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we lose the Legislature and the Governor, thu
loss of which, however, would in the meantime
lnfiict upon us an amount of annoyance and ac
| tual loss it would be difficult to estimate. But
should the obnoxious provisions referred to Dt
voted out, as | have no doubt they will be, ano
we should carry the Legislature and the Gover,
nor, as we can and must, and Congress should
/ not give US further trouble, then We may soon
see our State government relieved of all emhar-
rassment, the busy hum of industry every here
within our borders, andsour desert "smile and
blossom as the rose +" Then let us grid up our
loins, and like the strong men go forth conquer
ing and to conquer. Let us resolve, as OF the
first Importance, to cote out the disfrdnch1se-
meat and test-oath clauses. Without this all is
lost. AS second in Importance, let us carry the
Legislature that we may be saved from rulnous
legislation. And third and last, let US defeat
Wells and elect Walker, who if he be as we
hope will. armed with the veto power, be able
to protect US from the hungry pack, already in
full cry, for our destruction. The unparrelled
effrontery of tbs. clauses have so often refer
red TO, strikes. down almost the whole OF our
present generation, by excluding them from the
ballot box and from Office, and thus throwing
the whole power of the State into the hands OF
the minority of our population, alike mercena-
ry, selfish and ignorant and every man thus
wronged and injured, should go forth into the
canvass as missionary and for his own sake,
and for that of his country, and ''cry aloud and
spare not, - until the day of election shall have
passed and the battle shall have been won
&J @A@& ~ stts X
And now as the oldest of Virginia's liviLg
sons who has been honored with her high posi-
tions; as one who has mingled but little in our
struggle since the war for liberty and independ-
ence and as one who, through a long life,
has ever performed his duties to his beloved
State to the best of his ability and in an earn
est, Jealous and patriotic spirit, implore you.
as | would every friend have within our broad
limits, to go into the present irlghtful fearful
struggle, in no hesiating, halting manner, bu,
freely casting censure where censure is due;
resolutely perform our whole. entire duty; and
SO our good God will preserve us from impend-
ing ruin, and our noble State for that high des-
tiny which we have always believed was His
will and Providence 1o za
| am, my dear SIT, most truly yours,
VIM. SMITH.
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A Hard Sum

Are you good at arithmetic? will give you
some losses to add up, and calculate how much
they come to. 1t is a good sum for all, young
and old The following are the losses, and they
are all made by strong drink:
Loss of money.
f. Loss Of time. at
Loss of health.
Loss of business.
Loss of character.
Loss of friends.
Loss of good conscience.
Loss Of feeling.
Loss of mind.
.oa 81 Loss of life.
Loss of immortal soul. r. -
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Vote for Governor,

We conceive It to be the duty of every true
Virginian to vote for the different State officers
to be voted for at the July election. We can
not secure a two-third vote in the LEGISLATURE
and must therefore prevent Radical vetoing
power. We can elect Walker if We will He
will receive the support of all Conservative Re-
pubicans, black as we'll as white, and if all the
Democrats vote the result is not doubtful
But there a.e many who refuse to vote be-
cause both candidates are Objectionable. But
there is no greater want of discrimination than
that. The difference between the two is one of
life and death to u.s. If Wells, with his vile
horde of unscrupulous followers obtain the
reins of government, there will be an end to
the immediate material prosperity of the State.
Prescription and infamy will be heaped upon
every. white man. The meanest men OF the
land will be elevated to office and made to rule
without responsibility, over wealth and intelli-
gence. The exchequer is the objective point,
and the greedy cornorants will grow fat upon
the Income Of the land while our credit grows
lean. -,.e
The record of Wells shows him to be the
most unprincpled politician ever known in this
State. He opposed submission of the consti-
tuition in separate sections, and stated on oath
before the reconstruction committee that such
would be detrimental to reconstruction. But
now that he sees it impossible to prevent the
rejection of the excepted articles, he stumps
the State in opposition to them His duplici-
tv is shown in every thing he has undertaken.
He courts the favor of white men by protesting
conversion to Walkers principles, as in the
ShadwelI letter, and at the very same time
meets with the negroes in Richmond and adj
vises then, to cote for the aohole Constitution. =
If any white man in this or any other county
cln vote for a candidate of such character, he
must be himself rascal and capable of admi
ring such a being alone.
| There is no alternative with the white man
| IIe must defeat Wells and elect Walker Of
there is an end to the prosperity OF Virginia
Let no man fail to register much less let hin
fail to vote for Walker We must have him al
check upon the working of the Radical Con
stitution There is an imperative duty in elect
ing proper men to execute our infamous laws
d. -. - Roanoke Times.
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"Who does the best his circumstance allows,
Does well, acts nobly;
An angel could no more.' g

an "Who does the best his circumstance allows,
ct Does WELL acts nobly;
rs An angel could no more.'
We are in this strait now. We are called
unon to do things that are not pleasing to U.S.
II we had our choice, we would reject the al
ternatiyes presented to US. We would have
none Of them But unfortunately, we are not
nermitted TO exercise choice, except that of
evils And what then, in view OF all the re-
sponsibilities that are upon us;-conslderng
the welfare of our wives and children, and the
interests of our State beset with foes more ra
nacious than the Goths and Vandals of DID,
ought we to do? We have tried resistance un-
til we have nearly exhausted our strength We
tried the bayonct and failed. We have met
G,rce with force and were disarmed. We have
fried remonstrance, appealing to violated
Constitution and traumelled Judiciary, and
found the courts closed to us. And what now
remains to be done? Stand still, proudly def
ant saw some Do nothing! say Others.
Well gentlemen, we beg to be excused. We
NAV he down, conquered; but will not lie sui
leniv st;ll nntiI negroes and aliens put hand
cnffs nnon us and upon our children! No! No!
Rather would we strengthen the things that
remain and are ready to perish" We would
evprt what mower is left us to avert the worse
fate with which we are threatened. We would
.av to every white citizen of Virginia: Lay
hold; work manfuly save what you can from
the wreck; and don't, because the ship cannot
he saved intact, as you would have it, let all &c
tn the bottom. That is what we wonld say, in
such crisis as this Lynch. Frginaan. le-
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WNgOHS.

H. s. KELLER g. W. FALL. A. d. MILLER.
H ELLER, FALL & CO.. would respect,
II fully inform the citizens of Augusta and
surrounding counties that they are now putting
up the celebrated SEAMLESS THIN Bile
SKEIN WAGONS These wagons will wear
longer and run lighter, than any wagons made
in this country Our wagons are put up OF the
best material and in workmanlike manner we
have good experienced Backsmiths and are pre-
pared to do all kinds of work in that line at snort
notice Those in want of wagons will do we'll to
consult us before they supply themselves. Shop
at Trinity Point Mills. Address
q KELLER, FALL 81 Co.,
ap6-6m# Churchville, Va.
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TAKE CARE OF YOUR HABITS. Character
Is the substance, reputation, the shadow only
sometimes longer and sometimes shorter How
Important, then, is care in the growth and for
nation of habits, since character is but a
bundle of habits" that years have been pick
ing up and combining and when combined you
may annlhiate the composition, but you cannot
alter it. Il i. no easy matter to drop habits
even those that hang most loosely upon the
outside. We have an attachment to them, or
readily separated They are like an old pair of
shoes, which, though there are no advantages
attending them arc easy, and we are 10th to
''cast them off. - They are like an old hat,
which, though it has become unsighty, still
sits comfortably to our head, and we dread the
breaking of q new one .-l'
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HAsTY FRIENDSHIP people are con-
tinually acquiring dear friends. Ladies of an
impressible nature have been known to add two
or three TO their list every week during the
season. Men are not, generally speaking, as
apt to rush into friendship as the more amiable
sex yet many of us contract friendship in haste,
that we repent at leisure. True friends are scarce
articles. They cannot be picked up like peb-
bles. viii the ladies excuse us for saying that
mems frlendshlns are In most eases, stronger
than theirs? The charming young creatures
who walk with their arms linked around each
other waists, and exchange kisses and con
tidences daily. are not, as a general thing. so
closely welded together by mutual affect on
but that envy or jealousy may part them or
even make them enemies. A true friend is hard
10 find.
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Fratlt dc Ornamental Trees.
OTAUNTON NURSERIES,.

y TANNEHILL s WHEAT, Proprietors
We will have ready for sale this Fall, 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
$40 per hundred.
We would suggest to those intending to pur-
send them in at once, and have the trees reserv.
ed, as they will then be sure Of obtaining the
kind they desire. EaLk
N B.-Send for Descriptive Catalogue, con.
aiming an account of varieties and list Of prices
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NUMBER XII.
Jesus of Nazareth Passeth By.


What means this eager, anxious throng,
Pressing our busy streets along -
This wondrous gathering day by day?
nat means this strange commotion, say
Voices in accents hush'd reply.
Jesus OF Nazareth passeth by"
Who is this Jesus? Why should he tff
The city move so nightly?
A passing stranger, has he skill @a
10 move the multitude at will2
Again the stirring tones reply: ...-.-
Jesus OF Nazareth passeth by"
Jesus It's he who once below
Mans pathway trod, mid pain and woe;
And burdened hearts, where er he came.
Brought out their sick, and deaf, and lame
. Blind men rejoiced to hear the cry:
desus7 of Nazareth passeth by.n
Again he comes J. From place to place T.
His holy footprints we can trace. ~as'~t
He pauseth at our threshold--nay.
He enters condescends TO stay,
Snail We not gladly raise the dry. -
a. Jesus OF Nazareth fssseth by.n = r.
Hol all ye heavy y-laden comet 't
Here's pardon. comfort, rest, and home.
Lost wanderers-fronl a Fathers face =
Return, accept his protfcred grace,
tempted. there refuge nigh, = ~
Jesus of Nazareth passesh by.'5 =. -
Butsyou still this call refuse.
And do such wondrous love abuse i.
Soon viii he sadly from YOU turn. ~ ;.
i our bitter. prayer for pardon spurn - =
Too late ] too late ~ win be the cry =
: S,'esus or Nazareth hath passed byl' ? it-s
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eF The circulation of the SPECTATOR
is about as great as the combined clrcula-
tion of both the other papers published IN
this place, and has as many subscribers IN
this county alone as are contained IN the
whole list of either of the other papers.
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Professional Directory.

Ayy NOTICE.-The undersigned have re-
sumed their former association IN the prac-
fice of the Law Address: Shefey s. Bumgard-
ner Staunton, Va. ! e-s- H9
- HUGH w. SHEFFEY, 1Le2
i,,neS-3m JAMES BUMGARDNER, JR.
RR. R. p. REESE has moved his office to
10 Main street. nearly opposite Wayt Bro
drug store. Has had an experience OF over ~
wears in the profession, and given special atten-
tion to the treatment of diseases peculiar TO re-
males. Will give prompt attendance to calls IN
town and country.
Office hours from 9 to O clock, a. m. and to
= - -. = --o - = a --@ feb16--6m
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Groceries and Produce.
NIEW FISH! NEW FISH!!

NEW FISH, NEW FISH,!
! No. Potomac HERRING, 80
No. Potomac SHAD.
POTATOES q 5sk "a a
Extra Early, Jackson White, So 90,
Peach Blow and Long Johns, at
KER & BROTHERS,
ap13 Burwell Building.
NREEN CORN AND TOMATOES.
~ CLEV ELAND s. SEARS.
heese and MacsaronSr If for :. sale lebps by
lava. Laguyra and Rio COffees, in
y '''i' '''' CLEVELAND & SEARS.
TNINE GunpOwder Tea and Tea Su-
ga - ''''o CLEVELAND & SEARS.
UYRUPS & MOLASSES, all grades just
= received by CLEVELAND & SEARS.
4 call on CLEVELAND & SEARS.
G1hewing and Smoking Tobacco, AT
- ~" IS - CLEVELAND & SEARS.
1YOtfOn YARN and Brown Cotton, for
I ] sale by CLEVELAND g. SEARS.
"ardWare. Wood and Willow Ware
H for sale by CLEVELAND & SEARS.
III KINDS Of COUNTRY PRODUCE
IA nap1s-tf Fsn's0 z CLEVELAND s SEARS.
RICHARDSON & WHEAT.
GROCERIES AND PRODUCE,
all kinds of best Family Groceries
a large and well selected Stock,
' 1ia NOW IN STORE.
The attention of the Farmers and Citizens
generally, is called to our Present
Stock of Groceries, viz:
su SUGARS-of all Grades and Qualities.
-COFFEES- from Lowest Quality to highest.
SYRUPS AND MOLASSES,
anEJ ~ Prime Lot. 5
A Prime Lot of SOLE LEATHER,
White and Red,
COTTON CLOTHS-Best Brands,
LIVERPOOL SALT, large lot on hand,
large well filled sacks. sr sa1 Is.
COTTON YARNS-Best Brands.
We are paying the highest cash prices Tor
FLOUR,
N GRAIN, es4
SEED,
BACON,
BUTTER,
tan LARD,
H EGGS,
asl sa POTATOES,
and country Produce generally. ;,
We desire all who wish to sell or buy to call
and see us.
RICHARDSON & WHEAT,
a Cor. Main and Augusta Streets
Staunton, Va.
Oct13
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ODE.


The following ode written by HENRY TIMRoD
decd, of S. c. was sung on the occasion of dec
Grating the graves of the Confederate dead a
Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, s. c.
Sleep sweetly in your humble graves +
Sleep, martyrs of fallen cause t
Though yet no marble column Graves Lei
The pilgrim here to pause.
In seeds of laurel in the earth
The blossom of your fame is blown
And somewhere waiting for its birth,
The shaft is in the stone! G
Meanwhile, behalf the tardy years
Which keep in trust your storied tombs;
Behold your sisters bring their tears,
And these memorial blooms.
Small tributes but your shades will smile
y More proudly on these wreaths to-day,
Than when some cannon-mouided pile
Shall overlook this bay.
Stoop, angels, hither from the skes
There is no holier spot of ground --i -
Than where defeated valor lies,
By mourning beauty crowned .eeai
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NEW BOOKS.-NEohun. or the g

EW BOOKS.-Mohun: or the Last
IN Days of LEE and his Paladins, by John
Esten Cooke; Ruby's Husband by Marion Har-
land; Children with the Poets, by Harriet B.
M Keever. leE
Appleton's Illustrated Almanac for 1868
Hagerstown Almanacs for 1869-English and
Dutch. os.
Cheap editions of SCOTS, Dickens, and Mar
ryatt's novels.
no17- L-a ROBT. COWAN.
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OENTIssTFHH 8 as.,xe,. D. D. $. @

Respectfully informs the public that he IS now
located in Staunton, and is prepared to operate
on the natural teeth according to the latest styles
recognized by the profession. Artificial teeth
inserted on Gold Silver, or Vulcanite Plates
All operations guaranteed to give satisfaction.
azsg- Anaesthetics administered when desired.
Office on corner of Main and Augusta streets, up
stairs. Entrance on Augusta street.
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''-q ~ -Address-astaunton Spectator" staunton,
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@UorESSFNNaV-- CARD.-Ir

to the courts of common pleas of Augusta
county will hereafter attend the courts OF Rock
bridge Highland, Bath and Rockingha NY
office is on the east side of the Court-House
square, second of the brick row IN approaching
from the court buildings, Staunton: ,
oct6-lyr JOHN d. w 10,
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VOLUME XLVI.
gtauntun Spettator,
PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY MORNING BY
Richard Mauzy q 90.
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IUDUCcO.

C. T. COCHRAN '' h' W l.
HLD FIRM REVIVED
- - C. T.. COCHRAN q CO.,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
TOBACCO, SNUFF AND CIGARS,
of the old stand, on New street, would respect
fully announce to their friends and the , pqolle
generally that they are receiving ana & wlli m Aeei
5ipes Chewing and Smoking Tobacco, and Cigars,
ranging from the choicest to the cheapest graoes
Also Snuff. Pipes, Stems Matches &C.
Staunton Oct. 9th, 1868.
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Social LovE-How sweet is social affec
ton! When the world is dark without we
have light within. When cares disturb the
breast, when sorrow broods about the heart,
what JOY gathers in the circle of love? We fo--
get the world with all its auimosities, while
blessed with social kindness That man cannot
be unhappy. who has hearts that vibrate in
sympathy with his own, who is cheered by the
smile of affection and the voice of tenderness.
Let the world be dark and cold. let the hate
and apimosity of bad men gather about him in
the place of business !; but when be enters the
ark of love, his own cher, he'd circle, he forgets
all these and the cloud passes from his brow
and the sorrow from his heart. The warm
sympathies of his wife and children dispel ev-
cry shadow, and he feels thrill of joy in his
bosom which words are not adequate 10 express.
He who is a stranger to the joys of kindness he's
not begun to live. ID s.-l
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w STAUNTON, VA. U1oin
Office. at his old stand, South side OF Main st.
With fifteen years experience in his profession,
feels warranted in ing that all operatlons als
Done IN the most skillful manner and warranted
to compete With any done in the cities or else
where. Teeth mounted on gold silver and VuI-
canite. Nitrous Oxide, Gas and Chloroform ao-
ualrtss ,,aiiS+oro5 tTben desired. sep8-1y
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VKTE have in store and for sale cheap, a COM
wv plete stock of -.
Groceries, Tob COOS, Cotton Donestlcs, Yarn,
and in fact, all acticles desired by farmers which
will be exchanged for all kinds of country pro-
duce MCCLURE & BUMGARDNER.
1YO-PA KTNERSH SHEP.-The undersigned
Z have entered into Copartnership for the pur-
nose of conducting the GROCERY AND PRO
DUCE BUSINESS at the old stand of Hoge 6
Mason and would be glad to see their friends ano
the public generally. T. B HOGE; I1
july IA . saaL- CH~Ao. ~ y: hOG 4.
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A rowdy niendi6g TO he witty. thus acosted
a lady IN the street, Madam, can yous inf I'm
me where can see the elephant?' mo, but
If had Il looking-glass, I'd show you very
large inoukey' The rowdy sloped. 81 1,a-I
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The Rabbi bowed his head and wept.

THE QCIET- SPIRIT GRAcEs.-Tt has been
said that the more common daisy is examined
The more interesting does this simple, starry
Hower become since in its little circle there are
mutitudes of perfect flowers, each with its own
organization, and in every stalk, leaf and tiny
seed there are wonderfully contrived issues and
beautifully-adapted mechauisms. which add to
the pleasant. Many quiet life of unobtrusiye
devotion to Gods cause presents like subject
of marvel. 1t is gratifying, in reading the
biography ola godlly man, to find, as we proceed,
new beauties developing in his character, and
ual characteristics shines tn brighter and
brighter. The eraces Of quiet spifiiS a.
cisely those that bear the te t of analy is "a
what gives such a zest to our interest I'm biogra-
phies of the great and good is the ever increas-
ing delight We find in tracing the workings and
the power of Gods indwelng grace.
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BOOKS.
BOOKS

The Last Passover, Golden Links or Thoughts
for the Hours, The American Agricultural An,
nual for 1862 Cast up by the Sea, by Sir samuel e
W. Baker, Questions on the Gospels, by B. IN M.
Smith, The Culdee Church by L. v Moore, Inc
Corporate Life of the Church, by T. V. Moore,
A variety of Cook Books.
feb2 - - =. ROBT. COWAN
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LEARN TO WAIT Of all the lessons that
humanity ha. to learn in life's school, the hard
folded hands that claim life prizes without
previous effort, but having struggled and
crowded the slow years with trial see no such
suits as effort seems to warrant-nay perhaps,
disaster instead. To stand firm at such or sis
of existence, to pre-e erve one s self praise and
ell-fespect not to lose held or to relax effort,
this is greatness whether achieved by man or
woman, whether the eye of the world notes it,
OF. it is recorded IN that book which the light
of eternity shall u ne make clear to the vision.
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. u. AEsTHUR. d. d. S., (otfiee one door
from corner of Beverly and New streets,

AAe iio- Stauaton, Va.
Artificial Teeth mounted on Gold, 1aaS
Silver, Platina, and Vulcanite Inc eMssssaa eMsssa
greatest Improvement yet introduced
f'ID INTO Dental Science is conceded to be SAGI1'
he VuIcanite process it being four times lighter
than gold and much cheaper embracing supfSr ptSar
~ odvantages. All the various operations of Den
tai Surgery performed with strict reference to
op ~ poncy March 20-tf
JOHN ECHOLS, K. ID. CAILEI''
Monroe county. Lexington
a H. NJ BELL, Staunton.
ENCEEOLS. BELL A CATLETT,
~ ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Staunton Va.
VIII practice in the State and Federal Courts at
Staanton, and in the Circuit and County Courts
% Rockbridge Rockingham and Alleghany.-
hey will also attend to special business in any
cart of Va and West Virginia [Sept l2-tf