu N1VEC1IHMCS
Nos. 1916 and 1918 Cary Street,

Nos. 1916 and 1918 Cary Street,
RICHMOND, VA,
Offer their services for the sale OF Manufactured
and Leaf Tobacco, Flour, Grain, and all kinds
of Country Produce.
They pledge to their patrons full Market Pri-
ces and prompt Returns. Liberal Advances
made Grain Bags furnished at Staunton
Refer by permission to Planters National Bank
of Va, Messrs. A. Y. Stokes s. Co., r. II. Maui
Wilson, Son & Co., Baltimore; G. G. Strayer,
Esq, Cashier First National Bank, Harrisonburg,
Va. First National Bank, A. M. Pierce & Co.,
and John B. Hoge, Staunton; A. A. Sproul,
Middlebrook; r; e. Gilkeson, Stribling Springs
John B. Smith, Waynesboro; and H. B. Seig,
Churchville ag @
anril14-tf
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1868-11-03

The following is the note from the National
Committee, referred to in the beginning of Mr.
Lyons communication
HEADo'Rs NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE,
No. 48 Union SQUARE,
New York, October Goth, 1868.
James Lyons, Esq:
Dear Sir-Yours of 18th received There is
no truth in the reports you allude to.
We are in the field, and in the midst of
great struggle for the right, and hope to win.
At any rate, we shall spare no energy nor la
Dor in the cause
Yours truly,
JAMES G. SPENCER, Secretary.