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BALLARD HOTEL, !

BALLARD HOTEL,
RICHMOND VA, March Is.
TTlHIS ELEGANT ESTABLISHMENT is open
Il to the accommodation Of the public. The
building is one Of the
FINEST IN THE CITY,
and for STYLE, CONVENIENCE and BEAUTY Of AR
RANaEMENT, is acknowledged to be superior.
ITS FURNITURE
is new and complete, and for cleanliness, it is pro-
verbal.
The subscriber, after more than twenty years
experience in the business, thinks he risks moth
ing in saying that this Hotel shall, in every re-
spect, be
EQUAL TO ANY IN THE SOUTH,
and asks the patronage of his friends and the
public generally. JOHN P. BALLARD,
march 1S-tf Proprietor.
DIEDMONT HOUSE,
i LYNCHBURG, VA,
JAS. E. OWENS, Proprietor,
Located at the Depots of the Va, s. Tenn, South
Side, o. s. A. Railroads, and Packet Landing.
Supper and Lodging, $3.50
Lodging and Breakfast 1,50
Supper Lodging and Breakfast, 2,25
Board per Day. 800
Msy- Passengers and Baggage taken to ard from
the Hotel FREE OF CHARGE.
feb 12-tf
MH ercliants' Hotel,
Iva on the European Plan,
Room Is cents per day-or regular fare $500
per day.
Corner of Hanover and Pratt streets,
BALTIMORE, MD,
Three squares from 3. & o. r. Depot and 5
minutes walk Of the principal
Steamboat Wharfs
HENRY SCHOFIELD,
june PLY. Proprietor.
a Il
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HOTELS.
FoRD's H iP6HEEa1y povuArAn,
Corner Broad, Eleuenth and Capitol Streets,
RICHMOND, "a.



Having purchased the POWHATAN HOTEL
Property, $50 long and favorably known to the
travelling public) and having THOROUGHLY Re-
PAIRED and RE-FURNIsHEp it with New FURNI-
rURE, BEDDING &C., l offer to my old patrons and
the public generally, the comforts of Home
With competent clerks, polite and attentive SER
wants, and with my long experience in the Buisi-
ness, think safely guarantee satisfaction to
my guests The location of my IIouse-being sit
uated in sight of the beautiful Capital Grounds,
surrounded by fashionable residences, and within
a few moments walk of our most prominent bust
ness thoroughfare makes itconvenient for persons
visiting the city on business, and attractive for
those who come for pleasure. My rooms are large
and comfortable, and my tables will compare ia
vorably with that of any Hotel in the State. With
the improvements have made, conducive to the
health and comfort of my visitors, and intending
to devote my entire attention to them, I feel as
sured that the House will be sustained upon its
own merits. I confidently appeal to the public
for generous patronage.
A. J. FORD, Proprietor.
Late Exchange and American Hotel, Richmond,
Va. may 13-tf
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A B. ARTHUR, Dds.

Office door from cor. of Beverly & New SITS
e Artificial Teeth mounted on Gold Silver,
SsH8H Platina, and Vulcanite. The greatest i'm
provcment yet introduced into Dental Science is
conceded to be the Vulcanite process it being
four times lighter than gold, and much cheaper,
embracing superior cleanliness, nicer adaptation,
with many other advantages All the various OPP
perations of Dental Surgery performed with strict
referance to permaneney march 14-tf
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BIsMARcK.-Gsorge Alfred Townsend, in
recent lecture, gave the following pen pic
ture of Bismarck: Three times within three
months I sat in the presence of Count Bis
marck. A reactionist--in other words, an
enemy of every idea on which American Re-
publicanism is bascd-by sheer boldness he
precipitated the great war of 1866, and made
himself name in spite of his arrogance and
unscrupulousness. Almost a giant, both in
hight and industry, measuring six feet two,
huge and homey in feature, of terrible eye,
full of baleful fire, with creased skin, and
ear big enough for railroad depot, a mouth
wide and 80 cruel that it could bite State in
two, neck into which you might turn riv-
er-of anything but water; his powers Of
mind are profound, his speech resolute; but
with you and me, common people who demand
chance and influence Count Bismarck has
no more sympathy than with so many horses.
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The 'Winchester Times" speaks of the
Blood and Thunder men Of both parties thus
'SIt is rather odd that the Radical organs
and the Southern journals of the intense SORT,
who seem to be in favor Of losing everything
asave honor" should apply the same abusive
epithets and motives to the self-constituted
Committee of Virginia, who are now in Wash
ington for the purpose of ascertaining whether
any decent terms will be accorded to Virginia.
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II. B. MIcuIB.

T. J. NICHE, u. B. MICuIR.
NICHE & NICHE,
NA AttOrn eys at Law,
STAUNTON, VA.
Practice in the Federal Court at Staunton in
all the Courts of Augusta County; in the Circuit
and County Courts of Rockingham and in the
Circnit Court of Rockbridge.
Collection Of claims promptly attended to.
may Soft
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A CALIFORNIA MILLIoNA1RE.-A letter
from San Francisco, speaking of the richness
of the White Pine mining district in Nevada,
"a IS there is now in that city middle aged
n an who a year since was at work by the
month as mechanic, and not worth dollar.
To-day he is worth at least 81 900, 900 in hard
in, and his inc IN, from one mine alone
White Pine is over 81 500 per day. Recent
", friend W IS joking him on the subject of
marriage, remarking that he could now marry
any young lady in San Francisco, t. which he
replied, "Well, I knew gal out West who was
willing to marry me when hadn't a cent, and
now I'm able I'm going to marry her"
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The rev rules for the guidance of Cath
olics about to marry, adopted at the last
National Council for the United States, pro-
vide that no Catholic who has husband Or
wife alive can be married again unless by an
application directly to lis Bishop, the priests
formerly having had this power; and Sec
ondly, that Catholic who has been married
outside the Church can be absolved from such
violation of its rules only upon application to
the Bishop, and by public ayowal of rcpen-
tance.-.Neau York Times.
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JOHN ECHOLs, H. N. BELL, R. II. cATLETT.
NCHOLS. BELL s. CATLETT,
~ Attorneys at Law,
STAUNTON, VA.
viii practice in the Courts ofStaunton and Fede-
raj Courts at Staunton, and in the Circuit and
County Courts of Rockbridge, Rockingham and
Allegheny Counties. They will also attend to spe-
cial business in any part of Virginia and West Va
The business of the late firm of Hartman & Bell
is in their hands for attention and settlement.
nov 29-tf
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Rich without Money.

Many man is rich without money. Thou
sands Of men with nothing in thei: pockets.
and thousands without even pocket, are
rich. A man born with good sound con-
stitution, good stomach, good heart and
good limbs, and pretty good head piece, is
rich. Good bones are better than gold, tough
muscles than silver, and nerves that flash fro
and carry energy to every function are better
than houses aud lands. 1t is better than
landed estate to have had right kind of
father and mother. Good breeds aud bad
breeds exist between herds and horses. Edu-
cation may do much good to check evil ten
denotes or to develop good ones, but it is
great thing to inherit the right proportion of
faculties to begin with The man is rich who
has good disposition-who is naturally kind,
patient, cheerful. and who has favor Of wit
and fun in his composition. The hardest
thing to get along with in life is mans own
SELF A cross selfish fellow, a responding and
complaining fellow, timid, care burdcned
man-these are all born deformed on the in
side. Their feet may not limp, but their
thoughts do. A man of fortune on the brink
of the grave, would gladly part with every
dollar to obtain longer lease Of life.
MY MorHER.-Around the idea Of ones
mother, the mind of man clings with fond
affection. 1t is the first dear thought stamp
ed upon our infant hearts, when yet soft and
capable Of receiving the most profound i'm.
pressions, and all the after feelings are more
or less light in comparison. Our passions and
our wilfulness may lead us far from the OBJ
ject of our ilial love; we may become wild,
headstrong, and angry at her counsels or OPP
position, but when death has stilled her mont
tor voice, and nothing but calm memory re-
mains to recapituate her memory and good
deeds, affection, like a flower beaten to the
ground by rude storms, raises up her head
and smiles amidst her tears Around that
idea, we have said, the mind clings with fond
affection and even when the earlier period
of our loss forces memory to be silent, fancy
takes the place of remembrance, and twines
the image of our departed parent with gar
land of graces, and beauties, aud virtues,
which we doubt not that she possessed.
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PSUS UTERL,
OR FALLING OF THE WOMB.

have been allowed by the Department at Wash
ington. d. c., Patent for an Abdominal Sup
porter, invented by me, to relieve and certainly
cure that annoying and common malady among
the females of our country, known as Prolapsus
Lteri, or Falling of the Womb.
THE SUPPORTER WILL GIVE IMMEDIATE
RELIEF.
This Supporter ssiH Effect a Permanent Cure.
have tried this invention upon number of
females suffering from falling of the womb, and
it has giren Relief in epery instance wtthou SIN
GLE FAIL URE.
ITS uniform success in every application has
satisfied the inventor and all who have tried it
that this Supporter is most valuable relief and
remedy.
l ONLY ASK THE SUFFERING TO GIVE IT
ONE TRIAL.
will furnish limited number of applicants
with this Supporter upon the receipt of $500
each.
Arrangements will soon be completed to furh
ish any demand. Address me at Harrisonburg,
Virginia. JOSEPH FUNhHOUSEK.
oct 14-3m
drugs, Medicines, &c.
~ PHI. & z. S. TROUT
Dealer in Drugs,
Medicines. Paints, Oils,
Dye-Stufs, Coal Oil, Lamps,
Fancy Articles, &C.,
Window Glass of all sizes,
Trusses, Supporters,
Surgical Instruments.
Physicians orders filed with the very purest
Medicines and at city retail prices
Prescription Department receives special atten-
ton. 2. IL. Il Il. 5. TROUT,
april 1O-tf* staunton, Va.
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- s A ID A LIS,
AAy THE GREAT
Blood Purifier.
MEDICAL.

Blood Purifier.
Cure.
scRoFULA IN IT'S VARIOUS FORMS,
such as
Consumption in its earlier stages, Enlargement
and liberation of the Glands, Joints, Bones,
Kidneys, Uterus, Chronic Rheumatism,
Eruptions of the Skin, Chronic Sore
Eyes, &c., SC.
S z p Fl L Z s,
IN ALL ITS FORMS.
DISEAS OF OMEN,
Toss of Appetite, Sick Headache, Liver Complaint,
Pain in the Back, Imprudencc in Life, Gravel
GENERAL BAD HEALTH,
and all diseases of the
BLOOD, LIVER, KIDNEYS 4 BLADDER.
It is Perfect Renovator.
H1- ROSADALIS eradicates every kind Of
humor and bad faint, and restores the entire sys
tenn to healthy condition.
a@- IT is PzRFEcTLY HARMLESS, never produ-
cling the slightest injury.
nEA. 1t is not secret Quack Remedy. The
articles of which it is made are published around
each bottle.
Recommended by the Medical
Faculty and many ThOus-
antts of our best
Citizens.
ra- For Testimonials of remarkable cures, see
"RosadaHs Almanac'' for this year.
Prepared only by
DR.. J. J. LAWRENCE s. CO.,
244 Baltimore Street,
BALTIMORE, MD.
For sale by Druggists everywhere.
july 16-ly
TH7O THE PUBLIC!
h To Afflicted Females!!
IMPORTANT RELIEF s. PERMANENT CURE
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ENTLER'S SURE CURE.

Has never yet failed to cure the severest
cases of Cholera, Dysentery. Cholera 7
Morbus, Diarrhca, Flux, Summer Com |
plant in children, &c. Manufactured by !
W. NJ. Entler s. Co., Shepherdstown, W. !
Va. Price 35 cents per bottle. See cir
culars. Sold everywhere. No cure no
pay. Every person should keep it con- /
stantly on hand. For sale by 1
II. TROUT s. Co., Staunton, Va. i
iiil1,S Il
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CHAPMAN, D. D. s.

vWYM. CHAPMAN, D. D. s.
w sTAUNToN, VA,
Office, lat his old stand) South side of Main St.
<s=ssA. With fifteen years experienc in
m9ss his professian, feels warranted in
e41IYTYY saying that all operations are done
in the most skillful manner and warranted to
compete with any done in the cities or elsewhere.
Teeth mounted on god silver and vulcanite. Nj
trous Oxide Gas and Chloroform administered
when desired. aug 5-tf
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TAMES BUMGARDNER, JR.,
q tOrMey at Law,
STANTON, VA.
Will practice in the various Courts held in Staun-
ton, and in the Circuit Courts of Highland, Rock
bridge and Rockingham Counties.
Special cases will be attended to in Virginia or
West Virginia. nov 29-tf
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"Not guilty. said an Omaha jury, Hbut if
the prisoner is smart he will leave the Terrific
ry before night" He left.
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PROFESSIONAL CARD!
4 In addition to the courts of common
pleas of Augusta county, will hereafter attend
the courts of Rockbridge, Bath, Highland and
Rockingham. My Office is on the east side of the
Courthouse square, second of the brick row in
approaching from the court buildings, Staunton.
JOHN B. WATTS,
sept go Attorney at Law.
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STAUNTON VIRGINIA. THURSDAY JANUARY 49, 1862
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.

DISEASES AND INJURIES OF THE EYE.
IL DIR. w. J. DAVIDSON, Staunton, Va,
Gives special attention to the treatment of Di-
seases and Injuries of the
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cCurefy Hotel,
Xl Near the Depot, CONVICTION, VA.
oct lift Terms moderate
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A LEXANDER II. FULTZ,
IA Attorney at Law
AND NOTARY PUBLIC.
I have been commissioned by the Governor, a
NOTARY PUBLIC, and will certify the acknowl-
edgements of deeds, and other documents, take
dispositions, &C., and give particular attention to
al professional engagements. noy 1s-tf
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-08-22
Celestial Phenomeua

Another celestial phenomena Is ap-
preaching, which is even of more rare
occurrence than an eclipse of the sun.
That is a transit of Venus across the
SUMS disc. 1t is periodical, but the
periods are unequal, in one case being
over seventy years, and in the other
only eight or ten; we do not remem-
Der the exact length of it. The first
of them this century will occur in a
few years. Ii, of course, is visible
wherever the sun IS. And it is an
eclipse, too, for the planet does exact
ly what the, moon does, but being
very far away from us it intercepts
less of the sun light, just as the hand
held three feet of viii hardly hide
the wall of a house, while close to the
eyes it will shut out half the visible
world. Astronomers regard the tran
sit As nearly a. important an event as
a total eclipse. The one now ap-
preaching is. expected to settle def
nitely several questions, among them
that of the distance of the sun from
the earth. So this generation of
Americans IS unusually favored by
the heavens, for it has seen a total
eclipse of the sun and will soon see a
transit OF Venus, two of them indeed,
as the second occurs only a few years
after the first. The next two genera
tiOns will "die without the sight +" of
a transit or total eclipse.
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Who Owns theiRiver ShOres7

In the following article the Newark
APrertiser discusses a question which
is attracting a great deal of attention
in New Jersey, and which interests
many of our readers:
g A suit is now awaiting the deciS-
ion of the Supreme Court of this State,
which involves the whole question of
riparian rights. Mr.. Frederick Ste
Vens and others, owners of land along
the PaSsaic, are in controversy with
the Patterson and Newark Railroad
as to whether they, the shore owners,
or the State shall have damages from
the company for lands taken by the
road. The latter claim that their
charter gives them the right to take
and hold any lands within certain
limits upon paying a fair valuation.
But they also claim that the lands ly-
ing under water along the river front
which they have occupied belong to
the State, and not to the shore
owners. The theory is that under
the precedents Of law, all resting upon
the grants by Charles II, in 1864 to
the Duke of York, and by him subse-
quently to Lord Berkeley and Sir
George Carteret; by Berkeley, so far as
his interest was concerned, in 1873, to
John Fenwick and Edward ByIlinge,
Quakers, and so on through an inter
minable series of changes of actual
poSsession-that the precedents of law,
we say, give to the state a true pro-
prietOrship in the lands under water.
The owner of the shore owns out to
low water mark, Between that mark
and the navigable channel he has an
easement in this doutfuI territory. He
may fish, plant oysters, wade out as
deep as he can; but he cannot part
with the fee simple without the con-
sent of the State. In other words, he
owns a Waterfront, and the State
owns the right of way to it. Paul
may plant but Appollos must water.
s@Ihis is the q3testiO UerQbQ of New
Jersey politics. Upon it depend the
bread and butter of our lawyers and
the corruption of our Legislators. So
long as 1t lasts, they can get along.
We have nothing to say about this in-
diVldqal suit, The evidence lies be-
fore impartial judges, and they will
decide it according to the rulings to
be found in numerous books bound in
law calf Nor have we any idea as
to what their decision may be. The
precedent, we are assured, is this;
The shore-owners own the shore. The
State own the nayigable channel.
The good-for-nothing land between
them belongs to both, with no satis-
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MISCELLANEOUS

CARLISLE, Pa, August 2l.-Adan
| Titus was sentenced on Tuesday to bt
hanged for the murder Of Henry sta
mini. Paul Schappe has been denied
a new trial, and sentenced to be hang
ed. He made a statement denying
| his guilt. VIM. Gould, the couri
crier, an old man, dropped dead as
the sentence of Schappe was pro
nOunced.
A dispatch from J. ID. Cameron,
President Northern Central Railroad
of Pennsylvania, says that through
connections of free travel for invited
officers from Boston, Philadelphia,
Baltimore, and from st. Louis, Chica-
90, and intermediate points West, is
now complete. One hundred officers
OF the Army of the Potomac have ac-
cepted invitations.
BosToN, August 2l.-The first con-
victiOn under the new prOhibitOry
law of Massachusetts was made yes
terday. The jury was out five hours.
The defendant was fined $50 and
costs.
CINCINNATI, August 2l.-TwO
deaths from Sun-strOke occurred in
this city last evening, both workmen,
one a Inoulder and the other a mason.
The German associations, of which
there are a great number, have deci-
ded to celebrate Alexander Won Hum
bOldt's birthday, which is the first
centennial anniversary.
LOUISVILLE, August 2l.-The game
of base ball to-day between the Eagles,
of this city, and the SOutherns, OF
New Orleans, was close, and resulted
in a victory for the latter. The score
was - to ..
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The Supposed Issue.

Editors appeal: Being property
| holder, an old resident, native to
the manner born, and participant
in the "late npleasantness," l am
unwilling that newspapers, or people
! having "aXes to grind, i" or otherwise,
shall hazard the future by making or
endeavoring to make issues or new
parties, whether they be called by old
or new names; for those occupying
my position "want none of these
things" / am not old, but am old
enough to have learned that there are
nearly always two sides to every ques-
ton, and it appears to me that the
I" third side" in this matter is the
middle and better ground for Tennes-
seeans who love their State, or have
an interest in her prosperity. | freely
confess | am no politician, nor am / a
"writist;" but it has occurred to me
that, instead of everlastingly opening
the doors to universal suffrage" or
everlastingly closing them, just at this
time We should adopt, as it were, a
neutral course, or partly one and
partly the other. For instance, as one
of the fundamental principles of the
Government of the United States is
or has been ''nO taxation without rep
resentation," if a negro or white
man has either a sufficient capital of
brains or property to entitle him to
voice as to the imposition of taxes or
the policy of the State, then let him
vote. Or, again, as the question of
revenue seems to be one of absorbing
interest in our State just at this time,
we might test a mans interest in the
Government by requiring him to pay
poll tax of five or ten dollars, and
to show his receipt for the same, when
he would have a right to say how he
wanted the question settled. Lastly,
/ would suggest that as negro trading,
negro selling, negro whipping, negro
emancipation, negro education and
equality all commenced in the North,
let the North open these doors first;
in the meantime, by remaining quiet
we can test their honesty. Nature
has peculiarly blessed our State, and
it certainly, from one end to the other,
seems adapted for the homes Of white
men, while there are other States
South of Us Il mean no wrong to
them) whose climate and soil agree
with the negro, and not so well with
white men. Now should we act hast
lily and open the doors, it may turn
out that those States will pursue a DIFF
ferent policy; and while we are in
favor of Immigration, we certainly
don't desire to be made the Mecca of
Africa.
We cannot afford to have two par
ties. There is one strong one already
in existence, and they hold the bal
ance Of power. SCRIBBLER.
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The Source of Wine Bouquet.

A writer in the New York Tribune
tells tough story in regard to French
wines. He says: Your California
correspondent in to-day's Tribune,
writing of wine-making in France,
refers to the practice the naked
women have of going into the wine
Yats UP to their waists to stir up the
fluid and thus facilitate the process
of fermentation 1 had often heard of
such practice, but was an unbeliever
until late visit which l made to the
vineyards on the Rhine and in Cham
paigne, France, where | found the
custom was universal, and Oh refer
ring to authorities / found the state
ment fully confirmed. Writers dis
agree as to the object of this practice.
some claiming that the natural
warmth of the body hastens fermen-
tation, and others asserting that the
stirring about and mixing up of the
pomace in this way gives the wine T" a
fuller body" deeper color, or q
superior bouquet.