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Tobacco AntEdOtc.
nISON,S sovereign Tobacco 4

HlSON'S Sovereign EODaccO 4AAA-
10 DOTE, warranted to remove all desire for
Tobacco in any form. Restores sufferers from its
injurious effects to robust health. Of great pen,
eft to Dyspeptics. It is purely vegetable, ana
contains no opium anything else in the Least
injurious. Prepared only by JOHN W; kIoON
Apothecary, Richmond, Va Price, 5O cents
Testimonials
Certificate of Dr. John Dove, who is well
known throughout the United States.
RICHMOND VA, Nov: 10TH 1868
Dear Sir: The Tobacco Antidote" prepared
by you, according to the receipt you have sub
mitted to me, and the ingredients ofwhich Ihave
examined is purely vegetable, entirely harmless,
and contains nothing in the least injurious. 1t IS
not disagreeable to the taste, and as home artl-
Gle hope you will meet with ready sale for it;
and believe that if the directions are followed,
= .'''A VIZ ~ '''' O'' 0'' JNO. DOVE. M. D.
FROM PREs'T PIEDMONT LIFE ms. Co.,
RICHMOND, january 9Th, 1869.
JOHN w. RISON, ESQ.
Dear Sir: Knowing many who are slaves to
the use of Tobacco would like to quit it, / would
recommend your aAntidote" as sure remedy:
certify to its efficacy, because, after having used
Tobacco for fifteen years, was enabled to quit
it without inconvenience after using your AN
tldOte," and have now no desire or taste tor To-
bacco w. G. CARRINGTON.
LIBERTY MILLS ORANGE Co., Feb. 9th, 1862
JOHN w. RISON, ESQ.
Dear Sir: have given your 'Antidote' a fair
trial, with the most gratifying result have
used no Tobacco since taking the ''Antidotes0
now nearly month, and feel no desire to either
chew or smoke, though had formerly done. both
to great excess For those who really wish, to
stop the use of Tobacco it is the thing.
Yours truly, ED. R. BRIGGS
MAYEsvILLE, S. c., December 49, 1868. 3
certify that l have been using Rison's To
bacco Antidote' for two weeks, and lind that the
preparation will certainly overcome the desire
for chewing Tobacco therefore ehesrud1y
filthy and health destroying practice, to use the
''Antidote,' and they will find it a comparatively
easy matter to overcome the habit -
J. A. MAYES, M. D. ot
FROM SUPERINTENDENT ORPHANS HOME,
TUsKEGEE, ALABAMA, Jan. 2lst, 1869. J
JOHN w. RISON, ESQ. Richmond, Va
Dear Sir: / have used one box Of your, 10
bacco Antidote," and for the sake Of experiment
I made the attempt to chew piece Of Tobacco,
and found it rather loathsome than pleasant.
Very respectfully, A. r. HOLDERBY.
FOR SALE BY
YOUNG s. KINNEY,
Dealers in Drugs, Medicines, Paints, Varnishes,
&C., at DR.. Young's old stand, Staunton, Va.
rS2 S10l
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NUMBER XXXII.
No God.

''No God No God r' The simplest Aowe
That on the wild is found,
Shrinks as it drinks its cup of dew,
And trembles at the sound;
"No God !''-astonished Echo cries
From out her cavern hoar,C
And every wandering bird that flies.
Reproyes the Atheists lore.
The solemn forest lifts its head,
The Almighty to proclaim,
The brooklet, on its crystal urn,
Doth leap to grave his name,
How swells the deep and vengefnl sea-
Along his billowy track, -4
The red Vesuvius opes his mouth
TO hurl the falsehood back. ri a2
The palm tree, with its princely crest,
The cocoa's leafy shade, r. 6 11e
The bread-fruit bending to its load,
In yon fair island glade;
The winged seeds that, borne by wi1ds.
The rowing sparrows feed,
The melon on the desert sands,
Confute the scorners creed.
'No God '' with indignation light
The fervent Sun is stirred,
And the pale Moon turns paler still
AT such an impious word;
And from their burning thrones, the stars
Look down with angry eye,
That thus a worm of dust should mock
Eternal Majesty -
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Chesapeake q Ohio RO5lrOntl
SCHEDULE.-On and afte
WY tho First of Qctoher 1868 the naSSenge

AA1ENTES SGEH AtU u AE.-On ana afCef
w the First of October 1868, the passenger
trains will run as follows:
Mail train between Richmond and S5aunton
daily Except Sunday and between Staunton and
Covington ri-weekly, viz: Leave Richmond at
715 a. M, and arrive at Staunton at 3.28 p. M
Leave Staunton at 9.35 a. IN. and arrive at Rich
mond 5.25 p. m.
On Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday leave
Covington at 5. 10 a. M, and arrive at Stauntonn
at 9. 10 a. NJ Leave Staunton at 1858 p. m. and
arrive at Covington at 755 p. m.
Accommodation Train between Richmond and
Charlottesville on Mondays, Wednesdays, and
Saturdays Leave Charlottesville at a. m. and
arrive at Richmond at $50 a. m. Leave Rich
mond at g. 80 p. M, and arrive at Charlottesville
The Mail Train connects at GordonsviIe and
Charlottesville with trains on Orange, Alexan
dria, and Manassas railroads for Alexandria,
Washing gton, Philadelphia, New York, Lynch
burg, Knoxville Chattanooga, Memphis, New
Orleans Montgomery, Mobile, &c. at Staun-
ton, with stages for Harrisonburg, Winchester,
SC. At Goshen, with stages for Lexington, Nat
usal Bridge, &c. At Millboro, with stages for
Bath Alum, Warm, Hot, and Healing Springs.
At Covington with stages for White Sulphur
Springs. Lewisburg, Charleston, sc.
JAMES f. NETHERLAND, g..
oct6 General Ticket Agent
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VgLOWs! pLOWs!!-I%

FELLOWS! PLOWS!!-I~N
wish to call the attention of <ANI
farmers and the public to my -
LIVIN STON PLOWS--Nos. /, g. 4, 5, and
G.; all of these numbers will fit the old Bradley
Castings in every way. made at or near Midway,
Rockbridge county. also make very superb
or hillside for two horses, and will have very
good one-horse in time for fall plowing-single
and double shovel plows of superior style.
Having carried on the Plow business in South
Western Virginia, for l6 successive years, and q
part of the time very extensively, (my sales be-
ing three thousand plows per Year,, but having
met with misfortune, my operations at present
will be somewhat limited. But if [ cannot re-
gain my fortune, am determined to secure a
reputation for making the best plows, and of deal
ing honestly with my customers. [ have made
the plow my study, and can make and fit up any
kind Of patterns, and would refer to Mr.. w. A.
Burkes as specimens having fitted up all his pat
terms and stocked all his plows which have given
general satisfaction; and by close attentonto my
business, hope to merit portion of your patron
age Shop-adj joining Staunton nursery imme-
diately on Va. c. r. T. All repairing done in
the very best manner and with dispatch. Cast
ings, Lumber and Produce taken in exchange
Orders addressed to W. j KELLER, Staun-
ton, will receive prompt attention.
You will find all of these Plows for sale at
BAKER BROS, near Rail Road Depot.
NAV 26-1yr
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Poetry.
The Worth Of Woman.
FROM THE GERMAN OF SCHILLER.

~ FROM THE GERMAN OF SCHILLER.
Honored be woman! she beams on the sight
Graceful and fair like being of light;
Scatters around her, wherever she strays,
Roses OF bliss on our thorn covered ways;
Roses OF Paradise, sent from above,
To be gathered and twined in garland Of Love-
Man on PASSIONS stormy ocean,
Tossed by surges mountain high,
Courts the hurricanes commotion,
I Spurns at Reasons feeble cry.
Loud the tempest roars around him,
Louder still it roars within,
Flashing lights of Hope confound him,
ESQ Stuns him lifes incessant din.
Woman invites him with bliss in her smile,
Fo cease from his toll and be happy awhile;
sM Mhlsperlng wooingly-come to my bower
60 not III search of the phantom of power
Honor and wealth are illusory-come
Happiness dwells in the temples of home.
? Man, with fury stern and savage,
l. ~ Persecutes his brother man,
- Reckless if he bless or ravage,
Action, action-still his plan.
t45 low creating now destroying,
no Ceaseless wishes tear his breast;
ea Ever seekng-ne er enjoying;
ss53s Still to be, but never best.
Woman, cOntented in silent repose,
Enjoys in its beauty lifes flower as it blows
And waters and tends it with innocent heart,
Far richer than man with his treasures of art;
And wiser by far in her circle confined,
Than he with his science and flights Of the mind.
Coldly to himself suficing
Man disdains the gentler arts,
Knowing not the bliss arising
From the interchange of hearts.
Slowly through his bosom stealing
Flows the genial current on,
Till by ages frost congealing,
1t is hardened into stone.
She, like the harp that instinctively rings,
AS the night-breathng zephyr soft sighs on the
strings,
Responds to each impulse with ready reply,
Whether sorrow or pleasure her sympathy try,
And tear drops and smiles on her countenance
play,
Like sunshine and showers of a morning of May.
Through the range of mans dominion,
Terror is the ruling word
And the standard of opinion
Is the temper of his sword.
Strife exults, and pity blushing
From the scene despairing flies,
Where to battle madly rushing,
Brother upon brother dies.
Woman commands with q miller control
She rules by enchantment the realms of the soul;
As she glances around in the light of her smile,
The war Of the passions is hushed for awhile,
And Discord, content from his fury to cease,
Reposes entranced on the pillows of peace.
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Baby's Grave and Baby's Home.


Oh do not draw the curtains tight,
The moon shines down so cold and white
Through all the long and dreary night
On baby's grave.
The night-winds wildly shrek and moan,
And giant trees with creak and moan,
Wave their bare arms, whence leaves have flow
Oer baby's grave.
And like pail comes settling down
The snow, on yellow leaves and brown,
That wlthered lie DER all the ground
Round baby's grave.
The lone night bird with song of woe,
And winter winds with requiem low
VIII dirges chant, as sad they go
Past baby's grave.
Her little bed is damp and cold,
And long and dreamless slumber holds
Deep rest within its silent folds
In babys grave.
Sweet songs of lullaby are sung,
And fond love words together strung
In vain, from hearts with anguish wrung,
By baby's grave
Then do not draw the curtains tight,
But let the light stream clear and bright,
Out in the dark and silent night,
To baby's grave.
Be still my heart mild light streams,
Through binding tears see its beams,
Up all the way it CLEANS
To baby's home.
And down that glorious path l hear
A voice so tender gentle, clear
An echo from the heavenly spheres
Of baby's home.
For ages down the track of time,
Have sounded forth those words sublime,
Which now so calm this heart Of mine
From baby's home
Listen, my soul, let grief be dumb;
Jesus says ''Suffer them to Gomez
The Shepherd called his little one
To babys home.
So now let fall the curtains low,
l, only, grope in dark below,
Point me, dear Lord, the way to go
Toward baby's home.
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Fresh Heats.

NEW MEAT sTORE.-The undersigned
~ respectfully inform the citizens of Staun-
ton and vicinity that they have commenced the
butchering business, and will offer daily at their
store on the Wharf, next door to Ed Halls har-
ness establishment nice fresh Beef Mutton, Veal
and Pork neatly butchered and at fair rates.
Being determined to slaughter nothing but
good stock, and sell at short profits they hope 70
receive liberal share of patronage from the town
and country. FlSHBU RN d CO.
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A. A. CONE, JAMES f. HANGER,
formerly with J. W. Meredith of Augusta.
NEW FIRM AND NEW GOODS
~ CONE s. HANGER, at Maynes old
stand, Main street, Staunton, Va, have just re-
ceived we'll selected stock of fine Watches,
Clocks, Jewelry Silver and Plated Ware Spec
tacles, and everything usually found in a first
class store.
gas~ Special attention is called to our stock of
Watches, Gold and Con-Silver Gases. The eel
ebrated American Waltham Watch, from Is to
20 per cent cheaper than ever before. Also Bri-
dal Presents of every description and all orders
for the same promptly attended to.
We ere determined to build up frst-class
trade IN this place. and can make it to the inter-
est of eveey one to give call before purcha-
sing elsewhere. Highest cash price given for old
gold and silver
All repairing done by experienced workmen
and warranted.
oct20-6m CONE 81 HANGER.
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Stars in Our Crown.

Sister Bell was just dressed for the ball, and
she looked very beautiful In her white satin
dress, her necklace of diamonds and pearls So
[ presume she thought, as she looked into her
mirror and SO thought. her little sister Grace,
who stood near her. Bell sat reading while the
maid dressed her hair; and Grace stood behind,
her hands gliding gently almost lovingly, ever
the diamonds and pearls.
Take care, little sister you will rumple my
hair. What are you doing?'
only looking at the bright stars in your
crown, and thinking"
Thinking What child you are to think
What are you thinking about?'
20! what our teacher told us this morning,
when we read in the Bible"
And what has that to do with my diamonds,
Gracie?' oa
"ohl she said, al! who go to Heaven have
crowns, and will be dressed in white; and |
was wondering if they IL look like you.
Nonsense, child Ofcourse they won't.
'Then she said, II you would try 10 GET
somebody else to Jesus, We should have star
in our crown Sister Bell, wouldn't you Ike
to have as many stars In your crown In Heaven
as you have in this one?''
20 hush, Oracle will you? There's the
carriagel And with hasty kiss on the up
turned face, Bell was away to the bali
Soon Oracle went to her chamber; and before
SOt lutO ACA iittlS DStl, sue ISacI iiSr CaF-
our to help her fill her crown with stars. She
thought of one whom she would Try to lead to
Jesus the next day, and then asked her dear
Saviour to help that friend to love hinl.
DO, please, dear Saviour, she prayed,
make Emma Christian, SO there will be one
more to love you, and | can have one star in
my crown to cast at Thy feet. Then Oracle,
leaning on Jesus bosom, went 10 sleep.
Sister Bell went to the bali, but the words of
the little questioner kept ringing ia her ears.
Every time she saw the flash OF diamonds, she
thought
shall [ have any stars in my crown or shall
| have any crown at all not if thus waste my
life''
With heavy heart she danced one or two
sets; and then bidding the hostess goad-by, she
gladly left for home
She went to her chamber and laying aside
her jewels and white robes, she said, Il will
never put them on to go to such place again.
My first thought and care shall be for heaven
ly crown and robe OF righteousness
She went into Gracies room, and knecling
by her side. kissed her sweet, sleeping face y;
then she said
Dear little sister God helping rae, youshall
lead me back to Jesus.
She retired to her closet, and wish players
and tears, asked her forgotten Saviour to for
give all the past, and make her his ofn child
1t was almost the dawn Of new day ere bcIl
sought her bed and it was indeed the la y sing
Of a new day to her heart, for the Sun OF Right
eousness had risen there.
Little Gracies seed had borne fruit she had
one star in her crown OF rejoicing.
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THE CHURCH QUESTION IN ENGLAND
Coming events cast their shadows before =
so says the poet Behold the shadow An Irish
member proposes to disestablish the Churches
in England and in Scotland. The event will
soon follow It is fair that justice should be
done to Euglishmen and Scotchmen as well as
Irishmen The Established Church is as much
an iniquity in England and in Scotland as in
Ireland. N T. Herald
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ADVERTISING RATES.

ADVERTISEMENTS will be inserted at the rate
of One Dollar per Square of Eight Lines or less
FOR the first and so cents for each suosequent n
maHed 1ai upon the manuscript it will be publish
"a Obituaries Ano'sncen,,s:ts Of Ca'a1a@tss 1daoae
for Office sag a,S m a0 cs,z.ass- maypoa
@tSo,s .ty or Notices of Personal Private char
acfer, o.. intended or calculated to promote any
P,iyate Enterprise or Interest a0iN be charged for
as Advertisements. ,.,o
rs Address-"s -"staunton Spectator" staunton,
Augusta County, Va.
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"Feryens in Spirit Serving the Lord"

A plain. man in the Second Baptist church
Of Chicago, straightforward, unpretending
mechanic. without even good common school
education, has gathered around him, every
Lord $ day, three hundred and fifty scholars in
a Bible Glass, which he teaches with an inter
est and effect that are truly surprising; and he
will go through the driest parts of the scrip
lures, and invest them with meaning, and
draw from them practical lessons OF instruction,
that astonish all who hear In 1866 there were
one hundred and SIX conversions IN his Glass;
The secret Of his success IS eurHestReSS and the
skill that earnestness gives The only true
success must come from thoroughly earnest
soul, and without this, the greatest culture, the
most careful teacher training, will be of no
avail --...-.-.
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Ttsaklt & Ornamental Trees.
TAUNTON NURSEREEg.

= TANNEHILL & WHEAT, Proprietors.
We will have ready for sale this Fall, a large
stock of desirable fruit trees of the popular vari
cites, consisting of Apple, Pear, Peach, Cherry,
Apricot &c. Our apple are year,, old from the
graft, and our peach year from the bud-each
500 per hundred
We would suggest to those intending to pur-
chase'no to delay sending on their orders, but to
send them in at once, and have the trees reserv-
ed. as they will then be sure of obtaining the
kind they desire.
n B.~Send for Descriptive Catalogue, con-
tanning an account of varieties and list of prices.
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Professional Directory.

nR.B. p. REESE has moved his Office to
Main street. nearly opposite Wayt s. Bros
drug store Has had an experience OF over II
wears in the profession, and given special atten-
ton to the treatment Of diseases peculiar to fe-
males. Will give prompt attendance to calls IN
town and country. ,o
Office hours from 9 to o'clock, a. m. and 2 to
g - -, feb16-6m
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491cfiO2a & Commission Houses.
yEvHE OLD ESTABLISHED
Asscfi0u House.

We have removed our Auction House to the
Wharf Row. doors north of the bridge, on Au-
gusta street. where we propose Conducting Oh an
enlarged scale, the
in all its branches.
Consgnments of all kinds are respectfully So
licited We will attend to the sale OF all xmas
of property in the town and country.
Regular sales at auction every "Wednesday and
Saturday evening at our Store Room, and every
Saturday morning in front of the Court House e
We refer by permission, to any Gsntlgn1G1 g7 IN
lon IL If Auctoneers
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" The circulation of the SPECTATOR"
is about as great as the combined circula-
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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The historian will write that more than the
artillery and the bayonets Of Lees men in grey
is Radicaisn, since the eoar responsible for the
destruction of the Government and for widen
ing the breach Of separation between the op-
posing sections. The task of closing the wounds
of war, which was easy when Lee and Johnston
surrendered, has been rendered thousand-fold
more difficult by policy of hate and repression,
which only idiots and devils could have devised
and practised. d.-lNobde (Ala) Register
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If all the hours passed in pleasure were col
lected together, life Of great number of
years would scarcely furnish one Of a few
weeks. The reason why life is short is that we
either employ it in doing nothing, or in doing
what we ought not to do. Would you live
long live we'll y
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The American people considered as whole
have sunk into state of hopeless moral deg
radiation. There is no use of concealing the
fact The ideal of the nation is sharp rascal
and a nation never rises above its ideal.-R-
telsburo Inder
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THE COUNTY COURTS. .-The following is a
supplemental paragraph to general orders No
3S, issued from headquarters:
2. II, in any case, the regular day for hold
ing the county courts, as prescribed in the Code
of Virginia, shall haye passed before the magis
trates appointed from these headquarters, or a
sufficient number thereof to constitute court,
shall have qualified, said court will assemble
and organize as soon as may be thereafter, and
proceed TO the transaction of public business.
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H0GIOrG21g.


TENAEEOEkANG! EAHLGBR4NGE q !.--Ihe
Il co-partnership heretofore existing between
Graves 8 Sprinkle has been mutually dissolved
and the business will hereafter be conducted by
P B. Graves alone
He has reduced his prices for cash, and will do
all kinds of work pertaining to the tailoring busi-
ness, in the very best manner, and at figures so
removed his shop to the room formerly occupied
by DR.. B. B. Donaghe as an office, and invites
all his friends and the public generally to give
him a call
july 90 2. B. GRAVES
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Obadia Grubbs says the tree of knowledge
was the birch tree, the twigs Of which have
done more to make man acquainted with a.
rithmetic than all the members Of the vegeta-
BILE kingdom combined
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Novel Reading.

A few weeks since we heard preacher, 10
declaimlng against the influences that corrupt
society, give special attention to novel reading
This vice, he said affected larger class Of
people than almost any other. The old and the
young, the men and women, boys and girls,
read novels. The educated and the comparative
y ignorant read them. They we're read by lay
and by night. In public reading rooms, in the
family and in the closet Like he lice among
the plaques Of Egypt, this class of literature
pervaded and corrupted the whole tm1sphere.
The preacher did not condemn all fictitious
reading. Some works Of fiction incu!cated
wholesome moral and religious truth Others
gave US the romance of history in fascinating
form, and pure and elegant diction.
He especially aninadverted upon the
cheap, paper-covered trash everywhere met
| with. Pamphlets written in negligent style,
catering to a prurlent public taste, nupt in
morals, giving disgusting details in the lowest
sinks Of vice, and disfgured with frightful
pictures of murders, and robberies. aud other
crimes too horrible to mention. These he
| mathematical with unsparing severity he
| thought man ought TO be ashamed to be seen
reading, or even possessing, oue Of these vile
productions.
As to novel reading in general, the preacher
objected to it, because 1t occupied so much
precious time to no good purpose, and because
it induced careless, negligent habit. No al
tention is paid to names, or dates, or facts.-
All interest centres in the denoument-
whether the hero or heroine get married or get
killed.
The habitual novel reader, reads every thing
else, in the same careless manner. If he reads
in the Bible about Saul, he does not know
whether he was King of Israel, or jew of
the New Testament era. He does not dis
crminate between Zaccheus and Zachariah.-
He reads of Charles v He really does not
know the age. in which this monarch lived, or
the country over which he regned
Habitual novel reading breeds thisnegligence.
Every person, especially every young person,
should form careful and accurate habit of at
tention in reading. In order to form this
habit, great care should be taken in the seec-
ton Of books. If the mind of the young is not
furnished with proper mental pabulum, to
satisfy its demands, it will seek it from i'm
proper sources.-Er.