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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1869-06-01
The Canvass.

Colonel Baldwin has blown a blast on his
bugle that will go far to rally the clans of the
Valley. His active assistance to any cause is
worth legions Of voters. There is no more eff
fective, popular orator in Virginia than be, and
none who can carry with him more voters. We
earnestly hope that he will keep the Walker
ball 10 motion, and that other speakers through
out Virginia will follow his example Colonel
Walker is stranger, and he needs the en-
couragement and cooperation Of those Of Our
pie. From now to election day there should be
an active and thorough canvass, and there
should be rousing speeches in every nook and
corner Of the State That is the way to pro-
mote registration. to elect Walker, carry the
expurgated Constitution and save the Legsla-
ture. Rich. Wig. h3
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1869-06-01
YEyHE FANCY BAZAAR
HIRSH & LOEB

Is supplied with everything that is nice and use
full and our goods, as well as prices. cannot fall
to give satisfaction.
Our establishment which has hao the reputaaoo
ton of being the cheapest in town for the last ~
to come. So if you are in need of Notions,
Fancy Goods, Gents Furnishing Goods, Focset
and Table Cutlery Trunks and Valises Perfu-
merry, all plated Pistols and Ammunition, every
kind of Musical instruments and best Strings,
Stationery, Baskets, Looking Glasses, Hats, and,
in fact everything you can mention. DO not iali
to give us call. HIRSH 81 LOEB.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1869-06-01
NeaC AdUe3'taS en1e1atS.


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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1869-06-01
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and hfe n Tl5n stages for Hot Healing Sweet,
ton Sc 0uifhnr Springs, Lewlsburg. Charles
JAMES +. NETHERLAND.
General Ticket Agent
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1869-06-01

A WEDDING OVER CoRpsE.-A wedding
under extraordinary circumstances was ceebrat-
ed in Poughkeepsie on Wednesday. The couple
move in fashionable circles, and the event is the
topic Of conversation. On Tuesday the father
Of the bridegroom, a wealthy and respected
citizen of Poughkeepsie, died, was duly shroud-
ed in the garments Of death, the body was in
closed in rich and costly coffin, the whole be-
ing placed in the parlor. On Wednesday, at
noon. the old mans son led his afianced bride
into the room where lay the body Of the de-
ceased parent, the bridal party walking solemn
y up to the coffin, and the cover over the face
Of the corpse was removed The Rev. Mr..
Hageman, Of the Second Reformed Church,
then, amid breathless silence and by the open
coffin, joined the young couple in the holy bonds
of matrimony. The bridegroom, when asked
why he was married in such manner, replied
that the spirit of bis father lowered about him,
telling him to get married there and then. IN.
y Sun
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Ne,C Advertisements.


i has been Thoroughly tested under all circum-
stances and has come out triumphant, and all,
both friends and adversaries acknowledge that it
has more good points than any other machine
The Excelsior excels all others in durability,
lightness of draught, simplicity of construction,
portability and convenience. 1t has taken more
than one hundred premiums at the field trials in
the North, South and West. The manufacturers
claim for it many advantages over other ma
chimes. The purchaser has the right to test his
machine before he obligates himself to keep it,
Persons in want of machine will find it to their
interest to call and examine the Excelsior before
purchasing 49,
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1869-06-01

In the name of God, is old Virginia to be ut
terly ruined for the want of the votes of a por-
ton or her sons who remain idly and stupidlv
at home, without the manliness or good sense
to say one word for the salvation of this renown-
ed Commonwealth. This noble Valley, TEEN
Ing with Earth fairest fruits, and the nursing
mother ct niatchess yeomanry whose courage
dred bloody fields, calls once more for the aid
OF her sons. Men of the Valley, answer that
majestic voice. Arise, awake, or be forever
fallen y Fsachester Times.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1869-06-01
Register and cote.

The building designed by Washington Col
lege as residence for Gen. Lee has been com
pleted. The Lexington Gazette says that, in
connection eal' with the building is large cistern
with capacity of ten thousand gallons. from
which the water is pumped up to the tor of
the house, whence by pipes it is distributed all
over the house."
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1869-06-01
Do you wish to live the life of freeman 2
If SO, REG lister AND VOTE.

Is Music A PART OF RELIGIOUS SERVICE ?
In the suit Of the Session of the Walnut-street
Presbyterian church, Philadelphia, against the
Board of Trustees, to prevent the latter from
introducing into the religious services of the
church paid choir of vocalists, Judge Pierce,
of the Court Of Common Pleas, On Saturday
decided that church music is connected with
the religious services and not with the temporal
interests of the church, and hence must not be
under the control Of the Board of Trustees, but
under that Of the minister and Session The
unhappy congregation will heneeforth be com
PEELED to do without the performance of
worship.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1869-06-01
Appointments for Col. Walker.

Colonel G. G. Walker, candidate for Gov
ernor, will address the people on the days named
and at the places specified in the following list
FEacast7e Wednesday, June 2. $3.50
Lexington Friday, June f. e
Woodstoch-Monday, June 7, (court-day.)
Harrisonburg-W Wednesday, June 9.
Winchester-Friday, June H.
Leesburg- Monday, June IA, (court-day.)
Alecandsia-Tuesday, June 15 =
Front RoyalW ednesday, June l6.
LArGy-Friday, June IS.
Culpeper C. H-Monday, June 81, (court-
day.
IYawentoa Wednesday, June %.
CharlottesuIle-Friday, June %.
Louisa G. H-Saturday, June &c.
Staunton Monday, June %, (court-day. T.
General Candy has issued an order suspend
ing Judge Philip A. Boiling, Of the Lynchburg
circuit, pending an investigation Of his officia
conduct
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1869-06-01

NNTHIE BE SOLD, the LIST day of Septem-
w Der next, at public auction, large and
valuable tract of GRASSLAND, containing
$500 acres, lying in the Mlngo Flats, Ran
dolph county, West Virginia. The tract can be
divided to suit purchasers. Sale TO take place on
the premises. Terms-One-third cash, remain
der in one and two years.
may25-tds JOHN D. STERRETT.
Clarksbnrg Conservative conv
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1869-06-01

Whatever may be the opinion Of any one as
to the probability Of the adoption or rejection
OF the Constitution in whole or in part, and
whatever may be his vote in regard to the Con-
stitution, it is clearly his duty as patriot and
prudent man to vote against Wells, which
can only be done by voting for Walker.
Since the county organization has been re-
tanned and since thee is probability that the
Constitution will be adopted, it is all the more
important that the Walker Conservative party
should elect the State officers and secure the
Legislature. AS the Enquirer expresses it, why
not fire both barrels, one against the Constitu-
ton if you choose which may mass, and one
against WELLS which aoiU hit Take all the
chances. Though the Express will declare no
preference between the Wells mongrel ticket
and the Walker white ticket, yet how keenly
will the people Of Virginia feel that difference
if the mongrel ticket is elected?
Fire both barrels, and against whatever you
fire one, fire the other against Wels.-Rsters-
burg Ladec..
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1869-06-01
Horace Greeley's Advice to the Radicals Of
West Virginia. Lbs
New YORK TRIBUNE,

Il
New York, November IS, 1868.
My Dear Sri have yours of the 10th. Its
leading positions have long been understood and
appreciated in this quarter. Now hear me,
Every year one thousand of your rebels die,
and one thousand for more) of their sons be-
come of age. You can't disfranchise them. =
You have now FIVE thousand majority. Six years
at furthest will convert this into rebel MAORI
ty of one thousand. Then the rebels will be en-
franchised in spite Of you, and the blacks will
be left under foot-and you underestimate these
at two thousand.
Go your own way, and see if the rebels don t
have you under foot in less than six years
[ speak from wide experience when [ tell
you that your house is built on the sand. 1t
cannot stand Every year will see the passions
Of the war cool and the demand for amnesty
strengthened. Noao you can amnesty the re-
bells. Soon the question will be, shall they
amnesty you? Look at Kentucky and Mary
land, and read your certain fate in theirs. "a
Yours, HORACE GREELEY.
To tie Editor of the Wheelino Iate7Zioe1cer.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1869-06-01

Gen. Butler last two propositions submit
ted to the public, and, if report speaks truly, to
the President end Cabinet, SEEM to b. to de-
clare martial law in the Southern States, and
to declare war against Great Britain!
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1869-06-01

There is but one thing needed to achieve a
triumph-an that, We trust, will be forthcom-
ing The people, as we have remarked, are
convicted: They only need to be aroused. Now
the politica! leaders Of this State hold its fate
in their hands. They can decide the whole
matter by simple resolution Let them with
out waiting. the one for the other, without
waiting tor invitations, set out, as Wise did in
1898, and speak from one end Of the State to
the other. let every man vLo can speak make
a list Of appointments and set forth at once
Enquirer. -
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1869-06-01
The Argument in A Nutshell.

The Richmond Enquirer strongly advocates
the election Of W alker as Governor. Summing
up an unanswerable argument in his favor, It
says;
Take this very county organization clause.
How can they put it in operation, if We have
the Governor? The constitution provides that
the old officers still hold on until the new ones
are elected. And how can these county and
township officers under this article even be in
stalled, until the Legislature executes the pro-
vision of the constitution? and how can the
Legislature pass law on the subject, if the
Governor is pleased to resist them? He can
at least bring them to terms and modify their
legislation. And when they tax you out of
your boots, is it nothing to have a man, elected
| By you, at s'the other end of the avenue" to
say to them No?
''The Governor has many other functions and
powers which We have specified in previous
articles: We only refer now to his being the
Generalissmo Of the military of the State, to
his power to call out the militia to suppress in
surrection and enforce the execution of this
laws. DO you not remember the story Of
Brownlow's militia? Have you ever read the
Tennessee papers, and about the fierce war kept
up there by the negro militia men on the re
bells such as you? Have you ever heard a.
bout Arkansas, and the militia regulators main
tanned there to keep in order ''UDion-hater
and "secesh trash such as you? Did yor
read about Holden's militia being called out il
North Carolina the other day? We tell you i
| Wells is your Governor, he will put you through
and Lewis Lindsay will be his provost-mar
| shall.
"The Legislature is the army with which yor
are to fight this battle, we admit but can yor
play game of chess without the Queen? Anc
on this board your pawns, and your knights
and your castles, cannot win the game if yol
are compelled to play without your master piect
which is your Governor.
Again: the canvass for the Legislature anf
| that for the Governorship are an inseparabl
thing; they are bound up together; they arr
the two columns of your attack; if you arr
beaten on one wing you will be beaten on tn
other. If your left hand is idle, you canno
combat only with your right While they ar
pressing on both Of their columns, you purpos
to retire one of yours. and let them have tn
other: You deaden the spirits of your force
by telling them, We do not want you, boys, t.
whip both wings of the enemy /; you must per
nit them to whip you on this wing-but mus
try to rout them on the Other. Walker is tn
central figure in the fight, and you actually Civ
orders not to support him-as if your who'll
line would not be broken when he was captur
ed.
But you do not like him? Did you Xix
General Stoncman? Yet you had to take him
| And now suppose you had to choose betweel
Steneman and Terry as your Military Governor
| Would you refuse to choose, because they ar
both Republican Why, in the South here
we do not get what we want-we get what W
can. Why don't you throw off the Unite
States government altogether? And SEM
General Candy home? You talk as if you ha
ten legions at your back. F"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1869-06-01

The n. Z Journal Of Commerce comments
on the ENORMOUS importations. The course of
things is making this country the dearest market
In the world, consequently selling little and
buying much.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1869-06-01

Call or send for pamphlets and circulars con-
tanning recommendations from sixty five persons
of this and adjoining counties, who have pur-
chased and used the Excelsior.
1t is fully warranted in every respect and sold
on liberal terms ,~
Sedles spring steel Tooth Horse Hay Rake
We are selling superior Hay and Grain Rake
every tooth is Notwithstanding it one of the
simplest and best rakes in the market
Our Excelsior Horse Hay Forks cannot be sur
passed by any Fork of the kind in the marke
Parties wanting farming implements of any kind
will find it to their interest to give us a call.
SPITLER & MYERS,
near r. r. Depot StauntOn Va.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1869-06-01
SAa1E.-In pursu


u ance OF decretal order of the Circuit Court
of Bath county, rendered the 18th day OF
May, 1869 in cause therein pending, in the
names of ohm P. Porter and Charles Sitlington,
administrators of Andrew Sitlington, deceased,
the heirs and legal representatives of said in
testate, we will proceed, on TUESDAY,, THE
- TIL D4 Y OFJULY, 1860, at the Courthouse
of Bath county, to sell at public auction to the
highest bidder the following tracts Of land lying
and being in the county of Bath, of which An
drew Sitlington, died seized, to wit
One tract of ES2 acres, lying on mill creek,
one tract of E25 acres adjoining the mill creek
tract, one tract of I5GS acres on the waters of
mill creek. one tract of SEQ acres on the top
of the Warm Springs mountain and one other
tract of 80 acres also on the top Of the said
mountain.
The tract containing 1872 acres is well improved
and in sod-the other tracts are unimproved and
abound in fine timber, minerals and water power,
and afford fine ranges for cattle
TERMS OF SALE-CaSh in hand sufficient to
pay expenses of SALE and for the residue credit
of one, two and three years in equal instalments,
to bear interest fromithe day of sale-the purcha-
sers to execute bonds with approved personal Sc
curty, and the legal title to be retained as uti-
mate security for the deferred payments,
JOHN 2. PORTER
CHAS. SITLFNGTON.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1869-06-01

To WoRK!-Wc beg every man in Virginia
who reads this paper to go to work at once to
save the State from threatened desolation. Let
him do all he can himself. urge his neighbors
to do likewise, and relax not till the election is
over.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1869-06-01

Do you wish to relieve ninety mine hun
dredths ofthe citizens of Virginia from inelgi-
gibity to Office? If so, REGISTER AND
VOTE
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1869-06-01
VARIETY SPRINGS. situated on the

VARIETY SPRINGS. situated on the c.
v u 0. r. r., cars stopping at the door, Is
miles West of Staunton, viii BE open for the re-
cepton Of visitors on tho 10TH OF JUNE. The
mineral waters are considered superior consist
ing of Alum, Chaly beate, All-Healing' SULPHUR
and Freestone cold and clear, running from the
North Mountain.
We have been at heavy expense in making
things comfortable, and pledge ourselves to give
amusements, &c.
As the times are hard we will charge for board
by the month, $40 by the week, $l2; by the
day, ~ Childrea under Il years, and servants,
half price.
All persons visiting this place will be delighted
with the fine waters and mountain scenery-the
latter sublime beyond description ''sF'
w. Bathing in Healing Water, gratis
Z. q Nj. BURRESS.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1869-06-01

CoNNUBIAL FELICITY. Mrs Belle boyd,
the famous Rebel Spy" has again entered
upon the married existence. She took this
important step in New Orleans on the 18th in
slant, MIR. John s. Hammond being the lucky
recipient of her true hearts best love. -
Winchester Times.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1869-06-01
PREMIUMS AND COMMISSIONS.
WORK TO SECURE THEM.
Get Subscribers for the Spectator.

We propose to allow a commission OF 5O
cents on each subscription secured for the
Spectator from now to the 1st of July to such
as send us the pay for two or more subscribers,
and, in addition, to award premium OF SD
to the person securing the greatest number,
and premium of $40 to the person securing
next to the greatest number
This proposition will enable all to be hand
somely compensated for the time and trouble
they devote to securing subscribers.
The names may be sent in at any time be-
tween now and the lst of July, and the com
missions may be retained by the persons send
ing them. A list will be kept Of them, SO that
the premiums will be awarded to those who
shall be entitled to them. IF two or more
should happen to send the same nulnber-it
being the highest-we will apprise them OF the
fact and allow them two more weeks In which
to decide the contest.
To make our proposition understood, We will
illustrate it as follows: Suppose the highest
number of subscribers obtained by single per-
son should be ten, then the person securing
them would be entitled to S. commission and
SIS premium-making his compensation $50.
Supposing the next highest should be 6, then
the person securing them would be entitled to
commission SO, and premium $10-making his
compensation $l3. We give these numbers
for illustration merey-less numbers may WIN
the premiums. f-......s
The names of course must be accompanied
by the money, paying the subscriptions, n.inus
the commissions Of so cents on each, which
will be retained by the persons sending them
The names of the persons who will be en-,
titled to the premiums will be announced
through the columns of the paper.
Who will they be? Cannot some lady win
the highest premium? Lose no time. This
proposition will be open till the 1st day of Ju-
ly next. as ss
The subscription price of the Spectator is So.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1869-06-01
Highland County.

1t will be seen by reference to communica-
ton published in another column that Some
of the People" in Highland call for meeting
of the citizens of that county to meet at their
Court House on next Court-day to confer to-
gether that they may decide what it is their
duty to do in the present status of affairs. We
hope the citizens of that gallant county will be
thoroughly aroused to proper appreciation of
the fact that all should register and vote
Whether they will determine to vote for or a.
gainst the expurgated Constitution, we hope
that none will fail to vote against the sections
of that instrument which will be submitted
separately, and for the Walker ticket Every
voter should be gotten to the polls, and every
one, without exception it matters not what his
political views have been, should vote against
the test-oath and DISTINGUISHING sections of the
constitution which will be submitted separate
~. In this, all can and should unite. In this
kpect, let there be perfect union and har-
however they may differ as to voting for
Rst the Constitution thus modified
latter question, let them agree to
phaanx against the sections
\ely aud against the Wells
& faith in Highland, and feel
Che will do her duty.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1869-06-01

"A lady Contributor to thu Enquirer about
Spring, the Women, and Some other THINGS
quotes the following couplet:
For the Queen of the Spring as she passed
down the vale
Lett her robe on the trees and her breath on the
gale.''
Naked and out of breath That's worse
than round dancing in public The Queen
had better 80 back up the ''valef and get her
robe and things, or at least short vail