Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1869-04-27

resist the temptation to steal, and paid $500,
the estimated value of the goods taken from the
store. Shortly afterwards he resigned from
the League, and it is supposed he will never
get to his consulate. He obtained his appoint
ment on the recommendation of prominent po-
liticians there
Do you wish yourselves and your children to
be hewers of wood and drawers of water p
If so, fail to register and fail to vote.
It is now admitted, on all hands, that Presi-
dent Grants administration is to be conducted,
certainly for the present, at least, upon thor
oughly Radical principles and according to the
doctrines and wishes of the Radical party, both
with regard to the offices aud patronage of the
government, and general principles and meas
ures 1t looks as if it will be, owing to the
composition of the Cabinet, and the views of
its peculiar and prominent friends, more Of a
strictly party administration, than any we have
had for many years.
Do you wish to save your State from ruin
If SO, REGISTER AND VOTE.
A sufficiency of sleep is absolutely necessary
Want of sleep superinduces organic disease of
the brain, and insanity, inflammation, or soft
ening, are certain to result. We sleep, there
fore, mainly to give the brain rest. One third
of our lives should be devoted to this purpose
If this is DONE it matters not how constantly
or intensely we employ that organ which, in its
noblest proportions and in its fullest vigor,
makes man what he is.
Fields Cook, negro, has announced himself
as an independent candidate for Congress in
the Richmond district, against Porter, the car
pet-bag nominee. Cook said the one hundred
and five thousand colored voters in the State
could not be controlled by the twenty five thou
sand white men that belonged to the party, and
if the twenty-five thousand attempted it, the
one hundred and five thousand would make it
mighty hot for them
John Rains, charged with horse-stealing,
made his escape from the jail in Harrisonburg
on Thursday night week. The Register says
''He priced up one of the cross bars of the
window Of his cell, and taking off his clothing,
and soaping his naked person, slipped through
the narrow opening admitting him to the jail
yard. From the Jail yard he scaled the wall by
using his bedstead and making ropes of his bed
clothing
Gen. Candy has been most courteously re-
ceived, in entering upon the discharge Of his
i Al
District, by the press of Richmond, of all par
! ties. Indeed, they seem to vie with each 9th
er as to which shall say the kindest words, Oh
indulge in the most hopeful anticipations We
trust their most favorable wishes may be real
lied.
Do you wish to relieve ninety-nine hun
dredths ofthe citizens Of Virginia from ineligi-
gibity to Office? If so, REGISTER AND
VOTE.
There is more dissatisfaction and complaint
about the distribution of the public Offices a
mong the Radicals, than appears at present
son the surface The dissatisfied are urged
to keep quiet, for the present-in hopes thai
something may be done for them yet But
many Of them, and their friends, are restrained
with difficulty. Not a few have gone home
breathing vengeance.
| No family should be without the Spectator.
AS an exchange truly says, ''there is more hap
piness and prosperity in neightorhood where
every family takes newspaper than where
they take none. 1t makes home happier, the
father more thoughtful, the mother more cheer
fol, and the eyes of the children sparkle with
joy whenever the newspaper comes"
The New York Commercial, abiding to the
corrupt legislation Of the times, says that there
seems to be no security against the money power
of the country. Statutes are bought the same
as pork and potatoes Honest legislators are
overwhelmed by the power of venality and
swept down by the tide of corruption. The
evil grogs worse and worse every year.
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The Warren Sentinel, published at Front
Royal, says that johnson Lake, Esq, Of War
rem county, has, with only five dogs, since Jan
uary last, caught &C red and gray foxes within
a SPACE Of FIVE miles square. On the 9Th inst,
he caught seesn.
The New York Herald says Grant has sur
rendered to the Rings, and there is no hope for
reform and economy in his administration. =
The only end to this state Of affairs is in its
opinion resolution only another name for re-
pudiation.
Do you wish to have any rights in future?--
IF so, REGISTER AND VOTE.
Col. n. B. Stokes, formerly an officer in the
Confederate army, and now q most bitter Bad
ical member of Congress from Tennessee, and
candidate for Governor, will take the stump in
that State against Ex-President johnson.
Baron Rothschilds fortune was scattered
| over the yorld, and the amount Of it has just
been ascertained. It REACHES the figures of one
| thousand seven hundred millions francs, or
three hundred and forty millions dollars.
Everything which hangs softly and graceful
ly, such as merino, muslin deaine, etc., is very
fashionable, and is being employed most freely
in the composition for costume for the ensuing
season.
The State Journal, the Radical paper pub
lished in Richmond says that 'Gen. Grant and
Gov. Wells are in accord, and will be found so
throughout
.