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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1869-11-16

DWELLING HOUSE FOR SALE
I'D / will sell privately my dwelling house and
lot, adjoining the residence of Col. u. 6. Har-
man. The house is large and comfortable, and
the lot contains nearly one acre, we'll improved.
Any one desiring to purchase is requested to call
and examine the premises. q
nov9-2t i fes JOB TURNER.
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VALUABLE FARM FOR SALE.

Y The undersigned rs agents of Boiling R.
Swoope, are authorized to sell that valuable tract
of land containing 43IA acres, known as the
'.Swoope Farm and lying near Swoope's Depot,
on the chesapeake s. Ohio Railroad, in Augusta
county, eight miles West Of stanton The land
is unsurpassed by any In the county il, prodnc-
tract no land of an inferior quality, The inn
proyements consist of brick mansion house,
and convenient and ample out-buildings .s@ =,
Boiling R. Swoope residing on the farm will
show it 70 persons desiring to purchase. Apply
to SHEFPEY & BUMGARDNER :
junel5 etaqntan, va.
CTAUNTON Building Association !!
THIRTY-FIVE SHARES OF STOCK V
FOR SALE. Apply to
- HEBER KER, Secretary ?
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"VA. UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE"

!
This is the title of the excellent magazine pub
ished monthly, during the session, by the Liter.
sfy Societies. Jefferson" and Washington
Of the University of Virginia. Each number con-
tains forty -egnt octave pages of reading matter,
and is furnished to subscribers at $3.50. in ad-
vsace per session OF nine months. a medal of
the yalsa of $50 will be awarded 70 the student
.zE0 will contribute the best original article to the
Maya. s @'Fft'4s ~ o. Tbenre-
sents Editors are Harl !" =, IN 5UFl:E
son Society," and Linden Kent, ~ fffs y
ton Society. r
We would commend to students generally the
following just sentiment expressed in one of the
Editorial articles in the October number: 'The
best and most acceptable offering make
to them (our parents) is evidence of our own i'm
provement, and the most convincing proof of
flial gratitude is the proper and wholesome use
of advantages which they have placed at our
command"
THE MASON s. HAMLIN ORGAN Coin the
course of less than twenty years this Company
have grown from very small beginning, to be
the most celebrated and extensive makers of in
struments of the Organ and Melodeon kind in the
world producing and finding demand for several
times as many instruments any other makers.
Four large elephant tusks must be cut up .svery
week to supply them with ivory for keys; sothey
must be said to consume two large elephants per
week. Their Organs rank highest, not only IN
this country, but also in Europe, where the de-
mand for them is rapidly increasing.
This remarkable success is undoubtedly owing
greatly to their superior skill in This specially
and to the very irnportant improvements they
have effected in this class of instruments; but it
is the result, almost in equal measure, perhaps
of adherence to, and energetic pursuit of certain
principles Infexible rules with them are ~ to
do the very best aUork only, availing themselves
of every improvement, and being careful to spf-
fer no inferior instrument to leave their factory
and % to sell always at smallest remunerative
profits, having fixed prices which are aliketo all.
Any one buying an Organ made by this Com
pany has the satisfaction of knowing that he has
one of the best instruments of the class which can
be made and this at the lowest price at which
such work can be afforded.
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II have an eight-horse ENGINE in good order
4 which will sell, or trade for sixteen horse
engine. Apply to JACOB HILDEBRAND,
noyl-5s Wayneshorn
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Cash Capital Paid In, -....... sl2s, 900
Chartered by Legislature of Virginia,
December 18th, 1865.

aa Maj. 81. M. BELL, President.
OFFICERS. VIM II. TAMs, Secretary.
DR.. B. B. DoNAGHE,
Ee Chief Medical Examiner.
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A LARGE BEAR KILLED.-On the 9th instant,
one of the largest bears ever killed in this Sec
tion was killed in the corn field of Mr.. VIM. d.
Hogshead in the neighborhood of the Augusta
SPRING." We are informed by highly res
pectable and perfectly reliable gentleman that
he would weigh at least FIVE hundred pounds -
As bruin had been for some time depredating
upon Mr.. Hogshead's eorn-feld, he, assisted by
Mr. Sam'l McCord, set gun at the fence where
he was in the habit of going into the field. The
gun was discharged at 10 O. clock at night, and
the bear found dead in the field the next morn
ing. This mode Of killing bears, which the
hunters call Sitting" has been quite successful
in that neighborhood. Several years ago, two
bears were, in this way, killed at the same time
in that neighborhood. The above contains a
bear fact and the bare truth. fH
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Address Rev. r. 81. PHILLIPS, Gen'l Agent,
Lock Box 241, Staunton, Va.
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:agss;2 sss s ssssesi lips s sas
''''' DIR. n. WAYT s. BRO, Druggists
YHyHE Celebrated Mothers Breast Cloths, to
4 relieve pain and prevent the gathered
breast. Fer sale by
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My assortment of books is, perhaps, as large as
any in the Valley of Virginia.
Va The usual discount made to Jews and
Gentiles /t8 ROBT, COWAN
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ALFRED H. WooDRooF AMBROSE B. WoopRooF
late of A. b. Rucker & Go.
"OODROOF & CO.. successors to A.
w B. Rucker.) Grocers and Commission
Merchants. No. Bridge Street, Lynchburg,
Va, will give strict attention to consignments of
all kinds, and make prompt returns.
We are agents for Fairbanks Scales John S.
Wilson's Lime, Hazards Powder, Rockbridge
Alum Water deeply
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r. JOHNSON,

ND. r. JOHNSON, -
E Cabinet.Maker,
Main street, Stanton, is prepared to manufac-
ture all kinds of Furniture in the neatest and
most workmanlike manner.
Repairing, and all work il, cabnet-maker's
line cf business done in the best and most SUBJ
stantial style. He respectfully soHeits the pat
ronage Of his friends and the public
ocfiQ On, '..--' 4 e.tft : = * i.ri
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DIREcToRs:
GOOD AGENTS WANTED.

Call and examine its merits before Insuring.
The Shasta courier., 1869-09-25
NUMBER %

IT WASN'T CHICKEN Certain cir.
cles are agog about trick recently PLAYED
upon city official somewhate addicted to
intoxicating beverages. Once or twice he
had pushed his excesses to the verge of
mania, and, being possessed of many ex-
cellent qualities, was generous, brilliant,
and, but for his single vice, might reach
any position he might aspire to His friends
exhausted every possible means to redeem
him, unsuccessfully, and three or four of
them few evenings since concluded they
would impress him with the idea that he
had mania a potu. To accomplish this
purpose they got him into room in which
they had previously introduced chicken.
Conyersing quietly for few moments. his
eyes finally rested on the rooster, perched
on desk, evidently somewhat excited in
his unusual retreat
" "Why, hellol how came that chicken in
here 2"
" What chicken! p inquired one of his
friends.
"Why there on the desk"
=" l see no chicken"
"Nor l."
Nor l, repeated his friends.
Why just look on the desk"
All OF them looked and professed to see
nothing
Why you certainly are blind"
His companions by this time were look.
ing very grave, and casting at each other
suspicious glances
Mania !" whispered one
" Yes; poor fellow, l was afraid it would
come to that at last"
What are you talking about ?" excit-
edly demanded the victim, the perspiration
starting out on his forehead. and singular
palor creeping into his face.
" Poor fellow !" murmured one.
owe had better send for physician"
said another.
This was more than the man could en-
dure
1t would never do, he thought, to have
it suspected he was afflicted with mania a
potu. Summoning all his resolutions there
fore, he burst ont in a loud laugh, saving
Why, gentlemen I was jesting. l
don't see any chicken, either Did you
think was in earnest?"
The Shasta courier., 1869-09-25

SECRETARY RAwLINs.-Before the
war, the late Secretary of War, Rawlins,
was Democrat, but the moment the firing
on Fort Sumpter was known, he discarded
his politics and declared himself for his
Government and country and against the
rebels. In speech at Galena, Illinois, at
the time, he used the following memmor-
able words:
| have been Democrat all my life but
this is no longer question of politics. 1t
is simply country or no country. I have
favored every honorable compromise; but
the day for compromise is passed Only
one course is left for us. We will stand
by the flag of our country, ard appeal to
the God of Battles
The Shasta courier., 1869-09-25

A gentleman of Portland while away on
business, had the misfortune to have his
Tocket picked of some $500, After his
return home he received letter from the
thief, stating that he had taken the money
because his necessities were great at the
time; that with the money he had started
in business, and should pay interest on it
until he was able to return the principal.
Two payments of interest have been made
cn far
The Shasta courier., 1869-09-25

Half of the people of the world are un.
happy because of the worry and fuss they
insist in putting upon their shoulders.
The world is an exceedingly clever place
in which to spend twenty, forty, seventy
years and more, but the people in it are
perpetually engaged in blocking their own
and one another's happiness. There might
be sunshine every day and starshine every
night if things were arranged as they
should and might be.
The Shasta courier., 1869-09-25

CRoss-CUT SAw.-Leave every third
tooth straight. Don't set it either way
File it straight and square-not at an an
gle as you do the others. The saw will
cut twice as fast as one set and filed in the
old way. So says writer in the Southern
Cultivator.
Reason-It trues the bottom of the cut
and lets the bevel teeth points enter the
solid wood more freely.1
The Shasta courier., 1869-09-25

Poisonous PorAToEs.-The sprouts OF
a potato contain an alkaloid, termed by
chemists solanine, which is very poisonous
if taken into the system. This alkaloid
does not exist in the potato itself, unless
it has been exposed to the light and air,
during its growth, by which it takes on
blackish green color upon the exposed
side. Potatoes presenting such an appear
anoe should never be cooked or fed to
stock-they are poisonous to both man and
beast.
The Shasta courier., 1869-09-25

Asgentleman was seated with other per-
sons in the loom where a country girl sat
upright, utterly silent. Silence, indeed,
fell upon the entire party, aud the gentle
man first alluded to said, in what he sup
posed to be an almost inaudible tone:
lawful pause
~ guess, sir" exclaimed the indignant
country girl, jumping mp, you'd have aw-
full paws too if you had to do all the scrub
bing that dow
The Shasta courier., 1869-09-25

TAKE HEED.-Failure and success are
part of life. We all succeed and we all
TAIL. The brave and resolute are topmost
The stout hearted go up; the faint hearted
60 down Atlas with the world on his
broad shoulders is pluck, persistency, sue
cess. The head the word believes in is
ahead The daring and determened go
in this direction Their route is not all
sunshine and pleasure, but it has a good
share. Whether we succeed or faill-do
something or notLing-depends upon the
individual. Faith and pluck aud work
will do for man all that can be done. If
he fails with these it is failure worth all
the successes the world ever saw.
The Shasta courier., 1869-09-25

Leland Stanford, President of the Central
Pacific road, proposes to build the road
from Stockton to Visalia, provided the
StocktoRians will assist him to the amount
OF ten thousand dollars per mile for thirty
miles after he has completed twenty-five
miles at his own expense.
The Shasta courier., 1869-09-25

sG- Last month took five and a half
millions off of our national debt. Mark
that, you soreheads who have been pre-
dieting that "the debt never would be
paid IS. F. Chronicle.
The Shasta courier., 1869-09-25

A couple of fellows who were pretty
thoroughly soaked with bad whisky, got
into the gutter. After foundering about
for few minutes, one of them said "Jim
let's go to another house this hotel leaks"
The Shasta courier., 1869-09-25

L. p. FISHER, go & 2I New Mer-
cnants Exchange, is our only authorized Agent in
pan francisco For Eastern Advertising, Mr.
FISHER is represented by S. M. Pettengill Co.
Of New York and Boston.
The Shasta courier., 1869-09-25

OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
DISTRICT COURT.
E. GARTER, Judge.
TERxs-Second Monday in March June and
November.
COUNTY COURT.
C. c. BusH. Judge.
TEKxs-First Monday in January, May and
September.
PROBATE COURT.
C. C. BUSH, Judge.
rERxs-First Monday in February, April, June,
August, October and December,
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
Henry Jooes, Lorin Scott. and T. D. Lack.
TERNs-First Monday in February, May August
November
The Shasta courier., 1869-09-25
CORRAL g. STABLE.

Attached to this establishment is good COR
RA l. and STABLE where Transfers and others
can always find an abundant supply of HAY and
BARLEY at reasonable prices.
JOHN v. SCOTT.
Shasta, June 10Th, 1869. jel0
The Shasta courier., 1869-09-25
empire HOTEL f!
HHi MAIN STREET, SHASTA, ii
JOHN v. SCOTT, Proprietor.

TVHE PROPRIETOR OF THIS FAvORITE
II Hotel takes pleasure in announcing to his
friends and the public generally that he has re-
fitted and re-furnishcd the establishment through
out, and is now prepared to entertain guests in
style equal to any other house in Northern CAL
ifornia. The PARL0R and ROOMS are large
and commodious, and the BEDS and sleeping ac-
comodations unsurpassed.
THE TABLE
will always be supplied with everything the mar
kets of this locality afford, and every possible at
tention will be paid to the wants of guests and no
pains spared to render them comfortable.
At the B AR none but the best brands of Wine
Liquor and Cigars will be dispensed to customers.
The Oregon Il Cal Stages arrive at and leave
this Hotel daily.
The Shasta courier., 1869-09-25

"Hary what will you take for the United
States %
The Shasta courier., 1869-09-25

es- Refer to the extended Advertisments
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-10-30
Fine Property in Market.


The prospect Of the early restoration Of
Virginia to equality among the States should
give such assurance to capitalists and immi-
grants that there should he no longer hest
tafion about buying lands in the State. In
deed, it is certain that she will be promptly
admitted, and enterprise and speculation
may as well adventure upon their schemes
at once. There win be no disappoint-
ment. ssJ 20
There are fine opportunities now offered
for investment. Some Of the finest estates
within the borders of the Commonwealth
are now offered for sale. One advertisement
THAT of Dir. DREwRy) offers no less than four |:
The s'Ben Dover" plantation, on Upper
James river, one Of the handsomest, as it is
one OF the mostfertile, on the river; g River
dale," ON Lower James river, with its ex-
tensive river frontage; Lower Half.Sink,o
very convenient to Richmond, and suscepti-
ele OF The highest improvement and that
magnificent estate known as d part of the
famous Falls Plantation, whose landscape,
beheld from the elevations Of Richmond. is
one OF the finest views In the world. .se5
In addition to these is offered the grand
! PIPER James River estate Of the HARRIsos's
@n as Elk Hill, with u part oil Elk Island.
ohe OF the latest piecesos Garth IN the ccun-
ay, lhis is advertised by Messrs. GaUsss
&WILL1AMs. 49, -'1s'
1aeFc are Other fine estates offered. We
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DIED.


On Friday evening the ?sth Instant at hnlf,patt
O'Clock, JEAN FRANCOIS DELARuE, III the
sixsy-nnth year of his age.
The friends and acquaintance OF the iamiiS are
respectfully invited to attend his funeral 81 NUA4
AFTERNOON at 8 O'Clock frofii his late resi-
dence on Sixth street between Broad ana Grace. -
Washington and Detroit papers please copy.
On the Goth instant, JULIA SCOTT GREEN,
daughter of Andrew and Betty A. Green, aged two
years, seven months and eight days.
Bright rs drop OF early drew
Her sparkling gem to US was given:
But transient rs The dcw-urop. too,
1t soon eXhaled and went to Heaven.
Borne from her parents fond embrace,
From earthly woes and care.
Before Heavenly Fathers face
4 glorious form she wears.
Her little soul just stopped to earth
It's new-fedg$d Ningsto try,
Then soal ed to an immortal birth.
cherub in the sky.
The heart that beats with rapture here
To mark her budding powers.
Would burst with joy TO mark them there
Till borne In angels bowers,
The funeral will take place at the residence on
Grace near Monroe street THIS Saturday
MORNING ut II O'Clock. c. w. A.
On Thursday, October 2Sth Mr.. JOHN SHEW-
BRIDGE formerly Of Harper's Ferry, IN The
sixtieth year of his age, after paini I'll illness or
three months, which he bore With Christian forti-
tude.
None knew him but 10 love him,
None named him but to praise"
The friends of the family. are requested to attend
0 O'Clock TOMORROW Sunday MORNING
without further notice.
The Charlestown Spirit Of Jefferson will please
copy.
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MARRIED.

On Wednesday October 81 1850, in St George
i 6r' JAMES F. THOMPSON, formerly of Mary:
land. to Miss HANNAH G. CRUMP, daughter OF
the late Malcolm II. Crump; all Of Fredericks'
burg.
On the eth instant, by DR.. William II. MGGuiiey,
Of the University Of Virginia, DIR. GEORGE
WALKE WALLACE, of Norfolk county, and
Miss SALLIE WILLIE. eldest daughter OF J9hn
w Chewing, Esq, OF Albcmarle county, va
No cards.
Norfolk papers please copy.
On the oSth instant, by Rev. John NJ. Butler, Of
the residence of the brides father, MIR: ZACHARY
TRAYLtsR to Miss MARIA l.. LEE Doth OF
Richmond.
At Gordonsville, Va, on Thursday, october -
1868 by the Rev. X. J. Stewart, Mr.. W. MINOR
WOODWARD. Of Richmond, to Miss MARY,
daughter of the officiating clergyman. NO carus.
Alexandria Gazette and Southern ChnTMmd"
please
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..s.- M reader TO cur columns. But these

refer the reader to our columns. But these
are especially famous. J.
Let those who have the remoteB tdea OF
coming to Virginia buy at once. They can
not lose by purchasing such property as is
now offered, and may regret, when they
finally make up their minds to come, that
thew did not seize this chance. -.
No state has been SO much viewed and
canyassed by spectators and others, ana
the judgment of oil Of them has been hlghiy
favorable so much so that the general re-
mark has been that investments would have
been made at once in Virginia but for doubt
and anxiety concerning the period and the
manner of her admission into. the Union.
The whole question is now settled. fr-
ginia win soon be equal among the States
and her government be placed in the hands
of the capable and honest of her people,
There is now no hazard, and the era OF IN
vestment, immigration, and Improvement
should begin at once.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-10-30

Judge JOHNSTON, our new senator, IS
sensitive gentleman. He declined to hold
court in Tazewell county because of n
paragraph he had read in Richmond
newspaper, stating in effect that the wash
incton authorities didn't desire that any
more courts should be held in Virginia just
at present.
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They (thc legislature voted to disfran,
chise forcuer (as far as they were concerned)
tie very cream of Virginia society in adopt
ing the fourteenth amendment, and right
upon the heels thereof they voted to con-
fer, forecer, the privilege OF iranchlse
upon race VIGOROUSLY ignorant !-frede-
rtckS6urg Herald.
The fourteenth amendment deprives no.
body of the right of voting. All of the dis
qualified will be voters under the new Con-
stitution of Virginia.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

M, CARPETS, CARPETS. = BREEs-
DEN FOX are now receiving large additional
stock of CARPETS, including some new ana
choice designs In INGRAM, THREE-PL1,
CRossLEY's TAPESTRY, ENGLISH and BIG
ELow BODY BRUSSELS, &C.. &c. Also,
varied assortment Of DIR UG ETs, FELL
CLOTHS, RUGS, DoOR-MATS. &C.,
BREEDEN s. FOX;
&C 25-l0t No. a0l Broad street.
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MEETINGS..
Personal.

DUBLIC NOTICE.-My wife, NATL
L DA A. ANDERSON, having left my bed and
her on my account as shall pay none of her bills.
WILLIAM ANDERSON,
&C 30-lt# Of New Kent.
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SEwTNG.NIACHHEES.

COMBINATION BUTTON-HOLE AND
" SEWING-MACHINE-one of the most Inn
portant abor-saving inventions of the age. With
the emphatic and universal endorsement of all,
we feel more than ever before warranted in claim
others as family machine. The simplicity ease,
and certainty with which 1t operates, as well as the
uniform excellence of its work throughout the en-
Ing, tucking, cordng, quilting, oyer-seemtng, but
ton-hole, work. eyelet-hole--places 1t far In ad-
vance Of any similar invention.
II Is the best and the best is always the cheapest
Gail and see this machine work ut 13ll Main
street.
We exchange, barter, &c. ,E,L#- oc 30
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RETREN0HMENT /!
WE OFFER NO BAIT, BUT ALL We
ADVERTISE AND SAY
WE MEAN.

Look at the LIST below, and youwill find
fine BLACK ALPACA Mt s7s, so, GO, &c., &C..
COIORED ALPACA at 80, 90, and 5oc.;
RICH COL oRED DELAINEs at 221c. worth aoc.
WHITE and RED .ALL-wooL FLANNEL from
csc. up;
Fine IRISH LINEN at 4oc. worth 5oc, at SOC.
worth 75c.
LADIES', LINEN HANDKERCHIEFs at 75c.
per dozen;
LADIES' and MISSES COTTON HOSE at l2ac.;
MISSES, and CHILDEEN's WoOLLEN HOSE
from 1oc. up;
GENTLEMEN'S and LADIES UNDERsHIRTs
at half their value;
Fifty pair more of those LARGE BED BLANK
ETs, lust received, slightly damaged, at a
sacrifce
Heavy GRAY and BROWN BLANKETS from
$3.50 up;
BLMORAL SKIRTS, very cheap, at 75c. worth
81;
BLACK Wells from lac. up;
BROWN. GREEN, AND BLUE BA r E E
Wells at 45c. cheap at &c.;
600 assorted wOOLLEN sHAWLS, just from
New York auctions, at il, $3.50, 81, and S25,
considered the cheapest ever offered in this
city;
KENTUCKY JEANS, sATINETs, CAssI-
MEREs, DOEsKINs, for mems and boys
wear, astonishingly low;
LADIES' KID GLOVES, the best quality, mt 81 ;
FRENCH MERINOS,
EMPRESS CLOTHS,
ALL-WOOL DELAINES,
Beautiful CHANGEABLE POPLINs,
SCOTCH PLAIDS,
ALL-WOOL PLAID POPL1Ns, &C.,
TWENTY-FIVE PER CENT. CHEAPER
than they c2n be bought 1T any other house III tHis
city.
The GREATEST. BARGAINS yet In
ACE SILKS
to be found is at
JOSEPH sTEAUsE'S
No. 1888 Main street.
Be careful, and come TO the right place, and do
not stop until you get next to Goldens shoe store,
between Fifteenth and Seventeenth streets, oppo-
site Palmer & Sons.
oc4 JOSEPH STRAUSE.