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GRANGE, ALEXANDRIA AND MANAS.
2AS RAILROAD

on AND AFTER FIJI b., SUNDAY, May ., 1860,
between WASHINGTON and LYNCHBU KG, con-
meeting at GORDONSVILLE with the Chesapeake
and Ohio Railroad to R chmon !, royington s VI,
Spr' ng at LYNCHBURG for W EST and SOUTH
WEST, and at WASHINGTON for the NORTH
and NORTHWESr.
+ Through tickets and baggage checked to all
prominent points.
Leave Washington daily at 6 20 a. NJ, and AL
exandrla at 7.2O a. N. arriving at Lynchburg ut
40 p. m.
Leave Lynchburg at BOO a. M, arrive at Alex
andrla at 625 p. M, and at Washington at Z so,
pm.
Passengers for MANASSAS BRANCH willlea
Alexandria daily, excepting Sunday. at 415 p.
m arriving at Harrisonburg .35 a. M, leave
Harrlsonhurg at 200 a. m., arriving at Alexan-
drla at 1890 p. m. This train makes close con-
nectlons at Manassas junction, with movements
on the main line, greatly facilitating intercourse
between the lower Valley and Richmond, Lynch
burg sc.
Passengers from Washington and Alexandria to
Winchester, Middleburg,s Capon Springs. &c..
will ind good connections by this route
An accommodation Train will leave Alexandria
daily, Sunday excepted, AS D. m, and arrive at
Warrenton lisp Ii
j. NJ. BROADUS,
may General Tic ct Agent.
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German Proverbs,

One has only to die to be praised
Handsome apples are some times sour
1t is not enough to arm; you must hit.
Little and often make heap in time.
It is easier to blame chan to do better.
Would you be strong, conquer yourself.
10 change and to do better are two differ
emit things
Everybody knows good counsel except him
that hath need Of it.
Better free in a foreign lana than serf at
home.
l. There is no good in preaching to the hun
CRY. .-..
Charity gives itself rich, yet coyctousness
boards itself poor.
The end of wrath is the beginning of re-
pentence.
The san-lal only counts the bright hours.
Piety, prudence, wit and civility are the
clements Of true nobility.
Coils mill goes slowly. but it grinls well.
High houses are mostly empty in the up
per story. -.,--
A hundred years of wrong do not make a
right
More are drowned in the bowl than in the
The fewer tho words the better the prayer
Wish patience and time the mulberry leaf
becomes a silk gown.
Take the world as it is, not as it ought to be-
Revenge converts little right into great
wrong.
Speak little, speak truth; spend little, and
pay cash.
Our ncighbors' children are always the
worst.
Forgive tbysclf nothing and others much
Truth may besuprrcssed, but not strangled.
What comes from the heart goes to the
heart.
When God means to punish a nation he
dcprivcs the rulers Of wisdom.
lie who blackcns others does not whtcn
himself.
Take care of your pillow and your plow will
take care Of you.
lie who saves in little things can be lib
cral n g'ctt ones,
H.: wIuavoids little .ins s1oos no. fall into
Great ones.
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Wit and Hat2,eor.

.5a. An agreeable neck tea pretty girls
arm. ~ $3.50 80 FL,
.ss. Capital punt ;hment- Ten thousand year
and nothing to do. 49,
6u Goldsmith is supposed to have referred to
the Greeian bend, when he wrote "She
stoops to conquer"
Tworival bellies met at ball. T'''How we'll
you look ny candle light" exclaimed one
And how charming you look in the dark"
answered the other. b. s.g ss4s -F.EE
s'sS An editor was attacked by man. for some
personal grievance. The editor says: "To
avoid iujuring him, and prevent his injuring
us.we got out OF the way" <1+tp
Mr.. Sinlplcs, in allusion to the practice of
buying and selling wives in Egypt, says his
Jarusha Ann did not cost him copper yet
he feels that he was awfalIy cheated when he
got her. H.. t'...... n.a
ga A line in one of Moore songs reads thus ::
"Our couch shall be roses bespangled with
dew" 10 which a sensible girl replied ::
ri ''Twould give me the rheumatic, and so it
would you" tr
.s.s "Come, don't be timid," said a couple Of
foolish snobs to two mechanics; "sit down
and make yourselves our equals" eve
should have to blow our brains out to do
that" was the reply.
An editor thus distinguishes between DIFF
ferent sorts of patriotism :-''Some esteem it
sweet to die for ones country; others regard
it sweeter to live for ones country; but most
of our patriots hold it sWecter to live upon
ones. country"
''1hc man who raised cabbage-head has
done more good than all the metaph yscians in
the world, D exclaimed a speaker at an agri-
cultural meeting. ',Hhen," remarked wag,
''your mother ought to have the premium "
"You have lost some Of your friends, I
see, said a traveller to negro whom he met
on the road.
Z eyes, Masse."
- "NVas it near Or distant relative ?"
"Well, pretty distant-'bout twenty four
milo" was the reply. ~ -.-r
4 tailor writes thus to his sweet heart -
"Remnant of my hopes May l be ripped
from the border Of your esteem, and never
be buttoned to the loop of your kindness,
but am strongly scanned to them by your
beauty. May | never lose thinbleful Of
Your favor but you have entangled the thread
OF my understanding. Odds bodkin am
surely yours every inch Of me and my needle
follows you. Therefore blunt not the point
OF my endeavors. bat let me haste myself to
your kindness that I may set the tighter TO
your affections; love you beyond measure,
but it is hard to cabbage ore sweet look from
you that almost despair of having enough
for my suit. Pray put a favorable construc-
ton on this and for the same I shall always
Sit cross legged for your sake, being my dear
est little dounces, your,-CABBAGE."
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This Company, National in its character, offers,
by reason of Large Capital, Low Rates of Premi-
um and New Tables, the most desirable means OF
nsuring life yet presented to the public.
The rates of premium being largely reduced,
are made as favor able to the insurers as those OF
the best Mutual Companies, and avoid all the
complications and uncertainties of Notes, Diyi-
dends and the misunderstanding which the lat
ter are so apt to cause the Policy Holder.
Several new and attractive tables are now pre-
scented, which need only to be understood to prove
acceptable to the public, such as the INCOME
PRODUCING POLICY and RETUR PREMIUM
POLICY. In the former, the policy holder not
only secures life insurance, payable at death,
but will receive, if living, after period of few
years, an annual income equal to ten per cent III
per cent. of Tie par Of ms policy In the latter,
the Company agrees to return to the assured the total
amount Of money he has paid ia an addition TO fhe
amountsof his. policy. = ssgg reees ~.
The attention Of persons contemplating lnsuring
their lives or increasing the amount of insurance
they already have, is called to the special adyant-
ages offered by the National Life Insurance Com
pany.
Circulars, Pamphlets and full particulars given
on application to the Branch Office of the Com
pany, or to
JAY COOKE & CO., Washington, D. G.,
General Agents for D. c., Va, and W. Va.
r. T. PHILLIPS s. JAS. KER, Staunton, Va,
Agents for Augusta county feb lo-ly
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TAI erclR:amtss Protective Union
w. Mercantile Reference Reg.

lister.
The Merchants rro ective Union, organized to
promote and protect trade by enabling its sub
scrbers to attain facility and safety in the grant
ing Of credits, and the recovery of claims at all
| points, have to announce that they will, on or
about September LIST, 1868, publish in one large
quarto volume:
| The Merchants Protective Union Mercantile Refer
ence Register, containing, among other things, the
| Names Natute of Business Amount of Capital Fl
nancal Standing, and Rating as to Credit, of over
400 900 of the principal merchants, traders bank
cas-, manufacturers and public companies, in more
than 10000 of the Cities towns, villages and set
Elements, throughout the United States their ter
ritories and the British Provinces of North Ameri-
ca and embracing the most important informa-
ton attainable and necessary to enable the mer-
chant to ascertain 1t glance the Capital Charae-
ter and Degree of Credit of such Of his customers
as are deemed worthy of any graduation Of credit.
The reports and information to be given in the
Register will be confined to those deemed worthy
of some line Of credit and as the same will be
based so far as practicable, upon the written
statements OF the parties themselves, revised and
corrected by we'll known and reliable legal CORE
spondents, whose character will prove guarantee
of the correctness of the information furnished by
them it is believed that the reports will prove
more truthful and complete. and therefore, supe-
rior to, and of much greater value, than any pre-
yicusly issued.
By aid of the Merchants Protective Union Mer-
camille Reference Register, business men will be
enabled to ascertain, at glance, the capital and
graduation of credit, as compared witg financial
worth, of nearly every merchant, manufacturer
trader, and banker, within the above named terri
| toral limits
On or about the first of each month, subscribers
will also receive the Monhly Chronicle containing
among other things, record of such important
changes in the name and condition of firms
throughout the country, as may occur subsequent
to the publication of each half yearly volume of
| the Mercantile Reference Register:
Price of The Merchants Union Mercantile Ref
erence Register, fifty dollars, ($50; for which it
will be forwarded TO any address in the United
States, transportation paid.
Holders Of five $40 shares of the Capital Stock,
in addition to participating in the profits, will
ceivs one copy Of the Mercantile Reference Reg
lister free of CHARGE holders of ten shares will be
entitled to copies and no more than ten shares
of Capital Stock will he allotted to any one APP
| plicant.
| All rcmittances, orders, or communications rel
alive to the book, should be addressed to the Mer
chants Protective Union, in the American Ex-
change Bank Building No. 1913 Broadway, (Box
1885, New York. aug 26-tf
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The undersigned requests all persons indebted
to John Lewis Pcyton to come forward and settle
at once lie is authorized to offer the most liberal
terms for prompt payment, and mus. use the pro-
cess of the Law against such as fail to pay up.
He is also authorized to sell Mr.. Peyton's farm
OF Jackson's River, in Allegheny county, contain
ing 1900 acres. This is very valuable land, and
he will sell it asa whole or in parcels to suit :he
purchasers upon the most favorable terms for
cash or short payments.
He will be on the farm on the End of January,
1863 when if the farm is not sold, he will rent it
for the current year. Ii. NJ. BELL. Staunton, Va
dec 2o-tf Attorney-infa fact for ]. L. Peytca.
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Richmond Advertisements.
~ UN POWDER.
ORANGE RIFLE AND SPORT

THE PRIZE POWDER OF. THE WORLD.
The attention ofspertsmen and dealers is called
to'the following facts:
Atthe trial ofarms before the Examining Board,
in Washington.ln August, 1866, cartridges made
from this powder gave far greater penetration,
range and cleanliness, and in competition with the
principal American powders proved, IN every
respect, superior to all others.
Attic WIMBLEDON RIFLE MEETING, IN ENG
LAND July, 1866, competing with the best Of for
eign Powders, the same result was obtained, with
the FIRST PRIZE 49, 50
| The Board convened by order ofthe commader-
in-chief of the State Of New York for the examina
tlon ofsmall arms, whose sessions were attended
by officers specially detached by the Russian,
Prussian and Danish Governments, say, in their
printed reportof the numerous guns on trial, that
after one hundred rounds all but one became SO
foul as not to admit the cartridge. This led to
test of the powder and they deem the subject of
so much Importance that they say in their report.
'iThe Powder used in these cartridges deserves
special mention as being very superior IT is
THE ORANGE RIFLE PONDER" sgx0
Another meeting of the Board, called by Special
Order No. 1876, of the :Adjutant- General, under
date of May ls 1867, is subject among other con
dtions, to the following in article Bird:
Gin orderto conform to the United States stand
ard charge, as now adopted, the charge will be
seventy grains, The Powder to be the Orange
Rifle Powder, manufactured by Smith and a and
Powder Company" a 81 Il ea ,isvaa I.
i0ne ofthe best sportsmen in the State writes
sWith the Orange Powder made the. largest
score ever made 4s 4f8
VIM. Taylor, Esq, the celebrated pigeon-shoot-
er, says: cit is best powder Ihave ever used"
THE Blasting and mining Poecder manufactured
by this company, is guaranteed stronger than any
in use, after repeated in the anthracite mines
ofPennsylvania, in competition with other. brands,
it was proved superior to all others, and is now
in general use in these mines, and where heavy
work is to be done requiring powder of unusual
strength and f4rity it is highly recommended. The
attention of railroad contractors is specially call
ed to the superior quality of this Powder.
b. srs SMITH & RAND POWDER CO.,
ID III Gf n! ss New York. #
n9 E. sli 43a513 RICHMOND, VA.o
g e+s tsA - August 31st, 1868. !
Wehave been appointed agents for the sale in
this State, of the above celebrated and now favor
lite, brand of Powder. We take pleasure in say
ing that wherever we have sold it during thelast
two years. it has given the most unipe:sal salts
faction. Having at great expense just construct
ed the largest Magazine in the State, secure and
complete in all its appointments, we are in the
position to meet the wants of the wholesale trade
We keep constantly on hand every variety of
Powder manufactured by this company.
Euery package of this Pomde,asold by us. will be
guaranteed as represented. 4h ia9G
sept 23-'im 4f S. G. TARDY, & co.
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ENTLER's SURE CURE.

Has never get failed to cure the severest
/. eases of Cholera, Dysentery, Cholera
Morbus, Diarrhea, Fiux, Summer Com
plant in children, SC. Manufactured by
W. NJ. Entler g. Co., Shepherdstown, W.
Va. Price IS cents per bottle. See cir
culars Sold everywhere. No cure no
pay. Every person should keep it con-
stantly on hand. For saleby
? II. TROUT & Co., Staunton, Va.
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May 6, 1869.
Thursday,
Building on the Sand.

$50 sao Building on the Sand. ned
cost@ 'Tis well to woo, tits well to wed, III
~ For so the world hath done 74a5,f9uft .
l.ir ! Since myrtles grew and roses blew, g
And morning brought the sun. -
sel But have care ye young and fair,
s.' 81 Be sure you pledge the truth, q.e
l9 Becertain that your love Will wear
.ta lHaa Beyond the days of youth
Ferif we give not heart for heart,
As well as hand for hand.
You'll find you We played the unwisc part,
And built upon the sand .,s,-. Is,
IT'S well 10 save IT'S well to have
T.. m. a goodly store of gold: .- ,~tre
q sa And,lold enough of shining stuff, s-.'
isi7 1i For charity is cold.
'A' u But place not all your hope and trust
In what the deep mine brings !; e
We cannot live on yellow dust g.. az
ra Unmixed with purer things,
...'l o And he who piles up wealth alone,
viii oft en- have to stand
Beside his Golfer, chest, and own
re3aA TITS s'built upon the sand tlt,
s'dra 'Tis good TO speak in kindly guise,
And soohe whcrc'er we can;
For speech should bind the human mind,
~ Ie And love link man to man, 4tsa.st
81; = But stay not at the gentle words;
i.ns -sla Let deeds with language dwell;
The one who pities starving birds, ..e
100. Should scatter crumbs as we'll. . ii
7asl The mercy that is warm and true '
Must lend helping hand,
For those who talk, but fail to do,
:. ,.., But .'buld upon the sand.'Hal s..oa
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nov lift

WIN. MILLER & CO., sc South Eutaw ST.,
w Camden Station, WHOLESALE GRO
CEBS and General Commission Merchants. The
style the old firm of Nm. Miller, SO S. Gay street
has has been changed to WM. MILLER s. CO.,
and we have removed to our present locality, where
we have a splendid Warehouse, convenient and
commodous, with railroad track in front. Oul
facilities are all that could be desired, and, poss
essing as we do, thorough knowledge the Balti-
more Produce and Grocery Markets., we fatter our.
selves that we give satisfaction to any one who
will give us trial.
Grain Bags furnished and liberal advances made
on consignments.
References given in any section of the South
Orders for goods, bags, market reports, descrip-
tive circulars or any information may be address
ed either to the House in Baltimore or to the
undersigned, at Staunton,
sept 2-tf -a HENRY EDISON, JR.
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april 81
TXTIn. Ksabe a. Co.,
w Manufacturers of First Premium, Cole
Medal, Grand, Square and Upright
u a N6hst Ena.E4..,.o.o
PIANOS. baltimore

w Manufacturers of First Premium, Gold
Medal, Grand, Square and Upright
PIANOS, Baltimore,
These Instruments having been before the pub
Lie for the past thirty years, have, upon their
cellence alone, attained an upurcAased reeminence
thatpronounces them uneaqualled. Their TONE
combines great power. richness, sweetness and
fine singing quality, as well as great purity of in
tonation and harmoniousness throughout the en-
tire scale. Their TOUCH is plant and elastic,
and is entirely free from the stiffness found in SO
many pianos, which causes the performer to SO
easily tire. In WORKMANSHIP they cannot be
excelled. Their action is constructed with a care
and attention to every part therein that characeri
yes the finest mechanism. None but the best sea-
soned material is used in their manufacture and
they will accept the hard usages of the concert
room with that of the parlor upon an equality
unaffected in their melody in fact they are con
structed 'sNot for yeag-bm foreuer." All our
Square Pianos have our new Grand Scale and A.
giraffe Treble. 80
n B. Prof E. L. IDE, sole A gent for Angus
ia county, is by special arrangement enabled to
furnish the above celebrated Instruments at low
est Factory prices. He has also an assortment
Of second hand Pianos, and Paror Organs, from
the best Factories Rooms at Piedmont Insurance
Office, opposite Dr.. Young's Drug Store, staun-
ton Va.
march lily
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Or, Journeys and Discoveries in Africa by three
Engishman, Compiled in French by JULES
VERNE, from the Original Notes of Dr.. Fergu-
son; and done into English by own. LACK
LAND expressly for D. Appleton & Co. With
Illustrations l vol 12mo, 345 PIP. Price,
cloth, S., SO; paper, $1O0
Five weeks in Balloon y is, in measure, a
satire on English books of African travel. So far
as the geography, the Inhabitants, the animals,
and the features of the country are described, it
is entirely accurate. It is, in some particulars,
survey Of the whole field of African discovery,
and in this way will often serve to refresh the
memory Of the reader. The mode of locomotion
is, of course, purely imaginary, and the incidents
and adventures fictitious. The latter are album
dainty amusing, and in view of the wonderful
''travellers tales % with which we have been en-
tcrtained by African explorers, they can scarcely
be considered extravagant; while the ingenuity
and invention of the author will be sure to excite
the surprise and even the admiration of the read
feb Is If
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Washington Cards.
MT w. GAIT, a. BROTHER.

MY w. CALF, Il BROTHER.
xAXAo DEALERS
Dl AMONDS, FINE WATCHES, pICU
JEWELRY, Silver AND PLA-
TED WARE, FANCY
GOODS, &C., &C.,
GssH Have removed to their
NEW STORE,
2SO.... .-".PENNSYLVANIA AV2SO
Between 11th and 18th sts,
I'll jat WASHINGTON, d. C.
ReS@ agents for the AMERICAN WATCH CO.,
Watbam, Mass.
ssApAlso, for PATEK, PHiLIPPI & CO., Geneva,
And for the sale of the Gorham Manfg Co.'S.
UNRlVALLED ELECTRO
PLATED WARE
oct 28-6m @
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MANCHESTER PROPERTY
wv E9Is SALE.
DWELLING HOUSE ON BRADDOCK ST.,
e. All PRIVATE SALE rs

Ia The FRAME DWELLING HOUSE, situa-
l:::;H ted on Braddock street, at present occu-
pied by Mr.. Leroy March, is for sale privately
The Lot fronts about 80 feet running back 100
feet, more OF less. The House is two stories, and
with some repairing could be made a. neat and
substantial home. The neighborhood is good,
there being no better in Winchester.
For Terms, &c., address,
2. 0. BOX, 10,
nov 11-tf Stanton, Va.
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Established in 1859.
The Great Piano and Music House

OF WASHINGTON CITY.
j O III N II. 70 LIS,
306 Pennsylvania Avenue near cor. of 1Ota -
- Extensive assortment of new and second d
80 Pianos, Parlor Organs, Melodeons,
Prices of new ones, S25c and upwards.
Prices of second hand ones, $50 and upwa cssa
Sole agent for seven Of the best makers of Pr
ancs, also Violins, Guitars Flutes, Accorleons.
and every article in the music business. Music
music books, strings and small articles can tS
sent by mail. JOHN f. ELLIS,
BOG Penn. Ave, Washington, d. C.
march 19-tf STATS
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YE1o TIE PUBLIC.-The subscriber has ap-
l. pointed Henderson NJ. Bell, Esq, of Staun-
ton, Va, his General Agent and Atorney-in-1aet
for the settlement of all business matters in which
he is q party, and requests all whom it may con-
Germ to communicate with him.
JOHN LEWIS PEITON,
dec a5-lS67. London.
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.R0ilrOads.

800 g . ID
1869. Ho for the West. 1869.
~ REAT NATIONAL DOUBLE TRACK
VI ROUTE FOR
St. Louis, Mo-, i5sA Cleveland, Oh o,
Memphis, Tenn, ST. Paul, Minnesota,
Cincinnati, Ohio, f.ag Detroit, Michigan,
indianapolis, Ind, - Chicago, ILL.,,
Louisville, KY, sq Kansas.C City Mo-,
Pittsburg, Pa, Carlo, Illinois,
and all principal Cities West and South west, via
the BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD and its
Connecting Roads. arrangements hare been made,
| by which passengers going West can purchase
through tickets (of the Virginia CENTRALLY for all
Points at the ticket offices at Staunton Waynes-
boro'; by so doing they will save from SIS to $40.
on each through ticket, besides aysa4ng all trou-
Bile and expense of checking BaggSge and Omni-
bus transfers, BeS~ there-is only one change #
| cars between Baltimore and Cincinnati or Indian
apolas, and but too to St. Louis, Chicago, Terra
Haute, &C., besides ELEGANT PALACE SLEEP
ING CARS on all night trains, this route is there
fore the most desirable, especially for Families
and Ladies travelling alone
Passengers with Western through tickets pur-
chased at the above named offices have the prv-
-lege Of visiting Baltimore without entra Expense
and then resuming their journey West.
This is tie only Route, which can check Baggage
from Washington city to all Western cities.
Three Daily Fast Express Trains from Washing
on and Baltimore to all points West, leaving
Washington city as follows: Mail Line, 7,45, a
m. Fast Line, 4,3o, p m. Express Line, s,45,.
p. m. =
The above trains making close connections at
wheeling, Columbus and Parkersburg, with all
Western Railroads, for all points.
Passengers leaving on Saturdays will gothrough
by this route, without laying over on Sundays,
thus arriving at destination in advance of any
other route.
For tickets and further information apply to-
W. j. Hunter, Ag't, Va, Central Railroad, Staun-
ton, and to VIM. Wallace, Agent, Va, Central
Railroad at Waynesboro', or to
abs s-4 a4ae LOUIS ZINlNIER,
Gen'l Southern Agent, B. s. ORR,
- Greensboro, N. G.
L. NJ. COLE, General Ticket Agent, B. s. O. r.
R. Baltimore Md.
J. L: WILSON, Master Transportation, B. so
r. R. Baltimore, Md. ID u l-'r''
tra7 @ s9 august Ally