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The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1870-03-10
A Beautiful Figure,

Life is fountain fed by thousand
streams that perish if one be dried. 1t is
silver cord twisted with thousand strings,
that part asunder if one be broken
Thoughtless mortals are surrounded by in
Vulnerable dangers, which mako it much
moro strange that they escape SO long, than
that almost all perish suddenly at last. We
are encompassed by accidents every day to
crush the decaying tenements we inhabit--
The seeds of disease are planted in our con.
stitution by nature. The earth and atmos.
phere whence we draw the breath of life are
impregnated with death health is made to
operate its own destruction. The food that
nourishes contains the clements of decay,
the soul that animates it by vivifying first,
tends to wear it out by its own action; death
turks in ambush along the path. Notwith-
standing this truth is palpably confirmed by
the daily evidence before our eyes, how lit
tie do We lay it at heart. We see our friends
and neighbors die but how seldom does it
occur to our Thoughts, that our knell may
give the next warning to the world ~
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1870-03-10
A Cheerful Face.

There is no greater every day virtue than
cheerfulness. This quality in man among
men is like sunshine to the day, or gentle, re-
newing moisture to parched herbs. The
light of cheerful face diffuses itself, and
communicates the happy spirit that inspires
it. The sourest temper must sweetep in the
atmosphere of continuous good humor. Az
well might fog and clouds, and vapor, hope
to cling to the sun-illumined landscape, "a
the blues and moroseness to combat jovial
speech aud exhilarating laughter. Be cheer
full always There is no path but will be-
easier travelled, no load but will be lighter,
no shadow on heart on brain but will lift
sooner in presence of determined cheerful
ness. 1t may at times seem difficult for tho
happiest tempered to keep the eouutanapce of
peace and content; but the difficulty will
vanish when we truly consider that sullen
gloom and passionate despair do nothing but
multiply thorns aud thieken SORROWS. Ill
comes to us as providentially as good and il
good, if we rightly apply its lessons; why
not, then, chcerfully accept the i'll, and thus
blunt its apparent sting? Cheerfulnesa
ought to be the fruit of philosophy and chris.
tianity What is gained by peevishness and
lIeti uiuesS-Dy perVeTSe SADNESS ana SulleQ-
ness? If we are i'll, let US be cheered by
the trust that we shall soon be in health ! if
misfortune befall us, let us be cheered by
hopeful visions of better fortune; if death roba
us of our dear ones, let US be cheered by the
thought that they are only gone before to the
blissful bowers where We shall all meet,
to part no more forever. Cultivate cheerful
ness, if only for personal profit. You will
do and bear every duty and burden better by
being cheerful. 1t will be your CONSIDER IN
solitude, your passport and commentator in
society. You will be sought after, more
trusted and esteemed for your ready cheer
fulness. The bad, the vicious may be bois-
terously gay and vulgary humorous, but sci,
dom or never truly cheerful. Genuine cheer
fulness is an almost certain index of an hon.
est and pure heart.
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0hesapeake 4 Ohio Railroad.

Hnc61pCake ~ Ohio Railroad.
~ On and after WEDNESDAY, On of Febru-
airy, 1869, the PASSENGER TRAINS will run
as follows-vz.: -
MAIL TRAIN will run daily between Richmond
and Staunton Except Sunday, between Gordons-
vile and Staunton) leave Richmond OF 8;35 a.
m. and arrive at Staunton at 4:20 M. leave
Staunton at $50 a. NJ, and arrive at Richmond
at 4; 40 p. m.-making close connections at Cor
louisville and Charlottesville with the Orange,
Alexandria and Manassas railroad mail trains
for Alexandria. Washington. Baltimore, Phila-
delphia, New York, ETC.; also for Lynchburg,
Knoxville, Chattanooga, Memphis, New Orleans,
Montgomery, Mobile, etc.
NAIL TRAIN will run tri-weekly between
Staunton and White Sulphur Springs on TUES
DAY, THURSDAY, and SATURDAY. Leave
Stanton at 4:40 p. M and arrive at White Sui
phur at 1905 p M; leave White Sulphur at 3:2O
IN. and arrive at Staunton at a M. And 60
ing west will connect with stages as folows-viz.
At Goshen, with stages for Lexington, Natural
Bridge, and Rockbridge Baths.
AT Mliboro. with stages for Bath Alum and
Warm Springs, at White Sulphur Springs, with
stages for Lewisburg, Charleston, Sc.
STAGES will also leave Staunton on TUES
DAY, THURSDAY, and SATURDAY MORN
INGS, for Lexington and Natural Bridge.
NIGHT PASSENGER TRAIN will run be-
tween Richmond and Washington nightly without
change of cars. Leave Richmond at $50 p. NJ,
and arrive at Washington at 5,35 a. m. Leave
Washington at $50 p. m. and arrive at Rich
mond at $50 a. M, making all through connec-
tions at Richmond and Washington.
SLEEPING CARS
will be attached to this train, and will be run
through between Richmond and Baltimore with
cut change.
THROUGH TICKETS issued to all points
North, West and Southwest.
JAMES F. NETHERLAND,
feb loft General Ticket Agent
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Good WORDS TO LADIEs.-The subject
of clothing is understood we'll enough and
the rules of common sense are we'll enough
observed bJmen. But woman is under the
guidance of higher law than any relating to
her individual safety. No woman that is a
woman values her comfort, her health, her life,
in comparison with her personal appearance
She is impelled by a profound logic-say
rather a divine instinct. On the slender
thread fher personal attractions hangs the
very existence Of human future. The GRIN
kle of ringlet. the tie of a ribbon, has sway
ed the wavering choice Of half enamored
swain, and given to the world a race which
never would have come to the light of day
but for pinch of the curling tongs or a turn
Of the milliners fingers. 1t is in virtue of
this supreme Indifference to consequences
this sublime contempt of disease and death as
compared with the loss ofthe smallest person
al advantage-the woman has attained the
power of resistance which astonishes the male
sex. Think of her thin shoes and stockings,
her bare or scarcely protected neck or arms,
her rose leaf bonnet, by the side of wooden
socks, the layers of flannel and broadcloth, and
warm hats and caps of her effeminate compan-
ions We may learn lesson in the matter of
clothing from the trainers aud jockeys. They
blanket their horses carefully after exercise.
We come in heated and throw off our outside
clothing. We dress for summer and the
next thing down goes tie thermometer, and
we run the risk to which the owner Of the
race horse would not subject his beast.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1870-03-10

LIVING IN A ScRAMBLE.-There are peo-
pie who are never what Northern housewives
call straight people who seem to have been
born in scramble live in scramble, and.
who when the time comes, will die in scram-
Bile, just able to scraw their signature to will
that ought to have been made many years
ago, and which does not embody their real
intentions emphatically the unready, they, are
never prepared for anything, whether expect
ed or unexpected. They make no plans more
stable than good intentions, and they never
calculate or foresec. Every thing with them
is hurry and confusion, and because they have
more to do than other people, because they
do it more loosely and less methodically be-
cause they have not learned the dovetailing,
or packing. Consequently half their pleas
ures, and more than half their duties, slip
through their fingers, for want of the knack
of compact holding and their lives are pas
sed in trying to pick up what they have let
drop, and in frantic endeavors to remedy their
mistakes. -.;.;,.r.
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From the Princely Parlor to the Concert
Cellar.

The strange history and vicissitudes Of the
life of San Francisco lady of wealth and
position are sketched in the San Francisco
Call, of the 9th ult. In 1923 one of the
most promising merchants Of that city had
amassed considerable of fortune; his bust
ness was prosperous and bis prospects bright.
His wife was foremost in many of the socie-
ties organized for the purpose of aiding and
assisting those in distress, and the family,
while being one of the most respectable and
moving in the best society," appeared to be one
of the happiest. The husband purchased a
lot in the southern part of the city and erect
ed a dwelling house upon it at a cost of TWEEN.
ty or thirty thousand dollars. The stagnation
of business in 1864 nearly ruined him he was
compelled to dispose of his property. Like
many others, when fortune begins to leave
them, he could not stem the current, and he
finally disposed of his business and went tc
Mexico. During her husbands absence the
wife formed the acquaintance of young gen
tleman who was connected with an amateur
theatrical society, and by him she was induced
to make her first appearance on any stage
she became infatuated with the profession aDd
also with the young amateur, and when al
| last the husband returned, he found matters
in such condition that he strongly doubted
the faith of his wife, and after a time sought
separation from her through the divorce
courts. After the divorce the wife became
ballet-girl and appeared nightly upon thu
stage, but not in the character she had fondly
hoped she would one day be able to represent
In company with strolling companies sh'
made several visits to the interior of tn,
State, and finally young fellow attached tt
one Of these companies, who had no bette
position than herself, married her, and sh
now sings and dances nightly in lager bee
saloon and wine cellar in San Francisco. 4
sad change and a dreary ending of hrillian
career,
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GOLDEN RULES For THE GREEN-Shou
you be talking to thin, elderly, unmarried
lady, of another thin, elderly, unmarried lady,
you need not describe the party alluded to as
''scraggy old maid"
If you require person to become security
for you, don't ask the man who promised he
would do anything for you when9fhe knew
you didn't want anything done. ra.s
If you happen to know an author, don't
own it: one half the world won't believe
you, and the other half won't think much Of
it if they do.
Don't say you never take suppers, except
ing where you know they never give any.
If you don't know what everybody else
knows you had better hold your tongue and
il you know something that everybody else
knows, you had better hold your tongue
too. r4rrla
If you happen to say something iu society
which causes painful sensation, you had
better 60 out to walk for five minutes.
If you intend to do good thing don't
change your mind; and If you possess S.
note don't change that. =:
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A Whaler's Soliloouy.

A Nantucket correspondent give an inter
esting illustration of the gradual progress
OF opinion" in this anecdote about a ship
| mate who accompanied him on one of bis
early whaling voyages:
young fellow; and, when we sailed, had
been s'paying attention" for some time to a
young lady, who, he had reason to think, did
not fully reciprocate his ardent feelings. At
all events, the parting, on her side, was not
SO affective as he could wish, and he was i'm
pressed with the belief that she only kept
him as a stand by, in default of better Of
fer.
II don't believe" Stiles would say, with a
respondent shake of the head, II don't be-
lieve Ann Jones'll have nue., anyhow -
When we had been out few months. and
had met with fair success, Stiles tone was
modified. The burden of his monologue
changed to "Well, I don no but what Ann
Jones II have me after ALL"
With thousand barrels of oil under hatch
es, he became still more hopeful. "Chance
is pretty good for Ann Jones'" he would say.
"Pretty good now"
At fifteen hundred barrels he had assumed
self'satisficd manner, and soliloquized-"I
guess there's no danger but what Ann Jones'll
have me now" At two thousand barrels
Cam Jones'll be glad enough to get me now,
[ know"
When we cut the last whale that was to
fill the vessels hold and squared away for
home, Stiles threw his hat in the air with a
wild Indian yell of triumph-"I,ll be hang.
ed if III haze Ann Jones, anyho,c !''
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''And he Passed to s.lunem.v

The words of my text, my hearers, you will
ind in Kings iv. chapter, verse 8.
"Apd he passed to Shunem."
Take to heart the lesson which the text
teaches, and when temptations try you, and
evils lie in wait to ensparc you, pass on to
Shup' cm.''
When you see men of wrath fighting and
breaking heads and sticks, and hear them
cursing and swearing-mind the words of the
text, and "pass on to Shun' en-"
And if you should happen to go to the
Cosmopolitan Corner-and sec men drinking
beer, that will bring them to bier-and gin
sings that will sling down the strongest, and
smashes that.will smash mans fortune faster
than commission merchants who advance sup
plies on the last-ah-oh, "pass on to shuu
'em."
But, oh, my hearers if you should go down
to New Orleans-that modern Sodom and
Gomorrah. where I have lately been-ah-
and seen the gas lights flashing, and, ah,
glimmering, and the cabs are dashing along
the streets-and obliging drivers are offering
to carry you where only steamboat captains
and the first gentlemen go-ah-and St.
OAoi'Cs oCiCOo ID VI ZIP anu rOdf--d dill
and the brass bands are clashing music from
balconies-and men in little holes are ready
to sell you little tickets to go see tho Black
Crooks dance with nothing to wear-and
make spectacles Of themselves -ah-oh, nv
friends, 'pass on to shun'em."
And, ah, iflater in the evening, with a
very particular friend-you go up stairs into
most splendidly furnished rooms-ah-and
see the supper table spread with delicacies
from every cline and conntry-and teal duck,
and snipes, and yellow legged pullets and
pheasants, and all that fish, flesh and fowl can
afford-and champagne and brandy, and Bur
gundy and Chateau Laffitte, older than Wa
terloo-and nothing to ray and all free-and
nice gentleman with rings on his fingers,
and diamond breastpin, playing with little
spotted paste boards, and another turning
machine and dropping in a little ball that
rolls round and round and stops sometimes
on the Gag lie bird, and oftener don't-and
when the players put down more than they
take up-and men sometimes win, but mostly
don't-ah-oh, "pass on to Shun' EN-"
And in conclusion, my friends, when the
world, the flesh, ard the devil-ah--lie in
wait for you-"pass on to Shun'em."
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NonTn CAROLINA AHEAD.-There is

NORTH CAROLINA AHEAD.-There is a
man living in the mountains Of North Caro-
lima, not more than forty miles from Green
vile, South Carolina, says the Tarboro' Caro-
Hnian, who has reached the extraol binary age
of one hundred and forty three years. At
the time of Braddock's defeat he was but
twenty years old, and had wife and three
children. A gentleman at Grecnvilie states
that this man has come down to US from
former generation, has always been in modcr-
ate circumstances. lived upon plain, coarse,
vegetable diet !; that he never drank any IL
quid but spring water, and bids fair to 1.-Two
many years longer Heanjoys perfect health,
possesses all Of manhood's attributes, and
wants to marry. He las survived seven
wives, and having lost his last one about six
years ago, he now begins to feel quite lonely.
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THE ROUTE TO TIE VIRGINIA SPRINGS.

The STEAMERS of this Line leave Baltimore
DAILY, Sundays excepted) from Pier 8 Light
Street Wharf, foot of Barre street, at p. NJ, and
continue to connect with the York River Rail-
road at West Point, and ARRIVING IN RICH
MOND at u p. m, the following day, in time to
connect with the Express Train on the Danville
Road for Danville, Greensboro, Salisbury, Char
lotte, N. G., Columbia, S. c., and all points South
This line affords the most comfortable and least
fatiguipg journey to persons travelling South,
aad to the Virginia Springs, of all lines between
he North and South.
THROUGH TICKETS for sale at Terminal
Stations of connecting Roads.
FREIGHT by the Line, received DAILY,
at the lowest through rates.
Bsg@ Arrangements have also been made with
the James River and Kanawha Canal, by which
Through Freights to Lynchburg and other points
on that Line are received Daily, and forwarded
promptly on through rates. 4atr ar
H. D. WHITCOMB, -..
Supt Chesapeake and Ohio R. r.
esr as THOS. DODAMEAD,
Supt. r. & Y. r. and r. & D. Railroads.
y. H. HOTCHKIss, General Yraveliag Agent Of
C. i o. R. r. and r. & Y. R. R. R.
R. FOSTER, Agent,
oet No. IA Light Street, Baltimore.
Through Tickets can be had at Staun-
ton for Baltimore at reduced rates Via
York River RAILROAD Line.
Jan 27-tf fr.,.
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Tho Golden Gate.

inc GOlQen tate.
Would my little daughter know
Where the peaceful waters flow,
Where the sweetest flowers grow
Along the path of life?
Where the meadows are more green,
Where the brightest birds are seen,
Where the skies are all serene,
But where there is no strife
Yonder is the "Golden Gate"
All around the angels wait,
There the narrow path is straight;
My daughter enter in.
Here the Shepherd feeds his sheep,
Here the lambs securely sleep,
Here's fountain pure and deep,
To wash away our sins.
Near there is broader way,
Where the thoughtless and the gay
Throw their priceless souls away,
Forgetful Of their God.
There the gate is opened wide,
And the tempter stands beside,
Luring on the thoughtless tide,
Adown the dreadful road.
Daughter, turn not to the right,
Nor the left but in the light
Of the gospel, pure and bright,
Seek to be forgiven.
Enter through the "Golden Gate"
Where the angels gently wait,
Where the ne rrow path is straight,
Leading up to heaven.
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RICHMOND VA.

This FIRST GLASS, POPULAR and FASH
IONABLE HOTEL, the only one located on the
Main street of the city, has been leased by the
undersigned and will be furnished AID put in
complete order right away. S-irse
ITS LOCATION.
It is within one square Of the Capitol, Custom
House, Post-cffice, Theatre, &C., &c., and within
two squares of the Richmond and Fredericksburg
Railroad Depot, and the great Southern routes
via. Petersburg and Danville. The travelling
public are cordially invited to ,5
Make Their HOME at the sPOTsWOOD,
and the proprietors pledge themselves to make il
for the future what it has been for the past five
years,
Rag Telegraph Office in vestibule. Office O.
the Southern and Adams Express Companies il
the building. JAMES M. SUBLETT,
of the Old Columbian,
@. B. LUCK,
of the same Hotel, and
WM. B. BISHOP.
NAV 20-eotf late of the E1chane
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Henry Ward Beecher, returning from
church on Sunday, passing number of spec
linens Of" Young America" amusing them
selves with game of marbles, mixed with
fancy swearing, sMy boy said Mr.. B. to an
interesting youth of eight years, My boy, I
am frightened Are you p answered buttons
quite naively, why the devil don't you run
thenY
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LORDS HOTEL,

EORDsS HOTEL.
4 RICHMOND, "a.
Situated in the Heart of the City, command.
ing the finest views, and adjoining
the Capitol Square and
Governors Mansion.
This Splendid Ncio Hotez=~the only one situa-
ted in the fashionable portion of the city, and
adjoining the beautiful Capitol Park. with its
Statuary, Monuments, Fountains, and Flower
Beds-is newly and elegantly furnished through
out, and its Bill of Fare is not excelled in quality
ind variety by any house in the State.
Special Suits of Rooms always ready for We'd
ling and large Travelling Parties. The arrange
ments are frst-class in every respect The price
IF Board has been fxed-owing to the great
carcity of money--at the reasonable sum of
$3.50 PER DAY.
The patronage of my friends and the public
generally is respectfully solicited
A. J. FORD, Proprietor.
Late one of the Proprieters of the Exchange
otel, Richmond, Va. may 1859 #
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Real Estate agencies.

JOHN RoHoLs, H. n. BELL, Z. II. GAfLET3s
JED HoTCHKIes.
NICHOLS, BELL. CATLETT & CO.,
lI REAL ESTATE AGENTS..
South East Corner of Courthouse Square.
STANTON, VIRGINIA.
We are nov selling, and have constant de-
mand for Farming Grazing, Timber and Mineral
Lands of all descriptions, Mlls, &C., and we In.
vite parties having snch property for sale. especi
ally in the county Of Augusta, and the Valley Of
Virginia, to put the same in our hands, believing
that we possess superior advantages from on,
central location, and thorough knowledge of the
country, and our extensive business relations fol-
securing purchasers.
We make no charge for advertising or shown;
property, but when we hnd a purchaser for it W
charge commission Of FIVE psr cent, to be pai'
out of the first payment n ado BY the purchaser
nov 2O-tf
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The exposure of certain carpet-bag mem
bers of Congress from the Southern States
for selling cadetships to West Point and to
the Naval Academy at Annapolis has led to
the resignation of Mr.. Whittemore, carpet
Dagger from, South Carolina. More revela-
t!ons are expected,
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CtauntOn Nurseries,
y STAuNroN, Augusta County, Va.
TANNEHI1L s WHEAT, Proprietors.

We have now growing in our Nurseries
500, 600 Fruit Trees Of varieties that have
been tested as suited to our soil and climate. We
have Apple, Peach, Pear, Cherry, Appricot, Ounce,
&C., Grape Vines, Small Fruits, &c..
and we hope to be able to fill satisfactorily all
orders that may be sent to us.
Our apple are two or three years old from the
graft, and our peach one year old from the bud
each $4,000 per 100.
N. B-Send in your orders at once. Send fol
descriptive Catalogue, containing account Of va
ytsstaee and psless. june l1-ry
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ST0NEBURNER & CO., Proprietors.
Railroads.
5
GRANGE, ALEXANDRIA AND MANAS
SAS RAILROAD.

ON AND AFTER THURSDAY, Nov, 2t,. 1869,
" one daily passenger train wifi run
between WASHINGTON and LYNCHBURG, con-
Meeting at GORDONSVILLE with the Chesapeake
and Ohio Railroad to Richmond, Covington & Va
Spring; at LYNCHBURG for WEST and SOUTH
WEST, and at WASHINGTON for the NORTH
and NORTHWEST.
Leave Washington daily at G. 55 a. NJ, and AL.
exandria at 500 m. arriving at Lynchburg at
t.0o p. m.
Leave Lynchburg at s.25 a. NJ, arrive at Alex.
sndria at $50 p. M, and at Washington at &C
pm.
Also daily, including Sunday. passenger train
through scihout change Of cars-sleepng car attach
e1-between WASHINGTON and RICHMOND
making close connections at Richmond and Wash
ington in the direct line between New York and
the South Atlantic States.
Leave Washington at 6.35 p. NJ, and Alexan-
dria OF 35 p. m. arrive at Gordonsvlle at II SO
p. M, and at Richmond at $50 a. NJ, connecting
with train leaving Richmond at IA. ~, for Pc.
tersburg, Weldon, and the Southwest.
Leave Richmond at $50 p. M, and Gordons-
vile at 12.2 a. m. arrive at Alexandria at 4 As
a. M, and at Washington at 5.35 m, connect
ing with the earliest trains to New York and the
Northwest.
Passengers for MANASSAS BRANCH will leave
Alexandria daily, excepting Sunday, at 500 a.
M, arrive at Harrisonburg at APO p. m. Leave
Harrisonburg, at $40 a, M, and connecting at
Manassas Junction with northbound train on
main line, arrive at Alexandria at 8. 80 p, m.
The train on Manassas Branch will make good
connections at the Junction with night line to and
from Richmond.
Through tickets and baggage checked to all
prominent points. i.ts
j. NJ BROADUS,
march 3-tf General Ticket Agent.