Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1870-12-06
Winchester and Staunton.

The Winchester Sentinel admonishes the cit
liens of Winchester to arouse themselves from
their wonted letharey and supineness and en-
deavor to emulate the enterprise and public
spirit exhibited by the citizens of Staunton.-
In speaking of Winchester, it says: There
is less enterprise and public spirit manifested
by our business men generally than in any 9th
er town in the State" 1t says: The town is
languishing, sick, prostrate-it must have new
life or it dies
We are sorry to have this account Of Win
chester-we had supposed that that old town
was improving in quite an encouraging manner.
Of Winchester the Sentinel says:
WAS there ever a people SO surrounded by
heaven choicest blessiDgs-climate, soil, mar
kets- everything that would insure speedily a
redundant population and untold wealth 2
They have but to stretch forth their hands and
grasp it, and yet they will not. If it was OF
any one else we would tell the ''unpalatable
truth, and say of them, they are stoid, stone
stupid"
In commencing the example of Staunton,
the Sentinel says: ~
''See what little enterprise and public spirit
since an obscure village, noted alone for asy-
lums Of insane, of mutes and blind, far back
10 the interior, shut in by almost impenetrable
bills, far from market, with no special advan-
| tages save the indomitabe will of her sagaclous
sons, is to-day the queen city of the Valley
Poor, she subscribed $500 900 to the Valley
| railroad and thousands to other purposes and
became rich. Houses to let why the scores
constantly being built are bespoken before the
foundations are laid. She haIts not at paltry
salary, but has her hustings Court, her city
Judge, and her session of the Court Of APP
peals; her population and wealth with each
day increases her lands for distance without
the suburbs commanding treble the price OF
ours and all this the result of her liberal sub
scriptions, the interest upon which, In addition
to her other taxes, with the enhanced price CT
property is absolutely less in proportion to her
present means than before it was given. All
honor to her enterprising thrifty sons. With
each day some new enterprise Is started, some
new scheme to multiply her population and IN
sure her wealth. F"
The Queen city of the Valley would be
pleased to see the old town of Winchester, rich
with SO many interesting associations, entering
with renewed life, upon a career OF prosperity.
the General Assembly have provided as fol-
lows: That where lands already assessed have
been damaged, since said assessment, by the
recent heavy rains, the Assessor is hereby au-
thorized and required to re-assess said lands
whenever requested to do so by any person in
terested therein
The same act also provides that, for good
cause shown, the judges of the county courts
may extend the time of making the returns of
said assessments to the lst day of January,
1871. And it also provides that any Que feel
ing himself aggrieved by the assessment of his
lands may apply to the court at its lst, End or
3rd term after the assessment has been filed In
the Clerk s Office, to have said assessment cor
rected.